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W E E K E ND W A T C H : • Bake sale @ Frederic, Luck • Jane Wisse Memorial Walk @ Siren • Big Gust Days @ Grantsburg • National Trails Day @ St. Croix Falls • Reopening of depot @ Dresser • Queen candidates car wash @ Frederic See Coming events and stories

Recycling center gets approval

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New CEO for BMC

Gordon Lewis appointed head of Burnett Medical Center PAGE 2

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Kay Friberg hopes to have new Frederic business open by end of June PAGE 3

Options presented for new state park Straight Lake open house Wednesday PAGE 3

One of Waco’s most wanted arrested Texas men charged in Polk County in alleged car theft PAGE 3

Virtual school makes graduation a real experience

Nine Insight School graduates honored at UW-Stevens Point PAGE 5

This dizzying photo of the St. Croix Falls Hydroelectric Dam at St. Croix Falls provides the best view of the facility which has played a historic role in the area’s development over the past century. – Photo by Karey Love

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Wo o dland o w ner s ey e en er gy is s ue s Carbon credits, ethanol, bioenergy issues on agenda of the Woodland Owners field day, June 14 at Grantsburg

Local athletes whiz through state track meet INSIDE

by Ben Skinner Edited by Nancy Jappe SIREN – How are high fuel costs, rising food costs as well as the overall cost of living affecting the residents of Burnett County and other areas of northwestern Wisconsin?

Burnett County has an abundant resource of timber that brings a lot of interest to our county. The recreational opportunities are here, but are we taking care of our resource and using it wisely?

The Wisconsin Woodland Owners Association is one group that is keeping a close watch on this issue. The Northwest Chapter of WWOA covers seven counties – Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk, Washburn and Sawyer. They hold quarterly field-day meetings for their members

See Field day, page 3

Ben Skinner, Siren, a member of the Wisconsin Woodland Owners Association, looks at material in his files on future production of ethanol, use of biofuels as lubricants and carbon credits. He urges woodland owners to become informed on these issues. One way is to attend the WWOA field day June 14 at Grantsburg. – Photo by Nancy Jappe

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Burnett Medical Center appoints new CEO GRANTSBURG – The board of directors of Burnett Medical Center announces the appointment of Gordon Lewis as its new chief executive officer. Lewis has most recently been CEO of Community Hospital and LongTerm Care Center in Torrington, Wyo. He begins his work in Grantsburg June 9.

John Sauerberg, chairman of the BMC board, Gordon Lewis observed that the board feels very fortunate to get someone with Lewis’ considerable experience. Lewis has been vice president of ancillary services at Fletcher Allen

Health Care in Burlington, Vt.; chief operating officer of Fort Wainwright Army Hospital in Fairbanks, Ala.; deputy chief of staff at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas and senior policy analyst and congressional liaison at the Office of the Surgeon General in Washington, D.C. Much of that experience was while he was an officer in the U.S. Army and includes training programs and residencies at George Washington University, Keller Army Hospital at West Point, N.Y., and at Baylor University.

Recent professional experiences have included service as Wyoming regent for the American College of Healthcare Executives, regional policy board delegate for the American Hospital Association and Board of Directors of the Wyoming Hospital Association and the Wyoming Healthcare Resources

Polk County area nurse charged with theft

Where’s Morgan?

Woman is willing to go on a hunger strike to draw attention to her lost dog ATLAS - Losing a beloved dog is hard.

Losing a beloved dog and not knowing what happened is harder yet.

Twenty-two-year-old Jessie Havens, formerly of Luck, lost her 2-year-old golden retriever, Morgan, this past April, and she is so desperate to find her lost dog, or at least find out what happened to her, that she is considering starting a hunger strike beginning this Friday, June 6.

The dog went missing from a CTH B residence, about two miles from Atlas, on Sunday, April 13. There was an unusual amount of traffic in the area because of a nearby auction, but Havens says that Morgan was not known to wander on the road, and there were two other dogs at the residence that day, but neither of these dogs are missing.

For over a month, Havens has searched for her dog in the usual ways.

She contacted neighbors, area humane societies, village police departments and the Polk County Sheriff’s Department. She has blanketed the area with fliers and is offering a reward that is now $500, but still doesn’t know what happened to her.

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Community leadership interests and activities have included service on the board of directors of the County Economic Development Corporation and membership in Rotary International, chamber of commerce and Unity Way. Lewis has recent successful experience in hospital building programs, strategic planning, health-care finance, lobbying efforts, quality improvement and customer/patient service and care.

Sauerberg noted that “these experiences and interests mesh with board goals and needs for BMC.” And “his resume is replete with references to his integrity, ambition, leadership, communication and dedication to compassionate, quality care and service to patients.”

The Lewis family will be moving to the Burnett County area as soon as their home in Wyoming is sold. – from BMC

Morgan and Jessie. - Special photo “I love the dog with all my heart. She means the world to me. It is beyond cruel to take the dog or hit her and not tell anyone about it,” she explains. “I don’t know what else to do to send the message that I am serious about getting the dog back or finding out what happened.”

Havens is a full-time student and has a full-time job, and she knows that a hunger strike will affect her body, but she says that Morgan wouldn’t give up on her, and she is not going to give up on Morgan.

Anyone who might have any information is urged to contact Havens at 651-216-5563. – Sherill Summer

MADISON – Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced last Wednesday that a Polk County woman, Dixie Jeffery, has been charged with one misdemeanor count of theft related to her duties as a licensed practical nurse.

According to the Department of Justice’s criminal complaint, in 2007 Jeffery worked as a private nurse, caring for a young man who is on a ventilator. Jeffery was paid for her services through the state’s Medicaid program.

The young man’s mother noticed in a review of her son’s records that Jeffery had made claims and received reimbursement for dates she had not worked. In fact, Jeffery continued to bill the Medicaid program after her employment for the family had ended.

Records show Jeffery received over $4,809.28 for services she had not provided.

Jeffery is scheduled to appear in Polk County Circuit Court on June 6. If convicted, Jeffery faces a maximum nine months imprisonment and a fine not to exceed $10,000 at sentencing.

The allegations in the complaint and described above have not been proved in a court of law.

The defendant is presumed innocent, and the state bears the burden of proving the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant Attorney General Frank Remington. – from the office of state attorney general

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Three face delivery of meth charges POLK COUNTY - Three area residents face charges of delivery of methamphetamine following an investigation by the Polk County Sheriff’s Department, using an undercover agent.

Jerome V. Frazee, 30, Jack T. Peterson, 39, and Barbara A. Jenderny, 47, were involved with the selling of meth from a house near 115th Street, Lewis, where Peterson and his girlfriend, Jenderny, live. All three are listed having rural Frederic addresses, Frazee living on Town Hall Road.

According to a sheriff’s report, Peterson and Jenderny were taken into custody the evening of Tuesday, May 20, at their home, and Frazee was taken into custody at the Polk County Jail the same day. Frazee is accused of making all three deliveries - on March 12 (3.98 grams), March 27 (1.4 grams) and April

Barbara A. Jenderny

Jack T. Peterson

15 (2.97 grams) - to an informant.

Peterson and Jenderny are accused of being active participants in all three meth purchases, “setting up the deals and having the deals take place at their residence,” the report states.

Jerome V. Frazee

Each face three counts of delivery of methamphetamine. - Gary King with information from Polk County Sheriff’s Department

Briefly DRESSER – The grand reopening of the Dresser depot will be held Saturday, June 7, at 1:15 p.m. on CTH F in Dresser. The depot will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and there will be free train rides for the first 100 St. Croix Valley residents, with boarding at the Dresser depot. There will also be the appearance of former depot agent Elmer Johnson who will be at the depot from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Dresser cookies, made from a recipe of a former depot agent’s wife, will be served. The Osceola and St. Croix Valley Railway, a nonprofit organization, operates trains May to October going through the St. Croix River Valley. In addition to the regular runs at 11 a.m., 1 and 2:30 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays, the train offers dinner, brunch, pizza and pumpkin trains.

More information is available by calling 715-755-3570 or www.trainride.org. - submitted

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Field day/from page 1 that are open to the public.

One of those meetings will be held Saturday, June 14, at the Crex Meadows Wildlife Education Center in Grantsburg, starting at 10 a.m. Lunch will be provided for $7.25 a person. The main topics of interest that day will be biomass (cellulose found in trees and corn) and carbon credits.

Presentations will be given on the use of woodlands as an important step in the future production of ethanol and biofuels as lubricants. Careful decisions as to the impact of using forest products in that way will be considered, as will what effect this will have on future forest growth and the impact on wildlife growth.

Jacob Stiemann, a student at Siren High School, has interesting views on the impact of biofuels. He will read a paper he prepared on this issue. Otto Wiegand from UW-Wisconsin Extension is the featured speaker, talking about bioenegy issues as well as carbon-credit contracts and opportunities in northwestern Wisconsin.

Burnett County forests are managed by a staff of DNR foresters. The rest of the forests in the county are owned by private landowners, many of them managed forestland owners. This means they are practicing sound forestry and water conservation according to a written documented agreement with the state of Wisconsin.

Many woodlots receive little or no management. The future of these woodlots is in question. Can and will they be used to offset those high fuel costs?

The production of ethanol and biofuels as well as lubricants can come from the cellulose fibers in wood. Does that mean we can ship that product to plants that develop ethanol, or do we want an ethanol plant in our area? Either way, there is potential growth for the economy that could help the community, but at what expense to our natural resources?

Careful decisions as to the impact of the use of our forest products has to be considered, including the impact on various wildlife that depend on the plants that are within the forests. One thing that is already in progress is the $6 million wood pellet plant that is being built in the Hayward area.

Carbon sequestration is a new topic to our area and also to the whole country.

Sequestering, or the holding of carbon, helps reduce carbon dioxide, one of several greenhouse gases that have been contributing to the warming of the atmosphere. What role do we, as residents and property owners, play in contributing to the problem of global warming?

We, as woodland owners as well as citizens of the community, have a duty to keep a close watch over future decisions that affect our natural resources. We need to be informed. One way to do that is to become involved with the Wisconsin Woodland Owners Association and take advantage of the education and discussions at the quarterly field-day sessions.

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Approval given for modern recycling center near Frederic Kay Friberg hopes to have new business open by end of June

by Gregg Westigard FREDERIC – Area residents will soon have a new way to dispose of old appliances, vehicles, tires and scrap metal.

Frederic business owner Kay Friberg has received approval from Polk County to open a recycling center, which he says will use the most modern equipment, to serve the community. The center, which should open by the end of June, is located on Hwy. 35 just south of Frederic on the site of the former Richter farm equipment sales yard.

Friberg said he plans on taking in a variety of recyclable items which will be compacted and shipped out. He plans on offering a competitive price for many materials and charging a reduced fee for some low value items.

Friberg says the site will not be a salvage yard selling parts. Materials will be collected, compacted and shipped

One of Waco’s most wanted arrested in Polk County POLK COUNTY – A 19-year-old known to be on the “10 Most Wanted” list of criminals in Waco, Texas, along with an 18-year-old co-hort, were arrested in Polk County last Friday.

Both were charged on a Texas felony warrant and have been charged in Polk County with operating a vehicle without the owner’s consent.

Demmie Michael Mosley, who also goes by the name of Jimmy Moore, no address given, and Justin Elliot Davis of Benbrook, Texas, both admitted to authorities they had stolen the silver 2007 Hundai in Godley, Texas, nearly three weeks ago and drove it to Wisconsin and to a residence in a trailer court in Clayton.

Clayton police notified the Polk County Sheriff’s Department that the vehicle’s license plate number had been checked, and it indicated the vehicle had been stolen.

Both Mosley and Davis were confronted by authorities, and while Davis immediately admitted stealing the vehicle, Mosley said he had taken a Greyhound bus from Texas to Wisconsin, but a juvenile female at the scene told authorities Mosely had arrived in Clayton with Davis in the stolen vehicle. Mosley later stated he had found out the vehicle was stolen just hours earlier.

Mosley also faces a charge of obstructing an officer due to the initial and apparently false story he gave to officers.

Davis said he dropped the keys to the vehicles in the woods when he saw police drive in to the residence.

He told authorities he thought about running into the woods but didn’t because he was afraid to run into the woods at night.

Mosley has a criminal record that includes burglary of building, discharge firearm in a habitat/building/vehicle and mischief. Davis has a criminal history involving theft.

Davis said he had no ties to the community and no family in the area. – Gary King with information from Polk County Sheriff’s Department.

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County approval was granted by the Land Information Committee Wednesday, May 21, after a site visit and public hearing. The permission includes a number of conditions. A fence or berm will be erected around the site. Allowed hours of operation will be 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The front area (the seven acres nearest the highway) can only be used for the office, scale, and employee parking, not equipment parking. The committee will review compliance in 12 months.

The approval by the Land Information Committee was unanimous. In April, the Luck Town Board had recommended approval of the application.

Friberg has been planning the recycling center for several months and has been working with the Departments of Transportation and Natural Resources as well as the Environmental Protection Agency to obtain the additional permits required for the operation. The county, DNR, DOT, and EPA will all be monitoring the operation.

Part of that planning includes an investment in the equipment needed to process the materials. A 70-foot state certified truck scale, one of the largest in the area, is being installed now. Friberg will install a compactor which will compress scrap metal into tight bails for shipment.

Friberg is now clearing the site. Full details on the opening date will be announced soon.

Money available for landowners POLK COUNTY - Do you own land and would like to improve wildlife habitat? You are in luck! Cost-sharing is available for property-owner‘s in Polk County for planting trees.

If you are interested and would like more information, contact a DNR Forester in Polk County at 715-4853518. – from the Polk County Forestry office

Options presented for new state park Straight Lake open house Wednesday

by Gregg Westigard LUCK – The next phase in the development of the new Straight Lake State Park and Wildlife Area starts next Wednesday, June 11, when the DNR hosts a public information open house in Luck to present options for use of the 2,800 acre property.

A range of management options will be on display. DNR staff will explain the proposals and listen to comments from the public. The open house will run from 6 to 8 p.m. at the DBS Hall, 300 1st Street, Luck.

Three general alternatives are being presented, providing a range of options for access, camping, trails, and other recreational uses. The most basic proposal includes walk-in camp sites, a system of trails, and parking areas on the property perimeter. The option with the most development would include a group camp site, more accesses to the lakes, an observation tower, and a mountain bike trail. All options include a route for the Ice Age Trail and two large undeveloped natural areas.

Paul Kooiker, the DNR coordinator for the park, says that the final plan could include pieces from each of the alternatives. All development will follow the original plan at the time of purchase to keep the area as a “low development, low impact property.” That means in part that the property will remain closed to all motorized use.

After the open house, the DNR will study public comments, including written ideas, as it prepares a draft master plan. It is hoped that the master plan will be ready for public review and adoption by next fall. Development of the Straight Lake Park could start in 2009.

Meanwhile, the entire area is open for public use. There is a parking area at the end of 120th street a mile north of Hwy. 48, three miles east of Luck and many other access areas around the park boundary. People can carry in canoes and boats for fishing. The Ice Age Trail alternative routes have been marked with flags.

Fr a n c o n i a S c u l p tu r e P a r k h i t s t h e r o a d

One of Franconia Sculpture Park’s innovative programs, 3-D Symposiums, is hitting the road this year, promoting lively discussions of visual artists and their work with regional art advocates in communities along the St. Croix River. It will be at Festival Theatre in St. Croix Falls, July 17, featuring artist Jean Pitman of Hawaii. This project is supported in part with funding from the St. Croix Valley Community Foundation and the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the state of Wisconsin. - special photo

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Summer baseball is approved for this year

by Nancy Jappe SIREN – Siren High School teacher/coach John Ruud was at the May 27 school board meeting to talk about a cooperative junior high summer baseball program. Ruud told the board he wants to put the program in the best position to succeed, if the board decides to go ahead with it. “If it doesn’t, this

Siren School Board members (L to R) Doug Coyour, Jeff Howe and Bill Ellis looked over a diagram for a third amendment to the village of Siren’s TIF 2 district. The amendment is to cover property owned by Four Winds Market, property along Hwy. 70, and may include the Capeside Cove property. As a part of the approval process, the school board, village and WITC must review the plans, which was why village Administrator Randy Surbaugh brought the issue to the May 27 school board meeting. – Photos by Nancy Jappe

Siren High School teacher/coach John Ruud appeared at the May 27 school board meeting to talk about junior high summer baseball, which was later approved by the board for this year. In open session following closed-session discussion, the board accepted Ruud’s resignation as girls varsity basketball coach and hired him as the boys varsity basketball coach.

town will never have baseball again,” he said.

Ruud told the board that there are 31 Webster and Siren students right now who want to play baseball.

He explained that the Siren Athletic Association has offered to pay for 50 percent of the cost; however, in the Siren district, students would not be covered by insurance if the program is not sponsored by the district. Webster students would be covered by insurance.

Ruud told the board he would favor the summer baseball program going

through community education. District Administrator Scott Johnson said he wants to look into this possibility to see if summer baseball meets the definition of a funded activity.

Practice for the summer baseball season starts Tuesday, June 10. The question that faced the school board May 27 was whether the board was interested in Siren School being the carrier/sponsor of the sport.

“If we oversee in any, we oversee in all,” Johnson said, adding, “that He includes hiring the coach.”

explained that baseball would be treated similar to golf, which is a self-funded sport.

Bill Ellis made a motion, seconded by Jeff Howe, that junior high baseball be operated as a school-sponsored sport during the summer of 2008 in an amount not to exceed $2,000 for the school district, and with 50 percent of the cost already promised by the Siren Athletic Association. The motion was approved.

In open session following closed-session discussion, Ruud’s resignation as girls varsity basketball coach was approved, and he was hired as the district’s boys varsity basketball coach.

The board ratified the final settlement agreement with the certified staff for the 2008-2009 contract at a 3.8-percent salary and benefit package increase in the first year, plus a .2-percent increase to the total cost in that year for increases to the extra-curricular expenses. The motion included a total package increase in the second year of 3.8 percent.

The board approved the Title I schoolwide plan, an approval given every year, and the band and choir trip to Florida in June 2009.

The meeting calendar for the board during the month is as follows: Budget and finance - June 18, 5 p.m. Building and grounds – June 18, 6 p.m.

Personnel and negotiations – June 17, 5 p.m. Policy, planning and curriculum – Wednesday, June 18, 7 p.m.

Students graduate from LCO outreach site at Hertel HERTEL - Over the past six years, more than 40 students have graduated with associates degrees from the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College – St. Croix Outreach Site.

The LCOOCC - St. Croix Outreach Site offers associate degree programs in liberal arts, Native American studies and small business management.

Working closely with the University of Wisconsin and the University of Minnesota, students are prepared to transfer directly to a four-year college to complete their bachelor’s degree programs.

This spring, 11 students graduated from the outreach site. Nine students are from the St. Croix Tribe, one student is from the Grand Portage Tribe of Minnesota, and this year, the St. Croix outreach site graduated their first nonnative student, Linda Benton, a nurse who has worked for the Tribe for 10 years.

Dawn M. Stoner received her Associate of the Arts degree in liberal arts. “Working through the struggles and academic challenges with my daughter, Savonne, I have found that my dream for her and for other Native American children is to be taught in public school by Native American instructors.” Stoner continues, “I’ve been through all the hardships of public school and I know that there are educators who should be doing more to help these children get through school – whether it is in special education or regular schooling.”

Stoner, a recent graduate of LCOOCC’s business administration program, was able to take all of the classes necessary to graduate with a second degree in liberal arts. This degree will enable her to become a special education teacher. “My plans are to transfer to the University of Minnesota’s Gekinoo’imaagejig elementary education program next fall,” said Stoner. “I am excited to be joining other Native American people at the university level who share the same desires to help our Anishanabe children succeed in school.

2008 graduates of LCOOCC—St. Croix Outreach Site: Back rows (L to R): Selena Reynolds, Rose Churchill, Linda Benton, Theresa Kegel and Ruby Mora. Front row: Dorothy Chenal, Victoria Johnson and Marjorie Eagleman.

– Photo submitted In continuing my education, I am actualizing the dream that I have of public schools that enable, rather than disable, Native American children with their uniquely gifted learning styles. I look forward to the day when I am one of those teachers. I would like to thank my children for having patience and understanding for getting me through to this part in my education. ” A liberal arts degree was conferred on Patricia Emery. This is Emery’s second degree from LCOOCC. She graduated two years ago with a business administration degree. She is the child care director for the St. Croix Tribe. “ I’d like to give a special thanks to our St. Croix site coordinator for all of the unrequired things she does for the students to help them.”

Linda Marie Heath Benton also received an Associate of the Arts degree in liberal arts. The degree will enable Benton to transfer directly to a baccalaureate program in nursing and social work. “I have very good feelings about the LCO college,” began Benton. “The staff and students are supportive to one another. I appreciated the convenient location of the college. It was so close to my work and to my home. I felt accept-

ed as a person and challenged academically. It felt good to get back into school in this small, supportive setting before continuing at a large university or going into an online milieu.”

Benton concludes, “I’d like to thank the St. Croix Tribal Council and all the families of the community for the years of opportunity to serve the St. Croix people. As I continue with my education, I hope to better serve the St. Croix community with increased knowledge and abilities.”

Victoria Lynn Johnson was the fourth student to receive an Associate of the Arts degree in liberal arts. In addition, she graduated with a second degree in Native American Studies—Ojibwe language emphasis. As a nontraditional student whose time has always been greatly divided between raising a family, work and school, Johnson took a bit longer than some students to graduate.

“As a person with many responsibilities and obligations, getting these two degrees took longer than expected,” explained Johnson. “I feel a great sense of relief that I’ve actually accomplished my educational goals. My sons are proud of me, too, which makes me happy.”

“I enjoyed ethnobotany, computer applications and introduction to forestry. Those were my favorite classes,” continued Johnson.

“I enjoyed only having to drive to the ‘University of Hertel’ rather than the 100-mile round trip to the main campus in Hayward. My classes were very informative and it was a positive experience for me all around.”

Two other students received Associate of the Arts degrees in Native American Studies–Ojibwe language emphasis.

Marjorie E. Eagleman is the first in her family to graduate from college. She is the mother of seven and has 11 grandchildren. Eagleman was recently honored at the American Indian Higher Education Conference as a runner-up in the student writing contest. Her article, “Boozhoo, Anishinabedog, (Hello, My Fellow Indian Friends)” will be published in the August edition of the American Indian Tribal College Journal.

The article was written all in Ojibwe. “It makes me feel good that the door is now open for a better, brighter future,” said Eagleman. “By getting my college diploma, my children will see that it is positive and they will search to find where their dreams can take them. My dream is that my children will succeed in life through the discovery of their Native American identity. This will make them strong enough to survive in this difficult world, using their cultural knowledge to guide them.”

Eagleman continued, “ I feel now, empowered to pass on my language and my knowledge of history to my family and to my community. I’d like to continue my education in Native American studies at UW-Eau Claire. I would also like to work with other elders in recording and documenting their life histories.”

Eagleman concluded the interview by saying, “ If you listen to the past, and if you truly hear it, a chance will come when you will be able to walk on the

See graduates, page 15

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Virtual School makes graduation real experience

by Priscilla Bauer GRANTSBURG – Nine elated Insight School of Wisconsin students received their diplomas at a graduation ceremony held at the UW-Stevens Point on Sunday, June 1.

According to Superintendent Joni Burgin and school board Vice President David Dahlberg – both of whom attended the graduation to hand graduates their diplomas – students and parents were excited to be part of the first graduation of the virtual school.

“The Insight graduation was an historic event,” Dahlberg told the other Insight School of Wisconsin graduates show their excitement at their gradboard members at their Monday night uation ceremony held on June 1 at UW-Stevens Point. — Photos submitted meeting.

Dahlberg said attending the gradua- a three-year Steve Dunn staff-develop- Sundquist met with Tom Russell of tion ceremony made the nine seniors ment project. “All staff says it has made Point of Beginning Engineers from Eau and other Insight students, who came a positive difference in overall teaching Claire and suggested a two-step from all over the state to attend, real for and the students’ writing.” Jones told approach to fixing the problem. Russell him. “They’re no longer virtual kids,” the board the strategies teachers have then recommended first rolling and learned have been successfully applied compacting existing topsoil on the said Dahlberg.

Burgin’s impression of the Insight in other classes as well. According to north end of the field before proceeding graduation was that it showed how suc- Jones, Dunn’s coaching and observation with a more expensive drainage system. cessful the virtual school has become in of teachers have opened up lines of Russell said he would contact several its short time of operation. “When you communication. Coppenbarger agreed, local landscape and paving firms to take a look at what we have built in a saying teachers talk about what is coordinate the work. If this doesn’t year, it’s pretty amazing,” He told the working and are collaborating with work Russell recommended removing 5 each other more. “One of the biggest strips of sod and installing an underboard.

Burgin reported that executive direc- benefits of the training is teachers ground tiling system. Installation of the each other,” said underground system could jeopardize tor Jeff Bush foresees enrollment encouraging the use of the field in fall so the commitincreasing from 150 students last year to Coppenbarger.

The principals told the board Dunn tee recommended going with the two400 plus for the coming year. Burgin went on to quote statistics estimating 50 has been very impressed with how step approach in the hopes it would percent of students will be on-line Grantsburg teachers have implemented alleviate the problem more quickly and learners by 2019. “We definitely have his program. Dunn, who travels all at less cost. across the country, told them The transportation committee reportseen that trend here,” said Burgin.

Grantsburg can be proud of its top- ed that a one-year contract agreement notch teachers. had been reached with the district bus In other board business The board heard the building and drivers which the board then voted to Elementary Principal Katie Coppenbarger and middle school grounds committee’s recommendation approve.

The board also voted to approve poliPrincipal Brad Jones reported to the for the drainage problem at the high board on the success of the first year of school football field. Board member Jim cies for the Insight School of

Wisconsin’s policy manual and district policies on Title I Family Involvement and Student Selection, homeless youth, service learning, blogging and bullying.

In staff changes, the board approved, with thanks for his service, the resignation request by 3rd grade teacher Dan Bell. Bell leaves the district to accept a principal’s position. The board also approved a contract for Andrew Schulz for the position of 5-12 band director.

The last day of school for students is Thursday, June 5, and Friday, June 6, for staff. Summer school begins on

Insight students, who completed their schooling on line, receive their diplomas. Shown (L to R): Billy Beesley - principal, Josh Scalish – Hartford, Marki Carlson – Superior, Alicia Stone – Birnamwood, Heather Elfers – Milltown, Linnea Ramberg – Hammond, Anna Coenen – Fremont, Shelby Bollig – Belleville, Samantha Johnson – Superior, Angel Petite – Superior and Jeff Bush – executive director. Angel Petite – valedictorian and Wisconsin Higher Education Scholarship winner, Anna Coenen – Salutatorian and class president, Heather Elfers – Student of the Year and Barbara Lee Foundation Scholarship winner with honors, Heather Elfers, Anna Coenen, Linnea Ramberg, and Angel Petite.

Pedals and Forks reviews Adventures Restaurant and Pub

by John Preissing SIREN - Our purpose is to bike on weekend mornings, to sample the excellent breakfast fare available in Burnett County and nearby, and to use this opportunity to review their offerings.

It’s meant to be fun, focused on the meal, and have the biker in mind. How does a reviewer consider bikers? By answering the questions, do the restaurants provide a cold glass of water immediately, offer to fill up water bottles, have an easy place to park bikes, hopefully in view of the riders, and finally, is the staff friendly?

Jeff and I were joined by Mike Myers, making his maiden bicycle trip of the season, by Tim Wick, looking quite sleek on his Cervelo, and by a new biker for us, Carl “The Hammer” Lindgren.

We left Grantsburg at 6:30 a.m., heading to Siren. It was a brisk morning and overcast. However, once we got going it warmed up just fine. I must interject here that mile for mile, Burnett County has the most stupendous biking routes in the Midwest. We are blessed with high quality, paved county and town roads that traverse lake country, rolling hills and wetlands. We had encounters with deer, eagles, sandhill cranes, hawks and a herd of horses. Not a bad way to spend a morning. But, back to the route.

We rode out of Grantsburg, east on Pickle Factory Road, until we hit Williams Road. From there we headed north to CTH D, which can take you almost into downtown Siren, with farm country, wetlands, and a couple of formidable hills along the way. Twenty miles into the ride, we turned south into the wind on Old Hwy. 35 which took us to Main Street. Averaging 14 miles an hour, we arrived in Siren in 90 minutes.

Our destination was Adventures, one of Siren’s finest eateries. Although not known for their breakfasts, we decided

After a bike ride from Grantsburg, Pedals and Forks, and accompanying entourage, enjoy breakfast at Adventures in Siren. (L to R) Carl Lindgren, Mike Myers, John Preissing, Tim Wick and Jeff Evenson. – Photo submitted to give it a try, since Siren’s other famous breakfast restaurant was packed to the gills. We’re glad we did.

Adventures opened about eight years ago on Hwys. 35 and 70, as a complement to the Lodge at Crooked Lake. As a matter of fact, according to restaurant founder, Gary Kannenberg, the agreement with the Lodge’s owner stipulated that breakfast would be offered. Tera Siebenthal, a very gracious waitress, seated us immediately in the windowrow seats, overlooking a scenic Crooked Lake in the background, and a very busy Hwy. 35 in the foreground. She did not disappoint us; she offered water immediately and then stronger drinks of coffee and tea. While the coffee drinkers found it flavorful, they would have preferred it hotter.

For the sake of our review we agreed that everyone would try a different plate. Wick went with the Early Bird Special; two eggs, hash browns and toast. He rated the special as thumbs up. Lingren went with the short stack of pancakes and two eggs. He also rated the meal positively, saying it was what he expected and that this was impor-

tant. “I think that’s the case for lots of people ordering the standard meals, they don’t want to be surprised,” opined Lingren. Our final guest biker and reviewer, Meyers, was the most enthusiastic of the group, “the eggs are perfect, the bacon crispy, and the toast, oh man, the toast.”

Preissing ordered al la carte, choosing two eggs over easy with four sausage links. Although his eggs were a little bit cold, he thought the links were done just right. I went with my favorite, biscuits and gravy with two eggs, sunnyside up, on the side. There are at least three components to this meal – the biscuits, the gravy and the sausage. The gravy both flowed and was chunky, just the way I like it. I prefer sausage bits that are not round slices, which is what Adventures provided. The biscuits were large and solid, perhaps a bit more solid than I like. Nonetheless, the combination was flavorful. As the sole tea drinker in the group I can also offer up my observations. They had an impressive array of teas and they were classically presented. I went with the Earl Grey.

Our meals averaged between $3.99 and $6.50, not bad considering today’s food prices. While we all chose classic breakfasts, Kannenberg, the owner, noted that they have recently introduced newer menu items such as the breakfast skillets, which are going over very well. Maybe next time I will forego the obligatory biscuits and gravy and try a Mexican skillet. Our group conclusion was that Adventures offered a nice, comfortable atmosphere, friendly wait-staff, and a good breakfast at a reasonable price. We rate it four forks out of five.

To wrap up our trip, we took an alternate route back to Grantsburg via Elbow Lake, Crosstown and Russell Roads. This too offered lake vistas and rolling hills. For anyone who would like to bike this route, but are unfamiliar with the roads, we advise using a Burnett County plat book that is widely available, or obtaining a Burnett County map from Burnett County Tourism in Siren.

Now that we were fortified from our breakfast and more, we tackled youth sports and pregraduation party cleaning obligations. Until next time when Evenson and I will see you on the road.

After riding together for about a year and often ending up at area restaurants, John Preissing and Jeff Evenson of Grantsburg decided to officially form Pedals and Forks, a club that would bike to area villages, visit small cafes and review the food. Perchance a Leader employee found out about the adventure and asked for a copy of the review for the newspaper. They hope to make eight or 10 of these trips throughout the summer and early fall and invite others to join them. If you are interested in joining on the next ride, contact John Preissing at 715-222-7222.

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Nelson kindergarten visits Quimby farm

Jane Wisse Wellness Scholarship

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Isabelle Quimby cradled a kid during the Nelson kindergarten class field trip to her family’s farm. The children had opportunities to interact with sheep, kids, a pony, dogs, cats, kittens, chickens, chicks, ducklings, piglets, calves and cows. The students also took a hayride and enjoyed a snack together.

“Did anyone forget this Tom and Sandra Quimby, along with their daughter piglet?”

Tom Quimby quipped Isabelle, hosted the Nelson Primary School kindergarten as he boarded the bus to say class at their farm last week. Isabelle is in Miriam goodbye to Nelson kinderNewby’s kindergarten class. garteners who visited the Quimby farm last week.

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Reunion of Maple Valley School June 13 TOWN OF CLAM FALLS – The Maple Valley School District Number 4 was established in the town of Clam Falls in 1908. It was a one-room school, where all eight grades of 15 to 25 students were taught each year. The school continued to provide a great education for all the children in the community for 51 years.

There was always so much camaraderie between all of the kids regardless of their age. The older ones looked out for the younger ones, and it was a very safe and exciting place. Recess was spent playing Annie Over, kick the can, pump, pump pull away and work up in baseball. Sides were chosen with equal number of older and younger kids, and

that way everyone had a chance to be on a winning side, regardless of your age or ability.

Many used their talents at the monthly programs put on at the PTA meetings. The took part in readings, singing, skits and plays, and there was always something for everyone to do. These things were very valuable opportunities for every student.

Those who were a part of the Maple Valley School at any time are invited to get together at the old school on Friday, June 13. A potluck lunch will be served at noon, and there will be an afternoon of memory sharing. Any questions, call Lynn Johnson at 715-689-2122 or Karen Swanberg at 715-327-8150. – submitted

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There have been some interesting wildlife views at the Warren and Joan Peterson home near Frederic this past week. After hearing their dog barking one day last week, they went to investigate and found two fawns. They took a few photos and left. Checking an hour later, they discovered mom had come to retrieve her young ones. Later in the week, an eagle, carrying something, flew right over Warren’s head and landed in a tree. They snapped a photo of the eagle which was holding a huge trout with one claw, and balancing on the tree with the other. - Photos submitted

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Last week’s poll results

Total votes: 54

What mileage do you get with your vehicle?

0% 24% 52% 22% 2%

0 votes 8 to 12 mpg 13 votes 13 to 20 mpg 28 votes 21 to 30 mpg 12 votes 31-plus 1 vote I’m not driving

F O R U M The energy shift

This week’s question:

Advice for grads?

1. Get a job right away 2. College 3. Tech school training 4. Explore life for a few years 5. Listen to advice of elders

To take part in our Web poll, go to www.the-leader.net and scroll down to the lower left hand corner of the screen

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be an overactive imagination brought on by gas price paranoia.

I t might But this past weekend there were at least 25 motorcycles spotted during

a trip from St. Croix Falls to Frederic. That’s approximately one cycle per mile. More than usual on a nice June day, right?

Perhaps it was just a symptom of summer arriving.

But rising gas prices are changing the landscape on our roadways. More motorcycles and fewer SUVs, for example. But will it change back if gas prices stabilize?

GM announced this week it would be closing its Janesville assembly plant as well as three others in North America that make pickup trucks and large SUVs. GM CEO Rick Wagoner said the move was necessary by what the firm considers “long-term and permanent changes in consumer demand for trucks and SUVs.” Permanent? Time will tell. We’ve been through the gas price crisis cycle a few times and many of us remember the ‘70s gas crisis – which produced slower speed limits and a short-lived trend toward high-economy vehicles.

It’s obvious, if anything, this gas price crisis may last longer and bring about lasting changes in alternative energy – yet in our most honest moments we realize that the money we spend on energy merely shifts and really doesn’t ease. Let’s hope that’s cynicism and not realism.

Local scholarships his week’s issue of the Leader contains lists of scholarships handed out at T seven area public high schools – hundreds of thousands of dollars repre-

senting the caring and generosity of many local businesses, families and individuals.

What a better investment is there than furthering education?

Scholarship committees locally have done outstanding jobs in cultivating, guarding and directing scholarship money toward deserving graduates. It’s tough to keep these funds in line with growing tuition costs. A 10-year-old, for example, may not spend a lot of time thinking about post-high school education but if his or her parents are doing the research they know that the average first year at a public university in 2016 will be $18,489 for room and board – more than $49,000 for a private university. Now multiply that number by four and add an estimated 5-percent increase each year.

So community scholarships play a critical role in launching young people to their goals – or at least to higher education that eventually develops a goal that might be a career choice or direction. Perhaps just education for unknown future endeavors.

And in this difficult economy, it’s heartening to see our local scholarship climate remains strong among our mostly small, rural school districts. That’s a reflection of strong community roots.

Mud over mangling? a gotta love this year’s presidential election.

Imagine if the Democrats had chosen their candidate with little effort or Y contest.

Kind of boring, eh?

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President George Bush 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, D.C. 20500 president@whitehouse.gov

Governor Jim Doyle 115 East, State Capitol Bldg.

Mailing address: P.O. Box 7863 Madison, WI 53707 wisgov@mail.state.wi.us Congressman David Obey 7th Congressional District 2462 Rayburn Office Bldg.

Washington, D.C. 20515 or Wisconsin office: Federal Building Wausau, WI 54401 (715) 842-5606 Rep. Ann Hraychuck 28th Assembly 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. Frank Boyle 73rd Assembly District Room 221 North State Capitol P.O. Box 8952 Madison 53708 E-mail: Rep.Boyle@legis.state.wi.us

Senator Sheila Harsdorf 10th Senate District State Capitol, P.O. Box 7882 Madison, WI 53707 (608) 266-7745 • (715) 2321390 Toll-free - 1-800-862-1092 sen.harsdorf@legis.state.wi.us

Rep. Mary Hubler 75th Assembly District Room 7 North, State Capitol P.O. Box 8952 Madison, WI 53708 or 1966 21-7/8 St. (Hawthorne Lane), Rice Lake 54868 (715) 234-7421• (608) 266-2519 rep.hubler@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

Senator Robert Jauch 25th Senate District Room 19 South State Capitol P.O. Box 7882 Madison, WI 53707 E-mail: Sen.Jauch@legis.state.wi.us

U.S. Senator Herb Kohl 330 Hart Senate Office Bldg.

Washington, D.C. 20510 senator_kohl@kohl.senate.gov Congressman Ron Kind 3rd Congressional District 1713 Longwirth Office Bdg. Washington, D.C. 20515 202-225-5506 888-442-8040 (toll-free) ron.kind@mail.house.gov

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As it is, this Democratic primary season has been almost too interesting, not to mention groundbreaking. To see the first black man and first woman ever to be truly embraced in a presidential bid is exciting. It is historic in any context you can imagine.

It’s also been educational, particularly for the Democrats. Party leaders are undoubtedly taking notes on how to improve its guidelines for the next round of presidential primaries, should they require them four or eight years from now. Unfortunately, the historic nature of this election has been somewhat neutralized by the disenfranchisement of a whole lotta voters through the Dem party’s goofy primary system that appears to have been poorly planned, inconsistent, and at times, incredulous in its unfairness. Of course, if you’re an Obama fan, the system worked perfectly. It was a disaster if you favored Hillary.

Somewhere in the middle lies the story.

And to be fair, American politics is a messy affair and in some ways, that’s a good thing. It includes a bit of mud slinging from time to time, a term which is being liberally applied today to every aspect of campaigns. Some want ground rules that restrict any kind of analysis of a candidate’s values or past personal judgment skills. Our bet is that most voters would take the mud over mangling of our democratic process. And in this election year, the issue is how the Democratic primary process did more to mangle the credibility of democracy than it did to bolster it.

Here’s to wiser planning for next time, to the rest of this historic campaign – and the traditional simple vote casting in November.

All editorials on this page by editor Gary King

We h e a r y o u The following are responses (anonymous) received on our Web site, www.theleader.net: Heading: Plans under way to close Simenstad nursing center “This makes me very sad. The nursing home is one of the most caring and loving places I have ever visited. I have known two residents of this home and felt very confident they were very well taken care of there. Why do we have to lose the good ones and keep so many of the bad nursing homes?”

••• “There would not be an Osceola Medical Center if was not for the seniors of Osceola and the towns around. And now you just want to throw them under the rug.”

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Rumors As administrator of Golden Age Manor, I need to get the facts out about the rumors in the community that Golden Age Manor is closing. That is as far from the truth as you can get. I have read it in a letter to the editor, of which I did contact that writer to let her know we are not closing.

The Golden Age Manor has a pending sale to another organization that is being challenged in the courts, but no matter what happens, Golden Age Manor is not going to close.

If you should have any questions, please contact Golden Age Manor to get the real facts and not believe in rumors.

Sincerely, Gary Taxdahl, NHA Administrator Amery

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Sports Flashes kept the community updated on the latest news of the Frederic Cubs baseball team and other area town teams 75 years ago this month, in June of 1933. The Leader, established by the InterCounty Cooperative Publishing Association, is marking its 75th anniversary this year.

The Inter-County Leader • 1933-2008 • 75 years

L e a d e r F O R U M Letters t o t h e e d i t o r We can do better

The last thing I want is to sound like a fatalist. I would like to think our children and grandchildren have a bright future in this great country of ours, but there is no doubt in my mind this country has taken a left when it should have gone right.

The candidates for president have not addressed our energy problems. They have come up with a few solutions worthy of a first-grader. Could it be that all of them are clueless or just don’t have a solution for the problem. Maybe the solution is so unpopular that it is not to be talked about with the voters. The fact is our country is in serious danger of running out of oil. Yes the commodity that fuels and drives our economy.

When I say out of oil, I mean out of oil.

Before you start thinking about oil company profits, stop. Profits are not the issue here, supply is the issue. The environmentalist share a lot of the blame here. They don’t want oil companies to drill anywhere. Just the thought of generating power with nuclear, hydro or coal makes Al Gore and the other carbon credit buying hypocrites want to throw up their caviar.

Don’t get the wrong idea, I’m a firm believer in taking care of our planet, recycling at our home is a everyday event done without a second thought.

We have been told for decades the U. S. needs to reduce its dependence on foreign oil.

This means reduce our dependence, not stop producing it.

Now we have ourselves between a rock and a hard place. It’s no secret to the rest of the world that high energy costs are starting to take its effect on the American way of life and economy. The people that don’t like us also knows this. They might just think, ‘Hmm now there might be an opportunity here.’

We as a nation are on the verge of being held hostage by any nation that produces oil for anywhere in the world.

If just one large oil producing nation would stop their oil production for one or two days, the price at the pump would probably double. If a terrorist group ( these are the guys that don’t like us much) would seriously damage or destroy a major oil field, and it took months to repair, the of gas price and everything else would be unaffordable for the working family. If we had an interruption of this magnitude, our economy would be in a total shambles.

The ability to produce and refine our own oil would make us less vulnerable and assured of a supply when needed.

I’m not saying the price of this oil would be a bargain, but at least we would be in control. I think renewable energy is a must for this country. I think we can do much better than the ethanolfrom-corn thing, you know the old saying “the hurrier you go the behinder you get.” That’s ethanol from corn.

Renewable energy is coming along, but it is the solution for tomorrow not today. Today we need to do whatever it takes to keep our country and our way of life secure.

The politicians in Washington should be ashamed of themselves for buying into such an unsound policy for our nation. We elect these people to make good choices for our nation. If this is the best we can expect, then let’s give them their walking papers. Until then, write, e-mail or call and tell them you are tired of their way of doing business.

Also tell them sooner or later they will be up for re-election. If they want your vote next time, make the right choices.

As for you environmentalist go, you have the right idea, but you have the horse on the wrong end of the carriage.

Herschel Brown Frederic

Nursing home closure

Each and every day I see the senior citizens of Osceola sitting in my cafe’ drinking coffee, telling stories and enjoying the company of their friends.

I also see the looks on their faces whenever the subject of closing the nursing care unit in Osceola is brought up. It hurts to know that some of these people have loved ones in that home and are near tears thinking of them being moved out of town where it will be extremely hard for them to pop in almost daily to say “hi” or to see that they are happy or help them eat their meals. I am terrified to think that the people in the health care field would even allow this to go this far, let alone be so callous as to not inform the public until less than five months of the closure date.

What is going to happen to all the seniors of our community? It appears they are dispensable when they can no longer pay taxes, volunteer, support our businesses and live active lives. Oh yes, they want to be old and ill just so they can go to a facility in another town to live among strangers, have fewer visits from their friends and family, maybe even look forward to dying alone.

Pretty bleak isn’t it?

Yet all these things seem to be looming for these people unless Osceola as a community stands up to say “No more.” We can save our beloved facility together, there is only one way to do this and that is give us more time, time that was taken from us when all this started happening, and it was decided not to let out that information. I do not understand how L.O. Simenstad was able to work so hard to get it here, have the hospital he built, run it for all those years, then have OMC run it for more years after his death. OMC decided to have Ecumen run it for less than three years and when Ecuman throws in the towel because this nonprofit didn’t make a profit, OMC allows them to make the decision to close it rather than OMC stepping in and taking leadership back so it can at least stay open until a resolution can be found.

Come on, people, we need to stand up and be counted. It is our duty to the seniors now and the seniors of the future (of which we all are one) to save this facility. I do not have any sound answers myself right now, but I know together we will figure something out, if given the courtesy of time. I have always believed I (we) are powerful enough to do anything if we only believe, I deeply believe we can do this but it will take the help of everyone.

Please ask the hospital board and adminitration to take the home back just long enough for us to work on saving it. If we can’t under any circumstance save it, it will not be because we didn’t try.

Kathy Demulling Kathy’s Mainstreeter Cafe’ Osceola

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Writers must provide their name and give their complete address and phone number. Content that will cause letters to be rejected include: Crude language, poor taste, disrespectful comments regarding a group’s or individual’s ethnicity, gender, religion, culture, sexual orientation or race; other incendiary language or personal attacks.

Dear community

The family of Ruth and Reuben Wedin want to extend hearty and happy gratitude to the Frederic Chamber of Commerce, Brad Harlander, Leona Cummings, Chris Byerly, and all those who made the May 16 honoring of Frederic citizens, including our Pioneer Family, such a wonderful surprise, and fun and touching event. There are several family members who were so impressed and entertained by the event that they are thinking of moving to Frederic!

Reuben and Ruth, my parents, had eight grown children, seven of whom graduated from Frederic High School, and one from Luck H. S. Each was represented or present at the dinner, eldest to youngest: 1) Florence Wedin (Swanson), deceased, FHS, Class of 1935 was represented by her daughter, Sonja Swanson, Hudson, and Doris Hanson, Grantsburg, her sister-in-law.

2) Vivian Wedin (Swenson), deceased, FHS, Class of 1936, was represented by her daughter, Faye Syrjala, Cushing.

3) Kenneth Wedin, deceased, FHS, Class of 1938 was represented by Heather Penney, Ames, Iowa, his daughter. Heather actually has a grandson who is named after the city of Frederic, even spelled correctly, without a “k.”

Ruby Wedin (Wicklund), Luck High School, Class of 1940, lives at Grandview Christian Home in Cambridge, Minn. Ruby sent a greeting which was read, including “God made northern Wisconsin to be enjoyed and appreciated—and we did! Being named Pioneer Family of the Year makes all the trials and set backs worthwhile.”

Walter Wedin, FHS, Class of 1943.

Walt was there (with his book!) and also his wife, Carol, from Minneapolis and son, Randall Wedin and friend Jeannette Bly, from Wayzata, Minn.

Harriet Wedin (Hulsether), FHS Class of 1947. Harriet was there, and her husband, Charles, from Viroqua.

Eleanor Wedin (Erdman), deceased, FHS Class of 1952. Elly was represented by her daughter, Krista Edsten, Eagan, Minn.

And last, I hope not least, with such a family to live up to, I, Carolyn Wedin, FHS Class of 1957 was there, and so, too, was my husband, Tony Rolloff. We live on Ruth and Reuben’s farm, which they lost in the Great Depression, and this is where my siblings grew up, west of Frederic four miles. They, and we, call it Pinehurst.

My mother got to know a lot of “town kids” when she was cook at the Round Lake School when the sixth-graders from Frederic were bused out there, after it was no longer the grades 1-8 school that my parents and all of we “kids” attended. Dorothy Glockzin was the teacher for the sixth graders. Marlys Spencer tells about going out there with Superintendent R. P. Glynn at coffee time just so they could have some of my mother’s fresh rolls. And I don’t believe I ever see Harvey Stower, but what he tells me how often he thinks of the wonderful gravy my mother used to make. I do, too.

Carolyn Wedin Frederic

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L e a d e r Utah Phillips has left the stage Phillips died last week at “U tah” the age of 73. He was a musi-

cian, labor organizer, peace activist and co-founder of his local homeless shelter. He also was an archivist, a historian and a traveler, playing guitar and singing almost forgotten songs of the dispossessed and the downtrodden, and keeping alive the memory of labor heroes like Emma Goldman, Joe Hill and the Industrial Workers of the World, “the Wobblies,” in a society that too soon forgets.

Born Bruce Duncan Phillips on May 15, 1935, in Cleveland, by his midteens he was riding the rails. He told me of those days in an interview in 2004. By then, he was slowed down by congestive heart failure. His long, white beard flowed over his bow tie, plaid shirt and vest. We sat in a cramped attic of a pirate radio station that was frequently raided by federal authorities. In the early days, he met old-timers, “old, old alcoholics who could only shovel gravel. But they knew songs.”

In 1956, he joined the Army and got sent to postwar Korea. What he saw there changed him forever: “Life amid the ruins. Children crying — that’s the memory of Korea. Devastation. I saw an elegant and ancient culture in a

small Asian country devastated by the impact of cultural and economic imperialism.

Well, that’s when I cracked. I said: ‘I can’t do this anymore. You know, this is all wrong.

Amy It all has to Goodman change. And the change has to begin with me.’“ After three years in the Army, he went back to the state that earned him his nickname, Utah. There he met Ammon Hennacy, a radical pacifist, who had started the Joe Hill House in Salt Lake City, inspired by the Catholic Worker movement. Hennacy guided Phillips toward pacifism. Phillips recalled: “Ammon came to me one day and said, ‘You’ve got to be a pacifist.’

And I said, ‘How’s that?’ He said, ‘Well, you act out a lot. You use a lot of violent behavior.’ And I was. You know, I was very angry. ‘You’re not just going to lay down guns and fists and knives and hard angry words. You’re going to have to lay down the weapons of privilege and go into the world completely

F O R U M disarmed.’ If there’s one struggle that animates my life, it’s probably that one.”

Phillip’s pacifism drove him to run for the U.S. Senate in 1968 on the Peace and Freedom ticket, taking a leave of absence from his civil-service job: “I was a state archivist — and ran a full campaign, 27 counties. We took 6,000 votes in Utah. But when it was over, my job would vanish, and I couldn’t get work anymore in Utah.”

Thus began his 40 years in “the trade,” a traveling, working musician: “The trade is a fine, elegant, beautiful, very fruitful trade. In that trade, I can make a living and not a killing.” He eschewed the commercial music industry, once telling Johnny Cash, who wanted to record a number of Utah’s songs: “I don’t want to contribute anything to that industry. I can’t fault you for what you’re doing. I admire what you do. But I can’t feed that dragon ... think about dollars as bullets.” He eventually partnered with one of the most successful independent musicians in the U.S., Ani DiFranco, who created her own label, Righteous Babe Records.

Their collaborative work was nominated for a Grammy Award.

Phillips was a living bridge, keeping the rich history of labor struggles alive.

He told me: “The long memory is the

most radical idea in America. That long memory has been taken away from us.

You haven’t gotten it in your schools.

You’re not getting it on your television.

You’re being leapfrogged from one crisis to the next. Mass media contributed to that by taking the great movements that we’ve been through and trivializing important events. No, our people’s history is like one long river. It flows down from way over there. And everything that those people did and everything they lived flows down to me, and I can reach down and take out what I need, if I have the courage to go out and ask questions.” On his radio show “Loafer’s Glory,” he once said, work on this planet has been to remember.”

A week before he died, Phillips wrote in a public letter to his family and friends: “The future? I don’t know.

Through all of it, up and down, it’s the song. It’s always been the song.”

••• Amy Goodman is the host of “Democracy Now!,” a daily international TV/radio news hour airing on 650 stations in North America. Her third book, “Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times,” was published in April 2008.

"% t h S e n a t e D i s t r i c t Wisconsin enacts Great Lakes compact Wisconsin has officially joined a regional effort that would protect the Great Lakes from water diversion. The Wisconsin enactment of the Great Lakes Compact is a proposed agreement amongst eight states and two Canadian provinces bordering the Great Lakes to manage these water resources. To date, five states have officially enacted the agreement. All eight states must adopt the agreement before it would be sent to U.S. Congress for

ratification.

Water levels of the Great Lakes are threatened by new external demands.

As the world’s largest source of fresh water, the Great Lakes are one of the nation’s most treasured resources, Sheila which demands Harsdorf careful management.

However, other states that have poorly managed water resources are eyeing the Great Lakes for water

diversion.

Protecting our environment demands forward-looking policies. Under the Great Lakes Compact, any one state or province can object to water diversion out of the basin area. States are granted such a veto to ensure cooperation in a fashion that does not jeopardize the environment or our economic wellbeing.

I was pleased to join a bipartisan effort that helped enact this agreement and look forward to other states and the federal government ratifying it.

The compact could prove to be a most significant long-term environmental legislative accomplishment.

Western Wisconsin is proud home to pioneers in our state’s environmental movement. Former Govs. Warren Knowles of New Richmond and Gaylord Nelson of Clear Lake share the name of our state’s stewardship program that sets aside open space for conservation and recreation. The stewardship program was recently reauthorized through 2020 and has had a longstanding positive environmental impact for future generations.

Hopefully, the enactment of the Great Lakes Compact will be of similar benefit for Wisconsin citizens in the future.

Harsdorf applauds plummet of meth cases ST. CROIX COUNTY - Meth cases have plummeted in western Wisconsin after an unprecedented cooperative effort by communities, judges, local law enforcement and state officials over the past three years. Meth labs alone have decreased over 75 percent since 2003.

“St. Croix County was once ground zero for meth crime that was infiltrating our communities, destroying families,

and escalating costs for taxpayers,” said state Sen. Sheila Harsdorf, the lead author of the successful Crackdown of Meth Act passed in 2005. “This addictive and lethal drug is disastrous for those involved, their families and our communities. The work of local law enforcement and judges, coupled with innovative efforts such as drug courts and educational and rehabilitation cam-

paigns, has led to remarkable progress.”

In 2005, there were 726 meth cases from 45 counties sent to the state crime lab. Over half of these cases were in the seven-county region of St. Croix, Burnett, Polk, Barron, Dunn, Pierce and Eau Claire counties. The 2007 meth cases reflect a nearly 50-percent decline statewide and 60 percent in western Wisconsin since 2005.

“I applaud the hard work and cooperative effort of community leaders on this important issue,” said Harsdorf.

“Our fight against this drug will not end, but the leaders on this issue in our communities have turned the tide.” – from the office of Sen. Harsdorf

&' t h A s s e m b l y D i s t r i c t Thank a farmer June is dairy month and a time to recognize and thank our dairy farmers!

Agriculture’s contribution to Wisconsin’s economy is over $50 billion, and accounts for nearly half a million jobs in our state of five million people. The largest share of the state’s agriculture economy is related to dairy $20.6 billion. Almost 5 percent of Wisconsin’s labor force works on the farm or in dairy processing.

The jobs affected by the dairy industry stretch far beyond the farm—making this industry the life blood of many small towns in Wisconsin. This is cer-

tainly true in our assembly district.

From Webster to Amery to Somersetthe number of businesses that are connected to the dairy industry is enormous.

Take a moment to think about the economic impact in your town or village. Feed stores, feed mills, Ann implement dealers, Hraychuck v e t e r i n a r i a n s , meat/food processors, cheese producers, dairy co-ops, milk haulers and

grocery stores are all impacted by the dairy industry.

Farming is not an easy job. It is very physical, one that is at the mercy of markets and the weather, and the average age of our farmers is getting older, not younger. Most people don’t realize it, but farming is one of the riskiest occupations. During my many years as a law enforcement officer, I responded to numerous emergency calls to farms where I saw firsthand the all-too-often deadly results of farm-related accidents.

So let us show our appreciation during Dairy Month to our farmers for all of their hard work and sacrifice to put food on our tables. I hope that you will

be able to join me at the Osceola Community Days Dairy Breakfast on June 7 or the dairy breakfast at the Howard Kopecky farm, south of Siren, on June 14, to say thank you to everyone who helps Wisconsin to keep her title as America’s Dairyland.

This month I will begin my summer listening sessions, which are listed elsewhere in the paper. I look forward to seeing you and listening to your ideas, questions, and concerns. As always, please feel free to contact my office at 888-529-0028 (toll free) or via e-mail at rep.hraychuck@legis.wi.gov.

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Get in the game Paul Hindsight of Centuria, the only reader who writes me with any regularity, had this to say in a recent missive: “You’ve taken a few hits over the years, but you don’t fight back. Is it a failure of nerve or what, dear fellow?”

Here’s how I see it: I get my chance and then the readers get theirs. Sometimes the critics are a bit off in their recollections, but, hey, at least somebody’s reading, right?

And sometimes they give me things to think about. Anyway, I get to sound off every couple of weeks, so I expect some response. It’s all part of the back and forth, the great debate that moves the whole thing forward. Without it, we lose our democracy. So get in the game, I say.

Matt Kramden was back in the area this past week with his new wife, Miss Kitty, and offered these observations: “You look a bit wan, old boy. I suppose

the late spring is to blame.

I’m sorry to report that there’s been a crime wave in Georgetown To w n s h i p .

Someone spray painted the words ‘Get a life’ with green paint on the side of my storage unit, aka cabin in the woods.”

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you get to your annual gardening column? It’s past planting time here and I’ve got a question about perennials versus biennials. Oh, well, I’ll just ask it straight out. Do you recommend one over the other as far as overall plant survival rate goes? I really need to know so I can stop at Wal-Mart and get what I need before they’re all cleaned out.”

Steve Pearson

Sorry, old friend. Green is the color of envy, you know. Never let them turn you around. You know what you’ve got and who you are - that’s more than enough for a happy life.

Susan Polk of rural St. Croix Falls sent a postcard recently: “When will

Can’t help you out there, Ms. Polk. I fear you’ve confused me with that Anderson fellow who writes occasional gardening advice columns. I plant a few vegetables and a couple hundred trees every spring with about a 50-percent survival rate, but that’s about as close as I get to big-time gardening. Sorry to disappoint.

Martin Dearsdorf, the northernmost year-round resident of Burnett County, scratched out some comments from the far north: “The frost is just out here. I can walk in the field without that

squishy feeling. It’s a good thing, too, cuz now the wife can get the garden in.

What with the first fall frost coming in late August, it’s none too soon. It’s kinda crazy living like this with the 80day growing season and all, but I wouldn’t change it for nothing.”

To each his own, I always say. Well, not always, but anytime I hear about someone making the best of a less than ideal situation. May you one day retire to that little place you dream of south of the border where cold and snow are an unknown and the garden knows only one long season.

So there it is, dear readers. I’ve cleaned out the mailbag for now, and it’s a good thing, since I’ll be taking a summer sabbatical to write the Great American Novel. Or at least dreaming of doing it while I nap out on the back porch. Best to you and yours in the warm months ahead. May all your tomatoes ripen on the vine.

Area Ne ws at a Glance Dismissing OWI ruling overturned BARRON - An attempt by former Barron County Circuit Court Judge Edward Brunner to throw out a man’s drunken driving conviction because of the hardship it presented for employment purposes was recently overturned with instructions that Brunner reinstate the original conviction. Court of Appeals Judge Bernie Bridge ruled May 22 that Brunner must reinstate the drunken driving conviction against Shawn D. Bowman because Brunner had acted beyond the scope of his authority in that case. Bowman, who had a Weyerhaeuser address at the time of the offense, had been arrested in January 2002 for driving with a bloodalcohol level more than twice the legal limit at that time 0.10 percent. Years after his conviction, Bowman asked the court to change the conviction record because it was negatively affecting his ability to enter Canada – part of his job as a Merchant Marine working on a cargo ship in the Great Lakes. Brunner reopened the case after District Attorney Angela Holmstrom refused to do so at his request. The then-circuit court judge threw out Bowman’s conviction and dismissed the case.

Holmstrom appealed and won.

Brunner is currently a member of the District 3 Court of Appeals in Wausau. Barron News-Shield ATV driver dies in accident TURTLE LAKE - On Thursday, May 22, at approximately 9:30 p.m., deputies from the Barron County Sheriff’s Department, along with Barron Ambulance, Turtle Lake Fire Department and Turtle Lake First Responders, responded to a report of an ATV crash on 10-1/2 Avenue, one half mile west of the Twin Town Store. The ATV was westbound on 10-1/2 Avenue when it struck a deer crossing the road, causing the ATV to roll multiple times.

