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Records broken at state track meet Baseball, softball teams fall short of state appearance

Marge Reinhart, a “quiet giver” dies at 79

SHELL LAKE/LA CROSSE - Marjorie “Marge” Reinhart, who along with her husband, D.B. (“Rhiny”) were philanthropists for several causes, including improving the community of Shell Lake, died May 30 at her home in La Crosse. She was 79. Marge, who together with her husband owned and operated Reinhart Food Service for many Marge Reinhart years, was described as a “quiet giver,” who stepped up in La Crosse and Shell Lake, supporting hospitals, the Catholic church, schools and the arts in the years following her husband’s death in 1996. The couple spent many summers at their Shell Lake cottage and considered the city their family gathering place. They showed their love of the city through donations, public and private, to educational and social causes, including a substantial gift toward the building of the new high school several years ago. Marge’s giving also made an impact on the city of La Crosse, where she gave millions to various causes. “In any direction you look, you can see the influence she and the Reinhart family have had — in the arts, children, education, higher education and the medical community,” said Peter Grabow, executive director of Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Health Care Foundation, in an article published this week in the La Crosse Tribune. A complete obituary can be found on page 18. - Gary King

Pedestrian struck on Spooner street

by Jessica Beecroft SPOONER - Tamala Rankila, 47, Spooner, was hit by a truck crossing Elm Street in Spooner at approximately 2:45 p.m., Sunday, June 5. The pedestrian, Rankila, was walking northbound across Elm Street, between Pillar’s restaurant and the Dairy Queen parking lot. A vehicle was waiting for Rankila to cross. A truck driven by Donald Nordstrom, Trego, was eastbound on Elm Street on the inside lane. Nordstrom attempted to make a southbound

See Pedestrian, page 3

We wanted summer ...

SPORTS Pages 12-13 The temperature read 100 degrees at 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday, June 7, in Shell Lake. — Photo by Suzanne Johnson

Wednesday, June 8, 2011 Vol. 121, No. 42 • Shell Lake, Wisconsin

Too cool for school

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Sylus Stellrecht and Mary Clark knew who the best bus driver was when the students on bus No. 4 got an ice-cream cone for having a good, safe year on the bus. — Photo by Larry Samson

Superintendent Nord prepares for life outside of school by Jessica Beecroft SHELL LAKE – Brian Nord announced earlier this year he was resigning his position as superintendent at the Shell Lake High School, effective July 1. The new superintendent, Jim Connell of Turtle Lake, is going to be taking the position on July 1. Nord is taking time to work with Connell to assure a smooth transition. Nord has been working as the superintendent for the school for about three years. “I like working with kids,” he said. “With this job you don’t see them as much. This job is a lot more of the business end of school. It’s really important stuff, but it’s not like working with the kids. That’s what school is about; the teachers and the kids.” Nord first started working for the Shell Lake School District in 1993. He began as a guidance counselor, then took a couple of other jobs, which included working as a guidance counselor in Spooner and serving as an elementary principal in Siren, before coming back to Shell Lake as the elementary principal in 2004 until 2007, when he took the superintendent position. Future plans? “I really truly don’t know what I’m going to do next,” he said, adding that he plans on spending time with his grandkids and deciding what his next steps will be. Nord said a run for school board or any other public office is probably not in his future, saying that his experience as a member of the city council

Superintendent Brian Nord is spending his final days at Shell Lake Schools helping to smooth the transition for his successor, Jim Connell, who takes over the position July 1. - Photo by Jessica Beecroft taught him that elective office wasn’t his cup of tea. “You’re thankful for the people that do it, but it’s not for me.” Nord received high marks from one of his students who said, “He was always really nice, caring and friendly.” Students gave Nord high fives at the end of the school year, a tribute and farewell to a longtime member of the Shell Lake faculty.

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