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In the spirit of Christmas

Dec. 19, 2012

Wednesday, December 19, 2012 Vol. 124, No. 18 • Shell Lake, Wis.

Weekend watch

• Free community breakfast at First United Pentecostal Church, Spooner See Events page 8

Merry Christmas, from SLAC

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See page 11

SPORTS

Basketball & wrestling results See page 12-14 First place in the Shell Lake Lions Club Celebration of Lights decorating competition went to the Shell Lake Arts Center. The winners received a gift certificate to Lakeview Bar and Grill and a 2013 Lions calendar. Additional photo on page 24. — Photo by Larry Samson

Local school officials respond to Newtown tragedy

County clerk honored at retirement party See page 2

BREAKERS

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E-mail us @ wcregister@centurytel.net SHELL LAKE — After the area experienced its first significant snowfall on Sunday, Dec. 9, area ski trails were able to open.

The cross-country ski trails at Red Barn Campground on CTH B in Shell Lake are groomed but not tracked. Information about the trails is provided on signs near the trail. Donations are accepted to ski the trails.

The Beaver Brook and Spooner trails are also open. — from the Ski! Shell Lake Ski Club

Early deadlines

SHELL LAKE — Christmas and New Year’s are fast approaching and so are changes in deadlines for the Washburn County Register newspaper.

Deadline for the Dec. 26 edition of the Register is noon on Thursday, Dec. 20.

Deadline for the Jan. 2 edition of the Register is noon Friday, Dec. 28.

The newspaper office will be closed Monday, Dec. 24, and Tuesday, Dec. 25, as well as Tuesday, Jan. 1. — WCR

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Working with local law enforcement to ensure safety

by Jessica Beecroft Register staff writer SHELL LAKE – After the school shooting last Friday, Dec. 14, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., that left 20 children and six adults from the school dead, the Shell Lake principals, Kim Osterhues and Don Peterson, both made phone calls to the district parents to assure that the children’s safety is their No. 1 concern.

Osterhues said, “We are working with local law enforcement to re-evaluate the security of the buildings.” Peterson spoke about the children that are especially affected by the incident in New-

town. “Those students will be able to speak with the school counselors.”

The board of education meeting held Monday, Dec. 17, addressed some concerns parents may have when sending their children to school. The local law enforcement agencies, including the Shell Lake Police Department, the Spooner Police Department and the Washburn County Sheriff’s Department, will be meeting and brainstorming on other security measures that will be appropriate and necessary to ensure safety at the schools.

Jeri Bitney, Shell Lake Board of Education, said, “Our hearts go out to the parents that have lost their children. We have security plans in place already. They are also being reviewed at this time.

None of us wants to be responsible for having

See School officials respond, see page 3

Combining talent with a message

by Diane Dryden church dipped into their capable pool of muRegister staff writer sicians with songs and instrumental groups.

SHELL LAKE – The Full Gospel Church of Young girls dressed as angels signed a song Shell Lake pulled off another great Christmas instead of singing it and groups ranged in size in the Country last Sunday, Dec. 16. It started from duets to full choruses. The number that with lunch at 1 p.m., going right on through brought down the house was an extremely their program that started at creative choreography of peo2:30 and continued for ple in black on a dark stage, nearly two hours. each holding two lighted canDuring the first part, soup dles. As the soloist sang the and salad, homemade moving “In the First Light,” breads and desserts were

by Glad, the candles told the shared along with Christstory by being transported mas hayrides and tables and across the stage creatively tables of free gifts including and rhythmically by those handmade mittens, hats and who held them. beauty and personal care This same theme was covproducts. You just had to ered again with a reading that help yourself. melded one side of the stage, Live Christmas trees were the story of Mary in the stagiven away every 15 minble, with the other side of the utes at the dinner and DVDs stage where there was an and gas cards were given empty cross. There was There’s one in every crowd, this out during the program.

See Combining, back page Once again this talented year it was Diane Livingston.

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Photos by Suzanne Johnson

Retirement party held for county clerk Renee Bell, Lynn Hoeppner and Marge Peterson enjoyed a time of visiting during Hoeppner’s retirement party on Friday, Dec. 14, at the Washburn County Law Enforcement Center in Shell Lake. Bell works in the register of deeds office, and Peterson retired from the treasurer’s department at the end of last year. - Photos by Suzanne Johnson Lynn Hoeppner received a plaque acknowledging her 23 years of service to Washburn County during her retirement party on Friday, Dec. 14. Beginning her career with Washburn County in 1989, Hoeppner’s most recent position was county clerk.

Church Christmas project delivers robes to area nursing homes As one of their Christmas projects, many women of the Namekagon Congregational Church, UCC, in Earl, have been busy making lap robes. The lap robes were presented to Terraceview Living Center in Shell Lake and Benedictine Living Center in Spooner this week. Techniques of each maker’s choice were used and presented in a colorful array. Shown are some of the participants of the project. Back row (L to R): Betty Thake and Margie Ruid. Front: Marjorie Peterson, Carol Buckman, Charlotte Thompson and the Rev. Rebecca LeMenager. — Photo by Don Buckman

Wisconsin Canoe Heritage Museum receives grant

by Dave Zeug Special to the Register SPOONER — The Wisconsin Canoe Heritage Museum recently received a $3,000 cost-sharing grant from the Wisconsin Department of Tourism in a joint effort to promote marketing for the annual Wisconsin Canoe Heritage Day celebrated over the Memorial Day weekend.

Tourism Secretary Stephanie Klett presented the museum’s board of directors with the check Wednesday, Dec. 12, in front of the museum located in Spooner. “This event has helped generate excitement and awareness about all it has to offer,” said Klett. “Now in its third year, the Wisconsin Canoe Heritage Day continues to build upon its success. Now it can be a self-sustaining event that drives traveler spending and creates a positive economic impact in the community.” The museum has about 1,000 visitors a year, many from foreign countries who also share an interest in canoeing.

The Wisconsin Canoe Heritage Day will be Saturday, May 25, 2013, and offers travelers a number of different activities including live music, workshop demonstrations, a boat show, exhibit hall tours and food along with the unveiling of a new annual exhibit. “We’re happy with all the support we have received from the community,” said event organizer Jed Malischke, “and from the state as well, including the fact the Wisconsin state Legislature proclaimed Wisconsin Canoe Heritage Day for us back in 2010.”

Wisconsin Tourism Secretary Stephanie Klett presented the Wisconsin Canoe Heritage Museum officials with a Joint Effort Marketing grant on Wednesday, Dec. 12. Shown (L to R): Mike Johnson, president of the Wisconsin Canoe Heritage Museum; Mike Bartz, WCHM board member; Jed Malischke, event coordinator; Klett; Drew Nussbaum, regional tourism specialist; and Michelle Voight, director of Washburn County Tourism. — Photo by Dave Zeug

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Northwest Wisconsin not immune from multiple killings

DECEMBER 19, 2012 - WASHBURN COUNTY REGISTER - PAGE 3

Neighboring counties of Sawyer, Polk have seen senseless mass killings

NORTHWEST WISCONSIN - The tragedy in Connecticut - the senseless taking of 26 lives, 20 of them young children has forced a nationwide discussion on not only the security provided to children attending public schools, but on how to address issues of gun control and mental-health issues.

Wisconsin has experienced 105 deaths in multiple killing incidents (three victims or more) since 1985. None of them involved schools. Some of them involved church services and some involved domestic situations. Guns were used in 24 of the 29 incidents.

Wisconsin has experienced 105 deaths in 29 multiple killing incidents since 1985, including two in northwestern Wisconsin. None involved schools. - from Wisconsin InfoLink

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Information released on discovery of body in rural Spooner

by Jessica Beecroft Register staff writer

SPOONER – At 4:43 p.m. on the afternoon of Wednesday, Nov. 21, Bradley D. Salquist was walking his dog through the woods when he saw a yellow bag, and upon further investigation discovered the body of Thomas P. Michaelson, 58, of Spooner.

The body was found approximately 70 yards east of Tozer Lake Road, south of the Yellow River in the Town of Bashaw.

Michaelson lived about 300 yards northeast of where he was found.

When Washburn County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Nick Helstern reported to the scene, he noticed a small fire had been built near where the body was found, along with prescription drugs from two

different hospitals. Also nearby was a bottle of vodka and three backpacks.

Salquist stated he frequently walks in the woods with his dog, but hadn’t been in that portion of the woods for two weeks.

On Nov. 23, an autopsy was ordered and the report showed the cause of death to be a heart attack.

The incident report stated that when the body was found, it was in the a state of decay, indicating that he may have died sometime prior to the deer rifle season which is from Saturday, Nov. 17, to Sunday, Nov. 25.

The information was not released immediately pending notification of relatives, according to the Washburn County Sheriff’s Dept. - with information from Washburn County Sheriff’s Dept.

School officials respond/from page 1

someone send their child to school and having it be the last time they see them.”

Superintendent Jim Connell noted that the school district’s Web site will offer additional information in coming weeks, under the “For Parent and Student” section of the site.

“We will be addressing our student concerns on an individual basis,” Connell

noted. “Students with heightened concerns will be directed to our school counselors.”

Those with questions on how or if they should talk to their young loved ones are also invited to contact the school district.

“Student safety is our number one priority,” Connell said.

Best Western donates to WCAHS

Only two of the 29 events occurred in Northwest Wisconsin, but both of those events are among the six most costly in terms of lives lost.

In Sawyer County in 2004, six deer hunters were fatally shot and two others seriously wounded by another deer hunter after he was told to leave a deer stand on private property. Authorities arrested the suspect, Chai Vang, the same day.

In Polk County in 1991, a couple and their three children, ages 10, 7 and 5, were shot with a deer rifle, the husband’s 15year-old son charged with the crime. The young man was charged as an adult and sentenced to life in prison for the five deaths.

Deadliest

Seven people lost their lives in Wisconsin’s most deadly mass murder in the past 27 years in March of 2005 when a gunman

opened fire during a church service being held at the Sheraton Hotel in Brookfield.

The gunman also seriously wounded four others before taking his own life.

Three of the 29 incidents since 1983 occurred this past year, 2012, including the shooting of six worshippers in a suburban Milwaukee Sikh temple by a 40-year-old Army veteran. The most recent incident was Oct. 21 of this year when a man shot six women, killing his wife and two others, at the Azana Salon and Spa in Brookfield before taking his own life.

Also, in western Wisconsin’s St. Croix County, a father was charged in the killing of his three daughters, ages 11, 8 and 5. Gary King with information from Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism and Wisconsin InfoLink (Ron Larson)

“DNR is a resource for economic development,” secretary tells economic summit

MINONG - Protecting the environment and promoting economic development are critical to the northern region’s economy and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is here to help, DNR Secretary Cathy Stepp said last week at the Governor’s Northern Economic Summit held Thursday, Dec. 13.

“We can do both while maintaining environmental standards under the DNR’s environmental and conservation mission,” Stepp said.

About 150 attended the two-day economic development summit at Heartwood Conference Center near Minong. Business, industry and tribal leaders, along with educators and elected officials, heard Gov. Scott Walker deliver the keynote address and attended panel discussions with all eight Walker cabinet secretaries, including Stepp.

“Northern Wisconsin has its own unique set of economic challenges and opportunities,” Walker said. “The summit presents a forum for my administration to meet with the business community and area leaders to discuss how we can collaborate at local and state levels to boost the economy and job creation in this region.”

Stepp, who was joined by other DNR officials including Northern Region director John Gozdzialski, Office of Business Support and Sustainability director Al Shea and executive assistant Scott Gunderson, said the culture of the agency has changed, along with procedures.

Stepp and Gozdzialski, in one panel discussion on the role the DNR plays in the north, said the agency is active and engaged in the region, and noted she has been a north woods regular.

“We are going to be accessible and will

return to northern Wisconsin on a regular basis,” said Stepp, who toured the Jack Link’s meat snacks facility after speaking at the summit. “We care deeply about northern Wisconsin and the issues that are important to it, including tourism and forestry.”

She added, that Gozdzialski is her “eyes, ears and voice” in the region, a new Northern Region headquarters, based in Spooner, opened recently and customer service has been improved in the region and across the state.

“We are a results-driven agency,” Stepp said. “We have expanded office hours and our customer service representatives are available seven days a week from 7 a.m. until 10 p.m.

In another panel discussion with agency officials, including Shea, Stepp offered details on the Office of Business Support and Sustainability, which has simplified and streamlined many processes and procedures.

“We created the office to provide a focal point within the department to enhance job creation and economic vitality while maintaining environmental standards under the DNR’s environmental and conservation mission,” Stepp said.

Sector specialists have been appointed to work on agribusiness; development, construction and building; energy; forest and wood products; green manufacturing; manufacturing; paper; printing; sustainable communities; and transportation, Shea added.

“It is a new resource that provides proactive business support to navigate through DNR rules, regulations and permitting,” Shea said. - submitted

Youth invited to participate in Shine! talent showcase

Best Western is offering 20 percent off your stay when you make a donation to Washburn County Area Humane Society. Donations can be dropped off at the Best Western in Spooner or made by Paypal on the WCAHS Web site, wcahs.com. This offer is subject to availability. Call Best Western directly at 715-635-9770 for further information. Shown (L to R): Penny Dunn, WCAHS manager, and Lisa Olson, Best Western employee. — Photo submitted

SHELL LAKE — Theatre in the Woods invites youth of all ages to join them for another fantastic production of Shine! on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, combining the area’s best youth talents in acting, singing, instrumental, spoken word and dance performance into one powerful night. In addition to individual performances, all participants will have the opportunity to be part of two ensemble performances.

Formal auditions were Tuesday, Dec. 18, at the Erika Quam Memorial Theatre in Shell Lake, but the program will accept participants until early January. Participants should bring the selection they wish to perform for Shine! if at all possible.

Contact Jody Peck if interested in being a part of this year’s Shine! event at 715-635-3665 or jodypeck@gmail.com.

Theatre in the Woods is a nonprofit community theater organization, now in its 24th year, located at the Erika Quam Memorial Theatre, 605 1st St. in Shell Lake. For more information visit titw.org.

Tiffany Romportl performs in a Bo Peep skit in a recent Shine! event. — Photo submitted

VOICES

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My deepest sympathies to the families of all those killed on Friday, Dec. 14. Their shock and grief is unimaginable especially as one tries to make sense out of what has happened.

On Friday evening, Wisconsin Public Radio discussed how gun control might solve the problem. A caller suggested installing airport-type security at each school.

President Barack Obama, speaking Sunday at Newtown High School, said this is the fourth mass shooting of his presidency and promised to use his presidential powers to stop these incidents.

