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Wednesday, April 8, 2015 Vol. 126, No. 34 • Shell Lake, Wis.
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A day on the farm A year of American experiences Page 23
Hunt Hill hosts owl hike Page 16 The Shell Lake Primary School 4-year-old kindergarten class spent Thursday, April 1, at the A&B Farm in the Town of Dewey. One of the cool things to do on the farm is to stand on the wooden fence and watch the animals. Shown (L to R): Cole Schrankel, Brooklyn Green and Kyle Gleason. More photos on page 12. – Photo by Larry Samson
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SHELL LAKE — Shell Lake Police Chief Dave Wilson would like to remind the Shell Lake community that the tornado siren will be tested the first Wednesday of each month at noon during the tornado season. When an actual tornado warning is received, the Shell Lake fire sirens will be sounded with a continuous three-minute alarm. Upon hearing the alarm, please take cover immediately. — from the Shell Lake Police Department
Sign of spring
New superintendent at Shell Lake Danielle H. Moe | Staff writer SHELL LAKE — The Shell Lake School Board has announced their selection for the school district’s new superintendent. David Bridenhagen, of Green Bay, was chosen of 11 applicants for the position. The board met in closed session on Wednesday, April 1, to make the final decision. A community forum was held on Monday, March 30, that involved the top three candidates for the position. The school board, the public, and a group of 15 individuals interviewed them individually. Public opinion was collected on each candidate from papers handed out and collected at the end. The school board, to help inform their final decision, reviewed those opinions.
David Bridenhagen has been chosen as the new Shell Lake superintendent by the school board. — Photo submitted
Bridenhagen is listed as an elementary school principal at Doty Elementary in Green Bay. “I am so happy to have been selected as the new superintendent of the Shell Lake School District! There are many wonderful things that are already happening in the Shell Lake District. The high level of commitment and support for education I witnessed during the interview process was phenomenal. The warmth and welcoming nature of the community is apparent. I am anxious to make Shell Lake my new home and look forward to getting to know the community and beginning my work as your next superintendent,” said Bridenhagen.
Local students recipients of Herb Kohl Foundation Scholarships
It is a sign of spring when the crocuses bloom. The crocus plant is not indigenous to America but is a woodland flower from central and southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Coming from the Middle East they make, the perfect Easter flower. — Photo by Larry Samson
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MILWAUKEE - Area students are among those being honored by the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Scholarship and Fellowship Program this year. The $3,000 awards are being made to 101 teachers, their schools, and 163 graduating high school students. Students chosen for the Tia Nelson Excellent Scholars honor include Tia Carlson of Shell Lake High School and Katelyn Heino of Spooner High School. Local students chosen for the Initiative Scholarship honors include Angelica Laone of Birchwood Blue Hills Charter School in Birchwood and McKayla Waggoner of Northwood School in Minong. Excellence Scholarship recipients have dem-
onstrated excellence in the academic arena and high motivation to achieve, have displayed a broad range of activity and leadership outside the academic setting, and have shown strong promise for succeeding in college and beyond. Fellowship recipients are chosen for their superior ability to inspire a love of learning in their Katelyn Heino students, their ability to motivate others, and their leadership and service within and outside the classroom. Excellence Scholarship and Fellowship recipients are selected by a statewide committee composed of civic leaders, and rep-
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An egg-cellent time for all
LEFT: Hala Mlejnek, 5, Haugen, puts eggs she found in the bag her grandmother, Mary Biver, is holding.
RIGHT: Some of the lucky children who won a bicycle at the egg hunt pose for a photo. Kids ages 3 through 8 that won a bike included Sam Barton, Molly Snider, Hala Mlejnek, Jonah Trudell, Makenna Vanderhoof and Josh Gramberg.
Photos by Danielle H. Moe
Loie Kohler watches the surrounding chaos going on around her at the Shell Lake Easter egg hunt on Saturday, April 4.
Eight-month-old Maeve Deeg won a creative table but has her eyes on the Little Tikes police car Nikolai Melton won.
Charlie Jepperson, 2, and Fischer Berlin, 1, get comfortable in their new rides.
Tessa Frisbie, 3 months, Shell Lake, won a trike that doesn’t fit her now, but she will grow into it soon.
Abby Brock, 5, Shell Lake, shows her collection to her parents and her brother, Max. The annual Easter egg hunt was held in the Shell Lake 3-12 school gym.
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Passenger van and semi collide Danielle H. Moe | Staff writer SPOONER — A Ventures Unlimited van with five occupants collided with a semi on Wednesday, March 25, at about 4:20 p.m. causing multiple injuries to one passenger. The accident occurred at the intersection of CTH H and Hwy. 53 in the Town of Spooner. Larry Britton, 68, of Minnesota, told the responding Washburn County Sheriff’s Deputy Brendan Harrington that he was operating a 2015 Mack semitruck northbound in the right lane on Hwy. 53 when the van pulled out in front of him and he could not avoid colliding with it. Wanda Severson, 70, Springbrook, the driver of the van, told Harrington that she was traveling eastbound on CTH H and stopped at the stop sign for the intersection of CTH H and Hwy. 53. She then pro-
ceeded to the median crossover, stopped and looked both ways for traffic but did not see the northbound semi. Severson stated that there was a blind spot in the van that prevented her from seeing the semi, but once she proceeded out into the highway she saw the semi but could not accelerate fast enough before the semi hit the rear passenger side of the van. Van occupants included Scott Cunningham, 33, Trego, Matt Strunk, 35, Spooner, Kelly Patrick, 41, Spooner, and Kaylee Miller, 28, Spooner. Miller suffered multiple injuries in the accident including a broken neck and seven fractures in her lumbar spine. Miller was transported by ambulance to the hospital for treatment of her injuries. Patrick was also transported by ambulance to the hospital for possible injuries.
Damage to the Ventures van after it collided with a semi on Hwy. 53 was located on the rear passenger side where one passenger sat. — Washburn County Sheriff’s Office photos Motor vehicle inspectors from the Wisconsin State Patrol were summoned to the crash location and later conducted inspections on both the semi and the transport van. Severson was cited for failure to yield for right of way from stop sign. The semi sustained moderate front-end
damage including extensive bumper and radiator damage. The van sustained severe damage to the rear and center passenger compartments on the passenger side. The van was towed from the scene.
Christopher Johnston benefit set Several Washburn County sheriff’s deputies responded to a crash that severely injured one passenger on Wednesday, March 25, in addition to North Memorial and the Minong Ambulance crews. Washburn County Sheriff Terry Dryden and Chief Deputy Mike Richter also responded.
Scholarships/from page 1 resentatives of education-related associations and the program’s co-sponsors: The Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Wisconsin Council of Religious and Independent Schools, and regional Cooperative Educational Service Agencies. Initiative Scholarship recipients, chosen by their schools, have demonstrated exceptional initiative in the classroom and have shown strong promise for succeeding in college and beyond, but have not yet received other academic-based scholarships. “I think it is significant that Wisconsin’s students, teachers and schools are recognized for their devotion to education and learning,” said Michael Lancaster, WCRIS president. The Kohl Foundation Scholarship and Fellowship program was established by Herb Kohl, U.S. Senator (retired) in 1990 and in recognition of the foundation’s 25th anniversary, Herb Kohl has increased awards to each scholar and fel-
low to $3,000, and $3,000 to each fellow’s school. Previously each award recipient received $1,000. To date the foundation has awarded $9 million to Wisconsin educators, students and schools. “Education is the key to the future of Wisconsin and our nation. I am very proud of the accomplishments of these students and teachers, and look forward to the great contributions they will make in the future,” Kohl said. Letters notifying recipients of the award were mailed by the Herb Kohl Foundation on March 13. Regional recognition luncheons honoring the recipients will be held in the next few weeks, with Northwest and West Central Wisconsin winners being honored Sunday, April 12, at Chippewa Falls. Herb Kohl will attend all luncheons and present awards to recipients. Contact Kim Marggraf at 920-946-3640 or marggraf@excel.net for questions. from Herb Kohl Educational Foundation
Long Lake recycling site open for summer LONG LAKE — The Long Lake recycling drop-off site will open at its summer location – a half mile east of Long Lake Dam on CTH D, on Saturday, April 11. The site will be open on Saturdays in April from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. from May 2 - Oct. 31. The compost site will also be open for yard waste. The site will continue to accept leaves, grass clippings, and brush less than 2 inches in diameter from Long Lake property owners only. The recycling drop box is open for residents of either Burnett or Washburn counties, not businesses, and accepts the following items: all paper items such as office, mail, school and newspapers, glass bottles and jars, No. 1 through No. 7 plastics, plastic grocery bags, tin/steel and aluminum cans, phone books, magazines and cardboard. Please break down all cardboard boxes. Please refrain from dropping off any
items during nonopen hours in order to keep this site as clean and litter free as possible. Do not leave items of any kind outside of gate. Report any illegal dumping to the Recycling Control Commission by calling their office at 715-6352197 with the license plate of the illegal dumpers. RCC will exercise the right to fine those who dump items illegally at any of RCC’s recycling or yard waste sites throughout the two-county service area. Illegal dumping at recycling sites is punishable by law. Please note that the Long Lake recycling site does not accept garbage of any kind. If you would like further information on this or other recycling sites in Washburn or Burnett County, or if you have other items to dispose of, please call Jen at 715-635-2197, or email her at jbarton@ nwrpc.com. — from RCC
CHICOG — A benefit will be held for 9-year-old Christopher Johnston on Saturday, May 2, at the Chicog Town Hall, W8499 Hwy 77, just 10 miles west of Minong. Dinner will be served from 5 to 8 p.m. There will be drawings for the donated merchandise at 8 p.m., however you do not need to be present to win. The Second Time Around band will provide music from 7:30 p.m. until midnight. Carryouts are available during the time that the meal is served. In October 2014, Johnston had difficulty walking after playing on a trampoline. After many trips to the chiropractor and physicians, he was diagnosed with a brain tumor along with cancer cells lining his brain and spinal cord. He has had surgery, radiation and is now finishing his second
month of seven months of chemotherapy. Through all this, Johnston never lost his cognitive skills. He is diligently working with physical therapy to regain muscle control and to improve his breathing process so he will be totally off the breathing machine. In the last three months, he has made progress and a benefit is planned so his family will be able to focus on the important issues of his health. If people are interested in attending yet their calendar does not allow it, and they would like to give a donation, they may write a check to Benefit for Chris Johnston and send it to Shell Lake State Bank, 102 West 5th Avenue, Shell Lake, WI 54871. If anyone has questions or concerns, please call 612-670-8541 or email chicognews@comcast.net. — submitted
Council welcomes public input on antlerless deer harvest quota recommendation SPOONER —The Washburn County Deer Advisory Council will meet to discuss final antlerless quota recommendations and permit levels for the 2015 deer season. The public is welcome to attend. The meeting will take place Monday, April 20, at 7 p.m., at the Spooner Agricultural Research Station, during which the public may speak or submit written comments. The council’s population objective recommendation suggested increasing the local deer population, and was approved by Wisconsin’s Natural Resources Board on Feb. 25. This population objective will guide deer management decisions for the next three years. The antlerless quota recommendation is one tool the CDAC will use to achieve the county’s population objective. The final quota recommendation will influ-
ence the number of antlerless deer carcass tags available in the county during the 2015 deer-hunting season. Antlerless quotas will be reviewed and set each year. Once a preliminary quota recommendation is proposed, the public will have an opportunity to review and comment during an online public comment period in April. The public may also comment at any time by contacting CDAC Chair Joe Weiss at 715-635-2209 or by emailing DNRCDACWebMail@Wisconsin.gov. Additional information on CDAC recommendations, agendas and membership is available at dnr.wi.fiov/topic/ hunt/cdac.html. or email DNRCDACWebMail@Wisconsin.gov with any questions. — from WCDAC
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Letters to the editor The Affordable Care Act: It’s working Despite Fox News and a lot of anger, the Affordable Care Act is in place and working quite well. The primary goal of the ACA was to substantially reduce the number of people who didn’t have health insurance. As USA Today reports, “the number of American adults without health insurance fell 16.5 million from five years ago, when Obamacare was signed into law, the largest drop in four decades.” So who is happy about it? Millions of folks who now have high-quality insur-
ance. Millions who now can get health care from a regular doctor, in an office, not just last-chance care in an emergency room. Millions who don’t go bankrupt from medical bills. Hospitals are happy about it. Comparing 2013 to 2014 annual reports from Lakeview Medical Center in Rice Lake, the cost of uncompensated care dropped 36 percent. Wausau’s Aspirus Hospital reported that its uncompensated care costs declined by 58 percent last year; $3.8 million less in a single quarter. Hospital of-
ficials there directly credited the ACA. And that big rush on the emergency room when all those poor folks got insurance? Didn’t happen. And the big drop in employer-sponsored health insurance, as warned by the business-orientated Mc Kinsey Center back in 2011? Didn’t happen. Seventy-one percent of workers had insurance through their work in 2013, and it remains 71 percent now. And the predicted disastrous increase in health insurance rates? The McKinsey Center reported in December that 65
percent of plans increased rates for 2015, and that the median increase is only 4 percent. Read about it online in Forbes. Wisconsin has had its well-known problems with lack of ACA plan offerings and high charges, but ACA is doing much better in other states. So, despite what Fox News loudly repeats, despite what everyone knows, it’s working. Gerry Lisi Rice Lake
Education: An investment in the future - in American’s future; Wisconsin’s future and our individual futures I believe education is the great equalizer in our society. Article X of the Wisconsin Constitution provided for free public district schools for all children between the ages of 4 and 20. It also provides for the education of all students regardless of economic class and works hard to meet the needs of a variety of learning styles, behavioral issues and abilities. This article required taxes for school support, provided for a school fund and distribution of the fund on the basis of school population. It also provided for a state superintendent.
For the past several years, our public school system has had to absorb huge cuts, and programs and services have been cut to the bone. This budget freezes revenue caps and cuts state aids to local schools. This will be continuing the legacy of less. This proposed budget slams the door on our students and is an insult to Wisconsin’s education legacy. This must be stopped, and we must insist that our constitutional guarantees to our children be honored. Wisconsin has had the reputation of having one of the best and strongest edu-
cation systems in the country. I am sure many of our state legislators were part of it growing up; why would they now be willing to turn this over to private individuals, who have only one agenda — get even richer? I was so moved by the testimony at the Joint Finance Committee hearing on March 23 of elementary students, high school students and college students from various school districts stating how they wanted their schools saved. Our public school system has been one to be proud of and is one of the best and
most respected in the country, and, we, the citizens of Wisconsin, would like it to remain that way. Wisconsin legislators need to remove the cuts from this draconian budget and make sure that our tax money is used for supporting public education. Will they? Keep our public school system strong. Remember the victims here are children! Dee M. Taylor Rice Lake
Vote no on the panfish rule proposals people, Dave Vetrano was the other, who turned southwest Wisconsin into a worldclass trout fishing area. We did this by stocking truly wild trout in streams that had only received regular hatchery trout. In just a few years, hundreds of southwest Wisconsin streams went from having 100 to 200 trout per mile to having 2,000 to 5,000 trout per mile. What has been the angler response to this remarkable transformation? Well, my No. 1 trout stream would have 500 anglers on the May opener in 1970. Now it has about 20 anglers on the May opener. A very comprehensive DNR study of one of Vetrano’s streams, Timber Coulee Creek, showed that trout fishing activity on this stream declined 61 percent between 1984 and 2008, and that harvest of trout went
Clean Boats, Clean Waters workshop to be held SPOONER — The Washburn County Land and Water Conservation Department is hosting a free Clean Boats, Clean Waters workshop on Saturday, April 18. The workshop will be held from 9-10 a.m. at the DNR Service Center, 810 W. Maple St., a half mile west of Spooner on Hwy. 70.
