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Dec. 7, 2011

Holiday Saturday in Shell Lake

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Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011 Vol. 122, No. 16 • Shell Lake, Wis.

Weekend watch

w c r e g i s t e r. n e t

“An O. Henry Christmas” at Theater in the Woods, Shell Lake.

See Events, page 6

Santa was here

75¢

See page 9

People you should know: Dakota Robinson See back page

SPORTS

Wrestling and basketball See page 10 & 11

BREAKERS

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MADISON - Gov. Scott Walker has asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to designate four Wisconsin counties as disaster areas because of ginseng and soybean crop losses caused in part by cold, wet weather in September. The governor asked for two separate declarations – one covering Lincoln and Marathon counties, and the other covering Burnett and Polk counties. If USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack declares the disaster areas, farmers there and in adjacent counties would be eligible to receive low-interest loans to help them recover from the losses. In a letter to Vilsack, Walker noted that above-normal rainfall in August and September, combined with cold temperatures in September, hampered the ginseng harvest in Lincoln and Marathon counties. The delayed harvest resulted in root rot; the root is the part of the ginseng plant that is harvested for use. Ginseng crop losses ranged as high as 75 percent in the counties. Walker’s letter regarding Burnett and Polk counties cited wet spring conditions that delayed soybean planting two to three weeks. Then a killing frost hit in mid-September, ending the growing season prematurely. As much as 36 percent of the soybean crop was lost. - from the office of Gov. Walker ••• STATEWIDE - More of Wisconsin’s school-aged children are living in poverty. New estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau say the number of children living in poverty rose by more than 4 percent, from nearly 13 percent in 2007 to 17 percent in 2010. Tony Evers is the state superintendent with the Department of Public Instruction. “It is kind of staggering news in a way, the increases over a short period of time, and in some particular school districts it’s increased significantly.” The Census Bureau says the number of school-aged children living in poverty increased in 47 of Wisconsin’s 72 counties. Evers says it’s a problem affecting home and school life. “It creates a stress on kids, and it also creates a stress on our schools, because they need to respond to all kids needs whether they have lots of them or very few. And in these difficult economic times, it makes it even more critical that we respond to those needs, but it’s also more difficult because we have fewer teachers, fewer social workers, fewer counselors in our schools.” The DPI says more than 41 percent of children in the state are eligible for free and reduced-price school meals this school year. That’s 8 percent more than three years ago. - submitted by Kristen Durst, Wisconsin Public Radio

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Four-month-old Ryan Wenner did not mind sitting on Santa’s lap as his mother took his photo Saturday, Dec. 3, during Shell Lake’s Holiday Saturday events. This will be her Christmas memory; his are still to come. – Photo by Larry Samson

Hwy. 63 improvements set for 2015

Business owners, others give input to proposed changes

by Jessica Beecroft SHELL LAKE - Chairperson Greg Kittelsen was looking for input at the Hwy. 63 Improvement Project Advisory Committee meeting held Thursday, Dec. 1.

Andy Eiche was new to the committee, having been appointed to fill in as the Shell Lake Economic Development Committee representative while member Ken Schultz is recuperating from an injury.

Business concerns Dan Olson, general manager for Express Mart, requested the committee encourage the Wisconsin Department of Transportation to

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keep all three accesses open to their convenience store. Olson noted the proposed crosswalk would be beneficial but questioned if it could be moved north or south to accommodate the current access.

“We really need to have the access point too that opens to Fourth Avenue, if possible, just to let the trucks and trailers in,” he said. “If we did have to close one, I’d prefer having the two access points to the highway because they (customers) can pull right into the pumps that way.”

Kittelsen said he will have someone from WisDOT contact Olson to discuss the options further.

Kittelson noted the DOT wants to know the city’s position on the proposed Through the Woods accesses. The owner of Through the Woods Cafe, Mr. Euler, wants to retain some See Highway improvements, page 3

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Night in Bethlehem

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Here are Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus at the stable in the Night In Bethlehem at the Cornerstone Church. The very popular event was held Friday, Dec. 2, through Sunday, Dec. 4. Josh Melton, Antonett Oja and her 4-month-old son Una enjoyed playing their parts of the Christmas story.

A very honorable trade was carpentry. The master carpenters trained the young apprentices. Connor Melton, Jacob Dobbe, Frank Graft, Billy Hagberg and Glen Melton made and sold over 450 mallets.

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Playing the roles of basket makers were Mary McCarthy, Garrett Larue, Emma Kelby and Arleen Koelz. Eighty percent of the parishioners of the Cornerstone Church participated in the production and many members in the community helped out to make this a memorable time.

RIGHT: At the time of the birth of Jesus the children were expected to work and help provide for the family. Emma Shara, Kirby Van Trees, Rebecka Melton and Gabriel Oja played the role of the children in the marketplace.

Photos by Larry Samson

Campground Christmas

by Diane Dryden SHELL LAKE -The Shell Lake Lions Club wants you to know there’s still room for your business, organization or church’s Christmas display in the campground this year.

According to Lion Arlys Santiago, there are 41 spaces total, each with electricity, and there’s room for about another 18 more displays for this season. The city of Shell Lake pays for the electricity, so there is no limit to the amount of lighting that can be used. Judging isn’t until Dec. 18, so you still have time to give her a call and reserve a spot.

This year’s prize for the best display is a $25 gift certificate from the Lakeview Hotel and a Lions calendar valued at $25. There is a weekly calendar drawing and winners receive either $30 or $300 depending on the day’s value that month.

There are exciting plans already in the planning stage for next year’s Christmas displays, so you’ll want to call for a spot this year in order to be represented before they’re all gone in 2012 with the exciting new additions.

Santiago recommends if you can’t come up with an idea this year, “There are always fences to trim with lights, the courtesy house down by the boat landing is available as well as the pavilion or the showers; just bring strings and strings of lights and a sign and you’re

Bentleyville, located in Duluth, Minn., will provide great ideas for anyone wishing to get a spot yet this year in Shell Lake campground. The Lions comfort coach bus will be offering a tour of Bentleyville on Monday, Dec. 19. - Special photo

done! She does caution that “One of the drawbacks to putting up a display at the campground is the wind, but if careful thought is given to the display, unique ones can be created.”

Last year the Lions bought vintage street decorations from a town that was upgrading theirs and now they

hang in the campground, lighted here and there around the sites.

Speaking of outdoor Christmas displays ... if you have never visited Bentleyville with their 3 million lights display at the Bayfront Festival Park in Duluth, you might want to board the Lions bus, a nice comfy coach, on Monday, Dec. 19, at 4:30 p.m. in Shell Lake, and just a bit later for the Spooner and Trego pickups, to participate in a round-trip tour which includes a supper stop in Superior. The bus should be making the return trip by 11 p.m. and the cost of the ride is $20 and supper is at your own expense. There’s only room for 27 people so you’ll want to call either Santiago or Bill Taubman and get your name in. Bentleyville is only in operation from Nov. 19 through Dec. 26, so you might want to take advantage of this offer and remember to dress warmly. Even the Web site says that the winds off of Lake Superior can be dangerously cold.

Bentleyville brags about their 12-story tall steel Christmas tree that’s covered in 50,000 lights, and they also boast that it rises to more than twice the height of New York City’s famous Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. Not only is theirs taller, it also has its lights synchronized to music that plays holiday tunes four times

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Accelerating van strikes neighbor’s apartment

At 10:11 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 2, Arvid W. Bruner, 84, Shell Lake, went to back out of his garage at Glenview Apartments on Meadowview Drive in Shell Lake, when his van accelerated rapidly. Despite his braking, the accelerator would not stop. The van struck the apartments across the street. After hitting the garage area, the van spun sideways and came to a stop. Witnesses stated that the van came out of the garage with the motor revving wide open until it hit the house across the street. If the van had hit a couple of feet over, it would have gone right into the apartment itself. The residents were not home at the time. Bruner was transported by ambulance to the Shell Lake hospital and the van was towed with damage to the passenger side. – Photo by Larry Samson

Campground Christmas/from page 2

an hour as well as their own Bentleyville theme song.

They have a castle which stands 24 feet high and is 78 feet long. They have a Cookie House where you can find complimentary hot chocolate, coffee and cookies and if you want to visit Santa, there’s a dazzling 500-foot lighted tunnel that leads you right to him. How about

15 fire pits for roasting marshmallows and the Polar Popcorn Hut or even a drop-box for nonperishable food items and new, unwrapped toys for families in need that will go through to the Salvation Army for distribution.

If you make the connection, the Christmas Tour of Lights in Shell Lake and the one in Duluth are both located on a cold

lakefront with the bitter winds blowing in a freezing chill. Once you visit Bentleyville in person, or check it out on line, bentleyvilleusa.org, you’ll realize that if they can do it Duluth, it can be done even better here in Shell Lake. If you’d be interested in seeing the competition that this 501 (c ) 3 nonprofit organization has put together, and want to take the

evening’s bus tour, contact Arlys Santiago at 715-468-4121 or Bill Taubman at 715-468-2910 for more information.

That’s the same number you can call to reserve a spot at the campground located on the shores of beautiful downtown Shell Lake, our own beautiful city of lights.

parking in front of his business for marketing reasons. The possibility of realigning the First Avenue intersection was discussed. The committee decided, by consensus, to recommend that traffic enter at the north access with a rightturn-only exit at the south access onto First Avenue.

The proposed south entrance to Shell Lake Marine was discussed. This would require an easement from the city or the sale of a city-owned parcel of highway frontage to the Shell Lake Marine for driveway and other business purposes.

Resolution 79-2 pertaining to the sale of city property was reviewed. The committee decided to recommend the public works committee consider making a recommendation to the city council to sell this parcel to Shell Lake Marine for the purpose of developing a driveway.

It was noted the DOT wants to move the access south to a point approximately halfway between the school entrance and Hilltop Road.

The DOT is willing to design and grade the shoulders to allow for a future street access at no cost to the city if they receive notifications from the city that this access would be public. The committee decided to recommend that the city’s public works committee authorize the mayor to send a letter to the DOT agreeing to the public access. Brad Pederson, city administrator, and part owner in the privately owned parcel, expressed concern about the lack of an opening in the proposed concrete meridian that would allow northbound traffic to access this parcel without having to go to the school entrance and backtrack. This concern will be discussed with the DOT.

feasibility of one or more rain gardens in this area was discussed.

The possibility of completing the sidewalk on the south side of CTH B to the proposed crosswalk was discussed. Depending on how much of the proposed retaining wall the DOT will be responsible for, this may be feasible. The committee felt that continuing this sidewalk to the crosswalk would be beneficial.

on the east side of Hwy. 63 adjacent to the alley between Fifth and Sixth avenues. The committee decided, by consensus, to recommend the parks and recreation committee consider recommending the city council extend the ATV/UTV trail through the park and to apply for the highway access permit.

Jeff Parker reported he talked to the UTurn owners and they have no problem with the proposed closure of their highway access and installation of a drive that connects to Pederson Drive.

Parker will discuss upgrading sewer mains that cross Hwy. 63, as they could be open cut during the construction phase of the project, with the public works committee.

Highway improvements/from page 1

Agreeing to public access The permitted field road access to the privately owned parcel of property south of the Shell Lake School was discussed.

Other concerns Storm water runoff concerns adjacent to the Hwy. 63/First Avenue/West Lake Drive intersection were discussed. The

SPOONER - Spooner Police Chief Robert Andrea this week praised the actions of a citizen who called in a report of suspicious activity this past Saturday evening, Dec. 3, which resulted in the arrest of a 43-year-old Town of Spooner woman who had apparently broken into an apartment at the Goslin Court complex looking for prescription medications or other items.

Andrea said that the citizen’s call

made it possible for an investigation and subsequent apprehension and arrest of the woman. He also commended his officers for a “job well done in responding to a potentially dangerous call.”

“Our department encourages the public to report suspicious activity in their neighborhoods to continue to assist in preventing crimes such as this one,” Andrea noted. - with information from Spooner Police Department

by Churck Quirmbach Wisconsin Public Radio WAUKESHA - Former Gov. Tommy Thompson is trying to fend off criticism from the left and right as he jumps into the race for U.S. Senate. Thompson’s campaign kicked off Thursday night, Dec. 1, in Waukesha.

Lively music warmed up the crowd at Thompson’s rally. It was mainly an older crowd with plenty of Thompson’s former campaign donors, cabinet secretaries and political aides from his days as governor. Thompson bragged about his accomplishments at the state Capitol, but says he wants to go to the U.S. Capitol to look ahead.

Thompson first has to get by at least two other conservative Republican con-

tenders for the Senate seat being vacated

by Democrat Herb Kohl. But Thompson says he’s the true conservative.

Democrats have started to target Thompson, including by asking for his latest financial disclosure form. Thompson admits he’s made money in the private sector since his days in the Bush cabinet.

State Democratic Party Chairman Mike Tate also says Thompson has been flip-flopping on some big issues, criticizing the 2009 stimulus bill, but holding Thursday’s rally at a company that got stimulus funds.

Thompson’s explanation: He didn’t know the Waukesha company got stimulus money, but says he’d rather it go to a Wisconsin firm than somewhere else.

