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Town of Jackson Supervisor Roger Larson conducts a map recon Sept. 13 with Maj. Brandon Manglos, officer in charge of the 724th Engineer Battalion storm cleanup mission. Approximately 50 members of the 724th conducted the storm cleanup mission for about one month. – Photo by Wisconsin National Guard Capt. Paul Cusick BURNETT AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES – Just over one month and nearly 175 miles later, approximately 50 members of the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 724th Engineer Battalion have wrapped up work on a storm cleanup project - Operation Blue Ox - in Burnett and Douglas counties in northern Wisconsin.

“Those select Guard members of the 724th Engineer Battalion have done an outstanding job on a mission of great importance to the citizens of Burnett and Douglas counties,” Gov. Scott Walker said. “These highly skilled individuals performed a valuable service.”

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West Sweden crash ends in swamp

Turtle's Got Talent winner TURTLE LAKE - A passionate rendition of Brooks & Dunn’s country classic “Believe” propelled Buddy Kahle, a young country singer from Minneapolis, to top honors in the 2011 Turtle’s Got Talent contest at St. Croix Casino Turtle Lake on Friday, Oct. 14. As the contest winner, Kahle was awarded $1,000 in cash and an opportunity to perform with Michael Paul & the Capone Allstars at the Turtle Lake casino later this year. Finishing second in this year’s competition and winning $500 in cash was Alexi McFadden, a singer from Minneapolis. Winning third-place honors and $300 in cash was Clearwater Connection, an a capella men’s quartet from Eau Claire. Also competing in the Oct. 14 contest finals were Dawn Marie, a dancer from Amery, Nancie Eagan, a singer from Sarona, and Kristin Warner, a singer from Chetek. submitted

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer WEST SWEDEN – Details have only recently emerged on a potentially deadly head-on collision that occurred recently in the Town of West Sweden involving two cars, and ending with one of the vehicles deep into a wetland.

According to police reports, the accident happened shortly after 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 21, on CTH W near the intersection with 345th Street, when a southbound Pontiac Grand Prix driven by William Hopp, 53, Frederic, crossed the centerline near a curve in the road, and veered into the path of a northbound Ford Focus being driven

The 2000 Ford Focus driven by Nicholas Lauer of Grantsburg had major damage in a Friday, Oct. 21, West Sweden crash. – Photos submitted

by Nicholas Lauer, 24, Grantsburg.

New ornament, events, for lighting festival TAYLORS FALLS, Minn. - Taylors Falls Lighting Festival, Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 25 to 27, will celebrate the town library’s 140th anniversary. The ornament tag reads: “The Taylors Falls Library Association was organized in 1871, and in 1919 it was succeeded by the Taylors Falls Public Library. The library was housed at a succession of several locations until 1888 when it moved into its present building that was built about 1857. The building originally was the residence and tailor shop of a German immigrant, John Jacob Spengler, who made uniforms for some of the local men who served the Union during the Civil War. The building’s exterior acquired its fanciful Eastlake architectural style when the building was remodeled for library use in 1888.” The $10 ornament will be for sale in many downtown stores which are listed on the Web site, starting the first weekend in November. On Saturday, Nov. 26, look for three new family fun events: a medallion hunt, a display of gingerbread houses, a takeoff on the library’s eaveline gingerbread and embellishments at the front peak; and a free horse-drawn wagon ride downtown. Families are invited to take part in all the events during the three-day festival. More information can be found at www.lightingfestival.com. - with submitted information

This 2001 Pontiac Grand Prix was being driven by William Hopp of Frederic and ended up in a swampy area beside CTH W after the crash.

Both vehicles sustained heavy damage on the driver’s sides, and the Hopp vehicle spun into a wetland area on the east side of the roadway. There were two passengers in the Lauer vehicle at the time of the crash, and due to the nature of the injuries and the one car being in the swamp, it led to a large local response, including two ambulances, several fire departments and law enforcement officers trying to aid and reconstruct details of the crash. There is no word on the extent of injuries, but it is known that there were no fatalities.

Canopy project comes together

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer LUCK – Luck High School sophomore Tony Aguado worked alongside his father, Al Aguado, and numerous local volunteers as they helped put together Tony’s ambitious Eagle Scout project along the shores of Butternut Lake in Luck.

Aguado’s project is a weather and sun canopy for the large, middle set of bleachers at the Luck softball field, and Tony and crew have worked through numerous layers of approval to bring it to fruition.

The canopy project really got rolling in recent weeks, and required setting large beams to support the canted roof that spans over 24 feet. The canopy really came together last Saturday, Oct. 29, when numerous volunteers assisted the Aguado team in

framing the huge structure and getting it ready for a tin roof.

The canopy is the culmination of Tony Aguado’s Eagle Scout project, which requires him to conceive, write and present a plan to fill a public need, including everything from cost estimates to the ordering of materials and coordination of everything from zoning and building permits to coordinating labor, all to keep softball fans protected, cool and dry for many years to come.

Some of the people who have assisted in the canopy project include Don Clarke, Glenn Matz, Al Aguado, Amy Aguado, Kevin Holdt, Bob Mattson, Barry Schaffer and Craig Miles. The project also included assistance from the Luck Lions Club and Youth Sports Unlimited, all of whom have been vital in making the project a reality.

Tony Aguado’s Eagle Scout project backstop shelter in Luck had many helpers on Saturday. – Photo by Greg Marsten

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BURNETT COUNTY - The Burnett County Citizens Patrol will not have any meetings until March 22, 2012. submitted ••• BURNETT/POLK COUNTIES The Polk-Burnett Retired Educators cordially invite all retired educators and spouses, administrators and support staff to the November general meeting, which will be held Thursday, Nov. 10, at Alpha Calvary Covenant Church in Alpha. Plan to arrive at 11:30 to register for the noon meal. Entertainment will be provided. Call your contact person by Monday, Nov. 7, if you plan to attend. Alma Karels, 715-689-2502, is in charge of arrangements. - submitted ••• LUCK - Luck Community Education is sponsoring a class with a topic near-and-not-so-dear to the wellbeing of area residents. Don’t Get Ticked is an informative class to be led by Carol Franzel on Thursday, Nov. 10, from 6:30-8 p.m. at Luck School. The class will focus on the prevalence of Lyme in the area along with prevention, signs and symptoms of disease, and treatment for early Lyme disease. Please note that chronic Lyme disease will not be discussed specifically. The fee for the class will also benefit the community; please bring two to four cans of nonperishable food for the Loaves and Fishes food shelf. Please preregister for this class by calling Amy Aguado at Luck Community Ed. at 715-472-2152 Ext. 103 or e-mailing at amya@lucksd.k12.wi.us. - submitted

Services pending for Dave Covey FALUN - Dave Covey, 55, Falun, died Nov. 2, 2011. Funeral services are pending.

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Village of Balsam Lake budget issues Library funding, utility rates, even new tech up in the air

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer BALSAM LAKE – Tempers flared at times at the Balsam Lake Village Board meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 1, especially when it came to budget discussions and whether to cut library funding while increasing spending on other programs or equipment.

The board held a public hearing on the upcoming 2012 village budget prior to the regular board meeting, which is where it was revealed that the proposal included a $10,000 cut to the village library. There were several other proposed cuts, as well, but none drew as much attention.

Due to technical printing and accounting errors, the board could not vote on the final budget and will need a special meeting on Monday, Nov. 14, to finalize the spending.

But trustee efforts to raise the library funding failed, 4-3, and a motion to reduce the cuts in half also fell to defeat, 4-3.

Village library funding would go from approximately $60,000 to $50,000 in 2012, which may force the library to use savings set aside for possible projects to pay their bills next year. There was quite a bit of discussion on the impacts, as well as whether the library should have money saved for capital projects or other long-range plans.

Village President Guy Williams noted the debt other villages have incurred for new libraries and how the savings account was meant to eliminate such borrowing, not to

Concealed carry law begins

by Boyd Sutton Special to the Leader STATEWIDE - Wisconsin’s new concealed carry law went into effect Tuesday, Nov. 1, It marks the beginning of a new era in which virtually any individual you see on the street, in a public park, a business, or almost anywhere else could be legally armed.

The Personal Protection Act was passed last summer with substantial bipartisan support in both the state Senate and Assembly and was signed by Gov. Scott Walker. The Department of Justice issued “emergency” rules for implementation in order to meet the Nov. 1 deadline for the law to go into effect. Formal rules involving public comment will follow later this winter.

Allowing ordinary citizens to carry concealed firearms has created much angst on both sides of the issue. Proponents - and U.S. Supreme Court decisions - argue that carrying firearms is a constitutional right and that the Constitution makes no exception for whether they are concealed or carried openly.

Opponents argue against concealed

Concealed carry

begins in Wisconsin Boyd Sutton carry, primarily fearing a Wild West environment and potential danger to law enforcement officers and innocent bystanders. Many argue simply that there is no need for any ordinary citizen to go armed. Protection from harm is the responsibility of professional, well-trained law enforcement officers.

Concealed carry advocates counter this by stating, “When seconds count, the police are only minutes away. Every individual has the primary responsibility for his own safety and that of his family.”

Regardless of which side of the argument one accepts, concealed carry is now established law. It is likely to be with us for a long time.

Understanding the law and its many implications is vital for all Wisconsin residents because we will have armed citizens among us. People also need to understand the law and its implications if they wish to participate effectively in the rule-making

meet general obligations.

According to Trustee Josh Hallberg, the library has approximately $118,000 saved, which he said they were asking the library to dip into for the coming budget year.

The final village budget would reportedly come in at about 4.54 percent less than 2011, and with adjustments for the tax levy, would mean approximately 5 percent less in tax levy impact, although the final numbers were unclear and will be finalized on Nov. 14.

In other board action: • Police Chief Tom Thompson noted that the village won a radar speed board at a state click-it or ticket event recently. Officer

See Balsam Lake, page 5 and political processes that will undoubtedly evolve for some time.

This is the first in a series of articles that will describe the main provisions of the Personal Protection Act and discuss a range of critical issues essential to an understanding of how it affects all of us.

Some of this will focus on simply understanding how it works; some on issues that have the potential to affect concealed carry permit holders, others around them and law enforcement officers; and some will address the record of how concealed carry laws in other states have affected crime rates in general and gun-related crimes in particular. Future articles also will be informed by constructive feedback to earlier articles.

Next: Who can get a concealed carry permit? Where and how do you get one? What training is required and where can you get it? What are the main restrictions on carrying a concealed firearm? How are local governments responding?

••• Editor’s note: Boyd Sutton retired following 37 years of service in the Army and Central Intelligence Agency. He spent over 10 years as a competition shooter as a youth, in college and the early part of his service. While no longer an active participant, he remains interested in shooting issues.

Storm cleanup/from page 1 swering the call at home today,” said Maj. Gen. Don Dunbar, adjutant general of Wisconsin. “A magnificent contribution!”

The Burnett County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution on Thursday, Oct. 20, thanking Dunbar and the Wisconsin National Guard for their response to the county’s appeal for support.

Capt. Paul Cusick, commander of the 950th Engineer Company, 724th Engineer Battalion, said the mission went well.

“Soldiers want to serve,” he said.

“Helping out in their local community, that’s what they thrived on. Whether abroad or at home, that’s why they want to be here.”

The northern Wisconsin soldiers for this mission came from the 950th Engineer Company, 106th Engineer Team and the Forward Support Company - all subordinate units of the 724th Engineer Battalion.

Since Sept. 6, Guard members worked to clear branches and tree limbs from roadsides in Burnett and Douglas counties. The powerful July 1 storm toppled trees across 130,000 acres in six northern Wisconsin counties. The storm debris in the rights of way posed a safety and fire hazard. Debris clearing efforts ended Oct. 7 with identified routes 100 percent complete. Equipment rented for this mission was cleaned and returned by Oct. 11.

The 950th specializes in route clearance, which in Iraq and Afghanistan means finding and removing roadside bombs and other hazards. Cutting and chipping trees blown down by strong winds, though seemingly safer, has its own dangers, Cusick warned.

“Tree operations is dangerous because when you are felling a tree that is under stress caused by winds, it’s not very predictable which way a tree’s going to fall or how it’s going to react,” he explained.

“There’s tension built up in the tree. It’s not just a matter of pushing a tree this way - the tree’s got a vote and it’s going to fall whatever way it wants to.”

Cusick said that much of the tension in

Pfc. Brock Rizzo, a Wisconsin Army National Guard Soldier with the 724th Engineer Battalion assigned to the storm cleanup mission in Burnett and Douglas counties, moves logs to a large wood chipper. Department of Corrections personnel assisted in the cleanup effort. Approximately 50 members of the 724th conducted the storm cleanup mission for about one month. – Photo by Wisconsin National Guard Capt. Paul Cusick the storm-toppled timber dissipated between the July 1 storm and the beginning of the Wisconsin Army National Guard cleanup project Sept. 6.

“Every tree was still a unique challenge,” he said. Timber less than 18 inches in diameter was fed into wood chippers and dispersed beyond the ditch line. Timber too large for the chipper was cut into 100-inch lengths and left for local townships to remove.

Guard members received chain saw training from the Forest Industry Safety and Training Alliance, and learned to safely operate large wood chippers and other heavy equipment. The unit had very few injuries to report during the mission.

Some of the equipment used for this mission proved so helpful that it may be included in future civil support force

packages.

The soldiers were assembled into two work platoons, led by platoon leaders and platoon sergeants who recently returned from the 724th Engineer Battalion’s Iraq deployment. Cusick said that deployment experience paid huge dividends for this mission.

“It was a leadership challenge to ensure guys were rested and did not fall into complacency,” he said. “Engineer estimates, engineer recons, fuel operations, maintenance - it was all as much of a challenge as being downrange. These four guys had a high level of competence and they were still in the rhythm, that deployment atmosphere.”

Cusick said platoon leadership frequently interacted with local officials who checked on the progress of the storm de-

bris cleanup, drawing on skills honed overseas.

“Right now in the encounters you have in Afghanistan and Iraq, strategic objectives are being handled at the tactical level - platoon leader, platoon sergeant,” he said. “When that local town chairman decides to stop by to make sure his objectives are being met, it’s all the same.”

Cusick praised the state Department of Corrections officials and inmates who supplied labor in the cleanup effort. The inmates, supervised by corrections officers, hauled wood out of the ditch line, and Guard members would then feed the wood into the wood chipper.

“Those guys worked their tail off,” Cusick said of the inmates. “They wanted to be there. It allowed my guys to work more on the skilled labor side of things with the machines. It was just a win-win. From the officers down to the inmates, it was just one of the best experiences I think I’ve had.”

Overall, Cusick said the experiences gained from this particular mission were invaluable, especially for a unit just returning from a deployment.

“The big thing moving forward from this year is putting the team back together,” he said. “Seeing the mettle of the rear detachment soldiers just put the 950th much further ahead. Imminent danger, key leader engagements, interagency coordination - it will be years before my unit gets the same level of training value as this mission had. It was phenomenal.”

The Wisconsin National Guard soldiers began the mission as an Innovative Readiness Training project, which allowed existing federal funds in the training budget to be used. The Department of Defense revoked its IRT approval Sept. 8, and Walker placed the soldiers on state active duty.

Dunbar engaged leaders at the National Guard Bureau to restore federal funding Sept. 9 via additional annual training orders.

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Wealth of information in school reports

An education for those who missed the annual meetings

by Gregg Westigard Leader staff writer BURNETT AND POLK COUNTIES – Over 100 people attended the Unity School District annual meeting. That may have been a larger turnout than the combined turnout for all the other 14 school districts in the area. Persons attending their district’s meeting have a chance to learn where their schools are heading. Administrators prepare presentations on the state of the school district, its education results and its finances. Those presentations are put together in booklets for those attending. The presentations and the booklets are an education for residents, parents and taxpayers.

The annual reports for the 15 school districts serving Burnett and Polk counties contain a wealth of information, not only about the individual district but also about neighboring districts and the state of education in Wisconsin. We have looked at all 15 reports. They range from brief sets of numbers to detailed profiles of districts. Many of the reports are still available at school district offices. Here are some highlights.

The reports Webster has a bound report, available in the district office, with color pictures of school activities and the school board. The

99-page Grantsburg report covers everything from school goals and test results to an explanation on school financing. Clayton’s report is included in the district newsletter mailed to all district residents.

The state of education and funding Luck Administrator Rick Palmer opens his report with a letter asking “What’s next?” where he explains the effects that 18 years of revenue limits and the impending cut of $1.6 billion in state aid are having on schools. The Turtle Lake report talks about the ongoing impact recent legislation is having as the district tries to maintain programs as aid declines.

Grantsburg Administrator Joni Burgin explains in detail state-aid cuts and revenuelimit reductions, along with how enrollment and equalized aid determine the tax levy.

Enrollment Most districts are facing declining enrollments. Many of the districts give detailed reports on enrollment trends, not just the total numbers but grade by grade class sizes for a number of years, giving a projection of what lies ahead. Frederic has such a report with enrollment numbers back to 1970. Spooner presents the details, back to 1996, in numbers and a bar graph.

Grantsburg projects enrollment out to 2016-17. Amery has a detailed report from 1997 to the present.

Staff Many of the reports list all the faculty and staff. Clayton’s list includes all extracurricular duties but also phone extension numbers. Clear Lake, Grantsburg, Webster, and Luck also have detailed lists.

Spooner has a chart of the number of employees, year by year and job by job, since 1991. Turtle Lake not only lists the district employees but also their salaries and benefits.

Test results Cumberland compares test results with other schools in the area and with the state-wide average. It also includes the state DPI Annual Review of District Performance. Siren and Grantsburg present detailed test results. Grantsburg includes college readiness ACT scores. Shell Lake reports on the postgraduation plans of its seniors.

Goals Some districts report on their future goals, including Luck, Siren and Unity.

Grantsburg reports on the progress of the goals for each part of the district’s programs. It also lists the strategic plan of the school board, with action plans and results.

Finances Finances are the core of each report, where the money comes from and what it is spent on. Many districts illustrate the finances with pie charts and graphs, often

comparing the district to its neighbors.

Frederic has charts comparing numbers of all 39 schools in CESA No. 11. Grantsburg compares the revenues and expenses of eight area schools, showing dollar amounts and percentages of the totals.

Turtle Lake and Cumberland explain what is included in each line of the budget, such as the difference in undifferentiated and regular curriculum. Cumberland also explains the Fund 10 fund, why it is important, and what is an appropriate fund balance level.

Many districts report on what each area of the district pays in property taxes. For example, the Town of Scott in Burnett County pays 16 percent of the levy for the Spooner district, far more than any of the other 20 towns and villages. Siren, Clear Lake, Frederic and Luck also report this information, sometimes including the equalized value of the municipality over several years. The taxes are often included as comparisons of mill rates.

Odds and ends Turtle Lake includes the addresses and phone numbers of the school board members. Cumberland and Siren include the statutes on the powers of the annual meeting. Cumberland and Grantsburg include facts and figures about the local area, including employers. Spooner has details on its food service and transportation costs.

Luck and Turtle Lake talk about their after-school and community education programs.

Hidden savings in Polk County budget Vacancies lead to department changes

by Gregg Westigard Leader staff writer BALSAM LAKE – The $55 million 2012 Polk County proposed budget has moved through the review process with few changes and little debate since it was introduced in early September. On Oct. 18, the county board approved the budget with almost no modifications. Two additions totaling $37,000 were approved, and less than $100,000 in cuts were proposed but not approved, with one minor exception. The 2012 budget will have a public hearing Tuesday, Nov. 15, before the board takes action to adopt the revenues and spending for the coming year.

The 2012 budget is slightly smaller than the previous year ($54.8 million versus $55.3 million), and the property tax levy is down very slightly ($13,152 or 0.06 percent). The biggest changes are a $1 million cut in state aids paid for by a $1 million cut in employee benefits. That benefit cut, switching part of the employee pension cost to the employees, was proposed by the governor and approved by the Legislature.

A number of department changes are being implemented within the 2012

budget, changes that are reorganizing departments, leaving positions vacant and reducing expenses in the process. This includes major changes in the Human Services Department and the aging programs.

There are also staff cuts, at least temporarily, at law enforcement and the Land & Water Resources Department.

Human services is in the process of a major reorganization, made possible by the unplanned vacancy of several positions. The existing human services operating plan has four divisions, each with a supervisor. Under the new plan, presented to the human services board on Oct. 13, there will be a new position of program manager in charge of three of those divisions, juvenile justice, child protection and mental health. The fourth division, economic support, will be placed under the direction of the fiscal manager, an existing position. The three eliminated positions had base salaries in the range of $52,000 to $62,000 and actual salaries averaging $62,500. While salaries for the new positions have not been announced, the possible savings from the elimination of the three positions might be in the range of $257,000 a year, including benefits.

With the exception of a transfer of some economic support positions to a new multicounty consortium, all other jobs are preserved under the reorganization.

Aging programs is also about to undergo a major change, made possible when the program director resigned to take another job. The aging programs may become part of the Aging and Disability Resource Center, a multicounty agency that in part offers services to many of the same clients as aging. The change was endorsed by the Council on Aging at its Oct. 11 meeting and is encouraged by the state.

In the process, the aging director, a position with a base salary of $52,200, would be replaced by a supervisor at a lower base wage. The proposed change is on the agenda of the ADRC for its meeting this Thursday, Nov. 3.

Other changes relate to positions that are listed in department staffing plans but are currently vacant and on hold. The positions are not funded for 2012.

The land and water vacancy being held is the conservation planner position once held by Dave Peterson and vacant since Peterson became head of the lime quarry.

Land and water Director Tim Ritten had the choice of filling that position or another vacancy, that of information/ education coordinator. The land and water 2012 budget lists nine positions but has funding for only eight people.

There are three unfunded vacant positions for 2012 in the sheriff’s department, two in the jail and one in field services. All

the present vacancies resulted from retirements or promotions and all have been vacant for some time. One is the investigator position held by Pete Johnson before he was elected sheriff. For now, there will be one less investigator in order to fill a patrol position. The jail positions involve holding the spots of one of the three corrections sergeants and one of the 26 corrections officers. The sergeant position has been vacant since last November and the other position since June 2010. Sheriff Johnson told the Leader that the jail vacancies result in more overtime and says his department operations are pretty lean.

He said the department is being asked to do more with less and is doing the best it can with the limited funds.

The position holds were not identified in the proposed 2012 department budgets and were often not discussed during the governing committee’s budget reviews.

The position totals included with the department budgets show the authorized employee totals, not the number of funded positions. The full list of held positions is only presented within the positions update report presented to the personnel committee.

City zoning administrator resigns Opportunity to advance career

by Tammi Milberg Leader staff writer TAYLORS FALLS, Minn. – The city of Taylors Falls council accepted the resignation of the zoning administrator/coordinator at the Monday, Oct. 24, council meeting. Larry Phillips indicated he was resigning to further his career with an opportunity to work with Washington County Public Works as their manage-

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ment analyst No. 1. Mayor Michael Buchite informed the council that Phillips indicated he has enjoyed working with the city for the past five years and that his decision to leave was to take advantage of a career opportunity. The council accepted the resignation with regrets noting Phillips’ last day is Nov. 8. The council then discussed the duties of Phillips and how to word the job description and post for the position.

Phillips noted his job was 33 percent zoning, 33 percent coordinator and 33 per-

cent general administration and projects.

Based on those numbers, the council determined the job description should be reworded as city coordinator/zoning administrator. The posting will be placed in the local papers. The council could select a candidate by the Nov. 28 council meeting if they find the right individual to fill the position.

In other business, the council approved a proposal from Jack Thibodeau, Eagle Scout, to repair the archway to the RiverWalk Park and to construct a second one.

Thibodeau will request $500 of city dollars from the park and rec funds, and will find outside financing as part of the project.

The council thanked Thibodeau for his initiative for the project and approved the proposal.

The council also approved a request for Cherry Hill Park for the pavilion. The proposal was to create a new patio for the pavilion using paver blocks at a cost less than pouring a concrete slab. The proposal was from Mark Adams to put in the pavers with his time to be donated. The

city owes $750 to Adams from work he has done on the pavilion. The pavers will cost approximately $840. Adams proposed that the council pay him $1,000 now for the $750 and a $250 down payment on the pavers with the remainder to be paid over the next year or two years.

The council thanked Adams for his generous proposal and approved the motion to move forward and pay him $1,000.

The council tabled the generator for lift station No. 1 until more information could be gathered. Some bids were turned in with the public works request, but the council wanted more time to evaluate the issue and will look at it on Nov. 14 at the next council meeting.

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Full board again at Luck

by Mary Stirrat Leader staff writer LUCK — Every seat on the Luck Village Board is once again filled following the appointment of Craig Lundeen to the seat left vacant with the Oct. 12 resignation of Trustee John Wilcoxon.

Lundeen was appointed to fill the position at a special meeting Wednesday, Oct. 26, of the village board. His term will end with the April 2012 elections.

Lundeen and former long time Trustee Gene Cooper had both submitted their names to the village clerk for consideration. Village President Peter Demydowich said he had asked Cooper to consider filling in for the six months before the April election because of Cooper’s past experience and history on the board.

Demydowich noted that with the Sept.

28 resignation of Trustee Marsha Jensen the board lost its longest-running member. Cooper, he felt, would be able to provide background and history on the issues facing the village.

Craig Lundeen is sworn in as a trustee of the village of Luck by village clerk Kathy Hanson. Lundeen was appointed to the board during its Wednesday, Oct. 26, special meeting. – Photo by Mary Stirrat

Both Lundeen and Cooper were given the opportunity to introduce themselves to the board.

Cooper mentioned his 17 years as a board member, serving on most committees at one point or another including the

golf course. He said he sees the village in need of help, having recently lost two board members, and would like to assist.

Lundeen, saying he has no prior board experience, pointed out that the village would some day be in the hands of his

generation. He said he has wanted to live in Luck since he rode through on his motorcycle at the age of 16, and he moved there when the opportunity arose.

He now lives in Luck with his wife and young daughter, with a baby on the way, and said he wants to be able to look them in the eye and say he did what he felt was best.

“I have no agenda,” he said. “I have no great aspirations to anything. To me this isn’t politics. It’s public service.”

Speaking in favor of Lundeen from the audience were Lynn Gregorash, Tam Howie and Art Anderson. Anderson said he knew that Cooper has a lot to offer and has served the village well, but added that it was the “perfect opportunity” to bring someone new to the board.

A roll call vote went in Lundeen’s favor.

Voting for Lundeen were Trustees Phil Warhol, Bob Determan, Kristine King and Ross Anderson. Voting for Cooper were Demydowich and Trustee Hassan Mian.

Balsam Lake/from page 3 Lindsey DuBois was the person who won the speed board, which Thompson said they may work with the village crew to make it a mobile board for specific speed radar operations.

Thompson said the unit is quit elaborate and even better than the two the village recently installed. It keeps a running total of up to 1,000 readings to accurately gauge speed averages, means and velocity averages.

“It could help us determine if there really are speeding problems in specific areas,” Thompson said.

It was also noted that the village public protection committee has completed their new policy manual, after a long review and rewrite. Issues of outdated and unrealistic policies is part of what led to a complete dissolving of the village police department a year ago, effectively forcing them to start from scratch.

• Allegations raised that the village has been burning illegally will be addressed at a coming meeting, according to Williams. The village attorney has sought a special burning permit from the DNR for the village, which he said is pending.

The issue emerged in the public comment portion of the meeting, when resi-

dent Jessee Mattox accused the village crew of burning toxic materials without the proper licensing. He also questioned a lack of policy or revenue collections on gaming machines in village taverns, and asked why it is allowed, and if so, why the village “doesn’t get a cut.”

The board did not comment on the allegations.

• Park development funding was questioned briefly during discussion on removal of an apparently unnecessary power pole near the corner of Main Street and CTH I, where the village has discussed making a small “pocket park” with directional signage. At issue is whether the village should pay $1,100 to remove or replace a pole at the corner, with utility companies donating the remainder of the $2,300 cost.

Trustee Mike Voltz noted the possible hypocrisy of cutting library budgets to pay for utility pole removal, which he shook his head over and called “robbing Peter to pay Paul.”

There was some question on whether the pole removal would qualify as true park improvement and be eligible for 2011 park funds. The issue was not resolved and will be addressed at a later date.

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• Funding issues also emerged when it was proposed the board purchase iPad computer tablets to make the trustees effectively a “paperless board.” Trustees Jeff Reed and Josh Hallberg praised the idea, stating the costs savings in materials could pay for seven tablets in less than two years, with the savings adding up over the years. They also noted that it would be an “active archive” for future trustees.

Voltz again noted the funding priorities and also wondered if the computers may scare future trustees from running, unless they are computer savvy. “I’m not against progress,” he said. “It might scare some older people off.”

The issue will be on the agenda Monday, Nov. 14, for possible action.

• The Balsam Lake Fire Department is considering a change to their budget to reflect two changes, including additional capitol outlay funding for a new pumper truck with additional assistance from the Town of Balsam Lake, which has pledged an additional $4,000 for the replacement.

“It’s a step in the right direction,” stated Trustee Chris Sondrol.

Sondrol also said the fire department is considering a procedural change to add another fire chief, to assist Chief Tim

Moore with various functions. The overall departmental budget would remain the same, but be adjusted toward payroll.

The final numbers will be presented at the Nov. 14 meeting.

• There was quite a bit of discussion but no action on a letter from the State Public Service Commission on water and sewer rates and how the village should consider a rate adjustment to offset mounting departmental debt.

Hallberg suggested they wait until refinancing efforts and 2011 books are finished.

“Let’s see if we can free up some cash with a debt restructure, first,” he said.

At issue is the fact that village water/sewer rates have not been adjusted for 19 years and that approximately 72 percent of that department’s budget reportedly goes toward long-term debt for things like water treatment, water towers, lines and the like.

If the restructuring does not help with solvency, it was suggested that rates may have to go up as much as 50 percent to make up for the static rates of the past.

The board took no action, but will send a letter to the state PSC to apprise them of the plan.

Pumpkin adds to fundraiser AJ Simpkins, with the help of his family, decorated this pumpkin that brought in more than $32 in the Parents of the Elementary Saints fundraiser.

A total of $137 was raised from the pennies and other coins and cash that were collected. Twenty-four pumpkins were entered in the competition from Pre-K through fourth-grade students and their families. - Special photo

Just one of the many Halloween displays set up at the Doug and Becky Amundson home of Frederic. – Photo submitted

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November is American Diabetes Month NATIONWIDE – Diabetes is a disease, which can lead to serious complications and premature death. People with diabetes, working together with their support network and their health care providers, can take steps to control the disease and lower the risk of complications. Diabetes is when a person’s blood glucose/sugar levels are above normal. This happens because the majority of food eaten is turned into glucose or sugar for the body to use for energy. The pancreas makes insulin, a hormone, which helps glucose get out of the blood stream and into the body’s cells.

People with diabetes are unable to make enough insulin or not able to use their body’s insulin as well as it should. This causes the sugar to build up in the blood.

There are two main types of diabetes.

Type 1 diabetes occurs in around 5 percent of diagnosed cases of diabetes, it is also called insulin dependent diabetes since it is usually necessary to inject insulin. Type 2 diabetes occurs in around 95 percent of the diagnosed cases of diabetes and isn’t insulin dependent.

The symptoms of any type of diabetes may include: frequent urination, excessive

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thirst, unexplained weight loss, extreme hunger, sudden vision changes, tingling or numbness in hands or feet, feeling very tired much of the time, very dry skin or sores that are slow to heal.

If you think you have diabetes it is very important to see a physician for diagnosis.

There are several risk factors for diabetes which include: older age, family history of diabetes, low physical activity or race/ethnicity. African Americans, Hispanic/Latino Americans, American Indians and Pacific Islanders are at particularly high risk for type 2 diabetes.

If you don’t have diabetes you can prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes through a healthy lifestyle. This can be done by improving your diet, increasing your level of physical activity and maintaining a healthy weight.

If you have diabetes, contact your physician and they will set up a treatment plan that works for you.

For further information on diabetes visit: www.stopdiabetes.diabetes.org, www.diabetes.org or www.cdc.gov/diabetes/consumer/learn. htm. - submitted

Time for flu shots

Karen Dalzall and other Polk County nurses administered flu shots and nasal sprays to more than 100 children at Luck before heading to Frederic and other schools in the county.

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The Polk County Child Support Agency has received the Agency of the Year Award from the Wisconsin Child Support Enforcement Agency. Jeff Fuge (left) shared the award plaque with Jay Luke, chair of the public protection committee, at the committee meeting Tuesday, Nov. 1. Fuge said this is a well-deserved award for the child protection staff. The agency works to assure that child support is received for children and that the rights of children are protected.

- Photo by Gregg Westigard

THANK YOU

Thank you to everyone that made the benefit for Larold Richison at the Moose Lodge a huge success.

Special thanks to all volunteers: Wendy Marek, Natasha Engstrand, Ricky Garbow, Amber Richison, Eric Jones, Rhyan Richison, Julius Hayes, Bill Lindberg, Denny and Kim Lockwood, Vada Moody, the cooks who put on a wonderful meal, Brian Moody and Andy Peloquin. Thanks to everyone for your continuing support. Thanks to the Polk/Burnett Chapter of Thrivent for Lutherans for their donation.

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The Frederic Farmers Market is closed for the season. We wish to thank the Inter-County Cooperative Publishing Association for allowing us the use of the parking lot and the support of the community which makes the market a success. Thanks to all the vendors and shoppers.

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Deadline for America’s Farmers Grow Communities Program is Nov. 30 ST. LOUIS, Mo. – During the season of giving, Wisconsin farmers can get into the holiday spirit by signing up to win $2,500 for their favorite local nonprofit organizations through America’s Farmers Grow Communities , sponsored by the Monsanto Fund. One farmer in each of Wisconsin’s 55 participating counties will win. Those farmers can share their holiday cheer with food pantries, fire departments, students at local schools and others by signing up and designating an organization in their community.

Food pantries give food to the hungry all year round, though the need for food can be magnified around the holidays.

“It is so gratifying to get this money,” said Sharon Mahoney, president of Blue Mounds Food Pantry. “We have been working for more than three years to get a pantry, and we just opened up in June. We need the funding greatly. We serve an average of 35 to 40 families a week. That is a lot for a rural area.”

This year, the program has expanded to include a total of 1,245 counties nationwide. The addition of 41 new counties will result in an additional $102,500 in donations. In Wisconsin, the Monsanto Fund will invest a total of $137,500 toward nonprofit organizations in rural communities.

Now through Nov. 30, 2011, farmers can apply online at www.growcommunities.com, or call 877267-3332 to apply by phone. A $1 donation will be made to local United Way chapters for each farmer who signs up, to further enhance the investment in rural communities. Farmers who meet program eligibility requirements may enter regardless of involvement with previous Grow Communities programs. One winner will be selected at random from each of the 1,245 eligible counties, and the Monsanto Fund will announce winning farmers and recipient nonprofits in January 2012.

Eligible counties in Wisconsin include Adams, Barron, Brown, Buffalo, Calumet, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Door, Dunn, Eau Claire, Fond Du Lac, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, Kewaunee, La Crosse, Lafayette, Manitowoc, Marathon, Marinette, Marquette, Monroe, Oconto, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Portage, Racine, Richland, Rock, Sauk, Shawano, Sheboygan, St. Croix, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vernon, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago and Wood.

Visit www.growcommunities.com to sign up and to learn more about America’s Farmers Grow Communities. This program is part of a broad commitment

by Monsanto Fund to invest in farm communities, in order to highlight the important contributions farmers make every day to our society. - submitted

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THANK YOU

The Webb Lake Area First Responders would like to publicly express our sincere THANK-YOU, gratitude and appreciation to companies and individuals who recently hosted golf events at Voyager Village Golf Club. Volunteers participated with contests and raffles to raise money for our cause, which was then donated by these generous people to our group. Our mission is to provide volunteer medical attention to area residents.

George and Joanne - Who without them NONE of this would have occurred! Thank you!

Dewey and Charlie from The Lumberjack - $500.

“Fritz” Wegscheider and his group of golfers who helped us raise $400.

Greg Meyer - 3M Building and Commercial Services Division and their Distributor Dalco Inc. from New Brighton, whose generosity and caring of the 70 participants donated nearly $1,500!

To our friends at Voyager Village for their cooperation, prize donations and willingness to allow us and the volunteers who gave their time to make these successful and rewarding experiences.

These amazing donations will partially fund our insurance, equipment needs and training for the First Responders. We still need and respectfully request the support of our local people to send contributions to help us continue to serve our community in medical need. Please send donations to: Webb Lake Area First Responders, c/o Marie Bernatz, 1826 Kessler Road, Danbury, WI 54830.

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The Frederic Cub Scout Lions (kindergartners) visited the Baker Apple Orchard in Centuria on Saturday, Oct. 22. John Baker led the Scouts on a tour of the apple orchard. On the tour, they learned how to care for apple trees, how the apples are harvested and finally how they are cleaned. The boys got to pick a Big Ben apple that can only be found at the Baker orchard.

They also had the opportunity to taste a variety of apples and were entertained by Baker’s simultaneous apple juggling and eating trick. Cleaned apples are shown above being expelled onto a rotating table for sorting as John Baker and the Scouts observe. BELOW: Scouts (L to R) Roman Lahti, Tracker Dodds, Wyatt Warwas and Brett Stenke hold their Big Ben apples while sampling a variety of apples. - Photos submitted

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This is the time …

• Joe Heller •

An important forum will be held later this month at Balsam Lake.

The Mental Health Task Force of Polk County will be discussing suicide, offering a candid community discussion, with parent testimonials and advice from professionals, regarding what local communities can do to increase suicide prevention efforts.

With two months left in 2011, Polk County has experienced 10 suicides and 19 attempted (documented) suicide attempts this year, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Department. Statistics show there are about 11 suicides per 100,000 people in the U.S. each year. That means the county, with about 45,000 residents, stands at about twice the national rate.

Breaking through the social tabu of even discussing the topic of suicide has been difficult for us as a society. Even as a local newspaper, reporting such deaths has presented a challenge. Our guidelines lean toward protection of survivors, even though that mindset suggests there should be guilt and shame associated with such deaths. We’ve stumbled more than once in deciding if and how to inform readers there was a self-inflicted death. We currently do not print the names of suicide victims unless it’s a public figure or there is a public event, such as a police standoff or involvement of public agencies, involved. We have erred both on the side of offering too little and too much information over the years, but we have always given serious thought as we weigh the worth of reporting suicides.

But aside from simply reporting them, at some point there has to be open discussion of the topic. This is the time for Polk County.

Nearly 1 million people worldwide take their own life each year, with anywhere from 10 to 20 million suicide attempts, according to the medical Web site, medicinenet.com.

The true number of suicides is likely higher because some deaths that were thought to be an accident, like a single-car accident, overdose or shooting, are not recognized as being a suicide.

Suicide is the eighth leading cause of death in males and the 16th leading cause of death in females. Boys 10 to 14 years of age commit suicide twice as often as their female peers. Teenage boys 15 to 19 complete suicide five times as often as girls their age, and men 20 to 24 commit suicide 10 times as often as women their age. Gay, lesbian and other sexual minority youth are more at risk than their heterosexual counterparts.

We often hear these statistics and apply them to other communities, counties and states.

We’re obviously in denial if we do that.

Hats off to the Polk County Health Department and its Mental Health Task Force for tackling this issue, responding to an obvious need and with the goal of rescuing people in need. We wish them well in their search for answers and solutions, and encourage members of the public to take part in this effort.

The forum will take place on Thursday, Nov. 17, from 8 to 10 a.m. in the community room at the Justice Center.

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Are you wondering what became of Russ Feingold?

Wisconsin’s former U.S. senator is now the head of Progressives United, a political action committee that he formed early this year. The movement has been gaining support, mostly due to the popularity of two of the most independent politicians in Wisconsin‘s history - Feingold himself and the father of the progressive movement in Wisconsin, “Fighting Bob” LaFollette.

The committee allows Feingold to trade on his independence, going after both Democrats and Republicans in making sure they are responsible to voters best interests or his idea of what that represents. His first target was the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Citizens United case that struck down key elements of Feingold’s signature legislation passed with Sen. John McCain known as the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002. He called the ruling “the most lawless decision in the history of our country,” ... setting a dangerous precedent by allowing corporations to have unlimited influence over elections.

This week he targeted Democrats who serve on the deficit “super committee” who are proposing making huge cuts to Medicare and Social Security benefits in a “misguided attempt” to get Republicans to agree to a deal - a deal, Feingold notes, that’s simply not worth making.

In a mass e-mail this week he calls on progressives to step up the pressure on committee Democrats to walk away from any deal that includes Social Security and Medicare benefit cuts. The committee has until Nov. 23 to recommend $1.5 trillion (with a T) in deficit reduction over the next decade.

“We need to make sure Democrats on the super committee feel the pressure only progressives can bring,” Feingold said. “We need to urge them to stand by our progressive principles - ensure millionaires, billionaires and big corporations pay their fair share of debt reduction, no cuts to Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid benefits, no giveaways to corporate interests.

“Or no deal,” he says.

Feingold’s movement brings another element of excitement to politics in the wake of the Tea Party. More information can be found at progressivesunited.org.

• Where to write • President Barack Obama 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, D.C. 20500 www.whitehouse.gov/contact/ Gov. Scott Walker Wisconsin State Capitol Madison, WI 53707 transition@wisconsin.gov Congressman Sean Duffy (7th District) 1208 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 202-225-3365 U.S. Sen. Ryan Paul 1233 Longworth House Officce Building Washington, D.C. 20510 202-225-3031

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Editorials by Gary King Rep. Erik Severson (28th District) Room 6 North State Capitol Madison, WI 53708 608-267-2365 • 888-529-0028 FAX: 608-282-3628 rep.Severson@legis.state.wi.us Rep. Roger RIvard (75th District) State Capitol Room 307 North P.O. Box 8952, Madison, WI 608-266-2519 • 888-534-0075 rep.rivard@legis.wi.gov U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson 2 Russell Courtyard Washington, D.C. 20510 202-224-5323

Sen. Robert Jauch (25th District) Room 415 South, State Capitol P.O. Box 7882, Madison, WI 53707 Sen.Jauch@legis.state.wi.us Sen. Sheila Harsdorf (10th District) State Capitol, P.O. Box 7882 Madison, WI 53707 608-266-7745 • 715-232-1390 Toll-free - 800-862-1092 sen.harsdorf@legis.state.wi.us Rep. Nick Milroy (73rd District) Room 8 North, State Capitol P.O. Box 8953, Madison 53708 rep.milroy@legis.state.wi.us

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• Letters to the editor • Log versus splinter In last week’s Leader, the writer of a letter titled Untruthful ought to be grateful he lives in the USA where those who accuse their leaders of lying are not killed or imprisoned.

But I can’t agree more with the writer’s admiration for those who paid attention in civics and government class, who continue to be interested in how our government and political systems work and who honor our right to our own opinions but not our own facts.

Then, the writer joins in a popular indoor sport of bashing the president of the United States, our commander in chief.

He accuses President Obama of lying when he accuses Senate Republicans of killing his jobs bill. The writer points out the Democrats have a majority in the Senate, and therefore the minority Republicans could not have killed the bill.

So if the writer is not lying, I expect he has forgotten that a majority rules the House but not the Senate. The founders designed it that way as part of a system of checks and balances. In the Senate, if 41 senators do not like a bill favored by 59, the minority can keep it from coming to a vote by filibuster or other parliamentary procedure. A super-majority rules the Senate.

That’s what happened to the president’s jobs bill. Forty-six Republican and two Democrat senators prevented the bill from

Citizen input influences legislation Most of the legislation I introduce comes from ideas brought forth by the constituents I represent. As we continue our work during the fall session, action was taken on several proposals that I authored or co-sponsored as a result of ideas being brought to my attention by individuals in the 10th Senate District.

The bills that were acted upon or introduced this week include: Senate Bill 127 - Under this bill, if a person is convicted of a crime involving an act of domestic violence and it was committed in the presence of a child, the sentencing court must consider the fact that a child was present as an aggravating factor in determining the sentence. This would allow the court to recognize that the child witnessed the crime without further involving the child in the criminal justice system, which can add to the trauma the child has experienced. This bill was approved on a unanimous voice vote by the state Senate on Oct. 25 and is now awaiting action in the state Assem-

coming to a vote by using filibuster.

Perhaps the writer will apologize to the president and remember the wisdom of Jesus who spoke of the danger of noticing a splinter in another’s eye and not the log in his own eye.

Norman Jensen Madison and Siren

Bears share the area with humans Several days ago I received a phone call where the young man was screaming and swearing, wanting to know how he could kill a sow with cubs. A short time after that I saw messages on Facebook complaining and swearing about the DNR and the bear issue.

This prompted me to want to let people know how to share the area with bears, as we live in Northwest Wisconsin and whether you hunt or fish or just take walks you will probably see a bear or two and if you know a few facts about bears it can possibly save you a bad encounter.

First of all, all wild animals can be dangerous and you should be careful around them. The bears in our area are chased all summer and fall by hounds and people almost every single day. That is enough to make any animal edgy and scared or very protective of their young. This is for sure the case with the bears in Clam Falls.

Sheila

Harsdorf 10th District Senate bly. I authored SB 127 at the request of a local police officer who has seen firsthand the detrimental impact that domestic violence has on children.

Assembly Bill 248 - This legislation seeks to allow the Department of Transportation to issue permits for loads of hay or straw that exceed height restrictions.

This issue was brought to my attention by an individual who became aware that differing transportation laws between Minnesota and Wisconsin results in unnecessary cost and waste for agricultural producers and operators. Unlike a number of neighboring states and Canadian provinces, Wisconsin law does not allow for divisible loads that exceed a certain height to apply for a special permit. This results in operators being forced to abandon part of their load or selling at a reduced price upon entering Wisconsin. I

We share the woods and fields with all wildlife, but bears, like us, are at the top of the food chain. Bears natural instinct is to fear us like we fear them. They know that we are capable of harming them and are not a meek critter such as a fawn so they are always on guard around humans.

We have the predator scent while hunting and they can sense that. Bears do not like loud noises or being startled so if a bear is near, stay as quiet as you can. Our natural instinct is fear when they are near but so is theirs so if they don’t feel threatened from you being too noisy or doing things to scare them they will generally pass by or continue whatever they are doing at the time. Bears can outrun you so don’t run from them and don’t try to climb a tree either as they can climb. Bears eyesight is not as good as their nose and they smell you long before they see you. Their olfactory senses are excellent and far superior to yours. Don’t corner or arouse a bear or wound them at bird feeders because this too will make them aggressive. Respect bears and don’t fear them so much so that you can’t enjoy our great Wisconsin outdoors. Educate yourself on their behavior and spend time in the woods watching the behavior of animals. Bears and people just want to raise their families in each other’s environment, just remember to be cautious.

Saying things like you want to kill bears or that all bears want to eat your children is ludicrous. Haven’t we seen that way too authored this legislation as a means to ease the transport of hay and straw and avoid potential losses for operators and agricultural producers. AB 248 was approved unanimously by the state Senate on Oct. 25, after previously passing the state Assembly. AB 248 is now awaiting action by the governor.

Senate Bill 260 - This proposal addresses concerns raised by dairy cooperatives in regards to the administration of the Dairy Manufacturing Facility Investment Credit. The Dairy Manufacturing Facility Investment Credit is an important component of economic development and job creation in rural areas, and this bill would improve the administration of the credit for co-op members.

