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DOUGLAS COUNTY – President Obama has declared the flood area of far northwestern Wisconsin a federal disaster area. The designation will mean relief to an area struggling to pick up the pieces of the June 20 flood. The Town of Lakeside in Douglas County had the most damage of any of the rural communities outside of Superior. Town Chairman Tom Johnson got the good news late Thursday evening, Aug. 2. The declaration covers uninsured public infrastructure damage in Ashland, Bayfield and Douglas counties. Douglas County Emergency Management Director Keith Kesler says the once-in-a-century flood overwhelmed the budgets of small towns. Now, Kesler says, FEMA will move in and let the paperwork begin. With the disaster declaration, the federal government will pay for 75 percent of the cost of repairs, the state 12.5 percent, leaving 12.5 percent for local governments. – Mike Simonson, Wisconsin Public Radio
911 call has happy ending
by Larry Samson
SHELL Lake — A 911 call came into the Washburn County Sheriff’s Department on Thursday, Aug. 2, from a Shell Lake child who was trapped in his house after the false ceiling in the living room collapsed. Eleven-year-old Tyson Wilmot was at home alone, lying on his sofa, watching TV when the ceiling came down on him. As the ceiling started to come down, he acted fast. Keeping low, he escaped the room but he had no way out. Reaching a telephone in the room, he called 911. Reaching the scene first was Shell Lake Police Chief Clint Stariha, who managed to get the front door open and got Tyson out of the home without any injuries. The Shell Lake Fire Department stayed on the scene until the power was disconnected and the risk of a fire was eliminated. The first thing Tyson’s mother did
Tyson Wilmot came out of the incident unhurt. — Photo by Larry Samson
when she arrived on the scene was to give him a long hug, something he did not mind even in front of the firefighters.
Dillan Brimblecom gives the mechanical bull a run and stayed on for 11 seconds during the 20th-annual Jack Pine Savage Days held Friday-Sunday, Aug. 3-5. Jack Link Snacks sponsored this free event. There are more photos of the festivities on pages 12 & 13 of this issue. – Photo by Larry Samson
by Diane Dryden
Say it in squares
SHELL LAKE - Last year, the Potter’s Shed in Shell Lake, started a project on one of their outside patio walls where visitors could tap into their own creative genius and paint a 4-, 8-or 12inch tile that would be added to the others on this project wall and half the money they spent to make a tile would go to the food pantry. The tiles range from $8 for a 3-inch tile and $10 for a 4-inch, tile to $12 for the large 8-inch one, and since the Potter’s Shed has room to easily double the massive art project that, when completed, will be framed and a small roof created above it, this will also bring in a sizeable contriSomeone really needs to add this famous WWII bution to a facility that helps feed local families. People are already realizing they can legally graffiti to the wall that appeared all over the United leave their mark on this permanent wall project States and Europe stating “Kilroy Was Here.” - Speand they’ve painted tiles to represent a milestone, cial photo like a wedding or anniversary or even the birth of weren’t easy to access once the ship was assema new baby. No one’s added Kilroy Was Here yet, bled. The Kilroy phenomena circulated all over but there is plenty of room for its addition. the world and soldiers would draw the simple During WWII, the Kilroy graffiti was thought to emanate from an American shipyard inspector See Squares, back page because it was found on various ship parts that
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Spooner Health System annual health fair held
Northern Fanfare art exhibit has a new home
The Life Link helicopter takes off at the Spooner hospital after its crew participated in the health fair. Operating out of Rice Lake, Life Link lll provides medical transportation linking the small community hospitals with the major urban hospitals and trauma centers, getting patients to the services they need faster than with ground transportation. — Photos by Larry Samson
Deanna Persson’s mixed media piece “Mephistopheles Plays the Bass” is part of the Northern Fanfare art exhibit. — Photo submitted
There was an epidemic of broken fingers and thumbs at the Spooner Health System 28th-annual Health Fair that was held Saturday, Aug. 4. Getting their casts were Savannah Undem, Johnny Undem, Tiffany Bartle and Severin Undem.
BARRONETT — The Northern Fanfare art exhibit will have a new home for the final weeks of summer. With camps ending at the Shell Lake Arts Center, the artworks will be exhibited at Brickyard Pottery through Labor Day. The theme of the exhibit is Music Up North, and artists have incorporated musical instruments and parts into their creations, which range from paintings to assemblages to sculptures. Throughout the summer, visitors to the Shell Lake Arts Center have been voting on their People’s Choice artwork by donating $1 per vote. This also enters
them in a drawing for a set of pottery items or a $100 gift certificate to Brickyard Pottery. Voting will continue through Labor Day. Visitors have also had the opportunity to bid to purchase the artworks in a silent auction. Bidding will also continue at Brickyard, with bids finalized on Labor Day. Brickyard Pottery is an art gallery located seven miles south of Shell Lake, approximately one block west of Hwy. 63 on Brickyard Road. Brickyard will be open every day through Labor Day. For more information, call 715-468-7341 or visit brickyardpottery.com.
Finishing touches for new DNR headquarters Workers installed a blacktop circular driveway at the new DNR Northern Region Headquarters on Hwy. 70 in Spooner last Satuday, Aug. 4. The driveway and landscaping will be some of the final touches to the facility, which features international green energy standards such as an underthe-floor air system, native construction materials of wood and quarry stone and three conference areas available for public use. The building - at an estimated cost of $5 million, funds coming from the general fund, the Segregated Conservation Fund and Segregated Environmental Fund is home to more than 70 DNR staff members. Spooner has had a DNR presence since 1913 when the state fish hatchery was built, directly across the highway from the headquarters building. - Photo by Gary King
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You can fight city hall
Every good deed deserves thanks. Abby Thompson handdelivered this handwritten card to Shell Lake City Hall.
by Jessica Beecroft WASHBURN – The Washburn County Emergency Management Committee held its hazard mitigation annual meeting Thursday, Aug. 2. Carol Buck, the county’s emergency management director, held the meeting for municipalities and parties of interest to include their plans and update the current plans. Every year the plans have to be reviewed and updated to not only show preparedness for emergencies, but also to comply with FEMA grants that are available for projects. One of the projects that is now available for funding through grants is tornado shelters for municipalities. The Washburn County Hazard Mitigation Plan provides background information on Washburn County and identifies those hazards that have occurred or could occur in the county. It includes a
description of each hazard, its frequency of occurrence, appropriate actions in case of emergency and possible steps to mitigate the hazard. These hazards are the basis for the development of all county emergency plans. A well-prepared plan allows emergency management to act swiftly and efficiently in the event of a hazardous event, reducing the damage and the cost incurred from displacing residents and businesses. Hazard mitigation activities will be emphasized in the plan as a major component of overall emergency management. The plan is intended to provide strategies for reducing future damages to public and private infrastructure in the county, including flood damage along the Brill, Clam, Namekagon, Ounce, Totagatic and Yellow rivers. – with information from the Washburn County government
SPOONER – As the deer season approaches the Wisconsin DNR hopes you have a successful fall and fill your freezer with venison. Here are some safe meat handling recommendations if you are one of the lucky ones. To protect yourself when field dressing a deer: • Wear rubber gloves. • Minimize contact with the brain, spinal cord, spleen and lymph nodes. • Use knives and utensils dedicated for field dressing. • Remove all internal organs. To protect yourself when processing the meat: • Wear rubber gloves. • Keep meat from individual deer separate. • Minimize contact with brain or
spinal tissues. • Do not cut through the spinal column except to remove the head. • Use a knife designated only for this purpose. • Remove all the fat and connective tissue, including lymph nodes. For proper cleanup after harvesting and processing: • Dispose of waste in a landfill that accepts deer waste. • Clean knives and equipment by soaking them for an hour in a 50/50 bleach-water solution. • Wipe down counters and work areas with a 50/50 bleach-water solution and air-dry These recommendations are more important now that chronic wasting disease has been discovered in Northwest Wisconsin. Even though there is no evidence that CWD can be passed to humans, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization recommend avoiding eating venison from CWD-positive deer or elk. CWD is a fatal disease that attacks whitetail deer. It is caused by a protein called a prion. Prions concentrate where there is a lot of nerve tissue, such as the brain, spinal cord, eyes and in the lymph nodes and spleen. — from WDNR
Deer harvesting, processing recommendations for area counties
Abby Thompson is standing next to the ladder that she was responsible for getting back on the small swimming raft at the Shell Lake beach. — Photo by Larry Samson
by Larry Samson SHELL LAKE — Don’t tell Abby Thompson that you can’t fight city hall. She provided proof that you can as she stood next to the ladder that was put back up last week in response to the letter she had written to Shell Lake City Administer Brad Pederson. “Dear Mr. Pederson, thank you for putting out two rafts this year. I am able to swim out to the little raft, and I really like being able to jump off, but I can only get up on it, it’s too high. I can’t get up there if somebody helps. I was wondering if you could build a ladder and put
it on the raft. Thank You, Abby Thompson, age 7, Shell Lake.” That letter was read at the July 9 city council meeting and it was discussed. Shell Lake City Police Chief Clint Stariha voiced concerns about vandalism and safety. The matter was referred back to the parks and recreation committee for consideration. Last week, the ladder went on the raft much to the delight of Abby and the other children using it. That action produced a thank-you note from Abby that was hand-delivered.
Broken water main reroutes traffic
Shell Lake Public Works Director Jeff Parker and his crew were busy working to shut off a broken water main on the north side of Shell Lake from 5-10 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 6. The crew was called back in at 2 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 7, for a second break closer to downtown in the old 8inch waterline. A handful of people were without water. Hwy. 63 was detoured from Sand Road to 3rd Street to CTH B. It became an all-day project for the city workers with additional help from the Washburn County Highway Department. — Photo by Larry Samson
Dredging in Shell Lake
On Monday, Aug. 6, the Shell Lake city crew worked on the dredging project at the lake. — Photos by Jerry Gauderman
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Benefits worth the risks?
I’m worried about our lake. Over the last decade the Shell Lake City Council, concerned citizens, and local groups have worked together to give us a beautiful beach, lakefront stage, campground, boat launch, and done many projects to control water runoff on public lands and show citizens how they can do shoreland restorations and rain gardens. The city appointed a part-time lake coordinator, Dave Vold, who has gotten grants for many of these improvements, including having paid boat inspectors at the main landing; a permit fee was also initiated to launch boats. Gates were installed on four landings so that trailered boats would enter only at the main landing and could be inspected, while still leaving the accesses available for people to enter the lake on foot and carrying boats. The result of this has been that we still have none of the dangerous invasive species in Shell Lake, in particular Eurasian water milfoil and curly leaf pondweed. And the boat inspectors have seen a continuing decline in boats coming to the landing with weeds – from 12 percent in 2004 (including nine boats with
milfoil) down to just 3.4 percent last year. That speaks well for the educational work of the boat inspectors and the deterrent effect of knowing that your boat is going to be checked at the Shell Lake landing. It is the law: after removing your boat from a lake, you must remove all weeds from your boat and trailer, empty your live well, and, I just found out, put your motor down so that the water drains from it. This is to prevent transferring invasive species from one lake to another. At the same time, as I talk to people on other nearby lakes, they have not been so fortunate. Minong Flowage is now battling milfoil. Long Lake for the first time will have to treat or harvest curly leaf pondweed next spring to open up the narrows for boat traffic. Beaver Dam Lake in Cumberland has been dealing with curly leaf pondweed and more recently milfoil; they have spent over $120,000 each year in tax dollars for chemical controls. The good news is this spending is working and the problem has not spread and they have healthier weed beds; the bad news is they have to spend this money every year — $141,000 budgeted for this year — because there is currently no way to eradicate
these weeds. Our lake residents who live in the Twin Cities area are telling horror stories of lakes so clogged with invasive weeds that boating is impossible. Last October the city council decided to open the gates on four Shell Lake landings, so that trailered boats could be launched at any of these sites, since there were no inspectors at the main landing after Labor Day. At the June lake association meeting, those present voted almost unanimously to ask the city council to keep the gates closed, except when ice was on the lake and make accommodations for those who needed to launch boats for hunting season, particularly at the South Bay access. That recommendation was sent by the city council to the parks and rec. committee and now will be back before the city council at its meeting Monday, Aug. 13. So far there has been no resolution to the different views on this issue, and it appears that all the gates will be open, except for the period from Memorial Day to Labor Day when inspectors are present at the main landing. With ice off Shell Lake this year on March 23 and the warmest summer I can
ever remember and more recreational use of the lake than I have ever seen, I am worried about the fact that we have no inspectors present for what I expect will be an extended fall season. I will be proposing that inspectors be hired or volunteers be used on weekends at the main landing throughout September and into October and again from fishing opening in May. Or that we install an I-LID monitoring device at the main landing that will take video of boats entering the lake and the license number, so that we can catch weeds being brought into the lake. I am also concerned about invasive weeds being brought into the South Bay access where Shell Lake has so many weed beds for invasives to quickly take hold. We’ve done a great job of keeping our lake beautiful. Are the benefits of having a lake open to more trailered boat traffic worth the risks? Please come to the city council meeting on Aug. 13 or make your views known to city hall.
Spongiform, prions and CWD are words I’ve heard of or read about, but never paid much attention to. The DNR’s reaction to CWD, overharvesting, passive harvesting, eradication, and the no feeding or baiting emergency ban, again, I’ve read about it, but whether it relates to one of the Western states, Canadian provinces or even southern Wisconsin, it really didn’t affect me or my hunting seasons, so why should I care? Well, since November of 2011, I care. I care a great deal, because Washburn County’s CWD-positive deer died within one quarter mile of my home and only a few hundred yards from my deer stand. I now care, because after 50-plus years of hunting deer in Wisconsin, all those issues and concerns I’ve been reading about and hearing of are now in my backyard. Now I’m paying attention to spongiform, prions, CWD, and more importantly, the future of deer hunting and the deer herd that has made Wisconsin famous. Now I’m paying attention to how this issue is being handled and what I can contribute, understand, participate with, and help, to control this
dilemma. CWD is no longer someone else’s problem, it’s ours! Each of us has to take ownership in this issue. Whether a hunter, future hunter, nonhunter or landowner, each of us may have to sacrifice a little, to address and help resolve this issue. I joined a citizen advisory committee which acts as a liaison between the DNR and the community. Beyond that, I also participated in a special landowner harvest to secure a deer sample for CWD testing within the affected area. As a landowner within the two-mile radius of the positive deer, I was eligible to receive a special kill tag. To kill a deer at this time of year is something that runs against my absolute core as a responsible and ethical deer hunter. It was a decision that I struggled very hard with for some time. However, time is something that this process does not have very much of. The CWD clock is running, and specimens are extremely vital to understanding this devastating disease’s potential spread and impact on our area. This was a decision I did not take
lightly and chose to do. It is also a decision that each of us must make on a personal level, but I cannot overemphasize its vital importance! CWD is at our backdoor. There are options we can take that will impact our hunting future for ever,
but for me, doing nothing is not one of them.
by Suzanne Johnson SHELL LAKE — At the Thursday, Aug. 2, meeting, the Shell Lake Chamber of Commerce reviewed the many activities they have been a part of during the month of July. Both the July 3 street dance, along with the fireworks, and the circus that was held July 12, were successful and provided enjoyable entertainment for the many people that attended. Terry Leckel has volunteered to head up the fireworks fundraising campaign for next year. Melissa Denotter gave an update on the Miss Shell Lake pageant. There are four young ladies vying for the title of Miss Shell Lake with five in the Junior Miss Shell Lake competition and six in the Little Miss Shell Lake. The pageant will be held Thursday, Aug. 30, 7 p.m., at the Shell Lake Arts Center. Fundraising is being done to support the Miss Shell Lake program, which included a food booth at the Shell Lake Fine Art Festival on July 7. The current float representing Shell Lake will need to have repairs made. Saturday, Aug. 25, a meet and
greet, along with interviews of this year’s Miss Shell Lake contestants, will be held at the United Methodist Church. During Town and Country Days the queen’s tea will be held at Salem Lutheran Church for Shell Lake’s royalty and visiting royalty for the annual parade. A Town and Country Days report was given and several events are planned. Volunteers are needed to help make this event successful. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Tammy at 715468-7289. There was discussion on the replacement of the Welcome to Shell Lake sign on the south side of the city. The current sign, erected in 2006, has suffered sun damage. Local sign businesses will be contacted for price quotes as well as the company that originally created the sign. The landscaping area around the current sign and the one on the north side of the city will be trimmed and maintained. The next chamber meeting will be held Thursday, Sept. 6, 4:30 p.m., in the council chambers of Shell Lake City Hall.