Chief has concern about trail path The pros and cons of running the ATV/UTV trail through the park were discussed. Clint Stariha, Shell Lake Police chief, recommended against it. It was noted that either way an access permit would be required to cross the curb

Soar and SunShadows meet and greet

Police chief praises citizen’s actions

Former Gov. Tommy Thompson announces Senate bid

Soar Counseling Services and SunShadows Counseling in Shell Lake hosted a meet and greet on Thursday, Dec. 1. Shown (L to R): Roxanne Melton, office manager; Lori Henderson-Olson, CSAC, LPC; Brian Nord, LPC; and Michael Turgeon, LPC. — Photo by Suzanne Johnson SHELL LAKE — Soar Counseling Services and SunShadows Counseling, located in Vitality Village on Industrial Boulevard in Shell Lake, hosted a meet and greet on Thursday, Dec. 1. Licensed professional counselors Lori HendersonOlson, Brian Nord and Michael Turgeon, along with office personnel Roxanne Melton, greeted those stopping in to visit.

Cheri Kreitzmann started Soar Counseling Services in 2005 when it was located at Lake Mall in downtown Shell Lake. Henderson-Olson of SunShadows joined Kreitzmann shortly afterward, and Turgeon and Melton were added to the staff as the business expanded. The counseling businesses moved to their

current location 2-1/2 years ago. Nord, former Shell Lake School District superintendent, joined the staff this November.

Henderson-Olson, in addition to owning SunShadows Counseling, works with Washburn County’s Intoxicated Driver Intervention Program and is a case manager for the Washburn County Drug and Alcohol Court. Turgeon’s clients include adults and students from the Shell Lake and Spooner school districts. Nord counsels with children as well as adults. The counselors collectively have 75 years of experience in counseling. — with submitted information

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What Democrats want us to think

Democrats want to return to the $3 billion state deficits created under Gov. Doyle and to the political environment which allowed the pilfering of tax dollars by the WEAC Trust. By demanding support for these policies, they seem to condone the overcharging for health-care premiums by their own trust. They seem to lack concern that those behaviors left our schools in financial ruin.

They want us to be angry that Gov. Walker turned a $3 billion deficit into a $300 million surplus. They want us to be disappointed that school districts have saved $220 million since Walker’s budget was enacted. The fact that schools have hired more than 1,213 new teachers while lowering class size, adding programs and making business repairs seems to have little meaning to the Democrats.

The recall Walker Democrats want us to turn our backs on a man who had the integrity to forbid the raiding of funds from all trust accounts including the Patients Compensation Fund which was exploited by Doyle’s administration.

Walker paid back the $200 million snatched by Doyle plus the $33 million in lost interest for a total of $233 million returned.

As I read the local paper last week, I must say that I was somewhat hurt by the fact that Walker supporters are still submitting letters to the editor which contain the same old misinformation that purports to demonstrate that Walker has actually helped the economy of Wisconsin. I thought my insightful facts would have ended all that. Well, I guess denial is still not just a river in Egypt, and the facts of Walker’s failures are no

help. I probably should have known.

However, there is one misconception that we can correct. Many of the letters foolishly supporting Walker claim that the recall effort is a Democratic Party effort. That is not true. Yes, Democrats are in support, but so are others: Independents, thinking Republicans, progressives, teachers, farmers, workers of all kinds, in fact, anyone who wants fairness to return to our state government. For the

record, the recall effort is being run by an independent organization called One Wisconsin Now, a grassroots organization and effort of thinking and caring Wisconsinites not just Democrats. Come join the effort and sign a petition near you.

As a nation we are near the end of its existence. Our founding documents — Constitution and Declaration of Independence — are meaningless to our government leadership. They violate their oath of office and joke about it. Our attorney general and Department of Justice are corrupt. The few that speak out are made fun of and demonized. Good is called evil and evil is good. The national news media is nonexistent in reporting the news, corruption in government is out of control. The national news media fails their duty when something is covered up or slanted.

The government leadership brings in their political cronies for key government jobs, and they use their position of trust to help the large corporations that they

came from. This is not just one party doing this, it has been happening for many years. There is an overall feeling in this country of “What’s in it for me.”

The Federal Reserve is printing money, causing high inflation. The superrich are in with Obama, George Soros and Warren Buffett along with others. The White House is being controlled by these people. The president talks about how good the Wall Street occupiers are and how bad the Tea Party is. The people in the Tea Party movement are pro-American, proConstitution and pro-God; they are called bad.

Most of those called the Occupation Movement are not average citizens, many are anarchists, Marxists and some don’t know why they are there.

Your paychecks and savings are being stolen from you, by inflation. The government is intentionally doing this by printing money out of thin air. Super inflation is almost here, and with that our country’s financial system will collapse. Our country’s standard of living has been going down, they want this to happen, so we can become more competitive in the world. Where are all those jobs the present administration said would be made?

We as a nation have been dumbed down, bought off, used and intimidated into a bunch of useful tools for the shadow government.

The chains are coming.

People reading Barron County Republican Party Chairman Bob Olson’s letter to the editor in the Nov. 30 Register might get the impression school districts in Wisconsin are doing just fine in spite of Gov. Walker’s deep cuts to public education. I don’t know about the schools in Shell Lake, but as the wife of a retired educator and grandmother with grandchildren in Wisconsin public schools, I see a very different picture.

Olson cites the hiring of 1,213 new teachers as a sign of progress for Wisconsin public schools. What he does not say is that the hirings were caused by unusually large numbers of experienced educators who chose to retire after Walker’s budget passed. I know of educators who had planned to work for several more years, but retired, fearful the pensions

they had worked for for over 30 years would be taken away. Experienced educators guide and counsel new teachers, and Wisconsin public schools have lost many of them.

Olson says Walker’s cuts to education have “lowered class size” and “added programming.” Our granddaughter is a junior at Northwestern High School in Maple. It’s a good-sized school system for a rural area and our grandchildren have received an excellent education in that system. Talking with our granddaughter last week, I learned that her phy ed class is now so crowded that team sports are impossible. She had to drop band this year due to cuts in class offerings. A class she needed to get into college was only given once at the same time as band. A couple of students in her class have trans-

by Rich Kremer Wisconsin Public Radio EAU CLAIRE - People at a rally in Eau Claire this Saturday, Dec. 3, and Sunday, Dec. 4, said they want to see Gov. Walker serve out his full term, and fight off a possible recall.

A crowd rally organizers estimate at nearly 400 gathered in the Ramada Convention Center in downtown Eau Claire Saturday afternoon. The room was plastered with pro-Walker signs and an American flag that dwarfed the stage.

Speakers applauded Walker’s collective bargaining, spending and property tax reforms and said Wisconsin cannot afford to go back to old policies and Democratic control.

State treasurer Kurt Schueller hailed the governor for taking on public and teachers unions, which he described as the tyranny of the status quo, “Now the tyrant says, ‘Recall Scott Walker’ and a small but vocal minority with their byany-means tactic have been on full dis-

play to the people of Wisconsin. This minority has no moral center. They do not care about the middle class, and they will do anything to win back control of our state for their generous masters. This is why we need you now more than ever.

Scott Walker stood up for us, it’s time for us to stand up for him.”

Also speaking was Mark Neuman, who’s running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Herb Kohl.

He said keeping conservative momentum going in the state is paramount, “That Senate seat, it’s very important, but before we get to that Senate seat, we need to make sure that Scott Walker remains the governor of the state of Wisconsin.”

Rally organizers say the governor was invited but couldn’t attend due to another speaking engagement.

Outside and across the street from the convention center, several anti-Walker protesters stood on the sidewalk carrying signs calling for the governor’s recall.

ferred to Superior because of cuts in programming.

At the Northwestern Middle School, the story is the same. Our grandson is being taught health class by the teacher who was the middle school band director.

The high school band director now has both high school and middle school bands. I don’t believe Northwestern is unique in this. I suspect larger class sizes and cuts in programming are occurring all over the state. Schools that had revenue restricted by years of Gov. Thompson’s revenue caps simply could not absorb cuts without affecting students.

Older citizens of Shell Lake may remember my father-in-law, Jack Hoar. Jack was born and raised in Shell Lake and was principal of the high school in Barron for many years. Older Barron residents knew him as a tireless supporter of the Barron Public Schools, especially when he worked so hard to bring areas around Almena, Poskin and Ridgeland into consolidation with Barron. Jack is buried in the Shell Lake Cemetery. I’m sure seeing what Walker has done to Wisconsin public schools has caused him to turn over in his grave. If Jack were alive today, he would be wearing a Recall Walker button and taking around a recall petition.

Walker supporters submitting misinformation

Nation in decline

Terrance L Stratton Trego

Allan Heil Shell Lake

I see a very different picture, Chairman Olson

Pro-Walker rally draws supporters in Eau Claire

Helen Hoar Ashland Cabin in Shell Lake

Democrats want us to think that Walker does not care about us. History seems to show that the self-serving group that has shown disrespect for my hardearned tax dollars and for the quality of our educational system is the Democrats.

I support Walker! Stop the recall.

Larry Schroeder Rice Lake

Area news

CLAM FALLS — Friday, Nov. 25, at approximately 7:30 a.m., Ryan M. Stieber, 25, Marshfield, was hunting from a tower stand overlooking a pasture near Steve and Tamara Larson’s dairy farm near Clam Falls, when he shot two of the Larsons heifers.

Stieber thought the light-brown colored Jerseys were deer and fired two shots, fatally wounding both in the process. One of the heifers, which weighted approximately 1,000 pounds, was pregnant, while the other heifer weighed slightly less. Both animals were shot at approximately 100 yards according to Tamara Larson, who is not only a Polk County deputy sheriff, but also a part-time game warden. She responded to the incident and was upset enough about what happened to contact another deputy sheriff who responded and wrote up a police report. “I just chewed him out because I though,’ you don’t shoot brown because you could have hit a kid with brown hair.’ It’s scary,” Tamara said. Larson said the man didn’t have much of an excuse, other than he hadn’t got a deer during opening weekend.

Stieber was extremely sorry for what had happened.

The Larsons aren’t planning to press any charges but hope to be reimbursed for their losses. “Hopefully he goes back to hunter safety 101,” Larson said. — from the Inter-County Leader ••• RICHLAND CENTER — One of the most private historical celebrities of the Cold War died quietly in Richland Center. Lana Peters, the daughter of the Soviet Union’s brutal dictator, Josef Stalin, died of colon cancer on Nov. 22. She was known as Svetlana Alliluyeva when she defected to the United States in 1967. Three years later, she married William Wesly Peters, an apprentice to famed Wisconsin architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Throughout the last 40 years, she lived in Wisconsin on and off not far from the Wright Center in Taliesin, most recently in Spring Green and Richland Center. — from Wisconsin Public Radio ••• DANBURY – The St. Croix Casino Danbury received a bomb threat Wednesday, Nov. 23. According to a news release issued by the St. Croix Chippewa Tribe, “As soon as the bomb threat was received, action was taken to ensure the safety of the casino’s guests and employees — the casino facility was closed and all guests and employees were evacuated safely. The proper authorities were contacted and are conducting an ongoing investigation. — from the Inter-County Leader ••• RICE LAKE — At the Rice Lake Board of Education meeting, staff members gave an update on plans in the works for a new charter school to be called Northern Lakes Regional Academy. In August, it was announced that the district received a state startup grant in the amount of $175,000 a year for three years. The charter school intends to blend technology, business, marketing, art, design, math and science courses. — from the Rice Lake Chronotype ••• STANFOLD — About 40 small breed dogs perished in a fire that destroyed the pole shed that housed them in the Town of Stanfold on Tuesday, Nov. 22. Owner Dennis Dirks, owner of Dirks Heating and Cooling, and is a small-dog breeder, was not at home at the time of the fire. A neighbor had been taking care of the dogs, said Dirks. The cause of the fire is undetermined, and foul play is not suspected said Bear Lake/Haugen Fire Department Chief Louis Willger. The Rice Lake and Rural Cumberland Fire Department assisted. — from the Rice Lake Chronotype

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NABA installs 2011-2012 board of directors

HAYWARD — The Northland Area Builders Association had the installation of its officers and board of directors during their annual installation banquet held Nov. 8 in Hayward.

The 2011-2012 officers are President Ed Peterson, Peterson Construction, Webster; President-elect Joe Gendrich, Culligan Water Conditioning of Ashland; secretary Rick Harder, Northern Paradise Homes, Trego; treasurer Jim Perlick, Jim Perlick Construction, Shell Lake; and past President Russ Smith, Russ Smith Construction, Hayward.

The 2011-2012 directors are Todd Knutson, Johnson Bank, Hayward; Jason Olsen, Peoples Bank, Hayward; Jeremy Lindgren, Arrow Building Center,

Spooner; Kevin Miller, Northland Recreational Homes, Hayward; and Tyler Crotteau, Muller Heating and Mechanical, Rice Lake.

The Northland Area Builders Association is a nonprofit trade association serving Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Sawyer, and Washburn counties in Northwest Wisconsin. Chartered in 1989, the Northland Area Builders Association is comprised of industry professionals united and dedicated to preserving and promoting safe and affordable housing for the people of Northwest Wisconsin. For additional information please contact Jennifer Johnson, executive officer, at 715-259-3486 or naba@centurytel.net. — from NABA

Grant requested for stewardship habitat project in Town of Chicog

SPOONER — The conservation fund has applied for a 75-percent matching grant from the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program to assist with the purchase of 262 acres of land in the Town of Chicog in Washburn County. The conservation fund will provide match to the grant award in partnership with Washburn County Lakes and Rivers Association.