The driver of the ATV, Sham J. Leisz, 30, of Clayton, who was not wearing a helmet, was pronounced dead at the scene from massive head trauma. The incident remains under investigation by the Barron County Sheriff’s Department. Cumberland Advocate Student remembered BRUCE - “We are here to celebrate the life of Kelsey Schmitz . . . 16 wonderful years of beauty, love, intelligence and talent,” high school Principal Larry Villiard told a crowd attending funeral services Saturday morning. Cars over-

flowed the parking lot into side streets by the school as the Bruce community paid tribute to the teenage farm girl who lost her life in a fatal traffic accident Tuesday, May 20. A sophomore, Schmitz ranked third in her class of 35.

Villiard described her as an awesome student, very intelligent and a hard worker. He urged students to remember her by using her pride in hard work and accomplishment as a positive influence in their lives. “May the Lord keep her and bless her as he blessed all of us with her presence for 16 wonderful years.” An aunt told of outdoor adventures she had enjoyed with Schmitz, snowshoeing, primitive camping, walking in the woods and picking flowers, which Schmitz loved. A cousin, Kristel, recalled their childhood together, and some fellow students read a poem, one had written, concluding they all would miss her deeply.

Deacon Craig Voldberg officiated at the service, at one point noting “It all goes too fast, this miracle of life…we forget how quickly it can end.” Bruce school officials brought in clergy and counselors to help students deal with the tragedy after the death of Schmitz, whose parents have a large farming operation north of Bruce.

There were about 35 students in her sophomore class and everyone knew her well. “She was a very bright, beautiful girl. She was always a happy girl.

She loved animals, she loved softball, and she had a lot of friends,” Bruce School District Administrator Deb Brown told a reporter. - Ladysmith News Intent to strike PINE CITY, Minn. - Union employees at the Pine County Courthouse filed an intent to strike notice on May 19, after rejecting the county’s offer and negotiating their 2008 contracts since July 2007.

The health and human services unit also voted against the county’s offer and are considering filing an intent to strike.

The unit will decide their next step when they meet the first week of June, according to Jodi Blesener, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees president for the health and human services unit. “We’re not quite as far along in the process as the courthouse unit, but our members have the same opinion they do,” Blesener said. “The county is not treating people fairly.” The union says negotiations have broken down on the issues of inequity in the pay scales for the courthouse and health and human services organizations and back pay on

insurance premiums to Jan. 1, 2008.

“This was a difficult decision, not taken lightly by the employees, but one they feel is necessary to get the attention of the county board and the community in this fight for equity and respect within Pine County,” stated a press release issued by Jo Musel Parr, both units’ ASFCME representative. “Although a strike would be unfortunate, maintaining the fiscal integrity of Pine County is essential,” said Steve Hallan, Pine County Board Chair.

AFSCME Courthouse Unit and Health and Human Services represent more than 70 county employees. Jobs included in the courthouse unit include office support specialists, clerks, administrative assistants, deputy treasurers, payroll clerks, collection specialists and property appraisers. Jobs included in the health and human services unit include family services aides, office support specialists, WIC case aides, administrative assistants, LPN and RN staff nurses, financial assistant specialists, social workers, nurse mental health worker and nurse manager-RN. - Pine City Pioneer $2.5 million plan for athletics RICE LAKE - Applause rang out Tuesday, May 27, when the Rice Lake School Board approved a communitybacked campaign to raise one-half of the funds for a $2.5 million athletic complex at the high school. Rice Lake High School parent Dave Bernier said that the athletic field has been an issue since 1998 and has gone nowhere. Now, the Rice Lake All Sports Booster Club and a group of community residents are proposing a 50-50 cost split with the district to build the facility. “We know you have a ton of needs,“ said Booster Club member Polly Wolner. “We’re just here to say, ‘Here, let us help you with one.’“ Board president Ray Van Gilder asked if the current cost estimates from Rettler Corp. of Stevens Point are solid.

Assistant high school principal and athletic director Steve Salisbury said that the estimates could increase over time with fuel costs. Salisbury said that synthetic turf is warranted for 10 years and that feedback he has indicates that there have been no problems with synthetic turf 10 to 12 years old. He said that the booster club has about $16,000 invested in the project to date. Their study shows that to place the track on the site where it is now and do the necessary work on the fields if they’re going to stay where they are could cost as much as the proposed project. The track was built over

a silo pit and would require 30 to 40 feet of excavation or bridging, said Salisbury. He said if they were able to break ground after the last football game this fall, the new football field with synthetic turf would be ready for the fall 2009 season. Mary Ann Pebler said that when she was “on the stump” for the referendum, she often heard people say that they appreciated not having the athletic field as part of the referendum because athletics are not education. She said that as long as there are greater needs, like the 50-year-old high school science labs, she could only support funding it through a referendum, one of five funding options. - Rice Lake Chronotype Big Fish gets a new look HAYWARD - With a fresh coat of paint and its cracks sealed, the “Big Fish” at the National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame looks feisty as it welcomes visitors this summer. The repainting of the 40-foot-high, 140-footlong walk-through fiberglass muskellunge museum took approximately seven days. The job was done by Jerry Vettrus from FAST Corporation of Sparta. Vettrus was the person who originally painted it 30 years ago, in July 1978. Utilizing a rented boom machine, Vettrus sandblasted, power-washed and painted the entire fish from snout to tail.

The crew also ground in fiberglass where a few cracks had developed from settling over 30 years. “It’s really in good shape,” Vettrus said. “It’s solid as can be, supported by steel and cement to counterbalance it.” “It has a whole new look — vibrant, fresh, shiny — just as a musky would look when it came out of the water,” said Emmett Brown, executive director of the Hall of Fame. Sawyer County Record

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Teams sought for the second-annual Tug Across the St. Croix ST. CROIX FALLS - The Lions clubs of St. Croix Falls, Taylors Falls, Minn., and Almelund, Minn., are planning the second-annual tug of war across the St. Croix River.

The event will take place starting at noon on Saturday, July 19, during the Wannigan Days 50th-Annual Celebration in the Lions Parks on each side of the river.

This year the event will have 10 pulls.

Four of these pulls will be the elected officials and other dignitaries from both sides of the river, the St. Croix Falls High School Athletic Department, the Chisago Lakes Athletic Department and the St. Croix Falls and Taylors Falls fire departments.

The traveling trophy will be awarded

to the wining state and will be displayed in the either St. Croix Falls or Taylors Falls City Hall. The trophy currently resides in the St. Croix Falls City Hall as the city won last year. These pulls are fun for trophy bragging rights for the year.

The Lions clubs of St. Croix Falls and Taylors Falls are looking for teams from Minnesota and Wisconsin to fill their pulls. They are looking for teams of 1525 members, the registration fee is $125 per team. Persons should try and challenge another team from the other state or teams will be matched up. For more information contact: Wisconsin Teams, Lion Steve Jensen 715-557-0382, Minnesota Teams, Lion Don Lawrence 651-366-4172.

Kids tugs In addition to the Tug Across the St. Croix there will be kids tugs in the parks as well as other activities and pontoon rides on the Indianhead Flowage of the St. Croix River.

The kids tugs and other activities including pontoon rides will start at 10 a.m. The rides will be free between the two Lions Parks and for a 20-minute ride up and down the flowage the cost is $5 for persons 13 years and older and $1 for children 12 years and younger.

The St. Croix Falls Lions Club will be serving fish and chips, and the Taylors Falls Lions will be serving brats and hot dogs from 10 a.m. through the tug of war.

All funds raised by this event will be

going to local community service projects and Campaign SightFirst II, a capital campaign of the Lions Clubs International Foundation and the International Association of Lions Clubs to significantly reduce preventable and reversible blindness worldwide. For more information on Campaign SightFirst II go to www.lionscsfii.org/live/content/index.shtml Please make plans to take part in the second-annual Tug Across the St. Croix.

If you have any other question please contact Lion Steve Jensen 715-557-0382 of the St. Croix Falls Lions or Lion Don Lawrence 651-366-4172 of the Taylors Falls Lions. - submitted

City meets to brainstrom management of Wert Nature Preserve ST. CROIX FALLS–The city council on Monday, June 9, at 7 p.m. in the St. Croix Falls City Hall will receive an outline for an action plan for management of the 450-acre Wert Nature Preserve.

These lands, located across and east-

ward from Lions Park, are part of a continuous 700-acre preserve on the north edge of the city. Home to diverse wildlife, the site contains hardwood seeps, creeks, a pond, stands of oak and pine, hollows and crevices and is locat-

ed near the legendary Battle of Saint Croix, which solidified the area as Ojibwe territory.

The public is invited to attend this meeting and brainstorm on ways to future manage these lands.

It is the hope of the city that a group of area residents can adopt the site and implement ways to soft manage the site and secure potential grants. –submitted

National Trails Day Saturday in SCF ST. CROIX FALLS–National Trails Day, Saturday, June 7, is an all-day assortment of community events in St. Croix Falls. This year, community opportunities extend one more day, with a river cleanup on June 8.

City of Trails 5K and trail run events cover every age from 2-92. Fitness and kids is an essential combination, and the Baby Mammoth Kids One-Mile, starting at 8 a.m., gets kids off on the right foot.

All races follow beautiful wooded courses along segments of the Ice Age Trail and finish via Gaylord Nelson Riverwalk to the Overlook Deck in downtown St. Croix Falls. Registration forms can be downloaded at www.scfwi.com or picked up at the St.

Croix Falls City Hall. All races start at St. Croix Falls Middle School with registration opening at 7 a.m. Run/Walk racing events designed and organized by the National Trails Day Committee.

All race participants, plus a corps of volunteers, will simultaneously race and participate in the Ice Age Park and Trail Foundation Mammoth Walk with all race courses designed to include sections of the Ice Age Trail. The Mammoth Walk, celebrating the Ice Age Trail’s 50th anniversary, starts at the western terminus of the Ice Age Trail on the Pothole Trail in Interstate Park at 7:30 a.m. and will continue throughout the day, with chapters all across the state participating to cover the entire 1,200-mile

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trail. Contact Dean Dversdall, 715-4722248, for information or to participate in the Mammoth Walk.

Everyone is invited to enjoy additional National Trails Day events: Croix Valley Wooly Mountain Bike Race, www.woollyrace.com, Cache St. Croix, a geocache event sponsored by St. Croix Falls Park and Recreation, the Ice Age Trail Anniversary potluck held at Lions Park at 2 p.m. and Ice Age Trail volunteer-guided hikes beginning at 3 p.m. at Lions Park.

Sponsored by the St. Croix Falls Park and Recreation Committee, river cleanup brings people together to spend a day working to care for the St. Croix.

Participants may launch personal or

rented canoes 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. from either the Wisconsin or Minnesota Interstate Park canoe launch areas.

Both Eric’s Bike and Canoe Rental and Taylors Falls Canoe and Kayak Rental offer discounted canoes to those intending to pick up trash, and will provide return transportation from Osceola Landing (they cannot carry personal canoes.) Trash bags and friendly conversation from area park rangers along the riverway will be provided. Learn more about National River Cleanup at www.AmericanRivers.org/cleanup.

Contact Amy Klein for more information, 715-483-9542. A complete list of events and information can be downloaded at www.scfwi.com. –submitted

Federal government helps farmers STATEWIDE- High crop prices and tight food supplies have prompted the federal government to temporarily allow haying and grazing on land that would ordinarily sit idle. It will help some Wisconsin farmers who are finding it tough to feed their cattle.

Consumers see the high cost of grain reflected in products on grocery shelves. Farmers are also feeling the pinch when they try to buy feed for their livestock. Farmers want to plant what’s profitable, so with grain prices high, many are switching crops to corn or wheat. As a result, the hay supply is smaller. Bruce Jones, a farm extension management specialist with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, says right now, some farmers are struggling getting access to forages like hay. He

says not only is it tough to get but when they do get it, it’s very expensive.

To help farmers with high feed prices, the federal government has opened up conservation reserve land for haying and grazing. Jones says there are rules to lessen the impact on wildlife and hunter prey. For instance, there are times when grazing is not allowed because animals are nesting. Also, he says they can only graze at a certain level, perhaps 70 percent of normal stocking rate, to make sure they can preserve land and not have it be damaged.

Farmers can still collect their conservation reserve payments under the temporary change allowing haying and grazing. – Wisconsin Public Radio (Shamane Mills)

Amtrak route sets records MILWAUKEE - Amtrak trains on the Milwaukee to Chicago route continue to set ridership records.

Amtrak’s seven daily round trips on the route are called the Hiawatha Service, and take about an hour and a half to make the trip from downtown Milwaukee to Chicago’s Union Station.

In April, more than 56,000 people took the trains, a nearly 19-percent increase over April 2007. So far in 2008, the This wind turbine was installed last week at a residence located at the intersection of 210th Street and 160th Avenue in the town of St. Croix Falls. This turbine is not the first of its kind, but it the second turbine located within a few miles of the first wind turbine in that area (George Pfaltzgraff property, in the city of St. Croix Falls). –Photo by Tammi Milberg

trains have carried over 217,000 passengers, up 21 percent over the same period last year. 2007 was the first year that ridership on the route topped 600,000.

The trains make intermediate stops at Milwaukee’s Mitchell Airport, Sturtevant and Glenview, Illinois. The service is supported in parts by grants from Wisconsin and Ill. – Wisconsin Public Radio (Randall Davidson)

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TF decides on mitigation fund projects

by Tammi Milberg TAYLORS FALLS, Minn. – After tabling and reviewing proposals for use of the Xcel Energy mitigation funds, the city of Taylors Falls City Council approved a list of projects to improve the city.

The mitigation funds were part of an agreement with Xcel Energy, the city of St. Croix Falls and the city of Taylors Falls. The agreement was made to bury the 161kV Chisago Project conduit through the downtowns of the cities rather than run overhead lines through both cities Main Streets. Another part of the agreement was for Xcel Energy to provide both St. Croix Falls and Taylors Falls with mitigation dollars to improve the beautification of the cities in the amount of $250,000 to St. Croix Falls and $150,000 to Taylors Falls.

The condition to use these funds is that the respective cities and Xcel Energy agree on how the funds are put to use before they are released.

St. Croix Falls used their funds to

beautify the river area, making the Gaylord Nelson Riverwalk and improvements to the Overlook Deck site.

Taylors Falls now wants to use their funds for several projects citywide. The council discussion at the May 27 council meeting included a deck for Heritage Park (TF overlook) estimated at $11,000; Riverwalk area improvements at $14,150; improvements to the sewer lift station at $23,000 and approximately $95,000 for improvements to the Memorial Community Center.

The matter was tabled previously because there were no firm dollars for the Memorial Community Center improvements. The other projects had been calculated as estimates for the work to be done. Two bids on the community center’s projects were received and covered the bulk of the improvements needed at that location. Of the two bids were received, the low bid came from Eureka House Movers for $28,700 to lift the building and move the

existing basement. Another set of bids came in to install a new basement, backfill, drain tile installation and replace existing sidewalk with a low bid of $25,110 from Giller Corp.

The projected costs for other items for the community center are not fixed at this time because they cannot be specified until the two major issues are done first: removing the old basement and putting in a new one.

A proposal from a carpenter to replace dry rot around the foundation and install support columns in the center, as well as repair the stairwells was quoted at $10,000.

Vice Mayor Ross Rivard, who did the number searches for the community center project, said that until the basement is done, how the layout will be done is unknown, as is the case with the costs for those other improvements.

Rivard said the council could approve the two bids for the major work, and allocate funds toward the community center improvements to the interior,

including bathrooms and carpentry.

An estimated $88,000-plus for the community center improvements was tossed out during discussion. Further discussion of estimated $95,000 for the community center improvements to include contingency dollars for unexpected costs or overruns.

With that, the city tallied up the projects to $143,150 in estimated costs. This leaves $6,850 left over for future additions to the Heritage Park or community center after the projects are completed, or as a contingency for overrun on the projects.

The council voted unanimously to endorse the projects and prepare a letter to the city of St. Croix Falls and Xcel Energy asking for their approval of the projects and release of the mitigation funds to the city. The motion included language that allows the projects to all begin once the funds are released to the city, so they can get started right away.

FSA crop reports reminder issued POLK COUNTY - Polk County crop producers are being reminded that their 2008 crop acreages can be reported to the Farm Service Agency after they are planted and before July 15 without paying a late-filing fee.

According to Polk County FSA Director Bob Forrest, “acreage reports are a requirement for participation in

Sustainability Study Groups Wind Down I want to thank the members of the Burnett and Washburn counties sustainability study groups for their effort and commitment to do more for the environment by attending study-circle discussions. Their real interest in topics presented, and willingness to step up and say, “What can I do?” is testimony that we can all do something to lessen our environmental impact.

With the grant period over, members are now encouraged to put what they’ve learned into action. From energy efficiency to buying food locally, from discussing more efficient transportation ideas to using the Earth to

most FSA/USDA programs.” Forrest added, “With a new farm bill just passed by Congress, farm operators who produce agricultural crops are encouraged to report their cropland acres to ensure their ability to participate in ag production and conservation programs recently passed into law.”

Producers who have land enrolled in

the Conservation Reserve Program are required to complete an annual crop report with the FSA Office.

Producers who fail to report their cropland acreage by the Tuesday, July 15, deadline are required to pay late-filing fees.

Acreage reports may be revised at anytime without a fee as long as the crop can be verified in the field.

For more information regarding crop certification or to make an appointment to report 2008 cropland acres, contact the Polk County FSA Office in Balsam Lake at 715-485-3138 before the July 15 deadline. – from FSA office

heat and cool your home, the groups learned a lot in the last four months. They are true environmental leaders in these counties; taking time out of Jen Barton their evenings to learn a little more about the environment, discuss more sustainable options for our Reycling communities and Control learn from proCommission fessionals in the field. Members, you stand out from the rest.

Topics presented included: Geothermal Energy Systems presented

by Gerry Winch of Dirks Heating & Cooling, An Overview of Renewable Energy presented by Doug Stingle of Midwest Renewable Energy Association in Custer, Sustainable Agriculture Practices and Local Food Production presented by Kevin Schoessow the UW- Extension Area Ag Development Agent and Home Energy Efficiency Audits by Dave Hafler of Wisconsin Energy Star Homes/Focus on Energy. We also had a few small discussion groups where ideas were really starting to come alive.

Gratitude is extended to Siren Village Hall for allowing the Burnett County group use of their meeting room, Washburn County for access to the

Washburn County Boardroom for their meetings, and St. Croix Tribal Health Center for use of their meeting room for the combined meeting.

If you want to make a difference in the world we live in by living more sustainable, please contact Barton at 715635-2197 to be put in contact with a group. Recycling Control Commission will soon make it possible for anyone in the two-county service area to have access to learn how to live more sustainable by providing the book “The Natural Step for Communities” to all libraries and high schools in the twocounty service region. The books will be distributed soon.

EARTH NOTES

Wisconsin State Patrol: Law of the Month Save money by slowing down MADISON — With no end in sight to record-high gas prices, many motorists are taking significant steps to cut their driving costs, such as buying more fuelefficient vehicles or using alternative forms of transportation.

Yet one of the best ways to lessen the pain at the gas pump is often ignored— obeying speed limits. This commonsense practice pays off in two ways.

• By slowing down, you’ll save gas.

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, gas mileage decreases rapidly at speeds above 60 mph. As a rule of thumb, each 5 mph over 60 mph equals paying an additional 20 cents per gallon.

• By obeying speed limits, you eliminate the risk of receiving extremely expensive speeding citations, which range from $160 for 1 to 10 mph over the limit all the way up to $501 for 45 mph or more over the limit. If you speed in a work zone, the fines double.

Speeding citations also result in demer-

it points and possible suspensions that drive up insurance costs.

But the real cost of speeding is not financial. All too often, speeding has a far more tragic toll.

“In Wisconsin, someone is killed or injured in a speed-related crash every 51 minutes. Speeding makes crashes more violent and drastically reduces survivability for drivers and passengers,” says Captain Douglas Notbohm of the Wisconsin State Patrol Northwest Region. “If they’re over the speed limit, drivers often can’t react or stop in time to prevent or avoid a crash. They also may lose control of their vehicle and fail to negotiate curves. Furthermore, drivers traveling at high speeds on the open road tend to not slow down sufficiently when approaching intersections, construction zones or slower vehicles.”

To save lives and prevent serious injuries, the state patrol and other law enforcement agencies are intensifying their enforcement of speed limits this summer.

“Stringent enforcement is needed because speeding is all too prevalent on highways and local roads. In 2007, there

were nearly one-quarter million speeding convictions in Wisconsin, including approximately 146,000 for 11 to 19 mph over the limit. Speeding is by far the most common traffic conviction in Wisconsin,” says Captain Notbohm.

Despite the expense and dangers of speeding, too many people willingly

exceed posted limits just to save a little time. But as Captain Notbohm points out, “If you’re stopped for speeding or are involved in a crash, you will be delayed for a lot longer than it takes to drive the speed limit.” – from the Wis. State Patrol

Local GOP announces endorsements POLK COUNTY - The Polk County Republican Party Executive Committee and Republican Party members present in their meeting at the county government center on May 18, voted to proudly endorse the following candidates: Kent Muschinske - for Wisconsin State Assemblyman in the 28th District Shelia Harsdorf - for Wisconsin State Senator in the 10th District Dan Mielke - for U.S. Congressman in the 7th District John McCain - for the president of the

United States.

All candidates were given a unanimous vote of approval. The party believes it is great to have such people of high character willing to run for public office. Whether you agree with their party, or, not, they encourage every citizen to exercise their right to vote in the upcoming election. - submitted by the Rev. Ken Mettler, secretary, Polk County Republican Party

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GHS finance students receive awards

Ten students in Jay Gilhoi’s personal finance class received recognition for placing in the top 25 percent nationally in the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Inaugural National Financial Literacy Challenge, a new initiative recommended by the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy. From April 28 to May 16, the challenge was taken by more than 46,000 high school students. Participants included students in rural areas, suburbs, and cities in this country, and in Department of Defense schools around the world. The following Grantsburg High School students placed in the top 25 percent and received certificates of recognition: Allison Briggs, Adam Dahl, Shawn Downard, Cody Marek, Alex Nelson, Amanda Peterson, Darryl Richter, Lauren Stavne, William Walker and Kristi Weaver. In addition, GHS junior Shawn Downard placed in the top 1 percent nationally and received the National Financial Literacy Award medal. Fewer than 500 students nationwide received this recognition. Shown (L to R) are juniors Darryl Richter, Shawn Downard (with medal) and Lauren Stavne. – Photo submitted

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Danbury Memorial Day Burnett County Veterans of Foreign War Post 1256 Honor Guard at the Danbury Cemetery on Monday, May 26.

The Webster High School Band, under the direction of Julie Strange, performed several numbers at the Memorial Day ceremony held at Danbury. – Photos submitted

Graduates, continued from page 4 road to success. By always hearing and always listening to the meaning of the past, this will give you the direction to follow throughout your life.”

“I’d like to thank my family and all the teachers at the LCO college - Katie and Dale, Ralph and Kway – for having me as a student, and the St. Croix tribe for supporting me in my educational endeavors.”

Rose Churchill was one of the first elders to graduate from the St. Croix Outreach Site two years ago with a liberal arts degree. During the course of her studies in liberal arts, Churchill enrolled in several Native American studies classes to fulfill her graduation requirements. “I wanted to be able to understand and to speak Ojibwe better,” said Churchill. Churchill decided to continue her education with a second degree in Native American studies— Ojibwe Language emphasis.

Churchill continues, “I got to learn more about Native American cultures and traditions. At ceremonies now, I can understand better what is being said. I have a great granddaughter who just turned 5. If you hold out your hand to her, she’ll shake it and say, ‘Boozhoo,’ which means, ‘Hello.’ ” Five students graduated from the LCOOCC – St. Croix Outreach Site with Associate of Science degrees in business administration and/or small business management.

Dorothy Lou Chenal graduated with degrees in both business administration and small business management. She is the first in her family to receive a college degree, and she was the only college graduate this year from her Tribe, the Grand Portage Tribe of Minnesota. “I feel very proud, especially that I didn’t give up on life or on school. When you do good things, good things come to you.”

Chenal talked about her first experiences at LCO. “I was on my way to the main campus in Hayward to sign up for school and I was about to turn around and go back home. Just then, an eagle flew alongside me and I knew then that I needed to keep driving and not turn back. When I got there, I found out there was an outreach site only eleven miles

from home. And I started to cry because already good things had started to come into my life.”

Chenal continued, “The next day, I went to the St. Croix Outreach Site, and I met the site coordinator there. She introduced me to other students and I felt like I was with family and I felt at home.”

Chenal ended the interview with these thoughts: “ I was 46 years old when I began this new life journey and now I have so much more life inside of me because I feel very proud of my accomplishments. I’ve never been so happy that I’ve achieved my goals and now I am making new goals so that I can continue to enlighten my life even more.”

Jeri L. Lunsman also received degrees in both business administration and small business management. “We are all here with a similar goal – to get a college education,” said Lunsman. “My daughter gave me the motivation to do my best at school and everything else life may throw at me.” Lunsman added, “ I would like to thank my outreach site coordinator for when I had down times.

She made them up times. I want to thank my daughter for being so understanding when mommy had classes or homework. Whenever I was studying she would say, ‘Mommy! I got homework too!’ Or, ‘Mommy I go to school too!”

Lunsman continued, “ I want to thank my mom. I want to thank her for being the person she was. I’m proud of the way she was and for the way she raised me. I want to thank my boyfriend, Tony, for putting his education on hold so that I can finish mine, and also I want to thank him for my beautiful, smart daughter. I want to thank my grandma, also a student at the college, for letting me know how proud she is of me no matter what. Finally, I’d like to thank the St. Croix Tribe for making a college education possible for myself and other students.”

Lunsman plans to go to the UW-Stout for her bachelor’s degree in business with a gaming management emphasis.

Ruby K. Mora, Mooshkinabekwe, graduated with a degree in business

administration. Last year, Mora was a participant at the American Indian Higher Education Conference, and was honored as the AIHEC Student of the Year. She was on the dean’s list each semester. Mora is currently one of three St. Croix Tribal planners. “I was offered the job of Tribal planner one year before graduation. I accepted the job knowing that I’d still be in school and working.”

Mora added, “Working and going to school has boosted my self-esteem.

Working helped in my education because I’m working in the field that interests me the most.”

Mora began college back in 1993 at Pine Tech technical college. “I began here at the LCO outreach site in 2005.

All of my credits transferred, and I was well on my way to my goal of graduating,” explained Mora. “I liked LCO a lot better than Pine Tech. At Pine Tech, you were pretty much just a number. There was no personal guidance. Here at LCO, you get a lot of personal attention and if you need help, you just ask for it.”

“I’d like to thank my husband, Mark.

He’s cooked, cleaned and taken care of the kids so I could study at night. I know I couldn’t have done it without him,” remarked Mora. “ I’d also like to thank Duane Emery for having faith in me, and most of all, I want to thank Ann Marie Penzkover for getting the school started here at St. Croix. Having the college outreach site right here enabled me to attend college. “ In concluding her interview, Mora said, “I feel very proud of myself for achieving this milestone in my education. I am the first in my family to graduate from college and I hope that from my example, many more will follow. I want my children to follow my example because I want to know that when I am gone, they will be able to take care of themselves and sustain a good lifestyle.”

Selena J. Reynolds received her second diploma from LCOOCC in small business management. Her first degree was in business administration.

Reynolds has taken classes to expedite her four year degree program track. In the near future, Reynolds plans to attend a four-year college and continue

to study casino management through LCO College and the St. Croix Tribe.

“My plans right now are to take a break from school and work full time for the St. Croix Tribe. I’m excited about putting my knowledge and skills to work.”

Reynolds added, “It takes a lot of hard work and dedication to stay in school.

But now I can see my prospects for future employment have never been better. And I know that whatever job I perform, I will succeed as I succeeded in college.”

When asked what advice, she would give to other nontraditional students thinking of returning to school, Reynolds replied, “It’s never too late to start school now. It will make you feel better about yourself and it will give you the knowledge and skills you need to land a good-paying job.”

Theresa Kegel received her second business degree from LCO College in small business management. By securing this additional business degree, Kegel will transfer all of her credits towards a four year degree in business management through the UW-Stout.

“I was a high school dropout. I dropped out of school in ninth grade,” admitted Kegel. “I never thought that I would be going to college. And now, here I am with my second associate degree in business and accepted at the University of Wisconsin for my bachelor’s degree at Stout beginning next fall.”

Kegel was also selected to compete at AIHEC for three years in a row. “AIHEC is a great opportunity to meet other students from the other tribal colleges across the country. It makes you proud to be a part of the Tribal college movement.”

The St. Croix Tribe and the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Community College are proud to partner with this graduating class of 2008. It is with great anticipation that these graduates secure meaningful and profitable employment and continue with their educational goals, setting new precedents for the generations to come. – submitted

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Tribal members try to regain seats on council LAC DU FLAMBEAU - Two members of the Lac du Flambeau Tribal Council are trying to get reseated, after being removed from a meeting last Friday; the meeting was to remove the men’s status as tribal council members.

The men are also demanding a financial audit of the tribal administration.

According to Tom Maulson, he and Brooks Big John were presented with petitions calling for their ouster at the meeting. He says they’ve both been accused of conflicts of interest while serving on the council. Maulson says

he and Big John are just the latest political targets on the Lac du Flambeau reservation. He says they’ve been in opposition to what tribal government is doing in regard to the Tribes inability to show where $50 million went. He says the majority of tribal government is made up of nine people that take that stance, and are reluctant to open the books up to the rest of the people.

Maulson says Lac du Flambeau Chairwoman Victoria Doud has misspent tribal money on numerous offreservation ventures while neglecting

the immediate needs of her people. He says another form of political warfare is the tribal council’s consideration of a banishment proposal, which would physically – and perhaps permanently – remove certain tribal members from the reservation for various offenses. He says a banishment code of that seriousness is not needed, and he says this one was basically set up against people that are in opposition to tribal government.

He says that banishment is something far harsher than what exists already, and there is a judicial system that’s

already in place that deals with these types of situations.

Maulson is hoping to drum up enough community support to hold a recall election June 14. He says he and Big John will need at least 300 votes to get back on the council.

Doud was unavailable for comment, but has previously denied claims of financial mismanagement. – Wisconsin Public Radio (Brian Bull)

Communities embrace small electric cars The city of MARSHFIELD Marshfield is the latest Wisconsin community to consider allowing small electric cars on its streets.

About a dozen Wisconsin communities already allow the neighborhood electric vehicles, or NEVs, which run on rechargeable batteries, can hit top

speeds of 30 mph, and can go about 45 miles between charges.

Marty Anderson is president of the Sustainable Marshfield Committee, which is drawing up an ordinance on the vehicles for the city’s common council. He says NEVs are a great alternative for city driving. He says most

people drive in a fairly close proximity to their house, so a neighborhood electric vehicle would give them a great alternative to a gas-powered vehicle.

With gas at $4 a gallon, Anderson thinks the time may be right for the little cars, which are equipped with turn signals, headlights and other safety fea-

tures.

If the Marshfield Common Council thinks neighborhood electric vehicles are a good fit for city streets, the plan still needs to be approved by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. – Wisconsin Public Radio (Glen Moberg)

Siren School volunteer recognition

Volunteers, you rock! was the theme of the volunteer recognition held at Siren School on Teachers and volunteers visited over root-beer floats at Tuesday, May 20. Teachers, dressed in styles of the ‘50s, sang two songs to the tunes of “Earth the volunteer recognition party held at the Siren school.

Angel” and “Great Pretender.” The lyrics were rewritten to honor the volunteers. As volunteers – Photos by Donna Tjader entered the Dragon Room, they were greeted by a Burma-Shave-style poem, thanking them for their hard work, commitment and dedication.

DNR opposes paintball on public lands MADISON - The Department of Natural Resources is closer to curtailing paintball games in state parks and other DNR-controlled lands.

In 2001, there was a push to ban paintball activity on DNR lands, but the Legislature rejected the idea. DNR wildlife policy specialist Scott Loomans says since that time, there have been some problems on state property. He cites an incident in Brown County

where a conservation warden had to make a quick decision as to what type of firearm a person was brandishing, and because of training they go through, the situation turned out OK. However, he says it’s the kind of thing that makes people uncomfortable and he says wardens would like to know who’s out there and what people are doing on the property when they go out to check on people.

As a result, the DNR board has advanced the idea of requiring a permit for paintball games on DNR land. DNR staff note that at spring conservation hearings this year, voters also strongly supported the idea. Loomans says he’s not sure if any permit would ever be granted. He says while it could be authorized in certain situations in the future, he’s not exactly sure what those will be. He says he doesn’t think the

DNR intends to provide this as a recreational activity at this time. Loomans says there are many private paintball venues.

Two owners of such businesses in Wisconsin said they would support tight limits on players using state land for their sport.

The paintball permit plan now goes back to the Legislature. – Wisconsin Public Radio (Chuck Quirmbach)

New online resource gives family caregivers answers 24/7 Are you one of the nearly 40 million Americans who are family caregivers? You may live with a family member Marilyn who needs inKooiker home care or provide help in other ways, such as reminding an older relative to take medication or driving them to appointments.

Burnett County No matter how Family Living you are involved, caregiving can be Agent a life-changing commitment.

FOCUS ON FAMILY LIVING

“Caregiving is a journey,” says Mary Brintnall-Peterson, University of Wisconsin-Extension specialist in aging. “It affects different levels of your life. People don’t always understand the ramifications of caring for a loved one, but it is different for everyone.”

For example, caregiving might lead you to remodel your home to ensure the safety of a family member. Or you might suddenly need to make financial decisions for an aging parent.

Caregivers themselves may experience significant changes in physical and emotional health, income and free time.

A new online resource can provide a wealth of information for caregivers and professionals who work in the area. The Extension Family Caregiving Web site at www.extension.org/family+caregiving comes from America’s

largest and oldest university system— land-grant universities. These universities were created by Congress to study subjects that are relevant to everyday life.

For family caregivers, those subjects might include dealing with grief and loss, strategies for healthy eating, employment, changing relationships between caregivers and care providers, finances, the challenges posed by caregiving in rural areas and how to keep a person receiving care safe in a natural disaster.

“This Web site gives caregivers access to educational resources on a variety of topics,” says Brintnall-Peterson, who provided expertise and leadership for the caregiving Web site project. “It brings new depth to the information.

People can search for a specific topic in

the Frequently Asked Questions, read an article or contact an expert. They can also give us feedback by rating an article’s usefulness.”

As the high cost and shortage of trained caregivers continues to grow, it is anticipated that even more people will opt to provide personal care at home, learning new skills and adjusting their personal, family and work lives to care for family members.

Whether you are anticipating becoming a caregiver in the future, or are in the middle of your caregiving journey, the Extension Family Caregiving Web site has information to help.

For more information about caregiving, contact Marilyn Kooiker, Family Living Agent at the Burnett County UW-Extension office, 715-349-2151.

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Unity students compete in Wisconsin Aviation Art contest BALSAM LAKE – The Wisconsin Department of Transportation Bureau of Aeronautics sponsored their annual aviation art contest.

This year’s theme was Design an Aviation Stamp. Artwork was judged, in part, for its creative use of this year’s theme in relation to the aviation world.

Katy Hamilton Unity third-graders Katy Hamilton was the second-place winner, and Andrea Egge took third place in Category 1 in the Wisconsin aviation art contest.

As winners in the 2008 aviation art contest, Katy’s and Andrea’s artwork will be displayed at the Wisconsin State Capitol Rotunda from June 16-June 30.

Their artwork will also be on the cover of the 2008 Wisconsin Aeronautical Chart. In addition, both girls received engraved plaques and gift certificates for art supplies from the Dick Blick Art Supply Company. – submitted

Unity third-grader Katy Hamilton received second place in the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Bureau of Aeronautics Annual Aviation Art Contest with the above drawing – Photos submitted

Andrea Egge Another Unity third-grader, Andrea Egge, took third place with the above drawing in Category 1 of the Wisconsin Aviation Art Contest. Winners art will hang in the Wisconsin State Capitol from June16 - June 30.

Farm Bureau Ag essay contest winner announced POLK COUNTY – Eryn Mares was selected as the Polk County Farm Bureau essay contest winner and the District 9 winner. The Wisconsin Farm Bureau, Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board and Wisconsin Fresh Market Vegetable Growers Association sponsor the essay contest.

For the contest, students were asked to write a 100 to 300 word essay with the theme From the Farm to my Home.

Eryn received a certificate, prizes and a classroom presentation. Polk County had 150 essays submitted. - submitted LEFT: Pictured are Darlene Arneson, Wisconsin Farm Bureau Agriculture in the Classroom Coordinator, Eryn Mares, Yvonne Sorenson, Unity fifth-grade teacher and Lisa Thomfohrda, Polk County Farm. – Photo submitted

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Webster Village votes down affordable housing, at least in the Smith Pines Development

by Sherill Summer WEBSTER – With time running out on a grant deadline for the proposed affordable housing in the Smith Pines Development, the Webster Village Board needed to make a decision whether or not to proceed with the proposal. Indianhead Community Action Agency felt confident that they could secure funding for the units, build the units for the community and help develop Smith Pine infrastructure in the process. Indianhead has long wanted

to find a suitable place in Burnett County for its affordable housing units.

The Webster Village Board put a damper on these plans by voting by five to two against the proposed affordable housing on Wednesday, May 28, at least not in the Smith Pines Development.

With the voting results, however, was an invitation for Indianhead to look at other properties in the village that might be more agreeable with the village board. The grant funding that Indianhead considering to finance

affordable housing units in Webster is an annual grant and could be available again next year.

A primary reason against building affordable housing in Smith Pines voiced in the discussion is that the affordable housing units may deter further development in Smith Pines.

Indianhead was interested in five lots in the development that could have up to 40 lots to develop. Only one lot has been developed so far, and road, sewer and water extend only partially

through the development. The lots that the village board was considering for affordable housing were lots that did not yet have infrastructure. Part of the grant money secured by Indianhead could have extended the road, water and sewer into areas not yet serviced by these amenities.

Man taunts police on one-year anniversary of standoff; gets tasered POLK COUNTY - A St. Croix Falls man faces charges this week relating to a domestic dispute that took place Sunday, June 1, at a residence on 201st Ave. where the man had a standoff with officers exactly one year ago, firing shots at those officers.

Sean Knapp, 40, allegedly reminded officers of that event when they arrived on the scene, bragging about shooting at officers a year ago. Officers witnessed Knapp slamming a door to the residence and then running behind an adult female and male child as they all exited the building. Knapp was holding his right arm behind his back, according to the report. Both officers drew their firearms and ordered Knapp to show his hands.

Knapp did not comply, and instead Knapp began walking towards the officers yelling at them and asking them to shoot him.

At one point Knapp brought his right arm, which was behind his back, in front of his waist to simulate a firearm, the report states. He then again placed his right arm/hand behind his back.

One of the officers deployed a taser which was effective. Knapp was then placed in handcuffs.

In the incident May 31, 2007, Knapp allegedly told officers he “was going out in a blaze of glory,” after they responded to a domestic situation one night in early June.

No one was hurt, even though Knapp fired his gun while officers were present

Woman faces felony bail jumping charge POLK COUNTY - A 44-year-old Clear Lake woman who was charged last year with exposing a child to harmful material and two other sex-related counts, is now facing a charge of felony bail jumping for violating conditions of her bond.

Kimberly A. Kuhn had apparently allowed relatives to share her home and a condition of her bond was that she not

be in contact with any children under the age of 18.

Kuhn was arrested at her place of employment in Osceola on May 30. – with information from Polk County Sheriff’s Department

Donate pop cans to Marty Niles FREDERIC – Friberg’s Gone Green at 209 Industrial Way, Frederic, will be collecting pop cans to raise money for the medical expenses of Marty Niles.

Pop cans may be dropped off at this location between 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. for the next three Saturdays, June 7, June 14 and June 21.

Niles will receive 85¢/lb. for the pop cans donated in his name. People who

donate one third or more of their total pop cans to Niles will receive 75¢/lb. for any they may want to redeem themselves.

There will be a guestbook for anyone donating to sign, if they wish. – Brenda Sommerfeld

K-9 club planning expo BURNETT COUNTY The Northwestern Wisconsin K-9 Club is planning a dog fair/expo and invites you to participate. The event will be held in the Rice Lake area this August, date and location still pending.

The event will includes displays by local humane societies and vendors, demonstrations of fly ball, disc dog, weight pull, free-style dancing, therapy dogs, search and rescue, agility, obedience and more. There will be games and contests for the dogs and their owners. Vendors will provide pet food, pet supplies, boarding kennels,

groomers, human food for attendees, photographers, animal communicators, animal massage therapists, dog trainers and more.

Booth space for all nonprofits will be free. Booth space for vendors will be $25 plus donation of an item they sell that retails for $25 or more for the raffle.

If you know of anyone who would be interested in having a booth at the event, or volunteering, information available at the club’s Web site at www.nwk9c.org. - with submitted information

Beer bottle assault results in charge LUCK – A 28-year-old Balsam Lake man faces a charge of substantial battery following an incident early Sunday morning, June 1, in the village of Luck.

Jason A. Brown is accused of throwing a beer bottle which struck a man standing across the street in the face, chipping the man’s tooth.

Brown, according to a sheriff’s report, first told the investigating officer that he didn’t have any knowledge of a beer bottle being thrown, but interviews with others at the scene led the officer to

believe that Brown was not being honest. One witness told the officer that Brown had been “instigating altercations” during the course of the night, before throwing the bottle at the victim, and had made a statement similar to “That’s what it’s like,” or “You like that?”

Alcohol was a contributing factor to the incident, the report states, but Brown was cooperative during his arrest. – with information from Polk County Sheriff’s Department

and deputies spent more than three hours tracking him through the woods.

According to authorities, Knapp allegedly had a verbal argument and was walking around outside with a rifle when the deputies arrived.

“You’re gonna have to kill me, or I’m gonna kill you,” Knapp was reported to have yelled at the deputies.

There appeared to be a laser light on the rifle and one officer saw a laser light pointed in the general direction of the eight or 10 officers just before he heard a gunshot.

Knapp told investigators later that he shot up in the air.

Knapp fled into the nearby wooded residential area after firing the rifle.

Following last year’s incident, Knapp

was charged with operating a firearm while intoxicated, disorderly conduct, recklessly endangering safety, second degree, intentionally point laser pointer at officer, resisting or obstructing an officer and failure to comply with officer/person into custody. He was found guilty of intentionally directing laser pointer at officer and of failure to comply with officer/person into custody.

The other charges were dismissed, according to court records. – Gary King with information from Polk County Sheriff’s Department

Rep. Hraychuck releases 2008 Legislative Report and Survey MADISON—State Rep. Ann Hraychuck, D-Balsam Lake, announced that her 2008 Legislative Report and Survey are now available for 28th Assembly District constituents.

Residents should have received a copy of the newsletter within the past couple weeks. The survey contains eight questions that address issues facing the state Legislature.

“I have already received hundreds of completed surveys at my office in Madison, and I look forward to reading more responses. If, by chance, my newsletter and survey didn’t make it in your mailbox or on your doorstep, please call my office or send me an email to request a copy,” said Hraychuck.

Also included in the newsletter is a list of Hraychuck’s summer listening sessions. “Hearing from my constituents helps me to be a more effective voice for the 28th Assembly District, and these listening sessions keep the lines of communication open,” said Hraychuck. “There was such a positive response to my spring sessions that I wanted to do another round this summer.”

Listed below are the dates for Hraychuck’s June listening sessions.

Look for a reminder regarding the July sessions later this month.

Hraychuck encourages anyone who has not received a newsletter to contact her toll free at 888-529-0028 or via e-mail at rep.hraychuck@legis.wi.gov to obtain a copy.

Listening sessions Somerset: Tuesday, June 10, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m., village hall, 110 Spring Street Osceola: Wednesday, June 11, noon - 1 p.m., municipal building, 310 Chieftain Street Centuria: Thursday, June 12, 5 - 6 p.m., village hall, 305 Wisconsin Avenue Clayton: Tuesday, June 17, 5 - 6 p.m., municipal building, 111 Clayton Avenue West Clear Lake: Wednesday, June 18, 5 - 6 p.m., village hall, 350 4th Avenue Balsam Lake: Thursday, June 19, noon - 1 p.m., village hall, 404 Main Street Webster: Tuesday, June 24, 3 - 4 p.m., village hall, 7505 Main Street West Siren: Wednesday, June 25, 5 - 6 p.m., village hall, 24049 1st Avenue North Milltown: Thursday, June 26, noon - 1 p.m., village hall, 89 Main Street West. – submitted

NARFE to meet LUCK - The National Active and Retired Employees Chapter 1581 will hold a dinner meeting at noon on Thursday, June 12 at the Hog Wild Restaurant on Luck’s Main Street. All active and retired federal employees are

welcome.

Reservations may be made by calling 327-8658 by noon on Monday, June 9. submitted

PBREA to meet GRANTSBURG - The Polk-Burnett Retired Educators cordially invite all educators and support staff, past and present, to the PBREA meeting Thursday, June 12, at 11:30 a.m. for a picnic at Memory Lake Park in Grantsburg.

Jeff Bush, administrator of the Insight

School, will address the group prior to a tour of Insight School and the historical School District #1 (Century-old Reed School) of Burnett County.

Contact Clayton Jorgensen, 715-4635725, for reservations by Monday, June 9. – from PBREA

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Webster boys take second at State meet

Frederic and Webster 4X800-meter relay teams stood on the winners podium with their medals after the state track competition held in La Crosse May 30 and 31. The Webster team, Brian Gibbs, Quentin Johnson, Bryan Krause and Peter Walsh, broke their school record with 8:10.69, taking second place and the Frederic team, Ben Nelson, Kyle Swenson, Ben Anderson and River Karl, took third with 8:18.47. – Photos by John Reed Division III State Meet (5-30 & 5-31-08) UW-La Crosse Boys Top Twelve Team Results Place Team Points 1st Stratford 48.0 2nd Webster 42.0 3rd Fenimore 37.0 4th Cuba City 33.0 5th Newman Catholic 32.0 6th Hillsboro 25.0 7thT Rosholt 24.0 7thT Gibraltar 24.0 7thT Suring 24.0 7thT Pittsville 24.0 11th Oshkosh Lourdes 22.0 12th Frederic 21.0 Area boy individual finalists 200-Meter dash - 9. Brian Thill, W, 24.14.

400-Meter dash - 3. Brian Thill, W, 51.87.

800-Meter run - 3. River Karl, F, 1.59.24.

1600-Meter run - 1. Peter Walsh, W, 4.23.04; 4.

River Karl, F, 4.28.51.

3200-Meter run - 1. Peter Walsh, W, 9.37.87; 9.

Nick Krinkie, W, 10.13.81.

110-Meter hurdles - 5. Zach Anderson, F, 15.96.

4X200-Meter relay - 7. Webster, 1.34.57 (Jules Zappa, Chaz Heinz, Quentin Johnson, Dan Pope).

4X400-Meter relay - 3. Webster, 3.27.73 (Chaz Heinz, Brian Gibbs, Quentin Johnson, Brian Thill).

4X800-Meter relay - 2. Webster, 8.10.69 (Brian Gibbs, Quentin Johnson, Bryan Krause, Peter Walsh); 3. Frederic, 8.18.47 (Ben Nelson, Kyle Swenson, Ben Anderson, River Karl).

Pole vault - 12. AJ Holmquist, W, 11-06.

Triple jump - 15. Zach Anderson, F, 39-01.50.

Shot put - 10. Josh Johnson, W, 47-07.25.

Discus - 15. Josh Johnson, W, 136-00.

Frederic boys come in 12th

by Brenda Sommerfeld LA CROSSE – The Webster boys track team got second place at the state track competition in La Crosse held Friday and Saturday May 30 and 31. They scored 42 points, coming in six points behind the No. 1 team, Stratford.

“I was very thrilled with the results and I felt blessed to have had the privilege to work with such a fine group of athletes,” coach Jeff Postler said, “and I especially want to recognize our great coaching staff.”

Roy Ward coached jumps and pole vault, Jim Muus supervised long distance running, Doug Quenzer did sprinting, Deanna Krause coached hurdles and blocks. Junior high coach Sarah Pickering helped with long and triple jumps and Brian Peterson volunteercoached pole vault.

“Without them we would have never been able to make this dream possible,” Postler commented. “We were undefeated up until the state meet and there we were runners-up! What a blessing!”

With the contributions of all these

coaches, many Webster athletes made it to the state competition and placed in the top statewide.

Peter Walsh took first place in both the 1600-meter and the 3200-meter runs scoring 10 points in each event for his team. Walsh ran the 1600-meter in 4:23.04, four seconds in front of second place, and 10 seconds in front of the second runner, in the 3200-meter, with a time of 9:37.87. Nick Krinkie took ninth place with a time of 10:13.81.

Two school records were broken during the state competition. Both the 4X800-meter and the 4X400-meter relay teams shaved time off to make a new record.

The 4X800-meter relay team beat the school record, taking second place with an 8:10.69 time, staying close to firstplace finishers Brookfield Academy. The team’s runners were Brian Gibbs, Quentin Johnson, Bryan Krause and Peter Walsh.

The 4X400-meter relay team beat the old school record by three seconds with a 3:27.73 time. Brian Gibbs had received the baton from Chaz Heinz in ninth position but fought his way to second

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Division II State Meet (5-30 & 5-31-08) UW-La Crosse Area boy individual finalist Long jump - 12. Chad Strilzuk, U, 20-00.75.

Division III State Meet (5-30 & 5-31-08) UW-La Crosse Area girl individual finalists 100-Meter dash - 6. Sage Karl, F, 13.25.

800-Meter run - 9. Kathryn Krause, W, 2.26.69.

1600-Meter run - 11. Sarah Howe, S, 5.33.99.

3200-Meter run - 5. Sarah Howe, S, 11.28.21; 12.

Samantha Nelson, F, 12.02.16.

4X100-Meter relay - 3. Frederic, 51.76 (Candace Buck, Tanesha Carlson, Kelly Wondra, Sage Karl).

4X800-Meter relay - 11. Frederic, 10.12.28 (Calla Karl, Megan Anderson, Sarah Knauber, Samantha Nelson) Triple jump - 11. Kelly Wondra, F, 32-04.

Discus - 10. Kendra Jones, S, 109-07.

Webster’s Peter Walsh and Frederic’s River Karl competed for their last time at state in the 1600-meter run. Walsh took first, Karl fourth.

Extra Points ••• LUCK – The second-annual W.I.N.G.S. benefit will be held at the Luck Golf Course on Monday, June 16. Tee off will be at 1:30 p.m.

••• LEADER LAND – On WXCE 1260 AM Legion baseball games can be heard on the following dates: Unity at St. Croix Falls will broadcast at 5:30 p.m. on June 5. The Amery at Unity game can be heard on June 6 at 5:30 p.m.

••• MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee Brewers games featured on WXCE 1260 can be heard on the following dates: The Brewers at Rockies series can be heard on June 6, 7 and 8 at 8 p.m., 7 p.m. and 2 p.m. respectively.

The June 10 and 11 games against the Astros can be heard at 7 p.m. both nights.

••• MINNEAPOLIS – Minnesota Twins games featured on WLMX 104.9 FM can be heard on the following dates: The June 5 Orioles at Twins game can be heard at noon.

The Twins at White Sox series taking place on June 6, 7 and 8 can be heard at 7 p.m., 6 p.m. and 1 p.m. respectively. The June 10 and 11 Twins at Indians games can be heard at 6 p.m. both nights.

••• LEADER LAND – Local sports tidbits to share? Please contact the Leader by 4 p.m. on Tuesdays 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 2008 and hasn’t been mentioned, send us an e-mail and we’ll take it from there. – Marty Seeger and Brenda Sommerfeld

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Frederic’s Kelly Wondra hands the baton to Sage Karl during their third place win in the 4X100-meter relay. Other team members are Candace Buck and Tanesha Carlson.– Photos by John Reed

Webster’s A.J. Holmquist completes 11 ft., 6 in. during the pole vault event in La Crosse.

“A huge credit to this years’ seniors, Peter Carlson, Matt Alden, Perry Anderson, Kyle Swenson, Ben Anderson, Sam Halverson, River Karl and Dustin Gabrielson,” coach Troy Wink said. “They all performed well and will be missed.”

“We kind of flew under the radar with Webster being so good, but we had a really good track team and most years would’ve maybe won conference, regionals or sectionals,” Wink added.

“Not enough can be said for what River accomplished in track,” Wink commented. “He is a great runner and, more importantly, a great kid. Frederic will not have another distance runner like him for quite some time.”

Karl took third with his 4X800-meter relay team at state his freshman year.

Sophomore year he took second in the 1600-meter. His junior year, he ran third in the 1600-meter and second in the 800meter runs.

This year Karl had his fastest 800meter run this season during the state meet, finishing second in his heat but third overall. His finish time was 1:59.24. In the 1600-meter run, he finished fourth with 4:28.51.

“He got caught in with a group of four or five runners on the third lap that slowed him down,” Wink explained about the 1600-meter. “He was in second place coming into the last 75 meters but couldn’t hold off the rest and slipped to fourth.”

Zach Anderson went into the 110meter hurdles ranked 16 out of 16, but ran the preliminary being seeded six of the nine finalists. On Saturday, he ran his fastest time of the year and his

Peter Walsh received three medals, two first places in individual events and one second on a relay team.

Brian Thill received two thirdplace medals. One for the 400-meter dash and one for the 4X400-meter relay.

Frederic boys take 12th LA CROSSE – This was the Frederic boys fourth straight year finishing in the top 15 teams at the state competition. The team scored 21 points, putting them in the 12th-place spot. Many athletes contributed the points in order for this to happen.

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“She ran with confidence and was mentally and physically healthier,” coach Roy Ward said. “It was exciting to watch her run at the end of the season.”

“It was a great way to end a season and a career for the Tiger girls track team,” Ward added.

State track/continued place. Gibbs handed off to Quentin Johnson who brought the team to the first-place position. Johnson handed off to the injured Brian Thill, who managed to run through the pain finishing third, 34-tenths behind second place.

Thill had torn off an old blister on his foot during his third-place finish in the 400-meter run, causing him discomfort for all subsequent events. He did manage to finish ninth in the 200-meter dash, but Postler said if he was healthy he should have finished fifth as in the preliminaries.

The 4X200-meter relay team was in the fifth-place position after the preliminary round.

“Unfortunately they had a bad handoff to keep them off the medal podium with a seventh-place finish,” Postler said.

Jules Zappa, Johnson, Dan Pope and Heinz finished seventh with a 1:34.57 time.

A.J. Holmquist made 11 ft., 6 in. for opening height. His personal best is 11 ft., 9 in.

Josh Johnson threw both discus and shot put. He finished 10th in shot put with a total distance of 47 ft., 7-1/4 in.

Discus was disappointing to him, Postler mentioned. He had been consistently throwing between 145 ft. and 150 ft. in the last four meets, but got 15th at state with 136 ft.

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career with 15.96 seconds, taking fifth place overall. He also ran his fastest time, with a 42.91, in the 300-meter hurdles, but did not place. He placed 15th in the triple jump.

The 4X800-meter relay team took third with an 8:18.47 time. The team runners were Ben Nelson, Swenson, Ben Anderson and Karl.

Carlson, Alden, Tyler Calabria and Perry Anderson made up the 4X100meter relay team that took 13th in their race with a time of 45.99. It was their second-fastest time of the season.

Morgan doesn’t place LA CROSSE – Despite good effort, Nick Morgan, Luck, did not make the finals for either the 100-meter or the 200-meter dash.

Morgan finished 10th in the preliminaries of the 200-meter and 15th in the preliminaries of the 100-meter dash.

Howe breaks another record LA CROSSE – Sarah Howe finished fifth at the state competition in the 3200meter run with a time of 11:28.21. This time was her personal best, breaking her record by nearly 20 seconds.

Her time in the state competition for the 1600-meter run was 5:33.99, bringing her in 11th-place.

“Sarah’s time in the 1600-meter was a bit off our goal, but in the big picture, her time was the second-fastest 1600meter time in the history of Siren girls track and field,” coach Wayne Koball explained.

The previous fastest time in Siren school history was Howe’s 5:18.92 at the sectional competition.

The only other Siren track athlete to go to state was Kendra Jones in the discus event. Jones placed 10th with a 109 ft., 7 in. throw.

“Kendra’s first trip to state was awesome,” said Koball. “She reaped the rewards of her hard work this season to have a chance to throw in La Crosse.”

“Overall, we are very pleased with our season,” Koball said of both boys and girls teams. “Our teams may have been small but we had big hearts.

Thanks to all our supporters this season and 2009 promises to be another strong year for Siren track and field.”

Krause only girl from Webster LA CROSSE – Kathryn Krause was the only Webster Tiger girl to make the journey to La Crosse. She ran in the 800-

Frederic 4X100 relay gets third LA CROSSE – Frederic’s Candace Buck, Tanesha Carlson, Kelly Wondra and Sage Karl placed third in the 4X100meter relay with a 51.76 second time at the state competition. They were a little less than one second behind the secondplace team.

Sage Karl also placed sixth in the individual 100-meter dash with a 13.25 second time.

The 4X800-meter relay team received 11th place with a 10:12.28 time. Runners for the team were Calla Karl, Megan Anderson, Sarah Knauber and Samantha Nelson.

Nelson received 12th in her other event, the 3200-meter run. Her time was 12:02.16.

Calla Karl also competed in the 400meter run but did not make it into the finals.

Wondra competed in the triple jump, where she received 11th with a 32 ft., 4 in. jump.

River Karl got third in the 800meter run, fourth in the 1600-meter and third in the 4X800-meter relay.

Sarah Howe received a medal for being fifth in the 3200-meter run.

She also got 11th in the 1600-meter.

Division II track athletes LA CROSSE – Chad Strilzuk, Unity, and Shawn Pavlik, Grantsburg, were the only two area Division II athletes to compete at the state meet.

Strilzuk jumped 20 ft., 3/4 in. in the long jump.

“That was not enough to make it into the finals, but he did move up from his 15th place seed to finish 12th,” coach Mike Morris said.

Pavlik did not make the 6 ft. opening height in the high jump event to place.

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Pirates scuffle against Park Falls in finals Grantsburg advances to final over Spring Valley Park Falls 12, Grantsburg 0

by Brenda Sommerfeld ARCADIA – After winning the sectional semi-final against Spring ValleyPlum City, Grantsburg was put on the field against Park Falls for the finals. To the Pirates dismay, Park Falls took the sectional championship title after shutting them out 12-0 on Friday, May 30.

As the selected visiting team, Park Falls Cardinals were first. With two caught fly balls by shortstop Ingrid Ames and right fielder Amanda Durand, and a grounder to Ames who sent it to first baseman Melissa Burton, it was a quick first half.

Michelle Lund was the first at bat for the Pirates, walking to first and stealing second. She was left there with two caught flys and a strikeout by teammates.

The second inning was the same situation for both teams. Second baseman Alyssa Ryan, center fielder Michelle

Pirate catcher Sasha Chell unsuccessfully reaches for the tag on a runner at home plate against Park Falls during the regional final game on Friday, May 30. – Photos by Brenda Sommerfeld Davidsavor and Ames each caught a fly for the three outs. Two catches and another strikeout in the second sent Grantsburg back on defense, where they had three more catches for three consecutive outs.

Ryan started out the third hitting a grounder to second to be taken out at first. Sasha Chell was up next and made it to second before being left by two more caught balls.

Things went downhill for the Pirates in the top of the fourth inning. Six field errors by Grantsburg and a couple of double base hits sent Park Falls ahead of the game, 6-0.

Grantsburg had five strikeouts, three pop flys caught and a throw out at first for the last three at bats, leaving them scoreless throughout the game.

The Cardinals scored six more in the sixth, ending the game and Grantsburg’s season.

Grantsburg 4, Spring Valley 1 ARCADIA – Despite the rain, the Pirates had a better game against the Spring Valley-Plum City Cardinals than their second Cardinal opponents, Park Falls. Grantsburg put up a 4-1 win against the Spring Valley-Plum City team.

Michelle Lund pitched all seven innings for the Pirates, scoring 17 strikeouts. She only gave up one hit and one walk during the entire game.

The one run the Cardinals scored came during the bottom of the fourth, because of their only hit and a few Pirate fielding errors.

First baseman Melissa Burton receives a pass to get a Park Falls batter out.

Grantsburg had nine strikeouts, seven hits, seven walks and four hit-bypitches. Sarah Wald took two of the hits, to be put on base, while Ingrid Ames and Amanda Durand each took one of the other two. Durand’s even brought in a run for the Pirates team.

