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SPOONER — Saturday, Sept. 13, is the annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s. Registration begins at 9 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1790 Scribner St. In addition to the two- to three-mile walk, participants will enjoy a brief program highlighting local sponsors and supporters, the Promise Garden — area caregivers and a person with Alzheimer’s share about their journey, and team and individual awards. Teams, walkers and volunteers are needed. For information or to register go to alz.org/walk. Jene Morey is the local walk chair. — from Walk to End Alzheimer’s ••• SHELL LAKE — Fall classes at Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College began Monday, Aug. 18, but as students returned from a Labor Day break, they were greeted by a change in leadership. On Tuesday, Sept. 2, John Will started his term as the eighth president of the college. In June, the WITC Board of Trustees selected Will to replace Bob Meyer. After six years at WITC, Meyer left the college to accept the position of chancellor at the University of Wisconsin - Stout. Current WITC Vice President, Institutional Effectiveness Ellen Riely Hauser served as interim president until Will could begin his term.

“I’ve already been spending time on WITC’s campuses with various partners and stakeholders outside of the college to get a feel for key issues and perspectives,” said Will. “I believe maintaining and establishing relationships is an important foundation for long-term success.”

Will has served in many capacities with WITC, including chief operating officer John Will until 2011. In addition to his experience at WITC, he has held positions with such organizations as Springstead as vice president and client representative; chief operating officer with Impact Seven in Almena; and business manager with the Spooner Area School District in Spooner.

After leaving WITC employment, Will continued to be involved with the college through membership on the WITC Foundation Board. In addition, Will has served other boards such as Greater Wisconsin Opportunities Fund, Wisconsin Community Development Legacy Fund, See New WITC president, page 3

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Seth Symond is enjoying dumping ice water over his brother Sam’s head as they both take the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge over the Labor Day weekend. As of Sept. 7, over $110.5 million has been raised for the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association. ALS, sometimes called Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. — Photo by Larry Samson

Redistricting begins County board will be reduced from 21 to 15 members Page 3

The ongoing sports complex effort Spooner’s largest downtown building may have yet another lease on life pending fundraising and sorting out the financial details Page 3

City approves revised time extension for street contractor Page 3 Shell Lake, area homes highlighted on HGTV program Local real estate agent Dave McNulty featured

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Cleaning up after the storm

Parts of Eighth Avenue in Shell Lake were turned into a lake after 3 inches of rain fell overnight on Wednesday, Sept. 3. Residents in Shell Lake spent Thursday morning cleaning up the fallen trees and debris, after another thunderstorm rolled through the area that morning.

Lee Nelson was busy cutting up a tree that fell on his house on the north end of Shell Lake. The tree was lifted out of the ground because of the high winds.

Bob Holt prepares to cut up the large spruce tree that went down, barely missing the house he owns in Shell Lake. No one was hurt and there was minimum damage to the house. The tree twisted until it could no longer withstand the winds. It took out an electric wire when it fell.. The northern part of Shell Lake was without electricity for an extended amount of time.

This photo of hail was taken along Sand Road in rural Shell Lake the evening of Wednesday, Sept. 3. — Photo by Valoris Peterson

Photos by Larry Samson unless otherwise noted

The maple tree in Del Soholt’s front yard blew over onto Seventh Street.

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Washburn County Board starts redistricting process Danielle H. Moe | Staff writer SHELL LAKE — Redistributing nearly 16,000 Washburn County residents from 21 districts to 15 is similar to an extremely complicated jigsaw puzzle. Last November the Washburn County Board voted 14-7 to reduce the board from 21 district supervisors to 15 districts.

“Some members of the county board felt that the county board was too big in size and thought it should be reduced,” said Thomas Mackie, District 5 county board representative, “and that people weren’t running, we had empty seats,” added David Masterjohn, District 12.

On Thursday, Aug. 21, the redistricting ad hoc committee met for the first time to elect the committee’s chair and vice chair, then discussed the redistricting process, its procedures and a time line. Mackie, chair, Masterjohn; Romaine Quinn, District 15 and vice chair; Lolita Olson, Washburn County clerk; and Nathan Nelson, Washburn County GIS technician; are committee members.

“There is a whole lot to redistricting. I did it in … it would have been 1991, 2001

and 2011; it is a huge job. The main thing is you use census blocks and you … decide how many board members you want and you … divide the total population by the number of board members you want, then you have to make sure, using the census blocks, that you end up with the same. So it’s a big job, takes days,” said Kris Mayberry, Sawyer County clerk.

Sawyer County is the only neighboring county that operates with 15 districts.

These two counties share a similar population and economies, but Sawyer County had operated with 15 districts before the late 1980s.

“We have to try to keep the boundaries and the wards and the municipalities as intact as they can be, the least amount of moving district lines we can do, the better.

That will be the tricky part,” said Olson.

Olson and Nelson are working together using 2010 census figures and web-based software to remap the county into 15 equal districts according to population.

“That (software) makes it easier. When I did it in 1991, we had to spread maps all over the floor and use paper and adding

machines but now the program does it for you but it’s still a big job,” said Mayberry.

Each district is divided according to population. The county’s current district population is about 600 individuals. The target population for each of the 15 districts is 1,060, causing a shuffle of about 400 individuals for each district.

“There are guidelines and deadlines that we follow from the state and the GAB regarding this, the percentages where they go and the deadlines we have to meet,” said Olson. Once a tentative map is created a public hearing will be held for residents to review and comment. Each municipality in the county will also receive a map and have an opportunity to give the county their recommendations.

A second map will be drawn up that will also have a public hearing.

“The final plan must be adopted on or before November 2015 because the next year’s officers, they would have to take out nomination papers the beginning of December 2015 so all those districts have to be in order before that time,” said Olson. After the new district map is ap-

proved, Olson’s work is not done. Redistricting will change where some residents report to vote and Olson, as the county clerk, will go through the statewide voter registration system to make sure those residents that have changed districts appear in the correct district for voting.

“I know for the state of Wisconsin our population level allows us the 21 board members. There have been several other counties around the state that have reduced their board of supervisors ... some feel they will have better control over what committees they’re on so it is not so spread out,” said Olson.

Michael Bobin, District 1, stated that he has historically opposed and voted against redistricting the past three times it has come up. His concern is that redistricting will limit the voice power of residents. “If you cut that down you are eliminating a lot of input because those people’s interests aren’t being adequately represented, is what I believe,” said Bobin.

“As chair of the redistricting ad hoc committee I want it to be revisited by the county board,” stated Mackie.

City council approves revised time extension

Danielle H. Moe | Staff writer SHELL LAKE — The Shell Lake City Council approved a revised time extension request for street contractor James Peterson Sons Inc. among other agenda items at their regular monthly meeting on Monday, Sept. 8.

Doug Johnson, owner of JPS, wrote a letter requesting a time extension to change the project substantial completion date for the Shell Lake 2013 street project to Sept.

26 and the final completion date to Oct. 17.

JPS cited a late contract award, completion of additional work, a long winter and a wet spring in their extension request.

“Public works did deny an extension request from Doug Johnson … basically in a nutshell our desire as a city council, in my opinion, and as your city administra-

tor is to get to the completion of this project,” said Andy Eiche. After reviewing the city’s option since the Wednesday, Sept. 3, public works committee meeting, Teresa Anderson, of MSA professional services, drafted a revised extension request.

The revised extension request changes the project’s final completion date to Oct. 3 but not the substantial completion date which is set for Aug. 22.

