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Still no sign of Rose Bly

21-year-old missing for two weeks PAGE 2

Argument filed in Huggett appeal

No need for actual voice messages, argues state PAGE 3

Letters from Home Carrie Classon’s fifirrst column

Currents, Page 3

Lime quarry remains closed

Closed sessions hint at litigation and personnel problems PAGE 4

Troubling news for library

Parish nursing Mind, body and spirit

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“It works!” were magic words at the annual Siren Lions Labor Day sale as thousands of people rummaged through everything from vintage radios and computers to clothing and furniture and, of course, used exercise equipment, as this gentleman discovered firsthand.

The three-day sale is a major fundraiser for the Lions, who turn the money back into community projects. - Photo by Gary King

Frederic citizens honored for sharing their time Community thanks its good neighbors

by Gregg Westigard FREDERIC – Last Thursday night, Frederic paid honor to some of its good neighbors.

For years these people have shared their time and energy to help the community. The Citizen/Volunteer Banquet thanked Linda Hoff, Kathy Meyers, and Ray and Carol Thompson for their service. Their stories, as told by local friends and neighbors, are examples of what makes the Frederic area a good place to live.

Carol and Ray Thompson were honored as Citizens of the Year. They are always involved in helping the community, friends said.

Ray became a volunteer driver for the Polk County Aging Program four years ago. He has made that driving, especially helping veterans get to medical appoint-

Carol and Ray Thompson were honored as Frederic’s Citizens of the Year. - Photos by Gregg Westigard ments at the V.A. hospital in the Cities, his job. Ray volunteered 1,700 hours last year and drove 43,000 miles, and he provided rides for thousands of vets.

“It’s enjoyable,” Ray said. “I enjoy listening to their stories. Someday, I might need some help.”

Carol has been a key volunteer in the many activities of the Lionesses and Pil-

Linda Hoff (L) and Kathy Meyers were honored for Business of the Year and Volunteer of the Year, respectively. grim Lutheran Church. While running a business, she always finds time to help others, said Chris Byerly. Phyllis Wilder said Carol has shared her time with others since she came to Frederic 19 years ago and is always there when needed.

Linda Hoff and Linda’s Family Day

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Search for Rose Bly continues

POLK COUNTY - Sheriff Tim Moore met last Friday with the mother of a missing 21year-old woman along with others who have been working to solve her mysterious disappearance, including a local private investigator.

“I believe it went well,” Moore said of the meeting, noting, however, that no new leads have surfaced in the case.

Rose Marie Bly left her Wolf Creek home Friday, Aug. Rose Marie Bly, 21, allegedly telling 21, went missing her husband she Aug. 21, from her was on her way to rural St. Croix Falls meet a cousin at a home. - Special Cushing tavern. photo When she didn’t return home, her husband notified authorities. Four days later the car she was driving was found in a parking lot in downtown Grantsburg.

Her mother, Candus Harer, Grantsburg, says her daughter would never leave her two children, both under the age of 2.

Bly, who was born and raised in Grantsburg, apparently left home with little money and no debit or credit cards. She had a cell phone with her but has not been using it, Moore said. “That concerns us,” he noted, but added it could mean she has a new phone or switched the sim card in the one she had.

Whether Bly left on her own or was abducted is still open to speculation. No signs of violence have been found. Searches have been made around the home and where the car was found with no apparent damage

and no keys inside.

Only fingerprints belonging to Bly, her husband and children were found in the car.

Bly’s husband has cooperated with authorities and is not considered a suspect.

Private investigator Eric VanGuilder says he is working with local authorities on possible leads. None of the leads as of this week have proven reliable or considered factual, he said. Results from the sheriff’s department’s ongoing investigation into cell records may help provide some answers, he added.

Flyers placed around Burnett and Polk counties have been disappearing, according to one family friend. Moore confirmed that his Not long after posters were put up, the car Rose Bly was department received driving was discovered in a municipal parking lot in Grantsat least one report burg. People with any information on this case are to conabout a week ago of a tact the Polk County Sheriff’s Department at 715-485-8300. middle-aged man tak- - Photo by Priscilla Bauer ing down a flyer that had been posted at a Moore is asking people with any inforconvenience store in Milltown. mation on this case to contact the Polk This Friday will mark the 21st day Bly has County Sheriff’s Department at 715-485been missing and out of touch with family 8300. VanGuilder can be reached at 715- 259and friends.

7266 or by sending an e-mail to: Bly is 5’ 2” tall, weighs 116 pounds, has investigations@ericvanguilder.com, - Gary brown eyes and blonde, medium-length King hair. She has a tattoo of cherries on her right ankle.

Old Swedish Lutheran Church receives attention after bones discovered

by Priscilla Bauer GRANTSBURG – The old Swedish Lutheran Church had gone unnoticed for years, falling into disrepair.

The once beautiful place of worship had reduced to no more than a glorified storage shed.

People living on Wisconsin Avenue (also known as Long Street by Grantsburg residents) thought of it as an eyesore, not even giving it a second look anymore. A forgotten piece of Grantsburg’s history, it stood as if waiting for someone or something to give it notice.

That notice came last week when current owner Randy Bowman and a friend decided to take a look around inside the church.

“We were just snooping around. We went up in the bell tower and that was cool.

When we came back down my friend was looking down into the basement through one of grates in the floor and asked how we could get under there.”

Bowman said they had to go outside to get into the basement, which he described as actually no more than a crawl space. The area had a sand floor only deep enough to get to where a coal-burning stove used to stand.

Bowman said while they were wandering around the basement his friend noticed something on the floor, asking Bowman, “What’s this?” Bowman said his reply was “I’m not sure.”

“It didn’t seem right, so we just left it,” said Bowman of the discovery. “I called one of the Grantsburg police officers I knew,

The old Swedish Lutheran Church.

Owner Randy Bowman says there are some beautiful and preserved features in the church’s interior such as the domed ceiling with handpainted images. Bowman said there were also two paintings, which he’d like to donate to another church. – Photo by Priscilla Bauer Dan Wald. I thought they can deal with this.”

“They could have been deer bones but I didn’t recognize them as any deer bones I’ve seen,” Bowman said, who explained he’d found deer antlers at the house next to the church, which he also owns. Bowman

Moose sighted at Crex “It was coming right down the dike on the meadows,” said John Hennessey, as he described where a bull moose decided to take an early Tuesday morning walk. Hennessey and fellow county worker, Kurt Anderson, were doing some road patching approximately two miles from the Crex Wildlife Education and Visitor Center in Grantsburg on CTH F when they first spotted the moose. Several other people saw the animal before it crossed the road and headed west into the woods. Hennessey managed to take a photo of the moose with his cell phone camera, remarking, “That was the neatest thing I’ve seen in a long time.” - Special photo

thought the previous owner of the church and house might have fed his dogs deer parts from remains he’s found in the backyard.

Bowman said the location of the discovery was what he found strange. “It seemed like an odd spot for something like that.”

Bowman, who obtained the property after it went into foreclosure, has been renovating the house as a rental property. He said he had planned to deal with the church after finishing remodeling the house.

As to a report circulating that a human skull was found, Bowman just laughed.

“No, there wasn’t any skull found, but I have found all kinds of other stuff like old newspapers from the 1950s stuffed in some of those grates.”

As to the notice the church is now getting Bowman said he hoped it could be restored.

“Maybe someone will come along and save it,” said Bowman. “The structure is sound and it would be a shame just to tear it down.”

As the Leader went to press it was learned from Officer Wald that the bones were turned over Burnett County Medical Examiner Mike Maloney.

Maloney said, "There were some rib bones and what looked like it could be a femur bone which looked like they could have been human. So we bagged them up and sent them to qualified people at the Midwest Medical Examiner's office in Ramsey, Minn. to be identified. They determined them to be old, old deer bones."

Briefly The Leader is pleased to welcome columnist Carrie Classon to its pages this week (“Letters from Home,” page 3, Currents section). Many Leader readers will recognize her as the accomplished actress who co-founded Festival Theatre in St. Croix Falls. Her column will run weekly, offering a glimpse of her new life and the people of the local community she calls home.

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CLEAR LAKE -A psycho-thriller film titled “CLEAR LAKE, WI” was filmed in the Polk County community in 2008. Village native and Hollywood actor Dustin Booth (executive producer) is proud to announce the Midwest premier of the film.

The film stars Booth, independent film star Michael Madsen (“Reservoir Dogs,” “Donnie Brasco,” “Kill Bill”), as well as actors Paul Ben-Victor and Audrey Wasilewski.

The Meriwether Productions film, shot in HD, also features up-and-coming talent, Grinnell Morris, Shi Ne Nielson, Heather Simpson, Morgan Simpson and Carla Toutz. The debut of its weeklong theatrical run is Friday, Oct. 9, and it will play for seven consecutive days, through Thursday, Oct. 15, at the Hudson Theatre in Hudson.

Exact times will be announced later. More information can be found at clearlakewimovie.com. - with submitted information.

••• SIREN - Are you a survivor of domestic violence or sexual assault? If so, you are invited to a support group that will be meeting on selected Mondays this fall. The group will meet from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 14, Sept. 28, Oct. 12, Oct. 26, Nov. 9, Nov. 23 and Dec. 7 at the Community Referral Agency’s Burnett County Outreach Office in Siren. Persons interested are asked to contact Renee for details at 715349-7272. All services are free and confidential. - with submitted information ••• SIREN - A recent report by Sheriff Dean Roland about concern over an unknown man taking photos around the village of Siren was unfounded. According to Siren Police Chief Chris Sybers, who investigated the concerns, the man was taking photos of various fence heights in the village in relation to a property issue.

••• OSCEOLA - St. Croix ArtBarn, Osceola, will again offer an art event designed for the entire family–children, teens, youth, adults and seniors–Saturday, Sept. 12, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., rain or shine. The 16thannual ArtBarn ArtExplosion Day will feature hands-on art opportunities including raku pottery, fish painting resist, face paint, crafty pencils, spray shirts, drawing, shrink art key chains, duct tape hats, golf ball rolling and bag stamping. Train movies will be featured in the barn as well as concessions. ArtBarn’s event is part of the annual Wheels & Wings celebration in Osceola. ArtBarn is located at 1040 Oak Ridge Drive, one block east of Hwy. 35 next to the Osceola middle and high schools.

Live music by local performers and concessions will be provided on the ArtBarn grounds throughout the day. Admission is a $5 wristband allowing attendees to come and go throughout the day. T-shirts will be available for an additional fee or bring your own. For more information or to participate in the event, call 715-2942787 or visit www.stcroixartbarn.com. submitted

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Argument filed in Hugget appeal

by Sherill Summer BURNETT COUNTY - Kyle Huggett, 34, Danbury, was facing a second-degree intentional homicide charge in the Jan. 20, 2008, shooting death of John Peach until May when Judge James Babbitt dismissed the charge.

The judge ruled Huggett’s due process was violated when two allegedly threatening voice-mail messages from Peach to Huggett and to Huggett’s girlfriend Amy Kerbel were not preserved by the Burnett County Sheriff’s Department before they were deleted by the cell-phone provider after seven days.

Babbitt may not have the final say, as the prosecution is appealing his decision. The Wisconsin Department of Justice is assisting the prosecution in the appeal.

Both the prosecution and the defense attorney will have an opportunity to argue their positions in a series of briefs that the court of appeals will consider to decide if Babbitt was correct when dismissing the case.

The appeal actually began within days of Babbitt’s decision, but time was given for the prosecution and the defense to research their perspective positions. Because the Department of Justice is assisting in the appeal, the prosecution arguments will be made by the attorney general’s office.

Assistant Attorney General James M. Freimuth submitted the first brief for the court of appeals to consider last Friday, Sept. 4.

In it he outlines the basic facts behind the Jan. 20, 2008, shooting death. He describes the voice-mail messages from Peach to both Huggett and Kerbel and how the phones were collected as evidence by the Burnett County Sheriff’s Department. He describes the steps the sheriff’s department took to collect evidence from the phones by subpoenaing the cell-phone company and the subsequent search warrant used to gather all remaining information stored on the phone, and he also concede that the voice-mail messages were lost after Alltel deleted the messages after seven days.

The series of text-message transcripts that do survive between Peach and Huggett and between Peach and Kerbel was discussed in the brief, as was the court testimony about the about the missing voice-mail messages and Huggett and Kerbel’s reaction to the messages the night of the shooting when they decided not to call law enforcement.

After Freimuth described the basic facts, he explained why he felt that the court of appeals should reverse Babbitt’s decision.

Babbitt ruled that the two lost voicemail messages were important exculpatory evidence (meaning it was evidence that was useful to the defense) and their loss could not be adequately reconstructed by other means. Because the evidence could not be reconstructed, Huggett’s due process was violated.

Freimuth argues in the brief that the messages were not in the exclusive possession of the sheriff’s office since Huggett and Kerbel could remotely access their voice-mail messages. He also argued that the messages were destroyed by an independent third party, Alltel, the cell phone provider, not the sheriff’s office.

Furthermore, Freimuth argues, the lost voice-mail messages were not the only means by which Hugget could convey the alleged threats on the night of the shooting. There are text messages that convey Peach’s mindset on the night of the shooting, and there is testimony from Huggett and Kerbel describing the messages.

Freimuth concludes that Babbitt’s dismissal with prejudice is an unfairly harsh sanction against the prosecution and that a better remedy would be for the court to instruct the jury to accept the voice mail messages from Peach as described by Huggett and Kerbel in testimony.

Freimuth asked that Babbitt’s dismissal be reversed so that Huggett would again be facing a second-degree intentional homicide charge.

Before the court of appeals can decide this case, the defense attorney will have a chance to present its arguments.

The Leader will present the defense arguments once they are filed with the court of appeals.

Flu: State of confusion

POLK COUNTY - The 2009 fall flu season is causing much confusion due to several strains of the influenza virus circulating at the same time. Many questions related to seasonal and novel H1N1 vaccine availability are swirling throughout the county.

Currently, a vaccine for the novel H1N1 flu virus is being tested. The Polk County Health Department and private providers may start receiving the vaccine in late October.

Initial supplies are going to be targeted toward the following groups who are at higher risk of complications from the novel H1N1 virus: pregnant women, all persons aged 6 months through 24 years of age, people who live with or care for children younger than 6 months of age, health-care and emergency-services personnel, and people aged 25 through 64 years who have health conditions associated with higher risk of medical complications from influenza.

As the novel H1N1 vaccine supply in-

Services Saturday for Marty Niles II FREDERIC - Funeral services will be held Saturday, Sept. 12, for Marty J. Niles II, 23, who died Sunday, Sept. 6, after a battle with cancer.

Niles, the son of Marty and Kathy Niles of Frederic, was a standout athlete at Frederic High School. He was attending Superior College Marty Niles II when he suffered a stroke in April of 2008. He was taken to a Twin Cities hospital where he was diagnosed with a brain tumor and underwent surgery and chemotheraphy.

Visitation will be Friday, Sept. 11, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Siren Chapel. Funeral services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. with visitation from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Frederic High School. - with submitted information

creases, the health department expects to offer community immunization clinics to all those who want the vaccine. It is also likely that two doses of novel H1N1 vaccine will be needed, an initial dose followed by a booster in 3 – 4 weeks.

Seasonal influenza vaccine, however, is now available and all Polk County residents are encouraged to get their annual influenza shot. Seasonal influenza vaccine does not protect against novel H1N1 influenza.

The health department has scheduled their first flu shot clinics to begin Friday, Sept. 18, 9 a.m. to noon, at the Polk County Health Department in Balsam Lake. Please check your local papers and the Polk County influenza Web site at www.polkcountyflu.com for additional

dates and times. Residents may also contact their local health-care provider for seasonal vaccination schedules.

As always, there are things you and your loved ones can do to protect yourselves from becoming ill. Frequently wash your hands, cover your cough or sneeze, get plenty of rest and drink plenty of fluids, avoid those who are sick, and stay home from work/school if you are ill. In addition to these general precautions, receive your seasonal influenza vaccine early and make a household plan for illnesses, which includes alternative child care, staying home when sick and ensuring you have enough over-the-counter cold/flu medications. - from the Polk County Health Department

Early flu season this year

More than 20 cases at Frederic Schools

FREDERIC - It will be an early flu season this year, according to Jennifer Swenson, health educator with the Polk County Public Health Department.

“Luckily the flu is still responding to anti-viral medication and isn’t any more severe than the seasonal flu usually is,” Swenson noted. “All we can continue to do is stress that people wash hands and stay home if they are sick so as not to

spread it further.”

Swenson said there are confirmed cases of Influenza A with unknown subtypes circulating in northern Polk County. “We are awaiting confirmation from the state testing lab as to H1N1 at this time,” she noted.

Frederic Schools Superintendent Jerry Tischer said Tuesday that approximately 20 high school students and two elementary students were absent with the flu this week, causing the cancellation of a junior high football game. - Gary King

Citizens/from page 1 Care were honored as Business of the Year. She has taken care of over 200 children over the past 19 years, providing a safe, fun and educational setting where young community children can spend the day while their parents work. From 5:30 in the morning until 6 in the evening, Hoff has cared for her young friends. In addition, Hoff has been the hostess of the annual Halloween event for local children.

“I never worry for a single day,” Jamie Worthington, one of the parents whose lives have been made easier by the day care center, said. “Linda makes caring for eight kids seem like a piece of cake. She is the most selfless person I know.”

Kathy Meyers, the Volunteer of the Year, has been at the core of Interfaith Caregivers since the group, that helps seniors and adults living with disabilities, was founded in 1995.

“Kathy represents Interfaith Caregivers,” program Director Karen Krupa said. “She takes care of everything. Her deep faith and care for others is outstanding.”

“Volunteers make our community strong,” said Glenn Meier. “Kathy is always there for every activity at St. Dominic’s. She helps with the food shelf and the social justice community at the church. ‘No’ is not in her vocabulary.”

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Lime quarry still closed

Closed sessions hint at litigation and personnel problems

by Gregg Westigard BALSAM LAKE/ALDEN – The Polk County Lime Quarry in the town of Alden remains closed, an action ordered

by Polk County Board Chair Bryan Beseler on Aug. 27. While little or no information is being released by the county, two things are known. First, the decision to close the quarry was made by the county, not state authorities. Second, the notices calling for two closed sessions during upcoming county meetings refer to personnel problems and coming litigation.

The closing of the quarry was not generated by the Department of Agriculture, according to information provided to the Leader by Charlene Khazae with the agriculture resources management division of that department. The call to her was made on Sept. 3. She said that she first heard about an issue in Polk County when she received an unscheduled call from Finance Director Tonya Weinert on Aug. 27. Khazae said that the quarry is and has been licensed. There are standards for testing but those tests are not reported to the state. Quarries must test their materials and list the lime-quality index on the label or invoice. And lastly, Khazae said their department had received no complaints about the Polk Lime Quarry.

While county board members, includ-

The Polk County Lime Quarry in Alden still sits idle during a peak season for ag lime sales. - Photo by Gregg Westigard ing members of the lime quarry committee, have not been informed of the reason for the closing, some of that information may be coming during two upcoming meetings. However, information at each of the meetings is listed as a closed-session item. Each closed session is listed slightly differently.

The quarry closing will come up first at the lime quarry committee meeting Wednesday morning, Sept. 9. The notice for that closed session, listed as lime quarry closure and investigation, states “Preliminary consideration of specific personnel problems and/or investigation of charges against specific persons.”

It also mentions “the strategy to be adopted by the committee with respect to litigation in which it is or is likely to become involved.”

A lime quarry update is also the last item on the agenda for the Sept. 15 county board meeting. That item also cites the state statutes on charges against individuals and on litigation which the county is or is likely to become involved.

Meanwhile, the lime quarry remains closed until further notice and the county Web site directs calls about the status of the quarry to the county employee relations department.

Beseler: Certification of lime main issue BALSAM LAKE - Polk County Board Chairman Bryan Beseler issued a statement last week, saying that issues regarding the certification of the lime sold at the county’s lime quarry led to a decision to close the quarry, Aug. 27.

“The Lime Quarry was closed after Polk County discovered issues regarding the certification of Lime at the Lime Quarry,” Beseler stated. “Upon discovering the issue Polk County voluntarily contacted the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture regarding these issues. In conversations between Department of Agriculture and legal counsel, in conjunction with Larry Jepsen (Chairman of the Polk County Lime Quarry) the decision was made to temporarily halt operations and close the Lime Quarry. Chairman Jepsen contacted the employees at the Lime Quarry to inform them of the closure and signed the authorization to close and Press Release in conjunction with myself as County Board Chair. Polk County is continuing to work with the Department of Agriculture to resolve these matters and intends to reopen the Lime Quarry as soon as possible.”

A brief statement was issued Aug. 27 noting the closure was “Pursuant to Wisconsin Administrative Code Chapter 41 and Wisconsin Statute section 94.66.” Those guidelines relate to sale and licensing and grade and weight issues for ag lime. - Gary King

County to design plans for CTH I culvert

Trustees want to see Balsam Lake industrial park filled

by Mary Stirrat BALSAM LAKE — In a turnaround from discussions earlier this summer, the Balsam Lake Village Board voted Tuesday evening to have the county develop plans for a larger culvert under CTH I between Balsam Lake and the Mill Pond.

Trustee Mike Voltz cast the lone vote against the idea.

The plans will be developed by Scott Geddes, engineer with the Polk County Land and Water Resources Department.

Engineering fees are estimated at $9,086, which will be paid by the Balsam Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District.

The village board and the BLPRD board will meet Sept. 15 to talk about the project.

Six out of seven members of the board felt that, since the rehab district was covering the cost for the engineering phase, the village should proceed with this phase of the project. Only Voltz stood against it, saying that the village shouldn’t move forward with it because it doesn’t have the money to actually replace the culvert. Replacement of the culvert is being spearheaded by Mill Pond resident Carl Holmgren in order to allow bigger boats to go from Balsam Lake into the Mill Pond.

“To me,” said Voltz, “this is a luxury.

Who pays for construction? Where is the money going to come from? It doesn’t fall out of the sky.”

Trustees Jim Broome and Jeff Reed both said that this part of the project is costing the village nothing. Once estimates for actual construction are received, they said, the village can decide how or if it will proceed.

Village President Guy Williams reminded the board that assessor Barb Zempel estimated that property values on the Mill Pond would probably double if the culvert were enlarged. Rather

than the current $600 per foot of frontage, Mill Pond residents would pay in the neighborhood of $1,200 per foot.

The village share of the property taxes is about 25 percent, with the rest going to the school, county, and technical college.

Industrial park Filling empty lots in the industrial park will be given some attention in the near future, with possible a brochure developed and information put on the village Web site to encourage businesses and industries to consider Balsam Lake as a potential home.

Trustee Mike Voltz brought up the subject, saying he had just returned from a trip across the country where he saw a great deal of industrial development and, particularly, the use of renewable energy.

“Here we sit with an industrial park we’ve spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on,” he said, “and we can’t get it going. We’ve got this industrial park with nothing in it. I just think we should be pushing it. We should dangle the carrot out in front of the horse.”

According to discussion at the meeting, several businesses have inquired about the industrial park but there have been no takers. Trustee Jim Broome suggested the board write a letter to these businesses, asking what influenced their decision, in order to better know what the are looking for.

“It’s not making us anything sitting there,” said Voltz. “Now is the time to be looking a this.”

Habitat for Humanity The Polk County Chapter of Wild Rivers Habitat for Humanity is nearing completion of its first home, a three-bedroom house in Amery, spokeswoman Carolyn Stone told the board, adding that the volunteer organization hopes to select a family for its second home sometime next spring.

Habitat for Humanity is an ecumenical Christian housing organization, she

Habitat for Humanity has a “cars for houses” program that allows people to donate their cars to raise funds.

Stone told the board that the Polk County chapter is holding a meeting at Unity School next Tuesday, Sept. 15, at 7 p.m., to provide information and answer questions regarding the program.

Sewer compliance report The board reviewed the compliance maintenance annual report for the sewer system, noting that the village received eight grades of “A” and one “B”. “(The) DNR appreciates your facility’s outstanding compliance and Jim Duncan’s efforts to operate it,” read the comments from the DNR regarding the report. “Thank you for your support for Carolyn Stone of the Polk County clean water.

Chapter of Wild Rivers Habitat for HuVillage President Guy Williams also manity. – Photo by Mary Stirrat gave credit to Duncan and the rest of the village crew. said, that seeks to eliminate poverty The one grade of “B” related to the efhousing, adding that a person or family fluent and suspended particles. is not required to be Christian in order to In related sewer plant business, the help or be helped. board voted to continue the current pol“The house itself is not just given to a icy for Paradise Landing, Unity School family,” said Stone. Those selected for and the Polk County Government Cenhousing are required to put in 300 hours ter, considered high-strength sewer of “sweat equity,” or labor in building users. the house. They are also required to The policy, which will continue partner with Habitat for Humanity by through December 2010, requires the going through a homeowner class. Fol- three entities to pay quarterly penalties low-up is done to “ensure success,” she for high levels of suspended solids. said, by making sure that things like proper maintenance are being done.

Other business The organization raises its own fund• Dale Schultz of Schultz Excavating ing, and is always looking for partners. asked the board to consider rescinding According to Stone, the lot was donated its prohibition of engine braking, saying for the house in Amery, and Thrivent Fi- that it takes “20 feet of skidding” to come nancial contributed 60 percent of the cost to a stop. The hills in town, with chilof construction. dren playing nearby, make it dangerous Thrivent will not be able to provide if he cannot stop more quickly, he said. that same funding for future houses, she The board referred his request to the said. public protection committee, which will “It would be wonderful if someone is meet Sept. 28 at 6 p.m. willing to donate or discount a lot,” she • The parks committee will meet Sept. said, “preferably with water and sewer, 21 at 5:30 p.m. to discuss the skateboard to cut the costs.” park and the tennis courts.

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Global training seminar comes to Siren

SIREN - Diane Brask, local missionary, is hosting an international training seminar this weekend at The Lodge in Siren.

The God’s Story Project organization, at the invitation of Brask, chose northwestern Wisconsin as one of their 2009 global training locations.

The God’s Story Project became known originally for an evangelistic tool that they created called, “God’s Story”.

This is a chronological, Bible-story based, evangelistic multimedia tool that has been translated into nearly 250 languages to date. The 80-minute video or audio, “God’s Story: From Creation To Eternity,” presents a broad overview of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation.

Spanning portions of both the Old and

New Testaments, this panorama of the Scriptures highlights God’s plan to rescue mankind.

The unprecedented results around the world using this chronological Biblestory based approach to evangelism speaks for itself. But a sobering challenge became clear early on as well. Millions of people outside of reach of the Gospel that were introduced to God through God’s Story were hungry to learn more about him. “Are there more stories about this God?” they eagerly asked. As a result of this challenge, Simply the Story Training was born. STS is a highly interactive, oral inductive approach to discovering who God is through Bible story telling.

Simply The Story provides an in-depth process of exploring biblical truths using Bible stories and group discussion. In its first two years, STS instructors led hands-on workshops in 43 countries. Reports indicate that 90,000 people in ministry adopted STS as their major tool for evangelism and discipleship in those two years.

Brask is excited about the diverse group of people who will be coming to the STS seminar in Siren. Attendees have registered from seven states, nearly 30 different major mission organizations or denominations, and even three other nations: Israel, Australia and the Dominican Republic. Several seminar attendees, according to Brask, are people who

have been missionaries to countries all over the world.

The majority of the training will happen on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 13, and Tuesday evening at 5:30 p.m. The seminar is not available as a walk-in but is through registration only. There are still a few spaces available but you must contact Brask at 715-220-8835 or e-mail her at gobraski@gmail.com if you want to register and attend this training. The seminar will conclude Tuesday, from 6:30-8 p.m. with a program that is open to the public. Those who are interested in this seminar are invited to attend this program at the Lodge in Siren next Tuesday evening. - submitted

State banks still troubled by economy

STATEWIDE - Wisconsin banks are making fewer loans, seeing more loan delinquencies, and losing big money.

Lending in the state has declined due to less demand and fewer qualified borrowers. Kurt Bauer, president of the Wisconsin Bankers Association, says that banks want to lend. But Bauer says there are so many factors outside of the banking industries’ control right now that influence the ability to lend, whether it’s

increased operational costs that affect capitol ratios or the regulatory pressure to scrutinize potential new customers.

According to the FDIC, Wisconsin banks had a combined net loss of $84 million for the quarter ending June 30.

Bauer says it’s the decline in commercial lending that’s especially tough. Bauer says businesses are not expanding, they’re preserving their capitol and they’re being very cautious and prudent

trying to weather the economic downturn.

And delinquencies are up. According to the American Banker’s Association consumer delinquencies in the first quarter of 2009 rose about 3 percent nationally. Jim Copp, first vice president of Madison-headquartered AnchorBank, says the economy is to blame. Copp says, “Lately a majority of it is a loss of income or a reduction of income and this is

something that we haven’t seen in the past 10 years.”

Copp says that the reasons consumers used to default on loans were because of the death of a borrower, a change in marital status or people borrowing beyond their means. - Wisconsin Public Radio, Kristen Durst, WHA/WERN-Madison

Troubling news for Burnett County Library

Tests reveal contamination at new library site

by Carl Heidel WEBSTER - Lynette Carney of MSA delivered troubling news to the Burnett Community Library Board of Directors at a special meeting Tuesday evening.

MSA, the firm conducting an environmental study for the board, had made six soil borings at the site of the Larsen building in Webster, potential site for a new library building, and all six showed petroleum contaminants in the soil.

According to Carney, three borings were made at the point where there had been gasoline pumps years ago when there was a gas service station on the site.

Another three borings we made inside the Larsen building where there had been hydraulic lifts used to service vehi-

cles. All borings revealed various types and levels of petroleum components in the soil.

The good news in all this is that the test results do not threaten the use of the Larsen site for the new library building.

They simply suggest that there may need to be some remediation of the soil in order to protect the environment.

Carney explained that the purpose of these initial borings was to determine if there had been some release of petroleum components into the soil at the Larsen site. Further tests are needed now to determine the extent and impact of the contamination.

According to Carney, petroleum components released into the soil tend to decompose over time, and as long as their spread is limited, and as long as they do not impact ground water, they pose limited threat to the environment. If there is no direct human contact with the contaminated soil, no migration of the contamination into the groundwater, and if

Antique cars on Gandy Dancer Trail, Sept. 12

BURNETT/POLK COUNTIES - The third-annual Brass Era Car Tour, hosted by the T-Totallers Auto Club, will be traveling from Siren to St. Croix Falls Saturday, Sept. 12.

The group will leave Siren at 10 a.m. and will come through Frederic at about 10:30 a.m.

The Frederic Area Historical Society will open the depot at 10 a.m. for the special event.

In past years, many out-of-production brands - Maxwell, Brush, Stanley Steamer, as well as familiar names like Cadillac, Ford and Oldsmobile have been sighted on the tour.

Participants enjoy seeing what early railroad travelers experienced, following the Soo Line railroad bed that went through this area and is now the Gandy Dancer State Recreational Trail. - with submitted information.

the contamination appears to be relatively stable and contained, there is relatively little danger from the contamination.

When the board asked whether this contamination posed a problem with using the Larsen building for a new library, Carney said no. The worst that could happen would be that there would have to be some remediation of the soil at the site.

But all of this introduces additional work for Terry Larsen, owner of the building, and for the library board of directors as it attempts to continue the process of remodeling the building for a new library.

As the owner of the building and the responsible party, Larsen now has to report the findings of the MSA study to the Wisconsin DNR. The DNR will then issue a “responsible party letter” instructing Larsen to define the extent and degree of the problem. This additional study will determine the risks of the contamination.

In the meantime, there are grant funds available from the Petroleum Environ-

mental Cleanup Fund Award for cleaning up the site if necessary, but the library board will have to apply for those dollars. Carney said that with a $10,000 deductible, those grant monies would cover up to $200,000 of any cleanup costs.

But that cleanup will depend on what further borings reveal. While the DNR contacts and response are under way, and while the PECFA application is in process, MSA or another agency will conduct further borings to determine if a cleanup is needed.

While Carney could not anticipate the results of these additional borings, she did say that there was a strong possibility that they would show that the risk posed by the contamination would not require extensive cleanup. In that case the DNR would simply indicate that the contamination was contained, and the issue would be settled.

In the meantime, the library board is free to continue to pursue plans to convert the Larsen building into the new Burnett Community Library.

Annual rose sale

Harvest time approaches in Siren SIREN - It’s Harvestfest time again, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 25 and 26.

The Siren Chamber of Commerce invites everyone to participate in the many Harvestfest events - see the Web site and posters for details.

They will once again have a scarecrow decorating contest at area businesses to celebrate fall and get everyone into the spirit of their upcoming Harvestfest events.

Decorate a scarecrow by Sept. 21 or dress yourself or your staff up as scarecrows on Saturday, Sept. 26.

Scarecrows will be judged early the week of Sept. 21. Live scarecrows will be judged between 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26.

To register to have a scarecrow judged, call Karen Howe (or leave a message) at 715-349-8484 by noon on Sept. 21. - submitted

Thursday, Sept. 3, was the start of this year’s annual rose sale by members of the Siren/Webster Rotary Club. In this photo, Bruce Finne, a Rotarian from Springfield, Ill., who is a regular attendee at the Siren/Webster club meetings, presented a dozen red roses to his wife, Karen, when she came to pick him up after the meeting. The roses, either a dozen red or a dozen assorted colors, sell for $16. They can be purchased from any Siren/Webster Rotarian between now and the end of the month, and will be available for pickup or delivery Thursday, Oct. 8. – Photo by Nancy Jappe

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Side-by-side fires to be set by the Jackson Fire Department

TOWN OF JACKSON - “Sometimes people just need to see it to believe it,” says Dan Campion, Jackson fire assistant chief.

That’s why the Jackson Fire Department will intentionally light two fires in front of a live audience on Saturday, Sept.

19, at 1 p.m. at the Jackson Fire Hall.

“There’s nothing like the heat and smoke of a real fire to help adults and children understand just how fast a home fire is,” says Campion. “With our side-byside comparison, we can show both the danger of fire and the value of having a fire sprinkler system installed.”

This dramatic, yet safe, form of education has become increasingly popular with fire departments across the country.

On Sept. 19, area residents will see firsthand why a typical home fire becomes deadly in three minutes or less.

Jackson firefighters built two structures to simulate the room and contents of a typical home. Each room contains common furnishings, window treatments and a working smoke alarm. Only one of the rooms contains a fire sprinkler, courtesy of Burnett Plumbing of Grantsburg. The two rooms will be on display at the Jackson Fire Hall where the fires will be lit.

The Jackson Fire Department will have firefighters and fire trucks on hand as well.

“By providing this unique live fire comparison, people not only gain an appreciation for fire power; they also realize what an incredible advantage it is to have a fire sprinkler system installed if fire

breaks out,” says Campion.

Many people already understand how vital it is to have working smoke alarms to warn of a fire. But home fire sprinklers are not as well known or understood.

That’s one reason why the nonprofit Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition secured a federal Fire Prevention and Safety Grant to develop a free kit to help fire departments build and present side-by-side fire and sprinkler burn demonstrations in their communities.

Following an emergency call, it takes nine-12 minutes, on average, for a fire department to arrive on the fire scene. By that time, a fire in an unsprinklered home will have spread, causing smoke and heat damage and threatening the lives of the residents. Local and national fire-safety experts say widespread use of home fire sprinkler systems could save thousands of lives per year.

In a sprinklered home, the fire gets under control right away, limiting damage and protecting residents and first responders. Here are some other facts about home fire sprinkler systems: • Fire sprinklers are supplied by household water. Just like ordinary plumbing, sprinkler-system piping is hidden behind walls and ceilings.

• The sprinklers are positioned along the piping and can be seen in ceilings or up high along certain walls.

• Sprinklers are activated only by the high temperature of a fire – typically between 135˚-165˚F. • Burned toast or other smoke cannot set off a sprinkler; neither can a smoke alarm that activates.

• Sprinklers are designed to flow between 10-25 gallons of water per minute.

That’s about 10-15 times less water flow than fire department hoses, and under far less pressure.

• By operating while a fire is still small, a sprinkler controls or extinguishes a fire, slowing the spread of poisonous smoke and deadly heat.

• That fast and effective action gives family members more time to get out safely, saving lives.

• And, the sprinkler confines the fire damage so that surrounding rooms are protected, saving valuables.

Free information is available about home fire sprinklers from HFSC’s Web site. Visit HomeFireSprinkler.org to learn more about this life-saving technology

and to see video clips and animations that answer common questions. You can even read about real-life fires where sprinklers saved lives.

The Jackson Fire Hall is located northeast of Webster at 4599 CTH A. The Jackson Fire Department is proud to work in partnership with the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition and bring this important educational opportunity to Burnett County. If you’re building a new home, renovating or thinking of buying, take a few minutes to learn how you can add this life-saving fire safety option.

Rotary kicks off roses

The Grantsburg Rotary Club began its Rotary Roses campaign on Sept.

1, with a presentation of one-dozen roses to the club’s Teacher of the Year Christine LePage of Grantsburg Middle School. She is shown (center) receiving the roses from Rotary President Chris Erickson and President-elect Mike Langevin. The Rotary Club offers both red and assorted roses on sale through the month of September at $16 per dozen. The fundraising campaign helps the club generate monies for various Rotary-supported projects. Persons interested in purchasing roses may contact Erickson at U.S. Bank in Grantsburg or Langevin at the Edward Jones office in Grantsburg.

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Demonstration to help area residents understand risks and home-safety technology

Luther Point announces management agreement GRANTSBURG - The Luther Point Bible Camp Board of Directors of Grantsburg and the Luther Park Bible Camp Board of Directors of Chetek are pleased to announce that they have entered into a management agreement. As part of this mutual management agreement, the Rev. Craig M. Corbin, executive director of Luther Point Bible Camp will assume interim executive directorship responsibilities for Luther Park Bible Camp. Corbin will continue his position and responsibilities as executive director of Luther Point Bible Camp, serving in the capacity of executive director over both camp associations.

Sherm Toufar, longtime executive director of Luther Park, and his wife, Mary Toufar, associate director of Luther Park will be leaving their respective positions, effective Sept. 18. The interim director will assume the responsibilities of executive directorship, management, and programmatic oversight of Luther Park effective Sept. 19.

Corbin has been the executive director of Luther Point Bible Camp since May of 1992. Corbin is a native of South Dakota. His undergraduate degree is from Northern State University in Aberdeen, S.D. He received his Master of Divinity from Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa, in 1985. Prior to coming to Wisconsin to serve in his current capacity, he served as pastor of Gracious Saviour Lutheran Church in Detroit, Mich., for four years. As is the case with many people serving in yearround Christian outdoor ministry positions, Corbin has had extensive camp experience during his college years.

Corbin worked for Lutherans Outdoors of South Dakota for several years. He served as a camp counselor at Ne-SoDak Bible Camp, Waubay, S.D., for two summers, 1975 and ‘76, was a program coordinator at Klein Ranch, Isabel, S.D., in 1977, served as a canoe guide in Ontario, Canada in 1978 and managed NeSo-Dak Bible Camp during the transition of directors from 1978-1979. Corbin is married to his wife Kim and they are the parents of three older children.

During the initial months of the management agreement, several actions will need to be taken in order to provide for a smooth transition. One of the most important actions to be taken will be to determine the programmatic needs of the camp ministry and to adequately staff for those needs. Currently, all of the recharge weekends will continue to be offered as they are scheduled. Corbin will be working closely with the program committee of Luther Park to assess and determine summer program offerings for 2010 along with a continued commitment to the day camp ministry

that currently exists.

Database management, donor privacy and donor tracking will be maintained with respect and confidentiality. Retreat management, including future retreat reservations, hosting retreats and hospitality will continue to be a top priority for this ministry. Financial management will also be a significant part of the administrative responsibilities.

During this interim period, both camps will operate as separate entities, with their own separate board of directors, separate congregational constituent members and separate financial obligations. Retreat and camper registration procedures will continue to function in much the same way they have functioned in the past. Some procedural modifications will be anticipated and implemented during the transition process.

Both camps have played a key role in the faith development of youth and families over the past several years. Both camp ministries assert their reason for their ministry: Luther Park’s assertion is Where Faith is Nurtured, Through Holy Play and Luther Point’s assertion is Forming Faith, Point People to Christ.

This is the essence of what these two ministries are about. It’s about faith, relationships, Christ, worship, fun, discipleship training and much more.

One of the primary reasons the two camp boards have entered into this agreement is for the sake of ministry and being proactive rather than reactive. Serious questions have been asked about the future viability and strength of notfor-profit camps to be able to stand on their own. Many camps (all denominations) across this country are facing significant financial challenges, and in recent months there have been numerous reports of camp closings or camps suspending operations and ministries.

Both boards see this as an opportunity where the effective stewardship of their gifts can be maximized. Some of the current tasks that are performed at each site will no longer need to be replicated. Restructuring of tasks and duties will be a key part of the transition process.

As the two camps continue to move into this joint venture, both camp boards are asking for patience and flexibility, to allow the transition to work. Obviously a learning curve is part of the equation in all aspects of the ministry. For Corbin and some of the Luther Point staff who will be assisting in the management process, time will be needed to become acquainted with Luther Park staff, site, procedures, policies and much more.

Please allow this transition process to work itself out over the next few months.

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Partnership aims to improve math and science

STATEWIDE - School and business officials in western Wisconsin are working together to improve student learning in math and science.

Nine school districts, Western Technical College, UW-Stout and several business partners are educating teachers more in those areas to achieve that goal.

John Hendricks is superintendent of the Sparta Area School District. He says they will hold seminars for 60 teachers to help them connect with students better on the subjects. The goal is to make learning apply to each individual student because all students are different and require perhaps something a little bit different. He says they can not continue to teach to the middle, to the average, and hope to reach all children.

Jacalyn Weissenburger is the education school director at UW-Stout. She says half the battle is getting students interested in what they’re teaching. If an edu-

cator becomes excited about math and science and doesn’t view it as drudgery or some other thing to fit into the daily schedule, then students will become excited. An innovative teacher will make learning fun and will increase student interest and therefore learning. Taking that which they’ve learned and seeing it applied in the labor world is one reason businesses are involved in the project.

Patti Balacek with the Seven Rivers Alliance in La Crosse says they’re investing in their future workforce. When she talks to businesses, that’s the main thing they say is to get the skill of their workforce up, and almost always that includes science, technology, engineering and math.

The group is receiving a little more than $600,000 over the next two years from the state Department of Public Instruction to develop teachers skills and improve student learning. - Wisconsin Public Radio (Danielle Kaeding)

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F O R U M Letters t o t h e e d i t o r Day of Service What are you doing on Friday, Sept.

11, 2009? Interfaith Caregivers would like to challenge you to get involved in your own community for the National Day of Service and Remembrance. Take some time to help a neighbor in need.

There are many great ways to get involved. Donate food to a local food shelf, play with a child, walk a dog at the animal shelter, talk to a teen, donate school supplies to a local school, give an elderly neighbor a ride, donate clothes to a thrift store, pick up litter, visit someone at a nursing home, donate your gently used household items to the homeless shelters or call a lonely person.

Are you too busy to volunteer on Sept. 11. Then write a check to the United Way or Salvation Army for emergency vouchers for neighbors in need.

Or decide this is the day to call a local nonprofit and sign up to become a volunteer. Change your life and help a neighbor.

Remember Sept. 11. Volunteer your time and donate. Make a difference!

Karen Krupa Interfaith Caregivers Balsam Lake

Boulevard looks great We should all give a big round of applause for the ladies who take care of all the flowers on the boulevard. The town (Frederic) looks so pretty to anyone who drives through it, thanks to Becky, Ginny, Andrea, Joy and anyone else who is a part of such a great job.

Abby Larsen Frederic

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Where to Write

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

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

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

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

Washington, D.C. 20510 (715) 832-8492 senator_kohl@kohl.senate.gov

Senator Robert Jauch (25th District) Room 19 South, State Capitol P.O. Box 788, Madison, WI 53707 E-mail: Sen.Jauch@legis.state.wi.us

Mr. Scoglio continues his anti-snowmobiler campaign by, once again, insinuating that a snowmobile trail bridge across the Apple River at the old Woodley Dam location is being paid for by Polk County tax dollars. Fact- the entire cost of the snowmobile trail bridge, from design to the approaches to the bridge itself is being funded by the segregated snowmobile fund. This fund is established with money contributed by snowmobilers, not general tax dollars.

Taking a look at the bigger picture, depending on how the county will end up using this beautiful piece of property, this bridge, paid for by the generosity of the snowmobile community, will be available year-round for anybody to use. Any number of people could use it as part of a trail for activities such as nature walks, bird watching and fishing. The taxpayers of Polk County don’t have to worry about paying for the bridge or maintaining it be-

Senator Sheila Harsdorf (10th District) State Capitol, P.O. Box 7882 Madison, WI 53707 (608) 266-7745 • (715) 232-1390 Toll-free - 1-800-862-1092 sen.harsdorf@legis.state.wi.us U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold SDB 40, Rm. 1, Washington, D.C. 20510 or 1600 Aspen Commons Middleton, WI 53562-4716 (608) 828-1200 senator@feingold.senate.gov

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cause our local snowmobilers will maintain it as part of our snowmobile trail system.

This crossing of the Apple River has been an important part of our Polk County Snowmobile Trail System for many years. This location is also a junction of three of our major snowmobile routes.

The importance of snowmobiling to the winter economy of our area and the entire state cannot be ignored. Even during those winters when our trail system is open for a limited period of time, snowmobilers have a major positive economic impact. It takes dollars to maintain any kind of trail system. The snowmobile community provides the dollars, and the volunteer labor, every year to set up and maintain our snowmobile Trails whether we get a lot of snow or not.

Delays caused by frivolous actions on the part of some individuals and groups have caused the cost of this project to rise. The increased cost of the snowmobile trail crossing is being covered by the snowmobile community.

Who gets to cover the cost increases associated with the rest of the project? Removal of the dam was mandated by the state. The state also supplied a small amount of money to help pay for the removal. As delays caused the cost to rise, the amount of money designated by the state did not increase. Should those whose frivolous actions caused the delays and resulting increased project costs be held responsible for those additional costs?

Members of the snowmobile community only ask to not be misrepresented.

The fact remains that costs associated with constructing and maintaining snowmobile trails are paid for with snowmobile money, not general tax dollars.

Doug Johnson Association of Wisconsin Snowmobile Clubs Polk County Snowmobile & ATV Council Amery Snowmobile Club Amery

Did you see that?

I am wondering if any readers saw five orange lights in the sky moving east to northwest over Round Lake, five miles west of Frederic, over Labor Day weekend on Saturday, Sept. 5, at about 9 p.m.?

These would have been in the vicinity of Hwy. 48. My family was boating on the lake, looking north and estimate they were flying at about 3,000 - 7,000 feet.

Devin Decker Frederic

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Members of the 2009 Siren Dragon football team. - Photo by Gary King

The real heroes It’s that time of year again, that a lot of sports fans have been waiting months for.

Time to see if all the hoopla about a certain quarterback is really going to be worth the hours and argumentative breaths that have been exhaled contemplating about whose team is going to be better this year.

I, myself, have not been outside of that circle, but I have recently come to realize just how unimportant pro sports can be, compared to our everyday lives. My 16year-old, Seth, is a junior and plays on the varsity football team at Siren High. He, like most of the Dragon squad, have been playing against varsity teams since they were freshmen.

Along with the slightly uneven matches and nonexistent breathers that a 15-man roster has, comes the occasional concussions, broken bones, etc. Formerly playing high school football, I know the rough-andtumble sport is going to have its bumps and bruises, but when a 40-plus team that has 20-plus upperclassmen, plays against a team like Siren, that has 15 members and 5 upperclassmen, injuries could become a little more severe.

At one game I happened to overhear an uninformed rival fan say that Siren’s defense must really be under par, in so many words. I wish that fan would’ve looked at the roster sheet that is handed out at the ticket booth. They would’ve seen that Siren’s defense is also their offense. I know a coach’s job is to get the win, but does that mean keeping their varsity in against a worn out iron-man team down by a deficit of 60 or more points?

By no means do I think the Siren players share my views, because with their hearts and spirit, they’ll give it their all, right to the last play, with whoever they might be up against. In my book, they, and any other young man that steps out onto the field on Friday night, are the real heroes. I will be there, right on the sidelines in the cool fall air, but I won’t be rushing home from work to watch the games on Sunday.

Thank you for your time.

Gary Stoner Webster

Efforts toward truth I have not previously taken the time to commend the editors of the Leader for your work. You produce one of the finest weekly papers that I have experienced. I especially appreciated the reality check which you did recently on the health-care reform debate.

You brought us closer to the truth, which should be the goal of every newspaper, and put up a dike against the sea of misinformation and hysteria which was threatening to overwhelm us.

My own personal opinion – I believe that universal health care should be the goal of any compassionate Christian nation (or simply any compassionate nation).

The philosophy that “I have mine and tough luck for that minority that cannot afford theirs,” does not seem to me to be either compassionate or Christian, especially when it comes to something as basic as health care. I applaud our president in his efforts to bring us a little closer to where we should be.

I also appreciated the full page of coverage that the Leader gave to the ELCA church-wide gathering in Minneapolis. I found Steve McCormack’s article to be excellent – very informative and evenhanded. I would also commend Wayne Anderson for his surprisingly evenhanded

treatment of the ELCA’s actions concerning sexuality. Normally his column leans too hard to the right for my comfort level, but he made a sincere effort to tell both sides of this debate. I found that he did overdramatize the issue, however.

The central concerns at the time of the Reformation centered on things as basic as “How is it that we are saved?” There came to be, of course, 1,000 side issues, a great many misunderstandings, and a power struggle over the nature and authority of the church itself, which all altered the course of Christian history.

A debate within the church about sexual ethics and homosexuality hardly seems to be worthy of rising to that level of concern.

I believe that Martin Luther is resting comfortably with his savior.

Thank you for your part in sharing with us the truth.

Pastor David Almlie Rural Frederic

Powers that be In May the village of Luck spent $21,000 on a comprehensive land-use plan that designated a unique parcel of farmland in Luck Township near Little Butternut Lake for “rural preservation.” The following month the village backtracked and decided to purchase the same parcel and develop it as an industrial park. Now they are trying to convince us that four volunteers on a planning committee have more knowledge of land use and development then the professionals hired to prepare the land-use plan.