Durand brought in Melissa Burton’s runner Emily Cole in the second for Grantsburg’s first run.

The other three Pirate runs were each scored by a walk to first during the third inning.

Amanda Durand bats against Spring Valley-Plum City. She nailed one hit during the game.

Michelle Davidsavor connects with the ball, which goes foul. She went 2-4 during the Spring Valley game.

Amanda Durand gets ready for the catch in left field.

First baseman Melissa Burton and second baseman Alyssa Ryan collide while successfully catching a fly ball during the Spring Valley-Plum City game.

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Cardinals capture regional crown

The Luck boys basketball, golf and now the baseball team can be proud of their regional championship trophies. Its been a very successful year for Luck Cardinal boys athletics. – Photo by Marty Seeger

Win propels Luck into sectional semifinal Luck 10, Shell Lake 0

by Marty Seeger LUCK – The Cardinals made it look easy in their win over Shell Lake on

Wednesday, May 28, in the regional championship. Luck peppered the Lakers with 10 hits for 10 runs to rule the game in six innings of play.

Harry Severson-Dickinson took to the mound for the Cardinals and pitched the solid six innings, allowing just three hits, with eight strikeouts and four walks. Leading the hitting category were Jamison Gross, SeversonDickinson, Harlan Opitz and Jeff Gackle with two hits apiece.

Luck scored twice in the second inning with the help of a single from Opitz, who later scored on a passed ball, and an RBI single from Gross. In the bottom of the third, the Cards brought three runs in on three hits. SeversonDickinson, Gackle and Casey Hatten each had RBI singles in the inning.

In the next three innings the Cardinals chipped away at Shell Lake to eventually run rule over the Lakers in the sixth.

A walk drawn by Severson-Dickinson

and an error on the Shell Lake shortstop on a hit from Opitz landed a pair of Luck runners on base. SeversonDickison scored the game-ending run on a passed ball.

The Cardinals win earned them a spot at the sectional tournament in Bruce.

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Luck’s sectional hopes diminished by Hurley One bad inning sends things downhill

with a couple walks and teammate hits.

Hurley, however, answered back with two more runs themselves, widening the gap, 8-4.

The top of the seventh, three Luck batters struck out. One run was scored with Letch being brought in by Cody Richert, but it wasn’t enough to bring the Cardinals back.

The Cardinals ended their season with a 14-3 record, losing to Grantsburg

Hurley 8, Luck 5

by Brenda Sommerfeld BRUCE – One bad defensive inning took Luck’s hopes of being sectional finalists away during their game against the Hurley Midgets Tuesday, June 3.

Hurley moved onto the championship game, winning 8-5 against the Pirates.

The Cardinals left the bases loaded in the top of the first inning with a fly ball caught for the third out. Hurley started out with the first batter hitting a double to right field and the second bringing him home with a double of his own.

Only one more Hurley batter got on base before three outs were made by Luck defense, putting the Midgets up 10.

Neither team got in another run until the fourth inning. Harlan Opitz was Luck’s first batter. He made it to first on a grounder past Hurley’s shortstop. Jeff Gackle got Opitz to third where he made it home on an infield error by the Midgets after Jamison Gross grounded.

Casey Hatten was right behind Opitz, but was called out sliding into home against Hurley’s catcher.

With the game tied 1-1, it was Hurley’s turn at bat. Cardinal pitcher Hatten walked four batters, bringing in one run and loading the bases. Harry Severson-Dickinson took over at the mound and with his first at bat, hit the batter with a pitch, bringing in another free run. The next batter hit one to shortstop and Luck chose to take out the runner at home. With the bases still loaded, Midgets had a strikeout and then a dou-

Cardinals senior Casey Hatten pitches his last game. Hatten had five strike outs, five walks and five runs during the game against the Hurley Midgets in the sectional semifinals on Tuesday, June 2. – Photos by Brenda Sommerfeld ble base hit to center field bringing in three more runs. Severson-Dickinson took the last out himself with a final strikeout, but not before Hurley had scored five runs.

Two more runners were left hanging for Luck as the fifth inning ended.

Cardinal defense stepped it up with three Hurley outs right away.

The sixth was where the Cardinals saw a little break in the clouds, scoring three runs, making in a two-run game, 6-4. Derek Letch, Hatten and Jordan Gross each made it past home plate

Harry Severson-Dickinson finished out the game pitching the last two-and-a-half innings against Hurley.

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Luck regional finals versus Shell Lake

Luck seniors on this year’s baseball team include back row (L to R): Brett Holdt, Harlan Opitz, Mitchell Klatt, Cody Richert and Casey Hatten. Jordan Gross is holding the Cardinals regional championship trophy. – Photos by Marty Seeger

Cardinal second baseman Jamison Gross turned a double play on his own in the fifth inning against the Lakers Wednesday, May 28.

Cody Richert tags out a Shell Lake player at third base.

Harlan Opitz slid safely into home on a passed ball committed by the Shell Lake catcher. It was the first run of the game scored by the Cardinals. – Photo by Larry Samson

Harry Severson-Dickinson got down and dirty on a slide into second base against the Lakers.

Luck’s sectional action Tuesday against Hurley

Luck’s Mitchell Klatt is called safe at second base.

The Cardinal coach and infield meets Casey Hatten at the pitcher’s mound before he’s replaced.

Cody Richert safely makes it to first base after Hurley’s first baseman misses a pass during sectional play Tuesday, June 3. – Photos by Brenda Sommerfeld

Jeff Gackle swings at a pitch from the Hurley Midgets pitcher.

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Frederic falls to Hurley in sectionals

Early errors prove costly for Vikings Hurley 13, Frederic 2

by Marty Seeger LUCK – The Vikings started out sharp in the early goings of the softball team’s first-ever sectional tournament appearance, but errors proved to be too costly.

The defending state runner-up Midgets lost just two players from last season, which made for some tough sledding for the Vikings, but they managed to work a sharp 1-2-3 inning in the first before getting their chance to bat.

Lisa Chelmo and Melanie Chenal both grounded out in their first at bat, but Erin Schmidt connected for the Vikings first hit of the game. Schmidt, who was the starting pitcher for the Vikings, looped a nice hit into left-center field in the first inning, but the inning soon ended on a hard-hit fly to center by Chrissy Chenal. That’s when Hurley started capitalizing on Frederic errors in the second inning. Three errors, three hits and a pair of passed balls eventually led to a six-run inning for the Hurley in the top of the second.

“We just had way too many errors, and we gave away like 10 earned runs,” Hansford said.

Part of that comes with inexperience.

There are 11 players on the roster and four seniors, which didn’t give Hansford a lot of depth to work with, but with each game, progress was being made with many of the Vikings players.

“We expected an awful lot out of these underclassmen, because some of them have never played, or else they played seventh and eighth grade, and have to go straight to varsity,” Hansford said. “We just really pushed them, and I think a lot of them came around.”

As a freshman, Vanessa Neumann made all-conference honorable mention. Hansford also mentioned Alex Lonetti, and Terri McKinney, who helped the Vikings get to sectionals in the 11-inning against Northwood in the regional final.

The Vikings managed to hold Hurley to two runs in the top of the third, and a pitching change was made to start off the fourth inning by replacing Schmidt with Chrissy Chenal. But mistakes continued for the Vikings in the fourth, and Hurley added on three more runs. They also had three hits in the inning, including a double.

“Had we not given away all these errors it might not have been so far,” Hansford said. That’s because the

Terri McKinney came oh so close to catching a hard-hit ball to the warning track in left field.

The Frederic Viking seniors certainly had a memorable season as well as the coaching staff. Pictured (L to R): Assistant coach Brad Schmidt, Lisa Chelmo, Melanie Chenal, Erin Schmidt, Michelle Owens and head coach Erin Hansford. – Photos by Marty Seeger Vikings made a slight comeback in the bottom of the fourth despite falling behind 11 runs. Chrissy Chenal doubled and Lonetti hit an RBI single with two outs. Frederic worked a solid inning defensively in the top of the fifth and scored another run in the bottom of the inning. McKinney smashed a solid hit to center field, and with two outs, Melanie Chenal hit the RBI single.

Schmidt struck out but reached first after the catcher dropped the ball and missed a throw to first. Frederic loaded the bases with a single from Chrissy Chenal, but the inning soon ended on a Viking strikeout.

“They never give up on two outs, and they’ve done really good at rallying,” Hansford said. “They did a good job of trying to keep going.”

Had the Vikings not given up the errors, Hansford said it might have been an entirely different ballgame altogether. Although she said the team was a little disappointed that the they let Hurley run away with the game, they were pleased with being able to make Viking history, and bring home their first-ever regional title and trip to the sectional tournament.

“There were so many proud

Krysta Laqua made a nice catch in left field in the top of the fifth inning

Alex Lonetti made it to first on this close play in the bottom of the fourth inning after the Hurley second baseman had to make a diving stab. Lonetti’s base hit scored the Vikings first run of the game.

Melanie Chenal made a heads-up play from the shortstop position to get the force out on a Hurley baserunner at third.

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Panthers maul Pirates for regional championship Grantsburg finishes season with 14-3 record St. Croix Central 4, Grantsburg 3

by Brenda Sommerfeld GRANTSBURG – The Grantsburg Pirates baseball team had a strong regional championship game against St. Croix Central Panthers, but eventually fell to the Panthers 4-3. This finished their season on their home field on Wednesday, May 28.

“Not our best game,” coach Pete Johnson said. “Bad time to not have our best game. Our problem was that we didn’t jump on the first couple of pitchers.”

For not being their best game, the Pirates played a very close game with St. Croix Central, but didn’t get the hits they needed.

Kevin Johnson started out pitching for Grantsburg, striking out the very first batter, and five total throughout his four innings.

During the second inning, the Panthers scored their first run on field errors. Catcher Ben Larson made up for

Trent Bonneville awaits his turn at bat during the regional final game Grantsburg played against St. Croix Central Wednesday, May 28.

The Grantsburg catcher chases down St. Croix Central runner to third base, getting the third out for the Pirates during the second inning. – Photos by Brenda Sommerfeld it with a big third out by chasing down a batter coming toward home from third.

Being down by one, Grantsburg got one batter on base from an overthrow at first, but left him stranded as a third fly was caught.

It was the bottom of the third when Grantsburg received their first run, getting Larson in. Larson made it to first on a Panther field error, stole second and third during Dylan Marohn’s at bat and was brought home on a hit to right field

by Kevin Johnson. Marohn was out on a fly to right field and Johnson was taken out at first. The third out was Thane Larson’s fly to first, leaving Trent Bonneville hanging on second.

St. Croix Central made it all the way through the batting order in the top of the fourth, scoring three runs against Johnson’s pitching. The first two batters scored hits with shots between right and center field getting them on base.

The third batter hit a fly to center, which was caught by Marohn for the first out.

The next was walked to first loading the bases. A hit to right and an error by the

Grantsburg pitcher Kevin Johnson tags a runner coming to home plate after a pass from his catcher.

Pirates infield brought in two, but got second out on first. The next hit to left field brought in the runner on third, to score a third run. With two Panthers on base from walks, Johnson struck out the final batter on the lineup. Ben Larson dropped the third strike, but stepped on home plate for the final out.

The Pirates answered back in the bottom of the fourth with two of their own runs, bringing it to a one-run game.

Jamie Robb was first up and out with a fly to first. Al Schwartzbauer and Austin Eskola were both walked to first by the Panthers first pitcher. Jake Ryan hit one to left field to load up the bases.

Ben Larson hit one to bring in Schwartzbauer, but Ryan was taken out at second, making the second out.

Marohn stepped up and hit one to right field bringing in Eskola before

Ben Larson makes it to first on a passed ball in the third inning.

Johnson’s caught fly to the pitcher.

St. Croix Central put in a new pitcher in the middle of the fourth and again at the beginning of the fifth. The Pirates hit against the new in the fifth but were still taken out one, two, three. In the sixth, the first three batters struck out, the first two in the seventh struck out and the third was a caught fly to center field.

Grantsburg’s Trent Bonneville took over pitching in the beginning of the fifth. St. Croix Central got a few hits off, but not enough to score anymore runs.

Bonneville had two strikeouts and one walk.

The Pirates ended their season with an overall record of 14-3, with six cancelled games.

“I’m pleased with the season,” Johnson commented. “This has maybe been my most satisfying season as a coach. I’ve gotten so much out of these guys.”

Johnson said he had many new and many young players who played for him this year and hopes to have all but the two seniors back for next season.

Shortstop Thane Larson makes the catch of a fly ball while second baseman Austin Eskola stands ready for backup.

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Ruud taking over Siren boys program “The girls team has been good and are going to be great,” Ruud commented. “The cupboards are well-stocked.”

The search is now on for the girls head coaching position.

Ruud will replace Rick Anderson as the boys basketball head coach. Anderson resigned after the 2007-08 season. – Brenda Sommerfeld

West Lakeland All-Conference Teams Softball

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Sasha Chell Alyssa Ryan Amanda Durand Michelle Davidsavor Melissa Burton Ingrid Ames Michelle Lund Amanda Larson Lisa Chelmo Erin Schmidt Melanie Chenal Chrissy Chenal Britta Giller Melissa Jenssen Taryn Pilz Shannon Steiner Samantha Hogle Jamie Kopecky Becca Milligan Cailin Turner Abby Swenson Megan Yunker Vanessa Neumann Ali Lehmann Jessica Antonson Alyssa Holdt Michelle Gibbs Ashley Hutton Jordyn Christensen

Grantsburg Grantsburg Grantsburg Grantsburg Grantsburg Grantsburg Grantsburg St. Croix Falls Frederic Frederic Frederic Frederic Luck Luck Luck Webster-Siren Webster-Siren Webster-Siren Unity Unity

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Adam Daniels Nolan Neumann Ryan Flaherty Gus Koecher Matt Vold Trygve Chinander Jordan Gross Harry Severson-Dickinson Mitchell Klatt Casey Hatten Kevin Johnson Trent Bonneville Thane Larson Cameron Hughes Aaron Schmidt Justin Bader Jake Larcom Harlan Opitz Jamison Gross Ben Larson

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Overall 11-2 14-3

Wednesday, May 28 Luck 10, Shell Lake 0 St. Croix Central 4, Grantsburg 3 Tuesday, June 3 Hurley 8, Luck 5

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10-0 8-2

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Overall 17-1 14-4

Thursday, May 29 Grantsburg 4, Spring Valley 1 Park Falls 12,Grantsburg 0 Hurley 13, Frederic 2

LEAGUE BASEBALL

St. Croix Valley Legion League Team Cumberland Grantsburg Luck St. Croix Falls Unity Amery Baldwin New Richmond Osceola Somerset

Overall 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

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Thrusday, June 5 5:30 p.m. Unity at St. Croix Falls Luck at Grantsburg Somerset at Cumberland New Richmond at Osceola Baldwin at Amery Friday, June 6 5:30 p.m. Amery at Unity St. Croix Falls at Luck Grantsburg at Somerset Cumberland at New Richmond Osceola at Baldwin Tuesday, June 10 5:30 p.m. St. Croix Falls at Cumberland Grantsburg at Unity Luck at Baldwin Somerset at Osceola Amery at New Richmond

Siren-Webster Frederic Unity St. Croix Falls St. Croix Falls St. Croix Falls Luck Luck Luck Luck Grantsburg Grantsburg Grantsburg

Senior Senior Senior Sophomore Sophomore Senior Senior Junior Senior Senior Senior Junior Junior

SLOW-PITCH SOFTBALL Falun Church League Overall 3-0 3-0 2-0 2-0 1-1 1-2 1-2 1-2 0-2 0-2 0-3

Overall 3-0 3-0 2-1 2-1 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 0-3

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Wednesday, May 28 Church League Team 21, Century 21 6 Pour House I 18, Hole in the Wall 17 Fur, Fins & Feathers 26, Pour House II 9 Sundown 17, Chell Well 11 Gjonnes Construction 22, Da Crew 2 Overall 2-1 2-1 2-1 1-1 1-1 1-2 0-2

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NAME: Peter Walsh SCHOOL: Webster YEAR: Senior COMMENTS: Webster senior Peter Walsh also received three medals during the state compeition.

He took first place in both the 1600-meter and 3200meter runs. He had a time of 4:32.04 in the 1600 and Peter Walsh 9:37.87 in the 3200. He also placed second with his 4X800-meter relay team with a time of 8:10.69. Walsh also received scholarships for his outstanding athletic abilities.– Brenda Sommerfeld

2008 Division 3 Softball Playoffs The highest-seeded team will host through t he regional fi fin nal game, unless t heir fi fie eld is unavailable or unplayable. If t he lower seed’s fi fie eld is playable t hey will host . I f th e lower seed’s fi fie eld is also unplayable an alt ernate sit e can be used if agreeable to both t eams. Games should not be post poned if a playable fi fie eld is available.

Regionals Thurs., May 15

Tues., May 20

Thurs., May 22

Sectionals Thurs., May 29

* All games are at 5 p.m. unless otherwise noted Grantsburg (#1) Unity (#5) @Glenwood City Glenwood City (#4)

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Grantsburg (6-1)

WIAA State Tournament June 6 - Semifinals Sectional #1 vs. Sectional #3 approx. 3:30 p.m.

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Boyceville (#3) @Boyceville

St. Croix Falls (#6) TL-Clayton (#7) @S t. C roix Central St. Croix Central (#2)

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St. Croix Central (6-2) Grantsburg (4-1)

St. Croix Central (10-4)

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Arcadia (#1)

Siren Ballpark Women’s League Team Coyland Creek Skol Bar Chell Trucking/The Beehive Smith Family Eye Care Wizards H Town Girls Maurer Construction

20 Off Orlimar Sr. $ 4 Woods & All Hybrids 319 $ ATS - 400cc, Drivers 49 $ ATS F.W. Woods 29 10 Bags Individual 14 $ Holes & Putter Pocket 50 5 Styles Quade Drivers $ “R”, “S”, “A” & Ladies From 59 HERB’S TEE TO GREEN GOLF $

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NAME: River Karl SCHOOL: Webster YEAR: Senior COMMENTS: River Karl received three medals for different events at the state track competition held in La Crosse Friday and Saturday, May 30 and 31. He took third in the 800-meter run, fourth in River Karl the 1600-meter and third in the 4X800-meter relay.

“Not enough can be said for what River accomplished in track,” coach Troy Wink said. “He is a great runner and, more importantly, a great kid.”

– Brenda Sommerfeld

Siren Ballpark Men’s League Team Church League Team Sundown Hole in the Wall Fur, Fins & Feathers Pour House II Chell Well Century 21 Pour House I Gjonnes Construction Da Crew

40 Hybrids #3, 4, 5

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Thursday, May 29 Siren Covenant/Bethany 23, Trade Lake Baptist 1 Falun Churches 17, Faith Lutheran 8 Friday, May 30 Calvary Covenant 11, Frederic Free 10 West Sweden/Zion Lutheran 9, Trade River Free 4 Siren Assembly 21, Living Hope/Grace 4

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and I’d like the chance to coach them someday,” Ruud said. “If I didn’t take the position now, I may never have the chance.”

His oldest son will start fifth grade in the fall.

Ruud’s career record as the girls coach is 124-76, including back-toback conference titles for 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons. He is also credited for three regional championships.

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SIREN – Jon Ruud stepped down from his position as the Siren girls basketball program’s head coach in order to take over as head coach for the boys basketJon Ruud ball team.

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Osseo-Fairchild (4-1) @Arcadia SV-Plum City (2-1)

Prescott (#3) @Prescott Mondovi (#6)

Prescott (18-0 (5)) @Spring Valley SV-Plum City (#2)

SV-Plum City (5-3)

Park Falls (12-0) @Arcadia, 3 p.m.

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ATVs • BIRDING • BOATING • CAMPING • FISHING • HIKING • HUNTING • RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

ATV safety course held in Dairyland

Cozy Corner Trails, Inc., recently sponsored an ATV safety class at the Dairyland Fire Hall and Cozy Corner Inn. Eleven students successfully completed the course taught by Greg Giese, with assistance from Peg Giese, Rick Giese, and Jim and Sue Smedegard. The students were from Superior, Foxboro, Danbury, Solon Springs and Brule. A class is being planned for the fall. Please check the DNR Web site for details. – Photo submitted

Paddling trips scheduled for St. Croix National Scenic Riverway

NORTHWEST WISCONSN — In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and the establishment of the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway, the public is invited to join National Park Service staff on public paddles on different stretches of the Riverway.

The public paddles are scheduled for Saturday, June 7, 9 a.m. to noon, from Soderbeck Landing to Hwy. 70 on the St. Croix River, and Tuesday, June 10, 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. from Osceola Landing to William O’Brien State Park on the St. Croix River.

Reservations are not required.

Paddlers interested in participating should be at the specified starting point at least 15 minutes prior to the starting time of the paddle. All paddlers are required to have their own gear and transportation. Check the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway Web site at www.nps.gov/sacn for outfitter information and river section maps that indicate landing locations. Anyone younger than 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

In association with the paddle trips, the following activities will be offered: On Saturday, June 7, the Marshland Center will be open from 9 a.m. to 4

p.m. The film “The St. Croix: A Northwoods Journey” will be shown at the top of each hour. There will also be a Junior Ranger booth at Soderbeck Landing from 9 a.m. to noon. Kids ages 8 to 12 can pick up a copy of the new Junior Ranger activity booklet and work on completing 10 activities to earn a Junior Ranger badge and certificate.

The Marshland Center is located on Hwy. 70 where it crosses the St. Croix River, between Pine City, Minn., and Grantsburg, on the Minnesota side of the river. Follow the brown National Park Service signs on Hwy. 70 east of the St. Croix to find Soderbeck Landing, or pick up a map at the Marshland Center.

On Tuesday, June 10, the film will be shown at 8:45 p.m. at the William O’Brien State Park amphitheatre. There is no charge to attend any of these presentations, but a Minnesota annual vehicle permit or daily permit is needed to enter William O’Brien State Park.

The park is located 12 miles north of Stillwater, Minn., on Hwy. 95, near the town of Marine on St. Croix.

For additional information on the riverway, please visit www.nps.gov/ sacn or call 715-483-2274. — from NPS

June magazine issue takes readers to dog field trials, and mountain biking and canoeing MADISON — A good dog is good company, but a trained dog is a real hunting partner.

The June issue of Wisconsin Natural Resources magazine introduces readers to a crowd that hones their dogs’ skills as pointers and retrievers. It takes readers along on field trials and tests as hunting dogs and their handlers get on track with waterfowl and upland birds.

Find out where these competitions are held and how to join in to see these four-legged athletes go through their

paces.

In other stories, readers will learn why some people hop on board mountain bikes for two-wheeled competitions, crossing logs and bouncing down twisting wooded paths all in the name of outdoor fun. State trails are home to some of the finest mountain biking trails in Wisconsin and the bikers, themselves, help shape the trails and routes.

Another article chronicles the efforts of people who pull out spotting scopes and glass the windy Lake Superior

coastline in search of the rare piping plover.

Canoeists will find adventure in a quiet canoe-camping trip along the 250mile Namekagon and St. Croix rivers in northwestern Wisconsin. The article includes tips and contacts for planning a day trip or a week-long camping trip along these wild and scenic rivers.

The June issue of Wisconsin Natural Resources magazine is available for $3.50 plus shipping or you can get a whole year’s worth – six issues – deliv-

ered to your door for just $8.97.

Subscribe toll-free at 1-800-678-9472, online at www.wnrmag.com.

Subscription blanks and single issues are also available from our circulation office at P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: David L. Sperling, editor, (608) 266-1510

Permits needed before using chemicals or herbicides on aquatic vegetation SPOONER – Waterfront owners buying chemicals for weed treatments along and in their shorelines should know they need a Department of Natural Resources permit before using the product. The permit is necessary to insure proper use of the chemical and prevent harm to the lake or stream.

“Aquatic plants are important parts of a lake’s ecosystem – they provide oxygen for the fishery, habitat and water quality,” said Tom Jerow, waters media leader for the DNR’s northern region.

“But we recognize that too much of a good thing is a problem and shore owners sometimes need to control plants.

We use the permits to make sure that

plant treatments are applied at the best times and in the best way to protect the lake.”

A number of advertisements have been placed in the media recently announcing chemicals that “kill weeds.” The ads, however, fail to mention the need for a Department of Natural Resources permit and other important information.

Jerow said that only those chemicals registered with the U.S. EPA and the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection can be used on Wisconsin waterways. He added that when controlling aquatic plants with chemicals, it is important to

correctly identify the plants and the appropriate chemical beforehand and to be certain that treatment occurs at the proper timing and dosage. To apply chemicals in liquid form, the applicator must be licensed with the DATCP. It is often best to contract with a commercial applicator.

The only time a permit is not required to control aquatic plants is when a shoreline owner hand-pulls or rakes plants, except wild rice, from his/her shoreline. That work can occur in an area that is 30 feet or less in width extending from the shore to open water.

Nonnative invasive plants (Eurasian water milfoil, curly leaf pondweed, and

purple loosestrife) may be manually removed beyond 30 feet without a permit, as long as native plants are not harmed. Wild rice removal always requires a permit and is only allowed in very restricted circumstances after consultation with Tribal Natural Resources Departments.

“Working together to assure good management of aquatic plants, we can maintain the qualities of a waterway that attracted the shoreline owner to the area in the first place,” Jerow said.

For more information contact Tom Jerow at 715-365-8901. – from the DNR

Motorcycle safety training set RICE LAKE - WITC-Rice Lake continuing education is offering the motorcycle safety basic rider course. The 16hour class, which is designed to teach the beginner or experienced rider safe

techniques in riding a motorcycle, is approved by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. The class consists of six hours of classroom and 10 hours oncycle instruction. Passing the basic rider

course waives the driving test when applying for a Class M license at the DMV. The registration fee for summer classes is $208.54. For more information on

class dates and times or to register, call WITC-Rice Lake at 715-234-7082, ext.

5257. - from WITC

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Deadly pipeline explosion found accidental SUPERIOR - The first report from the Enbridge pipeline explosion that killed two Superior men is complete.

Enbridge Energy says a series of unusual conditions caused a pipeline leak and fire at a repair site in northwestern Minnesota last November. Enbridge says their report doesn’t find fault with workers or anyone, just a situation “outside the experience of the crews”

caused the Nov. 28 tragedy. Enbridge spokeswoman Denise Hamsher says they were repairing a stretch of pipeline near Clearbrook, Minn., replacing it with an 11-foot stretch of pipe. She says there was more exposed pipe than normal, and the pipeline was not fully anchored. She says the couplings released and sprayed oil, which was ignited by a heater that had been on the

side of the trench preparing to warm the area for the welders who came in after the couplings are put in place to weld it.

The crude that sprayed the heater was a mist, which made it flammable.

Hamsher says several workers were on scene. She says the two employees of Enbridge were not able to flee the site, so David Mussati Jr. and Steve Arnovich unfortunately succumbed.

This report has been sent to the U.S. Office of Pipeline Safety, which is conducting its own investigation. Families and friends of the victims have also been told of the report. The November tragedy is the worst in company history.

The Office of Pipeline Safety was unavailable for comment. – Wisconsin Public Radio (Mike Simonson)

GM workers take buyout offers JANESVILLE - Auto-maker General Motors says 19,000 hourly employees nationwide are taking buyout offers, which the company made available back in February. But officials won’t give numbers for specific GM facilities, such as its Janesville plant that makes SUVs. GM spokesman Dan Flores says that’s because there are still plants waiting to hear back from their workers. He

says the final figures won’t be tallied until mid-June.

Flores says the offers will vary, depending on a worker’s history with GM and their skill level. He says employees with 10 or more years of service, were offered $140,000 and those with less than 10 years were offered $70,000. He says with regard to retirement incentives, production employees

Spooner School of Dance recital set The Spooner School of Dance will have its sixthannual recital Sunday, June 8, at 1 p.m. in the Webster High School auditorium. The studio has 35 dances this year, in ballet, jazz and tap. artist Lisa Guest Rickman, Vadnais Heights, Minn., will be performing Irish dance, as well. Pictured are jazz dance students Beth Kujala, Ellie Olson, Emma Kunkel and Jessie Byrnes. The studio is owned by sisters Aurora and Paige Kohler. — Photo by Regan Kohler

were offered $45,000 and those in skilled trades were offered $62,500, in both cases offering them the financial incentive just to go ahead and retire.

Flores says the attrition program will help save the company money by bringing in new employees under a lower entry-level wage and benefits structure.

A spokeswoman for GM’s Janesville plant had estimated earlier that more than 300 hourly workers might opt for buyouts.

Calls to the plant’s local union leadership were not returned in time for this story. – Wisconsin Public Radio (Brian Bull)

Kids health care pricey in Wisconsin MADISON - A national health policy group ranks Wisconsin high for access and quality of care given to children.

However, Wisconsin does poorly in comparison to other states when it comes to cost.

No state got high marks across the board, and Wisconsin dipped to 38th when it came to the cost of children’s health care. That’s according to the health policy research group the Commonwealth Fund.

Wisconsin traditionally has not gotten as many federal dollars as other states. Jon Peacock from the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families says reversing that trend would help bring the price of health care down. He says Wisconsin ranks in bottom 10 in terms of federal revenue per capita and actu-

ally the hospital assessment proposal that was in the budget adjustment bill but was ultimately taken out would help in that regard.

Peacock says cost shifting of health care could be reduced with more federal dollars. That money could lower the bad debt created by patients who can’t pay, which is now passed on to others who can.

Cost was just one of the measures used to assess child health care.

Overall, the state did well, ranking 11th.

Wisconsin has a relatively low rate of children without insurance and most have had all the recommended vaccinations. Iowa and Vermont topped the children’s health ranking; Oklahoma and Florida were at the bottom. – Wisconsin Public Radio (Shamane Mills)

E-edition - this complete issue is online now. www.the-leader.net

Polk County Sheriff’s report Accidents May 8, 3:57 p.m., Alden Twp., STH 65, .1 mi N of CTH C. LUCAS R FANGMEIER, 22, Osceola, was operating a motorcycle on STH 65. While negotiating a curve, the motorcycle entered the east ditch, striking several trees. The driver was ejected from the motorcycle. Driver sustained a minor injury, transported by ambulance (no helmet worn). Driver cited for not having a motorcycle license.

May 8, 10:30 p.m., St. Croix Falls Twp., CTH Y/120th Av, .1 mi E of CTH Y/198th St., JOHN T RICKARD, 48, Amery, was traveling eastbound on CTH Y at 120th Ave, .1 mi East of 198th St. Unit 1 went into the southbound ditch and rolled. Driver cited for failure to notify police of an accident.

May 8, 9:09 p.m., Beaver Twp., STH 46 at 39th Avenue, JASON P. MAKI, 31, Osceola, was northbound on STH 46 when his vehicle left the roadway onto the right shoulder.

When the driver corrected the vehicle, he lost control of the vehicle, causing it to spin around and roll over when it entered the west ditch. Driver cited for failure to notify police of an accident.

May 13, 2:38 a.m., Milltown Twp., STH 46 North, .3 mi S of CTH G (East), LEROY GUSMAN, JR., 29, Menomonie, Wis., was traveling southbound on STH 46 when the vehicle drove onto the shoulder. Driver over-corrected to the left, then lost control and entered the west ditch. Vehicle rolled down an embankment and came to rest

on its wheels and facing northbound.

May 14, 5:29 p.m., Lincoln Twp., CTH J, 250’ E of 65th Street, NICHOLAS FRIESE, 16, Clayton, was eastbound, crossed over the center line and went into the ditch, at which time the vehicle rolled over. Driver sustained a minor injury (wearing seat belt/no EMS).

May 15, 2:10 a.m., Black Brook Twp., 20th Avenue, JAMIE E. PITTMAN, 44, Amery, was traveling westbound on 20th Avenue when he apparently tried to answer a cell phone.

The subject drove off the roadway and struck a driveway.

Vehicle went airborne and the trailer came off. Driver sustained a minor injury (no seat belt worn/no EMS). Driver cited for OMVWI. May 15, 7:40 a.m., Beaver Twp., Hwy. 8, .1 mi W of 15th Street. DANIEL L. BECK, 49, Taylors Falls, MN, was traveling eastbound on Hwy. 8. A deer ran out and into the path of unit 1. The deer struck the vehicle on the front driver’s side of the vehicle, knocking out the driver’s side window and smashing the windshield.

The driver pulled to the right and stopped.

Driver sustained a minor injury (wearing seat belt/EMS transport).

May 17, 3:41 a.m., Lincoln Twp., 110th Street, .4 mi S of 95th Avenue. JOSAPHINE G. McGRANE, 28, Boyceville, was traveling southbound on 110th Street. Unit 1 started to enter the west ditch at fire # 917. Unit 1 collided with the driveway at #915, rolled and came to rest facing northeast, approximately

100’ south of driveway #915.

Driver sustained a minor injury (no seat belt worn/EMS transport). Driver cited for operating without a valid driver’s license and OWI. May 18, 12 a.m., Alden Twp., 45th Av, .3 mi W of 180th Street, JEROD A. BOTTOLFSON, 25, South St. Paul, Minn., was traveling westbound on 45th Avenue. The vehicles right tires left the pavement. This area has a steep ditch that leads down to a lake. After entering the ditch, unit 1 began to roll over. The vehicle rolled onto its passenger side and struck trees, which kept it from rolling onto its roof. Driver cited for failure to notify police of an accident.

May 18, 1:17 p.m., West Sweden Twp., Hwy. 48, 1/8 mi W of 160th Street, ARLEEN R. GROWT, 81, Luck, lost control on the curve on Hwy. 48 as she was eastbound and hit the corner posts, a ditch and then a tree. Driver received a minor injury (wearing seat belt/transport by EMS).

May 19, 3:52 p.m., McKinley Twp., 270th Avenue at 60th Street, JAMES J. MEVISSEN, 28, Amery, was traveling southbound on 60th Street when the driver, who was talking on a cell phone, realized he had a curve ahead. He applied his brakes to both the truck and trailer and was not able to stop in time to make the curve. The truck and trailer drove into a small body of water and rolled onto its side.

May 22, 8:10 p.m., Beaver Twp., 10th Street at 78th Avenue; #1—MONTIE E. PAULSON, 38, Barron, WI; #2—

DAVID W. BECKER, 18, Turtle Lake; unit 1 was making a left turn onto 178th Avenue when unit 2 started to pass in the no passing area and did not see unit 1 turning. Unit 2 passed two other cars before striking unit 1 in the tire. Driver Becker received injuries and was transported by EMS (unknown seat belt use).

May 22, 8:50 p.m., Beaver Twp., CTH D, .7 mi E of CTH JJ, CLARK L. NEDLAND, 56, Prairie Farm, was operating a motorcycle, failed to negotiate a curve as it went westbound.

The cycle went off the road and into the ditch. Operator was injured (wearing a helmet) and transported to the hospital.

May 23, 2:30 a.m., Milltown Twp., 173rd Street, 200’ N of 180th Ave, KYLE J. JENSEN, 21, Milltown, ran a stop sign and went through the ditch. Subject left acceleration and skid marks through the turn and part way north on 173rd Street. Subject then lost control and rolled into the ditch. Driver was cited for failure to report accident to police and reckless driving.

May 24, 3 a.m., Eureka Twp., River Road, .2 mi S of Otterslide Avenue, #1—MICHAEL L. LaMIRANDE, 19, St. Croix Falls; #2—SHAWN J. SPODEN, 26, St. Cloud, MN; Unit 1 was traveling southbound on River Road. Unit 2 was parked on the west side of River Road, facing south, with its driver’s side tires just on the road with a boat trailer on the back. Unit 1 made it past the trailer, then drifted to the right. Unit 1’s right mirror made contact with unit 2 above the rear driver’s side tire. Unit 1

continued to the right side, swiping unit 2 until unit 1’s right front tire and unit 2’s left front tire engaged each other. Unit 1 tried driving approx 100’. The vehicle had to be towed from there. Driver of unit 1 failed to notify police of an accident, charged with hit and run to a parked vehicle.

May 26, 3:52 p.m., Lincoln Twp., 85th Av, .3 mi W of 100th St., PERRY L. KOEPPEN, 27, Amery, struck a deer on the roadway.

May 26, 2:58 p.m., Clam Falls Twp., Clam Falls Drive, .2 mi E of 320th Avenue, TREVOR A. OTTO, 32, Frederic, was traveling west on Clam Falls Drive.

Unit 1 left the road and traveled into the south ditch. Unit 1 hit several trees before coming to rest in a creek bed. Driver stated he thought he fell asleep.

Driver was cited for operating under the influence, failure to maintain control and expired registration. Driver was seriously injured (no seat belt worn/transported by EMS).

May 26, 4:13 p.m., Balsam Lake Twp., Hwy. 8, .2 mi W of STH 46/N jct; #1—JONATHAN T. WILSON, 19, Cushing; #2— GEORGE T. BRAUN, 35, Amery; #1 was traveling eastbound on West Highway 8. Unit 2 was traveling eastbound on Hwy. 8 in front of unit 1. Unit 2 was turning left into a driveway.

Unit 1 rear-ended and pulled to the south shoulder of Hwy. 8.

May 26, 10:05 p.m., Lincoln Twp., CTH F, 300’ S of CTH J, BENEDICT M. GAETZ, 42, Amery, was northbound on CTH F when the driver failed to negotiate the curve. The vehicle left the roadway, struck the old roadbed embankment, causing the vehicle to roll. Driver was seriously injured (wearing seat belt/transported by EMS) and cited for OMVWI. May 29, 5:09 p.m., Alden Twp., 130th Street, .4 mi S of 58th Avenue, JENNIFER A. MICHAELSON, 27, Milltown, was traveling southbound on 130th St when the vehicle drifted into the west ditch. Unit 1 then lost air pressure in the front passenger side tire and drove 1.7 miles to a residence. Unit 1 left rubber and rim markings on the roadway.

June 1, 10:45 p.m., Lincoln Twp., 110th St, .2 mi S of 95th Avenue, WILLIAM A. VIERKANDT, 26, Amery, was southbound on 110th Street and went off the roadway to avoid a vehicle northbound at a high rate of speed. Unit 1 struck a ditch and numerous small trees, causing reportable damage to the vehicle.

June 3, 12:55 a.m., St. Croix Falls Twp., Hwy. 35, .2 mi N of 140th Avenue, DAVID A. PUETZ, 32, Milltown, was northbound on Hwy. 35 when he struck a deer that had jumped out of the east ditch.

Burnett Co. deaths Leah A. Schaaf, 2, Meenon, May 1.

Charles J. Bennett, 70, Siren Township, May 3.

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Siren police report officer saw him make an illegal turn on Main Street and drive over the yellow line where a sign prohibiting such action was placed.

At 8:05 p.m., Ashley Rae Ann Wiswell, 20, Crystal, Minn., was cited for speeding on Hwy. 35/70 and Lake Street.

May 25: At 2:40 a.m., Carl James Thompson, 21, Maplewood, Minn., was cited for operating left of the centerline.

The citation was issued to Thompson in the parking lot at The Lodge at Crooked Lake.

At 6:59 p.m., Penny Marie Krieger, 33, St. Anthony, Minn., was cited for filing to use her seat belt on Hwy. 35/70 and Lake Street.

At 7:18 p.m., Douglas Jon Nelson, 41, Chisago City, Minn., was cited for speeding on Hwy. 35/70 and Works Progress Street.

At 7:37 p.m., Lyle James Bomsta, 36, St. Louis Park, Minn., was cited for failing to use a seat belt. The citation was given to Bomsta on Hwy. 35/70 and Works Progress

Street.

At 7:55 p.m., Josh Eugene Lehmicke, 24, Hugo, Minn., was cited for speeding.

At 8:25 p.m., Jeffrey Scott Steffenson, 45, Circle Pines, Minn., was cited for speeding on Hwy. 35/70 and Works Progress Street.

At 8:45 p.m., Todd A. Plaster, 39, Webster, was cited for OWI on South Shore Drive by the Auto Stop.

May 26: A stray dog was found on Main Street by the Pheasant Inn at 10:29 p.m. The dog was a black/brown possibly Lab and rottweiler mix. The officer took it to the Humane Society of Burnett County.

At 8:28 p.m., Kenneth J. Hoefs, 56, Osceola, was cited for passing in a no-passing zone on Hwy. 35 and Rasmussen Street.

May 27: An accident took place at 4:15 p.m. on Hwy. 35/70 and Bradley Street.

Fauna K. Sellnow, 26, Siren, was the driver of a vehicle that hit the back end of a stopped vehicle driven by Vincent M.

Savo, 56, Siren.

May 28: At 5 p.m. an officer picked up a 2-year-old black Lab with a red collar that had been running around all day.

The dog was tied up at a residence on South Shore Drive, and the officer took it to the humane society.

At 7:40 p.m., Rebecca S. Syring, 22, Webster, was cited on Hwy. 35 and Anderson Street for failing to wear her seat belt.

May 29: Luke M. Thoreson, 21, Grantsburg, was cited on Hwy. 35/70 and Lake Street at 5:59 p.m. for failing to wear his seat belt.

At 6:31 p.m., James Mark Keller, 51, Waterville, Minn., was cited for speeding on Hwy. 35 and D’Jock Street.

May 30: At 9:30 a.m., the officer assisted the sheriff’s department on a criminal damage to property incident at Yourchuck’s Hardware.

Robert R. Echeverria, 20, Danbury, was cited for not using a seat belt and resisting/obstructing arrest; and Michael S. Curtis, 19, Webster,

Burnett County criminal court Webster, operating while revoked (2nd), $413.00; operating while revoked (3rd), five-day jail sentence, Huber release for employment, license revoked six months, $413.00; operating while revoked (4th), five-day jail sentence - consecutive, Huber release for employment, license revoked six months - concurrent, $413.00; operating while revoked (4+), 10-day jail sentence - consecutive, Huber release for employment, license revoked six months - concurrent, $413.00.

Earnest S. Swanson, 37, Grantsburg, possession of THC, four-day jail sentence, forfeit firearm, license suspended six months, $88.00.

Tonia J. Rightman, 37, Grantsburg, possession of THC, four-day jail sentence, forfeit firearm, license suspended six months, $88.00.

Monica Martinson, 23, Webster, OWI, $957.00, alcohol assessment, 10-day jail sentence, license revoked 14 months.

Salena J. Reynolds, 42, Hertel, OWI, $957.00, alcohol assessment, 10-day jail sentence, license revoked 14 months.

Burnett County civil court Hopkins Sand and Gravel Inc. vs. Andy Olson, Bruce, $1,113.30.

North Star Capital Acquisitions LLC vs. Gaylenn Hanson, Shell Lake, $3,312.80.

Capital George E. $3,159.13.

Country Glen R. $2,151.76.

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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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Roger W. Heineman, 46, Waupun, OWI, three-year prison sentence followed by three-year extended supervision – consecutive to any other sentence, not eligible for challenge incarceration program, eligible for earned release program.

Roger A. Mulroy, 48, Grantsburg, felon possess firearm, three-year probation, no contact with victim or family, complete sex offender evaluation and comply with any treatment recommendations; fourthdegree sexual assault, ninemonth jail sentence, Huber release for employment, $88.00.

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Mark E. Larson, 24, St. Croix Falls, operating while suspended, $186.00.

Gerald M. Holt, 52, Hinckley, Minn., refuse Breathalyzer operating snowmobile, alcohol assessment, $627.00.

Tammy R. Featherly, 48, Minong, operating with PAC > .08, license revoked six months, $250.00; possess THC with intent to sell, two-year probation, license suspended six months, 60-day jail sentence, Huber release at discretion of jail, alcohol assessment, $113.00.

Jesse J. Retzlaff, 22, Spooner, issue worthless check, $249.00.

Krystal L. Richter, 24, Spooner, issue worthless check, $249.00.

Daniel M. Ahlman, 36, Grantsburg, disorderly conduct, one-year probation, $213.13 restitution, $88.00.

Jack L. Winslow, 52, Webster, resisting or obstructing an officer, one-year probation, no abusive contact with victim, alcohol assessment, $88.00.

Anthony M. Duclon, 18, Rice Lake, OAR, six-day jail sentence, $413.00.

Shana L. Corbine, 27,

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Gail M. Asper, 40, Frederic, vehicle rim – loose or missing nut, $160.80; cracked or damaged vehicle windshield, $160.80.

Justin S. Rikkola, 18, Grantsburg, speedometer violations, $160.80.

Andrew D. Sterk, 29, St. Louis Park, Minn., speedometer violations, $186.00.

Donald R. Melin, 44, East Bethel, Minn., speedometer violations, $160.80.

Frank A. Lederle III, 55, Edina, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Nikolaus F. Haley, 19, Sun Prairie, speeding, $186.00.

Jayme M. Bengtson, 19, Hinckley, Minn., speeding, $237.00.

Mary P. Wicklund, 45, Mendota Heights, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Marvin J. Holtslander, 80, Webster, speeding, $280.50.

Ryan C. Givens, 32, Shoreview, Minn., speeding, $236.40.

Lucinda N. Vilstrup, 52, Frederic, speeding, $186.00.

Joseph P. Sutherland, 41, Grantsburg, speeding, $186.00.

Dale C. Frable, 37, St. Paul, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

was cited for having a cracked windshield and not using a seat belt during a traffic stop at 2:35 p.m. The officer on duty saw a white Ford Ranger with a broken windshield, no front plate, no rear bumper and with the rear license plate in the back window. The driver and passenger were not wearing seat belts.

The passenger, Echeverria, gave the wrong name, fearing that a warrant was out for his arrest. There was no warrant under his correct name.

May 31: At 5:30 p.m., the officer was dispatched to the Siren Trailer Park for a possible fight in progress. The two parties involved were warned about a future disorderly conduct charge if the officer was called back.

There was no transport or charges at this time.

June 1: At 5 p.m., Linda Diane Hahn, 48, Plymouth, Minn., was cited for speeding on Hanson Avenue and Hwy. 70.

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citation for being an underage person driving a vehicle in which an alcoholic beverage (unopened beer) was being transported. The other occupants in the vehicle were all of legal age. The vehicle was stopped on Hwy. 35 just north of the village at 6:57 p.m. because there was a cover over the license plate.

On Hwy. 70 near Hanson Avenue at 11:16 a.m., George RA Johns, 51, St. Paul, Minn., was cited for speeding.

At 1:40 p.m., Coleen Marie Barden, 65, New Hope, Minn., was cited for speeding on Hwy. 70 near Hanson Avenue.

Thomas Edward Klapperick, 42, St. Louis Park, Minn., was cited for failure to stop at the stop sign at the south junction of Hwys. 35 and 70.

May 24: Dareck G. Juleff, 23, Clayton, was cited for operating while intoxicated and operating with a prohibited alcohol concentration of .10 percent or higher. Juleff was stopped on Rasmussen Street and Third Avenue at 1:53 a.m. after the

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Note: By agreement with the school district, the Siren Police Department will not be ticketing vehicles parked in front of the school on Fourth Avenue after 4 p.m., except for vehicles parking in the marked loading zone.

May 15: The theft of a pullslug blade for a backhoe was reported. The blade, which belonged to Underground Systems Inc., was taken from behind the Best Western Northwoods Lodge.

May 20: Sarah K. Radke, 20, Shell Lake, was cited at 12:30 a.m. for failing to use her seat belt. The citation was issued on Lake and Main Street.

At 11 p.m., the Siren officer on duty investigated a complaint of threats to injure.

May 21: A pair of prescription glasses, rimless with wire bows, was found by the Gandy Dancer Trail off Hanson Avenue. The glasses were in a silver case with the name of the optical company on the front.

May 23: Eighteen-year-old Joseph Donald Herzog, Ham Lake, Minn., was given a $249

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Garage Sales/Notices

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Saturday & Sunday, June 7 & 8 Sat. 7 a.m. - 5 p.m. • Sun. 7 a.m.-noon

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(May 14, 21, 28, June 4, 11, 18) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., Plaintiff, vs.

FRANK C. ADAMS and JANE DOE unknown spouse of Frank C. Adams and JOHN DOE and/or JANE DOE, unknown tenants, and MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., Defendants.

Case No.: 07-CV-574 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 Dec. 27, 2007, in the amount of $86,123.01 the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: July 2, 2008 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 encum-brances.

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: That part of Fractional Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 6, Township 36 North, Range 15 West, Town of McKinley, Polk County, Wisconsin, described as Lot 1 of Certified Survey Map No. 3729, recorded in Volume 16, page 242, as Document No. 633511.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 598 County Road W., Town of McKinley.

TAX KEY NO.: 038-001100000.

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.

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Kids Jeep Wrangler Power Wheel; tree stands; pool table; bikes; dollhouse; wooden NordicTrack; Kitty Kat snowmobile; nice men’s sweaters/shirts; brand-name preteen/junior girls clothes; brand-name boys clothes, through size 14; demo derby engines, trannies & more; books; toys; movies; pictures; etc.

(Apr. 30, May 7, 14, 21, 28, June 4) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT BURNETT COUNTY HSBC MORTGAGE SERVICES INC., Plaintiff, vs.

GEORGE A. VESPA and JANE DOE, unknown spouse of George A. Vespa and JANE DOE and/or JOHN DOE, unknown tenants; and SYSCO FOOD SERVICE OF MINNESOTA; and MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. Defendants.

Case No. 07-CV-309 Code No. 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage Dollar Amount Greater Than $5,000.00 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on March 14, 2008, in the amount of $141,150.06, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: The right of a creditor to bring an action terminates three months after the date of publication of this order. Creditors may bring an action by: TIME: June 16, 2008, at 10:00 o’clock a.m.

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

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

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. PLACE: Burnett County Government Center, located at 7410 County Road K, Siren, Wisconsin.

DESCRIPTION: Lots 38 and 39, Setting Sun Addition to Voyager Village, Town of Jackson, Burnett County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 4672 Setting Sun Trail Way, Town of Jackson.

TAX KEY NO.: 012-9574-04800 and 012-9575-04-900.

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

If you have previously received a Chapter 7 Discharge in Bankruptcy, this correspondence should not be construed as an attempt to collect a debt. 454577

28658 Bridge Road Bridge Island Lake near Voyager area.

Building materials; household items; dishes; TVs; tools; misc. items & some clothes.

No Early Sales

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815 N. State Rd. 46 by the 46 Store

Burnett Co. marriage licenses

9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

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Edward H. Hosbach III, Lauderdale by the Sea, Fla., and Rhonda J. McElrath, Webb Lake, May 28.

Jeremy J. Baker, Lexington, Minn., and Paige L. Pechia, Lino Lakes, Minn., May 30.

Jolly N. Simon, Lincoln, and Amber M. Just, Lincoln, May 30.

Burnett County warrants Brandon J. Bearheart, 23, Spooner, arrest warrant – complaint, May 29.

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Friday & Saturday, June 6 & 7, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

600 4th St. in Centuria (turn by gas station) No Early Sales

Clothes: NB - 24 mo. boys, NB - 4T girls, size 4 - 6 girls, Baby Gap, Old Navy, Oshkosh, etc.; Halloween costumes 6 mo. - 3T; outdoor clothing NB - 3T; baby/toddler toys; TONS of baby gear; books; household items; board games; Snowbabies collectibles never taken out of boxes; maternity clothes L - XL; some misses clothes; too much to list!

(May 21, 28, June 4) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY ESTATE OF JOHN R. MERTH,

By Patrick And Pauline Merth, Co-personal Representatives, and PATRICK MERTH and PAULINE MERTH, Individually, Plaintiffs, vs.

ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, TABITHA LAWRIMORE, SUSAN FRISBIE, Also Known As SUSAN NELSON, and RAYMIE L. HEADLEY, Defendants.

45-DAY SUMMONS Case Number 08-CV-165 Code Number 30105 To: Susan L. Frisbie, aka Susan L. Nelson 9177 East County Road A Solon Springs, WI 54873 YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you.

Within forty-five (45) days after May 21, 2008, you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the Summons and Complaint. The demand must be sent or delivered to the Court, whose address is: Polk County Clerk of Circuit Court Polk County Courthouse 1005 West Main Street Balsam Lake, WI 54810 and to Plaintiffs’ Attorneys, whose address is: Aiken & Scoptur, S.C. 2600 North Mayfair Road Suite 1030 Milwaukee, WI 53226 You may have an Attorney help or represent you.

If you do not demand a copy of the Complaint within fortyfive (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 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this 19th day of May, 2008.

Aiken & Scoptur, S.C. Attorneys for the Plaintiffs By: Paul J. Scoptur State Bar Number 1018326 Post Office Address: 2600 North Mayfair Road Suite 1030 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226 457444 (414) 225-0260

(May 21, 28, June 4) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Midland Funding LLC ASSIGNEE OF PROVIDIAN 8875 AERO DRIVE SAN DIEGO, CA 92123 Plaintiff, vs.

BRIAN HILL 314 S. MAIN ST. LUCK, WI 54853 Defendant(s).

Case No. 08CV306 AMENDED SUMMONS Money Judgment: 30301 Our File: 507096 THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, To each person named above as Defendant: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you. The complaint, which is also served upon you, states the nature and basis of the legal action.

Within 40 days after May 28, 2008, you must respond with a written answer, as that term is used in chapter 802 of the Wisconsin Statutes, to the complaint. The court may reject or disregard an answer that does not follow the requirements of the statutes. The answer must be sent or delivered to the court whose address is 1005 W. MAIN STREET, BALSAM LAKE, WI 54810 and to William C. Sturm, Plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is shown below. You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not provide a proper answer to the complaint or provide a written demand for said complaint within the 40-day period, the court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the complaint. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

Dated: May 12, 2008 /s/ James P. Riebe RAUSCH, STURM, ISRAEL & HORNIK, S.C. ATTORNEYS IN THE PRACTICE OF DEBT COLLECTION Attorneys for Plaintiff 2448 South 102nd Street Suite 210 P.O. Box 270288 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53227 414-328-1900 457439

Darwyn L. Brown, La Follette, and Pamela A. Hinks, Duluth, Minn., June 2.

THREE-FAMILY GARAGE SALE

Friday & Saturday, June 6 & 7 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

826 Oregon St. In St. Croix Falls

Take Simonson Rd. north past Polk Co. Fairgrounds to Oregon St.

MULTIFAMILY SALE

Friday & Saturday, June 6 & 7 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

You name it, we have it!

Watch for signs.

Corner of Connecticut and Jefferson.

(South of Hwy. 8, west of 35.)

St. Croix Falls

(May 7, 14, 21, 28, June 4, 11) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY LJ Enterprises vs.

Bruce I. Carlson 07 CV 677 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by order of the Court; the Sheriff will sell the described property at public auction as follows: DATE & TIME: June 17, 2008, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: 10% of the successful bid (plus the costs of posting, sale and advertising of sale paid separately to plaintiff) must be paid to the Sheriff in cash or guaranteed funds at the time of sale.

Balance to be paid within 10 days of confirmation of sale in cash or guaranteed funds.

In the event purchaser fails to pay the balance of the proceeds in cash or guaranteed funds within 10 days of confirmation, the 10% down payment shall be forfeited and the property resold. Purchaser shall pay transfer fees. This sale is subject to: Delinquent, accrued and accruing real estate taxes, easements, encroachments, adverse possession, etc. This is an “AS IS” sale. There are no warranties or representations made by either the Sheriff or Plaintiff.

PLACE: Front entrance of Polk County Justice Center, 1005 W. Main Street, Suite 900, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

DESCRIPTION: W 1/2 SW 1/4 SE 1/4 15-35N-18W and E 1/2 SW 1/4 SE 1/4, 15-35N18W, Polk County, Wisconsin.

These are two (2) vacant parcels of land each containing 20 acres, more or less, with frontage on a blacktop road and have no street address.

Tim Moore Polk County Sheriff 452801

Marlys L. Bushey, 52, Isle, Minn., warrant – failure to appear, May 28.

Steven M. Lozier, 26, New Richmond, warrant – failure to appear, May 28.

RELAY FOR LIFE RUMMAGE SALE Fri., June 6, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Sat., June 7, 8 a.m. - Noon 458483 30dp 41Lp

Fri., Sat. & Sun., June 6, 7 & 8

All proceeds go towards the Frederic Evangelical Free Church Camp Scholarship Fund

Town of Blaine, May 31: Susan K. Freymiller, Danbury, reported a cabin shot several times with a .22 or other smallcaliber rifle. The incident is under investigation.

Town of Sand Lake, June 1: Scotty M. Gillis, Webster, reported a 24-foot extension ladder taken from his property. The incident is under investigation.

All proceeds to the American Cancer Society.

Clothing; antiques; collectibles; craft items; furniture.

17 North Star Lane behind KFC, St. Croix Falls.

Signs will be posted.

GARAGE SALE

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Saturday, June 7 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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GARAGE SALE

Webster, was arrested for underage drinking.

Other incidents Town of Blaine, May 29: Grace A. Lewis, Danbury, reported damage to a vehicle.

The incident is under investigation.

Town of Sand Lake, May 30: Morey L. Leverty, 69, Webster, reported a canoe taken from his property. The incident is under investigation.

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9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Inter-County Leader parking lot during the queen pageant car wash.

vehicle. There were no reported injuries. Krisak received one citation for inattentive driving.

Arrests Town of Meenon, May 30: Robert R. Roatch, 46, Webster, was arrested on a Burnett County warrant.

Town of Sand Lake, May 31: Joseph E. Rogers, 21, Webster, was arrested for bond violations and resisting arrest.

Jordan M. Rogers, 18,

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Saturday, June 7,

Accidents Town of Swiss, May 23: Nick D. Krisak, 32, Superior, was eastbound on Hwy. 77, was attempting a left-hand turn. He did not notice westbound Harold H. Aspen, 72, Danbury, and turned into the side of his

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BAKE SALE

Burnett Co. sheriff’s report

Home Interior; clothes; furniture; porcelain doll collection; and much, much misc.

(May 21, 28, June 4, 11, 18, 25) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK, Plaintiff, vs.

JOEL K. LIEBELT and ELISA J. LIEBELT, and SHAWN W. KOBARG and Spouse, Defendants.

Case No. 07 CV 284 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on April 2, 2008, I will sell at public auction at the Main Front Entrance of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, in the Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, July 8, 2008, at 10 o’clock a.m., all of the following described mortgaged premises, to-wit: Lot Twelve (12), Block Two (2), Bretl Addition to the City of St. Croix Falls, according to the recorded Plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the Register of Deeds for Polk County, Wisconsin.

PIN: 281-01270-0000 407 Moody Road St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin TERMS OF SALE: Cash.

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

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wis., this 6th day of May, 2008.

Timothy G. Moore, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin Steven J. Swanson No. 1003029 Attorney at Law P.O. Box 609 105 South Washington Street St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 456942 715-483-3787

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Timothy G. Moore, Sheriff Polk County Vollmar & Huismann, S.C. Address: N14 W23777 Stone Ridge Drive, Suite 120 Waukesha, Wisconsin 53188 (262) 523-6400 456228

Date: June 20, 2008.

Time: 10:15 a.m.

Before: Judge Michael J. Gableman, Burnett Co. Courthouse, 7410 County Road K, Siren, WI 54872.

Dated this 27th day of May, 2008.

Judith A. Poe, Petitioner P.O. Box 336 Danbury, WI 54830 458859 (April 30, May 7, 14, 21, 28, June 4) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR RESMAE MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, Vs. BRIAN J. HENTON, a single person, Defendant.

Case No. 07-CV-690 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE (Foreclosure of Mortgage30404) By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of said Circuit Court in the above-entitled action which was entered on Dec. 20, 2007, in the amount of $303,863.29, I shall expose for sale and sell at public auction in the Foyer of the Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 W. Main Street, in the Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wis., on the 24th day of June, 2008, at 10 a.m., the following described premises or so much thereof as may be sufficient as to raise the amount due to the plaintiff for principal, interest and costs, together with the disbursements of sale and solicitors’ fees, to-wit: Lot 6 of Certified Survey Map No. 2828 recorded in Volume 13 of Certified Survey Maps, page 82, Document No. 586948, located in the Northwest one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter (NW 1/4 of SW 1/4), Section 17, Township 36 North, Range 19 West.

AND A 66’-wide Private Driveway Eastement as shown on subject Certified Survey Map No. 2828 recorded in Volume 13 of Certified Survey Maps, page 82 as Document No. 586948, located in part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (NW 1/4 of SW 1/4), Section 17, Township 36 North, Range 19 West, Town of Sterling, Polk County, Wisconsin.

Tax Key No. 046-00384-0600.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% DOWN - CASH, MONEY ORDER OR CERTIFIED CHECK. BALANCE DUE WITHIN TEN DAYS OF CONFIRMATION OF SALE. Dated at Balsam Lake, Wis., this 21st day of April, 2008. /S/ TIMOTHY G. MOORE, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin Hersh Law Offices, LLC 10555 N. Port Washington Road Mequon, WI 53092 (262) 241-9339 State Bar No. 1016890 Velnetske The above property is located at 2726 290th Street, St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin.

