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Wednesday, June 26, 2013 Vol. 124, No. 45 • Shell Lake, Wis.
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• “Stolen Magic” at TITW, Shell Lake • SLAC Jazz Camper performance @ Shell Lake • Cakes at the Lake breakfast @ Hunt Hill • Veterans Appreciation Day @ Spooner • Love for Lozandier benefit @ Shell Lake See Events page 6
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"Stolen Magic"
Shell Lake Boats: A look back Page 12
Stray Cats now open Back page
Tiffany Romportl, Kelsey Egbert, Monica Plesems and Jared Egbert earned the top roles in the children’s production of “Stolen Magic.” Lane Hanson directs the play that features child actors and actresses from the area. The play will be performed Friday, June 28, at 7 p.m., Saturday, June 29, at 7 p.m. and on Sunday, June 30, at 2 p.m., at the Erika Quam Theatre in Shell Lake. – Photo by Larry Samson
Community protection endeavor reaches sucessful conclusion
Frogs ... in the library? Back page
Love for Lozandier benefit set Page 9
Retirement party Page 12
SPORTS Summer rundown
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by Danielle Moe Register staff writer WASHBURN COUNTY - A total of 259 acres of forest and land along the Totogatic Wild River has been protected for future generations to enjoy. The celebration of the land dedication occurred Monday, June 24, on the property located in the Town of Chicog in Washburn County. Washburn County Lakes and Rivers Association members, The Conservation Fund representatives and river lovers celebrated the
preservation of the prized waterway and how it will provide a positive, greener future. The WCLRA has worked tirelessly for the past five years in partnership with The Conservation Fund to help acquire and secure grant funding for the conservation purchase. Wayne Sabatke, WCLRA director, suggested the project to the association after the property’s former owners, Craig Solum and Terry Larsen of Solar Land Company, LLC, wanted to sell the
See Dedication, page 2
Explosives removed from Birchwood property Page 4
Brown recovering from injuries suffered in bear attack
by Larry Samson Register staff writer ROBINSDALE, Minn. — Jerry Brown is recovering from the injuries he suffered in a bear attack at his Burnett County home in rural Shell Lake. The attack came on the evening of Monday, June 17. He is now able to tell his story. At around 9 p.m., Brown let his dog, Cricket, outside to relieve himself. The dog did not want to go outside. Brown stepped out of the door to encourage Cricket and was attacked by a large black bear. The bear had Brown by the arm, dragging him, when Cricket came out of the house and went for the bear. This gave Brown the opportunity to get away from the bear. Brown did not get far when the bear swatted him from behind, smashing him in the side of his face. Cricket came back at the bear, saving Brown’s life by letting him get away for the second time. Brown ran toward his brother Randy’s house, screaming for help. Pam Brown saw her brother-in-law running See Recovering, page 2
Cricket, a terrier/beagle cross, is shown with Bonnie Helstern, veterinary assistant at Northern Lakes Veterinary Clinic in Shell Lake. Cricket is credited with saving Jerry Brown’s life in a bear attack. — Photo by Larry Samson
Early copy, please SHELL LAKE — With the Fourth of July holiday approaching, readers and contributors to the Washburn County Register should be aware that the Register will be published a day earlier that week. There will be an early deadline for advertising and news articles for the Tuesday, July 2, edition of the Register. All copy is due by noon on Friday, June 28. The newspaper office will be closed Thursday, July 4, and Friday, July 5.
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Members of WCLRA and The Conservation Fund, former owners of the property, along with Spooner studentsAbby Rankila and Dana Kamps, are shown at the dedication ceremony. - Photo by Danielle Moe
Dedication/from page 1 land but ensure it remained natural and protected. “Being able to provide this pristine piece of river paradise in its undeveloped form for future generations to enjoy, as we have, is truly a privilege,” stated Solum. The land was purchased with grant funding from the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Fund with the support of state legislators Rep. Steven Smith, D-Shell Lake, state Sen. Robert Jauch, D-Poplar, Rep. Nick Milroy, D-South Range, and former Rep. Roger Rivard. A widespread grassroots fundraising initiative led by WCLRA including local governments, civic groups, high school students and numerous individuals made the project a reality. Abby Rankila and Dana Kamps are Spooner High School students motivated to help the project through the school’s Environmental Alliance Club. “We raised $200 with our Christmas dance to donate to the project,” explained Rankila. The official dedication of the land to the DNR happened in April and the land will be managed by the DNR as public land for wildlife habitat, watershed protection and recreational activities. This area of land includes 2.5 miles of shoreline along the Totogatic Wild River and joins land protected by the DNR and The Conservation Fund in 2010. “I for one cannot wait to take my grandson, who is 1 month old, on the Totogatic River,” stated Smith. The community-based effort to protect and ensure that the land remains one of the few wild areas in the region gave delight to all attending the celebration. “We found Wayne’s proposal daunting, but followed him,” said Cathie Erickson, WCLRA’s treasurer. “We never gave up and he didn’t let us.”
Bear attack/from page 1
The Shell Lake Summer School students created this get-well greeting for their friend, Jerry Brown, custodian at Shell Lake Schools. — Photo by Larry Samson
to their house and called her husband, Randy. Randy was leaving the house, Pam gave him the .45mm pistol. He met Jerry on the trail with the bear in hot pursuit. As Jerry passed him, Randy shot at the bear twice. The bear turned off and ran between several buildings and down an embankment. Running to cut off the bear, Randy shot at the bear several
times; he was not sure that he had hit it. The Browns put Jerry in a truck and Randy took him to the Indianhead Medical Center in Shell Lake. From there he was airlifted to North Memorial in Robbinsdale, Minn. When Randy returned to Jerry’s home he found the door still wide open and Cricket alone and scared. Cricket was taken to Northern Lakes Vet
Clinic in Shell Lake where he underwent two hours of surgery for his injuries. Tim and Jo Ullom, Sunset Pet Retreat, Shell Lake, paid the vet bill. The DNR has set several traps out around the Brown farm in an effort to capture the bear and destroy it. The bear that attacked was originally identified as a lone boar but the following day a
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Communications and security assesment for Washburn County Jail addressed Board approves funds for Berlin Crisis award ceremony by Danielle Moe Register staff writer SHELL LAKE - The regular monthly meeting of the Washburn County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, June 18, involved four areas of interest for members and meeting attendees: • A report was given by representatives about upgrading communications and security equipment for the Washburn County Jail. • County Administrator Mike Keefe presented the administrative and finance director report to the board and answered questions on it. • Carl Krantz, Washburn County Veterans Service officer, detailed the need for funds for the veterans and military affairs budget for an award ceremony. • A brief comment was given by Robyn Pollei, deputy county treasurer, about a new policy for Washburn County employees. Washburn County Sheriff Terry Dryden reported that the communications, locks, and telecommunications systems and hardware in the Washburn County Jail is in need of upgrading. “The technology in the radio communication portion and jail security doors and electronics is aged; in fact, we have squeaked out more years than it should have lasted in the first place,” stated Dryden. Concerns about the current system causing liability issues and the potential danger of crippling the jail if any piece of the system would fail created the need for Dryden to explore the possible op-
tions available for the county. According to Dryden, the project would be phased in over different years on different aspects of the plan. Cost estimate for the upgraded security control system is $130,000, cost for the relocation of the control station is estimated to be $60,000 and the cost for complete lock replacement is estimated to be $170,600. According to Dryden, $390,000 remains to cover the cost for these proposed changes. “We spent $20,000 of that today as the consultants look at the entire project to see what needs assessment for that jail and communication center,” explained Dryden. The capital improvement plan began in mid-2012 and $410,000 was approved for the 2013 budget to start the upgrade process. Three representatives from companies who took part in the assessment were in attendance. Richard Gray, a government market manager with TKDA, summarized the issues of the current jail. Robert Diechman, of Kimme and Associates, who was the security consultant for TKDA, and Ben Crowson, a systems integrated account manager of Duluth Superior Communications, who applied his expertise to the 911 call center specifically on two-way radio feeds, also took part. The command center and jail needs assessment compiled by Kimme and Associates and TKDA for the jail upgrade includes assessment and recommendations for the security systems within the jail, plans to relocate the jail command center, solutions to current jail security problems and the estimated cost for the proposed recommendations.
Highest priority The first and highest priority recommendation made in the report details the need for a new computerized security control system. Gray explained that the current TV systems in the jail would be combined with an electronic security system (locks) to be controlled by a central security hub, making the security system more effective and safe. The second priority recommendation involves the relocating of the control post in the jail. The control post is a combination of dispatch and jail controls. According to the report, the post is currently packed with security, dispatch and other operational equipment. Relocation of the post would allow for better monitoring of the five general-population housing units in the jail. The final recommendation consists of the replacement of all existing security locks. The report states that American Institutional Maintenance and Lock Company went out of business shortly after Washburn County had their locks installed in the jail. Further, the report states, “In a conversation with the service provider, he admitted that the Washburn County jail locks were wearing out and his replacement and repair resources were becoming limited.” The lock service representative recommended that all current locks at the jail be replaced. “The whole thing is beyond what its manufacturer recommends,” stated Crowson, backing up the report’s claims. The proposed jail upgrade is limited to the systems used within the jail and will not affect equipment currently in deputy vehicles. The report also pointed out that the growing overcrowding problem that has
been plaguing the jail for two decades will eventually need to be addressed, but is not within the current scope of the project recommendations.
Award ceremony On a unanimous vote, the board approved the allocation of funds to the 2013 veterans and military affairs budget. Krantz explained the need for $2,500 to be applied to the 2013 veterans and military affairs budget in order to hold the Wisconsin Berlin Crisis award ceremony on Thursday, July 18. The ceremony will honor Washburn County veterans that were called up in 1961 from Wisconsin’s 32nd Red Arrow Division during the Berlin Crisis. “It gives an opportunity for veterans to reconnect with their fellow comrades,” observed Lisa McNeally, administrative assistant for the county’s veterans service office. Krantz reported that of the veterans that served, 75 are living today and 44 had already R.S.V.P.-ed their attendance. “We have an opportunity now to be able to honor them,” Krantz pointed out. Veterans who have already passed on will receive a ribbon, posthumously, and the next of kin or appointed family member will accept the honor. Donations received for the ceremony will also help offset the cost of the ceremony. Pollei addressed the board about concerns regarding the lack of communication on the new policy for county employees. As of 2013, county employees that accrue sick leave will no longer receive payout, as was the previous policy. According to Pollei, the new policy involves the excess sick leave payout to be placed in a postemployment health plan.
Ground-breaking ceremony for new fire hall held by Danielle Moe Register staff writer SPOONER - The project that has taken 10 years to become a reality has finally occurred. Friday, June 21, was the offi-
cial ground-breaking ceremony for the Spooner Fire Department’s new buildings. Representatives from the fire district board of directors, the general contractor and Spooner Fire Chief Darren Vik were
The new fire department buildings are currently starting construction at this site. – Special photos
This is the blueprint of the new Spooner Fire Department’s apparatus building.
in attendance. The project involves an apparatus building to house the fire engines, tankers and regular trucks. Another building located behind and above the apparatus building will function as the fire department’s office and training facility. “The completion date is set for Dec. 20, but may
get done before,” stated Vik. The new fire hall will be located at the north end of Spooner with access to Hwy. 63, replacing the current facility, located downtown. Construction on the buildings can be viewed from Hwy. 63 as you leave town.
2013 lakes conference an educational outreach opportunity by Danielle Moe Register staff writer SPOONER — Residents from across northwestern Wisconsin took an opportunity to meet with other area lake enthusiasts and local government officials to attend educational talks and study informative exhibits during the 2013 Northwestern Wisconsin Lakes Conference. The conference was held on Friday, June 21, at the high school in Spooner. This year the annual conference began with Russ Robinson, Gilmore Lakes Association, giving the opening remarks and recognition. Christine Thomas, professor and dean of the College of Natural Resources UW-Stevens Point, gave the keynote address on the Citizens Role in Conservation. Thomas’ speech highlighted the importance of being engaged at all levels of the policy process. Breakout sessions included discussions centered on lakes and a citizen’s role in their proper management and protection. Alex Smith and Pamela Toshner, both with the Wisconsin DNR, presented Almost Everything You Ever Wanted To
Bob Bursik, of Dragonfly Gardens, assists Cathy Butcher from Friends of the Gile Flowage in picking out native plants for her property. — Photo by Danielle Moe
Know About Lakes. Toshner pointed out the similarities between the development that changed Lake Chad in Africa, and the walleye spawn in Wisconsin lakes. Due to low lake levels caused from ill-planned development not only is Lake Chad and the surrounding wildlife suffering, the dust from Lake Chad has been linked to be the cause of dying coral reefs off the coast of Africa. Toshner explained that the same effect could happen when any exposed soil near a lake could fill in walleyes precious gravel beds, cutting off their available spawning areas. This real-life example highlights the devastating effect people can have on a lake ecosystem, and how it is also up to us to properly care for these precious resources. Smith discussed that some lake management issues stem from people not understanding the differences between deep versus shallow lakes. Shallow lakes depend on the vegetation that grows in them to use up excess nutrients. When
See Lakes conference, page 5
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Northern legislator glad majority party saw the light – on one disastrous budget provision
by raising taxes on disabled veterans. It simply does not make sense.” “I am asking that you work with this side of the aisle in maintaining current I was told by the city employee that they statutory language that rightfully helps refuse to repair the road due to the cost. I MADISON — Rep. Nick Milroy, D- our veterans with their property taxes,” was then instructed by the city employee South Range, on Wednesday, June 19, ex- Milroy continued. “I implore you to work that my only recourse was to complain to pressed his appreciation to colleagues on with us in correcting this wrong in the the city administrator. I did my duty and both sides of the aisle for standing up for state budget for our veterans. Even Gov. submitted my complaint to him in writing veterans and restoring the veterans prop- Scott Walker has publicly stated that he and asked that my statement be read at wants this problem fixed.” erty tax credit in the budget bill. the next meeting of the highway commisFollowing the vote on passage of the In the budget bill approved by the Joint sion. To date, I have received no response. Finance Committee, property taxes for budget bill Milroy stated, “Although the I urge our powers that be to take a drive 100-percent disabled veterans and their veterans property tax credit provision down CTH B and see for themselves how spouses and unremarried spouses of was corrected, there are still many provibad the road is. Just make sure you go veterans killed in Iraq and Afghanistan sions in the budget that I cannot support. real slow. would have increased nearly $21 million. I will not support expansion of the school In response, Democratic members of voucher programs statewide while at the Robert Milton the Assembly Veterans Committee sent a same time not providing sufficient fundShell Lake letter to Speaker Robin Vos and Joint Fi- ing of our public schools. This budget nance Committee Co-Chair John Nygren turns away $2.4 billion in federal healthasking that they work with Democrats to care funding to help insure low-income restore the Veterans Property Tax Credit. families, slashes the Stewardship Fund, and is filled with special interest givevice and all of those who donated 7,899 In addition, Milroy reached out to all aways and policy that have no business Assembly Republicans asking for their pounds of food during the May 11 food being included in a state budget. After drive. Donations are usually down during bipartisan support for the veterans who evaluating the final contents of the budget the summer months, and it was certainly have sacrificed so much for our country. I had no choice but to vote no. This bud“As written, the budget would end the needed. property tax credit for certain veterans,” get is not good for the citizens of the 73rd Milroy told his Republican colleagues. Assembly District and will hurt WisconJeri Bitney sin’s economy for generations to come.” Board member, Washburn County Com- “This is particularly disheartening given The budget bill now goes to the Senate. that the proposed budget funds tax cuts munity Food Pantry for the wealthiest individuals in this state — from the office of Rep. Milroy
Road needs repair
My family resides on CTH B just west of town. This is a city road. The condition of the road is horrendous to say the least. In the past five years, very little maintenance has been done on the road, sporadically filling the potholes with blacktop. Two years ago, the potholes were so bad that I filled a few with sand. Shortly afterward, I was visited by a city employee and reprimanded. I was told that if the road needed repair, all I had to do was let them know and they would fix it. This spring, I patiently waited for the city to take care of fixing the many potholes and crevices. They never showed up. I then followed the directions I was given and personally contacted the city.
Rep. Milroy applauds restoration of veterans property tax credit
Grateful for support
The board of the Washburn County Community Food Pantry is very grateful for all of the support which Economart gives to our pantry and the people of Washburn County. We encourage people to shop there, as they truly care about people in need and give back to the community. In addition, we would like to express our appreciation to the U.S. Postal Ser-
An insulting budget
An insulting budget for the people and pandering to special interests: The people of Wisconsin will suffer because of the budget that was just passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature and will be signed by Gov. Walker. Did you know that the-per student spending by the state in public schools is around $6,500 and this bill guarantees $7,210 for elementary and $7,856 for secondary private vouchers? It will come right out of your pocket if your school district gets less than the guaranteed amount. Also, did you know that voucher schools are not held accountable whereas our public schools are? Our public schools are held accountable and welcome that. Wisconsin has had one of the finest public schools in the nation for 165 years, but that commitment has been abandoned by Walker and his ideological focus on privatization of our public school system. Because of the ideological beliefs of our governor and the Republican-controlled Legislature, this budget rejects Medicaid expansion which will end up costing the state $120 million in the next two years and insuring 85,000 fewer people. The amount of children that may be dropped from BadgerCare is 29,000. It will also end up costing our state $100 million more over the next two years than if the Affordable Care Act was fully imple-
mented. This budget is not fiscally sound. It uses a credit card to pay for a tax cut that will hugely benefit the wealthy; the majority of us get crumbs; and will create a $500 million structural deficit in the next biennium. When Walker was campaigning he stated that he would create 250,000 jobs. Wisconsin now ranks 44th in the nation for job growth, 45th in wage growth and 50th in short-term job growth. I do not believe this is fulfilling his promise. Our Legislature and Walker should be focused on job creation and working together. That is not happening. This budget is also loaded with almost 100 nonpolicy items that are written for special-interest groups and are put in the budget to disenfranchise citizens who won’t have the chance to influence the outcome. We can thank Rep. Stephen Smith, other Democratic legislators and Republican Dale Schultz for voting against this extreme budget that does nothing for Wisconsin middle-class families and the poor and elderly, and panders to special interests and lobbyists. Dee M. Taylor Rice Lake
Explosives found on Birchwood property Sixty pounds of “highly explosive” material removed by authorities BIRCHWOOD - At approximately 4:16 p.m. on Monday, June 24, Washburn County Sheriff’s responded to a call about potentially dangerous materials found on property located at 200 S. Main Street, Birchwood. The previous property owner had died, and the executor of his estate called the sheriff’s office after a search of the property for items left over from the estate sale revealed the explosives. The explosives were discovered under the floorboards of a metal garden shed on the property. The Washburn Sheriff’s deputy who responded to the call confirmed the substances were highly explosive materials. Birchwood police and fire departments assisted deputies in the evacuation of nearby residences. Wash-
burn County Sheriff Terry Dryden called in the Marathon/Oneida County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad to assist in the safe removal of the explosives. "We service 32 counties in Wisconsin, and Washburn county is one of them," explained Matt Anderson of the Marathon/ Oneida County Sheriff's Office Bomb Squad. "We assisted in the removal of the explosives and countercharged them to safely dispose of the materials." Sixty pounds (30 two-pound sticks) of highly explosive material was removed from the property by the bomb squad. The explosives were safely destroyed in a sand and gravel pit outside the village of Birchwood. “We are very thankful for the assistance of the Marathon/Oneida County Sheriff’s Bomb Squad,” stated Dryden, “ … as always they are dedicated, professional, highly trained, timely and very willing to help agencies with explosive disposal.” - with information from Washburn County Sheriff's Dept.
