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Wednesday, March 4, 2015 Vol. 126, No. 29 • Shell Lake, Wis.

We e ke nd w atch FFA blood drive at Shell Lake Pins for Pets Fundraiser @ Spooner • See calendar on page 6 for details

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Film latest salvo in wolf debate Page 5

Thriving gardens is focus of seminar

The cool sixth-graders are the returning FFA Games champions for 2015. The games were held Friday, Feb. 27, on the last day of National FFA Week. See more photos on page 19. - Photo by Larry Samson

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New building sparks debate Wrapping up the week in prep sports Pages 9-11

Danielle H. Moe | Staff writer SHELL LAKE — A 60-foot-by-60-foot building is causing a stir in the city of Shell Lake. The proposed building would be built on airport property and used as storage for the Shell Lake Municipal Airport’s snow removal equipment.

“We have the equipment that came in through federal and state monies and one of the clauses is … you will house that equipment at the airport. We have been out of compliance since the day we accepted the equipment,” said Gerald Winch, airport manager. That equipment is a tractor used for snow removal, which has been stored at the city shop since it was delivered about three years ago. “The Federal Aviation Administration and Wisconsin Bureau of Aeronautics require it being at the airport, that’s why we are trying to build the new building,” explained Winch.

“Basically what they said to me was you can put up a pole barn with heat,” said Winch. The Federal Bureau of Aeronautics is covering 90 percent of the building’s cost, with the state and city to pay 5 percent each. Winch explained that the funds supplied by the FBA are entitlement funds; money collected from taxes on airline tickets sold.

An hour-long public comment period during the Shell Lake airport management committee on Tuesday, Feb. 24, made it clear that city residents of Burgs Park Drive don’t want the building located by their homes. Those present at the meeting included seven city residents that are neighbors to the proposed building location and airport committee members Gerald Winch, chair, Terry Leckel, David Haroldson, Joe Rounce and Ken Schultz. Also present were See Debate, page 2

Inside SPD: Graduation

STATEWIDE — It’s the time of year when we turn the clocks ahead one hour and enter into daylight saving time.

Remember to turn your clocks ahead one hour on Sunday, March 8. The new time begins at 2 a.m. - submitted

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SHELL LAKE — The Shell Lake FFA blood drive is Thursday, March 5, from 8:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. It will be hosted in the gym at the 3-12 school building. If you are interested in signing up, please call Mrs. Bos at 715-645-2221 to set up an appointment. The FFA’s goal is 70 people so they need lots of people to sign up. — from the Shell Lake FFA

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Danielle H. Moe |Staff writer SPOONER — The Spooner Police Department held its final Citizen Police Academy class on Thursday, Feb. 26. All nine academy participants were present in addition to eight police department officers.

Information that hadn’t been covered in previous sessions was discussed. Officer Tia Hartl explained the processes for officer education, hiring and training. Kellie Blechinger and Kim Gunderson, corrections officers with the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, shared information about the state’s community corrections program.

“That’s your privilege, that you will do these things, that you will better yourself,” said Blechinger. Blechinger and Gunderson work out of the Region 5, Unit 511 office of the DCC in Spooner. Blechinger is a corrections field supervisor for the division of community corrections in Washburn, Rusk and Burnett counties.

Together, agents and staff of the DCC supervise more than 68,000 offenders placed on probation, parole or extended supervision in Wisconsin communities. Probation refers to adult offenders that the court places on supervision in the community through a probation agency, generally instead of incarceration.

Parole refers to criminal offenders who are released from prison to serve the remaining portion of their sentence in the community. Ex-

tended supervision applies to offenders that have completed incarceration time under the Truth in Sentencing law and have to complete a period of community supervision determined by the court. All offenders under community supervision must follow the program rules in addition to rules imposed by the court and the supervising agent.

Hartl explained that before police officers are able to patrol independently they complete education and training. Officer education can vary from a four-year degree, two-year program or academy program which requires 60 college credits for acceptance. Hartl shared that she attended an academy for her formal officer training.

Hiring processes also vary depending on the department. General requirements for officers include: • At least 21 years of age at the time of police academy graduation.

• No misdemeanor convictions within the three years prior to applying.

• Valid driver’s license.

• United States citizenship.

• No felony convictions.

• No DWI convictions in the five years prior to applying.

• No domestic violence convictions.

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More budget reductions, public attendance high Informal survey of staff shows instances of disrespect to staff members

Officers of the Spooner Police Department attended the citizen academy class graduation on Thursday, Feb. 26. Shown (L to R): Chief Jerry Christman, Officers Tia Hartl, Derek Ricci, Kenneth Pardun, Austin Tucker, Chad Brugman, Dustin Anderson and Trevor Peterson. Not shown: Dawn Richter, law enforcement assistant; Captain Steve Pank and Officer Mike Kronberger. — Photo from SPD

Graduation/from page 1 The hiring process may also include a written exam, oral interviews, psychological profile, medical examination, vision examination, drug screening, background investigation and a physical fitness screening. Once hired, officers complete field training and a probationary period before being assigned full officer duties.

Officer field training may include a

period of time, anywhere from a week to six months, where the new officer is with a full-time officer to train them in on department policy, procedures, the patrol area and responding to calls. After completing the field training, officers will enter a probationary period that can last from six months to a year. All officers must successfully complete field training

before working alone.

In addition to these trainings, officers are generally certified in Taser, radar, PBT breath test, ARIDE drug test, Reid interview and drug interdiction.

Overall the academy covered general information about the Spooner Police Department, patrol procedures, responding to calls, drug investigations and crime

scene investigations. The academy was made possible by the officers who volunteered their time outside of work hours to instruct classes. It’s safe to say that participants of the Spooner Police Department Citizen Police Academy walked away with a better understanding of what police do and why they do it.

Danielle H. Moe | Staff writer SPOONER — The Spooner School Board approved additional budget reductions and heard several passionate public comments at their regular monthly meeting on Friday, Feb. 27, with an audience of over 200 community members.

A nearly $1 million budget deficit for the 2014-15 school year is the driving force behind the budget reduction proposals. At the January meeting the board approved four budget reduction recommendations. Those included increasing the staff’s monthly contribution to the district health insurance by 6.6 percent to 12.6 percent, eliminate nonstudent contact days for classified staff, reduce lead secretaries’ employment period from to 12 to 11 months, reopen the 2015-16 SAVE Academy fuel clause and renegotiate the 2016-17 transportation contract with Badger Buses. These cuts total about $325,359 in potential expense savings for the district.

On Friday, Feb. 27, the board approved two additional reductions: offer driver’s education outside the school day through

Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College and modification of staff overload rules.

Overload pay occurs when teachers are paid more to teach extra sections instead of hiring another teacher or aide. The rule change approved by the school board affects teacher preparation time, or noninstructional time, specifically for teachers at the middle and elementary school.

According to Michelle Schwab, superintendent, elementary teachers were not receiving the same amount of preparation time as teachers in the middle school or high school.

“Full-time teachers are being paid to have an additional prep time that they’re not supposed to have according to the handbook. There were six staff members that were receiving overloads, when you look at their instructional time during the day and their contract, they should be teaching during that time so there could be cost savings in that area,” said Schwab.

The rule also changes teachers’ compensation based on a flat rate and not length of service. This policy only applies to fulltime teaching staff because only they are given an option to take an overload. The board approved the overload recommendation on a unanimous voice vote.

Schwab explained that the district driver’s education program is taught during the school day but is a noncredit class and not counted for the overall graduation credit requirements.

“That means students can’t take a math class, a science class or an English class toward graduation during that time,” said Schwab.

An estimated cost savings to the district, for offering the program outside of the district, will be about $44,119 or $650 per student. While the district decreases its cost, students and parents will be responsible for an additional $133.

“We have confirmation that WITC will offer the program right here in our community, in our high school,” said Schwab.

The WITC program includes classroom and driving instruction. Betty Schaffer, traffic safety manager with WITC, confirmed the program could be done in Spooner. Schaffer also stated that they had been in communication with the school district’s driver’s education staff to instruct the WITC driver’s education program for the district. Schaffer stated that WITC has contracts with five other school districts for the driver’s education program and that there are payment plans available. The board approved the district offering driver’s education outside the school district on a unanimous voice vote.

Staff survey The board heard public comments from Kevin Cronk, Donavon Schumacher, Tasha Hagberg, Tom Terrill and Luke Ackerson. Cronk spoke about how he was concerned about actions taken by

the school board, administration and the number of employees leaving the district.

He shared a survey conducted on 100 district employees with the board. Copies of the survey were available to those that were interested.

Schumacher encouraged the school board to get behind a referendum.

Schumacher also spoke about the staff survey stating he was among those who volunteered to conduct it.

Hagberg also spoke and stated she helped with the staff survey. “Yes, changes are needed, the budget cuts are going to hurt, we get that, but it’s not what you say it’s how you do it,” said Hagberg. Hagberg stated she had hundreds of examples of staff being bullied, threatened and disrespected, which should not continue and called on the school board to take action.

Terrill stated that he was also concerned by the issues the district is facing and that he wants to be part of the solution.

Ackerson, on behalf of the varsity and middle school basketball, volleyball and track teams, thanked Matt Lucius for spearheading a $6,725 grant the teams received for equipment. The grant breaks down to $4,250 to volleyball, $2,320 to basketball and $1,155 to the middle school track team.

Rep. Quinn introduces bill to modernize Wisconsin’s gun laws

Members of the Spooner Police Department Citizen Police Academy pose for a graduation photo. Shown back row (L to R): Officer Dustin Anderson and Officer Austin Tucker. Middle: Katie Bement, Sam Meax, Laura Kildow, Nancy Olson, Officer Kenneth Pardun, Rick Coquillette and Officer Derek Ricci. Front: Officer Chad Brugman, Officer Tia Hartl, Jim Anderson, Debb Allen, Chadwick Moyer, Danielle Moe and Chief Jerry Christman. — Photo from SPD

Debate/from page 1 Andy Eiche, city administrator, and two engineers from the building’s engineer firm, Cooper Engineering. City residents that spoke included Phil Soltis, Richard Huber, Eugene Harington, Niel Peterson, Dolly Holmson and Bill Holmson.

The building’s proposed location would be just south of Burgs Park Drive, adjacent to the airport’s parking lot from the Chuck Lewis Terminal building. Winch explained that the committee had looked at another site before deciding on the terminal-side location. The alternative location looked at is a 1.8-acre triangular piece of property that lies west of the Shell Lake School District’s bus garage. Brad Volker, building engineer from Cooper Engineering, explained that this location would require clearing, paving and utilities that would add approximately $250,000 to $300,000 to the project cost. This additional expense was the main reason the committee went with the Burgs Park Drive location. The convenience of the location also played

MADISON — Rep. Romaine Quinn, R-Rice Lake, testified Thursday, Feb. 26, on AB 49, which he coauthored with Sen. Wanggaard, R-Racine, and Reps. Kremer, R-Kewaskum; Czaja, R-Irma; and Thiesfeldt, R-Fond du Lac. Currently, a customer must wait 48 hours for a background check to clear before being able to receive a handgun. This bill eliminates the 48-hour waiting period.

“This bill brings Wisconsin into the 21st century by eliminating needless red tape. The 48-hour waiting period made sense when a clerk had to look through

multiple filing cabinets in order to complete the background check. With today’s technology, that background check is often completed in a matter of minutes.

There is no good reason for law-abiding citizens to have to wait for a process that is no longer relevant,” said Rep. Quinn.

Currently, Wisconsin is one of only eight states that still have waiting periods.

Most background checks are completed within an hour; the average wait time is approximately four hours. If the background check is unclear, the bill allows an additional three-day waiting period.

Petri and Obey forum at UWBC

a role in their decision.

The committee directed the engineers to give the building a more residential look since it would be adjacent to a residential neighborhood. Volker explained that the building’s facade could include colored siding, brick accents and dormers. Inside the building would be three bays: one for the tractor with attachments on it, one for extra attachments and one for a work bay.

Despite attempts to make the building more aesthetically appealing, residents present at the meeting said they didn’t want the building, no matter how it looked, near their homes.

After further discussion the committee, by consensus, directed the engineers to go back to the alternate location at the west end of the airport and re-engineer a building for that location. The committee would discuss those plans once they were completed at their next meeting.

The location of a proposed equipment storage building at the Shell Lake Municipal Airport was an item of debate at the Shell Lake airport committee meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 24. — Image from Google Maps

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RICE LAKE — How can Democrats, Republicans and Independents come together in bipartisan support of matters crucial to the survival of Wisconsin’s outstanding system of public education?

How can residents of Barron County and surrounding counties join together to address issues of homeland security?

On Wednesday, March 11, at 5:30 p.m., Republican Congressman Tom Petri and Democratic Congressman Dave Obey will answer those questions and more as they present a special town hall forum as part of their Civic Participation Lecture Series.

These longtime congressional leaders are on a speaking tour across the state, discussing issues crucial to Wisconsin residents. They will speak at a forum in the Blue Hills Lecture Hall of the University of Wisconsin - Barron County.

This is an opportunity for university students and the general public to hear the U.S. congressmen share their expertise and collective experiences on a number of issues and perspectives on political cycles.

This forum will focus on the theme: Advocate on critical issues and educational causes without excessive partisanship.

The 48-hour rule currently only applies to handguns; shotguns and rifles have not been subject to a wait period.

Sen. Wanggaard and Rep. Czaja also testified that the bill was a commonsense solution for Wisconsin. “As a single woman living alone, I do own a gun.