The property includes approximately 2.5 miles of frontage along the Totagatic River. The property will be left in its natural state and will be open to the public for low-impact nature-based outdoor activities, including hunting, trapping, hiking, cross-county skiing, snowshoeing and nature appreciation.

The checklist and the department’s initial assessment of the NBOAs may be downloaded from the Stewardship Public Notice Web site, or you may request a hard copy by contacting the project contact listed below.

Public written comments on the proposed acquisition can be mailed to Julie Sauer, administrator, Division of Customer and Employee Services, care of Karen Blodgett, 1300 W. Clairemont

Shell Lake Lions Calendar Winners

November 28 - $30 Aaron Pierson, St. Paul, Minn.

November 29 - $30 Sue Wellnitz, Poynette November 30 - $30 Bev Grocke, Sarona December 1 - $30 Laurel Lawrence, Shell Lake December 2 - $30 Andy/Sarah Oman, Minneapolis, Minn.

Help Lions Camp— Donate Your Deer Hide Winners also announced on WJMC FM Radio

Temps & levels

Temperatures recorded at Spooner Ag Research Station 2010 Nov. 28 Nov. 29 Nov. 30 Dec. 1 Dec. 2 Dec. 3 Dec. 4

2011 Nov. 28 Nov. 29 Nov. 30 Dec. 1 Dec. 2 Dec. 3 Dec. 4

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Ave., Eau Claire, WI 54703 or sent by email to Karen.Blodgett@wisconsin.gov. If you have questions about this project, Blodgett can be reached at 715-836-6574.

Written comments will be accepted through Thursday, Dec. 22.

People can sign up to receive e-mail notices about the availability of future stewardship grant project new releases through the DNR Web site. — from the DNR

December is National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month

Drugged drivers in Wisconsin face severe punishments

SPOONER — December marks the eighth anniversary of the enactment of a Wisconsin law that prohibits drivers from having any detectable amount of a controlled substance in their system, such as marijuana or cocaine, while operating a motor vehicle. The law also makes the legal penalties for drugged driving the same as drunken driving.

The Wisconsin State Patrol and other law enforcement agencies are continuing their efforts to combat drugged driving.

“Law enforcement officers throughout the state have extensive training and experience in procedures that effectively identify drivers impaired by alcohol. Officers use many of those same procedures to identify drugged drivers,” says Wisconsin State Patrol Captain Jeff Frenette of the Northwest Region. “Drivers who exhibit behavior or symptoms

indicative of drug use must submit to a blood test that determines the presence of drugs. Refusing to submit to the blood test means an automatic revocation of the driver’s license.”

In addition to illegal drugs, the overuse or abuse of medications, especially when combined with alcohol, will often cause impaired driving. State law prohibits drivers from being “under the influence of any drug to a degree which renders him or her incapable of safely driving or under the combined influence of an intoxicant and any other drug to a degree which renders him or her incapable of driving safely.”

“Drivers under the influence of drugs, alcohol or a combination of the two are deadly threats to everyone on the road,” says Frenette. “That’s why officers never take a break, even over the holiday season, from arresting those who choose to get behind the wheel while impaired.”

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FSA offers low-interest farm storage facility loans

STATEWIDE - Wisconsin Farm Service Agency reminds producers who may be considering upgrading or adding extra storage space for harvested crops next year that the Farm Storage Facility Loan program provides low-interest loans for building or upgrading storage facilities.

Filing an application early will ensure the project is completed in time before next summer or fall when additional storage may be needed.

Applications for FSFL must be submit-

ted to the FSA county office that maintains the farm’s records. An FSFL must be approved before any site preparation or construction can begin.

The following commodities are eligible for farm storage facility loans: Corn, grain sorghum, rice, soybeans, oats, peanuts, wheat, barley or minor oilseeds harvested as whole grain, corn, grain sorghum, wheat, oats or barley harvested as other-than-whole grain, pulse crops – lentils, small chickpeas and dry

Register Memories

1951 - 60 years ago

• At a meeting of the Shell Lake Chamber of Commerce, C.A. Arrasmith was elected president and C.H. Lewis secretary/treasurer. Other officers chosen were Ellis Axon, first vice president, and James Risher, second vice president.

• Pvt. Elmer Anderson Jr., who was stationed in Korea, saw Vice President and Mrs. Albin Barkley on their recent trip to that country.

• Bob and Jim Johnson, who were in the U.S. Navy, were home on a short leave at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Erick Johnson. Jim was stationed in Georgia, and Bob had recently completed boot camp training at Great Lakes, Ill. • Monroe Bell had the misfortune of hurting his left hand while starting his car. He cut the end of one finger and badly mangled two others.

1961 - 50 years ago

• The home of Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Mallo was destroyed by fire.

• The Main Street in Shell Lake took on a new look for Christmas with the addition of some new-style, large lighted red fiberglass bells and stars. Also, the old-style strings of lights that stretched across the street were gone, and the light poles holding the bells were adorned with strings of lights.

• Herbert Hoskins had two free tickets at the Washburn County Register to see the movie “Francis of Assisi” at the Isle Theatre in Cumberland.

• The Plainview Jolly Workers 4-H Club held a Christmas party at Cecil Brown’s. Each member was to bring a 25-cent gift.

peas; hay, renewable biomass, fruits (including nuts) and vegetables.

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1971 - 40 years ago

• Minnie Hanson celebrated her 102nd birthday.

• “Once Upon a Christmas Star” was presented at the Shell Lake Elementary Christmas program. Fifth-graders with parts in the play were Steve Knoop, Rae Jean Rydberg, Kathy Peterson, Diana Soltis, Bruce Schaefer, Sara Markgren, Anna Marie Petz, Shelly Swearigen, Joanne Duch, Dale Swan, DeWayne Butterfield and Dale Johnson.

• After an absence of wrestling at Shell Lake High School in recent years, 30 young hopefuls greeted first-year coach Steve Guggemos at the opening day of practice.

• Lance Mercier was born to Mr. and Mrs. Larry Parker, Shell Lake, and Kent Michael to Mr. and Mrs. Allan Cramer, Shell Lake.

1981 - 30 years ago

• Dan and Beverly Livingston played the part of Santa and Mrs. Claus at the Shell Lake Chamber of Commerce Christmas party.

• Newly elected officers of the Twin Valley 4-H Club were President Paul Bush, Vice President Pat Knox, secretary Wanda Johnson, treasurer Tammi Stafford and reporter Anne Stiehm.

• The United Methodist Women of Shell Lake held a Christmas cookie sale.

Customers were reminded to bring their own containers.

• A Christmas Tea for area women, sponsored by the women of Shell Lake Full Gospel Church, was held at the church. The program included a ceramic demonstration by Luella Richter as well as special music and speakers Blanche Wallace and Anna Nelson from St. Paul, Minn.

1991 - 20 years ago

• Garry Crosby Jr. and Rodney Lawrence represented Shell Lake at the National FFA Convention at Kansas City, Mo. • Fourteen inches of new snow covered the area.

• Cece Bennis, Shell Lake, was the new manager of Circle C Convenience Store in Shell Lake.

• Students of the month at Shell Lake High School were senior Amy Erickson, junior Eric Olson, sophomore Kristine Cardwell and freshman Andrew Melton.

Good Citizens were Jesse Shaddrick, first grade; Lisa Baldocchi, second grade; Stephanie Williams, third grade; Hannah Albers, fourth grade; and Jenny Sandstrom, fifth grade.

2001 - 10 years ago

• Brandon Dahlstrom graduated from the Primary Leadership Development Course. After the completion of the course he was promoted to the rank of sergeant.

• Competing in the FFA speaking contest were Ryan Ullom, Bethany Weathers, Alyssa Degner, Clarissa Euler, Tyler Basset, Josh Hill, Ben Kunselman, Chelsea Bakker, Alexia Bakker, Jill Pederson, Shayna Hall and Jeremy Spexet.

• Students of the month were Tera Reynolds, Courtney Bruce, Sara Marschall, Mya Dosch, Sami Dodge, Rita Butenhoff, Hannah Christ, Dan Smith, Billy Clark, John Berlin, Lisa Baldocchi and Sadi Malman.

• Fire destroyed a garage owned by Gerald Wagoner on his property just west of Shell Lake on Sand Road.

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December Thursday, Dec. 8 • The Shell Lake Lions Club meeting, 6:30 p.m., Shell Lake Community Center.

• Fibromyalgia/CFS/Chronic Pain Support Group of Barron County meets from 1-3 p.m. at the Chetek Lutheran Church, Chetek. Coffee and refreshments served. Educational materials available to sign out. 715651-9011 or 715-237-2798.

• Happy Days Respite Program open house, 3-5 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 1790 Scribner, Spooner.

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Friday, Dec. 9 • GFWC Spooner Women’s Club annual Christmas sing-along and meeting, 1 p.m., at Glenview in Shell Lake. For more info please contact Sharon at 715-6352741.

Friday-Sunday, Dec. 9-11 • “An O. Henry Christmas” at Theater in the Woods, Shell Lake. For reservations 715-468-4387 or www.titw.org.

Saturday, Dec. 10 • Washburn County Food Distribution in conjunction with Ruby’s Pantry, Spooner Middle School Tech Ed Building on Elm Street. Tickets, 9 a.m. Distribution, 9:30 a.m. Volunteers needed. Chuck 715-635-9309, Bill 715468-4017 or Ardys 715-222-4410.

• Spooner Moms Club community toy drive distribution day, 8-11 a.m., Faith Lutheran Church, W7148 Luther Road, Spooner.

• Christmas at the Fort, Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park, 8500 CTH U, Danbury, 11 a.m-6 p.m. 715-8668890 or visit www.theforts.org.

• Cookie walk at United Methodist Church, 312 Elm St., Spooner, 8-11 a.m.

Monday, Dec. 12 • Diabetes education meeting, 2-3 p.m., Spooner Health System. Topics and speakers vary each month.

Information call Claudia at 715-635-1217.

Tuesday, Dec. 13 • Moms Club meets at Faith Lutheran, Spooner, 10 a.m. All stay-at-home or part-time-working moms welcome with their children.

• Shell Lake Elementary School holiday concert, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 14 • Annual Christmas Concert, 6:30p.m., Shell Lake United Methodist Church.

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

• Annual Christmas concert, 6:30 p.m., Shell Lake United Methodist Church.

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

• Book Chat will meet at Jersey’s in Spooner at 4 p.m.

Book report night, everyone will share a favorite book they’ve read.

Thursday, Dec. 15 • Shell Lake PTA meeting, 6:30 p.m., 3-12 school library. Baby-sitting provided.

Sunday, Dec. 18 • Toys for Tots distribution, noon-2 p.m., Barronett Civic Club.

Monday, Dec. 19 • Northern Lights Camera Club meeting 7 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 1790 Scribner St. (Hwy. K), Spooner.

• Grandparents Raising Grandchildren support group,

5 p.m. group activity, 5:30 p.m. dinner, 6-7 p.m. meeting, Lakeland Family Resource Center, 314 Elm St., Spooner. 715-635-4669.

Tuesday, Dec. 20 • Shell Lake/Spooner Masonic Lodge 221, meeting 7 p.m. at the lodge.

Volunteer opportunities

Indianhead Community Action Agency is looking for volunteers to help out in their thrift store and food pantry. Food pantry volunteers must be able to lift at least 25 lbs.

Please stop in to ICAA at 608 Service Road and pick up an application or call 715-635-3975 for more information.

••• The Washburn County Area Humane Society is looking for volunteers to update and maintain their Web site and to research and apply for grants. For more information, call Susie at 715-468-2453 or e-mail wcahs@centurytel.net.

••• Terraceview Living Center Inc. is providing opportunities for talented volunteers skilled in group and 1:1 interactions with the elderly. Seeking services between 3-7 p.m. daily. There will be flexibility in scheduling your services. Orientation is provided. If you are interested please stop by their office and fill out an application.

••• Volunteer help at the Shell Lake Arts Center is needed for special occasions during the school year. We need help with the middle school honors band, bulk mailings, the piano festival, middle school honors choir and the Gala. If you are interested in volunteering please call 715-4682414.

••• Faith in Action of Washburn County is looking for volunteers to provide direct services to seniors and adults with disabilities. Tasks might include transportation, light housekeeping, light yard work, fix-it jobs, telephone and in-person visits. Training is provided, and all volunteers choose what they want to do and when they want to volunteer. For more information, please call 715-635-2252 or e-mail Faith In Action at faithinactionwc@yahoo.com.

••• The Shell Lake Arts Center is in need of a volunteer with bookkeeping experience to work three to four hours per week between now and June 2012. Activities include payroll processing, bill payment and documentation, and communicating with the center’s finance committee. Familiarity with QuickBooks is essential. Contact Tara Burns at the SLAC if interested, 715-468-2414.