from about 1,200 per mile to 30 per mile. What is going on in the trout program in southwest Wisconsin? In 1990 the DNR decided that 1,000 special rules were needed to properly manage the Wisconsin trout resource. Thousands of local southwest Wisconsin trout anglers quit fishing rather than deal with excessive and unnecessary rules. More than 500 of these rules have been terminated because the only significant thing they did was push tens of thousands of anglers out of trout fishing. The new 400-or-so trout rules to be voted on at the April 13 hearings are not significantly different than the 500-plus rules that are still in effect. If the new program is approved the DNR will continue to make life miserable for regular trout
anglers. Nothing significant would happen to the Wisconsin trout resource if the DNR went back to what the rules were when trout fishing was very popular, a 6-inch size limit and 10 daily bag limit. I encourage all people who attend the April 13 hearings to vote no on the panfish rule proposals and no on the trout rule proposals. Excessive management of Wisconsin waters is a well-intended endeavor that has not produced good results. Excessive management needs to be stopped. No one should be afraid to fish in Wisconsin, but fear keeps thousands of Wisconsinites from becoming anglers and has pushed thousands out of fishing. Roger Kerr Boscobel
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Through this program, citizens are trained to be watercraft inspectors by educating boaters and anglers about aquatic invasive species, such as Eurasian water milfoil and zebra mussels, at local boat landings. Participants will receive handson training of invasive species identification. Instructions on how to organize a volunteer inspection program will also be discussed. To register for this training, please contact Lisa Burns at 715-468-4654 or email at lburns@co.washb urn.wi.us. — from WCLWCD
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I am a retired Wisconsin DNR fish manager. I am writing to express my concern about what is going on in Wisconsin fish management these days. The DNR wants more anglers, yet they continue to create laws that discourage people from fishing. Will creating 110 lakes that have a fivebag limit on bluegills or crappie attract more anglers than 110 lakes that have a 25-bag limit on bluegills or crappie? I don’t think so. Does the five panfish bag limit proposed to be voted on at the fish and game hearing on Monday, April 13, mean that the DNR has been mismanaging the 110 lakes that may get this new rule? I don’t think so. I was mainly a trout stream manager and I spent most of my DNR career in southwest Wisconsin. I am one of two
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DNR spring wildlife and fisheries rules hearings set MADISON – On Monday, April 13, at 7 p.m., there will be 72 public hearings, one in each county, where individuals interested in natural resources management have an opportunity to provide their input by nonbinding vote and testimony on proposed rule changes and advisory questions relating to fish and wildlife management in Wisconsin. For Washburn County, the hearing will be held at the Spooner High School auditorium, 801 CTH A. This year there are 112 questions that cover a broad array of statewide and local proposed rules changes for state hunting, trapping and fishing rules, as well as advisory questions from the state Natural Resources Board and Wisconsin Conservation Congress. The complete 2015 Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources spring rules hearings questionnaire is available for review online or at local DNR service centers. Individuals with-
out Internet access may be able to view the online questionnaire by visiting their local library. County residents also have the option to run for a seat on the Wisconsin Conservation Congress, or elect other delegates from their county to represent their county views regarding natural resources on the Conservation Congress. The Wisconsin Conservation Congress is officially recognized as the only advisory body in the state where citizens elect delegates to represent their interests on natural resources issues on a local and statewide level to the Natural Resources Board and the Department of Natural Resources. Individuals will also have the opportunity to bring forth new conservation ideas or issues to the attention of the Conservation Congress through the citizen resolution process. Given the large number of questions this year, people interested in attending
Wisconsin State Patrol Law of the Month Are drivers on highways required to make room for merging vehicles? SPOONER — While merging from a ramp onto a multiple-lane highway, it certainly helps when drivers on the main freeway move over a lane so you can get into the flow of traffic more easily. But are drivers on the main freeway required by law to change lanes and provide a clear path for merging vehicles? “As a matter of courtesy and safety, we encourage drivers on multiple-lane highways to change lanes if possible or adjust their speed so that merging vehicles can get into the traffic flow quickly. However, drivers merging from a ramp onto a highway should be aware that vehicles on the main freeway are not legally required to move over for merging vehicles,” says state patrol Lt. Dori Petznick of the North-
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Shell Lake Lions Calendar Winners
March 30 - $35 Brenda Promersberger, Andover, Minn. March 31 - $35 Sue Weathers, Shell Lake April 1 - $35 Gina Lewis, Shell Lake April 2 - $35 Mary Patrick, Spooner April 3 - $35 Ben and Charlene Karpinski, Shell Lake
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Temperatures recorded at Spooner Ag Research Station 2014 High March 30 41 March 31 50 April 1 51 April 2 32 April 3 44 April 4 37 April 5 37
Low Precip. 17 35 20 .12”rain/snow 11 17 26 7.8” snow 10 .5” snow
2015 High March 30 46 March 31 48 April 1 61 April 2 68 April 3 63 April 4 42 April 5 48
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west Region. The state patrol also offers the following advice for merging onto highways smoothly: • Enter the freeway from the ramp at or near the speed of freeway traffic. • Use your turn signals. • Do not stop while merging unless absolutely necessary. • Don’t try to squeeze into a gap in traffic that won’t provide room to react. • If you have to cross several lanes of traffic, cross them one at a time. “Merging onto a highway can be stressful when traffic is heavy and moving rapidly,” says Petznick. “Drivers trying to merge should pay strict attention to the traffic flow and be prepared to adjust their speed. But don’t expect that the drivers on the main freeway will necessarily move over for a merging vehicle.” — from WSP
the hearings are encouraged to review the questionnaire online prior to the April 13 hearings and should arrive at the hearing location early to register before the hearings begin at 7 p.m. The fisheries questions relate to season, bag limit and length limit regulations, including: Expanding inland trout seasons and reducing the number of special regulations; changing panfish bag limits on 100 lakes to improve panfish average size; and removing or modifying dates and boundaries on 51 fish refuges. Wildlife questions include: Expanding the areas for waterfowl hunting; increasing the limit on the number of small game animals a person is allowed to possess; establish a 9 a.m. opening time on the first day of the pheasant, quail, Hungarian
Area news at a glance BARRONETT — Cumberland firefighters responded to a building fire at the William Ailport residence on Hwy. 63 near Barronett on Monday, March 30. Flames totally engulfed the structure and destroyed the contests, including two vehicles. No injuries were reported. The cause of the blaze is yet to be determined. — from the Cumberland Advocate ••• BARRON— Fire, explosion and amputation hazards were cited in 12 safety violations at a Barron business, resulting in a $102,180 fine from the Occupational Health and Safety Administration. The fines have forced Koser Iron Works to close, laying off about 20 people, said owner Bill Koser. Koser Iron Works was cited for two willful, four repeated and 12 serious safety violations in an Oct. 1, 2014, inspection according to a news release issued Monday, March 30, by OSHA. Koser, owner of the metalworking shop since 1964, has disputed the OSHA violations. “There has never been an accident here that was life-threatening,” he said. “No
Register Memories 1955 – 60 Years Ago
• Another superstation would be built in Shell Lake in addition to one where ground was being cleared for the Allen Gas and Oil Co. Russell Hansen announced that the Douglas Oil Co. would erect a new Skelly station on the same location. • The Shell Lake Volunteer Fire Department was called to the Bashaw School. Slight fire damage was caused by an oil furnace flare-up. • Duane Goetzl was home from Lake Charles, La., having received his discharge from the Air Corps. • A new 4-H club was organized at the Sarona School with 18 members. New officers elected were Leora Klappel, president; Roger Anderson, vice president; Elaine Kasper, secretary; and David Mott, treasurer. Beatrice Bailey was the leader.
1965 – 50 Years Ago
• H.L. “Roy” Hanes was elected Shell Lake City mayor for a two-year-term as a write-in candidate over his opponent, Walter Ek. In the First Ward Chester Anderson won over C.W. Raatz. In the Second Ward Charles Lutz was elected over incumbent R.D. Stouffer. In the Third Ward incumbent Nolan A. Penning was unopposed. In the Fourth Ward incumbent Clyde Stoufer was defeated by Howard Nebel. Incumbent supervisor James Lindberg was unopposed. • Chosen to represent Shell Lake at Badger Girls State was Beth Axon with Connie Bakker as alternate. Chosen to attend Badger Boys State was Bruce Jungerberg. Jerry Swan was the alternate. • Roger Elliott, Sarona, was among 75 top-ranking engineering students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who arranged exhibits for the big triennial Engineering-Science-Industry Exposition. • Data Systems Technician Third Class Wallace O. Anderson, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rueben Anderson, Shell Lake, was serving aboard the guided missile frigate USS Mahan and taking part in the U.S. First Fleet training operation Tee Shot, being conducted off the coast of Southern California.
partridge and southern rabbit seasons; and modifying the spring wild turkey hunting season opening date, among other rule changes. Meeting results, along with written comments on the evening’s questions and DNR recommendations, are used to advise the state Natural Resources Board. Votes are nonbinding and are presented to the Natural Resources Board as advisory. The 2015 spring rules hearing questionnaire PDF is available by searching the DNR website at dnr.wi.gov for keywords Spring Hearings. For more information, call Kari LeeZimmermann, DNR/ Conservation Congress liaison, 608-266-0580 or Bill Cosh, DNR spokesperson, 608-267-2773. — from WDNR
concussions, no broken legs, no dislocated joints, no lost hands, arms or legs. No one has ever been hurt while changing dies in a press, no one has lost the sight of an eye, no one has been hurt by a forklift truck or an explosion or a fire.” Koser Iron Works closed in December, two months after the inspection. “That’s a ridiculous amount of money and I don’t have it,” said Koser. “No one who reads the OSHA news release about us would want to work for us, or even do any business with us. So it is over.” Koser said he may have to sell his equipment to pay the fine. — from the Rice Lake Chronotype ••• BARRON — A plaque was unveiled recently in memory of the four Barron County men who lost their lives and all others who served, were wounded or were missing in action in Vietnam. The commemorative plaque, two years in the making, now stands in the hallway of the Barron County Government Center. — from the Rice Lake Chronotype •••
Compiled by Suzanne Johnson
1975 – 40 Years Ago
1995 – 20 Years Ago
• Forensic team members Sue Lindemann, JoAnne Cornelison, Peggy Norton and Mary Biver shared their talents with the Shell Lake Tuesday Club. • A Forest Lake man was charged in Eau Claire with conspiring to blow up the bulk oil tanks on Hwy. 63 on the north side of Shell Lake as a diversion while he and another man robbed the Shell Lake State Bank. • Navy Fire Control Technician 3rd Class Gregory S. Harrell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Harrell, Shell Lake, graduated from Fire Control Technician School at Great Lakes, Ill. • Mrs. Ken McKee, member of the Civic Improvement Committee of Shell Lake, presented a Certificate of Commendation to Roger Jacobs, proprietor of Roger’s 5th Avenue Bar, in recognition of the improvements he made to the outside of his business establishment.
• Maria Morrison was Terraceview Living Center’s Employee of the Month. She worked in the laundry. • Shell Lake’s junior high wrestling season came to an end at the Cumberland tournament. Shell Lake’s only champion was Jared Kidder who won three matches at the tournament. Also reaching the finals but losing close, tough matches were Corey Furchtenicht and Jackson Smith. Shawn Albee and Jeremy Clark placed fourth; Brandon Parker, Korey Knoll, Matt Parker and Chad Knoll placed fifth; Jacob Richey sixth and Andy Smith seventh. • Shell Lake youth wrestlers participated in the tournament in Cumberland, returning with a second-place team trophy. Individual results were first place: Kip Reynolds, John Berlin, Max Smith, Josh Benjamin, Cody Knoop and Brent Pederson. Second place were Andrew Berlin, Alec Roeser, Billy Clark, Joel Simpson, Garrett Knoop, Tim Nichols and Steve Nichols. Third: Jacob Richey, Jeremy Clark and Jackson Smith. Fourth: Matt Parker and Jacob Dinsmore. • Karen Dahlstrom, Shell Lake, graduated from UW-Superior with a degree in physical education, and corporate and community health promotion.
1985 – 30 Years Ago
• Bruce Davenport was promoted to major in the U.S. Air Force Nursing Corps. He and his wife, the former Diane Carlson formerly of Shell Lake, and their two daughters moved from Fairbanks, Alaska, to Loring A.F.B. in Maine. • PFC Barbara Smith, daughter of Howard and Jackie Smith, Shell Lake, graduated from Basic Supplies School at Camp Johnson, Camp LeJuene, N.C. She was promoted from private to private first class and would be serving at 29 Palms, Calif. • Lisa Ricci, 17, Shell Lake, was chosen as a semifinalist in Teen magazine’s Great Model Search. She was eligible from super semifinalist selection. • Shell Lake officials were looking into various possibilities for relocating the airport, including other sites in the city. Mayor William Ritchie told city council members, “It’s all preliminary,” but pointed out relocation would allow the construction of a second water tower near the industrial park and provide sufficient space for a 4,000- to 5,000-foot runway.
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• Law enforcement from all branches attended the funeral of former Washburn County Sheriff Marv Anderson. • Big winners at the Shell Lake Chamber of Commerce Easter Egg Hunt were Annika Swan and Daniel Nielsen, trike winners; Kyley Williams, 5-6 age group bike winner; Alexess Henck, 7-8 age group bike winner; Willow Shell, 9-10 age group bike winner; and Susie Bowen, 11-12 age group bike winner. • Bob Hartwig and Bette Kunselman, both of Shell Lake, were winners of the Shell Lake Chamber of Commerce adult Easter basket drawings. • Alex Mentel, junior at Shell Lake High School, was selected to the Wisconsin State FFA Honors Band.
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Who are Regional Hospice volunteers? SPOONER — Who are Regional Hospice volunteers? They are men and women of all ages and backgrounds who have the desire to share in someone’s life by giving their time, special talent and compassion with someone who is facing a terminal illness. Most Regional Hospice volunteers have had a personal experience with this service and want to pay it forward. Other volunteers have not had any experience with hospice care in the past but are looking for a meaningful way to give back to the people within their community. Regional Hospice volunteers have a wide variety of opportunity to share their time. Sitting with a patient so their caregiver can run an errand, make phone calls or just take a break is so appreciated. Volunteers may as-
sist with meal preparation, or even provide a meal. They provide weekly tuck-in calls to make sure needs are met for the weekend. Volunteers also help with the Catch a Dream program where Regional Hospice helps to make a patient’s special wish or dream become a reality. The Vet-to-Vet Volunteer program honors and recognizes our former military men and women who may be receiving hospice support. Then there is the important vigil volunteer, who provides a comforting presence at the bedside of a dying patient. Some comments from hospice volunteers: “It is a privilege to share the precious journey with our Regional Hospice patients by being present where there is a need through home visits or the tuck-in pro-
gram. My heart is deeply touched by these shared experiences,” says Marge McCardle. “I consider it a privilege to be a part of Regional Hospice and our patients and their family’s lives,” stated Maureen Singelton. April 12 through April 18 is National Volunteer Week. Regional Hospice Services extends gratitude to all of its volunteers who generously give their time and talents in so many ways to help support the patients and families served. If you would like more information on becoming a Regional Hospice volunteer, please call 715-635-9077. — from Regional Hospice
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Wednesday, April 8 • Free community meal, 4-6 p.m., United Methodist Church, 135 Reinhart Dr., Shell Lake. All welcome. Donations accepted. • The board of directors for the Railroad Memories Museum meeting, 1 p.m., Spooner City Hall. All volunteers welcome. Thursday & Friday, April 9 &10 • Spooner area blood drive at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1790 Scribner St. across from the elementary school. Thursday, 1-7 p.m. and Friday, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Walk-ins welcome. Thursday, April 9 • The Shell Lake Lions Club meeting, 6:30 p.m., Shell Lake Community Center. Friday, April 10 • Spring variety show, the “Untalent Show,” at Ceska Opera House, 320 W. Third St., Haugen at 7:30 p.m. Call 715-234-5600 for reservations. • GWFC Women’s Club will meet at noon to plan the May luncheon. There will be a light lunch before the meeting. Come with your good ideas. Guests and visitors, for more information contact Pat at 715-8652250. Saturday, April 11 • Washburn County Food Distribution in conjunction with Ruby’s Pantry, Spooner Middle School Tech Ed Building on Elm Street. Tickets 9 a.m. Distribution 9:30 a.m. Volunteers needed. Contact 715-635-9309, 715-4684017 or 715-222-4410. • Relay For Life fundraiser, Getaway Bar, 4-7 p.m. Silent auction, paddle and bucket raffle. Sponsored by Big Ripley Trekking team. All proceeds to the American Cancer Society. Monday, April 13 • Dining at 5, Shell Lake Friendship Commons. Call 715-635-8283 for reservations. • Youth Theatre Night, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Theatre in the Woods, Shell Lake. Call 715-468-4387 or visit titw.org.
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Tuesday, April 14 • Soup lunch at Hunt Hill Audubon Sanctuary in Sarona, noon-1 p.m. Call 715-635-6543 or email info@ hunthill.org. • Moms Club meets at Faith Lutheran, Spooner, 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 15 • Shell Lake Public Library Board of Trustees meeting, 4 p.m., at the library. The public is welcome. Thursday, April 16 • Shell Lake PTA meeting, 6:30 p.m., in the 3-12 school library. Baby-sitting available. Friday, April 17 • Pizza and a play, “The Night Town” summer youth production, 6 p.m., Theatre in the Woods, Shell Lake. Call 715-468-4387 or visit titw.org. Saturday, April 18 • Barronett community garage sale at the community center. Monday, April 20 • Northern Lights Camera Club, 7 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 1790 Scribner St., Spooner. • Dining at 5, Spooner Senior Center. Call 715-6358283 for reservations. Tuesday, April 21 • Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Group, 8-9:30 a.m., Lakeland Family Resource Center, 314 Elm St., Spooner, 715-635-4669. Meet over breakfast. Children are welcome to attend and play. • Shell Lake School staff luncheon, 11:30 a.m., at Lakeview Bar & Grill. All former and retired school staff members and guests are welcome to attend. • Shell Lake/Spooner Masonic Lodge 221 meeting, 7 p.m., at the lodge. Thursday & Friday April 23 & 24 • Rummage sale, United Methodist Church, 312 Elm St., Spooner, Thursday 3-7 p.m.; Friday 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. Lunch served. Thursday, April 23 • David Saffert, pianist and comedian, at the Erika Quam Memorial Theatre, Shell Lake, 7:30 p.m. For more info and reservations see titw.org or call 715-468-4387.