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Jauch called budget an insult to people of Wisconsin MADISON – State Sen. Bob Jauch, DPoplar, voted against the budget proposal before the state Senate because the budget itself and the manner in which it was crafted is an insult to the people of Wisconsin and bad for the citizens of northern Wisconsin. “This budget is an ideologically crafted document that abandons Wisconsin’s moral and constitutional commitment to public education, stifles the ability of local government officials to make responsible decisions, pushes 85,000 of some of our most vulnerable citizens off of BadgerCare and enacts a flat tax cut that provides tax cuts to the wealthy while sharing table scraps to the true middle class.” Jauch reminded his colleagues that Wisconsin had maintained one of the nation’s finest public school systems for 165 years but that commitment has been abandoned by Gov. Walker’s ideological marriage with the privatization of public education. “I cannot think of another governor or another Legislature in Wisconsin’s history that have so maliciously misrepresented the facts about public schools in a way that has led to poisonous attacks on undeserving schools. The majority party clearly has no understanding of the important role community schools play in our state.” The Northern lawmaker also singled out Walker for his decision to reject federal funding for Medicaid, a decision that left 85,000 of Wisconsin’s most vul-
nerable citizens off of BadgerCare. “The governor speaks of empowering people yet his budget diminishes the capacity of others to improve their lives. He speaks of moving people from government dependence to true independence. Yet instead of embracing the opportunity to take advantage of an additional $489 million in federal funding and increase access to health care, Walker and the GOP majority have adopted an ideologically driven policy that will cost Wisconsin taxpayers and hurt Wisconsin families.” Jauch also called the budget fiscally unsound. “The governor and Republicans use a credit card to pay for a tax cut that will almost entirely benefit the wealthy, all while creating a $500 million structural deficit in the next biennium.” “This is the worst budget for northern Wisconsin I’ve seen in my 31 years in the state Legislature. It widens the opportunity gap and it pits neighbor versus neighbor. It is a budget that could have done more and been better had the Republicans not been so coerced by special interests and ideological convictions,” added Jauch. “It is loaded with almost 100 nonpolicy items that are written for special interests and are stuck in the budget to disenfranchise citizens who won’t have the chance to influence the outcome. “It defies the will of the people of Wisconsin who expect and deserve better.” — from the office of Sen. Jauch
Biennial budget passes Legislature MADISON – State Rep. Stephen Smith, D–Shell Lake, voted against the 2013-15 biennial budget, which passed the state Assembly on Wednesday, June 19, by a vote of 55-42. This controversial budget, introduced by Gov. Scott Walker in February, will raise a homeowner’s property taxes by $29 this year. It will also create a half-billion-dollar shortfall in the fiscal year 20152017. Tax cuts for the most wealthy will turn the state’s surplus into a potential deficit. Another contentious part of the budget is the expansion of the taxpayerfunded private school voucher program statewide. The budget will increase taxpayer funding for private voucher schools by over 29 percent while public schools will see an increase of just over 1 percent. “This budget does nothing to help the struggling families of northwestern Wisconsin. The people of the 75th District elected me to hold the line on property taxes and make sure their children have adequate school funding; this budget just doesn’t do that. It raises taxes, it will create a budget hole in two years, and it sends taxpayer dollars to private and unaccountable schools,” said Smith. The biennial budget also rejects com-
prehensive Medicaid expansion, costing the state $120 million in the next two years and insuring 85,000 fewer people. This could result in 29,000 children being dropped from BadgerCare. The budget will also end up costing nearly $100 million more over the next two years than fully implementing the Affordable Care Act, essentially, implementing a healthcare plan that will charge taxpayers more to cover fewer people. Latest figures rank Wisconsin 44th in the nation in job growth, 45th in wage growth and 50th in short-term job growth. “This budget is bad for Ma-and-Pa Wisconsin. It panders to special interests and does nothing help our folks in small communities to keep their businesses open during tough economic times. We are sent to Madison to represent the people of this great state, and instead the majority party believed in representing special interest groups and lobbyists. The Legislature should be focused on job creation and working together, and it is apparent that they have other priorities,” stated Smith. The budget now goes to the state Senate for consideration. — from the office of Rep. Smith
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Area news at a glance POLK COUNTY — A 25-year-old Maple Grove, Minn., man was airlifted to a Twin Cities hospital after suffering serious injuries to his legs during a boating accident on East Balsam Lake on Sunday, June 16. Mark D. Mann was operating a stand-upstyle jet ski when he reportedly came off his jet ski in front of a 20-foot Mastercraft wake boat operated by Andrew J. Iverson, 23 of Minneapolis. The 20-foot boat was stationary at the time Mann came off his jet ski, but Iverson then hit the throttle and moved forward attempting to pull a wake boarder. Iverson told authorities he felt the boat hit something that he thought was a wave, but passengers onboard yelled for him to stop and said that he had struck Mann. Iverson and Mann were friends. Mann’s father owned both vessels. — from the Inter-County Leader ••• CUMBERLAND — Dylan Anderson was planning to hold a fundraiser for his own school, Island City Research Academy in Cumberland, but when he heard about the April 30 fire at St. Croix Central Elementary School, he changed his plans. “I thought it would be better used here (at St. Croix Central Elementary),” Anderson said. Anderson organized a Read-AThon to support SCC Elementary, with the help of his aunt, Jenn Snowbank, school librarian for Cumberland Middle School and Island City Research Academy. Anderson and many of his fellow students read anything they wanted, from novels to research, May 15-20. While they were reading, the students kept a tally of the number of words they read. Participants collected donations and pledges. Anderson’s goal was to raise $500. The Read-AThon raised $1,500. — from the Cumberland Advocate ••• CAMERON — On Saturday, June 15, at 4:33 a.m., the Barron County Sheriff’s
Department received a report of a semi versus pedestrian accident on Hwy. 8 west of Cameron in the Town of Stanley. Upon arrival, it was discovered that the semi was driven by Duane E. Nelson, 51, Almena, and was traveling east on Hwy. 8 when he saw a male subject running east in the westbound lane of Hwy. 8. Nelson attempted to stop and move over, but the subject running turned toward the semi and ran into its path. Alex Hill, 18, Cameron, was identified as the person struck by the semi. Hill was transported to the Barron hospital and flown to Eau Claire were he died. Investigation into this death led to the arrest of Dorian Hash, 17, Barron, for first-degree reckless homicide. The investigation uncovered that Hash had provided the deceased with a hallucinogenic drug during the night. The case remains under investigation by the Barron County Sheriff’s Department and the Wisconsin State Patrol. — from the Cumberland Advocate ••• BARRON COUNTY — Barron County supervisors voted 17-11 Monday, June 17, to table a resolution until July that calls for creating four positions in the county’s department of health and human services. The economic support positions would be created to meet the increased workload expected to implement the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. The positions would be fully funded through the proposed state budget or through federal Medicaid and Medicare dollars and so would not affect the local tax levy. However, more than one supervisor expressed concern that when the funding dried up the state could force the county to keep and pay for the positions on its own through mandate. — from Rice Lake Chronotype •••
Veterans Appreciation Day planned SPOONER — A Veterans Appreciation Day is set for Saturday, June 29, at the Veterans Hall, east Hwy. 70 in Spooner. From noon to 2 p.m. a brat and hot dog meal will be served to all veterans and their families at no charge. You don’t
Shell Lake Lions Calendar Winners June 17 - $30 Jeanine Moody, Clam Falls June 18 - $30 Gary Wisner, Shell Lake June 19 - $30 Jemima Robillard, Farmington, Minn. June 20 - $30 Jennifer Schultz, Spooner June 21 - $30 Katina Andreas-Braun, Rush City, Minn.
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Temps & levels
Temperatures recorded at Spooner Ag Research Station 2012 June 17 June 18 June 19 June 20 June 21 June 22 June 23
High Low 76 53 77 63 87 61 87 63 81 58 74 54 78 51
Precip. .30” rain .32” rain .37” rain .68” rain .50” rain .06” rain
2013 June 17 June 18 June 19 June 20 June 21 June 22 June 23
High Low Precip. 83 53 75 42 74 51 79 62 81 58 1.90” rain 75 60 .12” rain 75 63 .16” rain
Lake level Monday, June 25, 2012: 1,218.05’ MSL Monday, June 24, 2013: 1,217.90’ MSL
need to be a member of any veterans organization. At 2 p.m. a flag retirement ceremony will be held. You are welcome to bring old flags. — submitted
Lakes conference/from page 3 the vegetation is removed by boat motors or people the lake has nowhere to use up the excess nutrients, increasing the chances for toxic algae blooms. Besides clarifying a lake’s water of excess phosphorus and nitrogen that cause algae blooms, aquatic plants also provide lifesupporting oxygen to the water that fish and other aquatic life need to survive. Aquatic plant management is necessary to curb the spread of devastating invasive species, but a DNR permit is required before the removal of any plants occurs. It is recommended to contact your local water resource specialist before any plants are removed to ensure that the correct action is taken for the lake. Water resource management specialists for the state’s Northern Region are Craig Roesler, Alex Smith, and Mark Sundeen, located at the DNR office in Spooner. Departing from the usual flora and fauna experienced on Wisconsin lakes, Toshner discussed some lesser-known lake creatures. Wisconsin lakes boast 14 different species of sponges, with 12 having been documented. “These I found under my dock,” said Toshner as she described the tree-branch-like sponges. “They are white because the sunlight can’t reach there so algae won’t grow on them,” she explained. Freshwater jellyfish can also be found in 90 of Wisconsin’s 15,000 lakes. The jellyfish are not native to Wisconsin, but are not invasive and are small so that they don’t have a serious sting. “We don’t know what creates jellyfish blooms, sometimes they can be dormant for years,” stated Toshner. Smith and Toshner’s talk was only one
Summer reading events continue to be a hit at SLPL SHELL LAKE — The special summer reading programs for children of all ages at the Shell Lake Public Library continue to be successful. On Thursday, June 27, Big Trucks of Shell Lake will be at the library at 1 p.m. Participants will have the opportunity to climb inside the grader, loader, dump
Register Memories 1953 - 60 years ago
• Shell Lake Boy Scouts attending Camp Philips were Warren Anderson, Keith Schultz, Jim Crowell, Bill Bohn, Bob Kuhn, Bob Parks, Bob Hard, Jack Kallenbach, Jay B. DesJardins, Art Smith, Bob Jacobs and Bob Crowell. • Norma Quam was the instructor for the Red Cross swimming lessons offered in Shell Lake. Adults taking lessons were Mary Hoar, Gladys Meyers, Hazel Nelson, Arleen Pieper, Margaret Kmiotek, Geneva Nieman and Mrs. Anna Christiansen. • Alfred Rusch, Merrill, was electrocuted and died instantly, and two fellow workers, Charles Bennett and L.N. Solholt, both of Shell Lake, suffered burns in a power line accident while working on a new REA power line in the Town of Bass Lake about two miles east of Springbrook. • Jack Brown represented Shell Lake at Badger Boys State and Joyce Rohde attended Badger Girls State.
1963 - 50 years ago
• Paula J. Pederson, Shell Lake, was among the 448 high school girls from throughout Wisconsin participating in the 20th season of Badger Girls State on the University of Wisconsin campus. • Among students attending youth camp of the Northwestern District Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, at Trails End Camp north of Bruce were Robert Hall, Susan Gaulke, Barbara Hall, Bonnie Riemer, Kathy Emerson, Dayle Krantz, Donna Washkuhn, Linda Emblom, Bonnie Norton, Karen Jacobs and Mary Pederson. • Plans for the fireworks display at Shell Lake for the Fourth of July were progressing. Funds were still badly needed for the $130 quota needed. Donations collected to date at Evans Drug and by Richard Rydberg were $35. • Cyril’s IGA had whole fryers on sale for 27 cents per pound; 2 pounds of
of 12 educational discussions that covered topics from salamanders to updates on water zoning regulations. This was the second year that the Northwest Wisconsin Lakes Conference was held at the Spooner High School, and the 15th year it has offered up-to-date lake information. “Last year folks told us they really liked the location,” said John Haack, regional resources educator with UW-Extension in Spooner. More than 40 vendors took part staffing displays during this year’s conference offering a variety of lake services, lakerelated conservation information and educational opportunities. More than 230 individuals and some students attended this year, putting attendance up from last year’s conference. “I think people were pleased with the variety of technical topics blended with fun programs,” said Haack. The number and variety of topics discussed made the conference a success, leaving most wishing they could have attended more discussions. “It was great to hear from our keynote presenter, Dr. Christine Thomas, she shared her enthusiasm for conservation and her experiences as chair of the WDNR Natural Resources Board,” observed Haack. Thomas has worked to promote citizen-led conservation efforts to encourage people to engage with legislators directly on lake issues that are important to them. “A number of people told me they really enjoyed the conference and were pleased with the presenters and topics provided. I thought our citizen planning committee did a great job and hosted a smooth, well-run event,” said Haack.
truck and street sweeper. The other remaining event for the summer reading program is story hour on Thursday, July 11, 10:30 a.m. This event will be held at the Washburn County Historical Society one-room schoolhouse. — from SLPL
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1973 - 40 years ago
• Josh Albee, 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester (Bud) Albee, of Hollywood, Calif., and formerly of Shell Lake, appeared in the movie “Jeremiah Johnson” that was playing in local theaters. He played the part of a young deaf-mute. Josh wasn’t a newcomer to movies and TV, as he appeared in five Lassie series and also a Tom Sawyer TV special. His grandfather resided in Spooner, and his father was born and raised in Shell Lake where he attended high school. • Aaron Joseph was born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Merchant on June 21. • 4-H’ers attending State Club Congress serving as hosts to Hon. Kenneth Schricker were Cheryl Augustyniak, Spooner; Greg Odden, Shell Lake; Irene Vallem, Trego; and Lavon Jackson, Barron. Leader Mrs. Blanche Weberg, Shell Lake, also attended, as did Mary Pfundheller, David Nelson, Sue Brotherton, Peggy Norton and Vicki Johnson. • Confirmed at Salem Lutheran Church were Richard Gronning, Ken Moore, Jim Quam, Lorie VanGuilder, Jody Smith, Kathy McGraw, Bonnie Johnson, Jill Smith, Renee Cassel, Nancy Peterson, Kim Elliott, Julie Shipman, Susan Peterson, Jane Wallner and Brenda Krantz.
1983 - 30 years ago
• Shell Lake Pharmacy, located across the street from the Shell Lake Clinic, was expected to open by mid-July. • A miscellaneous wedding shower was given for Joyce Rydberg and Walter Owens at the Indian Creek Hall. • Rosalie Boland, Joann Olson and Peg Pockat hosted a shower for Stephanie
Williams, infant daughter of Doug and Mary Kay Williams. • Kyle Schaffer, Angel Amundson, Carrie Fox, and the relay team of Sara Allen, Sherrie DeLadi, Heather Tobias and Jodi Thannum of Shell Lake summer recreation track and field, won district championships at Eau Claire Regis High School and would compete in the state meet at Menomonee Falls.
1993 - 20 years ago
• The Shell Lake Board of Education was considering the proposal to add girls fast-pitch softball to its list of extracurricular sports activities. • Sr. Laura Ann King, Shell Lake, celebrated her 50th year as a Sister of St. Joseph with a jubilee celebration at the shelter house in Shell Lake’s Memorial Park. • Bert and Mil Shipman celebrated 70 years of marriage with an open house at the Shell Lake Community Center. • Avis Nordin accompanied Mary, Holly and Tony Harrington to Madison. Tony stayed and attended the 4-H Congress at the university. Avis, Mary and Holly visited at the home of Lynn and Barb Nordin.
2003 - 10 years ago
• Shell Lake students named to the University of Wisconsin - Superior student of excellence list were Constance Graf, Gloria Butterfield and Jennifer Schilling. • Students from Shell Lake graduating from UW-Stout were Dustin Marker, Jill Petry and Terry Prill. • Shell Lake students participating in the Wisconsin School Music Association High School State Honors Music Project were Savannah Stanley, bassoon; and Anne Bitney, flute. • The quartet, Four Heights, held a reunion and sang together 50 years after they performed together while in junior high and high school. Members of the quartet were Alvin Olson, Dick Swan, Pete Hubin and Lee Swan.
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Thursday, June 27-Friday, June 28 • American Red Cross blood drive, noon-6 p.m., Thursday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Friday, United Methodist Church, 135 Reinhart Drive in Shell Lake. Thursday, June 27 • First Year Parenting class, 5-8:30 p.m., Spooner Annex Building, UW-Extension conference room. Call Deb Meyer at 715-635-4444 or deb.meyer@ces.uwex.edu. • The Shell Lake American Legion meeting, 6:30 p.m., Friendship Commons. • Shell Lake VFW meeting, 7 p.m., Friendship Commons. Friday-Sunday, June 28-30 • “Stolen Magic” at Theatre in the Woods, titiw.org, 715-468-4387. Friday, June 28 • Shell Lake Arts Center jazz camper performance, 7 p.m., Darrell Aderman Auditorium, Shell Lake. • Washburn County Genealogical Society meeting, 1:30 p.m., city hall meeting room, library building, 501 1st St., Shell Lake. Program will be Depression stories. The public is welcome to attend. Saturday, June 29 • Cakes at the Lake, breakfast 8 a.m., program 10 a.m. Hunt Hill, 715-635-6543, hunthill.org. • Third-annual Love for Lozandier, Haiti, Christian concert benefit, 11:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Shell Lake beach. • Shell Lake District annual meeting, 8:30 a.m. exhibits and social; 9 a.m. meeting, Shell Lake Community Center. Featured presentation is Snails, Plants and Water Quality. • Veterans Appreciation Day, Veterans Hall, East Hwy. 70, Spooner, noon-2 p.m. brats and hot dog meal; 2 p.m. flag retirement ceremony. Sunday, June 30 • Shell Lake Arts Center jazz camper performance, 7 p.m., Darrell Aderman Auditorium, Shell Lake. • Lakers on the Links golf tournament, sponsored by the Shell Lake Education Foundation. 18-hole scramble with meal at Butternut Golf Course. Registration at noon. Call 715-635-8563.