While no one is opposed to thoughtful economic development, local and regional surveys repeatedly show that the vast majority of Polk County residents favor preserving Wisconsin’s remaining agricultural and natural resources. This is why nearly 400 people signed a petition to stop this proposed $2.8-million industrial development.

Recently, a village official tried to pacify the public by pointing out that no industrial development would occur within 1,000 feet of the lake, because the property is in shoreland protection zoning. Yet, the first maps presented have industrial sites within this buffer zone. We were told not to worry, it’s only a concept plan. A village official even said the lake will be cleaner with an industrial park. Manmade holding ponds will replace acres of wetlands, woods and hay fields.

At the most recent meeting of the village board, they said they were listening to us.

They understood why we were concerned but this is the only land they can find. In an Aug. 4 article the proponents quit calling it an “industrial park” and changed it to a “business park.” Near the end of the article a board member is quoted as saying it was time for the powers that be to make the decision that will benefit the majority of the people. I naively thought the “powers that be” were the people.

We need environmentalists, outdoor enthusiasts, fishermen, Ice Age Trail advocates and Iver’s Mountain opponents to become more active. Don’t sit by mute while the Luck Village Board presses forward with this ill-advised environmental abortion.

What legacy do we want to leave for future generations? The vast majority of area residents would like it to be the peace and solitude found on the area lakes. We’d rather not swap loon calls for the beep of forklifts, bright lights and the steady drone of industry.

Please at least take the time to call county supervisors to state your opposition and become one of the “powers that be.”

A planted reminder

Recently I received an e-mail about the Pick 3/Spend .50 project (see below), which is a push to support local businesses.

I get a lot of e-mails with messages labeled “important/must read/please don’t delete/pass on to a friend.” And I, like a lot of people, delete most of them.

But sometimes if a message comes from a family member or a friend, as this one did, I do take a closer look.

I can be as guilty as anyone when it comes to spending money outside of my town. I make frequent trips to the Twin Cities and admit to stopping and shopping.

Still, it’s not like I don’t shop locally, too. But I do have to admit to taking for granted the convenience of being able to get a greeting card or can of paint whenever I need to.

Well, that all changed after what happened last weekend. I was made fully aware of the personal aspect of doing business with a local merchant.

I was having another busy week, taking photos at the Grantsburg fair, taking the cat to the Grantsburg Animal Hospital and finishing a project for my business.

I was supposed to pick up a plant from Village Floral Saturday. I had ordered a gorgeous orange begonia plant for a woman celebrating her 92nd birthday earlier in the week and needed it for the Sunday afternoon celebration.

Sunday morning, as I was getting ready for church, I got that sinking feeling, the kind you get when you know you’ve forgotten something important.

The plant, I never picked up the plant!

Village Floral wasn’t open on Sundays so I quickly called Wood River Garden Store (same owners as Village Floral). To my dismay the woman who answered the phone said the owners were gone until Monday.

She did offer some hope when she suggested I try Donna Chell (another one of the owners), who might be at her home. Yes, I could try Donna, maybe she’d take pity on me and go in

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and open the shop.

When Donna answered I sheepishly told her how I had forgotten to get the plant and was about to throw myself on her mercy when she said, “Oh Cilla, I meant to call Saturday and remind you. When you didn’t come to get your plant I left it out in the greenhouse. I was going to call later today and tell you to just go to the shop and pick it up.”

As I looked at my plant, now safely secured on my car seat, I thought about the first few lines of that e-mail on shopping locally.

“Think about which three independently owned businesses you’d miss most if they were gone.” I realized how much I’d miss Village Floral, a place where I know the owners and they know me. A place where service is still very personal and their customers’ needs really matter to them.

We can look at all the statistics we want to on the effect of not shopping at area businesses. The numbers do remind us of the important role revenue plays in keeping the local economy healthy, but we should also look at the effect not being able to shop locally at all would have on us.

Last weekend I would have felt pretty bad as the birthday party guest showing up with no gift.

So thank you, Donna Chell, for saving me. And thank you for reminding me just how great it is to have local businesses, such as yours, you can count on in a crunch.

And you know that “counting on in a crunch” thing, it works both ways.

Let’s not forget local businesses need to know they can count on us, too.

Lynn Gregorash Luck

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What’s in store for fall legislative session?

The Wisconsin Legislature is scheduled to begin its fall session in mid-September, and the agenda set by Democratic leadership follows much of what we are seeing at the federal level.

While proposals to overhaul healthcare delivery are being debated in Washington, here in Wisconsin there is talk about bringing back Healthy Wisconsin. This initiative, which failed in the last legislative session, would create a state takeover of health care funded by a new payroll tax on workers and job providers. Leading state Democrats

Click It or Ticket!

Next time you get in your car and decide not to wear your seat belt – think again. As of June 30, Wisconsin now has a primary enforcement seat belt law.

This means that law enforcement is able to stop and ticket a driver for not wearing a seat belt. Violation of this new law carries a fine of $10, however no points are assigned against a person’s driving record.

State law already requires all drivers and passengers of motor vehicles, over the age of 4, to wear safety belts. Children under 4 are required to be in an appropriate child safety restraint.

Our state has one of the lowest safety belt usage rates in the country. Approx-

have suggested that if the federal government fails to nationalize health care, they will have this back-up plan ready that could succeed now that there is one-party control in Wisconsin.

In regards to carbon emissions, while the U.S. Congress is debating Cap and Trade legislation already passed by the House of Represen-

tatives, the governor’s task force on global warming is prepared to make state legislative recommendations. The goal articulated by the governor’s task force is to dramatically reduce state carbon-dioxide emissions. It will be important that these efforts consider the economic challenges facing working families and businesses and move to enhance alternative energy resources, such as wind power and nuclear energy, rather than rely on new taxes or plans that shift costs to ratepayers.

Also being discussed is changing the school-funding formula. The recent budget bill made it significantly more difficult for school boards to manage budgets and the fallout could be dra-

matic. As with any discussion on school financing, the devil is in the details.

Changes should focus on how schools can save valuable resources and target spending to maximize student achievement. Unfortunately, already scheduled for September session is legislation that will impose new mandates on schools to teach union history. Instead of pushing a political agenda in schools, we should empower districts to focus on basic skills needed to succeed.

What do you think of this legislative agenda? Send me your feedback by visiting my Web site, www.harsdorfsenate.com or by calling my Madison office at 800-862-1092.

imately 74 percent of Wisconsin residents wear their seat belt, which is considerably lower than the national average of 83 percent. Furthermore, when comparing Wisconsin to Minnesota, who has a safety belt usage Ann rate of 87 percent, Hraychuck Wisconsinites are 28th District again falling well the average.

Assembly below In 2008, 398 people were killed on Wisconsin’s roads. Forty-three percent

of those killed were not wearing seat belts. According to AAA, it is estimated that a 1-percent increase in seat belt use, in Wisconsin, would save six lives each year. If Wisconsin could raise its seat belt use percentage to the national average of 83 percent, over 50 lives could be saved.

If we look at the economic disadvantages of not buckling up, the impacts are substantial. The National Transportation Safety Board indicates that the economic losses resulting from an individual that is hurt or killed in a traffic crash often include medical expenses and lost worker productivity. This leads to society covering nearly 75 percent of these losses through higher insurance premiums, taxes and other public fund-

ing. Furthermore, the National Safety Council estimates that each traffic fatality in Wisconsin costs nearly $1.2 million with each incapacitating injury costing roughly $62,400. In the year 2007, traffic fatalities and injuries in Wisconsin totaled over $2 billion in economic losses.

As a former member of law enforcement, I have personally seen the devastating effects of people not wearing their seat belts. I encourage you to please buckle up every time you get in a vehicle. Your life could depend on it.

As always, if you have any additional questions regarding this or any other state legislative matter, please feel free to contact me toll-free at 888-529-0028 or e-mailing me at by Rep.Hraychuck@legis.wisconsin.gov.

Sheila Harsdorf 10th District

Senate

Letters t o t h e e d i t o r Money for Public Servants Save money by trading your current corrupt, inefficient public servant for a new efficient Hybrid Transparent model.

The current inefficient model is often based on excessive spending which generates a need for higher taxes, which can further generate a need to add more inefficient government programs to compensate for the inefficiency of all involved.

In an article from CBS News on May 12, ”Executive branch employment — 1.98 million in 2009, excluding the Postal Service and the Defense Department — is set to increase by 15.6 percent for the 2010 fiscal year.” (or 312,000) “There’s little belt-tightening in evidence in Washington, D.C.: Counting benefits, the average pay per federal worker will leap from $72,800 in 2008 to $75,419 next year.” (or $23,400,000,000 additional taxpayer money!!

The new Hybrid Transparent model is based on principles generated by the Constitution of the United States, the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence. This model is more efficient as it operates closer to the people that are producing the fuel. In that it operates closer to and by the people, it provides a more efficient transparent model enabling the watchful elimination of worn out or inefficient parts that can be replaced as needed. In addition, even a portion of the above-mentioned funds would certainly provide increased resources for getting more Americans off the unemployment rolls in the private sector adding more fuel for more Hybrid Transparent models.

For multiple decades we have witnessed the continued regeneration of inefficient models at both the state and federal levels.

As a result, the new Hybrid Transparent models will need to originate from new sources of your choosing at the voting booth.

It is time for action to restore America to what was originally intended.

Leon Moe Cottage Grove, Minn.

I only had one vote “I only had one vote” is what Rep. Hraychuck wrote to a health-care professional when she was asked not to vote for the budget that would raise taxes on nursing home residents. What did Hraychuck do?

Like the majority of her party, she voted yes to raise taxes on nursing home residents. If Hraychuck would have voted no with her one vote the budget that included tax increases on every segment of the Wisconsin population would not have passed. The tax-

and fee-bloated budget that Hraychuck voted for has been touted by many pundits as the worst budget in Wisconsin’s history.

Just think, Hraychuck thinks of her power to stop a misguided budget as just one vote.

It is time to think seriously of a replacement for “I only had one vote” Hraychuck that will take the job of representing us and not a political party. How many times have you heard people running for an elected office remind us of the importance of just one vote that is counted by thousands of voters?

Hraychuck was one of 99, so her “I only had one vote” was really powerful.

I know of many people that will remember Hraychucks’ “I only had one vote” when they see the effects in their pocketbooks, and we can only pray that they remember it when Hraychuck asks us for just one vote and tell her “I only had one vote.”

Mark Pettis Hertel

Right to promote garbage It has been an interesting week. I heard a mother speaking, who was going to send her 4-year-old to preschool. In the room she went to, there was a placard stating “I pledge allegiance to the Earth.”

If we go this far back, how long will it take us to go back to sacrificing virgins to volcanoes as some primitive tribes did. Can’t we just get along?

Then Kelly Green volunteered to place his head in a noose in order to find out what it feels like. Let me recommend a noose made of hemp, which he is probably acquainted with. It is scratchy and fibrous, uncomfortable and would leave a rash if worn too long, but if he survived the ordeal he could always smoke it.

He makes light of the God we draw our guidance from. One of love, responsibility and personal efforts.

Communism worships nothing but power. It depletes the soul. It does not even recognize the soul.

In this country Green has the right to promote his garbage. In a Communist country he could not, unless it was commie based.

Bruce Muehlhauser Cushing

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Pastors respond In response to articles on the ELCA from last week, let it be simply stated that it was not Christianity per se that taught that the Earth was flat. It was not Christianity that taught “the sun revolved around the Earth.”

It was the so-called “science” of the day, and certain Christians bought into it. The scriptures teach that God “sits above the circle of the Earth” (Is. 40:22) and the “four corners of the Earth” are references to the four directions (N, S, E, W), not a flat Earth! Before someone cites the case of Galileo, it should be noted that he was arrested for violating an agreement that he had made with the Roman church, and his imprisonment was in a deluxe private apartment in a bishop’s palace. They really knew how to persecute people in those days. What happened at various times in the past is that man took his fallible opinions and read them into the infallible word of God. The men who wrote scripture wrote down the truth as they were given it, by the Holy Spirit. The text itself remains reliable.

According to scripture, men are called to be pastors, not women. Men and women are equal under the cross, in Christ; equally baptized and saved, but they have different roles in the church and the family. Again the word of God is clear. The only way around this is to pick and choose which parts of the Bible you’re going to believe.

As Jesus was very “tough” on the clergy of his day, so we too must be “tough” on the Lutheran clergy such as Pastor Almlie and others. They have demonstrated that they are deficient in their understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek languages, as well as their knowledge of history. Thus they “muddy up the waters” with weak arguments, which have long ago been refuted, to defend an issue (homosexuality) that is crystal clear in scripture. Homosexuality IS clearly taught in the New Testament as sinful behavior, and absolutely contrary to God’s created intention for marriage. God made them male and female, Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve or Madam and Eve. The clergy, at least, should know better, and yet, far too many go along with the false opinions of men, instead. As one of our members quipped, when you have to twist the scriptures to make your point, you’re in trouble. Even our laypeople understand this.

What amazes us is this: Many in the ELCA no longer understand the basic categories of historic Christian thought. It appears to us that many of them no longer believe that God’s law applies, to say nothing of natural law. They no longer seem to believe that there is such a thing as sin. Yet, they will

slanderously accuse us of being unloving (sinning), but do they not know that it is God, not we ourselves, who has defined what it means to be loving? Acceptance of homosexuality is not loving because God tells us, in scripture, that it is not loving. In fact, scripture states that no homosexual will be in heaven (1 Cor. 6:9-10). Real love toward a sinner is the message; “repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins.” That is God’s message of rescue and reconciliation. That is the true nature, work and desire of a loving God toward us, and that we are to demonstrate and be about. But to say to an open, manifest sinner (of any kind) that they don’t need to repent is to “love” them right into hell.

Pastor Almlie and others will have to give an account of the souls entrusted to them (Heb. 13:17). Please take a stand.

Each of us, who sign this editorial, will stand on God’s word and say as Luther did before church and state: “Unless I am convinced by the teachings of Holy scripture or by sound reasoning… I am bound by the scriptures I have quoted and by my conscience. I cannot and will not recant anything… Here I stand. I can do no other. God help me!”

Rev. David Emmons Turtle Lake Rev. Mark Schoen St. Croix Falls Rev. Jody Walter Frederic

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States, weatherizing buildings so they don’t leak so much energy ... you could put Detroit Services, HSBC, Mercedesback to work not making SUVs Benz, Travelocity and Walto destroy the world, but makMart. ing wind turbines. We think Jones was named one of that you can fight pollution and Time magazine’s 100 most-inpoverty at the same time.” fluential people in the world Beck alleged Jones was a forfor 2009. His book, “The mer black nationalist and comGreen Collar Economy,” was Amy munist, that he signed a petition a national best-seller. A Yale Goodman calling for a congressional inLaw School graduate, Jones vestigation into the events of didn’t go after the lucrative 9/11, and that Jones referred to jobs that were available to him, but Republicans as “a*#holes” in a February moved to San Francisco, where he 2009 talk. (Beck failed to note that Jones founded Bay Area PoliceWatch, a hot referred to himself in the talk with the line for victims of alleged police brutal- same term.) Jones apologized for the reity. He then founded the Ella Baker Cen- mark, which is more than George W. ter for Human Rights, based in Bush did when recorded referring to Oakland, Calif., “a strategy and action New York Times reporter Adam Clymer center working for justice, opportunity with the same term in 2000. and peace in urban America.” The cenJones said Beck’s attacks were a “viter thrived, growing to a staff of more cious smear campaign ... using lies and than 20 and building a solid record of distortions to distract and divide.” Ben fighting police violence and youth incar- Jealous, president and CEO of the Naceration, along with spearheading tional Association for the Advancement green-job initiatives. The fusion of racial of Colored People, said, “The only thing justice and economic and environmen- more outrageous than Mr. Beck’s attack tal sustainability is at the core of Jones’ on Van Jones is the fact that there are work. sponsors that continue to pay him to Jones told me last October: “The provide this type of offensive commenclean-energy revolution ... would put lit- tary.” He recalled Beck’s 2006 radio aterally millions of people to work, put- tack on a 7-year-old African-American ting up solar panels all across the United girl, when Beck, responding to her

Van Jones and the boycott of Beck Glenn Beck was mad. He’s the rightwing talk-radio host who has a television program on the Fox News Channel.

Advertisers were fleeing his Fox program en masse after the civil-rights group Color of Change mounted a campaign urging advertisers to boycott Beck, who labeled President Barack Obama a “racist.” As the campaign progressed, Beck began his attacks against Van Jones. Jones was appointed by Obama in March to be special adviser for green jobs. He co-founded Color of Change four years ago. After weeks of attacks from Beck, Jones resigned his position at the White House last Sunday.

Beck said on “Fox & Friends,” the network’s morning show, July 28: “This president I think has exposed himself as a guy over and over and over again who has a deep-seated hatred for white people. ... This guy is, I believe, a racist.”

This inspired colorofchange.org to launch its campaign urging advertisers to drop their sponsorship of Beck’s Fox program. The campaign had a powerful impact, with companies like Progressive Insurance, GEICO and Procter & Gamble immediately pulling their advertising. Since then, more than 50 companies have joined, including Best Buy, Capital One, CVS, Discover, GMAC Financial

poem about her heritage, said: “You want to go to Africa? I will personally purchase your airfare. I’ll do it. It’s one way.”

Beck may claim a notch in his belt, but he’s also helped push Jones back into an arena where he can be much more effective, as a grass-roots organizer working for progressive change from outside the administration. And with groups like the NAACP paying more attention to Beck, the advertiser boycott of his show is unlikely to just go away.

••• Denis Moynihan contributed research to this column.

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

Therefore, we are also interested in politics and in causes and programs, which will benefit our community,” says a spokesperson for the group.

Area Ne ws at a Glance Motorcyclist killed

STONE LAKE - A 59-year-old man from Gordon was killed in a motorcycle accident Monday evening, Sept. 7, on Stone Lake Road approximately four miles north of Stone Lake. The Sawyer County Sheriff’s Department dispatch center received a call at 7:18 p.m. reporting a motorcycle accident. Sawyer and Washburn Counties sheriff deputies, the Wisconsin State Patrol, Stone Lake Ambulance and Stone Lake Fire Department all responded to the scene. The operator of the cycle was pronounced dead at the scene by the Washburn County coroner. Sheriff’s Lt. Kurt Barthel said the initial investigation indicated that the motorcyclist was northbound on Stone Lake Road when he left the roadway at a corner just north of Moyer Road. The 1987 Suzuki cycle traveled for a distance off the roadway and struck a plastic culvert. The deceased male was found lying approximately four feet from his motorcycle. The investigation continues by the Sawyer County Sheriff’s Department. - Sawyer County Record

Northwest Guidance seeks dismissal of Arndt suit

RICE LAKE - The clinic being sued by the foster family of a 7-year-old girl who suffocated while placed in a disciplinary control hold has called for the suit’s dismissal. In its answer filed Aug. 19, Northwest Guidance and Counseling Clinic acting on behalf of the Rice Lake Day Treatment Center asserts that there was nothing wrong with center staff’s treatment of Angellika Arndt. Angellika, who was a client of the center, died May 26, 2006, a day after she was forced to remain face down on the floor with the weight of one staff member on her. After more than an hour, Angellika was turned over and was unresponsive.

An autopsy found the cause of death was chest compression asphyxiation. “Any injuries or damages sustained by plaintiffs as a result of the death of Angellika were the result of underlying pre-existing disease conditions or the result of an accident,” states the answer. The lawsuit against the clinic headquartered in Frederic was filed in Barron County Circuit Court May 11 by Angellika’s estate with special administrator Donna Pavlik of Ladysmith. Pavlik was Angellika’s foster mother. The clinic filed its answer to the lawsuit on behalf of the center Aug. 19. The center, now closed, provided intensive intervention and preventive mental health services for youths.

Angellika’s biological parents had terminated their parental rights. Donna and

Daniel Pavlik became her foster parents.

Angellika was placed in the center for academic assistance on April 24, 2006. The lawsuit alleges that the Pavliks were not informed that the control hold was being used on Angellika as a form of discipline nor of its duration. The Pavliks assert that had they been informed of the restraints, they would have removed Angellika from the center. In its answer, the clinic asserts, in part, that staff acted appropriately in the care and treatment of Angellika. It alleges that the Pavliks were informed about the control holds on at least three occasions and were required to pick Angellika up because of her behavioral instability. The clinic also asserts that use of the control hold was an acceptable practice in the community and also used at other treatment centers under similar circumstances.

“Plaintiffs have mischaracterized and inaccurately described the hold method,” stated the clinic’s answer. It also denied that at any time any employee laid across Angellika’s body as described in the complaint. The clinic also asserts that it “complied with acceptable community practices for day treatment centers with regard to restraint hold methods.” It denied that staff was guilty of any carelessness, negligence or other unlawful conduct in the death of Angellika. Also named as defendants in the lawsuit are Bradley A. Ridout, 31, of Weyerhaeuser who administered the hold to Angellika and the clinic’s insurance provider Riverport Insurance Co. of Stevens Point. In criminal court, the clinic pled no contest in 2007 to a charge of homicide under the patient abuse statute. It was fined $100,000. As part of the plea agreement, the Rice Lake center closed its doors.

Ridout pled no contest to misdemeanor negligent patient abuse. He was placed on one year of probation with 60 days in jail.

A similar lawsuit against the defendants has been filed in Eau Claire County Circuit Court by Angellika’s maternal grandfather, Michael Martinez of Cudahy. Martinez had also filed claim to Angellika’s estate in Rusk County, but there a judge ruled that Martinez was not an heir because Angellika’s parents rights had been terminated.

The 3rd District Court of Appeals ruled in July that Martinez’s right to inheritance survived because Angellika was not adopted. In its answer, the clinic states that because of the Court of Appeals decision, Pavlik may lack the capacity to sue. - Rice Lake Chronotype

Glitch in ATV ordinance

LADYSMITH - Less than a month into a new one-year limited ATV route trial pe-

riod, Ladysmith officials have already discovered a wrench in the works. A portion of Section 10-3-8 (a) (1) of city code states: “Snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles may be operated on all city streets to move from their starting point to marked snowmobile routes or to or from the city limits.” The wording in the city’s snowmobile operations code could be interpreted as to allow ATVs to run unchecked on all city streets at any time of the year, according to members of the city’s legislative committee that took up the matter recently. Officials apparently had forgotten the ATV reference in the snowmobile code existed when it voted last year to approve new ATV code language and a new ATV route running mostly on the north side of the city and through part of the downtown as a way to generate additional revenue for business around the downtown area. The conflicting snowmobile code also applying to ATV use in the city was brought to the attention of city officials by Police Chief Dean Meyer.

He asked for the code language to be cleaned up to remove the conflict between the separate ATV and snowmobile sections of code. - Ladysmith News

Middle school opens on time

NORTH BRANCH, Minn. - North Branch Middle School took the brunt of a tornado that blew threw the city on Aug. 19. Tuesday, the school opened for class.

Parts of the school are still blocked off as repairs continue, but Superintendent Deb Henton says she is glad to see classes start on schedule. Henton talks about the repair process: The tornado caused damage to the roof, water pipes and several bleachers.

The cost of the damage remains unknown.

Henton says the insurance companies are working with the contractors to come up with final figures. Henton adds that the school started the process of revising its emergency procedures prior to the tornado, but says the school is taking a further steps to ensure the safety of students and teachers. Henton described the first day of school as “great,” and says teachers and students are both eager to get back to class. - redrockonair.com

Boiler system gets governor’s attention

BARRON - The wood boiler system that brings heating and cooling to Barron High School recently caught Gov. Jim Doyle’s attention, and the top state official swung by the school Aug. 26 to learn more about it.

Doyle, along with Barron Area School District Administrator Monti Hallberg and

DNR Secretary Matt Frank, headed a roundtable discussion last week on biofuels and how to promote their use. Also attending the session were members of various school districts across the state and local wood suppliers. The governor mentioned throughout the program that the state has invested in a $250 million biomass fueled heating and cooling plant on the UW-Madison campus. Keeping a facility of that size fed with enough wood products to burn could be a supply challenge, so Doyle solicited the crowd for input. “We need suppliers, and we are really going to try to use this facility as a way to help develop a strong biomass economy in this state with suppliers able to produce aggregate biomass in capacities that can handle that size facility,” he said. “If we can get our schools on biomass, if we can get our public buildings on biomass, if we can ultimately get our corrections [facilities on biomass], ... we can move toward using those major public institutions in a way to really create a market.” Since the Barron Area School District has had success with its wood boiler system even without such a robust market in place, the governor looked to local officials for insights on how the rest of Wisconsin could follow its lead.

“You are going exactly in the direction that I want this state to go,” Doyle said. Hallberg said that it was “forefathers” who served on the school board in the 1970s and 1980s who put Barron on its present course with biofuels. “They realized that the fossil fuel energy that we have isn’t something that renews in 10 years or 20 years; it’s thousands of years before that renews. It’s a limited supply,” he said. “They moved to a wood-burning boiler system, and it began in 1981-82.” - Barron NewsShield

Wrong way on bridge

SUPERIOR - The driver of a car that traveled the wrong way on the Blatnik Bridge Thursday night and crashed headon into an oncoming car is facing drunken driving charges. Donald J. Robertson, 78, Duluth, was driving toward Duluth in the Superior-bound lane about 9 p.m. when, midway on the bridge, his car struck an oncoming car driven by Ashley M. Clement, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. Neither Robertson nor Clement, 25, Duluth, suffered apparent injuries, State Patrol reports show. Tests determined Robertson was under the influence, the State Patrol said. - Superior Telegram

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Frederic school levy up 14.6 percent to cover drops in aid District annual meeting Monday

by Gregg Westigard FREDERIC – Loss of state and federal funds are creating a big hit on the Frederic School District budget for the 20092010 school year.

The district is showing a loss of $457,000 in outside aid for the coming year in its proposed budget. That, and an

increase of $104,193 in expenditures has resulted in the school board proposing an increase of $446,748 in the propertytax levy, an increase of 14.6 percent.

All the budget figures for the coming year will be presented at the Frederic School District annual meeting Monday night, Sept. 14, at 6:30 p.m. All district residents can take part in the annual meeting. The voters at the meeting approve resolutions including the board salaries and give preliminary approval to

the budget and levy. The board can still make budget adjustments up to the final budget adoption in November.

Details of the budget, as printed in the Leader, show a drop of $134,687 from state sources and a drop of $322,326 in federal funds. That loss of revenues far exceeds the increase of $140,707 in teaching expenses. Besides the increase in the levy, the district is proposing to use $156,835 of its general fund reserve. That would still leave the district with a fund

balance of $727,023 at the end of the budget year.

While the levy is increasing to cover the loss of income, two expense items are decreasing. Debt-service expense is down $43,719 for the year. The total levy for debt service will be $961,572. And with the pool gone, the community service fund levy is dropping $23,760. The district had used that fund to cover the pool operating expenses.

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Luck annexation, lime quarry on agenda

by Gregg Westigard BALSAM LAKE – There are few resolutions on the agenda for the monthly meeting of the Polk County Board next Tuesday, Sept. 15, but some of the issues may draw a large turnout for public comments. The supervisors will again consider adopting a vehicle or wheel tax, vote on an annexation issue in Luck and receive information on the closed lime

quarry. The meeting this month starts at 6 p.m., a half hour earlier than usual. All county board meetings start with a period for public comment.

A vehicle registration fee or wheel tax is one of the only user fees a county can adopt. The proposal is for an annual fee of $10 on all cars and small trucks registered in the state and kept in Polk County. The fee would be collected for two years. The revenue would be used for highway maintenance. In July the board defeated a similar resolution with a $20 annual fee.

The annexation issue has become a big issue in the Luck area. The village of Luck wants to annex a parcel of land in the town of Luck to be used as an industrial park. Many local residents have expressed opposition to the change. The annexation can only occur if a strip of county highway property is transferred from the town to the village. The Luck Town Board has gone on record opposing the transfer. The county board will vote on that transfer.

An update on the lime quarry issue will be held in closed session at the end

of the meeting. The notice for that closed session mentions statutes on personnel issues and pending litigation. Many customers of the county-owned quarry, which was closed suddenly on Aug. 27, have been asking why the closing occurred and when the pit in Alden will reopen.

The meeting will include a working session on the development of the 2010 county budget.

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Mutual aid between county, tribe may have to wait

by Sherill Summer SIREN - It has been nearly a year since Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen gave an opinion in a dispute between Oneida County and the Lac du Flambeau Tribe pointing out that statutes governing mutual assistance do not allow mutual assistance between tribal law enforcement and county or municipal law enforcement agencies because a Native American Reservation is not a part of the state, nor is it a subdivision of the state.

Instead, Van Hollen ruled, tribal land is a sovereign nation, and the definition used to define tribal law enforcement in state statute was not included in the statue governing mutual assistance.

Van Hollen’s opinion affects about a dozen Wisconsin counties which have Native American tribal land within their boundaries, including Polk, Burnett, Sawyer, Barron and Bayfield counties.

The opinion states that while there are some instances when tribal police can enforce laws off of tribal land, neither county or village police departments can call the tribal police department like they did before Van Hollen’s opinion.

From the beginning, lawmakers and corporate counsels studying the problem have pointed out a couple of solutions that would fix the problem: one was a legislative fix that would add mutual assistance to the statutes governing mutual assistance and the other was to have the counties and tribes draw up a contract that would outline a mutual assistance agreement between them. With the contract solution, the tribal law enforcement would be cross-deputized.

Since the legislative fix that would correct the problem would take awhile to work its way through the state Assembly Senate, a contract between the counties was generally considered the quick fix.

Bayfield County and Sawyer County drafted agreements with tribes within months of Van Hollen’s opinion, and a copy of the agreement between the Lac Courte Orielles Tribe and Sawyer County was given to the St. Croix Tribe to use as a possible model on whicih to base an agreement with Burnett, Polk and Barron counties, the three counties in which the St. Croix Tribe has reservation lands.

While there was optimism that an agreement could be drafted between the St. Croix Tribal Police Department and the counties rather quickly, that agreement never was finalized because of liability concerns by the county governments.

Sheriff supports legislative fix On Thursday, Aug. 27, there was a meeting of county sheriffs, tribal police chiefs, corporate counsels, county ad-

ministrators and staff from the attorney general’s office in Madison to discuss the problem of mutual aid with tribal police departments.

Burnett County Sheriff Dean Roland told the Burnett County Public Safety Committee that it was unanimous that there were liability problems with any agreement since there is no guarantee that tribes could evoke sovereignty if there was ever a lawsuit filed. Because of this, any restoration of mutual aid between the tribe and the county would have to wait for a legislative fix. Roland said there are currently two bills working their way through the Legislature and that together they should solve the problem pointed out in Van Hollen’s opinion. Roland didn’t know how long the legislative fixes might take, however.

Local schools offer an “opt out” of viewing president’s speech President’s back-toschool speech proves controversial BURNETT/POLK COUNTIES – President Obama’s back-to-school speech encouraging the nation’s children to work hard in school may seem noncontroversial. But heated debate has risen over whether students should be shown the speech in schools, locally and nationwide.

Some political conservatives expressed fears that the president’s address to students would be used to promote a political agenda. The Florida Republican Party chairman accused the president of trying to “indoctrinate America’s children to his socialist agenda.”

Katie Coppenbarger, principal at Grantsburg Elementary, said “There have been questions coming to the office from parents wondering if we plan to show [the] speech on Tuesday.... We had not made any plans to show it. If a student is interest in seeing the speech, I would encourage them to watch it online with their parents.”

The speech aired on Tuesday and was taped by many schools for possible showing to students at a later date.

“We didn’t have any teachers show the live broadcast of the speech; we did

record it … and suggested that if teachers want to show it, they should preview it and talk to me about using it as part of the curriculum,” said Frederic Principal Ray Draxler. At least one junior high class at Frederic will see the recorded speech at some point in the future as part of classroom teaching.

Teachers at Siren were given the freedom by administrators to make their own choices about showing the speech.

Students were given the option of watching the speech or getting a pass to go to the high school library during it.

At Webster, the speech was recorded and shown Wednesday to those students who wished to view it. Parents were asked to sign permission slips to allow their children to view it.

St. Croix Falls High School Principal Pete Nusbaum said they also recorded the speech for future use. He said they didn’t run it in the classrooms, because there was a concern about imposing it on students, and also because it would have slowed down the system if they had streamed it into all of the classrooms.

Students at Unity Schools did not see the Sept. 8 speech, but it was taped.

Unity District Administrator Brandon Robinson said a memo sent to Unity staff last Friday indicated the reasons why the speech was taped for later use, allowing principals and teachers time to review the speech to determine how it can be

Senate committee gives nod to DNR secretary changes; questions remain MADISON - State Senate panel has approved a plan that would take away the power of governors to appoint Department of Natural Resources secretaries. But some senators say they’d like to see changes before they give their final approval.

The bill that passed the Senate committee is identical to the one that cleared an Assembly panel this week. It would restore to the state Natural Resources Board the power to appoint DNR secretaries.

The idea is that this will somewhat insulate the secretary so that conservation decisions are made based on science and not politics. But some senators are skeptical, including Democrat Jeff Plale of Milwaukee. Plale says, “This is no panacea. I don’t want anybody to think that ‘oh my gosh, we’ve taken politics out of the DNR.’ If you believe that, I’ve got a bridge to sell you.”

Plale supported this plan in committee, and he voted for a similar bill last

session in the Senate, but he’d like to see some changes. Plale says one possibility would give the Natural Resources Board the power to appoint an administrator who oversees hunting and conservation.

Governors would still appoint secretaries who handle things like building permits. Plale says, “We can make this thing work. I think we can create some independence for the agency, but at the same time have a recognition that the human inhabitants of this state are every bit as important as Butler garter snakes and blue stem goldenrod.”

This proposal has enough co-sponsors that it can likely pass the full Legislature without any amendments. Making any changes has the potential to unravel the bipartisan coalition that’s supporting the bill. Still, there’s no guarantee that the bill as it’s written has enough support in the Legislature to override a likely veto

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best utilized in the curriculum, and in what courses or classes it would be most effective.

The text of Obama’s speech lacked any mention of political initiatives. He urged students to work hard and stay in school.

“There is no excuse for not trying,” he told students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Va. “This isn’t just important for your own life and your own future. What you make of your education will decide nothing less than the future of this country. What you’re learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the future.”

Siren K-12 Principal Joe Zirngible said

the president impressed on everyone that teachers, parents, grandparents and students play an active role in the success of each and every student.

“The message was important,” Zirngible noted. “Too bad there are those who refused to listen to the message because they don’t agree with the politician. We need people more involved in the education of children in a positive, supportive role.”

The Internet version of this story includes the full text of the president’s back-to-school speech. It can be found at the Leader’s Web site at www.theleader.net. - Gary King with Leader staff

Civil case awards $400,000 to children, estate

by Sherill Summer SIREN – A civil suit against 24-yearold Clint Mosay resulted in nearly $400,000 awarded to Ranell Johnson’s children and estate.

Johnson was stabbed to death by Mosay on July 17, 2005, and Mosay is currently serving a 30-year prison sentence for that crime.

Two minor children of Johnson were each awarded $150,000 by Judge Babbitt on Monday, Aug. 24. Johnson’s two adult children were awarded $20,000

each and an additional $50,000 was awarded to Johnson’s estate for pain and suffering prior to death.

However, Martin Johnson II, guardian of the minor children, did not receive any money for raising the children.

There were originally two civil lawsuits filed against Mosay, but the two lawsuits were combined into this one.

Adam Benson was appointed financial guardian to administer the award.

Mosay was sentenced for the stabbing in May 2008.

Five generations

This five-generation family photo was taken at the baptism of twins, Colton and Jaxon Lindstrom, on Aug. 2, in Hudson. The twins were born on March 11, eight weeks premature. Shown are father, Charlie Lindstrom (holding twins, Colton and Jaxon) of Hudson; grandmother, Sue Lindstrom of Hudson; greatgreat-grandmother, Doris Schauer of Siren and great-grandpa Paul Schauer of Siren. – Photo submitted

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$1.4 million judgment overturned

WAUSAU/OSCEOLA - An appeals court has thrown out a $1.4 million judgment against Securitas Security Services, whose employee altered employee badge photos and posted them on pornographic Web sites.

The security firm, along with its employee, Troy C. Schmidt, New Rich-

mond, had been ordered in June of 2008 to pay the $1.4 million to a total of 10 women - $333,333 each to three of them, $75,000 each to another two and $50,000 apiece to five others. The case involved female employees at the Polaris Industries plant in Osceola.

In a decision Sept. 1, the District III

Arrest made in large theft ring

ing early morning hours. The informant said he was paid by Garvey and he understood Garvey worked for someone named Chad who worked at the Osceola Auto Body.

The informant described in detail a theft he participated in October 2007. He said he was told to drive a stolen red pickup truck with a trailer, provided by Thomas, to Greene Implement. Thomas followed in his vehicle. They cut a hole in the chain link fence at the rear of Greene Implement, took a John Deere model 2520 compact tractor with a loader valued at over $16,000. They loaded it on the trailer and took it out on a road, where they met Garvey at about 4 a.m. Garvey attached the trailer with tractor to his vehicle and allegedly took it to Wyttenbach’s house.

The informant and Thomas left the stolen truck in a field and went home in Thomas’s vehicle.

On Aug. 20, police served a search warrant at Wyttenbach’s home and found a John Deere Compact tractor model 2520 with a loader. The serial number had been removed. They also recovered a V-front trailer with a VIN with the serial number removed.

Thomas has admitted to being involved with three separate thefts of John Deere tractors and delivering five stolen John Deere tractors to the rear lot of Osceola Auto Body on three occasions. He said he was sure there were many more that he had not been involved with.

Wyttenbach is scheduled in court on Nov. 9 at 11 a.m. before Judge Robert Rasmussen. His attorney is Steven Meshbesher. - with information from the Polk County sheriff’s office

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OSCEOLA - Chad Wyttenbach, 34, of Somerset, was arrested Tuesday, Sept. 1, and charged with theft and receiving stolen property, after police learned of his involvement in a theft ring which allegedly has been stealing John Deere lawn tractors from various implement dealers in the area. Due to the values of the tractors, these are felony charges and, if he is convicted, Wyttenbach faces stiff penalties: fines up to $25,000 and imprisonment for up to ten years, or both, for the first two charges, and a fine up to $10,000 and up to six years in prison for the third charge.

An investigator working with Polk County learned of Wyttenbach’s involvement through several informants. The first told the investigator that he knew of two people who were responsible for some large thefts. He said he had heard his friend, Toby Thomas, and a friend of his, Eric Garvey, 38, White Bear Lake, Minn., had stolen a tractor from an implement dealer in Turtle Lake. He said they had been chased by police, they had fled in a stolen pickup out into a field, crashed, fled on foot, and were finally picked up by his wife. The investigator was able to confirm the details of that incident.

The investigator talked with another informant several times between July 27 and Aug 5, 2009. Allegedly Toby Thomas asked the party if he wanted to make some money, he agreed, and participated in at least five John Deere tractors thefts from 5 different places. They used stolen trailers and vehicles to carry out the thefts. The informant said Eric Garvey would tell the informant and Thomas what tractors to get and where to bring them. They allegedly delivered at least five tractors on five occasions to Osceola Auto Body dur-

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The ruling by the appeals court stated that the security firm could not have anticipated that their employee’s unsupervised access to photographs would result in harm. The decision also stated that employers have no duty to supervise employees’ private conduct.

The employee in this case, Schmidt, now 37, worked as a reserve officer for the River Falls Police Department and as a guard for UW-River Falls Campus Se-

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Pirates defeat Bears in three

Vikings take four to beat Birchwood

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Grantsburg 3, Clayton 0

by Brenda Sommerfeld GRANTSBURG – After a week off from their last match, the Grantsburg Pirates faced the Clayton Bears on their home court Tuesday, Sept. 8. The Pirates quickly defeated the Bears in three games, 25-11, 25-18 and 25-15.

Annie Palmquist was a powerhouse at the net for Grantsburg with 12 kills, followed by Kortney Morrin with seven, Lauren Romanowski with five and Nikki Ticknor with four. Emily Cole and Larissa Wilhelm each put up 12 sets that resulted in points for the Pirates.

Morrin had the most digs for the team with 11, Cole totaled seven and Ticknor, Kallie Thoreson and Sarah Wald each had four.

The team’s six blocks came from Romanowski, Thoreson, Palmquist and Morrin. Palmquist, Morrin and Tiffany Meyer each had two ace serves against Clayton.

Frederic 3, Birchwood 1 FREDERIC – Birchwood and Frederic went through four close games before deciding the Vikings as the winner.

Birchwood won the first 25-22, but the Vikings pulled through on the next three 25-23, 25-22 and 25-19 to add a victory to their record.

Grantsburg’s Kallie Thoreson sends a kill over Clayton blockers during their game Tuesday, Sept. 8. – Photo by Priscilla Bauer Krysta Laqua played the net with seven kills. Corissa Schmidt and Maria Miller had six kills apiece. Paola Endara totaled 15 assists for the Vikings and sent over three unanswered serves.

Chrissy Chenal and Vanessa Neumann led the team defensively. Chenal had 12 digs and Neumann made 10.

Shell Lake 3, Siren 0 SHELL LAKE – The Dragons fell to the Lakers in three games on Tuesday, Sept.

8. Shell Lake won the three 25-14, 25-13 and 25-11.

Ashley Guevara and Meghan Baasch played strongest at the net, Guevara with five kills and Baasch with four. Sarah Howe had the team’s only ace serve. She had one block and assisted in 12 points.

Guevara had three blocks. Natasha Kosloski had two digs for the Dragons.

Turtle Lake 3, Unity 0 BALSAM LAKE – It was a tough night at the net for the Eagles according to coach Chris Lesneski in their 3-0, 25-11, 25-19, 25-15 loss to Turtle Lake on Tuesday night. Hitting, serving, receiving and blocking errors contributed to 57 total errors in the match, with 19 in each game.

“When the opposition only has to earn six points in a game, it is really hard to win a game, let alone a match,” Lesneski said, adding that the team’s struggles came down to their mental approach.

The Eagles will have an opportunity to get back on track this Thursday, Sept. 10, when they host Clayton. – Marty Seeger

Frederic’s Corissa Schmidt hits the ball back to Birchwood’s side during Tuesday’s game. – Photo by Brenda Sommerfeld

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••• LEADER LAND – The Sept. 11, Somerset at Osceola football game is being broadcast on 104.9 FM, and the Amery at Prescott football game can be heard Sept. 11, on 1260 AM. Both games begin at 7 p.m.

••• MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee Brewers games being broadcast on WXCE 1260 AM can be heard on the following dates and times. The Brewers at Diamondbacks series on Sept. 11-13 begin at 9:15 p.m., 7 p.m., and 3 p.m., respectively. The Brewers at Cubs series on Sept. 14-16 begin at 7 p.m., each night.

••• MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., – Minnesota Twins games broadcast on WLMX 104.9 FM can be heard on the following dates and times. The Twins at Blue Jays game on Sept. 10 begins at 6 p.m. The A’s at Twins game on Sept. 12 begins at noon. The Indians at Twins series on Sept. 14-16 begins at 7 p.m., 7 p.m. and noon respectively.

••• GREEN BAY – The Bears at Packers game can be heard on WXCX 105.7 FM on Sunday, Sept. 13, begining at 7 p.m.

••• MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., – The Vikings at Browns game can be heard on Sunday, Sept. 13, beginning at noon on WLMX 104.9 FM. ••• MADISON – The Fresno State at Badgers football game can be heard on 1260 AM at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 12.

••• LEADER LAND – Local sports tidbits to share? Please contact the Leader by 4:30 p.m. on Mondays to go in Extra Points. – Marty Seeger and Brenda Sommerfeld ••• LEADER LAND – Leader Sports strives to follow the college careers of area athletes. If you know of an athlete who will be playing collegiate sports in 2009 and hasn’t been mentioned, send us an e-mail or call and we’ll take it from there. – Marty Seeger and Brenda Sommerfeld

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

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Webster Tigers overtake Cumberland Beavers Dragons fall in five Webster 3, Cumberland 1

by Brenda Sommerfeld CUMBERLAND – The Webster Tigers took the only volleyball victory for the Leaderland area Thursday, Sept. 3, when they defeated Cumberland 3-1 on the Beavers court.

“The girls had a good outing,” coach Mindy Widiker stated. “The team communicated well and did a lot of things well. They kept focus and were consistent for the most part.”

During the first game, the Tigers were caught off guard trailing behind Cumberland but were able to come back to win 25-21.

“That boosted their confidence,” Widiker said.

Webster quickly took the second game 25-9, but lost the third 25-16. In the final game the Tigers defeated their opponent 25-18.

Michelle Gibbs, Kendra Spurgeon and Alyssa Main played hard at the net for the Tigers. Main had 10 kills and one solo block, Gibbs nine kills and one solo block and Spurgeon hit over eight kills.

“Those three girls had a good night at the net,” Widiker commented. “Mary Johnson had a nice night serving too.”

Johnson had six serving aces for the team, while Ally Daniels and Siiri Larsen

Webster’s Ally Daniels sends the ball to teammates Alyssa Main, Kendra Spurgeon and Siiri Larsen in a previous game this season. – File photo by Brenda Sommerfeld each had two. Larsen had 18 assists as the setter for the team. Gibbs totaled seven digs with Billie Ingalls getting four and several other players each with two.

Birchwood 3, Siren 2 BIRCHWOOD – Siren put up a big fight taking Birchwood to five games Thursday. The Dragons fell in the final to lose 3-2.

Birchwood won the first 25-23, followed by two Siren victories, 25-19 and 25-18. The Dragons losing the fourth 2521 took the team to the final game where Birchwood won in a fifth close game, 1512.

Carley Emery totaled 12 kills for the team, followed by Ashley Guevara’s five.

Deanna Phernetton had four and Abigail Mitchell and Daphne Hubble each had two. Phernetton blocked five shots from Birchwood, Guevara three, Emery and Mitchell each two and Sarah Howe blocked one.

Howe set up 12 of the points scored, Phernetton three and Danielle Keller two. Keller and Hubbell had the only digs, with two apiece.

Luck’s Ashley Dexter hits a shot into a New Auburn blocker during the game Thursday, Sept. 3. Dexter had four kills during the game. – Photo by Brenda Sommerfeld

Volleyball/continued Osceola 3, St. Croix Falls 0 ST. CROIX FALLS – It might have been a nonconference game for the Saints on Tuesday night, but the atmosphere was more like a conference championship instead. St. Croix Falls hosted rival Osceola in their second match of the season and were coming off a 3-1 conference win over Luck a week earlier, but their momentum was stymied by a strong Chieftains team.

Despite falling all three games, the Saints were strong, keeping the first game close. At one point the first game was tied at 17, yet the Chieftains kept the pace and finished with the 25-17 victory.

The second game was similar in that the Saints hung close, but ended with a 25-

New Auburn 3, Luck 1 LUCK – The Cardinals fell to New Auburn 3-1 on Thursday, Sept. 3. New Auburn won the first 25-22. Luck took the second game 25-19, but lost the next

Siren’s Tasha Kosloski receives the ball in an earlier game with Deanna Phernetton in the background. – File photo by Brenda Sommerfeld two games 25-20 and 25-17.

“The game against New Auburn showed our team that we really need to work on serve-receive passing,” coach Alyssa Notemann said. “When we were able to get a good pass then our offense would kill the ball, but most of the night our passes were just not there.”

Morgan Denny had nine kills, Aleah Lemieux five and Ashley Dexter four.

Dexter totaled 10 blocks, seven solos and three assists. Denny had two solo blocks and Maia Lehmann made one solo block.

Alecia Ouellette attempted five serves and had five serving aces. Hannah Karl totaled 22 assists as setter. Denny had the most digs with nine, followed by Lemieux with eight and Katie Gutzmer with seven.

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Game three was a bit tougher for the Chieftains to run away with, as the Saints managed to crawl back to tie the game at 20. The game remained tied at 24 until Osceola sealed the game 26-24 and the match win. The Saints host Turtle Lake this Thursday, Sept. 10, beginning at 7:30 p.m. – Marty Seeger

LEFT: St. Croix Falls’ Alicia Chelberg hits the ball over two Osceola players trying to block the shot. – Photo by Marty Seeger

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Eagles get aggressive over Chetek Grab first nonconference win of the season Unity 20, Chetek 7

by Marty Seeger BALSAM LAKE – The Eagles found a way to win over the Chetek Bulldogs last Friday at home with a little extra emphasis on the defensive side of the ball, according to coach Dave Anderson.

“Our defense really stepped up and played a very aggressive game against Chetek. Our seniors showed great leadership in the game by the way they played. Every one of them made some kind of impact on the game with a big play or hit,” Anderson said.

It was a low-scoring affair for both teams in the first three quarters, but Unity got on board first with a pass from quarterback Reed Sorenson to Jason Vlasnik. Sorenson took the quarterback spot after teammate Luke Nelson broke his throwing hand in a game against

Unity's offensive was led by Reed Sorensen, quarterback, for the victory against Chetek Friday night. The Eagles defense stepped up, playing very aggressively during the game, according to coach Dave Anderson. – Photo by Jeanne Alling

Shell Lake a week earlier.

“With some of our upperclassmen injured or ineligible, we are asking a lot from our underclassmen and they seem to be responding well. We started five sophomores on offense and three on defense,” Anderson said.

Chetek tied the game at seven in the third quarter and the score remained the same into the fourth quarter, when Dustin McKinney rushed to the end zone for the touchdown. Then late in the fourth quarter, Luke Hilleshiem sealed the victory with a touchdown interception in the end zone.

“With two tough games under our belt I feel confident that we are ready for conference play. Webster will be a great test for us this week,” Anderson said.

McKinney led the Eagles with 87 yards on 21 attempts. Sorenson completed 7 of 11 passes for 148 yards. Mike Johnson led the Eagles with five tackles and forced a fumble, and Jared Peper and Alec Carlson had four tackles apiece. Clay Peckman had three tackles along with two sacks.

Vikings splash out Dragons fire Ackerley for 21 yards and one touchdown, and Robert Kirk caught one for 20 yards and a touchdown.

“Frederic jumped on us early,” Siren coach Jason Bins stated. “We had no answers defensively. Again, our kids kept their heads up and we finally got some points on the board.”

Siren quarterback Christian Hall threw a touchdown pass to Tadd Oachs. Oachs had two catches during the game for a total of 17 yards. Andrew Brown had five catches for 48 yards and Elijah Hinze had one five-yard catch for a two-point conversion.

