Leader|july 8|2009

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• Rodeo @ Spooner • Fair @ Webster • Music in the Park @ Siren • Memory Days @ Centuria • Music on the Overlook @ St. Croix Falls • Pancake breakfast @ Grantsburg • Music in the Park @ Grantsburg See Coming Events, stories inside

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State cuts hit highway and UWEX Less roadside mowing, furloughed hours for UWEX agents PAGE 3

Siren bear is still at large, says DNR Father to son; colonel to colonel Currents feature

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Pregnant woman attacked by bear is recovering PAGE 6

14-year-old is driver in fatality

Three young women ejected; 17-year-old dies PAGE 2

Selling alcohol tops agenda at Balsam Lake

Fourth fun Currents section

Dalton’s in foreclosure, retains liquor license PAGE 5

Burnett County’s communication project to proceed, despite governor’s budget veto New royalty chosen at Siren, Balsam Lake

Miss Balsam Lake, page 27 this section Miss Siren, Currents section, page 31

Other finance options will be used PAGE 3

A community asset The St. Croix Festival Theatre adds not only cultural value to the community but economic value as well, says theater board member

Wisconsin could lower hunting age to 10 Find out when in

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Siren's 2008 Little Miss First Princess Rylee O'Brien blew kisses to the audience as a farewell before passing on the crown to her successor during Siren's queen pageant held Friday, July 3. More photos in Currents section. - Photo by Brenda Sommerfeld

Editor’s note: The author is a resident of St. Croix Falls, a parent of two elementary children, an executive with Hazelden and a member of the Patron Service Committee and the board of trustees at Festival Theatre. In the following editorial, he reviews the John Driscoll history and future of the area’s most noted regional theater.

by John Driscoll ST. CROIX FALLS – Recent city of St. Croix Falls government events have led to several discussions about the city auditorium and several articles being written in local and regional newspapers. It is important that the local and regional communities hear more about the Festival Theatre than just those sound bites.

Festival Theatre is in the middle of its 20th season of operation, most of them while in residence at the city auditorium.

In that time, Festival Theatre has experienced marked and steady growth. Over the past four years, the 501 (c) (3) not-forprofit organization, under the leadership of the executive director, Danette Olsen, has continued to mature and develop better business practices. Festival Theatre is a mainly volunteer organization of

See Festival, page 4

The Festival Theatre in St. Croix Falls. - Special photo

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14-year-old driver in fatal crash

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TURTLE LAKE - A 17-year-old Turtle Lake teen was killed Saturday evening, July 4, after a pickup she was riding in overturned.

Rhonda Hellstern was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, which occurred in the town of Vance Creek in Barron County.

According to an accident report, Hanna Yager, 14, Clayton, was driving north on Third Street around 11:30 p.m. when she lost control of the 2001 F-150 truck she was driving. The truck went up an embankment and rolled.

Yager, Hellstern and another passenger, Danielle Nordquist, 17, Clayton, were ejected.

No one was wearing a seat belt.

Yager was flown from the scene to Regions Hospital in St. Paul, and Nordquist was taken to Amery Hospital and then flown to Regions.

Both were listed in stable condition Monday.

Alcohol and speed are believed to have contributed to the crash. - with information from Barron Co. Sheriff’s Dept.

Webster man cited following accident WASHBURN COUNTY - Jose H. Gallegos, 24, Webster, hit an embankment on Rainbow and Flat Creek roads near CTH E, Stone Lake, at 1:17 a.m. on Tuesday, June 2.

A Washburn County Sheriff’s report said Gallegos was driving west on Rainbow Road and failed to negotiate a curve just before Flat Creek Road. Gallegos went off the road and airborne for many feet, before the vehicle landed on its front end and wheels. He then backed up 20 yards.

Sawyer and Washburn county deputies responded to the incident. Gallegos was found at the residence of the person who called in the accident. He was taken to the Hayward Area Memorial Hospital via ambulance, due to head and limb lacerations, and was given X-rays and a CT scan. The report said a deputy could smell an intoxicant coming from Gallegos, who registered a .16 on the preliminary breath test.

Gallegos was found to be on probation in Burnett County. He was taken to the Washburn County Jail and cited for operating while intoxicated and having a blood-alcohol content higher than .08. He had a passenger, Joyce L. Carpenter, 17, Webster, who was not injured. The vehicle had very severe damage to the undercarriage, both sides and front, and was removed by A-1 Towing & Recovery.

– with information from Washburn County Sheriff’s Dept.

This young red-shouldered hawk landed on a ladder at the Kahle’s on Warner Lake in Webster the evening of June 28. - Photo by Charles Kahler

Mack performs at Siren

Fishing boat hits kayak, OWI charged

OSCEOLA – A 43-year-old Minnesota man faces a charge of operating a boat while under the influence of an intoxicant, causing injury, after his boat ran into a kayak on Lotus Lake during a fireworks demonstration.

John James Maurer of Lindstrom, Minn. told a Polk County Sheriff’s deputy that he was on the lake watching fireworks with friends and family and that he began heading his fishing boat back towards the dock when he heard a large thump on the boat.

He had struck a kayak.

Maurer said he looked back and saw a woman upset and a male individual in the water. He said he pulled the male individual out of the water, called 911 and brought him to the boat landing.

EMS on the scene informed the officer that the male individual may have suffered a broken femur.

The officer stated in a report that a strong odor of intoxicants was coming from Maurer and that his movements were slow. Maurer admitting to “having a couple of beers.”

Maurer registered .21 on a preliminary Breathalyzer test.

The arresting officer took Maurer to St. Croix Regional Medical Center in St. Croix Falls for a blood draw. – with information from Polk County Sheriff’s Dept.

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Folk humorist Mary Mack greeted fan Greg Marsten of Luck prior to taking the stage at Madden’s Steakhouse in Siren last Friday evening, July 3. Mack, aka Webster High School graduate Miki Budge, kicked off the Midwest portion of her release tour for her latest CD, “Pinch Finger Girl, a tragedomedy.”

An estimated 300 people packed the restaurant’s banquet hall and Mack was a big hit. She made a few references to going to high school at Webster and running cross country, creating a stir among several audience members who obviously were WHS alumni. Mack closed the show with a version of Prince’s “Purple Rain,” played on her clarinet. Marsten, aside from being one of a growing number of Mack fans nationwide, is a writer, radio announcer and supervisor for the town of Luck. – Photo by Garth Olson

Briefly STATEWIDE – As of the end of June, 46 motorcycle drivers and passengers have died in crashes in 2009 compared with 28 motorcyclists on the same date last year,” says Dennis Hughes, chief of safety programs for the WisDOT Bureau of Transportation Safety. “To prevent deaths and injuries, we are urging drivers to watch for motorcycles especially at intersections and while making turns or lane changes.” In June, 59 people died in 48 Wisconsin traffic crashes, according to preliminary statistics from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Traffic fatalities in June were four more than in June 2008, when 55 people died. However, traffic fatalities last month were seven fewer than the five-year average of 66 deaths for the month of June. In terms of traffic deaths, last month was the seventh-safest month of June since World War II. – from the DOT ••• GRANTSBURG - There is still time to enter your nature photos to the Crex Meadows Through the Seasons Photography Contest. The deadline for photos to arrive at Crex Meadows for judging is July 15.

This contest is for amateur photographers, and the entries should have been taken at Crex Meadows, Fish Lake, Amsterdam Sloughs, or Danbury Wildlife Areas or the immediate surrounding area. There are five categories this year: Spring, summer, autumn, winter and artistic. The top photos in each category will be mounted onto a plaque, under glass, and displayed for a few months at the visitor center and then given to the winning photographers. The top three in each season will be used in the 2010 Crex Meadows Calendar. The rules and submission forms can be found at www.crexmeadows.org, or you can stop by the visitor center in Grantsburg for a brochure. The photos will be judged by the public from July 25-31, and the winners will be announced Aug. 1. - from Crex Meadows Wildlife Area

Taylor returned to tribal chairman position New St. Croix Tribal Council sworn in HERTEL - The newly elected St. Croix Tribal Council was officially sworn in at the St. Croix Tribal Center on Monday, July 6.

The swearing in comes more than three weeks after the tribe’s general elections in June.

“Defeated incumbents had filed challenges and tribal court appeals to the election results, delaying the new administration from taking office,” stated a news release from the Taylor tribal headquarters.

The new tribal council met in executive session after taking their oaths to elect officers. Lewis Taylor, a longtime tribal council member and former chairman, was returned to the chairman position. New tribal council officers are: • Lewis Taylor (Sand Lake Community), chairman • Beverly Benjamin (Danbury Community), vice chair • David “Maabin” Merrill (Round Lake Community), secretary/treasurer • Jeanne Awonohopay (Maple Plain Community), member • Elmer “Jay” Emery (Sand Lake Community), member This year’s tribal elections replaced four council incumbents, surpassing the 2007 election’s replacement rate. Taylor and Merrill return to the council after being defeated in 2007. – with information from the St. Croix Tribe of Chippewa

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State budget cuts hit highway and Extension

Less roadside mowing, furloughed hours

by Gregg Westigard POLK COUNTY – The budget cuts made by the governor and Legislature have had an effect locally.

There will be less roadside mowing of state and federal highways this year.

UW-Extension workers at the county level will work less hours and earn less money. The changes are in effect now in our area, including Burnett and Polk counties.

The effect on our highways is noticeable now. The state has ordered counties, which are contracted to maintain area segments of state roads, to mow the roadsides only once during the season.

That cut, which will come in August, will be a single mower pass. As a result, there are now tall grasses along the major state and federal highways through our areas. The numbered routes such as Hwys. 8, 35, 46 and 87 would have been mowed by this time. County highways, the lettered routes such as CTHs A and GG, are not affected by the new policy.

Local UW-Extension agents have also already taken a cut in pay and hours. In Polk County, Charles Prissel, Gail Peavey, Ryan Sterry and Bob Kazmierski, all of whom are state employees, have taken a pay freeze and have not received a salary increase that was scheduled for June 1. In addition, each will be required to take 16 days off without pay over the next two years. Prissel told the Leader that this amounts to a 3-percent pay cut. He added that details of the decreased hours have not been worked out, but the plan is to reduce staff hours while having the least impact on the public. Since the county pays 40 percent of the extension agents’ wages and benefits, there will also be a savings to the county from this policy.

Polk County is starting to prepare the 2010 budget and has not made any cuts to its 2009 expenses. County employees had a 2-percent pay increase go into effect July 1.

The grasses are growing tall along the state highways in the area this summer. The state has ordered that there will be only one mowing this summer as part of Wisconsin's budget-cutting measures. - Photo by Gregg Westigard

Less mowing will affect invasive weeds

Wild parsnip now in bloom along the roads

by Gregg Westigard POLK COUNTY – The reduction in mowing of the state and federal highways may be affecting the spread of wild parsnip, a dangerous invasive weed now in bloom along many of our roadways. In previous years, the first mowings would have cut the plants on the road banks. With no mowing planned until next month, the tall yellow plant is now in bloom in many areas and may soon be spreading its multiple seeds.

Wild parsnip, a plant that can rapidly invade an area, can be dangerous to control. There are chemicals in the juices of all parts of the plant that can cause an intense burn. According to the description in “Invasive Plants of the Upper Midwest,” a detailed guide written by Elizabeth Czarapata, juices coming in contact with the skin while in the presence of sunlight can cause a rash, burn or significant blistering. The resulting skin discoloration can last for several months. A person should wear full protection including long sleeves, long pants and gloves with long cuffs when working with the plant.

The delay in the mowing of ditches along state roads has led to a blooming of wild parsnip, an invasive plant that was been spread along the highways by mowing. Contact with the plant can cause a severe burn. - Photo

by Gregg Westigard An effective control, according to the Czarapata book, is to cut through the root one or two inches below ground level with a sharp shovel. If the plant has flowered, which is the case now in many places, the seed heads must be removed from the site. The heads can be burned or buried deeply in an area that will not be disturbed. The seeds can sprout for up to four years if left in the soil.

The plants grow up to 4 feet tall and are topped with a cluster of pale yellow flowers. Many times the plants are in a group along the road and if left uncontrolled can spread over a wide area along the roadside.

Ambulance coverage issue on towns association agenda

by Sherill Summer BURNETT COUNTY - County board Chairman Phil Lindeman briefly discussed the ambulance provider situation at a county supervisor policy planning meeting held on Monday, July 6.

Some municipalities in the county are considering dropping out of the county ambulance service consortium and going with local services, citing less cost per capita, and in some cases, closer proximity of the service.

Dewey Township has tentatively been added to the list of townships that will not have the county provider, North Memorial, as its ambulance service starting in January.

Although the decision has not been finalized, Dewey, which already is served by a North Memorial ambulance sta-

tioned in Spooner, will probably continue to be served by North, but will no longer be a part of the contract negotiated by Burnett County.

Roosevelt Township has indicated it will seek out Cumberland Ambulance Service to provided ambulance coverage for the township, and Trade Lake has decided to go with the Frederic unit of Northland Ambulance for its ambulance coverage.

It is the towns and villages that are mandated to provide ambulance coverage for its residents, but Burnett County has acted as negotiator on behalf of the towns and villages for many years.

Even the contract with North Memorial is with Burnett County, not the individual towns and villages, according to Lindeman.

Now that individual towns and vil-

lages appear to be seeking out coverage on their own, the county’s future role in negotiating the ambulance service for the entire county is unclear.

The next opportunity for the towns and villages to gather to discuss the developments is July 23 at the towns association meeting.

Town trustees will likely be anxious to find out how the townships leaving North will affect the cost for service of towns and villages remaining with North.

Last year, Trade Lake Township alone paid North about $30,000 for ambulance, according the Lindeman.

This amount would need to be recouped somewhere else, or the level of service provided by North would need to be adjusted to make up the difference.

Communications project to proceed, despite governor’s veto

by Sherill Summer BURNETT COUNTY - The proposed half-percent sales tax that would have helped Burnett County finance the estimated $3.4 million communication project to update its communication towers and equipment before a 2013 deadline did not meet the approval of Gov. Doyle.

The proposal was approved by the county board, the state Assembly and state Senate already this year, but the governor used his veto pen to cross the sales tax increase out of the recently passed biannual budget.

The soonest the sales tax could be proposed again is for the next biannual

budget for 2012-2013, but by that time the communication update should be nearly complete, according to an proposed timeline for the project developed by consultant Gary Therkelsen.

The county was hoping to use a threepronged approach to finance the project that would include a sales-tax, grants and bonds.

The county is now hoping get by with the remaining two approaches.

Area banks have indicated that they would be willing to lend to the county and that option is also being considered.

The county has applied for a FEMA grant that could provide up to $1 million for the project, but it will not be

known how much, if any, of the grant money the county will receive until fall.

Emergency Management Director Bobbi Sichta explained that once money is allocated for the project, whether grant money or money from the budget, she is hoping to get Therkelsen officially on board and working on the project.

The first tasks that can be started this coming winter are to start applying for licenses and pinpoint where towers are needed.

With or without a sales tax, the project must go on, she noted.

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Bad behavior: Polk officers busy the first few weeks of summer

POLK COUNTY – One man is accused of smashing the windshield on his mother’s car.

Another of sending threatening text messages to his ex-girlfriend.

A woman is accused of biting the arm of a deputy who was trying to restrain her.

One man allegedly showed too much of himself while dancing at a street dance.

Those incidents, along with incidents of alleged forgery, fighting, driving vehicles and boats while drunk and other bad – and illegal – behavior – have kept Polk County law enforcement officers busy during the first few weeks of summer.

On June 26, a deputy was dispatched to a residence on 120th Avenue for a male subject that was drunk, out of control and had smashed the windshield on his mother’s car.

Branden J. Nellessen, 23, St. Croix Falls, faces charges of disorderly conduct and criminal damage to property in connection with the incident.

After being arrested, Nellessen started banging his head on the partition in the squad car, telling the officer that he may get crazy. The officer was able to talk Nelleseen out of banging his head. Nellessen stated he was drunk and that he drank a lot.

Adam W. Olson, 28, Amery, faces charges of disorderly conduct (domestic), and obstructing an officer. Olson allegedly sent threatening text messages to his ex-girlfriend. One message read: “Who you with right now? I pray your not in Clear Lake cause I’ll (profanity) you both up tonight when I find you, trash.” He also made reference to an incident in which someone poured a substance, believed to be acid, all over the

ex-girlfriend’s pickup truck recently.

Olson lied to officers about having any alcoholic beverages during questioning upon his arrest on June 27, according to the report.

Amanda M. Poore, 21, Amery, is charged with battery by prisoners. Poore was arrested June 26 for disorderly conduct and taken to the Polk County Jail in Balsam Lake. In the course of jail processing, she became uncooperative and it became necessary to place her into the violent-prisoner restraint chair. While being placed into the chair Poore bit an officer on the right forearm. The bite drew blood.

James J. Dodge, 20, Clear Lake, faces charges of disorderly conduct, lewd and lascivious behavior, underage drinking and unlawful use of identification card.

According to a police report, Dodge was dancing with his genitals exposed during a street dance at Clear Lake Days.

The incident allegedly occurred at 1 a.m., June 27. When asked to show identification, Dodge allegedly had two driver’s licenses in his wallet. He had used his brother’s license to get a wristband at the beer tent. Dodge took a preliminary breath test and it registered .201.

Two persons were charged with operating a boat while intoxicated.

John J. Maurer, 43, of Lindstrom, Minn., is charged with operating a boat while intoxicated and causing injury after his boat struck a kayaker on Lotus Lake, July 4. (See separate story).

Joseph F. Conlan, Balsam Lake, was arrested July 4 by a DNR warden after the warden noticed Conlan had slurred speech during a stop. Conlan had been observed operating an 18-foot Sea Ray, bearing a New York registration number, in excess of the slow no wake limit near the East Balsam narrow. Conlan blew a

.119 on a preliminary breath test and was escorted to jail by the warden.

Christopher L. Illa, 31, Amery, faces charges of felony battery and disorderly conduct, stemming from a June 29 incident in which he became involved in a fight at the Clear Lake Days festival. The victim fell to the ground, striking his head on the asphalt. The victim was transferred to Regions Hospital with a skull fracture.

William A. Skinner, 49, Amery, faces a charge of operating a motor vehicle without consent. A person told police that he had left his car running while he went into the Amery Express in Amery, June 17, and when he came out of the store, his car was gone. Images from a surveillance camera helped police locate Skinner, who was shown in the video riding a bicycle up to the store at the time of the theft.

Trent J. Parker, 19, Balsam Lake, faces a charge of possession of THC. Officers found the substance in a vehicle Parker was driving during a traffic stop.

Jason P. Kieffer, 28, Clear Lake, faces a charge of forgery in connection with his alleged cashing of a forged check June 24 at a gas station in Clear Lake.

Samuel E. Soukup, 20, St. Croix Falls, faces a charge of underage drinking (1720 years). Officers responded to a report of a large physical fight at Wilkin’s Resort Bar in rural Luck at 1:49 a.m., July 4.

While investigating, an officer came in contact with Soukup, who was with a group reported to have been involved in the disturbance. Soukup submitted to a preliminary breath test, which registered .154. He could produce no photo ID. He was arrested and taken to jail.

Justin R. Oase, 17, Lindstrom, Minn., was arrested in St. Croix Falls on July 3 and charged with OWI, theft, obstruct-

ing and no valid driver’s license. Oase allegedly shoplifted a bottle of vodka from a Super America store. He also allegedly lied about his identity to an officer and failed to produce a valid driver’s license.

He registered .15 on a preliminary breath test.

OWI arrests James P. Graff, 40, Star Prairie, arrested June 27 for OWI, fifth offense and two warrants.

Chad E. Lyons, 38, Osceola, arrested June 27 for OWI, fourth offense and operating left of center.

Todd W. Hansen, 50, St. Croix Falls, arrested July 4 for OWI, third offense. (PBT test .303).

Thad C. Betzold, 21, Deer Park, arrested July 4 for OWI, second offense.

Melissa Ann Homme, 37, New Auburn, arrested June 24 for OWI, second offense.

Jacob W. Sandgren, 18, Luck, arrested July 5 for OWI. Brock Cash, 20, Centuria, arrested July 5 for OWI/PAC. Thomas M. Watroba, 28, Elk River, Minn., arrested July 4, OWI. Jennifer L. Alden, 39, Frederic, arrested July 6, OWI. Denise S. Brenne, 36, St. Croix Falls, arrested July 2, OWI. Thomas R. Seeger, 58, Grantsburg, arrested July 1, OWI. Justin Matthew Flesher, 28, Lake Elmo, Minn., arrested June 28, OWI. Wesley D. Parker, Luck, arrested June 27, OWI. Lindsey J. Zemke, 20, Clear Lake, arrested June 28, OWI. Mark J. Kamish, 34, Luck, arrested June 27, OWI. Douglas L. Nelson, 24, Eau Claire, arrested June 27, OWI.

Festival/from page 1 local and regional individuals that have come together to provide a center where arts flourish for the entertainment and engagement of the local and regional community. Festival Theatre has only one full-time employee and several local part-time employees and is directed by an all-volunteer board of trustees. Except for some of the wages paid to professional actors, designers and some outside fees, most of Festival’s revenue is spent in the immediate St. Croix Falls area.

Festival Theatre faces challenges Like most business, both for profit and not for profit, the past 18 months have been difficult due to the strained economic times. The city auditorium is a wonderful building, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. However, producing professional theater in a building with significant deferred maintenance issues places undue financial burdens on the occupants. Festival’s lease with the city of St. Croix Falls mandates that the nonprofit make repairs and leasehold improvements to a building that was described as uninhabitable in 1996. To date, Festival Theatre has invested over $200,000 in the historic auditorium. With inefficient windows and no insulation, outdated HVAC systems that are well beyond their normal life expectancy, and accessibility and cosmetic issues, the auditorium is in serious need of rehabilitation.

A 2007 city of St. Croix Falls-commissioned study by Claybaugh Preservation Architects found the building to be structurally sound and that the formerly identified issues of inadequate ventilation and an inefficient boiler had only gotten worse with time. The 20 years since the Festival Theatre’s inception and the many changing faces and policies of local government, coupled with a difficult economic climate, have further clouded the current lease and future operating plans with much speculation and competing ideas.

A historic photo of the Festival Theatre in downtown St. Croix Falls. - Special photo These challenges are not unlike most facing today’s business community.

However, a major difference between Festival Theatre and other nonprofit professional theaters its size is that most theaters get about 60 percent of their revenue from donations, while Festival Theatre gets about 35 percent.

Also, most theaters of Festival’s size get additional monetary support from their local government (approximately 12 percent). Although this may seem like a government subsidy, as you will see below, it is actually an investment (much like Local Bucks) in St. Croix Falls’ downtown business community.

A growing theater: A local economic driver During the past three years, Festival Theatre has seen its yearly attendance and number of show offerings grow significantly. In 2006, Festival Theatre had attendance of 9,560 and by 2008 that

number had grown to 15,224. Performances have grown from 83 in 2006 to approximately two dozen unique events (plays, music, events), which made up 111 total performances in 2008.

In 2008, Festival Theatre’s audience was made up of about 59 percent Wisconsin residents, 38 percent Minnesota residents and 3 percent residents from other states. Individual donors gave $43,575 to Festival Theatre, of which about 18 percent, or $7,678, was from city of St. Croix Falls residents. With regard to attendance at plays and concerts, of those in attendance during 2006, 765 (8 percent) of the 9,560 seats occupied were from city of St. Croix Falls residents and in 2008, 1,218 (8 percent) of the 15,224 were from the city of St. Croix Falls. Over the past three years alone, Festival Theatre has attracted over 30,000 noncity residents to St. Croix Falls’ downtown business district.

Festival Theatre is a tremendous boon

to all of the local downtown businesses; one only needs to drive down Main Street on any night there is a performance to see the effect. Research completed in 2006 by the St. Croix River Valley Community Foundation shows that audiences spend an average of $19 per person over and above ticket price when they attend an arts event in the St. Croix River Valley; however, if they are a nonlocal attendee, that spending increases to $37 per person. Results of the Americans for the Arts Economic Impact Study in 2007 showed nearly an $800,000 economic impact by having the Festival Theatre in St. Croix Falls. In all, 75 percent of Festival Theatre’s revenue comes from outside of the St. Croix Falls area.

However, 85 percent of the economic benefit coming to the area is spent here.

Using those figures, Festival Theatre generates almost twice as much revenue for local surrounding businesses than it does for itself. Festival Theatre is not a competing business to these other local business but a complementary one. Festival’s programs and services are not solely for city of St. Croix Falls residents, but rather they are a regional destination that brings people – people able and willing to spend money – into its downtown business community.

Looking forward, Festival Theatre’s board of trustees is focusing on continued growth and issues that it can have the most influence on: producing professional theater, music events and arts education as well as increasing the word of its mission and attracting new attendance and donations from people who are interested in keeping professional theater and a powerful economic force in the St. Croix Falls community.

For more information about how Festival Theatre supports and enhances the local community or information on how you can help Festival Theatre continue its mission, please contact Danette Olsen at Festival Theatre or visit Festival’s Web site at www.festivaltheatre.org.

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Selling alcohol tops agenda at Balsam Lake

Dalton’s in foreclosure, retains liquor license

by Mary Stirrat BALSAM LAKE – Alcoholic beverages, particularly the ability to sell alcoholic beverages, was the hot topic at the July 6 meeting of the Balsam Lake VilVillage attorney John lage Board.

Schneider was at the meeting to address legal questions on the issue.

First, Steve Biza of Sunset View Resort and the board discussed Biza’s application for a Class C license that would allow the sale of wine.

In order to be eligible for a Class C license, according to state statute, the sale of alcoholic beverages must account for less than 50 percent of gross receipts.

“You need to see the numbers before you give the license,” Schneider told the board. He said that the board could choose the form in which the numbers were submitted but needed to see something proving that alcohol sales were less than 50 percent of total receipts.

“I could do that,” responded Biza.

“Couldn’t I have gotten a phone call before the meeting?”

Village President Guy Williams explained that he had informed Biza that the board would need the numbers, but Biza asked whether the information needed to be public.

“My private business doesn’t (need to be public),” he said.

Biza’s point was valid, said trustee Mike Voltz, and his business didn’t need to be “splashed” all over. “That should be in a closed-session situation,” said Voltz.

Biza and the board then discussed the fact that a special session of the board would cost $175, plus, the cost of the license itself had not been decided. State statutes give the village authority to ask up to $100 for it.

When Biza heard the possible costs, he said he would prefer to wait until the regular August meeting. His business is only open four months, he said, and he wouldn’t be able to recoup the cost of the meeting and license in the little time he has left this year. All liquor licenses, noted Williams, expire at the end of June each year.

“I have a problem with that,” said Voltz. He said that Biza had filled out the application as required. “We sit here and look at each other,” he said. “I think we should be able to give him an answer.

Somehow or other the ball got dropped here.”

Voltz said he would waive his per diem for the special meeting, and other board members followed suit.

A Class C wine license fee of $75, the same as a Class B beer license, was approved, and the board will hold a special closed-session meeting Wednesday

Working out who gets to hold Dalton’s liquor license are Bruce Noll of RiverBank, in front, Brewskies owner Barb Geissinger, and her attorney, Owen Williams. — Photo by Mary Stirrat evening, July 8, at 5 p.m., to review Biza’s financial statement to determine if alcohol sales are less than 50 percent of gross sales.

Dalton’s The next item up for discussion was the renewal of the beer and liquor licenses held by Johnny B. Dalton’s. The liquor license, in particular, has been the object of much discussion, because Dalton’s has been closed for about two years, and two other establishments are interested in the license.

First, the Thirsty Otter is interested in holding a regular liquor license rather than the special license it now holds, which cost $10,000. If the Thirsty Otter is sold, the purchasers would need to pay $10,000 for the license rather than $500 for a regular license.

Secondly, Brewskies is also interested in the license. Brewskies has a license to sell beer but would like to sell liquor as well.

At this point, Dalton’s is in foreclosure and RiverBank holds the mortgage.

Bruce Noll of RiverBank was at the meeting, having been appointed by the court to apply for a renewal of the license held

by Dalton’s.

The board voted to grant the renewal to Noll so that the license can stay with the business, but several details created confusion and controversy.

First, the license expired June 30, a week before the board could consider its renewal. Noll was granted receivership, authorizing him to apply for the license renewal, on July 1, but in anticipation of that he had submitted the application June 11.

Attorney Owen Williams, on behalf of

Barb Geissinger of Brewskies, said it was his opinion that the liquor license had lapsed and questioned whether it was available for renewal by Noll rather than as a new license.

John Schneider said that the timing of everything puts the application in a “very grey area.” His answer did not satisfy attorney Williams.

“John,” said Williams. “You have to cross the river. Is it a renewal or not?”

At that point Schneider said he believed it was a renewal. An application for renewal cannot be denied without cause, he said, such as serving minors or having strippers.

Another detail that caused discussion was whether or not the license had been abandoned, making it available to a different establishment.

Village ordinance states that if a business with a liquor license does not use it for a period of six months it may be revoked. After an additional three months it may be issued to another establishment.

Dalton’s has been closed for the better part of two years, but was briefly opened one evening last November. Village President Williams said that village ordinance only requires that the doors of the business be open, so Dalton’s had another six months before the license could be declared abandoned. By that time it was the end of June, when all licenses are up for renewal, and RiverBank assigned the license application to Noll.

Attorney Williams responded that the November opening of Dalton’s appears to have been simply to circumvent the intent of the ordinance and was a “breach of good faith.”

“The intent,” said Noll, is to try to

move the property as soon as possible.

It’s the intent of RiverBank to have that property sold. He said that the goal is to have it sold and closed within 90 days.

Trustee Jim Broome argued that, with the established bars and restaurants in the village, it was possible that no one would be interested in operating Dalton’s as a bar. Besides, he said, the business has been for sale for a long time without any takers.

“At a price that was unattainable,” commented Noll. He said that the business is now being listed at a price that is more appropriate. “Maintaining ownership of the license is critical to the sale of the property,” he said.

Broome noted that both the Thirsty Otter and Brewskies would like the license, adding that if there is a regular license available they should have first claim on it.

“The village would get the $10,000 license back,” he said, suggesting that the regular license go to the Thirsty Otter.

The $10,000 license could then be sold to Brewskies or to the new owner of Dalton’s if they want it.

The finance committee, said Broome, discussed the fact that the license is worth $10,000 each time it is issued.

“We can’t really turn our back on that, either,” he said.

Trustee Mike Voltz disagreed, saying, “My feeling is that the licenses should stay with that building.” President Williams said he felt the same way.

“We’ve had businesses in town that have been up and running,” argued Broome. “One of them should get it. If a new guy comes to town, he could start where (Brewskies) did.”

Questioned by attorney Williams, Geissinger of Brewskies said she believes she has helped revitalize Main Street, taking two empty storefronts and turning them into a viable business.

“It’s very marginal to make it with just beer,” she added. “You just can’t make it selling a glass of beer. I would really appreciate a chance to expand it more.”

Geissinger said she is looking at serving food, like brats, burgers, fries and onion rings, on a Thursday through Sunday basis.

When asked if she had any comments, Carol McQuillan of the Thirsty Otter asked, “Ten thousand dollars — does the village need it or not?”

Trustees Chris Sondrol and Jeff Reed both indicated that the point is moot, because legal opinion is that the application for license renewal is correct, and it cannot be denied.

“I don’t like the idea, either, that it keeps getting extended,” added Sondrol.

“We have to go with what our village attorney says,” agreed Voltz. “That’s what we pay him for.”

With Geno D’Agostino abstaining, the board voted to approve the application for renewal.

New CEO for Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin MILWAUKEE – Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin Inc. said Monday that Chris Bauer, the one-time chief executive of Milwaukee’s Firstar Bank, will succeed Douglas Timmerman as the Madison bank’s president and CEO. Timmerman announced earlier this year that he intends to retire.

Bauer will also replace Mark Timmerman as CEO of Anchor’s subsidiary bank, AnchorBank, fsb. Bauer also joins

the boards of both the parent company and the bank.

“I cannot think of a better addition to our team than Chris Bauer,” said Douglas Timmerman in a press release. “His experience and proven leadership capabilities will help ensure the future success of Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin and AnchorBank.”

In February, Anchor BanCorp reported a net loss of $167.3 million, or $7.69 per

share, for its fiscal third quarter, largely because of a growing portfolio of bad commercial real estate loans.

The company has yet to report fourthquarter results, and last week it filed a notice with federal regulators that would delay filing its 10-K annual report because it needs more time to time to “finalize the collateral reviews and valuation analyses on its loan portfolio and real estate owned in order to ensure

proper recognition of revenues, expenses and loan-loss reserve requirements,” the SEC filing said.

AnchorBank has 74 full-service offices and two loan origination-only offices, all in Wisconsin. It had assets of $4.8 billion as of the end of the firm’s third quarter, Dec. 31, 2008. - from Business Journal of Milwaukee

Ice Age Trail receives federal funding MADISON - The Ice Age Trail is expanding, and getting a big chunk of federal money. Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, will announced that she’s secured $2 million in Interior Department funds for land acquisition

for the Ice Age National Scenic Trail.

The trail is the roughly 1,000-mile route in Wisconsin that traces the leading edge of the last glacier in the state.

Cora Dversdall is president of the board of the Ice Age Trail Alliance. She

says the trail deserves federal money.

Dversdall says only about 65 percent of the land for the trail has been acquired, but she’s hoping that governments and private donors will eventually come through with the rest of

the needed funding. Dversdall says the trail helps bring alive Wisconsin history.

– Wisconsin Public Radio (Chuck Quirmbach)

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SIREN – A black bear that knocked a pregnant woman to the ground and scratched her is still at large this week, according to DNR Public Affairs Manager for the Northern Region, Jim Bishop.

Bishop said Tuesday that there’s still no sign of the bear that the DNR has set traps for and hopes to capture and euthanize.

Kelly Wiltrout told the Chippewa Herald she was taking out the garbage Sunday evening, June 28, and when she turned the corner, she and the bear were within 10 feet of one another. Both were startled by the encounter.

The bear, described as being possibly 2 years old and up to 200 pounds, reacted by jumping up and knocking down Wiltrout, who is eight months

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pregnant. It scratched her face and shoulder, tearing her shirt. She moved to protect her face and the bear kept its paw on her, and then walked away.

She had seen the bear before and was thinking another bear she had seen near their home – weighing about 300 pounds – would be on her next.

Her 2-year-old was in the house and her husband, a Burnett County sheriff’s deputy, was at work; she was all alone.

She made it back inside the house and called her husband, who came home immediately.

A few days before that, Wiltrout was in the basement when she heard noises upstairs. She started upstairs, only to see the bear looking down at her from inside their house. Her young son was at the other end of the house sleeping – the

bear between them. The bear left through a porch screen, which it had jumped through to get in.

Upon recommendation by the DNR, the Wiltrouts have taken down their bird feeders and removed all sources of food for bears, but she told the Herald the bear has been back since then. She’s OK, she said.

“Everybody is surprised I haven’t had this baby yet because of the surprises I’ve had,” she told the Herald.

According to the DNR’s Web site, just one day before the Wiltrout incident, a large black bear that found itself in the city of La Crosse drew a large crowd.

People followed it with cars and video cameras till it was cornered in a fenced area of Myrick Park. With nowhere to go, the bear climbed a tree. The crowds ig-

nored official requests to disperse, and the bear remained agitated. When it appeared it was going to leave the tree in an escape attempt that likely would have necessitated running through a crowd or across a busy, it was killed by two police officers and a conservation warden.

The situation had become dangerous, and the officers were fulfilling their primary duty – to protect public safety. It wasn’t a decision made lightly, the DNR stated.

Both cases, wildlife experts say, demonstrate the need for wildlife to be left wild. When bears are left alone and people refrain from feeding them and give them plenty of room, they generally do not pose a threat to human safety. – Gary King with information from DNR and Chippewa Herald

Music in the Park series starts Thursday, July 9

SIREN – The 2009 Music in the Park series starts Thursday, July 9, in the Crooked Lake Park Band Shell. Each week between July 9 and Aug. 27 a variety of musical styles will be offered by area musicians between 7 and 9 p.m. each Thursday evening. Refreshments for purchase will be available from area nonprofit organizations.

The kickoff July 9 concert features the music of Brad Alden from Siren and his group Crossed Paths.

Alden is the organizer of the monthly

SIREN – A cookie-baking contest will be held at the Northwoods Crossing Event Center in Siren, Saturday, Aug. 8.

It is not just any cookie-baking contest, however. The organizer, Susan Hager from the Cookie Brigade, is asking bakers to choose cookies that were popular during five world wars: World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War and the

jam sessions that have been held during the past year or more at the Lewis United Methodist Church, with audiences numbering up to 180 people. He describes his style as country Christian and bluegrass music.

The Siren/Webster Rotary Club is sponsoring this first concert in the 2009 Music in the Park series. The club will also supply refreshments for purchase.

Business sponsors for the evening are Adventures Restaurant and Pub, Alden Electric Company, Edward Jones Invest-

ments and Jenneman’s Hardware Hank.

The following week’s concert, Thursday, July 16, features storytelling, music and song by well-known musician/composer Kevin McMullen from Sarona.

The building of the band shell was coordinated by the Siren/Webster Rotary Club as its way of celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of Rotary, the nation’s oldest service club.

The completed band shell was presented to the village of Siren July 4, 2008.

Cookie baking for a cause

current Middle East conflict.

In addition to baking and submitting the cookie and recipe used, Hager is asking the baker to supply any stories that might go along with that particular cookie, i.e. reason for choosing, the war it represents or any story about cookie recipients/reactions to the cookie.

Cookies should be dropped off at the

Northwoods Crossing Event Center Aug. 8 from 9-11 a.m. The winning cookies will be chosen that day.

The baking contest is one of the events leading up to a fundraiser/thank-you to servicemen and women who are currently or have served our country in past wars. Each of the five world wars named above will be showcased at the

Several uses of the band shell were made last summer, but this year’s Music in the Park series is the first organized effort at bringing a weekly variety of quality musical performances to the people in the area. In case of inclement weather, the scheduled performances will be switched to the Siren School auditorium.

Those attending at the band shell are reminded to bring folding chairs or blankets to sit on. – Nancy Jappe

fundraiser, which is planned for Saturday, Sept. 12, at the Northwoods Crossing Event Center.

For further information, access the Cookie Brigade Web site at www.cookiebrigade.com or contact Hager at 715-327-4532. – Information submitted

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Water, sewer rates go up at Balsam Lake

by Mary Stirrat BALSAM LAKE — Balsam Lake residents will see an increase in their water and sewer bills beginning with the current quarter, following action taken by the village board Monday evening, July 6.

The new rates will reflect a 55 percent per quarter increase in the fixed charge plus 33 cents per 1,000 gallons used for the sewer charge and a 3-percent increase in the water rate.

In dollars and cents, property owners will see their quarterly sewer bill increase from $37.60 to $50.95, plus the 33-cent per 1,000-gallon volume rate increase. The quarterly water bill will increase about 50 cents.

The increases come at the recommendation of auditor Steve Scheidler, who met with the board in May. At that time he said that rates charged for sewer utility were not covering costs, and the village’s general operations fund was making up the difference.

In early June the water and sewer committee met with Scheidler, who presented two different rate increase scenarios. The first consisted of a 60-percent increase in the quarterly fixed sewer rate, bringing that to $55.28, with a two-cent increase in the volume rate.

Scheidler’s second option was accepted by the committee and approved by the board Monday night.

People from the millpond and elsewhere have always been able to trailer their boat to the lake, D’Agostino pointed out, and people have always been driving to the establishments on the millpond.

“This is just a thing of convenience,” he told Holmgren. “I’m not against it. But let’s just talk fact, not fiction.”

Trustee Mike Voltz was concerned about spending on something that is not a necessity, given the current economic situation.

“In this day and age, when we don’t know where our next dollar is coming from,” he said, “I think it’s plain ridiculous to be thinking about this. The time is just not right for a project like this.”

The timing might never be better, said trustee Jim Broome. The county is looking at roadwork on CTH I next year, and portions of the culvert work would be included.

The item will be on the August meeting agenda.

Park Broome of the park and dam committee reported that concrete was poured at the skate park last week. The village was asked to contribute $1,800 to the project, which will be discussed during the 2010 budget process.

“Now we just need someone who wants to contribute to the ramps and jumps,” said Williams.

The skateboard park is located by the tennis courts at Pine Park.

In other park business, D’Agostino said the public-protection committee discussed problems with juveniles at the park.

He said there was “an enormous amount of minors” at the park, and that there were more and more problems with underage drinking. The possibility of requiring an adult to accompany the minors may be an option, according to D’Agostino.

CTH I culvert Resident Carl Holmgren spoke to the board again about pursuing the replacement of the box culvert on CTH I between the lake and the millpond.

Holmgren said last month that he is spokesman for a group of people who want to see the culvert enlarged to allow bigger boats to travel between the two bodies of water.

The question of how much the project will cost and who might pay for it have not been answered, although Holmgren has indicated that private and grant funding could possibly cover the majority.

An estimate for the design phase from SEH, said public works Director Daryl Ince, came in at $22,000. Holmgren has talked with the engineer at the county land and water resource department, who said he would also prepare an estimate for “shovel-ready engineering.”

“That’s kind of keeping it local, kind of keeping it in our backyard, so to speak,” said Holmgren.

“Presently,” said village President Guy Williams, “we don’t have anything budgeted for the project.” He added that he just received correspondence saying that Balsam Lake would see a 15-percent cut in state aid, compared with a one percent cut for Milwaukee.

According to Holmgren, there are private individuals and organizations willing to contribute to the project.

Discussions with the village assessor, he said, showed that the village alone could see a substantial increase in property taxes if the project were done.

Trustee Geno D’Agostino said that he would be all for the project, if it could be done without tax money, but didn’t believe Holmgren’s idea that the bigger culvert is a necessity.

Other business • Police officer Jennifer Hanson reported that 17 citations were issued over Freedom Festival weekend. There were four emergency medical services calls.

She also said that the village ordinance pertaining to bond scheduling would be on the August agenda since the state mandated an increase in court costs. A disorderly conduct charge, she said, carries a $200 forfeiture, but the village only receives $25 of that amount.

• The board voted to pay half the cost for the two new signs advertising the village that are being placed on Hwy. 8. The chamber of commerce developed the signs, which are costing a total of $3,840.

There is about $2,000 in the advertising budget, said Williams.

• The board accepted a bid of $49,720 from Maxwell Heating and Air Conditioning of Luck to furnish and install a 94.5-percent efficient hot water boiler system at the village hall. A second bid for the project from Johnson Controls was $62,282.

• The board approved a resolution authorizing the borrowing of $125,000 for the reconditioning of the water tower. It will be repaid through water utility charges.

FREDERIC - On Wednesday, July 1, unionized employees working at the Frederic Nursing and Rehabilitation Community facility rejected a union contract offer from their employer. The offer from the employer included wage and benefit reductions. The employee bargaining committee recommended rejection because the employer provided no evidence of economic need for the reductions.

The attorney representing the employer stated that in this economy they can hire staff cheaper and simply wanted to reduce their labor costs. Union Presi-

dent Don Seaquist stated “When an employer shows evidence that reductions are necessary for continued success of the business, we can help deal with that, but this foreign-owned employer has shown no interest in that.”

UFCW Local 789 of St. Paul, Minn., represents the employees at Frederic. It is a union of 7,000 members working in retail, food processing, manufacturing and has union contracts with over 20 nursing homes in Minnesota and western Wisconsin.

For more information please contact Don Seaquist, at 651-451-6240. - submitted

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This week’s question: In light of the new seat belt law, should motorcycle riders be required to wear helmets?

1. Yes 2. No To take part in our poll, go to www.theleader.net and scroll down to the lower left part of the screen

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otorcycle riders may want to line up their lobbyists now.

The Wausau Daily Herald this week makes a strong case for contradiction in a recently passed law that allows police to stop motorists who fail to wear safety belts.

If the goal of stopping unbelted motorists is to promote public safety - and in the process, likely ease some insurance premium hikes - then maybe we should apply the same law to motorcyclists, the paper notes.

“Why in the world does the Legislature order people who are surrounded by a ton of steel and protected by airbags to wear safety belts but still allow motorcyclists to ride without helmets?” the Daily Herald editorial asks.

The editorial hammers home their points with statistics, which show that helmet laws are far more defensible than safety belt laws.

The paper quotes a study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which shows the cost of motorcycle crashes, in 1997, was about $2 per mile traveled – more than 10 times the cost for other vehicles.

Another study found that the average motorcycle crash – including lost work time, medical costs, property damage and more, cost about $211,000 in 1997 dollars. The average crash cost for all other vehicles was $17,000.

Wisconsin’s Department of Transportation released a sobering statement this week noting that as of the end of June, 46 motorcycle riders and passengers have died in crashes this year - compared to 28 last year on that date.

So if logic prevails, motorcyclists may be next on the list to be told how safe they must be, according to Big Brother.

This may result in an interesting showdown - for when the easy riders become uneasy, there’s likely to be some unminced words spoken - and they’ll likely be about freedom.

Clam Falls history

Our thanks to Clayton Jorgenson, the local historian who may be most wellknown for his career as a former elementary school principal at Grantsburg and his hobby of collecting antique tractors.

Clayton has spent most of the summer thus far compiling and writing the history of Clam Falls. His findings have been published the last few months in our Currents section, in a weekly column. It features the photographs and information he’s uncovered with help from LaVonne Smith and other Clam Falls residents and/or historians.

Clam Falls was settled about 50 years prior to Frederic, which makes it more than 150 years old, and it has a colorful history. At one time it boasted a hospital, dance hall, sawmill, cheese factory and mining operation. With the railroad arriving in the early 1900s, Frederic slowly became the “new Clam Falls,” with logs being floated to Coon Lake and loaded on railroad cars for transport to points south, including the Twin Cities.

Publication - any publication - of the history of Clam Falls is long overdue and our hats off to Mr. Jorgenson, a former Clam Falls resident, for taking the time to find the stories - and retell them to our readers.

Stay tuned - there are several more columns to come, a few of which will include some history on the Lewis community.

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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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Washington, D.C. 20510 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

It’s not often we start editorials on our front page, but this week’s piece by Festival Theatre board member John Driscoll deserves special notice.

Much of the news regarding the theater in St. Croix Falls lately has focused on its home, the historical building that began as a vaudeville theater and later became a movie theater and then home to the city offices and the local public library.

Mr. Driscoll’s editorial offers readers insight into the financial challenges a local professional theater faces in light of helping to upkeep an aging structure, which is owned by the city. Obviously, neither the city or the theater can afford to undertake major building improvements on their own.

He also makes some interesting points, using Festival’s own record-keeping. For instance, attendance at the theater has grown dramatically in the last two years. And over the past three years alone, Festival Theatre has attracted more than 30,000 noncity residents to the city’s downtown business district.

The quality of the concerts and plays offered by Festival continues to be high grade and continues to get better. Coupled with its involvement of community, Festival could be viewed as the cement for a community reliant on the arts for its economic survival.

It’s been only through private donations, community support, grants and sheer tenacity that Festival Theatre still exists after two decades in a small river community. The enthusiasm of past and present volunteers and staff members has been, and remains, nothing short of inspiring.

This next several months will tell Festival’s long range future and some tough questions are rightfully being asked as to how to retain the theater amidst economic challenges.

Will more community support and involvement surface to help keep this vital part of the St. Croix Valley alive?