What can be done to stem the tide? What is going wrong in America? Well, over the past 200 years God has been devalued. Deism acknowledged that God had made it all, but since has stepped aside. Then some began questioning the historicity of Holy Scriptures, weakening the biblical foundation of western civilization. In 1859, Charles Darwin explained how life began

Newtown, Conn.

without God at all — evolution, now taught in our nation’s public schools. Karl Marx wrote about a new social order, communism, which assumed no god except the state, put into practice in Russia and China. In the 1930s, John Dewey and other intellectuals concocted the Humanist Manifesto I, which said there is no god and man is the measure of all things. Looking back, God was systematically removed from our culture; it is now “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas.”

The problem is that without God all that’s left is evil.

The Christian Church refers to this as original sin. Our nation’s Founding Fathers, by and large Christian, knew this and therefore wrote a Constitution with checks and balances in it to control these impulses. Our second president, John Adams, wrote in 1798, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” When Alexis De Tocqueville, French histo-

rian, visited America in 1831, he wrote, “the religious atmosphere was the first thing that struck me on arrival in the United States,” and “Thus, while the law allows American people to do everything, there are things which religion prevents them from imagining and forbids them to dare.” Quotes from “Two Wars.”

Now God is not dead nor is the world beyond his control, however, many have been deceived into thinking this. What is needed is revival — it’s been a long time since the last Great Awakening. The Bible provides not only moral values but also purpose, hope and a future. People should go back to those Christian churches which teach the Bible in all its truth and purity.

Please can the rhetoric

Pastor Leonard Wildauer Christ Lutheran Church of Lampson

I don’t know if children and teachers in Connecticut would have been killed if the ban on assault weapons would not have been lifted. But I do know it was the NRA that got the ban lifted. So it is time for the leadership of the NRA to stand up and show some courage and say, “We have a problem and we will help fix it.”

The standard cop-out slogans do nothing to address the problem. We have all heard them: guns don’t kill people, people kill people; all teachers should be armed, it’s a

constitutional right, anyone who’s for gun control wants to eliminate hunting, our Founding Fathers wanted everybody to have a gun, it’s in the Constitution.

Sixty years ago there was a law requiring a plug in shotguns for duck hunting so you could have no more than three shells in your gun at a time. That law did not eliminate duck hunting. Why can’t we do this for all hunting rifles? I don’t know of a mass shooting where a three-shell shotgun was used.

Autos kill as many people very year, so we have laws regulating their usage. We drive on the right side, we have speed limits, we have airbags, we have registered automobiles and licensed drivers, you are tested to receive your license, you do not have the right to run kids down in a school crossing.

It is time for a similar, sensible effort to be made to control the violence of guns.

I have been a hunter all my life. I do not propose eliminating hunting.

I also have a daughter, who is a teacher in Connecticut (and a 15-year-old granddaughter) and they live only a few miles from the school that was attacked.

It is time to can the inflammatory rhetoric and have grown-ups make an effort to solve the problem of assault weapons.

Everyone has heard the saying “the show must go on.” Friday, Dec. 14, a water main broke in front of the Erika Quam Theatre. The Quam is home to the Theater in the Woods, which was in the process of putting on their Christmas special “The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge.” This year the

Quam was transformed into a dinner theater so water was extremely important.

The Shell Lake city maintenance crew responded immediately by finding, excavating and fixing the broken water main within hours. Some say they were just doing their jobs. But how often do you get

recognized for doing an outstanding job?

The patrons, cast, volunteers and board of directors of the Theater in the Woods appreciate what they did.

Jeff Parker and his maintenance crew responded so quickly that alternative measures were not needed. Our gratitude is

extended to Jeff and his crew.

So ... ”the show did go on!”

City maintenance crew appreciated

Francis Peterson Rural Spooner

Theatre in the Woods Shell Lake

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Washburn/Burnett 2012 COC election results announced

SPOONER — The Washburn/Burnett County Farm Service Agency Committee election was held on Monday, Dec. 10.

Evie Moore, county executive director of Washburn/Burnett FSA, announced the results.

Marge Peterson, Local Administrative

Area No. 2, and Joseph R. Romportl Jr., LAA No. 4, were elected to the Washburn/Burnett County committee. Peterson and Romportl will serve a three-year term beginning Jan. 1.

LAA No. 2 includes the towns of Daniels, LaFollette, Lincoln, Meenon,

Oakland, Siren, Swiss and Union. LAA No. 4 includes the towns of Bass Lake, Brooklyn, Casey, Chicog, Crystal, Evergreen, Frog Creek, Gull Lake, Minong, Spooner, Springbrook, Stinnett and Trego.

If you have any questions on the elec-

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tion or would like information on programs administered by Farm Service Agency, feel free to contact the office at 715-635-8228, Ext. 2. — from FSA

Area news

BARRON COUNTY — Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald wants to remind you that the snowmobile trails in Barron County are still closed. For up-to-date information on the trails, please call 715-637-4275. — from Cumberland Advocate ••• BARRON — A Cumberland man has been charged with assaulting two other prisoners while he was an inmate at the Barron County Jail. According to a criminal complaint, Timothy W. Cook Jr. was charged with assaulting two prisoners in an incident reported to jail personnel late on the evening of Sunday, Oct. 14. Cook is scheduled for an initial appearance Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, in Barron County Circuit Court. — from Barron News-Shield ••• PRAIRIE FARM — The principal at Prairie Farm Elementary School challenged students to read more books over Thanksgiving break. For each book read, Principal Patrick Olson agreed to be locked in a jail cell for one minute. The students read about 300 books, which meant Olson was locked up for nearly five hours. His temporary jail cell was in the elementary hallway so students and staff could visit him throughout his sentence. Students who read were also entered in a drawing to win books along with a chance to read in the cell with Olson. One lucky student was able to wear a jail suit and eat lunch in the cell. — from Barron News-Shield ••• TURTLE LAKE — Mayo Clinic Health System - Eau Claire Foundation recently donated $7,468.80 to the Turtle Lake first responders for the purchase of six automated external defibrillators. “These new AEDs will be distributed to members of our first responder group and be used to help provide excellent care for the residents of A view of Shell Lake looking toward the sawmills. This photo was taken in 1885. - from the collection of the Wisconsin Historical Society our service area,” stated Turtle Lake first responder Ryan Ludy. — from Cumberland Advocate

Picture Wisconsin’s Past

DECEMBER 19, 2012 - WASHBURN COUNTY REGISTER - PAGE 5

Shell Lake students compete in Science Olympiad BOYCEVILLE — Saturday, Dec. 15, 15 Shell Lake High School students participated in their first-ever Science Olympiad tournament at Boyceville High School. There were 51 high school teams from Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois. In Division 2, there were 24 teams, and most have been in this for 10-

20 years. Shell Lake was the furthest north team.

Shell Lake received seventh place overall of 24 teams and received a fifthplace trophy in Division 2, because some schools had more than one team and weren’t able to place more than once.

The following students earned event

medals: Casey Furchtenicht, second, Fermi questions; Furchtenicht and Sabrina Skindzelewski, second, designing genes; Calista Holman and Kelsey Egbert, second, forensics; Seth Olson and Dee Andrysiak, second, elastic launch glider, and fifth circuit lab; Isaac Otterson, Daniel Parish and Keagan Blazer,

fourth, robot arm.

Other Shell Lake students participating were BJ Burton, Tia Carlson, Wyatt Carlson, Sherri Clark, Lindsey Martin, Andrew Dahlstrom and Lauren Osborn.

The students advisor is Kelly Lehnert. — from Shell Lake Schools

Sabrina Skindzelewski and Casey Furchtenicht took second place in the designing genes event.

Seth Olson and Dee Andrysiak were double winners. They earned second place in elastic launch glider and a fifth in circuit lab.

ABOVE: Fifteen Shell Lake High School students traveled to Boyceville High School for the Science Olympiad. Shown back row (L to R): Daniel Parish, Lauren Osborn, Lindsey Martin, BJ Burton, Wyatt Carlson, Sheri Clark and Casey Furchtenicht. Middle: Kelsey Egbert, Calista Holman and Sabrina Skindzelewski. Front: Andrew Dahlstrom, Tia Carlson, Isaac Otterson, Dee Andrysiak and Seth Olson.

LEFT: Isaac Otterson and Kelsey Egbert in the Boomilevers competition. Their boom was built of balsam wood and glue.

The idea in this structural engineering competition is to build a lightweight boom that holds the most weight. In addition to designing and building a structure, they take a test to understand their knowledge in physics.

Isaac Otterson and Daniel Parish took fourth place in the robot arm event. Keagan Blazer helped with the design and construction but was not able to attend.

Photos by Larry Samson

Kelsey Egbert and Calista Holman took second in the forensics event.

Shell Lake Lions Calendar Winners

December 10 - $30 Doug Meyers, Freeport, Ill. December 11 - $30 Ron Pierson, Vadnais Heights, Minn.

December 12 - $30 Art & Sue Berlin, Shell Lake December 13 - $30 Dennis & Amenda Johnson, Spooner December 14 - $30 Eddie & Sarah Ballew, Derby, Kan.

Anderson, Hager & Moe 2013 Calendars Available!

Winners also announced on WJMC FM Radio

Temps & levels Temperatures recorded at Spooner Ag Research Station 2011 Dec. 10 Dec. 11 Dec. 12 Dec. 13 Dec. 14 Dec. 15

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Register Memories

1952 - 60 years ago

• Dec. 11 marked the fourth time that the long arm of Uncle Sam reached into the house of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Anderson of North Shell Lake and took a son or daughter into the service. Roger was the last boy to board the inductee bus.

Gilbert and Helen, both of the Navy, were called in World War II, and Elmer Jr. was serving in Japan.

• Pvt. Russell Jones, Shell Lake, was selected to attend the 5th Armored Division’s Radio Operators school at Camp Chaffee, Ark. • Pfc. Dale E. Reinhart, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Reinhart, Shell Lake, was returning to the U.S. from Germany for release from active duty.

• Washburn County motorists were being reminded that the state law now required the display of two license plates on motor vehicles, one at the rear and one at the front. The state rules were changed during the World War II, calling for only one plate, the statute was changed back again to where both plates are required.

1962 - 50 years ago

• Erwin Gladdenbegk announced that Hugh Schlief, well-known former Spooner businessman and radio announcer for WHSM, Spooner, joined his Arrowhead TV firm and environs Shell Lake as a business partner. Gladdenbegk would continue to do the outside service and Schlief would manage the store.

• Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jenkins, Barronett, celebrated their silver wedding anniversary.

• Santa Claus would make his appearance in Shell Lake under the big Christmas tree by the bank. The Shell Lake Chamber of Commerce would assist Santa in distributing sacks of candy to the youngsters.

• The Bashaw Ladies Aid held their annual Christmas dinner at the home of Mrs. J.D. Johnson. Following dinner there was a Christmas program of song,

Compiled by Suzanne Johnson

the reading of the story of the birth of Christ and musical numbers along with a gift exchange.

1972 - 40 years ago

• Twenty-two head of excellent milk cows were electrocuted on the Donald Furchtenicht farm when faulty wiring electrified the barn cleaner chain. Furchtenicht stated that when he entered the barn to do his milking he found the 22 animals, 14 registered and eight grade cows, all Holsteins, dead in their stanchions.

• Al Hooser received a gold watch in recognition of his 25 years as an employee of the boat factory.

• Dr. Bill Haggberg and Chuck Lewis were presented with plaques honoring their many years of faithful service to Boy Scouting in Shell Lake and the Chippewa Valley Council.

• Customers of the Shell Lake State Bank were now able to make deposits under the clock at any time of the day or night. A new depository was installed at the outside corner of the bank.

• Christmas home decoration winners announced by the Shell Lake Chamber of Commerce were Cliff Thompson, first; Charles Foley, second; and Victor Anderson, third. Each of the winners was awarded a turkey as their prize.

1982 - 30 years ago

• A Shell Lake High School Booster Club was in the formation stage by Dirk Benzer, Richard and Dorothy Rydberg and Ken Ogden. The purpose was to help provide equipment or other items not included in the school budget.

• Shell Lake cheerleaders were Robyn Dahle, Missy Milton, Missy Zaloudek, Lori Neuman and Cheri Olek.

• Officers of Twin Valley 4-H Club were David Kidder, president; Teresa Porter, vice president; Maria DePolis, secretary; Angie DePolis, treasurer; and James Gurtner, reporter.

• Ruth A. Paisley, Shell Lake, graduated with a master’s degree in special ed-

ucation from Mankato State University, Mankato, Minn.

1992 - 20 years ago

• Academic Decathlon team members of Shell Lake High School were Keesha Hall, Luke Burns, Eric Olson, Angela Parker, Adam Erickson, Clay Wickman, Jennifer Spaulding, Tracey Wennerberg and Aaron Smith.

• Placing third in the Wisconsin Land Conservation poster contest were Shell Lake students Vanessa Johnson, Lynette Adams and Sarah Parker.

• The Roosevelt-Dewey Senior Citizens had their Christmas party at Everett and Verna Lindstrom’s. The January meeting was set to be held at Earl and Amy Johnson’s.

• Navy Fireman Ira L. Lloyd, whose wife, Karen, is the daughter of Ernest and Renate Cathers of Shell Lake, was aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ranger, homeported in San Diego, Calif., and midway through a six-month deployment to the western Pacific, Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf as part of the aircraft carrier USS Ranger Battle Group.

2002 - 10 years ago

• Casey Bruce scored her 1,000th high school basketball career point.

• Members of the Shell Lake High School basketball team coached by Dan Kevan and Rita Pfaff were Courtney Bruce, Casey Bruce, Sadie Christ, Tiffany Spears, Heather Wiesner, Laura Alt, Bethany Stellrecht, Julie Scheu, Amanda Leckel, Krista Hanson and Rhiannon White.

• The bell tower at Salem Lutheran Church was complete with the addition of the bell from the Heart Lake Church.

Former members of Heart Lake on hand for the ringing of the bell were Helen Pederson, Aage Duch, Ray Grahn, Evelyne Olson, Joni Parker and Arlys Santiago. The bell ringer was Arvid Pederson.

• Gerry Chartraw held a grand opening open house for her Gerry’s 5th Avenue Salon in Shell Lake’s Lake Mall.