Currently, by the time cooperatives are notified of the amount of the credit they’re eligible to receive, most co-op members have already filed their taxes and must file amended tax returns in order to receive the credit. I introduced this bill in an effort to allow co-op members to claim the credit on the following year’s tax return. SB 260 has been referred to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Higher Education.

many times in the dark side of our history, whether it is with people or animals? If all the bears in our area were destroyed not only would it destroy our area’s ecosystem, but the bear hunters would have nothing to chase, and they would blame the DNR that there are no bears anymore, and we, as people of this area, would greatly miss out on their beauty and majesty and the symbol of our area.

Tamara Larson Clam Falls

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E-mailed letters are preferred. Letters may be sent to theleader@centurytel.net or mailed to Inter-County Leader, Box 490, Frederic, WI 54837.

Senate Bill 261 - SB 261 seeks to increase the allowable length of three-vehicle combinations from the current 65 feet to 70 feet. A constituent brought to my attention that some three-vehicle combinations for those seeking to camp and engage in recreational sports exceed the current 65-foot-length limit, which limits those opportunities. Many states, including Minnesota, already allow combination lengths of 70 feet or longer, and extending Wisconsin’s allowable length could have a positive impact on the tourism industry. The three-vehicle combinations under this bill are specifically in reference to combinations that include recreational vehicles or that are towing camping trailers, ATVs, snowmobiles, motorcycles or watercraft. This bill was recently introduced, and it is awaiting action before the Senate committee on Transportation and Elections.

As the legislative session continues, please feel free to contact my office for information or to express your suggestions, thoughts or concerns. Please continue to stay in touch by visiting www.harsdorfsenate.com.

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First anniversary of no texting while driving ban Severson teams up with bipartisan group of lawmakers in effort to educate public on dangers MADISON – To mark the one-year anniversary of the Wisconsin law banning texting while driving this December, a bipartisan group of lawmakers are teaming up with the Wisconsin State Patrol, AAA and AT&T to remind motorists of the law and the deadly consequences of texting and driving.

An event at the state Capitol in Madison last week highlighted a new app recently launched by AT&T called DriveMode that helps reduce the temptation to text and drive, an upcoming state summit on Teen Distracted Driving being organized by Oak Creek High School students and AAA’s distracted driving simulator that demonstrates how impossible it is to text and drive safely. The event also provided information on ongoing public awareness campaigns to prevent texting while driving.

“Not only is texting while driving extremely dangerous, but it’s now against

An event at the state Capitol in Madison last week highlighted a new app recently launched by AT&T called DriveMode that helps reduce the temptation to text and drive. – Photo submitted

the law in Wisconsin,” said state Rep. Erik Severson, R-Osceola, who joined with state Sen. Jennifer Shilling, D-La Crosse, state Rep. Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, and state Sen. Van Wanggaard, R-Racine, at the event. “Each of us has family members and friends traveling Wisconsin’s roads, and we’re proud to join forces to spread the simple message that there’s no text message worth breaking the law and risking your life or someone else’s Wisconsin’s law, which went into effect

Dec. 1, 2010, prohibits sending an e-mail or text message while driving and imposes a fine of up to $400. As a primary enforcement law, officers may stop and ticket drivers solely for texting and driving. Wisconsin is one of 34 states and the District of Columbia that ban texting on a cell phone or similar electronic device while driving.

Texting is so dangerous because it takes a driver’s eyes off the road for an average of five seconds. At 55 mph, that’s like

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driving the length of a football field completely blind. Studies show a driver’s reaction time is doubled when reading or sending a text, and motorists sending a text while driving are 23 more times likely to be in a crash.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, nearly 6,000 deaths and 500,000 injuries in 2008 were due to distracted driving habits such as texting. - from the office of Rep. Severson

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A long wait yields expansive new freedoms Wisconsin’s concealed carry bill has few restrictions

by Bill Lueders Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Special to the Leader

STATEWIDE – Sen. Bob Jauch has earned his F grade from the National Rifle Association. The Democratic Wisconsin state senator from Poplar has long fought the gun lobby’s efforts to let state residents carry concealed weapons.

In January 2004, when the Senate voted 23-10 to override then-Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle’s veto of a concealed carry bill, Jauch unloaded with both barrels. “The special interests won today,” he said from the Senate floor. “The NRA won today.”

That victory was short-lived, however; the state Assembly fell one vote short of overriding Doyle’s veto.

Two years later, another concealed carry bill passed, and the governor’s veto was narrowly sustained. Again, Jauch argued against it.

This year, following the election of Republican Gov. Scott Walker and GOP majorities in both Houses, concealed carry was back.

On June 9, Jauch voted against the bill in committee, saying he didn’t think it would make Wisconsin safer.

But there was no stopping concealed carry this time around. It easily passed both Houses of the Legislature with bipartisan support and was signed into law by Walker. In the Auric Gold says concealed Senate, the vote was 25 to 8, with all 19 Republicans carry in Wisconsin was “worth and six Democrats voting the wait, because we got a better law.” – Photo by Eric Tadsen in favor.

Among them was Jauch.

Jauch had co-sponsored amendments to add the state Capitol, domestic violence shelters, child care centers, polling places, churches and bars to the list of places from which concealed weapons would be automatically prohibited. All were defeated, meaning these places will have to post signs to keep weapons out. But he voted for the final bill anyway.

“I think the mood of the public has changed,” Jauch explained in a letter to constituents. And while he does not expect to see a reduction in crime, which is already much lower in Wisconsin than the national average, Jauch wrote that “there is no evidence that concealed carry in other states has endangered the public or led to a rampant misuse of firearms.”

Wisconsin’s new law, which takes effect Tuesday, Nov. 1, leaves Illinois as the lone state with a blanket ban on carrying concealed weapons. The NRA and its supporters have been picking off holdout states for years (in 2002 there were six) and pushing for the expansion of those rights in states that allow concealed carry.

The NRA hailed Wisconsin’s law as “one of the nation’s strongest.”

“The odd thing about Wisconsin is that we went right from prohibition to no precautions whatsoever,” says Jeri Bonavia, executive director of the Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort, a statewide advocacy group that focuses on gun-violence prevention. “Our law doesn’t have as many safeguards or restrictions as other states.”

Auric Gold, secretary of the pro-gun-rights group Wisconsin Carry Inc., agrees that the bill offers more expansive rights than earlier versions: “I might say it was worth the wait, because we got a better law than the one that was vetoed by Governor Doyle.”

“It’s a great law,” agrees Rachel Parsons, a spokeswoman with the NRA’s national office in Fairfax, Va. “We’re very happy.”

License holders may bring concealed handguns into taverns, so long as they don’t drink while there. Weapons are not automatically banned in airports, except past security checkpoints.

Hawk Sullivan, the owner of three popular Madisonarea bars, says he’s posting signs prohibiting weapons at all of them: “If I see someone with a gun, I’ll call the police.”

As of Tuesday, all Wisconsin residents can have loaded and unencased handguns in their vehicles. And employers may not prevent their license-holding employees from keeping concealed weapons in their vehicles, even when parked on company property or used in connection with their job.

The database of concealed carry license holders will be kept secret. Law enforcement officers may access it to confirm that a person who fails to produce a license on request (a $25 fine, refundable if produced within 48 hours) is indeed licensed, but cannot routinely check the database when they stop a vehicle.

This bothers Doug Pettit, chief of police in the village of Oregon and chairman of the legislative committee for the Wisconsin Chiefs of Police Association, who says law enforcement officers believe “more information is better than the lack of information.”

Pettit also feels the law is too lax in terms of who can get a concealed carry license, saying the narrow list of exemptions would not include, for instance, a gang member in Milwaukee with multiple felony charges that were all pleaded down to misdemeanors.

Concerns have also been raised, on both sides, about the level of training needed to obtain a license. An initial bill included no provisions for licensing and training. These were added later, after objections were raised.

The law, as passed, says the training requirement can be met by taking a basic hunter education course, like those offered by the state Department of Natural Resources.

Critics note that these courses focus on rifles and shotguns, not handguns, and do not teach about using weapons in crisis situations.

Says Pettit, “It just concerns me that some individuals may decide to get a concealed carry license even though they’re not familiar with the weapon and are not trained properly.” Police officers, he notes, receive extensive instruction on the use of firearms under stress– learning, for instance, to always look beyond their target to see if others are in the line of fire.

In response to such concerns, Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen drafted, and Walker grudgingly approved, an administrative rule to require at least four hours of training, including some hands-on. The rule has drawn howls of protest from the NRA, which insists Wisconsin’s law was passed “with a presumption of freedom, rather than excessive regulation.”

Even before this four-hour training rule was suggested, NRA lobbyist Darren LaSorte was quoted saying that eliminating Wisconsin’s licensing and training requirements “will certainly be an aspiration of ours down the line.”

Adds NRA spokeswoman Parsons, “we will continue to work with members of the Legislature to strengthen the language,” so more people can carry.

The NRA power myth Bonavia argues that the Wisconsin public has never been as keen on concealed carry as have members of the state Legislature. And even among lawmakers, Bonavia doesn’t know “if they were as persuaded of the need for concealed carry as they were of the need to vote for it.”

Many politicians, she says, believe “it’s political suicide to vote against the NRA.” They’ve “bought into the NRA power myth.”

In fact, the NRA doesn’t always get its way.

Despite considerable NRA support, one of Wisconsin’s leading gun-rights advocates, state Sen. David Zien, R-Eau Claire, was defeated in his bid for re-election in 2006. And state Rep. Gary Sherman, D-Port Wing, an NRA member who switched positions to cast the deciding vote against overriding Doyle’s veto of concealed carry in 2004, won re-election that year and on two subsequent occasions.

After the 2004 vote, NRA lobbyist LaSorte was quoted as saying “some seats are going to have to change,” adding that Sherman is “certainly going to be in the sights of his constituents.”

Sherman, now a state appellate court judge, recalls that the NRA did target him, running a full-page ad in the Ashland Daily Press and backing his opponent. But the feedback he got from constituents was “overwhelmingly in favor of the governor’s veto.” As for the NRA’s supposed

Not for the squeamish State Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend, a co-sponsor of Wisconsin’s concealed carry bill, offers a simple explanation for why the bill is stronger. He says that in the past, when passage hinged on swinging a vote or two to override a gubernatorial veto, bill drafters had to deal with the concerns of “the most squeamish” potential supporters.

“But here, if the most squeamish person says, ‘I’m not going to vote for it unless there’s this and this,” then you can say, ‘Don’t vote for it, we have the votes anyway.’ “ Wisconsin’s concealed carry law allows anyone 21 or older to apply for a license, which costs $50 and is good for five years. Only a small group of individuals, including convicted felons and persons with domestic abuse restraining orders against them, may be denied a license.

The allowable weapons include handguns, knives, billy clubs and stun guns.

The freedom to concealed carry is automatically suspended in only a few places, such as law enforcement offices, courthouses and schools. Businesses and government buildings may choose to prohibit weapons by posting signs at every entrance, but no bans may be enacted on the state Capitol grounds or the open areas of city and state parks, college campuses and public zoos.

Walker’s Department of Administration has opted to LEFT: State Sen. Glenn Grothman believes conallow concealed weapons in most areas of the state Capi- cealed carry license holders “are far more respontol and other state government buildings. Lawmakers will sible than the population as a whole.” RIGHT: State set their own policies as to where weapons will be permit- Sen. Bob Jauch was against concealed carry before ted.

he was for it. – Photos submitted

Oregon Police Chief Doug Pettit is worried that licenses may go to people who are “not familiar with the weapon and are not trained properly.” – Courtesy of Doug Pettit clout, Sherman says, “I’ve never been under the impression that any organization could wield as much power with the electorate as the NRA claims.”

Direct contributions to state candidates from the NRA Political Victory Fund have been nominal, totaling just $15,000 since mid-2008, state records show. But Parsons says the group’s clout springs from other sources: “The reason we are so powerful is that our members vote and they contact their legislators.”

The NRA also maintains a formidable lobbying presence. In the first six months of 2011, the group reported spending $66,658 on 415 hours of lobbying in Wisconsin, 76 percent of which was devoted to the concealed carry bill, state records show. It registered four lobbyists, all from the group’s national headquarters in Fairfax, Va. Another group, Wisconsin Gun Owners Inc., reported spending $78,516 on 364 hours of lobbying during this period, half on the successful concealed carry bill. In all, proponents of concealed carry reported spending a total of 541 hours on lobbying the bill, compared to 205 hours reported by groups opposed to it. The group that logged the most hours against it, 66, was Milwaukee County.

The office of state Sen. Pam Galloway, R-Wausau, the bill’s lead sponsor, confirms that the NRA was among “a number of groups that reached out to provide input” during the bill-drafting process.

A nonissue in the making?

A few Wisconsin communities, including Germantown in Washington County and Sturtevant in Racine County, have voted to allow concealed weapons in most municipal buildings. But many more are taking steps to prohibit these, as the law allows.

State Rep. Donna Seidel, D-Wausau, a leading opponent of concealed carry in Wisconsin, sees this as significant: “If there was such a great desire for this policy in Wisconsin, why are those who can prohibit it doing so?”

And officials are chafing at their inability to keep weapons out of some areas, like the open areas of parks and college campuses.

“Factually speaking, it significantly diminishes our ability to keep weapons off campus,” says David Giroux, spokesman for the 26-campus University of Wisconsin System, which opposed the change. “The new law creates a much more complex environment for us.” Giroux says every campus in the system will post signs against weapons in buildings, at a total of at least 12,000 doors.

The Wisconsin Parks & Recreation Association, representing local parks officials, also opposes the change. Executive director Steve Thompson cites special concern over allowing weapons in areas used for concerts, youth-related programs and athletic events: “The potential is there for something to go awry.”

Some businesses are also reacting uncomfortably to the change. “They would prefer to have zero tolerance – no weapons on the premises, period,” says Keith Kopplin, a lawyer with the Milwaukee law firm of Krukowski & Costello, which advises employers. Yet now any weapons ban must generally exclude the personal vehicles of workers with concealed carry licenses.

Gun rights advocate Auric Gold, an NRA-certified firearms instructor (although not a current NRA member), has over the past several years regularly carried weapons openly in and around his home in Madison, as when he walks through his neighborhood or goes to the grocery store. He says the new law will give him another option, when the situation warrants it.

“Open carry is just not as practical in the winter and concealed carry is not as practical in the summer,” he says.

And it may not make sense to carry openly in a “dense crowd.”

Gold thinks Wisconsin’s experience will be similar to other states, where concealed carry gradually becomes “a non-issue with most people.” They hear alarms about “blood running in the streets,” but no such thing occurs.

Sen. Grothman agrees. “You watch too much TV if you think the average citizen is just ready to go off at the drop of a hat,” he says, adding that he believes concealed carry license holders “are far more responsible than the population as a whole.”

Grothman shrugs off the concerns raised by Chief Pettit: “If I’m a law enforcement officer, the guy I’m going to worry about is the guy who doesn’t have a concealed carry license.”

Indeed, Grothman thinks it’s “ridiculous” that there was

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Budget ready for Nov. 21 hearing at Luck

by Mary Stirrat Leader staff writer LUCK — The 2012 budget, particularly of the golf course, was the main topic at a special Wednesday, Oct. 26, meeting of the Luck Village Board. The board finalized the budget to be published in upcoming editions of the Leader in preparation of the public hearing set for Monday, Nov. 21, at 5:30 p.m.

There were no changes made in the general village budget that was presented earlier in October with a tax levy of $522,904.

This is up $5,216 from 2011.

The taxing mill rate remains steady at $7.73 per $1,000 in equalized value.

Some changes were made in the golf course budget to allow a little more “wiggle room,” since the original budget indicated only about $3,000 in revenue over expenses.

To create more leeway, the board voted to eliminate the accounting services of $7,200 and to reduce credit card expenses by $1,000 by negotiating with the credit card company.

Village President Peter Demydowich told the board he was interested in filling the vacant seat on the golf commission, and the board appointed him to that position.

He also said that in 2012 the golf commission will meet twice a month rather than once, and will be developing a new marketing plan.

The board discussed the budget and promotion of the golf course with Sloan Wallgren, director of golf operations, who was in attendance at the meeting. It was noted that last year the village provided $46,000 to the course with no payback requirement.

From the audience, Lynn Gregorash asked if it would be more profitable to re-

Every seat on the Luck Village Board is once again filled, with the Oct. 26 appointment of Craig Lundeen to the trustee position vacated by the resignation of John Wilcoxon earlier this month. From left are Trustees Lundeen, Bob Determan and Hassan Mian, village clerk Kathy Hanson, village President Peter Demydowich, and Trustees Phil Warhol, Kristine King and Ross Anderson. — Photo by Mary Stirrat duce fees at the course to entice more players, rather than increasing them as was done for the 2012 budget.

According to Wallgren, a drastic cut could bring in significantly more players, but a cut of $50 or $100 would not create enough new revenue to offset losses.

Village Administrator Kristina Handt said that a budget option had been discussed that includes wage decreases for the clubhouse and groundskeeping employees.

Another audience member, Tim Van Meter, said he’s not a golfer but believes the golf course is a good thing for the village. He said it seems there is not enough cooperation between the village and the golf course it owns.

Van Meter also asked whether, if the board was to discuss cutting wages at the golf course, it would make sense to cut all wages to save the taxpayers money.

“It’s just my opinion,” he said. “It needs to be looked at as everyone’s responsibility.”

The board was in agreement that the golf course is an asset to the community, drawing people to the businesses in Luck.

The question, however, was how to best prevent any losses at the course that would become the responsibility of the village taxpayers.

In other business, Trustee Craig Lundeen was appointed to the redevelopment authority, and the board approved a reso-

lution to assess special charges to affected businesses for the Main Street sidewalk repair and replacement project. The assessments would be paid back over a four-year period, with 3.5 percent interest.

Trustee Ross Anderson abstained from voting, and all other board members voted in favor.

Conceal and carry/from page 10 talk of designating the state Capitol as a place where weapons are not allowed, which the Walker administration declined to do. “It’s a little hypocritical if lawmakers say we don’t want concealed carry where we work,” he says. “We’re telling everybody else out there, ‘Don’t worry.’ “ Bill Lueders is the Money and Politics Project director at the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. The project, a partnership of the Center and MapLight, is supported by the Open Society Institute.

Concealed carry in Wisconsin: A time line 1848: Wisconsin becomes a state.

1872: The state passes a law prohibiting the carrying of concealed weapons, except by “a peace officer.”

1998: Wisconsin voters approve a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right of state residents to bear and keep arms for any “lawful purpose.”

1999: A bill to let state residents carry concealed weapons is introduced in the state Legislature. It does not pass. As of the end of 2008, eight other such bills will be introduced, all unsuccessful.

2003: The Wisconsin Supreme Court, in separate cases, upholds the conviction of a man who had two concealed handguns in his vehicle absent any specific or imminent threat, but tosses the conviction of a Milwaukee shop owner in a high-crime Milwaukee neighborhood who kept a loaded gun hidden behind a counter.

Late 2003: The state Legislature overwhelmingly passes and Democratic Gov. Jim

Doyle vetoes a bill to allow citizens to carry concealed weapons.

Early 2004: The Senate votes 23-10 to override Doyle’s veto, but a veto override attempt in the Assembly falls one vote short of the requisite two-thirds majority. The vote was 65-34.

January 2006: Doyle vetoes a concealed carry bill passed by the Legislature, leaving Wisconsin as one of four states to have an absolute prohibition. Again, a veto override attempt narrowly fails. The vote in the Assembly was 64-34.

April 2009: J.B. Van Hollen, Wisconsin’s Republican attorney general, issues an advisory memo to prosecutors ruling that nothing in Wisconsin law prohibits state residents from carrying firearms openly, in plain view.

November 2010: Wisconsin elects Republican Walker and the GOP gains control of both houses of the state Legislature.

May 10, 2011: A new concealed carry bill is introduced in Wisconsin. In its original form it creates a blanket right to carry concealed weapons, with no licensing or training requirement.

June 9: The Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee approves an amended version of the bill that includes licensing and training.

June 14: The state Senate passes the bill on a 25-8 vote.

June 21: The bill passes the Assembly on a vote of 68-27.

July 8: Gov. Walker signs the measure into law. The effective date is Nov. 1.

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“Look’s Who’s Knockin’” focuses on retiring farmers’ dilemma RICE LAKE — After a successful run in 12 southeast Minnesota church social halls and community theaters, “Look Who’s Knockin’,” a one-act performance on the future of family farming, will be at the Rice Lake Senior Center on Wednesday, Nov. 16, at 7 p.m.

Produced by the Land Stewardship Project, the play is written by LSP’s Doug Nopar, and directed by Fillmore County theater artist and farmer Eva Barr.

“Look Who’s Knockin’” explores the moral dilemma faced by Nettie and Gerald, longtime conservation farmers. Should they let their farm go for top dollar to the largest farmer in the county or should they help out a young farm couple interested in starting a dairy?

Created out of numerous interviews and stories of both

beginning and retiring farmers in recent years, the play will focus on how Nettie and Gerald are struggling with a decision that will determine the legacy of their farm.

The play and the audience discussion afterward will focus on the question of “Who will farm the land in the next generation?”

Founded in 1982, LSP is a Minnesota-based nonprofit membership organization. LSP aims to advance an agriculture that is environmentally sound, economically profitable for family-sized farms and small towns and socially just.

For more information on the play or to reserve a seat, contact the Land Stewardship Project at 507-523-3366 or e-mail stettler@landstewardshipproject.org. — from LSP

Watchdog groups band together over changes to mining law McCarthy says since the coalition is informal, he’s not sure how many groups are in it. But he says the Wisconsin River Alliance, the National Wildlife Federation and League of Conservation Voters stay in touch. Conservation League spokeswoman Ann Sayers says there’s strength in numbers, “There are a lot of interested parties that are watching this closely. Everyone from the people who live in the district that could be affected by these changes to citizens statewide who take pride in the fact that Wisconsin is and should continue to be a place where a lot of the water we drink is clean and the air we breathe is clean and that we have wide open spaces to hunt, fish and hike.”

This coalition also includes an informal relationship with tribal governments, although a spokesman with the Bad River Band says their concerns are wider in scope, including threats to tribal cultural.

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by Mike Simonson Wisconsin Public Radio STATEWIDE - Conservation and environmental groups are forming a coalition to monitor any changes in the state’s mining regulations.

Several organizations have come out either opposing a proposed mine in the Penokee Hills of Ashland and Iron counties or against watering down existing mining regulations. Trout Unlimited is the latest to do that. State Chairman Kim McCarthy says a surprise draft mining bill last spring gives them reason to be on their toes, “There was loosening of clean water and clean air standards. There was loosening of wetlands standards. They had even gone so far in that original bill that was leaked, they were actually talking about allowing mining companies to condemn private property and dump waste from their operations. So there were just a lot of things in there that were alarming.”

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Grantsburg cross-country team brings home silver Leadership played big part in team’s success

by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer WISCONSIN RAPIDS – The Grantsburg boys cross-country team became the first cross-country team in school history to bring home a state runner-up trophy last weekend, Saturday, Oct. 29, at the state meet in Wisconsin Rapids. Runners met perfect weather on the hilly and challenging track at Ridges Golf Course and found a way to finish with 74 points. Firstplace Darlington took first overall with a score of 46, and Kenosha Saint Joseph Academy came in third with 107 points.

Even before the state meet, coach Paul Huskamp expected to take nothing less than second place. If it wasn’t second, he was almost certain it’d be first.

“I told the kids at the very beginning of the season that I don’t want to just go to state, I want to be on the podium,” Huskamp said, and he was spot on with his prediction.

The team enjoyed a pep rally at the school Thursday morning, Oct. 27, and was welcomed home with open arms on Sunday, Oct. 30, following their successful journey back from state.

“The success of this team comes from leadership. Zack (Arnold) and Dan’s (Biorn) leadership and drive pushed these guys to do their very best,” Huskamp told the audience at the welcome home party on Sunday afternoon. “I hate to lose these seniors. They have set an example for what the rest of the team can do,” he later added.

One of the team’s seniors, Brendan Kutz, was unable to run on Saturday, and has been a huge part of the team’s success

Extra Points

The Grantsburg cross-country team takes a moment with their state runner-up trophy. Pictured back row, (L to R): Daniel Biorn, Jacob Ohnstad, Kyle Roberts, Zack Arnold, Brendan Kutz and coach Paul Huskamp. Front row, Erland Olson, Richard Schneider and Austin Handy.

– Photos by Ken Kutz all season long. Huskamp said the team was a little nervous about how theywould finish, yet they pulled out of adversity to take the runner-up prize.

“My other runners came through so good. We discussed where they should be at each of the mile points, and actually stationed a bunch of my guys around the course to tell them their place (during the race). Any advantage we could get, we tried to take advantage of, and it paid off,” Huskamp said.

Arnold and Biorn, who ran their last high school career race and are two of four

Austin Handy ran his first state cross-country race as a sophomore and finished with a time of 18:53.18. He'll likely Richard Schneider will be an asset to the Pi- be hungry for another visit to rates cross-country team next season and state next year along with a young and talented team. years to come, as he's only a freshman.

seniors, had solid performances. Arnold led the team with a time of 16:53.87, and was 13th overall among nearly 150 competitors. Kyle Roberts, who is the other senior and came in second on the team and 17th overall, had a time of 17:08.06.

Sophomore Jacob Ohnstad followed through with a 20th place finish and a time of 17:13.22 and Richard Schneider, a freshman, was 35th with a time of 17:42.38. Biorn finished 41st with a time of 17:47.55, while Erland Olson took the

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Grantsburg senior Daniel Biorn played a leadership role on the team this season and had a great year, finishing with his best time at the state meet with a 17:47.55.

Erland Olson has a lot of years ahead of him and could be seeing the state meet again next season. He finished with a time of 18:48.41 and came across the finish line sixth out of seven on the team.

••• MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The St. Scholastica college football team set a scoring record in their most recent victory at the Metrodome in Minneapolis last Friday, Oct. 28.

They defeated Presentation College 7020, and former St. Croix Falls athlete and St. Scholastica sophomore wide receiver Cory Gebhard hauled in a 35-yard reception in Cory Gebhard the win. Gebhard is majoring in biology and is an Academic All-UMAC who made the dean’s list last year. – submitted ••• COLFAX – The UW-Oshkosh crosscountry team won the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title on the Whitetail Golf Course in Colfax on Saturday, Oct. 29. Former Grantsburg athlete and WIAA Division 3 individual state champion Sean Kutz came in second on the team and took fifth place overall among 102 competitors on the 8,000-meter course with a time of 25:06.6. This is the Titans 10th conference title to date, and Kutz was also named to the AllSean Kutz WIAC first team with his performance. All nine of the WIAC teams will race on Saturday, Nov. 12, for the NCAA Division 3 Midwest Regional held in Rock Island, Ill. The regional is held at Augustana College and the NCAA Division 3 championships will be held at the Lake Breeze Golf Club in Winneconne on Saturday, Nov. 19. – Marty Seeger with information from www.titans.uwosh.edu/ ••• LEADER LAND – The Clayton at Frederic Level 3 football game is being broadcast on 104.9 FM this Saturday, Nov. 5, beginning at 1 p.m. The St. Croix Central at Somerset football game can be heard on 104.9 FM beginning at 7 p.m., on Friday, Nov. 4. The Packers at Chargers NFL football game is being broadcast on 105.7 FM on Sunday, Nov. 6, beginning at 3:15 p.m. The Purdue at Badgers football game can be heard on 1260 AM on Saturday, Nov. 5, beginning at 2:30 pm.

••• LEADER LAND – Leader Sports strives to follow the college careers of area athletes. If you know of an athlete playing collegiate sports in 2011 and hasn’t been mentioned, send us an email or call and we’ll take it from there.

– Marty Seeger

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Pirates set sail for Green Bay Grantsburg volleyball team headed to state for 12th time Grantsburg 3, Regis 0

by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer CLEAR LAKE – For the 12th time in school history and fourth year in a row, the Grantsburg Pirates volleyball team is headed to the state tournament after a thrilling sweep over the Eau Claire Regis Ramblers.

The gym was flooded with purple on a neutral court in Clear Lake last Saturday, Oct. 29, with Pirates fans eager to add another victory to their impressive 31-1 mark. Grantsburg’s only match loss this season came during a Saturday tournament against the Cameron Comets during a three-set match in October. The loss is a minor glitch to an otherwise perfect season in which the Pirates have lost just four of their 82 sets all season long, with their last coming against Fall Creek during the sectional semifinal.

In her first season as head coach after Bill Morrin’s leave of absence last season, Deb Allaman-Johnson’s Pirates were unstoppable in their sweep of Regis, winning by scores of 26-24, 25-21 and 25-15.

“Defense was the story of the game,” Allaman-Johnson said of her Pirates team, who were nearly flawless the entire match and barely budged for the handful of powerful Rambler hitters, who found it difficult to find any open holes on the Grantsburg side of the court. Sam Schwieger led the team with 17 digs and Nikki Ticknor and Carly Larson each had 14, while Kylie Pewe had 13, Gab Witzany had 10 and Grace Corbin added five.

There were several key blocks throughout the match as well with Schwieger leading the category with four, Larson and Hanson each had three and Kylie Pewe and Ticknor each had one. Pewe also led in assists with 31.

“It’s hard to defend a team when the

The state-bound Pirates react to a booming Grantburg cheering section prior to accepting their sectional championship trophy on Saturday, Oct. 29. – Photos by Marty Seeger hitters come at you from every angle,” Al- n’t until late in the set that Regis took a 23laman-Johnson said, adding that her 22 lead and were one point away from amazing “swat team” was also able to get winning the set. But the Pirates never wathings done on the offensive side of the vered and eventually took a hard-earned ball. Ticknor led the kill category with 13, set 26-24 win on a powerful kill by TicLarson added nine, Schwieger, eight, knor, which ignited the crowd and Pirate Witzany seven and RuthAnn Pedersen and Macy Hanson each had three.

The first set was as close as any could possibly get as the Pirates couldn’t pull away by more than four points. Grantsburg would pull ahead by two or three points and the Ramblers would storm back, tying the game at least three times but were never able to grab a lead. It was-

athletes, who carried that momentum into the second game. Again, Grantsburg never wavered, yet the Ramblers never allowed the Pirates to extend a lead beyond four points before storming back.

Unfortunately for both teams, the second set might be remembered more for its delays than anything. Several times throughout the set, refs had to take a timeout in order to sort out subbing and other issues, but eventually the Pirates won out in a 25-21 game, keeping the Ramblers from ever taking a lead despite it being as close as one point in the final moments.

The final set, as in the first two, belonged solely to Grantsburg. The Pirates played nearly as flawless as you can get in a match.

“The remarkable feat was zero missed serves and zero receiving errors, which means Regis had zero aces against us.

However, their passing was not too shabby either as we scored a season-low three aces against them. But the tough serving did allow quite a few more free balls to come our way, on which we were able to capitalize,” Allaman-Johnson said.

Grantsburg will be eyeing another state championship this weekend but will need to get by the Spencer Rockets in the opening round on Friday, Nov. 4, beginning at 1 p.m. The Rockets are 33-7 on the year.

The winner of that game will play the winner between Southwestern (30-2) and Oostburg (44-3) in the championship match on Saturday, Nov. 5, beginning at 12:30 p.m.

The Pirates were state champions in 2001 and 2009. They had runner-up finishes in 1989, 2003, 2008 and last year, 2010. Spencer is heading to the state tournament for just the second time in school history.

Sam Schwieger floats the ball over the net with ease against Eau Claire Regis.

Grantsburg senior Nikki Ticknor reacts with jubilation after the game-winning point, and match win over Regis, which sends the Pirates to their 12th state tournament in school history.

The Grantsburg parents cheering section had reason to celebrate as their Pirates rolled onto another win, this one giving the Pirates their 12th state volleyball appearance in school history.

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Vikes march through Florence to best season ever Frederic 41, Florence 8

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer FREDERIC – The Frederic Vikings football team rolled over the visiting Florence Bobcats like they were a middle school squad in the Level 2, Division 7 playoff on Saturday, Oct. 29, at Frederic, winning by a landslide, 41-8, to advance to Level 3 play against Clayton this coming weekend.

Frederic got rolling early, turning a solid drive into an 11-yard Waylon Buck scoring run at the 3:35 mark in the first quarter. The two-point attempt was ruled out of bounds.

The Vikings never trailed after that and were able to stifle the Bobcat offense enough to score again about two minutes later when Peter Chenal broke a sweep loose and scampered 35 yards for another Viking tally. The two-point attempt was good this time, and the hosting Frederic squad was up 14-0.

The Vikings played well on the other side of the ball, as well, notably busting up a critical fourth down when junior Viking defensive end Brad Peterson stuffed a pass attempt, leading to halftime and a 140 Frederic lead.

Frederic kept their momentum in the second half, this time as Adam Chenal broke a run free for a 51-yard score at the 7:56 mark in the third frame. The twopoint conversion worked, and the Vikes were quickly rolling into a whomping situation.

Waylon Buck then completed an 18yard scoring pass to Peter Chenal five minutes later, making it 28-0 after a failed two-point attempt.

Peter Chenal scored again early in the final frame on a 1-yard plunge at 11:22, and while the two-point attempt failed, the Vikes were on their way to a lopsided victory, which they ensured a couple minutes later with an Erik Stoner 3-yard scoring run at the nine-minute mark.

Florence woke up offensively briefly with five minutes left on the clock, when Bryce Kersher broke free of the Viking secondary and rambled 48 yards for their first score. That allowed the Bobcats to avoid a shutout, but the stumping Vikings smelled victory and held on for a 42-8 victory, allowing them a first-ever 10-win season, and also a first-ever appearance in the Level 3 playoffs.

The notables for the Vikings included 338 rushing yards total, and 4-9 passing efficiency for Buck. Peter Chenal covered more Frederic property than a starving

Frederic head coach Ken Belanger leads his Vikings in a rousing version of their school song after last week's big win, which assured the Vikings their best season ever.

Jaryd Braden sweeps around the corner for a gain against the Bobcats. – Photos by Greg Marsten unless otherwise noted real estate agent, amassing 155 yards and two scores rushing, on top of 37 receiving yards and a score. Adam Chenal also broke the century mark on the ground, with 108 yards on 10 attempts, which included a score.

Viking senior Erik Stoner rolls through the Florence defense for a gain.

Frederic had several interesting notables as a team, including 20 first downs and only had to deal with two fourth downs all day. They had no penalties, and showed they can play at a high level for several games in a row.

The Vikings are remarkably tough at home, and will host their third straight playoff game, this time at Level 3 when they play host to the formidable Clayton Bears on Saturday, Nov. 5, at 1 p.m. Clayton is a South Lakeland Conference foe, and has yet to lose a contest this season.

Viking quarterback Waylon Buck tossed a completion against the Florence defense.

They defeated Wausakee last week at home, 48-28, and have a well-noted passing game, including a 412-yard, fourTD passing day for Bear quarterback Kyle Larson.

The Vikings will hope to break the goal-line on more than one occasion against Clayton Saturday, Nov. 5, with the game beginning at 1 p.m. – Photo by Becky Amundson

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More scenes of Grantsburg’s win over Regis

First-year Pirates head coach Deb Allaman-Johnson gives a big hug to Carly Larson, and gives a huge sectional championship smile to the cameras after the big win over the Regis Ramblers.

Carly Larson smacked the ball near the back line in this powerful kill, earning the Pirates another point and securing more momentum on their way to a set victory. – Photos by Marty Seeger

Grantsburg senior Nikki Ticknor led the Pirates with 13 kills during the sectional final against Eau Claire Regis.

LEFT: Gabby WItzany was one of several athletes interviewed by News 18 after the sectional championship volleyball game in Clear Lake on Saturday, Oct. 29.

RIGHT: The Grantsburg Pirates volleyball team hoists their 12th sectional championship trophy in school history.

Grantsburg Cross Country pep rally and welcome home

Grantsburg senior Zack Arnold gets a young crowd involved at a pep rally held at the high school on Thursday, Oct. 27. Arnold was the first team member across the finish line at the state meet in Wisconsin Rapids, leading the team to a runner-up finish.

Grantsburg cross-country coach Paul Huskamp has a good reason to smile during the welcome home rally at the Grantsburg High School on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 30. “There is something unique and special about being the first team to get the state runner-up trophy. I told the team it is something you will always remember," said Huskamp.

The entire Grantsburg cross-country team lined up in the high school gym during a pep rally held on Thursday, Oct. 27. – Photos by Priscilla Bauer

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Webster’s Erickson places ninth at state Teammates Kally Schiller and Emma Kelby finish strong

by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer WISCONSIN RAPIDS – Webster senior Joey Erickson found his way into the top 10 at the state cross-country meet in Wis-

Emma Kelby (left) of Webster finished her second trip to the state meet with a time of 16:31.12, and 33rd overall.

consin Rapids on Saturday, Oct. 29. He placed ninth out of nearly 150 runners in Division 3 with a time of 16:47.67.

The senior finished with an outstanding career at the state meet, making it all four years, the first two with a team and his final two as an individual. Erickson set his own personal record at the state meet, besting a time of 17:15.8, which he recorded in 2009. In 2008 he recorded a time of 17:16.8, and last year he finished 24th with a time of 17:17.87.

Joey Erickson completed his final race of his high school career at the state meet, finishing with his best time ever at state. Erickson is a four-time state qualifier who went to state with the team during his freshman and sophomore seasons, and as an individual the past two years.

The Tiger girls cross-country team had two representing Webster at the state meet last weekend, and both are juniors who will be looking to improve, including Kally Schiller, who finished in the top 20 with a time of 15:53.95, and 18th place

overall. This was Schiller’s first state appearance. Coming in the 49th spot was Emma Kelby, who finished with a time of 16:31.12. Kelby is a two-time state qualifier who finished in 29th place last season with a time of 16:24.89.

Kally Schiller, a junior from Webster, wasn't far behind this pack of runners for very long, as she finished in the top 20 at the state meet in Wisconsin Rapids on Saturday, Oct. 29. She is No. 3 runner near the back. – Photos by Ken Kutz

SCF’s Klein finishes first state meet Has a bright future ahead of him

by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer WISCONSIN RAPIDS – Henry Klein of St. Croix Falls finished 72nd out of a field of 151 cross-country athletes competing at the state meet on Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids on Saturday, Oct. 29, with a time of 17:30.64. It was Klein’s first appearance of many more to come for the freshman, according to coach Jennifer Clemins, and it was Clemins’ first time as head coach of an athlete at state. Five years ago, Clemins was an assistant when Bailey Bergmann went to the state meet as an individual.

“Since Henry was a sixth-grader on the

middle school cross-country team, I knew that his natural running talent would take him to great places,” Clemins said, adding that Klein has certainly put in the time during practice, going the extra mile, or adding another hill to his workout.

“We were hoping for a 16:30, which would have been a personal record for him, and an individual finish in the top 20. In the end, I think the first-time jitters got the best of him. He started out a bit too fast, running his first mile in 5:07. That initial adrenaline rush was not enough to sustain him throughout the entire 5K race. By mile two, fatigue was setting in, and he did his best to not fall too far behind. He still managed a kick at the finish and crossed the line giving it his all,” Clemins said.

There’s a renewed determination already for Klein, who will hope to make a

Grantsburg CC/continued 109th place with an 18:48.41. Austin Handy was the seventh runner in 112th place with a 18:53.18. Despite losing its four seniors including Arnold, Roberts, Biorn and Brendan Kutz, three others will assume leadership roles next season and plenty more athletes are hanging in the balance to fill those spots. Schneider and Handy, who ran their first-ever state race, will be veterans next season too.

“We’ve got some good runners coming up so we’re really looking forward to them and of course the guys have been down to state. They’ve got the feel for what it’s like with all the screaming people,” said Huskamp with a laugh. “Jacob Ohnstad has done a stellar job for us for only being a sophomore this year, and so has Richard. But then Erland Olson and Austin Handy ... all those guys will be a lot better next year and plus there are some freshmen too.”

Huskamp pointed out that the team defeated 79 out of the 83 teams in all divisions competing at the state meet this

second appearance at state next season.

“We have high hopes of advancing other runners next year, including Becky Thayer and Sophie Klein (Henry’s younger sister who will be a freshman next year). Most of my returning girls team for next year attended the race today to support Henry, and were amazed by the energy and sheer excitement of the state meet. They definitely want to be a part of it next year as a team. What better motivation than that to train hard this summer for the upcoming season. I can’t wait to see what the future has in store for us,” Clemins said.

RIGHT: Henry Klein, a freshman out of St. Croix Falls, paces himself just before the Division 2 boys two-mile marker at the state cross-country championships. – Photo submitted LEFT: Jacob Ohnstad was the third Pirate team member to cross the finish line at the state meet in Wisconsin Rapids and has a great shot at a return trip as he's only a sophomore.

RIGHT: Zack Arnold and Kyle Roberts kept pace with each other throughout the state meet, with Arnold crossing the finish line with a time of 16:53.87, and Roberts completing a time of 17:08.06. – Photos by Ken Kutz

season, and no doubt, this season will be one to remember.

“Overall I’ve been blessed to work with such a great group of guys and thank God for their ability to be able to run, and then giving me the opportunity to have them

all together to put it together for them, so they’re really excited, and so am I.”

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Pirates bumpy start ends with smooth finish Match win moved Grantsburg volleyball to section final Grantsburg 3, Fall Creek 1

by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer BOYCEVILLE – It wasn’t a good start for the Pirates in the opening game of the volleyball sectional semifinal match against Fall Creek on Thursday, Oct. 27, held in Boyceville, but how they finished turned out to be what mattered most.

“We started slow and dug a huge hole in the first set, getting down by as many as nine points. But when we were able to come back and almost win that one, I knew we had turned the corner,” said coach Deb Allaman-Johnson.

The Crickets student body and parents section kept their Fall Creek team pumped up at the start of the first match and had the Pirates still scratching their heads when the Crickets took a 10-2 lead, forcing a Grantsburg time-out. Despite the 10-2 lead, the Pirates regained focus and cut the lead to just seven on a huge momentum swinging kill by RuthAnn Pedersen. Another big hit by Nikki Ticknor helped give the Pirates even more spark, and even though Grantsburg was never able to tie, or take a lead during the game, they got to within one when the Crickets were clinging to a 23-22 lead. The Crickets may have still handed the Pirates the 25-22 loss, the match was all Grantsburg after that, as the big comeback and the momentum that came with it followed through in the next three sets, with the Pirates winning 25-9, 25-13 and 25-22.

Fall Creek had a chance to take game three when they led throughout much of the game, but the Pirates never trailed by more than five points and gained their first lead after tying the game at 16. The

Grantsburg volleyball coach Deb Allaman-Johnson reacts off the bench after the Pirates earned the sectional semifinal win over the Crickets of Fall Creek.

Gabby Witzany puts a big hit across the net during the sectional semifinal match.

game was still tied at 18 apiece before Grantsburg finally pulled ahead for good.

“Fall Creek played outstanding defense, so it was hard to get a ball to their floor,” said Allaman-Johnson.

Ticknor and Larson hit the ball well with 16 kills apiece followed by Sam Schwieger with 11, Gab Witzany, seven, Kylie Pewe, five, Macy Hanson, four and Pedersen, three.

Larson had four blocks and Witzany had three blocks to help the defense and Ticknor was big defensively with 33 digs, while Larson had 24, followed by Schwieger’s 22, Witzany’s 12, Pewe’s 11 and nine digs by Grace Corbin, who also had three aces.

Pewe had a busy night with 43 assists, followed by Larson with nine assists.

Game point. The Grantsburg student body supports the Pirates volleyball team as they earn another set victory over the Crickets.

Carly Larson puts a strong hit together after a perfect pass against the Crickets.

Sam Schwieger, a junior outside hitter, sneaks the ball through Fall Creek defenders to put another Grantsburg point on the board.

Kylie Pewe displays some quality defense against Fall Creek in Boyceville on Thursday, Oct. 27, as teammate RuthAnn Pedersen looks on. – Photos by Marty Seeger

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Youth wrestler from Webster takes third in Iowa RIGHT: Kale Hopke, a second-grader from Webster, wrestled in the USA preseason National Folkstyle Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Oct. 29, at the University of Northern Iowa. Hopke took third place. – Photo submitted

A R E A Hacker’s Lanes

Sunday Afternoon Youth Games Standings: Gears of War 19.5, The Dogs 18, The Bowlers 15.5, The North 14, The Girls 13, Team Hambone 12.5, The Strikers 10, Hi There 9.5.

Boys games: Jordan Bazey (TB) 224, Kyle Hunter (TB) 207, Chris Hopp (GOW) 197.

Boys series: Jordan Bazey 588, Kyle Hunter 566, Chris Hopp 549.

Girls games: Avery Steen (TG) 171, Corissa Schmidt (TG) 170, Lauren Domagala (TG) 148.

Girls series: Avery Steen 458, Corissa Schmidt 445, Lauren Domagala 423.

Team games: The Bowlers 549, Gears of War 499, The Girls 474.

Team series: The Bowlers 1571, Gears of War 1424, The Girls 1326.

Sunday Nite No-Tap Mixed Couples Team Standings: Knaubers 11, Jeff’s Team 11, Chuck’s Team 10, Happy Campers 8, Late Comers 7, Long Shots 7, Packer Backers 5, No Names 4.

Team games: Chuck’s Team 917, Late Comers 823, Chuck’s Team 791.

Team series: Chuck’s Team 2392, Late Comers 2140, Packer Backers 2123.

Men games: Chuck Kruse (CT) 240, Jon Underwood (CT) 233, Don Swanson (PB) 227.

Men series: Don Swanson (PB) 645, Chuck Kruse (CT) 629, Jon Underwood (CT) 619.

Women games: Jan Kruse (CT) 263, Judy Bainbridge (LC) 241, Debbie Swanson (PB) 211.

Women series: Judy Bainbridge (LC) 608, Jan Kruse (CT) 590, Debbie Swanson (PB) 582.

Monday Afternoon Senior Standings: Eagles 18, Badgers 15, Bears 14, Swans 12, Hummingbirds 12, Night Hawks 11, Vultures 10.5.

Men’s games (Handicap): Dale Johnson 242, Alvin Tyler 227, Max Simon 220.

Men’s series (Handicap): Dale Johnson 643, Alvin Tyler 613, Max Simon 591.

Women’s games (Handicap): Joan Anderson 206, Pat Bresina 203, Sandy Bannie 203.

Women’s series (Handicap): Betty Anderson 578, Jackie Giller 550, Mary Young 546.

Team games (Handicap): Vultures 780, Hummnigbirds 778, Bears 754.

Team series (Handicap): Badgers 2212, Vultures 2206, Hummingbirds 2189 Tuesday Classic Standings: Great Northern Outdoors 71.5, House of Wood 61.5, Bottle Shop 56, Yellow Lake Lodge 54.5, Pioneer Bar 35.5, Frandsen Bank & Trust 34.

Individual games: Bryce Daeffler 242, Dale Fandsen 235, Chris Rowell, 234.

Individual series: Bryce Daeffler 690, Chris Rowell 649, Ed Bitler 646.

Team games: House of Wood 640, Great Northern Outdoors 602, Pioneer Bar 589.

Team series: Great Northern Outdoors 1787, House of Wood 1768, Pioneer Bar 1708.

Consecutive strikes (5 or more): Dale Fandsen 6x = 235; Ed Bitler 6x = 217.

Games 50 or more above average: Rita Bohn 225 (+53).

Splits converted: 3-10: Ed Bitler.

B O W L I N G

Wednesday Night Early Men’s Standings: Daeffler’s Quality Meats 21, Cummings Lumber 21, Pioneer Bar 19, A1 Machine 18, Lewis Silo 16, Skol Bar 16, Larsen Auto Center 16, Bye Team 1.