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July 3, 10, 17 and Aug. 7. Busing is sponsored by Community Bank of Northern Wisconsin. Pickup locations in Spooner and Rice Lake will be at the bank parking lots. Hunt Hill staff will be on-site to assist with drop-off and SARONA — Join Hunt Hill Audubon Sanctuary on pickup. Explore Hunt Hill’s tamarack bogs during the summer Saturday, June 29, from 8-9:45 a.m., for an all-you-careto-eat-pancake breakfast. Following the breakfast stick orchid bloom on Friday, July 5, 10 a.m.-noon. In addition around for a free program sponsored by the Long Lake to orchids, discover the intricacies and adaptations of our Preservation Association. The program has changed bog environment. Preregistration requested. Adult Spanish Language and Culture Immersion from previous announcements and will now feature Kevin McMullin on “The Most Exotic Species,” begin- Camp is Sunday, July 28, at 3 p.m. through Friday, Aug. ning at 10 a.m. Of all the alien invasions Northwest 2, at 1 p.m. Past participants raved, “The fellow campers Wisconsin has survived, none has had a more profound were so much fun and it was a great learning environimpact than the invasions of humanity from all corners ment created by fabulous instructors. Hunt Hill’s Spanof the globe. Master storyteller and musician, McMullin, ish immersion camp fuses education, native speaking explores the history, the stories, the music, and the cul- instructors and a beautiful setting into a wonderful week tures of the people who made up those invading armies of learning, culture and fun.” Participants can look forin this poignant, humorous and educational program. ward to a schedule of daily language lessons, sampling Hispanic cuisine, daily social hours and nightly culture The program is free and fun for all ages. The rest of the Saturday Cakes at the Lake topics in- programs for a memorable experience. During the week, clude: July 20, National Eagle Center’s program on ea- campers will have the opportunity to explore Hunt Hill’s gles; Aug. 17, Stan Tekiela’s talk on “The Lives of Wolves, natural setting through optional hikes, pontooning, Coyote and Fox”; and Sept. 7, WDNR’S Scott Walter on swimming and lake canoeing. Camp is all-inclusive and includes: all meals, refreshments and snacks; overnight “Rafter of Turkeys.” Free busing will be offered for youth from Spooner and accommodations; experienced educational staff; optional Rice Lake to Hunt Hill every Wednesday of day camp. environmental activities; and program supplies. For more information on any of these programs, please Call Hunt Hill to save a seat on the bus. Day camp is available to 5- to 12-year-olds throughout the summer visit hunthill.org or call 715-635-6543. — from Hunt Hill and runs from 8:30-4 p.m. Free busing dates include
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Monday, July 1 • Lakefront master jazz concert with Randy Sabien, 7:30 p.m. lakeside pavilion, Shell Lake. Tuesday, July 2 • Shell Lake/Spooner Masonic Lodge 221 meeting, 7 p.m. at the lodge. • Independence - Your Way open house 3-6 p.m. at the Rice Lake Elks Club located at 36 E. Eau Claire Street. Wednesday, July 3 • Washburn County HCE meeting at Oscar Johnson Building, Spooner Fairgrounds, 9:30 a.m. • Shell Lake Independence Day celebration with food, fireworks and street dance with music by White Ties. • Unit on Aging, 1 p.m., Shell Lake Senior Center. • Free soup and sandwiches, Church of the Nazarene, Spooner, 5:30 p.m. Call 715-635-3496 to confirm. All welcome. Donations accepted. • Shell Lake Arts Center master jazz concert, 7 p.m., Darrell Aderman Auditorium. Thursday, July 4 • Annual Shell Lake Boat Parade, noon, starting on north side of Rolph’s Point. Friday, July 5 • Bog walk, 10 a.m.-noon, Hunt Hill, Sarona. 715-635-6543, hunthill. org. • Jazz vocals camper performance, 5 p.m., Darrell Aderman Auditorium, Shell Lake. • Extreme strings camper performance, 4 p.m., Darrell Aderman Auditorium, Shell Lake. • Jazz camper performance, 6 p.m., Darrell Aderman Auditorium, Shell Lake. Saturday, July 6 • Shell Lake Fine Arts Festival, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., downtown park, Shell Lake. • Sailboat regatta on Shell Lake. • Pie and ice-cream social, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Washburn County Historical Society, Shell Lake.
Sunday, July 7 • Shell Lake Arts Center master concert band, 7 p.m., Darrell Aderman Auditorium. Monday, July 8 • Lakefront master concert band, 7 p.m., Darrell Aderman Auditorium. • Shell Lake Community Band concert at the lakeside pavilion in Shell Lake. Tuesday, July 9 • Moms Club meets at Faith Lutheran, Spooner, 10 a.m. • Shell Lake Arts Center master concert band, 7 p.m., Darrell Aderman Auditorium. • Alzheimer’s Association presents Caregiver Stress: Take Care of Yourself at the Hayward Senior Center, 15856W E. 5th St. in Hayward from 1-3 p.m. Wednesday, July 10 • 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. • Shell Lake Arts Center master concert band, 7 p.m., Darrell Aderman Auditorium. • The Book Chat will meet 1 p.m. at Sam Hick’s in Spooner. They will be discussing “Flight Behavior” by Barbara Kingsolver. All are welcome to join the discussion and the fun. Friday, July 12 • Piano and concert band camper performance, 5 p.m., Darrell Aderman Auditorium, Shell Lake. • Concert band campers, 6:30 p.m., Darrell Aderman Auditorium, Shell Lake. Saturday, July 13 • 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, 715-468-4017 or 715-222-4410. • Shell Lake Arts Center master rock band, 7 p.m., Potter’s Shed. • Flea market/bake sale for roofing project, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., 202 6th Ave., Shell Lake. Monday, July 15 • Northern Lights Camera Club, 7 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 1790 Scribner St., Spooner. • Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Group, 5 p.m. group activity, 5:30 p.m. dinner, 6-7 p.m. meeting, Lakeland Family Resource Center, 314 Elm St., Spooner, 715-635-4669. Tuesday, July 16 • Shell Lake/Spooner Masonic Lodge 221 meeting, 7 p.m., at the lodge. • Spooner Ladies Golf League Hope For a Cure golf tournament to raise funds for the Regional Hospice Center in the area. Donations can be made at the Spooner Golf Club. Wednesday, July 17 • Games and activities, 1 p.m., Shell Lake Senior Center. • Shell Lake Public Library Board of Trustees meeting, 5 p.m., at the library. The public is welcome. • The Washburn County Humane Society open board meeting 5:30 p.m., state patrol headquarters, Spooner, 715-635-4720. • Grand Family Adventures, 5-8 p.m., Hunt Hill, Sarona, 715-6356543, hunthill.org. • Lakefront master rock band, 7 p.m., lakeside pavilion, Shell Lake. Thursday, July 18 • Shell Lake PTA meeting, 6:30 p.m., in the 3-12 school library. Babysitting available. • Show choir camper performance, 7 p.m., lakeside pavilion, Shell Lake.
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Holman completes Eagle Scout service project A community bridge to a safer future by Brett Holman Special to the Register SHELL LAKE — Brett Holman, 17, Shell Lake, completed construction of his Eagle Scout project on Saturday, June 22. His project consisted of replacing an old, unsafe bridge in the Shell Lake School Forest. The bridge is located near the bottom of the sledding hill at the end of the old football field. The bridge that was replaced was 2-1/2 feet wide and 15 feet long. The new bridge is 24 feet long and 4 feet wide. Holman received donations from Lamperts in Spooner, the Spooner UW-Agriculture Research Station, and Shell Lake State Bank for his project. The primary construction days were May 17, 18 and 19. Under Holman’s direction and leadership, the construction was undertaken by volunteers from Boy Scout Troop 51 of Shell Lake, the Shell Lake FFA and a few other adult community members. Leading and completing an Eagle Scout Community Service Project is one of several requirements to achieve the rank of Eagle Scout. Other requirements include: Earning a minimum of 21 merit badges — 12 of which must be Eagle Required merit badges — holding leader-
ship in your troop, and living by the Scout Oath and Law. For those that don’t know what the Boy Scouts of America is, it is a youth-led learning and teaching organization that focuses on outdoor woods skills and civic responsibility. Boys are encouraged to learn about anything they are curious about. There are merit badges offered for almost anything imaginable, but there is a core list of 12 Eagle Required merit badges that the Boy Scouts of America deems to be important to everyone in Boy Scouts. These requirements consist of things like personal fitness, citizenship in the community, camping, first Boy Scouts and volunteers helping with the Eagle Scout service project are back row (L aid and other things important to R): Matt Aller, Mike Aller, Brett Holman, Sean Wells, Ty Ellanson and Allan Leckel. Front: to citizenship, the outdoors and Casey Furchtenicht, Noah Skluzacek, Brian Knoop, Trever Anderson and Phil Holman. Not pictured: Andrew Savas, Luke Savas, Jordan Hutchinson, Levi Gregg, Josiah Gregg and Kelly life. Gregg. — Photo submitted
Jazz combo and Extreme Strings at Shell Lake Arts Center
SHELL LAKE — The Shell Lake Arts Center is pleased to present the faculty and campers of the Extreme Strings and jazz improvisation and combo camps in a series of concerts during the week of June 30-July 5. The week will kick off with a Sunday night performance on June 30 by the jazz improvisation and combo faculty at 7 p.m., in the air-conditioned Darrell Aderman Auditorium. The combo and Extreme Strings faculty will present another concert on Monday, July 1, at 7:30 p.m., at the lakeside pavilion. This concert is possible thanks to the support of the Northern Lakes Veterinary Clinic. If you like what you see, a jazz combo concert will be held Wednesday, July 3, 7 p.m., in the Darrell
Aderman Auditorium. All arts center concerts are free and open to the public. These concerts are run in conjunction with the Shell Lake Arts Center’s weeklong jazz improvisation and combo and Extreme Strings camps. The camps are open to students ages 12-18, and offer instruction in jazz, blues, pop and fiddling for the strings, and improvisation, arranging, jazz history and theory for the combo campers. The Extreme Strings students will perform in their final concert on Friday, July 5, at 4 p.m., in the Darrell Aderman Auditorium, and the combo students will perform at 6 p.m., also in the auditorium. Johnson Bank of Spooner sponsors these two concerts.
Jack White returns to Shell Lake’s street dance with The White Ties Fireworks also highlight July 3 celebration SHELL LAKE — Kicking off the Independence Day celebration is Shell Lake’s traditional street dance and fireworks. The White Ties will provide music for the street dance held Wednesday, July 3, from 8 p.m. to midnight on Shell Lake’s Main Street. During an intermission, the fireworks display will light up the sky. Food and beverages will be available throughout the evening. The White Ties new lineup includes Mickey White-Mitchell, vocals and keys. She is the half of the brother-sister duo that fronts The White Ties. A singer, songwriter extraordinaire, and a passionate artist and performer with such bands as The Marshall Star Band and Nielsen The White Ties will provide music for Shell Lake’s July 3 street dance. — Photo submitted White Band, White-Mitchell holds the audience in the palm of her hand. Her confident and professional style makes her a cade, such as High Noon, Nielsen White Band, Devon musical force to be reckoned with and a perfect comple- Worley and The Marshall Star Band. His versatility on guitar, steel guitar and fiddle make him a welcome addiment to the rest of the band. Jack White, bass, acoustic and vocals, spent many years tion to The White Ties. Jess Ramel, drums, acoustic and vocals, adds the heart as a founding member and leader of Wisconsin’s legendary Nielsen White Band. The band toured nationwide, and soul to The White Ties. He is from northern Wisconplaced two songs on the Billboard Country Singles charts, sin and has been a mainstay in many bands coming out saw their music videos on TNN and CMT, performed of the area. Tom Bell, keyboards and vocals, started playing piano live on “Nashville Now” and were named The Minnesota Music Academy’s Country Band of the Year. In 2010, at age 3 in Phoenix, Ariz. By age 11, he was performNielsen White was inducted into the Mid-America Music ing professionally with a house gig at the world-famous Hall of Fame. As bassist, White adds rock-solid rhythm, Tooley’s. He moved on to Minnesota, performing in lead and harmony vocals, and a wealth of immeasurable bands such as Wild Horses, Stoney Jam, Barn Rockers, Danny Dee and The Marshall Star Band. experience to the group. The Shell Lake Chamber of Commerce invites everyone Mike Haselman, guitars, steel guitar, fiddle and vocals, for an evening of entertainment on Wednesday, July 3, in hails from St. Paul, Minn., where he has played a major role in many popular Minnesota bands for the past de- downtown Shell Lake. — with submitted information
In the event of rain, pavilion concerts will be held in the Darrell Aderman Auditorium. Don’t miss the final jazz ensemble and combo, week 2, concert on Friday, June 28, at 7 p.m., in the Darrell Aderman Auditorium, sponsored by Rice Lake Printery. For more information or to register for a camp, please visit the arts center’s website at shelllakeartscenter.org or call 715-468-2414. — from SLAC
Workshop on Alzheimer’s disease and caregiving to be held in Hayward HAYWARD — The Alzheimer’s Association presents Caregiver Stress: Take Care of Yourself on Tuesday, July 9, at the Hayward Senior Center, 15856W E. 5th St., from 1-3 p.m. This program, made possible in part by funds raised through the Walk to End Alzheimer’s®, will help caregivers understand Alzheimer’s disease, changes that may occur because of the disease and how these changes may affect the caregiving journey. The program will teach participants about stress, how to identify stress and how to create an action plan to lessen caregiving stress by connecting with local supports. With Alzheimer’s disease, it is not just those with the disease who suffer; it’s also their caregivers. Caring for an individual with Alzheimer’s disease often falls on family and friends. According to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, those who care for someone with Alzheimer’s or other dementia are more than twice as likely as caregivers of people without these conditions to say that the greatest difficulty associated with caregiving is that it creates or aggravates their own health problems. More than 60 percent of Alzheimer’s and dementia caregivers rate the emotional stress of caregiving as high or very high. One-third of family caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s and other dementia report symptoms of depression. For more information on upcoming programs, to volunteer or become involved in Walk to End Alzheimer’s®, see alz.org/gwwi or phone 800-272-3900. — from Alzheimer’s Association
Boat parade planned SHELL LAKE — It’s time to deck out your boat in red, white and blue, for the traditional Fourth of July boat parade on Shell Lake. Everyone is welcome to participate. In past years up to 30 units have been a part of the traditional boat parade. The boat parade will start on the north side of Rolph’s Point at noon on Thursday, July 4. — with submitted information
Fine art festival, regatta and pie social happening in Shell Lake SHELL LAKE — The city of Shell Lake will be bustling with activity on Saturday, July 6. Artist from across the region will display their handmade works at the 11th-annual Shell Lake Fine Art Festival. The show will be in Shell Lake’s Memorial Park from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. This is a juried art fair featuring ceramics, printmaking, glass, painting, drawings, sculpture, jewelry, woodworking, papermaking and more. The Miss Shell Lake program will be selling food. A sailing regatta gets under way at noon on Shell Lake. Also on July 6, the Washburn County Historical Society is hosting their annual pie and ice-cream social at the museum from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. — with submitted info
The 11th-annual Shell Lake Fine Art Festival will be Saturday, July 6, in Memorial Park. — Photo submitted
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A comprehensive plan B by Diane Dryden Register staff writer SPOONER — You might as well read this because it’s only a matter of time before someone you love will develop dementia and you will become involved with their care. The older a person gets, the more likely they’ll have some form of dementia, often Alzheimer’s. The current statistics stand that 1 out of 2 people will be in full bloom with the disease by the time they hit the nursing home, if they are 85 or older. There is a packet available at the Washburn County Aging and Disability Resource Center, located at 850 W. Beaver Brook Road, Spooner, near the fairgrounds. This free 10-page packet contains every resource available for the person with dementia, and for the caregiver who ends up exhausted and frustrated by the time the person they love finds a permanent home in a facility. It lists the support group information as well as respite care and the memory clinics available. Dr. Mark Van Etten is a crucial part of the memory clinic in Spooner. He works alongside a psychologist and a social worker to make the original diagnoses. A doctor refers most people to the clinic. If you’re interested in more information on bypassing the doctor’s fee, you can call the clinic directly at 715-635-1443. The memory clinic will be able to give a diagnosis and treatment options. It’s recommended that you check with your insurance carrier or Medicare and Medicaid to make sure the visit to the memory clinic will be covered; most visits are. For more information about Medicare coverage you can contact Terri Reiter, elder benefit specialist at the ADRC in Spooner at 715-635-4460 or go online at aging@ co.washburn.wi.us. The packet is a caregiver’s priceless plan B because it contains information about each new step the patient takes
This packet of information is a lifesaver after a diagnosis of dementia is reached.
Dr. Mark Van Etten is the doctor you’ll see at the Memory Clinic in Spooner. — Photos by Diane Dryden deeper into dementia and suggestions for their care and care for the beleaguered caregiver. Because other diseases take the lion’s share of the research money, dementia is struggling for funding – the valuable funding that’s needed to find the cause of the disease, or medications to slow the disease and for information for the caregiver. Currently there are three drugs that are used to slow down the inevitable, and they are marketed under three different names. The drugs are basically the same, but each one has its own delivery system, from liquids to pills to patches. There are new studies looking at nose sprays as another form of delivery. These drugs are not risk-free and they are usually only 40 percent effective. There are four important nondrug therapies that also help slow the progress of dementia and they are things everyone
Managed haying of CRP acreage available after Aug. 1 to help with feed losses SPOONER — Evie Moore, county executive director of the Washburn/Burnett County Farm Service Agency office, announced that participants enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program may request to hay certain acreage enrolled in CRP. The earliest date that any CRP acreage can be hayed is Friday, Aug. 2. Managed grazing of acreage is also allowed under certain rules. “Many farmers have suffered losses of feed due to the weather,” said Moore. “This is an opportunity for producers to harvest CRP acreage.” The hay harvested from CRP may be used by the participant or sold or given to any other individual. In order for the acreage to be hayed, CRP participants must visit the FSA office to sign a request to hay the acreage and to amend their CRP conservation plans. Not all CRP acreage is eligible to be hayed. Any acreage that has been seeded to a cover within the last 12 months, any acreage planted to trees or shrubs, any acreage within 120 feet of a stream or other permanent water body, any acreage enrolled as a filter strip or any other CRP practice prohibited by policy from being hayed is ineligible for haying. In addition, the haying of CRP acreage is only allowed
once every three years; accordingly acreage that was hayed in 2011 or 2012 is not eligible for haying this year. Producers who hay CRP acreage will receive a 25-percent reduction in their annual CRP payment on the actual acres that are hayed and must agree to revise the ending date of the nesting season to Thursday, Aug. 1, for all practices on their contract. Under the managed haying provisions, producers are allowed to take one cutting of hay from Aug. 2 through Sept. 15, and any bales that would be stored on the acreage must be removed by Monday, Sept. 30. CRP participants must first visit the FSA office to sign the haying request. “Haying cannot begin until the participant receives written approval in the form of a letter from our office,” Moore added. “Producers who hay acreage without first obtaining approval from the FSA office will be subject to payment reductions and/or contract termination.” Interested parties should contact the Washburn/Burnett FSA office at 715-6358228, ext. 2 with any questions. — from USDA
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can do: • Make sure you get physical activity daily or at least three times a week. • Learn something new to retain your cognitive activity. • Be social. Apathy encourages people to check out and not care. • Change your diet, adding fruits and vegetables. Go low fat and whole grains. Van Etten also recommends that everyone of a certain age needs to have their personal and medical ducks in a row, which includes choosing a medical and financial power of attorney and making a will. It’s also suggested that if you suspect someone you love is developing dementia and they are the ones that handle the family finances, check to make sure the bills are being paid and money is still going
into various accounts. Many people have found that they no longer have house or car insurance because of nonpayment and it may cost a lot of money to get the policy going again in some instances. Age and a family history of dementia on the mother’s side play a big factor in dementia and because over half the people age 85 and older will be affected, it’s time to take this disease seriously before it bankrupts Medicare. The local chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association in Spooner is hosting their annual walk this coming September and would like your help. You can be a captain, you can donate directly, you can come and help out on walk day or be on the main committee. You can help stem the tide. For more information contact Joan Litwitz, local outreach specialist at 715-635-6601 or log onto alz.org/gwwi. If you aren’t up to needing a plan B yet, there are 10 warning signs to help you know when. They are: • Loss of recent memories. • Difficulty performing tasks. • Problems with language and communication. • Disorientation as to time and place. • Poor judgment or diminished ability to make decisions. • Problems with abstract thinking. • Misplacing things and/or placing them in inappropriate places. • Rapid changes in mood or behavior. • Personality changes. • Loss of initiative.