LONDON, England — Megan Kalmoe, St. Croix Falls, is a two-time Olympic rower and a member of the Olympic quadruple sculls rowing team that won the bronze at the Summer Olympic Games this year in London, England. She finished fifth in the double sculls race during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. — from the Inter-County Leader ••• CUMBERLAND — The Cumberland First United Methodist Church is again sponsoring Grow a Row to Help Your Neighbor. In its third year, gardeners are encouraged to donate surplus vegetables. The church is working in coordination with the Cumberland Food Pantry to distribute the produce to those in need. — from Cumberland Advocate ••• DULUTH, Minn. — An 18-year-old Cameron woman died from injuries suffered in head-on cash near Duluth on July 23. Alexandria J. Lund died at St. Mary’s Hospital and was a passenger in the vehicle driven by Jon L. Timblin, 20, Rice Lake. Timblin and a second driver, Alval Rankin, 61, Lake Nebagamon, died the day of the
crash. Timblin was driving a 1994 Mercury Sable on Hwy. 48 in Pine County, Minn. The 2012 Dodge Caravan driven by Rankin crossed the centerline and struck the Timblin vehicle. — from Rice Lake Chronotype ••• BARRON — The city of Barron has had a municipal airport for close to 60 years. But Barron City Council member Ron Fladten thinks the airport’s time is past, especially when it is so close to Rice Lake Regional Airport, with its mile-long runway, modern facilities and ample hangar space. Fladten has two concerns, safety and economics. “There are a lot of flights out of Rice Lake Regional Airport, and from its inception, Rice Lake has had nontraditional takeoff and landing patterns because of the east-west traffic coming into and out of the Barron Airport,” he said. “When you have that kind of conversion of air traffic, it’s not safe.” Fladten said the airport land might be a lot more valuable if it was added to the city’s industrial park, located directly to the south. Fladten admits he’s in the minority on the council because he opposes the airport. — from the Barron County News-Shield
Doing nothing is not an option in CWD issue
Reflexologist visits Glenview
Chamber notes
Joan Quenan Shell Lake
Barry Nielsen Citizen-based advisory committee member
Area news
Glenview Assisted Living tenants had an opportunity Wednesday, Aug. 1, to have a reflexology experience with Anita Dugan, owner of Helping Hands & Soles, located in the Vitality Village. Sophie Zabulski, left, is shown getting her first-ever reflexology session from Dugan. — Photo submitted
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Billing scam warning
BARRON — In recent months, consumers across the United States have been baited by a widespread scam alleging utility bill payment assistance. Scammers are spreading word that the Obama administration will help with utility bill payments, up to $1,000, if consumers provide their personal information such as their bank routing number or Social Security number. In exchange, victims are often provided a rebate code or a confirmation of payment. Methods of spreading the scam have been diverse including phone calls, social media sites like Facebook, text messages, flyers, and even door-to-door visits and personal consultations. Following is some advice for consumers: • Never provide Social Security num-
Display garden twilight Aug. 21
SPOONER — The Spooner Agricultural Research Station and the North Country Master Gardener volunteers will once again be putting on the annual twilight tour. This year’s tour is to be held on Tuesday, Aug. 21, from 4 p.m. until dusk. The display garden features fruits, vegetables, flowers and other plants that are cold-weather hardy. There will be grilling and tasting of fresh vegetables grown at the garden. There will also be fresh salsa and tomato tasting. New this year is the opportunity to take a hayride around the agriculture station to see the crops and sheep. Confirmed guest is Phil Pelliterri who is an entomologist from UW-Madison. Pelliterri, along with Master Gardener volunteers, will speak to the guests regarding any questions in home gardens. The food pantry will also be in attendance and will collect any donations that the public is able to bring. The tour will be held at the display and teaching garden located on Orchard Lane, just east of Spooner on Hwy. 70. For more information please contact Kevin Schoessow at 715-635-3506, or on-
Shell Lake Lions Calendar Winners
July 30 - $30 Jackie Patch, Chelsea, Mich. July 31 - $30 Bob Rand, Spooner August 1 - $30 Sue Carlson, Janesville August 2 - $30 Dan Hubin, Shell Lake August 3 - $30 Mike & Grace Plaster, Spooner
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Winners also announced on WJMC FM Radio
Temps & levels
Temperatures recorded at Spooner Ag Research Station 2011 July 30 July 31 Aug. 1 Aug. 2 Aug. 3 Aug. 4 Aug. 5
2012 July 30 July 31 Aug. 1 Aug. 2 Aug. 3 Aug. 4 Aug. 5
High 86 84 87 76 82 85 82
High 83 88 84 88 87 87 76
Low 64 65 65 68 57 58 60 Low 64 57 61 65 58 66 55
Precip.
.55” rain
2.74” rain .26” rain Precip.
.40” rain
Lake level Monday, Aug. 9, 2011: 1,218.42’ MSL Monday, Aug. 6, 2012: 1,217.55’ MSL
ICHC hosts picnic
bers, credit card numbers or bank account information to anyone who requests it during an unsolicited phone call or in-home visit. • If someone calls claiming to represent the local utility company and demands immediate payment or personal information, call recipients should hang up the phone and call their utility. • Never allow anyone into your home to check electrical wiring or appliances unless an appointment has been scheduled or a utility problem has been reported. Anytime a utility employee arrives at a residence, the occupant should require that the employee produce proper identification. — from Barron Electric
line at ars.wisc.edu/spooner/garden. php. — from UW-Extension
The Indianhead Community Health Care Inc. organization hosted a picnic at the Shell Lake beachfront shelter house on Thursday, Aug. 2. Shown are some of the members that attended. The picnic was open to current members, past members and those interested in joining ICHC. If you missed the picnic and are interested in finding out more about this volunteer organization that helps support local health care in the Shell Lake area, please contact Gwen at 715-468-7833. — Photo by Suzanne Johnson
Do you provide care for a loved one?
SPOONER — Caregivers are very special people. Whether providing care for young or old, being a caregiver is a demanding job. Let’s face it, caregiving is a 24/7 job that is all-encompassing. Caregivers always must be aware of what’s going on, why it’s going on, what you need to do to make sure things happen the way they’re supposed to, how they’re supposed to and when they’re supposed to. Nothing is outside the box when you’re a caregiver. At times, things may be stressful; in fact, they may be overwhelming. Caregivers also need tender, loving care, to enable them to continue to provide the
care their loved ones require. A program, Powerful Tools for Caregivers, has been designed specifically for family caregivers to reduce stress, to improve selfconfidence, to better communicate your feelings, to empower you and your ability to make tough decisions, to locate helpful resources, as well as to provide balance in your life. Powerful Tools for Caregivers provides information via interactive sessions, discussions to include the sharing of best practices, as well as brainstorming to address concerns/issues at hand. Six weekly 2-1/2-hour sessions will provide you with the tools to empower you
and enhance your ability as a caregiver. Sessions will be held every Thursday morning at 9 a.m. starting Sept. 13 – Oct. 18, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Spooner. Each participant will receive the Powerful Tools for Caregivers book. Please register for this program by Friday, Aug. 31. Respite care for those with Alzheimer’s/dementia will be provided on-site. For more information or to register, contact Teresa Dahlstrom at 715-635-4467 or the Aging and Disability Resource Center at 715-635-4460. — from ADRC
perior State College.
named Outstanding Young 4-H member. He was a member of the Firecracker 4-H Club. • Members of the Shell Lake All-Star Little League Team that took second place in a tournament held in Webster were Matt Curtis, Jason Buck, Collin Pederson, Jed Busch, Todd Schrankel, Dusty Marker, Christian Rold, Tait Strand, Jessica Dahlstrom, Chad Crosby, Mike Bennis and Becky Schultz. • Elizabeth Pratt, daughter of George and Mary Bell Pratt, Shell Lake, a junior journalism major, would spend the upcoming school year in Alicante and Seville, Spain. • Jack Brown, Washburn County clerk, was elected vice chair of the state of Wisconsin Retirement Board. Brown was appointed by Gov. Tommy Thompson for a five-year term on the Wisconsin Retirement Board in 1988. In 1990, The Wisconsin Retirement Board unanimously selected Brown to serve on the Employee Trust Funds Board for a four-year term.
Register Memories
1952 - 60 years ago
• Two additional cases of polio were reported in Washburn County. Jackie Cole, 7, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Cole, was at Luther Hospital in Eau Claire, and Nancy Hills, 8, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Hills, was in St. Mary’s Hospital in Duluth. • Mr. and Mrs. James Scharhag, Mrs. Ray Davis, and Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Hartwig took a trip to Canada. • Richard Rydberg of the South Dewey 4-H Club was selected winner of the 4-H tractor contest that was held at the Spooner Experimental Station. He would participate in the tractor contest at the state fair. • The University of Wisconsin athletic department announced that movies of all football games played by the Wisconsin Badgers would be available to Badger fan clubs for showing the second week after the game. Formation of two clubs in Washburn County was under way, one in Spooner and one in Shell Lake. The membership fee of $2 per season would entitle the member and his wife to all activities of the club, which included a showing of each football movie. High school athletes would be guests at each showing without charge.
1962 - 50 years ago
• Juicy, young, energetic porkers and tasty, tempting fowl were given away to young folks of Washburn County at the county junior fair. Any young person, 10-18, was eligible to receive one of the pigs or chickens. All they had to do was catch one, hold it and keep it. Anything that went over or under the fence became the property of the spectator who caught it. • Mrs. Agnes Gronning flew home after spending a two-week vacation with Tech. Sgt. and Mrs. Jack Ogilvie of McGuire AFB, N.J. She also made a trip to New York City, and while there saw the TV show, “The Price is Right.” • Mrs. Charles Conselman received her Bachelor of Science degree from Su-
Compiled by Suzanne Johnson
1972 - 40 years ago
• The rifle sighting range north of Shell Lake, by the settling ponds of the city sewer system, was completely destroyed by vandals. • Muriel Elliott and Gloria Frey graduated from Superior State. • Richard, Mildred and Eugene Parks returned from a 10-day camping trip to the Black Hills in South Dakota and points of interest around the Flintstone Campgrounds at Custer, S.D. They visited Mount Rushmore, Needles Drive and Crazy Horse. • The Richter Brothers provided music for the wedding dance of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Harrington at the Swiss Chalet.
1982 - 30 years ago
• Joe Rounce was selected by the Shell Lake School Board for the position of junior high science teacher and assistant football coach. • The Shell Lake Volunteer Fire Department responded to a chimney fire at the Morgan Clark summer residence on Elwood Beach Drive. • Darrell Aderman, director of Indianhead Art Center in Shell Lake, was promoted to the academic rank of professor by the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents. He was also the director of the Rhinelander School of the Arts and the Palmquist Farm in Brantwood. He represented the University of Wisconsin Extension as an area coordinator with UW campuses in Northwest Wisconsin and programs for the youths, adults and aging. He was hired as a full-time faculty member in the university system in 1973. Prior to that he was music supervisor for the Shell Lake School District. • Coached by Shirley Hile, the Shell Lake volleyball team started practice. Returning letter-winners were seniors Colleen Carlson, Cecile Druschba, Cindy Heino, Mary Melton and Deb Mortensen, and junior Mary Van Meter.
1992 - 20 years ago
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• Counseling staff members at Indianhead Arts and Education Center were Ariel Alexander, Jeff Suzda, Jennifer Schwochert, Kelli Hanson, James Greene and Matt Holman. • The Family Walk of Memories was dedicated. Board of director members of the Terraceview Community Foundation were Agnes Anderson, Richard Rydberg, Joe Rounce, Jan Ogden, Audrey Erdman, Beryl Rydberg and Myke Mercier. Administrator at Terraceview was Bill Van Offeren. • Allison Leckel was presented with a $50 savings bond for designing the Town and Country Days button. • Laker girls basketball players competing in the AAU Great Lakes Shootout were Amanda Leckel, Casey Bruce, Courtney Bruce, Jasmine Dahlstrom, Laura Alt, Sadie Christ, Rhiannon White and Krista Hansen. They were coached by Steve Clay.
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Appraisal event at the library
SHELL LAKE — Mark Moran, guest expert on the PBS series “Antiques Roadshow,” will be at the Shell Lake Public Library on Friday, Aug. 31, from 1-4 p.m., for an antique and collectibles appraisal event. Moran is a former senior editor of antiques and collectibles books and contributing editor for Antique Trader magazine. He is the author or co-author of more than 25 books on antiques and collectibles, including the 800-page annual “Warman’s Antiques & Collectibles.” He bought and sold antiques for more than 30 years, specializing in vintage folk art Americana and
fine art. He has been active as an appraiser of antiques and fine art for more than 20 years. Categories of objects for appraisal may include fine art, furniture, ceramics, glassware, vintage photographs, advertising, folk art, assorted toys, metalware, clocks and costume jewelry. To schedule your fourminute appointment, call 715-468-2074. The public is welcome to come and observe this fun event that kicks off the Town and Country Days weekend celebration in Shell Lake. — from the Shell Lake Public Library
Take control of diabetes workshop set
RICE LAKE — If you or someone you know is struggling with diabetes, please plan to attend the free educational workshop at the Rice Lake Area Free Clinic on Tuesday, Aug. 21, at 5 p.m. The clinic is located in Suite G-01, 1035 North Main St. in Rice Lake. The workshop will provide motivation to take those first steps to better blood glucose control. Diabetes pa-
ADOPTABLE PETS OF THE WEEK We have lots of little dogs, Tuffy and Jack, Weeman and Otis, a little dog pack. We can’t forget Snoopy, he’s a Maltese mix, All for adoption and already fixed. Tuffy’s a shih tzu, he is 8 years old, Otis, Jack Russell mix, black, white and gold. Some good with children and some of them not, Each needs a home though and loved a whole lot. Won’t you come meet them and give one a try, Sweet dogs like these, you won’t want to pass by. Dogs for adoption: 3-year-old male black/white fox terrier mix; 3-year-old spayed black Lab mix; 41/2-month-old female Lab/shorthair mix; 8-yearold neutered black Lab; 8-year-old neutered shih tzu; 3-year-old neutered Maltese mix; 4-year-old male Chihuahua mix and a 3-year-old neutered brown/white JRT/Chihuahua mix. Cats for adoption: 12-week-old male black/white shorthair; 8-month-old female black/white shorthair; 5-month-old black female shorthair; 3-monthold female black/white kitten; two 8-week-old shorthair tiger kittens; four 8-week-old mediumhair dilute tortie kittens; 3-month-old neutered gray shorthair; 7-month-old male medium-hair orange tabby; 6-month-old female Siamese mix; 6-monthold male tiger; 8-year-old spayed gray/white shorthair; 1-year-old male orange shorthair tiger; 6-month-old male gray shorthair; 5-month-old male brown/black medium-hair tabby; and many kittens from 6-12 weeks old. Also for adoption: 3-year-old male white/brown rat. Strays include: Female black Lab mix found near Jellen Road on CTH A in Spooner; adult female yellow Lab wearing a red collar found on Edgerton Road in Springbrook.
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e’ve all had those embarrassing moments. Some are horrifying and others may give you the giggles that only lead to more embarrassment. Sometimes what was so embarrassing at the time can later become a funny story to be shared over and over. On the last Sunday morning of July, daughter Amanda, along with grandson Cole and granddaughter Adalyn, joined Milt and I at Sunday worship. As I was holding Adalyn during a time of silent prayer, I decided to sit down on the pew. As I sat, I didn’t realize Sophie, a squeaky giraffe toy, was positioned in such a way that as I lowered my body weight onto her, she let out a loud protest of a high-pitched squeak. Then of course, as I repositioned myself to pull her out to safety, she had to continue squeaking until she had filled her plastic body with more air. As I was feeling my face turn red, two ladies behind me, got the giggles. One leaned over and said, “That’s better than a whoopie cushion!” The second lady motioned that I should place Sophie in a position so that when Milt decided to sit down Sophie would squeak out in protest again. I shook my head no. She then suggested I give her the noisy toy so she could place it under another gentleman that would be to-
Summer reading program for adults
SHELL LAKE — Adults 19 years and up are invited to participate in the adult summer reading program, Between the Covers, at the Shell Lake Public Library. Read or listen to a book, fill out a prize entry form and turn the form in to the library. Enter as often as you like. Drawings for prizes will be held once a month. The August prize is a library book bag. — from SLPL
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tally embarrassed as well. I smiled and ignored her request. There just seems to be a time and place for things, and I didn’t think during Sunday morning worship was the time to be a prankster. I felt it would be a bit disrespectful to purposely make disruptive noises during a church service. Oh, and did I mention that the person making the request to make Sophie do some more squeaking in church was the pastor’s wife, and the lady beside her was the Sophie, even though she didchurch secre- n’t mean to be disrespectful in tary? church, was a bit disruptive. — Photo by Amanda McGrane
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ATTENTION The Class of 1957 invites Shell Lake High School graduates and classmates from all years for a get-together at the Shell Lake beach shelter house, Sunday, August 12, from 1 to 4 p.m. Bring your own snacks and drinks.