Individual games: Mark Bohn (SB) 258, Jim Sladky (LS) 245, Brett Daeffler (DQM) 243.

Individual series: Brett Daeffler 659, Mark Bohn 654, Buck Hanson (PB) 616.

Team games: Pioneer Bar 976, Lewis Silo 976, Daeffler’s Quality Meats 915.

Team series: Lewis Silo 2694, Skol Bar 2656, A-1 Machine 2649.

Thursday Early Standings: Red Iron Studios 63.5, Kinetico 60.5, Fab Four 53, Hell Raisers 53, Daeffler’s Quality Meats 51, Wikstrom Construction 47, Grindell Law Offices 45.5, American Family Insurance 41.5.

Individual games: Edward Bitler (RIS) 246, Eugene Ruhn (RIS) 246, Nick Skow (DQM) 233.

Individual series: Edward Bitler (RIS) 661, Nick Skow (DQM) 636, Eugene Ruhn (RIS) 631.

Team games: American Family Siren 660, Daeffler’s Quality Meats 611, Red iron Studios 565.

Team series: American Family Siren 1780, Daeffler’s Quality Meats 1657, Red Iron Studios 1595.

Consecutive strikes (5 or more): Ed Bitler 5x = 246, Eugene Bohn 5x = 246.

Games 50 or more above average: Eugene Ruhn 246 (+77); Nick Skow 233 (+52); Don Swenson 230 (+56).

Splits converted: 3-10: Dave Grindell. 56: Dennis Lieder.

Thursday Late Standings: Hansen Farms Inc. 22, Fisk Trucking 17, Hog Wild BBQ & Grill 13, Stotz & Company 12.

Men’s games: Eugene Wynn Jr. 244, Oliver Baillargeon 223, Larry Stotz 202.

Men’s series: Larry Stotz 604, Oliver Baillargeon 602, Eugene Wynn Sr. 580.

Women’s games: Heather Wynn 191.

Women’s series: Heather Wynn 474.

Team games: Stotz & Company 905, Hansen Farms Inc. 901, Hog Wild BBQ & Grill 728.

Team series: Stotz & Company 2626, Hansen Farms Inc. 2561, Hog Wild BBQ & Grill 2115.

McKenzie Lanes

Monday Night Madness Standings: Mishaps 37, Alleycats 31, McKenzie Lanes 28, Eagle Lounge 28, Bogus Punkins 12, Bye 8.

Individual games: Barbara Benson 190, Debbie Swanson 185, Julia Deloughery and Cathy Albrecht 170.

Individual series: Barbara Benson 498, Debbie Swanson 477, Judy Maier 472.

Team games (Handicap): Eagle Lounge 643, Mishaps 611.

Team series (Handicap): Eagle Lounge 1813, Alleycats 1738.

Monday Night Ladies Standings: Wolf Creek Log Furniture 86.5, Milltown Appliance 73, Frederic Truck & Tractor 71.5, Metal Products 61.5, Edina Divas 61, Alyeska Contracting 54.5, McKenzie Lanes 48, Bye 18.

Individual games: Donna Petersen 195, Toni Sloper 190, Kelley Hill and Cindy Castellano 187.

Individual series: Cindy Castellano 515, Toni Sloper 511, Brenda Lehmann 503.

Team games (Handicap): Milltown Appliance 828.

Team series (Handicap): Milltown Appliance 2317.

Tuesday Early Mixed Standings: Lane Crashers 40, 1 Pin Short 25, Lemon Heads 24, What the Ek 23.

Women’s games: Beth Ahlgren 200, Jeri Sanderson 171, Brenda Lehmann 149.

Women’s series: Beth Ahlgren 491, Jeri Sanderson 449, Brenda Lehmann 438.

Men’s games: Jeff Bringgold 192, Tim Donahue 175, Jeff Lehmann 175.

Men’s series: Jeff Lehmann 505, Jeff Bringgold 476, Tim Donahue 451.

Team games: 1 Pin Short 473.

Team series: What the Ek 1316.

Tuesday Women’s Standings: Gutter Dusters 80, Tomlinson Insurance 75, Custom Outfitter 75, Kassel Tap 71.5, Country Gals 64.5, LC’s Gals 62.5, Hauge Dental 58.5, Trap Rock 57.

Individual games: Toni Sloper 204, Lonnie Stowell 202, Norma Hauge 193.

Individual series: Toni Sloper 529, Norma Hauge and Lonnie Stowell 515.

Team games (Handicap): Kassel Tap 811, Hauge Dental 804, Country Gals 802.

Team series (Handicap): Hauge Dental 2361, Kassel Tap 2359, Country Gals 2301.

Tuesday Night Men’s Standings: The Cobbler Shop 89, The Dugout 86, Centurview Park 85.5, Nel-LoHill Farm 81.5, Mckenzie Lanes 79, Steve’s Appliance 77, Dream Lawn 71.5, Hack’s Pub 70.5.

Individual games: John Gerhardt 258, Craig Willert 243, Jason Schultz 233.

Individual series: John Gerhardt 652, Craig Willert 619, Jason Schultz 614.

Team games (Handicap): The Dugout 1187.

Team series (Handicap): The Cobbler Shop 3477.

Wednesday Early League Standings: Suzie Q’s 40, Amrhien Painting 36, Hack’s Pub 34, Gerhman Auto Body 28, Holiday StationStore 26, Top Spot 26, Cutting Edge 26, Bye 8.

Men’s games: Merlin Fox 220, Mike Welling 214, Darryl Ince & Cody Korsan213.

Men’s series: Mike Welling 599, Bob Chitty 554, Dennis Kindem 530.

R E S U LT S Women’s games: Patty Walker 182, Karen Wiemer 181, Dixie Runberg 169.

Women’s series: Patty Walker 475, Karen Wiemer 472, Jeanne Kizer 429.

Team games (Handicap): Holiday StationStore 671.

Team series (Handicap): Hack’s Pub 1984.

Wednesday Night Men’s Standings: Tiger Express 40, McKenzie Lanes 38, Edina Realty 38, Harvest Moon 34, Reed’s Marina 32, Dalles Electrician 30, Davy’s Construction 24, Hanjo Farms 20.

Individual games: Darren McKenzie 279, Craig Willert 257, Jason Loney 253.

Individual series: Darren McKenzie 710, Craig Willert 684, Gordy Johnson 624.

Team games (Handicap): Tiger Express 1051, McKenzie Lanes 1005.

Team series (Handicap): Tiger Express 2978, McKenzie Lanes 2952.

Thursday Night Ladies Standings: Hauge Dental 98, Hack’s Pub 95.5, Cutting Edge Pro 80.5, KJ’s 77.5, Bont Chiropractic 75.5, Truhlson Chiropractic 74.5, Eagle Valley Bank 69.5, RiverBank 69.

Individual games: Anita Bont 232, Shannon Cox 224, Penny Kammerud 200.

Individual series: Shannon Cox 538, Michelle Helsing 534, Carrie Schultz 525.

Team games: Cutting Edge Pro 807, Eagle Valley Bank 787, Hauge Dental 745.

Team series: Cutting Edge Pro 2233, Hauge Dental 2177, RiverBank 2104.

Black & Orange

Early Birds Standings: The Tap 19.5-8.5, Yellow River Saloon 16.5-11.5, Black & Orange 11.5-16.5, Gandy Dancer Saloon 8.519.5.

Individual games: Delores Lien (T) 190, Bonnie Fischer (B&O) 164, Rita Tesch (YRS) 162.

Individual series: Delores Lien (T) 500, Rita Tesch (YRS) 438, Marcy Virbrock (B&O) and Kay Casey (YRS) 434.

Team games: Yellow River Saloon 820, Black & Orange 818, The Tap 807.

Team series: Yellow River Saloon 2398, The Tap 2378, Black & Orange 2312.

Games 50 or more above average: Delores Lien 190 (+52).

Splits converted: 4-7-10: Donna Crain.

Monday Night Standings: Glass & Mirror Works 16-8, Black & Orange 14-10, Larry’s LP 13-11, Vacant 5-19.

Individual games: Josh Johnson (L) 201, Dean Eytcheson (G&MW) 197, Ron Staples (B&O) 187.

Individual series: Dean Eytcheson (G&MW) 535, Josh Johnson (L) 525, Ron Staples (B&O) 509.

Team games: Glass & Mirror Works 911, Larry’s LP 906, Black & Orange 892.

Team series: Black & Orange 2657, Larry’s LP 2558, Glass & Mirror Works 2545.

TNT Standings: Flower Power 22-10, Larry’s LP 20-12, Cashco 18-14, Vacant 4-28.

Individual games: Jennifer Kern (L) 192, Becky Reynolds (L) 175, Connie Lundeen (L) and Sue Eytcheson (FP) 173.

Individual series: Jennifer Kern (L) 505, Becky Reynolds (L) 454, Sue Eytcheson (FP) 452.

Team games: Larry’s LP 924, Cashco 900, Flower Power 823.

Team series: Larry’s LP 2528, Cashco 2467, Flower Power 2434.

Wednesday Night Mens Standings: Cashco 15-5, Black & Orange 14.5-9.5, Lions 13-7, Zia Louisa’s 7.516.5, Pheasant Inn 6-18, 10th Hole 6-2.

Individual games: Gene Ackland (ZL) 221, Roger Tollander(C) 210, Justin Hammond (ZL) 188.

Individual series: Roger Tollander (C) 553, Gene Ackland (ZL) 530, Jake Lamb (B&O) 513.

Team games: Cashco 966, Black & Orange 888, Lions 884.

Team series: Cashco 2792, Lions 2611, Black & Orange 2530.

Games 50 or more above average: Justin Hammond 188 (+63).

Early Risers Standings: A+ Sanitation 21-11, Gandy Dancer 17-15, Gayle’s Northwoods Hair Design 14-18, 10th Hole 12-20.

Individual games: Pam Dildine (10th) 201, Claudia Peterson (GD) 184, Donna Crain (GD) 177.

Individual series: Pam Dildine (10th) 518, Claudia Peterson (GD) 472, Donna Crain (GD) 445.

Team games: 10th Hole 728, Gandy Dancer 704, A+ Sanitation 676.

Team series: 10th Hole 2151, Gayle’s Northwoods Hair Design 1967, A+ Sanitation 1947.

Games 50 or more above average: Pam Dildine 201 (+56) Splits converted: 6-7-10 Connie Lundeen Thursday Night Ladies Standings: Dolls w/ Balls 18-10, Webster Motel 17-11, Pour House 13-15, Rollettes 8-25.

Individual games: Daphne Churchill (DW/B) 195, Brenda Swett (R) 183, Jackie Churchill (DW/B) 168.

Individual series: Daphne Churchill (DW/B) 524, Jackie Churchill (DW/B) 474, Shaurette Reynolds (DW/B) 417.

Team games: Dolls w/ Balls 689, Rollettes 683, Webster Motel 654.

Team series: Dolls w/ Balls 2097, Webster Motel 1880, Rollettes 1871.

Games 50 or more above average: Brenda Swett 183 (+68).

Denny’s Downtown Lanes

Sunday Afternoon Mixed Standings: Redneck Coon Hunters 45, Team Siren 37, George’s Angels 28, Spare Us 25, Blind 23, The Pacifiers 10.

Women’s games: Lori Dake 164, “Trouble” Barfknecht 156, Ernie Meyer 146.

Women’s series: “Trouble” Barfknecht 425, Lori Dake 412, Ernie Meyer 397.

Men’s games: Jamie Meir 173, Jim Loomis & Issac Jewell 170.

Men’s series: Jim Loomis 470, Issac Jewell 467, Jamie Meir 451.

Team games: Spare Us 425, George’s Angels 399, Redneck Coon Hunters 397.

Team series: George’s Angels 1180, Spare Us 1179, Team Siren 1137.

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Another Leader Land bear attack is at hand Another epic gridiron matchup will occur this Saturday on the Frederic High School field as the hometown Vikes clash with the undefeated Clayton Bears under the tutelage of homegrown coach THE SPORTS Chris Berghammer. The Bears bring a highpowered passoriented attack, which is bound to be a challenge for the No. 1-seeded Vikings.

Due to a dearth of weekly local newspaper coverage of the Bears, research was necessary in order to winnow out some information about Clayton.

Wissports.com indicates that 6-foot-1, 160-pound Clayton quarterback Kyle Larson has passed for 2,670 yards and 36 touchdowns thus

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far in 2011 which are mind-boggling numbers at any level of high school ball. Zach Schradle – with 15 TD catches – is apparently Larson’s primary target. The Bears also have a running back, who has accumulated nearly 800 yards on the ground.

Needless to say, the Bears will present challenges unlike any FHS has seen this season but expect coach Ken Belanger and his brain trust to have his charges well prepared.

Armchair fans expect Frederic’s superior line play to set the tone for the contest with the host Vikes hoping to take control of the tempo by grinding out a couple of seven- or eight-minute scoring drives in the first half. The weather report calls for temperatures in the high 40s at game time with a brisk south/southeast wind around 15 miles per hour which will likely have little or no effect on Clayton’s aerial circus. Either this will be a high-scoring track meet which could go either way, or a comfortable, two or three touchdown Viking victory.

Make a fashion statement Frederic P.A. announcer Ray Draxler

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announced during last Saturday’s game that FHS conference championship shirts went on sale earlier this week. Why not start your Christmas shopping early by buying/ordering a shirt today? (Make mine a large, please) The WIAA bulletin says: Luck School District icon Mark Gobler continues as the representative for District 1 of the WIAA board of control. Chances are you’ll see Gobler on statewide TV next March as he distributes medals to state basketball tourney winners or runners-up.

Gosh darn, the fisher For the past few years some local squirrel hunters have dismissed those who’ve claimed that the efficient and predaceous member of the weasel family known as the fisher has taken a noticeable bite (literally) out of the bushy-tail population.

But this fall, many Leader Land riflemen who ply the oak ridges and cornfield edges in the hope of bagging a limit of the tasty rodents have found the pickings to be rather sparse and are beginning to think that the fisher bashers may have some valid con-

cerns. “Since I began hunting in the 1960s, I’ve never had a problem bagging three to five squirrels in an hour or two afield,” said one local old-timer. “But this year I might as well be hunting rhinoceros; I’d have just as much luck,” he added.

Of course, many locals figuratively rolled out the red carpet for the fisher when it was noted that they had a positive effect on reducing the feral cat population. Ah, but every silver lining has a touch of gray.

Siren girls hoop legend Emery takes next step Siren’s Carley Emery – who scored over 2,000 points during her distinguished Dragon career – is listed on the roster of the University of St. Thomas. The Tommie-ettes open their season two weeks from today at UWStevens Point. UWSP, of course, is where Luck basketball icon Britta Petersen had a stellar collegiate career.

Next week: Trivia returns, maybe.

John Ryan may be reached jmr202@yahoo.com.

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Youth Sports Unlimited noted by state educators Raising money for three rival school districts is truly unique

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer BALSAM LAKE – The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction has noted the extraordinary efforts of the local group Youth Sports Unlimited, endorsing their efforts to raise funds for three competing school districts to help offset financial issues that would otherwise lead to program or equipment cuts.

Established in 1987, YSU is a truly unique, cooperative effort that provides economic backing for youth-based programs and all sorts of activities for Luck, Frederic and Unity school districts. The annual YSU banquet is Monday, Nov. 7, in Frederic at Hacker’s Lanes, and is a hugely successful fundraising banquet, with a track record that has led to over $375,000 in funds raised in the quarter century since.

All funds raised go to the three districts equally, to be used as they choose. YSU boards at each district decide how those funds are spent, and have led to money for programs that include Boy Scouts, hunter safety programs, 4-H, Little League T-ball, youth wrestling, golf, soccer, softball, horseshoes, outdoor basket-

ball and volleyball courts, playground equipment and even more.

But the broad umbrella of YSU funding has even stretched beyond sports equipment or program funding to include money for drama and music programs, including support of the Project New Hope, which purchased fishing equipment for families of military personnel serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

“They may be rivals on the courts and fields on game night, but they are united in a common cause,” stated Marty Messar, who nominated the YSU program for the state recognition. Messar is a retired Luck teacher and head girls basketball coach, as well as a big proponent of the program.

YSU uses monies raised through auctioning of locally donated money, equipment, prizes and services at their annual banquet to purchase equipment and support for local programs. Messar noted that the money comes from local individuals and vendors, is used to purchase local goods, and then the proceeds are donated to local school districts.

“It’s a win-win program,” Messar exclaimed.

The state DPI noted the unique aspect of the competing districts, especially leveraging donations within their communities to raise money to support local programs, and is one of just 10 programs awarded special recognition by the state DPI in their Standing Up for Rural Wis-

LEADER SPORTS SCOREBOARD FOOTBALL

Small Lakeland Standings Team Conf. Overall Frederic Vikings 8-0 10-1 Northwood/Solon Springs 7-1 8-2 Shell Lake Lakers 6-2 6-3 Turtle Lake Lakers 4-4 5-5 Siren Dragons 4-4 5-5 Luck Cardinals 4-4 4-6 Birchwood Bobcats 2-6 2-6 Bruce Red Raiders 1-7 1-7 Winter Warriors 0-8 0-9 Scores Saturday, October 29 (Level II Playoffs) Frederic 41, Florence 8 Upcoming Saturday, November 5 (Level III Playoffs) 1 p.m.

Clayton at Frederic

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West Lakeland Standings Team Conf. Overall Grantsburg Pirates 12-0 30-1 Luck Cardinals 10-2 24-7 St. Croix Falls Saints 7-5 11-16 Webster Tigers 5-7 8-9 Unity Eagles 5-7 9-12 Frederic Vikings 3-9 7-14 Siren Dragons 0-12 1-15 Scores Thursday, October 27 (Sectional Semifinal) Grantsburg 3, Fall Creek 1 Saturday, October 29 (Sectional Final) Grantsburg 3, Regis 0 Upcoming Friday, November 4 (State Semifinal) 1 p.m.

Grantsburg vs. Spencer at Green Bay Saturday, November 5 (State Championship) 12:30 p.m. TBD

Visit www.wissports.net for local high school scores & stats

LEFT: YSU uses money raised at their banquets from local donations to support local projects that range from sports, drama and music programs and equipment, to playground equipment. This photo is from the Luck hockey rink.

– Photo by Greg Marsten

consin program. The YSU group was honored this year in Madison by state schools Superintendent Tony Evers, who honored the program for its efforts, noting it is one program that exemplifies “... a commitment to enriching the quality of life in rural Wisconsin ... inspiring others to invest in our rural communities, which are a A 2-1 record last week gave the King a 55-18 mark, which is good for a 75-percent seasonal success rate.

This week’s FredericClayton game could be his final offering until basketball season. If Frederic wins, he’ll predict next week. If Clayton wins, next week’s column will be a compilation of emails he’s received over the course of the football season.

vital part of Wisconsin’s culture and economic future.”

If you would like to donate to the YSU program, contact Bruce Noll at 715-4728828. – With information from YSU and the Wisconsin DPI

The Swami Predicts: Frederic 33, Clayton 20 – This will be an exciting contest, but Frederic has too many horses in the trenches.

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Concealed carry applications now available Outdoor enthusiasts will see few changes

by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer FREDERIC – At just after midnight on Tuesday, Nov. 1, the long-awaited concealed carry law, Act 35, was fully implemented. The Wisconsin Department of Justice is handling the entire application process and responsibilities of issuing permits for those legally eligible, and began accepting applications for the Wisconsin Concealed Weapons License at 9 a.m., Tuesday. Those wishing to download applications from the DOJ Web site in the early morning hours experienced considerable delay; yet by late morning, applications were readily available at the click of a button. Others who wish to obtain a permit application form will need to send a letter to the DOJ requesting that an application be mailed to them.

In terms of the local impact, at least two village boards including Webster and Milltown approved ordinances prohibiting anyone from carrying, wearing or holding any firearm in a building owned, occupied or controlled by the village. Centuria will be considering it in their next meeting as well. Signs banning guns are

already starting to pop up on some local businesses, but in terms of the impact hunters, trappers, anglers and hikers will have in regard to the new concealed-carry law, there are few changes.

Many hunters have already been utilizing the benefits of the open-carry laws, which don’t require a permit. Bow hunters will still be able to holster a handgun while they hunt as personal protection.

Hunters who use handguns during the regular nine-day gun deer season, or during bear hunting, may feel inclined to take advantage of what the concealed-carry permit can offer. Those who have a CCW license will be able to possess a concealed handgun while hunting. The DNR has also stated on their Web site that landowners could benefit too.

“A person who owns, leases, or is the legal occupant of land and who is at least age 18, will be allowed to possess a concealed handgun while hunting on those lands without the need for a license to carry a concealed weapon. To use the concealed handgun for hunting purposes, the handgun must be a legal size and caliber for the species being hunted. It continues to be illegal to possess concealed long guns.”

Those who hunt with rifles, shotguns and muzzleloaders won’t see any

changes, as they’ll still be required to keep them unloaded and cased while being placed, possessed or transported in a vehicle or by trailers, wagons, ATVs, snowmobiles, boat or other means.

DNR shining laws will also go unchanged, as it will still be illegal to possess any firearm, (including a handgun) or bow while shining, regardless if you have a concealed-carry permit or not.

The hunting mentorship program will also go unaffected, as it will still require that only one firearm can be possessed jointly between the mentored hunter and mentor. The DNR states that: “This prevents even a person who is authorized under other laws to carry a concealed handgun, such as a person with a CCW license or an off-duty law enforcement officer, from possessing a second firearm while mentoring or being mentored. Like shining for deer, the activity the person chooses to engage in can restrict them from possessing a concealed or unconcealed handgun. If the person being mentored is age 18 or older and will be hunting with the handgun, the mentor with a CCW license (21 or older) could carry that same handgun concealed during the hunt, as they would only have one firearm jointly.”

One item that has generated quite a bit of debate among the hunting public, both

Progress made in aquatic invasive species control MADISON - Wisconsin made significant progress in 2010-11 in efforts to prevent, contain, and control the damage done by aquatic invasive species, capitalizing on increased federal funding and growing involvement by counties and volunteers, according to a recent report to the Legislature.

About 200 lakes were monitored this year as part of a five-year process to paint a more accurate picture of where aquatic invasive species are found across the state, and how fast they're spreading, and to evaluate the effectiveness of outreach and education efforts.

The number of counties actively partnering with the state to prevent and control the spread of aquatic invasive species rose to 47 in 2011, up from 35 just a year earlier.

Efforts to engage new partners in geographic areas where there were gaps in the past paid off with counties and organiza-

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tions in the Lake Michigan Basin and along the Mississippi River getting involved. The expanded partnership helped spread the AIS prevention message to even more water users this year with more than 85,000 boats inspected and 185,000 people contacted to date, according to the report.

"Wisconsin made important progress in building the partnerships and monitoring capacity that will help us slow the spread of aquatic invasive species and respond to new ones before they get established and start causing problems," says Bob Wakeman, Department of Natural Resources aquatic invasive species coordinator.

"Staff, volunteers and partners spent countless hours protecting our waters from aquatic invasive species and this report shows that together we are making a difference and slowing the spread.”

The 2010-2011 Wisconsin Aquatic Invasive Species Progress Report is available online, as are earlier reports.

Numbers and percentages reflect totals as of report publication date; for the most current totals, visit the Aquatic Invasive Species page of the DNR Web site.

Aquatic invasive species fast facts • 67 percent of Wisconsin lakes with public access are free of Eurasian water milfoil and zebra mussels.

• Only 2.5 percent of lakes predicted to be suitable for zebra mussels are currently infested.

• 136 inland waters have zebra mussels.

• 584 waters statewide have Eurasian water milfoil and only 135 are in northern Wisconsin, which has 12,000 lakes.

• 490 watercraft were inspected (July 2010-June 2011), mostly through the Clean Boats, Clean Waters network.

• 85 percent of watercraft inspections were on waters that contained invasive species.

• 92 percent of boaters were aware of these invasive species laws, and 90 percent had no aquatic plants present on their boats or trailers. $3.6 million in grants were awarded to local communities for aquatic invasive species prevention and control in fiscal year 2011, bringing to $17 million the grant money awarded to local communities since 2003 for aquatic invasive species prevention and control. – from the DNR

Big ol’ pig

Matthew Mullner, formerly of Frederic, shot this hog sow while hunting at a shooting preserve in northwestern Wisconsin on Sunday, Oct. 23. The hog weighed over 200 pounds. – Photo submitted Logan Yira, an 11-year-old fifth grader from St Croix Falls, shot his first buck during the youth hunt on Sunday, Oct. 9, while hunting with his dad. – Photo submitted

for and against the concealed carry law, has been the training requirement. Those who have successfully completed a hunter safety course will have already met the training requirement and do not need additional training. All hunters born on or after Jan. 1, 1973, who wish to hunt or purchase a state hunting license in Wisconsin must first take a hunter education course.

The DNR says that the hunter education classes will not be changed as a result.

“The Department of Natural Resources is not required, nor do we have any plans to modify our current hunter education course of instruction to include any new material or training specific to handguns or carrying a concealed weapon.”

According to a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report, The DOJ received 145 applications by 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Of those applications, 123 were approved and 85 permits had been printed. By 9 a.m. that morning, at least 83,000 applications were downloaded, and the DOJ Web site received more than 800,000 hits.

The DNR Web site, dnr.wi.gov/ has a wealth of information that answers questions on the new law, and how it pertains to state lands, hunting and fishing. The DOJ Web site has the most up-to-date information and is the only place you will find applications for a license at www.doj.state.wi.us/.

Men over 50 asked to partake in fish survey MADISON – State health and natural resources officials announced they are asking male anglers age 50 and over to fill out an online survey on fish consumption. Developed by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the survey will be available through 2013. “The survey will help us understand how much fish they eat, whether fish consumption advice is reaching this population and the best ways to inform them about reducing their exposure to environmental contaminants in fish,” said Dr. Henry Anderson, state health officer. Department of Natural Resources and DHS officials hope to hear from 5,000 men who fish Wisconsin waters. Most state and federal fish consumption advice focuses on those most vulnerable to the effects of environmental contaminants – pregnant women, their developing fetuses and young children, but older adults can also be affected. Sport fishing is a popular activity in Wisconsin, with more than 1.3 million fishing licenses sold each year. “While fish are low in fat and contain nutrients such as omega-3 fatty acids, fishing in Wisconsin waters also carries some risk of exposure to chemical contamination by eating one’s catch,” said Anderson. Survey participants will help state officials understand Wisconsin anglers fishing activity, how much of their catch they consume and the effectiveness of outreach materials on healthy fish eating practices, he added. To participate in the survey, male anglers age 50 or older who live in Wisconsin all or part of the year are invited to visit: study.uwsc.wisc.edu/. – from DHS

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Notice is hereby given that on Thursday, November 10, 2011, at 6 p.m., at the Eureka Town Hall, a public hearing on the proposed 2012 budget for the Town of Eureka, Polk County, will be held. The detailed budget proposal is posted and also available for inspection at the clerk’s home office by appointment.

SPECIAL TOWN MEETING

Notice is hereby given that on Thursday, November 10, 2011, immediately following completion of the public hearing, a special town meeting of the electors, called by the town board pursuant to s. 60.12(1)(c), Wis. Statutes will be held for the following purpose: 1. To approve the total 2012 highway expenditures pursuant to s. 82.03(2).

2. To adopt the 2011 town tax levy to be paid in 2011 pursuant to s. 60.10(1)(a).

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PUBLIC NOTICE TOWN OF MCKINLEY The Town Board Meeting Will Be Held On Tues., Nov. 8, 2011, At The Town Hall, 7 p.m.

Agenda Will Be Posted At The Town Hall.

Notice is hereby given that at 8 p.m. a PUBLIC HEARING on the PROPOSED 2012 BUDGET of the Town of McKinley will be held. The proposed budget will be posted at the town hall.

Immediately following a completion of the Public Hearing on the proposed 2012 budget, a special town meeting will be called pursuant to Section 60.12(1)(c) of Wisconsin Statutes by the town board for the following purposes: 1. To approve the total 2012 highway expenditures pursuant to Section 81.01(3) of Wisconsin Statutes.

2. To adopt the 2011 Town Levy to be paid in 2012 pursuant to Section 60.10(1)(c) of Wisconsin Statutes.

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BURNETT COUNTY HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES INFLUENZA AND PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINATION CLINIC

Tuesday, November 8, 2011, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Burnett County Government Center, Room 235 Influenza: $25.00 Pneumonia: $60.00 All insurance plans accepted Please bring your insurance cards with you. Children 18 & under are free. You can also make a clinic appointment by calling 715-349-7600, ext. 1251. Please check for updates by calling the Burnett County Flu Line at 715-349-7600 or online at www.burnettcounty.com, under the Health & Human Services page. If you have any questions, please call Burnett County Department of Health & Human 548149 9-11L 51-1a Services at 715-349-7600.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC BUDGET HEARING FOR TOWN OF TRADE LAKE, BURNETT COUNTY

Notice is hereby given that on Thursday, November 10, 2011, at 6 p.m. at the Trade Lake Town Hall, a PUBLIC HEARING on the PROPOSED BUDGET of the Town of Trade Lake in Burnett County will be held.

The Proposed Budget is posted for review. The proposed budget in detail is available for inspection at the town clerk’s home by appointment.

Deborah Christian, Clerk at 715-488-2600 or tradelakewi@grantsburgtelcom.net.

NOTICE – SPECIAL MEETING OF THE ELECTORS

The monthly board meeting will be held Thursday, November 10, 2011, immediately following the Special Meeting of the Electors Agenda: Minutes of last meeting, Treasurer’s Report, Resident Issues: Recycling Fees, Purchase of Payloader, Treasurer’s Bond Ordinance, Rd. Mtc. Report, Payment of Bills, December date and Agenda Deborah L. Christian, clerk, www.tradelakewi.com

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(Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY CIVIL DIVISION Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee on Behalf of the Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2007-HE6, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-HE6 5401 N. Beach Street Fort Worth, TX 76137 Plaintiff vs.

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MADISON, WI 53703 AMENDED PUBLICATION SUMMONS Judge Anderson Case No. 11 CV Case Code No. 30404 THE STATE OF WISCONSIN To each person named above as Defendant: You are hereby notified that the plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you.

Within 40 days after October 26, 2011, 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 Lois Hoff, Clerk of Courts, Polk County Courthouse, 1005 West Main Street, Suite 300 P.O. Box 549, Balsam Lake, WI 54810 and to Adam C. Lueck, Johnson, Blumberg & Associates, LLC, Plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is 230 W. Monroe St., Chicago, IL 60606.

You may have an attorney help represent you.

If you do not demand a copy of the complaint within 40 days, the court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the complaint. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

Dated: October 17, 2011.

Johnson, Blumberg & Associates, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff Adam C. Lueck State Bar No. 1081386 Johnson, Blumberg & Associates, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street Suite 1125 Chicago, Illinois 60606 Ph. 312-541-9710 Fax 312-541-9711 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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(Nov. 2, 9, 16) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF PAUL F. KUHNLY Notice Setting Time to Hear Application and Deadline for Filing Claims (Informal Administration) Case No. 11-PR-76 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: 1. An application for informal administration was filed.

2. The decedent, with date of birth April 28, 1921, and date of death May 26, 2011, was domiciled in Polk County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 110 Eleanor St., Milltown, WI 54858.

3. The application will be heard at the Polk County Courthouse, 1005 W. Main St., Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, Room 500, before Jenell L. Anderson, Probate Registrar, on November 30, 2011, at 9:00 a.m.

You do not need to appear unless you object. The application may be granted if there is no objection.

4. The deadline for filing a claim against the decedent’s estate is February 6, 2012.

5. A claim may be filed at the Polk County Courthouse, 1005 W. Main St., Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, Room 500.

6. This publication is notice to any persons whose names or addresses are unknown.

If you require reasonable accommodations due to a disability to participate in the court process, please call 715-4859238 at least 10 working days prior to the scheduled court date. Please note that the court does not provide transportation.

Jenell L. Anderson Probate Registrar October 25, 2011 Todd H. Anderson Attorney at Law P.O. Box 507 Grantsburg, WI 54840 715-463-5365 Bar Number: 1012132

TOWN OF GEORGETOWN - BID NOTICE

The Town of Georgetown is taking bids, for a wedge coat and overlay (hot or cold mix) for 1.7 miles on Baker Road within the Town of Georgetown. This is a TRIP program bid and must meet prevailing wage laws. Please send all bids to Town of Georgetown, Attn: Clerk 1913 W. Bone Lake Drive, Balsam Lake WI 54810. Please call Andy Mangelsen at 715857-5323 for bid specifications and any questions.

Kristine Lindgren, Clerk Town of Georgetown 548571 10-11L WNAXLP

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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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Mark-It Graphics, a dynamic screen printing, digital printing, die cutting and plastic fabricating company, is accepting applications from self-motivated and quality conscious people for the following fulltime 1st-shift positions: Color Formulator - 1st Shift: Experience in 4-color process and precision color matching is preferred.

In-Line Press Operator - 1st & 2nd Shifts: Experienced press person to operate one of the finest, precision press lines in the industry.

Screen Print Leadperson - 1st Shift: Must have experience in the entire screen printing process including ink, screen making and printing.

Production Assistant - 1st & 2nd Shifts: Experience preferred but we are willing to train.

Mark-It has a reputation for quality products and services, competitive wages and benefits and a clean, safe, friendly working environment. No phone calls, please.

Please fax or send resume with salary requirements to: Mark-it Graphics, Inc., 500 Simmon Drive, Osceola, WI 54020 Fax: 715-294-4992 www.mark-itgraphics.com

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT TECHNICIAN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT Full Time

This position assists the Director of Management Information Systems with the management of the County’s Information Systems.

The IT Support Technician is required to maintain a high level of confidentiality due to the exposure of access to sensitive county data, perform as an in-house consultant to the departments in the use of the network and personal computers and software and hardware for custom and automated applications operated by the county.

Requirements include Associate’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.

Salary: $22.07 per hour plus excellent fringe benefits.

For further information and application material contact the Burnett County Administration/Human Resources Office, Burnett County Government Center – Room #190, 7410 County Road K, #116, Siren, WI 54872 (www.burnettcounty.com or mthalacker@burnettcounty.org.

Phone: 715-349-2181, Fax: 715-349-2180). Application deadline is 4:30 p.m., Friday, November 4, 2011.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC BUDGET HEARING AND SPECIAL MEETING FOR THE TOWN OF ST. CROIX FALLS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2011, at 7 p.m., at the Town Hall of St. Croix Falls, 1305 200th Street, a public hearing on the proposed budget for 2012 will be held. The proposed budget in detail is available for inspection at the Clerk’s office. The following is a summary of the proposed budget for 2012.

2011 2012 Percent Budget Budget Change Balance January 1 Reserved for Highway Equipment 140,675.00 143,857.00 2.26 Park Land Dedication 1,050.00 1,400.00 Operations 283,733.00 246,485.00 -13.13 Revenues: Taxes: General Property Taxes Operational 328,501.00 329,538.00 0.32 Building Loan Repayment 43,020.00 43,020.00 Other Taxes 120.00 250.00 Special Assessments 0.00 0.00 Intergovernmental Revenues 131,357.00 126,395.00 Licenses and Permits 14,087.00 13,020.00 Penalties & Forfeitures 120.00 120.00 Public Charges for Services 2,165.00 1,445.00 Intergovernmental Charges for Services 800.00 800.00 Miscellaneous Revenue 5,755.00 3,425.00 Trust Fund Loan 0.00 0.00 Subtotal 525,925.00 518,013.00 Fund Balance Reserve Operations 60,885.00 35,403.00 TOTAL REVENUES 586,810.00 553,416.00 -5.69 Expenditures: General Government 121,820.00 132,265.00 Public Safety 72,800.00 71,570.00 Public Works (Highway) 278,070.00 222,210.00 Health and Human Services 7,500.00 6,200.00 Culture, Recreation, Education 1,500.00 1,745.00 Conservation, Development 46,000.00 37,400.00 Capital Outlay 1,000.00 1,000.00 Hwy. Equipment Outlay 5,000.00 1,000.00 Debt Service 43,020.00 69,926.00 Other Financing Uses, Refunds Refunds 100.00 100.00 TOTAL EXPENDITURES 576,810.00 543,416.00 -5.79 Reserve for Contingencies Reserve for Capital Purchases Reserve for Hwy. Equipment TOTAL EXPENDITURES, RESERVES Balance December 31 Reserved for Highway Equipment Park Land Dedication Operations

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140,500.00 1,400.00 222,848.00

145,000.00 1,400.00 211,082.00

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NOTICE OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that immediately following the budget hearing a special meeting of the electors called pursuant to Sec. 60.12(1)(c) of Wis. Stats. for the following purposes will be held: 1. To approve the total 2012 highway expenditures pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes 82.03.

2. To adopt the 2011 town tax levy to be paid in 2012 pursuant to Wisconsin Statute 60.10(1)(a).

3. To set Town Board and Officer Salaries for the upcoming election terms.

4. To consider such items that were deferred to this meeting by the annual town meeting in April 2011.

Dated this 31st day of October, 2011.

Janet Krueger, Town Clerk 549066 11-12L WNAXLP

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY FOR REVIEW DRAFT FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE ST. CROIX CHIPPEWA INDIANS OF WISCONSIN The 2011 Draft Forest Management Plan for the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin is now available for public review from November 4, 2011, through December 5, 2011. An Environmental Assessment has also been prepared to identify and evaluate potential effects of the implementation of this Forest Management Plan. These documents can be reviewed at the St. Croix Environmental Office in Hertel, Wisconsin.

You may send your comments to the following individuals via mail, fax or e-mail not later than December 5, 2011.

Jackie Baerwald Environmental Express Services, Inc. 5944 FM 1863 Bulverde, Texas 78163 Telephone: 830-980-1830 Fax: 830-980-1831 549084 11Lp E-mail: jbaerwald@envexpress.com

NOTICE OF PUBLIC BUDGET HEARING TOWN OF JACKSON, BURNETT COUNTY

Notice is hereby given that on Thursday, November 17, 2011, at 7 p.m., at the Town of Jackson Hall, a public hearing on the 2012 proposed budget for the Town of Jackson, Burnett County, will be held. The 2012 proposed budget in detail is available for inspection at the clerk’s office from 1 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday and Friday. Phone 715-866-8404.

For the Town Board Lorraine Radke, Clerk

NOTICE OF SPECIAL TOWN ELECTORS MEETING TOWN OF JACKSON, BURNETT COUNTY

Notice is hereby given that on Thursday, November 17, 2011, immediately following completion of the public hearing on the proposed 2012 budget, which begins at 7 p.m., a special meeting of the electors called pursuant to Section 60.12 (1) of © Wis. Statutes by the Town Board for the following purposes will be held: 1. To approve total highway expenditures for 2012 pursuant to Section 82.03 of Wis. Statutes.

2. To approve the 2012 town levy to be collected in 2013 pursuant to Section 60.10 (1) (A) of Wis. Statutes.

Notice is hereby given that on Thursday, November 17, 2011, immediately following the completion of the special town electors meeting, the Town Board will meet to adopt the 2012 proposed budget for the Town of Jackson.

For the Town Board Lorraine Radke, Clerk 548691 11L WNAXLP Dated this 2nd day of November, 2011.

(Oct. 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY HSBC MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC., Plaintiff, vs.

DOUGLAS A. NEIDERMIRE and LORI A. NEIDERMIRE, husband and wife and THE RIVERBANK Defendants.

Case No. 10-CV-445 Code No. 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage Dollar Amount Greater Than $5,000.00 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on August 20, 2010, in the amount of $297,109.97, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: November 17, 2011, at 10:00 o’clock a.m.

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

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

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. PLACE: Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 West Main St., Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: A Parcel of Land in the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SE1/4 of SW1/4), Section Thirteen (13), Township ThirtyThree (33) North, Range Nineteen (19) West, in Polk County, Wisconsin, described as follows: Commencing at the Northwest Corner of said Southeast Quarter; thence South along the West Line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SE1/4 OF SW1/4), 345.0 feet to the Point of Beginning; thence due East 264.0 feet; thence

due South 165.0 feet; thence due West 264.0 feet to the said West Line of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SE1/4 of SW1/4); thence North along said West Line 165.0 feet to the Point of Beginning; Excepting the right of way of the Town Road Extending along the said West Line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SE1/4 of SW1/4); AND A Parcel of Land in the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SE1/4 of SW1/4), Section Thirteen (13), Township Thirty-Three (33) North, Range Nineteen (19) West described as follows: Commencing at the Northwest Corner of said Southeast Quarter thence South along West Line of said Southeast Quarter 510 feet to the Point of Beginning; thence due East 264.0 feet; thence due South approximately 30 feet to the Border of Private Road as it is presently travelled; thence West along North Border of said Road 264.0 feet to the West Line of Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SE1/4 of SW1/4); thence North along said West Line to the Point of Beginning; Excepting the right of way of the Town Road Extending along said West Line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SE1/4 of SW1/4); being approximately 0.18 acre.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 916 248th St., Town of Osceola.

TAX KEY NO.: 042-01029-0000 Peter M. Johnson 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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(Sept. 28, Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26, Nov. 2) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY ROYAL CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff, vs.

ESTATE OF JAMES B. CANTERBURY c/o Attorney Lawrence J. Kaiser Special Administrator, Defendant Case No. 11CV438 Case Code: 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of a judgment of foreclosure and sale rendered in the above-entitled action on September 16, 2011, in the amount of $29,306.59, the undersigned Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell at public auction at the front entrance of the Polk County Courthouse in the City of Balsam Lake, in said County, on the 16th day of November, 2011, at 10 a.m., the real estate and mortgaged premises directed by the judgment to be sold, therein described as follows: A parcel of land in the northwest quarter of southwest quarter (NW 1/4 of SW 1/4), section twenty-eight (28), township thirty-four (34) north of range sixteen (16) west, described as follows: beginning at the northeast corner of said NW 1/4 of SW 1/4, thence south on the east line of said NW 1/4 of SW 1/4, a distance of 305 feet to the point of beginning of the parcel being conveyed; thence south a distance of 80 feet; thence west parallel to the north line of said NW 1/4 of SW 1/4 to the east bank of Apple River; thence northerly along said river to a point due west of the point of beginning, thence east to the point of beginning, Polk County, Wis. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1345 100th Street, Amery, Wis. 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 upon confirmation of sale.

Dated this 26th day of September, 2011. /s/ Peter M. Johnson Polk County Sheriff Attorney Christine A. Gimbor Weld, Riley, Prenn & Ricci, S.C. 3624 Oakwood Hills Parkway P.O. Box 1030 Eau Claire, WI 54702-1030 715/839-7786 Attorneys for Plaintiff This is an attempt to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

(Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY James Roush & Audrey Roush 2232 260th Avenue Cushing, WI 54006 Defendant vs.

James M. Tollefson and Malisa Tollefson 2298 260th Avenue Cushing, WI 54006 Wisconsin Department of Revenue Central Collections Unit P.O. Box 8901 Madison, WI 53708 RBS Citizens, N.A. One Citizens Drive Riverside, RI 02915 United States of America c/o United States Attorney Western District of Wisconsin Suite 303, City Station 660 West Washington Avenue Post Office Box 1585 Madison, WI 53701 Defendants.

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Case No. 11-CV-193 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above action on the 1st day of July, 2011, the undersigned Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell at public auction in the lobby of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 W. Main St., Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, on the 14th day of December, 2011, at 10 a.m., of that day, the real estate and mortgaged premises directed by said Judgment to be sold and therein described as follows: The W 1/2 NW 1/4 NW 1/4, Section 29, Township 36 North, of Range 18 West, Polk County, WI, EXCEPT for Lot 1, Certified Survey Map No. 3338, recorded in Vol. 15 of CSM, Page 105 as Doc. #611086, located in the NW 1/4 NW 1/4, 29-36-18, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the United States of America shall have 120 days to redeem the subject property after the Confirmation of Sale. Ten percent 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.

Terms of Sale: Cash.

Dated this 19th day of October, 2011.

Peter M. Johnson Polk County Sheriff 1005 W. Main St. Balsam Lake, WI 54810 Plaintiff’s Attorney: Todd H. Anderson #1012132 P.O. Box 507 Grantsburg, WI 54840 (715) 463-5365 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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Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, November 8, 2011, immediately following the proposed budget hearing, a special town meeting of electors, called pursuant to Sec. 60.12 (1)(c) of Wisconsin Statutes by the town board for the following purposes will be held.

1. To approve the total 2012 highway expenditures pursuant to Sec. 81.01 (3) of Wisconsin Statutes.

2. To adopt the 2011 town tax levy to be paid in 2012 pursuant to Sec. 60.01 (1) (a) of Wisconsin Statutes.

549086 11L WNAXLP Lloyd Nelson, Clerk

HELP WANTED

CITY OF TAYLORS FALLS CITY COORDINATOR - ZONING ADMINISTRATOR Taylors Falls, Minn., population 976, seeks to fill its Coordinator-Zoning Administrator position. Responsibilities include but not limited to: Coordinating City projects and Council or Commission directives; interpretation and enforcement of City’s Code of Ordinances, including the Comprehensive Plan, Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Regulations. Salary to be negotiable, depending upon qualifications. Requirements include: high school diploma or GED, valid driver’s license, minimum of two years’ directly related administrative experience required, knowledge of personal computer applications and software including Microsoft Office, Arc View or Arc Map Geographic Information System.

Position will remain open until filled. Complete job description and application forms are available by contacting the City at any of the following ways: Address: City of Taylors Falls 637 First Street Taylors Falls, MN 55084-1144 E-mail: tfclerk@frontiernet.net Web site: www.taylors-falls.mn.us Phone: 651-465-5133, Ext. 21 Fax: 651-465-4603 548916 52d,e 11-12L 1a,d,e The City of Taylors Falls is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, membership or activity in a local commission, disability, sexual orientation or age pursuant to MS 363.03 & 181.67. The City is in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C.A. 12105 et seq., please call (651) 465-5133 if any reasonable accommodations need to be made. The City will be providing Veterans Preference points MS 197.455 & 43A.11.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

PARCEL MAPPING/ GIS ANALYST COUNTY SURVEYOR/LAND INFORMATION OFFICE Full Time This position provides support in parcel mapping, maintenance / update of countywide parcel GIS data sets and databases, as well as, maintenance of other GIS data sets and databases; coordinating updates with other departments and the Web site vendor. Mapping for various County offices.

Requires: Four-year degree in Land Surveying or GIS with a minimum of 2 years’ experience in a related field preferred. Must have land surveying experience, excellent understanding of land surveying principles, proficiency in ESRI ArcGIS, ArcInfo and ArcEditor, excellent understanding of and ability to interpret real estate documents and survey maps, type at least 40 words per minute and a valid Wisconsin driver’s license. Experience with AutoCAD also desirable. Two-year degree in Land Surveying or GIS with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in a related field may be considered.

Salary: $23.50/hour plus excellent fringe benefits.

For further information and application material contact the Burnett County Administration/Human Resources Office, Burnett County Government Center - Room #190, 7410 County Road K, #116, Siren, WI 54872 (www.burnettcounty.com or mthalacker@burnettcounty.org). Phone: 715/3492181, Fax: 715/349-2180). Applications accepted until 4:30 p.m., Monday, November 14, 2011.

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Agenda: 1. Reading of the minutes 2. Treasurer’s Report 3. Review and pay bills 4. Patrolman’s report Any additional agenda will be posted in the Luck Town Hall and Clerk’s Office.

