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Nov. 9, 2011
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Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011 Vol. 122, No. 12 • Shell Lake, Wis.
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• Decorating for Christmas Celebration in Lights 2011 Winter in Wonderland starts. See Events, page 8
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Old-fashioned Christmas at the Fort
SPORTS Basketball schedule See page 13
The Heroes Tree See page 2
People you should know: Jude Bolterman See back page
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SPOONER — Local volunteers are busy filling empty shoe boxes with school supplies, toys, hygiene items and notes of encouragement for needy kids overseas through Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child program. National Collection Week is Nov. 14-21. Volunteers can drop off their shoe box gifts at the Hendry residence, 709 Benjamin St., Spooner, Monday, Nov. 14-Sunday, Nov. 20, from 2-6 p.m., and Monday, Nov. 21, from 8 a.m.6 p.m.For more information on how to participate in Operation Christmas Child call 612-359-7025 or visit www.samaritanspurse.org/occ. — from Samaritan’s Purse ••• MADISON - A Wisconsin state lawmaker has introduced a bill that would compensate farmers if their animals are attacked by cougars. Trail cameras have recently photographed a cougar wandering Juneau County. It’s the latest in a handful of sightings in the state over the past few years. State Rep. Amy Sue Vruwink says some constituents are concerned the cougars could attack their livestock. One such an attack against a cow happened in Juneau County. Under the Milladore Democrat’s bill, farmers would be compensated if that happens again, “The more and more people read about them, research them and realize how nasty and deadly they can be to their prey, now this is a preventative proactive approach instead of waiting until after something happens and saying oh to a farmer, well too bad, so sad.” Vruwink says, the DNR already has a list of animals known to injure or kill livestock. Cougars would be added to the list which includes bears, wolves and deer. The cougar bill could be voted on by the entire Assembly in January. - Wisconsin Public Radio,
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Christmas at the Fort at Forts Folle Avoine, Danbury, will take place on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 3 - 4 and Saturday, Dec. 10. See page 6 for details. – Photo submitted
Open enrollment changing the face of public schools
Locally, Shell Lake and Birchwood benefit, Spooner and Northwood lose
by Jessica Beecroft MADISON - This past year, a record number of students took advantage of Wisconsin’s open enrollment program to attend a school outside their own district. The 34,498 participants was 8.1 percent higher than in 2010 and nearly five times higher than in 2001, when the program started. Open enrollment numbers varied widely, with 13 districts experiencing net outflows of more than 10 percent of their student populations and 34 with net inflows of similar magni-
tude. The number of students using open enrollment in local school districts varies. Shell Lake and Birchwood continue to gain students, while Spooner and Northwood school districts continue to lose students through open enrollment. “We did a survey/study a few years back,” said Spooner Schools Superintendent Don Haack. “The general gist of the results was that we had a lot of students open enrolling out that never attended the Spooner schools (many moved across district lines and stayed at their previous school) and many were for proximity reasons. Some thought that other districts may have smaller classes, etc., too.”
See Open enrollment, page 3
Committee reorganization sent to board
by Jessica Beecroft WASHBURN COUNTY – The county’s executive committee met Monday, Nov. 7, and voted to send the committee reorganization recommendation to the full county board for approval. Steve “Fluffy” Sather, chair, Clay Halverson and Greg Krantz, voted yes, while Beth Esser voted no. The idea is to save the county and taxpayers money by allowing four to five committees to meet at once instead of having several meetings several times a month. Sather told the committee that he would like to have “more of a younger thought on this board” and feels that by allowing the committee groups to meet at once it would allow more people that are still part of the workforce to have the option to participate on the county
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board. “They might be able to take one day off a month,” Sather said. Esser was concerned about limiting the committees that county board members would be able to be part of if the committees were grouped together. Esser questioned the committee, “The finance and personnel committees are some of the strongest committees. If you can’t serve on the personnel committee (because of conflict of interest) then you can’t serve on the finance committee, either?” Despite Esser’s attempts to convince executive committee members of the faults with the idea, the committee will bring this recommendation to the full county board on Tuesday, Nov. 15. Please note that the county board meeting will be held at 9 a.m. this month.
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The Heroes Tree
Madison Pease proudly displays the ornaments she made for the Heroes Tree. The first is her greatgrandfather, Maurice Maire. As a second lieutenant, he was at Pearl Harbor at the beginning of the war. The second is that of her mother, Jody Pease, and Lisa McNeally who served with the 82nd Airborne. The third ornament she made was to honor her grandfather, Paul Maire. The fourth is that of her brother, Chad Collins, who is serving in the Air Force. The Cumberland Middle School student plans to follow her family tradition and serve her country when she turns 18.
Tanya Schultz presented the ornament that she and her daughter, Hannah, made to honor her brother, Captain Paul Cusick, who is serving in the Wisconsin National Guard. He has had several tours of duty in Iraq.
Glen Hagman, Sarona, recounted his service to his country during the Korean War. He was inducted into the Brown-Shoe Army, as he called it, and served at the front line. “Were these guys heroes?” he asked. “They were cold, scared and they did not want to be there, to me they were heroes.” LEFT: Retired Desert Storm veteran Lisa McNeally was the guest speaker of the Shell Lake Library Heroes Tree program held Saturday, Nov. 5. She talked of the sacrifices of the men and women who serve in our country’s armed forces. “Helping to keep us free, we owe them a debt we cannot repay.” Having served her country in the Army and National Guard, she is working as the Washburn County service assistant helping veterans who have served their country.
The Heroes Tree program started with the posting of the colors by Boy Scout member Devin Guggenberger and Scout leader Shawn Cusick. — Photos by Larry Samson
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Shell Lake School District has had to turn students away since open enrollment started. “From my perspective, there are quite a few reasons for this trend,” said Superintendent Jim Connell. “Small class size is a part it. We have an in-depth curriculum and course offering schedule for a district our size. The referendum that passed five years ago is huge. It sends the message that people in the community care about the school and the students. The referendum has provided the opportunity to keep programs, field trips, small class sizes, timely equipment purchases, and the list goes on. ” Connell said there are also other reasons Shell Lake’s schools attract students from out of the district. “We have incredibly dedicated and committed staff that open enroll their own children to Shell Lake. There are some families that open-enrolled when neighboring districts were having difficulty passing a referendum to build a needed facility and continue to go here today. The facility is awesome and well cared for, which sends a general message that we care.” Birchwood School District Superintendent Frank Helquist said, “Over the years we have found that people choose Birchwood for a number of reasons. According to parents we are innovative and keep pushing for positive school change and offering more options for students even during these difficult budget times. They like the variety of classes and programs that their students can be involved with. An example is we have two charter schools as options, whereas our neighbors rarely have any.” Helquist said Birchwood has unique programs such as the High Mileage Vehicle Program that has won state titles in Wisconsin and Minnesota competitions. “In a small school, if a student goes out
WASHBURN COUNTY — “Veterans Day, this year on Nov. 11, falls two months after the 10-year anniversary of 9/11,“ said Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary John A. Scocos. “For those who have ever worn the uniform in service to our nation, Veterans Day has significant meaning.” The theme this year’s Veterans Day is Honoring Women Veterans. In addition, as part of Veterans Day, in 2007 Wisconsin Act 22, the state of Wisconsin has declared that the seven-day period that ends on Nov. 11 is designated as Veterans Recognition Week in Wisconsin, and the week of November that starts on Sunday and ends on Saturday in which Nov. 11 falls is designated as Hire A Veteran Week in Wisconsin. Local observances of Veterans Day include:
Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery Observance of Veterans Day will be at 1 p.m., Friday, Nov. 11, at the Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery located just off Hwy. 53, three miles south of Spooner, at N4063 Veterans Way. Veterans, their families and the public are invited to attend. The keynote speaker will be Col. U.S. Army (Ret.)
for a sport, or any cocurricular activity they are included,” Helquist noted. “Perhaps the greatest two themes we hear is that we expect more of our students, both academically and behaviorally. The K-12 concept in one building means that older and younger students have opportunities to mix which helps with our family atmosphere. People have also heard that we have a very successful foundation and once they attend school here they see the results of having a very generous foundation.”
Online schools a factor While open enrollment participation has grown steadily since program inception in 1999, the spread of online schools helped drive numbers in recent years, as online students are open enrollment participants. Among the five districts with the largest net gains, three (Northern Ozaukee, Grantsburg and McFarland) have virtual charter schools. Of the other 10 districts with net student gains of more than 20 percent, seven were K-8 districts (Brighton, Erin, Friess Lake, Geneva, Lake Country, Rubicon and Yorkville), two were K-12s (Ashwaubenon and Saint Francis) and one was a union high (Union Grove). While more students are taking advantage of open enrollment, the total number enrolled in Wisconsin public schools continues to decline. In 2011, 857,856 full-time equivalent students were so enrolled, 1,200 fewer than in 2010 and the fewest in 15 years. The downward trend comes despite the addition of 4-year-old kindergarten in many districts and the surge in online schools, which have brought some home-schooled students into the public realm. Enrollments for 5-year-old kindergarten through 12th grade have dropped 4.6 percent, or nearly 40,000 students, since 1998.– with information from the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance
State patrol charges OWI, sixth offense
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by Jessica Beecroft SPOONER - Alexander L. Kerr, 37, Bruce, was arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Spooner Post and charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence, sixth offense. A Wisconsin state trooper stopped Kerr for speeding on Hwy. 70. The trooper detected signs of impairment, performed sobriety tests and subsequently arrested Kerr for operating under the influence - sixth offense. Kerr was taken to the Rusk County Jail where
he was also charged with possession of marijuana and operating after revocation - third offense. “Pursuant to the direction of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, as found in Supreme Court Rule 20:3.6, Trial Publicly, you are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty,” reads the press release from the state patrol. – with information from the Wisconsin State Patrol
SPOONER – An event this Saturday, Nov. 12, will feature speeches by regional state legislators and a U.S. congressional candidate who will spotlight the many reasons behind the Recall Walker petition drive, which begins in earnest Tuesday, Nov. 15. It will be held from noon to 3 p.m. at the Wisconsin Ag Research Station, W6646 Hwy. 70 in Spooner and is sponsored by the Washburn County Democratic Party. And to warm up petition signature volunteers and other attendees on this
cool fall day, free chili, complete with all the fixin’s, will be served. Speaking at the event will be state Sen. Bob Jauch, state Sen. Kathleen Vinehout, state Rep. Nick Milroy and former state Senator and U.S. congressional candidate Pat Kreitlow, and Mike McCabe, director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign. For more information contact Susan Hansen at 715-468-7014. – from Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Local Recall Walker event Saturday
Dryden receives award from state
by Jessica Beecroft WASHBURN COUNTY – The Washburn County Department of Aging presented an award to Diane Dryden of Shell Lake from the Aging and Disability Professional Association of Wisconsin on Monday, Nov. 7. Dryden was given the award for writing an article on the Grocery Getters program in Shell Lake. Dryden said, “I’m really pleased. I really like making people know what’s going on. That’s my job - to let people know what I know. When people call me and I’m able to do something, it’s just a thrill for me. There are people who give up their time all the time. They don’t get praise, they don’t get accolades, they don’t get awards. Diane Dryden was presented an award They just do it because they just want by Tim Brabek, chair of the Washburn to do it. Volunteers are absolutely County Aging and Disability Services wonderful. Thank you so much!” Committee. - Photo by Jessica Beecroft
Veterans Day programs scheduled
Ray Boland, past Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs. Also speaking will be SGM U.S. Army (Ret.) Dawn Anderson, currently the assistant veterans service officer of Barron County. Master of ceremonies will be Matt Bergs, NWVMC director. To be featured during the program: Women veterans from Burnett County will post the colors. Taps will be sounded by Gene Schultz of Hudson. Lisa McNeally, Washburn County Veterans Service Office assistant will lead the Pledge of Allegiance. Women veterans from their respective service branch will post the service flags. Pastor John Trewyn will offer the invocation and benediction. The national anthem and additional song selections will be sung by the Spooner High School select choir. President of the Wisconsin State Association of County Veterans Service Commissions Kerri Adams will read the “Missing Man Remembrance.” Women veterans from AMVETS Post 50 from Phillips will place the Wreath of Remembrance in memory of all veterans passed. The ceremonial honor guard salute will be presented by Chetek VFW Post 10331. Shell Lake Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No.
9867 and American Legion Post 225 Shell Lake will host a Veterans Day program Friday Nov. 11, 9:30 a.m. in the Shell Lake High School gymnasium. The Badger Boy and Girl will be speaking along with music provided by the Shell Lake High School band.
Spooner The Veterans Day program hosted by VFW Post 1028 will be held Friday, Nov. 11, at 10:30 a.m. in the Spooner High School gymnasium.
Springbrook, Trego, and Earl Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10568 Springbrook, Trego and Earl will have a Veterans Day dinner for post members and guests on Thursday Nov. 10, with a 5 p.m. social hour and dinner at 6 p.m., at the Lumberjack Steak House in Hayward.
Birchwood American Legion Bemis-Hunter Post 379 Veterans Day program will be held at 10:15 a.m. at Birchwood High School gymnasium. The program is hosted by the students who are family members of a veteran, past Birchwood graduates that are now veterans and those currently serving in the military. Posting of the colors will be provided by the Amer-
ican Legion Post 379. There will be a slide show and music provided by the Birchwood band and choir. Minong American Legion Lockman-Jenson Post 499 and the student council will host a program on Thursday, Nov. 10, at 10 a.m., in the Northwood School Richard Auditorium in Minong
St. Croix Casino Turtle Lake St. Croix Casino Turtle Lake will honor our nation’s veterans on Veterans Day, Friday, Nov. 11. The casino will host a special Veterans Day ceremony at 10:30 a.m. The ceremony will include recognition of all veterans attending, a short program and patriotic music. The Turtle Lake casino will also treat all veterans to a free buffet lunch from 11 a.m.2 p.m. Veterans can register for the free lunch special beginning at 9 a.m. by presenting their military ID or discharge papers at the TLC Players Club booth. For more information about Veterans Day and ceremonies taking place throughout the state, go to www.WisVets.com/VeteransDay, see WDVA Events Web page at www.WisVets.com/Events or call 800WIS-VETS (800-947-8387). — with submitted information
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Sen. Jauch comment
This statement by Sen. Jauch refers to Gov. Walker’s plan to cut $66 million more from the UW-System budget. While the Walker administration reforms caused a lot of controversy, something had to be done to address Wisconsin’s overall financial situation and difficult choices had to be made. If the country of Greece had made some wise but difficult choices earlier, they wouldn’t be in the situation that they are
in now. In my perusal of this statement I found some highly egregious statements by the senator. He states that the Walker administration wanted to “destroy the UW system.” He also accused the Walker administration of cutting UW spending so that the administration could provide tax cuts to corporations and wealthy individuals. He also mentions replacing the Wisconsin Idea with the Walker
nightmare. I guess he thinks balancing the budget for the first time in 10 years and providing tax incentives to companies so that they may move here and employ us middle-class folks is a nightmare. It is despicable that a sitting state senator would have the arrogance to feed abject lies and such reckless rhetoric to his constituents, but that is what the left does. The “destroy the UW system” re-
mark has to take the off-the-graph honors for his statement. To see how the reforms have impacted local governments and school districts across the state, go to the Web site www.reforms.wi.gov.
Nov. 3, the Shell Lake Arts Center hosted their 12th-annual Middle School Honors Band concert with 250-plus area music students, directors, parents, staff and volunteers. I had the pleasure, along with a number of other volunteers, to help serve the evening meal to this group. Our world is so full of turmoil and frustration that it was refreshing to work with a group of people that believe in
our youth and set the bar of achievement high. The Shell Lake Arts Center does just that, and Shell Lake should be proud of what they do. The excitement in the supper line was contagious, but I have to say that I have not worked with a more polite group of young people in my life. Please and thank you were the most used words of the evening. After cleanup was finished, I walked up to the auditorium for a peek at the concert and found
a crowd overflowing out into the lobby with standing room only. The music that those middle school students produced was astounding! Thirty-one area schools participated in this event and should be commended for their efforts to utilize such an opportunity. The Shell Lake Arts Center may still look like part of my old high school, but there are amazing and wonderful things happening inside those walls. Challeng-
ing our youth to reach for the stars, stepping outside their comfort zone and dreaming big is extremely important today, and the Shell Lake Arts Center is doing just that.
For 10 months now, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has torn our state apart. Since taking office in January, Walker has attacked the rights of Wisconsin workers, passed an undemocratic voter ID bill, and done the bidding of the Koch brothers and his deep-pocketed corporate backers at every turn. The people of Wisconsin can’t afford four full years of Walker as our governor.
Just days before we begin collecting signatures, Walker’s fellow Republicans are attempting to add a new requirement that all recall petitions must be notarized. Walker knows we have the energy and the support needed to recall him now, but rather than letting your voice be heard, he’s trying to put up roadblocks to impede the recall process and sully our democracy.
Folks who’d like to learn more about the effort to recall Walker and Rebecca Kleefisch, his lieutenant governor, are invited to meet at the Spooner Ag. Research Station on Saturday, Nov. 12, from noon-3 p.m. There will be free chili, great speeches, live music, recall stuff, and training. Hundreds of Washburn County citizens have pledged to sign recall petitions
when the time came. The time is Nov. 15. Finally, time to take back our state. Enough is enough.
Those demanding compassion from others are often unintentionally cruel themselves. When Compassion and Restraint were hiking, they discovered a field of emperor moth cocoons and each took one home to watch the moth emerge. Soon a small opening appeared in one of the cocoons, and for several hours the moth struggled to force its body through the tiny opening. Restraint did not interfere for he understood that overcoming life struggles would give the moth the strength and skill to handle future challenges. Compassion scolded Restraint for his cold-hearted refusal to aid the struggling moth. As the moth emerged, exercised its wings and flew away, Restraint admired
the beauty of this lovely moth enjoying the potential nature had given him. Ignoring the fact that the struggle to pass through the narrow opening is nature’s way of forcing fluid from the body into the wings, Compassion grabbed a scissors and enlarged the opening in the second cocoon. A pudgy moth plopped upon the table. Its body was large and swollen, and the wings were small and shriveled, incapable of supporting the body in flight. Compassion believed that the moth would fly in time. Instead, that moth spent its life dragging around its swollen body and shriveled wings forever dependent upon the compassion of others for its basic needs. Rejecting the idea that his empathy
created dependency, Compassion arrogantly blamed the moth for having no imagination, creativity or ambition. Too often acts of imposed compassion
result in cruelty.