• The Shell Lake American Legion meeting, 6:30 p.m., Friendship Commons. • Shell Lake VFW meeting, 7 p.m., Friendship Commons. Friday, April 24 • Dining at 5, Birchwood Senior Center. Call 715-3543001 for reservations. • Rummage sale, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, Spooner, across from elementary school. Lunch available. Saturday, April 25 • Free community breakfast, 7-10 a.m., First United Pentecostal Church, 337 Greenwood Ave., Spooner. All welcome. Donations accepted. • Annual rummage sale, 8 a.m. - noon, Faith Lutheran Church, W7148 Luther Road, Spooner. • Prairie Fire Children’s Theatre performance of “Sleeping Beauty,” 2 and 6 p.m., Spooner Elementary School. Wednesday, April 29 • Free community supper, 4-6 p.m., St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 220 Elm St., Spooner.
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Friday-Sunday, May 1-3 • “Mama Drama,” at the Erika Quam Memorial Theatre, Shell Lake, 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. For more info and reservations see titw. org or call 715-468-4387. Saturday, May 2 • Christopher Johnston benefit, 5-8 p.m., Chicog Town Hall, 10 miles west of Minong. Meal, drawings and music by Second Time Around. For more information call 612670-8541 or 715-466-4129. Tuesday, May 5 • Shell Lake High School band pops concert, 7 p.m., 3-12 school. • Shell Lake/Spooner Masonic Lodge 221 meeting, 7 p.m. at the lodge. Thursday, May 7 • Aphasia Group, 10-11:30 a.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, Spooner. Call 715-520-7999.
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Renewable energy highlighted at Barron Electric’s annual meeting BARRON — More than 700 members and guests attended Barron Electric Cooperative’s 79th-annual meeting Saturday, March 28, where they learned more about Barron Electric’s rates, the community solar project, voted on a bylaw amendment regarding director qualifications and heard about Dairyland Power Cooperative’s vision. Barron Electric General Manager Dallas Sloan remarked, “There will be no rate increase in 2015. This marks the fourth year with no rate adjustment.” He told members that Barron Electric’s community solar project, Community Rays, is an affordable, turnkey solution for members interested in purchasing renewable energy. The cost of participation in Community Rays is $3.18 per watt, while a member-owned system may cost twice as much while receiving the same benefit. Community Rays, a 100-kW solar array located at Barron Electric’s headquarters, was energized on Sept. 11, 2014, and has produced more than 53,000 kilowatt-hours from the sun. Nearly 60 members have purchased units and re-
Larry Kuhl, Cumberland, representing District 5, was re-elected to the Barron Electric Board of Directors. — Photo submitted ceive monthly credits for the production of the unit. Contact the member services
department if you are interested in how you can receive a monthly credit on your electric bill. Brian Rude, Dairyland Power’s vice president of external and member relations, remarked, “This is the second year with no Dairyland rate increase.” He informed members that Dairyland hired a new CEO this year, Barb Nick. Her vision is safety, a diversified generation portfolio, building on Dairyland’s financial strength, and growing wisely. He said, “Members want reliable and affordable energy. Today, the typical home has, on average, 25 electric products which must be plugged in or recharged.” Because of greenhouse gas concerns, new coal plants are not likely to be built. In the future, Dairyland is looking at generation using natural gas, wind and solar. Barron Electric’s board President Selmer Nelson informed members that Barron Electric was in excellent financial condition. He remarked, “A successful cooperative takes teamwork, an engaged membership, a reliable wholesale power supplier and dedicated employees.” Peter
Olson, Barron Electric’s supervisor of finance and consumer accounting, reported that the cooperative spent over $23 million on their wholesale power bill, while margins were $2.8 million. Incumbents Arlyn Helm, Larry Kuhl and Randy Cook were re-elected to the Barron Electric Board of Directors representing District 1, District 5 and District 7, respectively. Members passed a bylaw amendment by a show of voting cards, which added the following language to Article IV Board of Directors, Section 3 - Qualifications : (d) while a director or during the five years preceding the most recent election, or appointment as a director, was convicted of a felony or misdemeanor involving a breach of trust. The following directors were elected to officer positions: Selmer Nelson, president; Lynn Peterson, vice president; Arlyn Helm, treasurer; and Barb Holman, secretary. Michael Baker was elected to serve as director on Dairyland Power Cooperative’s board. — from Barron Electric
Xcel Energy reminds customers to call 8-1-1 before digging It’s free, it’s easy and it’s the law EAU CLAIRE — Xcel Energy is reminding customers that April is National Safe Digging Month. Every six minutes an underground utility line is damaged somewhere in the country during a digging project, according to a report by the Common Ground Alliance. Customers need to call 8-1-1 before beginning any digging project to have underground utility lines
marked. Wisconsin homeowners and contractors who call 8-1-1 are connected to Diggers Hotline, the local center that notifies the appropriate utility companies of the caller’s intent to dig. At no charge, professional locators are sent to the digging site to mark the approximate locations of underground lines with flags, spray paint or both. Damaging or striking a single line can create a dangerous situation, cause injury, repair costs, fines and outages. Every
digging project, no matter how large or small, warrants a call to 8-1-1 at least three business days in advance. Installing a mailbox, building a deck, planting a tree and laying a patio are all examples of digging projects that need a call to 8-1-1 before starting to ensure safety. State law requires that property owners have underground lines located prior to any digging. This includes any lines previously located. It is also important to use only nonmechanized equipment when digging within 18 inches of the locate
marks. Customers need to make arrangements with a private locate company to locate lines not owned by a utility, such as a line installed by a homeowner to heat a pool or light a garage. Digging without locates can cause property damage, interrupt services, cause personal injury and even death if someone accidentally digs into underground utility lines. For more information about 8-1-1 and safe digging practices visit diggershotline.com. — from Xcel Energy
Area road constructions projects to take place NORTHWEST WISCONSIN — The first of many road construction projects in the northwest region will soon begin. Some of the major projects scheduled include: • Resurfacing Hwy. 53 in Barron, Washburn and Douglas counties with new smooth asphalt layer.
• Reconstructing the Hwy. 35/70 intersection in Siren, Burnett County, with a multilane roundabout. • Resurfacing 6.9 miles and reconstructing 1.8 miles of Hwy. 63 in Shell Lake in Washburn County that will have several improvements including additional turn lanes and widening paved shoulders.
Other projects in the region include statewide crack-filling road improvements. Motorists are recommended to plan ahead and be prepared for delays when traveling during the construction season. Using alternative routes is encouraged, as many of the projects require lane closures and detours.
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n a cold, windy Saturday afternoon at the end of March, I attended a movie matinee. It had been O awhile since I had seen a movie in a theater. In fact, I don’t recall the title of the last movie I did go to see up until I viewed, “McFarland USA.” This 2015 sports drama, produced by Walt Disney, is based on a true story about an against-all-odds 1987 crosscountry team in the economically challenged city of McFarland, Calif. The town’s residents are mostly Hispanics and many families are known as pick-
“McFarland USA” ers. Kevin Costner portrays Coach Jim White, also known as Blanco. When I start telling people about this emotional movie and that it is worth seeing, Milt always tells me to stop before I give away too much of the story. I will share with you though that there were parts in the movie that I was trying to hold back my emotions. There were times when the tears would escape and slide down my face. There were scenes where I held my breath waiting for the results of a race, and in my mind, I was cheering Danny Diaz on.
One of the sentences I laughed at was when the McFarland runner asked his opponent, “Do you play golf?” The answer was “Yeah.” To which he replied, “Well, this isn’t golf.” You will have to see the movie to understand why I liked this quote. After having my eyes opened to the city of McFarland, and the resolve of Jim White, I don’t think I will look at a head of lettuce the same. When walking out of the movie theater my thought was, “I wish Disney Studios would donate a portion of the proceeds from this film to the McFarland School District.” Then again, perhaps they will.
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When we brought our firstborn home it was not unlike when we brought out first sailboat to the cabin and put it on the lift. They were both new, unblemished, and with an uncertain future. We were inexperienced with the ways of both. They both produced great anxiety and fear and inadequacy. And we could not return either of them. The boat dealer warned us that we would probably put the purchase on the lift and not take it out for days or a week, even if the weather was good. We would just look at it with great trepidation. And we did. There were too many unknowns. We did the same with Ingrid when we brought her home from the hospital. We just stood there looking at her as she lay in her crib all pink and crinkly. We looked at her with tears in our eyes wondering, “What do we do now?” And so the two adventures of baby and boat merged. Gentle breezes, sunny fast-paced downwind runs, stormy blasts of angry whitecaps, then running again before a perfect breeze, heeling high with hiking straps. Neither could have turned out better.
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eb. 21, Erma Bombeck would have been celebrating her 88th birthday, but she passed away at the age of 69. She has been called the greatest humorist of the last 50 years. She wrote 15 books, 4,000 newspaper columns that were in over 900 newspapers, and had 30 million readers. Erma had an amazing way of looking at suburban life and chronicling the lifestyles we were living in her delightfully funny columns. She was right in there with us, making us laugh at our follies and our triumphs. Erma Louise Fiste was born in Bellbrook, Ohio, the daughter of Erma and Cassius Edwin Fiste. They moved to Dayton where she grew up with her half sister, Thelma. Her father died when she was 11. They lived with her mother in her grandmother’s home. Her mother married Albert Harris in 1938. Erma’s mother worked in a factory. Erma was a quick learner and an avid reader. She tapdanced and sang. She was on a local radio program, a children’s revue, for eight years. In junior high, in 1940, she wrote a humorous column for the school paper. She wrote for the high school paper, a serious column sprinkled with humor. Erma was working as a copygirl for the Dayton Herald at 14, while attending school. She did an interview with the child star Shirley Temple, who was visiting Dayton, that was featured in the paper. Erma graduated in 1944 and worked for a year as a typist and stenographer for several companies. She saved her money, entered Ohio University, and left after one semester. Her savings were gone. She decided to live at home and entered the University of Dayton. She wrote for the student publication, The Exponent, and graduated in 1949.
That was a good move because it was there she met Bill Bombeck where they were fellow students. He was a World War II veteran, like so many attending colleges at the time. They married in 1949, while neither had a place to live or a job. Bill became a schoolteacher. They wanted children. Erma was told by doctors she could not have children, probably because of an inherited kidney disease. In 1953, Bill and Erma adopted a baby girl, Betsy. By some miracle she became pregnant, and within a year she had a son, Andrew. In 1958, she had another son, Matthew. She became a full-time housewife and mother. But, they needed money and she had her typewriter. She wrote a column for the Dayton Journal. After three weeks it was picked up by other papers and it went into syndication. She called her column “At Wit’s End.” It led to her being featured regularly on the Arthur Godfrey morning radio program. Later she appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” television show, twice a week. It lasted from 1975 until 1976. She began writing her books. “The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank” was a bestseller. When she wrote her fifth book, “If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?” she signed a $1 million contract. She even tried a TV series in Hollywood. Erma was grand marshal of the Tournament of Roses Parade on Jan. 1, 1986. The theme was The Celebration of Laughter. In her book “A Marriage Made in Heaven, or Too Tired for an Affair,” she wrote about her married life. She began the book with her wedding to Bill and ended with the wedding of their son. It is filled with good humor and makes the reader laugh out loud. Yet, it is a serious celebration of her marriage to Bill and the life they shared. She called their marriage “a blending of talents.” They lived in Phoenix, Ariz. She made us laugh about things like ironing and picking up dirty socks, and clothes hangers propagating in our closets. She considered ironing sheets “a health hazard.” She admitted to needing 18 hours of sleep a day. She wrote: “Bill and I belonged to a generation of rules, tradition and goals, a work ethic passed down to us by Depression parents.” It was “the generation that lived somewhere between Doris Day and Lawrence Welk.” She lived those years as one of the baby boomers, raising children like most of us readers. Those were our kind of struggles. Her humor gave us a perspective beyond
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April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month Distracted driving crashes killed 71 people in Wisconsin last year
MADISON — Five seconds is the average time your eyes are off the road while texting and driving. When traveling at 55 mph, five seconds with your eyes off the road is comparable to driving the length of a football field blindfolded, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. To remind people of the dangers of texting while driving and other multitasking activities behind the wheel, Congress has designated April as National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. “The dangers of distracted driving, also known as inattentive driving, are not exaggerated. Last year in Wisconsin, there were more than 22,000 crashes when
at least one driver was listed as driving inattentively. Those crashes killed 71 people and injured nearly 10,000,” says David Pabst, director of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Safety. Although many actions are distractions while driving, significant public and legislative attention has been focused on talking and texting on cell phones. Wisconsin law prohibits texting while driving, and drivers with an instruction permit or probationary license, which includes many teenagers, are prohibited from using a cell phone while driving except in an emergency. “Despite laws to prevent distracted driving, too many people still regularly talk or text on cell phones while behind the wheel. They search for things on the seats, floors or compartments. They eat a meal. They use the rearview mirror to comb their hair or apply makeup. Their
Apple grafting workshop offered SPOONER — Garden enthusiasts can learn the art and science of grafting an apple scion twig to an apple rootstock this spring at a grafting workshop sponsored by University of Wisconsin Extension. The workshop will be on Tuesday, April 14, from 6:30-8:30 p.m., at the Spooner Agriculture Research Station one-half mile east of Spooner on Hwy. 70. According to Kevin Schoessow, University of Wisconsin Extension area agriculture development educator for Burnett, Washburn and Sawyer counties, each participant will receive three rootstocks and scion wood for a hands-on grafting expe-
rience. Registered participants are asked to bring along a pair of leather gloves and a sharp knife — utility or grafting. There is a $15 per participant registration fee to cover handouts and plant material costs. Space is limited and accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Preregistration is required. To register or for instructions on collecting your own scion wood, contact Schoessow at the Spooner Area UW-Extension Office at 715-635-3506 or 800-5281914. — from UWEXT
State Battle of the Books
The Battle of the Books statewide competition is over. Shell Lake’s sixth-grade team of Grace Thomas, Brooke Lehnherr, Addison Schroeder and Frances Kevan did a great job, placing in the top third of the state, with a total of 230 participating elementary schools. — Photo submitted
Quilting group
attention is focused everywhere except where it should be, which is on the road,” Pabst says. “Because they’re not paying attention, distracted drivers risk causing a crash or failing to avoid one.” To prevent distractions from cell phone use and texting while driving, WisDOT advises you to: • Turn off your phone or switch to a silent mode.
• Use voice mail to tell callers that you can’t take the call but will contact them as soon as possible. • Ask a passenger to make a call or text for you. • Download a mobile app that prevents texting while driving. • If you absolutely need to use your cell phone, pull over to a safe area away from traffic. — from WisDOT
Volunteers needed for Namekagon River cleanup WASHBURN COUNTY — Celebrate National Park Week by helping the National Park Service and Namekagon River Partnership clean up the Namekagon River on Saturday, April 25. This will be the third-annual cleanup and will again focus on four sections of the Namekagon: Hayward Landing to Stinnett Landing; Stinnett Landing to North Springbrook Landing; North Springbrook Landing to Earl Landing; and Earl Landing to Trego Landing Volunteers will split into teams to travel each river section in canoes or drift boats, collecting trash along the way. For those who do not want to be on the water, there are opportunities to help with event logistics, like driving volunteers to and from the work sites, i.e., put-in and take-out points.
