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• Family Days celebration @ Frederic • Art festival and fair @ St. Croix Falls • Forts Folle Avoine event @ Danbury • Farm breakfast @ rural Frederic • Cheese Days @ Clayton • Wildflower expedition @ Grantsburg • Health fair @ Grantsburg See Coming Events, stories inside

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Large turnover in tribal election Unofficial results show four of five incumbents replaced PAGE 3

Twins tell of Nepal adventure CURRENTS FEATURE

Two towns withdraw from ambulance service

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Trade Lake, Roosevelt vote to nonrenew annual contract PAGE 4

Tensions rise in Danbury strike

SJ Louis brings in nonunion labor; union claims Swiss town harassment PAGE 7

Back from Disneyworld Currents, page 13

Xcel ordered to stop work

TF wins big at PUC hearings PAGE 12

Your guide to local farmers markets Currents section

Group seeks to cut county board from 23 to 7

Polk board eyes county administrator position PAGE 14

Trooper in Frederic crash dies PAGE 2 Grantsburg grabs second state title See SPORTS

State delegates vote to close local camp PAGE 2

Nearly every lake in Burnett and Polk counties has a pair of loons, and this is the time of year that glimpses like this are fairly common – the loon chick riding on the adult’s back. It protects the young from predators both above and beneath the water and allows the young to conserve energy and body heat. - Photo by John Reed

Mystery of the paddles

by Gregg Westigard TRADE LAKE – Why are paddles being left on the windshield of a truck in Trade Lake and what message is being delivered?

Van Brock, who lives on CTH Z by Big Trade Lake, wonders who is trying to communicate with him. Twice he has found wooden paddles or oars under the wiper blade of his truck. The old paddles have been freshly sawed off and have been wrapped from top to bottom in new duct tape.

Brock, who mentioned his mysterious message at the Trade Lake Town Board meeting last week, said he first thought kids had left the object. However, a neighbor observed the second paddle delivery.

A car stopped on the road and a man crossed the ditch to get to the truck in his yard while a woman waited at the wheel of the car.

There is no reward for solving the mystery of the paddles. However, Brock wonders how many more old paddles might be coming.

RIGHT: Van Brock with one of the paddles left on his truck.– Photo by Gregg Westigard

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Trooper involved in May 9 crash dies AMERY - Jorge Dimas, the 23-year-old State Patrol trooper injured May 9 when his squad car was broadsided by a pickup truck on Hwy. 35 south of Frederic, has died.

According to a press release from the Polk County Sheriff’s Dept., Trooper Dimas Dimas died Sunday, June 14, in his room at Riverbend, a residential assisted living facility where he was recovering from his injuries.

The Amery Police Department, along with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and Polk County Medical Examiners Office, are investigating the death.

The sheriff’s office received a 911 call around 6 p.m., requesting emergency medical personnel. When Amery Ambulance Service arrived, they located Dimas, who had passed away.

An autopsy was performed Monday and the initial cause of death has not been determined. Further test results are expected to take at least three weeks.

A preliminary accident investigation showed that Trooper Dimas was traveling northbound and in the process of turning around to respond to a traffic violation when he pulled into the path of a northbound pickup driven by Richard R. Dvorak, 72, St. Paul. The report stated Dimas had activated the squad car’s red lights prior to the collision.

Dimas sustained a broken pelvis, concussion and a severe cut that ran across his body. Dvorak sustained minor injuries.

Dimas began his career with the Wisconsin State Patrol on July 20, 2008, and was assigned to his native Polk County. He lived in Amery. He leaves behind an 8month-old son.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, June 20, at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Amery. Visitation will be one hour prior to service at the church and from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Williamson & White Funeral Home in Amery. – Gary King with information from Polk County Sheriff’s Department, St. Paul Pioneer Press

Now that’s soft

Four-year-old Olivia McNally gently holds one of the baby chicks at Burnett Dairy Day Friday, June 12. The chicks were just one of the baby animals children could see and touch at the Glover family petting zoo, which is always a very popular place during the annual Dairy Day celebration. More photos in Currents section. - Photo by Priscilla Bauer

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State vote favors closure, sale of Whispering Pines camp APPLETON - As the Leader went to press Wednesday morning, June 17, a vote was taken at the Wisconsin Annual Conference of United Methodist Churches in Appleton, to sell Whispering Pines, the Bible camp on Spirit Lake near Frederic.

Reporter Nancy Jappe filed information saying there was considerable discussion on whether to close the camp, which resulted in a proposal by Pastor Carolyn Saunders of the Methodist churches at Grantsburg and Atlas to form a task force to guide the camp through one more year, with the potential of making it more profitable.

That motion failed in a show of hands by the approximate 800 to 1,000 delegates.

Jappe reported there was considerable support among delegates but not enough to keep it open.

Discussion among church officials on selling the camp had taken place over the past year. A special meeting was held several months ago to gather public input, with the knowledge a final vote would be made at the annual meeting.

Current plans call for the state church group to sell the camp, which has been an active church camp for the past half century.

- Gary King with information from staff reporter Nancy Jappe

A doe and her two fawns paused at the side of a Frederic street last Saturday morning, cautiously watching traffic while standing in a clearing recently created by powerline crews. - Photo by Gary King

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GRANTSBURG - The Music in the Park events are sponsored by the Grantsburg Music Festival Society. The next concert at Memory Lake Park will be on Saturday, July 11 with entertainment by the group Cool Classic Country, beginning at 6 p.m. - submitted ••• SHELL LAKE - A Tribute to the Big Bands scholarship benefit concert will be held Wednesday, July 1 at 7 p.m. at the Shell Lake Arts Center. Like to hear classics like “In the Mood,” “Sing, Sing, Sing” and “Pennsylvania 6-5000” live? Performing will be the renowned jazz faculty. The concert is free and open to the public with complimentary refreshments following the performance. - submitted ••• CENTURIA - NorthernBridges, the new managed care organization bringing the state’s Family Care benefits to seniors and adults with disabilities in Polk and Burnett counties and nine other counties in Northwest Wisconsin, will soon be officially celebrating the expansion this month of Family Care in Polk and Burnett counties and the opening of its Centuria hub, which serves Polk and Burnett counties. - with submitted information ••• BURNETT/POLK COUNTIES - The state bee inspector will be in Polk and Burnett counties on Thursday to inspect beehives and apiaries. Dr. Gordon Waller will be inspecting bee colonies and answering questions to all who are interested. This inspection is provided by the state. Waller was here two years ago. This year he again will conduct several tests, including disease tests for foul brood and varroa mites. Bees are an important part of Wisconsin’s agriculture and economy.

There are many beekeepers in the inter-counties, both commercial and hobbyist. For more information on the state inspection or beekeeping, call: 715-327-5525. - Wayne Anderson ••• CUSHING – First Lutheran Church will be hosting vacation Bible school/day camp, 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 715648-5242. – submitted ••• BURNETT COUNTY – The annual Viola Lake Fourth of July boat parade is set for Saturday, July 4, at 4 p.m., beginning at the public boat launch. The parade will travel around the lake twice, featuring boats decorated in red, white and blue. – submitted ••• POLK COUNTY – Local writer Buz Swerkstrom will sell and sign copies of his first book, “Polk County Places: Impressions and Explorations of Polk County, Wisconsin,” in both Frederic and Milltown this Saturday, June 27. He will be at the Frederic Depot/Museum from 10 a.m. until noon and the Milltown Public Library between 12:15 and 2 p.m. The book, a 321-page paperback, promises to take readers to “the heart and soul of Polk County’s public places.” It costs $18, including sales tax, when purchased directly from the author. Some buyers at both Frederic and Milltown will have a chance to win a free copy of the book. At each location, people who buy a copy of the book will have a 1-in-12 chance to have their money refunded – until someone picks the “free” token. The winner may choose a free second copy of the book rather than a refund. Only one buyer at each location will win a free copy. – with submitted information •••

CORRECTIONS: In a photo caption in our coverage of the Miss Grantsburg pageant last week, we inadvertently listed candidate Jillian Schinzing as a cousin to Jesse Schinzing. They are brother and sister. Our apologies for the error.

••• Our coverage of the Kids Fishing Contest at Siren last week failed to mention the event was co-sponsored by Lake Country Riders, who made the event possible through their sponsorship, according to a member of the Siren Lions Club, the other sponsor. We apologize for the omission.

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Large turnover in St. Croix Tribal election

Unofficial results show four incumbents ousted, including chairwoman

HERTEL – Four of the five St. Croix Tribal Council incumbents have lost their seats, according to unofficial results from four tribal communities in the June 13 election.

Former council member and Chairman Lewis Taylor and incumbent council member Elmer “Jay” Emery were

elected to represent the Big Sand Lake community. Incumbent Michael Decorah was defeated.

Former council member Beverly Benjamin was elected to represent the Danbury community, replacing incumbent Gloria Benjamin.

Former council member and Chairman David “Maabin” Merrill was elected to represent the Round Lake community, replacing incumbent Jerald Lowe.

Jeanne Awanohopay was elected to represent the Maple Plain community.

She replaces longtime council member and chairperson Hazel Hindsley.

Awanohopay is the only first-time council member among the winners. Emery is the only incumbent to be returning to the council.

The results are unofficial pending possible challenges. Candidates defeated in the June 13 tribal election have until 5 p.m., Friday, June 19, to challenge the election results.

The Tribe holds an election for council positions every two years. – Gary King, with information from the St. Croix Tribe

Board starts discussion on $3 million shortfall

Beseler calls for cooperation

by Gregg Westigard BALSAM LAKE – Polk County took a fresh start on its 2010 budget preparation process Tuesday, June 16, during a special session that preceded the regular county board meeting.

All 23 supervisors and all but four department heads gathered to look at the financial projections for the coming year and discuss a method to adjust expenses to revenues that will involve all the interested parties. The county needs to close an anticipated budget gap of over $3 million by November.

County board Chair Bryan Beseler,

acting in his role of administrative coordinator, led the 1-1/2- hour presentation and dialogue. He started the meeting by saying, “I hope we leave today with all of us at the same starting point for preparing the 2010 budget.” He went on to say that the supervisors and the department heads must work together to make some big decisions.

Beseler pointed out the basics in the $3 million figure. This includes lower sales tax revenue, lower investment earnings, contracted salary increases, a projected health insurance increase, inflation and a state-imposed 2-percent cap on the property tax (levy) increase.

This totals just under a $1 million shortage. Added to that are just over $2 million in capital improvement requests, a

17th Habitat home

figure Beseler calls bare bones, and the county reaches the $3,069,260 starting point for 2010. He added that the figure does not include any cuts in state revenues when the Wisconsin budget is completed. Beseler called that the dismal part of the projections.

The meeting included a look at costsaving suggestions from union members and a list of deficit reduction options to be considered. While employee costs are a major factor, with options for lowering those costs a large part of the dialogue, the group also looked at ideas ranging from joint purchasing of goods to consolidation of services across county lines to borrowing.

“We need to start working together,” Supervisor Brian Masters said at the end of the session. “We need to work outside the box. We can’t be afraid of change. It won’t be easy but it can be done.”

“I feel a greater sense of ownership tonight,” supervisor Keith Rediske said.

“We were adversarial, now we can be cooperative.”

Sheriff warns of traveling scam artists POLK COUNTY - It’s that time of year when reports of unethical traveling construction and repair companies seem to increase.

Polk County Sheriff Tim Moore warns residents that his office has received a number of complaints about construction crews offering a paving service door-to-door.

Their method of operation involved telling the homeowner they have “extra asphalt” from another job they’ve been working on and offer to pave a driveway or parking area at a reduced price.

Halfway through the project, they tell homeowners they have run out of material and need to purchase more – and the cost of the project will double.

Moore asks that homeowners deal with established companies and people who live in the area.

“If you have a problem over the work or the materials, you will know how to locate them,” he said. Anyone encountering such a scam or those with questions are encouraged to call the sheriff’s Wild Rivers Habitat for Humanity held a groundbreaking ceremony on Sat- office at 715-485-8300. – with information urday, June 13, for the home to be built this summer in Siren. Members of from Polk County Sheriff Tim Moore WRHFH gathered to dedicate the lot and the home that will soon rise there together with the partner family, the Lees. Above, Jennifer Lee, her son Tanner, and WRHFH board President James Dale break ground during the ceremony. If it appeals to you to help build homes for people in need, please call www.the-leader.net 715-349-7477. There are many ways to help. Donations are also welcome and may be sent to WRHFH, P.O. Box 263, Siren, WI 54872. - Special photo

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Trade Lake switches ambulance service

Withdraws from Burnett County contract

by Gregg Westigard TRADE LAKE – The town of Trade Lake cancelled its contract with North Ambulance and will switch to Northland Ambulance next January.

The action came at the monthly meeting of the town board Thursday night, June 11. Action on renewing the contract with North needed to be taken by June 30. Some other municipalities may be meeting next week to also consider a contract change.

Discussion on switching from North to Northland focused mostly on the cost of service. North charges municipalities $32.73 per resident/per year for contracted ambulance service. Northland charges $9 for the service. Trade Lake paid $23,298 for ambulance service in 2008. The three members of the Trade Lake Town Board, James Melin, Jeff Lade and Roger Hinrichs, were unanimous in supporting the motion to make the change.

The Trade Lake Town Board voted to switch the town’s ambulance service from North to Northland. Seated (L to R) are supervisors Jeff Lade and Roger Hinrichs and town Chair James Melin. – Photo by Gregg Westigard RaeAnn Allen, manager of Northland Ambulance, told the board that Northland is willing to serve Trade Lake and, in fact, started to prepare for a switch of service a year ago when the change was proposed. The radio system is in, she said. She added that Northland receives a large amount of financial support from the community, including an annual smelt fry, and has $63,000 in reserve for a new office and garage.

Trade Lake is now served by a North

ambulance based in Grantsburg. Northland has an ambulance based in Frederic that will serve the town next year. Trade Lake, in Burnett County, is bounded on two sides by Polk County. The town is now split between Grantsburg and Frederic for fire service. The 911 calls to the Burnett County dispatch center are relayed immediately to the Polk County emergency dispatch.

While the contracted cost for service varies, it was emphasized at the meeting

that the staffing for each provider is different. North has more staff on duty during the day while Northland relies more on on-call volunteers during the day.

Each service uses volunteers at night.

Staffing for an ambulance run includes a driver, a basic EMT and an IV-tech or paramedic. Cost of service depends in part on the level of training of the staff.

The 21 towns and three villages in Burnett County have joined in a single contract with North for several years. That contract runs from January through December but must be renewed by June 30 each year to allow time for the transition to a new provider.

Some other municipalities may be interested in switching to Northland, according to discussion at the meeting, and a meeting may be held next week to discuss that possibility.

North Ambulance is owned by North Memorial Hospital in Minnesota. It has four ambulance crews in Burnett County, based at Grantsburg, Webster, Danbury and A&H. Northland Ambulance is owned by 10 towns and villages in northern Polk County. Each of the municipalities has a member on the association board.

Two towns opt to leave county ambulance service

County administrator weighs in on issue

BURNETT COUNTY – At least two townships in Burnett County have voted to nonrenew their contracts for ambulance service with the county cooperative and seek service elsewhere.

The towns of Trade Lake and Roosevelt have voted to seek ambulance services from Northland Ambulance Service (Frederic/Luck) and Cumberland Hospital, respectively. (See Trade Lake story above).

Per capita cost and response time have been discussed as factors by town officials, who have until July 1 to decide whether they wish to continue with the

county service, provided by North Memorial via four stations spread throughout the county.

Candace Fitzgerald, county administrator, said the trend concerns her.

“It is very concerning that this cooperative is breaking up because it shifts the costs to others that are not in a position to contract for other services,” she noted in a statement to the Leader. “At the last towns meeting it seemed the consensus was to stay together this year and work on a Request for Proposal for next year and identify the appropriate needs for the communities as a whole.”

Fitzgerald said no one has expressed dissatisfaction with the care or level of service provided by North Memorial and that feedback has been very positive.

“The managers from North Memorial

and their staff are well-trained and have proven themselves to be true professionals and a wonderful group of people to work with,” she said.

“Per capita cost, however, has proved to be a problem, especially during these economic times,” Fitzgerald said.

“The bottom line is, as a cooperative the municipalities of Burnett County purchase a service from North Memorial on behalf of the citizens of the county. If the cost of that service is too high, the municipalities need to determine what level of service they want to purchase in order to control costs.”

Fitzgerald said that until the appropriate level of service is determined a request for proposal would be very difficult to evaluate because there will be no standard criteria to use as the meas-

urement.

“This does not mean that other ambulance providers can’t match the current service provided, but it is much more difficult for other providers to match it when they are trying to provide a services to municipalities in piecemeal (one town here and one town there),” she noted.

Some preliminary discussion about what should happen next have already taken place, Fitzgerald noted. “After July 1, negotiations will begin to address the issue at hand, and I am confident that good decision making will prevail and somehow things will work out just fine in the end.” – Gary King

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by Mary Stirrat BALSAM LAKE — Earlier this year, after 27 years of service as an emergency medical technician and 20 years as owner of the area ambulance service, Carol Pool sold her business.

Her years of dedication and service to Polk County law enforcement was recognized Tuesday evening, June 16, when she was presented the Exemplary Community Service award at the regular meeting of the county board of supervisors.

Sheriff Tim Moore made the presentation.

“As far as I am concerned,” said Moore, “her largest contribution to law enforcement is volunteering her ambulances, equipment and staff to be deployed with the Polk County Emergency Response Team for a whole list of highrisk calls.”

The list, he said, included high-risk search warrants, meth lab warrants and barricaded suspects.

“She made sure that high-quality, emergency medical care was always stationed less than a mile away, should the need arise,” said the sheriff. “The interesting part is, this was always at no cost to this county.

“She volunteered this service to protect the health and well-being of law en-

Sheriff honors Carol Pool Polk County Sheriff Tim Moore presented Carol Pool with the Exemplary Community Service award for her commitment to providing high-quality emergency medical care to law enforcement, especially in high-risk situations. The presentation was made at the June 16 meeting of the Polk County Board of Supervisors. — Photo by Mary Stirrat

forcement officers in the most dangerous of our activities.”

Sometimes, he said, she and her crew would be on-site for up to 10 or 12 hours, all at no cost to county taxpayers.

Pool was one of the original owners of InterState Ambulance Service in 1989, then purchased Parks Ambulance in Centuria in 1990. She combined the two

into Unity Area Ambulance Service. She continues to be an instructor and volunteer for the service.

“Tonight I would like to bring special recognition to a very special person who has given a great amount of time and financial interest to Polk County,” Moore concluded. “Those that know Carol well — her staff and friends — all refer to her

as ‘Ma.’ “So I would like to say on behalf of the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and the citizens of Polk County, ‘Thanks, Ma.’” Pool was given a standing ovation by county supervisors, staff and residents in attendance at the meeting.

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Webster students garner high marks

Beat Wisconsin requirements in reading and math

by Carl Heidel WEBSTER - The academic news was good at Monday night’s Webster School Board meeting. Martha Anderson, preK6 school counselor, reported that reading and math scores of students in grades three through eight and10 were above state requirements in the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Exam in the 2008-2009 school year.

“Basically, this is a reflection of our curriculum,” said Anderson. “We are solid in what we are offering,” she said as she noted that WKCE test scores have remained consistently high over a period of several years.

Anderson explained that students in

grades three through eight and 10 across the state are tested each year in reading and math. The state mandates that a required percentage of students must perform at the proficient or advanced levels of competency in these tests, and the school holds the school districts accountable for meeting these expectations.

The state expectations for this year called for 74 percent of the students to achieve at the required levels in reading and for 58 percent at those levels in math. Anderson reported that all grade levels in the Webster schools met or exceeded those requirements in the math testing and that at all grade levels except the eighth grade, classes met or exceeded the requirements in the reading tests. In those tests the eighth-graders were about two percentage points below state expectations.

Anderson explained that the eighthgrade reading scores were apparently af-

fected by the reading scores of special education students. Since the gradelevel percentages are based on a combination of all students’ scores, the markedly lower scores of a sizeable subgroup can bring the average overall score down.

Each year these expected testing percentages increase, according to Anderson. By the year 2013-2014 the state will expect that 100 percent of the students tested will achieve at the expected levels in both subjects.

At mention of the 100-percent goal, board member Wendy Larson asked, “Is this a realistic goal?” Consensus in the following discussion was that it might not be.

Anderson explained that expectations for individual student performance also increase by grade level. For example, a student who scored a 485 in reading in the eighth grade would be considered

proficient in reading, but that same score in 10th grade would lower the student’s rating to mid-basic, and the student would have to score well above 485 to remain “proficient.”

Summing up the test results, Anderson said, “We are above the state bar in every subject area with the exception of eighthgrade reading, which is slightly below.”

In other business, the board: • approved the WIAA senior high membership application; • accepted the resignation of Greg Sears as boys hockey co-op coach; • approved a plan for staff reassignment; • approved the second reading of the graduation requirements policy; • and tabled the proposed policy regarding early reinstatement for academic violations.

Trustees hear update on library expansion

by Sherill Summer WEBSTER - There was an update of library expansion plans during the Webster Village Board meeting on Wednesday, June 10.

The library board contracted with MSA, an engineering firm, to help with the application of a block grant. Engineer Dave Rasmussen stated earlier that Webster may receive a block grant that would cover 75 percent of the expansion costs, but those expectations have since been lowered.

Tim Maloney said that Rasmussen now expects the grant to cover 50 percent of the expansion costs, leaving a 50 percent local match that may be in the neighborhood of $300,000 to $350,000.

So far, the library has raised slightly more than $150,000 for the project.

The Webster board, at past meetings, has indicated that it may help secure funds for the project, but before the village does anything, the library expansion plans need to be finalized.

A few years ago, the library had plans drawn up that would remodel the existing library and create an addition towards the alley. The library board has decided to apply for a block grant, using those existing plans, to make the expansion project “shovel ready” and more attractive for stimulus-enhanced block

grants that favor shovel-ready projects.

The library board may still have other options and is reviewing those options with the help of MSA before the application is complete. They want to make sure that the existing library expansion plans already drawn up will best suit the library needs at this time.

A public hearing on the library expansion will likely be held in early July. An application for the block grant will have to be signed by the village board, probably later in July.

With so much happening at the library at this time, the village hopes to fill library-board vacancies as soon a possible.

Currently, the library board has two vacancies and both must be filled by village residents.

If anyone from the village wishes to serve on the library board, they are asked to contact the village office.

The library board has also contacted the municipal judge, Brian Sears, to find the best way to collect overdue library material and library fines. Sears, in turn, has asked the village board to write an ordinance addressing the collection of library materials and library fines that would make enforcement more efficient.

The village board indicated that it would work on one at a judicial committee meeting.

Grand opening at Wayne’s Foods

General contractor Ed Peterson shows village President Tom Stusek plans for an expansion of Webster Ace Hardware. Hardware store owner Stefan Benson formally applied for a variance before the village board meeting to build closer to the alley than village ordinances allow, but the village board did not act on the request because adjacent landowners and a public hearing have not been completed. Construction is planned for fall. – Photo by Sherill Summer Insurance for fair Charles Scott appeared before the village to thank the village for past support for the Central Burnett County Fair. He also described projects the fair board hopes to complete before this year’s fair in July.

He also expressed concerns that insurance costs for the grandstand events will consume the entire fair board’s budget unless something changes. He asked if the fair could be a rider on the village’s insurance policy. Permission for the rider is already being sought from the village’s insurance company, and the village board gave formal approval for the rider if the insurance company approves.

Wayne’s Foods marked the grand opening of its newly remodeled Danbury store with a ribbon cutting Tuesday morning, June 16. Pictured (L to R) are: Ed Bullis of Supervalu (wholesale suppliers to Wayne’s); Chanda Elliott, vice president of Wayne’s Foods; Christa King, Wayne’s wife; Wayne King, owner; Linda Baum, Danbury store manager; and Tom Orwell of Supervalu. - Photo by Carl Heidel

Other business • There are some changes to committee chairman appointments. William Rock will be the new personnel committee chairman and Norm Bickford will be the new finance committee chairman.

• The PSC has approved the village’s request to put $10,000 of the fire protection fee back onto the levy. The fire protection fee will remain the same for the coming years at about $40,000 a year.

• Priscilla Bauer and Nancy Herman were at the board meeting to talk about the new Web site the Webster Chamber

of Commerce is creating for the village.

They have offered the village a chance to partner with the chamber with the Web site. It would provide a good opportunity for the village to post information online and the board will discuss the idea further in the future.

• Stefan Benson, owner of Webster Ace Hardware, would like to add on to his existing store and has applied for a variance to build closer to the alley than village ordinances allow.

Peterson Construction will be the general contractor for the project that is expected to begin this fall. No action was taken of the variance request.

• Darrell Sears was mistakenly assessed for sewer and water on a second side of the same property in 2004, against village policy, and will be refunded $6,594 plus 1-percent interest per year to correct the problem.

• Nexen employees who are on Nexen payroll and insurance have helped with village projects in the last month on a couple of occasions, and the unexpected help seems to be working well for the village. Public works Director Jay Heyer says he has thought of more projects that Nexen employees can help the village with if they are available.

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Casey layoff rescinded by Frederic Board

by Gregg Westigard FREDERIC – The Frederic School Board rescinded the layoff notice for guidance counselor Cara Casey at the board’s monthly meeting Monday, June 15.

The action, taken after a closed session, will allow Casey to return to the district next fall.

Casey, the counselor for grades 7-12, had been hired to fill the vacancy for a teacher on leave, Jan King. There was a large outpouring of support for her reinstatement from students, teachers and parents. At the June 3 school board meet-

ing, student Marissa Nelson delivered a petition praising Casey which was signed by 151 students. Social studies teacher Jason Pickering delivered another petition asking for Casey’s retention signed by 42 of the 44 high school staff. Several parents also were present on June 3, supporting Casey.

The board is also starting the planning process on how to manage and operate a future pool. The school district and the village have agreed to jointly own a new pool when it is built. The board met with two persons from the village, Trustee Maria Ammend and Administrator David Wondra, at a special meeting Thursday, June 11, to consider how to proceed. The immediate idea is to create a special pool board, similar to the library board, to oversee that pool.

Issues being discussed include the

A Dignified Disposal of Unserviceable Flags Ceremony was held Flag Day, Sunday night, June 14, for over 400 flags. Amery VFW Vice Commander Bob Labathe was assisted by Amery American Legion, Amery VFW Auxiliary, Amery Boy Scouts and Amery Girl Scouts. – Photo submitted

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POLK COUNTY – A 24-year-old Balsam Lake man faces charges of altering a financial transaction card and using it to buy $738.78 worth of groceries at an Osceola grocery store.

Justin J. Johnson is accused of altering the PIN number of a Quest food assistance card belonging to a friend who had let him use her vehicle. Johnson allegedly took the food stamp credit card that was in her car, used paperwork located in the car and changed the personal identification number.

The Osceola Police Department also received a report that the alleged victim was also missing $700 in cash, missing from an apron that was also left in her vehicle.

Johnson told authorities that the alleged victim gave him permission to use the card, and took the card out of her purse and gave it to him to purchase groceries for his sister’s new apartment in St. Croix Falls. He said he and his sister

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purchased $300 worth of groceries at a Wal-Mart in Menominee and still had a $1,200 balance on the card. He asked if he could use it for his sister and the alleged victim agreed. He said he forgot to ask for the PIN number and that’s why he changed it. Asked why he didn’t contact her to get the PIN he said he was mad at her and didn’t have access to a phone.

Johnson also denies taking the $700 in cash and that there was no cash in the car. He owed the alleged victim money, he said, and he said the alleged victim was lying in order to get him to pay that debt.

Johnson was arrested and taken to the Polk County Jail and charged with altering a financial transaction card but no charges were filed regarding the missing cash as the arresting officer believed the validity of the cash needs to be investigated further. – with information from Polk County Sheriff’s Department

WEBSTER ALL-CLASS REUNION

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Thursday, July 16

715-472-2475

11 a.m. - Noon Social Hour Noon Lunch

Due To Circumstances Out Of Our Control We Will Be Closed June 15 Thru June 20. After June 20 We Will Be Open Fri. & Sat. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

488443 Until Further Notice.

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SIREN DENTAL CLINIC

Sheldon A. Olesen, DDS • Timothy W. Johnson, DDS 24164 State Road 35, Siren, Wis., 715-349-2297

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LUCK — Longtime Luck teacher Dorothy Mattson will be at the June meeting of the Luck Area Historical Society to share some of her memories of school teaching in years past. Guests are invited to share pictures and stories they have of their school experiences as well. This meeting will begin the society’s summer season featuring Luck-area schools.

The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 25, at the Luck Museum.

The meeting will end at 8:30, but stay later and chat if you like. Call Chuck at 715-472-4378 if you have questions. — submitted by Luck Area Historical Society

Man faces charges of altering food stamp card

Flag disposal

A sincere thank-you to Dr. Vitalie and staff at B.M.C., doctors at Abbott and St. Croix Regional Hospital and their staffs. Also, to the nurses and caregivers at “Good Sam’s” Nursing Home. What a great place! Special thanks to my brother Tom Lahners for taking care of my place and animals.

Also, to my nephew Kent for keeping wood in my stove.

Thank you friends and relatives for cards, flowers and visits and the encouragement to keep fighting when I thought death would be better. I fought and I’m part way back.

funding of pool operations and staffing.

Until the former pool closed, the district paid for staffing using money levied for the Community Service Fund. The village paid for utilities.

Another item is how costs would be divided for future repairs. The lack of funds, estimated at over $100,000, to fix the old pool led to its closing. The agreement on joint ownership would need to be binding on future village and school boards.

The site for a new pool has not been determined.

Ammend, president of Friends of the Pool, said that several sites are being looked at. The school board has said it should not be on school property. Ammend said that 2011 is the goal for a new Frederic pool.

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Historical society features retired Luck teacher

Tooth decay is the most chronic disease in children in the United States. Untreated tooth decay can cause pain and infection that may lead to problems with eating, speaking, playing and learning.

It is recommended that your child by examined by your dentist between the ages of six to 12 months of age.

We would like to be part of your child’s dental health care.

483306 Call for an appointment for your child today.

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Tensions rise in Danbury strike

SJ Louis brings in nonunion labor; union claims Swiss Township harassment

by Carl Heidel DANBURY— Tensions in the Danbury strike have begun to rise. Union representatives walking the picket line claim that a Swiss Township supervisor has harassed a union member, and management personnel at the site last Friday admitted that they had brought in nonunion workers to cross the picket line.

The labor dispute had temporarily halted the project that was to provide water and sewer services for the village, casino and reservation, but with the nonunion workers at the site work has resumed.

According to Ken Anderson, a union member and Danbury business owner, one of the Swiss Township’s supervisors claimed that the entire water and sewer project had been shut down in a strike because of Anderson. The union and Anderson allege that the supervisor then began to spread rumors about the matter, and that he told other Danbury business owners that he “hoped Ken Anderson was happy with this.”

Union representative Troy Littlejohn pointed out that one person did not instigate the work stoppage. He said the source of the dispute is not of recent origin, and he said that this was a union action, not the action of one individual.

Anderson stated that just a few days before the interim contract expired, a foreman for SJ Louis asked him to fill out an employment application form so that he could work for the construction firm as long as the contract was in place. An-

Union questions legal status of nonunion workers

Members of Union of Operating Engineers Local 139 picketed the SJ Louis worksite in Danbury last Friday. Tensions at the site were rising, fed by management action of bringing in nonunion workers and by allegations of harassment of a union member by Swiss Township personnel. - Photo by Carl Heidel derson said it wouldn’t have made sense for him to then act to shut down a project that would have brought him employment as a union worker.

The rumors appear to have had an effect on the Danbury business community. Anderson said that other business persons have begun to begun to be very vocal with critical comments about the union, apparently as a result of the supervisor’s allegations.

Anderson said that he feels the rumors have also hurt his business. He said that potential customers have avoided his business with the claim that he’s to blame for the strike.

The picket line has been in place since the beginning of the strike, but nonunion workers have now crossed it and

continue work on the project. Management representatives on the site, who refused to give their names or to discuss the dispute, did confirm that the company had brought in nonunion laborers “from some of our other operations.”

The union claims that many of these nonunion workers are migrants and has raised questions about their legal status.

(See related story.)

Members of the Union of Operating Engineers Local 139 walked off the job June 1 in a contract dispute with SJ Louis Construction of Rockville, Minn., the construction firm managing the project.

The union has filed charges of “unfair labor practices” against SJ Louis with the National Labor Relations Board.

by Carl Heidel DANBURY - Local 139 of the Union of Operating Engineers has questioned the legal status of nonunion immigrants employed at work sites in Danbury and Oshkosh. The same challenge will be in place when the union strikes another job site in Stevens Point.

When the union went out on strike June 1, project managers from SJ Louis Construction of Rockville, Minn., brought in nonunion workers to continue operations at the water and sewer project in Danbury and at a similar project in Oshkosh. But a large number of these employees have come from outside of the United States.

According to Troy Littlejohn, an organizer for the union, the union has asked the Immigration and Naturalization Service to check the immigrant workers’ legal status for employment in the United States. He said that the reply from the INS was that it did not have sufficient staff to check the SJ Louis employees.

Littlejohn said that the INS is presently dealing with an unprecedented number of requests for workpermit checks. He said the INS said it would take six months before it could address Local 139’s request.

The Danbury strike by the union against SJ Louis began when negotiations on the master contract between union and management expired May 31. Technically, the original master agreement is still in effect, but attempts to create a successor contract have failed.

ATV enthusiasts celebrate continued ATV routes Routes through much of Burnett County

by Sherill Summer BURNETT COUNTY - ATV trails have long been a part of the Burnett County landscape.

Taking advantage of the large tracts of public land, the trail system winds through the forests and around wetlands.

Newer to Burnett County are ATV routes, which are roads that permit ATV use. Routes can now be found in the

towns of Blaine, West Marshland, Swiss, Union, Lincoln, Meenon, Siren and the villages of Siren and Webster. The routes have opened piece by piece. Most recently, on Tuesday, June 9, the Swiss Town Board opened routes in Swiss Township, including Danbury.

ATV enthusiasts have celebrated the opening of each route, and on Thursday, June 11, a ribbon cutting was staged to celebrate a continuous ATV route from the Polk County line, through two villages and into Danbury and the extensive ATV trails leading from there.

This ATV route sign in Meenon Township designates an ATV route.

Such routes have been formed in many Burnett County towns and villages so that it is now possible to travel from the Polk County Line north to Danbury and onto the many ATV trails in the northern portion of the county. – Photos by Sherill Summer

Motorcycle-van collision

Larry Koch of Turf and Tundra snowmobile and ATV club cut a ribbon outside Smitty’s Bar in Lincoln Township to commemorate ATV routes that now stretch from the Polk County line to the Douglas County line. On Tuesday, June 9, the Swiss Town Board opened ATV routes in Swiss Township, including Danbury.

An accident involving a motorcycle and a van occurred at approximately noon on Friday, June 12, on Grantsburg’s Main Street. According to Grantsburg Police Chief Jeff Schinzing, Sharon Johnson, 57, Siren, was backing a van out of an angled parking spot and her vision was obscured by another van. She backed into the path of a westbound 1982 Yamaha motorcycle driven by Thomas Blakeslee, 46, Siren. The motorcycle fell on Blakeslee and he was taken to Burnett Medical Center by ambulance for treatment of injuries. - Photo by Priscilla Bauer

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This week’s question:

Do you have vehicle insurance?

1. Yes, full coverage 2. Yes, but just liability 3. No, I can’t afford it

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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F O R U M Sneaky Petes?

It’s certainly a bit odd to see the state Assembly pass a budget bill with a provision that would require vehicle owners – and that’s a lot of us – to spend more money.

Especially at this point in our economic history.

Drivers who carry minimum car insurance coverage would see their rates increase as much as 40 percent under the state budget proposal passed by the Assembly and headed to the Senate this week.

In fact, Wisconsin would have the highest mandatory auto liability limits in the nation if the law were to pass, according to the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies.

Proponents are claiming it’s the responsible thing to do. They say rates haven’t increased in 20 years. But not much else.

There needs to be more explanation and public discourse on this. Especially given the impact on budgets of lower-income residents.

And how does a proposal like this make it into a budget without public input?

Lawmakers love to “tuck into the state budget controversial policy items so the policy does not have to stand on its own merits in a separate bill,” according to a Wisconsin State Journal editorial.

What a shameful – or perhaps shameless – game is politics.

Gov. Doyle submitted the proposal. But where the idea originated is a bit of a puzzle. Some say it’s the insurance lobby that thought of it, but all signs are suggesting it came from lobbyists for trial lawyers who would see monetary benefits via higher trial settlements.

So even the perception of this proposal and where it came from undermines public confidence.

Forcing us to spend more on vehicle insurance means more people – obviously the economically challenged – will simply ignore – or continue to ignore – buying insurance altogether. Insurance companies will need to compensate by simply spreading the higher risk to paying customers.

There’s obviously many problems related to uninsured motorists. But raising everyone’s insurance rates can’t be the first step in addressing that problem.

Are there trial lawyers willing to argue publicly in favor of this bill?

Forgoing public debate and hiding this idea inside a budget bill circumvents proper public scrutiny and input – and perpetuates the perception of government as a bunch of Sneaky Petes.

A great celebration

The photo below is historic.

It’s a shot of the first Frederic Family Days queen pageant back in 1965.

Retro. Nostalgic. Smile-provoking.

It represents the energy behind the first celebration. And it took organization among business owners and community members; hard work to coordinate the first one. It was the catalyst that launched the next 44 Family Days celebrations and somewhere along the way, the small village was the proud owner of one of the best community celebrations in Northwest Wisconsin.

Timed to coincide with Father’s Day, Frederic Family Days offers a perfectly paced offering of fun events, music and food. It’s a tribute to the volunteers behind the scenes, veterans and newcomers.

Take time to enjoy the celebration this weekend.

Views expressed on these pages do not necessarily represent those of the Inter-County Cooperative Publishing Association management or board

Where to Write

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

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

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

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

Washington, D.C. 20510 senator_kohl@kohl.senate.gov

The first Miss Frederic Pageant was held during Family Days in 1965. Bud Johnson (at microphone) was the emcee for the event and candidates were (L to R): Nancy Orgeman, Jeanne Fossum, Judy Sederlund, Cynthia Matz, Sandy Prodger, Vickie Asper, Mona Ruhn, Enid Anderson, Jo Ann Struck, Joy Hansen and Linda Panek. - File photo

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

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On Sunday afternoon, June 14, some lowlife scumbag(s) killed Hoover and Hanna in the Cushing cemetery.

Hoover was a Road Island rooster.

Hanna was a hen. They never hurt anyone or anything. They just went about their business bringing a bit of joy to the neighbors.

The license plate on the vehicle is 763L??.

It is a white SUV-type. There was also another truck … gray truck.

At around 8:40 last night we hear a gunshot coming from that direction. Gary quickly ran over to the park and then to the cemetery. He hollered at the vehicle but they wouldn’t stop.

We walked around their nesting spot but didn’t see nor hear them. Then we walked through the cemetery.

Along the fence line I found white feathers … Hanna’s. It appears that perhaps she was stalked and run down as she tried to get through the hole in the fence line.

So the shot we heard was probably the coward shooting Hoover.

We and the neighbors kept watch over them, fed them and enjoyed them. They’d wander over to our yard at least six times a day to eat the corn we’d put out for them and also to drink from the little backyard pond. They’d eat bugs and graze.

Some mornings when we walked our dogs, they’d walk along with us for a while.

Hoover would even do a little jig.

Who are you? Who gave you the right to take the lives of innocent critters? Who gave you permission to play God? Who gave you permission to use a gun/weapon in a public cemetery, in town, near homes with children present? Who gave you the right to take away our joy?

Were you hungry? If so, you could have asked any one of us in town and we’d have gladly given you a chicken from our freezer or given you a meal.

If they were bothering you or anyone else, why didn’t you come and talk to us or to others.

You are a sorry example of human life form. It’s said that “what goes around comes around.” So I hope that you get your just due … some how … some way.

There’s no cock-a-doodling from Hoover and Hanna for this morning or any other morning.

Editor’s note: The following letter is in response to comments by Milltown Village President LuAnn White, published in the story about the monthly meeting of the Milltown Village Board in last week’s (June 10) Leader.

Gloria and Gary Roohr-Hyzer Cushing

Content with critters Over the past month I’ve received numerous bear calls. Some are nuisance bear complaints – others were tragedies.

One was about a baby bear cub at a local residence, dying slowly from suspected poisoning. One call was of a sow that was shot out of a tree for no reason, and she had three baby cubs. The subject who shot the mama bear literally killed four bears, as cubs can‘t live without their mother, that young.

Another case that really bothers me is shooting does in the early spring on ag tags, when they are with fawns. I have literally seen two guys baiting deer with corn on a farmer’s field to kill them on ag tags. What a double standard.

Another complaint, I guess you’d call it, is that you should not pick up baby animals in the woods. Ninety-nine percent of the time mom is not far away, and they are not abandoned. These little animals need their families, so let them stay in their environment.

If you don’t like bear and deer or whatever critter, don’t live in the northwoods, go back to the city. Most of us live here content with critters.

Tamara Larson Clam Falls Editor’s note: The writer is a Polk County Sheriff’s deputy.

Unfortunately, the old board was not as liberal as the current board. We also purchased our land from a private party. We were excited to get started building the next spring. The builder was stopped by one of the village crew because we did not have any permits from them. So, I went to the first village meeting. At the end of the meeting, I was finally addressed and was told “We’ll … maybe we don’t want a taxidermy shop in our town!”

So a month later, the garbage was addressed. A board member stated that a town ordinance does not allow for animal carcasses to be placed in the garbage for village pickup. And I responded by saying “you mean if you catch a mouse in your house you cannot dispose of it in the trash!”

Then another member said that our business would be regulated by a private hauler.

We eventually were given a conditionaluse permit for our business. By then, building supplies had increased so much, that our 30x50 building became a 30x40, and still had a cost overrun. The reason our building is set back so far from the access road, (we heard through the downtown rumbles) is that they screwed up on the south side of the highway with no access road, that they were going to use us as an example. Our driveway could only be so wide, even with a corner lot, we could only have one entrance. Our sign had to be size regulated and set back so many feet from the access road. We also submitted floor plans and were state inspected before moving in.

As far as hazardous materials, we never used any formaldehyde or its byproducts.

We had our dogs living in that work space with us. We used borax (the one you find in the laundry aisle called 20 Mule Team).

White gas – most any outdoors person with camping equipment has several cans just hanging around the garage. Lacquer paints – most households have aerosol cans lying around, and if you build models have lots of jars of it on hand. We were careful to keep these items contained in one area of the building for fire safety. We tried to be very careful with our “garbage.” We did not care for offensive odors either, and froze anything questionable, until the day before pickup, so as not to offend us or our neighbors.

We did not ask to be named in your article and wish you had checked the facts a little more thoroughly before dropping names, and felt that a response was very necessary.

Paul and Diana Funk DBA/Ruffled Spouse Taxidermy Milltown

Not so clean I am shocked at Dave Letterman about his crude joke regarding Alaska’s Gov. Sarah Palin’s young daughter, Willow, who is 14 years old. The TV host said this about her while she and Palin were attending a Yankee’s baseball game: “During the seventh inning, her daughter was knocked up

by Alex Rodriguez.”

Making dirty-sex jokes on national TV about minors being “knocked up,” well that crossed the line.

Oh, Dave tried to play it off saying the dirty joke was aimed at Palin’s older daughter, Bristol, 18 years old. Are you kidding? The public joke at any age is unacceptable. I watched the “Late Show” Wednesday to see if Dave had the guts to publically apologize on the show. He did not. He only made justifications.

Palin rightly responded by saying: “Laughter incited by sexually perverted comments made by a 62-year-old male celebrity aimed at a 14-year-old girl is not only disgusting, but it reminds us some Hollywood/N.Y. entertainers have a long way to go in understanding what the rest

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Raising leaders

I walked through the cemetery in Savannah, Ga., in amazement.

Weatherworn and lichen-encrusted stones marked the graves. Many of the stones just noted their names and the dates of birth and death, but some, more elaborate, included noteworthy life events about the individual buried beneath our feet. What struck me was not how old they were when they died, but rather how young they were when they did something of importance.

Governors, military leaders and business owners, many of them rising to leadership positions while still in their teens or early 20s. Young adults, technically children, making important leadership decisions that helped form the foundation of our country. Young people were given responsibility and they rose to the occasion and met those responsibilities with dignity and honor.

A quick reference into the early leaders of our country revealed three very young leaders that made a serious mark in history. John Paul Jones began his naval career at the age of 13, later becoming a naval commander and was instrumental in the victory over the British navy. Nathan Hale began his academic career at Yale at the age of 14, graduated with a baccalaureate degree at the age of 18. He worked as a teacher until called into service for his country.

He died Sept. 22, 1776, hanged by the British as a spy. He is famous for his statement prior to his death, “I regret that I have but one life to give for my country.” Benjamin Franklin was apprenticed into the printing business at the age of 12.

This was not unusual in the 18th century, but what was unusual was that while still in his teens he began writing letters satirizing the social situation under a pseudonym of “Silence Dogood.” These reached considerable following in that day and displayed a mature mark, despite the relative youth of Ben at the time. His brother, the master printer at the time, did not guess as to the origin of the letters.

These are exceptional examples of youth leaders but young adults taking roles of leadership has been the rule rather than the exception, until now. I realize this was a totally different era, but where are the young leaders of tomorrow, or today for that matter?

I believe that they are here, all around us but held in check by adults and endless prerequisites prior to entering into the adult world. I believe that we are creating a society here in America that doesn’t allow our young people to become adults or even expect them to act like adults until late twenties or even thirties. We have created a false age of prolonged adolescence. The primary culprit for this prolonged adolescence is the increasingly technical society requiring more and more education to participate in the working class at even the entry level. As a consequence many of these excellent people are never given serious responsibility at a young age. If it is never given then serious behavior is never expected either.

I think that this is part of the problem with our society and economy today.

We have forced many people to accept delayed entry into the adult world that, when they get there, they are ill of America understands – that acceptance of inappropriate sexual comments about an underage girl, who could be anyone’s daughter, contributes to the atrociously high rate of sexual exploitation of minors by older men who use and abuse others.”

Under national pressure, reported threats by advertisers to pull ads and some personal reflection, Dave finally apologized Monday—not justified, not clarified but clearly apologized.

In the future, I wonder what other innocent will be targeted? The Obama girls:

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Community Voices John Ingalls equipped to manage. I have seen this happen frequently with other medical school graduates. Eleven to 15 years of education forced upon them after high school leads to pent-up demand. Finally a young doctor is able to work and earn a living but is now faced with extreme levels of debt from education.

This doesn’t stop the urge to finally live the lifestyle that is expected. Cars are purchased on credit and houses much bigger than needed are financed to the limit. Multiply this hundreds of thousands of times over and we have a generation with no foundation of principles to govern their lives.

I think well meaning parents have tried to protect their children from experiencing the “school of hard knocks” as a result the pain experienced later in life is much worse. I dare not point my finger unless I first point it at myself.

We need to begin to instill responsibility into our youth but also allow them to suffer the consequences of their actions. In other words, treat young people as adults and expect adult behavior. I have seen this happen with my own children. The more I treat them as peers the more they respond to me and treat me with respect. The greatest joy and reward of parenting is to view the person across the table from you as your equal and realize that he or she is also your offspring. I am equally open to their reproof and correction as they are from me. I can’t demand their respect, I hope to earn it as I do from friends and co-workers. I didn’t learn this from a book or parenting class, I witnessed it from my parents and my grandparents and to them I am very grateful.

Raising a responsible generation to manage our personal and social affairs begins at home each morning when you look into the mirror. Strive to be a person of honesty and integrity and earn the respect of your children. We can’t make all decisions for our children but we can make all of our own decisions. Decide to model the behavior you want your children to model. Teach your children sound principles on which to make their own decisions.

Our future depends on it.

Dr John W. Ingalls, MD, attended the University of Wisconsin medical school, graduating in 1989. Following graduation he attended a University of Wisconsin Family Practice Residency program in Eau Claire. In 1992, he joined Grantsburg Clinic in Grantsburg, as an employee of Allina Health System based out of Minneapolis. In 2001, he and his wife, Tammy Ingalls, RN, purchased a satellite clinic from Allina, based in Webster. They have operated this clinic independently since 2001 under the name of Ingalls Family Medicine Clinic located in Webster. He and his wife have four daughters, two of them now married and entering into health-related careers. They enjoy traveling and many outdoor recreational activities.

Malia (11) and Natasha (8)? Politics was the bottom line in all this. Dave loathes Sarah Palin. This was evident during the election. He ridiculed her personally at every opportunity. But the point now is if you have an issue with political parents, fine. Hit hard, hit clean. But you cross the line when you attack the parents by going after them through their kids.

Wayne Anderson West Sweden

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When can taxpayers have some say?

The major news media is still in love with the liberal Democrats and absolutely will not report the commonsense taxpayer’s viewpoint.