••• To publish a volunteer opportunity, submit it to us by Monday noon. E-mail it to wcregister@centurytel.net, bring it to the office, or call 715-468-2314. Please list the type of volunteer work you need, as well as dates, times and length of service. Make sure to include your contact information, including your name and phone number. When the volunteer position is filled, please let us know so we can take it off the list. This service is offered free of charge in an effort to bring the community together so those that are looking for help can find those that are looking to help.

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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.

••• 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.

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The Washburn County Genealogy Research Room, 106-1/2 2nd Ave., Museum Hewitt Building, Shell Lake, is closed for the winter. The room can be opened upon request, weather permitting. Call 715635-7937 or 715-635-6450, for more information.

Shell Lake Alano Club Meetings on CTH B, 2 blocks off Hwy. 63.

All meetings are nonsmoking Sunday 10 a.m.

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AA Beginners Monday Noon AA 5 p.m.

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Monday: Lifestyle weight management support group will meet at 4 p.m. Weigh-in, meeting at 4:30 p.m. in the dining room of Indianhead Medical Center in Shell Lake.

Call Michelle Grady at 715-468-7833 for more information. Membership fee is $10 per year, dues 50 cents per week.

• Partners of Veterans women’s support group will meet from 1 to 2:30 p.m., at Counseling Associates in Siren, located across from the Burnett County Government Center. For more information, contact Julie YaekelBlack Elk at 715-349-8575.

• Celebrate Recovery meetings at 6:30. This is a Christ-centered recovery program. Meetings take place in the Community Life Center at Spooner Wesleyan Church, Hwy. 70 West. For more information, call 715635-2768.

• First Friends Playgroup open to all children. Focus on infants and their caregivers with sensory stimulation and movement experiences. Art project materials provided and the morning closes with circle music time and instrument exploration. 10 a.m. to noon at Lakeland Family Resource Center, 314 Elm St., Spooner.

Monday and Thursday: Washburn County Alzheimer’s Day Respite Program is held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, Spooner. Daily fee includes lunch and a program of crafts, exercise, games, music, quiet time, etc. For more information, call 715635-4367.

Tuesday: Women Healing Women support group at Time-Out Family Abuse Outreach office, every other Tuesday, 4-5:30 p.m. For survivors of domestic abuse and/or sexual abuse. Free, confidential, closed after first session. For more info or to register, contact Time-Out Family Abuse Shelter Outreach office at 103 Oak St., Spooner, WI 54801, 715-635-5245.

• Ala-Teen meets at 6:30 p.m. in the New Life Christian Center in Rice Lake. Use the back entrance.

• The Washburn County Historical Society Research Room, 102 West Second Avenue, Shell Lake, open Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. throughout the year.

• Bridge at Friendship Commons, Fourth Avenue, Shell Lake, 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Practice your Bridge skills. Beginners welcome.

Wednesday: Lakeland Family Resource Center open from noon to 3 p.m.

• AA meeting, 7 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, Spooner.

• 9 a.m. to noon, sewing at Shell Lake Senior Center.

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by Diane Dryden SHELL LAKE - Dawn Rose, or rather Dawn Ruzicka, was born in Chicago and lived on the 4900 block on the south side of the city. Even though the neighborhood was ethnically mixed when she was little, it became increasingly so before she and her husband and children and parents and grandmother moved to Shell Lake in the 1970s.

Rose considers herself basically Bohemian, but when tracing the history of that country, things get a little confusing with those small Slavic countries borderlines constantly changing. Bohemia is home to approximately 6 million of the Czech Republic’s 10.3 million inhabitants.

It is bordered by Germany to the southwest, west and northwest. Poland is to the northeast and Austria to the south. These are the countries that produced the Gypsies who sometimes gave the area a bad name. Not only did they have the Gypsies in common, so much of their food is similar also.

“You might say that there are three ways to describe food in Bohemia; heavy, fat and sweet,” Rose noted. “Like the other Slavic countries, we eat a great deal of foods made of flour. Thanksgiving means turkey, just like here in the United States, but our stuffing consists of ground crackers, egg, garlic, marjoram, milk and butter. We stuff the bird, but the stuffing comes out in one heavy chunk which we slice and serve. It’s called nadivka. If there’s any left we dice it the next day, brown it in more butter and then cook it with scrambled eggs.”

Rose said kolaces - made of a bread-like dough and filled with apricot or poppy seeds or prunes or cream cheese - are one of the sweet foods popular in Bohemia.

She said her grandmother would fill a square of dough and then bring the sides up and pinch them together. Her grandmother called them “pillows.”

“My dad, Al Rose, and I go to Haugen twice a year for their pork and dumpling dinner in March and then again in November for the pork sausage, sauerkraut and dumpling dinner,” Rose said. “The sausage is called jaternice and pronounced more like eith-ra-neet-ska. Each time we go, the place is packed with peo-

said. “It’s very similar to the Christmas Eve tradition of putting your stocking out to be filled. The Slavics believe that St. Nicholas visits houses everywhere, filling stockings. No one seems to know why it’s on Dec. 6, but when I was little, every one of my classmates would brag about what they got in their stocking that morning.”

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ple eating the foods of their youth.”

Boiled or fried Rose said when she was growing up the only ways her family fixed potatoes were boiled or fried.

“We never had them baked or mashed, we had dumplings instead. For Christmas dinner we make bread dumplings to go with our pork roast. The pork, shoulder or loin, is roasted in the oven and the dumplings are dropped into unseasoned water to cook. Even though we also serve sauerkraut, it’s never cooked with the pork. Every dish is cooked separately.”

She said the vegetables can be any variety and they also serve cranberries and black olives on the dinner table.

“We never thicken the gravy but serve it as an au jus over the meat and the dumplings.”

Preceding the early afternoon Christmas feast, a salad made only of lettuce and hard-boiled eggs is served. It’s portioned out into bowls and it’s generously topped with a mixture of sour cream and Italian dressing. Some at the table like to sneak in a bit of the pork au jus to the salad as well.

“Our holiday season really begins on St. Nicholas Day which falls on Dec. 6,” Rose

Mix the following three ingredients together and make a well in the center, 2-1/2 cups flour 4 teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons salt In the well in the center, add one-half to three-fourths cup of water and slowly incorporate the flour into the water with your hands until it’s all mixed together.

Next, gently fold in eight standard-size slices of old bread that have been cut into small cubes.

Form this mixture into four balls and place them in boiling water, cook uncovered for 20 minutes. Turn periodically.

When they’re done, slice and serve.

Heart Lake news

We got our snow on Saturday and I think it is here to stay until spring. There are still some flakes falling today. Our temps aren’t the greatest either but that goes with the snow.

Our sympathy to the family of Ray Schlapper who passed away on Friday in Eau Claire. Ray was a busy man, putting up so much corn in and around his farm.

How about those Badgers and Packers?

We all have reason to be proud of them.

Both teams gave us exciting games!

Charlie Paffel went to a wedding in Eau Claire. His granddaughter Hanna Christ married Scott Jepperson this past Saturday.

Louise Schade was visiting her relatives over the weekend and the whole gang, Florence, Lillian, Louise, Margaret and Frank, were at Florence’s for supper on Saturday night. Mike Governoski also attended.

Lillian Ullom attended the funeral of Phyllis Shipman last Saturday at Salem Lutheran Church.

Last Saturday, Mavis and Roger Flach had company, Barb and Gary Thompson.

On Thursday, Arnold Flach of Cumberland also visited his brother.

On Saturday night, Arlys Santiago went to the Christmas party at Mike and Marie King’s of Big Ripley Lake.

Saturday night, John and Mary Marschall, along with Brian and Brady, Sarah Marschall and Kyle Mathison of Cumberland and Jade LaFave, joined Wealthy and Darryl Marschall of Amery at the Bona Casa for the celebration of birthdays of Wealthy and Sarah. Birthday greetings to you two.

Monday afternoon Karen Scribner was here at Glenview to help us make Christmas cards, which is a fun thing to do.

Enjoy the new-fallen snow. Our decorated trees are popping up all over Glenview along with festive Christmas music.

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Alivia Marker and Sara Brunberg had a great day hanging out at the stuffed toy table at the Addison Robotti, Cadence Robotti and Evie Johnson did their craft fair.

Christmas shopping at the after-school craft fair held as part of Holiday Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Shell Lake High School.

Two-year-old Karra Bambenek made her first reindeer at the makeit-and-take-it craft at Shell Lake Community Center.

RIGHT: Six-year-old Hannah Schultz has been very good all year, so she had nothing to worry about with Santa. She wanted a lava lamp and a Smurf doll.

RIGHT: Vicki and Molly Christenson told Mrs. Claus what they wanted for Christmas this year. Mrs. Claus was at the high school to hear the wishes of the children while Santa Claus was at the community center.

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Spooner seventh-grader Nathan Chastek sang “Do You Hear What I Hear?” He was a 2011 Intermezzo Donna Kegel is the fourth recipient of the Inter- scholarship recipient and Abby Rankila was all smiles after she com- mezzo Award. The award was presented by friend attended the Shell Lake Art pleted her alto saxophone solo “Carol of the and member Elaine Walker. As a founding mem- Center this past summer.

Bells.” ber, she was recognized for 45 years of serving the music community.

LEFT: Shell Lake eighth-grader Sabrina Skindzelewski, accompanied by her teacher Aimee Pashby, played her oboe at the Intermezzo Club 2011 Advent Concert at the Spooner High School auditorium on Thursday, Dec. 1.

Photos by Larry Samson

RIGHT: Shania Schaefer plays “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” as Anna Dunshee helps her with her music. They are two homeschooled students from Shell Lake.

Shell Lake student Andrew Dahlstrom performed his piano solo “Christmas Travels.”

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

Wrestling lineup

Anthony Landsverk Sophomore

Beau Skluzacek Sophomore

Bryan Knoop Freshman

Caleb Schmidt Senior

David Corrillo Freshman

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Dillon Hopke Senior

Haleigh Fafalski Freshman

Leo Corrillo Freshman

Hitting the mats

Noah Skluzacek Freshman

Turner Moe Sophomore

by Larry Samson

Tyler Harrell Junior

by Larry Samson SHELL LAKE — When the Shell Lake Lakers hit the mats in a dual meet at Unity on Thursday, Dec. 8, Shell Lake will be starting the season with the youngest and smallest team in the history of its wrestling program. Shell Lake lost two veteran wrestlers this season from football injuries bringing the number of wrestlers down to 11.

Caleb Schmidt and Dillon Hopke are the two returning seniors. Junior Tyler Harrell and sophomore Beau Skluzacek are returning veterans. Turner Moe, a sophomore, wrestled with the Cumberland pro-

gram last year and will add some experience to the Laker team. Coach Jim Campbell will have to rely on six sophomores and freshmen wrestlers to finish out the squad. Assistant coaches Pete Hopke, Byron Hopke and Kyle Balts will be returning to help with the coaching duties.

In addition to the Unity dual meet, Shell Lake will be at the Spooner Invitational on Saturday, Dec. 10.

Wrestlers from Hayward, Ashland, Bayfield, Shell Lake, Park Falls, Northwood and Flambeau will compete at the invitational.

Shell Lake girls off to a 2-0 start

SPOONER- With a 61-41 win over Siren and a 55-44 win over the Spooner Rails, Shell Lake is off to a 2-0 start, its best start in many years.

Against Siren the Lakers took an early first-quarter lead, 17-11, and never looked back. They added to the lead in every quarter winning decisively by 22 points. Shania Pokorny scored 22 points followed by Hannah Cassel with 12. It was a big game for the two sophomores on offense and defense.

From the field they were 17 baskets for 40 attempts, and from the line they were 27 for 37. The Tuesday, Nov. 29, game was their first game of the season.

On Friday, Dec. 2, Shell Lake made the Shell Lake guard Jennifer Connell and Spooner defender Megan Nowak dive short trip north to Spooner to play a nonfor the ball at midcourt. Shell Lake beat Spooner 55-44 in a close nonconferconference game. Spooner came out and dominated the first quarter 13-7. Through ence game hosted by Spooner on Friday, Dec. 2. the second quarter the Lakers battled back to take a one-point lead just before halftime.

Spooner has two lefties, Morgan Johnson and Sarah Slaminski, that scored 18 of the 25 points that were on the board in the first half. In the second half Shell Lake adjusted to shut them down and skated to an 11-point victory. Pokorny was the high scorer for Shell Lake with 15 points followed by Jen Cassel and Erica Kozial with 10 points each.

They were 14 for 28 from the field and 18 for 27 from the line. Johnson and Slaminski were the high scorers for Spooner with 14 and 12 points, Slaminski came away with 10 rebounds followed by Steph Henk with 8.

Shell Lake will face conference rivals the Prairie Farm Panthers on Friday, Dec. 9, at Prairie Farm. The Panthers are coming off a 42-23 win over New Auburn. Spooner will be playing Barron in a conference home game on Tuesday, Dec. 13. Barron is off to a 3-0 start with wins over New Richmond, Ellsworth and Rice Lake.

Spooner sophomore Morgan Johnson maneuvers around Shell Lake defender Shania Pokorny on this left-handed layup. She was the high scorer for Spooner with 14 points.

RIGHT: A little nudge by Spooner defender Kenzie Dettle sent Jen Cassel to the free-throw line. Cassel was three for five from the freethrow line and ended the game with 10 points.