Today, women are the single fastest-growing demographic group of new shooters and are enrolling in conceal carry training at record numbers. Our bill recognizes this trend by allowing women another avenue towards self-protection and ability to possess their legal firearm without the

unnecessary time-tax and window of vulnerability,” said Czaja, noting that having a gun afforded her a better sense of safety.

“Studies show that being able to have ready access to a handgun can significantly improve a woman’s safety,” said Quinn. “If we can save even one life by implementing this bill, it surely will be a proud day for the Wisconsin Legislature.

I expect bipartisan support on this commonsense piece of legislation.” — from the office of Rep. Quinn

Math Night at Shell Lake

Now retired, Obey served Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District and was the longest-serving congressperson in Wisconsin history. Petri served Wisconsin’s 6th Congressional District and was the third-longest-serving member of Congress in our state.

The director of the Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service, Eric Giordano, said, “These longtime public servants care deeply about America and the importance of citizen involvement and awareness of how our government works.

They are eager to share their experiences and expertise on a wide variety of domestic and international policy issues.”

The event will be moderated by UWBC professor of communication and theater arts, Dr. Ryan Weaver. Sponsors of the forum are the Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service, David R. Obey Civic Resource Center and the Wisconsin Humanities Council.

For more information on this special town hall forum, contact UW-Barron County political scientist Mark Conrad at 715-234-8176, ext. 5478 or email mark. conrad@uwc.edu. — from UWBC

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Audrianna Bodislaw is demonstrating the SMART Board to the parents attending the Family Math Day at the Shell Lake Primary School on Friday, Feb. 27. Family Math Day is a way to promote a family relationship with the school. More photos on page 14. – Photo by Larry Samson

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Pro-wolf documentary marks latest salvo in battle over species’ status

Letters to the editor The question of feral cat trap and release back in the spotlight In 2013, an article, The Question of Feral Cat Trap and Release, criticized a nationally recognized practice, Trap Neuter Return.

Since then, Farm Feral and Stray, along with The Winston project, have utilized TNR to assist citizens and now have the support of veterinarians in five counties, Polk, Washburn, Burnett, St. Croix and Barron.

In the article, it was stated that feral/ free-roaming cats should be humanely euthanized. Though numerous reasons were given, the majority of Americans disagree.

In 2007, Alley Cat Allies commissioned a survey by Harris Interactive, which found that 81 percent of Americans consider it more humane to leave a feral cat outside

to live its life, rather than have the cat be killed, see alleycatallies.org The Harris Interactive Study.

One colony manager put it this way, “If these cats prefer to be dead, why do they try so hard to survive?”

What many fail to understand is that a feral cat, born outside, is much like a squirrel or any other wild animal that has survival skills and prefers to live outside. These cats provide rodent control and with a little help from humans, can lead fairly good lives.

Household cats, on the other hand, don’t have the survival skills of a feral cat. These stray or abandoned cats are the cats with

frostbitten ears and the cats that have no concept of cars or predators. These are the cats that suffer outside.

The article also stated that cats are released “back into the wild.” People who believe this are simply uninformed. TNR is endorsed by animal welfare groups and veterinarians worldwide.

According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, TNR is “the most humane, effective and financially sustainable strategy for controlling freeroaming cat populations.” en.wikipedia. org/wiki/trap-neuter-return.

Killing hasn’t solved the problem; an estimated 12,000 free-roaming cats now re-

side in each of our northern counties. Until the population is stabilized through TNR, millions of kittens will continue to be born each year to suffer and die, bird lovers will continue to complain, and shelters will continue to maintain high kill rates.

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again - expecting different results. It’s time to stop the insanity.

Kathleen Schoener The Winston Project Shell Lake

The hypocrisy of the left A recent guest editorial titled Wisconsin’s Outdoor Heritage In The Crosshairs was contained in the Superior Telegram. The article was written by Rep. Nick Milroy, DSouth Range.

The article is launched with “Wisconsin’s outdoor heritage is in the crosshairs of Gov. Scott Walker’s 2015-2016 budget.” The arti-

cle mentions the outdoor activities of hunting, fishing, etc.

Now I would like to quote Mr. James W. Porter II, president of the NRA, who wrote the following in the March 2015 issue of the American Rifleman magazine. He says, “Our heritage is being threatened like never before. It’s threatened by the Obama

Administration’s disdain and hatred for the right to keep and bear arms and the traditions that give life and health to that freedom - including hunting.”

I’d be a lot more concerned about the fallout from an administration that has the 2nd Amendment in its crosshairs than I would be about Walker’s budget.

Of course since Milroy is an avid fan of President Obama, I wouldn’t expect him to address that. The hypocrisy of the left is never ending. Liberty-minded voters should keep that in mind!

Ronald Nyman Superior

Open letter to Wisconsin legislators The Lakeland Conference is a large athletic conference of 21 rural school districts in Northwest Wisconsin. The communities served by our school districts have individual and unique needs that are met through our respective school systems. Each community has high expectations for quality educational programming for its students and community members. The communities in Northwest Wisconsin thrive when their school systems are strong and able to provide the quality programs that keep the communities vibrant. All the superintendents in the Lakeland Conference agree that the education of our children is of paramount importance when considering state fiscal matters, and our rural communities depend upon strong public school systems.

In many communities, the school district is the largest employer.

With respect to the governor’s 2015-2017 state budget proposal, we respectfully request that you reconsider the elimination of the per-pupil categorical aid. In addition, the proposal to maintain current law by providing $0 for the per-pupil adjustment

for revenue limits in 2015-16 and 2016-17 should be carefully considered. In light of increased costs, inflation and unfunded mandates, it can be argued that both of these provisions should be increased, not reduced or eliminated altogether. Adequate inflationary growth is minimally necessary to maintain and grow our educational programs.

The aid reduction and lack of a per-pupil adjustment to the revenue limit will have serious budgetary implications for schools.

For many of our schools, the consequence will be reduced programming and staff reductions. With school districts operating leanly and efficiently in the wake of recent budgets, these changes will only serve to negatively impact programming for students and our communities. Our communities have come to depend on the exemplary educational opportunities that we offer and will not be able to readily replace these programs outside the school setting. If districts have to reduce staffing as a result of the budgetary proposal, not only do students lose, but also unemployed staff members.

Regarding school accountability, one assessment system will provide the most effective way to determine long-term academic growth. One assessment system lends reliability and validity to school accountability.

More than one assessment system, or optional assessment systems, will only serve to reduce the efficacy of the accountability system.

Additionally, the current School and District Report Card system has been functioning successfully for two years. The addition of an A-F rating system will oversimplify the current rating system. The current ratings are numerical and offer a clear distinction between ratings and subsequent school districts. The current report card system has more to offer parents and community members in an analysis of a school district than a simple letter grade. Letter grades do not tell the whole story of our school districts, especially the meaningful roles they play as community learning centers and as excellent employers within our communities.

Let’s work collaboratively for the students in Wisconsin and our communities

that depend upon quality public education.

Please contact any of us to discuss how the proposed budget will impact our school districts and the children that we serve. We know that effective collaboration will help us achieve great things for our students and our communities.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely, Frank Helquist, Birchwood; Joni Weinert, Bruce; Joe Leschisin, Cameron; Cathy Shimon, Clayton; Bradley Ayer, Clear Lake; Paul Schley, Cornell; Matt Spets, Flambeau; Josh Robinson, Frederic; Joni Burgin, Grantsburg; Jeff Mastin, Lake Holcombe; Rick Palmer, Luck; Brian Henning, New Auburn; Jean Serum, Northwood; Patrick Olson, Prairie Farm; Glenn Martin, St. Croix Falls; Jim Connell, Shell Lake; Scott Johnson, Siren; Morrie Veilleux, Turtle Lake; Brandon Robinson, Unity; Jim Erickson, Webster; Kurt Lindau, Winter

Area news at a glance DALLAS — A 60-year-old woman was killed Saturday, Feb. 21, after she slipped on ice and fell at her farm near Dallas, and was run over by a Bobcat skid steer driven by her husband. David L. Haugen, 62, didn’t see Karen K. Haugen lying on the ground and ran her over shortly before 5:23 p.m. When authorities arrived on-scene, Haugen was being given CPR, but she was pronounced dead at the scene. — from the Rice Lake Chronotype ••• BARRON COUNTY — It looks like body cameras, a Code Red alert system and even a drone may be added to the arsenal of weapons the Barron County Sheriff’s Department uses to fight crime.

The law enforcement committee approved the use of $40,000 left over from last year’s sheriff’s department budget to purchase body cameras and a Code Red alert system. The committee also approved a $15,000 request from the

county’s capital improvement fund for a drone, an unmanned robotic aircraft to aid SWAT team safety. “You aren’t going to be using it to bring you sandwiches during a stakeout, are you?” said Supervisor Chuck Christensen. “No, it won’t be picking up coffee and pizza,” said Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald, who was requesting the money. “I don’t think the general public would like to be spied on,” Christensen said, adding that strict policies must be in place for its use. Both the cameras and the drone purchases will go before the executive committee in March, though that committee’s approval isn’t needed because they won’t affect this year’s budget. — from the Rice Lake Chronotype ••• RICE LAKE — Foxy Locks Wig Bank is now open providing wigs for medical conditions that cause hair loss including cancer or other disease. Cleaned and styled wigs can be checked out by Bar-

ron County residents for up to a year using a Rice Lake Public Library card.

The Foxy Locks is open during regular library hours. The program is a partnership between Pink Ribbon Advocacy, the Rice Lake Public Library and area hair salons and stylists. — from the Rice Lake Chronotype ••• BALSAM LAKE — A current Polk County Sheriff’s Department deputy has been charged with driving under the influence, after his arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence. The deputy was also a past candidate for county sheriff. According to the probable cause report filed by the Polk County Sheriff’s Department, the incident took place shortly before 10 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 19, when a PCSD deputy pulled a vehicle over on CTH H for driving left of center, lane deviation and having a partially obscured license plate. However, once

pulled over, the driver was noted to have a strong odor of intoxicants and slurred speech. Another deputy was brought in, as the driver turned out to be PCSD Deputy Anthony Grimm, 42, Amery. Grimm told the officers on-scene that he had five beers and two shots over the course of the evening, but said he thought he was still OK to drive. He also admitted he would likely not pass a portable breath test, commonly known as a PBT. An initial PBT showed Grimm had a blood alcohol concentration of .115 percent, which led to his arrest for DUI. Later, a more accurate intoximeter test at the Polk County Jail resulted in a .13-percent BAC, well above the .08 BAC maximum limit for a DUI. Grimm was a past Republican candidate for Polk County sheriff in 2006, where he ran against incumbent Democrat Tim Moore and lost. He remained as a deputy ever since. — from the Inter-County Leader

Bewley joins Wisconsin Legislature’s Sporting Caucus State Sen. Janet Bewley, D-Mason, joined colleagues at the inaugural gathering of the Wisconsin Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus in the state Capitol on Wednesday, Feb. 25. “I was proud to join colleagues from both Houses and both sides of the aisle on Wednesday for a cause near and dear to all Wisconsinites, especially those of us who make our homes in northern Wisconsin,” Bewley said. “Working together we can protect Wisconsin’s sporting and outdoor heritage. In addition to preserving a way of life, we can ensure the continued growth of our outdoor-related industries and activities.” The group met to launch the new Wisconsin Chapter of the National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses, dedicated to protecting rights and resources vital to those who fish, hunt and enjoy Wisconsin’s outdoors. — Photo submitted

‘Political Predator’ criticizes politicians who helped approve wolf season

Chuck Quirmbach | WPR News STATEWIDE - A documentary film from a wolf advocacy group in Wisconsin marks the latest salvo in the growing fight over whether to keep Endangered Species Act protections for the gray wolf.

“Political Predator” looks at wolf hunting in Wisconsin, a practice that started a few years ago after federal officials took the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes off the endangered species list, and Republican lawmakers and Gov. Scott Walker approved a wolf season. The 67-minute film from the group Friends of the Wisconsin Wolf criticizes the hunt-friendly politicians and agency administrators, and makes the case that there’s broad opposition to the wolf hunt in rural and urban areas alike.

One of the people interviewed in the film is Mary Falk, a sheep, cattle and goat rancher in Burnett County. Falk uses dogs to help protect her livestock from predators like wolves. She wants her animals to stay alive, but casts doubt on wolf hunting seasons.

“Is this really about helping livestock production, or is this about making more money for the state through selling hunter licenses? We hunt. We put food in our freezer.

We just don’t believe in trophy hunting,” she said.

Melissa Smith of Friends of the Wisconsin Wolf said the film tries to show a visual reality.

“We really wanted to open people’s eyes about the political process,” she said.

The movie’s release this month comes as some Wisconsin members of Congress are supporting bills that would again temporarily take a large portion of the gray wolf population in the U.S. off the endangered species list, and potentially restart wolf hunting. Terry Quam, a livestock owner near Lodi and an active member of the Wisconsin Cattlemen’s Association, supports the legislation to control wolves.

“We do not want to eradicate them from the Earth like a lot of people say we do, and we have to have the measure to get them under control in heavily populated areas where you have troublesome wolves taking a very easy shot at farm animals,” said Quam.

Quam opposes a plan by animal protection groups and about 50 scientists who have signed a letter to Congress asking that gray wolves be moved to threatened status.

One of the letter signers, University of Wisconsin - Madi-

son environmental studies professor Adrian Treves, said listing the wolf as threatened would still ban hunting, but allow more help for livestock owners.