“Along with that request would be having JPS hold off until the spring in putting the second layer, what they call the wear course, so that gives us the winter months to see how that road holds,” said Eiche. The wear course is the final layer of pavement that would not be applied to 8th Avenue, 2nd Street, 4th Street and 5th Street until spring of 2015. Eiche explained

that after last year’s winter they learned the value of not applying this final coat of pavement until the spring so trouble spots in the roadways could be fixed. As long as the final completion date of Oct. 3 is met, the city will not pursue to charge liquidated damages at $1,000 a day from the contracted completion date of Aug. 23.

There will be no additional costs to the taxpayers of Shell Lake because the request was granted.

Johnson stated that they would install drains in roadways to keep water off them with 6 inches of concrete to eliminate issues with snowplows. This work will done be at JPS expense as part of the new completion date.

The council approved the time extension on a unanimous voice vote.

In other council decisions the public works administration committee’s recommendation to discontinue fluoridation of Shell Lake city water was approved on a unanimous voice vote with no council discussion. According to Mitch Brown the required updates to the city’s fluoridation system would cost an estimated $20,768.

The city used the inorganic compound fluorosilicic acid in fluoridation equipment located in two wells of the city. Current guidelines for fluoride use by municipalities state 0.7 parts per million should be in the water supply, but testing of the city’s water supply indicates that the city’s water has about 0.13 parts per million of fluoride that occurs naturally.

The ongoing sports-complex effort

Danielle H. Moe | Staff writer SPOONER- “As of this afternoon the purchase may fall through,” said Rick Coquillette, chair of the Spooner Redevelopment Authority.

As of late Monday afternoon, Sept. 8 Wayne and Juanita Poteet, the investors driving the resurrection of the sports complex in downtown Spooner, were undecided about going through with the purchase agreement because of difficulties in fundraising for the project.

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, the Spooner Redevelopment Authority, the city of Spooner, the Spooner Economic Redevelopment Corporation and other concerned community members are a part of the effort to try find a solution for the building.

The one-acre facility has been closed since April after the former operator, Lars Geary, ran out of funds to keep the doors open. The city was faced with the potential to have to demolish the building but

then the facility’s future came brighter when the Poteets stepped forward as interested investors.

Plans for building According to a news release from the Spooner Area Chamber of Commerce, the Poteets are originally from Dallas, Texas, but have been residents of the Spooner area since 2013.

“They believe the building has to be a multifunctional event center to be successful financially as well as bringing a uniqueness to Spooner that no other town in the general area has,” states the release.

The release also says the Poteets have plans to improve the meeting space, add stadium seating, bring events in such as concerts, circuses, comedians, etc., add on a family dining area in addition to Jersey’s Sports Bar, and eventually convert the old pool area to a family adventure zone.

Poteet is initially investing over half a million dollars to purchase and work on

End of an era

upgrades to the building. The SRA is assisting them in acquiring and saving the building. The complex deal also involves the City of Spooner procuring $140,000 to purchase and clear the land title.

“We are not forgiving any delinquent taxes on the property,” said Nicole Tims, Washburn County treasurer. According to county records, the property has about $48,000 in delinquent real estate taxes from 2012 and 2013. Tims said the county now is the sole holder of the tax debt.

Bill Marx, Spooner city administrator, stated that the city has not formally forgiving any delinquent utility fees associated with the facility.

“There was talk of forgiving the real estate taxes but the county board supervisors on the finance committee and a few other supervisors that attended the meeting, were pretty adamant that there would not be forgiveness of real estate taxes,” said Tims. According to Tims, committee members reached their decision after considering the number of property owners that work hard to pay their real estate taxes each year and how unfair it would be to forgive the taxes owed by the sports complex.

Delinquent taxes are the tip of the iceberg concerning the facility’s problems.

“My association with the redevelopment authority is I have been working with Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to apply for a grant for some

of the improvements that are needed for heating, cooling updates to the structure itself,” said Mike Spafford, Washburn County Economic Development Corporation executive director. Those improvements are projected to cost anywhere from $400,000 to $500,000. The grant application’s deadline is Monday, Sept. 15, but the grant is only viable if the sale of the property goes through.

As of press time the Register had not received knowledge of the purchase agreement being accepted.

The Spooner Redevelopment Authority met on Tuesday, Sept. 9, to discuss the future of the purchase agreement.

Chamber meetings The Spooner Chamber of Commerce will have a series of special presentations to discuss the project. The dates for those meetings are Tuesday, Sept. 9, and Thursday, Sept. 11, from 9 a.m. to noon and at 6 p.m. During its monthly meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 8 a.m., the Poteets were scheduled to give a presentation about their plan for the complex. All the meetings will be held in the poolside room of the sports complex facility.

An updated story following these meetings will be available online at wcregisteronline.com.

New WITC president/from page 1

It is the end of an era as the demolition crew removes the asbestos siding from the Poquette building on Shell Lake’s Main Street. It has been a new and used furniture store under the ownership of Marshall Poquette. In its long history it was also the Brand Coal Company that delivered coal with a team of horses and the Lampman Restaurant. — Photo by Larry Samson

Indianhead Community Action Agency and Quality Development Corporation.

“If we understand the needs of business and industry, we will better serve both the businesses and our students,” said Will. “One of the great strengths of technical colleges is their ability to respond to local workforce needs, and I believe my background can help WITC build on its strong track record with business and industry.”

Ranked fourth best two-year college in the nation by Washington Monthly magazine, WITC serves the educational

and career needs of more than 25,000 residents of northwestern Wisconsin each year. With multiple campuses, WITC offers career-focused associate degree programs, technical diplomas, short-term certificates, customized business training and a wide array of courses for personal or career enrichment. WITC is a member of Wisconsin Technical College System.

For more information, call 800-243-WITC or visit witc.edu. WITC is an Equal Opportunity/Access Employer and Educator. — from WITC

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Letters to the editor Vote for candidates who respect public employees as well as the private employees Wisconsin communities benefit from the crucial work done by Wisconsin’s public employees and private sector employees. Our neighbors, families and friends work together to build thriving, caring communities.

One of my grandsons lists public school personnel as his friends: the ladies in the lunchroom, the playground supervisors and the school secretary. He knows these people care about him.

Public schoolteachers work more than 50 hours a week teaching and preparing lessons to meet the diverse needs of our children while maintaining high-quality public schools. One of my grandsons cites his history teacher as his favorite

teacher.

Bus drivers greet our children each day and deliver them safely to and from school.

During a recent severe thunder and lightning storm, the county construction crew continued to work making the road safe for me and others.

A home health aide cared for my neighbor while the spouse was at work. County employees tend to our needs at the courthouse. Nurses, counselors and others serve the disabled, the ill and the elderly.

Our governor, at age 47, has been a public employee for over 20 years. He served 10 years in the Wisconsin Assembly during which his salary increased by more

than 26 percent; eight years as Milwaukee County executive at approximately $120,000 per year and almost four years as governor at about $140,000 per year.

All the while, he’s enjoyed good retirement and health benefits, all paid for by us, the taxpayers.

Why, then, does the governor show such little respect for public employees with these disparaging remarks? “It takes longer to fire you than the average killer spends on death row.” “You know by having the Holy Koran on your desk your job is 100-percent safe.” “On a snow day when they say nonessential people should stay home, you know who they mean.” “You get paid twice as much as a

private sector person doing the same job but make up the difference by doing half as much work.”

Does the governor apply these and other disgusting remarks to himself as a 20-year public employee or just other public employees like our friends and neighbors?

On Nov. 4, Wisconsinites will have the opportunity to vote for candidates who will respect the public employees as well as the private employees.

Joyce Luedke Hayward

Party of the poor?

If the Democratic Party is the party of the poor and needy, those who have little in the way of income and wealth, how is it that the Democrats frequently outraise the Republicans in filling their campaign coffers? It seems that the rich corporations that Republicans are supposedly in bed with can’t keep up with the Hollywood fat cats and corporate cronies that finance Democratic campaigns. I was somewhat surprised at the number of fundraisers that President Obama attends. From the start of his presidency until July 29, 2014, the president has attended 399 fundraisers, 71 more than President Bush during the same time frame of his presidency.