Hersh Law Offices, LLC, is a law firm representing a creditor in the collection of a debt owed to such creditor, and any such information obtained will be used for that purpose.

454384

(May 7, 14, 21, 28, June 4, 11) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS as Trustee and Custodian for Equifirst Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-2 Plaintiff, vs.

JERRY SCHNELL and KARI M. SCHNELL, husband and wife and JANE DOE and/or JOHN DOE, unknown tenants; and THE PACESETTER CORPORATION OF AMERICA; and JAMES A KRUPA, Defendants; and AMERIFIRST HOME IMPROVEMENT FINANCE CO. f/k/a Federal Diversified Services, as successor in interest to The Pacesetter Corporation, Added Defendant.

Case No. 07-CV-484 Code No. 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage Dollar Amount Greater Than $5,000.00 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on October 5, 2007, in the amount of $125,141.77, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: June 25, 2008, at 10:00 o’clock a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or certified funds at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance 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 1 and 2, Block 5 original plat of the Village of Clayton, Polk County.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 119 Main Street North, Village of Clayton.

TAX KEY NO.: 112-000130000.

Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County, WI O’DESS AND ASSOCIATES, S.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 1414 Underwood Avenue Suite 403 Wauwatosa, WI 53213 414-727-1591

O’Dess and Associates, S.C., is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

Application for Retail B License to sell intoxicating liquors and fermented malt beverages.

To the Town Board of the Town of Lorain, Polk County, Wis., the undersigned: Michelle Malinovsky, Agent Indian Creek Tavern L.L.C. Indian Creek Tavern 3456 25th St. Frederic, Wis. Hereby makes application for Retail Class B Intoxicating Liquors and Fermented Malt Beverages License to be used from July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009, at the place of business located at 3456 25th St., Frederic, Wis. Susan E. Hughes, Clerk Town of Lorain Dated May 31, 2008

(May 7, 14, 21, 28, June 4, 11) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS CWALT, INC. ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2006-0C6, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-0C6 C/O COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC. Plaintiff, vs.

CHRISTOPHER J. KROHN, et al.

Defendants Case Number: 07 CV 669 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on December 20, 2007, in the amount of $146,999.53, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: JUNE 25, 2008, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: 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: Lot fourteen (14), plat of Apple River Bend, located in the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter (NE1/4 of SW1/4) and in the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter (SE1/4 of NW1/4), Section thirty-three (33), Township thirty-three (33) north, Range sixteen (16) west, City of Amery, Polk County, Wisconsin.

SITUATED IN CITY OF AMERY IN THE COUNTY OF POLK, STATE OF WISCONSIN: PROPERTY ADDRESS: 331 Hillcrest Drive, Amery, WI 54001 TAX KEY NO.: 201-01240-0000 Dated this 29th day of April, 2008. /s/Timothy G. Moore Polk County Sheriff Deborah A. Blommer State Bar #1000749 Attorney for Plaintiff 13700 W. Greenfield Avenue Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719

NOTICE

NOTICE

TOWN OF LINCOLN BURNETT COUNTY

TOWN OF MILLTOWN

The Monthly Board Meeting will be held Tues., June 10, 2008, 7 p.m., at the Lincoln Town Hall.

Monthly Board Meeting Monday, June 9, at 7 p.m.

Milltown Fire Hall

Agenda: Review minutes from last month’s regular meeting; monthly Treasurer report; road maintenance report; discussion of old business; discussion of new business; liquor licensing Smitty’s Saloon, Inc; correspondence looked over; payment of bills and any other business properly brought before the town board.

Respectfully Submitted 458268 41L 31a Patrice Bjorklund, Clerk

Virgil Hansen, Clerk 457090 29-30a,d 40-41L

TOWN OF MILLTOWN APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

TOWN OF MILLTOWN APPLICATION FOR LICENSE Application for Retail Class B License to sell intoxicating liquor and fermented malt beverages.

To the Town of Milltown, Polk County, Wisconsin, the undersigned: Larry Fassett Five Flags Country Club Estates 1855 145th Street Balsam Lake, WI 54810 Hereby applies for a Retail Class B License to sell intoxicating liquors and fermented malt beverages from July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009.

Dated May 27, 2008 Virgil Hansen, Town Clerk Town of Milltown

(May 7, 14, 21, 28, June 4, 11) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA, aka Chase Manhattan Bank, USA, NA, Plaintiff, vs.

David P. Jertson, unmarried.

Defendant(s).

Case No. 07-CV-106 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of a judgment of foreclosure made in the aboveentitled action on April 24, 2007, I will sell at public auction in the front entrance Justice Center, located at 100 Polk County Plaza, Balsam Lake, WI 54810, on April 29, 2008, adjourned to June 3, 2008, at 10 a.m., all of the following described premises, to-wit: That part of Lot 2 of CSM 119, Map No. 2302, of the NE 1/4 NW 1/4 of Section 34, Township 34 North, Range 15 West (in the Township of Beaver) described as: Beginning at the Northwest corner of said Lot 2; thence N.88˚27’41”E., 207.51 feet; thence S.00˚23’9”E., 258.54 feet; thence S.75˚34’38”W., 150.45 feet; thence N.40˚40’18”W., 21.03 feet; thence N.31˚21’12”E., 73.00 feet; thence N.07˚28’21”W., 85.22 feet; thence N.42˚41’45”W., 113.79 feet; then N.00˚00’46”W., 43.25 feet to the point of beginning; EXCEPT U.S. Highway 8 right of way conveyed by Records 835-655, No. 605831.

Tax Key No. 008-00884-0000 The property will be sold subject to all legal encumbrances.

TERMS OF SALE: CASH (10% down payment at sale, balance due within ten (10) days of Court approval.)

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, on April 29, 2008. /s/Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County, Wis. BASS & MOGLOWSKY, S.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff The above property is located at 256 U.S. Highway 8, Turtle Lake, WI 54889.

Bass & Moglowsky, S.C. is a law firm/debt collector representaing a creditor in the collection of a debt that you owe to said collector. We are attempting to collect such debt and any information obtained from you will be used for that purpose.

455567

Application for Retail Class B License to sell intoxicating liquor and fermented malt beverages. To the Town of Milltown, Polk County, Wisconsin, the undersigned: Alvin Kastens, Agent United VFW Post 6856 1503 200th Avenue Milltown, WI 54858 Hereby applies for a Retail Class B License to sell intoxicating liquors and fermented malt beverages from July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009.

Dated May 27, 2008 Virgil Hansen, Town Clerk Town of Milltown 458501 41L

A hearing will be held on the petitioner’s request to change his/her legal name to: Judith Ann Witt-Croswhite.

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NOTICE OF HEARING CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 08CV165

Notice is hereby given that the following have applied liquor licensing: Class “B” Beer and Liquor, Robert Sherrard, 2049 Sherrard Dr., Luck, Sherrard’s Resort Class “B” Beer and Liquor, Donald Graf, 1091 238th Ave., Luck, Wilkin’s Resort Class “B” Beer and Liquor California Louie’s Inc., 1082 240th Ave., Luck, Calderwood Lodge Class “B” Beer and Liquor, Ellen Molamphy, 1879 W. Bone Lake Dr., Balsam Lake, Blacksmith Shop Class “B” Beer and Liquor, Dennis Patrick, 927 190th, Balsam Lake, CD’s Eagle Lounge, Inc. Class “A” Beer and Liquor, Jeffrey Traynor, 2102 70th, Balsam Lake, Jonzy Market 458900 Kristine Lindgren, Clerk 41L

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Case No. 07 CV 146 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure in the amount of $29,488.43 entered by the court on January 4, 2008, the undersigned Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell the following described real estate.

Part of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 6, Township 35 North, Range 18 West, described as follows: commencing at the Southeast corner of parcel described in Volume 392 records, Page 262, Document No. 375027; thence following said East line North 1 deg. 50’ 27” West 2067.97 feet thence North 89 deg. 8’33” East 418.72 feet; thence South 1 deg. 50’27” East to the Southwest corner of parcel G of certified survey map no.

795; recorded in Volume 4 of certified survey maps, page 40, document no. 404768; thence South 82 deg. 57’35” East to the Westerly line of 66 foot roadway easement (the Easterly line of said roadway easement being described in Volume 467 Records, page 494, document no. 426682); thence Southerly following the Westerly line of said roadway easement to a point that is 500 feet North of the South section line, which is the point of beginning; thence west 990 feet; thence South 500 feet to section line thence East along section line to a point which is located on the Westerly line of said roadway easement Southerly of the point of beginning; thence Northerly to the point of beginning, except highway right of way, Polk County, Wisconsin.

Tax Key No. 20-173-0 Street Address: 2331 230th Avenue, Cushing, WI 54006 Place of Sale: Foyer of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, WI Date & Time of Sale: July 8, 2008 at 10:00 a.m.

Terms of Sale: 1. Property is sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances, including but not limited unpaid and accrued real estate taxes, special assessments, and other governmental charges, plus interest and penalties, if any.

2. A bid deposit of not less than ten percent (10%) of the bid amount shall be due in the form of cash, cashier’s check, or certified funds at the time of sale.

3. Successful bidder to pay the entire unpaid balance of bid within ten (10) days following confirmation of the sale by the court plus buyer to pay for buyer’s title insurance, document recording fees and Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. 4. Failure to make timely payment following confirmation of sale will result in forfeiture of bid deposit.

IN THE MATTER OF THE CHANGE OF NAME OF: JUDITH ANN POE

TOWN OF GEORGETOWN LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATIONS

455110

May 14, 21, 28 June 4, 11, 18 STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC, Plaintiff, vs.

DONALD SMITH, EVELYN SMITH, Defendants.

HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORPORATION III, CAPITAL ONE BANK, ELITE RECOVERY SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, WISCONSIN BUREAU OF CHILD SUPPORT, Added Defendants FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE 30404

(June 4, 11, 18) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT BURNETT COUNTY

455447

www-the-leader.net

Application for Retail Class B License to sell intoxicating liquors and fermented malt beverages.

To the Town Board, Town of Sterling, Polk County, Wisconsin, the undersigned: Donald M. Potting Gregory A. Potting The Dugout Bar and Grill 2491 240th Street Cushing, WI 54006 Polk County, Wisconsin Hereby applies for a Retail Class B License to sell intoxicating liquor and fermented malt beverages from July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009.

Dated May 29, 2008 Julie Peterson, Clerk Town of Sterling

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Notices

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

(April 30, May 7, 14, 21, 28, June 4) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY U.S. BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER CAPITAL I, INC. TRUST 2001-NC3, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2001-NC3, FSB Plaintiff, Vs DANA A. RODRIGUEZ, et al.

Defendants.

Case Number: 06 CV 341 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on SEPTEMBER 14, 2007, in the amount of $194,871.65, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: JUNE 18, 2008, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: 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: The land referred to in the Commitment located in Polk County, Wis., described as follows: Parcel 1: Lot One (1) of Certified Survey Map No. 2280 recorded in Volume 10 of Certified Survey Maps, page 204, as Document No. 558078, located in part of the East Half of the Northwest Quarter ( E 1/2 of NW 1/4) and part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (SW 1/4 of NW 1/4), Section Twentyone (21), Township Thirtyfour (34) North, Range Eighteen (18) West, Town of St. Croix Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin.

Parcel 2: Together with perpetual driveway easement 16.5 feet in width for ingress and egress over and across the south 16.5 feet (the south 1 rod) of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section Twenty-one (21).

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1474A Sunshine Street, St. Croix Falls, WI 54024.

TAX KEY NO.: 44-502-0000.

Dated this 23rd day of April, 2008. /s/ Timothy G. Moore Polk County Sheriff Deborah A. Blommer State Bar #1000749 Attorney for Plaintiff 13700 W. Greenfield Avenue Brookfield, Wisconsin 53005 454649 262-790-5719

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The following has applied for Renewal Combination Class B beer and liquor license from July 1, 2008, thru June 30, 2009, in the Town of Eureka, Polk County, Wis., with application now on file at the clerk’s office: Greg D. Schrock 10er’s Inn Between Bar LLC 2087 State Road 35 Milltown, Wis. Application will be considered at the regular monthly town board meeting on Thursday, June 12, 2008, at the Eureka 458863 41L Town Hall.

The following has applied for Class B Retailers Winery and Class B Malt Beverage license from July 1, 2008, thru June 30, 2009, in the Town of Eureka, Polk County, Wis., with application now on file at the clerk’s office:

Application will be considered at the regular monthly town board meeting on Thursday, June 12, 2008, at the Eureka Town Hall.

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(May 14, 21, 28, June 4, 11, 18) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., Plaintiff, vs.

MICHAEL A. BERG and PAMELA J. BERG husband and wife and JANE DOE and/or JOHN DOE unknown tenants and BAYFIELD FINANCIAL LLC Defendants.

Case No.: 07-CV-626 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 26, 2007, in the amount of $182,317.59, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: July 1, 2008, 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: A parcel of land in the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4), Section Five (5), Township Thirty-two (32) North, Range Eighteen (18) West, described as follows: Commencing at the Northeast Corner of the NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4, Section 5-32-18, thence South along the East line of said Forty, 208 Feet 8 1/2 inches; thence West parallel to the North line of said Forty, 417 Feet 5 inches; thence North parallel to the East line of said Forty to the North line of said Forty; thence East to the place of beginning, Town of Farmington, in Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2226 60th Avenue, Town of Farmington.

TAX KEY NO.: 22-806-0.

Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County, WI O’DESS AND ASSOCIATES, S.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 1414 Underwood Avenue Suite 403 Wauwatosa, WI 53213 (414) 727-1591 O’Dess and Associates, S.C., is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. If you have previously received a Chapter 7 Discharge in Bankruptcy, this correspondence should not be construed as an attempt to collect a debt.

TOWN OF JACKSON MONTHLY BOARD MEETING

The Monthly Meeting Of The Meenon Town Board Will Be Held On Mon., June 9, 2008, 7 p.m., At The Meenon Town Hall

Agenda to include the following: Clerk & treasurer reports, road discussion, approval of the 2008-2009 liquor licenses, approval of monthly bills and any item properly brought before the board.

Suzanna M. Eytcheson 458616 41L 31a Meenon Town Clerk

Monday, June 9, 2008, 7 p.m., At The Town Hall

Full agenda posted June 6, 2008, at: Town hall, town office, Crow Bar and Voyager Superette.

For The Town Board Lorraine Radke, Clerk www.townofjacksonwi.com

BIG ROUND LAKE DISTRICT ANNUAL MEETING

TOWN OF EUREKA

Monthly Board Meeting Thurs., June 12, 2008 7 p.m.

Eureka Town Hall

Georgetown Hall Saturday, June 21, 2008 9 a.m.

Agenda: Call to order, minutes & reports, old business updates. New Business: Approve 2008-2009 town insurance quote. Alternate list for Board of Review. Ordinance - 45mph speed limit town wide.

Approve liquor, tobacco and bartender license applications.

Correspondence, citizen comment time, discussion time and announcements. Authorize payment of vouchers. Adjournment.

AGENDA • Meeting Called to Order • Introduction of Guests • Reading of Meeting Minutes • Treasurer’s Report • Fish Manager’s Report • Chairman’s Update • Aquatic Plant Update • DNR Fish Report • Tribal Lake Update • 2008 Proposed Programs • 2008 Budget and District Tax

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(May 28, June 4, 11, 18, 25, July 2) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, 1201 Third Avenue Seattle, Washington 98101 Plaintiff, vs.

WARREN C. GERMANN and LAURIE L. GERMANN, husband and wife and JANE DOE and/or JOHN DOE unknown tenants and BANK OF AMERICA, NA, successor by merger to Fleet National Bank Defendants.

Case No. 07-CV-745 Foreclosure of Mortgage Dollar Amount Greater Than $5,000.00 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on January 10, 2008, in the amount of $234,287.54 the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: July 16, 2008, 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 Eight (8) and the Easterly Ten (10) feet of Lot Nine (9), Deer Lake Park, except that part of Lot 8 as described in Volume 824 Records, page 409, Document No. 601529, Town of St. Croix Falls, Polk County, State of Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1302 Deer Lake Park, Town of St. Croix Falls.

TAX KEY NO.: 44-1097-0.

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.

457699

457698

STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY HSBC MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC., Plaintiff, vs.

DAVID R. HUGHES and JANE DOE unknown spouse of David R. Hughes and CHARLENE RAIFSNIDER and JOHN DOE unknown spouse of Charlene Raifsnider and JANE DOE and/ or JOHN DOE unknown tenants and DENTAL ARTS, S.C. and REMINGTON LAW OFFICES, LLC Defendants.

Case No. 07-CV-706 Code No. 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage Dollar Amount Greater Than $5,000.00 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on January 10, 2008, in the amount of $163,656.26 the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: July 16, 2008, 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: A parcel of land in the Northeast Quarter of Northeast Quarter (NE1/4 of NE1/4), Section Twentynine (29), Township Thirtythree (33) North, Range Fifteen (15) West, Town of Clayton, Polk County, Wisconsin, described as follows: Commencing at the Southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of Northeast Quarter (NE1/4 of NE1/4), Section Twenty-nine (29), Township Thirty-three (33), North Range Fifteen (15) West; thence West along the forty line 222 feet; thence North parallel with the East line of said last described Forty a distance of 339 feet; thence East to the East line of said forty; thence South to the Southeast corner of said forty, which is the place of beginning.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 781 40th Street, Town of Clayton.

TAX KAY NO.: 16-701-0000.

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

Laura M. Chamberlin, Agent Chateau St. Croix Winery & Vineyard LLC 1998A State Road 87 St. Croix Falls, Wis.

456111

(May 28, June 4, 11, 18, 25, July 2)

MEETING NOTICE

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APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

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APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

(May 21, 28, June 4, 11, 18, 25) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY U.S. BANK N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF MASTER ASSET BACKED SECURITIES TRUST 2007-WMCI MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007WMC1 Plaintiff, vs.

MICHAEL A. BOLLING, JR., et al.

Defendants.

Case Number: 08 CV 125 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on April 7, 2008, in the amount of $145,370.46, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: July 9, 2008, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: 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, Wis. DESCRIPTION: A tract of land in the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (NW1/4 of the SW1/4) of Section 20, Township 35 North of Range 17 West, Milltown Township, Polk County, Wisconsin, bounded and described as follows: Commencing at the occupied Northwest section corner of said Section 20, thence due South 2,763.35 feet along the centerline of a town road, as now located and maintained; thence Easterly at a right angle to the Easterly right of way of said road, 33 feet to the point of beginning; thence South 87 degrees 49’ 45” East, 361.45 feet; thence South 14 degrees 48’ 50” West 955.70 feet; thence North 87 degrees 19’ 10” West, 117.00 feet, being the said Easterly right of way of said town road; thence due North along said easterly right of way of said town road 932.13 feet to the point of beginning.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2048 170th Street Milltown, WI 54858 TAX KAY NO.: 040-533-0000 Dated this 13th day of May. 2008. /s/Timothy G. Moore Polk County Sheriff Deborah A. Blommer State Bar #1000749 Attorney for Plaintiff 13700 W. Greenfield Avenue Brookfield, Wisconsin 53005 262-790-5719 456812

Notices (June 4, 11, 18)

(May 28, June 4, 11)

STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY

STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY In The Matter Of the Change Of Name For: MARIAH LYNN HOVER NOTICE OF HEARING 08 CV 371 Notice is herewith given that at the regular term of the Circuit Court of Polk County, Wisconsin, at the Courthouse in Balsam Lake, in said County, on the 8th day of July, 2008, at 11:30 o’clock in the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, there will be heard and considered the application of Sheree Roberts and Steven Reindahl for permission to change the legal name and designation of their daughter to Mariah Lynn Reindahl, and for consideration and determination in any and all further matters as may pertain thereto.

Dated this 21st day of May, 2008.

BY THE COURT: /s/ R.H. Rasmussen Circuit Judge, Polk County, Wisconsin KRUPA LAW OFFICE 307 South Keller P.O. Box 168 Amery, Wisconsin 54001 457964 715-268-8135

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Leona Dorothy Boche, a/k/a Leona D. Boche Notice to Creditors (Informal Administration) Case No. 08 PR 39 An application has been filed for informal administration of the estate of the decedent, whose date of birth was March 24, 1924, and date of death was April 14, 2008. The decedent died domiciled in Polk County, State of Wisconsin, with a post office address of: 750 East Louisiana St., St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin 54017. All interested persons have waived notice.

Creditors’ claims must be filed with the probate registrar on or before September 8, 2008.

Jenell L. Anderson Probate Registrar May 28, 2008 Alexander A. Crosby Personal Representative/ Attorney 332 Minnesota Street, Suite W2610 St. Paul, MN 55101 651-228-0497 458772 (June 4, 11, 18) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY U.S. Bank National Association ND, Plaintiff, vs.

Estate of Timothy M. Lehman c/o Victoria L. Lehman, Special Administrator, and Unknown Spouse of Timothy M. Lehman Defendants.

Case Classification: 30404 SUMMONS (For Publication) Case No. 08 CV 155 Hon. Molly E. GaleWyrick THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, to Defendant Unknown Spouse of Timothy M. Lehman: You are hereby notified that the plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you.

This is a real estate foreclosure action. Therefore, within 40 days after June 4, 2008, (60 days as to the United States of America), you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the Complaint. The demand must be sent or delivered to the court, whose address is Clerk of Court, Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, WI 54810 and to Ralph Moore, Plaintiff’s attorney whose address is 332 Minnesota Street, Suite W-1650, St. Paul, MN 55101. You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not demand a copy of the complaint within 40 days (60 days as to the United States of America), the court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the complaint. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

The object of this auction is to foreclose a mortgage recorded with the Register of Deeds for Polk County, Wisconsin on February 22, 2006 in Vol. 985 of Records, Page 198 as Document No. 713010.

Date: June 2, 2008 STEIN & MOORE, P.A. By: s/Ralph L. Moore Ralph L. Moore I.D. #1046351 Attorneys for Plaintiff 332 Minnesota St. Suite W-1650 St. Paul, MN 55101 458877 651-224-9683

(May 21, 28, June 4) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA) N.A. S/I/I TO CAPITAL ONE BANK 1680 CAPITAL ONE DR. MCLEAN, VA 22102 Plaintiff, vs.

RAYMOND J. BISHOP 105 MEADOW LARK LN. #B4 OSCEOLA, WI 54020-4355 Defendant(s).

Case No. 08CV304 AMENDED SUMMONS Money Judgment: 30301 Our File: 504535 THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, To each person named above as Defendant: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you. The complaint, which is also served upon you, states the nature and basis of the legal action.

Within 40 days after June 5, 2008, you must respond with a written answer, as that term is used in chapter 802 of the Wisconsin Statutes, to the complaint. The court may reject or disregard an answer that does not follow the requirements of the statutes. The answer must be sent or delivered to the court whose address is 1005 W. MAIN STREET, BALSAM LAKE, WI 54810 and to William C. Sturm, Plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is shown below. You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not provide a proper answer to the complaint or provide a written demand for said complaint within the 40-day period, the court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the complaint. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

Dated: May 8, 2008 /s/ Ryan M. Peterson RAUSCH, STURM, ISRAEL & HORNIK, S.C. ATTORNEYS IN THE PRACTICE OF DEBT COLLECTION Attorneys for Plaintiff 2448 South 102nd Street Suite 210 P.O. Box 270288 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53227 414-328-1900 457445

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(May 28, June 4, 11) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF JANUARY 1, 2006, GSAMP TRUST 2006-HE1, Plaintiff, vs.

DAVID A. PACE; and HELEN M. PACE, his wife, Defendants.

Case No. 08-CV277 SUMMONS (Foreclosure of Mortgage 30404) Honorable Robert H. Rasmussen THE STATE OF WISCONSIN To David A. Pace and Helen M. Pace, his wife, 2290 180th Street, Luck, Wisconsin 54853, named above as defendants: You are hereby notified that the plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you.

Within 40 days after May 28, 2008, you must respond with a written Answer, as that term is used in chapter 802 of the Wisconsin Statutes, to the Complaint. The Court may reject or disregard an Answer that does not follow the requirements of the statutes. The answer must be sent or delivered to the Court, whose address is 1005 W. Main Street, P.O. Box 549, Balsam Lake, WI 54810, and to Hersh Law Offices, plaintiff’s attorneys, whose address is 10555 N. Port Washington Road, Mequon, WI 53092. You may have an attorney help or represent you.

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INVITATION TO BID

The following has applied for Renewal Combination Class B beer and liquor license from July 1, 2008, thru June 30, 2009, in the Town of Eureka, Polk County, Wis., with application now on file at the clerk’s office: Shawn D. Johnson Little Swede’s Wolf Creek Bar 2387 River Road St. Croix Falls, Wis. Application will be considered at the regular monthly town board meeting on Thursday, June 12, 2008, at the Eureka Town Hall.

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APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

Application for Retail “A” License for retail sale of malt beverages and intoxicating liquor for consumption off premises.

To the Town Board of the Town of Lorain, Polk County, Wis., the undersigned: Michael Welch Indian Creek Orchards 139 350th Ave. Frederic, WI 54837 Hereby makes application for Retail “A” retail sale of malt beverages and intoxicating liquor for consumption off-premises license to be used from July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009, at the place of business located at 139 350th Ave., Frederic, Wis. Susan E. Hughes, Clerk Town of Lorain Dated May 31, 2008

(May 7, 14, 21, 28, June 4, 11) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY S&C BANCO, Plaintiff, vs.

SHANN M. MCCLAY and BRENDA L. MCCLAY Defendants.

Case No. 07 CV 785 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on March 20, 2008, I will sell at public auction at the Main Front Entrance of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, in the Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, June 24, 2008, at 10:00 o’clock a.m. all of the following described mortgaged premises, to-wit: Lot 2 of Certified Survey Map No. 4494, recorded in Volume 20 of Certified Survey Maps, page 46, as Document No. 681939, located in the SE1/4 of SW1/4 of SW1/4, Section Twenty-eight (28), Township Thirty-six (36) North, Range Nineteen (19) West, and together with a roadway easement over the South 2 Rods of the NE1/4 OF SW1/4 of SW1/4, of said Section 28, Township 36, Range 19.

PIN: 046-00694-0200 STREET ADDRESS: 2779 250th Avenue St. Croix Falls, WI TERMS OF SALE: Cash.

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

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, this 24th day of April, 2008.

Timothy G. Moore, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin Steven J. Swanson State Bar No. #1003029 Attorney at Law P.O. Box 609 105 South Washington Street St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787 455666

PART-TIME OFFICE MANAGER WANTED

Wild Rivers Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit organization in Siren, Wisconsin, is seeking a part-time Office Manager to work 10-15 hours per week and available to start on or before June 30. Computer skills are required. Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and Quicken are used in this job.

This position would be responsible for the following: Processing of mail; Grant writing; Phone calls; Recording homeowner payments; Web site maintenance.

Applicant must be organized and self-directed with excellent communication and writing skills. Applications will be accepted through June 6.

Please send your resume to Wild Rivers Habitat for Humanity, P.O. Box 457427 39-41L 29-31a 263, Siren, Wisconsin 54872.

POLK COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING Thursday, June 19, 2008, at 9 a.m.,

T.R.I.P. PROJECT TOWN OF WEST SWEDEN

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The Town of West Sweden is seeking sealed bids for a T.R.I.P. Project on 180th St. from 320th Ave. to 325th Ave. 1. Milling of old blacktop.

2. Adding 2 inches of gravel for extra base.

3. 3 inches of hot mix compacted to 2-1/2 inches thick.

Submit bids by June 17, 2008, by 6:30 p.m.

Must have certificate of insurance. The Town of West Sweden reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.

For more information, contact Dennis O’Donnell at 715-327-4954 or Kevin Taylor at 715-371-1002.

NOTICE - TOWN OF LORAIN BOARD MEETING Thursday, June 12, 2008, 7:30 p.m.

Lorain Town Hall, 252 345th Ave., Cty. Rd. E Agenda: Call meeting to order; roll call/vertification of meeting notice; approval of minutes of previous meeting; approve the treasury report; motion to pay the bills; motion to act on liquor license applications; additional meeting items for future agendas; motion to adjourn; adjournment.

Susan Hughes, Clerk

NOTICE TOWN OF LORAIN Comprehensive Land Use Commissioner Meeting Monday, June 16, 2008, 7 p.m.

Lorain Town Hall, 252 345th Ave., Cty. Rd. E Agenda: Call meeting to order/roll call; proceed to review the survey mailed out; motion to adjourn.

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APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

The April meeting of the Village Board of Siren will be held Thurs., June 5, 2008, at 2 p.m., at the Village Hall.

Agenda posted.

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Shoreview Apartments, Balsam Lake.

Agenda: I. Call to order II. Minutes III. Financial reports IV. Operations report V. Unfinished business: A. CDBG VI. New business VII. Adjourn 458549 41L

NOTICE

The Regular Monthly Board Meeting For The Town Of McKinley Will Be Held Tues., June 10, 2008, 7:30 p.m., At The Town Hall

Agenda will be posted at the Town Hall.

Deborah Grover, 458775 41L Clerk

(May 28, June 4, 11) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOLAINE M. NEUMANN Notice to Interested Persons and Time Limit for Filing Claims (Informal Administration) Case No. 08 PR 37 An application has been filed for informal administration of the estate of the decedent, whose date of birth was May 26, 1963, and date of death was March 12, 2008. The decedent died domiciled in Polk County, State of Wisconsin, with a post office address of: 506 Seminole Ave., Osceola, WI 54020.

Please take notice that: 1. The application will be heard at the Polk County Courthouse, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, Room 1034, before Jenell Anderson, Probate Registrar, on June 23, 2008, at 9 a.m. or when scheduled thereafter.

You need not appear unless you object. The application may be granted if no objection is made.

2. Creditors’ claims must be filed with the probate registrar on or before August 25, 2008.

3. Publication of this notice shall constitute notice to any persons whose names or addresses are unknown.

Jenell L. Anderson Probate Registrar May 16, 2008 Judith A. Remington Personal Representative/ Attorney Remington Law Offices, LLC P.O. Box 177 New Richmond, WI 54017 715-246-3422 457879

TOWN OF EUREKA

NOTICE OF MEETING TO ADJOURN THE BOARD OF REVIEW TO LATER DATE

The Town of Eureka Board of Review will meet on Thursday, June 12, 2008, at 6:50 p.m., at the Eureka Town Hall, for the purpose of calling the Board of Review into session and adjourning until the 19th day of June, 2008, at 6 p.m. 458841 41L

(June 4, 11, 18) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JEAN E. BROWER Notice to Interested Persons and Time Limit for Filing Claims (Informal Administration) Case No. 08 PR 38 An application has been filed for informal administration of the estate of the decedent, whose date of birth was January 9, 1923, and date of death was May 11, 2008. The decedent died domiciled in Polk County, State of Wisconsin, with a post office address of Willow Ridge Healthcare, 400 Deronda St., Amery, WI 54001.

Please take notice that: 1. The application will be heard at the Polk County Courthouse, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin.

Room 1034 before Jenell L. Anderson, Probate Registrar on June 24, 2008, at 9 a.m. or when scheduled thereafter.

You need not appear unless you object. The application may be granted if no objection is made.

2. Creditors’ claims must be filed with the probate registrar on or before Sept. 1, 2008.

3. Publication of this notice shall constitute notice to any persons whose names or addresses are unknown.

Jenell L. Anderson Probate Registrar May 27, 2008 George W. Benson Attorney at Law Benson Law Office LLC P.O. Box 370 Siren, WI 54872 715-349-5215 Bar No. 1012978 458505

THE VILLAGE OF WEBSTER Regular Monthly Meeting

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the regular monthly meeting in the Village of Webster, in the County of Burnett, State of Wisconsin, for transaction of business as is by law required or permitted to be transacted at such meeting, has been changed from its regular meeting date to: 7505 Main Street West Village office in said Village on Monday, June 9, 2008, at 6 p.m.

Janice Miller 457950 40-41L Village Clerk/Treasurer

COACHING POSITIONS AVAILABLE SIREN SCHOOL DISTRICT Siren Head Girls Volleyball Coach For 2008-2009 Siren Head Girls Basketball Coach for 2008-2009 Send letter of application and resume to:

Siren School District Attn: Ryan Karsten, Athletic Director P.O. Box 29 Siren, WI 54872 Application will be taken until June 13!

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Residents of West Sweden

NOUVEAU S alon S pa Phone: 715-349-5880

COSMETOLOGIST POSITION AVAILABLE We are a salon & spa with a positive, relaxing atmosphere, looking for a professional, experienced cosmetologist.

Pick up an application or send resume to: 457587 7711 Park St. W., Siren, WI 54872 29-30a,b 40-41L

Our planning committee is having an

OPEN HOUSE

Monday, June 9, 6 - 8 p.m.

At the Town Hall The Open House is being held in conjunction with the local comprehensive plan which is being planned for the town. The results from the surveys will be posted, and input from residents would be greatly appreciated at this time.

Coffee, lemonade and cookies will be served.

Hope To See You On June 9!

The West Sweden Planning Committee.

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The following has applied for Renewal Combination Class B beer and liquor license from July 1, 2008, thru June 30, 2009, in the Town of Eureka, Polk County, Wis., with application now on file at the clerk’s office: Kevin M. Austad, Agent KJ’s Eureka Bar, Inc. 2396 210th Ave. St. Croix Falls, Wis. Application will be considered at the regular monthly town board meeting on Thursday, June 12, 2008, at the Eureka Town Hall.

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Application for Retail Class B License to sell intoxicating liquor and fermented malt beverages. To the Town of Milltown, Polk County, Wisconsin, the undersigned: James Glasspoole, Agent JJ’s Club 35, LLC 2378A State Road 35 Milltown, WI 54858 Hereby applies for a Retail Class B License to sell intoxicating liquors and fermented malt beverages from July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009.

Dated May 27, 2008 Virgil Hansen, Town Clerk Town of Milltown 458502 41L

(May 21, 28, June 4, 11, 18 , 25) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Vermillion State Bank Plaintiff, Vs. RALC & Associates, LLC, Randall S. Danielson and Ava M. Danielson, Defendants Case Code: 30404 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Case No. 07 CV 644 Hon. Robert H. Rasmussen PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on the 27th day of December, 2007, the Sheriff of Polk County will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: DATE/TIME: July 3, 2008 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 three (3) and Lot (4) of Certified Survey map No. 3592, recorded in Volume 16 of Certified Survey Maps on page 105 as Document No. 627046, located in part of Government Lot Five (5), Section Twenty-five (25), Township thirty-four (34) North of Range Eighteen (18) West, and in part of Government Lot Two (2), Section Twenty-six (26), Township Thirty-four (34) North of Range Eighteen (18) West, Town of St. Croix Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin.

(FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY: Plaintiff believes that the property address is: No address listed, St. Croix Falls, Wis.) Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County Stein & Moore, P.A. Attorneys for Plaintiff 332 Minnesota St., Ste. W-1650 St. Paul, MN 55101 651-224-9683 457519

NOTICE

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Notices

TOWN OF MILLTOWN APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

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PUBLIC NOTICE

INVITATION TO BID ASPHALT ROAD PULVERIZATION WORK TOWN OF JACKSON

NEW ACCESS CONTROL POLICY The Polk County Highway Committee approved a new Access Control Policy, effective May 7, 2008. This affects all new installations of driveway or road accesses on County Trunk Highways and improvements on current driveway or road accesses.

Copies of the new policy are available online on the Polk County Web site at www.co.polk.wi.us or at the Polk County Highway Office, 518 Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. For additional information, contact the Highway 458885 41L 31a,d Office at 715-485-8700.

The Town of Jackson is seeking sealed bids for pulverizing existing asphalt surfaces on the length of Mallard Lake Road from County Road A east to Leef Road (3.44 miles). Pulverizing shall render existing asphalt surface to fragment size passing a 2” screening. Pulverizing work is to be coordinated with town representatives and paving contractors and must be completed by July 26, 2008.

Bids are due on June 9, 2008, and will be opened at the monthly Town Board meeting beginning at 7 p.m. that evening. Valid certificate of insurance must be presented with bids. The Town of Jackson reserves the right to reject any and all bids or portion thereof, to waive irregularities or informalities in any bid and to accept any bid which will best serve its interests. For more information, 458272 41L 31a contact Gary Biron at 715-259-4170.

INVITATION TO BID HOT MIX PAVING PROJECT TOWN OF JACKSON The Town of Jackson is seeking sealed buds for surfacing over pulverized asphalt and compacted gravel on the length of Mallard Lake Road from County Road A east to Leef Road (3.44 miles). Paved width shall be 20 feet and compacted blacktop surface is to be 2 inches thick.

Pulverizing of existing asphalt surface, spreading base gravel and initial shaping will be performed by others.

Contractor to perform final grading, compacting and moisture content control prior to applying hot mix surface. Bids are to indicate planned material usage (tons per mile) for 2-inch compacted thickness and actual material usage is to be documented by certified weight tickets which must be presented at time of application.

Surfacing work is to be coordinated with town representatives and must be completed by August 31, 2008. Bids are due on June 9, 2008, and will be opened at the monthly Town Board meeting beginning at 7 p.m. that evening. Valid certificate of insurance must be presented with bids. The Town of Jackson reserves the right to reject any and all bids or portion thereof, to waive irregularities or informalities in any bid and to accept any bid which will best serve its interests. For more information, 458274 41L 31a contact Gary Biron at 715-259-4170.

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South 18 1/2 rods; thence East 1 rod; thence South 25 1/2 rods; thence West 19 rods to the place of beginning except therefrom a plot of ground deeded to the Trustees of the Norwegian Danish Methodist Episcopal Church of Deer Park, described as follows: Commencing at a point 887 Feet North of the Southwest corner of Section 29, Township 32 North, Range 16 West; thence East 132 Feet; thence North 66 Feet; thence West 132 Feet; thence South 66 Feet to the place of beginning and further excepting those lands for highway in Volume 165, page 308.

Commencing at a point 887 Feet North of the Southwest corner of Section Twentynine (29), Township Thirty Two (32) North, Range Sixteen (16) West, thence East 132 Feet; thence North 66 Feet; thence West 132 Feet; thence South 66 Feet to the point of beginning; excepting therefrom the following parcel of land sold to Polk County Highway Commission; all of Township Thirty Two (32) North, Range Sixteen (16) West, Section Twenty Nine (29) in Southerly 66 Feet of Northerly 414 Feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SW 1/4 SW 1/4) thereof lying Westerly of a line parallel to and 60 Feet distant from the following described centerline of Div. Job No. 8733; beginning on the Section line of Section Thirty (30), aforesaid Township and Range 3.7 Feet West of Southeast corner of such Section; thence North 3-59’, East 953 Feet.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 114 State Road 46, Town of Black Brook.

TAX KEY NO.: 010-007420000.

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

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

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING MUNICIPAL CODE 9.11 KEEPING OF ANIMALS AND FOWL REGULATED The Common Council of the City of St. Croix Falls do ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Section 9.11(1) is amended as follows: (1) No person shall keep or maintain poultry or fowl, or any livestock such as including, but not limited to, horses, cattle, sheep or goats in any zoning district except agricultural districts.

(2) KEEPING OF POULTRY. Permit Required, residents may apply for an Annual Permit for the keeping of up to five hens within Residential Zones.

Minimum conditions include: a. no roosters b. enclosures, coops and runs are only permitted in side or rear yards. c. enclosures shall be set back 25’ from side and back property lines. d. hens shall be provided with a covered enclosure and must be kept within the covered enclosure or fenced enclosure at all times, covered enclosure should be ‘predator’ secured. e. Permit Fee: $25 annually, Permits expire Dec 31. f. Unsanitary conditions or complaints may result in revocation or nonrenewal of permit.

SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be effective upon its passage and publication as provided by law.

Dated at St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, this 27th day of May, 2008.

SIGNED: Darrell Anderson, Mayor 458612 41L ATTEST: Bonita Leggitt, City Clerk

NOTICE OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY GRANTSBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT 480 E. James Avenue Grantsburg, WI 54840

Date: May 22, 2008.

Title of Position: Production Kitchen Head Cook.

Hours: 6 hours. Be available for extra hours when needed.

Rate of Pay: Per contract schedule.

Reports To: Food Service Director.

Job Goal: Be able to prepare and serve attractive and nutritious meals in an atmosphere of cleanliness, efficiency, cheerfulness and personal caring.

Description of Duties: Working under the supervision of the Food Service Director to: • Provide leadership in the production kitchen by directing and managing workers.

• Plan, organize and direct kitchen workers.

• Provide a safe & sanitary environment that protects the children’s health.

• Organize and maintain all food storage areas.

• Help perform routine work in preparation, serving and cleanup of meals for the school district.

• Accurately record food produced and discarded.

• Be able to do other duties assigned by the Food Service Director.

• Be able to fill in for the Food Service Director in emergencies.

• Be able to lift 35 pounds.

Qualifications: • Good human relation skills when working with coworkers, staff, students and public.

• Be able to communicate and show leadership skills.

• Maintain a positive work attitude.

• Demonstrate good work habits, punctuality, reliability, selfinitiative and attendance.

• Prepare and serve a large quantity of food which is appealing and attractive.

• Follow through on written and oral directions and requests in a positive and expedient manner.

• Be flexible to a changing work schedule with changing responsibilities and demands.

• Possess a valid driver’s license.

Closing Date For Application: June 6, 2008.

Contact: Lara Lerud, Food Service Director Grantsburg High School Phone #: 715-463-5165 Ext. 125 Or Fill Out An Application At The District Office The School District of Grantsburg is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, 457987 40-41L color, national origin, sex, religion or handicap.

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Frederic Village Board will meet, at the Village Hall, 107 Hope Road W., in the Village of Frederic, for the purpose of conducting general village business.

This meeting will be held on Mon., June 9, 2008, at 7 p.m.

458503 Marilyn Sederlund, Village Clerk/Treasurer, Frederic, Wis. 41L

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Polk County Land Information Committee will hold Public Hearings on Wednesday, June 18, 2008, at 8 a.m. in the Government Center (2nd Floor, East Conference Room), Balsam Lake, Wisconsin. The Committee will recess at 8:15 a.m. to view site(s) and will reconvene again at 10 a.m. at the Government Center in Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, to consider the following and other agenda items: JAMES P. COOK requests a district change from Exclusive Agricultural (A-2) to Agricultural (A-1). Property affected is: 2096 County Rd. X; the East 300’ of the SE1/4, SE1/4, Sec 16/T32N/ R18W, Town of Alden.

FRANK MEVISSEN requests a Special Exception from Article 15B1-3 of the Polk County Shoreland Protection Zoning Ordinance to excavate on 0-20% slopes which exposed more than 1,000-2,000 sq. ft. and excavate on slopes greater than 20%, afterthe-fact. Property affected is: Pt of SW1/4, SW1/4, Sec 27/T34N/ R15W, Town of Beaver, North Branch Beaver Brook.

Polk County Land Information Committee.

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY ACCOUNT SERVICES COORDINATOR Burnett County Administration/ Human Resources Office Full Time

Burnett County is seeking applicants for the position of Account Services Coordinator. This is a confidential position that will provide integral support to all functions in the Administration/Human Resources Office, also serving as the primary backup for the Financial Systems and Human Resources Systems.

Requires Bachelor’s Degree (B.A.) in Accounting from four-year college or university; three to five years’ related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience in governmental accounting preferred., Salary range: $35,288 - $38,684 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., Friday, June 6, 2008.

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NOTICE OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY GRANTSBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT

Job Title: H.R. Contact: Contact Phone: Job Description: Qualifications: Requirements:

How to Apply:

Employer:

Job Address: Web Site: Description: 457986 40-41L

(May 14, 21, 28, June 4, 11, 18) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2006-OPT3, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-OPT3 Plaintiff, vs.

ERNEST L. SCHAKE and JANE DOE unknown spouse of Ernest L. Schake and KELLY MESECHER and JOHN DOE unknown spouse of Kelly Mesecher and JANE DOE and/or JOHN DOE unknown tenants; and OPTION ONE MORTGAGE CORPORATION Defendants.

Case No.07-CV-681 Code No. 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage Dollar Amount Greater Than $5,000 Code No. 30405 Other Real Estate NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on December 28, 2007, in the amount of $96,514.24, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: July 1, 2008, at 10:00 o’clock a.m.

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

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

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. PLACE: Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 West Main St., Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: A part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 29, Township 32 North, Range 16 West, (in the Town of Black Brook), described as follows: Commencing at the Southwest corner of said Section 29; thence North 61 rods; thence East 16 rods; thence South 17 rods; thence East 2 rods; thence

CITY OF ST. CROIX FALLS ORDINANCE #02-08

Notices

Elementary Teacher Kathleen Coppenbarger 715-463-2320 100% FTE 3rd-Grade Teacher Appropriate Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Certification required.

The ideal candidate will have experience with differentiation, Everyday Math and Guided Reading. Desire to work in a team of collaborative progressive thinking educators focused on the development of the whole child. Candidate must have the ability to provide a safe and positive learning environment for all students. Technology literacy is also desired.

Send letter of application, resume, credentials, including three letters of recommendation, transcripts and a copy of license by June 5, 2008.

Grantsburg School District 475 E. James Ave. Grantsburg, WI 54840 Same as the employer address. http://www.gk12.net Grantsburg School District is a K-12 school system of 1,000 students that is located in NW Wisconsin. It is located just over an hour from the Twin Cities Metro area. Grantsburg is located on the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway and is the home of Crex Meadows Wildlife Center.

The School District of Grantsburg does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age or handicap.

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Notices NOTICE OF SALE OF TAX DELINQUENT REAL ESTATE Section 75.69 Second Bid Advertisement Class 3 Notice

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Polk County advertises attempted sale of the tax delinquent real estate, herein described: Property Available For Bid Vacant land located at: Sec. 10 Town 34N Range 16W in the Town of Apple River. Approx. 2.5 acres, W 330’ of S 330’ of SW SW This property has not been surveyed.

Appraisal Notes: Subject parcel is located on 90th St. in Apple River Township. This is a highly outdoor recreational area with numerous lakes, parks and rivers. The subject property is located in the Unity School District. Subject parcel is VACANT land with no known water or septic on property.

Parcel ID #004-00319-0000 Property Sold As Is To Highest Bidder Minimum Bid is $15,000 (Minimum Bid includes all costs accrued by county) Appraised Value of Property is $20,000.00. Appraisal completed on March 5, 2008 by a licensed appraiser.

Bids must be received by noon, on Monday, June 16, 2008 at: Polk County Buildings Department 100 Polk County Plaza, Suite 10 Balsam Lake, WI 54810 Bids will be opened at the June 16, 2008 meeting of the Property, Forestry & Recreational committee, currently scheduled for 2:30 p.m. at the Polk County Government Center.

Questions may be addressed to: Polk County Treasurer’s office, 715-485-9255.

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NOTICE OF THE BOARD OF REVIEW FOR THE TOWN OF TRADE LAKE Notice is hereby given that the Board of Review for the Town of Trade Lake will convene on Saturday, June 7, 2008, in the Town Hall, Trade Lake, Wisconsin, from 10 a.m. to noon.

Please be advised of the following requirements to appear before the Board of Review and procedural requirements if appearing before the Board: No person shall be allowed to appear before the Board of Review, to testify to the Board by telephone or to contest the amount of any assessment of real property if the person has refused a reasonable written request by certified mail of the assessor to view such property.

After the meeting of the first meeting of the Board of Review and before the Board’s final adjournment, no person who is scheduled to appear before the Board of Review may contact or provide information to a member of the Board about the person’s objection except at a session of the Board.

No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone or contest the amount of the assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the first meeting of the Board or at least 48 hours before the objection is heard if the objection is allowed because the person has been granted a waiver of the 48-hour notice of intent to file a written objection by appearing before the Board during the first two hours of the meeting and showing good cause for failure to meet the 48-hour notice requirement and files a written objection, that the person provides to the clerk of the Board of Review notice as to whether the person will ask for removal of any Board members and, if so, which member will be removed and the person’s reasonable estimate of the length of time that the hearing will take.

When appearing before the Board, the person shall specify, in writing, the person’s estimate of the value of the land and the improvements that are the subject of the person’s objection and specify the information that the person used to arrive at that estimate.

No person shall appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board of Review by telephone or subject an objection to a valuation; if that valuation was made by the Assessor or the Objector using the income method; unless the person supplies the Assessor all of the information about income and expenses, as specified in the manual under Sec. 73.03 (2a), that the Assessor requests. The Town of Trade Lake has an ordinance for the confidentiality of information about income and expenses that is provided to the Assessor under this paragraph which provides exemptions for persons using information in the discharge of duties imposed by law or of the duties of their office or by order of a court. The information that is provided under this paragraph, unless a court determined that it is inaccurate, is not subject to the right of inspection and copying under Sec. 1935 (1) of WI Statutes.

The Board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present to the Board a letter from a physician, surgeon or osteopath that confirms their illness or disability. No other person may testify by telephone.

Submitted by, Town of Trade Lake Deborah L. Christian, Clerk

OPEN BOOK The Open Book for the Town of Trade Lake will be held on Friday, June 6, 2008, from 6-8 p.m., in the Town Hall, Trade Lake, Wisconsin. The assessor will be available at that time to hear any and all complaints from the taxpayers. The book will also be available to view at the home of the clerk by appointment only from May 30-June 5, 2008. You may call 715-488-2600 for an appointment.

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POLK COUNTY POSITION ANNOUNCEMENTS Polk County is accepting applications for the following positions:

Communications Officer $12.96/hr.

Sheriff’s Department Recruitment for Limited Part Time up to 1,020/hrs.

Deadline to apply: Open until filled Registered Dietitian Public Health - WIC Casual fill in at WIC Clinics Deadline to apply: Open until filled

$26.00/hr.

Mileage Reimburse/ Fed. Rate

Mental Health Therapist Human Services Full Time 37.5 hr./wk.

Deadline to apply: Open until filled

$23.14/hr.

Golden Age Manor** RN - full time 2:30 - 10:30 p.m./shift RCNAs - part time/all shifts Deadline to apply: Open until filled

$23.30/hr. w/shift differential $11.82/hr. w/shift differential

JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND APPLICATIONS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM POLK COUNTY’S WEB SITE AT: www.co.polk.wi.us, or Polk County Department of Employee Relations, 100 Polk County Plaza, #229, Balsam Lake, WI 54810, 715-485-9176 or Golden Age Manor, 220 Scholl Ct., Amery, WI, 715-268-7107.

AA/EEOC 458803 41L **PLEASE SUBMIT APPLICATIONS FOR GOLDEN AGE MANOR POSITIONS DIRECTLY TO GAM**

TOWN OF LAKETOWN NOTICE OF OPEN BOOK Pursuant to s. 70.45, Wis. Stats., the assessment roll for the 2007 assessment year will be open for examination at the following time: Thursday, June 12, 2008, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., at the Cushing Community Center. This session gives the property owner an opportunity to meet with the assessor, ask questions of the assessor, and look over their property assessments. Notice is hereby given this 26th day of May, 2008, by Patsy Gustafson, Clerk.

NOTICE OF BOARD OF REVIEW

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Review for the Town of Laketown of Polk County will be held on Thursday, June 12, 2008, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Cushing Community Center.

Please be advised of the following requirements to appear before the Board of Review and procedural requirements if appearing before the Board: No Person shall be allowed to appear before the Board of Review, to testify to the Board by telephone or to contest the amount of any assessment of real or personal property if the person has refused a reasonable written request by certified mail of the Assessor to view such property.

After the first meeting of the Board of Review and before the Board’s final adjournment, no person who is scheduled to appear before the Board of Review may contact, or provide information to, a member of the Board about the person’s objection except at a session of the Board.

No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone or contest the amount of assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the first meeting of the Board or at least 48 hours before the objection is allowed because the person has been granted a waiver of the 48-hour notice of an intent to file a written objection by appearing before the Board during the first two hours of the meeting and showing good cause for failure to meet the 48-hour notice requirements and files a written objection, that the person provides to the Clerk of the Board of Review notice as to whether the person will ask for removal of any Board members and, if so, which member will be removed and the person’s reasonable estimate of the length of time that the hearing will take.

When appearing before the Board, the person shall specify, in writing, the person’s estimate of the value of the land and of the improvements that are the subject of the person’s objection and specify the information that the person used to arrive at the estimate.

No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone or object to a valuation; if that valuation was made by the Assessor of the Objector using the income method; unless the person supplies the Assessor all of the information about income and expenses, as specified in the manual under Sec. 73.03(2a), that the Assessor requests. The municipality shall provide an ordinance for the confidentiality of information about income and expenses that is provided to the Assessor under this paragraph which provides exemptions for persons using information in the discharge of duties imposed by law or of the duties of their office or by order of a court.

The information that is provided under this paragraph, unless a court determined that it is inaccurate, is not subject to the right if inspection and copying under Section 19.35 (1) of Wis. Statutes.

The Board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present to the Board a letter from a physician, surgeon or osteopath that confirms their illness or disability. No other persons may testify by telephone.

Respectfully submitted, 458142 40-42L 31a Patsy Gustafson, Town Clerk

NOTICE OF FREDERIC SCHOOL BOARD SPECIAL MEETING Room 131, 7 - 12 School Thursday, June 12, 2008 Time: 5 p.m.

1. Call to order 2. Opening ceremonies A. Approve agenda B. Welcoming remarks C. Audience to visitors and delegations 3. Reports of Board Officers 4. Unfinished Business A. Technology Plan 5. New Business A. Personnel 1. Resignation B. Early Childhood Education 66.30 with Unity School District 6. Closed session. Wisconsin Statutes 19.85(1)(c)(f). Employee contract negotiations, staffing.

7. Business as a result of closed session.

458899 41L 8. Adjourn APPLICATIONS FOR ALCOHOL BEVERAGE LICENSES VILLAGE OF FREDERIC Notice is hereby given that the following have applied for Alcohol Beverage Licenses: SSG CORPORATION, P.O. Box 1000, Hudson, WI 54016, has made application to the village board of Frederic, Polk County, Wisconsin, for a Class “A” License to sell Fermented Malt Beverages in the original containers for off-premises consumption, and a license to sell cigarettes and tobacco products, from July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009, at: FREDERIC HOLIDAY, 410 Wisconsin Ave. S., Frederic, WI 54837 (Agent: Kathy Means).

ELIASCO, INC., 1605 E. Cuff Rd. #302, Burnsville, MN 55337, has made application to the village board of Frederic, Polk County, Wisconsin, for a Class “A” License to sell Fermented Malt Beverages in the original containers for offpremises consumption, and a license to sell cigarettes and tobacco products, from July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009, at: FREDERIC STOP, 215 Wisconsin Ave. N., Frederic, WI 54837 (Agent: Dan Jones).

LEIBKE TRANSMISSION, INC., 4888 210th St. North, Forest Lake, Minn., has made application to the village board of Frederic, Polk County, Wisconsin, for a “Class A” License to sell Fermented Malt Beverages and Intoxicating Liquor in the original containers for off-premises consumption, and a license to sell cigarettes and tobacco products, from July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009, at: FREDERIC LIQUOR STORE, 209 Wisconsin Ave. N., Frederic, WI 54837 (Agent: John H. Brickman).

FREDERIC D & H, INC., 21952 Spirit Access Rd., Frederic, WI 54837, has made application to the village board of Frederic, Polk County, Wisconsin, for a “Class A” License to sell Fermented Malt Beverages and Intoxicating Liquor in the original containers for off-premises consumption, and a license to sell cigarettes and tobacco products, from July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009, at: FREDERIC GROCERY, 120 Oak St. W., Frederic, WI 54837 (Agent: David Johnson).

LARSON-ANDERSON INC., P.O. Box 363, Frederic, WI 54837, has made application to the village board of Frederic, Polk County, Wisconsin, for a Class “B” License to sell Fermented Malt Beverages for on-premises or off-premises consumption, from July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009, at: BEAN’S COUNTRY GRIDDLE, 101 Oak St. W., Frederic, WI 54837 (Agent: Steven Anderson).

D & M KOEPP INC., P.O. Box 582, Frederic, WI 54837, has made application to the village board of Frederic, Polk County, Wisconsin, for a “Class B” License to sell Fermented Malt Beverages and Intoxicating Liquor for on-premises or offpremises consumption, and a license to sell cigarettes and tobacco products, from July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009, at: SKOL BAR, 135 Oak St. W., Frederic, WI 54837 (Agent: Paula Domagala).

DALE & JEANNE’S INC., P.O. Box 545, Frederic, WI 54837, has made application to the village board of Frederic, Polk County, Wisconsin, for a “Class B” License to sell Fermented Malt Beverages and Intoxicating Liquor for on-premises or offpremises consumption, and a license to sell cigarettes and tobacco products, from July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009, at: PIONEER BAR, 119 Oak St. W., Frederic, WI 54837 (Agent: Traci DesJardins).

FREDERIC COUNTRY CLUB INC., P.O. Box 219, Frederic, WI 54837, has made application to the village board of Frederic, Polk County, Wisconsin, for a “Class B” License to sell Fermented Malt Beverages and Intoxicating Liquor for onpremises or off-premises consumption and a license to sell cigarettes and tobacco products, from July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009, at: FREDERIC COUNTRY CLUB, 905 Wisconsin Ave. S., Frederic, WI 54837 (Agent: Tom Moats).

HACKER’S LANES INC., P.O. Box 45, Frederic, WI 54837, has made application to the village board of Frederic, Polk County, Wisconsin, for a “Class B” License to sell Fermented Malt Beverages and Intoxicating Liquor for on-premises or offpremises consumption, and a license to sell cigarettes and tobacco products, from July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009, at: HACKER’S LANES, 413 Wisconsin Ave. S., Frederic, WI 54837 (Agent: Sandra Hacker).

GREEN ACRES ESTATES, 705 Oak St. W., Frederic, WI 54837, has made application to the village board of Frederic, Polk County, Wisconsin, for a mobile home park license.

SWANSON MOBILE HOME PARK, 405 Ash St. W., Frederic, WI 54837, has made application to the village board of Frederic, Polk County, Wisconsin, for a mobile home park license.

These applications will be considered for approval at the regular village board meeting to be held June 9, 2008.

MARILYN SEDERLUND VILLAGE CLERK-TREASURER FREDERIC, WISCONSIN 458646 41L

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MINUTES OF THE

Res. 32- 08 - Consumer Appointees To Long-Term Care District Governing Board. Motion (Jepsen/Brown) to adopt Res. 32-08. Res. 32-08 was adopted by an unanimous voice vote.

POLK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

RESOLUTION 33-08 RECOGNITION OF WORKSITE WELLNESS COMMITTEE WHEREAS, the Polk County Board of Supervisors recognizes the value of their employees; and WHEREAS, the Personnel Committee supports the commitment of the Worksite Wellness Committee Mission Statement: The Polk County Wellness Program promotes healthy lifestyles through programs and resources that benefit the physical and emotional well-being of all employees; and WHEREAS, the Personnel Committee understands that healthy lifestyle changes can increase employee morale, increasing productivity and staff retention, as well as have a potential to decrease health-care costs.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors approves and recognizes the Worksite Wellness Committee as a subcommittee of the Personnel Committee, as follows: 1. The committee shall consist of an odd number of members, no more than eleven, at least one of whom shall be a member of the Personnel Committee, appointed by the Chairperson of the Personnel Committee or his/her designee, upon recommendation of the Departmentof Employee Relations. An attempt should be made to balance the employee members from various departments and facilities.

2. Nonmonetary donations that may be received in the future by the committee for the purpose of recognizing employees who participate in committee events are accepted upon receipt of same by said committee.

3. The committee is authorized to receive payments from employees who voluntarily participate in programs and events sponsored by the committee to offset the cost of activities and/or programs sponsored by the Committee and the cost of recognizing employees who participate in such events.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Board of Supervisors creates a line item within the departmental budget of the Department of Employee Relations for the purpose of accounting for the receipts and expenditures of the Worksite Wellness Committee.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Board of Supervisors transfer the sum of $2,500 to Employee Relations Worksite Wellness Committee nonlapsing account for the purpose of funding and/or off setting the costs of wellness programs and activities as the Worksite Wellness Committee finds appropriate and paying the per diem expenses that are incurred relative to the meetings of said Committee.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Board of Supervisors pledge to match the employees' contribution dollars, not to exceed $7,500, to the Employee Relations Worksite Wellness Committee nonlapsing account from the Contingency Fund as part of a "dollar for dollar matching program" with the employees for funding activities as the Worksite Wellness Committee finds appropriate.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that there be a one-year trial and that a review be done after 9 months.