Barack Obama insists he is changing things. Yes he is. He has now targeted the elderly and working middle class to support his dictatorial approaches and giveaway programs. He has cancelled any cost-of-living increases for Social Security for the next two years, yet the vulnerable elderly have no support from senators or congressman. He will give unlimited funding to welfare recipients and illegal aliens for education, free medical care, free dental care and free eye care. Those medical programs cost the working class and the elderly upwards of $1,000/month.

Now he wants everyone who is working to kick in more money to support his national healthcare. Who benefits? Certainly not the people who are gainfully employed or retired, paying their own medical insurance.

Obama has fired the CEO of GM and now wants a “czar” to oversee the design and approval of future generations of cars. Common sense tells me that a politician (who like Obama himself, has never held a real job) is not the person I want designing a car that I will use. The “czar” would have no qualifications other than to carry out our dictator’s wishes.

Obama also signed a bill increasing the stipend that congressmen and senators get for being on committees an additional 21 percent. Who does that help?

Congressman Obey, during a town hall meeting last year in Siren, stated “No one in the House or Senate is interested in pension liquidations or Social Security issues.”

Obey flat does not care about taxpayers. His only interest is in getting his $186,000 a year pension and his absolutely free medical, eye and dental care.

He admittedly never read the bailout bill which he urged everyone else to sign in politics, is not interested in the taxpayer, supports illegal immigrants getting free medical care and education, and then also stated at the Siren Town Hall meeting last year that “The House and Senate is going to do nothing from April of 2008 until a new Democratic president is elected.” He agrees with further burdening the taxpayer with giveaways and then was “shocked” when his leader Obama’s management of the auto companies resulted in people losing their jobs. Maybe he should spend more time

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reading and less time lining his own pockets.

Obey and Speaker Nancy Pelosi want to tax earning of 401Ks, IRAs and other investments a few people were able to make as “windfall” profits and the tax rate proposed is 40 percent. These funds were originally set up to offset the Social Security programs which the politicians had destroyed through their liberal spending programs. They just don’t care about the taxpayer.

Ann Hraychuck is nothing more than an Obama or Obey or Herb Kohl at the state level. She supports and encourages the taxpayer base to give more and more each year. She supports more health care for illegal aliens and welfare recipients, she supports spending as much as possible to achieve her personal goals. Guess who pays? Certainly not the recipients of her programs.

She supported university rate increases of 7 percent for the taxpayers and then supported a $15 million dollar program to educate illegal aliens.

She wanted to increase the sales tax.

She also supported decriminalizing people who drive without a license or under suspension. The reason was it is too expensive to tie up court time with such picky laws. Maybe she will also want to decriminalize theft, drive-by shootings, etc.

When I look at the overall picture, isn’t it time the taxpayer actually has some say in government? Is the American taxpayer really that naïve? Do they not understand who has to pay for our political socialist and dictatorial programs? I will predict that within the four-year term of Obama, the two-year term of Obey and the two-year term of Hraychuck, there will be no taxpayer who will admit to voting for those three. Only the beneficiaries of their programs will be proud.

Dave Wilhelmy Siren

Transparency We are actually seeing a legitimate attempt at transparency taking place at the federal level. Not from the administration that made transparency a reason to vote, but rather from a little old Congressman from Texas by the name of Ron Paul. Congressman Paul introduced transparency legislation to Congress on Feb. 26, as HR1207 that asks for an audit of the Federal Reserve. This legislation would allow the American public transparency to see what the Federal Reserve is doing with the money that is collected from the taxpayers in this country. In that each taxpayer is audited by the IRS on a yearly basis, a member of Congress

has to search far and wide for a legitimate reason not to support legislation to audit the Federal Reserve.

This legislation is enjoying tremendous nonpartisan support. It takes about five minutes to read the bill, it has no amendments, it is written in very simple language! As of June 11, this now has a majority in the House of Representatives with 222 co-sponsors. All but two members of Congress from Wisconsin, Gwen Moore of the 4th District and Dave Obey of the 7th District, have not co-sponsored/supported this legislation to date.

It is expected that this legislation will proceed to the House floor and get voted on by the end of July. Once this legislation has passed in the House of Representatives, it moves onto the Senate and we can see how many senators will endorse transparency.

We do have a system that will respond if we wake up enough people, but that’s the tough job. They will respond when they hear from the people. Much credit needs to be directed to the grassroots effort to call, e-mail and send letters to members of Congress to wake them up.

Leon Moe Luck

How low?

The recent bill that passed in Wisconsin lowering the state’s hunting age from 12 to 10 begs the question: How low will hunting lobbyists go?

Wisconsin is just one of the states across the country working to eliminate minimum hunting ages and put loaded weapons into increasingly younger hands—part of a money-hungry effort to recruit new hunters to revive a dying sport. The result? A rise in the number of hunting accidents and deliberate acts of violence involving children.

According to the International Hunter Education Association, in one year alone, there were 445 hunting accidents, about 25 percent of which involved children.

The association believes these statistics will only get higher as the age at which children are allowed to handle guns is lowered. The Wisconsin Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics warns that children under the age of 12 are not “developmentally ready to safely handle a gun while hunting.”

Recent school yard shootings and decades of evidence show that a child’s attitude toward animals can predict future behavior. From Columbine to Jonesboro, Ark., many of the kids involved in school yard shootings first “practiced” on animals.

In this culture of escalating youth violence, it is irresponsible and downright

dangerous to teach our children how to kill. Now, while wildlife agencies are formulating policies for the next hunting season, it is vital that compassionate people contact state officials and urge them to implement regulations that protect children and animals. To learn more about ways to help wildlife, visit www.HelpingAnimals.com.

Amy Skylark Elizabeth Senior staff writer People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Norfolk, Va.

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Rally at the capitol speaks to school funding issues MADISON - Backers of school funding reform took to the streets in Madison Tuesday.

Chanting, "Put kids first! Put kids first!” participants of the 10th annual "Walk on the Child Side" marched up State Street, then rallied on the steps of the capitol building shouting for the removal of revenue caps and increased funding for public education.

Tom Beebe of the Wisconsin Alliance for Excellent Schools, says that because of the current funding system schools have had to cut staff, increase class sizes, and ignore building repairs. He says it’s about time lawmakers do something about the problem because Wisconsin’s school system is not what it used to be either in quality or quantity.

One legislator took part in the walk.

Madison Democrat Sondy Pope-Roberts, who chairs the Assembly Education Committee, says schools are the heart of our communities. She says if a school is closed, businesses falter, and families don’t move to the community. She says a guaranteed education will help lead Wisconsin out of its bad economic situation.

Organizers say they do not expect funding reform in this year's budget but hope their efforts will start discussion on finding a solution. - Wisconsin Public Radio (Madeline Nordholm

Hraychuck votes to pass state budget Balanced budget cuts spending by $3.2 billion while protecting key priorities MADISON- State Rep. Ann Hraychuck, D-Balsam Lake, voted to pass the state Assembly’s version of the 2009-11 state budget on Saturday, June 13. Wisconsin faces a $6.6 billion deficit, the worst budget crisis in state history. The national economic collapse exploded budget deficits in 47 states, including Wisconsin.

A responsible budget is a critical component to Wisconsin’s economic recovery. “My colleagues and I knew that Wisconsin’s budget situation was going to be difficult from the very beginning, regardless of which political party is in charge,” said Hraychuck.

The Assembly is working hard to do

their part to get the state’s budget done on time. It has been 35 years since a budget was delivered to the governor’s desk by the end of the state’s fiscal year, which is June 30. Every day that the budget goes over this due date, it causes the $6.6 billion deficit to deepen.

This budget bill includes the deepest cuts in Wisconsin history, totaling $3.2 billion. It also cuts the expenditure of state tax dollars by 3.4 percent. “We haven’t faced budget times like this since The Great Depression,” said Hraychuck.

“But we rolled up our sleeves and got to work right away to get this state back on track. And we started by making cuts, just like Wisconsin families have had to.”

This budget contains no sales tax increase, no payroll tax increase and no income tax increase for Wisconsin residents making less than $300,000 per year—which means that income taxes only go up for the top 1 percent of wage earners.

“Certainly this budget is not perfect, but our state needs a responsible budget

that strikes a balance between the services and programs that people need and taxpayers ability to pay,” Hraychuck said. “I received hundreds upon hundreds of phone calls, e-mails and letters from constituents expressing their funding priorities and sharing their concerns with the state budget. The changes the Assembly made to the budget reflect the feedback I received.”

Throughout the budget process Hraychuck has been a strong advocate not only for the 28th Assembly District, but the entire region. She successfully amended and eliminated several provisions from both the governor and Joint Finance Committee’s versions of the budget to make this budget bill better for northwestern Wisconsin. This budget: Restores funding for 40 Department of Motor Vehicle Service Centers, including Amery, Luck, New Richmond, Spooner and Siren, all of which serve the 28th Assembly District; secures aid for countyrun nursing homes; eliminates a last-minute Joint Finance Committee

budget provision which could have prevented progress on the construction of the Stillwater Bridge; deletes a provision that would have restricted hunting, fishing and trapping access to land purchased with Knowles-Nelson Stewardship funds; restores $5.4 million that was cut from the Department of Justice’s budget in order to protect public safety; reinstates funding and staffing for the Clean Sweep program, a valuable recycling program for rural communities; reduces the handgun background check fee to $13 from the governor’s proposed $30; removes proposed changes to joint and several liability laws.

The next step in the budget process is approval by the Senate. If they make any changes to the budget bill, it will have to come back over to the Assembly, and then off to the governor’s desk for his signature. - from the office of Rep. Hraychuck

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County staffing cuts, cost-saving measures not approved

Board votes to pay attorney fees in case against deputy

by Mary Stirrat BALSAM LAKE — Two resolutions intended to address the $3 million projected shortfall in the 2010 county budget, including one that could potentially eliminate 31 jobs, failed to gain approval of the Polk County Board of Supervisors at its June 16 meeting.

The resolution to look at eliminating positions was defeated by a vote of 21 to two, with only its author, finance director Gary Bergstrom, and Supervisor Patricia Schmidt in favor.

In explaining the resolution, Bergstrom said that 73 percent of the county budget is personnel costs.

“A lot of departments really don’t have a lot of fat anymore,” he said. “If we have to get rid of $3 million, I don’t know how we’re going to do that.”

Polk County Finance Director Tonya Weinert talks budget with the county board of supervisors.

The listing of possible cuts consisted of seven full-time equivalents in the health department, nine in the highway department and 15 in the human services department.

The list, explained Bergstrom, was intended to be a set of examples. “They weren’t designed to be cut in stone,” he said. “The magnitude of the dollars was so large. That’s why I approached it this way.”

Most of the opposition to the resolution came from the fact that it did not follow, and asked for suspension, of the county policy that outlines staffing procedures in regards to budget.

The policy leaves the bulk of the decisions to the governing and personnel committees, with input from department heads.

“I don’t like it,” said Supervisor Jim Edgell. “I would rather see this go back to the department heads and let them do their job. Like the old saying — that’s why they get paid the big bucks.”

Edgell said he didn’t feel comfortable, as a supervisor, making decisions about the number or types of employees that should be cut.

Supervisor Jerry Newville argued that the county has a system in place to come up with staffing plans.

“This is supposed to come out of personnel,” he said. “This whole thing is premature. It’s an affront to our people that are working. It’s an affront to the personnel committee.

“This is simply not according to what we’re set up to do.”

Supervisors (L to R) Gary Bergstrom, Kim O’Connell and Larry Jepsen at the June 16 meeting of the Polk County Board of Supervisors. – Photos by Mary Stirrat Newville added that, in a number of cases, an employee actually brings in more money than he or she costs.

According to Supervisor Marvin Caspersen, chair of the highway department, letting employees go in that department may impact both safety and the delivery of services.

Before the vote was taken, Bergstrom said that the potential cuts can be explored later in the budget process, when other avenues, like early retirements, have been exhausted.

Cost-saving measures The second resolution that failed to pass was one that would have eliminated the 2 percent pay increase effective June 28 for nonunion employees, authorized the personnel committee to meet with union representatives to reopen contract agreements with the unions, and eliminate mileage reimbursements to county board supervisors.

This resolution failed by a much closer vote of 12 opposed to 11 in favor.

Arguing that the board must show respect to itself in order to gain the respect of others, Schmidt attempted to remove the elimination of mileage for board members from the resolution. Board chair Bryan Beseler ruled such an action as out of order because it would change the intent of the resolution.

Supervisor Ken Sample said he felt there was disparity in the resolution, with nonunion employees losing their pay increase for the second half of the year, while union employees possibly negotiate for several months.

“I’m pretty sure you’re probably not going to get something retroactive to June 28,” he said, referring to the unions.

Sample also pointed out that some supervisors would be more affected than others if mileage reimbursements were eliminated.

The intent, said Bergstrom, is not to be unfair, but the result would be unfair.

He agreed with Sample about the disparity between union and nonunion employees and the different distances that supervisors have to travel. He said he would prefer that the per diem each supervisor receives for meetings be cut rather than mileage reimbursement because it would be more fair.

“If we’re going to whine about the mileage now, we’re going to whine about the per diem then,” said Newville, who felt the supervisors should take the cut to show they are serious about cutting the budget.

“I get a kick out of the whining I hear going on,” he said, adding that most people don’t get paid to go to and from their job and that no supervisor took the job for the pay.

“If we have any hope of getting the union to sit down and talk to us, well, they’re not going to do it when we have a resolution to throw out 31 jobs.”

“If we mean business about trying to work with our people,” he said, “we have to have something to show.”

Newville said his mileage reimbursement for the first half of 2009 was $849, and he would be willing to give that up.

According to Andrea Jerrick, director of employee relations, county board mileage paid out in 2008 was $28,600.

Savings on nonunion employees for the rest of 2009, if the 2 percent increase effective June 28 is not implemented, would be $32,206. If no pay increases were implemented in 2010, another $148,400 would be saved.

“If we’re going to be the leaders we need to lead by example,” said personnel committee chair Russ Arcand.

The board voted 12 to 11 against implementing the cost-saving measures, with supervisors Dean Johansen, Schmidt, Herschel Brown, Marvin Caspersen, Keith Rediske, Edgell, Jay Luke, Diane Stoneking, Larry Jepsen, Kim O’Connell, Gary Bergstrom and Neil Johnson opposed.

Supervisors Bob Dueholm, Joan Peterson, Kathy Kienholz, Brian Masters, Ken Sample, Craig Moriak, Russell Arcand, Mick Larsen, Larry Voelker, Newville and board chair Beseler were in favor.

Other budget issues In other business directly related to the budget, the board voted to oppose a state assembly bill that would reduce the interest on unpaid property taxes from 12 percent to 6 percent. According to treasurer Amanda Nissen, the reduction would have cost the county about $226,000 last year.

“This would cut our interest revenue in half,” she told the board.

Only a small percentage of property owners, about 3.5 percent on average, would benefit from the reduction. The rest would suffer with higher taxes to make up the difference.

Besides, said Nissen, the effective date of the bill would be upon passage, which means that one person paying their delinquent taxes would pay 12 percent interest, when the person paying the next day, after the reduction is effective, would only pay 6 percent.

The board voted to oppose the bill on a voice vote, with all in favor.

In her financial report, finance director Tonya Weinert said that the county currently has $2.6 million in outstanding property taxes from taxes that were due in January. She pointed out that the county will still need to pass on the appropriate amounts to municipalities, regardless of whether or not it is collected, with money from the county general fund.

Finally, the board voted to allocate $45,000 for new windows at Golden Age Manor in order to be eligible for $225,000 in economic stimulus funding.

Legal expenses The board voted to pay $18,032 in legal expenses incurred by Polk County Deputy Arling Olson in the defense of criminal proceedings that arose from his conduct in the performance of his official

duties relating to a 2002 drug case.

Criminal charges against Olson were dismissed last month.

Jeff Fuge, Polk County Corporation Counsel, recommended to the board that the bill to Bakke Norman be paid.

“The sole issue of inquiry,” he said, “is whether or not the hourly rate is reasonable.” If the board does not feel it is reasonable, Fuge said, it would be an issue for the court to determine.

Schmidt said that she investigated the hourly rate, and found the local average to be $175 per hour. The attorney in the Olson case charged $275 per hour.

“I really believe we should question whether we should take him to court,” she said. “This is a chunk of money.”

In response to a question from Sample, Fuge said that the county would have a good chance of having the rate reduced if it went to mediation. However, he said, the cost of resolving the issue would be more than what the county would save in the reduced fee.

“It’s not fiscally feasible to challenge this,” he said.

By voice vote, with two no votes, the board approved payment of the bill.

E-mail policy The board voted to enact an e-mail acceptable use policy for employees, contractors, business associates and county supervisors. The policy provides for an e-mail account where all communications would be kept by the county.

According to Todd Demers, Polk County Information Technology Director, he was asked by his governing committee to develop the policy. The concern, he said, is that home computers are not protected from confiscation in the event of a suspected violation of the open meetings law.

Utilizing the county system, he said, keeps all communication in a retrievable form that can be provided in the event of an alleged open meetings law violation.

“You truly have a trail, to save you or to hang you,” Demers told the board.

Demers said that supervisors are not required to become part of the county system. However, he said, whatever media the supervisors use is subject to search and seizure.

Schmidt said she was concerned about the possibility of supervisors being unknowingly drawn into an open meetings law violation by forwarding e-mails from other supervisors.

If an e-mail is forwarded from one to another, she said, it would soon have reached a sufficient number of supervisors to constitute a walking quorum in violation of the law.

Fuge said that e-mail is no different than any other form of media, and that supervisors should be careful about forwarding their e-mails to other supervisors. “E-mail is just another avenue of risk,” he said.

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by Tammi Milberg TAYLORS FALL, Minn. – Thursday, June 11, was a victorious day for the city of Taylors Falls in which representatives attended the hearing in St. Paul, Minn. of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission.

Taylors Falls was prepared to testify to their complaints about Xcel Energy’s recent approaches to the Chisago Project and violations of the mediated settlement agreement between the company and the cities of St. Croix Falls and Taylors Falls in 2000.

With a settlement agreement in place and periodic meetings over the years with Xcel Energy, the city of Taylors Falls felt no need to monitor Xcel Energy’s progress in the powerline construction. This is what Mayor Michael Buchite told the PUC when he testified that while the city is asking for amendments to the permits already granted, they never thought Xcel’s permit applications would be contrary to the agreement.

Buchite also explained that Xcel held a meeting about overhead lines through a portion of the route, but the city of Taylors Falls was not invited. “I explained to the commission that as a party to the agreement, we wondered why wasn’t our city included? Why weren’t we invited to the meeting?”

Buchite stated that former mayor and current steering committee member Loren Caneday also testified to the past and how the agreement came about. “Loren did a very good job with his presentation. We were very happy and surprised about the whole thing,” Buchite said.

Jill Medland, National Park Service, also spoke on behalf of the city’s preservation and protection efforts of the river valley. She testified that the park service was not opposed to underground lines.

Buchite said the hearing for Taylors Falls/Xcel took an hour and a half of really hard questions and answers, but in the end, Taylors Falls prevailed. The commission ordered that Xcel works with the city on the revegetation issue, and on the CTH 20 routing. The third issue, amending the permits for the over-

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head/underground portion, was tabled.

“We thought the commission would tell us we were late in requesting this amendment, but when we explained that we had no reason to question what Xcel was doing as far as applying for permits because we thought they were abiding by the agreement, I think that was enough for the PUC to say, let’s take a look at this,” said Buchite. “So the fact it was tabled was also a victory for the city.”

Buchite said that the issue of the underground/overhead lines is up to the Army Corps of Engineers to determine through a study of whether or not the area would be environmentally impacted by underground lines rather than overhead. Buchite said once the corps makes its determination or renders a decision, Xcel would have 10 days in which to do the permitting

and the PUC would review and grant the permit.

Buchite stated that Xcel was scheduled to begin work on the CTH 37 substation on June 15, but the PUC ordered Xcel to stop all work on this substation, which is not permitted yet.

“We were not late in the game on the substation. The PUC was a caring group of individuals that really looked at the situation,” said Buchite. “The paper trail was the proof for David Birkholz to tell Xcel to stop work on their substation.”

Buchite said the city representatives left the hearing feeling pretty good. “We are glad things are being looked at and that this project will make sense and be done the right way. We need to do it the right way.”

Plan commission hears ideas for Hwy. 8 intersection improvements

by Tammi Milberg ST. CROIX FALLS – The plan commission for St. Croix Falls heard an update from planners with URS Corporation in Milwaukee at the June 15 meeting. The planners from URS presented their study of the Hwy. 8/KFC intersection improvement suggestions at the plan commission meeting. The planners are studying that stretch of road for the Wisconsin DOT. The study is a federally funded project and addresses the safety of the intersection. Nathan Guequierre, senior planner with URS, listed several options that have been listed as a result of the study. One option is an overpass over Hwy. 8 from Industrial Parkway to Red Fox Trail. Another possibility is restricting access to right-in and right-out turns only from Hwy. 8 onto either Industrial Parkway or Red Fox Trail. There would be an exception of allowing left turns at Industrial Parkway only for fire trucks, because the fire station is in that area and trucks need to access Hwy.8.

Another alternative would be to continue Old Hwy. 8/Red Fox Trail out to Hwy. 35, across from McKenney Street. There were other options listed in similar locations, but the commission did not seem as interested in those options. Because the entrance and exit ramps from Hwy. 35 onto Hwy. 8 are so close to that intersection, stoplights and speed reduction have been ruled out as alternatives.

The item was on the agenda merely for the commission to get an update on the study and what results have been determined thus far. The planners will continue to work with alternates and the determinations they have made so far.

Guequierre stated that the study continues with feedback and continuous looks at the study until fall when

a public hearing for the best solution will be held in St. Croix Falls. The timeline is to have the study continue through the fall, do the design process in 2011 with construction in 2012.

The planners also suggested the city look at doing a mapping of old Hwy. 8 to continue that route as a future platted road, even though it would not be constructed. It was explained that if the DOT ever closed accesses to Hwy. 8 in that area in the future, the city would have a designated backup route, with the mapping already in place ahead of time. With this step complete, the DOT would likely favor and possibly fund that route alternative should they ever limit access to Hwy. 8 for safety.

The commission will be looking at the mapping statute and possibility of implementing an alternate Hwy. 8 route at a future date.

Business expansion moved forward The commission recommended approval for Jim Ward, White Bear Machine, to build a second building for storage next to the existing business in the industrial park. Ward said that even with bad economic times, his business seems to be growing. He is taking a conservative approach in requesting to build a second building rather than to add on to his existing business; in the event business drops, he could sell the second building and lot. However, Ward hasn’t seen any economic slowdown yet. In fact, he said the numbers are up this year from last year already. The plan commission approved the idea, and Ward’s conservative approach. They passed it for consideration by the city council for final approval.

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OSCEOLA – The owner of Papa Bob’s Ice Cream Shop in Osceola faces charges of sexual assault for allegedly touching underage females who worked for him.

Robert T. Pavey, 52, Lindstrom, Minn., was accused by two 17-year-old females of making sexually suggestive comments to them and of groping them on several occasions. Pavey, according to one of the teens, put his hand through a hole in her jeans and grabbed the bare skin of her buttocks. The other teen said Pavey would

hug her and grab her buttocks without her permission.

In an interview with police, Pavey initially denied the allegations. He eventually admitted to touching at least one female on her buttocks, using holes in the girl’s pants to touch her bare skin. He said he did it because “it felt good.” He said he knew it was wrong and was embarrassed.

Pavey was read his rights and booked into jail on June 12. – with information from the Polk County Sheriff’s Department

Polk County Fair to be held July 30 through Aug. 2 Fair called “summer’s best family get-together” POLK COUNTY - The Polk County Fair will be held at the fairgrounds in St. Croix Falls starting on Thursday, July 30, and will run through Sunday, Aug. 2.

Daily single admission ticket price for 8 years and older is $6. Season tickets for ages 8 through 17 are $10 and for adults are $15. There is no admission for grandstand events except for the demolition derby, on Sunday, Aug. 2, which is $10 for everyone. Parking is free.

Highlights of the fair will include performances by

Norm Knight, hypnotist, the magic of Jim Lenz, Mark Stary and the Whiskey Roses, the Alzen Family Band ,the Lake Country Cloggers, Duck for the Oyster folk band and dance, Indianhead Chorus, River City Cloggers and Auggie the Clown.

Events will include a demolition derby, K-9 search and rescue demonstration, horse pull, kiddie pedal tractor pull, four-wheel-drive truck pull, tractor pull, livestock auction, talent contest, Little Britches livestock show, historical activities in the red school, Bingo and Mr. Ed’s Magical Midways. For more information, go to www.polkcountyfair.com or call 715-483-3391. - from Polk County Fair Society

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Bikeathon raises funds for Luther Park camp scholarships

Webster kindergarten visits fifirre hall

Kindergarten classes of Mrs. Swenson, Miss Hakanson and Miss Monarski visited the Webster Fire Hall and met with Lt. Dennis Snarski.

Firefighter Snarski showed the classes SCBA air packs, equipment on the different trucks and talked to them about fire safety. The children also visited North Ambulance and other businesses in Webster. “The Webster School District is fortunate to have such excellent teachers and the Webster Fire Department wants to thank Mrs. Swenson, Miss Hakanson and Miss Monarski for bringing the children to the fire hall,” reads a statement from the fire department. Shown are Swenson and Doriott and the class in front of the ladder truck. – Photo submitted

The riders and one support staff pictured are as follows (L to R): Matt Xiong (Messiah), Rod Nerdahl (Messiah), Tom Gustafson (Messiah), Donny Bergquist (Family of Christ), Sarah Pesola (Messiah), Pat Shirley (Messiah), David Shirley (Messiah), Steve Neumann (Messiah), Scott Wright (House of Prayer), Matt Settergren (Messiah), Michelle Russell (Messiah) and Pastor Lee Cunningham (Messiah support staff). Not pictured: Peggy Nerdahl (Messiah and support staff). – Special photo

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LUCK - The annual Luther Park Bikeathon was another great success this year. The June Bikeathon had 11 riders, with three support staff in two “sag” vehicles providing resources and energy for the event. The riders started at Messiah Lutheran Church in Minneapolis on Saturday, June 6, around 7:50 a.m. and arrived in Luck around 4:30 p.m. that day. The weather was damp and cold, but the riders spirits were not. Some of the riders warmed themselves on Saturday evening in the Luck Country Inn’s This bulldozer being used in the Southeast Neighborhood Improvements Project on Fourth Avenue, Siren, has two global positioning systems, mounted one on each side of the blade. Inside the cab, the operator uses a screen showing a little bulldozer that charts the course of the big bulldozer, making sure it is exactly where it should be, as it works down the roadway. Stakes are laid along the roadway as a guide, just to make sure everything is working properly. A-1 Excavating is responsible for the project, the same company that did the Main Street Project but with different crews. Weekly updates on the project can be found on the Internet at www.visitsiren.com under Local Information. – Photo by Nancy Jappe

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P O L K

C O U N T Y

H E A D L I N E S

Group seeks to cut county board from 23 to 7

Board to investigate having a county administrator

by Mary Stirrat BALSAM LAKE — The Polk County Board Tuesday evening was informed that action is pending that will lead to a referendum vote to decrease the size of the board from 23 members to seven.

Joey Monson of Clayton, during the public-comment portion of the meeting, read a statement of intent indicating that a collection of signatures was needed to have the referendum. She signed the statement as “group representative,” but no details were given about the group she represents.

Following Wisconsin Act 100, the group has 60 days to collect the number of signatures equal to 25 percent of the county’s total vote for supervisors at the most recent spring election. The county clerk’s office said that the total number of voters in the spring 2008 election was 6,898, which means that 1,725 signatures must be acquired to hold the referendum vote.

The same state law also establishes a redistricting process. “It is suggested that you begin to review that process, as we are confident that Polk County voters will wholeheartedly support government reduction that results in dollar savings, time savings and increased efficiency,” the statement of intent reads.

“We hope that you, as a board of supervisors, as taxpayers, recognize the value of this effort and do not take it as a personal affront but in fact, you will support this reduction for the good of Polk County,” it concludes.

Wisconsin Act 100 also prohibits the county board from enacting any interim size-reduction measures while the petition and referendum process is pending.

Because of this aspect of the law, a motion made later in the meeting by Supervisor Diane Stoneking to reduce the board to 13 was disallowed.

Joey Monson of Clayton reads the statement of intent to petition and hold a referendum vote to reduce the Polk County Board of Supervisors from 23 members to seven. — Photo

by Mary Stirrat Stoneking made the motion during discussion on a resolution calling for an ordinance to stagger the terms of board supervisors.

The board agreed that, with a petition and possible referendum pending to decrease the size of the board, staggered terms was a moot point, as Supervisor Michael Larsen called it. The resolution to develop an ordinance to that purpose was tabled.

County administrator Polk County government is such that the county board chairman is also designated the county administrative coordinator. As such, he or she is responsible for all administrative and management functions of Polk County that are not assigned to boards, committees, commissions or elected officers.

Because the county has a population of less than 500,000, it has the option of creating the office of county administrator,

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who would be the chief executive officer of the county responsible for the administrative and management functions of the county as well as supervision of department heads.

A resolution to explore the idea of having a county administrator was brought to the board by Supervisor Ken Sample, who said he was interested in finding out if such a change could save the county some money.

“It doesn’t require us to get an administrator,” he explained. “It explores the possibilities.”

Supervisor Larry Jepsen thought the idea was a good one, saying county administrators are trained to manage county business.

Acknowledging that there would be a cost associated with the position, he said, “They have a whole lot more knowledge than any of us can have. I think it’s good that we get the information.”

Supervisors Dean Johansen, Brian Masters and Neil Johnson all agreed.

“It’s foolish to think a bunch of supervisors without the knowledge to run a business should run this business,” said Johnson.

Masters cautioned the other supervisors that such a move would require a shift in philosophy. Rather than trying to manage every aspect of county government, he said, supervisors would need to be able to give control to the county administrator.

Masters inadvertently referred to the administrator as “he,” but, after being jokingly called on the carpet by female department heads in the audience, he changed it to “he or she.”

“My concern,” said Supervisor Jim Edgell, “is will it be just one more person for us to disagree with?”

Reminding the board of past history, Supervisor Patricia Schmidt said that the county had Frank Pascarella as county administrator for several years prior to 2005. When he was let go the board studied options, deciding to go with a finance director, a position now held by Tonya Weinert.

Schmidt asked the board whether or not the county would want both the finance director and a county administrator.

In the end, with some supervisors opposed, the resolution passed on a voice vote. The resolution was amended to also explore other possibilities besides just a county administrator.

Other business • The board voted to grant right-ofway easement to Dairyland Power Cooperative for a high-voltage transmission line on the south side of Hwy. 8. The current route extends through D.D. Kennedy Park, and Dairyland was ordered to bring the line north to Hwy. 8 for stretch in the town of Apple River.

• The board voted to support the establishment of a regional trail committee supporting the coordination, promotion, development and connectivity of recreational trails in Ashland, Bayfield, Barron, Burnett, Douglas, Polk, Rusk, Sawyer and Washburn counties. Each county will appoint two members to the committee, one of whom will be a county board supervisor.

• The board approved a public participation plan for the Polk County comprehensive plan, as required by state statutes. The plan includes public meetings, surveys, and use of the Internet and local papers to gain input into the plan.

• A resolution submitted by Sample to appoint a committee to explore possible consolidations of departments was ruled out of order by board Chairman Bryan Beseler. According to county policy, he said, governing committees departments are designated to initiate consolidation.

Earlier in the meeting, AFSCME president and highway department employee Tom Fornengo said that the highway department and lime quarry should be easily consolidated. If those two cannot be combined, he said, it will be difficult to combine any.

Grape news Wine grapevines are budding and preparing to fruit all over PolkBurnett counties. Kevin Schoessow, area agricultural development agent for the UW-Extension and Research Station in Spooner, checks on Marquette vines near Frederic. Schoessow said during the 11 years he’s been an ag agent, more and more area people are planting vineyards for commercial and hobby endeavors. Many of the cold-hardy vines are developed by the University of Minnesota, and are able to survive temperatures of minus 30.

For more information on grape growing, call the UW-Extension at 800-528-1914. - Photo by Wayne Anderson

Milltown man charged with delivering meth

The water tower in the town of Balsam Lake has been getting a facelift over the past several weeks. The historic tower is being reconditioned after a decision by the village board last winter. A study by Short Elliot Hendrickson said the tower either had to be reconditioned or replaced to meet state and federal codes. The cost to recondition the tower went to the winning bid of Central Tank Coatings of Elgin, Ill., at $203,400. The cost to build a new tower was estimated to be about $500,000. The project is expected to be finished before Balsam Lake’s Freedom Festival, held July 2-5. – Photos by Marty Seeger

POLK COUNTY – Joseph S. Aubart, 25, Milltown, faces two charges of delivery of methamphetamine.

Auburt was arrested June 9 in the village of Milltown following a controlled buy with an undercover agent. According to a Polk County Sheriff’s report, an undercover agent had a prearranged deal with Aubart for a quarter ounce of meth for $700. The deal was to take place in the village, hand-to-hand.

After the exchange took place inside a vehicle, another person approached the vehicle and asked Auburt for $120 worth

of meth, and Aubart handed him a small gem bag containing meth in front of the undercover agent. The person making the purchase, unnamed, was later taken into custody.

Aubart was taken into custody in his vehicle on Hwy. 35 in the village. He had $700 from the controlled buy and an additional $920 on his person.

Aubart gave a confession to offers at the Polk County Jail. The suspected meth was tested and tested positive. – with information from Polk County Sheriff’s Department

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Luck Scout 10th in MOA derby

New Luck Lion

Ben Smith of Luck placed 10th overall in the Tiger Cub Division of the Northern Star Council Cub Scout Pinewood Derby race held this past weekend at the Mall of America. Ben advanced from the local Pack 147 derby in Luck, followed by the Wild River District Derby in Clear Lake, to be able to participate in the councilwide derby at the Mall of America. Ben goes to Luck Schools and will be in the second grade this fall.

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S PRING S PORTS INTER! COUNTY LEADER • INTER! COUNTY LEADER • INTER! COUNTY LEADER

F R E D E R I C • G R A N T S B U R G • L U C K • S T. C R O I X F A L L S • S I R E N • U N I T Y • W E B S T E R BASEBALL • GOLF • SOFTBALL • TRACK & FIELD

Pirates bring home second state title

Three runs scored in third inning

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Grantsburg 3, Laconia 0

by Brenda Sommerfeld MADISON – The Grantsburg softball program and coach Don Bjelland took their second state championship title Saturday, June 13, with a 3-0 shutout against the Laconia Spartans on Goodman Diamond on the UW-Madison campus.

The Pirates scored their three runs in the third inning for the only runs scored in the game. With five defensive errors, Grantsburg was fortunate to have pitcher Michelle Lund throw a solid game. Lund totaled five strikeouts, walked one batter and only had two Laconia players get hits off her. Lund batted in two of her team’s runs with a single and scored the third on a hit by Heather Davison.

“She (Michelle) was solid,” Bjelland commented. “She had good at bats besides.”

The team made it to the state championship game for the second time in history. The first team to play in the championship was in 2006. Two players Lund and Sarah Wald made the trip to Madison for the second time going with the 2007 team who fell in the semifinals.

Bjelland believed from the start that his 2009 team could go all the way.

“I was confident from the start of the season,” Bjelland stated. “There one of those types of teams. They’ve been excited ever since I met them.”

“Its really sweet that the 2006 team was a totally different team and different parents,” Bjelland added. “Another set of parents and players got a chance to experience it. It couldn’t be better.”

Laconia made their first trip to state and defeated their first opponent Lancaster, 6-5. The Spartans took home the silver as Grantsburg got the gold.

Bjelland has 14 players on his Division 3 varsity team and each one of them got their chance to be part of a game during the state tournament.

“We probably could have scored more runs if I just left our starters in all the time,” Bjelland said, “but I needed to get everyone in there.”

“We’ve been talking about how good all 14 of our players are and how they’ve been progressing,” Bjelland said.

Pitcher Michelle Lund hugs catcher Lauren Romanowski immediately following the final out against Laconia.

The Grantsburg softball team brought home the second state title in Pirates history. The 2009 team poses with their trophy on Goodman Diamond in Madison after winning the championship game Saturday, June 13. – Photos by Brenda Sommerfeld “Maybe I’m different than some coaches, but I take a little more risks than others.

I just made it the goal that somehow I need to get these kids a chance to at least get in the game and do something. All the players got a chance to bat or run bases or something.”

The starting nine played the field every inning, but some were replaced at the plate once. Jessica Hoffman, Lauren Finch and MacKenzie Ryan each had a chance to bat and Gabrielle Witzany scored one of the runs as a pinch runner.

Witzany scored the first run for the Pirates, as pinch runner for catcher Lauren Romanowski, in the third inning. Romanowski was walked as the first batter.

Tiffany Meyer got on with a bunt and was advanced to second on a sacrifice by Wald. Witzany and Meyer scored on a single up the middle from Lund. Lund

made it to second on the throw and got to third on fielder’s choice from Annie Palmquist’s grounder to pitcher. Lund scored on an up-the-middle single from Davison before the inning ended.

Grantsburg left three runners on base during other innings, while Laconia left six on. In the first inning, the Spartans had two runners on base. Kristyn Schmidt reached first on a throwing error and made it to second, third and tried for home on a single from Amanda Stahmann. Schmidt was chased down between Pirates and tagged out by shortstop Ingrid Ames at third.

Two were left on base in the third inning as Ames caught a pop fly. In the sixth, with their second hit and two errors from Grantsburg, Laconia had the bases loaded when a fly was hit to first base. Palmquist caught it with second baseman Meyer as backup.

“They just played the game,” Bjelland stated. “They didn’t have the best defensive performance on the championship game, but on the same token, we had some great defensive plays during that state tournament.”

Meyer and Lund each went 2 for 3, Davison and Emily Cole finished 1 for 2.

Palmquist totaled seven putouts; Meyer and Davison each had one.

Coach Don Bjelland holds his team’s 2009 Division 3 softball state championship trophy up high.

Don Bjelland embraces his daughter, college softball player and fill-in assistant coach, Mollie.

••• MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.,– University of Minnesota Gopher freshman infielder AJ Pettersen was recently named as a freshman All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball writers Association. He was also named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team. Pettersen had the second highest batting average on the team with a .353 and highest by a Gopher freshman since 2006. He hit .367 in conference play with 33 hits, 21 RBIs and led the Big Ten in runs AJ Pettersen scored with 30. Pettersen was also named Freshman AllAmerican by Collegiate Baseball Magazine, and Ping!Baseball.com.

The Gophers finished second in the Big Ten conference at 17-6 behind Ohio State 18-6, and lost to LSU in the NCAA regional championship game at the end of May. Pettersen is the son of Lisa (Berg) Pettersen, formerly of Luck, and the grandson of the Rev. John Berg and wife Nancy of Luck.

••• TUSCANY, Italy – Mollie Bjelland traveled to Italy to play in a softball tour during the week of June 1-5. Tuscany was where their first doubleheader took place. Bjelland had a solo home run and RBI double in the first game against Tuscany at Italy’s Olympic Mollie Bjelland Training Center. Bjelland’s team defeated the Tuscany Selection softball club team 12-0 the first game and 4-0 in the second. Before leaving, Bjelland and her team was defeated 5-2 by the San Marino team in 10 innings on Friday, June 5.

••• SIREN– The Siren Ballpark is hosting the 13th-annual junior high 14U boys baseball invitational from Friday through Sunday, June 19-21. The earliest game is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. on Friday. Teams playing in the tournament include Amery, Northwood, Cumberland, Grantsburg, Osceola, Shell Lake, Siren/Webster and Solon Springs. For more information visit www.sirenballpark.net.

••• 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 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!

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Pirates finish with perfect season Players add names to record list at state

by Brenda Sommerfeld MADISON – The Pirates recorded their first perfect season in Grantsburg softball history. The 2009 state champions finished their season 27-0.

“I’m still on cloud nine,” coach Don Bjelland said. “Everything fell into place for us.”

It first looked as though Grantsburg would end with a 26-1 overall record after a 2-0 loss to St. Croix Falls on May 19. The Saints were later forced to forfeit for playing ineligible players during the game. Both Grantsburg and St. Croix Falls had players play in a slow-pitch tournament during the season, which goes against WIAA rules. The Pirates sat the ineligible players, while the Saints played their ineligible players.

“The WIAA reversed that one,” Bjel-

land explained. “It was nothing we did.”

The WIAA forced St. Croix Falls to forfeit, giving Grantsburg a 7-0 win, which led to the 27-0 record.

The Pirates also had other firsts during the year. The team had five different players, Lauren Romanowski, Cody Crawford, Heather Davison, Ingrid Ames and Annie Palmquist, each hit outof-the-park home runs during the season. They also played and defeated a

Division 1 team, Superior, 2-0, on April 16.

Along with landmarks for the team, individuals left their mark at the state tournament. Heather Davison tied with many for a record of three RBIs in one game, and she tied for four RBIs in the tournament. Michelle Lund tied with three RBIs in the tournament. Lund also tied for 14 strikeouts in a single game and 19 total strikeouts in the tournament.

The Grantsburg fans stand in the bleachers as the softball team is awarded their medals and trophy during the awards ceremony immediately following the championship game.

Ingrid Ames and MacKenzie Ryan chase coach Don Bjelland with a cooler full of water. The girls caught Bjelland and soaked him in honor of the team’s state win. – Photos by Brenda Sommerfeld

Coach Don Bjelland and captains Michelle Lund, Sarah Wald and Ingrid Ames meet with their opposing team Laconia at home plate for the coin toss. The Pirates won the coin toss and were named home team.

After shaking hands with the Spartans, the Pirates voiced their excitement with screaming.

The Pirates huddle up before the start of their state tournament semifinal game against the Indians on Friday.

Both teams stood as the national anthem was played at the beginning of the Division 3 championship game on Saturday, June 13.

Sarah Wald takes her turn receiving her gold medal during the award ceremony held right after the game.

Mollie Bjelland replaced Callie Olson as assistant coach during the state tournament. Bjelland hugs Nicole McKenzie in congratulations.

Second baseman Tiffany Meyer lays a tag on a Laconia runner at second.

The runner is called safe at the base.

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State softball tournament scenes

Ingrid Ames looks to throw the ball from her position at shortstop.

Left fielder Emily Cole throws the ball in after a hit. – Photos by Brenda Sommerfeld unless otherwise noted

Jessica Hoffman takes a warm-up swing before taking position at home plate against Laconia.

Gabrielle Witzany, pinch runner for Lauren Romanowski, scores the first run against Laconia.

Lauren Romanowski takes a swing during the state tournament.

Michelle Lund connects with the ball. Lund singled to score two runs in the state championship game.

Annie Palmquist makes contact with the ball.

MacKenzie Ryan carries balls in after outfield warm-ups.

Cody Crawford looks to throw the ball in from center field.

The Pirates rode around town on a fire truck after returning from Madison. – Return photos by Priscilla Bauer

"My assistant coach, Callie, who couldn't come with us to the state tournament because she was supposed to have a baby two days ago, was great this season," Don Bjelland said.

"It has been an amazing season. I said to the team, make the most of it.

You only get one season, and I guess they listened cause they did!" Bjelland also said he and the team had a great time at the state tournament.

"We watched a lot of ‘chick flicks’ and I even understood them! I'm hooked,"Bjelland joked.

The softball team had many attend their return at the school. Athletic directer Mike Amundson thanked the community. "We are very lucky to have a community with so much support and committment to our athletic events. We don't take what you give us for granted. It brings pride back to our town."

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National Watercross held in Frederic

Many snowmobiles competed in the National Snowmobile Watercross Championship race held at Coon Lake Park in Frederic Saturday and Sunday, June 13 and 14. Six sleds raced on the water in each of the four oval finals. Pro open drivers Aaron Wallin, Chad Maki, Brian McCurdy Jr., Kenny Kolitsch, Andy Busse and Bruce Koop were the last sleds to run on Sunday. Busse won the pro open final. – Photos by Brenda Sommerfeld

As racers were pulled back to the pits after sinking, children gave them five as they went by.

National Snowmobile Watercross Championship Coon Lake Park, Frederic Saturday & Sunday, June 13 & 14

No. 812, Dennis Rhyner took seventh place in pro open.

Greg Metz gets a congratulatory hug from another racer after winning semi pro open.

Before the finals were raced on Sunday, flags were displayed as the national anthem was played.

Frederic police handed out stickers to children throughout the weekend.

Racers take a tight turn around one of the buoys set up on Coon Lake for the National Snowmobile Watercross Championship.

No. 411 Kelly Weisinger of Ely, Minn., received the title of Semi Pro Stock National Champion during the races held in Frederic.

Eric Peterson was one of the six racers to compete in the Vicki Peterson Memorial Race on Saturday. Eric took third in the 12-lap endurance race and received a plaque in honor of his mother, Vicki, who passed away last year after a long battle with cancer. The top three received plaques and first place received $150. The other entry money was donated to cancer research in memory of Vicki.

600 Drags: 1. Rachel Vorwerk, No. 247, Ski-Doo, New Elm, Minn.; 2. Mann Nordin, No. 700, SkiDoo, Maple Plain, Minn.; 3. Shawn Cummings, No. 101, Ski-Doo, Pine City, Minn.; 4. Bradley Maslow, No. 619, Polaris, Siren; 5. Jared Peterson, No. 234, Polaris, Siren.

800 Drags: 1. Aaron Hein, No. 639, Ski-Doo, Berlin; 2. Daniel Dombrowsky, No. 314, Yamaha, Wausau; 3. Krista Maki-Zurn, No. 176, Polaris, Ely, Minn./Downing; 4. Cody Engstrand, No. 151, Polaris, Luck; 5. Ryan Keith, No. 321, Polaris, Siren; 6. Brian Kormanik, No. 417, Ski-Doo, Litchfield, Minn.

Mod Drags: 1. Chad Maki, No. 413; Ski-Doo, Inver Grove Heights, Minn.; 2. Jeff Fischer, No. 2, Yamaha, Eagen, Minn.; 3. Matt Ledin, No. 78. Polaris, Luck; 4. Andy Busse, No. 4, Ski-Doo, Berlin; 5. Kyle Carpenter, No. 930, Polaris, Stacy, Minn.; 6. Dan Hoffman, No. 419; Polaris, Sleepy Eye, Minn.

Semi Pro Stock: 1. Kelly Weisinger, No. 411, SkiDoo, Ely, Minn.; 2. Ole Baillargeon, No. 713, Polaris, Luck; 3. John Stadick, No. 217, Ski-Doo, Courtland, Minn.; 4. Gareth Cummings, No. 103, Ski-Doo, Pine City, Minn.; 5. Tony Schaller, No. 410, Ski-Doo, Ely, Minn.; 6. Aaron Hein, No. 639, Ski-Doo, Berlin; 7. David Fischer, No. 222, SkiDoo, Eagen, Minn.; 8. Shawn Cummings, No. 101, Ski-Doo, Pine City, Minn, 9. Jeffry McFadden, No. 788, Polaris, Frederic; 10. Daniel Dombrowsky, No. 314, Yamaha, Wausau; 11. Matthew Podgorski, No. 469, Yamaha, Merrill; 12. Brandon Kulenkamp, No. 111, Polaris, Mora, Minn.

Semi Pro Open: 1. Greg Metz, No. 612, Polaris, Merrill; 2. DJ Lindbeck, No. 129, Caterpillar, Chicago, Minn.; 3. David Fischer, No. 222, SkiDoo, Eagen, Minn.; 4. Kelly Weisinger, No. 111, Ski-Doo, Ely, Minn.; 5. Ole Baillargeon, No. 713, Polaris, Luck; 6. Chris Erzar, No. 987, Polaris, Ely, Minn.; 7. Kyle Carpenter, No. 930, Polaris, Stacy, Minn.; 8. Nate Winberg, No. 606, Polaris, Boyceville; 9. Bobby Penders, No. 216, Polaris, Mahtomedi, Minn.; 10. Tony Schaller, No. 410, Ski-Doo, Ely, Minn.; 11. Mike Larsin, No. 118, Polaris, Chisago City, Minn.; 12. Larry Lange, No. 181, Ski-Doo, Clear Lake.

Vicki Peterson Memorial: 1. Aaron Wallin, No. 26; 2. Joey Strub, No. 3; 3. Eric Peterson, No. 444; 4. Leo Dunlavy, No. 828; 5. Lance Brenizer, No. 787; 6. Bobby Penders, No. 216.

Pro Stock: 1. Andy Busse, No. 4, Ski-Doo, Berlin; 2. Chad Maki, No. 413, Ski-Doo, Inver Grove Heights, Minn.; 3. Shawn Zurn, No. 76, Polaris, Downing; 4. Bobby Penders, No. 216, Polaris, Mahtomedi, Minn.; 5. Dan Hoffman, No. 419, Polaris, Sleepy Eye, Minn.; 6. Matt Ledin, No. 78, Polaris, Luck; 7. Derek McPheeters, No. 16, SkiDoo, Isanti, Minn.; 8. Leo Dunlavy, No. 828, SkiDoo, Shell Lake; 9. Brian Laybourn, No. 74, Caterpillar, Fairwater.