Most surprising is the size of the fees to

attend these events. It seems $32,400 is the top rate for many of these confabs. I am not sure that many people are aware that the party of the poor is financed by many fat cats. Of course, many of these wealthy donors expect a return on their contribution. This is especially true of corporate execs that are fishing for federal subsidies; green energy executives are quite well known for succeeding in obtaining subsidies. Such subsidies are almost always at the expense of the poor through higher energy costs and higher taxes. The hope of the Democrats is that the public will not be bright enough to figure out they are getting the shaft.

Republicans also have to raise cam-

paign money from their supporters. I hope that Republican candidates support the free market with low taxes and few obstructive regulations. Not all Republican candidates will fulfill my desire for limited government and freedom of the individual to make choices, but usually Republicans come closer to the principle of limited government than Democrats.

People and the nation will be better off if the citizens are allowed to pursue their plans and dreams without government interference. There will always be those who need a helping hand. A free market as opposed to a controlled market will produce more which will better enable society to provide for those in need.

Democrats and their wealthy donors are not doing the less well-to-do any favors.

Democratic politicians are really giving welfare to the rich at the expense of the rest of the citizenry. Government help should be given to the truly poor who cannot really help themselves to advance, not to rich donors who should be able to make a go of it in the free market without government subsidies. Don’t believe that Republicans are the party of the rich and the Democrats are the party of the poor.

The opposite comes closer to the truth.

James C. Lewis Shell Lake

Smith will continue to fight to make sure our children receive the funding they deserve Last week, Gov. Walker proposed taking the unaccountable private voucher school system statewide. As it currently stands, Wisconsin’s current voucher school system has an enrollment cap of 1,000 students and is mostly limited to Milwaukee and southeastern part of Wisconsin. However, Walker’s proposal called for lifting that enrollment cap, effectively setting the stage to take his unaccountable private voucher school system statewide.

Our public schools are in grave danger.

They continue to suffer under the devastating cuts that have been made by our state’s leadership in recent years. All to-

taled, public school systems across the state have faced $1.6 billion in reduced funding.

But these cuts aren’t just to random school districts across the state – they’re happening to our children right here in own backyards. Over the last two years, the Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Area School District’s funding was cut by more than $140,000. Hayward was cut by more than $180,000. Spooner faced reductions of more than $315,000, and Cumberland school funding was cut by more than $440,000. These four districts alone account for more than $1 million of cuts to our children’s schools. So where is all of

this money being sent?

If Walker ’s unaccountable private voucher school system expands statewide, even more money will be siphoned out of our public schools and into the coffers of unaccountable private voucher schools. Our public schools have faced record funding cuts, forcing increased class sizes and reduced numbers of quality, experienced teachers. How are we expected to fund a second, statewide private voucher system when we can barely afford the one public system that we have now?

Our children deserve the best education that we can provide them with, and

every dollar that is taken away from them and given to these unaccountable private voucher schools will only harm our children and their futures. Luckily, we have a state representative who is willing to stand up and fight for our public schools. Rep. Stephen Smith has voted against any increase in funding for these unaccountable private voucher schools, and he will continue to fight to make sure that our children receive the funding that they deserve.

Susan Hansen Shell Lake

Letters policy In general the Register welcomes letters to the editor but reserves the right to edit or to reject letters for any reason. Letters should be no longer than 400 words in length and contain the signature, address and telephone number of the author. All letter writers will be limited to one published letter per 30 days, with the exception of rebuttals. The number of exchanges between letter writers will be decided by the editor. Thank-you letters are most appropriately published in specially designed box ads. Vulgarity, racial slurs and other mean-spirited, insulting terms are not allowed. Complaints about businesses and individuals involving private matters will not be published. Letter writers should provide sources when citing facts. Opinions expressed in letters are not those of the newspaper but rather those of the individual, who is solely responsible for the letter’s content. Emailed letters are preferred. Letters may be emailed to news@wcregisternewsroom.com or mailed to Washburn County Register, P.O. Box 455, Shell Lake, WI 54871

Smith calls on opponent to stand with public school students and taxpayers, not special interests SHELL LAKE — On Thursday, Sept. 4, Rep. Stephen Smith, D-Shell Lake, rejected the governor’s suggestion to lift the state’s voucher school enrollment cap. Smith spoke out against a further expansion of the unaccountable private voucher school system that siphons funds from public schools and lacks basic protections for taxpayers footing the bill.

“I call on my opponent to join me in standing up for our public school students in the 75th Assembly District and opposing any more of our hard-earned tax dollars being sent to unaccountable private voucher schools in other parts of

Wisconsin. I believe in our public schools, and I wholeheartedly reject the governor’s call to expand taxpayer funding for unaccountable private voucher schools,” Smith said.

“Our children are the future of Wisconsin and should not be looked at as a profit center for unaccountable private voucher schools. To protect taxpayers and ensure our students are getting the highest-quality education possible, we must ensure that every school that receives taxpayer funds is held accountable to high standards.

“Expanding unaccountable private

voucher schools creates a second school system that forces Wisconsin taxpayers to foot the bill for both public and private sector schools – all while our public schools suffer from dwindling state resources. The hardworking taxpayers cannot afford to foot the bill for two separate school systems when we can barely afford the one system we have now.”

Wisconsin’s great public schools serve more than 85 percent of our students, yet they continue to suffer under Wisconsin’s current leadership. Expanding unaccountable private voucher schools not only siphons taxpayer money from

public schools – it sends tax dollars out of our community entirely to Milwaukee and other parts of southeastern Wisconsin. Smith believes that our hard-earned tax dollars should stay in our community.

Smith was first elected to represent the 75th Assembly District in 2012. Prior to his election to the Wisconsin Assembly, Smith and his family owned and operated a local school busing company for 49 years. He has worked closely with local school districts to address the budget issues they face. — from the office of Rep. Smith

Landowners offered permits to harvest deer for CWD testing SPOONER — The Department of Natural Resources is offering landowners within the Chronic Wasting Disease Management Zone a permit to harvest adult deer of either sex for CWD testing.

Interested landowners, who would like a permit, or more information on the permits, can come to the Spooner DNR Service Center, from 6-7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept.

16.

Landowners may assign hunters to harvest the deer and submit the head. If you have questions or cannot attend the meeting, please call the DNR at 715-635-4025 for a landowner permit.

During the bow and gun deer hunting seasons, the DNR, in cooperation with

local businesses, will continue to collect lymph nodes or deer heads for CWD surveillance testing. If you shoot an adult deer within a 10-mile radius of Shell Lake, please contribute a sample for testing.

The information collected will be used to assess the distribution and intensity of CWD within the local deer herd and may be used in making decisions about responding to the disease in the region.

The DNR’s goal is to collect 500 samples within the 10-mile area, and the help of landowners and hunters is critical if the agency is going to be successful.

The boundaries of the collection area are the land south of Hwy. 70, west of Hwy. 53, north of county line and east of

CTH H. With this year’s buck-only season structure, there is concern from the citizen advisory team and the DNR that the collection goal will not be met, which is why the agency is issuing scientific collector permits to willing landowners to collect heads from all adult deer.

To date there have been no additional positives since one CWD deer was discovered in the fall of 2011 in Washburn County.