Photos by Larry Samson

Spooner senior Sarah Slaminski shoots a left-handed jump shot. She scored 12 points for Spooner and had 10 rebounds.

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Tough start for Laker boys

by Larry Samson

SIREN/GRANTSBURG - Shell Lake knew that it was going to be a tough week, going up against two powerhouses in the West Lakeland Conference. Shell Lake lost 83-27 against Siren on Tuesday, Nov. 29. Siren will be making a run for state under coach Jon Ruud. The bright spot in the game was the performance of BJ Burton who counted for 15 points, he put in three 3-pointers and was 4 for 4 at the free-throw line.

Traveling to Grantsburg on Friday, Dec. 2, Shell Lake took it on the chin 74-17 as the tough Pirate defense shut down any threat that the Lakers had. AJ Denotter and John Lloyd each had seven points.

Shell Lake will travel to Prairie Farm on Friday, Dec. 9, to face the Panthers in a conference showdown. Prairie Farm is coming off a 63-42 loss to New Auburn. The Lakers will be home against Flambeau on Tuesday, Dec. 13.

Isaac Cusick went up and over Siren defender Davey St. John on this jump shot.

AJ Denotter goes in for a layup. The high-scoring forward was held to three points against a strong Siren defense.

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Junior high boys basketball Thursday, Dec. 8: Vs. Prairie Farm, at SLAC, 5 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 12: At Cameron Middle School, 5 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 16: At Turtle Lake High School, 5 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 19: Vs. Northwood, 5 p.m.

Boys varsity basketball Friday, Dec. 9: Doubleheader at Prairie Farm, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 12: Vs. Flambeau, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 16: At Cameron, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 20: Vs. Turtle Lake, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 22: Doubleheader vs. Birchwood, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 3: Doubleheader at Luck, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 6: Doubleheader vs. Unity, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 10: Doubleheader at Clayton, 6 p.m.

LEFT: With opening tip-off in the Shell Lake versus Siren game held Tuesday, Nov. 29, Shell Lake boys basketball season started. The Lakers lost to the statebound Dragons 83-27 in a nonconference game. Siren is coached by Jon Ruud, a one-time assistant coach from Shell Lake. He rebuilt the Siren girls program prior to taking over the boys program.

RIGHT: BJ Burton makes the turn against Siren defender Murdock Smith. He was the Shell Lake top scorer with 15 points.

Photos by Larry Samson

First deer Girls varsity basketball Friday, Dec. 9: Doubleheader at Prairie Farm, 6 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 16: Vs. Turtle Lake, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 20: At Cameron, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 22: Doubleheader vs. Birchwood, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 3: Doubleheader at Luck, 6 p.m.

Wresting varsity Thursday, Dec. 8: At Unity, 5 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 10: Spooner Tournament, 10:30 a.m.

Thursday, Dec. 15: Vs. Cornell/Gilman, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 17: Osceola Invitational, 10 a.m.

Thursday, Dec. 29: Bistate at La Crosse, 9:30 a.m.

Thursday, Jan. 5: At Northwood, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 7: Superior Invitational, 10:30 a.m.

Thursday, Jan. 12: Vs. Cameron, 7 p.m.

Te n - y e a r - o l d Jerad Burch, Spooner, grandson of Dan and Janet Ullom, Shell Lake, shot his first deer this hunting season, and it was a 10pointer. — Photo submitted

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“An O. Henry Christmas”

Washburn County Area Humane Society

ADOPTABLE PETS OF THE WEEK Family is something we all hold so dear, Seems more apparent at this time of year.

Getting things ready for Christmas to come, Excitement for many but not fun for some.

Children are gone they seem so far away, So how to be cheerful for this holiday?

I may have the answer to turn things around, Adopting a dog from your shelter or pound.

Dogs who may feel alone as you do, Wish they were “home” for the holiday too.

What a great time to give a dog a try, Once he is home you will ask yourself why.

Why didn’t I do this a long time ago?

All you can say is “I simply didn’t know.”

All the good things a dog brings to one’s life Take away some of one’s stresses and strife.

Take it from someone who knows this is true, That pets bring great joys and then gone are your blues!

Dogs for adoption: 2-yr.-old female black/brown Chihuahua/dachshund mix; 6-month-old male black Lab mix; 2-yr.-old brindle male pit bull; 11month-old female black/brindle Lab/pit mix; 5-yr.old neutered brown/white Am. Staffordshire terrier; 5-yr.-old neutered brown/tan min pin mix; 8-yr.-old white/brown spayed Chihuahua; 2-yr.-old black male Chihuahua mix; 6-yr.-old male boxer and a 5yr.-old neutered springer spaniel mix.

Cats for adoption: 7-month-old gray/white female medium-hair tiger; 2-1/2-month-old male gray medium-hair kitten; 7-month-old male black shorthair; 6-month-old male black/white shorthair; 7month-old female black/white medium-hair; 1-yr.-old spayed brown/white shorthair Abyssinian mix; 4-month-old male orange/white longhair; 6-yr.old neutered orange shorthair tiger; 2 young shorthair calicos; 3-yr.-old neutered gray/white shorthair tiger; 2-month-old black longhair male; 2-yr.-old male orange/white shorthair; 2-yr.-old shorthair calico and her 6-week-old kittens, one black, one black/white and one orange tiger, and three 7-weekold black/white kittens.

Strays include: Adult female black/white Lab/hound mix found on CTH M in Sarona, adult female black/brown min pin wearing a collar w/tags found on Hill Drive Town of Beaver Brook and an adult declawed black female shorthair found on Oak Hill Road in Trego.

Please remember you can have your pet remembered on our Tree of Lights with a donation and also visit our Web site at www.wcahs.com

ABOVE: Gathering around the barrel stove for heat, the stories the group share change their lives and rekindle what little hope they carry within themselves. Agnes, Rose Bauman; Grover, Barry Melcher; Marguerite, Pat Shifferd; Hal, Justin Peck; and Fran, Kathy Brihn; play the roles in this charming story, “An O. Henry Christmas,” that ran Friday, Dec. 2, through Sunday, Dec. 4. The play will be performed again on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 9 and 10, and a 2 p.m. matinee Sunday, Dec. 11.

LEFT: Donny Bruce plays the part of OP, a stranger who changes the lives of a group of homeless souls who have gathered for company in New York City in 1893.

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n most cases, I don’t have a Plan B. I guess when one is planning to entertain, having a backup plan may be the way to go. Especially after what I experienced recently when I was having a group of 10 over and planned to serve a festive dessert.

I was planning to entertain on a Thursday evening.

After attending a class on Wednesday evening, I decided it would be best if I made my two caramelpecan cheesecakes that evening rather than Thursday morning before heading off to work.

Things seem to be going good about 10 p.m. as I ran the vacuum around the living room, and the oven was doing its thing baking the cheesecakes. For some reason though, the recipe said to bake until just starting to set. I wasn’t quite sure if the desserts were done, but I thought they had been baking well over the amount of time the recipe suggested. After they cooled a bit, I placed the two pie plates in the refrigerator.

I got home from work about an hour before my guests were set to arrive. I had this gnawing feeling about my cheesecakes not being perfect, so I decided to take a taste. My

heart sank as I realized they were underbaked. Now what? I wasted 15 minutes trying to decide what to do. A 24-mile round-trip to the grocery store to pick out something else was not an option. I always seem to have ingredients necessary to make cookies. So that’s what I did. As the guests arrived, the men mainly, stated they smelt something good. As I explained that we would be having fresh-from-theoven chocolate-chip cookies, I gave the beverage option of decaf coffee or milk. Most opted for milk.

So that evening, instead of sitting around my dining room table eating a luscious, caramel-pecan cheesecake, my guests and I were drinking milk and enjoying fresh, with-the-chocolate-still-soft cookies.

I don’t think I would have been able to pull this off as successfully had I served cookies taken out of the freezer. There’s just something about the aroma of freshly baked foods.

In the future, rather than having a Plan B, I will perhaps keep in mind Plan C, which stands for cookies.

Beyond the office door • Suzanne Johnson

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by Diane Dryden SPOONER - Due to the sad fact that dementia and Alzheimer’s are becoming more prevalent, many caregivers are still not willing to take that first step of letting go, says Sue Miller, the Happy Day Club director in Spooner at the Trinity Lutheran Church.

And because of that, the center is having an open house on Thursday, Dec. 8, from 3-5 p.m.

There will be a special speaker, Dr. Mark Van Etten, who will speak of the importance of caregivers taking care of themselves. Joan Litwitz, the local representative for the Alzheimer’s organization, will be there as well as Tammy Tom-Steinmetz, from the Agency on Aging Resources in Spooner. That makes four agencies in one place to answer any questions about programs and assistance that’s available for caregivers.

“We offer respite times for caregivers three days a week from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. with Spooner providing care on Mondays and Thursdays and Birchwood filling in on Wednesdays,” states Miller.

“We have clients who attend all three days, thanks to the excellent Namekagon Transit bus service.”

These respite days give caregivers needed times of rest and a day clear for doing what they can’t when their loved one is home. It also gives the clients a happy place to spend time with friends that’s filled music, local and in-house visits from everybody’s best Lab friend, Buddy, and his owner, Dan Martin. The kids from the K-4 school across the highway also come to visit, bringing books and poems to read.

“Sometimes it’s a joke book for children, and everyone appreciates the humor,” Miller said. “We read and comment on both the information in both local papers, with our native residents adding information that the papers didn’t include. We dance frequently and one of our members always has his harmonica handy for tunes, which everyone enjoys because he plays very well. The lunches are provided by a local restaurant and besides being nutritious, they are delicious.”

Open house this Thursday

The Happy Day staff (L to R) is: Joyce Rubesch, Sue Miller, Joan Smith, who is the support group facilitator, Nancy Posta and Mike Grimes. - Photo by Diane Dryden Originally called Washburn County Respite Program, the name was changed several years ago to the Happy Days Club, eliminating the stigma of the clients condition and making humor one of the key ingredients in their day.

Miller started working in a nursing home in Minnesota as an activity director for 15 years but moved with her husband and two children five years ago to the area and to the job.

“We love this area to raise our kids,” he said.

The open house is an opportunity for caregivers to see the center and meet its volunteers and to also to see for themselves that their loved one will be treated with kindness and care and there is help available. Hors d’oeuvres, cookies, punch and coffee will be served and door prizes top off the afternoon.

For more information you can contact Sue Miller at 715-416-2942. For information about the Birchwood respite day, which is held every Wednesday at the senior center, the number is 715-3543001.

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Jeanette R. Falstad

Jeanette R. Falstad, 50, Shell Lake, formerly of Caswell Beach, N.C., died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011 at Terraceview Living Center in Shell Lake.

She was born April 1, 1961, in Uetikon, Switzerland, to Fritz and Sieglinde (Laux) Bahnmuller. After high school, Jeanette emigrated to the U.S. and attended Columbia University for a short time. She spent most of her adult life as a homemaker, was a fantastic cook, master crafter (including crochet, needlepoint and quilting) and an avid papillon dog lover.

She is survived by her son, Eric Falstad of Shell Lake; her mother, Sigelinda Bahnmueller of Switzerland; her brother, Jurg Bahnmueller of Switzerland;and her fiance, Paul McCormick of Caswell Beach, N.C. A memorial service will be held during the 10 a.m. service on Sunday, Dec. 11, at Shell Lake Full Gospel Church with the Rev. Virgil Amundson officiating.

Skinner Funeral Home of Shell Lake was entrusted with arrangements.

Senior Lunch Menu

Monday, Dec. 12: Scalloped potatoes and ham, tender baby peas, Clementine, apple flax muffin, milk, coffee.

Tuesday, Dec. 13: Ranch chicken, mashed sweet potatoes, green beans with bacon, onion dressing, turtle brownie, bread, butter, beverage.

Wednesday, Dec. 14: Meat loaf and gravy, mashed potatoes, tossed salad, dressing, cranberry ginger relish, bread, butter, milk, coffee.

Thursday, Dec. 15: Spaghetti with meat sauce, Parmesan, mixed vegetables, peach halves, cheesy garlic bread, milk, coffee.

Friday, Dec. 16: Pork chops in gravy, cranberry wild rice, baked squash, strawberry banana parfait, rye bread, butter, milk, coffee.

Meal reservations must be made at least 24 hours in advance. Call 715-468-4750.

Thank You

Raymond W. Schlapper, 88, of Shell Lake, died Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, at Luther Hospital in Eau Claire.

He was born April 23, 1923, in Shell Lake, to William and Ada (Lindholm) Schlapper. He attended Shell Lake schools and graduated from Shell Lake High School in 1941. Ray enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served aboard the USS Casablanca aircraft carrier in the Pacific for two years. He was married in Shell Lake on Sept. 8, 1948, to Mavis Trumbower, and they lived in Shell Lake until purchasing a farm in the Town of Bashaw. He dairy farmed until 1986 when he sold the cows and began crop farming with his sons.

Ray worked as an inseminator for Artificial Breeding Inc. for 21 years. He was a member of the Washburn County Board of Supervisors for four years and Bashaw Town Board for six years. He was employed as a real estate broker for Benson-Thompson, Inc. for 30 years.

Ray was a member of the United Methodist Church in Spooner. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and spending time with his family.