Most likely, two main questions will carry the issue: Can the city afford to have Festival Theatre?

Can it afford not to?

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The article’s central conclusion seemed to be that the good health outcome experienced by his family member would not have happened without good diagnosticians, technology and surgeons. OK. Sure.

But then the writer goes on and infers that his family member would not have fared so well under socialized medicine, because bureaucrats would be providing national health care and “you should know that if you are 70 years old and need a heart revascularization, you probably won’t get it.”

I’m not sure what socialized health-care system the writer was referring to, but since it’s somewhat common to point fingers at Canada’s health-care system, I thought I’d take a look at heart bypass statistics there.

Data is mostly available at the provincial level, but it tells the story. Far from “you probably won’t get it,” the characteristics of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery in British Columbia from 1991 – 2000 showed that 41.9 percent of all male patients and 30.2 percent of female patients were over 70 years of age.

All in all, though, in Canada, bureaucrats don’t decide if or when you get bypass surgery. Your doctor is the one who decides how urgent your need is.

Yes, but you have to wait forever. Right?

Not so much.

Ontario’s 2008 cardiac surgery statistics show that all emergency surgeries happen within a day, and the median wait time for urgent surgeries is six days.

In Saskatchewan, Regina and Saskatoon, the median wait time for all bypass surgeries (excluding emergencies) is four days.

Ninety percent of all bypass surgeries in those provinces – including all elective surgeries – took place within 63 days. (October 2008 – March 2009 What about outcomes? Costs? A study published by the American Medical Association in 2005 concluded that coronary artery bypass surgery in the U.S. costs twice as much as in Canada and produces no appreciably superior clinical outcomes.

If you can’t bring yourself to contemplate a system even remotely like Canada’s, consider this: A 2007 bankruptcy study by Harvard University concluded that “Using a conservative definition, 62.1 percent of all bankruptcies in 2007 (in the United States) were medical. Three quarters had health insurance. The share of bankruptcies attributable to medical problems rose by 49.6 percent between 2001 and 2007.”

Despite heartwarming stories like the one in A Team, a 2006 study by the Commonwealth Fund (National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance) reported that 116 out of every 100,000 deaths in the U.S. were potentially preventable with timely and appropriate medical care.

Canada’s rate: 92 out of every 100,000.

Canada outperforms the U.S. in terms of infant mortality rate, healthy life expectancy, medical error rates, and getting medical care on nights, weekends and holidays without going to the ER. The percentage of national health expenditures spent on administration and insurance in the U.S. in 2003 (Commonwealth Fund) was 7.3. In Canada 2.6 percent. Per person expenditures on health in the U.S. are twice as high as in Canada.

Meanwhile, in 2007, according to the Wisconsin Hospital Association: Wisconsin hospitals provided $886.3 million of uncompensated health-care services to their patients in FY 2007, up almost 10 percent from 2006.

The problem of uncompensated care is worsening despite the fact that public programs have been rapidly expanding the populations covered. Coverage is wider in Wisconsin, for example, but expansion brings with it a cutback in benefits. Higher-

deductible private plans and employer plans enable many to remain “covered” but unable to pay their higher deductibles.

Not to worry, though, if you don’t like a public plan. Single-payer advocates aren’t really even at the table in the current debate over health reform in the U.S., and this morning’s news carries the message that the Obama administration may well decide to take any public option off the table in order to get a reform bill passed. We’ve been here before.

Michael Rust Turtle Lake

Bold stands America’s family farmers have unique roles to play in combating global climate change. Several members of Wisconsin’s Congressional delegation to the House of Representatives delegation understands that, and I thank them for their votes in support of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009. As President Obama said about the legislation’s passage, it is a “bold and necessary step.”

The farmers union supports a national, mandatory carbon emission cap and trade system to reduce nonfarm greenhouse gas emissions. As an energy-intensive industry, we know that doing so will result in increased production costs. However, the flexible agricultural offset program within the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 will allow producers to mitigate some of those increased costs by adopting environmentally friendly practices. That will allow American farmers and ranchers to continue to provide consumers with the most affordable and abundant food supply in the world. Further, the individual producers referred to as “early actors”– those who have been engaged in innovative efforts to sequester carbon – are recognized for their efforts.

Failing to pass climate change legislation is not an option. Without congressional action, the Environmental Protection Agency is poised to act. That regulatory action would mean the positive provisions within the legislation would be lost. Thank you, Reps. Tammy Baldwin, Steve Kagen, Ron Kind, Gwen Moore and Dave Obey for standing up for farmers and ranchers and allowing them to be a part of the climatechange solution.

Sue Beitlich, president Wisconsin Farmers Union Madison

Erling leaves town Erling Grumstrup is moving to California in a couple of weeks. I had the privilege of getting to know him over the past few years because we go to the same church.

First thing you notice about the guy is no way does he look 89 years old; next thing is if there is any way to be especially ethnic, Erling is especially Danish.

Grumstrup is a common name in Denmark. He grew up in a Danish community, Danebod, near Tyler, Minn. Erling and his family moved to this area in 1940. They were welcomed into the Danish community of West Denmark by his sister, Esther, and her husband, Alf. Erling worked at Alf Utoft’s feed store and on a farm. Erling tells me his mother had many friends in the area and his grandfather had been a pastor at the West Denmark Lutheran Church. Erling confided that he didn’t always like church, but he kept going. In those days, the church was the way a person connected to the community. The church had community events, picnics and dances that brought locals together. Erling did suggest that the West Denmark boys were a little wilder than the folks from his hometown of Tyler.

Erling spoke of a rich Danish culture influenced by the Danish theologian and statesman, Gruntdvig. The folk school tradition, which West Denmark church’s family camp is predicated on, is an example of that richness. The three days of family camp are filled with people of all ages,

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Old music?

For some reason baroque music has

become my favorite since diving full bore into middle age and beyond.

I was forced to take piano lessons as a child, and the repertoire was made up of baroque, classical and a bit of romantic music, but I got out of that and into rock ‘n’ roll as soon as possible.

Jazz came later. Then various subcategories: progressive rock, new wave, reggae, world music, grunge, industrial.

I never could handle country or gospel. Rhythm and blues, blues and bluegrass all struck me as interesting live and quickly repetitious in recordings. I’ve wandered back to my roots, and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra is my favorite band.

Old fart? I guess so, but, as the man on classical radio reminds us, “all music was once new.”

Baroque music is quickly defined as white European music from 1600 to 1750 (the year of J.S. Bach’s death). It is the next step after renaissance music.

Baroque, as a descriptive term, covers the painting, architecture and music of that era, and includes large concepts, theatricality and elaborate design.

We’re talking grandeur here. In that period, instrumental music took equal footing with vocal, harmony and attention to chords dominated, major and minor keys became more important and the idea of an orchestra took over from former groupings of musicians and singers. Long before jazz and ‘60s rock music, baroque composers also introduced the “solo” and “improvisafood, speakers, music and crafts. Of course the church hosts aebleskiver and Fastelavns as well. Erling said that he feels the lack of stained-glass windows in the church is an example of the belief that there should be no barrier between nature and ourselves; God is expressed in nature as well as the Bible. The clear windows allow God’s world to intrude on our own. Theologian Gruntdvig would say we should live closer to the ground, closer to God’s creation. Along with this living as close as possible to nature, Erling and other Danes from this tradition would affirm the goodness and beauty of ordinary life, the value of lifelong learning and education, and the affirmation of life.

Erling described the area along 170th Street and CTH N as populated with Danes working 40-, 60- and 80-acre farms.

These farms supported both their families and the town of Luck. Erling’s wife, Selma, grew up on 40 acres, and her parents were able to raise four kids on it. Luck had successful businesses which both relied on and served locals. Erling said it is sad that the economy now can’t allow small farms and businesses to survive in a local economy. Business and farming depended on each other.

Erling wondered aloud whether that dependence created a greater concern for each other’s welfare than now; he misses that and we are sure to miss him. We have been given a life to live, let’s live it! One shouldn’t go through life solely in preparation for eternity. Blessings to you, Erling!

Jay Stackhouse Frederic

The bears and the geese My husband and I recently moved to Siren and I love taking photos, particularly of the bears that hang around our house. I have had a couple of phone calls and emails since the incident where the woman from Siren was knocked down by a bear and scratched up, people wondering if it was me. It was not.

I do live in Siren, though, and I like taking photos of nature. When you read this, do not think that I am taking what happened to the gal from Siren lightly. I feel bad; it must have really scared her. It would have scared me, too.

c o o p e r a t i v e ! o w n e d

Community Voices Kelly Green tion.” A musty old style of music it isn’t.

Most people have heard of the famous trio of baroque composers, Bach, Handel and Vivaldi, but there are so many others to discover and soak in.

A short list of stellar favorites might include Biber, Tartini, Corelli, LeClair, Telemann, Geminani, Couperin, Scarlatti and Heinichen. Also, probably everyone knows Pachelbel’s Canon.

Musical tastes are as personal as toothbrushes, and styles of music can’t possibly be rated in terms of importance, but anyone who listens to anything called music can testify to its importance in the life of human beings.

It is the greatest creation humans have ever come up with. It is our first language, and baroque is one of its most interesting and varied dialects. So, dive into the endless stream whenever you can.

Kelly Green says he’s “crazy,” has 20 books of poetry under his belt, has “sprouted up in Frederic after being run out of every other town” he’s inhabited and is “incredibly fortunate” to live with the fantastic potter Win Herberg. See their work at www.poetrypottery.com

People, for the most part, everyone knows there are bears in these woods and you always have to be cautious. The bears are just being bears. If you do want them around, keep your garbage in the garage, do not feed the birds, and close your doors on your house if you are not around. Make some noise when you do go outside at night or early in the mornings.

The bears just seem to wander during the spring looking for something to eat and exploring what used to be their habitat, now inhabited by us humans. The females are releasing their cubs, who have been with them for more than a year…so you have the young ones wandering, you have the sows with their new cubs wandering, and then the boars who are chasing the females in heat (it is the breeding season for bears).

We usually watch the bears from May to July. It seems they retreat back into the woods sometime in July and sometimes a person may see one occasionally, but for the most part, we never see them again until springtime.

Where I live, we see bears almost daily.

We respect them and they leave us alone.

When we do see them, I take pictures of them and keep my distance. When I go on a walk I bring pepper spray and the dog.

If you see a bear do not stare it down, they will feel threatened, they may rush at you and stop or they may start clacking their jaws, all signs that they feel threatened. Keep your distance! Always know that if you get between a sow and her cubs, you are putting yourself at risk, because she will guard her babies.

I just feel bad that a bear has to be euthanized. Hunting is one thing. There is a season, people hunt, end of story, but just killing an innocent bear? No one really knows for sure if that is the culprit bear and the DNR just plans on euthanizing “a bear” that lands itself in the live trap via bait.

Why not relocate the bear? But then…what if you are relocating the wrong bear.

I cannot quite wrap my mind around why it is being euthanized?

Bears do not just attack people. Usually they are totally afraid. If this bear was star-

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Letters t o t h e e d i t o r Letters/from page 9 tled, maybe it was just being defensive.

Maybe it was just as scared as the woman was. Maybe it had cubs in a nearby tree and being startled caused it to rush the woman. Maybe, maybe, maybe…I am wondering how does the DNR even know that the bear in their trap will be the bear that knocked the woman from Siren down?

Did that bear have a nametag on?

It really seems like it is just a way to appease the public if you ask me. Yeah, I know, no one is asking me. Seriously, I do not want anyone to think that I do not care that a woman was hurt. I am so sorry she was and I hope her scratches/bruises have healed up.

I just think that trapping a bear and then killing it really is not going to solve the problem.

And on a side note…

That issue with the geese near Cushing.

What is wrong with people that just think it is funny to plow over a bunch of innocent birds that are on the road? The geese cannot fly at this time of the year. They are molting. The Canada goose completely sheds its flight feathers and cannot fly for about a month.

So whoever thought it was funny to run over geese, the geese did not even have a chance. Boy, I bet you feel so proud of yourself. Boy, be glad I do not know who you are, because I would definitely turn you in and I would not accept a reward for doing it, either. It would be nice if people would appreciate nature for what it is; and if anyone has any idea who was driving that vehicle, turn them in. With friends like that, who needs enemies.

Good grief!

Misguided Our life in the once-free United States will change forever with the Democrat-led charge against capitalism through cap and trade legislation recently passed by the Democrat controlled Congress.

With the help of a few misguided Republicans, it barely got enough votes to pass.

What this bill does is raise the cost of cheap fuel like coal, oil, and natural gas to the level of the green energy supported by the left. In order to get people to not buy something and to coerce them into buying something the government wants them to buy, just make the prices the same.

In this case, that means raising the price of less-expensive energy to the level of the expensive energy. Why don’t the earth theologians allow us to use the abundant resources our country has at its disposal?

Let’s say our nation reduces pollution by 20 percent through massive tax hikes.

Look at the size of our world on a globe and tell me what significance our reduction in emissions has on Mother Earth (as the earth theologians call it)? In comparison, put a pound of sugar in a lake and see if it turns sweet.

Does the national TV and press control the way we live and the way our country is going ?

Our country today is in a downward spiral and proof of the matter shows more and more every day by what we read and watch. Our only hope is that our educators do not fall into the same trap of the media.

Yes I did turn it off, but who is helping those that cannot?

John Walkosz Grantsburg

Government bailouts ...

Good for America?

end up in a prolonged recession or worse, a depression.

22 percent voted: No, America is too far in debt already.

69 percent voted: Absolutely not, the American people should never be responsible for bailing out the private sector.

2 percent voted: Undecided 4) Do you believe the government bailouts will ultimately rescue our country’s financial system?

8 percent voted: Yes 86 percent voted: No 6 percent voted: Undecided 5) Do you believe Barack Obama was the best choice to handle the country’s future economic policy?

12 percent voted: Yes 85 percent voted: No 3 percent voted: Undecided

Today July 7, for the first time in my life I am ashamed for our country. The national media has chosen to honor a person on TV and in the press as a icon for the youth of our country. What are the leaders of our country thinking to show our youth that it is OK to chose such a lifestyle filled with immorality and deceit. Not to mention the use of drugs as a way to cope.

Several of our young men and women were killed recently in Afghanistan and just a passing mention was made of them.

They who are making sure it is safe for the media to have the freedom that they have.

The following results are from a June 29, poll on the Personal Liberty Digest Web site (http://www.personalliberty.com/) for government bailouts. The Personal Liberty Digest is an excellent source concerning healthy information!

Here are the results.

The total number of people who voted in this poll: 464,193 1) Who is most to blame for America’s current economic crisis?

68 percent voted: Clinton administration and the Democrats in Congress 12 percent voted: The Bush administration 3 percent voted: Wall Street 14 percent voted: Banks and subprime lenders 2 percent voted: Real estate and mortgage professionals 0 percent voted: Investors 1 percent voted: Home buyers 2) Do you agree government bailouts are the answer to America’s financial crisis?

7 percent voted: Yes 88 percent voted: No 5 percent voted: Undecided 3) Do you believe the American taxpayers should have to foot the bill for our financial system’s mistakes?

7 percent voted: Yes, we have to or we’ll

Responsible budget protects rural Wisconsin

with this budget.

From the beginning of the budget process the Rural Caucus, a group of rural legislators, which I chair, held regular meetings to talk about priorities that were important to our districts. We brain- Ann stormed ways to Hraychuck ensure these priorities were reflected 28th District in the final budget, and ultimately Assembly were successful in advancing these interests.

Since the Senate and Assembly had two different versions of the budget, a conference committee was created to resolve the difference and arrive at a compromise. This bipartisan committee was composed of three senators and three

representatives. For the Assembly, serving alongside Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan, D-Janesville, and Assembly Minority Leader Jeff Fitzgerald, R-Horicon, was Rural Caucus member Mary Hubler, D-Rice Lake. Having Rep. Hubler on the conference committee, at the bargaining table, was instrumental to protecting rural districts and advocating for our priorities.

The final budget increases Sparsity Aid for rural school districts by over $11 million and increases the per pupil amount under Sparsity Aid to $300 for all eligible districts effective in 2009-10.

We protected our agricultural economy by eliminating the slaughter fee, deleting the proposed increases on fees for large Wisconsin farms, and eliminating the proposed land use assessment changes.

Despite this historic budget deficit, Democrats worked hard to protect the middle class. Nearly 99 percent of Wisconsinites will not see an increase in

their income tax and this budget also protects every single resident from a general sales tax increase. There is no payroll tax in the final budget, and we held the line on property taxes. The oil company assessment was eliminated which may have increased prices at the pump, and we preserved the capital gains tax exemption at 30 percent with an exemption for farms and farm investments.

The 2009-11 state budget was signed into law on June 29, by Gov. Doyle. Despite these historic circumstances, we were able to pass a budget, on time, that protects our families and continues to provide vital services for those in need.

As always, if you have any additional questions or suggestions regarding the budget, or have other legislative concerns, please feel free to contact me tollfree at 888-529-0028 or by e-mailing me: Rep.Hraychuck@legis.wisconsin.gov.

Governor acts on budget bill

words were stitched together to create an altogether new sentence and new law never voted on by the Legislature. It had a life of its own!

A constitutional amendment was ratified by Wisconsin voters last spring to prohibit the Sheila Frankenstein Veto. Harsdorf While there were no egregious vetoes in 10th District this budget as there Senate have been in the past, the governor did violate the ban through one of his vetoes that created a new sentence by

combining parts of others.

I support the partial veto as a tool a governor can use to curtail spending and eliminate policy changes while still enacting a budget bill. Budget bills can often serve as conduits to stick in nonfiscal policy and pork projects that would not otherwise pass if given full scrutiny. Partial veto authority gives our governor the ability to be a check and balance against such excesses.

It is unfortunate that Doyle chose not to use his veto powers to veto out the over $40 million in pork projects included in the budget bill. It was disappointing that a state leader chose to not protect the taxpayer, instead giving deference to pork projects included by Democrats in the Legislature.

The governor made some notable ve-

toes to the budget bill. He vetoed a provision in the budget bill that would have forbidden auto insurers from using home addresses to determine insurance rates for consumers.

This provision was inserted by Milwaukee legislators to shift costs to residents in lower crime and accident rates generally found in rural and suburban areas. Another provision vetoed sought to require new withholding regulations on private contractors.

You can find a full list of the governor’s vetoes on my Web site blog, found at www.harsdorfsenate.com.

Elizabeth Bean Siren

The 2009-11 state budget has been historic in more ways than one. First, amidst this national economic crisis, Wisconsin, like the vast majority of states faced a large fiscal deficit. At $6.6 billion, this was the largest deficit in Wisconsin’s history. Secondly, for the first time in over 30 years, the legislature passed a budget by its constitutionally mandated deadline of July 1. And finally, this budget contains more than $3 billion in spending cuts, the deepest in Wisconsin history.

With such a controversial yet critical budget, it was a priority of the Assembly to ensure that everyone’s voice was heard. Rural communities are an important part of this state, and there is often the perception that decisions are made solely around the interests of Madison and Milwaukee. That was not the case

The Wisconsin Legislature completed its work on the state’s two-year budget, sending the final bill to Gov. Doyle late last month. The governor exercised his partial veto authority before signing the budget on June 29.

The veto authority provided to Wisconsin’s governors is one of the strongest in the nation. Four years ago, Doyle abused such authority by stringing together words amongst four different sections of a budget bill to spend $427 million never authorized by the Legislature. This created a huge hole in the state’s transportation budget and was coined the Frankenstein Veto; since

Mark Pettis Hertel

Downward spiral

It is unlikely that we the people would see this kind of information on the 6 p.m. news.

Undoubtedly, there will be those that will say that this economic mess was started, at least in part, by the Bush administration. I would like be one of the first to agree. However, in my opinion, it started long before the Bush watch! It goes without saying that two wrongs are not likely to make a right.

Stay tuned for some mind-blowing, shocking information that took place during the Bush Power and Greed Dynasty.

Leon Moe Luck

Got an opinion?

Send us your thoughts by e-mail (theleader@centurytel.net) or by mail to: InterCounty Leader, Box 490, Frederic, WI 54837

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A re a n e w s a t a g l a n c e Wood pellet heat proposed BARRON - The Barron Area School Board will consider some changes to the heating system at Riverview Middle School. The board will look at the possibility of using wood pellets to fuel the boiler at the school. Barron was one of eight school districts to be approved by Focus on Energy for money to pay for a feasibility study for converting Riverview Middle School into using biomass energy, specifically wood. The feasibility study looked at all types of fuel and recommended a wood pellet system. “It is by far the cheapest as far as capital outlay goes,” said district Administrator Monti Hallberg. “And the least complicated in construction and the least troublesome as far as maintenance.” Hallberg said the study also pointed out that there would be “good availability of supply,” with four pellet producers in Northwest Wisconsin. Currently there are plants at Hayward, Ladysmith and Marathon, and another plant is planned in Centuria.

“It’s very simple and very straightforward,” Hallberg said. “What piqued our interest in this was Shell Lake. They have a similar system in a similar-sized building. The beauty of this is, we’re using renewable energy and becoming less dependent on oil,” he said. – Barron NewsShield No one hurt after fireworks land in car PRESCOTT - It was a memorable Fourth of July for Michael and Toni Sullivan of Hastings, Minn. According to a Prescott Police report, Michael stated they were

parked in the lot adjacent to the fishing pier by the boat launch around 9:40 p.m. that night when a lit firework hit their car and bounced inside the through the open sky roof. Michael added he was sitting in the driver’s seat, and the car was showered inside with sparks as the canister fell between him and his seat. He showed police the back of his T-shirt which showed three black streaks and one black spot. He wasn’t burned by the sparks. Police looked inside the vehicle and noticed that the driver’s seat was covered with a powdery residue and burnt, black powder. Toni notified police that she believed the firework came from 221 Front St. Within minutes, Daniel E. Cassidy, 24, Hastings, admitted to shooting off the firework. He stated that he didn’t know that it would do what it did and stated he was sorry for what happened. Police informed him he would be issued a municipal citation for fireworks and adding any restitution to the citation if the vehicle needed any cleaning or damage fixed. – rivertowns.net

Shots fired downtown

SUPERIOR - Superior Fire Department and Gold Cross Ambulance responded to JT’s Bar and Grill on North Third Street for a medical call, only to discover the victim had been shot. The incident occurred shortly after 10 p.m. July 4. The parties requesting medical believed their friend, an adult female, had been injured by stray fireworks. At about 10:11 p.m. officers from the Superior Police Department arrived on scene along with medical personnel and

deem as incorrect. He has Special Administrative Measures ... against him." attempt to stop it."

Hashmi cannot contact the Juxtapose Roeder's advomedia, and even his lawyers cacy from jail to the condihave to be extremely cautious tions of Fahad Hashmi. when discussing his case, for Hashmi is a U.S. citizen fear of imprisonment themwho grew up in Queens, N.Y., selves. His attorney, Sean and went to Brooklyn ColMaher, told me: "This issue of lege. He went to graduate the SAMs ... of keeping people school in Britain and was ar- Amy rested there in 2006 for al- Goodman in solitary confinement when they're presumed innocent, is legedly allowing an before the European Court of acquaintance to stay with him for two weeks. That acquaintance, Junaid Babar, Human Rights. They are deciding allegedly kept at Hashmi's apartment a whether they will prevent any European bag containing ponchos and socks, country from extraditing anyone to the which Babar later delivered to an al- United States if there is a possibility that Qaida operative. Babar was arrested they will be placed under SAMs ... beand agreed to cooperate with the au- cause they see it as a violation ... to hold someone in solitary confinement with thorities in exchange for leniency.

While evidence against Hashmi is se- sensory deprivation, months before cret, it likely stems from the claims of trial."

Similarly, animal-rights and environthe informant Babar. mental activists, prosecuted as "eco-terFahad Hashmi was extradicted to rorists," have been shipped to the New York, where he has been held in pretrial detention for more than two Federal Bureau of Prisons' new Comyears. His brother Faisal described the munication Management Units. Anconditions: "He is kept in solitary con- drew Stepanian was recently released finement for two straight years, 23- to and described for me the CMU as "a 24-hours in lockdown ... Within his own prison within the actual prison ... The cell, he's restricted in the movements unit doesn't have normal telephone he's allowed to do. He's not allowed to communication to your family ... nortalk out loud within his own cell ... He is mal visits are denied ... you have to being videotaped and monitored at all make an appointment to make one times. He can be punished ... denied phone call a week, and that needs to be family visits, if they say his certain done with the oversight of ... a live monmovements are martial arts ... that they itor."

Two standards of justice

Scott Roeder, the anti-abortion zealot charged with killing Dr. George Tiller, has been busy. He called The Associated Press from the Sedgwick County Jail in Kansas, saying, "I know there are many other similar events planned around the country as long as abortion remains legal." Charged with first-degree murder and aggravated assault, he is expected to be arraigned July 28. AP recently reported that Roeder has been advocating from his jail cell that the killing of abortion providers is justified.

According to the report, the Rev. Donald Spitz of the Virginia-based Army of God sent Roeder seven pamphlets defending "defensive action," or killing of abortion-clinic workers.

Spitz's militant Army of God Web site's home page calls Roeder an "American hero," proclaiming, "George Tiller would normally murder between 10 and 30 children ... each day ... when he was stopped by Scott Roeder."

The site, with biblical quotes suggesting killing is justified, hosts writings by Paul Hill, who killed Dr. John Britton and his security escort in Pensacola, Fla., and by Eric Rudolph, who bombed a Birmingham, Ala., women's health clinic, killing its part-time security guard.

On Spitz's Web site, Rudolph continues to write about abortion: "I believe that deadly force is indeed justified in an

determined that the wound to the victim appeared to be a gunshot wound. Gold Cross transported the wounded victim initially to St. Mary’s Hospital-Superior. At approximately 10:16 p.m., while Superior Police officers were still onscene interviewing witnesses, a number of rounds began striking a vehicle they were standing near.

Multiple additional units responded to the scene, as did the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department, and a three- block area from North Fifth Street to North Third Street, Hughitt to John avenues was cordoned off.

The Emergency Response Team was alerted and responded to the situation. The gunshots appeared to have originated in the area of the rear of the Viking Bar, located at 1501 N. Fifth St. Officers cordoned off the area until officers and other bystanders could be safely evacuated from the parking lot of JT’s. The apartments above the Viking Bar were also secured and checked. A short time later, a firearm, that at this time is believed to have been used in this incident, was recovered. Following additional investigation Javier Garcia, 41, Superior, was taken into custody as the suspected shooter in this incident. As of this news release issued by the Superior Police Department on Sunday, Garcia has been lodged in the Douglas County Jail on initial charges of causing injury by negligent handing of a dangerous weapon and felon in possession of a firearm, both felonies. No new information was available Monday. Garcia is also being held on a probation and parole violation hold. The female victim was treated for a gunshot

Backyard visitor, Spokane style Susan Ames-Lillie of Luck sent in this photo she received from her son, who lives in a northern suburb of Spokane, Wash. While residents here are experiencing bears in their yards, in Washington it’s moose.

“Game wardens tried to convince the moose to return to where he came from by shooting at it with a paintball gun, but the big guy finally just bedded down in someone’s backyard for the night and was gone in the morning,” Ames-Lillie noted. - Photo submitted

wound to the left foot, and underwent surgery in the early-morning hours as a result of her injuries. The district attorney’s office is expecting to file charges Tuesday. – Superior Telegram New tribal council members sworn in HAYWARD - Three newly elected members of the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Governing Board were inaugurated in a ceremony on Thursday, July 2, at the LCO Casino Convention Center. William Morrow, Russell “Rusty” Barber and Michael “Mic” Isham were sworn in by Tribal Judge Sheila Corbine. Each swore to uphold the Constitutions of the United States of America and the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians. Each will serve a four-year term in office. Following the ceremony, the governing board elected officers for the coming two years.

Louis Taylor was re-elected as chairman by a 5-2 vote, and Rusty Barber was re-elected as vice chairman, also on a 5-2 vote. Brian Bisonette was re-elected as secretary-treasurer on a unanimous vote. Outgoing tribal council members Agnes Fleming and Gaiashkibos were presented with gifts by the council. They and the newly elected council members gave speeches to the audience.

Jerry Smith provided the invocation for the ceremony. The LCO Badger Singers sang a welcome song and an honor song. A reception and lunch followed the ceremony. – haywardwi.com

Stepanian observed that up to 70 percent of CMU's prisoners are Muslim – hence CMU's nickname, "Little Guantanamo." As with Hashmi, it seems that the U.S. government seeks to strip terrorism suspects of legal due process and access to the media – whether in Guantanamo or in the secretive new CMUs. The American Civil Liberties Union is suing U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and the Bureau of Prisons over the CMUs. Nonviolent activists like Stepanian, and Muslims like Hashmi, secretly and dubiously charged, are held in draconian conditions, while Roeder trumpets from jail the extreme anti-abortion movement's decades-long campaign of intimidation, vandalism, arson and murder.

••• Denis Moynihan contributed research to this column.

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

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Teams wanted for third Tug Across the St. Croix ST. CROIX FALLS/TAYLORS FALLS - The Lions Clubs of St. Croix Falls, Taylors Falls, Minn. and Almelund, Minn. are planning the third-annual Tug Across the St. Croix, a tug-of-war across the St. Croix River.

The tug will take place starting at noon on Saturday, July 18, during the 51st-annual Wannigan Days Celebration (July 16-19, scfwi.com) in the Lions parks on each side of the river.

In addition to the Tug Across the St. Croix, there will be Kids Tugs in the parks as well as other activities and pontoon rides on the Indianhead Flowage of the St. Croix River. These activities will start at 10 a.m. The pontoon boat rides between the two Lions parks are free. A 20-minute ride up and down the flowage will cost $5 for persons 13 years and older and $1 for children 12 years and younger. The St. Croix Falls Lions Club will be serving fish and chips and the Almelund and Taylors Falls Lions will be serving brats and hot

dogs all day.

Ten pulls are planned this year. Four will feature the elected officials and other dignitaries from both sides of the river, the St. Croix Falls High School athletic department versus the Chisago Lakes athletic department and the St. Croix Falls Fire Department versus the Taylors Falls Fire Department. The traveling trophy will be awarded to the winning state and will be displayed in either the St. Croix Falls or Taylors Falls city hall. The trophy currently resides in the Taylors Falls City Hall, as Minnesota won last year. These pulls are fun pulls for a team trophy and bragging rights for the year.

Pulls open There are still four of the 10 pulls open as of July 2.

The clubs are looking for teams from Minnesota and Wisconsin to fill the pulls with teams of 15-25 members.

The registration fee is $125 per team. Challenge another team from the other state or the clubs will try to match you up. For more information contact: Wisconsin Teams, Lion Steve Jensen 715-557-0382, Minnesota Teams, Lion Don Lawrence 612-366-4172.

All funds raised by this event will be going to local community service projects and Campaign SightFirst II, a capital campaign of The Lions Clubs International Foundation and The International Association of Lions Clubs to significantly reduce preventable and reversible blindness worldwide. For more information on Campaign SightFirst II, go to www.lionscsfii.org/live/content/index.shtml.

Please make plans to attend the July 18, third-annual Tug Across the St. Croix. If you have any other questions, please contact Lion Steve Jensen 715-557-0382 of the St. Croix Falls Lions Club or Lion Don Lawrence 612-366-4172 of the Taylors Falls Lions Club. - submitted

Crowds gathered to watch the second-annual tugof-war across the St. Croix River last summer. – Photos by Gary King

Restorative Justice in Polk County POLK COUNTY – The Polk County Criminal Justice Collaborating Council continues to work to implement Restorative Justice in Polk County. The most significant component of this program is community service. This provides savings to the citizens via free labor by the offenders. This contributes to making victims whole again and for nonviolent offenders to take responsibility for their actions. This is made possible through the financial grant from the Otto Bremer Foundation and Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs awarded to the Polk County CJCC and Burnett County Restorative Justice. As a result, a summer internship po-

sition became available to a college student who has career objectives to work in the nonprofit sector.

The Restorative Justice Committee in Polk County is pleased to introduce Ravi Roelfs who has begun coordinating the community service program. Roelfs spent time with Burnett County to learn how they implemented their successful community service program.

By September, Roelfs will accomplish the following: Identify work sites in each community that will benefit from community service.

Educate and train work site supervisors and offenders.

Receive referrals, interview offenders and match them with appropriate work sites.

Please contact Roelfs at 715-485-8868 or ravi.roelfs@co.polk.wi.us for assistance in guiding you through the process of becoming a work site. He will review the provisions of your organization’s the community service program with you and how these provisions can benefit your organization.

Be a part of this exciting endeavor by actively sharing responsibility for the quality of life in your community.

– submitted

Family Days caravan

Some interesting vehicles made their way through Frederic during the village’s recent Family Days celebration. They were part of a motorcycle caravan that made a stop at the Holiday Station parking lot. - Photos by Ed Berdal

Grantsburg High School reunion The Grantsburg High School Class of 1944 held its 65th reunion on Saturday, June 27. It was held at the Grantsurg Senior Center, with a catered dinner at noon. Shown back row (L to R): Muriel (Thompson) Petersen, Lester Johnson, Rose Marie (Davidson) Williams, Glenn Melin, Dallas Johnson, Delores (Jotblad) Sandberg and Kendall Lutz. Front row: Dwaine Nelson, Alyce Mae (Thor) Smestad, Ruth (Peterson) Johnson, Norma (Baustian) Buttonhoff and Earl Spaulding.

Present, but not pictured, Carol (Hanson) Peterson and Mary (Larson) Kujava. – Special photo

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Miss St. Croix Falls 2009 pageant set for July 17 A total of 23 young women will vie for the title of Miss St. Croix Falls 2009 at the pageant during Wannigan Days. The pageant begins at 8 p.m., Friday, July 17, in the St. Croix Falls High School gym. Pictured are the contestants, back row (L to R): Alicia Chelberg, Lauren Lund, Tess Hedrick, Molly Austin-White, Lauren Frokjer, Alora Breault and Kellie Brown. Middle row: Bridgette Bayle, Jenna Bartusch, Katelynn Meyer, Katelyn Brenholt, Stephanie Stich, Lynell Packer, Jessica Derrick and Richelle Wood. Front row: Baily Bergmann, Danae Meyer, Courtney Appling, Taylor Stowell and Mara Martinson. Not pictured are: Brooke Parks, Kanessa Raymond and Samantha Peterson.

Little Miss St. Croix Falls candidates are pictured. Back row (L to R): Hope Anderson, Brooklyn Appel, Jordan Braund, Cady Costello and Megan Hankel.

Front row: Sidney Hoverman, Tia Kolve, Hailey Norlander, Tristen Olson and Madison Stensven. Missing were Kenedi Brenne, Jenna Driscoll, Teagan Harrison and Megan Lindan. The Wannigan Days festivities take place July 16-19.

The Little Miss St. Croix Falls pageant begins at 7 p.m. in the St. Croix Falls High School gym Friday, July 17.

Miss St. Croix Falls 2008, Ashley Kolve, is seated with her court, Second Princess Brandi Swenson, left, and First Princess Angie Sommer, right.

Little Miss St. Croix Falls 2008 royalty are pictured (L to R): Second Princess Isabella Gatten, Little Miss MaKayla Stringer and First Princess Heather Hankel.

Photos by Tammi Milberg

Flamingo flocking a success FREDERIC - Friends of the Pool as well as two flocks of pink flamingoes have expressed apprecation for the Frederic community and their wonderful hospitality.

“Our charming pink flamingoes have been raving about all the wonderful people they were able to meet in the past few weeks,” said a news release from

FOTP. “Thank you for playing along!

The birds collected over $1,000 during their visit to Frederic. Hope you enjoyed the company.”

The flamingoes are forecast to arrive back in the Frederic area next summer. – from Friends of the Pool 490158 46L

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Willis Erickson Elevator dedicated at Polk County Museum BALSAM LAKE — Willis Erickson, avid 4-H promoter and crucial to the development of the Polk County Historical Museum in Balsam Lake, died in 2003, but his legacy lives on in a new tangible way.

Sunday, July 5, during the Balsam Lake Freedom Festival, area dignitaries and the Polk County Willis Erickson Historical Society dedicated the Willis Erickson Elevator at the museum in Balsam Lake. The elevator is housed in a new addition to the historic building, named the Park Deaver Annex after one of the key contributors to the project.

Helping to celebrate the occasion were state Sen. Sheila Harsdorf, Rep. Ann Hraychuck, past and present officials from the Polk County Historical Society, Walter and Lois Brager of the Park Deaver Foundation, and family of Willis Erickson.

The museum is housed in the threestory brick county courthouse, built in 1899. The elevator addition, said emcee Darrell Kittelson, cost as much as the original building.

Fundraising for the elevator began in 2003 when Polk County celebrated its 150th birthday, said museum Director Rosalie Kittelson. Its reality marks a dream come true for Erickson, who wanted the building and exhibits accessible to everyone. – Mary Stirrat

A ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the official dedication of the Willis Erickson Elevator within the Park Deaver Annex at the Polk County Museum.

From left are Erickson’s grandchildren, Kyle Priest and Erik Howe (behind), Walter Brager of the Park Deaver Foundation, historical society President Dave Knutson, Erickson’s granddaughter Jenna Priest, and his wife, Elaine Erickson. Also in the photo, to the left of Brager, is Brager’s wife, Lois.

Willis Erickson’s dream of having a museum accessible to everyone has come true, with the dedication of a museum elevator in his honor. By the elevator are four of his five children. From left are Jane Howe, Chuck Erickson, Bruce Erickson and Jill Priest. Their sister, Sue Olson, was not able to attend the event.

State Sen. Sheila Harsdorf, left, and Rep. Ann Hraychuck both attended Sunday’s dedication ceremony. Hraychuck, who began her adult career in the museum building when it was the courthouse, commented on the importance of preserving community history. “In order for a community to stay sustainable, we must remember our heritage,” she said. Harsdorf said that in order to know who we are we must remember our history. She also commended the many people involved in making the elevator a reality, saying, “To make a dream a reality takes a lot of work and commitment.”

Elaine Erickson, wife of the late Willis Erickson, said that the completion of the elevator was “a dream come true.” Before his death in 2003, her husband had long wanted to make the museum accessible to all. “Were he here,” she said, “he’d be just as proud as his family who is here. We are really glad that anybody of any physical capability can now use this facility with these excellent exhibits.”

Darrell Kittelson of the Polk County Historical Society unveils the donor tree, naming the individuals, families, businesses, organizations and foundations that made the elevator addition possible. Major donors were the Hugh J. Andersen Foundation, the Marion Park Deaver and Harry Deaver Foundation, the Hardenbergh Foundation and the Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation.

Walter Brager of the Park Deaver Foundation said that he and his wife, Lois, were grateful to be in a position to lead the project with its first $100,000 grant. The elevator, he said, raises the museum to “a first-class museum.” Brager noted that Marion Park Deaver grew up in Balsam Lake, and she and her husband spent summers there after their marriage.

Photos by Mary Stirrat

Museum director Rosalie Kittelson gave tribute to the late Willis Erickson, saying he was her mentor. “Willis was a wonderful man, both for his insight and his foresight,” she said. It was his desire that no one be left behind by not being able to get in to see the museum’s three floors of exhibits.

The museum offered free admission July 4 and 5, with 355 people taking advantage of the opportunity on Saturday alone.

L E F T: D i a n n e Dueholm of the historical society board serves coffee in the museum’s elevator annex.

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Blue A’s Legion splits with New Richmond

Indian Creek Legion to play at Bruce this Saturday

Extra Points

St. Croix Falls 15, New Richmond 7

by Marty Seeger ST. CROIX FALLS – St. Croix Falls did something they don’t do all that often on Tuesday, June 30, and that’s beat a tough New Richmond team. The Blue A’s found the sweet spot in the first of two five-inning Legion games that featured a ton of hits, which included eight hits in a long first inning.

“I’m pretty sure that that’s only the third time St. Croix Falls has ever beat New Richmond in baseball,” said coach Scott Lindholm.

New Richmond, however, struck first, with three runs on four hits including a double in their first at bat off Blue A’s starting pitcher, Ben Anderson. But the Blue A’s got back in a big way, scoring 10 runs in the first inning, which began with a leadoff walk from Nick Johnson and a single from Cory Gebhard.

“We could’ve easily just laid down knowing that they were a good team, but then they scored 10 in the bottom and rolled easily,” Lindholm said.

Gus Koecher hit a sacrifice fly to center field to score Johnson for the Blue A’s first run of the game, and Matt Vold hit an RBI single to score Johnson. Anderson followed up with a single as well, and despite grounding out to short, Marcus Campbell knocked in another run. With two outs and the game now 4-3 in favor of the Blue A’s, Josh Larcom smacked an infield single, and Blake Klopfer blasted a shot to the shortstop who made an error on the throw to help score two more runs. Still with two outs, Zach Christenson came up in the ninth spot of the batting order and lined another single. In his second bat of the inning, John-

Blue A’s Zach Christenson watches a pitch go past the plate.

St. Croix Falls Legion hitter Austin Whittenberger takes a big cut in the Blue A’s battle against New Richmond last week. – Photos by Marty Seeger son got on base with an error by the New Richmond second baseman and Gebhard smacked an infield single. Koecher then hit a two-RBI smash and Vold and Anderson each hit RBI singles. Campbell loaded the bases on a walk, but Larcom went down on strikes to finally end the inning. Although Lindholm said afterwards that the New Richmond defense was a bit shaky, the Blue A’s capitalized on the mistakes and hit the ball well.

“We took advantage of just about everything they gave us in the first two or three innings of that game, which was good to see,” Lindholm said.

The second inning was nearly as productive as the first for the Blue A’s, as they scored five runs on two hits. Working with a different New Richmond pitcher, Klopfer and Christenson drew leadoff walks, and Gebhard drew a bases-loaded walk with one out.

Koecher drove in a run on a grounder to the second baseman and Vold smashed a two-RBI double. Anderson also got an RBI in the inning with a single before the five-run inning ended. Despite a rocky fourth inning for the Blue A’s that featured two errors and four unearned runs allowed, the Blue A’s maintained the tempo for the win.

“I was definitely pleased with how the first game went. It’s always fun to beat New Richmond,” Lindholm said.

New Richmond 7 St. Croix Falls 2 ST. CROIX FALLS – The second fiveinning game against New Richmond on Tuesday, June 30, didn’t go as well as the first for the Blue A’s. New Richmond scored three runs in the first inning off Matt Vold with five hits, and scored two more runs in the second inning, including a three-run home run.

The Blue A’s picked up a pair of runs in the first inning with the help of two errors and an RBI single from Josh Larcom.

The game was called short, however, in the fourth inning, as daylight dwindled.

St. Croix Falls 14, Cumberland 2

Ben Anderson had a solid effort last week for the Blue A’s.

ST. CROIX FALLS – The St. Croix Falls Legion Post No. 143 Blue A’s blew through Cumberland last Thursday, July 2. The Blue A’s had 14 hits in the game including four from Cory Gebhard and Gus Koecher, who notched four RBIs. Koecher also had two doubles and a triple. Nick Johnson had two hits in the game, scored twice and had two RBIs, and Marcus Campbell also had two RBIs. Nathan Gravesen pitched a solid five innings allowing just two hits, three walks and had four strikeouts.

Spring Valley 11, Indian Creek Legion 1 SPRING VALLEY – The Indian Creek Legion team played at Spring Valley last Wednesday, July 1. Coach Troy Schmidt said the team didn’t pitch very well in that game, but will get an opportnity to play a handful of games this Saturday, July 11, at Bruce.

Schmidt says the first game of the round robin tournament begins at 11 a.m., which includes Bruce and two teams from Eau Claire.

••• DULUTH, Minn. – UM-Duluth senior and former Unity athlete, Cole Strilzuk, was recently named to the Sporting News Division II Preseason All-American Team, along with teammates Isaac Odim and Sam Whitney. Strilzuk was the starting left corner for the National Champion Cole Strilzuk Bulldogs football team last season, and recorded six interceptions. He also made the All-Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference second team.

••• LEADER LAND – The Legion baseball all-star game on Thursday, July 9, will be broadcast on WXCE 1260 AM beginning at 6 p.m. from Oakey Park in Osceola. The Luck at Unity Legion baseball game on Tuesday, July 14, can be heard on 1260 AM beginning at 5:30 p.m.

••• TURTLE LAKE – The 29th-annual Turtle Trot running/walking race will be held in conjunction with the Turtle Lake Lions Inter-County Fair on Saturday, July 11, at 8 a.m. at St. Ann’s Center. A 10k running race or twomile running/walking race, costs $15 for those who preregister and $18 the day of the race. T-shirts are awarded to all, and trophies and medals are awarded to first- through third-place finishers. Registration forms are at Cornwall and Stary Hardware store, The Bank of Turtle Lake or Preschool Playhouse in Turtle Lake.

••• MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee Brewers games being broadcast on WXCE 1260 AM can be heard on the following dates and times. The Cardinals at Brewers game on Thursday, July 9, can be heard at 1 p.m. The Dodgers at Brewers series on July 10, 11 and 12 begin at 7, 6, and 1 p.m., respectively.

••• MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., – Minnesota Twins games being broadcast on WLMX 104.9 FM can be heard on the following dates and times. The Yankees at Twins game on Thursday, July 9 can be heard at noon. The White Sox at Twins series on July 10, 11 and 12 can be heard at 7, 6, and 1 p.m., respectively.

••• 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 and Brenda Sommerfeld ••• LEADER LAND – Leader Sports strives to follow the college careers of area athletes. If you know of an athlete who will be playing collegiate sports in 2009 and hasn’t been mentioned, send us an e-mail or call and we’ll take it from there. – Marty Seeger and Brenda Sommerfeld

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

S P O R T S N E W S O R S C O R E S T O R E P O R T ? • P H O N E : 7 1 5 - 3 2 7 - 4 2 3 6 • FA X : 7 1 5 - 3 2 7 - 4 1 1 7 • E - M A I L : m s e e g e r @ c e n t u r y t e l . n e t

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Balsam Lake Freedom Festival 5K Run/Walk

Ninety-six participants took part in Balsam Lakes Freedom Festival 5K Run/Walk on Sunday, July 5. Participants were from all over the country including residents of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Texas, Colorado, Florida and New York. – Photos by Now and Then Photography

Freedom Festival 5K The run/walk started at the Balsam Lake Library and ended at the Balsam Lake beach.

All proceeds of the run/walk were donated to the Unity Ambulance.

Balsam Lake Sunday, July 5

Top Five Men 1. Andrew Rohlman, Osceola, 17.40; 2. Joe Anderson, Bloomer, 17.41; 3. AJ Hansen, Osceola, 19.10; 4. Matt McGlyn, Englewood, Colo., 20.48; 5. Tim Brown, Providence Village, Texas, 20.49.

Top Five Women 1. Emily Hnath, Rogers, Minn., 22.05; 2. Andrea Vollrath, Woodbury, Minn., 22.43; 3. Kendra Rupp, Duluth, Minn., 22.53; 4. Paxton Huberty Elk Rive, Minn.; 5. Debra Dunsmoor, Centuria.

Kids 12 and under 1. Matthew Volgran, 28.00; 2. Geoff Parkes, 28.59; 3. Nathan Heimstead, 29.15.

The top five male and top five female finishers each received gifts from REI Sports. More pictures are available for reprint purchase by going to nowandthenphotography.net, clicking preview and typing in balsamlake.