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 on 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 metal statue to many people, he was a gentle giant, standing as a whimsical fixture of St. Croix Falls, Polk County and even Wisconsin. Mike Carlson, the new owner of the 14-foot-tall landmark with a 7-foot-wide wingspan, has placed the tin man in storage as it awaits repairs and a new home. — from The Inter-County Leader ••• CLAYTON — The Polk County medical examiner has determined the cause of the death of a firstgrade Clayton student to be accidental related to asphyxia secondary to foreign body aspiration. Griffin Isaac Randall, 6, was eating lunch Oct. 25 in the school lunchroom at Clayton Public School when he began choking on his food, reportedly a meatball, according to other children in the lunchroom. Staff and emergency personnel attended to him immediately according to a statement released by the school district. Griffin was taken by ambulance to the Amery hospital, 10 minutes away, where he died. New reports state the boy did have other health issues and used a wheelchair for mobility. Griffin is survived by his parents, Darin and
Melanie Randall, brother JR, and sisters Dallas and Ginger. — from Barron News-Shield ••• BARRON – A near three-month delay in the construction of a new emergency department and clinic expansion project at Mayor Clinic Health SystemNorthland in Barron, due to higher-than-expected weathered bedrock and groundwater levels, has led to new design plans for the emergency department. Since first tested last year, the groundwater rose several feet. The original project included a lower level below the emergency department with space for an inpatient pharmacy, community education room, office space and mechanical equipment. The new plans, which required additional state approval, do not include a lower level and place the mechanical equipment on the roof of the building. With the lower level eliminated, the elevator and stairs are no longer needed, creating additional lobby space. — from Barron News-Shield ••• BARRON — Juror selection for the attemptedhomicide trial of 44-year-old Bradley L. Bearheart, Clayton, got under way in Barron County Circuit Court. Bearheart is charged with attempted first-degree homicide and attempted first-degree reckless homicide after he allegedly shot his wife, Jennifer, 46, and shot at Joshua D. Swanson, 19, Clayton, in the Town of Turtle Lake on Dec. 30, 2010. — from Barron News-Shield
Utterly astounded
Enough is enough
When Compassion and Restraint were hiking
Veteran remembered
With Veterans Day being celebrated this week, many are thinking of the sacrifices many made for our country. Winton Wey, Spooner, is honoring his uncle for whom he was named by remembering his part in World War II. On April 24, 1944, Lt. Winton R. Wey, of Oklahoma, along with Maj. Perry Ritchie, were test pilots of the North American NA-98X that was being designed to provide the firepower of the B-25 strafers as the B-25 Mitchell was the most-built medium bomber of WWII. The NA-98X was to have substantially improved performance. During a lowspeed pass over Mines Field, which after the war became known as the Los Angeles International Airport, the aircraft disintegrated in midair and crashed, killing both pilots. Due to the crash, further work on the NA-98X project was abandoned. This 1943 photo of Wey was taken in Washington, D.C. — Photo submitted
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Linda Degner Shell Lake
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Washburn County flood risk information open house scheduled General public can learn more about floodplain management in their community
SHELL LAKE — Representatives from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, in cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency, will be hosting a flood risk information open house on Tuesday, Dec. 6, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Elliot Building, in the county boardroom, 110 Fourth Avenue, Shell Lake. This open house will provide the public with an opportunity to review a recently completed preliminary flood insurance study and its accompanying preliminary flood insurance rate maps that include base flood information and areas subject to significant flood hazards within the county. Also included in the FIS and the FIRMs is information utilized by public officials when permitting development in the floodplain. Please note, there will not be a presentation at the open house, rather this is an opportunity to view the preliminary maps and FIS in preparation for the upcoming 30day comment period. The open house will be staffed with representatives from various local and state agencies, to provide the most current information about flood risk, flood insurance, floodplain development regulations and the process for floodplain mapping within Washburn County communities. New preliminary floodplain maps have been prepared and will be on display. Once the maps become effective in approximately one year, these maps
Shell Lake Lions Calendar Winners
October 31 - $30 Dick Shover, Rosemount, Minn. November 1 - $30 Tim Maki, Spooner November 2 - $30 Jim Meyers, Shell Lake November 3 - $30 Siren Lions, Siren November 4 - $30 Cheryl Maki, Minong
Shell Lake State Bank Winners also announced on WJMC FM Radio
Temps & levels
Temperatures recorded at Spooner Ag Research Station 2010 Oct. 31 Nov. 1 Nov. 2 Nov. 3 Nov. 4 Nov. 5 Nov. 6
2011 Oct. 31 Nov. 1 Nov. 2 Nov. 3 Nov. 4 Nov. 5 Nov. 6
High 49 46 50 53 53 42 41
High 45 47 56 49 52 54 53
Low 21 21 22 31 38 20 20
Precip.
Low Precip. 36 .11” rain 37 40 .02” rain 22 22 26 37
Lake level: Nov. 8, 2010: 1,217.72’ MSL Nov. 7, 2011: 1,217.41’ MSL
will be used by floodplain permit officials, builders and developers, lenders, realtors, insurance agents and the general public to determine flood risk, develop mitigation measures, and encourage wise and responsible risk management decision making. Property owners, realtors, lenders and insurance agents are encouraged to attend and take advantage of this opportunity to learn more about flood risk and hazard mitigation within their community. If you have any questions regarding this meeting please contact Kristy Hanselman, at 608-261-6443 or kristy.hanselman@wisconsin.gov or Gary Heinrichs at 608-266-3093, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources floodplain planners. FEMA prepares the nation for all hazards and manages federal response and recovery efforts following any national incident. FEMA also initiates mitigation activities, trains first responders, works with state and local emergency managers, and manages the National Flood Insurance Program and the U.S. Fire Administration. FEMA became part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on March 1, 2003. — from WDNR
Regional Hospice welcomes new volunteers
Regional Hospice welcomes its most recent class of volunteers: Back row (L to R): Diane Medaglia, Linda Baum, Karen Morris, Karen Klink and Kathy Hansen volunteer coordinator. Front: Jeanna Steele, Judy Lener, Jan Bauer and Annett Hogan. — Photo submitted
Hunters stew set at Barronett
BARRONETT — This Friday night, Nov. 11, the Barronett Civic Club will host their annual hunters stew supper. The event will be held at the Barronett Community Center beginning at 5:30 p.m. The dinner will run until 7:30 p.m. There will be an indoor hunting contest with numerous prizes to be given
away and meat raffles will be held throughout the evening. At 10 p.m. the main raffle will be held. The community center is also a dropoff point for Toys-For-Tots, so if you’d like to bring in a new toy on Friday night you will receive a free beverage. — from BCC
his seat just as Supervisor Joe Rounce, Shell Lake, was presenting a resolution to the board regarding Washburn County taking over the Shell Lake Airport. • Nearly 200 friends applauded when John Schullo received the Citizenship Award of the Year from Richard Rydberg, president of the Shell Lake Chamber of Commerce, which sponsored the event. Schullo was honored at a banquet held at Donatell’s in Spooner. Present to share the honor was his wife, Verjean, and son John. Daughter Barbara, attending school in La Crosse, was unable to attend. Schullo was presented with a Browning .306 automatic. Schullo was one of the few Wisconsinites who had a license to hunt from his car. • Recognized for years of being 4-H leaders were Mrs. Floyd Thompson for 25 years and Mrs. Joe Biver, 15 years. Recognized for 10 years were Milton Odden, Mrs. Paul Lerback, Mrs. Joe Graf, Mrs. Ethel Davis, Mrs. Donald Furchtenicht and Art Swan. Recognized for five years were Mrs. Richard Whalley, Mrs. Ken Gerner and Mrs. Lawrence Mortensen. • “Hangup at Generation Gap” was the junior-senior class play performed by cast members Dave Ekern, Don Lemke, Jerry Soholt, Jim Rohlik, Jack Dahlstrom, Tom Bitney, Sue Van Meter, Jan Swanson, Jerri Swanson, Debby Haremza, Linda Wennerberg, Barb Chaney, Ann Lutz and Kathy Anderson.
liquor store in the building formerly occupied by Baileywik Gifts. • Indianhead Memorial Hospital Auxiliary officers were Joan Quenan, president; JoAnne Olson, vice president; Mary Dunbar, secretary; and Peg Pockat, treasurer. • Named to the first-team all-conference in football were Ryan Rydberg, John Smith, Wayne Rydberg, Matt Ailport, Bob Petz and Pat Kasten. Bruce Dahlstrom was an honorable mention choice.
Register Memories
1951 - 60 years ago
• Wanda Miller, daughter of Mrs. E.R. Miller, was pledged to the Sigma Lambda Sigma Sorority at La Crosse State Teachers College where she was a sophomore in the physical education division. • Nancy Allen, who was a pledge of the Epsilon Lambda Sigma Society at Hamline University in St. Paul, participated in homecoming activities when Hamline played Gustavus Adolphus. Nancy and two other girls were dressed as pirates and rode on one of the floats in the parade in St. Paul. The parade was televised. • Mrs. Dean Crowell entertained a shower in honor of Mrs. Roy Slater. • Mr. and Mrs. Homer Crowell were spending time in Rolla, Mo., where Mr. Crowell was attending to business matters and his wife was visiting relatives. They expected to spend the winter in Florida where Mr. Crowell would be employed.
1961 - 50 years ago
• A special public meeting was called to see if Shell Lake could keep its only industry as recent developments threatened the Shell Lake Boat Factory. The Agri-Chem Corporation, majority owners, notified the local management team that they could no longer supply the capital necessary for continued operation of the plant even though several new models of Shell Lake boats had been developed. • Robert H. (Bob) Willis, former Washburn County sheriff, and the first traffic officer in Washburn County, passed away at the age of 71. • Wes Bell Winterhur Barney 4719549, owned by Gerald Campbell and Weber West, Sarona, produced 14,830 pounds of milk and 611 pounds butterfat in 273 days on twice daily milking as a 3-yearold. • Shell Lake students, Suzanne J. Lemke and Catherine Lewis, were in the honors program at the University of Wisconsin.
1971 - 40 years ago
• William Schultz, 62, Spooner, died suddenly while attending the meeting of the Washburn County Board. Schultz, owner of Schultz Spooner Airport, near Tadpole Corners on Hwy. K north of Spooner, had complained earlier in the day of not feeling well, slumped over in
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1981 - 30 years ago
• The names of 13 county clerk applicants would be placed before the Washburn County Board with four of them getting the recommendation of the finance and personnel committee. The four receiving the committee recommendation were Donald Rydberg, Shell Lake, president of the Shell Lake School Board; John L. Brown, Spooner, former parts manager at Kronlund Motors in Hayward and at the time employed by the Spooner School District; John Kornfeind, Spooner, accountant for Link Brothers; and William Fye, Minong, assessor for several Washburn County towns. • Two Class A liquor licenses, one to grocer John Dahlstrom, and the other to Ann Reed, were granted by the Shell Lake City Council. Dahlstrom planned to open a liquor department in his grocery store, and Reed planned to open a
1991 - 20 years ago
• “Unbelievable!” The Lakers won the playoff in four overtimes taking the sectional championship game at Clayton. • TipTown Supper Club in Shell Lake, which had been closed for two years, was opening under a new name and new management. Lance and Patrice Christenson, Elk River, Minn., would be operating TipTown Steak House. The Christenson’s family included Jhett, 7, Murray, 5 and Bree, 3. • The house formerly owned by Brad and Jerri Pederson on Burg’s Park Drive in the TipTown neighborhood was moved up the street to a lot owned by Pat Smith. • Nearly two feet of snow fell in Shell Lake and temperatures fell to single digits.
2001 - 10 years ago
• The Shell Lake High School Soccer Club received a $700 contribution from Nexen Inc. • A crew of students from WITC-Rice Lake spent time on the footings and foundation for the lakefront multipurpose building. Students were part of the bricklaying and masonry program. • To celebrate the birthday of Girl Scout founder Juliette Low, troops from Shell Lake and Spooner gathered to make birthday bags containing cake mix, frosting and party favors to be donated to the Washburn County Food Shelf. Girls from Shell Lake helping were Grace Helstern, Willow Shell, Emmalee Statz, Kourtney Klassa and April Richter. • Ventures Unlimited was recognized for going the extra step in supporting employment for individuals with disabilities. Receiving the award for Ventures Unlimited in Shell Lake was Jan Bassett and Kristen Frane.
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ADOPTABLE PETS OF THE WEEK Let me introduce myself, we’ll start out with my name, It is Bruce, I was a stray, that no one came to claim. I am a little older, somewhere between 4 and 6, I’m brown and tan, my breed they say is probably min pin mix. I’m really sweet and loving, though at first I’m sort of shy, Women I like better unless you’re a real nice guy. I’ll bark when you come through the door, a watchdog yes I am, You’d think that I might bite you, but I’m gentle as a lamb. Little kids I’d rather not have all that close to me, A home with someone older is where I’d prefer to be. There’s many things about me there is still so much to tell, Please come in and meet me, you will think I’m pretty swell. Dogs for adoption: 2-year-old female black/brown Chihuahua/dachshund mix; 1-yearold female Jack Russell terrier; 1-year-old male Chihuahua/fox terrier mix; 5-month-old male black Lab mix; 2-year-old brindle male pit bull; 5-1/2-monthold male black/white Lab mix; 5-year-old neutered brown/white American Staffordshire terrier; 5-yearold female chocolate Lab; 2-year-old neutered male black Lab; 5-year-old neutered brown/tan min pin/Chihuahua mix; two 3-1/2-month-old chocolate Lab mix pups, one male, one female; six 8-week-old terrier mix pups, five females, one male; and a 2year-old female Old English bulldog. Cats for adoption: 2-1/2-month-old male gray medium-hair kitten; 6-month-old male black shorthair; 6-month-old male black/white shorthair; 6month-old female black/white medium-hair; 4-month-old male buff/white shorthair tabby; 5month-old male orange/white longhair; 6-week-old male Siamese mix; 6-week-old shorthair calico; 4year-old neutered black/white longhair; 2-monthold male black/white shorthair; 2-month-old female shorthair tortie; 1-year-old spayed brown/white shorthair Abyssinian mix; 3-month-old male orange/white longhair; 3-year-old spayed tiger/calico shorthair; 7-month-old female black/white shorthair; 6-year-old neutered orange shorthair tiger; 2 young shorthair calicos; 4-year-old neutered gray/white shorthair tiger, and two 10-week-old orange/white medium-hair kittens. Strays include: Older neutered black mediumhair cat found on 5th Street in Spooner and a neutered min pin mix wearing a green collar found on CTH A Spooner.
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EAU CLAIRE – City clerks say they’ll need to hire extra election workers next year because of the new Voter ID law, which will also drive up costs. Eau Claire election specialist Cheryl Brunner says she’ll need an extra 20 poll workers to check IDs for regular elections and 40 more for the presidential. All told, Brunner expects that to bump up costs by $2,400 to $4,800 per cycle. But Brunner says despite the cost, having the extra help should make for a smooth learning process. “The first election is definitely going to be a little challenging for them, but once they get used to looking at the IDs and if you have just one person in charge of that and that’s all they have to focus on, I think it’ll be fine,” she says. This summer, the city of Madison held a mock election to educate election officials on the new photo ID requirements. City clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl says they’ll need twice as many workers at each polling
place. “For a small election we could have five election officials, but now with the changes we have in place, the minimum is going to be 10 election officials.” Witzel-Behl says her office has requested an additional $350,000 as well. Dan Thompson heads the Wisconsin League of Municipalities. He says there are no firm statewide numbers about how many extra poll workers may be needed with the new law, but it’s being discussed. “There is some nervousness among municipal officials about how time consuming and difficult it is going to be to administer the new photo ID law,” he says. “The truth is we just don’t know yet.” Thompson isn’t worried about any mass confusion among voters with the new photo ID law but says casting a ballot probably will take longer. - Wisconsin Public Radio
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by Glen Moberg “And your wife got to sit there, your daughter got to Wisconsin Public Radio sit there.” STATEWIE - As we head into this year’s gun deer “My wife is a caregiver for me. It gave her an opporseason, a number of handicapped sportsmen and their tunity to relax for a change.” Ramsey came up with the families will be given the opportunity to return to the idea for Empowered Dream Hunts after overcoming his woods and enjoy an activity that they thought they own challenges ... growing up as an orphan in more could never do again. than a dozen foster homes in Milwaukee, and at the Five years ago, Mitch Hoyt of Marathon was hunting Lincoln Hills School in Irma. alone in the woods, when his tree stand broke, sending “We’re gonna go through trials. You’re gonna go him plunging headfirst to the forest floor. through trials no matter what you are,” he says. “Some“I knew I’d broken my neck or back,” he says. “I times you think they’re fair, sometimes you don’t think couldn’t move my legs. My bones were coming out of they’re fair. It gives me perspective to just be very hummy wrists there. I’d broken both arms. In the dirt, with ble and know that there’s always somebody we can my finger, I wrote a message to my wife and kids, and help around the corner.” I said, ‘Chris, I’ve always loved you. Girls, I love you Nineteen families have been helped by Empowered too.’ And then I waited there to die.” Dream Hunts since the nonprofit organization was Hoyt is now confined to a wheelchair, paralyzed from started four years ago. the neck down. His wife and daughters provide him with constant care. But a former wrestling coach, Joe Ramsey, gave Hoyt and his family the opportunity to go on a deer hunt together, all expenses paid, through a program called Empowered Dream Hunts. “Knowing Mitch and seeing him and taking him out, DANBURY — The Burnett County Historical Society inand knowing that in his hunt, he didn’t get out of the vites you to come to Forts Folle Avoine for a magical, fesblind,” he says, “he sat in there from 8 o’clock in the tive old-fashioned Christmas celebration on Saturday, morning till quarter to 5.” Dec. 3, Sunday, Dec. 4, and Saturday, Dec. 10. “I loved it out there.” This year’s theme, The North Pole, promises enchanting surroundings throughout the Fort and is certain to delight the entire family. There will be lots of activities such as sleigh rides, a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Santa, storytelling, a blacksmith shop, Elves Store, bake sale, silent auction with many items for sale plus music and food. For more information and details please call 715-8668890 or visit www.theforts.org. Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park is located at 8500 CTH U, Danbury. — from BCHS
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efending Liberty and Freedom, Veterans Day, Honoring All Who Served.” This year Veterans Day will fall on Friday, Nov. 11. I was surprised when I read information that stated many confuse Veterans Day and Memorial Day. As the information provided is written better than I can explain, this week’s column is a history lesson with information supplied by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. “World War I – known at the time as The Great War - officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France. However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. For that reason, Nov. 11, 1918, is generally regarded as the end of ‘the war to end all wars.’ “In November 1919, President Wilson proclaimed Nov. 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day with the following words: ‘To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations…’ “In 1954, after World War II had required the greatest mobilization of soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen in the Nation’s history; after American forces had fought aggression
in Korea, the 83rd Congress, at the urging of the veterans service organizations, amended the Act of 1938 by striking out the word Armistice and inserting in its place the word Veterans. “The Uniform Holiday Bill was signed on June 28, 1968, and was intended to ensure three-day weekends for federal employees by celebrating four national holidays on Mondays: Washington’s birthday, Memorial Day, Veterans Day and Columbus Day. It was thought that these extended weekends would encourage travel, recreational and cultural activities and stimulate greater industrial and commercial production. Many states did not agree with this decision and continued to celebrate the holidays on their original dates. “The first Veterans Day under the new law was observed with much confusion on Oct. 25, 1971. It was quite apparent that the commemoration of this day was a matter of historic and patriotic significance to a great number of our citizens, and so on Sept. 20, 1975, President Gerald R. Ford signed Public Law 9497, which returned the annual observance of Veterans Day to its original date of Nov. 11, beginning in 1978. “Veterans Day continues to be observed on Nov. 11 regardless of what day of the week on which it falls. The restoration of the observance of Veterans Day to Nov. 11 not only preserves the historical significance of the date, but helps focus attention on the important purpose of Veterans Day: A celebration to honor America’s veterans for their patriotism, love of country, and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good.”