NEW BERLIN — With Saturday, Aug. 11, almost here, Diggers Hotline hopes this date on the calendar, 8/11, will serve as a natural reminder for everyone to call 811 prior to any digging project to have underground utility lines marked. This comes on the heels of a recent report by the Common Ground Alliance, which determined an underground utility line is damaged during digging projects every three minutes nationwide. When dialing 811 in Wisconsin, homeowners and contractors are connected to Diggers Hotline, which notifies the appropriate utility companies of their intent to dig. Those companies then send professional locators to the requested digging site to mark the approximate locations of underground lines with flags, spray paint or both. Striking a single line can cause injury, repair costs and inconvenient outages. Every digging project, no matter how large or small, requires a call to 811. Installing a mailbox, building a deck, planting a tree and laying a patio are all examples of digging projects that need a call to 811 before starting. The depth of utility lines can vary for a number of reasons, such as erosion, previous digging projects and uneven surfaces. Utility lines need to be properly marked because even when digging only a few inches,
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For this trio, rocking out is a family affair. Pictured (L to R): Sean Heckel, Tara Burns and Mike Katzenberger. Burns, executive director of the Shell Lake Arts Center, and her son, Sean, Shell Lake, and nephew Mike, Watertown, attended rock band camp for the very first time during the week of July 22-27. — Photo submitted
tients need to know they are not alone, and there are people like Terry Wiley, guest speaker, who can help them along their journey with diabetes. Wiley will be speaking on ways to control your blood sugar and reduce the risk of diabetes-related complications. For more information, contact the clinic at 715-736FREE or Clare Janty at 715-458-0242. — from RLAFC
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Jason Rabuck, a knife maker from Springbrook, received his second best in show award in five years at the 50th-annual Festival of Arts in Bayfield. Rabuck made his first knife in 2004 out of an old file - heated and shaped by forge and anvil. His designs include knives for hunting, cooking, camping and many other uses. For more information and to view designs, visit rabuckhandmadeknives. com. — Photo submitted
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his summer, the Olympics are gracing the nation on almost every TV screen in America. I enjoy watching people like Michael Phelps and Gabby Douglas, whose hard work and determination have won them gold medals in their events. The Olympics does something to our nation that no president seems to be able to do – it brings our nation together in mutual pride. Last week, I was watching it with my two older nieces, ages 5 and 3, and together they chanted, “U.S.A! U.S.A! U.S.A!” over and over as the swimmers raced for medals. I laughed because I’m pretty sure they had no idea what they were doing, but it brought a sense of dreams, of the “one day I’m going to be … ” kind of goals. While I watched the toned and lean Olympians who have worked so hard to get to their position, I thought back to my glory days (or not so glory days) in high school. I had played varsity volleyball for three years in a row, but to my dismay, I couldn’t do my senior year because I chose to study abroad in New Zealand. I remember my very first volleyball game as a freshmen setter in a varsity volleyball game. Coach called me in because I was crying. “Why are you crying!?” she harped at me. “I … I … I don’t know, Coach!” To tell the truth, I was so nervous and I was so afraid of messing up that I could hardly play the first match. “Get in there, and stop crying!” she yelled menacingly. I had no choice but to stop crying, unless I wanted to do some unnecessary “killers” and “boxes” in practice the next day. But my true “Olympian” story doesn’t shine through my volleyball days – oh no. It comes about in my senior year when I decided to join track and field on a whim for the first time ever in my life. Now I had just returned from a yearlong trip in New Zealand in January, where, in that time, I had gotten “pleasantly plump” – as my grandpa would say. I had
gained 20 pounds in my time as a foreign exchange student over there. Twenty extra pounds does not look good on a 5’3” frame – let’s just say that. So I thought to myself, “Hey! Let’s join track! You can get back in shape!” How hard can it be, right? The coaches had no idea where to put me. I was too small to do any shot put or discus. I was too big and slow for any chance at long distance running. And I would rather join the Webster cheerleading squad than get near a hurdle or pole vaulting (no offense, previous Webster cheerleaders). So I became a sprinter. Or at least that’s what they called me. I remember my first 200-meter dash … or more like the 200-meter run-out-of-breath for me. I was so far behind, and I was so embarrassed I had tears in my eyes as I crossed the finish line. As I crossed the finish line, the other competitors were already back into their warm-up suits. During a 4 x 1 race, I’m pretty sure I was already tired out by the time the person behind me handed off the baton. If I was particularly slow or tired, I blamed it on the shoes, or the shin splints, or just chalked it up to “I suck.” Practices started out brutal for me. I hated every agonizing burn and ache in my legs and my lungs. The days we did yoga were my favorite – I just had to breathe and stretch and call it a day. The more I practiced, the more fit I became, and the more I (sort of) enjoyed practices. I definitely wasn’t the fastest, or the best or number one. But I worked hard during that season, and I shed the pounds I wanted to. But most importantly, I got to know the track team; I was encouraged and cheered on by them, I had hundreds of laughs during that season, and I learned for the first time how not to be a quitter. And to me, that is what a true Olympian is all about – never giving up.
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RICE LAKE — An Express Admission Night will be held at UW-Barron County on Thursday, Aug. 9, from 4-7 p.m. This is for students who have had their educational plans changed or delayed and are looking to be admitted to UW-BC this fall. The purpose of this evening is to help prospective students who are still looking for a college option to quickly get on track. During these hours, UW-BC Student Services will be available to discuss how UW-BC will fit into your plans and will get you started on applying for admission and financial aid. For more information, contact the student services office at 715-234-8024. — from UW-BC
Spooner youth football season gets under way
SPOONER — The Spooner youth football season started for seventh- and eighth-graders on Monday, Aug. 6. The fifth- and sixth-graders will start on Monday, Aug. 20, 6 p.m., at the Spooner Middle School. All middle school athletes need to have a WIAA physical card before they are eligible to participate. Questions can be forwarded to Jon Griffith at 715416-3519. — from Spooner Area Schools
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Thursday, Aug. 9 • The Shell Lake Lions Club meeting, 6:30 p.m., Shell Lake Community Center. • 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. Friday, Aug. 10 • The Spooner Memorial Library, along with the Railroad Memories Museum, will be sponsoring Michiganbased author Bill Jamerson, who will be presenting a music and storytelling program about the Civilian Conservation Corps, 2 p.m., outside the museum, Spooner, rain or shine. Saturday, Aug. 11 • 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. Sunday, Aug. 12 • Par for Pets fundraiser for Washburn County Area Humane Society, 3 p.m. shotgun start. Call Spooner Golf Course, 715-635-3580, to register. • Family Range Day Camp, Indianhead Rifle and Pistol Club, 1-1/2 miles north of Spooner, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. For more info call 715-635-2369. • Beth Dooley, restaurant critic and cookbook author, will be at Spooner Market & Grill, 6:30 p.m. for a book signing and menu tasting event. Monday, Aug. 13 • Diabetes education meeting, 2-3 p.m., in the classroom at Spooner Health System. Call 715-635-1217. Tuesday, Aug. 14 • Moms Club meets at Faith Lutheran, Spooner, 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 15 • 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. Thursday, Aug. 16 • Shell Lake PTA meeting, 6:30 p.m., in the 3-12 school library. Baby-sitting available.
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t is well advertised that keeping aquatic invasive species out of our lakes is important; however why it is so important is many times not as well understood. Eurasian water-milfoil is a plant of special concern to our lakes. This non-native plant creates all kinds of problems when it invades the water. Eurasian water-milfoil outcompetes native plants, diminishes the habitat and food source for fish and other organisms, forms dense mats that interfere with boating and swimming, and reduces the overall aesthetic appeal of lakes. Harvesting is currently the best manage-
• Washburn County Historical Society meeting, 4 p.m., Hewitt Building. Friday, Aug. 17 & Saturday, Aug. 18 • Alban’s Closet, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Friday; 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, 220 Elm St., Spooner. Friday, Aug. 17 • Recording artist and songwriter Jonathan Rundman will perform at Trinity Lutheran Church in Spooner at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18 • Indianhead Writers meeting, Northwind Book & Fiber, Spooner, 1 p.m. Anyone interested in writing is invited to attend. For more information, call 715-4682604. Monday, Aug. 20 • “Ghost Visit 2012,” lakeside pavilion, Shell Lake, 7 p.m. • Northern Lights Camera Club, 7 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 1790 Scribner St., Spooner. • Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Group, 5 p.m. group activity, 5:30 p.m. dinner, 6-7 p.m. meeting, Lakeland Family Resource Center, 314 Elm St., Spooner, 715-635-4669. Tuesday, Aug. 21 • Shell Lake/Spooner Masonic Lodge 221 meeting, 7 p.m., at the lodge. • CWD meeting, 7 p.m., at the Spooner High School auditorium, with Dr. Bryan Richards of the UWGS National Wildlife Health Center. • Take Control of Diabetes workshop, 5 p.m., Rice Lake Area Free Clinic. Call 715-736-FREE. Thursday, Aug. 23 • 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 • The Shell Lake American Legion meeting, 6:30 p.m., Friendship Commons. • Shell Lake VFW meeting, 7 p.m., Friendship Commons. Friday & Saturday, Aug. 24 & 25 • Thrift Sale for Tails, Washburn County Fairgrounds, south end of Spooner. Proceed to Washburn County Area Humane Society. 9 a.m.- 6 p.m. Friday; 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Saturday. Saturday, Aug. 25 • Free community breakfast, 7-10 a.m., First United Pentecostal Church, 337 Greenwood Ave., Spooner. All welcome. Donations accepted.
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Monday: Partners of Veterans women’s support group will meet from 1 to 2:30 p.m., at Counseling Associates in Siren, located across from the Burnett County Government Center. For more information, contact Julie Yaekel-Black Elk at 715-3498575. • 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 715-635-2768. • 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. • Each Monday through Monday, Aug. 27, free movie at dusk near the lakeside pavilion on Shell Lake. Bring your own blanket or chair. Refreshments available. To receive an e-mail about the weekly movies or to volunteer in the concession stand e-mail joahnahgp@hotmail.com. • Friendly Bridge, Shell Lake Friendship Commons on 4th Avenue, 1 p.m. All abilites 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 715-635-4367. Tuesday: Women Healing Women support group at Time-Out Family Abuse Outreach office, every other Tuesday, 4-5:30 p.m. For survivors of domestic abuse and/or sexual abuse. Free, confidential, closed after first session. For more info or to register, contact Time-Out Family Abuse Shelter Outreach office at 103 Oak St., Spooner, WI 54801, 715-635-5245. • Ala-Teen meets at 6:30 p.m. in the New Life Christian Center in Rice Lake. Use the back entrance. • The Washburn County Historical Society Research Room, 102 West Second Avenue, Shell Lake, open Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. throughout the year. Wednesday: Lakeland Family Resource Center open from noon to 3 p.m. • AA meeting, 7 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, Spooner. • 9 a.m. to noon, sewing at Shell Lake Senior Center. • Kidstime-Parentime at Lakeland Family Resource Center, 314 Elm St., Spooner, 10 a.m. to noon. Learn, discuss and share ideas and experience to enrich parenting skills. Preselected art or play materials available for children of all ages. Kidstime-Parentime provides quality time for families, networking for parents and a social opportunity for both parents and children. The last Wednesday of the month a potluck lunch is held at 11:15 a.m. Thursday: AA meets at 7 p.m. at Calvary Lutheran Church, Minong. • Al-Anon meets at 8 p.m. in the cafeteria at Indianhead Medical Center, Shell Lake. • Library Fun For Little Ones, 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Shell Lake Public Library. A time for stories, craft and a snack. No age minimum or maximum for participants. Thursday and Monday: Washburn County Alzheimer’s Day Respite Program, see listing above. Friday and Saturday: The Washburn County Genealogy Research Room, 106-1/2 2nd Ave., Museum Hewitt Building, Shell Lake, is open for the summer. The room will be open each Friday & Saturday from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m and will close after Labor Day for the winter. Volunteers will be available to help the public. Call 715-635-7937 for more information. • Washburn County Historical Society Museum, 102 W. 2nd Ave., Shell Lake, open June through Labor Day, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., 715-468-2982. ••• Amber Bednar, RN, Washburn County Health Department, is available at the public health office to provide breastfeeding basics, how-tos and postpartum support. Appointments can be made at 715-635-4400. Domestic abuse and sexual assault are crimes. Time-Out provides free, confidential victim support. If you or someone you know is experiencing violence in a relationship, please call 800924-0556. Shell Lake Alano Club Meetings on CTH B, 2 blocks off Hwy. 63. All meetings are nonsmoking Sunday 10 a.m. AA Monday Noon AA Open Tuesday Noon AA Closed 7 p.m. AA Closed Wednesday 1 p.m. AA Open 7 p.m. NA Open Thursday 1 p.m. AA Open 7 p.m. Al-Anon Closed Friday 2 p.m. AA Closed 7 p.m. AA Open
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Neat as a pin
by Diane Dryden SHELL LAKE - If you happen to pass by a house on Baker Road, near the intersection of CTHs M and B, you will note that it’s picture perfect. The lawn, the flower beds, the American flag and the house with its attractive beveled and etched windows on the front door are so neat and tidy they look like they were cut out of paper and attached to a background. This would be the house that Howard built. That’s Howard Furchtenicht and his wife Jean, whose maiden name was Bixby. Back over 75 years ago, Furchtenicht’s father left the Town of Earl after graduation and went to the UWMadison campus to take the short course on farming. After graduation, the university offered him a job and he spent the next dozen Howard Furchtenicht, the last name meaning fear not in Geryears developing seed corn. He married a Mount Horeb man, stands next to two of his prizewinning clocks at this year’s girl and their four children Washburn County Fair. – Photos by Diane Dryden began to be born. Hills Golf Course. When all the buying “I was probably a few years old when was finished, they had increased their Dad and Mom decided to come back to holdings to 440 acres. They also increased the area and they bought a 240-acre farm their family with the birth of their six girls just two miles out of Shell Lake where and two boys. they milked 40 cows, more or less. “We had to do a lot of belt tightening, After graduation from high school, but we made a living,” Furchtenicht says Furchtenicht also went to the UW-Madison campus to take the short course in farming. “It was a valuable education because, even though I had been raised on the family farm, there were so many new techniques out there to learn. “Because the scholarship from the Spooner Bank was the reason he was able to go to college, it was the same bank that he returned to for a loan when he and his bride, in 1956, decided to buy their own farm. Farming was tough in the ‘50s because of the drought and low milk prices. Instead of buying a property, they took over payments on an established farm where he brought his own 11 cows from his father’s farm and they began dairy farming With saw blades hardly wider than a needle, on 200 acres. Later they added on 120 Furchtenicht weaves his magic on the wood he’s more acres, and still later they bought harvested from his own property to produce some of the acreage from the Butternut these beautiful and exact creations.