Spooner Golf League Tuesday, June 18 9-hole league Game: Criers First: Ann Ring, 27 Second: Emily Durand, Josie Morrison and Mary Smejkal, 28 Third: Karen Novinski and Lee Weiss, 30 Fourth: Ann Peterson, Debbi Stocco, Donna Wilson and Connie Kesti, 31 Chip-ins: Lee Weiss, No. 13; Ann Ring, No. 13; Mary Lou Barneson, No. 18; and Nancy Rich, No.12
18-hole league Game: Criss Cross First: Carol Fields, 25 Second: Barb Peterson, 26 Third: Kathy Bagley and Mary Dahedl, 27 Fourth: Penny Schroeder, Peggy Holman and Terrie Storlie, 29 Chip-ins: Kathy Bagley, No. 10; Teresa Anderson, No. 12; and Pat Weiss, No. 7
Love for Lozandier benefit set The ongoing mission in Haiti by Danielle Moe Register staff writer SHELL LAKE — On Saturday, June 29, locals will get the opportunity to help people in a country that is the poorest one in the Western Hemisphere. From noon-6 p.m., Love for Lozandier’s thirdannual Haiti benefit will take place at the Shell Lake beach. The money raised at this year’s benefit will go to help build a clinic in Lozandier, Haiti. The clinic will be supported and run by a Haitian physician and nurse. Basic health care will be provided for the village of Lozandier and surrounding communities. Immunizations for children, family planning, prenatal care, well-baby check-ups, monitoring high blood pressure and diabetes are services this clinic will provide to people who have none of these basic health services. Six different live bands that span music genres from Christian rock to folk and reggae will get everyone into the giving
mood. The event will also host a silent auction, raffle of a handmade quilt made by Peggy McKibben, and concessions. Since last year the foundation completed building the church and a well in Lozandier. In September of 2012 the process of building the church began and land was cleared. The foundation, cement floor and the well were completed in November. In April a team brought with them 7,000 meals for a lunch-box program for the families of the schoolchildren. Since April the roof, doors and windows have been installed, finishing the church building project. Currently there are 65 children enrolled in the school that the Love for Lozandier organization assists, but some of the children are still in need of a sponsor. Individuals interested in becoming a sponsor can send an email to loveforlozander@ hotmail.com specifying their interest. This year’s benefit looks to be a good time for all and an excellent opportunity for area residents to show their support and love for a community who needs it most.
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Click It or Ticket award presented
Shell Lake Police Chief David Wilson, left, was presented with a plaque by Ken Berg from the Bureau of Transportation Safety in regard to the success of the Click It or Ticket Campaign that was recently held. — Photo submitted
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Community Connections LEFT: Molly Kline, AmeriCorps Vista with Habitat for Humanity, discusses the new program, A Brush with Kindness, with Tisha and Kyle Everson of Spooner. The A Brush with Kindness program is now offered due to the recent merger between three Habitat affiliates into one that serves Burnett, Polk, Rusk and Washburn counties. — Photos by Danielle Moe RIGHT: Keirnan Arnold from Spooner Girl Scout Troop 4447, rolls bandages as her mother, Dee Smith, looks on. The bandages are sent to Africa through the Global Health organization.
Royalty busy representing Shell Lake
Lynn Boehne, Spooner, talks with Kelsy Kidder, Lakeland Kinship program director, and Jessica Lane of Lakeland Family Resource Center. Of the many programs the resource center supports, they put on the Library Fun for Little Ones program at Shell Lake and Birchwood libraries.
Miss Shell Lake Danielle Kuechle and her court, Jessica Irvine, April Richter and Reyna Stone, along with Junior Miss Princesses Camryn Nasman and Opal Warren, and Little Miss Shell Lake Lorelei Hoy and Little Princess Daya Lawrence, were part of the Frederic Family Days parade held Sunday, June 16. The royalty spends many weekends representing Shell Lake at area parades. This parade season the royalty is showcasing a new float that has been constructed by volunteers. — Photo by Greg Marsten
Members of the Trinity Lutheran men’s study group cooked and served complimentary food to fairgoers at the Community Connections Fair held Monday, June 24, at Trinity Lutheran in Spooner
From trash to art
Donavan Balts works on a flower that Hadley Tims and Brianna Fedie watch as Mrs. Carlson shows them how to cut the clear plastic he is making for his grandmother. bottles into flower petals that they will color, heat and shape. The Shell Lake summer school art class Photos by is making art from recycled plastic bottles and other pieces of trash. Larry Samson
Hailey Ziemer is proud of the Sylus Stellrecht and Kennedy Mehsikomer work intently flower she made from recycled pop bottles. The last day for the first ses- on their projects. sion of summer school at Shell Lake will be Friday, June 28. Second session begins Monday, July 8.
“Stolen Magic” a Theatre in the Woods summer youth production The cast of “Stolen Magic” shown (L to R) back row: North Hinze, Emm Bassett, Jared Egbert, Payton Anderson, Kelsey Egbert, Alyssa King, Monica Plesems, Rachel Medley, Cathryn Walker, Dana Kampa, director Lane Hanson and Jackson Bassett. Front: Lake Hinze, Julia Corbin, Kaylee Peck, Lilly Edlin, Gabriela Nelson, Britta Salquist and Marah Hanson. Lying: Tiffany Romportl. — Photos by Larry Samson
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Shell Lake Boats: a cruise down memory lane by Danielle Moe Register staff writer SHELL LAKE — Boats produce both delight and satisfaction for everyone. The intangible positive effect boats have on people can be observed when on a lake – suddenly people become friendlier, waving and smiling to one another, recognizing each other for their shared love of boats. In the spirit of that same affection came the birth of a small but successful boat company in Shell Lake. 1904 marked the beginning of the Shell Lake Boat Company and their quest to build top-quality, affordable boats against the odds of a competitive market and changing owners in a business that spanned 56 years. The company changed hands several times throughout its existence, being sold in 1910, 1912, 1929, 1933, 1944 and 1959. Lund Boats of Minnesota was the final owner and purchased Shell Lake Boats in the 1960s. Then in 1980, Lund permanently closed their fiberglass-boat-making facility in Shell Lake. An advertisement for Shell Lake Boat Co. sums up the company’s direction and expectations: “We have endeavored to balance our line to cover all the types of row boats, outboard motor craft, hunting boats and canoes, and each of these models come to you with a full guarantee for a long life of safe, comfortable, speedy and economical water transportation, at a price below that which you would expect to pay for a craft with such outstanding, high grade qualities.” The company finally found stability and growth when Cleve Benson sold his interest in the company to Walter Ek in
This is an original wooden Shell Lake Boat owned by Bill Ek’s son, Chip. — Photo by Danielle Moe 1944. Increased growth was slow after WWII, but steadily boats became popular again. “The ‘50s were big years,” acknowledged William “Bill” Ek, Walter Ek’s son. Bill Ek grew up surrounded by the company and he says the positive growth experienced came from the work of people that made it their personal business. “It was very personal,” stated Ek. Up-front, personal communication was a normal part of business, and made Shell Lake Boat Co. stand apart from the crowd. “They had some uniqueness, and they were also good people to do business
A colorful advertisement for the company, circa 1960, was printed for their distributor in Canada. – Photos submitted unless otherwise noted
with,” explained Ek. The operation began making wooden rowboats and canoes, later expanding to outboard motor, pleasure and hunting boats. “My personal favorite was the Rocket,” reflected Ek. The Rocket model was a popular boat for the company due to its unique design. What made it so special was located in the stern of the boat and was a semicircular seating area along with distinctive fins stripping the edges of the boat. The inspiration for fins on the Rocket came from the recent car designs of the time. “I remember going up to my wife, Karen’s, dad’s garage with a bunch of people and we measured the fins on his Chevrolet,” said Ek. The high demand for all fiberglass boats caused the company to also convert entirely to fiberglass boats. The Rocket model was an example of the successful switch to fiberglass the company made. Prior to the complete fiberglass takeover, the boat maker did manufacture combination wooden and fiberglass boats that were called by the trade name Shelglas. “What they started to do was fiberglass over wood instead of canvas, or they went fiberglass over canvas,” explained Ek. The first combination boats were produced in 1955 of molded fiberglass hulls with wooden decks, seats and trim. After Walter Ek sold the company to Lund in the 1960s, Russ Stouffer, who had been with the company since 1929, stayed. “He stayed on, but he knew that it wasn’t the same,” said Ek, reflecting. Despite being out of business since 1980, people continue to purchase Shell Lake Boats in appreciation for quality craftsmanship and a true understanding of the pleasure in boating. The Shell Lake
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A company advertisement features drawings of the different types of boats Shell Lake Boat Company offered around the 1950s. Boat Company was driven by the desire to create beautiful, quality boats for everyone to enjoy, and Shell Lake’s history is more colorful because of it.
Retirement party
Flanked by her sisters, Florence Carlson and Lillian Ullom, Margret Jones, middle, poses at her retirement party at Peggy’s Place in downtown Shell Lake. Jones is moving to Somerset to be closer to her daughter and grandchildren. She has been a waitress at Peggy’s Place since it first open. — Photo by Larry Samson
Shell Lake Middle School students Alecia Knoop, Linden Nelson and Evan Hungerbuhler had the opportunity to participate in the Shell Shell Lake has produced some outstandLake Arts Center Jazz and Combo Camp. The one-week camp started ing jazz drummers and freshman Linden Nelson is following in that tradition. — PhoSunday, June 9, and ended Friday, June 14, with a concert. tos by Larry Samson
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Shell Lake Babe Ruth 1-1 for week
First baseman Jordan Hill makes the catch from the catcher on the bunt.
James Crawford goes up for the ball as Dominic Hopke backs off on the fly ball. The ball came loose on its way down.
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Luke Pokorny does a two-step to avoid the catcher at home.
Logan Zebro slides into home in a cloud of dust. When the dust settled, the umpire called him out. Shell Lake lost 21-2 to Bruce in a home game played on Tuesday, June 11.
Shell Lake third- and fourth-grade softball
Pitching for Shell Lake Team Two is Grace Thomas.
First baseman Hannah Green makes the catch for the forced out. She is playing for Shell Lake Team Two.
Time to plan to attend volleyball camp SHELL LAKE — Monday-Thursday, July 15-July 18, there will be a volleyball camp at the Shell Lake High School for girls going in grades 8 through 12. The camp will run from 5-8 p.m. All girls interested in learning the basic fundamentals and/or perfecting skills are encouraged to attend. All registration and necessary paperwork will be taken care of Monday night prior to the start of camp. Girls will need to have a pair of gym shoes. If there are questions please contact Jessica Furchtenicht at furchtenicht_family@hotmail.com or 715-645-2067. A Little Bumpers Volleyball Camp, for girls in second through seventh grade, will be held for three days starting Monday, July 29, from 5-6:30 p.m. — with submitted information
Hope Balts on the mound with her roll-of-the-dice pitching technique. It is all in the wrist. Balts pitches for Shell Lake Team One, third and fourth grade. — Photos by Larry Samson
Kianna Kidder is all smiles as she hit two doubles in their win against Turtle Lake on Wednesday, June 12. Shell Lake Team Two played on the east field as Team One played on the west field.
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Spooner batter Britta Salquist briefly watches the ball before she runs for first base on this hit. Players are taught to run first, but the temptation to look was too strong. — Photos by Larry Samson
Spooner catcher McKenzie Anderson is a natural behind the plate as she waits for the ball. Jennifer Connell encourages from behind the plate. Connell earns a few bucks and helps the younger players get the opportunity to have fun playing ball.
Pitching for Spooner in the early innings was Jazmyn Wilson. She pitched a good game, but it was not enough, as Spooner fell to the strong hitting of the Shell Lake team in a game played at Shell Lake on Wednesday, June 12.
Tough loss to Shell Lake
Spooner player Sam Dettle swings as Shell Lake catcher Logan Zebro eyes the ball. Shell Lake went on to win the game as the black clouds came in. It was a home game for Spooner on Friday, June 14. RIGHT: Trey Nelson catches the ball for the forced out at first.
Photos by Larry Samson
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he Wisconsin Legislature adopted Acts 28 and 32 to encourage and provide school districts with the ability to implement energy and operational savings facility projects outside of the revenue limits. Act 28 was created in 2009 and provided authority to local school boards to levy a property tax outside of revenue limits to pay for projects that create energy savings. In 2011 the law was modified by Act 32 to include projects that result in the avoidance of, or reduction in, energy costs or operational costs. The new law also stipulated that the project must be governed by a performance contract and that bonds or notes may be issued to finance the project if any are issued for periods not exceeding 20 years. These bonds or notes would also be outside of the revenue limits, meaning a tax increase for local taxpayers. The Spooner Area School District has been investigating the possibility of utilizing the energy and operational savings legislation to do projects through an additional levy or the sale of bonds, which will save the district money in the long term. In February, the board of education heard a report from consultants
Mark Nauertz came in as the relief pitcher to hold Shell Lake’s batters.
from K-12 Business Solutions and Heartland Business Systems giving some background on the legislation and sample projects from around the state. Last year there were approximately 25 to 30 school districts that bonded for approximately $100 million. The sizes and scopes of the projects varied greatly, from several hundred thousand dollars to about $40 million. In order to meet the requirements of Act 32, a school district must work with an energy service company. An ESCO is a business that develops a comprehensive project plan for implementing the most cost-effective energy projects. ESCOs are performance-based contractors that guarantee the energy savings and return on investment of projects. After providing plan development, design and assistance with project financing, ESCOs measure and monitor the energy savings and can provide training assistance for maintenance requirements. The Spooner Area School District had an ESCO do a preliminary study of our facilities to see if there would be any possibility of energy or operational
savings or if we were already doing all we could in those areas. The preliminary study indicated that there were some areas that would provide a payback to the district, and a Request for Qualifications was submitted to energy service companies. Following interviews, the district hired McKinstry Company as ESCO to work with the district and make recommendations for energy and operational savings. McKinstry did a study of our facilities and found that there are some areas where it would be possible to see some energy and/or operational savings with paybacks that made sense over time while others did not. Items that were considered for energy and operational savings included upgrading the HVAC controls at the elementary school, technology upgrades, exterior lighting upgrades districtwide, print management software to conserve ink and paper, a roofing upgrade at the elementary school, window and door upgrades, water conservation, building envelope sealing, and other typical measures. Since many of our facilities are new
Superintendent’s Corner • Don Haack
or remodeled, some areas that the ESCO typically found savings wouldn’t have a payback for the Spooner Schools, but others did. They also found that some of our computer equipment is older and upgrades in that area could produce energy or operational savings. At an open meeting on Monday, July 1, in the Spooner High School choir room, the board will hold a committee-of-thewhole meeting prior to a regular board meeting. The purpose of the committee meeting will be to gather input from citizens about the idea of using Act 32 to fund proposed initiatives. The initiatives that the board is considering in phase one of the program are sealing building envelopes at the elementary and middle schools to provide annual utility savings, and a districtwide technology upgrade including tablet devices, an upgraded wireless network, and virtual desktop technology that is proposed to produce annual operational savings. Since the levy for this initiative would be outside of the regular levy, it would be an additional cost to Spooner Area School District taxpayers.
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Marriage licenses Brian E. Slimmer, Wilson Bay, and Heather A. Jahnke, Town of Long Lake. Owen O. Holmseth, Nashville, Tenn., and Karen A. Samek, Nashville, Tenn. Matthew N. Riedell, Birchwood, and Amber R. Baker, Birchwood. Raul G. Cruz-Rojas, Springbrook, and Sherry J. Lindenfelser, Springbrook. Taylor T. Hall, Spooner, and Stacy C. Lundberg, Chisago City, Minn. Daniel A. Evitch, Birchwood, and Cilena Rodriguez, Birchwood. Matthew M. Rucinski, Marion, Iowa, and Anna C. Leckel, Spooner. Richard E. Baker, Hawkins, and Lisa A. Haynes, Shell Lake. Johnny R. Passmore, Trego, and Yolanda M. Miller, Trego. Shawn M. Maki, Spooner, and Jessica R. Tyler, Spooner. Timothy E. Duch, Superior, and Emily F. Erickson, Spooner. Jeremy J. Cook, Shell Lake, and Shauna J. King, Spooner. Charles A. Rota, Champlin, Minn., and Ginger R. Taft, Champlin, Minn. David W. Dahlstrom, Shell Lake, and Vanessa R. Gedart, Shell Lake.