Funding amount: Not to exceed $10,000.00.

Funding source: Contingency Fund.

Finance Committee Advised: May 7, 2008.

Finance Committee Recommendation: Passage.

Personnel Committee Advised: May 8, 2008.

Approved as to form: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

Date Submitted to County Board: May 20, 2008.

County board action: Adopted as amended.

Effective date: Upon Passage.

Submitted at the recommendation of the Personnel Committee: Patricia M. Schmidt, Keith Rediske, Russell E. Arcand, Gerald W. Newville and Herschel Brown.

MAY 20, 2008 - 6:30 p.m.

Chairman Beseler called the meeting of the Polk County Board of Supervisors to order at 6:30 p.m.

County Clerk informed the Chair that notice of the agenda was posted in three public buildings, mailed to all of Polk County media, published in the county's legal paper, Tri-County and Indianhead Advertisers and posted on the county's Web site the week of May 12, 2008. Corporation Counsel verified that proper notice of the meeting was given.

Roll call was taken by County Clerk, Cathy Albrecht. 22 present, Supvr.

Jepsen absent.

Supervisor Newville offered prayer. Chairman Beseler led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Motion (O'Connell/Schmidt) to approve the agenda. Motion carried.

Motion (Arcand/Stoneking) to approve the minutes of April 15, 2008. Motion carried.

Public comments were given.

A presentation on Open Meeting Laws was given by Corporation Counsel, Jeff Fuge.

Supvr. Jepsen attended the meeting at 6:50 p.m.

The Finance Director's report was given by Tonya Weinert.

RESOLUTION 31-08 OLDER AMERICANS MONTH: MAY 2008 WHEREAS, Polk County is a community in which 8,174 citizens age 60 or older make their home; and WHEREAS, older adults in Polk County and throughout the U.S. are a growing population with evolving needs; and WHEREAS, older Americans are valuable members of our society who are rich with experience and deserving of our respect; and WHEREAS, the number of baby boomers reaching traditional retirement age continues to increase, a fact that spotlights the need for increased attention to the needs of older adults; and WHEREAS, our older citizens of today and tomorrow promise to be among the most active and engaged older adult populations in our Nation's history; and WHEREAS, it is the responsibility of this and all U.S. communities to work together and prepare for changing older adult populations by modernizing systems of care and providing consumers with more control over their lives; and WHEREAS, overall quality of life can be greatly enhanced when supportive communities help their older citizens obtain: Evidence-based approaches to making behavioral changes that can reduce risk of disease, disability and injury.

The tools to make informed decisions about, and gain better access to, existing health and long-term care options.

More options to avoid placement in nursing homes and remain at home as long as possible.

NOW, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors proclaim May 2008 to be Older Americans Month. We urge everyone to take time this May to honor our older adults and the professionals, family members, and citizens who care for older adults. We urge all citizens/communities to work collaboratively to strengthen the services Polk County provides to its older adults in ways that recognize the changing nature of their needs, and that provide older adults with more opportunities to make informed choices about their lives. Our efforts can improve the lives of our older citizens and help pave the way for future generations.

Funding amount: $0.00.

Funding source: N/A. Date Finance Committee Advised: N/A. Effective Date: Upon Passage.

Approved as to form: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

Date Submitted to County Board: May 20, 2008.

County board action: Adopted.

Submitted by The Council On Aging: William Hughes, Viola Karr, Janice D. Nelson, Wanda Johnson, Diane Stoneking and Gerald W. Newville.

Res. 31-08 - Older Americans Month: May 2008. Motion (Johnson/Masters) to adopt Res. 31-08. Res. 31-08 was adopted by a voice vote.

This resolution was enacted by the Polk County Board of Supervisors on May 20, 2008.

Attest: Catherine Albrecht Dated: May 21, 2008.

Date Submitted to County Board: May 20, 2008.

County Board Action: Adopted.

Effective Date: Upon Passage.

Res. 33-08 - Recognition Of Worksite Wellness Committee. Motion (Newville/ Larsen) to adopt Res. 33-08. Darlene Kusmirek, Human Relations Manager, addressed the resolution. Motion (Newville/Arcand) to amend the resolution by striking "Nonmonetary" in paragraph marked Number 2. Motion carried by a unanimous voice vote. Motion (Sample/Johansen) to amend by this being a one-year trial and that a review be done after 9 months. Motion carried by a voice vote. Res. 33-08 as amended was adopted by a voice vote.

RESOLUTION 34-08

RESOLUTION 32-08

RULES OF ORDER AMENDMENT WHEREAS, timely distribution of minutes is important to effective communications; and WHEREAS, information from committees may have impact on other committee efforts.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, amend Rules of Order, Article VI, Sub. 6, second sentence to read: Complete and detailed minutes shall be recorded of all committees and board meetings and given to the County Clerk within 5 business days of scheduled meeting.

Funding amount: N/A. Funding source: N/A. Effective date: Upon Passage Approved as to form: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

County Board Action: Adopted.

Submitted at the request of: Ken Sample.

Res. 34-08 - Rules Of Order Amendment. Motion (Brown/Stoneking) to adopt Res. 34-08. 2/3 vote needed. Aye and Nay vote. 16 Yes, 7 No. Those voting yes were Supvrs. Dueholm, Peterson, Johansen, Schmidt, Brown, Kienholz, Rediske, Edgell, Masters, Sample, Messicci, Arcand, Luke, Stoneking, Gamache and Beseler. Those voting no were Supvrs. Caspersen, Larsen, Jepsen, O'Connell, Bergstrom, Johnson and Newville. Res. 34-08 was adopted.

CONSUMER APPOINTEES TO LONG-TERM CARE DISTRICT GOVERNING BOARD WHEREAS, the Northwest Long-Term Care Options Consortium (NWLTCO), which includes Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Polk, Price, Rusk, Sawyer, and Washburn counties, have jointly planned since February, 2006 for the regionalization of Family Care; and WHEREAS, the aforementioned counties have all passed resolutions relating to the creation of a Long-Term Care District and provided for the appointment of a Long-Term Care District Governing Board in accordance with s. 46.2895; and WHEREAS, as set forth in the enabling resolutions, five (5) members of the Long-Term Care District Governing Board are to be representatives of the members the Long-Term Care District serves, which members are referred to as Consumer Appointees; and WHEREAS, each county member of NWLTCO must approve the initial LongTerm Care District Governing Board Consumer Appointees; and WHEREAS, in order to ensure the full and fair participation of the Consumer Appointees at the Long-Term Care District's organizational meeting, the Con-sumer Appointees must be appointed prior to such organizational meeting; and WHEREAS, the individuals nominated herein to be the initial Consumer Appointees on the Long-Term Care District Governing Board have participated in the planning and implementation of the Long-Term Care District as members of the Family Care Development Council; and WHEREAS, the individuals nominated herein possess the experience and qualifications necessary to act as effective and efficient members of the LongTerm Care District Governing Board, as particularly described in the abbreviated curricula vitae attached to this Resolution.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Polk County Board of Supervisors, that: 1. The following individuals are hereby appointed as the Consumer Appointees for the Long-Term Care District Governing Board to serve for the term and in the manner set forth in the Long-Term Care District's Bylaws: A. Jeff Kieffer B. Mark Novotny C. Terri Stone D. Sue Zieke E. Mike Linton

RESOLUTION 35-08

2. A copy of this resolution will be sent to the Secretaries of the state Departments of Administration, Health and Family Services and Revenue as required under s. 46.2895 (1) (a) 2.

This resolution shall be effective upon passage.

Funding Source: Basic County Allocation, (State), Community Integration Program funds, (State & Federal), Community Options Program Waiver, (State & Federal).

Approved as to form: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

Date Submitted to County Board: May 20, 2008.

County board action: Adopted.

Submitted by Polk County Human Services Board: Marvin Caspersen.

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PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTS FOR THE HIGHWAY FACILITIES WHEREAS, pursuant to Wisconsin Statute Sections 59.52(29)(a), the Polk County Board of Supervisors is authorized to direct the letting of public improvement contracts for the repair or reconstruction of the County's public facilities; and WHEREAS, testing of the North Shed and the Administrative Building of the Polk County Highway Facilities has determined that certain conditions of such facilities present health and safety issues that should be addressed.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors authorizes the Director of Parks, Buildings and Solid Waste to notice, let, execute, and administer on behalf of Polk County the public improvements contracts necessary to eliminate the current health and welfare issues of the Highway Facilities, specifically: Abatement and roof repair of the North Shed; Replace HVAC System to the Administrative Offices; and Abatement and Correction of Water Issues in Administrative Building.

Funding amount: To be determined.

Funding source: To be determined.

Date Property Committee Advised: April 28, 2008.

Date Finance Committee Advised: May 7, 2008.

Finance Committee Recommendation: Passage.

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RESOLUTION 37-08

Approved as to form: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

Date Submitted to County Board: May 20, 2008.

County board action: Adopted.

Effective date: Upon Passage.

Submitted at the recommendation of the Property Committee: Mick Larsen, Russell E. Arcand and Bryan Beseler.

Submitted at the recommendation of the Finance Committee: Gary Bergstrom, Brian Masters, Kathryn Kienholz, Mick Larsen and Bryan Beseler.

CREATION AND ADOPTION OF POLICY 910 & 911 WHEREAS, the Polk County Board of Supervisors approves all policies; and WHEREAS, the Finance Committee has reviewed the current financial policies; and WHEREAS, the Finance Committee recommends the adoption of Policy 910 and Policy 911 to formalize the current financial practices.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors accordingly adopts Policy 910 – Fund Balance Policy 911 – Capital Assets as attached hereto and incorporated herein.

Funding amount: N/A. Funding source: N/A Date Finance Committee Advised: May 7, 2008.

Finance Committee Recommendation: Passage.

Approved as to form: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

Date Submitted to County Board: May 20, 2008.

Effective date: Upon Passage.

Submitted at the recommendation of the Finance Committee: Gary Bergstrom, Brian Masters, Kathryn Kienholz, Mick Larsen and Bryan Beseler.

This resolution was enacted by the Polk County Board of Supervisors on May 20, 2008.

Attest: Catherine Albrecht Dated: May 21, 2008.

Res. 35-08 - Public Improvement Contracts For The Highway Facilities.

Motion (Arcand/Larsen) to adopt Res. 35-08. Debra Peterson of Parks and Buildings and Tonya Weinert addressed the resolution. Motion (Messicci/ Rediske) to amend by adding the word "bids" after "and administer" in the last paragraph: Chairman Beseler relinquished the Chair to Second Vice Chair Schmidt in order to address the resolution. Motion (Beseler/Larsen) to close debate. 2/3 vote needed. Aye and Nay vote. 13 Yes, 10 No. Those voting yes were Supvrs. Johansen, Schmidt, Caspersen, Rediske, Edgell, Masters, Messicci, Larsen, Bergstrom, Johnson, Gamache, Newville and Beseler. Those voting no were Supvrs. Dueholm, Peterson, Brown, Kienholz, Sample, Arcand, Luke, Stoneking, Jepsen and O'Connell.

Motion to close debate failed.

Motion and second agreed to change the wording of the amendment to: "Therefore, Be It Resolved, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors authorizes the issuance of requests for proposals for pubic improvements necessary to eliminate the current health and welfare issues of the Highway Facilities..."

Aye and Nay vote. 3 Yes, (Supvrs. Messicci, Stoneking and Johnson) 20 No. Amendment failed. Question was called on the resolution. Motion (Rediske/ Sample) to challenge the 2nd Vice Chair's decision to decease the debate on Res. 35-08.

2nd Vice Chair Schmidt called a 10-minute break.

Meeting resumed.

2nd Vice Chair Schmidt asked if any supervisor wanted to debate the challenge to continue the debate.

Aye and Nay vote. 5 Yes, 18 No. Those voting yes were Supvrs. Dueholm, Rediske, Sample, Messicci and Stoneking. Those voting no were Supvrs.

Peterson, Johansen, Schmidt, Brown, Kienholz, Caspersen, Edgell, Masters, Arcand, Larsen, Luke, Jepsen, O'Connell, Bergstrom, Johnson, Gamache, Newville and Beseler. The challenge was defeated.

Aye and Nay vote on Res. 35-08. 20 Yes, 3 No (Supvrs. Sample, Messicci and Stoneking.) Res. 35-08 was adopted.

Polk County, Wisconsin FUND BALANCE POLICY Policy 910 Effective Date: May 20, 2008 Fund Balance Policy Purpose and Scope The purpose of this policy is to establish a framework for the unreserved fund balance, both designated and undesignated, in the general fund. This policy is to improve the county's financial stability by maintaining appropriate reserves to withstand economic downturns, emergencies or natural disasters, short-term capital improvements and operating cash flow needs.

Policy These policy guidelines will provide direction during the budget process and demonstrate a commitment to maintain adequate financial reserves for longterm financial planning.

A. The county will manage its fund balance within the following parameters: a. The county will maintain an unreserved fund balance of not less than 20% based on the budgeted operating expenditures, as measured on December 31 of each year. b. And the county may decide to maintain a target level of no less than four months of the current years budgeted operating expenditures in the fund balance. c. The parameters should be reviewed by the Finance Committee annually or more often if conditions change.

B. The county will maintain appropriate levels of fund balance by: a. Allowing for the planned use of fund balance for defined purposes, including property tax relief and funding for major capital projects or time limited projects; b. Designating fund balance for future expenditures, carryover, cash flow and incurred but not recognized items, budget stabilization, long-term personnel obligations, and c. Using fund balance to mitigate the effects of fluctuations in state aid.

C. If any planned use of fund balance or if the fund balance falls below 20% there shall be an accompanied plan to restore the fund balance to the minimum targeted level.

RESOLUTION 36-08 RESOLUTION APPROVING CAPITAL PROJECTS AND AUTHORIZING BORROWING FOR THEIR COSTS WHEREAS, the Polk County Property Committee requested an energy analysis be performed by Johnson Controls, and concluded that the capital projects identified by Johnson Controls should be completed; and WHEREAS, the Polk County Finance Committee reviewed the requests submitted by the Property Committee, and concluded that these capital outlay items identified should be not be funded thru fund balance, but instead paid for by borrowing to complete these projects; and WHEREAS, in order to pay for the items identified herein, the County Board must authorize the borrowing of funds.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors approves the purchases identified above and authorizes the County Finance Director to take all action necessary to secure the most financially advantage loan in an amount not to exceed $365,000 to pay for the projects.

Funding amount: Not exceed $365,000.00.

Funding source: Loan.

Date Property Committee Advised: April 28, 2008.

Date Finance Committee Advised: May 7, 2008.

Finance Committee Recommendation: Passage.

Approved as to form: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

Date Submitted to County Board: May 20, 2008.

County board action: Withdrawn.

Effective date: Upon Passage.

Submitted at the recommendation of the Finance Committee: Gary Bergstrom, Brian Masters, Kathryn Kienholz, Mick Larsen and Bryan Beseler.

Res. 36-08 - Resolution Approving Capital Projects And Authorizing Borrowing For Their Costs. Motion (Larsen/Jepsen) to adopt Res. 36-08. Debra Peterson and Mark DeLong of Johnson Controls addressed the resolution. Motion (Bergstrom/Masters) to amend the resolution to: RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING A MASTER EQUIPMENT LEASE/PURCHASE AGREEMENT WHEREAS, the County Board (the "Board") of Polk County, Wisconsin (the "County") hereby determines that the County is in need of certain equipment to meet the essential and operational needs of the County; and WHEREAS, the Board hereby determines that it is necessary, desirable and in the best interests of the County to enter into a Master Equipment Lease/Purchase Agreement (the "Lease") in substantially the form presented at this meeting of the Board to provide for the leasing by the County of various energy conservation equipment more particularly described in the supplement attached to the Lease (the "Equipment") from Bank of America, N.A. ("Lessor").

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the County Board of the County authorizes the energy savings performance contract to Johnson Controls and the master lease agreement as follows: Section 1. Approval of the Acquisition of the Equipment. The Board hereby finds and determines, pursuant to the Constitution and laws of the State of Wisconsin, that the leasing of the Equipment from Lessor under the terms and provisions set forth in the Lease is essential, necessary, convenient and in furtherance of the County's purposes and in the best interests of the inhabitants of the County; and the Board hereby authorizes and approves the leasing of the Equipment, all under the terms and provisions of the Lease.

Section 2. Approval and Execution of the Lease. The Lease, in substantially the form presented to this meeting of the Board, is in all respects approved, authorized and confirmed, and Tonya L. Weinert, County Finance Director is authorized and directed to execute and deliver the Lease in substantially the form and with substantially the same content as presented to this meeting of the Board, for and on behalf of the County.

Section 3. Execution of Documents. The County Finance Director, and other appropriate officers or agents of the Board or the County, are hereby authorized to execute and deliver for and on behalf of the County any and all additional certificates, documents, instruments and other papers and to perform all other acts that they may deem necessary or appropriate, in order to implement and carry out the transactions and other matters authorized by this resolution.

Section 4. Qualified Tax Exempt Obligations. The County hereby designates the Lease to be a "qualified tax exempt obligation" pursuant to Section 265(b) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Section 5. Conflicting Resolutions. All prior rules, orders and resolutions, or parts thereof, inconsistent with this resolution or with any of the documents hereby approved, are hereby repealed only to the extent of such inconsistency.

Section 6. Effective Date. This resolution shall be in full force and effect immediately upon its adopted in the manner provided by law.

Chairman Beseler called a 5-minute break.

Meeting resumed.

Motion (Peterson/O'Connell) to withdraw the amendment. Motion carried by a unanimous voice vote. Motion (Jepsen/Sample) to withdraw the original motion to adopt Res. 35-08.

Motion carried by a unanimous voice vote.

Monitoring and Reporting The Finance Director will estimate the surplus or deficit for the current year and prepare a projection of the year-end unreserved fund balance to the Finance Committee, as part of the annual budget process.

Polk County, Wisconsin CAPITAL ASSET POLICY Policy 911 Effective Date: 05 20 2008 Capital Asset Policy Purpose and Scope The purpose of a capital asset policy is to provide control and accountability over the county's assets and to assist departments in gathering and maintaining information needed for the preparation of the financial statements.

Policy This capital asset policy is in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for proper recording, valuation, depreciation, useful lives and retirements.

The following guidelines will establish capitalization thresholds for capital assets: • Items that have an estimated useful life of at least two years following the date of acquisition; • Any item greater than or equal to $5,000 for the financial reporting threshold and/or any item greater than $500 for asset tracking purposes; • It improves the usefulness of an existing asset or extends its useful life; • It is tangible in nature; meaning it does not materially change its form through use.

Valuation of Capital Capital assets should be reported at their acquisition cost or historical cost which includes the purchase price or construction cost, sales tax, modifications, attachments, accessories or any other item necessary to make an asset useable or render it into service*. Capitalization also includes cost of freight, site preparation, architect and engineering fees, etc. * Exclude the cost of repairs or routine maintenance that does not add to the value of the capital asset.

If the original cost is not available or if an asset is donated, then the estimated fair market value determines the asset's cost or acquisition value. Sources to determine fair market value include: recent sales of similar assets, price index table, market appraisal or an outside vendor.

A trade-in can be defined as exchanging an existing asset as part of an agreement to acquire a new asset. Trade-in value, if any, should be included in an asset's cost. Example: Purchase price + trade-in value = total cost of asset.

Depreciation of Capital Depreciation will be calculated using the straight line method. In straight line depreciation, the cost of the asset (less any salvage value) is pro rated over the estimated useful life of the asset.

Assets may be depreciated individually or in groups. The cost of assets similar in nature (tables, chairs, etc.) or assets dissimilar but related by mode of operation (water treatment) may be grouped together then depreciated as on group.

Land and construction in process are not depreciated.

Res. 37-08 - Creation And Adoption Of Policy 910 & 911. Motion (Bergstrom/Jespen) to adopt Res. 37-08. Motion (Messicci/Sample) to change "c" under "A" for the Finance Committee to review "quarterly" instead of "annually." Motion failed by voice vote. Res. 37-08 was adopted by a voice vote.

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FLAGS FLOWN BY POLK COUNTY WHEREAS, presently, the United States, Wisconsin and POW MIA Flags flown

by Polk County are made in Oak Grove, Wisconsin; and

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Notices WHEREAS, in recognition and support of our patriotism, heritage and economy, it is appropriate to confirm that the flags flown by Polk County will be made in the United States of America.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors declares that any flag flown by Polk County shall be made in the United States of America.

Funding amount: N/A. Funding source: N/A. Finance Committee Advised: N/A. Finance Committee Recommendation: N/A. Approved as to form: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

Date Submitted to County Board: May 20, 2008.

County Board Action: Defeated.

Effective date: Upon Passage.

Submitted by: Herschel Brown.

Res. 38-08 - Flags Flown By Polk County Motion (Edgell/Peterson) to adopt Res. 38 -08. Res. 38-08 was defeated by a voice vote.

Standing committee reports were given.

Chair recommended the following appointments: Committee Member Committee Name Dr. Arne Lagus Board of Health Wanda Johnson Board of Health Rick Scoglio Board of Health Pat Messicci Economic Development Corp.

Debbie Peterson Gandy Dancer Trail Committee Keith Rediske Gandy Dancer Trail Committee William Johnson lV Gandy Dancer Trail Committee Sherriff Tim Moore Highway Safety Committee SteveWarndahl Highway Safety Committee Gerry Newville Housing Auth.

John Brown Housing Auth.

Larry Jepsen ITBEC Keith Rediske IFLIS Brian Masters Lake District - Bone Lake Brian Masters LEPC Gerry Newville Library Board Dr. David Markert Long-Term Care District Board Art Garnache Renewable Energy

Committee Member Committee Name Jay Luke Renewable Energy Larry Jepsen Renewable Energy Jeff Peterson Renewable Energy Tom Engel Renewable Energy Marlin Baillargeon Renewable Energy Mike Voltz Renewable Energy Mike Welch Renewable Energy Gregg Westigard Renewable Energy Kim O'Connell Revolving Loan Fund Neil Johnson Transportation Board Diane Stoneking Tourism John Yungmann Veterans Service Com. David Stelter Veterans Service Com. Keith Rediske West Central Regional Planning Commission Ken Sample West Central Regional Planning Commission Kathy Kienholz West Central Regional Planning Commission Larry Jepsen Wild Rivers Trail Keith Rediske Workforce Develop.

Motion (Jepsen/Larsen) to accept the appointments. Motion carried by a unanimous voice vote.

Supervisor reports were given.

Chair's report was given.

The following annual reports were distributed.: Forestry, Lime Quarry, County Clerk, Highway, Aging, Veterans Service and Sheriff.

Motion (Newville/Schmidt) to adjourn. Motion carried. (10:45 p.m.)

STATE OF WISCONSIN COUNTY OF POLK

I, Catherine Albrecht, County Clerk for Polk County, do hereby certify that the foregoing minutes are a true and correct copy of the County Board Proceedings of the Polk County Board of Supervisors' Session held on May 20, 2008.

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Every photo is in color in our e-edition. Check it out @www.the-leader.net CITY OF ST. CROIX FALLS - MINUTES OF THE REGULAR COMMON COUNCIL MEETING MAY 12, 2008, 7 P.M. CITY HALL, 710 HWY. 35 SOUTH CALL TO ORDER Mayor Darrell Anderson called a regular meeting of the City of St. Croix Falls Common Council to order on Monday, May 12, 2008, at 7 p.m. Roll call: Councilpersons Debra Kravig, Brian Blesi, Paul Kuhlmann and Arnie Carlson were present. Also present: Administrator Ed Emerson, Clerk Bonita Leggitt, Police Chief Jack Rydeen, Fire Chief Wade Sommer, Charlie Jones and Jeff Nussbaum of Cedar Corp, the public and the press. All joined in the salute to the flag.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES Brian Blesi moved to approve the minutes of the April 28, 2008, Regular Council Meeting, seconded by Debra Kravig, voice vote, motion passed.

REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS Police Chief Jack Rydeen presented EMT Josh Rau and Officer Jared Cockroft with certificates of appreciation for their efforts in the successful resuscitation of a drowning child at the Holiday Inn swimming pool on March 9, 2008. He then presented the April 2008 Police Report.

Fire Chief Wade Sommer presented the April 2008 Fire Dept.

Report, the Fire Dept. would like to get a capital equipment plan in place and suggested that a councilperson be assigned as a representative to the Fire Dept. meetings.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES Brian Blesi recognized the kids who cleaned up the Cemetery, Library site, and parks last Friday.

Arnie Carlson: WWTP Task Force met with DNR and MSA. We are halfway through planning and scheduling. MSA is amending the Facilities Plan for refurbishing the existing plant. The plan will then be submitted to DNR and Corp. for review. Estimate starting of construction in 2010. City needs to decide what we want to do with the Festival Theatre Building.

APPROVAL OF CLAIMS General Fund $51,605.06, Library Fund $1,121.10, Library Building Fund $5,420.25, Debt Service $1,454,443.13, TIF Fund $135.12, Water Fund $3,972.90, Sewer Fund $24,675.89. Brian Blesi moved to approve claims, seconded by Paul Kuhlmann, roll call vote, 4 ayes, motion passed.

OLD BUSINESS Leif Ruona: Farmers Market with three vendors received a lot of positive feedback last season. Have eight vendors signed up so far for this season. Farmers Market will be open Thursdays from 3 to 6:30 p.m., starting the third week of June.

NEW BUSINESS Consider Bids for Library and State Street Construction Projects Charlie Jones: City received one bid from A1 Construction.

Bids for library public improvements came in higher than expected and no bid was received for the geothermal portion of the project. Need to evaluate project and get costs down. May need to rebid. Recommend that award of bid for State St. be tabled so that we can negotiate bid for parking lot portion of library project. Could then be added to State St. project as a change order.

Arnie Carlson moved to table bids and to authorize Cedar Corp. to negotiate bid for parking lot through a change order and to authorize seeking quotes to perform a conductivity testing for geothermal at the library site for a cost not to exceed $7,000. Seconded by Paul Kuhlmann, roll call vote, 4 ayes, passed.

Consider Agreement with Chamber of Commerce and Release of $5,000 in Budgeted Funds The Chamber is updating services, with member assistance and monthly financial reports, is working on Wannigan Days and a Craft Fair, and request that city release the $5,000 in funds budgeted.

Brian Blesi moved to approve the agreement with the Chamber of Commerce and to release the $5,000 budgeted. Seconded by Arnie Carlson, roll call vote, 4 ayes, motion passed.

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Consider Cedar Task Orders on Construction Management Task Order for added services on State St. Project, including: LED Street Lights alternative; design, specs. and staking for decorative fencing and columns along hospital; design, specs. and staking for underground conduit for phone and cable services; traffic calming feasibility; specs. for repairing parking lot retaining wall and decorative railing. Work has already been completed. Cost for added scope of work is $12,300.

Brian Blesi moved to approve the Task Order for additional work on State St. for $12,300. Seconded by Paul Kuhlmann, roll call vote, 4 ayes, motion passed.

Task Order for Library Public Plaza engineering design to prepare for bidding, cost: $17,800.

Brian Blesi moved to approve the Task Order for the Library Public Plaza for a cost of $17,800. Seconded by Arnie Carlson, roll call vote, 4 ayes, motion passed.

Consider Report on River Spirit Sculpture Sales Brian Blesi moved to remove from the agenda. Seconded by Paul Kuhlmann, voice vote, passed.

Consider Sponsorship of SCRMC Golf Classic - $250 The St. Croix River Medical Center is holding their annual Golf Fundraiser. Sponsoring a hole would create goodwill and support the good working relationship the city has with the hospital.

Arnie Carlson moved to sponsor the SCRMC Golf Classic for $500 utilizing Room Tax Funds. Seconded by Brian Blesi, roll call vote, 4 ayes, motion passed.

Report on City Sponsorship of Governor’s Fishing Opener The city sponsored the Friday Night Banquet for the 2008 Governor’s Fishing Opener. The event was well attended and covered by local and state newspapers and TV crew, resulting in good press and recognition for the city.

Consider a Resolution to Vacate a Portion of Georgia Street Harold and Lori Erickson and Camille and Jacob Bevens have petitioned to have the undeveloped road right of way of Georgia Street located between Lot 12 of Block 23 and Lot 1 of Block 17 vacated. There is a manhole in the right of way where the alley that runs through those two blocks intersect Georgia Street, the right of way is needed to access that manhole. It was also suggested that the right of way could be utilized for a trail to make a connection from Main Street to the Esker Trail. The neighboring property owners can utilize the right of way for landscaping.

Paul Kuhlmann moved to deny consideration of a Resolution to Vacate a Portion of Georgia St. Seconded by Brian Blesi, voice vote, motion passed.

Update on City Tourism and VISTA Positions Ed Emerson: Have concluded interviews and offered the City Tourism Coordinator position to Melanie Nelson. A contract for independent contractor will be drawn up and the position funded

by Room Tax. The position could be structured to expire in Dec. 2009, then we could evaluate the effectiveness. We have been approved for two VISTA positions, one for a Farm Aspect and one for a Business Aspect. These positions are Federally Funded.

PUBLIC COMMENTS Ken Coutier: City should consider a permanent odd/even watering ban for lawns and gardens, would aid in protecting the city’s water table levels, by maintaining water tables will have better water reserves for emergencies.

ADJOURNMENT Brian Blesi moved to adjourn, seconded by Paul Kuhlmann, voice vote, motion passed. 10:03 pm.

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TOWN OF EUREKA NOTICE OF OPEN BOOK Open Book will be held on June 4, 2008, from 4 to 6 p.m., at the Eureka Town Hall. The assessment roll will be available for your review and Assessor Prochnow will be present to answer questions.

NOTICE OF MEETING OF BOARD OF REVIEW FOR THE TOWN OF EUREKA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Board of Review for the Town of Eureka of Polk County shall hold its first meeting on the 19th day of June, 2008, from 6 to 8 p.m., at Eureka Town Hall.

Please be advised of the following requirements to appear before the Board of Review and procedural requirements if appearing before the Board.

No person shall be allowed to appear before the Board of Review, to testify to the Board by telephone or to contest the amount of any assessment of real or personal property if the person has refused a reasonable written request by certified mail of the assessor to view such property.

After the first meeting of the Board of Review and before the Board’s final adjournment, no person who is scheduled to appear before the Board of Review may contact, or provide information to, a member of the Board about the person’s objection except at a session of the Board.

No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telepone or contest the amount of assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the first meeting of the Board or at least 48 hours before the objection is heard if the objection is allowed because the person has been granted a waiver of the 48-hour notice of an intent to file a written objection by appearing before the Board during the first two hours of the meeting and showing good cause for failure to meet the 48-hour notice requirement and files a written objection, that the person provides to the Clerk of the Board of Review notice as to whether the person will ask for removal of any Board members and, if so, which member will be removed and the person’s reasonable estimate of the length of time that the hearing will take.

When appearing before the Board, the person shall specify, in writing, the person’s estimate of the value of the land and of the improvements that are the subject of the person’s objection and specify the information that the person used to arrive at that estimate.

No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone or subject or object to a valuation if that valuation was made by the Assessor or the Objector using the income method; unless the person supplies the Assessor all of the information about income and expenses, as specified in the manual under Sec. 73.03(2a), that the Assessor requests. The Town of Eureka has an ordinance for the confidentiality of information about income and expenses that is provided to the Assessor under this paragraph which provides exemptions for persons using information to the discharge of duties imposed by law or of the duties of their office or by order of a court. The information that is provided under this paragraph, unless a court determined that it is inaccurate, is not subject to the right of inspection and copying under Section 19.35(1) of Wis. Statutes.

The Board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present to the Board a letter from a physician, surgeon or osteopath that confirms their illness or disability. No other persons may testify by telephone.

Respectfully submitted, Town of Eureka Edna Tonnar, Clerk 458840 41L

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Grantsburg Elementary performs Red Riding Hood play

The forest came alive in Mrs. Johnson’s second-grade adaptation of the classic tale, “Little Red Riding Hood.” The trees, played by Chris Hermann, Cole Reichstadt and Jacob Oiyotte, were not fooled by the wolf’s grandma disguise and preceded to tell him just what they thought of his bad behavior. And the raccoon, played by Quinton Richardson, also had a few words for the big, bad wolf, played by Joseph Ohnstad. The play was presented for parents and other classes last week at Grantsburg Elementary School.

Grantsburg Elementary second-grader Joseph Ohnstad may have been playing the heartless wolf, but when it came to singing, he did it with a lot of heart. Joseph and his classmates from Mrs. Johnson’s class performed “Little Red Riding Hood” last week to rave reviews.

Josef Mackenburg played the trusty wood cutter, ready to save Little Red Riding Hood from the big, bad wolf in Mrs. Johnson’s class production of the fairy tale. The Grantsburg Elementary School second-graders gave several performances last week for the school’s first and third grade classes.

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Danielle Erickson wore her red cape well in the role of Little Red Riding Hood. Erickson and the rest of her Grantsburg Elementary School second-grade classmates performed their end of the school year play last week.

Photos by Priscilla Bauer

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Big man inspired big celebration How Big Gust Days began

by Priscilla Bauer GRANTSBURG - It was 1976, the year of the bicentennial, and people were excited about the history of our country.

And while every village and town was celebrating America's past, they were also celebrating their own.

Grantsburg had a bit of history under its belt, too. A rather big belt that is, for a rather big fellow. His name was Anders Gustaf Anderson, but the

Jake Lysdahl, sporting one of the first Big Gust Day buttons, was the Legion Commander back when the Grantsburg Post decided to start Big Gust Days.

townspeople called him Big Gust. Gust, who came with his family from Sweden to settle in Grantsburg, grew to a height of 7 foot, 6 inches, and in 1902 became Grantsburg's village marshal. In his 25 years on the job, Big Gust made quite a name for himself. He was said to have picked up two rowdy villagers by their collars, one in each hand. Gust, holding them at arm's length off the ground, carried them off to jail. Over the years his legend grew just as big as the man himself.

And so as the 1976 bicentennial excitement was building, it happened the Grantsburg Legionnaires were sitting around the Legion Hall trying to come up with another event for the group to sponsor. Their annual Wood Lake Fishing Contest was always well attended, but some members felt having an event in the village should also be considered.

Marlin Sundquist, the post's adjutant, was the first to suggest having a town celebration to honor Big Gust. "It was Sundquist's idea. He was the one who was responsible for the start of Big Gust Days," said Jake Lysdahl, who, as com-

Brask-Fossum-Janke Legionnaire Marlin Sundquist was instrumental in starting Grantsburg’s annual Big Gust Days celebration back in 1976. mander in 1976, remembered the meeting and the vote in favor of having the very first Big Gust Days.

Lysdahl recalled how the Legion group also decided to have a statue of Big Gust carved. "The Legion bought lumber and Elf Olson set to work carving." Lysdahl said. Local businessman, Bob Dingman took a special interest in the Big Gust statue and worked closely with Olson, supervising his work. The statue was not ready for the first Big Gust Days; however, it was later completed with a dedication in 1980.

Buttons for the event were sold with Sundquist's son Jim still retaining some of those his father kept as souvenirs.

Lysdahl recalls one of the more interesting early Big Gust Days events with barmaid races down Grantsburg's Main Street. Each tavern had a team and Lysdahl said it was quite a sight watching women, glass-filled trays in hand, racing up and down the street.

The following year the Legion turned the running of Big Gust Days over to the Grantsburg Chamber of Commerce and over the years it has endured and grown in popularity, just as the statue of Gust endures and remains a popular stop to those visiting Grantsburg to this day.

Miss Grantsburg contestants

Contestants for Little Miss Grantsburg will be performing during the Miss Grantsburg pageant Friday evening, June 6. Front row (L to R): Kaitlin Olson, Rylee Hoffman, Juana Olson, Cloey Johnson and Jada Hecht. Back row: Belle Ress Brandie Madsen and Linda Harmon.

Miss Grantsburg contestants are back row (L to R): Kristin Zastrow and Jenna Brust. Front row: Bailey Volgren, Cerenity Louis and Shyann Ricci. A new Miss Grantsburg will be crowned at the pageant being held Friday evening, June 6, at the Grantsburg High School auditorium. – Special photos

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People-loving mortician heads into long-planned retirement

by Nancy Jappe WEBSTER – For the past five years, Denny Christianson has been telling Pat Taylor, owner of Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, that he was going to quit working and retire. “Pat didn’t believe me,” Christianson said. “I reminded him once a year up to two years ago, then I mentioned it once a month. Pat said he has been living in denial, and just figured it out a month or two ago.”

“I’ve been trying to get him to retire since I retired,” Christianson’s wife, Brenda, said. She’s been retired for the last five years. “I’ve been waiting for five years to be able to do something,” she continued. “Now (the price of) gas is so high.”

Friday, May 30, was Christianson’s last day on the job, doing the work he’s been at for the past 27 years. That day was like any other day. Cremains were ready for burial; there was a death in Iowa to handle; preparations had to be made for an upcoming funeral. “I didn’t see Pat all day, which is very normal,” Christianson commented. “We very seldom have to talk. If you know what’s happening, you know what has to be done. There’s a regular procedure once death has occurred.”

It wasn’t work as usual on Monday, June 2, Christianson’s first weekday of retirement. No sleeping late, however.

He and Brenda have been walking every morning, getting themselves into a good habit. Christianson had just put the garden in when it was time to stop for this interview. “I like what I am doing so far,” he said.

As for plans for the future, nothing has been set up as yet. “The first thing is catching up. I’ve been putting things off for so many years, and being so busy all the time,” Christianson said. He’ll still be working a few days a month at the funeral home, but that will be at times when he wants to work. He and Brenda love being around the house and out in the yard, taking care of the 10 acres they own in the village of Webster.

Pat Taylor will be filling his own, plus Christianson’s shoes, at the funeral home. Aaron Stromberg, son of Mike and Cherie Stromberg of Webster, will be on hand every other week during the summer, then going back in the fall to finish up his last year in mortician school. It is anticipated that Stromberg will be coming back to Webster to work after graduation.

“As a person ages, the energy level goes down,” Christianson commented, indicating that he has been finding it easy now to come home, sit down to watch TV and find himself catching some alpha waves (sleep).

One time he was up all night, going to pick up a body in Hawthorn north of Webster, then right afterward, down to New Richmond to get another body. He never did get to bed that night. “I can’t do it any more,” he said. “It takes three days to get over (something like that).

My body is talking to me. I don’t have the energy level; it is going away. I want to retire before it is completely gone.”

“I will miss the people,” he went on.

“I enjoy people and helping them through a difficult time in their lives.

The people part is the best part (of the job). You have to like people.”

Christianson admits that he loves living in the small town in which he grew up. “That’s why I came back,” he said,

“I enjoy people and helping them through a difficult time in their lives.”

- Denny Christianson

Denny Christianson, funeral director at Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home in Webster, is now a man of leisure. Even though Christianson will work a few days a month on days he wants to work, he will have no trouble filling up his time with projects that have been put off over 27 years with a busy schedule and no extra time. - Photo by Nancy Jappe referring to his move back home, with one of his four children, in 1980. Before that time, he lived on Coon Lake in Ham Lake, Minn., and worked in two flooring-installation shops. “My knees gave out,” he said. “I knew I wasn’t going to be on my knees all my life.”

Christianson graduated from Webster High School in 1964. His 96-year-old mother died in January. She had lived on Hwy. 35 in Webster, in the same house in which Christianson was raised, a house near the funeral home.

“I grew up with Ray (Jack Swedberg’s father), who was like my second father, and with his father, Carl,” Christianson related. “We called him Grandpa Carl.

He would start out with ‘iiii,’ then go off in a rampage in Swedish. We didn’t know what he said, but we knew he had enough of us.”

Being familiar with the Swedberg family and accepting the funeral business as very natural and not out of place, made studying to be a mortician an easy decision for Christianson. “Working with dead people isn’t a turn-off and never

has been,” he said.

He got his Wisconsin mortician’s license in 1981. What was first Swedberg Funeral Home, then changed to Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home after Jack Swedberg retired and Pat Taylor bought the business, is the only funeral home in which Christianson has worked.

When asked if there were any stories about the years in the funeral business that he could share, Christianson came up with an immediate and honest answer, no. “We have short memories in the funeral service,” he said.

He did refer back to the days when calls to the funeral home number came through at both the Swedberg and Christianson homes. Either Brenda or Marge Swedberg would answer. Technology has taken over that responsibility, with an answering service available to take calls during evening, nighttime and weekend hours.

Technology has been a great advantage in locating places where people have died. “It used to be horrendous,” Christianson said, “especially going out to

Voyager Village.”

Part of a mortician’s working time is spent picking up bodies from wherever death has occurred. In the early days, the morticians used to be the ones who extracted bodies from wrecked cars.

Now that function is done by members of the local fire departments. There also was no debriefing for funeral personnel after a fatal accident.

Plane crashes, fatal car accidents, homicides – all are instances that require the services of a mortician at any time they occur. According to Christianson, the hardest times come when there are deaths of little kids. “He’s even taken care of (after death) one or two of the foster kids we have had,” Brenda commented.

The increasing use of cremation has been one of the main changes in the funeral business that Christianson has noticed, along with the fact that people are having a more difficult time handling death, that they aren’t attached to reality.

“They live in a world of theory where life is just great. They don’t want to be bothered with the thing called death.

They say they don’t have time,” he said, adding that what is hard about cremation is when the memorial service doesn’t happen right away. With delays up to a month, the grieving is prolonged.

The grief process occurs over again, and the community support is often not there, as it is when a service comes right after death.

“People don’t know how to express themselves that well. I really noticed seeing that,” he said.

“I haven’t had a whole deer season (yet),” Christianson lamented. He was out in the field in hunting gear for two hours one hunting season when he got the call that a body needed to be picked up. During that same day, he picked up five or six bodies, and found himself running all daylong.

The worst day Christianson can remember came during the time Brenda was dealing with leukemia. The first body he had to pick up after he had been with her in the Twin Cities was that of a fellow who died of leukemia. Christianson had to prepare his body. “That was a brain-trip day,” he said. “That was a reality that I had to get through.”

In the course of his work, Denny Christianson has gotten to know a lot of people from all over the county and beyond. “We were out for breakfast with people from the church on Sunday when a gal came by and said, ‘Hi, Denny,’” Brenda said, looking over at Denny.

“Maybe in 10 years nobody will know you.”

“You have to be a little bit insane to stay sane,” Christianson said in thinking

See Christianson, page 2

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Mrs. Johnson’s class day at Reed School Mrs. Johnson’s second-grade class, from Grantsburg Elementary, poses after enjoying a day of learning and oldtime games at the Reed School. Pictured in the front row (L to R): Quinton Richardson, Stratton McKinley, Brittanie Blume, Mackenna Johnson and Kali Jones. Back row: Mollie Kozak, Mikel Louis, Chandler VanderVelden, Jacob Oiyotte, Joseph Ohnstad, Josef Mackenburg, Chris Hermann, Cole Reichstadt, Grantsburg Elementary second-graders from Mrs. Johnson’s class Danielle Erickson, and made drawings of their visit to the Reed School, then put the drawings Mrs. Johnson. – Photos by and photos of their visit together to make a quilt they were proud to Priscilla Bauer display in front of their classroom.

Christianson/from page 1 over his years as a mortician. “His saving grace is that he doesn’t take himself too seriously. When things got too much on the job, he would come home to work in the garden, shovel snow in season, cut wood or do something else physical, like putting things in order on a shelf. He was raised with a strong work ethic, and his job at the funeral home came first. He couldn’t have fun until his work was done.”

According to Brenda, Denny can fix anything (except her washing machine – a repair person has been called in to do that) and is very good at relaxing. He’s even good at falling asleep in the dental chair while his teeth are being worked on. She describes him as simple and unpretentious, frugal (someone Jack Swedberg would call cheap), someone who doesn’t need much to keep him happy.

Last summer, the Christiansons got ready for a vacation trip of a couple weeks. “Before we left, we had things to get done. It darn near killed me,” Christianson said. “I said, ‘if this is what retirement is all about, I am not going to do it.’” He has changed his mind and now says that he is really looking forward to whatever retirement brings his way.

According to his wife, Brenda, Denny Christianson will have no trouble relaxing in his new position as retiree. “Denny is very good at relaxing. He can go to sleep anywhere,” she said. – Photo by Nancy Jappe

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A Tree-mendous wonder

by Jacob Stiemann, Siren student “The wonder is that we can see these trees and not wonder more.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson’s expression of the Eastern woods mimics Wisconsinites’ feelings for our forests.

They have long been regarded as one of the state’s most valuable resources.

These days, Wisconsin’s forests are gaining even more attention for their potential use as a source of renewable energy. Considering that Wisconsin’s annual expenditures for energy exceeds $15.5 billion, and fossil fuel prices are continuing to rise, renewable energy becomes an attractive alternative.

According to The Wisconsin Focus on Energy Environmental Research Program, Wisconsin ranks 12th in its potential to produce forest biomass for bioenergy.

Although this is exciting news for Wisconsin, it begs the question: can sufficient harvest be achieved for bioenergy without destroying our precious forests?

What is bioenergy and what is biomass? The dictionary defines bioenergy as useful, renewable energy produced from organic matter. Biomass is plant material and animal waste used as a source of fuel.

Two economical sources of forest biomass exist in Wisconsin. The first is something called waste residues. Forests managed and logged for our thriving paper and timber industries create large quantities of residues including defective portions of trees, tree trunks, trees removed for purposes of thinning and other materials left behind during logging. Many of these are just left on the forest floor. The greatest biomass source comes from fine woody debris, which is smaller branches and twigs.

According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the greatest quantities of residues exist in the northern part of the state.

The estimated quantity of forest residues produced

PoCo Penners The PoCo Penners meet the second Friday of the month at 2 p.m. at the county boardroom in the government center in Balsam Lake. Contact Brenda Mayer at 715-485-3571 or Iris Holm 715284-3174 for more information. - submitted

Writer’s Corner annually in Bayfield and Sawyer counties is over 100,000 dry tons. Production estimates for Douglas, Washburn and Rusk counties are between 50,000 to 100,000 tons. Burnett and Barron counties are in the 25,000 to 50,000 ton range. Theoretically, the potential for forest residues in these areas is great.

Fine, woody debris decays more quickly than larger debris and contributes largely to soil fertility. Because of this fact, Bill Berguson, director of the Forestry Program at the Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota-Duluth, is concerned that residue harvests will change the physical structure and nutrient cycling in logged areas.

Residues support a wide variety of animals, plants and insects. The degree to which removal impacts these species is dependent upon the residues removed and the intensity of removal.

The second forest biomass source is energy plantations. These are intensively managed woodlots consisting mainly of a single tree species characterized by short harvest rotations. Currently in Wisconsin, no plantations exist, but we rank fifth nationally in biomass potential from these plantations.

“Some lands in northern Wisconsin,” reports Berguson, “which are not especially productive for farming might be very suitable for tree production.” This land appears to be well suited for energy plantations as they can stabilize the soil and provide us with other benefits. Acreage in the Conservation Reserve Program, or CRP, has been identified as potentially suitable locations for plantations. When this land is no longer eligible for CRP status, energy crops such as hybrid poplar, willow and other woody crops could serve the same purposes of erosion control and improved water quality, as well as having the added bonus of producing woody biomass.

The annual electrical needs of one Wisconsin home could be met by biomass from less than two acres of plantations; however, Nancy Mathews, wildlife ecol-

ogist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, indicates that converting CRP lands to energy plantations would definitely have a negative impact on biodiversity. The number and types of birds and mammals found in these areas would likely decrease.

Current biomass usage occurs in the state. Bill Gilbert, manager of Futurewood Corporation in Hayward, purchases all the biomass that Flambeau River Papers in Park Falls burns to produce energy for its paper mill. This biomass consists of sawdust, bark, or woody biomass directly taken from the forest. The boiler produces steam, which is used to generate power and electricity at the mill.

Other significant electric use of wood comes from two power plants operated by Northern States Power.

They are French Island on the Mississippi River in LaCrosse and Bay Front on Lake Superior in Ashland.

Over the last five years, enough electricity was produced from the two plants to supply the energy needs for 26,400 homes.

Because biomass burns cleanly, it produces less ash waste than coal, and the waste it does produce can be returned to the soil. Bioenergy production would reduce carbon dioxide emissions and produce fewer harmful air pollutants than coal. It appears that forest biomass has the potential to be an environmentally sound energy choice for Wisconsin.

“As technology continues to develop, the efficient use of biomass for energy will continue to grow,” Gilbert stated.

Forest biomass will continue to be studied by timber and paper industries, sportsmen, outdoor enthusiasts and environmental and conservation specialists. As we learn about and explore the wonder of our forests, we will need to add forest biomass, bioenergy and its positive and negative impacts to our thinking. We have not heard the last word on biomass.

Northwest Regional Writers The Northwest Regional Writers meet at 1 p.m. the second Friday of the month either in Frederic or Grantsburg. Each month we have a topic to write about and read to the group. The following writing was read at the last meeting. Call Mary Jacobson at 715-349-2761 for more information about the organization.

Submissions should be typed, double-spaced on one side only of 8 -1/2 x 11 white paper, leaving a minimum of 1-inch margins all around. Handwritten submissions will not be accepted. Submissions should be no more than 800 words.

Submissions may be delivered to The Leader’s offices in Frederic or Siren, mailed to Box 490, Frederic, WI 54837 or e-mailed to the-leader@centurytel.net. We prefer e-mailed copy.

If hand-delivered or mailed, please write "Writers’ Corner" somewhere on the front of the envelope. If e-mailed, please use "Writers’ Corner" as the subject and include the submission as body text of the e-mail. No attachments, please. Your submission to Writers’ Corner grants The Leader one-time rights to publish the item in the weekly newspaper. The author retains the copyright and all future publication rights. The Leader may edit submissions for grammar and punctuation, clarity and length. If you have any questions about this new feature, please contact us at the-leader@centurytel.net or call 715-327-4236. - Editor

Exchange students looking for host families Open your heart and home to an exchange student during 2008-2009 POLK COUNTY - Polk County families are invited to host international exchange students coming to the area this fall, coordinated by the STS Foundation.

The students are aged 15 to 18 and will have their own spending money and health insurance. They will attend the local high school for the 2008-2009 school year. Host families are responsible for providing meals, a place to sleep and a nurturing and safe environment.

STS Foundation places a large emphasis on supporting host families and will have a local representative who will maintain monthly contact with the family.

Their students are proficient in English and must maintain satisfactory academic progress while in school here. All types of families are welcome to apply to host including empty nesters, older couples, young couples, families with/without children and even single parents.

Following are some profiles of students for next fall.

STS has over 400 students from the following countries to choose from; Austria, Australia, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, France, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, Hungary, Turkey, China, Korea, Thailand, New Zealand, Brazil and Colombia.

For more information on hosting call STS Foundation at 800-522-4678 or e-mail info@stsfoundation.org Natalie is 15 and comes from Switzerland. Her dad is a mechanical engineer and her mother is a housewife.

Natalie has a 29-year-old brother and two older sisters aged 23 and 28 respectively. Her brother, a carpenter, lives in Croatia and one of her sisters also lives in Croatia, and works as a midwife. Natalie loves writing songs, singing and playing the guitar. She also enjoys painting and drawing. Her favorite subjects at school are English, French and art. Natalie considers herself as

Polk County families are invited to host international exchange students coming to the area this fall, coordinated by the STS Foundation. – Special photo an uncomplicated young person that will do her best to integrate with her new family and school in the U.S. Cheu is 17 and comes from France. He was born in Laos. His dad is a restaurant owner and his mother is a storekeeper. Cheu has five brothers and sisters aged between 16 and 30. Cheu loves listening to music and helping out in the family restaurant. He would love to have the opportunity to play a team sport while in the U.S. Cheu also has an interest in Asian culture (movies, manga). His teachers describe him as being mature, open-minded and motivated to have a successful year abroad.

Beatriz is 17 and comes from Brazil. Her father is an engineer and her mother is a professor. She has a 14year-old sister named Luiza whom she loves very

much. Beatriz attends the local Presbyterian church where she is a youth group leader. She also enjoys swimming and watching football on television. She describes herself as always being happy and her parents describe her as being intelligent, helpful, cheerful and polite. Her teachers say that she is an excellent student, always participates in class and does her homework.

Beatriz will stay in the U.S. for the first semester of the 2008-2009 school year.

STS Foundation is a not-for-profit foundation and is dedicated to intercultural exchange. More information can be obtained by logging on to www.stsfoundation.org. - from STS Foundation

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River Road Ramblings

collected by Russ Hanson

Trade Lake grades one through eight in 1938

Grades 7 and 8 - 1938. Back row (L to R): Genevieve Olson, Arlette Oberg, Dorothy Oberg, Herbert Anderson, Richard Anderson, Earl Nelson and Colin Erickson. Front row: Virginia Eckberg, Jean Dahlberg, Janet Bjornberg, Gloria Johnson, Anita Eckberg, Louise Olson and Grades 3 and 4 - 1938. Counterclockwise, starting from Lola Hastings. – Photos submitted courtesy of Jean Dahlberg Sampson of Taylors Falls, Minn. top left: Lenore Coyle, Doris Swanson, Marie Tollander, Bobby Lindberg, Stanley Selin, David Dahlberg and Dale Tollander.

Grades 5 and 6 - 1938. Back row (L to R): Reynold Lindberg, Vernon Peterson, Glenn Melin, Vera Sjoberg, Milton Lindquist, Torval Olson and Charlie Tollander. Middle row: Velda Larson, LaVonne Coyle, Lorraine Coyle, Elaine Oberg and Elaine Larson. Front row: Norma Erickson, Elvira Larson and Barbara Ortendahl.

Grades 1 and 2 - 1938. Back row (L to R): Opal Olson, Amy Melin, Delores Coyle, Bertil Anderson, Elsie Olson and Dorothy Olson. Front row: Madie Nedvidek, Lyle Johnson, Harlan Erickson and Betty Lindberg.

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Remembering…

What is so rare As a day in June When if ever come Perfect days When heaven tries earth If it be in tune And over it softly Her warm ear lays Whether we look Or wheter we listen We hear life murmer or see it glisten

Bernice Abrahamzon

BEHIND THE

SIGNPOST

Members of the Lewis church were inspired to pick lilacs and bring them to church for the sanctuary on June 1. The church was beautiful and fragrant.

It is surprising how many shades of purple, lavender and lilac those flowers are. Lilacs bloom in yards long after the people have moved away. White lilacs are a good contrast to the purple.

Apple orchards are breathtaking but if you pick a small branch you are sacrificing an apple or two or three.

The Lorain United Methodist Church When the church celebrated its 100th birthday. I was there to take pictures and write it up.

There was a time when I was able to go to church at Lewis, and sometimes drive out to Lorain and go to the service there.

One Sunday when I walked in the church, one lady said, “We all sit on one side so we look like more." I complied and sat on the Scripture side.

The church somehow speaks to me. When I was growing up, I went to a large Danish Lutheran church in a neighboring town. So it's not nostalgia that draws me to a small Grassroots America church. It is perhaps the simplicity of a small buidling and the historic background of it.

Years ago when Jenny Polsfuss was working with the Lorain Sunday school, she and her staff brought the Lorain Sunday School children to Lewis and we held a combined Vacation Bible School together. We did that two years and it worked very well. Back then we had a nice, large Sunday School with three or four teachers. We had it for one or two weeks Monday through Friday, mornings and afternoons.

My husband, Ken, was in charge of two different Memorial Day services at Lorain in different years. He was used to public speaking as that was his line of work. I remember the beautiful speech he made at the annual Sterling picnic one year.

I remember, too, that I covered the centennial celebration at Lorain. There was much meeting and greetings as people returned to Lorain on special occasions.

Oh what picnics were held in the summer. All that food! And everything had to be hauled there, including milk cans filled with water. It was very pleasant sitting under the trees.

I recall grieving with the Polsfuss family when their son, Glenn, lost his life in a motorcycle accident. The entry doors were given in his memory. The doors weather as exposed they are to the elements. Inside, the pulpit is handcrafted, a historic piece, plus the altar.

I wish a last open house, perhaps with a picnic could be scheduled before the building is destroyed.

Years pass and people grow old and die.

I can't help but think of those who worked to maintain the building and the faith decade after decade.

Some of them lie at rest now in the nearby cemetery.

Art Johnson must have a special affection for the Lorain United Methodist Church, too as he worked on charting the graves in the cemetery there, and I understand that someone else will continue that project now that theJohnsons live in St. Croix Falls.

The cemetery is well-maintained the there are flowers, real ones and also artifical ones. I wonder how the arbor vitae became associated with cemetery grounds.

I noticed yesterday that two trees have recently been cut as trees grow old and pose a hazard if they fall.

Perhaps they were oaks.

I think God must have a sense of humor. Shortly after Edith Anderson's husband, Adolf, died, I visited his grave out in West Sweden. Somehow a kernel of corn feel there, rooted and grew tall. It seemed fitting for a man who spent his life farming. Symbolic perhaps.

Do you remember Act III of Thorton Wilder's play "Our Town"? In that cemetery scene the stage director remarks on the fact that a lot of sorrow is buried there.

Until next week, Bernice

MADISON – With temperatures rising, forests in full bloom and seasonal campsites now open, Wisconsin’s state parks offer a great value for visitors squeezed by high summer gas prices. And on Sunday, June 8, they’ll be an even better value, during the Wisconsin State Park System’s annual Open House Day. That day, no admission stickers will be required on vehicles entering state parks, forests and recreation areas. In addition, trail passes will not be required for bicyclists, in-line skaters or horseback riders using state trails normally requiring a pass.

“As AAA has said, spikes in fuel costs and airfare can have a positive effect on our state,” notes Department

of Natural Resources Secretary Matt Frank. “With all the features Wisconsin has to offer in its state parks, we are predicting this to be one of the best camping years we have seen yet.”

Open House Day also coincides with Free Fishing Weekend in Wisconsin, so no fishing license is required to fish at the many lakes and rivers located in state parks and forests. Along with Open House Day events, many properties will host fishing events and demonstrations for visitors throughout the weekend.

To find a Wisconsin State Park or forest near you, visit the DNR Web site or call 888-936-7463. For Wisconsin travel information and free travel-planning guides, visit TravelWisconsin.com or call 800-432-8747/TRIP. Travelers can also obtain guides and information at the Wisconsin Welcome Centers, located in select state-border cities. – from state Division of Tourism

Polk County Fair entries due June 13 POLK COUNTY – Friday, June 13, is the deadline for mailing Polk County Fair exhibit entry forms. Premium books contain listings of all divisions, classes, lot numbers and entry forms. These books can be obtained at banks in Polk County as well as Polk County UWExtension Office in Balsam Lake.

Any resident of Polk County is eligible to enter in the Open or Senior Citizens Divisions.

Compiled by Bernice Abrahamzon

50 years ago Frederic's new swimming pool would be dedicated July 4, 1958.-A root beer stand will be opened at Centuria.–Fun Days at Frederic were attracting visitors.A wedding dance would be given at the Indian Creek Hall on June 28 for Mr. and Mrs. DuWane Rasmussen (Carol Johnson) with music by the Badger Hot Shots.-The film "Rebel Without a Cause" was playing at the D'Lux Theatre, Luck.-A free 25th wedding dance was given by Mr. and Mrs. Joe Van Canneyt and Junior in June.-A dawn dance was scheduled for July 3 at the Fun House, West Sweden.-A record hop was given at the DBS Hall, Luck, in June.-The Three Fun Days in Frederic were set for July 4, 5 and 6 in an eight-column headline across the entire front page.Specials at the Frederic Farmers Co-op Store included Sunquist oranges at 49¢ dozen, Spry 3 lbs. at 85¢, coffee at 89¢ lb., chunk-style tuna at 29¢ a can.-Specials at Route's Super Market, Frederic, included marshmallows 25¢ pkg., cucumbers 3 for 13¢, and Kool-Aid at 12 pkgs. for 45¢.-Chester Fremont of Frederic was appointed as an agent for Farmers Mutual Insurance in Northern Polk and Burnett County.

40 years ago Nick's Blacksmith Shop was operated by owner Floyd Nick of Cushing, and he did portable welding, repaired sickles, etc.-The Frederic Bakery advertised "Coffee pots on all the time - best in town."-Percy Mortenson of Siren had 15 years of experience with steering problems and he did wheel alignment, and wheel balancing at Siren Sales and Service.-Bronson LaFollette was booked to speak at the Dalles House Testimonial and other Democratic officers had tickets and on April 20, 1968, Charlotte Mattson and Ronald Pederson were married at First Evangelical Lutheran Church at Cushing.-Confirmands at the Lorain United Methodist Church on May 12 included Dixie Baker, Barbara Coyour, Harry Anderson and Sheila Paulich. Pastor Robert Isler Jr. was the minister in charge.-Confirmed by Pastor Esler at St. Luke's United Methodist Church of Frederic included Miriam Early, Doug Clausen, Don Johnson, Don Potter, Lucy Hutton, Virginia Tighe and Tom Moore.Dales TV and Stereo Grantsburg had a closing-out sale.-Arrow Building Center had a second annual patio block sale at 17¢ at several locations.-The Frederic Class of 1968 had 56 graduating seniors.-Polk County Teachers College had 20 graduates.