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It took him awhile

No matter what he did for a living, music was an intristarted the community choir with a

by Diane Dryden group of local people who wanted to cate part of Benson’s life. Whether it was directing a 20Register staff writer get together to sing songs from the member orchestra who were playing selections from the SHELL LAKE — It took Bill Benson a Christmas portion of Handel’s “Mes- “Messiah,” or the community choir who sang patriotic few years before he made it to Shell siah.” That was the beginning of his songs at the traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall last year, or Lake, but he used the years wisely and 29 years as head of the community leading the community choir through their Celtic celebrabrought a lot of talent with him. choir, which came to an end this year tion, their Gregorian chants or their popular hymns of the Benson was born in Drummond and with their Christmas concert at the Civil War, his life has been full of the music that runs unafter high school graduation he atSpooner High School. Benson had in- abated through his veins and his head. tended UW-Superior to obtain a music Things change, and both Benson and his wife are lookvested many hours in this choir education degree. No one was surwhose membership ranged from 35 to ing forward to retirement. They have a bucket list of things prised. His mom and dad sang. His 65 people, depending on the year. He they want to do, like traveling to Washington, D.C., to tour mother played the piano for church and was a charter member of the British the Smithsonian or visiting Civil War battle sights that inaccompanied the kids at school. His Brass Band for three years, directed clude Gettysburg. One of the things they’ve already uncle was a band director. It was no two musicals for Theater in the crossed off their list this year was seeing and hearing the wonder Benson started appearing in Woods and became involved with his St. Olaf Choir’s Christmas performance in the Twin Cities Sunday school programs at age 4, even church’s music groups and music in November. having a solo. Then each year he “I’ve been so blessed,” he says. And as of Dec. 31, he will contests at the Indiana Wesleyan Unistretched his musical ability, singing and versity, where students received top find out what God’s next plan is for his life. For on that starting to play the clarinet in fifth day he will be under the knife in Eau Claire for surgery on grade. With his uncle’s influence, BenBill Benson ends his 29-year career as star ratings.

He’s also worked for T&T Tool for his thyroid gland, which could greatly affect his voice. son learned to play just about every in- director of the community choir. — Photo 20 years and was the booking agent “The world would be flat without music,” he adds, “and strument there was, but he balked about by Diane Dryden for the original civic center in Spooner. I’m so glad that my entire life has been rich in it.” taking the piano. He figured that one piano player in the family was enough.

In sixth grade Benson’s instructors figured out that he played by rote and couldn’t read music and then that changed.

“In 1964 I was a member of the Air Force Drum and ness, greed, lust for power and wealth, During this Christmas season, area pasBugle ROTC Corps, which I loved, and I also had the lead racism, nationalism, inhumanity, disretors have been invited to share a Christmas in a Gilbert and Sullivan musical. Additionally I was active gard for our environment, militarism, message in the Washburn County Register. in a concert choir and a men’s choir,” commented Benson. etc. The light of Christ exposes such This week a third message is being published.

He spent five years teaching K-12 vocal and instrument things for what they are: sin. We believe music in Michigan while coaching junior varsity basketball and varsity tennis. He also ran the music program, that Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes he winter solstice is almost upon us was the choir leader and the head of a community choir. away the sin of the world. who live in the northern hemisphere.

He burned out.

We believe that the Holy Spirit is at For thousands of years, as the days grew The next three years he worked the front of a drugstore, work calling people through this Good shorter and the nights longer, people but music was in his soul and he again got involved with News to faith in Christ and freedom everywhere challenged the approaching church music and even formed a men’s quartet with other from the power of darkness. As we wait darkness with festivals of light, as they friends in musical preofssions. Being called back into fullfor all things to be consummated when awaited the return of the sun. time music, he took a position in a small country school Christ returns at the end of time, we are In the 4th century, when Christians with a 15-member choir but still managed to pull off two Pastor Don West, Salem privileged to live a new life in the light. began liturgically celebrating Jesus’ impressive cantatas. Once again, he overreached his birth, they settled on the time of the win- Lutheran Church, Shell Lake. “Let us then lay aside the works of darkmusic, became too involved, decided to take a breather ness and put on the armor of light.” (Roter solstice. It was the Mass celebrating — Photo submitted and moved to Eau Claire where he sold insurance for a mans 13:12) Living in the light provides the holy birth, or Christ-mas.

This, howyear or so and then moved on to Stevens Point to do the ever, was not about the sun, but about the Son of God, us with a list of behaviors that are just the opposite of same. the works of darkness. coming into the world and about a different kind Then an offer came that brought him to Shell Lake.

Living as followers of Jesus, we are bearers, of darkness and a different kind of light.

“What It was 1982 when Benson became the high school music reflectors, of the light of God’s love for the has come into being in him was life, and the leader and band director for the school. A year later he

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life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.” (John 1:3-4) We believe that what has been revealed in the light of our Lord’s suffering, death and resurrection is the overcoming of all the darkness overshadowing the world; selfish-

world in Christ. As we celebrate Christmas, let us remember, “For once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Live as children of light — for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true.” (Ephesians 5:8-9)

Christmas message • Rev. West

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Christmas pageants

n our lifetime, at one point during the Christmas season many of us have experienced being in a Christmas pageant, portraying a member of the holy family, perhaps a shepherd or one of the wisemen.

The costumes were typically comprised of wearing a bathrobe and most often it was either a plaid of blue, gray or red or one with vertical stripes. Mary’s outfit on the other hand was usually a blue robe. A floursack dishtowel held secure to the head with a piece of rope or cloth completed the ensemble. We would have either stocking or bare feet, for some sandals made a winter appearance for the special performance. In all the pageants I was a part of, Baby Jesus was always some little girl’s doll.

“Away in the Manger” was pretty much a staple song that was sung. Getting the right key to start the song didn’t always happen. Sometimes it would start too high and other times it may be too low making it almost impossible to hit the notes toward the end of the stanza.

Even though the Christmas story was the same, the experience of re-enacting the event was a special time.

As a child, the Sunday school program was a time when I would be dressed in a new outfit, usually a handmade red dress, white tights and shiny, black Mary-Jane-style shoes. A type of Christmas ribbon would be worn atop a head full of curls that was achieved from sleeping the night before with head-pinching curlers held in place by yet another flour-sack dishtowel.

Earlier this month, while walking near a nativity scene display for sale in a store, I overheard a little girl comment to her mother, “Look Mom, another Baby Jesus. The other Jesus

Third from the right, 6-year-old Milton Johnson, also known as Rusty at that time, portrays a shepherd in a past Christmas pageant held at the Lutheran church in Falun. Other cast members were Renee, Frank, Jimmy and Dickey. — Photo by Vi Schindler

died on the cross so they need a new one.” Perhaps the mother took the opportunity to explain the complete story of Christ’s life, death and resurrection that we celebrate each year.

May this Christmas season be an exciting and joyous time for you and your family. Merry Christmas!

Beyond the office door • Suzanne Johnson

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Gymnasts compete in Jingle Bell Jubilee

RICE LAKE — The Deutsch’s Gymnastics Training Center in Rice Lake played host to the Jingle Bell Jubilee gymnastics meet held Saturday, Dec. 8. Teams participating were Northwoods from Cable, Deutsch’s of Rice Lake, Marshfield, Tenacity from Hancock, Mich., Northern Twistars of Virginia, Minn., Bay Area of Ashland, The Gymnastic Academy, Duluth, and Copper Country from Lake Linden, Mich.

The level 3 age 8 team scores were Marshfield 106.4, Tenacity 102.25, Northwoods 101.55, Deutsch’s 99.5, Twistars 95.35 and Cooper 35.4. Local athletes competing at this level were Samantha Martin, Spooner, tying for fifth on beam with 7.85, placing sixth on bars with 7.1, taking seventh in all-around with 31.6, tying for eighth with 7.9 on floor and earning 8.75 on vault.

At level 2 age 9, Julia Lyga, Shell Lake, scored 8.8 on vault, 4.6 on bars, 7.1 on beam, 7.2 on floor, and 27.7 allaround.

Level 4 ages 6-8 team scores were Northwoods 108.75, Deutsch’s 108.1, Marshfield 105.9, Tenacity 104.35, Northern Twistars 102.05, Bay Area 101.55, The Gymnastic Academy 71.05, and Copper Country, 35.9.

Competing in this level, Hope Kyrola, Barronett, had all personal bests on vault, 8.9; bars, 7.3; beam 7.5; floor 8.3; and all-around, 32.0.

Competing at Level 4 age 9, Ashleigh Clark, Spooner, had all personal bests and also earned team points with her first-place 9.0 on floor. She had 9.0 on vault, 7.0 on bars, 6.45 on beam and 31.45 all-around.

At level 4 age 10, Marah Hanson’s, of Spooner, sixthplace score of 9.05 was a personal best, as 7.65 on beam, 7.1 on floor and 27.6 all-around. She earned 3.8 on bars.

April Kyrola, Barronett, competed at level 4 ages 11plus. She took fourth place with her personal best of 9.15 on vault. She was fifth on bars with 8.45 and seventh on beam with 8.2. She earned 7.25 on floor and 33.05 all-around.

Competing in level 5 ages 8-10, Noelle Nelson, Shell Lake, earned team points with her third-place tie of 8.4 on bars. She took fourth on beam with a personal best of 8.5, and in all-around with 32.3. She received 7.4 on floor.

Meghan Stone, Shell Lake, competed in level 5 ages 11-12, and placed sixth with a personal best on beam with a score of 8.35. She had personal bests on vault with 8.4, and all-around with 28.3. She scored 5.0 on bars and 6.55 on floor. Level 5 team rankings were a tie with 104.05 between Tenacity and Northwoods, Deutsch’s 103.15, Bay Area 95.6 and Marshfield 92.95.

— with information from Deutsch’s

Shell Lake FFA prepares for annual ice-fishing contest SHELL LAKE — The Shell Lake FFA is having their annual ice-fishing contest on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, from noon to 3:30 p.m. on Bashaw Lake west of town. Registration will start at 10:30 a.m.

There will be lots of opportunity to win prizes with five categories of biggest fish: bass, northern, perch, crappie and bluegill; along with hourly door prizes and raffle items. Raffle tickets will be available at the contest site and by FFA members starting Thursday, Dec. 20.

Set the date aside and support the FFA scholarship and convention fund. Main prizes included a gas-powered ice auger and an ice shelter, plus over $300 in gift certificates. This contest would not be so successful without the support from contest sponsor AAA Sports and raffle sponsors AAA Sports, Farm and Fleet, WalMart, Bear Paw, Shell Lake Marine and Dahlstroms Lakeside Market. Door prize sponsors are AAA Sports, Strellrecht’s Tractor and Auto Repair, Becky’s, Ace Hardware, Shell Lake State Bank, Shell Lake Woodcrafters, Peggy’s Place, Country Pride Co-op, Spooner Outlet, Subway, Wolverine Tire and Auto, Lamperts, Nielsen’s Construction, Shell Lake Marine, Kwik Trip, Spooner Bakery, Spooner Laundry and Lee’s Construction.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact Mrs. Bos, 715-468-7814, Ext.1247. — from Shell Lake FFA

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New partnership

Members of the Shell Lake and Spooner/Trego Lions clubs are working together with the Washburn County Emergency Management.

This group does not work in the field but performs the interviewing, screening and credentialing of the unaffiliated volunteers who will be involved in disaster response. This group will be activated and directed by the emergency operations center/emergency management. The newly formed and recently trained volunteer reception center team back row (L to R) are: Marie Andreas, Joan Quenan, Duane Swanson, Bob Rand, Rudy Kessler, Gene Harrington, John Patrick and Jim Andreas. Front: Sharon Kessler, Ruth Swanson, Greta Pittman, Mary Patrick, Carol Buck, Dan Ryan and Betsy Wilcox. — Photo courtesy of Carol Buck

Feeding and baiting ban remains in effect for Barron, Burnett, Polk and Washburn counties

SPOONER — A ban on feeding and baiting whitetailed deer in Barron, Burnett, Polk and Washburn counties, which was implemented May 10 due to the discovery of chronic wasting disease in a wild whitetailed deer on private land in Washburn County, remains in effect and will be enforced by Wisconsin conservation wardens.

Barron, Burnett and Polk counties are within a 10mile radius of the location of the Washburn County property on which this CWD-positive deer was found.

State law requires that counties, or portions of counties within a 10-mile radius of a game farm or free-ranging CWD-positive, are included in the baiting and feeding prohibition. With the addition of these four counties, baiting and feeding of deer is banned in 32 Wisconsin counties.

“With the nine-day gun season ended and with it the likelihood of baiting, we want to remind residents of the four counties that there is still a ban on feeding of deer in place,” said regional Conservation Warden David Zebro. “Conservation wardens will continue to

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educate our public and use appropriate discretion if a feeding violation is discovered, but enforcement action will be initiated to assure the health of our deer herd.”

“Feeding, like baiting, of deer, unnecessarily increases the risk of spreading CWD and other diseases,” said Tom Hauge, director of the DNR Bureau of Wildlife Management. “Animal health is important to preserving our great hunting tradition and is a foundation of tourism and vital to local businesses.”

Feeding and baiting increase risks of spreading communicable diseases, like CWD, by concentrating deer in one spot. Deer using one spot are more at risk for spreading a disease.

Individuals can still feed birds and small mammals provided the feeding devices are at a sufficient height or design to prevent access by deer and the feeding device is within 50 yards of a human dwelling.

The fine for feeding contrary to the ban is $343.50.

Learn more about CWD at knowcwd.com (exit DNR) or go to the DNR Web site and search CWD.— from WDNR

Victims of violence

ith all these tragic events happening in the world lately, it’s easy to lay the blame on someone or something. Recently, I have been losing hope in humanity. Friday there was a man who stabbed 22 or 28 elementary age schoolchildren, depending on which sources you turn to, in China. The number doesn’t matter – it is still a tragedy. On that same day, there was the school shooting in Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut where around 20 young children’s lives and futures were stolen from them. Both stories have grieved the world.

So who or what do we blame then? The knife that killed the 22 children in China? The guns that killed 20 students and six adults? Or the people behind the weapons? Or maybe it’s a little of both. We don’t blame the cars of the drunk drivers that kill on average, according to MADD statistics, 27 people every single day on the road, so why blame the knives or the guns? But on the other hand, should guns be so easily and readily available to put in the hands of a killer? Does something, once and for all, need to be done about gun control?

It is questions like these that our nation is dealing with.

In one group you have the staunch gun-lovers and hunters who have every right to own a gun, and in the other you have the millions of families across the nation who have lost someone to some sort of gun-related violence, whether it was accidental or intentional. So how do you win this argument? How many people need to die and how many mass shootings do we need to go through to figure something out?