“As a threatened species, the state is allowed to apply for permits to allow for lethal controls using the systems they have for 15 years, and if farmers believe them that helps them protect their cattle, that’s all the flexibility that’s needed,” said Treves.

Dave MacFarland of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said for now, the gray wolf is still listed

2014 Democratic gubernatorial candidate Brett Hulsey makes an appearance in the wolf documentary.

Mary Falk, a Wisconsin rancher from Burnett County who was featured in the documentary, says she’s skeptical of a wolf hunting season.- Photos courtesy of Duncan Drysdale as endangered, meaning farmers can only try nonlethal ways to discourage wolves — for example, a technique called fladgery.

“Fladgery is essentially a rope with ribbons hanging from it,” said MacFarland. “And for some reason, wolves are reluctant to cross those lines and so in small pasture situations, fladgery can be effective.”

McFarland also said people who lose cattle or pets to wolves can apply for financial compensation. He said a DNR management plan for wolves is in a holding pat-

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• Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Clement were operating Hard’s Café.

• Ashes were all that remained of the Kenneth Garnhart home between Shell Lake and Spooner. Mrs. Garnhart burned her hands and face in attempting to save some of their belongings. She was home with son Keith, 4, while Mr. Garnhart was at work in Shell Lake and Kristin, 15, and Kenneth Jr., 11, were at school in Shell Lake. A benefit for them was held in the Legion Dugout that included square dancing and a potluck lunch.

• The Homemakers Club was starting a “galloping tea” for the benefit of the band uniforms. Eight members would entertain four friends at a coffee party, charging each one 25¢, and asked them in return to entertain four others and collect 25¢ from each of them and to urge the continuance of the scheme.

• Considerable damage was reported from the high gusts of March winds around the Shell Lake area. At the Harold Bennewitz farm their television tower was bent and blown through a bay window of their home. At the Ernest Hubin farm the wind blew a cupola from the barn that had withstood winds and other storms for some 33 years. The wind broke windows and caused other damages throughout the area.

1965 – 50 Years Ago

• Mrs. Joe Biver, Shell Lake, was the recipient of the purebred Holstein calf given as the main draw prize at the annual Shell Lake Farmers’ Institute. The calf was from the Gerald Campbell herd at Sarona and presented courtesy of the Shell Lake Chamber of Commerce.

• The regular meeting of the Happy Corners 4-H Club was called to order at 8:25 p.m. by President Ralph Smith at the Pfundheller home. Demonstrations were given by Dirk Benzer, Lois Smith and Sharon Pfundheller.

• The Shell Lake Lakers played inspired basketball in the first-night activities of the subregional tournament. They downed Turtle Lake 61-55. Team players were Herb Schrankel, Jack Blume, Dale Hansen, Bob Bennett, Bruce Jungerberg, Jerry Rydberg, Bill Holman, Mike Burns, Fred Erickson, Ronnie Brown, David

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Shipman and Larry Parker. Robert Mercier coached them.

• Walter and Chester of B&M Salvage thanked the Shell Lake business community for making them feel welcome and extended an invitation to all to come in and look around.

1975 – 40 Years Ago

• Dean and Donna Parker were in Madison as their son, Mark, had surgery performed on his hand at University Hospital. Another son, Jeff, recently returned from Chicago where he was in training for six weeks at Chicago North Western for Railroad Engineers.

• Wayne Peterson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Peterson, Shell Lake, was a member of the midyear graduating class at the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point.

• Members of the Shell Lake bicentennial committee were Herbert Hoskins, president; James Bailey, vice president; Janet McNabb, secretary; Sue Smith, treasurer; and Mayor Pat Hecht, chairman.

• Members of the Shell Lake Junior High basketball team were Devin Nordin, John Viltz, Kevin Krueger, Barry Sholts, Tim Frey, Dale Swan, Ron Greenhow, Duane Butterfield, Scott Butterfield, Jeff Schnell and Steve Knoop.

1985 – 30 Years Ago

• Shell Lake firefighters extinguished a blaze in a vacant second-floor office of the Winton building on Main Street. They also hosed down what was left of a mobile home owned by Mark LaRue at CTH B and Sunset Drive west of Shell Lake.

The home was being used for storage, with no one living there at the time.

• Nine boys from Shell Lake competed in the Panther Cub wrestling tournament at Prairie Farm. Representatives finished as follows: First place: Ken Ailport, Troy Green, Steve Naglosky and Tim Peterson; second, Adam Erickson and Jeff Naglosky; third, Jay Ogden; fourth, Joe Kidder and Nathan Nelson.

• More than 100 youngsters competed in the annual Washburn County Junior Land Conservation Board poster contest.

Honors went to the top three individuals in each category. They were Dawn Bernecker, Jessica Erwin, Shannon Sutherland, Cheryl Lang, Tonya Zaloudek,

Beverly Klinger, Carl Weitzenkemp, Tammy Smith, Julie Holman, Kim Kessler, Jeff Strenke, Becky Lawrence and Chad Papke.

• Six members of the Shell Lake School District competency-based testing committee attended a workshop on the program in Eau Claire. They were teachers Rodger Studt, John Schnell, Linda Livingston and Gloria Frey, Principal Tom Butler and parent Patti Naglosky. Other members of the committee were staff members Judy Ricci, Art Berlin and Mary Williams, school board member Gloria Carlson and parents Joan Quenan and Diane Kidder.

1995 – 20 Years Ago

• Andrew Melton held the Shell Lake High School record for most career wrestling victories. He picked up two wins at the state tournament in Madison en route to winning the 160-pound consolation championship.

• Ann Ruhl, Shell Lake, a parishioner at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, was a member of the first graduating class of the Diocese of Superior Lay Ministry Formation Program.

• Kathleen M. Gross, certified nurse practitioner, began working at the Shell Lake Clinic.

• Tom Butler, Shell Lake Elementary School principal, was named Employee of the Month for the Shell Lake School District.

2005 – 10 Years Ago

• Mya Dosch, senior at Shell Lake Schools, was selected as one of two delegates from Wisconsin to the 43rd-annual United States Senate Youth Program.

• Lois Steele, of Re/Max Image in Shell Lake, was named to Re/Max’s Presidents Club for outstanding real estate sales in 2004.

• Mark Cusick returned home after serving 14 months in Iraq as a medic.

• The Shell Lake wrestling squad was undefeated conference and regional champion. Advancing to state competition were Garrett Knoop, Andrew Berlin, Max Smith and Kip Reynolds. Berlin earned a fifth-place medal.

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Celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday during story hour SHELL LAKE — In celebration of Dr. Seuss’ birthday, the Shell Lake Public Library will host a Dr. Seuss story hour on Thursday March 5, from 10:30 - 11:15 a.m. The

library will be giving away Dr. Seuss gift bags to the first 24 participants.

You are also encouraged to bring your child, ages 0-8

years old, in anytime from March 2-7 to enter them in a raffle to win a Dr. Seuss prize bag. One entry per day, per child, please. — from SLPL

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EVENTS …

March

Friday-Sunday, March 6-8 • “Oliver” at the Erika Quam Memorial Theatre, Shell Lake. 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

Thursday, March 5 • Aphasia Group, 10-11:30 a.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, Spooner. Call 715-520-7999.

• Northwest Wisconsin Parkinson’s Disease Support Group, 1 p.m., lower level at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Shell Lake.

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

Donations accepted.

• FFA blood drive 8:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., gym at the Shell Lake 3-12 school building.

Friday, March 6 • The GFWC Women’s Club will meet, 1 p.m., at the Spooner United Methodist Church. Topic is Recycling with speaker Jan Barton. Guests are welcome. For more info contact Pat at 715-865-2250.

Saturday, March 7 • Lakeland Family Resource Center’s Chilly Challenge Winter Plunge, 2 p.m., by the Shell Lake Community Center. To preregister go to chillychallenge.com.

• Pins for Pets bowling fundraiser at Northwoods Lanes, Spooner. Bowling shifts are noon, 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. Preregister by calling 715-939-1203.

• Free educational workshop on poultry nutrition, housing, incoming chick care and more, noon - 2 p.m., Crystal Creek, 1600 Roundhouse Road, Spooner. RSVP at 888-376-6777.

Monday, March 9 • Dining at 5 at Friendship Commons in Shell Lake.

Call 715-468-4750 for reservations.

Tuesday, March 10 • Soup lunch at Hunt Hill Audubon Sanctuary in Sarona, noon - 1 p.m. Call 715-635-6543 or email info@ hunthill.org.

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

Wednesday, March 11 • Free community meal, 4-6 p.m., United Methodist Church, 135 Reinhart Dr., Shell Lake. All welcome.

Donations accepted.

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

Thursday-Sunday, March 12-15 • “Oliver” at the Erika Quam Memorial Theatre, Shell Lake. 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. For more info and reservations see titw.org or call 715-4684387.

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Thursday, March 12 • The Shell Lake Lions Club meeting, 6:30 p.m., Shell Lake Community Center.

Saturday, March 14 • Washburn County Food Distribution in conjunction with Ruby’s Pantry, Spooner Middle School Tech Ed Building on Elm Street. Tickets 9 a.m.Distribution 9:30 a.m. Volunteers needed. Contact 715-635-9309, 715-4684017 or 715-222-4410.

Monday, March 16 • Dining at 5 at senior center in Spooner. Call 715-6358283 for reservations.

• Northern Lights Camera Club, 7 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 1790 Scribner St., Spooner.

Tuesday, March 17 • Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Group, 8-9:30 a.m., Lakeland Family Resource Center, 314 Elm St., Spooner, 715-635-4669. Meet over breakfast.

Children are welcome to attend and play.

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

Wednesday, March 18 • Shell Lake Public Library Board of Trustees meeting, 4 p.m., at the library. The public is welcome.

Thursday, March 19 • Shell Lake PTA meeting, 6:30 p.m., in the 3-12 school library. Baby-sitting available.

Saturday, March 21 • Second-annual film series, “The Art of Film” at the Shell Lake Arts Center, 7 p.m. More info at facebook.com/shelllakeartscenter, 715-4682414 and shelllakeartscenter.org Wednesday, March 25 • Free community supper, 4-6 p.m., St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 220 Elm St., Spooner.

Thursday, March 26 • The Shell Lake American Legion meeting, 6:30 p.m., Friendship Commons.

• Shell Lake VFW meeting, 7 p.m., Friendship Commons.

Friday-Sunday, March 27-29 • Shell Lake High School play, “Murder’s in the Heir,” Theatre in the Woods, Shell Lake.

Friday, March 27 • Dining at 5 at senior center in Birchwood. Call 715354-3001 for reservations.

Saturday, March 28 • Free community breakfast, 7-10 a.m., First United Pentecostal Church, 337 Greenwood Ave., Spooner. All welcome. Donations accepted.

• Second-annual film series, “The Art of Film” at the Shell Lake Arts Center, 7 p.m. More info at facebook.com/shelllakeartscenter, 715-4682414 and shelllakeartscenter.org

April

Thursday, April 2 • Aphasia Group, 10-11:30 a.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, Spooner. Call 715-520-7999.

• Northwest Wisconsin Parkinson’s Disease Support Group, 1 p.m., lower level at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Shell Lake.

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

Donations accepted.

Saturday, April 4 • Shell Lake Chamber of Commerce Easter egg hunt, Shell Lake 3-12 School gym, 10 a.m.

• Easter egg hunt, 11:30 a.m., Spooner Golf Course.

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

Wednesday, April 8 • Free community meal, 4-6 p.m., United Methodist Church, 135 Reinhart Dr., Shell Lake. All welcome.

Donations accepted.

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

Thursday, April 9 • The Shell Lake Lions Club meeting, 6:30 p.m., Shell Lake Community Center.

Saturday, April 11 • Washburn County Food Distribution in conjunction with Ruby’s Pantry, Spooner Middle School Tech Ed Building on Elm Street. Tickets 9 a.m. Distribution 9:30 a.m. Volunteers needed. Contact 715-635-9309, 715-4684017 or 715-222-4410.

Monday, April 13 • Youth Theatre Night, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Theatre in the Woods, Shell Lake. Call 715-468-4387 or visit titw.org.

Tuesday, April 14 • Soup lunch at Hunt Hill Audubon Sanctuary in Sarona, noon - 1 p.m. Call 715-635-6543 or email info@ hunthill.org.

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

Wednesday, April 15 • Shell Lake Public Library Board of Trustees meeting, 4 p.m., at the library. The public is welcome.

Thursday, April 16 • Shell Lake PTA meeting, 6:30 p.m., in the 3-12 school library. Baby-sitting available.

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

Monday & Thursday: Washburn County Alzheimer’s Day Respite Program, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, Spooner. Daily fee includes lunch, program of crafts, exercise, games, music, quiet time.

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Tuesday, 4-5:30 p.m. Contact Time-Out Family Abuse Shelter Outreach office at 103 Oak St., Spooner, WI 54801.

Wednesday: Lakeland Family Resource Center, 314 Elm St., Spooner, open from noon-3 p.m. Kidstime-Parentime 10 a.m.-noon.

Learn, discuss, share ideas and experience to enrich parenting skills.

Preselected art or play materials available for children of all ages.

Last Wednesday of the month, potluck at 11:15 a.m.

First and third Wednesdays: Caregivers Support Group, 6 p.m.

- Spooner Health System lower-level conference room.

Thursday: Al-Anon meets at 8 p.m. in the cafeteria at Indianhead Medical Center, Shell Lake.