Siren Freedom Five race

There was a record turnout for the 29th-annual Freedom Five race in Siren, making for a packed starting line on Siren’s Main Street. – Photos by Sherill Summer

Suzanna Emond was the first female runner across the Freedom Five’s finish line.

Sean Kutz was first across the finish line at Crooked Lake Park. This is the second year in a row that Kutz finished first.

Freedom Five participants, young and old, made it to the finish line.

LEFT: Nine-month-old Aubrey Benson is decked out for her first Freedom Five race.

She is the daughter of Josh and Jenny Benson, and George and Joyce Benson’s granddaughter. The Bensons were instrumental in creating the Freedom Five race 29 years ago.

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Starting them out young ing or prior to July 15 via e-mail at jenniferbihner@msn.com. Competition will be held on Friday afternoon, July 17, along with the Vintage race.

Requirements: Age 4-14 and must have at least one year of driving/racing experience. For specific rules visit www.grantsburgwatercross.com and click on racers area.

Watercross in Grantsburg July 17-19

by Kerri Harter OAKDALE, Minn., – With the age requirement of 14 to run in IWA-sanctioned races, younger kids could only dream of competing on water. But thanks to Kids Pro Ice and race-enthusiast parents, Youth Watercross returns after its debut last year at the World Championship Snowmobile Watercross in Grantsburg.

Greg and Jeni Bihner, Oakdale, Minn., came up with the idea for last year’s trial run. “Winter snowmobiling and racing has been a family hobby of ours for years,” said Jeni. “Our son Gavin got his first Mini Z at age 2-1/2 and began doing the Radar Run in Clam Falls the next year. Then we moved on to snowcross and when he was 7, we found Kids Pro Ice oval ice-racing. Our daughter Karly started at age 6.”

For the Bihner family, putting the sleds away at the end of race season was not something they looked forward to.

Wanting to find ways to keep racing past March, Greg and Gavin discussed the idea of watercross. Both Greg and Jeni, originally from Siren, were very familiar with watercross. And after watching a few videos of the sport, Gavin decided it was something he’d like to try out.

Not sure if his idea would even work, Greg began work on the sled. He first took off the seat, then got a two-stroke modified motor and sealed the bellypan and hood to make it as watertight as possible. “We took the sled to our cabin on Clam Lake,” said Jeni, and tried it out in a ditch of water.” The Bihners were satisfied with the results.

When Greg’s idea reached the KPI group, another dad began building a sled for his son. The Bihners met with Duke Tucker, director of the Grantsburg

The Bihner family at a Kids Pro Ice event. – Photos submitted

Grantsburg Watercross weekend The Grantsburg Watercross weekend begins with IWA qualifying races Friday, July 17, at noon and all day Saturday, July 18. Sunday’s finals conclude with the must-see grand finale, a six-man, eight-lap pro-open thriller Sunday afternoon, determining the 2009 World Visit Champion. www.grantsburgwatercross.com for more information. For camping information call 715-463-4269. Tents, campers or motor homes are accepted.

Watercross, and presented the idea of adding Youth Watercross.

“Duke was awesome to work with,” said Jeni. “He made us feel welcome and all the kids had a blast! We are very excited to make this an annual event in Grantsburg and hope to see it grow each year.”

Kids Pro Ice Kids Pro Ice is a group for kids ages 414 with races held around the Twin Cities area as well as the Wisconsin sites of Siren, Turtle Lake and Eagle River. The season runs from January through March and is funded by sponsors, race fees and fundraisers. Classes include Kitty Cat, 120, Modified Champ, Formula One and Junior Novice on a 340.

Races are held on Saturdays, and every child receives a trophy at the end of the day. For more information go to: www.kidsproice.org. 2009 registration for Youth Watercross can be done on-site at the Kids Pro Ice trailer Friday morn-

Gavin Bihner poses with his trophy after making the switch to water at Grantsburg last year.

Unity Legion shut out by Osceola Eagles out-hit 11-2 Osceola 5, Unity 0

by Marty Seeger BALSAM LAKE – Luke Nelson and Brady Peterson got the Eagles Legion team their only two hits in a tough game last Friday against Osceola. Unity wasn’t out of it by any means, however, as pitcher Nate Despiegelaere pitched two scoreless innings before Osceola cracked through with one run in the top of the third inning.

Unity’s hitting woes began in the first inning when they stranded two runners in scoring position after Nelson’s single.

Two Eagle batters went down swinging in the second inning, and Alec Larson flew out to center field.

Despite a walk drawn by Zach Cherry in the third, two Eagle batters struck out and Brady Flaherty popped out to the third baseman.

Osceola turned a 6-4-3 double play to end the fourth inning while the Eagles went quietly in the fifth inning, and again stranded two base runners. The Chieftains biggest inning came in the fourth when they scored three runs on two doubles and a wild pitch. Their final run came in the sixth inning with the help of two singles.

The Eagles had their best opportunity in the sixth inning when Flaherty hit a smash down the left-field line that easily cleared the fence, but it hooked foul.

The Eagles send three athletes to play

Unity Legion’s Alec Carlson waits at second base for an Osceola base runner last Thursday in Unity. – Photos by Marty Seeger in the all-star game this Thursday, July 9, including Flaherty, Brady Turner and Nelson. The game is being held at Oakey Park in Osceola and begins at 6 p.m.

Somerset 10, Unity 0 Somerset 5, Unity 4 SOMERSET – The Eagles lost a pair of five inning games at Somerset last Tuesday, June 30. In the first game Unity lost 10-0, struck out 11 times and left without

a hit. The second game was a bit closer however, as the Eagles got out to a 2-0 game in the first inning. Luke Nelson hit a one-out double and Ryan Flaherty and Nate Despiegelaere each drew walks.

Somerset came right back in the second inning with five runs on five hits.

The Eagles scored two more runs in the third inning but couldn’t manage to score in the fourth or fifth innings.

Clay Peckman stretches it out at first base last Thursday in a game against Osceola.

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Indian Creek Tractor and Truck Pull

The Lorain Fire Department held the annual tractor and truck pull fundraiser behind the Indian Creek American Legion Hall on Saturday, July 4. Fire department members Jerry Denver, Larry Root and Roger Owens spent most of the day in the announcer’s booth. – Photos by Brenda Sommerfeld

During the Indian Creek tractor and truck pull, 12-year-old Shell Lake student Tyler Crosby pulled two tractors. Crosby, son of Gary and Melissa Crosby, is a fourth-generation farmer. He pulled a tractor for the first time on Saturday. He took a second-place trophy in the unlimited class with this family tractor.

Lynn Root and Roxanne Nelson spent their day collecting money and handing out wristbands at the front gate of the tractor pull on Saturday.

Harlan Nelson gets pulled around in his little red wagon.

Some spectators sat in the sun while several others found room in the shade as they watched the show.

Several tractors took part in the pull that the Lorain Fire Department hosted in Indian Creek on Saturday.

People of all ages enjoyed the weather and entertainment as they watched tractors and trucks pull.

Kids who entered the tractor and truck pull received a fireman’s hat to wear and keep.

After the tractor classes were completed, trucks took their turns to pull the sled down the track.

FWX Racing Inc. donates to class of 2011

The Frederic Water X Racing Inc. donated a check in the amount of $500 to the class of 2011. The class helped out with the gate sales and food sales this year. From (L to R): Rochelle Baillargeon-FWX Racing Inc., Sarah Knauber and Samantha Nelson-class of 2011 and Karen Karlson-FWX Racing. – Photo submitted

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Legion all-star game set for Thursday Teams choose top three from each team

by Marty Seeger OSCEOLA – The second-annual Legion baseball all-star game has been set

Dylan Marohn Austin Eskola

Jim Nelson

for Thursday, July 9, at Oakey Park in Osceola beginning at 6 p.m. The North division, which consists of Cumberland, Grantsburg, Luck, St. Croix Falls and Unity, will team up against the South with Amery, Baldwin, New Richmond, Osceola and Somerset.

Each team has three players participat-

Mitch Larson

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ing, with the North featuring Ryan Behling, Graham Miller and Adam Bielmeier of Cumberland. From Grantsburg it’s Dylan Marohn, Austin Eskola and Jim Nelson. Luck features Mitch Larson, Taylor Horsager and Bryson Clemenson, and the St. Croix Falls Legion has chosen Matt Vold, Josh Larcom

Matt Vold

Josh Larcom

Gus Koecher

and Gus Koecher. For Unity, Brady Flaherty, Brady Turner and Luke Nelson will get the nod.

North coaches include Joe Waite and Randy Bielmeier of Cumberland, and Ron Willet of Somerset will coach the South.

Brady Flaherty

Brady Turner

Luke Nelson

Balsam Lake Canoe Races

Samantha Ince and her partner were first to reach the finish line, with just one obstacle in their way. They made it safely to shore without getting wet.

The Balsam Lake Canoe Races, as part of the town’s Freedom Fest weekend, was just one of several events. The canoe races took place on Sunday evening, as a large crowd looked on from the beach in Balsam Lake. – Photos by Marty Seeger

Chamber of commerce hosting golf tournament

Smiling isn’t usually a big part of tipping over in a canoe, but those involved in last weekend’s canoe races in Balsam Lake had a great time.

LEADER SPORTS SCOREBOARD MEN’S SLOW-PITCH Standings

Team Overall Century 21 9-1 Chell Well 9-1 Sundown 9-1 God Squad 7-3 Pour House 5-5 Grantsburg Sanitary 5-5 Fur, Fins & Feathers 5-4 Lake Lena 2-8 Shooters Bar 1 2-8 Shooters Bar 2 1-7 Da Crew 1-9 Scores Wednesday, July 1 God Squad 19, Pour House 11 Shooters Bar 1 13, Lake Lena 9 Chell Well 15, Da Crew 1 Century 21 19, Grantsburg Sanitary 7 Sundown 31, Fur, Fins & Feathers 11 Da Crew 23, Shooters Bar 2 21

FALUN CHURCH SOFTBALL

Standings Team Overall Falun Churches 6-0 Siren Assembly 4-2 Trade Lake Baptist 4-2 Siren Covenant/Bethany 4-3 W. Sweden/Zion Lutheran 3-3 Webster Baptist 3-3 Calvary Covenant 2-4 Trade River Free 2-4 Frederic Free 2-3 Faith Lutheran 1-5

WOMEN’S SLOW-PITCH

Standings Team Overall Chell Trucking 9-0 Coyland Creek 8-2 Maurer Construction 3-6 Clam Falls/Pheasant Inn 3-6 Smith Family Eye Care 3-5 Bobbie’s World 2-7

FREDERIC – The Frederic Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting the sixth-annual golf tournament/fundraiser at the Frederic Golf Course on Wednesday, July 29. The four-person scramble is open to all ages and a four-person team costs $65 per person or $260 per team.

The price includes Bean’s famous bag lunch, 18 holes of golf, cart and dinner afterward. There will be games on the course, raffles and live auction items to bid on as well as cash and prizes.

Proceeds from the tournament will go

back to the community, including the Frederic food shelf and the Marilyn Sederlund Memorial Garden to be erected near the village hall.

Tournament registration begins at noon, and golfing begins at 1 p.m. Hole sponsorships will cost $50, and for those who want to participate, or donate raffle items, contact Vonnie Anderson at 715-205-3394, or the Frederic Golf Course at 715-327-8250. – submitted

Lund and Twin City Twisters take second in tourney SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Michelle Lund of Grantsburg and the U18 Twin City Twisters (Osseo/Maple Grove, Minn.) took second out of 32 teams at the 32nd-Annual Ringneck International Invitational Fast-Pitch Tournament in Sioux Falls, S.D., over the July 4 weekend.

Michelle Lund made two pitching Lund appearances in the tournament. Lund had four strikeouts in a 42 win over the Nebraska Swingers Xtreme in a game that did not start until 1 a.m. on July 5 and wrapped up at 2:15 a.m. Lund then pitched three innings of relief in the semifinals to get the save in a 5-4 win over the Manitoba

Angels, allowing only one unearned run.

Lund was the leadoff hitter for the Twisters and played right field when she wasn’t pitching. She was 1 for 3 against the Diamond Girls (Minn.) in a 3-0 win, 1 for 2 in a 1-0 loss against the South Dakota Flash, 2 for 3 against the Nebraska Swingers Xtreme in a 4-2 win, 1 for 4 against Westman Nebraska Magic in a 9-2 win, 1 for 3 against the Nebraska Blue Diamonds in a 2-0 win, hit by a pitch in a 5-4 win over the Manitoba Angels and hit by a pitch in the 8-1 championship-game loss against the Nebraska Sizzle. – submitted

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O UTDOOR S 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

Wisconsin makes push toward 10

I can still remember the many hunts I shared with Dad dating back to when I was just 7 years old.

Even clearer are those shared with him while we put the tag on my first deer harvested with a rifle at age 12 or my first bow-killed deer at age 13.

It was a seemingly Marty endless wait before my 12th birthday fiSeeger nally arrived and I could participate in The the real thing. Dad didn’t feel I was ready Bottom to hunt with a bow at Line 12, mostly because I hadn’t practiced enough or didn’t have the strength to effectively draw the poundage required. There were really no arguments from me, because that’s just the way it was. Age and maturity, as it turns out, weren’t as much of a factor for me as my ability, and it kept me from bowhunting my first year. The decision was best made by my parents, and with the possible changes coming to the hunting community, parents across the state of Wisconsin will get the chance to decide whether they believe their child is ready to hunt as early as age 10.

“There are many 10-year-olds that aren’t mature enough, but there sure is a lot that are,” said Rep. Ann Hraychuck, who has played a big role in getting a bill passed to lower the state’s hunting age. Other co-sponsors of the bill include Sen. Jim Holperin, D-Conover, and Rep. Scott Gunderson, R-Waterford.

Gunderson started the bill and has tried

getting it through over the past six years, but this year looks like its best chance. The bill has made it through the Assembly, the Senate and just needs the signature of Gov. Jim Doyle, who supports it, according to Hraychuck.

“The intent is to have it a law by hunting season. Actually, I expect to hear about it any day,” Hraychuck said.

There are several restrictions included in the bill, with one of them requiring anyone under the age of 12 to be accompanied by a mentor 18 years or older, who has successfully passed the required hunter-safety course and has a hunting license. Only one firearm or bow is allowed between them, and the 10- to 11-year-old must be within arm’s reach of the mentor. Currently there are 33 states that have no minimum age requirements for hunting, and nearly all of them have a mentoring program. The bill is also designed to encourage adults who haven’t hunted before to get involved as well.

Another important part of the mentored hunting bill is that it will allow 10and 11-year-olds to target practice with a firearm as long as they’re accompanied by someone 18 years or older.

Hraychuck says she doesn’t think many people know that it’s illegal to allow a 10- or 11-year-old to shoot a firearm for practice.

The debate on allowing 10-year-olds to hunt will likely continue long after the bill is signed by the governor, but Hraychuck says most are in support.

Those that are not in support generally include those who oppose hunting or simply don’t understand the hunting tradition. One argument that can be found on both sides of the spectrum, however, involves safety. Hraychuck says she and her husband, Dave, are both certified hunter-safety instructors, and several in the Legislature that helped her with the bill are hunter-

A youth hunting bill has the potential to not only preserve tradition, but bring families closer together. – Special photo safety instructors as well. Wisconsin will have one of the most restrictive and safest mentoring programs in the nation. Last year, over 230,000 hunters participated in some sort of apprenticeship program with only one minor incident, and Wisconsin is taking an even more cautious approach than other states.

“It’s been proven that mentored hunting is the safest method of hunting,” Hraychuck said, adding that passing the bill has taken a lot of time to educate the public.

“I think the beauty of the whole thing is that it does leave it up to the discretion of the parent,” Hraychuck said. We can’t regulate parenting, and generally speaking, I think that parents that are involved in the outdoors are commonsense people, and they understand the

responsibility of carrying a firearm and being out in the woods, and I’m not concerned about the mentors being responsible enough.”

Another important aspect of the bill is to carry on the tradition of hunting. By comparison, the state of Wisconsin lags behind other states in offering opportunities to our youth. But with the help from several sportsmen’s groups pressuring the Legislature, a true bipartisan effort and support from a vast majority, Wisconsin could see an important step toward preserving a tradition celebrated by thousands of families across the state.

That includes young and old alike.

“Getting them involved early is crucial for the tradition, I think,” Hraychuck said.

Hunters with disabilities can sign up for ‘09 hunt MADISON – The 20th Wisconsin Gun Deer Hunt for hunters with disabilities will run from Oct. 3-11.

Hunters with the appropriate disabled hunting permits and who are interested in participating in the 2009 disabled gun hunt should contact sponsors soon to make arrangements to hunt. A list of approved sponsors for 2009 is now available on the Disabled Deer Hunting page of the DNR Web site. Hunt sponsors

must submit a list of hunters participating on their land to the DNR by Sept. 1.

A hunter needs a Class A, long-term Class B – good for longer than one year and allows hunting from a vehicle – or a Class C Disabled Hunting Permit to participate in the Disabled deer hunt.

To obtain a disabled hunting permit, hunters must contact their doctors to complete an application and submit it to any DNR service center, where a review

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usually takes from 30 to 60 days. Applications and more information are available on the Open the Outdoors Hunting page of the DNR Web site.

The Gun Deer Hunt for Hunters with Disabilities program began in 1990 with an aim towards giving disabled hunters an “opportunity to hunt deer while mild temperatures persist and mobility is relatively unhampered,” said Linda Olver, assistant deer and bear ecologist with the Department of Natural Resources in Madison, who oversees the program.

The hunts are sponsored by private individuals and organizations and take place almost entirely on private lands.

Last year, more than 100 sponsors opened more than 62,000 acres to disabled hunters, and Olver is hoping to at least match that total acreage in 2009.

Although the deadline has passed for sponsors to apply for 2009, the DNR is always seeking to expand its sponsor list. The application to conduct a gun deer hunt for people with disabilities is also available online. Sponsor applications are due to local wildlife biologists

by June 1 for that year’s hunt.

“We’ve seen steady increases in sponsorship and participation each year, and the popularity of the program continues to soar. We are committed to making opportunities available to everyone, regardless of their physical abilities or limitations,” noted Olver.

For more information on the disabled deer hunt contact Linda Olver, assistant deer and bear ecologist, at 608-261-7588.

– from the DNR

No word yet on vehicle that killed geese

The turtle to the right was improperly identified in the June 24, coming events section of the Inter-County Leader. According to wildlife technician Gary Dunsmoor, it’s an Eastern spiny softshell species. They can be found in large river systems, lakes and reservoirs that have muddy or sandy bottoms in most counties except far eastern ones along the Upper Peninsula in Michigan and Lake Michigan. – Photo by Marty Seeger

by Marty Seeger CUSHING – As of Monday, July 6, no progress has been made in the effort to find the person(s) responsible for killing 18 geese near Cushing. It is believed that a vehicle ran down the geese last Thursday, June 25, at approximately 7 p.m., about one-fourth mile south of CTH N and 230th street, near McKeith Lake.

As a result, the DNR has teamed up with the Polk County Sportsmen’s Club, who offered a $100 reward for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.

Those providing information on this case will be kept confidential and should contact Conservation Warden Jesse Ashton at 715-472-2253.

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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

One Nation Under God sale held July 4

Hundreds of people came to find bargains at the Crescent Lake Outreach Program’s eighth-annual One Joy Schuldt and her son, 15-month-old Job, of Webster, get ready to ring the Freedom Bell at the Nation Under God July 4 sale. Last year the group raised $14,000 for the local food shelves. This year the July 4 One Nation Under God sale to benefit local group hoped to raise $15,000 in food-shelf donations and $2,500 for the Burnett County Veterans Relief Fund, from the fireworks donations. – Photos by Priscilla Bauer food shelves.

Webster woman draws winning combination

Beth and Bruce Janohosky of Farmington, Minn., who have a cabin in the area and come every year to the sale, check out Coleman camping equipment. The Coleman company donated $10,000 worth of new items for the sale. Many manufacturers and wholesalers gave merchandise for the fundraiser for local food shelves.

Totogatic Wild Rivers bill signing planned for Friday at Totogatic Park

Three casinos. One winning combination. Adeline Ingalls of Webster, knows firsthand what a winning combination means. As the grand-prize winner in the St. Croix casinos’ One Winning Combination promotion, she’s $10,000 richer. Ingalls was one of 60 qualifiers for the grand prize. During May and June, the three St. Croix casinos, Hole in the Wall in Danbury, the Little Turtle Hertel Express in Hertel and the St. Croix Casino in Turtle Lake, hosted a total of 12 qualifying nights during their One Winning Combination promotion. On each qualifying night, five winners were awarded $500 in cash and a combination for the One Winning Combination prize safe. When all 60 qualifiers were invited to the St. Croix Casino on Sunday, June 21, for a chance to open the $10,000 grand-prize safe, Ingalls drew the winning combination. - Special photo

MINONG – An event celebrating the signing of the Totogatic River’s entry into the state’s Wild Rivers program will be held Friday morning, July 10, at Totogatic Park, a few miles west of Minong. Tentatively scheduled to be at the park to sign the bill will be Gov. Jim Doyle along with state Sen. Bob Jauch and state Rep. Nick Milroy.

The signing concludes five years of work by local river stewards and lawmakers to protect the waterway now and for future generations.

Master of ceremonies will be Tony Tubbs, Washburn County Lakes and Rivers Association Board member who assisted in promoting the bill.

To find Totogatic Park, take Hwy. 77 1-1/2 miles west of Minong to CTH I. Follow CTH I about seven miles

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North Memorial Ambulance is currently recruiting people who may be interested in becoming an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and working for the local ambulance service. With ambulances located in Grantsburg, Webster, Danbury, A & H and Spooner, we hope to recruit additional EMTs to fill open positions. North Ambulance currently has both paid and “on-call” positions available.

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The Totogatic River — also spelled Totagatic — flows through five counties in Northern Wisconsin. The river was chosen for a Wild Rivers designation because much of it remains undeveloped and provides for a secluded and wild experience for any river visitor. The initiative to officially designate the river was sought by Washburn County during Superior Days in 2004. The Totogatic is the fifth designated Wild River following the Pike, Pine, Popple and Brunsweiler rivers.

The start time for this event was not set prior to this release. Call 715-635-2000 or check basineducation.uwex.edu/stcroix/ later in the week. — from WDNR

For those who may be interested in becoming an EMT, the following EMT basic course will b e held in the area: Siren Area/Location TBA: Starting Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009, finishing Jan. 14, 2010 Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 6 - 10 p.m.

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NWRPC 50th anniversary hosts state and federal agencies

by Regan Kohler SIREN – The Northwest Regional Planning Commission celebrated its 50th anniversary Wednesday, June 24, of its service to northwestern Wisconsin counties, at The Lodge at Crooked Lake, Siren.

The NWRPC was established to help the region achieve its full economic development potential, to utilize existing land to its best advantage, and to make the most effective use of the region’s financial resources. It serves 10 counties, including tribal nations, in northwestern Wisconsin, and has its headquarters in Spooner. Accomplishments include building an enterprise center for new Spooner businesses, bringing the Louisiana Pacific plant to Hayward, restarting the Park Falls paper mill and helping it and Xcel Energy use biomass energy, keeping the postal service in Spooner and establishing the first household hazardous waste collections.

The NWRPC also has Spooner-based corporations for housing rehabilitation, technical assistance, business loan programs and a community-based venture fund.

The NWRPC held its annual meeting Wednesday morning, and heard from many state and federal representatives and agencies during a luncheon.

Burnett County Board Chair Phil Lindeman opened the presentation and listed some major accomplishments of the planning commission, such as Webster’s Horton Manufacturing, Forts Folle Avoine in Danbury and Burnett and Washburn counties’ collaboration on the waste management program, as well as a $3.5-million communication tower project that is in the works.

“We’re really on the cutting edge,” Lindeman said.

Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton was the keynote speaker Wednesday. Lawton said she comes to the area often and loves it. – Photos by Regan Kohler NWRPC Executive Director Myron Schuster spoke briefly, recognizing past chairs and directors of the commission.

Schuster has worked for the planning commission for 23 years.

Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton was the keynote speaker, and said that NWRPC has been the “enduring innovator” as one of the first multi-county planning commissions in Wisconsin. She said it has been self-sustaining, and adapted as it pulled more people into the area. She said that the NWRPC is a collaborative and forward-thinking group, with 50 years of uninterrupted work from the counties and tribes and a “collective will to succeed.

“It’s really a historic event,” Lawton said. “There are many triumphs to celebrate today.”

Lawton said that the NWRPC repre-

sents 11,000 square miles and over 200 unites of government, and congratulated them on 100 percent membership from all its counties over the 50 years.

Lawton is a major supporter of the arts, and mentioned that Theatre in the Woods recently got a top ranking for the Northwest Passage. She said she hopes to see more integration of the arts with industry in the future.

Lawton said that this area boosts statewide leadership and entrepreneurs, and has carried its investments into the 21st century. In closing, she called NWRPC an “organic coalition that demonstrates a collective will.”

Marjorie Bunce, federal representative for Sen. Herb Kohl’s office, Karen Graff of Sen. Russ Feingold’s office and Matt Rudig, of Congressman Dave Obey’s office, all spoke Wednesday afternoon.

Bunce said Kohl congratulated NWRPC on their anniversary and status as the oldest planning commission in the state.

It is important in an economic hardship to recognize businesses like these, she said.

Graff said Feingold commends the NWRPC on its work, and presented it with an American flag that had been flown over the U.S. Capitol.

Rudig said that Obey appreciated the commission’s hard work in bringing jobs to the area.

Sen. Bob Jauch spoke next, applauding the NWRPC staff. He said it is a “results-oriented commission” that sets the standards for others and sees boundaries as an opportunity, rather than an obstacle.

Jauch said NWRPC was the first to receive a revolving-loan fund, and hundreds of jobs have been impacted because of this. He said they have made a “contribution that touches lives in

ways we never know.”

Jauch presented the commission with a state flag from Assembly Rep. Nick Milroy.

Bryce Luchterhand, of Gov. Jim Doyle’s Northern Office, said it was an honor to be there, and that no other planning commission holds a candle to what this one has done. He said Schuster in particular has a gift for working with northwestern Wisconsin, and presented him with a plaque.

Representatives from the U.S. departments of commerce, agriculture, transportation and workforce development, and many state agencies, spoke, as well as representatives from businesses the NWRPC has worked with.

Northwest Regional Planning Commission Executive Director Myron Schuster welcomed everyone to the 50th anniversary celebration Wednesday, June 24, in Siren.

Cops can now pull over unbuckled drivers STATEWIDE - As of July 1, police in Wisconsin have the power to pull over motorists simply for not wearing their seat belts.

Previously, officers could ticket drivers for not being buckled up, but only if they’re pulled over for something else first. This new law changes that, and that means that as long as police suspect

you’re not wearing your seat belt, that would be reason enough to pull you over.

Supporters like AAA Wisconsin have argued for years that this will reduce traffic deaths.

Spokesman Larry Kamholz says the fact that it’s now law is a pretty big deal. He says statistics have long shown that by just wearing a seat

belt, it reduces chances of being fatally or seriously injured in a traffic crash.

This is an issue that’s been introduced regularly at the Capitol without success.

The thing that made the difference this year is that it was included as part of the budget, and tied to a $15 million incentive from the federal government.

Critics call it a case of “federal black-

mail” and say this would have never passed the Legislature on its own merits.

They worry it will give police an excuse to pull over motorists who’ve done nothing wrong. – Wisconsin Public Radio (Shawn Johnson)

Burnett County Sheriff’s Report Accidents June 27: Craig A. Naylor, 29, Spooner, was westbound on Kessler Road in Scott Township when he lost control negotiating a curve and hit a tree on the south side of the road. Alcohol was a factor in the accident and the driver was issued three citations including OWI. There were no reported injuries.

July 3: Benjamin S. Leung, 71, Edina, Minn., was westbound on Devils Lake Road in Oakland Township when he hit a mailbox after being distracted by the clouds in the sky. No injuries were reported. The driver was issued one citation for inattentive driving.

July 4: Timothy C. Khalar, 44, Solon Springs, was southbound on Airfield Road in Swiss Township when he hit a deer while driving a motorcycle.

There were no reported injuries.

July 4: Georgiana J. Carson, 26, Shell Lake, was transported to the hospital after being injuried on Palmberg Road in Union Township. Christopher A. Staples, 22, Webster, was driving the vehicle, but exactly what happened is not known at this time. No other injuries reported or citations issued at this time.

Arrests and citations July 4: Gerald R. Jackson, 18, Cumberland, was arrested

for drinking on a no-drink probation.

July 4: Tim L. Mulroy, 33, Webster, was arrested on a Burnett County warrant.

July 5: Adonis Mosay, 46, Luck, was arrested for drinking on a no-drink probation.

Other incidents June 29: Janice M. Cooper, Danbury, reported her mailbox damaged. The incident is under investigation.

July 2: Arrow Building Center in Webster reported the building entered and assorted change taken from the cash register.

The unknown suspect climbed a fence, broke into the building

Spooner boy has open heart surgery Anthony Wey, 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Winton Wey of rural Spooner, underwent open heart surgery at Abbott Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis, June 11. The operation was necessary to address Anthony’s enlarged heart due to a nonworking pulmonary valve, which was replaced during surgery.

Anthony is pictured with his doctor, Dr. Francis Moga, who performed the surgery. – Special photo

and attempted to break into the safe before taking the change.

The incident is under investigation.

July 2: Lance Ramsdell, Frederic, reported the theft of a snow-

plow. The incident is under investigation.

July 5: Simon Kunshier, Webster, reported his mailbox damaged by fireworks. The incident is under investigation.

July 5: Burt Lund Jr., Siren, had his mailbox damaged by fireworks. The incident is under investigation.

Siren police report June 18: The Siren officer on duty responded at 12:01 p.m. to a complaint regarding a cat bite.

Keegan F. Kallevang, 32, Webster, was at the Siren Clinic for treatment of a small infection that developed after the cat bit him as he pulled his cat away during a fight between his cat and dog the previous evening. The cat was quarantined in a garage, and was to have had shots at a vet clinic June 19.

June 21: Michael A. Stoffels, 23, Woodbury, Minn., was cited for speeding on Hwy. 35/70 and Parks Street at 6:01 p.m.

June 24: At 5:42 p.m., Wendy L. Ortez, 46, Siren, was cited for failing to wear a seat belt during a stop on First Avenue and Works Progress Street.

At 6:03 p.m., Benjamin D. Carver, 29, Isanti, Minn., was cited for speeding on Hwy. 70 and Hanson Avenue.

At 7:11 p.m., Andrew D. Peterson, 19, Carbondale, Colo., was cited for speeding on Ellis Avenue and Main Street.

June 25: At 1:24 a.m., John H. Carr, 28, Webster, was cited for operating without a valid driver’s license on South Shore Drive and Alden Road.

At 6:38 p.m., Christopher M. Staples, 25, Danbury, was cited for speeding on Main Street and Hanson Avenue.

June 26: At 10:30 a.m., the officer was called to Jamye Wiltrout’s residence regarding a bear that had broken into the home the previous night, damaging a door, screen and glass. A live trap was delivered for catching the bear.

June 29: At 5:26 p.m., a purse was returned to a Siren resident who had left it while shopping at Fourwinds Market. All but a $10 bill was still in the purse.

July 2: Kelly A. Christenson, 19, Savage, Minn., was cited for failing to obey the stop sign at Hwy. 35/70 and Works Progress Street.

At 7:45 p.m., Angela M. Koch, 26, Siren, was cited for speeding on CTH B and Fourth Avenue.

July 4: At 9:27 a.m., Jordan M. Rogers was arrested on a warrant from Fourwinds Market, his place of work in Siren.

Jonathon D. Hicks, 72, Siren, was cited for failing to obey an officer on First Avenue and Hwy. 70 during the rerouting of traffic because of the parade at 12:45 p.m.

July 5: Marc J. Hunter, 31, Webster, was cited for failure to yield following a two-vehicle accident at First Avenue and Lake Street at 2:15 a.m. The other driver, Heather Olheiser, 22, St. Cloud, Minn., was driving south.

There was no stop sign on her roadway. Hunter had stopped at the stop sign on his east-west roadway, then pulled out in front of Olheiser, according to the report thinking it was a four-waystop intersection.

A stolen bike was removed from a tree on Fourth Avenue.

The bike was described as white and black with red seats and the wording Spiral USA on the side.

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Notices/Real Estate

Burnett County criminal court Gerald I. Stauffer, 39, Cloquet, Minn., disorderly conduct, $409.00.

Sean T. Reynolds, 21, Webster, criminal damage to property, one-year probation, 12-day jail sentence, $243.62 restitution, Huber release granted, obtain GED or HSED, no contact with victim, alcohol assessment, $112.36.

Jason A. Rainey, 27, Cumberland, theft of movable property, one-year probation, $2,200.00 restitution, obtain a GED, prohibited from possessing or using check book of victim, $308.00.

Edwin A. Engstrom, 61, Siren, seat belt requirement violation, $173.40.

Burnett County deaths

Burnett Co. marriage license Daniel L. Harmon, Brook Park, Minn., and Erica S. Whitney, Bath, Maine, June 29.

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QUALITY NEW CONSTRUCTION IN LUCK

Saturday, July 11

Directions: County Road I between Centuria & Balsam Lake at Niles Lane North, Niles Lane South, Reidner Lane, 155th Street and 160th Street. Call Judy at 715-646-2605.

Watch of signs.

FOR RENT IN LUCK AVAILABLE NOW!

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109 Pearl St., Balsam Lake option to buy/ owner financing 2 BRs, 1-1/2 baths, attached garage.

Sale Dates July 4 & 5 • July 18 & 19

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9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Lots and lots of stuff.

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Friday & Saturday, July 10 & 11

Crafts; Walt Disney VCR tapes; books; fishing and camping equipment; tools; new lawn edger; toys; clothes of all sizes; antique train parts; something for everyone.

601 Polk Ave. • Centuria All proceeds go to Unity’s “Randy Walker Memorial Scholarship Fund.”

9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Baby clothes, etc.; household items; tires; tools.

7640 Tower Rd., Siren

MULTIFAMILY GARAGE SALE Fri & Sat, July 10 & 11, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Sat., July 11

GARAGE SALE

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Theodore A. Berklund, 79, Grantsburg Township, June 20.

Irmgard E. J. Retzer, 88, Grantsburg Village, June 21.

Maydean L. Johnson, 83, Pine City, Minn., June 13.

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Rhea E. Kuhn, 56, Woodbury, Minn., issue worthless check, $111.30 restitution, $309.00.

Melissa A. Bearhart, 29, Danbury, issue worthless check, $309.00.

Cody S. Schostek, 21, Balsam Lake, disorderly conduct, $539.00.

Vesna Radivojevic, 39, St. Croix Falls, speeding, $160.80.

Utilities included, secured building and minimal security deposit.

For An Application, Please Stop By The Golden Oaks Office At 104 3rd Ave., Frederic, WI, Monday-Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Or For Additional Information Or Questions, Please Call: Frederic - 715-327-8490 490275 46-47L 36-37a Luck - 715-472-2032

All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians; pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.

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

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(June 10, 17, 24, July 1, 8, 15) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Archie and Kathy Lessard Family Limited Partnership, Plaintiff, vs.

Thomas Owen McKenzie, And KLC Financial, Inc., Defendant.

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Case No. 09 CV 148 Case Code: 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage By virtue of and pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on the 15th day of May, 2009, I will sell at public auction at the foyer area of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, on the 25th day of August, 2009, at 10 a.m., all of the following described mortgaged premises, to-wit.

Part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SE 1/ 4 SW 1/4), Section 22, Township 37 North, Range 17 West, lying West of State Highway #35, right lane, except the West 8 rods thereof. Town of West Sweden, Polk County, Wisconsin. Property Address: 3201 State Hwy. 35 North, Frederic, Wis. Terms of the sale: Cash due upon confirmation of sale.

Down payment: Ten Percent (10%) of amount bid by certified check due at time of sale.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, this 29th day of May, 2009.

Timothy G. Moore, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin GRINDELL LAW OFFICES, S.C. John Grindell P.O. Box 585 Frederic, WI 54837 715-327-5561 487949 Plaintiff’s Attorney WNAXLP

(June 3, 10, 17, 24, July 1, 8) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY First State Bank and Trust, Plaintiff, Vs. David M. Nemeth and LoAnne K. Nemeth, Defendants.

Case Code: 30404 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Case No. 08 CV 395 Hon. Robert H. Rasmussen PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on the 14th day of January, 2009, the Sheriff of Polk County will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: DATE/TIME: July 16, 2009, at 10 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: Lot 1 of Certified Survey Map No. 2465 recorded in Vol. 11 of Certified Survey Maps, pg. 173, Doc. No. 568668, located in the SW1/4 of SE1/4 Sec. 31-3218, Polk County, Wisconsin.

(FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY: Plaintiff believes that the property address is 2341 County Line Avenue, New Richmond, WI).

Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County Stein & Moore, P.A. Attorneys for Plaintiff 332 Minnesota St., Ste. W-1650 St. Paul, MN 55101 487613 WNAXLP 651-224-9683 (June 10, 17, 24, July 1, 8, 15) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY SCHANON MORTGAGE, INC. 228 N. Keller Ave. Amery, WI 54001 Plaintiff vs.

JOHN T. ARONSON and DEON M. ARONSON, his wife 1072 E. Neibel Lane Balsam Lake, WI 54810 Defendants NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Case No. 08 CV 74 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered in the above action on March 23, 2009, the undersigned Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell at public auction in the foyer area of the Polk County Justice Center, in the Village of Balsam Lake, State of Wisconsin on Tuesday, July 28, 10 a.m., the following described premises: Part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 9, Township 35 North, Range 16 West, Town of Georgetown, Polk County, Wis. described as Lot 2 of Certified Survey Map No. 3182 filed in Volume 14, page 204, as Document No. 602781.

TERMS: Cash; subject to all unpaid property taxes, special assessments, penalties and interest. Buyer to pay transfer fee and costs of sheriff’s sale.

DOWN PAYMENT: 10% of amount bid by certified check.

BALANCE DUE: Within ten (10) days of confirmation of sale.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 963 Big Round Avenue, Luck, WI 54853.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, on June 5, 2009.

Timothy Moore Polk County Sheriff Kenneth Wm. Jost Jost Law Office P.O. Box 54, Chetek, WI 54728 487947 WNAXLP

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(June 24, July 1, 8) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Carolyn R. Maack Deceased Notice to Creditors (Informal Administration) Case No. 09 PR 43 An application has been filed for informal administration of the estate of the decedent, whose date of birth was Feb. 22, 1941, and date of death was May 15, 2009. The decedent died domiciled in Polk County, State of Wisconsin, with a post office address of: 1532 270th Ave., Luck, WI 54853. All interested persons have waived notice.

Creditors’ claims must be filed with the probate registrar on or before September 30, 2009.

Jenell L. Anderson Probate Registrar June 19, 2009 Elsa A. Thompson 1600 Merrill St. St. Paul, MN 55108 489310 651-489-7566 WNAXLP (July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Aug. 5) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, L.P. Plaintiff, vs FORD G. FRIDAY, et al Defendants Case Number: 08 CV 731 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on February 13, 2009, in the amount of $139,579.20, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: August 18, 2009, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances.

PLACE: Front Entrance to the Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin.

DESCRIPTION: Outlots 93 and 94 of the Village of Clayton, a part of the Southwest 1/4 Southeast 1/4 of Section 24, Township 33 North, Range 15 West except: a) Records 212-529 b) Records 351-166 c) Records 384-385 d) Records 426-304 e) Records 441-530 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 239 E Clayton Avenue, Clayton, WI 54004.

TAX KEY NO.: 112-00255-0000.

Dated this 24th day of June, 2009.

Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County Chaz M. Rodriguez State Bar #1063071 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. (158231)

(June 17, 24, July 1, 8, 15, 22) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY HSBC MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC., Plaintiff, vs.

WILLIAM F. BOKENYI and SHERRI D. BOKENYI, husband and wife; and JANE DOE and/or JOHN DOE, unknown tenants, Defendants.

Case No. 08-CV-608 Code No. 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage Dollar Amount Greater Than $5,000 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on October 17, 2008, in the amount of $199,967.55, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: August 4, 2009, at 10 o’clock a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or certified funds at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances.

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. PLACE: Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin.

DESCRIPTION: Lot 32 of First Addition to Montriol Estates.

Said land being in the City of St. Croix Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 684 S. Moody Road, St. Croix Falls.

TAX KEY NO.: 281-1341-0000.

Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County, Wis. O’DESS AND ASSOCIATES, S.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 1414 Underwood Avenue Suite 403 Wauwatosa, WI 53213 (414) 727-1591 O’Dess and Associates, S.C., is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

If you have previously received a Chapter 7 Discharge in Bankruptcy, this correspondence should not be construed as an attempt to collect a debt.

(June 24, July 1, 8, 2009) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY

DISABLED VIETNAM VET LOOKING FOR P/T WORK TO SUPPLEMENT INCOME

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SIDNEY B. TEIGEN

In Luck/Grantsburg area.

If you can help, please call:

Notice to Creditors (Informal Administration)

Wayne at

715-488-2621

Case No. 09-PR-42 An application has been filed for informal administration of the estate of the decedent, whose date of birth was May 2, 1914, and date of death was June 5, 2009. The decedent died domiciled in Polk County, State of Wisconsin, with a post office address of 3245 90th St., Frederic, WI 54837.

All interested parties have waived notice.

Creditors’ claims must be filed with the probate registrar on or before September 30, 2009.

Jenell L. Anderson Probate Registrar June 18, 2009 Todd H. Anderson Attorney at Law P.O. Box 507 Grantsburg, WI 54840 715-463-5365

(June 17, 24, July 1, 8, 15, 22) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK, Plaintiff, Vs. BRENT M. NIEMAN, and JOLENE L. NIEMAN, and WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, and KATHLEEN M. GIONIS, and CAPITAL ONE BANK, Defendants.

Case No. 08 CV 799 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on January 26, 2009, in the amount of $144,565.65, 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, Wis., on: Tuesday, August 4, 2009, at 10 o’clock a.m.

TERMS OF SALE: 1. 10% down in cash or certified funds at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeiture of deposit 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. 2300, Recorded in Volume Eleven (11) of Certified Survey Maps, page 7, Document No. 559128, located in the Southeast Quarter of Northeast Quarter (SE1/4 of NE1/4), of Section Seven (7), Township thirty-six (36) North of Range Eighteen (18) West.

PIN: 030-00166-0100.

Street Address: 2863 230th Street, Cushing, Wis. 54006 Dated at Balsam Lake, Wis., this 2nd day of June 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

Maybe we can help each other.

Thank you!

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Virgil Hansen, Clerk 489094 34-35a,d 45-46L

(July 1, 8, 15) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DEAN R. ANDERSON Notice to Creditors (Informal Administration) Case No. 09 PR 44 An application has been filed for infomal administration of the estate of the decedent, whose date of birth was March 27, 1925, and date of death was April 23, 2009. The decedent died domiciled in Polk County, State of Wisconsin, with a post office address of: Good Samaritan Center, 750 East Louisiana St., St. Croix Falls, WI 54024.

All interested persons have waived notice.

Creditors’ claims must be filed with the probate registrar on or before September 30, 2009.

Jenell L. Anderson Probate Registrar June 24, 2009 Steven J. Swanson Personal Representative/ Attorney P.O. Box 609 St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787

Terri L. Wester, Centuria, and Matthew R. Bader, Osceola, July 2, 2009 Dawn M. Evenson, Clam Falls, and Jeffrey N. Allen, Clam Falls, July 2, 2009

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Monthly Board Meeting Monday, July 13, at 7 p.m.

Milltown Fire Hall

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TOWN OF MILLTOWN

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NOTICE

Jodi J. Redlich, St. Croix Falls, and William F. McKusick II, Alden, June 30, 2009 Stacy J. Gobler, Bone Lake, and Randy S. Gatz, Winona, Minn., July 1, 2009 Emily E. Jepsen, Georgetown, and Jeremy M. Jones, Georgetown, July 1, 2009

NOTICE

TOWN OF LaFOLLETTE

The monthly board meeting for the Town of LaFollette will be held at the LaFollette Town Hall on Monday, July 13, 2009, at 7:30 p.m.

Agenda: Verification of Posting; Clerk’s Minutes; Treasurer’s Report; Resident Issues; Road Items; ATVs on LaFollette Roads; New Voting Booths; White Pine Cemetery; Pay bill and look at correspondence 490485 Linda Terria, Clerk 46L 36a (July 1, 8, 15) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Plaintiff, vs.

STEVEN E. PHERNETTON and LESA M. PHERNETTON Defendants.

SUMMONS Case No. 09 CV 412 Case Classification No. 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage TO: LESA M. PHERNETTON 621 220th Street Osceola, WI 54020 YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you.

Within forty (40) days after July 1, 2009, you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the Complaint. The demand must be sent or delivered to the Court, whose address is: Clerk of Court Polk County Justice Center 1005 West Main Street, Ste. 300 Balsam Lake, WI 54810 and to plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is: Steven J. Swanson 105 Washington Street South P.O. Box 609 St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not provide a proper Answer within forty (40) days after July 1, 2009, the Court may grant Judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the Complaint and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the Complaint. A Judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A Judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

Dated the 25th day of June, 2009.

Steven J. Swanson #1003029 Attorney for Plaintiff 105 Washington Street South P.O. Box 609 St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787

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Steven J. Swanson No. 1103029 Attorney at Law P.O. Box 609 105 South Washington Street St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787

Polk County marriages Nola M. Kiesow, Frederic, and Rickie A. Tschida, Frederic, June 29, 2009 LeAnn L. Bergstrand, Apple River, and Christopher J. Bloom, Apple River, June 29, 2009

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(June 17, 24, July 1, 8, 15, 22) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK, Plaintiff, Vs. LUCAS R. SWAGER and HEATHER L. SWAGER, Defendants.

Case No. 08 CV 879 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on January 27, 2009, in the amount of $111,289.53, 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: Tuesday, August 4, 2009, at 10 o’clock a.m.

TERMS OF SALE: 1. 10% down in cash or certified funds at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeiture of deposit 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 Four (4), Block Two (2), Except the South 15 feet thereof, Plat of Meadow Lane, Village of Centuria, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PIN: 111-00343-0000.

Street Address: 107 Meadow Lane, Centuria, WI 54824.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wis., this 2nd day of June, 2009.

Timothy G. Moore, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin

Notices

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(June 17, 24, July 1, 8, 15, 22) NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the auction of Charter Bank Eau Claire vs. Donald H. Bottolfson, et al, Polk County Case No. 08CV673, I will sell at public auction in the foyer area of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, on TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2009, AT 10 A.M. the following described premises, located in Polk County, Wisconsin: Lot Six of Certified Survey Map No. 5283 recorded in Volume 23 of Certified Survey Maps, Page 190 as Document No. 723208, being a division of Lot Four of Certified Survey Map No. 3911 recorded in Volume 17 of Certified Survey Maps, Page 174 and a division of Lot Six of Certified Survey Map No. 4897 recorded in Volume 22 of Certified Survey Maps, Page 4, located in the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section Twelve, Township ThirtyThree North, Range Seventeen West, Town of Lincoln, Polk County, Wisconsin.

Together with the 40 foot wide easement area for the benefit of Lot Six over and across the north 40 feet of Lot Seven of Certified Survey Map No. 5283, Volume 23, Page 190, Document No. 723208.