Pro Open: 1. Andy Busse, No. 4, Ski-Doo, Berlin; 2. Bruce Koop, No. 308, Caterpillar, McHenry, Ill., 3. Aaron Wallin, No. 26, Polaris, Wausau; 4.

Kenny Kolitsch, No. 175, Polaris, Little Suamico; 5. Brian McCurdy Jr., No. 442, Caterpillar, Lindstrom, Minn.; 6. Chad Maki, No. 413, Ski-Doo, Inver Grove Heights, Minn.; 7. Dennis Rhyner, No. 812; Polaris, Merrill; 8. Howard Marunde, No. 43; Polaris, Crystal Lake, Ill.; 9. Dale Lindbeck, No. 29, Caterpillar, Chicago, Minn.; 10.

Shawn Zurn, No. 76, Polaris, Downing; 11. Jon Dufour, No. 17, Polaris, Andover, Minn.; 12. Jeff Fischer, No. 2, Yamaha, Eagen, Minn.

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Grantsburg passes by Indians in semifinals Four batters bring in runs Grantsburg 7, Weyauwega-Fremont 2

by Brenda Sommerfeld MADISON – To get to the state championship game, the Grantsburg Pirates first had to go through 2004 opponent Weyauwega-Fremont. The Pirates defeated the Indians, 7-2, on Friday, June 12, during the semifinal game.

Four batters, Tiffany Meyer, Michelle Lund, Heather Davison and Emily Cole, went 2 for 4 against Weyauwega-Fremont in the victory. Annie Palmquist went 1 for 2. Davison batted in three runs, one of the three runs in the third with a single-base hit and two of the three in the seventh with a double. The four other batters each brought in one run, Meyer with a triple.

“The other team played us very well, I

After defeating the Weyauwega-Fremont Indians 7-2 on Friday, June 12, the Pirates shake hands with their opponents. – Photos by Brenda Sommerfeld

Right fielder Heather Davison reaches for the ball and barely holds onto it during Grantsburg’s game against Weyauwega-Fremont on Friday.

thought,” coach Don Bjelland said.

“They played really good defensively; we had stronger pitching and better hitting.”

Lund pitched all seven innings for Grantsburg against Weyauwega-Fremont. Lund had 14 strikeouts, one walk, one error, and she gave up four hits and two runs.

Grantsburg scored three runs in the third inning. Meyer’s triple brought in one, Lund singled to left to score Meyer, and Davison singled to score Lund.

Weyauwega-Fremont came back in the fourth to score two unearned runs on three hits. The Spartans first batter, Kelly Buchholtz, hit a triple to right field.

Buchholtz scored on an error, followed by another run.

Meyer’s single to right started out the Pirates fifth inning. Palmquist singled to center with Meyer scoring. In the seventh, Lund singled and Davison doubled, bringing in two runs and Cole singled to bring Davison home.

Weyauwega-Fremont left four runners on base while Grantsburg had six left stranded. The Spartans had one in four

Lauren Finch, running for Cody Crawford, makes it home as one of the Pirates seven runs. different innings. In the third a runner was left on first. During the sixth, Davison saved a hit with a stretching catch in right field. Randi Wieters was left on second on the third out. The runner left on in the seventh made it on by a fielding error but was taken off with a strikeout.

Nicole McKenzie throws the ball to teammates during warm-ups.

National Watercross champions

No. 4 Andy Busse of Berlin received two national championship titles. He won both the Pro Stock and Pro Open races at Sunday’s races in Frederic.

No. 612 Greg Metz of Merrill won the Semi Pro Open National Championship at the Frederic races. – Photos by Brenda Sommerfeld

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American Legion baseball under way Tuesday night and won both games by scores of 3-2 and 7-5. Brady Flaherty pitched the first game and had five strikeouts, while Zach Cherry hit a walkoff RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning for the win. Nate Despiegelaere pitched the second game against Grantsburg and also had five strikeouts in the Eagle win.

Grantsburg hosted Somerset last Friday, but no game scores were available for the game at press time. The St. Croix Falls at Cumberland game played on Tuesday night was played but no information on that game was available at press time.

League playoff at season’s end among changes

by Marty Seeger FREDERIC – The American Legion summer baseball league got under way last Thursday, with four area teams included among ten others in the league.

Included in the north are Cumberland, Grantsburg, Luck, St. Croix Falls and Unity. South teams include Amery, Baldwin, New Richmond, Osceola and Somerset.

Although Frederic has been involved with Legion baseball over the years, they won’t be included with the Legion’s regular season and tournaments due to the scheduling deadline. Frederic coach Troy Schmidt said despite that, the team is in the process of scheduling games with other Legion teams. They recently split wins with Unity on Tuesday, June 9.

St. Croix Falls coach Scott Lindholm said with ten teams already scheduled, it would have been difficult to add Frederic, since it would have changed the rest of the league’s games. Lindholm said that he hopes that Frederic and another team will be added next year to create a 12-team league instead of 10. Lindholm was responsible for organizing the league and noted two changes, including a league playoff at the end of the year rather than playing at a Legion state tournament.

“It costs a lot of money and you have to have a lot of commitment from the players to do the actual state Legion tournament,” Lindholm said.

Luck Legion’s Ben Kufalk takes a ball inside against the Baldwin Buzz on Tuesday night.

St. Croix Valley Legion League Master Schedule Thursday, June 18 6 p.m.

Saturday, June 20

Nate Despiegelaere was on the mound for the Unity Legion team on Tuesday night. Unity won both five-inning games, 3-2 and 7-5. – Photos by Marty Seeger One of the other issues for not entering the state tournament is timing. The state tournament is held in early August, which is also the start of football season, which doesn’t sit well with football coaches and is a lot to ask from the area’s smaller schools that rely on numbers. Although Lindholm said they’d like to try for a state tournament it’d be best to hold their own tournament at the end of the year and see how it goes.

“It’s all experimental, but I think it’ll go well,” Lindholm said, adding that whichever team has the highest seed will host the first and second games in the playoffs.

Another change sees games scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday evenings, as

Unity’s Zach Cherry hits a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the fifth in the Eagles walk-off win against Grantsburg Tuesday.

well as two Saturday tournaments, which Lindholm hopes will free up more time and weeknights in the summer. On Tuesday nights, teams will play two fiveinning games with the first beginning at 5:30. Thursday’s will feature one seveninning game that begins at 6 p.m. One thing that will remain the same this summer is the all-star game, which is scheduled for Thursday, July 9, at either Oakey Park in Osceola or at Cumberland. The nine-inning game was a popular hit with athletes and fans last season and is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.

Thursday and Friday roundup ST. CROIX FALLS – The Blue A’s began last Thursday’s Legion play with a 10-0 routing at home against Unity in seven innings. The Blue A’s had 13 hits as Matt Vold pitched seven shutout innings allowing two hits, three walks and had 10 strikeouts.

Cory Gebhard went 3 for 4 and Nick Johnson, Vold, Ben Anderson and Josh Larcom each had a pair of hits. Marcus Campbell had one hit and led with three RBIs on the team’s one home run of the game.

The Luck Legion played at Grantsburg on Thursday night, winning 4-3. The game scheduled for the following Friday was cancelled, but Luck resumed play Tuesday, June 16, and split wins with the Baldwin Buzz. Luck won the first game 4-2 but lost the second 3-0.

Unity played in Amery last Friday and played one seven-inning game but lost 74. The Eagles hosted Grantsburg on

Bandits get big win over Fighting Fish Team goes 13 innings for the win River Bandits 5, Fighting Fish 4 ST. CROIX FALLS – The St. Croix River Bandits landed their first conference win of the season over the River Falls Fighting Fish. Gus Koecher ended a game that went 13 innings with a smash down the left field line that scored teammate Curtis Roebuck. Koecher went 2 for 7 in the game and teammate Steve Siqueiros went 4 for 5 with three RBIs, a home run, double and sacrifice bunt.

St. Croix Falls at Osceola Grantsburg at Amery Luck at New Richmond Baldwin at Somerset

The River Bandits utilized three pitchers including Curtis Roebuck, Trevor Todd and Jim Rochford who pitched eight innings allowing six hits, two earned runs two walks and one strikeout. A complete game story complete with box scores and photo can be found at the Bandits Web site at www.scriverbandits.com. – with submitted information Steve Siqueiros led the Bandits with four hits, including a two-run homer, a double and three RBIs. – Photo submitted

TBA at Cumberland Cumberland vs. Luck St. Croix Falls vs. Unity St. Croix Falls vs. Cumberland Luck vs. Unity TBA at New Richmond New Richmond vs. Somerset Baldwin vs. Somerset Baldwin vs. New Richmond TBA at Osceola Osceola vs. Grantsburg Grantsburg vs. Amery Amery vs. Osceola

Tuesday, June 23

5:30 p.m. Cumberland at Grantsburg Baldwin at Unity St. Croix Falls at Somerset Amery at Luck Osceola at New Richmond

Thursday, June 25 6 p.m.

Grantsburg at St. Croix Falls Unity at Luck Amery at Osceola New Richmond at Somerset Cumberland at Baldwin

Tuesday, June 30

5:30 p.m. Cumberland at Luck New Richmond at St. Croix Falls Grantsburg at Osceola Unity at Somerset Amery at Baldwin

Thursday, July 2 6 p.m.

Osceola at Unity Cumberland at St. Croix Falls Grantsburg at Luck Amery at Somerset Baldwin at New Richmond

Tuesday, July 7

5:30 p.m. Osceola at Somerset Baldwin at St. Croix Falls Grantsburg at Cumberland Luck at Cumberland New Richmond at Amery

Thursday, July 9

6:30 p.m. All Star Game at Osceola or Cumberland

Saturday, July 11

TBA at Grantsburg Grantsburg vs. St. Croix Falls St. Croix Falls vs. Luck Luck vs. Grantsburg TBA at Unity Unity vs. Cumberland Cumberland vs. Somerset Somerset vs. Unity TBA at Amery Amery vs. Osceola Baldwin vs. New Richmond Osceola vs. Baldwin New Richmond vs. Unity

Tuesday, July 14

5:30 p.m. Baldwin at Grantsburg Somerset at New Richmond St. Croix Falls at Amery Luck at Unity Osceola at Cumberland

Thursday, July 16 6 p.m.

Osceola at Luck St. Croix Falls at Grantsburg Amery at Cumberland New Richmond at Baldwin Somerset at Osceola

Tuesday, July 21

5:30 p.m. St. Croix Falls at Unity New Richmond at Grantsburg Luck at Somerset Baldwin at Osceola Cumberland at Amery

Thursday, July 23 TBA

Playoffs

TBA

Playoffs

TBA

Playoff Championship Game

Saturday, July 25 Tuesday, July 28

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Niles and Carlson ride to gold at Lions bike race FREDERIC – Lance Niles, Onalaska, and Joan Carlson, Menomonie, were the top bike riders in the 22nd edition of the Frederic Lions Club Bike Race, June 13.

Men’s division winner Niles covered the 26.4-mile course in 58 minutes, 51 seconds. Carlson was the women’s class winner with a time of 1 hour, 8 minutes, and 53 seconds.

Niles outpaced runner-up, three-time winner Tim Mulrooney, Minneapolis, by 32 seconds, to take the men’s title. Carlson had a tougher time, only winning the women’s division by 23 seconds, over Maggie Tournier, Onalaska.

A total of 58 racers rolled out to test their ability to ride a bicycle as fast as possible for 26.4 miles. Only Niles and Mulrooney were able to finish in under Joan Carlson and Lance Niles received trophies for being the overall winners in their fields. – Special photo Timer Randall Ochmann Jr. watches as a contestant in the 22nd-annual Frederic Lions Classic Bicycle Race crosses the finish line on Saturday, June 13.

– Photos by Gary King

The Frederic royalty handed out awards at the bicycle race Saturday. – Special photo

A total of 58 racers rolled out to test their ability to ride a bicycle as fast as possible for 26.4 miles.

one hour – demonstrating that they can average over 26 miles an hour on the hilly route east of Frederic on CTH I and Clam Falls Drive.

Awards are made in age groups. The youngest rider was 15-year-old Jake Mittelstaedt, Northfield, Minn. The oldest was Auldon Johnson, Stillwater, Minn., at 77.

Local riders included Eric Olson, Luck (1:21:20), Dan Johnson, Frederic (1:22:33), Arthur Martin, Frederic (1:28:35), John

Fenning, Luck (1:32:14) and William F. Johnson, Frederic (1:33:14).

The Frederic Lions Bicycle Classic is one of the 22 events of the WiSport Cycling Series, which offers age-group recognition to citizen bike racers in races that cover the state of Wisconsin during the summer months.

The race will be held June 12 in 2010.

For more information go to www.fredericlionsclassic.com or www.wisport.org. – Wm. F. Johnson

Racers warm up prior to Saturday’s race with their bicycles in a stationary mode.

Frederic Lions Class Bicycle Race June 13, 2009

Men’s Results Overall winner: Lance Niles (0:58:51).

Ages 14-19: Jake Mittelstaedt (1:33:56) Ages 25-29: Lance Niles, 0:58:51; Tristan Bentzler, 1:00:41; David Brosnahan, 1:09:38; Clary Stoik, 1:12:24.

Ages 30-34: Alex Dahlquist, 1:09:09; Quinn Williams, 1:14:40; Eric Olson, 1:21:20; Randall Ochmann, 1:23:03.

Ages 35-39: Mike Worland, 1:09:58; Vince Meyer, 1:11:01; Scott Zastrau, 1:12:40.

Ages 40-44: Tim Mulrooney, 0:59:23; Rick Hoover, 1:03:25; Dan Borgenheimer, 1:05:24; Tim Mrozinski, 1:07:09; James Blodgett, 1:10:25.

Ages 45-49: Gregory LaVick, 1:03:42; Greg Goblirsch, 1:04:07; Frank Lowry, 1:05:45; David White, 1:07:06; Jeff Colbeth, 1:09:54; James Peterson, 1:12:17; Ted Higman, 1:13:21; Robert Maki, 1:18:26.

Ages 50-54: David Ludwigson, 1:03:48; Rick Spielberg, 1:06:18; Gary Krska, 1:06:40; Richard Schroeder, 1:12:22; Dan Bibeau, 1:19:59; Bob Trench, 1:27:34; Arthur Martin, 1:12:34; John Fenning, 1:32:14; Steve Mittelstaedt, 1:36:16.

Ages 55-59: David Goetzinger, 1:06:33; Ralph Pennie, 1:07:41; Charlie Ferrell, 1:11:48; Steve Hannon, 1:20:11; Dan Johnson, 1:22:33; John Hajewski, 1:22:52; William Johnson, 1:33:14; Johnny Thompson, DNF. Ages 60-64: Steve Wehrley, 1:08:13; Bob Barabe, 1:17:10; Dan Woll, 1:17:47; Varick Olson, 1:20:54.

Ages 65-59: Gary Brone, 1:08:22.

Ages 70-74: Douglas Hoelscher, 1:25:12.

Ages 75+: Auldon Johnson, 1:35:31.

Women’s results Overall winner: Joan Carlson, 1:08:53.

Ages 30-34: Maggie Fournier, 1:09:16; Andrewa Potyondy-Smith,1:18:07.

Ages 35-39: Joan Carlson, 1:08:53; Kerri Zastrow, 1:40:02.

Ages 40-44: Michelle Bibeau, 1:22:05; Ann Franke, 1:31:39.

Ages 45-49: Jean Mrozinski, 1:23:53.

Ages 50-54: Noreen Leahy, 1:18:39.

Ages 60-64: Marva Sahs, 1:33:56.

Frederic police and library hosts bicycle rodeo FREDERIC – The Frederic Police Department, in partnership with the Frederic Public Library, held a bicycle rodeo for kids in grades K-6 on Saturday, June 6. Seventeen kids participated in the rodeo and rode the course, which was laid out at Coon Lake Park.

Frederic Police Officer Jesse Kohls and officer Aaron Larson instructed the kids about riding bikes safely. The officers also talked about the causes of common bicycle crashes and how to avoid them.

Drawings were conducted, and all the participants won prizes.

Anya Hermanek and Ethan Alexander won new bikes, and the rest of the kids walked away with either new helmets or bicycle horns.

Everyone had a good time at the bicycle rodeo, and the parents were very happy with their kids new biking skills.

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Frederic police officers helped instruct kids about bike riding safety during the rodeo. – Photos submitted

Ethan Alexander won a new bike during the bicycle rodeo held at Coon Lake Park on Saturday, June 6.

Anya Hermanek was the other winner of a new bike. Other prizes included helmets and horns.

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32nd-Annual Hansen Farms Youth Milk Tournament

MILLTOWN – The 32nd-Annual Hansen Farms Youth Milk Tournament was held Friday through Sunday, June 12 – 14, at Melgren Field, Milltown. There were 24 teams including eight senior-boy teams, nine junior-boy teams, three senior-girl teams and four peewee teams.

During the tournament 140 gallons of milk, 285 pounds of brats, 1,000 hot dogs,

seven gallons of nacho cheese and 50plus cases of bottled water were consumed.

The following awards were given: In the senior-boy division – Subway in first place, Balsam Lake Hardware in second place and Wieser Concrete in third place.

In the junior-boy division – Woodland Grill and Pub in first place, Troy’s Total

First place of the senior-boy teams went to Subway at the 32nd-Annual Hansen Farms Youth Milk Tournament.

First place of the junior-boy teams went to Woodland Grill and Pub.

Farmers Insurance took first place in the peewee round-robin.

Flooring in second place and Olson Sewer II in third place. In the senior-girl round-robin – Burnett Dairy in first place, Northbound Sports and Liquor in second place and Bishop Millwork in third place. In the peewee round-robin – Farmers Insurance in first place, Evergreen Construction in second place and Sterling Bank in third place. The milk

trophy was awarded to Jolly Builders on Friday and Saturday, with Olson Sewer I taking the prize on Sunday. Senior boys that received plaques for years of play were: Seth McKenzie, 8 years; Nate Reda, 9 years; and Dennis McKinney, 8 years. – submitted

Senior boys Seth McKenzie, Nate Reda and Dennis McKinney received plaques for years of play. – Photos submitted

The Burnett Dairy team took first place in the senior-girl round-robin.

Jolly Builders and Olson Sewer I each received milk trophies.

Frederic Golf Course holds youth lessons

Carson (above) and Rick (below) Giller were two of the volunteer instructors of the golf clinic. – Photos by Brenda Sommerfeld

The Frederic Golf Course held golf lessons for youth during the week of Tuesday, June 9, through Friday, June 12 from 8 to 10 a.m. Sixty-three children took advantage of this second-annual event. A party with food and beverages was thrown and all children received a goodie bag at the end of the week.

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14-year-old Delfosse dominates pure stock feature Richert Jr. finds fourth straight UMSS Sprint checkered at Kopellah

by Chris Stepan and Greg Parent ST. CROIX FALLS – The Kopellah Speedway returned to action with warm but cloudy skies on Friday, June 12, for the return of the UMSS Sprint Cars plus action in the Modifieds, Super Stocks, Midwest Modifieds, Street Stocks, Pure Stocks and Hornets.

Kris Kaphing and Jerry Kaufman paced the field to the green in the Hornet feature event but quickly Doug Fick jumped to the initial lead over the field.

Fick debuted a new car last Friday and he had it firing on all cylinders as he immediately disappeared from the field out front once again. Ben Kaphing, his brother Kris Kaphing and Jacob Christensen were in a good battle for second, but Fick had his new car to his liking as he dominated the event for the second straight night in a row. Ben Kaphing suffered a mechanical breakdown while running in the top five near the end of the event, handing second to Kris Kaphing, with Justin Rick, who debuted a new car, third at the line.

Krysta Swearingen and David Leaf led the Pure Stock field to the green but sixth starting Zach Manley quickly took the point and began to drive away from the field. Adam Delfosse moved in on Swearingen to battle for second and stole the spot early in the event, while Manley continued to walk away from the field.

Manley built up a comfortable lead and looked as if he was going to run away with his third win of the season until his right rear tire blew and ended his solid run, handing the lead to Delfosse, who never looked back, racing to his first career Kopellah feature win, over Leaf and Swearingen.

The Midwest Modified feature was a great battle from start to finish. Tim Swanson and last week’s winner Bryce Johnson sat on the front row and immediately began to do battle for the top spot on the opening circuit. Swanson muscled the lead away from Johnson and took off out front while ninth starting Jason VandeKamp picked his way through traffic quickly and began to pressure Johnson for second on lap four. While VandeKamp was trying to work over Johnson for second, Swanson opened up a huge lead in his No. m200 and was continued to pull away. VandeKamp caught a break on lap five as a caution flew putting him on the rear bumper of Swanson for the restart. On the restart, VandeKamp drove to the outside of Swanson, stole the lead and quickly disappeared away from the field, while Swanson ran solidly in second. As the leaders began to drive away, 17th-starting Josh Bazey and 18th-starting Travis Swanson were storming through the field and appeared in third and fourth respectively with just a few laps to go, but no one had anything for VandeKamp as he raced to his fifth Kopellah feature win of the season. Swanson ran a solid second with Bazey and Swanson completing great runs from the tail to finish, third and fourth respectively, and Kyle Matuska finished out the top five.

Chanda Fjorden Nord raced to her second-consecutive Street Stock feature win tonight but definitely had to work for it from her eighth-starting position. Kyle Howland and Sam Fankhauser assumed a spirited battle for the lead on the opening circuit, while Fjorden Nord, Jeff Heintz, AJ Foat, Marcus Simonson and Scott Walker ran three and four wide for position in a thrilling battle just behind

the leaders. Fankhauser stole the lead from Howland and began to drive off from the field, while Fjorden Nord was trying to stay within striking distance.

Fjorden Nord slowly but surely reeled in Fankhauser and dove to the inside of Fankhauser’s No. 11 and raced to the lead with just a few laps remaining in the event, bringing Walker with her into second. Fankhauser held third at the line, with Heintz outrunning Simonson for fourth.

Fourth-starting Dan Gullikson shot under his brother Jim into the lead as the Super Stock feature flew into turn one on the opening lap. The elder Gullikson jumped to the cushion and began to try to drive away while the younger Gullikson was glued to his rear bumper. The Gulliksons drove off from the field as last week’s winner, Andy Grymala, was feeling heavy pressure from Jason Schill for third. Grymala and Schill were in a great battle for the third spot as the Gullikson brothers were long gone at the front of the field. John Remington moved in to make the battle for third a three-car race, but Dan Gullikson was not to be denied his second Kopellah win of the season as he held off Jim for the win. Grymala ran a solid third at the line, holding off Schill and Remington for the remaining laps of the main event.

Kevin Adams, Rick Kobs and Marc Johnson raced three wide into turn number one on the opening lap of the Modified feature tonight and put on a wild show for the fans with Kobs emerging with the lead as the pack raced into turn three for the first time. Kobs would take the lead with Steve Levasseur sliding into second as the field completed the opening circuit. Adams fired back and stole second from Levasseur, but Kobs had opened up a sizeable advantage that Adams was going to have to try to cut into. As the laps clipped off, Adams ran down Kobs somewhat but ran out of time as Kobs raced to the easy win with Adams second. Scott Kobs rallied to finish third at the line.

Jerry Richert Jr. continued his winning ways, as the Forest Lake, Minn., driver earned his fourth straight victory in UMSS feature race action at the Kopellah Speedway. Richert earned $1,000 for his triumph, as a last-minute bonus announced at the drivers meeting by GRP Motorsports boosted the first-place payout. Leigh Thomas led the first eight laps before a bobble entering turn one allowed Richert to swoop underneath him for the top spot. Richert was able to race ahead of the field during the remainder of the 20-lap feature. Richert indicated, “It’s great to keep the winning streak alive. At first the race seemed to go by slowly, but once I got the lead it went by much quicker.” Thomas was happy with his second-place run, but he “wanted that one lap back to do over.”

Rookie Mike Luks and Leigh Thomas paced the field for the start of the 20 lap UMSS feature event on the quarter-mile oval. Thomas immediately blasted into the lead at the onset while Luks made an amazing recovery after getting sideways on the backstretch on the opening lap.

Eric Lutz quickly moved into second, while Richert followed in third. Thomas was strong up front in the opening laps.

The first caution flew with four laps in when Troy Manteufel spun the Wuiff No. 1 sprinter in turn 2. On the restart Lutz was able to get by Thomas in turn four, but the yellow blinked on again when Luks spun in turn three, and Bill Johnson glanced off him into the wall. Johnson rode the hook to the pits while Luks restarted at the tail. With Thomas back in the lead on the restart, Jason Tostenson got into turn one a bit hot and looped his No. 34TW sprinter in turn two. Once again, Thomas brought the

field around for the restart. A couple of quick laps later, rookie Cody Hahn got crossed up in turn two and collected Manteufel. Manteufel’s car was towed to the pits while Hahn continued.

The ensuing restart saw Jack Zweber, Mike Sargent and Joseph Kouba tangle in turn four. Zweber and Sargent were out while Kouba was able to continue.

After the green replaced the yellow, Richert got by Lutz for second and went to work on the leader. Thomas was running well up on the cushion, but on lap nine he jumped the berm entering turn one and Richert dove underneath him for the lead. The race continued under green for several more laps, as Tostenson was on the move forward. With just two laps to go, Cody Hahn spun in turn two to bring the race under yellow. This set the stage for a two-lap dash to the checkers. The two lap run would have to wait for one final try, as Mike Luks spun in turn two on the restart. Finally, the race finished out the final two laps with Richert taking his fourth-straight UMSS victory at Kopellah Speedway. Thomas, Lutz, Tostenson and Sye Anderson completed the top five. Rounding out the top ten was Kouba, Greg Gunderson, Kevin Nickel, Luks and Hahn.

Kopellah Speedway kicks back into action on Friday, June 19, with Meet The Drivers Night in addition to WISSOTA Modifieds, Super Stocks, Street Stocks, Midwest Modifieds, Pure Stocks and Hornets. The first green flag is set to fly at 7:30pm. For more information, please log on to www.kopellahspeedway.net.

WISSOTA Modifieds Feature: Rick Kobs, Kevin Adams, Scott Kobs, Marc Johnson, Steve Lavasseur, Tim VanMeter Heat 1: R. Kobs, Adams, Lavasseur, VanMeter, Johnson, S. Kobs WISSOTA Super Stocks Feature: Dan Gullikson, Jim Gullikson, Andy Grymala, Jason Schill, John Remington, Doug Fisk, Kevin Ayotte, Mike Dyrdahl, Don Talmage Jr., Jason Quarders, Marcus Berget, Todd Nelson, Ed Markel Heat 1: D. Gullikson, J. Gullikson, Nelson, Ayotte, Talmage Jr., Berget, Quarders Heat 2: Schill, Grymala, Remington, Fisk, Markel, Dyrdahl WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds Feature: Jason VandeKamp, Tim Swanson, Josh Bazey, Travis Swanson, Kyle Matuska, John Remington, Corey Fogleson, Sampson Haseltine, Michael Haseltine, Ryan Johnson (22r), Ben Johnson, Josh Amans, David Swearingen, Ryan

Johnson (96), Greg Arnt, Bryce Johnson, Dan Larson, Jason Bottolfson, Robbie Franklin Heat 1: VandeKamp, M. Haseltine, R. Johnson (96), Matuska, Swearingen, Bazey, Bottolfson Heat 2: Bryce Johnson, Remington, Franklin, Fogleson, Larson, Arnt Heat 3: R. Johnson (22r), Tim Swanson, S. Haseltine, Amans, Ben Johnson, Travis Swanson WISSOTA Street Stocks Feature: Chanda Fjorden Nord, Scott Walker, Sam Fankhauser, Jeff Heintz, Marcus Simonson, AJ Foat, Kyle Howland, Ryan Asp, Kyle King, Ed Puariea, Kim Korstad, Jim Miller Heat 1: Fjorden Nord, Foat, Howland, Asp, King, Puariea Heat 2: Fankhauser, Heintz, Walker, Simonson, Korstad, Miller Kopellah Pure Stocks Feature: Adam Delfosse, David Leaf, Krysta Swearingen, Steve Johnson, Nathan Fisk, Steve Baker, Mike Olson, Skip Lutgen, Chad Ogilvie, Jesse Lutgen, Nathan Swanson, Cindy Stordahl, Tyler English, Josh Bach, Zach Manley Heat 1: Johnson, Baker, Swearingen, Fisk, Ogilvie, Bach, Swanson, Stordahl Heat 2: Manley, Delfosse, Leaf, S. Lutgen, Olson, J. Lutgen, English Kopellah Hornets Feature: Doug Fick, Kris Kaphing, Justin Rick, Jerry Kaufman, Jacob Christensen, Matt Skipper, Jon Wigchers, Brandon Fischer, Daemieon Hart, Steve Sutton, Jason Christianson, James Miller, Doug Summer, Ben Kaphing, Marc Hunter, Kevin Bradwell Heat 1: Sutton, K. Kaphing, Skipper, Christensen, Wigchers, Christianson, Hunter, Bradwell Heat 2: Fick, Miller, B. Kaphing, Kaufman, Rick, Fischer, Summer, Hart UMSS Sprint Cars Feature: Jerry Richert Jr, Leigh Thomas, Eric Lutz, Jason Tostenson, Sye Anderson, Joseph Kouba, Greg Gunderson, Kevin Nickel, Mike Luks, Cody Hahn, Mike Sargent, Jack Zweber, Troy Manteufel, Bill Johnson, John Nelson, Brad Barickman Ultimate Sprint Race No. 1: Hahn, Richert, Sargent, Kouba, Manteufel, Johnson. Ultimate Sprint Race No. 2: Nelson, Tostenson, Thomas, Anderson, Gunderson. Ultimate Sprint Race No. 3: Lutz, Barickamn, Luks, Zweber, Nickel. Challenge Race No. 1: Lutz, Luks, Tostenson, Anderson, Sargent, Johnson, Nickel, Hahn. Challenge Race No. 2: Thomas, Richert, Zweber, Barickman, Manteufel, Kouba, Gunderson, Nelson.

Grantsburg 12U fast-pitch

The Grantsburg girls 12U fast-pitch team played a tournament in Rice Lake on Friday and Saturday, May 29-30, taking second place out of five teams. Hallie gave Grantsburg their only loss, with other teams including Rice Lake, Cameron and Northwestern. Back row (L to R): Coach Steve Meyer, Rehanna Johnson, Kelsey Fiedler, Samantha Griffith, Violet Ohnstad, Marissa Jensen, Alyssa Taylor and coach Kevin Miller. Front row: Wendy Roberts, Brittney Luedtke, Taola Swenson, Brianna Barnard, Audrey Lauer and Megan Miller. – Photo submitted

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Former Saint to play USA Junior Nationals Basketball TOMAH – Former St. Croix Falls student Brittni Swanson has been chosen to play in the USA Junior Nationals Basketball Program in the International Sports Festival at the University of Illinois in Champaign, Ill.,

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from July 27-Aug. 2. Swanson is the daughter of Gary and Wendy Swanson. They are formerly from the Dresser area. Swanson is currently a sophomore at Tomah High School and was a member of the girls varsity basketball team in the 2008-09 season.

Swanson was chosen to particiBrittni Swanson pate at the international level based on her performance in the USA Nationals all-state high school basketball competition at the University of Minnesota back in May. The USA Junior Nationals “provides one of the top amateur competitions in the United States and offers its program to all athletes who have a high talent level in basketball and want to develop their skills and tech-

niques through statewide, national and international competition,” according to a USA Juniors Nationals press release statement. The USA Junior Nationals program is based in Madison.

The USA Junior Nationals offers competitions at approximately 42 sites in the spring with competitions scheduled throughout the South, Midwest, East and West coasts. Athletes who demonstrate advanced skills, team leadership, competitive spirit, and good sportsmanship go on to the next level of play which is the USA Junior Nationals International Sports Festival.

Competition consists of athletes from Canada and 44 other states.

For more information on the USA Junior Nationals program visit www.amateurathleticassociation.biz. – Marty Seeger with submitted information

Water ski show to perform on Balsam Lake

All fathers come and enjoy a FREE round of adventure-style miniature golf at Moose Mulligan’s in your honor, Sunday, June 21, 2009 because you deserve it!

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Moose Mulligan’s is located at 24235 1st Ave. N., in the village of Siren, Wisconsin, located within The Lodge Village.

BALSAM LAKE – The Twin Cities River Rats will be packing their bags and heading to Wisconsin to perform their second-annual show on Balsam Lake. The show is being held in front of Paradise Landing Restaurant on Balsam Lake at 7 p.m. on Saturday, June 27. The show is free and fun for all ages. Spectators are encouraged to bring a blanket or chair to sit on the lawn in front of Paradise Landing.

Based in Minneapolis, Minn., the Twin Cities River Rats incorporate music, themed skits, actors, announcers and talented skiers doing stunts, jumps, human pyramids, barefooting and doubles every Thursday on the Mississippi River.

The Twin Cities River Rats Water Ski Show Team is a 100-percent volunteer organization. With over 100 members ranging from 6 years to over 60 years old, the team members participate in all aspects of the show,

from skiing to boat driving to announcing to rolling ropes. Members participate in boat driver certification programs and are trained in basic water first aid and safety skills.

The River Rats compete each year in various ski show competitions. For younger members just learning to ski, the team has a Development Team, which teaches kids how to safely ski and swim in the Mississippi River.

The River Rats are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and accept donations. Concessions, souvenir program books, apparel and memorabilia are available for sale at every home show. Bring a blanket or chair to sit on.

Parking is free. People interested in joining the team or becoming a sponsor can contact Grant Robinson or visit their Web site at www.tcriverrats.com. – submitted

Special Olympics state track meet POLK COUNTY – Polk County athletes recently returned from the Special Olympics state track meet held Thursday through Saturday, June 4-6, in Stevens Point.

Jarvis Warwas earned a gold medal in the Turbo Jav, fourth in the 100-meter dash and seventh in the 200meter dash. Ben Olson took silver in the 100-meter dash, sixth in the 200-meter dash and fifth in the Turbo Jav. Jordan Warwas placed sixth in the 100-meter dash, and eighth in the 200-meter dash. Jason Neidermire earned a gold medal in the 100-meter dash, and fourth place in the 200-meter dash.

Nik Schrantz placed fourth in the 200-meter dash and

LEADER SPORTS SCOREBOARD SOFTBALL

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Friday, June 12 Grantsburg 7, Weyauwega-Fremont 2 Grantsburg 3, Laconia 0

MEN’S SLOW-PITCH

Standings Team Overall Chell Well 7-0 Sundown 6-1 Century 21 6-1 Pour House 4-3 Fur, Fins & Feathers 4-2 God Squad 4-2 Grantsburg Sanitary 3-4 Shooters Bar 2 1-4 Shooters Bar 1 1-5 Lake Lena 1-6 Da Crew 0-6 Scores Wednesday, June 10 Century 21 16, Da Crew 8 Fur, Fins & Feathers 12, Shooters Bar 1 2 God Squad 30, Grantsburg Sanitary 19 Chell Well 13, Shooters Bar 2 3 Sundown 16, Lake Lena 2 Century 21 10, Pour House 5

Overall 27-0

WOMEN’S SLOW-PITCH Standings

Team Overall Chell Trucking 7-0 Coyland Creek 6-2 Maurer Construction 3-4 Smith Family Eye Care 2-4 Clam Falls/Pheasant Inn 2-5 Bobbie’s World 1-6 Scores Monday, June 15 Maurer Construction 11, Bobbie’s World 1 Clam Falls/Pheasant Inn 13, Smith Family Eye Care 12 Chell Trucking 20, Coyland Creek 17

FALUN CHURCH SOFTBALL

Standings Team Overall W. Sweden/Zion Lutheran 4-1 Falun Churches 4-0 Siren Assembly 3-1 Trade Lake Baptist 3-1 Siren Covenant/Bethany 2-2 Webster Baptist 2-2 Calvary Covenant 1-3 Frederic Free 1-3 Trade River Free 1-3 Faith Lutheran 0-4 Scores Thursday, June 11 Siren Covenant/Bethany 8, Faith Lutheran 1 Trade Lake Baptist 15, Siren Assembly 1 Friday, June 12 Webster Baptist 16, Calvary Covenant 10 Falun Churches 14, W. Sweden/Zion Lutheran 3 Trade River Free 15, Frederic Free 5

earned a gold medal in the 400-meter dash.

Brianna Paulson scratched, and Crystal Fougner earned a gold medal in the 100-meter dash and a silver medal in the shot put. Makinzie Miller took fourth place in the softball throw, and Jackson Bean placed fifth in the 100-meter dash and sixth in the softball throw. – Marty Seeger with submitted information

LEFT: Jason Neidermire of Osceola with the gold medal he won in the 100meter dash at the Special Olympics state track meet.

RIGHT: Representing Polk County at the special Olympics were back row (L to R): Coach Carol Fougner, Amery; coach Scott Miller, Osceola; and coach Diane Miller, Osceola. Middle row: Jarvis Warwas, Frederic; Ben Olson, Frederic; Jordan Warwas, Frederic; Jason Neidermire, Osceola; and Nik Schrantz, Osceola. Front row: Brianna Paulson, Clear Lake; Crystal Fougner, Amery; Makinzie Miller, Osceola; and Jackson Bean, Osceola. – Photos submitted

PREPS NAME: Pirates Softball Team SCHOOL: Grantsburg YEAR: 2008-09 COMMENTS: The Grantsburg varsity softball team went 27-0 for a perfect season finishing with a Division 3 state championship title, bringing the second softball state championship to the town. Every member of the team contributed to their perfect season over the last few months. All members, except the team’s one graduating senior Ingrid Ames, will return to the field for next season. – Brenda Som-

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Power flight

A slender telephone pole with a platform at its peak casts a skinny shadow over the road just north of Atlas on CTH Z. About three weeks ago, a pair of ospreys received a Marty new nesting site with help from the NorthSeeger west Wisconsin Electric Company and the DNR. The According to NWE Bottom president, Mark Dahlberg, crews had Line been working on the new Atlas substation and noticed a pair of large ospreys making their nest on top of one of the distribution powerlines.

“They (crew workers) knew that wasn’t a good place to build nests,” Dahlberg said, adding that crews were forced to knock the nest down about two or three times while they were working to deter the birds from continuing to build the nest and before they could lay eggs. Had the birds successfully completed their nest the crew may have had to work around the birds, who acted nervous in their presence.

“That nest would have stayed there until those chicks were big enough to leave,” said Dahlberg.

The ospreys soon found a new place to build but transferred to the crossarms of another pole on the east side of the road. Line crews informed Dahlberg of the situation and he asked the DNR in Grantsburg to help construct a platform, while NWE would provide the telephone pole. A Frederic line crew was able to find one that fit the need and with the use of their own equipment, the pole was placed just south of the substation. The DNR then advised the crews to move the sticks collected by the ospreys onto the new platform, as well

as make the nest five feet taller than where the original nest had been. The nest also had to be high enough so the ospreys could see water. After just a couple of days, the birds transferred to their new nesting location.

“It’s really neat how that works, when you give them a better option and they leave the power lines alone,” said wildlife technician, Bob Hanson, in Grantsburg, on the ospreys ability to adapt.

“And it’s great that these power companies are willing to partner for conservation this way,” Hanson said.

At one time the osprey was listed on the endangered species list, but they are now considered a threatened species.

The osprey nest can easily be seen near the Northwest Wisconsin Electric Company’s new substation just north of Atlas. – Photos by Marty Seeger

An osprey lands on a nest constructed by the Northwest Wisconsin Electric Company and the DNR.

According to Hanson, the osprey is currently in the process of being removed from the list of threatened species. The birds will still be of special concern to the DNR but the removal of the raptor from the list of threatened species suggests the success of the ospreys recovery.

As far as numbers go, the DNR isn’t sure exactly how many nesting pairs exist in Polk and Burnett counties, but they’ll know more in early July when the DNR does nesting surveys under the direction of DNR avian ecologist, Pat Manthey. According to Manthey, the nest near Atlas may have gone up a little too late for the ospreys “to fully renest.” She says the real question is whether or not they’ve laid eggs. Manthey will find out in two weeks when she and another crew do their final fly surveys of the season in early July.

So while the DNR does their part to track the osprey, the power companies will do what they can to help. Dahlberg says the transmission lines they build now are “raptor proof,” or what they also call armless construction, meaning there are no arms, just simply a telephone pole with the wire. Interestingly, raptors refuse to sit on the insulators that jut out the sides of the pole. Raptors do occasionally sit at the top of the poles, according to Dahlberg, but they’re not in harm’s way.

“We’re glad to do it; we like birds, and most of the time they like our power lines,” he said.

Meetings set to address Lake St. Croix water issues ST. PAUL, Minn., — At Amery High School, students file into bathrooms during a break to use the toilets and sinks.

As they make their way back to class, wastewater from the bathrooms travels to the Amery wastewater treatment plant. There it is treated to state standards in the plant and discharged to the Apple River.

The Apple River travels on to the St. Croix River, and a few miles downstream, enters Lake St. Croix. Lake St. Croix is a natural impoundment of the St. Croix River, starting at Stillwater, Minn., and extending to the river’s mouth at the Mississippi at Prescott.

In small cities and large communities in the St. Croix Basin, homeowners manicuring their yards leave fresh grass clip-

pings and leaves on the sidewalks. A storm rolls in, blows the leaves into the street, and washes them and the clippings into the storm sewer. The sewer carries the stormwater and the yard debris into a nearby small stream or a larger tributary of the St. Croix. The stormwater, leaves and clippings travel to the St. Croix River and eventually end up in Lake St. Croix.

Next to the Willow River, a farmer fertilizes a field. During a thunderstorm, rain washes over the land and carries some of the fertilizer and soil into the river. The Willow is a direct tributary to Lake St. Croix.

In each of these situations, phosphorus was carried to Lake St. Croix. Phosphorus is a nutrient that plants need to grow.

Ranger stations will no longer sell hunting and fishing licenses GRANTSBURG/WEBSTER - The DNR ranger stations at Grantsburg and Webster will no longer handle hunting and fishing licenses, according to Jim Bishop, DNR information officer.

Bishop said that today most licenses - approximately 98 percent of them - are sold through the Internet or other vendors. He said the stations will still be

open to those needing local burning permits and trail passes, etc.

Bishop added that the stations will post information on where to obtain hunting and fishing licenses, including an 800 number for those wishing to get their licenses by phone. - with submitted information

However, high levels of phosphorus in water can cause algal blooms that are harmful to humans, pets and lakes, streams and rivers.

Lake St. Croix, the lower 25 miles of the St. Croix River, is an impaired water body because of excess phosphorus. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources are working with local partners to improve the water quality of Lake St. Croix. They will hold a series of community meetings in June to get input from citizens, businesses and local units of government.

Lake St. Croix Restoration community meetings will be held at: Frederic, June 23, Frederic High School, 1437 Clam Falls Dr. 3:30 – 5 p.m.;

6–7:30 p.m.

Hudson, June 30, Phipps Center for the Arts, 109 Locust St., 4–5:30 p.m.; 6:30–8 p.m.

Each day, both sessions will include a 20-minute presentation and a 10-minute question-and-answer period followed by small-group discussion.

For information on Lake St. Croix or the community meetings, contact Denise Leezer of the MPCA at 651-757-2523 or Denise.Leezer@state.mn.us; Kathy Bartilson of the WDNR at 715-635-4053 or Kathy.Bartilson@wisconsin.gov; or Randy Ferrin of the St. Croix Water Resources Planning Team at 651-433-4929 or rsferrin@frontiernet.net. – submitted

Great Northern Outdoors Thursday Bass Fishing League Week six 1. Rob Buchholz, 3 lbs., 7 oz.

2. Aaron Long, 3 lbs., 4 oz.

3. Shawn Hutton, 3 lbs., 4 oz 4. Al Briese, 2 lbs., 2 oz.

5. Bryan Cox, 2 lbs., 2 oz.

6. Tim Huttton, 2 lbs., 1 oz.

7. Cory Meyer 1 lb., 7 oz.

8. Bruce Dau, 1 lb., 6 oz.

9. Kirk Miller, 1 lb., 6 oz.

10. Vern Knauber, 1 lb., 6 oz.

Standings

1. Rob Buchholz, 24 lbs., 1 oz.

2. Al Briese, 20 lbs., 3 oz.

3. Aaron Long, 18 lbs., 11 oz.

4. Adam Memmer, 18 lbs., 1 oz.

5. Troy Olson, 16 lbs., 11 oz.

6. Shawn Hutton, 13 lbs., 11 oz.

7. Tim Hutton, 9 lbs., 12 oz.

8. Marc Wiehl, 8 lbs., 6 oz.

9. Cory Meyer, 7 lbs., 5 oz.

10. Dean Clontz, 6 lbs., 15 oz.

11. Bruce Dau, 6 lbs., 14 oz.

12. Bryan Cox, 6 lbs., 3 oz.

13. Kirk Miller, 6 lbs.

14. Vern Knauber, 6 lbs.

15. Aaron Bistram, 5 lbs., 11 oz.

16. Micheal Clontz, 4 lbs., 15 oz.

17. Adam Bistram, 4 lbs., 13 oz.

18. Jamie Magnuson, 4 lbs., 10 oz.

19. Rebecca Hutton 1 lbs., 14 oz.

20. Tony Peterson 1 lb. 12 oz.

21. Ralph Britton 22. Kathy Erickson 23. Rick Hutton

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Nana the therapy dog

Burnett County inmate Anthony Ace plays with Nana, a therapy dog that had been making regular visits to the Burnett County Jail with positive results. Now Nana will be featured in Therapy Dog News Magazine this October.

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The evaluators were very impressed with Nana in the jail setting, and Burnett County’s program of having a therapy dog in jail has been the buzz ever since.

Already, Burnett County’s jail visitation program has been featured in a Department of Correction’s newsletter, and since the newsletter, Eau Claire and Chippewa counties have expressed interest in starting a therapy dog program in their jails.

Nana will also be featured in Therapy Dog News Magazine this October that will continue to spread the news of Burnett County’s cutting-edge program.

Now that Nana and Johnson are fully registered with Therapy Dog International, Johnson says that she would consider taking Nana for visits at other facilities, schools or organizations. If anyone is interested in a visit or is interested in volunteering with therapy dogs, they are to contact Sue Hager at 715-3274532.

Johnson had one more thing to bring up; since restorative justice is a nonprofit organization, they are dependent on grants or community support.

The restorative programs have proven effective and the therapy dog program is cutting edge, but the funding side of maintaining the programs had been tough. She is asking all to consider supporting summer fundraisers and consider making cash donations.

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Nana with her handler, Lisa Johnson, Burnett County Restorative Justice director. – Photos submitted

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by Sherill Summer SIREN – Burnett County Restorative Justice mission is to be a communitybased response to crime, aiming to address the full impact of a crime and to repair the harm done, often bringing together the victim and the offender. Nana the therapy dog, handled by restorative justice Director Lisa Johnson, has an important role in the restorative justice mission by relaxing participants in victim impact panels and victim offender conferences and opening dialogue in general.

Now Nana has expanded her territory to include the Burnett County Jail.

In her duties with restorative justice, Johnson would take Nana to the jail with her when conducting interviews for inmates applying for restorative justice programs. She soon noticed the positive benefits of having Nana at the jail. Jail supervisor Captain Terry Nesvold noticed the possitive effect Nana was having on the jail population as well, and soon Nana was a regular at the jail.

Johnson said that Nana has been visiting the jail one or two times per week to visit with inmates. With the accompaniment of officers, Nana moves through the jail cell by cell, and inmates are allowed to pet the dog, play ball or fetch, teach her tricks, brush her, and provide her with water or a treat if she perform a trick or a task well. Sometimes the visits last only a few minutes, but often they last longer.

Johnson describes the visits as calming, comforting and supportive, allowing the inmates a chance to briefly forget their incarceration. It has also brought on some remarkable transformations in some inmates once they have opened up to Nana, and often they start talking about their situation, concerns and lives during their visits with Nana. Johnson also adds that it is not uncommon for her to get calls from the jail to find out when the next visit is because inmates are looking forward to the visit.

Captain Nesvold explains that the inmates are not the only beneficiaries of the program as the jail staff enjoy their time with Nana as well, breaking up a work day that can be stressful and unpleasant at times. He also has noticed that the overall jail atmosphere is more calm and subdued, making for a more managable environment.

So positive and notable were Nana’s effects on the inmates that Johnson felt comfortable in using Nana’s therapy work at the jail as a part of the evaluation process to register Nana with Therapy Dog International.

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Engraved bricks laid at Crooked Lake Band Shell

Thursday, June 11, was a big day at the Crooked Lake Band Shell. On this day, 152 engraved bricks donated by members of the community were put in place at the front of the band shell by DuWayne Wiberg (L), member of the Siren/Webster Rotary Club, and Dale Nerby from D. J. Landscaping, Siren. Fifteen bricks are still available for engraving for a donation of $100 a brick. If interested, contact Greg Hunter at the Pour House, a Siren/Webster Rotarian.