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Concealed carry education offered
carry applicants and they will not pursue it. “We don’t want to compete with the private parties in the area that offer those classes,” he said. Although WITC does not offer any gun safety classes, there are several places that do offer them through private parties. For instance, if you walk into most of the hunter supply stores, you may see the advertisements for these classes. Private parties may hold these classes at area hotels, conference rooms and any place they can rent the space. There is no shooting requirement for these classes. Unlike Minnesota, the state of Wisconsin only requires four hours of firearm safety training.
by Jessica Beecroft WASHBURN COUNTY – The concealed carry law took effect Nov. 1, and several people are looking to fill the requirement of gun safety education required by the state. There has been a problem with hunters safety education classes filling up fast with adults. Local school districts offer the hunters safety classes in the spring, so there is no evidence of that trend continuing in the local area. A hunters safety course is valid as the education needed to obtain the concealed carry permit in the state of Wisconsin. WITC President Robert Meyer said they do not offer classes that are meant to fulfill required education for concealed
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RICE LAKE — Tuesday, Nov. 15, the fall concert of the UW-Barron County Communiversity Symphonic Band will be presented at the UW-Barron County Fine Arts Theatre, 1800 College Drive, Rice Lake. This will feature works by Dmitri Shostakovich, Darius Milhaud, Charles Gounod, Georg Bizet and James Curnow. Guest soloist Dr. Benjamin Schoening, baritone voice, will present three numbers accompanied by the band. Schoen-
ing is director of the music department of UW-Barron County. “My son, Paul, and I have played in this band for many years. Hearing Dr. Schoening in rehearsal, all who attend the concert will be delighted in his performance,” commented Keith Trembath, Spooner. The Communiversity Band includes over 50 players, both students and community members of a variety of ages. — submitted
SARONA — The Sarona United Methodist Church will hold their eighthannual Meal-in-a-Peel fundraiser on Saturday, Nov. 12, from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Alzheimer’s disease affects the brain; In conjunction with the meal, they will causes and risk factors; how to find out if it’s Alzheimer’s disease; benefits of early detection; how to address a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease; stages of the disease and treatment options; hope for the future; and ways the Alzheimer’s Association can help. This workshop is made possible in part by the Alzheimer’s Association’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s. For more information on this workshop or to volunteer or become involved in Walk to End Alzheimer’s visit www.alz.org/gwwi. or call 800-272-3900. — from AAGW
SPOONER – The Alzheimer’s Association Greater Wisconsin chapter will present The Basics: Memory Loss, Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease on Monday, Nov. 14, from 9-11 a.m., at the Northwest Wisconsin CEP Conference Room, 522 Service Rd., Hwy. 70 E, Spooner. This free workshop is designed to help explain the difference between normal age-related memory changes and more serious memory problems that should be evaluated by a medical professional. Topics that will be covered include symptoms and effects of Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia; how
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November Tuesday, Nov. 8 • Moms Club meets at Faith Lutheran, Spooner, 10 a.m. All stay-at-home or part-time-working moms welcome with their children. • Annual Election Day soup and sandwich supper, St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 220 Elm St., Spooner, 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9 • Downtown Book Chat, 3:30 p.m., Faith Lutheran Church, W7148 Luther Road, Spooner. November’s book “Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee” by Dee Brown. • Free community meal, 4-6 p.m., United Methodist Church, 135 Reinhart Dr., Shell Lake. All welcome. Donations accepted. • Railroad Memories Museum Board of Directors meeting, 1 p.m. at the city hall building in Spooner. All volunteers welcome. Thursday, Nov. 10 • Shell Lake Lions Club meeting, 6:30 p.m., Shell Lake Community Center. • Fibromyalgia/CFS/Chronic Pain Support Group of Barron County, 1-3 p.m., Chetek Lutheran Church. Refreshments served. Educational materials available. 715-651-9011 or 715-237-2798. Friday, Nov. 11 • Barronett Civic Club Hunters Ball, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Bring a toy for Toys for Tots and receive a free beverage. Saturday, Nov. 12-Tuesday, Nov. 22 • Decorating for Christmas Celebration in Lights 2011 Winter in Wonderland starts at the Shell Lake Municipal Campground and Park. Sponsored by the Shell Lake Lions Club. 715-468-4121 or 715-469-3284. Saturday, Nov. 12 • Faith Lutheran’s annual Christmas craft and bake sale, W7148 Luther Rd., Spooner. • Washburn County Food Distribution in conjunction with Ruby’s Pantry, Spooner Middle School Tech Ed Building on Elm Street. Tickets, 9 a.m. Distribution, 9:30 a.m. Volunteers needed. To sign up, Chuck 715-6359309; Bill 715-468-4017 or Ardys 715-222-4410. • Edward Zaloudek spaghetti dinner benefit, noon-4 p.m., Tony’s Riverside, Spooner. • Meal-in-a-Peel, 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., Sarona Methodist Church, also bake sale and bazaar. Monday, Nov. 14 • Diabetes education meeting, 2-3 p.m., Spooner Health System. Topics and speakers vary each month. For more Claudia at 715-635-1217. Tuesday, Nov. 15 • Shell Lake/Spooner Masonic Lodge 221 meeting, 7 p.m., at the lodge. • Salem Lutheran Church buffet-style chicken dinner, craft and bake sale, 4:30-7 p.m., 803 2nd Ave., Shell Lake. Wednesday, Nov. 16 • Games and activities, 1 p.m., Shell Lake Senior Center. • Shell Lake Public Library Board of Trustees meeting, 5 p.m., at the library, 501 1st St., Shell Lake. The public is welcome. • The Washburn County Humane Society open board meeting, 5:30 p.m., Spooner state patrol headquarters. 715-635-4720. Thursday, Nov. 17 • Shell Lake PTA meeting, 6:30 p.m., 3-12 school library. Baby-sitting provided. Monday, Nov. 21 • Northern Lights Camera Club, 7 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 1790 Scribner St. (Hwy. K), Spooner. Beginners to professionals. • Grandparents Raising Grandchildren support group, 5 p.m. group activity, 5:30 p.m. dinner, 6-7 p.m. meeting, Lakeland Family Resource Center, 314 Elm St., Spooner. 715-635-4669. Thursday, Nov. 24 • Lighting of the Christmas Celebration in Lights, 2011 Winter Wonderland, Shell Lake Municipal Campground and Park, 5 p.m. Sponsored by the Shell Lake Lions Club. Saturday, Nov. 26 • Free community breakfast, 7-10 a.m., First United Pentecostal Church, 337 Greenwood Ave., Spooner. All welcome. Donations accepted. Tuesday, Nov. 29 • Washburn County American Cancer Society Relay For Life meeting, 6 p.m., Faith Lutheran Church, W7148 Luther Road, Spooner. Steve at 715-416-0486. Wednesday, Nov. 30 • Free community supper, 4-6 p.m., St. Alban Episcopal Church, 220 Elm St., Spooner. December Thursday, Dec. 1 • Aphasia Group, 10-11:30 a.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, Spooner. Betsy at 715-520-7999. • Northwest Wisconsin Parkinson’s Disease Support
Group, 1 p.m., lower level at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Shell Lake. • Free community meal, St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, 409 Summit, Spooner, 4-6 p.m. All welcome. Donations accepted. Friday-Sunday, Dec. 2-4 • “An O. Henry Christmas” at Theater in the Woods, Shell Lake. For reservations 715-468-4387 or www.titw.org. Saturday, Dec. 3 & Sunday, Dec. 4 • Christmas at the Fort, Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park, 8500 CTH U, Danbury. The North Pole theme. Saturday 11 a.m-6 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m.-4 p.m. 715866-8890 or visit www.theforts.org. Saturday, Dec. 3 • Shell Lake’s Holiday Saturday. Breakfast with Santa 9-11 at community center. Craft Fair at school. Special events throughout the day. • Barronett Lutheran Scandinavian smorgasbord 1-5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6 • Flood risk information open house, 6 p.m., county boardroom Elliot Building, 110 Fourth Avenue, Shell Lake. • Shell Lake/Spooner Masonic Lodge 221 meeting, 7 p.m., at the lodge. Wednesday, Dec. 7 • Washburn County HCE all-member holiday luncheon, 11:30 a.m. Installation of officers. Bring items for food pantry. • Unit on Aging, 1 p.m., Shell Lake Senior Center. • Free soup and sandwiches, Church of the Nazarene, 5:30 p.m. 715-635-3496 to confirm. Donations accepted. • Washburn County Health Department Open Immunization Clinic, Spooner, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Walk-ins on that day only. Appointments are available by calling 715635-4400. Suggested donation of $5. Bring child’s immunization record. Thursday, Dec. 8 • The Shell Lake Lions Club meeting, 6:30 p.m., Shell Lake Community Center. • Fibromyalgia/CFS/Chronic Pain Support Group of Barron County meets from 1-3 p.m. at the Chetek Lutheran Church, Chetek. Coffee and refreshments served. Educational materials available to sign out. 715651-9011 or 715-237-2798. Friday-Sunday, Dec. 9-11 • “An O. Henry Christmas” at Theater in the Woods, Shell Lake. For reservations 715-468-4387 or www.titw.org. Saturday, Dec. 10 • Washburn County Food Distribution in conjunction with Ruby’s Pantry, Spooner Middle School Tech Ed Building on Elm Street. Tickets, 9 a.m. Distribution, 9:30 a.m. Volunteers needed. Chuck 715-635-9309, Bill 715468-4017 or Ardys 715-222-4410. • Spooner Moms Club community toy drive distribution day, 8-11 a.m., Faith Lutheran Church, W7148 Luther Road, Spooner. • Christmas at the Fort, Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park, 8500 CTH U, Danbury, 11 a.m-6 p.m. 715-8668890 or visit www.theforts.org. Monday, Dec. 12 • Diabetes education meeting, 2-3 p.m., Spooner Health System. Topics and speakers vary each month. Information call Claudia at 715-635-1217. Tuesday, Dec. 13 • Moms Club meets at Faith Lutheran, Spooner, 10 a.m. All stay-at-home or part-time-working moms welcome with their children. Wednesday, Dec. 14 • Free community meal, 4-6 p.m., United Methodist Church, 135 Reinhart Dr., Shell Lake. All welcome. Donations accepted. • Railroad Memories Museum board of directors meeting, 1 p.m., Spooner City Hall building. All volunteers welcome. • Downtown Book Chat, 3:30 p.m., Faith Lutheran Church, W7148 Luther Rd., Spooner. Thursday, Dec. 15 • Shell Lake PTA meeting, 6:30 p.m., 3-12 school library. Baby-sitting provided. Monday, Dec. 19 • Northern Lights Camera Club meeting 7 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 1790 Scribner St. (Hwy. K), Spooner. • Grandparents Raising Grandchildren support group, 5 p.m. group activity, 5:30 p.m. dinner, 6-7 p.m. meeting, Lakeland Family Resource Center, 314 Elm St., Spooner. 715-635-4669. Tuesday, Dec. 20 • Shell Lake/Spooner Masonic Lodge 221, meeting 7 p.m. at the lodge.
Indianhead Community Action Agency is looking for volunteers to help out in their thrift store and food pantry. Food pantry volunteers must be able to lift at least 25 lbs. Please stop in to ICAA at 608 Service Road and pick up an application or call 715-635-3975 for more information. ••• The Washburn County Area Humane Society is looking for volunteers to update and maintain their Web site and to research and apply for grants. For more information, call Susie at 715-468-2453 or e-mail wcahs@centurytel.net. ••• Terraceview Living Center Inc. is providing opportunities for talented volunteers skilled in group and 1:1 interactions with the elderly. Seeking services between 3-7 p.m. daily. There will be flexibility in scheduling your services. Orientation is provided. If you are interested please stop by their office and fill out an application. ••• Volunteer help at the Shell Lake Arts Center is needed for special occasions during the school year. We need help with the middle school honors band, bulk mailings, the piano festival, middle school honors choir and the Gala. If you are interested in volunteering please call 715-468-2414. ••• Faith in Action of Washburn County is looking for volunteers to provide direct services to seniors and adults with disabilities. Tasks might include transportation, light housekeeping, light yard work, fix-it jobs, telephone and in-person visits. Training is provided, and all volunteers choose what they want to do and when they want to volunteer. For more information, please call 715-635-2252 or e-mail Faith In Action at faithinactionwc@yahoo.com. ••• The Shell Lake Arts Center is in need of a volunteer with bookkeeping experience to work three to four hours per week between now and June 2012. Activities include payroll processing, bill payment and documentation, and communicating with the center’s finance committee. Familiarity with QuickBooks is essential. Contact Tara Burns at the SLAC if interested, 715-468-2414. ••• To publish a volunteer opportunity, submit it to us by Monday noon. E-mail it to wcregister@centurytel.net, bring it to the office, or call 715-468-2314. Please list the type of volunteer work you need, as well as dates, times and length of service. Make sure to include your contact information, including your name and phone number. When the volunteer position is filled, please let us know so we can take it off the list. This service is offered free of charge in an effort to bring the community together so those that are looking for help can find those that are looking to help.
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••• Amber Bednar, RN, Washburn County Health Department, is available at the public health office to provide breastfeeding basics, how-tos and postpartum support. Appointments can be made at 715-635-4400. Domestic abuse and sexual assault are crimes. Time-Out provides free, confidential victim support. If you or someone you know is experiencing violence in a relationship, please call 800-924-0556. The Washburn County Genealogy Research Room, 106-1/2 2nd Ave., Museum Hewitt Building, Shell Lake, is closed for the winter. The room can be opened upon request, weather permitting. Call 715635-7937 or 715-635-6450, for more information. Shell Lake Alano Club Meetings on CTH B, 2 blocks off Hwy. 63. All meetings are nonsmoking 10 a.m. AA Sunday 6 p.m. AA Beginners Monday Noon AA 5 p.m. GA Tuesday Noon AA AA 7 p.m. Wednesday 1 p.m. AA 7 p.m. NA Thursday 1 p.m. AA 7 p.m. Al-Anon 2 p.m. AA Friday 7 p.m. AA Step Saturday Noon AA 7 p.m. AA Fourth Saturday of every month, Pin Night with 5:30 p.m. potluck and 7 p.m. meeting.
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Monday: Lifestyle weight management support group will meet at 4 p.m. Weigh-in, meeting at 4:30 p.m. in the dining room of Indianhead Medical Center in Shell Lake. Call Michelle Grady at 715-468-7833 for more information. Membership fee is $10 per year, dues 50 cents per week. • Partners of Veterans women’s support group will meet from 1 to 2:30 p.m., at Counseling Associates in Siren, located across from the Burnett County Government Center. For more information, contact Julie YaekelBlack Elk at 715-349-8575. • Celebrate Recovery meetings at 6:30. This is a Christ-centered recovery program. Meetings take place in the Community Life Center at Spooner Wesleyan Church, Hwy. 70 West. For more information, call 715635-2768. • First Friends Playgroup open to all children. Focus on infants and their caregivers with sensory stimulation and movement experiences. Art project materials provided and the morning closes with circle music time and instrument exploration. 10 a.m. to noon at Lakeland Family Resource Center, 314 Elm St., Spooner. Monday and Thursday: Washburn County Alzheimer’s Day Respite Program is held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, Spooner. Daily fee includes lunch and a program of crafts, exercise, games, music, quiet time, etc. For more information, call 715635-4367. Tuesday: Women Healing Women support group at Time-Out Family Abuse Outreach office, every other Tuesday, 4-5:30 p.m. For survivors of domestic abuse and/or sexual abuse. Free, confidential, closed after first session. For more info or to register, contact Time-Out Family Abuse Shelter Outreach office at 103 Oak St., Spooner, WI 54801, 715-635-5245. • Ala-Teen meets at 6:30 p.m. in the New Life Christian Center in Rice Lake. Use the back entrance. • The Washburn County Historical Society Research Room, 102 West Second Avenue, Shell Lake, open Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. throughout the year. • Bridge at Friendship Commons, Fourth Avenue, Shell Lake, 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Practice your Bridge skills. Beginners welcome. Wednesday: Lakeland Family Resource Center open from noon to 3 p.m. • AA meeting, 7 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, Spooner. • 9 a.m. to noon, sewing at Shell Lake Senior Center. • Kidstime-Parentime at Lakeland Family Resource Center, 314 Elm St., Spooner, 10 a.m. to noon. Learn, discuss and share ideas and experience to enrich parenting skills. Preselected art or play materials available for children of all ages. Kidstime-Parentime provides quality time for families, networking for parents and a social opportunity for both parents and children. The last Wednesday of the month a potluck lunch is held at 11:15 a.m. Thursday: AA meets at 7 p.m. at Calvary Lutheran Church, Minong. • Al-Anon meets at 8 p.m. in the cafeteria at Indianhead Medical Center, Shell Lake. • Library Fun For Little Ones, 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Shell Lake Public Library. A time for stories, craft and a snack. No age minimum or maximum for participants. Thursday and Monday: Washburn County Alzheimer’s Day Respite Program, see listing above.
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Time is running out to order fruit from FFA
SHELL LAKE — The famous Shell Lake FFA fruit sale ends Thursday, Nov. 10. The fruit is a great gift idea, along with the selection of meats, cheeses and popcorn. Anyone interested in ordering fruit, please contact the Shell Lake School at 715-468-7816 and ask for Phyllis to take your order. Otherwise, an FFA member
would be more than willing to visit you and show you the products offered. The company stands behind their fruit, meat and cheese products so you have a guarantee of freshness and quality. For any questions or concerns ask for Jenifer Bos, Shell Lake FFA advisor, at the school. — from Shell Lake FFA
Moms Club sponsors community toy drive
SPOONER — The Spooner Moms Club will be sponsoring their third-annual community toy drive from now until Thursday, Dec. 8. Additional support is provided by Frito Lay Inc. Donations of new or gently used toys may be dropped off in donation bins in Spooner at Economart, Pamida, Family Dollar, Spooner Holiday stations, Faith Lutheran and the Lakeland Family Resource Center. A donation bin is also
available at the Trego Travel Center and at Country Pride Cenex in Shell Lake. Both the Shell Lake Public Library and the Spooner Memorial Library are also accepting donations. However, they are not accepting stuffed toys. Toys will be given to families on a firstcome, first-served basis on Saturday, Dec. 10, from 8-11 a.m., at Faith Lutheran Church, W7148 Luther Road, Spooner. — from Moms Club
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Chamber Notes
by Suzanne Johnson SHELL LAKE — The Shell Lake Chamber of Commerce met for a dinner meeting on Thursday, Nov. 3, at Becky’s Food and Spirits. Officers for the coming year are Kathy Dahlstrom, president; Shannon Klopp, vice president; Bob Schilling, treasurer; and Phyllis Bergeron, secretary. The positions of two members at large for the executive committee are still open. Anyone with interest in filling a position may contact Dahlstrom. A new business directory has been compiled by Bergeron and was distributed at the meeting. With the holiday season approaching, discussion was held on the Celebration of Lights, downtown street decorations and the annual Holiday Saturday, which will be held Saturday, Dec. 3. Plans are being made to once again have a pancake breakfast from 9-11 a.m. at the com-
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munity center with an opportunity for children to have their photo taken with Santa. Volunteers are needed to assist with events taking place on Holiday Saturday. To volunteer, please contact Bergeron at 715-468-4544, 715-205-4387 or e-mail bergeronpj@yahoo.com. The chamber is looking forward to businesses in Shell Lake participating in Holiday Saturday. Special events will be taking place at Lake Mall and a craft fair, sponsored by the Shell Lake After-School program, will be held at the 3-12 school. The Shell Lake Public Library is having a book sale that day as well. The chamber will be acknowledging the first babies of the New Year born at LifeCircle and the Indianhead Medical Center. Plans are being made for the Sculptures in the Park display in February. Information on the chamber Christmas party will be sent out in the near future.