Property Address: 1083 120th Street, Amery, Wis. Notice is further given that the successful purchaser will be responsible for the lien of real estate taxes, for the municipal charges, if any, the Wisconsin real estate transfer fee, and is responsible for obtaining possession of the property, which is sold “as is.”

TERMS OF SALE: Cash with 10% to be paid at time of sale.

Sheriff Timothy G. Moore Polk County, Wisconsin James Flory Wiley Law, S.C. 21 S. Barstow Street P.O. Box 629 Eau Claire, WI 54702-0629 Phone: 715-835-6171 Fax 715-835-4222

(June 10, 17, 24, July 1, 8, 15) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, L.P. Plaintiff, vs.

SUSAN K. ROBERTS, et al Defendants.

Case Number: 09 CV 155 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on April 14, 2009, in the amount of $167,591.04, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: July 28, 2009, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances.

PLACE: Front Entrance to the Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: Lot 1, Plat of Lamperts Addition, City of Amery, Polk County, Wis. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 669 Otis Avenue, Amery, WI 54001.

TAX KEY NO.: 201-01147-0000.

Dated this 5th day of June, 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 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. (155576)

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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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(July 8, 15, 22, 29, Aug. 5, 12) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK, Plaintiff, vs.

GERALD R. WONDRA, JR., and ROYAL CREDIT UNION, Defendants.

Case No. 08 CV 422 AMENDED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on November 25, 2008, I will sell at public auction at the Main Front Entrance of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, in the Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, on: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, at 10 o’clock a.m., all of the following described mortgaged premises, to-wit: The East 67 feet of Lot 3, Block B, Peterson’s Addition to the City of Amery, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PIN: 201-00503-0000.

STREET ADDRESS: 218 South Street, Amery, Wisconsin.

TERMS OF SALE: Cash.

DOWN PAYMENT: 10% of amount bid by cash or certified check.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, this 21st day of May, 2009.

Timothy G. Moore, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin

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COACHING OPPORTUNITY

The Frederic School District is accepting applications for the following coaching position:

Assistant High School Girls Volleyball Coach

Send letter of application, resume and credentials to: Jeff Carley, Athletic Director, Frederic School District, 1437 Clam Falls Drive, Frederic, WI 54837. Telephone 715-327-4223.

490249 46-47L 36a Deadline for applications is July 17, 2009.

The Frederic School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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NOTICE TOWN OF LUCK

Andrea Lundquist, Clerk 490458 46L

Preparing budget for 2010 to be approved at the annual meeting; old business; new business (July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Aug. 5) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, L.P. Plaintiff, vs.

CLAYTON R. HENSCHKE, et al Defendants.

Case Number: 08 CV 769 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on February 18, 2009, in the amount of $433,985.50, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: August 20, 2009, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance 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: Parcel 1: Lot 6 of Certified Survey Map No. 1813 recorded on February 28, 1995, in Volume 8, Page 161, as Document No. 527587, being part of Government Lot 4, Section 7, Town 35 North, Range 16 West, in the Town of Georgetown, Polk County, Wisconsin.

Parcel 2: An Easement for the benefit of Parcel 1 for ingress and egress over that part of Government Lot 4, Section 7, Township 35 North, Range 16 West, in the Town of Georgetown, Polk County, Wisconsin, described as Outlot 1 of Certified Survey Map recorded February 28, 1995, in Volume 8 of Certified Survey Maps, Page 162, as Document No. 527588.

Parcel 3: A 66-foot-wide private roadway easement for the benefit of Parcel 1 for ingress and egress as shown on the subject Certified Survey Maps over Government Lot 4, Section 7, Township 35 North, Range 16 West and Government Lot 1, Section 18, Township 35 North, Range 16 West, in the Town of Georgetown, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2222 117th St., Milltown, WI 54858.

TAX KEY NO.: 026-00246-0060.

Dated this 25th day of June, 2009. /s/Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County Chaz M. Rodriguez State Bar #1063071 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. (158444)

NOTICE

Board Meeting Tuesday, July 14, 7 p.m.

At Town Hall Agenda: Reading of minutes. Treasurer’s report. Review and pay bills.

Patrolman’s report. Closed meeting as per Wis. Stat.

19.85(1)(c). Any additions to agenda will be posted at the Town Hall and clerk’s office.

Lloyd Nelson 490410 46L Clerk

TOWN OF WEST SWEDEN

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Full agenda posted on July 10, 2009, at the town hall, town office and Crow Bar. For the Town Board 489957 46L 36a Lorraine Radke, Clerk

Is accepting bids for a blacktop overlay on 160th St. from 300th Ave. to 310th Ave. About 1,600 feet.

Bids are due by July 14, 2009. The Town Board has the right to accept or reject any or all bids.

For more information, contact Dennis O’Donnell at 715-327-4954.

Andrea Lundquist, 489974 46L Town Clerk (June 24, July 1, 8) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY RESURGENCE FINANCIAL, LLC, an Illinois Limited Liability Company Plaintiff, vs.

LINDA A. BAKER 2383 250TH AVE. CUSHING, WI 54006 Defendant(s).

PUBLICATION SUMMONS Case No. 09 CV 388 Case Code: 30301 THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, to the said defendant(s) : You are hereby notified that the Plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit against you. The Complaint, which is attached hereto, stated the nature and basis of the legal action.

Within forty (40) days of June 23, 2009, you must respond with a written answer, as that term is used in Chapter 802 of 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: P.O. Box 549, 1005 W. Main St., Balsam Lake, WI 54810-0549 and the Legal Department of Resurgence Financial, LLC, whose address is 6980 N. Port Washington Rd., Suite 204, Milwaukee, WI 53217. You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not provide a proper answer to the Complaint or provide a written demand for said Complaint within forty (40) days, the Court may grant a judgment against you for the award 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: June 15, 2009.

RESURGENCE FINANCIAL, LLC

By One of Plaintiff’s Staff Attorneys Robert I. Dorf State Bar No. 1027887 RESURGENCE FINANCIAL, LLC Legal Department 6980 N. Port Washington Rd. Suite 204 Milwaukee, WI 53217 877-694-7500 WI007164

(June 3, 10, 17, 24, July 1, 8) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC a Delaware Limited Liability company, Plaintiff, Vs. GARY W. ZEIDLER and PENNY -JO T. ZEIDLER, husband and wife, JOHN and/or JANE DOE unknown tenants; and KEVIN L. JONES and ANDREA G. JONES husband and wife Defendants.

Case No. 08-CV-694 Code No. 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage Dollar Amount Greater Than $5,000.00 Code No. 31003 REPLEVIN NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on January 16, 2009, in the amount of $206,746.72, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: July 21, 2009, at 10:00 o’clock a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or certified funds at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation for sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances.

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. PLACE: Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 West Main Street, Balsam lake, Wisconsin DESCRIPTION: Part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 30, Township 36 North, Range 18 West, Town of Laketown, Polk County, Wisconsin, Described As Follows: ComMencing 15 Rods 12-1/2 Feet East Of The Southwest Corner Of Said Section 30, Township 36 North, Range 18 West, Thence Running North 171 Feet, Thence East 130 Feet, Thence South 171 Feet, Thence West 130 Feet To The Place Of Beginning. (PARCEL No. 030-00728-000).

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2391 250th Ave., Town of Laketown.

TAX KEY NO.: 030-00728-0000 Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County, Wis. O’DESS & ASSOCIATES, S.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 1414 Underwood Ave. Suite 403 Wauwatosa, WI 53213 414-727-1591 O’Dess and Associates, S.C., is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

If you have previously received a Chapter 7 Discharge in Bankruptcy, this correspondence should not be construed as an attempt to collect a debt.

TOWN OF OAKLAND

Due to scheduling conflicts, the Town of Oakland’s regular meeting for the month of July will be moved to Tuesday, July 14, 2009.

Deanna J. Krause, Clerk

NOTICE The Regular Monthly Board Meeting For The Town Of McKinley Will Be Held Tuesday, July 14, 2009, At 7:30 p.m.

Agenda will be posted at the Town Hall.

Deborah Grover, 490258 46L Clerk (July 1, 8, 15) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY U.S. Bank National Association ND, Plaintiff, vs.

James D. Gaudette and Cara L. Gaudette, Defendants.

Case Classification: 30404 SUMMONS (For Publication) Case No. 09 CV 407 Hon. Robert H. Rasmussen THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, to Defendant Cara L. Gaudette: You are hereby notified that the plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you.

This is a real estate foreclosure auction. Therefore, within 40 days after July 1, 2009, (60 days as to the United States of America), you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the complaint. The demand must be sent or delivered to the court, whose address is Clerk of Court, Polk County Courthouse, 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, WI 54810 and to Ralph Moore, Plaintiff’s attorney whose address is 332 Minnesota Street, Suite W - 1650, St. Paul, MN 55101. You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not demand a copy of the complaint within 40 days (60 days as to the United States of America), 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.

The object of this action is to foreclose two mortgages each recorded with the Register of Deeds for Polk County, Wisconsin, on May 20, 2008, as Document Nos. 745642 and 745644.

Date: June 26, 2009.

STEIN & MOORE, P.A. By: s/ Ralph L. Moore ID #1046351 Attorneys for Plaintiff 332 Minnesota St. Suite W-1650 St. Paul, MN 55101 651-224-9683

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The Village of Siren is looking for a Part-Time Administrative Assistant to work in our Police Department.

Duties include acting as a receptionist, routine clerical work including DMV services. Complete job description available at Village Hall. This position requires a criminal background check.

Applications and complete job description are available at Village Hall at 24049 First Avenue, Siren, Wisconsin. Resumes will be accepted but must be accompanied by a completed application. Submit application to Ann Peterson, Village Clerk/Treasurer, P.O. Box 23, Siren, WI 54872. Applications will be accepted until 5 p.m. on July 13, 2009.

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The next planning committee meeting will be held Mon., July 13, 7 p.m.

West Sweden Town Hall

The July Monthly Town Board Meeting Will Be Held On July 13, 2009, At 7 p.m., At The Town Hall.

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VILLAGE OF SIREN PART-TIME ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT - POLICE DEPARTMENT

Agenda: Call to order; minutes and reports; old business; updates.

New business: Ordinance for minors in the bars; citizen comment time; correspondence; discussion items/announcements; sign vouchers to authorize payment; adjournment.

TOWN OF WEST SWEDEN

Sat., July 11, 2009 9 a.m.

Georgetown Hall

MONTHLY MEETING NOTICE

Monthly Board Meeting July 9, 2009, 7 p.m.

NOTICE

BONE LAKE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BUDGET MEETING

TOWN OF JACKSON

TOWN OF EUREKA

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(July 8, 15, 22, 29, Aug. 5, 12) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK, Plaintiff, vs.

COLIN D. MUELLER, and CAROLYN M. MEYER f/k/a CAROLYN M. MUELLER, and VILLAGE OF LUCK, and STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BUREAU OF CHILD SUPPORT, and DAVID R. MUELLER and KATHRYN A. MUELLER, Defendants.

Case No. 09 CV 222 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on June 19, 2009, in the amount of $89,745.62, 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, Wis., on: Thursday, August 20, 2009, at 10 o’clock a.m., TERMS OF SALE: 1. 10% down in cash or certified funds at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeiture of deposit plaintiff.

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances.

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. DESCRIPTION: A parcel of land in the SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4, Section 28-3617, described as follows: Beginning at a point 255.4 feet East and 105 feet North of the Quarter Post of Sections 28 and 33-26-17, thence East 153 feet, thence North 73 feet, thence West 153 feet, thence South 72 feet to the point of beginning, Village of Luck, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PIN: 146-00552-0000.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, this 24th day of June, 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

Notices

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(June 24, July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 2009) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK, Plaintiff, vs.

THOR L. JEPSEN, and CHRISTINE M. JEPSEN, and HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORP III, and CAPITAL ONE BANK, Defendants.

Case No. 08 CV 547 AMENDED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on October 3, 2008, I will sell at public auction at the Main Front Entrance of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, in the Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, on: Tuesday, August 11, 2009, at 10:00 o’clock a.m. all of the following described mortgaged premises, to-wit: A parcel of land in the Southeast Quarter of Southwest Quarter (SE1/4 of SW1/4), Section 8, Township 35 North, Range 17 West, Village of Milltown, Polk County, Wisconsin, described as follows: Commencing at the Northwest corner of Block “D,” First Addition to the Village of Milltown; thence N 00 degrees 14 minutes East, 8.0 feet on the West line of said SE1/4 of SW1/4; thence South 89 degrees 44 minutes East 367 feet; thence North 00 degrees 14 minutes East 32 feet which is the point of beginning; then N 00 degrees 14 minutes East, 114 feet; thence South 89 degrees 44 minutes East, 102 feet; thence South 31 degrees 50 minutes East to a point directly East of the point of beginning; thence West to the point of beginning.

PIN: 151-00244-0000.

Street Address: 212 First Avenue East, Milltown, WI 54858.

TERMS OF SALE: Cash.

DOWNPAYMENT: 10% of amount bid by cash or certified check.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, this 14th day of May, 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 489209 WNAXLP

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Joy A. Gaustad, 47, June 20, 2009, Clayton Gerald S. Watry, 82, June 20, 2009, Bloomington, Minn.

Shirley J. Paquin, 73, June 21, 2009, Dresser

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Carole J. Yager, 78, June 15, 2009, Clayton Eva M. Hexum, 79, June 17, 2009, St. Croix Falls Garrett E. Cardinal, 25, June 18, 2009, Amery Shirley M. LaBathe, 78, June 19, 2009, Amery

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Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received by the Director of Public Works until 4 p.m., July 29, 2009 at the Luck Municipal Building, 401 Main St., Luck, WI 54853, for the crack filling and chip sealing of approximately 12,000 sq. ft. of asphalt surface.

The Village reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

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TOWN OF STERLING MONTHLY TOWN BOARD MEETING The Monthly Board Meeting Will Be Held Monday, July 13, 2009, At The Cushing Community Center, At 8 p.m.

Agenda: Clerk’s minutes, Treasurer Financial Report, Update on 2008 book audit, Update delinquent PP taxes, Possible board decisions regarding handicap accessibility of Community Center, Citizen Concerns, Paul Noreen - board decision on town timber cutting, Discussion regarding a Class A Liquor & Class C Wine License for Stop-A-Sec, Discussion on Suzy Qu’s and Dugout’s liquor licenses to include sidewalks and allies, Discussion on town ordinance allowing minors to eat in bars until 9 p.m., Board decision on closing Cushing Main Street for Fun Days, Road Maintenance, Set August agenda, Pay bills.

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NOTICE

The July meeting of the Village Board of Siren will be held Thursday, July 9, 2009, at 2 p.m. at the Village Hall.

Agenda posted.

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PLEASE REMEMBER IF YOU DO NOT VOTE IT WILL BE HARD TO COMPLAIN. 490200 46-47L 36-37a

Mike Sparish, Chairman

JOB OPPORTUNITY - GUIDANCE COUNSELOR - GRADES 7 - 12 FREDERIC SCHOOL DISTRICT Job Title: H.R. Contact: Telephone: Job Description:

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7 - 12 Guidance Counselor Raymond Draxler, 7 - 12 Principal 715-327-4223 This is a full-time position to begin in August 2009. Candidates should be knowledgeable in a number of student service categories including, but not limited to: Student scheduling, AODA, At-Risk student programs, alternative/online/virtual school programs/scheduling, crisis and career counseling and state testing programs.

Qualifications: Wisconsin certification (54/966) required and K 12 certification is preferred.

How to Apply: Send letter of application, resume, and credentials to: Raymond Draxler, 7 - 12 School Principal, Frederic School District, 1437 Clam Falls Drive, Frederic, WI 54837. Telephone: 715327-4223; Fax: 715-327-8655.

Employer: Frederic School District 1437 Clam Falls Drive Frederic, WI 54837 Closing Date: July 24, 2009 Description: K - 12 School District in Frederic, WI, which is located in northwestern Wisconsin on Hwy. 35.

The Elementary School and 7 - 12 School have a combined enrollment of 560 students. For further information on the Frederic School District, please visit our Web site at www.frederic.k12.wi.us The Frederic School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Notice is hereby given of a public hearing to be held by the Plan Commission of the Village of Frederic. The purpose of the hearing is to solicit public input on the proposed amendment to the Project Plan for Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District #3. The public hearing will be held in the boardroom of the Frederic Village Hall located at 107 Hope Road West in Frederic, on Wednesday, July 15, 2009, at 6 p.m. The pro posed amendment includes the addition of territory and projects to TIF #3. Grants and loans to developers or development incentives/reimbursements may also be provided. The estimated cost of the proposed amendment is $450,000. A copy of the proposed amendment is available from the Village Clerk upon request.

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS VILLAGE OF LUCK Notice is hereby given that sealed bids for the following projects will be received by the Director of Public Works until 4 p.m., July 29, 2009, at the Luck Municipal Building, P.O. Box 315, 401 Main St., Luck, WI 54853.

Project 1 includes milling or pulverizing approx. 1,200 sq. yds. of asphalt; removal of asphalt; grading; paving and compacting 3” of hot mix asphalt. This is a Local Road Improvement Project (LRIP).

Project 2 includes milling or pulverizing approx. 1,200 sq. yds. of asphalt; removal of asphalt; grading; paving and compacting 2.5” of hot mix asphalt.

Project 3 includes saw cutting; fine grading; and paving of a section of street approx. 800 sq. yds. removal of asphalt will be done by Village.

Details are available at the Luck municipal building, 401 S. Main St., Luck, WI. The Village of Luck reserves the right to refuse any and all bids.

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(July 8) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT - CIVIL DIVISION - SMALL CLAIMS POLK COUNTY SMALL CLAIM SUMMONS Case No. 09 SC 538 Edward J. Ferguson P.O. Box 72 Clayton, WI 54004 You are being sued by Amery Foods, Inc., in the small Claims Court for Polk County, Wisconsin, at the Polk County Courthouse, 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin 54810. A hearing will be held at 1:30 o’clock p.m. on July 20, 2009.

If you do not appear, a judgment may be given to the person suing you. (A copy of the claim has been mailed to you at the Address above).

Dated this 7th day of July, 2009.

STEVEN L. STOLPER Plaintiff’s Attorney 740 North Plankinton Avenue Suite 336 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53203 414-270-0505 State Bar No. 1016512 490477 WNAXLP

SMC is a renowned business leader across the globe specializing in contract manufacturing of medical devices based on a platform of injection molding. We pride ourselves in creating a business dedicated to top-notch customer service while maintaining a family-orientated organization. We are looking to grow our team of creative, self-motivated, hands-on individuals in our Somerset and Amery, Wis., facilities.

ROBOT/AUTOMATION TECHNICIAN: Responsible for PLC programming

and setup of 3-axis Fannuc and Adept robots. Will require troubleshooting and maintenance of custom assembly equipment, automated work cells and vision systems. Will be responsible for the automation of processes and systems. Mechanical, pneumatic and electrical skills are essential. Previous experience in an injection molding environment preferred but not required. Amery facility.

MAINTENANCE MECHANIC: Perform preventative maintenance duties, troubleshoot and repair equipment in our modern facility. Mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical skills required. Must have good driving record and be a self-starter. Plastics experience preferred. A 12-hour rotating night shift at the Amery facility.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Administrative Assistant to support the executive, sales and marketing teams. Must be proficient with MS Office to include Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Will coordinate needs to support meetings, customer visits and trade shows. Must demonstrate competency in multitasking, time management and organizational skills. Somerset location.

Visit us on the Web at smcltd.com for additional openings!

To apply, send resume to hr@smcltd.com Apply In Person Or Mail Resume To: 330 SMC Drive, Somerset, WI 54025 or 9000 Griffin Street, Amery, WI 54001 All inquiries are held in confidence.

SMC

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Molding and Manufacturing a division of SMC Ltd.

Monthly Board Meeting Monday, July 13, 2009 At 7 p.m.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AMENDMENT #1 TO TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT #3 VILLAGE OF FREDERIC

TOWN OF LORAIN

Residents of the Town of Lorain, your comprehensive plan is complete. Residents will have 30 days to examine the plan. Please call the following for copies of the plan: Mike Sparish 715-653-2688 Richard Egger 715-653-2551 Dan Beecroft 715-653-2634 County Agent Tim Anderson 715-485-9225 Ext. 8225 An open meeting will be held to ratify the plan at a later date. Please consult the paper for time and date.

Residents this is your plan for the future of your town.

This plan will or will not be ratified by the residents who are interested to come to the meeting and vote.

PUBLIC NOTICE

VILLAGE OF FREDERIC

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(July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT BURNETT COUNTY EVERHOME MORTGAGE COMPANY, Plaintiff, vs.

FRANK R. FLEISCHHACHER and JANE DOE, unknown spouse of Frank R. Fleischhacher; and PATRICIA A. OMUNDSON and JOHN DOE, unknown spouse of Patricia A. Omundson a/k/a Patricia A. Osmundson; and JANE DOE and/or JOHN DOE, unknown tenants; and BURNETT DAIRY COOPERATIVE; and LARRY’S L.P., INC., Defendants.

Case No. 08-CV-296 Code No. 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage Dollar Amount Greater Than $5,000 Code No. 30405 Other Real Estate AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on November 18, 2008, in the amount of $85,343.17, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: August 11, 2009, at 10:00 o’clock a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or certified funds at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances.

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. PLACE: Burnett County Government Center, located at 7410 County Road K, Siren, Wisconsin.

DESCRIPTION: Lot 1 Of Certified Survey Map Survey Map No. 3312, Volume 16, Pages 58 And 59, A Part Of The Northwest 1/4, Southeast 1/4 Of Section 17, Township 39 North, Range 15 West, Burnett County, Wisconsin; Together With A Nonexclusive Easement For Ingress And Egress Over And Across The Following Described Parcels Of Land: Parcel 1) A Parcel Of Land Located In The South-

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS VILLAGE OF LUCK/LUCK GOLF COURSE

Burnett Co. marriage licenses The Village of Luck is seeking bids on a new or low hours used utility tractor. Specifications include 45 - 55 engine X horsepower, 4-wheel drive, hydrostatic transmission, rear remote hydraulics, turf tires and a loader. Bids will be accepted until 4 p.m., July 22, 2009 at Luck Village Hall, P.O. Box 315, 401 Main St., Luck, WI 54853, Attn.: Golf Course Superintendent. The Village of Luck reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

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NOTICE

TOWN OF DANIELS MONTHLY BOARD MEETING

The Monthly Board Meeting Will Be Held Tuesday, July 14, 2009 At Town Of Daniels Hall At 7:30 p.m.

Agenda: Minutes of clerk & treasurer; discuss opening other roads to ATVs in Town of Daniels, Falun Church Road; pay bills and any other business properly brought before the board.

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POLK COUNTY POSITION ANNOUNCEMENTS

Adult Day Care Coordinator (Grant Funded) $22.04/hr.

The Haven - Human Services Full time, 40 hr./week Deadline to apply: Open until filled Haven Program Assistant $12.73/hr.

The Haven - Human Services Part time, 10 hr./week Deadline to apply: Open until filled YOU MUST COMPLETE A POLK CO. EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION TO BE ELIGIBLE. For application, complete position requirements and details, 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. Please, no faxed applications. AA/ EEOC 490382 46L west 1/4, Northeast 1/4, Of Section 17, Township 39 North, Range 15 West, Town Of Sand Lake, County Of Burnett, State Of Wisconsin And More Particularly Described As Follows: Commencing At The Southwest Corner Of The Southwest 1/4, Northeast 1/4 Of Section 17; Thence South 89° 29’ 16” East 910.44 Feet Along The South Line Of The Southwest 1/4, Northeast 1/4 To The Point Of Beginning; Thence Continuing South 89° 27’ 16” East 24.11 Feet Along Said South Line; Thence North 33° 23’ 14” West 33.45 Feet To A Point On The Southerly Right-Of-Way Line Of Whistler Road; Thence Southwesterly Along Said Right-Of-Way Line 20.07 Feet On The Arc Of A Circle Concave To The Northwest Whose Radius Is 199.75 Feet The Chord Of Said Arc Bearing South 61° 07’ 53” West 20.06 Feet; Thence South 33° 23’ 14” East 21.57 Feet To The Point Of Beginning; Parcel 2) Beginning At The Easternmost Point Of Lot 1 Of Certified Survey Map No. 3312, Volume 16, Page 58 And 59; Thence North 55° 26’ 24” West 10 Feet To A Point; Thence North 33° 23’ 14” West To The North Line Of The Northwest 1/4, Southeast 1/4, Of Section 17, Township 39 North, Range 15 West; Thence Westerly Along Said Line To The Northeast Corner Of Said Certified Survey Map; Thence South 33° 23’ 14” East 110.26 Feet To The Point Of Beginning.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 26232 WHISTLER ROAD, Town of Sand Lake.

TAX KEY NO.: 07-026-2-39-1517-4-02-000-013000.

LEGACY PIN: 026-3217-03-210.

Dean Roland Sheriff of Burnett County, WI O’DESS AND ASSOCIATES, S.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 1414 Underwood Avenue Suite 403 Wauwatosa, WI 53213 (414) 727-1591 O’Dess and Associates, S.C., is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

If you have previously received a Chapter 7 Discharge in Bankruptcy, this correspondence should not be construed as an attempt to collect a debt.

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID VILLAGE OF LUCK

(July 8, 15, 22, 29, Aug. 5, 12) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY HSBC MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC., Plaintiff, Vs. CLIFFORD HARPER and DARLA DIXON HARPER, husband and wife and JANE DOE and/or JOHN DOE unknown tenants; and BENEFICIAL WISCONSIN, INC., and LAMPERT YARDS, INC. Defendants Case No. 08-CV-233 Code No. 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage Dollar Amount Greater Than $5,000.00 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on June 3, 2008, in the amount of $170,927.96, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: August 25, 2009 at 10:00 o’clock a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or certified funds at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances.

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. PLACE: Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: Lot 7, Block 8, Original Plat of the City of Amery, Polk County, Wis. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 224 Harriman Avenue South, Amery.

TAX KEY NO.: 201004240000 Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County, WI O’DESS AND ASSOCIATES, S.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 1414 Underwood Avenue, Suite 403 Wauwatosa, WI 53213 414-727-1591 O’Dess and Associates, S.C., is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

If you have previously received a Chapter 7 Discharge in Bankruptcy, this correspondence should not be construed as an attempt to collect a debt.

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Naomi Williamson crowned Miss Balsam Lake

Naomi Williamson, daughter of Brad and Denise Williamson, was crowned 2009 Miss Balsam Lake by outgoing queen Kristen Norlund.

The new Balsam Lake royalty posed for pictures after the Miss Balsam Lake pageant Thursday night.

In front (L to R) are Princess Samatha Nicole Potvin, Miss Balsam Lake Naomi Williamson, Little Miss Balsam Lake Elizabeth Marek-Tilton, and Princess Lindsey Elizabeth Bump. In back (L to R) are Princesses Stephanie Hunter and Alison Lennartson.

Alison Lennartson, contestant for 2009 Miss Balsam Lake, sang “This Land is My Land” for her talent presentation. She asked the audience to join in for the last refrain.

Contestants for Miss Balsam Lake were asked questions by Allison Peterson, 2005 Miss Balsam Lake. Contestant Stephanie Hunter, in her evening gown, was asked who she most admires. She answered that she admires her mom, Dawn Hunter, most.

Naomi Williamson played “The Magic Flute” for her talent presentation.

Photos by Mary Stirrat

The evening gown presentation was one of the highlights of the Miss Balsam Lake pageant at Unity School Thursday evening, July 2. From left are contestants Stephanie Hunter, Alison Lennartson and Naomi Williamson.

Elizabeth Marek-Tilton was chosen Little Miss Balsam Lake and was crowned by outgoing Little Miss Carly Nelson. The new little princesses are Samatha Nicole Potvin, center, and Lindsey Elizabeth Bump. All three girls are 6 years old.

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Freedom Festival parade

Balsam Lake’s 2009 royalty were crowned Thursday evening and rode the last float in the Freedom Festival parade Sunday. From left are Miss Balsam Lake Naomi Williamson, Little Miss Elizabeth Marek-Tilton, princess Alison Lennartson, princess Stephanie Hunter, and little princess Lindsey Bump. Behind Lindsey is little princess Samantha Potvin.

Mary “Elsa” Husband, wife of the founder of Balsam Lake’s first newspaper, made an appearance at the dedication of a new elevator at the historical society museum. She encouraged people to visit the museum’s research room to delve into their family history.

Patriotic antennas decorate 7-year-old Natalie Vollrath, a cute “bug” from Bone Lake. — Photos by Mary Stirrat

Johanna Alling, left, and Julia Larsen were named Grand Marshals in recognition of their involvement in the community. The two are cousins and are both 2009 Unity graduates.

Unity Girl Scouts did a great job carrying the flags.

This vendor made it up and down the parade route in record time, hawking his colorful balloons.

Riders from the Shooting Stars 4-H Club rode through Balsam Lake as part of the Freedom Festival parade.

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News and views from the NW Wisconsin community

De an D ver s d al l p rom o te s s o n t o A i r F o rc e co lo n el

by Mary Stirrat LUCK — It was a proud moment not many fathers get to experience.

About a month ago, May 29, Dean Dversdall of rural Luck swore his son in as colonel in the United States Air Force.

Duncan Dversdall, 44, has had the privilege of being sworn in by Dad every step of the way. Dean, a retired Air Force colonel whose career spanned 29 years, has sworn his son in as second lieutenant, first lieutenant, captain, major, lieutenant colonel and now colonel.

“It’s very unique,” said Dean. “I’ve gotten a bigger kick out of it each time.

It’s been a bigger thrill each time.”

Most officers do not see six promotions attaining the rank of colonel, he said, and even fewer are pinned by their dad all along the way.

“Outside of their birth and marriage,” said Dean, “this ranks right up there.”

Duncan has been coming to the Luck and Frederic area since his parents, Dean and Cora, bought a place near Straight River in 1968. He spent every summer there from 1970 until he was in college in the mid-1980s.

Retired Air Force Col. Dean Dversdall of rural Luck, with his son, Air Force Col. Duncan Dversdall. The elder Dversdall was able to swear in his son as colonel at a May 29 ceremony at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. – Photos submitted

Duncan Dversdall’s children “soft pin” his Colonel’s eagles onto his daily uniform. At left are Ruthie, 7, and Drake, 15. At right is 12-year-old Noah.

Duncan Dversdall’s family pins the eagles of his new rank onto his Class A uniform. At left is his wife, Julie, and at right are his parents, Dean and Cora Dversdall.

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Duncan Dversdall was commissioned into the Air Force in 1987, after graduating from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in aerospace engineering.

At Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio he led the technology development and transition programs that resulted in new windshield designs for several planes. He also went on to obtain his master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Dayton.

His career has taken him and his fam-

ily to Edwards Air Force Base in California, Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma, the Pentagon, and Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. He graduated from the USAF Test Pilot School, assisted in developing the first guided conventional weapon capabilities for the B-1B, was responsible for a time for the overall management of flight testing on all Air Force bombers, and for the initial provisioning for the Airborne Laser program.

This all occurred before 1998, when he was named the AFMC tester of the year.

Since that time he has led independent technical assessments of the vulnerabilities of aircraft, sensors, and weapon systems, was responsible for high flight testing on all USAF bombers, and developed mentoring and operating procedures for flight test engineers.

In 2005, at Holloman AFB, he led the high speed test track in achieving unprecedented levels of precision and accuracy in testing at hypersonic speed.

Dean said that in his 29 years in the Air Force he never witnessed a father being able to promote his son each time. “I couldn’t have been prouder,” he said.

Dversdall is in Dayton, at Wright-Patterson, for at least another year in acquisition and testing aircraft. “I’ll have to see what the next assignment will be,” he said.

He and his wife, Julie, have been married nearly 17 years. They have three children, Drake, 15, Noah, 12, and Ruthie, 7. Julie is a pediatric nurse practitioner at Children’s Hospital in Dayton.

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Dean and Cora Dversdall with son, Duncan, and grandchildren at the family home near Luck. From left are Drake, 15, Duncan, Cora with Ruthie, 7, Noah, 12, and Dean. Duncan’s wife, Julie, was unable to come to Wisconsin at this time because she is preparaing for a medical missions trip to Africa. — Photo

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2009 Balsam Lake Freedom Festival Classic Car Show BALSAM LAKE – The Balsam Lake Freedom Festival Classic Car Show organizers want to extend gratitude to all of the participants, spectators, sponsors and the Balsam Lake Chamber of Commerce for a great show.

Up to 1954 Class (Sponsored by Balsam Lake Yacht Club) First place: Gordon Nelson /1938 Buick Special Second place: Ade Blackfelmer /1950 Ford 2-door 1955 to 1959 Class (Sponsored by Brewskies) First place: Roy Snowbank /1956 Pontiac Chieftain Second place: John Ernest /1956 Chevy Bel Air sport coupe

Roy Snowbank’s 1956 Pontiac Chieftain.

1960 to 1965 Class (Sponsored by Reeds Sunnyside Marine) First place: Dennis Potting /1963 Chevy Impala SS 409 Second place: Pat and Sue Longen /1963 Buick Wildcat 1966 to 1970 Class (Sponsored by Bruce Anderson, attorney) First place: Doug Boder /1969 Plymouth Road Runner Second place: Mike Bielmeier /1966 Pontiac GTO 1971 to 1980 Class (Sponsored by Thirsty Otter Tavern) First place: Matt Hegstrom /1971 Chevy Monte Carlo SS Second place: Pete Steffen /1972 Chevy Rally Nova 1981 to Present Class (Sponsored by Sunset View Cabin Bar) First place: Mark Leach /1984 Hurst Olds Second place: Rod Erickson /1987 Chevy El Camino Street Rods Class (Sponsored by Schneider Law Office) First place: Scott Anderson /1937 Chevy Master Deluxe Second place: John Banttari /1925 Buick coupe

Second place: Mike Lindus / 2006 Suzuki M109R

Sue Tubbesing presenting Tom Johnson with the Best of Show award for his 1938 Chevy Coupe. – Photos submitted Convertible Class (Sponsored by Winter Financial Services) First place: Phil Bower /1948 DeSoto Second place: Bill Hegstrom /1969 Chevy Corvette Muscle Cars Class (Sponsored by Basically Balsam-Custom Tees & More) First place: John Mattice /1969 Ford Mustang Second place: Tom Tinney /1969 Plymouth Road Runner Trucks Class (Sponsored by Top Spot Tavern & Grill) First place: John and Gloria Buhr /1940 Chevy half-ton pickup Second place: Jim and Marlene Parslow /1955 Chevy 3100 pickup

Motorcycles Class (Sponsored by Balsam Lake Hardware Hank) First place: Chris Fisk / 2004 HarleyDavidson Wide Glide

Special Interest Class (Sponsored by Nick’s Trucking & Excavating) First place: Randy and Tina Rud /1957 Ford ranch wagon Second place: George LaFave /1982 Chevy Camaro Z28 BEST IN SHOW (Sponsored by Top Spot Tavern & Grill) Tom and Wanda Johnson /1938 Chevy coupe. - submitted

John Mattice’s 1969 Ford Mustang G

R o g e r Fontaine’s John and 1934 Ford Gloria Buhr’s pickup 1940 Chevy half-ton pickup

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Duncan and Julie Dversdall, left, with Dean and Cora Dversdall.

Duncan Dversdall, right, is sworn in by his father, Dean Dversdall, as Colonel of the United States Air Force. Dean Dversdall of rural Luck, a retired Air Force Colonel, has been able to swear his son in for each promotion he has received.

– Photos submitted

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Exit sign

by Michael Veith Come over here and sit beside me, Charlie, so I can see you better. I sent your ma and pa away so we can have a talk in private. It sure was nice of you to come all the way over here to see me instead of playing baseball. I hear you’re a real good baseball player. Second base, if I heard your ma right. That orderly down the hall is Marcus. He’ll make it down here in fifteen minutes or so to bring me my medication. Yes, it sure was mighty nice of you to come all the way here to see me, but it’s time we had a talk.

You see that fellow sleeping in the wheelchair? That’s Harry Gustafson.

Back in the big war they called him Sergeant Gus. In 1942 a German machine

PoCo Penners The PoCo Penners meet the second Friday of the month at 2 p.m. at the county boardroom in the government center in Balsam Lake. Contact Brenda Mayer at 715-485-3571 or Iris Holm 715-294-3174 for more information. - submitted

Writer’s Corner gun nest had his squad pinned down somewhere outside of Denmark. Sergeant Gus charged that nest with three hand grenades and a pistol with five bullets in it. He was shot twice and lost most of the hearing in his left ear, but he cleared the Germans out of that bunker and saved his squad. Won the Bronze Star for doing it too. I’ve seen it; he keeps it in a box on his dresser.

After the war, Harry opened a shoe store. He raised five children and put all of them through college. His wife died fifteen years ago and the kids moved across the country. Been two years or more since anyone has come to see him. These days, Harry spends most of his time sitting in that chair and Summer is almost here. We would like to run favorite summer memory stories throughout the summer. Submit your story to the Leader by mail or e-mail.

staring at the exit sign above that door.

I’m going to tell you a secret, Charlie.

A secret that only me and God know.

Harry left this world a little over an hour ago. The orderlies have been by three times and they haven’t noticed.

They’ll figure it out when Marcus comes around to give him his medicine. They won’t make a fuss over it.

They’ll just wheel him down the hall to the third door on the left and that will be the end of Harry Gustafson.

You know, I’ve been studying on it some myself and the way I see it, the exit sign is on the wrong side of that door. It ought to be on the outside so it’s the last thing you see when they wheel you into this place. I think Harry figured that out a long time ago. He found his exit, Charlie, that’s what we’re here for.

It sure was nice of you to come all the way here to see me, Charlie, and I really do appreciate it, but I don’t want you to come here anymore. This is no place for a boy to be. There are bikes you need to ride, girls you need to kiss, and a whole lot of baseball games you need to play.

I don’t want you to remember an old man who can’t use the toilet by himself or keep his own heart beating without a bottle of pills. I want you to remember

the time we went fishing over at Juniper Lake. You caught a walleye so big it tore a hole in that old landing net.

I know you’ll still think about me and that’s good, but when your ma and pa want you to come here, you just tell them Grandpa said to stay home and play baseball. And when you say it, you wag your finger like this, that way your pa will know you’re telling the truth. I’ll find my own exit someday, Charlie. When I do, they’ll wheel me down to the third door on the left and you can come see me one last time.

Yes, it sure was nice of you to come here today, but you go on now. I’ve lived a good life and now it’s time for you to live yours. One day you’ll have a grandson of your own and when you take him fishing I’ll be right beside you.

We’ll meet again someday, Charlie. On the other side of the exit sign.

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Answer the president's call and volunteer for the Red Cross Donate blood and change a life, starting with your own ST. PAUL, Minn. – The American Red Cross invites the public to join President Barack Obama’s Summer of Service by becoming a volunteer blood donor or by hosting a summer blood drive. The Summer of Service initiative officially kicked off on June 22 and will run for 81 days, culminating on Sept. 11 as a National Day of Service.

“We are very excited to take part in the president’s Summer of Service,” said Geoff Kaufmann, CEO of the North Central Blood Services Region of the American Red Cross. “Donating whole blood takes about one hour. For busy people, this is a wonderful way to answer the president’s call and give back to the community. The need for blood is constant and the gratification of donating is instant.”

The stability of our nation’s blood supply is in the hands of healthy, volunteer blood donors who give generously for others in need. Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs a blood transfusion. Just 38 percent of the population is eligible to give blood, and only a fraction those people actually do. The summer is a particularly difficult time to reach young donors. Donations from high school and college donors drop 57 percent in the summer months.

The blood you give today can make a difference in the lives of patients in the local community and throughout the nation. Answer the president’s call to volunteer your time this summer. Donate blood through the American Red Cross.

Blood donation opportunities: Monday, July 13, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., St. Croix Regional Medical Center, 216 S. Adams, St. Croix Falls

Wednesday, July 15, 12:30 - 6:30 p.m., Osceola High School, 1111 Oakridge Dr., Osceola Wednesday, July 22, 1 – 7 p.m., Luck Lutheran Church, Park Ave., Luck Monday, July 27, 1:30 – 6:30 p.m., Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church, 507 Main St., Balsam Lake How to donate blood Simply call 800-448-3543 or visit givebloodgivelife.org to make an appointment or for more information. All blood types are needed to ensure a reliable supply for patients. A blood donor card or driver’s license, or two other forms of identification are required at check-in.

Eligible donors must be at least 17 years old, or 16 years old with a signed Red Cross parental/guardian consent form where state permits, must weigh at least 110 pounds and be in general good health. – from the ARC

Reunion set for Unity Class of 1964 CENTURIA - The Unity High School Class of 1964 will be celebrating their 45th class reunion the weekend of July 24 and 25. On Friday, July 24, starting at 7 p.m., the class will have an informal meet and greet at McKenzie Lanes in Centuria. Members of the class invite Unity alumni to join them to reminisce about their high school days.

On Saturday, July 25, the Class of ’64 will gather at the Balsam Lake Rod and Gun Club at 6 p.m. for social hour and dinner. For more information about the reunion call Sherry at 715-485-3946 or Marlys at 651-7398635. - submitted

Angelique of Yellow River DANBURY – Like many museums and sites, Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park maintains a guest register where visitors can sign in and make comments.

“Informative...entertaining...knowledgeable...” are among the impressions visitors jot down to describe their experiences with the site’s historic interpreters (tour guides).

Angelika (Angelique) Peterson portrays a mixed blood/Metis woman of fur trade times. Her personable manner appeals to the broad spectrum of Folle Avoine visitors. She herself is a native of Europe, growing up in Basel, Switzerland, and spending some years in Germany as well. Her flair for the natural world was inspired by her grandmother who passed on a wealth of herbal lore and fostered Peterson’s outdoor interests by taking her on frequent hikes in the Black Forest region.

“As a kid,” she recalls, “I remember being fascinated reading a book about a girl of European background who was captured and raised by Indians; that rather appealed to me at the time, but I never thought I’d be spending a huge chunk of my adult life studying and talking about Indian-white relations in

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the fur trade.”

After moving to Minnesota in the 1970s, Angelika found a job working as a tour guide at the Minnesota Historical Society’s North West Company Fur Post historic site near Pine City. Here she rapidly expanded her knowledge of fur trade times, an intrigue she has explored ever since. For the last 14 years she has put her unique combination of scholarship and enthusiasm to use as a historic interpreter at Forts Folle Avoine.

Folle Avoine visitors soon find, upon meeting Angelique, that this is no ordinary tour guide and hers will not be one of those mind-numbing recitations of

Angelique at Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park. - Special photo historic facts. Rather, she skillfully weaves stories into a pattern which soon has people almost convinced that, yes, they have stepped into another time in history, which is precisely her intent. Having been trained for classroom teaching, she especially enjoys the opportunities to teach in the outdoor setting at Forts Folle Avoine. As she explains, “Showing people how folks in fur trade times lived with nature is really neat, especially the story of how peoples of European ancestry like myself adapted to and learned from Indian

ways.”

Along with Indian interpreter Jack Peel and voyageur Jacques Deseve, Angelique conducts tours at Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park weekly— Wednesday to Sunday—10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The park is located on CTH U, 3 miles west of Hwy. 35, in the Yellow Lake area.

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Advertising and customer appreciation

by Stanley Selin The Trade Lake merchants gave out small gifts during the holiday season, which was customary in most small towns many years ago. They did this to show their appreciation to the loyal cus-

Plate given to customers at Christmastime in 1939 with inscription “BALDWIN AND KUMLIN, TRADE LAKE, WIS.” Clifford Baldwin became sole owner of the store in 1940.

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Photo of wall ornament with thermometer given by Monroe Hovde at Christmastime. The inscription reads: “Seasons Greetings, TRADE LAKE MERCANTILE CO, M. V. Hovde, Prop., TRADE LAKE, WIS.” Hovde sold the store to Clifford Baldwin and Arthur Kumlin in 1939. tomers who had patronized their stores during the past year.

Some examples were dishes, plates, calendars, wall knickknacks, stoneware, and matchbox holders. These decorative and useful items were always wel-

Old-fashioned match holder given as a gift by Clifford Baldwin. It was designed to hold the large wooden “farmer matches.”

comed by the customers and helped to convey a spirit of holiday warmth and goodwill. In addition, from time to time during the year, Trade Lake business advertisements appeared in the Grantsburg newspapers promoting special sales and services.

Emil Peterson bought Carlson’s Store in 1913 and added a hardware store on the east side. He operated the store until he died in 1932. At this time, the store was sold to Monroe V. Hovde from Grantsburg. - Photos submitted

COME AND CELEBRATE! Gene & Pat Olson’s 60th Wedding Anniversary Pat’s 80th Birthday at Coyland Creek - 8 miles east of Siren on Co. B. Watch for signs.

Sunday, July 12 - at 2 p.m.

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An ad in the Grantsburg newspaper encouraging people to read good literature. The Hoffmeyer drug store was located in the Norine Hotel, across from the Trade Lake Town Hall.

Plate given out by Otto T. Christensen, Trade Lake merchant. Christensen bought Trader Carlson’s store in 1909, and operated it until he died, in 1913. The store then reverted back to Carlson, who sold it to Emil Peterson. – Photo courtesy of Jane Pearson.

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Childhood Sweethearts Mike D. Larrow & Harmony J. Szurgot Met August 24, 1991 And Fell In Love.

These childhood sweethearts have A L W A Y S loved each other and after 18 years they are still in love.

These two will become one for life in which they’ve A L W A Y S wanted from day one.

Mike & Harmony Larrow will be married August 5, 2009.

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Paul, the gardener Paul was a professional gardener and worked very hard.

He also had an overworked sense of humor.

In one of his greenhouses he had a sensitive plant called Mimosa pudica. If you touch it, it immediately folds up and droops. If he could inveigle a Abrahamzon visitor to touch it and get that reaction, he would say, “Oh, oh.

Now you’ve done it, you killed it.” Of course, in a little while, the plant would recover and stand tall.

In the middle of one of his formal gardens was a statue of a little curly-haired boy. It was beautifully sculpted and true to form, anatomically correct. One day my father put a diaper on the nude statue.

When the lady who signed his paycheck each month saw what he had done, she sought him out at the gardener’s house.

“You know, Paul, that statue is considered art.” He replied, “I can’t help that. It looks naked to me.”

Paul was very creative. He showed the children how to loosen the skin on a leaf of the succulent sedum. Once loosened, the leaf could be blown up like a little green balloon tongue stuck out of someone’s mouth. Pure magic.

He showed the children how to make clover chains or in an extremity dandelion blossoms. When flowers were woven together they could be made into crowns or necklaces.

He showed them how to find sorrel in the field and chew on the little homed leaf. It tasted sour, just like dill pickles.

He also showed them how to squeeze the cheeks of a snapdragon blossom to make the dragon open its mouth and look quite ferocious.

In the fall he’d pick a closed, green milkweed pod and transform it into a parakeet with matchstick legs, matchhead eyes and a bit of flannel for a comb on top of its head. Part of the stem became a beak.

He was often asked how he got petunias to grow long trailing vines hanging from an upstairs porch.

“Those are special Balcony Petunias,” but when viewers looked for those special seeds or plants, there were only the usual ones. What my father didn’t tell anyone was that he planted the transplants on an

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angle in the flower boxes so as they grew they hung down.