Lloyd Nelson, Clerk 549085 11L

(Sept. 28, Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26, Nov. 2) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY RURAL AMERICAN BANKLUCK, Plaintiff, vs.

FREDERICK A. JENDERNY, Defendant.

Case No. 11 CV 90 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on May 13, 2011, in the amount of $45,517.35, I will sell at public auction at the Main Front Entrance of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, in the Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, November 15, 2011, at 10 o’clock a.m., all of the following described mortgaged premises, to-wit: Lot 1 of Certified Survey Map No. 2878 recorded in Volume 13, page 132, Document No. 589077 in the office of the Register of Deeds for Polk County, Wisconsin. Said parcel is located in part of the NE 1/4 of NE 1/4, Section 23-3517. And a parcel of land in the SE 1/4 of SE 1/4, Section 1435-17, described as follows: Beginning at the NW corner of Lot 1 in Certified Survey Map No. 2878 and recorded in Volume 13 CSM, page 132, Doc. No. 589077; thence East along the South line of said SE 1/4 of SE 1/4 210 feet; thence North parallel to the East 40 line 32 feet; thence West parallel to the South 40 line approximately 215 feet to the Southeasterly right of way of Dau Road (public highway); thence curving Southwesterly and continuing to the South line of said SE 1/4 of SE 1/4; thence East along said South line to the point of beginning.

The grantor estate hereby reserves for itself, its successors and assigns and adjoining landowner a perpetual easement running with the land and described as follows: A parcel in the SE 1/4 of SE 1/4, Section 14-35-17, de-scribed as follows: Commencing at the NW corner of Lot 1 of CSM No. 2878 as recorded in Volume 13, page 132, Document No. 589077; thence West along the South forty line 10 feet to the point of beginning; thence North parallel to the East forty line 32 feet; thence West parallel to the South forty line to the Southeasterly right of way of Dau Road (public highway); thence curving Southwesterly and continuing to the South line of said SE 1/4 of SE 1/4; thence East along said South forty line to the point of beginning.

PIN: 040-00609-0100.

STREET ADDRESS: 1332 Dau Drive, Milltown, WI 54858.

TERMS OF SALE: Cash.

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

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wis., this 16th day of Sept., 2011.

Peter M. Johnson, 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

Case Number: 10 CV 354 AMENDED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on September 30, 2010, in the amount of $191,817.76, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: November 30, 2011, 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: Polk County Justice Center at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: Lots 1 and 2 of Certified Survey Map No. 4468 filed on May 19, 2004, in Volume 20, Page 20, as Document No. 680274, being a part of the Northwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 26, Township 36 North, Range 17 West, in the Town of Luck, Polk County, Wisconsin. ALSO DESCRIBED AS: Part of the Northwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4, Section 26, Township 36 North, Range 17 West, Town of Luck, Polk County, Wisconsin, described as Lots 1 and 2 of Certified Survey Map No. 4468 filed in Volume 20, Page 20, as Document No. 680274.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1382 and 1382-A State Rd. 48, Luck, WI 54853.

TAX KEY NO.: 036-00614-0100 & 036-00614-0200 Dated this 21st day of October, 2011.

Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Russell J. Karnes State Bar #1054982 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. 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. 278992

Marie M. Flannery/Blommer Peterman, S.C. State Bar No. 1045309 165 Bishops Way 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. 278936

NOTICE FOR THE TOWN OF APPLE RIVER NOTICE OF PUBLIC BUDGET HEARING, SPECIAL TOWN MEETING

Notice is hereby given, that on Monday, November 14, 2011, at 7 p.m., at the Town Hall of the Town of Apple River, a Public Hearing on the Proposed 2012 Budget for the Town of Apple River, Polk County, will be held. The proposed budget in detail is available for inspection at the office of the town clerk by appointment. The following is a summary of the proposed 2012 budget: 2011 2012 Revenue: Levy $195,755 $195,755 Transportation Aid $106,570 $104,438 Shared Revenue $15,171 $11,472 Fire Protection Dues $3,600 $3,150 MFL/PF $600 $370 License Fees $2,500 $2,400 Interest $500 $400 Dog Licenses $350 Total Revenue $324,696 $318,335 Expenses: General Govt. $60,620 $65,818 Public Safety (Fire/EMS) $67,343 $68,396 Public Works (Highway) $194,733 $182,921 Health & Human Serv. $2,000 $1,200 Total Expenses: $324,696 $318,335

NOTICE OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETING OF THE ELECTORS OF THE TOWN OF APPLE RIVER

Notice is hereby given that on Monday, November 14, 2011, immediately following completion of the Public Hearing on the Proposed 2012 Budget, a special town meeting of the electors called pursuant to Section 60.12(1)(c) of Wisconsin Statutes by the town board for the purpose of approving the 2011 tax levy to be collected in 2012 pursuant to Section 60.10(1)(a) of Wisconsin Statutes.

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Case No. 11SC684 File No. 1129874 You are being sued by Citibank (South Dakota) N.A. now merged into Citibank, N.A. in the small claims court for Polk County, Wisconsin, 1005 W. Main St., Suite 300, Balsam Lake, WI 54810. A hearing will be held at 1:30 p.m. on November 21, 2011.

If you do not appear, a judgment may be given to the person suing you. (A copy of the claim has been mailed to you at the address above.)

Dated: October 21, 2011. /s/ Ryan M. Peterson Rausch, Sturm, Israel, Enerson & Hornik LLC Attorneys in the Practice of Debt Collection 250 N. Sunnyslope Rd. Suite 300 Brookfield WI 53005 Toll Free: 877-667-8010

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Budget meeting for the Town of Luck will be held in the Luck, Town Hall, November 8, 2011, at 8 p.m.

Proposed 2012 Budget Revenues Town Tax Levy.....................................................$100,000.00 State Shared Revenue..........................................$58,860.00 Hwy. Aid..............................................................$102,992.00 Liquor Lic...................................................................$950.00 Miscellaneous Revenues........................................$1,500.00 Interest Income..........................................................$300.00 Fire Departments...................................................$32,334.00 Total $296,936.00 Expenditures General Administration..........................................$23,126.00 Assessor..................................................................$6,600.00 Ambulance Service.................................................$7,900.00 Highways.............................................................$226,976.00 Fire Departments...................................................$32,334.00 Total $296,936.00

BOARD MEETING Tues., Nov. 8, 7 p.m.

Town Hall

(Nov. 2) SMALL CLAIMS AMENDED SUMMONS STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COUT POLK COUNTY CIVIL DIVISION TO: ROGER D. BIBEAU 2044 165TH AVE. CENTURIA WI 54824-8019 Defendant(s)

(Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY CIVIL DIVISION BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP, F/K/A COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP Plaintiff vs.

DAVID FOUKS; SHELLY FOUKS A/K/A SHELLY L. SWANSON; Defendants.

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Case No. 10 CV 312 Case Code No. 30404 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on September 29, 2010, in the amount of $194,069.18, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: December 14, 2011, 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: Lobby of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: Lot 3 of Certified Survey Map No. 5460 filed July 23, 2007, in Vol. 24 C.S.M., Pg. 145, as Doc. No. 734549, being Lots 3 and 4 of Certified Survey Map No. 5336 filed December 28, 2006, in Vol. 24 of C.S.M., Pg. 21, as Doc. No. 726610, located in the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 24, Township 32 North, Range 19 West, Town of Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin.

Together with and Subject to a Driveway Agreement/Easement Recorded in Vol. 1007 of Rec., Pg. 649, as Doc. No. 735962.

TAX KEY NO.: 022-00576-0300.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2464 30th Avenue, Osceola, Wisconsin 54020.

Adam C. Lueck State Bar No. 1081386 Attorney for Plaintiff 230 W. Monroe St., Chicago, IL 60606 Phone: 312-541-9710 Johnson, Blumberg & Associates, LLC, is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC BUDGET HEARING FOR THE TOWN OF LUCK

NOTICE TOWN OF LUCK

(Nov. 2, 9, 16) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY AnchorBank, FSB Plaintiff vs.

Ryan T. Eller AnchorBank, FSB Unknown Spouse of Ryan T. Eller Defendants SUMMONS Real Estate Mortgage Foreclosure Case No. 11 CV 618 Honorable Molly E. GaleWyrick Case Code: 30404 THE STATE OF WISCONSIN To the following party named as a defendant herein: Ryan T. Eller/Unknown Spouse of Ryan T. Eller.

You are hereby notified that the plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you. The complaint, which is also served on you, states the nature and the basis of the legal action. Within 40 days after November 2, 2011, you must respond with a written answer, as that term is used in Chapter 802 of the Wisconsin Statutes, to the complaint. The court may reject or disregard an answer that does not follow the requirements of the statutes.

The answer must be sent or delivered to the court, whose address is: Polk County Clerk of Circuit Court, 1005 West Main Street, Suite 300, Balsam Lake, WI 54810-9071, and to Marie M. Flannery/Blommer Peterman, S.C., plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is: Blommer Peterman, S.C., 165 Bishops Way, Brookfield, WI 53005.

You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not provide a proper answer within 40 days, the court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the complaint. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

Dated this 20th day of October, 2011.

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Jessica Garcia, Osceola, and Ivan E. Gutierrez, Osceola, issued Oct. 28, 2011.

(Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, L.P. Plaintiff vs.

LEON E. MEWHORTER, et al.

Defendant(s)

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Kacy Jo Schmidt, St. Croix Falls, and Adam J. AustinWhite, St. Croix Falls, issued Oct. 27, 2011.

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Polk County marriage licenses

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Employment Opportunities/Notices

NOTICE

TOWN OF DANIELS MONTHLY BOARD MEETING

The Monthly Town Board Meeting Will Be Held Tues., Nov. 8, 2011, Following The Budget & Levy Approval Which Starts At 7 p.m. At Daniels Town Hall AGENDA: Minutes & treasurer report, payment of town bills and any other business properly brought before board. Agenda will be posted at Daniels Town Hall 24 hours before meeting. Visit Town of Daniels Web site (www.townofdaniels.org).

548944 11L Ellen M. Ellis, Clerk

NOTICE FOR THE TOWN OF BALSAM LAKE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND SPECIAL MEETINGS FOR THE TOWN OF MILLTOWN

NOTICE OF PUBLIC BUDGET HEARING, SPECIAL TOWN MEETING & MONTHLY MEETING For the Town of Balsam Lake, Polk County

Notice is hereby given that on Monday, November 14, 2011, at 5:30 p.m., at the Town Hall and Shop of the Town of Balsam Lake, a public hearing on the Proposed 2012 Budget for the Town of Balsam Lake, Polk County, will be held. The proposed budget in detail is available for inspection at the home of the town clerk by appointment. The following is a summary of the proposed 2012 budget: 2011 2012 Revenues: WI Shared Revenue $21,563 $14,559 WI Transportation Aids 109,968 107,747 Lottery Credit 2,100 2,000 Town Services 5,000 5,000 Miscellaneous Revenues 2,000 2,000 Property Tax Levy 262,650 262,650 Total Revenues $403,281 $393,956 Expenditures: General Government $60,000 $60,000 Public Safety 50,000 53,562 Public Works 293,281 280,394 Total Public Works 293,281 280,394 Total Expenditures $403,281 $393,956 Notice is hereby given that on Monday, November 14, 2011, immediately following completion of the Public Hearing on the proposed 2012 budget, which begins at 5:30 p.m., at the town shop office, a Special Town Meeting of the Electors is called pursuant to Sec. 60.12(1) of Wis. Statutes by the Town Board for the following purposes: 1. To approve the 2011 town tax levy to be paid in 2012 pursuant to Section 60.10 (1)(a) of Wis. Statutes.

2. To approve the total highway expenditures for 2012 pursuant to Sec 82.03 of Wis. Statutes.

Notice is hereby given that on Monday, November 14, 2011, immediately following the completion of the Special Town Meeting of the Electors, which shall follow the Public Hearing on the proposed 2012 budget, which begins at 5:30 p.m., the Monthly Town Board Meeting will be held. The agenda will be printed closer to the meeting.

Brian R. Masters, Clerk - Town of Balsam Lake 549081 11-12L WNAXLP

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE VILLAGE OF LUCK, WISCONSIN 2012 BUDGET

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That on November 21, 2011, at 5:30 p.m. at the Municipal Office, Luck, The Village Board will hold a public hearing on the proposed budget for 2012. The following is a summary of the proposed budget, a detailed account of the proposed budget may be inspected at the Village office.

2011 2012 GENERAL FUND Budget Budget % Change Expenditures: General Government $188,513 $173,180 Public Safety $225,918 $221,765 Public Works $206,825 $202,755 Health and Human Services $250 $50 Culture, Recreation and Education $12,816 $14,210 Conservation and Development $10,500 $8,250 Capital Outlay $100,922 $125,534 Total Expenditures $745,744 $745,744 NO CHANGE

NO CHANGE

Total Revenues $745,744

Total Expenditures $745,744

Estimated Fund Balance 2/31/12 $223,723

$30,775

$53,410

$53,410

$30,775

$53,410

-

$97,301

$97,301

-

$61,406

($890) $21,732 $275,340

$4,000 $1,887 $902,342

$1,250 $1,250 $898,955

$1,860 $22,369 $278,727

$522,904

2011 Budget $517,688 7.734 $66,933,020

2012 Budget $522,904 7.732 $67,629,890

Amount Change $5,216 $0.002 $696,870

Property Tax Contribution $408,088

Percent Change 1.00% (0.03%) 1.04%

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Village Tax Levy Village Tax Rate per $1,000 Value Village Assessed Value Without TID Approved this October 26, 2011

Estimated Fund Balance 1/1/12 $223,723

$408,088 $37,643 $2,111 $272,322 $7,205 $4,200 $1,800 $12,375 $745,744

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Combined General Funds Village General Fund Special Revenue Funds: Library Debt Service Fund: General Long-Term Capital Projects Funds: Tax Increment District #2 Tax Increment District #3 Total

$377,475 $44,812 $2,492 $294,820 $6,335 $4,200 $1,600 $14,010 $745,744

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2011, at 7 p.m., at the Milltown Fire Hall, a public hearing on the proposed budget for 2012 will be held. The proposed budget in detail is available for review at the Clerk’s office.

The following is a summary of the proposed budget for 2012: 2011 2012 PERCENT BUDGET BUDGET CHANGE REVENUE Property Tax Levy 427,831 427,830 State Revenue 151,241 146,960 - 2.9 TOWN Services 16,500 16,500 Loans 28,507 28,507 TOTAL REVENUE 624,079 619,797 - .7 EXPENDITURES Public Safety 72,970 69,344 - 5.2 Loan Payments 81,176 81,176 Salaries 129,808 129,808 Construction 225,625 218,969 -25.7 Public Works 102,500 108,500 + 5.5 Assessing 12,000 12,000 TOTAL EXPENDITURES 624,079 619,797 - .7

NOTICE OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETINGS:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that immediately following the budget hearing a special meeting of the electors called pursuant to Sec. 60.12(1)(c) of Wis. Stats. for the following purposes will be held: 1. To approve the total 2012 highway expenditures pursuant to Sec. 81.01(3) of Wis. Stats.

2. To adopt the 2011 Town Tax Levy to be paid in 2012 pursuant to Sec. 60.10(1)(a) of Wis. Stats.

The regular monthly meeting will follow the special meeting.

Dated this 31st day of October, 2011.

Virgil Hansen, Town Clerk Town of Milltown 549067 11-12L 1-2a,d WNAXLP

NOTICE OF PUBLIC BUDGET HEARING FOR POLK COUNTY, WISCONSIN, 2012 BUDGET

Notice is hereby given that on November 15, 2011, at 7 p.m., at the Polk County Government Center in Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, the County Board will hold a public hearing on the proposed budget for 2012. The following is a summary of the proposed budget for the governmental fund types of the county. An account of the proposed budget may be inspected at the Department of Administration or via the county Web site.

Adopted 2011 Proposed 2012 Percentage GENERAL FUND Budget Budget Change Expenditures: General Government $5,855,529 $6,124,792 Public Safety 7,494,589 7,194,126 Highway 3,017,347 3,032,474 Sanitation 669,641 615,581 Health and Human Services 2,754,006 2,483,927 Culture, Recreation and Education 1,225,753 1,168,292 Conservation and Development 1,860,189 1,737,061 Other Financing Uses 165,000 Total Expenditures and Other Uses $22,877,054 $22,521,253 -1.6% Revenues and Other Sources: Taxes: General Property - General Fund $10,639,562 $10,611,997 General Property - Highway 3,017,347 3,032,474 Other Taxes 595,170 826,120 Intergovernmental 2,246,496 1,975,153 Licenses and Permits 256,510 291,110 Fines, Forfeitures and Penalties 176,200 167,100 Public Charges for Services 2,545,505 2,331,065 Intergovernmental Charges for Services 250,570 316,710 Miscellaneous 490,694 403,426 Transfer from Sales Tax Fund 2,200,000 2,250,000 Transfer from Lime Fund and Golden Age Manor 86,317 34,930 Transfer from Nonmajor Governmental Funds 35,000 Fund Balance Applied/Use of Undesignated Funds 372,683 246,168 Total Revenues & Fund Balance Applied $22,877,054 $22,521,253 -1.6%

General Fund

Fund Equity 1/1/2012 12,947,417

Revenues/ Other Sources 19,488,779

Expenditures/ Other Uses 19,488,779

Fund Equity 12/31/2012 12,947,417

Property Tax Contribution 10,611,997

Internal Service Funds Enterprise Funds Special Revenue Funds Capital Projects Fund Debt Service Funds Total

7,304,320 2,113,826 807,393 250,000 210,238 $23,633,194

12,553,059 8,351,198 13,258,929

12,595,953 8,298,392 13,311,006 250,000 4,134,142 $58,078,272

7,261,426 2,166,632 755,316

3,032,474

210,238 $23,341,029

4,094,142 $21,584,854

County Tax Levy Act 150 Bridge Aid Total County Tax Rate Act 150 Tax Rate Bridge Aid Tax Rate Total County Equalized Value

4,134,142 $57,786,107

3,846,241

2011 Budget $21,006,760 543,459 55,484 $21,605,703

2012 Budget 20,993,608 535,762 55,484 $21,584,854

Amount Change (13,152) (7,697) 0 $(20,849)

Percent Change -0.06% -1.42% 0.00% -0.10%

4.7369 0.1226 0.0125 $4.8740 $4,432,825,200

5.0949 0.1300 0.0135 $5.2384 $4,120,482,500

0.36 0.01 0.00 0.3644 $(312,342,700)

7.51% 6.06% 7.58% 7.48% -7.05%

For more information, please visit: www.co.polk.wi.us/fiscal_transparency

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Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) Limited Part Time 10:30 p.m. - 6:30 a.m. $13.42/hr.

2:30 - 9/10:30 p.m. $13.32/hr.

Deadline to apply: November 14, 2011 YOU MUST COMPLETE OUR POLK COUNTY EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION TO BE ELIGIBLE. For applications, complete job description & qualifications please visit our Web site at www.co.polk.wi.us, Employee Opportunities, or in person at 100 Polk County Plaza, #229, Balsam Lake, WI, 715-485-9176 or GAM, 220 548936 11L Scholl Ct., Amery, WI, 715-268-7107. AA/EEOC

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town Board of the Town of St. Croix Falls, Polk County, enacted Ordinance No. 11-10 entitled “Amendments to Ordinance No. 1 Town Zoning Ordinance” on October 19, 2011. Chapter I (Administration & Enforcement) was amended to better clarify the procedures for administering and enforcing the Town Zoning Ordinance and amended Chapter I and Chapter III so that all special exceptions go before the Town Board after being heard by the town’s Plan Commission.

The full text of Ordinances 11-10 is available at the Town Hall at 1305 200th Street, St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin 54024, as well as on the town’s Web site, www.townofstcroixfalls.org.

For more information, please contact the clerk at 715-4831851.

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POLK COUNTY POSITIONS ANNOUNCEMENT GOLDEN AGE MANOR

Revenues and Other Sources: Taxes: General Property Other Taxes Special Assessments Intergovernmental Licenses and Permits Fines, Forfeitures and Penalties Public Charges for Services Miscellaneous Total Revenues

NOTICE TOWN OF ST. CROIX FALLS NEWLY ENACTED ORDINANCE

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MINUTES OF THE

POLK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS October 18, 2011 - 6 p.m.

Chairman Johnson called the meeting of the Polk County Board of Supervisors to order at 6:00 p.m.

County Clerk informed the chair that notice of the agenda was properly posted in three public buildings, published in the county's legal paper and posted on the county Web site the week of October 10, 2011. The first amended agenda was posted on October 11 and the second amended agenda was posted by 4:00 p.m. on October 17, 2011. Corporation Counsel informed the Board that the same satisfied the notice requisites of the Open Meetings Law and County Board Rules of Order. Corporation Counsel explained the need to suspend the rules to allow for the amending of the published agenda. Chairman Johnson requested a motion to suspend the rules of order allowing the amended published agenda. Motion (Luke/Brown) to suspend the rules of order and amend the agenda. Motion carried by unanimous voice vote. Motion (Masters/Jepsen) to approve the amended agenda. Motion carried by unanimous voice vote.

Roll call was taken by the Clerk, with 21 members present. Supvr. Voelker was excused. Supvr. Christensen was absent at roll call, but later joined the meeting at 7:50 p.m.

Chairman Johnson requested consideration of the County Board Minutes from September 20, 2011. Motion (Schmidt/Rattel) to approve the minutes.

Motion carried by unanimous voice vote.

Supvr. Stroebel led the prayer.

Chairman led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Time was given for Public comments.

Presentation by Brian Hobbs, Sanitarian from the Public Health Department, on Licensing of Restaurants.

Quarterly Finance Report was given by Finance Manager, Maggie Wickre.

Administrator's report was given by Administrator Dana Frey. Motion (Sample/H. Johansen) to approve the Administrator's appointments of Sue Duerkop to the IFLS Board. Motion to approve appointment carried by unanimous voice vote. Administrator Frey introduced Dana Reese to the Board as his appointment to the office of Golden Age Manor Director.

Motion (Schmidt/Brown) to approve the Administrator's appointment of Dana Reese. Motion to approve carried by unanimous voice vote. Dana Reese briefly addressed the county board. Chairman's Report was given by Wm. Johnson.

Chairman called for a 10-minute recess.

Committee/Board Reports were given.

RESOLUTION 49-11

RESOLUTION TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2012 BUDGET PROPOSAL OF POLK COUNTY TO THE HONORABLE SUPERVISORS OF THE POLK COUNTY BOARD: WHEREAS, Section 65.90(1) Wisconsin Statutes, requires Polk County to annually formulate a budget and hold hearings on the proposed budget; and WHEREAS, consistent with Section 59.18(5), the County Administrator has prepared, presented and submitted to the Polk County Board of Supervisors during the regular meeting of September 20, 2011, the proposed draft budget for fiscal year 2012; and WHEREAS, consistent with Polk County Policy No. 880, Budget Preparation and Execution, the respective county governing committees have reviewed the submitted 2012 Budget Proposal and made recommendations on amendments that they have deemed appropriate; and WHEREAS, consistent with Polk County Policy No. 880, Budget Preparation and Execution, the Finance Committee and the Personnel Committee have each reviewed the submitted proposed budget.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors acknowledges receipt of the draft 2012 Budget Proposal, as submitted by the County Administrator and the recommendations on amendments of the various county governing committees, the Personnel Committee and Finance Committee.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors shall hold a public hearing of the proposed 2012 budget at 7:00 p.m. during the course of its annual meeting on Tuesday, November 15, 2011, and that such public hearing shall be held at the County Boardroom at the Polk County Government Center, 100 Polk County Plaza, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors receives the formulated budget, "2012 Budget Proposal of Polk County" as attached hereto and incorporated herein, for the purposes of conducting said public budget hearing.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors directs the County Clerk to have published as a Class 1 notice a notice of public budget hearing, which such notice shall include a summary of the budget consistent with Section 65.90(3)(b) and notice that the proposed budget in detail is available for inspection at the office of the County Clerk and via Internet.

Funding amount and source: As Provided in Submitted, Received and Amended 2012 Budget Proposal of Polk County.

Date Finance Committee Advised: During the 2012 Budget Process.

Finance Committee Recommendation: Adoption for public hearing.

Effective date: Upon Passage.

Date Submitted to County Board: October 18, 2011.

County board action: Adopted as amended.

Submitted upon recommendation by the County Administrator: Dana Frey.

Reviewed and recommended by: Dana Frey, County Administrator.

Reviewed, recommended and approved as to form by: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

At its regular business meeting on October 18, 2011, the Polk County Board of Supervisors adopted the above-entitled resolution, Resolution 49-11; Resolution To Hold A Public Hearing On The 2012 Budget Proposal Of Polk County. Carried by voice vote as amended.

William Johnson IV, County Board Chairperson.

Attest: Carole Wondra, Polk County Clerk.

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Res. 49-11 - Resolution To Hold A Public Hearing On The 2012 Budget Proposal Of Polk County. Motion (Jepsen/H. Johansen) to approve. Admin.

Frey addressed the Resolution.

Administrator Frey provided a handout of the proposed budget which included a list of 6 amendments which had gone through the committees and finance for review and recommendation. Committee chairs were each given an opportunity to address the amendments as they came up for discussion.

Amendment No. 1: Technical Amendment Motion (Bergstrom/Sample) to amend the proposed budget for 2012 as incorporated in Resolution No. 49-11 as follows: Administration (page 1): Under revenues, state aids, strike 587,787 and insert 582,010.

County Clerk (page 14): Under expenditures, professional services, strike 62,200 and insert 59,924.

Forester (page 27): Under expenditures, supplies and expenses, strike 24,218 and insert 16,893, and under expenditures, capital outlay, insert 7,000.

Human Services (page 30): Under expenditures, other grants contributions, strike 159,229 and insert 9,070, and under personnel, strike 4,459,390 and insert 4,618,619. Under FTE, total, strike 63.5 and insert 66.0, amending FTE category accordingly.

Highway (page 31): Under revenues, state aids, strike 1,200,926 and insert 1,279,348.

Register of Deeds (page 54): Under expenditures, supplies and expenses, strike 8,550 and insert 8,850.

Amend the notice of public hearing accordingly.

Motion to approve amendment No. 1 carried by unanimous voice vote.

Amendment adopted.

Amendment No. 2: Lakes Improvement Fund Motion (Jepsen/O'Connell) for the Property, Forestry and Recreation Committee, moves to amend the proposed budget for 2012 for the Lakes Improvement Fund (page 12 of committee reports) as incorporated in Resolution No. 49-11 as follows: Lakes Improvement Fund: Under expenditures, transfers, strike 10,000.

Amend the notice of public hearing accordingly.

Motion to approve amendment No. 2 carried by unanimous voice vote.

Amendment adopted.

Amendment No. 3: Court Commissioner Motion (Brown/D. Johansen) for the Public Safety Committee, moves to amend the proposed budget for 2012 for the Family Court (page 26 of committee reports) as incorporated in Resolution No. 49-11 as follows: Under revenues, transfers, insert $26,650.

Under expenditures, personnel costs, strike $21,550, and under professional services, insert $43,100 $55,000, and under supplies and expenses, strike $4,897 and insert $9,997.

Amend the notice of public hearing accordingly.

Motion (Kienholz/Masters) to amend the No. 3 Amendment by changing the funding amount for Professional Services from $43,100 to $55,000. Motion to amend amendment No. 3 carried by unanimous voice vote. Motion to approve the amendment, as amended, for Court Commissioner, carried by unanimous voice vote. Amendment adopted.

Amendment No. 4: Economic Development Corporation Motion (Brown/O’Connell) for the Land Information Committee, moves to amend the proposed budget for 2012 for Regional Planning (Outside Agencies page 52 of committee reports) as incorporated in Resolution No. 49-11 as follows: Under expenditures, Economic Development Corp., strike 34,625 and insert 13,750. Finance Committee recommended restoring the funding back to $34,625.

Amend the notice of public hearing accordingly.

Motion to approve amendment No. 4, lowering the funding amount to $13,750 failed in a roll call vote of 9 Yes, 13 No. (Voting Yes: Supvrs. Schmidt, Brown, Edgell, Masters, Sample, Nelson, Kremer-Hartung, O'Connell and N. Johnson.

Voting No: Supvrs. H. Johansen, D. Johansen, Kienholz, Caspersen, Rattel, Moriak, Arcand, Luke, Stroebel, Jepsen, Bergstrom, Christensen and W. Johnson).

Amendment No. 5: Water Quality Education Funding Motion (Masters/Kienholz) for the Land and Water Resources Committee, moves to amend the proposed budget for 2012 for the Land and Water Department (page 38 of committee reports) as incorporated in Resolution No. 49-11 as follows: Under revenues, transfers, insert $10,000 and under expenditures, professional services strike $62,785 and insert $63,285 and under capital outlay, insert $9,500.

Amend the notice of public hearing accordingly.

Motion to approve Amendment No. 5 carried by unanimous voice vote.

Amendment adopted.

Amendment No. 6: Endeavors Rent Motion (Masters/Jepsen) for the Property, Forestry and Recreation Committee, moves to amend the proposed budget for 2012 as incorporated in Resolution No. 49-11 as follows:

NOVEMBER 2, 2011 - INTER-COUNTY LEADER - NEWS SECTION - A - PAGE 29 Administration (page 1): Under revenues, miscellaneous, strike 332,526 and insert 337,326.

Amend the notice of public hearing accordingly.

Motion to approve amendment No. 6 carried by unanimous voice vote.

Amendment adopted.

Additional Amendments offered to the Budget: Amendment Motion (Schmidt/Masters) to discontinue funding of ITBEC. Supvr. Masters addressed the amendment. Motion (Sample/Masters) to further amend the amendment to restore the funding of ITBEC to the 2010 level of $4,000. This amendment was defeated in a roll call vote of 4 Yes, 18 No. (Voting Yes: Supvrs. Sample, Moriak, Luke and Stroebel. Voting No: Supvrs. H. Johansen, D. Johansen, Schmidt, Brown, Kienholz, Caspersen, Rattel, Edgell, Masters, Arcand, Nelson, Kremer-Hartung, Jepsen, O'Connell, Bergstrom, N. Johnson, Christensen and W. Johnson.) Motion to approve original amendment of discontinuing funding of ITBEC carried by a 13 to 9 roll call vote.

(Voting Yes: Supvrs. H. Johansen, Schmidt, Brown, Kienholz, Rattel, Edgell, Masters, Sample, Nelson, Kremer-Hartung, O'Connell, Bergstrom and N. Johnson. Voting No: Supvrs. D. Johansen, Caspersen, Moriak, Arcand, Luke, Stroebel, Jepsen, Christensen and W. Johnson.) Amendment adopted.

Amendment Motion (Brown/Masters) to reduce funding of the Tourist Center to $10,000 and redirect the remaining funds to an outside PR source. Supvr.

Brown addressed the motion. The motion and second were withdrawn with unanimous consent.

Chair called for a 10-minute break.

Amendment Motion (Masters/Edgell) to reduce the Library salary by $30,000.

Supvr. Masters addressed the amendment. Motion to amend the budget and reduce the Librarian salary failed in a roll call vote 8 Yes, 14 No. (Voting Yes: Supvrs. Schmidt, Brown, Edgell, Masters, Sample, Moriak, Kremer-Hartung and N. Johnson. Voting No: Supvrs. H. Johansen, D. Johansen, Kienholz, Caspersen, Rattel, Arcand, Nelson, Luke, Stroebel, Jepsen, O'Connell, Bergstrom, Christensen and W. Johnson.)

Amendment Motion (Edgell/Brown) to add $104,000 to IT budget to be used to upgrade video conferencing. Motion to amend and add funds to IT budget failed unanimously by voice vote.

Motion to approve the proposed 2012 Budget as amended carried by voice vote.

b) The Polk County Human Services Department is authorized to enter into agreements with the Polk County Criminal Justice Collaborating Council, Inc. that are appropriate and necessary to carry out programming that advances the Polk County justice system. c) The Polk County Sheriff or a designee shall serve as a liaison to the Polk County Criminal Justice Collaborating Council, Inc. d) The funds received and on account for purposes of the Polk County Criminal Justice Collaborating Council, in the amount of $21,596.24, shall be transferred to the Polk County Criminal Justice Collaborating Council, Inc., consistent with the purpose and intent for which the same has been donated or ordered.

Funding amount: $21,596.24.

Funding source: Polk County Criminal Justice Collaborating Council Account #214.

Effective date: Upon Passage.

Date Submitted to County Board: October 18, 2011.

Submitted and sponsored by the Polk County Protection and Judicial Committee: Jay Luke, Brian Masters, Gary Bergstrom, James Edgell and Kim A. O’Connell.

Reviewed and recommended by: Dana Frey, County Administrator.

Reviewed, recommended and approved as to form by: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

At its regular business meeting on October 18, 2011, the Polk County Board of Supervisors adopted the above-entitled resolution, Resolution 51-11; Resolution To Dissolve The Polk County Criminal Justice Collaborating Council. Carried by unanimous voice vote.

William Johnson IV, County Board Chairperson.

Dated: Oct. 24, 2011 Dated: Oct. 21, 2011 Attest: Carole Wondra, Polk County Clerk.

Res. 51-11 - Resolution To Dissolve The Polk County Criminal Justice Collaborating Counsel. Motion (Luke/Masters) to approve. Supvr. Luke addressed the Resolution. Motion to approve Resolution 51-11 carried by unanimous voice vote. Resolution adopted.

RESOLUTION 52-11

RESOLUTION TO DISSOLVE THE RENEWABLE ENERGY COMMITTEE AND TRANSFER FUNCTIONS TO THE POLK COUNTY PROPERTY, FORESTRY AND RECREATION COMMITTEE TO THE HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE POLK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS: WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolutions 20-06, 34-07 and 26-08, the Polk County Renewable Energy Committee was established for the purpose of investigating and providing recommendations on an ad hoc basis with respect to renewable energy projects; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 20-10, the Polk County Board of Supervisors established the Energy Independence Team with the authority and direction to oversee and to administer the Energy Independent Community 25 X 25 Planning Grant; and WHEREAS, the composition of the Energy Independence Team includes the Polk County Renewable Energy Committee, the Polk County Buildings, Forestry, Parks and Solid Waste Director, the County planner and two agents of the University of Wisconsin Extension-Polk County; and WHEREAS, since establishment of the Polk Renewable Energy Committee, Polk County has adopted a County Administrator form of county government, resulting in a modifications to the functional responsibilities of the respective standing committees; WHEREAS, under the current administrative form of county government, the Polk County Property, Forestry and Recreation Committee has the responsibility to provide policy and advisory oversight with respect to the energy usage of the county because the Polk County Buildings, Forestry, Parks and Solid Waste Department has the responsibility to ensure that county buildings operate with optimum energy efficiency; and WHEREAS, the Polk County Buildings, Forestry, Parks and Solid Waste Director has initiated programs in the county buildings that are recognized and part of the County's Energy Independent Community 25 X 25 Plan; and WHEREAS, the Wisconsin Office of Energy Independence State Energy office has clarified that the contract and initiatives of the Energy Independent Community 25 X 25 Planning Grant support an Energy Independence Team composed of solely elected officials; and WHEREAS, the Polk County Land Information Committee and the Polk County Agriculture & Extension Education Committee provide policy and advisory oversight of the work product of the County Planner and the University of Wisconsin Extension Polk County, respectively; and WHEREAS, it is in the interest of Polk County to appropriately recognize the policy and advisory functions of its respective standing committees and to streamline those responsibilities wherever possibly to avoid unnecessary duplication of effort.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Polk County Board of Supervisors directs that the authority of the Polk County Energy Committee, as previously created and recognized in Resolutions Nos. 20-06, 34-07, 26-08 and 2010 be transferred to the Polk County Property, Forestry and Recreation Committee.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors amends Resolution 20-10 to provide that the Energy Independence Team shall be prospectively composed of members of the Polk County Property, Forestry and Recreation Committee, the Polk County Buildings, Forestry, Parks and Solid Waste Director, the County Planner and two agents of the University of Wisconsin Extension-Polk County.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Planner, as Energy Independence Team Leader/Coordinator, file with the Wisconsin Office of Energy Independence the necessary documents related to this modification of the composition of the Energy Independence Team.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors dissolves the Renewable Energy Committee.

Funding amount: N/A. Funding source: N/A. Date Finance Committee Advised and Recommendation: N/A. Effective date: Upon Passage Date Submitted to County Board: September 20, 2011.

Submitted and sponsored by: Brian Masters and Herschel Brown.

Reviewed by: Dana Frey, County Administrator.

Resolution 52-11 failed by voice vote.

Res. 52-11 - Resolution To Dissolve The Renewable Energy Committee And Transfer Functions To The Polk County Property, Forestry And Recreation Committee. Motion (Masters/Brown) to approve. Supvr. Masters addressed the Resolution. Motion (Masters/Brown) to amend Resolution 52-11, by striking in the 7th WHEREAS paragraph "Office of Energy Independence" and inserting "State Energy Office," and in the 1st NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, paragraph, inserting the word "directs" between the words Supervisors and that, on the first line. Motion to approve amendment to Resolution 52-11, carried by unanimous voice vote. Motion to approve amended Resolution 52-11 failed by voice vote.

Chairman Johnson asked to suspend the rules requiring the board to adjourn at 11:00 p.m. Motion (Edgell/Stroebel) to suspend the rules. Motion carried by voice vote.

RESOLUTION 50-11

RESOLUTION TO VOID TAX CERTIFICATE WHEREAS, Polk County is holding the following piece of real estate tax delinquent due to the reasons set forth below; and WHEREAS, this real estate tax is uncollectible and should be charged back to the various municipalities; and WHEREAS, the County Board has the authority to void certain tax certificates.

THEREFORE, NOW BE IT RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors does hereby authorize the Polk County Treasurer to void the tax certificate listed below and charge it back to the municipality as authorized in Section 70.74 (2) of the Wisconsin State Statutes.

YEAR CERT OF TAX --#0-- Description Reason Void Amount 2010 114 T ALDEN Assessment Error $4,468.54 Double Assessment 002-01752-0100 Sec. 28 T32N R18W Lot 1 & Outlot 1 CSM# 3091 Vol. 14 Pg. 113 & That PT of SE NW Lying S & W of CSM #3091 & That PcI. Desc. in Doc. #761419 Funding amount: None.

Funding source: N/A. Date Finance Committee Advised: October 5, 2011.

Date Submitted to County Board: October 15, 2011.

Effective date: Upon Passage.

Sponsored by the Finance Committee: Gary Bergstrom, William Johnson, Brian Masters and Neil Johnson.

Reviewed and recommended by: Dana Frey, County Administrator.

Reviewed and approved as to form by: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

At its regular business meeting on October 18, 2011, the Polk County Board of Supervisors adopted the above-entitled resolution, Resolution 50-11; Resolution To Void Tax Certificates. Carried by unanimous voice vote.

Dated: Oct. 24, 2011 William Johnson IV, County Board Chairperson.

Attest: Carole Wondra, Polk County Clerk.

Dated: Oct. 21, 2011 Res. 50-11 - Resolution to Void Tax Certificate. Motion (Brown/ Bergstrom) to approve. Motion to approve Resolution 50-11 carried by unanimous voice vote.

Resolution adopted.

RESOLUTION 51-11

RESOLUTION TO DISSOLVE THE POLK COUNTY CRIMINAL JUSTICE COLLABORATING COUNCIL TO THE HONORABLE SUPERVISORS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF POLK: WHEREAS, Pursuant to Resolution 63-07, the Polk County Board of Supervisors established the Polk County Criminal Justice Collaborating Council, as a county organization that has a mission to enhance public safety, to promote public confidence in the Polk County justice system and to act as a steering mechanism for the Polk County Justice System Mission; and WHEREAS, as a result of the activities of the Polk County Criminal Justice Collaborating Council, the Polk County justice system has been greatly enhanced through the development and implementation of programming for restorative justice, coordination of community services, OWI prevention, the Polk County Drug, judicial procedures; and WHEREAS, in order to facilitate organizational structure and funding for such programming, the Polk County Criminal Justice Collaborating Council initiated the establishment of the Polk County Criminal Justice Collaborating Council, Inc., a Section 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of Wisconsin; and WHEREAS, Polk County Criminal Justice Collaborating Council, Inc., ensures through community collaboration offender accountability and rehabilitative programming, supports the rights and needs of victims, promotes public safety and efficient and effective administration of the criminal justice system by the continuation of restorative justice programming and the Drug Court; and WHEREAS, Polk County Criminal Justice Collaborating Council, Inc., has applied successfully for a grant from Otto Bremer Foundation to fund its initiatives; and WHEREAS, Polk County has received donations that were specifically given for the purposes undertaken by Polk County Criminal Justice Collaborating Council, Inc.; and WHEREAS, Polk County has received moneys earmarked by court order for OWI prevention purposes as determined by Polk County Criminal Justice Collaborating Council; and WHEREAS, pursuant to state law, the County must allocate donated moneys consistent with the intent for which such moneys were donated; and WHEREAS, it is in the interest of the County to dissolve the county organization, Polk County Criminal Justice Collaborating Council, to recognize the stand alone entity of the Polk County Criminal Justice Collaborating Council, Inc. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors does dissolve the county organization, Polk County Criminal Justice Collaborating Council.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors authorizes and directs the following: a) The Polk County Public Protection and Judicial Committee shall assign one of its members to serve as a liaison to the Polk County Criminal Justice Collaborating Council, Inc.

RESOLUTION 53-11

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RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH AND TO FUND PART-TIME CIRCUIT COURT COMMISSIONER FOR 2012 TO THE HONORABLE SUPERVISORS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF POLK: WHEREAS, Polk County and the State of Wisconsin share a common responsibility in providing cost effective and efficient judicial services the Polk County Circuit Court; and

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(Oct. 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, L.P. AS SERVICER FOR WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HOLDERS OF PARK PLACE SECURITIES, INC., ASSETBACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004WCW2 Plaintiff vs.

DEAN CLONTZ, et al.

Defendant(s) NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Case Number: 11 CV 259 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on July 12, 2011, in the amount of $70,661.37, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: December 7, 2011, 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.

PLACE: Polk County Justice Center at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: Lots Seven (7) and Eight (8), Block Two (2), Plat of Lawson, Village of Luck, according to the Official Plat thereof on file and of record in the Office of the Register of Deeds in and for Polk County, Wisconsin, said Lots being in Government Lot 1, Section 28-36-17.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 700 E. Park Ave., Luck, WI 54853.

TAX KEY NO.: 146-00252-0000 Dated this 5th day of October, 2011.

Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Chaz M. Rodriguez State Bar #1063071 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. 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. 278142

WHEREAS, pursuant to Wisconsin Statute Section 757.68, the Polk County Board of Supervisors is authorized to establish the number and salary of circuit court commissioners that are necessary for the efficient administration of judicial business within the Polk County Circuit Court; and WHEREAS, circuit court commissioners, as established by the county board of supervisors, are appointed and supervised by chief judge of the judicial administrative district; and aWHEREAS, pursuant to Section 757.69, circuit court commissioners may be authorized to preside over a wide array of court cases, including juvenile and children, family law, traffic and county ordinances, small claims, commitments, guardianships/protective placements and probate, child abuse, vunerable adult and domestic abuse injunction proceedings, and criminal matters, which, when utilized, facilitates and expedites the efficient handling of all court matters that come before the Polk County Circuit Court; and WHEREAS, the Polk County Board of Supervisors has previously established the part-time Family Court Commissioner for the sole purpose of presiding over family law cases; and WHEREAS, the judges of Polk County Circuit Court have recommended to expand the role of the Circuit Court Commissioner to address prevalent court case loads and the continued growing need for judicial services within the Polk County Circuit Court; and WHEREAS, restructure and expansion of the circuit court commissioner responsibilities to include those areas authorized under Section 757.69 will alleviate existing court congestion and promote cost effectiveness and efficiency in the administration of the judicial business of the Polk County Circuit Court; and WHEREAS, it is in the interest of the County that the number and salary of Circuit Court Commissioners be set on an annual basis, consistent with the county's budget process, so that costs and efficiencies may be properly monitored and that county resources may be appropriately allocated consistent with prevailing need for judicial services.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that, pursuant to Section 757.68(1), the Polk County Board does establish for the calendar year 2012, commencing January 1, 2012, and terminating on December 31, 2012, one Circuit Court Commissioner for the Polk County Circuit Court, which shall be a part-time contractual appointment.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that pursuant to Section 757.68(6), the Polk County Board of Supervisors sets the 2012 salary of the part-time Circuit Court Commissioner, so established, at the sume of $55,000.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that in accordance with Section 757.68(6), the Polk County Board of Supervisors authorizes the expenditure of the sum of $5,100 toward mandated office space, furnishings, supplies and services, which shall include, but not be limited to the purchase and installation of electronic recording equipment in the polk County Justice Center, Branch 3.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Circuit Court Commissioner shall provide periodic reports to the Polk County Protection and Judicial Committee.

(Oct. 12, 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Citizens State Bank, Plaintiff, vs.

Glen E. Johnson, Glen Johnson Construction, Inc. A Minnesota Corporation Glen Johnson Rentals, LLC A Wisconsin limited liability company State of Wisconsin, Department of Revenue State of Wisconsin, Department of Workforce Development Defendants Case No. 11 CV 49 Foreclosure of Mortgage: 30404 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on the 20th day of May, 2011, in the amount of $211,650.63, the Sheriff of Polk County will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: DATE/TIME: December 1, 2011, 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.

PLACE: Foyer area of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

DESCRIPTION: Lot 17, Plat of Warren Park, Township of Alden, Polk County, Wis. PROPERTY ADDRESS: Town of Alden, Polk County, Wis. Dated: October 6, 2011.

Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Lommen Abdo Law Firm Attorneys for Plaintiff 400 South Second Street Suite 210 Grandview Professional Building Hudson, WI 54016 715-386-8217 Lommen, Abdo, Cole, King & Stageberg, P.A., is attempting to collect a debt on our client’s behalf and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. If you have previously received a discharge in a chapter 7 bankruptcy case, this communication should not be construed as an attempt to hold you personally liable for the debt.

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Notices (Oct. 12, 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Daniel Flodin P.O. Box 141 Siren, WI 54872 and Darrell Flodin 1639 240th Avenue Luck, WI 54853 Plaintiffs, vs.

Leon Chapman 301 1st Avenue Frederic, WI 54837 and U.S. Bank National Association ND 4325 17th Avenue SW Fargo, MN 58103, and U.S. Bank 3314 80th Street Kenosha, WI 53142, and St. Croix Regional Medical Center 204 South Adams Street St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Case No. 10-CV-777 Code: 30405 By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment entered in the aboveentitled action on September 26, 2011, I will sell at public auction at the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, on the 1st day of December, 2011, at 10:00 o’clock a.m., all of the following described premises, towit: The South 85 feet of the North 227.25 feet of Lot 4, Block 9, First Addition to the Village of Frederic, according to the official plat thereof filed in the office of the Register of Deeds for Polk County, Wisconsin.

Said Lot being part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (SE 1/4 SE 1/4), Section 28, Township 37 North, of Range 17 West.

TERMS OF SALE: Cash due upon confirmation of sale.

DOWN PAYMENT: Ten percent (10%) of amount bid by certified check due at time of sale.

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Peter M. Johnson, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin

www.theleader.net (Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, L.P. Plaintiff vs.

KENNETH ROBERT LARSON, et al.

Defendant(s) Case Number: 09 CV 220 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on May 6, 2009, in the amount of $195,237.31, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: November 23, 2011, 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.