He is survived by his wife, Mavis, of Shell Lake; three sons, Richard (Deb) Schlapper of Shell Lake, Donn (Jill) Schlapper of Spooner and Dale (Jody) Schlapper of Shell Lake; eight grandchildren, Jessica (Jon) Larson of Osceola, Ryan Schlapper of Spooner, Craig (Nicole) Schlapper of Hayward, Chris Schlapper of Shell Lake, Dana Hoffman of Spooner, Matthew (Debbie) Schlapper of Spooner and Patrick and Scott Schlapper, both of Eau Claire; one great-granddaughter, Morgan Rae; four great-grandsons, Jace, Cade, Miles and Keb; one brother, Warren (Betty) Schlapper of Rice Lake; and two sisters, Ida Winkler of Rice Lake and Helen Love of St. Louis, Mo. He was preceded in death by two brothers and twin great-grandsons.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, Dec. 6, at Shell Lake United Methodist Church with the Rev. Gregory Harrell officiating. Burial was in Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Spooner. Pallbearers were his grandchildren. Military honors were accorded

by Wisconsin Military Honors Team.

Skinner Funeral Home of Shell Lake was entrusted with arrangements.

Malcolm L. Bachler, 91, Shell Lake, died Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, at Indianhead Medical Center in Shell Lake. He was born Sept. 29, 1920, in Clear Lake to August and Lulu Maude (Payson) Bachler.

He was married in Kenosha on June 11, 1942, to Corena Cooley, who preceded him in death on Jan. 29, 1996. Shortly after the wedding, Malcolm was called to serve his country in the South Pacific during WWII. After the war, Malcolm was employed by the Wisconsin DNR Fisheries Department for 32 years. The majority of this time he spent at the Spooner Fish Hatchery, where he became hatchery foreman.

He is survived by his daughter, Judy (Ted) Crandell of Stone Lake; sons, Mark (Jayne) Bachler of Shell Lake

and Gary (Debbie) Bachler of Mesa, Ariz.; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, Dec. 9, 2011, at Shell Lake Full Gospel Church with the Rev. Virgil Amundson officiating. Burial will be in Shell Lake Cemetery. Military honors will be accorded by the Wisconsin Military Honors Team and the Shell Lake Honor Guard. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8, at the Skinner Funeral Home in Shell Lake and one hour prior to service on Friday at the church.

The Skinner Funeral Home of Shell Lake has been entrusted with arrangements.

Malcolm L. Bachler

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Friday, Nov. 25 Stephanie S. Schultz, 36, Shell Lake, hit a deer while westbound on CTH B, just east of CTH O, in Shell Lake at 6:04 p.m. No injuries or damage reported.

Saturday, Nov. 26 Tammi L. AmendtSokup, 46, Rice Lake, was eastbound on Hwy. 70, one-tenth of a mile west from Carlton Road in Spooner, when she hit a deer at 5:30 p.m. Minor damage to the front end of her vehicle was reported and the vehicle was towed. No injuries reported.

Accident reports

Sunday, Nov. 27 Jessica M. Holmes, 22, Cameron, was southbound on Hwy. 53, 150 feet south of Zimmerman Road near Sarona, when her vehicle hit an eastbound bear. According to the police report, neither one took it well. The vehicle had severe damage. No injuries were reported. The accident occurred at 8:05 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 1 At 6:28 a.m. David A. Harper, 41, Superior, was southbound on Hwy. 53, a quarter of a mile south of Oak Ridge Drive in Trego, when he moved from the right lane into the passing

lane with his cruise control on and started to slide.

Harper didn’t realize the roads were icy, according to the report. He tried to correct the vehicle but lost control and entered the median, rolled onto the side and struck large rocks. The vehicle had severe damage to the top and front. The vehicle was towed. Both Harper and his passenger, Katia Harper, 21, Superior, suffered injuries and were transported to the Spooner hospital for medical attention.

At 7:45 a.m., Jefferey W. Hulleman, 47, Webster, was driving a cement truck westbound on CTH

E when he couldn’t stop his vehicle at the stop sign at the intersection of Island Lake Road in Spooner.

According to the report, Hulleman had seen a vehicle coming from his right and decided to accelerate to avoid colliding with the vehicle.

The vehicle driven by Andrew S. Medley, 50, Spooner, made a right-hand turn in front of Hulleman and was rear-ended. Medley went through a rock garden and bushes before stopping at a woodpile. Medley’s vehicle was towed with severe damage, and Hulleman’s vehicle only had very minor damage See Accidents, page 18

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Youth Group, 7th - 12th grades: Wednesdays 7 - 8:30 p.m.

W7135 Green Valley Rd. (Green Valley Rd. and Hwy. 63) Pastor James Frisby 715-635-2277 Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

Sunday evening service 6 p.m.

Wed. evening service 7 p.m.

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293 S. Hwy. 63, Shell Lake Pastor Virgil Amundson 715-468-2895 1st Service: 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School & Adult Education Classes: 9:45 a.m.

2nd Service: 10:30 a.m.

Pre-KFC & KFC (Kids For Christ) during the 2nd Service (10:30 a.m.); UTurn Student Ministries 6 p.m.; Tuesdays: Compassion Connection (Men only) 7 p.m.; Wednesdays: Compassion Connection (Women only) 7 p.m.; Thurdays: Compassion Connection (Coed meetings) 7 p.m.;

Lutheran

Barronett Lutheran 776 Prospect Ave., Barronett Pastor Todd Ahneman 715-671-3197 (cell) Sunday Worship: 9 a.m.

The Spirit Connection Youth Group will meet the first Wednesday of the month at 6 p.m.

100 N. Second St., Shell Lake Father Edwin Anderson Saturday Mass: 4:30 p.m.

Books and Coffee: Tues. 9 a.m.

St. Catherine's Catholic

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

St. Francis de Sales

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

Sunday Mass: 10 a.m.

United Methodist 312 Elm St., Spooner 715-635-3227 Rev. Jack Starr Sunday Worship: 10:45 a.m.

Lakeview United Methodist Williams Road, Hertel 715-635-3227 Rev. Jack Starr Sunday Worship: 9 a.m.

Long Lake Lutheran Church

Full Gospel

Northwoods Baptist

Spooner Baptist

(Missouri Synod) South of Spooner off Hwy. W7148 Luther Rd. Pastor Brent Berkesch 715-635-8167 Sunday Worship 8 a.m.

Sunday School 9:15 a.m.

Praise and Worship 10:30 Lutheran Hour on WJMC 96.1 FM Radio at 9 a.m. Sundays

Corner of Elm and Summit St., Spooner Father Bob Rodgers 715-635-8475 Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.

Holy Eucharist: Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and Thursday at 9:30 a.m.

Morning prayer: 8:15 a.m. Monday - Thursday

Baptist

W6268 Cranberry Dr., Shell Lake; 1 mile north of CTH B on U.S. 253 Pastor Adam Dunshee 715-468-2177 Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

Sunday service: 6 p.m.

Wednesday service: 7 p.m.

Faith Lutheran

St. Alban's

W3114 Church Rd., Sarona Pastor Mary Strom Sunday Worship 9 a.m.

Sunday School 9 a.m.

Salem Lutheran, ELCA

803 Second St., Shell Lake 715-468-7718 www.shelllakesalem lutheran.org Sunday Worship: 8 and 10 a.m.; coffee and conversation: 9:15 a.m.

Timberland Ringebu Free Lutheran

20805 CTH H, Barronett 715-468-4403 Pastor Al Bedard Sunday School 8:30 a.m.

Family Worship 9:30 a.m.

Fellowship follows worship Holy Communion first Sunday of the month Midweek Studies Tuesdays 2 & 7 p.m.

Trinity Lutheran

1790 Scribner St., Spooner 715-635-3603 Sunday Worship: 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School: 9:15 a.m.

Methodist

United Methodist

135 Reinhart Dr., Shell Lake, 715-468-2405 Pastor Gregory Harrell Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School during worship time; FISH Youth Group Wednesday, 7:30 - 9 p.m.

Sarona Methodist

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Nazarene

Church of the Nazarene

Hwy. 253 S, Spooner Rev. David Frazer 715-635-3496 Sunday Worship: 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.; Wednesday Adult, youth and children ministries: 6:30 p.m.

Wesleyan

Spooner Wesleyan

Hwy. 70 W, Spooner www.spoonerwesleyan.org Senior Pastor Ronald W. Gormong; Assistant Pastor Chopper Brown 715-635-2768 Sunday Worship 9 a.m.; Sunday School and ABFs: 10:30 a.m.; nursery provided; Celebrate Recovery, now every Monday at 6:30 p.m.

Team Kid ages 4 yrs. - 6th grade Wednesday 6:30 p.m.

Other

Cornerstone Christian

Pastor Tom Kelby 106 Balsam St., Spooner 715-635-9222 www.cornerstonechurch spooner.com Sunday Worship: 10 a.m.

Children’s Sunday School: 10:30 a.m.; Wed. Prayer: 6:30 p.m.

Youth Group Wednesday: 6:30 p.m.

Team Kid 4 years-6th grade 6:30 p.m.

Pastor Gregory Harrell Sunday worship 9 a.m.

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Area Writer’s corner

Anticipating Christmas

by Mary B. Olsen The Christmas spirit is approaching with its frosty breath on the air, alerting us to its enveloping presence.

I am not one of those people who look forward to the Christmas season with dread. I know there can be sadness, but there need not be gloom. We can bring cheer into our world especially at this time. We know it is always a time of frantic hurrying with gift buying, decorating and making many plans that the family expects.

It can be stressful. Yet it is a time of pleasant preparation.

The trees outdoors will be hung with twinkling lights to light our neighborhoods and business places. Then we will be bringing the lights indoors to decorate. Perhaps a live tree will lend its fragrant greenery for the season. We will deck our trees with our colorful ornaments. We will be wrapping packages in seasonal paper to add more color.

I find it is pleasant work to decorate. For me, this time just before the holiday is precious because it is, in my mind, filled to overflowing, like the pack carried by Santa, stuffed full of wonderful memories.

I remember the way the children looked forward to the holiday. They absorbed the Christmas spirit. They brightened like stars with the lights, joyfully listened to the church bells and the jingle bells. The many special sounds and sights gave them pleasure. They touched the evergreen garlands, the holly leaves and the wreaths with the red berries and bows. They joined in the decorating trying to be careful with the fragile colored globes and placed them with extra care on the green branches. The elves, Santas and homemade decorations had to be handled with care, as well.

The young people counted Santa Clauses and wondered why so many. They learned the names of the reindeer and sang about Rudolph. They heard the carols and the holiday favorites that are sung year after year.

We always sang carols at home and some of the popular songs with a Christmas theme. The real Santa, a person complete with the red suit and the white fur and the tasseled hat, was part of it. But the really, real Santa was the one who came late on Christmas Eve, on a sleigh pulled by flying reindeer and brought gifts. This Santa was for them the real spirit of Christmas.

It is well to consider these are the trappings, just part of an all-encompassing theme. They add to the occasion, no doubt. All the parties, the feasts, the hot cider and holiday cookies, need not be extravagant. Gifts may be simpler in a time when our purses are empty.

No matter how many bells, wreaths, candles, and decorated trees and gifts are prepared, we must keep in mind the true meaning of Christmas. Its light surrounds us. It is our relationships, our caring for one another that makes our extra efforts worthwhile. We should make sure that our packages are brightly wrapped in love. It is love that we celebrate.

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by Pauline Lawrence

How beautiful it is outside. Yes, with the snow on the limbs of the trees, you can see every limb. It’s about time we got some snow, don’t you think? And you know Christmas Eve is only 20 days away. You can bet those wee ones are being extra good.

A very happy birthday to Gabriel Lawrence on his special day Friday, Dec. 9. Have a wonderful day, Gabriel.

A very happy birthday to Tammy LaVeau as she enjoys her special day Friday, Dec. 9. Have a great day, Tammy.

Happy birthday wishes go out to Savannah Gemack, Katie Kinde, Rose Gray and Joan Petz, all on Saturday, Dec. 10.

Happy, happy birthday to a very dear golden oldie when she turns 92 years young on Saturday, Dec. 10.

Have a wonderful day, Bertha.

Happy birthday to Kerry Russell on her special day Monday, Dec. 12, with many more.

A very happy anniversary to Dale and Lois Stellrecht as they enjoy their special day together with many more to come.

A very happy birthday to Helga Petersen on Wednesday, Dec. 14, with many more to come.

Talking with Jim Toll, we find his son Dave was up for the weekend cutting a load of wood for his pa.

You’ve got to keep that stove full to keep warm. Jim tells us some fishermen got anxious to wet their lines on Bashaw Lake. They took a boat out.

Diane Hulleman tells us she had a baby shower for Terri Kruger who has a little boy. She named him Chase William. She received many gifts. Of course you all know Diane is a wonderful cook and she made everything from scratch for the lunch. Diane tells us she is going to a little church between Cumberland and Rice Lake. This church has no electricity and only the heat from a potbellied stove to keep a person warm. She says she thinks it’s the Wiesner Church and they enjoy singing Christmas carols. The church also has a pump organ and they do weddings, etc., there.

Nate Petersen is now home and working for T and T. He works with combining crops in the Dakotas come next spring.

Table talk: What is the most important thing you have done up to now?