And worse, how long will time pass until the names of these children and adults just become a fact, a statistic. We rarely bring up Columbine, Virginia Tech, or the Aurora movie shooting anymore unless another shooting happens like the one on Friday. The mass media swooped in like vultures honing in on prey and nearly stripped the dignity of these children and their families, doing anything to get some facts and an-

swers. Pictures and stories of victims, both children and adults, are being shared and passed along, going viral across Facebook and Twitter – some true, some not. Fake quotes and statements, like the made-up statement supposedly by Morgan Freeman are also going viral, some agreeing with it, and some not. While it is good to remember the victims, there is a difference between remembering and showing respect.

I do believe, out of all of the chaos and hungry media and viral pictures across the Internet, we as Americans are desperate for answers. We are desperate for positive change. We are desperate for safety. It is so easy to ask the question, why? Why do things like this happen? It is also easy to hate those that did these heinous crimes. But what if we were asked to do the most difficult thing of all – to pray and care for not just the victims, but the perpetrator’s family as well, because they too lost someone?

Remember what starts most evil doings is hate – we are not called to hate, but to love, even if choosing love is the most difficult task of all.

There is a man from my graduating class who is wasting away in jail, because of some stupid and hateful decisions. But I remember when that same man was a six-year-old boy and he invited me to his birthday party and all either of us had to worry about was how many slices of cake we would get to eat that afternoon. Evil comes in all different races, genders, shapes and sizes.

Evil isn’t born into someone’s heart, it is taught and made and molded by the people that hurt them, betrayed them, bullied them, hated them. And that, above all, is the reason why we must choose love even in times like these – because we never know who we are affecting or what future killers or drug addicts our children will invite to their next birthday party. Remember the next generation is being molded and taught by this generation, here and now, and every life matters.

Assorted chocolates • Abby Ingalls

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DECEMBER

Thursday, Dec. 20 • Shell Lake PTA meeting, 6:30 p.m., in the 3-12 school library. Baby-sitting available.

Friday, Dec. 21 • Om Sweet Om Yoga Mala, 9:30 a.m., 110 Walnut St., Spooner, above Spooner Market and Grill. Modifications will be offered, so all levels of practitioners are welcome to attend. By donation and all profits will be locally donated to the Washburn County Humane Society. Please contact Lorrie with any questions, 715-645-2543; omsweetomyoga@live.com.

Saturday, Dec. 22 • Free community breakfast, 7-10 a.m., First United Pentecostal Church, 337 Greenwood Ave., Spooner. All welcome. Donations accepted.

Wednesday, Dec. 26 • Free community supper, 4-6 p.m., St. Alban Episcopal Church, 220 Elm St., Spooner.

Thursday, Dec. 27 • First Year Parenting class, 5-8:30 p.m., Spooner Annex Building, UW-Extension conference room. Call Deb Meyer at 715-635-4444 or deb.meyer@ces.uwex. edu.

• Youth Ice-Fishing Fun Day, sponsored by AAA Sportshop, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Spooner Lake. For more info, call 715-635-3011. This is not a contest. Food and equipment available.

JANUARY

Wednesday, Jan. 2 • Unit on Aging, 1 p.m., Shell Lake Senior Center.

• Free soup and sandwiches, Church of the Nazarene, Spooner, 5:30 p.m. Call 715-635-3496 to confirm. All welcome. Donations accepted.

Thursday, Jan. 3 • Shell Lake Chamber of Commerce meeting, 4:30 p.m., Shell Lake City Hall meeting room.

• Aphasia Group, 10-11:30 a.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, Spooner. Call 715-520-7999.

• Northwest Wisconsin Parkinson’s Disease Support Group, 1 p.m., lower level at St. Joseph’s Catholic Thursday, Dec. 20 • Holiday programs at Spooner Elementary school in the Spooner Elementary gymnasium. Each grade will be holding individual performances throughout the day and evening as follows: Kindergarten, 9:30 a.m.; grade one, 11 a.m.; grade two, 12:30 p.m.; grade three, 2 p.m.; and grade four 7 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 23 • Toys for Tots distribution, Barronett Civic Club, noon-2 p.m.

• Christmas Celebration Sunday, 9 a.m., Spooner Wesleyan Church.

Monday, Dec. 24 • Christmas Eve service, 4 p.m., Lakeview United Methodist Church.

• Christmas Eve service, 5:30 p.m., Sarona United Methodist Church.

• Christmas Eve candlelight service for reverence and reflection, 5-6 p.m., Shell Lake Full Gospel Church.

Church in Shell Lake.

• Free community meal, St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, 409 Summit, Spooner, 4-6 p.m. All welcome.

Donations accepted.

Tuesday, Jan. 8 • Moms Club meets at Faith Lutheran, Spooner, 10 a.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 9 • Free community meal, 4-6 p.m., United Methodist Church, 135 Reinhart Dr., Shell Lake. All welcome. Donations accepted.

• The board of directors for the Railroad Memories Museum meeting, 1 p.m., Spooner City Hall. All volunteers welcome.

Thursday, Jan. 10 • The Shell Lake Lions Club meeting, 6:30 p.m., Shell Lake Community Center.

• United Ostomy Association local support group meeting, 1:30 p.m., at the Spooner Health System, lower level class room. More information, call 715-6375020.

• Fibromyalgia/CFS/Chronic Pain Support Group, 1-3 p.m. at the Chetek Lutheran Church. Call 715-651-9011 or 715-237-2798.

• Education and support for people affected by cancer, 3:30-5 p.m., Marshfield Clinic Rice Lake Center.

Registration required, 715-236-8327.

Saturday, Jan. 12 • Jack Frost Day celebrated in 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. Contact 715-635-9309, 715468-4017, or 715-222-4410.

Tuesday, Jan. 15 • Shell Lake/Spooner Masonic Lodge 221 meeting, 7 p.m., at the lodge.

Wednesday, Jan. 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. The public is welcome.

• The Washburn County Humane Society open board meeting 5:30 p.m., state patrol headquarters, Spooner, 715-635-4720.

• Christmas Eve service, 5 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Shell Lake.

• Christmas Eve candlelight service, 5 p.m., Trego Community Church.

• Christmas Eve service, 5 p.m., Long Lake Lutheran Church.

• Christmas Eve candlelight Communion service, children’s sermon, 6:30 p.m., Spooner Wesleyan Church.

• Christmas Eve candlelight and carols, 7 p.m., Spooner United Methodist Church.

• Barronett Lutheran Christmas Eve candlelight service 7 p.m.

• Christmas Eve candlelight service, 8 p.m., Shell Lake United Methodist Church.

Tuesday, Dec. 25 • Christmas Day Communion, 10 a.m., Spooner United Methodist Church.

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Zippity Do Dahs Chapter 16295 attend “The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge” The Zippity Do Dahs attended Theatre in the Woods dinner play, “The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge,” at the Erika Quam in Shell Lake on Thursday, Dec. 13. The Bailiff Mr. Connolly, Don Bruce, stopped by for a chat. Mrs. Cratchit, Chris Olson, and Sara Wainwright, Rose Bauman, strolled over to say they would be put on the stand to testify. Finally, Judge Stanchfield R. Pearson, Roger Sweeney, arrived and Ebenezer Scrooge, Fred Kosmach, was put on trial. The play was full of comedy, drama, suspense and surprises with a delightful ending. Shown (L to R): Gloria Elliott, Mrs. Cratchit, Olson; Georgean Kruger, Gerry Chartraw and Sara Wainwright, Bauman.

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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 email wcahs@centurytel.net.

••• Terraceview Living Center Inc. is providing opportunities for talented volunteers skilled in group and one-to-one 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.

••• 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.

••• Washburn County Unit on Aging is in need of volunteer drivers for the Meals on Wheels program and the medical escort program. This is a great opportunity to socialize, meet new people, travel and help others. Mileage is paid to volunteers who use their own vehicles when transporting and/or delivering. You must possess a valid state of Wisconsin driver’s license and be able to read maps, road names and street signs. If interested, please contact Eva at the Aging and Disability Resource Center in Spooner at 715-635-4460.

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by Monday noon. E-mail it to wcregister@ centurytel.net, bring it to the office, or call 715-4682314. 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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Washburn County Genealogy Room is closed for the winter. The room may be opened by appointment, depending on weather conditions. Please call 715-6357937 for more information.

Monday: 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.

• Friendly Bridge games, Shell Lake Friendship Commons on 4th Avenue, 1 p.m. All abilities welcome.

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.

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.

• Washburn County Historical Society Research Room open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Located in the basement of the main museum. Also by appointment. Call 715-468-2982.

Thursday and Monday: Washburn County Alzheimer’s Day Respite Program, see listing above.

••• 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.

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by Diane Dryden Register staff writer WASHBURN COUNTY — You might call the work the sheriff’s office and the employees of Washburn County do for kids at Christmas an undercover event.

In a way, it is.

“Each year,” says coordinator for the past two years, Deputy Gretchen Nielsen, “we start in September with letters sent to local businesses explaining our goal of giving Christmas gifts to children in need. We work through our juvenile officer, Pete Frey, the school counselors, employees in probation and those in health and human services to locate families and then we start making the calls and doing other fundraising.”

“This year there are 21 families with 54 children that we will be hosting for This is the second year in an evening with Santa re- a row that Gretchen Nielsen plete with cookies and hot has been in charge of the chocolate, and each child Washburn Country emKids will receive $65 worth of ployee-sponsored presents, including a pair of Christmas gifts. pants and a shirt each, along with a gift we have discussed with their parent. Boots, shoes and coats are often included for those kids that need them.”

The employee fundraising begins in November when a penny war circulates throughout five departments: the sheriff’s department, health and human services, public health, highway and the annex, which is the forestry and the extension departments. The rules are easy – each penny is one point. Silver coins and foldable money cancels out the pennies. In other words, if there are 25 pennies in your jar, you get 25 points. If someone drops in a dime, the total of points drop to 15.

The way to win is to have all pennies in your jar and silver coins and foldable money in the other jars.

The Kids Christmas fundraising begins in November with a down-and-dirty penny war between five Washburn County departments.

Kids Christmas

cluding four posthumously. Unfortunately, the massive effort to produce this year’s Kids Christmas came to a screeching halt when Santa was unable to attend.

Plan B was put into place immediately and all the families were called to say the party was off and the gifts would be delivered directly to their door.

Seven sheriff’s office employees completed the task that same evening, donning their Santa hats with their uniforms in order to let the kids know when they answered the door that this was a friendly call and that law enforcement doesn’t always show up for the bad times.

“Even though this year didn’t turn out quite like it Here are just a few of the many shopping carts full of gifts for kids; their contents totaled over was supposed to, we were $2,500. - Photos by Diane Dryden still grateful for so much Economart upped the ante by donating a sheet cake support from the staff and for all the contributions of to the winning department. This year the courthouse time and talent. It’s a privilege to head this venture,” came in first with the sheriff’s department not far be- said Neilsen. “It’s worth all the time and effort when hind. All in all there was over $300 raised and that was you see these kids come to the door and have someone included with some private contributions. in uniform with armloads of gifts for them. For some of One Shell Lake family pooled their family’s Christ- these kids, it’s been a long time coming and the parents mas money to donate it instead of using it for gifts this are appreciative.” year. They generously gave $400 to the Christmas venture. Instead of donating money, Indianhead Medical Center took three of the names of the children and shopped for them, using the county’s guidelines for what they bought, and donations were also made by the Lakeland Family Resource Center in Spooner.

“The response has always been spectacular and we raised $3,300 this year, enough to fill 12 shopping carts loaded with gifts,” noted Nielsen.

On a Saturday morning employees went shopping at a Rice Lake business because it charitably contributed a $100 discount. Both Family Dollar and Dollar General in Spooner gave generous supplies of wrapping paper, ribbon and gift tags. Employees gathered during the week for a three-hour session of wrapping and tagging gifts. Each family’s gifts were then placed in individual plastic bags to be delivered later in case they couldn’t make the party that was slated for Saturday night, Dec. The wrapping and tagging of the children’s gifts took almost 15, in the sheriff’s department lobby, which had been decorated to the hilt including a Christmas tree covered three hours to complete. with ornaments honoring each of the employees, in-

Making history

by Diane Dryden Register staff writer SPOONER - There was a book signing at the Spooner Public Library on Thursday, Dec. 13, and librarian Sharon Tarr not only made history, she recorded a lot of it too.

Tarr has been a history buff since 1958 and there probably aren’t too many people, in Spooner for sure, and maybe in all of Washburn County, who she couldn’t place if the families have been in the area for generations. And she’s written a book about many of them.

Actually she didn’t write the book, she edited the book, which is sometimes one and the same thing.

When it comes to collecting history, sometimes the information comes in a written form from someone else, sometimes you are the one listening and taking it all down. She’s done both for this book.

This is Volume 5 of the “Historical Collections of Washburn County and the Surrounding Indianhead Country” and it took Tarr five years to compile the information and put it into print form. The tome made its debut to an enthusiastic group of people who attended the event, bought their own signed copy and then moved on to the treats; many trying to juggle a cookie in one hand while eagerly looking through the book with the other. Tarr pointed out during the signing that her book has the most number of pages by far of the five historic volumes, and even though the first book came out in 1981, the price had remained the same at $28.

The large stack of books that accompanied her to the library disappeared quickly and now they will be available at the Washburn County Information Center at 122 N. River St. in Spooner or by mail by sending your check to the Washburn County Historical Society, P.O. Box 366, Spooner, WI 54801, adding another $10 to your check, $38 in all, which covers shipping and handling.

If you’d like information on the Spooner Creamery and its record volume of business in 1942, it’s on page 212. There’s an entire page, complete with five pictures,

Sharron Tarr, editor and writer of Volume 5 of the series “Historical Collections of Washburn County and the Surrounding Indianhead Country,” signed a stack of her books on Thursday, Dec. 13, as folks streamed into the library to buy a copy. - Photo by Diane Dryden

of the original Museum of Woodcarving when it was located in Spooner before it moved to Shell Lake; that story is on page 173. The Swearingens, Toftnesses, Kemps, Petersons and Jellens, they’re all in the book along with hundreds of other names and places and stories of farms and businesses.

Whether you’re new to the area or a native, this 424page book will give you hours of reading pleasure and information on just how Washburn County got the way it is today.

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SPOONER – AAA Sportshop is sponsoring a free Youth Ice-Fishing Fun Day on Thursday, Dec. 27, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Spooner Lake.

Hayward Bait and Friesses Minnow Farm will provide bait. Area businesses are donating food and beverages. There will be lots of help for the kids along with jig poles and tip-ups to use. This is not a contest.