20 years ago

State parks to host open house day June 8 Free day lets visitors explore Wisconsin state parks

Do you remember ?

Junior Division exhibits are open to members of youth organizations in Polk County.

All mailed entries must be postmarked no later than Friday, June 13.

Gail Peterson is superintendent of entries. She can be contacted at 268-6036 regarding entry questions. - submitted

Webster's 1977 Junior-Senior Prom royalty included King Aaron Keurer and Queen Julie Bosley.

Young attendants were Niles Bennett and Christine Burns.-A tight budget was seen for Grantsburg District.-A wedding shower was given for Susan Leigh and Dan Brooks on May 14 at the Evangelical Free Church, Frederic.-Several Danbury 5 - 6 graders took the challenge to sit on ice in 75 degree heat and still had ice left to sit on after 6 hours. Survivors were Doug McDowell, Marcus Nelson, Scott Staples, (Home School Coordinator), Josh Pardun, Stephanie Staples and Jaime Lunsman. The winner was Doug McDowell, grade 5. Mud Hen Lake was monitored by local volunteers.-Members of the Orange 4-H Club presented the play "The Fisherman and His Wife" to the elementary stdents at Webster on May 6.-Forty-nine would graduate on Sunday, May 22.Luck's graduation was May 20 for 34 graduates.Only residents of the Town of Clam Falls were permitted to use the Lewis and Clam Falls dumps and needed a sticker available from Jean Hill or Sandra Rommel.-Bone Lake residents were charged to dump large appliances and large auto body parts ($5) and tires or mattresses at $1.-The movie "Return to Snowy River" was playing at the Auditorium Theatre in St. Croix Falls.

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TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER Hello, everyone! Blacky here from Humane Society of Burnett County.

Wow! What a nice day we had for our wine and cheese tasting event last Saturday. I didn’t go, because I think they were afraid my tail would shatter all the wine glasses and the cheese table would be a gigantic temptation for me, Blacky but Cutie, the baby black Lab, did make an appearance. She was pretty excited about being able to attend and even had a bath on Friday YAPpenings so she would be squeaky clean for the party. Nema, Clover, Casper and some of the kittens came along, too, and believe it or not, no one got car sick riding in the back of the Waggin’ Wagon! Sometimes it’s hard not to get queasy when you can’t look out the window. Cutie told me that a lot of people turned out to help the shelter and that it was fun hanging out on the patio listening to the great music and being petted and fawned over. Perhaps I will attend the next event, which I hear is going to be a car wash next month. (Just don’t point a garden hose at me.) I don’t have all the details yet, but I’ll let you know as soon as I hear.

A couple of my friends have found new homes this week. Ginger, the chow puppy, found a lasting home but brother Rocky is still waiting for someone to come and get him. Hero, the shepherd pup has found a home as well, and so have three of the cats. One of my friends I don’t think I’ve told you about is Clover. She is a sweetheart of a dog who had an unfortunate encounter with a porcupine. She wound up with a quill right in her eye and can’t see out of it as well as she used to be able to, but she is better now, despite that, and is ready for a new place to call home. Appelonia had her puppies and, sadly, only three survived. They are pretty tiny but are staying warm under a lamp, and mom, and are eating and doing their best to grow up and be strong. Appelonia came in as a stray and was probably not getting enough nourishment to feed her developing pups. Did you know that on our Web site there is a lost and found section? It’s true. If you call the shelter to report a lost dog or cat or, alternately, if you’ve found a stray near your home, the smart folks at the shelter will put the info online for all to see.

I also would like to share with you some other news

SHELTER

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that made both my ears stand up. Two of our benefactors that always are remembering the shelter by their good deeds and generosity have certainly outdone themselves lately. Our female friend in Shakopee, Minn., donated a ton of supplies, along with a hefty sum of cash, and then the man in Luck who is always bringing us stuff went out and bought us cat supplies and also a brand-new weed whip and all the accessories to go with it - like a gas can with gas in it! We are so fortunate to have so many good-hearted people, volunteers and friends looking out for us that all I can really do is let out a big, doggy sigh and humbly say “thank you.”

June bugs and moths - that’s what is stuck on the screen door of my house every night. And beyond that, a bazillion mosquitos! Holy cats, they are plentiful this year! That made me think to remind you that you need to protect your pets from heartworm by giving them a monthly dose of prevention. Some good bug repellent will keep those pesky gnats and flies and mosquitos from chewing our ears off outside, too. Not the human stuff, mind you. That isn’t made for pets and is bad for us, but you can find some gels and other products that are specially made for dogs. Honestly, I hate it when my mom rubs that stuff all over my face and ears. I run around the yard and rub my head all over the grass, but I know she isn’t putting it on me because I swatted her in the shins with a stick - it really does help. I love sticks...hey, that reminds me - if any of you out there have any extra plants, like ornamentational I mean, that you don’t have a use for, you might think of bringing them to the shelter to doll up the place a bit. I promise we’ll take good care of them and not plant them in any leg-lifting zone or otherwise go nuts with our new weed whip. I think it would just be a nice addition and make our place a little more welcoming and cheery. Plus, all I see are dandilions at home. Booorrrring!

Well, I suppose I ought to end here for this week. I have more things to tell you about, but you’ll have to wait until next week because I’ve gotten too rambly for one week’s column already. Thanks to everyone that came out and showed their support for us last weekend. It is always great to get together with our friends and socialize, and I know Cutie and company had a good time as well. She told me.

HSBC is saving lives, one at a time. www.hsburnettcty.org 715-866-4096.

Siren

Bev Beckmark

Old Mother Nature sure hasn't got it together so far this year. It's the first part of June already and still all the leaves aren't fully out on the trees. We usually have lilacs blooming by now, but so far, I haven't seen any in full bloom, with this kind of weather, be it cold or wet, we have had both. Too much rain makes getting into the fields almost impossible for our area farmers, and with too many cold days any seeds in the ground will just sit there and could rot, causing farmers more stress. Hope the old gal gets her act together and turns things around soon.

Grab your poles and bait, this is the weekend for fishing in Wisconsin. There are a lot of great lakes out there, maybe I'll see you on one.

Peggy Strabel out on Waldora Road got to celebrate her 83rd birthday last week with a trip to Spooner and lunch with her friends Jack and Lou Korich.

Congratulations to elementary student Dakota Raska, middle schooler Bernice Mixsooke and high schooler Jamie Fischbach for being chosen Siren Schools students of the week.

On Saturday, June 7, the second-annual Jane Wisse Wellness Scholarship Walk will be held at the Siren Crooked Lake Park with registration at 9:30 a.m. and the walk starting at 10 a.m. Adults are $20, kids 7 to 12 are $10. This event will go on regardless of the weather.

The Daniels Township meeting will be held Tuesday, June 10, at the town hall at 7:30 p.m.

It was so good to see Carol Claude back in church. Shehas come a long way being hit by a car a couple of weeks ago. Continued improvement.

Art and Bev Beckmark visited at the home of Peggy Strabel out on Waldora Road Sunday afternoon.

Are you living your passion?

authentic, passionate self or, we choose to respond from our fearful, limited self. In either choice we and we alone, create our own experience of ourselves and our life.

Living a passionate, authentic life can be scary.

Jane F. Meinz We want guarantees about our choices that we won’t fail, or look stupid, different or weird, that we won’t get hurt or be alone. All these fears appear to us to be very real and so we talk ourselves out of our dreams, desires and visions.

Find instead, the courage within you to do what you have to do to be happy in this life. What makes your soul smile and your heart sing for joy? Could it be belly dancing, a spur-of-the-moment road trip, singing in the shower, writing a book, embracing your mate, having the relationship of your dreams? The glorious possibilities are endless. The writer Anais Nin said, “The fiery moments of a passionate experience are moments of wholeness and totality.”

If you haven’t visited your authentic self for a while,

Webster’s Dictionary defines passion as a “deep, overwhelming feeling or emotion.” It also defines passion (and I love this one the best!) as “boundless enthusiasm.” Boundless enthusiasm! How many of us can honestly say we have that going on in our lives?

Most of us desire to feel vibrant, to feel full of ourselves, to live passionate lives, but it is our fear that holds us back. In our fearless heart-space we long to soar, to rise courageously to challenges, to risk, and to take life head-on with robust fullness because we know that doing so means living a life of authentic fulfillment. We know too, that not doing so means a life of too many, “If only I would have…,” and of regrets for missed opportunities.

Have you ever stayed in a loveless, indifferent relationship because you were too scared to leave, or thought that was all you deserved? Have you kept plugging along at the same job because you thought you weren’t young enough, smart enough, or talented enough to quit and find the job of your dreams? How many dreams have you abandoned and how much of your self have you compromised purely because of self-doubt and fear?

In each given moment we can make only one of two possible choices. We choose to respond to life from our

Sky’s the Limit

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Karen Mangelsen

Nina and Lawrence Hines hosted a Memorial Day potluck picnic Monday at their home. Sixty-two family members and friends were there.

Donald Albee and Judy Albee were supper guests of Beverly Brunclik Monday evening. Duane Albee joined them later, and they played some cards.

Beth Crosby and Judy Albee visited Don and Charlene Strabel Tuesday evening. Sue Mroszak, Judy Albee and Beth Crosby called on Hank and Karen Mangelsen Wednesday evening.

Don and Lida Nordquist and Lawrence and Nina Hines went to Duluth, Minn., Thursday and stayed overnight.

They celebrated their wedding anniversaries.

Nettie and Duane Otis and Karen and Hank Mangelsen were Friday evening visitors of Maynard and Ronda Mangelsen. Beth Crosby and Judy Albee visited Virginia and Dean Elken Saturday.

Donna and Gerry Hines, Marlene Swearingen, and Hank and Karen Mangelsen called on Andy and Geraldine Mangelsen Saturday afternoon.

Judy Albee and Don Schleiss attended the graduation open house for Jonathon Berkesch Saturday.

Karen and Hank Mangelsen visited Wayne and Marie Romsos at the Romsos Farm Saturday evening. Don Schleiss and Judy Albee were Saturday evening visitors of Garry and Beth Crosby.

Hank and Karen Mangelsen went to Rochester, Minn., Sunday and visited Gale and Mary Erickson. They traveled with Jake and Holly Mangelsen and family, and they all helped the Ericksons celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. Mary and Gale are Holly’s aunt and uncle.

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Saturday food and fellowship was enjoyed. Monday we honored Memorial Day with a potluck dinner and spades in the afternoon. We sang “God Bless America” together.

We had a red-white-and-blue cake, which made our refreshment time special, thanks to Clareese Marek.

Whist was played on Tuesday. Several of our members attended Herb Sederlund's funeral and a tribute from our center was given. Blessed be his memory. The winners for Mondays spades games were Hazel Hoffman in first place, Lola Hinschberger in second place and Eleanor Bonneville in third place.

We missed Deloris Potter and her husband, Clifford, Doris Pederson, Bernie Kurkowski from being able to join us due to illness. Marion Miller was hospitalized Wednesday evening at Burnett Medical Center but his home recuperating – hurry back, Marion.

Wednesday Pokeno game was enjoyed. 500 cards were played Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. The winners were Arvid Pearson in first place, Norma Nelson in second place, David Peterson in third place and Hazel Hansen in fourth place.

The executive board met Friday. Pokeno was played.

On Friday, we enjoyed the rhubarb bars and ice cream that Norma N. and Willis W. provided. Saturday buffet dinner was great and bingo and cards were enjoyed. The afternoon coffee period is always a plus of the day. Sunday, June 7, we will have a potluck and celebrate the June birthdays of Bernie Kurkowski, Charles Freeley, Fern Baker and Netha Polson.

We extended out sympathy to the family of Virginia Schultz.

please do so! Feel what’s there inside of you. Experience it. Then ask yourself, “What is my heart’s desire in this given moment?” (job, relationship, color of bedroom walls, etc.) Listen quietly and let yourself hear the answer that is already there. If your heart says, “Paint the room red!” then start painting! If your fear won’t let you, at least throw some highlights into that beige room like red pillows, red curtains, red anything!

Challenge your fear.

Experiment with your passions. Risk being happy! I encourage you to find a way, any way, big or small, to honor your heart’s passion. It is a choice between living fully and living in numbness. This marvelous definition is found on the Tazo brand tea bags called Passion: “True passion is intoxicating and invigorating, soothing and sensuous, magical and mystical. I just thought you should know what you’re in for.”

Jane F. Meinz, M.A., is a therapist with 20 years’ experience working with issues such as depression/anxiety, grief, life transitions, spiritual direction, recovery from childhood traumas, and couples counseling. She maintains a private practice at Equinox Natural Health Center in Taylors Falls, Minn. For appointments call 651-465-7504.

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TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER Engagement

Stone/Bohlinger David and Carolyn Stone are delighted to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Anna, to Jon Bohlinger of St. Paul, Minn.

Jon is the son of Tom Bohlinger of Hugo, Minn., and Colleen Bohlinger of Blaine, Minn.

Anna graduated from Unity High School, Balsam Lake, and is a 2007 graduate of Concordia University in St. Paul, with majors in psychology and theology. She is a residential counselor for mentally ill youth at Wilder Foundation.

Jon is a 2008 graduate of Concordia University, St. Paul, with a degree in theology and urban studies. He is working as a customer-service representative with VISI Internet service provider in St. Paul.

The couple is planning a June 13 wedding at St. Stephanus Lutheran Church in St. Paul, Minn., and an open house reception at Anna’s parent’s home in Balsam Lake on Saturday, June 14.

The couple will continue to reside and work in St. Paul, Minn., following the nuptials.

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Lewis

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Frederic's St. Luke's United Methodist Church has an official Lilac Sunday, but I'm sure many other churches celebrate the beauty of lilacs come spring. It was yesterday at the Lewis church. So beautiful and so fragrant.

We have had pastors and perhaps members of the congregation who have been allergic to lilacs, but they've survived.

It was a photo opportunity but who brought a camera?

We are proud of the students at Siren who placed in a national writing contest. They were honored last Friday afternoon with fellow students in attendance plus several members of the Northwest Regional Writers. Through the years we have encouraged young people to write and one year we sponsored a writing contest involving many area schools. The world needs writers and poets, plus readers who appreciate books, diaries, columns, history, etc.

Do you remember when the good old Sunday afternoon ride was a favorite pastime? The price of gas discourages that these days. You need a destination now but that cuts down on the joys of discovery. Spring really does promote green.

On Sunday, we saw someone canoeing on Karl's Pond just north of Lewis.

On Saturday, LaVerne Leep attended the graduation

open house of Sami Jo Talmadge at Luck and the open house of Todd Nutter, Milltown.

On Friday, LaVerne had lunch with friends at Oakwood Inn, at Luck, with friends of Audrey (Jiggs) of Phoenix, Ariz., who is visiting relatives and friends.

This is a perfect time to visit before it gets too hot (Ha!) and before mosquitoes. Unfortunately not before woodticks. Before I moved north I didn't know about woodticks or bloodsucker lakes or poison oak.

Friends take white pines for granted, but I never saw groves of white pines downstate. I am surprised how some homeowners cut them down. Several on our church grounds are marked for cutting down as they are very old and perhaps dangerous. A few have already been removed, as they threatened electric lines or falling in a storm.

When it's breezy, white pines make a low, soft sign called a sough or soughing (trees that talk).

Mourning doves love them and they aren't the only ones. We have pictures taken after 1915 to 1916 when the first church was built and the trees were comparatively small.

Your news is always welcome. Chances are if you don't give me your news, I will simply make it up.

Lily is a 1-1/2-year-old yellow Lab – blue heeler mix. She has a golden yellow coat with speckled front legs and lovely brown eyes. If you are looking for a friendly family dog in the medium size category, Lily is the dog for you. Lily is a happy dog with a smile for everyone she meets. She is smart and ready to learn the routine Arnell at your house. She is an adult dog Humane ready to fit in without the hassle of house training. Don’t delay another Society day, she awaits your call.

The Arnell Shelter garage sale is Saturday, June 21. Donations for this fundraiser are being accepted at the shelter during business hours, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday - Saturday or by appointment.

The success of this fundraiser depends on the garage sale items donated by our community. Lightly used, highly desirable, useful items are in great demand.

Everyone has fundraising garage sale items taking up space in the basement or garage. They are too good to throw away but aren’t used in your home any longer.

Maybe it’s lawn furniture or pet supplies, gardening tools or a boat. The shelter garage sale is your chance to free up space in your home and support the animals at the same time. All donations are tax-deductible and go to a good cause.

May was a busy month at the shelter. Arnell Humane Society took in 38 dogs and 45 cats in May. While many dogs with the spring wandering bug in their systems were lucky to be reclaimed by their owners, many others are now available for adoption. This is also the time of year that kittens magically appear in boxes, on the side of the

road or in your yard. It has begun, kitten season. Kittens seem to sprout up everywhere and we are beginning to receive them in large quantities at the shelter.

While animals come into the shelter in record numbers during this time of year, the all important adopter numbers of our Happy Tales equation, seems to dwindle. People are planning summer vacations and getting that yard work done. The addition of a new pet doesn’t need to wait until these things are over.

In fact, a new dog would be happy to spend time with you in the yard, distracting you enough to throw a ball and smell the fresh air.

Leaving your pet at home during a vacation takes a little planning, but is completely manageable. You can ask a responsible friend or relative to look after your pet, board at a kennel or hire a pet sitter. The friend or relative option is great as long as the caretaker and your pet are comfortable with each other. Your local veterinarian clinic may recommend a pet sitter if your pet would be more comfortable staying in your home while you are gone. Boarding kennels are a safe alternative to both of these options. A reputable boarding facility is a professional animal caretaker. They know how to care for pets and how to make your pet comfortable in their temporary surroundings. It isn’t home, but the next best thing.

Shelter animals need new homes no matter what the season; winter, summer, kitten or vacation season.

Arnell Memorial Humane Society, Amery, 715 2687387 or visit our adoptable pets online: arnellhumane.org

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A & H Seniors via Illinois

Anderson/Augustine Amanda Anderson of Frederic, and Benjamin Augustine of Sheldon are pleased to announce their engagement.

Amanda is the daughter of Greg and Leah Anderson of Frederic, and she is a 2008 graduate of UW-River Falls with a degree in broad area music.

Benjamin is the son of Paul and Nancy Augustine of Sheldon, and he is a 2007 graduate of UW-River Falls with a degree in crop and soil science. Benjamin is presented employed at Sheldon Cooperative Services.

The couple is planning a June 7 wedding at Bethany Lutheran Church in Rice Lake, with a reception at Turtleback Golf Course.

I just couldn’t wait to share with all of you the beauty all around me this spring. Boom, and all the yards are full of flowers, flowering trees, bushes, lilacs. But the best is looking out the window at my backyard. It’s a sea of beautiful yellow with a little blue here and there.

And all carefree. Oh those dandelions and creeping Charlie. Sure beats all the boring green outside my property. My neighbors just don’t appreciate what I have. In fact I am getting a few raised eyebrows as they drive by, as the same beauty is in my front yard. In this land of constant lawn mowers, I am a total misfit.

Why not let Mother Nature do whatever the heck she wants?

The earthquake that shook Illinois did nothing for me.

Didn’t feel a thing, but maybe my neuropathy had something to do with it.

The snowbirds across the street from me are back and the first thing the husband did was mow the lawn.

What fun. Now he is out there fertilizing the grass. I guess they don’t like yellow and blue.

One of my lady friends stopped at a drug store to answer questions from a young doctor and his nurse.

She told them her medical history, daily routine and eating habits. Ended up telling him she had a highball every night. A frown crossed his face. Turns out he didn’t know what a highball was. Thought she was on drugs. Ah, youth. We all told her to go ahead and have her drink –just not to inject it!

I called Fred Schluter for any news he could con-

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tribute. All he could come up with was a Wal-Mart coming to Spooner. That made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. Too much excitement. Oh yes, he and Bev are doing good. They plan a trip to Michigan to see daughter Jill.

I just attended a college graduation party for a bridge friend of mine. She raised five children and they all got degrees. She finally got one of her own. By the way, she is 81. Makes me feel like a real slacker, but I feel as though a college degree means employment and that means work so count me out.

There is a storm coming. My dog Annie knows these things. She is a better weather forecaster than anyone on TV. So tomorrow, despite a sunny forecast, I will take rain gear. Always trust your dog The pallet knife class I am taking is fun, but messy.

At A & H it was watercolor - so much cleaner and prettier too. I miss that class and all the people - except Bob Olson, who is way too good. Well yeah, I miss him too.

I talked to Caroline Osborn. It’s so good to hear a friends voice. She told me the white deer is gone.

There are several rumors as to how it died. I never did see that animal. Fran Becker showed me a supposed picture of it at her feeder in the snow. All I saw were three black spots. She said they were two eyes and a nose. I suppose that could have been true.

Take care of each other.

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TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER Webster Senior Center

866-4334 The population in the village of Webster increased immensely over the weekend with the large craft fair on Saturday, pancake breakfasts in several places, and yard sales galore. Lily Gleason and Carol Berglind were among those volunteering at Forts Folle Avoine on Sunday serving over 450 people wild rice pancakes, scrambled eggs and sausages.

The center was closed on Monday for the Memorial Day holiday, but a large number of our seniors enjoyed the delicious roast beef dinner at the community center that was put on by the American Legion Auxiliary Otis Taylor Post 96. Many of the people that attended the service at Oak Grove Cemetery also were at the dinner visiting with family and friends.

Bob Gleason and Sandy Wohletz had visitors all weekend consisting of family from the Twin Cities area and friends. Sandy’s daughter, Coleen, who lives in Hugo, Minn., had considerable damage done to her home from the tornado that went through there.

Members of the Ravishing Rubies Red Hat Society enjoyed a luncheon Tuesday at the Woodland Grille in Grantsburg. We didn’t have any May birthdays to celebrate but Jane Tomnitz, Margel Ruck, Judi Reese and Helen Sellman all received nice door prizes. The next luncheon will be held at noon on Tuesday, June 24, at the Ike Walton Lodge located on the north side of Big Yellow Lake, Webster.

Gladys Packer was back at the center after having spent a few days at a conference of the Eastern Star Wisconsin Grand Chapter in Stevens Point.

Thirteen ladies played dime bingo on Wednesday afternoon and all had lots of fun, but the highlight of the afternoon was eating the homemade rhubarb custard pie furnished by Margel Ruck. And yes, when you are a senior citizen, even eating scrumptious desserts qualifies as a highlight!

The regular group of liver lovers were at the center on Thursday for the liver and onions meal and Deb, staff and diners sang “Happy 94th Birthday” to Bernice Burnett and she had a piece of chocolate cake with one lighted candle on it. I skipped out on liver day, as I attended a care conference at BMC Continuing Care, Grantsburg, for my brother Stanley Smith, and then stayed and ate lunch with him.

Dave Wardean and Durwood Scholz enjoyed a fishing trip in South Dakota this week, but they returned home

early because of bad weather, so Dave was back in time to play Thursday night pool with Pat O’Brien, Gene Johnson, Harold Peterson and Ken Hayes. Gladys Beers, Jane Wardean, Margel Ruck, Nancy O’Brien and I played cards, and we were treated to more yummy rhubarb dessert made by Nancy in addition to all the goodies the other ladies brought.

Bob Gleason and Sandy Wohletz drove the Danbury home-delivered meal route on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday as Les and Mary Garbe were on vacation.

ABC Recycling of Grantsburg picked up our aluminum cans on Friday morning and we had another $90 to add to our coffers. We now have to deduct for gas out of our profits but it is worth it for not having to transport them ourselves. We appreciate all those that donate their cans to our center.

Three full tables of diners enjoyed Deb’s roast turkey dinner with all the trimmings on Friday. Quite a few of our seniors visited the Interfaith Caregivers rummage and bake sale on Friday and Saturday at the Webster Community Center. Interfaith Caregivers really appreciated the donations of household goods and baked items and I understand that they did quite well with their sales.

Some new diners this week and some that haven’t been with us for a while were Lynn Kern, Tom Miller, Bernice Burnett, Pauline Hagen, JoAnn Rachner and Eldora Brown.

Sixty-seven graduating seniors marched into the Webster High School auditorium on Sunday afternoon to the WHS band playing “Pomp and Circumstance” and after throwing their hats up into the air, they all marched back out as young adults, ready to take on the world. Of course, in between times, they listened to a great musical selection by the WHS band, playing a graduation medley, a salutatorian address by Aimee Rinnman and valedictorian address by Brian Gibbs, and some great videos pictures of themselves as babies, and first-grade students up to the present. My grandson, Andrew Staples, presented his red rose to me. Andrew’s parents are Barbara and Rod Preddy of Menomonie, and Jay and Brenda Staples of Danbury. Andrew will be leaving for boot camp on June 30, as he enlisted in the U.S. Army.

Gratitude is extended to Dave Wardean for mowing the lawn again; Dan and Melanie Johnson for donating eggs; and Donna Johnson for donating rhubarb. Deb baked rhubarb cake on Wednesday with some of it. We are ap-

Amery Senior Center

by Susan Shachtman, assistant director I hope you all had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend.

I was very excited to catch my first crappie of the season!

Although I have to admit, I’m still looking forward to those 70 and 80 degree days.

Tired of paying almost $4 for a gallon of gas? Mark your calendars for some exciting upcoming events that will take place at Centennial Hall, and it won’t cost you a fortune to get here.

This year we are combining our rummage sale with our bake and plant sale. The dates are Thursday, June 5 and Friday, June 6, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Refreshments will be served from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. both days. We have started bringing rummage sale items in from our garage and I can personally tell you that there are a lot of great bargains.

We have quite a collection of craft items as well as things

for your house or apartment. We also will have a room set up with holiday and kids items as well as books, cards and puzzles. If you would like to donate plants or baked goods, please bring these items to Centennial Hall by Wednesday, June 4, between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. or from 6 to 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 5. We look forward to seeing you there.

Another big event taking place at Centennial Hall this year is the Fresh Door County Fishboil on Saturday, June 14, from 4 – 7 p.m. There will be a beer wagon, music by Jim Armstrong and a movie. Plates will cost $10 and brats and hot dogs will also be available.

Our next brat stand at Dick’s will take place Friday and Saturday, June 13 and 14. Make sure you stop by to help support the senior center and get a meal as well.

Happy spring to all of you.

Birth announcements Born at St. Croix Regional Medical Center: A girl, Nevaeh-Rayne Michaelle Schallenberger, born May 15, 2008, to Tina Turnock and Joseph Schallenberger of St. Croix Falls. Nevaeh-Rayne weighed 6 lbs., 7 oz.

••• A girl, Ruth Jean Nelson, born May 24, 2008, to Brian and Shannon Nelson, Osceola. Ruth weighed 7 lbs., 13 oz.

••• A girl, Helen Victoria Kerbel, born May 15, 2008, to Amy Kerbel, Webster. Helen weighed 6 lbs., 15 oz.

••• A girl, Aurora Naomi Anderson, born May 19, 2008, to Jaime Anderson and Andy Boucher, Luck. Aurora weighed 8 lbs., 1 oz.

••• A boy, Isaak Ray Teeselink, born May 16, 2008, to Derek and Beth Teeselink, St. Croix Falls. Isaak weighed 7 lbs., 10 oz.

••• A boy, Lucas Brian Hale, born May 20, 2008, to Karen Eitland and John Hale, Balsam Lake. Lucas weighed 7 lbs., 2 oz.

••• A boy, Charley Brett Jensen, born May 15, 2008, to Todd and Lisa Jensen, Frederic. Charley weighed 7 lbs.

••• A boy, Tanner James Morley, born May 22, 2008, to John

and Crystal Morley, Luck. Tanner weighed 7 lbs., 8 oz.

••• A girl, Darby Marie Trent, born May 23, 2008, to Shannon Leisch, Amery. Darby weighed 6 lbs., 13 oz.

••• A boy, Malachai Isaiah Hannah, born May 26, 2008, to Nicole Stewart and Tommie Hannah, Milltown. Malachai weighed 4 lbs., 15 oz.

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Born at Burnett Medical Center: A boy, Jack Rayond Sawatzky IV, born May 31, 2008, to Jennifer and Jack Sawatzky III, Pine City, Minn. Jack weighed 6 lbs., 13 oz. and was 19 inches long. Siblings are Jada and Jordin Sawatzky. Grandparents are Jack and Ann Sawatzky, Pine City, Minn. and Kim Smaker, Pine City, Minn. Great-grandparents are Gladys Sawatzky, Pine City, Minn., and Art and Audrey Phetteplace, White Bear Lake, Minn.

••• A girl, Brooke Kay Simon, born May 28, 2008, to Amie Simon and Matt Bambery, Siren. Brooke weighed 7 lbs. and was 19-3/4 inches long. Grandparents are Rhonda Benedickt of Siren, Orval Simon of Grantsburg, Kim and Barry Zubroad of Webster, and Dan Bambery and Kim Clauson of Osceola. Great-grandparents are Janet Johnson of Barnes, Margaret Simon, Webster, George Simon, Grantsburg, Cindy Peterson, Webster and Rick Belanger, Webster.

Mary Klar preciative of all donations of garden produce such as tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, zucchini, fruit, etc.

Our next Dining at Five evening meal is at 5 p.m. on Thursday, June 12, and Deb will be serving beef stroganoff over egg noodles, vegetables, rolls, fruit crisp and milk.

The senior center provides coffee. Call 715-866-5300 to make your reservation.

Get-well wishes and prayers go to Marlene Kufalk, Renae Peterson, Adelaide Johnson and Antone and Jeremy Gronski. Our sympathy and prayers also go out to the family of Roberto Pearson, in his recent passing.

“All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them all.” That’s what we sing, that’s what we say and that’s what we believe – usually. But mosquitos and nosee-ums might just be an exception to the rule. When a black cloud of these tiny critters flies right through your screen, and the mosquitos are hovering about your door just waiting to light on you and dine, you’d hardly call them bright and beautiful. They’re certainly not great, as in “great big.” In fact, they’re tiny pests, and as they swarm around you taking bites out of your arms and legs and every exposed inch of your body, we are hard pressed to call them wise or wonderful. We even hate to admit that our loving Lord God made them at all. But did you know that no-see-ums will chase a mosquito that has bitten a person and drawn blood, and will bit it and suck the blood from the mosquito. There seems to be some justice in that! The no-see-um also pollinates spring flowers and eats garden pests. It helps keep caterpillars, sawflies, frogs, crane flies, dragonflies, lacewings, blister beetles and oil beetles in their place. And it even gets the last laugh on the mosquito. So I guess everything does have its place in creation and we need to remember to be thankful, even for imperfect things such as no-see-ums and mosquitos. “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father.” - James 1:17.

See you at the center!

Orange Fran Krause

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Written for last week Reeny Neinstadt spent a few days in Cadott with her grandchildren.

Sympathy to the family of Hazel Chelmo, whose funeral was last Saturday.

The Webster spring concert was very well attended on Friday evening.

Friday evening LaVonne and Tylyn O’Brien went to see Rylee O’Brien in the dance recital at the Siren School.

Mother’s day visitors at Jack and LaVonne O’Brien’s were Tylyn and Mike O’Brien, Bob O’Brien and Tom and Becky O’Brien.

Fran Krause attended the Sarah circle meeting Wednesday at Katie Hedlund’s. Dee Krause picked up Allyson from college and took her to her summer job at Wisconsin Dells.

The Orange 4-H had a tour of the St. Croix Tribal fish incubator on Sunday.

Gloria Fahlan spent time with Myrtle Budd on Friday.

They joined Doris Schauers, Maxine Stone and Donna Carlson for cards at Iola Rachner’s.

Jack and Lavonne O’Brien were in St. Croix Falls on Thursday.

Written for this week Congratulations to the Webster High School boys track team who received second place in Division 3 at the state meet at La Crosse Friday and Saturday. Bryan Krause ran in one of the relay teams, receiving second place.

Kathryn Krause qualified for Webster High School girls track, running 2.26.69 minutes in the 800 meter, and did well at state.

Congratulations to all the Webster High School graduates. Relatives and friends attended the ceremony Sunday, June 1. Area grads were Jamie Kopecky, Colleen Foote and Kathryn Krause.

Harmony H.C.E. club met at Adeline Ingall’s on Tuesday morning.

The Jack Witzany family spent Memorial weekend with Jack and Jeri. They spent last weekend at Big Lake, Minn. Their grandson, David Kringen, graduated from Big Lake High School. He will be attending UW-Duluth in prepharmacy next fall.

Iola Rachner hosted the McPheeter family reunion Memorial weekend. This was the last one for her to host.

Donna Nelson is staying with her mother, Iola Rachner, to celebrate her 94th birthday.

Charles and Elaine Scott have returned to their summer home at Webster from Napa, Calif.

Tim and Vickki O’Brien, Charlotte, N.C. had business appointments at Duluth and St. Paul, Minn., Thursday and Friday. They visited their family, Jack and Lavonne O’Brien Saturday and Sunday.

Wednesday evening Bethany Lutheran Church choir had an appreciation party to honor Pat Bittner and Fran Krause for years of service.

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TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER Cloverton-Markville First of all, let’s take a nice look at all of the work that Bob Brewster and Patty Koehler have been doing over there at Bumbleberry Farm in Markville. With the help of Patty’s daughter and son-in-law, Alyssa and Rick Noremberg, Minneapolis, they got a good start on their planting.

As of the middle of May, they had planted 1,400 feet of raspberries, 800 feet of strawberries, 300 feet of asparagus, 500 feet of potatoes, 200 feet of peas, 200 feet of onions, 54 fruit trees, 80 feet of beets and 14 grape plants.

The strawberries include 12 different kinds.

Their plans for the summer include selling out of their home, perhaps setting up a little stand at the end of Witt Lane, right there on the Markville Road, or perhaps setting up a stand at the Hay Creek Outpost. We look forward to being able to buy our fruits and vegetables locally.

Jim and Helen Allen have learned that his brother, Frank, is very ill with cancer. He lives in East St. Paul, Minn., but has a cabin in Osceola, and you may remember, Jim would join him there for many fishing excursions.

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Marge Wolf spent two weeks in Seattle recently at a family reunion with all of her siblings. Those who live in this area all drove out and back. She had a wonderful time.

She said her husband, Al, even got the “ole Crock-Pot” out while she was gone.

On the way home, Marge spent Mother’s Day with their daughter, Heidi, and her family in Hastings. They cooked a special breakfast of Swedish rollups. This is a recipe that Heidi’s husband, Cary, has had in his family for years.

When Deloris Schirmer took an old TV over to junk days in Sandstone, she was flabbergasted to see the long line of trucks ready to get rid of unwanted items.

The Pete Ellwein family all boarded a plane and flew to Knoxville, Tenn., for a surprise visit with Pam’s mom on Mother’s Day. Pete, Pam and Tom were joined on the trip by her brother and his wife, Dale and Jodi Dorenberg of Webster. It was a four-day trip, and they had a wonderful time.

Speaking of Webster, Peggy Coveau went down to watch the prom recently. She has two nieces who attended this year. Chelsea is a junior and she was one of the organizers of the prom, which had a “Hollywood Premier” theme.

Along a red carpet, the youngsters came dressed in movie roles, with lots of paparazzi along the sides.

Peggy’s other niece, Ashley, a sophomore, was posed as the girl who sat in the lap of King Kong, who was played by her date. Sounds like a charming and creative event.

News from the Service

Cariveau/White Christina Cariveau and Nathan White, both of Frederic, are happy to announce their engagement.

Parents of the bride are Brad and Vicki Lundy of Dawson, Minn., and Jeff and Chris Cariveau of Florence, S.D. The grooms parents are Bill and Karoline White of Frederic.

Christina is a 2000 graduate of Dawson-Boyd High School in Dawson, Minn., a 2004 graduate of UW-River Falls with a Bachelor of Science degree in health and human performance and a 2006 graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi with a Master of Education degree in college student personnel. She is currently employed at Bremer Bank in Frederic as their lead client service associate.

Nathan is a 1997 graduate of Luck High School and a 2004 graduate of UW– La Crosse with a Bachelor of Science degree in history. He is currently employed at Northwest Passage Child & Adolescent Center in Frederic, as their evening supervisor. The couple plans to marry on June 19, at a private ceremony on Boulder Lake outside of Vermillion Bay, Ontario.

A wedding reception is planned for July 19 in Siren. submitted

Engagement York/Crouse Cassy York and Ted Crouse III, of Atlanta, Ga., announce their engagement.

Cassy is the daughter of Sherri York, Luck, and Dwight York, South St. Paul, Minn. Cassy graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in government and philosophy from Berry College and is currently working as an associate consultant for Perform Ventures.

Ted is the son of Ted and Trudy Crouse, Kennesaw, Ga. Ted graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from Berry College and is currently an associate consultant for FACS Practice, Marsh and McClennan.

Cassy and Ted are planning a June 21 wedding in Amery, with a reception at the Amery Senior Center. – submitted

FREDERIC – Andrew A. Tyler has joined the United States Army Reserve under the Delayed Training Program.

The program gives young men and women the opportunity to delay reporting for basic military training for up to 270 days. An enlistment in the reserve gives many new soldiers the option to learn a new skill, serve their country, and become eligible to receive more than $7,000 toward a college education, $20,000 for repayment of college loans and a maximum $5,000 cash bonus.

After completion of basic military training, most soldiers receive advanced individual training in their career job specialty prior to being assigned to their reserve unit.

The recruit qualifies for a $20,000 enlistment bonus.

Tyler, currently attending Frederic High School, will report to Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C., for basic training in June 2008.

He is the son of Jenell Britton and Michael Tyler, both of Frederic. - submitted

SCF Senior Center The Tuesday afternoon domino winners were: Ione Meixner in first place, Donna Schlosser in second place and Janice Mevissen in third place. 500 card winners were: Lonnie Jones in first place, Mildred Lindberg in second place, Jeanette Berquam and Ron Flostrand tied for third place and Muriel Randelin in fourth place.

Our June birthday people are: Warren Beyl, Betty Sibernangle, Ron Edlund, Arlys Petzel, Dotte Adams, Eleanor Tripple, Ken Coutier and Gloria Kostka. Wishing you all a very happy birthday!

Integrity Integrity is the foundation that character is built on. It means standing up for what you believe in and doing what is right. It is saying what you mean and meaning what you say. Integrity is thinking for yourself instead of following the crowd. Integrity helps us tell the truth, even when we might get in trouble. Admit when you make a mistake, and try to fix if. Keep your promises. Think for yourself. Stand up for someone who is being bullied and tell your teacher. If a cashier gives you too much change, return the extra money. Think about the kind of person you would like to be and then try to live up to it. The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out.

The garage sale is coming up on June 27 and 28. If you have items you no longer need, our garage sale is a good place to put them.

Thursday evening 500 cards winners were: Jean Olson in first place, Darlene Knutson in second place, Arlis Rosen in third place and Kim Rosen in fourth place.

Have a great day!

Luck Senior Center 472-8285

Shirley Lund

Written for last week.

Starting June 3, we are open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Newlyweds Cindy and Bob were in recently. Congrats to the happy couple!

Good to see Jerry Larson out and about, Jerry and wife, were in the other day, looking good Jerry.

Hope you all had a safe and fun Memorial Day weekend. Did you buy your poppy yet? We still have some at the center.

That’s it for now. Until next week, keep smiling.

Academic News BEMIDJI, Minn. – Faye (Palmer) Wanker of Luck has met the criteria for the dean’s list at Oak Hills Christian College in Bemidji, Minn. – submitted •••

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POLK COUNTY LIBRARY NEWS Milltown Public Library Bigger and better than ever before The library’s used book sale during Milltown’s Fishermen’s Party is going to have more books, movies, and audiobooks than ever before, all at cheap prices. Bring a wheelbarrow. The sale runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 28.

Gamers club Play with the new Wii until 7 p.m. on Thursdays. This is only open to high school and middle school teenagers who have a library card with under $10 in fines. During summer vacation, the Wii will be available from 3:30 until 7 p.m. every Thursday.

Preview sale Want to get the best books and movies first? Volunteers who donate at least one hour of labor to help set up the sale on Friday, June 27, will be invited to a preview sale from 6 to 7 p.m. that same day.

No limits on purchases.

Book club The next gathering of the Milltown Book Club will be Monday, July 7, at 7 p.m. This is a forum for everyone to talk about the books they love and hate, recommend books, and share their passion for reading. At our July meeting, we’ll spend some time talking about books that involve water. Refreshments will be provided.

Summer reading program Catch the reading buzz at the Milltown Public Library this summer. Kids 18 and under can win awesome prizes by registering for the summer reading program. The more you read, the more you can win. Every Friday we’ll give away valuable gift certificates to local businesses, and at the end of the summer we’ll hold a grand prize drawing for an i-Pod and other exciting prizes to be announced later. Also, every participant who turns in 10 reading record sheets will get a cool T-shirt. There will also be a weekly contest called “Who wants to be the next entymologist?”

Summer reading program events: Free admission • Thursday, June 12, 7 p.m.: Frogs, Toads, Salamanders, and Butterflies with Randy.

• Tuesday, July 1, 7 p.m.: Love and Langer Magic Show • Thursday, July 10, 11 a.m.: Bruce the Bug Guy • Saturday, Aug. 2, 1 p.m.: “A La Carte” puppet show by Circus Minimus

We are wireless Bring your laptops to the Milltown Public Library and enjoy our free, fast, wireless Internet access.

Story hour Milltown Public Library offers story time every Tuesday at 10 a.m. yearround. Story times are free and are designed for children under 6 and their caregivers. Each story time lasts 30 to 45 minutes and includes time to browse and check out books.

Hours Library hours are Monday and Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Closed The library will be closed Friday, July 4, and Saturday, July 5.

Osceola Public Library Book discussion “Water for Elephants,” by Sara Gruen will be discussed on Tuesday, June 24, 6 p.m. During the Depression, Jacob is employed as a circus veterinarian and faces a number of challenges learning how to function in the hierarchy of the circus. Falling in love with the head trainer’s wife, Marlena, doesn’t help.

Nor does the acquisition of a no-talent elephant.

Catch the reading bug Get down to the Osceola Public Library and register for the Catch The Reading Bug Reading Program beginning in June for the youth (birth-18) of our community. While you’re there, pick up some reading records and start keeping track of the time you spend reading. Drop off your completed reading records at the library for our weekly prize drawing every Wednesday morn-

ing at 10 a.m. and the grand-prize drawing at the end of the summer for an iPod!.

There will be oodles of fantastic insect programming. A 6 p.m. family story time every Wednesday will include buggy themes, guest visitors and insect snacks or fun crafts. There will be an array of children programming every Thursday afternoon at 3 p.m. There is also a teen bug video contest and a rock band in the park. Be sure to check the library Web site or at the library for a calendar of events and details.

Hours, contact Our hours are 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 715-294-2310, and our Web address is www.osceolapubliclibrary.org.

Luck Public Library Knitting circle at the Luck Library is held every Wednesday at 4 p.m. All skill levels are welcome. Come join in - sit, knit and relax.

Computers for seniors is held every Tuesday from 11 a.m. – noon. This is a no-stress opportunity to private time with a computer, a bunch of other seniors and an instructor. Stop by. You may

just get hooked.

Hours: Monday 1 – 5 p.m., Tuesday 1 – 8 p.m., Wednesday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Thursday 1 – 8 p.m., Friday 1- 5 p.m., and Saturday 10 a.m. to noon.

Osceola Public Library

Frederic Public Library Catch the Reading Bug at the library Registration for the children’s summer reading program for ages preschool – through grade 6 began in June. The program runs all summer, and each week kids will fill out checklists that include reading and other activities and return them to the library. Buggy T-shirts will be awarded to kids who complete eight checklists, and there will be other neat prizes throughout the summer. Be sure not to miss our first special event on Saturday, June 7, at 1 p.m., when Bruce the Bug Guy brings The Bug Show: Close Encounters with Insects and Their Relatives. This free hands-on program includes live cockroaches, millipedes, tarantulas and scorpions, and is entertaining and educational for the whole family.

Friends of Frederic Library will meet June 5 The Friends group will meet Thursday, June 5, at 6:30 p.m. at the library. All new and old friends of the library are welcome.

Wednesday morning story time resumes June 11 Preschoolers and early elementary children are invited,with their caregivers, to meet at the library all summer on Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. for an hour of books, activities, and fun.

Our special readers June 11 and June 18 will be the Frederic queen candidates.

Come and be royally entertained!

We are gathering donations for the book sale Please consider donating your gently

used books, music, and movies to the library’s annual Family Days bake/book sale which will be held this year June 20 - 21. Profits go to special library projects, and we welcome your donations anytime up to the day of the sale.

Friends of Frederic Library thrift sale The Friends group will be hosting a thrift sale during Family Days on Friday, June 20, at the former Dollar Store, to raise funds for library materials and special projects. The group welcomes new or used items in good condition, but no clothing, computers, or large appliances.

For more information, please contact the library.

The book groups choose books for June The Thursday Morning Reading Group meets June 19 at 10 a.m. to discuss “A Thousand Splendid Suns,” by Khaled Hosseini, a chronicle of 30 years of Afghan history and a story of two women brought together by war, by loss and by fate. The evening book group also meets June 19 at 7 p.m. to talk about “Atonement,” by Ian McEwan, the story of a young girl whose hyperactive imagination leads to a terrible lie that irrevocably changes the lives of her family.

Join us for some cool discussions about hot books!

Hours and information 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.

St. Croix Falls Public Library Plan now for summer reading events! Catch the Reading Bug! Join the Adult Summer Reading Club - Pollinate your mind Memorial Day through Labor Day. Check out all the new material in the MORE system and grow with some fun summer reads!

Catch the Reading Bug – summer reading programming begins July 1, Magic; July 10, Live Bugs; July 16, Swamp Thing; July 23, Wormy; July 30, Buzzzzz; Aug. 6, Spidery; Aug. 13, Minibreasts.

Upcoming book sales The Friends of the Library will also be holding book sales this summer – Saturday, June 14, and Wannigan Days, July 18 and 19. We are accepting donations of gently used newer titles for these sales.

Story hour Preschool story time will continue every Wednesday morning at 10:30 throughout the summer.

Saturday talk about the book club The book club will meet on Saturday, June 21, at 9:30 am, at the Buzz. The current selection is "Out Stealing Horses,"

by Per Petterson. An aging loner remembers a childhood summer that marked a lifetime of loss.

Friends of the Library Wednesday, June 25, noon meeting in the library.

Check out the library Web site and explore the links – Go to www.stcroixfallslibrary.org Technology Free wireless is available at the library.

Also, visit the library Web site www.stcroixfallslibrary.org to get information on the building project, programs at the library and much, much more!

Story hour Listen to stories, create great 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. – 7 p.m. every day except Saturday, 10 a.m.

– 1 p.m. Closed on Sundays. 715-4831777.

Centuria Public Library Regular library hours Monday: Noon - 5 p.m.; Tuesday: noon - 7 p.m.; Wednesday: noon - 5 p.m.; Thursday: noon - 7 p.m.; Friday: closed;

Frederic Public Library

and Saturday: 10 a.m. - noon.

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POLK COUNTY LIBRARY NEWS Amery Public Library There is lots of news at the Amery Public Library this week. If you are a gardener come to the Amery Public Library and pick up vegetable seeds. The seeds are free from Share the Bounty, a hunger prevention project. Local growers sharing the bounty from their gardens with others in need. The seeds are free if you will donate half of the bounty to local food shelves. Food shelves in Amery are at First Lutheran Church, Redeemer Lutheran Church and St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.

Catch the Reading Bug at the Amery Public Library this summer. The program starts on June 9 and runs through Aug. 25. Help your child improve their reading skills over the summer and have fun doing it. Special programs at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesdays throughout the summer are: June 11 - Incapable Hands ( Jugglers) June 18 - Bassmeister Fishing Show June 25 - Storyteller Rob Reid July 2 - Magic and Balloon Animals July 9 - Bruce the Bug Guy July 16 - Traveling Lantern Show presents “The Caterpillar Hunter” July 23 - Bill the Juggler July 30 - Nothandu Zulu (The Black Storyteller’s Alliance) Aug. 6 - Dave’s Storyhour Aug. 13 - Storyteller Katie Mcky Aug. 20 - Dazzling Dave the YoYo Guy All programs are free, and everyone is welcome to attend. Come early, we aren’t in our new bigger space yet.

The Amery Public Library’s oldest patron is celebrating her 107th birthday.

Adele Stearns will be celebrating on June 5, at Willowridge at 2:30 p.m. So if

you were one of her students when she taught at the Amery High School, stop and wish her a happy day.

Friends of the Library are selling shirts as a fundraiser for the new library.

Shirts are available at the library in adult sizes selling for $15. The shirts say Amery Area Public Library: The Next Chapter. Stop in and pick one up to support this good cause.

Summer reading shirts are also available to order in sizes 2-4, 6-8, 10-12, 1416. Adult sizes are small, medium, large, extra large and XX-large.

Friends of the Library book group needs you! Stop in and pick up a book.

This month we are reading Jeff Weir’s book “Winding River.” They meet on the third Monday of the month at 7 p.m. for great book talking. Come and bring a friend.

Teens Read meets from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. on the last Monday of the month, June 30, to discuss “A Great and Terrible Beauty,” by Libba Bray. If you are 13 or over join us for sub sandwiches , soda and book talk.

Otaku Club meets on Tuesdays for teens who like manga and anime at 5 p.m.

History group meets on June 9 with Professor Herb Cederberg to discuss “Puritans and Adventurers,” by T. H. Breen at 7 p.m. at the library.

Library hours 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.

Polk County Library Federation Polk County Library Federation’s Books-By-Mail summer reading program If you are unable to participate in the summer reading program at your local public library, you can register for the Polk County Library Federation’s Books-By-Mail summer reading program.

The program runs June 9 – Aug. 22.

Call the Polk County Library Federation to register.

Your books will be mailed to you. The books are checked out to you for four weeks. Mail the books back to the Polk County Library Federation and we will send you more.

We will select books for you the first time. You will receive a catalog with your books so you can request titles for your next order.

Every one who participates will receive a prize at the end of the program.

you driving it’s impossible to read?

People who commute regularly or just have too many books to possibly get read in a lifetime have found books on audio a great way to read a book. If you are planning a trip across the state or the county, pick out something the whole family would enjoy. What a great way to have kids keep up with their reading by listening to books on audio. There are so many kids books on CD or audio that they can continue to follow along with the stories while on their trips as well.

For further information, contact the library at 715-485-8680. The director is Colleen Gifford, assistant director/ youth services is Molly Kessler, and the library clerk is Stephanie Fansler.

The Polk County Library Federation is open Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Road trip planned?

Got a book? No time to read, and with

Dresser Public Library Dresser Public Library is located at 117 S. Central Ave., Dresser, WI 54009.

Library hours Monday 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Tuesday noon5 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m.–noon and 1–7 p.m., and Saturday 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

New books New books are arriving weekly for all ages. Stop in and spend some time browsing for these new books as well as old favorites.

Coming up Summer reading begins on June 10.

Sign-up sheets are available at the library to register your child for this “buggy” series of programs!

Contact the library at 715-755-2944 which is our telephone and fax number or e-mail us at www.dresserpl @ifls.lib.wi.us.

Our Web site, www.dresserpubliclibrary.org has information about story times, days closed, reference links, library policy and community information.

Clear Lake Public Library Wednesday, June 11, 4:30 p.m.: Knitting and crocheting.

Wednesday, June 11, 6:30 p.m. and Thursday, June 12, 10 a.m.: Story time theme is Discover the Senses.

Monday, June 16, 6:30 p.m.: Movie night: “National Treasure: Book of Secrets.”

Wednesday, June 18, 6:30 p.m. and Thursday, June 19: Story time theme is Explore the Universe.

Wednesday, June 25, 4:30 p.m.: Knitting and crocheting.

Wednesday, June 25, 6:30 p.m.: Story time theme is Underwater Adventure.

Thursday, June 26, 11 a.m., at the Clear Lake Elementary School: In Capable Hands juggling duo will kick off our Buggy About Bugs Summer Reading Program.

Thursday, June 26, 4 p.m. David Beyl,

former Clear Lake resident, will speak and give a slide presentation about Antarctica. Beyl Head is named after him.

Friday, June 27, from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.: 7th-Annual Friends of the Library Book and Plant Sale.

Sunday, June 29, 11 a.m.: David Beyl, former Clear Lake resident will speak and give a slide presentation about Antarctica.

Regular library hours Monday: Noon - 7 p.m.; Tuesday noon - 6 p.m.; Wednesday 3 - 9 p.m.; Thursday: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.; Friday: noon - 5 p.m.; and Saturday: 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

We can be reached by phone at 715-2632802 or by e-mail at clearlakepl@ifls.lib.wi.us.

Balsam Lake Public Library Friday, June 13 Comedy juggling duo In Capable Hands brings fall-down funny entertainment to Balsam Lake Public Library.

Steve Russell and Kobi Shaw provide big laughs and eye-catching skills to audiences all over the world and will be at the Balsam Lake Library Friday, June 13, at 7 p.m. to kick off the start to summer reading. Everyone welcome – please join us for this fun-filled evening.

Summer reading program - Catch the Reading Bug Join us from 9 - 10 a.m. on the third Saturday of every month for bugs and gardening fun- please come to the library and got a brochure on all our summer activities or call 485-3215 Free wireless Internet access Find out what you need to know to connect.

Story time Story time is at 11 a.m. every Wednesday here at the library. All ages are welcome to join us for stories, crafts, music and snacks.

Book review Martha Stewart climbed the ladder of success from humble beginnings in New Jersey to become one of the richest women in the world and a household name. She made it to the top and ended up in prison. If you are at all interested in big business, Wall Street, CEOs, buying and selling stock, inside trading, and a life that most of us don't really understand, you might enjoy “Martha Inc.: The Incredible Story of Martha Stewart Living,” by Christopher Byron. This is the story of a woman who used people and then disposed of them to find someone better to get what she wanted and then she still was not satisfied. Why anyone needs or even wants six homes is a good question. Why would anyone fly to Alaska as a guest to enjoy a luncheon

that took days to prepare and then just stay a couple of hours and then be off for someplace else to be entertained? Who would fly to some island in the sun and spend Christmas alone sitting on a beach? Such is the life of Martha. She is a complex woman that few really can ever hope to understand. She has written books although whether she actually did much writing is questionable. At least her name is on the cover. She has been the expert on everything from gardening, crafts, cooking, decorating, running a household and preparing wedding brunches to mucking out her chicken coop. If you enjoy reading about people, the world of high finance, and all the dirt in between you might enjoy “Martha Inc.” Book club “The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak.

This is a story told by Death. An interesting point of view, perhaps, but as it is set in Germany during World War II, perhaps it is entirely appropriate. It is also a story of a young girl, who in spite of having a life that no one would wish on anyone, still manages to have glimpses of pleasure through many small things, including the few books that she manages to acquire (or shall we say, steal). Book club meets Wednesday, June 18, at 3 p.m. – everyone welcome.

Book sale Balsam Lake Library annual book sale will be Saturday, July 5, during Freedom Fest Days. The library will gratefully take donations of books, videos and DVDs until Thursday, July 3.

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. Email: balsamlakepl@ifls.lib.wi.us Web site www.balsamlakepubliclibrary.org.

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Holiday with thieves and terrorists Holiday time It’s vacation time! Are you thinking of Europe this year? If so, I have breaking news from the Mediterranean: Beware.

I, and the fam, just got back from nearly three weeks running around Italy, Croatia, Greece, Turkey, Malta and Sicily. (I know, Sicily is part of Italy.

But don’t tell the Sicilians – if you know what’s good for you.)

Greeks and Romans Remnants of the Greek and Roman empires still remain and still crumble.

They were two glorious cultures. Their influence is still seen all across the New World of America, especially in our language and architecture and, of course, our finer Greek and Italian restaurants.

The accomplishments they achieved thousands of years ago remain mindboggling. I still cannot believe man could build such empires – especially without a computer. I think I’m going to convert to Humanism after seeing these miracles of man.

kinds of wonderful countries I never visited, like Bulgaria.

It seems when I used my card in an ATM machine to get euros, the sneaky identity Wayne M. thieves electroniAnderson cally grabbed my card numbers.

I’m told the criminals put devious devices on an ATM that can read your inforThen mation. they retrieve it and go on a spending spree in Bulgaria.

They racked up about $6,000 before the card was shut down. Happily, I get a refund. Sadly, the credit companies are resigned that this is just the cost of doing business. They can’t stop the hackers.

THE ANDERSON REPORT

So with me the hackers bought more computer equipment in Bulgaria to better hack with in Italy. Plus they bought a villa in the south of France.

And we’re all invited to stay with them next year!

Apostle Paul I hope every man, woman and child gets across the Atlantic pond to see the ancient wonders in person. Photos and books pale. As the Apostle Paul said, it’s like “looking through a glass darkly.” You must see and touch and smell the center of civilization for yourself.

But if you go this year be on guard.

Crime is rampant. Most Europeans are not into violent crime. My testimony is the crime-minded flourish in petty stuff like credit card theft and pick pocketing.

Credit card theft When I got home I discovered I purchased a lot more than what I thought.

I had charges on my credit card in all

Jackie Maslow, of Grantsburg, sings in the great ampitheater of the ancient port city of Ephesus (Turkey), the city of the book of Ephesians in the Bible.

A citizen of Pompeii encased in volcanic ash after Mt. Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD.

Pick pocketing Every realistic travel guide warns of pickpockets in Europe. I raised my hand in acknowledgment of this – and nearly got pick pocketed for it.

Standing on a crowded bus heading to visit the Pope in the Vatican City, a nice older Catholic woman stood beside me carrying shopping bags. As a fellow Catholic, I smiled and thought nothing of it.

The bus was stopping for passengers and making fast turns throwing us around. A typical ride.

Suddenly I felt something crawling up my leg. Actually it was her hand in my pocket crawling down my leg. I pulled away and she quickly filled her grabby hand with her bag. The bus stopped, and she bolted out the door.

She did this faster than I could yell: “Hey! That woman tried to pickpocket me!”

checked their luggage but didn’t get on the flight. That’s a terrorist sign.

Security stopped the flight and sent the ramp guys rummaging in the hold to find and remove the suspicious luggage. Airport policy is: No bombs allowed on the plane without the terrorist aboard.

It’s vacation time. Think of Europe this year. The heck with petty criminals, wars and rumors of wars, and terrorists without luggage. Life is happening. Live without fear!

And remember, different is good.

Hop the trains. Board a cruise. Lodge in a Rome convent. Sleep in a B and B in Sorrento.

Eyes wide open. Inhale deeply. And to the end, thank God you’re alive.

••• (You can talk travel with Wayne at wayneanderson@centurytel.net or visit him on his Web site at www.theandersonreport.com.)

Warring presidents Things weren’t so bad last time I was there, except for Clinton’s Kosovo War raging next door. Now the U.S. dollar is $1.5 against the euro with Bush warring in Iraq. All of this upsets the criminals depending on a strong economy.

Thus they are getting more desperate – and bold!

Here’s a tip. Get a money pouch. It’s a bit weird wearing your money down your pants. But it’s nearly impossible to get at it that way – the thieves that is, not you.

Hey, it’s great to be Greek!

Terrorism What’s a vacation with thieves if the terrorists don’t join in?

Coming home, the plane was delayed 1-1/2 hours in Rome. Someone

The gods fade but the bold pillars of Mt. Olympus still stand tall.

- Photos by Wayne Anderson

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Story of coincidences began with Nevers Dam Continued from last week The 743rd was attached to the 30th Infantry Division and fought through France, Belgium, Holland and Germany.

They had closed the Aachen Gap in Germany when they were ordered back to Belgium to fight in the Battle of the Bulge.

The Germans, in their last desperate attempt to win the war, had been able to penetrate the American lines. In other words, they had bulged into American- Rosemarie held territory. This particular conVezina flict brought Howard to the city of Braatz Stavelot, Belgium.

In this city was a young woman, Anny Maertins de Noordhout. Although her home was Liege, Belgium, the war had forced her to evacuate her home and take refuge with relatives in Sponsored by the St. Croix Falls Stavelot.

Society Historical An estimated 3,000 VI bombs had been dropped on Liege. The second day of the bombing, Anny’s house had been hit and badly damaged. Anny and her small daughter had been severely injured.

When they had heard the bombs coming, the little girl had pushed the other children under the kitchen sink.