Dragons put up first points Frederic 75, Siren 15

by Brenda Sommerfeld FREDERIC – The Vikings ship made a splash to put out any fire the Dragons may have had coming toward them Friday, Sept. 4. Frederic defeated Siren 7515 on the Vikings turf.

Coach Ken Belanger and his Vikings totaled 391 offensive yards to Siren’s 135.

Ian Anderson rushed 143 yards on five carries scoring five touchdowns. Ben Ackerley went 73 yards in four carries, Adam Chenal 59 yards in 11 carries for one touchdown, Tony Peterson 43 yards in four carries for one touchdown.

Claire Erickson received one pass from

LEFT: Siren’s Andrew Brown is brought down by Frederic tacklers during the game Friday, Sept. 4. – Photo by Gary King

Tigers tougher than Bears Webster claws way to victory Webster 60, Clayton 30

by Brenda Sommerfeld WEBSTER – It would be hard to say who would win in a fight between a tiger and a bear most times, but Friday, Sept.

4, was the Tigers time to claw their way to victory with a 60-30 win.

Webster didn’t secure the win until the third quarter. They were actually trailing Clayton 22-21 at halftime before picking up the pace in the second half to take the win.

Offensive yards were close for the two teams, Webster with 426 and Clayton with 408. The Tigers made better use of their yards, scoring eight touchdowns in their 50 plays compared to Clayton’s four in 70 plays.

Dan Pope scored five of the Tigers touchdowns, four rushing totaling 193

yards in 18 carries and one receiving with a 24-yard pass from quarterback James Wethern. Pope totaled 32 yards in two catches. He also kicked in two field goals for extra points, punted one for 25 yards, kicked off six times for 326 yards and returned one kickoff for 18 yards.

Defensively, Pope had 20 and one-half solo tackles and three assists for his team.

Chad French scored two of Webster’s touchdowns with 119 yards in 16 carries.

Mason Kriegel scored the other TD with one 3-yard carry.

Dan Dochniak worked hard for the team with 33 yards in three carries, one 20-yard kick off return and seven solo tackles. Shane Rossow also had seven solo tackles, followed by Garrett Eichman with six and one-half solo and three assist tackles and Andrew Larson with six solo, two assists, four sacks and two tackles for a loss.

Webster will face Unity Friday, Sept.

11, on the Eagles field for their next competition.

Saints explode on offense SCF down Chieftains in second nonconference game St. Croix Falls 41, Lake Holcombe 0

by Marty Seeger HOLCOMBE – The Saints suffered a tough opening loss to the Chieftains of Osceola last week but righted their ways against another Chieftains team, from Lake Holcombe, on Thursday, Sept. 3, at

Holcombe.

“We played much more aggressive as a team and communicated better on defense,” said Saints coach Rod Sempf.

St. Croix Falls bolted to a 34-0 lead at the end of the first quarter and stuffed Lake Holcombe’s offense in the process.

The Saints defense held Lake Holcombe to just 52 total offensive yards and forced six fumbles.

“Early in the game we created turnovers on special teams and that momentum carried us through the first half,” Sempf said.

Saints quarterback, Matt Vold, got the Saints on the board early with a 13-yard touchdown pass to Nick Johnson. Six minutes later Auney Siefert took a fiveyard run to the end zone, and less than a minute later the Saints forced the Chieftains to punt, and Cory Gebhard ran a 36-yard punt return for the score to make it a 20-0 game with just over six minutes left to play in the quarter. Johnson would score once more in the quarter and Josh Larcom scored on a 22-yard run with no time on the clock before heading into the second quarter. Johnson put the Saints

on top for good early in the second quarter on a 1-yard run.

“We need to be more physical on both sides of the ball as we move closer to conference games. Friday night’s game against a very good Elk Mound program will let us know where we are at as a team,” Sempf said.

St. Croix Falls outrushed the Chieftains 228 yards to 32, as Siefert, Johnson and Garrett Radinzel each rushed for over 50 yards. Vold threw just three passes in the game but completed all three for 54 yards.

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Luck cruises over Cornell fense averaged over 10 yards per carry.

Luck’s special teams also averaged over 30 yards with each return.

Luck will host Grantsburg this Friday for their first conference game of the season.

Defense steps up as offense soars Luck 27, Cornell 0

by Marty Seeger LUCK – The Cardinals remained unbeaten on the season with a win over Cornell last Friday, Sept. 4. It was their second win of the season after a 49-21 victory over Prairie Farm during the previous week.

The Cardinals rushed for 340 yards on 31 carries with four touchdowns against the Chief’s and stuffed their running game in the process as the Cardinal defense stepped up. Luck held Cornell’s top running back, Cody Olson to under 70 yards rushing. In Cornell’s previous game against Alma Center Lincoln, Olson rushed for 296 yards with two touchdowns.

Meanwhile, the Cardinals defense kept Cornell in check with an average of under three yards per carry, and the of-

Luck’s Alec Mortel goes for the tackle against Cornell Friday, Sept. 4. – Photos by Sue Tolan

Taylor Horsager runs the ball down the field against Cornell.

Pirates ship torn apart by Beavers Grantsburg scores in fourth quarter Cumberland 41, Grantsburg 8

by Brenda Sommerfeld CUMBERLAND – The Cumberland Beavers tore apart the Pirates ship with their 41-8 victory over the Grantsburg football team Friday, Sept. 4. Cumber-

land scored all of their 41 points before the Pirates managed to put any on the board.

Grantsburg had eight first downs to Cumberland’s 27. The Pirates had less penalties with three for 40 yards to the Beaver’s nine for 60 yards.

Derek Bertelsen scored in the fourth quarter for Grantsburg on a 73-yard pass from Brent Myers, while only three minutes remained of the game. Nolan Hanson pushed his way through

Cumberland into the end zone in order to score the extra two points.

Bertelsen totaled 104 yards in two catches, Kyle Johnson 44 yards in two and Josh Phillipps 39 yards in three catches.

Rushing yards were held down for the Pirates with a total of 51. Bert Luedtke carried 38 yards in 11 carries for the most from any individual. Bertelsen had 14 rushing yards and Myers 12.

Phillips punted four times for a total of

119 yards against Cumberland. Hanson made one interception for the Pirates.

Defensively, Dylan Franklin helped the team with two tackles for a loss and Jordan Heinecke had one. Bertelsen had the most tackles with seven solo and five assisted, and Myers totaled four solo and nine assists. Franklin had four solo and four assists, Damien Rasmussen three solo and six assists and Heinecke four solo and three assists.

Saints all alone in Middle Border Luck’s Stapel scores best ever

by Marty Seeger ELLSWORTH – St. Croix Falls blew the competition away on Tuesday afternoon in Ellsworth with a team score of 180. Osceola was the closest with a second-place score of 185, while New Richmond finished with a 193, and Ellsworth

finished at 201. In fifth was BaldwinWoodville with a 205.

Marissa Campeau led the team with a 41 and came in second overall, while Tess Hedrick placed fourth with a 44.

Cortney Rasmussen finished in sixth place with a 46, and Brittany Buss placed ninth by shooting 49. All of the girls on the team earned conference points as a result of their finish according to coach Terry Benoy, and currently the Saints sit at the very top of the Middle Border

Conference standings. St. Croix Falls travels to Clifton Highlands Golf Course this Thursday in Prescott for their next match.

“The girls are working hard on the mental aspects of the game and trying to reduce errors by making higher percentage shots,” said coach Jeff Benoy.

Stapel notches year’s best ELLSWORTH – The Luck golf team had just three golfers on the course in

Ellsworth Tuesday afternoon, but Lindsey Stapel shot the best score of her life with a 45.

“That was great to see and she was very pleased,” said coach Ron Steen.

Avery Steen finished the day with a 48.

“All the girls are improving every match and they all know they can shoot a lower score,” coach Steen said.

Unity/Luck tennis swings past Amery Two fight through three games

Thursday, Sept. 3 Unity/Luck at Amery

Unity/Luck 5, Amery 2 No. 1 Singles: Lexie Kothlow (U) d. Sarah Schieffer (A) 6-2, 6-1; No. 2 Singles: Emilee Van Blairom (A) d.

Alex Davison (U) 6-1, 6-2; No. 3 Singles: Joy Albrecht (U) d. Sam Anderson (A) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; No. 4 Singles: Joy Albrecht (U) d. Marissa Gilbertson (A) 6-4, 7-5; No. 1 Doubles: Jessi Kutina and Katherine Ebensperger (U) d. Emily Nelson and Katie Kruger (A) 6-1, 6-0; No. 2 Doubles: Maddie Anderson and Anna Ebensperger (U) d. Kari Anderson and Katie Peterson (A) 6-2, 2-6, 6-0; No. 3 Doubles: Laura Satterlund and Abby Marquand (A) d. Mary Maiden Mueller and Emily Petzel (U) 6-3, 6-3.

Unity/Luck 5, Amery 2

by Brenda Sommerfeld AMERY – The Unity/Luck tennis team traveled to the Amery courts Thursday, Sept. 3, to compete against the conference opponent. As a team Unity/Luck took a 5-2 victory.

No. 1 singles Lexie Kothlow defeated Amery 6-2 and 6-1. Alex Davison was one of the two to fall to Amery, losing 61 and 6-2. Julie Franzel defeated Amery’s Sam Anderson after three, losing the first 6-3 and winning the next two 6-4 and 64. Joy Albrecht won in two 6-4 and 7-5.

“Julie played a great three-set match against Sam Anderson,” coach Beth Trudeau stated. “Losing the first set, Julie had to step it up for the next set and she did. Joy also had to push herself in her second set against Amery. She proved her skill with hard-hitting backhands down the line and an incredible serve. I

No. 2 doubles team Maddie Anderson and Anna Ebensperger defeated their Amery opponents after going into three sets. They won the first set 6-2, lost the second 6-2 and won the third and final 6-0. – File photo by Marty Seeger

was very proud of both girls’ determination and commitment to fight for the win.”

No. 1 and No. 2 doubles teams each won their matches, while No. 3 fell victim to theirs. No. 1 Jessi Kutina and Katherine Ebensperger defeated their opponents in two, 6-1 and 6-0. No. 2 Maddie Anderson and Anna Ebensperger fought through three, winning the first 6-2, losing the second 6-2 and winning the final 6-0. No. 3 Mary Maiden Mueller and Emily Petzel were defeated 6-3 and 6-3.

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Webster boys and Frederic girls finish first again Taylor and Nelson lead once again

by Brenda Sommerfeld WEBSTER – The Webster boys and Frederic girls teams finished first at the Webster invitational Tuesday, Sept. 8.

These two teams shall be at the front of the pack during many meets to come.

The top finishers were once again Webster’s Jack Taylor and Frederic’s Samantha Nelson. Taylor finished nearly one minute before the next finisher, Nathaniel Behnke from Bruce. Taylor’s time was 17:01.9 while Behnke had a time of 17:56.7. Nelson broke from the pack herself with a time of 16:32.5, followed by Bruce’s Molly Osuldsen with a time of 17:10.9.

The Webster boys had three more in the top five with Bryan Krause third, Joey Erickson fourth and Devin Greene fifth. Chaz Heinz finished 15th overall and took a score of 14 for the Webster team’s total points of 27.

For the Frederic girls, Sarah Knauber took third, Calla Karl fourth, Sage Karl 12th and Tanesha Carlson 17th for the 37 points for the team’s first place. Jade

The boys start off during the Webster invitational Tuesday, Sept. 8. Webster, Frederic, St. Croix Falls, Bruce and Shell Lake were some of the teams who competed at Webster. The Tigers took first place followed by Bruce, Grantsburg and St. Croix Falls. – Photo by Sherill Summer Johnson was the other competitor for the Vikings with a 19th-place finish.

Grantsburg boys took third place and girls took fifth.

“I finally had a full girls team and was excited to see how they would perform,” coach Paul Huskamp said. “Quite frankly, we struggled to compete to our

best level. There could be many excuses for what happened, but the bottom like is we need more miles and we still need to learn how to run competitively. Our fifth-place finish seems worse than it was, considering we were only seven points from second place.”

“The boys also had some nice individ-

ual efforts, but we still are not where we need or want to be to be competitive,” Huskamp commented.

Both the girls and boys St. Croix Falls teams took fourth place at Webster.

Unity/Luck finished in fifth place for the boys team but only had four girl runners so were not able to make up a girls team.

Webster’s Jack Taylor running like state champion Tiger boys team takes first in Spooner

by Brenda Sommerfeld SPOONER – The Webster cross-country team competed in their second invitational of the season Thursday, Sept. 3, in Spooner. The Tigers were the only local team to compete, while other runners were from Ashland, Hayward, Flambeau, Bloomer, Rice Lake, Barron, Chetek, Cumberland and Shell Lake.

“Both teams ran the course well,” coach Roy Ward stated. “It is easy on tough courses to get mentally beat before the gun fires. I think our team got mentally ready and it showed in their efforts.

The course was brutal, but it will prepare us for the big meets at the end of our season.”

The Webster boys took their second first-place finish of the season, with junior Jack Taylor coming in first of all the boys. Taylor finished the course with a time of 18:07.9, 34.9 seconds ahead of teammate Bryan Krause, who finished second.

“Jack and Bryan continue to run well.

Jack separates himself from all the other runners,” Ward said. “He just looks like

a state champ when he runs.”

Following Taylor and Krause in Webster’s top seven positions were Joey Erickson sixth, Devin Greene 12th, Tim Sunstrom 24th, Brad Krause 26th and Chaz Heinz 29th.

“The boys are off to a great start,” Ward commented. “There were several boys that shocked me. I love how they have internal competition, which is a coach’s dream. They work together, but at the same time they are fighting for a spot on the varsity team. When it’s all said and done they are one and it doesn’t matter who the top seven are because they all feel like they are contributing as part of the team.”

Jim Erickson finished just six-tenths behind Heinz for 30th. JT Elmgren took 33rd, Taylor Heinz 43rd, Cody Isaacson 44th, Matt Elmgren 58th, Carl Rachner 85th, Derek King 86th and Cortland Summer 91st out of the 99 finishers.

“Chaz beat Jim out at the end with his raw speed,” Ward explained. “It was nice to run against Ashland and Hayward for some good competition.”

The girls finished sixth as a team, with Sarah Walsh coming in fifth, Kally Schiller eighth, Emma Kelby 33rd, Shaina Pardun 46th and Olivia Kopecky 74th.

“Kally really ran a good race,” Ward said. “Sarah has been tough for her first two CC meets. She has been a great team captain getting girls ready to run. Shaina had a great kick at the end of the race.

Emma was doing great at the mile, but stepped on something and twisted her foot the wrong way. I give her credit for

finishing the race.”

The other Tiger girls were Danielle Dyson at 85th, Tami Petersen and Tessa Schiller finishing 95th and 96th out of the 97 who completed the race.

“Tami and Tessa finished at the end but had strong finishes,” Ward said.

Spooner Cross-Country Invitational - Thursday, Sept. 3 Place

Boys Teams

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

44 58 85 86 91

Webster Ashland Hayward Flambeau Bloomer Rice Lake Barron Chetek Cumberland Shell Lake

Place

1 2 6 12 24 26 29 30 33 43

Time

Jack Taylor Bryan Krause Joey Erickson Devin Greene Tim Sundstrom Brad Krause Chaz Heinz Jim Erickson JT Elmgren Taylor Heinz

18:07.9 18:42.8 19:01.3 19:33.1 21:11.3 21:12.9 21:24.2 21:24.8 21:33.7 22:23.0

Webster Webster Webster Webster Webster Webster Webster Webster Webster Webster

22:28.1 23:35.0 27:39.1 27:57.2 29:23.1

Webster Webster Webster Webster Webster

Girls Teams

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Boys Overall Individuals

Place Finisher Team

Cody Isaacson Matt Elmgren Carl Rachner Derek King Cortland Summer

Flambeau Hayward Rice Lake Spooner Ashland Webster Bloomer

Girls Overall Individuals

Place Finisher Team 5 8 33 46 74 85 95 96

Sarah Walsh Kally Schiller Emma Kelby Shaina Pardun Olivia Kopecky Danielle Dyson Tami Petersen Tessa Schiller

Time

18:00.9 18:09.9 20:07.7 21:04.6 23:22.8 24:44.3 27:53.4 27:59.6

Webster Webster Webster Webster Webster Webster Webster Webster

Webster Cross-Country Invitational - Tuesday, Sept. 8 Place

Boys Teams

1 2 3 4 5 6

Webster Bruce Grantsburg St. Croix Falls Unity/Luck Shell Lake

Boys Overall Individuals

Place Finisher 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Jack Taylor Nathaniel Behnke Bryan Krause Joey Erickson Devin Greene Brandon Degner Joel Anderson Alex Frey Ryan Behnke Zach Arnold Nathan Gravesen Rashaud Kelash Daniel Biorn John Schneider Chaz Heinz Colton Sorensen JT Elmgren

Time

17:01.9 17:56.7 18:13.5 18:22.1 18:34.1 18:56.5 19:06.6 19:30.3 19:43.5 19:50.9 19:58.9 20:09.1 20:09.4 20:35.1 20:48.2 20:57.8 20:58.6

Team

Webster Bruce Webster Webster Webster Shell Lake Frederic St. Croix Falls Bruce Grantsburg St. Croix Falls St. Croix Falls Grantsburg Grantsburg Webster Unity/Luck Webster

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46

Tim Sundstrom Ian Lexen Jim Erickson Brad Krause Taylor Heinz Jake Bengston Kyle Madlon Steven McKinley Tanner Villiard Mickey Muller Nick Lindgren Matthew Strahm Jake Radtke Seth Ilgen Chris Eisen Joe Thayer Cody Isaacson Brett Holman Alec Larson Jesse Chouinard Sean Handy Christian Wolfe Tyler Bublitz Carl Rachner Mitchell Johnston Bradly Taylor Alec Hopke Dillon Hopke Gus Neumann

21:02.5 21:06.9 21:11.7 21:26.9 21:50.4 21:53.2 21:56.0 21:59.0 21:59.8 22:01.8 22:04.2 22:22.5 22:24.3 22:24.6 22:26.6 22:49.3 23:02.5 23:08.4 23:14.8 23:28.5 23:29.6 23:40.8 24:21.5 24:56.3 25:59.8 26:08.1 26:22.9 26:23.6 26:44.0

Webster Frederic Webster Webster Webster Unity/Luck Bruce Grantsburg Bruce Unity/Luck Grantsburg Bruce Grantsburg Grantsburg St. Croix Falls St. Croix Falls Webster Shell Lake Unity/Luck Frederic Grantsburg St. Croix Falls Unity/Luck Webster Unity/Luck Grantsburg Shell Lake Shell Lake Frederic

47 48 49 50 51

Zach Pynnenon Cortland Summer Scott Bever Sam Nichols Seth Quinton

Place

27:33.6 28:23.2 28:25.6 30:20.3 33:25.9

Bruce Webster Unity/Luck St. Croix Falls Shell Lake

Girls Teams

1 2 3 4 5

Frederic Bruce Webster St. Croix Falls Grantsburg

Girls Overall Individuals

Place Finisher 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Samantha Nelson Molly Osuldsen Sarah Knauber Calla Karl Bailey Bergmann Michelle Lund Kally Schiller Sarah Walsh Emma Kelby Taylor Quinn Angela Gaffney Sage Karl Thea Schmitdt

Time

16:32.5 17:10.9 17:18.6 17:25.6 17:33.3 17:39.9 17:55.4 17:59.5 18:06.3 18:06.6 18:26.1 19:16.0 19:19.8

Team

Frederic Bruce Frederic Frederic St. Croix Falls Grantsburg Webster Webster Webster Bruce Grantsburg Frederic Bruce

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

Allie Holmdahl Savannah Stone Aimee Van Tatenhove Tanesha Carlson Autumn Erickson Jade Johnson Shaina Pardun Kaylee Meisegeier Abbie Granzin Jessica Banks Rosie LaMere Kim Culver Paige Villiard Megan Volgren Ashley Bollig Kaelah Maslow Carla Zimmerman Jessica Irvine Jessica Raboin Jessica Behnke Jessica Derrick Danielle Dyson Olivia Koepecky Brittany Bublitz Tina Lennartson Carley Martin Tessa Schiller

19:42.9 19:45.9 20:01.1 20:04.4 20:04.7 20:05.1 20:28.4 20:30.4 20:37.6 20:50.2 20:53.4 20:54.9 20:57.7 21:15.8 21:25.6 21:41.4 21:58.1 22:19.4 22:31.8 22:49.5 22:51.1 22:54.4 22:58.4 24:42.9 26:03.1 27:34.0 29:04.2

St. Croix Falls St. Croix Falls Grantsburg Frederic St. Croix Falls Frederic Webster Bruce Shell Lake Grantsburg Grantsburg St. Croix Falls Bruce Unity/Luck St. Croix Falls Grantsburg Bruce Shell Lake Unity/Luck Bruce St. Croix Falls Webster Webster Unity/Luck Unity/Luck St. Croix Falls Webster

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Legends of the North golf tourney to be held at a lot of prizes.

Each of the men’s flights will be handicapped, 0-8 for the legends flight, 9-16 for the men’s first flight and 17+ for the men’s second flight. This handicap system will only determine which flight you will play in for straight scores. Golfers will compete in their own tournament both days with their caliber of golfers. They will have their own skins games and compete for proximities of their own. This format will make the tournament much more enjoyable for those golfers who wish not to compete with scratch golfers. The third-flight golfers will get their own long drive, putt and closest to competitions.

All 18 holes will have proximities on them with prizes from the hole sponsors

vides the skater with all needed equipment from head to toe. Each family will also be required to participate in fundraisers throughout the year.

The hockey association has changed its format for practices and games to be more family-friendly. For further information, check out the Web site at burnettyouthhockey.com or call Rebecca, 715-327-4836 for more information regarding registration and the hockey program. – submitted

LEADER SPORTS SCOREBOARD VOLLEYBALL

West Lakeland Standings Team Conf.

Overall 1-0 3-0 Grantsburg Pirates Turtle Lake Lakers 1-0 1-0 St. Croix Falls Saints 1-0 1-2 Luck Cardinals 0-1 3-2 0-1 2-3 Unity Eagles Clayton Bears 0-1 1-1 Shell Lake Lakers 0-0 4-2 Webster Tigers 0-0 2-2 Frederic Vikings 0-0 2-1 Siren Dragons 0-0 1-3 Clear Lake Warriors 0-0 0-0 Scores Thursday, September 3 Webster 3, Cumberland 1 (25-21, 25-9, 16-25, 25-18) Birchwood 3, Siren 2 (25-23, 19-25, 18-25, 25-21, 15-12) New Auburn 3, Luck 1 (25-22, 19-25, 25-20, 25-17) Tuesday, September 8 Grantsburg 3, Clayton 0 (25-11, 25-18, 25-15) Frederic 3, Birchwood 1 (22-25, 25-23, 25-22, 25-19) Osceola 3, St. Croix Falls 0 (25-17, 25-17, 26-24) Shell Lake 3, Siren 0 (25-14, 25-13, 25-11) Turtle Lake 3, Unity 0 (25-11, 25-19, 25-15) Weyerhaeuser 3, Luck 1 (25-22, 25-17, 22-25, 25-9) Upcoming Thursday, September 10 7:30 p.m. Grantsburg at Shell Lake Luck at Siren Turtle Lake at St. Croix Falls Clayton at Unity Clear Lake at Webster Saturday, September 12 9 a.m.

Siren at Chetek Luck at Pine City, Minn.

10 a.m.

Grantsburg at Ashland Tuesday, September 15 7:30 p.m. Frederic at Webster Shell Lake at Luck St. Croix Falls at Siren Unity at Clear Lake

Tuesday, September 15 4:15 p.m. Grantsburg at Rice Lake Webster at Rice Lake Unity/Luck at Rice Lake St. Croix Falls at Rice Lake

FOOTBALL

Small Lakeland Standings Team Conf.

Overall Flambeau Falcons 2-0 2-0 Shell Lake Lakers 1-0 2-0 Northwood/Solon Evergreens 1-0 1-1 Turtle Lake Lakers 1-1 1-1 Birchwood/Weyerhaeuser Cats 1-1 1-1 Bruce Red Raiders 1-1 1-1 Frederic Vikings 1-1 1-1 Siren Dragons 0-2 0-2 Winter Warriors 0-2 0-2 Large Lakeland Standings Team Conf.

Overall Clear Lake Warriors 0-0 2-0 Webster Tigers 0-0 2-0 Luck Cardinals 0-0 2-0 St. Croix Falls Saints 0-0 1-1 Unity Eagles 0-0 1-1 Cameron Comets 0-0 1-1 Grantsburg Pirates 0-0 0-2 Scores Thursday, September 3 St. Croix Falls 41, Lake Holcombe 0 Friday, September 4 Frederic 75, Siren 15 Cumberland 41, Grantsburg 8 Luck 27, Cornell 0 Unity 20, Chetek 7 Webster 60, Clayton 30 Upcoming Friday, September 11 7 p.m.

Northwood/Solon Springs at Frederic Grantsburg at Luck Elk Mound at St. Croix Falls Turtle Lake at Siren Webster at Unity

GIRLS GOLF

Upcoming Thursday, September 10 4 p.m.

Luck/Unity at Prescott St. Croix Falls at Prescott Monday, Sept. 14 9 a.m.

Luck/Unity at Somerset St. Croix Falls at Somerset

CROSS COUNTRY

Upcoming Thursday, September 10 4:30 p.m. Grantsburg at Cameron St. Croix Falls at Cameron Frederic at Cameron Unity/Luck at Cameron

for added money to the prize pool. Other hole sponsors include Tim’s Black & Orange Sports Bar and Bowling Alley in Webster, the Lumberjack Steakhouse, the St. Croix Tribal Smoke Shop, The Lodge at Crooked Lake in Siren, Circle Systems of LCO, Four Winds Market in Siren, the LCO Convenience Store, the Pheasant Inn and Pour House, both in Siren, and the LCO Casino.

Both the Hole In the Wall Casino and the Lodge at Crooked Lake are providing discounted rooms to golfers. Call Hole in the Wall at 800-238-8946 or the Lodge at 877-THE-LODGE. – submitted

Dancing tailgaters

Burnett Youth Hockey registration SIREN – Burnett Youth Hockey Association will be having registration for the 2009-2010 hockey season Monday, Sept.

14, and Thursday, Sept. 17, from 7-8:30 p.m., at the Lodge Center Arena in Siren.

Anyone from age 3 to high school may register.

There is a $40 fee required to register with USA Hockey for anyone over the age of 6. The Burnett Youth Hockey Association has reasonable equipment rental packages or all levels of skaters at a cost of $35-$40 per season, which pro-

along with stay and play packages from area casinos. Chippewa Woodcrafters of Hayward is sponsoring a $10,000 Hole in One Contest. There will also be smaller prizes on the other par 3s for hole-inones, including a big-screen TV. There will also be $10 skins games for each division held each day.

Preregistration is required by calling the Siren National Golf Club at 866-7473685. There are only 120 available spots due to the late season, so don’t wait, sign up early to guarantee your spot in this exclusive tournament. If the tournament is not filled, registration on the day of will be permitted but must be done by 9:30 a.m. on Saturday.

Hole in the Wall Casino has generously sponsored this tournament to provide

TENNIS

Team Unity/Luck

Standings

Scores Thursday, September 3 Unity/Luck 5, Amery 2 Tuesday, September 8 Durand 4, Unity 3 Upcoming Thursday, September 10 4 p.m.

Unity/Luck at Bloomer Tuesday, September 15 4 p.m.

Mondovi at Unity

Conf.

2-2

Overall 5-9

Members of the Frederic dance team held a tailgate fundraiser at the Frederic-Siren game last Friday evening. Shyla Baker won the contest for being the most dressed in blue and gold. The fundraiser was considered a success.

From (L to R): Ashley Kurkowski, Breanna Jensen, Haley Coulter, Melana Nelson, coach Jackie Kurkowski, Hayden Swanson and Kourtney Douglas. Front: Danielle Swanson. Not pictured was Kendra Mosay, Jami Siebenthal, MaKayla Arthurs and Allison Gustafson. - Photo submitted

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The Swami continued his blistering early season pace with a nearperfect 6-1 record in week two of prediction action. His scores weren’t quite as accurate this week, and he did stumble on the Unity-Chetek game, but nevertheless his record stands at 13-1 or 93 percent.

“But I want to THE SWAMI encourage fans to continue to support our athletes by attending the games in person, even though they already know what the outcome will be after reading this column,” he pleaded immodestly. He also noted that he will be adding Osceola and Amery predictions this week.

“I like to have a seven-game slate, so I decided to toss a few crumbs to our readers from south of Hwy 8,” he

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SIREN – The Lac Courte Oreilles Times, along with Hole in the Wall Casino, will hold it’s fourth-annual Legends of the North golf tournament at Siren National Golf Club on Sept. 19 and 20. The first-round tee times begin on Saturday, Sept. 19, at 10 a.m., and resume on Sunday, Sept. 20, at 10 a.m. for the second and final round.

The 2009 Legends of the North tournament has a prize purse of over $5,000 spread out over three men’s flights, a women’s flight and a seniors flight. The tournament is an individual stroke play competition. Registration is only $80 per person. This cost covers two rounds of 18 holes with a cart and dinner at the awards ceremony on Sunday at 6 p.m. at Kris’ Pheasant Inn in Siren and a chance

added while fashioning some foam/rubber refrigerator magnets, which he hopes to sell at an upcoming craft sale.

This week’s predictions: Frederic 36, Northwood-Solon Springs 12 – The Vikings can light up the scoreboard.

Webster 20, Unity 19 – This will be an exciting football game but the Tigers are starting to feel invincible again.

Luck 21, Grantsburg 13 – The Pirates losing streak continues at the hands of the undefeated Cardinals.

Turtle Lake 56, Siren 0 – Another toughie for the Dragons.

Somerset 28, Osceola 6 – The Spartans are solid year after year.

Amery 24, Prescott 19 – Highly touted in the preseason, the Cardinals fall to 0-3.

Elk Mound 27, St. Croix Falls 22 – This is the kind of game the Saints would’ve liked to have had as they ponder possible future playoff success.

The Swami answers all e-mails and can be reached at predictionking@yahoo.com.

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Success on a Rocky Mountain elk hunt morning, he’d got a close encounter with a bull at less than 40 yards, but the bull stopped several times behind a tree and didn’t offer a respectable shot.

Neither Wade nor I saw anything the first morning except a train of six horses within 25 yards heading up the mountain to another camp. That evening he and Joe scouted higher up the mountain and I searched out a separate spot altogether.

Feeling defeated about what I had found that evening, with the exception of a porcupine, I turned back toward camp, but that was when I spotted my first bull, roughly 250 yards away. The bull was just three-tenths of a mile from camp, but more surprising to me was the sheer size of the animal. It froze me on the trail for a few seconds before I packed up my gear and tried to make a stalk. The bull was nowhere to be found but gave me a glimmer of hope for the rest of the week.

A first timer takes on the mighty wapiti in Colorado

by Marty Seeger COLORADO – The sweat on our backs and brows continued to accumulate as we clambered over the tangles of aspen and pine logs that were scattered over the side of the mountain. It had been a cool morning in the upper 40s, but the temps were rising fast. We followed a noticeable blood trail and whispered carefully between the three of us, and wondered aloud at how effortlessly an animal this large could crash through such gnarled timber. After about 100 yards of clawing our way through, the search came to an abrupt end.

“I see antlers!” said friend and old high school buddy Wade Lamphere as he climbed higher to a dandy 6x6 that had met his end with a perfectly placed arrow.

Through fist pumps, brightly colored cuss words and handshakes we stood marveling at the sheer size and beauty of the elk, which turned out to be a true giant in this portion of Colorado. We took several photos and quickly made the trek down the mountain to grab pack frames, more water and knives to quarter out the animal and get it to a freezer in the nearest town. It was just the second day of our archery elk hunt in northwest Colorado, and already one of three tags had been filled.

Getting started For me, the lengthy drive began at 8 a.m. in Balsam Lake on Thursday, Aug. 27. After a few stops along the way and an overnight drive, we arrived in the small town of Walden, Colo., at around 6 a.m. Friday morning.

“You’ll probably see more bulls than cows,” Wade said, while we waited to purchase our licenses at the local gas station. The cost for a nonresident/either sex tag was about $550 and in the end the licenses and fuel made up much of the trip’s cost. While we could have chosen to go a bit cheaper with a cow-only tag instead, the prospects of shooting a bull seemed high.

With licenses locked away in our billfolds we headed to the Routt National Forest near Steamboat Springs, Colo.,

Wade Lamphere hoists up a nice 6x6 taken Sunday, Aug. 30, on public hunting grounds in northwestern Colorado. According to locals and other seasoned hunters, this bull is as big as they get in the area where it was taken. – Photos by Marty Seeger unless otherwise noted where the three of us, Wade, his cousin Joe Haas of Marshall, Minn., and I would spend the next nine days scouting, hunting and testing our physical abilities on the mountain. Both Wade and Joe had hunted elk before in the area and acted as makeshift guides for me, but the trip was still full of surprises, and I learned quickly that elk hunting wasn’t something you could learn from simply reading a magazine.

The drive by four-wheeler from the trailhead alone was seven miles of nasty ruts and rock to the end of the winding trail where we’d set camp. The scenery was breathtaking, yet the navigating took two hours as Joe and I tried to hold onto a trailer packed, strapped and bungeed with too much gear. It was dusty, hot and exciting all in one shot and by the end of just getting there, we were itching to scout before the Saturday morning hunt.

When we officially arrived, two other

Elk enthusiast Joe Haas takes a break on the side of a mountain in Colorado after coming out from below on a morning hunt.

camps already had tents set. They included groups of three from River Falls to as far away as Tennessee. Although it felt as though we were in the middle of nowhere, the public land “do it yourself” attitude had brought several others in hopes of finding success, which added another challenge to the hunt.

A small taste Scouting Friday afternoon had both Wade and I still scratching our heads on where exactly to go the next morning, especially after finding that other hunters planned on going in the same direction.

Joe however, was successful in finding a pair of wallows and fresh elk sign in another area down the mountain. The next

Wade Lamphere takes a breather after a successful Sunday hunt. The successful hunter always gets the luxury of the heaviest load. – Photo by Joe Haas

Close doesn’t cut it Wade shot his bull at around 7:30 Sunday morning. It was relatively easy packing it out despite its size, but driving seven miles back to the truck by fourwheeler, and another 35 minutes to the nearest town to put meat in the freezer cost us the entire day. The process may have been long, and lots of work, but it was easily one of the best days of the trip.

With a filled tag, Wade found himself sitting at camp for the rest of the week, waiting for Joe and me to put our tags on elk. While Joe waited for a bull, I elected to take the first legal animal, mostly because it was my first elk hunt.

Joe and I hunted much of the same area for the rest of the week, and right away Monday morning, he had another close call with some cows and a pair of bulls near the wallows he found while scouting. We’d give the area a break in the evenings but hit it hard the next morning, which proved the most productive times to hunt.

It was Tuesday morning before I laid eyes on another elk. That morning a cow

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One quarter certainly doesn’t look like much but weighs between 60 and 70 pounds. – Photo by Joe Haas

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By Wednesday it was getting slightly tougher to crawl from a sleeping bag at 4 a.m. Each morning, Joe and I would load up our day packs (my pack was over 30 lbs., for no apparent reason) and hike the 1.97 miles down to the wallows. It took about an hour both ways, but coming out was tough, as it was about a 1,000foot drop in elevation. Seeing elk each day gave us a boost in energy, and while I didn’t see anything on Wednesday, bulls could be heard bugling for about an hour that morning. I’d continue to hear the spine chilling bugles until our final day of hunting on Saturday, and it’s something I won’t soon forget.

Thursday morning was another excit-

A gray jay kept Wade Lamphere company in camp after he filled his tag early in the hunt. Gray jays are a common camp visitor in the mountains of Colorado. – Photos by Marty Seeger ing day as we headed back down to the make a position change quickly as light wallows. Unfortunately, I lost my way to was coming fast. It wasn’t long and a flat area not far below Joe, and had to mewing could be heard near the area where I was supposed to be, and soon three elk with velvet spikes that extended nearly two feet above their heads could be seen chasing cows below. It was right where I was supposed to have sat that morning, but the spikes soon turned toward my direction.

Although all three presented a shot, only bulls with four or more points on one side of the antler, or those with sixinch brows may be taken. A short time later, a shooter bull with at least four points on one side closed the distance, and I readied for a shot. Unfortunately, the bull turned away at about 30 yards and headed up the ridge near Joe. He ended up knicking the bull, yet after tracking the animal the entire day, we came up empty. It was a tough part of the hunt, but the elk will live to see another day, as the hit was low and not thought to be lethal.

The four-wheeler gets a short break just prior to the end of a Colorado elk hunting excursion.

Last chance

Natural Resources Board to hear deer-season proposal based on public panel’s recommendations MADISON – The state Natural Resources Board will review proposed changes to deer hunting seasons based on recommendations of a public panel and consider a request by the Department of Natural Resources to hold public hearings on the proposed changes in October.

The earliest any proposed changes would take effect would be the 2010 hunting season. The proposal is based on recommendations of a public panel charged by the Natural Resources Board with developing effective and hunter-supported alternatives to the earn-a-buck program.

“My thanks go out to the members of the public panel who accomplished a great amount of work on a very tight timeline,” said DNR Secretary Matt Frank. “The next step is Board approval for public hearings, an important step to continue the public’s role in shaping deer management. Participation in shaping natural resource management decisions is the right of every Wisconsin citizen and a cornerstone of our conservation legacy.”

The proposal is available on the September 2009 Natural Resources Board agenda page of the DNR Web site at www.dnr.state.wi.us. In addition to

hearings around the state, citizens will be able to submit comments online.

DNR staff will outline the season structure proposal to the NRB and present proposed hearing locations for board approval. After a round of public hearings, the proposal will come back to the board, likely in December. Citizens may also testify before the board on the proposal at that time.

The proposal includes the public panel’s recommendation for a 16-day gun deer season starting two Saturdays before the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. The proposal also includes concurrent 5-day youth, early muzzleloader and herd control hunts beginning the second Saturday in October.

“Deer viewing and deer hunting represent a long-standing tradition in Wisconsin,” said Frank. “Wise management is necessary to keep the herd and its habitat healthy, ensuring the future of the tradition. The public’s opinions are important and we want to continue hearing from them.”

For more information contact Bob Manwell at 608-264-9248 or Keith Warnke at 608-264-6023. – from the DNR

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Joe had at least two opportunities at harvesting a cow during the week, but was holding out for a bull. But by our final outing Saturday morning, it was all or nothing. Joe was unsuccessful in seeing an elk that day, but I had a nice bull at 80 yards, and a half-hour later a cow came up from behind me at 10 yards.

The shot might have been a perfect situation had I been able to turn and shoot, but before I could, the cow caught my wind and bolted up the mountain.

We ended the morning hunt early and met Wade at camp where the tents and gear were ready to be packed up for the long ride home.

Nearly everyone’s expectations were met on the hunt and although the weather was a bit warm the rain held off the entire week. It would have been great to bring home a little more elk for the freezer, but for me the experience of seeing an elk up close, hearing my first bugles, and spending time in the mountains has me itching to go back again next year.

Although the author was unsuccessful in bagging his first elk, there’s still plenty of opportunity to come in the future.

Father, son connect in Montana

John Klatt and son Mitchell of Luck harvested these pronghorn in Montana while bowhunting in August. Both were taken on the same day, about three hours and three miles apart, in ground blinds placed near watering holes. Temperatures reached 92 degrees on the day of the hunt. Mitchell is a 2008 Luck grad, and this is his first big-game animal and first bow kill. The hunt was booked through Tom Close of Close Encounters in Luck. – Photo submitted

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Cub Scout camping trip

Frederic Troop 128 Cub Scouts camping with dads Aug. 21 through 23, at Kiwanis Camp at Marine on St. Croix, Minn. Fathers (L to R): Toby Holmstrom, Dave Peterson, Rob Harrison, Jim Beam and Adam Buttacavoli. Cub Scouts (L to R): Brenden Holmstrom, Zach Peterson, Robert Harrison, Jesse Beam and Zach Buttacavoli. – Photos submitted

Jesse Beam shoots arrows with father Jim Beam supervising.

Cub Scouts net critters for observation.

Zach Peterson holding a lizard.

Milltown Police host seventh-annual kids night out

MILLTOWN – The Milltown Police Department hosted its seventh-annual kids night out on Wednesday, Aug. 26, at the Milltown Community Center. With help from volunteers and generous donations from community members and businesses, it was a safe and fun night out for kids. The night consisted of free at-

Smiling faces and happy kids were everywhere you looked. – Photos submitted Local business support was great. Ben Wheeler of Milltown Karate visits with community kids and families.

Emilie Albrecht and Keegan Bakke show off their crazy kids-night-out hair and painted star tattoos.

tractions including food, drinks, entertainment, face and tattoo painting, kids crafts, several games, a huge castle air jumper, and crazy kids-night-out hairstyles, as well as a chance to dunk Unity Elementary Principal Wayne Whitwam, second-grade teacher Greg Paulsen and Police Sergeant Ryan Marx into the dunk

tank. On hand were representatives and equipment from local fire, rescue and police departments and social-service agencies to endorse the importance of crime and drug awareness. Families were also given the opportunity to have their child fingerprinted and complete a child ID card. The evening ended with prizes and giveaways for the children. – submitted from the Milltown Police Department

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Two OWI, fourth-offense arrests made

CENTURIA – Daniel Pepin, 40, was arrested and charged with OWI, fourth offense, after allegedly crashing his motorcycle in front of the Glass Bar in Centuria on Friday, Sept. 4.

Police were notified of the crash, and when they arrived, they found Pepin, bleeding and walking through a nearby alley. Pepin admitted to drinking. He was taken by ambulance to the hospital where a PBT read .12 and a blood draw was taken. His injuries were examined and he was taken to the Polk County jail.

Cornelius Kirk, 36, of Luck, was arrested Aug. 28 and charged with OWI, fourth offense and operating after revocation. Police were called to a home in Balsam Lake late that night with a report of a fight. The charges also included disorderly conduct stemming from his behavior while being transported and while at the hospital being processed for the OWI.

A Mendota Heights, Minn., man was also arrested and charged with OWI, third offense on Aug. 27.

Robert Mattaini, 44, was stopped for speeding at 55 in a 35 mph zone. His PBT read .136.

Other OWI arrests The following were arrested and charged with OWI, second offense: Wayne M. Geister, 29, Osceola on Sept.

2. Geister was charged after police were called on a report of a vehicle “doing burnouts” in the road.

Paul Montpetit, 28, Milltown, was charged with OWI, second offense after police were called to a truck crashing into a parked car. While at the scene, Montpetit’s wife drove up and said he had called her to pick him up and she had found him walking nearby. Montpetit denied driving the truck, but the truck’s airbag had deployed and he had a red mark on his chest. His

blood-alcohol level read .22 at the Polk County Jail.

Cynthia Foeller, 44, St. Croix Falls, was stopped for speeding on Hwy. 8 on Aug. 25, and then arrested and charged with OWI, second offense. Her PBT read .247.

John Myhr, 26, Lindstrom, Minn., was stopped by police after someone called police to report being nearly run off the road by him. Myhr appeared very intoxicated and his PBT read .218. He was charged with OWI, second offense.

A number of OWI first offenses were also charged, as follows: Robert Bushway, 61, Milltown; Erin Oksol, 36, Reno, Nev.; Paul Little, 43, Browns Valley, Minn., also charged with operating without a valid driver’s license; Fermin Xicalhua, 22, Ridgeland, arrested after a rollover crash on CTH M on Sept. 6; and Oscar Humberto, 24, Dresser. - with information from Polk County Sheriff’s Department.

Illinois woman arrested for stealing at Holiday Inn pool

ST. CROIX FALLS – Gwendolyn Couch, 18, of Joliet, Ill., was arrested on Tuesday, Sept. 1, at the Holiday Inn. That day, a woman called police with the following report: She said she had gone to the hotel to go swimming.

While in the locker room, another woman warned her to be careful, as she had just had $31 stolen from her purse.

The alleged victim took her purse to the pool with her and covered it with a towel as she swam. She noticed a young woman sitting next to her purse and later

discovered at least $100 and one credit card were missing.

The victim called the credit-card company to report the card stolen; the company told her the card had just been used at Wal-Mart and McDonald’s in St. Croix Falls.

Shortly after that, Couch, who matched the description of the woman, walked back into the Holiday Inn with McDonald’s bags. The receipt showed the credit card used had the last four digits of the stolen card.

Later, a manager at Wal-Mart was also able to review

video and confirmed Couch was the person who had attempted to buy about $500 worth of jewelry there.

During a search of Couch’s hotel room, a second stolen credit card was found. The owner reported there had been at least $500 worth of charges put on the card since it had been stolen three days before.

Couch was charged with forgery, a felony offense, as well as credit-card theft, fraudulent use of a credit card and two counts of theft. – with information from the Polk County Sheriff’s Department.

Koosman sentenced to six months

OSCEOLA - Just within the past month, baseball allstar Jerry Koosman was waving to a cheering crowd as he and other members of the legendary 1969 “Miracle Mets” were introduced in New York City.

Last week he went to prison for failure to pay taxes.

Koosman, 66, who now resides in Osceola, received a six-month prison sentence from U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Crabb, who could have sentenced Koosman to a full year, but cut the sentence in half, adding a half year of supervised release.

Judge Crabb called Koosman’s crime “a serious blemish on an otherwise outstanding life.”

According to authorities, Koosman failed to file fed-

eral tax returns between 2002 and 2004, defrauding the government out of as much as $80,000. At his trial, the IRS testified Koosman made $754,950 over those years, including $130,000 from his Major League Baseball pension. He also made $25,000 in 2002 from personal appearances and autographs and sold $551,881 worth of stock.

Last May, Koosman pleaded guilty to tax evasion, explaining that his research led him to believe that only federal workers and District of Columbia residents had to pay federal taxes. His lawyer described Koosman as “an honest, reliable - but naive - farm boy.”

Koosman said he tends to trust people more than he

should. “I shouldn’t have listened to those people about the tax returns, but I did, and I take full responsibility,” he said.

Koosman allegedly still owes the government approximately $65,000. Judge Crabb said he has to work out his debt to the IRS. Koosman, who played for the Mets and the Twins during his 19 years as a pro, was born in Minnesota. At some point in the 1990s, he sold the series-winning ball caught for the final out of Game 5 of the 1969 World Series - but it’s unknown how much he was paid for it. Gary King with information from U.S. District Court and newyorkdailynews.com

Milltown man charged with armed burglary

MILLTOWN – Ryan Martin, 18, Milltown, was charged with burglary with a dangerous weapon, a felony offense, on Monday, Aug. 31.

Police were called to a residence in Milltown that day with a report of several items stolen. The alleged vic-

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tim told police when he got up that morning he saw that his gun cabinet had been broken into and a HighPoint .45ACP pistol was gone. He said there was also money gone from his billfold and from a change jar.

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Polk County warrants

Polk County deaths Leo J. Brihn, 91, Aug. 14, 2009, Amery Earling H. Oleson, 94, Aug. 14, 2009, Frederic Ethel H. Handeland, 96, Aug. 20, 2009, Luck Charles J. Freeberg, 95, Aug. 22, 2009, Frederic

Joanne M. McKinstry, 64, Aug. 24, 2009, Amery Francis A. Hobbs, 83, Aug. 25, 2009, Osceola Melvin Peterson Jr., 81, Aug. 28, 2009, Clear Lake

Curtis J. Blaser, Centuria, operate motorcycle w/o valid license, nonregistration of auto, etc. twice, operate while suspended, operating while revoked twice, county disorderly conduct, $724.37.

Daniel J. Bleskacek, Chippewa Falls, worthless check, $313.00.

Benjamin D. Blietz, New Richmond, criminal damage to property twice, $220.00 twice; petty theft, $220.00; tampering with fire extinguishers, $214.00; disorderly conduct, $170.00.

Patrick R. Blomberg, Milltown, operate w/o valid DL, $206.00.

Khang Blong, Minneapolis, Minn., underage drinking, $245.00.

Jeffrey C. Bloom, Amery, disorderly conduct, $235.00.

B. Michelle Bloomquist, Osceola, worthless check, $281.26.

Thomas N. Bloomquist, Fridley, Minn., worthless check, $218.35; small claims/civil judgment, $2,633.89.

Jacob B. Blue, Northfield, Minn., underage drinking, $245.00.

Gerald E. Bobzin, Luck, operating while intoxicated, $635.50.

Joshua R. Bodine, North Branch, Minn., worthless check, $122.00.

Matthew A. Boehlke, Shorewood, Minn., litter on state property, $45.00.

Jason M. Boettcher, Anoka, Minn., cliff jumping, $146.20.

Andrew S. Bogenholm, Osceola, operating while suspended, $171.00; exceeding speed zones, etc., $220.60.

Randy L. Boldt, Moundsview, Minn., disorderly conduct, body only.

Zoeann M. Bolduc, Shafer, Minn., worthless check, $348.47.

Wayne J. Bollig, Wyoming, Minn., operating while intoxicated, $481.00.

Vataliy V. Bombeshko, Maple Grove, Minn., operating boat towing skier w/o observer, $176.20; jet ski, violate slow-nowake reqmt., $188.60.

John L. Boncimino, Weyerhaeuser, underage drinking, $269.00.

Walter Bonk, Pine City, Minn., operating left of centerline, $213.40.

Jay S. Boos, Blaine, Minn., fail./validate or attach deer carcass tag, $437.00.

Trisha L. Bordeaux, Dresser, issue of worthless checks, $1,841.74.

Michael D. Borneman, Apple Valley, Minn., underage drinking, $232.00.

Tammy L. Borst, Shell Lake, worthless check, $279.32.

Jullie A. Bottema, Aitkin, Minn., operating while intoxicated, body only.

Richard M. Bottolfson, Amery, disorderly conduct, criminal damage to property, $243.00; littering, public property, $206.00; operating while suspended, $206.00.

Chris D. Bouchette, Luck, workthless check, $508.82.

Christopher D. Bouchette, Luck, retail theft of rental property, $338.00.

Trison A. Boudeaux, Baldwin, issuance of worthless checks, $185.80.

Raymond H. Bourbeau, St. Paul, Minn., worthless check times five, body only, $280.49, $278.27, $287.53, $283.86.

Christopher G. Bowe, Turtle Lake, display unauth. veh. registration plate, nonregistration of auto, etc., violate absolute sobriety law, speeding, operating while revoked twice, disorderly conduct, $1,096.40.

