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Wednesday, February 10, 2010 Vol. 120, No. 25• Shell Lake, Wisconsin
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Starving artist
Spooner has three candidates for council in Ward One
Aage Duch dies at age 102 See page 3
What’s it like to be a juvenile offic ficer See page 9
by Regan Kohler SPOONER – Washburn County has one primary election on Tuesday, Feb. 16, with Spooner City Council Ward One Alderperson Esa Everroad (I) facing opposition from Jocelyn Ford and Kip Olson. The primary will narrow it down to two candidates, those who have the most votes. The Spooner City Council candidates were asked about their backgrounds and experience, reasons for running, issues they’d like to address if elected and any other information. The following are their responses:
Esa Everroad (I) “I am a public servant, not a politician. I’ve worked hard the past two years to help Spooner grow in the right direction and keep the city a decent, prosperous and beautiful place to live,” said Everroad. Everroad, 58, owns the Purple Pelican Gallery downtown. She currently chairs the safety and licensing committee and is also on the personnel committee. She and her husband, Terry, retired, have been married 34 years. Everroad has been a broadcaster, professional singer, missionary and artist, moving to Spooner five years ago. In the late 1970s, Everroad was head of fundraising for the Cancer Society in her hometown in Missouri, and in one year
The students at St. Francis were asked to dress as what they would look like in 20 years as part of National Catholic School Week. William Tack, above, sees himself as a starving artist in 20 years. More photos on page 11. — Photo by Larry Samson
A firsthand report from Haiti See Primary, page 3
Shell Lake man’s fourth humanitarian trip to Haiti comes amidst turmoil
SPORTS See pages 12 - 15
by Diane Dryden SHELL LAKE/HAITI - Shell Lake resident Nick Helstern recently returned from a week’s trip to Haiti at the end of January and he’s still deeply moved by what he saw. This was Helstern’s fourth trip to the island; his first was back in 2005 when he accompanied the medical team from the Shell Lake Full Gospel Church on their foray into this beautiful but desperately poor country that even before this current disaster had a 70-percent unemployment rate with those who were employed earning only a few hundred dollars a year. “Even five years ago there were thousands of orphans living in poverty and sickness,” he said. “Each year the medical team went there were always hundreds of people that came to the
See Haiti, page 2
Lines for food are often broken by people jumping across vehicles to be first in line. — Photo submitted
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