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looking back. “We’re living proof that hard work never killed anybody.” After farming for 50 years, they finally decided to retire in 2000. There was an auction and they were amazed at the generous prices some of their cattle brought. In 2001, they also started to build their retirement home because their youngest son took over the running of the farm and had the main house. Jean wanted to build down the road on their property to the east where there was a beautiful lake and trees. Furchtenicht wanted to build west on their property where they would be closer to CTH M in case he died and she was alone. “It would be easier for her to be near a paved and plowed highway,” he reasoned. He also won the debate because today they live on 40 acres near the county road. Being a man who has to keep busy, after retirement he decided to turn his hand to clock making. He’d done a bit of woodworking in 4-H and some in high school, but he had farming on his mind, and farming has little time for detailed woodworking. Ten years later, he has a basement full of tools, some saws using blades that are no wider than a needle, and he turns out the most intricate clock bodies around. Furchtenicht had a friend that made clocks and Furchtenicht got his start with the help of this friend. He learned which catalogs had the patterns he wanted and he started with a bang. Both he and Jean planned their new home by consulting a Stratford Home catalog and then customizing the plans by bumping out the living room for their very large family when they visit, and they also added a generous porch on the back. All the wood that was used for the inside walls came from their own property and even the
wood that’s used for the clocks comes from their trees, mainly red oak, ash and cherry. Furchtenicht has knocked out an Amish-style dining room table, a TV stand and other impressive pieces of furniture like a bedroom set and photo frames, but his heart is in making clocks. Currently there are four or five standard models that he’s made over and over. During the past 10 years he’s sold over 70 clocks, that are located in nine states, and most of them have been one of the favorite designs. He starts his clock projects by cutting and drying his own wood. He likes to air dry it for several years and has it kiln dried only at the end. The incredibly intricate patterns he orders are printed on pieces of paper which he attaches to the wood with an adhesive, then he begins to cut along the intricate lines. “It’s so interesting to watch him cut out the patterns,” says Jean. “He not only has to cut these tiny little lines, but then he has to back the blade out to get to the next cut. If the cut is not exactly right, he goes over and over, taking just a tiny whisker off at a time, until everything fits perfectly.” And of course, even his busy carpenter shop in the basement is neat as a pin. He only works on his clocks from December to planting time in the spring when he beings by cutting out several of the same patterns at the same time so he doesn’t have to keep changing the blades. If you attended the recent Washburn County Fair, you would have seen his work in the woodworking building. He walked away with not only blue ribbons for first place on all of his clocks, but the coveted purple best of show ribbon for his windmill clock whose windmill blades in the back of this table piece circle around as time marches on. You would swear his cuckoo clocks came directly from an old-world craftsman in Germany, especially when the little bird pops out to mark the hour. There’s quite a cacophony of sound in the living room when all the clocks that line the walls mark the hour with chimes and bird chirps. Clocks are available for purchase and they range from $200 for a chalet clock all the way to $500 for the windmill model with prices for the others ranging in between. On the other side of their full basement, the side that’s not full of saws and tools, the Furchtenichts have a ping-pong table and they often play a game or two during his clock-making sessions. “We’ve gotten to our current goal of hitting it back and forth 40 times without a miss so far,” she says, “which isn’t too bad for a couple in their mid-70s. Because Furchtenicht is still looking for new challenges, this year he wants to bow hunt instead of using his gun. Jean adds, “I told him that would be fine with me as long as I went with him and took along a gun.”
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Beth Carlson, left, director of the Shell Lake Public Library, presents Abby Melton with $20 that she won in the teen summer reading program at the library. Teens who read 100 minutes a week were eligible to win $20 cash in a drawing. — Photos submitted LEFT: Hope Balts was the winner of the Kindle Fire in the teen summer reading program at the Shell Lake Public Library. Balts read 800 minutes this summer to win the Kindle.
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Young Eagle event held at Shell Lake airport
It was a busy time at the Shell Lake Hugh Miller Airport as local Chapter 631 Experimental Aircraft Association held its Young Eagle event on Saturday, Aug. 4. Children between the ages of 8 and 17 had the opportunity to learn about flying and take a flight in an airplane. The event was free and open to the public.
Kate Quenan is learning about the flight controls from pilot Tom Elliot at the Young Eagles event on Saturday, Aug. 4. He is showing her how the elevator controls the climb and descent of the plane.
Abby Friedell gives her mother one last look before her flight. She is the granddaughter of the former Washburn County Register owners and publishers/editor, John and Bernadette Friedell.
The men and women in the EAA Young Eagles donate their time, fuel and use of their airplanes to give children the opportunity to fly. Bill Hazlewood and Tom Elliot gave of themselves so that Samuel Steege and Cole Carlaw could experience flight.
Maddy Quenan and her pilot Dave Ludvigson give the thumbs-up as they head out on their flight. — Photos by Larry Samson
Jack Pine Savage Days
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Clair Ringlien and Kenzie Mitchell, Spooner High School students, make their way through the mud pit.
RIGHT: Spooner volleyball coach Nikki Deli is not afraid to play dirty in the mud pit, but on the volleyball court is all aboveboard. In addition to her duties as coach, she is a special education teacher.
Ellen Reidt manages to keep her head up and mostly clean in the Savage Dash. The Spooner senior is using the race to prepare her for the upcoming volleyball season.
LEFT: It looks like Kayla Vic is having a great time in the mud pit. The Savage Dash is a new event in the 20th-annual Jack Pine Savage Days held Aug. 35. She is 2010 Spooner graduate and a junior at the University of Minnesota majoring in speech pathology.
Kevin Leair and Gabriel Fugman tend to the rib-eye steaks at the Boy Scout booth during Jack Pine Savage Days. The popular booth is a major fundraiser for Troop 104. Four members just returned from a weeklong camp at Florida National High Adventure Sea Base in the Florida Keys.
How cool is this? Spooner third-grader Kaylinn Malloy rides with 4-year-old Cera White to help overcome her fears. The thing is that they did not know each other before the ride. The amusement rides were just part of the fun at the 20th-annual Jack Pine Savage Days held Friday-Sunday, Aug. 3-5. — Photos by Larry Samson
Trish Vazquez and her sister, Lesa Dahlstrom, made it a family event at the fun run/walk. Their coaches are 8-month-old Madison and 3-year-old Kara Dahlstrom.
Audrey Ketchan of Rockford, Minn., sprinted the last stretch of the Jack Pine Fun Run/Walk on Sunday, Aug. 5, in Spooner, to beat her mother and aunt. The 9-year-old, running in her first race, plans to make this an annual event.
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The Spooner Fire Department made a fire run at the firemen’s pancake breakfast. Luckily it was just a false alarm. — Photos by Larry Samson
Rich Thompson was a local hit with his 1959 four-wheel-drive Willys Jeep pickup. This very rare truck is powered by a Hurricane flat-head straight-six cylinder engine. He plans to restore it after he stops having fun with it. LEFT: The Spooner girls athletes showed up to help with the fun run/walk. They were back row (L to R): Sammy Osborn, Katie Zobel, Taylor Roman, Ellen Reidt, Julie Bray and Sarah Taylor. Front: Dana Danger, Alex Grubbs, Makenzie Roman, Taylor Johnson, Cassidy Quinton, Kelsie Gerovak and Carly Swan.
Sean Sheehan and his daughter-in-law, Shari Sheehan, made it to the final round. They placed second in the Spooner Idol competition. Winning her first Jack Pine Savage ax is Iciar Ocariz. Eric Atkinson earned his eighth straight ax. The highly coveted ax is given out to the top female and male overall runner.
Jose’ Ocariz and his daughter, Iciar, pushed each other in the three-mile run. They both finished in the top of their class.
Larry Grand and Josh Smith are the two-time horseshoe champions. Last year they became team members by the luck of a draw. They made such a good team that they returned as a team to defend their title.
Kate Hanley is the Spooner Idol after two knockout performances. She is a 2012 Spooner graduate who had a role in the SHS “State Fair” musical.
Everyone is a critic. It is a good thing that Molly Hammill is not one of the judges at the Spooner Idol competition.
Too young to compete in the horseshoe contest, this 2-1/2-yearold throws two ringers against his grandfather.
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Sports reporter: Larry Samson E-mail results to: wcregister@centurytel.net
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Lakeland Conference realignment starts the football season
by Larry Samson SHELL LAKE — The 2012 football season starts Friday, Aug. 24, with a 7 p.m. kickoff when Shell Lake will face longtime conference rivals, the Turtle Lake Lakers. Only this year it will be a nonconference game as Shell Lake moves up into the newly formed Lakeland North, and Turtle Lake drops down into the Lakeland South Conference. The shake-up in the 23-school Lakeland Conference came about after eight schools opted out of 11-man football to form an eight-man conference. Shell Lake started playing in 11-man football in 1969. Longtime rivals like Northwood, Siren and Birchwood will be only footnotes in football history. There will be three new conferences: North Lakeland, South Lakeland and Lakeland 8-Man. Gone will be the Large Lakeland, Small Lakeland and South Lakeland conferences. To qualify for the playoffs, a formula is used with the win, loss, and strength of the opponent. It comes down that you need a 500 record to move on. The teams will move up to their divisions in the playoffs. Four schools in the Lakeland South will be Division 4 and 5. At this time, there aren’t enough teams in eight-man football to have a playoff so there is talk of having an informal playoff, jamboree, at the end of the season. That would change when there are 32 schools signed up for eightman football teams. The Lakeland Conference has grown over the years to 22 schools in football, broken up into three conferences. It covers an area from Grantsburg on the Minnesota border to Flambeau that is just east of Ladysmith to Pepin and Alma Center in the south. The larger schools in the north conference with the longer travel times, 112 miles between Grantsburg and Flambeau, have a travel time over two hours. Shell Lake will average one hour of travel time for their games. The south conference is made up of the smaller-school Division 7 teams, and the eight-man football is made up of the teams that broke away to keep their football programs
going. This could not come at a worse time for the Shell Lake football program. After nine years of a strong program dominating in the Small Lakeland Conference, Shell Lake is on the downside of the curve, with fewer athletes to draw from. Shell Lake will be at a disadvantage. A school like Unity will have about 45 seniors to draw from, Shell Lake will have about 24. “This is terrible for the program,” former Shell Lake Athletic Director Jim Campbell said. “Right now everything is in a flux and it could change again in a couple of years.” He was referring to the changing enrollment and teams opting into co-ops. The conference could realign in a couple of years or the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association could come in with another proposal similar to the one several years ago that would have moved Shell Lake into a conference with Regis and McDonnell Central, Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls. Head football coach Mark Lehnherr is taking a positive view of the realignment, stating, “It is what it is. The move will give us the opportunity to play different teams and be more competitive.” It was no secret that Shell Lake had been in the relatively weak Small Lakeland Conference. In its heyday, Shell Lake was beating up on teams 40-0, week in and week out. Going into the playoffs was a disadvantage having not played the better teams. “Competition is what makes you better and stronger,” is Lehnherr’s take on the Lakeland North Conference.
Schools listed from larger to smaller by high school enrollment: Lakeland North Schools Unity Eagles St. Croix Falls Saints Grantsburg Pirates Cameron Comets Webster Tigers Flambeau Falcons Shell Lake Lakers Frederic Vikings
Division 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 7
Lakeland South Schools Division Elmwood/Plum City Raiders 7 Clear Lake Warriors 6 7 Pepin/Alma Eagles Turtle Lake Lakers 7 Cornell Chiefs 7 Clayton Bears 7 Lake Holcombe Chieftains 7
Eight-Man Football Schools Northwood/Solon Springs Luck Cardinals Bruce Red Raiders Siren Dragons Birchwood Bobcats Prairie Farm Panthers Winter Warriors
Enrollment 361 359 314 288 240 224 194 165
Enrollment 214 206 166 151 140 122 112
Enrollment 238 170 167 150 105 101 99
Swimming classes held in Shell Lake
Golf league scores
Spooner Ladies Golf League July 31
Game: Surprise Ball 9-hole league First: Terri Lindstrom, Myra Scherer, Merrelyn Dawson and Donna Wilson, 38 Second: Connie Kesti, Judy Cameron, Claire Hove and blind draw, 41 Birdie: Connie Kesti Chip-ins: Nancy Markgren, No. 18; and Mary Lou Barneson, No. 18
18-hole league First: Terrie Storlie, Jill Dahlstrom, Linda Nichols and Sarah Carr, 68 Second: Jane Blockhus, Penny Schroeder, Marge Halberg and Mary Jo Link, 69 Birdies: Peg Holman, No. 9; Jane Blockhus, No. 11 and No. 9; Penny Schroeder, No. 2; Terrie Storlie, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 5; and Nancy Mommsen, No. 1. Chip-in: Bobbi Zadra, No. 9.
Butternut Hills Ladies August 2
18-hole Weekly event: Rejects Winner: Mary Ann Solie, 68 First flight Low gross: Barb Zielinski, 87 Low net: Mary Harrington, 68 Low putts: Joyce Niccum, 30 Second flight Low gross: Judy Nelson, 97 Low net: Pam Miller, 68 Low putts: Judy Nelson, 28 Third flight Low gross: Lil Bartholomew, 111 Low net: Cindy Hansen, 75 Low putts: Lil Bartholomew, 34 Chip-ins: Cindy Hansen, No. 9, and Pam Miller, No. 18
9-hole First flight Low gross: Mary McCarthy and Bev Grocke, 53 Low net: Myra Traubenik and Sheila Bergmen, 37 Low putts: Myra Traubenik, 14 Second flight Low gross: Carol McDonnell, 55 Low net: Carol Reynolds, 40 Low putts: Carol McDonnell, 16 Third flight Low gross: Jan Grilley, 59 Low net: Mary Ann Carlson and Margie Reister, 32 Low putts: Mary McCall and Mary Ann Carlson, 17
Sara Ross, Mitch Kraetke and Emma Anderson are shown with their level one swim class. The two-week Shell Lake swimming class ended on Friday, Aug. 3, serving over 140 area children.
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Tracks 2 ............................4 wins Uncle Mikes 2 ...................8 wins
Taste Budz 2 .....................5 wins Snags................................7 wins
Becky’s 1...........................9 wins Becky’s 2...........................3 wins
Uncle Mikes 1 ...................5 wins Tracks 1 ............................7 wins
Klopps 1............................4 wins Taste Budz 1 .....................8 wins
Uncle Mikes 3 ...................9 wins Klopps 2............................3 wins
Holy Moly Corn Holey: Robin Berndt, Bill Vogel, Arnie Cook and Charlie
Charly Pearson is at level two swimming. She is having the time of her life and is learning a valuable lifelong skill, a skill that could save her life someday. – Photos by Larry Samson
Abby Fankhauser puts all her faith in her swimming instructor, Sara Ross. Ross has been the swimming instructor at Shell Lake for three years.
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Aren’t you glad you don’t live in Oklahoma? Yes, first they have a terrible drought, and now they have huge fires. Horses are running from the fire and drought hoping to outrun the fire. Yes, here in Wisconsin, even though we have a drought, we should count our blessings. I see the days of daylight are getting shorter. Yes, by the first of November or December it will be dark by 4 p.m. Saturday morning we had a good shower for those thirsty crops and alfalfa. It was most appreciated. Table Talk: Did you know marriage has three rings? Well it does, and they’re called engagement, wedding and suffering. Thursday, Paula Cramer came up along with Rey and Ree Ladd. Paula was busy painting another bedroom, and she did a bunch of weed eatin’. It’s great to have the house painted as we only have one room left to paint. And the lawn looks so nice with the weed eatin’ done. They left for home Saturday noon. Is anyone going wolf hunting this year? Well, a resident license costs $100 and that’s a lot. After all, the DNR planted those wolves, and it’s up to the farmers to pay the money out for hunting them. A very happy birthday to Mary Ludden as she enjoys her special day with lots more to come. Happy anniversary to Jack and Kathy Brown as they celebrate 50 years together Aug. 18 with more to come. Happy birthday to Brad Kaiser on Aug. 18 with lots more to come. Aug. 19 a very happy birthday to Paul Baumgart as he enjoys his special day. The Baumgart family lives on Jack and Kathy Peterson’s home place. Aug. 20 a very happy anniversary to Caleb and Sarah Melton as they celebrate together. Happy birthday to Lilli Melton and Adyson Vanderhoof on Aug. 20. Have a fun day girls. A very happy anniversary to Jim and Marie Andrea, making 48 years together on Aug. 21. Happy birthday to Allison Atkinson. Happy birthday to David Beecroft on Aug. 22, with many more. Most farmers have their second crop of hay up, and they’re waiting for third crop now. Yah know I have over 300 big bales on the 80. Yes, my lawyer told me to keep some of the hay, so I did. Well, I’m selling hay now, and I’ve got calls from all over Wisconsin and even in Illinois. Hay is going to be a premium this fall. Garry and Beth Crosby attended the Wisconsin State Fair and enjoyed watching Tyler Crosby and Trevor and Amber Anderson showin’ their cattle. They placed among the top in showmanship. But hey, they got experience didn’t they? Sunday, Robin and Jerry Denver visited and had lunch with Beth and Garry Crosby. Talking with Sandy Redding we find her honey, Bernard, had chemo on Friday. He has four to go, and he is getting sick from the treatments. Asking Sandy how she’s doing, she tells us she has no ambition at this time. Tim and Kris Redding planned to stop at the Redding’s on Sunday. Gas prices are going up again. Yes, I hear regular is now $3.74 a gallon. Aug. 11, take the time to go over to Jarrod and Kellie Washburn’s and see the beautiful deer they are raising. To the farm follow CTH B to right before Coomer, there is a road to the right, turn there and follow the road and you will come to it. This is the annual big bucks picnic they have at the farm. There will be lots to eat and people there to answer your questions. Evelyn Melton tells us they haven’t any news, and when asked how Cecil is this summer, she says she thinking he’s not as good as last summer and has his good days and has bad days. Jerry and Gretchen Best were gone
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nine days on a trip to the Rocky Mountains. They went to Estes Park and saw lots of big elk and mule deer. One morning, Jerry got up and looked out the camper and there were eight big bucks grazing. While there they attended a surprise anniversary party for Gretchen’s cousin. Lots of people from all over attended, and Gretchen says it was just wonderful. They went through Iowa and Nebraska, and Gretchen tells us the corn in Nebraska was just stalks and all dried up. Kind of sickening, isn’t it? Colorado wasn’t as dry, but on the mountains in Colorado there was only a little snow. Megan and Stephanie Pederson and their boyfriends were at Rick and Janie Lauterbach’s on Saturday. Sunday, they were at Marie and Warren Quam’s. Janie made a big pan of lasagna with garlic bread and baked a fresh blackberry pie, and they all had supper together. That sounds yummy. Friday found Diane Hulleman taking care of her great-grandson, Charles Murray. He is now 9 months old and walking around. Diane took him for a stroller ride, and he really enjoyed it and so did Diane. Diane says he’s a great baby and so good. Saturday at Diane’s were Steve, Chris and Lucas Hulleman, and Nancy Murray, and Ginny and Kate Schnell. Sunday found Steve, Chris and Lucas and Michael P. Murray at Diane’s with Mike and Nancy Murray, and between the guys they dressed up Diane’s house with new siding in white. Diane says they are about half done now. The guys plan to come back next week and hopefully they will finish. Scatter sunshine! Have a great week!