You know now with all the crops in for another season, most farmers can say amen for the year. But you

can bet those farmers are already thinking of all the cash expenses they have to put out for next spring and where the money is going to come from.

Saturday found Loretta Vanselus taking in the girls gymnastics in Rice Lake, watching her granddaughter Megan perform. This was the last gymnastics meet for the girls. Friday night found Butch and Loretta taking in “Walk thru Bethlehem” in the Cornerstone church.

Spending grandma time with Karen Vanderhoof were Logan and Megan Kinde and their parents Dave and Katie, Connor and Makenna and Rory Vanderhoof.

Trent and Travis also came to help on Doug and Karen’s new free-stall barn with hopes of it being done by Christmas. Mark and Bryan came to help one day this last week. Katie and Karen did the cooking. Yummy, apple crumb really sounds good, Karen.

Richy’s turkey barns were cleaned and hauled away this past week with new 7-week-old turkeys coming to make their home in son’s sheds.

Sandy Atkinson says it was wonderful to see her three grandchildren out and sliding behind the barn.

She said they came in very wet and wanted hot chocolate.

Gosh, oh gosh, what a great game it was on Sunday.

Yes, the Packers played the Giants and it was a nail-biting game with the score 38 to 35. Gosh, watching it I saw a really good game; mostly I saw legs and arms in a pile. But hey, Packers keep it up, as we want those Packers to win.

News from Garry and Beth Crosby. Beth tells us she and Garry attended the state NFO convention in Marshfield. Tom and Sunshine, Isaac, Josie and Alicia also attended.

New from the Fjelstad Palace finds Monday, Bob and Kris were in Cumberland for an apptointment. They also topped at Louie’s for lutefisk, which is Bob’s favorite. Kris says her house stunk but Bob was in his glory. On Monday they went for more, just to be nice to Bob, stink or not. Friday, Cherie and Emily Dorweiler visited with Bob and Kris and later Bob visited with Elmer Talbert. Saturday, Jeff Larson visited with Bob and Kris. Kris tells us, “yes there were two fishermen taking a boat on the lake and fished.” She tells us most of the cars come and look at the ice and drive home.

Scatter sunshine!

Have a great week!

Snow started falling quietly on Saturday eve and Sunday morning every bough and branch was piled with the beautiful white stuff. I had around 6” on the deck railing and deck to shovel off.

The town plow came flying past at 4 in the morning, cleaning off our roads in the Town of Sarona.

Folks are getting up the Christmas trees and doing the entire outside trimming. It looks so beautiful with the snow and colorful lights.

Dave and Cathy Stodola, Hudson, were at his mom’s on the weekend. No, Virginia is not moving anywhere.

That was just a truck backed up there doing some insulation.

Marlene Hansen flew out to Minot, S.D., for Thanksgiving with Krista, Karl and Jayden Okonek. Karl was deployed to Guam, he left Friday, Dec. 2, for four months, and Marlene, along with Krista and son, drove back here on Friday to live while he is away. Krista reports she Skyped with him on Saturday after he arrived; she says that today modern technology is so great.

We were saddened to hear of the death of wellknown, liked and respected Ray Schlapper at age 88.

He grew up here in West Sarona, it was always a joy to visit with him. He will be dearly missed. Sympathy is extended to his wife, Mavis and sons Dick, Don and Dale and their wives and children; his brother Warren in Rhode Island; sisters Ida Winkler in Rhode Island and Helen Love in Montana as well as many other relatives.

Sarona folks also extend their sympathy to the family of Clint DesJarden and Jerry Hulleman in their recent deaths. Also Betty Kent of Spooner, a dear bowling friend that we will dearly miss.

George and Mary Thostenson had their son Bruce, wife Sue and kids Kaelee and Tyler, from south Wisconsin for Thanksgiving and the weekend. They did a little hunting and didn’t even see a deer.

It was a beautiful and really nice 50th wedding anniversary party Saturday at the Rell-M-Inn for Leroy and Virginia Sandridge. They had a big turnout of friends that showed up to help a great couple celebrate.

Many more years of wedded life is wished for them.

The food and the special cake were really great.

Congrats to Dan and Carol Kubista on a new grandson named Dustrian Daniel Millard born to daughter, Brenda and Jerrimiah.

Saturday night when the gentle snow was falling it was a perfect setting for Dick and Marie King’s annual Big Ripley neighborhood party. The group enjoyed potluck supper together, lots of laughs as they exchanged white elephant gifts. The most popular oddity this year was a skunk boat flag, so watch for it flying over one of the docks of Big Ripley, come next summer.

Mavis Schlapper hosted a belated birthday party for Elfreda West on Thursday, with Gloria Frey, Mary Krantz, Bea Helmer and myself there helping her celebrate.

Wednesday I met granddaughter Sara, a couple of her college friends and grandmas Elaine Mathinsen, Cumberland, and Weathy Marschall, Amery, at the bridal shop in Rice Lake. Sara was trying on wedding gowns and she wanted the three grandmas to be part of it. We had a fun day together and also eating at Culvers afterward.

Sunday evening I went along with the Marschall family to Bona Casa to eat, the occasion, for Weathy and Sara Marchall’s birthdays.

Jill Webb called from Somerset, reports her dad, Dale’s, recent surgery went well. He had some hip surgery, his body makes too much calcium, and so had a lot of issues with that.

Happy birthday wishes this week to Jessica Haynes, Neomi Keenan, Martha Riedell, Tait Strand and Sharon Baker on Dec. 8; Jacki Rux, Patti Butterfield and Katie (Foote) Chipman on Dec. 10; Janet Donetell, Dick Gagner and Gloria Elliott on Dec. 11; Helen Thannon, Jennie Joslin and twins, Autumn and Alexia Taylor turned 3 on Dec. 12; Jean Gagner and Ginger Reynolds on Dec. 13; Dan Ripplinger, Mike Haremza and Dawson Hefter on Dec. 14.

A happy anniversary is wished for Tim and Laurie Studt, their 28th, on Dec. 10; and Dale and Lois Stellrecht, their 43rd on Dec. 14.

Sarona

by Marian Furchtenicht

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We have had the most wonderful week here in Barronett. I hardly know where to start, let’s see, well, on Friday afternoon my cousin, Sue Meier drove up from Milwaukee to visit and help with the Scandinavian smorgasbord. She barely got in the door before I started mixing up a batch of krumkake and handed her a dowel to roll them up on. I didn’t even offer her lunch before I put her to work.

Then, at about 6 p.m. that evening, a bunch of us got together at the community center to get tables set up, rutabagas peeled, and everything decorated for the big event.

Bright and early Saturday morning a couple of us were back at the community center so we could start cooking all the food. We sent Sue running helter-skelter to pick up the last-minute things. (Poor girl will probably never come to visit again, we ran her ragged all day).

By 12:30 p.m., we were all ready, the food was set out, the crafts and baked goods were arranged on the bazaar table and all the candles were lit. Our first guests, residents and friends of Cumberland ECU, arrived at about 12:45 p.m. and from that time on we were busy greeting and serving friends and neighbors until 5 p.m. The day just couldn’t have gone any better. Well, except for the fact that Aunt Helen didn’t come up with Sue to be our greeter this year. She wasn’t feeling quite up to par and decided not to travel all the way up here from Monroe to help out. We certainly hope she will be able to make the trip next year. We missed her.

We had lots of very nice compliments on the food, service and decorations, and we appreciated every one of them. We hope everyone had as good a time coming to our dinner as we did having them there. We also hope that they tell their friends about it and come back to see us again next year. The congregation of Barronett Lutheran wants to express their appreciation to everyone who came and made our day such a success.

I want to tell you, too, what a great bunch of people we have in the congregation of Barronett Lutheran. It’s won-

derful the way everyone pitches in to help make our projects successful. There are always enough very enthusiastic volunteers to set up, serve and clean up. We are grateful to everyone who helped make the sixth-annual smorgasbord such a roaring success.

Gratitude goes out to Beth Ranallo, who donated two very nice gift baskets for door prizes.

On Sunday, Sue, Pat Olson and I were among the many people who attended the performance of “All Through the House” at ETC Theater in Cumberland.

We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. When Sharai Hefty walked out in her “older lady” outfit, we all three did a double take. She looked just like her mom, our Aunt Max. I have to say, though, that Aunt Max was a lot nicer than Sharai’s character, Lula Hawkins. It must be fun to be in a play, the cast seems to be having a blast up there. If you want to see for yourself what a good job they do portraying southern gentry, you’re in luck.

The play will run three more times, next Thursday, Friday and Saturday. It’s a very nice way to take a little time out of your hectic schedule and relax for an hour or so.

The old-fashioned candlelight service at Wiesner Community Chapel on Sunday evening was just as lovely as ever.

The friends of the chapel who host the service are so welcoming. They greet everyone as they come in and offer apple cider, cookies and conversation. The church was beautifully decorated. Pastor Jeff Martin led the worship service again this year. He read the old familiar Bible passages about the coming of Jesus and we sang a lot of the old familiar carols. It was the perfect way to end the weekend.

Did you notice that both the Vikings and the Packers are staying true to form?

Vikings lost, Packers won. To carry this on just a little further, the Badgers are going to the Rose Bowl, the Gophers are going to, wherever. It’s nice to live in Wisconsin this year, isn’t it? Not so nice if you happen to be a Minnesota transplant though, I guess.

I would like to publicly apologize to my darling granddaughter, Olivia

Marsh, for being a complete airhead and missing her dance recital in Rice Lake on Sunday. Olivia has been dancing for about eight years and she has gone from being a cute little toddler to being a beautifully graceful young lady in that time. (She must get her coordination and gracefulness from her mom’s side of the family.) Anyway, her dad, Jim, called to let me know the date of her recital about a month ago, and I was sure I would remember because it was the day after the smorgasbord. Dang. How could I possibly have forgotten? Anyway, I hope she can forgive me and that she will continue

to invite me to her recitals, and all the other important events in her life. From now on I will write them on every calendar in the house so I won’t miss anything.

Our deepest sympathy goes out to the family of Tammy (Payer) Riewestahl, who passed away this past weekend.

Please keep the family in your prayers in this time of great sorrow.

That’s about it from Barronett this week. Thanks again to everyone who helped with the smorgasbord. See you next time.

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The Washburn County Zoning Committee will hold a business meeting Tuesday, December 20, 2011, at 3:30 p.m. in the Washburn County Boardroom, Elliott Building, 110 Fourth Avenue West, Shell Lake, Wisconsin.

NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING REZONE REQUESTS

Rezoning requests have been filed with the Washburn County Zoning Office for changes in the zoning district. The public hearing will be held December 20, 2011, at 4:00 p.m. in the Washburn County Boardroom, Elliott Building, 110 Fourth Avenue West, Shell Lake, Wisconsin.

TREGO Township: Shell Lake State Bank, Shell Lake, Wisconsin. A request to rezone approximately 1.34 acres: Map# TR 692/Record ID#: 28561 - 1.34 acres part of the W1/2 NE1/4 & Lot 1 CSM V4 P 117 Sec. 34-40-12 Town of Trego, from Residential to Residential Recreational 1, to bring into conformity and operate a resort.

PUBLIC HEARING CONDITIONAL USE REQUESTS

Conditional use requests have been filed with the Washburn County Zoning Office. This public hearing will be held December 20, 2011, immediately following the rezoning requests in the Washburn County Boardroom, Elliott Building, 110 Fourth Avenue West, Shell Lake, Wisconsin.

Interested persons will be given the opportunity to be heard.

The committee will deliberate in “Open Session.” Handicapped access is available through the south door, parking is near the door. This agenda and the subsequent meeting minutes are available in large type. If you need assistance, please call Lynn Hoeppner at 715-468-4600, prior to the meeting.

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BID NOTICE The Washburn County Sheriff’s Office will be reviewing price quotes on vehicles that meet certain bid specifications.

Specifications may be obtained by contacting the Washburn County Sheriff’s Office at 715-468-4700. The Washburn County Sheriff’s Office will be purchasing vehicles from these quotes.

Sealed bids must be received by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, December 19, 2011, at the Washburn County Sheriff’s Office.

The Washburn County Sheriff’s Office reserves the right to reject any and all bids and accept the bids most advantageous to the county. Please write on the envelope “Vehicle Bid” and send them to: “Vehicle Bid” Attn.: Chief Deputy Mike Richter Washburn County Sheriff’s Office P.O. Box 429, Shell Lake, WI 54871 Any written or faxed requests for interpretation must be received seven days before the deadline date to be considered.

Proposers are encouraged to promptly notify the Chief Deputy in writing any apparent major inconsistencies, problems or ambiguities in the specifications. Address notifications to Chief Deputy Mike Richter, Washburn County Sheriff’s Office, P.O. Box 429, Shell Lake, WI 54871.

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EUGENE J. GEISSLER 319 E. Lake Drive Shell Lake, WI 54751 CHRISTINE M. GEISSLER 245 Dwight Street Chippewa Falls, WI 54729 CHEM-MASTER, INC. 1912 Truax Blvd.