• Library Fun For Little Ones, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Shell Lake Public Library. Stories, craft and a snack. No age minimum or maximum for participants.

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

The Geneaology Society Research Room, at 206 1/2 2nd Ave., Museum Hewitt Bldg., Shell Lake, is closed for the winter. Please call 715-635-7937 for more information or to make a reservation during the winter, weather permitting.

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Gypsy moth program staff will present information regarding spray plans at these sessions. Attendees will have the opportunity to speak with staff, learn more about the gypsy moth and view maps of spray areas.

People not able to attend the meetings or who wish to have more information can visit online at gypsymoth. wi.gov. Also connect with DATCP on Twitter at twitter. com/widatcp or Facebook at facebook.com/widatcp.

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SPOONER — The Spooner area Intermezzo Music Club invites Shell Lake and Spooner musicians in seventh through 11th grades to audition for vocal or instrumental music awards. Each year club members look forward to providing an opportunity for music students in the community to participate in this program.

The award auditions will be held on Sunday, April 12, at St. Frances de Sales Church in Spooner. The Junior Division auditions, for seventh- and eighth-graders, will be held from 1 to 2:30 p.m. and the Senior Division (grades 9, 10 and 11) auditions will be held from 3 to 4:30 p.m.

Due to the generous community donations received this year the club is able to announce the availability of scholarships to the Shell Lake Arts Center. Application forms are available from Shell Lake and Spooner school music teachers, private music teachers and from club member Faith Tasker, 715-416-1474. Applications are due

by Friday, April 3. These awards are given to encourage students in their study of music. Proceeds from the annual Intermezzo Advent Concert and community donations are used to fund these awards. The community is welcome to attend the auditions. — from Intermezzo Music Club

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MADISON — The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection has scheduled a series of open house meetings to present this year’s gypsy moth aerial spray plans. One such meeting is set for Thursday, March 12, in Rice Lake. The meeting will be held in the friendship room at the Rice Lake Public Library, 2 E. Marshall St., from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

“The gypsy moth is a serious invasive pest that threatens our forests and urban trees, and it can have a negative impact on Wisconsin’s timber, paper, nursery and tourism industries,” said Melody Walker, acting manager of DATCP’s gypsy moth program.

Beginning in May and continuing through late July or early August, DATCP plans to spray over selected areas in western Wisconsin using low-flying planes. A total of approximately 259,500 acres at 103 sites in 21 counties are targeted for treatment. These areas have been identified as having increasing populations of gypsy moths, a destructive insect with an appetite for hundreds of different species of trees and shrubs.

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WASHBURN COUNTY — The Washburn County Rural Letter Carriers and the National Association of Letter Carriers have announced the date for the annual Stamp out Hunger food drive. The drive will take place on Saturday, May 9. This is the largest one-day food drive in the country.

Postcards will be delivered the week of the drive to remind you to donate. You are asked to check expiration dates on all food prior to donating. One particular need is for canned meats and other sources of protein. Also accepted this year are personal care items like toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, etc.

The community is asked to come together and help Stamp out Hunger. — from WCRLC

A youth hunter had success her first year deer hunting.

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SHELL LAKE — The spring Shell Lake Hunter Education class will begin on Tuesday, April 7, at Shell Lake High School. The course will instill knowledge, skill and attitude to be a safe, ethical and responsible hunter.

Classes will cover firearm safety in the home and afield, knowledge of firearms and hunting equipment, basic shooting and hunting skills, wildlife identification and management, hunting preparation and survival skills.

Classes will be held 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., on April 7, 9, 14 and 16 with a range day on Saturday, April 11, from 8:30 a.m. to noon.

Students should be at least 12 years old, or turn 12 in this calendar year. Parents, guardians and other adults are encouraged to enroll and participate if they have not completed a hunter education course. Any person born after Jan. 1, 1973, must have a hunter education certificate to purchase any type of Wisconsin hunting license.

Registration is limited to the first 45 students. To preregister go to dnr.wi.gov/education/outdoorskills/ idcheck.html or call John Haack at 715-468-2066. All students will need a DNR customer ID number for this class.

Students who don’t already have one can obtain theirs on the DNR website or by calling 888-936-7463.

The Wisconsin DNR, Shell Lake School and local volunteer instructors sponsored this event. An additional hunter education course will be offered during part of the Shell Lake School summer school program. The summer course will be limited to 15 students and offered during the week of June 15-19. — from Hunters Education

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MINONG — Gardeners really will be itching to get out into their gardens after the 15th-annual New Ventures Garden Seminar on Saturday, March 21, at Northwood School in Minong.

This year the seminar is all about how to create (or recreate) a more beautiful, unified, sustainable garden; pollinators and how gardeners’ yards can be the habitat they need; how soil can help plants thrive; and unexpected plants that are surprisingly hardy even in the region’s challenging climate.

New Ventures is co-hosted by the Spooner Garden Club, North Country Master Gardeners and Northwood School Community Education.

The seminar will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., with registration and vendor sales beginning at 8:45 a.m. Preregistration is required by mailing in $15 (includes lunch and all snacks) with name, phone number and address to Northwood School Community Ed, N14463 Hwy. 53, Minong, WI 54859. Checks must be written out to Northwood School.

As is the tradition at the seminar, 4-inchby-6-inch or 8-inch-by-10-inch photos of plants, area gardens and visited gardens are welcome and will be displayed during the event. Seminar attendees are invited to send photos with their registration (not e-mailed in), along with the photographer’s name and a description of the photo. The snapshots can be retrieved after the seminar if desired.

Vendors with any kind of garden-related products or exhibits are invited, too, as people love to shop at the seminar.

A table will be set up where clubs, organizations, and garden-related retailers can put copies of information for the seminar attendees, and flyers can be posted on the wall near the auditorium.

More information about the seminar or becoming an exhibitor or vendor can be learned from Julie Hustvet, gardenseminar@centurylink.net, or by calling the school, 715-466-2297, the message will be forwarded to Hustvet.

The seminar is held annually on the third Saturday in March.

Seminar topics Here are the topics for this year: Making it Right: Creating Beauty and a Sense of Unity in Your Garden, presented

Learn about cacti and other plants you wouldn’t expect to find in northern gardens at the gardening seminar on Saturday, March 21, in Minong. – Photo by Mike Heim

by Jim Calkins. Crafting successful landscapes and gardens can be challenging, and whether a garden starts with a plan or simply evolves as plants from trips to garden centers, plant sales and friends’ gardens multiply, there can come a point when the garden seems disjointed, lacking in flow and unity, a boring hodgepodge when the flowering finishes. Or maybe plants aren’t performing well or they need corralling, dividing, or rejuvenation. Learn how employing design principles can help you coax the most out of your gardens and landscape for a more beautiful, cohesive and sustainable whole.

Soil: Helping Your Garden Thrive from the Ground Up also presented by Calkins.

Understanding your soil and how to manage and improve it can help ensure your garden flourishes. You may be surprised by how much you don’t know. What is soil? How is it formed? What lives in it?

How does it affect what plants you can grow and what can you do to enhance and manage your soil to grow better plants? And what about soil used in containers compared to the soil in landscape

and garden beds? Here is what you need to know about one of the most critical components of successful gardens.

Pollinators and Other Beneficial Insects for Your Yard: Bees and other pollinators are in decline, and gardeners can help boost their populations and health. Learn about some of the beneficial insects that make their home in your backyard and garden and how to create the habitat they need, for them and for a more bountiful landscape.

What? Bamboos and Bald Cypresses Here? By Mike Heim: The cold winters and soil types of the North Woods are often regarded as greatly limiting the kinds of plants that will survive and thrive there. However, the winterlong snow blanket can actually be a boon to growing a variety of interesting plants, many of which are seldom seen in the Midwest. Some are simply quite a bit hardier than they are given credit for by gardeners. Heim will present a variety of unexpected plants that adapt to Zone 3 climate and their aesthetic possibilities in the garden and naturalized setting.

Speakers Calkins, former University of Minnesota instructor, is well-known for his teaching, research and extension activities through the department of horticultural science at the University of Minnesota. His primary research included native plant communities and plants for designed landscapes, nursery production and landscape management practices, and sustainable landscape design and management. He has taught classes in nursery management and production, plant propagation, woody and herbaceous landscape plants, home horticulture, landscape design and implementation, and landscape operations and management. He is a certified nursery and landscape professional and is the research information director for the Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association.

Pat Thomas, Duluth, Minn., is a wildlife gardener, photographer and class instructor. Her yard is a monarch way station, is recognized as pollinator habitat by the Xerces Society, and is certified by the National Wildlife Federation and the North American Butterfly Association. She founded the local chapter of the North American Butterfly Association.

Heim, Hayward, has had an interest in rewilding plants since he went on family excursions to coal strip mines to collect fossils, the remains of extinct plants. He has participated in numerous forestry and plant research projects, including some work in the further development of the hardy lights azaleas. His beloved North Woods has become a testing ground for a myriad of exotic, interesting plants, including bamboo, cacti, rhododendrons, mountain laurel and even palms. Some would say he has a serious case of zone denial. His research has been published in the Journal of the American Rhododendron Society and the Minnesota Horticulturist, among others. In 1999 he received the Bronze Award from the Wisconsin Garden Club Federation for his work on cold-hardy plants. He enjoys teaching courses in the natural sciences including ethnobotany at the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College. — from New Ventures Seminar

Mini Master Gardener Short Course offered SPOONER — UW-Extension’s North Country Master Gardener Association will be hosting their popular Mini Master Gardener Short Course for youth and their families. The first mini session is scheduled for Saturday, March 28, from 9 a.m. until noon at Bashaw Valley Farm and Greenhouse on Hwy. 63 south of Spooner. The second mini session will be on Saturday, June 6, from 8:30-11:30 a.m., at the Spooner Agricultural Research Station Teaching and Display Garden.

Master Gardener volunteers will pro-

vide hands-on demonstrations and learning activities that are sure to be a hit with young budding gardeners and their adult guests. All youth participants will receive their own garden kit, complete with seeds, pots, transplants and potting soil.

In part one of the series, participants will explore these topics: The Secrets of Soil; Incredible Edibles; Seeds, Sprouts And Shoots…Oh My; Practical Paper Pots; and Terrific Tomato Transplants. Refreshments and tours of Bashaw Valley greenhouses and fruit orchards are also

Spring happenings at Hunt Hill

Enjoy a bowl of soup followed by a short program presented by Linda Anderson, of Washburn County Lakes & Rivers Association, on Shoreline Landscaping with Native Plants. The meal and presentation take place in the Program Learning Center. The presentation will focus on lakescaping shorelines with native plants to Hunt Hill raffle tickets Hunt Hill raffle tickets are now on protect lakes as well as attract wildlife we sale. You could be the lucky winner of enjoy. Included will be her personal res$3,000, $2,000 or $300. Stop in their office toration experience as a lakeshore owner to buy yours or contact a board member. on Shell Lake after the shoreline destrucThe raffle is limited to only 200 tickets. tion caused by extensive flooding of the There will be 12 winners. The draw- lake. Guests are welcome to stay aftering will be at the last Cakes at the Lake ward for cards or just to visit. Donations on Sept. 12. All proceeds go to help Hunt for lunch and programs are appreciated. If you have a favorite soup or side dish you Hill. would like to share, please call Hunt Hill to get involved. Reservations for soup Soup lunch The third soup lunch of the year is lunch are not required, but are appreciplanned for noon on Tuesday, March 10. ated. Last soup lunch date is April 14.

SARONA — Hunt Hill in Sarona is offering many experiences this spring.

Some require early registration. For more information or to register for any of these upcoming events, call 715-635-6543 or go to info@hunthill.org.

RICE LAKE — Kevin Falkenberg, UWBC student services adviser, will visit Shell Lake High School on Wednesday, March 11, at 11 a.m.

Falkenberg will be available to answer high school students’ questions concern-

included.

Part two of the series will dig a little deeper into gardening, exploring Hot and Healthy Composting, Whipping Weeds, Waste-free Watering, Going Vertical with pole beans and cucumbers, and Small Space Gardens. Refreshments and tours of the display garden and dairy sheep research facilities are also included.

All youth age 5 and up are welcome to attend. Cost to participate for both sessions is $5 per youth, or $10 for two or more youth participants. Adults 18 and

Prairie Fling artists needed The Prairie Fling is set for Saturday, May 16, 10 a.m-4 p.m. Hunt Hill is looking for artists to participate this year. If you, or someone you know, is interested in renting booth space, please contact Hunt Hill.

Full moon hike Enjoy a nighttime winter hike by foot or snowshoe at Hunt Hill on Friday, March 6, 8-10 p.m. Participants will use the light of the moon as a guide to explore the nocturnal world. Afterward, stick around to indulge in tasty s’mores around the campfire. A limited number of snowshoes are available; please contact Hunt Hill if you need a pair. No reservations are required.

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ing admission, financial aid, course offerings/scheduling, guaranteed transfer, and the associate of arts and science degree along with general questions concerning special features and campus activities at UW-Barron County.

The campus will also be hosting the spring Discover UWBC open house on Tuesday, March 17, for high school students and their parents. For more information go to barron.uwc.edu To make an appointment for an individual on-campus

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A night to appreciate parents and a senior

Sean Heckel with his father, Rod Heckel. Sean could have chosen wrestling as a sport to compete in but his heart was in basketball.