Shell Lake students attend wind ensemble and concert band camp at the Shell Lake Arts Center
Logan Pashby, Shell Lake, was among students performing at the Shell Lake Arts Center’s final wind ensemble and concert band performance on Friday, July 13. Other Shell Lake students were Tia Carlson and Greta Stellrecht. This concert was a culmination of a weeklong camp where participants received instruction from professional musicians and educators that included music history, music theory, master classes, chamber ensembles and large ensembles. For more information or to register for a workshop, call the center at 715-468-2414, or visit their Web site at shelllakeartscenter.org. — Photo submitted
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by Mary B. Olsen As time passes, our lives seem to have become very complicated. I like to collect things, so sometimes I have to go over things I have saved, sort them and throw the unnecessary things out. I need a sense of order in my life. The trouble is, over the years, I have thrown out the wrong things. Along with that, I have forgotten to continue doing the things I like best. Now I wonder how rich I would be if I had not thrown away that stack of old comic books. Why did I discard those old blue-glass fruit jars? Those crocks I used when I made pickles, why did I throw them away? Those would be valuable now. Some of the clothes I had in my wardrobe are the kind they call retro, and people search for them and wear them like they are the latest fashion. I didn’t know they would later have value. The other day I was downtown and the gray sky suddenly let loose a terrific downpour. It was like Niagara Falls. Caught in the open, I hurried to my car, parked a block away. I ran through the rain, splashing on the sidewalk where the rain was forming puddles. I had to step into rivers running along the curbside. Once inside my car, my clothes were dripping, and as I began wiping my eyeglasses, I thought what a wonderful feeling I had experienced, running in the rain. Unexpectedly, it brought back a remembrance of childhood joy. I was feeling like a little kid again, jumping into puddles and splashing. I recalled times, in the hot summertime, when my own kids put on swimsuits and ran into the pouring rain. I wondered why I so seldom go out in the rain. Sometimes I say, I won’t shrink. But I shrink from going out and enjoying it. My little great-grandson was visiting one day last week. We were talking about things he liked to do. He had his big, colorful plastic gun, and he was showing me how he could put it together. He knew about Special-Ops from a game he played on the computer. He
took a small knife out of his pocket and showed it to me. The blade folded up nicely. I asked him if he knew anything about playing a game with a knife called mumble peg. I told him boys used to play this, tossing the knife in different ways as a competition. It was fun to do, and it took skill. It was a good way to develop good coordination. We went out in the yard and sat in the grass, and I showed him how to play the game. I was out of practice, and my throwing was, you could say, pretty rusty. You should get the knife to go into the ground blade down. Lots of times, I let the handle hit the ground first. The boy caught on right away and liked it. He wanted to know all the rules about taking turns and being careful. It has been a long time since I sat down on the ground. It feels good to sit on grass, rather than a lawn chair. As children, our generation was closer to the ground. We were closer to nature, too. Boys played marbles on the ground and baseball in the dirt. In town, there were always vacant lots where kids could go
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on safaris and fight pretend wars in the weeds. We would play follow the leader. We flew kites. Girls would lay a blanket on the grass, sit on it, and play paper dolls, or make clover chains or hollyhock dolls with flowers for skirts and buds for heads. We looked for four-leaf clovers. How lucky you would be if you found one. The best things in life are free, and sometimes we don’t take advantage of them. I have thrown away too many valuable experiences. I have stayed indoors for too many starry nights. While sorting things to toss away, I must pay more attention and not throw away the wrong things. That’s impossible. Nobody really knows what strange things will be treasures and of greater value in the future. There are just so many lost opportunities. One thing I can do is try to include more of the plain old experiences that once gave me pleasure.
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Sarona by Marian Furchtenicht
Folks have been enjoying the Olympic competitions. Sure are some talented people in the world, huh? Otherwise, folks have been making pickles and freezing corn. Cooler seems good after last week’s hot, muggy days. Close to an inch of rain fell here during the night Friday. Crops
really needed that drink to survive, so it was most welcome. Yes, August is here! The cool mornings, hotter in the afternoons, beautiful blue skies and orange sunsets and warm evenings for all to enjoy. The hummingbird feeders are humming with the new hatch of young birds.
Barron Electric donates equipment to several organizations
The acorns are forming on the oaks. Marilyn Zimmerman attended her Rice Lake Class of 1972 reunion. They met Friday night for an informal get-together at V&M Bar and Saturday there was dinner and dancing at the Elks Club in Rice Lake with a very good turnout. About 300 were in that graduating class, one of the bigger classes. Sunday, Marilynn, Renee and Janet Zimmerman attended a bridal shower for Breanne Myers, Randy and Linda’s daughter, held at the Masonic Center in Rice Lake. She will be marrying Ben LaVeau, son of Sue Ellen and Duane on Sept. 6.
Sue Krantz’s brother, Jim Smith, wife Vicki, and granddaughter Leila from Georgia were here Wednesday until Sunday visiting relatives. Sue entertained the family for Friday night supper. Matt Krantz and two children came from Chippewa Falls to join them for supper. Marlene Hansen had a fun weekend. She helped with the Wisconsin High Ground National Vet Bike Ride that the TOPS Club she is in sponsored. There were 72 women bikers, half of them over 63 years old. They started in Hayward, going to Ladysmith, riding in the scattered showers all day Saturday. They See Sarona, page 17
We can’t beat weather like we have had lately. Some rain and lots of sun! It’s a little breezy to be sitting out on the patio, besides, the Olympics are on. Get-well wishes to Mary Randall of Glenview, and a former Spooner resident. She is in St. Mary’s Hospital in Duluth, Minn. Her daughter, Peggy, came in Sunday to give us an update. She will be starting rehabilitation this week. We keep her in our prayers. We are happy to report that Adam Gronning has returned home from Eau Claire after receiving treatment from a work accident a week ago. Take care, Adam. Brent and Jeff Pederson visited him on Saturday. A group from here went to the Dairy Queen last Monday, and a few went to Crazy Days in Spooner, Friday and Saturday. Visiting here with Helen V. Pederson Sunday afternoon were Tim and Sue Pederson’s girls, Megan and friend Dustin and Stephanie and Cory, all of Eau Claire. Megan is employed at Eau Claire North High School and Steph will be teaching fourth grade in Bloomer. They had been fishing on Shell Lake with Brent Pederson of Minneapolis, Minn., who spent the weekend with Jeff. Fishing wasn’t good. Visiting here with Arlys Santiago over the weekend were sister Avis Paulson of Verndale, Minn., and Alvin and Judy Olson and Judy’s mom, Georgeen, of Ocala, Fla. Arlys, Avis and Alvin sang at Salem Church on Sunday. They will be spending some time at a cabin before leaving for home. Audrey Carlson, sister,
of Wyoming, Minn., was also up. They had all come for the Olson reunion, family of Gust and Nathea Olson who immigrated from Norway in 1895 and lived in Timberland, raising 15 children. Les Olson, son of the oldest child, George, is now living on the home place. The cousins got together at Hilltop Restaurant in Timberland Friday night. The reunion continued at the Timberland church on Saturday, with about 75-80 attending. It continued Saturday night with dinner at Bistro 63 in Barronett. I’m sure it was a fun weekend. Lillian Ullom joined Frank Mortensen and Louise Schade at Florence Carlson’s Sunday night for supper. Mavis and Roger Flach spent Saturday at Hudson where their granddaughter, Haily Flach, played softball in the traveling softball team tournament. Sue and Larry Winner and Larry’s daughter, Hope, and three children drove to Akron, Ohio, for a wedding Saturday of a cousin of Larry’s. They returned on Sunday. Visiting with brother Myron and Judy Bolterman over the weekend was Terry Bolterman of Ettick. He attended his 20th class reunion from Spooner High School. They all met at the Prime in Trego, Friday night, Tracks on Saturday night, and home Sunday. He spent the weekend with Judy and Myron. Uncle Wilbur asked that Aunt Agatha sing, “Amazing Grace” at his funeral. He always claimed his wife’s singing could wake the dead and figured it was worth a try! Have a good week.
Heart Lake news by Helen V. Pederson
Carrie Baribeau, marketing specialist, presents used cell phones and laptops to Christin Nash of the Time-Out Shelter in Spooner. — Photo submitted
BARRON — Barron Electric Cooperative donated nine used computers, three laptops and three printers, as well as 14 used cell phones and accessories, to the following nonprofit organizations: Barron Senior Center, Benjamin House in Rice Lake, Boys and Girls Club in Barron, Rice Lake Free Clinic, Spooner Senior Center and the Time-Out Shelter in Spooner. Barron Electric’s board of directors approved these donations at their June board meeting. Barron Electric Board
President Selmer Nelson said, “We have identified a real need in the community, and we are happy we can meet the need from surplus supplies at our office.” Christin Nash, Washburn County Outreach advocate, said, “The Time-Out Family Abuse Shelter greatly appreciates the donations. These donations will really help those in need.” Sandy Krautkramer, Rice Lake Free Clinic, said, “There are so many resources now available on the Internet. These computers will really help.” — from Barron Electric
by Steve Roisum Wisconsin Public Radio WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House has approved a controversial bill aimed at helping farmers who are suffering from the drought. If signed into law, the bill would retroactively extend several disaster assistance programs that expired in 2011. Backers say the bill will bring much relief to farmers. But, critics say those programs don’t benefit all farmers. Wisconsin Farmers Union Government Affairs Director Kara Slaughter says there’s no reason the bill should favor one producer over another. “The programs extended by this disaster bill for example would provide relief to chicken producers, but there
would be limited assistance for dairy producers.” To help pay for the assistance, the House wants to impose caps on two popular conservation programs. Wisconsin Democratic Congressman Ron Kind says that would be a mistake, “These voluntary incentive-based land and water conservation programs are very important for our family farmers throughout Wisconsin in the Upper Midwest. It helps them be good stewards of the land. The House Agriculture Disaster Assistance Bill was introduced by Chairman Frank Lucas of Oklahoma. Speaking on the House floor, Lucas said the bill is fiscally responsible, and gives tools to ranchers and farmers who need the help.
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They took a note from their doctor to Louie’s with instructions to make a blue cake if the note said “boy,” and a pink cake if the note said “girl.” So, they invited grandparents, parents and friends over, and picked up the cake. Big brother, Steven, was given the responsibility of cutting and serving the cake. Grandma, Debbie Lehmann, wanted Steven to cut the entire cake before lifting out the first piece, but Angela absolutely couldn’t wait that long to find out! When Steven cut the first piece, Angela insisted that he lift it out immediately. It was pink! It’s a girl! Angela and Shane are so happy. They have two boys already, and would have welcomed another little boy with open arms, but they were kind of hoping for a girl. Congratulations to the whole family. We all know how happy you will be. Alyse Lehmann mentioned that she is doing Zumba, which is a dance/exercise class led by Anna Bennett, on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 6 p.m. at the Cumberland Elementary School. Alyse said that it’s really fun, and invited me to join in some evening. I‘m going to try, I think. I’m so uncoordinated that they will probably ask me never to come back, but it’ll be fun once. The friendly neighborhood moocher mentioned that after a long dry spell he finally got a piece of pie. He wouldn’t mention any names, but he said that he had a piece of absolutely delicious cherry pie, and a really good conversation. Seems that Terry has something common with the woman’s husband, they both have the same cowboy hero, “King of the Cowboys,” Roy Rogers. And, Terry said that if you need any cattle hauled, it sounds like the husband would be the guy to call. I’m sure you can figure that out. If you need more of a hint, call. I’ve guessed who it is already. He (Terry) also told me the following joke that I just have to pass on. A cowboy rode into an Old West town, got off his horse and walked into the saloon. He told the bartender that he wanted a tall, cold beer. Well, unbeknown to him, the people in that town were quite the jokers, and whenever a new guy showed up they would hide his horse. So, after he drank his beer and walked outside, he saw that his horse was missing. He was pretty upset. He pulled out his trusty sixshooter, fired a shot into the air, walked back into the saloon and said, “Give me
rode to Thorp by Sunday noon and on to Neilsville where they had the High Ground ceremony naming all of the Wisconsin vets that have died while in combat the last couple of years. This program helps servicemen and their families that have issues and need help. They raised a lot of money for them. Marlene had sponsored a girl. She didn’t bike but drove her car, helping with food, and met some great people and reports it was very rewarding. Sympathy to the family of Pete Shaw, Florida, formerly of Sarona. His funeral was held at Appleyard’s in Rice Lake on Saturday. He was a fun guy to be around. Years back we used to get together with him and his first wife, Lucille. He has lived in Panama City, Fla., for the past 10 years. Mavis Schlapper had her sister, Joyce Wade, Spooner, and their niece, Robin Krube, and husband Mike from Brodhead, Wyo., in for lunch on Saturday. Robin is the daughter of the late Patsy Pinkston. They had been in Hayward visiting his brother, so they stopped en route home to visit her aunts. Tuesday, Mary Krantz went along with me for my eye appointment in Rice Lake. We had lunch together and did some shopping. Wednesday morning Lydia Chorpening, Shell Lake, stopped out and Mavis Schlapper stopped over so we had a good visit. Wednesday evening, granddaughter
Sara and friends Jordan Nyrus and Becca Heinecke, Cumberland, and Ashley Anderson and Jade LaFave, Shell Lake, and Hannah Anderson, Sarona, and Mary Marschall and I worked on table décor for Sara’s approaching wedding. The girls were so much fun to work with and just to be around. Saturday morning, daughter Mary and her son, Brady, came out and we froze sweet corn. In the evening, grandson Duane Swanson and Cacey Skarr, Menomonie, came up and we did more corn. The coons are having a feast in the sweet corn patch and are in the field corn as well. Reports are the spaghetti feed benefit for little Olivia Greener turned out to be a great success as did the big 125-year Rice Lake parade Saturday in Rice Lake. E-mail or call me with your news. Happy birthday this week to Adam Gronning, Shane Williams, Lorraine Thompson and Derek Sando. Aug. 9; Earl Semm, Karen Schlapper and Drew Sauer, Aug. 10; Jeff Magnes and Nora Hastreiter, Aug. 11; Ed Fischer, Ken Schmitz, Allie Hotchkins, Aug. 12; Gina Ailport, Peggy Frishie, Aug. 13; Lloyd Cross, Mike West, Nancy Swanson, Bill McCann, Aug. 14. Anniversary wishes to Gene and Polly Parker, Aug. 9; Phil and Tammy Holman, Karl and Krista Okonek, and Greg and Sue Krantz, Aug. 11; and Matt and Lisa Stodola and Robin and Karen Taylor, Aug. 13.