Dominic M. Bowers, Centuria, disorderly conduct, $904.60.

Polk County marriages Samantha L. Thompson, town of Clam Falls, and Hans E. Everson, town of Clam Falls, Sept. 1, 2009.

Jane A. Kruschke, town of Black Brook, and Dean E. Scholz, town of Black Brook, Sept. 2, 2009.

Joan K. Boyce, North Branch, Minn., worthless checks, $294.46.

Jordan A. Boyce, Lindstrom, Minn., worthless checks, $535.94.

Bernadine A. Boyd, Balsam Lake, worthless checks, $263.00; operate w/o valid DL, $127.00; OWI twice, $880.50 and FW. Boyd M. Boyd, Spokane, Wash., OWI, $704.00.

Joseph Bradsteen NMI, Clayton, worthless checks, $477.00.

Donald W. Brady, Lindstrom, Minn., worthless checks, FW. Chad M. Brand, Hastings, Minn., OWI, AW. Nancy B. Brant, Stacy, Minn., worthless checks, $278.20.

Ann M. Branville, Chisago City, Minn., worthless checks, $438.16; disorderly conduct, $233.00.

Dion H. Bratrude, Luck, operating after suspended, $293.00.

Craig S. Bratsch, Minneapolis, Minn., worthless checks, $263.12 Michael J. Breese, Forest Lake, Minn., criminal damage to property, $232.00; underage drinking, $232.00.

Christopher D. Brehm, Forest Lake, Minn., disorderly conduct, $163.00.

Scott B. Brennan, Bloomington, Minn., OWI, $1,828.00.

Kimberly J. Bressette, Newport, Maine, theft, business setting, AW. Lance R. Brethorst, Minnetrista, Minn., disorderly conduct, $170.00.

Jeffrey D. Breymeier, White Bear Lake, Minn., OWI, $1,155.00; disorderly conduct, $241.20.

Brian J. Briese, Turtle Lake, disorderly conduct, $238.00.

Matthew J. Briscoe, Rochester, Minn., fail. to report to jail, AW. Wesley T. Broden, Minneapolis, Minn., battery & disorderly conduct, CM. Jami Brokaw, Superior, attempting to flee or elude a traffic officer, FW. Bruce M. Brolin, St. Paul, Minn., criminal damage to property, AW. Alfred W. Brown, Balsam Lake, receiving stolen property, AW. David W. Brown, Concord, N.C., OWI, AW. Michael A. Brown, Wheeler, disorderly conduct, $232.00.

Natasha N. Brown, Chetek, operate w/o valid DL, $206.00; speeding, $180.80.

Peter A. Brown, speeding, $158.20; possession, $597.00.

Walter A. Brown, St. Paul, Minn., speeding, $145.90.

Karen L. Browning, Minneapolis, Minn., worthless checks, $339.03.

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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Ronald G. Brunette, Luck, disorderly conduct twice, $249.00 & $243.00; battery & disorderly conduct, FW. Jilliane C. Bruns, St. Cloud, Minn., speeding, $176.20.

Kathleen L. Brustad, New Brighton Minn., camp in unauthorized area, $145.90.

Matthew M. Brutger, Inver Grove Heights, Minn., underage drinking, $269.00.

Glinda M. Bryant, Somerset, worthless checks, $309.76.

Jeffrey M. Bub, Osceola, disorderly conduct, $175.00.

Vadim A. Bugayev, Plymouth, Minn., OWI, $138.50.

Elizabeth L. Bundly, Clear Lake, worthless checks twice, AW, $266.60.

Anita J. Bungert, Wisconsin Dells, worthless checks, $1,217.26.

Jason A. Bungue, St. Paul, Minn., fail. to report to jail, AW. Andrew B. Bunn, Cedar Falls, Iowa, provide alcohol to minor, $352.00.

Alyce Burcharm, St. Paul, Minn., worthless checks, $347.56.

Troy Burge, Plymouth, Minn., worthless checks, $295.13.

Daniel K. Burk, Bloomington, Minn., speeding, $176.20.

Helena F. Burke, St. Croix Falls, worthless checks, $281.30.

Jay F. Burnett, Stillwater, Minn., OWI, $847.50.

Louise V. Burnett, Duluth, Minn., operating while suspended, $206.00; speeding, $225.80; a bandoned motor vehicle, $206.80.

Michael S. Burnett, Stillwater, Minn., trespassing, $387.00.

(Sept. 9, 16, 23, 30, Oct. 7, 14) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY AnchorBank, fsb f/k/a S&C Bank, Plaintiff, vs.

James T. Dalton and Unknown Spouse of James T. Dalton, Defendants.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Case No: 09 CV 200 Case Code: 30404 Judge: Molly E. GaleWyrick PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on the 14th day of July, 2009, in the amount of $27,203.32, the Sheriff of Polk County will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: DATE/TIME:October 22, 2009 at 10:00 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 and subject to all liens and encumbrances.

PLACE: Polk County Sheriff’s Office, 1005 West Main St., Suite 900, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

DESCRIPTION: Lot 6 Plat of Whispering Winds, located in part of the Northwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4, Section 24, Township 34 North, Range 17 West, Town of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin PROPERTY ADDRESS: XXX 130th Avenue, Balsam Lake, WI .

Timothy G. Moore Polk County Sheriff ECKBERG, LAMMERS, BRIGGS, WOLFF & VIERLING, P.L.L.P. Nicholas J. Vivian (#1047165) Attorney for Plaintiff 1809 Northwestern Avenue Stillwater, MN 55082 (651) 439-2878 Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1692), we are required to state that we are attempting to collect a debt on our client’s behalf and any information we obtain will be used for that purpose.

Jennifer L. Burnos, Amery, operating after suspension, $134.00.

Angela K. Burnside, Hawley, Minn., worthless checks, $267.83.

Tina M. Bursaw, Mondovi, Minn., worthless checks, $324.00.

Paul R. Bushey, Brooklyn Center, Minn., fail. notice intent to cut timber, $355.00.

Derrek F. Buttenholf, Sartell, Minn., worthless checks, $293.33.

Mason R. Buus, Farmington, Minn., worthless checks, $429.42.

(Aug. 19, 26, Sept. 2, 9) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, L.P. Plaintiff vs.

CLAYTON R. HENSCHKE, et al.

Defendants.

Case Number: 08 CV 769 AMENDED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on February 18, 2009, in the amount of $433,985.50, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: September 23, 2009, at 10:00 a.m.

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

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

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax from the proceeds of the sale.

PLACE: Front Entrance to the Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: Parcel 1: Lot 6 of Certified Survey Map No. 1813 recorded on February 28, 1995, in Volume 8, Page 161, as Document No. 527587, being part of Government Lot 4, Section 7, Town 35 North, Range 16 West, in the Town of Georgetown, Polk County, Wisconsin.

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

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

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

TAX KEY NO.: 026-00246-0060.

Dated this 17th day of August, 2009 /s/Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County Chaz M. Rodriguez State Bar # 1063071 Attorney for Plaintiff 13700 W. Greenfield Avenue Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. (166353)

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Dennis A. Beiesemeier, Grantsburg, operating while intoxicated, $556.00.

Benjamin J. Beimert, Chisago City, Minn., underage drinking, $238.00.

Kim A. Belanger, Ridgeland, worthless check, $240.00.

Renata M. Belev, Maple Grove, Minn., entering park in vehicle without sticker, $133.60.

Victoria R. Belisle, Colfax, theft by issue of worthless check, $208.38.

Kenton B. Bell, Cumberland, operating while intoxicated, $567.00.

Shelly R. Bellefy, Stacy, Minn., county issuance of worthless checks, $493.00.

Bradley T. Bengson, Howard Lake, Minn., disorderly conduct, $232.00.

Bryan E. Bengtson, Wheeler, display unauthorized vehicle registration plate, $243.80; operating while revoked, $269.00; nonregistration of auto, $180.80.

Calvin M. Bennett, Centuria, worthless check, $381.27; failure to support child, body only.

Greta R. Benoit, Osceola, provide premises for juvenile consumption, $520.00; provide premise for juvenile alcohol drinking, $420.00.

Nathan J. Benson, Taylors Falls, Minn., forgery, body only; disorderly conduct, body only.

Sherri L. Berg, Blaine, Minn., operating while intoxicated, $483.00.

Keith R. Bernard, St. Croix Falls, operating while intoxicated, $233.00.

Robert F. Bertrand, St. Paul, Minn., speeding, $201.00.

Bonita J. Bertzyk, Chippewa Falls, possession of THC, body only.

Luis F. Berumen, Clear Lake, operating while intoxicated, $680.00.

Keith W. Bessler, Milltown, disorderly conduct, $229.00.

Gary J. Best, Landfall, Minn., operate after suspension, $167.50.

David D. Bestland, Centuria, drink open intoxicants in motor vehicle, disorderly conduct, operating while intoxicated, operating while intoxicated, $2,415.00.

John A. Betts, Frederic, operating while under influence, $680.00; operating while under influence, body only.

Michael T. Biagi, St. Paul, Minn., speeding, $180.80.

Michael R. Bicha, North St. Paul, Minn., operating while intoxicated, $1,158.00.

Richard R. Biedler, St. Paul, Minn., operating while intoxicated, $628.00; operating w/o valid license, $134.00; keep open intoxicants in motor vehicle, $195.00.

Randy D. Bien, Eau Claire, burglary – cargo portion of truck/trailer, body only.

Brendon T. Billops, St. Paul, Minn., underage drinking, $263.00.

April C. Billstrom, Henriette, Minn., possession of drug paraphernalia, $293.50.

Shawn J. Bishop, Bloomington, Minn., theft – moveable property, body only.

Craig A. Bistodeau, Fridley, Minn., operating while intoxicated, $483.00.

Dawn M. Blackwell, Richland Center, Minn., theft – moveable property, $251.31.

James J. Blahowski, Harris, Minn., resisting or obstructing an officer, $119.40.

Charles H. Blanford, Centuria, vehicle operator flee/elude officer, $779.00.

Charles H. Blanford, Osceola, operate after suspension – fail./pay, $749.00.

David L. Blanshan, Wadena, Minn., possession of THC, body only.

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Nicole T. Backstrom, Coon Rapids, Minn., underage drinking, $269.00.

Michael E. Bagge, Barron, underage drinking, $384.00.

Daniel D. Baker, Osceola, underage drinking, $269.00.

Judy M. Bakken, Appleton, worthless check, fail to yield right of way from stop sign, disorderly conduct, $609.67.

Marlin J. Bakken, Deer Park, issuance of worthless checks, worthless check, $703.05.

Ashley A. Baldarez, Chicago, Ill., operating while suspended, $206.00.

Myron L. Barber, St. Paul, Minn., drive vehicle without consent – abandoned vehicle, body only.

Peter J. Barnes, Osceola, operating while revoked, worthless check, operating while intoxicated, issue worthless check (3 counts), $2,148.88.

Shamarke W. Barre, St. Cloud, Minn., worthless check, $387.45.

Cory J. Barre, Lino Lakes, Minn., speeding, $176.20.

Phillip J. Barrons, Athens, Texas, illegal sale of wild game animal, $246.00.

Jay A. Barta, Andover, Minn., speeding, $180.80.

Jennifer L. Bartel, Somerset, disorderly conduct, $287.00.

Gregory C. Bartelt, Frederic, possess drug paraphernalia, operating while suspended, $424.00.

Stephen J. Barthold, Amery, forgery – uttering, $155.50.

Daniel Bartlein, Winter, worthless check, $263.00.

Jeremy M. Bartlett, Chisago City, Minn., theft, $130.00.

Justin M. Bartone, Lake Elmo, Minn., ATV – operation on highways, $176.00.

Eric R. Bass, Centuria, operating while intoxicated, $707.50.

Rex A. Basswood, Radby, Minn., operating while intoxicated, $481.00.

Theresa A. Basting, Vadnais Heights, Minn., worthless check, body only.

Ronald J. Batta, St. Paul, Minn., issue worthless check, $256.99.

Jeffrey P. Bautch, Willits, Fla., operating while revoked, body only.

Debra J. Baxter, Deephaven, Minn., worthless check, $295.00.

Andrew J. Bayle, Milltown, possession of marijuana, $269.00; operate without valid license, $206.00.

Jeremiah J. Baylor, Minneapolis, Minn., operating while intoxicated, $580.00.

Peter L. Bazille, Amery, operating while revoked, $269.00; OAR, $496.00.

David J. Bean, Milltown, disorderly conduct, $125.00.

Brian M. Bearson, Hastings, Minn., criminal trespass to dwelling, body only.

Christopher M. Beaty, Angora, Minn., disorderly conduct, knowingly violate a domestic abuse order, body only.

Raymond A. Beaudin, Janesville, worthless check, $296.50.

Brandon J. Beauvais, Luck, vehicle operator flee/elude officer, body only.

Timothy A. Beckman, Bethel, Minn., worthless check, $601.48.

Joanne M. Bednarck, Clayton, worthless check, body only.

Renee A. Beebe, Turtle Lake, worthless check, $571.92; issue worthless checks, $220.80.

Joshua I. Beere, St. Paul, Minn., violate high cliff marina regulations, $146.20.

Katherine O. Behmet, St. Paul, Minn., forgery, body only.

Alisha A. Behren, Ellsworth, operate without valid license, $205.50.

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TOWN OF EUREKA Monthly Board Meeting Sept. 10, 2009, 7 p.m.

(Sept. 9, 16, 23, 30, Oct. 7, 14) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY AnchorBank, fsb f/k/a S&C Bank, Plaintiff, vs.

Gerald W. Marko and Nancy M. Marko, Defendants.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Case No: 09 CV 341 Case Code: 30404 Judge: Robert H. Rasmussen PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on the 10th day of July, 2009, in the amount of $87,012.25, the Sheriff of Polk County will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: DATE/TIME: October 22, 2009, at 10:00 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 and subject to all liens and encumbrances.

PLACE: Polk County Sheriff’s Office, 1005 West Main St., Ste. 900, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

DESCRIPTION: Lot four (4) of Certified Survey Map No. 4986 recorded in volume 22 of Certified Survey Maps, Page 93 as Document No. 703797, being a resurvey of Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Certified Survey Map No. 4376 recorded in Volume 19 of Certified Survey Maps, Page 157, being located in Government Lot 3, Section 20, Township 35 North, Range 17 West, Town of Milltown, Polk County, Wisconsin, together with an easement for ingress and egress purposes described as follows: an undivided 2/6th interest in outlot 1 of Certified Survey Map No. 4377 recorded in Volume 19 of Certified Survey Maps, Page 158 as Document No. 675730; and the 66-foot-wide “Private Road” shown as 164th Street on Certified Survey Map No. 4376, recorded in Volume 19 of Certified Survey Maps, Page 157 as Document No. 675729 and on Certified Survey Map No. 4377, recorded in Volume 19 of Certified Survey Maps, Page 158 as Document No. 675730.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: Lot 4, 164th St., Centuria, WI 54824.

Timothy G. Moore Polk County Sheriff ECKBERG, LAMMERS, BRIGGS, WOLFF & VIERLING, P.L.L.P. Nicholas J. Vivian (#1047165) Attorney for Plaintiff 1809 Northwestern Avenue Stillwater, MN 55082 (651) 439-2878 Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1692), we are required to state that we are attempting to collect a debt on our client’s behalf and any information we obtain will be used for that purpose.

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Agenda: Call to order; minutes and reports; old business; updates.

New Business: Resolution for public participation; request road closing on 239th St.; citizen comment time; correspondence; discussion items/announcements; sign vouchers to authorize payment; adjournment.

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accident situations, with brakes slammed on and tires squealing.

Only one accident report was ready for the press Tuesday morning, Sept. 8. A Siren man, 39-year-old Eric D. Anderson, was jailed for operating while suspended (fourth offense) and issued a misdemeanor citation for violation of a harassment-injunction order. This incident took place on Ellis Avenue and Main Street at 10:35 a.m. Sept. 2. – Nancy Jappe with information provided by the Siren Police Department

Justin L. Jensen, Grantsburg, and Sara R. Pavlik, Grantsburg, Aug. 1.

Jason P. George, Corcoran, Minn., and Elizabeth A. Swanson, Anderson Township, Aug. 2.

Joel T. R. Zubik, Eagan, Minn., and Tammy L. Irlbeck, Eagan, Minn., Aug. 3.

Benjamin C. Saunders, Minneapolis, Minn., and Julia E. Rossini, Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 4.

TOWN OF JACKSON RESIDENTS

Midland Funding LLC vs. Andrew Olson, Grantsburg, $3,175.62.

Capital One Bank vs. Jacelyn M. Garraway, Siren, $1,650.42.

Surgery Clinic of Spooner vs. Kimberly A. Benjamin, Shell Lake, $647.50; Cumberland Memorial Hospital vs. Kimberly A. Benjamin, $825.60; Cumberland Clinic vs. Kimberly A. Benjamin, $1,517.85; Big Bob’s Liquidation vs. Kimberly A.

Included On The Agenda For The Mon., Sept. 14, 2009, Monthly Board Meeting Will Be Discussion On The 2010 Ambulance Contract.

The Town Board will vote on this at this meeting, so please attend and give your input on it. The meeting starts at 7 p.m.

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Casey A. Strandmark, Grantsburg, and Tiffanie R. Bock, Grantsburg, Aug. 4.

Benjamin E. Spader, Cottage Grove, Minn., and Shawndel M. Thomson, Hastings, Minn., Aug. 4.

Eric L. Rindels, Rochester, Minn., and Elsa M. Olson, Rochester, Minn., Aug. 4.

Burnett Co. civil court Benjamin, $2,079.30; Diagnostic Radiology Association vs.

Kimberly A. Benjamin, $224.25.

Cumberland Memorial Hospital vs. Mark Byers, Grantsburg, $1,390.37.

Diagnostic Radiology Association vs. Bruce Christensen, Siren, $1,128.75.

Country Comfort LLC vs.

Glen Hinz, Danbury, $1,559.00.

Midland Funding LLC vs.

Mary Gille, Danbury, $5,227.87.

Burnett Co. warrants Darrell J. Goodman, 41, St. Paul, Minn., warrant - failure to appear, Aug. 31.

Jordan M. Rogers, 21, Webster, warrant - failure to appear, Aug. 31.

Burnett Co. criminal court Janet E. Andersen, 47, Siren, obstructing an officer, $309.00.

(Aug. 26, Sept. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY AnchorBank, fsb f/k/a S&C Bank, Plaintiff, vs.

James T. Dalton and Unknown Spouse of James T. Dalton, Defendants.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Case No: 09 CV 199 Case Code: 30404 Judge: Robert H. Rasmussen PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on the 27th day of June, 2009, in the amount of $26,924.63, the Polk County Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: DATE/TIME: October 15, 2009, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: 10% of successful bid must be paid to the Sheriff at sale in cash or by certified check. Balance due within 10 days of court approval. Purchaser is responsible for payment of all transfer taxes and recording fees. Sale is AS IS in all respects and subject to all liens and encumbrances.

PLACE: Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main St., Suite 900, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

DESCRIPTION: Lot 3 of Certified Survey Map No. 4681, Volume 21, Page 8, Document No. 691120 being part of Lot 2 of Certified Survey Map No. 3036, Volume 14, Page 58, Document No. 597197, being located in the Northeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 32, Township 35 North, Range 16 West, in the Town of Georgetown, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: Lot 3 CSM 4681, Georgetown, Wis. Timothy G. Moore Polk County Sheriff ECKBERG, LAMMERS, BRIGGS, WOLFF & VIERLING, P.L.L.P. Nicholas J. Vivian #1047165 Attorney for Plaintiff 1809 Northwestern Avenue Stillwater, MN 55082 (651) 439-2878 Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1692), we are required to state that we are attempting to collect a debt on our client’s behalf and any information we obtain will be used for that purpose.

(Aug. 12, 19, 26, Sept. 2, 9, 16) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Karen E. Minutello, as Assignee of M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank, Successor by merger with Century Bank Plaintiff vs.

David J. DeHaven and Jane Doe, alias, his wife, if any, and Arden P. Williams and John Doe, alias, her husband, if any, Defendants Case No. 04 CV 75 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action, I will sell the described premises at public auction at the Main Front Entrance of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, in the Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wis., on: Thurs., Sept. 24, 2009, at 10 a.m.

TERMS OF SALE: 1. 10% down in cash or certified funds at the time of sale; balance due within 20 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeiture of deposit plaintiff.

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

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. DESCRIPTION: East half of the Southwest Quarter (E1/2 SW1/4), Section 22-32-17, Town of Alden, Polk County, except 1 square acre in NW corner of NE SW, Section 22; the North line thereof is the South line of CTH C and West line thereof is the West line of said NW1/4 SW1/4, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PIN: 002-00574-0000, 00200578-0000, 002-00579-0000 Dated at Balsam Lake, Wis., this 22nd day of July, 2009.

Timothy G. Moore, Sheriff Polk County Wisconsin Steven J. Swanson/ No. 1003029 Attorney at Law P.O. Box 609 105 South Washington Street St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787

Notices (Aug. 19, 26, Sept. 2, 9, 16, 23) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY CITIMORTGAGE, INC. SUCCESSOR BY REASON OF MERGER WITH CITIFINANCIAL MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. Plaintiff, vs.

BRIAN BOTTOLFSON, et al.

Defendants.

Case Number: 07 CV 259 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on June 15, 2009, in the amount of $167,198.29, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: October 7, 2009, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% of successful bid must be paid to Sheriff at sale in cash or by certified Check. Balance to be paid upon confirmation.

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

DESCRIPTION: Lot 2 of Certified Survey Map No. 5685, recorded on October 3, 2008, in Volume 25, Page 162, as Document No. 750062, located in the Southeast 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 29, Town 32 North, Range 17 West, in the Town of Alden, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1675 West Church Road, Star Prairie, WI 54026 TAX KEY NO.: 002-00758-0000.

Dated this 14th day of August, 2009. /s/Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County Deborah A. Blommer State Bar # 1000749 Attorney for Plaintiff 13700 W. Greenfield Avenue Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719

Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. (165968)

(Sept. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Oct. 7) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY BRANCH 2 ANCHORBANK, FSB Plaintiff, Vs. NANCY C. LEMAY RONALD L. SCHORN VILLAGE OF MILLTOWN JOHN DOE #1 JOHN DOE #2 Defendants Case No.: 09CV392 Case Code: 30404 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE By virtue of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above-entitled action on July 28, 2009, the undersigned Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell at public auction in the foyer of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, on the 29th day of October, 2009, at 10 a.m., the real estate and mortgaged premises directed by the Judgment to be sold, therein described as follows: Lot 7, Block 2, Dairyland Addition to the Village of Milltown, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 308 Dairyland Avenue, Milltown, Wisconsin.

TERMS OF SALE: Cash.

DOWN PAYMENT: A deposit of 10% of sale price to be deposited in cash or by certified check with the Sheriff at the time of sale; balance to be paid by cash or certified check within ten days after confirmation of sale.

Dated this 28th day of August, 2009. /s/ Timothy Moore Polk County Sheriff Donald R. Marjala, Lawyer WELD, RILEY, PRENN & RICCI, S.C. P.O. Box 1030 Eau Claire, WI 54702-1030 (715) 839-7786 Attorneys for Plaintiff Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1692), we are required to state that we are attempting to collect a debt on our client’s behalf and any information we obtained will be used for that purpose.

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SIREN - Siren Police Chief Chris Sybers found himself writing out lots of tickets Friday morning, Sept. 4, at the start of the Siren Area Lions/Lioness annual garage sale at Crooked Lake Park.

“I don’t want to give tickets, but what else am I going to do?” the chief commented in talking about those drivers who violated no-parking signs or parked along the highway.

Sybers took photos of each of the vehicles he ticketed. He also gave out warning to people, who then moved their vehicles to other nonprohibited locations.

There were no accidents, but there were two to three potential

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(Aug. 5, 12, 19, 26, Sept. 2, 9) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY INDYMAC FEDERAL BANK, FSB Plaintiff, vs.

STEVEN K. HOWELL, et al.

Defendants.

Case Number: 08 CV 780 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on March 3, 2009, in the amount of $237,355.20 the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: September 22, 2009, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% of successful bid must be paid to Sheriff at sale in cash or by certified Check. Balance to be paid upon confirmation.

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

DESCRIPTION: Lot 4 of Certified Survey Map No. 3646, recorded in Volume 16 of Certified Survey Maps, Page 159, as Document No. 629820, being located in Government Lot 1, of Section 21, Town 33 North, Range 16 West, in the Town of Lincoln, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 996 85th Ave., Amery, WI 54001 TAX KEY NO.: 032-00565-0110 Dated this 3rd day of August, 2009 /s/Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County Christina E. Demakopoulos State Bar #1066197 Attorney for Plaintiff 13700 W. Greenfield Avenue Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. (164671)

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(Aug. 26, Sept. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, L.P. Plaintiff, vs.

KERRY L LYSDAHL, et al Defendants.

Case Number: 09 CV 29 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on April 9, 2009, in the amount of $109,736.42, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: October 14, 2009, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% of successful bid must be paid to Sheriff at sale in cash or by certified check. Balance to be paid upon confirmation.

PLACE: Front Entrance to the Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: Lot 2 of Certified Survey Map No. 4134, recorded June 26, 2003, in Volume 18 of Certified Survey Maps, on Page 164, as Document No. 660373, in the Town of Eureka, Polk County, Wis. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2284 190th St., Centuria, WI 54824.

TAX KEY NO.: 02-00279-0120.

Dated this 20th day of August.

2009. /s/Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County Christina E. Demakopoulos State Bar #1066197 Attorney for Plaintiff 13700 W. Greenfield Avenue Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Blommer Peterman, S.C. is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. (166551)

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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Case No: 09 CV 257 Case Code: 30404 Judge: Molly E. GaleWyrick PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on the 23rd day of June, 2009, in the amount of $117,748.94, the Polk County Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: DATE/TIME: October 15, 2009, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: 10% of successful bid must be paid to the Sheriff at sale in cash or by certified check. Balance due within 10 days of court approval. Purchaser is responsible for payment of all transfer taxes and recording fees. Sale is AS IS in all respects and subject to all liens and encumbrances.

PLACE: Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main St., Suite 900, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin 54810.

DESCRIPTION: Parcel 1: Lot Two (2), Plat of Townline Lake Estates “A County Plat” located in Government Lot one (1), Government Lot two (2) and in the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4), Section twenty-four (24), Township thirty-four (34) North, Range sixteen (16) West, Town of Apple River, Polk County, Wisconsin.

Parcel 2: Lot eleven (11) and 1/5 interest in Outlot three (3) plat of Townline Lake Estates “A County Plat” located in Government Lot one (1), Government Lot two (2) and in the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (SW 1/4 of NE 1/4), Section twenty-four (24), Township thirty-four (34) North, Range sixteen (16) West, Town of Apple River, Polk County, Wisconsin.

Parcel 3: Together with an easement for ingress and egress for the benefit of Parcels 1 and 2 and others described as Outlot one (1) and Outlot two (2) of the Plat of Townline Lake Estates (also shown as the future town road 145th Avenue).

PROPERTY ADDRESS: N/A. Vacant Land.

Timothy G. Moore Polk County Sheriff ECKBERG, LAMMERS, BRIGGS, WOLFF & VIERLING, P.L.L.P. Nicholas J. Vivian #1047165 Attorney for Plaintiff 1809 Northwestern Avenue Stillwater, MN 55082 (651) 439-2878 Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1692), we are required to state that we are

(Sept. 2, 9, 16, 23) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP Plaintiff, vs.

RUTH M. SCHADEWALD, et al.

Defendants.

Case Number: 06 CV 57 AMENDED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on February 24, 2009, in the amount of $179,104.22, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: October 7, 2009, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% of successful bid must be paid to Sheriff at sale in cash or by certified Check. Balance to be paid upon confirmation.

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

DESCRIPTION: Lot 3 of Certified Survey Map No. 4217, recorded in Volume 18 of Certified Survey Maps, Page 247, as Document No. 666504, located in the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 7, Township 35 North, Range 18 West, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 22852285A 230th Street, Cushing, WI 54006 TAX KEY NO.: 020-00177-0300 Dated this 27th day of August, 2009. /s/Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County Deborah A. Blommer State Bar # 1000749 Attorney for Plaintiff 13700 W. Greenfield Avenue Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. (167902)

(Sept. 9, 16, 23, 30, Oct. 7, 14) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY CITIMORTGAGE, INC.

Plaintiff,

vs.

DANIEL P. SCHAEFER, et al Defendants Case Number: 09 CV 356 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on July 24, 2009, in the amount of $370,843.45, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: October 28, 2009, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff. 2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances.

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

DESCRIPTION: Parcel 1: Lot 1 of Certified Survey Map No. 1101, filed in Volume 5, Page 91, as Document No. 435572, located in Government Lot 2, Section 17, Township 35 North, Range 16 West, Town of Georgetown, Polk County, Wisconsin. PARCEL 2: An easement for ingress and egress for the benefit of Parcel 1 as shown on the subject Certified Survey Map. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2167 Maier Court, Luck, WI 54853.

TAX KEY NO.: 026-00636-0000.

Dated this 4th day of September, 2009. /s/ Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County Christina E. Demakopoulos State Bar #1066197 Attorney for Plaintiff 13700 W. Greenfield Avenue Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719

Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose.

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Steven J. Swanson No. 1003029 Attorney at Law P.O. Box 609 105 South Washington Street St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787

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STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY AnchorBank, fsb f/k/a S&C Bank, Plaintiff, vs.

Steven G. Danielowski and Unknown Spouse of Steven G. Danielowski, Defendants.

(Aug. 5, 12, 19, 26, Sept. 2, 9) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK, Plaintiff, vs.

THOMAS C. COTTELEER, and VILLAGE OF DRESSER, and CAPITAL ONE BANK, Defendants.

Case No. 08 CV 653 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on March 10, 2009, 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: Thursday, September 17, 2009, at 10:00 o’clock a.m., all of the following described mortgaged premises, to-wit: Lots 19 and 20, Block 6, Village of Dresser, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PIN: 116-00112-0000 STREET ADDRESS: 136 East Main St., Dresser, WI 54009 TERMS OF SALE: Cash DOWN PAYMENT: 10% of amount bid by cash or certified check.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, this 20th day of July, 2009.

Timothy G. Moore, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin

(Sept. 9) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Capital One Bank (USA), N.A. c/o Messerli & Kramer P.A. 3033 Campus Drive Suite 250 Plymouth, MN 55441 Plaintiff, vs.

Rachelle Shecter 2668 283rd St., P.O. Box 91 St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 Defendant.

PUBLICATION SUMMONS Case No. 09SC766 TO THE PERSON(S) NAMED ABOVE AS DEFENDANT(S): You are being sued by the person(s) named above as Plaintiff(s). A copy of the claim has been sent to you at your address as stated in the caption above.

The lawsuit will be heard in the following Small Claims Court, Polk County Courthouse, Lois Hoff, Clerk of Circuit Court, 1005 West Main Street Ste. 300, Balsam Lake, WI 54810, on the following date and time: September 28, 2009, 1:30 p.m.

If you do not attend the hearing, the court may enter a judgment against you in favor of the person(s) suing you.

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.

You may have the option to Answer without appearing in court on the court date by filing a written answer with the clerk of court before the court date. You must send a copy of your Answer to the Plaintiff(s) named above at their address.

You may contact the clerk of court at the telephone number above to determine if there are other methods to answer a Small Claims complaint in that county.

If you need help in this matter because of a disability, please call: 715-485-9299.

Dated: September 2, 2009 Jillian N. Walker #1066378 Attorney 763-548-7900

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Agenda: Verification of Posting, Clerk’s Minutes, Treasurer’s Report, Resident Issues, Road Items, White Pine Cemetery, Ambulance Service (a vote will be taken on which program to go with), Pay Bills and Look at Correspondence.

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The Monthly Board Meeting For The Town Of Lafollette Will Be Held At The LaFollette Town Hall On Mon., Sept. 14, 2009, At 7:30 p.m.

(Sept. 2, 9, 16) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK, Plaintiff, vs.

GERALD R. WONDRA JR., and ROYAL CREDIT UNION, Defendants Case No. 08 CV 422 AMENDED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on November 25, 2008, I will sell at public auction at the Main Front Entrance of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, in the Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, on: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, at 10 o’clock a.m., all of the following described mortgaged premises, to-wit: The East 67 feet of Lot 3, Block B, Peterson’s Addition to the City of Amery, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PIN: 201-00503-0000.

STREET ADDRESS: 218 South Street, Amery, Wisconsin.

TERMS OF SALE: Cash.

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

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wis., this 25th day of August, 2009.

Timothy G. Moore, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin Steven J. Swanson No. 1003029 Attorney at Law P.O. Box 609 105 South Washington Street St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787

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Dated at Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, on August 12, 2009.

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

(Sept. 2, 9, 16) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK, Plaintiff, vs.

COLIN D. MUELLER, and CAROLYN M. MEYER f/k/a CAROLYN M. MUELLER, and VILLAGE OF LUCK, and STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BUREAU OF CHILD SUPPORT, and DAVID R. MUELLER and KATHRYN A. MUELLER, Defendants.

Case No. 09 CV 222 AMENDED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on June 19, 2009, in the amount of $89,745.62, I will sell the described premises at public auction at the Main Front Entrance of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, in the Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wis., on: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, at 10 o’clock a.m.

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

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

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. DESCRIPTION: A parcel of land in the SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4, Section 28-36-17, described as follows: Beginning at a point 255.4 feet East and 105 feet North of the Quarter Post of Sections 28 and 33-26-17, thence East 153 feet, thence North 73 feet, thence West 153 feet, thence South 72 feet to the point of beginning, Village of Luck, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PIN: 146-00552-0000.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, this 25th day of August, 2009.

Timothy G. Moore, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin Steven J. Swanson No. 1003029 Attorney at Law P.O. Box 609 105 South Washington Street St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787

NOTICE TOWN OF LAFOLLETTE

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(Aug. 12, 19, 26, Sept. 2, 9, 16) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY SCHANON MORTGAGE, INC. 228 N. Keller Ave. Amery, WI 54001 Plaintiff, vs.

JOHN T. ARONSON DEON M. ARONSON, his wife 1072 E. Neibel Lane Balsam Lake, WI 54810 Defendants.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Case No. 08 CV 74 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered in the above action on March 23, 2009, the undersigned Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell at public auction in the foyer area of the Polk County Justice Center, in the Village of Balsam Lake, State of Wis., on Tuesday, Sept.

29, 2009, at 10:00 a.m., the following-described premises: Parcel 1: Lot Two (2) of Certified Survey Map No. 1709 recorded in Volume 8 of Certified Survey Maps, page 57 as Document No. 519702, located in the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NE1/4 of NW1/4), Section Five (5), Township Thirty-four (34) North, Range Sixteen (16) West, Town of Apple River, Polk County, Wisconsin.

Subject to a, John T. and Deon M. Aronson, a prior Mortgage (Parcel 1) to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting as nominee for Full Spectrum Lending, Inc. in the original amount of $108,800.00, dated August 2, 2004, and recorded in office of Polk County Register of Deeds on September 1, 2004, in Volume 958 of Records on page 815 as Document No. 685910.

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

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

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

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1072 Neibel Lane, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

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(Sept. 9, 16, 23) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CLARICE L. LINDAHL Notice to Creditors (Informal Administration) Case No. 09 PR 58 An application has been filed for informal administration of the estate of the decedent, whose date of birth was May 16, 1927, and date of death was May 3, 2009. The decedent died domiciled in Polk County, State of Wisconsin, with a post office address of: P.O. Box 48, Frederic, WI 54837.

All interested parties have waived notice.

Creditors’ claims must be filed with the probate registrar on or before Decmber 11, 2009.

Jenell L. Anderson Probate Registration August 31, 2009 David L. Grindell Personal Representative/ Attorney Grindell Law Office, S.C. P.O. Box 585 Frederic, WI 54837 715-327-5561

(Sept. 9, 16, 23) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY In the matter of the name change of: Austin Dominick Bunker by: Austin Dominick Bunker Notice and Order for Name Change Hearing Case No. 09 CV 540 By: Lois Hoff NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT: A petition has been filed asking to change the name of the person listed above: From Austin Dominick Bunker To: Austin Dominick Wahl IT IS ORDERED: This petition will be heard in the Circuit Court of Polk County, State of Wisconsin, Robert H. Rasmussen, Polk Co. Justice Center, 1005 W. Main St., Balsam Lake, WI 54810, October 16, 2009, 2:45 p.m.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: Notice of this hearing shall be given by publication as a Class 3 notice for three (3) weeks in a row prior to the date of the haring in the newspaper published in Inter-County Leader, Frederic, Polk County.

Dated: 8/12/09

BY THE COURT: R.H. Rasmussen Circuit Court Judge August 12, 2009

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(Sept. 9, 16, 23, 30, Oct. 7, 14) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY INDYMAC FEDERAL BANK, FSB, Plaintiff, vs LYLE HETRICK, et al Defendants Case No. 09 CV 19 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on April 17, 2009, in the amount of $201,861.80, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: October 28, 2009, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% of successful bid must be paid to Sheriff at sale in cash or by certified check. Balance to be paid upon confirmation.

PLACE: Front Entrance to the Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: The North 20 rods of the South 40 rods of the West 16 rods of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 23, Township 36 North, Range 17 West, Town of Luck, Polk County, Wis. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2660 140th Street, Luck, WI 54853.

TAX KEY NO.: 036-00532-0000.

Dated this 3rd day of September, 2009. /s/ Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County, WI Christina E. Demakopoulos State Bar #1066197 Attorney for Plaintiff 13700 W. Greenfield Ave. Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. (168686) 495462 WNAXLP

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WILD RIVERS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY IS SEEKING A VOLUNTEER TREASURER/BOOKKEEPER FOR ABOUT 5 HOURS OF WORK PER WEEK

Working knowledge of the following recommended: Quickbooks Pro, Microsoft Excel and Word. Internet, e-mail, general bookkeeping of recording deposits and accounts payable. Nonprofit and payroll preparation experience a plus.

Please mail a letter to: Wild Rivers Habitat For Humanity, P.O. Box 263, Siren, WI 54872. No telephone calls please. A stipend may be available.

Would you like to be a Habitat Family?

We are taking applications for the 2010 home! Call 715-349-7477.

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JOB VACANCY School District of Siren

The School District of Siren has opened a search for a Home School Coordinator to serve as an advocate for Native American students. The Home School Coordinator will have the responsibility of assisting students in achieving educational success by working very closely with the school and the home.

The ideal candidate will have an educational background suitable for understanding the students’ academic needs, as well as understanding the traditions, customs and values of Native American people. Candidates must have excellent communication skills to be able to work effectively with students, parents and educators.

Interested candidates are asked to apply by sending a letter and resume outlining their specific qualifications and strengths for this position to: Scott Johnson, District Administrator, School District of Siren, 24022 4th Ave., Siren, WI 54872. This position will be filled as soon as possible.

494951 2-3L The Siren School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

COACHING POSITION AVAILABLE Siren School District

Siren Girls C-Squad Volleyball Coach for 2009-2010

If interested, please contact Ryan Karsten, Athletic Director.

Via E-mail: ad@siren.k12.wi.us Via Phone: 715-349-2277, Ext. 310 Via Mail: 24022 North 4th Ave., Siren, WI 54872 Application will be taken until position is filled!

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING - CHANGE IN ZONING VILLAGE OF SIREN

Public notice is hereby given to all persons in the Village of Siren, Wisconsin, that a public hearing will be held by the Plan Commission on Wednesday, September 23, 2009, at 10 a.m., at the Village Hall, 24049 First Avenue, Village of Siren, Wisconsin, relative to the following rezoning application: Rezone Lots 5 & 6, Block 10, of the original plat of Siren, (PIDs 07-181-2-38-16-08-5 15-659-133000 and 07-181-238-16-08-5 15-659-134000) at 7665 Bradley Street from R-1 Residential with a conditional use permit for operation of a bed and breakfast to C-1 Commercial.

All persons interested are invited to attend said hearing and be heard. Information on the proposal is available at the Village Office at 24049 First Avenue.

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(Sept. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Oct. 7) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY EVERBANK Plaintiff, vs.

JAMES P. POWERS and JANE DOE unknown spouse of James P. Powers and JANE DOE and/or JOHN DOE unknown tenants Defendants.

Case No. 09-CV-97 Code No. 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage Dollar Amount Greater Than $5,000 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on April 17, 2009, in the amount of $168,189.28, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: October 20, 2009, at 10 o’clock a.m.

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION: The East 511.5 Feet of the SE 1/4 NW 1/4, Sec. 9 - Township 33 North, Range 15 West lying South of the vacated railroad right of way now known as Cat Tail Trail. ALSO LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS: Lot 1, CSM #4983, Volume 22, Page 90, SE 1/4 NW 1/4 Section 9 Township 35 North Range 15 West.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1055 35th Street, Town of Clayton.

TAX KEY NO.: 016-0020-0200.

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

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

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(Aug. 26, Sept. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee for Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2007-HE5 by: Saxon Mortgage Services, its attorneyin-fact, Plaintiff, vs.

GERALD C. VOLGREN and DEBORAH A. VOLGREN, husband and wife, and JANE DOE and/or JOHN DOE, unknown tenants, and ANCHORBANK, FSB, and BAYFIELD FINANCIAL LLC, and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and STATE OF WISCONSIN, Defendants Case No. 09-CV-336 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 June 15, 2009, in the amount of $169,273.68, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: October 7, 2009, at 10 o’clock a.m.

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

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

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. PLACE: Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 West Main St., Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: The North 460 Feet of the West 800 Feet except the West 379 Feet thereof of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 27, Township 35 North, Range 17 West, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1440 200th Ave., Town of Milltown.

TAX KEY NO.: 040-00860-0000.

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

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

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(Aug. 26, Sept. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY AnchorBank, fsb f/k/a S&C Bank, Plaintiff, vs.

James T. Dalton and Unknown Spouse of James T. Dalton, Defendants.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Case No: 09 CV 202 Case Code: 30404 Judge: Robert H. Rasmussen PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on the 27th day of June, 2009, in the amount of $78,112.63, the Polk County Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: DATE/TIME: October 15, 2009, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: 10% of successful bid must be paid to the Sheriff at sale in cash or by certified check. Balance due within 10 days of court approval. Purchaser is responsible for payment of all transfer taxes and recording fees. Sale is AS IS in all respects and subject to all liens and encumbrances.

PLACE: Polk County Sheriff’s Office, 1005 West Main St., Suite 900, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

DESCRIPTION: That part of Block 1 of Basil’s First Addition to the Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, described as follows: Beginning at the Northwest corner of said Block 1, running thence East on the North line of said Block 1, 75 feet; running thence South parallel to the West line of said Block 1, 116 feet; running thence West parallel to the North line of said Block 1, 75 feet; running thence North on the West line of said Block 1 to the point of beginning. Said Block being a part of Government Lot 1, Section 10, Township 34 North, Range 17 West.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 100 Basil Street, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

Timothy G. Moore Polk County Sheriff’s Office ECKBERG, LAMMERS, BRIGGS, WOLFF & VIERLING, P.L.L.P. Nicholas J. Vivian #1047165 Attorney for Plaintiff 1809 Northwestern Avenue Stillwater, MN 55082 (651) 439-2878 Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1692), we are required to state that we are attempting to collect a debt on our client’s behalf and any information we obtain will be used for that purpose.

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(Aug. 26, Sept. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Plaintiff, vs.

ROGER GORDON, et al.

Defendants.

Case Number: 08 CV 874 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on April 6, 2009, in the amount of $173,502.66, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: October 14, 2009, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% of successful bid must be paid to Sheriff at sale in cash or by certified Check. Balance to be paid upon confirmation.

PLACE: Front Entrance to the Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 W. Main St., Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: The North 180 feet of the East 325 feet of the Southeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4; and that part of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 described as follows: Beginning at the Southeast corner of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4; thence North along the East boundary line of said Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 220 feet, or less, to the Southeast corner of that parcel described in Volume 353 of Records, Page 325, as Document No. 353191; thence West parallel to the South boundary line of said Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4, 325 feet; thence South parallel to said East boundary line 220 feet, more or less to the South boundary line of said Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4; thence East on said South boundary line 325 feet to the point of beginning; all located in Section 23, Town 32 North, Range 16 West, in the Town of Black Brook, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 223 75th St., Clear Lake, WI 54005 TAX KEY NO.: 010-00590-0000 Dated this 24th day of August, 2009. /s/Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County Christina E. Demakopoulos State Bar #1066197 Attorney for Plaintiff 13700 W. Greenfield Avenue Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. (167109)

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

There will be a PUBLIC HEARING to review the draft application for the 2010 - 2012 Polk County Plan for Older People (Title III, Older American’s Act). TIME AND PLACE: 2 p.m., Wednesday, September 16, 2009 BALSAM LAKE GOVERNMENT CENTER CONFERENCE ROOMS A & B 100 POLK COUNTY PLAZA BALSAM LAKE, WI 54810 The draft application may be obtained from Polk County Aging Programs, 100 Polk County Plaza, Suite 190, Balsam Lake, WI 54810. Written comments will be accepted for the record through Wednesday, September 16, 2009. For more information, call Polk County Aging Programs at 715485-8590. The location of the hearing is handicapped accessible.

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(Aug. 12, 19, 26, Sept. 2, 9, 16) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee for Morgan Stanley, MSAC 2007-HE1 c/o Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc. Plaintiff, vs.

ANTHONY R. STACE and JANE DOE, unknown spouse of Anthony R. Stace and JOHN and/or JANE DOE, unknown tenants, Defendants Case No. 08-CV-834 Code No. 40404 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 14, 2009, in the amount of $155,603.64, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: September 23, 2009, at 10 o’clock a.m.

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

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

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. PLACE: Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin DESCRIPTION: Lot One (1) of Certified Survey Map No. 4530 recorded in Volume 20 of Certified Survey Maps, Page 82 as Document No. 683169, being part of Government No. One (1), Section Sixteen (16), Township Thirty-five (35) North, Range Nineteen (19) West, Town of Eureka, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2760 Nevers Dam Road, Town of Eureka.

TAX KEY NO.: 20-1172-0100.

Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County, WI O’DESS & 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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(Aug. 26, Sept. 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY HSBC BANK USA, AS NOMINEE OF MERS, Plaintiff, vs.

BRUCE A. COCKRELL, SARAH V. COCKRELL, Defendants.

CITIFINANCIAL, INC., Added Defendant Case No. 09 CV 54 FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE 30404 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure in the amount of $219,292.31, entered by the court on April 21, 2009, the undersigned Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell the following described real estate.

Lot 1 of Certified Survey Map No. 1658, recorded in Volume 8 of Certified Survey Maps on page 6 as Document No. 514007, located in the NW1/4 of the SE1/4 of Section 21, Township 33 North, Range 16 West, Town of Lincoln, Polk County, Wisconsin.

Tax Key No. 032-597-0000 Street Address: 846 N. Wisconsin Ave., Amery, WI 54001 Place of Sale: Foyer of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 W. Main St., Balsam Lake, WI Date & Time of Sale: October 22, 2009, 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 to 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.

Timothy G. Moore, Polk County Sheriff Law Offices of James E. Huismann, S.C. N14 W23777 Stone Ridge Dr. Suite 120 Waukesha, Wisconsin 53188 (262) 523-6400

POLK COUNTY POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT

Laundry Aide - Limited Part-time $10.38/hr.

11 hrs. per pay period - every other weekend + replacement hrs. at any time 5 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Position open until filled.

YOU MUST COMPLETE A POLK CO. EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION TO BE ELIGIBLE. For application, complete job requirements and details please visit our Web site at www.co.polk.wi.us, Employment Opportunities, or in person at 100 Polk Co. Plaza, #229, Balsam Lake, WI 54810, 715-485-9176, or Golden Age Manor, 220 Scholl Ct., Amery, WI 495509 3L 54001, 715-268-7107. AA/EEOC

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Notices/Employment Every page in color in our

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E-dition

Go to: www.the-leader.net

SALES ASSOCIATE POSITION Part-Time Clothing/Gift Department

Duties Include:

Sales • Running Cash Register Inspecting & Steaming • Tagging • Cleaning

Requirements:

Friendly Attitude • Team Player

MUST be available on Saturdays

Ask for an application at the counter 7715 Main Street, P.O. Box 423 Siren, WI 54872 Peggy Strabel 715-349-5000 495599 3L

NOTICE FOR ANNUAL DISTRICT MEETING FREDERIC SCHOOL DISTRICT [Section 120.08(1)]

Notice is hereby given to qualified electors of the Frederic School District that the annual meeting of said district for the transaction of business, will be held in the 7-12 School Commons, on the 14th day of September, 2009, at 6:30 o’clock p.m.

Rebecca Amundson, Clerk

AGENDA 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

Notice of meeting read by clerk.

Budget hearing chaired by the president.

Explanation of budget by superintendent.

Opportunity for budget recommendation by electors in attendance.

Adjourn budget hearing.

Annual meeting called to order by the president.

Election of chairperson for annual meeting.

Reading of minutes by the clerk.

Reading of treasurer’s report by the treasurer.

Reading of the auditor’s report by the treasurer.

Resolutions A. Transportation.

B. Accident insurance coverage.

C. Food service program.

D. Sale of property.

E. Textbooks.

F. Board salaries.

G. Budget.

H. Tax levy.

Motion to set annual meeting date.

Adjournment of meeting.

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PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING Siren Township Comprehensive Planning Committee Monday, Sept. 14, 2009 - 7 p.m.

Siren Town Hall

The Siren Township Comprehensive Planning Committee will hold a public information meeting for the purpose of viewing the proposed Land Use Management Areas (LUMAs) map being developed as a guide for future planning and development in Siren Township for the next 20 years (2010-2030).

Attendees will have the opportunity to view the proposed LUMA map and other Comprehensive Plan documents; ask questions; make comments; and offer suggestions related to the developing plan and LUMA map prior to adoption by the township board.

For the past year, the Siren Township CPC has held a series of open meetings and attended the Burnett County Comprehensive Planning Project - Southern Cluster Meetings to develop a comprehensive plan by 2010. The township is required to have a comprehensive plan by state law. The county Planning Project is a consortium of townships and villages in Burnett County that have jointly contracted with Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC to assist in completing their individual plans.

Please attend this important meeting to better understand the impact and to provide public input on the plan. The comprehensive plan will be used as a guide to development in Siren Township for the next 20 years.