Horse pasture walk to take place at Happy Hollow Stables TURTLE LAKE — The NW Wisconsin Graziers Network and the UW-Extension invite you to a unique multienterprise horse pasture walk at the Erin and Steve Osero farm on Saturday morning, July 13, from 10 a.m.noon. Happy Hollow Stables and farm are located at 1614 CTH D, north of Hwy. 8, about 10 miles west of Turtle Lake. The pasture walk will feature rotational grazing of horses, round-bale feeding with hay nets, pastured poultry, grass-fed beef, an organic garden for family use, boarding stable and a riding instruction facility with trails. The farm contains 50 acres of gently rolling lighter soils including grassy fields, woods, wetlands and a small lake. Riding trails meander throughout the farm and present training opportunities for both horse and rider. Since droughty soils present challenges in summer months, Erin has been building organic matter by rotating bale-feeding areas. Erin rotationally grazes 15 horses of various breeds, including quarter horse, paint, Ponies of The Americas for children and a mule on about 25 acres consisting of 15 paddocks with lanes and electric fences. Water is provided in a common sacrifice paddock where groups can be held off of grass. Pastures are rotated about five times during grazing season and clipped with a rotary mower. A recent addition to the winterfeeding strategy has been hay nets that reduce waste to less than 5 percent and seem to also entertain the horses. Other enterprises include organic pastured broiler production during summer months along with hatching of chicks, ducks and geese for local markets. A large organic garden and orchard contain the pastured poultry area and provide vegetables for family use. A new enterprise this year is grass-fed beef production with two Angus steers being rotationally grazed separate from the horse pastures. Erin also provides riding instruction for a wide range of equestrians and basic training for young horses or fine-tuning for older horses. To get to the farm, travel seven miles west of Turtle Lake on Hwy. 8 to Range. Take CTH D north three miles. Watch for the signs. For more information, contact Erin at 715-268-6330, Jennifer Blazek, the Polk PVC Wells County UW-Extension ag No Rust, No Corrosion, agent, at 715-485-8600, or No Scale Lynn Johnson 715-268-8778 Spooner, WI at NW Graziers. — from UW-Extension 715-635-4578 575857
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Citizen volunteers and aquatic invasive species experts will be teaming up to educate boaters and conduct free boat checks during the weekend of July 4 at boat landings throughout Wisconsin to assure the boaters do not accidentally spread Eurasian water milfoil, zebra mussels and other aquatic invasive species. This is the fifth-annual Landing Blitz in Wisconsin where inspectors will be stationed at more than 200 high-use boat landings from Thursday-Sunday, July 4-7, to help boaters understand Wisconsin’s invasive species laws and what they must do before leaving a landing. Inspectors come from a wide partnership of citizen volunteers, state and local AIS staff, wardens and water guards, and a variety of lake associations, organized by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the UW-Extension’s Clean Boats, Clean Waters program. Last year, nearly 18,000 boats were inspected and over 39,000 people contacted during the holiday. The Landing Blitz will be conducted at the Shell Lake boat landing by the watercraft inspectors. They will be able to show how to properly inspect different watercraft to make sure they are free of invasive species and they will have other informative material on the different invasive species and how to prevent the spread of them. “Most Wisconsin lakes remain free of invasive species. Recent research shows boats, and not ducks or other aquatic birds, move invasive species,” said Bob Wakeman, Wisconsin’s statewide aquatic invasive species coordinator. “Consequently, boaters can protect lakes
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hell Lake is uniquely situated on the shores of its 2,580-acre namesake lake, a Wisconsin outstanding resource water that offers an abundance of recreational opportunities and provides habitat for fish and wildlife galore. Located as it is at the foot of Shell Lake’s Main Street, the lakefront beckons you to enjoy a dip in the lake’s clear, clean water, a stroll through its park, shopping along Fifth Avenue, with plenty of time still to meander back to the lakefront pavilion for an evening’s entertainment under the stars. We are justifiably proud of our community, which boasts excellence in education, health
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care, government, recreation, scenic beauty and the arts. Our quality of life has attracted many employers to Shell Lake’s industrial park with room for still more. I would like to remind the community of the city’s annual lake meeting that will be held Saturday, June 29, at the Shell Lake Community Center. It starts at 8:30 a.m. with refreshments and exhibits. Everyone that is interested in the lake is invited to come and see exhibits on aquatic invasive species, lakeshore restoration and frogs of Washburn County. A presentation will start at 9 a.m. with reports on the city’s lake activities over the past year.
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by taking a few minutes to clean their boats and trailers and know their efforts aren’t being undone by waterfowl.” Invasive species can crowd out native species, disrupt lake ecosystems and interfere with boating, fishing and other recreation. The main way that invasive species and fish diseases such as viral hemorrhagic septicemia spread to new waters is aboard boating and fishing equipment and with live fish or water moved from one water body to another. The inspectors, who have been trained through Wisconsin’s Clean Boats, Clean Waters program, will demonstrate the required prevention steps boaters must take, provide educational prompts to remind them of these steps, and talk about Wisconsin invasive species and VHS laws. Boaters found practicing good boat hygiene can be rewarded with a free boating towel. Boaters, anglers, and others enjoying Wisconsin waters are required to: • Inspect boats, trailers and equipment. • Remove all attached aquatic plants and animals. • Drain all water from boats, vehicles and equipment. • Never move plants or live fish away from a water body. Limited exceptions apply. Visit dnr.wi.gov and search for bait laws. “We’ve stopped the flow of invasive species into the Great Lakes since new laws governing ballast water discharge were implemented in 2006,” Wakeman continued. “We can make similar strides among inland waters with the continued cooperation of boaters.”
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The City of Shell Lake, in cooperation with the Shell Lake Chamber of Commerce, is seeking donations for the annual lakeside fireworks celebration. All monetary levels of donation are welcome. Appreciated contributors should send their donations to:
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Area writers corner The poet of the Yukon by Mary B. Olsen Although he read and enjoyed the literary greats as he was growing up, Robert W. Service did not consider himself a literary person. Some of his poems written in the 1890s have lived on and continue to give people a laugh and entertain us delightfully. Born in Preston, Lancashire, England, on Jan. 16, 1894, Robert William Service was the first of 10 children. His father was a Scottish banker transferred to England. When he was 5, his parents sent him to live with his grandfather and three aunts in Scotland. He was a reader, and his favorites were stories about his heroes, cowboys. He returned to his parents home, in Glasgow, at age 9.
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He attended high school, and followed his father into banking. Robert was writing verses all the time and some were printed. When he reached 21 he was free to roam, so he left home to follow his dream of being a Wild West cowboy. He shipped out to Canada. During the next few years he traveled around working at odd jobs, rode the rails, learned to ride a horse in California, nearly starved and nearly froze, but saw a lot of fairly wild country. He took a job at a bank in Victoria, British Columbia. He kept writing his poems. They transferred him to Kamloop, B.C., and then to Whitehorse, Yukon. This was a 10-year-old frontier town on the Yukon River. He was always one to mingle with the ordinary people, quietly taking in the local color. At times he brought out his guitar and played songs for folks for listening and dancing. He recited poems for people at concerts. He liked poems like “Casey at the Bat” and “Gunga Din.” The editor of the Whitehorse Star asked him to write for his paper. One evening Robert was walking by a tavern and he had a thought, “A bunch of the boys were whooping it up.” A poem was forming in his head. He walked over to the bank. Actually, he interrupted a burglar, who took a shot at him and missed. After the excitement, he went to work and by dawn, his poem was complete. “The Shooting of Dan McGrew” was a story poem that everybody liked. A month later, after hearing a story about someone who cremated a man, he wrote “The Cremation of Sam McGee.” Robert gathered some of his poems together and sent them to his father, living at the time in Toronto, with a check to have them printed for presents for his family. His father took the collection to a publisher and Robert got his check back with an offer to publish. They say the printers were laughing and grabbing the sheets as they came off the presses and everyone was reciting lines from his poems. It was a popular success. He put together another collection, “Songs of a Sourdough.” The first poem book brought him some $100,000. The bank transferred him to Dawson City, Yukon. He worked for a time, then decided to leave banking and become a full-time writer. He rented a little cabin in Dawson City and worked on his first novel. Not everyone liked his success. His minister took him aside and told him his poem stories were wicked. He didn’t see it that
way. He was telling in verse stories about the people and the wilderness and their struggles and pleasures. After five years his first novel was complete. “The Trail of ‘98” was a success. He wrote “Ballad of a Rolling Stone” in Dawson City. He left the Dawson City cabin in 1913, and never went back. He was offered a job as war correspondent for the Toronto Star, and he went to Paris during the Balkan War. He lived in France for 15 years. He married Germaine Bourgoin and they lived in Paris and in the Brittany region of France. They had a daughter. He traveled in Europe and enjoyed living in Paris, visited the Riviera, and he kept writing. He was a wealthy man, but he was always wearing the clothing of a working man. He worked during World War I as a correspondent and as an ambulance driver. Just before World War II began, he went to Sweden because of his political views. He and his wife and daughter immigrated to California. In Los Angeles he wrote for movies and acted in films. He continued writing the rest of his life. Someone offered to fly him to Dawson City, but he would not return, he said, because he liked to remember it like it was. Robert W. Service died Sept. 11, 1958. His wife was younger, and she lived until she was 102 years old. Robert did not write “The Face on the Barroom Floor.” He did write extensively, and his poems are his legacy. He thought of himself as a journalist and a verse writer. He was said to have written, “the most commercially successful poetry of the century.” He was not considered of any importance on the literary scene. The elites frowned on his body of work, and put him in the category of popular poets like Kipling, Longfellow, Robert Burns and James Whitcomb Riley. Actually, not bad company to be in. He wrote many verses that used names for people that are now considered not politically correct. He wrote for the man on the street and the old lady who wants to paste a verse in her scrapbook. People like you and like me. They have a statue of him in his hometown. His poems are still around. The little cabin in Dawson City is part of Parks Canada and an actor tells about Robert’s life and recites his poems for the tourist crowd. If you like good old-time verses, Robert W. Service gave us some that are unbeatable.
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re you a traveler that only goes from point A to point B with no unscheduled stops in between? Are you one that doesn’t deviate from the plan because you are in a hurry to make it to your destination? On Sunday, June 17, Milt and I attended a graduation picnic in New London. We stuck to our plan of the most-efficient way to make our way across the state of Wisconsin. After attending the late-afternoon event, we stayed overnight and the next day took a self-guided tour of New London. As the town was born in 1851, we felt there would be a bit of history to explore. Some of the parks were built during the 1930s through the Public Works Project. As we were driving along, we saw signs that pointed us to Memory Park where the historical society has set up a historical village. As in most communities, volunteers have historical buildings open for tours mainly on weekends. As we were visiting on a Monday it wasn’t a surprise that the buildings would be locked. As we walked around the grounds, I noticed one building had a door open with a parked car in front of it. It turns out this building is the newest addition to the village and will be a display of the Simmon’s Juvenile Products factory. A volunteer, Robert, was in the building working on his 1938 John Deere tractor. My concern on discovering this was that we would never get out of the building as Milt would get into yet another long discussion about tractors. Fortunately, Robert stated he would need to leave for an appointment but that he would open up the one-room schoolhouse and train depot as well as octagon house for us to tour before he needed to leave. I found the octagon house, built in 1868, very interesting. The home was occupied until 1970. Making our way toward home on Hwy. 29, nearing the city of Thorp, Milt said he needed to stop for a power nap. Some of you may wonder why I didn’t volunteer to drive. I couldn’t. I was busy knitting. Milt drives. I knit. I have been in Thorp before but never any farther north than the Thorpedo Restaurant. As a high school student, I was in the Future Business Leaders of America organization. The Thorpedo was the stopping place as we passed by on our way to conventions in Green Bay. Traveling down Main Street in Thorp, Milt and I looked for a park bench in the shade where he could spread out for his power nap. Finding a picnic table in the shade near an old Army tank, Milt checked it out. He didn’t find it suitable because the birds had used it for their own purpose while the ants seemed to be having a picnic there. We decided to take a walking tour of their Main Street. The first place we went into was a flower shop that also served ice cream. As
Milt devoured his delicious chocolate-peanut-butter ice cream in a waffle cone, he discussed with the lady behind the counter that he was looking for a spot to take a nap. She offered him a bench on the patio out the back door of her business. As Milt proceeded to the back to take his nap, I continued down the street. Milt caught up to me while I was making my purchases in a liquidation store. We continued down the sidewalk where we greeted a couple of elderly gentlemen shooting the breeze. Milt spotted the sign above an establishment that read, “Full Coffee Bar.” This too was a flower shop and it offered coffee. As he made his way to the coffee shop part of the store, Milt noticed a ceramic plate that read, “Will work for coffee and donuts.” He approached the owner of the business with the plate in hand asking if he was OK with that. Milt then confessed he wasn’t sure what kind of work he could provide. As we headed down the sidewalk toward our car, I noticed Bob’s Corner Garage gas station. I also noticed a female driver of a pickup truck sitting in her vehicle while a man wearing a shirt with the name Bob on it pumped gas. I asked, “Hey Bob, you mean you still pump gas for people?” His reply was that he sure did. He said to Milt, “If you come back, I’ll even pump your gas.” Once we got to the car, Milt took Bob up on the offer. As we pulled into Bob’s Corner Garage the bell hose gave its dinging sound as the car tires rolled over it. Milt lowered the driver’s window expecting to see Bob, but instead it was Bob’s son, Craig Robert. Craig waited for Milt to tell him what to do. Milt confessed it had been a long time since he had been to a full-service station. Then he said, “Oh, I remember … fill ‘er up!” Craig still hesitated until Milt remembered to say, “with regular.” Bob did appear and washed our windows before asking how our tires were. Milt told Bob that I was a columnist for a paper in the northwestern part of the state and he would probably be written about in a column. Bob good-naturedly said I would need to send him a copy. Not only did he give me his address, I also was given two purple ice scrapers to use next snow season. When I decided to take a day of vacation from work to ride home from a family event, I didn’t realize it would turn into such a pleasant experience of meeting several friendly people who were going about doing their day-to-day activities. Because I did include Bob in my column this week, I need to say, “Hi Bob! Thanks for making our day memorable.” As for Milt, he never did get his power nap. However, after spending time in Thorp he was energized for the rest of the journey home.
Beyond the office door • Suzanne Johnson
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Engagement
Milton/Guyer Robert and Jessica Milton, Shell Lake, announce the engagement of their daughter, Hannah L. Milton, to Thomas W. Guyer, son of Dennis and Sharyl Guyer, Shell Lake. The future bride graduated from Shell Lake High School in 2009. She is employed at 3M. The future groom graduated from Shell Lake in 2008. He is a self-employed auto tech and body specialist. An August 2013 wedding is planned. The couple will live in the Shell Lake area. — Photo submitted
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ADOPTABLE PETS OF THE WEEK Who needs a dog, we ask, who needs a cat, When you can have something much smaller than that. You can have one or perhaps you’d like eight, The one thing you don’t want is for them to mate. We have this small pet waiting here just for you, But if you take one, really, you should take two. So what do you need if it’s not dogs and cats, No, it’s not a rabbit or birds, they are rats. We don’t have just one and it’s not just a pair, At least 26, any takers out there? The babies age range from 2 months to one week, And many folks think that pet rats are unique. So try something new, rats can be lots of fun, Let’s get them adopted until there are none. Cats for adoption: 1-year-old female Siamese/ tortie/tiger mix; 11-month-old female gray/black shorthair tiger; 8-month-old shorthair calico/tiger mix; 2-year-old spayed shorthair calico; 1-1/2-year-old neutered gray shorthair; 3-year-old neutered/declawed longhair tabby; 6-month-old female tiger/calico mitten kitten; 1-1/2-year-old neutered gray/white shorthair; 9-week-old black shorthair kitten; 10-month-old medium-hair calico; 6-year-old spayed/declawed Siamese; 2-year-old spayed/declawed dilute calico; 11-week-old black/white shorthair kitten and female gray shorthair tabby kitten. Dogs for adoption: 3-year-old brown neutered min pin; 2-year-old female hound mix; 9-year-old female white Lab and a 6-month-old tan/white deaf male pit bull. Also for adoption: 5-1/2-month-old female brown/ white rat; 11 2-month-old baby rats. Remember to bring your scrap metal, old washers/ dryers, refrigerators etc. and dispose of them in the dumpster located in the shelter parking lot to raise money for the animals.
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by Judy Pieper
Wow! Did you see the moon on Sunday night? They called it a super moon because it looked so big. It was beautiful. I’m so glad the clouds cleared out for a while so we could see it. Congratulations go out to Cameron Tolfe and Rachell Nickell, who were married at the American Legion in Mankato, Minn., on Saturday, June 15. Rachel’s sister Rebecca was her attendant. The entire Nickell family, and lots of friends, traveled from the Cumberland area to celebrate the day with the happy couple. Grandma Lois Nickell said that the bride was positively radiant and beautiful. Guests from this area were Lois Nickell, Tim and Carol Nickell, Timothy, Meghan and Emma Nickell, Stephen Nickell, David and Jane Nickell, Debbie Labbe, Brenda DeGross, Mary Kruger, Donna Ness, Jo Domino, Pam Christner and Jene Morey. The next day everyone went back to the American Legion for a Father’s Day breakfast/brunch. Lois said that all the food was homemade and that it was delicious. The family had a wonderful time relaxing and visiting while enjoying the great food. Janice and Larry Sutherland hosted a Randall/Semm family reunion at their home in Shell Lake on Saturday. All of the Semm brothers and sisters were there, as well as many nieces, nephews, cousins and in-laws. There was plenty of good food and lots of fun. Each family had made a bulletin board with pictures of their favorite memories and they were displayed on the walls of the garage. There were also photo albums to look through. There were lots of fun outdoor games for the children. The weather even cooperated and the afternoon was beautiful and sunny. Pat Sweet, who is one of the Semm sisters, said that it was a great day, and that she and Doug had a wonderful time visiting with all the families. Jody Pease ran the Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth, and finished in 3 hours, 54 minutes! That’s 26.2 miles - can you imagine? Jody said that this was her third year running the marathon, and that she wasn’t able to train as much as she would have liked to this spring. Holy cow, it would have taken me longer than that to ride a bike that far. Congratulations, Jody, on a job well done. The Lehmann family and friends are back from a great week fishing in Canada. Anitia said that this was the best year they have ever had for catching fish up there. They stay at Open Bay Lodge, and the people who own the lodge said that this is the first time that they know of that four generations of the same family have been their guests. Not only were there four generations of Lehmann’s there, the fourth generation even caught fish. In fact, great-grandson Gavin caught the first fish of the week. He was in a boat tied to the dock, threw out his line, and caught a huge bass. Gavin is 3 years old, by the way. Don caught a 10-pound, 29-inch walleye that the grandkids are going to have mounted for him. Anitia said that everyone at the camp, except for new babies Charlie and Addalyn, of course, was catching huge fish, and that most of the fish had to go back into the lake because there is a limit on how many fish each person can take home. The campers were Don and Anitia Lehmann, Gary and Cheryl
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Lehmann, Margaurite Andersen, Aaron, Erin, Miles and Charlie Lehmann, Craig, Deb and Travis Lehmann, Shane, Angela, Steven, Gavin and Addalyn Lehmann, Kitty and Mike Anderson, Connie and Jamie Black and family, Dan and Joy Ritchie, and Pete and Sawyer Follansbee-Delong. While they were in Canada Mike and Kitty Anderson celebrated their wedding anniversary. Anitia said that the weather was wonderful and that everyone had a fantastic time. I went over to Jim and Summer Marsh’s cabin on Long Lake to visit for a while on Sunday afternoon and Summer’s sister and brother-in-law, Selene and Justin Wosepka, were there. Jim took us on the pontoon over to Pioneer Resort for supper, then we stopped at Greener’s Reel ‘em Inn for ice cream. Well, come to find out, Justin ran Grandma’s Marathon, too. He ran the race in 3 hours, 7 minutes, came in number 370 out of about 5,700 runners, and qualified for the Boston Marathon, Congratulations, Justin. We’ll all be cheering you on at Boston. I’m so glad it’s finally warm during the day. Our flower bed on the north side of the house is getting colorful. I thought that was just never going to happen this year. The dahlias are starting to grow on the west side of the house, and, if they ever start blooming, the whole flower bed will be covered in color. This year Duane planted tomatoes and peppers between our place and the Bistro 63, and the tomatoes are doing great, but the peppers are growing really slow. Maybe with the high temperatures we are supposed to get this week they will take off, too. A pair of robins build a nest here every year, and they have been sitting on the eggs for a few days now, so we should be seeing baby birds soon. I think maybe we lost our hummingbirds though. I bought some new feeders, and they came with a pouch of stuff to mix up for feed. Well, being the lazy person that I am, I decided to use that junk instead of boiling up the regular sugar/water mixture that I usually use. The little guys buzzed around there the first day I put it out, and I haven’t seen them since. So, on Sunday, I mixed up some more of the homemade stuff, and put that out. Hopefully they will forgive me and come back again. Kandice Bonander hosted a Thirty-One party at our house on Friday night. There were only about seven or eight people here, but it was really fun. I’ll tell you what, that company has everything you could possibly need for storage containers, purses or totes. The only problem with those parties is that a person can find too many things that they need. Duane and I went to a little town by St. Cloud, Minn., on Saturday to attend a get-together for Carl Schmitt that was hosted by some of his friends. The get-together was supposed to be a surprise, but Carl found out about it when he was notified that some of his pictures were on Facebook. There was plenty of good food and fun conversation, and we all had a very good time. I guess that’s about all I know from Barronett this week. Hope you have a chance to enjoy some sunshine the next few days. See you next time.