The following cooperators will be collecting samples during the upcoming seasons: Country Pride Co-op (Cenex), Shell Lake, 715-468-2302; Holiday Gas Station (South), 730 S. River St., Spooner,

715-635-9112; Speedy’s C Stop, 2962 Main St., Barronett, 715-822-8979; Processors: Pappy’s Deer Processing, N6067 CTH K, Spooner, 715-635-7257; Taxidermists: Gram’s Taxidermy Studio, W3038 Hwy. 63, Springbrook, 715-766-3300; A&H Taxidermy, N6496 Ellsworth Lake Road, Spooner, 715-635-7017; Zimmerman Taxidermy, N5015 10th St., Spooner, 715-6358822; Thompson Taxidermy, W2511 CTH A/M, Springbrook, 715-766-3432; Long Bow Taxidermy, Hwy. 64, Cumberland, 715-822-4257; and Wolf’s Taxidermy, 6931 Lakeview Road, Siren, 715-349-2025.

— from WDNR

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City of Spooner deliberates historical property donation Danielle H. Moe | Staff writer SPOONER — “I just want to encourage you to put some thought into acquiring this piece of property. I do believe that it is a piece that can be preserved, that can be promoted, and there is enough national support out there to make this thing happen. To see it disappear from Spooner, to see a piece of history disappear at this point that has survived all these years, I think it would be a travesty,” said Drew Nussbaum, Wisconsin Department of Tourism regional tourism specialist, to the Spooner City Council on Tuesday, Sept. 2.

Since this spring the city of Spooner has been assessing the future sustainability of a donation of property. The property is home to the Omaha-Chicago Northwestern Railroad’s roundhouse building and train turntable that lies adjacent to the current Spooner Railroad Memories Museum.

“Despite the potential costs to secure and restore to a minimally usable public condition it seems like a no-brainer that these two pieces are very significant to completing the historic puzzle known as Spooner Railroad Park,” wrote Nussbaum in an email to the Register. The roundhouse was originally built in the 1880s but was rebuilt around 1915. The eight-door,

The railroad roundhouse as it stands today is part of a land donation to the city of Spooner that has been on the table since this spring. — Photo by Drew Nussbaum, Wisconsin Department of Tourism 26,000-square-foot building that stands today is what remains after a fire burned a portion in 1925. The age and physical condition of the building is a concern because if the structure would be opened to the public there would be costs to repair the building to a safe condition.

“We haven’t even figured out what the total cost might be,” said Bill Marx, city

administrator. The property donation is currently an informal proposal from the Thompson family to the city. Marx explained that if and when the city decides to accept the property, a formal proposal would be written. According to city records the city owned the property in 1957, that led to a series of lease agreements and land sales, ending with the Thomp-

son family in ownership.

“I was asked to attend a railroad park board meeting to see if I had any ideas on how they could proceed with the property. I immediately felt that this was going to involve outside interest to ever make it happen,” wrote Nussbaum. Upon realizing the historical significance of the property Nussbaum made contact with the Chicago Northwestern Historical Society and got their members’ support, over 2,200 members to be accurate.

“I can remember smelling the smoke and the cinders, it was a different time,” said Jerry Perkins. “There are a lot of people that live in Spooner now that don’t realize it was the railroad that built Spooner.” Perkins grew up in Spooner during the 1930s, ‘40s and ‘50s when the railroad was a vital part of the community. Later in life he served on the railroad museum board of directors for about 14 years.

“It could be built up really well, the entire complex down there with the roundhouse, the turntable and the railroad museum could all be one nice big unit if the city and the museum could work together and do something like that,” said Perkins.

Area news at a glance RICE LAKE — Rice Lake developer Sanctuary Building & Design purchased the commercial building north of the old Wal-Mart facility from former New York owners. Their new tenant, Fireline Shooting & Training Center, received approval to build Wisconsin North Woods’ first public indoor shooting facility in the vacant space formerly occupied by J Shoes and Fashion Bug. Renovations have been started by Northwest Builders to convert the previously vacant space at 2700 Pioneer Ave., Rice Lake, into a state-of-theart indoor shooting and training facility.

According to Fireline Shooting & Training Center there will be two complete shooting bays, each having six pistol/ rifle shooting lanes of 25 yards each. The

Shell Lake Lions Calendar Winners Sept. 2 - $30 Andrew/Traci Nord, Chippewa Falls Sept. 3 - $30 William C. Holmson, Shell Lake Sept. 4 - $30 Lisa Scribner, Rice Lake Sept. 5 - $30 Aaron Pierson, St. Paul, Minn.

Bitney Law Firm Ltd. Winners also announced on WJMC FM Radio

Temps

Temperatures recorded at Spooner Ag Research Station 2013 High Low Precip.

Aug. 30 88 67 Aug. 31 83 55 Sept. 1 84 62 .02” rain Sept. 2 75 52 Sept. 3 67 41 Sept. 4 77 52 Sept. 5 79 44 Sept. 6 78 55 Sept. 7 89 67 2014 High Low Precip.

Aug. 30 73 61 .96” rain Aug. 31 69 57 Sept. 1 80 56 1.80” rain Sept. 2 74 53 Sept. 3 76 56 Sept. 4 67 60 2.77” rain Sept. 5 77 55 .81” rain Sept. 6 65 47 Sept. 7 72 49

Lake level Monday, Sept. 9, 2013: 1,216.88’ MSL Monday, Sept. 8, 2014: 1,218.70’ MSL

two shooting bays will allow training lessons to focus on learning while members or groups use the other six-lane shooting bay. Specially constructed ballistic walls and ceiling baffles will contain bullets in the facility. A full steel containment trap will insure proper containment of bullets from pistols and rifles. The safe accumulation of fired lead bullets will fall from the containment trap directly into containers to be safely recycled. A grand opening is planned for January 2015. — from Fireline Shooting & Training Center ••• McKINLEY — At approximately 7 p.m., Friday, Aug. 29, a lightning strike hit one of the fields at Sunrise Farm in McKinley, instantly killing six pregnant cows.

Andrew Whyte and Doris Mold own the farm. The have been running the dairy farm for 10 years and have 70 cows on their farm. All six cows were within one to two months of calving. Whyte and Mold were working on the farm when

the thunder started. Whyte heard the lightning strike, “It sounded like a deep boom,” and knew it was close so he and Mold headed inside and thought nothing more about it until the next morning at 3:30 a.m. when he went to call the cows for milking. The rest of the herd had gone into the barn when he saw the pile of six not moving and went to investigate. This was the farm’s second lightning strike within five years. The first strike, which destroyed a tree and some fencing, hit approximately 50 feet from this fatal strike.

— from the Cumberland Advocate ••• LUCK — The local team of bikers and walkers who attempted to travel from International Falls, Minn., to Alaska achieved their goal and arrived back home on Monday, Sept. 1, 30 days after leaving, just as planned. The duo of Mike Broten and Chuck Langeness walked and/or biked the entire 1,800-mile route, with technical assistance from Tim

Register Memories

Compiled by Suzanne Johnson

1954 – 60 Years Ago

1974 – 40 Years Ago

• Neal Rydberg purchased Community Lockers from the Cox Brothers. Neal was formerly employed at Dahlstrom’s Clover Farm Store.

• Two hundred city and rural telephones were out of order due to water in an underground cable. It had been damaged while men were installing a city storm sewer.

• The Shell Lake Fire Department was called to the Ralph Drake home near Sarona. They extinguished a fire in the chimney and reported damage was slight and was confined to the chimney.

• Moviegoers were encouraged to ask for free movie tickets where red signs were displayed. Movies showing at Lake Theater for free with the ticket were “Savage,” with Charlton Heston and Jane Sterling, and “Little Boy Lost,” with Bing Crosby.

• The Shell Lake Lakers came back from a miserable first quarter to defeat the Webster Tigers 21-14. Shell Lake almost fumbled their way out of the game in the first quarter.

• Washkuhn Variety was having a 10-percent-off-odd-lot-wool-yarn sale.