PLACE: Polk County Justice Center at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin .

DESCRIPTION: The South 228 feet of the West 365 feet of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 5, Township 33 North, Range 15 West.

Said land being in the Town of Clayton, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 499 115th Ave., Amery, WI 54001.

TAX KEY NO.: 016-00096-0000.

Dated this 15th day of September, 2011.

Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Christina E. Demakopoulos State Bar #1066197 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. 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. 277249

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that authorization for the Circuit Court Commissioner as contained herein shall expire on December 31, 2012.

Funding amount: $55,000 Salary. $5,100 Electronic/Digital Recording System Equipment and Installation Funding source: 2012 County Levy - Allocated to Circuit Court.

Effective date: Upon Passage Date.

Submitted to County Board: October 18, 2011.

Submitted and sponsored by the Polk County Protection and Judicial Committee: Jay Luke, Brian Masters, Gary Bergstrom, James Edgell and Kim A. O’Connell.

Reviewed and not recommended by: Dana Frey, County Administrator.

Reviewed and approved as to form by: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

At its regular business meeting on October 18, 2011, the Polk County Board of Supervisors adopted the above-entitled resolution, Resolution 53-11; Resolution To Establish And To Fund Part-Time Circuit Court Commissioner For 2012. Carried by voice vote.

William Johnson IV, County Board Chairperson.

Dated: Oct. 24, 2011 Attest: Carole Wondra, Polk County Clerk.

Dated: Oct. 21, 2011 Res. 53-11 - Resolution To Establish And To Fund Part-Time Circuit Court Commissioner For 2012. Motion (Edgell/Kienholz) to approve. Admin. Frey addressed the resolution. Motion (Bergstrom/Johnson) to amend Resolution 53-11 by striking paragraphs 10 & 11 and also striking the funding Amounts of $55,000 Salary and $5,100 Electronic /Digital Recording System Equipment and Installation. Motion to approve amendment to Resolution 53-11 carried, by unanimous voice vote. Motion to approve amended Resolution 53-11, carried by unanimous voice vote. Resolution adopted.

Supervisor Nelson addressed the county board regarding a lack of proper communication between the supervisors and county offices. He encouraged everyone to provide clearer, improved communications and information going forward.

Supervisors Reports were given. Supervisor Wendy Rattel announced her resignation as supervisor from District 8 effective immediately.

Motion (Sample/H. Johansen) to adjourn. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned 11:15 p.m.

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I, Carole T. Wondra, County Clerk for Polk County, do hereby certify that the foregoing minutes are a true and correct copy of the County Board Proceedings of the Polk County Board of Supervisors Session held on October 18, 2011.

Carole T. Wondra Polk County Clerk

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(Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY AnchorBank, fsb f/k/a S&C Bank, f/k/a Polk County Bank Plaintiff, vs.

Estate of Doris M. Usher, Unknown Spouse of Doris M. Usher and Unknown Tenants, Defendants.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Case No: 10 CV 148 Case Code: 30404 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a Judgment of Foreclosure entered August 22, 2011, in the amount of $45,643.41, the Polk County Sheriff will sell the described property at public auction as follows: DATE/TIME: December 13, 2011, at 10:00 a.m.

PLACE: Foyer Area, Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

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.

DESCRIPTION: Lot 2, Block 2, Plat of Indianhead Shores in the Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 200 Indianhead Shores Drive, Balsam Lake, WI 54810. /s/ Peter M. Johnson Polk County Sheriff ECKBERG, LAMMERS, BRIGGS, WOLFF & VIERLING, P.L.L.P. Nicholas J. Vivian (#1047165) 430 Second Street Hudson, WI 54016 (715) 386-3733 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 obtain will be used for that purpose. If you are currently in bankruptcy or have been discharged in bankruptcy, this letter is not an attempt to collect the debt from you personally. This letter serves only as notice of the commencement of a legal proceeding as required by the loan documents, state law, and/or federal law.

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(Nov. 2, 9, 16) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY COUNTYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, L.P. AS SERVICER FOR BANK OF NEW YORK AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR FFMLT 04-FF10 Plaintiff vs.

JILL LARAYNE WHITE, et al.

Defendant(s)) Case Number: 08 CV 542 AMENDED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on September 17, 2008, in the amount of $189,652.00, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: November 30, 2011, 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: Polk County Justice Center at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: Lot 5 of Certified Survey Map No. 632, filed in Volume 3 of Certified Survey Maps on Page 124 as Document No. 393653, located in the SW1/4 of the SW1/4 of Section 12, Township 35 North, Range 17 West, Town of Milltown, Polk County, Wis. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2202 Antler Lake Drive, Milltown, WI 54858.

TAX KEY NO.: 040-00344-0000.

Dated this 25th day of October, 2011.

Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Chaz M. Rodriguez State Bar #1063071 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. 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. 279085

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Everybody has a story Siren students help to build a library of World War II era stories

by Nancy Jappe Leader staff writer SIREN - Students in Rick Larson’s freshman U.S. history classes at Siren High School are helping Larson fulfill his goal of building a school video library of firsthand information about World War II and the time surrounding it. “History is not just something locked away in books and dead to the contemporary American. It is alive and accessible through people who lived through the times and events of the past,” Larson wrote in the preparation material for this project.

“World War II was a total war,” Larson continued. “Traditionally, students perceive war from the point of view of presidents and military leaders, but they rarely understand the roles of the common people. In World War II, perhaps more than in any previous war, the factory worker, seamstress, airplane mechanic and scientist - as well as the soldier - helped determine the outcome of the war. Americans of all classes and walks of life supported the war effort because they believed their own security was threatened and because the difficulty of winning the war required the concerted effort of everyone.”

Larson explained, in an interview at the school just before Veterans Day 2011, that his students are required, in some years as a class project and some years for extra credit on their grade, to do an interview with a person of their choosing who was born prior to 1926. A list of questions is provided to them as well as a video camera, unless the student has one of their own to use. Following the interview, the student writes up a narrative of that interview, including a couple paragraphs describing what they learned from the interview. All this material is then turned in to Larson.

Larson has over 150 videos of interviews from the past. In some cases, the person being interviewed is not comfortable with the idea of a video and prefers to submit a photo of themselves to go along with the interview material. That is OK with Larson. “(This project) is getting more difficult to do because not many people (born before 1926) are still alive,” Larson commented. “In the next few years, the students may have to do the interviews in groups.”

Some of the same people have been interviewed several times since this project was started in the 2000-2001 school year.

The person interviewed can be either male or female, and that person doesn’t have to have been connected with the military. As an interesting note, one year a Japanese exchange student interviewed a grandparent living in Japan.

“This assignment gives you an opportunity that few students take advantage of - the chance to hear history directly from those who lived it. This project is designed for contact with those who lived the experiences surrounding World War II

Siren High School history teacher Rick Larson started on his goal of creating a video library for the school in the 2000-2001 school year. Since that time he has collected over 150 studentled interviews with persons, male or female, who were born prior to 1926 and lived during the World War II era. The project is given each year to Larson’s freshman students during the fourth quarter of the year. The students choose their own subject and have two weeks to interview and record (primarily by video) each of the conversations with those persons who experienced the World War II era. Eventually this material will become the core of the video library. – Photos by Nancy Jappe that are pictured and described in your textbook, readings and videotapes,” Larson tells the students, adding that the narrative that results is not a story the students create but is information the interviewee gave to them. The students are asked to write the narrative in the exact way the person interviewed has told it.

Their own voice comes through only in the personal reflection on the interview and what they learned from it.

For example, one of the students in past years, Abigail Coyour, interviewed her grandfather’s sister, Louise Kimball from Grantsburg. In her reflection, Coyour wrote, “I have read stories in books, but when I heard Louise tell them, it has been more recent and makes it much more real in my mind. It gives me shivers to actually know some of the stories that have taken place.”

Coyour’s grandfather, Gene Olson of Siren, is one of the people who have been interviewed several times about his experiences during World War II. It took Olson many years before he was able to talk about those traumatic times that played such a big part in his past.

Larson said that he often gets a request for a copy of a video because a student’s grandparent is in them and that often is the only video the family has of the grandparent.

Wally Nelson, Siren, is another person who has been interviewed by a number of students. In a 2010 interview by Siren student Jake Swenson, Nelson explained that he volunteered for service when he was barely 17 years old, and he had to get his parents’ permission. “Everybody wanted to get in there,” Nelson said. “You didn’t have any choice. If you didn’t enlist, you would be drafted ... you couldn’t get out of it.”

Nelson served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theater. He was in the invasion of Iwo Jima and the landing at Okinawa.

Wally Nelson, a World War II veteran who lives in Siren, was interviewed by Siren student Jake Swenson in 2010. Nelson served as an electrician’s mate second class in the U. S. Navy with service in the Pacific Theater. One of the events he described during the Swenson interview was the time he was on ship when a Japanese kamikaze (suicide pilot) plane came over.

“The plane came straight down. Why didn’t it shoot?” Nelson commented. “I thought he was going to hit that ship right next to us. He hit just on the other side ... we quickly untied from the ship and went around. I thought that was it that day.”

The most memorable of the two, for him, was the time at Iwo Jima. He praised President Truman for making the decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. “That saved my life,” Nelson said. “Because we were only 350 miles from the southern part of the Japanese islands. We were at Okinawa. It was a staging area. When we took that, we were ready to go with a real big buildup of military. I think they figured there would have been about 2 million people killed, including the Japanese and the Americans.”

In answer to the question of what he remembers best about the World War II era, good or bad, Nelson commented that he lost four years of his life there, but that he never felt bad about it. He felt good and learned a lot. “Sometimes they say that travel is just as good for you as college and, boy, I got to see part of the world that I will never be able to see again because we were all over the Pacific,” Nelson said.

In reflecting back about the interview, Swenson called it a great experience, teaching him many new and useful things. “The interview taught me many things like how to conduct an interview, how to relate to others, and how nice elderly people can be. I found the interviewing experience very easy, not because it doesn’t take work, but because I wanted the knowledge that Mr. Nelson had to offer,” he commented.

Some of the people have come to talk to the students via the classroom format.

Siren native Carl Nordin, who spent four years as a prisoner of war of the Japanese in the Philippines, came up from his home in New Richmond on one occasion to share with the class. Nordin is one of the many World War II veterans who are no longer around to tell their stories in person.

Larson is in his 22nd year of teaching.

He had intended to use the interview process as part of his master’s degree work but found that organizing all that material was too much to accomplish before the degree was attained in May of this year. “Now that I am done with (that) education, I will have more time. Eventually it will happen,” he said.

A scene such as this one of the burning of Washington, D.C., during the War of 1812 shown on Rick Larson’s SMART Board makes history more real to his students at Siren High School. “A lot of schools have them,” said Larson, referring to the SMART Boards. “It makes things so much more interesting for the kids.”

Another picture that makes history more real and understandable is the showing of maps like the one photographed here. The students are able to see how the War of 1812 Battle of Horseshoe Bend got its name.

Larson was part of a group of teachers who have taken part in a summer threeyear federal grant. In 2010 the group went to Springfield, Ill., to immerse themselves in all the history in that area. This past summer, they went to Vicksburg, Miss., to follow the path that the Eighth Wisconsin Regiment took during the Civil War and tour that historic battleground. Next year the group will go to Birmingham, Ala., to trace the Freedom March. The grant project is titled Constructing Liberty.

An important teaching tool Larson uses all the time is called a SMART Board, a computer-generated screen on which Larson can create his own PowerPoint presentations to enhance student learning.

The students are currently studying the War of 1812. “I think it is better this way than the old style of lecture. You can add your own things as you go through the (lesson). It is kind of like watching a movie and keeps (the students’) attention,” he said.

Another project for students in Larson’s classes is community service. Students can get five points toward their grade for each hour they spend on community service, up to 50 hours. They have done many different projects including working at Ruby’s Pantry, cleaning the hockey rink, helping with the Hilltop Elementary Fall Festival, working on a VFW fundraiser, shoveling sidewalks and helping older people.

Many interesting things take place in Larson’s teaching curriculum as ways to get students really involved in the learning experience. The idea for the oral history project came from author Studs Terkel’s oral history of World War II in a book titled “The Good War.” Many Ameicans who were born before 1926 carry with them vivid memories of World War II. Those memories will vary, depending on a lot of factors. But put together, as is Larson’s intention, the recollections his students have turned in should give an accurate picture of life during World War II and how people responded to it.

“Not only will this approach to the past bring your reading about World War II to life, it may also present a few surprises along the way,” stated Susan D. Becker and William B. Wheeler in their book “Discovering the American Past, A Look at the Evidence” Volume II.

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Monthlong focus on drug and bully prevention

ST. CROIX FALLS – The St. Croix Falls Elementary Schools ended their monthlong focus on both drug and bully prevention with a week of activities. A sign, built by fourth-grade students in the fence on Louisiana Street asked others to “Pledge 2B Drug and Bully Free.” Students also collected packaged food items and canned goods for the local food shelves and they dressed in team sports wear to show they were Teaming Up Against Drugs and Bullying. – submitted

Fourth-grade students building the sign on Louisiana Street.

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The “Sea of Red” was focused on “We Can be Drug and Bully Free” and brought canned goods and other food items for the local food shelves.

Mrs. Bonneville’s class is pictured by the class participation chart.

Open house on Main Street

Artist Marnie Johansen (L), is shown with Tom St. Amand and Kathy St. Amand at the open house featuring her artwork. – Photo submitted LUCK– Tom St. Amand, owner of the Salon St. Amand in Luck, and his wife, Kathy, hosted a wine and cheese open house Friday evening, Oct. 21, featuring artwork by Margaret Johansen.

Margaret (Marnie) Johansen is a Luck High School graduate. After retiring from 35 years teaching art, she returned to live on the West Denmark property formerly owned by her parents, Leslie and Evelyn Johansen. She built a studio there and works primarily in oils. She donates half of her sales to ELCA World Hunger. – submitted

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"Lots of kids would have to stop and see him, and people always wanted their picture taken with him," Carlson said, "and my dad or someone would have a little talk with them, using the speaker."

Carlson recalled that Tin Man business staff had fun with the intercom and would occasionally surprise people with the talking metal monster.

"There was one time when two kids got out of the car to go see him, and my dad said something funny and the kids just jumped straight up in the air!" Carlson said with a laugh. "He scared those kids so bad they just went right back into the car! They were real pranksters in their day."

The wiring remnants of that intercom are even visible through the left leg of the robot in some of the photos taken of his recent disassembly.

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer ST. CROIX FALLS – For over four decades, the iconic "Tin Man" stood as a gigantic metal sentinel to the region, braving all flavors of season and weather, greeting visitors to the St. Croix Valley with a sort of half grin, from his most recent home at 2205 Hwy. 8 in St. Croix Falls.

Looking somewhat like a massive version of the plastic "Rock' em, Sock 'em Robot" kids game character, the Tin Man was more than just a strange-looking metal statue, to many people, he was a gentle giant, standing as a whimsical fixture of St. Croix Falls, Polk County and even Wisconsin.

But many locals may have noticed the Tin Man's recent absence from his home on the north side of the highway, and rumors have swirled as to his absence, claiming everything from zoning code issues to vandalism to the owners scrapping him out for cash.

But we now know the real story, as well as his pedigree, "relatives," builder and even a few unknown facts about the 14foot-tall landmark with the 7-foot-wide wingspan. We might even know about his new home.

Background Tin Man Mechanical Contracting usually did large-scale heating, ventilation and air-conditioning contracting for larger commercial ventures. Originally started in Center City, Minn., a half century ago, the firm moved to St. Croix Falls in the mid’60s, according to Mike Carlson, son of the original owner.

"My dad owned Tin Man [mechanical contractors], and the tin man was actually built by my mom's dad, who was a sheet metal worker in St. Paul," stated Carlson, who has lived in Tucson, Ariz., since 1984, and is the new owner of the metallic giant.

According to Carlson, it was his late grandfather, Clarence "Mac" Sherry, who built the original tin man from his own design. It was originally intended to be a company logo for the mechanical firm.

That original drawing was approved by the owners, and then Sherry built a small, 2-foot-tall model to use as a template for the much larger version.

"He did several drawings first. But he did it all in his basement in St. Paul," Carlson said. "He built it in pieces, so he could be assembled later."

Sherry was a lifelong union sheet metal worker, and did a few special, side projects over the years, using that basement shop. Carlson said it wasn't very large, so he had to make the giant easy to assemble and created a sturdy steel frame with cross bracing to survive the winds.

"He probably weighed over 350 pounds," Carlson said, noting that it took a small crane to pull him off his steel pegged "legs" that were buried in the ground. "He came up pretty easy, he probably would've fallen sometime soon."

The exact date of the Tin Man's construction is up in the air, but Carlson be-

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Lifting the 350-pound Tin Man off his perch, the crew found there was very little keeping the 14-foot-tall mock robot from falling over. – Photos by Greg Marsten lieves it was sometime around 1966 or 1967, since he recalled seeing a photo of him that had that date.

"Originally, he was set up on the other side of the road, at the end of Main [Washington] Street, up above the Tru-Tire building," Carlson recalled. "He was set up on the roof."

When Tin Man Mechanical Contracting moved to the top of the hill in St. Croix Falls just a couple of years later, the grinning metal beast tagged along.

He originally had raised lettering on his chest stating "Tin Man," but those letters are long gone, and just a faded outline of the title and business name remained after 45 years of weathering.

But he was always known by that name, regardless of the business behind him.

"He scared those kids so bad!"

Probably hundreds of scrapbooks and photo albums have a picture or two of kids, families or frat brothers posing beside the metal giant. It's safe to say that few local structures had more of a photographic following, and while there are dozens of tin men on various Internet sites, none have the charm or outright artistry of Mac Sherry's metal marvel.

"He's been pretty popular, that's for sure," Carlson said.

Locals may recall that the Tin Man orig-

inally had a speaker inside and intercom wiring to a microphone inside the 2205 building. Carlson recalled how his father and other workers would occasionally "talk" to people who stopped to take a

Beating victim?

Constructed of riveted and bolted heating, air conditioning, ventilation ductwork parts and sheet metal, and draped over a solid steel frame, the Tin Man was a solid structure, but was nonetheless vulnerable, and had a few battle scars from previous incidents.

Besides losing his raised lettering, he apparently lost one of his arms to vandals decades ago, and had to be taken down and rebuilt. He also was a beating victim once in the mid-’80s, with vandals pockmarking his legs with baseball bats or steel pipes, again leading to a takedown and repair.

"I found a few arrow holes," Carlson said. "He'd also been patched a few times.

But all in all, he was in pretty good shape for all those years."

Carlson said it was easier to remove him than they expected in part because only one of the tubed steel legs that held him up was intact. His left leg that went into the ground had rusted off completely, and the cross bracing installed years ago

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Loading up the Tin Man for disassembly are Bob Clark (left) and Mike Carlson (right). In the background is crane operator Rick Yunker.

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"There really wasn't much holding him up," Carlson said, noting that the one remaining pipe that his right leg slipped into only went into the ground about a foot or so.

Yes, it's very possible the Tin Man would've tipped over in a strong wind somewhere down the road - maybe even onto the roadway.

Tin TV star?

Carlson has always had a special place in his heart for the giant in his family and revealed that he wasn't alone in that interest. He said several people and groups have attempted to buy the metal structure

over the years, but that the owners of the property had refused them all.

"He even had offers to be in a TV production," Carlson said.

But while Tin Man Mechanical Contracting eventually morphed into another mechanical contracting firm and moved out of St. Croix Falls, the business location became the home to Sterling Design for several years until a few years ago. But it wasn't until very recently that he was finally for sale, sort of.

"The building went up for lease recently," Carlson said, noting that it was local resident Bob Clark who was able to purchase the Tin Man. "Bob gave it to me as a birthday present!"

Carlson said the window for a purchase

Bob Clark helped secure the 14-foot-tall giant to a flatbed trailer. – Photos by Greg Marsten

was pretty small and that he had to rush to make it happen. He said he was lucky to be on the receiving end of such a gift.

Carlson also realized he had to move fast on the deal and decided to make the trip north from Arizona for a little pheasant hunting and Tin Man disassembly.

Clark, Carlson, Rick Yunker and Mike Ward all helped with the dismantling, and used Yunker's crane to very carefully pull him off his perch.

Where to now?

Carlson said it took the crew about three hours to dismantle the giant and that he was "very well made ... with lots of rivets."

He said, "It was more awkwardly heavy than anything."

The pieces are currently in storage at an undisclosed location.

While lots of people have expressed sadness for the Tin Man's loss in St. Croix Falls, the reality is that he may not be gone forever, as Carlson is still not sure where he will ultimately end up being displayed.

"We haven't decided where he'll end up," Carlson admitted, noting that the big hurdle was for the iconic structure to stay in the family. "Who knows, he may stay in the area."

Carlson also revealed a little-known secret of the metal giant: that he has a "little brother" of sorts of the same design, but smaller, residing in Tucson with the current family business.

"My grandmother even has the original little two-foot-tall mini version," Carlson said of the original half-century-old model the final version was based upon. "He's been a part of our family for a long time."

The tin giant's local future may be un-

New Tin Man owner Mike Carlson holds his leg while Bob Clark (left) and Mike Ward (right) help break him free of his perch. certain, but at least we know he won't end up in a scrap heap, like many iconic structures of the region. And Carlson pledged that regardless of where he ends up, he will let us know about his new home.

"It sounds like a lot of people kind of liked him," Carlson said with a laugh.

"We've been telling people he went to the Land of Oz!" So don't worry, it seems the giant is only sleeping.

Trunk or Treat at the Moose Lodge

Two-year-old twins Aubrie and Megan from Frederic were visiting the Trunk or Treat held at the Moose Lodge in Siren. Do you think Megan already sampled the candy?

Mike and Donna Kelly (in disguise) have a spooky trunk full of goodies at the Moose Lodge Trunk or Treat event on Halloween night.

The Moose Lodge in Siren held their Trunk or Treat on Halloween night, Oct. 31..

On-site were many decorated trunks full of candy and friendly ghosts, goblins and clown to hand out the candy, but first, the children must travel the spooky haunted trail, shown here.

Photos by Sherill Summer

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into a bar and said, “Happy New Year everybody.”

The bartender said, “It’s February Joe Roberts you stupid drunk.”

The drunk man said, “Oh my gosh, my wife is going to kill me. I’ve never been out this late in my life!”

••• An old lady was speeding down the highway while she was knitting.

A cop saw this and sped up alongside her vehicle.

“Pull over!” the cop said.

“No!” the woman replied, “They’re mittens!”

••• One day Dan asked Bob, “So Bob, what did you get for Christmas?”

Then Bob said to Dan, “Oh see that brand-new red Ferrari outside?”

Dan said, “Ooooh yeah! Wow!” Bob said, “Ya, I got the same exact color tie!”

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Honoring our veterans STATEWIDE – As Nov. 11 of 2011 approaches, we all need to take time to pay tribute and honor to all our men and women veterans. Although many may now be gone, there are all who are serving our country, or have previously, that we must never forget.

You may know them as a friend or neighbor, or a resident of your community, but do you know of the wars or service years they may have done? Several local communities are providing Veterans Day dinners on Friday, Nov. 11, to give thanks in a small way for their service rendered.

Be a part of letting them all know we will never forget.

Check to find out where you can attend to say thank you. – Unit 96 American Legion Auxiliary, June Dopkins, President

Dogs on parade TAYLORS FALLS, Minn. – The Taylors Falls Lighting Festival invites dog owners and their dogs to participate in the festival’s 6 p.m. Santa Parade on Friday, Nov. 25. The dog must be dressed for the holidays, and owners should add some battery-powered lights to their winter garb, and become part of the festival magic. All dogs must be on a leash. The dog’s attire will be judged following the parade and prizes will be given.

Sign up at www.lightingfestival.com and click on Parade. - submitted

Getting clipped My hair has been receiving less

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and less attention since I passed the landmark age of 50. Partly due to an increase in the relative space beJohn W. Ingalls tween hair follicles but also I have less interest in fussing with it. Hair has never really been a focus for me in the past anyway. Saturday mornings I don’t bother combing because it is simply too much effort and no one is looking anyway. My wife looks out of necessity, but she has become accustomed to my cosmetic indifference. When my children were at the impressionable ages of their early teens they would marvel at their mother’s resilience. Arising each morning and having to look upon their beloved father day after day and still remain cheerful and focused was a good example of character building.

During my high school days my hair was much longer, extending all the way to my shoulders. That particular style ended abruptly on my enlistment into the U.S Army. Any efforts at regaining my former glory have been theoretical at best. Maybe it was that abrupt transition from hairy to hairless which served as a foundation for my distaste at getting haircuts. Perhaps it was the scissors slashing and snipping so close to my ears. I pitied the poor person given the task of making something acceptable out of the unruliness on the top of my head. Every person that has had the chance to cut my hair over the years has done an outstanding job without

I’m at an age where I expected to be a little wiser than I am.

I expected wisdom to arrive like a brilliant shining light accompanied by the sound of Carrie Classon trumpets. Instead, when wisdom belatedly arrives, it looks more like a soggy package that was left on the stoop in the rain. The cardboard is damp and the ink has run. It is hard to tell, in its sodden state, if this package was even intended for me.

I’m disappointed in myself because of an argument I had with Daniel. It was sort of a cascading debate that started out with a knee-jerk reaction and wound up looking and smelling a lot more like a fight than a discussion.

The particulars are not as important as the fact that the idea I was defending so tenaciously was a lot like a really cool skirt I had in college. It was red and handwoven and I loved walking around town in it with tall suede boots and a scarf thrown around my neck. The idea was sort of sophisticated, when I was 25, and it felt right on me; it gave me confidence and I became very attached to it.

I remember the skirt vividly and how good it made me feel, but I gave up the actual skirt years ago. I gave it up because the elastic in the waist had deteriorated, it sagged in the butt, and the color had started to bleach out to the color of a sickly tomato. It was sort of a baggy, faded relic that wouldn’t stay up without a safety pin at the waist by the time I finally said goodbye to it. Only after I decided to throw it out did I realize that I had long ago stopped wearing red.

Losing the skirt was liberating. I have removed nearly everything in my closet that does not both fit

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and reflect my current preference in color or style. I’ve given away perfectly good clothes for the simple reason that they are the wrong size. There is no reason on earth to keep a skirt that does not fit simply because it once did.

Why is it so easy to clean out my closet and so hard to clean out my head?

Looking hard at a cherished opinion or idea and asking myself, “Do I really even believe this anymore?” feels like a betrayal of myself. I defined myself with that idea— I was the girl in the bright red skirt, and who would I be without it?

Yet the weight of old ideas holds me back and makes it hard to be genuinely curious about another person. “Why does he think that way? How does that make him who he is?” Instead of an open-hearted curiosity, I am busily climbing into my baggy, faded arguments about why what he thinks is somehow wrong or ill-considered.

Letting go of expected outcomes and plans and simply accepting what life offers gives me incomparable freedom. Letting go of my need to control the feelings of others is hugely liberating. But just as I was congratulating myself on all the psychic space I had cleared out of my mental closet, I discovered that I am still greedily hoarding away boxes of dusty old beliefs that have not fit me in years.

It is time, once again, to lighten the load.

I may feel a pang of nostalgia as I pitch away 30year-old ideas but I suspect, like that terrific red skirt, I’ll never miss them once they’re gone.

Till next time, —Carrie

Frederic Elementary celebrated Red Ribbon Week

Monday, Oct. 24, through Thursday, Oct. 27, the Frederic Elementary students celebrated Red Ribbon Week, which is learning about living life drug free and making good choices. A slogan was read over the daily announcements, lessons about bullying and healthy choices were discussed in class and Wednesday was Dress in Red and Guess the Red Trinkets Day. Slogans for the week were - “One School, One Goal, Bully and Drug Free,” “I believe in Me - I’m Drug Free,” “Win or Lose by what YOU choose - Be Drug Free,” "Life is a journey Travel Drug Free,” and "Keep Drugs OUT of your circle of friends.” RIGHT: The winners for the Guess the Red Trinkets were Rudy Lemieux, Maria Scanlon, Christopher Hill, Ellie Eklof, Natalie Chartrand, Aaron Nelson and Sinyala Gondwe. ABOVE: Winners for the Best Red were back row (L to R): Ethan Alexander, Megan Williamson, Coby Russell, Karlie Alexander and Dylan Keim. Front row: Eliza Thayer, Makenna Engen, Ben Ones, McKinley Conito, Kendall Lillehaug, Emma Morse and Hailey Ridgeway. – Photos submitted

any advice from me. I never really wanted to be in the barber chair and so I haven’t really taken an active interest in how it looked when I exited the chair. I would let them carve at will and I usuMD ally left intact and satisfied.

My wife is my greatest hair critic. She has concerns for my image but I doubt it is for my sake. She would rather be seen in public with a well-coifed athletic type rather than a lumpy dumpy 50-something with hair that looks like an unraveled cotton ball. I don’t mean to burst her bubble but with me at least, the retro look is out. Even if I wanted to, I could never return to long, thick, darkbrown hair. I am stuck with bristly, patchy, gray-andwhite stuff. She is a good sport and endures my indifference but one of her most frequently expressed comments is “You need a haircut!”

My response has always been logical, “I need a new fishing rod. I don’t need a haircut. That is only an opinion.” As usual we would compromise and I would concede to her domestic pressures. Scheduling haircuts is tricky. On days off I prefer to be hunting or fishing, on weekdays I have to work, during the noon hour I have to eat, so that leaves the evening and night hours. March and August are about the only months I can fit a haircut into my schedule. Finding a friendly person to cut my hair between the hours of 9 and 11 p.m. is also difficult.

It is with this dilemma that I have finally arrived at a solution to my hairstyling.

Borrowing a hedge trimmer from my daughter’s boyfriend, I received my first domestic shearing. Actually it wasn’t a hedge trimmer but may have been a pet clipper. Seated in a chair in the yard, one of my children buzzed and clipped until there were drifts of prickly white hair on my shoulders and arms and all around on the ground. My hair, now too short to bend, was unresponsive to my comb. I was satisfied. It was cheap and convenient. I wet it down and rubbed it with a towel.

My hair stuck up all over and my head looked like a dandelion after the yellow was gone and the wind had blown away just a few of the tufts.

After the first amateur haircut my wife was ready to give a try. This time we bought a clipper set and she was ready to assert herself. Rather than forging ahead with confidence as my daughter had done, she paused, going through the various options and attachments.

“What are you doing? Let’s get started,” I cautiously urged her on, but careful not to aggravate someone with a sharp object.

“Just hold on,” she replied, somewhat irritated by my impatience. “I am reading the directions first.” My confidence level soared. If she were ever going to exact revenge for any of my past wrongdoings, now would be the time. I held my tongue and listened to the clock on the wall.

“Well the attachments are kind of confusing, but I understand the last item on the list.”

“What does it say?” I asked gently, hoping for a stylish cut with minimal blood loss.

“Don’t poke eyes!”

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Fired III As we left off last week, I was having my first parent-teacher conference with the mother of brothers Don and Dave. I was in my first year of teaching in the tiny Washington Island school district, a ferry ride out into Lake Michigan, where Margo and I had moved two months earlier. “I’m afraid I haven’t made any progress with the two of them. They just aren’t participating in anything and won’t talk or do any work at all,” I told their mother, trying to think of something good to say about the boys, but failing.

“I don’t know what to do with them either,” she said. “Their dad hated school here with the teachers you replaced. He doesn’t care if they flunk or not. With their dad supporting them, I can’t do anything.”

She began to cry softly. “I want them to do well and like learning. I just don’t know what to do.”

Brothers Dave and Don, eighth- and seventh-graders, did no schoolwork, didn’t talk in class, they just sat in their desks waiting for me to turn my attention elsewhere to misbehave. It might be a spitball across the room, a poke at a nearby student, or they might just sit quietly doing nothing. However, every day, week after week, they did nothing for our first two months. Sally reported the same in her classes.

“They are just like their dad,” said Sylvia, the last of the old teachers on the island who taught fourth through sixth grades, “he was just as stubborn.”

Sally, Tom and I were the 7-12 teachers, all fresh from college, replacing teachers who had been there for 35-40 years, and as we found out, very different from us. Our predecessors were strict disciplinarians applying “spare the rod, spoil the child,” teachings very literally.

We new teachers did many things as a team. We talked after school each day trying to solve problems or to create new opportunities for the kids and just to complain about what wasn’t working or share what was. Many days Don and Dave were the main topic. “I’ve tried everything I know to get them to open up,” complained Sally. Sally taught English, history and social studies. She liked to think up games to build enthusiasm for learning. Most of her students were learning, and enjoying the classes. Sally was always trying new things to get the kids interested.

One weekend, to kick off her “picture stories” unit, she enlisted me, Estelle (first through third grades, and new too), and Tom. Tom, who had a full-fledged darkroom in the technical arts area, took pictures. Sally was the hero of a melodrama.

I was the victim, and Estelle the villain.

The roles were reversed because Sally and Estelle wanted to challenge stereotypes of weak women and strong men. Tom took the pictures. We filmed at the local sawmill. I, the star, was dressed normally with the addition of a long blond wig contrasting nicely with my dark mustache, and was playing the weak, but beautiful Russella, who was being evicted from her home, then on the sawmill table headed toward the whirling blade. Estelle was dressed as Snidely Whiplash, villain, and Sally as Dudley Do-Right, hero, (from the popular cartoon characters of the time).

The photos, posted on the bulletin board, told the story wordlessly. After the fun of seeing the teachers dressed funny and the role reversals, Sally’s English classes jumped into making their own homemade photo stories; that is all but Don and Dave, who didn’t do anything ever.

The two hadn’t had their growth spurt yet. They were small, wiry outdoor types.

The island school had no athletic program, no team sports, just a physical ed class three times a week, so boys who might have excelled in sports had no opportunity to gain respect from that route. The boys were there every day, had excellent attendance and seemed to enjoy their status as outlaws.

“I’m stumped too,” I agreed with Sally as we brainstormed after school that evening. “I think they might be bright— couldn’t be so stubborn without some brains. Their mom says their dad doesn’t care if they flunk, he hated school here too.

They sure are tough to reach! I think the old teachers must have beat them into sitting still and being quiet and let it go at that.”

“Well, they are doing some woodworking projects in the shop, and seem to get along there, so maybe we can build on that,” said Tom, who was our mentor as well as the evangelist who kept insisting every student could and must be reached.

Tom came to teaching a roundabout way.

He grew up poor, and almost went into

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Margo got a job working at Findlay’s Holiday Inn on Washington Island during the early fall of 1974. A few tourists still came to the island after Labor Day. She did laundry, hung out the wash, made the beds, cleaned the rooms and washed dishes in the restaurant, as the only employee there that fall helping the woman who owned it and her son keep it running.

Margo, once in a while helped by her husband folding sheets, earned money to help pay for his school loans. While on the island, she got pregnant over the long boring winter. – Photo submitted delinquency himself, then did four years in the Navy during Vietnam, went back to school using GI benefits and came out determined to make a difference in kids lives, especially the ones like him, the hard cases.

Tom believed in what he was doing and had the fervor to convince his students, fellow teachers and pretty much anyone he came in contact with, that we shouldn’t be satisfied with less than the best we could all do.

A few more coffees and Tom outlined the plan. “First, for the whole next week, let’s go out of our way to talk to them—even if they don’t listen. Sally, call their mom and find out what they are interested in at home. Let’s talk to them about what they like and get them to tell us about it. Russ, you figure out something the boys can do that is physical and special just for them, something they are interested in. Sally, get them to help you out rearranging your room. You know, get them to help you move the furniture around– just come to our room and ask for the two of them to help you when your room is empty. Lay it on thick how nice it is to have such strong young men to help. I’ll get them to build something in wood shop for the school so we can recognize them for doing something good.”

“The boys like to build things with their dad,” Sally told us, “He works on the ferry, but has a shop for wood and metalworking at home. The boys want to go to work on the ferry too. They ride along and know how it works as well as the crew. They like hunting and fishing and doing things outdoors.”

“I hear your dad works on the ferry,” I said to the boys the next Monday, the week we had decided was dedicated to the Jenson brothers. “I always wondered how they figure out how to get to the right place at the landings when there is fog or bad weather. Seems like running blind.”

They spent the next half hour telling me about radar, radio beacons and navigation.

It was quite complicated and they knew it well, having ridden on many ferry crossings with their dad.

“How did they do it in the old days before all the electronics?” I asked.

“The pilot uses the sun, stars and compass bearings, figuring in the wind speed and dead reckoning. Dad knows all the constellations and is teaching us them so when you look at the sky you can figure out directions. Dad says ‘in the old days they used their brains.’ ” When I interviewed for the job on the island, I saw the dismal lack of science equipment there. A few old physics machines, a small storage cabinet of ancient chemicals, a good microscope, but lacking in most lab equipment for experiments. As a science enthusiast growing up, I had accumulated a lot of stuff at home on the farm. I had made a trip there and boxed up a couple of Gilbert Chemistry sets, a lot of electronics including wire, battery holders, transistors, diodes and crystal radiobuilding items, my Allied Radio 21-in-1 electronics kit, the Edmund Scientific collection of 100 only slightly chipped or scratched glass lenses, my big homemade reflecting telescope, rocketry supplies and whatever else seemed likely to be useful.

Many of the jewels of my collection were directly from the Sterling dump, where my brothers and I cannibalized old radios, televisions, and whatever had gears, wire, levers, or seemed to be of interest. Mom was pleased to have the junk removed from the upstairs!

The brothers had talked about constella-

tions. That night, I unboxed my astronomy stuff and found the Edmund star chart where you pointed the arrow to the north, rotated the inside to the hour of the day and then saw what the sky looked like overhead. I brought out a few years of issues of Sky and Telescope. I had a 20power spotting scope, the lenses and other astronomy stuff I had collected—charts, posters and the like. Before school, I made a corner of my room into an astronomy area with posters, lenses, books and magazines, with a table and chairs.

“I bought this star chart last year, but never quite figured out if it worked,” I told Don, handing it to him during my time with the seventh- and eighth-graders. “I want to start astronomy in science class pretty soon, and since you guys know the constellations, maybe you can figure it out.

I’ve got more astronomy stuff at the back.

Why don’t you spend a few days and see if you can get it to work. You can do it in the astronomy lab if you want to.”

I think the two went to corner with the idea they had a better chance of aiming spitballs from there, but soon they were engrossed in the magazines with their glorious color pictures of galaxies, nebulae, planets, and monkeying with the chart and looking through the telescope and lenses.

“Can we bring the chart home and try it at night?” asked Dave.

“Sure, you can take anything along on the table. Of course, we need it back when the whole class starts astronomy, but if you figure out how it works, I want to know too. Say, take my little telescope back there home too. I heard that it doesn’t take much to see craters on the moon and maybe you can see if the little one works.”

“If that is your little telescope, do you have a big one too?” asked Don. “Yeah, I got one that is taller than me; it’s powerful. I built it when I was in high school. You can see the phases of Venus, the horse nebula, the rings around Saturn and a bunch more. I got it over at my place, but been thinking about bringing it to school some clear night. Maybe we could get the kids together and you guys could point out some constellations and we could look at the moon or planets.”

Two weeks later, we had our first of many astronomy nights on the island. Don and Dave taught constellations, and soon took over pointing the big scope at whatever we decided to find. Twenty to 30 people showed up each time, a mixture of kids and their parents. Don and Dave brought their dad, who enjoyed seeing Saturn’s rings and moon craters as much as his boys. He taught us about using the stars to find directions—using the Big Dipper to find the North Star. “Did you know you can use the Big Dipper to tell time?” he said going on to explain how the handle was like a clock hour hand.

Don and Dave got hooked on science.

When they got bored at the back table, they came back to the class and began listening and participating in our regular science class—where they did show they were sharp kids.

Another week, I made into “outdoor math” week. I combined the seventh- and eighth-graders and we went outside and roamed the school grounds to find math problems. We used shadow length and ratios to estimate the height of everything and everyone. We learned to pace distances accurately and to estimate distances.

We used compasses to read directions to prehidden “treasures.” We estimated how many objects were in a group. We plotted where the sun was and how its shadow

changed in length and direction leading to building a stone and fence-post sundial.

We measured angles, did 3.4,5 right triangles and square building corners with twine and stakes, and even tried to figure out roof angles, how fast sound traveled, and tested the Doppler effect (as Margo laid on the horn and drove toward us and on past we heard the sound pitch change).

By week’s end, Don and Dave were onboard for math class too.

Sally had won them over with her week of furniture moving. She also made a point of using them for any errands, which included trusting them to fetch and deliver around the school without supervision.

Tom helped the two make a special small table for Sally’s room that she “needed badly” for her typewriter. Sally was young, pretty and very nice, as well as always challenging her students to do more and better. Most of the boys in the school were in love with her and the girls wanted to be like her. She won the brothers over completely!

A few weeks later at the monthly allschool assembly, (where Principal Joe did announcements, recognitions, and we all talked about things in general), Sally gave a short speech. “I want to thank David and Donald Jenson for all their work in helping me the last few weeks. I wanted to try some different layouts for my classroom, and these two boys did a lot of work so I could get things just right. Not only that, they built a typewriter table just my height so my back doesn’t get sore anymore. We are lucky to have these two young men who are so willing to help us make our school a better place. Will you all please give them a hand.”

I went next. “I want to thank Dave and Don for helping me get the astronomy project going here at school. Not only do they know all about the constellations and planets, but they always wait and help me put the equipment back in the school when we are done. It is nice to have two brothers who not only get along together, but are so good to help out!”

“You know, we are recognizing both of them, and of course they do work together a lot, and that is great,” said Tom. “But they work good on their own too. In shop, each has his own separate projects, and each has different interests. I sure enjoy having both of them in my classes.”

Finally Principal Joe said, “You know, I didn’t like to see Dave and Don very much last year and the beginning of this year, because I knew they were being sent to me for something bad. When they showed up, something was wrong. However, that has changed. I want to congratulate you Don and you Dave for having gone a whole month without being sent to my office. I know you two go fishing a lot with your dad around the island. I really like fishing too. Maybe you boys would try to teach me how to fish in Lake Michigan. I haven’t ever caught a lake trout or salmon, but I sure would like to try.”

At the second quarter parent-conference, I reported to their mom, “Both boys are doing well. They are a little behind in math, but catching up quickly. When they try, they are good at a lot of things. They are doing their assignments and speak up in class. They have come along a lot since last time we talked. I like having them in class.” It was the second conference in a row their mom started crying.

That conference was in December. Just three months later, Sally, Tom and I were sitting at a table in the front of the island hall, being grilled by several hundred islanders who asked the question “what is going on in school?”, a reaction to the school board having nonrenewed us three days earlier. Nonrenewal means you finish the school year, but won’t be hired back for another year. Sometimes this happens when budgets require cutting staff, but that was not the case for us.

It turned out I was the root of the problem. Tom got in trouble for sticking up for me in an argument with school board director Butch. That added him to the list of undesirables. Sally hadn’t been nonrenewed initially. She was highly indignant!

“Whatever Russ and Tom are doing wrong, I’m doing the same thing,” she insisted and thus created her own ticket-to-ride to the inquisition, the public trial of the Gang of Three. (Continued next week—student names have been changed to protect the guilty).

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Ghost stories Where I grew up downstate, our house was near a

swamp where we often saw “will-o’-the-wisps” in the bogs. They looked like little fires burning and my father always said, “You don’t have to be afraid of them. It’s just gases burning among the bogs.”

Still, I worked in the insurance department of Carnation Milk Co. in Oconomowoc until 4:30 p.m. every weekday and when I caught the bus headed for Nashotah Road, it was getting dark, and I didn’t linger. If there was a little snow, it made the road look brighter but I didn’t waste any time looking for lights burning in the swamp.

Chad Lewis, who spoke about ghost stories, knew about will-o’-the-wisps and knew a whole lot more.

He spoke last Thursday night at 7 p.m. at the Frederic Public Library. He is used to being a public speaker and has a nice, loud voice, so no one should have had any trouble hearing him.

Many of our small communities in Wisconsin have haunted houses and stories to go with them. Our own imaginations play tricks on us so it’s easy to embellish on stories already established.

A noise in an empty house may be a loose shutter or a loose roof shingle.

Chad Lewis specifically spoke of the accident in Burnett County when a car flipped over on a snowy road near the river, trapping a family and they were not rescued. It is said you can still hear their voices calling for help near the bridge where the accident happened.

A farmer’s sense of security A full silo.

A shed of dry hay bales.

A stack of hay bales outside.

Good roofs on the barn.

A full corn crib.

A garden at rest for the winter.

Potatoes and squash safe in the basement.

A paid-up farm.

A reliable pickup that still runs.

A contract paid up for winter heat.

A little money in the bank, a lot is better.

Money for real estate taxes.

A healthy herd of dairy cows.

Tractors that keep going and going and going.

A good credit rating.

A full freezer.

Emergency food in case of a snowstorm.

Extra lightbulbs, fuses and batteries.

Packages of yeast, plenty of flour in the flour bin, canned vegetables and soups in the basement.

A winter bouquet One of my sons brought in a bright bouquet of orange-red Japanese lanterns on Sunday. A wonderful winter bouquet.

Years ago we used to pick cattails when they were no bigger than pencils. They turned brown in time and made beautiful bouquets too. And they didn’t turn fuzzy and get messy.

Behind the

Signpost Bernice Abrahamzon was a hard worker as he had tough skin and callouses, too. Then she had a very studied look at his lifelines.

She told him, “You married the wrong woman,” and, “You will die a violent death.” What a cruel thing to say.

All his life my father turned the thoughts over and over in his mind. My mother wasn’t very happy being called the wrong woman.

My father’s father, Peter, grew up in Chicago and was a housepainter. My father found he couldn’t stand heights. The one time he climbed a ladder to cut a limb off a tree, he fell and broke his arm. He was more careful after that not to climb to any heights.

He was a patient in the local hospital in Oconomowoc having the usual periodic checkup. He told his roommate, “I don’t feel good,” and his roommate called the nurse. When she got there, she looked at my father, felt for a pulse that wasn’t there and said sadly, “Oh, Mr. K–––.” He was already gone.

All the worry that fortune-teller caused him through the years and yet he died in a safe place, right within help.

We don’t hear much about Gypsies anymore. In fact, many of them were executed in World War II. They traveled by horse and buggy and sometimes stopped to ask for food. Then they went about the U.S. in cars but we haven’t seen any for years. The word gypsy is not complimentary and not politically correct. So things change.

They have gone the way of hoboes in spite of the depression.

I remember men coming to our house in the 1930s Depression and ask for some food. My mother would give them a plate of hot food if they arrived at mealtime, and they’d eat it on the porch steps. Sometimes my father would find them an hour or so of work in the garden and was able to pay them a little money before they went on their way.

We weren’t near a railroad so we seldom had such hungry visitors.

As beautiful as October is, I am grateful when November arrives. I’ve already told you both my husband and father died in October, not in the same year, but sad nevertheless.

A walk in the woods Is noisy in the fall when the crisp leaves are drifting down. Later, when the leaves are sodden with rain, the woods are more quiet. Lots of chipmunks and squirrels, even black ones, but no grouse or quail to put to flight.

Until next week, Bernice

Superstitions One day my father was working at the end of a private driveway in Lake Geneva and a Gypsy came along and spoke to him. She offered to read his palm and he said, “I guess so.” So he rubbed his hands on his work pants and held out his hand.