Hospice care honors veterans at the end of life
Regional Hospice Services Inc. celebrates Veterans Day on Nov. 11
SPOONER — It surprises many Americans to learn that 25 percent of all deaths in the U.S. are veterans. That’s 1,800 people a day; more than 680,000 veterans every year. These heroic Americans deserve recognition for their military service – particularly at the end of life’s journey. Regional Hospice Services Inc. honors local veterans through specialized care and services. Wisconsin Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and many local hospices across the state in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs are working together to help improve access to the care veterans receive from hospice and palliative care providers.
“By recognizing the unique needs of our nation’s veterans who are facing a life-limiting illness, our organization is better able to accompany and guide America’s veterans and their families toward a more peaceful ending,” states Joseph Muench, executive director. “New tools and resources from the Wisconsin Hospice Veterans Partnership and national initiatives such as the We Honor Veterans program from the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization assist local hospices in providing the best care for our nation’s veterans.” As Americans prepare to honor our nation’s heroes on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, and pay tribute to the men and women who have served our country Regional Hospice is proud to honor veterans with specialized care. For more information about hospice and/or palliative care, and how they can help your family, contact your local hospice or go to www.mihospice.org to find a hospice near you. — from Hospice Care
Sarona by Marian Furchtenicht
Friday is a special day in our lives, not for another 100 years will it be 11/11/11. It’s also Veterans Day, a day to remember our vets. Fall work is coming to an end. Soon hunters will be back in the stands again, as the Wisconsin gun, deer hunt is fast approaching. The Sarona Methodist church folks are busy getting ready for meal-in-a-peel to be held Saturday, Nov. 12, from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. For more information, see the ad in this week’s Register. Last Tuesday there was a good turnout of the once-a-month Katty Shack get-together. It was so nice to see Janet and Bob Single. She was also in church on Sunday after her long bout after her hip surgery. Al and Jolene Loew attended a celebration for his college friend, Skip Wick, Hurley, who was inducted in the Hall of Fame at UW-Stout in Menomonie Saturday evening. Sunday they visited at the Loews en route home. Bob Mallard, Chetek, visited at the Anton Freys while up clearing out deer trails and checking stands on his property here. The Frey family got together for sup-
per, celebrating Ben’s 13th at Jan and Jeff’s on Halloween night. Anton and Gloria Frey enjoyed breakfast at Lona’s in Haugen after church Sunday. Weekend visitors at Virginia Stodola’s were their granddaughter and her husband Kristen and Andy Kramer and little son William from New York, N.Y. It was Virginia’s first time meeting her greatgrandson. Jack and Judy Stodola of Onalaska were also here. Kristen is their daughter. Mary Krantz, Elfreda West and I took in the Spooner Methodist Church turkey supper Wednesday evening. Halloween day, I had gals in celebrating Gloria Frey’s belated, Mavis Schlapper’s hip surgery recovery, Bev Helmer’s and Joleen Loew’s birthdays. Besides these gals, Elfreda West, Elaine Ryan and Mary Krantz were here. Les and Sandi Vogt returned from Minnesota deer hunting with two nice deer. They and son Adam filled their tags on opening day at deer camp near Bemidji. Les did the best with a 10-point buck. Sympathy to the family of Evelyne Olson, 95, Shell Lake. I remember years ago, she and her sisters were on a Holland tulip tour that I was on. She was a fun little gal, so wellknown and will be dearly missed by all who knew her. I visited Mavis Schlapper on Saturday. Mary Mancl and granddaughter Stacy stopped by also so we had a great visit. Well-known Bruce King, 85, Spooner, passed away. He will be remembered for his music. He helped form the Nuto Dixieland Band, playing his trumpet with Hokey West on the drums. Otherwise many knew him as he operated the Sears store in Spooner for many years. Sarona folks extend condolences. Last Tuesday evening, I joined the Russ and Nancy Furchtenicht family at their house for a late Halloween supper with her folks, her sister Sue and Tooker Weathers, and niece Kerri and Aaron Gombodi. Glad to see Arlene was feeling better after several days in the hospital with pneumonia. Nancy prepared supper. Happy birthday to Jerry Bender, Michael Irvine, Les See Sarona, page 15
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4-H Achievement Night showcases 4-H awards
by Larry Samson SPOONER — The Washburn County 4-H Achievement Night Awards was held Friday, Nov. 4, at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Spooner. It was a night where the young 4-H’ers received their premiums and recognition for a year of hard work. The hours the youth spent working, caring for their project animals, and the time they spent on their project books were rewarded as they earned recognition for their work. The top honors went to three outstanding young adults who were away at college; the Achievement Award went to Adam Holzem, Lisa Pederson and Michelle Smith. The Outstanding Older 4-H Member Award and Good Samaritan Award went to Gretchen Granzin. Club Secretary Book Award was a tie between Lisa Pederson, Junior Farmers 4-H Club and Christine Cain, CyberKids 4-H Club. Kate Rosenbush, Earth Keepers 4-H Club was second.
Cloverbuds are the youngest 4-H members. Those just beginning their participation are Tiffany Bartle, Mike DelFiacco, Maggie Johnson, Kyia Plaff, Colby Schmitz, Miranda Wickre, Zoe Bartle, Isaac Hopke, Alexis LaPorte, Malaya Pfaff, Taylor Schmitz, Natalie Berg, Dustan Jackson, Cole Ott, Megan Ross and Gloria Scribner. Named the top club was the Junior Farmers with Cloverleaf in second place. Project awards Rabbits: Kate Rosenbush Dairy: Amber Anderson Dairy goat: Tansy Pocernich Cats: Lisa Pederson Llamas: Tansy Pocernich Pigeons: Lisa Pederson Poultry: Lisa Pederson Horse: Beth Kujala Horseless Horse: Jessica Colbert
Art: Tansy Pocernich and Abby Granzin Theater arts: Tansy Pocernich Clowning: Scott Pederson Photography: Amber Anderson Foods and Nutrition: Megan Anderson and Gretchen Granzin Cake decorating: Tansy Pocernich and Michelle Smith Crocheting: Lisa Pederson Knitting: Daniel Pederson Crops: Amber Anderson Youth Leadership: Lisa Pederson Outstanding Young 4-H Members Recognition: Laura Richey, Lucia Strode, Rachel Johnson and Mariah Skogstad Tammy Schaefer Memorial Scholarship Award: Michelle Smith Key State Awards: Adam Holzem and Michelle Smith
Amber Anderson, Cloverleaf Club, earned the Photography Project Award for her work. Photography is the second largest and fastest-growing project at the Washburn County Fair. The Junior Farmers earned the Super Club Award at 4-H Achievement Night Friday, Nov. 4. Shown back row (L to R): Paxton Pocernich, Lucia Stroede, Jessica Colbert, Scott Pederson, Alex Colbert and Daniel Pederson. Front: Willow Stroede, Catriona Stroede, Bridget Stroede, Tansy Pocernich, Laura Richey and Hannah Ford.
Gretchen Granzin is proud of her double achievement, Good Samaritan Award and Outstanding Older 4-H Member Award. She is a member of the Cloverleaf Club.
Tansy Pocernich and Abigail Granzin earned the top honors in the art project.
LEFT: Beth Kujala, Twin Valley Club, received top honors in the horse project. She has attributed 4-H for her growth. She is the 2011 Spooner Rodeo princess and will be graduating from Spooner High School in the spring. ABOVE: Kate Rosenbush, Earth Keepers Club, earned the Rabbit Project Award.
Outstanding Young 4-H’ers Laura Richey, Lucia Stroede and Rachel Johnson.
Just starting their 4-H years are Colby Schmitz, Taylor Schmitz and Alexis LaPorte. — Photos by Larry Samson
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SPORTS
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Sports reporter: Larry Samson E-mail results to: wcregister@centurytel.net
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SCHEDULE
Junior high boys basketball Tuesday, Nov. 8: At Prairie Farm High School, 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11: Vs. Cameron, 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15: Vs. Turtle Lake, 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29: At Northwood High School, 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1: Vs. Clear Lake, at SLAC, 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5: At Clayton High School, 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8: Vs. Prairie Farm, at SLAC, 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 12: At Cameron Middle School, 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16: At Turtle Lake High School, 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 19: Vs. Northwood, 5 p.m. Boys varsity basketball Saturday, Nov. 26: Scrimmage at Unity, 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29: Doubleheader vs. Siren 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2: Vs. Grantsburg, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5: Vs. Northwood, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9: Doubleheader at Prairie Farm, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 12: Vs. Flambeau, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16: At Cameron, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20: Vs. Turtle Lake, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 22: Doubleheader vs. Birchwood, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3: Doubleheader at Luck, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6: Doubleheader vs. Unity, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10: Doubleheader at Clayton, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17: At Clear Lake, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20: Doubleheader at Northwood, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24: Doubleheader vs. Prairie Farm, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27: At Bruce, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3: Vs. Cameron, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7: At Solon Springs, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9: At Turtle Lake, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14: Doubleheader at Frederic, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21: Vs. Clayton, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24: Vs. Clear Lake, 7:30 p.m. Girls varsity basketball Tuesday, Nov. 22: Scrimmage at SCF with Unity, 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29: Doubleheader vs. Siren, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2: At Spooner, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9: Doubleheader at Prairie Farm, 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16: Vs. Turtle Lake, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20: At Cameron, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 22: Doubleheader vs. Birchwood, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3: Doubleheader at Luck, 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6: Doubleheader vs. Unity, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10: Doubleheader at Clayton, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13: At Clear Lake, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17: Vs. Grantsburg, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20: Doubleheader at Northwood, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24: Doubleheader vs. Prairie Farm, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31: Vs. Cameron, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2: Vs. Webster, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7: At Turtle Lake, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14: Doubleheader at Frederic, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17: Vs. Clayton, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21: At Solon Springs, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23: Vs. Clear Lake, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28: At Winter, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 1: Vs. Northwood, 7:30 p.m.
Wrestling season kickoff clinic set
SPOONER — The Spooner wrestling season kickoff clinic is set for Friday, Nov. 11, in the high school wrestling room for students in grades 5-12. The free event will be held from 4:30-9:30 p.m. This year’s kickoff will feature an evening of learn-
ing, having fun and getting excited for this year’s season. Wrestlers from the past will teach their favorite moves, parents will host a spaghetti dinner and games will include King of the Mat and Dodgeball. Registration will be held at the door. Bring appropri-
ate clothes and shoes and be ready to wrestle. For more information call Jerry Hagberg, 715-5200876. — from the Spooner Wrestling Club
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Shell Lake third-graders create book character pumpkins
Pizza party at the library
SHELL LAKE — Students in grades 6-12 are invited to a pizza party on Thursday, Nov. 17, at the Shell Lake Public Library after early release from school. Students will enjoy pizza, fruit and milk, play Wii games, board games and/or card games. Students may ride the bus to the library if they have permission. The program will end at 3 p.m. Early-release pizza parties are sponsored by the AODA committee of Washburn County, Tri-County Dairy Promoters and the Shell Lake Public Library providing students with a safe, alcohol- and drug-free activity. — from SLPL
Take a stress break through community ed
The third-grade classes at Shell Lake decorated pumpkins as their favorite character from a book they read. Mrs. Hagen’s class is shown back row (L to R): Kora Folstad, Anna Klassa, Caitlyn Schultz, Emmery Nielsen, Raemie Hammac, Haley Balts, Kali King, Mikenzi Miller and Kaylee LaRue. Front: Snowden Fox, Dylan Taylor, Nathan Scott, Judah Balser and Cody J. Swan. — Photos by Larry Samson
Mrs. Hanson’s third-grade class with their decorated pumpkins are back row (L to R): Dylan Root, William Fischer, Noah Savas, Alan Dunn, Sawyer Schultz and Ethan Wilmot. Front: Alexis McCracken, Breanna Williams, Stephanie Carillo, Cody W. Swan, Grace Thomas, Frances Kevan and Sydney Atkinson.
SHELL LAKE — On Monday, Nov. 14, at 6 p.m., Shell Lake Community Ed is offering a free relaxation seminar with BeautiControl Spa products that are designed to put you at ease. Included are hand treatments, nourishing eye and lip treatments, stress buster/relaxation tips, aromatherapy and soothing sounds and other special treats. Aimee Thomas will facilitate this event at the Shell Lake High School. Registrations due by Thursday, Nov. 10. To register please call 715468-7815, Ext. 1337 or e-mail jensenk@shelllake.k12.wi.us. — from SLCE
State Legislature considers Medicaid cuts
by Shamane Mills Wisconsin Pubic Radio MADISON - Next week the Legislature’s budget writing committee considers cost-cutting measures to one of the state’s most expensive programs: Medicaid. Some opposed to the higher premiums and other changes have an alternative they say can also lower health costs. In order to avoid taking 53,000 people off BadgerCare, the Department of Health Services says it needs more flexibility in how to run the program. If a federal waiver is granted, the state could charge Medicaid participants higher premiums; it would also tighten up eligibility and suspend health coverage for missed premium payments. ABC for Health is a public interest law firm that opposes the changes. It estimates needed savings of a half billion dollars could come by charging employers like Wal-Mart, whose workers may use BadgerCare because they aren’t offered private coverage or can’t afford it. A more dramatic change would overhaul the market, combining Medicaid with other local and state government pools to create more buying power. This runs counter to what the Walker administration has been working toward with its Office of Free Market Health Care, a fact Bobby Peterson of ABC for Health acknowledges. “There are certain pushes toward the free market, and there’s a big push toward goverment-run health care,” he says. “We think the way to do it is a public private partnership. And really if you look at the BadgerCare program, it is a partnership between state, people and health plans. “ Peterson says administrative costs of BadgerCare are much lower than those of private insurance and would carry over in a hybrid system that combined the two.
New law allows shooting of intruders
Mrs. Sauve’s third-grade class with their decorated pumpkins are back row (L to R): Zayla Sturte, Ariel Christenson, Bailey Norlander, Brittany Clark, Arianna Carlson, Makenna Anderson, Morgan Wendel and Marleigh Fields. Front: Layne Olson, Jayden Hodgett, John Harrington, Taren Farley, Alex Goerler, Sam Beecroft and Christopher Melton.
LEFT: Mrs. Skinner’s third-grade class with their decorated pumpkins are back row (L to R): Hannah Green, Julia Lyga, Kayla Haynes, Olivia Jury, Addison Schroeder, Lily Edlin, Skylar Leach, Brooke Lehnherr and Sara Grandadam. Front: Aiden Vix, Jameson Stone, Marcus Warren, Blake Flach, Logan Bush and Jacob Latz.
by Shawn Johnson Wisconsin Public Radio MADISON - People would be granted the right to shoot intruders in their homes, yards or driveways under a plan that cleared the Wisconsin state Senate last Thursday, Nov. 3. The so-called Castle Doctrine bill requires courts to presume that a homeowner is in the right if they shoot someone else who is entering their property illegally. Racine Republican sponsor Van Waangard said it would help people protect themselves. “Simply put, Wisconsin citizens should not have to be thinking of criminal and civil liability concerns when they are defending themselves or their family in their own homes,” he says. Critics said the only reason the plan was being debated in the Legislature was because of the clout of the National Rifle Association. Democratic Sen. Chris Larson of Milwaukee said it was written so broadly that it could have terrible consequences. “You could just as aptly call it the ‘Kill the Milkman’ bill or the ‘Worst Trick or Treat Ever’ bill or the ‘Death of a Salesman Bill.’” Larson also pressed sponsors to provide one example of the need for this plan, saying it seemed to be based off of bad, bad movies. “Bad Clint Eastwood movies, bad John Wayne movies,” he says. “And policies based off of bad movies are bad policies.” But gun issues frequently divide Wisconsin Democrats, and this one was no exception. Milwaukee Democrat Lena Taylor said she supported the plan without question or concern. She said the bill was really about safety and freedom and the right to defend yourself. The plan was slightly changed in the Senate to protect the legal rights of firefighters and emergency medical technicians when they enter someone’s homes. Police already had that right in the bill. It passed on a bipartisan 26 to 7 vote. The Assembly needs to approve those changes before it heads to the governor’s desk.
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weekend. David was her son and Billie Jo Lauritson her daughter. Sympathy to you. Last Tuesday, Helen Smith of Glenview had cake and ice cream here for relatives and friends. Birthday greetings, Helen. Last Monday was really a festive day here at Glenview for Halloween. Our caregivers wore funny hats or were dressed up for the occasion. The tenants had a party at 2 p.m. and were judged on their hats. It was a fun day. The winners were all men. We were treated to snacks and a lot of candy. Later we had trick-ortreaters come. Arlys Santiago and Jude Bolterman took in visitation for Evelyne Olson Sunday evening. Arlys picked up Helen Pederson at Glenview and they attended Evelyne’s funeral on Monday morning. I hear they had snow in Madison last
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One more tower
by Sylvia Oberle What shall I wear? Do I have my backpack, camera and flashlight? Hmm, should I take moleskin in case of a blister or spray for bugs? Maybe I should take a warmer coat, but if I get hiking this lighter one will do. Well, you can’t take the kitchen sink for heavens sake! After all, it’s only a one-day hike on the Ice Age Trail. It was a great October bright-blue-sky day so we packed pretty light. Friend Kris and I set out eagerly on our 12-mile trek to cover the two segments of trail I had left: Holy Hill and Pike Lake. My dream of becoming a “thousand-miler” was finally in sight. Holy Hill segment of the Ice Age trail runs very near the shrine. The steeples can be seen for miles as the hiker goes up and down hills. Our plan had been to walk south to Holy Hill but changed because we thought, “Hike those hills first.” The largest kame in southern Wisconsin is Holy Hill. “Like the sands of an hourglass” is a good way to describe how a cone-shaped hill called a kame is formed. As the glacier began to melt, holes in the ice allowed materials to sift through like sand in an hourglass. Time passed. The ice went out around this buildup and left behind the triangularshaped hill. Thanks to the glacier, we have this awesome hill that almost took our breath away. At the top, Holy Hill is 1,350 feet above sea level and you can see the Milwaukee skyline some 30 miles away. Once known as Government Hill, it was purchased by a priest, a log chapel built, and later became a basilica and a Registered Historic Place. Today, visitors can climb the 178 steps to the tower and look over the countryside. After Holy Hill, we swished along in the fallen leaves glad to see some late fall color while squirrels gathered acorns from the many large oaks along the trail. An Aldo Leopold bench placed there by a Scout group was the perfect place to sit and eat lunch. Just then, hundreds of blackbirds came flocking up above our heads. I was marveling how they fly without crashing into each other when one dropped a little present on the sleeve of my jacket. At least it didn’t hit my sandwich! Because I hadn’t read the guidebook carefully, I had another pleasant surprise three hours later while hiking the Pike Lake segment. The sign said take a side trip to another tower ahead. Imagine another tower! Powder Hill Tower is a wooden tower built on the second-highest kame on the southern kettle moraine. It was amazing how far we could see from this tower: two lakes, several towns and cities, windmills, Holy Hill’s steeples, and lots of country. This was the best tower yet. My goal was clearly in sight.