Drew Johnson has his family in his corner of the bleachers. Shown back row (L to R): Grandparents, Dan and Janet Ullom, and parents, Andrew and Sarah Johnson. Front: Donny Mathews, Christian Johnson, Drew Johnson and Madison Johnson.

Noah Haines has the support of his parents and little sister. Shown (L to R): Patrick, Elizabeth, Noah and Melissa Haines.

Zach Melton poses with his two biggest fans, his parents, Nancy and Mark Melton.

older are free, however they must be accompanied by a paid youth. UW-Extension’s North Country Master Gardener Volunteer Association, Bashaw Valley Farm and Greenhouse, and the Spooner Ag Research Station sponsor this event.

For more information and to preregister contact Kevin Schoessow, area agriculture development agent for Burnett, Washburn and Sawyer counties, or Lorraine Toman at 800-528-1914 or 715-635-3506. Space is limited. Registration deadline is Monday, March 23. — from UWEX

Owl hike with Chris Cold Learn all about owls with Chris Cold, DNR wildlife educator, and his greathorned owl on Friday, March 27, from 8-10 p.m. Then enjoy a short hike to call and listen for wild owls. A campfire with s’mores will follow the presentation. No reservations are required.

Maple syruping Have you ever wondered how maple syrup gets from the tree to your pancakes?

Join Hunt Hill and Acer Acres to learn all about maple syruping on Sunday, March 29, 1-3 p.m. Learn how to tap trees, collect sap, and convert it to delicious syrup.

Then enjoy a tasty treat of syrup-topped ice cream. Pregistration and payment required by Thursday, March 26. — from Hunt Hill

advising session or to request a personal campus tour contact UWBC student services at 715-234-8176, ext. 1 or email uwbcinfo@uwc.edu. — from UWBC

Sam Muska poses with his parents, Wendy and Todd Muska. Sam had one of the shortest high school basketball careers. He came out in his senior year to play basketball, just one less item on his bucket list.

Coach Dave Bouchard personally thanks Sam Muska for his leadership on the team. Muska, the sole senior on the team, was recognized for his leadership and hard work on and off the basketball court. The Shell Lake boys basketball program is indebted to Muska for helping to keep the boys program going in a rebuilding year.

Photos by Larry Samson Coach Dave Bouchard brought his team out to recognize them before the start of their regular season game. Shown (L to R): Coach Richard Taylor, Sam Muska, Zach Melton, Drew Johnson, Evan Hungerbuhler, Luke Fogelberg, Linden Nelson, Tyler Rognholt, Sean Heckel and Noah Haines.

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Larry Samson | Staff writer LUCK — The Shell Lake girls basketball season came to an end in Luck as they lost 50-25 on Tuesday, Feb. 24. It was the first game in the regional playoffs.

The game started out all Shell Lake as the Lakers took an early lead in the first quarter. The first quarter ended with Shell Lake up, 12-11. By the end of the first half Luck had a 26-21 lead. It was still a close game until the Luck defense came out and shut down the Laker offense. The Lakers scored zero points in the third quarter and only four in the fourth quarter. Luck outscored Shell Lake 31-4 in the second half.

Sheri Clark and Amanda Brereton were the top scorers for Shell Lake with eight points apiece.

The win advanced Luck into the semifinals with Northwood. Northwood, the No. 1 seed, easily defeated Luck, 34-22, Zach Melton drives into the basket for this layup. He was the high scorer for the game with seven points. He had 141 points for the season.

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on Friday, Feb. 27, and Frederic, 51-29, in the championship game on Saturday, Feb. 28. Northwood will face South Shore on Thursday, March 5, in Superior. South Shore is ranked fifth in the state. The winner of that game will play McDonell Central or Flambeau in the final game of the Spooner Sectionals on Saturday, March 7, at 7 p.m.

Flambeau, 10th ranked in the state, has not been to the sectionals since they were three-time state champions 2006, 2007 and 2008. Coach Ted Alberson retired the following year. Flambeau is back as a state contender under coach Steve Alberson, brother to Ted Alberson.

The Spooner Sectionals are shaping up to be an exciting Division 5 high school game contest, with the final game on Saturday, March 7, with a 7 p.m. start.

Photos by Larry Samson

Ashlea Meister fights for the loose ball against Luck defenders Paige Runnels and Raelyn Tretsven. Until the third quarter it was a close game where the lead went back and fourth.

Photos by Larry Samson

Freshman Sean Heckel with a jump shot against the Turtle Lake defense.

The defense held Shell Lake to 19 points as they beat the Lakers 57-19 in the last game of the season on Thursday, Feb. 26.

Luke Fogelberg with a fast-break layup.

After the game

Teammates Cassidy Schroeder, Kylie Williams and Heidi Steins pose for a photo after their season-ending loss to Luck. Many of the players and parents were reluctant to leave the court after their last game of the season on Tuesday, Feb. 24. — Photos by Larry Samson

Sophomore Linden Nelson takes a 3-point shot.

Lady bowls a big game SPOONER — A very exciting game of bowling was shot at Northwood Lanes on Feb. 18 during the Wednesday Afternoon Specials League.

Vickie Grabowski started her threegame series with an average game of 136.

In game two, she started her first frame with a strike and continued through the eighth frame, making it eight strikes in a row. In the ninth frame, Grabowski got eight pins on her first ball and then when she got herself together, she threw her second ball and picked up the spare. Her knees were knocking. In the 10th frame she finished it off with three more strikes for an impressive 278 game.

Grabrowski was just shaking with joy after her achievement. She is now one of the few ladies to have bowled a game over 275 at Northwoods Lanes in Spooner since the very beginning when it first opened for the 1976-1977 season. She will receive several awards from the local association and state. — submitted by Claudia Place

Amy Bouchard with a jump shot against two Luck defenders, Raelyn Tretsven and Angela Gore.

The Luck defense shut down the Laker offense in the third quarter to take a 50-25 win in Luck on Tuesday, Feb. 24. The loss ended the Lakers 2014-15 season.

Vickie Grabrowski bowled a 278 game at Northwoods Lanes in Spooner. — Photos submitted

Spooner Bowling Association offers scholarship SPOONER — Spooner USBC Bowling Association is offering a $400 scholarship to area 2015 high school graduates.

Forms are available through the school guidance counselor or at Northwoods Lanes in Spooner or by calling Claudia

Sign up for spring volleyball set Parents Dell and Joan Carlson presented flowers to the two seniors on the team, Tia Carlson and Amy Bouchard. It was a touching gesture of appreciation for the two seniors.

SPOONER — Spring Spooner youth volleyball registration is set for Tuesday, March 10, at 6:30 p.m. The registration for girls fourth through eighth grades will

be held in the Spooner High School commons. — from SASD

Finishing in her last high school game, Tia Carlson gives it all she can as she drives the basket.

While she knows that they played the best that they could, there is nothing wrong with losing to a better team.

Place at 715-635-3963.

To be eligible, the student or a relative member must be a USBC member of a sanctioned bowling league. — from SBA

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Amanda Brereton gets a shot off against Luck defender Angela Gore.

Brereton was a top scorer for Shell Lake with eight points.

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Family Math Day held at Shell Lake Primary LEFT: Emerson Kubista, with the help of her father, Matthew Kubista, made a domino cookie.

Eating it is always more fun than making it.

RIGHT: Three-year-old Hawk Herhsey got to spend the afternoon in his sister, Aria Hershey’s class. He is working with his sister to build a Lego town.

Legos are a fun toy to help develop motor skills and eye-hand coordination, but most of all they are just fun.

Thursday, Feb. 19 At approximately 9 p.m., Shane Olson, 24, Spooner, was westbound on Hwy. 77, half a mile west of Bridge Road in the Town of Chicog, when he swerved to hit a deer. Olson, driving a 2008 Pontiac G6, left the roadway, went into the ditch sideways and hit a culvert. Olson was not injured but the vehicle sustained moderated damage to the front, front passenger, front driver side and was towed.

Friday, Feb. 20 At approximately 3:29 p.m., Mattson Willie, 22, Owatonna, Minn., was eastbound on Hwy. 63 a quarter mile west of Lakeside Road in the Town of Trego negotiating a curve on a bridge when she lost control of the 2008 Jeep Liberty she was driving. Willie struck the end of a guardrail, left the roadway and came to rest approximately five feet from the roadside.

Willie and her passenger, Elliot Herdina, 26, Bloomington, Minn., were not injured.

The vehicle sustained severe damage to the front, middle passenger side, rear passenger side and was towed. The accident

Washburn County accident reports report notes that road conditions were slippery at the time.

Saturday, Feb. 21 At approximately 2:58 p.m. Washburn County Sheriff’s Officer Joshua Christman was dispatched to a snowmobile accident on Trail 39 about 1.5 miles north of CTH F in the Town of Gull Lake. Phillip Staff, 52, Lakeville, Minn., was snowmobiling on the trail about 1.5 miles from the road and trail intersection. Staff told Christman that he had been on the side of the trail catching a patch of fluffier snow, which caused the machine to pull to the right, strike a trail marker sign and finally an oak tree. Staff’s injuries included a possible broken lower right leg and foot. Staff was transported to a Rice Lake hospital for treatment. The 2015 Polaris 550 Staff was operating had been a rental from Four Star Sports of Webb Lake and was towed from the accident scene. The Spooner Fire Department, Hayward Fire Departments and the Hayward Ambulance were also dispatched to the accident.

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Iliff, Prairie Farm, was southbound on Hwy. 53 a quarter mile south of Oakridge Drive when the 2008 Chevy Express Van he was driving, owned by AEI Logistics of Green Bay, began to pull to the right.

Iliff stated that he tried to correct but the vehicle kept going to the right, exited the roadway, went into the ditch, hit a driveway and turned over on its right side. Iliff was not injured, that the vehicle sustained moderate damage to the front, front passenger side, middle passenger side, rear passenger side and was towed.

Monday, Feb. 23 At approximately 2:20 p.m., James Mortensen, 65, Trego, was southbound on Hwy. 53 in the Town of Trego when he began to slow down in the right-hand lane for the Schaub Road intersection.

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“Ivanhoe”

s we slide into March, we realize that the official start to spring is only a few short weeks away. Some that enjoy hunting for bargains at garage sales are eagerly awaiting the start of that season, too.

At the end of January the Frederic High School junior class held an indoor garage sale to raise funds for their upcoming prom. As I meandered down the rows of used clothing, housewares and bric-a-brac, I spotted a cart filled with cast-off novels and other fiction and nonfiction reading materials. While rummaging through the various titles, my eyes landed on the book titled “Ivanhoe.” I could have easily passed by this book, but my jokester mind took a wild turn.

Husband Milt is more of a hands-on type of person rather than one that will sit down and read just for the enjoyment of reading. When he was a freshman at Grantsburg High School in the late mid1960s, Milt’s English teacher, Mrs. Unnasch, had instructed her class to read the book “Ivanhoe.” Since he wasn’t a reader, Milt was delighted when he discovered the comic book form of “Ivanhoe.” After reading the comic book he was able to pass the test that was required upon completion of the reading assignment. In fact, he did quite well even though he did not consider himself a high school academic marvel.

After making a donation for my discovery, I took the book home and gifted it to Milt on Valentine’s Day. Bear in mind, my version of “Ivanhoe” is the 1961 copyrighted version by Edward W. Dolch, not the three-volume original version written by Sir Walter Scott that was first published in 1820. The Dolch Pleasure Book version is a brief version of the historical writings and is written for children’s reading. This “Ivanhoe” book contains 166 pages and originally cost $2.50. The book still contains a borrower’s card glued to the last page before the back book cover. The first name on the borrower’s card is Joel Struck. Joel was a grade

ahead of me in school. He was to return the book by Jan. 5, 1970. I recognize most of the names also recorded on the card. According to the borrower’s card, April 15, 1998, was the date the book was to be returned after a girl named Ann Nelson checked it out.

What the jokester in me would like to do is to encourage Milt to read the book, cover to cover, all 166 pages, and then write a book report. I would then like to go with Milt when he visits Mrs. Unnasch and take their picture together showing that at least he came a step closer in doing the assignment that she had given out a few decades ago.

Will Milt ever read the original book “Ivanhoe” that was assigned? At this point, I think not.

Beyond the office door • Suzanne Johnson Area writers corner

by Mary B. Olsen

s time marches on, it may be a good idea to remember some of the things old-timers enjoyed in the past. There are some things you want to tell your grandchildren about, if you can draw their attention away from their personal electronic devices.

There used to be windmills, not the kind you may have seen in pictures of Holland. Our windmills were tall structures with blades that would spin when the wind blew and made the power to pump water from a well. Years ago, almost all farms had a windmill, an important part of the farm scene. On a summer’s day you might have seen cattle lingering near a windmill to drink from a stock tank there. Yes, there are windmills now, here and there, where there are blades turning trying to make electricity, but they do not water livestock, and they are more like robots, not on actual working farms.

Electric pumps water the cows.

Even the dairy barns are disappearing and the silos that marked our farms in days gone by. Pole buildings are not as pleasant to see while passing through farming country. The many different kinds of barns added variety to the pastoral scene.

When I was a child I remember imagining how nice it must be for country children to go to a school near their farm home where there was one room for all the grades. Our town school had eight grades and eight classrooms. Country schools are disappearing. Our children must be educated. The consolidation of school systems meant using school buses to bring youngsters in to larger schools. No longer do you see, in the country, small schools like small farmhouses shaded with trees and with playground swings and slides. We didn’t have swings and slides. Our playground in town was furnished with a pole with a basket for playing ball, and a gravel surface.