Paul’s employer was a national Girl Scout leader, and she once invited a group of leaders to visit the gardens that Paul tended. They were impressed by the grassy paths, edged with a long-handled tool appropriately called an “edger,” plus the long, straight rows of flowers in one garden and rows of vegetables in another. If anyone dared to walk between the cultivated rows, he or she had to stir the soil with fingers to cover tracks. No one dared to destroy the symmetry of Paul’s gardens.

His wife and daughter were conscripted to pick strawberries when they ripened. Pickers stooped or crawled on the straw laid down between rows. Raspberries were easier to pick as they were staked up on poles and there was little stooping or crawling. Paul believed women’s hands were more gentle when they picked berries. Men’s hands were bigger, perhaps clumsy when it came to picking. Besides, some of Paul’s hired help had no patience with purely ornamental flowers. Most of the men were farmers and crops were their medium.

The Girl Scout leaders asked Paul how he got such nice bushy zinnias in the garden with different color blooms on one plant. Or is that a trade secret? Paul picked up right away on the trade secret. “I’m sorry ladies, I’m not allowed to tell you that.”

His daughter later asked him, “Well, how do you get that effect?”

He said, “When I transplant them, I put two or three plants together instead of one single plant.”

Late in fall one year, someone asked Paul about the chrysanthamums still in bloom. “How come they don’t freeze?” one visitor asked. Paul had a broad grin on his face, “Oh, I don’t water them with water.

I use antifreeze.” Anyone knows mums are unusually hardy.

If you believed everything Paul said, you’d go crazy. On the other hand, he had his serious moments. When he arranged bouquets he followed the high-low philosophy, “Heaven and earth with man caught halfway in between.”

Until next week, Bernice

The gift of going home

by Bernice Abrahamzon LEWIS – Most families plan a trip home in the summer to visit parents and siblings. It’s a matter of filling up the gas tank of the family car and heading out or boarding a bus or train, perhaps a short hop by plane.

Going home is touching base with a hometown and friends, too.

On Sunday, July 5, at the Lewis Memorial United Methodist Church, members made it possible for Chong (Mrs. James) Jones to go home to visit her mother in her native Korea. Chong had shared her hope of going home to see her ailing mother during a Bible study lesson at church and touched the hearts of her friends.

What was termed a “secret mission” was promoted over a period of several months. The response of church friends was amazing, and the price of a roundtrip ticket to Korea was realized in record time.

On Sunday, July 5, the presentation of a “trip home” was made by church friends, Marlene Nelson and Starr Warndahl. Chong was called forward and told her trip

was assured. The secret was well kept and she said she had never suspected the secret mission was for her.

The gift made her happy and did the same for her church family. She and her husband, Jim, recently became members of the church in Lewis.

The family has also been in the news as eldest daughter, Amy, graduated as an honor student at the Frederic High School, and a second daughter, Kim, took part in the recent Frederic Family Days queen pageant.

Older church members remember when Chong and two little girls arrived here to live in Lewis as the family of a U.S. serviceman, Jim. They came to church dressed in their beautiful Korean clothes.

The ticket home is assured for Chong, with the date to be set.

The Lewis church members have given in many ways and places but as one member said, “This gift has a face and is familiar and very dear.”

Daughter, Amy, is scheduled to go into the Navy in mid-July, so she will also be traveling.

Budget does not grant pay raises for public defenders STATEWIDE - Among the 81 budget items Gov. Doyle vetoed last week are two that lawyers on both sides of the courtroom aren’t happy about.

Pay raises for assistant district attorneys and public defenders were eliminated. So was a proposed change in the income requirements for defendants who qualify for a court-appointed lawyer. The $1,700 a year pay hike for prosecutors and public defenders would have cost taxpayers millions of dollars over the biennium.

The new income formula for people eligible for a state-paid lawyer would have made it possible for public defenders to serve about 9,000 more people a year who currently can’t afford a lawyer.

Larry Peterson is president of the state public de-

fenders union. He says right now, many people who qualify for welfare don’t necessarily qualify to get a public defender. It would have meant adding about 30 lawyers to the public defender staff. Peterson says the vetoed provisions had strong support from both lawyers and judges.

But Gov. Doyle decided the state can’t afford to hire more lawyers or raise the salary of the current ones right now. Peterson says the plan now is to regroup and introduce the pay hikes and income formula change again in the next legislative session. – Wisconsin Public Radio (Gil Halsted)

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50 Years Ago A dawn dance was held at West Sweden Hall July 3.–A dance was held July 4 at the Legion Hall in Lewis with an all-girl band.–A sunrise dance was held at the Indian Creek Hall on Friday, July 3, with dancing from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m.–The sixth-annual Heart of the North Rodeo was held July 11 – 12 at the fairgrounds in Spooner with Gabby Hayes, Western TV star, in person.–A dance was held July 4 at the Indian Creek Hall with music by Merrill Hill.–Corn was knee-high by the Fourth of July and taller, too.–Harness racing was again a feature at the Polk County Fair.–4.5 inches of rain was recorded for July 7 – 8 (Don’t we wish we had that this year?)–Pagh’s Footwear in Luck had a midsummer shoe sale.-North Woods Pizzeria, Siren, was operated by Mr. and Mrs. Joe Anello, and they had carry-out service for customers.–Specials at Route’s Super Market, Frederic, included T-bone steaks at 89¢ lb., pork steak at 43¢ lb., canning cherries at $3.89 case (season is short), potatoes at 10 lbs. for 59¢, vinegar at 59¢ a gallon, and instant coffee at 79¢ for a 6-oz. jar.–The Danbury Post Office was closed Saturday afternoon.–Obituaries included Emma Frank, 88, died on July 4 at the hospital in Grantsburg.–The movie “Tom Thumb” was playing at the D’Lux Theatre, Luck.–Traffic accident killed 8,616 during the past ten years in Wisconsin.-C.F. LaRocque did dragline and dozer work out of Danbury office.–The annual meeting of the Frederic Common School District would be held July 27.

40 Years Ago The Leader office closed for a two-week vacation and all employees took those weeks off.–St. Dominics Catholic congregation set July 27 as the date of the annual Summer Festival.-A fire destroyed buildings at a farm near Indian Creek. The house and barn belonged to the estate of Mrs. C.F. Lawler and the house had been empty 10-12 years.

The fire was discovered by the family of Bernie Simonsen whose turkey farm was located across from the Lawler estate.–Specials at the Alpha Store included Tuffy’s canned dog food at 10 cans for $1, sandwich cookies at 3 pkgs. for $1, and Swansdown cake mixes at 23¢ each.–Anderson’s Store, Siren, had specials on Welch’s grape jelly at 35¢ for a 20-oz. jar, 10 pounds of California potatoes at 69¢, and Crisco oil at 69¢ for a 38-oz. bottle.–Specials at Les’s Store, South Siren, included bologna at 49¢ lb., hamburger at 69¢ lb., pullet eggs at 3 dozen for 75¢, and cake donuts at 49¢ per dozen.–Ken Curtis, aka Festus, from TV’s Gunsmoke, would be at the Spooner Rodeo on July 12.–Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Rowe, rural Webster, planned to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary with open house at the Lakeview Methodist Church on July 20.–What was called a thrilling air show drew a good crowd at the Siren airport on July 6.–The Frederic Dairy Queen at Frederic had specials on foot-long hot dogs or barbecue for 35¢, or with a malt, 65¢.–A headline read “Many busy classrooms for 530 summer students” at Frederic.–Horse racing was set for two days at Polk County Fair.–A wedding reception was set at the Zion Lutheran Church of Bone Lake for Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Johnson (Darlene Anderson) on July 26.–A couple with a 6-month-old baby were rescued from a Balsam Lake plane crash by nearby fishermen. The plane sank.

20 Years Ago Louis and Elaine Johnson celebrated their golden anniversary at the Frederic Evangelical Free Church in May with an open house.–Frederic’s kindergarten circus was a big success as usual.–Women for Sobriety met at the St. Croix Valley Memoral Hospital, St. Croix Falls.–Obituaries included Florence McCurdy, Perle Finstad and Edward Abrahamson.–Open house was held at Interstate Park.–A survey showed a high level of nonresident property owners.–The Frederic Lioness Club donated $151.95 to the Frederic Nursing Home for the purchase of a wheelchair, and Elsie McClay was pictured sitting in it, trying it out.–Ed Berdal was pictured receiving a certificate of appreciation for providing music at the Frederic Nursing Home.–Ninety-six students graduated at Unity High School.–Recycling began Thursday, June 1, 1989, at the Polk County Recycling Center.–A Siren man, Carl Nordin, received the POW medal during Memorial Day services at Siren.–Grantsburg was offered $460,000 grant for sewer project.–Grantsburg Transfer owner, Danny Carlson, died suddenly at the age of 41 years.–The St. Croix band decided not to use gill nets and released seven lakes.–Fossum Construction of Frederic offered the low bid on government center offices, Siren.–In Siren, 44 seniors graduated.–Wildlife artist Robert Schmidt was doing very well in Burnett County.–Trinity Lutheran Church of Falun held a Silver Tea on June 3.

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TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER Webster Senior Center

Tuesday’s diners enjoyed a roast beef dinner. In the afternoon, the ladies at Cedarwood Manor helped bag the candy that was given out to children on July 4 in Webster from the 1940 Chevrolet pickup truck owned

by Bob Gleason that represented our senior center and nutrition program.

Twenty-two ladies from the Ravishing Rubies Red Hat Society held their monthly luncheon at The Roadhouse Restaurant and Pub, north of Siren. Gratitude is extended to owners Jeff Pavelka and Kim Schultz for opening up special for our group. The meal was wonderful and the service by waitress Kim Peterson was great and I know we will go back there again. We welcomed back new member Gayle Naegeli, and after singing our official club song, we sang “Happy Birthday” to Mary Lou Peterfeso, Delores Farr and Jane Wardean who were celebrating June birthdays. Humorous jokes and stories were told by Jeannie Wagner, Mert Kisselberg and yours truly. Did you know that Adam and Eve had an ideal marriage? He didn’t have to hear about all the men she could have married, and she didn’t have to hear about the way his mother cooked. The doorprize winner was Jean McLaughlin. The next RRRHS luncheon will be held at noon on Tuesday, July 28, at Bobbie’s World, east of Siren on Hwy. 70.

The RRRHS August luncheon will be held at Forts Folle Avoine on Thursday, Aug. 27,

at 1 p.m., in conjunction with their Garden Tea in the Northwoods. We will sit together as a group and, of course, be dressed in our purple-and-red attire. You need to make a reservation in advance, as seats are limited.

Wednesday was liver and onions day.

Tammy Green was sub cook in Nicky’s absence, and she knows how to cook it to perfection too. Only 11 ladies played dime Bingo in the afternoon but there was lots of giggling and laughing going on so I know they had a great time. Gratitude is extended to Effie Wester for furnishing the gingerbread dessert.

The nutrition site was open on Thursday due to the holiday and the center was closed on Friday instead. It was a toss-up as to who was having the most fun playing pool and cards on Thursday evening, the men or the ladies. Harold Peterson, Pat O’Brien, Millie and Rod Hopkins, Dave Wardean, Earl Boelter and Ken Hayes made just as much noise around the pool table as Bernie Boelter, Margel Ruck, Nancy O’Brien, Jane Wardean, Gladys Beers and I did up at our card table.

I had a headache when we started playing, but all the fun and laughter drove it away. I am so grateful for my friends. We had a smorgasbord of goodies to munch on too, way too many, but of course, we have to sample all of it. It’s a given.

Before I sat down to write this column I looked out into my backyard and saw a big

Burnett Community Library My public library is important to our community because “the kids are here to learn and they are the ones that want to succeed.” (another patron’s response during National Library Week.)

This week the children attending the summer reading program were very creative as they colored the sidewalk by the library with colorful chalk. They meet at 12:30 p.m. for stories and crafts and fun (age 4 and up).

The toddlers have a story time at 11:30 a.m. this summer. Everyone is welcome.

People searching for a job can come to the library and access the Job Center of Wisconsin Web site. Or from home – the address is jobcenterofwisconsin.com.

From this site you can do job searches, fill out applications, create a resume from that application, register for veterans services and resources, and search Wisconsin state jobs.

We also have information to help with online unemployment information.

The Burnett Community Library book club will be reading “Moloka’I,” by Alan Brennert, to be discussed on Tuesday, July 28, at 10 a.m. If you need a copy, please call the library at 715-866-7697, and we will be glad to obtain one for you.

The Friends of the Library will meet on Thursday, July 9, at 9 a.m.

The Burnett Community Library Board will meet on Monday, July 13, at 4:15 p.m.

New juvenile books

• “Code of the Clans (Warrior Series),” by Erin Hunter

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• “Faith, Hope and Ivy,” by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor • “The Dangerous Days of Daniel X,” by James Patterson • “Punkzilla,” by Adam Rapp • “Jack Thumb,” by Anthony McGowan • “The Frog Scientist,” by Pamela Turner • “The Hermit Crab,” by Carter Goodrich • “The Black Stallion,” by Walter Farley • “The Black Stallion Revolts” • “The Black Stallion Returns” • “The Black Stallion’s Ghost”

New books for adults

• “The Cold Moon,” by Jeffrey Deaver • “Idiot America,” by Charles P. Pierce • “Any Minute,” by Deborah Bedford • “Black Hills,” by Nora Roberts • “Good Day! The Paul Harvey Story,” by Paul J. Batura • “Odd Man Out,” by Matt McCarthy

Donated books for car enthusiasts

• “Rods and Customs” • “Automobile Quarterly” • “32 Ford Deuce” • “The All-American Hot Rod” • “The World’s Greatest Automobile Stylist” • “Ferrari: The Red Dream” • “Dream Cars Past and Present”

Hours

Monday through Thursday open from 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.; Friday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

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is something your kids would enjoy joining.

Sympathy to the family of David (Ike) Olson who passed away June 28.

For those of you who know Corrine Root, there will be birthday party for her on July 15 at the Moose Lodge from 1 to 5 p.m., so mark your calendars.

Keep Aug. 2 – 4 open as the Siren Methodist Church will once again be hosting the Swedish Fiddlers for an evening of music.

More later as to which date they will be playing.

Those of you who have been down to Lewis this past winter have heard Brad Alden sing and play. He will be at the Siren Crooked Lake Park this Thursday, July 9, from 7 – 9 p.m., so come and enjoy.

Last Sunday morning we stopped in at the Bells Ranch to bid our goodbyes before we headed to church and we were told of Mike Bell’s encounter. He was asleep in a pup tent and about 6 a.m. he heard a noise, turned around to look at the small window in the back of the tent and saw a bear looking in at him.

Mike made some noise and it took off. It showed up at our house not far away about an hour later, still on a fast track.

Tom turkey strutting his stuff before his two ladies, and they were accompanied by their combined young families. I enjoy my home on the edge of town, which is a haven for deer, fox and other of God’s critters. There is so much woods around me it is just like being in the country.

If you haven’t already done so, you can now sign up for the annual Burnett County Senior Dining picnic at your local senior center/nutrition site. It will be held on Thursday, July 16, at noon, at the Crooked Lake Park in Siren.

Also, the Webster High School All-School Reunion will be held on Thursday, July 16, at the Ike Walton Lodge, so call 715-866-7101 for details and your reservation. Arrangements have been made by the class of 1959, who will also be having their 50th class reunion there on Saturday, Aug. 29.

Happy birthday to LeRoy Cornelison who is celebrating a birthday on July 3, and is residing at the Wisconsin Veterans Home in King.

Gratitude is extended to the ladies at Cedarwood Manor for bagging candy for the Fourth of July parade.

Prayers and get-well wishes continue to go out to Ellen Hanninen; Chris, Jim and Mary Bies; Brenda Schmidt; Scott Lamb; George Casper; and LaJuana Magnussen.

A young Christian man was working at his Hi, everybody! Blacky here from Humane Society of Burnett County. Well, I hope all of you had an enjoyable holiday weekend.

It was pretty quiet around my house. That is, until my mom got stung by another wasp.

Boy, I haven’t heard colorful words like that since ... well, last week, when someone dumped off a box with two kittens in it at the shelter. Our kennel manager was really mad! I don’t know why people have to be sneaky and leave animals overnight like that. It’s a crummy, cowardly thing to do. It’s not like the shelter is going to pursue them for “child” support until the dog or cat is adopted. All the staff asks when someone surrenders an unwanted animal is that they leave a small donation if they can. Food and medicine do not grow on trees, and there’s no buried treasure for the dogs to dig up in the play yard. Plus, it would be nice to have a little background information on the pets that come in. So please, people, if you have a pet you cannot care for and you are unsure of the shelter’s procedures, then call! You’ve got thumbs there’s no reason you can’t pick up a phone and ask.

OK, I’ll put my grumbling on hold for a while and tell you about some other things happening at the shelter. The kennels are full right now, and even Friday before the holiday weekend there were new strays coming and going. Some were reunited with their owners right away, and that’s good news. One girl, however, is still looking for her folks. Amelia is a 6-year-old English setter mix. She is white with black spots and was found near a resort on Hwy. 70 between Siren and Hertel. She says she likes the air conditioning at the shelter, but she still wants to go home. Jackson is a golden retreiver mix, but he’s more of a redhead than a goldie. He is young, only about a year-and-a-half old. I don’t know where he was found. He was too busy making faces at me and bouncing up and down in his kennel for me to carry on a conversation with him. I hope he finds his way home soon or he is going to wear out his pads!

Buckles is having his surgery this week to remove a tumor from his ear. He is going into foster care while he recovers, and then he will be all fixed up and ready to find a permanent home. He is such a nice young guy. I’m glad to see him get the care he needs, and that was made possible by the caring folks who sent money in to Star’s Fund to pay for his operation. You all have my sincere gratitude, and Buckles’ too.

The shelter staff is gearing up for another

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Hope the Fourth was as busy and fun filled as it was over on bear country by the golf course. Even old mama bear and her little rug rat decided to enjoy the weekend. Friday afternoon they stopped in and mama bear decided she needed a bath. She sat in the large rubber tub we set out and fill for the deer and other critters to drink from and splashed just like a little kid. I rapped on the patio door and off she went. About two hours later she and her little one returned but she wasn’t interested in water as she headed for our bird yard that’s empty. The Fourth brought no bears, maybe because of the noise they stayed further in the woods.

The tent city at the Bells so-called ranch this year turned out to be quite a bit smaller than other years. Only four tents sprung up.

We did have our usual great Fourth of July picnic get-together and caught up on the news with some of those that only get up this way over the holiday.

Don’t forget to take time out of your busy schedules and take in the Webster fair this weekend. This is a great time to see just what 4-H is about and the work the kids put into their projects to win those ribbons. Maybe it

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Mary Klar first job on the night shift at a refrigerator assembly plant, trying to earn money to attend Bible college. The people he worked with were pretty rough and they laughed at him and teased him for being a Christian. The harassment occurred at every break and eventually became more and more vulgar. One night was worse than the others and they were laughing at him, swearing and mocking Jesus. He was about ready to quit when an older man sitting at the back of the room said, “That’s enough. Find someone else to pick on.” They immediately backed off. Later the older man told him, “I saw that you were having a difficult time, and I wanted to let you know that I am on your side.” Maybe you’re a Christian and are standing alone against others who do not know God. It seems as if Satan is winning. The Lord may send a fellow believer to stand with you. But even if he doesn’t, you can be confident that he is on your side. He demonstrated that by sending his Son Jesus to die in your place on the cross. With God on our side, we are never outnumbered. “If God is for us, who can be against us?” – Romans 8:31. “I stand alone, dear Lord – stay by my side, in all my daily needs please be my guide; O’ grant to me Your grace, for this I pray, to carry on my work from day to day.” – Anon. See you at the center.

Adoption Day event at Tractor Supply Co. in St. Croix Falls. The date is Saturday, July 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The staff along with some of my furry pals will be there for you to meet; there’ll be refreshments, microchipping, ID tags for sale, and other items of interest. I wonder what it would be like to run wild through a huge like that? I bet it YAPpenings store would be great fun!

I have a number of things I’d like to ask for on behalf of my friends this week. First off, they are always looking for volunteers. Interested? Call or stop by the shelter to see if it’s for you! The dogs are still low on toys - both hard and soft. We need a key cabinet and pet gates.

If you are doing any early back-to-school shopping, grab some extra folders with pockets. (When you adopt a shelter pet, you get all his pertinent info neatly tucked into a folder.) Do you have any extra flowers or shrubs you didn’t plant? We’d take those, too, to spif the place up a bit. Lastly, if you have a functioning riding lawn mower you no longer need, we are in dire need of one. My doggie friends and I like to eat grass, but we’re not goats, and we can’t eat all there is to cut!

Well, I’ve had my walk for the day, and my swim, and I’ve also investigated the big turtle who has moved in underneath my back stairs, so now it’s time for a nap. But before I go, I want to share with you something that has helped me deal with those darn deerflies and horseflies. My friend, T, has a concoction she mixes up to keep the flies off her horses - and it’s cheap and easy to make! I’m kind of like a small horse, so I figured what the heck, I’ll try it. In a spray bottle, put a 50-50 mix of vinegar and water, and then a healthy squirt of liquid dish soap. Shake it all up and then spray your dog’s fur! (Get his head, too, but cover his eyes.) I smell like pickled fish now, but at least there’s not so many pests swirling around my head. I also learned that vinegar helps take the expletives out of a bee sting!

Maybe someone should tell my mom.

Keep your pets comfy, everyone, and I’ll see you next week!

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TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER Lewis Written for last week The July meeting of the NW Regional Writers will be a combination potluck get-together with the Poco Penners at the apartment house in Osceola where Iris Holm resides. They have invited the local club members to join them, bringing a dish to pass and something to read aloud and share. Members have gathered there before in other years. The date is Friday, July 10, at noon.

Directions for carpooling: Meet at 11 a.m. in the parking lot of St. Dominic Catholic Church for going to Osceola.

Good news is that LeRoy Jones is home from the hospital in Grantsburg following knee surgery in Rice Lake. He came home a week ago to recuperate at home. Wishing him improved health and healing.

Rick Abrahamzon and Sheila Staples attended a surprise birthday party on Saturday for Mike Herrick at his home near Siren. Daughter Kristin and baby were home from Texas, son Korey and family were home from Wood Lake, Minn. Many other friends and family members enjoyed the celebration.

Pastor Tom spoke on grief at Sunday’s church service.

Those who assisted in the service were JoAnn Carlson and Dave Goranson; Sylvia Schaetzel and Carol Bohn sang a duet. Ray and LouAnn Gackle were ushers. Nice to have visitors in church also. Lunch was served afterward by JoAnn and Dave.

Four generations enjoyed a treat on Saturday in Stillwater, Minn. They were LaVerne Leep, Carol Mangelsen, Jennie Mangelsen Midbrod of Somerset and little Emmy Midbrod, also of Somerset. The crab dinner was very good. Krist’s

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mother also joined them.

The ambulance was in Lewis on Saturday, making a stop at the home of Betty Nelson (Mrs. Kenneth Nelson). She had sudden pains, but she was checked out at the hospital and released. Best wishes to you, Betty.

Remember not to miss services next Sunday at the Lewis church as a surprise is in store.

Good healing is wished to Alice Ford (Mrs. Charles Ford), as she underwent a bit of surgery on Friday at the Frederic Clinic.

It doesn’t seem possible that it’s almost the Fourth of July.

Where is the summer going?

Blackberries are forming in the woods, and if we get adequate rain, we might have some nice picking this summer.

Plans are already in place for the tent revival the second weekend in August. Musical groups, specialty numbers, a history presentation, flea market for Charles E. Lewis Days and dollar doings under the tent under the white pines. Lewis may be a small community but we like to celebrate, too.

Quite a few from the Lewis church attended the Sunday evening service at Skonewood.

Written for this week Sunday, July 5, was a red letter day at the Lewis Memorial United Methodist Church with Communion and also a report

by LaVonne Boyer on the 2009 annual meeting of the UM Churches held at Appleton. (This was a change from the usual Middleton location in Wisconsin. Each church is required to send a delegate to represent his/her church. It means many

long meetings, voting on issues, special speakers, sacred music, etc. We are fortunate to have someone willing to attend.)

The United Methodist Women will meet this coming Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Lewis church.

The choir sang a beloved hymn. Those assisting with the service were Robin Peterson, Sylvia Scheitzel, ushers, Scott Nelson and daughter, Nicole. Free lunch was served after the service by Alice and Charles Ford.

Marlene Nelson and Starr Warndahl made a special presentation to a church member. (See special article elsewhere in this paper.)

Very quiet Fourth of July here in Lewis. A few nighttime fireworks and displays but comparatively quiet.

Next Sunday, the UMM will serve a pancake breakfast after Sunday services. Their latest project was to make new church signs to replace the older signs on Hwy. 35. Very handsome signs. We know we’re here but we want visitors to know that we have a church here.

Members of the Poco Penners have invited members of the NW Regional Writers to join them at the apartment house where Iris Holm makes her home in Osceola. The groups have met in the same community room several times before.

To pool rides, meet this Friday, July 10, at 11 a.m. in the parking lot of St. Dominic Church. Bring a dish to pass and a short story, essay, poem or ? to share. Potluck lunch at noon. Information, call President Denis Simonsen.

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Be sure and mark your calendar for July 11, as that is the Saturday that we will join the crafters and growers at the farmers market. Our center is planning on a bake sale, and we are going to have our greeting cards displayed ready to be sold for 35 cents each or three for $1. Also, Millie is planning on slashing the prices on some of the items in the craft store to see if we can move them out to make ready for new items. We will be in business from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.

Dining at Five was served on Thursday evening to 28 people. Not our biggest crowd, but it was enjoyed by everyone.

A watermelon was given as a door prize this month, and it was won by Bev Berksniser (I know I have that name wrong but between CeCe and myself we didn’t have the dining sheet

and that was as close as we could come). Sorry, Bev. We had four boxes of books donated this week, two by an unknown donor and two from Rosemary Phelps. Lots more good reading for all of you readers, so stop in and check them out. Thanks to both of you.

I failed to mention last week that we have had the pleasure of meeting and working with the newest experience worker who is training in our kitchen. Janice Denotter has joined the nutrition workforce and will be assisting Nickie in Webster shortly. She is a very pleasant young lady and everyone has enjoyed having her here. The Webster people have waited for help for a long time and she will be appreciated greatly there.

Winners at 500 this week were: Dean Elkin, Darlene

Groves, Roger Greely, Bob Becker and D’Ann Becker. As the center was closed on Friday we didn’t have our usual Spades game, but everything will be back to normal this coming week.

Remember the Senior Dining Picnic is going to be held on Thursday, July 16, at Crooked Lake Park in Siren. If you haven’t done so, sign up at your nutrition center as reservations are appreciated.

Also don’t forget our friends from the humane society. The donation box is handy for anything that you can spare, such as food, blankets, bleach or detergent.

For any information call either the nutrition department at 715-349-2845 or 715-349-7810 the center’s general number.

Hope to see you at the center.

Fourteen-month-old Leah is a Border collie and springer spaniel mix.

She has a white coat with black freckles and a classic Border collie stripe between her eyes. Leah is a lover. She loves attention and can’t get enough gentle hugs. She sits quietly and soaks it in, devouring every bit of attention she receives.

Her eyes close as she savors the moment. Leah will be a great family dog. She is fantastic with kids and cats; smart and playful. She is still quite young and ready to share her giddy puppy-like antics.

She is spayed and ready to go home.

The big news at the shelter is that we are adding onto our building. A generous donation is allowing Arnell to add muchneeded isolation kennels for incoming stray dogs. Six indooroutdoor kennels are being added. These kennels will make it possible to isolate the potentially sick and aggressive dogs from the healthy adoptable dogs. A small training room will also become reality with the addition. We are all very excited about this new development. The dogs are excited about the extra space and promise to learn canine good citizen behavior in their new digs.

The Arnell shelter is nonprofit and as such, relies on volunteers and donations from the community it serves. Our budget covers the necessities and relies on the kindness of others to round off the hard edges. Arnell is a small shelter relatively speaking, and each donation, financial or other-

wise, makes a difference in the lives of our animals.

Our dog walkers are fabulous, volunteering their free time to make the day for a shelter dog and risk becoming attached to the obvious affection the dogs feel for them.

The city of Amery has been generous with their acceptance and assistance whenever possible. The Amery Police assist afterhours strays in finding their way to the shelter. Amery City Crew has been known to willingly and selflessly put their muscle and machinery into our cause.

Shelter dogs romp in the Amery Hockey Association outdoor hockey arena, where they blow off the stress of shelter life. To see them run as fast as they can in that big arena brings a smile to your face. You can’t help but be thankful for the opportunity to give the dogs a slice of freedom.

Amery Regional Medical Center has also been a gener-

ous contributor and neighbor to the shelter. Our dogs are walked on the beautiful river walkway surrounding the hospital where the dogs meet many new friends and sometimes their new homes. ARMC has also been instrumental in helping Arnell improve our facility in ways we would never have been able to accomplish without them. We are grateful to have such a benevolent and accepting neighbor.

Arnell Humane Society is a small nonprofit animal shelter that has received gifts from all mentioned above and beyond.

We are thankful for each contribution made, no matter how big or small. Each kindness helps us do more for the animals who have no one else.

Arnell Memorial Humane Society, 185 Griffin St. E., Amery, 715-268-7387 or online: arnellhumane.org

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Hank and Karen Mangelsen went to Northfield, Minn., June 27 and stayed overnight with Gerald and Pauline Mangelsen.

On Sunday, June 28, they went on to Spirit Lake, Iowa, and helped Hank’s cousin, Shirley and Darrel Ramhorst, celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. Karen and Hank returned home Monday.

Sympathy is extended to Rudy Ambrozaitis because of the death of his good friend, Alfons Pundys.

Dick and Esther Mangelsen took Donna and Gerry Hines to Duluth, Minn., for Donna’s doctor appointment. On the way home they enjoyed lunch together.

Clam River Tuesday Club met July 1 at the home of Patty Haglin. The next meeting place isn’t set for sure yet.

Lida Nordquist, Joleen Funk, Jan Schott, and Nina and Donna Hines had lunch at Adventures Thursday to celebrate Lida’s birthday.

Lawrence and Nina Hines went to Eden Prairie, Minn., Friday and stayed with their daughter, Nancy and Steve Hagen.

On Saturday they were guests in Richfield, Minn., at the home of daughter, Sue and Colin Harrison, along with other family members and friends to celebrate the Fourth of July.

Mike, Mandi and Matthew Bytnar visited Hank Mangelsen Friday evening.

Congratulations to Kristen Sexton who received the award

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for Miss Congeniality at the Siren Queen Pageant Friday.

Larry, Heidi, Celie and Baxter Mangelsen spent Thursday through Sunday at their camper on the Mangelsen farm.

Friends of theirs from Faribault, Minn., Chad, Dari and Madison Carter, brought their camper and stayed for the weekend also.

Sue and Roger Mroszak visited with several of Sue’s siblings Saturday and Sunday at the weekend cabin of her brothers, Dick and Joel Ebert, on Clam Lake.

Gerry and Donna Hines hosted a Fourth of July family potluck picnic Saturday at their home. Twenty-five relatives and friends were there.

Karen and Hank Mangelsen visited Esther and Nick Mangelsen in Siren Saturday evening. Linda, Doug, Nicholas and Alex Brustad were there also.

Lida and Don Nordquist were guests at the home of Joleen and Richard Funk Sunday. Jan Schott and family were there also. They helped Lida celebrate her birthday.

Visitors of Maynard and Ronda Mangelsen at various times over the weekend were Jim, Alan and Ryan Hanna and Ryan’s friend, and Hank, Larry, Celie and Baxter Mangelsen.

Sunday evening visitors of Nina and Lawrence Hines were Karen and Hank Mangelsen and Lida and Don Nordquist.

Lida’s birthday was celebrated some more.

THANK YOU

The Milltown Community Club would like to thank all of the various businesses and people who worked and volunteered for our annual Fishermen’s Party weekend. It takes a lot of time and energy to put these community festivals together, and we greatly appreciate everyone who volunteers their time. We are always looking for new volunteers for next year. Thank you for a very successful weekend!

Check out the Congratulations to the lucky Leader’s e-edition @ winners of the 2009 Fishermen’s Party Raffle: www.the-leader.net Grand Prize - Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Mary Herlinger, Comstock, WI

2nd Prize - Fishing Vacation ($1,500 Value) Ted Zindars, Luck 3rd Prize - $750 - Lona Ruhr, Milltown 4th Prize - $500 - Louise Cole, St. Croix Falls 5th Prize - $100 - Scott Martini, Siren 6th Prize - $100 - Calvin Haines, Luck 7th Prize - $100 - Al Alling, Centuria 8th Prize - $100 - Crystal Donahue, Milltown 9th Prize - $100 - Mary B. Ricc, Cumberland 10th Prize - $100 - Dan Hogan, Cypress, TX 11th Prize - $100 - Janine Vadnais, Clayton 12th Prize - $100 - Sara Wilbur, Ashland 13th Prize - $100 - Charles Hoikka, Prescott 14th Prize - $100 - Theresa Redman, Hudson 15th Prize - $100 - Shannon Otto, Milltown 16th Prize - $50 - Brent Hacker & Amy Albrecht, Luck 17th Prize - $50 - Sabrina Boettcher, St. Croix Falls 18th Prize - $50 - Dennis Carlson, Milltown 19th Prize - $50 - Rick Hach, St. Croix Falls 20th Prize - $50 - Stephanie Carlson, St. Croix Falls

21st Prize - $50 - Tom Kolstad, Balsam Lake 22nd Prize - $50 - Bob Radabaol, Eagan, MN 23rd Prize - $50 - Amanda Schulze, Milltown 24th Prize - $50 - Debbie Lewis, Chisago City, MN 25th Prize - $50 - Lynn Dahn, Centuria 26th Prize - $50 - Tim Johnson, Prescott 27th Prize - $50 - Blane Hyllested, Rice Lake 28th Prize - $50 - Jim McKenzie, Centuria 29th Prize - $50 - Kari Milberg, Centuria 30th Prize - $50 - Loren Johnson, Centuria 31st Prize - $50 - Clyde Allen, Milltown 32nd Prize - $50 - Kathy Sloper, South St. Paul, MN 33rd Prize - $50 - Dustin Bazille, Centuria 34th Prize - $50 - Kevin Bennett, Pine City, MN 35th Prize - $50 - Mary Sonaglic, Balsam Lake Medallion - $100 - Tucker Olson, Balsam Lake, WI

FISHING CONTEST WINNERS

Northern Pike - Derek Jorgensen Sunfish - Tom Warden

Walleye - Andy Anderson Crappie - Charles Turner

Bass - Derek Jorgensen 490266 46L

Thank you for supporting the Milltown Fishermen’s Party with your ticket purchases and your participation!!!

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TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER Academic news RIVER FALLS – Bachelor’s degrees were awarded to 596 students following spring semester at UW-River Falls. Master’s degrees were awarded to 112 students.

Students receiving degrees are listed below by hometown. Honors explanations follow: Senior merit means a grade-point average of at least 3.5 for the final 60 semester credits; cum laude means a minimum cumulative 3.7 grade-point average for entire college career; magna cum laude means a minimum cumulative 3.8 grade-point average for entire college career; summa cum laude means a minimum cumulative 3.9 gradepoint average for entire college career.

Frederic Julie L. Larson, senior merit.

Grantsburg Roy A. Christianson; Christine S. McConnell, cum laude. – submitted ••• ST. BONIFACIUS, Minn. – Mark Matson of Dresser, was recently named to the dean’s list at Crown College in St. Bonifacius, Minn.

Matson is a 2007 graduate of Valley Christian School. He is the son of Bruce and Carol Matson. Crown College offers nearly 40 majors to traditional, adult and online students. –

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••• ST. PAUL, Minn. - The students listed below graduated from Bethel University following the spring 2009 semester. The spring commencement service was the largest in Bethel’s history, with more than 850 students graduating.

Frederic Gesta Lexen, son of Kyle and Kathleen Lexen, BA, psychology; Jacob Talmadge, son of Glen and Kimberly Talmadge, BA, media communication.

Grantsburg Vanessa Moore, daughter of Bradley and Jayne Moore, BA, business. – submitted ••• EAU CLAIRE – The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire has named 1,668 undergraduate students to its dean’s list for the 2009 spring semester.

The dean’s list and eligibility criteria, as well as other listings of UW-Eau Claire student honors and awards, can be found online at www.uwec.edu/ucomm/honors.

Students from this area who were selected for the dean’s lists are:

Cloverton-Markville Let’s get right down to business and report on what some of the residents of the little townships of Arna and New Dosey have been doing.

Mary Lee (Fornengo) and Roger Syzmoniak, Eau Claire, came up to stay with her sister and husband. Peg and Clint Coveau, recently. While here, they joined other family members for a graduation party for nephew Brandon Pierce in Dairyland. On another day, Peg and Mary Lee went to Superior to visit with their aunt, Tracy Gumalak, and while at Tracy’s home, they also saw aunt Lucille Ehorn from Mt. Prospect, Ill. Lucille is 91 years old now. Peg and Mary Lee and their husbands and Peg’s son Jim also all enjoyed breakfast one morning at the Hay Creek Outpost.

Marge Wolf, accompanied by her sister-inlaw and a longtime friend, attended the production of “Singing in the Rain” at the Ordway Theatre in the Cities recently. Marge said it was a wonderful show and she would go again just to see the spectacular final scene.

Marge and husband, Al, enjoyed a five-day visit from granddaughter Danielle last week.

Activities on the agenda for her stay included a trip to the supermarket, watching the movie “Kit Kitteridge,” delivering honey to Emily’s Antiques, miniature golfing and a trip to the Grand Arcade.

Marlene and Don Mishler spent another wonderful afternoon with Sharon (Nolan) and Doug Panek at their home on Spirit Lake in Wisconsin. Before Doug barbequed pork

chops for everyone, the group explored some Panek land with Don and Marlene on a golf cart and the Paneks on their 4-wheeler.

Darlene Merimonti reports that it took her five hours to mow her lawn the other day. She has had a big black bear hanging around the place lately and it destroyed two feeders.

Cheryl and Gene Wickham spent two days in Aitkin, Minn., with his brother and wife, Jerry and Delores, at their beautiful lake home. The Wickhams then went to a wedding in Baxter where both the ceremony and reception were held at the “Old Waterfall.” The bride and groom were friends of theirs.

Ruth and Gary Ament spearheaded a family vacation to the Black Hills at the end of June. This 10-day camping excursion in a mountain valley included sons Brian, Rosemount, Minn., and Chris, Scandia, Minn., and their families and some friends of the Aments.

Referred to as the “Minnesota 17,” sightseeing for the group included Mt. Rushmore, Jewel Cave, the Badlands, and some scenic drives, including Needles Highway.

On the way home, Ruth and Gary stopped for the races in Sioux Falls, S.D. It has been birthday time at the home of Delories Schirmer. Son Del turned 50 at the end of June. Son Don had his 55th recently and Deloris herself was born on the Fourth of July. Her age will not be stated now. Happy birthday to all of them.

Keep your lawns mowed, wherever you are.

Interstate Park news Naturalist programs at Wisconsin Interstate Park Friday, July 10 Hike to the Summit, 3 p.m. at the Summit Rock Trail sign. Join naturalist Barb Walker for a relaxing hike up to the summit and learn fascinating facts about the history and geology of the area and see spectacular views of the St. Croix River.

Saturday, July 11 Family Fun: Snakes! 2 p.m. at the Ice Age Center. Meet the naturalist and Copper, our live fox snake, then bring home a crafted make-and-take snake. Fun for the entire family!

Molten Lava and Melted Ice, 4 p.m., at the Pothole Trail sign. Join naturalist Barb Walker for a hike around the Pothole Trail while learning about the Gee Whiz Geology of Interstate Park.

Watchable Wildlife Around Lake O’ the

Dalles, 7 p.m., at the lake side of the beach house. Come with the naturalist for a onemile hike around Lake O’ the Dalles. Discover what makes the lake unique and watch for signs of wildlife that live there.

Wednesday, July 15 Ancient Abandoned Riverbeds, 2 p.m., at the Meadow Valley Trail sign. Meet the naturalist for a short hike up the valley and learn some ancient geology that makes the area look like it does today.

Thursday, July 16 Nature Story Time, 10 a.m. Join naturalist Barb Walker for a story and activity chosen especially for children pre-K through kindergarten and their parents. Check at the park office upon arrival for program location.

Interstate Park is located in St. Croix Falls, on Hwy. 35, just one-half mile south of Hwy. 8. For more information call Fox or Walker at 715-483-3747. - submitted

News from the Service SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Air Force Airman Simone J. Workman graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.

The airman completed an intensive, eightweek program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

She is the daughter of Michael Workman and Sheila Workman, both of Grantsburg.

Workman is a 2008 graduate of Grantsburg High School. - submitted

Dresser Katherine Weinberg, education and human sciences, kinesiology.

Grantsburg Jonathon Burton, arts and sciences, psychology; Sarah Frommader, nursing and health sciences, nursing; Katelyn Kooiker, business, marketing.

Milltown Sara Olson, nursing and health sciences, nursing.

Osceola Jenna Selzler, arts and sciences, psychology.

Shell Lake Hanna Christ, education and human sciences, social studies; Sadie Christ, education and human sciences, kinesiology.

Spooner Kaitlyn Carlton, education and human sciences, special education; Matthew Maki, business, accounting; Jody Peck, education and human sciences, elementary education; Robert Peterson, arts and sciences, english; Chase Sova, arts and sciences, Spanish; William Stewart IV, education and human sciences, elementary education.

St. Croix Falls Matthew Campeau, arts and sciences, sociology; Erin Carlson, education and human sciences, social work; Angela Peper, arts and sciences, psychology; Stephanie Schmidt, arts and sciences, music. – submitted ••• ST. CLOUD, Minn. - St. Cloud State University conducted spring 2009 commencement ceremonies for more than 1,300 undergraduates Sunday, May 10, at the National Hockey Center on campus. Commencement and hooding ceremonies for more than 225 students earning their graduate degrees were held on Friday, May 8, at Halenbeck Hall.

Grantsburg Annie N. Roberts, summa cum laude, Bachelor of Science.

Luck Stephanie A. Clarke, Bachelor of Science; Ashley L. Gubrud, Bachelor of Science.

Osceola Damian J. Olson, cum laude, Bachelor of Science.

Spooner Javier Elsen Ocariz, Bachelor of Elective Studies. - submitted •••

MINNEAPOLIS Minn. - Students appearing on the honors lists for The Art Institutes International Minnesota must be enrolled and complete 12 credits or more and meets the following corresponding designation: 4.0 GPA - president’s list; 3.7 - 3.9 GPA - dean’s list; 3.5 - 3.6 GPA - honor’s list.

Danbury Glen R. Faught, dean’s list, Bachelor of Science degree, visual effects and motion graphics.

Frederic Bryan L. Knauber, president’s list, Bachelor of Science degree, design management. – submitted ••• MOUNT VERNON, Iowa – The following student graduated from Cornell College as part of the Class of 2009 among 248.

Osceola Lindsey Peterson – submitted ••• ST. PAUL, Minn. - The following students from your area were named to the dean’s list for academic excellence at Bethel University, during the 2009 spring semester. The dean’s list honors students who achieve an outstanding scholastic record during a semester with a grade-point average of 3.6 or greater.

Frederic Kelsey Kaefer, daughter of Gary and Jane Kaefer, social work; Anne Lexen, daughter of Kyle and Kathleen Lexen, biology, BS. Grantsburg Amy Lindh, daughter of Mark and Diane Lindh, biology, BS. Osceola Derek Evenson, son of Russell and Janet Evenson, business and political science; Rebekah Kendrick, daughter of Leland and Jean Kendrick, art education, grades K-12. – submitted ••• PRINCETON, Minn. – Amy Soppeland has been named to the Concordia College dean’s honors list. Soppeland is the daughter of Michael and Miriam Soppeland of Princeton, Minn., formerly of Frederic. - submitted ••• ELY, Minn. – Nicholas Crawford, from Grantsburg, graduated AAS on May 12, 2009, from Vermilion Community College in Ely, Minn. He earned a natural resource technology degree in forestry/wildlife. – submitted •••

SCF Senior Center

by Carol Van Buskirk

What a joyous weekend over the Fourth of July. With gatherings, parades, bands, food galore and firewoods in different towns it shouldn’t have been difficult to find something exciting to do.

Last week our center had the usual Tuesday – exercise, Skipbo, 500 cards and Dominos. Twenty-six members played 500 with the following winners: Ken Johnson, Pete Schlosser, Dick Westerman, Jeanne Thomforhda and Rita Boyle. Nine Domino players had the following as winners: George Meixner, Donna Schlosser and Don Anderson.

Thursday evening again had 26 card players with the following winners: Shirley Sims, Don Benson and Charlie Mevissen tied, Betty Wilson, Janice Mevissen. Phil Mevissen won the 9 bid.

Happy birthday to Nina Hoverman whose name was inadvertently left off the list.

Laurie Lambert won the coverall for Bingo on Friday.

Fran Krause

Cliff Qualle is in St. Croix Falls Hospital and will soon be transferred to the Good Samaritan Home. Please remember him with cards and your visits.

Next week on Thursday the card group will be playing immediately after the monthly meeting. This will be done on a trial basis on the third Thursday only. There is also a group that will play on Thursday evening at 6:30 p.m.

Cedar Lake will have their 500 cards this Saturday, July 11, starting at 7 p.m.

Remember to tell your friends and neighbors to stop by for a beverage and treat. We are open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Next weekend is Wannigan Days weekend and on Saturday, the center will be having a bake sale, starting at 10 a.m. Chef Ron will be grilling his famous pork chops on a stick, along with brats and hot dogs.

Hope is the candle that lights the way through life. Keep that candle burning.

Orange

A large crowd attended the Webster parade July 4. Lindsie Freeborn, granddaughter of Marvel Merriman, was an ambassador on the River Falls float. The Orange 4-H took part in the parade. Bev Johnson, former resident and Webster teacher, was at the parade and visited many old friends.

Jack and Jeri Witzany hosted their annual family reunion at their home on Sunday.

Mark and Dee Krause and family attended her sister Cheryl and Rob’s wedding at the Glover home on Saturday. Allyson and Bryan

LaVonne O’Brien

Krause were the singers.

Dave and Teresa Childers spent the week visiting friends and relatives in the area.

Anita, Kathleen and Sharon O’Brien are spending the week at their cabin. They stayed with the Mary Human family.

The Bob O’Brien family, Dave Childus, Tom O’Brien, Mike and Tylyn O’Brien and Virginia Gross enjoyed a picnic at Jack and LaVonne O’Brien’s on Sunday.

The Tony O’Brien family spent the week at their place.

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TOWN TALK

Returning to America

Luck Senior Center

by Marlene Denissen

We are excited about our membership increase. I became the 14th member when I started working the center six months ago and we now have 52 members. I extend an invitation to all of you to join us. People who aren’t active, older adults (seniors) can become associate members. Come and join us at the gathering place here in Luck. We have lunch each day and you can play a game of pool, if you wish.