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week but it didn’t last long. The fall dinner of the ICHC auxiliary will be held at the Lakeview Bar & Grill. Election of officers for 2012 will take place. Mavis Flach gathered with her cousins on Sunday afternoon to visit and exchange pictures. They are the offspring of the Heisterkamp family. Sunday afternoon the family of Jessie Nilssen of Stone Lake, but now a resident of Glenview, had an open house for Jessie’s 98th birthday. She is still active and walks around the buildings every morning. A happy birthday to a lovely lady. How about those Badgers and Packers? They sure can keep us entertained. Good job to both teams on winning. Be careful if you stretch the truth – it may snap back at you. Have a good week!
Veterans Day
by Lawrence E. Phillipson, Amery On the armistice that ended the first World War, The 11th hour, 11th day of the 11th month with war no more, We set aside a day to honor those so brave Who fought so the flag of freedom would still wave.
They fought to keep our nation free from the tyranny Of despots who would rob us of our liberty. It was the war to end all wars, we thought, Although since then other wars have been fought.
A view of Holy Hill showing the three steeples between the branches. Holy Hill is viewed from the Ice Age Trail. — Photo by Sylvia Oberle
It was won by marksmen who had plowed the land, Who reaped the grain and worked the farms by hand; The men who worked in shops and punched the clock; The graduate from school who lived down the block.
They shouldered their rifles and answered the call, Those brave young men, ready to give their all, That we at home could live in peace to pursue The right to live in liberty that we always knew.
Our soldiers fought at Bunker Hill, the
Riley and Joann Anderson, Nov. 10; John Palvas, Elaine Ryan, Debbie Schuster and Katie Gronning, Nov. 11; Billy Pfluger, Richard Olson and Tristan Kemp, Nov. 12; Vicki Zarada and Lynda Anderson, Nov. 13; Jeanne Glessing, Jan Rath, Sammi Foote, Nov. 14; Terry Duch, Linda Degner and Allison Leckel, Nov. 15; Doris Rydberg, David Lee, Lisa Gargulak, Bobbi Pease and Myron Bolterman, Nov. 16. Anniversary wishes to Steve and Yvette Lee on their 28th Nov. 12. Remember the Ed Zaloudek benefit on Saturday at Tony’s Riverside in Spooner. Also the meal-in-a-peel and the memorial service for Linda Stodola, all the same day.
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www.wcregister.net battle at the Alamo From Flander’s Field to Normandy, the Battle of Saint Lo. From the War of 1812 to “Remember the Maine,” Pearl Harbor, Iwo Jima and Alsace Lorraine.
The brave men who fought in Korea and Vietnam, We are proud of you for your service to Uncle Sam. As we ponder battles the Gulf War comes to mind, To Afghanistan and Iraq against terrorism in our present time.
The valiant mothers who hid the pain and said goodbye To sons and daughters as they held back tears in their eyes; The fathers who stood with pride and watched them go away: They are the ones who gave us the veterans whom we honor today.
The veterans deserve the respect and honor that’s due, Many still live with the terror and hell they have been through. It is because of the veteran that we enjoy our liberty, Where “Old Glory” waves proudly o’er the Land of the Free.
Editor’s note: Larry Phillipsonserved with the U.S. Marine Corps, WWII, 4th Marine Div., 2nd Btn. 14th Marines, E Btry. in the South Pacific at Roi-Namur, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima
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Sylvia Oberle and glacial rock on the Ice Age Trail. — Photo by Kris Rued-Clark We climbed down and continued hiking the last quarter mile of trail. In a minute, an 83-year-old man came jogging along beside us. He said he was very thankful for the trail because otherwise he would just be home watching TV. He had run a marathon the week before at Mount Morris. He uses this part of the Ice Age Trail for good practice. Tears came to my eyes as I reached this finish line. I wiped them away and the runner kindly took our picture next to the trail sign. If only my husband Gene and daughter Marie could be welcoming me. I know they would be so proud. I couldn’t believe it. By the time I got home, I had a dozen messages on Facebook. Someone left champagne and roses waiting on my doorstep. Oh my, I’m famous. All 1,099 miles completed. I’m a thousand-miler at last!
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Monday morning we woke up to clear skies and not as windy as Sunday. I can’t tell you how cold it is but it will warm up. We extend our sincere sympathy to the family of Evelyne Olson who passed away at TLC on Thursday. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church on Monday. Evelyne was an active person in whatever she did. We will miss her. We also want to extend sympathy to the family of Mrs. Vi Schaffer (Jean Brekke) who passed away at the Cumberland ECU. Butch Schaffer was a son and Marsha Johnson, who passed away earlier this year, was a daughter. Our thoughts also are with the family of Darrell Petz who died last week. His parents were Albert and Hester (Mortensen) Petz. Pat Stariha, Spooner, died over the
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Dewey Country
by Pauline Lawrence
I got some very upsetting news this past week with the passing of my very favorite aunt, M. Pauline Smith, who passed away at the age of 93 years and nine months. My dear aunt passed away in a hospital in Texas as she couldn’t swallow anymore and the family had hospice care for her. Her daughter and honey, Lois and Tom Hodgson of Arkansas, came to be with her. I remember so much about her and I’d like to tell you a little. My Sunshine and I farmed not far from her by the Dewey Town Hall where she had a house and shed and a huge garden. We canned and froze so much through the years, from beans, tomatoes, frozen corn, pickles, about anything we each had in our gardens and we did it together. One year, I got telling her about the delicious sauerkraut I’d made and she said she’d never made it. Oh boy, right now I had to tell her about the kraut, as I was a stubborn German. The next garden season we made nearly 100 quarts. She had told me she’d never learned how to make this and asked me if I’d made any and I said yes. Well she canned and canned the next season in half pints, pints and quarts and it was lipsmackin’ good! Every year, for 28 years, we made kraut. I’d shred the cabbage and put in the salt and she would get the heads ready. We enjoyed making so many kinds of everything and had a great time doing it. My aunt always had a smile and nothing seemed to bother her about life. She always had such a great life, as she was so full of spirit and everything else you could think of. M. Pauline Smith will have her funeral at the Lakeview Methodist Church in Dewey Country on Saturday, Nov. 12, with viewing from 1-2 p.m. and the service at 2 p.m. Interment will be next to her husband, Ralph. The ladies of church will serve lunch. My dear aunt passed away Nov. 2 and she was such a good person. I found myself at her house like a daughter.
Happy birthday to Josh Benjamin on Nov. 12. Have a great birthday, Josh. A very happy anniversary to Glen and Lorraine Crosby as they celebrate 66 years together on Nov. 11. May you have many more. Nov. 11, a very happy birthday to Amanda Petersen on her birthday with many more to come. Nov. 12, a very happy birthday to Tanner Becker, Bill Pfluger, Donna LaPorte, Jack Skluzacek and to Jared William Swan who turns 4 years old. Have a wonderful day, each of you. Happy birthday to Scott LaVeau on Nov. 13. Have a great day, Scott. Nov. 14, a very happy birthday to Zach Myers and to Nicole Hoffman and we wish you a very happy day. Nov. 15, a very happy birthday to Spencer Mitchell as he enjoys his special day. Had a nice chat with Myrna Atkinson who tells us she has now done the quilt for the Shell Lake band. Raffle tickets are on sale for the quilt titled “Snowcap Lonestar.” There will be a chili feed the end of the month with the quilt being on display. After that, the quilt will be on display at the Shell Lake State Bank. Tickets are available from band members and at the bank. Myrna and Curt were busy this spring as they helped Karen Vanderhoof put in her garden and Myrna canned from Karen’s garden, too. What a thoughtful thing for you to do. Pattie and Joel Beaufeaux and sons Kyle and Mitch and Jimmy Atkinson were up to Jim and Sandy’s Saturday getting up a big load of wood for their parents. Noel also got in some deer hunting. Our deepest sympathy to the family of Pat Stariha due to her death Saturday, Nov. 5. She died from complications of surgery. Her family prayer service was Tuesday
with the funeral on Wednesday at the Full Gospel Church. Mike Murray Sr. had good luck with his bow, getting a nice doe. Good for you, Mike! Sunday, Nov. 13, is the last day to get apples and some of those sweet goodies at Smith’s Poquette Lake Apple Orchard. Last Sunday, Bernard and Sandy Redding were in Ellsworth for the confirmation of their grandson, Spencer. After the confirmation, all enjoyed a meal. Last Monday, Sandy was in Eau Claire at the Mayo Health Center. News from the Fjelstad Palace finds on Monday Gary Smith visited Bob and Kris. Tuesday Marv Knoop and Cherie and Emily Dorweiler visited. Wednesday Kris attended the Clam River Tuesday Club meeting at Karen Mangelsen’s. Later Bob and Kris visited Marv and Mark Knoop and Elmer Talbert. Thursday Kris took in the turkey supper at the Spooner Methodist Church and later Bob and Kris visited Gary and Sue Petersen. Saturday Bob and Kris and Bryan Knoop split and stacked the wood for Bob and Kris. Kris tells us Bryan is such a great help. Also, Jay Smith visited Bob and Kris. Please keep 92-year-old Art Swan in your special thoughts and prayers. Art had the misfortune of falling in Spooner and they had to have the ambulance from Shell Lake take Art to Marshfield Clinic in Rice Lake where it was found he had a bad hip. The ball of his hip was replaced. The accident happened on Nov. 1 and he has already been up and walking with assistance. No date of when he can come home but keep Art in your special thoughts and prayers. We hear from Glen and Lorraine Crosby that they cel-
Doesn’t the time fly? Seems like we were just having the long Labor Day weekend, and now it’s almost deerhunting season. With hunting coming up so soon, the Barronett Civic Club will be hosting their annual hunters supper and indoor hunting contest on Friday, Nov. 11. They will be serving their world-famous stew in a bread bowl starting at 5:30 p.m. There will be meat raffles, games and, of course, a major raffle. The prizes for the major raffle are a Mossberg 270 bolt combo with 3x9 scope, a Marlin 243 bolt combo with 3x9 scope, and a trail camera. Watch for the fliers hanging on bulletin boards around town and also the ad located in this paper for more information, and please join us for this fun-filled evening. One of our local servicemen, Chad Pease, is home
from Fort Lewis, Wash., for a nine-day visit. Chad arrived home this past Sunday, and will be visiting with friends and relatives in the area. Chad will return to Fort Lewis for a short time, and will be reassigned to Afghanistan in December. If you see Chad, be sure to say hello and let him know how much we all appreciate his service to our country. Devon Snowbank is having a busy week. On Monday, she is traveling to UW-River Falls to participate in a parliamentary procedure meeting. Then, on Tuesday, she will be traveling to Amery to compete in the Section 1 volleyball tournament. Next week, Nov. 15, Devon will be celebrating her 16th birthday. Yea Devon! You go girl. Dick and Ruth Grover traveled to Shapley, Minn., last Tuesday to visit with Ruth’s brother, Irving Christensen, who will be celebrating his 94th birthday on Nov. 10. Irving is currently residing at a nursing home in Shapley. While they were there, they also visited with Irving’s wife, Frances, who is staying with their daughter. Shirley Overvig, Geri Pittman and I went to Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Campia on Saturday for their Ole and Lena lutefisk dinner. Neither Shirley nor Geri had ever eaten lutefisk, so they both tried it and liked it. I, on the other hand, had, a grandma who made it every Christmas, and I wouldn’t eat it if someone paid me to.
However, the ladies at Our Savior’s prepare lots and lots of other food items that I thoroughly enjoy. In fact, some of the recipes we use at our Scandinavian smorgasbord are from my friends at Our Savior’s. I really enjoyed visiting with Roger Smith and Phyllis (Falkner) Kringle after the dinner. And, of course, I showed Shirley and Geri a picture of my mom on her confirmation day. It’s so nice going back to Our Savior’s. Just like going home for an afternoon. Doug and Pat Sweet, Kathy Straw, and Richard, Jennifer, Dillon and Devon Snowbank were among the many guests at the harvest dinner at Timberland Lutheran Church on Sunday afternoon. Pat said that the meal was fantastic — ham, scalloped potatoes, carrots, green beans, applesauce and so many pies she couldn’t believe it. She said that the members of Timberland Lutheran make everyone feel at home and that they are great cooks. Our Barronett Lutheran Scandinavian smorgasbord is rapidly approaching. It will be on Saturday, Dec. 3. This year we are taking the advice of someone from the Wednesday evening Smear games and we will be serving from 1-5 p.m. I can’t remember who it was who suggested that time, but she said that there are a lot of people who will come if they don’t have to drive after dark. We are also hoping that it will be a more convenient time for the farmers in the area. Trust me — I will be reminding you about this every week until it’s over. I get a little excited about helping with the cooking and serving at the smorgasbord. There will be a Lakeland Sewer Board meeting next Monday, Nov. 14, 7 p.m., at the Lakeland Town Hall. If you are a resident, or have a business in the sewer district, please attend the meeting. There is a time during the meeting for resident questions and comments, so you will get a chance to voice your opinions and have them on record in the minutes. That’s about it from Barronett this week. Remember, the place to be on Friday evening is at the hunters supper at the Barronett Community Center. See you later.
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Wisconsin in the Civil War: The 150th Anniversary
by Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary John A. Scocos WISCONSIN — More than 150 years ago, this nation was engaged in a terrible civil war. Few Americans were left untouched by the conflict that witnessed the deaths of over 600,000 of their countrymen. Like subsequent wars, Wisconsin’s citizen-soldiers answered the call for national defense with unswerving devotion, enlisting in large numbers. Approximately 12,000 from Wisconsin perished from wounds, accidents or disease in what remains today one of the nation’s mostly costly wars. This year, the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs has taken the lead in recognizing the sacrifices of Wisconsin’s Civil War military members through the establishment of the Wisconsin Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission. Organized to coordinate the efforts of Wisconsin’s museums, libraries, schools and universities, and citizens, the commission seeks to honor the legacies of those who served while illuminating the efforts of those on the home front. When southern rebels fired upon Fort Sumter in the early-morning hours of April 12, 1861, Wisconsin had only been a state for 12 years. Its population numbered nearly 800,000, about half of whom were male. Most Wisconsinites had known for some time that southern intent pointed directly toward secession in opposition to national union. Still, it must have come as quite a shock when they learned of the brazen attack on a federal military installation garrisoned by a tiny detachment. In the aftermath of the bombing, the state moved quickly to fulfill Lincoln’s call for 90-day regiments to put down the nascent rebellion. Just four days after the bombardment, Wisconsin Gov. Alexander Randall issued his proclamation urging support for the war effort. “All good citizens, everywhere, must join in making common cause against a common enemy,” wrote Randall on April 16. Wisconsinites agreed. Within the first few months they rushed to fill the ranks so quickly that the state had difficulty in providing necessary supplies. Unlike supplies, however, there was no shortage of martial spirit on the part of Wisconsin’s volunteers. One overly exuberant, untested cavalry trooper wrote, “We have a teacher from West Point Military College drilling us in the sword exercise every day, and we will have our horses before long and our arms and uniform. There will be some rip and cut when we get among the traitors.” The citizen-soldiers, who responded swiftly to Lincoln’s call for volunteers, were made up of a diverse group of Americans. Many had only recently arrived to the state – Germans escaping the failed social revolutions of their homeland, Irish fleeing from political oppression and famine, Belgians and Scandinavians, and even southern Americans attracted by the rich farmland. Many others had been here longer. They included native peoples, the descendents of 17th century French trappers, Yankees who made their way east after the War of 1812, to name but a few. Whatever their national or regional origin, they were all united in the bonds of martial brotherhood known only to those who have served in uniform. Recruited from tight-knit communities, they marched, fought, and in some cases, died, not so much for abstract political notions but rather for each other, their families and the deeply held notions of honor and fidelity that help bind a nation together. They may not have known it at the time, but theirs was an endeavor that would profoundly shape the history of this nation. By the end of the war, the Badger state had fielded more than 91,000 men, or to put it in more graphic terms, nearly 1 in 9 residents served in uniform during the war. In addition to sending men to the front, Wis-
OBITUARIES
Bruce Robert King, 85, died Nov. 2, 2011, at his home in Spooner. He was born Aug. 16, 1926, in Antigo, to Joseph and Isabel Wilde King. He graduated from White Lake High School in 1944 and later joined the Navy where he served as radio operator on the destroyer Henry W. Tucker, serving a yearlong tour of duty in the Pacific. He later attended the Milwaukee School of Engineering, graduating in 1947. He then moved to Lewis, to help establish the Lewis Telephone Co. During this period, he formed a band that would be billed as “Bruce King, his Trumpet and his Orchestra,” which performed at night clubs, high school proms and other celebrations from Balsam Lake to Pine City, Minn. It was at a dance job that he met Belle Johnson of rural Lewis. They married April 18, 1951, at Lewis United Methodist Memorial Church. He operated two businesses in Frederic, King’s Citgo Station and later, King’s TV & Radio. In 1964, he moved his family to Spooner when an opportunity arose to become a Sears catalog merchant. He operated the Sears store on River Street for 16 years. He and Belle spent much of their free time exploring Bayfield and the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior with
consin home-front efforts played a major part in the war effort. Possessing 2 million acres of cultivated farmland, Wisconsin ably provided food supplies and the raw material for clothing thousands of Union troops. In addition, Wisconsin mines produced millions of pounds of much-needed lead. Wisconsin soldiers fought in every southern state except Florida. They manned sailing vessels, guarded the western frontier and saw action in most of the major engagements of the war. They also provided some of the most famous infantry regiments of the war. Three of the five regiments of the famed Iron Brigade of the West hailed from Wisconsin. The only all-western brigade in the Army of the Potomac, the famous Black Hats included the 2nd, 6th and 7th Wisconsin infantry regiments, along with the 19th Indiana and 24th Michigan regiments. When first organized, they came under the command of Milwaukee’s politically well-connected Rufus King. By May 1862, he had been permanently replaced by the more capable Gen. John Gibbon, who would forge the Iron Brigade into one of the war’s most formidable fighting units. At Gettysburg, the brigade suffered an astounding 65-percent casualty rate. Its depleted ranks were subsequently filled by replacement regiments from the East, forever altering the makeup of the unit. Other regiments too made their marks in the annals of Civil War history. Mustered in at Camp Randall, the 8th Infantry served in the western theater with distinction, but it is perhaps more well-known for its mascot, Old Abe, the war eagle. Purchased at the beginning of
the war, Old Abe accompanied the regiment and saw action in 37 battles and engagements, most notably the siege of Vicksburg. In 1864, the regiment presented the old veteran to the state of Wisconsin as a visible reminder of the war effort. Old Abe remained at the Capitol until it succumbed to fumes from a small fire. The venerable bird’s remains remained on public display until a devastating fire destroyed the Capitol in 1904. In 1901, the Wisconsin Legislature established the Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall, dedicated to Civil War veterans and veterans of subsequent wars. It is not surprising that after the war, the aging veterans sought to memorialize their efforts. They understood the importance of preserving their legacy and that the relics of their wartime service possessed an awesome power to convey the memories of their deeds for successive generations. Imbued with the memories of their service, these objects became sacred reminders of the sacrifices of Wisconsin’s citizen-soldiers. Control of the G. A. R. Memorial Hall shifted to the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs in 1945. Since then, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum has preserved the legacies of the state’s military service members, ensuring that their role in shaping the nation’s history is properly commemorated, acknowledged and affirmed. Indeed, all Wisconsinites have a civic duty to do so. So, when people reflect upon the deeds of the Wisconsin Civil War veterans let them remember them not as players in some long ago event, but instead as brothers in an unbroken line of Wisconsin’s citizen-soldiers.
ebrated their 66th wedding anniversary with a potluck supper Saturday night. Coming to help the Crosbys celebrate were Garry and Beth Crosby, Shorty and Melissa Crosby, Tyler and Katie Ann, Tom and Sunshine Crosby, Isaac, Josie and Alyssa, Chad and Ashley Crosby, Vicky and Rich Friedick from Milwaukee, Gene and Donna Crosby, Jerry and Donna Maline, Cathy and Mike Spears, Darrell and Kim Crosby, Katrina Granzin and girls Brooke and Elayna, Susie Elorantz and Ann Kluglow. Talking with Karen Vanderhoof, we find her baby-sitting and trying to get the rest of her tomatoes in jars. A very busy lady! Yah know, I haven’t seen a good cat fight for a num-
ber of years. Well, Saturday I found a white and orange tomcat come a visitin’. Of course, my Happy Tom certainly let us know. They were on my deck and the way those two toms fought made me wonder if the earth was comin’ to an end! They got ahold of each other and rolled and rolled on the deck. Of course, my Rory had to put his two cents in and was very upset, barking and jumpin’ around. The last I saw of those fightin’ toms, they had a hold of each other for dear life and they rolled off the deck just a fightin’! I don’t think that white and orange tom will come around here anymore with my Happy Tom cat. Scatter sunshine! Have a great week!