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Richard D. Thompson
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Duane C. Goetzl
Duane C. Goetzl, 82, Clinton, Iowa, passed away on Wednesday, June 5, 2013, at the Alverno Health Care Facility. A Mass was celebrated on Monday, June 10, at Prince of Peace Catholic Church, Clinton. Burial was in the Clinton Lawn Cemetery. Duane was born at home in Shell Lake, to Roy J. and Marie Elizabeth (Peters) Goetzl. He graduated from Shell Lake High School in 1948. He enlisted and served for four years in the Air Force from 1951 to 1955 during the Korean War. Duane married JoAnne Jess on April 12, 1958, in Clinton. Duane was employed for 36 years with E.I. DuPont, Clinton, Iowa, as a machine operator. He was a member
of Prince of Peace Parish, Clinton. His hobbies included vegetable gardening, lawn maintenance and meeting his buddies at “the office.” Survivors include wife JoAnne; sons Michael (Naomi) Goetzl, Phoenix, Ariz., Mark (Tracy) Goetzl, LaPlace, La., and Brad Goetzl, Tipton, Iowa; daughters Robin Warring, Chandler, Ariz., and Anne (Joe) Leonard, Clinton, Iowa; seven grandchildren; two great-granddaughters; sister Patricia (Paul) Simonds, Racine; and brother Gordon Goetzl, Clinton, Iowa. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother Don Goetzl. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Prince of Peace Building Fund or a favorite charity. Clinton Chapel Snell-Zornig Funeral Home and Crematory was entrusted with arrangements.
Richard Leroy Lester Richard Leroy Lester passed away quietly after a lengthy illness at his son, John’s, home in Bozeman, Mont., on June 11, 2013. Richard was born to Richard and Florence Lester (Campbell) in Springbrook, on July 18, 1936. He married Ardith Marie Zillmer on May 26, 1956, at the Lutheran church in Barronett. They raised five children, Stephanie, Diana, Donald, Ronald and John on a farm in Spooner. The single most important thing in his life was his family. He enjoyed taking children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and anyone else he met hunting, fishing and just going for a drive in the mountains. As a young man, 13, he went to Montana with a logging crew and fell in love with the Meagher County area. After years of logging, farming and raising kids in Wisconsin, he realized his dream of going home to Montana. He moved lock, stock and barrel to White
Heart Lake
Sulphur Springs, Mont., in 1983. He was a logger, started a sawmill and ran Lester Lumber and Log Homes. He loved his trout pond and feeding his fish in the evening with Ardy and the grandkids. He was preceded in death by his mother; father; his sister, Mae Hoyt; and brother Randy Lester. He is survived by his lifelong love of 57 years, Ardy Lester; sons Donny (Roxy), Ronny (Sandy), John (Karen); daughters Stephanie Rooney (Dan), Diana Voight (Bob); 19 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Monday, June 17, at Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home in White Sulphur Springs, Mont. Interment took place at the Mayn Cemetery with a visitation and social hour at the Meagher County Senior Citizen’s Center. A celebration of Richard’s life will be held at the Trego Park Pavilion on Saturday, Sept. 28. Please visit stevensonwilkefuneralhome.com to offer a condolence to the family or share a memory of Richard. The Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home in White Sulphur Springs, Mont., was entrusted with arrangements.
THANK YOU
The family of Mabel Washkuhn would like to thank Dr. Brian Gaskill and Terraceview Living Center for their kindness and compassion shown our wife and mother, Skinner Funeral Home, Shell Lake Methodist Church for their service and wonderful lunch and a special thanks to Pastor Greg Harrell and also Greg Eck. Thanks to everyone for their prayers, beautiful flowers, phone calls, gifts and many cards of sympathy received at this time. We love you all.
Bob Washkuhn Sherri Dragotta and family Terri Kromray and family Bob Washkuhn Jr.
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We certainly have had the rain, rain and more rain. I’m sure most people are happy with it especially if they have crops in and some hay. At least we haven’t had the tornados or heavy winds like in Minnesota. Many are without electricity still. They said across Minnesota there were millions without electricity with 250,000 in Minneapolis alone. It is tough to lose the big trees by your house that were planted years ago. I heard bad news on the radio last week. Evelyne (Brekke) Snedgrass, 90, a classmate of mine from first grade through high school, passed away in Colorado. Evelyne went on to nurses training in Rochester, Minn., and got married and raised a family. Sympathy to the family. Another classmate of mine from high school, Shirley (Moberg) Markgren, wife of the late John Markgren of Cottage Grove, Minn., visited me on Saturday afternoon. Her son, Ted, was married at his cabin on Shell Lake with a reception for family on Saturday morning. Monday afternoon we were treated to birthday cake for Doris Linton’s birthday. Many more to come, Doris. We send get-well wishes to Jerry Brown who received serious injuries by being mauled by a bear on June 17. He was airlifted to North Memorial Hospital and is recovering there.
Sunday afternoon visiting Helen V. Pederson were granddaughters Megan and Stephanie Pederson and friends Dustin and Cory. They came to Spooner for the baptism of Grace Violet Lauterbach, daughter of Jane and Rick Lauterbach at Trinity Lutheran Church on Sunday morning. Blessings to you, Grace. Later in the day, granddaughter Greta and Logan Zinski stopped to see Helen. They were all from Eau Claire. Greta and Logan went to Superior for a graduation party for cousin Greg Bachinski. Nicole Cummings of Minneapolis spent the weekend with Brent and Jeff Pederson. Kim and Deb Odden took Jean Odden out to Foxxy’s to eat Friday night. Several from here went to the concert given by Jo Henrikson on Sunday evening at the United Methodist Church. Holidays are confusing and you would think the holiday Thanksgiving would be in September … right after the kids go back to school. Have a good week!
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Richard T. Thompson, 54, Shell Lake, passed away June 19, 2013. Richard was born Dec. 30, 1958, in Duluth, Minn., and grew up in Lynchburg, Va. He was a graduate of E.C. Glass High School in Lynchburg and received a Bachelor of Arts degree, with a double major in economics and philosophy, from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va. He also earned his JD degree from Washington and Lee’s law school. Richard was an accomplished saxophonist and clarinetist and played in local jazz bands throughout college and law school. He practiced law in Lynchburg, Va., for several years before moving to Siren, in the early 1990s and, in 2009, to Shell Lake. Richard was an intelligent, thoughtful and principled man with a great sense of humor and a deep love of nature. He was predeceased by his parents, Robert Thompson Sr., and Dorothy Thompson. He is survived by brother Robert Thompson Jr. (Carolyn); nieces Sarah “Chloe” Thompson, Kathryn Thompson and Jill Thompson; as well as by several cousins. A private funeral service for family will be arranged by Holcomb-Henry-Boom-Purcell Funeral Home, St. Paul, Minn., 651-646-2844. Interment will be at Roselawn Cemetery. Memorial gifts can be made to Crex Meadows Wildlife Education and Visitors Center, 102 E. Crex Ave., Grantsburg, WI 54840, or to a charity of the donor’s choice.
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RIVER FALLS — Area students named to the University of Wisconsin - River Falls spring semester dean’s list are: Max Anderson, Spooner, majoring in broad field science; Brittany Bell, Trego, majoring in elementary education Rhianna Leach, Spooner, majoring in geography; John Maher, Shell Lake, majoring in computer science and info system; Kenna Organ, Spooner, majoring in biology; and Megan Smith, Trego, majoring in biotechnology. — from ReadMedia ••• DECORAH, Iowa — Jenna Dosch, Shell Lake, received the Bachelor of Arts degree in music during Luther College’s commencement ceremonies Sunday, May 19, in Luther College’s Regents Center Main Gym. — from ReadMedia ••• LA CROSSE — The following local students have been named to the
dean’s list at the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse for the spring semester of the 2012-13 academic year, ending May 2013. Birchwood: Hayley Hayes, marketing major; Sarona: Naida Bangsberg, therapeutic recreation major; Shawny Kleven, psychology major; Patrick Swanson, mathematics education major; Shell Lake: Nicolette Scheu, social studies education major; Spooner: Katie Nowak, marketing major; and Angela Romportl, microbiology major. — from TheLink ••• EAU CLAIRE -— Stephanie Cain, Birchwood, has received the Berniece Wagner Nursing Scholarship at The College of Nursing and Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire. — from TheLink ••• RICE LAKE — Area full-time students at UWBarron County named to the dean’s list who earned
a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale and carried a minimum of 12 semester credits are: Birchwood: Brittany King, Lacy Paulson; Hayward: Jacqueline Evans; Sarona: Clarissa Tripp and Lindsay Von Feldt; Shell Lake: Luke Gronning, Dillon Hopke and Kourtney Klassa; and Spooner: Tyler Busch, K.Cee Cahill and Natasha Rand. Parttime students named who have earned at least 15 credits with a cumulative average of 3.5 and who carried a minimum of three semester credits are: Hayward: Sheila Young; and Minong: Jessica Hill and Molly Linden. — from UWBC ••• BOURBONNAIS, Ill. — Emily Perkins, Spooner, was named to the dean’s list at Olivet Nazarene University during the recently completed spring 2013 semester. — from ReadMedia
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AREA CHURCHES Alliance
Episcopal
53 3rd St., Shell Lake 715-468-2734 Rev. John Sahlstrom, Rev. John Hendry Youth Director Ryan Hunziker, Sunday School 9 a.m.; Sunday Worship Service 10 a.m., Nursery Provided; Faith & Friends, K - 6th grades, Wednesdays 3:15 - 5 p.m.; Youth Group, 7th - 12th grades, Wednesdays 7 - 8:30 p.m.
Corner of Elm and Summit St., Spooner 715-635-8475 Holy Eucharist: Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
Lake Park Alliance
Baptist
Northwoods Baptist
W6268 Cranberry Dr., Shell Lake; 1 mile north of CTH B on U.S. 253 Pastor Adam Dunshee 715-468-2177 Sunday School: 10 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11 a.m. Sunday service: 6 p.m. Wednesday service: 7 p.m.
Spooner Baptist
W7135 Green Valley Rd. (Green Valley Rd. and Hwy. 63) Pastor Darrel Flaming 715-635-2277 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.
St. Alban’s
Full Gospel Shell Lake Full Gospel
St. Joseph’s Catholic
100 N. Second St., Shell Lake Father Edwin Anderson Saturday Mass: 4:30 p.m. Books and Coffee: Tues. 9 a.m.
St. Catherine’s Catholic
409 N. Summit St., Spooner Father Edwin Anderson 715-635-3105 Saturday Mass: 6 p.m. Sunday Mass: 10 a.m.
Timberland Ringebu Free Lutheran
20805 CTH H, Barronett 715-468-4403 Pastor Al Bedard Sunday School 8:30 a.m. Family Worship 9:30 a.m. Fellowship follows worship Holy Communion first Sunday of the month Midweek Studies Mondays 2 p.m. 1790 Scribner St., Spooner Pastor Russ Leeper 715-635-3603 Sunday Worship: 8 a.m. & 9:45 a.m.
Lutheran
United Methodist
Barronett Lutheran 776 Prospect Ave., Barronett Pastor Todd Ahneman 715-671-3197 (cell) Sunday Worship: 9 a.m. The Spirit Connection Youth Group will meet the first Wednesday of the month at 6 p.m.
Methodist
135 Reinhart Dr., Shell Lake, 715-468-2405 Pastor Gregory Harrell Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday School during worship time; webcast livestream.com/ slumc
Sarona Methodist
(WELS) Hwy. 70 at Hwy. 53, Spooner Pastor Gene E. Jahnke 715-635-7672, Home: 715-354-7787 Sunday Worship: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School and Bible class: 10:45 a.m. (Missouri Synod) South of Spooner off Hwy. 63 W7148 Luther Rd. Pastor Brent Berkesch 715-635-8167 Sunday Worship 8 and 10:30 a.m.; Sunday School 9:15 a.m.; Lutheran Hour on WJMC 96.1 FM Radio at 9 a.m. Sundays
Long Lake Lutheran Church
Trinity Lutheran
Pastor Gregory Harrell Sunday Worship 9 a.m.
Faith Lutheran
CTH D, Sarona Father Edwin Anderson 715-468-7850 Sunday Mass: 8:30 a.m.
803 Second St., Shell Lake 715-468-7718 shelllakesalem lutheran.org Worship 9 a.m. Sunday School 10:15 a.m..
293 S. Hwy. 63, Shell Lake Pastor Virgil Amundson 715-468-2895 Sunday School & Adult Education Classes: 9 a.m. Celebration worship 9 & 10:30 a.m.; KFC (Kids For Christ) during Service; UTurn Student Ministries 6 p.m.; Tuesdays: Compassion Connection (Men only) 7 p.m.; Wednesdays: Compassion Connection (Women only) 7 p.m.; Thursdays: Compassion Connection (Coed meetings) 7 p.m.;
Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church
Catholic
St. Francis de Sales
Salem Lutheran, ELCA
W3114 Church Rd., Sarona Pastor Mary Strom Sunday services, 8:30 a.m. outdoors; 10:15 a.m. indoors
United Methodist
312 Elm St., Spooner 715-635-3227 Rev. Jack Starr Sunday Worship: 10:45 a.m.
Wesleyan
Spooner Wesleyan
Hwy. 70 W, Spooner spoonerwesleyan.org Senior Pastor Ronald W. Gormong; Assistant Pastor Chopper Brown 715-635-2768 Sunday Worship 9 a.m.; Sunday School and ABFs: 10:30 a.m.; nursery provided; Celebrate Recovery, now every Monday at 6:30 p.m. Team Kid, ages 4 yrs. - 6th grade, Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Other
Cornerstone Christian
Pastor Tom Kelby 106 Balsam St., Spooner 715-635-9222 cornerstonechurch spooner.com Sunday Worship: 10 a.m. Wed. Prayer: 6:30 p.m.
Trego Community Church
Pastor John Iaffaldano W5635 Park St. Trego, WI 54888, 715-635-8402 Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. prayer meeting; 6:30-8 p.m. AWANA Sept. - April. Sunday School 9:15 a.m., all ages. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Bishop Patrick F. Roper 715-719-0124 644 S. 6th Street, Barron 715-537-3679 Sunday: Sacrament 10 a.m., Sunday School/Primary 11:20 a.m., Priesthood/Relief Society 12:10 p.m.
Lakeview United Methodist Williams Road, Hertel 715-635-3227 Rev. Jack Starr Sunday Worship: 9 a.m.
Nazarene
Church of the Nazarene
Hwy. 253 S, Spooner Rev. David Frazer 715-635-3496 Sunday Worship: 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.; Wednesday adult, youth and children ministries: 6:30 p.m.
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ne of the world’s greatest speakers from ancient Greece was Demosthenes. He was born with a severe speech defect. To overcome his problem he would practice speaking with small pebbles in his mouth. He overcame his difficulty. The Apostle Paul said of himself the following, “I did not come with eloquence …,” my “bodily presence is weak and (my) speech contemptible …” and “though my condition put you to the test, you did not scorn or despise me.” Yet he was and is recognized as one of the greatest missionaries, theologians and teachers who ever lived. Handicapped? Have problems? Lacking in skills and talents? Need to improve on the gifts God has given you? Jesus said, “My grace is all you need, for my power is strongest when you are weak.” When we look at ourselves and feel inadequate, we need to turn our thoughts to God and realize that we are his handiwork. He has important work for each of us to do. But we must give our all to him and let him work his miracles through us.
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Dewey Country
We’re coming to the end of June already! And this week we had quite a bit of rain. That’s great for the farmers who are trying to get their hay up in between rains. A very happy anniversary to Clint and Marlene Stariha as they enjoy their special day June 28 with lots more to come. Happy birthday to Barb Rawling on June 28. Have a great day, Barb. Alyssa Quam, a very happy birthday to you on June 28. Have a wonderful day. June 30, happy anniversary to Mike and Dawn Ternberg as they celebrate 12 years together with many more. Happy birthday to Kyle Vanderhoof on June 30. Have a great one, Kyle. July 1, a very happy birthday to Conner Vanderhoof as he enjoys his special day. Have lots of fun, Conner. Happy birthday to Becky Rawling on July 1. Have a wonderful day, Becky.