New shipments of orlon and nylon yarn were arriving.

• Mr. and Mrs. Don Furchtenicht and girls returned home from a week’s vacation that took them to Niagara Falls and to Detroit, Mich., where they toured the Ford Plant and the Ford Museum. They were also in Toronto, Canada.

• Tuffy Talks about Medicine, a book to color, was distributed by the Peaceful River 4-H Club as a health project. Becky’s Bible School class, the Washburn County Development Center, and the Shell Lake Clinic waiting room were points of distribution. Members helping to hand out the coloring books were Charlie Frank, Lavern Hansen, Frank Olezak, Kenny Jacobson, Joan Rask, Shirley McCulloch, Mary Jo Andrea, Kenny Beilfus and Bob Rand.

1964 – 50 Years Ago

• Airplane rides were given at the Shell Lake Municipal Airport on a penny-apound basis. All you had to do was climb on the scale and equal your weight at the rate of one penny for each pound of weight for a plane ride, with a minimum of $1 being charged.

• Dennis Boyer held a grand opening of his Denny’s Standard Station in downtown Shell Lake.

• David K. Todd, aviation machinist’s mate third class, USN, son of Mrs. Elsie Todd, Shell Lake, reported for duty at the Naval Air Facility, Sigonella, Sicily.

• The Bill Ek family were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Rock Peterson at their lake cottage. Little Jeff ate sparingly, having undergone a recent tonsillectomy.

Bradwell, who not only drove the motor home while the duo walked or biked, but helped with fixing whatever needed fixing. The entire trip came about as a sort of bucket list challenge shared by Langeness and Broten, but also to help raise awareness and cash for a so-called Grace Fund, a certified 501c(3) effort meant to allow local pastors of all denominations to have a sort of kitty of money they can use at their own discretion to assist the truly needy. The Grace Fund walk started Aug. 1 with an Alaska or Bust sign, and a few prayers. Langeness wrote that he lost over 20 pounds on the journey, and they suffered a few road-rash injuries, but their trip had a number of unique detours, side trips and adventures worth telling. They are planning a big party to celebrate their effort, which included approximately 270 miles of walking and approximately 1,500 miles on bike. — from the Inter-County Leader

1984 – 30 Years Ago • Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Monson, Shell Lake, returned from a three-week trip to Norway. They were accompanied on their tour by Mr. and Mrs. Aldon Lokken, Eau Claire, who have a summer home on Shell Lake. Among relatives visited was Monson’s brother, who was superintendent of an American oil company school in Stavanger, Norway.

• Howard Nebel was the grand marshal of the Town and Country Days parade.

Nebel retired after 40 years of volunteering with the Shell Lake Fire Department.

• The Salem Lutheran Church women’s organization put on a skit regarding stew-

ardship. Those making the presentation were Helen Pederson, Harriet Ziegler, Kris Nelson, Kathy Swan, Barb Degner and Doris Duch.

• A marriage license was issued to David Allen Zaloudek, Town of Beaver Brook, and Connie Jeanne Bruce, Shell Lake.

1994 – 20 Years Ago • Ray Shimek’s 1908 Model T Ford drew a favorable response from the crowd watching the Town and Country Days parade.

• It became mandatory for Wisconsin telephone users to dial one plus the area code for long-distance calls.

• Lorraine Haremza found the cow sun catcher during the scavenger hunt put on for Town and Country Days.

• Marilyn Norton and Carolyn Lindemann of the Shell Lake Booster Club presented an $800 check to Superintendent Roger Hulne to be used toward lighting of the sports fields at Shell Lake High School.

2004 – 10 Years Ago • John and Peggy Pockat sold the Pockat Funeral Home to Bill and Elissa Skinner. The Pockats served the community for 33 years.

• Winners of the Town and Country Days kiddie parade were Devin Guggenberger, Fishing for a good time in Shell Lake; Tnisha and Trey Louis, Me and my rubber ducky – bath time; and Nicole and Renee Mikula, The weathergirls.

• KayDee Bontekoe was the overall winner of the spelling bee at the Town and Country Days celebration.

• Harry Dahlstrom was the chairman of the chain saw competition during Town and Country Days.

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BARRONETT — Friday, Sept. 19, through Sunday, Sept. 21, will begin the fall season in Barronett, as the Barronett Civic Club hosts their 28th-annual Colorfest. The weekend is filled with activities for the young and the young at heart.

Come see what their Small Town - Big Fun weekend is all about.

Friday night is the spaghetti supper.

Again, this year they will be serving a mild Italian sausage sauce as well as a hot and spicy Italian sausage sauce from 5-7:30 p.m. Friday is also Family Fun Night. There will be a cakewalk for the kids as well as a meat raffle for adults beginning at 6 p.m. The annual Friday night hayride will begin at 7 p.m., along with Bingo. The evening will conclude at the community center with a bonfire and s’mores.

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Saturday’s events begin with the annual arts and crafts fair and farmers market at 9 a.m., along with a five-mile fun run and a two-mile walk. Jim Dreyer will be organizing the annual men’s softball tournament again this year, which also begins at 9 a.m. Other Saturday activities will be Barronett Lutheran’s pie and ice-cream social, the Barronett Brick scavenger hunt with a child and an adult hunt, beanbag tournaments and carnival games under the tent for the kids. New this year is the Superior Lobe Chapter Ice Age Trail Hike.

Please contact Bob at 715-822-3428 for more information on this event. Always a big hit is the Dairyland Garden Tractor Pull, which will get under way at noon.

At 8 p.m., meet in the backyard at Bistro 63 for a fish boil and live music.

Sunday will see a community church

service at the community center at 9 a.m.

The fun continues with more softball, an old-time Sunday dinner beginning at 11:30 a.m., kiddie parade, the pie and ice-cream social, more hayrides and kids games in the backyard. The Wisconsin State Sanctioned Pedal Pull gets under way at noon.

Register your produce and flowers at noon for judging at 3 p.m. Registrations for the 11th-annual cooking contest featuring apples will begin at 1 p.m., with judging at 3:30 p.m. New this year will be the annual Ugly Pan and Tasting Contest.

This contest will also feature apples and is designated as a contest for good oldfashioned gut-packing food, as Bud Allen would say. Call Terry Goodrich for more info on this fun contest at 715-822-8825.

Enjoy live music in the center with Rob Knowlton beginning at 1:30 p.m. Also at

1:30 p.m., the Cumberland Snowmobile and ATV Club raffle drawing will be held and winners announced. The wine-andcheese-tasting event, sponsored by Bistro 63, the 20 Mile General Store and Norseland Inc., will begin at 2 p.m. At 3 p.m., there will be a keg toss and the Barronett Brick Bounce with a men’s and women’s division. Kuub in the backyard will begin at 4 p.m. The yard game Kuub was born in Sweden and is now played around the world. The annual fundraising raffle will conclude the weekend’s events. There will be a bouncy house on-site all weekend.

As always, the community center will also be a drop-off point for Toys for Tots throughout the weekend. Bring a new, unwrapped toy and receive a free beverage of your choice. — from Barronett Civic Club

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Wednesday, Oct. 1 • Free soup and sandwiches, Church of the Nazarene, Spooner, 5:30 p.m. Call 715-635-3496 to confirm. All welcome. Donations accepted.

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

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

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

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Thursday, Sept. 11 • The Shell Lake Lions Club meeting, 6:30 p.m., Shell Lake Community Center.

Friday, Sept. 12 • Rummage sale, 9 a.m.- 1 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, Spooner, across from the elementary school.

Saturday, Sept. 13 • Washburn County Food Distribution in conjunction with Ruby’s Pantry, Spooner Middle School Tech Ed Building on Elm Street. Tickets 9 a.m. Distribution 9:30 a.m. Volunteers needed. Contact 715-635-9309, 715-4684017, or 715-222-4410.

• Annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s, registration at 9 a.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 1790 Scribner St., Spooner.

Program at 10 a.m. followed by the 2- to 3-mile walk. For more information contact Jene Morey, 715-468-7706.

• Indianhead Writers meeting, Northwind Book & Fiber bookstore, 1 p.m., to plan writing contest. Anyone interested in writing is welcome to attend. For more information, call Mary Olsen at 715-468-2604.

Monday, Sept. 15 • Northern Lights Camera Club, 7 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 1790 Scribner St., Spooner.

• Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Group, 5 p.m. group activity, 5:30 p.m. dinner, 6-7 p.m. meeting, Lakeland Family Resource Center, 314 Elm St., Spooner, 715-635-4669.

Tuesday, Sept. 16 • Shell Lake/Spooner Masonic Lodge 221 meeting, 7 p.m., at the lodge.

• Games and activities, 1 p.m., Friendship Commons, Shell Lake Senior Center.

Wednesday, Sept. 17 • Hands-on low-fat/low-carb healthy cooking class, 1-3 p.m., Shell Lake. Call 715-635-4461 to reserve a spot.

• Smear, 1 p.m., Friendship Commons, Shell Lake Senior Center.

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

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

Saturday, Sept. 27 • Free community breakfast, 7-10 a.m., First United Pentecostal Church, 337 Greenwood Ave., Spooner. All welcome. Donations accepted.

• Living My Dream conference, 9 a.m.-noon, Spooner High School. ADRC is partnership with Washburn County Human Services Department and area providers are presenting the conference. This conference will assist you and your disabled child plan for their adult life. For more information, call 715-635-4460.

Sunday, Sept. 28 • Spooner Area Schools PTO to sponsor worldfamous Harlem Wizards entertainment basketball team at Spooner High School for a community event/ fundraiser. Wizards will be playing against a team made up of Spooner School District teachers, staff, principals and community members.

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September

• Shell Lake Public Library Board of Trustees meeting, 5 p.m., at the library. The public is welcome.

Thursday, Sept. 18 • Shell Lake PTA meeting, 6:30 p.m., in the 3-12 school library. Baby-sitting available.

• Information meeting at Spooner City Hall to introduce a community outreach plan addressing poverty. For more information contact Bill Holden at 715-468-4017 or Chuck Adams at 715-635-9309.

• Meat raffle to benefit Firewise, a program to teach people how to protect their dwellings in the event of wildfire, 5 p.m., at What the Heck Family Dining and Bar, 15 miles northwest of Spooner on CTH A, junction of A&E. Friday, Sept. 19 & Saturday, Sept. 20 • Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in Spooner, at Hwys. 70 and 53, free rummage event from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., on Friday and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday.

For more information, call 715-635-7672.

Friday, Sept. 19-Sunday, Sept. 21 • Barronett Colorfest.

Saturday, Sept. 20 • Sheep to Shawl Expo, 10 a.m.- 2 p.m., Wisconsin’s Northwest Heritage Passage Arts in Hand Gallery, 237 Walnut St., Spooner. For more info, call 715-635-9303, heritagepassage.com.

• Wisconsin Canoe Heritage Museum, 312 N. Front St., Spooner, will host adventurer, authorized biographer and author Phil Petersen Sr. and his wife, Joanne, as they present Verlen Kruger, at 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 24 • Free community supper, 4-6 p.m., St. Alban Episcopal Church, 220 Elm St., Spooner.

Thursday, Sept. 25 • First Year Parenting class, 5-8:30 p.m., Spooner Annex Building, UW-Extension conference room. Call Deb Meyer at 715-635-4444 or deb.meyer@ces.uwex.edu.

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Groups meeting poverty face to face

SPOONER – Did you know that 17 percent of the people who currently live in Washburn County live beneath the poverty level and that many will be going to bed hungry tonight? Many are what we refer to as the working poor. They live day to day and just one thing going wrong tips the scales of being able to meet the needs of their family and needing serious help. Some families in our community are still trying to pay for last winter’s heating bills and in a few months the snow will be upon us yet again.

To demonstrate the magnitude of the problems we face, here are two examples of groups meeting poverty face to face every day: Good Samaritan, a mission of this county’s Catholic Cluster Outreach Ministries in 2013, handled 277 requests for help from 182 persons. During the first six months of this year, they have addressed 150-plus requests from 160 persons. Resources are so limited that Ruby’s Pantry, year to date, has funded 23 requests for financial help, totaling in excess of $3,200 and that is only a portion of the total need for the same period.

Of the 35-plus organizations, mostly

governmental, whose primary purpose is to help the less fortunate of our county, relatively few are missioned with being the first responders for people experiencing crisis, real or perceived. They are not the cure for all of society’s ills; they are the band aid that provides immediate help and perhaps provides hope.

These first responders are primarily comprised of faith-based and community organizations structured to be the entry point for individuals and families needing assistance. In addition to Good Samaritan and Ruby’s Pantry, entry points exist in the Salvation Army, Washburn County Food Pantry, Wesleyan’s Happy Hands, St. Alban’s, Comforts Food Pantry in Minong, Connections (ICAA), Lakeland Family Resource Center and Faith in Action.

Their job is to assess the need, provide direct aid if appropriate, or to provide a course of action to be taken. This might be to get government agencies to take ownership of the solution, or to work with other faith-based organizations, individuals, and/or businesses where the need is greater than one organization can

undertake.

Needs noted have many faces and not all are financial nor are they limited to one portion or another of our county. There appears, however, to be dramatic inequities in where aid is available and in who is participating in being an active organization to meet those needs.

Currently, there are only a small number of organizations, primarily in Spooner, that are engaged in the battle. For that reason, groups are striving to expand their activities to a more global county community. The need is not only for greater financial support. They need physical and technical skills; people who will allow themselves to be called upon when needed. Needed is active participation from businesses, fraternal organizations, chambers of commerce, newspapers, more churches, youth groups, and, as you can see, much more involvement from the entire spectrum of the county.

Several years ago, a small group of like-minded individuals embarked on a journey to get a food distribution reestablished. They now want to take that a step further. They want the same folks

that have made Ruby’s Pantry a success to help organize a benevolent group of entities to help serve the needs of the countywide community.

An information meeting is planned for Thursday, Sept. 18, at the Spooner City Hall, to introduce a community outreach plan as well as to discuss community involvement. Each of us has gifts and talents we can share to make this a success in our community.

There are successful working models out there, most closely in Rice Lake, that provide the organizational structure and have real history. This is a combination of faith-based entities, providing a single entry point for need, using the combined resources of the community. Representatives from the Rice Lake organization will present at this meeting.

Please consider becoming part of a solution to meet the needs of our county.

For more information please contact Bill Holden at 715-468-4017 or Chuck Adams at 715-635-9309. — submitted

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ASHLAND — September is Workforce Development Month in Wisconsin, and the Northwest Wisconsin Concentrated

Employment Program Inc. and the Northwest Wisconsin Workforce Investment Board are hosting open houses across the region to showcase Wisconsin’s employment and training system and how staff can assist employers, employees and job seekers with their workforce needs.

Open houses will be held on Tuesday,

Sept. 30, at CEP Inc. offices in Ashland, Park Falls, Spooner and Superior. CEP Inc. and NWWIB staff will be available to discuss job-seeker and employer services.

Refreshments will be provided at these events from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

For more information and a full list of Workforce Development Month events,

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C O M M U N I T Y H A P P E N I N G S Monday: First Friends Playgroup open to all children, 10 a.m.noon. Focus on infants and caregivers with sensory stimulation and movement experiences. Art project materials provided, closes with circle music time and instrument exploration. Lakeland Family Resource Center, 314 Elm St., Spooner.