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another beer. When I’m finished drinking it, I’m going to walk back outside and that horse had better be back at the hitching rail because I don’t want what happened in Texas to ever happen again!” He sat down, slowly drank another beer, finished and walked outside again. There was his horse, standing just where he left it the first time. He got in the saddle and had just started to ride away, when the bartender came outside
and stopped him. The bartender was pretty nervous, but he said, “S-s-sir, I hate to ask, but could you t-t-tell me what happened in Texas?” The cowboy said, “Sure, I had to walk all the way home.” I guess that’s about all I know from Barronett this week. Hope you have a wonderful week, and I’ll see you next time.
Karen Mangelsen visited Doris Kosloski Tuesday afternoon. Clam River Tuesday Club met Aug. 1 at the home of Trudy DeLawyer. The next meeting will be Sept. 5 at 12:30 p.m. at the home of Dixie Andrea. The afternoon will start with a potluck meal. Jan and Hannah Schott went with Lida Nordquist to Duluth, Minn., Wednesday and stayed overnight for a mini vacation. Kris Fjelstad attended the wake and funeral for her aunt Dede White on Wednesday and Thursday in Chippewa Falls. She was 80. Grace Mangelsen was an overnight guest of Hank and Karen Mangelsen Thursday and Friday. Nina Hines, Lida Nordquist and Marlene Swearingen attended the salad
luncheon at Trinity Lutheran Church in Spooner Friday. Saturday Bob and Kris Fjelstad attended a celebration of life for Rose Deede in Eau Claire. Rose had a short but courageous battle with cancer. Tamara Lawrence visited Maynard and Ronda Mangelsen Saturday. That evening Maynard and Ronda were visitors of Ken and Tyann Otis. Mark Hines visited Donna and Gerry Hines over the weekend. Marlene Swearingen called on them Sunday. Sunday visitors of Lawrence and Nina Hines were Lida Nordquist and Karen and Hank Mangelsen. Lydia and Keith Schuck visited Ronda and Maynard Mangelsen Sunday.
Dewey-LaFollette by Karen Mangelsen
Barron Electric donates to Scouting program
Barron Electric lineman Nate Gustum, left, presented a $500 check to Bob Lorkowski, 2012 Blue Hills District finance chair. The donation helps provide an active campership program, which helps ensure that youth from financially disadvantaged families are able to participate in Scouting and attend summer camp. Earlier this year, Barron Electric also donated $500 to the Northern Star Council/Boy Scouts of America. Funds for community donations are made available through the Federated Youth Foundation, an administrative trust overseeing unclaimed capital credits of former members. — Photo submitted
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Ruth Grover said that she had a wonderful time at her birthday get-together after church on Sunday morning. There were a lot of people, Shirley Overvig said about 40, there to wish her a happy birthday. Shirley, Geri Pittman and Sharai Hefty sang her a funny song about being old. Ruth said she thinks the name of the song was “My Get Up and Go Got Up and Went.” Shirley had a tiara for her and called her the “Queen Mum.” There were three cakes, lemon, carrot and chocolate. Ruth said that she was almost overcome with emotion with the kindness shown by her friends. I had been looking forward to celebrating with Ruth and the rest of her friends for the past two weeks, and I had to miss it. I came down with a terrible cold and didn’t want to give everyone within sneezing distance my germs. I know that birthdays ending with “1” aren’t quite as exciting as those ending with “0,” but maybe I will be able to attend her party next year. Lois Nickell’s grandson, Timothy, who is a physician’s assistant, has been at Amery Regional Medical Center since June working as an urgent care specialist. Timothy is certified in cardiovascular and pediatrics advanced life support areas. We are very proud to say that such an outstanding young man grew up right here in Barronett, and we wish Timothy well at ARMC. Sanara and Savanna Marsh had a pretty exciting time while walking through the woods at Willow River State Park near Hudson. They had been walking for quite a while and decided it was time to find their way back to the car. Problem was, they weren’t quite sure which way that was. Luckily, they saw a gentleman walking on the same path, and he said that he was headed in that direction too, and that he would show them the way. Well, turns out that the helpful gentleman was none other than astronaut Charles Donald “Sam” Germar. While they were walking, he told them who he was and some things about his career. The girls were so thrilled to have been talking to a real astronaut, that, as soon as they got to a computer, Savanna looked him up. She showed me the Internet article about him. It was very impressive. Angela and Shane Lehmann decided on a fun way to let everyone know if their new baby would be a boy or a girl.
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OBITUARIES
William E. Schiltz
William E. Schiltz, 83, Shell Lake, died Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Rice Lake. He was born Aug. 1, 1928, in Virginia, Minn., to Esley and Dorothy (McMurray) Schiltz. Bill graduated from Minneapolis Central High School in 1946 and enlisted in the U.S. Navy and was stationed in Guam. He was married Sept. 10, 1949, in Minneapolis, Minn., to Doris Angell, and they had three children. Bill earned employment with Northwestern Bell, working there until his retirement in 1981. In 1969, he built the home on Shell Lake. Doris preceded him in death in 1988. He was married in Spooner on June 21, 1997, to Billie (Quammen) Schwarze. The couple wintered in Arizona. Bill was an avid carpenter, loving husband, father and grandfather. Bill was also preceded in death by his son, Robert; and his sister, Mary. He is survived by his wife, Billie, Shell Lake, and her family; children William (Jane) Schiltz, Rosemount, Minn., and Diane (Frank) Shuman, River Falls; grandchildren Chad (Angie) Shuman, Elmwood, Michael Shuman, River Falls, Jennifer (Dan) Moon, River Falls, Tanna (Brian) Hayek, Bloomington, Minn., and Julie Schiltz, Minneapolis, Minn.; great-grandchildren Ty, Brendan, Trenton, Weston, Rayna, Kennedy, Asher,
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Brody and Hailey; sisters Dorothy (Jerry) Burns, Edina, Minn., Margaret (Jack) Berg, Longville, Minn., and Diane (Norm) Duvick, Prior Lake, Minn.; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives. A Mass of Christian Burial was held Aug. 6 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Shell Lake, with Father Ed Anderson officiating. Burial of cremains was in St. Joseph Catholic Church, Shell Lake. Military honors were accorded by Shell Lake Honor Guard. The Skinner Funeral Home, Shell Lake, was entrusted with arrangements.
Senior Lunch Menu
Monday, Aug. 13: Smoked sausage, sweet potato fries, peas and carrots, cherry crumble, bread, butter, milk, coffee. Tuesday, Aug. 14: Chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, veggies, ice cream, bread, butter, milk, coffee. Wednesday, Aug.15: Beef pepper medley, wild rice, beets, fruity gelatin dessert, bread, butter, milk, coffee. Thursday, Aug. 16: Breaded pollock, cheesy potato casserole, green beans, fresh fruit salad, bread, butter, milk, coffee. Friday, Aug. 17: BBQ pork on whole-wheat bun, pickle, potato salad, fresh nectarine, milk, coffee. Meal reservations must be made at least 24 hours in advance. Call 715-468-4750.
VBS held at Methodist Church
Charlene J. DeLawyer
Charlene J. DeLawyer, 56, Deer River, Minn., passed away due to heart complications at St. Mary’s/ Essentia Hospital in Duluth, Minn., on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012. Charlene graduated from New Lisbon High School in 1974. She went on to graduate from UW-River Falls in 1979 with a bachelor’s degree in education. Her first teaching job was in Plymouth, where she taught for five years before going on to teach in Shell Lake for 11 years. She taught most grades from kindergarten through eighth grade gaining her a wide variety of experiences. To expand her knowledge, Charlene worked on getting two master’s degrees and a six-year Certificate of Educational Administration. In May of 1999, she was hired to be the elementary principal in Deer River, Minn. One of her favorite parts of her principal job was greeting the students as they got off the bus every morning. Charlene excelled at working with students and teachers, and was loved by many in the schools she worked at. Her last educational position was in Grand Rapids, Minn., where she was hired in 2006 as administrative director of curriculum and instruction. Charlene was instrumental over the years in pioneering all-day, every-day kindergarten in schools where she taught, instructing reading recovery programs and installing the use of best practices by her staff. When she was getting her master’s degree she even went and taught in Australia. Charlene’s motto through her many years in education was “putting the children first.” Charlene courageously battled with breast cancer and Parkinson’s disease, and will be greatly missed by all she influenced over the years. Above all she loved her family, and her greatest joy was being a wife, mother and grandma. Charlene was preceded in death by her father, Jim Barrett, Camp Douglas, and mother-in-law Bonnie DeLawyer, Amery. Charlene is survived by her husband of 35 years, David; sons Adam (Mollie) DeLawyer and Tanner DeLawyer; granddaughter Lyla DeLawyer; her sister, Chris (Gary) Williams; her mother, Eileen Barrett; and father-in-law Clarence DeLawyer; as well as many nieces and nephews, cousins, special friends and her golden retriever, Guinness. The visitation will be held at Carroll Funeral Home in Deer River, Minn., 4-8 p.m., on Friday, Aug. 10. The celebration of her life will be held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Deer River, at 11 a.m., on Saturday Aug. 11. Monetary gifts will go toward an educational memorial that will be established in Charlene’s name in honor of her commitment to education.
Accidents
The younger children in vacation Bible school held at the Shell Lake United Methodist Church performed for their parents on the last day of school Thursday, Aug. 2. The theme this year was Everything is Possible with God. The event was open to children in the community and attracted children from four area churches. — Photos by Larry Samson
Saturday, July 28 At 2 a.m. Jason R. Lambert, 28, Spooner, was southbound on Tozer Lake Road, at N4787 Tozer Lake Road, when he left the roadway, rolled the vehicle to its side and down the ditch. Lambert hit a tree and the vehicle had only minor front-end damage. Lambert was arrested for OWI. No injuries were reported.
Thursday, Aug. 2 At 8:40 p.m. Dennis I. Walker, 45, Spooner, was southbound on Island Lake Road at Townsend Road. Walker gradually left the roadway and collided with a tree.
The driver was trapped, the vehicle caught fire, and passersby extracted him from the vehicle. A blood alcohol test was given, and no charges have yet to be reported. Very severe total vehicle damage was reported. Walker was transported via ambulance for medical attention.
Sunday, Aug. 5 At 7:08 a.m. Travis R. Bird, 19, Knapp, was northbound on Hwy. 53, a half mile south of Oakridge Drive in Minong, when he hit a deer. No vehicle damage or injuries were reported.
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AREA CHURCHES
Alliance
Lake Park Alliance 53 3rd Ave., Shell Lake Pastor John Sahlstrom Lay Pastor Richard Peterson Youth leader Ryan Hunziker 715-468-2734 Worship Service: 10 a.m. Youth Group, 7th - 12th grades: Wednesdays 7 - 8:30 p.m.
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
W7135 Green Valley Rd. (Green Valley Rd. and Hwy. 63) Pastor Darrel Flaming 715-635-2277 www.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.
Catholic
St. Joseph's 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.
Episcopal St. Alban's
W3114 Church Rd., Sarona Pastor Mary Strom Sunday Worship 8:30 a.m. Outdoor Service 10:15 Indoor Service
Corner of Elm and Summit St., Spooner Father Bob Rodgers 715-635-8475 Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist: Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and Thursday at 9:30 a.m. Morning prayer: 8:15 a.m. Monday - Thursday
Salem Lutheran, ELCA
803 Second St., Shell Lake 715-468-7718 www.shelllakesalem lutheran.org Worship 9 a.m. Sunday School 10:15 a.m..
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Timberland Ringebu Free Lutheran
293 S. Hwy. 63, Shell Lake Pastor Virgil Amundson 715-468-2895 Sunday School & Adult Education Classes: 9 a.m. Celebration worship 10 a.m.; KFC (Kids For Christ) during Service; UTurn Student Ministries 6 p.m.; Tuesdays: Compassion Connection (Men only) 7 p.m.; Wednesdays: Compassion Connection (Women only) 7 p.m.; Thurdays: Compassion Connection (Coed meetings) 7 p.m.;
20805 CTH H, Barronett 715-468-4403 Pastor Al Bedard Sunday School 8:30 a.m. Family Worship 9:30 a.m. Fellowship follows worship Holy Communion first Sunday of the month Midweek Studies Tuesdays 2 & 7 p.m.
Trinity Lutheran
Lutheran
Barronett Lutheran
776 Prospect Ave., Barronett Pastor Todd Ahneman 715-671-3197 (cell) Sunday Worship: 9 a.m. The Spirit Connection Youth Group will meet the first Wednesday of the month at 6 p.m.
Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church
(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.
Faith Lutheran
(Missouri Synod) South of Spooner off Hwy. W7148 Luther Rd. Pastor Brent Berkesch 715-635-8167 Sunday 9. a.m. Worship Thursday, 6:30 p.m. Worship Lutheran Hour on WJMC 96.1 FM Radio at 9 a.m. Sundays
Nazarene
Long Lake Lutheran Church
1790 Scribner St., Spooner 715-635-3603 Sunday Worship: 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Sunday School: 9:15 a.m.
Methodist
United Methodist
135 Reinhart Dr., Shell Lake, 715-468-2405 Pastor Gregory Harrell Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday School during worship time; webcast livestream.com/slumc
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.
Church of the Nazarene
Hwy. 253 S, Spooner Rev. David Frazer 715-635-3496 Sunday Worship: 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.; Wednesday adult, youth and children ministries: 6:30 p.m.
Wesleyan
Spooner Wesleyan
Hwy. 70 W, Spooner www.spoonerwesleyan.org Senior Pastor Ronald W. Gormong; Assistant Pastor Chopper Brown 715-635-2768 Sunday Worship 9 a.m.; Sunday School and ABFs: 10:30 a.m.; nursery provided; Celebrate Recovery, now every Monday at 6:30 p.m. Team Kid, ages 4 yrs. - 6th grade, Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Other
Cornerstone Christian
Pastor Tom Kelby 106 Balsam St., Spooner 715-635-9222 www.cornerstonechurch spooner.com Sunday Worship: 10 a.m. Children’s Sunday School: 10:30 a.m.; Wed. Prayer: 6:30 p.m. Youth Group Wednesday: 6:30 p.m.
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.
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Washburn County Court news
Damian J. Ferguson, Spooner, Anthony H. Garcia, Rice Lake, Gregory B. Gray, Cable, possesdisorderly conduct, $263.50. bail jumping, $268.00; possession of sion of THC, $263.50. methamphetamine, $268.00; posRoy C. Rich, Trego, disorderly (July 25, Aug. 1, 8) session of THC, $268.00. conduct, $243.00. STATE OF WISCONSIN Kasey A. Yakes, Eau Claire, opCIRCUIT COURT erating without carrying license, WASHBURN COUNTY (July 25, Aug. 1, 8) $175.50. IN THE MATTER OF THE Jeffrey C. Abbuehl, Sarona, STATE OF WISCONSIN ESTATE OF CIRCUIT COURT speeding, $175.30. CHARLES R. MELTON WASHBURN COUNTY Michael J. Allison, Centralia, Ill., Order Setting Time to Hear vehicle equipment violations, group In the matter of the name Petition for Administration and change of: 3, $175.30, twice; age, waiver of Deadline for Filing Claims Rita Marie Schroepfer physical disqualification, $175.30. (Formal Administration) Case No. 12 PR 40 A petition for formal administration was filed. THE COURT FINDS: The decedent, with date of birth April 18, 1952, and date of death June 17, 2012, was domiciled in Washburn County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of W6056 Cranberry Road, Shell Lake, WI 54871. THE COURT ORDERS: 1. The petition be heard at the Washburn County Courthouse, Shell Lake, Wisconsin, before Circuit Court Judge Eugene E. Harrington, on August 13, 2012, at 9:30 a.m. You do not need to appear unless you object. The petition may be granted if there is no objection. 2. The deadline for filing a claim against the decedent’s estate is October 31, 2012. 3. A claim may be filed at the Washburn County Courthouse, Shell Lake, Wisconsin. 4. Heirship will be determined at the hearing on petition for final judgment. 5. Publication of this notice is notice to any persons whose names or addresses are unknown. Please check with person named below for exact time and date. BY THE COURT: Eugene D. Harrington Circuit Court Judge July 18, 2012 Ryan M. Benson Attorney at Law Benson Law Office LLC P.O. Box 370 Siren, WI 54872 715-349-5215 565835 Bar No. 1036463 WNAXLP (Aug. 8, 15, 22) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT WASHBURN COUNTY In re the marriage of: Amanpreet Kaur, Petitioner, and Satnam Singh a/k/a Satnam Rehal, Respondent.
