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Feb. 27, 2013

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Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Vol. 124, No. 28 • Shell Lake, Wis.

Weekend watch

• Father/Daughter Ball, Shell Lake Community Center, Friday. • Shell Lake Lions ice-fishing contest on Shell Lake Saturday. See Events page 14

School spirit

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Mort Dahl creates new business opportunity See page 2

SPORTS

Basketball and wrestling See pages 9-11

Volunteers key in operation of free clinic

Area hospitals report charity-care demand has doubled

A hundred days old Page 19

BREAKERS

Colleen Knoop and Marissa Spaulding show their Laker spirit as they dress up for their favorite team. The girls attended all the home games and traveled to many of the away games. – Photo by Larry Samson

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SHELL LAKE — Want to help the Shell Lake Lions raise funds for local projects and have fun at the same time? If so, join in all the action on Saturday, March 2, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., on the South Bay of Shell Lake, for the annual Shell Lake Lions Club Ice-Fishing Contest. There will be free kids games throughout the day along with hot food. The contest headquarters, food and kids games will be located by Grassy Island on South Bay. There will over $1,000 in prizes given away including a power ice auger and ice shack. Tickets can be purchased through Shell Lake members or on the day of the contest. — with submitted information ••• SPOONER — Volunteers needed for family festival. Planning for the 18th-annual Washburn County Family Festival is under way. The event will be held in June and the planning committee is currently looking for volunteers. If you are interested in being a part of this event, contact Tammy Adler or Kim Gunderson at 715-635-5900. — submitted ••• SHELL LAKE — The first-ever Improv Night will be held Thursday, Feb. 28, 6-8 p.m., at the Erika Quam Memorial Theatre, 605 1st St., Shell Lake. Theatre in the Woods will sponsor this evening of adult improv games and quick-thinking fun. Join in the activities or just sit back and enjoy the show. Everyone is welcome. — from TiTW

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by Jessica Beecroft Conner Register staff writer WASHBURN COUNTY – Bette Colville, a retired physician’s assistant, a citizen member of the board for the health and human services and a board member of the free clinic, explained to county supervisors at the regular monthly meeting Tuesday, Feb. 19, how the free clinic is working in Barron/Rusk/ Washburn counties. According to Colville, the clinic is available because of all the volunteers who make it possible. “You cannot offer anything at the clinic that you don’t have a volunteer to provide,” she added. Currently, one in five people do not have access to health insurance nationwide. The uninsured are neighbors, co-workers, friends and family members. Badger Care Plus Core program is starting but has many exceptions including a 12-month waiting period to become eligible after having access to health insurance. Unemployment rates in the area have risen. June 2009 rates were Barron County 9 percent, Rusk County 13 percent and Washburn County 9.6 percent. In the first five months of 2009, area hospitals reported charity-care demand had doubled. Surrounding area free clinics, including Eau Claire, Chippewa, Dunn and St. Croix County, are operating at full capacity. They anticipate similar demand in Barron, Rusk and Washburn counties. Since June 2010, the free clinic has been open

to the public the second and fourth Tuesday each month from 5-9 p.m. They operate from 100 percent donations. To qualify for the free clinic, you need to be below the 200-percent poverty guideline. The free clinic is partially sponsored by local hospitals, Lakeview Medical Center, Spooner Health System, Cumberland Memorial Hospital and Mayo Clinic Health System-Barron, that rotate processing lab work. The clinic is limited to a limited scope of practice, but they still see several patients. The focus is on adult and pediatric primary care, limited preventative care and chronic disease management. They work with a lot of self-limited illnesses, diabetic testing, depression treatment and other chronic diseases that can be managed on an outpatient basis. So far this year, the clinic has seen approximately 350 patients.Those who would like to visit the free clinic should contact them at 715-736-3633, 1035 N. Main St., Suite G02, Rice Lake, WI 54868. WCA a good resource County supervisors were encouraged to get involved with the Wisconsin Counties Association. Finance Director Mike Keefe told the county board of supervisors that this organization is a good resource to get involved in. The major resources offered by the organization are lobbying, federal and state, county resources and teaching. Membership to the WCA costs the county about $4,200/year which includes the monthly magazine that the supervisors receive.

New security system in school

by Jessica Beecroft Conner Register staff writer SHELL LAKE – Superintendent Jim Connell reported at the board of education meeting on Monday, Feb. 25, that Mosaic has started installing the new security system. The system should be complete within a week. Connell and some office staff will be visiting local schools with similar systems to ask questions about screening and be ready to use the system soon.

The school has also updated its policy on lockdowns and has worked with local law enforcement to ensure the students know how to respond to an emergency situation should the need arise. When visiting the school, you will be screened at the front doors, and then let in when appropriate. More information will be available as it released. See wcregisteronline.com for the full Shell Lake Board of Education story.


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