Sympathy is extended to relatives of Pauline Smith, a former resident of this area, who died last week. Her funeral will be Saturday, Nov. 12, at 2 p.m. at Lakeview UM Church. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Pauline was 93. Sympathy is also extended to the family of Pat Stariha who died Saturday. Pat was 70. Clam River Tuesday Club met Nov. 2 at the home of Karen Mangelsen. The next meeting will be the Christmas party on Dec. 7 at the home of Dixie Andrea. The afternoon will begin with a potluck meal at 12:30 p.m. After the meeting, secret pals will be revealed and there will be a gift exchange for those who care to participate ($10-$15 value). Members are asked to bring items for the food shelf. Nina and Lawrence Hines went to Eden Prairie, Minn., Thursday and had dinner with Nancy and Steve Hagen and Emily, Josh and Noah Hennagir.
Randy, Tara and Henry Mangelsen visited Hank and Karen Mangelsen Friday. Friday visitors of Don and Lida Nordquist were Joleen, Richard and Rick Funk. In the afternoon they all called on Karen, Hank, Henry, Tara and Randy Mangelsen. Donna and Gerry Hines had lunch with Brenda Sweet and family in Vadnais Heights, Minn., Saturday. Hank and Karen Mangelsen were supper guests at the home of Jake, Holly, Hannah and Grace Mangelsen Saturday. April, Dave, Patty and Mandy Close, and Randy, Tara and Henry Mangelsen were there also. Karen’s birthday was celebrated. Jim, Jan, Caleb and Hannah Schott visited Lida and Don Nordquist Sunday afternoon. Wayne and Marie Romsos came to visit Hank and Karen Mangelsen Sunday afternoon. They enjoyed watching the Packers football game together.
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Dewey-LaFollette by Karen Mangelsen
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Bruce Robert King
family and friends aboard their boat, King’s Ransom and following retirement took various jobs, which included working as an express mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, DJ for a jazz radio program, a Realtor and convenience store clerk/handyman. But it was in his music that he found the most satisfaction, putting the trumpet skills he began learning at age 12 to good use throughout his life, from playing the “Charge!” anthem from the end zone of the old Met Stadium at a 1967 Packer-Viking game to playing taps at countless military funerals and benefits. He loved big band music and helped form the Nuto Dixieland Band, Jazznocracy and other bands. He never missed playing a New Year’s Eve dance job for nearly 50 consecutive years, and was still entertaining crowds well into his 83rd year. His trumpet/vocal rendition of “Sugar Blues” was his signature song. He was preceded in death by wife, Belle; grandson, Stephen Kroll; brothers, Harold, Don and Hollace King; sisters, Geneva McGeorge, Dorothy Martin and Luella Williams. He is survived by daughter, Debby (Gene) Kroll of Wisconsin Rapids; son, Gary (Sandra) King of Frederic; grandchildren, Matthew King of Eden Prairie, Minn., Amanda (Carl) McGrane of Woodbury, Minn. and Jack Tricker-King of Frederic; two great-grandchildren; brother, Wally King of Racine; and three stepgrandchil-
dren, Jamie (Matt) Swanke of Tigerton, Sam (Kate) Tricker of Poynette and Andy (Nicole) Tricker of Minneapolis; and four step-great-grandchildren. There are no funeral services planned at this time. The Dahl Funeral Home of Spooner assisted the family with cremation arrangements.
THANK YOU To everyone who sent cards, phone calls, e-mails, well wishes, prayers, support and blessings during Bruce’s illness and passing. We are so overwhelmed but not surprised by the many friends he had and earned over his 85 years. His trumpet is now silent, but the hearts of those who loved him will always hear his music. 549514 12rp Lp
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OBITUARIES
Linda (Haynes) Stodola
Linda Stodola, 64, Greenfield, passed away Oct. 26, 2011. Linda was born Dec. 10, 1946, in Shell Lake, to Victor and Helen Haynes. She married Jim Stodola on March 29, 1969, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Shell Lake. Linda was preceded in death by her parents; fatherin-law John; brother Claude; and brother-in-law Glenn. She is survived by her husband, Jim; son Jeff (Ann); grandsons Ryan and Eric; mother-in-law Virginia; brother Bill; sisters Harmony and Chic (Chuck); and many relatives and friends. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Nov. 12, at 11 a.m., at the Skinner Funeral Home in Shell Lake with Pastor Gregory Harrell as celebrant. Friends and family may gather one hour prior to the service. Burial of cremains will follow the memorial service at the Shell Lake Cemetery.
Patricia A. Stariha
Patricia A. Stariha, 70, Spooner died Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011, at Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire. She was born Jan. 14, 1941, in the Town of LaFollette to Clifford and Ima Jean (Powell) Tucker. Pat attended the Coomer School in Siren. She was married in Pine City, Minn., on June 22, 1959, to Joseph Stariha, who preceded her in death on Aug. 31, 2006. Pat and Buddy Joe farmed for many years in the Town of Dewey. She also worked many events in the kitchen of the Shell Lake Full Gospel Church. Pat loved her family, her Lord, her church and her dog, Lady. She attended Loving Hands Bible Study Group and was a longtime member of the TOPS weight loss group. Pat enjoyed vegetable gardening, canning and baking. She was preceded in death by sister Rosemary and daughter Jo Ann. She is survived by her son, David Stariha, Shell Lake, and daughter, Billie Jo Lauritsen, Spooner; six grandchildren, Gordon Schlapper, April Schlapper, Charles Schlapper, Alex Schlapper, Joshua Lauritsen and Jonae Lauritsen; her great-granddaughter, Aaliyah; her best friend, Marlene Zach; sisters, Judy (Dick) Peasley, Grantsburg, and Peggy (Barry) Hofecker, Siren; brothers, Larry (Patsy) Tucker, Grantsburg, Lyle (Paula) Tucker, St. Paul, Minn., Robert Tucker, Siren and Jim (Shelly) Tucker, St. Croix Falls; and many nieces, nephews and cousins. Funeral services were held Nov. 9 at Shell Lake Full Gospel Church with the Rev. Virgil Amundson officiating. Burial was at Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Spooner. Pallbearers were Gordon Schlapper, Charles Schlapper, Alex Schlapper, Joshua Lauritsen, Paul Stariha and Mark Stariha. Skinner Funeral Home, Shell Lake, was entrusted with arrangements.
Senior Lunch Menu
Monday, Nov. 14: Tater-tot hotdish, sliced carrots, applesauce, burst o’ lemon muffin, milk, coffee. Tuesday, Nov. 15: Honey-mustard chicken breast, whipped cardamom sweet potatoes, tender baby peas, fresh fruit, bread, milk. Wednesday, Nov. 16: Roast beef, gravy, mashed potatoes, tossed salad, dressing, gingerbread with vanilla sauce, bread, butter, milk, coffee. Thursday, Nov. 17: Spaghetti with meat sauce and Parmesan cheese, whole-kernel corn, peachy gelatin dessert, garlic bread, milk, coffee. Friday, Nov. 18: Pork chops smothered in kraut, baby red potato bliss, cherry crisp, dark rye, butter, milk, coffee. Meal reservations must be made at least 24 hours in advance. Call 715-468-4750.
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Jean Delores Brekke
Jean Delores Brekke was born on Aug. 5, 1927, in Almena. She was the daughter of John Adolph and Alexandra Lucille (Elden) Dietrich. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. In 1944, Jean was united in marriage to Victor Schaffer and to this union four children were born. They lived in rural Clayton, where they farmed. They later moved to Cumberland and then to Shell Lake. Cooking was her first love. Collecting cookbooks and trying new recipes was something she thoroughly enjoyed. She worked as a cook at the Shell Lake High School and also at restaurants in Shell Lake and Cumberland over the years. Victor preceded her in death, and she moved back to Clayton. Jean was a collector. Besides cookbooks, she also collected pig statues, pictures and later chicken items. In 1988 she was united in marriage to Niles Brekke. He also pre-
ceded her in death. She continued living alone until 2009 when she moved to the extended care unit in Cumberland. She suffered a hip fracture and was taken to Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire where she died on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011, at the age of 84 years. Jean was preceded in death by her parents; husbands Victor and Niles; daughter Marcia Johnson; and sister Audrey Fellrath. Left to mourn are her children: John (Evelyn) Schaffer, Nancy Johnson and Barry (Sherri) Schaffer; 10 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; sister Verna (Larry) Cotch; as well as other relatives and friends. Memorial services were Friday, Nov. 4, at Faith Lutheran Church in Clayton with Pastor Margaret Grant officiating. Burial was at the Clayton Cemetery. To sign an online guest book and view a video tribute visit www.williamson white.com. The Williamson-White Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Amery were entrusted with arrangements.
M. Pauline (Sommerfeld) Smith, 93, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-greatgrandmother, passed away Nov. 3, 2011, in Edinburg, Texas. Pauline was a first generation American. She was born at home in the Town of Dewey of Burnett County, to Leopold and Pauline (Ehorst) Sommerfeld on Feb. 16, 1918. She attended grade school at the McCarty School in Hertel and then stayed with a family in Shell Lake to attend high school. Following her graduation from Shell Lake High School in 1935, Pauline spent a year training as a teacher in Grantsburg. After that year, she traveled to Arizona to visit one of her sisters. While there, she met Ralph G. Smith, a truck driver, and they were married on April 17, 1937, in Tempe, Ariz. Their oldest two sons, J. Truman and C. Brent, were born in Arizona. Pauline and Ralph moved back to Wisconsin to help her parents on the farm, which they later purchased in 1945. Four more children, Maryalta, Ralph Jr., Lois and Craig, were born in Wisconsin. Pauline was always proud of her gardens. She loved to can and freeze vegetables and make jam and pickles, which she shared with her family and friends. She also enjoyed working with children and was a 4-H leader for more than 50 years. She was a fair superintendent at the Webster Fair for many years. Watching baseball, cheering on the Green Bay Packers and baking were among her favorite hobbies. Pauline belonged to the Trinity Lutheran Church in Spooner. She was also a member of Eastern Star for more than 50 years. Ralph and Pauline sold their family farm in November 1972 and retired in the Town of Dewey. A tornado de-
stroyed her home in June 2001, so Pauline then resided with her children. She was able to take advantage of warm climates year-round. Pauline enjoyed traveling, especially a trip to Hawaii. Her last few years were spent at the Edinburg Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Edinburg, Texas, near her son Ralph Jr. and his wife. She was a wellloved, active resident during her stay there. Pauline was preceded in death by her parents; brothers Leo, William and Herman; sisters, Lydia, Wanda, Olga and Ann; husband, Ralph; daughter-in-law, Gloria Smith; and son-in-law, J. Carlton Cooper. She is survived by her brother, Albert (Hilda) Sommerfeld; children J. Truman (Marlene) Smith, Gaffney, S.C.; C. Brent (Susan) Smith, Holiday Island, Ark.; Maryalta Cooper, Scottsdale, Ariz.; Ralph G. (Lupita) Smith, Edinburg, Texas; Lois (Tom) Hodgson, Bella Vista, Ark., and Craig Smith, Schaumburg, Ill.; grandchildren Malinda (Scott) Shipman, Jim (Laurie) Smith, Mary Ann (Roy) Morris, Karen (Kent) Peterson, Kathy (Tony) Intravaia, Chuck Mortensen, Lindsey Sullivan, Shannon (Andy) Hartmann, Christina Cooper, Ramiro Smith, Brad (Keri) Hodgson, Jessica Hodgson and Matthew (Kristy) Hodgson; 22 greatgrandchildren; and five great-great grandchildren. Services will be held Saturday, Nov. 12, at the Lakeview United Methodist Church in Hertel. Visitation will be from 1-2 p.m. followed by a memorial service at 2 p.m. and interment. Her final resting place will be beside her husband of over 50 years, Ralph, in the Lakeview Cemetery at Hertel. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be made to the American Cancer Society, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital or a charity of your choice.
Evelyne I. Olson, 95, Shell Lake, died Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011, at Terraceview Living Center in Shell Lake. She was born April 13, 1916, in the Town of Dewey, to Gustave and Annie (Orre) Swan. She was married in Barronett on June 23, 1940, to Oscar Olson who preceded her in death on June 18, 2001. Evelyne graduated from Shell Lake High School in 1935 and then graduated with her teaching degree. She taught in Solon Springs for a few years. Later she worked in the register of deeds office at the Washburn County Courthouse for nearly 10 years. Most of all she was a homemaker, mother, grandmother and greatgrandmother. Evelyne was always a determined and feisty woman. People learned to expect that from her and to love her for it. She loved her quilting, to study genealogy and to play cards. Evelyne was preceded in death by her brothers,
Elmer, Melvin, Raymond and Harry Swan; and her sisters, Elsie and Helen Swan and Amy Johnson. She is survived by sons Rodney (Bobbie) Olson, Spooner, and Gary (JoAnne) Olson, Shell Lake; daughter Linda (Dean) Gommer, Champlin, Minn.; grandchildren David (Debra) Olson, Douglas Olson, Eric (Becky) Olson, Betsy Olson, Debbie (Jason) Leckel, Dana Olson, Heidi Gommer and Allyson Gommer; great-grandchildren Grace Olson, Emelia Olson, Ella Olson and Aaron Leckel; and brother Art Swan, Shell Lake. Funeral services were held Nov. 7 at Shell Lake United Methodist Church with the Rev. Greg Harrell officiating. Burial was in Shell Lake Cemetery. Pallbearers were grandchildren David Olson, Douglas Olson, Eric Olson, Betsy Olson, Debbie Olson-Leckel, Dana Olson, Heidi Gommer and Allyson Gommer. Skinner Funeral Home, Shell Lake, was entrusted with arrangements.
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Alliance
Episcopal
Lake Park Alliance 53 3rd Ave., Shell Lake Pastor John Sahlstrom Lay Pastor Richard Peterson Youth leader Ryan Hunziker 715-468-2734 Worship Service: 10 a.m. Youth Group, 7th - 12th grades: Wednesdays 7 - 8:30 p.m.
W7135 Green Valley Rd. (Green Valley Rd. and Hwy. 63) Pastor James Frisby 715-635-2277 Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11 a.m. Sunday evening service 6 p.m. Wed. evening service 7 p.m.
Catholic
St. Joseph's Catholic
Shell Lake Full Gospel
293 S. Hwy. 63, Shell Lake Pastor Virgil Amundson 715-468-2895 Sunday School & Adult Education Classes: 9 a.m. Celebration worship 10 a.m.; KFC (Kids For Christ) during Service; UTurn Student Ministries 6 p.m.; Tuesdays: Compassion Connection (Men only) 7 p.m.; Wednesdays: Compassion Connection (Women only) 7 p.m.; Thurdays: Compassion Connection (Coed meetings) 7 p.m.;
Lutheran
Barronett Lutheran 776 Prospect Ave., Barronett Pastor Todd Ahneman 715-671-3197 (cell) Sunday Worship: 9 a.m. The Spirit Connection Youth Group will meet the first Wednesday of the month at 6 p.m.
100 N. Second St., Shell Lake Father Edwin Anderson Saturday Mass: 4:30 p.m. Books and Coffee: Tues. 9 a.m.
St. Catherine's Catholic
Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church
CTH D, Sarona Father Edwin Anderson 715-468-7850 Sunday Mass: 8:30 a.m.
(WELS) Hwy. 70 at Hwy. 53, Spooner Pastor Gene E. Jahnke 715-635-7672, Home: 715-354-7787 Sunday Worship: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School and Bible class: 10:45 a.m.
St. Francis de Sales
409 N. Summit St., Spooner Father Edwin Anderson 715-635-3105 Saturday Mass: 6 p.m. Sunday Mass: 10 a.m.
United Methodist 312 Elm St., Spooner 715-635-3227 Rev. Jack Starr Sunday Worship: 10:45 a.m.
Lakeview United Methodist Williams Road, Hertel 715-635-3227 Rev. Jack Starr Sunday Worship: 9 a.m.
Long Lake Lutheran Church
Full Gospel
Northwoods Baptist
Spooner Baptist
(Missouri Synod) South of Spooner off Hwy. W7148 Luther Rd. Pastor Brent Berkesch 715-635-8167 Sunday Worship 8 a.m. Sunday School 9:15 a.m. Praise and Worship 10:30 Lutheran Hour on WJMC 96.1 FM Radio at 9 a.m. Sundays
Corner of Elm and Summit St., Spooner Father Bob Rodgers 715-635-8475 Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist: Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and Thursday at 9:30 a.m. Morning prayer: 8:15 a.m. Monday - Thursday
Baptist
W6268 Cranberry Dr., Shell Lake; 1 mile north of CTH B on U.S. 253 Pastor Adam Dunshee 715-468-2177 Sunday School: 10 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11 a.m. Sunday service: 6 p.m. Wednesday service: 7 p.m.
Faith Lutheran
St. Alban's
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W3114 Church Rd., Sarona Pastor Mary Strom Sunday Worship 9 a.m. Sunday School 9 a.m.
Salem Lutheran, ELCA
803 Second St., Shell Lake 715-468-7718 www.shelllakesalem lutheran.org Sunday Worship: 8 and 10 a.m.; coffee and conversation: 9:15 a.m.
Timberland Ringebu Free Lutheran
20805 CTH H, Barronett 715-468-4403 Pastor Al Bedard Sunday School 8:30 a.m. Family Worship 9:30 a.m. Fellowship follows worship Holy Communion first Sunday of the month Midweek Studies Tuesdays 2 & 7 p.m.