SUMMONS Case No. 12 FA 68 THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, To the person named above as the Respondent: You are hereby notified that the Petitioner named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you. Within 40 days after August 2, 2012, you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the Petition. The demand must be sent or delivered to the court, whose address is P.O. Box 339, Shell Lake, WI 54871, and to Kathryn zumBrunnen, Petitioner’s attorney, whose address is P.O. Box 96, Spooner, WI 54801. You may have an attorney help or represent you. If you do not demand a copy of the Petition within 40 days, the court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the Petition, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or maybe incorrect in the Petition. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property. Dated this 30th day of July, 2012. Kathryn zumBrunnen Attorney for Petitioner P.O. Box 96 Spooner, WI 54801 715-635-3174 State Bar No. 1016913 566774 WNAXLP
By (Petitioner): Rita Marie Schroepfer Notice and Order for Name Change Hearing Case No. 12 CV 120 NOTICE IS GIVEN: A petition was filed asking to change the name of the person listed above: From: Rita Marie Schroepfer To: Rita Marie Eiche Birth Certificate: Rita Marie Schroepfer IT IS ORDERED: This petition will be heard in the Circuit Court of Washburn County, State of Wisconsin: Judge’s Name: Hon. Eugene Harrington Place: 10 4th Ave., Shell Lake, WI 54871 Date: August 24, 2012 Time: 3:30 p.m. BY THE COURT: Eugene Harrington Circuit Court Judge July 18, 2012 565987 WNAXLP
(Aug. 1, 8, 15) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT WASHBURN COUNTY CITIBANK, N.A. 701 E 60TH ST. NORTH SIOUX FALLS, SD 57117 Plaintiff, vs. GARY D. GRAHAM W4999 Veazie Rd. Trego, WI 54888-9408 Defendant(s). Case No. 12CV82 AMENDED SUMMONS Money Judgment: 30301 Our File: 1547603 THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, To each person named above as Defendant: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you. The complaint, which is also served upon you, states the nature and basis of the legal action. Within 40 days after 7/30/12 you must respond with a written answer, as that term is used in chapter 802 of the Wisconsin Statutes, to the complaint. The court may reject or disregard an answer that does not follow the requirements of the statutes. The answer must be sent or delivered to the court whose address is P.O. BOX 339/110 W. 4TH STREET, SHELL LAKE, WI 54871 and to Rausch, Sturm, Israel, Enerson & Hornik, LLC, Plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is shown below. You may have an attorney help or represent you. If you do not provide a proper answer to the complaint or provide a written demand for said complaint within the 40-day period, the court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the complaint. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property. Dated: July 17, 2012. /s/ Brandon E. Bowlin Rausch, Sturm, Israel, Enerson & Hornik LLC Attorneys in the Practice of Debt Collection 250 N. Sunnyslope Rd. Suite 300 Brookfield, WI 53005 Toll-Free: 877-667-8010 Attorney for the Plaintiff 566298 WNAXLP
(July 25, Aug. 1, 8) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY EVERBANK 8100 Nations Way Jacksonville, Florida 32256 Plaintiff, vs. NICOLE M. STRENKE and JOHN DOE, unknown spouse of Nicole M. Strenke P.O. Box 113 Minong, WI 54859 OR 654 Cedar Street Neenah, WI 54956 Defendants Case No. 12-CV-0817 Code No. 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage Dollar Amount Greater Than $5,000 FORTY-DAY SUMMONS THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, TO: NICOLE M. STRENKE and JOHN DOE, unknown spouse of Nicole M. Strenke P.O. Box 113 Minong, WI 54859; and N13337 Denniger Road Minong, WI 54859 654 Cedar Street Neenah, WI 54956 You are hereby notified that the plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you. The complaint, which is also served upon you, states the nature and basis of the legal action. Within 40 days after July 25, 2012, you must respond with a written answer, as that term is used in Chapter 802 of the Wisconsin Statutes, to the complaint. The court may reject or disregard an answer that does not follow the requirements of the statutes. The answer must be sent or delivered to the court, whose address is: Clerk of Circuit Court Winnebago County Courthouse 415 Jackson Street P.O. Box 2808 Oshkosh, WI 54903 and to O’Dess and Associates, S.C., Plaintiff’s attorneys, whose address is: O’Dess and Associates, S.C. 1414 Underwood Avenue Suite 403 Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 53213 You may have an attorney help or represent you. If you do not provide a proper answer within 40 days, the court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the complaint. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property. O’Dess and Associates, S.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff By: M. ABIGAIL O’DESS Bar Code No. 1017869 Post Office Address: 1414 Underwood Avenue Suite 403 Wauwatosa, WI 53213 (414) 727-1591 O’Dess and Associates, S.C., is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. If you have previously received a Chapter 7 Discharge in Bankruptcy, this correspondence should not be construed as an attempt to collect a debt. 565955 WNAXLP
Teresa K. Anderson, Rice Lake, operating motor vehicle without proof of insurance, $10.00. Ian D. Augustin, Rochester, Minn., speeding, $200.50. James E. Bahls, Beaver Dam, nonregistration of auto, etc., $175.30. Barry Coons DBA Coon’s Electric, Minong, operating motor vehicle without proof of insurance, $10.00. James K. Berger, Spooner, seat belt violation, $10.00. Justin H. Bluse, Spooner, operating motor vehicle without proof of insurance, $10.00. Alyson J. Bocek, Crandon, speeding, $175.30. Cynthia M. Breault, Cottage Grove, Minn., speeding, $200.50. Jack A. Bronczyk, St. Paul, Minn., operating motor vehicle without proof of insurance, $10.00. Peter T. Brown, Askov, Minn., speeding, $200.50. Janette A. Burley, Hutchinson, Minn., passing in no-passing zone, $213.10. Noah D. Clark, Sarona, disorderly conduct, $263.50. Robert D. Ensminger, Brainerd, Minn., speeding, $175.30. Janet V. Erickson, Shell Lake, failure to stop for unloading school bus, $200.00. Randy L. Eytcheson, Hayward, interstate/intrastate driving requirements, $200.50, twice. Kayla L. Fitzsimmons, Mahtomedi, Minn., speeding, $200.50. Sankara M. Ganapathy, Santa Ana, Calif., speeding, $210.00. Tiffany M. Healey, Chippewa Falls, seat belt violation, $10.00. (Aug. 8, 15, 22) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT BARRON COUNTY ROYAL CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff, vs. JAN C. EVERSON, TODD L. TODD, Defendants. Case No. 12CV306 Case code: 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage AMENDED SUMMONS To: Todd L. Todd N4096 Cty. Hwy. M Sarona, WI 54870 You are hereby notified that Plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you. Within forty (40) days after August 8, 2012, you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the Complaint. The demand must be sent or delivered to the Court, whose address is Barron County Justice Center, 1420 State Highway 25 N., Barron, Wisconsin, and to Weld, Riley, Prenn & Ricci, S.C., and to Weld, Riley, Prenn & Ricci, S.C., Plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is 3624 Oakwood Hills Parkway, P.O. Box 1030 Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54702-1030. You may have an attorney help or represent you. If you do not demand a copy of the Complaint within forty (40) days, the Court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the Complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the Complaint. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment of seizure of property. Dated this 31st day of July, 2012. WELD, RILEY, PRENN & RICCI, S.C. By: Christine A. Gimber State Bar ID #01020223 Attorneys for Plaintiff P.O. ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1030 Eau Claire, WI 54702-1030 715-839-7786 This is an attempt to collect a debt. A ny information obtained will be used for that purpose. 566773 WNAXLP
Trevor F. Hautamaki, Negaunee, Mich., operating motor vehicle without proof of insurance, $10.00. Ayad Jindeel, Duluth, Minn., speeding, $250.90. James C. Johnson, Spooner, operating without valid license, $200.50; possession of drug paraphernalia, $263.50. Jack N. Korn, Birchwood, failure to yield while making left turn, $175.30. Kevin E. Lawrence, Spooner, dog running at large, $150.10. Jared C. Mathis, St. Paul, Minn., speeding, $175.30. Patrick D. Mergens, Spooner, speeding, $175.30. Benji R. Micheels, Barron, speeding, $200.50. Gary A. Michel, Trego, failure to stop for unloading school bus, $326.50. Kathryn A. Miller, Nashville, Tenn., speeding, $276.10. Ryan P. Morrissey, Plymouth, Minn., speeding, $200.50. Clifford A. Murray, New Era, Mich., speeding, $250.90. Troy D. Newman, Rice Lake, speeding, $200.50. Stanley A. Nystrom, Rice Lake, speeding, $175.30. Jesse J. Olson, Eau Claire, speeding, $276.10. Marilyn J. Olson, Spooner, seat belt violation, $10.00. Leellen L. Pemberton, Ashland, speeding, $200.50. Walter K. Radomski, Amery, operating without valid license, $200.50. Leslie D. Radtke, Grantsburg, operating motor vehicle without proof of insurance, $10.00. David A. Rady, Hayward, seat belt violation, $10.00. Blake T. Raimer, Spooner, operating motor vehicle without proof of insurance, $10.00. Lisa L. Rauschendorfer, Minneapolis, Minn., speeding, $175.30.
Rachel M. Rogowski, Rice Lake, speeding, $200.50. Jeffery A. Romsos, Hayward, operating motor vehicle without proof of insurance, $10.00. Karl T. Sandager, Eau Claire, speeding, $200.50. Gordon J. Schlapper, Spooner, seat belt violation, $18.00. Andrew W. Schrage, Indianapolis, Ind., speeding, $200.50. Jeri A. Short, Chippewa Falls, speeding, $200.50. Chad H. Smith, Chippewa Falls, seat belt violation, $10.00. Sigrid F. Sorensen, Superior, operating motor vehicle without proof of insurance, $10.00. Lori A. Staton, Cumberland, operating motor vehicle without proof of insurance, $10.00. Alexander J.W. Stene, Rice Lake, operating motor vehicle without proof of insurance, $10.00. Carter N. Tate, Midland, Texas, speeding, $200.50. Tanisha J. Thayer, Lake City, Fla., seat belt violation, $10.00. Adrian A. Tigert, Wauwatosa, speeding, $200.50. Ronald B. Turner, Glidden, speeding, $225.70. Timothy J. Vasatka, Webster, operating motor vehicle without proof of insurance, $10.00. Charles N. Vogel, Rice Lake, speeding, $200.50. Erik A. Voirin, North Aurora, Ill., speeding, $250.90. Daniel R. Weber, Chicago, Ill., speeding, $200.50. Renny Z. Wendnagel, Lake Forest, Ill., speeding, $250.90. Richard J. Zabel, Maplewood, Minn., speeding, $175.30.
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Office Operations Manager
Washburn County is accepting applications for the position of Office Operations Manager with the Highway Department. This position is responsible for a variety of administrative activities in support of overall departmental operations. Other duties include the preparation of program budgets; facilitation of county, state and local road programs; management of inventory/purchasing; logistics; employee relations and payroll prep; tracks fixed assets; and oversees financial reporting for the department.
Candidates for this position must possess strong leadership skills, knowledge and experience in problem-solving techniques and exceptional communication skills. Duties also include responsibility for the management and coordination of finance activities related to construction and maintenance of the county, state and town infrastructure. This position is under the direct supervision of the highway commissioner.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor degree in Accounting or related field, four years’ automated cost accounting or office management experience, proficiency with automatic accounting systems or any combination of education and experience that provides equivalent knowledge, skills and abilities.
Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience and includes an excellent benefit package. Download an employment application and a complete position description from the County Web site at www.co.washburn.wi.us or contact the Washburn County Human Resources Department, P.O. Box 337, Shell Lake, WI 54871 (Ph. 715-468-4624, Fax 715-468-4628). Resumes will be accepted but will not take the place of a completed application. Applications must be received by 4:30 p.m., Friday, August 10, 2012. 566485 50-51r 40b “EOE”
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NOTICE OF PARTISAN PRIMARY AND SAMPLE BALLOTS August 14, 2012
OFFICE OF THE WASHBURN COUNTY CLERK TO THE ELECTORS OF WASHBURN COUNTY: Notice is hereby given of a partisan primary to be held in Washburn County on August 14, 2012, at which the nominees for the offices named below shall be chosen. The names of the candidates for each office, whose nominations have been certified to or filed in this office, are given under the title of the office under the appropriate party or other designation, each in its proper column, together with the questions submitted to a vote, if any, in the sample ballot below. INFORMATION TO ELECTORS Upon entering the polling place, an elector shall give his or her name and address and sign the poll book before being permitted to vote. If an elector is not registered to vote, an elector may register to vote at the polling place serving his or her residence if the elector provides proof of residence. Where ballots are distributed to electors, the initials of two inspectors must appear on the ballot. Upon being permitted to vote, the elector shall retire alone to a voting booth and cast his or her ballot, except that an elector who is a parent or guardian may be accompanied by the elector’s minor child or minor ward. An election official may inform the elector of the proper manner for casting a vote, but the official may not in any manner advise or indicate a particular voting choice. At the partisan primary the elector shall select the party of his or her choice. Where paper ballots are used, the elector shall choose the ballot of the party of his or her choice. The elector shall then make a cross (X) in the square next to the name of the candidate of his or her choice for each office for which he or she intends to vote on the ballot of his or her choice. To vote for a person whose name does not appear on the ballot, the elector shall write in the name of the person of his or her choice in the space provided for a write-in vote. Where touch screen voting systems are used, the elector shall touch the screen next to the party of his or her choice. The elector shall then touch the screen next to the name of the candidate of his or
her choice for each office for which he or she intends to vote. To vote for a person whose name does not appear on the ballot, the elector shall type in the name of the person of his or her choice in the space provided for a write-in vote. The vote should not be cast in any other manner. If an elector spoils a paper or optical scan ballot, he or she shall return it to an election official who shall issue another ballot in its place, but not more than three ballots shall be issued to any one elector. If the ballot has not been initialed by two inspectors or is defective in any other way, the elector shall return it to the election official, who shall issue a proper ballot in its place. The elector may spoil a touch screen ballot at the voting station before the ballot is cast. Not more than five minutes’ time shall be allowed inside a voting booth. Sample ballots or other materials to assist the elector in marking his or her vote may be taken into the booth and copied. The sample ballot shall not be shown to anyone so as to reveal how the ballot is marked. After casting his or her vote, the elector shall leave the voting booth and properly deposit the ballot. After an official paper ballot is marked, it shall be folded so the inside marks do not show, but so the printed endorsements and inspectors’ initials on the outside do show. The elector shall then deposit the voted ballot in the ballot box (or deliver the ballot to an inspector for deposit,) deposit the unvoted ballots in the discard box, and promptly leave the polling place. After an official touch screen ballot is marked, the elector shall leave the polling place promptly. An elector may select an individual to assist in casting his or her vote if the elector declares to the presiding official that he or she is unable to read, has difficulty reading, writing or understanding English, or that due to disability is unable to cast his or her ballot. The selected individual rendering assistance may not be the elector’s employer or an agent of that employer or an officer or agent of a labor organization which represents the elector. The following is a sample of the official ballot:
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IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Florence E. Bortz Order Setting Deadline for Filing a Claim (Formal Administration) Case No. 12 PR 33
A petition for formal administration was filed. THE COURT FINDS: 1. The decedent, with date of birth Oct. 24, 1925, and date of death April 9, 2012, was domiciled in Washburn County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 1124 Huron Street, Spooner, WI 54801. 2. All interested persons waived notice.
THE COURT ORDERS: 1. The deadline for filing a claim against the decedent’s estate is November 1, 2012. 2. A claim must be filed at the Washburn County Courthouse, Shell Lake, Wisconsin.
