WED., OCTOBER 9, 2013 • VOLUME 81 • NO. 8 • 2 SECTIONS
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Other stories inside:
• More delays for Burnett County communications project Page 6
WEEKEND WATCH
• Clarifying tourism’s impact: Polk County’s Tourism Council weighs in on recent issues Page 5
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• Veterans memorial proposed in Polk County Page 10 • Bad guys getting “badder,â€? Sheriff Roland reports Page 3
UP FRONT National Newspaper Week, which runs from Oct. 6-12, promotes the value of community newspapers. The InterCounty Leader strives not only to “hold up the mirror� to our lives but also to provide accurate information in the American tradition of a free, aggressive and responsible press. National Newspaper Week has been celebrated for 73 years, and the Inter-County Cooperative Publishing Association, publishers of the Leader and Washburn County Register, has been around for all of those years - and then some ... 80 years to be exact. As the only cooperative-owned weekly newspapers in America, we celebrate National Newspaper Week in conjunction with October Cooperative Month. And we take this opportunity to thank our loyal readers for their support. - Editor
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October is Cooperative Month
Wisconsin: A hotbed of hot cooperatives 3DUW WZR RI ÀYH SDUW VHULHV by The Alliance of Polk Burnett Cooperatives We are exceptional, unique. We are also common, one among many, a part of a large whole. We are a cooperative. The Inter-County Cooperative Publishing Association is, as far as we know, the only newspaper co-op in Wisconsin, though there are other printing and publishing companies. It is possible that we are the only co-op newspapers in the country. But Wisconsin has thousands of co-ops of various types—credit unions, electric co-ops, phone co-ops and mutual insurance companies. It also has cooperative grocery stores, dairies, agricultural stores, bookstores, musicians, artists and crafters.
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The University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives (uwcc.wisc.edu), looking at the economic impact these entities have in the state, counts 262 credit unions, 115 farm supply and marketing stores, 54 housing cooperatives, 40 water/waste facilities, 33 mutual insurance companies, 26 electric co-ops, 24 health care co-ops, 22 day cares, 18 arts and crafts, and entertainment organi]DWLRQV SOXV ÀQDQFH HGXFDWLRQ PHGLD WHOHSKRQH WUDQVportation and other co-ops. Wages from these entities are about $850 million, with more than 20,000 employees. At least 3 million Wisconsinites are members of these various groups, and many more probably buy Ocean Spray cranberry juice, Sunkist oranges, Land O’Lakes butter or Organic Valley milk,
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shop at Ace Hardware or have spent the night at a Best Western without knowing these are cooperatives. The Inter-County Leader is owned by its subscribers. For just $5, a subscriber becomes a member and is invited to an annual meeting in December at which door prizes are distributed, board members elected and a dinner is served. The editorial page of the Leader from its founding, 7KXUVGD\ 1RY KDV D VWDWHPHQW E\ LWV Ă€UVW HGLtor, Bennie Bye: “The Leader owes its birth to the burning conviction that the people need a voice. It aims to provide this expression, it seeks to be a well of common strength in these troublesome times. “The Inter-County Leader has one main purpose. This is to publish fully the FACTS and NEWS which concern the welfare of the people of Polk, Burnett, Barron and St. Croix counties. The Leader does not represent any one section or class. It will not further the interests of any one group. It is founded on the principle that the welfare of one is the welfare of all. Its success, if it succeeds, is yours. Likewise, its failure, if it fails, is yours.â€?
SPORTS Tigers clinch at least a share of North title Inside this section
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