She told him a few general facts. She could see he

Speaker pushes better choices Karl Randall points to a photo of himself taken 54 years ago following a drunk driving accident while speaking to Luck seventhto 12th-grade students recently. Randall’s presentation focused on the concept of self-worth, coping with stress and the pressures of school life, and the difficult choices facing young adults today. It also included experience that he gained from the poor choices in his own life. At age 17, Randall lost his eyesight due to a drug-related automobile accident. Following his recovery, which included extensive plastic surgery and rehabilitation, he became depressed and attempted suicide. However, he was able to turn his life around and went on to earn his high school diploma — after dropping out twice — and furthered his education at the universities of Missouri and Minnesota. Randall has spoken to students, parents, teachers and civic groups throughout the Midwest. - Photo/information by Lori Nelson

Do you remember?

Compiled by Bernice Abrahamzon

50 Years Ago The 1962 Buick and Pontiac new car showing was Sept. 27, 1961, at Tretsven Auto Co., Milltown, with free coffee and doughnuts.-Cumberland’s Rutabaga Festival was Sept. 22, 23 and 24, with a big festival parade.-A dance was held at the Indian Creek Hall on Sept. 23, with music by the Badger Dutchmen.“Parent Trap” was playing at the Frederic Theater.Stock car races were held every Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Grantsburg Fairgrounds.-A teenage dance was held at the D.B.S. Hall, Luck.-St. Dominic’s in Frederic plans a new church and rectory in 1962.-The Inter-County Leader would again sponsor a football contest on Oct. 6.- A headline read “Roger Carlson was taken for a ride and rolled.”-The Frederic Dairy Queen had a 10-percent sale on pints, quarts and half gallons.-Specials at Route’s, Frederic, included hams 45¢ lb., T-bone steak at 79¢ lb., cranberries 29¢ lb., sweet potatoes 2 for 19¢, and potpies at 3 for 59¢.The Co-op Store in Frederic had Tokay grapes at 27¢ lb., potatoes at 69¢ for 25 lbs., apples at 79¢ for 1/4 bushel.-Sheep were for sale, so were horses.-The new Chevrolets and Oldsmobiles were on display Sept. 29 at Frederic Auto with pie and coffee served.

40 Years Ago Specials at Route’s, Frederic, included catsup at 39¢ bottle, fresh cranberries at 2 lbs. for 49¢, bacon at $1.25 for 2 lbs., fryers at 29¢ lb. (whole) or 33¢ for cut-up chicken.-Interest was high in wild river designation of St. Croix River.-New members were welcomed by Siren Chamber of Commerce.-Frederic proposed a 5-percent increase in tax levy.-The next draft call was set for December.-The Halloween parties were announced with one on Oct. 30 in the afternoon and one at night.-The Siren Fire Department held its 22nd-annual turkey festival at the Siren Fire Hall on Nov. 1, from 1 – 6 p.m., with prizes.-Fall is the time to plant bulbs according to Lawson Greenhouses.-Bobcat Lounge on Ham Lake had a Halloween special of chopped round steak, fries, coleslaw and buns at $1.25.-The Pioneer Bar, Frederic, had live music Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 29 – 30.-A dishwasher ad ran by Northwestern Electric Co. said Reddy Kilowatt washes dishes cleaner than you can.-Frederic United Fund drive yielded $1,350 in first week.-High budget, lower mill rate proposed

by Siren Council.-USDA approved a food stamp plan for Polk County.-Some of the Leader pages were yellow.

20 Years Ago Seven-member board suggested for Frederic School Board.-The Cobb Brothers performed at the abuse shelter.-The Webster High School football field will bear coach’s name Donald Seizberg.-The Siren Village Board delayed vote on beer license request.Siren High School royalty for homecoming were Nick Dykstra and Nicole Lund.-Wisconsin students shared top ranking on ACT tests.-Some bar burglars got 10-year prison terms.-A Nigerian University official visited Burnett County.-A house tour in Grantsburg cost $5 with tickets available at the high school.

The tour was Sept. 28.-Bids were wanted on timber stumpage at the DNR office, Grantsburg.-The Pour House, Siren, had live music on Sept. 19, by Renegade.-A benefit spaghetti supper was held for Michael Geiger Saturday, Sept. 28, at the American Legion Hall, Grantsburg.-The Bloodmobile was in Frederic, Oct. 10.-Luck homecoming festivities were Sept. 30 – Oct. 4.-More than 4,000 would celebrate the Ice Age Trail week in the state.-Social Security had a new toll-free number.-Frederic hosted a district Boy Scout Camporee.-The Parkinson support group met Oct. 1.-The search for Miss Wisconsin for 1992 was under way.-Obey praised loggers for new safety rules.

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TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER

Hello everyone, hope all is well with each of you!

Wow, another week has come and gone and here we’re starting into November. I’m sure glad we didn’t get all that wet snow that the Northeast got, that was really something. I’m sure our time is coming though and they say we’re supposed to get as much snow as we did last year.

Eli really likes the snow; he gets out there and pushes his way through it with his nose, then rolls all around. He can’t seem to get enough of it. This will be Maya’s first snow so it will be fun to see what she thinks of it. She is still kind of bossy but is getting better about it.

Hey guess what! We’re having a new fundraiser on Sunday, Dec. 11, with a brunch being kindly hosted by Adventures from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Please mark your calendars as I know the food will be yummy and the company even better. We’re also thinking of a small silent auction and a few other things to happen. We really appreciate Julie from Adventures for doing this for us, she is the best!

Some more adoptions to tell you about! Marilyn the kitty was adopted and left us on Friday, Mufasa goes on Tuesday and Sweety the pup went to her new home on Saturday! Emma the Brittany spaniel has an approved application and will be going to live with a wonderful lady who instantly fell in love with her.

We got some new dogs in, all strays!

A 9-week-old puppy we’ve called Blondie came in as a stray, she is a golden retriever mix and just the sweetest little fluff ball. We have a number of applications on her already! Three little puppies that are brown Labrador retriever mixes have been

Happy Tails

Await

Arnell Humane Clara is a loving mother and good friend to all she meets. She has a short white coat with intermittent black spots. Clara is a quiet soul with affection in her heart. She must have had an ASD, an “Affection Seeking Device,” implanted at birth. Clara came to the shelter as a stray that had been living under someone’s deck. She was obviously pregnant on arrival at the shelter and delivered five adorable kittens the very next day. The kittens are no longer her responsibility, her girlish figure has returned and now Clara is looking for her special someone. She is one of the unaltered adult cats available for a $5 adoption fee (plus the cost of spay surgery). Altered adult cats over one year are $30.

The adult-cat special is in effect for the entire month of November, while supplies last. Kittens are cute but adult cats are addictive with their calming na-

YAPpenings Sadie named Minni, Chucky and Krissy. We don’t know if they’re lost or if they were dumped, but if you own them or know who does, please call the shelter. If they’re not claimed within seven days then they will become available for adoption. We also have two hounds; Reggie came in a Friday and is a Treeing Walker coonhound. He was picked up from the Grantsburg Animal Hospital. The other hound just came in so I don’t have any information on him as yet.

For the kitties, we have a young female named Cassie and her three kittens we’ve called Halo, Hope and Samantha. According to Mom, because as you know I think cats are a royal pain, Cassie is a very pretty young girl and her three babies are just as cute as can be!

For this week, I think I’ll tell you about Otis. He is a year-old basset hound/Labrador retriever mix and is a great young guy. He is a healthy mediumsized dog with a lot of love to give. Otis was a surrender as his previous owners weren’t able to care for him so hopefully he’ll find a new home soon!

Then there is the feline name Una. Did you know that Una means remember? Mom looked it up and it seemed fitting as once you meet Una you won’t be able to forget her. She is a tabby with beautiful

bronze markings and a big motor, she loves people and attention.

We had our annual general meeting last Wednesday and congratulations to Brenda who is in for another term as president and to our newest board member Cathy. The board and members recognized Dr. Tom Harstad of the Small Town Vet in Webster who has provided phenomenal care for all my friends for over the last 10 years. He and his staff are great people who are both compassionate and caring. Mom also got a big surprise as she was named Volunteer of the Year and received a very nice plaque. Mom says she really appreciates receiving the award and how much she enjoys being a volunteer at the shelter.

“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.” … Robert A. Heinlein Have a great week everyone! Licks and tailwags!

The Humane Society of Burnett County is saving lives, one at a time. www.hsburnettcty.org. 715866-4096. License No. 267335-DS We’re on Facebook too!

ture and willingness to be your couch potato companion.

Only three cats went home last week, two kittens and one adult. Our long-term resident, Lucky the black Lab, was adopted by a family with two small children. They were an excellent match for Lucky.

They knew immediately that Lucky was the dog for them. They appreciated his energetic enthusiasm for them and recognized his lifetime of potential.

The phrase “Grinning from ear to ear” comes to mind, as the adopter’s face included a smile that forced his ears to rise and complete the all-out smile.

Also adopted to good homes: Buster, the tall red and handsome boxer-husky mix with blue eyes.

Roxie the rottweiler had been returned when her adoptive owner could no longer care for her and was adopted the first day she was available by a couple mourning the loss of their beloved Rottie.

They were another perfect match.

A lady named Sue had seen Lucky in the paper as our featured pet of the week and decided that now was the time for her to get a dog. Lucky had already been adopted, but Nita, another black Lab, fit

the bill for Sue. She and Nita hit it off right away and it wasn’t long before she was filling out an application.

When asked why she had decided “all of a sudden” that she wanted to adopt, (Sue used Clara to walk dogs at the shelter) she said it wasn’t sudden at all; she had been thinking about it for years and Lucky’s picture and story had compelled her to act.

Puppies Nellie and Natalie also went home. That leaves only one puppy still available. She is Bailey, a leggy black and silver husky-Lab-mix pup of 12 weeks. They all need homes, so come on down.

Meet your mate.

Arnell Memorial Humane Society, 185 Griffin St. E., Amery, 715-268-7387 (PETS) or online: Arnellhumane.org.

Lewis The United Methodist Men will serve a hunters stew this Friday night, Nov. 4, at the Lewis Memorial United Methodist Church. Hours are from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Freewill offering.

The bluegrass jam sessions will begin this Saturday, Nov. 5, at 6 p.m., at the Lewis Memorial United Methodist Church. Music, friendship and food. Welcome. Bring friends.

Those who helped Pastor Tom with Sunday’s service were LaVonne Boyer, Kara Alden, organist, Gloria Chell and pianist Starr Warndahl, ushers Linda Baxter and Carol Tabat. A beautiful solo was sung by Sylvia Schaetzel. Lunch was provided after the service by Sheila Staples and Drew Abrahamzon. LaVonne Boyer pitched in and helped too.

The position of a new church secretary is filled

715-349-2964 Hey, did ya see them? Those little white flakes floating down in the drizzle last Friday morning? It won’t be long now that Old Man Winter will come through the area shaking that bag of white stuff in a frenzy putting a white blanket over the area. Many of the area animals will soon head to their winter homes for a long winter’s rest. I can once again put out the good bird feeders and not have to worry about those big black buggers in the bird yard tearing them down.

But there are many area snowmobilers chomping at the bit waiting for our first heavy snow so they can once again be able to hit the trails.

The bird yard has been alive with juncos for weeks, they arrived early this year. The blue jays are visiting the feeder also, a sure sign that fall is here.

Tree rats are also back in the bird yard. You can tell the older ones from the young, the older ones sit and I guess size up the feeder but know they can’t get to it so just forget it. The young dumb ones try and try again to no avail.

The United Methodist Church will hold its annual

Engagement

Shelter

and she began work on Monday, Oct. 31. Among her responsibilities are answering the church telephone, doing the weekly Sunday bulletins, doing the monthly church newsletter for the Siren-Lewis combined parish, etc.

Get-well wishes to LaVonne Smith, who has been doctoring.

Colds have been making the rounds with Sheila Staples, Bernice Abrahamzon, etc.

Watch it. Daylight saving time finally ends this coming weekend. Don’t be too early for Sunday’s service. Remember to “fall back.”

Remember to have your UMW reading list ready for the meeting on the second Wednesday in November at 6 p.m. at church.

LaVerne Leep enjoyed a few days with Diane and

Siren news fall bake sale Saturday, Nov. 5, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Lots of great bakers in this church so come early for the best varieties of the baked goods.

Sympathy to the family of Mary Jane Frog who passed away Oct. 25.

Sympathy to the family of longtime Daniels resident Peggy Strabel who passed away Saturday, Oct. 29. She is finally where she has wanted to be, with her beloved Dick.

The Siren Lions held their annual district governors night at Adventures, Oct. 24. The Lions Gov. Jerry Spies and wife enjoyed the evening. Most of the Siren Lions attended. This year, two of the Siren Lionesses, Jane Wilcox and Lory Maurer, were given awards for their work on the annual yard sale. Two Siren Lions were honored for Lions of the Year, Les Lindqust and Lyle Nelson.

There were about 60 diners at the October Food and Friends community dinner last Tuesday evening at the Siren United Methodist Church. A spaghetti and meatball dinner was served.

Congratulations to elementary student Nicholas

Otis

Una

Bernice Abrahamzon Ron Ackland at their home in Hutchinson, Minn. She thought she’d better get it in while the weather was OK. The outside yard work at church has been done, ready for winter.

Those with a license to hunt wild birds have been out walking the woods. Lots of chipmunks and squirrels, even black ones, but game birds are few and far between.

A noon potluck meal was enjoyed at Scrabble on Monday in the community room, Sunrise Apartments, Frederic. Three birthdays were observed including that of Edna Martin. Will let you know who the others were next week.

Get-well wishes to Kenneth Nelson in a city hospital.

Sherstad/Bothfeld Sid and Karen Sherstad of Siren announce the engagement of their daughter, Kristina Salene, to William Henry Bothfeld, son of Henry and Elizabeth Bothfeld of Dodgeville. An August wedding is planned.

Kristina and William are both graduates of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Kristina is a financial analyst for U.S. Cellular in Chicago, Ill. William works for the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a biofuel researcher. – submitted

Siren Senior Nona Severson Center Hope everyone had a good time on Halloween! It is always fun to see the little ones get dressed up for this special day.

We will be serving our evening meal on Thursday, Nov. 3. The menu will be roast turkey and all the trimmings. Call 715-349-2845 for reservations.

We want to extend gratitude to Cora deJong for sharing the flowers with us. The flowers came from Maynard’s funeral. We all enjoyed the flowers – such beautiful fall colors.

Abby Brand and Linda Howard washed all the plastic tablecloths. Nice to have some volunteers – gratitude is extended to both of you. Barb Munger wanted to express gratitude to Ralph Severson for cleaning the gutters and also to Ralph and Lou Jappe for mowing the lawn all summer.

Our 500 winners were Roger Greely, Ralph Groves, Marie Van Guilder, Arnie Borchert and Mary Ellen Vorwald. I was in the Cities on Friday so do not have the names of the Spade winners.

Until next week, stay healthy!

Frederic Senior Hazel Center Hoffman

Hello again, here I am writing a little article on how wonderful our Frederic Senior Center is. It is all about getting together playing cards or games and enjoying the company of everyone. Also, now with cold, snowy winter and slippery roads coming in the near future, we can sit in the nice warm senior center playing cards, Pokeno or pool and also, now that the meal site has moved into our center, we can stay right there and have a good, warm meal at noon for a very reasonable cost. Best of all, no dishes or messes to clean up at home, what more can we ask for? Also, I want to remind everyone that our weekly schedule is Spades at 1:30 p.m. on Mondays, Pokeno on Wednesday and Friday afternoon and 500 cards Bev Beckmark Thursday evenings at 6:30 p.m.

Now, starting the first Saturday in November, we Webster, middle schooler Bailey Mangen and high will also be open every Saturday, and at our monthly schooler Mackenzie Brown for being chosen Siren meeting on Friday we will let our members decide Schools students of the week. What a great job what game will be played.

In closing, I want to wish everyone a real happy guys. and healthy week and I will visit you again next Thursday.

St. Croix Senior Center Tuesday morning started out with exercise, followed by Skip Bo. In the afternoon, games were played. Winners in 500 were Ron Flostad, Ray Nelson, Bren Nel Ward and DeAnn Richardson. Winners in Dominos were Martha Lundstrom, Don Anderson and Jean McIntyre. The winning team in Hand and Foot were Russ Adams and Marian Edler.

On Thursday, we had our exercises followed by Skip Bo. In the evening, 500 cards were played. The winners were Ray Nelson, Bob Norlander, Izzy Magnison and Shirley Simms.

Saturday afternoon, Junior and Donna Lindh held an open house at the center to celebrate their 60th

Marian Edler

wedding anniversary. Congratulations.

Coming up in November will be the birthday party on Wednesday, Nov. 9. We will have cake and ice cream followed by a video. On Monday, Nov. 14, from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. will be the AARP driving course.

Call the center at 715-483-1901 for information on how to register.

Are you having a Christmas party? If you want to reserve the senior center for it call Joyce at 715-4833466. The calendar is filling up.

Don’t forget, Bingo will be played on Friday, Nov. 4, at 1 p.m.

Birth announcements Winter, Russell and Allie Faye Johnson are pleased to announce the birth of their twin brothers, Jesse Kirk and Rex Gordon in Billings, Mont., on Oct. 20, 2011, born to Kirk and Katie Johnson. Jesse weighed 6 lbs., 5 oz. and Rex weighed 6 lbs., 7 oz.

Grandparents are Jan and Bob Grest of Hudson and Norman and Bonae Johnson of Falun. – submitted ••• Sean and Jennifer Schaaf are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, River Willow Schaaf, on Oct. 21, 2011. River weighed 6 lbs., 12 oz. and was 17-1/2 inches long. Siblings are brothers Logan, Tyler and Xandrik. Grandparents are Ella Mae and Michael Schaff and Ann and Randy Rich. –submitted •••

Born at Burnett Medical Center:

A girl, Madalynn Elsie Swanson, born Oct. 25, 2011, to Melonie Mack and James Swanson, Grantsburg. Madalynn weighed 7 lbs., 5 oz. and was 20-1/2 inches. Grandparents are Shirley Barenz, Grantsburg, Dianna and Mike Bosak, Grantsburg, and Steve and Raylene Swanson, Grantsburg.

••• A girl, Lauryn Elizabeth Jean Purintun, born Oct. 28, 2011, to Loren Purintun and Erica Stark, Webster.

Lauryn weighed 6 lbs., 8 oz. and was 19-1/2 inches.

Her siblings are Britany and Brandon Wyall and Billy Logan. Grandparents are Brenda and Alvin Jacobson, Larry Huber, Rice Lake, and Karen Purintun, Rice Lake.

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TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER Borderline news

Mel Elliott, Dave and Fran Baker, Don and Marlene Mishler, and lots of their relatives all had a great time at the fourth-annual Wilma Fest held in Duxbury, Minn., last weekend. Glen and Toni Williamson, Patrice Winfield and her sister Jenny, and Paul Raymond did a wonderful job of lining up door prizes. Special guest appearances at the event were Steve Sell, owner of Ace Hardware in Sandstone, Minn., and Doug Carlson, our county commissioner. The fall fundraiser raffle was the main agenda item for the Duxbury Volunteer Fire Department when they met on Tuesday. Chief Mike McCullen, treasurer Patrice Winfield, Don Mishler, Paul Fornengo, Dave Baker, Dave Drake, Charlie Stone, Joe Vink, Gary Vink and Mel Elliott convened in Duxbury to lay out the plans for the deer hunters raffle drawing at the Duxbury Bar on Saturday, Nov. 12. Seniors Partners Care was the topic of discussion for the October meeting of the East Pine County Wanderers. This program provides for low-income seniors to have their Medicare co-pays forgiven by participating hospitals and clinics. Marlene and Don Mishler provided the cake and door prize. Dave Drake won the lovely can of cookies.

Ruth and Gary Ament and Don and Annette Carlson returned recently from a late summer trip. “Go RVing” was their slogan, as they logged approxi-

News from the Service

dents say, ”Come One, Come All” to the annual community potluck Christmas party on Saturday, Dec. 3, at 6 p.m., at the town hall. Please bring a dish to share. If you choose to participate in playing the “dice game,” please bring two inexpensive prizes.

We hope to see all of the Markville residents, and the neighboring New Dosey and Wilma residents as well.

On Sunday, Oct. 23, word was received that Kareta Kilgas, Karl Baer’s grandmother, had passed away. Karl and family were in Kaukauna from Thursday night until Sunday for the funeral and spending time with his mother, Deanna Baer. When Pastor Andi Wittwer went to the parsonage Sunday morning, she discovered that somebody had bashed in the door and had entered the building. The good thing was that nothing was taken, but they do have to replace the door. Many goblins, witches, cows, monkeys, princesses, lions, spiders and various other animals and people were gathered at the Northland Community Center for a Halloween party from noon to 3 p.m. There were lots of games, food, treats and fun to be had. The costumes were outstanding as about 75 people attended the party. The Ruby’s Pantry food distribution will be held on Saturday, Nov. 5, at the town garage in Danbury from noon to 3 p.m.

Webster Senior Center

Born at St. Croix Regional Medical Center:

A girl, Stella Mae Hobbie, born Oct. 19, 2011, to Marc and Lisa Hobbie, Webster. Stella weighed 9 lbs., 9 oz.

••• A boy, August Karelin Kelly, born Oct. 20, 2011, to Christie and Peter Kelly, Centuria. August weighed 7 lbs., 12 oz.

••• A boy, Tanner Lee Hanson, born Oct. 20, 2011, to Staci Kopecky and Nicholas Hanson, Siren. Tanner weighed 5 lbs., 13 oz.

••• A boy, Braxtyn Richard Johnson, born Oct. 21, 2011, to Penny Pogreba and Jason Johnson, Cushing. Braxtyn weighed 8 lbs., 8 oz.

••• A boy, Dominic James Hinzman, born Oct. 21, 2011, to Sarah and Matthew Hinzman, Frederic. Dominic weighed 7 lbs., 15 oz.

••• A girl, Chassidy Jo Smith, born Oct. 22, 2011, to Samantha Jo Breckner and Kyle Smith, Frederic.

Chassidy weighed 6 lbs., 6 oz.

••• A boy, Raiden T. Stokes–Jepsen, born Oct. 23, 2011, to Kelly Stokes and Drew Jepsen, Luck. Raiden weighed 8 lbs., 1 oz.

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mately 5,000 miles. Among many wonderful stops in Canada were Ottawa, Ontario, Quebec City, Moncton, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, including Cape Breton Island, the Cabot Trail, Halifax, Peggy’s Cove and Lunenburg. On their way back to the great USA, they went through New Brunswick a second time, enjoying the Bay of Fundy, the location of the world’s highest tides, St. Andrews, St. John, and St. Marten, where they went on a tall ship called The Jolly Breeze, for whale watching. As they approached Maine, the Aments angled north in order to see Niagara Falls, and the Carlsons came home by way of Washington, D.C., to visit their daughter Kesia.

On Tuesday, Reeny Neinstadt of Webster, Sharon Panek of Frederic and Sharon Proffit of Blaine traveled to North Branch, Minn., to meet up with 10 classmates from various parts of the states. Dinner and shopping was part of the day. Last Thursday, Don and Mert Carlson took Mert’s fifth-wheel camper back to Mert’s home in Texas. They drove straight for 21 hours. Mert was able to connect with his two daughters, and then returned home on Monday night.

There are more every year. Twenty-seven swans were seen on the Hay Creek Flowage last week.

Please mark your calendar as Markville area resi-

Bob Brewster

Well, another month has come and gone. We really are into fall and we have had nice weather so far. Watch for slippery steps with the light rain and cooler temperatures, they can be very treacherous.

Remember to set your clocks back this coming Saturday as daylight saving time comes to an end. They say we get an extra hour of sleep that night, but I wonder about that.

Our gratitude goes to all who donate special things and those who donate their time. Kudos go to Don Brand for the new flag, which we were sorely in need of, Margel Ruck for hot chocolate, an unknown lady for the napkins and to Pat O’Brien for putting up the flag, fixing the light and all of the little (and big)

jobs he does for the center, and to all of the others who so generously give their time and effort.

Once again things were pretty lively at Wii bowling. Bernie had high individual game with a 225 (yes, it even shocked me). LaJuana had high individual series with 426. The Early Risers had high team game with a 736 and also high team series with 1443. Pat picked up the 3-6-7 split. Good job by everyone.

Dime Bingo saw 20 players who enjoyed treats furnished by Judy Weiss. There will be no Bingo on Wednesday, Nov. 23, which is the day before Thanksgiving.

Nickie will be serving brunch every Friday in No-

vember. They are a big hit and a different menu every week. The serving time for brunch is 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., a little different than regular lunches. For information call the center at 715-866-5300.

Remember, to be a voting member, dues must be paid before Dec. 31. You must be a voting member to vote on any issue that is brought up for a vote, not just for annual elections.

Mark your calendar for the next monthly meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 1 p.m.

Keep a smile on your face and a song in your heart, you will stay young forever.

See you at the center.

Dewey - LaFollette Sympathy is extended to Jessica DeFilippo and family due to the death of Jessica’s husband, John.

He died Oct. 28.

Pam and Bob Bentz came home Tuesday from a five-day trip to Alton, Ill. They spent time visiting a number of family members. On Monday, they had a celebration of life for Pam’s son, David, who was killed in a car accident earlier this month. David would have been 36 on that Monday.

Jim Pearson called on Lawrence and Nina Hines

Thursday. On Friday, Nancy and Steve Hagen visited Nina and Lawrence.

Bob and Pam Bentz were Friday evening visitors of Hank and Karen Mangelsen. Roger and Sue Mroszak visited them Saturday night.

Lida and Don Nordquist were guests of Donna and Gerry Hines for breakfast Saturday.

Weekend visitors of Lawrence and Nina Hines were Ashley, Aubrey, Jenny, Chad, Chris and Colin Harrison.

Bernie Boelter

Karen Mangelsen Don Nordquist, Hank Mangelsen and Jill Nordquist visited Roy Nordquist Saturday.

Karen and Hank Mangelsen attended the open house for Chet and June Peterson in Spooner Saturday afternoon. The celebration was in honor of June and Chet’s 60th wedding anniversary.

Clarence and Bonnie DeLawyer visited Tim and Trudy DeLawyer over the weekend.

Grantsburg Public Library Night at the Library

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Robert J. Swanson, son of Tammy Swanson of Milltown and Charlie Swanson of Centuria, graduated from 13 weeks of basic training for the Marines at San Diego on Friday, Oct. 28. - submitted

The Grantsburg Public Library will extend its hours on Monday, Nov. 14, from 6-8 p.m., to offer additional services to its patrons. Librarians will be on hand to guide patrons through such things as downloading audiobooks and e-books from Overdrive, navigating the Merlin Catalog, using Wis-Cat, learning what BadgerLink can do, and answer any questions you may have. Refreshments served by the Friends of the Library.

Preschool story hour is in full swing. Story time is every Wednesday morning at 10:30 a.m. Stories, crafts, music and fun will keep your preschool wanting to come back each week.

Orange

Fran Krause

LaVonne O'Brien

Marvel Merriam's cousin, Lorraine Ryden, from Stillwater spent the weekend with her.

Jack and LaVonne O'Brien went to Minneapolis for the day.

Tim and Vikki O'Brien had Sunday dinner with Jack and LaVonne.

John and Reeny Neinstadt picked up grandson Jared at UMD and he spent the weekend with them.

Jack and Jeri Witzany went to Boyceville Thursday night to see the Grantsburg girls volleyball game.

Their granddaughter, Gabriella, played in the game.

Grantsburg beat Fall Creek. On Saturday, they played at Clear Lake and beat Eau Claire Regis. Next they go to state at Green Bay on Friday. Good luck to them.

Kathryn Krause received an award for being a cross-country captain for the River Falls team for two years. She also received the sportsmanship award.

Children participating in the Grantsburg Library’s preschool story hour celebrated Halloween on a recent Wednesday. – Photos submitted Youth Chess Club is in full swing every Wednesday after school.

Youth 10-15 years old are encouraged to stop in and register if they are interested in joining the Chess club. Youth Chess Club meets

every Wednesday after school until 4:30 p.m.

Volunteers are still needed for listening to children read during the after-school reading program on Tuesdays and Thursdays. If you are interested please call the library at 715-463-2244.

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Halloween blizzard revisited What began as a quick overnight trip

up to the lake to close up the cabin for the season turned into an unplanned eight-day “retreat.“ Did we panic? Did we anxiously wait for someone to rescue us? Did we get bored? Did all of this sudden unexpected togetherness get on our nerves?

Not at all. In thinking back on that Halloween blizzard of 1991, it was more like an escape from the real world.

Hubby had just retired earlier that year and I had nothing pressing waiting for me at home. Our propane tanks had just been filled, including the one to heat his new garage/shop.

Did we get hungry? No way. Had some very interesting meals though, all planned around the surplus of supplies that I always seemed to end up with at season’s end.

When we looked out our back door that first morning we were in shock.

There was no way we could open that door and our big Ford station wagon was nowhere to be seen. Finally we spotted it, but only by the antenna sticking out of the snow.

We both did a lot of reading and I whiled away many hours trying to or-

What do you want to know?

by Tammy Berg Program assistant Interfaith Caregivers of Polk County Every day we get asked questions about our program. We love the questions because that shows us that people are interested in what we do. Here are some of the questions asked.

• What services do you offer?

If you are a Polk County senior or adult with a disability, Interfaith will try to help. We coordinate volunteers to provide rides, visits in your home, phone calls to check up on you as well as some help around the house or yard and other nonmedical services. We also offer respite to family caregivers so they can take a much needed break. Our volunteers donate their time and mileage.

• Can someone help me get my groceries?

We often give people ride to get their groceries. Sometimes a volunteer will shop for a client from their grocery list if the client is unable (like a broken leg). Or a volunteer can go with someone to pick out groceries when a client can’t shop alone (like someone with macular degeneration).

• What is your most frequently requested service?

Rides, rides and more rides. When someone can’t drive, or stops driving in Polk County, there is no public transportation to rely on. Last year our volun-

Boozhoo and Hello to the community

members.

I promised to keep you informed of my duties and events happening in the Tribal administration office. So here is my first article of information. Not so exciting, but general information and news for now and for the future. I want the community members to be a part of the planning and plan. We plan to implement many changes, and it is my responsibility, and yours, to see that the changes are for the full benefit of the Tribal members. It is also your responsibilty to participate in order for this to happen. You are the boss. We as the governing board have promised to look out for the people and make sure we cover all areas of need. Housing, education, jobs, health, transportation and finances, especially for the elders, but not excluding all members. We expect the changes will affect all of our lives.

Some of the changes are really positive and to your benefit. Some not so positive, but don't jump to conclusions, we all need to listen and work on this together. Because of the declining rev-

A view

from the lake Pat Solomonson ganize my 40 year collection of recipes.

For the most part we just reveled in the beauty of the continuous snowfall from our new picture window, delicately framed in frosty white lace.

And the wildlife! Never saw such abundance in summertime. Strange breeds of geese and ducks, probably on their way down from Canada. As they took refuge to feed along our shoreline they seemed unaware of the ice now forming on the lake that was beginning to close in on them.

To top it all off, a pair of bald eagles swooped back and forth daily between the snow-laden pines. As we watched, mesmerized by nature’s continuing display, we admired the tenacity of all these creatures.

Back home in the Cities, our kids were starting to panic when they couldn’t reach us by phone. Telephone service was very erratic and of course, that was the era before cell phones.

Polk County

Interfaith Caregivers teers donated 82,176 miles giving rides.

• How much do you charge for services?

We offer our services at no charge.

However, there are costs to coordinate our many volunteers to meet client requests. Your freewill donations are needed to help cover our operating costs for our office (e.g. phone, volunteer background checks, part-time staff, rent, office supplies.)

• I need to get to a clinic in the Twin Cities.

Can you take me?

Our generous volunteers often drive people to places in the Twin Cities. Volunteers will take you to an appointment or for cancer treatments. If we have a volunteer willing to drive you, we will get you there.

• What happens if you can’t find someone to drive me?

We do everything we can to find you a ride to where you need to go (including contacting the aging department). We have, on occasion, exhausted all possibilities and had to tell our client to reschedule for another day.

• Do you ever deny services to anyone?

We do not transport clients that cannot get in and out of a vehicle on their own.

Nor do we offer wheelchair transporta-

Big Round Lake

Community News Phyllis Lowe St. Croix Tribal treas./sec. enues, necessary changes are being made to see us through this real cold winter and bring more stability to our future. There have been major cuts here and there, and you will be advised fully of those changes and cuts My basic duties at the office include signing vouchers for daily and monthly expenses, which are numerous. I visit with members who come in with requests. I look for solutions and try to help wherever I can. I have numerous phone calls daily.

I attend meetings each week, some locally and some not. All the meetings usually are a way to look for funding and resources to help all members benefit and improve our lifestyle. Funding and grant writing play important parts

On about day four we had a visitor.

Our neighbor two doors down came trudging through the snowdrifts to see if we were OK. Pelted with the unrelenting snow, he looked like the abominable snowman. He had set out to reach us by way of the small road between our place and his but the snow was too deep to navigate on foot. So he went down to the lake and somehow made his way over to our place along the shore. Still can’t figure out how he made it up that steep bank.

It was about dusk when he arrived.

He had expected to find us hungry and in a real state of despair. Instead, he found us seated at our kitchen table, having dinner by candlelight. We invited him to join us. Then we cracked a bottle of champagne.

As the days wore on, however, I must admit I was getting a little stir crazy.

Doing nothing does not come naturally to me. ‘”Let’s do some planning,” I suggested to my cabin mate, who by now had become super relaxed and very satisfied with nothing to do. “Let’s make a list of things we want to accomplish in the next year, maybe even set some life goals.”

He was willing! So I set about creating a list of categories. (Must explain here

that the reason I am able to recall all of this now is because I saved the list, filed it in a red folder marked Personal Plans.) So here’s my list - tasks, fun, education, hobbies, service, travel, purchases, health and physical fitness, I broke this down further according to who, that is Pat, Rudy, or together.

The together list was the longest. It included planning a “cousins camp” here at the lake the next summer for all of our grandkids. The list went on to include planning an addition to the cabin, doing an Elderhostel, working on our clutter and teaching me how to use our new computer. It was a Mitsubishi, purchased from my husband’s employer, Sperry UNIVAC, for the “bargain” price of $1,850. It had no mass storage but used two floppy disc drives.

Without going into any of our personal goals, suffice it to say that we did accomplish most of the “together “ ones, with the exception of clutter, a work in progress.

On day eight, when the town plow finally reached us, we hooted and hollered, of course, but the challenges we faced during that 1991 Halloween blizzard will always have a special place in our memories.

tion. We are not licensed to lift or move people. We don’t give medications or assist with bathing or toileting. We don’t provide medical rides for Logisticare clients. We don’t provide services to clients enrolled with NorthernBridges or IRIS. • Are you associated with the county government?

Interfaith Caregivers is not a part of Polk County government. We are a local, nonprofit with 501(c)(3) status. We do not receive funding from county taxes. But we do work very closely with Polk County Aging Department, Aging and Disability Resource Center and human services.

• How many employees does Interfaith Caregivers have?

Interfaith employs four part-time people (Karen, Sheila, Marilyn and Tammy).

Our other office staff members are employees of Experience Works, a national organization that helps older Americans find additional job training while working part time.

• Where do you get your funding?

All of our money is acquired through donations or grants. About a third of our income is from foundation grants and the United Way. Another third comes from local organizations, churches, businesses, community groups and our special events. The final third comes from donations made by individuals and families.

All donations are tax deductible. Our 2011 budget is $113,000.

• How much do donors usually give?

We receive donations of all sizes. We recently received a donation of $3 in cash from a gentleman who was grateful for his ride. We’ve also received gifts of $500 and $1,000 from individuals in the county that believe in what we do. No gift is too small. Or, for that matter, too big. We hope our donors give only what they can afford to give.

• How many volunteers do you have?

We always need more caring volunteers in all areas of Polk County. In 2010, we had 159 regular volunteers (an application and a background check on file, have attended orientation and volunteered more than 10 hours during the year.) In 2011 so far, we have 141 regular volunteers. We also have about 150 onetime volunteers every year that help us with seasonal yard projects.

• How many clients do you have?

In 2008 we helped 273 Polk County residents. In 2009 that number increased to 310. In 2010, we assisted a record 469 clients. So far in 2011 we have served 417 clients. We anticipate that the number of people we serve every year will continue to grow.

If you have additional questions or concerns about our program, please contact us at 715-485-9500. Or if you know someone that needs our services, wants to volunteer or donate, we’re always happy to answer your questions or welcome you aboard. Donations can be sent to Interfaith Caregivers at PO Box 426, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

in our survival and finances. This current economy has played a part in this time of turnoil. So you must bear with us, it takes time and good judgment to make a better life for you, me and the rest of the communities. The economy has put a definite strain on Tribal revenues.

I would like to express my concern. that you must understand your participation is required and needed in this plan. It is also your responsibility to participate. We need your help to make these changes work. Come to the Wednesday, Nov. 16, meeting and let us know your concerns and offer solutions.

Please. Help us discuss and find alternative ways to improve our lives and current status.

affected the budget and Tribal finances.)

Proposed changes Efficient ways to implement enrollment and eligibility for heating assistance.

Explanation for the cutback in comps for food vouchers, room comps, gas cards and medical travel.

(I have found this expense has greatly

Positve news Great numbers of Tribal members have been given jobs.

More Tribal members are eligible for health insurance.

November turkey baskets will be given out.

The December Christmas party for children will be paid for by donations.

There’s free wood because of the storm damage.

This is just a small start for reporting, but please stop by my office anytime to discuss issues, successes, your needs, family news, new babies, new job, etc.

My door is aways open. Remember, I represent you all. I can assure you I will look out for your future and that of your grandchildren, my grandchildren and their grandchildren. Let’s work together for the next two years.

We are a team, and remember you put me here to work for you. Let me know of any Round Lake news you would like me to put in this news article.

Miigwech and thank you.

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Festival’s Featured Artist Featured artist: Darrell Johnston ST. CROIX FALLS – Last week The Inter-County Leader introduced its readers to one of the two stars of Festival Theatre’s latest show “The Mystery of Irma Vep.” Though the show closed over the weekend, this hilarious comedy featured two talented and brave actors (Carl Lindberg and Darrell Johnston), nearly 40 quick changes, and eight unique characters. For a show that demands as much hard work as “The Mystery of Irma Vep,” Festival had to find adventurous actors and backstage production assistants to take on the challenge. And that’s not all Johnston is taking on at Festival this year. Next up, Johnston will perform the role of the unsuspecting Wayne in “Inspecting Carol,” which opens Saturday, Nov. 26, the same weekend as the Taylors Falls Lighting Festival.

When asked about the search for actors

Random thoughts betwixt the mind’s cobwebs Moving into fall at Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park brings about abrupt changes. For instance, the daily round of visitors dwindles, as the routines of life return to mark the turning seasons.

Indeed, the time moderns know as Halloween once constituted the ancient Celtic peoples (primarily Irish/Scottish) celebration to mark Nov. 1 as a sort of new year. Called Samhain, it was an observance marking the time after harvest, between the light and dark parts of the year. It was the beginning of observances taking those cultures back to the springtime.

While the modern world has lost much of the symbolism, the basic approach is similar, as the seasons slow into winter, but are broken by holiday celebrations, especially as the darkest days come hither. Interestingly, that situation was reversed in the days of the fur trade, as shown in the jottings of Michel Curot, fur trader for the XY Company along the Yellow River in 1803.

Instead of hunkering down for the winter, Curot’s small group of six men were just beginning their trading rounds amongst the native Ojibwe people. Already they had exchanged gifts of trade goods (kettles, cloth, tools, guns,

who can take on multiple roles, even one show at a time, Danette Olsen, executive director at Festival Theatre, said, “Johnston is, simply put, a dynamic teammate!

He is a fearless, strong performer, Darrell Johnston who happens to possess a killer sense of comic identity and flair.” She went on to say, “Watching Johnston throughout a performance run is a joy.

He responds so incredibly honestly to his audience. Each show gets special attention and focus, which leaves audiences captivated and delighted by his spirit and talent.”

Johnston grew up in Leon, Iowa, and his earliest performances were in high school, where he competed in speech and was in numerous shows. Graduating with honors from Graceland University

Folle Avoine Chronicles Woodswhimsy the gnome

etc.) for the Ojibwe offerings of food (wild rice and game meat), services (canoe repair, moccasin making) and equipment (snowshoes, toboggans, etc.).

And, of course, furs which would eventually end up back in the markets of Europe. World trade, indeed.

The cycle was much the same at the close-by compound of the larger North West Company’s log fort, at first commanded by Nor’West clerk Joseph LaPrairie, but on Nov. 2 that changed when, in Curot’s words, “... about three o’clock Mr. Sayer arrived at the fort in his canoe with only his baggage, his wife, two children, a black man, and another man.”

Indeed, Curot would be alarmed at the arrival of one John Sayer—who was not just a trader, but a veteran “bour-

in 2010, Johnston received an American College Theatre Festival nomination that same year. Over the last year, he created a film production company called “Highway Walkers Media” with friend and another Festival Theatre guest artist, Josiah Laubenstein. The two embarked on a hitchhiking quest across the country and are currently editing a documentary film which highlights their adventures. When asked what excites him about “Inspecting Carol,” Johnston said, “This play is so funny! I can tell that I am going to have fun every single show and at every rehearsal.”

Some of Johnston’s favorite past roles and productions include Father Flynn from “Doubt,” Michael in “Dancing at Lughnasa” and the infamous role of Harold Hill in “The Music Man.” Last year at Festival, Johnston played the villainous Bastin Andre in “Is He Dead?”, Hal in “Proof” and many unforgettable characters found in “Red, White and Tuna.” Johnston has completed a number of devised theatre pieces that rank highly on his favorites list as well as the

ensemble piece “The Laramie Project.”

When Johnston has a few free days, he often retreats to his family cabin to enjoy the fresh air. An avid outdoorsman, Johnston spends time traveling and exploring nature. Being an active young man and working odd jobs such as water ski instructor in Upstate New York and golf coach in his hometown, it is no surprise that much of Johnston’s theater training focused on body and mind integration.

This postmodern context aids him tremendously in his performance art and devised theater productions.

You can see Johnston’s commitment to physicality and comic timing in “Inspecting Carol” which opens Saturday, Nov. 26. Johnston will also be co-hosting the comedic and musical “Festival Holiday Special,” which has one performance on Sunday, Dec. 11, and will feature a few Festival favorites paired with classic Christmas music.

geois” or chief trader, in the Lake Superior/Folle Avoine area, someone who knew the Indians well, and was wellconnected amongst them. Indeed, the woman referred to merely as his wife was none other than Obemau-unoqua, whose family came from an influential branch of the area’s Ojibwe. One can ascertain Sayer’s status from the mere fact that he arrived, well after the rest of his crew of around eight or nine, in a canoe carrying little cargo other than his personal possessions. And you thought big shots arriving in limos were a new development!

Then there’s that other little reference tucked in Curot’s description ... the reference to a “black man” as part of Sayer’s crew. While it’s well known that the majority of voyageurs – the canoemen of the fur trade – were of FrenchCanadian background, clues like those given by Curot indicate that at least some were of African heritage. Still others were of metis, or mixed-blood, background, as another, often ignored, result of fur trade life was the intermarriage between native women and the fur trading groups from Canada.

Sayer’s black man, it turns out, bore the name Pierre Bonga. He, in turn, married an Ojibwe woman, and their descendants became quite famous in fur trade lore. One son, George Bonga, became a sort of early Paul Bunyan, as tales of his incredible feats of strength

(toting 300 pounds of cargo across a portage, for starters) became legendary throughout the fur trading posts.

It’s the sort of story still passed on via places such as Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park. Each year, down at the fur post/Indian site, visitors stumble into a time warp and hear those stories again.

More than stories, though, they contribute to the fiber of a time which can still reach into the future as well.

Reminds me of a line from the American writer William Faulkner that rings true for those tales of “times past.” Are they really past? Here’s Faulkner’s take: “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” Think about it. Interesting, how those words from a writer based in America’s South can influence a little old gnome up in Wisconsin’s north woods. Goes to show that while many are cold, few are frozen, eh?

Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park’s tour season ended recently, but the site’s administrative offices and gift shop remain open Monday-Friday. Further info is available via calling 715-866-8890 or visiting www.theforts.org. The annual Christmas at the Forts event is coming up on Saturday-Sunday, Dec. 3-4 and Saturday, Dec. 10.

Signed, Woodswhimsy

Capitol ceremony celebrates 2011-12 Wisconsin Schools of Recognition

MADISON – State Superintendent Tony Evers praised Frederic Elementary School and Frederic 6-12 School for being among the 118 schools in the states that received Wisconsin School of Recognition honors for the 2011-12 school year during a special Wednesday, Oct. 12, ceremony at the state Capitol in Madison.

Evers welcomed Kelly Steen, Frederic Elementary principal; Patricia Anderson, K-6 music instructor; Josh Robinson, high school principal; and Jeff Larcom, 7-9 science instructor, to the recognition event. To be recognized, schools must be among those with the highest poverty rates in the state, have met adequate yearly progress goals under federal education law for the

past two years, and have student achievement on state mathematics and reading assessments that is higher than schools with similar poverty levels and grade configurations.

“Partnerships among teachers, parents, administrators, school staff members and the community contribute to the academic success of students in schools that receive this honor,” Evers said. “The educators and leaders at these schools work in partnership with their communities to provide rigorous programming and attention to student needs that result in academic success. They know how important it is that every child graduate with the knowledge and skills needed for the workforce or fur-

State Superintendent Tony Evers (C) presented Kelly Steen, Frederic Elementary principal (L) and Patricia Anderson, K-6 music instructor (R) with a plaque for the the Wisconsin School of Recognition honors.

State Superintendent Tony Evers (C) presented Josh Robinson, High School principal (R) and Jeff Larcom, 7-9 science instructor (L) with a plaque for the the Wisconsin School of Recognition honors. – Photos submitted

ther education.”

“Frederic Elementary has a creative staff that is committed to motivating students to become lifelong learners. Teamwork, collaboration and the willingness to embrace new strategies contribute to our ability to provide a great education for all of our students,” said Steen. “I chose Frederic School for my children due to the small class sizes and outstanding commitment to education shown by the staff. It amazes me that such a small school district can offer such great opportunities, and despite budgetary constraints, the students in Frederic do not have to sacrifice anything. Frederic has dedicated teachers working hard to do more with less,” said Jamie Worthington, parent. Frederic Elementary has received this award for five consecutive years and

was awarded a commemorative flag along with the plaque and $5,000.

“We like our small town. We like our small school. The Frederic Middle/High School is a place where we promote positive communication between students, staff and parents, both at school and throughout the community. There is something special about knowing each of our students, their likes and dislikes, their strengths and weaknesses, and their aspirations. Our student body is respectful and gracious, which are qualities that the small school atmosphere helps create,” said Lisa Jensen, 6-12 secretary and parent. Frederic High School has received this award for two years in a row and received a plague and $5,000. – submitted

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LIBRARY NEWS St. Croix Falls Public Library Little Yoga – Wednesdays in November at 11 a.m.

Free yoga for children and caregivers with instructor Julie Karsky. Preregistration required, call 715-483-1777 or register online at www.stcroixfallslibrary.org.

Write Where UR – A writers workshop Saturday, Nov. 5. Educator and author Carolyn Wedin will facilitate the polishing and reworking process, encouraging writers to share their final piece with fellow participants.

Computer Café – Free classes continue at the library Come on in and learn how to use the MORE online catalog Tuesday, Nov. 15, 1 p.m. or 6 p.m. Do you have an e-reader?