For more information, please call 715-635-3011.

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In the Spirit of Christmas

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Shell Lake Schools

Singing “Christmas is Coming” and “Winter In America” is the fourth-grade choir under the direction of Steven Bulgrin.

Playing in the clarinet section of the sixth-grade band were sixthgraders Kayla McCarthy and Breeana Monson.

“Santa Claus Rock” was a hit with the audience and the third-grade choir on Tuesday, Dec. 11, at the elementary school Christmas program. Shown back row (L to R): Matthew Steins, Haelyn Eggert, Darrell Petz, Cade Hanson, Bailee Brown, Jackson Schafer and Brody Heckel. Middle: Cole Lynch, Isaac Smith, Wyatt Kemp, Rhianna Johnson, Gracie Lawrence, Noelle Nelson and Jared Egbert. Front: Jesse Melton, Hailey Ziemer, Madeline Naglosky, Kyla Leek, Ethan Jacobson, Carlton Miller, Mia Bohl and Lila DeLadi.

The fifth-grade choir performed “Tell the News” and “Fruitcake” at the elementary school Christmas program.

Shown back row (L to R): Adessa Jenkins, Dylan Eggert, Nick Kraetke, Zach Irvine, Julia Balser and Abby Smith. Middle: Graydon Lesneski, Trinity Campbell, Joseph Uchytil, Matthew Allar, Tyler Green and Marcus Kegel. Front: Ty Ellanson, Jasper McCracken, Camryn Nasman, Tala Lundberg and Natalie Laveau.

Playing in their first of what may be many concerts is Dylan Eggert, Zach Irvine and Matthew Allar of the fifth-grade band.

Photos by Larry Samson

The sixth-grade band, under the direction of Ben Kunselman, performed for the audience at the Shell Lake Elementary School Christmas Program on Tuesday, Dec. 11.

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Sports reporter: Larry Samson E-mail results to: wcregister@centurytel.net

SPORTS

Laker boys fall in tough loss to Comets

by Larry Samson Register reporter CAMERON — The Shell Lake boys basketball team got a good test on how competitive they are this season when they went up against a very talented Cameron team. Shell Lake lost 58-44 in the game played on Cameron’s court Thursday, Dec. 13. It was a game that was closer than the score would lead you to believe.

Shell Lake took an early lead but trailed by one point at the end of the first quarter.

By the end of the first half, Shell Lake was down by two points, 19-17. Shell Lake came out cold from the locker room and fell be-

hind 43-26. While the Lakers outscored the Comets in the fourth quarter, it was not enough to cut into the margin.

Shell Lake and Cameron are tied for second place in the Central Lakeland Conference, one game behind Clayton and Turtle Lake.

David Brereton was the high scorer for Shell Lake with 18 points followed by Wyatt Carlson with seven points.

Shell Lake will host Clear Lake on Thursday, Dec. 20. The team will be off for two weeks during the holiday break and will return to face the Unity Eagles on Friday, Jan. 4, at Unity.

Point guard Wyatt Carlson brings the ball upcourt against a strong full-court press.

AJ Denotter gets a jump shot off under pressure from the Cameron defender, Joe Koenecke.

Curtis Parker goes up for a layup against the strong Cameron defense. Shell Lake lost 58-44 in a conference game held Thursday, Dec. 13, in Cameron. The game was 19-17 coming out of the first half, but Shell Lake went cold in the third quarter. The loss drops the Lakers to 2-1 in the Central Lakeland. —

Photo by Larry Samson

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SCHEDULE

Junior high boys basketball Thursday, Dec. 20: At Turtle Lake, 5 p.m.

High school boys basketball Friday, Dec. 21: Vs. Clear Lake, 7:30 p.m.; JV 5:45 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 4: At Unity, DH, 7:30 p.m.; JV 5:45 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 8: At Birchwood, 7:30 p.m.; JV 5:45 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 10: Vs. Clayton, 7:30 p.m.; JV 5:45 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan.15: Vs. Solon Springs, 7:30 p.m.; JV 5:45 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 17: At Clear Lake, 7:30 p.m.; JV 5:45 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 22: At Northwood, DH, 7:30 p.m.; JV 5:45 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 25: At Prairie Farm, DH, 7:30 p.m.; JV 5:45 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 31: Vs. Cameron, DH, 7:30 p.m.; JV 5:45 p.m.

High school girls basketball Friday, Dec. 21: At Siren, 7:30 p.m.; JV 5:45 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 4: At Unity, DH, 5:45 p.m.; JV, DH, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 8: At Birchwood, DH, 5:45 p.m.; JV, DH, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 11: Vs. Clayton, 7:30 p.m.; JV 5:45 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 12: Vs. Luck, 7:30 p.m.; JV 5:45 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 15: At Clear Lake, 7:30 p.m.; JV 5:45 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 22: At Northwood, DH, 5:45 p.m.; JV, DH, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 25: At Prairie Farm, DH, 5:45 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 31: Vs. Cameron, DH, 5:45 p.m.; JV 7:30 p.m.

High school wrestling Thursday, Dec. 20: Vs. Northwood, 7 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 28-Saturday, Dec. 29: Bistate, 10 a.m.

Thursday, Jan. 3: At Cameron, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 5: At Superior Tournament, 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 8: Vs. Bruce, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 12: At Ladysmith, 10 a.m.

Thursday, Jan. 17: Vs. Flambeau, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 19: Shell Lake Tournament, 10 a.m.

Thursday, Jan. 24: At Cornell/Gilman, 7 p.m.

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Laker girls down conference rival, Turtle Lake, 38-30; now 4-1

by Larry Samson Register reporter TURTLE LAKE — It has been a while since the Shell Lake Lakers girls basketball team has beaten their conference rival Turtle Lake Lakers. This made the Laker 38-30 win over Turtle Lake on Friday, Dec. 14, even sweeter when they were able to beat them on their home court.

Shell Lake took an early lead and kept it into halftime with a score of 18-8. Shell Lake held onto that margin in the second half to win 38-30.

Kayla Blazer was the high scorer for the game with 12 points followed by Taylor

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Bauch with eight points. The two girls are strong on defense. They got the opportunity to show what they can do when the Turtle Lake defense successfully shut down Shania Pokorny. Pokorny has consistently been the Lakers high scorer but was held to five points for the game.

Shell Lake will play Siren on Friday, Dec. 21, in Siren. When the Lakers return from a two-week break they will play Unity on Friday, Jan. 4. Siren has the same record as Shell Lake this year and is coming off a 5449 loss to Luck. The Siren game will be a good test as to how good the Lakers are this year.

Hannah Cassel with a jump shot. Shell Lake’s quick offense took it to the Turtle Lake Lakers, 3830 in a conference game held Friday, Dec. 14, in Turtle Lake. The win kept Shell Lake in third place behind undefeated Cameron and Clayton. — Photos by Larry Samson

Drawing a foul

The Turtle Lake defender gets out of the way as Jennifer Connell comes in for this layup.

Sheri Clark, playing a strong defense, helped the Shell Lake JV team defeat Turtle Lake, 2623. Clark played in the fourth quarter of the varsity game to help out from the bench.

Spooner’s Alex Hotchkiss draws a foul on this shot as she is sandwiched between two Northwestern defenders. Hotchkiss had eight points for the game, four from the free-throw line. — Photo by Larry Samson

RAILS

DISPATCH

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Rails wrestlers travel to Chetek

CHETEK — On Tuesday, Dec. 11, the Spooner wrestling team traveled to Chetek in order to wrestle in their third conference dual of the year. Chetek has been in the top three the past several years and has a very strong team once again this year.

Starting in the 220-pound weight class, Zach Shutt was down 7 to 0 going into the third period. He had a couple of chances in the third period before being reversed and pinned. At 285, Brad Baker was giving up too much weight and was pinned early in the first period. At 106, Blake Larson received a forfeit. At 113, Andy Mason wrestled extremely well and tied up the dual 12 to 12 with a pin in the second period. “This was a huge victory and gave us a chance to win the dual,”

explained head coach Andrew Melton.

At 120, Jadin Schwartz gave it his best effort but lost 10 to 0. Even though Dustin Metzig was losing at the 126-pound weight class he never gave up. “I love his attitude on the mat,” praised his coach. Metzig was just outmatched and lost by a score of 12 to 0.

At 132, Brandon Jepson went right after his opponent and threw him to his back. Unfortunately, Jepson could not keep him on his back and was pinned late in the third period. At 138, RJ Anderson received a forfeit. “If we were to get back into this dual, our next few matches were going to be crucial. I really thought we could pick up some wins in the next few matches, but it just wasn’t our night. Our next four wrestlers were all pinned

by their opponents,” commented Melton. This gave Chetek a total of 50 team points.

At 182, Lucas Hagberg did his part by pinning his opponent. Spooner finished the dual with a positive performance by Jared Quenette at the 195-pound weight class. Hagberg pinned his opponent in the second period, which gave Spooner a final team score of 30.

“Overall, I thought that we looked better than we had the past several years against Chetek. Realistically, we were only two matches away from upsetting the Chetek Bulldogs,” stated Melton. — from Spooner Area Schools Athletic Department

Spooner girls lose close game 40-37

“Oops, excuse me.” Hannah Stellrecht drives past her defender on her way to the basket.

Michelle Richardson drives past the Northwestern defender. Richardson had six points for the game. both on 3-point shots. - Photos by Larry Samson

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Songs before Christmas

by Mary B. Olsen A lot of songs come along as we enter into December and anticipate the holiday season. We begin to hear the songs that we all consider classic holiday songs, the popular variety. We may find ourselves humming or singing along with some hymns and carols. These songs of angels and the baby in the manger are beautiful. We keep them in our Christmas celebration. Then there are other songs that echo from place to place and reverberate from the housetops. They are the popular songs that have become perennials.

While we are decking the halls with decorations for our homes and trimming our Christmas trees, and before Santa Claus comes to town, and climbs on our rooftops, we may be hearing the songs of the past. Even before Rudolph was hitched to Santa’s sleigh, popular music, in recordings, brought us music that attached itself to our holiday season.

What do you think was the best-seller of all the popular Christmas music? Two really stand out as the best in this country. It’s a toss-up. Either “White Christmas” or “Here Comes Santa Claus” take the prize. And “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” is close.

Way back in 1941, shortly after the start of Word War II, the song, “White Christmas,” written by Irving Berlin, was first heard. Bing Crosby sang it on the radio.

He sang it on film in the movie, “Holiday Inn.” In those days, people bought phonograph records. They also bought sheet music and magazines geared to popular music. Nobody had CDs. Crosby’s recording on Decca, a single, came out on Oct. 3, 1942. By Oct. 30, it was No. 1 on the charts. And it stayed there for 11

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weeks. It hit the top of the charts again in 1944 and in 1945. It is called the bestselling single of all time. It was rereleased 16 times. It sold more than 100 million copies around the world. Fifty million of them were singles. They had to rerecord it in 1947 because the master wore out. In his nonchalant way, Crosby shrugged off the phenomenal success of the record. Anyone could have sung it.

He believed it was the song itself that made it successful.

Another best-selling holiday song is “Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane).” It was written by Gene Autry and Oakley Haldeman. In 1946, Autry was riding in the Santa Claus parade in Hollywood, an event they held every year. Later, they changed the name to the Hollywood Christmas parade. He heard people crowded along the parade route chanting, “Here Comes Santa Claus.” He knew it was a great idea for a song. He wrote the lyrics and Oakley Haldeman wrote the music.

When they recorded it, he used real sleigh bells. It was recorded on Columbia Records, and released in 1947. It immediately went to No. 1 on the country charts and No. 5 on the popular charts.

Gene Autry sang it in the movie, “The Cowboy and the Indian,” in 1949. He rerecorded it for Columbia in 1953 and in 1959 on his own label, Challenge Records.

It was recorded by other artists down the years. Doris Day made a record of it in 1949. Elvis Presley recorded it in 1957.

Crosby and the Andrews Sisters recorded it in 1950. Later recordings were done by the Ray Coniff Singers, in 1959, and Alvin and the Chipmunks, in 1961. Willie Nelson recorded it in 1979.

Bob Dylan recorded it in 2009, and Mariah Carey in 2010. The list goes on.

The song is included in many of our Christmas celebrations and makes our holidays bright.

Norman and Aselin Olson felt comfortable with Santa on his visit to the library because they know that they have been good all year. They each want their own hammer and drill for Christmas.

Four-year-old Makenzie Moravec came to the Shell Lake Public Library on Wednesday, Dec.12, to visit with Santa.

Barronett by Judy Pieper

Merry Christmas! I hope you have a wonderful holiday season with family and friends.

Barronett Lutheran Sunday school students will be presenting their Christmas program Sunday evening, Dec. 23, at 7 p.m. I saw the kids practicing after service this Sunday, and it certainly looks like we are going to be treated to another great performance by the little ones.

They work so hard at getting everything ready for the big night, costumes, props, etc. I hope the church is packed that evening so that the students and teachers can see how much we appreciate everything they do.

The Barronett Lutheran Christmas Eve candlelight service will be held Monday evening, Dec. 24, at 7 p.m. If you aren’t already planning to attend a different Christmas Eve service, you are very welcome to join us. There really aren’t words to describe our candlelight service. It’s awe-inspiring. We sing the old familiar carols, and Pastor Todd reads selections from the Bible pertaining to Christ’s birth. It is one of the services that should not be missed during the year.

Probably most of us have a little more of everything than we actually need. If that is the case with you and your family, please remember to give to the food pantry. The need is great throughout the year, but especially during the holidays.

Tru Lehmann and I were among the many guests of the women of Augustana Lutheran at the Saint Lucia service and breakfast Friday, Dec. 14. The girls in the pageant this year were Dani Bents, Shanna Frasier, Carly Green, Frida Johansen, Tianna Olsen and Dana Warwick. Each girl learns a phrase in Swedish and translates it into English.

They did a wonderful job. I asked one of them if it was hard to master the Swedish pronunciation, and she said that Millie Carlson helps them with that.

Of course. I wonder how many years

Millie has been doing that. The breakfast was, once again this year, impressive.

The women must work almost through the night getting it ready. They serve Santa Lucia buns, fruit soup, rice pudding and lots of different Scandinavian cookies. The church was beautifully decorated with lots of white lights and candles.

Tru will be 2 years old next month, and she was in total awe of all the decorations and the girls carrying the candles, and especially Saint Lucia with the candles on her head. She was wearing a beautiful new Christmas dress from her Grandma Anitia, so when we got home I wanted to take a picture of her. I handed her an unlit candle and told her to hold it like the girls at church did. She immediately held it on top of her head. Maybe someday, in 14 years or so, she will be the one to wear the crown of candles.