Trinity Lutheran
1790 Scribner St., Spooner 715-635-3603 Sunday Worship: 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Sunday School: 9:15 a.m.
Methodist
United Methodist
135 Reinhart Dr., Shell Lake, 715-468-2405 Pastor Gregory Harrell Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday School during worship time; FISH Youth Group Wednesday, 7:30 - 9 p.m.
Sarona Methodist
Nazarene
Church of the Nazarene
Hwy. 253 S, Spooner Rev. David Frazer 715-635-3496 Sunday Worship: 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.; Wednesday Adult, youth and children ministries: 6:30 p.m.
Wesleyan
Spooner Wesleyan
Hwy. 70 W, Spooner www.spoonerwesleyan.org Senior Pastor Ronald W. Gormong; Assistant Pastor Chopper Brown 715-635-2768 Sunday Worship 9 a.m.; Sunday School and ABFs: 10:30 a.m.; nursery provided; Celebrate Recovery, now every Monday at 6:30 p.m. Team Kid ages 4 yrs. - 6th grade Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Other
Cornerstone Christian
Pastor Tom Kelby 106 Balsam St., Spooner 715-635-9222 www.cornerstonechurch spooner.com Sunday Worship: 10 a.m. Children’s Sunday School: 10:30 a.m.; Wed. Prayer: 6:30 p.m. Youth Group Wednesday: 6:30 p.m. Team Kid 4 years-6th grade 6:30 p.m.
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by Diane Dryden SHELL LAKE - Down through the ages, ever since men and women have gone to fight in wars, there have been difficult times when each combat vet tries to re-enter their old life while trying to leave the memories and trauma behind. It doesn’t always work; many veterans come away carrying their unrelenting burdens for the rest of their lives, often resulting in divorce, drug abuse and homelessness, depression and worse. This year as we observe Veterans Day, 11/11/11, we remember that President Wilson originally called it Armistice Day in 1918 after the end of World War II, “The war to end all wars.” He said “To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations.” Since that time, the United States has participated in many more wars and conflicts, each inflicting lifelong trauma on those who served their country. But there are several relatively new programs developed specifically to help returning veterans deal with the pain of war, one of which is tactile and one is verbal, and both are proving to be very cathartic. CombatPapers.org is a unique project which began in Cincinnati, Ohio, by Monica Haller, an author herself having graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in peace and conflict studies and a Master of Fine Arts in visual studies. Through workshop settings, she collaborates with soldiers wanting to tell their stories and share their photos like Haller’s college friend and Iraqi veteran Riley Sharbonno did. He had been a nurse at Abu Ghraib prison and had taken over a thousand digital pictures during his tour there. With Haller’s help, he’s found a home for his photos of everyday life including
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Local Navy veteran Cindy Zittlow sits on the Veterans Admission Volunteer Service Board and is a 21-year member of Post 190 AmVets. the murals painted on the prison walls and also grizzly shots of operating rooms and the bloody bodies of detainees and prisoners injured in bomb attacks on the prison. In the resulting book, Sharbonno narrates his story and shares his struggle to understand the meaning of his own photos. It’s called The Veterans Book Project, (add a dot com to that for the Web site address), and it has already helped many veterans put in writing their own combat experiences. Once at the site, you can view, download, purchase and read the author’s bio. Local AmVet Post 190 member Cindy Zittlow sits on the Veterans Admission Voluntary Services Board that meets at the Veterans Hospital in Minneapolis along with representatives from 35 various service organizations including groups like the Salvation Army, Elks
One of the fine art pieces that has been created by the process of shredding their old uniforms is called “Open Wound.” - Photos by Diane Dryden
Clubs and Disabled American Veterans. “Our organization, the VAVS, fills the needs the government doesn’t. Helping fill one of the needs of the recreation therapy department, we’ve purchased kitchen appliances that are used in training returning vets with permanent injuries how to cook for themselves. We’ve also purchased two video carts and the video players for the women’s clinic and numerous other tasks like helping fund the wheelchair games and Twins outings,” said Zittlow. “The book project has already started in Minneapolis and we assisted in buying the project. Since 2009
the project has published books written by two vets with brain injuries and one Vietnam vet who needed to get his angst down on paper. These and others published will be in the Library of Congress and more information is available on the veterans history project by going to loc.gov/vets/. Another interesting project for veterans is called Combat Paper and it isn’t what you think it is. No one is writing a thing but they are ripping up old military uniforms, pounding and grinding them and then processing them with water in order to form a sort of pulp that makes a kind of papier-mache material that is then used to form 3-D art or to form sheets of paper. When the individual creations are finished, the 3-D ones are then framed and titled. Through paper-making workshops, veterans use their uniforms worn in combat to create cathartic works of art that are often shown in fine galleries. The Combat Paper Project is based out of art studios throughout the United States and has traveled to Canada and the United Kingdom, providing veterans workshops, exhibitions, performances and artist talks. This project is made possible by a multifaceted collaboration between artists, art collectors, academic institutions and veterans. “Through ongoing participation in the paper-making process, Combat Paper makers are attempting to progress from creating works specific to their military experiences to expressing a broader vision on militarism and society. The work reflects both the anger of the past and hope for a future. Through this collaboration between civilians and veterans, a much-needed conversation is generated regarding our responsibilities to the returned between and an understanding of the dehumanizing effects of warfare,” said Luan Matott and Drew Cameron, the program’s innovators whose motto is: From uniform to pulp, battlefield to workshop, warrior to artist. For more information go to info@combatpaper.org.
Spooner Community Ed class schedule
SPOONER — Spooner Area Community Education will offer the following courses during November and December: Boot Camp: 5:40-6:30 a.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays, through Dec. 20, high school weight room and gym, instructor Leslie Gudmunsen. Bring to class: athletic shoes and clothing, water bottle, towel (optional). See great results from this intense 50-minute fitness class. Includes core, strength and cardio exercises. Zumba: 4:15-5:15 p.m. or 5:30-6:30 p.m., Tuesdays, through Dec. 20, space adjacent to middle school Antholz Gym, instructor Roni Tennant. Bring to class: yoga-type mat, athletic shoes and clothing, water bottle, small towel. Forget just working out. Enjoying high-energy music and unique moves and combinations is your ticket to fitness. Mix effective body sculpting movements with easy-to-follow, fun dance steps. First class free. Kettlebell: 4:15-5:15 p.m. or 5:30-6:30 p.m., Thursdays, through Dec. 22, space adjacent to middle school Antholz Gym, instructor Roni Tennant. Bring to class: yoga-type mat, athletic shoes and clothing, water bottle, small towel, kettlebell with Tabata weights. Maximize your workout while revving your metabolism for up to three days afterward. We will build muscle quickly using the Tabata training method. Participants with medical conditions consult doctor. Must have doctor’s release prior to enrollment if hypertensive. First class free. Computers, viruses, spyware, Trojan what?: 6-8 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 15, Spooner High School Room B93, instructors Tucker McCumber, Hugh Miller. Are you paying too much for antivirus/spyware? Is your computer at
risk? Some viruses, spyware, Trojans, and malware can slow down, crash, or steal personal information on your computer. If you have virus protection but don’t have (or know if you have) spyware/malware protection you are at risk! Free solutions, just as good as paid versions, will save you $$$ each year. Registration deadline is Nov. 11. Mosaic sampler: Window and candleholder: 6-9 p.m., Tuesdays, Nov. 22 and 29, Spooner High School agriculture room C60, instructor Peggy Ingles. Bring to second class: cut-up terry towels, small container with lid, messy clothes. Brighten your winter days with a mosaic window approximately 8.5x11, or add beautiful light at night with a candleholder. Mosaic glass is cut and ready week one for your pièce de résistance. A variety of cylinders will be available (thus price range for materials). Grout and protect it week two to amaze your friends and family. Specify window or candleholder on registration form. Registration deadline is Nov. 14. Holiday baking: 5:30-8:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 1, high school FACE room, instructors Jackie Perro and Jessica Smuda. Bring to class: 10 pounds each of fresh flour and sugar, a mixing bowl and spoon, cookie sheets and containers for your cookies. Too busy to bake for the holidays? Grab a friend or your child and let’s make our favorite cookies in one night with award-winning/seekingmore-contests bakers. Bring home an assortment of different cookies and candies packed ready for freezing or gift giving. Got a favorite you’d like us to consider making? Send recipe along with your registration. Registration deadline is Nov. 17. Computers, Windows 7: 6-8 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 1, Spooner High School
Room B93, instructors Tucker McCumber, Hugh Miller. Demystify Microsoft’s latest operating system. Learn latest Windows features such as Snap, Jump Lists and more. Class meets range of levels: those who want to learn more about their Windows 7, thinking about purchasing W7, or what Windows is all about. Question/answer and experimentation time built into class. Registration deadline is Nov. 29. Computers, iPad/download Apps: 68 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 8, Middle School Media Center, instructors Hugh Miller, Tucker McCumber. Curious or just getting to know your iPad or iPod Touch? Learn how to create and navigate through your home screen, sync media with your computer using iTunes, manage your photos, use the cameras, watch videos, and visit the App Store. Registration deadline is Dec. 6. Computers, GDocs Living in the Cloud: 6-8 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 30, Spooner High School Room B93, instructors Hugh Miller, Tucker McCumber. Explore Google Docs, a powerful, free tool for home or business. Use Word, PowerPoint, Excel and other features all within your Web browser on Google Documents. Have all your files available out on the Web and accessible anywhere via a Windows or Apple computer, or mobile devices. You too can use these new Cloud-based software solutions. Registration deadline is Nov. 22. Double wine basket: 6-10 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 6, high school art room B99, instructor Roxanne Melton. Bring to class: dishpan, flexible tape measure, scissors, 10 clothespins, pencil, butter knife, old towel. This wine basket has a wooden handle with choice of color to accent. A great gift to share with someone you care about during the holiday season. Regis-
tration deadline is Nov. 22. Rustic twig furniture: 9-4 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 10, high school shop room, instructor Bob McNeeley. Helpers welcome. Bring to class: marker, tape measure, utility knife, power drill. All materials, drill bits, fastening hardware and some drills will be available. Using barn boards and tree branches, give a gift to your home or landscape or someone special with a piece of rustic twig furniture. Specify whimsical twig chair or slab garden bench on registration form. Techniques taught will enable you to build more furniture and garden structures in the future. Registration deadline is Dec. 1. Register for classes by calling 715-6350243; going online at spooner.k12.wi.us under “Community” to get a registration form; mailing a registration form to Spooner Area ComEd, 801 CTH A, Spooner, WI 54801; or dropping off the registration form at the district office. Class fees must accompany registration form. Information on cost and required items for each class is available from Spooner Area Community Education and on the school’s Web site. Many classes fill quickly. Sessions will be canceled if sufficient enrollment is not received; such fees will be fully refunded. Avoid disappointment of class cancellations, register early and invite a friend or two to register with you. Those who register should assume they are in the class at the time and place indicated. If there is a change, participants will be notified. All SACE classes are self-funding as they depend on enrollment to cover the cost of instructors. SACE assumes no responsibility for reaching those who do not provide daytime contact information. — from SACE
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Thanksgiving and Bless the Hunter worship service and dinner at Long Lake Lutheran
SARONA — Wednesday evening, Nov. 16, will be the time for the annual Thanksgiving and Bless The Hunter worship service and dinner at Long Lake Lutheran Church. A short worship service will be at 6 p.m. in the church sanctuary followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. in the fellowship hall. All who wish to attend are welcome and are asked to bring a dish to pass for the potluck meal consisting of wild game dishes or a conventional dish for those who
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prefer not to eat wild game. This also includes desserts. All dishes will be labeled at the church as to their contents. Coffee and beverages will be provided. Long Lake Lutheran is located on Church Road just east of CTH M, three miles north of the junction of CTH V and M. For more information or if you have any questions, please call the church office at 715-354-3804. — from Long Lake Lutheran
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w ww . wc r eg i st er . net Washburn County Court news Richard L. Halverson, Pleasant Prairie, operating without valid license because of expiration, $162.70. Joshua A. Hartwig, Eau Claire, speeding, $225.70. David R. Hubbell, Webster, seat belt violation, $10.00. Intercon Construction Trucking Inc., Madison, operating unregistered motor truck/tractor, $263.50; operator vehicle without proof of insurance, $10.00. Larry E. Janisch, Hudson, speeding, $175.30. Craig W. Jensen, Birchwood, seat belt violation, $10.00. Daniel L. Kemnitz, Mahtowa, Minn., seat belt violation, $10.00. Anthony J. Kirschner, Eau Claire, operating motor vehicle without proof of insurance, $10.00. Jacob P. Lassila, Duluth, Minn., seat belt violation, $10.00. William S. Lemons, Willowbrook, Ill., speeding, $200.50. Craig H. Lilley, Midlothian, Va., speeding, $175.30. Daniel J. Lombardi, Grange, Ill., speeding, $200.50. Sheila K. Longnecker, Forest Lake, Minn., speeding, $200.50. Daniel R. Lund, Cottage Grove, Minn., operating motor vehicle without proof of insurance, $10.00; speeding, $175.30. Joshua R. Malone, Gordon, failure to yield right of way from stop sign, $175.30. Ronald L. Martin, Franklin, Ill., speedometer violations, $175.30. Douglas J. Miller, Eden Prairie, Minn., speeding, $175.30. Joshua P. Morgan, Trego, seat belt violation, $10.00.
Accidents
Tuesday, Nov. 1 At 4:11 p.m. Tyler D. Voelker, 16, Springbrook, was driving north on 10th Street, 300 feet south of Furchtenicht Road in Springbrook. Voelker swerved to miss hitting a cat and the vehicle slid into the opposite ditch and rolled multiple times. The airbags deployed, and the vehicle was totaled and towed. No injuries were reported.
man was driving south on Hwy. 63, 500 feet south of Fox Trail Road, right in front of Tru Gas. Only minor damage was reported to the squad and no injuries were reported. At 2:50 p.m. Julie A. Hustuet, 53, Trego, was driving north on CTH K, when she fell asleep, went off the roadway and into the east ditch. Hustuet struck a culvert, went over Ricci Road, overturned, and struck the stop sign and Ricci Road sign. She suffered injury to her hands, but Thursday, Nov. 3 Joshue E. Christman, 23, Trego, did not take medical transport from hit a deer with a city of Spooner the scene. The vehicle was totaled squad vehicle at 3:35 a.m. Christ- and towed.
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Micheal A. Chisnell, Town of Trego, and Cynthia J. Chisnell, Town of Trego. Patrick J. Dolan, Shell Lake, and Rebecca S. Pfaff, Shell Lake. Luke A. Gronning, Town of Bashaw, and Kate D.L. Sahlstrom, Town of Bashaw. Mark E. Riedell, Town of Birchwood, and Paula A. Wendt, Town of Birchwood.
Justin J. E. Metheny, Spooner, and Heather J. Kirkland, Spooner. Michael E. Melton, Spooner, and Amber M. Schleuning, Spooner. Peter C. Hedlund, Town of Evergreen, and Kyndra K. Swan, Town of Evergreen. James P. Knight, Shell Lake, and Kara L. Zubik, Shell Lake.
Jacob W. Richey, OWI, $268.00, Eric G. North, Cable, operating while suspended, $200.50; operat- license suspended 12 months. Justin L. Thompson, Spooner, ing motor vehicle without proof of inbattery, $243.00; exposing self, surance, $10.00. Jeffrey J. Olson, Portland, Ore., $243.00. speeding, $175.00. (Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30) Bonnie R. Olson, Grantsburg, STATE OF WISCONSIN speeding, $175.30 CIRCUIT COURT Christopher P. Ray, Roberts, opWASHBURN COUNTY erating left of centerline, $213.10. Jacquelyn K. Ross, Chippewa CITIFINANCIAL, INC. Falls, speeding, $175.30. Plaintiff Brent G. Roufs, Frederic, speedvs. ing, $175.30. GLORIA G. DAVIS, et al. Randall L. Rundquist, Spooner, Defendant(s) seat belt violation, $10.00. NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Barry A. Rye, Superior, seat belt Case Number: 09 CV 157 violation, $10.00. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by William D. Schaaf, Onamia, virtue of a judgment of forecloMinn., speeding, $250.00. sure entered on November 20, Amanda L. Schmitz, Superior, 2009, in the amount of speeding, $200.50. $84,047.88, the Sheriff will sell Jeremiah J. Spexet, Sarona, the described premises at public auction as follows: seat belt violation, $10.00. Douglas E. Steinbuch, Rice TIME: December 14, 2011, at 10:15 a.m. Lake, failure to keep vehicle under control, $213.10; failure to notify po- TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or lice of accident, $263.50; reckless money order at the time of driving, $389.50. sale; balance due within 10 Mary K. Stenfors, Stillwater, days of confirmation of sale; Minn., speeding, $127.50. failure to pay balance due Kortney S. Strunk, Spooner, will result in forfeit of deposit speeding, $175.30. to plaintiff. 2. Sold “as is” and subject to David L. Sweeting, Hermanall legal liens and encumtown, Minn., speeding, $250.90. brances. Srinivas Tatapudi, Hillsboro, PLACE: At the North entrance Texas, speeding, $200.50. of Washburn County CourtGary W. Thingvold, Crystal, house located at 10 4th AveMinn., speeding, $175.30. nue, Shell Lake, Wisconsin. Kevin J. Thomson, Barron, DESCRIPTION: Lots 6, 7 & 8, speeding, $200.50. Block 12 of the Village of Marvin A. Thorsen, Roseville, Birchwood, Washburn County, Minn., speeding, $175.30. Wisconsin. Twilight Trucking and Dirt Work PROPERTY ADDRESS: 214 S. Inc., Spooner, violate Class A highMain Street, Birchwood, WI way weight limits, $680.37. 54817. Christopher B. Wakefield, TAX KEY NO.: 65-106-2-37-1025-0-0-5530, 65-106-2-37-10Spooner, operating motor vehicle 25-0-0-5535 & 65-106-2-37without proof of insurance, $10.00. 10-25-0-0-5540. Wesley D. Whited, Rice Lake, Dated this 20th day of Octoseat belt violation, $10.00. Ronald E. Wohik, Almena, vio- ber, 2011. late Class A highway weight limits, Terry Dryden Sheriff of Washburn County $730.69. Wayne A. Braun, Sarona, crimi- Scott D. Nabke nal damage to property, $243.00. State Bar #1037979 George C. Bryant, Spooner, pos- Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way sess drug paraphernalia, $299.00. Daniel P. Hutton, Cumberland, Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 seat belt violation, $10.00. Please go to www.blommerJeffrey J. Nerbun, Spooner, disorderly conduct, $243.00; bail jump- peterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Petering, $163.00. man, S.C., is the creditor’s Anthony C. Ovitt, Arcadia, La., attorney and is attempting to battery, $299.00; disorderly conduct, collect a debt on its behalf. Any $299.00. information obtained will be 548455 WNAXLP
James E. Aker, Brooklyn Park, Minn., speeding, $175.30. Larry E. Alt, Shell Lake, failure to stop at stop sign, $175.30. Karen J. Anderson, Elk River, Minn., speeding, $175.30. James R. Artmann, Zimmerman, Minn., speeding, $175.30. Ryan J. Baade, Minong, underage drinking, $150.00, alcohol assessment. Cynthia E. Berndt, New Berlin, speeding, $175.30. Amy M. Carlson, Amery, operating left of centerline, $213.10; reckless driving, $389.50. Carlson Timber Products Inc., Sandstone, Minn., raw forest products overweight, $2,639.94; raw forest products overweight, $1,405.50. Andrew F. Cook, Beaver Dam, operating motor vehicle without proof of insurance, $10.00; speeding, $175.30. DRM Farms Inc., Cumberland, violate Class A highway weight limits, $229.41. Amanda J. Drinken, Hammond, speeding, $175.30. Robert H. Duden, Baldwin, operating without valid license, $200.50. Charles T. Everett, Red Wing, Minn., speeding, $200.50. Olusola K. Faniyi, Blaine, Minn., operating motor vehicle without proof of insurance, $10.00. Scott A. Fogelberg, Ellsworth, disorderly conduct, $549.00. Houston J. Gann, Denham Springs, La., underage drinking, $263.50. Jessica M. Golburg, Woodbury, Minn., operating motor vehicle without proof of insurance, $10.00. Loretta J. Haack, Hayward, speeding, $200.50.