She, however, was not protected and broken glass from a large window cut a deep gash in her head and also cut her leg. Anny was cut in her neck and bled profusely.

Some American soldiers brought them to a hospital.

The hospital was full, so Anny and her daughter were taken down to the basement. Because there was no electricity, candles were used for light, and because they had no anesthetic, Adrein, Anny’s husband, had to hold the little girl on his lap while the doctors stitched her wounds.

Beds were found for them but every time another bomb could be heard coming, the little girl would jump out of her bed and into Anny’s. Each time she did this, her wounds would open again. Finally the doctor told Adrein, “Your wife and daughter are not ready to leave here, but if you can find a car, take them out to the country, out of this Hell.” This was around the first of December. Adrein found a car and took his family to stay with relatives in Stavelot. Besides the injured daughter, there were two sons and another daughter. They arrived in Stavelot with nothing but the clothes they were wearing, but clothes and food were shared and their wounds began to heal.

December 17, they saw American troops retreating into the town. Early the next morning the family counted 60 big German tanks coming down the hill into the town. It was the SS Division Adolf Hitler com-

A ST. CROIX TALE

manded by Colonel Pieper.

The tanks rumbled past the house where Anny and her family were staying and two shells hit the house. It was so badly damaged they had to leave it. They crept out of the house by a back door, down a narrow street to a house of an aunt who had died sometime before.

They stayed there Howard and Lucille Froberg until about five o’clock in the evening, when they realized the roof of the house was burning. They heard later that the SS had set fire to four houses because the street was too narrow for their huge tanks. So this group of seven adults and five children had to flee again!

In the center of town is an open area they call the Grand Place or the town square. There was one more relative’s house they could go to, but it stood directly across the town square from where they were. Intense fighting was going on. An American tank and a German tank sat in opposite corners of the square. Many dead people, civilians and soldiers, laid scattered on the ground. Anny and her group decided the best way would be to walk directly across the open area where they could be seen. They thought if they tried to sneak around the backs of the houses, either side could mistake them for the enemy and try to shoot them. So this brave little group set out. Imagine the terror! Imagine the terrible fear in the hearts of the five small, sobbing children!

Suddenly they heard a voice cry out in German, “Halt, kinder, kinder!” The shooting stopped for the children! When they were safely inside the house, the shooting began again. The German tank was blown up and all inside it were killed.

Shortly after this happened, Howard and his crew drove their tank into the town square and stopped in front of the house where Anny and her group were staying.

December in Belgium is cold! A blanket of snow covered the ground. The men in the tank took turns going into the house to get warm, always leaving someone on guard in the tank. Anny and those with her felt safest in the basement so they stayed there.

Eighteen people survived 18 days in that basement.

When Anny heard that American soldiers had come into the house and were staying in the kitchen, she went to them and asked if any of them were from Minnesota.

Now it happened that the Germans had been using all kinds of trickery, such as wearing uniforms taken off dead Americans, painting their tanks with American emblems, speaking English and generally causing

much confusion. The Americans were very cautious and at first didn’t answer her. Later, one of the men did tell Anny there was a soldier there from Minnesota and told her what his name was. The next day Anny came to the men again and asked to speak to Sgt. Froberg. Howard said to her, “What is it you want to know about Minnesota?”

She answered, “I went to school in England with two girls who lived in Minnesota and whose father was head of a power company there. The two girls came from England to Lieque, Belgium, and went to school there, where they met Anny and became close friends.

Howard asked her, “What were their names?” and she said, “Brooke and Eleanor Pack!”

Then as an added precaution, he asked her if she knew their nicknames and she said, “Brooke was called ‘Brookie’ and Eleanor, ‘Lilabets.”‘ “You really knew them!” exclaimed Howard, and went on to tell her how his father had worked for Mr. Pack.

The days went by and soon it was Christmas. In spite of the bleak situation, Anny knew they must celebrate. Her family and the other people in the house and the American soldiers gathered in the basement of that house. Their Christmas decorations were a small branch of a pine tree and a bit of candle.

Together they sang “Silent Night, Holy Night.” It was a ray of hope in an otherwise dark world and a Christmas to be long, remembered!

One day Anny said to Howard, “When this war is over, you must come to visit us. We will be staying at my uncle’s house in Brussels.” When the war was over, and before he returned home, Howard did go to visit them in Brussels and spent several days there.

After he had boarded the Army truck heading back to Germany, he heard someone call his name. Anny had sent a box of fruit for him as a parting gesture of goodwill.

Finally the 743rd came back to America and Howard came home to Lindstrom, Minn., in November of 1945. It was soon Christmas again and he remembered Anny and the friendship she and her family had shown him. He sent her a Christmas card.

Later, in January, 1946, she wrote him a letter. Then they lost touch. Howard and I were married and settled on a farm. We got busy raising our family, a son, Ned, and a daughter, Nora. Anny went back to Liege.

She and Adrein repaired their bomb-damaged house and finished raising their family.

Thirty years after the war, in January, 1975, Anny remembered again the Battle of the Bulge, and Howard.

She decided to send a card to him. She wrote, “We still remember the nice American boys who were so helpful to us.” Howard and I each wrote a letter to her and sent her pictures of our family, which by now included a son-in-law, Tom Holt, and a 2-month-old grandson, James. Thus began a correspondence between Anny and me that continues to this day.

(Lucille, who wrote this story in 1986, says that Anny has since died, but Lucille continues to keep in touch with other friends there that she and Howard met on return visits to Belgium.)

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PSI chapter donates to teens exiting foster care POLK/BURNETT/BARRON COUNTIES - Psi Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, an honorary women educators society, recently completed a Chapter Action Grant funded by the Sigma State Foundation of Delta Kappa Gamma.

The goal of the grant was to provide housekeeping kits to teens that exit foster care at age 18. The kits provide needed housekeeping items to use as they make their transition from foster care to independent living.

Psi Chapter has worked with several human services departments in northern Wisconsin on community service projects for children in foster care for the past six years. Household kits were delivered to Human Services Departments in May of 2008, to Polk County, Barron County and Burnett County.

The Cumberland Augustana Lutheran Church donated handmade quilts; Martha Stewart Living, donated copies of “Martha Stewart’s Housekeeping Handbook,” Wal-Mart, donated $50 worth of merchandise and Psi Chapter members donated pillows and pillow covers, hand and bath towels, hot pan holders and dishclothes.

The housekeeping kits provided include: a handmade quilt, silverware, cookware, dishes, cooking utensils, a complete bed in a bag, pillows and pillow covers, bathroom and kitchen towels, hot pan holders, a copy of “Martha Stewart’s Housekeeping Handbook,” a recipe holder with nutritious, easy recipes from Psi Chapter members and a large tote.

According to the National Foster Care Parent Association, there were 514,000 children in the U.S. residing in foster care as of Sept. 30, 2005. As many as 20 percent to 25 percent of the children in foster care exit the foster care system at age 18. Many of these teens have no

The Polk County housekeeping kits were presented to Chris Stodola, Foster Care Coordinator, and Marisa Lindsay, Independent Living Coordinator in the Human Services Department. Receiving the housekeeping kits at Burnett County was Carl Solveson and Mary Olson received them in Barron County. – Photos submitted means to acquire the household items they need to begin independent living. Without some additional help, it is very difficult for these young adults to get off to a successful start on their own.

There is a great need for foster care families in the U.S. and Polk County is no exception. Any families interested in being foster parents should contact Chris

Stodola at 715-485-8439.

Delta Kappa Gamma Society International promotes professional and personal growth of women educators and excellence in education. Currently Wisconsin has 30 chapters. Internationally, there are 150,000 members in 14 countries. – submitted

K-9 Search and Rescue Team responded to Midwest tornado GRANTSBURG – Members of K-9 Emergency Response Teams have recently returned from assisting in Hugo, Minn. KERT provided disaster cadaver search dogs at the request of local officials from Washington County, Minn. The team was hosting a K-9 Urban Search and Rescue training seminar in Grantsburg, when the team’s services were requested Sunday evening, a few hours after the tornado struck the St.

Paul suburb. The team arrived in Hugo early Monday morning, and started conducting search operations at daylight, with the assistance of the Hugo Fire Department. The search lasted most of the day, and the teams cleared over 30 homes.

KERT was assisted by Disaster K-9 search teams from Minnesota and Florida, that were attending the seminar.

K-9 Emergency Response Teams also sponsors a medical reserve corps, Wisconsin Disaster Medical Response Team, that provided medical technicians and a veterinarian who assisted the search teams with safety and medical support.

KERT also has members in Outagamie, Waupaca, Marathon, Portage, La Crosse and Polk counties. – submitted

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Danish musicians at West Denmark June 9 LUCK - Danish musicians Kristian Bugge (fiddle) and Mette Kathrine Jensen (accordian) will be performing traditional Danish and Scandinavian music at the West Denmark Parish Hall on Monday, June 9, at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets may be purchased at the door, adults $7 and students $3.

Jensen, 28, has already proven to be an important link between the old traditional music and the new generation of musicians. She has visited every corner of Denmark, while she played and learned with many of the old Danish musicians. She has invited some of the musicians to join her on her CD. The highlight of those who came to play with her was Hardy Thomsen, fiddle player and son of Ewald Thomsen (the grandfather of Danish traditional music 1913-93).

Bugge was born in 1979 in Næstved, Denmark. He attended a Rudolf Steiner School where, when asked in the fifth grade which instrument he would like, he chose the violin. Soon the two of them were insepara-

ble.

His mother, Lise, found a local music school offering ensemble playing for young people, and that was where Bugge first met traditional music. After graduating from the Steiner school, he studied five months at Raduga Art College in Moscow where he was taught

by Mikhail Tsinman, the first violinist of the Bolshoi Theatre.

In recent years, Bugge has met with many young European musicians, among them the members of the English/Finnish/Danish band Baltic Crossing.

More information can be found at www.westdenmarkchurch.org. – with submitted information Danish musicians Kristian Bugge (fiddle) and Mette Kathrine Jensen (accordian) will be performing at the West Denmark Parish Hall on Monday, June 9. – Photo submitted

Pleasant surprise for blood donor organizers at Frederic

by Dorothea Jensen FREDERIC - The Frederic Community Blood Drive had a bit of a miracle last Thursday and Friday, May 29 and May 30.

The drive began with 88 appointments over the two days, 55 on Thursday and 33 on Friday.

When the numbers were in, they were 19 units over

their goal of 95. There were a total of 121 donors for the two days. What a pleasant surprise for the Red Cross staff, volunteers and all workers. It has been several years since they have had numbers like these.

Once again, gratitude is extended to Burnett Dairy for their donation of cheese, to the workers from the church and the Lioness members, who work as

greeters, others who work at the recovery table. Also to St. Luke’s Methodist Church for providing the drive location.

The Blood Drive will be back on Thursday Sept. 18, and Friday Sept. 19.

Falks to host sheep pasture walk, June 18 GRANTSBURG - The Northwest Wisconsin Graziers Network is pleased to announce a dairy sheep pasture walk on Wednesday, June 18, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Love Tree Farmstead, owned by Mary and David Falk, 12413 CTH Z, Grantsburg, near Trade Lake in Burnett County.

Topics will include sheep grazing and milking, crossbreeding, on-farm sheep cheese-making, cheese marketing, and herding and guard dogs.

The Falks have been farming in Grantsburg for 22 years, raising sheep for 20 years and milking sheep and making cheese for 14 years. The farm consists of over 200 acres, of which 130 are used for grazing and 70 or more used as a wildlife refuge. There are currently over 200 milking ewes. The cheese is marketed under the

Love Tree Homestead label at the St. Paul Farmers Market and through the Internet. The sheep are called the Trade Lake Breed and are a mixture of Horned Dorset, Polled Marsh Romney, Clun Forest and other breeds.

The Falks raise dogs and sometimes sell purebred Border collies, Spanish ranch mastiffs and mareama-tatra crosses. The pastures consist of local grasses and clover.

To reach the farm, take Hwy. 35 to Frederic, go west on Hwy. 48 for six miles, turn left on CTH Z and go past Big Trade Lake for two miles. Take the first left after the sheep crossing sign. From Grantsburg take Hwy. 87 south for nine miles, turn east on CTH Z, go 2.5 miles and turn right after the sheep crossing sign. Watch for the sheep pasture walk signs.

The pasture walk is sponsored by the Northwest Wisconsin Graziers Network in cooperation with UW-Extension, Natural Resources and Conservation Service, and the Land Conservation Departments in Polk, Barron, Rusk, Burnett, Washburn and Sawyer counties.

For more information contact UW-Extension Ag Agents Otto Wiegand or Kevin Schoessow for Burnett, Sawyer or Washburn counties at 715-635-3506 or 800528-1914, Lynn Johnson at NW Graziers, 715-268-8778, Tim Jergenson at Barron County at 715-537-6250, or Ryan Sterry at Polk County at 715-485-8600. – from UWExtension

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Swenson celebrates five years at Webster Curves Anniversary celebration June 12 WEBSTER - It’s just a little brown house on Lakeland Avenue in Webster.

But what’s inside that house has changed lives and helped more than 200 local folks improve their health and raise their self-esteem. Inside that house called Curves is Janet Swenson, in her fifth year as owner manager. “We’re celebrating our five years of being in the community, keeping Curves open, going, and strong as a safe place for women and men to come and exercise,” says Swenson.

The anniversary celebration on Thursday, June 12, from 3 – 6 p.m. at Curves is open to the public.

“If the weather permits, we’ll be outside,” Swenson says. There will be prize drawings, testimonials, tours of the facility and other activities. She’s offering free tastes of healthy Curves snacks: granola bars, popcorn and two kinds of cereals that are produced in partnership with General Mills.

Curves is a fitness program that offers a proven 30-minute workout combining strength training and sustained cardiovascular activity through safe and effective hydraulic resistance.

“The Curves mission statement is ‘We commit our methods and motivation to help people help themselves in their quest to attain a better quality of life,’” Swenson noted.

There are more than 10,000 locations and 4 million members worldwide.

Swenson opened Curves because of her own life experience and what Curves did for her health. From that experience, she says she found a calling to help others. Early in her life, Swenson was already aware of how important a healthy lifestyle is. She worked for a chiropractor, who taught her about alternatives.

“With that I started getting regular chiropractic care myself and then started taking an interest in my own wellbeing,” Swenson said. “I was a smoker and had a few health challenges. My father died young of a heart attack; my mother is a cancer survivor, so I started to look further into health and nutrition.

When I quit smoking, I took up running to fill up that time and to put my efforts toward a healthier activity.”

It was her older son, Daniel, who recommended she do some cross training.

“That’s when I found Curves in Frederic, joined, and really fell in love with the whole concept of the hydraulic machines that are easy to learn and very effective.”

Living in Siren, Swenson found the Webster Curves closer to home. “The person who owned it was someone I knew,” says Swenson. “She hired me shortly after I joined in 2002. I made a comment to her that if she ever thought about selling the business, to let me know. It was at a point in my life where I wanted to help other people.”

When that opportunity arose, Swenson took it. Swenson and her husband, Mark, bought Curves, then they spent a week at training in Texas, where they met Curves’ founders Gary and Diane Heavin. “It was a pretty intense week of instruction. We both took the course and went through everything. We learned how to use the machines properly. We both took the test and passed.” Swenson is also CPR certified, which is a corporate requirement.

With a full-time staff of three and an on-call staff of two, Swenson has given back much to the community in five years. In January of 2007 she organized

Webster Curves owner Janet Swenson assists Cherie Ammend of Webster on the leg curl, one of 12 hydraulic machines that work muscle groups in the upper and lower body.

A fifth-anniversary celebration set for Thursday, June 12, 3-6 p.m. at Curves on Lakeland Avenue is open to the public. – Photo submitted and ran the first community wellness challenge in Webster, giving the public a chance to try Curves at no cost. Local businesses, churches and schools sponsored teams that competed to see who could lose the most inches and pounds in a six-week period. Every March, Swenson participates in the Curves corporate national food drive. Local members have donated more than 1,200 pounds of nonperishable foods items annually to local food shelves. In August there is a drive for school supplies and October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. “New members can join for free when they show proof of a current annual mammogram,” she noted.

Philosophically, Swenson says, “Curves is so much more than exercise.

It targets the whole person, because there are so many pieces to the puzzle of being fit: emotionally, spiritually and physically. People come in because they want to improve their lives. If we can help them do that by being here for them and showing them how to exercise, they’ll feel better about themselves.”

Swenson and her staff see real-tangible results. “I hear almost weekly, if not daily, how Curves has given [people] the drive to keep going, to continue working out, and to keep motivated to stay healthy,” she says. Many members have been very successful in weight and inch loss, and sustaining it, maintaining a goal and continuing to be more flexible, getting stronger and looking better. “Self-esteem is a huge, huge issue,” says Swenson. “I don’t think there’s one person I’ve sat down with one-on-one where that [self-esteem] has not come up.”

Curves is co-ed, and for all ages. “I have two couples right now who come, and they seem to really enjoy it,” notes Swenson. “My oldest member is 87; the youngest is an 11-year-old girl. She comes with her mom. I have a 17-yearold who has made significant changes – weight loss and inch loss – within the past few months. Now she’s set a new goal. She loves it.”

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Siren Lions hold 39th-anniversary party

The younger set got into the act at Crooked Lake Park, Siren, Saturday, with actions and hand movements during songs, performed in the band shel,l by three members of the Harmonic Balance quartet, Troy Daniels, Rick Kosloski and Kent Lindquist.

The newest addition to Crooked Lake Park given by the Siren Area Lions is a lion water fountain, with the water coming out of animal’s wide-open jaw. The fountain cost the Lions $3,100, and is only one of the many attractions added to the park, due to the generosity of the Siren Lions and the support the community has given to its projects. – Photo submitted

Musician Brad Alden, Siren, is developing a God-given talent by dusting off his guitar and sharing his music ability with the public. His group performed Saturday afternoon, May 31, at the Siren Lions 39th-anniversary celebration.

Registration for door prizes and games, such as guessing how many Tootsie Rolls were in a jar, was supervised by Siren Area Lions (L to R) Tony Nelson, Rick Aadalen and Walt Thurber. The Siren Lions decided to be different from other groups by celebrating their 39th chartering anniversary rather than the traditional 40 years, which will be next year.

Photos by Nancy Jappe except where noted

Free brats were handed out by the Siren Area Lions Club Saturday, May 31, in celebration of the 39th anniversary of the club’s founding. The club was chartered in 1969, and has supported projects all over the area, the nation and the world in an amount close to $1 million.

Larry Koch (R), a Siren native who has just moved back to the community, was welcomed as the newest member of the Siren Area Lions Club by Lion Ken Nelson. Both Nelson and Koch were at the Lions 39th-anniversary celebration at Crooked Lake Park Saturday, May 31.

Doing brat duty in the Siren Lions food trailer Saturday, May 31, were: (L to R) Buzz Byrnes, Zeke Saugestad and Les Lindquist.

The Lions were amazed at the size of the crowd that showed up to enjoy a Saturday afternoon at Crooked Lake Park.

The Siren Area Lions Club was organized in 1969 with 21 members. The club has since grown to over 40 members, and has raised and given out close to $1 million to individuals and groups locally, regionally, statewide, nationally and internationally.

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Webster High School graduation 2008

Salutatorian Aimee Rinnman and Valedictorian Brian Gibbs waiting to give the speeches to their graduating Class of 2008 and members of the audience.

At the closing of the Webster High School graduation the seniors celebrated with the trational cap toss into the air.

Jim Erickson, superintendent at Webster High School, addresses the graduation Class of 2008.

The Webster graduating Class of 2008 applaud their family members and teachers for all they contributed to the students.

Photos by Raelynn Hunter

Tim Widiker, principal, announces the graduating seniors as they received their diplomas.

Peter Walsh (L) and valedictorian Brian Gibbs (R) entertainment the audience with his a rap song during Gibb's valedictorian speech.

Johnathon Packard walks across the stage after receiving his diploma.

The faces of the graduates show a range of emotion during the ceremony.

Hailey Hunter congratulates her friend, Aimee Rinnman sheds a tear during the graduation ceremony at Web- Beth Baer, following the commencement service held at Webster on Sunday, June 1. ster High School.

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St. Croix Falls High School graduation 2008

Senior choir members, directed by Shawn Gudmunsen, sang “Let it Be” by John Lennon.

Pictured (L to R) are: Sasha Bryant, Danielle Hamann, Leah Konecny and Farrah DeSmet.

The high school band, directed by Brian Kray, performed “Havendance” by David Holsinger.

Valedictorian Kelsey DouglassThe Class of 2008 at St. Croix Falls Francis Fossum spoke about the selected three speakers for their present during the commencement White spoke about the future during the commencement address. commencement May 30. The first address. speaker was Kaelie Ward, who spoke about the past.

Kysaundra Luttinen holds her diploma up high shouting a “woo-hoo!”

School board President Ken Stensven, background, and Superintendent Glenn Martin smile.

Pete Nusbaum, St. Croix Falls High School principal, gave some parting words of advice to the Class of 2008.

Bailey Bernitt and salutatorian Melinda Beyer walk together, diplomas in hand, during the recessional as St. Croix Falls High School seniors graduate.

Members of the Class of 2008 react to words from their principal, Pete Nusbaum, during commencement. – Photos by Tammi Milberg

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Luck High School graduation 2008 Class speakers Sarah Petersen and Wally Rich offer a humorous speech about the many experiences and future plans of the members of Luck’s Class of 2008.

Photos by Lori Nelson School board President Robert Clifton and high school Principal Mark Gobler listen as class speakers Sarah Petersen and Wally Rich give the class’s address in front of the Dr. Seuss backdrop with the theme “The places you’ll go...”

Luck valedictorian Virginia Armour addresses her classmates and the audience during the graduation ceremony.

Seniors front (L to R): Lacy Sellent, Chelsie Anderson, Briana Stage, Shuqing Chen and Melissa Erickson. Middle: Hannah Goneau, Josie Kurkowski, Franziska Schmidt, Cassie Johnson and Cole Wickstrom. Back: Travis Close, Ryan Flodin, Cody Richert, Brett Holdt and Matt Petersen sing the class song, “Don’t Blink,” during Luck’s graduation ceremony.

Derek Holzknecht happily marches out of the gym at the end of Luck’s graduation ceremony.

LEFT: Senior Ben Panek accompanies the high school choir on “Our Lives,” during Luck’s graduation ceremony.

RIGHT: Senior Emily Smith adds the beat, playing the drums to accompany the high school choir on the song, “Our Lives,” during Luck’s graduation ceremony.

Salutatorian Ashley Schebo provides a welcome to Luck’s graduation ceremony.

Graduate Kody Erickson poses with school librarian Lori Nelson in the Luck School commons area following the graduation ceremony.

Graduate Britta Giller poses Graduates Ryan Johnson, Russel Harr, Cody Richert, Josh Zappa, Jordan Gross and Nick Skow pose for a group photo in the Luck School commons with her sister, Anna, in the Luck School commons area following area following the graduation ceremony. the Graduation ceremony.

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2008 Grantsburg scholarships

The Grantsburg Dollars for Scholars chapter was started back in 1994, when a few Grantsburg residents “had a vision of establishing a local scholarship foundation that would benefit graduating seniors continuing their education.” Since that time the Grantsburg DFS Chapter has grown and has given many students DFS funds. This year Grantsburg seniors were awarded $27,000 in scholarships at the May 12 awards night ceremony. The 2008 Grantsburg Dollars for Scholars scholarship recipients posed for a photo after receiving their awards. – Photos by Priscilla Bauer GRANTSBURG – The following scholarships and awards were presented Monday, May 12, during Grantsburg awards night: Allied Waste Services, $500, Melissa Burton and Jeanne Reis.

American Legion Auxiliary Edna McCann, $500, Jennifer Anderson.

American Legion Brask-Fossum-Janke Post 185, $500, Kirsten Ilgen and Tony LaMere.

Anonymous Music, $100, Charlie Falk and Khrystyne Lindgren.

Anonymous Science Scholarship, $300, Alison McKinley.

Bernick Cos., $500, Kevin Johnson, Alison McKinley and Emily Prazak.

Bernick’s Family CMCF, $2,000, Ausha Arnold.

Brenda Falstrom Memorial, $500, Alyssa Ryan.

Buccaneers Club, $150, Kevin Johnson.

Burnett Dairy Co-op, $750, Hannah Finch, Cody Marek, Derik Meyer, Alex Nelson, Lukas Olson, Katty Jo Peterson and Jesse Swanson.

Burnett Dairy Co-op II, $500, Ausha Arnold and Chandra Krout.

Burnett Dairy Co-op III, $1,000, Jonathon Wieser.

Burnett Medical Center, $500, Khrystyne Lindgren and Alison McKinley.

Burnett Medical Hospital Auxiliary, $250, Vanessa Kleiss.

Carlyle and Darlene Sherstad, $250, Sean Kutz and Alison McKinley.

Caspers Scholarship, $500, Rebecca Radtke and Melissa Burton.

Claire Erickson, Farmers Ind. Telephone Co., $500, Adam Dahl, Alison McKinley and Rebecca Radtke.

Community Bank Business Scholarship, $500, Katty Peterson.

DARE Scholarship, $200, Vanessa Kleiss.

DFS Foundation, $500, Michelle Davidsavor.

DFS Foundation Academic Excellence, $500, Emily Prazak.

DFS Foundatioin School Leadership, $500, Charlie Falk.

Dick Peper Memorial, $200, Laura Skifstad.

Earl H. Johnson Memorial, $500, Jennifer Anderson.

Edling Funeral Home, $500, Maarja Anderson, Megan Branstad, Katty Peterson and Alyssa Ryan.

George Carpenter Memorial Scholarship, $500, Megan Branstad.

Grantsburg Fire Association, $225, Alex Nelson.

Grantsburg Rod and Gun, $500, Alex Nelson and LaShawn Nohrenburg.

Grantsburg Women Working Together, $500, Maarja Anderson.

Indianhead Credit Union, $200, Allison Briggs.

Inter-County Cooperative Publishing Association, $750, Madison Graves.

Johnson Lumber, $300, Tony LaMere.

LaVonne Seeman Nursing Scholarship, $2,500, Jennifer Anderson, Kirsten Ilgen and Rebecca Radtke.

LaVonne Seeman Scholarship I, $1,250, Chandra Krout and Alison McKinley.

LaVonne Seeman Scholarship II, $5,000, Khrystyne Lindgren.

Lions Schinzing Memorial, $500, Tony LaMere.

Lions Scholarship, $500, Vanessa Kleiss and Ausha Arnold.

Loyle Erickson Memorial, $100, Jesse Swanson.

Lynn Ryan Memorial Scholarship, $250, Laura Skifstad.

Mabel Thor Scholarship, $1,000, Melissa Burton.

Mary Ann Erickson Memorial, $1,000, Maarja Anderson and Kevin Johnson.

Masons Scholarship, $500, Megan Branstad.

Northern Manufacturing, $300, Melissa Burton.

NUE Grantsburg Unit College, $300, Kevin Johnson.

NUE Grantsburg Unit Education, $300, Jeanne Reis.

NUE Grantsburg Unit Technical, $300, Cody Marek.

Polk Burnett 2008 Cooperative Citizen Scholarship, $1,000, Kirsten Ilgen, Kevin Johnson and Alyssa Ryan.

Polk County Farmer’s Bureau, $250, Cody Marek.

Rotary: In honor of Merlin Johnson, $500, Alyssa Ryan.

Squirrels Unlimited Brad Oman Memorial, $500, Derik Meyer.

Squirrels Unlimited Loraine Rainy Paquette Memorial,

$500, Rebecca Radtke.

U.S. Bank, $500, Sasha Chell and Ashley Larson.

Wal-Mart Community Scholarship, $1,000, Laura Skifstad.

Walter and Marion Jensen Memorial, $1,000, Alyssa Ryan, Sasha Chell and Lukas Olson.

Whitetails Unlimited, $250, Jon Wieser.

WITC Foundation AMSCO Scholarship, $500, Alex Nelson.

WITC Foundation on New Richmond Agriculture, $250, Cody Marek. – from the Grantsburg High School

Bruce Erickson had the honor of awarding his niece, Maarja Anderson, the scholarship set up in memory of his wife, Mary Ann Erickson at the Grantsburg High School awards ceremony held at the school on May 12.

2008 Siren scholarships

Siren High School seniors who wore gold braid over their shoulders during graduation as an outward sign of their academic achievements are (L to R): Valedictorian Courtney Daniels, Elizabeth Daniels, Kyle Malm, Jennifer Mitchell, salutatorian Britteny Muus and Marcus Morris. Not pictured: Adam Daniels. – Photos by Nancy Jappe SIREN – The following scholarships and awards were presented Thursday, May 1, during Siren awards night: Cory Abbott – Siren Guidance Scholarship Thad Baasch – S-Club/Bernick’s Cos. Scholarship, Lions Club Scholarship, U.S. Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award.

Larissa Bartheidel – Eugene LaRock Memorial Award.

Jace Carter – Rose Kringle Scholarship.

Adam Daniels – Bremer Bank Scholarship, Siren Chamber of Commerce Scholarship, Jane Wisse Wellness Scholarship, National Football Foundation Award.

Courtney Daniels – Indianhead Barbershop Chorus Scholarship. Sam's Motor Express Scholarship, Ralph Trumble Scholarship, Polk-Burnett Scholarship, Lund-Brown American Legion Post #132 Scholarship, St. Croix Regional Medical Center Auxiliary Scholarship, Moms for Kids Scholarship, Daughters of the Revolution Good Citizen’s Award, U.S. Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award.

Elizabeth Daniels – Mudhen Lake Club Scholarship, Siren Chiropractic Scholarship, Women of the Moose Scholarship, Siren Guidance Scholarship.

Travis Freese – Sam’s Motor Express Scholarship, Lions Club Scholarship, Glen Sherman Memorial Scholarship, Army Reserve National Scholar/Athlete Award.

Taylor Jotblad – Landmark Masonic Lodge Scholarship, Burnett County Sheriff’s Department DARE Scholarship.

Kyle Malm – Bremer Bank Scholarship, Indianhead Credit Union Scholarship.

Jennifer Mitchell – Sam’s Motor Express Scholarship, Loyal Order of the Moose Scholarship, James J. Baker Memorial Scholarship, U.W. Marine Corp Scholastic Excellence Award.

Marcus Morris – Inter-County Leader Scholarship.

Britteny Muus – Sam’s Motor Express Scholarship, Maurer Power Scholarship, Siren Education Association Scholarship, Siren Lioness Scholarship.

Charisse Phernetton – Siren Guidance Scholarship.

Lynnette Renberg – St. Croix Regional Medical Center Scholarship, Army Reserve National Scholar/Athlete Award.

Kelley Wampfler – Siren Lioness Scholarship, St. John’s Our Ladies CCW Scholarship, S-Club/Bernick’s Cos. Scholarship.

– from the Siren High School

Siren High School Principal Joe Zirngible presented a commendatory plaque to graduating senior/valedictorian for the Class of 2008 Courtney Daniels during awards night Thursday, May 1.

Britteny Muus, salutatorian for the Siren High School Class of 2008, is shown here during awards night at the school Thursday, May 1.

“The ones who really worked hard are the ones who are making numerous trips back and forth. This is their time to shine, their time to collect rewards for their hard work,” commented high school Principal Joe Zirngible at the beginning of the award ceremony.

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2008 Unity scholarships BALSAM LAKE – The following scholarships and awards were presented Tuesday, May 6, during Unity awards night: Badger Girls State Delegates: Elizabeth Ebensperger, Cailin Turner.

Badger Boys State: Nick Ostman.

Academic Excellence Scholarship: Angela Berthold Academic Letter Winners: Justin Bader, Angela Berthold, Briana Bielmeier, Hannah Ditlefsen, Tina Edgell, Ryan Flaherty, Kayla Fuller, Ben Hendricks, Emily Hoehne, Ashley Hutton, Taylor Larson, Andrea Leis, Kimberlie May, Charity Moore, Sharla Moore, Danielle Morgan, Lisa Muller, Kendra Nelson, Tim Reed, Ethan Schmidt, Bryn Vollrath, Eric Wester and Chelssy Wytaske.

VFW Citizenship/Scholarship/Awards: Kendra Nelson and Ethan Schmidt.

PA Hauge Medical Scholarship: Briana Beilmeier.

Bernick Cos. Scholarships: Hannah Ditlefsen, Ashley Hutton and Sharla Moore.

American Legion Citizenship Awards: Jennifer McMeekin and Ethan Schmidt.

Milltown Post/American Legion Scholarships: Ben Hendricks, Kendra Nelson, Marissa Mulvehill and Todd Nutter.

AnchorBank Scholarship: Taylor Larson.

Milltown Community Club Scholarship: Ben Hendricks.

Unity Class of 1965 Scholarship: Ryan Flaherty.

NUE Outstanding Student Award: Kendra Nelson.

Balsam Lake Community Club Scholarships: Kendra Nelson and Tim Reed.

Student Council Scholarship: Pat Jones, Dan Livingston and Andrea Thompson.

Polk-Burnett Electric Scholarship: Briana Bielmeier and Taylor Larson.

River Valley Physicians Scholarship: Emily Hoehne.

Polk County Historical Society Awards: Aaron Schmidt, Justin Bader, Chad Strilzuk and Cory Tunheim.

Balsam Lake Rehabilitation and Protection District Scholarship: Angela Berthold.

Calvin Anderson Memorial Scholarship: Lance Peper.

National Mutual Benefit Scholarship: Todd Nutter Unity Education Scholarships: Kendra Nelson, Lisa Muller, and Amy VanDeBrake.

Lakeland Conference Honor Students: Angela Berthold, Briana Bielmeier, Hannah Ditlefsen, Kayla Fuller, Taylor Larson, Kimberlie May, Charity Moore, Kendra Nelson and Tim Reed.

Unity Lions Club Scholarships: Taylor Larson, Todd Nutter, Elliott St. Amand and Eric Wester.

Unity Leo Club Scholarship: Amy VanDeBrake.

John Peper Memorial Lions Club Scholarship: Emily Hoehne.

Outstanding Math Student Award: Angela Berthold, Hannah Ditlefsen and Charity Moore.

Glenn Chaffee Memorial Scholarship: Kendra Nelson.

U Club Scholarship: Briana Bielmier and Tim Reed.

Theater Arts Award: Jennifer McMeekin and Elliott St. Amand.

Unity Education Foundation Scholarships: Briana Beilmeier, Angela Berthold, Ryan Flaherty, Taylor Larson, Tim Reed, Ethan Schmidt, Amy VanDeBrake and Eric Wester.

Honor Athlete Awards: Taylor Larson, Ryan Flaherty and Tim Reed.

Academic Letter Awards: Justin Bader, Angela Berthold, Briana Bielmeier, Hannah Ditlefsen, Tina Edgell, Ryan Flaherty, Kayla Fuller, Ben Hendricks, Emily Hoehne, Ashley Hutton, Taylor Larson, Andrea Leis, Kimberlie May, Charity

Unity Scholarship recipients were recognized at the Awards Night Program on Tuesday night. Front row (L to R): Lance Peper, Keila Dunsmoor, Annie Jepsen, Hannah Ditlefsen, Andrea Leis and Marissa Mulvevhill. Row two: Ryan Flaherty, Angela Berthold, Taylor Larson, Briana Bielmeier, Kendra Nelson and Lisa Muller. Row three: Danielle Martin, Kayla Fuller, Sharla Moore, Andrea Thompson, Ashley Hutton and Emily Hoehne. Row four: Brittany Vollrath, Danielle Morgan, Jim Moore, Ethan Schmidt, Jennifer McMeekin and Eric Wester. Back row: Patrick Jones, Dan Livingston, Elliot St. Amand, Amy VanDeBrake, Todd Nutter and Ben Hendricks.

Moore, Sharla Moore, Danielle Morgan, Lisa Muller, Kendra Nelson, Tim Reed, Ethan Schmidt, Bryn Vollrath, Eric Wester and Chelssy Wytaske.

Principal’s Senior Leadership Award: Amy VanDeBrake.

Balsam Lake Rod and Gun Club Scholarship: Ryan Flaherty and Kendra Nelson.

Margie Bangle Memorial Scholarship: Kendra Nelson.

Centuria Women’s Club Scholarship: Andrea Leis.

National Honor Society Scholarship: Taylor Larson.

Inter-County Publishing Association Scholarship: Andrea Thompson.

Balsam Lake Legion Auxiliary Scholarship: Angela Berthold.

Richard O. Klatt Scholarship: Kendra Nelson.

FFA Scholarships: Keila Dunsmoor, Ben Hendricks, Annie Jepsen, Tiffany Larson, Andrea Leis, Dan Livingston, Brian Mabry, Danielle Martin, Lance Peper, Amy VanDeBrake, Brittany Vollrath and Eric Wester.

FFA Degrees: Annie Jepsen, Tiffany Larson, Dan Livingston, Brian Mabry, Lance Peper and Amy VanDeBrake.

Roundabouts Homemakers Club Scholarship: Chad Strilzuk.

Kolstad Family Funeral Home Scholarship: Jennifer McMeekin.

American Legion Post/Auxiliary/Adolph Timm Post Scholarship: Tina Edgell.

Amery Farmers Union Cooperative Scholarship: Annie Jepsen.

Mark Palmberg Scholarship: Danielle Martin.

Amery/Luck Regional Medical Center Scholarship: Elliott St. Amand.

St. Croix Regional Medical Center Auxiliary Scholarship: Taylor Larson.

St. Croix Valley Health Care Foundation Scholarship: Taylor Larson.

St. Croix Regional Medical Center Honorary Volunteer

The Unity Principal’s Leadership and Scholarship Award was presented to Amy VanDeBrake by Unity High School Principal Bill Alleva.

Scholarship: Keila Dunsmoor.

St. Croix Regional Medical Health Care Scholarships: Danielle Morgan and Lisa Muller.

Freeman Memorial Scholarship: Andrea Leis and Dan Livingston.

Glenn Chaffee Memorial Scholarships: Kendra Nelson.

Wis. Telecommunication Foundation Scholarship: Kendra Nelson.

Red Cross Educational Scholarship: Amy VanDeBrake.

Viterbo University Hallmark Scholarship: Emily Hoehne.

St. Norbert College-John F. Kennedy Scholarship: Chelssy Wytaske.

UW-Madison Vilas Equity Scholarship: Taylor Larson.

UW-Eau Claire Foundation Scholarship: Angela Berthold. from the Unity High School

Home and community education scholarship recipients announced BURNETT COUNTY – Burnett County Home and Community Education awarded three $250 scholarships to Kyle Swenson, Frederic High School, Kathryn Krause, Webster High School and Nathan Kearns, Plum City High School. Swenson is the son of Rick and Patty Swenson of Frederic, and the grandson of Irene Peterson, Frederic.

Krause is the daughter of Mark and Deanna Krause, Webster, and granddaughter of Fran Krause, Webster.

Kearns is the son of Joe Kearns and Tammy Hollister, Maiden Rock, and grandson of Peggy Kearns, Webster.

Each year the Burnett County HCE members raise funds to support high school graduates who are continuing their education beyond high school.

These high school graduates must have a parent or grandparent who is currently a member of a Burnett County HCE club.

A letter of recommendation from a teacher, principal, counselor or employer must also accompany each application.

Area high schools receive copies of this application form in the fall and April 1 is the deadline for submission. Applications are also available from the Burnett County UW-Extension office.

Swenson plans to attend the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities College of Liberal Arts where he plans to study architecture. He has been an honor roll

Kyle Swenson student throughout his high school career, graduating as salutatorian of his class. He has also been active in sports, competing in cross country, basketball, track and baseball. Swenson has been involved in many community activities, also, including CRA fundraisers, driving floats in area parades, and volunteering at the Frederic Food Shelf. Frederic Principal Raymond Draxler stated “(Kyle) has accomplished many things during his school career and he has always kept things in perspective and not allowed

Kathryn Krause awards/accomplishments to overshadow his personal qualities and citizenship.”

Krause plans to attend UW-River Falls, majoring in horticulture. She has been involved in many leadership activities, including 4-H, the Saddle Club, her church youth group, and high school sports. She has also been involved in many community activities. “Kathryn is well respected among her peers, not just for all her many accomplishments, but for the grace and humility with which

she achieves them,” says Kendra Petrashek, Webster High School English educator.

Nathan Kearns plans to attend UWPlatteville in pursuit of an engineering degree. He has been very involved in Boy Scouts and is an Eagle Scout. He has also been involved in 4-H and FFA, bringing pigs and chickens to the fair each year. He has excelled academically in high school. Jodi Madison, high school math teacher, writes in her letter of recommendation, “Nathan is a wonderful role model for his peers and for younger students within our school district. His positive attitude and enthusiasm are contagious to everyone around him.”

Krause received her scholarship on Monday, May 12, at the Webster High School Awards Programs. Swenson received his certificate of scholarship during the Frederic High School graduation ceremony on May 25. Kearns received his certificate at the Plum City High School awards program on May 20.

For those interested in more information about this scholarship opportunity, contact Marilyn Kooiker, Burnett County Family Living Agent, at 715-349-2151 or via e-mail at Marilyn.Kooiker@ces.uwex.edu. – submitted

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2008 St. Croix Falls scholarships ST. CROIX FALLS – The following scholarships and awards were presented Monday, May 5, during St. Croix Falls awards night: Rebecca Alden – St. Croix Falls Lions Club, $1,200.

Heather Asp – Hazelden, $300.

Bailey Bernitt – Medieval Banquet Encore, $50; Marketing/Business, $75; Duane and Betty Chinander Memorial, $250.

Melinda Beyer – St. Croix Regional Medical Center Physicans, $1,000; Lewejohn Sports, $250; Principal’s Honor Award.

Erinn Bloomer – Marketing/Business, $150; MarketPlace, $1,000.

Sasha Bryant – Girl’s Booster Basketball, $250; Falls Orthodontics, $500.

Trygve Chinander – American Legion Citizenship, $400; St. Croix Regional Medical Center Auxiliary, $500; S-Club, $50; John Nelson Memorial, $500; Boy’s Booster Basketball, $100; Lakeside Foods, $2,500; Medieval Banquet Encore, $100.

Samantha Clausen – Inter-County Cooperative Publication Association, $750; Terry Hansford Memorial, $500.

Jeanna Columbo – Wal-Mart Matching, $250; Roland Krueger Memorial, $400.

Mitch Culver – Eugene Heichel Memorial, $1,000.

Anthony Dagestad, Generation, $100.

Alex Daniel, Medieval Banquet Encore, $100; Donald Yunker Memorial, $500.

Farrah DeSmet – Fred Yarolimek Memorial, $500.

Alicia Dorsey – Dollars for Scholars, $500.

Kelsey Douglass-White – American Legion Americanism, $400; Arlene Gullickson Memorial, $300; Generation, $100; SClub, $150; ERA – Muske Community, $500; Polk-Burnett Electric Co-op Good Citizen, $1,000; St. Croix Regional Medical Center Foundation Scholarship, $500; State of Wisconsin Valedictorian Scholarship, $9,000; NUE Outstanding Student, $500.

Blake Frenning – Marketing/Business, $50.

Erica Frokjer – Marketing/Business, $75; Wal-Mart Matching, $250; Jim Nelson Memorial, $200; Lloyd Westlund Memorial, $200.

Michaela Frokjer – St. Croix Falls/Taylors Falls Rotary – Strive, $1,000; Dresser Driftbusters Snowmobile Club, $250.

Kayla Gall, Marketing/Business, $50.

Steven Gebhard – St. Croix Falls Lioness Club, $250.

Danielle Hamann – Dollars for Scholars, $500.

Riley Hawkins – S-Club, $250; Medieval Banquet Encore, $75.

Enya Hinck – Generation, $100; Dollars for Scholars Chili Cook-off, $500.

Chelsi Hoag – Generations, $100; Jim Nelson Memorial, $200; U of M Duluth Academic, $1,000; U of M Duluth Chancellor’s Scholarship, $8,000; MarketPlace, $1,000.

Willy Springer, St. Croix Falls High School senior, received a $150,000 scholarship from the U.S. Marine Corps at the awards presentation May 5.

St. Croix Falls seniors received awards and scholarships May 5. The Dollars for Scholars Committee helps select recipients for scholarships and collects donations districtwide annually to put on the scholarship and awards event. – Photos by Tammi Milberg Jon Huttner – Medieval Banquet Encore, $100; Marketing/Business, $50.

Justin Johnson – Marketing/Business, $50.

Terena Johnson – Wal-Mart Matching, $250; Hazelden, $300.

Mitchel Judkins – St. Croix Falls Lioness Club, $250.

Kyle Kammerud – Janell Fellrath Memorial, $300; Wal-Mart Matching, $250.

Dustin Kieckhoefer – Tenere, Inc., $500.

Leah Konecny – Dresser Lions Club, $500; S-Club, $200; NUE Higher Education Grant, $500.

Jacob Larcom – S-Club, $50; Bob Williams Memorial, $325; NUE Higher Education Grant, $500; Medieval Banquet Encore, $100; Coca-Cola Bottlers Foundation, $350; Boy’s Booster Basketball, $400.

Breanna Larson – St. Croix Regional Medical Center Auxiliary, $500; The College of St. Scholastica Benedictine, $12,000; Chateau St. Croix, $1,000.

Daniel Larson – S-Club, $250; St. Croix Falls/Taylors Falls Rotary – Strive, $100.

Melinda Linke – Globe College President’s Scholarship, $2,000.

David Lund – S-Club, $50; Wolf Creek School Reunion, $300; Medieval Banquet Encore, $100; Dresser Trap Rock Quarry, $500.

Kysaundra Luttinen – Medieval Banquet Encore, $75; St. Croix Falls Fire Department, $250.

Jared Martin – Medieval Banquet Encore, $100.

Ashley Nelson – S-Club, $100; Lions Club Blaine Hunter, $500.

Joshua Newell – Generation, $100; Bud and Jensen Memorial, $250.

Allastant Nuckles – S-Club, 150; Principal’s Honor Award.

William Olson – Generation, $100.

Travis Pomeroy – Generation, $100; The RiverBank, $500.

Alexandra Radinzel, St. Croix Regional Medical Center Auxiliary, $500; Miss St. Croix Falls, $500; Dollars for Scholars, $500.

Justin Rikkola – Burnett Dairy, $500.

Daniel Roach – St. Croix Valley Men’s Golf League Scholarship, $500; St. Croix Falls/Taylors Falls, $500.

Jodi Sandgren – Dave Nelson Memorial, $500.

David Siqueiros – Dollars for Scholars Chili Cook-off, $500.

William Springer – S-Club, $200; Generation, $100; Amery’s Farmers Union, $1,000, U.S. Marine Corps, $150,000.

Sarina Stage – Medieval Banquet Encore, $50; Jim Nelson Memorial, $200; American Legion Auxiliary, $250.

Erika Stone – U.S. Bank – Cushing Branch, $500.

Siren Badger Boys and Girls

Badger State is a weeklong program designed to prepare student leaders in local high schools for citizenship in today’s world, where students “learn by doing,” as they function on city, county and state levels of government.

Representing Siren High School at this year’s Badger Boys and Badger Girls are (L to R) Collin Tewalt, Emily Muus, Charlie Brown, Jenna Wambolt and Jesse Hinze. Badger Boys State is at Ripon College the week of June 14, while Badger Girls State is at UW-Osh Kosh the week of June 15. The boys are sponsored by Bremer Bank and Community Bank in Siren, the Siren Lions Club and the Lund-Brown American Legion Post. The girls are sponsored by the Siren Lioness Club and the American Legion Auxilliary of Siren. – Photo submitted

Alyson Sullivan – Women’s Golf, $250; Trollhaugen, $500.

Amanda Trombley – Dollars for Scholars, $500.

Steve Tucker – S-Club, $50; Agnes Carlson-Peterson, $600; Curtis Gaylord Memorial, $500.

Jordyn Vanderwerf – St. Croix Regional Medical Center Auxiliary, $500; St. Croix Regional Medical Center Foundation Scholarship, $500; Generation, $100; Higher Education Scholarship, $1,000; Laurits Hanson Memorial, $1,000.

Chase Walters – S-Club, $150; Medieval Banquet Encore, $100; Bishop Fixture and Millwork, $1,000.

Kaelie Ward – Agnes Carlson-Peterson, $600; Mary Fountain-Gaylord, $500.

Ryan Wedekind – Terry Hansford Memorial, $500.

Marissa Williamson – Eagle Valley Bank, $500; Dollars for Scholars, $500; Wolf Creek School Reunion, $350.

Jacob Yunker – Generation, $100. – from St. Croix Falls High School

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2008 Webster scholarships WEBSTER – The following scholarships and awards were presented Monday, May 12, during Webster's awards night: Valedictorian/Academic Excellence Award: Brian Gibbs.

Salutatorian: Aimee Rinnman.

WIAA Scholar Athlete Award: Peter Walsh.

Herb Kohl Scholarship: Peter Walsh.

WFCA Scholar Athlete Award: Tony Nowling.

A & H Lions Club: $150, Avery Pierce.

American Legion Auxiliary: $250, Asa Olson and Colleen Foote.

Burnett County Home and Community Ed.: $250, Kathryn Krause.

Burnett Dairy: $500, Barbie Antill; $1,500, Kathryn Krause and Avery Pierce.

Bremer Bank: $500, Amanda Taylor.

DARE: $200, Chelsey Bereiter.

St. John’s/Our Lady’s CCW: $250, Katie Waltzing.

Danbury Lions Club: Asa Olson, Beth Baer and Tony Nowling.

Danbury Fire and Rescue (2), Bill Kluglow Memorial (3) and Clarence Rother Memorial (2): $500, Aimee Rinnman, Asa Olson, Avery Pierce, Cody Mattison, Jamie Kopecky, Leighann Flatten and Peter Walsh.

Dollars for Scholars: $200, Aimee Rinnman, Alyssa Damewood, Amanda Taylor, Avery Pierce, Barbie Antill, Chelsey Bereiter, Cody Mattison, Colleen Foote, Deborah Faught, Elizabeth Baer, Kathryn Krause, Leighann Flatten, Nick Wolfe, Peter Walsh, Samantha Hogle, Shannon Conroy, Shannon Steiner, Tony Nowling and William Fish.

Federated Co-ops Inc.: $250, Brian Thill.

Grateful Graduate: $1,000, Ashley Hanson.

Indianhead Credit Union: $200, Barbie Antill.

Ingalls’ Family Health Careers: $650, Beth Baer, Leighann Flatten and AJ Holmquist.

Inter-County Co-op Publishing Assn.: $750, Aimee Rinnman.

Jim Baker Memorial: $100, Megan Kurkowski, Mike Kurkowski and Shannon Steiner.

Myrtle Ketel Memorial, $300-$400, Beth Baer.

Landmark Masonic Lodge: $500, Jamie Kopecky.

Log Cabin Store and Eatery: $250, Nick Wolfe.

Matt Erickson Memorial: $1,000, Bill Fish, Leah Janssen and Debbie Faught.

Maser Memorial: $500, Shannon Conroy.

Burnett County Moose Lodge: $500, Cody Mattison.

Nexen Group, Inc.: $750, Avery Pierce and Tony Nowling.

Saunders’ Family Foundation: $10,000, Brian Gibbs and Nick Wolfe.

Sperling Scholarship: $1,000, Barbie Antill.

St. Croix Regional Medical Center: $1,000, Leighann Flatten.

Webster Education Assn.: $300, Peter Walsh and Nick

Ten students were named as top scholars in the 2008 graduating class at Webster High School. Pictured (L to R): (first row) are Jamie Kopecky, Cody Mattison, Aimee Rinnman (salutatorian), and Leighann Flatten; (second row) Asa Olson, Shannon Conroy, Beth Baer, Brian Gibbs (valedictorian) and Nick Wolfe.

Anthony Mensen, one of the 10, is not pictured. - Photos by Carl Heidel Wolfe.

Webster Lions Club: $500, Jamie Kopecky, Cody Mattison, Aimee Rinnman, Avery Pierce, Peter Walsh, and Nick Wolfe - Blair Family.

Webster Lioness Club: $300, Barbie Antill, Brian Gibbs and Tony Nowling.

Webster/Siren Rotary Club: $750, Avery Pierce.

Whitetails Unlimited: $250, Cody Mattison.

Wonderland Snow Trails: $1,000, Alyssa Damewood and Debbie Faught.

Voyager Village: $1,000, Nick Wolfe.

Zach Ziebell Memorial: $500, Amanda Taylor.

Women of the Moose: $150, Colleen Foote.

Larry Java Memorial Music: $1,000, Jamie Kopecky.

Burnett County Sentinel: $500, Shannon Conroy.

Chelmo Memorial: $500, Aimee Rinnman. - submitted by the Webster High School

Webster High School senior Peter Walsh received the WIAA Scholar Athlete Award.

Walsh was one of only chosen four statewide for this highly competitive honor.

2008 Frederic scholarships FREDERIC – The following scholarships and awards were awarded Sunday, May 25, at Frederic's graduation ceremony: Valedictorian: Megan Neuman Salutatorian: Kyle Swenson Academic Top 10: Megan Neumann, Kyle Swenson, Amy Soppeland, Holly Stoner, Melanie Chenal, River Karl, Lisa Chelmo, Erin Schmidt, Allie Delosier and Ashley Heine.

Academic Letter Plaque Winners: Megan Neumann, Kyle Swenson, Amy Soppeland, Holly Stoner, Melanie Chenal, River Karl, Lisa Chelmo, Erin Schmidt, Allie Delosier, Ashley Heine, Michelle Owens, Perry Anderson, Samuel Halverson, Jessica Owens and Ben G. Anderson.

Presidential Academic Excellence Awards: Megan Neumann, Kyle Swenson, Amy Soppeland, Holly Stoner, Melanie Chenal, River Karl, Lisa Chelmo, Erin Schmidt, Allie Delosier, Ashley Heine, Michelle Owens, Perry Anderson, Samuel Halverson, Jessica Owens, Alexandra Puetz, Christi Jensen and Ben G. Anderson.

Lakeland Conference All-Conference Academic Awards: Megan Neumann, Kyle Swenson, Amy Soppeland, Holly Stoner, Melanie Chenal, River Karl, Ashley Heine, Michelle Owens, Samuel Halverson and Perry Anderson.

Perfect Attendance Awards: Michelle Owens (senior year), Holly Stoner (all four years of high school) and Perry Anderson (all four years of high school).

Association of School Supervisor Leadership Award: River Karl Polk/Burnett DHIA AG Source Foundation: Michelle Owens, $500 and Jessica Owens, $500.

Burnett County Association for Home and Community: Kyle Swenson, $250.

NUE-Frederic (local teachers organization): River Karl, $750.

Community Education Association of Frederic: Alexandra Puetz, $400.

John and Rose Shull Memorial Scholarship: Michelle Owens, $1,000.

Dan Gabrielson Memorial Scholarship: Perry Anderson, $500.

Wisconsin Masonic Foundation Scholarship: Kyle Swenson, $500.

Charles E. Lewis Scholarship: Aftin Purcell, $500.

Inter-County Cooperative Publishing Association Award: Kanan Hackett, $750.

Bremer Bank Scholarship: Allie Delosier, $1,000.

Donna Struck Lefurgy Weinzierl Memorial Scholarships: Megan Neumann, $1,500 and Erin Schmidt, $1,500.

Donna and Roman Weinzierl Memorial Scholarship: Melanie Chenal, $1,500.

U.S. Bank Scholarships: Lisa Chelmo, $500 and Amy Soppeland, $500.

Wadia (Bill) Moses Scholarship: Alexandra Puetz, $800.

River Valley Physician’s Scholarship: Ashley Heine, $1,000.

Karl D. Ludvigon Education Scholarship: Holly Stoner,

Many members of Frederic’s graduating class received scholarships during the ceremony. These scholars are all going on to further their educations. – Photo by Brenda Sommerfeld $1,000.

William Charles Jones Scholarship: Knowl Douglas, $250.

Indianhead Credit Union of Grantsburg: Ethan Surbaugh, $200.

Burnett Dairy Cooperative Scholarships: Allie Delosier, $1,500 and Michelle Owens, $1,500.

Bernice Asper Memorial Scholarship: Samuel Halverson, $1,000.

SNOW Scholarships (Snow Neighbors of West Sweden): Danielle Gadbois, $150; Alicia Strenke, $150 and Latasha Campbell, $150.

Frederic Citizen’s Scholarship Foundation Scholarships (Dollars for Scholars): Jessica Owens, $1,000 and Savanna Pearson, $1,000.

Marcella (Sally) Surbaugh Scholarship: Chris Waddell, $300.

Rowe Funeral Home: Kelly Wondra, $400.

St. Croix Regional Medical Center Scholarships: Megan Neumann, $1,000 and Erin Schmidt, $1,000.

Merit Scholar Award – (in the name of Mr. and Mrs. CJ Franseen and established by Dr. and Mrs. Raszkowski: River Karl, $1,000.

St. Croix Regional Medical Center Auxiliary: Allie Delosier, $500.

Ms. Thelma E. Aaby Scholarship: Ben G. Anderson, $1,000.

Lioness Scholarship: Austin Boykin, $500.

Janell Fellrath Scholarship: Alicia Strenke, $300.

Amery Regional Medical Center: Lisa Chelmo, $500.

Timothy R. Carlson Memorial Scholarship: Nolan Neumann, $450.

Carl and Hilda Ahlgren Educational Scholarship: Amy Soppeland, $1,000.

Henry Lawrence Ahlgren Scholarship: Kyle Swenson, $1,000.

Ray and Evelyn Moats Memorial Scholarship: Roy White, $300.

Jean Lang Memorial Scholarship: Kendra Letch, $100.

Frederic Area Ministerium Council: Holly Stoner, $500 and Allie Delosier, $500.

Marilyn and Phil Knuf Educational Scholarship: Dawn Harlander, $500.

Wisconsin Academic Excellence Scholarship – issued to valedictorian: Megan Neumann. - submitted by the Frederic High School

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2008 Luck scholarships

Luck’s Scholarship Winners – Front row (L to R): Tyler Otlo, Harlan Opitz, Travis Close, Wally Rich, Jessica Antonson, Erica Wilson, Mitchell Klatt, Missy Erickson and Kayla Bubendorf. Row 2: Mason Potvin, Samantha Wilkinson, Megan Hacker, Jordan Gross, Kody Erickson, Cody Richert, Nate Nelson, Russel Harr, Casey Hatten, Chelsie Anderson, Tanya Holm and Gina Armour. Row 3: Ryan Johnson, Tyler Petersen, Laura Byl, Sarah Petersen, Chelsea Rasmussen, Briana Stage, Britta Giller, Emily Smith, Jordyn McGinnity, Karen Lund, Aalyssa Holdt, Lacy Sellent, Brianna Dietmeier, Ashley Schebo, Hannah Goneau, Samantha Talmadge and Kelly Johnson; Back row: Derek Holzknecht, Brett Holdt, Justin Eley, Ben Panek, Josh Zappa, Matt Petersen, Cole Wickstrom, Josie Kurkowski, Cassie Johnson and Iner Jeppesen. Missing: Ivet Arghiani, Steven Ball, Brian Benson, Darcy Brenholt, Shuqing Chen, Ryan Flodin, Kyle Melin, Brent Moore, Sarah Olson, Franziska Schmidt, Amber Sipper, Nicholas Skow and Blaine Stevens. – Photos submitted LUCK – The following scholarships and awards were presented Wednesday, May 21, during Luck's awards night: Luck Community Graduate Fund – 61 at $125 each: Chelsie Anderson, Jessica Antonson, Ivet Arghiani, Virginia Armour, Steven Ball, Brian Benson, Darcy Brenholt, Kayla Bubendorf, Laura Byl, Shuqing Chen, Travis Close, Brianna Dietmeier, Justin Eley, Kody Erickson, Melissa Erickson, Ryan Flodin, Britta Giller, Hannah Goneau, Jordan Gross, Megan Hacker, Russel Harr, Casey Hatten, Aalyssa Holdt, Brett Holdt, Tanya Holm, Derek Holzknecht, Iner Jeppesen, Cassandra Johnson, Kelly Johnson, Ryan Johnson, Mitchell Klatt, Josie Kurkowski, Karen Lund, Jordyn McGinnity, Kyle Melin, Brent Moore, Nathan Nelson, Sarah Olson, Harlan Opitz, Tyler Otlo, Benjamin Panek, Mathew Petersen, Sarah Petersen, Tyler Petersen, Mason Potvin, Chelsea Rasmussen, Walter Rich, Cody Richert, Ashley Schebo, Franziska Schmidt, Lacy Sellent, Amber Sipper, Nicholas Skow, Emily Smith, Briana Stage, Blaine Stevens, Samantha Talmadge, Cole Wickstrom, Samantha Wilkinson, Erica Wilson and Josh Zappa.