Last Christmas, Cassie and Kevin Renslow gave Cassie’s grandma, Pat Olson, some tickets to the St. Croix Festival Theatre. Well, Pat is so busy all the time that she didn’t get a chance to use them all year, so, on Sunday evening she invited five ladies to join her to see “It’s a Wonderful Life.” I’m hoping that maybe this will start a tradition for us. I was one of her guests, and I would love to go to the Christmas play in St. Croix Falls again next year. She doesn’t read the Barronett news, so I’m hoping maybe someone will give her this little hint.

Sanara Marsh got home from college in Massachusetts for Christmas break on Saturday. She will be home until the first part of January. I’m so glad she’s back. It would certainly have been nice if she would have decided that she really wanted to go to school in Wisconsin or Minnesota. Too bad grandparents don’t have to sign a permission slip for grandchildren to travel out of state. Maybe we can get a law passed to that effect, we

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Allison Gryskiewicz, Sarona, brought her doll, Kara, so Santa could see her. She asked Santa for clothes for Kara.

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Dewey-LaFollette by Karen Mangelsen

Marlene Swearingen, Lorri McQuade, Sharon Syverson, Lida Nordquist, Nina Hines and Karen and Diana Mangelsen were guests of Mary Dunn Tuesday.

They enjoyed an afternoon of visiting and playing cards.

Weekend guests of Maynard and Ronda Mangelsen were Jeff and Jackie Peterson and granddaughter Maddie, Allan Hanna and his girlfriend, Katelyn Moore. Hank and Karen Mangelsen visited there Friday evening.

Jan and Hannah Schott were Saturday visitors of Lida Nordquist.

Karen and Hank Mangelsen called on Lawrence and Nina Hines Saturday morning.

The Lakeview UM Sunday school presented their Christmas program during

the worship service Sunday morning.

The play was titled “The Footprints to the Manger.”

Hank and Karen Mangelsen went to Siren Sunday morning to see the Siren UM Sunday school Christmas program.

Granddaughters Patty and Mandy Close were among the children presenting the message. A Christmas dinner was served after the service.

Brenda Sweet and daughters Kristie Holman, Nicole Gruber and Jessica Sweet visited Donna and Gerry Hines Sunday. They enjoyed a time of visiting and baking cookies.

Clam River Tuesday Club will meet Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, at 1:30 p.m., at the home of Lida Nordquist.

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Magnes, Dec. 21; Rick Anderson, Michael Bolterman and David Anderson, Dec. 22; Marlene Hansen, Barb Benjamin, Tonya Zaloudek, Ken Anderson, Kayla Haynes and Roger Sykes, Dec. 23; Rocky Washkuhn, Mary Lee Dinnies, Dec. 24; Rose Mary Bruner and Debbie Weegam on Christmas Day; Charlene Maki, Lois Modrow and Rylan Krantz, Dec. 26.

A happy anniversary day to Jim and Joni Campbell, their 22nd on Dec. 22.

An annual Christmas party will be held again this year at the Sarona Bank and post office on Friday morning, Dec. 21, with Bert Richter furnishing the music.

Stop by with a hi and enjoy a Christmas cookie with your neighbor.

What happened to the storm we were supposed to have? I’m not complaining. It is so much better traveling with dry roads. We will take it and be glad.

Of course my own news was the death of my youngest brother, Milton Odden, who passed away on Tuesday Dec. 11, here at Glenview. He was the youngest of 12 and the comedian of the family. He will be sorely missed.

A celebration of Milton’s life was held at Timberland Church on Sunday afternoon with a packed church.

There was a lot of singing of songs Milton loved. Burial of the remains followed at the Timberland Cemetery.

Milton was baptized and confirmed in that church. The funeral service was held at the First Lutheran Church in Cumberland on Monday, Dec. 17, with Pastor Tim Schmidt officiating.

Our sympathy to the family of Tim DeLawyer who passed away. He was an active fellow and I remember sitting on his lap a few times when he was Santa.

Our sympathies also go out to the Allan Johnson family. He passed away last week. His wife, Edna, still lives here.

Our sympathy to these families. You get attached to tenants here and they are like family. They will be sadly missed.

Last Thursday, JoAnne Olson of Spooner had her piano students here for their annual piano recital. They all did very well. Thank you.

On Friday morning, Tam Smith’s Shell Lake piano students were here to give us a concert. It’s amazing how well they do for being so young. Tenants, parents and grandparents attended the concert.

Visiting with Jude and Myron Bolterman over the weekend were Jerry and Diane Campbell of Mount

Horeb.

On Saturday night, John and Mary Marschall, Brady with Ashley Anderson, and Rick Gronning attended the Hansen Concrete Christmas party at Greener’s on Long Lake Louise Schade visited with the Mortensens over the weekend and enjoyed supper with all of them at Florence Carlson’s on Saturday night.

Lillian Ullom attended the fourth-grade Christmas program in Cumberland on Friday. Her granddaughter, Sadie Horton, is a student of that class.

Congratulations to my grandson, Aaron Pederson, who graduated from Stout University on Saturday, Dec. 15, majoring in plastic engineering and manufacturing engineering. He already has a job with 3M. Trinity Lutheran Church of Spooner came to sing Christmas carols to some of their parishioners here at Glenview. The rest of us got to enjoy their sounds, too.

Thank you.

Happy birthday to grandson Christopher Bachinski of Superior on Dec. 15. He is a student of UM-D. From a church bulletin: Rummage sale Sunday, church basement. Ladies, now is your chance to get rid of your old but still useful items. Bring your husbands.

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Our sympathy goes out to the family of Milt Odden, who passed away last week. Milt was such a wonderful man, always happy and joking with anyone who happened to be in the area. He farmed just north of Barronett for most of his life, and he and his wife, Jean, had the Norsk Husflid here in Barronett. During open house at the Norsk Husflid, you would find Milt, in his traditional Norwegian costume, greeting customers at the door and offering coffee or Norwegian tea and cookies.

He was an excellent woodcarver, and I was the lucky recipient of one of his breadboards and a pin, both of which I treasure. Milt will be sadly missed by all who knew him. Please keep his family in your prayers.

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Casey Furchtenicht and Sabrina Skindzelewski from Sarona way were among 15 freshmen through seniors that went to Boyceville to compete in the Science Olympiad. This was Shell Lake’s first time. There were 51 schools attending. Shell Lake took fifth place. Casey and Sabrina took second places with their projects.

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It’s so sad, especially at Christmastime.

Winter begins Friday, Dec. 21. How do I know? It says that on the calendar! We sure have had a mild past week with some rain, fog and overcast days.

Last Sunday, Elfreda West went along with daughter Janet Donetell to Joe and Jennie Hastreiter’s in Rice Lake for a Christmas get-together on the West side.

Marilyn Zimmerman helped her sister, Lisa, move this weekend to her newly purchased house in Rice Lake.

Sue Krantz took in the grade school Christmas program in Shell Lake that grandkids Lainy and Chane were in on Tuesday evening. The report was it was a nice program. On Sunday, Sue and Lainy visited her folks, Hugh and Sue Smith, and brought them Ethel M chocolates she brought from Las Vegas. While out there they toured a huge chocolate factory.

Barb Shaefer and children Shania, Isaac and Colton visited Virginia Stodola on Tuesday and brought her Christmas treats, which was so nice of her, Gin said.

Sherri Teegarden called on me and said her cousin in South Dakota, Keith Roeser’s wife, Darlene Roeser, passed away recently of cancer. Keith grew up in West Sarona, a nephew of the late Tony Roeser. Besides her husband, Keith, she leaves a son and daughter. Sympathy to the family.

So happy to learn Charlotte Ross’s son brought her home Sunday from the rehab center in St. Paul. Her daughters have been there. Then Allan’s cousin will come to help them out. Says she’s doing OK, coming along. Keep on the mend now.

Sympathy to the family of well-known Milton Odden. He led a full and happy life in his 85 years and will be missed by all that knew him. Russ and Nancy Furchtenicht attended the visitation held at the Timberland Church on Sunday.

Last Saturday, Corey Furchtenicht took his dad, Russell, for a plane ride. Corey got his pilot license in November and Russ was his first passenger. Reports he was proud and confident of his flying ability.

Friday evening, Russ and Nancy Furchtenicht and her folks, Ralph and Arlene VanMeter, went to Turtle Lake to eat and attended the Lee Greenwood Christmas concert at the casino. Report it was very good.

Ryan and Jessie Furchtenicht went on a deer-hunting trip to Missouri a week ago. The weather was too warm, no luck hunting but had a nice getaway. Jillian and Jaxson stayed with Gramp Russ and Grandma Nancy while they were away.

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Christmas Eve will be here Monday, Dec. 24. How fast time has gone. It just goes and we go with it. We’ve had some gloomy days here in Dewey Country, along with rain. The snow has certainly settled. Hopefully all the snow will remain and we’ll get more.

Happy anniversary to Scott and Cheryl Hotchkiss on Dec. 19. Have a wonderful day.

Happy birthday to Noel Knoop on her special day, Dec. 21. Many more to you Noel.

Happy birthday to Noah Lauterbach and also to Ambrial Jones, both on Dec. 21. Have a wonderful day kids.

A very happy anniversary to Robert and Brandy Lawrence, my great-nephew, on their special day Dec. 22 when they celebrate five years together with many more to come.

Happy anniversary to Paul and Tracy Baumgart as they enjoy their special day together Dec. 22, when they enjoy 14 years together with many more to come.

Happy birthday to my niece, Barb, Bobbie LaVeau, Jordan and Christian Monson and Gabrielle Lynn Champeny, all on Dec. 23. Have a wonderful day.

A very happy birthday to Steven Meister on his special day, Dec. 24. Steve is my nephew. Have a wonderful day, Steven.

Dec. 24, a very happy birthday to Lucas Hulleman, Natalie LaVeau and to Rita Hillman. Have a great day.

Happy birthday to Tammy Moe on her special day, Dec. 25. Quite a birthday gift isn’t it Tammy.

Wasn’t that terrible what happened in Newtown, Conn.? Yes, the killer left 20 children and six adults dead. I can’t image how I would feel if this happened when my kids went to school. It’s got to be devastating.

So far, I know the shooter killed his own mom, but why?

Last week’s winter storm sure left a lot of places with lots of snow. Somerset had 18.8 inches, and New Richmond had 18.5. Wonder if they are all dug out? The Twin Cities reported they had 637 accidents over the weekend.

My sister, Dot Gudlin, spent three weeks with her son and daughter-in-law and family and is now home in New Berlin.

On the news they are telling of using brine salt water on the roads in Polk County. Yes, Burnett Dairy also has this, and it’s a byproduct from the cheese they make.

Our deepest sympathy to the family of Milton Odden. His funeral was Monday, Dec. 17.

Our deepest sympathy to the family of Catherine Schumaker who died Tuesday, Dec. 11. Her funeral was Friday, Dec. 14. She leaves behind daughters Joanne Schade and Betty Meister and a large host of other relatives and friends.

Friday morning I had an errand to run, and I came

home a little after 10 a.m. and found my daughter, Paula, here. She came up thinking I was having a hard day as she was, as it was my Sunshine’s birthday. She cleaned my pantry, which I hadn’t cleaned for a number of years, and it took her 4-1/2 hours to do it. It’s a big pantry to start with, and I told her to do two shelves and leave the other four shelves, but she was determined to clean it all. That evening, I took Paula to Tracks, used to be Club 70, for fish and it was delicious.

However, when Paula and I got there the rooms were full except for three tables. Paula left for home Saturday afternoon.

Sunday afternoon, the Quam family and the Feeney family were invited to Rick and Janie Lauterbach’s for supper. Knowing Jane, she really made good food as she is such a great cook. It was a birthday party for Noah.

The Dewey Town Board met Dec. 13, at 8 p.m., at the Dewey Town Hall. Jim Toll wasn’t there but came later.

The Shell Lake Fire Association meeting wasn’t discussed. Road report finds Woody busy plowing with the snowstorm we had. The signs that were put up on Poquette Lake and Oak roads remain there. The board reviewed the monthly correspondence. They approved the monthly expenses. The next meeting is Jan. 15. The caucus meeting will be held Saturday, Jan. 26, 1 p.m.

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Talking with Beth Crosby we find on Monday they attended the funeral for Greg Leonard. On Wednesday, they attended the funeral visitation for Tim DeLawyer.

Beth says there were lots of people there and they had a beautiful service. Thursday evening they attended the visitation for Catherine Schumaker and also attended the funeral for Lucille Lude. Too many funerals. Sunday, Beth and Garry had Isaac, Josie and Alycia Crosby for the day. Tom and Sunshine enjoyed the day off.

Chad and Ashley and kids came home Saturday and spent most of the time with the Doug Coyours. Sunday Beth and Garry attended the children’s Christmas party at the Lake Park Alliance Church in Shell Lake.

Gretchen and Jerry Best had Gretchen’s mom, Lillian Stege, over to their house for three days last week.

Got a phone call from Ralph Smith in Texas. He said he sees where we were having warm weather here. He said they had 84 degrees there and was nice and warm.

He told me they were having Lupeta’s daughter and son-in-law, who is in the service, and their four children

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Diane Hulleman had a neighborhood Christmas party on Thursday. Quite a few were at her house and enjoyed how Diane had hung everything for Christmas.

Ann Johnson tells us she will be going to Dale and Doc Sue Johnson’s Christmas Day. She tells us that Duane and she will open their gifts at Dale’s.

I see in farmers fields and on the roads that the deer hunters didn’t get all the deer, as I see deer around again. No horns though.

Congratulations to Keith and Stephanie Mechtel on the arrival of a baby daughter, Evangeline Grace, Nov. 4, weighing 6 pounds 15 ounces and 19 inches long.

Keith tells us he loves farming and is now up to 42 cows. We need more farmers.

Jim and Dave Toll went to Tracks on Friday night, enjoying the fish. Jim asked if the fish were caught on Bashaw Lake, and I told him they weren’t but told him the lakes might be opening up and not safe. Dave was up for the weekend with his pa. Tam Moe works at the Spooner nursing home and also at the BP station. Marilyn Toll, who usually has Christmas at her house in the Twin Cities, called and told Jim she just can’t have it.

She’s had back trouble for years.

Saturday was Christmas at the Bernard Redding’s.

Yes, their children, Dawn and Bill Kane, Jeff and Dee Redding, Tom and Chris Redding and Robyn and Robin Major, were up for the holiday. Sandy tells us most of their grandkids were there also. Bernard and Sandy attended the visitation for Greg Leonard and Tim DeLawyer. Bernard also attended their funerals.