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The owner, occupant or person in charge of any lot which fronts upon or abuts any sidewalk shall keep the sidewalk clear of all snow and ice. Section 6-2-7 of the Shell Lake Code of Ordinances provides for a penalty in the event snow and ice is not removed within twenty-four (24) hours from the time the snow or ice accumulates on the sidewalk. In the event of hazardous conditions the snow and ice must be removed within two (2) hours. If snow and ice are not removed within that 24-hour period, sidewalks will be cleaned off by city crew and the property owner will be billed. No person shall move snow to a location that would obstruct or limit vehicular or pedestrian vision, 549040 11-12r movement or access. Jeffrey D. Parker, Public Works Director, City of Shell Lake
The Shell Lake City Council will hold their regular monthly meeting Monday, November 14, 2011, at 7 p.m., in the Council Chambers, City Hall. AGENDA: Public Comment; Approval Of Minutes; Reports From Appointed Officials; Reports From Committee Chairpersons; New Business: Accept Resignation Second Ward Alderperson; Appointment of Second Ward Alderperson; Recommendation To Install Streetlight At Bashaw Street/ Pederson Drive Intersection; Temporary Class B Beer/Wine License Application Theater In The Woods; Recommendation 3rd Street and Courtesy Dock Project Financing; Resolution To Comply With Government Accounting Standards Board No. 54; Unfinished Business; Mayor’s Report; Any Other Items That May Be Added To This Agenda Will Be Posted At City Hall. 549512 12r Bradley A. Pederson, City Administrator
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The Shell Lake School District is recruiting a FULL-TIME AmeriCorps volunteer to work with Shell Lake Community Education & After-school Program. Through the Marshfield Clinic AmeriCorps program., the School District of Shell Lake has been identified as a ‘Host Site’ for a full-time AmeriCorps volunteer to serve students during out-of-school-time academic and enrichment opportunities. The ultimate goal of this position is to add capacity to the After-school Program in an effort to achieve positive outcomes as they relate to: Academic success, personal/ social development and healthy active living. Benefits: Biweekly living allowance of approximately $465 (gross) every two weeks Medical health-care insurance (premium paid by Marshfield Clinic) for individual Child care reimbursement (if applicable) Vacation time Marshfield Clinic AmeriCorps training – including reimbursement for mileage, meals & lodging AmeriCorps Team service gear Educational award of $5,550 upon completion of service Requirements: Commitment to serve with the program for 1,700 hours, averaging 35 hours/week Commitment to service from December 2011 through September 2012 Commitment to following all Shell Lake School District policies in addition to Marshfield Clinic AmeriCorps program requirements Interest in working with young children, middle school students, teachers and community members Mandatory New Member Orientation December 12 - 14, 2011, in Marshfield, WI Mandatory Midterm Training January 9-11, 2012, in Marshfied, WI Applicants must be 21 years of age Possess a high school diploma or GED/HSED and agree to a criminal background check and Department of Motor Vehicles check. 549509 12-13r 2-3b To Apply: Call 715-468-7815, Ext. 1337 or stop by the Shell Lake 3-12 School - Elementary Office to pick up an application or visit www.shelllake.k12.wi.us and click on “For Community” to print off the AmeriCorps Volunteer Application packet.
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(Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT WASHBURN COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Louise K. Meade DOD: 9/14/2010 Order Setting Time to Hear Petition for Administration and Heirship and Notice to Creditors Case No. 11PR47 A petition has been filed for administration of the estate and determination of heirship of the decedent, whose date of birth was March 19, 1916, and date of death was September 14, 2010. The decedent died domiciled in Volusis County, State of Florida, with a post office address of: 116 Via Capri, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32169. IT IS ORDERED THAT: 1. The petition be heard at the Washburn County Courthouse, Shell Lake, Wisconsin, before Hon. Eugene D. Harrington Court Official, on November 14, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. or when scheduled thereafter. 2. Heirship will be determined on the date set for hearing on the final account. You need not appear unless you object. The petition may be granted if no objection is made. 3. Creditor’s claims must be filed with the court on or before January 26, 2012. 4. Publication of his notice shall constitute notice to any person whose names or addresses are unknown. BY THE COURT: Hon. Eugene D. Harrington Circuit Courty Judge October 11, 2011 Katherine M. Stewart Attorney P.O. Box 364 Spooner, WI 54801 715-635-9081 Bar Number: 1005716
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(Nov. 9, 16, 23) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT WASHBURN COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Michael F. Nelson DOB: 09/30/1953 Order Setting Time to Hear Petition for Administration and Deadline for Filing Claims (Formal Administration) Case No. 11-PR-19 A petition for formal administration was filed. THE COURT FINDS: The decedent, with date of birth September 30, 1953, and date of death November 18, 2010, was domiciled in Douglas County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 1318 Catlin Ave., Superior, WI 54880. THE COURT ORDERS: 1. The petition be heard at the Washburn County Courthouse, 10 West 4th Avenue, Shell Lake, Wisconsin, before Circuit Court Judge/Circuit Court Commissioner Eugene D. Harrington, on December 5, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. You do not need to appear unless you object. The petition may be granted if there is no objection. 2. The deadline for filing a claim against the decedent’s estate is February 1, 2012. 3. A claim may be filed at the Washburn County Courthouse, Shell Lake, Wisconsin. 4. Heirship will be determined at the hearing on petition for final judgment. 5. Publication of this notice is notice to any persons whose names or addresses are unknown. BY THE COURT: Hon. Eugene D. Harrington Circuit Court Judge October 26, 2011 David L. Grindell 105 West Oak Street P.O.Box 585 Frederic, WI 54837 715-327-5561 Bar No. 1002628
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(Nov. 9, 16, 23) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT WASHBURN COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOE A. ROBOTKA, AKA JOSEPH A. ROBOTKA Notice to Creditors (Informal Administration) Case No. 11 PR 48 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: 1. An application for informal administration was filed. 2. The decedent, with date of birth April 6, 1924, and date of death March 27, 2010, was domiciled in Washburn County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 218 Euclid Avenue, Birchwood, WI 54817. 3. All interested persons waived notice. 4. The deadline for filing a claim against the decedents estate is February 16, 2012. 5. A claim may be filed at the Washburn County Courthouse, 10 4th Avenue, P.O. Box 316, Shell Lake, Wisconsin. Marilynn Benson Probate Registrar November 2, 2011 Mark E. Coe Coe, Dalrymple, Coe & Zabel, S.C. P.O. Box 192 Rice Lake, WI 54868 715-234-9074 Bar Number 1000202
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC BUDGET HEARING TOWN OF SARONA, WASHBURN COUNTY
Notice is hereby given that on Monday, November 14, 2011, at 7 p.m., at the Sarona Town Hall, a Public Budget Hearing on the Proposed Budget for the Town of Sarona in Washburn County will be held. The following is a summary of the 2012 budget. REVENUES 2011 Budget 2012 Budget Intergovernmental $95,566.000 $120,804.00 Local Levy .00 .00 Interest 5,000.00 1,500.00 Miscellaneous 2,000.00 1,000.00 TOTAL REVENUE $102,566.00 $123,304.00 EXPENSES General Government $52,700.00 $52,500.00 Insurance 6,300.00 6,500.00 Roads 200,000.00 200,000.00 Public Safety 28,407.00 29,000.00 Miscellaneous 6,000.00 8,000.00 TOTAL EXPENSES $293,407.00 $296,000.00 Victoria Lombard, Clerk
NOTICE OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETING OF THE ELECTORS OF THE TOWN OF SARONA, WASHBURN COUNTY
Notice is hereby given that on Monday, November 14, 2011, immediately following the completion of the Public Budget Hearing on the Proposed Budget which begins at 7 p.m., at the Sarona Town Hall, a Special Meeting of the electors called pursuant to Section 60.12(1)(c) of Wisconsin Statutes by the town board for the following purposes will be held: 1. To approve the minutes of the November 15, 2010, Special Town Meeting. 2. To approve the 2012 highway expenditures pursuant to Sec. 81.01(3) of Wisconsin Statutes. 3. To adopt a resolution for exceeding $5,000.00 per mile. 4. To adopt the 2011 town tax levy to be paid in 2012 pursuant to Sec. 60.0(1)(a) of Wisconsin Statutes. Dated this 25th day of October, 2011. Victoria Lombard, Clerk
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(Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Dec. 7) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT EAU CLAIRE COUNTY BRANCH 2 ROYAL CREDIT UNION 200 Riverfront Terrace Eau Claire, WI 54703 Plaintiff vs.
EUGENE J. GEISSLER 319 E. Lake Drive Shell Lake, WI 54751 CHRISTINE M. GEISSLER 245 Dwight Street Chippewa Falls, WI 54729 CHEM-MASTER, INC. 1912 Truax Blvd. Eau Claire, WI 54703 GTP Towers II, LLC 750 Park of Commerce Blvd., Suite 300 Boca Raton, FL 33487-3612 ACC TOWER SUB, LLC 750 Park of Commerce Blvd., Suite 300 Boca Raton, FL 33487-3612 THE BANK OF NEW YORK c/o ABS Structured Finance Services 101 Barclay Street, Floor 4 West New York, NY 10286 Defendants Case No.: 10CV505 Case Code: 30404 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE By virtue of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above-entitled action on September 10, 2010, the undersigned Sheriff of Washburn County, Wisconsin, will sell at public auction at the front entrance of the Washburn County Courthouse in the City of Shell Lake, in said county, on the 14th day of December, 2011, at 10:30 a.m., the real estate and mortgaged premises directed by the judgment to be sold, therein described as follows: Lot Three (3), Block Three (3), Pine Lane Plat, City of Shell Lake, Washburn County, Wis. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 319 E. Lake Drive, Shell Lake, 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 within ten days after confirmation of sale. Dated this 27th day of October, 2011. Terry C. Dryden, Washburn County Sheriff Donald R. Marjala - Lawyer SPANGLER, NODOLF, BRUDER & KLINKHAMMER, LLC P.O. Box 1030 Eau Claire, WI 54702-1030 715-839-7786 Attorneys for Plaintiff Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1692), we are required to state that we are attempting to collect a debt on our client’s behalf and any information we obtained will be used for that purpose.
(Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT BRANCH 2 ST. CROIX COUNTY ANCHORBANK, FSB Assignee of S & C BANK Plaintiff DAVID H. RAILSBACK II ARLA J. RAILSBACK LAMPERT YARDS, INC. ANTCZAK CONSTRUCTION, INC. STATE OF WISCONSINDEPARTMENT OF REVENUE JOHN DOE #1 AND JOHN DOE #2 the unknown tenants of the premises located at W8389 Carlton Rd., Spooner, WI 54801 JOHN DOE #3 AND JOHN DOE #4 the unknown tenants of the premises located at N5126 Greenfield Road, Spooner, WI 54801, Defendants. Case No. 10CV822 Case Code: 30404 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE By virtue of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above-entitled action on October 20, 2010, the undersigned Sheriff of Washburn County, Wisconsin, will sell at public auction at the front entrance of the Washburn County Courthouse in the City of Shell Lake, in said county, on the 7th day of December, 2011, at 10:30 a.m., the real estate and mortgaged premises directed by the Judgment to be sold, therein described as follows: The NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 and S 1/2 of the NW 1/4, the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4, lying S of the road and the NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4; lying S of the road, all in Section 34, Township 39 North, Range 13 West, Town of Evergreen, Washburn County, Wisconsin. PROPERTY ADDRESS: W8389 Carlton Road, Spooner, WI N5126 Greenfield Road, Spooner, WI. TERMS OF SALE: Cash. DOWN PAYMENT: A deposit of 10% of sale price to be deposited in cash or by certified check with the Sheriff at the time of sale; balance to be paid by cash or certified check within ten days after confirmation of sale. Dated this 24th day of October, 2011. Terry C. Dryden Washburn County Sheriff Donald R. Marjala, Lawyer Spangler Nodolf, Bruder & Klinkhammer, LLC P.O. Box 1165 Eau Claire, Wis. 54702-1165 (715) 830-9771 Attorney for Plaintiff Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1692), we are required to state that we are attempting to collect a debt on our client’s behalf and any information we obtained will be used for that purpose.
(Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT WASHBURN COUNTY FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION Plaintiff vs. JASON S. MILLER, et al. Defendant(s) Case Number: 10 CV 227 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on May 17, 2011, in the amount of $94,705.54, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: November 23, 2011, at 10:00 AM 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: At the North entrance of Washburn County Courthouse located at 10 4th Avenue, Shell Lake, Wisconsin DESCRIPTION: Lots 10, 11 and 12, Block 11, Hohl’s Addition to the Village of Minong and a certain parcel of land described as follows: Starting at the Southwest corner of said Lot 12, thence South a distance of 39 feet; thence East parallel with the South line of said Lots 10, 11 and 12 a distance of 75 feet; thence North a distance of 39 feet to the Southeast corner of said Lot 10; thence West along the South line of said Lots 10, 11 and 12 to the point of beginning. Together with the East 1/2 of vacated Adams Street lying adjacent to Lot 12 and parcel South of said lots. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 529 Houston Avenue, Minong, WI 54859. TAX KEY NO.: 65-151-2-42-1226-5 15-338-609500. Dated this 14th day of September, 2011. Terry Dryden Sheriff of Washburn 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. 277209
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Middle school honors band concert
The Shell Lake Arts Center hosted the middle school honors band concert on Thursday, Nov. 3. The advanced band, under the direction of Dr. Kristin Tjornehoj, was the second performance for the night. — Photos by Larry Samson
The Shell Lake sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders that earned the honor of representing their school at the honors band concert were back row (L to R): Natalie Smith, Ashley Lord, Keagan Blazer, Emma Thomas, Daniel Parish and Dominic Hopke. Front: Grace Anderson, Julia Pokorny, Emily Parish, Logan Pashby and Jordyn Monson.
Vince Cosmano, conducting the director ensemble, is a member of the board of directors of the Shell Lake Arts Center. He and his wife, Sue, selected the area to retire because of the natural beauty and the arts.
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Conductor Steve Michaels gives Dominic Hopke and Logan Pashby last-minute advice as they take the microphone to introduce the musical selection that the group will be playing.
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People you should know
Jude Bolterman
Jude Bolterman was born in Shell Lake, raised in Trego with two older brothers and graduated from the Spooner High School. She said, “From the age of 9, I knew that I wanted to be a nurse in order to help people. I was volunteered by my parents to care for my aunt for a summer, who was 31 years old and diabetic. My summer job turned into nine months. I lived with my aunt and uncle during the week and went home on the weekends. I did her total care, from giving her insulin, cooking, cleaning, anything she needed. I knew then that nursing was what I wanted to do when I grew up.” Bolterman attended UW–Eau Claire, where she graduated in Jude Bolterman 1973 with her Bachelor of Science nursing degree. She has worked at the Indianhead Medical Center since she was 17 years old. She started as a nurse’s aide, and then returned and worked as a registered nurse. Bolterman has worked at IMC for 38 years. She is now the day supervisor of nursing and the OB supervisor. “I love babies! OB is my passion,” she said. When she isn’t busy at the hospital, Bolterman can be found volunteering at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Shell Lake. She assists with dinners, funerals, serves Communion and is a lector. She is the Northwestern District chair-elect for Partners of WHA and will be installed at the spring meeting in Superior. She has been president for eight years. She also volunteers for the Grocery Getters program, Lifeline, ICHC hospital auxiliary and the Teens Encountering Christ program. Bolterman said, “I enjoy volunteering my time with others and would like to end with this quote from Albert Schweitzer: ”I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.”
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Full name: Judith Ann Bolterman, friends call her Jude Family: Jude and her husband, Myron, celebrated their 29th wedding anniversary on Oct. 30. Son Michael, 25, lives in Fort Collins, Colo., and is a nuclear med tech and works for the Heart of the Rockies Clinic and Poudre Valley Hospitals; daughter Amy, 23, lives in Minot, N.D., and is an ultrasound tech for Trinity Hospital and Clinics in Minot. Occupation: Registered nurse Washburn County resident since: I was born at the hospital in Shell Lake and have been a resident of Washburn County all of my life. Hobbies/interests: Reading, traveling, being with family and friends Claim to fame: Being Mike and Amy’s mom and working at the place where I was born. Favorite sport to watch: Packer football
Place I would most like to visit: London Dinner companion, dead or alive: My parents The person I most admire: Mother Theresa Best movie I ever saw: I have a lot of favorites, “The Blind Side” Favorite movie line: “I don’t know nothin’ ‘bout birthin’ no babies,” from “Gone with the Wind.” Favorite TV show: “House” and “Monk” Music I listen to: I love all music. Favorite Stooge: Larry, because he has bad hair days like me. Favorite dish: Anything stir-fry. My first job was: Washing dishes at age 10 at my aunt’s restaurant and age 17 a nurse’s aide at Shell Lake Hospital. I’d like to be remembered for: Being a good friend, kind person, helpful and thankful to others.
Family Reading Night
by Jessica Beecroft SPOONER – The Spooner Elementary School hosted their Family Reading Night on Thursday, Nov. 3. The theme was Tell me a tale. Several volunteers, including teachers, parents, students and other talented people were participants in making the night magical. Everything from folk music
with Kevin McMullin, to making gingerbread men, Spanish bedtime stories, plays and eating soup made with the vegetables from the school garden were available. Students had a great time making wands, watching stories come to life with storytellers and playing with puppets.
Charmaine Wistad greeted families coming to the Family Reading Night hosted by the Spooner Elementary School on Thursday, Nov. 3. – Photos by Jessica Beecroft
Kevin McMullin sang with his guitar as he told stories to children and adults alike, during Family Reading Night at the Spooner Elementary School.
Spooner Middle School at the honors concert
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Representing the Spooner Middle School at the honors concert were Tyler Revak, Ally Jacoby, Nathan Chastek, Amanda Heino and Gracia Gormong. Hanna Davis and Nick Posso attended the daylong workshop but were not available for the photo. — Photos by Larry Samson
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St. Francis de Sales School sent eight students to the middle school honors band. They were (L to R): Adeline Paffel, Kayla Kielkucki, Sophia DelFiacco, Lauryn Olson, Jacob Sacco, Rachel Medley, Anna Emerson and Audi Blonk.