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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.

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Sunday service: 6 p.m.

Wednesday service: 7 p.m.

A park in town might have swings and slides and teeter-totters, and monkey bars. Now we have plastic, bright-colored playground equipment but nothing that might be considered dangerous where a child could be hurt. At our house while growing up we had swings and all the rest in our yard, and all the neighborhood kids came to play on them. When my kids were growing up we had swing sets and kids found their way to our yard, too. Not everyone had them. You don’t see them any more.

There used to be mills located on streams where farmers could go to have their corn and wheat ground into meal. With the march of progress, the grain elevators took their place. We could bring in a truck full of corn and have it ground at the combination feed store and elevator when we were on the farm. You could order some additives to enrich the grain for your cattle. Now you can have your grain on the farm in your own storage structures.

I remember ferries where you had to drive onto a ferry to cross a river. You paid to use the ferry. Then there were bridges and some had you pay to cross on them. If a bridge goes out, we may see ferries again.

Another part of the past that is disappearing is the covered bridge. Why a roof over a bridge? Consider the weather. When winter came a bridge might be clear of snow so a person on horseback or driving a buggy or a wagon would not be troubled.

There is a place in Canada where a new covered bridge was built and it draws tour-

ists who just want to walk across the bridge. In some isolated places and on private land there are still covered bridges, but they are going out of style.

Consider children’s toys, and the changes over the years. Only the wealthy had pedal cars and mechanical toys that have more value to collectors these days.

Most people were blue-collar workers and their kids had simple things. There were building blocks, erector sets and tinker toys, the things that helped boys make things.

Little toy cars and trains and airplanes were always popular. Girls liked dolls and dollhouses, and enjoyed making clothes for their dolls. I have a cute little basket and tiny clothespins. In the past, a girl would be happy to follow her mother around and do the things she did, like washing clothes and hanging them up on a clothesline. And she would imitate her mother and take care of her doll clothes. What girl today wants to do laundry?

Our tastes have changed and time marches on. Some of the things we are losing were great in their own time, but we have to look to the future.

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

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

Sunday evening service 6 p.m.

Wed. evening service 6:30 p.m.

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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.

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

Sunday Mass: 10 a.m.

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

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

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Sunday School, 9:15 a.m.

Office hours: Monday Thursday 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

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Sunday School and Bible class: 10:45 a.m.

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David was experiencing a difficult time in his life. And although he was uncertain about his future he was confident in the one who controlled it. In a burst of trust he said, “My times are in your hands!”

There is something comforting in those words. A reassurance that God has a plan and purpose for each of us. We did not wander into this world by accident. God did not intend for us to drift through life like clouds in the sky. He brought each of us into this world with something to do, someplace to go and some plan to fulfill. All throughout our lives we are in the hands of God. We are often tempted to think, “If I were in control I would have done things differently.” No pain, no suffering, no temptations, no mistakes.

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by Judy Pieper

It’s March, yea! Less than three weeks now until spring officially starts. Oh, I know that we can have some pretty horrendous weather in March, but at least we can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

I’m ready for some nice muddy roads and buds on trees.

The congregation of Barronett Lutheran would like to thank Minister Howard Weber for leading the worship service on Sunday in Pastor Todd’s absence. We hope that Pastor Todd and Janice had a wonderful time relaxing on their weekend off.

Remember, Wednesday evenings at Barronett Lutheran start with soup and sandwiches served in the church basement at 6 p.m. and Lenten service at 7 p.m.

The monthly meeting of the women of Barronett Lutheran will be this Thursday, March 5, at 7 p.m. in the church basement.

And, remember that daylight saving time starts this Saturday. Spring ahead.

Walter Bell seemed to be having a wonderful time at his birthday party at the Red Brick Cafe on Saturday afternoon.

There were lots of friends there to help him celebrate. Debbie and her crew made sure everyone felt right at home. I’m not going to give away his age, but I will say that WWI was not quite over when Walter was born. Think of the changes he’s seen over the years. Amazing.

Alyse Lehmann, with help from sisters Tinille and Miriah, and, of course, little Tru, hosted a baby shower for Kandice Thon at the Lehmann home on Saturday afternoon. The girls had the house beautifully decorated with blue balloons and banners and had more than enough delicious food for everyone. The cake and cupcakes were works of art made by Lisa Conners. We played games, won prizes, laughed and ate more than we should have. Kandice received lots of cute little baby gifts. It was fun. Now we just have to wait for the little guy to decide to make his appearance so we can start the spoiling part.

Duane saw on Facebook that John Schmidt has been able to stand for a minute. We haven’t been able to get down to the VA hospital to visit again, but we’re hoping to drop in on him again soon. I know he’s getting pretty tired of hospital life and is anxious to get home. We’ll all be pretty happy to welcome him home.

When we were there, John said that it would be a couple of months, so at least he has a tentative date to shoot for.

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It was a nice and sunny morning, but still cold on Monday. I think it was 9 degrees above with very little wind. No one has ventured out walking yet. They walk the halls here.

We played Bingo on Monday and Nickel Keno. We have about 15 people that come out for an hour of Bingo.

Mary and John Marshall went to Hudson over the weekend to play Bingo with

SPOONER — Call Karen Collins, Spooner Area Community Ed coordinator, 715-635-0243, for information to register and any questions, or visit spooner.k12. wi.us/sace/commed_reg.cfm.

Pickleball: 6-8 p.m., Friday and Sunday, middle school Antholz gym.

Bring athletic wear, water bottle.

All ages welcome. Free. Pickleball, bearing some resemblance to tennis, badminton and pingpong, is easy to learn, versatile, and can be played by anyone/any age on a driveway, tennis court or cul-de-sac.

Join at any time. Call Karen ahead for any closed dates.

Samurai Techniques of Ancient Japan: 6:30-8 p.m. Monday and/or 7-8:30 p.m.

Friday, high school multiuse/wrestling room. Bring athletic wear, water bottle.

Free. This beginner class is for ages 15 and up. Nami ryu Aiki Heiho is based on ancient martial arts, an exclusive secret of the samurai nobility. Later these arts formed the basis of modern arts, including Brazilian jujitsu and aikido. Foundational arts of aiki-jujutsu, kenjutsu and iaijutsu will be explored, in addition to practical modern techniques and self-defense. Call Karen ahead for any closed dates.

Tribal Fusion Dance, beginning level: 5:30-6:10 p.m. beginning the first Tuesday of each month, high school media center.

Derek Theese has been very busy this past month remodeling the apartment above Bistro 63. He has repainted, fixed part of the ceiling, put in new light fixtures, replaced flooring, replaced bathroom fixtures; the list goes on and on.

He has a lot of artwork by his Grandma Bea hung on the walls. The apartment looks so welcoming; a place for friends to gather. We are really glad to have Derek as a neighbor.

Sue Meier traveled up from Monroe to spend some time with us this past week.

While she was here, we went shopping at Jean’s Antiques in Shell Lake (naturally); went for fish dinner at the Rolling Oaks in Barron; attended a baby shower for Kandice Thon at the Lehmann home; stopped

by Walter Bell’s birthday party at the Red Brick; went to Barronett Lutheran and had Sunday morning breakfast at the Red Brick with Merl and Shirley Overvig; visited with Pat Olson; and went to see the movie “The Duff.” Whew, that’s a quite a bit of running around in the four days she was able to stay.

I have to take the credit or the blame, whichever for picking out the movie we watched. I had seen previews of “The Duff” and thought it would be funny.

Well, I guess it was pretty funny, but in a middle-school kind of way. Next time we decide to go to a movie, I think that Pat, Sue or Duane will insist on picking out the one we see.

I did make it up to them, though. I suggested that we stop at Sammy’s for cheese and raisin ravioli after the movie, and that was a much bigger hit. Sue and I even overdid it a little bit by having a piece of Milky Way pie afterward.

Bruce Holmes called and asked me to remind everyone that the Town of Lakeland monthly meeting will be next Tuesday, March 10, at 7 p.m., at the Lakeland Town Hall located just west of the town shop. If you are interested in how the town is being run and the decisions that are being made, please plan to attend.

I guess I have to tell you about my pretty awful experiences this past week.

On Thursday I was scheduled for a stress test and, while I was waiting for them to call me in, the computer died. No problem. I didn’t have anything else scheduled for that day and the test is going to be rescheduled. So, I went home and decided to do some work that I had been putting off for months. I got out some upholstery cleaner, grabbed a terrycloth towel, and

started to clean a chair. Well, while I was scrubbing I somehow twisted the middle finger of my right hand and messed up a ligament, so now the top part of that finger won’t straighten up. I’m exercising it a lot, so maybe it will look normal again someday. Then, on Saturday, I woke up in the middle of the night and decided I had to go downstairs. I always use the handrail at home, and I bumped my sore finger on one of the braces, jerked back, and immediately fell down the last five or six steps. Do you remember how much fun it was to slide down the stairs on your backside when you were a little kid? Well, trust me on this, it’s not that much fun for a great-grandma. In addition to hurting my arm, back and foot, my pride was

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wounded when Sue came rushing out of the downstairs bedroom and Duane came rushing down the stairs to see if I was OK. It’s very difficult to fall down stairs quietly, you know. I convinced them both that I would probably survive, and we finally all got back to sleep at about 2:30 a.m. Please, someone, tell me that this is not just the way things go as we get older.

Maybe I’ll just hibernate for the rest of the winter. Or maybe I’ll have Duane put a bathroom upstairs so I don’t have to navigate stairs when I’m half asleep.

I guess that’s about all I know from Barronett this week. Think spring. Hug your family. See you next time.

by Mary Nilssen

Spring is right around the corner! Mark Friday, March 20, on your calendars as we march into spring!

The 15th-annual New Ventures Garden Seminar is Saturday, March 21, at the Northwood School in Minong. This year’s seminar is all about how to create (or recreate) a more beautiful, unified, sustainable garden; pollinators and how your yard can be the habitat they need; how your soil can help your plants thrive; and unexpected plants that are surprisingly hardy in our challenging climate.

The Spooner Garden Club, North Country Gardeners, and Northwood School Community Education hosts New Ventures. It will take place from 9:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m. with registration and vendor sales beginning at 8:45 a.m. Preregistration is required by mailing $15, which includes lunch and all snacks, with, name, phone number and address, to Northwood School Community Education, N14463 Hwy. 63, Minong, WI 54869. Checks should be written to Northwood School.

For more information about the seminar or becoming an exhibitor or vendor, please contact Julie Hustvet, gardenseminar@centurylink.net or by calling the school at 715-466-2297. Your message will be forwarded to Julie.

Stone Lake Lenten services for Wednesday, March 11, will be at First Lutheran.

Services for Wednesday, March 18, will be at Stone Lake Wesleyan. Soup and sandwiches will be served at 6 p.m. and the services will begin at 6:45 p.m. Everyone is welcome! The theme for this year’s ser-

vice series is Parables of Lent.

The Stone Lake Music Night will be Saturday, March 7, from 6:30-9 p.m. at the Stone Lake Lions Hall. There will be live music performed by local artists, the Acoustic Ramblers, and guests, bringing you a variety of entertaining music.

Dancing is welcome. They would also like to add a community potluck to the fun – so, bring a dish to pass if you wish.

Admission is free and beverages will be available. Thank you to the Stone Lake Lions for their support in this gathering.

The big kickoff for the Stone Lake FeedA-Family program for the Easter season is now in full swing. Last year was a huge success with 45 families receiving food for Easter. Donations of any amount will be greatly appreciated and will be taken until Monday, March 30, with delivery of food the week before Easter. If mailing a donation, please mail to: Lakes Community Co-op, W106 Main St., P.O. Box 356, Stone Lake, WI 54876. Please make checks payable to Lakes Community Co-op and put Feed-A-Family in the memo line. If you know of an individual or family that would appreciate this gift, or have questions, please call Jim Bergeron at 715-8656989.

Don’t forget to set your clocks ahead on Saturday night as daylight saving time starts on Sunday, March 8.

Have a great week and be safe!

Mary Nilssen can be reached at 715-8654008 or upnorthnils2@gmail.com.

son and she sounded real good. Her son, Harlan, lives with her and does all the cooking and housework. He also gets in a little golf two times a week.

Mavis’ grandchildren, Maddy and Blake, had a sleepover on Saturday night and made breakfast for gramma. Mavis continues to have therapy a couple of times per week.

Arlys Santiago celebrated her birthday

with relatives and friends at the Country Inn on Friday night including Heidi and Chuck Hile, Logan and Olivia, Harley and Kathy, Jan and Lee, and friend Holly.

Birthday blessing Arlys.

I don’t feel old. In fact I don’t feel anything until noon. Then it’s time for my nap. - Bob Hope

by Helen V. Pederson friends. On Sunday, Mary joined her mom, Marion Furchtenicht, in Spooner and bowled in a women’s bowling tournament.

Happy birthday to Barb Turpin last Monday, Feb. 23. Barb works here at Glenview.

Happy birthday to Hagel (Pederson) Whiller who celebrated her 97th birthday in Tampa, Fla., on Feb. 13. I talked to her

Spooner Community Education classes

Bring comfortable, yoga-style wear, water bottle. $34.50 per four-week session.

Explore music through movement while learning about yourself and other cultures.

Learn movement patterns, history of different styles and basic isolations.

Intention of class is musical movement with emphasis on natural response to rhythm. Explorations include folk traditions, stylization and dramatization; the dancer is the visualization of the music. Register at least one week before first Monday of each month. Instructor is Dawn Dunsmoor, Barefoot Circle Dance.