Bernard and Sandy are invited to their daughter, Dawn, and Bill Kane’s for Christmas Day. Talking with Marv Knoop we find water on Bashaw Lake, so it’s not safe to go on the lake. Cars go down to the landing and look out, but the people aren’t fishing.

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OBITUARIES

Send death notices/obituaries to P.O. Box 455, Shell Lake, WI 54871 or e-mail wcregister@centurytel.net

Ethel Loretta Beaufeaux passed peacefully away at the Indianhead Medical Center in Shell Lake on Dec. 6, 2012, at the age of 95. She was living at Terraceview Living Center in Shell Lake. Ethel lived at her Lake Lena Homestead in Minnesota most of her life before moving to the Evergreen Apartments in Shell Lake where she lived from 2000 to 2008. Then she moved to Glenview Extended Care Unit in Shell Lake and lived there until April 2010 before her move to Terraceview.

Ethel was born April 13, 1917, in Merrifield, Minn., to John Wesley Dingman and Diana Sarah (Kelly) Dingman. Ethel had three half brothers, three half sisters and one full brother at the time her parents were forced to give her and her siblings up for adoption in 1920. Ethel was 3 years old when she and her siblings were sent to the Owatonna Orphanage in Minnesota. The next spring, her baby brother, Harvey, and she were taken into foster care and raised by Fred and Lena Thayer.

Ethel grew up in Pine County, Minn., near the St. Croix River; seven miles west of Danbury, and 25 miles east of Hinckley, Minn. The homestead was located on the shores of Lake Lena, which was named after her foster mother.

Ethel married Kenneth Vincent Beaufeaux on Aug. 28, 1935, at the Pro Cathedral in Minneapolis, Minn. She was able to find her birth parents after her marriage and found out that she had three more siblings. She became a member of the Catholic Church a couple of years after she married Kenneth and was very devoted to her faith throughout the rest of her life. The marriage was blessed with 14 children. At the age of 31, with seven children, the youngest being a newborn, Ethel was diagnosed with a nonmalignant brain tumor. After its removal, she was partially paralyzed on her right side.

Her faith was truly tested as she recovered and spent the rest of her life loving and caring for her family. She enjoyed writing and receiving letters and reading to her children.

Ethel was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth, who died Sept. 6, 1990, at the age of 84. They had been married for 55 years at the time. She is also preceded in death by her parents, foster parents, eight siblings, one son-in-law, four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

She is survived by her children: Marilyn Elizabeth Zents (Eric), Brookville, Pa.; Daniel Wesley Beaufeaux (Nancy), Culver, Minn.; Michael Vincent Beaufeaux (Dianne), Hinckley, Minn.; Barbara Louisa Ailport (Bill), Barronett; David Francis Beaufeaux, Palm Harbor, Fla.; Marguerite Lucia Zbytovsky, Spooner; Jay Dennis Beaufeaux, Spooner; Kathleen Rose Beaufeaux, Moscow, Idaho; Kevin Douglas Beaufeaux (JoAnn), Cadott; Clare Therese Perkins (Stephen), Mesa, Ariz.; Timothy George Beaufeaux (EvAnn), East Bethel, Minn.; Rebecca Mary Leight (Richard), Hinckley, Minn.; Noel Gerard Beaufeaux (Patty), Elk Mound; and Brian Kenneth Beaufeaux (Anne), Cambridge, Minn.; brother Murry Don Dingman (Helen), Tomah; multiple nieces and nephews; 42 grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; 42 great-grandchildren; 14 step-great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren.

A Funeral Mass was held at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Shell Lake on Dec 11. Burial was at the Town of Swiss Cemetery in Danbury.

The Taylor Family Funeral Home, Spooner, was entrusted with arrangements. For those who have special memories or would like to send private condolences to the family online go to scalzo-taylor.com.

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Catherine C. Schumaker

Catherine C. Schumaker, 97, Shell Lake, died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, at Terraceview Living Center in Shell Lake.

She was born Oct. 8, 1915, in Glenwood City to Joseph and Josephine (Gillis) Schug. She was raised in Glenwood City and later moved to Minneapolis to work. She met her future husband, Lyle Schumaker, at a dance, and they were married in Shell Lake on May 12, 1938. They moved to a farm west of Shell Lake, and during the summers she worked at Stokely’s in Cumberland for several years. Lyle passed away Nov. 18, 1972, and early in 1973, Catherine moved to town, and gained employment in the housekeeping department of Indianhead Medical Center, where she worked for over 15 years.

She was a very active 70-year member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, serving as president of St. Mary Guild, and was a member of the altar society. She loved to flower garden, bake, sew and do all forms of crafting, especially embroidering dishtowels for sale at the church bazaar. An excellent cook and wonderful hostess, company never left her home hungry. Friendly and outgoing, she will be missed by many.

She is survived by daughters, JoAnne Schade, New Hope, Minn., and Betty (Carl) Meister, Shell Lake; grandchildren, Pam (Scott) Scheiller, Mike (Cindy) Schade, Steven (Lorrie) Meister, Mark (Dawn) Meister, Beth (Mark) Hansen, Beverly (Jarrett) Cassellius, Carl (Sonny) Meister and Bryan (Trudy) Meister; greatgrandchildren Nick, Andy and Becky Scheiller, Julia and Nicole Schade, Adam, Justin and Brandon Meister, Alecia, Jerney, Ashlea and Levi Meister, Ryan and Alyssa Hansen, Erik Cassellius, Kevin Meister and Brayden Meister; sister Louise Ullom, Glenwood City; sisters-in-law Rose Schug, Alice Schumacher and Rose Schumacher; son-in-law Paul Meister; and many nieces and nephews.

In addition to Lyle and her parents, Catherine was also preceded in death by her daughter, Barbara Meister; grandbaby Meister; son-in-law David Schade; brothers Eddie, Frances and Jim Schug; sisters Jenny Hunstad, Mildred Broll, Cecelia Schug, Virginia Ortman, Delores Firkins and Bernie Johnson.

Funeral services were held Dec. 14 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Shell Lake, with Father Ed Anderson officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery, Shell Lake. Pallbearers were Carl Meister Jr., Brian Meister, Steve Meister, Mark Meister, Mike Schade, Scott Scheiller, Mark Hanson and Jarret Cassellius.

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Your quest in life was peace, and happiness is now found in heaven for he has said, “I will never leave you or forsake you.”

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53 3rd St., Shell Lake 715-468-2734 Rev. John Sahlstrom, Lay Pastor Richard Peterson, Youth Director Ryan Hunziker, Sunday School 9 a.m.; Sunday Worship Service 10 a.m., Nursery Provided; Faith & Friends, K - 6th grades, Wednesdays 3:15 - 5 p.m.; Youth Group, 7th - 12th grades, Wednesdays 7 - 8:30 p.m.

Baptist

Northwoods 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.

Spooner Baptist

Episcopal St. Alban's

Corner of Elm and Summit St., Spooner 715-635-8475 Holy Eucharist: Sunday at 10:30 a.m.

Full Gospel 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.; Thursdays: Compassion Connection (Coed meetings) 7 p.m.;

Lutheran

W7135 Green Valley Rd. (Green Valley Rd. and Hwy. 63) Pastor Darrel Flaming 715-635-2277 spoonerbaptist.com Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

Sunday evening service 6 p.m.

Wed. evening service 6:30 p.m.

Barronett Lutheran

St. Joseph's Catholic

(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.

Catholic

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

CTH D, Sarona Father Edwin Anderson 715-468-7850 Sunday Mass: 8:30 a.m.

St. Francis de Sales

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409 N. Summit St., Spooner Father Edwin Anderson 715-635-3105 Saturday Mass: 6 p.m.

Sunday Mass: 10 a.m.

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.

(Missouri Synod) South of Spooner off Hwy. 63 W7148 Luther Rd. Pastor Brent Berkesch 715-635-8167 Sunday Worship 8 and 10:30 a.m.; Sunday School 9:15 a.m.; Lutheran Hour on WJMC 96.1 FM Radio at 9 a.m. Sundays

Long Lake Lutheran Church W3114 Church Rd., Sarona Pastor Mary Strom Worship Service & Sunday School 9 a.m.

803 Second St., Shell Lake 715-468-7718 shelllakesalem lutheran.org Worship 9 a.m.

Sunday School 10:15 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 Mondays 2 p.m.

Trinity Lutheran

1790 Scribner St., Spooner Pastor Russ Leeper 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; webcast livestream.com/slumc

Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church

Faith Lutheran

Salem Lutheran, ELCA

Sarona Methodist Pastor Gregory Harrell Sunday Worship 9 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.

Wesleyan

Spooner Wesleyan

Hwy. 70 W, Spooner 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 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 yrs. - 6th grade, Wednesday 6:30 p.m.

Trego Community Church

Pastor John Iaffaldano W5635 Park St. Trego, WI 54888, 715-635-8402 Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. prayer meeting; 6:30-8 p.m. AWANA Sept. - April. Sunday School 9:15 a.m., all ages.

Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Bishop Patrick F. Roper 715-719-0124 644 S. 6th Street, Barron 715-537-3679 Sunday: Sacrament 10 a.m., Sunday School/Primary 11:20 a.m., Priesthood/Relief Society 12:10 p.m.

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.

“M

ommy,” asked a small child, “how long did Baby Jesus stay in the manger?”

Puzzled, the mother answered. “Not too long, I would imagine.”

Unfortunately, there are far too many individuals who leave Jesus in the stable, seeing his birth as an end, not the beginning. Not everyone realizes that this day is the day that the journey to the cross actually began on Earth.

This one who was born on this day of days is often left wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. It seems that many have no understanding of the spiritual significance or importance of Christmas.

But for those of us who accept and acknowledge Christ as our Savior, we rejoice and say with the Apostle Paul, “Thank God for his son – a gift too wonderful to describe!”

This gift is the gift of God himself; his only begotten Son. It is the source of his grace, the expression of his mercy, the revelation of his plan, the meaning of his purpose, the passion of his love, the assurance of his presence and the provision for our salvation.

He knew what we needed then and what we need now. In him we have faith to fight our fears and hope for a life in his presence. “Too wonderful,” indeed.

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Tonya S. Brown, Shell Lake, disorderly conduct, $243.00, probation, sent. withheld; criminal damage to property, $243.00, probation, sent. withheld.

Daniel R. Casey, Springbrook, bail jumping, $243.00, local jail, costs.

Brittany A. Gillis, Spooner, bail jumping, $243.00, probation, sent. withheld; theft, $743.99, probation, sent. withheld; receiving stolen property, $293.00, probation, sent. withheld.

Eric J. Hanson, Sun Prairie, OWI, $1,424.00, local jail, license revoked 24 months, other sentence.

Jason R. Lambert, Spooner, OWI, $1,109.00, local jail, license revoked 24 months, other sentence.

William H. Mitchell, Stone Lake, operating with PAC, $1,124.00, local jail, license revoked 24 months, igni-

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tion interlock, alcohol assessment, other sentence.

Christopher L. Olson, Hayward, resisting or obstructing an officer, $505.00, local jail.

Anthony A. Pederson, Spooner, disorderly conduct or resisting or obstructing an officer, $263.50.

Amera N. Striegel, Spooner, possession of drug paraphernalia, $299.00.

Timothy J. Wallace, Spooner, resisting or obstructing an officer, $243.00, local jail.

Arielle M. Agbalog, Spanaway, Wash., speeding, $225.70.

Cass J. Amy, Minong, speeding, $200.50.

Mark W. Barrett, Verona, speeding, $175.30.

Ruby M. Brimblecom, Trego, unsafe backing of vehicle, $175.30.

James F. Budnicki, Shoreview,

Minn., speeding, $225.70.

Patrice I. Cheselski, South Range, issue worthless check(s), $318.53, restitution.

Patricia A. Condreva, Trego, speeding, $200.50.

Shana L. Corbine, Webster, operating a motor vehicle without insurance, $200.50.

Janet C. Danielson, South St. Paul, Minn., speeding, $127.50.

Alistair S. Dobbie, Stillwater, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

Heather K. Duckworth, Mauston, speeding, $175.30.

Maria S. Duits, Vining, Minn., issue worthless check(s), $263.50.

Lochlan R. Dutmer, Chetek, underage drinking, $263.50, alcohol assessment.

Gabriel T. Forest, Madison, speeding, $200.50.

Mary H. Fowler, Stone Lake,

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issue worthless check(s), $313.84, restitution.

Keith G. Groehler, Spooner, speeding, $200.50.

Stephanie M. Hamblin, Royalton, Minn., improper passing of a school bus, $326.50.

William R. Hanson, Eau Claire, speeding, $200.50.

Diana C. Harwood, Chesterton, Ind., speeding, $200.50.

Carrie J. Hover, Spooner, speeding, $175.30.

Michael J. Huettl, Webster, issue worthless check(s), $398.72, restitution.

Michelle A. Jepson, Spooner, speedometer violations, $175.30.

Roger L. Johnson, Trego, issue worthless check(s), $337.14, restitution.

Jessica L. Katcher, Hayward, issue worthless check(s), $311.50, restitution.

John J. Kolthoff, Spooner, operating ATV or UTV while intoxicated, $452.50.

Robert F. Koser, Solon Springs, speeding, $175.00.

Kimberlee D. Krzebetkowski, La Crosse, speeding, $250.90.

Donn W. Kubnick, Springbrook, issue worthless check(s), $306.57, restitution.

Elicia L. Kupper, Shell Lake, inattentive driving, $187.90.

Tanya L. Lael, Spooner, issue worthless check(s), $353.71, restitution.

Tina M. Lael, Trego, issue worthless check(s), $295.50, restitution; issue worthless check(s), $355.55, restitution; issue worthless check(s),

$501.92, restitution; issue worthless check(s), $354.93, restitution.

Dawn R. Lasserre, Markville, Minn., speeding, $225.70.

Kenneth R. Luedtke, Port Charlotte, Fla., speeding, $175.30.

Justin S. McElwain, Eau Claire, underage drinking, $263.50, alcohol assessment.

Bruce McLeod, Barron, speeding, $276.10.

Brandon W. Melton, Shell Lake, operating a motor vehicle without insurance, $200.50.

Jorge L. Mendez, Barron, operating without valid license, $200.50; operating motor vehicle without insurance, $200.50.

Heather L. Meyer, Sarona, operating while suspended, $200.50; speeding, $225.70.

Alan S. Newbold, Nineveh, Ind., speeding, $200.50.