The names of charter members of the Siren/Webster Rotary Club are shown on engraved bricks in the center of the arrangement at the front of the Crooked Lake Band Shell, flanked by names and messages from other donors. The club was chartered March 22, 2003. The building of the band shell is the biggest project the club has tackled so far, with help from many people in the community who donated supplies, services and funds.– Photos by Nancy Jappe

Grantsburg Music in the Park Kaptain Karl and the Mississippi Seven kicked off the summer Music in the Park concert series last Saturday evening at Memory Lake Park in Grantsburg.

Local favorite Karl Wicklund a.k.a. Kaptain Karl and the Mississippi Seven entertained a large crowd of music lovers at Memory Lake Park in Grantsburg on Saturday, June 13. – Photos by Priscilla Bauer

Intersection crashes can be prevented by obeying traffic signals SPOONER – Although they are only a small segment of the U.S. roadway system, intersections frequently are the site of serious – and often deadly – traffic crashes. Nationwide, approximately 20 percent of all traffic deaths each year are the result of crashes at intersections, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.

As with most crashes, collisions at intersections are caused primarily by drivers’ irresponsible and negligent actions. All too often, distracted and inattentive drivers don’t notice a red light or stop sign until it’s too late.

Likewise, aggressive drivers race through intersections without hesitation. To protect themselves, safetyconscious drivers must always be on the lookout for red-light and stopsign runners.

“Some drivers think that not coming to a complete stop at a red light or a stop sign at an intersection is a minor infraction. They are absolutely wrong,” says Captain Douglas Notbohm of the Wisconsin State Patrol, Northwest Region. “There are many complicated movements at intersections, with vehicles entering, crossing

and exiting at different points. Add the element of drivers who disregard the traffic controls, and the dangers are compounded. In crashes at intersections, vehicles often are hit in the side, where there is comparatively little protection for drivers and passengers. There’s no doubt that intersections, whether on rural roads or city streets, are some of the most dangerous places drivers encounter.”

Failing to obey a red light, stop sign or other traffic-control device at an intersection is not only dangerous — it’s also expensive. According to state law, a violation for failing to stop completely for a traffic signal, sign or marking costs $160.80 with three demerit points assessed on the driver’s record. Committing a second offense within a year costs $198.60 with three demerit points.

“The key to preventing crashes at intersections is quite simple,” says Captain Notbohm. “Drivers must obey all traffic signals and signs while keeping an alert eye on traffic moving into, through and out of the intersection.” — from Wisconsin State Patrol

New show opening at gallery For those who have not been in the gallery at North Wind Arts for a while, this Saturday, June 20, would be a good time to do so. The gallery in Siren is having a new show opening from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

There will be music and free bars and cookies, beverages and many of the 22 local artists on hand to discuss their art. And if variety is a spice of life, the artwork featured at the gallery is delightfully spicy, from wildlife and floral photography to folk art, jewelry, pottery, prints, collage, fiber art and copper art. Much of the art is priced below $100, some art is under $40, and supporting the local arts is supporting the local economy.

For more information, contact North Wind Arts at 715-349-8448.

– Photo/text by Sherill Summer, with submitted information

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The new landscape

The 50-year-old Frederic pool is gone. The pool and mechanical building were removed last week by Frederic business man Kay Friberg. School Administrator Jerry Tischer said the process went smoothly, with no contamination issues, and came in under the bid price. "It saved the taxpayers a whole lot of money," Tischer said. - Photos by Gary King

Multiple OWI offense citations dominate arrests POLK COUNTY – Of the nine OWI citations issued by Polk County law enforcement officers this past week, two were for OWI- fifth offense, one for OWIfourth offense, one for OWI – third offense, two for OWI – second offense and two for OWI – first offense.

Those cited for OWI – fifth offense included James Robert Vener, 45, Melrose, Minn., and Jeffery N. Hall of Frederic.

Vener was arrested June 11, pulled over by police, a suspect of being involved in a hit-and-run accident near Turtle Lake.

He failed a field sobriety test and a PBT registered .28. Hall was arrested June 12 in Frederic by an officer who knew Hall’s

driving privileges had been revoked.

Hall failed a field sobriety test and a PBT test registered .13.

Ronald R. Rathbun, age unknown, Osceola, was arrested June 13 and charged with knowingly fleeing an officer, OWI, fourth offense and resisting an officer. Police pursued Rathbun, who was observed speeding while riding his motorcycle in Osceola. Rathbun did not stop and continued driving to his home on CTH S, crashing into his own mailbox and flying off the motorcycle, airborne over the mailbox. The officer drew his weapon and pointed it at Rathbun who then got to his feet and walked away

from the officer, ignoring a second command to stop. The officer used a taser to bring Rathbun under control and arrested him.

Brett T. Jacobson, 43, St. Croix Falls, was arrested June 11 and charged with OWI, third offense. Jacobson was driving erratically on Hwy. 87 and a witness phoned authorities. He was pulled over and given a PBT test, which registered .18.

Robert A. Erlitz, 29, Centuria, was arrested June 14 and charged with OWI, second offense, operating after revocation, second offense and PAC, second offense. Erlizt drew the attention of

authorities when he squealed his tires at a stop sign in the Wal-Mart parking lot at St. Croix Falls.

Robert J. Schmulske, 28, St. Croix Falls, was arrested June 12 and charged with OWI, second offense. He was stopped by authorities for driving without a license and the officer noticed the odor of intoxicants on Schmulske’s breath. A PBT registered .09.

Arrested for OWI, first offense this past week were Patrick M. Estes, 56, Luck, Christopher D. Madison, 40, Milltown, and Matthew E. Tulgren, 24, St. Croix Falls. – with information from Polk County Sheriff’s Department

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Polk County circuit court

Frederic police report The Frederic Police Department handled 128 incidents during the month of May. Incident Amount Accidents 2 Alarm 3 Animal bite 1 Animal complaint 2 Assist other department 1 Attempt to defraud 1 Attempted theft 1 Background check 5 Barking dog complaint 1

Break-in Chapter 51.15 Citation Civil Damage to property Disturbance EMS Escort Fire Harassment Informational Juvenile Loitering

1 3 11 1 2 2 5 1 1 1 11 1 3

Medical Neighbor dispute OWI Theft/larceny (UCR) Traffic complaint Traffic enforcement Vandalism Vehicle violation Warning traffic Total - submitted

3 1 1 1 1 9 1 11 40 128

Lee C. Rivard, Spooner, speeding, not guilty plea.

Daniel D. Robelia, Amery, fail/carry boat floatation devices, $148.20.

Robert L. Robinson, Luck, fail/carry boat floatation devices, $148.20.

Wilfred A. Roettger Jr., Somerset, speeding, $160.80.

Travis D. Roth, Clayton, speeding, $160.80.

Thomas J. Saros, Luck, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Daniel S. Schaaf, Centuria, speeding, $160.80.

Matthew J. Schardin, Dresser, speeding, $160.80.

Dallas Schauls, Frederic, building without permit, $438.00.

Derek M. Shilson, Osceola, operating while under influence; 6 mos. rev., $675.00 and order for assessment.

Christopher M. Skow, Luck, speeding, $160.80.

Leslie L. Slayton, Clayton, speeding, $160.80.

George E. Stackhouse, Frederic, burning without permit – intensive area, not guilty plea.

Kelly K. Steen, Luck, ATV operation on freeway, not guilty plea.

Aaron J. Sundgaard, Stillwater, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Darryl J. Thompson, Hinckley, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Chris A. Tjapkes, Russiaville, Ind., speeding, not guilty plea.

Andrew R. Tobeck, Dresser, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Charles B. Tommerdahl, Somerset, fail/stop at stop sign, $160.80.

Richard J. Tourville, St. Croix Falls, operating while suspended, not guilty plea.

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county committee elections are available online at: www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/ webapp?area=newsroom&subject=landin g&topic=cce.

Nomination forms for the 2009 election must be postmarked or received in the local USDA Service Center by close of business on Aug. 3, 2009.

FSA county committee members make decisions on disaster and conservation programs, emergency programs, commodity price-support loan programs and other important agricultural issues. Members serve three-year terms. Nationally, there are more than 7,800 farmers and ranchers serving on FSA county committees. Committees consist of three to five members who are elected by eligible local producers.

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FSA county committee nominations started June 15 MADISON - FSA county committee farmer and rancher candidate nominations began June 15. The nomination period continues through Aug. 3, with elections taking place this fall.

“I encourage all producers to participate in the county committee election process by nominating candidates by the Aug. 3 deadline,” said Sandy Chalmers, acting executive director. “We are counting on as much participation as possible, because county committees are an important link between the farm community and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. We have seen a trend in recent years of increased nominations of minority and women producers and we hope that will continue.”

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Tiauna J. Willis, Hopkins, Minn., speeding, $236.40.

Kov Yang, St. Paul, Minn., hunt without license, $192.00.

Michael F. Yanish, Roberts, fail/carry boat floatation devices, $148.20.

Ivin V. Zhelavsriy, Blaine, Minn., re-entered park after being evicted, $148.20.

Marie VanReese, seat belt violation, $10.00; speeding, $186.00.

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Anna M. Tulgren, Clayton, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Eric C. Tyndall, Chisago City, Minn., seat belt violation, $10.00.

Kornel J. Ureke, Blaine, Minn., defendant evicted earlier, $148.20.

Steven F. Vold, Centuria, operating while suspended; speeding; not guilty pleas.

Yee Vue, Isanti, Minn., hunt without license, $192.20.

Cynthia K. White, Big Lake, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Phillip R. Williamson, Centuria, hunt without license, $188.20.

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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James E. Lightfeather, Luck, operating while revoked, $249.00.

Tou C. Lo, St. Paul, Minn., hunt without license, $192.20.

Tracy R. Longhenry, Amery, speeding, $160.80.

Keng Lor, St. Paul, Minn., possess birds, etc. during closed season, $274.85.

Jacob M. Luangrath, Centuria, possession of oversized fish, $208.40.

Danielle M. Mahmood, Almena, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Keith A. Marier, Brooklyn Center, Minn., possess marijuana on state land, $249.00.

Tou H. Maua, St. Paul, Minn., hunt without license, $192.20.

Thomas J. Maurer, Centuria, violation of child safety restraint requirements, $135.60.

Lori A. McCloud, Wautoma, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Eric A. Miller, Luck, operating left of centerline; operating while under influence; keep open intoxicant in MV; not guilty pleas.

Leah M. Misch, Caledonia, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Marlene M. Mitthun, Balsam Lake, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Joshua R. Morales, Osceola, operate ATV without valid registration, $186.00.

Ngia T. Moua, Minneapolis, Minn., observed defendant throw beer can into bushes, $186.00.

Nadin H. Mudryj, Frederic, seat belt violation; speeding; not guilty pleas.

Colin D. Mueller, Luck, speeding, $160.80.

Justin L. Nelson, Balsam Lake, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Travis A. Nelson, Milltown, hunt without license, $188.20.

Andrea J. Newton, Amery, speeding, $186.00; seat belt violation, $10.00.

Amanda R. Nielsen, St. Paul, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Sharon O’ Flannigan, no town given, speeding, $160.80.

Megan E. Olson, Amery, speeding, $186.00.

Laura J. Pientka, White Bear Lake, Minn., hunt without license, $192.20.

Eddie Pinuelas, Woodville, hunt without license, $192.20.

Dinah C. Radke, Frederic, seat belt violation, $10.00.

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Mohamed A. Hassan, Bloomington, fail/carry boat floatation devices, $148.20.

Amy L. Henck, Luck, operating while suspended, $186.00.

Gordon Hibbs, Frederic, zone district permitted use violations (5 times); action conducted w/o conditional use permit (3 times); operating unlicensed campground (3 times); not guilty pleas.

Leaann L. Hilk, St. Louis Park, Minn., speeding, $186.00.

James R. Howie, Somerset, fishing in refuge – Pikes Creek, $248.60.

Michael A. Hutton, Luck, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Leroy P. Jasper, Roseville, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Michael A. Jensen, Star Prairie, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Skye B. Jensen, Milltown, speeding, $160.80.

David L. Johnson, Crystal, Minn., fail/carry floatation devices, $148.20.

Jacqueline M. Johnson, Cushing, speeding, $160.80.

Kari J. Johnson, Luck, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Jacob J. Jungmann, Clear Lake, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Deborah Kendryna Whitefeather, Cambridge, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Kenneth D. Klinger, Tower City, N.D., speeding, $186.00.

Matthew D. Koehler, Amery, inattentive driving, not guilty plea.

Edurd B. Kopaygorodskiy, Ham Lake, Minn., observed def. climbing down a tree in site 57, $186.00.

Timothy J. Kratuez, Minneapolis, Minn., hunt without license, $192.40.

Chris Kraus, Los Angeles, Calif., speeding, not guilty plea.

Jeffrey S. Krohn, Clear Lake, operating while suspended, $186.00.

Wayne A. Kuhn, Amery, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Karen E. Langer, New Hope, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Gary L. Larson, Grantsburg, operate w/o valid license, $186.00.

David L. Lefler, Amery, possess birds, etc. during closed season, $274.85.

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Raymond W. Allen, White Bear Lake, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Chad M. Annunziata, Star Prairie, speeding, $160.80 Tammi J. Bates, St. Croix Falls, speeding, $160.80 Travis E. Beauvais, Balsam Lake, operating while under the influence; operating with PAC .20 or more, not guilty pleas.

Jason R. Becker, Almena, hunt without license, $188.20.

Carol A. Bell, Somerset, speeding, $160.80 Lyle I Burke, New Richmond, speeding, not guilty plea.

Jeffrey D. Clark, Stillwater, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Jacob L. Callova, Osceola, nonregistration of auto, $160.80.

Lori A. Cross, Amery, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Brent A. Dahlberg, Janesville, speeding, $160.80.

Lucinda P. Dennis, Maplewood, Minn., speeding, $186.00.

Robert M. Despiegelaere, Centuria, hunt without license, $188.20.

Curtis L. Donald, Luck, speeding, not guilty plea.

Matthew W. Dykes, Blaine, Minn., speeding, $186.00.

Justin C. Emil, Andover, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Craig S. Enokian, Carefree, Ariz., speeding, $211.20.

Stephanie M. Froh, New Richmond, possession of illegal sized fish, $208.20.

Russell D. Funk, Balsam Lake, possession of undersized fish, $208.40.

Peter F. Gaasch, Ham Lake, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Robert L. Gagner, Coon Rapids, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Heather J. Goepfert, Grantsburg, speeding, $160.80.

Greg Sumser Trucking Incorporated, Princeton, Minn., contract motor carrier fail/licensed, $186.00; failure to obtain IFTA, $249.00; nonregistration of vehicle, $249.00.

Nicole A. Guerin, White Bear Lake, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Michael R. Gust, Burnsville, Minn., speeding, not guilty plea.

Jaime M. Haines, Amery, speeding, $211.20.

Benjamin P. Hart, Turtle Lake, seat belt violation, $10.00.

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Siren police report

Burnett Co. marriage licenses

June 5: Bennett E. Marks, Grantsburg, June 12.

Minnetonka, Minn., was cited for Jason D. Crowson, Waverly, speeding.

Minn., and Liza M. Hagberg, June 5: Scott A. Visger, 31, Montrose, Minn., June 12.

Superior, was cited for speeding.

June 6: The front desk clerk at a Siren Village motel called to report a visitor to a room was creating a large phone bill and didn’t have a way to pay for it. The lady said that she was trying to find a Steven P. Flattem, 62, Webb Lake Township, June 5. way home and when she did find

Joseph R. Lidberg, Daniels, and Kathy A. Kominski, Daniels, June 9.

Jeremy M. Peterson, Grantsburg, and Kimberly A. Hess,

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Boys & girls clothing - various sizes from 0-3 mos. & up; girl teen clothing; ladies clothing - some petite; men’s clothing up to 2XXL; kid’s life & swimming vests; toy box & toys; LP fireplace; twin bunk beds; bookshelves; canning jars and lots of misc.

1001 190th St./Cty. Rd. Y Dresser, WI 54009

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FAMILY GARAGE SALE

FRI. ONLY, JUNE 19

8 A.M. - 5 P.M. Clothing, baby to size 6; adult clothing; toys; books; dishes; Christmas decor; much household, antique jewelry & misc.

537 Tower Rd. St. Croix Falls

(By Elementary School)

GARAGE SALE Fri., June 19

8 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Household; kitchen goods; adult clothes; wet suits; snorkel equipment; snowmobile helmets; child-size bow & much misc.

1164 250th Avenue North Bone Lake Luck, Wis. 488453 32a,dp 43Lp

Accidents June 14: A damaged vehicle was found near the intersection of CTH H and CTH G in Rusk Township. It was later learned that Daphne J. Churchill, 38, Webster, was westbound on CTH G when reportedly she hit an animal. No injuries were reported.

One citation was issued.

June 14: Julie K. YaekelBlack, 46, Sandstone, Minn., was southbound on CTH H when

Justin R. Brust, 25, Grantsburg, failure to pay fines, June 10.

Erye J. De Marre, 31, Webster, failure to pay fines, June 10.

Sat., June 20 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.

312 East 2nd Ave., Milltown, WI Toys; Little Tikes; V-Tech; games; puzzles; girls clothes, 6 & up; honey oak crib; houseware; home decor; Christmas items; Little Tikes kitchen; girls bikes; antique tea cart; women’s & men’s clothing.

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SUNFLOWER DAZE SATURDAY, JUNE 20 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

HUGE

FFA GARAGE SALE Sat., June 20

8 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Farm equipment; tools; hunting supplies; fishing equipment; traps; new outboard motor; chickens; ducks; toys; furniture; much misc.

By FFA Tractor Show

Michael J. Glienke, 29, Sandstone, Minn., failure to pay fines, June 10.

Christopher G. Glonek, 36, Grantsburg, failure to pay fines, June 10.

Larry A. Graf, 30, Frederic, failure to pay fines, June 10.

Adam J. Gustafson, 20, Baldwin, failure to pay fines, June 10.

Michael J. Holden, 24, Red Wing, Minn., failure to pay fines, June 10.

YARD SALE Fri., Sat. & Sun., June 19, 20 & 21 Hrs.: 7 a.m. - 6 p.m.

12415 Gabrielson Lake Rd. (1 mile west of Atlas on Cty. Rd. B, then 3/4 mile N. on 220th) Lots of misc.

Something for everyone!

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SACRED HEARTS CHURCH A & H • Town of Scott

Plants, Both Annuals & Perennials.

Crafts, Country Store, White Elephant, Bakery and more.

Coffee and rolls available at 8:30 a.m.

Sale starts at 9 a.m.

she lost control of her motorcycle negotiating a curve. She was taken to the hospital with an incapacitating injury. A 19-year-old female, also from Sandstone, was a passenger on the motorcycle. She was also taken to the hospital by ambulance. No citations were issued.

Arrests June 6: Edmund J. Brixen, 24, Siren, was arrested on a probation violation.

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Thurs. - Sat., June 18 - 20 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Bassinets; changing table; snowblower; ladder; women’s clothing; girls clothes size 0-10; boys clothes 4T-10; books; puzzles; knickknacks; and many misc.

2470 Old 87 Cushing, Wis. Pat Hahn Residence

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Too Much Stuff To List!

Garage Stuff!

House Stuff!

Kid Stuff!

NEXT WEEK

12TH-ANNUAL “SPOILED ROTTEN KIDS SALE” MULTI-MULTIFAMILY SALE Thursday, June 25, Noon - 7 p.m.

Friday, June 26, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Gap, Gymboree, Hanna, Old Navy, AE, Limited Too, Aeropostle, all top-of-the-line brandname (some brand-new) babies, kids and adult clothes; Harley-Davidson Dynaglide; 2 SkiDoo Rev snowmobiles, (loaded); Culligan water softener; brand-new BB hoop; toys; books; baby equipment; video games; videos; changing table; toddler’s bed; garbage disposal; trading cards; kid’s desk; stroller; kid’s bedroom set; jogger; oak dining room set; cookbooks; kitchen gadgets; washer & dryer; riding toys; bikes; lots of misc. Too many treasures to mention. We have everything...including the kitchen sink! You have to see it to believe it.

1717 South Lake Drive • Shell Lake Hwy. 63 to Cty. D, veer left to South Lake Dr., 2.7 miles around the 488600 43r,L lake to 1717 South Lake Drive.

HUGE GARAGE SALE Sat. & Sun., June 20 & 21, 8 a.m.-noon 314 Oak W. • Frederic

Lots of misc. baby stuff: car seat, stroller, crib mattress; kids toys; V-smile with games; Leapster with games and case; kid-size princess dollhouse; girls bike; kids clothes: girls 12 mo.-6X, boys 5-7. Home: Queen bed with headboard and matching mirror; computer; much, much more!

All sales are final and not responsible for accidents.

Cash Only!

Kids are having a beverage stand!

Combined 2 Houses!

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GARAGE SALE Fri. & Sat., June 19 & 20 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

709 Pondhurst Circle County Rd. F West Amery, WI Downsizing Sale: Many kitchen items, furniture, adult clothing, craft items, mystery grab bags.

Worth The Drive!

4 miles from Webster: Go west on CTH D; North on Clark Road; East on Black Brook to fire number 8894.

Not responsible for accidents.

June 9: Russell A. Manning, 40, Siren, was arrested on two Burnett County warrants and one warrant from Florida.

June 12: Janine J. Cowle, 34, Webster, was arrested on a bond violation Other incidents June 11: Fox Run Golf Course reported 75 bags of aluminum cans taken from a storage shed.

The incident is under investigation.

June 11: Sandra Gardner, Grantsburg, reported a refrigerator dumped on her property. The incident is under investigation.

June 13: A foreclosed home in Swiss Township had a water heater taken from it. The incident is under investigation.

June 14: Travis L. Stanford, Siren, reported two pistols and four rings taken from their home.

The incident is under investigation.

Burnett County warrants

4 - 7 p.m.

Sat., June 20

ing without a valid license.

June 12: Sara S. Kabrick, 55, Frederic, was cited for failure to stop at a stop sign.

June 13: A citation was issued for a vehicle parked at Clear Lake Park after closing.

June 14: A citation was issued for a vehicle parked overnight at Clear Lake Park.

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Jeffrey P. Hugdahl, 28, Chippewa Falls, failure to pay fines, June 10.

Cassandra R. Isker, 20, Apple Valley, Minn., failure to pay fines, June 10.

Christina L. Johnson, 37, Webster, failure to pay fines, June 10.

William L. Jones, 37, Danbury, failure to pay fines, June 10.

Jeffrey W. Kline, 42, Siren, failure to pay fines, June 10.

Linda F. Lightfeather, 48, Webster, warrant - failure to appear, June 12.

Tracey J. Powell, 31, Chatchee, Ala., failure to pay fines, June 10

Notices (May 13, 20, 27, June 3, 10, 17) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Bremer Bank, National Association, P.O. Box 107, 104 Maple Street West, Amery, WI 54001 Plaintiff, vs.

Lori L. Grey and Jeffrey P. Grey, her spouse individually and in his own right, 13015 Carlberg Road, Grantsburg, WI 54840, Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Code No. 30404 Case No. 08-CV-800 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure and sale entered in the above-entitled action on the 16th day of December, 2008, the undersigned sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell at public auction on the front steps of the Polk County Justice Center in Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, on the 24th day of June, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. the real estate directed by said judgment to be sold, and therein described as follows: That part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (SE 1/4 NE 1/4), of Section Twenty-two (22), Township Thirty-seven (37) North, Range Seventeen (17) West, lying South and East of State Trunk Highway #35 except the South 640 feet thereof, and except for that parcel described in document recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Polk County, Wis., Volume 390, Page 633 as Document No. 373956.

Dated this 6th day of May, 2009. /s/Timothy G. Moore Polk County Sheriff George W. Benson Attorney for Plaintiff Wis. State Bar No. 1012978 P.O. Box 370 Siren, WI 54872 484931 WNAXLP 715-349-5215

Jonathan C. Quaderer, 18, Hayward, warrant - failure to appear, June 10.

Patrick H. Stuart, 33, Oak Ridge Tenn., failure to pay fines, June 10.

Rhonda J. Taylor, 22, Sandstone, Minn., failure to pay fines, June 10.

Carrie J. Wolfe, 37, Couderay, failure to pay fines, June 10.

(June 17, 24, July 1) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Old Republic Insurance Company 307 N. Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60601 Plaintiff, vs.

Lori J. Kyle 2405 Beede Lake Trail St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 Defendant.

Case No. 09 CV 304 PUBLICATION SUMMONS THE STATE OF WISCONSIN To each person named above as a defendant: You are hereby notified that the plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you. The complaint, which is also served on you, states the nature and basis of the legal action.

Within 20 days after June 17, 2009, you must respond with a written answer, as that term is used in chapter 802 of the Wisconsin Statutes, to the complaint. The court may reject or disregard an answer that does not follow the requirements of the statutes. The answer must be sent or delivered to the court, whose address is: Clerk of Circuit Court Polk County Courthouse 1005 W. Main Street Balsam Lake, WI 54819 and to Steven L. Stolper, plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is: 740 N. Plankinton Ave. #336, Milwaukee, WI 53203. You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not provide a proper answer within 20 days, the court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the complaint. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

Dated this 5th day of June 2009.

Steven L. Stolper Plaintiff’s Attorney 740 N. Plankinton Ave. Suite 336 Milwaukee, WI 53203 414-270-0505 State Bar No. 1016512

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Thurs., June 18, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Fri., June 19, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Sat., June 20, 8 a.m.-noon

29, Pine City, Minn., was cited for speeding.

June 10: Aaron C. Lamson, 35, Hertel, was cited for operating after revocation and speeding.

June 10: Lorna P. Gleason, 53, Minneapolis, was cited for speeding.

June 11: Du Wayne Olesewski, 48, Lake Nebagmon, was issued a citation for operat-

Burnett County sheriff’s report

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a ride, she said that she has a credit card at home, and would call in the numbers to pay for the phone calls when she got home.

She left a signed statement at the front desk indicating this. The clerk was satisfied with the signed statement.

June 7: Jeremy C. Tomczak, 25, Grantsburg, was cited for speeding.

June 7: Janette L. Hamilton,

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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

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 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)

(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 17, 24, July 1) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF HELEN E. CLARK Order Setting Time to Hear Petition for Administration and Heirship and Notice to Creditors Case No. 09 PR 39 A petition has been filed for administration of the estate and determination of heirship of the decedent, whose date of birth was October 10, 1921, and date of death was January 7, 2007.

The decedent died domiciled in Polk County, State of Wisconsin, with a post office address of 115 2nd Avenue West, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

IT IS ORDERED THAT: 1. The petition be heard at the Polk County Courthouse, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, Room Br. 1, before Hon. Molly E. GaleWyrick, Court Official, on August 4, 2009, at 8:30 a.m. or when scheduled thereafter.

2. Heirship will be determined on the date set for hearing on the final account. You need not appear unless you object. The petition may be granted if no objection is made.

3. Creditor’s claims must be filed with the court on or before September 18, 2009.

4. Publication of this notice shall constitute notice to any persons whose names or addresses are unknown.

Please check with attorney/ petitioner below for exact time and date.

BY THE COURT: Molly E. GaleWyrick Circuit Court Judge June 12, 2009 George W. Benson Attorney at Law BENSON LAW OFFICE LLC P.O. Box 370 Siren, WI 54872 715-349-5215

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(May 13, 20, 27, June 3, 10, 17) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT WASHBURN COUNTY NORTHVIEW BANK, f/k/a FIRST STATE BANK OF FINLAYSON 2203 Finland Avenue P.O. Box 257 Finlayson, Minnesota 55735 Plaintiff vs.

JEREMY R. COVEAU, a/k/a JEREMY COVEAU 6537 Griff Lane Danbury, Wisconsin 54830 JOHN DOE and MARY ROE, Defendants Court File No. 08-CV-28-0 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, Order for Judgment and Judgment dated March 16, 2009, the undersigned Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell at public auction on the front steps of the Polk County Courthouse in the City of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, on the 2nd day of July, 2009, at 10 a.m., the real estate and mortgaged premises located in Polk County, Wisconsin, directed by said Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, Order for Judgment and Judgment, to be sold, and described as follows: Lots 12, 13 and 14, Block 4, first Addition to the Village of Frederic, Polk County, Wisconsin.

Terms of Sale: Cash or 10% of amount bid by certified check with the balance to be paid upon confirmation of sale. Sale subject to pay the debt then secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any, actually paid by the mortgagee, on said premises and the costs and disbursements, including attorney’s fees as allowed by law.

Dated: May 6, 2009 Timothy Moore Sheriff of Polk County, Wis.

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(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.

(May 20, 27, June 3, 10, 17, 24) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS CWABS, INC. ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005AB5 C/O COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC. Plaintiff, vs.

COLLIN J. BETTS, et al.

Defendants.

Case Number: 07 CV 739 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on January 9, 2008, in the amount of $160,798.98. the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: July 9, 2009, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% of successful bid must be paid to Sheriff at sale in cash or by certified Check.

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

DESCRIPTION: Parcel 1: Part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4), Section Three (3), Township Thirty-two (32) North of Range Nineteen (19) West, described as follows: Commencing at the Southeast corner of the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4, Section 3-32-19; thence proceeding North along the centerline of Highway 35 as now laid out and traveled a distance of 652 feet; thence West parallel to the South line of said parcel, a distance of 265 feet to point of beginning; thence South parallel to the East line of said 40 acre parcel, a distance of 322 feet; thence West parallel to the South line of said 40 acre parcel, a distance 265 feet; thence North parallel to East line of said 40 acre parcel a distance of 322 feet; thence East to the point of beginning, Farmington Township in Polk County, Wisconsin.

Parcel 2: A parcel of land in the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4), Section Three (3), Township Thirtytwo (32) North of Range Nineteen (19) West, described as follows: Commencing at the Northeast corner of real estate described in Volume 202 of Deeds, page 270 in the office of the Register of Deeds for said County; thence North along the center of STH 35 at a distance of 322 feet; thence West parallel to the South line of said forty, 265 feet; thence South parallel to center of said STH 35 to the North line of the land described in Volume 202 Deeds, page 270 aforesaid; thence East parallel to the South line of said forty to the place of beginning; Farmington Township in Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 559 State Road 35, Osceola, WI 54020.

TAX KEY NO.: 22-70-0.

Dated this 14th day of May, 2009. /s/Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County Deborah A. Blommer State Bar #1000749 Attorney for Plaintiff 13700 W. Greenfield Avenue Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf.

Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. (153542)

Notices

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(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

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Stephanie R. Jasper, town of Lincoln, and Nicholas J. Crawford, town of Lincoln, June 10.

Bonnie L. McCurdy, town of Milltown, and John R. Landsverk, town of Milltown, June 11.

Roxanne M. Hall, town of Apple River, and Troy C. Ideker, town of Apple River, June 12.

Tracy A. Harshman, town of Black Brook, and Jay T. Smith, town of Black Brook, June 12.

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Mia M. Van Der Paardt, Fairmont, Minn., and Richard P. Emerson, Fairmont, Minn., June 8.

Kristen L. Wulfing, town of Georgetown, and Jon-Arthur D. Stotts Jr., town of Beaver, June 9.

Tye L. Theroux, town of Sterling, and Steven R. Lumsden, town of Sterling, June 10.

(May 20, 27, June 3, 10, 17, 24) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, National Association, as purchaser of the loans and other assets of Washington Mutual Bank, formerly known as Washington Mutual Bank, FA Plaintiff, vs.

STEPHEN J. NEIL and JANE DOE unknown spouse of Stephen J. Neil and JANE DOE and/or JOHN DOE unknown tenants; and MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; and STATE OF WISCONSIN, Defendants.

Case No. 08-CV-833 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 April 29, 2009, in the amount of $246,336.21, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: June 30, 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 Thirteen (13), Block Two (2), Plat of Eagle Ridge, said plat located in the East One-half of the Southeast Quarter (E 1/2 SE 1/4), Section Twenty-nine (29) and the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4), Section Twenty-eight (28), Township Thirty-three (33) North of Range Eighteen (18) West; Town of Osceola, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2211 73rd Ave., Town of Osceola.

TAX KEY NO.: 042-01317-1300.

months, $112.00.

Steven W. Labatt, 17, Cushing, violation of mandatory seat belt requirement, $198.60.

Michelle M. Lahood, 51, Harris, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Bruce W. Cherrier, 42, St. Paul, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

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bation, $59,000.00, restitution, $6,076.00.

Greg H. Schwartzbauer, 21, Grantsburg, third-degree sexual assault, restitution to be determined, 12-month jail sentence, Huber release granted, obtain an anger management and sex offender assessment, register as a sex offender, may apply for expuction upon successful probation, no contact with victim or victim’s family, no alcohol consumption or use of firearms while on probation, $77.00; exposing genitals to child, $77.00; battery, $77.00.

Craig A. Stevens, 36, Webster, operate without valid license, $186.00.

Ernest S. Swanson, 38, Pine City, Minn., operate while suspended, $186.00.

Heather R. Coon, 28, Siren, possession of THC, one-year probation, license suspended six

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James E. Landsberger, 66, Hugo, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Karen J. Schmidt, 50, South St. Paul, Minn., OWI, $677.00, license revoked six months, alcohol assessment.

Jesse L. Swanson, 19, Siren, violate traffic control, $375.00.

Melvin D. Fletcher, 17, Hopkins, Minn., robbery with threat of force, one-year probation, oneyear jail sentence, 100 hours community service each year of probation, provide DNA sample, maintain employment or attend school of higher education or both, no contact with Bremer Bank or other victim, write apology letters to victims, participate in victim offender program, alcohol assessment, $363.00.

Jeromy M. Lambert, 24, Webster, battery, two-year probation, 60-day jail sentence, Huber release granted, alcohol treatment, no consumption or possession of alcohol, no contact with victim, battery, two-year pro-

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William J. La Pointe, 37, Amery, OWI, $677.00, license revoked six months, alcohol assessment.

Kyle D. Lindus, Grantsburg, 20, Grantsburg, failure to notify police of accident, $249.00; operate while suspended, $186.00.

Carrie L. Hafeman, 24, Stillwater, Minn., operate vehicle in navigable water, $123.00.

Jay J. Reiling, Webster, 43, failure to notify police of accident, $249.00.

Jason E. Erickson, 43, Grantsburg, speeding, $186.00.

Frederick W. Kelling, 41, Braham, Minn., speeding, $160.80, twice (two separate counts).

Rose M. Garhart, 48, Shell Lake, issue worthless check, $309.00.

Christopher C. Currie, 48, Pine City, Minn., speeding, $160.80; fail to stop at stop sign, $123.00.

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Monthly board meeting will be held Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at 7:30, at Cushing Community Center.

Agenda: Roll call; clerk’s report; treasurer’s report; open forum; planning commission report; road report; discuss handicap access; town posting sites; 200th Street bridge funding resolution; Atlas General Store liquor application; possible closed session; dog ordinance; safety vests; chip seal project with Sterling (240th Street); open & review road bids; pay bills; adjourn.

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Agenda: 1. Call meeting to order 2. Clerk and Treas. Reports 3. Any corrections on the printed agenda in the newspaper.

4. Public input 5. Old Business A. Discussion & tour of Cty. Rd. W 6. Employee report 7. Correspondence 8. New Business A. Liquor Licensing 9. Bills/vouchers 10. Set next meeting date 11. Move to adjourn Andrea Lundquist, Clerk

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(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.

(May 20, 27, June 3, 10, 17, 24) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., Plaintiff, vs.

ANDREW J. YOUNGMAN and TANYA L. YOUNGMAN, husband and wife; and JANE DOE and/or JOHN DOE, unknown tenants; and MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., Defendants.

Case No. 08-CV-764 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 December 12, 2008, in the amount of $219,092.39, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: June 30, 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: The East half of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (E 1/2 of SE 1/4 of NE 1/4), Section Four (4), Township Thirty-Six (36) North, Range Eighteen (18) West; and that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (SW 1/4 of NW 1/4), Section Three (3), Township Thirty-Six (36) North, Range Eighteen (18) West, Town of Laketown, described as follows: Commencing 37 rods North from the Southwest corner of the Northwest Quarter, Section 3, running North on the Section line between Sections 3 and 4, 34 rods; thence S30 deg. E. 9 rods; thence S. 3 deg. W., 26 rods to point of beginning.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2107 295th Ave., Town of Laketown.

TAX KEY NO.: 030-00080-1000 and 030-00055-0000.

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 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

Judith B. Abraham, 62, May 20, Amery Jean L. Flanigan, 69, May 21, Clayton Traci D. Sandgren, 42, May 23, Luck Dennis M. Mattson, 77, May 30, Frederic

Ryan D. Roush, 34, May 30, Osceola Vicki L. Holdt, 70, May 31, Luck Colette Campbell, 96, June 3, St. Croix Falls Vernon C. Koshatka, 90, June 8, St. Croix Falls

Notices FALLS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Executive Director

The Falls Chamber (St. Croix Falls & Taylors Falls) is seeking a dynamic, community-minded professional to coordinate and manage membership activities and special events. Successful candidate will have excellent time management & communication skills with experience in two or more of the following areas: Marketing, public relations, tourism, customer service, retail management, economic development, database management, grant writing or board relations. Chamber of commerce background preferred. 25 - 30 hours per week with competitive pay based on experience. Send cover letter and resume with three references by 6/26/09 to:

FALLS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ATTN: Executive Committee P.O. Box 178, St. Croix Falls, WI 54024

(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

(June 17, 24, July 1) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT ST. CROIX COUNTY LORI A. ZILLGES 1442 Co. Rd. K, #14 New Richmond, WI 54017, Plaintiff vs.

MEGAN M. LENZ 1211 U.S. Hwy. 8 Amery, WI 54001, and ALLIED PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY c/o CT Corporation System, Registered Agent 8040 Excelsior Drive, Suite 200 Madison, WI 53717 Defendants.

File No. 09 CV 543 SUMMONS Case Code: 30101 THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, To each person named above as a Defendant or Subrogated Defendant: You are hereby notified that the plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you. The complaint, which is attached, states the nature and basis of the legal action.

Within 45 days of receiving this summons, you must respond with a written answer, as that term is used in Chapter 802 of the Wisconsin Statutes, to the complaint. The court may reject or disregard an answer that does not follow the requirements of the statutes. The answer must be sent or delivered to the court whose address is Clerk of Circuit Court, St. Croix County, 1101 Carmichael Road, Hudson, WI 54016, and to Michael J. Brose, plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is Doar, Drill & Skow, S.C., 103 North Knowles Avenue, New Richmond, WI 54017.

You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not provide a proper answer within 45 days, the court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the complaint. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

Dated: April 21, 2009.

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

DOAR, DRILL & SKOW, S.C. Signed: Michael J. Brose Attorneys for Plaintiff State Bar No.: 1000827 103 North Knowles Avenue New Richmond, WI 54017 715-246-2211

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(May 13, 20, 27, June 3, 10, 17) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC, AS SERVICER FOR DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF GSAMP TRUST 2005-SD1, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-SD1 Plaintiff, vs.

ALISTAIR MCLAREN WILSON, et al Defendants.

Case Number: 08 CV 732 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on December 18, 2008, in the amount of $272,157.25, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: June 30, 2009, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% of successful bid must be paid to Sheriff at sale in cash or by certified Check. Balance to be paid upon confirmation PLACE: Front Entrance to the Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 W. Main St., Balsam Lake, Wisconsin.

DESCRIPTION: A parcel of land located in the Northwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 and the Northeast 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4, Section 25, Township 32 North, Range 19 West, described as follows: Commencing at a point 165 feet West of the Northwest corner of the Northwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4; thence directly South parallel to the West line of said Northwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 25, 743 feet; thence directly East; 415 feet; thence directly North 500 feet; thence directly West, 205 feet; thence directly North 243 feet, more or less, to the North line of Northwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4; thence West to the point of beginning, Town of Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2448 20th Ave., Osceola, WI 54020.

TAX KEY NO.: 022-00594-0000.

Dated this 5th day of May, 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. (152509)

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Notice Is Hereby Given That The Regular Monthly Town Board Meeting Will Be Held On Tuesday, June 23, 2009, At 6:30 p.m., At The Town Hall

Polk Co. deaths

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(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 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

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NOTICE OF MEETING TOWN OF WEST SWEDEN

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Notices/Employment

CITY OF TAYLORS FALLS JOB POSTING

Public Works Superintendent. The City of Taylors Falls is accepting applications for a full-time Public Works Superintendent. Applicant must have public works experience and supervisory or work director experience. This position answers directly to the City Council and requires a hands-on individual reponsible for performing the daily operation of the Public Works Department, including water & wastewater facilities, street, park, storm sewer, building and vehicle maintenance. Applicant must have experience and a working knowledge of heavy equipment, budgeting, safety, and excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Must possess a valid Minnesota class B driver’s license with air brakes and a Class C or D water and wastewater operator’s certificate. Salary will be DOQ. Application packet is available at City Hall by contacting Jo Everson, ClerkTreasurer at 651-465-5133, ext. 21, by e-mail at: tfclerk@frontiernet.net, or can be obtained on the City’s Web site www.ci.taylors-fall.mn.us, or by writing to 637 First Street, Taylors Falls MN. 55084-1144.

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The City of Taylors Falls is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status with regard to public assistance, membership or activity in a local commission, disability, sexual orientation, or age pursuant to MS 363.03 & 181.67. The City is in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C.A. 12105 et seq., please call (651) 465-5133 if any reasonable accommodations need to be made. The City will be providing Veterans Preferences points MS 197.455 & 43A.11.

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Polk County Land Information Committee will hold a Public Input Meeting on the Polk County Comprehensive Plan on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, at 10 a.m. in the Government Center (2nd floor West Conference Room), Balsam Lake, Wisconsin.

The meeting is open to the public. The meeting is held to obtain public input on the nine elements required by state law of: Issues and Opportunities, Housing, Transportation, Utilities and Community Facilities, Agricultural, Natural and Cultural Resources, Economic Development, Intergovernmental Cooperation, Land Use and Implementation. This meeting is the fifth meeting in a series of meetings to update the 2003 Polk County Land Use Plan to meet the Comprehensive Planning Law of the State of Wisconsin by using the 2003 Polk County Land Use Plan, local level comprehensive plans, survey results and public meeting input. More information on Polk County Comprehensive Planning efforts can be seen at www.co.polk.wi.us or www.co.polk.wi.us/landinfo/Planning.asp.

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LIBRARY POSITION

Circulation Desk & Technology Support

This is a part-time position (15-20 hrs./week) for evenings (M-F 4-7) and some weekends (rotating Sat. 10-1) working at the circulation desk and providing technical support for library computers. Circulation Clerk duties include detailed knowledge of library circulation software, customer service including some casual instructional tasks, shelving materials, answering reference questions and processing incoming/outgoing materials. Technical support duties include an in-depth knowledge of computer and network troubleshooting and maintenance, ability to create networks, experience working with Web 2.0 applications and some Web site development with a commitment to learn more.

The successful candidate will have strong interpersonal communication skills, the ability to work independently, exercise creativity and innovation and demonstrate a commitment to serving the public. To apply, submit a letter of application and a resume to scflibrary@ifls.lib.wi.us with the word “Applicant” and last name in the subject field. Only electronically submitted applications will be accepted. For a more detailed job description visit the library’s Web site 487987 42-43L 32-33d www.stcroixfallslibrary.org.

Deadline for application is June 25. Position begins July 1.

FULL-TIME MANAGING COSMETOLOGIST WANTED For New Aveda Salon Opening In Grantsburg

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Send resume to: P.O. Box 657 Grantsburg, WI 54840 488645 43L

VILLAGE OF LUCK

COACHING OPPORTUNITY

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

Head 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 715-3274223. Deadline for applications is June 30, 2009.

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NOTICE

ORDINANCE 2-3-1(e)

The Luck Village Board, at their June 3, 2009, Village Board Meeting, adopted the change in Ordinance 2-3-1(e) and amended the Ordinance to Create the Position of Village Administrator. A copy of the ordinance may be viewed at the Luck Village Hall.

Effective upon publication.

Signed/Nancy Webster Smith, Village President and Kathy Hanson, Clerk/Treasurer.

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BREAD BID

TOWN OF APPLE RIVER

The following liquor license applications will be considered at a special meeting to be held Monday, June 29, at 7 p.m. at the town hall located at 1612 U.S. Hwy. 8, Range, Wis. *Retail Class B license to sell intoxicating liquors and malt beverages.

Michael J. Curtis, 1361 100th St., Amery, agent for Tac Nite Club Inc., 251 110th St., Amery Rick T. Hanson and Kimberly K. Hanson, 474 U.S. Hwy. 8, Turtle Lake, agents for Dick’s Sports Bar & Grill Inc., 1255 60th St., Cty. Rd. D, Amery David M. Germanson, 900 165th Ave., Balsam Lake, agent for DN Campground LLC, 956 165th Ave., Balsam Lake.

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Rick, Scoglio, 1717 70th St., Balsam Lake, agent for Pap’s General Store, 1637 80th St., Balsam Lake.

Luck Schools is soliciting bids to supply the following bead products for the 2009/2010 school year.

4” Hamburger Buns (30 Count or 60 Count) 6” Coney Buns (30 Count or 60 Count) 6” Sub/Steak Bun (24 Count) White Bread White Sandwich Bread Wheat Bread Whole Wheat Bread Whole Grain White Bread Whole Grain 4” Hamburger Bun (30 Count or 60 Count) Whole Grain 6” Coney Bun (30 Count or 60 Count) Whole Grain 6” Sub/Steak Bun (24 Count) Submit bids to: Ione Barron Luck School District 810 7th Street South, Luck, WI 54853 Phone: 715-472-2151, ext. 112

By Monday, June 22, 2009.

The District reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.

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(June 17, 24, July 1) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ALAN O. RISVOLD Notice to Creditors (Informal Administration) Case No. 09 PR 41 An application has been filed for informal administration of the estate of the decedent, whose date of birth was November 13, 1924, and date of death was May 12, 2009. The decedent died domiciled in Polk County, State of Wisconsin, with a post office address of: 3386 140th Street, Frederic, WI 54837. All interested persons have waived notice.

Creditors’ claims must be filed with the probate registrar on or before September 18, 2009.

Jenell L. Anderson Probate Registrar June 10, 2009 Joseph D. Boles, Attorney 219 North Main St. P.O. Box 138 River Falls, WI 54022 715-425-7281

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(June 10, 17, 24) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF William E. Hart Notice to Creditors (Informal Administration) Case No. 09 PR 37 An application has been filed for informal administration of the estate of the decedent, whose date of birth was April 22, 1946, and date of death was September 8, 2006. The decedent died domiciled in Lee County, State of Florida, with a post office address of: 15 Nancy Lane, Fort Myers Beach, FL 33931.

All interested persons have waived notice.

Creditors’ claims must be filed with the probate registrar on or before September 11, 2009.

Jenell L. Anderson Probate Registrar June 3, 2009 Justin D. Bonestroo Personal Representative/ Attorney 1809 Northwestern Avenue Stillwater, MN 55082 651-439-2878

Application for Retail ‘Class A’ Liquor License to sell Liquor. To the Town Board, Town of Laketown, Polk County, Wis. The undersigned: Atlas General Store William J. Rivard 2132 295th Ave. Luck, WI 54853 Hereby applies for a ‘Class A’ Liquor License to sell Liquor from July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2010.

Dated June 16, 2009 Patsy Gustafson, Clerk Town of Laketown

PUBLIC NOTICE Polk County Human Services Department

Public input is being sought for the 2010 Human Services Plan and Budget. The public is invited to attend two Human Services Board Meetings to provide input. We are seeking comments from clients, providers, interested citizens and community agencies as to the adequacy and need for services in such areas as services to Juveniles, Child Protective Services, Mental Health Services, Chemical Dependency Services, services to children with developmental or physical disabilities, and any other services being or needing to be provided in the community.

The first meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 8:30 a.m. in the Lower Level Conference Room of the Government Center, 100 Polk County Plaza, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

The second meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 28, 2009, 8:30 a.m. in the Lower Level Conference Room of the Government Center, 100 Polk County Plaza, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

Written comments may also be submitted prior to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, July 24, 2008, addressed to: Sherry Gjonnes, Interim Director Polk County Human Services Department 100 Polk County Plaza #50 Balsam Lake, WI 54810 The meeting site is accessible to the physically disabled.

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APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

FORESTER / RECREATION COORDINATOR BURNETT COUNTY FORESTRY / PARKS DEPARTMENT Full Time

Burnett County is currently accepting applications for the position of Forester/Recreation Coordinator in the Forestry/Parks Department located in Siren, Wisconsin. Under the direction of the Forest Administrator, this position acts to develop, enforce, manage and maintain the County Parks System, recreational trails and County Forest Programs.