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The Polk County Board of Adjustment will hold a public hearing at 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009, at the Government Center in Balsam Lake, Wis. The Board will call the public hearing to order at 8:30 a.m., recess at 8:45 a.m. to view each site and will reconvene at 12:00 p.m. at the Government Center in Balsam Lake, Wis. At that time each applicant will inform the Board of their request. The Board may go into closed session under Wisconsin State Statutes, s.19.85(1)(a)+(g), deliberating concerning a case which was the subject of any judicial or quasi-judicial or quasi-judicial trial or hearing before that governmental body. (THE APPLICANT MUST APPEAR AT 12:00 P.M. WHEN THE BOARD RECONVENES AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER.) DENNIS PATRICK requests a variance from Article 11B1 & 11C, Table 1 of the Polk County Shoreland Protection Zoning Ordinance to build a new dwelling on a substandard lot and closer than 10’ from both side property lines. Property affected is: 1978 Baker Rd., S 1/2 of Lot 30, Plat of Maplewood, Sec 27/T35N/R16W, Town of Georgetown, Blake Lake (class 1).

JEFF KLEINER requests a variance to Article 11C, Table 1 & 11F2(c)(1) of the Polk County Shoreland Protection Zoning Ordinance to keep an addition off to the side and deck/porch on lakeside of dwelling which is closer than 100’ of the ordinary high-water mark.

Property affected is: 186 240th Ave., NW 1/4, NW 1/4, Vol. 549/Pg. 926, Sec. 2/T35N/R15W, Town of Johnstown, Martel Lake (class 3).

DEAN KULLHEM requests a variance from Article 11E4 of the Polk County Shoreland Protection Zoning Ordinance to build a garage closer than 35’ from centerline of a private road. Property affected is: 1056 Lutefisk Pt., Lot 1, Lutefisk Pt., Sec. 9/T33N/R16W, Town of Lin-coln, Apple River Flowage (class 1).

PATRICK & CHRISTINE DONOVAN request a variance to Article 11C, Table 1 & 11F2(a)(2)+(1) of the Polk County Shoreland Protection Zoning Ordinance to build an addition to side of existing cabin which will exceed the 750-sq.-ft. footprint and be closer than 75’ from the ordinary high-water mark. Property affected it: 1765 Birchwood Terrace, Lot 16+17, Birchwood Terrace, Sec. 30/T34N/R17W, Town of 494863 2-3L 44a,d WNAXLP Balsam Lake, Deer Lake (class 1).

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Plan Commission of the Town of Lorain, Polk County, Wis., will be conducting a public hearing to discuss the Town of Lorain Comprehensive Plan 20092029 and the proposed ordinance to adopt the Comprehensive Plan. The Public Hearing will be held on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009, from 10 a.m. until noon at the Lorain Town Hall on CTH E in Indian Creek.

Comments on the plan will be heard and discussed and any necessary updates will be made to the Comprehensive Plan prior to adoption.

Comprehensive Plan Summary: The Town of Lorain has been working on the development of the state-mandated comprehensive plan for over a year now. The comprehensive plan covers 9 statutory elements: Issues and Opportunities, Housing, Transportation, Utilities and Community Facilities, Agricultural, Natural, and Cultural Resources, Economic Development, Intergovernmental Cooperation, Land Use, and Implementation. Each issue was discussed by the plan commission and the attending citizens at a meeting open to the public. The residents of the Town of Lorain were also given a survey to fill out and send back on issues related to the development of the Comprehensive Plan. The survey results as well as the meeting input were used to formulate goals for the Town in each of the 9 elements. The end result is a proposed plan that addresses the required elements by the State of Wisconsin and the views and opinions of the residents of the Town of Lorain. The majority opinion according to the above sources is for the Town of Lorain to remain rural for the foreseeable future.

Copies of the Draft version of the Comprehensive Plan and comment forms are available from the Town of Lorain Plan Commissioners: Michael Sparish Wilfred Owens 548 335th Ave., 315 335th Ave., Frederic, WI 54837 Frederic, WI 54837 715-653-2688 715-653-2663 Daniel Beecroft 175 305th Ave., Frederic, WI 54837 715-653-2635

Susan Hughes 3340 15th St. Frederic, WI 54837 715-653-2629

Susan Sopiwink Richard Eggers 3058 50th St. 336 355th Ave., Frederic, WI 54837 Frederic, WI 54837 715-653-4276 715-653-2551 A digital copy of the Town of Lorain’s Comprehensive Plan is also available on Polk County’s Web site at the following address: www.co.polk.wi.us/landinfo/pdfs/ Planning/CompPlanTLorain.pdf Comment forms will also be available at the following Web site: www.co.polk.wi.us/landinfo/pdfs/Planning/ CommentFormTLorain.pdf.

Additional copies or more information may be requested by contacting Michael Sparish at 715-6532688 or Tim Anderson – Polk County Planner at 715485-9225 or tim.anderson@co.polk.wi.us. All written comments will be reviewed to the public hearing. There will be public comments time held at the public hearing as well. Please submit all written comments to either Michael Sparish or Tim Anderson at least one week prior to the public hearing date to the contact information above.

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NOTICE

The September meeting of the Village Board of Siren will be held Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009, at 2 p.m. at the Village Hall.

Agenda posted.

Ann Peterson 495206 Clerk-Treasurer 3L

PUBLIC NOTICE

VILLAGE OF FREDERIC

Monthly Board Meeting Monday, September 14, 2009 At 7 p.m.

Kristi Swanson 495204 Deputy Clerk 3L

JOB OPPORTUNITY School Bus Monitor Siren School District

Job Title: School Bus Monitor/Afternoon How to Apply: Interested candidates are asked to apply by sending a letter and resume outlining their specific qualifications and strengths for this position to: Scott Johnson, District Administrator, School District of Siren, 24022 4th Ave., Siren, WI 54872. This position will be filled as soon as possible.

Deadline: Until Filled Rate of Pay: $30 Per Route H.R. Contact: Scott Johnson 494952 2-3L Contact Title: District Administrator The Siren School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

POLK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS POLK COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER 100 POLK COUNTY PLAZA BALSAM LAKE, WIS. COUNTY BOARDROOM Tuesday, September 15, 2009 (6 p.m. *Please Note Time Change*)

I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX.

X. XI.

XII.

XIII. XIV. XV.

XVI.

XVII.

Call to Order Evidence Of Proper Notice Roll Call Prayer: Supervisor Kienholz Pledge of Allegiance Approval of Agenda Approval of August 18, 2009, Minutes Public Comments - 3 minutes per person - not to exceed 30 minutes total Presentation: Presentation and Working Session on the Development of the 2010 Budget a. The County Board may take action on resolutions and motions to issue guidance and recommendations relative to the development of the 2010 Budget.

Finance Director’s Report Proposed Ordinances and Resolutions: A. Wheel Tax Ordinance.

B. Resolution - Establishing the Polk County Child Death Review Team.

C. Resolution - Establishing Transportation Fuel Reduction Goals.

D. Resolution to Allow Annexation (Village of Luck) of Polk County Highway Department Parcel.

E. Resolution to Authorize Polk County Japanese Knotweed Control Grant.

Standing Committees/Boards Reports a. Highway: Supervisor Caspersen b. Finance: Supervisor Bergstrom c. Personnel: Supervisor Arcand d. Property, Forestry and Recreation: Supervisor Larsen e. Extension, Land and Water Resources, Lime Quarry: Supervisor Jepsen f. Public Protection: Supervisor Luke g. Land Information: Supervisor O’Connell h. Human Services Board: Supervisor Stoneking i. Board of Health: Supervisor Johnson j. Golden Age Manor Board: Supervisor Dueholm Supervisor Reports Chairman/Administrative Coordinator’s Report Pending Litigation Regarding 2008 Agreement to Sell Golden Age Manor Pursuant to Wis. Stat. Section 19.85(1)(g), the County Board of Supervisors may convene in closed session to confer with legal counsel who may render oral or written advice concerning strategy to be adopted by the County Board with respect to such pending litigation against Polk County.

Lime Quarry Update The County Board may convene in closed session pursuant to Wis. Stat. 19.85 (1)(f) and (g), to afford preliminary consideration of specific personnel problems and/or the investigation of charges against specific persons where if discussed in public would be likely to have a substantial adverse affect upon the reputation of any person referred to in such problems or investigations. During discussion of such matters, the County Board may confer with legal counsel who may render oral or written advice concerning strategy to be adopted by the County Board with respect to litigation in which Polk County is or is likely to become involved.

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Notice is hereby given to the qualified electors of the Frederic School District that the budget hearing will be held at the 7 - 12 School Commons on the 14th day of September, 2009, at sixthirty o’clock p.m. A summary of the budget is printed below.

Detailed copies of the budget are available for inspection in the district’s office at 1437 Clam Falls Drive, Frederic, WI 54837.

Dated this 2nd day of September, 2009.

Rebecca Amundson, Clerk

PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2009 - 2010 AUDITED 2007 - 2008 (Adjusted)

AUDITED 2008 - 2009

BUDGET 2009 - 2010

907,086 958,330

958,330 883,856

883,856 727,023

REVENUES & OTHER FINANCING SOURCES Local Sources Interdistrict Payments Intermediates Sources State Sources Federal Sources All Other Sources TOTAL REVENUES & OTHER FINANCING SOURCES

1,878,112 80,753 10,251 3,429,466 190,102 19,557

1,928,637 31,550 6,008 3,108,361 561,297 25,294

2,427,150 56,700 6,000 2,973,674 238,971 17,000

5,608,241

5,661,147

5,719,495

EXPENDITURES & OTHER FINANCING USES Instruction Support Services Nonprogram Transactions TOTAL EXPENDITURES & OTHER FINANCING USES

3,118,829 1,884,095 554,073

3,046,752 1,944,845 744,024

2,966,087 2,029,405 880,836

5,556,997

5,735,621

5,876,328

0 16,483

16,483 16,483

16,483

0

0

0

0 0

0 0

0 0

601,579

589,723

620,619

601,579

589,723

620,619

173,462 173,929 1,207,704

173,929 166,352 1,133,601

166,352 166,353 1,090,348

1,207,237 0

1,141,179 0

1,090,347 0

14,762 0

0 0

0

0

14,762

0

0 0

0 0

0 0

324,426

327,798

322,500

324,426

327,798

322,500

91,616 91,616

70,022 70,022

71,300 71,300

18,555 15,749

15,749 15,487

15,487 13,999

1,233

1,058

1,075

4,039

1,320

2,563

24,502 43,065

43,065 65,946

65,946 64,427

61,376

58,110

32,290

42,813

35,229

33,809

76,356

79,370

82,086

76,356

79,370

82,086

7,877,247 320,729 38,178

7,925,002 392,051 39,685

8,028,252 390,000 40,793

7,518,340

7,493,266

7,597,459

-3.60%

0.61%

1.30%

FUND 10 - GENERAL FUND Beginning Fund Balance Ending Fund Balance

FUND 21 - SPECIAL REVENUE TRUST FUND Beginning Fund Balance 0 Ending Fund Balance 0 REVENUES & OTHER FINANCING SOURCES 0 EXPENDITURES & OTHER FINANCING USES 0 FUND 27 - SPECIAL PROGRAM CATEGORICAL AID FUND Beginning Fund Balance Ending Fund Balance REVENUES & OTHER FINANCING SOURCES EXPENDITURES & OTHER FINANCING USES FUND 30 - DEBT SERVICE FUND Beginning Fund Balance Ending Fund Balance REVENUES OTHER FINANCING SOURCES EXPENDITURES OTHER FINANCING USES

FUND 49 - CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND Beginning Fund Balance -26,438 Ending Fund Balance 14,762 REVENUES & OTHER FINANCING SOURCES 105,000 EXPENDITURES & OTHER FINANCING USES 63,800 FUND 50 - FOOD SERVICE FUND Beginning Fund Balance Ending Fund Balance REVENUES & OTHER FINANCING SOURCES EXPENDITURES & OTHER FINANCING USES FUND 60 - AGENCY FUND Assets Liabilities FUND 71 - EXPENDABLE TRUST FUND Beginning Fund Balance Ending Fund Balance REVENUES & OTHER FINANCING SOURCES EXPENDITURES & OTHER FINANCING USES FUND 80 - COMMUNITY SERVICE FUND Beginning Fund Balance Ending Fund Balance REVENUES & OTHER FINANCING SOURCES EXPENDITURES & OTHER FINANCING USES FUND 90 - PACKAGE & COOPERATIVE PROGRAM FUND REVENUES & OTHER FINANCING SOURCES EXPENDITURES & OTHER FINANCING USES GROSS TOTAL EXPENDITURES ALL FUNDS Interfund Transfers - All Funds Interfund Payments - All Funds NET TOTAL EXPENDITURES ALL FUNDS PERCENTAGE INCREASE NET TOTAL FUND EXPENDITURES FROM PRIOR YEAR

PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX LEVY General Fund 1,776,375 1,881,599 Debt Service Fund Fund 30 1,092,951 1,005,291 Fund 38 114,104 127,460 Fund 80 - Community Service 43,830 43,750 Prior Year Chargeback 1,440 TOTAL SCHOOL LEVY 3,027,260 3,059,540 PERCENTAGE CHANGE TOTAL LEVY FROM PRIOR YEAR -6.00% 1.06% PROPOSED MILL RATE 9.5037 9.2898 494884 2-3L WNAXLP

2,395,950 961,572 128,776 19,990 3,506,288 14.60% 10.6462

(Sept. 2, 9, 16) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK, Plaintiff, vs.

MARY J. HINZ, and BRYAN R. HARRISON, and RONALD DILLMAN and JILL DILLMAN, Defendants.

SUMMONS (By Publication) Case No. 09 CV 595 Case Classification No. 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage TO: Mary J. Hinz 2577 230th Ave. St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 Bryan R. Harrison 2577 230th Ave. St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 THE STATE OF WISCONSIN TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you.

Within forty (40) days after September 2, 2009, you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the complaint. The demand must be sent or delivered to the court whose address is: Clerk of Circuit Court, Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, Suite 300, Balsam Lake, WI 54810 and to plaintiff’s attorney whose address is: Steven J. Swanson, 105 Washington Street South, P.O. Box 609, St. Croix Falls, WI 54024. You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not provide a proper answer within forty (40) days after September 2, 2009, the Court may grant Judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the Complaint and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the Complaint. A Judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A Judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

Dated the 25th day of August, 2009.

Steven J. Swanson Bar No. 1003029 Attorney for Plaintiff 105 Washington Street South P.O. Box 609 St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787

Notices

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS

The Plan Commission (Land Information Committee) of Polk County, Wisconsin, will be conducting public hearings to discuss the Polk County Comprehensive Plan 2009 - 2029. The Public Hearings will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 29, at the Amery Middle School Gym, Wednesday, Sept. 30, at the Luck Elementary School Gym/Auditorium and Thursday, Oct. 1, at the Osceola High School Large Group Meeting Room. All of these public hearings will begin at 6 p.m. Comments on the plan will be heard and discussed and any necessary updates will be made to the Comprehensive Plan prior to adoption.

Comprehensive Plan Summary: Polk County and its municipalities received a Comprehensive Planning Grant from the State of Wisconsin in 2007. The grant detailed a bottom-up process by which local municipalities would develop their plans with financial assistance from the state and the common themes, issues and goals from these plans would be used to develop the Polk County Comprehensive Plan. The comprehensive plan covers 9 statutory elements: Issues and Opportunities, Housing, Transportation, Utilities and Community Facilities, Agricultural, Natural and Cultural Resources, Economic Development, Intergovernmental Cooperation, Land Use and Implementation. Each issue was discussed by the plan commission and the attending citizens at meetings open to the public. The participating communities also sent out resident surveys on issues related to the development of the Comprehensive Plan to be filled out by their citizens and sent back. The survey results, the input from all other local level plans, as well as public meeting input were used to formulate goals for the County in each of the 9 elements. The end result is a proposed plan that addresses the required elements by the State of Wisconsin and the views and opinions of the residents of Polk County. The majority opinion according to the above sources is for Polk County to retain its rural and small-town character, maintain agricultural production and to ensure our natural resources are protected, especially water resources, for the foreseeable future.

Copies of the Draft version of the Comprehensive Plan, comment forms for the plan and a copy of the Plan Commission resolution recommending the adoption of the Comprehensive Plan are available for public review at the Public Libraries throughout the County, in the Land Information Office, in the Resource Room of the Polk County Government Center.

A digital copy of the Polk County Comprehensive Plan is also available on Polk County’s Web site at the following address: http://www.co.polk.wi.us/landinfo/pdfs/Planning/ CompPlanPolkCounty.pdf Comment forms will also be available at the following Web site: http://www.co.polk.wi.us/landinfo/pdfs/Planning/ CommentFormPolkCounty.pdf Additional copies or more information may be requested by contacting Tim Anderson - Polk County Planner at 715-4859225 or tim.anderson@co.polk.wi.us. All written comments will be viewed to the public hearing. There will be public comments time held at the public hearing as well. Please submit all written comments to Tim Anderson by Friday, Sept. 25, to the contact information below or via the online comment form.

Tim Anderson 100 Polk County Plaza, Suite 130 Balsam Lake, WI 54810 715-485-9225 - Phone 715-485-9246 - Fax 495392 44a,d 3L

POLK COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY SEASONAL INFLUENZA VACCINE SCHEDULE 2009-2010

*The Polk County Health Department will hold influenza vaccine clinics on the dates and times below. Locations are as noted: Friday, Sept. 18, 9 a.m. to noon, Polk County Health Dept., Balsam Lake Wednesday, Sept. 23, 10 a.m. to noon, Community Center, Milltown Monday, Sept. 28, 9 to 11 a.m., VFW, Clear Lake Tuesday, Sept. 29, 10 a.m. to noon, Senior Center, Frederic Thursday, Oct. 1, 10 a.m. to noon, Village Hall, Osceola Monday, Oct. 5, 10 a.m. to noon, Peace Lutheran Church, Dresser Monday, Oct. 12, 9 a.m. to noon, Senior Center, Amery Wednesday, Oct. 14, 8:30 to 10:30 a.m., Senior Center, Luck Monday, Oct. 19, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., Polk County Health Dept., Balsam Lake Wednesday, Oct. 28, 9 a.m. to noon, Polk County Health Dept., Balsam Lake Saturday, Nov. 7, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Unity School (Craft Fair), Balsam Lake Additional seasonal influenza clinics may be added. Check our Web site at www.polkcountyflu.com or call the Polk County Health Department at 715-485-8500.

Novel H1N1 vaccination clinics will be developed and advertised as vaccine becomes available. *All clinic dates depend on the availability of influenza vaccine. In the event vaccine has not arrived, cancellation announcement will be made via local radio stations.

COST: Flu Vaccine - $25/dose. Pneumococcal Vaccine - $45/dose.

Pneumococcal vaccine will be available at all influenza vaccine clinics.

Medicare covers the cost of both the influenza and pneumococcal vaccine.

IF YOU HAVE MEDICARE OR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE COVERAGE, BRING YOUR CARD WITH YOU.

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(Section 65.90)

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NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING

Deadlines Ad copy: 10 a.m.

Tuesdays News copy: 4:30 p.m. Mondays

(Aug. 26, Sept. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT BARRON COUNTY NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Case Type: 30404 Case No.: 08-CV-553 Highland Bank a Minnesota banking corporation, 8140 26th Avenue South, Suite 160 Bloomington, MN 55425, Plaintiff, vs.

Scott Nagel West 15430 Old Highway 194 Sheldon, WI 54786, Melanie Nagel West 15430 Old Highway 194 Sheldon, WI 54786, Cemstone Ready-Mix, Inc. 1190 County Road G New Richmond, WI 54017, United States of America 211 West Wisconsin Avenue Mail Stop 5303 Milwaukee, WI 53203, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Granite Mortgage & Construction Finance, Inc. 2711 Centerville Road Suite 400 Wilmington, DE 19808, Dorothy M. Nagel a/k/a Dorothy N. Nagel N8908 Birch Drive Gilman, WI 54433, Wisconsin Bureau of Child Support c/o Office of General Counsel 2135 Rimrock Road P.O. Box 8907 Mail Stop 6-173 Madison, WI 53708, American Title and Abstract Company of Eau Claire, Inc., 1903 Keith Street, Suite 1 Eau Claire, WI 54701, John Doe, Mary Roe, and XYZ Corporation, Defendants.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on July 21, 2009, the Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell the following described real property at public auction as follows: TIME/DATE: October 7, 2009, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 10% of successful bid must be paid to Sheriff at sale in certified funds, with the balance due and owing on the date of confirmation of the sale by the Court.

PLACE: Lobby of the Polk County Justice Center 1005 W. Main Street Balsam Lake, WI 54810 LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Lot 2 of Certified Survey Map No. 5295 recorded in Volume 23 of Records, Page 202 as Doc. No. 724189, being located in part of the Southeast Quarter (1/4) of the Southwest Quarter (1/4), Section 24, Township 32 North, Range 17 West, Town of Alden, Polk County, Wisconsin (“Property”).

(FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY: Plaintiff believes that the property address is: 1255 20th Avenue, Amery, Wis.) Dated this 19 day of August, 2009. /s/ Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin This Instrument Was Drafted By: ANASTASI & ASSOCIATES, P.A. 14985 60th Street North Stillwater, MN 55082 651-439-2951 TCS/13885 494467 WNAXLP

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Cheese And More offers more than cheese to area MILLTOWN - Residents in the Milltown area now have a new chance to buy fresh cuts of meat and awardwinning Burnett Dairy cheese.

The newly opened Cheese And More, at the corner of Hwy. 35 and Stokley Road, also offers Louie’s Meats and a wide range of locally produced products. Owners Mary Wilson and Kyle Lindquist are determined to keep a food option open in Milltown.

Besides the full range of meat and cheese products, they sell maple syrup, honey, Schwan’s ice cream and a new line of barbeque sauce produced in Frederic. And there is more, including a range of unique local crafts and handmade furniture.

Wilson and Lindquist are committed to the buy local movement and are looking for more local producers and craft persons whose products they can offer.

Cheese And More is open daily from 9:30 in the morning until early evening. People are asked to watch for the bright yellow signs as they pass through Milltown and stop in for a visit. - Gregg Westigard

Mary Wilson stands by the fresh meat cooler in the newly opened Cheese And More on Hwy. 35 in Milltown. - Photo by Gregg Westigard

Webster senior competes in National Senior Games

by Sherill Summer WEBSTER - Marlys Ericson of Webster took a trip to San Francisco this past summer, but her trip was not just an ordinary trip and the ribbon she came home with is not an ordinary souvenir.

The 72-year-old is a Senior Olympian, and she was in California to compete in the National Senior Games 2009 competition held in the San Francisco Bay area Aug. 1-15. She joined some 11,000 other athletes from across the nation. Ericson represented Wisconsin in three events: discus, javelin and shot put.

The Leader first showcased Ericson last year after she won five gold medals and one silver medal in two statequalifying meets, the Minnesota meet in Alexandria, Minn., and the Wisconsin meet in Milwaukee. Top finishers in the state meets held in even years qualify for the national games that are always held in odd years.

Ericson is a relative newcomer to the track and field events she competes in. She trained with Webster track coach Jeff Postler and the Webster high school track team to learn basic techniques in discus and shot put in the spring of 2008. She also worked with Webster Curves owner Janet Swenson, who helped with the strength training and conditioning in and outside of Curves.

Ericson’s natural athletic ability also played a part as she was able to throw a javelin for the first time ever in the practice round of the 2008 Minnesota meet and then threw the javelin again later in the day far enough to win a gold.

With a season of success and a chance to compete in the National Senior Games, Ericson continued training.

Weight trainer Ernie Hill helped with further strength training and Swenson continued to keep Ericson on the straight and narrow path to success. Ericson said she is extremely grateful for all the support she gets from her friends, family and trainers.

As a warm-up to the national games, Ericson competed in the 2009 Minnesota state games in July and won golds in all three events she competes in, discus, javelin and shot put, bringing her career medal count to eight gold medals and one silver medal.

She found out that the national competition is a bit more fierce. For example, the winner of this year’s javelin and discus events in the 70-74 age bracket, Madelaine Cazel, is the record holder for the sport in her age division and lives in a retirement community in Florida with state-of-the-art sport facilities. She was

Marlys Ericson shows off this year’s winnings, a seventh-place ribbon from the National Senior Games held in San Francisco and three more gold medals from a Minnesota state meet. This year’s winnings can be added to Ericson’s five gold medals and one silver medal she won last year. Photo by Sherill Summer

peted in the 80-meter hurdles at an earlier Olympic competition: the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

With competition such as this, Ericson has reason not to feel bad that she ended the national competition with a seventh in the javelin; a 10th in the discus; and a 13th in the shot put, however, she admits disappointment because she didn’t do her best during the national competition. She had a hard time concentrating and getting into her rhythm.

Ericson explains that it is not sheer athleticism and strength needed to compete in these events, but technique.

She points out that if she would have thrown the javelin over 53 feet like she did in Minnesota, she would have placed third in the national games. Instead she threw 49 feet, and 2 inches. Likewise, both the shot put and the discus throws in the national games were short of her personal bests.

Not to give up, Ericson is already looking to try again in the 2011 National Senior Games in Houston, Texas.

Actually, there might be several national games in Ericson’s future now that she has learned a new technique from Betty Sanford of Texas. Sanford, who is somewhere between 90 and 94, carefully made it to where she had to throw the javelin from before setting her walker out of the way, but close enough to use a corner of it for balance. She threw the javelin and then walked off (with the walker).

Sanford won a gold medal by default; she was the only athlete in her age group, but considering the National Senior Games has grown from 2,500 athletes in 1987, the first year of National Senior Competition, and there were about 11,000 athletes in the 2009 games, it is hard to know how large the field of age 90-94 competitors will be 20 years from now.

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even featured in the New York Times in 2005 where she described her typical five-workout-a-day schedule.

Another sample of Ericson’s competition was Cherrie Sherrard who won the gold medal in the shot put during the national games in San Francisco and broke the record for her age group in the process. She also com-

Volunteers still needed at Straight Lake State Park for cleanup An expected 200 volunteers from as far away as Arizona and Florida are arriving at Straight Lake State Park and Wildlife Area near Luck this week to work on preparing the Ice Age Trail section through the park. The work crews, young and old, gather each morning at the park entrance a mile north of Hwy. 48 at 120th Street. The work will continue until Sunday and more volunteers are invited to join the crew for a day of good work and good company. - Photo by Gregg Westigard

Signs like this one, urging area residents to oppose a proposed industrial park by Little Butternut Lake, are being posted all around the Luck area. – Photo by Mary Stirrat

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Early light Early morning light and fog last Saturday at Siren created a few nostalgic last glimpses of summer, which seems to slip from our grasp with the arrival of Labor Day weekend each year. In the photo at the top of the page, geese take flight from Crooked Lake, creating a ripple pattern in otherwise still water. At left, new growth in a large tract of land south of Siren which was cleared of trees for lumber a few years ago. Below, ducks line up for an orderly swim along the Crooked Lake shore.

-Photos by Gary King

Saying goodbye

Washburn County Sheriff Terry Dryden and the officers of his department, and Shell Lake and Spooner Police Departments gave fellow employee Debra Friedell a final tribute at her funeral. Friedell, a 16-year dispatcher/jailer, lost her battle with cancer. It was an emotional goodbye to a trusted colleague and valued friend. Friedell earned the respect of her colleagues. “This is something that Deb would have liked,” Dryden said of the ceremony. — Photos by Larry Samson

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T i me i s on th e s i de o f a nt i qu e c lo ck rep ai rm an

by Nancy Jappe GRANTSBURG – Back in Illinois years ago, Old Man Winters gave 12-year-old Chet Lobert (French name, letter t not pronounced) a Big Ben alarm clock that didn’t work.

Young Chet fiddled around with it for a while, eventually getting the clock back to ticking. It was still ticking away when he went to bed, not realizing that the alarm was set for the middle of the night.

The clock went off, just as it should have, waking up Chet’s parents. Chet slept through it all. When asked if his father minded being rudely awakened, Chet said no, his father just laughed about it.

That experience is credited as the start of a lifetime of antique clock repairing, a skilled craft at which Lobert still works.

To the delight of area people who have valuable old clocks that no longer work, Lobert has a workshop in his basement that is chock full of repair parts, working machinery and books/tapes on clock repair.

Remember the days when you could easily find a watch- or clock-repair person, a tailor or a shoemaker in your town? Those people are few and far between these days, and a lot of that type of work is being done by big companies through mail-in services.

Lobert trained under A. Michael Lizza, director of Clock Repair and Restoration, Awendaw, S. C., in 1978 and ‘79 and

Chet Lobert has been repairing clocks since he was a young lad growing up in one of the western Chicago suburbs. In amongst keeping up with the work around his house and on his car in Grantsburg, he, at the age of nearly 74, still repairs antique clocks. – Photos by Nancy Jappe again in 1986. He passed all the rigid tests the course required, and graduated with a diploma in clock repair and

Chet and JoAnn Lobert live in a house atop a hill in the main part of Grantsburg, not far from the Grantsburg Historical Society Museum. A sign outside the front of the house proclaims the location of Antique Clock Repair by Chet Lobert.

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restoration. As far as he knows, the company is no longer in business.

He has a lathe, drill press, saw, grinder, buffers, belt grinder – all the different machinery that you need to deal with any type of clock repair. He has a magnifying device that allows his ears to better hear the clock tickings, and storage containers that hold all kinds of clock parts and fixings.

He was able to order a stand that holds grandfather clocks as they are taken apart for repair. Due to Lobert’s recent back problems that required surgery, the

Working with clock mechanisms like this keep Chet Lobert busy as he tries to figure out why old clocks are no longer working, and get them going again.

This clock is a favorite for both Chet and JoAnn Lobert. It was in pretty bad condition when they acquired it in Huron, S.D. JoAnn could hardly believe her eyes when she came home one day, and saw the repair/restoration her husband had done with the clock. rule of the shop is that anyone bringing a grandfather clock in for repair must be prepared to carry the unit into the house and onto the stand themselves.

For 19-1/2 years, Lobert was a maintenance repairman for Kroy Inc., Osceola.

“I was with them all their life,” he said.

The company didn’t computerize, and was sold to a firm in Cleveland, Ohio.

Lobert didn’t like the idea of moving to Cleveland, and he had his spare-time clock repair business to fall back on.

He and his wife, JoAnn, lived in Grantsburg at two different times, the first from 1999 to 2003, where they lived in a house once owned by Grantsburg’s legend, Big Gus. They moved to South Dakota, where they lived from 20032005, then moved back to Grantsburg in 2005.

The two have been married for the past 45 years. JoAnn works in the housekeeping department at Burnett Medical Center, and helps out at the Continuing Care Center. They were amazed that, despite the two-year absence, they were able to get their same phone number back.

Lobert grew up in one of the western

See Antique clocks, page 2

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Antique clocks/from page 1

A clock repairperson has to keep on hand all kinds of parts and supplies, never knowing just what will be needed when an old clock comes in for repair.

Antique clock repairman Chet Lobert is shown holding an amplifier that enables him to better hear the ticking of a clock which he is repairing. – Photos

by Nancy Jappe suburbs of Chicago. One of the first clocks he repaired was an old clock he got for $20 at a furniture store. He removed the finish from the clock, got it to working again and still has the result to show.

A clock repairman who lived on Wood Lake moved south due to his advancing age, turning his business over to Lobert.

Another clock repairman in Dresser taught him a few things about a clock he had. He also had the example of his father-in-law who was a maker of violins, banjos and mandolins, and is credited with inventing a plan to make the frets these instruments use.

In past years, Lobert would go out to homes to work on grandfather clocks.

Nowadays he asks that the clocks be brought to him. He also has to see them to determine if they are indeed fixable.

He plans on keeping going with the repair work as long as he can.

As to the value of clocks, Lobert recognizes that each clock he fixes is valuable to the person who brings it in for repair, for whatever reason. The value isn’t necessarily monetary. There’s a lot of sentimental attachment for the antique clocks he is called on to fix. He’ll try to get them going again, if there is any way to do so.

What do Chet and JoAnn Lobert like best about the clock-repairing business?

“The best part is the nice people we meet. Such interesting people come here,” JoAnn said, a big smile lighting up her face.

The number to call with questions about the clock repair offered by Lobert or directions on how to find his shop is 715-463-5636.

A note from the writer of this story: Once you have met the Loberts, I think you will agree that you have just made two wonderful new friends.

First day of school at Nelson Primary

The grins on the faces of Nelson School kindergarteners William Coppenbarger, Aidan Burkman and Calvin Aitken gave it away, they had a great first day!

Sherri Jones and her daughter, Keevan, share a moment together at the end of their first day at Nelson School. Jones teaches kindergarten at the primary school and Keevan started kindergarten, which means this mom and daughter will be going to school together every day.

Photos by Priscilla Bauer

Molly Hartshorn waits for her bus at Nelson School after her first day of kindergarten. The primary school in Alpha began classes on Sept. 3 with four kindergarten rooms this year. The Little Pirates 4-year-old program begins at Nelson School on Sept. 8, with three classrooms.

Five-year-old Carli Detienne said she had a fun first day of kindergarten at her school, Nelson Primary, in Alpha.

Carli and her classmates spent some of their day on the lookout for a runaway gingerbread man that escaped from their classroom before they could eat him.

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Dine Fresh Dine Local: Restaurants to feature local foods Sept. 10 and 11 ST. CROIX FALLS – Harvest season is here, and seven local restaurants are working with area farmers and producers to prepare a culinary celebration of locally grown foods on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 10 and 11. St. Croix Valley residents and visitors are invited to eat out during the Dine Fresh Dine Local event and enjoy meals featuring fresh, delicious, healthy ingredients that also support the local economy.

Dine Fresh Dine Local made its debut last fall and is back by popular demand. Last year eighteen St. Croix Valley restaurants participated in the event, including six from the Upper St. Croix Valley area. Organizers have added an extra day this year to allow customers to experience more local flavors.

Stephanie Lundeen, owner of Café Wren in Luck, is excited to showcase the produce, meats, dairy, and other products she buys from local farmers. “Our menu features locally grown ingredients daily but for Dine Fresh Dine Local we look forward to challenging ourselves by creating a very special menu that will be 100 percent from local ingredients,” she says. “Customers appreciate our efforts to support local growers and can taste the difference in freshness. Our dessert menu is also a winner - like the chocolate beet cake made with freshly harvested beets from Burning River Farm in Frederic.”

In addition to Café Wren, participating Dine Fresh Dine Local restaurants this year include the Dalles House Restaurant, Grecco’s on the St. Croix, Indian Creek Winery & Grille, and Our Place Café in St. Croix Falls; Tangled Up in Blue in Taylors Falls; and Eichten’s Market & Café in Center City, Minn. These area restaurants have joined 15 others in the Stillwater/Hudson area in agreeing to feature ingredients from at least three local sources on Sept. 10 and 11 and have paid a fee to be part of this special promotion.

This event is co-sponsored by the St. Croix River Valley Buy Fresh Buy Local Chapter, the St. Croix Falls Buy Local Initiative, the River Market Community Co-op, What We Need Is Here, and the St. Croix Scenic Byway.

To see a complete list of restaurants participating in Dine Fresh Dine Local please visit www.dinefreshdinelocal.com. - submitted

Your feet are never cold

by Walt Fluegel We were new to the area. After settling into our new home in early summer, we wanted to find out what the people were like. What better way than to go to rummage sales, maybe pick up a few items, strike up conversations, and have a good time.

At one place, I noticed there was no chimney on the house, just like our house because we had electric floor heat. So I asked the resident if he had what I thought he had. Yes, he had had floor heat for several years, and he began to extol its virtues saying, “Your feet are never cold.” I felt good about that because one of the reasons why we bought our house in Grantsburg.

We had visited Grantsburg earlier, in late winter, because we wanted a place away from the hustle and bustle and pollution of the Twin Cities. A real estate agent steered us to our house, but before we bought I wanted to know more about floor heating.

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staff cheerily hailed him with “Hi baby!” our After three and a half years living in first night onboard, Beau inferred that this Lagos, Nigeria, I returned to my little was the correct form of address to any new farmhouse in rural Wisconsin and began person he met. He startled and surprised the the long and fruitless hunt for my kitchen passengers, most in their 50s and 60s, with a knives. raucous “Hi baby!” at every opportunity.

But before my search was fully under Beau spent copious amounts of time with his way, I was whisked off on an Alaskan adored Grandfather, and if for some reason cruise to celebrate my parents’ 50th angrandpa was not in attendance, there was a niversary. This was no ordinary cruise, ready supply of surrogate grandpas to take my parents being of a staunch Scandinaup the slack. vian persuasion. They had selected a My niece Isabelle was delighted to discover small cruise line committed to energetithat there were not one but two magicians cally educating its passengers on the mulaboard. This was sheer coincidence, not protitude of natural wonders to be found grammed entertainment. (Magicians, as it sailing up the narrow arms of the Inland turns out, vacation like the rest of us mere Letters from Passage. mortals.)

Isabelle was entertained with card The occasional bout of gluttony was tricks, mysteriously knotted ropes, coins mapermitted so long as sloth and other terialized out of ears, magical wands and deadly sins were rigorously fended off by even a disappearing banana. When she had means of frequent frantic rushes on deck dressed in exhausted the seemingly endless patience of one mainsufficient clothing to observe the disappearing fin of a large sea mammal. We remained outside in the gician, the auxiliary magician appeared – as if by frigid air just long enough to confirm the animal’s magic – just in time for the next act. After a couple of days, it was routine to find Isabelle, long separated permanent departure and court hypothermia. from her family, sitting at the bar with a magician in The cruise catered to serious bird watchers, whale watchers, porpoise, seal and otter watchers. (Al- the Club Lounge, learning sharp card tricks and conthough otter watching, it must be said, requires little suming quantities of meatball hors d’oeuvres. It was skill or patience.) My sister’s two young children, Is- an idyllic holiday for a 6-year-old.

It was also ideal for me. Removed from Africa, not abelle and Beau, were the only children, and I was the only single adult aboard, with the possible excep- quite back in the U.S. for two weeks, I lived on the tion of some crew members and an 82-year-old wid- water, in a never-never land where it was perfectly ower. The ship was filled with a perpetually rotating permissible to eat two desserts a day (and cookies in cast of biological and geological experts, and it was the Club Lounge at 2:00) so long as I made it strongly implied that I might be required to pass an promptly on deck for the next whale sighting. The exam on marine life in order to retrieve my passport. rules are simple, the routine quickly established. I Beau is 19 months old and his vocabulary grew by watched the land advance and recede. There will be leaps and bounds over the 12-day cruise. He learned time enough for uncertainty. Now it was cookie time. to identify Orca whales and acquired a taste for kelp Till next time, picked from the cold water on our excursions in a Zo– Carrie diac inflatable boat. When one of the Filipino wait

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They praised the systems. I questioned them about many things. There was the problem of cost, electricity being expensive in comparison to oil or gas. I was assured that, if the slab supporting the house were heated during the night on off-peak time, the heat buildup would last more than a day. There was no better feeling than having floor heat, so they said. Electric heat cost at off-peak times was competitive with oil or gas, and the bonus for us was no occasional whiff of exhaust which might aggravate my wife’s asthma.

We bought the house in late spring.

After we settled in, we went on rummage sales, went to a celebration or two, explored our area, and got to know the neighbors. As the summer wore on, we were busy making gardens, pathways in the woods, and getting used to living in a rural area. Fall came. Then winter.

We had learned there was a lag between turning up the thermostat on the floor heat and having a response, but we adjusted. However, in the middle of December we noticed we were getting

chillier each day as the temperature sank below zero. Turning up the dial did not help.

When I felt the floor under the bed, part of the floor was warm and part was cool. It was that way throughout the house. We phoned the contractor. He made suggestions, which did not pan out, and told us to contact the electric company. The technician who examined the problem said that some of the heating elements had no current flow and may be broken under the slab.

Panic. Anger. Disappointment. Emptiness. Coldness. It was approaching New Year’s Day. The electric company sympathized with us and connected us to an emergency heater while they and the contractor worked something out. It seems that the electric company was partially responsible for the situation. We don’t know all the details; maybe they did not inspect the wiring or the elements while the house was being built.

In an offhand remark we heard and believe, other houses built on a slab by that same contractor were having difficulty too, but only the houses using direct electric heat rather than hot-water pipes under the slab.

One of our neighbors who had hotwater floor heat decided to add another room to his house. Instead of floor heat for this space he opted for an electrothermal-storage unit. It holds heavy dense ceramic bricks heated by electric coils. If he wanted more heat during the

day, he could set the indicator up a few degrees so a fan would blow hot air into the room. The unit was heated during the off-peak times during the night and gave off heat after that. For our purposes, we would need the largest unit.

The bedrooms required smaller units. In time our heating needs were met. Our home is now heated by several ETS units.

All ETS units are in reality high-tech radiators with fans that blow out hot air.

We know that hot air rises, therefore at foot level the floors are a bit cooler than at our heads. We do not wear shoes in the house. So in winter we need extra woolies on our feet to be comfortable.

Carpeting helps a bit but we still notice the difference. At least we do have satisfactory heat. On winter evenings the automatic system with the power company activates the off-peak circuit.

When this happens, we sometimes hear a click and see two little green lights on the ETS. Then one of us will say, “the heat is on.”

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Coming to Wisconsin in 1918

by Nellie Choate Hanson Hammond The Rambler’s cousin, Nellie Choate Hanson Hammond, celebrated her 102nd birthday, Sept. 7. She lives between Luck and Cumberland along Hwy. 48 with her son across the road from the farm she moved to in 1918. This week we take an excerpt from her autobiography and learn about coming to Wisconsin from the Dakotas.

“During the summer of 1918, Dad had to register for military service and it appeared he would be called for duty. Hired help was very hard to get at harvesttime so again they became restless and this time looked to Wisconsin.

“Dad knew the Owens in Dakota before they came to Wisconsin. They were good friends and kept in touch after Owens moved to Cumberland. Owens was a land salesman so it is easy to figure how we happened to land in Cumberland too.

“Dad made a special trip by team to look for a farm.

I remember hearing him say he wanted to be near a town and school. We were living seven miles from Mina and 3-1/2 miles from school. We only went to school in good weather—the spring and fall.

“He chose and bought 80 acres in Maple Plain for $5,000. We moved in November, the same month World War I ended with the armistice being signed.

The place had been homesteaded by the Moens at the turn of the century. They were related to the Pedersons and Gerhart Olsons who lived across the road from Ostrums. The children were all cousins.

“We had an auction early in October and cattle sold very high, some for over $1,000, which was unbelievable. Then we hauled wheat to the elevator with horses and the grain wagon. It, too, was high –$2 a bushel. I don’t know how much they had but the crop was good and they had a section of 640 acres, that they were farming. I know they made many trips to town.

Between the auction and sale of wheat my parents got $5,000. I remember my dad often said that was the only time he ever made any money.

“Shortly before we left, the neighbors came one evening for a farewell party. A library table was the gift. The Salters got up the party. Mr. Salter helped haul the household goods and machinery along with some horses to Mina and load them into an emigrant car. He had twice the weight in the car he was supposed to have so the railroad charged him $200 for the trip, which seemed like a lot. The day he left Mina, Nov. 1, Dad, Mr. Salter and his two boys had to hurry to get the animals loaded. There wasn’t room for the wagon so Mr. Salter took it home and said he was well paid. Dad crawled into the boxcar and closed the door just at the train started to move.

“The first thing he did when he got to Cumberland was go to the company store and buy a new wagon and box for $50.

“Mom, Uncle Rufus, Norman and I came on the passenger train, but first went to Clark and visited her folks for a few days. We were on the train Nov. 4 and at every stop the people were celebrating because some of the German Allies had ceased fighting that day. Nov. 5 we arrived in Cumberland.

“Orson Owens met us at the train and took us to the farm in his car.

“It was late in the evening when we got there.

Roads were just sand trails. Mrs. Owens and Zoela’s dad helped move things from the car to the farm so Dad had things partly organized when we arrived.

The thing that astonished me most was the nice green grass and even a flower or two in November! Having come from a dry state where grass turns brown in July and stays dead until the next spring.

“That was the year flu was so bad and it hit everywhere. Schools were closed a lot that winter, and they only had eight months in those days. Norma was in the first grade and I was supposed to be in the fifth, but had missed so much time out West that it was very difficult. I was a poor reader, knew very little about fractions, nothing of geography or history, so had a lot of homework to do. I dreaded each day and cried each night. Eventually I caught up with the other students and then school was better!

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After farming a section (640 acres) in Dakota, that seemed very small.

“Dad got busy clearing and breaking land. Most of it was covered with hard maple. He gave Mr. Pederson a lot for clearing it, and he and Uncle Rufus cut and sawed a lot into stove wood. They hauled it to Cumberland on the sled in the wintertime for $3 per cord. That is how he paid for the Fordson tractor he bought in 1922. I believe the price was $225. He got a 20-inch breaking plow to pull with the tractor.

“After school was out, it was my task to drive the tractor while he held the plow. Each year he planted such a field of new breaking to corn for the silo. After plowing there were rocks and roots to pick—a family affair. When we started the rock pile that is now in the pasture it was located far into the woods—so far that Dad said it would never be seen!

“In the fall of 1927, I started teaching in rural schools and did 11 uneventful years which ended when I got married in 1938. Teachers were plentiful; schools were difficult to get; wages were low and conditions poor.

Minimum wage was $65 per month which is what all districts paid during the Depression. The most I ever got was $95 and I did my own janitor work most of the time.

“In June 1938 I married Gustav Adolph Hanson. We met while I was a teacher at the Columbus School south of Poskin, near where he farmed in the summertime. Winters he worked in the woods. He was the time keeper and log scaler for Connors Lumber and Land Co. He spent 32 years of his life in the lumber company beginning when he was 15 years old as a kitchen helper, then got moved to taking care of the horses. Next he hauled supplies from town to camp with a pair of balky mules. If the load was too heavy they would stop halfway up the hill and he would have to carry the groceries up to the top until the wagon got light enough to please them!

“When he got older, he worked as a sawyer and eventually became timekeeper. Sometimes he had a hundred or more on his payroll. He was also responsible for ordering supplies for all departments. With the small amount of education he had, fifth grade, I’ve wondered how he managed his books so well. I‘m sure his honesty, dependability and cheerfulness helped a lot. First we lived in a little hillbilly town named Albin near Iron Mountain, Mich., in a house that leaked like a sieve when it rained and one could look through the cracks in the floor. Before winter, we bought a lot in Carter intending to build a house. It so happened we later found a house and 20 acres for sale for $400, so planted the lot into a garden. That was the house on the hill. Two years later we bought a farm with buildings and machinery for $800, so we moved again, about three blocks. Up on the hill we had a one cow and sold milk for eight cents a quart. After we moved on the farm we gradually got more cows until by 1945 we had 12.

“Adolph was working for Connors each year until the last one before we moved. The work was located about five miles from Carter. The logs were all cut, so logging was finished in that area. When we sold out in 1945 and moved to Cumberland, we had 12 cows.

“After we moved to Cumberland there was still a lot of work to be done the hard way. Adolph plowed with three horses on a sulky plow. We did all the farming with horses until we got the 10-20. The grain was cut with a binder and shocked. The corn was cut with a binder and hauled to the silo filler. Hay was put in the barn loose. Milk was carried up the hill in cans. In 1949 it was a big event when we bought the only new car we ever owned for $1,400. It served us for a long time. In 1951 we got plumbing in the house, but it wasn’t until 1971 that we got a furnace and automatic heat. It helped to heat our home in that long hard winter before Adolph passed away in 1972. “

Russ Hanson

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Nellie Choate Hanson Hammond celebrated her 102nd birthday on Sept. 7. She came to a farm near Cumberland in 1918. The picture of Nellie is from about 1930. – Photo submitted “Wisconsin farming was very different than out West. I remember hearing Dad say more feed was wasted on a farm there than could be raised here on one, and the work was so much harder in Wisconsin.

“There were lots of times the folks wished themselves back in Dakota. Farming then was very different than now too. There were no tractors, plowing was done with a walking plow; corn was cultivated with a one-row, one-horse cultivator. I rode the horse while Dad walked behind and held the cultivator.

Hay was all put up loose; grain cut with a binder and threshed sometime in the fall. Corn was cut and shocked by hand.

“Beggies (rutabagas) were raised as a cash crop and everyone had one or two acres. All had to be hoed and thinned by hand. In the fall they were pulled and topped by hand which took a lot of time. I remember Arnold Pederson’s Dad said you could still make money selling them for 25 cents per 100 pounds.

“My dad and Arnold’s dad were good pals. They worked together a lot and fished in Little Sand frequently. In those days it was easy to get a pailful in a short time. They were very welcome too because there was no refrigeration so meat was scarce in the summertime. We would clean them and salt them and could keep them in the basement one or two days.

They also picked wild cranberries together. I don’t know where they went, but walked and would come home with a big pailful in half a day.

“As time went on, we got better machinery and in 1920 Dad, the Pedersons and the Kalzows each put up a silo. The three bought a silo filler and corn binder.

Dad bought a 10-20 Fordson tractor to furnish the power. It took the neighborhood about 1-1/2 days to fill a silo.

“In 1922, I finished grade school. I went to Cumberland High School and wrote final exams two days in late May. About midsummer, Henry Peterson’s father, who was the school chairman, stopped by with my diploma. It was a big occasion! It was a big decision that allowed me to go to high school. There were no school busses so rural pupils were obliged to rent a room and stay in town. Roads weren’t snowplowed so winter travel was with horses.

“That same year we got our first car—a 1914 Ford.

Cash price was $100. It had to be cranked by hand and the horn was a rubber bulb that you punched.

“In 1925, I became 18 and old enough to work in the canning factory for 17 cents an hour. In 1926, I graduated and went to teachers college in Rice Lake. I worked for my room and board, getting home about once a month.

“Perhaps I should say one reason farming in Wisconsin was so difficult was because there were only about 10 acres under cultivation in 1918. From Pederson’s line fence south of the barn and up past the stone pile on the hill. Then a little garden spot west of the

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What do you see, nurse?

But inside this old carcass a young girl still dwells, And now and again my battered heart swells.

I remember the joys, I remember the pain, And I’m loving and living life over again.

I think of the years all too few, gone too fast, And accept the stark fact that nothing can last.

The following poem has been in my files since 1990 when I cut it out of the Burnett Speaker.

Worth contemplating – What do you see, nurse, what do you see?