Because there are a limited number of canoes and life jackets available, volunteers must preregister. To volunteer, call the Hayward Fly Fishing Company at 715-634-8149. Registration deadline is Friday, April 17. Volunteers will meet at Hayward Landing, Hwy. 27 near the DNR Ranger Station, at 8 a.m. on April 25. They should bring water, lunch, weather-appropriate clothing and sunscreen. The Namekagon is part of the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway, a national park and one of America’s first Wild and Scenic rivers. National Park Week is April 18-26. The Namekagon River Partnership is a citizen-volunteer organization working to celebrate and conserve the Namekagon River. For additional information, visit namekagon.org/. — from NPS
Woodland owners to meet HAYWARD — The Northwest Chapter of the Wisconsin Woodland Owners Association will host an educational session Saturday, April 25, at the Veterans Community Center, 10534 South Main St., Hayward. Registration will start at 9:30 a.m. with the program beginning at 10 a.m. There is no charge for the session and all owners of woodlands are very welcome to attend. Agenda items include information on the newly formed Wisconsin Forest Owners Association, which represents forest owners’ interests at the Capitol, and a question-and-answer with state Senate and Assembly representatives about what of landowners interest is going on at the Capitol. Also presentations on wild turkey management for landowners, current and future markets for timber, and a panel
discussion on timber harvests by private landowners that will include members, forestry consultants, loggers and DNR foresters. “These topics are important for all owners of woodlands,” said Phil See, chapter chair. “Equally important is that the session will provide the opportunity for woodland owners to talk informally together and with forestry professionals and share experiences with management of their forest resources.” A lunch will be provided at reasonable cost. Please contact See by Monday, April 20, at 715-376-4560 or philsee@msn.com so lunch can be planned. The mission of the WWOA is to serve and advance the interests of woodland owners and to educate and acquaint owners in woodland stewardship practices and policies. — from WWOA
Girl Scout sells cookies for troops
Shell Lake Girl Scout Megan Dunlavy set a goal of raising 100 boxes of Girl Scout cookies for the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. She sold 106 boxes as she surpassed her goal. The cookies were sent off to the troops so that they may have a taste of home as they serve our country. — Photo by Larry Samson
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Performance-based funding not popular with Wisconsin technical colleges
Walker has repeatedly pushed to change funding model
“Right now the way the formula is developed, Milwaukee, Madison, us, Green Bay and some others would actually lose some money under the formula, and we think that’s more with the details of the formula, that it needs to be fine-tuned rather than thrown out,” said Barker. In his last budget, Walker wanted all technical college funding based on performance, but the Joint Finance Committee capped it at 30 percent.
Rich Kremer | WPR News STATEWIDE - Technical college presidents are resisting Gov. Scott Walker’s call for performance-based funding, citing concerns that larger districts will lose funding even if they perform well. Wisconsin technical colleges get a majority of funding through a formula that takes into account property values in a district, spending and enrollment. Now, Walker is calling for all state funding to be performance-based within five years. Chippewa Valley Technical College President Bruce Barker said that could mean less aid for larger college districts.
LEFT: Representatives from the Chippewa Valley Technical College attend a showcase event at the state Capitol. – Photo from wistechcolleges
Twin Ports see increase in wind turbine shipments
Nonrenewal of tax credit, however, could result in drop-off
Danielle Kaeding | WPR News DULUTH/SUPERIOR - Officials at the Duluth-Superior port say they’re seeing a bump in shipments for wind turbine parts this year. Congress extended a tax credit through the end of last year that continues to provide incentives for renewable energy development. Duluth Seaway Port Authority trade development director Ron Johnson said that’s driving the uptick in wind shipments. However, Johnson said that there probably won’t be as many shipments next year. Emily Williams with the American Wind Energy Association said that’s because the tax credit has expired. “Every time the production tax credit has expired in the past, we’ve seen drop-offs between 75 and 92 percent in capacity additions the following year,” she said. Williams said all forms of energy receive federal incentives and her group would like the tax credit extended until the wind industry can stand on its own.
Wind turbines outside of Madison. - Photo by Benjamin Peterson
Maundy Thursday drama held at Salem Lutheran Salem Lutheran Church and Shell Lake United Methodist Church hosted Maundy Thursday services on Thursday, April 2, at Salem Lutheran Church. Community members re-enacted the Last Supper. Maundy is Latin for command and refers to the command that Jesus gave to his disciples that they should love and serve one another. Shown (L to R): Cody Wayne Swan, Lisa Mikula, Bill Holmson, Cody Joe Swan, Anna Mikula, Dolly Holmson, Pastor John Sahlstrom, Arlys Santiago, Lee Prill, Sawyer Schultz, Kelly Curtis, Jan Organ and Juany Dahen. — Photo by Larry Samson
For forager, maple syrup is its own sweet reward Blogger discusses making maple syrup Marika Suval | WPR News STATEWIDE – Most of the sweet things in life require hard work. But, nowhere does it seem truer than with maple syrup. Starting in March, conditions may — or may not — arise to tap maple syrup. For maple sap to start flowing, day temperatures have to rise above freezing and evening temperatures have to drop below freezing. If they don’t, no maple syrup.
Forager and food blogger Brett Laidlaw started tapping his own maple syrup a few years ago. He calls it the “perennial process that encapsulates what it means to live and eat seasonally like nothing else.” Once a person has the sap, the real work begins. “Getting the sap is pretty easy,” said Laidlaw, “cooking it down is the hard, labor-, time-, and wood-intensive part!” According to Laidlaw, the standard ratio of sap to syrup is about 40:1, although he tends to get a slightly better
yield than that. “For a quart you need about 8 to 10 gallons of sap,” he said. And yet, he regards it as ultimately worthwhile. “Cold and clear, only barely sweet, maple sap straight from the tree carries the flavor of a small miracle,” Laidlaw
commented in his blog, Trout Caviar. Laidlaw is passionate about cooking with maple syrup, which he considers to be one of our most distinctive northern food products. He recommends using maple syrup for any recipe that calls for something sweet, like marinades, glazes, and of course, desserts and tarts.
Washburn County accident reports
Saturday, March 22 At approximately 3:30 a.m., Washburn County Sheriff’s Deputy Benjamin Kornbroke, 36, Stone Lake, was on duty and clearing the scene of a residential alarm call on CTH A in Spooner. While backing the squad vehicle, a 2013 Dodge Ram, the car hit a tree, causing minor damage to the rear driver’s side bumper. Sunday, March 29 At approximately 11:48 a.m., Katrina Fulton, 18, Trego, was northbound on
Hwy. 53 in the city of Trego near the intersection of CTH E when she lost control of the 1997 Chevy Cavalier on the snowy and icy roadway. The vehicle slid off the roadway and down into an embankment. Fulton was not injured and her vehicle had very little damage. The vehicle was towed, but Fulton received a citation for not having auto insurance. — Danielle H. Moe with information from Washburn County Sheriff’s Office
Brett Laidlaw taps and boils down his own maple syrup. - Photo: http://troutcaviar.blogspot.com
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Spooner Family Math Day held Spooner High School senior Alexandra Ripley helps second-graders Antwan Salters and Taye Bass at Family Math Day. As a teaching assistant, Ripley has had the opportunity to work in a classroom before she starts college next year.
Former Spooner football coach and current Eau Claire North football coach Josh Fizel spent the morning with his son, Jaxson Fizel, at Family Math Day. The Spooner Elementary School hosted the morning event on Wednesday, April 1.
Robert Brown was having fun spending his school day going from one workstation to another with his father, Tom Brown. Robert is excited to share his school day with his father.
Photos by Larry Samson
Spooner teacher Melissa Smith makes a balloon sword for third-grader Grant Popp. The balloon sword was a popular item. Smith and other volunteers worked to keep up with the demand. Shawn Hestad is playing Make 7 with his children, Maziais and Izabella. In the board game Make 7 you try to put three numbers together to make the number seven while blocking your opponent from doing the same. It is similar to the game Tic-tac-toe.
B e c k y Busch knows the value of education so spending the morning with her daughter, Cody Busch, was something she wanted to do.
No Stress Chess was one of the more popular board games at Family Math Day. Fourthgrader Ty Zeller is shown taking on his grandfather, Dave Hanson. The classic game of chess requires patience and strategy.
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A day on the farm The Shell Lake Primary School 4-year-old kindergarten spent Thursday, April 1, at the A&B Farm in the Town of Dewey. Every year Al and Beth Lawrence open their farm and their hearts to the children in the 4K class so the students can get a better understanding of the farm. Shown back row (L to R): Shonda Anderson, Al Lawrence and Deb Kidder. Middle: Brooklyn Green, Aaliyah Curtis, Milena Juza, Audrianna Bodzislaw, Cole Schrankel and Kyle Gleason. Front: Shauna Swan, Jacob Malmin, Emerson Kubista, Wyette Yoder, Abram Thwaits and Chase Kidder.
Photos by Larry Samson
Bonnie Swan helps Milena Juza bottle-feed a lamb. Bottle lambs can be orphans but many times their feedings are supplemented because the ewe can’t feed all her lambs.
For Aaliyah Curtis and Audrianna Bodzislaw the farm is a whole new experience of sights, sounds and smells. It was a great time to explore a new world for most of the children.
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Easter celebration
Shell Lake Girl Scouts stopped stuffing Easter eggs long enough to pose for a photo. Shown (L to R): Aubri Hanson, Cassidy Johnson, Brielle Anderson, Katrina Miller, Makenzie Leach, Melody Taylor, Jessica Haynes, Riley Miller, Kara Howells, Alexis Miller, Mikayla Stephanites and Abby Fankhauser.
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Spooner spring sports
Larry Samson | Staff writer SPOONER — The Spooner Rails softball team, with a young and inexperienced team, finished the 2014 season with a 1-6 record. Returning for his third year, coach Ryan McKinney hopes to improve on the Rails record with a stronger and more experienced team. Most of the 2014 team is back, with a true fastball pitcher, Audi Blonk, to lead them. This is an amazing group of athletes on and off the field and they are determined to turn the program around. Spooner has 18 games scheduled in the six weeks of the season leading up to the playoffs. They will be traveling to play Amery in a nonconference game on Friday, April 10, and they will host Northwood on Monday, April 13. The Spooner baseball team, under coach Chad Gibson, hopes to improve on their respectable 2014 season where they finished 6-7 and took fifth place in the Heart O’North Conference. The team will start the season with a doubleheader on Saturday, April 11, where they will play Regis at 1:30 p.m. and St. Croix Falls at 4 p.m. Both games will be played at St. Croix Falls. On Tuesday, April 14, they will host Cameron in a nonconference game. Spooner has 18 games scheduled in the six-week regular season. The number of games is subject to change with the weather and some games that may be added later in the season.
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Spooner players watch from the comfort of their dugout as the cold rain falls during a scrimmage with Shell Lake on Monday, March 30. – Photo by Larry Samson
2014 Heart O’North Conference softball standings 1 Northwestern 14-0 2 Bloomer 12-2 3 Cumberland 9-5 4 Chetek/Weyerhaeuser 4-7 5 Barron 3-6 6 Ladysmith 2-7
7 Spooner 1-6 8 Hayward 0-12
2014 Heart O’North Conference baseball standings 1 Cumberland 13-1 2 Hayward 10-4 3 Chetek/Weyerhaeuser 9-4
4 Bloomer 8-5 5 Spooner 6-7 6 Barron 5-8 7 Northwestern 2-12 8 Ladysmith 1-13
Start of 2015 spring sports Larry Samson | Staff writer SHELL LAKE — The Shell Lake softball season will start with a conference game against Cameron on Tuesday, April 7, weather permitting. Mark Lehnherr, Kelly Green and Kelly Bontekoe will coach the Lakers. The team was the 2014 regional champions, losing 8-14 in the final game of the sectional to McDonell Central. In 2013, they were the regional and sectional champions, advancing to the state finals where they lost 1-5 against Algoma. Shell Lake has 22 games scheduled in six weeks. Shell Lake will host the Grantsburg Pirates on Thursday, April 9, and the Hayward Hurricanes on Friday, April 10. On Monday, April 13, they will play an away conference game with Turtle Lake/ Clayton. On Tuesday, April 14, they will host the Cumberland Beavers. The Shell Lake baseball team suffered a 7-8 loss to Baldwin/Woodville on Thursday, April 2. The Lakers led through most of the game until Baldwin/Woodville rallied late in the game to take the lead. The Shell Lake baseball team finished out the 2014 season with a respectable 6-6 record. Coach Tom Sauve and assistant coach Brad Sauve hope to improve on the progress they have made rebuilding the program. The Shell Lake baseball team has 22 games scheduled in six weeks leading up to the playoffs. They have four games scheduled in the coming week, weather permitting. Tuesday, April 7, Shell Lake
Shell Lake players watch as their teammate bats during the scrimmage between Shell and Spooner on Monday, March 30, marking the beginning of the season for both teams. – Photo by Larry Samson was in Cameron. Thursday, April 9, they will host Grantsburg. Saturday, April 10, they will travel down to Colfax and on Monday, April 13, they will travel to Turtle Lake for a conference game.
Lakeland West Conference softball 2014 standings 1 Grantsburg 12-0 2 Shell Lake 8-3
SPRING sports
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Softball Thursday, April 9: Grantsburg at Shell Lake, 5 p.m. Monday, April 13: At Turtle Lake, 5 p.m. Thursday, April 16: St. Croix Falls at Shell Lake, 5 p.m. Friday, April 17: At Bloomer, 5 p.m. Monday, April 20: Unity at Shell Lake, 5 p.m. Thursday, April 23: Siren/Webster at Shell Lake, 5 p.m. Monday, April 27: Frederic/Luck at Shell Lake, 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 28: At Bruce, 5 p.m. Thursday, April 30: Cameron at Shell Lake, 5 p.m. Monday, May 4: Grantsburg at Shell Lake, 5 p.m. Thursday, May 7: Turtle Lake/Clayton at Shell Lake, 5 p.m. Monday, May 11: At St. Croix Falls, 5 p.m. Thursday, May 14: At Unity, 5 p.m.
3 Unity 4-4 4 Clayton/Turtle Lake 3-3 5 Webster/Siren 0-2 6 Cameron 0-4 7 St. Croix Falls 1-6 8 Luck/Frederic 0-6
Lakeland West Conference baseball 2014 standings 1 St. Croix Falls 10-1
Friday, May 15: At Northwood, 5 p.m. Monday, May 18: Siren/Webster at Shell Lake, 5 p.m. Thursday, May 21: At Frederic, 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 26: Regional at Shell Lake, 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 27: Regional at Shell Lake, 5 p.m. Friday, May 29: Regional at Shell Lake, 5 p.m. Baseball Thursday, April 9: Grantsburg at Shell Lake, 5 p.m. Monday, April 13: At Clayton/Turtle Lake, 5 p.m. Thursday, April 16: St. Croix Falls at Shell Lake, 5 p.m. Monday, April 20: Unity at Shell Lake, 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 21: At Northwood, 5 p.m. Thursday, April 23: At Webster/Siren, 5 p.m. Monday, April 27: Luck/Frederic at Shell Lake, 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 28: At Bruce, 5 p.m. Thursday, April 30: Cameron at Shell Lake, 5 p.m. Friday, May 1: At Pepin, 7 p.m. Monday, May 4: At Grantsburg, 5 p.m. Thursday, May 7: Turtle Lake/Clayton at Shell Lake, 5 p.m. Saturday, May 9: Tournament at Shell Lake, 9 a.m.
2 Luck/Frederic 7-5 3 Shell Lake 6-6 3 Unity 6-6 3 Clayton/Turtle Lake 5-5 4 Siren/Webster 3-5 5 Grantsburg 3-6 6 Cameron 1-7
Monday, May 11: At St. Croix Falls, 5 p.m. Thursday, May 14: At Unity, 5 p.m. Monday, May 18: Siren/Webster at Shell Lake, 5 p.m. Thursday, May 21: At Luck, 5 p.m. Track Friday, April 10: At Superior, 4 p.m. Monday, April 13: At Flambeau, 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 14: At Webster, 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 21: At Ladysmith, 4:15 p.m. Thursday, April 23: At Frederic, 4 p.m. Monday, April 27: At Shell Lake, TBD Thursday, April 30: At St. Croix Falls, 4 p.m. Monday, May 4: At Osceola, 4 p.m. Thursday, May 7: At Amery, 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, May 12: At Rice Lake, 4 p.m. Thursday, May 14: At Grantsburg, 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 19: At St. Croix Falls, 3:15 p.m. Tuesday, May 26: Regional at Frederic, 3 p.m. Friday, May 29: Sectional at Colfax, 1 p.m.