Requirements: Prefer a minimum of a two-year degree in Parks and Recreation, Recreational Law Enforcement, Natural Resources Management or Forestry, or a related field providing essential knowledge, skills and abilities or equivalent training and education to perform the functions of the job. Must also have a valid Motor Vehicle Operator’s License.

Starting Salary is $17.76 per hour plus excellent Fringe Benefits.

For further information and application material contact the Burnett County Administration/Human Resources Office, Burnett County Government Center – Room #190, 7410 County Road K, #116, Siren, WI 54872 www.burnettcounty.com or mthalacker@burnettcounty.org, Phone: 715/349-2181, Fax: 715/349-2180). Applications accepted until 4:30 P.M., June 19, 2009.

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER 488163 42-43L 32a,b,c

SEEKING EMPLOYMENT? Check out open postions at www.scrmc.org.

Click on “Employment.”

If you have the necessary education, experience and skills, we’d love to meet you!

Complete application online and send to: human.resources@scrmc.org Fax: 715-483-0508 Online: www.scrmc.org Mail: SCRMC, 235 State Street, St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 An Equal Opportunity Employer

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NOTICE OF HEARING

The Polk County Board of Adjustment will hold a public hearing at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 30, 2009, at the Government Center in Balsam Lake, Wisconsin. The Board will recess at 8:45 a.m. to view each site and will reconvene at 1 p.m. at the Government Center in Balsam Lake, Wisconsin. At that time each applicant will inform the board of their request. The Board may go into closed session under Wisconsin State Statutes, s.19.85(1)(a)(g), deliberating concerning a case which was the subject of any judicial or quasi-judicial trial or hearing before that governmental body. (THE APPLICANT MUST APPEAR AT 1:00 P.M. WHEN THE BOARD RECONVENES AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER.) DICK RUPERT requests a variance from Article 11F1 of the Polk County Shoreland Protection Zoning Ordinance to replace block walls in boathouse. Property affected is: 1836 120th St., Pt. of Gov’t.

Lot 3, Pt. of NW1/4, SW1/4, Sec 31/T35N/R16W, Town of Georgetown, Balsam Lake - class 1.

MARY C. & CRAIG E. SCHAFFER request a variance from Article 11C, Table 1 of the Polk County Shoreland Protection Zoning Ordinance to replace existing deck and to extend a new deck which will be closer than 75’ from the ordinary high-water mark. Property affected is: 1060 Indian Point Ln. Lot 2, CSM Vol 5/Pg 160, Sec 20/ T35N/R16W, Town of Georgetown, Bone Lake - class 1.

JOSEPH & MARY BETH WALDO request a variance from Article 11C, Table 1 of the Polk County Shoreland Protection Zoning Ordinance to build a new dwelling which will be closer than 75’ from the ordinary high-water mark and closer than 25’ from the rear lot line. Property affected is: 85-A South Horseshoe Lake Dr., Desc. as Lot “H” of unrecorded South Shore Park, Pt., of Gov’t. Lot 3, Sec 13/ T34N/R15W, Town of Beaver, Horseshoe Lake - class 1.

THOMAS STORMONT requests a variance from Article 11C, Table 1 of the Polk County Shoreland Protection Zoning Ordinance to build retaining walls which will be closer than 75’ from the ordinary high-water mark. Property affected is: 2165 E Pipe Lake Ln., Lot 8, CSM #1925, Vol 9/Pg 72, located in Pt., of Gov’t. Lot 3, Sec 15/ T35N/R15W, Town of Johnstown, Pipe Lake - class 1.

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Notices/Employment

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

Application for retail class B license to sell intoxicating liquors and malt beverages. To the town board of the Town of West Sweden, Polk County, Wisconsin. The undersigned: Skol Haus Denise Nelson, President Bruce R. Chell, Vice President Thomas Nelson, Secretary/ Member Tammy J. Chell, Treasurer/ Member 3415 Hwy. W. Frederic Wis. Hereby Makes application for class B intoxicating liquor and malt beverages liquor license to be used from July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2010, at the place of business located: Pcl. SE 1/4, SW 1/4, Sec. 8-37-17.

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2008 CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORT FOR 80703117, SIREN WATERWORKS X

Water System Information

If you would like to know more about the information contained in this report, please contact Mike Bentley at 715-349-2493.

The Village Board meets the first Thursday after the first Monday of each month at the Village Hall at 2 p.m.

Health Information

Drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants. The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that water poses a health risk. More information about contaminants and potential health effects can be obtained by calling the Environmental Protection Agency’s safe drinking water hotline (1-800-426-4791).

Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population. Immuno-compromised persons such as persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or other immune systems disorders, some elderly, and infants can be particularly at risk from infections. These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers. EPA/CDC guidelines on appropriate means to lessen the risk of infection by cryptosporidium and other microbial contaminants are available from the Environmental Protection Agency’s safe drinking water hotline (1-800-426-4791).

Source(s) of Water Source ID Source Depth (feet) Status 1 Groundwater 148 Active 2 Groundwater 218 Active To obtain a summary of the source water assessment, please contact Mike Bentley at 715-349-2493.

Educational Information

The sources of drinking water, both tap water and bottled water, include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs and wells. As water travels over the surface of the land or through the ground, it dissolves naturally occurring minerals and, in some cases, radioactive material, and can pick up substances resulting from the presence of animals or from human activity.

Contaminants that may be present in source water include: • Microbial contaminants, such as viruses and bacteria, which may come from sewage treatments plants, septic systems, agricultural livestock operations and wildlife.

• Inorganic contaminants, such as salts and metals, which can be naturally occurring or may result from urban storm-water runoff, industrial or domestic wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, mining or farming.

• Pesticides and herbicides, which may come from a variety of sources such as agriculture, urban storm-water runoff and residential uses.

• Organic chemical contaminants including synthetic and volatile organic chemicals, which are byproducts of industrial processes and petroleum production, and can also come from gas stations, urban storm-water runoff and septic systems.

• Radioactive contaminants, which can be naturally occurring or be the result of oil and gas production and mining activities.

In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, the EPA prescribes regulations that limit the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems. FDA regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water, which shall provide the same protection for public health.

Number of Contaminants Required To Be Tested This table displays the number of contaminants that were required to be tested in the last five years. The CCR may contain up to five years worth of water quality results. If a water system tests annually, or more frequently, the results from the most recent year are shown on the CCR. If testing is done less frequently, the results shown on the CCR are from the past five years.

Contaminant Group # of Contaminants Inorganic Contaminants 16 Microbiological Contaminants 2 Radioactive Contaminants 3 Synthetic Organic Contaminants including Pesticides & Herbicides 23 Volatile Organic Contaminants 20

Inorganic Contaminants Contaminant (units)

MCL

Level Found

MCLG

Range

Sample Date (if prior to 2008)

Typical Source of Contaminant

Violation

ARSENIC (ppb)

10

n/a

6

1-6

NO

Erosion of natural deposits; runoff from orchards; runoff from glass and electronics production wastes

BARIUM (ppm)

2

2

.065

.020-.065

NO

Discharge of drilling wastes; discharge from metal refineries; erosion of natural deposits

COPPER (ppm)

AL=1.3

1.3

.5

0 of 10 results were above the action level

NO

Corrosion of household plumbing systems; erosion of natural deposits; leaching from wood preservatives

FLUORIDE (ppm)

4

4

.1

.1

NO

Erosion of natural deposits; water additive which promotes strong teeth; discharge from fertilizer and aluminum factories.

LEAD (ppb)

AL=15

0

.00

0 of 10 results were above the action level

NO

Corrosion of household plumbing systems; erosion of natural deposits

SODIUM (ppm)

n/a

n/a

5.70

3.67 - 5.70

NO

n/a

Additional Health Information While your drinking water meets USEPA’s standard for arsenic, it does contain low levels of arsenic. USEPA’s standard balances the current understanding of arsenic’s possible health effects against the costs of removing arsenic from drinking water. USEPA continues to research the health effects of low levels of arsenic, which is a mineral known to cause cancer in humans at high concentrations and is linked to other health effects such as skin damage and circulatory problems.

Definition of Terms Term

Definition

AL

Action Level: The concentration of a contaminant which, if exceeded, triggers treatment or other requirements which a water system must follow.

MCL

Maximum Contaminant Level: The highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water. MCLs are set as close to the MCLGs as feasible using the best available treatment technology.

MCLG

Maximum Contaminant Level Goal: The level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MCLGs allow for a margin of safety.

MFL

million fibers per liter

mrem/year

millirems per year (a measure of radiation absorbed by the body)

NTU

Nephelometric Turbidity Units

pCi/l

picocuries per liter (a measure of radioactivity)

ppm

parts per million, or milligrams per liter (mg/l)

ppb

parts per billion, or micrograms per liter (ug/l)

ppt

parts per trillion, or nanograms per liter

ppq

parts per quadrillion, or picograms per liter

TCR

Total Coliform Rule

TT

Treatment Technique: A required process intended to reduce the level of a contaminent in drinking water.

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VACANCY NOTICE DISTRICT BOOKKEEPER School District Of Siren

The School District of Siren has opened a search for a permanent, full-time District Bookkeeper beginning July 1, 2009, or as soon as possible thereafter. Compensation is negotiable depending on education and experience.

Duties associated with this position include the oversight of all financial transactions for the school district, including payroll. Specific responsibilities include accounts payable, accounts receivable, developing and managing the school district budget, calculating revenue and expenditure projections, purchase orders, managing state and federal grants, online reporting, bank reconciliation, district insurances, cash flow, preparation for the annual district audit, internal reporting to the administration and school board and preparation for the annual meeting.

Qualifications for this position require the following: • Accounting degree or equivalent level of school bookkeeper experience • Intense attention to detail and accuracy • Strong organizational skills and neatness • Ability to multitask in a fast-paced setting • Ability to meet strict deadlines and set priorities • Willingness to work extended days for afternoon and evening meetings • Excellent computer skills with the ability to operate school district financial software Candidates interested in applying should submit a letter, resume and references to: Scott Johnson, District Administrator, School District of Siren, 24022 4th Ave., Siren, WI 54872.

All candidates are subject to a criminal background check.

Application Deadline: Until filled. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply immediately.

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NOTICE OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY GRANTSBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT

Job Title: High School Secretary Qualifications: The high school secretary must be highly motivated, capable of working independently and must conduct themselves in professional manner. An attitude of cooperation among office and teaching staff is a priority. As the role and responsibilities of the high school office staff changes, a candidate who is adaptable and flexible is essential. The secretary is responsible for handling communication between the community, parents, students, teachers and administration with tact and confidentiality. The high school secretary serves as the office information manager, arranging and scheduling meetings or appointments, organizing and preserving paper and computer files, managing projects, performing research and distributing information through the use of telephones, mail and e-mail, works with state reports and a variety of school-related tasks.

A candidate with strong interpersonal and technology skills is required. A working knowledge of computer programs dealing with spreadsheets, word processing and database management is necessary. The high school secretary is expected to be highly capable of typing, and especially proficient in spelling, punctuation and other English and proofreading skills. Additional responsibilities will be assigned by the principal.

Requirements: Preference goes to a candidate with a minimum of a 2-year degree in office management or equivalent experience. Candidates must have strong interpersonal and technology skills.

The ideal candidate for this position will be highly energetic, confident and possess a high degree of professionalism. They must have the desire and ability to work with high school students and staff and must be able to work collaboratively, follow written and/or oral directions and maintain good work habits.

How to Apply: Send letter of application, resume, credentials and references

by June 26, 2009.

Contact: Stan Marczak, Principal Grantsburg High School 480 East James Ave. Grantsburg, WI 54840 The School District of Grantsburg is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, national origin, sex, religion or handicap.

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Hospice care helps Grantsburg couple who are both dealing with cancer

by Nancy Jappe GRANTSBURG – A Grantsburg couple, retired Lutheran Pastor Ted Berkland and his wife, Carolyn, have been suffering from the effects of cancer, in a different form for each of them, for the past two years. Since the end of May, they have needed care from a hospice team through Regional Hospice, Spooner and Grantsburg.

Carolyn was diagnosed with lung cancer, the nonsmoker kind, in November 2007. Although he had symptoms before that time, Ted’s multiple myeloma (bone-marrow cancer) was not diagnosed until January 2008. He was taking treatment for the cancer until May 28, when his oncologist said that further treatment wouldn’t help.

According to its philosophy definition, “Hospice is a special kind of care designed to provide sensitivity and support for people living with a terminal illness. Hospice is about living life to the fullest in secure and familiar surroundings with those who matter most – family and friends. Hospice believes that each of us has the right to die pain free, with dignity, and that our families will receive the necessary support to allow us to do so.”

Carolyn said that the transition to hospice care was easy for them because they were familiar with the services it could provide. She had been a hospice volunteer for 10 years, providing many of those services herself and filling in at times for the patient’s 24-hour caregiver.

Carolyn Berkland, a woman who is suffering from nonsmoker lung cancer, looked at her calendar to see how many times a member of the Regional Hospice team of caregivers will be coming to her Grantsburg home.

“They are sometimes scheduled every day, sometimes twice a day,” she said.

Living with cancer “We knew we wanted to be at home as much as possible. Ted functions better in his own surroundings,” she commented.

Hospice allows people to continue living in their own homes, with help from their families and services they need available by phone 24 hours a day.

Carolyn urges people to be in contact with hospice when cancer begins to take its toll because the hospice team doesn’t focus on loss. Their emphasis is on the quality of life, that of living one’s remaining days as fully as possible. While families often focus on that loss, the hospice team focuses on making the most of what you have during the time you have left. “That means a lot,” she said.

“Hospice people are very cheerful.

They always give you hugs. That feels good. They are there for us,” she continued, mentioning the visit that day from Joe Muench, Regional Hospice director from Spooner. “I got a hug from Joe. He will come back, when Ted is awake, to give him a hug.”

“When you are admitted, hospice asks everybody why they want to go into hospice,” Carolyn went on to say. “For me, it was a stress reliever, the relief from burden.”

Carolyn also explained that the hospice team works with families in facing their impending loss head-on. “They

Regional Hospice Director Joe Muench from Spooner delivered a lift chair to ease getting in and out for Ted Berkland. Ted is shown here with his wife, Carolyn, at the controls, trying out the chair for the first time. come right out and say what needs to be said,” she said. “Everybody is going to die someday. I am not afraid.”

Carolyn has comforting memories of her own near-death experience. A nurse by profession, at the age of 42 she was working in the obstetrics department of a hospital. One day she got an awful feeling in her chest, for which she took Tums as relief. She was going back to work but got faint and called to a fellow nurse. The next thing she knew she was in the emergency room.

Those were the days when people were kept in the hospital for long periods of time. Carolyn was in intensive care for a couple of weeks, then told to go home and rest, that she had had a heart attack.

The hospital did an angiogram to determine the damage that had been done to her heart. They injected dye into her system as a tracer. This caused a bad reaction, and the hospital staff had to use a paddle to get her heart going.

“I was floating on the ceiling, looking down, dispassionately, on what was going on down there. It was like coming out of a very pleasant dream – I didn’t want to return,” she said.

For years, Carolyn thought about that experience and what it meant to her. She later found out that her arteries had not been plugged but that she was allergic to the dye. “I was left with the feeling that God loves everybody and doesn’t put everybody in a box,” she said. “We have no right to judge other people. God is the only one who has the right to do that.

I believe he doesn’t. Our religion becomes too narrow. God loves everybody and wants us to love them – to take care of each other and not be fighting over all the little things.”

For the past year or so, things had been going along fairly well for the Berklands.

They walked outside every chance they got. Ted went biking. During the winter of 2007-2008, they flew to Mesa, Ariz., to enjoy the sunshine and warm temperatures. The summer of 2008 was a good one, with neither undergoing chemotherapy. That fall they drove back to Arizona, staying this time for about four months, until Ted had problems.

The oncologist out there told him it was time to get back home.

When asked how he deals with the effects of his cancer, Ted had a quick answer. “I sleep an awful lot,” he said.

Carolyn’s days have to be paced to help her deal with the tiredness that comes with her lung cancer. “I’m better in the morning,” she said. “I have to sit or lie down and rest when I get tired and

“I don’t know what we would do without Hospice.”

– Carolyn Berkland

aching. Then (the pain) goes away after a half hour.” The other day she had to go in and have a liter of blood removed from around her lungs as a palliative treatment (designed to provide relief, not cure). Her goal is to continue to be around to help Ted deal with his cancer.

A bit of Berkland history Just to give the readers a brief bit of history, Ted Berkland has a Norwegian heritage, and he comes from North Dakota. One of the thrills he and Carolyn shared was having an audience with King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway during a visit there in 1994. Ted was a member of the Augsburg Centennial Singers, a group that performed for the king. The choir sang a song Ted had written during that performance.

Ted is a graduate of Augsburg College and Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minn.

He has served pastorates in Bemidji, Minn., Baldwin and Larson. He was director of the Luther Point Bible College near Grantsburg from 1980 to 1991.

After that, he served as interim or supply pastor at the West Denmark Lutheran Church in Luck, Bethany in Rice Lake, Trinity in Falun and Yellow Lake in Webster, Zion of Trade Lake and Grace at West Sweden.

Ted was the chairman of Wild Rivers Habitat for Humanity from 1998 to 2002.

During this time, eight Habitat houses in the local area were built. It was while he was working on his last Habitat house in Grantsburg in 2007 that he fell backward in the sand while working with Chuck Molitor in putting the siding on the house. His hip was broken, possibly because of the start of the cancer.

Carolyn grew up in Bemidji, Minn.

She graduated in the nursing program from Hamline University. Her childhood scrapbook describes her “joy of being alive,” referring to the fact that she almost died from whopping cough as a youngster. The scrapbook also contains a 1954 notation: “I met the most wonderful man in the world.”

That man was the Reverend Ted Berkland. The couple married in August 1955. They have four children, two boys Philip and Bernt, and two girls Ruth Ann and Jillian. Ruth Ann lives in Grantsburg. She and her seven daughters are

Retired Lutheran Pastor Ted Berkland, Grantsburg, is suffering from multiple myeloma, a bone-marrow cancer. Both he and his wife, Carolyn, have been under Regional Hospice care since the end of May. “I don’t know what we would do without it,” Carolyn said. – Photos by Nancy Jappe readily available to help her parents when help is needed. Two of the children live in the Twin Cities, the fourth in Austin, Texas. The family will all be gathering in Grantsburg to help Ted celebrate his 80th birthday and Father’s Day Sunday, June 21.

Carolyn’s favorite definition of true love can be found in the scrapbook. She said about herself and Ted: “We have had the privilege of helping each other reach our potential.”

Besides her long involvement as a hospice volunteer, Carolyn was one of the first volunteers to work with Burnett County Interfaith Caregivers, a group that is now building an 85-foot outside ramp at the Berkland home.

Hospice care Being under hospice care means that the Berklands have access to the services of a nurse manager, a social worker who deals with all the financing with Medicare and other insurances, volunteer caregivers who come to give baths, change bedding, etc. as well as volunteers who come in to stay with the patient when the regular caregiver is away.

A chaplain also comes to visit, and support is promised for caregivers (family members) for a minimum of 13 months following the death of their loved one.

Hospice services are covered under the Medicare Hospice Benefit, by Medicaid and many private insurance companies.

Hospice care is provided to everyone based on need, regardless of a person’s ability to pay. This means that hospice relies heavily on support from the communities in which they serve to make up the cost that is not otherwise available.

For more information on the services provided, readers can contact Regional Hospice, Spooner, at 715-635-9077. Their slogan is “You matter to the last moment of your life.”

Facing the end Ted Berkland is a poet who wrote a book of poetry titled “Reflection of Crex Meadows,” which is sold as a fundraiser for the education program at Crex Meadows in Grantsburg. In the poem titled “We are Guests” can be found these words: “Great Creator Spirit in whose strong hands this world of beauty rests – we are your guests.”

In summing up all they have faced and continue to face in dealing with two different forms of terminal cancer, Carolyn Berkland offered these words: “God has been with us all our lives. There’s no reason to believe he won’t continue to be with us.”

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45th Family Days celebration begins Friday

The 2008 FredericRoyalty: back row (L to R): First Princess Orianna Tesch, Miss Frederic Candace Buck, Second Princess Kelly Daeffler and Miss Congeniality Bobbi Jo O’Brien. Front row: Little First Princess Haley Ennis, Little Miss Frederic Alexis Doyle and Little Second Princess Elaine Lahti. – Photo by Brenda Sommerfeld

Pageant, street dance, parade and more FREDERIC - Three days of family-oriented fun begins Friday as the 45th-annual Frederic Family Days gets under way.

The celebration includes live music and fireworks Friday evening at Coon Lake Park, a queen pageant 7 p.m. Saturday, a street dance from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Saturday on Main Street, and the big parade on Sunday afternoon at 1:30 p.m..

Fun The Frederic Arts School of Fish Stix Painting Workshop is new this year. It will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the south shelter in Coon Lake Park.

Frontier Trails will offer pony rides at the east end of Coon Lake from 3 to 5 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday.

Proceeds from the moon walk, two-on-

two inflatables and butterbean boxing at the park will go to the youth ball programs. The rides are sponsored by Bernick’s and Frederic Area Chamber of Commerce.

The sixth-annual treasure hunt for children 12 and under begins Friday at 6 p.m., with clues posted every 15 minutes. The seventh-annual Saturday treasure hunt for all ages begins at 10 a.m., with clues posted every two hours at the park pavilion. A Family Days button purchase is required in order to participate in the hunts.

Other events include a kiddie parade at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, followed by a sawdust pile for coins; kids fishing contest from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday; horseshoe and volleyball tournaments both Friday and Saturday and an antique tractor show at the depot from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday.

Food The American Legion Paul G. Johnson

With the theme Psychedelic ‘60s, this year’s Frederic queen pageant will see six young women compete for the title of Miss Frederic. The show starts at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 20. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. There will also be a photogenic award again this year. This is where the audience gets to participate. For $1 per vote, you can help decide who you think is the most photogenic of the contestants. You can vote as many times as you want. Admission to the pageant is $5 for adults, $3 for students, and children 4 and under are free. Candidates shown (L to R) back row: Chrissy Chenal, Amanda Runnels and Marissa Nelson. Front: Alexsandra Lonetti, Kimberly Jones and Haley Kurkowski. – Special photo Post No. 249 will host its annual pancake breakfast both Saturday and Sunday morning from 6:30 to 10 a.m. at the Legion hall across from Coon Lake Park.

St. Luke United Methodist Church will host its annual Family Days Café on Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Frederic Area Historical Society will be selling its popular strawberry shortcake on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the depot.

The Frederic Fire Department will be holding its pork roast fundraiser at the fire hall from 2 to 8 p.m. on Saturday.

A chicken barbecue dinner, presented by the Frederic Area Chamber of Commerce, will be on Sunday from 11 a.m.

until gone.

A bake and book sale will begin at 10 a.m. both Friday and Saturday at the Frederic Public Library, sponsored by Friends of the Library.

Live music The band Intensive Care will perform at the Coon Lake band shell Friday evening from 6 to 9:30 p.m., followed by fireworks. On Saturday evening, Deuce will perform at the coronation street dance from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m..

Music in the park will be featured Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the band shell.

Miss Milltown to be crowned Friday, June 26

by Mary Stirrat MILLTOWN — Three young women are seeking the title of Miss Milltown, but only one will be given that title during a coronation ceremony that will be held at Bering Park Friday evening, June 26, at 7:30 p.m.

Brandi Gae Larson, Taylor Lee Loken and Krystal Marie Beckwith have each just completed their sophomore year at Unity High School. Below are brief biographies prepared by each.

Little Miss Milltown candidates

Krystal Marie Beckwith Krystal Marie Beckwith is the daughter of Ron and Tammy Beckwith. She has two brothers, Ron and Tony.

Krystal is involved in volleyball, track, and FFA. She enjoys the outdoors and hanging with her friends.

When she is finished with high school. Krystal plans to attend college for marine biology.

Brandi Gae Larson Brandi Gae Larson is the daughter of Mike and Janis Larson. She has two brothers, Erick and Mickey, and two sisters, Tina and Tiffany. Brandi lives outside of Milltown where she raises rabbits. She is very active in the community and belongs to 4-H and is a member of FFA. She enjoys spending her free time with friends and family. When she finishes high school, Brandi plans to attend UW-River Falls to pursue a career in agribusiness management.

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One of these three young women will be chosen Miss Milltown during the Milltown Fishermen’s Party next weekend. From left are Brandi Larson, Krystal Beckwith and Taylor Lee Loken. Coronation will take place Friday evening, 7:30 p.m., at Bering Park. – Photo by Mary Stirrat Taylor Lee Loken Taylor Lee Loken lives in Milltown with her stepfather, Bill, and her mother, Marie. She has three siblings, Joey, Stephanie and Damien. Taylor is active in FFA, volleyball and track. After completing high school, Taylor plans to attend college to become a park ranger.

– Mary Stirrat

Little Miss Milltown candidates this year are (Above) Lydia Milberg, parents Kari Milberg and Jeremy Tucker; Sydney Beaudry; parents Mark and Tamara Beaudry, and Myah Nelson (Left) parents Shannon Otto and Laurel Nelson — Photos submitted

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by Mary Stirrat BALSAM LAKE — Alesa and Kayli Paulsen, twin sisters who just graduated from Unity High School, do not consider themselves “average” teenagers.

Last winter, on their own, these two girls headed out for a five-week adventure in Nepal, transforming a school while changing their own lives forever.

It has long been their desire to experience the culture and to volunteer in a third-world country, and they realized that their senior year in high school would be an ideal time to do so. They decided upon Nepal after talking with Unity social studies teacher Karoline White, who has visited and taught there.

Initially, Kayli and Alesa planned to spend about two weeks in a school where White taught several years ago.

Before leaving last November they raised $2,000 to provide what they described as “tons of supplies” for the school, including a library and two computers.

By taking jobs and through donations, each girl also bought her own plane ticket, at $3,300. (They are still paying some of that off and contributions are welcome, they joked).

“We were surprised and so grateful at how the community got involved,” said Kayli, adding that an elementary teacher they hadn’t seen in years, Dan Kirkhoff, contributed $500 to the effort.

“It totally transformed the school,” she said. “They are so proud of their library, and they are one of a very few schools that have one computer, let alone two.”

The two ended up falling in love with the children at the school and with the village in which it was located, and they spent an extra week there.

“We miss the kids most,” said Alesa.

“It’s painful.”

Each class at the school had about 30 students in a 15 x 15-foot room, said Alesa. They had board games and a basketball hoop, but had no idea how to

Sadhu, or holy men, leave their families to live at one of the many temples in Nepal, meditating and dedicating their lives to finding eternal happiness within themselves. Some, said Kayli, left, and Alesa Paulsen, are more willing to talk with tourists. play, because the directions were in English and there was no one to teach them.

“We spent days teaching them,” Alesa said. “All the kids were so well-behaved. It’s very structured with strict discipline. We’re not so used to that.”

Although the sisters flew in and out of Nepal’s capital, Katmandu, with a population of about two million, they spent the vast majority of their time in small villages and in the wilderness.

“We were in small communities most of the time,” said Kayli. Few people spoke English, so the girls communicated with gestures and body language.

“In most cities,” said blond-haired Kayli, “people have never seen anyone with white skin.” People thought they were some kind of celebrities or just some kind of oddity and would surround the girls for a better look.

Life in the villages in Nepal is much different than life in even the most rural areas of the United States. Houses are

Kayli and Alesa Paulsen, twin sisters who graduated from Unity last month, raised money to provide supplies for a school in Nepal. Two computers and the books in this library were among the items they were able to give to the school

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made of cow dung and clay, with no bathrooms. There might be one public toilet — basically a hole in the ground —

in the entire village. With no showers, the girls washed up in cold water at the village pump.

Their beds consisted of flat boards with some blankets. “My hips were bruised,” joked Alesa.

“Everyone there is so short, my feet would hang off,” added Kayli.

At night, the girls would be kept awake by hyenas calling, and the men of the village would go out to keep the livestock safe. They made friends with two lizards and a mouse that lived in their bedroom, even giving them names.

“Everything is done by hand,” said Kayli. “Making meals would take hours.

Even the wealthy don’t have microwaves, dishwashers or washing machines.

A lot of people, even lower-middle class, would have two or three housekeepers.”

At first, said both Kayli and Alesa, they missed American food. Their diet consisted mainly of rice with vegetables, seasoned with curry. Sometimes there was meat, but they never asked what it

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A typical kitchen area in a Nepalese home.

Meals usually consisted of rice and vegetables seasoned with curry and eaten with the fingers.

Roads and bridges are a bit more primitive in Nepal, Kayli (left) and Alesa found. This type of bridge was not at all unusual.

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One time they knew they were eating goat intestines.

“By the end we loved it,” said Kayli.

“You just felt so much better and healthier.”

The girls got used to eating with their fingers, as everyone in Nepal does.

There is a trick, they said, to forming a triangle with the thumb and first two fingers, then scooping the food.

“When we came back we were eating with our fingers,” said Alesa.

With an unemployment rate of about 42 percent, beggars are a common but difficult sight to see.

“In the street we saw a naked fouryear-old holding a baby,” said Kayli.

“There’s so much to be done, so much help that’s needed.”

The girls were instructed not to give money to the beggars, who sometimes made their own situations more difficult in order to gain sympathy. People would sometimes cut off their own fingers or tongue in order to get money.

Even in Katmandu the level of sanitation was very different than here. People were wearing gas masks because of the pollution. Garbage was strewn everywhere, and farm animals were not fenced in. A waiter used his fingers to scoop out ants that were floating in the girls’ tea. The hotels they stayed in had wallpaper on the floors to cover the moldy cracks but cost only $2 per night.

Besides the school, another big highlight of the trip was an 11-day trek into the mountains, accompanied by a guide and a porter. One of the longest days of the trek included eight hours of constant climbing up 3,000 steps.

“I didn’t realize how out of shape I was,” said Kayli, adding that the porter, who carried the supplies, was still able to run ahead of her and her sister. She admitted to enjoying her share of fast food rather than getting in shape before they left for Nepal.

Along the trek they were able to see native peoples in their natural way of

A scene from Katmandu, the capital of Nepal. life, an experience few can have. In the evenings they would play cards, and by the end of the trek they felt like they were all old friends.

“It was so beautiful,” said Kayli. “I want to go back.”

The girls were also able to go on a jungle safari. Monkeys were squawking in the trees as Alesa and Kayli rode on elephants through the jungle, at one point passing within feet of a rhinoceros.

It was winter in Nepal when Kayli and Alesa were there, although their winter is different than ours. Temperatures were mostly in the 60s and 70s, sometimes getting fairly chilly at night but colder in higher elevations during their trek.

Hinduism and Buddhism are the two main religions of Nepal, and as the two went sight-seeing in Katmandu and traveled through the small villages, they saw many temples. They even visited the town where Buddha was born.

Kayli, left, and Alesa Paulsen with their Nepalese friend, wearing traditional garb. The two spent five weeks in Nepal early last winter.

During the three weeks that Alesa and Kayli Paulsen spent at this school in Nepal they grew to love the children and their families. Each classroom measured about 15-by-1 feet and held 30 students, they said.

Kayli Paulsen follows the porter carrying supplies as they begin an ascent into the mountains of Nepal.

Homes in Nepalese villages are made of cow dung and hay. This is a typical scene in one of the villages.

While in Katmandu Alesa and Kayli saw a famous Hindu crematorium, where people come from all over to have the bodies of their loved ones burned in an outside fire. They believe that if they are cremated at that location and their ashes thrown in the adjacent river, said Alesa, they will come back in a better form in the next life.

Relationships are extremely important in Nepal, the girls found.

“Everyone is so social there,” said Alesa. “People always get together.

Every night we would walk down the road and stop and visit and have tea.”

Oftentimes the visits would include singing and dancing. “We would join in (the dancing) and they would try to teach us,” said Kayli. “Here we were, two American girls. We just wiggled.

They just laughed.”

Electricity is turned off in the village for about 12 hours every day, said Alesa, except for the homes of the very wealthy.

This helps keep a slower pace and a simpler lifestyle, which she misses.

“I miss sitting in a circle, singing and talking,” she said. “I miss the simple and the warmth of the people. Their genuineness and simplicity really attracted us.”

They admit to having been homesick midway through their trip — “It was weird not having contact with people Kayli, left, and Alesa with their guide on an 11-day trek through the wilderness into the mountains of Nepal.

A porter also accompanied the group, and the four would play cards and spoons during the evening.

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from home” — but it passed and the two had a hard time when they had to return home.

Interesting to them were comments from some of the children and young people, living without what Americans consider necessities. The girls heard time and again the idea that Americans spend all their time working for things rather than enjoying the people around them.

Sometimes Kayli or Alesa would ask the school children, living in cow-dung homes with no electricity or running water, what they would like to have.

Their answers were surprising — they would like to see an end to starvation, or maybe they would like a new pair of shoes.

“Now I don’t take anything for granted,” said Kayli, “especially the bathrooms. You feel guilty about how much you have. When we got back it was overwhelming.”

Both have plans to enter the Peace Corps, to continue pursuing their dreams of helping others, using their knowledge and resources to make a difference in the world. They’d like to go back to Nepal to see the friends they made there.

Their experience there, they feel, will be of immense help as they go into the world. They were able to live in and feel at home in a vastly different culture, finding ways to help that matched what the people there wanted. They were also able to take the responsibility of handling the details of transportation, food and safety.

“We grew so much,” said Kayli. “We experienced so many things people our age don’t get to do.”

“We are definitely out to seek a lot more in life than the average teen.”

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Retired in Wisconsin

by Carolyn Marquardt Two old men and an old woman live peacefully and complacently in the blue house on the precipice overlooking Viola Lake in Burnett County, Wisconsin. One old man is my husband, Jerry, the other my dog, Buck. Me? I’m the old woman.

To be fair, there are three other denizens in the house on the hill—one, an old cat who thinks he is 2; the other two, middle-aged goldfish uncomfortable in their winter aquarium.

Outside the snow is drifting down, huge flakes wafting in the gentle breeze.

I can scarcely see the outline of trees across the lake, the snowfall is so heavy.

And my heart is filled with contentment, enjoying the beauty of Northwestern Wisconsin in the winter. Sitting by a simple fire, watching the pine branches bow under the weight of the new-fallen snow, the ground clothed in white, I realize my heart is enamored by the Upper Midwest.

Winter, an enemy of the faint-hearted, is a wonderland of white and frost. One day snow covers the trees, the next a coating of icy frost destined to melt as the sun rises. The days are short, the nights long. And December 21 comes

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Writer’s Corner like a friend to herald the return to the longer days of summer. The frigid weather requires stamina and layers of clothing. And the mushers and the snowmobilers glory in the cold and snow.

Winter days are lazy days. Oh, I have dreams of housecleaning, redecorating, sewing. But they are only dreams.

As I look out again at the freshly falling snow, I have in my hand one of a flood of gardening catalogs that clog my mailbox. My mind drifts off, remembering the joy that first crocus blossom brings at the birth of spring. I dog-ear the pages of seeds and plants to introduce to my garden when the weather turns warm and the grass turns green. A new cultivar, a new hybrid, and a replacement for an old friend that expired last year. My days are filled with icy-cold dog walks and firewarmed searches for new and exotic additions to my Zone 3 garden. Do I dare try a Zone 5 close to the house?

As winter escapes and spring comes, it is time for outside activities. The unaccomplished winter projects are just faint memories of plans waylaid by 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.

snowfalls and catalogs. The lake begins to thaw, water visible at the shoreline.

The ground is softening; perennials begin to peek out full of hope that the last freeze of winter is over. Tulips, daffodils, crocuses nod in the wind. The gentle rains of spring encourage the foxglove, the astilbe, the peony, and finally the hosta to awaken from their winter dormancy. And I walk the garden paths, looking for places to plant the new arrivals, ordered from the irresistible catalogs that brightened the long, dark days of winter.

With the first lawn-mowing, I realize summer is almost here. Time to roll the docks into the lake, to trailer the pontoon and sailboat over to the public landing and sail them back to our dock, to inflate the tubes, to dust the lawn chairs and patio furniture. To ready the house and yard for the onslaught of visitors—family and friends invited to enjoy the beauty of the lake. Tubing, fishing, swimming, drifting lazily around the lake on the pontoon, waving at neighbors on the shore. A brisk wind blows, enticing me to raise the sails and navigate my sailboat back and forth across the lake. The wind, deflected by the erratic shoreline, sends me unintended places and I revel in the quiet. Too soon it is time to head for shore.

The Fourth of July arrives. The house is filled with family. It’s time for brothers and sisters and cousins to reacquaint themselves over picnics, boating, fishing, swimming, and bumper pool contests. The day flies by and we crowd onboard the pontoon, festooned in red, white, and blue, to join the Viola Lake flotilla. Around the shoreline we motor,

30 boats strong. We wage water gun wars with those armed on the shore.

Then night falls and fireworks flare all around the lake, more glorious than any town display. We ooh and aah until the last multicolored umbrella dies in the sky.

August comes and the garden begins to fade. Flowers that brought us joy all summer tire of blooming in the persistent heat, while the asters begin their show. Tomatoes are ripening and an endless supply of zucchini erupts from vines fruitless just a week ago. And the lettuce withers. Should I plant more seed for a fall crop? Will the first frost arrive too soon?

But the fall is mild this year. I wait patiently for the trees to burst forth in reds, yellows, and oranges before their leaves flutter to the ground. I am in no hurry for the leaves to fall. I am in no hurry for the raking to begin. I want to be too old for that task—but not this year.

And as fall turns into winter I rejoice in another year of retirement. I remember how I resisted the move from city to countryside and now I wonder why.

How could I have wanted to miss the kaleidoscope of seasons in Northwestern Wisconsin undimmed by the clutter and congestion of city life?

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Milltown Fishermen's Party, June 26 - 28 MILLTOWN — The annual Milltown Fishermen’s Party promises fun for everyone next weekend, June 26-28.

One big change, however, is that the previously advertised Miss Milltown pageant will not be held Thursday evening. Instead, the three contestants will have private interviews with the judges that night, followed by a coronation at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 26, at Bering Park.

Other Friday evening highlights include a fish fry at Bering Park, starting at 5 p.m. and ending when the fish is gone.

There will be live music at the park by Rex Cactus, and a beer and brat stand open from 5 to 9 p.m. The softball tour-

“Echoes” living history theater at Forts this weekend Feeling the urge to escape the 21st century? Something like that takes place at Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park most days, but the park’s time machine will be primed to take on new passengers during the annual presentation of “Yellow River Echoes – A Living History Experience,” set to run Friday thru Sunday.

The event features nearly 100 fur trade era re-enactors who will transform the area around the reconstructed Ojibwe Indian/North West-XY Company trading area of 1802-1805 into an outdoor theater of sorts, featuring activities ranging from skits at the trading

nament begins in Mellgren Field at 6 p.m. Call 715-431-0054 for information.

Also, at 6:30 Friday evening, at Bering Park, there will be a meeting for those interested in the Saturday bass tournament. The tournament will be on Bone Lake, at the north end landing, from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call Northbound Sports at 715-825-3326 for more information.

Plan for a full day on Saturday, beginning with the Unity Ambulance breakfast at the ambulance hall, from 7 - 11 a.m. Enjoy the vintage snowmobile and antique tractor show on Main Street from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and the arts and crafts fair at Bering Park from 10 a.m. to

Folle Avoine Chronicles Woodswhimsy the gnome

posts to music, games and re-enactments of life from the late 1700s to early 1800s at a series of authentic camps set up along the riverbank and through the

5 p.m.

Bering Park will also be the site of the children’s carnival, live trout fishing, and Lions Club Bingo. A performance by River City Cloggers will take place at noon.

The library will host its annual book sale starting at 10 p.m. Clues for the two-day medallion hunt will be posted hourly at the library, starting at 10 a.m.

Saturday.

This year’s themes for the kiddie parade are “Creative” and “Fishing Follies.” Lineup is at 10:30 a.m. Saturday by Troy’s Flooring, and the parade starts at 11 a.m. Contact the library for more information. woods near the fur trading posts. Unlike July’s general Rendezvous event, “Echoes” is specifically oriented to the period when the original fur posts brought the Ojibwe Indians and traders together in the mutual enterprise of the fur trade. Its primary format revolves around interactions with site visitors, and its goal is providing an educational experience laced with fun that engages everyone.

The re-enactors of “Echoes” are a dedicated group who stay in touch throughout the year, exchanging huge amounts of research on topics related to fur trade people, looking past the surface history into the patterns of everyday things, from clothing details to cooking methods, music, storytelling, recreation, the whole gamut of life in an era they’ve become attached to. Events like “Echoes,” taking place at actual historic locales

End the day Saturday at the street dance featuring the Studebakers, on Main Street from 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.

Sunday morning includes a worship service at Bering Park at 10 a.m., weather permitting (bring a chair). A car and bike show, with trophies, will take place from 9 a.m. to noon on Main Street, and there will be a chicken dinner at Bering Park from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Don’t miss the Fishermen’s Party Parade, Sunday on Main Street beginning at 2 p.m., with Grand Marshal Carol Pool and honored citizen Jane Juleen. The parade will be followed by music by Pipe Dreamers Blue Machine at Bering Park.

like Forts Folle Avoine, are especially prized by members of the informal group. Indeed, one is left wondering how folks so serious about their approach can be having so much fun.

Visitors to “Echoes” will not require any special time machine garb, just a healthy curiosity and a willingness to suspend disbelief. Warning, though, you may have to eventually return to the year 2009.

“Yellow River Echoes – A Living History Experience” is open Friday through Sunday, June 19 - 21, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., daily, with a pancake breakfast also available on Sunday morning from 8 a.m. to early afternoon. Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park is located three miles west of Hwy. 35 on CTH U. Signed, Woodswhimsy the gnome

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Polk County Places

Collected by

by Russ Hanson Six months ago, Atlas resident Buz Swerkstrom self-published a 321-page large-scale paperback book called “Polk County Places: Impressions and Explorations of Polk County, Wisconsin.”

This week we are sharing some excerpts from this book with you. They are copyrighted 2008 and used by permission.

Swerkstrom introduces us to three areas west of Hwy 35: the Sterling sand barrens, the Laketown traprock ridges and biking the Polk-Burnett County Line Road. If you are looking for Polk County places to explore get a copy of his book. Here are some samples: A land of sand In the beginning, there was sand, little else but sand. For present purposes, the beginning was roughly 6,000 years ago, when a climate change brought an extended dry, hot period that lasted about 2,000 years. Trees died. A network of streams created during the Ice Age dried up, leaving sand sediment “exposed and at the mercy of the wind,” according to Gustavous Adolphous College geology professor Mark Johnson, who studied the geology of Polk County for five summers for the Wisconsin Geological Survey.

Winds whipped the sand into shifting dunes in this sand desert.

The dunes – stabilized now – are still there, offering a roller coaster ride on many east-west roads. Sand cutbanks are everywhere. The Sand Barrens of northwestern Polk County and southwestern Burnett County is no longer a sand desert, though. It is far from barren of trees and other vegetation. Today this sparsely populated, lakeless region is covered with a thick growth of spindly jack pines, scraggy scrub oaks and other healthierlooking trees. For that reason it is sometimes also called the Pine Barrens. To most local residents the area is simply The Barrens.

Today “barren” is more an assessment of its agricultural potential than a topographical description.

As writer John McPhee wrote of a similar, larger pine barrens in New Jersey, “a dimension greater than miles” separates the sand barrens from the rest of Polk County. There is a saying that “sand rots people the same way it does trees – from the inside out.” And The Barrens does seemingly have more than its per capita share of eccentrics. Indeed, some people no doubt regard residence in The Barrens

Russ Hanson

River Road

Ramblings

Trade River near the town of Atlas in northwestern Polk County. as prima facie evidence of eccentricity.

Barrens history is replete with suicide, strange tales and singular personalities.

Of course, the question of whether The Barrens creates eccentrics or attracts them is open to debate.

“Land out here used to sell for a dollar an acre,” Lloyd Westlund said to me during a drive through The Barrens one July morning in 1992. “The last piece I sold, I sold for one thousand dollars an acre.”

Westlund, a former St. Croix Falls police chief, grew up on what might be considered the edge of The Barrens. The parameters of the The Barrens are not clear-cut.

Since settlement and The Barrens seem sort of antithetic, there is a fringe area. But for the most part it is easy to tell what is The Barrens and what is not. Mapping by character, The Barrens is 90 or 100 square miles in size, all west of Hwy. 87. The phrase “west of 87” has loaded meaning.

This barrens is the southern end of a swatch of sand country that extends to the north-northeast about 150 miles to the Bayfield peninsula. While there are other barrens in this swath (the Namekagon Barrens, the Moquah Barrens), the sand barrens of Sterling and Anderson townships may have the richest human history.

The area has a standard road grid, with roads one mile apart most places, two miles here and there. Until fairly recent years none of the roads were blacktopped.

Now there are quite a few miles of asphalt roads. Evergreen Avenue, for instance, the most important east-west road, is blacktopped all the way through. Most roads still are unpaved, though. Some are gravel, others nothing more – and occasionally less – than hard-packed sand.

There are spots and stretches where the sand is not packed, but as soft as granulated sugar.

Mountain Drive Okay, so it isn’t really a mountain, but a pretty large hill – part of the traprock ridge formation that runs through Polk County from north to south. To us local residents, though, that hill has always been “the mountains.” Just as a one-eyed man is king in a country of the blind, the highest hill around can be called a mountain. It is a way to think of a small part of the world as a world of its own, to both expand the spectrum of the local landscape and to reduce a landscape to embraceable proportions.

The name also is tellingly rural. Iver’s Mountain Drive. How many big-city street names use the first name of someone rather than the last name or the full name? Iver was Iver Jorgenson, a longtime Laketown town chairman who lived at the base of the mountains and owned a lot of land along the three-and-a-half-mile road, northwest of Luck and southwest of Frederic, between 170th Street and 200th Street.

Since I live 2-1/2 miles northwest of the west end, I drive the road from west to east, which is really the best way to experience the road, in my opinion, because you climb the slope of a hill that way.

That gives you a fairly dramatic change of altitude and a sense of expectation. You don’t make the same degree of climb starting from the east end.

Also, the landscape is more interesting near the west end than the east end. After passing one house on the quarter-milelong level portion of the gravel road and another house shortly after the upslope begins you are into a long stretch of road where there are no more houses until you reach the long straight stretch on the east side. The climb from the bottom of the hill to the farm field where the hill plateaus is only about a quarter of a mile, but it’s a spectacular stretch of road. As the road climbs the hill, there are a couple of ravines strewn with basalt rocks. A forest full of brilliantly colored trees, with luminescent yellow dominant, bathes the road Laketown Iver’s Mountain area in northwestern Polk County. - Photos by with its beauty. Gnarled, tentacled old Buz Swerkstrom oak trees demand attention and compel you to stop, get out of your car and take it all in more intimately. If you have a camera along you can no more resist snapping some shots than TV news readers can resist spewing obvious puns.

September Spoke Song Shortly after I turned onto the County Line Road the sun broke through the overcast for the first time that day. It was a filtered sunlight, not full, but it was as welcome as a found quarter. While that first burst didn’t last long, there were to be more shots of filtered sunlight over the next half-hour or more.

A lot of sumacs lined both sides of the road. Many already had blood-red leaves.

Others were in color transition, with green, yellow, orange and red leaves on

some plants, top to bottom. There also was a lot of mellow yellow and subdued orange leaf color in the trees along the road.

After climbing the larger of the two hills I came to farm fields, with the one to my right having some large circular hay bales in it, passed two long strips of planted pine trees stretching back from the road on my left and was able to see a small portion of Freedom Lake off to the southeast, a half-mile away.

Southward down 200th Street, down a decline, against the wind now, I was soon curling around a bay area of the small lake, where the road levels out and winds along the western side of the shallow lake, the main part of which has a roughly circular shape. Spotting a lone trumpeter swan over on the eastern side of the bay, its stark whiteness making it stand out, I stopped for a look. It’s odd to see only one trumpeter swan. This one seemed to be alone, though, for I couldn’t spot a mate anywhere nearby. Then I scanned the rest of the lake and saw three or four white spots – more trumpeter swans – in the far southeastern section. Two small groups of ducks took off near where I was, flying eastward, low over the surface of the water.

I continued on. The stretch of road along Freedom Lake may well be the best biking road in Polk County for the approximately three quarters of a mile it edges the lake, given the levelness, the low volume of traffic, the gentle curves and the opportunity to see wildlife. With only four or five houses on the lake, including two to the west side of the road, Freedom Lake is a great little lake for waterfowl. And level and winding are two elements that make for a great biking route.

••• Notes from the Rambler I helped Vernon Peterson get his antique collections ready for the auction this Saturday at the Erickson Auction house near Siren. Vernon, 92, has been collecting things most of his life. You should look at the listing in the Advertiser! He has the items that were destined for the failed Siren museum on the sale. He collected a great many farming, logging, railroad, ice-making and household items and more. I especially admired the old whale-oil Siren streetlight. It looks ready to light up and use.