Eau Claire, WI 54703 GTP Towers II, LLC 750 Park of Commerce Blvd., Suite 300 Boca Raton, FL 33487-3612 ACC TOWER SUB, LLC 750 Park of Commerce Blvd., Suite 300 Boca Raton, FL 33487-3612 THE BANK OF NEW YORK c/o ABS Structured Finance Services 101 Barclay Street, Floor 4 West New York, NY 10286 Defendants Case No.: 10CV505 Case Code: 30404 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE By virtue of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above-entitled action on September 10, 2010, the undersigned Sheriff of Washburn County, Wisconsin, will sell at public auction at the front entrance of the Washburn County Courthouse in the City of Shell Lake, in said county, on the 14th day of December, 2011, at 10:30 a.m., the real estate and mortgaged premises directed by the judgment to be sold, therein described as follows: Lot Three (3), Block Three (3), Pine Lane Plat, City of Shell Lake, Washburn County, Wis. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 319 E. Lake Drive, Shell Lake, Wis. TERMS OF SALE: Cash DOWN PAYMENT: A deposit of 10% of sale price to be deposited in cash or by certified check with the Sheriff at the time of sale; balance to be paid by cash or certified check within ten days after confirmation of sale.

Dated this 27th day of October, 2011.

Terry C. Dryden, Washburn County Sheriff Donald R. Marjala - Lawyer SPANGLER, NODOLF, BRUDER & KLINKHAMMER, LLC P.O. Box 1030 Eau Claire, WI 54702-1030 715-839-7786 Attorneys for Plaintiff Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1692), we are required to state that we are attempting to collect a debt on our client’s behalf and any information we obtained will be used for that purpose.

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The Shell Lake City Council will hold their regular monthly meeting Monday, December 12, 2011, at 7 p.m., in the Council Chambers, City Hall.

AGENDA: Public Comment, Fresh Start Program Representatives To Discuss Community Service Projects; Approval Of Minutes; Reports From Appointed Officials; Reports From Committee Chairpersons; New Business: Consider Recommendation To Commence With Procedure (And Waiver) For Sale Of Land To Shell Lake Marine for The Purpose Of Constructing A Driveway And Other Business Purposes, 2012/ 2013 Wage And Benefit Plan, Recommendation No-Fault Sewer Backup Coverage; Request From Shell Lake School District For Approximately 5,000 Yards Of Sand, Appointment Of Election Inspectors; Unfinished Business: Claim Denial To Pekin Insurance - Sewer Backup Claim; Mayor’s Report; Any Other Items That May Be Added To This Agenda Will Be Posted At City Hall.

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(Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Dec. 7) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT EAU CLAIRE COUNTY BRANCH 2 ROYAL CREDIT UNION 200 Riverfront Terrace Eau Claire, WI 54703 Plaintiff vs.

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(Nov. 16, 23, 30, Dec. 7, 14, 21) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT WASHBURN COUNTY SPECIALIZED LOAN SERVICING, LLC AS SERVICER FOR U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDERS OF THE TERWIN MORTGAGE TRUST 2006-7, ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, TMTS SERIES 2006-7 Plaintiff vs.

DEBRA L. MAGNUS, et al.

Defendant(s) Case Number: 10 CV 281 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on June 27, 2011, in the amount of $90,990.51, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: January 4, 2012, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances.

PLACE: At the North entrance of Washburn County Courthouse located at 10 4th Avenue, Shell Lake, Wisconsin.

DESCRIPTION: Lot Three (3), Block Twenty-nine (29), Third Addition to the City of Spooner, Washburn County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 306 West Hazel Street, Spooner, WI 54801.

TAX KEY NO.: 65-281-2-39-1231-0-0-7375.

Dated this 17th day of October, 2011.

Terry Dryden Sheriff of Washburn County Annie M. Schumacher State Bar #1074726 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. 278685

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The Shell Lake Inland Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District Board of Commissioners will hold their quarterly meeting Monday, December 12, 2011, at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers, City Hall.

AGENDA: Review summary of Sediment Core Study; Report on 2011 Invasive Species Program; Long-term study projects for 2012.

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(Nov. 30, Dec. 7, 14, 21, 28, Jan. 4) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT WASHBUIRN COUNTY ASSOCIATED BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, vs.

GREGORY A. SANFORD JONI M. SANFORD Defendants.

Case No. 11-CV-115 Hon. Eugene D. Harrington Br. 1 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that by virtue of a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-captioned action on October 13, 2011, in the amount of $37,384.90, the sheriff or his assignee will sell the described promises at public auction as follows: TIME: January 18, 2012, at 10 a.m.

PLACE: In the North entrance of Washburn County Courthouse, 10 4th Avenue, Shell Lake, WI 54871.

DESCRIPTION: Lot One (1) of the Plat of Hidden Lake, Washburn County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: N11978 Hidden Lake Road, Brooklyn, WI 54871 TERMS: Cash; down payment required at the time of Sheriff’s Sale in the amount of 10% by cash, money order, cashier’s check or certified check made payable to the Washburn County Clerk of Courts; balance of sale price due upon confirmation of sale by Court.

Property to be sold as a whole “as is” and subject to all real estate taxes, accrued and accruing, special assessments, if any, penalties and interest. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax from the proceeds of the Sale upon Confirmation of the Court. Purchaser to pay the cost of title evidence.

Terrence C. Dryden, Sheriff Washburn County, Wisconsin Plaintiff’s Attorney: Mallery & Zimmerman, S.C. 500 Third Street, Suite 800 P.O. Box 479 Wausau, WI 54402-0479 715-845-8234 This is an attempt to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

This communication is from a debt collector.

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Notice is hereby given that the Bashaw Town Board shall hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, December 13, 2011, at 7 p.m. at the Bashaw Town Hall. Agenda: Call meeting to order; minutes from November 8, 2011, town meeting; treasurer’s report; 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 Rd. & Green Valley Rd., corner of Sand Rd. & Sunset Rd. and N3410 Sawyer Creek Rd., Shell Lake, WI 54871 (Town Hall) Lesa Dahlstorm, Clerk Town of Bashaw 550789 16r

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reported. No injuries were reported.

At 2:40 p.m., Adam C. Lundberg, 37, Shell Lake, was eastbound on Mack Lake Road, three-quarter mile east of CTH K in Trego, when he met the vehicle of Dawn M. Christman, 44, Trego, on a curve.

Both vehicles applied the brakes as they entered a turn coming from opposite directions, according to the police report; however, vehicle Christman’s crossed the centerline and collided with Lundberg, who was driving an Allied Waste Mack truck. Christman was transported to the Spooner hospital for medical attention. The Mack truck had moderate damage to the driver’s side, while the car driven

by Christman had very severe front-end damage.

Both vehicles were towed.

At 7:50 p.m., Stephen D. Andring, 62, Winona, Minn., was southbound on Hwy. 53, one-half mile south of CTH E, in Trego, when he hit a deer. No damage or injuries were reported.

Sunday, Dec. 4 At 11:25 a.m., Jay C. Coons, 46, Minong, was westbound on Nancy Lake Road in Minong, when he lost control coming out of a curve, entered the ditch sideways and rolled upon hitting an embankment.

The vehicle came to rest on the driver’s side of the truck. Moderate damage to the vehicle was reported, and it was towed.

No injuries were reported.

Court news

Douglas J. Anderson, Rosemount, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Sandra D. Ferguson, Spooner, operating without valid license, $200.50.

Tammy M. Ulbrich, Spooner, resisting or obstructing an officer, $243.00.

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FFA blood drive

Band raises funds for trip with chili feed

ABOVE: Seth Quinton, Brett Holman and Kellie Myers were some of the band members serenading the audience at the band’s chili feed held Monday, Nov. 28, at the Shell Lake High School.

LEFT: Sarah Shumaker makes a face when the technician first pricks her with the needle. She would tell you that she is a big baby when it comes to needles, but that does not stop her from giving blood. This is Shumaker’s third time giving blood. She was one of many students who donated at the FFA blood drive at Shell Lake on Thursday, Dec. 1.

LEFT: Volunteer Bill Clark was the auctioneer for the cake and pie auction. The proceeds for the chili feed and auction will go to help send the Shell Lake band on their annual trip.

This year they plan to go to Washington, D.C., and New York City.

BELOW: Several of the cupcakes did not make it to the auction as Savannah Steins and Morgan Krueger checked for quality control.

Photos by Larry Samson

Allysha Feeney types her name into the computer that brings up her donor number and information while Shell Lake student and volunteer Katie Parker looks on. The FFA earns money toward a scholarship fund by meeting their goal of blood units collected.

Young enough to give blood one day and play basketball the next is Jennifer Connell. The phlebotomist, Megan, is taking Connell’s blood pressure in preparation of her giving blood.

School menus

Shell Lake High School secretary Amanda Nielsen was away from her desk just long enough to give blood. On hand to give her moral support were students and volunteers Emma Mechtel, Katie Parker and Andi Bauch. — Photos

by Larry Samson

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Breakfast Monday, Dec. 12: Juice, cereal, toast.

Tuesday, Dec. 13: Fruit, sausage link, waffles.

Wednesday, Dec. 14: Juice, breakfast pizza.

Thursday, Dec. 15: Fruit, cheese omelet, toast.

Friday, Dec. 16: Juice, yogurt, toast.

Lunch Monday, Dec. 12: French toast, sausage patty, applesauce, hash browns. No Laker.

Tuesday, Dec. 13: Turkey and gravy on biscuit, green beans, peach slices. Laker: Salad bar.

Wednesday, Nov. 14: Chicken patty on bun, fries, carrots, pineapple tidbits. No Laker.

Thursday, Dec. 15: Chili, crackers, cheese, peas, pear slices, blueberry muffin.

Laker: Salad bar.

Friday, Dec. 16: Corn dog, rice pilaf, mixed vegetables, applesauce. Laker: Quesadillas.

Breakfast served each day for K-12 students. Whole-grain bread and buns and milk served with each meal. Laker sandwiches available to grades 7-12 only. Laker salad bar available to grades 3-12.

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People you should know

Dakota Robinson

Dakota was born in Rochelle, Ill., the very morning after the Packers won the Super Bowl in 1997.

“My parents just had to watch the game,” she said. “We lived in Franklin Grove, Ill., until I was 1 year old. My parents decided to move to Wisconsin to be closer to my dad’s family. I still live in the same house we moved into when we came up here. Only it’s not a duplex anymore.”

Dakota loves animals. Her family has seven chinchillas, two gerbils, two cats, a hound dog/ Lab mix and three Chihuahuas.

“I help my mom with rescuing and rehabilitating exotic pets. A lot of people get them without realizing the care involved and how important it is to spay and neuter your pets. I have helped raise everything from hedgehogs and ferrets to sugar gliders and even a baby weasel which was successfully released,” she said.

Dakota is very active in school sports and started playing basketball and softball.

“When I got my first flute in the fifth grade, I developed a love for music,” she noted. “Since then I have taken up the trumpet, French horn, guitar, and am learning some percussion. I enjoy being in not just the concert band, but doing Dakota Bozek Robinson - Photo sub- jazz band, pep band, and marching band as well. I also have mitted by Teri Lynn Studios enjoyed being in the art club, FFA, and the Children’s Prairie

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Full name, age: Dakota Lee Bozek-Robinson, 14 Family: My parents are Krys and Patrick Robinson Sr. I have two older brothers: Patrick Jr., who lives in Cameron, and Cody.

Occupation: I am a freshman at Shell Lake High School.

Washburn County resident since: 1998 Hobbies/interests: Scrapbooking, playing the guitar, swimming at the lake, texting and talking to friends, rollerblading, fishing, camping, hunting and raising and training my Chihuahua, Bella.

Claim to fame: 2011 Miss Shell Lake

Fire Theater through school. When I am not involved in an activity, however, I am still there taking photos for the yearbook. I am very excited about my newest opportunity this year. I get to be a SMILES mentor. I still remember my mentor, Jackie Brown, and I hope that I can help my SMILES kid as much as she helped me.”

She enjoys being involved in helping the community as well. Dakota has been a Girl Scout since the first grade. “It has given me many opportunities to travel and learn and experience many things others in small communities don’t often get to.” In third grade she got involved in the Barron County 4-H North Star Club, where she was the vice president for a couple of years. “I was involved in the arts, photography, horse and small animal projects. I received many grand championships in all categories. My photographs and horse projects are going to the Wisconsin State Fair.”

In 2009 she became a member of the United Methodist Church in Shell Lake.

“Thanks to Tammy Holman, and I have made a lot of friends there and enjoy being part of the youth group,” she said. Her latest accomplishment is becoming Miss Shell Lake this past September. Dakota said, “It has been so much fun and I hope to make Shell Lake proud.”

Favorite sport to play: Volleyball, but I like to play everything.

Favorite sport to watch: Green Bay Packer football and the Shell Lake Lakers, of course Place I would most like to visit: Paris Dinner companion, dead or alive: The president The person I most admire: Mary Ellen Ryall Best movie I ever saw: All the “Harry Potter” movies Favorite movie line: “Scooby Dooby Doo, where are you?”

Favorite TV show: “Man vs. Food”

Music I listen to: Modern country Favorite Stooge: Curly Favorite dish: Tacos Last book I read: “The Hunger Games” My friends would describe me as: Energetic and busy, I have a full schedule.

My first job was: A volunteer for Happy Tonics, started four years ago.

I’d like to be remebered for: For all my volunteer work in our community.

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