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

Call 715-635-4367.

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

Tuesday & Friday: Shell Lake Farmers Market, 2-6 p.m., by the campground and community center. For more information call 715468-7836.

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

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

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

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

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

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• Washburn County Historical Society Research Room open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Located in the basement of the main museum. Appointments, 715-468-2982.

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

Saturday: The Washburn County Genealogy Research Room, 106-1/2 2nd Ave. Museum Hewitt Building, Shell Lake, is closed. Call 715-635-7937 for more information or to make a reservation during the winter, weather permitting.

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Moving along to a new season

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h, September, the month where the mornings and evenings are cool and the days may be bright and sunny. A person may start out the day wearing a jacket and using the heater in his or her vehicle and switch to air conditioning as the day continues.

September, the month when students are back in class with parents finding a new routine to accommodate everyone’s schedules.

September, the month where the apples are ripening, the pumpkins are maturing and gardens are coming close

to calling it quits for another season.

The bean plants in my garden seemed to be saying, “I’m tired. Pull me up out of the ground and feed me to the goats.” So I did.

Have you ever wondered why it is portrayed that students bring an apple to their teacher? According to the American Profile magazine,

“In the 18th and 19th centuries, teachers who received little to no pay often were given food — whatever was in season at the time — from family farms. And the beginning of the school year typically coincides with the bountiful fall apple harvest.”

Many people enjoy fall because of the coolness after a hot summer. Some like the brilliant colors nature displays, the golden yellows and bright orange, the flaming reds. Many like to decorate using the fall colors along with pumpkins, gourds, hay bales, cornstalks and

scarecrows.

Perhaps we enjoy the bright colors of fall because we know that as we enter the next month we lose the color and enter into a drab time of the year. But, we aren’t going to talk about or read about that … yet.

I encourage you to take the time to sit out on your deck or porch some morning with a mug of your favorite warm beverage and enjoy the beginning of the day as it bursts forth in its glory.

Beyond the office door • Suzanne Johnson Area writers corner Gardens: For better or worse Mary B. Olsen eptember has come and fresh foods are in good supply. It seems like everywhere I go I see bright red tomatoes and green, yellow and red peppers and an abundance of melons and squash in their many shapes and sizes. Why is it, then, that my garden here in the yard is not giving me the fruits of the season?

Both the expectation and the actual reality one faces in gardening can lessen the disappointment but it is still there. I feel cheated. Where are the tomatoes? I can count those I harvested on the fingers of one hand. I will not be getting many tomatoes, and there are no squash or peppers or even cucumbers. I have to face the truth. It is not a good year for my garden.

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Some family members in Kansas tell me they would like me to send them some of the abundant rainfall we have been having to fill in the dry, cracked soil in their gardens. It is not possible. But I would if I could.

We have had better gardening seasons.

We have had cool nights and heavy moisture, so this is probably why the garden is not as good as other years.

While I complain about the trouble competing with rabbits and deer, it is clear to me that the weather is more to blame than anything else. Only the weeds prosper.

However, it is a good year for growing corn. I did not put any corn in my garden but some people who grow corn are enjoying a good amount of it.

I stopped at one of those spots along the road where someone had set up a display of fresh garden vegetables. It was a nicely set up stand with signs that

could guide people passing by to the display of melons and cucumbers and tomatoes. There was corn there, too. It had been a long time since I had enjoyed sweet corn on the cob. I parked my car and walked over to where the teenage boy was arranging his produce and waiting for customers.

The boy was friendly and polite. He carefully packed the half dozen ears of sweet corn into a plastic bag for me. It was a good location, the corn looked really nice, and the boy was helpful. I paid for my purchase and thanked him. I was thinking, this young man is doing a good job and some day he will probably be a successful businessman. How can he fail?

When I got home I discovered that the half dozen ears of corn I had purchased was not six ears, but seven ears.

I wondered if the boy didn’t know how to count. Isn’t six a half dozen? He gave

me an extra ear of corn. Assuming he can count, since he counted out change for me, I wondered if he was losing money selling a half dozen ears of corn. If he sold a dozen and gave the customer an extra ear, as a bonus, he would lose an ear for every dozen sold. But with two half dozens, he would be giving away his profit. Like the baker’s dozen, the extra ear of corn may bring the customer back for more and create good will. I haven’t been back, but I guess he created good will, and that’s important. I will probably go back for more corn before the season is over.

Gardening is a lot like gambling. You put forth the effort and you know at the start that you may not win the jackpot, but at least you’re in the game.

Birchwood Charter School helps lake association battle an invasive plant BIRCHWOOD — For the last four years, the Birchwood Blue Hills Charter School has partnered with the Washburn County Land and Water Department to raise and release purple loosestrife-control beetles.

Purple loosestrife is an aquatic invasive plant species originating from Europe and Asia. Although many consider it a pretty plant, it is a concern because it can overrun native wetland and shoreline plants, reduce or eliminate native animals, and degrade recreation by choking out waterways. One plant produces up to 1 million seeds annually and the plant spreads aggressively underground.

The Galerucella beetle only eats purple loosestrife plants. It feeds on the stem and leaves of the invasive plant, slowing its spread. The beetles are known to fly as far as a mile to find food. They won’t congregate in your windowsills like the Asian lady beetle, in fact, unless you go looking for them, you’ll probably never see one.

In late April, purple loosestrife rootstock was dug up and the students planted them into buckets with soil.

Twenty-five buckets were placed into two

Birchwood Blue Hills Charter school students are ready to release purple loosestrife beetles on Red Cedar Lake. — Photos submitted large plastic swimming pools with water to grow. Nets were put over each plant to prevent predators from getting inside and in July, beetles were placed inside each netted plant. At this point, the beetles mated, laid eggs and eventually hatched into a new population.

The new beetles were tied up in the

Students are shown releasing purple loosestrife beetles into a wetland on Red Cedar Lake.

nets and brought out to Red Cedar Lake where previous infestations had been documented. Students, county staff and members from the Red Cedar Lake Association teamed up in canoes and boats to release 6,000 beetles. Since the project began in 2011, approximately 18,000 biocontrol beetles have been released around Red Cedar Lake and its wetlands.

“It’s fantastic to see such an active group of students working hard to protect Red Cedar! It’s hopeful their interest and ambition for lake protection will be with them throughout their lives,” stated Lisa Burns, conservation coordinator.

For more information on the program or other invasive species, please contact Burns at lburns@co.washburn.wi.us. submitted

Town and Country Days regatta results SHELL LAKE — The Town and Country Days Sailing Regatta was held on Shell Lake Saturday, Aug. 30. Afterward, a banquet and awards ceremony was held at the Lakeview Bar and Grill, a sponsor of the regatta.

Unique to this year’s regatta was a Finn sailed by Nick Allen. Allen took second place in the single-hull division in the boat he purchased from Wisconsin sailor Peter Jones Barrett.

Barrett competed in the 1960, 1963 and 1969 Olympics, winning silver in 1964 and gold in 1968. Barrett won the North American Championships and sailed the boat into his retirement. The Finn class has been raced consistently in the Olympics since the 1950s. “This vintage Finn has a great racing heritage and will be back to win next year,” stated Peter Moen, Shell Lake Sailing Club commodore.

Results of the single-hull division were Brett Fiala and crewmember Dennis Wagner, first; Nick Allen, solo, second; and Tim Bauernfiend and crewmember John Bauernfiend, third.

Sailing a Finn, Nick Allen took second place in the In the catamaran division Bob single-hull division of the Town and Country Days Broad and crewmember Rachael Sailing Regatta on Saturday, Aug. 30. — Photo submitHile-Broad took first. Dan Sutphen, ted solo, was second. - submitted

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21st Century Community Learning Center continues

SPOONER — A 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant will help Spooner Area School District families stretch beyond school walls. Working together as a caring community, they expect to see student success rise.