Want to download books? Tuesday, Nov. 29, the library is offering two sessions on e-books and e-readers 1 p.m. or 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 6, 6 p.m.

Arts advocate, teacher and local poet, LaMoine MacLaughlin will be here at SCFPL. Friends of the Library Book Club Tuesday, Nov. 15, 3 p.m., in the community meeting room, the current book is “Remarkable Creatures,” by Tracy Chevalier. Book summary: When Mary Anning uncovers an unusual fossilized skeleton in the cliffs near her home on the English coast, she sets the religious fathers on edge, the townspeople to vicious gossip and the scientific world alight. Luckily, Mary finds an unlikely champion in prickly Elizabeth Philpot, and in the struggle to be recognized in the wider world, Mary and Elizabeth discover that friendship is their greatest ally.

On display at the library “First Impressions: The St. Croix,” a collaborative project of the UW-River Falls studio photography and printmaking classes. Images on exhibition reflect each student’s research and interpretation about an aspect of the community, ecosystem, geology, history or industry of the St. Croix.

Artsy Smartsy authors and illustrators We are pleased to welcome back teach-

ing artist Tiffany Paige Myer for this amazing visual arts program created exclusively for children ages 3 – 6 and their caregivers. The third Tuesday of each month, through May, participants will take a closer look at some favorite authors and illustrators through books and creative expression at 10:30 a.m. at the St. Croix Falls Public Library. Preregistration is required. Register at the library circulation desk, online or call 715-483-1777. This is a free program. Remember to wear artsmart clothing (dress for mess). See you at the library.

School’s Out! SCFPL’s after-school program for kids age 8-plus. Meet friends, get homework help and hang out at the library on Wednesdays during the school year 3:30 – 5 p.m. Take bus No. 9 down to the library on Wednesday afternoons (with a note from your parent or guardian). Contact Cole czrostlik@stcroixfallslibrary.org for more info and to sign up for updates.

Community meeting room is available for your organization Reserve the meeting room with our online form at www.stcroixfallslibrary.org.

Story hour with Cole Listen to stories, create art and have fun with other kids and parents every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.

Check out our Web site It has up-to-date information on what’s happening at the library and other useful library tools you can use at home, www.stcroixfallslibrary.org. Look for us on Facebook.

Technology Free wireless and eight public computers are available at the library. Plus, seven laptops are available for use in the library, but you must have a valid MORE library card in good standing.

Hours The library is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 715-483-1777. Email: scflibrary@stcroixfallslibrary.org Online: www.stcroixfallslibrary.org.

Balsam Lake Public Library Stop in and see our new book bin for picture books that is just the right height for our younger library users to browse by themselves for their perfect book. The book bin was built by a local carpenter and the library is grateful for this new addition to our children’s section. Money for the book bin was given to us by Balsam Lake Homeowners Association.

Teen Read Week Sunday through Saturday, Oct. 16-22, was Teen Read Week. Start your reading log during teen week through Thanksgiving for a chance to win a free pass to Wild Mountain. Pick up your reading log at the library. Return reading logs to Balsam Lake Library on or before Wednesday, Nov. 30. We have new young-adult books to help jump-start your reading log.

Story time Bring the little ones to the library for story time every Wednesday at 11 a.m.

Stories, crafts and snacks, all ages welcome to join our lively group.

New computer classes Free computer classes at the library Tuesdays, 2-3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8 – How to set up a Facebook account; Tuesday, Nov. 22 – Facebook part 2 – how to download profile picture, etc. Call to reserve your spot at 715-485-3215.

New books in November “Zero Day” by David Baldacci, “Drop”

by Michael Connelly, ”How I Got This Way” by Regis Philbin, “Prince of Ravenscar” by Catherine Coulter, “Tehran Initiative” by Joel C. Rosenberg, “Explosive Eighteen” by Janet Evanovich, ”V is for Vengeance “ by Sue Grafton.

Book club Selection for November is “Moloka’i”

by Alan Brennert. Based on true history and real events, Brennert skillfully weaves a tale of poignancy and heartbreak through the main character of spirited Rachel who contracts leprosy and is sent to the quarantined island of Moloka’i. Most people are sent to Moloka’i to die, but it is here that Rachel lives. She thrives in spite of the pain and suffering that she is dealt. It is in Moloka’i that her life gains true meaning. A beautiful and engrossing story. The book club meets Wednesday, Nov. 16, at 3 p.m.

Everyone welcome.

Hours Balsam Lake Library, (under the water tower) at 404 Main St., Balsam Lake.

Hours are Monday 10 a.m. – 8 p.m., Tuesday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Wednesday 10 a.m. – 8 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. E-mail: balsamlakepl@ifls.lib.wi.us.

Web site: www.balsamlakepubliclibrary. org., 715-485-3215.

Antiques appraisal event coming to Luck

LUCK – If you’ve ever watched the PBS program, “Antiques Roadshow,” you’ve probably wondered about Grandma Betty’s porcelain doll or those old fishing lures in the garage from Uncle Alan.

Could they really be worth something?

What is the history behind that old painting? Well, the Luck Public Library is giving you the opportunity to find out.

Saturday, Nov. 12, from 2 to 4:30 p.m., the former editor of the of the Antique Trader magazine and the author of over 25 books, antique professional Mark Moran will be visiting the Luck Library to host our own antique appraisal event.

Moran has been in the antique business his whole life. As a dealer, he bought and sold antiques for over 30 years. He is a guest consultant of the PBS program “Antiques Roadshow,” producer of Atlantique City, an annual antique show held in Atlantic City, N.J., and a certified appraiser.

Moran’s numerous areas of expertise will allow you to bring almost anything to be appraised. While his special interest is in folk art and Americana, he is also well versed in fine art, furniture, glassware, ceramics, vintage photographs, advertising memorabilia, assorted toys, metalware and enamelware, clocks and costume jewelry. Please do not bring weapons or guns, fine jewelry, precious gems, pocketwatches, musical instruments and money or coins.

This event is open to a public audience and chairs will be set up to watch. To have an item appraised, please contact the library and set up an appointment time. If you have an item that doesn’t fit into any of these categories, please call the library and we will forward your questions on to Moran. The cost per item for appraisal is $10, and you will have about four minutes

of time with the appraiser. The library has been installing a new phone system, so if you tried to get through to set up an appointment and have not gotten a call back from library staff, please call again. We will be happy to assist you.

Recently both Baldwin Public Library and Spooner Public Library have had similar events. This is what they had to say: “My town responded enthusiastically to the antiques appraisal event and we plan to do it again in six months or so!

Mark Moran was very pleasant to deal with and his knowledge of the subject matter should be obvious from his credentials. I want especially to pass on that I appreciated how respectful he was with the public about their treasures, whether they were worth anything monetarily or not (most aren’t). People went away feeling satisfied and enriched by the stories they heard. We are a small public library who can’t afford many programs, and this one was definitely worth choosing.” – Rebecca Dixen, director, Baldwin Public Library “Our antiques appraisal event was a great success with the people from the Spooner Area. We immediately booked Mark back for next year and hope to extend our event from an afternoon to a full day. Mark’s knowledge of antiques is very impressive, but what makes the event is his genuine interest in the people he is working with and the stories they have to tell.” – Jane Frankiewicz, director, Spooner Memorial Library Refreshments will be served throughout the event. Please call the Luck Public Library with any questions or concerns you may have. They hope to see you at the Luck antiques appraisal event. - submitted

Frederic Public Library Book groups for all ages The library hosts a teen book group, a group for fourth- and fifth-graders, and two adult groups. The teens meet the third Sunday at 5 p.m., and their choice for Nov. 20 is “Just Listen,” by Sarah Dessen. The elementary group is called the Little Vikes, and they meet the first Thursday at 3:30 p.m. They will talk about “The Books of Elsewhere: The Shadows,” by Jacqueline West on Nov. 3.

The Thursday morning adult book group will meet Nov. 17, at 10 a.m., to discuss the novel “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet,” by Jamie Ford, a look back at the Japanese settlement in Seattle at the time of World War II. The evening book group will also meet Nov. 17, at 6:30 p.m., to talk about “The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B.,” by Sandra Gulland, the story of a young woman who rose to fame and fortune as the wife of Napoleon. Copies are available at the library and new members are always welcome.

Wednesday story time Preschoolers and their caregivers are invited to attend a lively hour of books and activities on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.

The November theme is explorers and the author of the month is Eve Bunting. Do you like to share stories with children?

We welcome guest readers – please talk to a librarian.

Yikes! Seven weeks until Christmas!

Looking for some great holiday ideas?

Thinking of starting some new traditions?

The library has craft books, decorating books, cookbooks, music, holiday movies and seasonal stories – and if you want more, the online catalog offers more than 9,000 items with the word Christmas somewhere in the description. Homemade gifts or treats from the kitchen always make welcome gifts, so get a head start on the holidays by checking out our collection of materials.

www.the-leader.net

Everyday savings at the library The wireless Internet access is free, the fresh, hot coffee is free, the daily newspaper is free, your library card is free and borrowing materials is free. Stop in to learn what libraries are all about and what we can do for you.

Become a Friend of the Frederic Library Did your children participate in the library’s summer reading program? Do you find bargains at the library book sales each year? Were you among the large audience when the Minnesota Crime Wave (three Midwest authors) came to town in June? When you join the Friends of the Frederic Library, your $5 membership and participation helps to bring more programs and activities to the library. Join the Friends and you can purchase a 75thanniversary library book bag for only $6 or a T-shirt for $5. Friends are essential to strong libraries!

Tuesday morning computer sessions Basic computer training is offered Tuesdays, 9 – 10 a.m., in comfortable, drop-in sessions. If you have questions about terminology, the Internet, e-mail, Facebook, or anything else computer-related, register at the library for a space. If the time is not convenient for you, talk to library staff about scheduling other computer training sessions.

Keep up with what’s happening at the library Find us on Facebook at Frederic Public Library.

The Web site is www.fredericlibrary.org. E-mail us at library@fredericlibrary.org. Frederic Public Library, 127 Oak St. West, 715-327-4979. Library hours are Monday through Friday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Story time for preschoolers is held every Wednesday morning at 10:30 a.m.

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Frederic Halloween Party

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FREDERIC – Frederic Elementary School was transformed into Halloween Central on Saturday, Oct. 29, as hundreds of kids and adults enjoyed the games, events, prizes, contests, haunted house, activities, costumes, and of course, candy, of a huge community Halloween party. The event has become one of the most popular Halloween parties in the region and seemed to be popular with all the boys and ghouls in attendance.

– Greg Marsten

It was a unique race of exhaling skill for these two costumed kiddos.

Photos by Greg Marsten

It was hard to top these two clowns when it came to costumes. Katie Peterson, 9, Frederic (left) and Braeden Siebenthal, 9, Frederic, were pretty stylish for the Halloween party.

Eliza Thayer, 7, Frederic gets her face painted by Cheryl DeGeer of Frederic as part of the Halloween fun.

Even Spiderman needs a little instruction now and again.

Even the Grim Reaper enjoys a little cotton candy now and then. The Reaper was really Zach Wright, 13, St. Paul, Minn., who is moving to the area very soon.

The haunted house was not for the squeamish.

“Cleopatra” was really Lexy Doyle, 9, Centuria. She took a break from a candyamount-guessing game to share a queenlike smile.

Captain America had to choose his candy award, in spite of a wardrobe malfunction.

Zombie Aryanna Sargent, 10, Frederic (left) took a break from flesh eating to enjoy some cotton candy with her friend Shannan Erickson, 10, Frederic (background).

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Luck Halloween Parade

20 11 LUCK – The Luck Community Club sponsored a Halloween parade and trick-or-treating event on Saturday, Oct. 29 in downtown Luck. The event continues to grow in popularity and drew almost 100 kids more than last year. – Greg Marsten

Werewolves, Power Rangers and more were common sights.

The Luck Halloween parade had close to 300 kids in costume, trick-or-treating and enjoying a sunny Saturday downtown. – Photos by Greg Marsten

Even the beasts of burden got into the act.

The princesses and the vampires were even able to co-exist for the parade.

Avica, Caylan and Nora (L to R) were among the kids enjoying the parade and the treats in Luck Saturday, Oct. 29.

Luck students get smoked Unique fire trailer continues to educate

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer LUCK – It was quite an afternoon for dozens of Luck Elementary School students last Wednesday, Oct. 26. Those kids had an opportunity to escape a fire - a well-planned, pretend fire - at an event sponsored by the Luck Fire Department.

The LFD used a unique camper trailer that has been converted into a smoky training tool for kids and adults called the Fire Safety House. The trailer was commissioned and constructed almost a decade ago, courtesy a grant obtained by several fire departments in Polk and St. Croix counties. The trailer is used by school districts and fire departments throughout the region to show kids how to escape a fire from their home or bed.

The trailer maintenance and upkeep is

Fake smoke can be seen coming from the window behind the “escaping” youngster. – Photos by Greg Marsten

Luck firefighters not only taught kids how to escape and avoid a smoky home, but they also enjoyed a little social time. a collaborative effort by the Clayton, Amery, Apple River, Clear Lake, Prairie Farm and Turtle Lake fire departments.

Hundreds of kids have gone through the trailer, which uses a fake-smoke machine to give kids an idea of what it would be like to have a real fire occur. Smoke alarms are also triggered, teaching kids to keep their cool when the temperature goes up in an emergency.

Luck firefighters Eric Olson, Chief Jon Erickson, Tony Carter and Nick Kuechenmeister corralled the various schoolkids though the training trailer, while also talking with them afterward on how to prevent and avoid fires.

“It’s a way to give the kids an idea of what it’s like during a real fire,” stated Olson, who helped kids as they climbed out of a bedroom-style window. “They seem to have fun with the whole thing.”

The trailer was used for several elementary-age classes and continues to be a popular exhibit whenever it is used around

the region. It also has displays for various videos on fire safety and includes examples of what fires do to household appliances like telephones, furniture and other items.

Luck volunteer firefighter Eric Olson (right) helped an elementary student out of the unique Fire Safety House on Wednesday, Oct. 26, in Luck.

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Grantsburg Middle School students on a roll with problem-solving activity

by Priscilla Bauer, with submitted information Leader staff writer GRANTSBURG –Proudly holding their roll bowl creations, Grantsburg Middle School students headed for the elementary school’s big hill on Wednesday, Oct. 26, to test their inventions in a speed competition.

Mr. Stevenson’s, Mrs. Hinze’s and Ms. Hoefs fourth-grade classes had just completed their Wisconsin Knowledge Concepts Examination testing and both the students and their teachers were looking forward to the fun activity ahead.

“The students have several problem solvers over the school year,” said fourthgrade teacher, Wendy Hoefs. “Sometimes the problem solvers go along with something that is being taught in school in science or social studies classes. However, this came up because of the state testing the fourth-graders had last week. The fourth-graders are tested heavily for the WKCE test. The teachers thought this would be a fun way to enjoy the afternoon – after testing in the morning and part of the afternoon.”

Hoefs said all of the problem solvers are made by the students and completed at home. The students are usually given two to three weeks’ notice for a project and can work by themselves or can have help from parents, family members and neighbors.

“It’s fun seeing and hearing family members helping out with these activities,” commented Hoefs of the completed projects. “The students came up with many different designs and the students personalities really came through in their objects,” added Hoefs.

The excitement of the race built as the students began coming to the starting line.

Amid classmates cheers they let go of their mechanisms and then watched them roll, or rather try to roll, down the grassy hill.

Grantsburg Middle School students Grace Covey and Connor DeTienne built two of the larger rolling creations in the fourth-graders problem solving competition held Oct. 26-29.

“It was fun watching the students cheer each other on,” middle school teacher Wendy Hoefs remarked at the end of the roll bowl competition. “Even when the objects didn’t go far, the kids were great in supporting each other.”

“It was a live and learn moment,” said Hoefs. “After we tried the objects out on Wednesday on the elementary hill, we decided we needed a flat surface for this to really work.”

Hoefs said middle school Principal Brad Jones stepped in and asked the school janitor if he would build a ramp.

“He made the ramp big enough for all of the objects to fit on and some were quite wide and heavy,” Hoefs explained. “It turned out so great! The classes had a super time in back of the middle school as we continued the other competitions of our problem solver.”

Hoefs said the idea for the roll bowl came from former middle school teacher Pete Johnson. “It was Pete’s idea when we were teaching third grade. We did these problem solvers and when I moved to fourth grade I just continued doing them.”

“It was fun watching the students cheer each other on,” Hoefs remarked at the end of the competition. “Even when the objects didn’t go far, the kids were great in supporting each other.”

Hoefs said she was also very impressed with how committed the students were to

Lyndee Jones and Catherine Michaels got ready to test their rolling mechanisms for speed during the Grantsburg Middle School fourth-grade roll bowl competition held last week.

The excitement of the race built as the students began coming to the starting line. Amid classmates cheers they let go of their mechanisms, some of them quite large and heavy, then watched them roll, or rather try to roll, down the grassy hill. Teacher Wendy Hoefs said students had a liveand-learn moment.

“We tried the objects out on Wednesday on the elementary hill and decided we needed a flat surface for this to really the competition. “At the end of each test some of the objects needed some repair work. The kids didn’t give up, they went to work making repairs to be ready for the next day’s test.”

As the classes headed back to their rooms after finishing their last competition, the accuracy test, one of Mrs. Hinze’s

Fourth-grader Zach Maslow showed off his rolling creation last week during the Grantsburg Middle School roll bowl competition.

The students were given two to three weeks’ notice for the project and could work by themselves or could have help from parents, family members and neighbors.

Red Ribbon Week at Luck School The Luck School District celebrated Red Ribbon Week Oct. 24-28. The annual program was created to bring awareness and education to the potential harmful effects of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco. The school’s program is coordinated by elementary guidance counselor Vern Longhenry, and high school guidance counselor and AODA advisor Rachel Berg. Students in kindergarten through sixth grade tied red ribbons to vehicles in the community. Each day of the week also had a theme: on Monday students received chocolate Hershey’s Hugs for Hugs not Drugs Day, on Tuesday students received Smarties candy for Smarties don’t do Drugs Day, on Wednesday students wore their clothing backward or inside out for Turn Your Back on Tobacco Day, on Thursday students wore their message on their feet with colorful and mismatched socks for Sock it to Drugs Day, and on Friday students were encouraged to wear red to culminate the Red Ribbon Week. Also on Friday, Oct. 28, guest motivational speaker Karl Randall met with students in grades seven through 12. Randall shared a powerful message about the consequences of substance abuse, and the importance of being a good role model.

An eighth-grade student explained the impact of the message with, “It was a pretty emotional day.” Red Ribbon Week is the largest, most visible prevention awareness campaign observed annually in the United States. Shown are Longhenry and thirdgrade students from Amy Bartylla’s homeroom enjoying the fresh fall weather while tying red ribbons on vehicles in the school parking lot during Red Ribbon Week. - Special photo

students began to cry.

When asked what was wrong the fourth-grader replied he was sad the roll bowl was over, telling his teacher it was just too fun and he didn’t want it to end.

“The students came up with many different designs and the students personalities really came through in their objects,” said teacher Wendy Hoefs of the middle schoolers rolling creations, as was evident with student Evie Carter’s Evinator creation. – Photos by Priscilla Bauer

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Halloween night in Grantsburg

The mild Monday evening, Oct. 31, weather brought out hordes of ghosts, goblins and other costume-clad candy-getters for Halloween fun.

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Ladybug Megan Zeiler and her sister, Katie, dressed as Little Red Riding Hood greeted trick-or-treaters with smiles and candy outside the Grantsburg Fire Hall Monday evening at the department’s annual Halloween candy giveaway.

In keeping with her mime character, Liza Hartshorn kept quiet as she reached for a treat at the Grace Baptist Church fun night on Monday, Oct. 31.

Princess Sophia Anderson, with her dinosaur brother Ethan, and giraffe sister Emma Anderson, stopped for a picture while trick-or-treating in Grantsburg on Monday evening.

Lauren Stratton lit up the night with her brightly decorated face and smile at Grace Baptist Church Monday evenin, Oct. 31. The little witch looked anything but scary in her costume as she enjoyed the fun night activities.

Gypsy McKayla Blume and Gnome Rhorrie Johnson weren’t camera shy when this photo was snapped of the costumed friends at the Grantsburg Legion costume party on Halloween night.

Avery Brown, 4-1/2 years old, was pretty popular dressed as a Green Bay player at the Grace Baptist Church fun night on Monday, Oct. 31.

Sixteen-month -old Kolton Blume was one of 275 children enjoying treats at the Grantsburg Legion Hall on Monday, Oct. 31. “He’s my little stinker,” said Kolton’s mom of her cute little skunk.

It was a beautiful evening for kids of all ages to enjoy a Halloween hayride sponsored by the Grantsburg Legion. The rides from the Legion Hall to the fairgrounds were just some of the fun provided by the post, whose members gave out treats of hot dogs, apples and candy to over 275 trick-or-treaters at the Monday, Oct. 31, party.

Evan Cordell, dressed as Luigi, one of the Mario Brothers, got ready to play pumpkin bowling at the Grace Baptist Church Monday night while the wise wizard watched.

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Library Service Technology Act grant awarded

HSBC welcomes board member, honors veterinarian

The Polk County Library Federation received a Library Service Technology Act grant in July 2011 for literacy in the Polk County Jail. This grant allowed the county library to hire a specialized person to work with the jail population.

Since 2000, the Polk County Library has provided library service to the inmates of the Polk County Jail and has seen a steady rise in reading circulation since that time. The grant has two purposes. One is to start book discussion groups bimonthly. Books selected for the group have a real-life focus and a thought-provoking message and generate much discussion about the significance of the writings. Secondly, identify those that want to receive literacy help with tutoring and/or help with their GED. The grant has allowed the library to purchase materials specifically to aid those wanting assistance with literacy needs. Research from the Polk County Jail has shown that 80 percent of the current inmate population will return to their Polk County residences and there is a 35-percent recidivism rate (chance of returning to jail again). The program is collaborating with the Polk County Jail staff, Northern Waters Literacy Council, volunteers of the Friends of the Polk County Libraries, the Polk County Libraries and Restorative Justice Council with plans to incorporate more community resources in the future. – submitted

The Humance Society of Burnett County held its annual potluck dinner meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 26, at the Webster Fire Hall. New board member Kathy Meyers was introduced. A special recognition plaque was awarded to Dr. Tom Harstad from Small Town Vet for his 10-plus years of service and dedication to HSBC. President Brenda Spears-Lamson is shown presenting the Volunteer of the Year award to Joanne Manning for her generous commitment of time and her devotion to all the shelter animals. - Photo submitted

Webster woman wins Packer tickets

Sharon Jensen to speak at HCE Club Christmas tea this Saturday

Community Bank of Cameron, Grantsburg and Siren would like to congratulate Dianne Weber of Webster for winning two tickets to the Sunday, Dec. 11, game at Lambeau Field between the Packers and the Oakland Raiders in the bank’s Refer a Friend promotion giveaway. Pictured is Community Bank of Siren Branch Manager Tim Gerber giving the tickets to Weber. - Special photo

FREDERIC - The County Road W HCE Club, along with all county HCE clubs, invites the public to hear their member, Sharon Jensen, speak on Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 7 p.m., at the Frederic Senior Center located one block west of Hwy. 35 and one block north of Hwy. 48.

Jensen is one of six people worldwide to have survived a rare bacteria attack that took her arm. You will want to hear her inspiring story. Everyone is welcome.

Apple River Club: They recently joined with the historical society for a trip to New Richmond and visited several historical sites there. October was their month to send packages to the Troops in Afghanistan. Plans for their muffin table at the Christmas Fair this Saturday, Nov. 5, were made at their last meeting.

Thrifty Club: They are checking with Amery Schools to see if school supplies for the elementary and middle schools would

be helpful and necessary for these children.

This club will also be reading for Bookworm Program to the Head Start children in Balsam Lake in January. They will be helping with the Christmas tea at the fair this Saturday, Nov. 5, at the Unity High School. Hygiene kits for children in Haiti has been an ongoing project as is giving Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets to a needy family in their area.

Election of officers is presently going on, and if you or someone in your club would like to be part of the HCE county board contact President-elect Carol at 715-6485817.

If you would like to join one of the HCE clubs, call Kristy at 715-268-8696 or Pat Willits at 715-488-2729. Check their Web site: www.uwex.edu/cty/polk look for the logo, roof over HCE. Be sure to come to the Christmas Fair at Unity School this Saturday, Nov. 5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for a fun day. - submitted by Pat Willits, HCE publicity chair

WHAT’S FOR LUNCH???

Menu LOCATION

NOVEMBER 7 - NOVEMBER 11

MONDAY

TUESDAY

BREAKFAST

FREDERIC

LUNCH Ham stacker, fries, raw veggies, dip OR chicken-taco salad.

BREAKFAST Egg wrap or egg biscuit.

LUNCH Chicken fajita, Mexican rice, corn OR beef-taco salad.

GRANTSBURG

LUNCH Turkey burger, whole-wheat buttered noodles, baked beans, apples, oranges, bread basket.

Combo bar.

WEDNESDAY Pancakes.

BREAKFAST

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

BREAKFAST

BREAKFAST Bagel pizza.

LUNCH Grilled cheese, tomato soup, raw veggies, dip OR ham salad.

Hot pocket.

LUNCH Pizza, raw veggies, dip, apple slices OR Oriental salad.

LUNCH K-5: Chicken nuggets, tritaters.

6-12: Potato bar, broccoli w/cheese OR turkey salad.

Brunch: Omelet, sausage links, pancakes, applesauce, orange juice, apples, oranges, bread basket.

LUNCH

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LUNCH Tater tot hotdish, dinner roll, salad, corn, banana, apples, oranges, bread basket.

LUNCH Rib tickler, curly fries, peas, icecream treat, apples, oranges, bread basket.

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BREAKFAST Cereal/egg muffin.

LUNCH Taco Tuesday, hard/soft/bag, winter mix, fruit sauce. Alt.: Chicken patty, 7-12.

BREAKFAST Cereal/sausage and eggs.

LUNCH Chicken patty on a bun, tater tots, corn, fresh fruit. Alt.: Hamburger, 712.

BREAKFAST Cereal/donut.

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BREAKFAST Cereal/cinnamon roll.

LUNCH Hot dog, hash browns, baked beans, fresh fruit. Alt.: Hamburger, 712.

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BREAKFAST Assorted cereal and toast, juice and milk.

LUNCH Chicken nuggets, chicken rice, veggies, green beans, pineapple, mandarin oranges. Alt.: Meatball sub.

BREAKFAST French toast sticks, juice and milk.

LUNCH Spaghetti w/meat sauce, garlic bread, peas, salad, diced peaches.

Alt.: Peanut butter jelly sandwich.

BREAKFAST Assorted cereal and toast, juice and milk.

LUNCH Hamburger rice hotdish, Tostitos, shredded lettuce, beans, pears. Alt.: Pita pocket.

BREAKFAST cinnamon tastry, juice and milk.

LUNCH Mini corn dogs, pretzel, broccoli, carrots & celery, banana. Alt.: Soup and sandwich.

BREAKFAST Assorted cereal and toast, juice and milk.

LUNCH Pizza Italian dunkers dippers, with rice,spaghetti corn, carrots, sauce, celery, peas, veggies, pineapple applesauce. tidbits, banana.

Alt.: Cook’s Alt.: Cook’s choice. choice.

ST. CROIX FALLS

BREAKFAST Breakfast pizza.

LUNCH Chicken patty, potato wedges, peas, mixed fruit. Alt.: Beef stew and bread sticks.

BREAKFAST Waffles and sausage.

LUNCH Turkey gravy, mashed potatoes, biscuits, green beans, peaches. Alt.: Tuna sandwich.

BREAKFAST Cheese omelet, potatoes & toast.

LUNCH Baked potato bar, ham, cheese, broccoli, applesauce. Alt.: Ravioli.

BREAKFAST Blueberry muffin & yogurt.

LUNCH Chicken fajitas, steamed rice, carrots, pears. Alt.: Ham and cheese sandwich.

BREAKFAST Egg, ham & cheese muffin.

LUNCH Sloppy joe, bun, macaroni salad, corn, pineapple, oranges, brownies.

Alt.: Fish wedge and french fries.

UNITY

BREAKFAST Lumberjacks.

LUNCH Chicken nuggets, rice and fruit.

BREAKFAST French toast.

LUNCH Pizza dippers, sauce, green beans and fruit.

BREAKFAST Yogurt parfait.

LUNCH Chili, crackers, corn bread muffins and fruit.

BREAKFAST Oatmeal and toast.

LUNCH Mini corn dogs, mixed vegetables and fruit.

WEBSTER

LUNCH Spaghetti, meat sauce, salad, bread stick, pears.

LUNCH Cook’s choice OR chicken barley soup with veggies, PBJ, crackers, applesauce.

LUNCH Penne sausage, pasta, Monacoblend veggies OR sloppy joes, roasted red potatoes, green beans, peaches.

LUNCH California-style chicken patty, bun, fresh veggies, fresh fruit.

Each building will have their own breakfast menu.

Muffins.

BREAKFAST

LUNCH Chicken a la king, potatoes or biscuit, peas and fruit.

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CHURCH NEWS

The local gospel group Harmonic Balance lifted their four voices and Christian spirit on Reformation Sunday at New Hope Lutheran Church. The lively quartet is composed of members (L to R) Rex Erickson of Frederic; and Jim Muus, Kent Lindquist and Rick Kosloski, all of Siren.

Dr. Emory Johnson, pastor of New Hope, is offering a blessing in the background. Harmonic Balance has been lifting their voices to God in song wherever Christians are gathered for the last 10 years. They hope to visit your church soon. For more information call 715-327-8870. - Photo Wayne Anderson

Confi firrmands at First Presbyterian

On Sept. 18, the members of First Presbyterian Church of St. Croix Falls accepted four young people from the community into adult membership. These confirmands have been on their faith journey for the past two years led by teacher Shirley Miller-Frey. Upon hearing their Statements of Faith, Branden Bent, Logan Wallace, Shelby Miller and Hailee Newman were welcomed into membership by the entire congregation. Many family and friends were present to celebrate this new step in their lives. These young people have been very active in the church not only by their attendance but by helping out wherever their service is needed. – Photo submitted

Furniture dedication at Bethany Lutheran A new piece of furniture was dedicated on Sunday, Oct. 30, at Bethany Lutheran Church in Siren. The large cabinet, built by Dave Wegner of Wegner Cabinetry, will be used to house many of the church’s historical documents, records and photo albums. The project was conceived by Wanda Flanigan, who has been working for months to sort, organize and update many of the items it will hold.

It was given as a gift to the church in memory of her husband, Jim Flanigan, who passed away last year. The cabinet is located in the fellowship hall, where it will be available to members interested in browsing and examining the materials. In addition, Flanigan has compiled a very comprehensive history of the congregation, going back to its earliest days, which can be checked out from the church office. The congregation is very grateful to the Flanigan family for this donation, and for the time and love that was put into it.

Cross-cultural event

A cross-cultural event for the whole community is being sponsored by Clam Falls Lutheran Church in Clam Falls, Saturday, Nov. 12, at 7 p.m. Watermark, a relational music ministry team sponsored by Youth Encounter, ministers in communities throughout the U.S., Germany, Eastern Europe and will present an evening of worship and personal sharing. The public is welcome join them for this free, fun family event. – Photo submitted

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CHURCH NEWS News from the Pews at Pilgrim Lutheran

Eternal

Perspectives Sally Bair

The book of books

This past Sunday, Oct. 30, the church celebrated Reformation Sunday. Six students made public affirmation of their baptism as they were confirmed. All students had completed two years of instruction in the Lutheran faith using Luther’s catechism book.

Those affirming their faith were (L to R): Zach Schmidt, son of Brad and Kelly; Austin Kurkowski, son of John and Jackie; Zane Matz, son of Glenn and Shari; Hattie Koball, daughter of Wayne and Kathie; Hanna Daeffler, daughter of Brian and Konny and Jami Siebenthal, daughter of Terry and Tara. Each student designed the stoles that they wore around their neck with symbols of important areas of their lives. Those participating in the laying on of hands came forward and hands were laid on the heads of each student and a prayer offered. Those participating were family, friends, sponsors or godparents. Right after worship everyone went to the fellowship hall for cake and coffee and to congratulate the confirmands. – Photo submitted

New Hope expands in building

by Wayne Anderson Special to the Leader GRANTSBURG – New Hope Lutheran Church is expanding and taking over the entire building they now occupy on Hwy. 70.

The congregation voted Sunday, Oct. 23, to authorize the leasing and remodeling of the remaining 2,667 square feet of the Mark Harmon building.

“It creates a lot of possibilities for the congregation,” said Dr. Emory Johnson, pastor of New Hope. “We look for God’s will to be done, and now we move New Hope Lutheran Church is expanding and taking over the entire building they now ocforward with it.”

The 2-year-old church is now cupy on Hwy. 70. Pastor Emory Johnson is standing in fron the building.– Photo Wayne Anat 80-percent capacity in atten- derson dance. Once a church hits that The New Hope building is also host to several indirect milestone, church officials say it’s time to expand. And so New Hope looked no further than next door for more religious activities. The New Life Recovery group, for subspace to fulfill its growing attendance – and its present and stance-abuse issues, meets there Sundays. And the Financial Peace University, a family financial plan created by future plans.

The $30,000 expansion will allow 80 more seats for the Christian author Dave Ramsey, meets there every Thursgrowing Sunday attendance. Plus the added area will in- day. All are welcome to attend.

This expansion is a major move for the new church. But clude two additional rest rooms and a large storage room.

Accompanying that are two new classrooms for children the congregation is excited about how God and his faithand adult Bible study and Sunday school. A multipurpose ful have transformed an old carpet-storage building into room will be built to hold a nursery for the babies. And the an attractive, proud church along the highway.

“The Lord directed our vote and we are doing what the secretary’s office will adjoin this area. Marlys Berg is the Lord wants,” said Terry Swenson, a member of the church secretary. property committee. “It’s a good step in our journey.”

Quilts for needy

by Wayne Anderson Special to the Leader GRANTSBURG – Lutheran ladies from all over Wisconsin, and around the world, are presenting their quilts of love to those in need this fall. With their Christian sisters, the nimble fingers of charity at New Hope Lutheran Church presented 45 blessed quilts of warmth to area families and to the Caregivers of Burnett County.

Many other area Lutheran churches likewise presented their labors of love on Reformation Sunday, Oct. 30. The good work for this year is done, but it’s not over. The Bible says the work of Christ, who admon- The New Hope Quilters are (L to R) Peg Peper, Lynn Vangsgard, Betty MacKean, Betty Hanished his followers to care for son, Sharon Panek and Bonnie Ghimenti. Members not shown are: Rosella Spooner and those in need, never ceases and Jean Benedict. In the background, Dr. Emory Johnson, pastor of New Hope, lifts his hands is a sign of God in your heart. in praise for this holy work. – Photo by Wayne Anderson “If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or will be used for God’s glory in our community.” sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love The New Hope Quilters invite any man, woman or of God be in that person?” (1 John 3:17) child to join them in their fellowship and comforting min“This is a ministry of comfort and healing and getting istry for Jesus. For more information call 715-463-5700. closer to God,” said Dr. Emory Johnson, pastor of New Hope. “A lot of prayer went into these quilts. And they

After hundreds of years, the Bible is still the bestselling book in the world, having survived banning, burning and booing. That’s miraculous. Dwight L. Moody, the famous Chicago preacher, wrote these words on the flyleaf of his Bible: “This book contains the mind of God, the state of man, the way of life, the doom of sinners, the happiness of believers. Read it to be wise. Believe it to be safe. Practice it to be holy. It gives light to direct you, food to support you and comfort to cheer you. It is the traveler’s map, the soldier’s sword, the Christian’s chart. Here Paradise is restored: heaven is opened and the gates of hell described. Christ is its theme, our good its design, and the glory of God its end.

“It should fill the memory, rule the heart and guide the feet. Read it slowly, frequently, prayerfully. It is a mine of wealth, a paradise of glory, a river of pleasure. It is given us in life, will be open in judgment, and remembered forever. It involves the highest responsibility, rewards the greatest labor and condemns all who trifle with it. The Bible sets forth two things— the cross and the throne.

“The Old Testament points toward the cross. The Gospel tells the story of the cross. The Epistles point toward the throne. The Revelation tells the story of the throne.

“The Old Testament tells us what sin leads to and ends with the words: ‘Lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.’ (Malachi 4:6) “The New Testament shows the way out of sin and ends thus: ‘The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.’” (Revelation 22:31) In sales, the Bible has beat out the Koran, “A Tale of Two Cities,” and “The Da Vinci Code.” Even the Harry Potter books can’t compete. Nor can Mao’s Little Red Book, second in sales of between 800 million and 900 million copies. By comparison, between 2.5 billion and 6 billion copies of the Bible have been sold.

The Bible is popular because its words are Godbreathed. “For the Word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” (Hebrews 4:12) Jesus is called the Word of God. Lord, thank you for your Living Word that sustains, encourages, and teaches us. Let us never take it for granted or fail to avail ourselves of its power. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Bair may be reached at sallybair@gmail.com.

Church offers free Thanksgiving dinner TOWN OF BONE LAKE - The congregation of Bone Lake Lutheran Church would like to invite you to join them for Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday, Nov. 24, at noon. They will be serving turkey with all the trimmings. This is a free meal open to everyone, but they ask that you call and make reservations by Monday, Nov. 21, before 3 p.m., so they know how many people they will be serving.

There will be a freewill donation for world hunger or you can bring canned goods for the local food shelf.

The church is located at 1101 255th Ave., Luck, five miles east of Luck, one-half mile south on CTH I. Please call 715-472-2535 to make reservations or if you have any questions. - submitted

Annual silent auction set CHISAGO CITY, Minn. - The Christian Women’s Connection will have an 11:30 a.m. luncheon at Zion Lutheran Church in Chisago City on Monday, Nov. 14.

There will also be the group’s annual silent auction so come and find treasures such as homemade goodies, handcrafted items, holiday decorations and more. Music will be provided by Cherie and John Everson’s quartet.

Grace Lusher will speak on “From Rags to Riches.” Cost is $8 inclusive. Reservations/cancellations are necessary.

Call Carrie 651-257-4741 or Velda 715-857-5573. - submitted

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OBITUARIES/CHURCH NEWS

Lawrence Edmond Drake

Doris E. Hansen

Warren L. Norlander

Lawrence Edmond Drake, 79, Webster, passed away Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, surrounded by his family at his lake cabin.

Larry was a graduate of Johnson High School Class of 1950. He served in the United States Navy during the Korean War as a refrigeration-mechanic specialist. After his time in service, he worked many years as a sheet metal journeyman, belonging to Sheet Metal Workers Local 10 Union.

He specialized in commercial stainless steel fabrication and installation.

Through his pursuit for perfection, he rose to the top of his profession, enabling him to travel the world applying his trade. Larry was a man of multiple talents, and his hands have touched the lives of many. Though his work is done, his creations will continue to grace us with his presence and remind us what a special man he was for years to come. Among Larry’s many talents, he was also an accomplished private pilot achieving his instrument and float plane ratings. Always one to plan and build, he engineered and handcrafted several projects; from home and lake cabin additions, to improvements to all of his children’s homes, all along the way teaching and imparting his knowledge of design and workmanship. He was constantly thinking of ways to improve things at work and around the cabin up until the day he was called home.

He is preceded in death by his mother, Agnes CoopetDrake; father, Charles Drake and brother, Jim Drake. He is survived by his brother, Charles “Sonny” Drake of Prescott, Ariz., Dorothy Drake and their children, Susan Stene of Wyoming, Minn., Deborah Columbu and husband, Franco, of Los Angeles, Calif., Jacqueline Drake of Lake Elmo, Minn., Michael Drake and wife, Laurie, of Destin, Fla., Col. Mark Drake and wife, Korynn, of Fort Bragg, N.C., Barbara Lindgren of Oakdale, Minn., Charles Drake and wife, Chris, of West Lakeland, Minn.; grandchildren, Eric Stene, Steven Stene, Kevin Stene, Melissa Stene, Maria Columbu, Matthew Drake, David Drake, Lauren Drake, Claire Drake, Jenni Drake, Courtney Drake, Chad Drake, Ryan Lindgren, Samantha Lindgren, Trevor Lindgren, Hannah Drake, Heather Drake and Hailey Drake; great-grandchildren, Gavin Stene, Emmy Drake and Collin Stene; many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Memorial Mass will be held at St. Casimir’s Church, 934 Geranium Ave. East, St. Paul, on Thursday, Nov. 3, at 10 a.m., with a luncheon to follow at the church. Interment will be at 1:45 p.m., at the Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Assembly Area 4. A gathering will follow at the Fort Snelling Officer’s Club, 395 Hwy. 5, Post Road, St. Paul, Minn.

Memorials are preferred to The Larry Drake Family at 11740 Little Bluestem North, Lake Elmo, Minn. 55042.

Doris E. Hansen, 94, Luck, died peacefully on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011, at the United Pioneer Home in Luck.

Doris was born on May 25, 1917, on a farm north of Milltown, the daughter of Christian and Eleanora (Schmidt) Birkholm.

She met and fell in love with Harley Hansen of Luck. They were married in Chicago, Ill., on April 24, 1937. Harley was employed in Chicago after their marriage, and during this time, they brought a daughter, Karen, and son, Douglas, into the world. They moved back to Milltown in 1943.

Doris and Harley spent their later years doing all sorts of things together with friends and family. Together, they traveled to Denmark three times, to visit Harley and Doris’ relatives. They also took trips to Washington state, to visit his brother. They also traveled to California, Washington, D.C., and Las Vegas. There are so many other places, too many to mention. Harley and Doris knew how to have a good time. They were even better at sharing those good times with others. There is not any one person that could ever say they didn’t love having a good time.

Doris and Harley enjoyed many different activities: dancing, golfing, bowling, snowmobiling, spending time with their family and friends. One of Doris’ true passions was painting. She began painting at the age of 60 and had many wonderful paintings she completed in watercolors, acrylics and some on woodcarvings. Doris enjoyed living in a small town, she enjoyed knowing the people, and at one time she managed the Milltown Newspaper where she had met so many people and made some wonderful friendships. Doris was a member of the West Denmark Lutheran Church of Luck.

She leaves to celebrate her memory: daughter, Karen Eckert of Balsam Lake; grandchildren, Cris (Melanie) Moore of Luck, Scot (Stacy) Moore of Maple Grove, Minn., Lisa (Greg) Marsten of Luck, Beth (Rick) Prichard of Aptos, Calif., Adam and Gabe Hansen of Kent, Wash.; great-grandchildren, Bryan and Brent Moore, Stephanie (Nick) Johnson, Eric Castellano, Camille Marsten, Steven Moore, Donovan, Ryley and Caden Prichard; great-greatgrandchildren, Aiden and Grant; sister-in-law, Edna Brierley of Menomonie; daughter-in-law, Suzanne Hansen; adopted great-grandson, Franklyn Scott. She will be dearly missed by her family and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Harley; and son, Douglass.

To express online condolences, please visit www.kolstadfamilyfuneralhome.com.

The Kolstad Family Funeral Home of Centuria has been entrusted with arrangements.

Warren L. Norlander, 88, Dresser, died Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011, at the St. Croix Regional Medical Center.

Warren was born Dec. 30, 1922, in Horse Creek, to Ernest and Lillian Norlander. He attended Osceola High School. On Feb. 28, 1948, he married Betty Christensen at his family home in Horse Creek. Warren owned and operated the Chrysler Plymouth dealership in Dresser for many years. He also repaired clocks and was known as the “Clock Man.” He also did gold smithing, repaired jewelry, had a rock shop and did sign making. In his free time, he enjoyed wine making, woodworking, gardening and time with his family Warren was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Betty, in August of this year; and sister, Deloris Norlander.

He is survived his daughter, Connie (Woody) Minar of Dresser; son, Randy (Lori) Norlander of Dresser; brothers, Duane (Beverly) of St. Paul, Minn. and Gary of St. Croix Falls; sister, Fern Arndt of Osceola; grandchildren, Gayle Minar, Karyn Findlay, Jinny Miller and Alissa Norlander; great-grandchildren, Dustin, Cody, Alexis, Aiden and Devin; numerous nieces and nephews.

Memorial services are 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, at Peace Lutheran Church in Dresser with the Rev. Wayne Deloach and Intern Melissa Carmack officiating. Interment will be in Peace Lutheran Cemetery.

The Grandstrand Funeral Home, Osceola, was entrusted with arrangements.

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SIREN – While many Siren families are busy with holiday activities, some volunteers are focused on filling empty shoe boxes with school supplies, toys, hygiene items and notes of encouragement for needy kids overseas. Siren families are participating in the world’s largest Christmas project of its kind—Operation Christmas Child—an effort that has hand-delivered 86 million gifts to kids worldwide since 1993.

This year-round project of Samaritan’s Purse is coming to its peak, as local businesses, churches and schools prepare to collect gift-filled shoe boxes during National Collection Week, Nov. 14-21. Volunteers can drop off their shoe box gifts at a convenient location in the area to help kids in 100 countries know they are loved and not forgotten.

Local collection sites: Siren Covenant Church, 7686 Lofty Pines Drive in Siren Operating hours: Monday: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Tuesday: 5 p.m. - 7 p.m., Wednesday: 5 p.m. - 7 p.m., Thursday: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Friday: 5 p.m. - 7 p.m., Saturday: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Sunday: 9 a.m. - noon and Monday: 9 a.m. – noon.

Operation Christmas Child, a project of international Christian relief and evangelism organization Samaritan’s Purse, uses whatever means necessary to reach suffering children around the world with these gifts of hope, including sea containers, trucks, trains, airplanes, boats, camels and dogsleds. Tracking technology also allows donors to “follow” their box to the destination country where it will be hand-delivered to a child in need. To register shoe-box gifts and find out the destination country, use the Follow Your Box donation form found at www.samaritanspurse.org/occ.

What you can do to get involved: Prepare—Enlist families, churches, Scout troops, community groups and businesses to take part in creating shoe box gifts for needy children worldwide.

Pack—Fill shoe boxes with school supplies, toys, necessity items and a letter of encouragement. Step-by-step shoe box packing instructions are available at www.samaritanspurse.org/occ.

Process—Sign up to join Operation Christmas Child volunteers at collection sites in Siren as part of the effort to prepare millions of shoe-box gifts for delivery to underprivileged kids on six continents.

For more information on how to participate in Operation Christmas Child, call 612-359-7025 or visit www.samaritanspurse.org/occ. National Collection Week for gift-filled shoe boxes is Nov. 14-21; however, shoe-box gifts are collected all year at the Samaritan’s Purse headquarters in Boone, N.C. - submitted

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Ruth H. Lucas, Luck, 94, died peacefully, October 25, 2011, at United Pioneer Home in Luck.

Ruth was born Aug. 20, 1917, in Milltown. She was the youngest child of Peter Petersen and Jensine Henriksen, who were Danish immigrants. She grew up on a farm on CTH N near the West Denmark Cemetery and attended first through eighth grade at Little Butternut School. Ruth married Norman in 1939 at West Denmark Church.

They lived in St. Paul, Minn., where they raised their four children. During the 1950s, nearly every summer weekend was spent at the family cabin near Little Butternut Lake. After living in Spokane, Wash., for eight years Ruth and Norm moved to Luck in 1972, when Norm retired. Ruth was active in the Luck Senior Center where she played cards and pool, and served coffee and lunch at least once a week until she moved into the United Pioneer Home in in 2006.