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Spooner girls basketball earns sportsmanship award
Wiberg Rink captured club championship
SPOONER — The Heart O’North Conference has established a Team Sportsmanship Award that was awarded for the first time at the end of the 2008 fall sports season. This year, the Spooner girls basketball team received the first-place honor for winter sports. Second went to Bloomer with Ladysmith taking third. Starting this fall, conference sportsmanship is a two-part plan. The lowest two schools in ratings, per the bylaws criteria, or those meeting the 1.330 average, shall be awarded a sportsmanship banner award at the end of the 2014-2015 school year. Officials rate both schools at each
contest for wrestling, girls basketball and boys basketball for three categories: Fans, coaches and player sportsmanship using a 1- to 5-point system based on HON Officials/School Sportsmanship Rating Grid. Final voting format will be officials counting 80 percent and schools counting 20 percent. Sportsmanship for schools shall be based on the schools vote by the athletic director and coach and should reflect the overall view of other people in the district. For each individual sport, the award will be a metal plate that can be placed on a plaque to be displayed by the school. — from HON
Performance-based funding not popular with Wisconsin technical colleges
The Wiberg Rink captured club championship in the Rice Lake Curling Club mixed playdowns this year. Shown (L to R): Patti M. Fox, lead, Shell Lake; Chad Alberg, second, Rice Lake; Jo Chalgren, third, Springbrook; and Bill Wiberg (Skip), Springbrook. People interested in the sport of curling should browse the club website: ricelakecurling.org. There will be opportunities in late summer and fall for people who want to “throw rocks at houses.” Accomplished club members offer classes and teams are put together on Thursday mornings for those wanting to practice. “It’s great fun. In what other sport can an octogenarian compete and win against a field of children half his age?” stated one player. — Photo submitted
Rich Kremer | WPR News STATEWIDE - Technical college presidents are resisting Gov. Scott Walker’s call for performance-based funding, citing concerns that larger districts will lose funding even if they perform well. Wisconsin technical colleges get a majority of funding through a formula that takes into account property values in a district, spending and enrollment. Now, Walker is calling for all state funding to be performance-based within five years. Chippewa Valley Technical College President Bruce Barker said that could mean
less aid for larger college districts. “Right now the way the formula is developed, Milwaukee, Madison, us, Green Bay and some others would actually lose some money under the formula, and we think that’s more with the details of the formula, that it needs to be fine-tuned rather than thrown out,” said Barker. In his last budget, Walker wanted all technical college funding based on performance, but the Joint Finance Committee capped it at 30 percent.
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Larry Samson | Staff writer SARONA — Hunt Hill, Sarona, hosted an owl hike on Friday, March 27. Wisconsin DNR wildlife technician Chris Cold gave a presentation on owls in Wisconsin prior to the short hike. Cold explained that owls play an important part in the ecosystem. There are 12 species of owls that make Wisconsin their home, the barn owl is one but it is rarely found in the state. The size ranges from the great horned owl, at 3 pounds, to the northern saw-whet owl that weighs in at 2.8 ounces. “The presence of owls and other raptors is a good indication of the health of an ecosystem. The presence of predators is a living expression of the vigor of the land,” Cold said. He is referring to the fact that it is the amounts of prey that determine the survival of the predators. In harsh times with low numbers of prey, the owls travel south to find food. In recent years, Wisconsin has seen an increase in snowy owls and the great gray owls. Owls, while active at night, are often seen hunting in the day. Depending on the species, they may be nocturnal or crepuscular, meaning active in the twilight. Their diet consists mostly of mice, insects and other small birds. The value of owls can also be esthetic;
Hunt Hill hosts owl hike
WDNR wildlife technician Chris Cold gave an owl presentation to a crowd of 80 people at Hunt Hill on Friday, March 27. Cold gave tips on how to identify the 12 different species of owls in Wisconsin. the sight and sound of an owl is a thing of beauty. They open our minds and imagination to the endless possibilities.
The barred owl can be identified with the classic hooting, “Who cooks for you, who cooks for you-all.” They are one of the largest owls in Wisconsin and while smaller that the great gray owl, they often outweigh their close cousins. The night hike down the long road leading into Hunt Hill did not yield any owl sightings but everyone learned how to identify the different species by sound, information that can be used on night walks.
Baldwin on Feingold: He’s likely to run The race would be a rematch between Democrat Feingold and GOP Sen. Ron Johnson
Chuck Quirmbach | WPR News MADISON - Sen. Tammy Baldwin said she believes fellow Democrat Russ Feingold is likely to run for Senate next year. Both Republicans and Democrats are looking for clues as to whether Feingold is aiming to win back the Senate seat he
once held, presumably in a contest against GOP incumbent Ron Johnson, who unseated Feingold in 2010. Asked whether Feingold should enter the race, Baldwin said, “I think Russ is thinking about it. I think he’s likely to do it. He is an old friend and I wouldn’t be at all surprised if we were to hear an announcement later.” A national Republican senatorial committee and Democrat and Progressive groups have taken to releasing press statements in recent weeks criticizing Feingold and Johnson, respectively, suggesting an unofficial campaign is under way.
A barred owl flying quietly through the air prepares to land on a birch tree.
Nuclear plant near Wisconsin border has another reactor shutdown Official says no danger to the public from Prairie Island plant
Rich Kremer | WPR News RED WING, Minn. - A nuclear power plant bordering Wisconsin along the Mississippi River has shut down one of its reactors for maintenance. It’s the second malfunction at the plant within a month. Engineers at the Prairie Island nuclear power plant near Red Wing, Minn., shut down its Unit 2 reactor the morning of Friday, April 3, when a valve failed in its feed-water system. Xcel Energy spokesman Tom Hoen said
the feed-water system supplies hot water and steam to the generators, which produce the electricity at the plant, and said no one at the plant or nearby communities was in danger. Hoen said, last month, a steam leak set off a fire alarm causing another shutdown of Unit 2. “Unfortunately we’ve had a couple of equipment issues over the last couple of months that have forced us to take the Former Sen. Russ Feingold and Sen. Tammy Baldwin - JD Lasica (CC-BY-NC)/Center for American unit offline to make repairs,” he said. Progress (CC-BY-ND) Hoen said the valve is already being replaced and he expects Unit 2 to be at full power within a couple of days. The reactor was built in 1973.
Judge rules state law trumps local ordinances on sex offenders
Many municipalities have rules limiting where sex offenders can live
The Prairie Island nuclear generating plant near Red Wing, Minn., has experienced two recent shutdowns. – Photo by Jonathunder/Wikimedia Commons
Gilman Halsted | WPR News STATEWIDE - A recent ruling by a Milwaukee county judge could invalidate a patchwork of local zoning ordinances across the state that restrict where sex offenders can live. Last week, Judge Dennis Moroney ruled that the local ordinances barring sex offenders from living close to schools, parks and churches make it impossible to enforce the state law that requires offenders be placed in their home county after
they’ve served their sentences. Bob Peterson of the state public defender’s office said the order makes it clear that state law trumps the local rules. “Because the ordinances together violated the ability of the Department of Health Services to place people pursuant to law, that they were superseded by law and therefore must be struck,” Peterson said. The order only affects the placement of two offenders being released from the Sandridge Secure Treatment Center, but it paves the way for striking down ordinances in other cities as well. The state Legislature may take up a bill that would create uniform statewide restrictions for placing sex offenders.
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AREA CHURCHES Episcopal
53 3rd St., Shell Lake 715-468-2734 Rev. John Sahlstrom, Rev. John Hendry Sunday Worship Service 10 a.m., Nursery Provided; Faith & Friends, K - 5th grades, Wednesdays 3:30 - 5:15 p.m.; Youth Group, 7th - 12th grades, Wednesdays 6 - 8 p.m.
Corner of Elm and Summit St., Spooner 715-635-8475 Father Aaron Zook Holy Eucharist: Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Thursday morning prayer 8:15; Mass 9:30 a.m.
Baptist
Shell Lake Full Gospel
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.
Catholic
St. Joseph’s Catholic
100 N. Second St., Shell Lake Father Edwin Anderson Saturday Mass: 4:30 p.m. Books and Coffee: Tues. 9 a.m.
St. Catherine’s Catholic
CTH D, Sarona Father Edwin Anderson 715-468-7850 Sunday Mass: 8:30 a.m.
St. Francis de Sales
409 N. Summit St., Spooner Father Edwin Anderson 715-635-3105 Saturday Mass: 6 p.m. Sunday Mass: 10 a.m.
St. Alban’s
Full Gospel 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.;
Lutheran
Barronett Lutheran 776 Prospect Ave., Barronett Pastor Todd Ahneman 715-671-3197 (cell) Sunday Worship: 9 a.m. The Spirit Connection Youth Group will meet the first Wednesday of the month at 6 p.m.
Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church
(Missouri Synod) South of Spooner off Hwy. 63 W7148 Luther Rd. Pastor Brent Berkesch 715-635-8167 Sunday Worship, 8 a.m. with Holy Communion 2nd, 4th and 5th Sunday. Praise worship: 10:30 a.m. with Holy Communion 1st, 3rd and 5th Sunday. Sunday school: 9:15 a.m. Lutheran Hour on WJMC 96.1 FM Radio at 9 a.m. Sundays
W3114 Church Rd., Sarona Pastor Mary Strom Sunday worship 9 a.m. Sunday School 9 a.m.
Salem Lutheran, ELCA
803 Second St., Shell Lake 715-468-7718 Pastor Sue Odegard shelllakesalem lutheran.org Worship 9 a.m. Sunday School 10:15 a.m..
Timberland Ringebu Free Lutheran
20805 CTH H, Barronett 715-468-4403 Pastor Al Bedard Sunday School 8:30 a.m. Family Worship 9:30 a.m. Fellowship follows worship Holy Communion first Sunday of the month Midweek Studies Mondays 2 p.m.
Trinity Lutheran
1790 Scribner St., Spooner Pastor Russ Leeper 715-635-3603 Sunday Worship: 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday School, 9:15 a.m. Office hours: Monday Thursday 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Methodist
United 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.
Faith Lutheran
Nazarene
Long Lake Lutheran Church
135 Reinhart Dr., Shell Lake, 715-468-2405 Pastor Steve Miller Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday School during worship time; webcast livestream.com/ slumc
Sarona Methodist Pastor Steve Miller Sunday Worship 9 a.m.
United Methodist
312 Elm St., Spooner 715-635-3227 Rev. Jack Starr Sunday Worship: 10:45 a.m.
Lakeview United Methodist Williams Road, Hertel 715-635-3227 Rev. Jack Starr Sunday Worship: 9 a.m.
Church of the Nazarene
Hwy. 253 S, Spooner Pastor David Frazer Pastor David Cash, associate pastor 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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Alliance
Lake Park Alliance
Wesleyan
Spooner Wesleyan
Hwy. 70 W, Spooner spoonerwesleyan.org 715-635-2768 Senior Pastor Ron Gormong; Pastor Brian Scramlin, Assistant Pastor; Pastor Patrick Cooper, Student Ministries; Pastor LeRoy Drake, Pastoral Care; Kara Vincent, Worship Arts Pastor; 9 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday Worship and 9 a.m. Sunday School and ABF; 10 a.m. Third Place Cafe; 10:30 a.m. Worship; Wednesday - 6:30 p.m. Family night, kids, youth and adult programming, nursery provided.
ow often are we truly at peace? Jesus invites us to be at peace. Jesus invokes peace for us. We just need to receive the peace Jesus desires for us. Seek true peace this week in church.
Other
Cornerstone Christian
Pastor Tom Kelby 106 Balsam St., Spooner 715-635-9222 cornerstonechurch spooner.com Sunday Worship: 10 a.m. Wednesday: Bible study and prayer, 6:30 p.m.
Trego Community Church
Pastor John Iaffaldano W5635 Park St. Trego, WI 54888, 715-635-8402 Sunday School 9:15 a.m. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. prayer meeting; Youth group, 6:30 p.m.; Kids program, AWANA, ages 4 - grade 6, 6:30 p.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.
John 20:19-31 Acts 4:32-35
1 John 1:1-2:2
Psalm 133
Revised Common Lectionary © 1992 by the Consultation on Common Texts for
Sunday, April 12, 2015 Second Sunday of Easter wealthy gentleman was known for having an A extensive violin collection. When Fritz Kreisler heard of the collection, he went to see the instruments
and meet the person who owned them. When he saw them, he was overcome with joy. Turning to their owner, he pointed at one of the instruments and said, “May I play that one?” “I’m sorry,” said the owner, “but I will not allow you to touch that violin. It is too costly.” Kreisler visited the gentleman once again and made the same request. On this occasion, however, the man relented and gave him permission to play the violin. Gently and lovingly Kreisler removed the violin from the case and played it as only a master could. With tears in his eyes the owner said, “Take it - it’s yours. It must be owned by someone who can play it as you can.” Make “music to him on the 10-stringed lyre,” said David. Every string on that harp was to be used to proclaim the glory of God in worship. Someone has said that “the body is to be used as that 10-stringed” instrument. We have two ears, two eyes, two feet, two hands, one tongue and one heart. But as the owner had to give permission to Kreisler to play the violin, we too must “offer our bodies to God as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to him.” It’s only “reasonable,” said Paul, in view of all that God has done for us. Reasonable, indeed, but the choice is ours.
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Dewey Country We had such a chilly wind this past week. It certainly would be nice without it. On Thursday morning, I wanted to take the garbage out so I told the two pups to come on. Well Rory came out and was a sniffing but Rambo was in the garage and didn’t come out. It was chilly and when I came in, he was in the house where it was warm. A little Chicken Little. April 9, a very happy birthday to Karen Hotchkiss as she enjoys her special day with lots more to come. April 10, a very happy birthday to Garry Crosby as he enjoys his special day with many more to come. Also happy birthday to twins Don and Dick Glessing. Also a very happy birthday to Caleb Hile as he turns 7 years old with lots more to come. Happy birthday to Kaleb Best as he turns 2 years old on April 11. Enjoy that special day Kaleb. April 12, a very happy birthday to Samantha Mechtel on her special day with lots more to come. Also a very happy birthday to Morgan Forrestal on April 12. A very happy anniversary to Galen and Martha Derrick as they enjoy 56 years together on April 12. Many more to you. April 13, a very happy birthday to Dean Bergquist as he enjoys that special day with more to come. April 13, a very happy birthday to Jesse Doriott on his special day. Have a great one Jesse. A very happy birthday to Spencer Warren Stellrecht on his special day April 14. Spencer is the little son of Barry and Neesha Stellrecht and the grandson of Don and Joanne Dahlstrom. April 15, a very happy birthday to Doug LaVeau as he enjoys that special day with many more to come. Congratulations to Kyle Vanderhoof and Courteney Milleon who are the parents of a son, Bennett John, who arrived March 27, weighing 6 pounds, 14 ounces and measuring 19-1/2 inches. He arrived at Lakeview Medical Center. Grands are Doug and Karen Vanderhoof, Shell Lake, and Sarah Benish and David Milleon.
Barronett I hope you had a very happy Easter. We had a beautiful service at Barronett Lutheran. The church was almost filled to capacity, and there were lots and lots of flowers up by the altar. The breakfast before the worship service was super, too. This year, Peg had the women of the church help out, and the food was, as usual, delicious. It was so nice to relax, drink coffee and visit with so many of our friends. It was a perfect way to start out a beautiful day. And, imagine a drum roll here. On Good Friday, our new great-grandson arrived. Yup, Garett and Kandice Thon are the proud parents of little Kane James Scott Thon. He arrived on the scene a little after 9 p.m., and weighed in at 7 pounds, 13 ounces. He is a beautiful little guy, and his parents couldn’t be prouder. Congratulations, Kandice and Garett, on your new little bundle of joy. We had some good news about Cheryl Jaastad this week. Judy Norton said that she will be leaving Marshfield and coming to Amery for recuperation. It’s not exactly home, but at least it’s a lot closer for her friends to go and visit. We are all praying that the recuperation won’t be too long, and that she will be able to be at home in Barronett soon. I stopped by Cumberland ECU to see Chance Farlow one day last week. He is looking great, and, even though his leg was broken and he had to have some work done on his heart, his sense of humor is still intact. He was in Luther for his broken leg, you know, when he had a heart attack. I mentioned that it was a good thing he broke his leg because then he was in a place where he had super care when the heart attack happened. And, he said, “Yup, they said it was a lucky ‘break.’” Anyway, it looks like he’s doing great, and I’ll bet he’ll be home soon. A very nice person sent me one more souvenir of the Looney Lutherans show.