Koltunski Memorial Wrestling Award, $100, Russel Harr.

Indianhead Credit Union, $200, Kayla Bubendorf Polk County Farm Bureau, $250, Kelly Johnson Luck Snowmobile Club, $300, Lacy Sellent and Megan Hacker.

School-to-Work Business Scholarships, $500, Jessica Antonson, Brianna Dietmeier, Iner Jeppesen, Mitchell Klatt, Nate Nelson, Harlan Opitz and Tyler Petersen.

VFW, $500, Kody Erickson.

VFW Auxilliary, $500, Britta Giller.

American Legion - $500, Tyler Petersen.

American Legion Auxilliary, $500, Megan Hacker.

Sterling Bank Scholarships, $500, Casey Hatten and Emily Smith.

Rural American Bank, Luck Scholarships, $500, Brett Holdt and Melissa Erickson Andy Dolny Opportunity Scholarship, $500, Erica Wilson Tatia Hibbs Memorial “Miss Hustle” Awards and Scholarships $100; Gordi and Sandy Hibbs, 2007, Briana Stage and 2008 - Erica Wilson.

Polk/Burnett DHIA AgSource Foundation, $500, Kelly Johnson and Laura Byl. Wisconsin Masonic Foundation Scholarship, $500, Cole Wickstrom Bryce Hacker Memorial Scholarships, $500, Lacy Sellent and Wally Rich.

Countryside Cooperative, $500, Wally Rich.

Rod Kennedy Memorial Writing Award, $500, Virginia Armour Amery Regional Medical Clinic Scholarship, $500, Chelsea Rasmussen.

Luck Lions Club Scholarships, $500, Chelsea Rasmussen and Samantha Wilkinson.

Luck FFA Alumni Scholarship, $500, Ryan Johnson.

Luck FFA Alumni Scholarship, $1,000, Kelly Johnson.

Bone Lake Foundation Scholarship, $500, Samantha Wilkinson.

Business Education Scholarships - $500, Briana Stage and $250, Cole Wickstrom.

Inter-County Leader Scholarship, $750, Mitchell Klatt.

Terry Van Himbergen Memorial Scholarship, $700, Jordyn McGinnity.

Todd Erickson Math/Science Scholarship, $750, Virginia Armour.

Burnett Dairy Cooperative, $1,000, Laura Byl. Burnett Dairy Cooperative, $1,500, Kelly Johnson.

Luck Teachers Memorial Scholarships, $1,000, Sarah Petersen and Ashley Schebo.

Thelma Aaby Memorial Scholarship, $1,050, Mason Potvin.

Sam Walton Community Scholarship, $1,000, Kelly Johnson.

Howard Jorgenson Scholarship, $1,100, Tanya Holm Harvey and Hazel Dueholm Scholarship, $1,000, Lacy Sellent.

Minneapolis Business College, $1,250, Tyler Otlo.

Academic Excellence Scholarship Award, $2,250 per year, Virginia Armour.

Other Scholarships/Awards Recognition Beatrice Rowe Visual Arts Award: Britta Giller.

Scholastic Awards, Walter Rich and Lacy Sellent.

Perfect Attendance Awards: Virginia Armour and Wally Rich.

Student Council Awards: Wally Rich, Chelsea Rasmussen, Laura Byl, Tyler Petersen and Virginia Armour.

Special Academic Letter Awards: Virginia Armour, Ashley Schebo, Wally Rich, Lacy Sellent, Chelsea Rasmussen, Sarah Petersen, Jordyn McGinnity, Megan Hacker and Tonya Holm.

Business Awards: Laura Byl, Melissa Erickson, Hannah Goneau, Megan Hacker, Cassie Johnson, Josie Kurkowski, Jordyn McGinnity, Brent Moore, Cody Richert, Ashley Schebo, Briana Stage, Cole Wickstrom and Josh Zappa.

Keyboarding Hall of Fame: Gina Armour, Cody Richert, Mitchell Klatt, Jordyn McGinnity, Casey Hatten, Briana Stage, Harlan Opitz, Megan Hacker, Chelsea Rasmussen and Ashley Schebo.

Cloverleaf Awards: Chelsie Anderson, Darcy Brenholt, Laura Byl, Russel Harr, Aalyssa Holdt, Cassie Johnson, Josie Kurkowski and Cody Richert.

Drama Club Awards::Nate Nelson, Wally Rich, Ben Panek, Sarah Petersen, Chelsea Rasmussen, Britta Giller, Jessica Antonson, Megan Hacker, Emily Smith, Jordan Gross, Cassie Johnson, Shuqing Chen, Tyler Petersen, Karen Lund, Ashley Schebo, Gina Armour, Franziska Schmidt, Justin Eley and Ivet Arghiani.

Rod Kennedy Memorial Drama Award: Emily Smith.

Lakeland Conference Academic Awards: Jordyn McGinnity, Lacy Sellent, Wally Rich, Chelsea Rasmussen, Virginia Armour, Ashley Schebo, Sarah Petersen, Megan Hacker, Kelly Johnson, Tanya Holm, Laura Byl and Briana Stage.

U.S. Marine Corp. Scholar/Athlete Awards: Kody Erickson and Erica Wilson.

WIAA Scholar/Athlete Awards, Tyler Petersen and Sarah

During Luck’s Senior Awards Night, Sandy Lindquist presents the Amery Regional Medical Clinic Scholarship to Chelsea Rasmussen.

Petersen.

Women's Sports Advocate Award: $500, Megan Hacker.

Herb Kohl Foundation Scholarship, $1,000, Tyler Petersen.

Principal’s Leadership Award: Sarah Petersen.

Senior Athlete Recognition, Jessica Antonson, Melissa Erickson, Britta Giller, Megan Hacker, Aalyssa Holdt, Tanya Holm, Sarah Petersen, Chelsea Rasmussen, Briana Stage, Erica Wilson, Travis Close, Justin Eley, Brianna Dietmeier, Karen Lund, Kody Erickson, Jordan Gross, Russel Harr, Casey Hatten, Brett Holdt, Mitchell Klatt, Nathan Nelson, Harlan Opitz, Tyler Petersen, Wally Rich, Cody Richert, Chelsie Anderson, Shuqing Chen and Franziska Schmidt.

“Athletes of the Year” Awards: Mitchell Klatt and Sarah Petersen. - submitted

During Luck’s Senior Awards Night, Jay Thompson presents a Luck FFA Alumni Scholarship to Kelly Johnson

During Luck’s Senior Awards Night, Curtis Schmidt presents a Community Education Graduate Fund Scholarship to Ryan Flodin.

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Twenty-seven area outstanding students honored at NUE banquet RICE LAKE – Twenty-seven students, their parents, and their most influential teachers were honored April 16 at the Northwest United Educators Outstanding Student Banquet held at the WITC Conference Center in Rice Lake.

Frederic- Ashley Heine Ashley Heine, a senior at Frederic High School, is the daughter of Greg and Kaye Heine.

After graduation Heine plans to attend Chippewa Valley Technical College in Eau Claire. She will be Ashley Heine studying diagnostic medical sonography.

Heine is involved with many activities at Frederic High School. She is senior class president, member of the National Honor Society, AODA committee, prom committee, Rural Community Education Cooperative, honor roll, drama club, as well as a Red Cross volunteer and donor.

She is a kinship member, an active member of the Frederic High School music department, and she has managed varsity football, basketball and track. She has participated in the District and State Solo Ensemble group and has performed at the district and state level of the WSMA Solo and Ensemble Festival. As a member of the Frederic High School Show Choir, Heine got to travel to Disney World in Orlando, Fla., to perform.

In her free time, Heine enjoys spending time with her mom, dad, sister and her dog, Lily. She enjoys snowmobiling and boating, music, cooking and baking.

On the weekends she works as a certified nursing assistant at the United Pioneer Home in Luck.

Grantsburg - Alyssa Ryan As a student at the Grantsburg High School, Alyssa Ryan is active in the student council, Link Group, National Honor Society, and swing choir.

In addition, her participation in volleyball, gymnastics, Alyssa Ryan and softball has

been a big part of her high school career.

Ryan has also devoted a lot of time to her local church by being a youth representative on two church committees and being involved in the church choir. After high school, she will be attending the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, where she anticipates seeking a career in sports medicine. Ryan would like a job that will allow her time to raise a family.

Luck Virginia Armour Virginia Armour was born in Duluth, Minn., but moved to Luck at age 4 and has since been happily attending school and living there with her parents, older twin brother and sister, younger brother, Virginia Armour and “youngest sibling” Lizzy, the dog.

She is involved in many activities at school including band, drama club, Kinship, National Honor Society and forensics. For the last few years she has been exploring careers in pharmacy and is enrolled at the University of WisconsinMadison for the fall semester of 2008, with the intention to eventually attend their school of pharmacy.

Osceola – Adam Johnson Adam Johnson is a senior at Osceola High School. Johnson’s typical day consists of a standard eight hours of school, sprinkled with leading the student council, National Honor Society and French club, and being involved with the chess club, Future Educator’s Association and the drama club. His involvement in student council has helped improve his public speaking, organizational and administrative skills. He hopes to translate these skills into a successful career as a lawyer and politician. Johnson’s dream, after attending college to get a law and political science degree, is to first become a district attorney, and then run for public office. As a public servant, Johnson wishes to create programs that help develop tomorrow’s leaders and to help other students afford the education needed to reach their potential.

St. Croix Falls Kelsey Douglass-White Kelsey DouglassWhite is a senior at St. Croix Falls High School. Next year she plans on attending a four-year university, where she intends to pursue the study of medicine. While she will be moving away Kelsey Douglassfrom St. Croix Falls, White she will leave a part of herself there – the children she has mentored and coached. Douglass-White hopes these children will become stronger leaders, will reach out to someone new, and will become involved with the community instead of drugs. This will be part of the legacy that DouglassWhite has tried to create for herself and her future. Douglass-White has participated in many activities throughout her high school career, but her involvement with the Clowns group and Bitty Ball are two things that she is most proud of.

Douglass-White is a positive role model, a passionate and avid learner, and a dedicated athlete, who believes that with discipline, drive, a positive attitude and teamwork, nothing is out of reach.

Unity - Kendra J. Nelson Kendra Nelson is currently a senior at Unity High School.

She will be attending Winona State University this fall, majoring in elementary education.

Nelson lives on a farm in Balsam Lake with her par- Kendra J. Nelson ents and three siblings.

Being the oldest of four children, and the daughter of two teachers, she has found that she has a passion for working with children.

This made Nelson’s career choice an easy one. Other hobbies she finds enjoyable are scrapbooking, reading, pitching softball, dancing and shopping.

Every outstanding student selects an NUE staff member from their school to be honored as their Most Influential Staff Member. This is a person who has had a

positive influence on them and has contributed to their success.

Each of the teachers at the banquet introduced the outstanding student who nominated them, and then the students introduced their parents.

The five students who were awarded the $500 NUE scholarships were Andrew Sloan of Barron, Madeline Marshall of Hayward, Adam Johnson of Osceola, Kelsey Douglass-White of St. Croix Falls and Kayla Swenson of Weyerhaeuser.

Dr. Mary Hopkins-Best, UW-Stout’s dean of the school of education and former Alice in Dairyland, served as the main speaker for the honor banquet. She congratulated the students on their academic successes as well as their successes in many other school and community activities. Then she talked with the students and parents about the pursuit of happiness. Hopkins-Best encouraged the students to always strive for happiness and shared with them many tips on how to do this.

The teachers who were honored as influential members thanked the students for their positive influence and leadership in the classroom as they individually introduced each student. Students like these make teaching a challenge from which both the students and staff benefit. Many of the teachers emphasized the positive role that these students also play in activities in both school and the community. These students prove by their actions that service can have a positive effect on others. These positive behaviors are observed and appreciated by both other students and the adults in the community.

The staff members from each school select their outstanding student. Then a scholarship selection committee composed of last year’s Most Influential Staff Members from schools throughout NUE met to select the five 2008 scholarship winners.

Northwest United Educators has over 3,000 members in the 27 school districts it serves in the geographical area surrounding Rice Lake. This area is about 100 by 100 miles, from Hayward in the north to Bloomer in the south and from Flambeau in the east to St. Croix Falls in the west.

Kelly Ryder, a high school teacher in Cumberland and NUE Curriculum and Instruction Program director, is coordinator of the program. – submitted

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Festival Theatre presents...

Introducing Lisa Bark As Leader Land readers know, Festival Theatre is moving into production mode for the start of their 19th Theatre Series and the hugely popular Broadway musical “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” which opens on June 19.

A cast of six actors under the direction of Marilyn Mays will bring Charles Schulz’ famous “Peanuts” characters to life through songs, dance, and vignettes.

Each week one of the cast members will be featured in this Inter-County Leader exclusive.

It’s hard to believe that such a perky and bubbly Lisa Bark will be playing Lucy Van Pelt – the crabbiest and most headstrong 6-year old in the history of the comics! Although “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” is Bark’s first production on the Festival Theatre stage, she is certainly not a stranger to venues throughout the Twin Cities and beyond.

Some of the theatres she has performed at are: The Guthrie, Plymouth Playhouse, Hennepin Stages, Minneapolis Musical Theatre, the Paul Bunyan Playhouse and Climb Theatre. Lisa has also toured with many companies including: Chamber Theatre tour, Troupe America and Teatro Politeama (which took her to Palermo, Sicily).

Bark has a bachelors of fine arts in musical theatre (with a minor in Dance)

Lisa Bark from the University of Minnesota - Duluth. While there, she performed in “Sweet Charity,” “Conference of the Birds,” “Cabaret” and “Brighton Beach Memoirs” to name but a few.

This vibrant and talented actor-singerdancer has been taking dance lessons (tap, ballet, jazz and lyrical) for 14 years with the New Prague Dance Company.

She also enjoys teaching at the Dance Xchange and will serve as a teaching artist at Festival’s June creativity camp in North Branch, Minn. – from Festival Theatre

Festival Theatre to open its 19th theater series ST. CROIX FALLS - It may have been simply a wild-eyed dream of three young theater professionals in 1990, but the aspirations of Carrie Classon Smith, Andrew Jensen, and Jason Smith live on as St. Croix Festival Theatre prepares to open their 19th consecutive theater series June 19.

“Their plans had been for a summer stock theater company in Lake Geneva,” said Marilyn Mays, who is directing the first show of the 2008 season. “However, those plans fell through and Carrie’s mother remembered seeing a newspaper article about an historic theater space being spruced up in a river town just 50 miles from the Twin Cities. It seemed a suitable substitute.”

Mays was one of many artists who came to St. Croix Falls for an acting job.

Having performed in 29 plays between 1993-1998, Marilyn, who moved here from New York City, is well-known to most patrons.

Festival Theatre opens their 19th theater series on Thursday, June 19, with a matinee performance of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” at 2 p.m. That evening, the annual grand opening of the season garden party will begin at 6 p.m. followed by opening night of “Charlie Brown” at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets for “You’re a Good Man, Char-

lie Brown” are $25 for adults and $12.50 for youth.

Subscribers get a deep discount through the purchase of Flex Pass packages which are bundled with either six seats or 10 seats.

Packages range Marilyn Mays, of in price from $105 to $185. Chisago City, Minn., To receive a is the director of 2008 season “You’re a Good Man, Brown” brochure, stop Charlie in at Festival which opens on Theatre or re- June 19. – Special quest one by photo phone or email.

Festival Theatre is located in downtown St. Croix Falls at 210 North Washington Street. For more information, to order tickets or join the theater’s mailing list, call 715-483-3387 or 888-8876002. You may also send an e-mail to info@festivaltheatre.org or use the theatre’s Web site www.festivaltheatre.org for tickets or additional information. – from Festival Theatre

Relay for Life of Burnett County set Friday, June 13, opening ceremony BURNETT COUNTY – Hundreds of families, friends, neighbors, cancer survivors and their caregivers all join together to help fight cancer in our communities. In 2007, Relay For Life in Burnett County collected donations totaling $79,702.

The donations given to the American Cancer Society go toward research, education, advocacy and patient services in our area. Each year they join the fight against cancer and they invite you to join them again at the Webster High School track on June 13.

The public is invited to join the festivities including the opening celebration, remembering our loved ones luminaria celebration, and the energized Fight Back Ceremony at midnight. Cancer never sleeps and we will not sleep, until they find a cure.

There are many exciting events this year including live music, food, relay teams selling arts and crafts and much more. Please join them. Registration begins on Friday, June 13, at 5 p.m. and the opening ceremony follows at 6 p.m.

There is no fee to attend. Leftover Tshirts will be for sale after the teams have checked in. Check out their Web site at http://events.cancer.org/rflburnettwi or call 715-259-7112. - submitted

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Interstate Park news Naturalist programs at Wisconsin Interstate Park

Saturday and Sunday, June 7 and 8 Free Fishing Weekend No fishing licenses required in Wisconsin. All other rules and regulations apply.

Saturday, June 7 - National Trails Day 2 p.m. – Junior Ranger. Free booklets with fun activities for parents and their children entering grades K-3. Meet the naturalist on the lake side of the Beach House.

2:30 p.m. – Wisconsin Explorer. Free booklets with fun activities for parents and their children entering grades 4 and up. Meet the naturalist on the lake side of the Beach House.

4 p.m. – If The River Could Talk …

Hear some of the fascinating history of the St. Croix River Valley on this scenic hike to the Summit. Meet at the Summit Rock Trail sign.

7 p.m. – Hiking the Ice Age Trail.

The Pothole Trail is the western terminus of the 1,200-mile long Ice Age Na-

tional Scenic Trail that spans the state of Wisconsin. Join naturalist Julie Fox for a relaxing hike on the trail while learning about the unique geology of Interstate Park, a unit of the Ice Age National Scientific Reserve. Meet at the Pothole Trail sign.

Sunday, June 8 - State Parks Open House Day Free admission to all Wisconsin State Parks.

Thursday, June 12 10 a.m. – Nature Story Time. Join Naturalists Julie Fox or Barb Walker at 10 a.m. on Thursdays through August for a story and activity chosen especially for the children pre-K through kindergarten and parents. Check at the park office upon arrival for program location.

Interstate Park is located in St. Croix Falls on Hwy. 35 just one-half mile south of Hwy. 8. For more information call Fox or Walker at 715-483-3747. submitted

Amery Community Foundation merges with St. Croix Valley Community Foundation HUDSON - The Boards of Directors of the St. Croix Valley Community Foundation and the Amery Community Foundation have announced a merger of their foundations. “We are very, very pleased to welcome the Amery Community Foundation into our family of affiliated foundations,” says Jane Hetland Stevenson, president of the St. Croix Valley Community Foundation.

“The board members in Amery considered long and hard about merging our operations,” said Ray Siggins, president of the Amery Foundation Board. “We felt that by joining with a larger and professionally staffed foundation we would be able to do even more for the greater Amery area than we have in the past.”

The Amery Community Foundation was established in 1984 and has assets of more than $500,000. Many of these assets go to scholarships to students from the Amery area. Current board members include Siggins, Bruce Johnson, Margaret

Lien, Margo Rosen, Paige Williams, Mary Lou Stanley, Larry Riemenschneider and Dan Lien, who is past president.

They plan on inviting other Amery area residents to join the board in the near future.

The St. Croix Valley Community Foundation was established in 1995 by a group of valley residents to provide an effective means for people who care about this unique region, and to be part of shaping its future. As of May 2008, the foundation has assets of approximately $16 million, and is active in grant making in five counties that border the St. Croix River – three in Wisconsin and two in Minnesota. It works locally in communities in the valley through its affiliates, which include the Hudson Community Fund, the River Falls Community Fund, the Dresser Community Fund, the Chisago Lakes Area Community Foundation and now includes the Amery Community Foundation. – from SCVCF

OBITUARIES James A. Stenberg James Aldo Stenberg, 79, of Bayfield, died Sunday, June 1, 2008, at Memorial Medical Center in Ashland.

He was born Aug. 7, 1928, in St. Paul, Minn., the son of Frederick A. and Ella L. (Zibell) Stenberg. On Jan. 28, 1950, he was united in marriage to B. Jean Peterson at Loraine. He owned and operated an auto parts store in Luck for more than 35 years. After retiring he and Jean made their home in Bayfield. He was a member of the Bayfield Masonic Temple and the Zor Shriners of Madison.

Survivors include his wife of 58 years,

Jean, of Bayfield; children: James of Siren, Mary (Rick Pomerleau) Stenberg of Mason, John of Florida and Ann Stenberg of California; and four granddaughters.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Gwen.

Per Jim’s wishes, no formal funeral service will be held. Interment will take place in McKinley Cemetery near Cumberland.

Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the Mountain Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Ashland and Mellen.

Dr. DeForest “Bud” John Olson Dr. DeForest (Bud) John Olson, 87, died June 3, 2008 at the Amery Regional Medical Center.

DeForest was born Feb. 7, 1921, the son of Charles and Aurora Olson in Centuria.

He attended UW-River Falls and then graduated from the University of Minnesota Dental School in 1943. He was united in marriage to Beth Schnur on June 12, 1943.

He served in the U.S. Navy during WWII as a lieutenant. He was stationed on the battleship Nevada until the end of the war. After serving, he started his dental practice in Taylors Falls, Minn.

DeForest was an active member of the American Legion.

He is survived by his wife, Beth; sons,

Theodore of St. Croix Falls; Robert (Sue) Olson of St. Croix Falls; and Richard (Joy) Olson of Shell Lake; brother, Reg (Jan) Olson of California; seven grandchildren, Derek (Denise) Olson, Alicia (Nathan) Brenna, Teresa, Heather, John and William Olson; and two great-grandchildren.

Services will be held Saturday, June 7, at Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church in Balsam Lake at 11 a.m. Visitation will be one hour prior to the services at the church.

The Edling Funeral Home of St. Croix Falls assisted the family with arrangements.

Frederick Anton Lauritsen Frederick Anton Lauritsen, 77, died May 29, 2008, at his home in Georgetown.

Frederick was born Oct. 26, 1930, the last of six children born to Estelle Pearson-Lauritsen and Frederick Lauritsen Sr. He was born in their new house, on the farmstead, which still stands. He was the only boy, with five older sisters.

He grew up in the Georgetown area and attended the Blake School for eight years, before transferring to, and graduating from, the local school in Milltown.

He took boxing in school and was the secretary of the FFA. At the Milltown School he met Dorothy Hutton. A few years after graduation they were married. They had six children and built a house on the family farm, where Frederick lived out his life.

He farmed the family homestead, milking cows, raising pigs and chickens. He

loved draft horses, and always had horses on the farm. He loved black Labs and cats. Frederick enjoyed outdoor activities such as cutting firewood, throwing horseshoes, duck hunting and deer hunting. In his later years, he still maintained a garden and kept red geraniums on the porch every summer. He was a fan of the Boston Red Socks and the Minnesota Vikings.

Funeral services were held on Monday, June 2, at Georgetown Lutheran Church, with Pastor Neal Weltzin officiating. Music was provided by Andy Mangelson. Casket bearers were Travis Norlund, Jamie Magnuson and Michael Magnuson. Interment was at the Georgetown Lutheran Cemetery.

The Williamson-White Funeral Home of Amery was entrusted with the arrangements.

CHURCH NEWS Dana Carlson music recital to be held at Bethany SIREN – The community is invited to a music recital performed by Dana Carlson at Bethany Lutheran Church in Siren Sunday, June 8, at 2 p.m. Carlson has been accepted at the Lutheran Summer Music Academy to be held at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn. She will join 150 other talented youth from across the United States and abroad for a monthlong intensive study of music and Christian fellowship. She will have daily one-on-one vocal education along with musical performances and twice daily worship opportunities. Carlson is a high school sophomore and is intending to study music and ministry upon graduation, so this is an excellent opportunity for her future plans. A freewill offering will be collected to help reduce the cost of attendance at the music academy.

Coffee and refreshments will be served following the recital. All are welcome.

For more information, call Bethany

Dana Carlson Lutheran Church, 715-349-5280. – from Bethany Lutheran Church,

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OBITUARIES Herbert Sederlund Herbert Sederlund, Siren, died May 22, 2008, at the Frederic Nursing and Rehab Center. He was 89 years old.

Herbert was born July 18, 1918, at the family home in West Sweden Township to Joy and Carl Sederlund. He attended the Wood River School through the eighth grade. Due to his father’s declining health, he then began working on the family farm full time.

In 1947, he married Ruth Jensen of Danbury. They met while roller-skating at one of the local skating halls and were married in Pine City, Minn. The had three children.

Herb worked on the family farm and later worked at different feed mills in the area. He was then employed at the Inter-County Leader for several years before he started his own business doing cement work and masonry. After retirement, he enjoyed mowing his lawn and gardening. He had a huge garden and often sold produce at the farmers market and shared what he had grown with family and friends. He also enjoyed playing cards at the senior centers in Siren, Frederic, Balsam Lake, St. Croix Falls and Milltown.

Herbert was preceded in death by an infant brother; his parents; and wife, Ruth in 2001.

Herbert is survived by his children, Donna (Gary) Beecroft of Siren, Darlene (Ronald) Svoboda of Balsam Lake and Galen (Cheryl) Sederlund of Hudson; grandchildren, Charity (Mike) Phillips, Dana Sederlund, Amanda (Nate) Carlson, Molly Wenstad, Jesse Sederlund, Gary (Julie) Beecroft, Troy (Sheila) Beecroft, Stacey (Mike) Coffey and Scott (Katie) Svoboda; seven great-grandchildren; sisters, Grace Lombardi of Eagan, Minn., and Margaret Ulick of Frederic; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Memorial services were held Tuesday, May 27, at Frederic Evangelical Free Church with Pastor Greg Lund officiating. Music was provided by Julie Beecroft and Carol Everson.

The Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Webster, was entrusted with arrangements.

John L. Dickinson John L. Dickinson, Luck, died May 27, 2008, at Cumberland Memorial Hospital. He was 82 years old.

He was born May 13, 1926, in Frederic, to Lloyd and Eunice (Arnold) Dickinson. John attended school in Frederic. He entered the U.S. Navy in 1944, serving in the South Pacific. John returned to the Frederic area and was a mechanic. He was married in West Sweden Township on Aug. 5, 1950, to Helen Schultz. They worked the pipelines in the United States. They moved to Guam for three years where he was in charge of a fleet of dairy trucks. John and Helen returned to Minneapolis and he worked for Foremost Ice Cream. He then went to work for the village of Roseville, Minn., as a refrigeration man for the Roseville Ice Arena and also the Roseville Parks Department. They moved to the Cumberland area in 1977 where he was a mechanic and then became a maintenance man at the Rice Lake Convalescent Center. After his retirement, he drove school bus for Head Start.

He is survived by his wife, Helen Dickinson, Luck; daughter Cindy (Alan) Meester, Plymouth, Minn.; sons Scott Dickinson (Julie Latterell), Spring Valley, and Tracy Dickinson, Fraser, Colo.; grandchildren Nick, Alex, Katie and Anthony; great-grandchild Brooke; and sister Mary Kizer, Belvidere, Ill. Memorial services were held June 2 at St. Peter Lutheran Church, Luck, with the Rev. Mark Hall officiating. Burial of cremains was in Maple Grove Cemetery, Frederic.

The Skinner Funeral Home, Cumberland, was entrusted with arrangements.

George Mahalla Graveside services for George Mahalla, 81, of Siren, will be held Thursday, June 5, at 3 p.m. at Oak Grove Cemetery in Webster.

A full obituary will appear in a future Leader.

The Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Erma Jeanette (Amundson) Olson Erma Olson, 93, of St. Croix Falls, formerly of Grantsburg, died May 11, 2008, at the Good Samaritan Center in St. Croix Falls.

She was born April 22, 1915. She was baptized and confirmed at Bethany Lutheran Church. She lived all of her life in the Grantsburg area and attended the Grettum School.

She married Emrian Olson on June 22, 1937. They had one daughter, Jane. Erma was a homemaker all her life. She liked to cook, garden and sew, making quilts at her church until she was 91.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Earl (Helen) and her grandson, Robert Lindahl.

She is survived by her daughter, Jane Lindahl; grandsons, Randy (Pat) Lindahl and Rodney (Nancy) Lindahl; five grandchildren; three step-grandchildren and five step-great-grandchildren; also many nieces, nephews and friends.

Funeral services were held June 3, at Bethany Lutheran Church with Pastor Jay Ticknor officiating.

Music was provided by Linda Dahl and Milton Johnson. Interment was held at Riverside Cemetery in Grantsburg.

The Edling Funeral Home, Grantsburg, was entrusted with arrangements.

Douglas E. Ames

Lavern H. Britton Lavern H. Britton, 86, a resident of Frederic, died May 30, 2008, surrounded by his family, at St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center, in Sioux City, Iowa, following a brief illness.

Lavern was born on June 20, 1921, in Sioux City, to Ralph and Bessie Britton. Lavern served in the United States Army during WWII. He married Margaret Frazee on June 4, 1939, in Elk Point, S.D. Lavern was preceded in death by his parents; sons, Eugene and Charlie; sisters, Daisy, Charlotte and Sharon; brothers, Steve and Lloyd; and twin greatgrandsons.

Lavern is survived by his wife; children, Marvin (Marlys) Britton of Merrill, Iowa, Babe (Tom) Mickelson of Spencer, Iowa, Phillip (Marlys) Britton of Remsen, Iowa, Rodney (Connie) Britton of Raytown, Mo., Ralph (Jenell) Britton of Frederic, Delores (Fred) Kurtz of Grantsburg; 14 grandchildren; many great- and great-great-grandchildren; sisters, Ruth Frazee of Danbury, Karen (Bill) Young of South Dakota, Wanda Maes of Colorado Springs, Colo., Rosella (Clifford) Bennett of Beloit; brothers, Warren (Karen) Britton of Waynesville, Mo., Harold Britton of Wyoming, Minn. and Clifford (Charlotte) Britton of Iowa, along with nieces, nephews other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, June 3, at Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, with Gene Olson officiating. Music was provided by Connie Britton. Interment followed at Bluff Lake Cemetery in Union Township, Burnett County. Casket bearers were Mike Fickbohm, Chris Fickbohm, Terry Britton, Ralph Britton, Jeff Britton, Mike Britton, Bob Britton, Lance Britton, Tommie Michelson, Donnie Mickelson, Brad Britton, Adam Memmer and Andy Tyler.

The Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Webster was entrusted with the arrangements.

Douglas E. Ames died Sunday, May 25, 2008, of Alzheimer’s disease at Cerinity Home in White Bear Lake, Minn. He was 82 years old.

After retiring from the Air National Guard as senior master sergeant, Doug and wife, Bette, spent many summers in the Balsam Lake area. He loved people, nature and the St. Croix River, and after owning a houseboat on the St. Croix for several years, he took the required training and testing to become a river boat pilot, one of his proudest accomplishments. “Cap’n Doug” skillfully piloted the paddle wheelers at Stillwater, Taylors Falls, and Red Wing, Minn., for many years.

He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; children, Susan (Sherman) Ames-Lillie of Luck, Jeanne (Bruce) Lundeen of Hugo, Minn., Frederick (Kristi) Ames, of White Lassie Tjarks, 91, Siren, died June 2, 2008. Memorial Bear Lake, Minn., stepdaughter, Susan (Richard) Hoff- services will be held Saturday, June 7, at Kingdom Hall, man of Phoenix, Ariz.; brother, Andrew Ames; grand- Siren, at 3 p.m. children, and great-grandchildren. He was preceded in A full obituary will appear in a future edition. death by parents, Douglas and Florence; and sister, The Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Webster, was Carol. entrusted with arrangements.

Memorial services were held Friday, May 30, at historic Fort Snelling Chapel and on Sunday, June 1, at White Bear Masonic Lodge.

Memorials preferred to Alzheimer’s Association.

Lassie Tjarks

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OBITUARIES Barbara Rose Post

Scott A. Smith

Dalrene E. Kurtz

Barbara Rose Post, 74, of Siren, formerly of Mt. Vernon, Iowa, died Saturday, May 31, 2008, in her home, following a long illness.

Barbara was born May 3, 1934, in Maquoketa, Iowa, the daughter of Raymond and Mildred (Varner) Edwards. She married Claude “Buster” Post on Dec. 16, 1950, in Cedar Rapids. She loved fishing, cross stitch, spending time with her grandchildren, family, and also spending time with her and Buster’s friends in Yuma, Ariz. Barbara also loved babies and they always made her smile.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Raymond and Mildred Edwards; a son, Leon Dale Post; an infant daughter, Rose Marie Post; her mother-in-law, Nettie VanTasell and her father-in-law, Leon “Van” VanTasell.

She is survived by her husband, Claude “Buster,” her children, Claudette (Butch) Walker of Marion, Iowa, Roxanne (Loren) Conley of Mt. Vernon, Iowa, Ricky (Pam) Post of Martelle, Iowa and Randy (Michelle) Post of Dubuque, Iowa; 10 grandchildren; 14 greatgrandchildren; brothers and sisters, Meredith “Doll” Johnston, Leonora “Pug” (Frank) Perez, William (Verlee) Edwards, Larry Edwards; and a sister-in-law, Ramona Curtis; and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, June 4, at Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Marion, Iowa, by the Rev. Bill Harnish. Burial was at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Memorials may be directed to the South East Linn Community Center in Barbara’s Memory, 108 South Washington St., Lisbon, IA 52253.

The Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Center of Marion were entrusted with arrangements.

Scott A. Smith, 86, of Frederic, died Thursday, May 1, 2008, at the Frederic Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

He was born on Oct. 23, 1921, in the town of Belvidere, Buffalo County, a son of the late Jeremiah and Rose (Olson) Smith.

At the age of 11, Scott and his family moved to Osseo, and then to Eleva. In 1938, he joined the CCCs. In 1939, Scott’s family moved to Buffalo City. Scott worked on several area farms before he enlisted in the United States Army in 1946. During his service to his country, Scott served with occupation forces in Korea.

After his separation, Scott again worked on several area farms before he re-enlisted in the Army, serving in Germany until an injury caused him a medical discharge.

Following his service to his country, Scott lived in Eau Claire and several years in Philadelphia. He then returned to Wisconsin and lived in Alma, Nelson and Pepin before relocating to Frederic in 1986. He lived by Seven Pines Road before moving into an apartment in Frederic about four or five years ago.

Scott is survived by one brother, James, of Pleasanton, Calif., along with numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his brothers, Francis, Clarence, Jerry, John, Harry and Russell; and one sister, Alice.

Funeral services were held on Tuesday, May 6, at the Talbot Family Funeral Home, Cochrane Chapel, with Pastor Joel Bacon officiating. Burial took place at Buf-

Darlene Elsie Kurtz, Milltown, died May 29, 2008, at the Osceola Medical Center, comforted by family members. She was 79 years old.

She was born in Cushing, on Jan. 22, 1929, the oldest of four children, to Jess Reynold Nick and Mary O’Delia (nee Hamble) Nick.

She was baptized and confirmed at the First Lutheran Church in Cushing. In her childhood she attended the Cushing School. She was united in marriage to August Gotlieb Kurtz on June 12, 1946, at the Cushing Lutheran Parsonage. To this union five children were born: son, Fred and daughters, Lavonne (Bonnie), Katherine, Irene and Jane. August and Darlene farmed in Eureka Township and the Cushing area most of their lives, an occupation they both loved. She loved gardening, canning her own food, baking, and being with her children, grandchildren, and greatgrandchildren. Upon their retirement in the early 1990s August and Darlene then moved to Milltown, where they resided until their deaths. August passed away peacefully on Nov. 10, 1996.

During her school years she was taught to spell her name as “Darlayne,” which she was known by her entire life; it wasn’t until recently that she knew her birth name as Darlene.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Floyd; husband, August; and daughter, Bonnie.

Darlene is survived by her brother, Henry (Hank) Nick and his wife Lois; sister, Corrine Larson; son, Fred, and his wife Delores; daughters, Katherine Owen and her husband Sam Sr., Irene Kurtz, and Jane Meyer and her husband Dennis; 14 grandchildren; 26 greatgrandchildren; and many nieces, nephews and other friends and relatives.

Services were held at the First Lutheran Church of Cushing on June 2, officiated by Pastor Amy Hessel.

Music was provided by organist, Carol Medchill. Interment was at Wolf Creek Cemetery. Casket bearers were grandsons, Scott Kurtz, Gary Owen, Sam Owen Jr., Andy Meyer, Damian Hughes and Richard Loomis.

The Rowe Funeral Home of Luck was entrusted with arrangements.

Elleonore E. Loney Elleonore E. Loney of St. Croix Falls, died Friday, May 30, 2008, at St. Croix Regional Medical Center at the age of 86.

Elleonore was born Sept. 6, 1921, in Farmington Township to Louis and Eda Measner Sr. She attended school at the Forest View School and graduated from Osceola High School in 1940. She left for Los Angeles where she lived with her sister Ruth and brother Lester.

She attended beautician school and worked there until 1944 when she returned to Wisconsin. On Dec. 24, 1944, she married Melvin G. Loney at Zion Lutheran Church.

After Melvin got out of the Army, they bought a farm in Balsam Lake Township. Four children were born to this union. Elleonore was active in St. John’s Lutheran Church serving as president and vice-president of the ladies aid, taught Sunday school. She was also active in the craft club.

Elleonore was preceded in death by her husband, Melvin, and daughter Diane. She is survived by her sons Allan (Mary) of Nichols, Myron (Karen) of Osceola, daughter Barbara (Paul) Anderson of St. Croix Falls, grandchildren Andrea (Brett) Rieberich, Daniel Loney, Jeff Loney, Drew Loney, Tim VanCleave, great-grandchildren Kathryn and Benjamin Rieberich.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, June 4, at Redeemer Lutheran Church in St. Croix Falls with the Rev. Eugene DeVries, officiating. Interment was on the Oak Grove Cemetery in Farmington.

The Grandstrand Funeral Home, Osceola, was entrusted with arrangements.

Shirley A. Anderson Shirley A. Anderson, 79, a resident of Siren, died Sunday, June 1, 2008, at Indianhead Medical Center.

Visitation will be Friday, June 6, from 5 to 7 p.m., at Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Siren Chapel. Funeral services will be Saturday, June 7, 11 a.m., at Bethany Lutheran Church, with visitation prior from 10 to 11 a.m. Interment will follow at Lakeview Cemetery.

A full obituary will follow in a future edition.

The Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Webster, was entrusted with arrangements.

Virginia L. Schultz Virginia L. Schultz, 72, a resident of Frederic, died May 31, 2008, a Frederic Nursing and Rehab.

Services will be held Thursday, June 5, at 11 a.m. at Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Siren Chapel. Visitation will be prior to services from 9 to 11 a.m. A full obituary will follow next week.

The Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Webster, was entrusted with arrangements.

Helen Feldt Helen Feldt, age 93, a resident of Sandstone, formerly of Cloverton, died May 15, 2008, at Pine Medical Center in Sandstone, Minn., after a short illness.

Helen was born on Sept. 27, 1914, in St. Ansgar, Iowa, to Louis and Louise Intorf. She graduated from St. Ansgar High School in 1932. In 1936, she married Alvin Feldt. They then moved to Pine County, Minn., in 1940 settling in Cloverton in the mid-1940s. Helen was a custodian at the Cloverton School for many years. She was an active member of Zion Lutheran Church in Markville, the WELCA Ladies Aid, New Dosey Homemakers, the East Pine County Wanderers and the Northland Community Senior Meal Site where she loved to play bingo.

Helen was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Alvin; one sister; and three half sisters and two half brothers.

She is survived by her daughter, Margaret (Bill) Dammann of Leesburg, Fla.; grandson, Lee (Cheryl); two great-granddaughters, Mariah and Alexis, all of Oshkosh; along with nieces, nephews, other relatives, loving caretaker Virginia Johnson and many friends.

Memorial services were held Saturday, May 31, at Zion Lutheran Church in Markville, Minn., with Pastor Larry Hendry officiating. Music was provided by Annette Carlson. Interment was held at the Markville Cemetery.

The Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Webster, was entrusted with arrangements.

Robert Thomas Peterson Robert (Bob) Peterson of Gresham, Ore., died May 24, 2008.

Bob was born March 13, 1922, at Webb Lake. He attended school and spent his early years in the Webster area. He served in the Civilian Conservation Corps and later entered the Army. Bob achieved the rank of sergeant and drove a tank during The Battle of the Bulge and other areas of the European Theater. After his military career, Bob moved with his family to Gresham, Ore., where he worked for the convoy company for many years as a driver, hauling new cars between Portland, Ore. and San Diego, Calif.

Bob was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas and Mary Elizabeth; his wife, Ruth; one brother, Beldon; and one sister, Mary Lou Jotblad.

He is survived by four sons, Bob Jr., Mike, Kevin and Tim; two daughters, Sheana Peterson and Susan Anderson; two brothers, Harold and Marvin; one sister, Bess Arneson; 11 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

A memorial service was held at the Elks Lodge in Gresham, Ore. Burial was beside his wife in the National Veterans Cemetery at Portland, Ore. The Bateman Carroll Funeral Home was entrusted with arrangements.

Kenneth Matrious Kenneth A. “Kenny” Matrious, age 52, died May 22, 2008, at Oak Park Heights, Minn.

He was born Feb. 12, 1956, in Danbury to Buster and Vivian (Matrious) Cadotte.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Vivian Matrious-Hemming and Buster Cadotte; maternal grandparents, Louie and Annie Medweosh; brother, Wayne Matrious; and niece, Ira Lynne.

Kenny is survived by his stepfather, Marvin Hemming of Siren; children, Kaitlyn and Joshua MatriousWeis of Hutchison, Minn.; sisters, Windy (Mark) Salmon of Shell Lake and Maxine Matrious of Webster; brother, Timothy Matrious of Colorado; uncle, Louie (Teresa) Matrious of Shell Lake and Marion Benjamin of Shell Lake; nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.

Funeral services were held May 28 at Lake Lena Community Center with Lee Staples officiating. Interment followed at Lake Lena Cemetery. Casket bearers were Tony Pike, John Spafford, Chuck Mitchell, Gordy Matrious, Cory Benjamin and Oliver Gibbs. Honorary casket bearers David Matrious, Kaitlyn Matrious-Weis, Joshua Matrious-Weis, James Matrious Jr. and Thomas Smith.

The Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Webster, was entrusted with arrangements.

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CHURCH NEWS News from the Pews at Pilgrim Lutheran Church

Passing through the lagoon

My husband and I once took friends fishing on the inland ocean of British Columbia. On our way to our planned fishing spot, we had to pass through narrow Fuch (Foosh) Lagoon. Our pass through Sally Bair had to coincide with low tide so the violent, rushing tide waters wouldn’t capsize our 22-foot boat. PERSPECTIVES And even at low tide, the water churned like a food blender. Picture a narrow, quarter-mile, bucking bridge with no rails, just a drop-off on each side.

My husband waited for the best moment to pass through. He studied the waves and then gunned the motor. Off we went, the boat bucking like a bronco.

The trip through was so scary I stayed on the floor of the boat. The motor sputtered but kept going. If it had died, we would have been sucked backwards, or even capsized in that narrow lagoon.

The key to our success in passing through lay in keeping focused on the center, not digressing to the sides.

It’s that way in life, too. If we digress – turn aside – from our intended path, we will regress and end up backwards, right where we started. If that happens, there will be no progress.

The word progress not only means to continue, or go forward, it also means to increase and to prosper.

How many times have we found ourselves making little if any progress in our daily doings, in essence taking two steps backward for every one we take forward? This happens in our Christian life, too.

Each new day should bring us one step closer to maturity. Today do we love God more than we did yesterday, and our growly neighbor as ourselves?

Today are we closer than yesterday to forgiving a past wrong? Today will we be less hesitant than yesterday to offer the good news of Jesus Christ to a loved one or friend? Every day we face a Fuch lagoon of churning water—a problem relating to illness, a relationship, death of a loved one, or another hurt. How we choose to face it will determine our spiritual strength or weakness.

“Therefore…let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross…“ (Hebrews 12:1-2) Lord, keep us from digressing from your path through our difficulties. We want to go forward rather than back.

Help us to keep our eyes on you alone. In Jesus’ name, amen.

(Mrs. Bair may be reached at sallybair@gmail.com)

ETERNAL

A special worship service was conducted on Sunday, May 25, by Pastor Catherine Burnette at Pilgrim honoring six graduating seniors from Frederic High School. After services everyone was invited to the fellowship hall for delicious homemade refreshments and to spend time with the graduates. Shown (L to R): Kelly Wondra daughter to Jay and Patti; Ben Anderson son of Dean and Terry; Nolan Neumann son of Rae Lynn Johnson and Wally Newmann; Holly Stoner daughter of Steve and Terri; Amy Soppeland, daughter of Pastor Mike and Mimi and Erin Schmidt, daughter of Brad and Kelly. Each graduate was given a handmade quilt to take with them on their special journey of life. Pilgrim invites all to attend Sunday morning worship services which begin at 9 a.m. For more information, call the church office at 3278012 or go to their newly upgraded Web site at www.pilgrimlutheranfrederic.com. - Photo submitted

Trinity Lutheran Church of Falun confirmation and baptism Trinity Lutheran Church of Falun celebrated six baptisms and also confirmed six young people at its June 1 service. Back row: Steve Butler, Liassa Miller, Pastor Carl Heidel, Ryan Ott and Kody Luke.

Front row: Meghan Schallenberger, McKenzie Johnson, Hunter Butler, Brittany Butler and Kelsey Meyer. Cake and coffee were served in the fellowship hall in their honor following the service. – Photo by Priscilla Bauer

Child drowning warnings and precautions STATEWIDE – Drowning is the second-leading cause of accidental death to children under age 5, after motor vehicle incidents. An estimated 250 children drown annually in pools, and an estimated 1,800 children are treated in hospital emergency rooms for submersion injuries each year. Many of these deaths and injuries occur in residential pools.

According to Consumer Reports, popular new lowcost inflatable pools may pose a safety hazard because they may often be used without proper layers of protection such as safety fences, alarms, pool covers and other gear required with larger pools. These pools stand 18 inches to 4 feet high and hold up to 5,000 gallons.

Close supervision is vital for families with a home pool and not just when outside using the pool. A common scenario is that young children leave the house without a parent or caregiver realizing it. Children should be under constant supervision while in and around a pool.

• Fences and walls should be at least 4 feet high and installed completely around the pool. Fence gates should be self-closing and self-latching. The latch should be out of a small child’s reach. Keep furniture that could be used for climbing into the pool area away from fences.

• If your house forms one side of the pool barrier, then doors leading from the house to the pool should be protected with alarms producing a sound when a door is unexpectedly opened.

• A power safety cover—a motor-powered barrier

that can be placed over the water—can be used when the pool is not in use.

• Keep rescue equipment by the pool and be sure a phone is poolside with emergency numbers posted.

Knowing cardiopulmonary resuscitation can be a lifesaver.

• Don’t leave pool toys and floats in the pool or pool area that may attract young children to the water.

• For aboveground pools, steps and ladders to the pool should be secured and locked, or removed when the pool is not in use.

• If a child is missing, always look in the pool first.

Seconds count in preventing death or disability.

• Pool alarms can be used as an added precaution.

Look for alarms that meet the requirements of the ASTM standard. The commission advises that consumers use remote alarm receivers so the alarm can be heard inside the house or in other places away from the pool area.

• To prevent body entrapment and hair entrapment/entanglement, have a qualified pool professional inspect the drain suction fittings and covers on your pool and spa to be sure that they are the proper size, properly attached, and meet current safety standards. If your pool or spa has a single drain outlet, consider installing a safety vacuum release system that breaks the vacuum to avoid potential entrapment conditions.

For more information, call the toll free hotline of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection: 1-800-422-7128. - submitted

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CHURCH NEWS The toddler years are a brief, delightful time for parents Q: My baby is only a year old and she is a JOY to my husband and me. But your description of toddlerhood is kind of scary. It's just around the corner.

Are the "terrible twos" really so terrible?

DR. DOBSON: I think the toddler years are delightful. It is a period of dynamic blossoming and unfolding. New words are being learned daily, and the cute verbal expressions of that age will be remembered for half a century. It is a time of excitement over fairy stories and Santa Claus and furry puppy dogs. And most important, it is a precious time of loving and warmth that will scurry by all too quickly and will never return.

Admittedly, the toddler years can also be quite challenging to a busy mother. Not the least of her frustrations is the negativism of that period of development.

It has been said that all human beings can be classified into two broad categories: those who would vote "yes" to the various propositions of life, and those who would be inclined to vote "no." I can tell you with confidence that each toddler around the world would definitely cast a negative vote!

If there is one word that characterizes the period between 15 and 24 months of age, it is no! No, he doesn't want to eat his cereal. No, he doesn't want to play with his dump truck. No, he doesn't want to take his bath. And you can be sure, no, he doesn't want to get to bed anytime at all. It is easy to see why this period of life has been called "the first adolescence," because

of the negatives, conflict and independence of the age.

Perhaps the most irritating aspect of the terrible twos is the tendency of kids to spill things, destroy things, eat horrible things, fall off things, flush things, kill things, and get into things. They also have a knack for doing embarrassing things, like Dr. James sneezing on a nearby man at a lunch Dobson counter.

During these toddler years, any unexplained silence of more than 30 seconds can throw an adult into a sudden state of panic. What mother has not had the shock of opening the bedroom door to find Tony Tornado covered with lipstick from the top of his pink head to the carpet on which he stands? On the wall is his own artistic creation with a red handprint in the center, and throughout the room is the aroma of Chanel No. 5 with which he has anointed his baby brother. Wouldn't it be interesting to hold a national convention sometime, bringing together all the mothers who have experienced that exact trauma?

Yes, toddlerhood is challenging, but it is also a wonderful time of life. It will last but a brief moment in time. There are millions of older parents today with grown children who would give all they possess to relive those bubbly days with their toddlers. Enjoy these years to the fullest.

••• Q: Our 24-month old son is not yet toilet trained,

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FAMILY

although my mother-in-law feels he should be under control by now. Should we spank him for using his pants instead of the potty?

DR. DOBSON: No. Suggest that your mother-in-law cool down a bit. It is entirely possible that your child can't control himself at this age. The last thing you want to do is punish a child of any age for an offense which he can't comprehend. If I had to err on this matter, it would be in the direction of being too late, rather than too early. Furthermore, the best approach to potty training is with rewards and encouragement rather than with punishment. Give him a sucker (or sugarless candy) for performing his duty. When you've proved that he can comply, then you can hold him responsible in the future.

••• Dr. Dobson is founder and chairman of the board of the nonprofit organization Focus on the Family, Colorado Springs, CO 80995 (www.family.org). Questions and answers are excerpted from "Solid Answers" and "Bringing Up Boys," both published by Tyndale House.

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Winery hosts benefit for Humane Society of Burnett County The Humane Society of Burnett County treasurer Carmon Sutton and HSBC President Brenda SpearsLamson welcomed guests and accepted donations at the wine and cheese fundraiser the Trade River Winery hosted Saturday evening.

The winery, along with the Burnett Dairy, Jeanne Taczala, Cynthia Rintala and Dave Frank, were sponsors of the event.

Cynthia Rintala performed on the patio at Trade River Winery Saturday evening, May 31. Rintala was one of the sponsors of a wine and cheese fundraiser hosted by the winery for the Humane Society of Burnett County.

Photos by Priscilla Bauer except where noted

Looking for home. This cute kitten looked longingly from its cage for someone to come and take it home.

Found a home. It didn’t have to wait long before Laura Fossum came along and was smitten. The kitten and several other animals were brought by volunteers to a fundraiser for the Humane Society of Burnett County at the Trade River Winery last weekend.

LEFT: Casper, the friendly dog, greeted guests at the Humane Society of Burnett County fundraiser the Trade River Winery hosted Saturday night, May 31. Casper, who was in bad condition when he arrived at the shelter, is now healthy and waiting to be adopted. Volunteers say this sweet 11-yearold needs a home where he will have lots of company and get lots of attention.

Shown are John Seager, co-owner of the Trade River Winery, and Jenny Shely, fundraising committee head for HSBC, who together organized the wine and cheese tasting benefit held Saturday, May 31, at Trade River Winery. Music on the patio was performed by local musicians Cynthia Rintala and Dave Frank.

Cheese and chocolates were donated by Burnett Dairy Co-op, AnimaLodge Boarding Kennel and Jeanne Taczala. Despite some rain, a large turnout made the benefit a huge success. – submitted by HSBC

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JUNE

THURSDAY/5 Frederic

• 500 cards played, 6:30 p.m., at the senior center.

• Polk-Burnett annual meeting at the high school, 7 p.m., 800-421-0283.

• Support group for people with bipolar disorder and depression at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 7:30 p.m. Call 715-327-4436 for more info.

Coming events

St. Croix Falls • Town celebrates National Trails Day with trail events and assorted outdoor activity. All day, begins at 7 a.m., 715-483-9542, Amy Klein.

Siren

• Free, Annual Kids Fishing Contest at Clam Lake Wayside, registration at 8 a.m., contest 9 a.m.-noon, 715-349-2400.

• Dana Carlson music recital at Bethany Lutheran Church, 2 p.m., 715-349-5280.

Webster • Benefit for Cassie & Lance Schaaf at Yellow River Saloon, 6 p.m.-?

FRI. & SAT./6 & 7

Webster

Boyceville

• 6th-annual Spooner School of Dance recital at the high school, 1 p.m.

• Annual Thunder in the Pines, Horse pull, Fri., 6:30 p.m.; tractor pull Sat., 6 p.m.,715-6436701, www.scvpullers.com.

MONDAY/9

FRI. - SUN./6 - 8

Dresser

• Dresser Neighborhood Watch meeting at the Dresser Community Hall, 7 p.m. Guest speaker Brian Hobbs from Polk County Health Dept. All members encouraged to attend.

Grantsburg

• Big Gust Days, garage sale, queen pageant, soap-box derby, kiddie parade, antique tractor show, antique car show, big medallion hunt, concerts, 715-463-2405.

Amery

Frederic • Spades, 1:30 p.m., at the senior center.

A pileated woodpecker prepares to feast on some suet. — Photo by John Reed

Clam Falls

Luck

• Polk County Outdoor Experience at South Fork Sporting Club, 715-327-8879.

• Yard & bake sale at United Pioneer Home.

Bake sale 8-11:30 a.m.; yard sale 8 a.m.-1 p.m., 715-472-2164.

Frederic

Dresser

• Pokeno played, 1 p.m., at the senior center.

• Grand reopening of the Dresser Depot. Ribbon cutting & program at 1:15 p.m. Depot is open 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., free train rides to the first 100 residents and former depot agent, Elmer Johnson, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. For more info, 715-755-3570 or www.trainride.org.

St. Croix Falls

Frederic

• Croix Valley Woolly Mountain Bike Race at the high school, registration 8-9:30 a.m.; race starts at 10 a.m.; 651-226-1961, www.woollyrace.com.

• Mammoth Walk events around town, 7:30 a.m., www.iceagetrail.org/Indianhead, 715-4722248.

• No passes required on the Gandy Dancer Trail in recognition of National Trails Day, 800222-7655.

• Noon Share-a-lunch & celebration of June birthdays. Bingo, cards & afternoon coffee to follow at the senior center.

• Frederic Evangelical Free Church bake sale, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Leader parking lot.

• Miss Frederic car wash at the Leader parking lot, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

• Second-annual Jane Wisse Memorial Scholarship Walk at Crooked Lake Park, 9:30 a.m., 715-349-2278 ext. 235.

• Biathlon at Coyland, 9:30 a.m., 715-6534273.

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Grantsburg

• Aquafest Power Weekend at the fairgrounds.

Tractor pull Sat., 7 p.m.; Demo Derby Sun., 2 p.m.; Car Show Sun., 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

• Carlyle Sherstad 5K run/walk, registration 6:30-7:45 a.m., start 8 a.m.

• First-annual Big Gust Craft Fair at Gateway Plaza, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 715-463-5165, 715-5660948.

• Demolition derby at the fairgrounds, 6 p.m.

• St. Croix Valley Orchestra summer concert at Memory Lake Park, 7 p.m., www.scvorchestra.org.

St. Croix Falls • Bingo, 1 p.m., at the seior center.

• Free Heidi Haskin Concert at the elementary school, 6:30 pm., www.heidihaskin.com.

• St. Croix Valley Orchestra summer concert at Overlook Park, 7 p.m., www.scvorchestra.org.

SAT. & SUN./7 & 8 Polk County

SATURDAY/7 Amery

• St. Croix Valley Orchestra summer concert, Michael Park on the Apple River, 2:30 p.m., www.scvorchestra.org.

Minong • Washburn County Humane Society Fundraiser at Black Bear Golf and Tennis Club, 1:30 p.m. shotgun start, 715-466-2314.

Spooner

St. Croix Falls

• Community Health Fair at Amery Regional Medical Center, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 715-268-8000.

• Rural Artists of Wisconsin at The Northern Lakes Center for the Arts, 7:30-9 p.m., 715-2586811.

Grantsburg • Demonstration on model rocketry at the airport by the 4-H, 2 p.m., 715-463-2684.

• 22nd-annual car show, swap, craft & flea market at the fairgrounds, 715-639-5114 or 715-635-3740.

• Exercise, 10 a.m.; Skipbo, 11 a.m.; 500 cards, 6:30 p.m., at the senior center.

• Good Samaritan Society – St. Croix Valley Auxiliary meets in the community room, 1:30 p.m.

• St. Croix Falls orchestra summer concert, St. Croix Falls Overlook Park, 7 p.m., www.scvorchestra.org.

FRIDAY/6

Deer Park • 2nd-annual turkey shoot at Amery Gun Club, 715-263-2261.

Siren

Webster

St. Croix Falls • Art Group, 9:30 a.m., at the senior center.

Siren • 13th-annual Golf Tournament at Siren National, 1 p.m. start, 715-349-5755, 715-5402.

TUESDAY/10 Dresser

• Chronic Illness/Disability Support Group meets at Peace Lutheran Church, 6:30 p.m.

Grantsburg • Boating Safety Class at Crex Meadows Visitors Center, 6-8 p.m., 715-463-2897.

Luck • Music in the Park at Centennial Pavilion, Rex Cactus, 6:30 p.m.

St. Croix Falls • Exercise, 10 a.m.; Skipbo, 11 a.m.; 500 cards & Dominos, 12:30 p.m., at the senior center.

WEDNESDAY/11

• Benefit for John Urnes at Tim’s Black & Orange, noon-4 p.m.

• Million Dollar Golf Tournament to benefit Relay for Life at Yellow Lake Golf Course, 2 p.m., 715-866-7107.

• Pokeno played, 1 p.m., at the senior center.

SUNDAY/8

• Straight Lake Park planning meeting at the DBS Hall, 6-8 p.m.

Cushing

Frederic Luck

• “King’s Countrymen” at Skonewood Christian Retreat Center, 7 p.m.

Cop Out helps support football program FREDERIC – The second-annual Frederic Cop Out Golf Tournament was held on Monday, May 19, at the Frederic Golf Course. This year was once again a success, due to all the businesses that do-

Frederic Police Chief RJ Severude explained the rules of the golf tournament before letting the teams go to the first hole of the 18-hole tournament.

nated prizes and were sponsors of holes.

There were a total of 28 teams made up of 111 golfers.

The first-place team was Pheasant Inn with members Kris Peterson, Pat Devrah, Randy Lies and Jeff Staber. The second-place team was called The A Team.

The golfers on The A Team were Dave Anderson, Gary Ackerly, Bruce Wikstrom and Bruce Mauer. Third went to The Ringers, whose members were Cullen Wondra, Brody Measner and Travis Pyke. All three winning teams donated their prize money back to the tournament.

The money raised from this year’s tournament goes to the Frederic junior high football program. The seventh- and eighth-grade program is a non tax-dollar program and fundraising is what keeps the program going.

The 2008-09 season will be the eighth year the program has been offered. It is made possible by the help of the volunteer coaches, Todd Miller, Brady Robertson and Jason Richter.

The football program is grateful to the Frederic Golf Course, the Frederic Police Department and Chief RJ Severude for the funds raised by the golf tournament.

The businesses that donated prizes for

Golfers wait in their carts for the start of the Frederic Cop Out Golf Tournament held on Monday, May 19.– Photos by Brenda Sommerfeld this year’s event were: Great Northern Outdoors, Hog Wild, Pizza Planet, Bean’s Country Griddle, Frederic Golf Course, Bernicks Cos., North Memorial Air Care, Northbound Sports, Loggers Bar and Grill, Ken Belanger, Timbers Theater, Van Meter’s Meats, Rose Garden, St. Croix Casino, Acorn Bakery, Re-

gions Hospital, Frederic Fuel, St. Croix Outdoors, Frederic Do-It-Best Hardware and Countryside Inn. The police department is already in the process of planning next year’s competition and is looking for sponsors. – Submitted