Are you thinking when you Abrahamzon are looking at me A crabby old woman, not very wise Uncertain of habit, with faraway eyes.

Who dribbles her food and makes no reply, When you say in a loud voice, “I do wish you’d try,” Who seems not to notice the things that you do And forever is losing a stocking or shoe.

Who uninteresting or not, lets you do as you will With bathing and feeding the long day to fill.

Is that what you’re thinking, Is that what you see?

Then open your eyes, nurse, you’re not looking at me.

Bernice

Behind the Signpost

I’ll tell you who I am as I set here so still, As I rise at your bidding, as I eat at your will I’m a child of 10 with a father and mother, Brothers and sisters who all love one another.

A young girl of 16 with wings on her feet, Dreaming that soon now a lover she’ll meet.

A bride soon at 20, my heart gives a leap, Remembering the vows I promised to keep.

At 25 now I have young of my own Who need me to build a secure, happy home.

A woman of 30, my young now grow fast, Bound to each other with ties that should last.

At 40 my young sons have grown and are gone, But my man’s here beside me to see I don’t mourn.

At 50 once more babies play at my knee, Again we know children, my loved one and me.

Dark days are upon my, my husband is dead.

I look at the future – I shudder with dread.

For my young are all rearing young of their own, And I think of the years and the love that I’ve known.

So open your eyes, nurse – open and see.

Not a crabby old woman, look closer at me!

Rules for Living 1. Show respect for all living things.

2. Return borrowed vehicles with the gas tank full.

3. Don’t use a toothpick in public.

4. Give your vest to your employer. It’s one of the best investments you can make.

5. Don’t carry a grudge.

6. Patronize local merchants even if it costs a bit more.

7. Fill your gas tank when it falls below one-quarter full.

8. Don’t expect money to bring you happiness.

(Note: I know you will argue with some of these. Especially No. 2 and No. 6. I didn’t make them up. They were on my calendar.)

On a humorous note Space-age Bottle They make me feel so immature – Incapable of learning – Those child-resistant bottle tops That say, “Press down while turning.”

You have to have three hands, or else A grandchild you can call.

He twists his little wrist, and look!

It’s off! No sweat a-tall!

– Effie Leland Wilder from Older but Wilder And finally, copied off a bookmark the following: “Pay exquisite attention to all your experiences, for they will teach you everything you need to know.” – Barbara Seabridge Until next week, Bernice

I’m an old woman now, and nature is cruel; ‘Tis her jest to make old people look like a fool.

The body it crumbles, grace and vigor depart, There is now a stone where I once had a heart.

"Wizard of Oz" auditions scheduled LUCK - Auditions for Prairie Fire Children’s Theatre’s original musical production of “The Wizard of Oz” will be on Monday, Sept. 21, at 3:30 p.m. in the Luck School elementary gymnasium. This will be the fourth year Prairie Fire will share their enthusiasm for theater with the community. Based on L. Frank Baum’s classic American fairy tale, Prairie Fire’s version is set in contemporary America at the beginning, and it is from there that the tornado takes Dorothy over the rainbow to Oz. Up to 76 local youth are needed to play the roles of Dorothy, Toto, the Munchkins, Glinda the Good Witch, the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion, the Guardian of the Gate, the Wizard, the Emerald City Traders, the Flying Monkeys, the Winkies, Aunt Em, Uncle Henry and the Yellow Brick Road.

Two professional actor/directors from Prairie Fire Children’s Theatre’s staff will conduct the auditions as

well as direct the production. They will also play the roles of the Scarecrow and the Wicked Witch of the West.

Auditions are open to anyone in grades 1 – 12. The audition process lasts up to two hours and everyone is required to be in attendance the complete time.

Rehearsals will be held from 3:30 – 7:45 p.m. throughout the remainder of the week, with performances scheduled for Friday, Sept. 25, at 7 p.m. and a Saturday, Sept. 26, matinee at 2 p.m.

Tickets for the performances are $5 for adults, and $3 for students and senior citizens.

This weeklong Prairie Fire Children’s Theatre residence is sponsored by Luck Community Education and a Polk-Burnett Operation Round-Up grant.

For more information, please contact Amy Aguado at 715-472-2152, ext. 103. - submitted

Surviving the stress-fifillled world of motherhood offering to help cover costs. Moms with young children are invited to come. Please tell others. This event is sponsored by Taylors Falls Christian Women’s Club, part of Stonecroft Ministries, www.stonecroft.org.

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DRESSER - Moms on the Run theme for its first event in the area on Saturday morning, Sept. 26, 9:15 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Peace Lutheran Church, 2355 Clark Road, in Dresser, is Surviving the Stress-Filled World of Motherhood.

Moms on the Run is a nondenominational event for mothers with young children, infants to 10 years of age. The morning has a speaker and workshops for the moms and a school-type program for the children.

Guest speaker Star Paterson from Bartlett, Ill., will speak on the stress theme and will lead a workshop on coping with stress.

Two additional workshops are also offered: Discipline Helps and Scrapbooking.

Moms will choose one of the workshops. Children 3 to 5 and 6 to 10 will hear their own story, play games, sing, make a craft and have refreshments led by a large staff of adults and youth. Nursery is provided for infants and toddlers.

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50 Years Ago The movie “The Three Stooges” was playing at the D’Lux Theatre, Luck.– Eleven suffered injuries in two Polk County accidents.–There were 5,381 students enrolled in six of eight basic districts including Amery, Frederic, Luck, St. Croix Falls, Osceola and Unity. Figures from Clayton and Clear Lake were not available.–Osceola Free Fair was Sept. 11-12.–The grand opening of Hallquist Supply Company was set for Friday, Sept. 18.–New books were added to Siren Library.–The school milk program was extended.–Somerset downed Siren at opener 38-13.–A Harvest Supper was set for Sept. 16, at the Siren Methodist Church with turkey on the menu.–The Minneapolis Lakers would play an exhibition game at Frederic on Sept. 24.-Cumberland’s Rutabaga Festival was set for Sept. 18, 19, 20.–The jury list was named for October court term.–A pioneer threshing show was set for Dresser Sept. 26 – 27.–Specials at Clover Farm Store, Frederic, included three cans Campbell’s soup for 29¢, canned peas at 10¢/lb. can and Folger’s coffee at 2 lbs. for $1.39.–Specials at Route’s Super Market, Frederic, included Jonathon apples at 3 lbs. for 39¢, oranges at 2 lbs. for 69¢, grape jam at two 18 lb. jars for 39¢, and stewing hens at 29¢ lb.–Clarence Searles died.–A White Bear man drowned in Loon Creek.

40 Years Ago Polk County real estate transfers were once published in this newspaper.–The Farmers State Bank ad ran with the slogan “Good things happen with nest eggs.”–The Arrow Building Centers ran an ad saying “Down with goose pimples sale, add Zonolite attic insulation.–A wedding dance was set for Sept. 27 at Twin Oaks Tavern, Spooner, for Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Morse.–The Northwest Regional Writers had a column called “=Peeks into the Past written by members for this weekly newspaper.–Wisconsin Gas Co. had an ad that said, “Get that hungry octopus out of your basement,” meaning an inefficient furnace.–Frank Warner was the new president of the Luck Country Club.–Educators questioned Sen. Robert Knowles in special session of Polk-Burnett Education Association.–Groundbreaking took place for Luck’s new low-rent housing.–The Lewis School would serve as a special-education center for Luck and Frederic students.–Pastor Bervie A. Scott secured a U.S. flag that had flown over the nation’s Capitol for the Lewis Methodist Church.–Vocational classes began at Luck.–Mixed-couples bowling leagues were being formed for Tuesday nights at Frederic Recreation.–Remember Clyde Kunze’s Corner?–Specials at Route’s Food Market included three bottles Hunt’s Ketchup for $1, spare ribs at 35¢/lb. and book matches at 10¢ /box.

20 Years Ago Diversified Services offered to buy Doerr plant.–Burnett probation office was busy.–A lakeside church woman, Daudi Kalisa from Uganda, told them about her work in building an African school.–The 13th watercross during Grantsburg’s Memory Days was the largest ever.–There were fewer hogs on Wisconsin farms.–A teen dance was held July 21 at Grantsburg Legion Hall in July.–A childhood dream was realized in Calico Kitchen, Webster.–John Klatt succeeded Warran Kirk as phone company manager in Luck.–Voters approved doubling of sinking fund levy at Frederic School Board annual meeting.–Sen. Herb Kohl backed bill to limit assault weapon sales.–The new Monycor building in Frederic was ready for bids.–A crisis in rural health care threatened future of Frederic Hospital.–The beef commercial put Luck on national television.-A Russian folk group visited Amery.–Many financial aid dollars were unclaimed by eligible students.–The 1959 class from Luck held a reunion at Five Flags Country Club near Balsam Lake, and 23 grads attended.–The old post office on Main Street, Frederic, was for rent.–The old Grantsburg post office was burned, making room for an apartment complex.–Five young ladies vied for Miss Siren title in late July including Linda LaVeau, Deanne Johnson, Carmen Brenizer, Laura Otis and Amy Lamphere.

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The Joys of Writing

by Carolyn Wedin LUCK – Writing is difficult and solitary, but there are a couple of rewards which make it go better – having a supportive group of other writers to use as a sounding board and band of encouragers, and having some kind of response to something one has written. The writers of Polk and Burnett counties are fortunate in having both, including opportunities to publish in the InterCounty Leader.

One such writer, Doris Hanson of Trade Lake, recently came home from the Burnett County Agricultural Society Fair with not only two blue ribbons but with a stunning pink “Reserve Champion” ribbon for “The Dresser,” a short story written from the point of view of a piece of furniture which arrays her friendly farm entrance. “It belonged to my husband George’s grandma and has never been out of the family all of these decades, though a lot of unusual things have happened to it.”

When Hanson brought her ribbons to the informal lunch a group of writers celebrate at 1 p.m. on Wednesdays throughout the summer, at Caré Wren, just north of Luck, Evelyn Carlson commented on

Doris Hanson with her ribbons, Paul Hansen, member of the Luck Write Right Now! class and Evelyn Carlson, member of the Frederic Write Right Now! class enjoying a writer’s lunch at Café Wren in Luck. – Special photo the story: “It brings back history—makes me think of things in my family and how they have moved down in history. It reminds me of a poem of mine, too.”

Hanson generously said, “I just find writing a real fascinating thing, but to do this and get these prizes, I give the credit to my writing groups. Everyone is kind to each other. People will make suggestions but never negative.” Carlson says much the same thing in a poem—the group helps us “look back to our yesterdays,” share “our todays” and open “our

vision for our tomorrows.”

Hanson is a regular of the Northwest Regional Writers, which meets at 1 p.m. the second Friday of the month, either in Frederic or Grantsburg. Interested people can call Mary Jacobson at 715-3492761 for more information.

Hanson is also a regular enrollee in the Frederic Community Education class, Write Right Now!, which will meet at the high school on Tuesdays, Oct. 20Nov. 24, 4-6 p.m. For more information about this and other Frederic courses,

contact Ann Fawver, community education director, 715-327-4868 or fawvera@frederic.k12.wi.us Dr. Carolyn Wedin, the writer who teaches this course, also teaches “Write Right Now!” in Luck on Thursdays, 4 to 6 p.m., Oct. 15-Nov. 20. For this and other Luck courses, contact Amy Aguado, community supervisor, 715472-2152, ext.

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TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER St. Croix Valley Senior Center

by Carol Van Buskirk

Improve your quality of life and someone else’s by smiling. Keep trying, it works.

Tuesday’s 500 cards had 30 participants with the following winners: Pete Schlosser, Laurie Lambert, Ken Johnson, Leone Montgomery and Ray Nelson. There were no 9bid winners.

Domino winners were Martha Lundstrom and Donna Schlosser, who tied with George Meixner.

Skip-Bo winners this week were Resser Adams, Marian Edler, Carol Van Buskirk and Leone Montgomery.

Thursday evening had 24 members for

500 cards. Rich Hustad, Don Anderson, Don Benson and Phil Mevissen were the winners.

Nine-bid winners were Kim Rosen and Phil Mevissen. Gratitude is extended to all those who brought in treats for the evening.

Two of our members, Russ and Dottie Adams, are mentioned in the most-recent issue of Senior Voices. They are extremely active in CWAG and also in our senior center and its activities. Congratulations!

The coverall winner on Friday in Bingo was Connie Gray.

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Grace, Hannah, Baxter and Celie Mangelsen and Mandy and Patty Close spent the day Monday at the home of their grandparents, Karen and Hank Mangelsen. They enjoyed a time of playing together the last day before school started.

Roger and Sue Mroszak and Hank and Karen Mangelsen went out to eat Tuesday to celebrate their wedding anniversaries.

Clam River Tuesday Club met Wednesday, Sept. 2, at the home of Sue Mroszak.

Don and Lida Nordquist went to North Branch, Minn., Friday. They attended the celebration for the 60th wedding anniversary for Don’s sister, Jeanne and Roy Fahland. Roy and Dee Nordquist and Fanny England went

Burnett Community Library September is library card sign-up month.

Visit our library to apply for your own card – with it you can access the patron computers, check out books, magazines, movies and audio books. Hope to see you soon!

The Burnett Community Library is important to my community because “…we can do our homework on the computer and check out books for school or just to read.”

We received a nice thank you note from one of the children who attended our Summer Reading Program: “To the library, thankyou for having story hour. I liked it a lot.”

It’s nice to be appreciated. Preschool story time will meet on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. on the lower level of the library, starting Sept.

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Nexen Group, Inc. has a challenge grant going for the new library – it will match every dollar received by the Building Fund until December. We hope the public will support this cause by attending “A Taste of Italy,” the spaghetti dinner and silent auction at and sponsored by Moose Lodge 1194 and the Friends of the Library and the Building Fund

Committee. Join us at the Moose Lodge on Hwy. 70 on Saturday, Sept. 19, from 5 until 7 p.m. Advance tickets are $6 ($7 at the door).

There is no charge for children 10 and under. Proceeds from the silent auction will go to the library building fund.

The Burnett Community Book Club will meet on Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 10 a.m. to discuss “I Feel Bad About My Neck,” by Nora Ephron. If you are interested in joining us for a lively discussion, please call the library for a copy of this book, 715-866-7697.

I would like to extend gratitude to all of the people who have so generously donated books during the last few weeks.

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Weekend guests of Nina and Lawrence Hines were Chad, Jenny, Aubrey and Ashley Harrison. On Saturday they all visited Donna and Gerry Hines.

Saturday visitors of Karen and Hank Mangelsen were Holly, Hannah and Grace Mangelsen, April, Dave, Patty, Mandy, Steve, Emma, Carter and Graham Close and Art and Barb Hephner.

Jan, Caleb and Hannah Schott visited Lida and Don Nordquist Saturday.

Maynard Mangelsen’s uncle and aunt, Ernie and Betty Johnson, and their three children and their families spent the weekend at Maynard and Ronda’s place. They brought their campers and a tent, and enjoyed three days of beautiful weather at the farm. On Saturday evening Nettie, Duane, Ken and Tyann Otis, June, Lloyd and Becky Anderson, Hank and Karen Mangelsen and Ryan Hanna visited there also to help Ernie celebrate his 74th birthday.

Barry, Josh and Olivia Hines visited Gerry and Donna Hines Sunday. Karen and Hank Mangelsen were dinner guests of Wayne and Marie Romsos at the Romsos farm Sunday.

Orange Kent and Nancy Krause had their annual get-together on Saturday.

Dean, Mary Jo and Jacob Peterson spent the weekend at their cabin. They attended Kent and Nancy’s party and also visited Fran Krause.

Bud and Natalie Flagstad had many visitors over the weekend.

Several HCE members met at Diane Medaglia’s on Wednesday to finish the decorations for the HCE state convention in Superior.

Teresa, Dane and Amy Childers and Kelly Herman spent the weekend at their camper.

Sunday Teresa, Dane, Amy, Kelly and Mike O’Brien, Bob, Heather and Rylee O’Brien and Anita, Kathleen and Sharon O’Brien had a picnic at Jack and LaVonne O’Briens.

Nancy O’Brien’s son Dan spent a few days last week visiting Pat and Nancy O’Brien.

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TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER Lewis Here’s hoping you enjoyed your long holiday weekend.

Perfect weather for vacations, family get-togethers, yard sales, special events and the three-day Lions Club sale at the Siren park. Good crowds and good bargains.

The Indianhead Gem and Mineral Society will meet next week on Monday, Sept. 14, at 7 p.m., at the Luck Senior Center. There will be a silent auction and potluck lunch. Welcome to pebble pups and rock hounds.

The NW Regional Writers will meet Friday, Sept. 11, at 1 p.m., in the Community Room, Sunrise Apts., Frederic. The assignment is to write a killer first line, one that catches the reader’s attention, and the story to go with it if you wish. Welcome to both beginning and experienced writers.

Sunday was Communion Sunday at the Lewis church with stewards JoAnne Gibbs and Marie Nelson. Robin Peterson read Scripture verses. No one had signed up to serve, so coffee and cupboard cookies were available after the service.

“Happy Birthday” was sung to Bob and Marie Nelson and Roberta and Butch Sahr. It was Pastor Tom’s 75th birthday on Tuesday.

Nice turnout for church, too, on the first Sunday in September.

Sign-up sheets are available in the church fellowship hall for donation of food for the coming turkey supper the last Saturday in September and also work sheets.

Congratulations to Kathy Meyers of Frederic for being se-

lected as Frederic Volunteer of the Year for her many years of working with Interfaith Caregivers. She is also active in St. Dominic Catholic Church in Frederic and working with the Frederic meal sites and Frederic schools.

The same Interfaith Caregivers say goodbye to volunteer Erling Grumstrup of Luck who has moved out West to be near his daughter. He will be missed as an Interfaith Caregiver volunteer. In the early years of writers clubs in this area he also shared his writing skills. Wishing him happiness in his new location.

Interfaith Caregivers in Burnett and Polk counties welcome new volunteers. The following is a list of things volunteers do: Local transportation Rides to radiation and chemo Friendly visits and phone calls Shopping and errands Spring and fall yard work Minor fix-its Business help with checkbooks, mail, forms, etc.

Short-term respite visits to relieve caregivers Caregiver education Referrals and more.

If you have the time, inclination and willingness to donate driving service to those who need it, contact Interfaith, P.O. Box 426, Balsam Lake.

Siren Senior Center Forty-seven diners enjoyed CeCe’s chicken dinner at Dining at Five last Thursday evening. It was also our pleasure to have Bob Gacek, a Twin Cities and Silver Lake resident entertain the diners again this year with his music and witty quips. Too bad we can’t have him all year.

The lucky winners of the two door prizes of cookies were won by Sue DeMarre and Dwaine Bentley. Gratitude to Corrine Root, Lou Jappe and Gerry Vogel for setting up and serving the dinner.

Our gratitude for all of the donations brought in this week.

Ruby’s Pantry, Virginia Martin, Dwaine and Marie Bentley, Sue Holmes and Abby Brand. We still have a few spider plants left for 50 cents each. Shirley Doriott brought in a large bag of books and Ann Agerback donated her knitted matching hat and mitten sets to be sold in the craft room.

We are happy to report that our request for volunteers to man the center when we are open has been filled. Sharon Link from Danbury will be here on Thursday morning to greet you so stop in and say hello. The Brand’s are here on Monday, Ken Peterson, Tuesday and Fran and Don Oltman on Hi, everybody. Blacky here from Humane Society of Burnett County.

Once again, I’ve got an early deadline because of a holiday. I just wrote to you, and only a couple of days later, I’ve got another article due already. If my column is a dud this week, just remember that I live in a dog’s head, and that it’s hard to squeeze a week’s worth of creativity out of just two days.

I like to lie in the grass and think about stuff for awhile, but I do have a couple of new friends to tell you about.

Floyd is a German shorthair mix, about 5, who came to us from Hwy. 70 and Leghorn Drive. He’s a nice dog YAPpenings and nice-looking too. He’s black and white with spots and has a whitetipped tail. I want some spots. They look cool. Anyway, next up is Sam, and he is a black Lab who was found in the village of Grantsburg. He is a well-behaved guy - doesn’t demolish toys and doesn’t use his run as a bathroom and he loves to play fetch. I think he’s got his priorities mixed up though. He was given the option of a piece of meat or a tennis ball - and he chose the darn ball. Whatever. I think he’s a younger fella, though, only about 2, so he probably hasn’t figured out yet that food comes first. No new cats, so far, but that’s only because we have a waiting

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Get-well wishes to Ralph Severson and a swift recovery from his surgery last week. Lou Jappe and Don Oltman are especially anxious for his recovery so he can resume his lawn duties and join the pool players. The card players also miss Nona, not only her presence at cards, but all her help cleaning up after our Wednesday and Friday sessions.

Winners at 500 this week were: Vern Ulick, Marie Van Guilder, Dwaine Bentley, Roger Greely and Inez Pearson.

Spade winners were Sharon Link, Clara Palomaki, Tony Rutter, Anke Olesen and Candace Doriott.

The center is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., for any information call 715-349-7810.

Don and Fran Oltman have delivered another box of goodies to the humane society. The resident’s over on Midtown Road appreciate your thoughtfulness so keep up the good work, the box at the center is waiting for donations. Stay healthy and happy until next week.

list for incoming felines. There’s not room for all of them at the shelter right now, especially since we have all those kittens. A lot of people have their indoor cats “fixed,” but I wish folks that had outdoor cats would have them spayed or neutered as well. There’s even a stray kitty that lives by me. I’ve only seen her from a distance because when I roar over to meet her, she bolts into the woods. I don’t know why. I can tell she’s been busy, though, because I’ve counted a lot of dead mice on the road when I go for my walk each day. As long as she leaves my tree rats alone, she can have all the mice she wants. Still, and I say this to dog and cat owners alike: spay and neuter, spay and neuter, spay and neuter! I wouldn’t mind being out of a job if it meant all my furry pals had homes and there was no longer an overabundance of dogs and cats.

On a lighter note, I had to chuckle at my two little black Lab pup pals. The shelter has a good friend that always brings lots of stuff for my friends, and last week he delivered a giant box of stuffed toys. Well, pups Kent and Toni were having a blast out in the play yard, breaking some of them in (as you can see by the picture I’ve sent). So, our gratitude to you, Jim, you made a couple of puppies’ day. That was fun.

If you want to have some fun but don’t want two little pups jumping up and clawing your legs to ribbons, you can sign up for the shelter’s Animal Walk. That’s coming up soon. The walk takes place on Saturday, Sept. 26, at 1 p.m., as a part of Siren’s Harvestfest celebration. It’s only about a mile, so you can do it and not be too pooped at the finish line. If you still don’t feel like walking, you can sponsor someone who is.

You can register and find out more information online at the shelter’s Web site. On the main page, scroll down to the bottom and click on Animal Walk.

The staff will be selling kerchiefs, too, at $2 apiece that day. They’ve got our shelter logo on them, and they come in lots of colors. I’ve got one already, as does my brother.

We look handsome in them, and so will your pet, uh, unless you own fish.

I’m being silly, but I’ve got one thing to ask for before I sign off for the week, and that is dog food. We had a big donation last month, but my friends gobbled their way through most of it already, and now we could use some more. Crazy tennis-ball dogs aside, they like to eat. Me too.

I’ve got lots of bowls of dog food to go through before I bring you the shelter news again, so I should have all sorts of things to talk about next time around.

Until then, take care, everybody, and I’ll see you here next week.

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Siren Bev Beckmark

Well, Labor Day weekend is over. I must say, it was one of the best ever as far as weather goes. The days were warm and sunny and free of rain, though we sure could use some.

It really gave everyone lots of time to do all the family-gathering things as well as other goings on in the area. Did you all get a chance to take in the huge annual Labor Day Lions Yard Sale in at Crooked Lake Park? I sure did, several times, in fact.

I think this was their largest one ever. There were so many people there on Friday, opening day, that the cars were parked on the highway almost all the way to Bremer Bank’s driveway.

I believe several cars were ticketed for being in the wrong place as they announced several times to move your cars or be ticketed. Hope you all found lots of great bargains; I know I did.

Don’t forget the Siren Methodist Church has their annual Scandinavian Smorgasbord this Friday, Sept. 11, from 4 to 7 p.m. If you like authentic Scandinavian cuisine, pick up tickets early at $8.50 for adults and kids 10 and under just $3.50. Tickets will be $9 at the door.

The Siren Grief and Loss Support Group will be coming to Siren on Thursday, Sept. 24, at the Family Resource Center, starting at 4 p.m. For more info call Sharon at 715-327-5567, Valerie at 715-855-4713 or the Resource Center at 715-3492922.

Sympathy to the family of Raymond L. Smith who passed away Aug. 26.

Sympathy to the family of Marty Niles who passed away last weekend.

If you have boys or girls who are interested in playing hockey or have played in the past, the Burnett Youth Hockey Association will be holding registrations on Monday, Sept. 14, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., at the Siren Lodge Center Arena.

Art and Bev Beckmark visited Peggy Strabel out on Waldora Road last Sunday afternoon. While there, they met Peggy’s new little American Eskimo dog, Snowball. Snowball sure is a lot of company for her.

Those of you who know or remember former Siren resident Harry Rudisell, he is turning 90 on Sept. 11. Send him a card.

He would love to receive them. Send to Harry Rudisell, 28129 CTH FF, Webster, WI 54893.

Frederic Senior Center Ardyce Knauber Monday, Aug. 31, Spades was played at 1 p.m., with the following winners: First place was Vi Luke, second place was Liz Ruhn, third place Margaret Ulick and fourth place was Donald Danielson.

Whist and cards was played on Tuesday.

Early morning coffee time starts the day out right. The pool players join them for coffee time. Thursday 500 cards at 6:30 p.m., with the following winners were, first place Bill Ihrig, second place Larry Anderson, third place Arnie Borchert and fourth place Jeanne Bristal.

Friday Pokeno started at 12:30 p.m. due to our monthly meeting. Refreshments with members who opted to play cards. Saturday potluck and birthdays of the month.

Labor Day potluck and fish fry. Spades were played at 1 p.m.

In our coming events please circle these dates: Saturday, Sept. 19: Frederic Police pancake breakfast will be held at the center to raise money for Children’s Activity Fund. This breakfast is for everyone to enjoy. Pancakes, bacon, coffee and juice for $2, 7 a.m. to noon. We appreciate the effort the police department does to make the community a safer place. We really enjoyed the pancake breakfast they put on last spring and encourage families to join in this cause.

Flu shots will be available at the center on Tuesday, Sept.

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Get-well wishes to Robert Larsen, who is hospitalized at Cumberland Hospital.

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Frederic Community Fall Blood Drive set for Sept. 17 - 18 FREDERIC - Change a Life, Find out if you can Donate Blood.

This was the headline sent out with the blood drive package. It went on to tell us that of the 38 percent of the U.S. population that is eligible to give blood, only a fraction of that actually donates.

The need for blood is constant, making it important for eligible individuals to donate regularly. If you don’t know if you are eligible to give blood; the Red Cross will help you find out. Many potential donors think that if they have

high blood pressure or diabetes, they may not be able to give blood. In many cases you are still considered healthy and able to donate. The specially trained Red Cross staff can determine if you are eligible; if you bring a list of your medications with you on the day of your appointment. A driver’s license or blood donor-card are two forms of identification required at check-in. This personal health record form is an excellent way to keep track of your health information, as this is completed in a confidential setting

prior to donation. The blood drive is a reminder to let people know how special this particular gift is. It is not something they can manufacture or produce in another procedure. Previous drives have stated that you will have a good feeling after you donate blood. This sharing of the special gift of blood sounds promising at a time filled with difficult days.

The Frederic Community Blood Drive will be held at St. Luke’s Methodist Church, corner of Linden and Hwy. 35.

The dates are Thursday, Sept. 17, 1 to

6:45 p.m., and Friday, Sept. 18, 8 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., last appointment. Volunteers have been busy with calling the list of donors. If you have not been contacted and would like an appointment or more information, please call, 715-327-5642.

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Local players prepare for faceoff with Ambassadors FREDERIC – Local basketball players are pounding the gym floor, getting ready to play the Harlem Ambassadors in a couple of weeks.

The Ambassadors, who play competitive and entertaining basketball all over the world, will play in Frederic at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 22, as a fundraiser for Wild Rivers Habitat for Humanity. They will play some of the best local players, as well as local celebrities. The local team includes Polk County Sheriff Tim Moore, Polk County District Attorney Dan Steffen, Frederic Chief of Police RJ Severude, Siren Chief of Police Chris Sybers, Leader sports columnist Marty Seeger, Pastor Andy Bollant, Pastor Cindy Glocke, Ryan Lind, Jimmy Flanigan, Caitlin Flanigan, Jake Ryan, Trevor Brewer, DJ Henderson, Mark Elliot, Mitch Williams, Joel Anderson, Jared Wollan and Frederic firefighters Brady Robertson, Jason Frenette and Lydell Larson. Come support your home team, see some great b-ball, and help raise funds to build another home for a local

the generous donations of the following outstanding businesses: Avion Accounting; Best Western Northwoods Lodge; Bremer Bank; Community Bank of Siren; Daeffler’s Meats; DT & E Trucking; Eric David Kube Ltd.; Grantsburg Animal Hospital; GreatMats.com; Johnson Heating and Refrigeration; Kris’ Pheasant Inn; Larsen Auto Center; The Lodge at Crooked Lake; Mallard Lake Resort; Northwest Wisconsin United Methodist Churches; Novitzke, Gust, Sempf, Whitley & Bergmanis; Siren National Golf; Siren Telephone Company; St. Croix Regional Medical Center; U.S. Bank and Wisconsin Energy Foundation. - Photo submitted family in need. Advance tickets are $5 for kids, students, and seniors, and $8 for adults. At-the-door prices will be $7 and $10. Children 4 and under admitted free.

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The Beaver Club – A unique celebration Uh-oh, this little gnome has discovered some mighty big plans afoot at Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park; something about a lavish celebration of fur-trade times planned for Saturday evening, Oct. 10, at the site’s visitors center. An event featuring fiddle and bagpipe tunes, food, pageantry, stories, fur-trade characters, and more is anticipated. The intent is to share the joie de vivre (“joy of life”) that was displayed each winter in times past at what became known as the Beaver Club, a unique gathering of mostly retired fur traders.

From 1785 ‘til the 1820s, veteran traders of the North West Company and invited guests who were wintering in Montreal, Canada, (the home base of the North American fur trade) would get together to recall their exploits and travels in the wilderness. Much like the Explorers Club of London, the night would be filled with music, speeches, toasts, revelry and feasting, as the members relived their glorious days as the Lords of the Lakes and Forests, a name given them by the great American writer Washington Irving (“Legend of Sleepy Hollow”) on one of his visits there as a guest.

Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park will re-create such an evening for the public on the evening of Oct, 10.

The Great Room of the site’s visitors center will host its own Beaver Club bash, ca. 1810, the year John Sayer, who had traded at the original Forts Folle Avoine, was inducted into the club.

A ceremonial wooden beaver will “preside” over the festivities, hosted by several experienced actors portraying various colorful fur-trade characters. Adding to the gala atmosphere will be rounds of bagpipe, fiddle and flute music. The feasting will center around servings of fish (walleye), fowl (quail) and fur (buffalo), supplemented by courses featuring fur-tradestyle cuisine and appropriate libations. The serving crew will be drawn from a team of experienced wait staff who specialize in gala events that strike their fancy.

The dining area, dubbed Beaver Hall for the evening, will be festooned with flags, canoes, packs, even trees to add to the northwoods ambience. Festivities will get under way at 6 p.m. with dinner set to commence after the Grand Entrance of participants, characters and of course the ceremonial beaver.

Actors for the evening’s orations, toasts and Folle storytelling will include a variety Avoine of people, all faChronicles miliar with furtrade times.

Woodswhimsy them Among will be, for inthe gnome stance, John Neitz, who has over 25 years’ experience in historically themed interactive theater, having appeared at various historic sites, renaissance fairs and was even the ceremonial “town crier” for the city of Minneapolis in 2004. Asked about his intrigue with events such as the Folle Avoine/Beaver Club celebration, Neitz said “I love history, and I love theater. This is where they intersect, at events like the Beaver Club.” Indeed, he chuckles, “with a closetful of costumes for the various roles I’m asked to play, I spend more money on historical apparel than on my modern wardrobe.”

Musical artistry will also be abundant at the Beaver Club celebration. Leading the musicians’ entourage will be Scott Bartell, a veteran bagpiper whose vast repertoire of Scottish and Irish tunes has been heard at dozens of weddings, conferences, parades and other ceremonial occasions throughout the region. His Beaver Club performance will include the onerous task of “piping in” each course of the meal as it is brought into the hall. He also doubles, when percussion is called for, on the goat-skin drum known as the bodhran. Other musical fare at the festivities will be provided via fiddle and flute. And no Beaver Club affair was ever complete without a few hearty choruses of voyageur canoe paddling songs.

There’s nothing like knowing precisely where one’s food originates, either. Such will at least be the case with the evening’s serving of buffalo meat, which will be procured in person by site director Steve Wierschem, who will turn buffalo hunter for a day in late September and thus obtain at least one of the main courses first hand.

Reserved seating for the gala affair is available by calling the Forts Folle Avoine office at 715-866-8890 or in person at the site. Further info. can also be obtained

Steve Wierschem, director of Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park, will personally hunt the buffalo which will be one of the servings at the site’s Oct. 10 Beaver Club celebration. at that number; this column will update the plans as they become available.

Meanwhile, the tours of the Forts Folle Avoine trading posts will be continuing, on Saturdays and Sundays only, in September. The site is located north of Webster, three miles west of Wisconsin Hwy. 35, on CTH U in Burnett County’s Yellow Lakes region.

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Festival’s Featured Artist It seems that a Northfield, Minn., fourthgrade production of “Hansel and Gretel” may have sealed the fate of theater artist Bill Perron. Playing the father of those wayward children included Perron’s singing debut, a song that Perron will break into if asked.

“I really liked performing,” said Perron, “and how good it feels to entertain others has continued to feel really great.”

While growing up in Northfield, Perron continued to stay involved with theater and one year he participated in the melodrama “Curse You, Jack Dalton,” which was part of The Defeat of Jesse James community celebration. After high school, Perron went to St. Thomas and changed his major several times in fairly quick succession: first journalism, then biology, on to English, then to business. When he nearly failed some business classes, he switched majors a final time as well as switching schools, and that’s how he ended up at Mankato State University as a speech and theater major.

While at MSU and later, while teaching in the Fairmont, Minn., school district and participating in the Fairmont Civic Summer Theatre, Perron performed in nearly every major musical known in the contemporary theater world. The list is impressive: Jud in “Ok-

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In straight plays, Perron has also scored some great roles – both comic and dramatic – such as Petruchio in “Taming of the Shrew,” Charlie in “The Foreigner” and Tom in “Glass Menagerie.”

With 13 years teaching at Bill Perron, director Fairmont High School and of “The Wind in the another five years at Bloomington Kennedy, Perron acWillows.” cumulated a long list of directing credits in working with young adults. So, as Festival Theatre began looking to expand their pool of professional directors for the Youth and Family Theatre project, Perron’s background stood out.

“In last season’s production of ‘Arsenic and Old Lace,’ Bill established himself as an extraordinarily well-organized and hardworking cast member, turning in excellent performances as two characters,” said Danette Olsen, Festival Theatre’s director. “He played

a near victim of the Brewster sisters and Lt. Rooney. I was so pleased when Bill said he’d love to direct in the 2009 season and his work with ‘The Wind in the Willows’ is really strong. The kids have loved working with him and the whole process has been very smooth.”

Perron predicts that children and adults will truly enjoy the Festival Theatre production of “Wind in the Willows.” He says, “The story line is simple which gives you the opportunity to concentrate more on the relationships between the characters. You may also learn a bit about the attributes of true friendship. The actors have tried to create a camaraderie which we hope will be obvious as we wend from the river home of Rat and Mole to Toad Hall and its master, the ubiquitous Toad. From Toad’s various adventures with motor cars to his eventual arrest for grand theft auto, from his escape from prison to his daring flight on a locomotive. With the help of wise, old Badger from the Wild Wood, Toad discovers his real friends and ousts the evil weasels from Toad Hall. It’s an adventure story with plenty of action and a touch of humor.”

Audiences can check out the adventure of “The Wind in the Willows,” which opens on Sept. 10, for just eight public performances through Sept. 19.

IF YOU HAVE BEEN INJURED!

The Supreme Court of the State of Wisconsin appoints the members of the District 11 Committee of the Office of Lawyer Regulation. This committee investigates and reports on attorney conduct to ensure the ethical and competent practice of law by Wisconsin attorneys. I am honored to have been selected chairman of that committee.

I have successfully handled injury and death cases since 1977. Home, hospital and office appointments are available. Cases are handled on a contingent fee basis, such that if there is no recovery, there is no fee. When you, a relative or a friend, need an attorney, you should contact John Grindell at Grindell Law Offices, S.C., Box 585, Frederic, WI 54837. Telephone: 715-327-5561.

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LIBRARY NEWS Amery Public Library Summer reader high achievers in the Read-To-Me catagory were: Preston Jones, Aaron Mork, Sydnee Sweeney, Lily Marquand, Annie Zinn, Eddie Johnson, Kaitlyn LaBlanc, Lynne Ryan, Joey Ryan, Alex Edwards, Luca Salzman, Gracie Williamson, Shannen Fredrickson, Nico Byrnes, Jackson Will, Lauren Sobczak, Schonie Adams, Madison Will, Grace Ziegler, Emerson Gehrman, Grace Carlson, Lily Weisenbeck, Seth Wright, Jack Trandum, Luke Goldsmith, Kruse Yuhas, Aidan Ziegler, Siri Yuhas, Nathan Gullickson, Andrew Carlson, Joseph Jensen, Aaron Gilbertson, Mia Byrnes, Joey Byrnes, Anna Ganje, Marcus Bosley, Ashley Repka, Alexis Repka, William Jensen and Landen Krueger. Congratulations to listeners and parents and caregivers who read so many books.

Summer reading regular readers high achievers were: Brennan Hansen, Amanda Edwards, Rayna Lee, Ella Williamson, Jacob Fansler, Sydney Bosley, Belle Meyer, Lilly Streich, Brandi Swager, Corbin Wright, Lydia Monson, Dylan Thomsen, Zachary Sobczak, Corey Brune, Daniel Marquand, Josie Krueger, Sarah Gilbertson, Luke Julson, Calvin Wright and Megan Marquand. Congratulations readers.

Summer reading high achievers in the 50-page club were Nycole Stream, Triston Stream, Hannah Zinn, Brandon Sykes, Jordan Varga, Riley Sykes, Shelley Varga, Amanda Edwards, Lydia Tallent, Taylor Stream, Allison Klitgard, Cole Jakupciak, Jenesis Gustafson, Bethany Marquand, Rebecca Jackman, Ethan Mork, Laura Kastanek, Alex Thomsen and Cody Thomsen. Congratulations.

Summer reading high achievers in the 100-page club were: Annie Anderson, Erin Anderson, Emily Klitgard, Elizabeth Alexson, Alicia Cran, Isaac Hanson, Jaimie Haines, Mason Bosley, Rosalie Wolff, Jacob Kastanek, Harvey Tallent, Cheyenne Edwards, Noah Zinn, Rachel

Tallent, Nyssa Langlois, Kallie Weisenbeck, Carl Oman, Jonny Byrnes, Bella Byrnes, Bethany Marquand, Duane Stine, Mitchell Kastanek and Charles Wright.

Congratulations.

Library Notes Friends of the Library book group meets on Sept. 21 to discuss “The Yearling,” by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. Pick up a book at the circulation desk and join us at 7 p.m. for book talk.

Story time with Elaine happens at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday mornings. Everyone is welcome for songs and stories. Meet other parents of preschoolers and help your child learn their prereading skills and have fun. No registration is necessary.

Otaku Club meets on Tuesdays at 5 p.m. for high school students and older who love Japanese manga and anime. Stop in and check it out if you are a high school student.

Teens Read meets on Sept. 28, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., to discuss “Tree Girl,” by Ben Mikaelsen. This book about the Guatemalan holocaust is amazing. Pick up a copy at the circulation desk and join us if you are 13 or older.

The quilt raffle is going on so stop in and pick up a raffle ticket for the beautiful quilt

by Mary Wolff. Tickets are one for $5 and three for $10.

Remember that the consignment auction is happening sponsored by the fundraising committe. Consider what large items you may be able to part with to help the library.

Lists of items accepted are on the posters.

The sale is Sept. 27, at 12:30 p.m., at Robbie‘s Auction.

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.

Milltown Public Library Hey students, welcome back to school.

Remember, the library has lots of great resources—like books, films, and online databases—for those research papers, beginning readers, advanced readers, and general entertainment and learning. !!Congratulations to our Summer Reading Program’s grand-prize iPod-toting winner, Ally Bader. Whoot.

Gratitude is extended to all of the young readers for participating and especially to the sponsors that helped make the 2009 Youth Summer Reading Program such a great success. Gratitude is also extended to Amery Regional Medical Center, Anchor Bank, The Adventure Falls Mini Golf, Fawn Doe Rosa, Hack’s Pub, Hair’s The Thing, Jeff’s Small Engine, Judy Minke, Lakeland Communications, McKenzie Lanes, Milltown Appliance and Heating, Milltown Auto and Radiator Repair, Milltown Community Club, Milltown Dock and Marine Service Center, Milltown Drive Inn, Milltown Hardware, NAPA Auto Parts and St. Croix Regional Medical Center!. Stop in for the new story time. Preschooler and an accompa-

nying adult are invited to partake in a half hour of themed stories, small craft and fun every Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m. Stop by to pick up a menu of this month’s storytime themes.

Hone your basic computer knowledge, learn how to create your own seasonal letter to friends and family, develop an updated resume or learn how to create an e-mail account. The program began Sept.

2. Basic computer classes will be available every Wednesday at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.

Space is limited, so sign up in advance for one of these one-hour time slots.

Contact the Milltown Public Library at 715-825-2313.!! Enjoy a cup of fresh brewed coffee and our fast wireless Internet every day.! www.milltownpubliclibrary.org!, 715-8252313.

Regular library hours Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.; and Sunday closed.

Frederic OES donation to library FREDERIC – Kids of all ages from three to 75 enjoyed listening to Dr. Seuss books, and Frederic Eastern Star Chapter 239 members enjoyed reading to them. The read-a-thon took place during the arts and crafts fair, ambulance chicken dinner and the historical society’s pie social at the Depot. The children could chose which Seuss book they would like to hear: some of the Dr. Seuss books were real tongue twisters for the adults who were reading.

Drawings were held for Cat in the Hat stuffed animals and the winners were Jordan Fauks of Siren, Nancy Anderson, Grace Otto and Anya Hermanet of Frederic.

The Frederic Public Library received $185, which will be used for children’s books or music, etc. Visit the Frederic Library, 127 Oak St., phone 715-3274979: use a computer, read a newspaper, check out books, music, video tapes, relax and enjoy. It is open OES Cat in Hat recipient is from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday – Friday, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday and closed Sunday. Informa- the happy new friend of a tion about Eastern Star is available at stuffed Cat in the Hat. – Photo www.wisconsinoes.org. – submitted by Mary Norgard submitted

Centuria Public Library On Mondays, Sept. 14, 21 and 28, the Centuria Public Library is going to be offering beginning computer classes for anyone interested in learning how to use a computer. The classes will begin at 6:30 p.m. and end at 8 p.m. Lots of individual help will be available. An overview of basic computer components, basic computer operations and how to connect to the Internet and set up an e-mail address will be covered. Call the Centuria Public Library at 715-646-2630 and get registered for this class.

Attention scrapbookers If you are a scrapbooker or a crafty person that likes to use paper, you will want to come to the Centuria Public Library. A new service this fall is going to be the addition of a die-cut machine and a library of cartridges that can be used with the die-cut machine to enhance your scrapbook pages or any other paper crafts that you enjoy doing. Bring in your own paper supplies, your library card and your own 12 x 12 cutting matt, and you can design and create scrapbook pages and other paper crafts by using the die-cut machine and

cartridges in the Centuria Public Library.

Browse our collection of scrapbooking idea books, cardmaking books and copies of our Creating Keepsake magazines to create lasting memories of a special event.

Watch for upcoming Cricut classes to be held at the Centuria Public Library.

In additioin to the die-cut machine, many other new items have been added to the library for patron use. Recently, the library enhanced their service to public-use Internet access by upgrading the computers.

Come to the Centuria Public Library and enjoy using the new computers for your Internet access needs.

Over the summer, many new books, books on CD and DVDs were added to the library collection. Stop in and see the exciting new items that have been added to the library to be borrowed by folks young and old and anywhere in between.

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; and Saturday: 10 a.m. - noon.

Polk County Library Federation September is library card sign-up month Fact sheet taken from the American Library Association.

September is Library Card Sign-up Month - a time when the American Library Association and libraries across the country remind parents that a library card is the most important school supply of all. Does your child have one in his/her back-toschool supplies?

The observance was launched in 1987 to meet the challenge of the then -Secretary of Education William J. Bennet who said “Let’s have a national campaign…every child should obtain a library card- and use it.” Since then, thousands of public and school libraries join each fall in a national effort to ensure every child does just that.

Library cards are free to those living in the library’s service area. In most cases, borrowing privileges are granted on the spot. Some libraries may require some form of identification, proof of

residency or signature of a guardian.

Libraries play an important role in the education and development of children.

Studies show that children who are read to in the home and use the library perform better in school and are more likely to continue to use the library as a source of lifetime learning.

Check it out at your library, Polk County Libraries.

If you don’t have a library card, stop in and get the smartest card available: the library card. Your MORE library card is good at 42 different library cards in the 10county area. Check the library pages on a weekly basis to see what’s new at your library.

Clear Lake Public Library Every Monday at 5 p.m.: Free knitting and crocheting lessons are held at the Clear Lake Library.

School-year story time began Sept. 9 and 10. Story time will be on Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. and Thursday mornings, 10 a.m. and again at 11:30 a.m. (This is a change in time from previous school years.)

Wednesday, Sept. 16, from 9 to 11 a.m.: Free Basic Word class: You will learn to type letters, resumes, store personal information and many other tasks.

Wednesday, Sept. 23, from 9 to 11 a.m.: Free e-mail account set-up and use class Monday, Sept. 28, 6:30 p.m. The movie “Race to Witch Mountain” will be shown and refreshments will be served.

Tuesday, Sept. 29, 6 p.m.: Master Gardener Colleen Gifford Foxwell will present a program on the planting of fall bulbs and the winter storing of cold-sensitive bulbs.

Refreshments will be provided by the Friends of the Clear Lake Public Library. A freewill offering or food for the Lifeline Food Pantry will be accepted.

Wednesday, Sept. 30, from 9 to 11 a.m.: Free Internet 101 class: You will learn: how to identify and access the Firefox or Internet Explorer Web browser; identify the Web address bar; type a Web address into the bar to access a Web site; use of the forward and back arrows and perform a basic Internet search.

Saturday, Oct. 10, 9 a.m.: Master Gardener Fritz Coulter will present a program on putting your garden to bed for the win-

ter. He will also discuss the dividing up of perennials; what worked and didn’t work this year due to our crazy weather and planning for next year’s garden. Refreshments will be provided by the Friends of the Clear Lake Public Library.

A free will offering or food for the Lifeline Food Pantry will be accepted.

Tuesday, Oct. 20, 6:30 p.m.: Author LaMoine MacLaughlin from the Northern Lakes Center for the Arts will discuss and read from his new book “A Scent of Lilac and other poems.” Books will be available for sale and signing. Refreshments will be provided by the Friends of the Clear Lake Public Library.

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 715-263-2802 or by e-mail at clearlakepl@ifls.lib.wi.us.

Clear Lake Public Library

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Confectionery emporium opens in Siren

by Nancy Jappe SIREN – For the past 15 years, Carol Jean and Shane Allers have owned a cabin on Clam Lake. As time went by, they found it harder and harder to go back to the Twin Cities once a weekend or holiday was over. Last fall they made a big decision – to leave their home in Richfield, Minn., and move permanently to the Siren area.

Shane is a realtor who is licensed in both Minnesota and Wisconsin, working for Century 21 out of their St. Croix Falls office. For 24 years, he was the executive director for a Minnesota labor union. Carol Jean is a horticulturist, specializing in interior plant design. She’s also an expert in making dried floral arrangements, and was eager to head out to get this year’s materials for arrangements that will appear in the shop.

For the confectionery emporium’s grand opening, planned for Saturday, Sept. 26, the Allers will be giving the first 50 women coming in a hair garland made with dried flowers and ribbons. Carmel apples will also be available that day.

Shane and Carol Jean had never run a retail store before, although Shane worked for the Frank’s Nursery chain in the Twin Cities when he was younger. That didn’t deter the couple when they decided to buy the old barber shop on the west side of Hwy. 35/70 between Bradley and Johnson streets. Their idea – turn the shop into a candy store. It was hard, at first, to envision the final result, but Carol Jean’s talents as a decorator came out as the work progressed.

Thursday, Sept. 3, was the big day when the doors opened, and the public was allowed in to see all the goodies they will now be able to buy – chocolates, truffles, what used to be called the old-time penny candy, you name it and they’ve probably got it, or can get it for you.

“It is important for people to understand that, if there is something you don’t see or that you want, ask for it.

Carol Jean and Shane Allers, the owners of Carol Jean’s Confectionary Emporium, are shown here with some of the tempting goodies they offer. But this is only the beginning, as the Allers get into making their own candies and taking special orders from their happy customers. – Photos by Nancy Jappe

If I can find it, I will be bringing it in,” Carol Jean commented.

Offering gelato, Italian ice cream that is low fat and not as dense as the ice cream we are used to, is in the planning stages. Rock candy is another treat that will be offered at some point. And there’s talk of marketing chicken and dumplings.

Carol Jean wants the new business to trigger old memories for people as they walk in and provide the scents that will take them to other places and other days.

But that’s not all she is looking for. “I want to create new memories for people,” she said.

Within the next week, the Allers plan to start making their own hand-dipped AmySue and David Greiff were among the customers in Carol Jean’s Confec- chocolates. The stock for tionary Emporium Saturday, Sept. 5. Their mother, Beth, allowed them to pick the opening came for the out special treats to take home that were packaged by store owner Carol Jean Abdullah Candy Company.

Allers.