Sarona
by Pauline Lawrence July 2, a very happy birthday to Butch VanSelus on his special day with more to come. Also a happy birthday to Christy Houst, also July 2, with many more. The Twin Cites got bombed with lots of rain and high winds this past week. Lots of trees down. I just hope it doesn’t come here in Dewey Country. Julie Nelson is fixing up the trailer house on Lakeview Church Road. She is the daughter of Leroy and Janet Nelson. Kevin Meister spent Sunday with his grandparents, Carl and Betty Meister. Sunday, Colleen and Chad Jensen and daughter Izzy spent the day with Diane Hulleman. Diane went on a missionary trip to Illinois, leaving last Sunday and getting home on Friday afternoon. Diane says they enjoyed helping others. Brian Knoop also went. Sympathy to the family of Larry Hopke who passed away on June 8. His memorial will be Friday at 11 a.m. at the Catho-
lic church in Shell Lake. Larry was a 1961 graduate of Shell Lake High School. Jim Toll tells us he expects a bunch around July 4 at his farm. Son Dave was up for the weekend. Evelyn Melton tells us their daughter, Robin, was up for the weekend. Saturday, Vicki and Don Trott and Evelyn and Robin held a garage sale at Vicki’s. Richard and Karen Melton stopped in for a visit with Cecil and Evelyn. Sunday Grace Violet Lauterbach was baptized. Afterward a lunch was held at the Rick Lauterbachs. Lorraine Crosby attended a wedding shower at Howard (June 5, 12, 19, 26) and Jean Furchtenicht’s for STATE OF WISCONSIN their granddaughter, Ericka CIRCUIT COURT Crosby, who will be married WASHBURN COUNTY to David Granzin. Bank of America, N.A., as Have a great week! successor by merger to BAC
by Marian Furchtenicht
Summer arrived on Friday, so it was the longest day of the year in terms of There were 13 folks at the Washburn County Historical Society meeting daylight, 15 hours and 17 minutes. The big strawberry moon was full and out Thursday night. Cathy Walstrom treated us with a fresh rhubarb cake. There so bright on Sunday night. will be a pie and ice-cream social on Saturday, July 6, at the Hewitt Building, Finally, Monday, June 17, two sets of goslings, along with their parents, so put that on your calendar. were swimming along in the pond; five in one and three in the other. It’s very Ryan and Jessie Furchtenicht’s new building is coming along. Looks very late this year for they are usually hatched in May. nice in tan siding and black doors, located on Little Keg Road west of the old Mavis Schlapper and Elaine Ryan had coffee with me and enjoyed watch- West Sarona House. Another barn at Fuernot Farm is being built with the ing the goslings. steel being put on the new roof now. Lots of hay got put up on the beautiful days last week. My boys got their Friday evening it was so nice of my son-in-law John Marschall to call and hay all done, covered the bunker and got fertilizer spread on the hay fields take me with him to Backwoods for fish fry. It was really good food. Mary just in the nick of time before the inch of rain fell Thursday night. was working and with no kids at home anymore, it’s nice to eat with someWhile mowing on Saturday, I saw seven garter snakes, two turtles and lots one. Reports a luscious fish fry at Teddy Bear Friday night, fish caught and of toads. Reports of bear sightings, too. Gloria Frey reports they have been on cooked up by Fred Giesdorf and Troy Busick. their deck several times. A happy retirement is wished for Pat Hubin and Linda King, longtime emThere’s also a good crop of mosquitoes to keep one entertained. The poor ployees at Indianhead Medical Center in Shell Lake. A party was held in their deer like to be out in the open or in the roadways to get away from them. honor at Tracks Wednesday night. (June 12, 19, 26) Watch your driving. Happy birthday wishes to these folks on STATE OF WISCONSIN It was a very nice funeral for Alice Ward Tuesday at Appleyard’s in Rice their special day. Mavis Schlapper, Cathi HauCIRCUIT COURT Lake. Carl Krantz gave a really nice talk about her. Elfreda West and I went gen and Dorothy Lombard, June 27; Jan JohnWASHBURN COUNTY together and visited Mike West afterward at Heritage Manor while others ston and Annette Bjorklund, June 28; Joanne went to the veterans cemetery for the burial. We found Mike doing so-so. He Lechnir, Tom Tabor, Dr. Jeff Dunham and Bank of America, N.A., as enjoyed reminiscing. Says he’s going down to the desk and check himself out Sandi Hoecherl, June 29; Jack Tyler Odden successor by merger to BAC of there. turns 2; and Santana Estrada, June 30; Randy Home Loans Servicing, L.P. fka We stopped in Haugen at Ceska Opera House for the nice funeral luncheon Zimmerman and Tony Johnson, July 1; Jayne Countrywide Home Loans held. Bob and Judy Juza and Nancy Posta took charge of it for the family. Thompson, Stacy Williams, Todd Keup and Servicing, L.P. Plaintiff Evie Campbell and I attended visitation for Ken Morse, 66, Hertel, held at Alicka Campbell, July 2; and Jeanne Duch, vs. Taylor Funeral Home, Spooner, on Tuesday evening. His wife, Louise, and July 3. her sister, Lynette are nurses and worked together with my daughter, Mary Anniversary wishes to Denny and Rosie ELIZABETH A. SWONGER, et al. and also Evie at the Shell Lake hospital. Also, Louise bowled on the Tuesday Boland and Defendant(s) evening team I bowled on. Sympathy to them. Fritz and Mary Sympathy to the family of Arlen Rivard, 74, neighbors to the north on Oak Mancl, June Case No: 12 CV 53 Lake. A celebration of his life was held at Skinner Funeral Home in Rice Lake 27; Dan and NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE with military honors and burial at Northern Wisconsin Veterans Cemetery Carol Kubista, PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on Wednesday. June28; Dan by virtue of a judgment of foreI was a coffee visitor of Bonnie Helmer’s on Wednesday while she was at and Mary Elclosure entered on June 28, Fri., June 28 her mom’s place going through stuff to sell and it was so depressing for her liott, Dave and 2012, in the amount of 5 to 8 p.m. and asked me to put in my column that the family invites you to a celebration Sherri Musil, $129,354.16, the Sheriff will sell of Bev Helmer’s life, Saturday, 1-5 p.m. at Whitetail Ridge and Backwoods Jerry and Sandi Sat., June 29 the described premises at public Saloon. There will be a burial of her cremains next to her husband, Jim, at the Bednar, Gwen auction as follows: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Canton Cemetery at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. and Brent TIME: July 10, 2013, at 10:00 N6728 County Line Road Dort Lombard’s daughter Fran from Wasilla, Alaska, spent almost a week Mitchell and a.m. Spooner here visiting her and brother Willie and Vicki and other relatives here. Charles and TERMS: By bidding at the sherJohn Deere 50 WF with loader; Sam and Libby Detrent had their little granddaughters, Hazel and Vivian, Lori Roboth, iff sale, prospective buyer is fifth-wheel camper; Honda here from Chicago visiting them for a week. Daughter Laura and husband June 30. consenting to be bound by the motorcycle; snowmobiles came to get them and they went to Chetek and celebrated their 10th wedding following terms: some vintage; sporting goods; anniversary while here. 1.) 10% down in cash or tools; beer mirrors; household Sunday, Sam and Libby and her cousin, Butch and Denise Jensen, Elk money order at the time of items; Partylite; perennial sale; balance due within 10 Mound, enjoyed the Haugen Museum. Libby had brought an old scrapbook plants and more. days of confirmation of sale; and they made some copies of some of it. She saw a quilt there with a block See Eau Claire Craig’s List failure to pay balance due with her grandma’s initials on it that was made in 1936. This would be the 586911 for pictures. 45rp will result in forfeit of deposit late Bob Klaus’ mother. to plaintiff. Sue Krantz and granddaughter Lainy Hutton went to a wedding shower 2.) Sold “as is” and subject to for Jasmine Dahlstrom in the Twin Cities. all legal liens and encumDave and Cathy Stodola, Hudson, spent Sunday at his mom, brances. Virginia’s. 3.) Plaintiff opens bidding on Mary Mancl, Nicole, her daughter Stacy and little Scott Jr. visthe property, either in person ited Mavis Schlapper on Friday. or via fax and as recited by Karl and Krista Okonek and boys left Wednesday for four the sheriff department in the Thurs., June 27, Noon 7 p.m. Fri., June 28, 9 a.m. 3 p.m. years in Japan. They plan to fly to Seattle and stay over. It will event that no opening bid is Gap, Old Navy, American Eagle, Justice, Aeropostale, Nike, Abercrombie, Hollister, Under then be a 13-hour flight to Japan. That should be fun with a Armor, babies, kids and adult clothes; toys, books, baby equipment, Close To My Heart offered, plaintiff retains the 2-year-old and a 2-month-old. We wish them a good trip and stamp sets, trading cards, furniture, dishes, Christmas decorations, dirt bikes, cookbooks, right to request the sale be much happiness while there. declared as invalid as the moped, dining room set, computer desk, dresser, antiques, video games, Honda Odyssey sale is fatally defective. Anton and Gloria Frey had supper at Lakeview in Shell Lake minivan, golf clubs for kids and adults, bikes, household goods, lots of misc. Too many treas on Sunday night with Anton’s side and 13 attended including ures t mention. You have to see it to believe it! PLACE: At the North entrance of 1717 South Lake Drive • Shell Lake Katherine Frey and her three daughters and their husbands, and Washburn County Courthouse Hwy. 63 to Cty. D, veer left to South Lake Dr., 2.7 miles around the lake to located at 10 4th Avenue, Shell Bob and Rudene Kruegar. They had a great visit. Katherine’s 1717 South Lake Drive. Lake, Wisconsin. 586494 34a,b,c 45r daughter, Rosie, is here from Arizona. DESCRIPTION: The Northeast Wednesday evening, Mary Krantz came out and went with 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4, Secme to Hansen’s Hideaway, Haugen, for our class’s monthly tion 13, Township 40 North, WASHBURN COUNTY TIMBER SALE eat-out together with 17 attending.
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Sealed bids will be received by the Washburn County Forestry, Parks & Recreation Committee for harvest of timber on 11 tracts. Bids will be received until 3 p.m. July 24, 2013. Please contact the Forestry Department for the timber sale prospectus, 850 W. Beaverbrook Ave., Spooner, WI 54801, 715-635-4490. 586845 45-46r WNAXLP
SHELL LAKE INLAND LAKE PROTECTION AND REHABILITATION DISTRICT ANNUAL MEETING JUNE 29, 2013 SHELL LAKE COMMUNITY CENTER
AGENDA: 8:30 a.m. : Coffee, juice, donuts, informational displays, meeting neighbors. 9:00 a.m.: Welcome - Sally Peterson, Mayor. 9:05 a.m.: Report from Advisory Committee. 9:15 a.m.: Approval of 2012 Annual Meeting Minutes; Treasurer’s Report - Brad Pederson, City Administrator; Lake Coordinator’s Report - Dave Vold; Boat Inspection Report Jared McQuade; Election of Advisory Committee Members (2 3-yr. terms, 1 1-yr. term); Approval of Annual Lake District Budget Recommendation; Other Business; Scheduling 2014 Annual Meeting. 9:45 a.m.: Break. 10:00 a.m.: Featured Presentation: Snails, Plants and Water Quality - Lisa Burns, Conservation Coordinator, Land and Water Conservation Dept. & Kris Larsen, Invasive Species Specialist, Wisconsin Dept. of 586449 44-45r WNAXLP Natural Resources.
Range 13 West, Town of Casey, Washburn County, Wis. PROPERTY ADDRESS: W7490 Bethel Road, Spooner, WI 54801. TAX KEY NO.: 65-014-2-40-1313-1 1-000-001000. Dated this 28th day of May, 2013. /s/Sheriff Terry Dryden Washburn County Sheriff Dustin A. McMahon Blommer Peterman, S.C. State Bar No. 1086857 165 Bishops Way, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. 2776385 585841 WNAXLP
Home Loans Servicing, L.P. Plaintiff vs. JASON ABROLAT, et al. Defendant(s) Case No: 12 CV 20 AMENDED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on July 27, 2012, in the amount of $89,755.02, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: July 10, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. TERMS: By bidding at the sheriff sale, prospective buyer is consenting to be bound by the following terms: 1.) 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff. 2.) Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances. 3.) Plaintiff opens bidding on the property, either in person or via fax and as recited by the sheriff department in the event that no opening bid is offered, plaintiff retains the right to request the sale be declared as invalid as the sale is fatally defective. PLACE: At the North entrance of Washburn County Courthouse located at 10 4th Avenue, Shell Lake, Wisconsin. DESCRIPTION: A part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 13, Township 37 North, Range 12 West, described as follows: Commencing at the South Quarter corner of said Section 13; thence along the South Section line South 89˚56’50” West 848.47 feet to an iron pipe on the East right of way of Highway “53” being the point of beginning; thence con tinuing along the South Section Line South 89˚55’50” West 457.69 feet to the West Eighth Line; thence along said Eighth Line North 2˚01’ West 1,308.75 feet to the South Eighth Line; thence along said Eighth Line North 89˚58’55” East 780.00 feet to an iron pipe; thence South 0˚01’05” East 450.00 feet to an iron pipe; thence South 89˚58’55” West 473.03 feet to an iron pipe on the East right of way of Highway “53”; thence along said right of way South 12˚55’ East 879.86 feet to the point of beginning; EXCEPTING THAT PORTION deeded to the State of Wisconsin Department of Transportation described in Volume 238 of Records, Page 776, as Document No. 190826. PROPERTY ADDRESS: N1386 Hwy. 53, Sarona, WI 54870. TAX KEY NO.: 65-032-2-37-1213-3-04-000-001010. Dated this 28th day of May, 2013. /s/Sheriff Terry Dryden Washburn County Sheriff Alyssa A. Johnson Blommer Peterman, S.C. State Bar No. 1086085 165 Bishops Way, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. 2776379 585263 WNAXLP
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Washburn County court news Anderson Tooling Inc., Fairfield, Iowa, violate Class A highway weight limits, $734.17. Johnathan L. Benjamin, Isle, Minn., speeding, $200.50. Michael D. Blattner, Elmwood, operating motor vehicle without proof of insurance, $10.00. Stuart R. Boelter, Cohasset, Minn., speeding, $200.50. Amber M. Bradley, Rice Lake, speeding, $225.70. Andrew P. Buchman, Rice Lake, speeding, $225.70. Melvin E. Buckwheat, Spooner, set fire without extinguishing fire, $175.30. Matthew L. Carothers, Minocqua, speeding, $175.30. Michael P. Clark, Duluth, Minn., speeding, $250.00. Redmon Danforth, Oneida, speeding, $200.50. Shane M. Easland, Webster, speeding, $250.90; operating motor vehicle without proof of insurance, $10.00. Kim A. Ellerman, Duluth, Minn., speeding, $250.90. Carl R. Engbertson, Trego, operating ATV or UTV in careless way, $200.50. Kenneth W. Giesfeldt, Watertown, operating motor vehicle without proof of insurance, $10.00. Walter J. Golden, Springbrook, speeding, $175.00. Scott T. Hartman, St. Paul, Minn., speeding,$200.50. Jessica A. Hayes, Springbrook, speeding, $200.50. Matthew A. Helgeson, Fountain City, speeding, $250.90.
Stuart L. Henning, River Falls, speeding, $175.30,. Matthew P. Hobscheid, Spooner, burning without a permit, intensive area, $175.30. Brooke M. Hutchinson, Jim Falls, speeding, $276.10. Delores F. Jenko, Suring, speeding, $200.50. Jescur Enterprises LLC, Hayward, operating a motor vehicle without insurance, $200.50; vehicle equipment violations, group 3, $175.30. James L. Johnson, Des Plains, Ill., speeding, $200.50. Matthew J. Jung, Sarona, speeding, $200.50. Neil J. Klein, Birchwood, burning without permit, intensive area, $175.30. Robert E. Knowlton, Atlantic Beach, Fla., speeding, $175.30. Emily E. Krueger, Markesan, operating while suspended, $200.50; operating motor vehicle without proof of insurance, $10.00. Ronald R. Kruger, Springbrook, set fire without extinguishing fire, $175.30. Steven L. Kruser, St. Paul, Minn., speeding, $175.30. Elmer J. Kulousek, Berwyn, Ill., burning without a permit, intensive area, $175.30. Barbara A. Laakson, Hayward, speeding, $175.30. Ronald W. Learn, Fairfield, Iowa, speeding, $200.50. Jay A. McDowell, Rice Lake, operating after rev./susp. of registration, $175.30. Brandon Melton, Shell Lake, unsafe lane deviation, $175.30.
Stacy J. Miller, Spooner, disorderly conduct, $200.50. Howard P. Miller, Minong, disorderly conduct, $114.50. William M. Newsome, Minong, inattentive driving, $187.90. John L. Nietz, Eau Claire, speeding, $200.50. James E. Novak, Birchwood, nonregistration of other vehicle, $263.50. Carol J. Nyman, Hayward, speeding, $200.50. Michael A. Reid, Maryfield, Saskatchewan, Canada, speeding, $200.50. Dustin E. Riley, Shell Lake, OWI, $817.50, license revoked 6 months, order for assessment. Lee C. Rivard, Spooner, speeding, $175.30. Kevin H. Roach, Hayward, operating motor vehicle without proof of insurance, $10.00. Louise M. Rought, Ladysmith, operating motor vehicle without proof of insurance, $10.00. Nancy J. Secore, Hayward, speeding, $200.50. Shawn G. Seever, Sarona, burning without a permit, intensive area, $175.30. James B. Shattuck, Trego, speeding, $175.30. George E. Swearingen, Minong, seat belt violation, $10.00. James G. Tobin, Franklin, speeding, $200.50. Todd J. Schultz, DBA Schultz Logging, Birchwood, violate Class A highway weight limits, $329.16. David M. Vonrueden, Cottage Grove, Minn., speeding, $225.70.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN SHELL LAKE, WISCONSIN
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the governing body of the City of Shell Lake, Wisconsin, has declared its intention to exercise its police power in accordance with 66.0703 Wis. Stats., to levy special assessments upon property within the following described assessment district (shown on the attached map) for benefits conferred upon the property by improvement of the following streets and installation of curb, gutter, driveway aprons and sidewalk on various blocks thereon: ASSESSMENT DISTRICT All property fronting both sides of First (Lewis) Street from its intersection with Sixth Avenue (County Hwy. B) to its intersection with Eighth Avenue, Blocks 5 and 12 Original Plat, Blocks 3 and 4 First Addition; both sides of Eighth Avenue from its intersection with First (Lewis) Street to its intersection with Sixth Street (County Hwy. B), Blocks 1, 2, 3 and 4 First Addition, Blocks A, B, C, D, E and F Dobie and Stratton Addition; both sides of Fifth Avenue from its intersection with Second Street to its intersection with Sixth Avenue (County Hwy. B), Blocks 4 and 5 Original Plat, Lot 1, Block K, 66-foot parcel abutting west edge of Lot 1, Block K, Block J Dobie and Stratton Addition; all lots fronting Second Avenue from its intersection with Second Street to its intersection with Third Street, Blocks 1 and 2 Original Plat; both sides of Fifth Street from its intersection with Seventh Avenue to its intersection with Eighth Avenue, Block D and E Dobie and Stratton Addition; both sides of Fourth Street from its intersection with Seventh Avenue to its intersection with Eighth Avenue, Block E and F Dobie and Stratton Addition; both sides of Second Street from its intersection with Eighth Avenue to the north boundary of First Addition, Blocks 2 and 4. A report showing proposed plans and specifications, estimated cost of improvements and proposed assessments is on file in the municipal clerk’s office and may be inspected during any business day between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. You are hereby notified that the Shell Lake City Council’s Public Works Administration Committee will hear all interested persons, or their agents or attorneys, concerning matters contained in the preliminary resolution authorizing the assessments in the above-described report at 6 p.m. on the 8th day of July 2013, at the following location: Council Chambers, City Hall, 501 First Street, Shell Lake, Wisconsin. All objections will be considered at this hearing and thereafter the amount of assessments will be finally determined. Date published: June 26, 2013 Bradley Pederson, City Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer 586917 45r WNAXLP
Brooks W. Walters, Hayward, speeding, $225.70. Weegman Landscape Inc., Rice Lake, operating motor vehicle without proof of insurance, $10.00. Caroline E. Weiss, Shell Lake, speeding, $250.90. Nathan L. Whiting, Barron, speeding, $200.50. Debra K. Willger, Sarona, burning without a permit, intensive area, $175.30. Gary D. Wuethrich, Stone Lake, set fire without extinguishing fire, $175.30. Kathy A. Young, Stone Lake, possession of drug paraphernalia, $263.50; operating while suspended, $200.50; failure to notify police of accident, $389.50. Dennis M. Yzermans, Eau Claire, speeding, $200.50. Sidney D. Zacharias, Spooner, speeding, $200.50. Brandon C. Melton, Shell Lake, battery, $243.00, probation, sent. withheld. Robert W. Olson, Birchwood, disorderly conduct, $243.00, local jail, costs. Jayme C. Viamontes, Altoona, disorderly conduct, $500.00, community service.