Ruth was preceded in death by her husband, Norman; son-in-law, Harold Baldwin; daughter-in-law, Kathleen Lucas; and great-grandson, Tony Staples.

She is survived by her children, Barbara, Glenn, Ray (Grace) and Kevin (Rose); nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 12, at West Denmark Lutheran Church, Luck.

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OBITUARIES Helen Grace (Olson) Severson, 88, Eureka, was called home to her Lord, Jesus, on Oct. 28, 2011. For the past two years and at the time of her death, she resided with her youngest daughter and family in Eureka.

Helen was born Oct. 14, 1923, at the family home in Siren. She was a triplet and along with Harry and Hazel was born to Alice and Albert Olson. Hazel died in infancy but Harry and Helen were close siblings until Harry’s death. Helen told the story of how the triplets being born at home were kept warm in a small box on the oven door, no incubators back then. Helen met her husband, Harry, in 1945, and they married in 1947. They had three children, Linda Alice, Jill Diane and Nancy Esther.

Helen and Harry had a happy and active marriage.

When they first married, they farmed the farm on Harry’s homestead. Helen would often tell of keeping 200 chickens and having so many eggs to wash and sell. In 1952, they bought their own farm in Cushing. The house was in disrepair, but Harry promised Helen that he would build her a new house in seven years. Together they farmed, cleared 40 acres of woodland, milled the lumber and, with the help of their nephew Eddie Olson, built their Cushing home. Harry and Helen farmed until 1963, at which time Harry started the Cushing Body Shop and Helen went to work at the bank. However, Helen soon found her true calling in life and became a caregiver to the elderly.

She worked in the St. Croix Hospital, Centuria Nursing Home and Polk County Home Health. When she officially retired, she continued giving care to family and friends well into her 80s. Helen loved life, her family and friends and was always the center of the action. Helen loved games and would often be the first one to get the family playing softball and enjoyed league play for many years. She enjoyed playing cards, especially when she was winning, which was often. Helen was a strong bowler with her reverse-back style. She and Harry also played horseshoes together. In the summer, you could often find her throwing those shoes, ringing the stacks.

At the age of 60, she learned to shoot pool and became a competitor in her league and a challenge to all the young pool sharks. Helen was the only grandma to bring a pool cue to her granddaughter Carly’s show and tell.

She and Harry took their snowmobile everywhere there was a trail and sometimes forged new trails. She loved to dance and sing. She enjoyed reading and puzzles and they helped fill her days when she became less active.

Helen was an active member of the Lutheran Church in Cushing.

Helen always had a story to tell but was the best listener you could find. She was an amazing wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

Helen is survived by her children, Linda (Gene) Baker, Jill Negrete, Nancy (Wayne) Severson Dickinson; grandchildren, Amy, David and Ignacio, Jason Jr. Harmon, Carly, Cullen and Harry; great-grandsons, Matt and Callahan. Steve Warndahl has always been a special part of the Severson family and as close as any son could be.

She will be missed by her family and friends and will be remembered by all as a kind, loving person who enjoyed life to the fullest.

A celebration of her life will be held Saturday, Nov. 5, at 1 p.m. at First Lutheran Church, Cushing. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Please call the church at 715-648-5323 for more information.

Marjorie Kozumplik Marjorie Kozumplik, 88, Grantsburg, died Oct. 31, 2011.

Private family service will be held. Online condolences and service information can be found at www.swedbergtaylor.com.

The Swedberg-Taylor Family Funeral Home, Webster, was entrusted with arrangements.

Fern Seagren-Bowen Fern Seagren-Bowen, 88, a resident of Spooner, died Oct. 26, 2011, at Care Partners.

Fern was born Oct. 24, 1923, in St. Paul, Minn., to Frank and Sophie Abrahamson. Fern attended Farnsworth Grade School, Cleveland Junior High and graduated from Johnson High School. She went on to the University of Minnesota where she acquired a degree in dental hygiene.

When it came time to retire, she and Jim moved to the Webster area. She was active in numerous civic organizations both here and in St. Paul prior to retiring.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, James Seagren; and her parents.

She is survived by her husband, Thomas Bowen; son, David (Nancy) Seagren; daughter, Nora Seagren (Wade Ivey); grandchildren, Robert (Chrissy) Seagren and Katherine Seagren; brother, Roy (Marianne) Abrahamson.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, Nov. 5, at 11 a.m., with visitation 10-11 a.m., at Lakeside Community Lutheran Church 28626 CTH H, Webster with Pastor Terrance Stratton officiating. Memorials are preferred to Care Partners, Spooner. Online condolences can be made at www.swedberg-taylor.com.

The Swedberg-Taylor Family Funeral Home, Webster, was entrusted with arrangements.

Claris G. Delyea

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Claris G. Delyea, 89, Northwood, Iowa, passed away Sunday afternoon, Oct. 30, 2011, at the Lutheran Retirement Home in Northwood.

Claris G. Delyea was born Aug. 20, 1922, in Wilmar, Minn., the daughter of Leo and Lillian (Havam) Coyour.

Claris graduated from Fairmont, Minn., High School. After completing her schooling, she moved to California and worked at Douglas Aircraft Corporation during World War II. After the war, Claris moved back to Minnesota and was united in marriage to David Delyea, and to this union a daughter was born, Debbie (Delyea) Rustad.

Claris moved to Frederic in 1967. Claris began her career working at the hospital for many years and then later working in the bank until her retirement. Claris enjoyed her many years there and the daily trips to the local bakery for socializing. Her years in Frederic were full of treasured memories and wonderful friends.

In 1997, she moved to Northwood, Iowa, to live near her daughter and grandchildren. Claris became ill in June 2011 and went to the assisted living and then to the Lutheran Retirement Home in Northwood.

Left with many stories and cherished memories are her daughter, Debbie (Roger) of Northwood, Iowa; granddaughters, Lisa Rustad of Rochester, Minn., Lynn (Bruce) Hemann of St. Ansgar, Iowa, and Susan (Kevin) McNutt of Osceola; great-grandchildren, Morgan, Annika and Derek Hemann, Karter and Kylie McNutt. She is also survived by Scott Coyour of Springfield, Minn., Cindee (Jim) Clausen of Burnsville, Minn., and Lee Coyour of Wilmar, Minn.; as well as other extended family members and friends. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Norma Jean Coyour; niece, Marsha Coyour; sister and brother-in-law, Nita and Marion Rankin; nephew, Grant Coyour; and her brother, Howard Coyour.

A memorial service for Claris will be held Friday, Nov. 4, 2 p.m., at the St. Luke United Methodist Church, 100 West Linden, Frederic, with Pastor Freddie Arvada Kirk officiating. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service and until 4 p.m. on Friday at the church.

The graveside committal service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 5, at the Lakeside Cemetery in Fairmont, Minn., with Pastor Kevin Bradley of the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Fairmont officiating.

The family of Claris’ has requested that should friends desire, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society in her memory. Conner Colonial Chapel, 1008 First Ave. South, Northwood, Iowa, is in charge of the arrangements.

Peggy Strabel, 86, Siren, died Oct. 29, 2011.

She was born on May 27, 1925, in Rice Lake to Karl and Mina Langland. She grew up in the Town of Madge in Washburn County were she attended school and went to the Madge Evergreen Church.

In 1969, she married Richard Strabel. Together they bought and operated Waldora Farm and established the Strabel Ambulance Service. They retired from farming in 1988 when their son, Daniel, took over the farm.

They continued to operate the ambulance service as Strabel Medical Transport until 1994 when they retired completely.

Peggy and Dick attended the Calvary Covenant Church in Alpha for 25 years, and the Siren Covenant Church for six years where they renewed their wedding vows in 1999.

Peggy was preceded in death by her husband, Gordon Kyes; husband, Richard; son, Michael Kyes; stepdaughters, Barbara Baker and Bonnie Hams; four grandchildren; her parents; brothers, Jack and George; and sister, Lorraine.

She is survived by her children, Jim Kyes, Judy (Louis) Branton, Patrick (Sharlene) Kyes, Kelly (Anthony) Thompson and Dan (Becky) Strabel; stepchildren, David (Ann) Strabel, Kenneth (Peggy) Strabel, Donald (Charlene) Strabel, Joan (John) Koslinski, Tom (Cindy) Strabel, Steve (Elizabeth) Strabel and Joyce Nyman; 29 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; brothers, Karl and Harry; and sister, Joan Kay. Visitation was held Wednesday, Nov. 2, from 5 to 8 p.m., at Swedberg-Taylor Family Funeral Home, Siren Chapel.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, Nov. 3, at 11 a.m., visitation 10-11 a.m., at the Calvary Covenant Church in Alpha with the Rev. Scott Sagle officiating. Interment will follow at the Lakeview/Mudhen Lake Cemetery. Casket bearers are Joe Kyes, Chris Kyes, Ben Kyes, Cody Thompson, Alan Strabel, Tom Strabel and Chuck Langland. Honorary casket bearers are Art Beckmark, Doug Dewing, David Johnson, Lee Roberts, Tim Swenson and Dean Tyberg. Online condolences can be made at www.swedberg-taylor.com.

The Swedberg-Taylor Family Funeral Home, Siren, was entrusted with arrangements.

Dorothy Schnaith Dorothy Schnaith, 92, Webster, died Oct. 30, 2011.

Funeral service was held Wednesday, Nov. 2, at Swedberg-Taylor Family Funeral Home, Webster. A full obituary will be published at a later date. Online condolences can be made at www.swedberg-taylor.com.

The Swedberg-Taylor Family Funeral Home, Webster, was entrusted with arrangements.

Bernice Jensen Bernice Jensen, 97, St. Croix Falls, passed away Oct. 31, 2011. Funeral services will be Saturday, Nov. 5, at 2 p.m. at Eureka Baptist Church. Visitation will be Friday, Nov. 4, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Edling Funeral Home in St. Croix Falls. A full obituary will be published at a later date.

Steven Schmidt Steven Schmidt, 60, Webster, died Oct. 30, 2011. Visitation will be Sunday, Nov. 6, from 3-6 p.m., at SwedbergTaylor Family Funeral Home, Webster. Funeral will be Monday, Nov. 7, at 11 a.m., visitation 10-11 a.m., at Lakeside Community Lutheran Church, Webster. A full obituary will be published in a later edition.

Online condolences can be made at www.swedberg-taylor.com.

The Swedberg-Taylor Family Funeral Home, Webster, was entrusted with arrangements.

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Mary Jane Frog Mary Jane Frog, 68, Siren, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011, at her home in rural Siren with her loving family at her side.

Mary Jane was born Dec. 17, 1942, at Pine Lake, the daughter of Charles and Susan (Wakemeup) Lowe.

Mary Jane was a teacher and a mentor to many; she was known for teaching the Ojibwa language, culture and traditions. She enjoyed doing beading, sewing, attending drum ceremonies and spending time with her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and her other family members and friends.

Mary Jane leaves to celebrate her memory, daughters: Biaba, Diane and Melissa; adopted children: Paul (Lisa), Laurie and Lynnette; 14 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren; brothers: Jerald (Susan) Lowe, Vern Lowe Sr., Thomas “Pete” (Jenny) Lowe and Stanley Lowe; nieces, nephews, cousins and other loving family and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles Jr. and Susan Lowe; brothers and sisters: David Lowe Sr., Richard Lowe and Ida Mae Merrill; grandparents and grandsons.

Services for Mary Jane were held at the Round Lake Community Center in rural Luck, Saturday, Oct. 29. She was laid to rest at the Johnstown Township Cemetery.

Casket bearers were Travis “Bineeshii” Lowe, Steven Lowe, Junior Kirk, Rob Lowe, Tom Benjamin Sr. and Elmer “Jay” Emery. Honorary casket bearers were Scott Lowe, Chato Gonzalez, Vern “Tiny” Lowe Jr., David Lowe Jr., Keith Oiyotte and Kelly Lowe Sr. To sign the online guest book, please visit www.kolstadfamilyfuneralhome.com The Kolstad Family Funeral Home of Centuria has been entrusted with arrangements.

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Joan Larson, 67, Danbury, died Oct. 30, 2011, at her home.

Memorial service will be Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011, at 11 a.m., with visitation 10-11 a.m., at Swedberg-Taylor Family Funeral Home, Webster. A full obituary will be published at a later date. Online condolences can be made at www.swedberg-taylor.com.

The Swedberg-Taylor Family Funeral Home, Webster, was entrusted with arrangements.

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CHURCH NEWS

“Safe dates” exhibit positive character traits Q: I’m not one of those women who are attracted to “dangerous” guys, but I’m beginning to question my judgment. Few of my relationships survive past the second or third date, at which point I usually shut things down due to serious concerns about my boyfriend’s character. Am I being too picky?

Jim: Expecting your boyfriends to exhibit good character is not “picky” - it’s smart. That said, it’s also understandable that you’re growing frustrated by a string of misses on the dating front.

Author Shana Schutte has developed a list of qualities every single should look for in a safe date. She identifies “safe dates” as individuals who are likely to turn into responsible and loving spouses if the relationship progresses.

First, a safe date will respect your boundaries. If you ask your boyfriend not to call after 11 p.m., and yet he repeatedly does so, he’s not respecting your boundaries. And if he doesn’t respect you in this one area, he likely won’t respect you in others.

Second, a safe person will not treat you like a child. Some women fail to differentiate between men who are confident

Jim Daly

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Juli Slattery

leaders and those who simply want to be controlling. If your date acts like you can’t be trusted to make your own decisions, it might be time to move on.

Schutte also suggests that a safe person will forgive you, not condemn you. We all make mistakes in relationships. If your significant other holds a grudge even after you’ve apologized, you might want to reconsider the relationship. And of course, safe dates are also willing to admit their own faults, rather than blame others.

Finally - and this should be a nobrainer - a safe date is responsible. If your boyfriend is constantly in financial trouble or switching jobs due to his own poor choices, he’s probably not marriage material. May God bless you with patience and perseverance as you navigate the adventurous world of dating!

••• Q: Every fall, my wife and I have the same argument. She signs the kids up

for every activity imaginable. It seems like we spend every weeknight and weekend shuttling them to parties, practices and meetings. I just want some peace and quiet time with our family.

How can I get through to her?

Juli: This honestly sounds like a question my husband could have submitted. I admit that I’m the mom who doesn’t want her kids to miss out on anything.

However, over the years I have begun to see the wisdom of my husband’s protests.

The answer is the magic word, “balance.” Kids who are involved in some extracurricular activities do better academically, socially and emotionally.

However, too much of a good thing can spell disaster. When schedules interfere with family dinner and time together, all measures of adjustment for kids plummet (as Jim noted in last week’s column).

That’s in addition to the stress busyness creates for marriage.

When you approach this topic with your wife, communicate how much you appreciate her commitment to the kids.

She is overscheduling because she wants to be a great mom, not because she loves driving her minivan eight hours a day.

The best way to find the right balance is to set up ground rules that you both think are reasonable. For example, you

might agree that each child can be involved in one extracurricular activity at a time. Or you commit to having dinner together as a family at least four evenings a week. The most important thing you can give your children is a stable family.

Doing so will require saying “no” to some great opportunities.

••• Jim Daly is president of Focus on the Family, host of the Focus on the Family radio program, and a husband and father of two. Dr. Juli Slattery is a licensed psychologist, cohost of Focus on the Family, author of several books, and a wife and mother of three. Submit your questions to: FocusOnTheFamily.com.

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Siren church drop-off point for Operation Christmas Child SIREN - Siren Covenant Church is the official drop center for Operation Christmas Child.

The project brings joy and hope to children in desperate situations through a simple, gift-filled shoe box. This year our shoe boxes will be sent to children in India and Zambia, Africa. All you have to do is find an empty shoe box, determine the sex

and age of your child and fill it with gifts that a poor child can use. Some gift selections would be personal hygiene items, Tshirt, socks, cap, sunglasses, flashlight with extra batteries, a small toy, school supplies and a self-addressed envelope with a personal note and picture of yourself.

There is a chance you might even get a

letter from the receiver. Please, no war-related items, chocolate, food, liquids, medications or breakable items. It will cost $7 to ship each shoe box.

Each child that receives a shoe box will receive a Bible in their own language.

The drop center will be at Siren Covenant Church during the week of Nov. 13-20. The church will be open for

shoe box drop-off from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays, and 9 a.m. to noon Sundays.

If you have any questions you may call Sandy Wickman at 715-349-8754. Please join us in making a difference in a child’s life. - with submitted information

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

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• Gravel • Sand • Rock • Top Soil • Trackhoe 715-472-2717 Mobile 715-491-1861 1065 290th Ave. Frederic, Wis.

Frederic, Wis. - 715-327-4236 Shell Lake, Wis. - 715-468-2314 Siren, Wis. - 715-349-2560 St. Croix Falls, Wis. - 715-483-9008

• Gravel • Sand • Rock • Topsoil • Track Hoe 715-554-0526 Frederic, Wis.

Printers & Publishers Office Supplies

STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANIES

Corey T. Arnold, Agent Frederic, Wis. Phone 715-327-8076

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WILD RIVER FLAGS Jerry & Pat Willits 2815 285th Ave. Sterling Township St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-488-2729

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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

1259 Hwy. 35 S., St. Croix Falls Sunday Worship: 9 & 11 a.m.

BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

WORD OF LIFE CHURCH

Meeting in homes. Elders: Cliff Bjork, Jon Zens, 715-483-1357 and 715-755-3048 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.; 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. Interim Pastor Keith Radiske Pastoral Serv. 715-349-5280 Sun. School 8:15 a.m.; Sun. Worship - 9:30 a.m.

BETHESDA LUTHERAN - DRESSER (LCMC) www.bethesdalutheran.ws

Pastor Peter Rimmereid, 715-755-2562 1947 110th Ave., Dresser Sunday Contemporary Service 8:30 a.m.; Education Hour 9:45 a.m. (Starts 9/18/11); Sunday Traditional Service 10:45 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; Office - 715-472-2535 Pastor - 715-472-8153, 8:45 a.m. Prayer; 9 a.m. Sun. Schl. & Adult Bible Study; 10:30 a.m. Worship; 11:30 a.m. Fellowship Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

CHRIST LUTHERAN (LCMS)

Pipe Lake CTH G & T, 715-822-3096 Pastor Steve Miller Sun. Serv. 10:45 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:15 a.m. during schl. yr.; Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sun. www.christlutheranpipelake.com

CLAM FALLS LUTHERAN (AALC)

Pastor Gary Rokenbrodt - 715-653-2630 www.clamfalls-zion-aalcparish.net Communion 1st Sun.; Wor. 9 a.m.; Sun. 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. 10:20 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

561 Chestnut St., Taylors Falls, MN 651-465-5265 Traditional Worship - 8:30 a.m.; Contemporary Worship - 11 a.m.

FIRST LUTHERAN - CUSHING

Pastor Dorothy Sandahl, 715-648-5323 or 715-648-5324 Sun. Wor. 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.

FRISTAD LUTHERAN - CENTURIA

ELCA - 501 Hwy. 35, 715-646-2357, Mel Rau, Pastor Sun. Wor. & Holy Communion - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:40 a.m.

GEORGETOWN LUTHERAN - ELCA

Rt. 1, Balsam Lake, WI (Fox Creek) Pastor Neal Weltzen; GT Office - 715-857-5580, Parsonage - 715-822-3001, TR Office - 715-822-3001 Wors. Serv. 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:15 a.m.; Holy Communion - 1st Sun. of each month

GRACE LUTHERAN - WEST SWEDEN

Phone 715-327-4340, 715-416-3086, 715-327-8384 Pastor Theresa Riewestahl Worship 9:15 a.m.; Sun. School 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st & 2nd Sundays

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - FREDERIC

(Missouri Synod) Pastor Jody R. Walter, 715-327-8608 Sun. Schl. - 8:45 a.m.; Service - 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st, 3rd & 5th Sun.

LAKESIDE COMMUNITY LUTH. - ELCA

CTH H, 1/2 mi. N. of CTH A & H on H Church Off. 715-635-7791 Interim Pastor Terry Stratton Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.; Sun. Worship 10 a.m.

LAKETOWN LUTHERAN - CUSHING

Pastor Dorothy Sandahl Sun. Wor. 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:30 a.m.

LUCK LUTHERAN

510 Foster Ave. E. Pastor Ralph Thompson Office 715-472-2605; Home 715-472-8424 Sun. Wor. 8 &10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl 9 a.m.

MILLTOWN LUTHERAN

113 W. Main St.. W., Phone 715-825-2453 Pastor Danny G. Wheeler 9:15 a.m. Worship ; 10 a.m. Sunday School

NEW HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH

Pastor Emory Johnson, 715-463-5700 685 W. State Road 70, Grantsburg Sun. Wor. Serv. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m.

NORTH VALLEY LUTHERAN

Pastor Maggie Isaacson, 715-825-3559 3 mi. W. of Milltown on “G” Sun. Wor. - 9:15 a.m.; Wed. Wor. 6:30 p.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

OUR REDEEMER LUTHERAN, (LCMS) WEBSTER

Pastor Gerald Heinecke Church Phone 715-866-7191 Sun. Schl. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Wor. - 10:30 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 Melissa Carmack Sun. Wor. 8:30 & 11 a.m., Sun. Schl. 9:35 a.m.

PILGRIM LUTHERAN - FREDERIC (ELCA)

Interim Pastor Andrew Hinwood 507 Wisconsin Ave. N., 715-327-8012 Sun. Worship - 10 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 2nd Sundays www.pilgrimlutheranfrederic.org

REDEEMER EV. LUTHERAN

(Wisconsin Synod) Pastor Gene DeVries 200 N. Adams St., St. Croix Falls Sun. Wor. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 8:30 a.m.

ST. JOHN’S EV. LUTHERAN (Wis. Synod)

350 Michigan Ave., Centuria Sun. Worship - 10:45 a.m.; Sun. School - 10 a.m.

ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN - LCMC

METHODIST

METHODIST

ATLAS UNITED METHODIST

Pastor Carolyn Saunders, 715-463-2624 Sunday School - 11 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST GRANTSBURG

Pastor Carolyn Saunders, 715-463-2624 Worship - 9 a.m.; Sunday School - 10:30 a.m.

DANBURY UNITED METHODIST

Cindy Glocke, Pastor, 715-866-8646 Sunday Worship - 9 a.m.

GRACE UNITED - WEBSTER

Cindy Glocke, Pastor, 715-866-8646 Sunday Worship - 10:30 a.m.

HOLY TRINITY UNITED METHODIST Holytrinity@wisconsinumc.org 1606 165th Ave., CTH I, Centuria Pastor Freddie Kirk, 715-485-3363 Pastor Tammy Clausen Sunday Worship - 8:30 a.m.

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.

McKINLEY UNITED METHODIST

Pastor Annie Tricker Sun. Worship 11 a.m.; Sun. School 11 a.m.

Potluck dinner 1st Sunday

OSCEOLA UNITED METHODIST

oumc@centurytel.net 306 River Street, Osceola, 715-755-2275 Pastor Mark Gilbert Adult Class - 8:30 a.m.; Sunday School 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship - 10 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st Sunday

1614 CTH B, North Luck, Pastor Rob Lubben Sunday Worship - 9 a.m.

Contact Leslie Valentine, 715-646-2390; E-mail: leslie56@centurytel.net

Rev. Mike Weaver Sunday Worship Service - 10 a.m.

Sunday School is at 9 a.m., Nursery available

SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY LUTHERAN

ST. LUKE UNITED - FREDERIC

ST. CROIX FALLS UNITED METHODIST

(Missouri Synod) 140 Madison St. South, St. Croix Falls Pastor Mark K. Schoen Sun. Service - 9 a.m.; Sun.School - 10:30 a.m.

Pastor Arveda “Freddie” Kirk, 715-327-4436 Pastor Tammy Clausen Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.

TRINITY LUTHERAN - ELCA

Tom Cook, Pastor Sunday School 9 a.m.

Worship - 10:15 a.m. (Nursery available)

10 mi. W. of Cumberland on Hwy. 48 (McKinley) - Pastor Neal Weltzin GT Office 715-857-5580, Parsonage 715-822-3001, TR Office - 715-822-3001 Wor. Serv. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:15 a.m.

Holy Communion - 1st Sunday

TRINITY LUTHERAN LCMS, DANBURY

Pastor Gerald Heinecke Home 715-327-8608; Church 715-866-7191 Sunday Worship Service - 8 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

TRINITY LUTHERAN - FALUN

Hwy. 70 East, 715-689-2271, Pastor: Carl Heidel Worship 9 a.m.; Sunday School 10:15 a.m.

Communion -Every Sunday

TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN OSCEOLA

300 Seminole Ave. (CTH M) Mark Kock, Pastor, 715-294-2828 Sunday Worship 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.; Summer, 9 a.m.

WEST DENMARK LUTHERAN

Pastors Mike & Linda Rozumalski 1 mi. west of Luck on N, 2478 170th St., Luck Sunday Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m.

Fellowship 11 a.m.

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, Pastors Douglas Olson, Roger Kampstra and Myron Carlson Services begin at 9:30 a.m.; Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday

ZION LUTHERAN - BONE LAKE (AALC)

Pastor Gary Rokenbrodt - 715-653-2630 5 mi. E. of Frederic on W, 2 mi. south on I; www.clamfalls-zion-aalcparish.net Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st Sunday

ZION LUTHERAN - EAST FARMINGTON (WELS ) Pastor Martin Weigand - 715-294-3489 Sunday Schl. 9 a.m.; Bible Class 9:30 a.m.

Worship Serv. 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st & Last Sunday

ZION LUTHERAN - MARKVILLE

Pastor Tim Faust Worship - 11 a.m.; Sunday School - 10 a.m.

Holy Communion - 1st & 3rd Sunday

ZION LUTHERAN - TRADE LAKE

Pastor Theresa Riewestahl 715-327-8384, 715-416-3086 Fellowship - 10:30 a.m., Sun. Schl. 9:45 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m., Communion - 1st & 2nd Sundays

PRESBYTERIAN

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

SIREN UNITED METHODIST

TAYLORS FALLS UNITED METHODIST 290 W. Government Street, 715-294-4436 Reverend Dr. Rolland Robinson Sunday Service - 10 a.m. with nursery Sunday School - Sept. - May at 10 a.m.

WOLF CREEK UNITED METHODIST

Rev. Mike Weaver Sunday Worship - 8:15 a.m.

COVENANT

COVENANT

CALVARY COVENANT - ALPHA

Pastor Scott Sagle, 715-689-2541 Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Worship 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 Dan Pearson Sunday School 8:45 a.m.; Worship 10 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 Frank Wampach 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, 715-866-7321 Pastor - Father Michael J. Tupa Mass - Sat. 4 p.m., 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 a.m., Thurs. 9:30 a.m.

Reconciliation as per bulletin and by appt.

ST. DOMINIC - FREDERIC & IMMACULATE CONCEPTION - GRANTSBURG CATHOLIC MASS SCHEDULE

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

ST. ANNE PARISH

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.

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER

GRACE BAPTIST - GRANTSBURG

Pastor Father Frank Wampach, 651-465-7345 25293 Redwing Ave., Shafer, MN Sunday 9 a.m.

716 S. Robert St., Grantsburg, 715-463-5699 Sr. Pastor Brad Moore David Ahlquist, Assoc. Pastor Sun. Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School 11 a.m.

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

LIVING HOPE CHURCH

Pastor Father Michael J. Tupa, 715-866-7321 Cedar & Muskey Ave. - Webster Mass Sun 10 a.m., Wed. 5:30 p.m. (Sept-May), Fri. 9 a.m. (Summer)

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.

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC

Pastor Merrill Olson, Interim Pastor 715-327-8402 Sun. Schl. - 9:15 a.m.; Wor. Serv. - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided.; www.tradelakebaptistchurch.org

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC

CHURCH OF CHRIST

1050 North Keller Ave., Amery, 715-268-7717 Father John Drummy, Pastor Sat. Mass 4 p.m., Sun. Mass 10:30 a.m.

Mass Wed. & Thurs. 9 a.m.

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

APPLE RIVER COMMUNITY (EFCA)

Pastor Bruce Tanner, 715-268-2176 942 U.S. Hwy. 8, Amery Sun. Schl. 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday Bible study 7 p.m.

CROSSWALK COMMUNITY CHURCH

Pastor Greg Lund, 715-327-8767 700 Churchwood Lane; 505 Old CTH W, Frederic Sun. Schl. - 9 a.m.; Morn. Worship - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services Sat. Worship - 6 p.m., Luck Senior Center

HOPE EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH

Pastor Dave Williams 933 248th St., Osceola Morning Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School Sept.-May 8:45 a.m.

Children’s Church & Nursery provided

TRADE RIVER EVAN. FREE

Pastor Dale VanDeusen, 715-488-2296 or 715-488-2653 20296 Hwy. 87, Grantsburg Morning Wor. 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 10:45 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services BAPTIST

BAPTIST

EAST BALSAM BAPTIST - BALSAM LK. Pastor Gabe Brennan, 715-857-5411

Wor. Service - 9 a.m.; Sun. School-10:15 a.m.

EUREKA BAPTIST

2393 210th Ave., St. Croix Falls Pastor Willis Christenson, 715-483-9464 Sun. School - 10 a.m.; Wor. Service - 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; E-mail: churchoffice@fbcamery.org Reg. office hours: Tues.-Thurs. 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Pastor Charlie Butt, Lead Pastor; Nick Buda, Associate Pastor Sunday Service: 9 a.m.; All ages Sunday School 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Nursery available

FIRST BAPTIST - FALUN

Pastor Steve Ward Sunday School - (all ages) - 9:30 a.m.

Church Serv. - 10:45 a.m.

FIRST BAPTIST - MILLTOWN

Pastor Marlon Mielke, 715-825-3186 Sunday Schl. 9:45 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m., 7 p.m.

FIRST BAPTIST - TAYLORS FALLS, MN

Located across from elemen. school on West St., Pastor, Dr. Kevin Schumann; 651-465-7171 Sun. Morn. - Sun. School for all ages - 9 a.m.

Morn. Worship - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided.

FIRST BAPTIST - WEBSTER Church Phone 715-866-4111 Pastor Tim Quinn Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Worship - 10:45 a.m (Nursery Provided)

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. School 10:45 a.m.

TRADE LAKE BAPTIST

CHURCH OF CHRIST

CHURCH OF CHRIST - WEBSTER

Minister Garret Derouin, 715-866-7157 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. Andrea Wittwer 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. Worship 9:30 a.m.

Sunday School 10:30 a.m.

HOPE FELLOWSHIP OF SOMERSET

231 Bluff Drive, 715-247-2435 Services are Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

CHRISTIAN CENTER

CHRISTIAN CENTER

EL SALEM/TWIN FALLS CHRISTIAN CENTER

1751 100th Ave., Dresser Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.

Evening Services Sun. 6 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

Call Pastor Darryl Olson at 715-755-3133 for information and directions

ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN

CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX

HOLY TRINITY ORTHODOX

523 1st St., Clayton, 715-948-2493 Fr. Christopher Wojcik, Pastor Saturday Vespers - 5 p.m.; Sunday Liturgy - 9:30 a.m.

HOLY CROSS ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN Meeting at Zion Lutheran Church, 28005 Old Towne Rd., Chisago Lakes, MN, hcomm.org Sunday Worship Service 9:30 a.m.

NAZARENE

NAZARENE

CALVARY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE

510 S. Vincent, St. Croix Falls Pastor Tom Reaume, 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 Adult Bible Service 9 a.m.; Services: Sun. 10 a.m.; Sunday School during church service.

NONDENOMINATIONAL

NONDENOMINATIONAL

CROSSROADS CHRISTIAN

28313 CTH H, A&H Pastor Tryg Wistad, 715-635-9222 Sunday Worship: 10 a.m.

NEW LIFE COMMUNITY - AMERY

Interim Pastor Craig Jorgenson Sunday Worship 10 a.m.; Children’s Church: K to 6th Grade

NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY

Meets at Dresser Elem. School, Dresser Pastor Tony Minell, 715-417-1982 Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

NEW WINE CHURCH - CENTURIA 309 5th Street, , 715-338-2751 Pastor Scott Petznick Sunday Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m.

NORTHERN PINES FRIENDS WOR. 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 Senior Pastors Paul and Sonja Hanson Sunday Adult Bible Class 9 a.m.

Worship and Children’s Sunday Schl. 10 a.m.

ST. PETER’S COMMUNITY CHURCH “Faith on Purpose” (Love God, Love People...period) faithonpurpose.org CTH F, Dresser, 715-483-2911 Pastor’s res./office Sunday Worship 10 a.m.

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Students of the Week GRANTSBURG

FREDERIC

Sydney Domagala has been chosen Frederic Elementary School’s student of the week. She is in fifth grade and the daughter of Scott Domagala. Sydney is an excellent student and a great person. She loves to sing and is a member of the fifth-grade band and bell choir.

Her favorite sports are volleyball, basketball, softball, soccer and football. She enjoys playing outside. She hopes to one day be an OB GYN.

Peter Lund has been chosen Frederic Middle School’s student of the week. He is in seventh grade and the son of Greg and Jill Lund. Peter is involved in football, basketball, track, youth group and choir. He enjoys playing guitar, hanging out with friends and riding bike. He is funny, fun to be around, respectful and a cooperative student. His greatest influence in his life is his brother Josiah. His future plans include going to college and playing in a band.

Julia Owens has been chosen Frederic High School’s student of the week. She is a junior and the daughter of Roger and Kim Owens. Julia is involved in track, 4-H and FFA. She enjoys reading and working on the farm. She is trustworthy and a hard worker.

Her greatest influence in her life is her dad. She plans to attend college and then farm.

Lauren Stratton has been chosen Grantsburg Elementary School’s student of the week.

She is in second grade and the daughter of Tina Stratton and Alan Stratton. Lauren is new to GES this year. She has shown that she is very kind, respectful and works hard in class. In PE, Lauren has been setting a positive example of how to do her best and make good choices.

She is a great role model in class.

LUCK

Beau Brenizer has been chosen Luck Elementary School’s student of the week. He is in fifth grade and the son of Jackie and Jeff Brenizer. Beau enjoys hunting with his dad and playing football with his friends. He is a responsible student and is wellliked by his classmates and teachers. His future looks very positive.

Stephanie Anderson has been chosen Grantsburg High School’s student of the week. She is a junior and the daughter of Tammy and Daryl Anderson. Stephanie is involved in volunteering at Crex and community chorale. She enjoys science, Anime, reading, pencil drawing and plant collecting and identifying. She plans to attend a four-year school and major in botany or biology. The greatest influence in her life is Mr. Berg.

ST. CROIX FALLS

Emma Pedersen has been chosen Luck Middle School’s student of the week. She is in eighth grade and the daughter of Karen and Paul Pedersen. Emma is involved in student council, basketball, volleyball, softball and track.

She enjoys sports. She is kind, considerate and strives to do her best. She is always attentive in class and is a stellar student who is liked by peers and teachers.

The greatest influence in her life is her parents.

Jake Schrock has been chosen Luck High School’s student of the week. He is a senior and the son of Brent Schrock and Donna Mabry. Jake is involved in baseball and the CIA program. He enjoys hunting, fishing, weightlifting and hanging out with friends. His academic work ethic will pay off for him in the future. He works at Nagel’s Creekside LLC. He plans to attend college. His greatest influences in his life are Tom Nagel and his uncle.

Tia Kolve has been chosen St. Croix Falls Elementary School’s student of the week. She is in fourth grade. Tia has two younger twin brothers and they all live with their mom and dad.

She likes to read at school and at home she likes to play on the computer. She loves horses.

When Tia grows up she wants to work with horses as a vet or as a rider.

Alaina Tompsett has been chosen St. Croix Falls Middle School’s student of the week.

She is in sixth grade and the daughter of Maggie and David Tompsett. Alaina is involved in band and enjoys beading and baking. Her favorite subject is F.A.C.E. Alaina is a very hardworking, pleasant girl. She is well-liked by her peers and always makes time to help them.

James Easland has been chosen St. Croix Falls High School’s student of the week. He is a sophomore and the son of Lynn Easland. He has three sisters.

James enjoys sailing, hunting, fishing, fixing motors, driving tractors and mudding four-wheelers.

WEBSTER

SIREN

Lee Alwine has been chosen Siren Elementary School’s student of the week. He is in kindergarten and the son of Jason Belisle. Lee is a very hardworking student and always does his best. He enjoys school and is always ready to learn. He is a very good friend to his classmates, always making sure he includes others and makes them feel accepted and is a great help to his teacher. Lee enjoys doing word work and computer lab. He is a very deserving student of this award.

Cassidy Quimby has been chosen Grantsburg Middle School’s student of the week. She is in eighth grade and the daughter of Tom and Sandy Quimby. Cassidy is kind, cheerful, works hard and brings a positive attitude to everything she does. She loves hanging out with friends, being active in choir, volleyball and softball. She enjoys 4-H, reading, showing cows at the fair and attending confirmation class.

Sampson Richter has been chosen Siren Middle School’s student of the week. He is in seventh grade and the son of Jeffery and Dawn Richter. Sampson works hard in his classes to keep his grades up and participates in class discussions.

He plays baseball and is planning to participate on the track team this spring. Outside of school, he participates in church activities.

Adam Neuer has been chosen Siren High School’s student of the week. He is a senior and the son of Jennifer Peterson. Adam is a very talented artist who has taken every art class in school and is now completing independent study coursework to pursue his interest in art. His work is both creative and insightful which is a reflection of his great imagination.

He is a good citizen in school and treats others with respect.

Auston Sigfrids is Webster Elementary School’s student of the week. He is in second grade and the son of Jason and Lisa Sigfrids. Auston is kind to his classmates, respectful to his teachers and works hard on his schoolwork. His favorite subject is math and he loves playing baseball.

Jenna Curtis has been chosen Webster Middle School’s student of the week. She is in seventh grade and the daughter of Preston and Kelly Curtis. Jenna gets along with everyone. She is kind, compassionate and helpful to others. She is a responsible student with good work ethics. She is involved in hockey, softball, track and volleyball. She enjoys horseback riding and attending and competing in horse shows.

Emma Kelby has been chosen Webster High School’s student of the week. She is a junior and the daughter of Tom and Sarah Kelby.

Emma works very hard in class.

She’s a great motivator and a wonderful person to have in class.

She always has a smile for everyone. She is involved in choir, AODA, youth group, cross country and track. She enjoys spending time with family, shopping and running.

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STUDENT OF THE WEEK Please Call 715-327-4236

Leah Schadow has been chosen Unity Elementary School’s student of the week. She is in first grade and the daughter of Heidi and Jeremy Schadow.

Leah is new to our school and has adjusted well. She brings a warmth to our class with her kindness and is always giving a hug and a smile. Leah is a wonderful and hardworking student.

Lila Evans has been chosen Unity Middle School’s student of the week. She is in sixth grade and the daughter of April Anderson and Jon Burhans. Lila is pleasant and thoughtful to her teachers and fellow students.

She is a hard worker and has a positive attitude. She is kind and has a smile on her face and is a pleasure to have in class.

Eddie Harr has been chosen Unity High School’s student of the week.

He is a senior and the son of Nancy and Dale Harr. His school activities involve selling candy and drumming. Outside of school, Eddie enjoys fishing. After high school, he plans to go to Alaska. He resides in Centuria.

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Coming events

Happenings in the Upper St. Croix Valley communities

NOVEMBER

SATURDAY/12

Grantsburg

• Ruby’s Pantry at Congregational Church. Doors open 7:30 a.m. Dist. 8:30 a.m., $15 donation, 715-268-7390.

St. Croix Falls

• Harvest stew, craft & bake sale at Zion Lutheran Church, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Amery

THURSDAY/3

• Auxiliary lutefisk and meatball dinner at the Legion, 4 p.m.-gone.

Bone Lake

• Year One: Bringing Up Baby class at the medical center, 6-7 p.m., 715-483-0431.

Clam Falls

• Music ministry team presents an evening of worship & personal sharing at Clam Falls Lutheran Church, 7 p.m.

FRIDAY/4

Cozy Corner

Amery

• Holiday bazaar & bake sale at Northland Community Center, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., fclauson@centurytel.net, 715-2443565.

• Swiss steak dinner at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 4:30-7 p.m., 715-268-7283.

Cumberland

Cushing

• Bluegrass/gospel concert at Hosanna Free Lutheran Church, 7 p.m.

• Fire department’s venison feed at the community center, starts at 4 p.m. Bingo, raffles. 715-648-5328.

Lewis

Luck

• Hunters beef stew supper at Lewis Methodist Church, 4-7 p.m.

• Antique expert Mark Moran will be appraising items at the library, 2-5 p.m., 715-472-2770.

Milltown

Osceola

• Community Referral Agency fundraiser at the community center, 6 p.m., 715-825-4414.

Rice Lake

• Red Cedar Symphony Thanksgiving concert at UWBarron County, 7:30 p.m., www.redcedarsymphony.org.

SATURDAY/5 Amery

• Women’s Expo at Centennial Hall, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

• East Immanuel Lutheran Church roast beef dinner, 3:30-7:30 p.m.

• Trinity Lutheran Church of Garfield’s bazaar, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Balsam Lake

• Polk County HCE Christmas Fair at Unity Schools, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 715-948-2323.

• Health department’s flu vaccinations at the HCE Fair, at the school, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., www.polkcountyflu.com, 715485-8500.

Danbury

• Ruby’s Pantry at the town maintenance shop, $15 donation. Doors open 9:30 a.m., distribution 10-11:30 a.m.

Frederic

• Brenizer Salvage and Motorsports swap meet at Brenizer Motorsports, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., 715-327-5580/5531.

Grantsburg

• Feed My Sheep at Grace Church in Grantsburg. Doors open 8 a.m., 715-463-5699.

• Try Hockey for Free Clinic for 4- to 9-year olds at the rink, 9:30-11 a.m., 715-463-4285.

• Lutefisk dinner at West Immanuel Lutheran Church, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

Geese, hundreds of them, including several trumpeter swans, were attracted to the pond at the Robert Blake farm near Indian Creek recently. - Photo submitted • A Northwoods Christmas at Northwoods Crossing Event Center, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 715-349-8484.

• Holiday art sale at BAAG Art Center. Next to Ruby’s Pantry, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Spooner

• Red Cedar Symphony Thanksgiving Concert at Canoe Heritage Museum. 6 p.m. refreshments, 7 p.m. concert, 888-604-2112, jmalisch@centurytel.net.

St. Croix Falls

• Writers workshop at the library, 715-483-1777, www.stcroixfallslibrary.org.

• Lioness sponsored chicken dinner at the senior center, noon to 7 p.m., 715-483-9190 or 715-338-5989.

SUNDAY/6 Dresser

• Dresser & SCF Area VFW Post 4186 & Auxiliary allyou-can-eat-breakfast at the VFW Hall, 8 a.m.-noon.

Milltown

• Service of Remembrance for children who have died at North Valley Lutheran Church, 4 p.m.

MONDAY/7 Clear Lake

Indian Creek

• Compassionate Friends, Tri-County Chapter, grief support in death of a child at First Lutheran, 7 p.m., 715263-2739.

Lewis

TUESDAY/8

• Memorial benefit for the Randy Brenizer family at the Legion, 5 p.m. start, 715-653-2671.

• Lewis Jam - bluegrass, gospel and country music at Lewis United Methodist Church, 6 p.m.

Luck

• Luck Lutheran Church dinner, 4:30-6:30 p.m. and concert after dinner, 715-472-2605.

Milltown

• Legion’s turkey party at the community center, 6:30 p.m.

Siren

• Bake sale, crafts and quilts at Siren Methodist Church, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Milltown

• Blood drive at Milltown Lutheran Church, 12:30-6:30 p.m., 715-472-2445.

Siren

• Flu shots at the government center, 2-4 p.m., 715-3497600.

Webster

• LaMoine MacLaughlin presents his book of poems at the library, 6 p.m., 715-866-7697.

THURSDAY/10 Alpha

• Polk-Burnett Retired Educators meet at Calvary Covenant Church. Register at 11:30 a.m. for noon meal.

RSVP 715-689-2502.

Luck

• Lions Bingo at Luck Lions Hall, 5:30-8 p.m.

FRI. & SAT./11 & 12 Luck

• “Opportunity Knocking” at the high school, 7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY/11 Amery

Dresser

• Northwest Regional Writers meeting at Sunrise Apts., 1 p.m.

Luck

• Teachers Memorial pancake supper fundraiser in the Luck School Cafeteria, 4-7 p.m.

Wolf Creek

• Ladies Day Out at Wolf Creek Bar, 1-4 p.m., 715-4839255.

Balsam Lake

• Pork quality assurance certification class at the government center, 2 p.m., 715-485-8600.

• Fall salon “Out of the Blue” at artZ Gallery, 5-8 p.m., www.earthartswi.org.

• Chronic illness/disability support group will meet Peace Lutheran Church, 6:30 p.m., 715-755-2515.

Webster

• Yellow Lake Veterans Day Parade, noon. Line up by Gandy Dancer Saloon.

WEDNESDAY/9

Amery

• Cancer support group at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 7 p.m., 715-268-6722 or 715-68-7290.

St. Croix Falls

• Hingepoint meeting for men battling sexual addictions, at River Valley Christian Church, 9 a.m.-noon, 715483-5378.

• Veterans Day dinner at American Legion Post 146, noon-6 p.m.

Frederic

St. Croix Falls

• Fish fry at American Legion Post 146, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Webster

• Legion’s Veterans Day Dinner for veterans at the community center. 5:30 p.m. social, 6:30 p.m. dinner.

ONGOING Every Day

AA &/or AlAnon, Polk & Burnett counties, 715-931-8262 for time/location. Amery, 715-268-8431.

Divorce care support group at Apple River Community Church, 715-268-8360, 715-268-2176.

Every Monday

Indianhead Barbershop Chorus meets at the Balsam Lake Government Center, 7:30 p.m., 715-483-9202.

Baby and Me class - Amery Medical Center, 1-2 p.m.

Grief Share support group at Centennial Hall, Amery, 715-268-2176 or 715-268-8360.

Moms In Touch International, First Baptist, Amery, 2 - 3 p.m., 715-268-5408, www.momsintouch.com

Every Tuesday

Bingo - Burnett County Moose Lodge, Siren, 6 p.m.

Survivors of domestic violence & sexual assault support group, Polk Co., 800-261-7233, 6-7:30 p.m.

Anger management group at Amery Regional Medical Center, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 715-268-4094.

Every Thursday

Breastfeeding support group at the St. Croix Regional Medical Center, 2-3:30 p.m., 715-483-0431.

Narcotics Anonymous meets at the Serenity House (old jail), Balsam Lake, 7 p.m., 612-205-2321.

Every Saturday

AA meets at the West Denmark Lutheran Church, rural Luck, 9 - 10 a.m.

Crex Halloween a success Halloween at Crex Meadows was a great success. The costume contest had about 40 contestants. There were three different categories, but contestants could only enter one.

The three categories were Most Creative, Scariest, and Closest to Real Life. The three judges, A n n e t t e Mosely, Ravi Roelfs and Nicki Peterson, had a hard time deciding the cate g o r y winners.

There were over 95 pumpkins throughout the g l o w i n g

Jack O’Lanterns Interpretive Trail. These pumpkins were carved by Faith Lutheran Church youth groups, Grantsburg Girl Scouts and Grantsburg High School volunteers. At the finish of the trail, a warm campfire with s’mores awaited. Also near the campfire were some live critters to view and learn about. Inside, visitors also had a chance to make three different crafts, fall snacks and watch a creepy-critter movie. Each child that attended the event also received a goodie bag.

Area businesses made the event possible.

– Photos submitted