See you at the Old Settlers Picnic, Sunday, June 28, at the Cushing Community Center. Noon potluck. The oldest ongoing picnic in the area, started in 1937, if I remember correctly. Craftspeople: Cushing Museum open upstairs; music, and lots of visiting.

Sterling sand barrens along the St. Croix River in northwestern Polk County.

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Yearning The other day I sat outside enjoying a beautiful, sunny day – the kind we’ve been waiting for – thinking about my father’s visits to our farm. He often sat outside, enjoying the view and the sounds of summer: • the clucking of the banty hens as they scratched in the dirt, exposing incredible edibles Abrahamzon for the yellow, baby chicks around them; • the crow of the roosters proclaiming their sovereignty in the barnyard; • the flutter of butterflies hovering over the phlox plants given to us by Hannah Serier; • the cry of the blue jay from the tallest white pine tree; • the cows coming down the lane, headed for a drink of water; • swallows swooping in the barn where they’re nesting; • the baby ducks floating in a mud puddle in the parking lot; • cars revving motors to crest our hill; • all the things I enjoy today, watching the world go by.

I grew up on a farm and without life in the country, I languish. I like living beyond the sidewalks.

My father enjoyed feeding the chicks so he usually had a pan of shelled corn to feed them. He teased the roosters and kicked at them, never actually hitting or hurting them, but they got so angry and would fly at his foot.

Bernice

Behind the Signpost

“Daddy, don’t do that. You’ll make them mean.” If that happened they’d be headed for the stew pot for sure.

I don’t tease the chickens. I worry about them because a hungry fox comes in every night looking for a free meal. We are surrounded by woods and wild things including coyotes, bears, skunks, fishers (yes, they’re coming north), deer, lots of coons, etc.

One day a huge pine snake put on quite a show in our driveway. He headed for the woods across the road from us.

One day a running deer almost ran into me but wheeled around me as I stood there.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve stopped my car to carry a turtle across the road to safety. I’ve seen drivers deliberately run over turtles. Turtles could become endangered species. The Blanding turtle needs protection, and even the ordinary mud turtle, and yes, the snapping turtle, too.

I am here only a short time in the scope of things, but I hope animals are forever. We are destroying their habitat at an alarming rate.

Wrens are nesting on our open front porch, and we love their song.

We hear owls at night in our front oak grove, calling, “Who?” They are probably looking for a free meal, too.

Until next week, Bernice

Compiled by Bernice Abrahamzon

50 Years Ago A free fish fry was held at the Fun House, West Sweden.-A wedding dance was set for June 19 at Yellow Lake Lodge for Mr. and Mrs. William O’Brien (Nora Stapels).-A dance was set for every Friday night at Dick and Fran’s at Fox Creek.-The film “The Old Man and the Sea” was playing at the Grand Theater, Grantsburg, with the movie “Old Yeller” coming.-A headline read, “Bullets fail to halt speeding car at Frederic on Saturday night.”-Half of Polk County assessors have been on job more than five years.-A fifth-anniversary sale was held at the Ben Franklin store, Frederic.-Mr. and Mrs. Allen Fahland celebrated their golden wedding anniversary.The James Christy Circus would give two shows in Frederic on July 11.-A Social Security card was necessary for a first job.-A McKinley School hearing was set for July 8.-Work was progressing on Methodist Church addition at St. Luke's, Frederic.-A haying demonstration with the latest in Ford equipment was scheduled for June 26 at the Clarence Williamson farm east of Milltown. It was sponsored by the Frederic Motor Co., Minar and Minar, SCF, and Amery Motor Co.-A special at Frederic Dairy Queen was any flavor sundae for 19¢.Baler twine was available at $6.90 per bale at Frederic Feed and Flour.-Specials at Route’s Super Market, Frederic, included ground beef at 2 lbs. for 95¢, cube steaks at 69¢ a pound, Kool-Aid at six pkgs. for 25¢, cherry pie mix at 27¢ a can.

40 Years Ago

Dairy Breakfast this Saturday Proceeds go for scholarships CLAM FALLS - The signs are up and the breakfast is on!

The public is invited to the Community Ag Association Dairy Breakfast to be held this Saturday, June 20, at the Grant and Mary Burdick Farm in rural Frederic.

This breakfast has drawn people from all over the world, making it an annual Father’s Day weekend tradition for many. This year marks the The Community Ag Association Dairy Breakfast to be held this Siren Agricultural Association’s 25th Saturday, June 20, at the Grant and Mary Burdick Farm in rural year of delivering a mouthwatering, Frederic. – File photo stomach-approved, dairy-delicious Take time to tour the farm while enjoying the talent breakfast right on the farm.

Uncle Jack’s wild rice pancakes, butter, syrup, ham, of country and gospel music singer, Brad Alden, from cheese, ice cream, coffee, milk and cranberry juice is Glory Train.

In addition, shuttle tours of Jay and Mary Boisvert’s the traditional menu. Cost of the breakfast is $6 for adults and $3 for children, ages 6 to 12 (under 6 free). neighboring horse farm will be available. The Boisvert’s farm has registered Appaloosa and The breakfast starts at 6 a.m. and goes until noon.

Purebred Jersey farmers, Grant and Mary Burdick, Percheron horses, including brood mares, a stallion welcome you to their farm and hope you enjoy all that and several foals. Currently they are working on a it has to offer. This will be the second time in three boarding and training facility. More information can years for the Burdicks to host the breakfast (their first be found at boisvertfarms.googlepages.com.

Proceeds from the breakfast continue to assist stuwas time in 2007). Currently, they are milking 35 cows and have approximately 70 head. The Burdick’s Grade dents pursuing a higher education. More than $5,000 A dairy farm is located in Clam Falls off of 73rd Street. in scholarship money was awarded to qualifying applicants in 2008 alone. The association is looking for Watch for the cow signs.

A full morning of activities is planned, so come early persons interested in becoming members of this organto enjoy them all. A favorite activity is the petting zoo, ization. Much help is needed and memberships are and there will most likely be baby animals of varying open to anyone wanting to help promote agriculture in kinds, sizes and degrees of cuteness to pet and hold. the community. Questions or interest can be directed The prize wheel and silent auction are also favorites to 715-349-8540.

Mark your calendars and plan on attending, this Satfor many - and for all the history buffs out there, Clayton Jorgensen will be talking and presenting artifacts urday, June 20. This only happens once a year - so don’t miss it! - from the Siren Ag Association about the history of Clam Falls.

Wildflfloower expeditions set at Crex GRANTSBURG - Birds have wings. They can dip, soar and migrate from place to place. Plants, on the other hand, are rooted to the earth, dependent on suitable soil, light and moisture conditions. Once situated, flowering plants grow and flower about the same time each season. The weather can speed up the process or slow it down. Once in flower, blossoms may last a few days or a few weeks.

Even if you don’t consider yourself a hard-core flower fanatic, summer is a great time of year to ride the roads and hit the trails to witness and identify some of nature’s most colorful ambassadors, wildflowers. From lupine to leadplant and columbine to common cinquefoil, discover the bold and the beautiful,

Do you remember ?

the subtle and sublime wildflowers of the prairies and wet meadows of the Glacial Lake Grantsburg area.

Plant pathologist and Crex Meadows volunteer Adam Roelfs, in partnership with photographer and Friends of Crex coordinator Kim Dauer, will lead three wildflower expeditions this summer on Saturdays, June 20, July 18 and Aug. 15, from 9 - 11 a.m. Each trip may include one, short easy hike. Please register by e-mailing information@crexmeadows.org or calling 715-4632739. Participants are asked to meet in the lobby of the Crex Meadows Wildlife Education Center at 8:50 a.m.

The expeditions are free and open to the public. - from Crex Meadows Wildlife Area

A wedding dance was held June 14 at the West Sweden Hall for Mr. and Mrs. Glen Wicklund (Kathleen Tschumperlin).-Forest ranger warns of new fire danger during long dry spell.-The monthly meeting of the Siren Chamber of Commerce took place at Fish Bowl Inn.-The film “The Cat” was playing at the D’Lux Theater, Luck.A free wedding dance was held at Dick and Fran’s, Fox Creek, for Mr. and Mrs. Gary Aggerholm on June 14.-A ham shoot was held at Fishbowl United Sportsman Club, Webster – Siren, on June 15 at 1 p.m.-Specials at the Frederic Co-op Super Market included cantaloupe at 3 for 89¢, pork loin at 65¢ lb., Co-op margarine at 4 for 89¢, pear halves at two cans for 79¢, plus free icecream sandwiches on Friday, June 20.-Specials at Route’s Super Market, Frederic, included potato chips 10-oz. twin pack at 29¢, pork chops at 13¢ lb., instant potatoes at three pkgs. for 31¢, green grapes at 29¢ lb., cantaloupe at 4 for $1 and Hills Bros. coffee at 3 lbs. for $1.79.-A deck of free playing cards was offered at the Inter-County Leader with each year’s subscription or renewal.-The grand opening of Candy’s Midtown Drive Inn (Midtown Road and Hwy. 35 between Siren and Webster) was held June 28 with free hot dogs and French fries.-Thieves were stealing from parked cars.Charlie’s Cleaners, Frederic, was closed from June 20 to July 15 for vacation.-Six mishaps were reported from Polk County highways in four days. Claude Ferdig had a camper for sale.

20 Years Ago Prom royalty included Kris Beebe and Brandon Tagg at Siren.-Motorcycles and ATVs were banned from Anderson barrens.-Home-care census was increasing in Burnett County.-Comment was sought on proposed Fish Lake flowage.-Latchkey children were present in Wisconsin’s small communities.-Wagner Surveying was sold to Gibbs and Krause.-A Swedish couple visited their cousin, Esther Peterson, at Siren.-“The Music Man” was a hit show at Grantsburg.-The public was invited to “Lincoln Speaks Today” at Grace Baptist Church, Webster.-The Grantsburg principal wrote a column titled From the Desk of the Grantsburg Principal.-Help was wanted at the feed mill as Operator/Manager at Webster Co-op Services.-RN and LPN nursing assistants were wanted at Capeside Cove Good Samaritan Center, Siren.-Shredded paper at the Leader plant was $1 a bag.Arson was suspected in fire at the Tire Experts, Milltown.-Levy increase was possible at Frederic.-Those who were given scholarships by Polk-Burnett Electric Cooperative included Nancy Christensen, Luck; Karla Nelson, SCF; Susan Hughes, Frederic; Troy Johnson, Osceola; Heidi Huser, Frederic; Jeremy Picket, Webster; John Behling, Cumberland; Heidi Tenson, Turtle Lake; Beth Ann Crosby, Blaine, Minn.; Jodi Hauschich.-The Eye to Eye column highlighted the life of Jeannie Duncan as a “tough life but a good one.”-The film “The Dream Team” was playing at the Auditorium Theater, SCF.-Harvey Stower spoke at St. Luke’s Methodist Church on lilac day.

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866-4334 Ken Hayes and Dave Wardean were at the center on Monday and the shelving units that Ken built were installed in the furnace room.

This should help in keeping things organized and making better use of the limited space.

Thirty-nine congregate diners enjoyed the baked-chicken dinner at our Dining at Five evening meal on Tuesday evening. Nicky was very grateful for Lily Gleason’s great help in the kitchen; Pat Niklason, Della Smythe, Marget Ruck, Gladys Beers and Judy Behrens for serving the meal; and Bruce Behrens and Gene Johnson for their assistance in cleaning up afterward.

Jane Wardean donated a plant that was won by Gladys Beers’ daughter Darlene Rogers of Menasha for coming the farthest distance.

Fifteen ladies played dime Bingo on Wednesday afternoon and everyone had a great time playing and visiting back and forth and eating the strawberry shortcake furnished by Margel Ruck. Margel’s daughter, Tammy Rempel and granddaughter Josie of Palmer, Ark., were still visiting, and they joined in on the fun too. Margel’s daughter, Cheryl Smith of Baldwin, also came and played while Logan and McKenna went with Gene Johnson to hit a few buckets of golf balls at the driving range. Cheryl drove Tammy and Josie to the Minneapolis-St. Paul

International Airport on Friday so they could fly back to their home in Alaska.

Millie and Rod Hopkins, Chuck Lehman, Ken Hayes, Harold Peterson, Pat O’Brien and Earl Boelter played pool on Thursday evening while Bernie Boelter, Theresa Gloege, Jane Wardean, Donna Lehman, Margel Ruck and Nancy O’Brien played cards. The ladies furnished goodies for munching on.

On Saturday afternoon, Kurt Anderson and I attended a “What a Wonderful World” dance recital for my granddaughter, Leah Miller, directed by artistic director and choreographer and owner Katie Owings of the Inspiration Dance Academy, Oakdale, Minn., at the Chautauqua Fine Arts Center in Mahtomedi, Minn.

Approximately 200 boys and girls performed in 28 different presentations.

Afterward, we met other family members and friends to eat at Applebee’s.

On Saturday evening, Kurt and I attended the high school graduation ceremonies for my granddaughter, Jolene Miller, at Hudson.

There were 415 graduating students and it was the highest number of graduates in the 128-year history of Hudson High School.

The Annual Senior Dining Picnic will be held on Thursday, July 16, at noon at shelter

Burnett Community Library I think this response from National Library Week is perfect for a summer’s day: The public library is important to our community … “so we can get books and we can sit and read.”

Wednesday was the first day of the summer reading program Be Creative at Your Library.

Enrollment is open all summer through August 19. Youngsters zero to 3 years meet at 11:30 a.m. and ages 4 and up meet at 12:30 p.m., on the lower level. Everyone is welcome.

Gratitude is extended to all the people who have been donating books to the library, the Friends spring book sale on May 23 brought in $293. On July 11, the Friends of the Library will be hosting their annual Author’s Luncheon. This year’s theme is “A Mysterious Affair” featuring author Ron Handberg.

Handberg is an award-winning journalist, former WCCO news director and a nationallyknown author. This event will take place at the Webster Community Center. Punch will be served at 11:30 a.m., a salad luncheon at noon, and Ron Handberg will speak at 1 p.m.

Tickets are $6 and are available at the library or from any Friends of the Library member.

The Friends of the Library are sponsoring a grant application to the Libri Foundation.

The foundation will match 2 to 1 the amount offered by the Friends. The grant provides new, quality hardcover children’s books to small, rural public libraries. We are interested in getting more Newbery and Caldecott award books.

The library director has been proctoring exams for several individuals. Anyone who needs this type of help should contact the li-

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The library has received an LSTA grant, which will focus on the youngsters at Northwest Passage. The goal is weekly visits to the library and increased reading comprehension.

Burnett Community Library book club This month’s book is “Suite Francaise” by Irene Nemirovsky. We will meet at 10 a.m. on the fourth Tuesday of the month, June 23, on the lower level of the library. If you need a copy of the book, please call the library at 715-866-7697.

New books for children “The Frogs and Toads all Sang,” by Arnold Lobel; “Kenny and the Dragon,” by Tony DeTerlizzi; “TumTum and Nutmeg,” by Emily Bearn.

New books for adults “Matters of the Heart,” by Danielle Steel; “The Forgotten Garden,” by Kay Morton; “Gone Tomorrow,” by Lee Child; “Deadlock,”

by Iris Johansen; “The Language of Bees,”

by Laurie R. King; “The Little Stranger,” by Sarah Waters; “The Pluto Files,” by Neil de Grasse Tyson.

Hours Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.; Friday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Burnett Community Library is at 7451 West Main Street in Webster.

Siren

Last week's weather made it seem like we were slipping back into the early stages of fall.

Some mornings we were even close to the threat of frost. I have a hunch we are in for a long and crazy summer, at least as the weather goes. The cool-weather crops in the gardens are loving these cool temps, but the plants that need warmer temps during the days and nights seem to be in shock. The fields of corn sure look like they could use some warmer weather too. If the farmers end up with poor crops this year, many more may have to sell out. They seem to be one of the hardest ones hit during our troubling times. I’ll bet even our summer birds are finding it harder to raise their young, especially the tiny hummingbirds. There isn’t much there to keep them warm let alone try to hatch eggs.

There was a great turnout by the Burnett Dairy Co-op this year for the annual Relay for Life cancer walk at the Webster track. Good going guys.

Just a quick note about the upcoming O’Brien’s Forte at the Siren Crooked Lake Park band shell on Sunday, June 28. This event is a patriotic event and a great prelude to the annual Fourth of July festivities coming up in Siren, so don’t miss it. If you wish to sit, bring your own chairs. Remember, if it rains, this event will take place at the Siren Covenant Church just south of Siren on Hwy. 35.

Art and Bev Beckmark spent last Sunday

Bev Beckmark

in Cambridge, Minn. They enjoyed lunch and an afternoon of catching up on family news with Bev’s sister Mary Lou Olson and husband Mark.

Those of you who enjoy a little foreign food once in awhile, why not spend Friday, June 26, at the Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park just north of Webster. Come and enjoy wine tasting starting at 5:30 p.m. and a great taste of Spain dinner at 6:30 p.m. For more info or to make a reservation call 715-866-8890. All proceeds benefit the Burnett Historical Society.

Don’t forget Father’s Day is June 21. Make this a special day for your dad.

For everyone who attends the annual dairy breakfast, this it the 25th year for this event, which was started by Howard Kopecky and the Siren ag club. This year it will be held at the Grant Burdick farm in Frederic; just follow the signs. Come enjoy a farm tour, the petting zoo for young and those young at heart, then enjoy a breakfast of wild rice pancakes, syrup, ham, cheese, milk, coffee, Wisconsin cranberry juice, and of course, the kid’s favorite, ice cream. Fee is adults $6, kids 6-12 $3 and kids 5 and under free.

Sunday morning I got a surprise visitor as I sat at the table writing this column. I had the little 2-year-old cub I named Scruffy looking in my patio door on the rear deck. Do you think he came for coffee or maybe breakfast?

No. 1 at the Crooked Lake Park in Siren. The menu is sloppy joes on a bun, seafood salad, rotini veggie salad, fresh fruit salad, baked beans, chips and dip, beverages and assorted dessert bars. If you plan on attending, you need to sign up at the senior center in your area.

Gratitude is extended to Rod Hopkins and Chuck Lehman for installing an egress opening in the split rail fence on the east side of our grounds so that people won’t have to walk so far to the entrance when parking on the street east of the building. Great job, guys.

Prayers and get-well wishes continue to go out to Dorothy Clint, Maxine Stone, Joyce Grotjohn and Jim Bies.

A person that prunes the branches in a vineyard is called a vinedresser. It isn’t only the dead branches that have to go, but sometimes even the living and vital ones have to be cut back so that better and more bountiful fruit will grow. In a spiritual sense, out heavenly Father must deal with us in a similar way at times – by pruning our lives. Many different circumstances may serve as a pruning Hi, everybody! Blacky here from Humane Society of Burnett County. I just got in from my morning walk and swim, and some good old-fashioned tree rat chasing. Boy, that’s fun! Today I think I saw the strangest thing ever. Ahead of me, right in the middle of the road, a big turtle was laying her eggs in a pothole! I thought, “Those poor babies don’t stand a chance!” I got up to the turtle and asked her why in the world she chose that spot, but she just tucked her head into her shell and ignored me. I guess she’s got some issues. Me? I got no issues except deerflies and one dense bear that keeps coming back like a bad dream. Other than that, it’s a great time of year to be a dog - in my world, anyway. Maybe you’d like to make a dog’s life a dream, so I’ll tell you about some of my furry friends, old and new, at the shelter this week.

I’ll begin with the newcomers, and there are four of those. Daisy is a tall, slim black Lab mix, around 3 or 4 years old. She was picked up in the village of Siren. Misty and Roxy are two hound-mix girls who were found in the vicinity of Wood River. They are a young pair, only around 6 months old.

Finally, there’s Buckles. Buckles is a pit mix, about a year old, who was found in Oakland Township on Devils Lake Road.

This poor fella came in with an injured front leg. These four are all nice, friendly dogs, and I hope they are either reclaimed by their owners or else adopted into caring homes.

There are two of my friends here at the shelter who I would like to single out this week. George is a young chocolate Lab mix who has been here since February.

He’s a little boisterous at times, but he is a good dog. I wish his special person would come for him soon.

Life isn’t bad at the shelter - everyone is George spoiled and they get

Casper

to play a lot, but it isn’t the same thing as having a home of your own where you’re top dog. The other dog who is on my mind is Casper.

Casper was named after my brother who recently passed away, because he resembles him quite a bit, only with long hair.

He’s like a hippie

Mary Klar knife in the hands of the master vinedresser.

It may be the rejecting gesture, the unkind word or no word at all. It could be the frustration of living in a constant state of noise and confusion, with daily duties and no chance to find a quiet place to call our own. Or it might be waiting for God to intervene when everything seems hopeless and we have no friends to help us. But the pruning knife is guided by a loving set of hands.

The master vinedresser knows what we can take, and He knows what we can become – more loving, joyful, tranquil, tolerant, kind, dependable, gentle, poised – stronger and better than we are today. We must not shrink from the knife but trust the hand that holds it.

Our Father in heaven has a purpose – to produce good fruit in us. “Every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.” – John 15:2. “The Master is seeking a harvest, in lives He’s redeemed by His blood; He seeks for the fruit of the spirit, and works that will glorify God.” – Lehman.

See you at the center. version of my brother!

Casper is an 8-year-old samoyed-mix boy, and he’s a real peach. He knows how to sit and shake, he walks nice on a leash, and he’s not a jumper. Casper is a real nice guy, but it seems like no one who has come to look at my friends at the shelter has expressed any interest in him. I told him that perhaps if he got a haircut, people would YAPpenings take him more seriously. I don’t know. I just want to see my friends go off to permanent homes and be happy like I am. I tell them that if an oversized, crazy-eared doofus like me can find someone to love me, then there is someone out there for them, for certain.

The shelter staff has asked me to put the word out that they are looking for a volunteer who wouldn’t mind being trained in for Saturday office help. The shelter is open on Saturdays from noon until 5 p.m., and it is a busy place! It is a fun gig, if you ask me, because you get to be around animals and assist folks who are looking for a new pet.

The staff is a great bunch of people, too. If you think this idea suits you, contact the shelter at the number below, or just stop in.

Last week, I had asked for some garbage bags for the shelter, and we still need some.

That, and I’m adding paper towels to the list, too. We have to keep the shelter all spiffed up and clean, you know, so I’m asking for your help to keep us in supplies.

Before I go take my afternoon nap, I want to tell everybody that next Tuesday, June 23, the shelter staff will be providing refreshments at the Siren band shell for Music in the Park from 6 to 9 p.m. There might be some of my furry friends there as well, singing backup, but I’m not entirely sure about that yet. After my antics at the wine tasting, I’m betting I won’t be going. I do believe I’m still grounded. I can go on short road trips to town, or to the lake, or to quiet places to go for a walk - but that’s all. That’s alright with me, though. My thrill is to ride in the back of the truck with my head sticking through the pass-through window so I can sniff and slobber in my mom’s ear whilst she’s tooling down the road.

The destination doesn’t matter, really. I just like being a back-seat driver.

Make the most of your summer, everybody, and I’ll see you here next week!

HSBC is saving lives, one at a time. www.hsburnettcty.org 715-866-4096.

Blacky Shelter

Birth announcement A son, Langen Philip, weighing 8 lbs., 11 oz., was born June 5, 2009, at Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby, Minn., to Jennifer and Kevin Peterson of Aitkin, Minn. He is also welcomed home by his brother, Zander, 2.

Grandparents are Dick and Kathy Peterson of rural Le Sueur, Minn., and Joey Hirschey of Staples, Minn. Greatgrandfather is Philip Videen of Luck. - submitted

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TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER Lewis Bob Nelson underwent surgery last Tuesday at the hospital in St. Croix Falls and came through with flying colors. A get-well box of fruit was given to him from church friends. He was present in church on Sunday, well on his way to recovery.

Pastor Tom and Jane Cook returned home last Thursday to the Siren parsonage after a trip that took them to Milwaukee, Wis., and into Ohio, Pastor’s state where he ministered for many years. He visited old friends and attended the UM conference in Ohio.

Last year Pastor came out of retirement to serve the UM churches in Siren and Lewis.

Nancy Jappe is the delegate from the Siren UM church and LaVonne Boyer represents

the Lewis UM Church at Annual Conference.

The conference is being held in a different city this year, not in Middleton near Madison but in Appleton. Nancy and LaVonne left for downstate early Sunday. We are fortunate to have representatives attending the conference.

Among the issues addressed will be the closing of Camp Byron UM Camp and our own Whispering Pines Camp.

For many years, Evelyn Wilson was our two-church delegate, and then Betty Marlow.

The Lewis UMW met last Wednesday at the Lewis Church and organized the bags of items earmarked for the Harbor Ministry at Duluth-Superior, planned a dinner out-on-thetown for fun (the town to be determined), a

Monroe is waiting for a new home at Arnell Memorial Humane Society. He is a 1-year-old, boxermix, neutered male with a soft red-fawn coat. Monroe works diligently for treats and learns commands quickly. He has a happy, funloving nature and would make a great family dog. Any game involving water is great fun for Monroe. He is a spunky fellow in need of a family to play with.

Monroe is sharing the dog adoption kennel with two male black Labs, Alex and Frank; a shepherd-Lab mix named Brutus; Penny, the young female redbone hound; and a cute adult longhaired dachshund mix

Arnell Humane Society Happy Tails

Await

named Kyra.

With summer comes vacation. If you have a pet and are planning to take your pet with

bake sale, and donated $100 to an ongoing mission project.

Quite a few liquor licenses were printed in the Indianhead Advertiser and the Leader last week. Did you read them?

Hope, too, you are reading the history of Clam Falls Township under Clayton Jorgenson’s byline in the Leader every week.

Friends in Milwaukee wrote that they have not been able to get their transplants out as it has been too rainy. Wish we had that problem in this area.

Let’s have some fun this week with Frederic Family Days activities. Food all over town.

The NW Regional Writers met last Friday you, there are a few things you should consider before you leave. Always make sure your pet is properly identified with your contact information. A pet lost in a strange land will not find his way home without it. Be sure to bring copies of vaccination records with you as you never know when you might need them. Health certificates are generally required to travel by air.

A traveling kennel is invaluable for your pet on the road. If they are used to their kennel, it provides them with a secure space during all of the to and fro. Most vacations provide unforeseen adventures when that kennel will be required to keep your pet safe. Make sure it is large enough for your pet to stand and turn around comfortably.

Siren Senior Center For many months, Experience Works from Spooner has been advertising for a replacement for an aide to assist Nicky Quernemoen, the site manager/cook from Webster. Fortunately, an aide has now been employed. The concern of the Siren seniors is that Experience Works wants to place the aide at the Siren Senior Center and send our present helper to Webster. We welcome all new faces at the center although we don’t feel that we should lose Carol Berglind, who has been at the center for quite a while. All of the diners are very comfortable with her and she and CeCe make a good team.

Needless to say, we are not going to sit by and let the upper echelon dictate who should work here because they don’t want us to be too comfortable. Our request is that all con-

cerned individuals should call Experience Works at 800-782-7519 and let Joan Jacobson or Anthony Lyne know what you think about this situation.

There will also be a petition at the center.

Remember, the squeaky wheel gets the oil.

The card recyclers have been busy in my absence and we would like to thank Marge and Mel Nielsen, Elaine Lamson, Millie Hartshorn, Mary Dalsveen and Bernie Karl for all of the lovely cards they have made this past month. We have a good supply and hope to start selling them at the farmers market that is held in our parking lot every Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m.

Thanks to Lolli for the radishes that she brought to the center to share with our diners.

Also, gratitude to Harold Hokanson who

surprised the Friday diners with a carrot cake that he personally baked.

The Dining at Five dinner on July 2 will be a picnic-style affair. CeCe is planning on serving tuna or chicken salad, served on a bed of lettuce, with warm buns and a side of potato salad. She will also have a salad bar with assorted fixings and fresh fruit.

The sign-up sheet is out and you may make reservations by calling 715-349-2845 or stop in put your name down.

I am happy to say that we had another week of more-than-average eaters and card players.

The winners at 500 this week were: Sue Newberger, Gerry Vogel, Mary Sicord, Anke Olesen and Doris Knopik. Spade winners were: Ralph Groves, Flo Antiel, Candace Do-

Bernice Abrahamzon at Espresso Cabin, Grantsburg. The July meeting will be the traditional inside picnic/potluck at Osceola, in combination with the PoCo Tico Writers Club.

Alice and Charles Ford attended a family reunion after church on Sunday near Menomonie Falls.

LaVerne Leep, Carol and Lee Mangelsen visited at the home of Jenny and Krist Midbrod at Somerset on Sunday and enjoyed seeing Ethan and Emmy, too.

The dreaded change in local TV service came, and some are having problems with reception.

If traveling by car, try to keep your pet on the same “potty schedule” as at home and never leave your pet unattended in your vehicle or at the airport. If boarding your pet makes more sense for your vacation, be sure to make plans well in advance. Boarding kennels fill quickly during the high-travel vacation season, so it might be difficult to find a vacancy at the last minute.

Our Adopt-a-Cat sale continues. Sara and Cara went home but the Adoptable Cat Room is full of adorable, playful or laid-back cats. There is a cat for everyone. You choose the feline that does it for you.

Arnell Memorial Humane Society, 185 Griffin St E, Amery 715-268-7387 or online: arnellhumane.org

Barb Munger riott, Clara Palomaki and Virginia Martin. We play Dime Bingo on Tuesday, 500 on Wednesday and Spades on Friday. All of these activities begin promptly at 1 p.m. and everyone is welcome to join us.

Our library had quite a few books that were donated in my absence and I came back from Texas with 16 used Western books, so we have a nice variety for all of you readers. We operate on the honor system, when you borrow a book just read and return it.

If you have any questions concerning the center, please call 715-349-7810. We are open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. The nutrition meal is served at 11:30 a.m., Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Reservations are appreciated.

Academic news Uhrhammer receives degrees and commission MENOMONIE - May 9 was a big day for Cody Uhrhammer and his family.

In the morning, he graduated from the University of Wisconsin Stout, with a major in packaging engineering, with emphasis in business and Second Lt. sales, a major Cody Uhrhammer in psychology and a minor in military leadership.

In the afternoon, he was commissioned a second lieutenant at the Mabel Tainter Memorial Theatre. His lieutenant bars were pinned on his officer’s uniform by his mother and stepdad, Cheri and Bob Steffl. His grandfather, Pork Vezina, a World War II veteran, was honored to present Uhrhammer with his first salute.

Uhrhammer is a member of the Army National Guard and spent 18 months training and fighting in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Others attending the ceremony were Holley Rogers of Menomonie, Doug and Mary Vezina of Hudson, Lee and Luann Uhrhammer of St. Croix Falls and Don and Jean Dehner of Osceola.

Uhrhammer has accepted a job with Optima Machinery Corporation in Green Bay. – submitted ••• CEDARVILLE, Ohio – Taylor L. Jotblad, son of Donavan and Sandra Jotblad of Siren, was named to the Cedarville University dean’s list for the fall 2008 and spring 2009 semesters. Jotblad is a sophomore, majoring in graphic design. - submitted ••• MORRIS, Minn. – The University of Minnesota Morris dean’s list for spring semester 2008 has been announced by vice chancellor for academic affairs and Dean Cheryl Contant. To be eligible for the dean’s list, a student must have earned a GPA of 3.67 for the semester, must be registered for a minimum of 12 credits for the semester, and have taken at least two-thirds of these credits on the A-F grading system. Students must also have completed all credits for which they were registered during the semester.

Dresser Gerrit Beyer. - submitted •••

ROCHESTER, Minn. – Rochester Community and Technical College is pleased to announce its spring semester dean’s list. The following students have achieved a grade-point average between 3.0 and 4.0 for courses completed in the fall semester ending this past December.

RCTC congratulates these individuals for their outstanding academic performance. Rochester Community and Technical College serves nearly 8,000 students a year in diploma and degree programs.

corded to those with grade-point averages from 3.50 to 3.74.

Personalized certificates of scholastic achievement are being sent to those who earned highest honors distinction.

Students who received honors include:

Cumberland Kenzie J. Silverberg

Frederic Lynnea H. Chelmo, honors; William S. Puetz, high honors; Johanna E. Schmidt, honors.

Frederic Nolan J. Neumann Grantsburg Cari L. Skifstad Luck Alisa L. Eckel. – submitted ••• STEVENS POINT – The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point honored 2,315 undergraduate students for attaining high grade-point averages during the spring semester of the 2008-09 academic semester.

Full-time undergraduates who earned grade points of 3.90 to 4.0 (4.0 equals straight A) are given the highest honors designation. High honor citations go to those with grade-point averages from 3.75 to 3.89 and honor recognition is ac-

Baldwin Morgan K. Booth, high honors.

Dresser Nina F. Cooper, honors.

Grantsburg Alison C. McKinley, honors; Carrie T. Myers, highest honors.

Luck Britta K. Petersen, high honors.

Shell Lake Rachel A. Werner, highest honors.

Siren Kimberly V. Lindberg, high honors.

Spooner Eric M. Kravcik, honors.

Webster Brian T. Gibbs, high honors. - submitted

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TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER Engagement Bont-Schmidt

Dr. Steven and Mrs. Anita Bont, St. Croix Falls, would like to announce the engagement of their daughter, Erin M. Bont, to Joshua W. Schmidt of Shakopee, Minn. The couple will be wed on Saturday, Aug. 29, at the Alliance Church of the Valley in St. Croix Falls.

A dinner reception and dance will follow at Maple Ridge Farm in Taylors Falls, Minn.

Erin is a 2009 graduate of the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Arts degree in child psychology, and will be pursuing her master’s in clinical psychology at Bethel University in the fall of 2009.

Joshua is a 2009 graduate of the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics with a focus in actuarial science. Joshua is the son of Mr. Steven and Mrs. Deborah Schmidt of Shakopee. Joshua is employed by Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company. The couple will reside in the Twin Cities. - submitted

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Tina Scheuer and Chad Moss, Superior, plan to be married Sept. 12, 2009, at the Hawthorne Assembly of God Church in Hawthorne.

The future bride’s parents are Cora Olesen of Luck and Bradley Scheuer of St. Croix Falls.

The future groom’s parents are Herbert and Linnea Moss of Lake Nebagamon.

Tina is a 2001 graduate of Unity High School in Balsam Lake, and a 2006 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Superior. She received a bachelor’s degree in business administration.

She is currently employed as the office manager for Barcodes Plus, Inc. in Superior.

Chad is a 1997 graduate of Northwestern High School and a 2003 graduate from the University of Minnesota-Duluth, Minn. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in physical education and health education. He is currently employed as the foreman for Don Harvey Jr. Concrete and Construction in Lake Nebagamon. - submitted

Interstate Park news Friday, June 19 Snakes and Lizards from Around the World, 3 p.m., at the Ice Age Center. Stop by and visit with naturalist Barb Walker and learn more about some of the most fascinating and feared creatures on earth. Meet Copper, our own resident fox snake, and Jade, an iguana from the tropical jungles of South America.

Saturday, June 20 All Around Lake O’ the Dalles, 1 p.m., at the lakeside of the Beach House. Join naturalist Julie Fox for a one-mile walk around scenic Lake O’ the Dalles and discover what makes the lake unique and learn about the flora and fauna that live there.

Molten Lava and Melted Ice: The Gee Whiz Geology of Interstate Park, 3 p.m., at the Pothole Trail sign. Join the naturalist for a relaxing hike on the Pothole Trail while learning about the unique geology of Interstate Park.

Twilight Paddle: The Summer Solstice, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the Wisconsin Interstate St. Croix River landing. Meet National Park Ranger Dale Cox to embark on a 6-1/2-mile paddle to observe the river at twilight in the spring. The summer solstice marks the first day of summer and was perhaps the first sea-

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sonal event to be celebrated. Participants must provide their own canoe/kayak and other gear, including a personal floatation device, which must be worn at all times while on the river. Rentals and shuttle services are available through area outfitters licensed by the National Park Service. The program will be cancelled in the event of inclement weather. For more information contact the St. Croix River Visitor Center at 715-483-2274.

Wednesday, June 24 Hike to Horizon Rock, 2 p.m., at the Horizon Rock Trail sign across from the Pothole Trail. Meet the naturalist for a short hike to Horizon Rock – appropriately named because of the incredible view.

Thursday, June 25 Nature story time, 10 a.m. Join Fox or 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.

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Lindsie Freeborn, daughter of Mark and Julie Freeborn, graduated from River Falls High School last weekend with her family hosting her party on Sunday. Relatives from here who attended were Marvel Merriam, Gary and Billie, Dennis and Carol, Helen Gravesen and Dianne Weber.

Katie and Dana Gravesen, great-grandson of Marvel Merriam, became parents of a baby boy born last week. They visited them on Sunday also.

The Orange 4-H club was among the clubs helping out at the dairy give-away at Burnett Dairy Co-op on Friday. They gave out free cheese and milk samples. Free ice-cream cones were also given away.

LaVonne O’Brien enjoyed the play, “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” at Chanhassen Theatre on Wednesday. Her cousins, Virginia and Anne, and daughter, Theresa Childers,

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joined her at the play.

Webster Elementary students in grades K8 summer school enjoyed an outing at Ivine Park in Chippewa Falls on Friday.

Patty Kringen is spending the week with her parents, Jack and Jeri Witzany. Her husband, Mike, will join them on Friday.

Mitchell and Brittany Johnson are spending another week at their grandparent’s, John and Reeny Neinstadt, and their cousins’, Brianna and Brendon Bray.

Fran Krause attended the Sarah Circle at Bethany Lutheran Church Wednesday with Marge Bryant as hostess. On Thursday, she attended the Polk-Burnett Retired Educator’s Association luncheon and program about Thailand presented by Donna Tjader. Later she visited Maxine Stone at the Grantsburg Extended Care Center.

A Waiting Child

Samantha

April 14, 1994

Samantha is a beautiful, intelligent young woman with a dazzling smile.

She has a magnificent singing voice and enjoys participating in theater and choir.

Samantha appreciates everything in life and knows what she wants for her future. She is ambitious, keeping herself busy with volleyball, track, 4-H, CCD classes and learning to play the piano.

Samantha is currently in seventh grade and does well in school. Others say she is personable and has a great sense of humor.

She is ready for an adoptive family and forever home to provide her with some stability and a place to call her own.

Samantha has close relationships with her siblings, especially her sister, Antonia, and hopes her forever family would adopt both her and her sister.

Antonia is a talkative teenager, who has a wonderful smile and bubbly personality. Like her younger sister, Antonia has a zest for life. Antonia loves to bake and help out in the kitchen. She also enjoys hanging out with friends, going to movies, going on walks, going shopping and wrestling. Antonia likes to show off her Life Book and reminisce about her past.

She loves to joke around, laugh and loves praise from adults. Her favorite places to eat include Subway and Dairy Queen. Like her sister, she would love to find an adoptive family and forever home.

Both Samantha and Antonia have been through their share of hardships and are definitely ready for and deserving of a stable, loving, forever home. These girls show so much potential. With the right family, who knows what they can achieve?

March 5, 1996

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For more information about Samantha and Antonia, or other Wisconsin children waiting for adoptive homes, call Adoption Resources of Wisconsin at 414-475-1246 or 800-762-8063 or visit the Web site at www.wiadopt.org.

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by Carol Van Buskirk Summer – it must be here early. The daily temperatures going into the high 70s and 80s, flowers in abundance and the vegetable gardens sprouting up make us put last winter’s doldrums in the past. We must enjoy it while we can and try not to think where we will be six months from now.

Activities at the local senior center last week included the usual exercise program on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Quite often we have the air conditioning turned on for all the hard workers. The fascinating game of Skipbo has gained some new players. 500 card winners on Tuesday were Roger Greenly, Audrey McNurlin, Patsy Jenson, John Brown and Ken Johnson. Nine-bid winners were Audrey McNurlin and Bren Nel Ward. Domino winners for the day were Ione Meixner, Janice Mevissen and Martha Lundstrom.

Thursday evening card winners were Don

Benson, Charlie Mevissen, Jeanette Berquam and Roger Greenly.

One of our long-term members, George Meixner, was recently honored by our local St. Croix Falls Fire Department for 50 years of service to the local community. There is an interesting news article on the bulletin board about George’s career with the department.

This week on Thursday, we will be having our monthly meeting with potluck lunch at 12:30 p.m., followed by the meeting. Come and greet the new members.

Friday, we will be having Bridge from 10 a.m. to noon and then having Bingo at 1 p.m.

Gratitude to the green thumb ladies for planting flowers in the outdoor tubs this week and to Darryl Nelson for the petunias in front of the building.

Until next week, stay cool and don’t get overheated.

Amery Senior Center

by Susan Shachtman, assistant director This coming weekend we will celebrate Father’s Day as well as the first day of summer.

I hope all of you fathers have a wonderful and relaxing day and know just how much you are appreciated.

We want to extend gratitude to all of you who donated to our vendor, plant and bake sale as well as those of you who were generous enough to make purchases. We could not have made this sale so successful without all of our volunteer workers: Madeline Mickelson, Ruth Ann Riley, Mary Lou Stanley, Sandy White, Mary Fisher, Carl Johnson, Marv Nevala, LaVone Pratt, Pat Stokes, Darlene Wood, Judith Alles, Helen O’Neill, Paul Seidel, Roxy Jacob, Ann Wike, Judie Johnson, Doris Martinson, Ruth Beecroft, Lois Lovgren, Beth Mares, Rachel Shay, Erma Van Blaricom, Pat Mitchell, and Verneil Johnson. Gratitude is extended for all your hard work.

If you’re feeling a little crafty, sign up for our soapmaking class, which takes place on Tuesday, June 30, at 2 p.m. The cost is $10 and at the end of the class you will have a sample bar of soap to take home.

There are still a few seats available for our trip to the Science Museum of Minnesota to see the “Titanic” exhibit. This is also a chance to view artifacts of the RMS Carpathia, the ship that rescued 750 of the Titanic’s passengers when it sank in 1912. The cost is $40 for members and $52 for nonmembers. Please contact the senior center immediately to reserve your seat and pay.

Interested in trying Yoga for free? Join certified Kripalu Yoga instructor, Cindi Buenzli, on Wednesday, June 17, from 10 to 11:15 a.m. at the senior center, for a free trial yoga experience. If you enjoy the trial class, you

will be able to sign up for a six-week summer class at Centennial Hall. This class will take place on Wednesdays starting June 24, from 10 to 11 a.m. Cost will be based on a sliding fee scale with a suggested minimum of $60 for the session.

The July birthday party will take place on Thursday, July 2, at 11:45 a.m. If you would like to attend please contact the center by Monday, June 29, to reserve your place. Following the meal at 12:30 p.m., a seminar will be presented on “Chronic Wounds.” Learn about causes of non-healing wounds and how the Wound Healing Center can help.

This seminar is free of charge and open to the public!

Please note that the Amery Senior Center will be closed on Friday, July 3, in honor of the Fourth of July holiday.

If you weren’t able to attend last time, you won’t want to miss our next Lode Stone Antique Road Show! Come to Centennial Hall on Sunday, July 12, from 1 – 3 p.m., to have your antiques appraised by Larry and Linnea Phillipson and Mark Cilloti. Admission is $2 per person and please limit your items to 2 per person.

Thanks so much to Wendell and Ginny Anderson for hosting last weeks 500 card party at which Rich Hustad won first place.

The pool tournament winners were Paul Seidel in first, Mary Fisher in second, Val Hansen in third, and Art Butler in fourth place.

The Wii bowling tournament winners were Carl Johnson in first, Jerry Fisher in second, and Mary Fisher in third. Wednesday’s Bridge winners were Lila Ward in first, Bea Gilbertson in second, and Sydney Lund in third place. Congratulations to all!

Have a safe and wonderful week.

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consin, reports that the annual Kingsdale reunion was a lot of fun again this year. She was especially happy that several of her friends from throughout the area were able to attend. Ruth was born and raised in Kingsdale. This event is hosted by longtime Kingsdale weekenders, John and Barb Nelson, and we appreciate them for doing this each year.

Mandy and Dave Fornengo took their daughters, Lydia and Julia, for a first-timeever family camping trip the first weekend in June. Parking their camper at one of the state parks, the family enjoyed a lot of outdoor events and did some fishing. The girls were delighted to catch some sunfish.

If you can believe it, and it is true, Marge and Al Wolf attended three family events on one day – June 13. At 11 a.m., Marge went to a bridal shower for Al’s niece Rachel, in Hammond. Then at 2 p.m., Al joined her for a grad-

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Don and Lida Nordquist visited Dee and Roy Nordquist Monday evening. They helped Dee celebrate her birthday.

John and Diana Mangelsen called on Nina and Lawrence Hines Wednesday.

Lunch guests of Sue and Roger Mroszak Wednesday were Don and Eunice Quam of Lindstrom, Minn.

Hank Mangelsen visited Marlene and Bruce Swearingen Friday.

Donna and Gerry Hines went to Vadnais Heights, Minn., Friday and stayed with Brenda and Tim Sweet and family until Sunday. They helped Brenda get ready for the open house for their granddaughter, Nicole Sweet, who graduated from high school.

Karen and Hank Mangelsen, Lawrence and Nina Hines and Lida and Don Nordquist traveled to Vadnais Heights, Minn., Saturday for

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the high school graduation open house for their great-niece, Nicole Sweet. After the open house, Hank and Karen went to River Falls and visited Larry and Heidi Mangelsen and family.

Nina and Lawrence Hines stayed overnight with Nancy and Steve Hagen in Eden Prairie, Minn., Saturday. On Sunday, they attended an open house for grandson, Ryan Hagen, who has been visiting from Florida.

Maynard and Ronda Mangelsen and Karen and Hank Mangelsen went to Crooked Lake Park in Siren Sunday afternoon for a high school graduation open house for Ronda and Maynard’s grandson, Alan Hanna. Later Hank and Karen called on Patty, Mandy and April Close, and then visited Jake, Holly, Hannah and Grace Mangelsen.

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by Ardyce Knauber Monday, June 8, Spades was played with the following winners: Netha Polson in first place, Jim Bly in second place, Vi Luke in third place and Shirley Sandquist in fourth place.

Tuesday Whist was played. Early morning coffee hour and pool players keep our daily opening of the center enjoyable. Mary Ann’s Travel picks up passengers at the center when scheduled on her calendar. A good place to meet.

Wednesday the Pokeno group has a good time. Other cards are played at other tables and all enjoy refreshments together.

Thursday 500 cards was played with the following winners: Nina Vold in first place, Marlyce Borchert in second place, Gary Borchert in third place and Flo Antel in fourth place.

Friday the Pokeno group played and the other cards tables enjoyed their game. It’s good to socialize as we age.

Saturday brought food and fellowship at

noon. Cards, Pokeno or Bingo after buffet and refreshments at coffee time.

Next weekend is busy in our town with the Family Days celebration.

We will celebrate Father’s Day at the center with music at 11:30 a.m. followed by a picnic buffet. We will pass out a group picture to each of our over 90 seniors from the enjoyable time we had in May. The coffeepot is always on. Drop in and see what a good time we have being together and enjoying food and fellowship. And, if you like to play pool or cards, this is the place.

Remember, from 2 to 8 p.m., the fire department has a pork dinner. We appreciate our devoted, efficient fire department. This is important to seniors. Keep this date on Saturday, June 20.

As each of our remaining years accumulate, grant that they may be enjoyable, pleasant and peaceful and develop an attitude with less criticism and more social togetherness.

We salute the dairy farmers for Dairy Month.

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still lives in her own little house. They visited the New Dosey cemetery also.

Sandi and Dave Drake went to Champlin, Minn., last weekend for the high school graduation of granddaughter Alex. Alex plans to attend UMD in the fall.

Robin and John Fornengo spent last Sunday at the dedication ceremony for their grandson, Elijah, at the Community Worship Church in Sandstone, Minn. Elijah is now 7 months old.

Let me make a correction please – Ed Carlin turned 67 in June, not 76 as reported last week.

Dave and I went to the Elbo Room in Superior last Sunday to have dinner with longtime friends, Karen and Dave Hampton from Duluth, Minn.

The gardens are slow this year, wherever they are.

Grantsburg Public Library It has been proven that many young children forget their reading skills if they discontinue reading during the summer months. To encourage your child to continue reading, the library’s summer reading program provides incentives. Children who read 20 minutes a day for a week will receive a certificate for a personal pan pizza from the Holiday station. Certificates will be rewarded throughout the summer until school starts in the fall. For readers in levels one, two and three, there are series of books to fit their reading ability. More advanced readers will enjoy Junie B. Jones, Magic Tree House, and Pony Pals just to name a few. Junior books include “Huge,” by Sasha Paley, “Winnie and the Horse Gentler,” by Dandi Mackall and “Land of Curiosities,” by Deanna Neil, plus adventure stories by Gary Paulson and Louis Sachar and many more. Grantsburg Goes Green programs begin at 1 p.m. each Wednesday through July.

Monday, June 8, the library staff entertained the Grantsburg Village Council, the village staff and Grantsburg Library Board with a light supper. This gave a chance to showcase what is new in the library.

