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June 17, 2015
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 Vol. 126, No. 44 • Shell Lake, Wis.
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Railroad Heritage Festival @ Spooner Indianhead Rifle and Pistol Handgun Familiarization Class for females @ Spooner Master jazz concert @ Shell Lake See calendar on page 6 for details
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Crying over the rumor of Huckleberry Finn’s and Tom Sawyer’s deaths were the River Rats played by Nolan Miller, Kaelin Farley and Ethan Carlson, during the Prairie Fire Children’s Theatre’s production of “Tom Sawyer” at the Shell Lake High School as part of the summer school program. More photos on page 13. - Photo by Larry Samson
A Leader Dog report
Community, staff speak out
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Packed auditorium for Spooner School Board meeting; one staff member escorted out by officer
Tribute to big bands coming
Danielle H. Moe | Staff writer SPOONER - The Spooner School Board faced a packed auditorium for the board’s regular meeting on Monday, June 15. This was the board’s
first meeting since students and staff publicly protested about allegations of district staff being mistreated by administration. Previous to opening the meeting to public comments, John Hedlund, school board president, stated that comments would be kept to two minutes and that only a total of 30 minutes would be allowed for the comment duration. This guideline had been previously published in meeting agendas but not always followed at-
See Spooner School Board, page 3
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Lakers lose in sectional finals
The Spooner School Board faced a packed auditorium for the board’s first regular meeting on Monday, June 15, which turned spirited and led to the board recessing during public comments. - Photo by Danielle H. Moe
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Early copy, please SHELL LAKE — With the Fourth of July holiday approaching there will be an early deadline for advertising and news articles for the Wednesday, July 1, edition of the Register. All copy is due no later than noon on Friday, June 26. The newspaper office will be closed on Friday, July 3. Please remember to check your email listing to see if the Register’s email you are using is news@wcregisternewsroom.com. — Editor
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Changing the county’s administration structure Majority of county board members sign resolution in support of change Danielle H. Moe | Staff writer SHELL LAKE – Sixteen signatures of Washburn County Board members adorn a resolution that, if approved, would change the administration structure of the county. The resolution calls for the elimination of the county’s current human resources director, changing the position to an administrative coordinator - human resources director and making
the current administrative coordinator - finance director changed to finance director. The resolution came before the Washburn County Board of Supervisors at a special meeting held on Tuesday, June 2. Two board members were not present at the meeting, Larry Ford, District 17, and Terry Leckel Jr., District 21. Steven Sather, District 19 and county board chair, told the Register he was not in favor of the resolution and that he had only learned about it at the May 11 county personnel committee meeting where it was first read. Sather said that he had gotten legal opinions from two attorneys about the resolution, but because the two at-
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See Administration structure, page 3