BY THE COURT: Eugene D. Harrington Circuit Court Judge August 1, 2012
Kathryn zumBrunnen Box 96 Spooner, WI 54801 715-635-3174 Bar Number 1016913 566861 WNAXLP
(August 1, 8, 15) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT WASHBURN COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RICHARD D. PURFEERST Order Setting Deadline for Filing a Claim (Formal Administration) Case No. 12 PR 32 A petition for formal administration was filed. THE COURT FINDS: 1. The decedent with date of birth March 17, 1943, and date of death May 15, 2012, was domiciled in Washburn County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of W2255 Larson Rd., Springbrook, WI 54875. 2. All interested persons waived notice. THE COURT ORDERS: 1. The deadline for filing a claim against the decedent’s estate is October 20, 2012. 2. A claim must be filed at the Washburn County Courthouse, Shell Lake, Wisconsin. BY THE COURT: Eugene D. Harrington Circuit Court Judge July 20, 2012
Kathryn zumBrunnen Box 96 Spooner, WI 54801 715-635-3174 Bar Number: 1016913 566453 WNAXLP
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http://ayresnet/documents/specstyles.htm http://ayresnet/ documents/abbrev.htm PROJECT: CTH A Bridge Over CN Railroad Overhead Concrete Surface Repair Rehabilitation Washburn County, Wisconsin BID DEADLINE: August 23, 2012, 2 p.m., Local Time NOTICE Sealed bid proposals for the above project will be received by Jon Johnson, Commissioner, Washburn County Highway Department, 1600 County Highway H, Spooner, WI 54801, until the Bid Deadline. Immediately thereafter, the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. In general the project consists of performing approximately 1,000 SF of overhead concrete surface repair and 50 SF of concrete mansonry deck patch, and applying protective surface treatment. A single prime bid will be received for the work. BID SECURITY Bids must be accompanied by bid security in the amount of 10% of the bid amount. Bid and bid security may not be withdrawn for a period of time as specified in the Wis. Dept. of Transportation Standard Specifications. Bid security will be retained if the Bidder is awarded the Work and fails to execute the Contract and furnish 100% Performance and Payment Bonds. WAGE RATES State prevailing wage rates are applicable to this project. QUALIFICATIONS Bidders shall be experienced in this type of work and shall be prequalified with the Wis. Dept. of Transportation for work in the class and amount of their bid. RIGHTS RESERVED Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive informalities in any bid. BIDDING DOCUMENTS Bidding documents may be examined at Builders Exchanges in Eau Claire, Duluth, Minneapolis and St. Paul; at the MEDA Construction Connection in Minneapolis and through the electronic plan rooms of McGraw-Hill Construction Dodge and Reed Construction Data. Bidding documents may be obtained: • In Adobe Acrobat® electronic format by download from the Quest Construction Data Network Web site, accessible via www.AyresAssociates.com by clicking on the “Bidding” link, for $20.00. • In paper format from Ayres Associates, 3433 Oakwood Hills Parkway, Eau Claire, WI 54701-7698, 715-834-3161, upon payment of $50 per set. Payment will not be refunded. For technical questions on the project, contact Chris McMahon at 715-834-3161. Published by authority of: Washburn County Highway Department 566937 51-52r WNAXLP
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(July 25, Aug. 1, 8) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT WASHBURN COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF EDMUND SEDBROOK Notice Setting Time to Hear Application and Deadline for Filing Claims (Informal Administration) Case No. 12 PR 38 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: 1. An application for informal administration was filed. 2. The decedent, with date of birth May 10, 1927, and date of death July 4, 2012, was domiciled in Washburn County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of W821 Metcalf Road, Stone Lake, WI 54876. 3. The application will be heard at the Washburn County Courthouse, Shell Lake, Wisconsin, before Probate Registrar on August 14, 2012, at 9:00 a.m. You do not need to appear unless you object. The application may be granted if there is no objection. 4. The deadline for filing a claim against the decedent’s estate is October 25, 2012. 5. A claim may be filed at the Washburn County Courthouse, Shell Lake, Wisconsin. 6. This publication is notice to any persons whose names or addresses are unknown. Marilynn E. Benson Probate Registrar July 11, 2012 Jack Kussmaul KINNEY, URBAN & KUSSMAUL 151 W. Maple St., P.O. Box 528 Lancaster, WI 53813 608-723-7661 Bar Number: 1011078 565688 WNAXLP
(Aug. 8) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT WASHBURN COUNTY Our File #680617 CAPITAL ONE BANK USA NA FKA CAPITAL ONE BANK A FOREIGN CORPORATION 140 E SHORE DR. 12017-0380 GLEN ALLEN, VA 23059 Plaintiff, vs. SUZANNE M. HADLEY Defendant. Case No. 12SC000258 SMALL CLAIMS AMENDED SUMMONS To: Suzanne M. Hadley W783 Beaver Lake Rd. P.O. Box 13306 Hayward, WI 54843 You are being sued by: Capital One Bank USA NA FKA Capital One Bank A Foreign Corporation in the Small Claims Court of Washburn County, located at 10 West Fourth Avenue, Shell Lake, WI 54871. A hearing will be held at 1:30 p.m. on August 21, 2012. If you do not appear, a judgment may be given to the party suing you. A copy of this amended summons along with the summons and complaint is being mailed to you. Dated a Milwaukee, Wisconsin this July 19, 2012 KOHN LAW FIRM S.C. BY: Joseph R. Johnson Plaintiff’s Attorney State Bar No. 1053052 735 N. Water St., Suite 1300 Milwaukee, WI 53202 566772 414-276-0435 WNAXLP
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS - CITY OF SHELL LAKE
The City of Shell Lake is seeking proposals for engineering services for a number of street projects scheduled to be completed in 2013. Specifications can be obtained at the City Administrator’s Office, 501 First Street, P.O. Box 520, Shell Lake, WI 54871. Sealed proposals must be submitted to the City of Shell Lake by 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 28, 2012. The City of Shell Lake reserves the right to accept or reject any and all proposals or to select the proposal most advantageous to the city. Jeffrey D. Park, Public Works Director 566506 50-51r WNAXLP
NOTICE OF PARTISAN PRIMARY ELECTION CITY OF SHELL LAKE
Notice is hereby given that a partisan primary election will be held at City Hall, 501 First Street, Shell Lake, WI, on Tuesday, August 14, 2012. Polls will be open at 7 a.m. and will close at 8 p.m. and are accessible to elderly and disabled voters. Partisan primary election for Congressional, Legislative & State and County offices. Bradley A. Pederson City Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer 566970 51r WNAXLP
MEETING NOTICE - CITY OF SHELL LAKE
The Shell Lake City Council will hold their regular monthly meeting Monday, August 13, 2012, at 7 p.m., in the Council Chambers, City Hall. AGENDA: Public Comment: Joan Quenan to discuss feasibility of installing “I Lid” or having volunteer inspectors at the main launch when inspection program is not operating; Approval of Minutes; Reports from Appointed Officials; Reports from Committee Chairpersons; New Business: Conditional Use Permit short-term rental Phil Ringlien, Consider revising Zoning Code to allow day-care centers for children in residential areas on parcels not primarily used as a residence, Consider adoption of new Floodplain Zoning Ordinance, Resignation of Zoning Board of Appeals member and appointment of replacement, Resolution Approving Housing Project pertaining to TH, Inc., Temporary Class B beer/wine license applications, Review the conditions and future development of public access on Shell Lake; Unfinished Business: Recommendation from Lake District to close gates at Class B landings from ice out in the spring to ice on in the fall with accommodations made for duck hunters, spearing and handicapped users; Mayor’s report. Any other items that may be added to this agenda will be posted at City Hall. Bradley A. Pederson, City Administrator 566986 51r WNAXLP
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IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Inez S. Shaffer DOD: 5/27/2012 Notice to Creditors (Informal Administration) Case No. 12 PR 31
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: 1. An application for informal administration was filed. 2. The decedent, with date of birth May 30, 1923, and date of death May 27, 2012, was domiciled in Washburn County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 510 1st Street, Spooner, WI 54801. 3. The deadline for filing a claim against the decedent’s estate is October 31, 2012. 4. A claim may be filed at the Washburn County Courthouse, Shell Lake, Wisconsin. Marilynn E. Benson Probate Register August 2, 2012
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NOTICE OF ELECTION - TOWN OF SARONA
Notice is hereby given that a Primary Election will be held on Tuesday, August 14, 2012, at the Sarona Town Hall. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. On the ballot will be choices for Congressional, Legislative and County Offices. Victoria Lombard, Clerk 566928 51r WNAXLP
NOTICE OF ELECTION - TOWN OF BARRONETT
Notice is hereby given that the Partisan Primary Election for: United States Senator; Representative in Congress - District 7; Representative to the Assembly - District 75; District Attorney; County Clerk; County Treasurer; County Register of Deeds be held on Tuesday, August 14, 2012, at the Barronett Town Hall, N1608 South Heart Lake Road, Shell Lake, WI 54871. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. If you have any questions concerning the polling place, contact the Town Clerk. Patricia A. Parker N602 Lehman Lake Road Barronett, WI 54871 566638 51r WNAXLP 715-468-2846 The polling place is accessible to elderly and disabled voters.
MEETING NOTICE TOWN OF BASHAW
Notice is hereby given that the Bashaw Town Board shall hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, August 14, 2012, at 7 p.m., at the Bashaw Town Hall. Agenda: Call meeting to order; minutes from July 10, 2012, town meeting; treasurer’s report; open bids; public input; permits/applications; truck/grader; set next meeting date; approve vouchers and adjourn meeting. A current agenda will also be posted at the following sites: Corner of Tozer Lake Road and Green Valley Road, corner of Sand Road and Sunset Road and N3410 Sawyer Creek Road, Shell Lake, WI 54871 (Town Hall) Lesa Dahlstorm, Clerk 566639 51r Town of Bashaw
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AUGUST 8, 2012 - WASHBURN COUNTY REGISTER - PAGE 23
Band camp under the direction of new band director for Shell Lake
Under the hot summer sun, Lynsey Hagen and Brett Holman crash during a break at the band camp. A little water and rest and they were back at it, practicing with the band.
Shell Lake band director Ben Kunselman watches his marching band. For his musicians, they are learning a new routine while they are learning about their director and teacher. Kunselman is a Shell Lake graduate and has spent the last three years as director of the Lake Holcomb music program. He replaces Aimee Pashby who has taken a position at the Rice Lake High School.
Other than the tuba player, the hardest positions in a marching band might be in the percussion section. Carrying and balancing her drums is Tia Carlson with Shari Clark in the background.
Casey Furchtenicht and Brett Holman, seniors, are attending their last band camp with Shell Lake Schools. The endless marching, practice, the hot sun on the blacktop and the thirst makes one wonder, what’s to miss?
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LEFT: The brass section is way too cool. Wyatt Carlson, Seth Olson, Daniel Parish and Linsey Hagen spent three days in the band camp that started Friday, Aug. 3, and ended on Sunday, Aug. 5. They will spend many more hours getting ready for the Cumberland Rutabaga Festival parade that will be held Sunday, Aug. 26. — Photos by Larry Samson
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People you should know
Matt Dryden
Matthew Dryden was born in the northwest suburbs of Chicago and moved here at a young age. “I was raised in the country and remembered that all that mattered was that you had better be home by 5 p.m. for family supper or better have a really good reason for not being there, like death or dismemberment. It was a childhood that I look back on with fond memories and sometimes wish I could go back and enjoy it all over again. “I consider Shell Lake my hometown and am very glad to have the opportunity to be back. I have had a wide variety of jobs since I was 15, and I would say that each and every one of them offered Matt Dryden great value to who I am today. I worked for a carnival one summer month running an arcade tent, worked in the woods logging, cleaned a commercial meat department at night, bagged groceries, worked in an automotive parts store, was a nationally certified optician and manager in an optical chain (sold - made - fitted eyewear), ran a motel’s overnight audit shift in the seediest part of Bakersfield, Calif., OK, that was the worst job ever. When a guy runs past your front window screaming followed by another man waving a knife and yelling “I am going to get you,” you know it’s time to find a different job. Worked security and loss prevention at a roller rink, worked as a corrections officer at the Dunn County Sheriff’s Department and was the use-offorce and specialty weapons trainer, was a police chief for the village of Wheeler, taught for two technical colleges in the state of Wisconsin law enforcement curriculum and became a personal fitness trainer. “Now I own Dryden Four, Inc. which includes The Body Shop Fitness and Athletic Training Center, Back Alley Boxing and the Ice Cream Shack. I am very pleased to have the opportunity to move back to Shell Lake and start these business in my hometown. I love the support that I have received from the community. I do receive a lot of smirks and whimsical questions of putting an ice cream shack in front of the fitness center. What can I say, diversify, diversify, diversify, and a little job security thrown in as well. I want to thank everyone who has visited my businesses and look forward to being a positive business influence in the community for years to come.”
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Full name, age: Matthew Dryden, 41. Family: Daughters, Myana and Tiana; father, Terry Dryden; mother, Diane Dryden; sister, Daisy; brother, Ben. Occupation: Owner of Dryden Four, Inc. DBA: The Body Shop & Athletic Training Center, Back Alley Boxing, The Ice Cream Shack. Washburn County Resident since: Most recently, 2007 - present. Hobbies/interests: Is work a hobby? Definitely an interest and interesting. Claim to fame: Who needs fame. However, “Feel the burn love the burn” is my motto and known by many who want to push themselves to the next fitness level. My favorite sport to play: Basketball and raquetball. Favorite sport to watch: Mixed martial arts and boxing. Place I would most like to visit: During the winter, anywhere warmer than northern Wisconsin. Dinner companion, dead or alive: No time to talk, I am eating. How about a coffee at Alley Cats with my
Grandpa Earl and my Uncle Phil. (Both no longer with us.) The person I most admire: Can’t have just one, it would have to be my parents. Best movie I ever saw: Depends on my mood, but the Marvel Adventure series would be right up there. Favorite TV show: “Suits.” Music I listen to: A little of everything, had coffee the other morning listening to Sinatra, worked out that afternoon listening to techno and hip-hop. Favorite dish: Mmmm food, do I have to pick just one, that would be so unfair. Last book I read: My mother’s “Double or Nothing.” My friends would describe me as: Caring, I think, yeah, pretty sure, well let’s go with decisive. LOL. My first job was: Anything I could get my hands on to stay busy, except haying, thank goodness for allergies.
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by Diane Dryden SPOONER - It was a busy night on Thursday, Aug. 2, at Tony’s Riverside restaurant in Spooner as the Alzheimer’s fundraisers began their campaign in earnest by holding the Captain’s Kickoff. The actual Walk to End Alzheimer’s will take place on Saturday, Sept. 15, from the Cornerstone Church, located on the north side of Spooner on Hwy. 63 across the street from Alley Cats and this was a free pizza night for all the captains to get all the information they need to start a team. Brett Williams, a recent hire for the organization from Peoria, Ill., was on hand to utilize his college degree in sociology and leadership studies. Some of his internship was working with the American Cancer Society and St. Jude’s, yet he chose to align himself with the Alzheimer’s Organization to start his career. “I have a handicapped brother and because of him I’ve worked hard to get the skills I need in life and hopefully I will
do well with what I’ve learned.” The Garden Walk to End Alzheimer’s in July was a feather in the core group’s hat, thanks to all the assistance from the Yellow River Garden in Spooner. Over $500 was raised and plans are already in the works for next year’s garden tour. Not only will this year’s walk be more visible, but the raffle prizes already look interesting. The tickets will go for the standard $1 each, or six for $5. And this year you have a chance to win one of two cutting boards from Shell Lake Woodcrafters valued at $50 each, a $100 gift card from Economart and a $100 gift card from Bush and Gillis Furniture as well as Northern Portraits contribution of a free sitting and photos. The Shell Lake State Bank has contributed a proofed coin series and the grand prize is a getaway package from Barker’s Island in Superior which includes a Vista boat cruise. Tickets are already available at the Shell Lake State Bank in Shell Lake as well as the Alzheimer’s booth during Town and Country Days.
Pictured with Captain Kick-Off are Jon Bowman, Alzheimer’s support group facilitator, Brett Williams, community relations specialist; Joan Litwitz, program director; and Jene Morey, walk team captain and organizer. – Photo by Diane Dryden
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Painters are encouraged to use their imagination and create a tile to express whatever they’d like to see last virtually forever on the wall. – Photo by Diane Dryden picture with the message on walls all over Europe. Individual tiles, available for painting with whatever you want to say to the world, have already been created by local visitors and vacationers from around the world when they stop at the Potter’s Shed to either buy some of their famous plaques, their clever artsy gifts or hand-thrown pottery, or maybe to have a meal or coffee and paint their own projects, or tiles to be added to this unique project.
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