Births Born at Indianhead Medical Center A boy, Howard Henry, on March 28, 2015, to Jenna and Joshua Henry, Webster.
by Pauline Lawrence
Greats are Marv and Gladys Knoop, Shell Lake. May you enjoy that dear little bundle of joy. Our deepest sympathy to the family of Roxie and Dale Spaulding. Roxie’s mom, Marcie, stayed with the Spauldings for a while. She died March 30 and she was buried in Indiana. She had ovarian cancer. Get-well wishes go out to Sandy Atkinson who has a cold. Sunday the Jim Atkinsons were invited for Easter dinner at Lisa and Dan Otto’s with Marjorie and Charlie. Also there were Jimmy Atkinson, Stacy, Minn., Noel and Pattie Beaufeaux and sons Mitch and Kyle and girlfriends, and Scott and Kristen Carl and children. Everyone had a fun time. Friday my two pups and myself went to Penny and Jeff Ladd’s and children Rem, Ry and Ree, joining Paula and Kenzie Cramer for dinner. In the afternoon the kids enjoyed an egg hunt along with their baskets being found. It was a delicious dinner along with the kids enjoying finding their eggs. Rylee and Remington also flew kites. The Ladds live on a high hill and boy, those kites certainly flew. Talking with Diane Hulleman, she tells me she went to Terraceview on Monday. Tuesday and Thursday she went to Shell Lake Schools. Last Sunday afternoon Diane got a phone call from a man and he told her a person was in his store and wanted to charge $699 of goods and have them shipped to Indonesia. Well the fellow on the phone was suspicious and called Diane to see if she had given this person the OK to charge on her credit card. Of course, Diane said, “No.” In Mondovi someone tried to charge $393 to Diane’s credit card. How they got her number we’ll never know. So Diane canceled her credit card. Diane has a dog, Jessie, and that dog certainly gives the UPS guy a run for his money. He doesn’t like the truck or the fellow. I can see the UPS fellow just a-flying to get back in his truck. Do you remember what the weather was like on March 1? I can’t remember if it was like a lion or a lamb but I didn’t think of remembering how it started and
how it went out. They tell us on TV that we’re to have rain most days this week. Of course, that can change very fast. But let’s all hope for rain as our soil certainly needs it with not a lot of snow this winter. Spending Easter weekend with Carl and Betty Meister were Mark and Beth Hansen and Ryan and Alysha, Jarrett and Bev Casselious and son Erik, and Sonny and his son, Kevin Carl Meister. All enjoyed Easter dinner followed by an egg hunt plus baskets. At Lillian Strege’s were Jerry and Gretchen Best and Chad Strege for dinner. Later several other relatives came. Gretchen says it was great to have someone else cook dinner. On Saturday, Allison, Erin and Bailee and Myrna and Kurt Atkinson were at Jodee and Sandy Atkinson’s for Easter dinner. While there, they celebrated Bailee’s second birthday. Autumn Rose Cook will be 1 year old on April 8. Happy birthday to the girls. At Cecil and Evelyn Melton’s for Easter dinner were three friends who I understand enjoyed the meal. Vicki and Peggy didn’t come to the Melton’s to play cards as they had to fix Easter dinners. It won’t be long and our woods will be alive with spring flowers. The trees will be in full glory with their leaves. Maybe spring will come eventually. The Quam kids were all home for Easter supper at Warren and Marie Quam’s. The kids hunted most of the afternoon for their eggs and baskets. Jim Quam, Mike and Gene Quam and Debbie and Alyssa and Buddy, and Jane Lauterbach and Rick, Noah, Ellianna and Grace Violet all enjoyed the Easter egg hunt and a delicious dinner that everyone pitched in to make. I hope you remembered to vote on Tuesday, April 7. Diane Hulleman had her children, grands, and greats in for dinner on Saturday. Mike and Nancy Murray attended along with their daughter, Shannon, and her two daughters, Marlie and Gabbie,
Mike and Sonya Murray and son Charles, Steve Hulleman, Jack and Ginny Schnell, Amanda and Aaron and baby Jackson, Nicole and son Jameson, Chris and Tiffany Perlt and son Eli, Jackie Perlt and Madison Perlt, and Chad and Colleen Jensen and Izzy, and Chris Hulleman. Diane said she had lots of leftovers. Sunrise service was held at Lakeview Methodist Church Sunday morning. By the way, Connie Quam is retiring from her job on May 8, not May 1 as I reported. She has held this job for a number of years. Our deepest sympathy to the family of Don Banks who died March 29 at the VA hospital in Madison. Don was the brother of Loretta VanSelus. Please keep the VanSelus family in your special thoughts and prayers. Sunday Butch and Loretta enjoyed dinner at the Das Lach Haus in Cumberland. Beth and Garry Crosby, Shorty and Melissa Crosby, Tyler and Katie, Tom and Sunshine Crosby, Isaac, Josie and Alycia, Chad and Ashley Crosby, Chase, Morgan and Joyel and Glen and Lorraine Crosby out for supper on Saturday night. Farmers are getting itchy to get in their field to work. I hear some are already working them. But the other side of the coin is, what kind of weather are we going to have this summer? A drought? Kind of makes a person wonder. Grass is greening up now. It won’t be long and we’ll hear those lawn mowers again. Karen and Doug Vanderhoof went to Cash and Nadine Vanderhoof’s for Easter. They had their entire family in for Easter dinner. Noel and Mark Knoop had Steve and Jody Knoop, and Steve’s son, Drew, and Marv and Gladys Knoop in for Easter dinner. Get-well wishes to Mark Knoop who has this terrible cold making the rounds in Dewey Country. Scatter sunshine! Have a great week!
lutely fantastic time talking to everyone there and eating all that great food. Oh, and Dawn Copus surprised us all by making a fast trip up from Brooklyn, Wis., to join us for dinner. She is going to be up at the campsite working on her camper for a few days this week. It was so nice to see her again, and we’re looking forward to visiting with her a few more times while she’s here. I hate to mention it, but when we looked out the windows on Monday morning the ground was covered with that darn white stuff again. What the heck! Is this some kind of a belated April Fool’s joke? The poor little crocuses are blooming through the snow again. Did you find the time to clean out the garage and attic to find treasures for the
annual community garage sale here at the community center yet? It’s coming soon – Saturday, April 18. It will be a great way to get rid of all that stuff cluttering up your place – or to buy something that you just can’t live without. Bonnie Fogelberg emailed me with the names of the winners of the bikes at the kids Easter party at the community center last week. The lucky winners were: boy’s bike, Matty Schill; and girl’s bike, Arizona Nelson. Congratulations you two. Hope you have a lot of fun riding them when the weather finally warms up. I guess that’s about it from Barronett this week. Hope you had a very good holiday weekend. See you next time.
by Judy Pieper She, or, possibly he, had taken a picture while Judy Smith, Devon Snowbank and I were onstage, glued it to a postcard and sent it to me. I looked for clues as to who had sent it, but the only thing is a ZIP code with four additional numbers. Does that mean a post office box? Anyway, until I solve this mystery and thank you in person, thanks, you made my day. Suzy and Ryan Lehmann had the family over to their home to celebrate Easter a day early on Saturday. It was really a beautiful day, and they cooked chicken and brats on the grill. Of course there was plenty of other food, too, and we all ate a little too much but had a great time doing it. And, you know that the Lehmann girls are all well past the toddler stage, but they are still visited by the Easter Bunny every year. Each year it gets a little harder to find, and a little more dangerous to retrieve, the baskets that he hides. This year the baskets were suspended from the television antenna tower just a little above Miriah’s bedroom window. Savanna Marsh was there Easter morning too, but the bunny was a little nicer to her. He hid her basket in the back of one of the pickups. Probably a little concerned about the liability insurance. Those people have way too much fun. Deb and Craig Lehmann hosted their annual Easter party/egg toss/egg hunt for family and friends at their home on Sunday. Anitia said that she had no idea how many people were there, but that they were lined up all the way from the house up to the wooded area during the egg toss. Oh, Cary Diesterhaft and Travis Lehmann won that competition, by the way. There were hundreds of eggs for the little ones to find, lots of prizes, and way too much food. Everyone laughed a lot, ate a lot, and had lots of fun. Pat Olson had friends and relatives to her house for Easter dinner. I don’t know where that woman finds the time to prepare all that food. It was wonderful, especially the sweet potatoes. And, in addition to having way too many choices of real food to eat, she also had four pies. We brought Richard Pieper and Delores Schultz with us, and they had an abso-
Stone Lake I hope each of you had a very blessed Easter. It’s so nice to have family all together for this blessed weekend! And what a wonderful surprise to see the snow on Monday morning! Pretty tough on the poor robins, but they always seem to survive. On April 1, 33 years ago, at 4:30 p.m., Marie’s Hideaway opened its doors for the first time. This has been a very successful family restaurant/bar, and has been downtown longer than any other business in Stone Lake. It’s a very friendly and fun place to get together with family and friends. Stop by and say “hi” to Frankie and his wonderful staff the next time you are passing through town. The annual meeting for the Stone Lake Evergreen Cemetery Association will be held Wednesday, April 15, at 7 p.m., at the Stone Lake Town Hall. Volunteers are needed for the April/May cleanup. Please have all gravesites clear so they can complete the task of cleanup. Dates will be coming later. If you have questions or would like to volunteer, please call Judy Paine at 715-865-2546 or email at painej76@gmail.com. The Stone Lake Area Historical Society will be having their ham-and-scalloped-
by Mary Nilssen potato dinner Saturday, May 2, from 4-7 p.m., at the Stone Lake Fire Hall. This will be a complete dinner. There will also be a silent auction. This is the fishing opener, so you will have no need to make supper. This is one of the largest annual fundraisers for the museum. The Stone Lake Town Hall is in need of four election officials and alternates for the 2016 elections. There would be multiple elections and these officials would be divided into a.m. and p.m. shifts so that it would not be such a long day for one person. The pay is $11 an hour. If you would be interested, please call Kate at 715-8656015 or 715-520-0535. Congratulations to Brandon Loree, son of Paul and Terri Loree, Stone Lake, on being the latest recipient of a scholarship through the Stone Lake Scholarship Fund. Brandon, a junior at Iowa State University in mechanical engineering, is the 190th recipient of the scholarship, which is celebrating its 50th year of assisting local students. The important work of the Stone Lake Scholarship Fund Board is recognized and appreciated. Have a good week and be safe. Mary Nilssen can be reached at 715-8654008 or upnorthnils2@gmail.com.
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ADOPTABLE PETS OF THE WEEK If you want a cat who is spunky and fun, Then I’m who you want; oh yes, I am the one. S.J. is my name; I’m about 3 years old, One as handsome as me, is a cat to behold. Piercing green eyes with a coat black as night, My charm and my wit make me such a delight. I’ll keep you amused with the games that I play, There’s some things I like you don’t see every day. Throw me a green olive and take a step back, I’ll bite it and bat it and then I’ll attack. But wait there’s still more; grab a glass of Merlot, And bring out the ‘nip for another good show. You have to come meet me and I’m gonna bet, You’ll be taking me home, a choice you won’t regret. Cats for adoption: 2-1/2-year-old female black medium-hair; 7-month-old female siamese mix; 7-yearold spayed/declawed tan tiger; 2-year-old neutered black medium-hair; 3-year-old female medium-hair calico; 4-year-old neutered black/white medium-hair; 1-1/2-year-shorthair tortie; 2-year-old black female shorthair/siamese mix; 1-year-old female black/gray longhair tabby; 1-year-old female white/gray longhair; 5-year-old black male shorthair and a 2-year-old male orange tabby. Dogs for adoption: 3-1/2-year-old male tan pit bull; 10-month-old male black/white Lab mix; 1-year-old female hound/boxer mix and 1-1/2-year-old tan/white female pit bull. Please remember to spay and neuter your pets. Low-income assistance available through our SNAP program.
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CMSgt. (Ret) Earl R. Whittington Jr. Retired Chief Master Sgt. Earl R. Whittington Jr. went west on Monday March 30, 2015, after a long struggle with COPD. Earl was born Nov. 13, 1931, 83, to Earl and Florence Whittington. He was the oldest son but eighth of 11 children. Earl grew up on a rural farm near Buffalo, W. Va., and graduated from Buffalo High School, Class of 1949. After high school and working a variety of factory jobs he joined the USAF in 1952. Earl was a distinguished airman serving his country through a lengthy career during the turbulent 1960s. He served five tours in Vietnam and was decorated with the Distinguished Service Medal, three Bronze Stars, Meritorious Service Medal and two Air Force Commendation Medals. After 27 years of service, he entered a well-earned retirement, but could not remain idle. After a short break he returned to government service in the GSA Telecommuni-
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cations Division as chief of operations Branch South. After his second retirement, Earl entered a period where he enjoyed gardening and ATV riding in the deserts and mountains that surround the Phoenix area. Earl was predeceased by his parents, nine of his siblings, wives Laura and Inseon. He is survived by his beloved sister, Reba, Nitro, W. Va.; sons Robert, Mesa, Ariz.; Ronald, two grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren, Woodbridge, Va.; Gene (Gina) and four grandchildren, Yuma, Ariz.; Susan Shotts (Greg) and two grandchildren, Spooner. A private viewing for the family followed by interment was held April 4 at Mountain View Funeral Home, Mesa, Ariz. The Mountainview Funeral Home and Cemetery, Mesa, Ariz., was entrusted with arrangements.
Marcella “Marcie” Marie Shelton Spencer Marcella “Marcie” Marie Shelton Spencer, 92, Shell Lake, formerly of Wabash, Ind., died Monday, March 30, 2015, at the home of her daughter. She was born Sept. 2, 1922, in Landess, Ind., to Artie Franklin and Myrtle Marie (Watson) Welch. Marcie was a 1940 graduate of Andrews High School, Andrews, Ind. She married Douglass A. Spencer in Clearwater, Fla., on Feb. 17, 1998; he died Oct. 31, 1998. She retired from Wabash Magnetics Inc. in 1990 after 29 years, where she was personnel secretary and office receptionist. She was a longtime resident of Indiana, but upon retirement she lived in Florida for six years, to be near her son, Terry, and his family. She returned to Wabash, and in 2009 moved to Shell Lake to be near her daughter, Roxie, and her sonin-law. Marcie loved dancing, singing, and was very gifted at the piano. She loved people and had many friends throughout her lifetime. Marcie was a worship leader and member of the Roann Evangelical Church in Roann, Ind. She took an active part in the Global Harvest Evangelistic Team. While in Florida she was a member of the Nazarene Church in Lakeland and attended the Friends Church while in Wabash. She was currently attending the Spooner Wesleyan Church. Marcie won a national award for the Friendliest Voice in Corporate America in 1989. She loved animals and had several
pets throughout the years; the most dear to her was her Quaker parrot, Billie. She is survived by her daughter, Roxie (Dale) Spaulding, Shell Lake; stepchildren Brian D. Spencer, Hoagland, Ind., Rick Spencer, New Haven, Ind., Marla (Robert Packer) Spencer, Fort Wayne, Ind., and Lori Spencer, Largo, Fla.; daughter-in-law Kim Shelton, Winter Haven, Fla.; sister-in-law JoAnn Blood, Marion, Ind.; nephew Jeffrey Welch, McAllen, Texas; cousin, Ray (Wilda) Welch, Upland, Ind.; 15 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. She was also preceded in death by her parents; son, Terry Richard Shelton; brother, A. Franklin Welch, sister Marguerite Welch; and her niece, Jackie Sue Michel. Funeral services were April 3 at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, Wabash, Ind., with Alan Tripp officiating. Burial will be in Mount Etna Cemetery, Mount Etna, Ind. There will be a memorial service at the Spooner Wesleyan Church at a later date. Preferred memorial is Regional Hospice, 819 Ash St., Spooner, WI, 54801. The memorial guest book for Marcie may be signed at grandstaff-hentgen.com. Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Home, Wabash, Ind., was entrusted with arrangements.