Danielle L. Nordin, Spooner, speeding, $200.50.

Joseph L. Oldeen, Rice Lake, underage drinking, $263.50, alcohol assessment.

Jason W. Parr, Stone Lake, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Randall A. Percy, San Bernardino, Calif., OWI, $817.50, license revoked 6 months, alcohol assessment; operating while suspended, $200.50; drink open intoxicants in motor vehicle, $263.50.

Kimberly A. Peterson, Springbrook, issue worthless check(s), $427.19, restitution.

Scott D. Petit, Trego, retail theft, $100.00.

Tyler B. Richter, Cameron, OWI, $817.50, license revoked 6 months,

alcohol assessment.

Anthony A. Roffers, Solon Springs, speeding, $175.30.

Lisa M. Rogers, Troy, Mo., issue worthless check(s), $305.88, restitution.

Dennis A. Ruff, Lakeville, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Laura R. Schoenrock, Oak Grove, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

John J. Schutz, Trego, driving too fast for conditions, $213.10.

Tiffany N. Steinblock, Spooner, issue worthless check(s), $270.22, restitution.

Jennifer A. Strunk, Spooner, speeding, $175.30.

Roy A. Swanson, Webster, speeding, $175.30.

Amie M. Thomas, Shell Lake, speeding, $200.50.

Robert A. Vandermoon, Spooner, operating ATV on county forestland, $263.50.

David B. Traub, Lakeville, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

Ronald R. Wake, Birchwood, speeding, $200.50.

Edwin R. Wheeler, Gordon, speeding, $200.50.

Donald W. White, Hayward, speeding, $200.50.

Kristi M. Williams, Spooner, issue worthless check(s), $263.50, restitution.

Steven P. Wright, Hudson, speeding, $225.70.

Ashley A. Zellmer, Spooner, issue worthless check(s), $337.24, restitution.

News from the service

NORFOLK, Va. — Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Reynold G. Runquist, a 1990 graduate of Spooner High School, along with nearly 12,000 past and current crewmembers, family and friends, attended the inactivation of aircraft carrier USS Enterprise. Runquist joined the Navy in May 1990.

Enterprise, the world’s first nuclearpowered aircraft carrier, recently completed its 25th and final deployment and returned to its home port of Naval Station Norfolk for a scheduled inactivation, held prior to the ship’s terminal off-load program and subsequent decommissioning.

The inactivation ceremony was the last official public event for the ship and served

Wishing all our customers, a happy and safe Christmas holiday filled with a large measure of peace, joy and merriment.

It’s an honor to serve you, and for your faith in us, we are truly grateful.

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as a celebration of life for the ship and the more than 100,000 sailors who served aboard.

The Chief of Naval Operations, the Commander of United States Fleet Forces, nine of 23 prior commanding officers, many decorated war heroes and thousands of Enterprise veterans attended the event.

In honor of that spirit, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, in a video message played at the ceremony, announced that the name Enterprise will live on as he officially passed the name to CVN-80, the third Ford-class carrier and the ninth ship in the U.S. Navy to bear the name. — from Hometown News

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NOTICE FIRST WARD VACANCY CITY OF SHELL LAKE

Anyone interested in filling the First Ward vacancy on the Shell Lake City Council until April 16, 2013, caused by the resignation of Jane Pederson, is asked to submit their name and qualifications to City Administrator Brad Pederson, City Hall, 501 First Street, P.O. Box 520, Shell Lake, WI 54871, by 11 a.m., Wednesday, January 9, 2013. Candidates must be at least 18 years old and a First Ward resident. For further information, call Sally Peterson or Brad Pederson at 715-468-7679 or e-mail shelllakeadm@gmail.com. It is anticipated this appointment will be made by the Shell Lake City Council at their January 14, 575211 18-19r WNAXLP 2013, meeting.

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Call 715-468-2939 for an application or visit our Web site at venturesunlimited.org. Applications must be received by 3:30 p.m., Thursday, January 3, 2013.

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NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR WITC Shell Lake

Applications are currently being accepted for a full-time Network Administrator position at Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College, Shell Lake Administrative Office. The Network Administrator is responsible for managing and support of the collegewide Local Area Network (LAN), Phone System, Backups & Continuity, College administrative application servers and copiers. This position will provide backup support in the absence of the Technical Operations Manager.

Qualifications include: Associate Degree in Information Systems specializing in Network Services required; Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems preferred. Five years of demonstrated work experience in an IT networking-related position. Preferred experience includes experience in Microsoft, Cisco and Virtual Server management and leadership skills in managing large projects, resources and budget.

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(Dec. 19, 26, Jan. 2)

STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT WASHBURN COUNTY

IN THE MATTER OF THE NAME CHANGE OF: SARINA MARIE NANANHILLMAN

By Petitioner: Nicole Marie Hillman

Notice and Order for Name Change Hearing Case No. 12 CV 195

NOTICE IS GIVEN: A petition was filed asking to change the name of the person listed above: From: Sarina Marie NananHillman To: Sarina Marie Hillman Birth Certificate: Sarina Marie Nanan-Hillman

IT IS ORDERED: This petition will be heard in the Circuit Court of Washburn County, State of Wisconsin: Eugene D. Harrington, Washburn County Courthouse, 10 Fourth Ave., 2nd Floor, Shell Lake, WI 54871, January 15, 2013, 9 a.m.

BY THE COURT: Hon. Eugene D. Harrington Circuit Court Judge December 14, 2012 575302 WNAXLP

(Dec. 19, 26, Jan. 2) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT WASHBURN COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARY H. NEBEL DOD: November 16, 2012 Notice to Creditors (Informal Administration) Case No. 12PR65 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: 1. An application for informal administration was filed.

2. The decedent, with date of birth May 10, 1922, and date of death November 16, 2012, was domiciled in Washburn County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 802 E. Cty. Hwy. B, Shell Lake, WI 54871.

3. All interested persons waived notice.

4. The deadline for filing a claim against the decedent’s estate is April 2, 2013.

5. A claim may be filed at the Washburn County Courthouse, Shell Lake, Wisconsin.

Marilyn E. Benson Probate Registrar December 12, 2012 Katherine M. Stewart P.O. Box 364 Spooner, WI 54801 715-635-9081 Bar Number: 1005716 575242 WNAXLP

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(Dec. 12, 19, 26) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT WASHBURN COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF IONA J. PLATH DOD: 3/01/12 Notice to Creditors Case No. 12 PR 18 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: An application for informal administration was filed.

The decedent, with date of birth 9/09/1928, and date of death 3/01/12, was domiciled in Washburn County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 205 1st Street, Spooner, WI 54801.

All interested persons waived notice.

The deadline for filing a claim against the decedent’s estate is March 5, 2013.

A claim may be filed at the Washburn County Courthouse, Shell Lake, Wisconsin.

Hon. Eugene D. Harrington Circuit Court Judge Dec. 5, 2012 Katherine M. Stewart P.O. Box 364 Spooner, WI 54801 715-635-9081 Bar Number 1005716 574890 WNAXLP

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Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College is seeking a learning-focused, creative and dynamic individual to teach aviation composite material/technology at WITC Superior Campus.

Qualifications include a bachelor’s degree (master’s degree preferred) and two years (4,000 hours) of verifiable work experience in aviation composite material/technology. Knowledge of adhesives and bonding for molding purposes, material and polymer science used in the composite industry and the four types of manufacturing processes in relation to the composite industry.

(Dec. 12, 19, 26) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT WASHBURN COUNTY HSBC MORTGAGE SERVICES INC., Plaintiff vs.

EVA J. SARTELL a/k/a EVA J. SARTEL, MONICA BINDER, FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OMAHA, CITIBANK (SO. DAKOTA) NA, DISCOVER BANK, DICKINSON FINANCIAL LLC, PALISADES COLLECTION LLC, Defendants.

Case No. 12 CV 145 FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE 30404 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure in the amount of $155,302.40, entered by the court on December 3, 2012, the undersigned Sheriff of Washburn County, Wisconsin, will sell the following described real estate.

The following described real estate in Washburn County, State of Wisconsin: That part of Government Lot Two (2) of Section Thirty-two (32), Township Forty-two (42) North, Range Twelve (12) West (in the Township of Minong), described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of said Government Lot 2; thence West on the North line of said Government Lot 2, a distance of 280.8 feet to the point of beginning; thence S.1˚15’E., 1,549.89 feet to an iron stake; then S.84˚40’E., 140.92 feet to an iron stake; then N.1˚15’W., 1,562.46 feet to an iron stake; thence N.87˚47’W. to the point of beginning.

TAX KEY NO.: 65-030-2-42-1232-5 05-002-002000 STREET ADDRESS: W7018 Old Bass Lake Road, Minong, WI 54859.

PLACE OF SALE: North entrance of the Washburn County Courthouse, 10 4th Avenue, Shell Lake, WI. DATE & TIME OF SALE: January 9, 2013, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS OF SALE: 1. Property is sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances, including but not limited unpaid and accrued real estate taxes, special assessments and other governmental charges, plus interest and penalties, if any.

2. A bid deposit of not less than ten percent (10%) of the bid amount shall be due in the form of cash, cashier’s check or certified funds at the time of sale.

3. Successful bidder to pay the entire unpaid balance of bid within ten (10) days following confirmation of the sale by the court plus buyer to pay for buyer’s title insurance, document recording fees and Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. 4. Failure to make timely payment following confirmation of sale will result in forfeiture of bid deposit.

DATE: December 7, 2012.

Terry Dryden, Sheriff Washburn County Law Offices of James E. Huismann, S.C. N14 W23777 Stone Ridge Drive Suite 120 Waukesha, Wisconsin 53188 262-523-6400 574967 WNAXLP

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Ronald McDonald brings a message to kids

The young volunteers help Ronald McDonald to get the message out in a song. To make a friend and to keep a friend you need to go active, cooperate, be a good friend and don’t be a bully. Shown (L to R): Kortney Weaver, Nick Eiche, Reagan Tims, McDonald, Rayna Lundberg and Will Mehsikomer.

“When teachers are near, bullies will disappear,” was the message Ronald McDonald told the children. Mrs. Harder’s first-grade students know that she will help protect them from the words and actions of the other students.

Ronald McDonald came to the Shell Lake Primary School on Friday, Dec. 14, as part of a nationwide Friendship Adventure Tour to talk to the young students about making friends and how to stand up to a bully.

Photo by Larry Samson

Students of the month

It was a exciting time for the students at Shell Lake Primary School when Ronald McDonald showed up Friday, Dec. 14.

ABOVE LEFT: Shell Lake High School Students of the Month for November are (L to R): Ashley Lord, Amy Bouchard, Rachel Mechtel and Chloe Wykel. ABOVE RIGHT: Shell Lake Junior High School Students of the Month for November are (L to R): Emily Parish and Grace Anderson. — Photo submitted

SHELL LAKE — Shell Lake Students of the Month for November were recently announced.

Chloe’ Wykel, senior, is the daughter of John and Tracey Wykel. Her favorite subject is psychology. She is involved with planning graduation. She enjoys working and hanging out with friends and family.

“It’s cool to be student of the month because it shows me I’m doing what I’m supposed to in school Thank you, Shell Lake teachers!”

Rachel Mechtel, junior, is the daughter of Sam Mechtel and Pam Graupmann. Her favorite subjects are art and ag class. She is involved with FFA. She enjoys spending time with family and friends and volunteering at Lake Park Alliance Church’s Faith and Friends and youth group. “I feel honored to be student of the month for November and thank the Shell Lake staff for choosing me. It makes me feel great!”

Amy Bouchard, sophomore, is the daughter of Susan and David Bouchard. Her favorite subjects in school are biology, band and choir. She is involved in basketball, volleyball, softball and the school play. She enjoys hunting, fishing, art, baking, church and youth group. “I feel honored to be chosen, because I know there are a lot of students in my grade that could achieve this.”

Ashley Lord, freshman, is the daughter of Maria

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and Fred Lord. Her favorite subjects are band, jazz band and civics. She is involved in volleyball as well as track and field. She enjoys drawing, hanging out with friends and helping out at home. “I’m very honored to be student of the month. This is the second time I’ve gotten this privilege and am very proud.

Thank you!”

Emily Parish, eighth grader, is the daughter of David and Sharlene Parish. Her favorite subjects are math, especially algebra, and language arts. She is involved in volleyball, softball and basketball. She enjoys practicing softball in the off-season, hanging out at home and being around friends and family. “I feel honored. I’ve always thought about what it would be like to be chosen and now I have! I feel great. Thank you for this great opportunity.”

Grace Anderson, seventh grader, is the daughter of Cristy and Joel Anderson. Her favorite subjects are language arts and social studies. She is involved in basketball, volleyball, track and softball. “I am very involved in sports and in my school work. I feel very special getting student of the month. I know there were a lot of other kids nominated for this award. So I am very happy they chose me.” — from Shell Lake Schools

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First-graders create gingerbread houses

Tammy Hanson and her granddaughter, Aubri Hanson, pose with their gingerbread house. The first-grader is proud of the gingerbread house that she built with the help of her grandmother.

Austin Klinkhammer uses his tongue to help him concentrate on his house. — Photos by Larry Samson

Ted Ricci helps his son, Dominic, with the construction of his gingerbread house. Parents, grandparents and a few aunts helped their students build gingerbread houses at the Shell Lake Primary School on Friday, Dec. 14. Some of the houses were eaten on the bus route home.

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hardly a dry eye at its conclusion.

Shifting it a bit lighter, there was a modern-day birthday party for Jesus, who appeared in slacks and a dark shirt. The party guests gave him a Bible, with his words in red in case he forgot what he said, some sand from the Holy Land and a piece of his cross.

Seeing his face, the gift givers took back all their gifts and left, never to hear his words, “I don’t want your gifts, I just want you.”

The program was evidently so engrossing that Pastor Amundson even forgot he was supposed to get up and give his bit of Bible truth, which he did when reminded.

The church was full and this gifted place of worship gave glory to God in the highest and brought his message of peace through giving of their talents and time.

LEFT: This skit could have been titled, “I only want you for Christmas.”

RIGHT: There was a tree full of hats for anyone who needed one at the Christmas in the Country program at Full Gospel Church on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 16.

Photos by Diane Dryden LEFT: The mitten table was full of hand-knitted mittens, free for the taking.

RIGHT: What was supposed to be sleigh rides ended up being wagon rides, which everyone enjoyed nonetheless.

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Second place in the Shell Lake Lions Club Celebration of Lights went to the Indianhead Medical Center. — Photo by Larry Samson