The library’s history room is available for those who are working on their genealogy or are interested in old newspaper articles from the Burnett County Sentinel. Two volunteers, Berdella and Gordon, are available to help with researching. The room is open during library hours.

Hours Regular hours are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, noon to 6 p.m.; Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and the library will be closed Saturdays, June 6 through Aug. 29. E-mail address for the library is library@grantsburg.nwls.lib.wi.us.

C O N G R AT U L AT I O N S

TO THE 2009 BURNETT DAIRY CO-OP HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS!

Burnett Dairy Co-op is proud to award scholarships to area high school students in support of their education. The funds for the scholarships come from unclaimed equity retired by Burnett Dairy Cooperative. As a result, the funds are actively invested in an important community resource, our students. These scholarships are awarded to students pursuing an agricultural field of study, students of the Co-op’s Patron/ Customers, and a select few students that demonstrate their understanding in the importance and value of the agricultural community and preserving its future. We believe it is important to support and encourage our youth to participate in the future of our communities.

The recipients of the 2009 high school scholarships are:

Hannah Johnson • Osceola, WI Miriah Lehman • Cumberland, WI Hannah Melin • Luck, WI Andrew Miller • New Richmond, WI Curtis Mishler • Amery, WI Tyler Nelson • Hinckley, MN Darren Nyhus • Cumberland, WI Brennan Olson • Luck, WI Isaac Solum • Rice Lake, WI Megan Stodola • Rice Lake, WI Annalissa Elizabeth Swanson • New Richmond, WI Lydia Benge Briggs • Grantsburg, WI Charles Brown III • Siren, WI Kelly Anne Daeffler • Frederic, WI Mitchell Evenson • Grantsburg, WI Christine Franzel • Luck, WI

James Fregien • Rush City, MN Jennifer Lisiecki • Grantsburg, WI Keegan Marek • Grantsburg, WI Nathan McConnell • Grantsburg, WI Amanda McKinney • Frederic, WI Tyler Myers • Grantsburg, WI Matt Ness • Barron, WI Bobbi Jo O’Brien • Frederic, WI Spencer T. Peterson • Webster, WI Zach Quigley • Webster, WI Derek Riebe • Barron, WI Nicolette Scheu • Shell Lake, WI Kristin Sigurdsen • Barron, WI Kelton Splett • Turtle Lake, WI Jared Taft • Chetek, WI Cailin Turner • Unity, WI

We wish our scholarship recipients and all area graduates congratulations on your achievements and the best of luck in your future!

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uation party for their great-niece Katrina, in Stillwater. Minn. The final event that day was another graduation party for a young relative named Joey that was held in Inver Grove Heights, Minn.

Last weekend, Marlene and Don Mishler, went to the home of daughter Pam in Bethel, Minn., and spent a wonderful day with their family and especially with their five greatgrandchildren. Living so far away from the youngsters doesn’t provide a lot of quality time and kids grow up so fast, that Don and Marlene made the trip to mainly see these children, Isabel, Ben, Haley, Nicki and Allie.

They had a huge picnic and Pam gave Marlene a beautiful hanging plant for her birthday.

Jan and Ed Proffit really enjoyed the visit last week with his Aunt Mildred (Alfred’s sister). Mildred’s son Alien Bell brought her over from Brainerd, Minn. Mildred is 93 now and

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Lots of group, individual, family and couple events are leading the news this week in the little townships of Arna and New Dosey.

Cloverton and Markville firefighters Gary Ament, Dave Baker, Dave Drake, Darren Heidbreder, Don Mishler and Al Wolf joined the Duxbury crew at a training session held in Markville last week. Chief Mike McCullen, along with newcomers Patrice Winfield and Glen Williamson, Paul Raymond, who has become active again, and Darren Slade, made up the rest of the attendees. The training centered around water sources, transportation and pump operation.

Marge Wolf, Marlene Mishler and Fran Levings attended the meeting of the SevenCounty Senior Federation at Mora last week.

They stopped for lunch at Cassidy’s in Hinckley on the way home.

Ruth Schmidt, from over the border in Wis-

*For more information on the BDC scholarship program, please visit our Web site at www.burnettdairy. com

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POLK COUNTY LIBRARY NEWS St. Croix Falls Public Library Summer read 2009 You are invited to Be Creative at the St Croix Falls Public Library – Wednesdays, July 1 – 29, 7 p.m. Sign up at the library any time after school is out for the summer.

Check out the library Web site and explore the links – you can even make a donation online! Go to www.stcroixfallslibrary.org and click on the new library building more information link. Let’s match that challenge grant from the Otto Bremer Foundation.

Have you seen the new building site? How exciting! Shrubs and trees will be planted this month; native perennials will be planted in late August. The projected grand opening is Sept. 26.

It’s double your donation. Our second $100,000 challenge grant from the Otto Bremer Foundation started in April. The library has one year to raise $50,000 and the foundation will match that figure. The mission of the Otto Bremer Foundation is to assist peo-

ple in achieving full economic, civic and social participation in and for the betterment of their communities.

Story hour Listen to stories, create art and have fun with other kids and parents every Wednesday, 10:30 a.m.

Hours, contact The library is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Monday through Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 715-483-1777. E-mail: scflibrary@ifls.lib.wi.us.

Online: www.stcroixfallslibrary.org. The library will be closing at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, June 12, due to a special event at the Festival Theatre. “…An uplifting evening of stories and letters from Lagos by Carrie Classon.”

Polk County Library Hours Osceola Public Library Monday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday noon to 5 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Our phone number is 715-2942310, and our Web address is www.osceolapubliclibrary.org.

St. Croix Falls Public Library Open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day, except Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Closed on Sunday.

715-483-1777. E-mail: scflibrary@ifls.lib.wi.us.

Online: www.stcroixfallslibrary.org.

Balsam Lake Public Libary 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 http://www.balsamlakepubliclibrary.org.

Centuria Public Library Monday: Noon - 5 p.m.; Tuesday: noon - 7 p.m.; Wednesday: noon - 5 p.m.; Thursday: noon - 7 p.m.; Friday: closed; and Saturday: 10 a.m. - noon.

Luck Public Library Open from 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. Monday – Thursday. Fridays we will be open 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday we will be open from 10 a.m.

– 1 p.m.

Welcome to Family Days, everyone!

Plan to visit the library’s annual Family Days bake/book sale, which will be held Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The sale is sponsored by the Friends, and profits will help us purchase new children’s books. Your donations of books, movies, music and homemade goodies for the bake sale are welcome anytime up to the day of the sale. There is something for everyone at the library this weekend, and the Friends look forward to seeing you.

Summer reading program is in full swing Registration for the Be Creative at Your Library summer program continues for all kids from preschool to tweens and teens. Join a cool book group, learn a new skill, watch new-release movies, or chill out and read. If you have extra yarn, knitting needles, crochet hooks, beads, buttons, fabric, felt, specialty papers, glitter, glue or other materials, please donate them to the summer library program, and they will become awesome art projects. Your support is appreciated.

Book groups to meet The Thursday morning book group will

meet June 18, at 10 a.m., to talk about “The Abstinence Teacher,” by Tom Perrotta. The evening book group will meet Tuesday, June 23, at 7 p.m., to discuss Junot Diaz’ Pulitzerprize-winning novel, “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.” New members are always welcome and invited to join in for a lively conversation about books.

Story time doesn't take summer vacation Preschoolers and early elementary children are invited, with their caregivers, to story time at the library on Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. for an hour of books, activities and fun. If you are interested in reading to the children this summer, the library welcomes you. Please talk to a librarian to choose a date, and the library will supply the materials.

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.

Dresser Public Library Monday 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Tuesday noon–5 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m.–noon and 1–7 p.m., and Saturday 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Amery Public Library Hours will be Monday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Milltown Public Library The library hours are Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.; Sunday closed.

Clear Lake Public Library Monday: 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.; Tuesday: 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.; Wednesday: 2 - 8 p.m.; Thursday: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.; Friday: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.; and Saturday: 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. We can be reached by phone at 715-263-2802 or by e-mail at clearlakepl@ifls.lib.wi.us.

Frederic Public Library Frederic Public Library, 127 Oak Street West.

715-327-4979, e-mail fredericpl@ifls.lib.wi.us. Regular open hours are Monday through Friday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.; and Saturday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

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The Tweens Book Group meets at the Frederic Library on Fridays from 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. for books and crafts, and they are looking for more participants. Be sure to check out the Tweens group and their “flutters” in the Family Days parade.

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9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

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Nicole Nelson created and made the greeting above the children’s room at the Frederic Library, using the summer reading program theme, Be Creative at Your Library.

SIGN U FOR DOOP R PRIZES

The 2009 Youth Summer Reading Program is in full swing. Stop in to register today.

The sooner you register, the sooner you are eligible to win any of the great prizes being given away all summer long.

Story time is here. Preschoolers and a guardian are invited to join in the half hour of fun and stories at 9:30 a.m. every Tuesday.

Check out this crazy creature feature! People age 9 and older are invited to participate in a fun-filled Balloon Animal Workshop on Wed., July 15, from 10 - 11 a.m. Space is limited, so register in advance.

Bring your creativity to life Wednesday, July 15, from 2 - 4:30 p.m. Jason Schneider will lead participants through a workshop about animation and even assist participants in creating their own animated works of art. Each participant will leave with a DVD of his or her

creations. This program is limited to people age 13 and older. Space is limited, so register today.

Does spring cleaning have you wondering what to do with your gently used books, DVDs or music? Bring it to the library. The Friends of the Milltown Public Library are gearing up for their annual book sale on June 27, during Fishermen’s Party.

Enjoy the free WiFi and a fresh cup of coffee at the library. Fast connection and freshground coffee served up every day.

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.

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Editor’s note: This is the sixth in a series on the history of the Clam Falls area, compiled by local historian Clayton Jorgensen

Fire! Fire!

Sept. 23, 1891, one of the great fears of the settlers happened. Fire swept through the area and destroyed all but two buildings in the village of Clam Falls.

The dam and bridge also burned. Fortunately, no one perished in the flames.

Gillespie’s saloon was the only structure that did not burn on the west side of the river and the school on the east side did not burn.

The fire was investigated, but no conclusions were made. A point of interest came up a few years later when the Hinckley, Minn., fire happened. A person connected with a logging company in the Clam Falls area at the time of the Clam Falls fire was also involved in the Hinckley, Minn. fire.

It would be the third start for the village and everyone would have to bear

Collected by

Clayton Jorgensen

Clam Falls area

152 years the total cost.

Rebuilding Clam Falls Clam Falls had been a major village of the area, so after the fire people decided to rebuild the town.

No one carried insurance and everyone had to bear the rebuilding cost.

Daniel F. Smith had owned most of the buildings in old Clam Falls, but in the new town most everything was individually owned.

At this time, many buildings were being built out of brick and masonry materials to cut down fire problems.

But, Clam Falls had a good source of

Clam Falls before and after the forest fire in 1891. – Photos submitted

New hotel Falls Hotel, 1890s.

lumber and a sawmill, so all the buildings of the new town were built of wood materials.

The bridge and dam were some of the first structures rebuilt. The bridge was needed for the heavy travel on the Clam Falls Road and the dam was a source of income.

Simon Peterson, Sidney Teigen’s grandfather, was superintendent of the dam.

Dan Smith rebuilt his sawmill and was ready to saw the lumber needed for the new buildings.

Joe Klink reopened the post office in a new building on the east side of the Clam River. The mail was still carried to Clam Falls by stage coach operated by R.P. Latson.

Frank Dinger built a store on the new Main Street.

Mrs. Hyland took over the new hotel and named it the Falls Hotel.

J.W. Prouix built a new blacksmith shop and P.H. Hale opened a barber shop in the new Clam Falls.

Dinger Store and post office in Clam Falls.

New bridge and dam. New hotel in the background.

Second blacksmith shop – 1890s.

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Festival’s Featured Artist ST. CROIX FALLS – There are not a lot of plays that require an actress to squirm into panty hose on stage and to do so with the perfect modicum of attention to modesty. Now Lisa Fulton gets that chance in her role as Chick Boyle, the meddling cousin in “Crimes of the Heart.” When your very first performing-arts experience is in the role of a dancing skunk, you’re probably destined to become a comic actor.

“I grew up in Ypsilanti, Mich., and started dancing when I was five,” said Fulton. Over 15 years of dance training, including time with the Randazzo and Zenon Dance studios, have helped prepare Fulton well for some really interesting performance jobs. “I recently toured the country with ‘My Little Pony Live.’

There’s something magical about performing on stage as one of your favorite childhood toys.“ After graduating from high school, Fulton went to Bowling Green State University in Ohio and earned a degree in theater. While at BGSU she was a scholarship recipient in theater, speech

Lisa Fulton and debate. She was also very active in improvisational theater, co-founding the “Plastic Shatners Improv Troupe,” which performed at the Chicago Improv Festival in 2000. Three years later, Fulton was awarded Outstanding Senior in Acting at BGSU and was an Irene Ryan Nominee at the American College Theatre Festival.

Fulton spent the last five summers working in baseball for both the Saint

Paul Saints and Hudson Valley Renegades (New York), so this summer it’s her turn to sit in the stands, eat way too many hot dogs (her all-time favorite food) and cheer on the home team! But what does “working in baseball” really mean? For Fulton, her primary job was as an ushertainer and she had the big responsibility of being the St. Paul Saints mascot, “Mudonna” in the 2004 through 2008 seasons. From dancing skunk to rowdy pig, what a resume!

Fulton’s work hasn’t all been comedy and critters, she has also been part of some dramatic and musical productions over the years including Theatre de la Jeune Lune’s “Antigone,” the Huron Playhouse productions of “Annie Get Your Gun” and “The Sound of Music,” and the Beautiful Kids Indiana Shakespeare Company’s “Twelfth Night,” where she also played Bianca in “Taming of the Shrew.”

Fulton is such a busy performer, working, too, at the Mall of America as a singer and dancer. When asked how she manages it all, Fulton is quick to point out “I wouldn’t be able to perform

without the continual support of my parents, John and Patricia Fulton. They have never missed a show. They live in Michigan but they’ve been to every single production, from my college shows in Bowling Green, Ohio, to everything I’ve done in the Twin Cities. They even flew to Tulsa, Okla., when I was on tour with ‘My Little Pony Live.’ I’m truly blessed to have such a wonderful support system.” Her support system also includes her “rock,” husband Jack. Lisa and Jack met while both were working for the St. Paul Saints and have been married two and a half years.

“Crimes of the Heart” is Fulton’s debut at Festival Theatre and she says “I’m really looking forward to performing in such a beautiful theater with so much history. I absolutely love going outside on my breaks and having the river right there to help me unwind after a long rehearsal.”

“Crimes of the Heart” (which opened on June 13) runs for three weekends through June 28. - submitted

Entries sought for Webster's Fourth of July parade

by Harriet Rice WEBSTER - Summer is right around the corner, and that means planning for Webster’s Fourth of July parade is under way.

“Businesses and organizations that want to be represented in our annual Main Street parade are welcome to enter a unit,” says Jim Olson, member of the Webster Area Chamber of Commerce and parade chairman. The invitation letter has already been mailed out.

Olson, who owns the Yellow River

Pharmacy, has organized the Webster parade for the past two years. The parade, however, has been around “before I came here,” he says, and he’s always looking for new, fun entries. A perennial favorite are the Lions Club “Wild River Boys,” with their spectator participation “shotgun wedding” and skunk-shooting antics. “We’re looking for entries that are colorful, funny, patriotic and family oriented,” says Olson. “It’s also a great way to showcase a business, club or nonprofit group,” he added.

A favorite activity for children is collecting the candy that parade members toss to spectators along the route. However, in their eagerness to scoop up the treats, children often run out into the street, which is not safe.

“We ask that a couple of members of the unit walk alongside their entry and pass candy out to children at the curb rather than throwing it from a float,” says Olson. “Safety for spectators and participants is our first priority.”

Royalty from surrounding communi-

ties also ride in the parade. They and the public are invited to a meet-and-greet Royalty Social after the parade at the Grace United Methodist Church one block north of Main Street on Elm Street.

Those interested in entering a unit in the parade should contact Olson at the Yellow River Pharmacy on Main Street in Webster, 715-866-8153. Deadline for signing up is June 28.

2009 Coins for Cans Food Drive nets 10 tons of food TURTLE LAKE – Three casinos. One winning combination. That’s how the St. Croix Chippewa of Wisconsin have been advertising their three casino properties over the past several months. And nowhere was that winning combination more evident than during the 17th-annual Coins for Cans Food Drive cohosted by the three casinos–the St. Croix Casino in Turtle Lake, the Hole in the Wall Casino in Danbury and the Little Turtle Hertel Express Casino in Hertel.

Thanks to the casinos and 6,889 generous casino guests, 10 tons of food were donated June 1-6.

Russell Merrill, Stan Lowe, Mike Rogers and Judy Warmanen of the St. Croix Casino distributed the food to 22 food pantries in Barron, Burnett, Polk, Sawyer, St. Croix and Washburn counties June 8-10. Along the way, they learned how significant the Coins for Cans program is.

The statistics speak for themselves.

Over the past 17 years, the Coins for

Cans program has distributed 340,000 pounds of food—more than 170 tons—to food pantries in the six-county area surrounding Turtle Lake. That’s more than a pound and a half of food for every resident of those counties.

But the statistics are only the beginning of the story. Numbers are just numbers. The Coins for Cans program is really about people—people in need and the people who serve them at area food pantries. People like Mary Andrea of Indianhead Community Action in Webster, Lynne Hanse of Cupboard and Closet in Barron, Joyce Holt of the Amery Community Food Pantry, Robin Loken of Family Pathways in St. Croix Falls and Rosanne Anderson of the Open Cupboard in Osceola, to name a few. All of them agree that the Coins for Cans program is a winner.

“We’re thankful for the support the casinos and the St. Croix Tribe give us every year,” Mary Andrea of Indianhead Community Action said. “Their food do-

John and LaVonne Boyer of the Frederic Food Pantry took delivery of donated food from the Coins for Cans drive from St. Croix Casino deliverymen Mike Rogers and Russ Merrill. – Photos submitted nation helps us get through the summer.”

Wouldn’t it be easier if the casino just gave every food pantry a check rather than donating food? “Easier perhaps, but not nearly as effective,” Mary said.

“This is so much better. This way there’s a real connection between us and the casinos. We make a winning team.”

A winning combination indeed: The casino guests who donate the food; the

casino personnel who box, sort and deliver the food; and the staff and volunteers who operate food pantries in the six-county area that the casinos food drive serves all work together to make sure that Coins for Cans continues to be an ongoing community outreach program.

The outreach will continue: Plans are already being made for Coins for Cans 2010. - submitted

St. Croix Chippewa contest powwow cancelled

Mike Rogers and Russ Merrill delivered 450 pounds of food to the Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry in Luck. Receiving the food were Gary and Vivian Brahmer.

TURTLE LAKE - The St. Croix Chippewa of Wisconsin have announced that their 2009 Contest Powwow, originally scheduled for late June in Turtle Lake, has been cancelled.

The cancellation of the June contest powwow will have no effect on the scheduling of the St. Croix Tribe’s 36thannual Wild Rice Festival. The festival will be held as scheduled in Danbury,

Aug. 28-30.

A celebration of the wild rice harvest, the Wild Rice Festival includes a threeday powwow, a variety of vendors booths and prize drawings. For more information on the Wild Rice Festival, visit the Hole in the Wall Casino Web site at holeinthewallcasino.com or call Hole in the Wall Casino at 800-BET-UWIN. - from St. Croix Tribe

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Siren High School band and choir return from Disney World SIREN - The Siren High School band and choir returned from Florida late Saturday, June 13, after spending five days at Disney World, including a choir performance at Downtown Disney and a band performance at Magic Kingdom.

Two buses, filled with 60 student performers and 20 chaperones, left Siren at around 6 a.m. on Sunday, June 7. They traveled all day and through the night on Sunday and arrived at Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon at about 1:30 p.m. on Monday. After having some fun at the water park, they checked into their hotel to get rested up for their performances on Tuesday.

The choir performed at 10:30 a.m. on the Waterside Stage at Downtown Disney’s marketplace. After a quick lunch, the group made their way into the Magic Kingdom to prepare for the band’s march down Main Street USA at 2:30 p.m. After the band performed, everybody was free to enjoy the rest of the day exploring the Magic Kingdom and they ended the day watching the Electro Light Parade and the fireworks over Cinderella’s Castle.

The next morning was an early one due to a group photo time of 7:45 a.m. at the Magic Kingdom. After the photo, the day was spent at Epcot and ended with the fireworks display at the World Showcase. Thursday morning was set aside for sleeping in and enjoying the pool at the hotel. The afternoon and evening were spent at Hollywood Studios. The day ended with the Fantasmic show. After checkout on Friday, the group spent the day in Animal Kingdom, followed by a couple of hours shopping at Downtown Disney before the long bus ride home. The group departed Disney World at 6 p.m. on Friday evening and arrived back in Siren at about 9:30 p.m. on Saturday. - Bryn Anderson

Abby Mitchell, Annie Li, Stephanie Taylor and Liz Otto stop for a picture under Mickey’s wizard hat at Hollywood Studios.

The band marching, with Cinderella’s Castle in the background.

Choir performing at Waterside Stage at DownDisney’s town marketplace.

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First concert at band shell

Dean Roland was the emcee for the first concert of the season at the band shell at Crooked Lake Park, Siren, Friday evening, June 12. Roland referred to the concept of the band shell, which was a local project for the 100th-anniversary of the founding of Rotary in Chicago in 2005. The completed band shell was presented to the village by Siren/Webster Rotary Club in a ceremony July 4, 2008.

Jenny Goalen of North Wind Arts, located onequarter-mile north of Crooked Lake Park, Siren, donated her skills in lettering the sandwich board (donated by Johnson Lumber and finished by Brad Alden) that will announce future performances in the band shell during the summer. The sign was placed along Hwy. 35/70 to announce the June 12 first concert of the season by the St. Croix Valley Orchestra.

A crowd numbering over 125 was on hand for the first concert of the season in the Crooked Lake Park band shell. Music was provided by the St. Croix Valley Orchestra, with treats available for purchase from Burnett County Interfaith Caregivers. June concerts feature the Northwinds British Brass Band on Tuesday, June 23, and the O’Brien Brothers from Hudson on Sunday afternoon, June 28. The Music in the Park series on Thursday nights from 7-9 p.m. starts July 9 and ends Aug. 27. Music in the Park is sponsored by the Siren Chamber of Commerce. There’s also a community concert in the band shell on Saturday, July 4, from 8-10 p.m. – Photos by Nancy Jappe

Area farmers markets - what will you fifinnd this week?

by Colleen Draxler BURNETT/POLK COUNTIES - What will you find at the farmers market this week?

On the last outing to the Siren market, tender lettuce, spinach and radishes could be found, for a tasty spring salad.

Salads made from vegetables purchased at the farmers market are both healthy and colorful. Start with either fresh leaf lettuce or a mix of lettuce varieties. Hand wash and tear the lettuce. Don’t cut it with scissors or a knife. Place the lettuce in the bottom of a salad bowl. Add thinly sliced radishes, green onions, and a little feta cheese to the bowl. Just before serving, toss with your favorite vinaigrette or try this tangy Lemon Dressing: Mix 1/4 cup lemon juice, 3 tablespoons chopped fresh basil, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a bowl. Add 1/4 cup olive oil, whisking until combined.

French Breakfast radishes add a spicy crunch to a spring salad. - Photos by Colleen Draxler

Meet the farmers Meet some of the farmers at the Siren market: Robert and Paula Peters have a wide variety of lettuce, radishes, rhubarb, herb plants, perennials, bedding annuals, fresh eggs, jelly and maple syrup. It’s a great time to select an herb or two to plant near your kitchen or in your kitchen window.

Josie Penberthy offers spring mix greens, radishes, honey, honey butter and honey sticks.

Vince Speiker and Alice Snoskoski feature beautiful, huge geraniums and bedding plants.

Joan Jendro of Sweet Meadow Flower Farm knows how to grow gorgeous dahlias. She sells bulbs of many varieties, sizes and colors with helpful instructions on how to grow them. This reporter picked out a Maki bulb that will produce 8”-12” pink and lavender blooms. As Jendro says, “I am selling the promise of a flower.” Jendro also has some old-fashioned heritage iris bulbs and fresh, crisp rhubarb, cut up, readyto-use.

Adolf and Elvira Schmidt are showcasing asparagus, rhubarb, romaine lettuce and eggs. We hear they are picking the first strawberries of the season and will have some oh-so-good strawberry jam for sale this weekend.

Showcase for artisans The farmers market is also a showcase for local artisans.

Gypsy Moon Body Care’s Nancy Buley creates quite a selection of lotions,

Becky Dickenson’s display of marigolds, grasses and lots of perennials drew in the customers. Lakeland Orchards specializes in unique and organic plants. healing salves and lip balms from plants grown around her rural Polk County home.

Walking through the market, a lot of activity around the Token Creek Creations and Candle Company. Angela Van Guilder sells beautiful hand-poured soy candles and knitted baby blankets, pot holders and towels.

Charlie and Marge Ahlstat share their log furniture, tables and benches.

Blacksmith Chuck Awe had a fire going, an anvil, hammer, tongs and other tools needed to demonstrated the art of fashioning items from iron at last week’s market.

New vendors are always welcome, growers and crafters alike.

Interested vendors should call Chuck

Awe for the Grantsburg/Siren markets, 612-226-1220; Doug Admundson, Frederic market, 715-327-8842; and Connie Van Sluys, Spooner market, 715-7662105.

The Siren Farmers market is open on Saturdays from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Siren Senior Citizen Center parking lot. The Grantsburg Farmers market is open on Mondays, noon to 2 p.m., at the village offices/library. The Frederic Farmers market will open Saturday, July 18, 8 a.m. to noon, in the Inter-County Leader parking lot. The Spooner Farmers Market will open mid-June, Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., and is located on Front Street at Oak Street, between the Canoe Museum and the Train Museum.

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Burnett Dairy Days

Grantsburg’s Insight School staff took a break from their virtual school duties to stop in at Burnett Dairy Day last Friday. The school’s coordinator of student services, Miranda Brackenbury, Insight Principal Billy Beesley and his wife, Susi, thought getting a free ice-cream cone was great!

One-year-old Grant Vershey from Owatonna, Minn., gets a taste of ice cream with help from his grandma, Stevie. The Vershey family was one of hundreds of visitors stopping in for free ice cream at Burnett Dairy Day last Friday. – Photos

by Priscilla Bauer

Mikala Hammer smiles as she carefully cradles a baby bunny at the petting zoo set up by the Glover family for Burnett Dairy Day, held Friday, June 12. The zoo was just one of the fun activities enjoyed by the many visitors stopping at the dairy’s annual dairy day celebration.

Getting a baby goat to stand still long enough to pet it can be quite a trick but 4-year-old Anthony Denn managed to stop this one in its tracks long enough for a photo of a kid and a kid.

Jessie Glover holds a white silkie chicken at the petting zoo set up for youngsters to enjoy during Burnett Dairy Day last Friday.

Glover and her family’s collection of baby animals is always a favorite stopping place at the dairy’s annual dairy day celebration.

Members of the Wood River Beavers 4-H Club helped serve free cheese samples at Burnett Dairy Day last Friday outside the dairy’s cheese store.

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Relay for Life

A lone walker takes a lap during the luminaria ceremony at the Burnett County Relay for Life held on June 12 at the Webster School track field. Each luminaria was given in honor of or in memory of friends and loved ones who are fighting or have died from the disease and each name was read aloud during the ceremony.

The honor guard from the Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Spooner led the survivors lap to start the Burnett County Relay for Life held on June 12 at the Webster School track field.

Carol Drohman, Rosie Pumper and Larry Windingstad, proudly wearing the special survivor T-shirts given to each cancer survivor, take the survivors lap around the Webster track at the Burnett County Relay for Life on June 12.

Five-year-old Emily DeMoe pulled the “Hope” float around the Webster track for the Pink Ladies Relay for Life team during the Burnett County Relay last Friday evening.

During the luminaria ceremony, these boys stood in silence at one of the luminarias bearing the name honoring or remembering someone who was fighting cancer or had died from the disease.

Mary Gardner peaks through the balloons she and fellow volunteer Billie Ingalls blew up for the opening ceremony.

Members of the Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in honor guard, David Hall, David Ingalls and Jim Schives, presented the flag as the national anthem was played before the start of Burnett County’s Relay for Life on June 12 at the Webster School track field as Relay for Life volunteer Dan Kuesel stands in respect.

Photos by Priscilla Bauer

Cancer survivors take the honorary survivor lap to start this year’s Burnett County Relay for Life. The ten teams participating in this year’s event raised over $40,000 toward finding a cure for the disease.

Terry Bowar of Danbury was this year’s honorary survivor chairperson for the Burnett County Relay. Bowar spoke of how the support of his wife and family has seen him through his 10-year cancer battle. Bowar, who has now been cancer free for 2-1/2 years, told those attending the relay, “There is hope out there and I don’t intend to stop fighting for a cure.”

Ron Skon came from Mesa, Ariz., to surprise his friend Steve Christian just before the start of the Burnett County Relay for Life event last Friday evening at the Webster School track field. Christian, a member of the Burnett Dairy Relay for Life team, had no clue why he was called up on stage until his friend appeared from the audience to greet him.

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Frederic Chapter extends Let's Make a Difference Week FREDERIC – Frederic Chapter 239, Order of the Eastern Star, extended the Let’s Make a Difference Week from the cold, windy days of March to the warm days of May and beyond. Early in March flowerpot critters – butterflies, ladybugs and bumble bees – filled with a bit of sunshine (candy and snacks), arrived at Comforts of Home in Frederic, the Frederic Nursing and Rehabilitation

Center and the United Pioneer Nursing Home in Luck for the staff members. It is a small token of appreciation to them for making a positive difference in the lives of others.

Then in May, for the residents and staff alike, when thoughts turned to warm weather and out-of-doors, hefty flowerpots full of bright blooms adorn the walks and front entrances of the two

The Frederic Chapter 239, Order of the Eastern Star, delivered flowerpot critters filled with candy and snacks to the Comforts of Home in Frederic in early March. – Photos submitted

In May, the Frederic Chapter 239, Order of the Eastern Star, delivered hefty flowerpots full of bright blooms to adorn the walks and front entrances of the two Frederic centers.

Frederic centers. The hope is that some residents will be able to pinch those blossoms, do a little watering, putter with the flowers and take a stroll down memory lane thereby extending this act of kindness another month or two.

Acts of kindness can be as simple as a

smile and a little hug – free to give but worth a million to receive. – submitted by Mary Norgard

Kiddie parade on Saturday FREDERIC - The Frederic Lioness Club will be sponsoring the 27th-annual Family Days Kiddie Parade again this year.

The parade will be held Saturday, June 20. The theme for this year will be “The ‘60s.” Remember bell-bottom pants,

mini-skirts and go-go boots, the Beatles and JFK? The lineup will be behind the Bremer Bank at 1 p.m., judging will be at 1:15 p.m. and the parade starts at 1:30 p.m.

The parade route will start at Bremer Bank, go past the Comforts of Home and

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to all participants that are redeemable at the Lions food booth in the park. If you have any questions you can contact Phyllis Wilder at 715-327-8951. - submitted

World Premiere of Volunteer Partners ST. CROIX FALLS - The red carpet was rolled out, and Volunteer Partners of the St. Croix Regional Medical Center were ushered into the World Premiere Recognition event by Lenny Libis who was decked out in a tuxedo.

Following an invocation by Pastor Bob Morton, a dinner was served by the staff from SCRMC and State Street Cafe, and the volunteers were thoroughly entertained by a performance from the Dolly Sisters. The evening was about recognizing and honoring 141 volunteers who gave 14,194 hours to the medical center over this past year and Mickey Gebhard and Lenny Libis proceeded to award those volunteers who were recognized for their hours.

Those receiving pins for 200 hours were: Alice Darrall, Marian Davison, Luke Hedlund, Phyllis Jamieson, Pam Keto, Sharon Leavengood, Beulah Nelson, Becca Pollock, Jane St. John, Bev Stucky and Judy Swanson. Receiving

Cory Gebhard, Becca Pollock, Jessica Hall, Jasmine Jones, Luke Hedlund, Sarah Danielson, Haley Yunker and Hannah Haley were SCRMC volunteers recognized at the World Premiere of Volunteer Partners. - Photo submitted

Ladies Auxiliary to Veterans of Foreign Wars installs offificcers The Ladies Auxillary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1256 held their installation of officers on Tuesday, June 2. Shown are some of the elected officers holding a quilt that was made and donated by President Barbara McAuley. This quilt, which is named “Salute to our Veterans,” is 64 inches by 82 inches and is being raffled off by the auxiliary. Shown (L to R) are first row: Mable Buhler, trustee; Francis England, trustee and Barbara McAuley, president. Second row: Dian Lindahl, patriotic instructor; Arlene Main, treasurer and Jeanine Bickford, senior vice president. Installing officer was past President Jeanine Bickford. - Photo submitted

500-hour awards were: Betty Doty, Jackie Hillman, Rhoda Lampfer and Jan Lovas.

Awards for 1,000 hours were given to Amy Cole, Kathy Lucken and Renee Ryan. Dorothy Jantzen received an award for 2,000 hours, Mary Werran for 5,000 hours and Audrey Johnson received the top award for the evening, for 7,000 hours of volunteer service.

Students who volunteer at St. Croix Regional Medical Center are eligible to receive scholarship funds for the hours that they work. Those receiving scholarships for this year are: Cory Gebhard, Becca Pollock, Jessica Hall, Jasmine Jones, Luke Hedlund, Sarah Danielson, Haley Yunker and Hannah Haley. The staff says that it is a pleasure to be working in an environment which includes these energetic young people.

If you are interested in joining the Volunteer Partners, please contact Mickey at SCRMC 715-483-0331. - from SCRMC

Bring used eyeglasses to the parade FREDERIC - The Frederic Lioness Club will be collecting old prescription eyeglasses, youth and adult styles, during the Frederic Family Days parade, June 21.

The eyeglasses will be taken to the Wisconsin Lions eyeglass recycling office where the prescription will be checked and then taken on the mission to Mexico to be distributed to people who desperately need them. with submitted information

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Meixner hangs up fifirre hat after 50 years

by Tammi Milberg ST. CROIX FALLS– George Meixner retired from the St. Croix Falls Fire Department this month after 50 years of service. Meixner is 83 years young and decided that since he was 83 and had been on the department for 50 years, it was time to step down.

“I can’t do all the things the younger men can do, and I wouldn’t want to put anyone at risk on the department because of that,” Meixner said.

The city honored Meixner with a certificate of recognition last week, which Meixner said he needs to put into a frame. He said that the department is a lot different now than it was when he first joined in 1959. “I found an old manual from 1960-61 and the things you had to do to be on the department are a lot different than now,” he said. “There’s a lot more training required now.”

Meixner said he did just about everything the department needed him to do and was mostly utilized as a mechanic doing routine maintenance and repairs to the fire vehicles. Meixner was a mechanic for St. Croix Motors for 31 years and then operated a vehicle servicing

George Meixner retires from the St. Croix Falls Fire Department as the longest-running member. – Photo by Tammi Milberg garage at his home as his occupation. He is officially retired.

“I never thought about joining the de-

partment, then when I went to help, I thought I should join,” he said.

Meixner was recruited, one may say, when he was at St. Croix Motors on Main Street and the trucks went out on a fire run to assist Taylors Falls with a grass fire. The fire whistle blew a second time about 10 minutes later and fire trucks were heading to the north end of town out on Hwy. 87. The truck stopped in front of the garage Meixner was standing in and he was told they needed help.

He went out on the run, got the fire bug and stayed on the department.

“I enjoyed it or I wouldn’t have been on the department as long as I was,” he said. “The department has a good group of people to work with. The department would like to see more young people get interested and join.”

Meixner said that the first fire hall was in the Red Brick Grill building downtown. The department outgrew that space and moved to the fire hall further down Main Street that is now renovated with Snap Fitness inside. That site also was outgrown and the ladder truck the department acquired could not be housed in that fire hall, so it was stored

on the city shop property. Meixner said that the fire hall then moved to its new location on Pine Street.

Meixner was asked if anything stuck out in his mind over 50 years as far as runs he went on or experiences he had.

He smiled and said, “Nothing really. I did have the house fire and garage fire here.”

Even firefighters are not immune to fires. In 1994, Meixner’s home, located on Louisiana Street, burned. In 2000, his garage burned. He said it wasn’t much different being on a scene than being at his own fire scene except he could give the department the layout of the property, entrances and exits and that helped the crew in putting out the fire. He said he will miss hearing his pager go off and being at the department meetings on Tuesday nights. He said he would spend more time gardening. Meixner has quite a garden, complete with raspberry bushes. He sells his raspberries over the summer in the St. Croix Falls Farmers Market and will likely be there this summer.

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Siren Assembly of God celebrates 75 years

by Wayne Anderson SIREN - Siren Assembly of God celebrated their 75th anniversary last Sunday. The diamond anniversary was marked by lively song and praise and many personal testimonies.

More than a dozen parishioners shared how their lives have been dramatically changed since they walked through the church doors.

Some remembered how they wandered aimlessly, seeking spiritual fellowship and how God led them to the church.

In tears, others spoke of how they were lost in pain and meth addiction and how church members took their hand and helped them climb out of that hellish life.

Today they are restored in themselves and back with their grateful families.

Many expressed happiness of being spiritually alive and how close to God they feel. They now pray that all Christians may experience revival in their walk with the Lord.

The church was founded in the summer of 1935. The first pastor was Ed Elia-

Congregation members of Siren Assembly of God celebrated the church’s 75th anniversary Sunday, June 14. - Photo

by Wayne Anderson son, who was known as “Banjo Ed.” He and a few others were looking for a building to start a church. They found a dance hall in Siren for sale, and with a bit of remodeling the Siren Gospel Tabernacle was born, where the Pentecostals started dancing before the Lord.

Misfortune struck the following winter, when a fire burned down the building. The congregation rebuilt that year

and has continued adding on and remolding throughout the years.

In 1977 the name of the church was remodeling, too. The Siren Gospel Tabernacle applied to the General Council of Assemblies of God for membership, and the next year the name was legally changed to Siren Assembly of God. The present pastor is Andy Bollant. He answered God’s call to the church in

1995. Many testified of his giving heart and how he deeply he cares for his congregation and the community at large.

As the church celebrates its 75th anniversary, members collectively expressed a single sentiment. “We are blessed and know that God’s kingdom is expanding.”

For more information on Siren Assembly of God, call 715-349-5750.

Van Hollen inspires Badger Boys Staters to be great leaders And to implement positive changes in their communities RIPON - Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen addressed the 833 young men attending the 2009 session of Badger Boys State last night and called upon them to be great leaders who would return to their communities better prepared to lead. Van Hollen was the keynote speaker during last night’s session and spoke on building leadership for tomorrow.

There are those who want the prestige of being a leader, and there are those who want to be great leaders, said Van

Hollen. It is important to focus on the latter and be a leader with strong character and a vision to implement positive outcomes. In order to succeed as a leader, it is also important to surround yourself with a high-quality team who shares your vision and can help your ideas succeed.

Van Hollen commended the citizens of Badger Boys State on the honor of being selected to be a Badger Boys Stater and recognized the many achievements that they have already accomplished in their home-towns.

“You are this state s future leaders and our great hope,” said Van Hollen. “In the years to come, many of you are going

to be in leadership positions, choosing the direction of this great state and country. Remember the important principles you learn this week at Badger Boys State.

You have been given an opportunity to make tremendous contacts this week with your fellow citizens and the outstanding counseling staff, friendship that will last a lifetime. They can help you maximize your potential as a leader.”

Van Hollen also administered the oath of office to the 27 newly elected mayors of Badger Boys State and the 16 officers of the state patrol. - from the office of Attorney General Van Hollen

State Attorney General Van Hollen addresses the crowd at Badger Boys State. - Special photo

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Cargill donates to Ruby's Pantry NORTH BRANCH, Minn. – Cargill Kitchen Solutions made a recent surprise donation to Ruby’s Pantry for $25,000. This donation was from the Hunger Relief Challenge Fund Cargill established this past winter to provide additional funds to be disbursed to organizations that address hunger relief as a part of their mission.

Ruby’s Pantry is in its sixth year of serving rural communities with donated surplus food and goods. It provides large quantities of food for distributions directly to families in 13 rural communities in the region. It will shortly announce the location of additional warehouse distribution centers in northeastern Wisconsin and northwestern Minnesota. It is a community food outreach program of Home and Away Ministries, Inc., with its main distribution center and offices in North Branch, Minn.

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The board of directors, staff and volunteers of Ruby’s Pantry is very appreciative of gifts to help their efforts in making life easier for those less fortunate. “The objective has always been, not only to help those in need, but to have done it while allowing them to keep their dignity,” said director Lyn Sahr. “Their contribution is yet another sign of

the generosity of the people, the organizations and the companies that make up our great nation.” For more information please see the Ruby’s Pantry Web site at www.rubyspantry.org, e-mail goodnews@rubyspantry.org or call 651-674-2537. - submitted

Siren Elementary School perfect attendance SIREN – Students with perfect attendance at Siren Elementary School are: Rylee L. Nelson, Pre-k; McCoy J. Maslow, kindergarten; Cassandra R. Maslow, second grade; Amanda J. Close, third grade; Patricia J. Close, fourth grade; and Elizabeth L. Stanford, Emily K. Stiemann and Alexandra R. Webster, fifth grade.

Emily Stiemann has had perfect attendance for two years and Cassandra Maslow for three years. – submitted

Pioneer School registration under way TAYLORS FALLS, Minn. - Children finishing kindergarten through eighth grade are invited to be students in a one-room school.

The sessions are held in the 1852 Town House School located across the street from the Memorial Community Center in Taylors Falls. It is Minnesota’s oldest existing public school building. Two of the three session have openings. They are session one on June 23, 24 and 25; and session three on July 14, 15 and 16. Each session is Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The school days begin promptly at 10 a.m. and finish at 2:30 p.m. Parents must provide transportation.

Children love this unique experience doing things the “old way,” using the theme of “Timber Along the River,” showing tools from chopping down the trees, moving logs, marking trees and more. Students are encouraged to come dressed as pioneer children and bring their lunch in an old school bucket or sack. The small classes give the children lots of one-on-one time with other-aged children and adults. Favorite activities include old-fashioned games and crafts. Children are asked to bring crayons, scissors and pencils. Parents are invited to assist one or more days of the session. Each session is limited to 24 students. Registration is taken on a first-come basis. The cost is $30 per child per session. For a registration form, call 715-483-3012 with your name, mailing address and telephone number.

The public is invited to observe the daily sessions. Pioneer School is sponsored by the Taylors Falls Historical Society. - from TFHS

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CHURCH NEWS Bridges When my husband and I encountered a half-wrecked wooden bridge spanning the raging river below, I thought I’d never be able to cross. The 300-foot-long bridge, having been damaged from high flood waters, tilted at a precarious angle. Its entire railing along the downside had been destroyed.

I took tiny steps across while clinging to the upper rail with both arms. Once across, I could enjoy our planned, relaxing camping trip—until crossing back to the Perspectives other side.

Bridges can be rickety and undependable or they can be sturdy, the kind we cross with hardly a thought of something going wrong. Their beauty or lack of it has nothing to do with their reliability. All we care about is getting to the other side—eliminating the separation between two points.

The Bible talks about a bridge, one we should all heed. The word bridge, itself, is not listed. But Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6) The chasm that separates us from God the Father is our sin. We were born in it, we carry it in our mortal bodies, and we will die in it—if we do not cross the chasm. Jesus is the bridge that carries us over to God’s side—his kingdom of “righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.” (Romans 14:17) We can try to go around the sin issue by doing good or assuming we’re “good enough;” we can try to find another bridge through some other belief or we can avoid the bridge altogether, content to remain in our sinful state forever, believing it doesn’t matter.

My daughter and sister are both afraid of crossing even the most sturdy-looking bridges. But they weren’t afraid to cross the Jesus-bridge to God. Unfortunately, many people are, perhaps thinking it’s too scary, too uncomfortable or simply unnecessary.

God doesn’t want our crossing to be scary, uncomfortable or seemingly unnecessary. He makes it easy for us. All it takes is the first step of faith in his son, who paid the price for our sin. All it takes is focusing on the destination—forgiveness, blessing and eternal life—rather than on the past. Unlike my experience of having to recross the bridge to get back home, our spiritual crossing brings us to a new, better home with God. All because of Jesus.

Lord, thank you for making a way for us to be on the right side with you, a way of peace and joy and love. Help us to never desire to cross back into our old life. In Jesus’ name, amen.

(Mrs. Bair may be reached at sallybair@gmail.com)

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Putting your ethics to the test (This is 2nd part of last week’s article) THE CONSCIENCE TEST: The fact that a particular choice is questionable in our own minds is sufficient motive to apply the conscience test. The conscience is “an alarm bell in our heart warning us of the danger of some course of action.” Those who ignore their conscience are described by the Holy Spirit as having been “made shipwreck concerning the faith” (1 Timothy 1:19). In 1 Peter 3:16, we are told that even if men “revile our good manner of life in Christ,” they are “put to shame” by the guarding of our “good conscience.”

THE TRUE FRIEND TEST: This test asks: What kind of advice would I give to my best friend? “A friend loves at all times…” (Proverbs 17:17) What if my very best friend were to ask my assessment or advice concerning the course of action he/she is considering? “As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.” (Proverbs 27:17) Then, am I willing to follow my own advice?

THE EVANGELISM TEST: Often the lives of Christians will overshadow their words. “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.” (Matthew 5:16) This test asks: Will my participation in this activity hinder my efforts to convert the lost? Is my seeing this movie or wearing that kind of clothing worth the endangering of someone’s soul? Am I so determined to take that drink or smoke that cigarette that I would ignore my neighbor’s eternal destiny? “…but rather resolve this, not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother’s way.” (Romans 14:13) THE ASSOCIATION TEST: Christians are to “shine as lights in the world” (Phil. 2:15), so we must not cloister ourselves in some corner, but must be a positive force in this world. We are not likely to do so if we place ourselves in the position of being “un-

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equally yoked” with worldly people (2 Cor. 6:14-18). This test asks: Will this activity force me to be associated with wicked people to the extent that I am looked upon as having cast my lot with them?

THE STEWARDSHIP TEST: This test requires me to look at a proposed decision and ask if my participation will keep me from being a good steward of my time, talent, energy or money.

Am I a good steward of my funds when wasting them on gambling or other questionable activities, or of my time when I spend it all in front of the TV set? “…it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy.” (1

Corinthians 4:2) Ultimately, the most valid test will be that of the Footsteps Test, which asks: What would Jesus do if He were faced with this moral choice? Jesus said… “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. (John 14:6) Will you consider it? “…he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.” (Matthew 10:38) If all choices were easy, then we would need no guidance from any source. But some are difficult, and God’s standards are absolute and discernible. Why not live up to Jesus’ standard of godly living? (This article originally appeared at Southwest School of Biblical Studies, written by Carl B. Garner) 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.

News from the Pews at Pilgrim Lutheran FREDERIC – Last Sunday was the second Sunday after Pentecost. Pastor Catherine’s sermon centered around the Parable of the Growing Seed and the Parable of the Mustard Seed found in Mark 4: 26-34. The parables are like the seeds that God has planted in each person and people can help one another to encourage their seeds to grow as well as our own seeds along with God’s help. For the children’s sermon Pastor Catherine had the children hand out to everyone a small see-through bag with painted daisy flower seeds in the bags. Everyone was encouraged to go home and plant the seeds and watch them grow.

On Sunday, June 28, there will be outdoor worship services in the park across from the church under the water tower at 9 a.m. Everyone is encouraged to bring a friend as well as a lawn chair and should it rain, services will be held inside as usual. This will be a contemporary service with some special music by members of the congregation. After services coffee and cookies will

be served and it will be a time for fellowship with one another.

The front of the church is looking all gussied up because the flower boxes have been planted and many flowers are in bloom. They make the church look warm and inviting.

Mark your calendars as the third-annual harvest dinner date has been set for Saturday, Aug. 22. 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 their Web site www.pilgrimlutheranfrederic.org. - submitted

Mission camp set for July 5 - 11 for low-cost mission projects should contact Ken Rheingans, president of Mission Bells, 414-807-3193 or e-mail: Rheingans@aol.com or locally, call Ken Mettler at 715-483-9202.

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The congregation of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, north of Luck, honored Pastor Mark and Naomi Hall this past Sunday for their 14 years of service to the church, where he has been pastor.

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GRANTSBURG - Northwoods Missions will hold its summer camp Sunday through Saturday, July 5-11.

The base camp will be the Grantsburg fairgrounds.

There will be six project teams - junior high, senior high or young adult.

Mission Bells Ministries is a new ministry located in Wisconsin. It is focused on helping youth ages 12 to 17 and young adults ages 18 to 30 to know Christ by serving others. The ministry was incorporated in 2007 and is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.

Its newest ministry - Northwoods Missions - will cover both Polk and Burnett counties.