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Sarona
by Marian Furchtenicht
March went out like a lamb last Tuesday. Pussy willows are out on the willow bushes. The tulips and daffodils are up. Lots of wildlife being seen and more birds are arriving every day. The snowbirds are also returning. The Badgers played a great game Saturday night. We are proud of them. The bunny was a busy boy. Folks woke up to snow on Easter Monday in our area. We need the moisture so it’s OK. Marilyn Zimmerman had family in for Easter dinner. Being the weather was nice, the kids enjoyed an Easter egg hunt. Easter Sunday marked an anniversary for Jean Hentsch, our organist at the Sarona United Methodist Church. She has been playing for the congregation for eight years and we hope she will be able to share her talents for many more years. God bless her. Libbie DeTrent returned home Saturday afternoon after spending 10 days in Chicago with daughter Laura and granddaughters Hazel and Vivian. Laura’s husband, Brian, was on a tour in Germany with his band. Libbie took over driving the kids to school and helping with school activities including the Easter egg hunt. Libbie’s other daughter, Elizabeth, from Maryland flew to Chicago with her daughters for the long weekend. The little cousins had a wonderful time as did their moms and grandma. Libbie came home tired but with lots of memories and pictures. They want to get together again real soon. Les and Sandi Vogt got back last week from wintering in Mission, Texas, to no snow and the ice out of the lake. Report it was great to be home and they have been catching up on events with some of the neighbors. Jim Swanson is on the mend after he fractured his hip in a fall in Florida in early February. He is very lucky and didn’t need surgery but is still going to physical therapy twice a week. Dick and Marie King’s daughter, and granddaughter Sydney visited them the week before Easter. Les and Sandi Vogt went to Butternut Hills for fish fry. While there, Sandi signed up for the April 18 paint party there. Said she had never painted before and will let me SUMMER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY CITY OF SHELL LAKE
Applications are being accepted for lifeguard positions. Applicants must have current lifeguard training which includes Red Cross Standard First Aid and CPR and be at least 16 years old prior to assuming their duties. Application forms are available at the City Administrator’s office and must be submitted to the Administrator’s office by 4 p.m., Friday, April 10, 2015. For further information, contact City Administrator Andrew Eiche, P.O. Box 520, Shell Lake, WI 54871 or call 715-468-7679. “The City of Shell Lake is an equal opportunity provider and employer” 624041 33-34r
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY SEASONAL PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE CITY OF SHELL LAKE
The City of Shell Lake is accepting applications for the position of a Seasonal Public Works employee. This is a part-time Public Works Department position with partial benefits. Qualifications: At least 18 years of age, high school diploma or equivalent, valid driver’s license, good driving record. Experience operating road/heavy equipment beneficial. Must be able to lift a minimum of 50 pounds. Application forms available at the City Administrator’s office and must be submitted to the City Administrator’s office, 501 First St., P.O. Box 520, Shell Lake, WI 54871, no later than 4 p.m., Fri., April 10, 2015. For further information, contact Public Works Director Mitch Brown, phone 715-416-0547 or email mitchb@shelllake.org. EOE. 624040 33-34r
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AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES LIMITED-TERM EMPLOYMENT Washburn County is seeking qualified applicants for limitedterm employment in the Land and Water Conservation Department. Primary responsibilities include working with the County Conservation Coordinator to implement the countywide Strategic Plan of prevention, control and public outreach of aquatic invasive species (AIS). Watercraft inspection at boat landings is required, along with data entry and reporting. Experience and Training Required: Position requires a high school diploma. A Bachelor’s Degree or current enrollment in Natural Resource or Biology program or equivalent work experience in water conservation is preferred. Must possess knowledge of aquatic ecology, including aquatic plant and animal identification. A majority of the duties will be spent working outside, independently and communicating with the general public. Must possess a valid driver’s license. Employee’s personal vehicle must be used and will be reimbursed at $.555 per mile. No housing will be provided. This is a temporary seasonal position not to exceed 600 hours and the rate of pay is $9.91/hour. Weekly schedule is somewhat flexible. Weekends and holidays are required. For an application or further information, contact Washburn County Personnel Department, P.O. Box 337 Shell Lake, WI 54871, at 715-468-4624, or go to www.co.washburn.wi.us. Resumes will be accepted but will not take the place of a completed application. Applications must be received by 4:30 p.m., April 23, 2015. EOE. 624181 34-35r
know how she did. Marie King reported the restaurant and bar has been renamed The Marshall House Club, Pub and Eatery. They’ve been having Thursday night Bingo but that will end in a few weeks. The Big Ripley Trekking team is preparing for the Relay For Life fundraiser on Saturday, April 11, 4-7 p.m., at the Getaway. Team captain, Cindy Bauman, reports there are lots of items being put in the paddle and silent auctions. All the proceeds go to the cancer society. They hope you can make it. Sympathy to the family of Ferne Shoquist whose funeral was at Dahl’s in Spooner on Tuesday. She was a great person, always so pleasant and kind, and the wife of my late cousin, Neil Shoquist. Her grandson, Brandon Stubbe, and family live here in West Sarona. Anton and Gloria Frey had sons Pete and son Ben, and Jim and Lynn over for Easter Sunday dinner. Monday, Gloria made a cake and she and sister Jeanne Paulson visited their mom, Dorothy Foltz, who turned 102 that day, and served birthday cake in the activity room at the convalescent center in Rice Lake. They found the residents making Easter hats. Joanne took a big cake for all the residents to share in her honor for Easter. I met my sister and husband, Sharon and Merle Wilber, of Webster, for lunch in Spooner before bowling on Tuesday. Elaine Ryan and I were coffee visitors at Mavis Schlapper’s on Thursday afternoon.
Dewey-LaFollette Congratulations to Curt and Deb Ziemer’s daughter, Tami, on completing her licensed practical nurse training. She is continuing her education and will receive her registered nurse degree in December. Kay Krentz returned home Tuesday after traveling to Oregon, Wis., with her daughter, Susan Ackerman. They had visited Kay’s other daughter, Lisa Unertl, and her family for a few days. Clam River Tuesday Club met April 1 at the home of Barb Durand. Hank and Karen Mangelsen called on Lida Nordquist on Friday afternoon. On Saturday they visited Nick and Esther Mangelsen, and Doug, Linda, Nicholas and Alex Brustad at their weekend home in Siren. Visitors of Donna and Gerry Hines during the week were Brian and Jenny Hines, Brenda Sweet, Karen Mangelsen, Lida Nordquist and Jim Pearson. Larry Mangelsen was a weekend guest of Hank and Karen Mangelsen. On Sunday they all went to the home
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Easter day brought many families together. I joined son Russ and Nancy with their family for a great meal together. I was invited to four places. Son Roger and Cindy had her boys, Troy and Miles, and the grand-girls in for dinner. My Mary came with an Easter basket and plant en route to Amery for dinner. My Roger came with the grands, Pearl and Kia Coulter, and twins Autumn and Alexis to visit me for a bit. Otherwise I received calls and emails. I listened to Darlene Johnechek talk on the Rice Lake station, speaking on behalf of a group that are raising awareness to preserve history at the Rice Lake Lumberman’s Hall of Fame. Good job Dar. Birthday wishes this week to Margie Waggoner, Roger Lancette, Luke Anderson, Henry Ness, Ronnie Christianson and Henry Baker, April 9; Logan Gohde, Duane Halverson, Brent Gramberg and former Sarona pastor, Chuck Wendt, April 10; Arianna Furchtenicht who turns 1, Bill Krause, Bob Dahle and Shannon Kline, April 11; Connie Foote, Max and Melanie Bryan, Jerry Smith and Samantha Mechtel, April 12; Eunice Granzin, Merle Wilber, Wayne Milkans, Rebecca Gallo, Felicia Pokorny, Vicki Halverson, Kathy Pluss and Dane Bergquist, April 13; Liz Gargulak, April Richter, Cassidy Quinton, Dan Thompson and David Irvine, April 14. Have a fun one! Happy wedding anniversary to Mike and Jill Hanson on April 9; Cecil and Evelyn Melton, April 11; and Mark and Julie Sauer, April 12.
by Karen Mangelsen of Jake, Holly, Hannah and Grace Mangelsen to celebrate Easter. Mandy, Patty, Dave and April Close were there also. Visiting Maynard and Ronda Mangelsen Saturday were Lisa Mangelsen, Desi and Aubrey Rosselli, Tim Wohlford, Alecia Meister, Jean, Brin and Bryce Williamson, Jim and Alan Hanna and their friends Caitlyn and Madelyn, Deb and Curt Ziemer and Duane Otis. Sunday visitors were Amy Mangelsen, Ryan Hanna and Brea Williamson. Lakeview UM Church was host for the Spooner/ Lakeview Easter sunrise service at 7 a.m. Sunday. They served breakfast afterward. Easter dinner guests of Lida Nordquist were Joleen and Richard Funk, Nate and Randi Fisk, and Jim, Jan, Caleb and Hannah Schott. Gerry and Donna Hines were guests at the home of Marlene Swearingen for dinner Easter Sunday. A number of other family members were there also.
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Heart Lake
by Helen V. Pederson
We woke up to snow Monday mornMarion Shattuck went with her son to ing. The temp was 37 degrees and getting Middleton on Friday morning to spend a warmer, so it didn’t take too long to melt. few days. The returned Monday. Easter has come and gone so we will be I’m sure a lot of people were gone to heading into summer. family for Easter as there were only six The big news in Wisconsin, of course, people eating here. We had a good ham is basketball. Monday night we met up dinner. with Duke. Sue and Larry Winner had dinner with Mavis and her family had Easter Larry’s family in Andover, Minn. On the brunch at Brad and Kelly’s on Sunday. In way home they stopped to visit me and the evening she went with Steve and Jody brought me pecan pie. and family to Kelly’s mom in Barron for All is well at Glenview. One afternoon supper. a group of home-schooled children came Lillian Ullom was a Sunday dinner to Glenview to color eggs. guest of Mark and Judy Ullom’s of BarJeff Pederson is spending some time ronett. On Saturday, Eugene Carlson, his with son Jarid and Rachel and family in wife and daughter visited Lillian. Wolford City, N.D. Arlys Santiago enjoyed dinner at Jan Brent and Nicole Pederson, Jan and Ogden and Lee Prill’s. Other guests were Mark were guests of Nicole’s parents, the Kim and Arvid Sundet and Tony Gulan. Cummings in Superior. Peder Pederson had dinner with his Children may be deductible, but daughter and family, Cheri and Steve they’re still taxing. Minot. Have a good week. Visiting Lillian on Saturday afternoon were son TOWN OF BEAVER BROOK, WASHBURN COUNTY NOTICE TO RESIDENTS - ANNUAL MEETING AND Howard and Debbie Ullom. APRIL MONTHLY MEETING Bun and Margaret WeathThe Annual Meeting for the Town of Beaver Brook will be held ers were with Russ and Nancy Furchtenicht and April 21, 2015, 6 p.m., at the Beaver Brook Town Hall. The regular April Monthly Meeting will follow the Annual Meeting or at 7 p.m. family for dinner on Sun- 624315 34-35r Nancy Erickson, Clerk, Town of Beaver Brook day. (Apr. 8, 15, 22) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT WASHBURN COUNTY JOHNSON BANK, Plaintiff, vs. BRIAN RETTENMUND a/k/a BRIAN A. RETTENMUND, ALICE RETTENMUND, CAPITAL ONE BANK USA NA Formerly known as Capital One Bank, CACH LLC n/k/a SQUARE TWO FINANCIAL COMMERCIAL FUNDING CORPORATION, AMERICAN EXPRESS CENTURION BANK and MARSHFIELD CLINIC, Defendants. Case No.: 14-CV-06 Case Code: 30404 Case Classification: Foreclosure of Mortgage NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of a judgment of foreclosure made in the above-entitled action on March 5, 2014, in Washburn County, I will sell at public auction in the North Entrance of the Washburn County Courthouse located at 10 4th Avenue, Shell Lake, Wisconsin 54871, on May 13, 2015, at 10:00 a.m., all of the followingdescribed premises, to wit: Lot One (1) of Certified Survey Map No. 2937, recorded in Volume 13, Page 94, as Document No. 290009, being a part of the Northwest One-quarter (1/4) of the Southwest Onequarter (1/4) of Section Thirtyone (31), Township Thirtyseven (37) North, Range Ten (10) West, Town of Birchwood, Washburn County, Wisconsin. TAX KEY NUMBER: 65-0102-37-10-31-3 20-010-000000. The property will be sold subject to all legal encumbrances. Terms of Sale: Ten (10%) percent of the successful bid must be paid to the Sheriff at the sale in cash, cashier’s check or certified funds (personal checks cannot and will not be accepted). The balance of the successful bid must be paid to the Clerk of Courts in cash, cashier’s check or certified funds at the time of the Court’s confirmation of the sale or the ten (10%) percent down payment is forfeited to the Plaintiff. Dated this 24th day of March, 2015. TERRY DRYDEN Sheriff of Washburn County, Wisconsin Hippenmeyer, Reilly, Moodie & Blum, S.C. Lori J. Fabian Plaintiff’s Attorney 720 Clinton Street P.O. Box 766 Waukesha, WI 53187-0766 Telephone: 262-549-8181 Fax: 262-549-8191 The above property is located at N224 Brill Road, Birchwood, Wisconsin 54817. 624313 WNAXLP
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CREATE THE LONG LAKE SPECIAL DAM ASSESSMENT DISTRICT PURSUANT TO §§ 31.38(4) & 66.0703, WISCONSIN STATUTES, IN ORDER TO LEVY A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT UPON BENEFITED PROPERTY OWNERS ADJACENT TO LONG LAKE IN WASHBURN COUNTY AND HEARING ON DNR GRANT TO RIPARIAN LANDOWNERS SITUATED ON THE SHORES OF LONG LAKE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on April 23, 2015, at 6 p.m., a public hearing will be held at the cafeteria of the Shell Lake High School, located at 271 U.S. Highway 63, Shell Lake, WI 54871, for the purpose of presenting the proposed Long Lake Special Dam Assessment District to the public and take commentary thereon as well as public commentary regarding the municipal dam grant award. The attached map shows the boundaries of the proposed special assessment district. The report under §§ 66.0703(4) & (5), Wisconsin Statutes, is on file with the Washburn County Clerk for public inspection. 624318 34rp WNAXLP
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Tuesday, April 21, 2015, 6 p.m. Country Boardroom - Elliott Building - Shell Lake, WI
Public comments will be taken concerning the tentative map proposed by the Washburn County Ad Hoc Redistricting Committee in regard to the reduction of county board supervisory districts from 21 to 15. Tentative map is shown here for reference; map can also be viewed on the county website at www.co.washburn.wi.us. Questions can be directed to the County Clerk at 715-468-4600 or co.clerk@co.washburn.wi.us. County board meeting will follow the hearing at a time to be specified.
WASHBURN COUNTY SUPERVISOR DISTRICTS PLAN 1
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS WASHBURN COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT SPOONER, WISCONSIN Official Notice to Contractors Sealed proposals for materials and services described herein will be received until 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 14, 2015, by the Washburn County Highway Department, Office of the Highway Commissioner, 1600 County Highway H, Spooner, Wisconsin 54801 whereupon the sealed proposals received will be publicly opened. PROPOSAL CONTRACT #2-15E Lease MUNICIPAL LEASE PROPOSALS OF 2 AGRICULTURE TRACTORS WITH MOWER ATTACHMENTS Proposal forms and specifications are on file and available upon request at the Office of the Washburn County Highway Department, phone (715) 635-4480; FAX (715) 635-4485. 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 624316 34r Washburn County Highway Department WNAXLP
NOTICES
The Washburn County Zoning Committee will hold a business meeting Tuesday, April 28, 2015, at 3:30 p.m. in the Washburn County Boardroom, Elliott Building, 110 Fourth Avenue West, Shell Lake, Wisconsin.
PUBLIC HEARING REZONE REQUEST
BASHAW Township: Mary Westby, Scandia, MN. To rezone 5.10 acres of Residential Agricultural to 3.23 acres to Residential Recreational 2 which is east of the road and 1.87 acres to Residential Recreational 1 and is west of the road Map #BW520B/Record ID# 1770 - 5.10 Acres, part of the NE NE, Section 29-38-13, Town of Bashaw, which they are trying to sell one fo the properties and a split would increase the number of potential buyers.
PUBLIC HEARING CONDITIONAL USE REQUESTS
Conditional use requests have been filed with the Washburn County Zoning Office. This public hearing will be held, April 28, 2015, immediately following the rezoning requests in the Washburn County Boardroom, Elliott Building, 110 Fourth Avenue West, Shell Lake, Wisconsin. SPOONER Township: Dan Burch, Spooner Wisconsin PROPERTY: Map# SP139B &139A /Record ID#: 35109 & 35108 40 acres, PT SE NE, Section 19-39-12, Town of Spooner, requesting a conditional use permit to expand home occupation which will allow my kids to sell farm produce, baked goods, crafts, have a pumpkin patch, hay rides etc., and occasionally special events in the barn. BEAVER BROOK Township: Perlick Farms, LLC/Tom Perlick, Sarona, Wisconsin. PROPERTY: Map# BB 566B/Record ID#: 34944 - 34.97 acres, SW SE, Section 24-38-12, Town of Beaver Brook, requesting a conditional use permit to expand home occupation which will allow production & limited sale of distilled craft products.
PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
At their regularly scheduled meeting at 4 p.m. on April 28, 2015, the Washburn County Zoning Committee will hold a public hearing to adopt several amendments to the county Zoning Ordinance, pursuant to Section 38-460, Washburn County Code and Chapter 59.69(5), Wisc. Stats. The amendments to be discussed are related to the following issues: Bunkhouses Language is proposed to allow bunkhouses as a permitted use under certain conditions. Campgrounds and Resorts - Language is being corrected to be congruent with main zoning code. Quarries and Mines - Language is being proposed to make this section congruent with NR 135. Proposed wording for all of the above is available for review at the Zoning Office or via email. Contact the Washburn County Zoning Office at 715-468-4690. Interested persons will be given the opportunity to be heard. The committee will deliberate in “Open Session.” Handicapped access is available through the south door; parking is near the door. This agenda and the subsequent meeting minutes are available in large type. If you need assistance, please call Lolita Olson at 715-468-4600, prior to the meeting. Webster Macomber Zoning Administrator 624386 34-35r WNAXLP
Cass J. Amy, Cumberland, disorderly conduct or resisting or obstructing an officer, $299.00. Andrew S. Featherly, Rice Lake, resisting or obstructing an officer, $243.00, local jail, costs. Jordan E. Gabor, Birchwood, disorderly conduct, $243.00,
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING TOWN OF SARONA
Notice is hereby given the Annual Meeting of the Town of Sarona will be held on Tuesday, April 21, 2015, at 7 p.m. at the Sarona Town Hall. The agenda shall be posted one day prior to the meeting. Victoria Lombard, Clerk 624427 34-35r WNAXLP
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AQUATIC PLANT MANAGEMENT PERMIT
The Spooner Lake Management District is applying for a permit from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to treat 10 acres of Spooner Lake with an aquatic pesticide to control the invasive plant curly-leaf pondweed. This proposed treatment would occur between April 25, 2015, and June 1, 2015. The Spooner Lake Management District will conduct a public informational meeting on the proposed treatment if five or more individuals, organizations, special units of government or local units of government request one. The meeting would give citizens a chance to learn more about the proposed treatment from the permit applicant. The Spooner Lake Management District is not required to, but may change the proposed treatment based on information provided by citizens who attend the meeting. Any request for a public meeting on the proposed treatment must be made within five days after this notice is published. The request must specify the topics to be discussed at the meeting, including problems and alternatives, and must be sent in writing to the Spooner Lake Management District, W 5581 Miramar Road, Spooner WI 54801, and the Department of Natural Resources, 810 W. Maple Street, Spooner, WI 54801. This notice is required by Chapter NR 107 Wisconsin Administrative Code. 624387 34rp WNAXLP
DOCUMENT 00 11 13 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Town of Stinnett, USH 63 - STH 77, CTH M Washburn County, Wisconsin
Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received by the Washburn County Highway Dept. until 1 p.m., Thurs., April 16, 2015, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud, for the furnishing of all labor and material for the construction of the following items in the approximate quantities indicated: Quantity Item 38,155 CY Excavation Common 28,000 Ton Base Aggregate Dense 1-1/4-inch 29,850 Ton Breaker Run (Delivered and Placed Only) 17,000 SY Salvaged Topsoil 26,000 SY Mulching 700 LB Seeding Mixture No. 20 Bids shall be on the form provided for that purpose and according to the Bidding Requirements prepared by Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. (SEH®) dated March 2015. The Bidding Documents may be seen at the Issuing Office of SEH located at: 10 N. Bridge St., Chippewa Falls, WI 547292550. Digital image copies of the Bidding Documents are available at http://www.sehinc.com for a fee of $30. These documents may be downloaded by selecting this project from the PROJECT BID INFORMATION link and by entering eBidDocTM Number 3805764 on the SEARCH PROJECTS page. For assistance and free membership registration, contact QuestCDN at 952.233.1632 or info@questcdn.com. Paper copies of the Bidding Documents may be obtained from Docunet Corp. located at 2435 Xenium Lane North, Plymouth, MN 55441 (763.475.9600) for a fee of $100. Bid security in the amount of 10 percent of the Bid must accompany each Bid in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders. Bids shall be directed to the Highway Commissioner securely sealed and endorsed upon the outside wrapper, “BID FOR TOWN OF STINNETT, USH 63 - STH 77, CTH M, WASHBURN COUNTY.” Bidders Proof of Responsibility must be submitted to SEH in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders. Contractors on the Project shall be required to comply with the minimum wages and labor standards as determined by the State of Wisconsin, Department of Workforce Development Wage Rate Determination. The Washburn County Highway Department reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive irregularities and informalities therein and to award the Contract in the best interests of the County. Jon Johnson, Commissioner Washburn County Highway Department 1600 County Highway H 624012 33-34r Spooner, WI 54801 WNAXLP
probation, sent. withheld. Anthony J. Rizzo, Rice Lake, disorderly conduct or resisting or obstructing an officer, $263.00. Josh T. Baker, Sarona, speeding, $200.50. Trisha R. Carlson-Camona, Hertel, operating without valid
license, $200.50. Ricardo J. Romero, Shell Lake, operating motor vehicle without insurance, $200.50. Wayne E. Ulbrich, Spooner, failure to stop at stop sign, $175.30.
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MCNABB JOHNSON SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE
Applications are now available for the McNabb Johnson Scholarship for Washburn County 4-H Alumni and 2015 4-H Graduates. Applications are available by writing Washburn County Fair, W9199 Dock Lake Road, Spooner, WI 54801 or calling 715635-6834 or going to www.washburncountyfair.com. Deadline for returning the application is Friday, 624043 33-34r April 24, 2015. ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS WASHBURN COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT SPOONER, WISCONSIN Official Notice to Contractors
Sealed proposals for materials and services described herein will be received until 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 14, 2015, by the Washburn County Highway Department, Office of the Highway Commissioner, 1600 County Highway H, Spooner, Wisconsin 54801 whereupon the sealed proposals received will be publicly opened. PROPOSAL CONTRACT - HIGHWAY 77 PIT GRAVEL CRUSHING 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 623879 33-34r Washburn County Highway Department WNAXLP
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
PROJECT: Gate Replacement Long Lake Dam Washburn County, Wisconsin BID DEADLINE: April 22, 2015 11:00 a.m., Local Time NOTICE Sealed bids for the above project will be received by Jon Johnson, Commissioner, Washburn County Highway Department, 1600 County Highway H, Spooner, WI 54801, until the Bid Deadline. Immediately thereafter, the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. In general the project consists of replacing the existing slide gate and operator with a multiple-leaf gate. Work includes removal of the existing gate, furnishing and installing the new gate, and electrical work to operate the new gate. A voluntary pre-bid meeting to examine the project site will be held on April 8, 2015, at 11 a.m. Meet at the project site. A single prime bid will be received for the work. BID SECURITY Bids must be accompanied by bid security in the amount of 5% of the maximum bid amount. Bid and bid security may not be withdrawn for a period of 45 days after the Bid Deadline. Bid security will be retained if the Bidder is awarded the Work and fails to execute the Agreement and furnish 100% Performance and Payment Bonds. PROJECT FUNDING This project is receiving funding under the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Municipal Dam Grant Program. WAGE RATES State prevailing wage rates are applicable to this project. QUALIFICATIONS If requested, the apparent low bidder will be required to submit evidence of qualifications to the Owner prior to award of contract. RIGHTS RESERVED Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive informalities in any bid. BIDDING DOCUMENTS Bidding documents may be examined at Builders Exchanges in Eau Claire, La Crosse, Duluth and Minneapolis; at the MEDA Construction Connection in Minneapolis; and through the electronic plan rooms of McGraw-Hill Construction Dodge and Reed Construction Data. Bidding documents may be obtained in PDF electronic format by download from the Quest Construction Data Network website, accessible via www.AyresAssociates.com by clicking on the “Bidding” link, for a nonrefundable fee of $20.00. 623853 33-34r WNAXLP Published by authority of: Washburn County
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LAKER
TIMES
A year of American experiences
Danielle H. Moe | Staff writer SHELL LAKE — Nearly every year the Shell Lake High School welcomes a foreign exchange student into classes. This year students and faculty welcomed a young woman from Polch, Germany. “It’s like every day basically something new. Like the small things just for me and moments with friends,” Chantal Wiersch said. Wiersch has been making memories and experiencing new things since last August when she first arrived in Shell Lake. Only a slight accent hints of Wiersch’s German origins. She is a 17-year-old girl who sees life as an experience waiting to happen. The opportunity for new experiences was what drew Wiersch to the study abroad program and she signed up for the full year to make the most of it. Exchange students’ time spent abroad varies from five to 11 months but their hope to experience new things is a constant. “They do a lot of stuff with me and try to show me everything they can,” Wiersch said about her host family, Susan and Aaron Merchant. Susan is a dental hygienist and Aaron works at the Washburn County Courthouse. Wiersch’s family in Germany consists of her mom, dad, 18-year-old sister and grandmother living together, with an uncle living next door. Besides her family and friends, Wiersch says there isn’t much else she misses from Germany and says it will be horrible when she must leave. “At home … I know I will come back home and see my friends again and everything. And here, I don’t know when I will come back and when it will be, so it’s a different goodbye than it was at home,” she said. That goodbye has been delayed for a while as Wiersch plans to stay longer than normal. Usually exchange students return home after classes end but Wiersch and the Merchants wanted her to get the most of the experience, like Fourth of July celebrations, an event she looks particularly forward to. In Germany Wiersch’s major classes are
Foreign exchange student Chantal Wiersch shares an encounter with a chameleon during her trip to Hawaii. Wiersch’s year as a foreign exchange student in Shell Lake has been full of new experiences.
Chantal Wiersch poses for a photo with her host parent, Susan Merchant, in front of Mount Rushmore on one of the several trips she has taken since arriving in the United States. — Photos submitted biology, social studies and English but her favorite subject is English. She has a love for reading. After high school she plans to attend college and study international business. Outside of academics Wiersch has participated in two Shell Lake sports, basketball and track. “It was really fun and the team was great, all the people are so nice. They are just like, ‘you can do it,’ they really sup-
port you,” she said about her basketball experience. Track isn’t as foreign since she participated in track events before. For now her plan is to try out the long jump event with some distance and sprint running and then go from there. Since her first day, Wiersch has been experiencing new things and seeing new sights. She has traveled to South Dakota and seen Mount Rushmore, which she
said, “was awesome, it was very cool.” Just two months ago she traveled to Hawaii with Susan to visit Susan’s sister who lives there. While in Hawaii she went to a volcano, swam in the ocean and experienced the not-so-touristy version of the popular island destination thanks to their host. She’s gone ATVing, taken rides in a horsedrawn cart and attended two Packer games. Other experiences include firsttimers like carving her first pumpkin, catching her first fish and her first concert, Ariana Grande. That’s a full eight months by any means but this girl also plans to see Kenny Chesney in concert and maybe a trip to Seattle, Wash., before she must have that different kind of goodbye.
Shell Lake FFA members attend ag tech contest RIVER FALLS — The Shell Lake FFA Chapter went to UW-River Falls on Saturday, March 28, to attend the 2015 agriculture technology contest. Shell Lake had 22 students compete in six events. The veterinary science team, consisting of Ariana Udovich, top Shell Lake individual; Caitlyn Rocarek; and Kaelin Laub, took 15th. The livestock judging team took 20th with team members Courtney Melton, Madeline Hopke and Dominic Hopke. Hopke qualified in the top 10, finishing in eighth place out of 109 participants. The horse judging team just missed the top 10, finishing in 11th with Katie Crosby being top Shell Lake individual and earning 18th place, followed by Jerney Meister, Clare Walker and Caitlyn Schaefer. Members of the middle school agriscience team were Christopher Lord, Gene Quam, Cassie Skattebo and Megan Anderson. Anderson also qualified in the top 10, finishing seventh out of 122 students. The forestry team had a top five team qualification, finishing in fifth place with Marty Anderson being the top individual for Shell Lake, coming in 11th, followed by Alyssa Schultz and Bailee Hanson. Returning regional champions, the dairy judging team, took first place again this year. Tyler Crosby placed second out of 101 students for dairy cattle evaluation, followed by Bryan Knoop at ninth, Trevor Anderson 13th and Noah Skluzacek. In addition, this is the fourth year in a row the four boys have qualified for state. The dairy and forestry teams will compete at state. — from Shell Lake FFA
Members of the Shell Lake FFA attending the agriculture technology contest at UW-River Falls on Saturday, March 28, were back row (L to R): Christopher Lord, Cassie Skattebo, Marty Anderson, Alyssa Schultz, Bryan Knoop, Tyler Crosby, Trevor Anderson and Noah Skluzacek. Middle: Megan Anderson, Madeline Hopke, Courtney Melton, Dominic Hopke, Clare Walker, Katie Crosby and Jerney Meister. Front: Gene Quam, Bailee Hanson, Caitlyn Rocarek, Ariana Udovich, Caitlyn Schaefer and Kaelin Laub. At the ag tech contest there are 14 different contest areas that students can test their skills in as well as a crops contest and a power tool drag race that students can be involved in. — Photo submitted
Shell Lake School Menu
Breakfast Monday, April 13: Bagel with cream cheese or mini cinnamon roll. Tuesday, April 14: Pancake and sausage link or oat chocolate-chip bar. Wednesday, April 15: Cereal and toast or ultimate breakfast round. Thursday, April 16: French toast sticks or muffin. Friday, April 17: Cheddar omelet and toast or apple stick.
Breakfast is served with a choice of juice/fruit and milk with their main item. Every day breakfast is free to all students.
Lunch Monday, April 13: Macaroni and cheese and corn dog. Tuesday, April 14: Nachos. Wednesday, April 15: Brunch. Thursday, April 16: Hot ham and cheese with soup.
Friday, April 17: Chicken strip wrap. Salad bar is provided daily to all students. All students also have a daily alternate entrée choice of either sandwich pack: PB&J, flavored cracker and cheese stick or yogurt pack: Flavored fat-free yogurt with granola on side, flavored cracker and cheese stick.
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Shell Lake music students do well at solo and ensemble
CLAYTON — Shell Lake music students had a successful solo and ensemble event Tuesday evening, March 31, at Clayton. There were 31 total entries and 17 of those received star firsts to qualify for state. The state competition is on Saturday, May 2. “I am always impressed by the number of Shell Lake students that excel in multiple cocurricular and extracurricular endeavors,” stated music instructor Ben Kunselman. State qualifiers for solos are Daniel Parish, Class A music theater and Class B, bass solo; Evan Hungerbuhler, Class A guitar; Katie Slater, Class A music theater and Class A soprano solo; KayDe Bontekoe, Class A music theater and Class A soprano solo; Keagan Blazer, Class A alto saxophone; Linden Nelson, Class A marimba; Natalie Smith, Class A trumpet; Sabrina Skindzelewski, Class A oboe, Class A flute, Class A trombone; and Seth Olson, Class A piano. Ensembles qualifying for state include Class A saxophone choir with members Keagan Blazer, KayDe Bontekoe, Ben Frey, Dominic Hopke, Ashley Lawrence, Cody McTaggart, Lauren Osborn and Katie Slater; Class A brass ensemble of Amy Bouchard AJ Christner, Isaac
Haines, Noah Haines, Julia Johnson, Meredith Kevan, Cassie Lawrence, Gina McSweeny, Ashlea Meister, Jordyn Monson, Daniel Parish, Haleigh Rafalski, Dakota Robinson, Cassidy Schroeder, Natalie Smith, Savanna Soltis, Heidi Steines and Seth Olson; Class A percussion ensemble of Sheri Clark, Sean Heckel, Evan Hungerbuhler, Nicole Mikula, Linden Nelson, Tia Carlson and Sam Muska; as well as Class A vocal ensemble SSA and Class A vocal ensemble mixed. Receiving first in solo were Allison Tims, Class B soprano solo; Dominic Hopke, Class A bass solo; Linden Nelson, twice in Class B piano and once in Class A bass solo; Marty Anderson, Class B bass solo; Sabrina Skindzelewski, Class B trumpet; Seth Olson, Class A piano; and Sheri Clark, Class B soprano solo. Ensemble firsts went to Class A duets of Linden Nelson and Tyler Rogenholt; and Dominic Hopke and Natalie Smith. Earning a second was Madeline Hopke, Class B alto solo; Class A flute ensemble of Hope Balts, Kennedy Baumgart, Alyssa Hodgett, Renae Lloyd, Taylor Rohow, Mikayla Smith, Kyley Williams and Sabrina Skindzelewski; Class A clarinet ensemble of Bryanna Davies, Madison Fogelberg,
The Shell Lake brass ensemble will be going to state after earning a star first at the Lakeland solo and ensemble contest held Tuesday, March 31, at Clayton High School. Shown (L to R): AJ Christner, Gina McSweeny, Heidi Steins, Meredith Kevan, Natalie Smith and Dakota Robinson. Not shown: Amy Bouchard, Isaac Haines, Julia Johnson, Cassie Lawrence, Ashlea Meister, Noah Haines, Jordyn Monson, Haleigh Rafalski, Cassidy Schroeder, Savanna Soltis and Seth Olson. Kaitlyn Haynes, Tiffany Herzog, Madeline Hopke, Rachel Kidder, Madison LaFave, Ashley Lord, Emily Parish, Lanae Paulson and Jesi Sando; and Class C
duet, Miranda Weber and Isabel Carrillo. — from Shell Lake Schools
Daniel Parish performs “C’est Moi” from the musical “Camelot.” Young and confident, Lancelot of France plans his trip to join King Arthur’s Round Table of Knights. Parish earned a star first to compete in the state solo and ensemble to be held at UW-Eau Claire on Saturday, May 2.
Shell Lake sophomore KayDe Bontekoe earned a star first with her soprano solo and in music theater. It has been many years since Shell Lake has had a student perform a theater solo; this year Shell Lake has three going to state in this division.
Shell Lake senior Katie Slater earned a star first in her soprano solo and in her music theater solo. She will be going to state along with 35 other Shell Lake musicians.
Jene Morey turns the music for Linden Nelson in his Class B piano solo. Nelson earned a first for his efforts.
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Dominic Hopke and Natalie Smith performed a vocal duet at the solo/ensemble where they earned a first.
Photos by Larry Samson
Performing in their first vocal ensemble competition are Isabel Carrillo and Miranda Weber. The two freshmen earned a second.