As soon as they get their

Customers to Carol Jean’s Confectionary Emporium in Siren are asked to suggest items they would like the store to carry, in addition to the wide variety that is already offered. “If there is something you want, ask for it,” the owner said. “If I can find it, I will bring it in.”

own candy-making in process, that candy will be produced by Carol Jean and Shane. A bulletin board in the store will list the candies that are to be featured each week, along with candies that will be offered in the store in upcoming weeks.

The Allers went to school at the Sugar Plum Candy School in Lincoln, Neb., to learn the art of candy-making, spending 10 hours a day for two weeks learning everything they could.

The goal in selling candy and other sweets like glazed popcorn and caramel corn is to help people become fulfilled and content, especially during these days when people aren’t taking long vacations and are watching their money carefully.

“This is a happy store,” Shane said. “We wanted to spend our time doing things that mean joy rather than the same old grind every day. This has been fun.”

The store will be open Wednesdays and Thursdays from noon to 7 p.m., Fridays through Sundays from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The word the Allers use to describe their new business is “quirky,” meaning, according to the dictionary, a sudden twist, turn, curve or a flourish. “We plan to accentuate all the quirkiness and make it a quirky old building. We’ll always be trying to generate ideas, and trying to get people here in the dead of winter in the northern part of the state. Winter doesn’t bite,” Carol Jean said.

What was not long ago an old Siren barber shop has been revamped into a quirky confectionery shop offering all kinds of goodies for sale, including some sugar-free chocolates and licorice.

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Surprises inside Ruby's new building in Siren

by Nancy Jappe SIREN – Three separate entities have been set up in the new Ruby’s Pantry building on the east side of Hwy. 35/70 just north of the village of Siren. Ruby’s Second Hand Store, an area of 4,500 square feet, has been set up as an upscale thrift shop, offering clothing, furniture, toys and household goods. It is the kind of place where - you name it, they’ve probably got it. The secondhand store opened its doors to the public for the first time Friday, Sept. 4.

“I can’t tell you how many people have come every day (before the thrift store opened),” commented Lyn Sahr, Ruby’s Pantry founder. “It is a major surprise for people to come inside.”

Ruby’s Second Hand Store is under the management of Loreal Lindstrom from Rock Creek. “It’s a unique store, with a lot of stuff,” she said.

The second area, 1,500 square feet, has been set and is already operating, as a food shelf for residents who live in the Siren School District. Anyone coming in for food supplies must bring along proof of their residence within the boundaries of the school district.

The food-shelf area has been set up much like a grocery store, with shoppers given a shopping cart and going down aisles of available items. Next to each item is a listing of how much of that particular item they are allowed to put into their cart, a different amount depending on how many are in their family.

Shoppers have their choice of the items they need. They aren’t just given a supply of whatever the food shelf has on hand. They can specify their likes or dislikes.

The food shelf is open Mondays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. under the direction of Julie Werner and her staff of 38 volunteers.

The back area of the building, 5,000 square feet of it, is being readied for the

This photo shows the organization of the Ruby’s Pantry Food Shelf. Food provided by the food shelf, which is currently open two days a week, is available only to residents in the Siren School District.

The doors leading into Ruby’s Second Hand Store in Siren opened Friday, Sept. 4. The upscale thrift store features all kind of items in new, nearly new and barely worn condition, furniture and all kinds of items that do not plug in.

Donations are accepted, but with the specification that they meet these requirements. – Photos by Nancy Jappe

This listing is found by each of the items available for shoppers at the Ruby’s Pantry Food Shelf, telling them how many of each item they are able to take, depending on the size of their family. once-a-month distribution of food items through Ruby’s Food Pantry. Trucks come in with donated grocery and other items on the fourth Thursday of every month. Distribution is done from 5-6:30 p.m. on those days.

Three different entryways have been set for each of the three functions that go on in the building. The secondhand store is entered through the front door.

The food-shelf entry on the north side of the building is through the first red door.

The second red door on that side of the building allows people into the food distribution area.

This type of setup for Ruby’s Pantry has long been the goal for Ruby’s Pantry founder Lyn Sahr and his board of directors. Purchase of the building became reality in March of this year. This is to be the guinea pig for possibly three more

A display such as this greets shoppers as they come in to see what is offered in Ruby’s Secon Hand Store in Siren. The idea is to offer the public a variety of items in good condition at reasonable prices. The store also will help Ruby’s Pantry support its food-distribution efforts.

Ruby’s enterprises in other locations.

Sahr’s grandmother, Ruby Flodin, was the example on which Ruby’s Pantry was based when it started six years ago.

Flodin lived in the Siren area, in a house on the northwest corner of Old 35 and Midtown Road. She went to the Viola Lake church for over 60 years, and was known for constantly helping people.

She was good at inviting people over for a meal at her house, and for doing whatever was necessary to serve people.

“It was only fitting that we named the program after her,” Sahr said.

Sahr admitted it was difficult finding a place for the enterprise in Siren, a place that was big enough for what he and his board envisioned. He and the board looked at the building, formerly The Place to Be store and before that, Peat Technologies. They went back forth on purchase or rental before they went ahead and bought the building. They are especially grateful to the men from Siren

Ruby’s Pantry founder Lyn Sahr stands by one of two red-painted doors on the north side of the new building in Siren. The first red door leads into the food-shelf area; the second into the once-a-month food distribution area.

Covenant Church who volunteered to set up all the shelving for the food-shelf area.

Ruby’s Second Hand Store accepts new, nearly new to slightly worn items and furniture that is not torn or heavily soiled. They do not take any items that need to be plugged in, regardless of size.

The idea is that whatever comes in through sales at the secondhand store will help to support the costs for the food shelf and food distribution programs.

The number to call for information about Ruby’s Second Hand Store is 715349-SALE. For the food shelf or distribution, the number is 715-349-RUBY. The address for the building is 24534 State Road 35/70, Siren 54872.

“Grandma Ruby died 10 years ago in April,” Sahr said. “It would not be her idea of doing this on a public scale. It would be embarrassing to her. On the other (hand), she would grin and think this is OK.”

Ruby’s Second Hand Store manager Loreal Lindstrom found storage crates headed for disposal at a manufacturing facility in Minnesota. She dismantled the crates, and a carpenter put together shelving for the store and the cashier’s counter at the front of the store.

These figures of the famous Blues Brothers were found by Lyn Sahr in an abandoned storage unit. Sahr bought the contents of the unit, and is using the Blues boys in a unique display near the front of Ruby’s Second Hand Store in Siren.

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Farmers market gallery

People come from near and far to visit the Frederic Farmers Market, Saturdays from 8noon. Kathy Martin, formerly of Frederic, but currently of Miami, is amazed at the deep colors of the squash and the excellent quality of produce that Emily and Doug Amundson sell at their stand. Martin and her mom, Edna, chose rutabaga, potatoes, carrots, kale and onions to make an old Danish family favorite, Grokaal Suppe (Kale Soup).

Dillon Buskirk’s big smile matched the brightness of a bouquet of orange zinnias from Sweet Meadow Flower Farm, but what did he really want to try out at the farmers market?

Freshly baked breads are for sale at all of the markets.

Business is flourishing at the farmers markets in September. Take a break from your Smoland Prairie Home- busy weekend to buy some great goods, ask a question or two and enjoy eating local. stead Inn’s breads are a big hit at the Falun Farmers Market (Fridays 3-6 p.m.). Russian Black, sourdough and banana nut breads are just some of the tempting choices.

What Dillon and his big sister, More than produce and flowers are for sale at the farmers markets. Chuck Awe discusses his iron- Alexa, really wanted was a taste of honey from Jose Penberthy’s bees. work with customers at the Siren market.

Honey straws are a big hit with the younger crowd at the Siren Farmers Photos submitted Market.

It’s time to salsa. Find all the ingredients you need to make fresh, spicy salsa to enjoy with chips. Jalapeño peppers, green peppers, tomatoes, cilantro and onions are available at the markets.

Melon lovers line up at the Melon Vine Farms stand in Siren on Saturdays from 1-3 p.m. or Grantsburg on Mondays noon-2 p.m. How do you tell if a watermelon is ripe?

Use the Thump or the Look, Lift and Turn method. A ripe watermelon should make nice hollow “thump” (about a b-flat note) according to watermelonthump.com. If music is not your thing, look for a firm watermelon without dents or bruises. Lift it. It should be heavy for its size. Turn it over to see if the ground spot (where the melon sits on the ground and ripens) is a buttery yellow.

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Oak Forest Center hosts grand opening Sept. 20 FREDERIC — Oak Forest Center, a new adult retreat center in rural Frederic, is hosting its grand opening celebration Sunday, Sept. 20, from 1 to 5 p.m.

The newly renovated lodge boasts dining areas and meeting rooms, with the ability to host up to 150 people for day events. Eight comfortable and spacious hotel rooms can accommodate up to 50 people dorm-style.

Overlooking a small lake and wooded hills, and located on 80 acres in the midst of the Straight Lake Park and Wildlife Area, the property has access to miles of trails, including the Ice Age Trail.

Guests at the grand opening can tour the building, enjoy refreshments and walk the grounds to experience the beauty of the area.

Oak Forest Center is an affiliate of Camp Forest Springs, a nondenominational year-round Christian camp

founded in 1958 near Medford. It is a retreat facility serving churches, parachurch organizations, Christian colleges, civic groups, local government and private organizations or families.

Take CTH W east out of Frederic about two miles to 130th Street. Go south (right) on 130th approximately two miles to the Oak Forest Center sign. Call 715327-4500 or 715-566-1644 for more information. — Mary Stirrat

Oak Forest Center, a new adult retreat center in rural Frederic, is hosting its grand opening celebration Sunday, Sept. 20. – Photo by Mary Stirrat

Follow the Leader.

Chenal wins photo contest

The winning photograph taken by Patrick Chenal of Frederic.

Patrick Chenal of Frederic won the amateur photography contest held at Trade River Winery. Nearly 70 photographs were submitted during the contest which ended July 18. All entries may be viewed at www.flickr.com/groups/trw.

Nicki Peterson of Trade River Winery presented a $100 gift certificate to Trade River Winery to Chenal. - Special photos

Parish nursing is about body, mind and spirit SPOONER - They are bright, funny, compassionate and articulate.

And they are not ready to quit just because they are retired.

They are three of Spooner’s parish nurses. They come from three different churches and are all retired from active careers in the nursing field. Billie LaBumbard (United Methodist), Ardys Noreen (Spooner Wesleyan) and Gloria Thue (Trinity Lutheran) still have plenty to give and each woman has decided to continue in her field within her own church community. They are also forming a network of parish nurses for their entire community.

“Parish nursing has been around for a very long time,” states LaBumbard. “But it was first defined in the 1950s in Chicago by a chaplain who saw the need for spiritual health support,” continues Noreen. These ladies are so excited about their field, they finish each other’s sentences.

In parish nursing, being present and praying with people is just as important as talking about health concerns. Parish nurses do both. “Parish nursing is about body, mind and spirit. It’s holistic,” says Noreen. “We are prevention oriented.

We are educators and advocates,” adds LaBumbard. Having a health-care advocate to help negotiate an illness or hospital experience can be tremendously helpful.

Gloria Thue, Billie LaBumbard and Ardys Noreen are three of Spooner’s parish nurses. - Special photo People come to parish nursing for various reasons. For Thue it is “a way to serve.” For Noreen it is a calling. For LaBumbard it is a “meaningful job in my retirement. It fits with my values.” Then they all laugh and agree that all of the above are true for all of them. All three are registered nurses and have completed parish nurse training through the Parish Nurse Center of Concordia College.

These three women have had various connections throughout the years, but they have just recently begun meeting together as parish nurses. There are active parish nursing groups in Superior, Birchwood and Rice Lake. They wanted something closer to home with conversations geared specifically to their home communities. All three are relatively new to parish nursing. They appreciate the networking as they develop their

programs.

“Partnering across church communities and denominations strengthens our programs and it strengthens the whole community,” states Noreen. Sitting at the table with these three vital women, you get a sense that they are all about connections, mutual support and gung ho “get it done” enthusiasm.

And get it done they do. They have created their first joint project, an informational session they are calling Take Charge, Plan Ahead, Give the Gift. This will be a gathering for people to learn more about how to take charge of their choices and care if they have an incapacitating or life-threatening illness. The ladies acknowledge that the topic is not one most people want to discuss, let alone spend a Sunday afternoon leaning more about. But as nurses, they have seen some of the heartache that can come from not being prepared. They want to inspire people to think ahead in order to give the gift of ease to their families during times of deep stress.

The event will take place at Spooner Wesleyan Church on Sunday, Sept. 20, at 2 p.m. It is free, open to the public, and a light meal is included! There will be speakers and informational booths on a variety of topics related to debilitating and life-threatening illnesses, finances and the law. For more information, contact Noreen at 715-349-2982. - submitted

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Soupstock III – A festival of local food, art and music Experience sustainable farming in your community TURTLE LAKE – On Saturday, Sept.

19, from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., come and enjoy a day on Little Footprint Farm in Turtle Lake, with speakers, musicians, local farmers, great local food, family activities/kids games, demonstrations by farmers, artisans and sustainable-energy experts throughout the day.

Ken Meter, creator of the pioneering local food systems study, Finding Food in Farm Country, will be speaking on sustainable agriculture food systems and Dana Jackson, recipient of the Sustainable Woman of Agriculture Award, will co-host farm tours.

Featured musicians are Randy Sabien, jazz violinist from Hayward who’ll swing your socks right off, Michael Bucher, a Cherokee singer/songwriter who recently performed at American Indian Society of Washington, D.C., Inaugural Ball, Jim and Jane, a Twin Cities

based duo performing their eclectic original songs, and welcoming back Sue West a singer/songwriter from Spring Valley for her third performance at Soupstock Festival, and many more performing musicians.

Enjoy breakfast and several soup creations using local ingredients by Barb Kass and Mike Miles of Anathoth Intentional Community plus others and a cornucopia of fall produce to buy “farmer-market style” from the local farmers.

The fun begins at 8 a.m. until 10 p.m.

on Saturday, Sept. 19. It is located just 3 miles northwest of Turtle Lake at 1433 – 25th St. The cost is $5 a person, or $10 for a carload.

Soupstock is a presentation of the NW Wisconsin Regional Food Network, Farm to Community Alliance and St. Croix Falls Buy Local Initiative, and Hunt Hill Audubon Sanctuary and Nature Center. - submitted

Spend A Day at the Farm at On Twin Lakes BIRCHWOOD – “We believe that it is important in this day and age to know where our food comes from,” says Rose Brunclik, who, with her husband John, owns and operates On Twin Lakes Farm & Store in Birchwood.

Partnering with Wisconsin’s Northwest Heritage Passage with grant funding from the Wisconsin Arts Board, the Bruncliks invite the public to experience life on a farm for a day, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 18, 19 and 20, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Each day’s activities include harvesting pumpkins and gourds, riding through the woods on a horse-drawn wagon, and eating lunch of food grown on the farm. Children of all ages are especially welcome.

“This program is in keeping with our goal of promoting ’handmade and

Kids and their parents participating in A Day at the Farm will experience a ride through the woods in a horsedrawn wagon along with pumpkin harvesting and a lunch of homegrown food at On Twin Lakes Farm. – Photo courtesy of John Brunclik.

homegrown’ products of Northwest Wisconsin,” says Tenby Owens, president of Wisconsin’s Northwest Heritage Passage, a nonprofit organization whose members are artists, crafters, growers, businesses related to the arts and local history such as galleries, museums, and community theaters, and patrons of the arts.

The “passage” focuses around scenic Hwy. 63 that passes through or connects with many small towns and farms in 13 counties from Pepin on the Mississippi in the south to Bayfield at Lake Superior in the north.

On Twin Lakes Farm is located at 2522 28th Ave., off CTH V, two miles east of Brill. There is a $10 charge for lunch each day and reservations are required.

Space is limited. For additional information and to make a reservation, call Rose

Vehicles must stop for school buses displaying flflaashing red lights MADISION — With the start of another school year, drivers must be extremely cautious when approaching school buses and obey laws designed to protect students — especially young children who are hard to see and may dart into traffic unexpectedly while going to or from the bus.

According to Wisconsin law, when approaching a school bus from the front or rear, drivers must stop at least 20 feet from the bus when it is stopped and displaying high-mounted flashing red warning lights. Drivers may not proceed until after the bus resumes its route or turns off the flashing red warning lights. The stop arm on a bus is an added warning to drivers, but the lack of an extended stop arm is not a reason to pass a stopped bus with flashing highmounted red warning lights. Drivers also may not pass a stopped school bus in order to make a right turn in front of it.

Drivers on the other side of a divided roadway separated by a median or other physical barrier are not required to stop for a school bus. However, motorists should always watch for children in the vicinity of a school bus.

In some urban areas with curb and sidewalks on both sides of the road, school buses may activate their yellow or red hazard lights when picking up and dropping off passengers. In these circumstances, motorists legally may pass a school bus with flashing yellow or red hazard lights but should proceed cautiously because children could be loading or unloading.

Besides law enforcement officers, school bus drivers are authorized to report any violations involving illegal passing or turning in front of their buses. The owner of the vehicle, who might not be the offending driver, will then be responsible for paying the citation.

A citation for failure of a vehicle to stop for a school bus costs $326.50 with four demerit points. A citation for an illegal right turn in front of a stopped school bus costs $326.50 and three demerit points. If reported by a school bus driver, the vehicle owner’s liability for the illegal passing of a bus costs $326.50 with no demerit points.

“Violations of school bus safety laws are serious and expensive for a very good reason. Drivers must always be aware that children might not be paying attention and don’t see oncoming vehicles when they get on or off a bus,” says Lt. Nick Wanink of the Wisconsin State Patrol Northwest Region, Spooner Post.

“As we start another school year, drivers need to remember to stop when they approach a bus with flashing red warning lights and use caution whenever children are in the area.” — from WisDot

or John 715-354-3210 or e-mail info@ ontwinlakes.com. Visit their Web site at www. ontwinlakes.com. - submitted

Polk County Genealogical Society to meet OSCEOLA – The Polk County Genealogy Society begins the 2009-2010 season with a program to be held at the Osceola Public Library on Monday, Sept. 28, beginning at 7 p.m.

Anita Albrecht Buck, Stillwater, Minn., author and journalist, will present the slide program “Steamboat’s Acomin’!” based on her most recent book: “Steamboats on the St. Croix.” Members and the general public are invited.

Refreshments, coffee and conversation to follow the program. - submitted

Girl Scout registration at Luck, Sept. 16 LUCK - If a girl can think it, she can do it with Girl Scouts. Girls experience a variety of activities in areas including career exploration, STEM, which includes science, technology, engineering and math, financial literacy, outdoor skills and healthy living.

Troops generally meet once or twice a month and participate in many activities as a group throughout the year. Volunteers are always needed and training is minimal.

Join them at their registration night at Luck Elementary cafeteria on Wednesday, Sept. 16, from 5 to 6 p.m. Or just come ask questions and check out all the great opportunities they have to offer. Contact Chelsey Foeller at 800-313-0718, chelsey.foeller@girlscoutsrv.org for more information. - submitted

Shell Lake and Siren Clinic is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Rick Seabul to its medical staff.

A native of Oshkosh, Dr. Seabul rereceived his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1997. He interned at St. Mary’s and St. Luke’s Medical Center in Racine. Dr .Seabul served patients at the Lower Brule PHS IHS Clinic in South Dakota for 6 years then returned to Medford, Wisconsin, where he provided directpatient care as well as emergency-room coverage in area hospitals.

Dr. Seabul enjoys the variety of patients that family practice includes, but has a special interest in treating pediatric and diabetic patients. When not caring for patients, he enjoys swimming, rollerblading, ice skating and collecting antiques.

Dr. Seabul joins Shell Lake physicians Allan Haesemeyer and Jeffrey Dunham, as well as physician assistants Jamie Lea Bell and Michael Breitenfeld, and nurse practitioner Eydie Farrow.

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Shell Lake Clinic 105 4th Ave. Shell Lake, WI 54871 715-468-2711

Siren Clinic 7728 W. Main Siren, WI 54872 715-349-2910

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Frederic Community Education Solar energy. Class participants will learn the basics pf photovoltaic (PV or solar electric) systems, solar hot water systems, solar hot air systems and passive solar house design. Other topics covered in this class include system costs, environmental benefits, state and federal financial incentives, and site evaluation. Instructor: Kris Schmid is the owner of Legacy Solar, and provides education, consultation, design, and installation of solar electric and solar water heating systems. CE call 715-327-4846. Fee: $10.

Quilting. Very scrappy friendship stars and friends make up this charming folksy quilt. Bev’s original pattern is available at time of class $5. Skill level: confident beginner Tuesdays, Sept. 15, 29, and Oct. 13, 6 – 8 p.m. Instructor: Bev Getschel. WITC: #64696 #42-807-402 Fee: $19.21/$4 age 62+.

Yoga. Yoga focuses on developing balance, flexibility and

strength for body, mind and spirit through mindful movement, breathing and meditation. Tuesdays Sept. 15 – Oct. 20, two sessions available - 10 a.m. or 6 p.m. Instructor: Sandy King.

WITC: #64939 or #64940 #42-807-402. Fee: $19.21/$4 age 62+.

Computer – Photoshop. Sept. 28, 29, and Oct. 1, from 6 – 9 p.m. Instructor: Bryan Knauber. WITC: #64707 #42-103460. Fee: $29.35 /$4 age 62+.

Introduction to home funerals. Education to help families choose after-death care for their loved ones. With DVD “A Family Undertaking.” two class times offered: Oct. 1 or Nov. 12, 6 – 8 p.m. Instructor: Lucy Basler. WITC: #64709 or #64708 #42-305-420. Fee: $9.07/$4 age 62+.

Knitting: learn to knit. Bring a pair of No. 9 knitting needles and two skeins of worsted-weight yarn to class. Instruction book $5. Mondays, Oct. 5 – 26, 6 – 8 p.m. Instructor:

Konnie Didlo. WITC: #64699 #42-815-408. Fee: $24.28 /$4 age 62+.

Green cleaning. Chemicals commonly found in household cleaners and associated risks and natural alternatives for a variety of cleaning needs. Two class times offered, Monday, Oct. 5, or Thursday, Nov. 5, 6 – 8 p.m. Instructor: Anne Ness, RN, HN-BC. WITC: #65034 or #65035 #60-308-601. Fee: $10.25 plus a modest material fee - TBA. Baby-sitting clinic. Skills and knowledge needed to provide safe child care for infants and small children. Tuesdays, Oct. 6 – 20, 3:15-5:15. Instructor: Barb Kass, co-author of Polk Co. Extension curriculum. WITC: #64976 #47-307-495.

Fee: $19.21 (manual and snack will be provided).

Frederic Community Education, call 715-327-4868.

Grantsburg Community Education To reserve your spot call 715-463-5165, ext. 160 and mail payment to: Grantsburg High School, 480 E. James Ave., Grantsburg, WI 54840. Checks should be made out to Grantsburg Community Education. For more information, talk to Cindi Throngard at the aformentioned number.

Tap and ballet. 9-week program starting Thursday, Sept.

10, 3:30 – 6 p.m. at the Grantsburg Fitness Center. 3:45 – 4:15 p.m, 3-4 year olds; 4:15 – 5:15 p.m., kindergarten and first grade; 5:15 – 6:15 p.m., second through fourth grade.

Fee: $30/per quarter.

Martial Arts Club. Saturdays, starting Sept. 12 at the Grantsburg Elementary School Gym, 10 – 10:45 a.m. Fee: $30/mo. or $79 for 3 months. Instructors: Wayne Johnson and Master Greg Garves.

Gymnastics classes – First through third grade.

Wednesday, Sept. 16 – Oct. 28, 3:45 – 5:30 p.m. Fee: $50. Instructor: Kathy Lund.

Gymnastics classes – Fourth through sixth grade. Mondays and Fridays, Sept. 14 – Oct. 23, 3:45 – 6 p.m. Fee: $60.

Instructor: Kathy Lund.

Gymnastics classes – Seventh and eighth grade. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, Oct. 26 – Dec. 17, 3:45 – 6 p.m. Fee: $60. Instructor: Kathy Lund.

Intermediate gymnastics. Mondays, Sept. 12 – Dec. 14, 6 – 7 p.m. Fee: $75. Instructor: Kathy Lund.

Advanced gymnastics. Mondays, Sept. 12 – Dec. 14, 7 – 8 p.m. Fee: $75. Instructor: Kathy Lund.

Dog obedience classes, beginner. Mondays, Sept. 14 – Oct. 12, 6 – 7 p.m., at Grantsburg Elementary. Fee: $50. Instructor: Mitch Keating.

Luck Community Education Luck Community Education has a variety of exciting classes lined up. Below are some upcoming classes; visit the Luck School Web site at www.lucksd.k12.wi.us or call 715-4722152 ext. 103 to learn more.

Baby-sitting clinic. Thursday, Sept. 10 and 17, and Tuesday, Sept. 15, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. Course fee: $19.21. Instructor is Barb Kass.

Food: Canning. Monday, Sept. 14, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Course fee: $10.25. Instructor is Barb Kass.

Water aerobics. Mondays and Wednesdays, Sept. 21 – Oct. 28, 4:15 – 5:15 p.m.; Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sept. 22 – Oct. 29, 9 – 10 a.m.; Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sept. 22 – Oct. 29, 10 – 11 a.m. Course fee: $34.42/$14 ages 62+. Instructor is Stephanie Robinson.

Senior fitness. Mondays and Wednesdays, Sept. 21 – Oct. 28, 5:45 – 6:45 p.m. at the Luck Senior Center. Course fee: $34.42/$14.

Conversational Spanish. Thursdays, Sept. 24 – Nov. 12, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Course fee: $44.56/$4.00 ages 62+. Instructor: Dean Johansen. Minimum of 10 students.

Responsible Beverage Service. Monday, Sept. 28, 6 – 10 p.m. Course fee: $22.00/$11.86 ages 62+.

Chair caning: Introduction to weaving seats. Tuesday, Sept. 29, 6 – 8 p.m. Course fee: $10.25. Instructor: Andrea Hildebrandt.

Faux-finish painting. Tuesdays, Sept. 29 – Oct. 6, 6 – 8 p.m. Course fee: $14.14/$4 ages 62+. Instructor: Christine Seaton.

Wonderful World of Cooking for adults. Saturdays, Sept.

26 and Oct. 3 and 10, 10 a.m. – noon. Course fee: $22.75.

Preregistration is necessary for all classes. How to register for Luck Community Education classes: Contact Amy Aguado at 715-472-2152 ext. 103, or e-mail amya@lucksd.k12.wi.us.

Classes are also listed on the Luck School Web site: www.lucksd.k12.wi.us.

Dog obedience classes, intermediate. Mondays, Sept.

14 – Oct. 12, 7 – 8 p.m., at Grantsburg Elementary. Fee: $50.

Instructor: Mitch Keating.

Oriental cooking. Mondays, Sept. 28 – Oct. 12, 6 – 9 p.m. at GHS Face Room No. 109. Fee: $35 (includes ingredients).

Instructors: Molly Byers and Teresa Halls.

Wine-tasting basics. Tuesday, Sept. 29, 6 – 8 p.m., at Trade River Winery. Fee: $20 (includes wine and food). Instructor: Nicki Peterson, certified wine professional.

Grantsburg Community Education trips – register early – must be accompanied by payment Always Patsy Cline, Chanhassen Dinner Theatre – Wednesday, Sept. 23. Preregister by Aug. 23. Cost: $63.

Titanic Exhibit, Minnesota Science Museum – Tuesday, Oct. 20. Preregister by Oct. 10. Cost: $45.

BIBLE ADVENTURE CLUB KICKOFF

Where: Frederic Evangelical Free Church 505 Old Cty. Rd. W, Frederic When: Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009 What: Free Dinner Served Starting At 5 p.m.

495456 3L 45a

Everyone is invited for food and fun!

Juggling Entertainment Along With Music Provided By Local Band “Break Even.”

WHAT’S FOR LUNCH???

Menu LOCATION

SEPTEMBER 14 - SEPTEMBER 18 WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

BREAKFAST

LUNCH Mr. Rib, waffle fries OR chicken-strip salad.

BREAKFAST Breakfast pizza.

LUNCH Tacos, assorted toppings, corn OR ham salad.

BREAKFAST Breakfast bites.

LUNCH Pizza, raw veggies, dip OR turkey salad.

LUNCH Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, gravy, peas, mixed fruit, apples, oranges, bread basket.

LUNCH Scalloped potatoes, ham, lettuce salad, green beans, bananas, apples, oranges, bread basket.

LUNCH Taco salad w/fixings, refried beans, corn, pineapple, apples, oranges, bread basket.

LUNCH Pizza fries, marinara sauce, lettuce salad, sliced carrots, sliced pears, apples, oranges, bread basket.

BREAKFAST Cereal/bagel.

LUNCH Italian dunkers, dipping sauce, peas, fruit sauce. Alt.: Chicken patty, 7-12.

BREAKFAST Cereal/egg muffin.

LUNCH Taco Tuesday, hard or soft shell, green beans, fruit sauce. Alt.: Hot dog, 7-12.

BREAKFAST Cereal/donut.

LUNCH Chicken patty on a bun, french fries, corn, fresh fruit. Alt.: Hamburger, 712.

BREAKFAST Cereal/pancakes.

LUNCH Lasagna, garlic bread, winter mix, fruit sauce. Alt.: Chicken nuggets, 712.

BREAKFAST Cereal/cinnamon roll.

LUNCH Hot dog, hash browns, baked beans, fresh fruit. Alt.: Hamburger, 712.

BREAKFAST Assorted cereal, toast served with peanut butter, juice and milk.

LUNCH Hamburger on a bun, french fries, carrots, celery, veg. beans, applesauce. Alt.: Cheese quesadilla.

BREAKFAST Breakfast pizza, juice and milk.

LUNCH Lasagna, garlic bread, lettuce salad, peas, peaches. Alt.: Turkey & cheese sandwich.

BREAKFAST Assorted cereal, toast served with peanut butter, juice and milk.

LUNCH BBQ chicken on a bun, tortilla chips, shredded lettuce, steamed carrots, pears. Alt.: Hot ham & cheese croissant.

BREAKFAST Mini pancakes, juice and milk.

LUNCH “Lunch Brunch” Cheese omelet, French-toast sticks, sausage, beans, veggies, mixed fruit. Alt.: Mexican potatoes.

BREAKFAST Assorted cereal, toast served with peanut butter, juice and milk.

LUNCH Chicken mini corn dogs, pretzel, steamed broccoli, veggies, apples & oranges. Alt: Cook’s choice.

BREAKFAST Cereal bar w/slice of toast.

LUNCH Brat on a bun, french fries, baked beans, pineapple. Alt.: Ravioli.

BREAKFAST Waffles and fruit.

LUNCH Hot ham & cheese on a bun, macaroni salad, green beans, strawberries. Alt.: French dip.

BREAKFAST Scrambled egg w/slice of toast.

LUNCH Lasagna, lettuce salad, garlic toast, carrots, pears. Alt.: Turkey croissant, broccoli-cheese soup.

BREAKFAST Yogurt parfait w/1 slice of toast.

LUNCH Chicken nuggets, scalloped potatoes, peas, spicy apple slices. Alt.: Sub sandwich.

BREAKFAST Breakfast Pretzel andpizza. cheese.

LUNCH Cheese dogs w/toppings, Grilled cheese, tomato soup,baked vegchips, cinnamon applesauce gies & dip, peaches.

Alt.: Beefbaked stew, beans.stick.

Alt.: Veggie beef barley, turbread key sandwich.

UNITY

BREAKFAST Breakfast bites.

LUNCH Barbecues and hash browns.

BREAKFAST Yogurt parfaits.

LUNCH Mini corn dogs and parsley potatoes.

BREAKFAST Breakfast pocket.

LUNCH Mozzarella pizza sticks w/sauce & green beans.

BREAKFAST Oatmeal and toast.

LUNCH Meatball subs and seasoned curly fries.

WEBSTER

LUNCH Cheese omelet, sausage patty, hash browns, peaches.

LUNCH Brat, bun, sauerkraut, baked beans OR hamburger gravy, mashed potatoes, corn, pears, fruit cocktail.

LUNCH Baked potato, cheesy California veggies, ham OR BBQ pork, bun, sliced potatoes, green beans, pineapple, peaches.

LUNCH Pizza dippers, marinara sauce, garden salad, mandarin oranges, pears.

FREDERIC GRANTSBURG Each building will have their own breakfast menu.

LUCK

SIREN ST. CROIX FALLS

MONDAY

TUESDAY

BREAKFAST Breakfast squares.

LUNCH Sub sandwich, chips, raw veggies, dip OR beef taco salad.

BREAKFAST Strudel sticks.

LUNCH Max snax (quesadillas), winter mix OR Oriental salad.

LUNCH Chicken nuggets, potato wedges, steamed broccoli, applesauce, apples, oranges, bread basket.

Long john.

Muffins.

BREAKFAST

LUNCH Chicken nuggets and rice.

LUNCH Chicken patty, fresh veggies, fresh fruit.

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CHURCH NEWS Routine whining can be eliminated by ignoring it

definite. Of course, Grandma and Uncle Albert may continue to reinforce the behavior you are trying to eliminate, and they can keep it alive.

••• Q: My husband is a good man, but he gets angry at the kids and says things that he later regrets.

Help me convince him to be careful about these off-the-cuff comments.

DR. DOBSON: Psychologist and author Abraham Maslow once said, “It takes nine affirming comments to make up for each critical comment we give to our children.” I believe he is right. All normal human beings respond negatively to criticism and rejection. Conversely, some of us crave affirmation so much that we’ll do almost anything to get it.

Children are especially vulnerable to those who use affirmation to manipulate them. As someone said, “Whoever gives your kids praise and attention has power over them.” That could be a drug dealer, a gang member or anyone who could harm them. People with evil intentions know how to use praise to get what they want from lonely kids. This is, in fact, the technique routinely used by pedophiles to abuse their victims sexually.

A highly skilled pedophile can enter a room full of children and instantly spot those who are vulnerable to affirmation. They can have those needy kids under their control in five minutes or less.

All human beings have deep psychological needs

Q: My 4-year-old daughter, Karen, is a whiner. She rarely speaks in a normal voice anymore. How can I break her of this habit?

DR. DOBSON: There is a process called “extinction” that is very useful in situations like this. Here is how it works: any behavior that has been learned by reinforcement (i.e., by rewards) can be unlearned by withholding those rewards. It sounds complex, but the technique is simple and very applicable to Karen’s problem.

Why do you think she whines instead of speaking in a normal voice? Because you have rewarded that sound by letting it get your attention! As long as Karen is speaking in her usual voice you are too busy to listen to her. Like most toddlers, she probably babbles all day long, so you have often tuned out most of her verbiage. But when she speaks in a grating, irritating, obnoxious tone, you turn to see what is wrong. Therefore, Karen’s whining brings results; her normal voice does not, and she becomes a whiner.

In order to break the habit of whining, you must simply reverse the process. You should begin by saying, “I can’t hear you because you’re whining, Karen.

I have funny ears; they just can’t hear whining.” After this message has been passed along for a day or two, you should show no indication of having heard a moan tone. You should then offer immediate attention to anything she says in a normal voice. If this control of reward is applied properly, I guarantee it to achieve the desired results. Most human learning is based on this principle, and the consequences are certain and

Dr. James

Dobson Focus on the Family

The Wilderness Fellowship hosts Love and Respect DVD conference FREDERIC – Is your marriage in trouble or do you have a good marriage and just want to make it better?

A high-resolution recording of a live Love and Respect conference by the Eggerichs, specifically put together for smaller venues, will be held in Johnson Hall at The Wilderness Fellowship, Friday, Oct. 9, 7 to 9 p.m., and Saturday, Oct. 10, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Registration is required and limited to 100 people. Cost is $30 per couple and $20 per single and includes a workbook and lunch. Register before Sept. 21 and save $5.

Final registration deadline is Sept. 25. To register: Download a registration form at www.wildernessfellowship.com, call: 715-327-8564 or e-mail: wilderness@centurytel.net. The Wilderness is located at 21897 Spirit Lake Rd. W. Please use the M entrance which is 4.3 miles south of Hwy. 70 on CTH M or 2.3 miles north of Hwy. 48 on CTH M. Turn on Wilderness Road. For more information please call 715-327-8564. - submitted

for love, belonging and affection. If you don’t meet those longings in your children, I can assure you someone else will.

••• Q: What would you say to my husband and me? We are doing far too much disciplining of our kids. Is there another way to encourage them to cooperate?

DR. DOBSON: The best way to get children to do what you want is to spend time with them before disciplinary problems occur, having fun together and enjoying mutual laughter and joy. When those moments of love and closeness happen, kids are not as tempted to challenge and test the limits. Many confrontations can be avoided by building friendships with kids and thereby making them want to cooperate at home. It sure beats anger as a motivator of little ones!

••• Dr. Dobson is founder and chairman emeritus of the nonprofit organization Focus on the Family, Colorado Springs, Colo. 80995 (www.focusonthefamily.org). Questions and answers are excerpted from “Complete Marriage and Family Home Reference Guide” and “Bringing Up Boys,” both published by Tyndale House.

COPYRIGHT 2009 JAMES DOBSON INC., DISTRIBUTED BY UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo. 64106; 816-581-7500.

Brought to you by:

Frederic Evangelical Free Church Frederic

AWANA begins Sept. 16 at Webster Baptist WEBSTER - Boys and girls age 3 (as of Sept. 1) to grade six are invited to Awana which begins Wednesday, Sept. 16, at First Baptist Church of Webster. This fun-filled program with spirited games, handbook, songs, and inspirational stories meets from 6:30 - 8 p.m. each Wednesday evening. Interested parents may call 715-866-4111 for more information. - submitted

Church listings sponsored by the following area businesses: BREMER BANK, N.A. Full-Service Banking Member FDIC Frederic - Danbury - Siren

DAEFFLER’S QUALITY MEATS, INC. Wholesale & Retail Meats Custom Butchering & Processing Phone 715-327-4456

INTER-COUNTY CO-OP PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION Printers & Publishers Office Supplies

Frederic, Wis. - 715-327-4236 Shell Lake, Wis. - 715-468-2314 Siren, Wis. - 715-349-2560 St. Croix Falls, Wis. - 715-483-9008

STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANIES

Corey T. Arnold, Agent Frederic, Wis. Phone 715-327-8076

BEAN’S COUNTRY GRIDDLE Hwys. 35 & 48 Downtown Frederic Phone 715-327-5513

NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN ELECTRIC CO.

“Your Electric Servant” Serving Polk & Burnett Counties “Use Energy Wisely”

WEBSTER CASHCO BUILDING SUPPLIES Complete Lumber & Building Supplies

CARLSON-ROWE FUNERAL HOME

Phone 715-866-4238 Hwy. 35 N. Webster, Wis. Tom & Becky O’Brien, Owners

MEDICINE SHOPPE

HOPKINS SAND & GRAVEL, INC.

Frederic, Wis. 715-327-4475 110 Oak Street Frederic, Wis. 715-327-4208 Monday - Friday 8:30 - 5 Not Open On Saturday Duane Lindh

HAULING

• Gravel • Sand • Rock • Top Soil • Trackhoe 715-472-2717 Mobile 715-491-1861 1065 290th Ave. Frederic, Wis.

LUCK VAN METER’S MEATS

Government Inspected Slaughtering and Processing, Sausage making • Ham and Bacon Cured and Smoked Sides and Quarters of Beef and Pork Available Old-fashioned Fresh Meat Counter Tim Van Meter and Ross Anderson, Owners Luck, WI 54853 Plant 715-472-2141

Sand, Gravel, Ready-Mix, Concrete, Black Dirt, Dozer Work, Landscaping & Septic Tanks Installed

ALPHA

CUSHING

BASS LAKE LUMBER

CUSHING COOPERATIVE SOCIETY

• Complete Line of Building Supplies & Lumber • Cabot’s Stains Grantsburg, Wis. 715-488-2471 or 715-327-8766

BURNETT DAIRY CO-OP

1988 World Champion Cheesemaker Earl Wilson, Cheese Plant Mgr. Clif Gipp, Ag. Supply Mgr. for Feed, Propane & Fertilizer Alpha, Wis. 715-689-2468 • 715-689-2467

Feed Mill - Grain Dept.

Cushing, Wis. 715-648-5215

WILD RIVER FLAGS

By Willits Jerry & Pat Willits, Owners We sell flags, banners, wind socks, pennants, flag poles & accessories.

Installations Available 2815 285th Ave. • Sterling Township 715-488-2729

Hwy. 35 North Webster, Wis. Phone 715-866-4157 M.P.R.S. #03059

SWEDBERG-TAYLOR FUNERAL HOME Webster, Wis. Phone 715-866-7131

BRUCE’S AUTO REPAIR & TOWING

Churches 5/09

FREDERIC

Wrecker - Flatbed Air Conditioning & Computerized Car Service - Cold Weather Starts

Webster, Wis. 715-866-4100 Days • 715-866-8364 Eves.

SIREN OLSEN & SON

Your Full-Service Drugstore Siren, Wis. Phone 715-349-2221

Any area business wishing to help sponsor the church listings should contact the Leader at 715-327-4236.

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CHURCH NEWS Receiving power

In the world of critters, the weak give in to the wants of the strong. The smaller deer submit to the bigger by slinking away. Humans also frequently submit to someone bigger, stronger or smarter. One term for it is “cowering.”

But cowering means more than slinking into a corner out of fear. Webster says it also means “to curve, bend.” There’s an interesting spiritual application here that says we need to cower before we can receive power.

We need to curve—or bend—our will to God’s in humility and submission.

Bending our will before God means to recognize his holiness and to fear Perspectives him in awe and reverence. Except for Christ, we would remain unworthy in his sight. “For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” (1 Corinthians 1:18) God’s power is available to those who bow humbly in faith before him. “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” (Matthew 5:5) Further application regards Jesus sending his twelve disciples out to preach the gospel, heal the sick, and cast out demons. He gave them the power necessary to do the job right, but they had to follow his rules. They had to go empty-handed and count on the hospitality of strangers to house and feed them. That takes humility and bending of self-will.

Before Jesus ascended to heaven, he instructed his disciples to “… tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high.” (Luke 24:49) They would receive God’s power only after they waited for God to appear. They waited many days. Imagine spending all that time in an upstairs room crowded with 120 people. Today would we wait even a day in such crowded conditions, for something unexpected?

But they spent their time in prayer because they believed Jesus’ promise of the Holy Spirit for them.

Cowering before God means spending our best time with him in prayer and Bible meditation. It means obeying his Word, as the disciples did, so he can work through us to further his kingdom of grace and love.

God blesses us in many ways when we approach him in humility and wait on him. How many of us are willing to wait expectantly and humbly for God’s power, for however long it takes, to serve him by bringing healing to someone in need?

Lord, we cower before you, humbly bending to your will, waiting for your power so we can serve you today. In Jesus’ name, amen.

(Mrs. Bair may be reached at sallybair@gmail.com)

Sally Bair Eternal

Burnett County Cry Out America Prayer meeting BURNETT COUNTY – Christians nationwide will unite together in prayer on Sept. 11, at county courthouses across all 50 states, to pray for their community and for the spiritual condition of the nation. The Burnett County meeting will be held at the Burnett County Government Center in Room 162, at noon on Friday, Sept.

11. Everyone is invited to attend the informal prayer meeting.

In the classic study “The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire,” Edward Gibbon gave at least five internal causes as to why Rome fell: rapid increase of divorce, spiraling taxes and government spending, a craze for pleasure and brutality, failure to see the moral erosion as an enemy and the decay of religion leaving people without guidance.

America has been and continues to be the world power of this generation. Yet, the influence of our financial, political and moral authority is in decline as evidenced in daily news across the world and by current statistics which show that only 17 percent of Americans attend church on any given Sunday and America as the third-largest mission field in the world.

“Our hope is that Cry Out America will help awaken the American church to our need for repentance and position us for a return to God’s favor,” stated Billy Wilson, executive chairman for Awakening America. “The sobering reminder of what happened on Sept. 11, 2001, should help us remember in this critical year that we are a nation in need of God. We believe a fresh season of deep, transforming revival is on the way,” he concluded.

For further information call Carolyn Marquardt at 715-349-8005. - submitted

Come to yourself Before we can return home we must come to grips with our spiritual condition. To teach us the extent of the “joy in heaven over one sinner who repents” (Luke 15:7), the Lord gave the now familiar and profoundly insightful “Parable of the Prodigal Son.” In it he spoke of a selfish son who requested his inheritance from his father that he might journey to “far country” to live as he pleased. But eventually his reckless lifestyle reduced him to desperation. In his hunger and humiliation at last he “came to himself” and said, “I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father” (15:17-18).

Consider carefully Jesus’ words here. He described the young man’s epiphany about his condition as “coming to himself.” This terminology suggests a crucial truth: When we are away from God living in sin, we are, essentially, not in our right minds. How ironic that people spurn God’s will in the name of being true to themselves, of finding themselves; in reality, when we live away from God, being true to self is exactly what we are failing to do. Fleeing the Father for the passing pleasures of the far country is irrational and self-destructive. This is what Jesus was suggesting in his call for self-denial: “Whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it” (Mat. 16:25).

That is, only when we deny our foolish pursuit of selfish desires and surrender to God’s will do we find our true selves. Away from God we are “lost,” with him we are “found.”

Too often, though, we refuse to see our lostness until we reach rock bottom. As the prodigal son had to wallow in the pigsty before coming to himself, so we also might need to suffer before we see our true condition. The Psalmist reflected on this truth: “Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word.... It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I may learn your statues” (Psa. 119:67, 71). We may complain when we hurt, but hardship may be an evidence of God’s mercy if it breaks our stubborn wills and brings us to our senses.

In his pain the son exclaimed, “I perish with hunger!” He

realized his fate away from his father. After he returned home his father exclaimed, “This my son was dead.” Again, the language is instructive. Not until we realize our wretched, filthy condition—that we are dead in sin (Eph. 2:1) and doomed to perish (Luke 13:3)—can we make the journey home to our Father. This conviction—this coming to grips with our terrible state, this coming to self—is absolutely essential to our salvation.

But it is not sufficient. When the son came to himself he said, “I will arise and go to my father.” It is not enough to know we are lost. The recognition of our condition must produce a conviction which compels us to “arise and go,” to leave the far country and return to God. This is true repentance—not mere sorrow, nor mere regret for sin, but a change in the will that leads to a change in life in which we turn from sin to turn to God (Acts 26:18-20).

Dear friend, if you are away from God you must realize you are lost, dead, damned to perish in hell if you do not “arise and go” to the Father through obedient faith in Jesus Christ (John 14:6; 3:36). But before you can make the journey back to God, you must make the journey back to yourself. Why suffer any longer in the far country? Come to yourself and come to God. (Written by Tyler Young) If readers have questions you would like answered in this weekly column or simply wish to know more about the church of Christ, we would like to invite you to call 715866-7157, visit our Web site (www.burnettcountycofc.com) or stop by the church building at 7425 W. Birch St. in Webster. Sunday Bible class begins at 9:30 a.m. and worship begins at 10:30. We also meet Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m.

Office hours are Tuesday’s through Friday’s 9 a.m. - noon.

Garret Derouin

The

Preacher’s

Pen

Past ways revisited

by Lucy Basler I was a young child in the 1940s. I remember our family getting into our 1938 Buick and driving to my great-grandpa and grandma’s house in Lancaster County, Pa. On the way, I was told that he had “gone to heaven.”

I was quite confused when we arrived. There he was, wearing his plain suit, lying very still, in a wooden box! Lots of my relatives were there and had brought all sorts of food. After peering into the coffin and seeing my great-grandpa, I was ready to go out and play in the barn with my cousins.

Now, six decades later, I am recalling this family gathering with affection and wondering why that tradition hasn’t continued. But caring for one’s own dead isn’t something the majority of families do. Most of us are so distant from the realities of death, we’ve forgotten that our great-grandparents regularly waked the body at home, and an undertaker was a helper, not a funeral director!

“What goes around comes around” goes the old saying. For many decades we in Wisconsin have had the right by law to care for our deceased loved ones; we may have their body at home after death occurs.

Gently and lovingly we can attend to the body by washing, anointing and dressing it. Words can be spoken, prayers said, hymns sung, candles lit, soft music played … this body held the essence of your mother, father, child or friend. This is the time to honor that life. This act of love, this caring for the body, is the evidence of your respect and love you had for this person.

Following the caring for the body, it is “laid in honor” for one to three or four days, using dry ice (I use Techni ice as dry ice is hard to find in northwestern Wisconsin), having a window cracked open if it is cold outside, or turning on the air conditioner if it is very warm weather. The privacy of a home environment supports laughter, tears, dancing, singing, chanting, storytelling and ritual without being in the presence of strangers. A home funeral allows friends and family an extended period of time for visiting, viewing, ceremony and closure.

Also, during this time, a family member can go to the Registrar of Deeds at the government building, fill

out the death certificate, get the doctor to sign it and then fill out the Final Disposition of the Body form.

The plans to bury or cremate can be finalized.

As a Hospice chaplain and bereavement facilitator, I learned how very difficult grief can be. Grief is multifaceted and cannot be summed up easily. Each person grieves differently, but grieve we do. A common denominator has to do with the amount of time that is spent with the body at the time of death. Recently a woman said how wonderful it was for her and her family to be with her mother’s body for three hours following the death. That short time may go a long way in making their bereavement period a little less difficult. When the body is in the home two or three days and the family sees it daily, there comes a realization that that body is no longer my mother, my grandpa or my child. The brain and heart have figured it out! “That body” is nothing more than the shell which housed the spirit/personality of our loved one. When that realization occurs, burying or cremating the body presents a more complete sense of closure. (I have been told this by those who have chosen home funerals.) Finally, it will be easier to let go of the feeling that this body is someone I loved.

Until that conclusion is reached, we feel like we are burying or cremating our loved one which, in turn, may cause a terrible wrenching feeling. It is out of that wrenching feeling that grief may become severe.

There is so much to learn about how home funerals can impact a family. Besides the 2007 training I had in California, I will be attending, in October, the Ecology and Ethics National Green and Home Funeral Conference in Colorado.

I will be teaching Introduction to Home Funerals and Green Burials in Webster, Siren, Frederic, Rice Lake and Hayward this fall. Check with Community Ed in Siren, and also in Frederic. Rice Lake check with WITC and in Hayward the class will be at the Weiss Library, Sept. 24, 6 – 8:30 p.m.

For those who took the Introduction to Home Funerals class, I will be teaching a Level II class in October for those who want to actually have a home funeral and need all the details. If you have any questions, call Lucy at 715-866-7798.