(June 26, July 3, 10) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT WASHBURN COUNTY IN THE INTEREST OF L.S. Date of Birth: Dec. 18, 2002 Summons & Notice of Hearing Case No. 13JC6 To: Jessica Spanel 12704 Oak Tree Drive Minong, WI 54859 A petition alleging the child/ juvenile is in need of protection and services under Chapter 48 was filed in the Washburn County Juvenile Court on June 6, 2013. IT IS ORDERED THAT you appear for a hearing on July 23, 2013, 9:15 a.m. Nature of Hearing: Adjourned Plea Hearing Hon. Eugene D. Harrington, Circuit Court Judge Location: Washburn County Courthouse, 10 Fourth Ave., Shell Lake, WI 54871. • If this hearing is regarding a Child in need of Protection and Services (e.g., CHIPS), your failure to appear may result in the Court granting the petition; removing the child from your care and custody; and ultimately terminating your parental rights to the child if you fail to meet the requirements for reunification. • If this hearing is for waiver of juvenile jurisdiction, the juvenile must be represented by counsel and any request for a substitution of judge must be filed before the close of the working day before the day the waiver hearing is scheduled. • You have the right to have an attorney present. A juvenile age 14 or under alleged to be delinquent must be represented by an attorney. • If the child/juvenile wants to be represented by an attorney, or the juvenile is required to be represented by an attorney, the State Public Defender will appoint one. Based on ability to pay, the parents may be ordered to reimburse the state or county for the cost of an attorney. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR AS SUMMONED, you may be held in contempt of court, a capias may be issued for your arrest, or the Court may grant the Petition and take the action set forth above. If you require reasonable accommodations to participate in the court process due to a disability, please call 715-4684670 at least 10 days prior to the scheduled court date. Please note that the court does not provide transportation. BY THE COURT: Eugene Harrington Circuit Court Judge 586876 June 20, 2013 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 3 p.m., Thursday, July 11, 2013, 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 #16-13M Curb & Gutter PROPOSAL CONTRACT #17-13E Attachments for One Tandem Axle Truck 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. Jon Johnson, Commissioner 586460 44-45r Washburn County Highway Department WNAXLP (June 26, July 3, 10) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT WASHBURN COUNTY IN THE INTEREST OF D.S. Date of Birth: October 19, 2000 Summons & Notice of Hearing Case No. 13JC5 To: Jessica Spanel 12704 Oak Tree Drive Minong, WI 54859 A petition alleging the child/ juvenile is in need of protection and services under Chapter 48 was filed in the Washburn County Juvenile Court on June 6, 2013. IT IS ORDERED THAT you appear for a hearing on July 23, 2013, 9:15 a.m. Nature of Hearing: Adjourned Plea Hearing Hon. Eugene D. Harrington, Circuit Court Judge Location: Washburn County Courthouse, 10 Fourth Ave., Shell Lake, WI 54871. • If this hearing is regarding a Child in need of Protection and Services (e.g., CHIPS), your failure to appear may result in the Court granting the petition; removing the child from your care and custody; and ultimately terminating your parental rights to the child if you fail to meet the requirements for reunification. • If this hearing is for waiver of juvenile jurisdiction, the juvenile must be represented by counsel and any request for a substitution of judge must be filed before the close of the working day before the day the waiver hearing is scheduled. • You have the right to have an attorney present. A juvenile age 14 or under alleged to be delinquent must be represented by an attorney. • If the child/juvenile wants to be represented by an attorney, or the juvenile is required to be represented by an attorney, the State Public Defender will appoint one. Based on ability to pay, the parents may be ordered to reimburse the state or county for the cost of an attorney. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR AS SUMMONED, you may be held in contempt of court, a capias may be issued for your arrest, or the Court may grant the Petition and take the action set forth above. If you require reasonable accommodations to participate in the court process due to a disability, please call 715-4684670 at least 10 days prior to the scheduled court date. Please note that the court does not provide transportation. BY THE COURT: Eugene Harrington Circuit Court Judge 586875 June 20, 2013 WNAXLP
(June 26, July 3, 10) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT WASHBURN COUNTY BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P. as servicer for Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificate Holders of GSAA Home Equity Trust 2006-18 Plaintiff vs. GLEN ALLEN HAMMOND, et al. Defendant(s) Case No: 09 CV 237 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on August 23, 2010, in the amount of $127,340.91, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: July 24, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. TERMS: By bidding at the sheriff sale, prospective buyer is consenting to be bound by the following terms: 1.) 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff. 2.) Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances. 3.) Plaintiff opens bidding on the property, either in person or via fax and as recited by the sheriff department in the event that no opening bid is offered, plaintiff retains the right to request the sale be declared as invalid as the sale is fatally defective. PLACE: At the North entrance of Washburn County Courthouse located at 10 4th Avenue, Shell Lake, Wisconsin. DESCRIPTION: The West 500 Feet of the East 1,155 Feet of the North 32 Rods of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NE1/4 NW1/4), Section Twenty-Four (24), Township Forty (40) North, Range Ten (10) West, Town of Bass Lake, Washburn County, Wisconsin. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 383 West Peters Road, Hayward, WI 54843. TAX KEY NO.: 65-006-2-40-1024-2 01-000-003000. Dated this 11th day of June, 2013. /s/Sheriff Terry Dryden Washburn County Sheriff Russell J. Karnes Blommer Peterman, S.C. State Bar No. 1054982 165 Bishops Way, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. 2809194 586790 WNAXLP
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The Assessor will meet with the taxpayers in an OPEN BOOK session at the Sarona Town Hall on Monday, July 8, 2013, from 3 to 5 p.m. If any taxpayer has any questions or concerns about their 2013 assessed value, plan to meet with the Assessor at this time. Victoria Lombard, Clerk
NOTICE OF BOARD OF REVIEW TOWN OF SARONA
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Review for the Town of Sarona, Washburn County, shall hold its meeting on July 8, 2013, from 5 - 7 p.m. Please be advised of the following requirements to appear before the Board of Review and procedural requirements if appearing before the Board. No person shall be allowed to appear before the Board of Review to testify to the Board by telephone or contest the amount of any assessment of real or personal property if the person has refused reasonable written request by certified mail of the Assessor to view such property. After the first meeting of the Board of Review and before the Board’s final adjournment, no person who is scheduled to appear before the Board of Review may contact, or provide information to a member of the Board about the person’s objections except at a session of the Board. No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone or contest the amount of assessment unless at least 48 hours before the first meeting of the Board or at least 48 hours before the objection is heard if the objection is allowed because the person has been granted a waiver during the first two hours of the meeting and showing good cause for failure to meet the 48-hour notice of requirement and files a written objection, that the person provides to the Clerk of the Board of Review notice as to whether the person will ask for removal of any Board member and, if so, which members will be removed and the person’s reasonable estimate of the length of time that the hearing will take. When appearing before the Board, the person shall specify, in writing, the person’s estimate of the value of the land and of the improvements that are the subject of the person’s objection and specify the information that the person used to arrive at that estimate. No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone or subject or object to valuation; if that valuation was made by the Assessor or the Objector using the income method; unless the person supplies the Assessor all of the information about income and expenses, as specified in the manual under Sec. 73.03(2a), that the Assessor requests. The Town of Sarona has an ordinance for the confidentiality of information about income and expenses that is provided to the Assessor under this paragraph which provides exemptions for persons using information in the discharge of duties imposed by law or of the duties of their office by order of a court. The information that is provided under this paragraph, unless a court determined that it is inaccurate, is not subject to the right of inspection and copying under Section 19.35(1) of Wis. Statutes. The Board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present to the board a letter from a physician, surgeon or osteopath that confirms their illness or disability. No other person may testify by telephone. Respectfully submitted 586791 45-46r WNAXLP Victoria Lombard, Clerk, Town of Sarona
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(June 19, 26, July 3) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT WASHBURN COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Janice D. Gagner Order Setting Time to Hear Petition for Administration and Deadline for Filing Claims (Formal Administration) Case No. 13 PR 28 A petition for formal administration was filed. THE COURT FINDS The decedent, with date of birth July 16, 1940, and date of death May 30, 2013, was domiciled in Washburn County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of N813 Shallow Lake Rd., Sarona, WI 54870. THE COURT ORDERS: 1. The petition will be heard at the Washburn County Courthouse, Shell Lake, Wisconsin, before Circuit Court Judge Eugene D. Harrington on July 8, 2013, at 3:45 p.m. You do not need to appear unless you object. The petition may be granted if there is no objection. 2. The deadline for filing a claim against the decedent’s estate is September 14, 2013. 3. A claim may be filed at the Washburn County Courthouse, Shell Lake, Wisconsin. 4. Heirship will be determined at the hearing on petition for final judgment. 5. Publication of this notice is notice to any persons whose names or addresses are unknown. If you require reasonable accommodations due to a disability to participate in the court process, please call 715-4684577 at least 10 working days prior to the scheduled court date. Please note the court does not provide transportation. Eugene Harrington Circuit Court Judge June 14, 2013 Kathy zumBrunnen Box 96 Spooner, WI 54801 715-635-3174 586452 Bar No.: 1016913 WNAXLP
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NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST RELEASE OF FUNDS June 26, 2013 DOUGLAS COUNTY 1313 BELKNAP STREET SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN 715-395-1380 On or about July 9, 2013, Douglas County as lead county for the Northwest Regional Housing Program comprising Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Price, Rusk, Sawyer and Washburn Counties will submit a request to the Wisconsin Department of Administration - Division of Housing for the release of Community Development Block Grant funds under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, to undertake a project known as Community Development Block Grant - Small Cities Housing Program, for the purpose of establishing a housing rehabilitation loan program to conserve, rehabilitate and improve residential property occupied by low- and moderate-income (LMI) residents in the Northwest Regional Housing Program area. The activities proposed are categorically excluded under HUD regulations at 24 CFR Part 58 from National Environmental Policy Act requirements. An Environmental Review Record (ERR) that documents the environmental determinations for this project is on file at the Douglas County Zoning Administrator’s office, 1313 Belknap Avenue, Room 206, Superior, and the Washburn County Clerk’s office, 10 4th Avenue, Shell Lake, and may be examined or copied weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. PUBLIC COMMENTS Any individual, group or agency may submit written comments on the ERR to Douglas County, 1313 Belknap Street, Room 206, Superior, WI 54880. All comments received by July 8, 2013, will be considered by Douglas County prior to submission of a request for release of funds. RELEASE OF FUNDS Douglas County certifies to the Wisconsin Department of Administration - Division of Housing that Douglas Finn, in his capacity as County Board Chair, consents to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to the environmental review process and that these responsibilities have been satisfied. The State’s acceptance of the certification satisfies its responsibilities under NEPA and allows Douglas County to use Program funds. OBJECTIONS TO RELEASE OF FUNDS The State of Wisconsin, Department of Administration - Division of Housing will accept objections to its release of funds and Douglas County’s certification for a period of 15 days following the anticipated submission date or its actual receipt of the request (whichever is later) only if it is on one of the following bases: (a) the certification was not executed by the Certified Officer of Douglas County; (b) Douglas County has omitted a step or failed to make a decision or finding required by HUD regulations at 24 CFR Part 58; (c) the grant recipient has incurred costs not authorized by 24 CFR Part 58 before approval of a release of funds by the State of Wisconsin; or (d) another Federal agency acting pursuant to 40 CFR Part 1504 has submitted a written finding that the project is unsatisfactory from the standpoint of environmental quality. Objections must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the required procedures (24 CFR Part 58) and shall be addressed to Wisconsin Department of Administration Division of Housing at P.O. Box 7970, Madison, WI 537077970. Objections to the release of funds on any basis other than those stated above will not be considered by the Wisconsin Department of Administration - Division of Housing. Objections received after July 24, 2013, will not be considered by the Wisconsin Department of Administration - Division of Housing and Community Development. 586843 45r WNAXLP Douglas Finn, County Board Chair
2005 CHEV 4X4: 2500 HD, 94,125 miles, auto., 715-645-0843, Shell Lake. 45-46rp (June 26, July 3, 10) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT WASHBURN COUNTY Associated Bank, N.A. Plaintiff, vs. TROY L. LORENZ CLAUDIA A. LORENZ Defendants. Case No. 13-CV-7 Hon. Eugene Harrington Br. 1 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that by virtue of a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-captioned action on April 22, 2013, in the amount of $289,037.52, the Sheriff or his Designee will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: July 24, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. PLACE: In the North Entrance of Washburn County Courthouse, 10 4th Avenue, Shell Lake, WI 54871. DESCRIPTION: That part of Government Lot Two (2), Section Three (3), Township Thirty-seven (37) North, Range Eleven (11) West, Washburn County, Wisconsin, described as Lot 4 of Certified Survey Map #1429 recorded in Volume 6, page 150, as Document No. 202286, in the office of the Register of Deeds, Washburn County, Wisconsin. Together with 16’ right of way over existing road leading south from the town road to the East line of the abovedescribed lot as stated in Volume 254 of Records, page 596, as Document No. 198740, as recorded in said Register’s office. TAX KEY: 65-026-2-37-11-03-5 05-002-006000 PROPERTY ADDRESS: W3383 Morningside Road, Sarona, WI 54870. TERMS: Cash; down payment required at the time of Sheriff’s Sale in the amount of 10% by cash, money order, cashier’s check or certified check made payable to the Washburn County Clerk of Courts; balance of sale price due upon confirmation of sale by Court. Property to be sold as a whole as is and subject to all real estate taxes, accrued and accruing, special assessments, if any, penalties and interest. Purchaser to pay the cost of title evidence. Sheriff Terrence C. Dryden Washburn County, Wisconsin Plaintiff’s Attorney: Mallery & Zimmerman, S.C. 500 Third Street, Suite 800 P.O. Box 479 Wausau, WI 54402-0479 586554 (715) 845-8234 WNAXLP
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Lakers on the Links golf tournament to raise funds for SLEF SHELL LAKE — The Shell Lake Education Foundation, in conjunction with Butternut Hills Golf Course, is holding the first-annual Lakers on the Links golf tournament on Sunday afternoon, June 30. Play 18 holes on the Butternut Hills Golf Course and enjoy dinner with friends, family and competitors, all the while supporting education at the Shell Lake School District. To preregister call Paul or Kristin at 715-635-8563. This scramble tournament will offer something for all levels of golfers; for the pros there will be several best-shot prizes throughout the course, a skins game and a hole-in-one grand prize. The hole-in-one grand prize is a 2013 Jayco Jay Feather Swift SLX185Rb camper donated by Links RV. You can purchase extra shots for additional chances to win this prize. Three other par-3 holes will have hole-inone prizes of a Kindle Fire, $500 Visa gift card or set of Cleveland irons. For those “hackers” who may not fare that well on the golf shot prizes, there’s always the 50/50 raffle. Registration starts at noon, shotgun
The first-annual Lakers on the Links golf tournament is set for Sunday, June 30, at Butternut Hills Golf Course. This is a fundraiser for the Shell Lake Education Foundation. — Photo submitted start is scheduled for 1 p.m., and there will be a cash lunch available before the
start as well. Dinner will immediately follow the tournament.
For $80 per person or $320 for a fourperson team you will golf 18 holes with a cart and enjoy dinner at the Butternut Hills Clubhouse. For a fee, your nongolfing family and friends can enjoy dinner with you. Each golfer will receive a gift bag and golf towel, and many opportunities to win individual prizes along with team cash prizes for first, second and third place. The Shell Lake Education Foundation Board members are very excited to partner with Butternut Hills Golf Course for this new event, and extend gratitude to the many sponsors helping to support this tournament. SLEF Board members and friends diligently work to find creative ways to raise funds, keeping aligned in the district’s mission: To maximize each student’s potential to compete in a global society by providing appropriate educational opportunities in a challenging, nurturing and secure atmosphere, through partnerships with family and community. Funds raised are distributed to the classrooms through a grant application process each fall. — from SLEF
Shell Lake beats Spooner in doubleheader
Tapanga Peterson beats the throw into second base as shortstop Savannah Soltis catches the throw from home.
Rachel Medley throws from second to first baseman Sophia DelFiacco for the forced out. Shell Lake edged out Spooner Team 2, 5-4, in a home game on Wednesday, June 12.
Hailey Christensen tags Tapanga Peterson as she slides safely into third base. — Photos by Larry Samson
Kayla Boutwell pitched in relief for S p o o n e r Team 1 as Carson Johnnes played third base. The Spooner team lost to Shell Lake Team One.
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Have you ever visited a one-room schoolhouse? SHELL LAKE — The Washburn County Historical Society raises the question, “Have you ever visited a one-room schoolhouse?” If not, or if you would like to revisit days of your youth, you are invited to the Washburn County Historical Museum. The museum complex is located at 102 West 2nd St., in Shell Lake. Guests have the opportunity to see what it was like to go to school in the old
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schoolhouse and will also get a chance to ring the school bell. Do you remember Weekly Readers and the old Dick and Jane books? The old schoolhouse has copies of those, along with old globes and all sorts of interesting things. The museum complex is open Fridays and Saturdays from 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. The best part is that it is free. — from WCHS
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Frogs in the library
Layne Olson is laughing as the tree frog is making its way up his shoulder.
Photos by Larry Samson
Two-year-old Xavier Rigel with his father, Amos Tijerina, is not afraid of the large bullfrog. There is something about boys and frogs.
Lost hiker in national forest is found safe
Sheriff’s deputies, U.S. Forest Service employees, and Life Flight pilots worked together
by Danielle Moe Register staff writer BAYFIELD COUNTY - A 60-yearold Minneapolis woman was rescued after becoming lost while hiking in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest after her dog took off into the woods. The woman was hiking on the North Country Trail on Monday, June 17, but the portion where she became lost is north of Forest Road 198. That area of the forest is part of the Marengo nonmotorized area, and has blocks on the roads leading into it. According to one of the rescuers, Kathy Moe, a biological technician with the U.S. Forest Service, the woman became lost around midafternoon, but was somehow able to use her cell phone to call for help. Using information from the woman’s cell phone, Bayfield County Sheriff’s deputies attempted to find the woman and her dog. The woman was lost for approximately three hours before the help of the USFS was called in. A Life Flight helicopter was also called in and guided the deputies, who were not equipped with GPS devices, to the woman. The woman was found south of the trail, at least a mile in, near the Marengo River. She was in good physical condi-
The Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest encompasses a large portion of northern Wisconsin. The red dot above shows the approximate location of the lost hiker. At right is a close-up of the area where she was located. Mikayla Stephanites is studying this strange-looking salamander closely. She is not sure what to make of him. tion and walked back out with the aid of the deputies, guided by the helicopter. Moe credited the woman’s quick recovery to how she knew to stay in one place after becoming lost and phoning for help. “It just goes to show how easy you can get lost, and she knew to stay in place so we could get help to her and get her out,” stated Moe.
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Catherine Pool is the owner of Stray Cats located in downtown Shell Lake. — Photo by Danielle Moe
by Danielle Moe Register staff writer SHELL LAKE — Catherine Pool, pottery glazer for the Potter’s Shed in Shell Lake, has recently opened her own studio in downtown Shell Lake. The shop is decorated with murals painted by Pool and consists of works by Pool and others. “I hope to have more artists from the area have their work in here too,” she stated. There are some works currently in the shop that are not Pool’s, but she has hopes that there will be more in the future. “I hope it gives a place for the work of young artists of the area so they don’t fall through the cracks,” she explained. Pool also has rocks painted as animals for display in gardens and front walks.
Pool’s artistry focuses mainly on pet portraits that can be as natural or as unique as their owners. “My most recent project is for two girls that each have a cat and the cats are posed as Jack and Rose in the Titanic pose,” she said, laughing. Besides a diverse collection of artworks, Pool holds free meditation classes on Sundays, in addition to supporting a drawing club. “It’s a combination of art studio with artsy activities,” she explained, amused. Pool dreams of starting a poetry group and having music in the studio and possibly a coffee bar. “That’s all dreaming yet,” she acknowledged, smiling. Current studio hours are Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.