Mission projects include: 1. Working with the Interfaith Caregivers program. www.wifian.org. Work assignments range from home painting and home repairs to organizing wood for heating homes, helping people move, etc.

2. Helping at local food pantries organizing donations, assembling family boxes, and possibly helping with a local community food drive.

3. Working with the local Good Samaritan Society www.good-sam.org, which provides assisted living services. Activities will include working with the residents, helping at local nursing homes on various projects from landscape work to spending time with the residents.

Those who would like to get involved or have ideas

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OBITUARIES

Hazel Gretchen Herwick

Jorge Dimas

Jacqueline L. Ulick

Hazel Gretchen Herwick, 83, a resident of Centuria and formerly of Milltown, died at her home in Centuria on Saturday, June 13, 2009, surrounded by her family.

She was born in West DePere, on Sept. 5, 1925, to Patrick and Matie Belle (Davis) FitzGerald, the fifth of five children.

After graduating from high school at age 16, she attended Oshkosh Public College until she was old enough to attend Emanuel Missionary College (Andrews University) in Berrien Springs, Mich. After a year at Emanuel Missionary College, she completed a three-year nursing degree at Hinsdale Nursing School.

Through the years, she worked at St. Croix Hospital and then at the Centuria Nursing Home as the director of nursing and finally at Osceola Nursing Home as a supervisor. In addition to serving as director of nursing at the Centuria Nursing Home, Hazel also helped with the family farm in Milltown. After retiring she continued to share her nursing skills, volunteering as the camp nurse at Camp Wakonda for several summers.

Working as a nurse she touched the lives of many patients and coworkers.

Her interests included gardening, cooking, knitting, crocheting and teaching children’s Sabbath school.

In 2005, she suffered from a debilitating stroke which kept her from doing many of the things she enjoyed in life. However, the last four years she was able to remain at home while her daughters and son cared for her.

Hazel is survived by her children, Linda (Dwight) Rosen of Clear Lake, Sally (Sheldon) Johnson of Clear Lake, Nancy (Gary) Schultz of Augusta, Danny (Kathryn) Herwick of Milltown; 11 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; sister, Matie Belle Crawford of Oconto; brothers, Raymond FitzGerald of De Pere and Stephen FitzGerald of Green Bay; nieces, nephews, cousins and other loving family and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Patrick and Matie FitzGerald; her sister, Jane Mucerino; and her great-grandsons, Nathanael Herwick and Will Peterson.

Funeral service was held at the Frederic Seventh Day Adventist Church on Wednesday, June 17. Pastor Don Corkum officiated and music was provided by Hazel’s grandchildren. Hazel was laid to rest at the Milltown Cemetery following the luncheon.

Pallbearers were grandsons Jason Rosen, Seth Johnson, Samuel Schultz, Jacob Herwick, Caleb Herwick and her nephew, Steve Mucerino.

To offer online condolences please visit http://www.kolstadfamilyfuneralhome.com.

Kolstad Family Funeral Home of Centuria was entrusted with arrangements.

Jorge Dimas, 23, Amery, died on Sunday, June 14, 2009, at Riverbend Assisted Living in Amery.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 20, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Amery. Burial will be at the Amery Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. on Friday, June 19, at the WilliamsonWhite Funeral Home in Amery and one hour prior to services at the church.

A full obituary will be published in an upcoming edition of the Leader.

The Williamson-White Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Amery, were entrusted with arrangements.

Jacqueline Louise Ulick, 69, died peacefully in her sleep on Thursday, June 4, 2009, at her home in Vernonia, Ore. Jacqueline (Jackie) Louise Ulick, was born on Oct. 18, 1939, in Sparta, the daughter of Ryan William and Frederica Mary (Schiller) King. One of three children of a career Army officer, she moved often as a child and attended high school in Hillsboro, where she met her first husband.

She later received her diploma from La Crosse High School in La Crosse.

Jackie moved to Frederic in 1964, where she raised her children until her youngest graduated in 1982.

During this time she drove school bus for the Frederic School District and later worked at MPM, along with her school bus routes, to provide for her children. She married Arlen Ulick on June 1, 1982, in Lewis. She and Arlen lived in Wisconsin until 1989 when they moved to Oregon, eventually buying a house in Vernonia, Ore. Jackie enjoyed spending time in the outdoors and would take visitors to her home on excursions to the Pacific Ocean, Mount St. Helens and the waterfalls of the Columbia River gorge. She was also a dedicated sports fan as she was a die-hard Green Bay Packers fan as well as Portland Trailblazers and Tiger Woods fan.

She was an avid reader who enjoyed historical novels and mysteries. Though she was a self-proclaimed “Oregonian,” Jackie still subscribed to the Inter-County Leader and would often comment to friends and family about people she had read about in The Leader as being “one of my kids” referring to her days as a school bus driver.

Jackie was proceded in death by her father and mother as well as her aunt and uncle, David and Vera MacFall.

She is survived by her husband, Arlen Ulick, of Vernonia, Ore.; five children, Glen DeMar Jr. of Galesville, Dawn Adamietz of Oakdale, Minn., Tammi DeMar of Vernonia, Ore., Traci (Jon) Winjum of La Crosse, David (Cynthia) DeMar of St. Croix Falls; brother, Brian (Mary Ann) King of Rhode Island; and sister, Judith Wilfert of Tucson, Ariz. She is also survived by eight grandchilden, Anthony, Gary, Trinity, Benjamin, Joseph, Christopher, Kathleen and Samantha; and 10 great-grandchildren, Kylie, Daniel, Ashley, Alexis, Adrian, Kaya, Jude, Savannah, Sylas and Mia. A memorial service is scheduled for her family and friends in Wisconsin on Friday, June 19, at West Denmark Lutheran Church in Luck. Fellowship is scheduled for 6 p.m. with the service lead by Pastor Mike Rozumalski at 7 p.m. Coffee and sweets will be provided. A private family ceremony was held at her home on Tuesday, June 9. Interment will take place at a later date.

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Thank you to the Rowe Funeral Home for the help and kindness shown to the family during this difficult time. A special thank-you to Bruce Everts for his personal touch. It was greatly appreciated.

Thank you to Pastor Gary Rokenbrodt for officiating at the funeral service.

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Vernon C. Koshatka, 90, of Balsam Lake, died June 8, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Center in St. Croix Falls.

Vernon was born on Dec. 8, 1918, in Winona, Minn., the son of Adolph and Emma Koshatka. He enlisted in the Army in 1942 and was honorably discharged in 1952. Vernon was a baker and a chef in Atlantic City, N.J., in several of the big hotels. In 1957, he married Antoinette Saraco in Philadelphia, Penn. To this union, a son, Michael, was born.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife; brothers, Ervin, David and Norman.

He is survived by his son, Mike (Deverah) of Centuria; grandchildren, Melissa (David) Patterson, Courtney Antonson and Aaron Koshatka; and sister, Florence Clausen of Amery.

Funeral services were held on Thursday, June 11, at the St. Croix Valley Funeral Chapel in St. Croix Falls, with Pastor Mel Rau officiating. Interment was at St. Peter and Paul Cemetery in Springfield, Penn.

The St. Croix Valley Funeral Home and Polk County Cremation Society was entrusted with arrangements.

Hannah R. Johnson Newburgh, 77, Grantsburg, died June 15, 2009, at the Burnett Medical Center CCC. She was born to Ludwig Odin and Lois Elizabeth (Harmer) Stol on Sept. 10, 1931, in Cass County, Minn.

Hannah attended school in Motley, Minn., and graduated high school in 1949. After graduation, she attended the nursing program at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minn.

In 1955, Hannah met Russell Johnson from Grantsburg, who was serving in the Air Force. In September of 1956, Hannah and Russell married and located to Grantsburg, where Russell farmed and Hannah worked as a registered nurse at the Grantsburg Hospital. In 1958, a daughter, Jeanne Lois, was born.

Hannah continued to work at the hospital for the next 35 years. Over the years, her love for helping people was felt by many in the Grantsburg area. In 1983, Hannah and Russell were divorced but remained friends until his passing in 2003. In December of 1983, Hannah married James Newburgh Sr. Over the next five years, Hannah and Jim enjoyed camping, hunting and fishing ,until Jim’s passing from cancer in 1988.

After Jim’s passing, she endured several medical problems including a severe staph infection following a hip replacement that led to 23 surgeries in a 12-month period. With much determination, she managed to eventually overcome the staph infection, although it left her weakened and unable to remain in her home. In 2003, Hannah entered the Burnett Medical Center CCC. For the last six years, she enjoyed watching her family grow and complete many milestones, including the graduation of her three grandchildren and the birth of her identical twin great-grandsons. One of her mostloved possessions, a digital photo frame, allowed her to have hundreds of photos in her room.

Hannah was preceded in death by her parents; her sisters, Goldie and Mary; and brother, Herbert. She was also preceded in death by her husbands, Russell M. Johnson and James Newburgh Sr. Hannah is survived by her daughter, Jeanne, Mrs. Gary Marek of Grantsburg; two granddaughters, McKenna and Keegan Marek; and one grandson, Cody Marek; along with twin great-grandsons, Levi and Ryder, all of Grantsburg. Hannah is also survived by her sister, Sylvia Vierling; and three nephews, Ken, David and Kevin Vierling, all of Owatonna, Minn. Hannah is also survived by friends and community members that she touched through her years of nursing.

Funeral services will be held at Central United Methodist Church on Tuesday, June 23, at 2 p.m. Visitation will be at Edling Funeral Home, Grantsburg, on 43Lp Monday, June 22, from 5 – 7 p.m.

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OBITUARIES Eugene Joseph Lowe

Alvin J. Schommer

Ann Briese

Eugene “Geno” Joseph Lowe, 60, died June 12, 2009, in his home in Turtle Lake, with his family at his side.

Eugene was born on Nov. 14, 1948, in Luck, the son of John and Rose (Buck) Lowe.

Geno attended Unity High School and then went on to graduate from the Job Corps in Sparta.

Geno worked at the St. Croix Casino in Turtle Lake as a slot technician, which he truly enjoyed. He retired from the St. Croix Casino due to his failing health. Geno enjoyed playing keno, cribbage and horseshoes. He enjoyed spending time with his family and friends and especially enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren.

Geno is survived by his wife, Dora Merrill-Lowe; children, Roberta Merrill, Anthony Lowe (Lorena Benjamin) and Christina Lowe; grandchildren, Alicia, Marcus and Brittany Paukstat, Anthony Lowe Jr., Gabriel and Adriel Benjamin; brothers, Larry Lowe (Sally) and Robert Christensen; sister, Gloria Merrill; nieces, nephews, cousins and other loving family and friends.

Geno was preceded in death by his parents, John and Rose (Buck) Lowe; daughters, Dawn Merrill and Baby Girl Lowe; brothers, Steven Brihn and Daniel Lowe in infancy.

Services were held on Monday, June 15, at the Round Lake Community Center.

He was laid to rest at the Johnstown Township Cemetery following the services at the community center. Casket bearers were Rueben Buck, Ben Buck, Steven Benjamin, Rob Lowe, Rodney Jacobson and Butch Buck. Honorary casket bearers were Sanford Mosay, Jerry Lowe, Vernon Lowe and Tyler Buck.

To share online condolences please visit www.kolstadfamilyfuneralhome.com.

Kolstad Family Funeral Home of Centuria was entrusted with funeral arrangements.

Alvin J. Schommer, 94, died June 12, 2009, at the Comforts of Home in Frederic.

Alvin was born June 14, 1914, to John and Gertrude Schommer.

On Sept. 12, 1939, Alvin married Dorothy Schmidt. Alvin and Dorothy moved to West Sweden Township in 1948 with five children.

Together they raised eleven children, ran the Diamond Lake Resort and farmed for many years. Alvin loved to play his harmonica, tell jokes and play cards. He also enjoyed hunting, fishing and above all loved spending time on his land. Alvin lived on Diamond Lake for 59 years until October 2007, when he moved to Comforts of Home in Frederic where he spent his remaining years.

Alvin was preceded in death by his loving spouse, Dorothy and daughter, Patricia.

He is survived by his 10 children, Peggy (Jerry) Renk, John (Kathy) Schommer, Wally (Mary) Schommer, Bill (Carol) Schommer, Tom (Kathy) Schommer, Betty (George) Moeri, Jim (Jackie) Schommer, Mary (Ronald) Niemala, Joe (Sue) Schommer, Julie (David) Wendt; 38 grandchildren and 50 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held on Tuesday, June 16, at 11 a.m., at St. Dominic Catholic Church with Father Bill Matzek officiating. Burial was at the St. Dominics Catholic Cemetery in Frederic with Alan Schommer, Brian Schommer, Adam Niemala, Joe Jacques, Nick Schommer and Chris Fraszer as pallbearers.

The Rowe Funeral Home in Frederic was entrusted with the services.

Ann Briese, 38, Luck, died on Saturday, June 13, at the University of Minnesota Hospital in Minneapolis, Minn.

Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, June 18, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Amery. Visitation will be held from 4 – 8 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17, at the Williamson-White Funeral Home in Amery and one hour prior to the service at the church.

A full obituary will be published in an upcoming edition of the Leader.

The Williamson-White Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Amery, were entrusted with arrangements.

Dorothy Lucille (Hartwig) Anderson Dorothy Lucille (Hartwig) Anderson, 91, resident of Frederic, died Wednesday, June 10, 2009, at Regions Hospital, St. Paul, Minn.

She was born May 23, 1918, the daughter of Harold and Sadie Hartwig in Canby, Minn. She grew up and graduated from Milltown High School in 1936. In February 1940, she married Ernest (Ernie) W. Muller, also from Milltown. They lived in Milltown, Superior and Coloma until his death in 1969. Dorothy was both a homemaker and waitress for many years in Milltown and Superior.

In 1969, she moved to River Falls and worked at the Ben Franklin for her cousin, Wayne Nelson. On Dec. 8, 1973, she married Harry F. Anderson, her surviving spouse, and moved to Frederic along with her daughter, Nancy. Dorothy was active in church activities, including ladies’ circles and church choir while in Milltown throughout her life.

She enjoyed gardening and raised beautiful flowers as well as vegetables in her gardens. She and Harry spent many years traveling following Harry’s retirement. She will be missed by her family and friends.

Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Lowell (Bud) Hartwig; and her first husband, Ernest W. Muller.

She is survived by her husband, Harry F. Anderson of Frederic; children, Keith (Dora) Muller of Warren, Ohio, E. Gordon Muller of Newtown, Pa., Jean Muller of Cumming, Ga. and Nancy (Dwight) Peterson of Frederic; stepchildren, Cheryl (Gary) Parkins of Danbury and Sandy (John) Rommel of Frederic; 11 grandchildren and five step-grandchildren; four great-grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren; her sister, Fay (Donald) Reppe of New Richmond; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

A memorial service for Dorothy was held at Pilgrim Lutheran Church in Frederic, on Monday, June 15, with the Rev. Catherine Burnette officiating. Music was provided by soloist Karen Swanberg and organist Mary Lou Daeffler. Honorary pallbearers were her grandsons, Ryan Berard, Dustin Muller, Joe Holmberg, Todd Muller, Peter Muller, Daniel Muller and Richard Muller.

Donations preferred to the church elevator or building fund at Pilgrim Lutheran Church in Frederic.

Interment will be at Milltown Cemetery at a later date.

The Rowe Funeral Home of Frederic was entrusted with arrangements.

Nancy C. Hughes Nancy C. Hughes, 70, died June 12, 2009, in Minneapolis, Minn.

Nancy was born on April 2, 1939, in Polk County, the first of seven children to Vernace (Ted) and Lillian (Swanson) Hughes. She attended grade school in Cushing before the move to Bone Lake in 1945, where the family lived on Dr. W.B. Cornwall’s farm until 1961.

She graduated from Milltown High School as an honor student in 1957. She then spent two years in Chicago, until her lifetime significant other convinced her to move back to be closer to him. In August 1959, she enrolled in the Minneapolis Business College and then spent the next 45 years in business administration. She worked for Seigal’s Bros and Kaufman Knitting for a total of 38 years and when the business dissolved she worked for another five years for National Health Care Resources. Nancy was an Avon representative in the Stevens Square area where she loved her adult life until ill health forced her to reside at Walker Methodist for the past four years. She worked on genealogy for many years and was a walking encyclopedia and a very detail-oriented person.

She was preceded in death by her parents; significant other, Eugene Price; brothers-in-law, Roger MacKinnon I and Paul VanPelt; two infant Hughes; two infant MacKinnon’s; two infant VanPelts; Adelle Hughes, Stacy and Shawn Hughes and Shawna Carey.

She is survived by her son, Jim, of Minneapolis, Minn.; sisters, Laura VanPelt of Luck, Janet MacKinnon (Charles Livingston) of Milltown, Julie (Joe) Carey of Luck; brothers, Gerald (Joyce) Hughes of Nampa, Idaho, Ted (Karen) of Milltown, Delbert (June) of Fontana, Calif.; many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held June 16, at St. Croix Valley Funeral Home and Cremation, under the leadership of Jane Austin. Interment was at the Milltown Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Jerry Livingston, Pat Thomsen, Kyle Carey, Joel VanPelt, Cory MacKinnon and Jordan Hughes. Honorary pallbeares were Charles Livington, Stacy and Shawn Hughes, Zachery Sobczak and Roger MacKinnon II. The St. Croix Valley Funeral Home and Polk County Cremation Society was entrusted with arrangements.

Sherry Gail Leske Sherry Gail Leske of Dresser, died June 11, 2009, at her home surrounded by her family. She was 71 years old.

Sherry was born Dec. 6, 1937, in St. Croix Falls, the daughter of Edmund and Bernice L’Allier.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband and brother, Richard.

She enjoyed cooking, gardening, playing piano and attending sporting events and activities her grandchildren were involved in.

Sherry is survived by her children, Jill (Mark) Johnson of St. Croix Falls, David (Melissa) Leske of Golden Valley, Minn. and Jennifer (Robert) Mattaini of Mendota Heights, Minn.; sisters, Jeannine Johnson of Safety Harbor, Fla. and Mary L’Allier of St. Louis Park, Minn.; her grandchildren, Nick, Emily, Alex, Ayanna, Isabel and a baby due in September; many nieces, nephews, friends and relatives.

A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated June 13 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Taylors Falls, Minn. She was laid to rest next to her husband, Sherman Leske, at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Farmington following the mass.

Pallbearers were Mark, Nick and Alex Johnson, Robert Mattaini, Pete L’Allier and Jim Heyer.

The Edling Funeral Home, St. Croix Falls, was entrusted with arrangements.

Ralph O. Boucher Ralph O. Boucher, Dresser, formerly of East Farmington, died June 8, 2009, surrounded by his family, after a short illness. He was 84 years old.

Ralph was born March 6, 1925, in Somerset, the son of Norval and Edith Boucher. He grew up on the Boucher farm in East Farmington until leaving for the Army in 1948. During his time in the military, he met his future wife, Kathryn, while on a road trip to Washington state.

Ralph and Kathryn were joined in marriage in 1952.

Ralph farmed for 36 years, along with working for the Osceola Telephone Company. Ralph’s passions in life were his family, fishing, hunting, his church and his beloved Packers. Ralph was involved in many activities including the VFW, “the Cooties,” his many cardplaying groups and visiting and assisting with Masses at the Osceola Nursing Home before it closed.

Ralph was preceded in death by his parents, Norval and Edith; brother, Duane; and three grandchildren.

He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Kathryn; children, Mark (Judy), Robert, Denis (Kim), Sharon (Randy) Lyons and Anne (Craig) Arndt; 17 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; brother, Roland (Grace); and sister, Florence (Ralph) Kuehn.

Mass of Christian burial was celebrated on Friday, June 12, at Assumption Catholic Church in Farmington

by Fr. Thomas E. Thompson. Interment was in the St. Mary Cemetery.

The Grandstrand Funeral Home, Osceola, was entrusted with arrangements.

Marvel M. Fossum

Marvel M. Fossum, 72, a resident of Daniels Township, died June 14, 2009.

Graveside services will be Saturday, June 20, at 11 a.m., at the Ekdall Cemetery in West Marshland Township. A luncheon will follow at the Grantsburg Senior Center.

A full obituary will follow in an upcoming edition of Amber M. Glienke, 24, Webster, died June 14, 2009.

Funeral services will be Friday, June 19, at 11 a.m., the Leader.

The Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Webster, was with visitation prior from to 11 a.m., at the Swedbergentrusted with arrangements.

Taylor Funeral Home, Webster.

A full obituary will be published in an upcoming edition of the Leader.

The Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Webster, was entrusted with arrangements.

Amber M. Glienke

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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 - 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School - 9:30 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

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

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.

Pastor Annie Tricker Sun. Wor. 11 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m.

Potluck dinner 1st Sunday

OSCEOLA UNITED METHODIST

oumc@centurytel.net 306 River Street, Osceola, 715-755-2275 Pastor 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

ASSEMBLY

SIREN ASSEMBLY OF GOD

SIREN UNITED METHODIST

Pastor Dale VanDeusen, 715-488-2296 or 715-488-2653 20296 Hwy. 87, Grantsburg Morn. Wor. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:45 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services

TRINITY LUTHERAN 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

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.

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

HOPE FELLOWSHIP OF SOMERSET

Pastor Larry Mederich, 715-294-4332 Mtg. @ Osceola Elementary School Sun. Service - 9:45 a.m.

EVANGELICAL

Tom Cook, Pastor Sunday School 9 a.m.

Worship - 10:15 a.m. (Nursery available)

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.

OSCEOLA COMMUNITY CHURCH

ST. LUKE UNITED - FREDERIC

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

LIVING HOPE CHURCH

Pastor Dan Slaikeu 4 mi. SE of Grantsburg on Williams Rd. Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Wor. 10:30 a.m.

SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY LUTHERAN (Missouri Synod)

TRINITY LUTHERAN - ELCA

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.

Pastor Don Wiltshire, 715-640-6400 Centuria - Phone 715-646-2172 Sunday Service: 10 a.m.

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.

Pastor Arveda “Freddie” Kirk, 327-4436 Early Wor. 8:30 a.m.; Sun. Wor. 10 a.m.

Souper service Wed. 5:15 p.m.

GRACE BAPTIST - GRANTSBURG

CENTURIA ASSEMBLY OF GOD

ST. CROIX FALLS UNITED METHODIST

140 Madison St. South, St. Croix Falls Pastor Mark K. Schoen Sun. Service - 9 a.m.; Sun.School - 10:30 a.m.

Pastor Kevin Millen Associate Pastor Jim Carmon Sunday School - (all ages) - 9:30 a.m.

Church Serv. - 10:45 a.m.

FULL GOSPEL WOOD RIVER CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

1614 CTH, North Luck; Mark E. Hall, Pastor Office Phone 472-2605 Dial-A-Devotion 472-2345 Sun. Worship - 9 a.m.

Rev. Mike Weaver Sunday Worship Service - 10 a.m.

Sun. School is at 9 a.m., Nursery available

FIRST BAPTIST - FALUN

EVANGELICAL

TRADE RIVER EVAN. FREE

APPLE RIVER COMMUNITY (EFCA)

Pastor Bruce Tanner, 715-268-2176 942 U.S. Hwy. 8, Amery Sun. Schl. 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday Bible study 7 p.m.

FREDERIC EVAN. FREE CHURCH

Pastor Greg Lund, 715-327-8767 700 Churchwood Lane; 505 Old CTH W Sun. Schl. - 9 a.m.; Morn. Worship - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services BAPTIST

BAPTIST

EAST BALSAM BAPTIST - BALSAM LK. Pastor David Sollitt 715-857-5411 or 715-268-2651 Wor. Serv. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl.-10:15 a.m.

EUREKA BAPTIST

2393 210th Ave., St. Croix Falls 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

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 510 S. Vincent, St. Croix Falls Pastor Lori Ward, 715-483-3696 Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:45 a.m. & Wed. 6:30 p.m.

FAITH COMMUNITY

7535 Peet St., Danbury, 715-656-4010 Reverend R.A. Luebke Adult Bible Service 9 a.m.; Services: Sun. 10 a.m.; Sunday School during church service.

NONDENOMINATIONAL

NONDENOMINATIONAL

CENTERPOINT CHURCH “Come as you are”

Pastor Dick Enerson, www.centerpointstcroix.com 715-294-1833, Meeting at SCF High Schl. Main entrance 740 Maple Drive, St. Croix Falls Sunday Worship 10 - 11:15 a.m.

NEW LIFE COMMUNITY - AMERY Pastor Timothy Barnes Sat. 7 p.m. prayer; Sun. Worship 10 a.m.; Children’s Church to 6th Grade

NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY

Meets at Dresser Elem. School, Dresser Pastor Michael Brand, 715-417-2468 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

church directory

ADVENTIST

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CHURCH NEWS Mother is unsure about putting son in day-care center Question: My son is just over a year old. I quit my job when he was born, believing it was the right thing to do, but lately our finances have been so tight that I’m seriously considering going back to work.

What are your feelings about putting a child of this age in day care?

DR. DOBSON: Let me begin by saying that I understand the struggle you’re facing. When our firstborn was 2 years old, I was finishing my doctoral work at the University of Southern California. Every available dollar was needed to support my tuition and related expenses. Although we didn’t want Shirley to work when Danae was young, we felt we had no alternative.

Shirley taught school, and our little girl was taken to a day-care center each morning. One day when we arrived at the facility, Danae began to cry uncontrollably.

“No! No! No, Daddy!” she said to me. She had a look of terror in her eyes, and I suspected that she had been very upset the last time she was there. I could only imagine what had happened. I turned and walked back to the car carrying my precious daughter. When we were alone, I said, “Danae, I promise that you will never have to stay there again.” And she never did.

I share this to underscore the point that though I’m sympathetic with your financial anxieties, I’d still advise you to avoid the day-care option if at all possible.

My opinion on this subject is based on hard data.

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development has conducted the most comprehensive study of this issue to date. More than 1,100 mothers

and children and 10 premier childcare sites across the United States were evaluated when the children were 6, 15, 24 and 36 months of age.

Preliminary findings confirm that leaving a very young child in a daycare facility is associated with less sensitive mothering and child engagement. The child also tends to react less positively to the mother.

In other words, the bond between mother and child is affected somewhat negatively by early day-care experience, especially if the mother tends by nature to be insensitive.

••• QUESTION: You’ve indicated when sex education should begin.

When should it end?

DR. DOBSON: You should plan to end your formal instructional program about the time your son or daughter enters puberty (the time of rapid sexual development in early adolescence). Puberty usually begins between 10 and 13 for girls and between 11 and 14 for boys. Once they enter this developmental period, they are typically embarrassed by discussions of sex with their parents. Adolescents usually resent adult intrusion during this time – unless they raise the topic themselves. In other words, this is an area where teens should invite parents into their lives.

I feel that we should respect their wishes. We are given 10 or 12 years to provide the proper understanding of human sexuality. After that foundation has been laid, we serve primarily as resources to whom our chil-

Dr. James

Dobson Focus on the Family

dren can turn when the need exists. That is not to say parents should abdicate their responsibility to provide guidance about issues related to sexuality, dating, marriage, etc., as opportunities present themselves. Again, sensitivity to the feelings of the teen is paramount. If he or she wishes to talk, by all means, welcome the conversation. In other cases, parental guidance may be most effective if offered indirectly. Trusted youth workers at church or in a club program such as Campus Life or Young Life can often break the ice when parents can’t.

I’d also suggest that you arrange a subscription for your kids to magazines that provide solid advice – from the perspective of a friend, rather than an authority figure.

••• Dr. Dobson is founder and Chairman Emeritus of the nonprofit organization Focus on the Family, Colorado Springs, Colo. 80995 (www.family.org). Questions and answers are excerpted from “Complete Marriage and Family Home Reference Guide” and “Bringing Up Boys,” both published by Tyndale House. COPYRIGHT 2009 JAMES DOBSON INC., DISTRIBUTED BY UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo. 64106; 816-581-7500

Brought to you by:

Zion Lutheran Church Bone Lake

Church listings sponsored by the following area businesses: BREMER BANK, N.A. Full-Service Banking Member FDIC Frederic - Danbury - Siren

DAEFFLER’S QUALITY MEATS, INC. Wholesale & Retail Meats Custom Butchering & Processing Phone 715-327-4456

INTER-COUNTY CO-OP PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION Printers & Publishers Office Supplies

Frederic, Wis. - 715-327-4236 Shell Lake, Wis. - 715-468-2314 Siren, Wis. - 715-349-2560 St. Croix Falls, Wis. - 715-483-9008

STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANIES

Corey T. Arnold, Agent Frederic, Wis. Phone 715-327-8076

BEAN’S COUNTRY GRIDDLE Hwys. 35 & 48 Downtown Frederic Phone 715-327-5513

NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN ELECTRIC CO.

“Your Electric Servant” Serving Polk & Burnett Counties “Use Energy Wisely”

WEBSTER

ALPHA

CUSHING

CASHCO BUILDING SUPPLIES

BASS LAKE LUMBER

CUSHING COOPERATIVE SOCIETY

Complete Lumber & Building Supplies

CARLSON-ROWE FUNERAL HOME

Phone 715-866-4238 Hwy. 35 N. Webster, Wis. Tom & Becky O’Brien, Owners

MEDICINE SHOPPE

HOPKINS SAND & GRAVEL, INC.

Frederic, Wis. 715-327-4475 110 Oak Street Frederic, Wis. 715-327-4208 Monday - Friday 8:30 - 5 Not Open On Saturday Duane Lindh

HAULING

• Gravel • Sand • Rock • Top Soil • Trackhoe 715-472-2717 Mobile 715-491-1861 1065 290th Ave. Frederic, Wis.

LUCK VAN METER’S MEATS

Government Inspected Slaughtering and Processing, Sausage making • Ham and Bacon Cured and Smoked Sides and Quarters of Beef and Pork Available Old-fashioned Fresh Meat Counter Tim Van Meter and Ross Anderson, Owners Luck, WI 54853 Plant 715-472-2141

Sand, Gravel, Ready-Mix, Concrete, Black Dirt, Dozer Work, Landscaping & Septic Tanks Installed

• Complete Line of Building Supplies & Lumber • Cabot’s Stains Grantsburg, Wis. 715-488-2471 or 715-327-8766

BURNETT DAIRY CO-OP

1988 World Champion Cheesemaker Earl Wilson, Cheese Plant Mgr. Clif Gipp, Ag. Supply Mgr. for Feed, Propane & Fertilizer Alpha, Wis. 715-689-2468 • 715-689-2467

Feed Mill - Grain Dept.

Cushing, Wis. 715-648-5215

WILD RIVER FLAGS

By Willits Jerry & Pat Willits, Owners We sell flags, banners, wind socks, pennants, flag poles & accessories.

Installations Available 2815 285th Ave. • Sterling Township 715-488-2729

Hwy. 35 North Webster, Wis. Phone 715-866-4157 M.P.R.S. #03059

SWEDBERG-TAYLOR FUNERAL HOME Webster, Wis. Phone 715-866-7131

BRUCE’S AUTO REPAIR & TOWING

Churches 5/09

FREDERIC

Wrecker - Flatbed Air Conditioning & Computerized Car Service - Cold Weather Starts

Webster, Wis. 715-866-4100 Days • 715-866-8364 Eves.

SIREN OLSEN & SON

Your Full-Service Drugstore Siren, Wis. Phone 715-349-2221

Any area business wishing to help sponsor the church listings should contact the Leader at 715-327-4236.

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FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS

SAWMILLS FROM ONLY $2,990.00—Convert your LOGS TO VALUABLE LUMBER with your own Norwood portable band sawmill. Log skidders also available. norwoodsawmills.com/300n.

Free information: 1-800-5781363-Ext300-N. (CNOW)

FOR SALE BUSINESS

Busy Restaurant & Gift Shop For Sale: On Hwy 141, Crivitz, WI. Seats 40.

Family run. Good business & location. Great family investment opportunity. $345,000.

Ph. 715-927-1798 or 715854-2865. (CNOW)

LOG HOMES

GoldenEagleLog Homes.com has a limited supply of cabin grade seconds.

Example: 20’x32’ cabin with 6”x8” or 8”x8” logs, $3500. 800-270-5025 Ext 175 (CNOW)

FOR SALE - BOATS, JET SKIS, WATERCRAFT

Dyna-Ski Water Ski Boats made in Wisconsin available water ready. Outboard powered fiberglass Fishing boats and Skiffs also available. Call 715-854-7501 or www.dyna-ski.com (CNOW) PONTOON, FISHING, DECK BOATS New and used. Affordable recession buster pricing. Link Recreational, Minong, WI. 715/466-2272. NOBODY BEATS OUR PRICES. We buy used.

HELP WANTED MISCELLANEOUS

International Cultural Exchange Representative: Earn supplemental income placing and supervising high school exchange students.

Volunteer host families also needed.

Promote world peace! 1-866-GO-AFICE or www.afice.org. (CNOW)

WANTED TO BUY OR TRADE

COIN & CURRENCY Collections and Hoards BOUGHT or AUCTIONED.Also Guns, Toys, Stoneware, Dolls, Pottery, Antiques or Vintage Collections. In your area soon!

KURT KRUEGER (715) 6305521 (CNOW)

Phone (715) 472-2121

www.stcroixeye.com

Mon.-Fri. • 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home Webster, Wisconsin

“Distinctive Funeral Service”

(to help pay for medical bills)

Saturday, June 27, 2009

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Zion Lutheran Church, Trade Lake Garage Sale at Parsonage Garage 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Spaghetti Supper at Church Basement Serving 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

FREEWILL OFFERING WILL BE TAKEN.

AT THE LODGE 24226 1st Ave. No. Siren, WI Local Movie Line 715-349-8888 Timbers1@starwire.net SHOW TIMES FOR FRI., JUNE 19 THRU THURS., JUNE 25

Supplemental funding has been applied for from the Polk-Burnett Chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.

YEAR ONE

Rated PG-13, 97 Minutes.

Fri. - Thurs.: 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00 & 9:00 p.m.

TRANSFORMERS:

REVENGE OF THE FALLEN Rated PG-13, 150 Minutes.

THE HANGOVER

R se Garden

Rated R, 100 Minutes.

Fri. - Thurs.: 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00 & 9:00 p.m.

GIFTS, FLORAL & GREENHOUSE

UP

308 Wis. Ave. S Frederic, Wis.

Rated PG, 102 Minutes.

Fri. - Thurs.: 1:10, 3:35, 6:00 & 8:20 p.m.

715-327-4281 1-800-676-4281

• Fresh Flowers & Plants • Gifts • Complete Weddings • Flowers • Tuxedo Rental • Invitations • Linen Rental • Spring Garden Center “The Professional Florist with the Personal Touch”

LAND OF THE LOST

Rated PG-13, 102 Minutes.

Fri. - Tues.: 3:30 & 8:30 p.m.

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE

OF THE SMITHSONIAN Rated PG-13, 105 Minutes.

Fri.- Tues.: 1:10 & 6:00 p.m.

All shows and show times before 6 p.m. $5.00.

Shows and show times subject to change.

Visit us on our Web site: www.timberstheatres.com

All Stadium/Digital 715-483-1471

2179 E. Hwy. 8 Between Tractor Supply and Wal-Mart www.evergreen-entertainment.com

SHOWS AND SHOW TIMES June 19 - 25

Robert L. Nelson New York Life Insurance Company Box 313 Luck, Wis. 54853 Phone

715-472-2502

NEW YORK LIFE

Daily: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

See us for all your printing needs.

• Shell Lake, 715-468-2314 • St. Croix Falls 715-483-9008

Visit The Leader’s Web Site:

www.the-leader.net

THE PROPOSAL

• WEDDING BOUQUETS • FUNERAL DESIGNS • CUT FLOWERS • GIFTS • BALLOONS • BEDDING PLANTS • POTTED PLANTS • TUXEDO RENTAL BY SAVVI • ANTLER KING PRODUCTS Hwy. 35 & “FF,” Webster Flowers Phoned Anywhere

YEAR ONE

(PG-13) Sorry, no passes or reduced admission tickets.

Daily: 1:10, 3:10, 5:10, 7:10, 9:10

IMAGINE THAT

(PG) Daily: 1:05, 3:05, 5:05, 7:05, 9:05

TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3 (R) Daily: 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:15, 9:15

THE HANGOVER

(R) Daily: 1:25, 3:25, 5:25, 7:25, 9:25

UP

(PG) Daily: 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00

Call 715-866-7261

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE FOR THE SMITHSONIAN (PG) Daily: 1:05, 3:05, 5:05

STAR TREK (PG-13) Daily: 7:05, 9:25

Let’s Thrive.

®

Cris A. Moore, FICF, FIC Senior Financial Consultant

Joel L. Morgan, FIC

Assistant Financial Associate 201 Main St. S. Luck, WI 54853

715-472-8107 office 1-800-500-2936 toll-free 22854A N1-07

200700115 12/08

LAND OF THE LOST (PG-13) Daily: 1:10, 3:10, 5:10, 7:10

ANGELS AND DEMONS (PG-13) Daily: 9:10

STARTING JUNE 24

TRANSFORMERS:

REVENGE OF THE FALLEN

(PG-13) Sorry, no passes or reduced admission tickets.

SPECIAL MIDNIGHT SHOW TUES., JUNE 23, 11:59 P.M. Daily: 1:30, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30

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INTER-COUNTY COOPERATIVE PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION

SHOWS AND SHOW TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. ALL SEATS $6.50 UNTIL 6 P.M.

(PG-13) Sorry, no passes or reduced admission tickets.

Daily: 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:15, 9:15

AUSTIN LAKE GREENHOUSE & FLOWER SHOP

• Commercial Printing • Office Supplies • Daily UPS Pickup • Fax & Copy Service

• Frederic, 715-327-4236 • Siren, 715-349-2560

Please call

715-483-1358

Wed. & Thurs.: 1:30, 4:30 & 7:30 p.m.

Phone 715-268-2004

Eye health exams, glaucoma checks, foreign body removal, full line of street wear, safety and sport wear, contact lenses

715-866-4700

FUNDRAISER FOR SANDY MEASNER

Tuesday, 6/23: Midnight Show

OPTOMETRIST 119 Arlington Drive Amery, Wis.

Hours: Tues., Thurs., Fri. 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

SEE US FOR ALL YOUR VISION CARE NEEDS. Exams, Glasses & Contacts, Foreign Body Removal, Treatment of Eye Disease

Older Dog Last seen vicinity of Deer Lake on May 28.

ST. CROIX FALLS

304 1st St. So., Luck, Wis.

WEBSTER EYE ASSOCIATES

GOLDEN RETRIEVER

Dr. T.L. Christopherson Cinema 8

Family Eye Clinic

715-463-2370

WE HAVE PARTS for tractors, combines, machinery, hay equipment and more.

Used, new, rebuilt, aftermarket. Downing Tractor Parts, Downing, Wis., www. asapagparts.com 877-5301010. 32Ltfc TWO BROWN GARAGE DOORS, 9x10 or 9x8 with adjustments, $500 per door, 715-866-4743. 43Lp WE COMBINED TWO HOUSES! Sale: Saturday, June 20 only! 8 a.m.-6 p.m., 8894 Black Brook Road, Webster. Too much stuff to list! Kids are having a beverage stand! Worth the drive!

4 miles from Webster: Go west on CTH D; north on Clark Road; east on Black Brook to fire No. 8894. Not responsible for accidents.

43Lp

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DONATE VEHICLE Receive $1,000 grocery coupon.

Noah’s Arc Support NO KILL Shelters, Research To Advance Veterinary Treatments.

Free Towing, Tax Deductible, Non-Runners Accepted 1866-912-GIVE.

MARKETING REPS NEEDED For national company.

Apply at www.ConquestJobs.com (CNOW)

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Get Help with Living and Medical Expenses.

Call Cindy 800-556-5635 X03.

ALL CASH VENDING! Do you earn $800 in a day? Your own local candy route. Includes 25 Machines and Candy All for $9,995. 1-888745-3358 Multi Vend, LLC.

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O'Briens Forte to perform

Field of yellow

A patriotic concert will be held at the Crooked Lake Band Shell in Siren on Sunday, June 28, at 1 p.m. The O’Briens Forte (a vocal group of brothers and a friend from the Hudson area) will be performing. This group has performed at concerts in Minnesota and Wisconsin, including the Phipps Fine Arts Center in Hudson and for President Bush on his campaign stop in 2004.

The group has also recorded two CDs. Refreshments will be available for purchase, and there will also be a freewill offering during the concert to help cover costs. Thrivent is providing supplemental funds to help with expenses. Any money left over will be given to the Siren Community Good Samaritan Fund. Please bring a lawn chair and join in for this kickoff to the week of the Fourth of July. If it rains, the A field of yellow north of Hwy. 48 on CTH I in Polk County. - Photo by Russ concert will be held at the Siren Covenant Church just south of town. - Special Kiecker photo

From a collie perspective “Saturday dawned like any other working day at our house, until someone shouted, ‘There’s a flock of flamingos on our lawn.’ Man, we got excited when we heard the word, flock since we love to herd. Let’s see, we’ve herded sheep, ducks and children in the past and had a great time doing it. Then we saw the silly-looking pink, long-legged birds – certainly nothing like anything we’ve ever herded before. Their tags indicated they belonged to the Friends of the Pool. Surely a good cause, so we decided to give it our best shot. After all, we’re herding and protection dogs, so we figured we’d do the pool people a service by taking care of their wayward birds until they were relocated.” - submitted

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JUNE

THURS.-SAT./18-20 St. Croix Falls

• “Crimes of the Heart” at Festival Theatre, Thurs. 2 and 7:30 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 7:30 p.m., 715-483-3387, www.festivaltheatre.org.

THURSDAY/18

Coming events

Frederic

Grantsburg

Luck

Frederic

• Community Referral Agency meeting at the senior center, 5:30 p.m.

• Lake St. Croix Restoration community meeting at the high school, 3:30-5 p.m.; 6-7:30 p.m., 715-635-4053.

Siren

• American Legion Post 132 will meet at the Siren Village Offices at 7 p.m.

St. Croix Falls

Luck

• Exercise at the senior center, 10-11 a.m.

• Blood pressures at the senior center, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

• General meeting & potluck at the senior center, 12:30 p.m.

• 500 cards at the senior center, 6:30 p.m.

• Music in the Park, Crossed Paths, in Triangle Park, 6:30 p.m.

Siren

• Listen to the North Winds British Brass Band at the band shell at Crooked Lake Park, 79 p.m.

• Burnett County Republican Party will meet at 7 p.m. in Room 162 in the government center.

• Family Fun Night at the Family Resource Center, 6-7 p.m., 715-349-2922.

FRI. & SAT./19 & 20 A&H

FRI. -SUN./19 - 21 Danbury

• “Yellow River Echoes” at the Fort, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wild rice pancake breakfast Sun. 8 a.m.12:30 p.m., 715-866-8890.

Frederic

• Frederic Family Days, talent show, fireworkds, street dance, food and parade.

FRIDAY/19 Frederic

• Pokeno at the senior center, 1 p.m.

• St. Luke’s Family Days Cafe at St. Luke’s Methodist Church, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Luck

• Women’s Tea at the senior center, 1 p.m., 715-472-8285.

St. Croix Falls

• Bridge at the senior center, 10 a.m.

• Bingo at the senior center, 1 p.m.

SAT. & SUN./20 & 21 St. Croix Falls

• Spring art fair & festival at Chateau St. Croix Winery, 715-483-2556, www.chateaustcroix.com.

SATURDAY/20 A&H

• Sunflower Daze sale at Sacred Hearts Church. Plants, crafts, etc., 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Amery

• 32nd-Annual Amery Women’s Club Art and Craft Fair at North Park, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Grantsburg

• Farmers market at the village offices/ library, noon-2 p.m.

• Public meeting to provide info to the Polk County Human Services Department at the government center, 8:30 a.m.

• American Legion & Auxiliary Unit 255 meeting at Luck Village Hall, 7 p.m.

Milltown

Frederic

• Spades at the senior center, 1 p.m.

Balsam Lake

• Preschool-kindergarteners Music and Movement at Crex, 10-10:45 a.m., 715-4632739.

• Unity Lions Club will be holding the Polk County Adult Development Center’s closeout plant sale at the Milltown Park, beginning at 9 a.m.

Balsam Lake

• Polk County Sportsmen’s monthly meeting at Half Moon Beach, picnic, 6:30 p.m.

TUESDAY/23

• 500 cards at the senior center, 6:30 p.m.

• 11th-annual Trash & Treasure Sale at Lakeside Lutheran Church, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., 715-2597727.

MONDAY/22

St. Croix Falls

Recently, poppies began their short but spectacular bloom. – Photo by Mary Stirrat • Benefit for the family of Josh Meline/Herrera at The Tac, 3 p.m.-close.

Balsam Lake

• Public library cartoon drawing workshop, 10:30 a.m.

Clayton

• Clayton Cheese Days.

Cushing

• Shoot for a Cure 3-day Breast Cancer Fundraiser at Cushing Rifle Club, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 715-557-0635, 715-483-1494.

Frederic

• Sandwiches and light lunch available at noon Family Days at the senior center, afternoon games.

• Fire department’s annual pork feed at the fire hall, 2-8 p.m.

• Siren Community Ag Association Dairy Breakfast at Grant Burdick Farm, 6 a.m.-noon.

• School of Fish Stix painting workshop at Coon Lake Park. All ages, 1-4 p.m., 715-3274743.

• FFA garage sale at the museum, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

Grantsburg

• 5th-annual Burnett County Health Fair at the Medical Center, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 715-4635353.

• Wildflower expedition Crex Meadows, 8:5011 a.m., 715-463-2739.

Laketown

• Multiple garage/bake sale fundraisers for Iver’s Mountain, 8 a.m.-noon, 715-472-8344.

Osceola

• “More Than a River,” presentation at Osceola Landing, 8:30-9:30 p.m., 715-483-2272.

• Captured: At Hope, free youth event at Hope Evangelical Free Church, 7 p.m.

Siren

• Farmers Market at senior center, 1-3 p.m.

• Open house at North Wind Arts, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Spooner

• Pig roast, model train show, kids games and more at Railroad Memories Museum, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 715-635-2752, 715-635-8080.

• Senior horse show at the fairgrounds, 8 a.m., 715-635-3236.

St. Croix Falls

• Motorsport Madness Expo at Tractor Supply, Hwy. 8, 715-483-3580, info@scfwi.com.

• Auditions for youth, 10-16, for parts in “Wind in the Willows” at Festival Theatre, 715-483-3387, boxoffice@fetivaltheatre.org.

• Twilight Paddle, from Interstate Park to Osceola Landing, 5:30-8:30 p.m., 715-483-2274.

Trade Lake

• Lake Improvement Association meeting at Trade Lake Town Hall, 9 a.m.

SUNDAY/21

• Exercise at the senior center, 10-11 a.m.

• Skipbo at the senior center, 11 a.m.-noon.

• 500 cards and Dominos at the senior center, 12:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY/24 Frederic

• Pokeno at the senior center, 1 p.m.

• Neighborhood Mass at Coon Lake Park, 6 p.m., 715-327-8119.

Spooner

• Alban’s Table, free community supper at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 4-6 p.m.

THURS.-SUN./25-28 St. Croix Falls

• “Crimes of the Heart” at Festival Theatre, Thurs. 2 and 7:30 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m., 715-483-3387, www.festivaltheatre.org.

THURSDAY/25 Frederic

• 500 cards at the senior center, 6:30 p.m.

Luck

Amery

• The Luck Area Historical Society will meet at the museum, featuring Dorothy Mattson, at 7 p.m., 715-472-4378.

Frederic

• Ruby’s Pantry at 24534 Hwy. 35/70. Doors open at 4:30 p.m.

• Pianist Lorie Line performs at the high school, 3 p.m., 715-268-9771, ext. 220.

• Pancake breakfast at the Legion hall, 6:3010:30 a.m.

St. Croix Falls

• Monroe Crossing performing at Festival Theatre, 2 p.m., 715-483-3387, www.festivaltheatre.org.

• Breakfast at the American Legion Post 143, 8 a.m.-noon.

Siren

St. Croix Falls

• Exercise at the senior center, 10-11 a.m.

• Skipbo at the senior center, 11 a.m.-noon.

• Health Seminar at the senior center, 1 p.m.

• 500 cards at the senior center, 6:30 p.m.

FRIDAY/26 Balsam Lake

• Rain Garden Workshop at Polk County Business Center, 2-5 p.m., 715-268-9992, harmonyenv@amerytel.net.

Bears in abundance

Tya Lindner of Luck took this photo of a bear cub that climbed a tree in her neighbor’s backyard at 205 East North Ave. in Luck on Thusday afternoon, June 11. The bear apparently had an injured front right paw. - Photo submitted

This yearling bear looks like he is enjoying the view of the lake. In reality, he is trying to see if there is a way to reach the suspended feeder which is well beyond his reach! - Photo courtesy Helen Kratzer

A resident of the town of Scott in Burnett County took a photo of this yearling bear that was “drawn, quartered and chased up a tree” by his fearless rat terrier, Dillee. - Photo submitted