Women of the ELCA retreat set All women welcome TREGO - The 18th-annual Women of the ELCA Fall Retreat, which is an interdenominational day of Christian fellowship, will be held on Friday, Sept. 25, from 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., at the White Pine Lodge, Heartwood Conference Center and Retreat, near Trego.

Penne Peterson-Sewall, a published author and much sough-after presenter, who has designed programs for intimate intergenerational church events and

worship to large convention gatherings, nationally and abroad, will lead in worship, music, prayer and laughter throughout the day centered on the theme, Hello God. . . Are you there?

Gals, do you ever feel that the pace of life is too fast?

Do your multitasking, technological, instant-information lives seem filled, yet you feel a void? Does life seem eclipsed by everything you need to accomplish in a day? Do you wonder where God is in the midst of all this? Come join other women from northern Wis-

consin and explore these and other questions to deepen your faith and reaffirm God’s presence in your lives as women! Set aside the day just for you – it will be a day of spiritual renewal and fellowship in the heart of Heartwood.

A gourmet lunch is included for a fee of $20 as well as a hayride, weather permitting, at the end of the day on a first sign-up basis. For further information and registration, please contact Katie Childs, 715-866-7547 or Jan Myers, 715-259-7943, co-chairs. - submitted

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CHURCH NEWS St. Luke's United Methodist Church news FREDERIC – Upcoming events at St. Luke’s include a hymn sing on Sunday, Sept. 6. Church school and souper service begin on Wednesday, Sept. 16, at 3:30 and 5 p.m.

Welcomed into membership were Eleanore Bonneville, Pam Freese, Harmony Larrow, Vi Luke and Holly Zen-Zen. - submitted

Entertainment at the church’s very successful clothing distribution/food shelf drive.

District Superintendent Ann Spindle-Henschel (third from left) visited.

Also baptized were Trent and Taylor Zen-Zen.

Jayden Samuel Cowen-Williamson was baptized recently at St. Luke’s.

Harvest festival reunion set GRANTSBURG - The Immaculate Conception Harvest Festival Reunion to be held on Sept. 13 has planned special events for the people attending. The highlight for the kids is the Dragon 4 in 1 Castle (Bounce, obstacle, climb and slide). It will be a great adventure for the youth.

Special activities are also planned for the adults.

Don’t miss the “Deal or No Deal” game.

The church also welcomes all to this very special event that includes a Ham and Chicken Dinner with all the trimmings.

The Immaculate Conception Harvest Festival Reunion to be held on September 13 has planned special events for the people attending. The highlight for the kids is the Dragon 4 in 1 Castle (Bounce, obstacle, climb and slide). It will be a great adventure for the youth. with submitted information

After 5 September dinner meeting set WEBSTER/SIREN - The Webster/Siren Area Christian Women’s Club After 5 invites all women to attend a dinner meeting on Monday, Sept. 21, at 6:30 p.m.

This meeting will be held in the dining hall at Luther Point Bible Camp on Wood Lake, rural Grantsburg.

From Siren, take Hwy. 70 west toward Alpha, turning left on CTH M. Within four – five miles you’ll turn right on Luther Point Road, following it to the camp at the end. Tickets are $9 inclusive. Reservations are required.

Call Jane at 715-566-0081.

The theme will be “Family Ties” with a special feature by Karen Krouch, Siren, entitled “Exploring your Past.” Kris Palmer, Luck, will provide special music.

“A New Me” is the topic of special speaker Lou Garner, St. James, Minn. Garner is a liver transplant survivor who will share the joy of finding a new lease on life. She worked with high-risk families for 20 years, loves reading and the outdoors. - submitted

Bible studies set TAYLORS FALLS, Minn. – St. Joseph Church, Taylors, Falls, Minn., presents Catholicism 101, a 10-week study beginning Tuesday, Sept. 22, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and a 24week Bible Time Line study beginning Wednesday, Sept.

23, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Both studies feature Jeff Cavins on DVD. Call 651-465-7345 for information or to register. – submitted.

OBITUARIES Fred George Christensen

Fred G. Christensen, 83, resident of St. Croix Falls, died in his home on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009.

Fred was born May 14, 1926, in Bone Lake, where he attended Pioneer School and later graduated from Luck High School.

His parents were Danish and he was proud of his heritage. He and his family attended Zion Lutheran Church in Bone Lake where he was baptized and later confirmed.

He joined the United States Navy and served our country during World War II where he served in the Pacific Theater. He was a lifetime member of the VFW and American Legion. He had college education in tool and die making, forestry, and electronics. He proudly worked as a tool and die maker for Whirlpool Corporation for many years.

His passions were family, conservation, gardening, and inventing. His children remember him always being there when they needed him, for his jokes and silly songs, his explanations of life, for his ethical values, and his passion for family and friends.

Fred leaves to celebrate his memory, children; Colleen (Dan) Stafford of Coon Rapids, Minn., Carol (Larry) Gilbertson of Marcell, Minn., Cindy (Steve) Milbrandt of Stacy, Minn., Steve (Mary) Christensen of Bigfork, Minn.; 14 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchil-

dren; and sister, Erma (Floyd) Espelien of Oakdale, Minn. Fred also leaves to celebrate his memory, the mother of his children, Trudy McGovern of Mounds View, Minn. and other loving family and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Hansena (Larsen) and William L. Christensen; sister, Rose Johnson; brother, Harold Christensen; sister, Lillian Christensen; and brother, Wilbur Christensen.

The funeral service was held at the Fristad Lutheran Church on Tuesday, Sept. 8. The Rev. Mel Rau officiated and Albert Arndt was the organist, Linda Iwaszko, vocalist and John Iwaszko played guitar.

Fred was laid to rest at the Milltown Cemetery with full military honors following the funeral service. Casket bearers were Colleen Stafford, Carol Gilbertson, Cindy Milbrandt, Steve Christensen, Jim Glenna Jr., Chad Gilbertson, Jeremiah Gilbertson and Jason Christensen. Honorary casket bearers will be FT4 U.S. Navy Matthew David Christensen, Floyd Espelien and Gene Montagne.

The Kolstad Family Funeral Home of Centuria was entrusted with arrangements.

MILLTOWN LUTHERAN CHURCH RALLY DAY FAMILY WORSHIP & PICNIC

In Loving Memory of

Sunday, Sept. 13 9:30 a.m.

Milltown Village Park Special Music by the John Ekstrom Polka Band Balloon Launch, Games, Lunch For more information, contact Milltown Lutheran Church, 715-825-2453. 494869 44a,dp 3Lp

MELVA BUCK

Who Left Us 5 Years Ago, September 8, 2004 The moment that you died, our hearts split in two, the one side filled with memories, the other died with you. We often lay awake at night, when the world is fast asleep, and take a walk down memory lane, with tears upon our cheeks. Remembering you is easy, we do it every day, but missing you is a heartache, that never goes away. We hold you tightly within our hearts, and there you will remain, life has gone on without you, but it will never be the same.

Sadly Missed By Her Family. 495634 3Lp

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OBITUARIES

Agnes T. Baillargeon

Marilyn Kay (McCoy) Braaten

Rev. Orville Lavern Falk

Agnes T. Baillargeon, Osceola, died Thursday, Sept. 3, at Kinnic Long-Term Care in River Falls at the age of 82.

Agnes was born April 21, 1927, to John and Mary St. Ledger. She graduated from Kirkwood, Ill., High School. She then attended River Falls Teachers College.

On June 17, 1950, she married William Baillargeon at Ceylon. She enjoyed gardening, horses, cooking, baking, latch hooking and especially her family.

Agnes was preceded in death by her husband, Bill; her parents; son, Benedict; an infant child; great-grandson, Aiden Piemonte; brothers and sisters.

She is survived by her sons, John, of Port Orchard, Wash., Patrick (Sally) of River Falls, Bernard of Vadnais Heights, Minn., William of Saugatuck, Mich., and Thomas (Lauren) of River Falls; daughters, Theresa (Sam) Piemonte of Osceola, Ann (Jeff) Gagen of Prior Lake, Minn., and Diane (Chris) Wengelski; 16 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; sisters, Rita Grace Schwan and Lucy Lutz.

Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Sunday, Sept. 6, at St. Joseph Church in Osceola with Fr. Thomas Thompson and Fr. Jerry Harris, officiating. Interment was in the St. Mary Cemetery in Farmington.

The Grandstrand Funeral Home, Osceola, was entrusted with arrangements.

Marilyn Kay (McCoy) Braaten, Centuria, 60, died Friday, Aug. 28, 2009.

She was born July 30, 1949, in Peru, Ind. At 3 weeks old, she was adopted by her parents, LaVone and Marie McCoy. She married Scott Braaten on Aug. 13, 1977, in Santa Ana, Calif. Together they had three children, Ryan Scott, Timothy Jay and Kelli Marie. Marilyn and Scott moved to Amery from California in 1981, where they lived until 2005, when they moved to Centuria.

Throughout her life, Marilyn lived many places and touched many lives. She was always willing to help and pray for the needs of others. Her love for God and people allowed her to touch the hearts of all who knew her, whether at work for St, Louis Park School District, at her church or with family and friends.

She was a devoted grandmother. They would often see her at T-ball games, gymnastics meets, dance recitals and church plays. She was their biggest fan.

Marilyn enjoyed sunflowers in the summer and afternoons spent with family and friends. She enjoyed books and movies and Monday nights with her Discipleship group.

She was preceded in death by her father, LaVone; mother, Marie; and son, Timothy Jay. Left to celebrate her life are her husband, Scott; son, Ryan (Annie); daughter, Kelli; stepsons, Scott and Jeff (Annie); stepdaughter, Lisa; brother, Vaughn (Shelly); stepmom, Judy Berry; grandchildren, Jeremy, Holden, Ruby, Olivia, Libby, Abby, Emily and Evelyn; and many other family and friends.

Visitation was held Thursday, Sept. 3, at WilliamsonWhite Funeral Home in Amery. Funeral services were held Friday, Sept. 4, at Hope Evangelical Church in Osceola. Interment was at the Amery Cemetery.

The Williamson-White Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Amery were entrusted with arrangements.

Rev. Orville Lavern Falk, Lincoln, Neb., died Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009, at Monarch Hospice. He was 89 years old.

He was born the second of five sons to Manly Axel Falk and Sigrid Adeline (Mattson) Falk on Sept. 8, 1919, six miles north of Bertrand, Neb. Orville was baptized as an infant at Moses Hill Covenant Church at Loomis, Neb. He started school and attended through the third grade at the Hillside Rural School District No. 49, north of Loomis; the fourth through the seventh grade at Rural School District No. 39 north of Axtell, Neb.; and the eighth grade and high school at Wilcox, Neb., where he graduated with the class of 1937. Following high school he worked at the creamery at Holdrege, Neb., for one year and assisted his aged grandfather on the farm north of Wilcox. He attended the Trinity Evangelical Free Church Bible Institute and Seminary at Chicago, Ill., from 1939 until 1943.

On May 30, 1942, Orville was united in marriage to Ruth Miriam Hull at the Cuyler Covenant Church in Chicago, Ill. Orville was baptized along with his wife in 1944 at the Trinity Evangelical Free Church in Holdrege. Orville and Ruth were blessed with four children: Miriam Esther, David James, Timothy John and Daniel Mark.

Orville’s first pastorate was the Emmaus Evangelical Free Church of rural Funk, Neb., from 1943 until 1948. He then pastored the Trade River Evangelical Free Church, Grantsburg, from 1948 until 1953, and the Moses Hill Covenant Church, Loomis, Neb., from 1953 until 1960. He pastored the Cowdrey Covenant Church of Waldon, Colo., for eight months in 1960. Along with being a dairy farmer in the Grantsburg area from 1960 until 1963, he provided pulpit supply for churches in need of a pastor. He pastored the First Baptist Church in Arnold, Neb., from 1963 until 1966. Orville then returned to Grantsburg where he farmed and was an interim pastor. In 1974, he moved to Winfield, Kan., where he pastored the Hackney Community Baptist Church until he retired in 1984. His retirement was spent near Luck on the Straight River. They escaped the cold winters residing in the Texas Rio Grande Valley, during which time Orville became park pastor to serve the Lord even in his retirement years.

He was a member of the Faith Baptist Church at Luck, and served as chaplain of the West Central Wisconsin Badger Wheel Studebaker Club. All his acquaintances knew of his avid appreciation for Studebakers.

Orville was preceded in death by his father on Feb. 7, 1964; his mother on Aug. 4, 1990; a great-granddaughter, Paige Nicole Miller on Oct. 30, 1991; his grandson, Shawn David Falk on March 16, 1998; and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Maynard (Beulah) Falk in 2004.

He is survived by his loving and devoted wife, Ruth, of Lincoln, Neb.; one daughter, Miriam (Gregg) Bede of Lincoln; three sons, David (Mary) Falk of Grantsburg, Timothy Falk of Lincoln, Neb. and Daniel (Rachel) Falk of Tuttle, Okla.; four brothers, Carroll (Leona) Falk of Kearney, Neb., the Rev. Maynard Falk of Holdrege, Neb., the Rev. Dale (Glaura) Falk of Omaha, Neb. and the Rev. Robert (Doris) Falk of Surprise, Ariz.; 15 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; other relatives and a host of friends.

Funeral service was held Monday, Sept. 7, at the Community Church in Wilcox, Neb., with the Rev. Maynard Falk giving the opening prayer, the Rev. Dale, Carroll and Tim Falk and funeral patrons giving reflections; Pastor Craig Cedar officiating and the Rev. Robert Falk giving the closing prayer.

Music was provided by Susan Falk, Rachel Falk and the congregation.

Pallbearers were grandchildren, Mark Miller, John Miller, James Miller, Mitchell Thomason, Charles Falk and Nathan Falk. Honorary pallbearers were grandchildren, Wendy Fjorden, Trena Fromm, Carrie Peper, Tonya Crombie, Ericka Steinbach, Andrew Falk, Cody Falk, Janell Falk and Kevin Falk.

Interment was at the Salem Cemetery in Axtell, Neb. The Banta-Torrey Funeral Home, Wilcox, Neb., was entrusted with arrangements.

Juanita Bentley Olson Juanita Bentley Olson, 79, died on Wednesday, Sept.

2, 2009, at Burnett Medical Continuing Care Center, Grantsburg.

Juanita was born Oct. 25, 1929, in Sand Springs, Okla., to Ben and Mae (Whitehead) Bentley, the youngest of five children. The family moved to Arkansas and Iowa before settling in rural Spooner where she attended school.

In November 1947, Juanita married Melvin Clay in Pine City, Minn. While in Wisconsin, three children were added to their family, Connie, Sherryl and Curtis.

Shortly after Curtis was born, the family moved to South Dakota for Mel’s work and daughter, Ginger, was added to the family.

In 1968 Juanita married Richard Olson of Sioux Falls, S.D., and began her life as a Navy wife, living in Virginia, South Carolina and Florida before returning to Wisconsin after Rick’s death in 1989. She lived in Frederic until May 2001, when a variety of serious health issues necessitated her move to Burnett Continuing Care Center, Grantsburg. There she started a new chapter in her life, making new friends with other residents and being cared for by the staff she grew to love.

Juanita was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Rick; brother, Russell Bentley; and son-in-law, John Gaylord.

She is survived by children, Connie (Larry) Gaylord Whitesides, Columbus, Mo., Sherryl (Dennis) Hebert, Mobile, Ala., Curt Clay, Webster and Ginger (Frank) Baker, Grantsburg; nine grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; sister, Audrey Dopp, Superior; brothers, Dale (Lorraine) Bentley, Circle Pines, Minn., Dwaine (Marie) Bentley, Webster; many nephews, nieces, cousins and friends, including the special friends who cared for her at CCC. Pastor Steve Ward led the celebration of life for Juanita on Saturday, Sept. 5, at Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Chapel, Siren. Interment was at Lakeview Cemetery in Daniels Township. Music was provided by Fran McBroom, Pastor Steve Ward and Pat Taylor. Serving as honorary pallbearers were Dale Bentley, Dwaine Bentley, lifetime friend Merle Root and sons-in-law, Larry Whitesides, Dennis Hebert and Frank Baker.

The Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Siren, was entrusted with arrangements.

Lois Petersen Funeral services for Lois Petersen, Luck, will be held on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009, at First Lutheran Church in Cushing. Visitation to be held Friday evening, Sept.

11, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the David Petersen home.

A complete obituary will be published in a future publication.

The St. Croix Valley Funeral Home and Crematorium in St. Croix Falls was entrusted with arrangements.

Marty J. Niles II Marty J. Niles II , age 23, a resident of Frederic, died Sept. 6, 2009.

Funeral services will be Saturday, Sept. 12, at 11 a.m., with visitation from 10 – 11 a.m., at the Frederic High School. Visitation will also be Friday, Sept. 11, from 58 p.m., at Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Siren Chapel.

A full obituary will be published in an upcoming edition.

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Mary C. FitzSimmons, 93, Wabasha, Minn., died Sept. 1, 2009.

Funeral services were held Saturday, Sept. 5, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Webster. Interment followed at St. John’s Cemetery in Webster.

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Church Directory ADVENTIST

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST - FREDERIC

609 Benson Road. Pastor Curtis Denney Sat. Worship 11 a.m.; Sabbath Schl. 9:30 a.m.

ALLIANCE

ALLIANCE

ALLIANCE CHURCH OF THE VALLEY Senior Pastor Bob Morton 1259 Hwy. 35 S., St. Croix Falls Sunday Worship: 8:30, 9:45 & 11 a.m.

BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

WORD OF LIFE CHURCH

Meeting in homes. Elders: Cliff Bjork, Jon Zens, 483-1357 and 755-3048 Sun. Fellowship - 10 a.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

LUTHERAN

LUTHERAN

BALSAM LUTHERAN CHURCH

1115 Mains Crossing, 1/2 Mile South Hwy. 8 On 110th St.; Pastor Matt Faarem Sun. Worship 9 a.m.; Sun. School 10:15 a.m.

Wed. Bible Study 8:30 a.m.

Wed. LOGOS 3:20 p.m.

BEAUTIFUL SAVIOR LUTHERAN (WELS)

Gene E. Jahnke, Pastor, 715-635-7672, Hm. 715-354-7787, Hwy. 70 at 53, Spooner Sun. Wor. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School & Bible Classes For All - 10:45 a.m.

BETHANY LUTHERAN - BRANSTAD

Pastor Jay Ticknor, 715-463-5746 3 miles So. of Grantsburg on Hwy. 87 Sun. Schl. - 9:30 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

BETHANY LUTHERAN - SIREN

Hwy. 35, 1/2 blk. N. Main St. Pastor John Clasen; Pastoral Serv. 349-5280 Sunday Worship - 9:15 a.m.

BETHESDA LUTHERAN - DRESSER (LCMC) www.bethesdalutheran.ws

Pastor Mark Richardson, 715-755-2562 1947 110th Ave., Dresser Sun. Contemp. Serv. 8:15 a.m.; Heart Song Serv. 9:30 a.m.; Trad. Serv. 10:45 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:30 a.m.; Outdoor Wor. Sched.: Aug. 30, 9:30 a.m.

BONE LAKE LUTHERAN bllc@lakeland.ws Pastor Mary Ann Bowman, 5 mi. E. of Luck on Hwy. 48, 1/2 mi. S. on I; 472-8153, Office/Kit. - 472-2535 Sun. Schl. & Adult Bible Study 9 a.m.; Fellowship 10 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

CHRIST LUTHERAN

Pipe Lake CTH G & T, 715-822-3096 Sun. Serv. 10:45 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:15 a.m. during school year; Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sun.

CLAM FALLS LUTHERAN (AALC)

Pastor Gary Rokenbrodt - 715-653-2630 Communion 1st Sunday Worship 9 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m.

FAITH LUTHERAN - BALSAM LAKE

faithlutheran@lakeland.ws Pastor Diane Norstad 715-485-3800; CTH I & Mill Street Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:40 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st & last Sundays

FAITH LUTHERAN - GRANTSBURG

Pastor Victor St. George, 715-463-5388 Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School 10:45 a.m.

FIRST EVAN. LUTHERAN

5561 Chestnut St., Taylors Falls, MN 651-465-5265 Traditional Wor. 8:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. & Youth 9:45 a.m.; Adult Learning 10 a.m.; Contemp. Wor. 11 a.m.

FIRST LUTHERAN - CUSHING

Pastor Dorothy Sandahl 648-5323 or 648-5324 Sun. Wor. 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:15 a.m.

FRISTAD LUTHERAN - CENTURIA

ELCA - 501 Hwy. 35, 646-2357 Mel Rau, Pastor Sunday Worship & Holy Communion - 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School - 10:40 a.m.

GEORGETOWN LUTHERAN - ELCA

Rt. 1, Balsam Lake, WI (Fox Creek) Pastor Neal Weltzen; GT Office - 857-5580, Parsonage - 822-3001, TR Office - 822-3001 Wors. Serv. 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:15 a.m.; Holy Communion - 1st Sun. of each month

GRACE LUTHERAN - WEST SWEDEN

LUCK LUTHERAN

510 Foster Ave. E. Office 715-472-2605; Home 715-472-8424 Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

MILLTOWN LUTHERAN

113 W. Main St.. W., Phone 715-825-2453 Pastor Danny G. Wheeler 9:30 a.m. Worship

NORTH VALLEY LUTHERAN

Pastor Maggie Isaacson, 715-825-3559 3 mi. W. of Milltown on “G” Sun. Wor. - 9:15 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:30 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

OUR REDEEMER LUTHERAN, (LCMS) WEBSTER

Rev. Jody Walter, Interim, Phone 327-8608; Church Phone 866-7191 Sun. Wors. - 9:15 a.m.; Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

PEACE LUTHERAN - DRESSER (ELCA)

2355 Clark Road, Dresser, WI, 715-755-2515 Web site: plcdresser.org Pastor Wayne Deloach, Intern Lori Peper Sun. Wor. 8:30 & 11 a.m., Sun. Schl. 9:35 a.m.

PILGRIM LUTHERAN - FREDERIC (ELCA)

CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST - GRANTSBURG Pastor Carolyn Saunders, 715-463-2624 Worship - 9 a.m.; Sun. School - 10:30 a.m.

DANBURY UNITED METHODIST

Cindy Glocke, Pastor, 715-866-8646 Sun. Worship - 9 a.m.

ST. JOHN’S EV. LUTHERAN (Wis. Synod) 350 Michigan Ave., Centuria Sun. Wor. - 10:45 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10 a.m.

ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN - LUCK 1614 CTH, North Luck Office Phone 472-2605 Dial-A-Devotion 472-2345 Sun. Worship - 9 a.m.

SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY LUTHERAN (Missouri Synod)

140 Madison St. South, St. Croix Falls Pastor Mark K. Schoen Sun. Service - 9 a.m.; Sun.School - 10:30 a.m.

TRINITY LUTHERAN - ELCA

LAKEVIEW UNITED - HERTEL

Pastor Jack Starr Wor. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - during worship hour

LEWIS MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST Tom Cook, Pastor Worship 8:45 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 10 a.m.

Pastor Annie Tricker Sun. Wor. 11 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m.

Potluck dinner 1st Sunday

OSCEOLA UNITED METHODIST

ST. CROIX FALLS UNITED METHODIST Rev. Mike Weaver Sunday Worship Service - 10 a.m.

Sun. School is at 9 a.m., Nursery available

ST. LUKE UNITED - FREDERIC

Pastor Arveda “Freddie” Kirk, 327-4436 Early Wor. 8:30 a.m.; Sun. Wor. 10 a.m.

Souper service Wed. 5:15 p.m.

SIREN UNITED METHODIST

Tom Cook, Pastor Sunday School 9 a.m.

Worship - 10:15 a.m. (Nursery available)

Rev. Mike Weaver Sunday Worship - 8:15 a.m.

TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN OSCEOLA

300 Seminole Ave. (CTH M) Mark Kock, Pastor, 715-294-2828 Sunday Worship at 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School (ages 4 thru 12th grade), Fellowship, Adult Bible Class at 9:15 a.m.

WEST DENMARK LUTHERAN

Pastors Mike & Linda Rozumalski 1 mi. west of Luck on N, 2478 170th St., Luck Worship - 9:30 a.m.; Fellowship after service.

WEST IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - ELCA

Rev. Rexford D. Brandt 447 180th St., Osceola, 715-294-2936 Sun. Wor. 8 & 10:30 a.m.; Sun Schl. 9:15 a.m.

Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month

YELLOW LAKE LUTHERAN

1/2 mi. W. of Hwy. 35 on U, 715-866-8281, Pastor Ray Reinholtzen, Douglas Olson and Roger Kampstra Services begin at 9:30 a.m.

Communion 1st & 3rd Sun.

ZION LUTHERAN - BONE LAKE (AALC)

Pastor Gary Rokenbrodt - 715-653-2630 5 mi. E. of Frederic on W, 2 mi. south on I; Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st Sunday

ZION LUTHERAN - MARKVILLE

(Missouri Synod) Pastor Jody R. Walter, 327-8608 Sun. Schl. - 8:45 a.m.; Service - 10:45 a.m.

Communion - 1st & 3rd Sun.

Pastor David Almlie, 715-327-8384, 715-327-8090 Fellowship - 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School - 9:45 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

Communion - 1st & 2nd Sundays

LAKESIDE COMMUNITY LUTH. - ELCA

PRESBYTERIAN

ZION LUTHERAN - TRADE LAKE

PRESBYTERIAN

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN

Rev. Bruce Brooks - 715-483-3550 719 Nevada St. , (between Simonson & Tower Roads) , St. Croix Falls Worship - 10 a.m. (Nursery provided) Sun. Schl. - Child.- 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - Adults - 8:45 a.m.; Communion 1st Sunday

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC

Holytrinity@wisconsinumc.org 1606 165th Ave., Centuria Paul Foulke, Pastor, 715-485-3363 Sun. Wor. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:15 a.m.

TRINITY LUTHERAN LCMS, DANBURY

Hwy. 70 East, 689-2271 Pastor: Carl Heidel Worship 9 a.m.; Sunday School 10:15 a.m.

Communion -Every Sunday

Pastor Father Daniel Bodin, 651-465-7345 25293 Redwing Ave., Shafer, MN Sunday 9 a.m.

HOLY TRINITY UNITED METHODIST

TAYLORS FALLS UNITED METHODIST

TRINITY LUTHERAN - FALUN

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER

Cindy Glocke, Pastor, 715-866-8646 Sunday Worship - 10:30 a.m.

10 mi. W. of Cumberland on Hwy. 48 (McKinley) - Pastor Neal Weltzin GT Office 857-5580, Parsonage 822-3001, TR Office - 822-3001 Wor. Serv. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:15 a.m.

Holy Communion - 1st Sunday Rev. Jody Walter, Interim Home 715-327-8608; Church 715-866-7191 Sunday Worship Service - 7:45 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

Rev. Thomas E. Thompson, 715-247-3310 139 Church Hill Rd., Somerset Mass Sun. 8:30 a.m.; Wed. 9 a.m.

Sacrament of Penance Sun. 8 a.m.

GRACE UNITED - WEBSTER

oumc@centurytel.net 306 River Street, Osceola, 715-755-2275 Pastor Alan J. Hagstrom, 715-294-3195 Adult Class - 9 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship - 10 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st Sunday

(Wisconsin Synod) Pastor Gene DeVries 200 N. Adams St., St. Croix Falls Sun. Wor. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 8:30 a.m.

ST. ANNE PARISH

Pastor Michael J. Tupa, 715-866-7321 Cedar & Muskey Ave. - Webster Mass Sun 10:45 a.m., Wed. 5:45 p.m. (SeptMay), Fri. 9 a.m. (Summer) Sat. 8:15 p.m. on Sept. 1

REDEEMER EV. LUTHERAN

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - FREDERIC

Pastor Dorothy Sandahl Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; Sunday School 10:30 a.m.

Pastor Carolyn Saunders, 715-463-2624 Sunday School - 11 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

McKINLEY UNITED METHODIST

Pastor Tim Faust Worship - 11 a.m.; Sun. School - 10 a.m.

Holy Communion - 1st & 3rd Sunday

LAKETOWN LUTHERAN - CUSHING

ATLAS UNITED METHODIST

Pastor Catherine Burnette 507 Wisconsin Ave. N., 715-327-8012 Sunday Worship - 9 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st & 2nd Sundays www.pilgrimlutheranfrederic.org

Phone 327-4340, 327-8384, 327-8090 Pastor David Almlie Worship 9:15 a.m.; Sun. School 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st & 2nd Sundays

CTH H, 1/2 mi. N. of CTH A & H on H Church Off. 715-635-7791 Roger Pittman, Pastor Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.; Worship Serv. 8 &10 a.m.; Sat. 7 p.m.; Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

METHODIST

METHODIST

290 W. Government Street, 715-294-4436 Reverend Dr. Rolland Robinson Sunday Service - 10 a.m. with nursery Sunday School - Sept. - May at 10 a.m.

WOLF CREEK UNITED METHODIST

COVENANT

COVENANT

CALVARY COVENANT - ALPHA

Pastor Scott Sagel, 715-689-2541 Sun. Schl. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Wor. 10:30 p.m.; Elevator provided, welcome

SIREN COVENANT

Pastor Dave Guertin 7686 Lofty Pines Drive, Siren, 715-349-5601 Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m.

UNITED COVENANT - CLEAR LAKE

Pastor Gary Tonn Praise Time 8 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:20 a.m.

CATHOLIC

CATHOLIC

ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Rev. Thomas E. Thompson, 715-247-3310 255 St. Hwy. 35, East Farmington Mass Friday 9 a.m.; Sacrament of Penance Sat. 3:30 p.m.

CHURCH OF ST. JOSEPH

Pastor - Father Daniel Bodin 490 Bench St., Taylors Falls, 651-465-7345 Sat. Vigil 5:30 p.m.; Sun. 7:30 & 10:30 a.m.

Tues. - Thurs. 7:30 a.m.

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP

Danbury - 7586 St. Rd. 77, 866-7321 Pastor - Father Michael J. Tupa Mass - Wed. 5 p.m. (Summer), Fri. 9 a.m. (Sept.-May).

Reconciliation as per bulletin & by appt.

OUR LADY OF THE LAKES

Balsam Lake - Rev. John A. Drummy, Pastor - 405-2253 Mass: Sat. eves. 6 p.m.; Sun. 8:30 a.m.; Tues. 5:30 p.m.; Fri. 9 a.m.Sacrament of Reconciliation 7:30 a.m. Sun. or by appt.

SACRED HEARTS OF JESUS & MARY

Pastor Father Michael J. Tupa CTHs A & H - 715-866-7321 Crescent Lake Voyager Village area.

Mass Sun. 8:15 a.m., Thurs. 11:30 a.m.

Reconciliation as per bulletin and by appt.

ST. DOMINIC - FREDERIC & IMMACULATE CONCEPTION - GRANTSBURG CATHOLIC MASS SCHED. Pastor: Rev. Dennis M. Mullen, 715-327-8119 St. Dominic: Sat. 4:30 p.m.; Sun. 10:30 a.m.

Immaculate Conception: Sat. 6:30 p.m.; Sun. 8:30 a.m.

Call the office for daily & holy day Mass times

404 Wis. Ave., Amery, 715-268-7717 Father John Drummy, Pastor Sat. Mass 4 p.m., Sun. Mass 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation Sat., 3:30 p.m. or by appt.

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC

Rev. Thomas E. Thompson, 715-294-2243 255 E. 10th Ave., Osceola Masses: Sun. 10:30 a.m., Tues. 5 p.m.

Thurs. at 10 a.m. at Osc. Nursing Home ASSEMBLY

ASSEMBLY

CENTURIA ASSEMBLY OF GOD

Pastor Don Wiltshire, 715-640-6400 Centuria - Phone 715-646-2172 Sunday Service: 10 a.m.

OSCEOLA COMMUNITY CHURCH

Pastor Larry Mederich, 715-294-4332 www.occconnect.org Mtg. @ St. Croix Art Barn; Sun. Serv. - 9 a.m.

Nursery and children church

SIREN ASSEMBLY OF GOD

Pastor Andrew Bollant Sun. Schl. - 9:15 a.m.; Morn. Serv. - 10:15 a.m.; Supervised Nursery; Wed. Evening - Worship Serv. 6:30 p.m.

EVANGELICAL

EVANGELICAL

TRADE RIVER EVAN. FREE

Pastor Dale VanDeusen, 715-488-2296 or 715-488-2653 20296 Hwy. 87, Grantsburg Morn. Wor. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:45 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services

GRACE BAPTIST - GRANTSBURG

716 S. Robert St., Grantsburg, 715-463-5699 Sr. Pastor Brad Moore David Ahlquist, Assoc. Pastor Sun. Wor. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m.

LIVING HOPE CHURCH

Pastor Doug McConnell Youth Pastor Chris Radtke At Grantsburg High School, 715-463-5794 Sun. Serv. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m.

TRADE LAKE BAPTIST

Pastor Andy McDaniel, 715-327-8402 Sun. Schl. - 9:15 a.m.; Wor. Serv. - 10:15 a.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Bible Study; Nursery provided.; www.tradelakebaptistchurch.org

CHURCH OF CHRIST

CHURCH OF CHRIST CHURCH OF CHRIST - WEBSTER

Minister Garret Derouin, 866-7157 Musky & Birch St., Avail. in office 9 a.m. noon, Tues.-Fri.; Sun. Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Worship 10:30 a.m.

WESLEYAN

WESLEYAN WOODLAND WESLEYAN

Dairyland - Rev. Jack Martiny 715-244-3649 Sunday School - 10 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

FULL GOSPEL

FULL GOSPEL WOOD RIVER CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Pastor Dan Slaikeu 4 mi. SE of Grantsburg on Williams Rd. Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Wor. 10:30 a.m.

HOPE FELLOWSHIP OF SOMERSET

231 Bluff Drive, 715-247-2435 Services are Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

Call Pastor Darryl Olson at 715-755-3133 for information and directions

CHRISTIAN CENTER

CHRISTIAN CENTER EL SALEM/TWIN FALLS CHRISTIAN CENTER

1751 100th Ave., Dresser Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Morn. Wor. 10:30 a.m.

Evening Services Sun. 6 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN

APPLE RIVER COMMUNITY (EFCA)

CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX HOLY TRINITY ORTHODOX

FREDERIC EVAN. FREE CHURCH

HOLY CROSS ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN

Pastor Bruce Tanner, 715-268-2176 942 U.S. Hwy. 8, Amery Sun. Schl. 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday Bible study 7 p.m.

Pastor Greg Lund, 715-327-8767 700 Churchwood Lane; 505 Old CTH W Sun. Schl. - 9 a.m.; Morn. Worship - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services BAPTIST

BAPTIST

EAST BALSAM BAPTIST - BALSAM LK. Pastor David Sollitt 715-857-5411 or 715-268-2651 Wor. Serv. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl.-10:15 a.m.

EUREKA BAPTIST

2393 210th Ave., St. Croix Falls Pastor Willis Christenson, 715-483-9464 Sun. Schl. - 10 a.m.; Wor. Serv. - 11 a.m.

FAITH FELLOWSHIP

Hwy. 35 and CTH N., Luck Bill McEachern Pastor, 715-485-3973 Sun. Bible study - 9 a.m.; Sun. Wor. - 10 a.m.

FIRST BAPTIST - AMERY

131 Broadway St., 715-268-2223; www.fbcamery.org Pastor Charlie Butt, Lead Pastor Sunday Worship: 9 - 10:15 a.m. & 10:30 11:45 a.m.; Childrens church ages 3-4 Sun. Schl. for Pre-K to 5th; Sun. Schl. for Jr./Sr. high meet in teen center Nursery available

FIRST BAPTIST - MILLTOWN

Pastor Marlon Mielke, 715-825-3186 Sun. Schl. 9:45 a.m.; Wor. 11 a.m., 7 p.m.

GRACE CHURCH OF OSCEOLA

“The Cure for the Common Church” 722 Seminole Ave., Osceola Pastor Dr. Kent Haralson; 715-294-4222 or 715-755-3454; info@gracechurchosceola.com Sun.: Praise & Worship Serv. 9 am., Adult Bible Study 10:45 a.m., Children’s Sun. Schl. 10:45 a.m.

FIRST BAPTIST - TAYLORS FALLS, MN

Located across from elemen. school on West St., Pastor, Dr. Kevin Schumann; 651-465-7171 Sun. Morn. - Sun. Schl. for all ages - 9 a.m.

Morn. Worship - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided.

FIRST BAPTIST - WEBSTER

Church Phone 715-866-4111; Rev. Merrill Olson - Pastor Sun. Schl. - 9:30 a.m.; Wor. - 10:45 a.m (Nursery Provided)

FIRST BAPTIST - FALUN

Pastor Kevin Millen Associate Pastor Jim Carmon Sunday School - (all ages) - 9:30 a.m.

Church Serv. - 10:45 a.m.

523 1st St., Clayton, 715-948-2493 Fr. Christopher Wojcik, Pastor Sat. Vespers - 5 p.m.; Sun. Liturgy - 9:30 a.m.

Meeting at Zion Lutheran Church, 28005 Old Towne Rd., Chisago Lakes, MN Fr. Robert McMeekin, pastor hcomm.org Sunday Worship Service 9:30 a.m.

NAZARENE

NAZARENE

CALVARY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 510 S. Vincent, St. Croix Falls Pastor Lori Ward, 715-483-3696 Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:45 a.m. & Wed. 6:30 p.m.

FAITH COMMUNITY

7535 Peet St., Danbury, 715-656-4010 Reverend R.A. Luebke Adult Bible Service 9 a.m.; Services: Sun. 10 a.m.; Sunday School during church service.

NONDENOMINATIONAL

NONDENOMINATIONAL

CENTERPOINT CHURCH “Come as you are”

Pastor Dick Enerson, www.centerpointstcroix.com 715-294-1833, Meeting at SCF High Schl. Main entrance 740 Maple Drive, St. Croix Falls Sunday Worship 10 - 11:15 a.m.

NEW LIFE COMMUNITY - AMERY Pastor Timothy Barnes Sat. 7 p.m. prayer; Sun. Worship 10 a.m.; Children’s Church to 6th Grade

NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY

Meets at Dresser Elem. School, Dresser Pastor Michael Brand, 715-417-2468 Sun. Schl. 8:45 a.m.; Adult Class 9 a.m.; Worship Service 9:45 a.m.; Nursery available

NEW WINE CHURCH - CENTURIA 309 5th Street, 715-338-2751 Pastors Randy and Pam Stone Sunday 10 a.m.; Wednesday 7 p.m.

NORTHERN PINES FRIENDS WORSHIP GROUP 715-733-0481 or 715-733-0480 for time of meeting.

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

RIVER VALLEY CHRISTIAN

1289 160th St. (Hwy. 65), St. Croix Falls 715-483-5378 Pastors Dan and Claudia Denissen Asst. Pastor Ken Janes Sun. School 9 a.m.; Worship 10 a.m.

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Grantsburg Legion Senior Dinner

The Grantsburg Legion Senior Citizen Dinner was well attended again this year with seniors enjoying a noon meal followed by an afternoon of musicial entertainment by the group Cool Country Classics and prize drawings.

(FROM ABOVE LEFT) Little Poppy Princess Olivia McNally and 2009 Poppy Princess Lindsey Fallstrom greeted guests at the Grantsburg Legion’s Senior Citizen Dinner held on Aug. 26. The girls also had fun drawing names for door prizes at the annual event.

Rudy Mothes wore his Legion hat proudly at the annual Grantsburg Legion Senior Citizen Dinner on Aug. 26.

Dwaine Persells was hot on his harmonica entertaining guests at the Grantsburg Legion’s Senior Citizen Dinner on Aug. 26. Persells performed with the musical group Cool Country Classics at the annual event held at the Grantsburg Legion Hall.

Longtime Legion and Legion Auxilliary members Andy and Delores Anderson were all smiles the Grantsburg Legion’s Senior Citizens Dinner. The annual event is held each August for area seniors.

Vernon Bistram of the musicial group Cool Country Classics sang some old favorites for seniors attending the annual Grantsburg Legion Senior Citizen Dinner on Aug. 26.

Bella Salon grand opening

Karla Retzer gets a relaxing hand massage from stylist Megan Hacker at the Aug. 27 grand opening of the new Bella Salon. The salon is located in the Nelson Insurance building across from Fiedler Ford in Grantsburg.

Heather Johansen, owner of the new Bella Salon in Grantsburg, welcomes Jan Chadwick to the salon’s grand opening on Thursday, Aug. 27. Johansen, who also owns Bella Salon in Luck, was encouraged by her clients to open a second salon in Grantsburg. – Photos

by Priscilla Bauer

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EVERY Monday

• Grantsburg Farmers Market at the village offices/library, noon-2 p.m.

Thursday

• St. Croix Falls Farmers Market next to Overlook Deck, 3-6 p.m.

Friday

• Balsam Lake Farmers Market at the grocery parking lot, 3-5:30 p.m.

• Eureka Farmers Market, in salt/sand building, Eureka Center, 3-7 p.m.

• Falun Farmers Market, 3-6 p.m., Johnson Lumber parking lot, Hwy. 70.

• Milltown Farmers Market 3-7 p.m., north of town on Hwy. 35.

Coming events

Franconia, Minn.

• 125th-anniversary of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, 10 a.m. Mass, followed by meal.

Grantsburg

• Harvest Festival Centennial Reunion at Immaculate Conception, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., 715-4632688.

Milltown

• Milltown Lutheran Church Rally Day at Village Park, 9:30 a.m., 715-825-2453.

MONDAY/14 Dresser

• Free clothing giveaway at Peace Lutheran Church, 2-6 p.m., 715-755-2515.

Frederic

Saturday

• Spades at the senior center, 1 p.m.

• Frederic Farmers Market at the Leader parking lot, 8 a.m.-noon.

• Siren Farmers Market at senior center, 1-3 p.m.

Luck

• Silent auction meeting of Indianhead Gem & Mineral Society at senior citizens center, 7 p.m.

SEPTEMBER

Voyager Village

• Lakes and Pines Golf Tournament to support the snowmobile club at Voyager Village, 715-259-3910 ext.

31, gcessna@centurytel.net.

THURS.-SUN./10-13 St. Croix Falls

TUESDAY/15

• “The Wind in the Willows” at Festival Theatre. Thurs. 2 & 7 p.m., Fri. & Sat. 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m., 715-483-3387, festivaltheatre.org.

Amery

THURSDAY/10

• Sjoland Lodge 5-635, Sons of Norway will meet at First Lutheran Church, 7 p.m.

• The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Chapter 1581 noon meeting at the Village Pizzeria, 715-294-3185.

• Habitat homeowners information meeting at Unity High School, 7 p.m., 715-268-6589, polkcohabitat@amerytel.net.

Dresser

Balsam Lake

Frederic

Clam Falls

• 500 cards at the senior center, 6:30 p.m.

Grantsburg

• 40-class reunion, 1926-1966, at Crex Convention Center, 11:30 a.m., 715-689-2776.

Leaves are beginning to find their new home at ground level with the arrival of the fall season. - Photo by Brenda Sommerfeld

Siren

• Annual Burnett County Democratic Party Bean Feed at Crooked Lake Pavilion, 5 p.m., 715-635-3428.

St. Croix Falls

• Exercise 10-11 a.m.; Skip-Bo 11 a.m.-noon and 500 Cards 6:30 p.m. at the senior center, 715-483-1901.

FRI.-SUN./11-13

St. Croix Falls

• Bridge 10 a.m. at the senior center, 715-4831901.

SATURDAY/12

Osceola

• Community fair.

Amery

FRIDAY/11 Balsam Lake

• Poco Penners will meet in the conference room in the Justice Center, 2 p.m.

• Prayer for America gathering at the government center, noon-1 p.m., 715-755-4817.

Frederic

Siren

• Cry Out American prayer meeting at the government center, noon, 715-349-8005.

• Siren Methodist Church Scandinavian Smorgasbord, 4-7 p.m., 715-349-2514, 715866-8242.

• Pokeno at the senior center, 1 p.m.

• Meeting of NW Regional Writers, Community Room, Sunrise Apartments, 1 p.m., 715653-4281.

• Patriot Day Program at the elementary school, 2 p.m.

• Courier performs at Balsam Lutheran Church, 7 p.m., 715-268-9291.

• Chicken and biscuit dinner at the Congregational Church, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Dairyland

• Firefighters & first responders chicken feed at Cozy Corner, noon till gone, 715-244-3041.

Danbury

• Wonderland Snowmobile Club’s annual horseshoe tourney at the Gandy Dancer Saloon, badcrain@cnturytel.net.

Frederic

• Light buffet luncheon at noon. Cards, Bingo or Pokeno at the senior center.

• Coffee hour at Clam Falls Lutheran Church, 9 a.m.

Dresser

• Tot-Time at the Peace Lutheran Church, 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m., 715-755-2515.

Grantsburg

• Waterfowl workshop at Crex Meadows, noon-4 p.m., 715-483-CREX.

Luck

• Cystic Fibrosis Fundraiser at Luck Lions Hall. Starts at 2:30 p.m.

Osceola

• 22nd-annual Rustic Road Fun Run. Registration 6:30-7 a.m., 715-294-2127 ext. 407, comed@osceola.k12.wi.us.

• FFA tractor pull and antique tractor show at the fairgrounds, 11 a.m.

• Wheels and Wings, 715-755-3300.

• Worship at The Cross at Trinity Lutheran Church, 10-11 a.m., 715-294-2828.

Luck

• T.O.P.S. Take Off Pounds Sensibly meet at senior citizen center, 5:30 p.m., 715-472-2341.

Osceola

• Polk County United Aging Group meeting at the Community Room of Millside Apartments, 1:30-3:30 p.m., 715-485-8599.

• Health Seminar Series talks about the seasonal flu & HINI at the medical center, 6:30-8 p.m., 715-294-4936.

St. Croix Falls

• Exercise 10-11 a.m.; Skip-Bo 11 a.m. and 500 Cards and Dominos 12:30 p.m. at the senior center, 715-483-1901.

WEDNESDAY/16

Siren

• Spaghetti dinner fundraiser for Burnett County Library at the Moose Lodge, 5 p.m.

• Cookie Brigade fundraiser at Northwoods Crossing Center, 1-5 p.m., 715-327-4532, www.cookiebrigade.com.

SUNDAY/13 Danbury

• United Methodist Church 90th-anniversary celebration. Worship 10 a.m., open house to follow.

Frederic

• Pokeno at the senior center, 1 p.m.

Luck

• Girl Scout registration in school cafeteria, 5-6 p.m., 800-313-0718.

Taylors Falls, Minn.

• Bloodmobile at the community center, 1-7 p.m., 651-257-4165 or 651-465-3265.

Area youth stage "The Wind in the Willows" ST. CROIX FALLS - Festival Theatre has been teeming with young in preparation for the upcoming production of “The Wind in the Willows,” which offers eight public performances from Sept. 10-19. Along with professional guest artist, Josh Busick, the cast is made up of 23 youth from 10 communities in the St. Croix River Valley.

“We’re really proud of this cast,” says Shawn Boyd, production manager for the show. “They’ve worked hard, learned a lot, and made a bunch of new friends.

They are going to have a great time sharing this story with the community.”

Starring in the role of Toad is Jasper Herman of Taylors Falls. This is Jasper’s fifth production at Festival Theatre, but his first full lead role. Toad’s best friends are Rat, played by Elizabeth Hutchens of Star Prairie, Mole, played by Olivia Peer of Dresser, and Badger, played by Will Kjeer of Scandia, Minn.

The rest of the cast are Noah Neault of Centuria; Regan Grimm, Samantha White, Kristy Friese and Kassi Swiontek of Amery; Hannah Hazzard and Jack Collins of Osceola; Jeremiah Peer, Brita Gallagher, and Logan Roush of Dresser; Hunter Teasley and Becket Grise of Somerset; Denise McKenzie of Balsam Lake; Lindsey Gearin and Kally Hinz of Star Prairie; and Dio Aluni, Henry Klein, Sarah Rude and Emma Wondra of St. Croix Falls. “The Wind in the Willows” is directed

by Bill Perron of Dresser, and he is assisted by Shawn Boyd of St. Paul. Costume designers are Lisa Wondra and Gina Bonin, music recorded by Stephanie Schmidt, and properties design is by Gina Bonin.

While Joseph Baldwin adapted a portion of “The Wind in the Willows” for stage, the beloved children’s book by Kenneth Grahame serves as the foundation for

Toad’s friends are concerned after he crashed yet another roadster. (L to R): Elizabeth Hutchens, Jasper Herman, Will Kjeer and Oliva Peer. - Special photo the entire production experience. Originally published in 1908, “The Wind in the Willows” began as a series of stories Grahame wrote as a gift for his partially blind and sickly son, Alistair.

A great lover of bedtime stories, Alistair was greatly upset when he found out that he was going to spend some time at the seaside without his father and just didn’t want to go to the beach without his imaginative bedtime stories. So, his father promised to send a chapter a day of the story he had been creating about an adventurous toad and his friends. He kept his promise and

Alistair looked forward to receiving those chapters in the mail. So charmed by the stories that she kept them all safe, Alistair’s nurse gathered them up and sent them back to Grahame, who put them all together in a book called “The Wind in the Willows,” which is still popular today with both children and adults.

Festival Theatre’s Youth & Family Theatre program offers theater-arts training within the process of producing a play and has funding support from Polk Burnett Project Round-Up, the Margaret Rivers Fund, the Hugh J. Andersen Foundation, the Andersen Foundation, the Xcel Energy Foundation, WalMart, East Central Energy Operation Round-Up, and corporate support from The RiverBank and private donations.

Public performances of “The Wind in the Willows” begin Thursday, Sept. 10, at 2 p.m., and run through Sept. 19. A Sunday matinee performance is offered on Sept. 13 and 7:30 p.m. performances are Sept. 10—12, as well as Sept. 17 and 18. Single tickets are $13.50 for adults and $8.50 for youth.

A limited number of matinees are available to school groups for field trips and reward days. A curriculum resource packet has been developed by the Arts Education department at Festival Theatre and is available to download off the Web site – the focus is character education. To learn more about opportunities for school groups, call Amy Klein at 715-483-3387 or check the Web site listed below.

Festival Theatre is located in downtown St. Croix Falls, at 210 North Washington Street. To reach Festival Theatre by phone, call 715-483-3387 or 888-887-6002.

You may also send an e-mail to boxoffice@festivaltheatre.org or check the Web site at www.festivaltheatre.org. - submitted