Call Karen ahead for any closed dates.

Beaded Wind Chimes: 6-9 p.m.

Thursday, March 16, Spooner High School art room B96. Bring to first class: $24 material fee payable to instructor first night. Second class bring old towel, small covered container, work clothes. $30, senior fee $17.25. No ordinary mini wind chimes for your yard! Make this uniquely yours by personalizing the hanger, clapper, and wing with paint and design. String beads randomly or in planned color and patterns for harmonious tones to enjoy year-round.

Instructor is Peggy Ingles. Registration deadline is Sunday, March 8.

Financial Fitness: Register for one or all five classes. Brad Seboe and Brian Niemann are financial consultants

with Wealth Management Group who believe in giving back to communities by volunteering and educating. They work to help clients eliminate debt, better understand the financial decisions that support their situation, and improve family communications regarding money issues.

Fact-Based Investing: 5-6 p.m., Tuesday, March 17, Spooner High School, room B41. Donation for local food pantry in lieu of a fee. Investing, as we know it has changed. Take what you’ve learned about investing and throw it out the window.

The focus of Fact-Based Investing is on careful measurements of what is, rather than emphasizing the predictions of what might happen, or theories of what ought to happen tomorrow. With just two tools of measurement, you can confidently see where and when to invest. Simply put, be defensive and protected in bear markets, and fully invested during bull markets.

Registration deadline is Tuesday, March 17, by noon.

Basket: Curl: 5:30-10 p.m., Tuesday, March 17, Spooner High School art room B96. Bring $30 materials fee payable to instructor, dishpan, flexible tape measure, sharp scissors, 10 clothes pins, pencil, butter knife, old towel, $6.

An 8-inch wooden base and some color

choices lets you individualize your handiwork. Instructor is Roxanne Melton.

Registration deadline is Monday, March 9.

Mosaics: Birdbath: 6-9 p.m. two Thursdays, March 19 and 26, Spooner High School art room B96. Bring to first class: $20 material fee payable to instructor first night, plus base or hanging fittings.

Second class bring old towel, small covered container, work clothes. $30, senior fee $17.25. Repurpose and recycle a thrift store table lamp into a one-of-akind birdbath. Or use hangers to make a swinging spa for your feathered friends.

Using colorful opaque glass, decorate a 9-inch terra-cotta saucer with your design or a simple pattern provided at class. Bring your lamp base the first night; look for a lamp that measures about 15 inches from the bottom of the light socket to the table, with a hollow base, like a ceramic-style lamp. Fit the saucer to the lamp using fittings provided by instructors, for a small additional fee. Apply precut glass first night, grout and protect it week two, for art that will amaze you and family. Learn about resources, supplies and glass/plate cutting techniques. Choose from patterns or bring your own. Instructor is Peggy Ingles. Registration deadline is Thursday, March 12.

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ADOPTABLE PETS OF THE WEEK Are you big and are you strong, is there room to move around?

‘Cause that’s one thing our girl C.C.’s gonna need.

She will take you for a walk.

There will be no time to gawk.

C.C. is a big ol’ girl, yes indeed.

At 116 pounds, C.C. surely will astound, Those who’ve never seen a dog as big as her.

You ask what breed C.C. is? She’s a German shepherd mix.

She’s the type of dog, big-dog people prefer.

She’ll do anything for treats, sit so nicely at your feet, Even lie down and roll over on the floor, She will climb into your lap, if she does then you are trapped.

Oh our silly C.C. you will just adore, There are times that she might roam. She just wants a loving home.

And she needs someone who truly understands.

If you think she’s right for you, here’s the first thing you should do, Come and meet her we think that would just be grand.

Cats for adoption: 3-year-old spayed black/white female shorthair; 2-1/2-year-old female black medium-hair; 1-year-old female black medium-hair and a 2-year-old male orange tabby.

Dogs for adoption: 3-1/2-year-old female tan German shepherd mix; 6-1/2-year-old spayed black/white Chihuahua mix and an 11-year-old spayed brown min pin.

Mark Saturday, March 7, on your calendar to bowl at our 11-annual Pins for Pets bowling fundraiser. Please visit our website at wcahs.com for more information.

Located at 1400 Cottonwood Ave. in Spooner (Behind the county fairgrounds)

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I flipped the calendar to March and watched it come in like a lamb. Next weekend, March 8, we’ll be turning the clocks ahead. When my mom was living she would have said, “I just wish they would leave the clocks alone and quit changing. It just gets a person confused.” It’s always harder to get used to it in the spring than it is in the fall.

On Saturday, Feb. 28, Marie Hovey celebrated her 95th birthday at Terraceview Living Center in Shell Lake with a party hosted by her children, Duffy Sauer with husband Bill, and Gary and Carol Hovey. Her grandchildren, Jeannie Hanson with husband Bob, came from Dallas, Texas, and granddaughter Kisa Kirwin and husband Dave. Many friends and family stopped to visit. A belated happy birthday Marie. Area people remember Marie’s friendly help from behind the front counter at the Red Cross Pharmacy in Spooner for many years.

Sue Krantz and granddaughter Lainey went to Chippewa Falls on Friday to baby-sit Matt and Christi Krantz’s children while they went to Chicago to celebrate their birthdays, which were Feb. 28 and Feb.29.

Ericka Hutton went down on Saturday.

Dave and Cathy Stodola, Hudson, visited his mom, Virginia Stodola, on Monday. Jack and Judy, Onalaska came up for Sunday and Monday.

Marilyn Zimmerman and niece Nicole Stodola attended the Rice Lake versus Eau Claire Memorial basketball game Thursday night. Good game with Rice Lake winning by one point.

Maddie West went along with fellow middle school girls from Faith Lutheran Church in Spooner for a winter Bible camp at Camp Luther Friday night through Sunday. They did a lot of outdoor fun activities including skiing and sledding and report a fun time.

Diana Melton, along with Kenny Paffel and Brenda and Allen Zaloudek, went to Ingram to surprise Louis “Butch” Paffel for his 71st birthday on Sunday.

Congratulations to Andy and Emily Frey on their new baby son born Saturday, Feb. 28, in Rice Lake. He was named Breken Andrew. First-time grandparents are Pat and Laurie Frey. Anton and Gloria Frey are now three times great.

Thursday evening Gloria had Pat’s family over for supper. Steve’s friend, Ben Kidder, also joined them.

Anton and Gloria spent Saturday with her mom at the convalescent center in Rice Lake.

Wednesday forenoon, I visited Mary Krantz at the

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Lakeland Manor. Her daughter, Denise Sando, was there from Webster. We three went to Lakeview for lunch, helping celebrate Mary’s 83rd birthday.

Wednesday evening, Roger and Steve Lundeen’s 36th-annual Manure Party for their customers and truck drivers was held at Country Inn, Rice Lake. There were around 70 folks attending. Roger gave his little speech as usual that brings out laughter and folks enjoyed a great meal and fellowship with other farmers from Barron, Washburn and Burnett counties. I went along with son Roger. Russ, Nancy, Corey and Charlene also attended from here. Thanks to the Lundeens for a great evening.

Julie Hustvet, Minong, came down Wednesday afternoon to do an interview. We had a great visit. We went up to the farm to visit the cows, too. So nice to know her better.

Grandson Brian Marschall came Friday. He said he came to visit and get a free meal. He was telling me while he and his dad were fishing one day, John had caught a nice one, and it was lying on the ice by the pickup, they were just a ways, away when an eagle swooped down and grabbed it so they just watched it go up, up and away.

Remember full moon hike by foot or horseback at Hunt Hill, 8-10 p.m., on Friday, March 6. Afterward it’s s’mores around a campfire.

Friday evening, I joined my brother-in-law, Rod, and Joyce Ripley, at Nick’s in Spooner for fish fry. It was a nice evening of visiting.

Wednesday, March 11, the Spooner Class of 1955 will be meeting at noon at White Pine Bar and Grill, formerly Becky’s, in Shell Lake. Call me, as I picked the place this time, if you can attend.

Happy birthday wishes this week go out to Jared Pederson and Jeff Schmitz, March 5; Tammy Tryee, Chris and Cole Stodola and Conner Child, March 6; Greg Odden, Brady Marschall, Austin Fox, Dorian Glaze, Angello Gallo and Lea Schlapper Cernocky, March 7; Arlene VanMeter and Annie Dunham, March 8; Jeff Krugar, Dan Kubista and Bernie Baker, March 9; Peter Lechnir, Paige Sundeen, Clarice Linton, JoAnne Olson, Yvonne Zeiorski and Tonya Milton, March 10; and Kenny Konop, March 11.

Anniversary wishes to Steve and Irene Johnson, former owners of Narrow Gauge Inn, their 62nd on March 6.

by Pauline Lawrence

With the wind was blowing on Sunday, it made for another chilly day. Just think, next weekend we all lose another hour of sleep. Yippee, huh? And think of this, Written for last week Hank and Karen Mangelsen went to The Woodshed res- it’s only a little more than two weeks until spring! And taurant Thursday evening for a birthday party for grand- once again we turned our calendars ahead, to the month daughter Hannah Mangelsen, hosted by her parents, Jake of March.

Happy birthday to Gwen Mitchell and also to Lyle Atand Holly Mangelsen. Other guests were Aaron, Angie, Emily, Megan, Owen and Ivan Chivers, Georgia, Julia, kinson on March 5. Have a wonderful day.

March 6, a very happy birthday to Jim Atkinson and and Gayle Cedarburg, Dawn and Mo Richter, Faith Schloalso to his brother, Jerry Atkinson, celebrating their neger, Bailey O’Brien and Grace Mangelsen.

Over 30 ladies attended the program at Lakeview UM birthdays together. Have a wonderful day you two.

March 7, a very happy birthday to Skylar Leach and Church Friday evening. A DVD featuring Christian comedian Anita Renfroe was enjoyed by all. Noel Knoop and also to Carrie Sexton. Enjoy your special day.

March 8, a very happy birthday to Mackenzie Leach Melissa Gerlach furnished refreshments. when she turns 9 years old, with many more to come.

Donna Hines and Karen Mangelsen went to the womHappy anniversary greetings go out to Tom and Mary en’s breakfast at Timberland Lutheran Church on SaturBiver as they celebrate another year together on March day morning.

Nina and Lawrence Hines, and Lida Nordquist and Jan 10 with many more to come.

A very happy birthday to Luke Wilmont, to Dirk BenSchott went to Richfield, Minn., on Saturday for the wedding of Chris and Wendy Harrison. Chris is Lawrence zer, and to my daughter, Penny Lawrence, all on March and Nina’s grandson. Lida and Jan visited Bunny and 10. Have a wonderful day.

March 11, a very happy birthday to Kayla Albee Smith Kim Johnson on Saturday before the wedding, and they and to Rachel Kane. Many more to you. came home Sunday. Nina and Lawrence stayed over until On Monday the Terraceview ladies called Diane HulMonday.

Karen and Hank Mangelsen visited John and Diana leman and told her not to come due to so much flu there. Tuesday and Thursday, Diane went to Shell Lake Mangelsen on Saturday afternoon.

Schools. On Thursday evening Diane was a volunteer at Lakeview Medical Center. Wednesday Ginny Schnell Written this week came out to Diane’s to spend time with her mom. Ginny Dirk and Sandy Benzer visited Hank and Karen Man- is off work for a while due to surgery. On Friday, Chad, gelsen on Thursday morning. Lida Nordquist called on Colleen and Izzy Jensen came and stayed at Diane’s. them in the afternoon.

Sunday the Jensens were at Mall of America and took in Donna and Gerry Hines went to Vadnais Heights, all the attractions. On Monday they came home. Diane Minn., on Thursday and stayed with daughter Brenda tells us her 4-1/2-year-old grandson Jameson is very sick Sweet and family for several days. Their other children but is slowly getting better. He is the little son of Nicole and grandchildren came there to visit them during that DePoister. time. On Thursday afternoon, Gerry and Donna visited I see farm auctions are starting up. It’s mostly online Ted and Joanne Hines, and on Friday they called on Nick and machinery or land farmers are dividing off and selland Esther Mangelsen. Donna and Gerry came home on ing. It’s that time of year.

Saturday.

Saturday found Jimmy Atkinson, Stacy, Minn., comLarry, Celie and Baxter Mangelsen came to visit Karen ing to Jim and Sandy Atkinson’s. He took his mom out and Hank Mangelsen on Saturday morning. They all to Pillars and the two of them enjoyed a nice meal and went to the home of Jake and Holly Mangelsen for lunch. a great time.

April, Dave, Patty and Mandy Close were there also.

Rhonda Mangelsen had back surgery recently and is They celebrated birthdays of Baxter, Celie, Larry, Holly, now home. According to her husband, Maynard, she is Hannah and Grace Mangelsen. doing fine, which is great to hear.

Nina and Lawrence Hines met friends from Eden PraiKyle Vanderhoof and his girlfriend took her son, Jonah, and Conner Vanderhoof to Duluth, Minn., to a rie, Minn., for lunch in Frederic on Saturday.

Joe Durand Jr. and his daughter, Malila, visited his par- big indoor water park, which everyone enjoyed.

Talking with Bess Smith, we find she is doing well. She ents, Joe and Barb Durand, for several days.

Sue Ackerman was a weekend guest of her mother, tells us she is retiring now, which is great to hear. She Kay Krentz. Other visitors at Kay’s home were Marian says her grandchildren, Cassie and Carter Lawrence, are doing fine. Cassie is now 15 and a freshman in high Brincken, June Willis and Joel Krentz.