A sincere thank you to: Marlys and Eiler for planting the lovely flowers in the flower boxes; Nancy Larson of Luck for her donation of pies; to Northbound Sports and Liquor of Milltown for the bags for our hats; to the

Rural American Bank in Luck for the wonderful lunches they serve each month; and to Cindy Greabner, Mary Belschner and Donna Lehmann for helping me with the Women’s Tea. We will be serving BBQ sandwhiches, chips, homemade pie and ice cream, soda and coffee at the center on Saturday, July 18, for Lucky Days. We hope you will come and have lunch with us. We serve from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. We are located behind the Hog Wild restaurant, located at 31 Second Ave. W. Our center is available to rent for birthdays, parties, meetings, etc. For more information please call 715-472-8285.

Frederic Senior Center

by Ardyce Knauber

Monday, Spades was played at 1 p.m. with the following winners: first place, Jin Anderson; second place, Candace Doriott; third place, Willis Williams and fourth place, Roger Greenley.

Tuesday, Whist or cards was played. Pool is always ready.

Wednesday brought the Pokeno group.

This group is great and has a good time.

Card players joined them for coffee refreshments.

Thursday, 500 cards was played at 6:30 p.m. with the following winners: first place, Arvid Pearson; second place, Tim Abrahamson; third place, Dorothea Jensen and fourth place, Bob Holm.

Early morning coffeepot is on. A good way to start the day.

Friday, Pokeno and our monthly meeting was at 1:30 p.m. Lunch was at noon due to

no nutrition center. We eat good at our center and enjoy each other’s company.

Saturday, July 4, we had a potluck and celebrated birthdays. Cards, Pokeno and Bingo were played.

Friday, July 3, it was decided at our monthly meeting that for the month of July, beginning July 11, we would only have a light luncheon available at noon. Our working kitchen members have activities that prevent them from being at the center during their busy summer, with reunions, fairs and other activities. Cards, Bingo or Pokeno will be played for the Saturday afternoon activity.

Get-well wishes go to Violet Luke, who had surgery at St. Croix Medical Center June 29 and is now recuperating at the Luck Pioneer Home. We miss Violet at the center and look forward to her being able to join our activities again.

Each person must live their life as a model for others.

Birth announcement Born at Burnett Medical Center:

A boy, Levi Scott Scheider, born June 30, 2009, to Jeremy Scheider and Maria Louis, Grantsburg. Levi weighed 7 lbs., 3 oz. and was 20-1/2 inches long. Levi has three siblings, Cerenity, Matthew and Mikel. Grandparents are Bruce and Coke Scheider,

Grantsburg and Matt and Sue Mager, Elk River, Minn. Great-grandparents are LaVerne Scheider and Jerry and Sharon Marek, Grantsburg and Cecil Mager, Elk River, Minn., and Donna Mitzel, St. Francis, Minn.

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Out of touch I’ve been out of touch for a while.

Some argue that’s not news.

However, I have been in touch recently with world events. The missus and I Wayne M. boarded a cruise Anderson ship and went around the world this winter. We traveled four months to five continents.

Now I return to America—an economic land far different than when we set sail.

The Anderson Report

Barack Obama Before shoving off Jan. 16, America had changed in one wondrous way: We elected our first black president, Barack Obama. That change was felt on all continents.

Everywhere we docked people wanted to know about Obama. For some reason they thought I knew him.

In some personal way they felt they knew him. His person and message were deeply felt worldwide.

“Do you think he is doing a good job?” asked Harum Winata, a young Muslim in Indonesia. “I hope he will save us.”

“What about Obama?” they asked in China and India and across the Indian Ocean in Africa.

“O…bomb...baa” said Morija, a Christian vendor in Mombasa with a proud smile. “Yes, I know his father’s tribe (Luo),” said Morija, of the Kamba tribe.

People great and small on earth hungered for news of the Man of the Moment, even the arrived messiah.

Socialism When I left the mainland, President Bush was packing up for Texas, leaving the country safe and sound and in recession.

President-elect Obama was packing up and on his way to Washington with “hope and change,” to fight the recession.

To do this his plan entailed nationalizing everything from banks to car companies. This kind of socialism has not reared its head since the Great Depression.

Sailing the world, I witnessed the effects of every kind of government known to mankind: capitalism, monarchy, communism, socialism and blending forms in-between.

Capitalism the best Here’s an eye-witness account. I can still say with Winston Churchill that capitalism at its core, like democracy, is still the “worst form … except all those other forms that have been tried.”

I left the good old USA and now wonder if I returned to the United States of Sweden. Here at home, European socialism is on the march. And I say with a growing chorus, we need to yell: Halt!

There is an economic truism in our world. Free trade/fair trade puts a smile on people’s faces from east to west—and it puts coins in their pockets.

Restricted trade and oppressive regulations kill the human spirit and force people into humiliating poverty.

This destructive warning can be seen on two continents I visited: Africa and North America.

Consider Zimbabwe I’ve never been to a country where they don’t use their own money—until visiting Africa’s Zimbabwe. Their

money is worthless, except to pass out the “million dollar” bills to tourists.

Now they use U.S. capitalist dollars.

This East African land fell from capitalism to socialism to communism, where today it has massive unemployment, abject poverty, phony elections and human-rights abuses.

A country’s economy has a powerful influence over the people. Ask communist founder Karl Marx and his disciple, Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe.

Their plan of massive government control (nationalization) failed miserably and left millions in poverty and despair.

Consider California There is no gold in big government control. Ask big Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California. The Golden State is $24 billion in the hole and “out of cash.”

Why? For one, welfare is out of control.

Nearly “80 percent of California’s welfare recipients aren’t meeting simple work requirements,” Schwarzenegger said. “Yet year after year they continue to collect their paycheck and their benefits.”

He proposed simple, hard solutions to get people back to work. “The legislators rejected those proposals.” So back in session, instead of talking about the budget crises legislators held environment hearings on “cow tails.”

Oh, just raise taxes and all will be well.

Four months ago Sacramento squeezed folks in “the largest tax increase in the history of California” for $12.5 billion. But they refused to stop massive, social spending. You can’t spend more than you have. Ask any fourth-grader.

Spend, spend, spend In Madison, too, it’s spend, spend, spend. Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle signed the state budget last Monday (June 29).

The good news is the budget came in on time, which hasn’t happened since 1977. The bad news is the budget is $62 billion. The really bad news is spending increased by $4 billion. The really, really bad news is the government is coming after us for another $2.1 billion in taxes and fees. Plus they plan to borrow more.

Down on the farm, we’re in a recession and cutting expenses. But the tax collectors in Madison say too bad, fork it over. It’s our money, not your property.

The spending craze is insane by trillions. And Washington is leading the extreme pack. Moderates are very concerned.

Moderates concerned “I’m concerned at the number of programs that are being presented ... and the additional government that will be needed to execute them,” said Colin Powell, former secretary of state in an interview with CNN’s John King. “We can’t pay for it all.”

And government can’t do it all—and in this country it was never meant to.

Nationalizing industry is the core of socialism. This form of government says it’s society’s money, not your money.

And it’s “patriotic” to pay massive taxes.

Our new leaders are marching us down the wrong path. Call a halt to this by any means necessary.

When you think of what is being offered, think of this: There is nothing the government can do that people in the private sector can’t do better.

Trust the power of American free trade—not European socialism.

(You can argue socialism with Wayne at: wayneanderson@centurytel.net or visit his Web site at: www.theandersonreport.com.)

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LIBRARY NEWS Amery Public Library “Tea Time for the Traditionally Built,”

by Alexander McCall Smith Precious Ramotswe’s detective agency in Botswana is flourishing as her little white van is dying. She is called to investigate scullduggery on the soccer field.

The owner of the team can’t understand why his team keeps losing. Is it cheating? Is it the goalie’s eyesight? Or do those new shoes the owner forced them to wear slow them down?

Precious’ right-hand woman, Mma Wakutsi, has problems as well. Her fiancee has hired a lovely new employee who Mma Wakutsi feels is out to capture the boss.

Mysteries are solved, the car situation improved, chuckles abound and Botswana is ready for another episode in this charming mystery series. Great hammock reading for these hot days.

Library notes Summer reading continues, Be Creative at Your Library with 289 children participating.

The fundraising committee is planning a library picnic on July 14, from 5 to

7 p.m., under the canopy in front of the library. Hot dogs, chips and root beer floats will be the menu with a freewill offering. Any pledges or funds raised will be matched by Thrivent. Come and join us for food and entertainment to benefit the library.

Teens Read meets on Monday, July 27, to discuss the classic John Steinbeck novel, “The Pearl.” Pick up a copy at the circulation desk and join us if you are a teen.

Otaku Club meets on Tuesdays at 5 p.m. for teens and older who love manga, anime and gaming.

Remember that the Amery Area Public Library has wireless computer access as well as six public access computers if you are traveling through and need to use a computer.

Library hours Hours are Monday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Milltown Public Library The Milltown Public Library has over 140 young people (birth - 18 years of age) registered for the summer reading program, but we’re always looking for more. Stop in to register and start reading your way to hairdos, ice-cream cones, stuffed animals and other cool prizes around town. Fill out 10 reading records and you win a T-shirt.

Young people age 8 and older are invited to join in the crazy Magic and Ballooning Workshop on Wednesday, July 15, from 10-11 a.m. Enjoy some fun magic tricks and learn how to create your very own balloon creatures. Space is limited, so register today at www.milltownpubliclibrary.org or call 715-825-2313.

Also on July 15, from 2-4:30 p.m., kids ages 13 and up (and adults) are welcome to learn the art of animation. Participants will learn some of the basic concepts of this dynamic art and how to create your very own animations. Please register in

advance online or by phone as space is limited.

On Saturday, July 25, from 1-3 p.m., join in the poetry workshop facilitated by local writer Debbie Trantow. Students age 10-18 are invited to participate in the workshop and are encouraged to bring along poetry they have written or are currently crafting. Enjoy an afternoon of creative writing and sharing.

Preschoolers and an accompanying adult are invited to partake in Milltown Public Library’s story time. Enjoy a half hour of fun and stories every Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m.

Enjoy a cup of fresh-brewed coffee and our fast wireless Internet.

Hours The library hours are Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m.

– 5 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.; Sunday closed. Visit the library on the Web at www.milltownpubliclibrary.org.

Frederic Public Library What’s happening at the library?

Bored? Looking for something to do?

It’s not too late for kids from preschoolers to tweens and teens to register for the summer reading program at the Frederic Library. Choose your own activities, meet your own goals, and you’ll be able to choose books as prizes at the end of the summer. July special activities and classes include new release movies, gardening, knitting, making lip balm and bug sticks, making sock and finger puppets, crocheting, creative writing and card making. There are many opportunities to join a cool book group, learn a new skill, watch movies, or chill out and read. Be sure to stop by the library to sign up for these great programs, and bring a friend with you.

will meet July 16, at 10 a.m., to talk about “Excellent Women,” by Barbara Pym. The evening book group will meet Thursday, July 16, at 7 p.m., to discuss “The Tenderness of Wolves,” by Stef Penney. New members are always welcome and invited to join us for a lively conversation about books.

Festival Theatre comes to the library Kids of all ages are invited to come to the Festival Theatre creative drama class at the Frederic Library Thursday, July 16, from 2 to 3 p.m. Sign up at the library for a great time exploring the arts and be sure to bring your imagination with you on July 16.

We proctor tests People often enroll in courses or classes which require testing monitored by a proctor. The library has been a proctor site for many people, and we try our best to work around your busy schedules. If you’re looking for a test monitor, contact the library to talk about your needs.

Checkers, anyone?

Join us Thursday evening, July 9, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., for Game Night at the library and lots of fun activities and special treats. Choose one of the library’s board or card games, or bring one of your own to share. Everyone is welcome to come and keep cool at the library.

Book groups to meet The Thursday morning book group

Help keep our local food shelf filled Some customers regularly bring in a food shelf item when they return their books, and it’s a great way to teach children about compassion and community spirit. Do a good thing for the local food shelf this summer by donating items such as canned goods, flour, sugar, rice and pasta, cereals, and fresh vegetables and fruits each time you visit the library.

Hours and information Frederic Public Library, 127 Oak Street West.

715-327-4979, e-mail fredericpl@ifls.lib.wi.us. Regular hours are Monday through Friday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.; and Saturday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Story time is held every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. for preschoolers and their caregivers.

Balsam Lake Public Library Summer reading We have some great performers and programs this summer. Saturday, July 11, from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., is Art Studio at the library wear old clothes. Wednesday, July 15, is games and art from 6 - 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 18, at 10:30 a.m. magician Brian Richards will be here. All events are free at the library and everyone is welcome. Please come in and get a brochure with all the events listed.

Story time Story time is at 11 a.m. every Wednesday here at the library. All ages are welcome to join us for stories, crafts, music and snacks.

Book club “Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society,” by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, Wednesday, July 15, at 3 p.m.

Hours Balsam Lake Library, (under the water tower) at 404 Main St., Balsam Lake.

Hours are Monday 10 a.m. –8 p.m., Tuesday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Wednesday 10 a.m.

– 8 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. E-mail: balsamlakepl@ifls.lib.wi.us.

Web site www.balsamlakepubliclibrary.org.

Legion post installs new offificcers GRANTSBURG - The Brask-FossumJanke Legion and Auxiliary installed new officers at the Grantsburg American Legion Hall on June 8 and 9.

The Grantsburg Legion Post and Auxiliary support and sponsor many com-

munity activities and events throughout the year including Big Gust Days, MidWinter Sports Day, Winter Olympics and Ice Plunge, Grantsburg Watercross, Grantsburg Youth Hockey Ice Bowling and American Legion Baseball. The or-

Jeff Fallstrom, second vice commander; Jim Halvorson, judge advocate; Duane Valencour, commander; Michael Martin, first vice commander; Gary Fender, finance officer; Hartley Hedberg, chaplin; Roger Hess, historian and second sergeant of arms; John Bruzek Jr., first sergeant of arms and 12th District Commander Steve Dubai. – Special photo State Senior Legion Auxiliary Vice President Gail Janson installed the BraskFossum-Janke Legion Auxiliary officers for 2009 (L to R): President Robyn Christiansen, First Vice President Carol Bowman, Second Vice President Delores Anderson, secretary/treasurer Judy Janke, Chaplin Violet Fossum and executive committee members, Yvonne Sullivan, Mary Knobel and Judy Olson.

ganizations also award scholarships and sponsor students to Badger Boys and Girls State, a program for youth teaching understanding of our democratic form of government.

The Legion organizations take pride in

working with the community to make it a safe and attractive place to live.

Veterans are important to our country, worthy of our gratitude and thanks. submitted

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Collected by

Clayton Jorgensen

Clam Falls area

152 years

Editor’s note: This is the ninth in a series on the history of the Clam Falls area, compiled by local historian Clayton Jorgensen

Mining, logging, farming

In 1900, Daniel F. Smith, at the age of 87 years, wrote a letter to his longtime friend, W. H. C. Folsom. Folsom is said to be the first non-Native American to see the Clam River Falls, in 1847.

As the letter states, Smith wanted to give Folsom the land as a gift, where he had camped by the river in 1847.

Folsom used this campsite several times to observe the flow of logs down the Clam River and McKenzie Creek and over the falls.

This 1847 campsite can still be visited.

Smith and Folsom were two of the most influential men in the Upper St. Croix River Valley during their time.

The picture of the village of Clam Falls was taken around 1902, nearing the end of Smith’s career, from the high rocks where mining started and created

Main Street in Clam Falls near the turn of the century.

A view of Clam Falls from the rocks north of the village, showing most of the main buildings in the community around the turn of the century.

The Fischer-Rocky Ridge school.

A map showing the location of businesses in the village during the 1800s.

the settlement of Clam Falls in 1857.

In the picture you see the new Catholic Church to the far left and next to it, the hospital. Association Hall is in the center of the picture near the grove of pine trees. Behind the tall white building is the clearing where the baseball field was located. To the far right is the hotel across from the Sund house, which still stands in Clam Falls. In the middle of the picture stands the livery stable.

Clam Falls continued to grow for a while, but the logging industry was tapering off and without the railroad it became a town to serve more of the local needs and not a center of business for the area.

With the opening of the land more and more people were coming to Clam Falls Township to farm.

In 1904, a school was needed in the center part of the area. A plan was made to move the closed Fischer school building from the northeast corner of the township to the flat area south of the Rocky Ridge hill where O. G. Hill donated a piece of land for the school.

The building was in good condition and several oxen were gathered to skid it to the new location. Everything was going fine until the oxen could not pull it up and over the hill. It was decided to leave the building on the north side of Rocky Ridge hill. A well could not be dug or drilled in the location, so water had to be hauled for 52 years to the school.

The community remodeled the building, putting large windows on both sides for more light. The state would not allow that, so the building was remodeled again and was made a good school building for 52 years.

Vernon Ulick said they had the best sliding area around. They used the road going past the school for sliding.

Maple Valley was growing in population and a school was needed. A school building was built in 1908 and now is used for the township hall.

Big changes were happening in and around Clam Falls Township. The new town of Frederic was growing and had a railroad to help it become a business center.

In 1900, Charles E. Lewis arrived in Clam Falls Township and had a new vision for the area.

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Festival’s Featured Artist

Just wait Thirty-nine years ago a man by the name of Mr. Fink (really, that was his name) stopped by to sell me a tax-sheltered annuity. We were making $850 a month, had two small boys, a $155 mortgage and car payments. I had a defined benefit pension plan and paid into FICA, so I figured I had my future covered.

Mr. Fink was a good salesman. He pointed out that the money used to buy the annuity was not taxed and when I retired I could buy a new car with the extra money.

He pointed out the window to his shiny new car setting at the curb. He went on to tell me it would only cost $20 per pay period to sign up; I did, and as they say “the rest was history.”

About 10 years later I was researching mutual funds in Consumers Guide and Peter Lynch’s Fidelity Magellan Fund was gaining as much as 35 percent per year. You didn’t have to be a genius to see that was good. I switched my annuity funds to the Magellan Fund.

Every pay period I had my employer put a fixed amount into the fund. Unless you are God, you can’t buy low every time, so you

Patrick O'Brien

If you’re under 30, you might remember him as Mr. Dewey in “Saved by the Bell.” Films include “Pleasantville,” “Stuart Little,” “Catch Me if You Can,” “Intolerable Cruelty” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.” In the 70s O’Brien was founding artistic director of the Fanny Hill Dinner Theater, now in its 30th year, in his hometown of Eau Claire.

O’Brien will be performing his oneman play “Underneath the Lintel” for five shows only, starting on Wednesday,

dollar cost average.

Over the years I invested in various funds and individual stocks. There were ups and downs but more ups than downs; the stock market historically averages about 9percent increase per year.

Thank you, Mr. Fink; with extra money I could buy a new truck, a Triton boat with a 250 h.p.

Yamaha, new Beretta Xtrema and a Polaris Ranger (if my wife gives me permission); the rest of the money I can waste.

During those heady times Social Security funds that were not paid out to retirees were being spent for “entitlement” programs; essentially not being saved. Not to worry! The politicians would save us when the time came.

In order to assuage criticism, the political geniuses developed a lock box for excess proceeds from Social Security payments.

Brooke Biedinger

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July 8. He plays a Danish librarian who is obsessed with uncovering the mystery of a book that has been returned to the library 113 years overdue!

O’Brien is a member of Actors Equity, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

They would “borrow” the money and guarantee 6-percent interest on the borrowed money. How nice! They steal the money from you and then guarantee you will replace it with interest, at some future date.

With this strategy in place you they will receive between .08-percent and 1.9-percent interest on the Social Security payments you made. Let me see, if I had only put my money in the bank, I would have earned twice as much as Social Security.

Ironically and concurrently our politicians decided that we don’t have to use coal, oil and nuclear power. They are too busy voting for nonsense cap and trade. How come they believe global warming computer models and not the demise of Social Security? Today, gas is $2.69 per gallon and Social Security bankruptcy is imminent. They are banking on thinking their constituency are stupid.

You don’t have to do anything; the politicians will just wait so they can save you at some future date.

Columnist note: Due to the current events my wife said no to the boat, shotgun and four-wheeler. I only have 40 percent more than I would have if I had not saved my money.

New opportunity for local caregivers SPOONER - Nurses spend more time with patients who are facing the end of life than any other member of the health care team. Yet, studies have shown that many nurses feel inadequately prepared to provide the comprehensive care so important at the end of life.

Pat Neeley, Regional Hospice clinical care coordinator, has recently attended a national Train the Trainers course held in Minneapolis.

The course is for nurses who provide continuing education courses in specialty areas such as oncology, hospice and other end-of-life issues.

Neeley was one of 80 nurses from across the United States to attend this training program. The principal goal of the training program is to provide nursing continuing education on end-of-life/palliative care and resources to integrate end-oflife/palliative care content into practice or classes.

The training program was conducted by a distinguished faculty of researchers, educators, authors and leaders in the field of palliative care.

Topic areas included nursing care at the end of life; pain and symptom assessment and management; cultural considerations; ethical issues; communication; loss, grief and bereavement; preparation for and care at the time of death; and achieving quality care at the end of life.

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Flag-dedication ceremony at the St. Croix Casino focuses on history TURTLE LAKE – A lone trumpet sounding the strains of the national anthem accompanied the raising of the Stars and Stripes at the St. Croix Casino on Monday, July 1. Our national flag was the first of four new flags dedicated and raised during a 9 a.m. ceremony in Turtle Lake. Also dedicated were the St. Croix Tribal Flag, the POW/MIA flag and the official Flag of the State of Wisconsin. The opening event for the casino’s All-American Month observance, the flag-dedication ceremony was attended by St. Croix Tribal members, veterans and their families and St. Croix Casino & Hotel employees.

Acting as facilitator and moderator for the event was George Allen, a supervisor for the TLC Players Club at the casino and a veteran of the Gulf War conflict. The event was history at its best: Allen used the stories of the flags to chronicle the birth of our country, the founding of the state of Wisconsin and the migration of the St. Croix Tribe to northwestern Wisconsin.

In dedicating the casino’s new American flag, Allen explained that our first flag, the Grand Union flag, was hoisted above George Washington’s base at Prospect Hill in Boston on New Year’s Day, 1776. Displaying the British Union Jack in its upper left corner, this first flag had 13 alternate red and white stripes.

Francis Songetay prepares to raise the POW/MIA flag.

The Cumberland Singers sing a traditional tribal veterans song.

George Allen presides over the flagdedication ceremony.

In May 1776, Betsy Ross reported that she had sewn the first American flag.

On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress passed the first Flag Act: “It was Resolved, that the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; and that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation.”

Between 1777 and 1960, Congress passed several acts that changed the shape, design and arrangement of the flag as new stars and stripes were added to reflect the admission of new states.

Today the American flag consists of 13 horizontal stripes representing the original 13 colonies and 50 stars representing the 50 states of the union. The colors of the flag are symbolic: red symbolizes hardiness and valor, white symbolizes purity and innocence and blue symbolizes vigilance, perseverance and justice.

“The Stars and Stripes takes precedence over all other flags when flown within the United States,” Allen said.

Next came the dedication of the official flag of the St. Croix Chippewa Indians.

Allen noted that the centuries-old tie between the St. Croix Chippewa Indians and wild rice is the central focus of their flag. The tribe’s connection to wild rice began nearly 600 years ago when the St. Croix Chippewa Indians arrived in the northwestern Wisconsin area after being directed to move southward from Lake Superior to the “place where there is food upon the water.” So it was that unlike other tribes whose main crop was corn, the St. Croix’s main crop was wild rice, which grew in the lakes of Wisconsin and surrounding areas.

The black tribal seal in the center of the

Bob Oiyotte raises the St. Croix Tribal flag.

St. Croix Tribe’s light-green flag depicts a wild rice plant growing from the waters of the Upper Midwest. Behind the plant, the sun rises above a distant shoreline.

Surrounding the seal is the tribe’s name bordered by a thin line separating it from the central logo and a ring of tiny diamondlike shapes separating it from the rest of the flag.

The third flag dedicated on July 1 was the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action flag. Allen explained that the history of the POW/MIA flag goes back to 1971, when Mrs. Michael Hoff, an MIA wife and a member of the National League of Families, recognized the need for a symbol of our POWs and MIAs. The first POW/MIA flag was designed by Norman Rivkees, vice president of Annin & Co. On Aug. 10, 1990, Congress passed a law recognizing the league’s POW/MIA

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flag and designating it “as the symbol of our nation’s concern and commitment to resolving as fully as possible the fates of American prisoners, missing or unaccounted for in Southeast Asia.”

Finally, the official Flag of the State of Wisconsin. The Wisconsin flag is of relatively recent vintage. Allen said that in 1863, Wisconsin had not yet adopted a state flag and Civil War regiments in the field were requesting an official banner to fly. The legislature formed a fivemember joint select committee to respond to these requests.

Fifty years passed before a resolution established the state flag in 1913. A white shield on the flag’s dark-blue field displays the state motto, “Forward.” The state animal, the badger, is pictured below the shield. A sailor and a miner represent people who work on the waters and on the land. The coat of arms in the center depicts the state’s four main industries—agriculture, mining, manufacturing and navigation. A cornucopia and a pile of lead represent farm products and minerals. In 1979, the word “Wisconsin” was added to the top of the flag, and “1848,” the year that Wisconsin was admitted to the union, was added below the state’s coat of arms.

Trumpet soloist Al Young and the Cumberland Singers provided music for the flag-dedication event. Also speaking at the ceremony were casino director of marketing, Aimee Juan; and casino general manager, Leva Oustigoff. Three veterans were invited to raise the four flags.

The flags dedicated during the ceremony are permanently displayed near the casino’s south entrance on Hwy. 8 in Turtle Lake. - submitted

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New Lions members inducted

"Underneath the Lintel" this weekend only

Three new members were inducted into the Luck Lions Club this week.

Shown (L to R) are Phil Warhol, president, and new members Tim Thomsen, Todd “Corn” Johnson and Gary Giller. The club meets on the first Monday of the month at the Luck Lions Club DBS Hall. Those wishing to become a member are welcome to attend. – Special photo

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Patrick O’Brien (shown above with Meg Merckens in last season’s “Dates with a Nut”) returns to Festival Theatre in downtown St. Croix Falls with his production, “Underneath the Lintel,” running this weekend only - July 8-12.

O’Brien fell in love with the language of this play and made a commitment to self-produce the show. Following his hugely popular performance as William Fox in the 2008 production of “Dates with a Nut,” one of O’Brien’s performance venues of choice has become Festival Theatre, so St. Croix Falls joins several other locations in the upper Midwest to host O’Brien’s tour. Written by Glen Berger, “Underneath the Lintel” is a story of the depth of curiosity, mystery and conviction that bring to life obsession in an otherwise quiet, self-controlled librarian who, on an inauspicious morning, makes an unexpected find in the overnight return box, a much mistreated Baedeker’s guidebook, 113 years overdue. Even without compound interest, this tardiness merits a tidy fine, and the librarian hero determines to track down the miscreant. “Patrick is such an extraordinary talent,” said Danette Olsen, executive director at Festival Theatre. “Whether it’s a small character role in ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,’ a well-meaning but racially insensitive neighbor in ‘Raisin in the Sun,’ or the frenetic Internet-dating novice in ‘Dates with a Nut,’ Patrick is spot-on with his portrayals.” There are five performance opportunities: Wednesday, July 8, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., a 2 p.m. matinee on Thursday, July 9, no show on Friday and then Saturday evening, July 11 and the closing matinee on Sunday, July 12, at 2 p.m. Tickets for “Underneath the Lintel” are $26 for adults and $13.50 for youth (appropriate for teens). Discounts are available by purchasing Flex Pass packages. For more information, to order tickets or join the Festival Theatre mailing list, call 715-483-3387 or 888-887-6002. You may use the theater’s Web site, www.festivaltheatre.org, for tickets or additional information, including phone numbers for dining and lodging options. - Special photo

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Spectators were reminded to recycle as this Go Forward, Be Green entry strolled down Main Street in the parade.

Wolf’s Taxidermy received the Most Authentic award for their float in the Siren parade.

Mud Hen Lake Sportsmen’s Club received an award for the patriotic float they displayed during the Siren grand parade. – Photos by Brenda Sommerfeld

The Wood Creek 4-H Club had members ride on a float through the streets of Siren.

The Siren Covenant Church was represented in the Siren parade.

The Siren High School band, after returning from Disney World recently, were one of the first groups to go through the July Fourth parade held in Siren on Saturday.

Several fire trucks made their way down through the Siren grand parade on Saturday, July 4. This little girl waved from the seat of one.

As the Redneck Racing crew went by on their lawn mowers, the emcees announced that the crew had says they have nothing better to do than make lawn mowers go fast.

Children moved in as close as they could get to receive candy thrown from floats during Saturday’s parade in Siren.

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Members of the Post 96 honor guard lead the parade in Webster on July Fourth.

Photos by Raelynn Hunter

Miss Webster Alyssa Payson and Little Miss Webster Morgan Mulroy wave to the crowd while riding on the Webster queen float.

The clowns were a big hit during the Webster Fourth of July parade. Sweet Tooth is shown here with a helper.

Little Miss Danbury Clara Benson cools off with a freeze pop handed out during the parade.

Michael Jackson (Greg Stratton) made an appearance on Saturday at the parade.

The 2009 Poppy Princess MacKenzie Rose rode down the parade route during the Webster Fourth of July parade.

Members of the Attitudes Dance Academy performed on their way down the parade route in Webster.

Webster Fire Department water fifigghts

The Webster Fire Department waterfights were well attended after the Fourth of July parade in Webster on Saturday. Participants received instructions on rules of the water fights and then teams competed against each other for the championship. – Photos by Raelynn Hunter

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The Wild River Boys are always a crowd pleaser during the Fourth of July parades. LEFT: The Oktoberfest float participated in the Danbury Fourth of July In Danbury, the Wild River Boys revived the skunk on Main Street. RIGHT: This young paparade on Saturday. Oktoberfest will be held in Danbury on Aug. rade-goer was curious but cautious when the Wild River Boys were passing by.

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DuFour's Pine Tree Campground had a float in the Danbury parade on Saturday.

The Wild River Shrine Club float was one of many that were in the Danbury parade. – Photos by Raelynn Hunter

Siren bed races

The Remem-Bear the Red, White and Blue bed had a cheering section during the bed races. Remem-Bear took thirdbest dressed. – Photos by Brenda Sommerfeld

The Ethanator truck bed didn’t have the fastest time during the races, but the team took second-best dressed.

While stopped to complete a challenge before finishing the race, a ghost buster shoots silly string at the Marshmallow Man.

Team Bucky was one of the 15 beds to compete in the bed races during the festivities held in Siren on Saturday, July 4. Team Bucky took first place in the speed category, finishing with a time of 2:18.40.

The bed team called Busted Ghost of Viola Lake, dressed as Ghost Busters, took best dressed over the other 14 beds in the bed races held on Siren Main Street on Saturday, July 4.

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Siren kiddie parade Patriotism was the theme of the gator these children rode as they waved to the spectators of the kiddie parade.

Children of all ages participated in the kiddie parade that was held prior to the grand parade on Saturday, July 4. This was youngster dressed as a clown. – Photos by Brenda Sommerfeld

Some children chose to ride bike through the kiddie parade.

Clam Falls

Freezies were a cool treat thrown to spectators during the hot of the July Fourth parade.

Emily and William Didlo drove an old-time car in the Clam Falls parade.

A young man looked the part of a future Harley rider riding his bike through the parade in Clam Falls.

Photos by Brenda Sommerfeld

Suzanne Johnson passed out candy to spectators of the Clam Falls parade.

Clam Falls campground King Carbo and Queen Cindy rode in the back of a truck through the streets of Clam Falls during the parade held Saturday afternoon.

Every parade gives children the opportunity to collect candy and other treats.

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Another successful annual Sterling Settler's picnic CUSHING – Over 80 persons attended the 71st-annual Settler’s Picnic at Cushing Community Center on June 28. They enjoyed a beautiful day, great food and good company.

There were some first-timers attending this year and even many from Minnesota.

Dinner was served promptly at noon, followed by a short program led by Chairperson Shirley Christianson. The speaker was Pastor Dorothy Sandahl.

She helped everyone imagine some of the experiences our ancestors must have had, the good times and the rough ones, too.

Music was presented by Karin Johnson, who sang an old-time hymn and “God Bless America.” Everyone joined in on the chorus. Songs the old settlers surely would have sung along to.

F e r n e Baker, 95, won a prize for being the oldest person in attendance at the Sterling Settler’s picnic on June 28.

The 80-and-over persons in the photo are, front row (L to R): Ferne Baker, Ruth Boatman, Gerri Swenson, Verle Bergstrom, Jennie Nelson, Edna Johnson and Vadah Orr. Back row: Janette Anderson, Fran Kurlowski, Eleanor Bonneville, Frank Boatman, Andy Swenson, Myron Bergstrom, Harriet Ross and Raymond Linden.

Loretta Pedersen demonstrated spinning and had samples of her yarn; Russell Hanson brought the hand-crank for making butter, and everyone took a turn or two until they had real butter. No takers on the leftover buttermilk, though.

Lots of old-time hand tools and cameras through the years. The historical society had the museum open. Many old

Minnesota strawberries for the topping again this year.

The committee was introduced and photo taken of most everyone for the memory book.

Plan to attend next year. The picnic is always the Sunday after Father’s Day. You will be welcome, and you will enjoy yourself.

Committee members: Shirley, Pat, Patsy, Ion, Russell, Donald, George, Mary Jo, Mark Janet, Cheryl, Kristen, Shelby, Marci and Ramona. Great job!

Loretta Pedersen of Blackberry Hills, St. Croix Falls, demonstrated spinning.

Singer Karin Johnson; Mark Johnson; Loren Nelson; speaker Pastor Dorothy Sandahl and husband.

photos of people and Cushing downtown.

Prizes were given, to oldest person: Frank Boatman, 89, and Fern Baker, 95; longest-married couple, Frank and Ruth Boatman, 68 years; and youngest person, Sabrina Hanson 24.

A plaque was presented to Mike Jensen, Cushing U.S. Bank, for the many years they have furnished the ice cream for dessert. The Lundstroms brought

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CHURCH NEWS With diligence, families thrive financially on one income Question: Do you have any practical suggestions for couples who are serious about making the effort to live on one income? How can they avoid bankruptcy?

DR. DOBSON: There may be a way to get it done.

Donna Partow, author of "Homemade Business," has offered specific advice about starting your own business, which could involve desktop publishing, pet grooming, sewing, consulting, transcribing legal documents or even getting into mail-order sales. Choosing the right business is the first of three preparatory steps. Consider taking a personal-skills-and-interest inventory to identify your abilities and to discover what you might enjoy doing. The second step is to do your homework. Begin by using the Internet to help you research your chosen field. Look up books, magazines, and newspaper articles. Talk to other people who have done what you are considering. Join an industry organization and a network. Subscribe to industry publications. According to Mrs. Partow, the third step is to garner as much support as you can.

Get your children, your spouse and your friends on your side. Then marshal your resources and go for it.

Before telling me why this alternative is impossible in light of your circumstances, let me tell you about the Van Wingerden family in Colorado Springs. They have 22 children, twelve of them adopted and ten born to Lynn, the mother. They own a strawberry farm and all the children old enough to work are involved in it. Believe it or not, Mrs. Van Wingerden

homeschools all the kids personally. The family is highly organized and structured, with the teenagers having specific and rotating responsibilities for routine tasks and for the care of the youngsters. Visiting their home is a delight. The Van Wingerdens prove that many things are possible for those who set their minds to it.

••• QUESTION: Just how much opportunity do parents have to remake the personalities of their children? Can they change characteristics that they dislike? My son is painfully shy and I'd like him to be strong and assertive.

Can we redesign him?

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One mother told me that her compliant, easygoing child was being picked on and beaten up every day in nursery school. She urged him to defend himself, but it contradicted his very nature to even think about standing up to the bullies. Finally, his frustration became so great that he decided to heed his mother's advice. As they drove to school one day he said, "Mom, if those kids pick on me again today ... I'm ... I'm ... I'm

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going to beat them up – slightly!"

How does a kid beat up someone slightly? I don't know, but it made perfect sense to this compliant lad.

Like you, some parents worry about an easygoing, passive child – especially if he's a boy. Followers in this society are sometimes less respected than aggressive leaders and may be seen as wimpy or spineless.

And yet, the beauty of the human personality is seen in its marvelous uniqueness and complexity. There is a place for the wonderful variety of temperaments that find expression in children. After all, if two people are identical in every regard, it's obvious that one of them is unnecessary.

My advice to you is to accept, appreciate and cultivate the personality with which your little child is born. He does not need fit a preconceived mold. That youngster is, thankfully, one of a kind.

••• Dr. Dobson is founder and chairman emeritus of the nonprofit organization Focus on the Family, Colorado Springs, Colo. 80995 (www.focusonthefamily.org).

Questions and answers are excerpted from "Complete Marriage and Family Home Reference Guide" and "Bringing Up Boys," both published by Tyndale House.

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CHURCH NEWS Hiding places As I pulled weeds in a neglected area behind my garden, a huge toad startled me when he jumped on my foot. Camouflaged by his color, he had been hiding in the tall weeds.

During my weed-pulling session, I came across an array of other small critters, too—beetles, mosquitoes, slugs, and more. All hiding in the weeds.

I probably didn’t make any of them happy, exposing them as I did to the glaring sunlight and stealing their cover. Critters hide for many reasons: because their bodies dry out from the sunlight, because they find the best Perspectives food in the cracks and crevices they inhabit, or because they want to remain safe from enemies.

We humans like to hide in the weeds, too. We hide behind our lies to protect our image of being a good person or to prevent punishment from someone in authority.

At age 3, my older sister broke a dish. Mom asked her, “Did you do that?”

She answered, “Did you see me do it?”

“No,” my mom told her.

“Then I didn’t do it.”

We are also guilty of hiding behind our family name to gain prestige. Or behind our busyness so others won’t see our broken hearts or our sins. We’re all guilty of hiding behind someone or something to get what we believe we need. Hiding can take the form of control. It’s easy to manipulate the thoughts or feelings of someone, to point our finger at the innocent so we’re not blamed for something we said or did, or to offer a fake smile behind our anger or unforgiveness.

One reason people don’t read their Bibles, don’t attend church, or worse, don’t believe in God, is because they would rather hide behind some excuse. They’re afraid that if exposed to God’s revealing word, they’ll have to face their sins and that may be too painful.

But unlike the critters that hide in the weeds, we won’t dry out from the sun, lose out on the best food, or face our enemies alone if we expose ourselves to God’s word and presence. In fact, we’ll have access to his living water and the nourishment of his Word. We’ll also find safety from our three worst enemies: sin, self and Satan.

Lord, keep us from hiding from your salvation and truth.

Give us strength to expose our sins to you so we may be nourished with your perfect love, joy, and peace. In Jesus’ name, amen.

(Mrs. Bair may be reached at sallybair@gmail.com)

Sally Bair Eternal

Vacation Bible school/day camp set at First Lutheran Church CUSHING – First Lutheran Church in Cushing will be hosting vacation Bible school/day camp Sunday through Thursday, July 19 – 23, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., presented by Luther Point Bible Camp counselors. All community children and youth are invited to attend.

For more information, please call 715-648-5242 or 715648-5817. – submitted

Is God's way too narrow?

By His great power, the Lord God brought this world into existence. By that same power, He will one day take it out of existence, destroying it with fire (2 Peter 3:10, 12). In the meantime, the world stands, with over 6.5 billion humans inhabiting its seven continents.

God has revealed His will for mankind in the Bible, and yes, that will is narrow. That does not sit well with some people. As you know, the ones who think God’s plan is way too strict are those who are not ready to submit to it! People say: “I don’t care too much for that preacher. He said that Jesus is the only way of salvation. That’s just too narrow.” What did Jesus Himself say? “I am the way, the truth, and the life no man cometh unto the Father, but by me, (John 14:6).

People say: “I think that Bible class teacher is too narrow minded. He said that most people will be lost.”

What did Jesus say about it? “Enter by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it…” (Matthew 7:13,14, NKJV). People say: “That booklet I read says that Jesus only promised to build one church. Can you believe that some people are so close minded?”

Again, we ask, what does the Bible say? Jesus said, “...and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it,” (Matthew 16:18). You do not need a calculator to count up the number of churches that the Master promised to build!

If you are inclined to say that God’s way is narrow, do you know what? We agree. Do you know why we agree with your conclusion? Because the Bible clearly shows that God’s revealed will is narrow. God instructed Noah to build a single ark (Genesis 6:14).

That was pretty narrow, was it not? God chose Jerusalem as the single location to place His name during the Old Testament era (1 Kings 12:36). That too, was narrow, would you not agree? Per God’s decree, today all spiritual blessings, including the forgiveness of sins, are found in one location – they are

Centennial celebration continues GRANTSBURG - The Grantsburg Immaculate Conception Catholic Church continues to celebrate 100 years in 2009. Special events included honoring parishioners who have been members for 40 years or more. Certificates were given to several people.

All families were honored with a picnic luncheon served with pie and ice cream on a recent Sunday.

The cleanup of the Holmes Catholic Cemetery was completed during the month of June.

The Centennial Mass with Bishop Christensen will be held on Sunday, July 12, at 10:30 a.m. This will be followed by a noon luncheon for the parish and their guests. Special music will be provided by several visiting musicians in addition to the church choir. There will be no 8:30 Mass on that day. This will be a very special event as it will be Christensen’s first visit to Grantsburg. - submitted

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News from the Pews at Pilgrim Lutheran Church FREDERIC – Sunday, June 28, was the fourth Sunday after Pentecost. The contemporary service was in the park across from the church under the north water tower. The sun was shining and no rain but it was very windy, and Pastor Catherine stated that the wind represented the blowing of the Holy Spirit throughout the worship services. One of the first songs sung by the congregation was titled “I Have Decided to Follow

VBS at Bone Lake Lutheran RURAL LUCK - Bone Lake Lutheran Church will be offering a week of vacation Bible school Sunday, Aug. 9 - Thursday, Aug. 13. The week’s theme is Love to Serve and will be led by Luther Point Camp staff.

There will be two sessions available: an afternoon session from 12:30 – 3 p.m. for pre-K to sixth grade and an evening session from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. for children going into grades one through six.

Luther Point staff will also lead a campfire session for middle and high school students from 8:30 - 9:30 p.m. Please contact Bone Lake Lutheran at 715-4722535 before July 19 to register.- with submitted information

in the Christ (Ephesians 1:3,7).

Someone had to decide where salvation should be made available, and, for our good, the Lord God made that decision. End of discussion. Yes, by man’s reckoning, that comes across as a narrow plan.

All of these biblical matters that point to narrowness cause us to raise this question: should God seek out man’s input, advice, requests, and opinions before making His decrees, or is it okay for Him to “go it alone” and decide on His own what is Preacher’s best for mankind? Since He is the all-knowing Almighty, the first and the last, the Creator and sustainer of all, of course He has the right to express His will to mere mortals in the language that He desires. That revealed will is just what we have in the Bible. Regardless of whether a person counts God’s word and plan as too narrow , too loose, or just what they ought to be, the following truths remain unchanged: “For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth,” (Psalm 33:4).

Yes, God does know what He is talking about, and His way is always best! There is no doubt about it: the way of Jehovah is narrow. But, it is not our business to sit around and critique God’s efforts or message.

No. Our task is to accept without question what God says, obey it, and teach its soul-saving message to others. (Written by Rodger D. Campbell) If readers have questions they would like answered in this weekly column or simply wish to know more about the Church of Christ, they are invited to call 715-866-7157, visit the Web site at www.burnettcountycofc.com or stop by the church building at 7425 West Birch St. in Webster. Sunday Bible class begins at 9:30 a.m. and worship begins at 10:30 a.m. We also meet Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. Office hours are Tuesday through Friday, 9 a.m.

- noon.

Jesus,” which is an old folk melody from India. Mary Lou Daeffler was on the keyboard and the leaders in song were Steve and Terri Stoner, with Terri on the guitar as well as Larry Peterson and Josh Rau on bass. Pastor Catherine’s sermon centered around Mark, chapter 5, verses 21-43; the story of a girl restored to life and a woman healed. Some of the highlights of the sermon were that God doesn’t show preference – he loves and cares for everyone. Also, that we are not to focus on our own needs but to focus on the needs of those around us. The closing song was “Just a Closer Walk with Thee,” a traditional song and a favorite of many people. Afterwards coffee and sweets were served in the narthex of the church as well as a time for fellowship with one another.

Mark your calendars as the Third-annual Harvest Dinner date has been set for Saturday, Aug. 22, and everyone is invited. The meal served is a pork loin dinner complete with mashed potatoes and gravy and fresh vegetables from the garden including homemade pickles, tomatoes, etc., and the meal is topped off with homemade apple pie.

Pilgrim invites all to attend Sunday morning worship services, which begin at 9 a.m. For more information, call the church office at 715-327-8012 or go to the Web site www.pilgrimlutheranfrederic.org. - submitted

New pastor at Spooner and Lakeview Methodist SPOONER — The Rev. Jack Starr and his family are welcomed as the new pastor of the United Methodist Church at 312 Elm St., Spooner, and Lakeview United Methodist Church on Williams Road near Hertel.

The Starr family comes from Augusta and Pleasant Valley. Jack and Cheryl have two daughters, Hannah and Leah.

The first weekend for Starr to preach is Saturday, July 18, 7 p.m., at Spooner, and Sunday, July 19, 9 a.m., at Lakeview and 10:45 a.m. in Spooner.

A potluck picnic is planned for 12:30 p.m. at Lakeview on Sunday, July 19.

If you need more information, call Spooner UMC, mornings, at 715-6353227. — submitted

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OBITUARIES

Henry I. Gabrielson

Donald D. Lounsbury Sr.

Lorena Florence Hanson

Henry I. Gabrielson, 93, Spooner, died June 30, 2009, at the Golden Valley Living Center in Hayward.

Henry was born May 5, 1916, to Iver and Inger Gabrielson. He served as a sergeant in the United States Army Air Force during World War II. Henry married Ella Freitag on Nov. 21, 1944, in Comstock.

Henry retired from the United States Postal Service in Minneapolis. He loved a good game of checkers. He was known for his terrific sense of humor and his teasing.

Henry was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Ella; son Dan; two great-granddaughters; siblings Martha, George, Roy, Ragna, Marie and Alice.

Henry is survived by his children, Gloria (Larry) Gunderson, Olivia, Minn.; Gary (Anita) Gabrielson of Alaska; Melody (Kevin) Mork, Redwood Falls, Minn.; Linda Wahlstrom, Spooner; Lori (Kenny) Lippert, Danube, Minn.; and Peggy Gabrielson, Frederic; 15 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.

Funeral services were held July 3 at Trinity Lutheran Church with Pastor Will Mowchan officiating. Music was provided by Sharon Freitag and Carolyn Mowchan. Interment was held July 6 at the Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery where military honors were accorded by the state honors team. His grandchildren were the casket bearers and honorary casket bearers and included Kristofor Mork, Corey Mork, Chad Mork, Nathan Mork, Casey Lippert, Nicholas Lippert, Todd Gunderson, Jacob Gabrielson, Trent Wahlstrom, Matthew Lippert, Dustin Gabrielson, Cameo VanHorn, Amanda Gabrielson, Audra Gabrielson and Vanessa Gabrielson.

The Scalzo-Taylor Family Funeral Home, Spooner, was entrusted with arrangements.

Donald Dean Lounsbury Sr., 74, died June 30, 2009, in Spooner.

He was born Oct. 5, 1934, in La Farge, to Harry and Lola (Barto) Lounsbury. He married Delores Rosol on Nov. 25, 1954, in Hillsboro. They later divorced.