Hank and Karen Mangelsen called on Lawrence and school. She grew up so fast. She is involved with sports and that makes time go so much faster.

Nina Hines on Sunday morning.

Saturday night, Beth and Garry Crosby had Shorty Lida Nordquist visited Donna and Gerry Hines on Sunand Melissa Crosby, Tyler and Katie, Tom and Sunshine day afternoon.

Crosby and Isaac, Josie and Alycia, and Chad and Ash ley Crosby and children, Chase, Morgan and Joyel, in for

a fish fry. Chad and his family were home for the week-

end. Chad has a new job where he works, which is great to hear. Sunday, Garry and Beth were at Jerry and Cindy Olson’s for a surprise birthday party for Jerry. And he was surprised.

Staying for a week with Butch and Loretta VanSelus are Paula and John Powell. Paula is Loretta’s daughter.

Sunday they went to church with the VanSeluses and had dinner out. They will stay until Friday and go back to Jeremy and Tammy’s and their little son, Cooper’s.

The church where Paula’s daughter and son-in-law go are having a baby shower for Tammy and Jeremy’s baby.

The Powells will stay for a few days before going back to Montana. I asked Butch if they had seen the baby yet and he said, “no and we probably won’t,” as he can’t get the GPS he has to work. He says every time he tries to get there it leads him around and around. He told Loretta to throw it in the next garbage can they come to. Ah, yes, Butch, we all have our problems and we all could throw the thing in the garbage can, too.

Talking with my favorite sister, Marie Quam, she tells us Noah Lauterbach stayed over Saturday night.

Sunday Gene and Buddy Quam took him fishing.

Scatter sunshine!

Have a great week!

Senior lunch menu

Monday, March 9: Salmon patty, brown rice, walnut green leafy salad, dark-chocolate cake. There will be a memoryloss presentation.

Tuesday, March 10: Crispy baked chicken, au gratin potatoes, rutabagas, tapioca pudding.

Wednesday, March 11: Spaghetti with meat sauce, asparagus, garlic bread, birthday cake.

Thursday, March 12: Swiss chicken casserole, rice pilaf, peas, chocolate-chip cookie.

Friday, March 13: Baked fish with tartar sauce, baby red potatoes, chopped side salad, peach cobbler.

Meal reservations must be made at least 24 hours in advance, call your senior center to confirm. Menu subject to change. All meals served with bread, butter, coffee, milk and water.

Dining at 5 Shell Lake. Call 715-468-4750 for reservations. Suggested donation $5.

Monday, March 9: Ham boiled dinner with carrots, potatoes and cabbage, homemade marble rye bread with butter, green gelatin salad with pineapple, Watergate cake.

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(Feb. 25, Mar. 4, 11) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT WASHBURN COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MERYL G. FAIRBAIRN Notice to Creditors (Informal Administration) Case No. 15 PR 03 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: 1. An application for informal administration was filed.

2. The decedent, with date of birth July 22, 1930, and date of death June 19, 2014, was domiciled in Olmsted County, State of Minnesota, with a mailing address of Samaritan Bethany Home on Eighth, 24 8th Street Northwest, Rochester, MN 55901.

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Eric L. Hafner, Chetek, OWI, $1,579.00, local jail, costs, license revoked 1 year, ignition interlock, other sentence.

Leslie J. Hashbarger, Shell Lake, knowingly violate a domestic abuse order, $243.00, probation, sent. withheld.

Matthew J. Jung, Sarona, disorderly conduct or resisting or obstructing an officer, $114.50, costs.

Dusten W. Kalakay, Spooner, false swearing, government setting, $268.00, probation, sent. withheld;

invade privacy, enter private property, $243.00, probation, sent. withheld.

Jeffrey J. Nerbun, Spooner, possession of methamphetamine, $268.00, probation, sent. withheld; bail jumping, $268.00, probation, sent. withheld.

Jodi L. Paulson, Spooner, possess amphetamine/LSD/ psilocin, $243.00, probation, sent. withheld; resisting or obstructing an officer, $243.00, probation, sent. withheld.

Sara M. Skadsberg, Dresser, retail theft, $443.00, probation, sent. withheld.

Limited-Term Employment

Washburn County is seeking applicants for a County Forestry Seasonal position. Responsibilities include marking timber for thinning in northern hardwood, red oak, pine and other timber types; cruising timber for harvest volumes; forest inventory and reconnaissance updates in northern hardwood timber types and other duties as assigned.

Washburn County has an intensive forest management program and utilizes the best science and practices available. The successful applicants have the opportunity to gain valuable experience with “hands-on” forestry.

Positions require a high school diploma, a bachelor degree in forestry, current enrollment in a forestry program or prior experience is preferred. Candidates must be able to start in late May of 2015.

This is a temporary seasonal position not to exceed 600 hours.

Salary will be $10.49 - $12.96/hour depending on experience. For an application and further information, contact Washburn County Personnel Office at P.O. Box 337, Shell Lake, WI 54871, 715-4684624 or adminper@co.washburn.wi.us. Applica-tion deadline is 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 13, 2015. E.O.E. For more information regarding the position duties, please contact Mike Peterson at 715-635-4490 or by email: 622424 29r forestry@co.washburn.wi.us.

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Games played during FFA Week LEFT: Ahh shucks! Isaac Hopke and Lila DeLadi are the best corn shuckers in the Shell Lake Elementary School, as determined during the games held on Friday of FFA Week, Feb. 27.

Photos by Larry Samson NOTICE OF MEETING - TOWN OF SARONA

Notice is hereby given that the Sarona Town Board will be meeting on Monday, March 9, 2015, at 7 p.m. at the Sarona Town Hall.

The agenda shall be posted one day prior to meeting.

Victoria Lombard, Clerk 622454 29r WNAXLP

MEETING NOTICE - TOWN OF BASHAW

Notice is hereby given that the Bashaw Town Board shall hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 10, 2015, at 6 p.m. at the Bashaw Town hall. Agenda: Call meeting to order; minutes from the February 3, 2015, town meeting; treasurer’s report; town website; public input; permits/applications; truck/grader; set next meeting date; approve vouchers and adjourn meeting. A current agenda will also be posted at the following sites: Corner of Tozer Lake Road and Green Valley Road, corner of Sand Road and Sunset Road and N3410 Sawyer Creek Road, Shell Lake, WI 54871 (Town Hall).

Lesa Dahlstrom, Clerk Town of Bashaw 622386 29r WNAXLP

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS WASHBURN COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT SPOONER, WISCONSIN Official Notice to Contractors

Sealed proposals for materials and services described herein will be received until 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 17, 2015, by the Washburn County Highway Department, Office of the Highway Commissioner, 1600 County Highway H, Spooner, Wisconsin 54801 whereupon the sealed proposals received will be publicly opened.

PROPOSAL CONTRACT #2-15E 2 AGRICULTURE TRACTORS (MFWD) WITH MOWER ATTACHMENTS Proposal forms and specifications are on file and available upon request at the Office of the Washburn County Highway Department, phone (715) 635-4480; FAX (715) 635-4485.

Each Proposal must be accompanied by a bid bond, certified check, bank’s draft or postal money order made payable to the Washburn County Highway Department in the amount of 5 percent (5%) of the total amount bid. Certified checks shall be drawn on the account of the bidder submitting the Proposal.

Bidders wishing to submit their bid by mail may do so at their own risk. Bids received through mail by the Washburn County Highway Department later than the time set forth above will be returned unopened. The correct mailing address is Washburn County Highway Department, 1600 County Highway H, Spooner, WI 54801.

The County reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, to waive any technicalities and to select the bid proposal deemed most advantageous to the Washburn County Highway Department.

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RIGHT: Kennedy Mehsikomer is a cheese head, as her classmates throw cheese puffs in a contest to get the most cheese puffs stuck onto the shaving cream hat.

MILWAUKEE — Freshman Caitlin Fielding, Spooner, nursing undergraduate, was named to the dean’s list for the fall 2014 semester at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. — from The Link ••• MENOMONIE — Richard Zemaitis, Birchwood, vocational rehabilitation, received the University of Wisconsin - Stout Chancellor’s Award for the fall 2014 semester.

— from TheLink ••• EAU CLAIRE — Commencement exercises for students at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire were Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014, in Zorn Arena. Local students who received degrees and their fields of study are Bryan Deutsch, Birchwood, Bachelor of Business Administration, business, management; Maxwell Loew, Birchwood, Bachelor of Science, arts and sciences, biology; Jordan Forsythe, Shell Lake, Bachelor of Liberal Studies, arts and sciences, liberal studies; and Jessica Lindblom, Spooner, Bachelor of Fine Arts, arts and sciences, art. — from TheLink ••• MADISON — The following area students participated in the University of Wisconsin - Madison’s winter commencement ceremony, held on Sunday, Dec. 21, 2014, at the Kohl Center: Amy Brendel, Sarona, Bachelor of Science - Rehabilitation Psychology, rehabilitation psychology; Emily Olund, Sarona, Bachelor of Science, animal sciences; Julie Simpson, Shell Lake, Bachelor of Arts, English; Michael McDowall, Spooner, Master of Science - Electrical Engineering, electrical engineering. — from TheLink

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Aaron Christianson, Trego, OWI, $761.50, license revoked 6 months, alcohol assessment.

Brian L. Kamin, Trego, OWI, k$824.50, license revoked 6 months, alcohol assessment.

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RIGHT: Building a tower with cheese and crackers is the sixthgrade team of Noah Savas, Stephanie Carrillo, Zayla Sturtze and Sam Beecroft. This is definitely a hands-on project.

LEFT: Katie Green, carrying a rutabaga, passes her teammate, Owen Carlson, in the crab walk.

ABOVE: It is a clean sweep for FFA member Sydney Shunck.

It’s a dirty job but someone has to do it.

RIGHT: The Shell Lake sixth-grade balloon walk team took first place. The idea is to keep the balloon between the partners as they walk the length of the gym. Shown (L to R): Jacob Latz, William Fisher, Addison Schroeder, Grace Thomas and Brooke Lehnherr.

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Summer school instructors needed SHELL LAKE — The Shell Lake summer school program is gearing up for another fun-filled summer. At this time they are looking for certified teachers who are interested in offering classes during the summer school. Classes need to be academic based, but should be fun, handson, learning experiences for students in kindergarten through sixth grade.

The Shell Lake summer school program will take place June 15-26 and July 13-

I

t is a very interesting time in the education-funding world. As you may know, the proposed budget cuts $127 million from public education. Here at Shell Lake that amount is about $95,000 less money than this year. That number could be substantially higher due to the removal of any limits on vouchers, other than the income limits. The aid reduction and lack of a per-pupil adjustment will have serious budgetary implications for all schools in the state of Wisconsin. This is most certainly a political issue, but does not matter whether you are Republican, Democrat, Independent or other. It is more of an issue about

Shell Lake School Menu

24, classes will be an hour long and run from 8-9 a.m., 9-10 a.m., 10-11 a.m., and 11 a.m.-noon.

If you have any questions or would like to receive the class proposal form please contact Kris Brunberg, brunbergk@shelllake.k12.wi.us or Keri Jensen, jensenk@ shelllake.k12.wi.us. — from Shell Lake Schools

Breakfast Monday, March 9: Pop-Tart with cheese stick or mini cinnamon roll.

Tuesday, March 10: Whole-grain maple waffles or oat chocolate-chip bar.

Wednesday, March 11: Cheddar egg sandwich or ultimate breakfast round.

Thursday, March 12: Fruit pocket or muffin.

Friday, March 13: Laker pizza or apple stick.

Breakfast is served with a choice of juice/fruit and milk with their main item.

Every day breakfast is free to all students.

Lunch Monday, March 9: Corn dog and macaroni and cheese.

Tuesday March 10: Nachos.

Wednesday, March 11: Brunch.

Thursday, March 12: Hot Italian sub.

Friday, March 13: Chicken strip wrap.

Salad bar is provided daily to all students. All students also have a daily alternate entrée choice of either sandwich pack: PB&J, flavored cracker and cheese stick or yogurt pack: Flavored fat-free yogurt with granola on side, flavored cracker and cheese stick.

public education and what is healthy for Northwest Wisconsin schools.

••• Moving on, there are lots of things happening here at Shell Lake School District. We have a 7-12 principal position opening. It was posted and the deadline is March 6.

So far we have over 35 applicants. This is a much higher number than we anticipated and, I believe, points to the good reputation that we have as a quality school district.

The screening process is under way and I anticipate an

interview structure to be in place later in March.

The superintendent position is also posted and the application period for that ended on Feb. 27. The first round of interviews will be March 21, with a second, finalist round on March 30. I know the school board is planning on a community input session within the interview process.

••• There are some pretty big issues coming up on the horizon for Shell Lake School District. I anticipate a lot of

discussion, community building, and planning around them in the next few years. Examples of some of the issues coming up include: potential budget cuts, a possible referendum to exceed revenue caps, future facility needs, our partnership with the Shell Lake Arts Center, and possibly others that we do not know and are just over the horizon. I encourage you, as community members and parents, to get involved in these very important conversations.

They are crucial to our being able to provide the quality education that Shell Lake expects.

Superintendent’s corner • Jim Connell

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Spooner-Trego Lions hold ice-fishing contest

Gerry Aronson, Spooner, caught a 4-pound, 10-ounce bass, receiving $50 and an additional $25 for second place.

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