He worked at Barber Coleman in Rockford, Ill., from 1956 to 1969 and then at Trane Company in La Crosse from 1969 to 1997. He moved to Canyon Lake, Texas, for a few years and then relocated to Danbury. When he was younger he was an avid hunter and fisherman and later on, loved being at Webb Lake.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

He is survived by children Donna, Red Wing, Minn., Don Jr. (Melissa), Riverton, Utah, and Darcy (Gunder) Gunhus, Red Wing, Minn.; seven grandchildren; brothers Harry Jr., Comack, N.Y., and Robert of South Carolina; sisters Annie Klapp, Canyon Lake, Texas, and June Schendel, Ontario; many nieces and nephews.

Graveside services were held July 7 in Webb Lake with Pastor Roger Pittman officiating. Memorials are preferred to the American Cancer Society.

The Scalzo-Taylor Family Funeral Home, Spooner, was entrusted with the arrangements.

Online condolences can be offered at www.scalzotaylor.com.

Lorena Florence Hanson died at St. Croix Regional Medical Center in St. Croix Falls, on Friday, July 3, 2009, at the age of 90 years.

Lorena was born Feb. 15, 1919, in Centuria. She went to elementary school at Woodruff School and graduated from high school at Balsam Lake. During her young adult life, she worked at Dixie Lodge in Balsam Lake. Lorena was married to Glenn Kenneth Hanson on Sept. 15, 1942. They made their home on Glenn’s family farm in Milltown. She then helped with the farm work and also worked at Duncan Yo-Yo Factory in Luck. She left the yo-yo factory to cook at the Unity School where she worked until she reached retirement age.

She was known for her wonderful cooking talents and her love of flower gardening.

Preceding her in death were her mother, Olga (Tolzman) MacLeod; father, David MacLeod; brother, Laverne MacLeod; and her husband of 54 years, Glenn Kenneth Hanson.

Lorena is survived by her daughter, Sharon (Dowd) Monson and her husband, Richard; daughter, Roxanne Biedler and her husband, Frank; grandchildren, Polly (Dowd) Rudi and husband, Carl Rudi, Courtney Dowd and wife, Dana (Schmidt) Dowd, Bobby Biedler, Amanda Biedler; sister-in-law, Betty MacLeod; three great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held at Milltown Lutheran Church, Milltown, on Monday, July 6, with Pastor Danny Wheeler officiating. Music was provided by organist Priscilla Fjorden and soloist Joanne Christiansen.

Pallbearers were Bobby Biedler, Courtney Dowd, Carl Rudi, Carl Dueholm, Craig Dueholm and Jarrod Rudi.

Interment was at the Milltown Cemetery.

Rowe Funeral Home of Luck was entrusted with funeral arrangements.

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THANK YOU

The family of Ike Olson would like to express their gratitude and thank-you to the many people who have helped us since his sudden death on June 28.

First to the Webster ambulance crew 5101, Todd and Marge, for helping our Dad and giving him the best possible chance. Also to the LifeLink helicopter crew for being there to intercept.

Thank you to Dr. Fanzel and the BMC emergency room staff for being there for Dad. We also would like to extend our thanks to Denny Christiansen and the Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home for helping us with the arrangements.

Thank you to Pastor John Clausen for the beautiful and personal way you identified with the man Ike was.

To Joan Daniels & Fran McBroom, whose beautiful music has guided us through many sad times. Also to Adam Daniels and Nancy Daniels for doing such a wonderful job.

Thank you to the women of the Bethany Lutheran Church for providing the luncheon.

To the casket bearers who were so dear and near to Dad and to the Lund-Brown American Legion Post for making it such an honorable service. Special thanks to Rick Kosloski for playing taps.

Finally, to our family, extended family and friends who all loved Dad! Thank you for your support, food, prayers, flowers and visits to the house. Dad never realized how many people truly loved him. We are forever grateful.

Jamie, Andrea and Maggie Olson Chris Johnson Vicky and Jeff Simpkins and Katie Jacky and Rick Anderson and Joe and Babe Eric Olson and Brent Olson 490520 46L

James L. Bailey, 73, of Belgrade, Mont., formerly from Burnett County, died June 18, 2009, at the Bozeman Deaconess Hospital of natural causes, surrounded by his family.

James was born Feb. 3, 1936, in Union Township of Burnett County, the son of Cecil and Mildred Bailey.

While growing up in Danbury, he attended Bluff Lake School and later graduated from Webster High School.

He then entered the Army and was based in Louisiana. Once he returned from the Army, he lived in Bluff Lake, then moved to Montana with his parents and his brother, Paul, where they logged for several years. He and his parents moved back to Wisconsin.

Here he later met his wife, Irene. Jim and Irene moved their young family back to Montana in the early 60s, living throughout the Gallatin Valley and eventually settling in Belgrade.

Jim worked as a machinist in Wyoming and logged the mountains around the Bozeman, Mont. area. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, picnics and homemade ice cream with fresh strawberries. His hobbies included welding, painting, farming and giving everyone he knew a good ribbing. His passions were gardening, antique tractors and knowledge.

Jim also went to Montana State University for recreational management. Jim was an active member of the Belgrade United Reformed Church.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Irene, in 1997 after 37 years of marriage; siblings, David, Eugene, Robert and Murle.

He is survived by four daughters, Alice (Larry) Zentner, Elizebeth Ferrall, Linda (Timothy) Duvall and Evelyn (Barry) Bailey-Wilson, all of the Gallatin Valley; nine grandchildren; five great-grandchildren, with one more on the way; five sisters, Marian, Marie, Norma, Margel and Eileen; two brothers, Keith and Paul.

A family memorial service was held at the Bluff Lake Cemetery in Union Township on June 27, with Pastor Kevin Miller officiating.

THANK YOU

The family of John Hickey would like to thank the Polk Co. Home Care and Hospice for the care John had during his brief illness.

To the Brown Funeral Home in Solon Springs, Wis., for taking care of the arrangements.

To family and friends for the cards, memorials, phone calls, visits and ALL the extras they did.

To all the friends and family who attended John’s celebration of life on June 27, 2009.

Thank-you seems so small, but your expressions of concern and love meant so much to us.

“When a loved on becomes a memory, that memory becomes a treasure.”

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In Loving Memory Of

IN MEMORY OF

Ramona Hochstetler

ROBB MOTHES

Who Left Us July 10, 2008

A million times we think of you, a million times we cried.

If love could have saved you, you never would have died.

In life we loved you dearly, in death we love you still.

In our hearts you hold a place no one can ever fill.

It broke our hearts to lose you, but you didn’t go alone.

For part of us went with you the day God took you home.

We love and miss you!

Ben, Denny, Pam, Patti, Linda & grandchildren

IN MEMORY OF

STEVEN S. SALMON

A year has gone by and we miss you more than ever. We always think about you. Not a day goes by without us missing you and loving you with all our hearts. Always “Love You Brother”

Carla Fehlen Brad Salmon David Salmon

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THANK YOU

The family of Bonnie Smiley would like to thank, from the bottom of our hearts, all our friends and relatives who were there for us in this time of sadness. Thank you Pat Taylor and Joel at Swedberg Taylor Funeral Home for your kindness and guidance. Thank you Brian Pardun for a personal and comforting service. Special thanks to Ron, Phyllis, Joy, Teresa, Nettie and Josh for all the work they put in. Special thanks to Mom’s dear friends Maggie, Joan, Judy and Shirley. Bless you and thanks to her nephews who were pallbearers.

Thanks to her sister Janice, her nieces Vicki and Linda, and to every last one who called, attended a service or even gave a pause to think kind thoughts of her.

God Bless you all!

James Lloyd Bailey

Four Years, Friday, July 10

Each day we say your name or remember what you did or said, and it’s just like you’re here!

We miss and love you.

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OBITUARIES Mildred L. (Fleming) Bayliss

Margaret Viebrock

Dorothy Ward

Mildred Lucile (Fleming) Bayliss died peacefully in her sleep at Willow Ridge Health Care Center in Amery, on June 18, 2009. She was 93 years old.

Mildred was born in Graceville Township in Big Stone County, Minn., on Aug. 20, 1915. When she was 5 years old, her family moved to a farm near Frederic. She attended school in Frederic and graduated from Frederic High School.

On Jan. 18, 1947, she married Hubert Bayliss and moved to Colorado, where she spent many years serving as a personal caregiver for numerous people. Mildred was known for her wit, intelligence and outgoing personality as a personal caregiver and friend. She moved to Amery in July of 2005 to be near her family.

Mildred was preceded in death by her husband, Hubert Bayliss; her parents, James and Addie Fleming; brothers, Floyd (Edla) Fleming, Wesley (Adeline) Fleming and Chester (Gladis) Fleming; and a niece, Joyce (Fleming) Selover.

She is survived by her nieces, Betty (Gale) Roush and Shirley (Joe) Ganter; nephews, Curtis (Meg) Fleming and Wayne (Judy) Fleming; as well as several greatnieces and nephews.

A private graveside service with interment will be held at Maple Grove Cemetery in Frederic.

The Williamson – White Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Amery was entrusted with arrangements.

Margaret Viebrock died June 29, 2009, at the age of 88.

She was born May 15, 1921, in Centuria.

Margaret graduated from Osceola High School with the class of 1940. She married her high school sweetheart, Marvin Viebrock, on Sept. 2, 1941. Shortly thereafter, they moved to Detroit, Mich., to work in the auto industry. They returned home to rural Osceola and lived in a place they called “skunk hollow.” This was a small cabin located adjacent to the original Viebrock homestead farm in Farmington Township. They purchased a dairy farm nearby where they worked hard and started a family.

In 1956, the family moved into the village of Osceola where Marvin and Margaret started a construction business that grew to become one of the most successful and long-term construction companies in the area.

Family was very important to Margaret, and she loved spending time with her children and grandchildren. She and Marvin also loved to travel. They visited many places around the world including Europe, Russia, South America and Japan.

Margaret also felt community service was important.

She was a longtime member of the Women’s Club, and with other members lead the effort to preserve Osceola’s Millpond park. She served on the queens committee for the Osceola fair for many years. Another accomplishment she was proud of was being part of the formation of the industrial park. She was a woman of action but still remained thoughtful, humble and concerned for others. Early holidays involved buying food and gifts and taking the kids to make deliveries to local families in need.

Margaret was preceded in death by her husband, Marvin Viebrock; son, Lewellyn (Lynn) Viebrock; father, John Emil Quist; mother, Agnes Quist; brothers, John and LuVerne Quist.

She is survived by her children, Robert (Mary) of St. Croix Falls, Jerry (Nancy) of Osceola, Carol Brown and friend, Jerry Cahanes, of Stillwater, Minn.; grandchildren, Seth Viebrock, Bianca Brown, Jason Viebrock, Jodi Viebrock, Eric (Jessica) Viebrock and Yvette (Brett) Ulisnik and five great-grandchildren.

The Grandstrand Funeral Home, Osceola, was entrusted with arrangements.

Dorothy Ward, 70, of Jefferson County, Colo., and formerly of the Balsam Lake/Centuria area, died June 4, 2009.

Dorothy was born Nov. 11, 1938.

A celebration of life will be held at the Kolstad Family Funeral Home in Centuria, on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2009, at 11 a.m.

A full obituary will appear at a later date. To express online condolences, please visit www.kolstadfamilyfuneralhome.com.

The Kolstad Family Funeral Home has been entrusted with funeral arrangements.

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Dwight “Ike” E. Olson, 56, Siren, died suddenly on June 28, 2009, at Burnett County Medical Center in Grantsburg.

Ike was born on Jan. 8, 1953, in Grantsburg to Eugene and Ione Olson. Ike was raised in Eureka, Luck and Siren. He attended Siren High School and graduated in 1971. He honorably served in the U.S. Army.

He was formerly employed by U.S. Food Service of Eagan, Minn., for 30 years where he retired at the age of 52 from local union Teamsters 120. Folowing his retirement, Ike spent time on his Boss Hoss motorcycle, traveling to his other home in Florida to attend the Daytona 500, as well as many moments spent with his granddaughter. A favorite pastime of his was cutting down trees to make firewood, which took his life accidentally on June 28.

Ike was preceded in death by his parents, Eugene and Ione Olson; brother, Tom Olson; and nephews, Ben and Paul Anderson.

Ike is survived by his sons, “Jamie” Jeremy (Andrea) Olson, Hudson and Chris Johnson, Siren; granddaughter, Maggie Olson; sisters, Vicky (Jeff) Simpkins. St. Croix Falls and Jacky (Rick) Anderson, Siren; nephews, Eric and Brent Olson, Joe and John “Babe” Anderson; niece, Katie Simpkins; great-nephew and niece, Andrew and Jadie Simpkins; honorary brother and cousin Rocky Nelson; along with other relatives and many friends.

Funeral services were held Thursday, July 2, at Bethany Lutheran Church with Pastor John Clasen officiating. Music was provided by Joan Daniels and Adam Daniels as vocalists; Nancy Daniels, pianist; and Fran McBroom, organist. Interment followed at Lakeview/Mudhen Lake Cemetery in Daniels Township.

Casket bearers were Rocky Nelson, Dan Olson, Lanny Koch, Jon Anderson, Jack Giller and Galen Daniels.

Honorary casket bearers were Mike Marion, Brad Alden, Eric Olson, Brent Olson, Joe Anderson and Babe Anderson.

The Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Siren Chapel, was entrusted with arrangements.

Herbert F. Peck died at the Middle River Health Care Facility near Hawthorne on June 25, 2009. He was 93 years old.

Herbert was born in Clayton on April 3, 1916, to Cecil and Christine Larson Peck. Herbert grew up in the Wolf Creek area of northwestern Wisconsin, and moved to the Webb Lake area, in the town of Scott, as a very young man. On Sept. 25, 1940, Herbert and Lucille Catherine Durand were united in marriage by Father Bernard Fries at the Crescent Lake Sacred Heart Church. Herbert was a logger, farmer, carpenter, town officer and volunteer fireman.

Herbert was preceded in death by his parents; wife Lucille; five brothers; and daughter Virginia Mary Francis Dennis.

Herbert is survived by daughter LucyAnne; sons James (Carol) Peck and Jack (Kathleen) Peck, Webb Lake; son-in-law David Dennis, Spooner; brother Raymond, Kerrville, Texas; and sister Gladys Matthews, Kent, Wash.; 13 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; two brothers-in-law; and five sisters-in-law; along with many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held July 1 at the Sacred Heart of Jesus & Mary Catholic Church with Father Michael Tupa officiating. Music was provided by the Sacred Heart choir and Kim Simon. Interment followed at the Sacred Heart Cemetery in the town of Scott. Casket bearers were grandsons Jerome, Timothy and Michael Melton, Justin Peck, Joseph and Joshua Peck, and Steven and David Dennis Jr. Alfons C. Pundys, age 80, a resident of Hertel, forScalzo-Taylor Family Funeral Home, Spooner, was merly of Chicago, Ill., died June 27, 2009. entrusted with arrangements.

Alfons was born in Lithuania on Sept. 7, 1928. Alfons worked as a machinist for Union Carbide in Chicago, Ill., for 25 years. Alfons was a farmer at heart. He farmed in the Hertel area during his years of employRita E. Heideman, 57, Scott Township, died July 1, ment in Chicago and after he retired. Alfons served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. He 2009.

Memorial services will be held Saturday, July 11, at was a life member of the Indian Creek American Le11 a.m., with visitation prior from 10-11 a.m. at Lakegion Post.

Alfons was preceded in death by his parents; wife, side Community Lutheran Church at A&H. A full obituary will be published at a later date.

Mikalina, on April 21, 1999; and grandchildren, Dino The Scalzo-Taylor Family Funeral Home, Spooner, and Michael.

Alfons is survived by his children, Rudy Ambrozaitis was entrusted with arrangements. of Hertel; Regina Bukas of Palos Hills, Ill., Vyto (Patti) Ambrozaitis of Elizabeth, Ind., and Grace (Barry) Nielsen of Naperville, Ill.; seven grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; other relatives and Serving our community since 1903. friends.

Graveside services were held Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at the Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Spooner, where military honors were accorded by the state honor team.

Funeral Director The Scalzo-Taylor Family Funeral Home, Spooner, was entrusted with arrangements.

Grantsburg St. Croix Falls

715-483-3141

Certain times in life require a personal touch We can help with • Prearrangements • Traditional Services • Cremation Services • Cemetery Monuments

Jack Swedberg, Monument & Marker Sales Patrick L. Taylor, Owner, Director Dennis W. Christianson, Director

Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home Webster, WI • 715-866-7131

Siren, WI • 715-349-4800

489703 35a, 46L

Dwight “Ike” E. Olson

Herbert F. Peck

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Church Directory ADVENTIST

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST - FREDERIC

609 Benson Road. Pastor Curtis Denney Sat. Worship 11 a.m.; Sabbath Schl. 9:30 a.m.

ALLIANCE

ALLIANCE

ALLIANCE CHURCH OF THE VALLEY Senior Pastor Bob Morton 1259 Hwy. 35 S., St. Croix Falls Sunday Worship: 8:30, 9:45 & 11 a.m.

BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

WORD OF LIFE CHURCH

Meeting in homes. Elders: Cliff Bjork, Jon Zens, 483-1357 and 755-3048 Sun. Fellowship - 10 a.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

LIFE 24/7 - CENTURIA

309 5th Street, 715-640-1450 Pastors Randy and Pam Stone Saturday 6 p.m.

LUTHERAN

LUTHERAN

BALSAM LUTHERAN CHURCH

1115 Mains Crossing, 1/2 Mile South Hwy. 8 On 110th St.; Pastor Matt Faarem Sun. Worship 9 a.m.; Sun. School 10:15 a.m.

Wed. Bible Study 8:30 a.m.

Wed. LOGOS 3:20 p.m.

BEAUTIFUL SAVIOR LUTHERAN (WELS)

Gene E. Jahnke, Pastor, 715-635-7672, Hm. 715-354-7787, Hwy. 70 at 53, Spooner Sun. Wor. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School & Bible Classes For All - 10:45 a.m.

BETHANY LUTHERAN - BRANSTAD

Pastor Jay Ticknor, 715-463-5746 3 miles So. of Grantsburg on Hwy. 87 Sun. Schl. - 9:30 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

BETHANY LUTHERAN - SIREN Hwy. 35, 1/2 blk. N. Main St. Pastor John Clasen Pastoral Serv. 349-5280 Sunday Worship - 9:15 a.m.

BETHESDA LUTHERAN - DRESSER (LCMC) www.bethesdalutheran.ws

Pastor Mark Richardson, 715-755-2562 1947 110th Ave., Dresser Sun. Contemp. Serv. 8:15 a.m.; Trad. Serv.

9:30 a.m.; Outdoor Wor. Sched.: May 31, June 28, July 26 & Aug. 30, 9:30 a.m.

BONE LAKE LUTHERAN bllc@lakeland.ws Pastor Mary Ann Bowman, 5 mi. E. of Luck on Hwy. 48, 1/2 mi. S. on I; 472-8153, Office/Kit. - 472-2535 Adult Bible Study 8:30 a.m.; Worship 9:30 a.m.; Fellowship 10:30 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

CHRIST LUTHERAN

Pipe Lake CTH G & T, 715-822-3096 Sun. Serv. 10:45 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:15 a.m. during school year; Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sun.

CLAM FALLS LUTHERAN (AALC)

Pastor Gary Rokenbrodt - 715-653-2630 Communion 1st Sunday Worship 9 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m.

FAITH LUTHERAN - BALSAM LAKE

faithlutheran@lakeland.ws Pastor Diane Norstad 715-485-3800; CTH I & Mill Street Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:40 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st & last Sundays

FAITH LUTHERAN - GRANTSBURG

Pastor Victor St. George, 715-463-5388 Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School 10:45 a.m.

FIRST EVAN. LUTHERAN

5561 Chestnut St., Taylors Falls, MN 651-465-5265 Traditional Wor. 8:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. & Youth 9:45 a.m.; Adult Learning 10 a.m.; Contemp. Wor. 11 a.m.

FIRST LUTHERAN - CUSHING

Pastor Dorothy Sandahl 648-5323 or 648-5324 Sun. Wor. 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:15 a.m.

FRISTAD LUTHERAN - CENTURIA

ELCA - 501 Hwy. 35, 646-2357 Mel Rau, Pastor Sunday Worship & Holy Communion - 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School - 10:40 a.m.

GEORGETOWN LUTHERAN - ELCA

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

GRACE LUTHERAN - WEST SWEDEN

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

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - FREDERIC

(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 Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; Sunday School 10:30 a.m.

LUCK LUTHERAN

510 Foster Ave. E.; Mark E. Hall, Pastor Office 715-472-2605; Home 715-472-8424 Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

MILLTOWN LUTHERAN

113 W. Main St.. W., Phone 715-825-2453 Pastor Danny G. Wheeler 9:30 a.m. Worship

NORTH VALLEY LUTHERAN

Pastor Maggie Isaacson, 715-825-3559 3 mi. W. of Milltown on “G” Sun. Wor. - 9:15 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:30 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

OUR REDEEMER LUTHERAN, (LCMS) WEBSTER 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 E-mail: peace@centurytel.net Pastor Wayne Deloach, Intern Bob Sinclair Sun. Wor. 9 a.m., Wed. 7 p.m.

PILGRIM LUTHERAN - FREDERIC (ELCA) Pastor Catherine Burnette 507 Wisconsin Ave. N., 715-327-8012 Sunday Worship - 9 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st & 2nd Sundays www.pilgrimlutheranfrederic.org

PRESBYTERIAN

PRESBYTERIAN

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN

ST. DOMINIC - FREDERIC & IMMACULATE CONCEPTION - GRANTSBURG CATHOLIC MASS SCHED.

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

Pastor: Rev. Dennis M. Mullen, 715-327-8119 St. Dominic: Sat. 4:30 p.m.; Sun. 10:30 a.m.

Immaculate Conception: Sat. 6:30 p.m.; Sun. 8:30 a.m.

Call the office for daily & holy day Mass times

METHODISTMETHODIST

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.

ATLAS UNITED METHODIST

Pastor Carolyn Saunders, 715-463-2624 Sunday School - 11 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST - GRANTSBURG Pastor Carolyn Saunders, 715-463-2624 Worship - 9 a.m.; Sun. School - 10:30 a.m.

DANBURY UNITED METHODIST

Cindy Glocke, Pastor, 715-866-8646 Sun. Worship - 9 a.m.

GRACE UNITED - WEBSTER

Cindy Glocke, Pastor, 715-866-8646 Sunday Worship - 10:30 a.m.

ST. ANNE PARISH

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER

Pastor Father Daniel Bodin, 651-465-7345 25293 Redwing Ave., Shafer, MN Sunday 9 a.m.

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

Pastor Michael J. Tupa, 715-866-7321 Cedar & Muskey Ave. - Webster Mass Sun 10:45 a.m., Wed. 5:45 p.m. (SeptMay), Fri. 9 a.m. (Summer) Sat. 8:15 p.m. on Sept. 1

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC

HOLY TRINITY UNITED METHODIST

404 Wis. Ave., Amery, 715-268-7717 Father John Drummy, Pastor Sat. Mass 4 p.m., Sun. Mass 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation Sat., 3:30 p.m. or by appt.

LAKEVIEW UNITED - HERTEL

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC

Holytrinity@wisconsinumc.org 1606 165th Ave., Centuria Paul Foulke, Pastor, 715-485-3363 Sun. Wor. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:15 a.m.

LEWIS MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST

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

McKINLEY UNITED METHODIST

ASSEMBLY

Pastor Marty Nolet Wor. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - during worship hour Tom Cook, Pastor Worship 8:45 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 10 a.m.

ASSEMBLY

FIRST BAPTIST - FALUN

Pastor Kevin Millen Associate Pastor Jim Carmon Sunday School - (all ages) - 9:30 a.m.

Church Serv. - 10:45 a.m.

GRACE BAPTIST - GRANTSBURG

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. Jack Martiny 715-244-3649 Sunday School - 10 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

FULL GOSPEL

CENTURIA ASSEMBLY OF GOD

FULL GOSPEL WOOD RIVER CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

Pastor Don Wiltshire, 715-640-6400 Centuria - Phone 715-646-2172 Sunday Service: 10 a.m.

Pastor Dan Slaikeu 4 mi. SE of Grantsburg on Williams Rd. Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Wor. 10:30 a.m.

oumc@centurytel.net 306 River Street, Osceola, 715-755-2275 Pastor Alan J. Hagstrom, 715-294-3195 Adult Class - 9 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship - 10 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st Sunday

OSCEOLA COMMUNITY CHURCH

HOPE FELLOWSHIP OF SOMERSET

1614 CTH, North Luck; Mark E. Hall, Pastor Office Phone 472-2605 Dial-A-Devotion 472-2345 Sun. Worship - 9 a.m.

ST. CROIX FALLS UNITED METHODIST

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.

SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY LUTHERAN (Missouri Synod)

ST. LUKE UNITED - FREDERIC

REDEEMER EV. LUTHERAN

(Wisconsin Synod) Pastor Gene DeVries 200 N. Adams St., St. Croix Falls Sun. Wor. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 8:30 a.m.

ST. JOHN’S EV. LUTHERAN (Wis. Synod) 350 Michigan Ave., Centuria Sun. Wor. - 10:45 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10 a.m.

ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN - LUCK

140 Madison St. South, St. Croix Falls Pastor Mark K. Schoen Sun. Service - 9 a.m.; Sun.School - 10:30 a.m.

TRINITY LUTHERAN - ELCA

10 mi. W. of Cumberland on Hwy. 48 (McKinley) - Pastor Neal Weltzin GT Office 857-5580, Parsonage 822-3001, TR Office - 822-3001 Wor. Serv. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:15 a.m.

Holy Communion - 1st Sunday

TRINITY LUTHERAN LCMS, DANBURY

Rev. Jody Walter, Interim Home 715-327-8608; Church 715-866-7191 Sunday Worship Service - 7:45 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

TRINITY LUTHERAN - FALUN

Pastor Annie Tricker Sun. Wor. 11 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m.

Potluck dinner 1st Sunday

OSCEOLA UNITED METHODIST

Rev. Mike Weaver Sunday Worship Service - 10 a.m.

Sun. School is at 9 a.m., Nursery available Pastor Arveda “Freddie” Kirk, 327-4436 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.

WOLF CREEK UNITED METHODIST Rev. Mike Weaver Sunday Worship - 8:15 a.m.

COVENANT

Hwy. 70 East, 689-2271 Pastor: Carl Heidel Worship 9 a.m.; Sunday School 10:15 a.m.

Communion -Every Sunday

COVENANT

TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN OSCEOLA

SIREN COVENANT

300 Seminole Ave. (CTH M) Mark Kock, Pastor, 715-294-2828 Sunday Worship at 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School (ages 4 thru 12th grade), Fellowship, Adult Bible Class at 9:15 a.m.

WEST DENMARK LUTHERAN

Pastors Mike & Linda Rozumalski 1 mi. west of Luck on N, 2478 170th St., Luck Worship - 9:30 a.m.; Fellowship after service.

WEST IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - ELCA

Rev. Rexford D. Brandt 447 180th St., Osceola, 715-294-2936 Sun. Worship June 7 to Sept. 13 - 9 a.m.; Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month

YELLOW LAKE LUTHERAN

1/2 mi. W. of Hwy. 35 on U, 715-866-8281, Pastor Ray Reinholtzen, Douglas Olson and Roger Kampstra Services begin at 9:30 a.m.

Communion 1st & 3rd Sun.

ZION LUTHERAN - BONE LAKE (AALC)

Pastor 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

ZION LUTHERAN - MARKVILLE

CALVARY COVENANT - ALPHA

Pastor Scott Sagel, 715-689-2541 Sun. Schl. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Wor. 10:30 p.m.; Elevator provided, welcome Pastor Dave Guertin 7686 Lofty Pines Drive, Siren, 715-349-5601 Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m.

UNITED COVENANT - CLEAR LAKE

Pastor Gary Tonn Praise Time 8 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:20 a.m.

CATHOLIC

CATHOLIC

ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Rev. Thomas E. Thompson, 715-247-3310 255 St. Hwy. 35, East Farmington Mass Friday 9 a.m.; Sacrament of Penance Sat. 3:30 p.m.

CHURCH OF ST. JOSEPH

Pastor - Father Daniel Bodin 490 Bench St., Taylors Falls, 651-465-7345 Sat. Vigil 5:30 p.m.; Sun. 7:30 & 10:30 a.m.

Tues. - Thurs. 7:30 a.m.

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP

Danbury - 7586 St. Rd. 77, 866-7321 Pastor - Father Michael J. Tupa Mass - Wed. 5 p.m. (Summer), Fri. 9 a.m. (Sept.-May).

Reconciliation as per bulletin & by appt.

OUR LADY OF THE LAKES

Pastor 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

Pastor David Almlie, 715-327-8384, 715-327-8090 Fellowship - 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School - 9:45 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

Communion - 1st & 2nd Sundays

Pastor Father Michael J. Tupa CTHs A & H - 715-866-7321 Crescent Lake Voyager Village area.

Mass Sun. 8:15 a.m., Thurs. 11:30 a.m.

Reconciliation as per bulletin and by appt.

Pastor Larry Mederich, 715-294-4332 www.occconnect.org Mtg. @ St. Croix Art Barn; Sun. Serv. - 9 a.m.

Nursery and children church

SIREN ASSEMBLY OF GOD

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

APPLE RIVER COMMUNITY (EFCA)

Pastor Bruce Tanner, 715-268-2176 942 U.S. Hwy. 8, Amery Sun. Schl. 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday Bible study 7 p.m.

FREDERIC EVAN. FREE CHURCH

Pastor Greg Lund, 715-327-8767 700 Churchwood Lane; 505 Old CTH W Sun. Schl. - 9 a.m.; Morn. Worship - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services BAPTIST

BAPTIST

EAST BALSAM BAPTIST - BALSAM LK.

231 Bluff Drive, 715-247-2435 Services are Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

Call Pastor Darryl Olson at 715-755-3133 for information and directions

CHRISTIAN CENTER

CHRISTIAN CENTER EL SALEM/TWIN FALLS CHRISTIAN CENTER

1751 100th Ave., Dresser Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Morn. Wor. 10:30 a.m.

Evening Services Sun. 6 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN

CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX HOLY TRINITY ORTHODOX

523 1st St., Clayton, 715-948-2493 Fr. Christopher Wojcik, Pastor Sat. Vespers - 5 p.m.; Sun. Liturgy - 9:30 a.m.

HOLY CROSS ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN Meeting at Zion Lutheran Church, 28005 Old Towne Rd., Chisago Lakes, MN Fr. Robert McMeekin, pastor hcomm.org Sunday Worship Service 9:30 a.m.

NAZARENE

NAZARENE

CALVARY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE

Pastor David Sollitt 715-857-5411 or 715-268-2651 Wor. Serv. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl.-10:15 a.m.

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.

EUREKA BAPTIST

FAITH COMMUNITY

2393 210th Ave., St. Croix Falls Interim Pastor, 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: 10 - 11:15 a.m.

Sunday School for Pre-K to 5th; Sunday School for middle and high school 8:30 a.m. at teen center; Nursery available

FIRST BAPTIST - MILLTOWN

Pastor Marlon Mielke, 715-825-3186 Sun. Schl. 9:45 a.m.; Wor. 11 a.m., 7 p.m.

GRACE CHURCH OF OSCEOLA

“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.

FIRST BAPTIST - TAYLORS FALLS, MN

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 Sun. Schl. 8:45 a.m.; Adult Class 9 a.m.; Worship Serv. 9:45 a.m.; Nursery available

NORTHERN PINES FRIENDS WORSHIP GROUP

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.

715-733-0481 or 715-733-0480 for time of meeting.

FIRST BAPTIST - WEBSTER

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 Phone 715-866-4111; Rev. Merrill Olson - Pastor Sun. Schl. - 9:30 a.m.; Wor. - 10:45 a.m (Nursery Provided)

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

RIVER VALLEY CHRISTIAN

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Appropriate Use Individuals at Polk County are encouraged to use e-mail to further the goals and objectives of Polk County. The types of activities that are encouraged include: 1. Communicating with fellow employees, business partners of Polk County and clients within the context of an individual's assigned responsibilities.

2. Acquiring or sharing information necessary or related to the performance of an individual's assigned responsibilities.

3. Participating in educational or professional development activities.

POLK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS JUNE 16, 2009

At 4:30 p.m. Chairman Beseler called to order a meeting of County Board Supervisors and Department Heads for a group discussion on the 2010 budget. The meeting recessed at 6:10 p.m.

Chairman Beseler called the meeting of the Polk County Board of Supervisors to order at 6:30 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 June 8, 2009.

Corporation Counsel verified that sufficient notice of the meeting was given.

Roll call was taken by the Clerk, with 23 members present.

Supervisor Rediske offered prayer.

Chairman Beseler led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Motion (Larsen/Luke) to approve the agenda with the change of striking the presentation by Polk County Job Center for a presentation at a later date.

Motion to approve agenda carried by a unanimous voice vote.

Motion (Masters/Jepsen) to approve Minutes of the May 19, 2009, County Board Meeting. Motion carried by a unanimous voice vote.

Sheriff Moore addressed the Board and asked for a moment of silence in honor of State Trooper Jorge Dimas who passed away earlier in the day.

Public comments were given.

Sheriff Moore presented a plaque of appreciation to Carol Pool from the Unity Ambulance Service for her many years of dedicated service to Polk County and the surrounding communities.

Finance Director's Report was given by Tonya Weinert.

Inappropriate Use Polk County's e-mail systems and services are not to be used for purposes that could be reasonably expected to strain storage or bandwidth (e.g. e-mailing large attachments instead of pointing to a location on a shared drive).

Individual e-mail use will not interfere with others use and enjoyment of Polk County's e-mail system and services. E-mail use at Polk County will comply with all applicable laws, all Polk County policies and all Polk County contracts.

The following activities are deemed inappropriate uses of Polk County systems and services and are prohibited: 1. Use of e-mail for illegal or unlawful purposes, including copyright infringement, obscenity, libel, slander, fraud, defamation, plagiarism, harassment, intimidation, forgery, impersonation, marketing, soliciting for illegal pyramid schemes and computer tampering (e.g. spreading of computer viruses).

2. Viewing, copying, altering or deletion of e-mail accounts or files belonging to Polk County or another individual without authorized permission.

3. Use of personal Web mail accounts to perform county business-related communications and transactions.

4. Sending of unreasonably large e-mail attachments. The total size of an individual e-mail message sent (including attachment) should be 10MB (megabytes) or less. Larger files will need to go through Information Technology Department.

5. Opening e-mail attachments from unknown or unsigned sources.

Attachments are the primary source of computer viruses and should be treated with utmost caution.

6. Sharing e-mail account passwords with another person, or attempting to obtain another person's e-mail account password. E-mail accounts are only to be used by the registered user.

7. Polk County allows only limited personal use for communication with family and friends, independent learning and public service so long as it does not interfere with staff productivity, pre-empt any business activity, or consume more than a 10% of allocated resources. This equates to 10MB of the 100MB resource allocation on Polk County's e-mail server.

Polk County prohibits personal use of its e-mail systems and services for unsolicited mass mailings, non-Polk County commercial activity, political campaigning, dissemination of chain letters or jokes, and use by nonregistered employees.

RESOLUTION 36-09

TO ADOPT AN E-MAIL ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY WHEREAS, e-mail is recognized as a critical mechanism for business communications at Polk County; and WHEREAS, increasing regulations on electronic discovery and storage of electronic transmissions relating to County business requires stringent written standards; and WHEREAS, Polk County does not currently have the necessary regulations in place to extend e-mail authorization and utilization to Contractors, Business Associates and County Supervisors, thus furthering the goal of Polk County's business communications; and WHEREAS, Polk County recognizes the need for a comprehensive and specific policy governing the use of the County e-mail system not currently addressed in other County Internet or computer usage policies.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Polk County Board of Supervisors adopts the E-mail Acceptable Use Policy as attached hereto and incorporated herein.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors instructs the Information Technology Department in coordination with the Employee Relations Department to disseminate this policy to all current and future users of the Polk County E-mail System.

Funding amount: N/A. Funding source: N/A. Finance Committee Advised: April 29, 2009.

Finance Committee Recommendations: Passage.

Personnel Committee Advised: May 28, 2009.

Personnel Committee Recommendations: Passage.

Effective date: Upon Passage.

Approved as to form: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

Date Submitted to County Board: June 16, 2009.

County board action: Adopted.

Submitted upon recommendation of the Personnel Committee by: Russell E. Arcand, Gerald Newville, Patricia M. Schmidt and Herschel Brown.

Monitoring and Confldentiality The e-mail systems and services used at Polk County are owned by the county, and are therefore its property. This gives Polk County the right to monitor any and all e-mail traffic passing through its e-mail system. This monitoring may include, but is not limited to, inadvertent reading by IT staff during the normal course of managing the e-mail system, review by the legal or security team during the e-mail discovery phase of litigation, observation by management in cases of suspected abuse or to monitor employee efficiency. IT staff will read any and all e-mails sent and received when assisting county record custodians in completing requests for public records under Wisconsin's Public Records Law. In addition, archival and backup copies of e-mail messages shall exist, despite end user deletion, in compliance with Polk County's records retention policy. The goals of these backup and archiving procedures are to ensure system reliability, prevent business data loss, meet regulatory and litigation needs and to provide business intelligence.

Backup copies exist primarily to restore service in case of failure. Archival copies are designed for quick and accurate access by county delegates for a variety of management and legal needs. Both backups and archives are governed by the county's document retention policies and/or ordinances.

All e-mail users shall have no expectation of privacy while using Polk County's e-mail system. If Polk County discovers or has good reason to suspect activities that do not comply with applicable laws or this policy, e-mail records may be retrieved and used to document the activity in accordance with due process.

Use extreme caution when communicating confidential or sensitive information via e-mail. Keep in mind that all e-mail messages sent outside of Polk County become the property of the receiver. A good rule is to not communicate anything that you wouldn't feel comfortable being made public. Demonstrate particular care when using the "Reply" command during e-mail correspondence to ensure the resulting message is not delivered to unintended recipients.

Polk County Wisconsin E-MAIL ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY Policy 903 Effective Date: 06-16-09

Revision Date:

E-mail is a critical mechanism for business communications at Polk County.

However, use of Polk County's electronic mail systems and services are a privilege, not a right, and therefore must be used with respect and in accordance with the goals of Polk County.

The objectives of this policy are to outline appropriate and inappropriate use of Polk County's e-mail systems and services in order to minimize disruptions to services and activities, as well as comply with applicable policies and laws.

Reporting Misuse Any allegations of misuse should be promptly reported to your department supervisor or department head. If allegations of misuse involve a County Supervisor, department supervisor or department head, you shall report the actions to the Employee Relations Director and/or the Information Technology Director for proper handling and documentation. Finally, if allegations of misuse involve a noncounty employee, it shall be reported to the County Board Chair for action.

If legal action is warranted, Employee Relations and/or Information Technology will request services from Corporate Counsel. Allegations of misuse will be adjudicated according to established procedures. If you receive an offensive e-mail, do not forward, delete or reply to the message. Instead, report it directly to the individual named above.

Scope This policy applies to all e-mail systems and services owned by Polk County, all e-mail account users/holders at Polk County (both temporary and permanent), and all county e-mail records.

Account Activation/Termination E-mail access at Polk County is controlled through individual accounts and passwords. Each user of Polk County's e-mail system is required to read and sign a copy of this E-mail Acceptable Use Policy prior to receiving an email access account and password. It is the responsibility of the individual person to protect the confidentiality of his or her account and password information.

Employees of Polk County may receive an e-mail account. E-mail accounts will be granted to third party nonemployees on a case-by-case basis. Possible nonemployees that may be eligible for access include: 1. Contractors 2. Business Associates 3. County Supervisors Applications for these temporary accounts must be submitted to Polk County's Information Technology Department. All terms, conditions and restrictions governing e-mail use are included in this E-mail Use Policy and must be signed, prior to setup and activation of such e-mail accounts.

E-mail access will be terminated when the employee or third party terminates their association with Polk County, unless other arrangements are made. Polk County is under no obligation to store or forward the contents of an individual's e-mail inbox/outbox after the term of his or her employment or service has ceased.

General Expectations of End Users The county often delivers official communications via e-mail. As a result, individual users of Polk County e-mail accounts are expected to check his or her e-mail in a consistent and timely manner so that he or she is aware of important county announcements and updates, as well as for fulfilling business and role-oriented tasks.

E-mail users are responsible for mailbox management, including organization and cleaning. This shall include, but not limited to: moving all businessrelated attachments to a network drive for storage, deleting unsolicited and unwanted junk mail, empty deleted and junk e-mail folders, and archiving all business e-mail that is older than 30 days.

If a user subscribes to a mailing list, he or she must be aware of how to unsubscribe from the list, and is responsible for doing so in the event that their current e-mail address changes.

E-mail users are expected to remember that e-mail sent from the county's e-mail accounts reflects on the county. Please comply with normal standards of professional and personal courtesy and conduct.

Disclaimer Polk County assumes no liability for direct and/or indirect damages arising from the user's use of Polk County's e-mail system and services. Users are solely responsible for the content they disseminate. Polk County is not responsible for any third party claim, demand or damage arising out of use the Polk County's e-mail systems or services.

Failure to Comply Violations of this policy will be treated like other allegations of wrongdoing at Polk County. Allegations of misconduct will be adjudicated according to established procedures. Sanctions for inappropriate use on Polk County's e-mail systems and services may include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following: 1. Temporary or permanent revocation of e-mail access; 2. Disciplinary action according to applicable Polk County policies; 3. Termination of employment; and/or 4. Legal action according to applicable laws and contractual agreements; 5. Censure by the County Board of Supervisors.

E-mail User Agreement I have read and understand the E-mail Acceptable Use Policy. I understand if I violate the rules explained herein, I may face legal or disciplinary action according to applicable laws or county policy.

Res. 36-09 - To Adopt An E-mail Acceptable Use Policy. Motion (Sample/ Brown) to approve. IT Director Todd Demers addressed the resolution. Motion to adopt Resolution 36-09 carried, by a unanimous voice vote.

RESOLUTION 37-09

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OPPOSING 2009 STATE ASSEMBLY BILL 149 WHEREAS, 2009 State Assembly Bill (AB)149 proposes reducing the interest rate for unpaid property taxes from twelve percent (12%) to six percent (6%); and

PAGE 26 - INTER-COUNTY LEADER - NORTHERN CURRENTS, SECTION B - JULY 8, 2009 WHEREAS, if the interest rate had been reduced in 2008, it would have resulted in a lost revenue in Polk County totaling $226,860 total $453,719 interest on delinquent taxes that was budgeted for that year; and WHEREAS, 2009 year to date loss of interest revenue would be $98,755 had the proposed legislation been previously enacted; and WHEREAS, if adopted, the reduced interest rate would will result in a loss of interest revenue, would have to be offset by a reduction in County Services; and WHEREAS, temporarily reducing the interest rate charge on delinquent property is not a solution that will result in long-term relief to taxpayers and may serve to create confusion if the interest rate is again raised in the future; and WHEREAS, lowering the interest rate may increase tax delinquencies, taxpayers could find if financially beneficial to first pay off debt that has a higher interest rate before paying their real estate taxes with the lower 6% interest rate.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Polk County Board of Supervisors hereby opposes any Legislative proposal to reduce the interest rate charged on delinquent property taxes.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be forwarded by the County Clerk to Governor Doyle and Polk County's representatives in the Wisconsin State Senate and Assembly.

Date Finance Committee Advised/Passage: June 3, 2009.

Effective date: Upon Passage.

Approved as to form: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

Date Submitted to County Board: June 16, 2009.

County board action: Adopted.

Submitted at the recommendation of the Finance Committee: Gary Bergstrom, Mick Larsen, Brian Masters and Kathryn Kienholz.

Res. 37-09 - 2009 Opposing 2009 State Assembly Bill 149. Motion (Masters/Larsen) to approve. Polk County Treasurer Amanda Nissen addressed the resolution. Motion to adopt Resolution 37-09 carried, by a unanimous voice vote.

hereinafter described right-of-way strip electric transmission, electric distribution and communication line system(s) or any combination thereof, overhead and un-derground and all devices appurtenant thereto, including without limitation by specification, structures, crossarms, transformers, splice boxes, conduits and such other appliances, accessories, footings and supporting devices (which, if necessary, may be located outside of said right-ofway strip) as Grantee deems necessary for the purposes of transmitting and distributing electrical energy and communications and for the exercise of the rights herein. The right, permission and authority to apportion and/or assign to third parties all or part of the rights granted to the Grantee, together with the right to cut down and remove all trees and bushes, or apply chemicals for purposes of controlling brush, now or hereafter, growing upon the right-of-way strip, including tall or leaning trees outside of the right-of-way strip which may endanger any of the facilities authorized hereunder, all with no future additional payment, and with the right of ingress and egress over said adjacent property of the Grantor(s) to and from the right-of-way strip along a route which will cause the least possible interference with existing land use.

Polk County authorizes the conveyance of a Right-of-Way Easement For Rural Electric Line to Dairyland Power Cooperative as described herein, subject however, to the condition that Dairyland Power Cooperative acquire the further and express consent for cutting pine and hardwood trees from within the easement premises as described and located within that part of the NW1/4 NW1/4, Section 33, T34N, R16W, Town of Apple River, Polk County, Wisconsin, lying west of the Apple River, from the heirs of Amil Markee, a single man, Oscar Markee and Ellen Markee, his wife, Grantors of that certain Warranty Deed dated April 28, 1936, and recorded July 14, 1936, as Instrument Number 204311 in Volume 135 on Page 339 in the office of the Register of Deeds, Polk County, Wisconsin.

Dairyland Power Cooperative further agrees to indemnify and save Polk County harmless from all liability, suits, actions, claims, costs and legal fees brought because of the violation by Dairyland Power Cooperative of any prohibitions pertaining to or associated with cutting, removal or trimming of pine or hardwood trees from the easement premises. Actual damage to crops, fences, improvements and soil of the Grantor(s), its successors, heirs, assigns or tenants, caused by employees, agents or contractors of the Grantee, will be promptly paid by the Grantee.

Grantor(s) expressly reserve(s) the use of the surface of the right-of-way strip for such purposes as, in the opinion of the Grantee, are not inconsistent with the rights herein granted. No structure(s) will be erected, or inflammable material placed or accumulated, or trees planted on said right-of-way strip by Grantor(s), who further covenant(s) and agree(s) that the elevation of the existing ground surface within the right-of-way strip will not be altered by more than one (1) foot without the written consent of Grantee, and that no fences, gates, signs, posters, or other attachments shall be placed on or attached to the supporting structures.

The aforesaid right of way is located in, on, over and across property of the Grantor(s) situated all or partly within the NE1/4 NE1/4, Section 32, T34N, R16W and the NW1/4 NW1/4, Section 33, T34N, R16W, Town of Apple River, Polk County, Wisconsin, and is more particularly described as a strip of land approximately 1,367 feet in length, eighty (80) feet in width, and forty (40) feet on each side of the following described centerline: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 32, T34N, R16W; thence S01˚18'28"W on and along the East line of the NE1/4 of said Section 32, a distance of 25.04 feet; thence N82˚55'22'W, a distance of 407.72 feet; thence N86˚26'06"W, a distance of 361.90 feet to the point of beginning of this centerline description; thence S86˚26'06"E, a distance of 361.90 feet; thence S82˚55'22"E, a distance of 467.20 feet; thence S89˚07'28"E, a distance of approximately 538 feet to a point on the thread of the Apple River and there terminating.

Pursuant to Chapter 182.017(7)(a), Wisconsin Statutes, the number, type and maximum height of all structures to be erected on said right-of-way strip will be:

RESOLUTION 38-09

TO AUTHORIZE A RIGHT OF WAY TO DAIRYLAND POWER COOPERATIVE FOR AN ELECTRICAL UTILITY TRANSMISSION LINE ALONG U.S. HWY. 8.

WHEREAS, Dairyland Power Cooperative has received approval by the Wisconsin Public Service Commission to construct and maintain a high-voltage transmission line along U.S. Hwy 8; and WHEREAS, as designed and approved, the transmission line would cross that property owned by Polk County within the Town of Apple River; and WHEREAS, the title to specific Polk County property contains certain restrictions regarding the manner in which pines and hardwood trees may be removed; and WHEREAS, the Polk County Property, Forestry and Recreation Committee recommends the granting of right of way to Dairyland Power Cooperative on terms consistent with the restrictions contained in the title.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors authorizes a right of way to Dairyland Power Cooperative in, on, over and across property of Polk County situated all or partly within the NE1/4 NE1/4, Section 32, T34N, R16W and the NW1/4 NW1/4, Section 33, T34N, R16W, Town of Apple River, Polk County, Wisconsin, and more particularly described as a strip of land approximately 1,367 feet in length, eighty (80) feet in width, and forty (40) feet on each side of the following described centerline: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 32, T34N, R16W; thence S01˚18'28"W on and along the East line of the NE1/4 of said Section 32, a distance of 25.04 feet; thence N82˚55'22"W, a distance of 407.72 feet; thence N86˚26'06"W, a distance of 361.90 feet to the point of beginning of this centerline description; thence S86˚26'06"E, a distance of 361.90 feet; thence S82˚55'22"E, a distance of 467.20 feet; thence S89˚07'28"E, a distance of approximately 538 feet to a point on the thread of the Apple River and there terminating.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors authorizes the conveyance of a Right-of-Way Easement For Rural Electric Line to Dairyland Power Cooperative as described above, subject to the following conditions: 1. That Dairyland Power Cooperative acquire the further and express consent for cutting pine and hardwood trees from within the easement premises as described and located within that part of the NW1/4 NW1/4, Section 33, T34N, R16W, Town of Apple River, Polk County, Wisconsin, lying west of the Apple River, from the heirs of Amil Markee, a single man, Oscar Markee and Ellen Markee, his wife, Grantors of that certain Warranty Deed dated April 28, 1936, and recorded July 14, 1936, as Instrument Number 204311 in Volume 135 on Page 339 in the office of the Register of Deeds, Polk County, Wisconsin; and 2. That Dairyland Power Cooperative further agrees to indemnify and save Polk County harmless from all liability, suits, actions, claims, costs and legal fees brought because of the violation by Dairyland Power Coopera-tive of any prohibitions pertaining to or associated with cutting, removal or trimming of pine or hardwood trees from the easement premises.

Funding amount: No Cost to the County.

Funding source: N/A. Date Finance Committee Advised: N/A. Finance Committee Recommendation: N/A. Effective date: Upon Passage.

Approved as to form: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

Date Submitted to County Board: June 16, 2009.

County board action: Adopted.

Submitted by the Polk County Property, Forestry and Recreation Committee: Mick Larsen, Bryan Beseler, Larry Jepsen, Joan Peterson and Russell E. Arcand.

Attachments: Proposed Right-of-Way Easement For Rural Electric Line

Type of Structures

Height of Structures

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Steel

90.5

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Steel

85.0

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81.5

The right, permission and authority is specifically granted to Grantee to string, install, operate, maintain, renew and replace two (2) line(s) (circuits) which are a total of seven (7) wires, consisting of six (6) conductor wires or cables and one (1) shield wire(s) (with or without fiber optic capabilities, as Grantee deems appropriate) on said transmission line structure(s), supported by the necessary crossarms and appliances, over and across the right-of-way strip for the purpose of transmitting electric energy. The conductors will carry a nominal voltage of 161,000 and 69,000 volts, respectively, and a maximum voltage of 169,000 and 72,500 volts, respectively. Conductors will be strung so as to have ground clearance not less than 26 feet above the presently existing ground level at all points.

It is understood and agreed that the attached document entitled Exhibit "A," being Chapter 182.017(7)(c) thru (i), Wisconsin Statutes, and form of waiver, consisting of two (2) pages, be incorporated herein by this reference as fully as though set out at length and shall, excepting as its terms are specifically waived by Grantor(s) (designated landowner thereupon) by designation at the bottom thereof, as thereon provided, be effective and binding on Grantee (designated utility thereupon).

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD said easement, together with all and singular the rights and privileges appertaining thereto unto said Grantee forever. This conveyance will be binding on the respective heirs, representatives, successors, licensees, lessees, tenants, subsidiaries, or assigns of the Grantor(s) and Grantee.

The warranties contained herein are made subject only to the following delinquent taxes, mortgages, liens or encumbrances: None.

--And the undersigned owner(s) and holder(s) _________ as to said property above described, for the consideration above stated, do(es) hereby join in and consent to said easement free and clear of said encumbrance(s), by their/its signature(s) below or by separate instrument.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

DRAFTED BY: Dairyland Power Cooperative, P.O. Box 817 La Crosse, WI 54602-0817 / Tel.#: 608/788-4000

STATE OF WISCONSIN ) ) § COUNTY OF POLK )

Return to: DAIRYLAND POWER COOPERATIVE P.O. Box 817 La Crosse, Wisconsin 54602-0817 ATTN: RE/RW & Related Services Dept.

004-00906-0000 004-00867-0000 Parcel Identification Number Line: Q24/N49 Parcel: 64

This instrument was acknowledged before me by Bryan Beseler and Carole Wondra as County Board Chairman and County Clerk of Polk County.

Res. 38-09 - To Authorize A Right Of Way To Dairyland Power Cooperative For An Electrical Utility Transmission Line Along U.S. Hwy 8. Motion (Larsen/ Brown) to approve. A representative from Dairyland Power, Gene Shafer, addressed the resolution. Motion to adopt Resolution 38-09 carried, by a unanimous voice vote.

RE 34 161/69KV DBL CIR 02/08 RIGHT-OF-WAY EASEMENT FOR RURAL ELECTRIC LINE Know All Men By These Presents: That Polk County, Grantor(s), claiming title

by Warranty Deed dated April 28, 1936, and recorded July 14, 1936, as Document Number 204311 in Volume 135 of Deeds on Page 339 in the Office of the Register of Deeds, Polk County, Wisconsin, in consideration of the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) and other valuable considerations, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, do(es) hereby grant, warrant and convey unto Dairyland Power Cooperatives, a Wisconsin nonstock cooperative association, its successors, licensees, lessees, tenants, subsidiaries or assigns, hereinafter called Grantee, the exclusive perpetual easement and right of way to enter up-on the property of the Grantor(s), to survey, construct, reconstruct, replace, operate, maintain, renew and remove in, upon, over and across the

Number of Structures

RESOLUTION 39-09

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SUPPORTING REGIONAL TRAIL COORDINATION AND CONNECTIVITY AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A REGIONAL TRAIL COMMITTEE WHEREAS, the counties of Ashland, Bayfield, Barron, Burnett, Douglas, Polk, Rusk, Sawyer and Washburn have begun the discussion of formally supporting the coordination, promotion, development and connectivity of recreational trails at a regional level; and WHEREAS, the formation of a regional trail committee would assist in bringing adjoining counties and communities together to work cooperatively and to promote measures each county is working on individually relating to recreational trail development, thus maximizing the resources of all participants; and

JULY 8, 2009 - INTER-COUNTY LEADER - NORTHERN CURRENTS, SECTION B - PAGE 27 WHEREAS, the regional trail committee would be served by two appointees from each county, with at least one of the two committee members being a county board supervisor member.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, Polk County supports the concept of regional coordination, promotion, development and connectivity of trails and the establishment of a regional trail committee.

Effective date: Upon Passage.

Approved as to form: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

Date Submitted to County Board: June 16, 2009.

County board action: Adopted.

Submitted by the Polk County Property, Forestry and Recreation Committee: Mick Larsen.

Res. 39-09 - Supporting Regional Trail Coordination And Connectivity And The Establishment Of A Regional Trail Committee. Motion (Masters/ Larsen) to approve. Parks and Buildings Director Deb Peterson addressed the resolution. Motion to adopt Resolution 39-09 carried by a unanimous voice vote.

required in the Comprehensive Planning Legislation. Numerous presentations were also made to local units of government to explain the Comprehensive Planning Legislation and Department of Administration Comprehensive Planning Grant Program.

In addition, the initial meeting of the Polk County Comprehensive Plan will be devoted to an overview of the planning process including: the roles and responsibilities of involved parties, the use of a bottom-up approach in planning, development of the Urban Plan Commission and the Rural Plan Commission, common themes of local level plans, review of the 2003 Polk County Land Use Plan and the Comprehensive Planning Legislation.

Media Internet: The Polk County Planning Division's Web site will contain a link to the County's plan as well as pertinent planning documents. This information may include the project schedule, meeting notes and agendas, draft plan elements and reports, maps, photographs and survey results.

Newspapers: Polk County will utilize its standard newspaper, the InterCounty Leader, to advertise meetings and other pertinent information related to the Comprehensive Planning effort. Most of these same postings will also be placed in the free Advertiser paper.

RESOLUTION 40-09

APPROVING A PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN FOR THE POLK COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHEREAS, the Polk County Board of Supervisors has approved a 30-month timeline to generate the Polk County Comprehensive Plan which conforms with Wisconsin Planning statutes §66.1001; and WHEREAS, the Wisconsin Planning statute §66.1001(4)(a) requires that a public participation plan be approved by the County Board of Supervisors for the comprehensive planning process; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Polk County Board of Supervisors that the public participation process for the Polk County Comprehensive Plan provide reasonable opportunities for effective citizen input and involvement throughout the planning process; and WHEREAS, development and adoption of a comprehensive plan will assist with the guiding and accomplishing of coordinated, adjusted and harmonious development of the County which will, in accordance with existing and future needs, best promote public health, safety, morals, order, convenience, prosperity or the general welfare, as well as efficiency and economy in the process of development; and WHEREAS, the Polk County Plan Commission collectively reviewed and recommended approval of the public participation plan at their June 3, 2009, meeting; and WHEREAS, the Polk County Board of Supervisors reviewed the public participation plan on June 16, 2009.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the County Board of Supervisors of Polk County that the public participation plan for the Polk County Comprehensive Plan is approved Funding amount: $0.00.

Date Finance Committee Advised: N/A. Effective date: Upon passage and publication.

Approved as to form: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

Date Submitted to County Board: June 16, 2009.

County board action: Adopted.

Submitted by: Kim A. O’Connell, Larry Voelker, Ken Sample and Craig Moriak.

PUBLIC INPUT Surveys Communitywide Survey: The County Planner will work to utilize the surveys already sent out to communities throughout the county as part of the local level comprehensive planning effort that aimed to engage a broad spectrum of the County population. Polk County is using a bottoms-up approach that builds on the ideas set forth at the local level. These surveys elicited values and ideas of the community as they pertain to the elements of the comprehensive plan. The results of these surveys will be made available to the public at the Polk County Government Center in the Land Information Office or on the Web site. In addition, Polk County underwent a Strategic Planning Effort in 2007 for which a survey was developed, sent out, and the results tabulated.

The results of these efforts are also included in the development of the Polk County Comprehensive Plan.

School-age Children The County Planner and UW-Extension will make efforts to include the opinions of school-age children in the development of the Polk County Comprehensive Plan. The methods chosen to gather this input are as follows: utilization of existing youth survey results from local level comprehensive planning efforts, offer educational opportunities to students on planning issues, and conduct visioning and issues identification exercises to gather input from school-age children throughout the county. The results of these efforts will be combined with other input gathered from the public to make a more complete comprehensive planning document.

Public Postings Suggestion Box. A suggestion box located at the Polk County Government Center will be used to collect comments throughout the planning process.

Also, on the Polk County Web site in the Planning section of the Land Information Department, there will be a comment form for filling out and e-mailing, faxing and printing.

PUBLIC DECISION-MAKING Plan Development Meetings All meetings on the Comprehensive Plan shall be open to the public and posted pursuant to Wis. Stat. §985.02(2).

Plan Development Meeting #1: This meeting will be the informational and educational meeting that kicks off the planning process. The planning process for the development of Polk County's Comprehensive Plan will be outlined. The Urban Plan Commission (UPC) and Rural Plan Commission (RPC) (subcommittees of the Polk County Plan Commission) will be established.

Subsequent Plan Development Meetings: These meetings will be to gather public input on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) of the County in each element. These issues will then be used to develop goals, objectives and policies that reflect the values identified in the SWOT Analysis. Once the goals, objectives and policies are developed, they will be reviewed as the full group of UPC, RPC, and PCPC to ensure completeness and consistency. The goals, objectives and policies will also be reviewed against the goal, objectives and policies developed at the local level to ensure that the Polk County Comprehensive Plan sufficiently addresses as well as does not contradict the local level concerns and desires.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN Comprehensive Plan Polk County, Wisconsin May 27, 2009 STATE OF WISCONSIN

POLK COUNTY

INTRODUCTION The purposes of this Public Participation Plan are: • To ensure that members of the Polk County community have various opportunities to contribute to the development of the Comprehensive Plan, • To ensure that residents and plan participants remain informed during the development of the Comprehensive Plan, and • To meet the requirements of Wisconsin's Comprehensive Planning Legislation (Wis. Stat. §66.1001(4)(a)).

STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS (Ch. 66.1001(4)(a) Wis. Stats.)

"The governing body of a local government unit shall adopt written procedures that are designed to foster public participation, including open discussion, communication programs, information services, and public meetings for which advance notice has been provided, in every stage of the preparation of a comprehensive plan. The written procedures shall provide for wide distribution of proposed, alternative or amended elements of a comprehensive plan and shall provide an opportunity for written comments on the plan to be submitted by members of the public to the governing body and for the governing body to respond to such written comments."

OBJECTIVES • Ensure that all planning decisions are open to public comment; • Produce better planning decisions; • Support and add credibility to all County decision making processes; • Provide different types of opportunities for public involvement to increase the number of participants; • Provide opportunities to disseminate information about the Plan and process to all segments of the County; and • Strengthen the relationship between decision makers and citizens Polk County has designated the Plan Commission (Land Information Committee) to lead the comprehensive planning effort and public involvement in it.

Polk County will utilize a variety of methods to involve citizens at differing levels from passive to active - developed by the Community, Natural Resource and Economic Development Program Area at the University of Wisconsin Extension.

• Public awareness of the comprehensive planning process and opportunities to participate in the process will be generated through the use of news releases and mass media.

• Public education will provide citizens with balanced and objective information to assist them in understanding issues and alternatives for addressing them. Public meetings will be held as one approach to providing education.

• Public input is an important part of participatory efforts. Feedback at public meetings will be critical in assessing needs and providing input on alternatives developed to address them.

• Public decision-making interaction will permit the public to contribute to the decision-making process before the proposed planning tasks or products are submitted to the Plan Commission.

The following activities have been developed to encourage public participation. It is possible that additional opportunities for public participation may be identified and made available during the planning process.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ACTIVITIES Listed below are the various methods that will be used by the County to obtain public participation.

AWARENESS AND EDUCATION Public Education Meetings Comprehensive Planning educational workshops for local plan commissions were held from 2004-2008 monthly in the evening. Topics included understanding the Comprehensive Planning Legislation and Grant Program, and 10 workshops over the four-year period addressing each individual element

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Public Hearings The Polk County Plan Commission will host a series of public hearings on the draft Comprehensive Plan at to-be-determined locations throughout the County to provide further opportunity for individuals to testify about the Plan. The format of the presentation will include (1) a summary of the purpose and need for the Plan, (2) planning process and public involvement, (3) the primary components of the nine required plan elements, (4) the recommended future land use map and (5) comments received during the 30-day comment period.

The public notice announcing the required public hearings on the plan shall be published as a class 1 notice, pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 985.02(1), at least 30 days prior to the hearing. The class 1 notice shall include the following: • date, time and place of the hearing, • a summary of the Draft Polk County Comprehensive Plan, • the name of the County representative who may provide additional information regarding the Plan, and • where and when a copy of the recommended Comprehensive Plan may be viewed prior to the hearing, and how a copy of the plan may be obtained.

The Polk County Draft Comprehensive Plan shall be made available for viewing by the general public at the same time as the hearing notice is published.

Copies of the recommended plan shall be available on the Polk County Web site and physical location(s) to be determined. Members of the public who wish to obtain a hard copy of the recommended Plan may submit a written request and pay duplication costs. In addition, copies of the draft will be sent to all the institutions that the final plan will be sent to, which are listed below, for their review and comments.

After the notice of the public hearing has been published, those wishing to submit written comments on the plan may do so until one week prior to the public hearing. Written comments on the recommended Plan shall be submitted to the Urban Plan Commission, the Rural Plan Commission, the Polk County Plan Commission and the County Board. Written comments received prior to the public hearing will be addressed at the hearing and will be weighted equally to oral testimony. A review of the proposed revisions of the Draft Polk County Comprehensive Plan will be completed at the public hearing. All approved revisions will be posted in the meeting summary and included in the official minutes of the public hearing.

Prior to adoption, the Comprehensive Plan will require recommendation by the Polk County Plan Commission. Additionally, all criteria established by the Wisconsin Department of Administration for Comprehensive Plans will be met.

After the public hearing is completed, the County Board will take action on adopting the comprehensive plan by ordinance. Future amendments to the Polk County Comprehensive Plan will follow the same procedure.

In accordance with State Statute 66.1001(4), one copy of the adopted plan (or future amendments to the plan) shall be sent to the following: 1. Every governmental body that is located in whole or in part within the boundaries of Polk County.

2. The clerk of every governmental unit that is adjacent to Polk County.

3. The Wisconsin Land Council.

4. The Wisconsin Department of Administration.

5. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

6. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

7. The West Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission.

8. The Polk County Public Library.

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the staff reductions per Department in the following percentages based on percent of the total.

Option 1 Option 2 FTE FTE • Golden Age Manor 10 31% 0 • Health Department 3 10% 7 23% • Highway Department 4 13% 9 29% • Human Services Department 7 23% 15 48% • Sheriff’s Department 7 23% 0 31 31

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Public Education Meeting Suggestion Box Plan Meeting #1 Plan Meeting #2 Plan Meeting #3

Date Finance Committee Advised: June 10, 2009.

Date Personnel Committee Advised: June 11, 2009.

Date Executive Committee Advised: June 12, 2009.

Effective date: Upon Passage.

Approved as to form: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

Date Submitted to County Board: June 16, 2009.

County board action: Failed.

Submitted at the recommendation of Gary P. Bergstrom.

Res. 43-09 - 2010 Budget Staffing Reductions. Motion (Bergstrom/Brown) to approve. Motion (Bergstrom/Masters) to amend Resolution 43-09 with changes as to paragraph 3 to read "WHEREAS, the reductions in employee positions could possibly be 30 or more Full-time Positions." And for paragraph 4 to read " NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Polk County Board of Supervisors hereby directs the Personnel and Finance Committees to allocate most of the staff reductions per Department under option 2 based upon a percentage of the total employees per department; and suspend policy 881 for the specific directive made in this resolution." Motion to amend Resolution 43-09 carried by a roll call vote, 13 Yes, 10 No. (Voting yes: Supvrs. Peterson, Schmidt, Brown, Kienholz, Caspersen, Rediske, Edgell, Masters, Luke, O'Connell, Bergstrom, Johnson and Beseler. Voting no: Supvrs. Dueholm, Johansen, Sample, Moriak, Arcand, Larsen, Stoneking, Jepsen, Voelker and Newville.) Motion to adopt amended Resolution 43-09 failed by a roll call vote 2 Yes, 21 No. (Voting yes: Supvrs. Schmidt and Bergstrom.)

Plan Meeting #4 Plan Meeting #5 Public Hearing Plan Adoption Res. 40-09 - Resolution Approving A Public Participation Plan For The Polk County Comprehensive Plan. Motion (O'Connell/Kienholz) to approve. Land Information Director Sara McCurdy addressed the resolution. Motion to adopt Resolution 40-09 carried by a unanimous voice vote.

Chairman Beseler called for a 5-minute break. Meeting resumed.

RESOLUTION 41-09

TO AUTHORIZE AND IMPLEMENT COST-SAVING MEASURES THAT AFFECT EMPLOYEE PERSONNEL COSTS AND COUNTY BOARD SUPERVISOR MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT WHEREAS, revenues available to Polk County have decreased as a result of present economic conditions; and WHEREAS, it is reasonably anticipated that Polk County will continue to experience declining revenue into the 2010 County budgetary year; and WHEREAS, it is in the interest of Polk County to timely implement cost-saving measures that respond to the decline in revenues so that Polk County may continue to provide mandated and necessary services; and WHEREAS, the Personnel Committee has recommended that Polk County implement cost-saving measures that involve the wages of all employees, nonrepresented and represented, and the mileage reimbursements to members of the Polk County Board of Supervisors.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors authorizes and implements cost-saving measures that affect personnel costs of all employees and the reimbursements to members of the Polk County Board of Supervisors, as follows: 1. The Annual Cost of Living Adjustment for Nonrepresented Employees, effective June 28, 2009, at the rate of 2%, as previously authorized by Resolution 13-09, is suspended.

2. The Personnel Committee is authorized to meet with the respective representatives of the various unions to reopen the 2009-11 collective bargaining agreements and to negotiate those agreements for the purpose of achieving cost-saving provisions. Any modification to existing agreements would require ratification by both the Polk County Board of Supervisors and the respective unions.

3. The travel/mileage reimbursement to members of the Polk County Board of Supervisors, as authorized under the Polk County Policy 512, County Business Travel and Expense Reimbursement, is suspended. Reimbursements for other expenses of employees and members of the Polk County Board of Supervisors, as authorized under said policy shall be unaffected by this cost-saving measure.

Notation with respect to Funding amount and Funding source is inapplicable on this resolution to cause cost-saving measures.

Date Finance Committee Advised: June 3, 2009.

Finance Committee Recommendation: Passage.

Date Personnel Committee Advised: May 28, 2009.

Personnel Committee Recommendation: Passage.

Effective date: Upon Passage.

Approved as to form: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

Date Submitted to County Board: June 16, 2009.

County board action: Failed.

Submitted by the Personnel Committee: Russell E. Arcand.

Res. 41-09 - To Authorize And Implement Cost-Saving Measures That Affect Employee Personnel Costs And County Board Supervisor Mileage Reimburse-ment. Motion (Edgell/Peterson) to approve. Motion by Schmidt to strike #3 was ruled out of order by the Chair. Motion (Johnson/Stoneking) to amend Resolution 41-09 to make Meal Site Employees exempt from #1.

Motion to amend Resolution 41-09 carried by voice vote. Motion (Masters/Stoneking) to amend Resolution 41-09 by inserting and including Citizen Committee members to #3. Motion carried by voice vote. Motion (Larsen/Dueholm) to amend #3 travel reimbursement to 50% of the State IRS rate. Motion (Jepsen/Stoneking) to amend the amendment to Resolution 41-09 from 50% to 75%. Motion to amend the amendment to Resolution 41-09 failed by roll call vote of 10 Yes 13 No. Motion to amend Resolution 41-09 carried by a roll call of 16 Yes, 7 No. Motion to adopt amended resolution 41-09 failed by a roll call vote of 11 Yes, 12 No. (Voting yes: Supvrs. Dueholm, Peterson, Kienholz, Masters, Sample, Moriak, Arcand, Larsen, Voelker, Newville and Beseler. Voting no: Supvrs. Johansen, Schmidt, Brown, Caspersen, Rediske, Edgell, Luke, Stoneking, Jepsen, O'Connell, Bergstrom and Johnson.)

RESOLUTION 44-09

TO AUTHORIZE REIMBURSEMENT OF ATTORNEYS FEES AND RELATED LEGAL EXPENSES PURSUANT TO WISCONSIN STATUTE SECTION 895.35 WHEREAS, Polk County Law Enforcement Officer Arling Olson incurred attorneys fees and related legal expenses in the defense of criminal proceedings that arose from his conduct in the performance of his official duties; and WHEREAS, the charges against said law enforcement officer have been dismissed; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 895.35(2), Deputy Arling Olson has submitted a reimbursement request for the attorney fees in the amount of $17,218.75 and related legal expenses in the amount of $813.81; and WHEREAS, Section 895.35(2) provides a mandate to Polk County to pay the reimbursement of claimed attorney fees in the amount of as requested by Deputy Arling Olson; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 895.35 (1), Polk County has discretion to reimburse the related legal expenses submitted.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Polk County Board of Supervisors authorizes the Finance Director to pay the submitted claim for reimbursement in the amount of $18,032.56 from funds determined by the Finance Committee, conditioned upon receipt of an executed full release from Deputy Arling Olson for any attorney fees and related expenses in relationship to the criminal proceeding in which he bases his request.

Funding amount: $18,032.56.

Funding source: General Fund.

Date Finance Committee Advised: June 3, 2009.

Finance Committee Recommendation: Passage.

Approved as to form: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

Date Submitted to County Board: June 16, 2009.

County board action: Adopted.

Submitted at the recommendation of the Finance Committee: Gary Bergstrom, Mick Larsen, Brian Masters and Kathryn Kienholz.

Res. 44-09 - To Authorize Reimbursement Of Attorneys Fees And Related Legal Expenses Pursuant To Wisconsin Statute Section 895.35. Motion (Larsen/Masters) to approve. Corporation Counsel, Jeff Fuge addressed the resolution. Motion to adopt Resolution 44-09 carried by voice vote.

A complete copy is on file at the County Clerk’s office.

RESOLUTION 45-09

COUNTY SUPERVISOR STAGGERED TERMS WHEREAS, the current procedure of concurrent terms for County Supervisors can lead to a high number of replacements in any election year; WHEREAS, large turnover in County Supervisors may be disruptive to standing committee and county board governance.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the County Board requests Corporation Council to develop an ordinance for implementing staggered terms along with procedures and time frames for possible implementation at a later date.

Funding source: N/A. Approved as to form: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

Date Submitted to County Board: June 19, 2009.

County board action: Tabled.

Submitted at the recommendation of: Ken Sample, Larry Voelker, Keith Rediske and Herschel Brown.

Res. 45-09 - County Supervisor Staggered Terms. Motion (Sample/Voelker) to approve. Supvr. Stoneking offered an amendment to Resolution 45-09 which was ruled out of order.

Chairman Beseler called for a 5-minute break. Meeting resumed.

Motion (Larsen/Jepsen) to table Resolution 45-09. Motion to table Resolution 45-09 carried by voice vote.

RESOLUTION 42-09

SUPPORTING THE PARTICIPATION IN OBTAINING STIMULUS FUNDING WHEREAS, Polk County has chosen to participate in the 2008 Federal Stimulus Package for replacement of windows at Golden Age Manor; and WHEREAS, the County is eligible for consideration for the "2009 Stimulus Package" funding and by utilizing the dollars available through this funding source it is projected to save the county citizens an estimated $225,000.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Polk County Board of Supervisors, authorizes the allocation of $45,000 from the General Fund as "Leverage Dollars" towards the Stimulus Funding Projects.

Funding amount: $45,000.00.

Funding source: General Fund.

Date Finance Committee Advised/Passage: June 3, 2009.

Effective date: Upon Passage.

Approved as to form: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

Date Submitted to County Board: June 16, 2009.

County board action: Adopted.

Submitted at the recommendation of the Finance Committee: Gary Bergstrom, Mick Larsen, Brian Masters and Kathryn Kienholz.

Res. 42-09 - Supporting The Participation In Obtaining Stimulus Funding.

Motion (Kienholz/Masters) to approve. Financial Director Tonya Weinert addressed the resolution and a Position Paper was handed out further explaining the Stimulus Funding Application. Motion to adopt Resolution 42-09 carried by a unanimous voice vote.

Chairman Beseler called for a 5-minute break. Meeting resumed.

RESOLUTION 46-09

RESOLUTION 43-09

2010 BUDGET STAFFING REDUCTIONS WHEREAS, the 2010 Budget Shortfall is expected to be significant; and WHEREAS, in order to develop a Balanced Budget for 2010 it is anticipated that there will be substantial employee reductions as part of this plan through retirements, attritions and possible layoffs; and WHEREAS, the reductions in employee positions is estimated to be 30 or more full-time positions.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Polk County Board of Supervisors hereby directs the Personnel and Finance Committees to allocate

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RESOLUTION FOR CONSIDERATION OF A COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WHEREAS, a County Administrator, under the provisions of 59.18, coordinates and directs all administrative and management functions of county government; and WHEREAS, a County Administrator is responsible for the submission of the annual budget to the board; and WHEREAS, the Polk County Board of Supervisors strives to provide quality services in a cost-effective manner.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors requests that Corporation Counsel, in conjunction with Employee Resources, develop a guideline of procedure and timeline for implementing a resolution that may be presented to the county board for adoption, for either a County Administrator or Administrative Coordinator.

Funding source: N/A. Approved as to form: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

County board action: Resolution as amended - adopted by County Board June 16, 2009.

Submitted at the recommendation of: Ken Sample, Keith Rediske and Herschel Brown.

Res. 46-09 - Resolution For Consideration Of A County Administrator. Motion (Sample/Stoneking) to approve. Motion to amend Resolution 46-09 by adding to the end of paragraph 4, "for either a County Administrator or Administrative Coordinator." Motion to approve amendment to Resolution 4609, carried by voice vote. Motion to adopt amended Resolution 46-09 carried by voice vote.

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RESOLUTION 47-09

WHEREAS, state system of accounts provides a uniform reporting format for counties, cities, villages and towns; (see attached); and WHEREAS, auditing reports resemble and readily translate to this system of accounts.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the County Board requests the DOA Director and/or DOA committee to review and report on the ability to adopt the format of the attached for implementation of quarterly reports for CY 2010.

Funding source: N/A. Approved as to form: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

Date Submitted to County Board: June 16, 2009.

County board action: Failed.

Submitted at the recommendation of: Ken Sample, Herschel Brown and Robert Dueholm.

Res. 48-09 Financial Reporting Review. Motion (Sample/Brown) to approve.

Motion to adopt Resolution 48-09 failed by voice vote.

Standing Committees Reports were given. Supervisors Reports were given.

Chairman/Administrative Coordinator's Report was given by Chairman Beseler.

Motion (Newville/Peterson) to adjourn. Motion carried. (10:10 p.m.)

CONSOLIDATION REVIEW BY FUNCTION AND SERVICE WHEREAS, the 2010 budget is subject to serious financial shortfalls; and WHEREAS, short-term and long-term financial planning is essential to good governance; and WHEREAS, Polk County needs to explore all options in providing services in a financial responsible manner; and WHEREAS, Analysis will be continuing and ongoing and changes in policy are probable.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the County Board will appoint a steering committee to address immediate and long-term consolidation opportunities; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the steering committee will perform this function in a time frame designated by the County Board.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the County 1st Vice Chair will be solicited to lead, adopt processes, schedule and conduct required meetings, and bring results and recommendations to the full county board.

Funding source: N/A. Approved as to form: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

Date Submitted to County Board: June 16, 2009.

County board action: Determined out of order.

Submitted at the recommendation of: Ken Sample.

Res. 47-09 - Consolidation Review By Function And Service. Motion (Sample/ Brown) to approve. Resolution 47-09 determined out of order by Chairman Beseler.

STATE OF WISCONSIN COUNTY OF POLK

RESOLUTION 48-09

FINANCIAL REPORTING REVIEW WHEREAS, financial reporting is a critical aspect of fiscal planning, budget development, ongoing monitoring, and historical trends of revenue and expenditures; and

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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 June 16, 2009.

Carole T. Wondra Polk County Clerk

Pastors for Peace caravan begins in Luck LUCK – West Denmark Family Camp hosted Antonio Rosell, a speaker from Pastors for Peace, at Family Camp on July 3.

More than 130 Pastors for Peace volunteers from the U.S., Canada and Europe will challenge what they believe to be the immoral and illegal U.S. blockade and travel restrictions against Cuba at the U.S. - Mexico border on July 22. They expect to collect 100 tons of humanitarian aid during a two-week caravan that will converge in McAllen, Texas, before traveling on to Cuba without U.S. treasury department licenses. They intend to deliver school buses, construction tools and materials, educational supplies, medicines, and medical supplies gathered in communities throughout the U.S. and Canada.

“We must continue to keep the pressure on – to end the blockade, to normalize relations with Cuba, and to engage in dialogue based in mutual respect, rather than our insisting on undermining Cuba’s sovereignty,” declared the Rev. Lucius Walker, Jr., executive director and founder of IFCO, a 42-year-old ecumenical agency.

“President Obama has taken a small first step to change U.S./Cuba policy. But as people of faith and conscience, it is important that we make our voices heard in favor of even stronger measures for reconciliation and normalized relations.”

The 20th Friendshipment Caravan will traverse 14 separate routes across the continent, stopping in 47 U.S. states and six Canadian provinces. Along the way the caravan will be hosted in 140 communities who support a new U.S.-Cuba policy based on respect and nonaggression. This year communities have collected

A volunteer from the Twin Cities arts community puts a finishing touch on the Pastors for Peace bus. Pastor Mike Rozumalski will drive the bus from Luck to St. Louis in a caravan that will end in Cuba. – Photo submitted aid for hurricane reconstruction after the three hurricanes that devastated Cuba in 2008.

Pastors for Peace rejects the current licensing system

Heartsong to perform at St. Luke's

St. Luke United Methodist Church in Frederic will present the Heartsong Quartet in concert in the church courtyard on Sunday, July 19, at 10 a.m.

The southern gospel group performs across the United States, sharing a form of music that is based on the traditional values Christians in America have lived by and cherished over the past two centuries. Following the concert, at 11 a.m., there will be a cookout in the church courtyard. The public is invited to attend – bring your own chairs for the concert. – Special photo

as both immoral and illegal. It is immoral because it endangers the lives of millions of Cubans and inflicts suffering on innocent children, as well as adults. It is illegal under international law because it uses medicine and food as weapons of war to force another nation to change its government. Licensing is also unconstitutional because it requires people of faith to submit their acts of conscience and friendship to government licensing, in violation of our right to freedom of religious expression, political thought, association and travel,” said Walker.

“The world is waiting to see President Obama put an end to the blockade. The U.S. spends more than $50 million per year to undermine the sovereign government of Cuba.

The nonviolent caravan of peace-loving individuals is a challenge to this violation of our rights to express our faith and to travel to Cuba.” said the Rev. Thomas Smith, president of the board of directors of IFCO/Pastors for Peace. Since 1992 Pastors for Peace has used hunger strikes and mass mobilizations to successfully challenge U.S. government attempts to confiscate vehicles and humanitarian aid bound for Cuba.

The ecumenical initiative is a project of IFCO, the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization, and has delivered more than 3,000 tons of urgently needed assistance to the Cuban people.

Speaker events for Family Camp are held at the West Denmark Parish Hall, 2490 170th Street, west of Luck on CTH N to 170th turn left. Further information is available in line at www.westdenmark.org or phone 715-472-4895. - submitted

Lilac Days celebrated

Siren United Methodist Church celebrated Lilac Days again this year.

The men served a Scandinavian breakfast and the Scandinavian bake sale by the ladies was a huge success. Special photos

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CEMETERY MEMORIALS Harley - Sharon Prell, Owners 1230 Jeffery Blvd., Box 967 Cumberland, WI 54829 Since 1977

The family of Lyle (Wally) Nelson would like to thank: The Clam Falls Lutheran Church, Pastor Gary Rokenbrodt and The Women of Life for hosting a fabulous luncheon.

Organist Marla McFeteridge and soloist Milton Johnson.

The American Legion, Indian Creek Post #396, for the Color Guard and Firing Squad.

The community, family and friends for their support and memorial contributions to the Clam Falls Church.

Walter L. Nelson

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No one under 18 admitted without a parent Daily: 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30

ICE AGE

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PUBLIC ENEMIES (R)

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Daily: 1:20, 4:00, 6:40, 9:20

MY SISTER’S KEEPER (PG-13) Daily: 1:00, 3:05, 5:10, 7:15, 9:20

TRANSFORMERS

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SPECIAL SHOWING JULY 14, 11:59 p.m.

HARRY POTTER & THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE (PG)

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Games And Fun Activities

Friday & Saturday, July 10 & 11 Noon - 6 p.m.

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STARTING WED., JULY 15 Daily: 1:15, 2:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6:45, 8:00, 9:30

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Fri., July 10 - Tues., July 14

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Jennica Kosloski shows her excitement at being crowned Miss Siren during Friday’s pageant. Kosloski also received awards for evening gown, casual wear and talent.

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The 2009 and 2008 royalty all gathered together for a photo shoot after the pageant. Back row (L to R): 2009 Princess and Miss Congeniality Kristen Sexton, 2009 First Princess Abigail Mitchell, 2008 Second Princess Deanna Phernetton, 2008 Miss Siren Sarah Howe, 2008 First Princess Meghan Baasch, 2008 Second Princess Christina Luna and 2009 Princess Samantha Rosado. Front row: 2008 Little Miss Siren Ellyn Lindquist, 2008 First Princess Rylee O’Brien, 2009 Princess Madison Thiex, 2009 Miss Siren Jennica Kosloski, 2009 Little Miss Siren Jalynn Nelson, 2008 Little Miss Princess Madalyn Nichols and 2008 Little Miss Princess Asia Belisle. – Photos by Brenda Sommerfeld

For her talent, Christina Luna performed a flute solo to “The Entertainer.” Luna was named Siren’s second princess at coronation.

Jennica Kosloski performed an original monologue titled “The Details” for her talent portion of the Siren queen pageant.

Kosloski’s monologue described how she was unsure of what to do for talent in the pageant. She received the talent award for her performance.

Kristen Sexton performed a vocal solo of “Worst Pies in London” from the movie “Sweeny Todd.” Her fellow contestants, later during the pageant, named Sexton Miss Congeniality.

Siren’s 2008 royalty (L to R): First Princess Meghan Baasch, Miss Siren Sarah Howe, Second Princess Deanna Phernetton gave a farewell thanking everyone who helped them during their reign as Siren royalty over the past year.

Abigail Mitchell recited two original poems for her talent, one titled “Thief of my Heart,” and the other “Sinking Love.”

Mitchell received the Most Photogenic award that was voted on by the spectators as they entered the pageant.

“Angel” by Amanda Perez was the vocal solo that Samantha Rosado performed for her talent portion of the competition.

Jalynn Nelson is crowned 2009 Little Miss Siren by 2008 Little Miss Siren Ellyn Lindquist as Princess Madalyn Nichols waits to put Nelson’s sash on her.

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EVERY WEEK Monday

• Grantsburg Farmers Market at the village offices/library, noon-2 p.m.

Friday

• Eureka Farmers Market, in salt/sand building, Eureka Center, 3-7 p.m.

Saturday

Coming events

• Frederic Farmers Market at the Leader parking lot, 8 a.m.-noon (Opening July 18).

• Siren Farmers Market at senior center, 1-3 p.m.

11 a.m.-4 p.m., 800-448-3543, givebloodgivelife.org.

TUESDAY/14 Amery

• Library summer picnic fundraiser, 5-7 p.m., 715-268-9340.

Dresser

• Chronic Illness/Disability Support Group will meet at Peace Lutheran Church, 6:30 p.m., 715-755-2515.

Luck

• Music in the Park, Danville Singers, in Triangle Park, 6:30 p.m.

JULY

St. Croix Falls

• Exercise 10-11 a.m., Skipbo 11 a.m.-noon, 500 cards and Dominos, 12:30 p.m. at the senior center.

THURS.-SAT./9-11 Webster

WED.-SUN./15-19

• Central Burnett County Fair, www.CentralBurnettCountyFair.org, 715-8668261.

Rice Lake

• Barron County Fair, www.barroncountyfair.com.

Spooner

• Heart of the North Rodeo, 1-800-367-3306, www.spoonerrodeo.com.

WEDNESDAY/15

THURSDAY/9

Frederic

• Pokeno at the senior center, 1 p.m.

Balsam Lake

Osceola

• Deadline to sign up for Red Cross Learn To Swim classes at Unity pool, noon, 715-8252101, ext. 1560.

• Red Cross blood drive at the high school, 12:30-6:30 p.m., 800-448-3543, givebloodgivelife.org.

Frederic

THURS.-SUN./16-19

• 500 cards at the senior center, 6:30 p.m.

Grantsburg

St. Croix Falls

• Preschool-kindergarteners Story and Stroll at Crex, 10-10:45 a.m., 715-463-2739.

• Membership dinner at American Legion Hall, 4 p.m., 715-431-0365.

• Wannigan Days.

THURSDAY/16 Frederic

Siren

• Music in the Park - Brad Alden’s band, Crossed Paths, at Crooked Lake Park, 7-9 p.m.

St. Croix Falls

• Exercise 10-11 a.m., Skipbo 11 a.m.-noon and 500 cards 6:30 p.m. at the senior center.

FRI. & SAT./10 & 11

• 500 cards at the senior center, 6:30 p.m.

John and Jan Gustafson of Clam Falls had a Sunday morning guest when this bear dropped in on a bird feeder in their backyard. – Photo submitted

SAT. & SUN./11 & 12 Luck

Centuria

• Garage sale fundraiser for Randy Walker Memorial Scholarship Fund, Polk Ave., 8 a.m.4 p.m.

FRI.-SUN./10-12

• CPR certification through Ice Age Trail Association, 715-472-2248.

SATURDAY/11 Amery

Centuria

• Memory Days, with crafts, food, music all day Saturday, garage sales, etc., 715-6462300, www.centuria-wi.org.

FRIDAY/10

• Generation II Big Band performs at the middle school, 7 p.m., 715-268-7486.

Balsam Lake

• Baby-sitting course at the Red Cross office, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., 715-485-3025.

Centuria

Balsam Lake

• Workshop on Native Plants at Polk County Business Center, 2-5 p.m., 715-268-9992, harmonyenv@amerytel.net.

• Faith Lutheran Youth bake sale at the farmers market in the parking lot of Balsam Lake Market and Deli, 3-5:30 p.m.

Frederic

• Pokeno at the senior center, 1 p.m.

Osceola

• Poco Penners host annual writers’ get-together with the NWRW at Iris Holm’s apt. building, 715-483-9738.

St. Croix Falls

• Bridge 10 a.m. at the senior center.

• Music on the Overlook, River City Cloggers, 7 p.m.

• Craft show sale. Call Marci at 715-646-2109.

• Interfaith Caregivers Good Ol’ Days Concert at Fristad Lutheran Church, 7 p.m.

Frederic

• Light lunch at the senior center, noon, cards, Pokeno or Bingo.

Grantsburg

Rice Lake

• 8th-annual bike show, registration noon-1:30 p.m., 715-246-2959.

Siren

• Arts and crafts market at the senior center, 1-5 p.m., 715-349-5226.

• Lions/Lioness donation drop-off day at their building, 9 a.m.-noon, 715-349-2400.

Milltown

• Pie and ice-cream social at North Valley Lutheran Church, 7 p.m. Entertainment by Alzen Family Bluegrass Band.

Siren

• Annual Senior Dining Picnic at Crooked Lake Park. Sign up at your local senior center.

St. Croix Falls

Webster

• Exercise 10-11 a.m., Blood pressures 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., General Mtg. (potluck) 12:30 p.m. and 500 cards 6:30 p.m. at the senior center.

SUNDAY/12

• Webster All-Class Reunion at Ike Walton Lodge, 11 a.m.-noon social, noon lunch, 715866-7101.

• Lode Stone Antique Road Show at Centennial Hall, 1-3 p.m., 715-268-6605.

FRI.-SUN./17-19

• Friends of the Library Author’s Luncheon, featuring Ron Handberg, 11:30 a.m., 715-8667697.

Amery

Centuria

• Chicken dinner at Fristad Lutheran Church, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Cushing

• Music in the Park, music by Cool Classic Country, in Memory Lake Park, between 5 & 6 p.m.

• 100-bird shoot at Grantsburg Rod and Gun Club, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

• Horse pasture walk at Wild Wind Farm Equestrian Center, 10 a.m.-noon, 715-6353506, 715-485-8600.

• Clothing share at Bethany Lutheran Church, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., 715-463-5746.

• The Foundation Quartet singing at the Skonewood Christian Retreat Center, 7 p.m.

Luck

Frederic

• Lions Club to host an official deed turnover fundraiser at the DBS Hall, 5 p.m., Bingo, food, refreshments.

Luck

• American Legion & Auxiliary picnic at Lions Park shelter, 6:30 p.m.

Grantsburg

• 100th-anniversary celebration, Mass and picnic, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 10:30 a.m., 715-327-8119.

• EAA Chapter 875 annual pancake breakfast at the C. Gerald Hedlund field, 7 a.m.-noon.

MONDAY/13 • Spades at the senior center, 1 p.m.

St. Croix Falls

• Red Cross blood drive at the medical center,

Webster

• Watercross.

• Lucky Days.

Grantsburg Luck

FRIDAY/17 Frederic

• Pokeno at the senior center, 1 p.m.

St. Croix Falls

• Bridge 10 a.m. and Bingo 1 p.m.at the senior center.

SATURDAY/18 Frederic

• Ruby’s Pantry at the school bus garage.

Doors open 7:30 p.m. Distribution starts 8 a.m.

• Light lunch at the senior center, noon, cards, Pokeno or Bingo.

Community theater: Meet the Players

by Nancy O’Brien Ellis VOYAGER VILLAGE – Two young actors take the stage this month in the Village Players Community Theatre presentation of “The Foreigner” by Larry Shue. The first is Olivia Main, who plays Catherine Simms, a sassy and flirty woman, newly engaged to a minister.

Main, at 17, has a lot of theater background. Her story begins with the part of a spoon in “Beauty and the Beast,” then Rizzo in “Grease,” Olive Madison in the “Odd Couple,” Alice in “Alice in Wonderland, the wicked witch in “The Wizard of Oz,” and Zazu in “The Lion King.” This isn’t Main’s first time with Village Players as she played the part of a promiscuous waitress in the murder mystery, “Murder Medium Rare” in last fall’s dinner theater production.

Main graduated from Webster High School and will attend the University of

Olivia Main

Paul Lewis

Wisconsin River Falls, majoring in theater of course.

The next young actor is Paul Lewis

from Grantsburg and he is reprising his role as Ellard, Catherine’s younger brother. Being the fifth child in a family

of eight children is a challenge in itself.

He was home schooled until his family moved to Grantsburg a year ago. Lewis had never acted before but as he says, “I am really starting to like the concept.”

This is his third play since moving to Wisconsin. Lewis played a part in “The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood,” as well as the Grantsburg High School production of “The Foreigner.” Because he gets to repeat his role, Lewis has a unique interpretation of Ellard, who is considered by everyone to be a little slow, but the audience discovers later that he’s foxy.

Lewis has many other talents, which includes playing the piano, singing in the church choir and participating in soccer and bowling.

To see these two young actors perform, please call Jeri Schell for tickets at 715259-7995.