Spooner Area School District begins their second and third years of two different $500,000 21st Century Community Learning Center grants designed to assist in providing programs and services leading to improved academic student achievement, youth development, and greater family and community connections to educational opportunities.

The district will continue to provide opportunities during extended school times in the areas of academic, artistic and cultural enrichment. They purchased proven resources to increase student achievement with a spotlight on math, reading, science and technology. This, combined with the fact that they remain open 2-1/2 hours after the end of each school day, Mondays through Thursdays, and provide family-member involvement and literacy opportunities, means families will gain more exposure to academic and enrichment opportunities. Spooner Schools has strengthened partnerships with community organizations such as Lakeland Family Resource Center, UW-Extension Washburn County, Spooner Memorial Library, Indianhead Community Action Agency, Spooner Police Department, Aurora Community Counseling, Hunt Hill and more to provide higher quality opportunities for area families.

Afterschool Club registration is now open to all children living in the Spooner Area School District. Children between the ages of 6 and 14 can participate, free of charge.

Packets with club descriptions and registration forms are available at elementary, middle and St. Francis School offices

At the Pet Food Drive Service Learning Project packaging night, local families donated cat and dog food, cat litter, pet treats and more for the Washburn County Food Pantry distribution. — Photo submitted as well as on the school website, spooner.k12.wi.us.

Afterschool Club is slated to begin Monday, Sept. 15, at the elementary school and Monday, Sept. 22, at the middle school. Registration opens on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Return completed registration forms to the district community education office at the high school on CTH A or online.

Afterschool Club time includes recreation, healthy snacks, engaging enrichment and field-trip opportunities, servicelearning projects, homework and targeted skills assistance,

and family connection opportunities. Club sessions run from after school until 5:30 p.m. at Spooner Elementary School and until 6 p.m. at the Spooner Middle School, following the school district calendar.

The district meets a variety of student interests centered on the following resources and topics: Engineering is Elementary, newspaper publishing, SPARK, Skillastics, Boost Up Skills, Construct with K’nex, 4-H Afterschool, Kidzlit and math, projects in the lab, Lego story starter, baby-sitting clinic, drama, running, homework help, service learning, and much more as other individuals and partners step forward to share their strengths with our children and families.

Partnering with community members and organizations to provide connecting points and opportunities for family engagement is important to Spooner Area School District.

They are in the process of lining up some great opportunities for families this school year: Prairie Fire Theatre, Super Families, Power Up, Help Your Child Succeed, Science Museum of Minnesota, family reading activities and more. Any other connections are welcome to bring great programming to families. Please let Karen know of your interest in being an active member of the advisory board or a volunteer connecting great activities to the school family.

If you have questions on programming, collaboration ideas, volunteering time to help or need more information contact Karen Collins, Spooner Area Community Education, at 715-635-0243 or collinsk@spooner.k12.wi.us. And remember, always register early, limited programming spots fill quickly. — from SACE

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Local historian looking for your history stories SPOONER — Local historian Sharon Tarr has once again been asked by the Washburn County Historical Society to compile a volume of county history. If you have old photos and stories of times, places and people here in Washburn County, she invites you to send your history stories and pictures to her to use in Volume VI of the Historical Collections of Washburn County.

In order to highlight the newest display, Tarr is especially asking: Did you or a family member work at a Shell Lake boat factory? When? What was your job?

Who did you work with? With enough responses, this can be a special chapter in the next volume of Washburn County history.

The first two volumes of the historical collections were published more than 30 years ago. They featured stories from around the county diligently collected by the late Judge Ward Winton mainly beginning in the 1950s. Volume III soon followed and was mostly compiled by the judge’s granddaughter-in-law, Kay Winton. Among the stories in that book were a great many accounts of early life around the county, written by the late Helen Bethel of the Town of Casey. In the 1990s, Fern Griffin of Shell Lake and Bonnie Brandt of Spooner collaborated to produce Volume IV. Tarr compiled Volume V of the Washburn County histories between 2008 and 2012. In that nearly 400-page book, she included stories from many sources, including, for example, histories of the county’s newspapers that she wrote herself. There were also independent historical collections, from the communities of Springbrook, gathered by Joyce Menzel and Donna Holt, and West Sarona, gathered

by Gloria Elliott. Pete Hubin, Spooner,

The old brick jail served Washburn County for so many years, now gone for nearly a quarter of a century. — Photos submitted wrote about his family, farming and growing up in the Town of Beaver Brook.

Betty Hubin, Spooner, wrote about her family, the Furchtenichts. Alayne Norton Root, Shell Lake, contributed a family history with pictures that she worked on with her mother, Verna Petz Norton. Barb Swearingen, Spooner, submitted the history of her husband, Darrell’s, family. The list is long.

Tarr expects to complete Volume VI in about three years’ time, so, accordingly, it should be available sometime during 2017. The best way for you to submit old photos and stories is by email to Tarr at remembering44@yahoo.com. Scan photos into a computer and then attach them to an email. Stories can also be sent by reg-

ular mail to Sharon Tarr, 306 Balsam St., Spooner, WI 54801. If photos are mailed, please be sure they are good copies and not original photos since they will not be returned.

Copies of all five of the previous volumes of the Historical Collections of Washburn County are available for purchase by contacting the historical society at 715-468-2982 and/or stopping by the Washburn County Historical Society Museum Complex in Shell Lake on Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The books are also for sale at the Washburn County Information Center, open daily at 122 N. River St., next door to McDonald’s in Spooner. — submitted

Boat making was an important part of Shell Lake’s history. This advertising is from a 1967 Wisconsin Indian Head Country tourism booklet.

Final Cakes at the Lake with wild rice presentation at Hunt Hill

SARONA — Join the Long Lake Preservation Association for the final Cakes at the Lake all-you-care-to-eat pancake breakfast at Hunt Hill Audubon Sanctuary in Sarona, on Saturday, Sept. 13.

Breakfast will be served from 8-9:45 a.m. with plain pancakes or wild rice and cran-

berry pancakes. Stick around after breakfast for a free program on wild rice with Mike Bartz.

Bartz grew up in northwestern Wisconsin harvesting wild rice since 1967. He retired from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources in 2008 after a career as

a conservation warden. Today he continues to assist with the APHIS program to relocate nuisance bears. In his spare time, Bartz enjoys wilderness canoe camping, building traditional wooden and canvas canoes and grouse hunting with his English setter.

Hunt Hill is located at N2384 Hunt Hill Road, Sarona. Stay tuned next summer for more exciting Cakes at the Lake presentations. For questions or more information call 715-635-6543, or visit hunthill. org. — from Hunt Hill

Shell Lake Community Ed announces adult ed classes SHELL LAKE — Shell Lake School is excited to offer community members a variety of opportunities to be a part of school through adult ed classes. Instructor recommendations and class proposals are always welcome.

Please contact the community education office with suggestions, 715-468-7815, ext. 1337, or jensenk@shelllake.k12.wi.us.

Registration information is included in class description.

Food Preservation: Back To The Basics: With Dianne Weber, UW-Extension. Do you want to extend the life of your garden? Are you interested in exploring home canning but secretly too intimidated to try? Have your attempts to freeze been less than tasty?

This class will provide basic information on canning and freezing. When do you need a pressure canner? Why is blanching important? Bring your questions. Bring your pressure canner lid for a free gauge check.

Class is free. Monday, Sept. 22, 6-7:30 p.m., Shell Lake High School, Room 113.

Gentle yoga: With Nicole Wenner.

Nicole’s style of yoga is gentle hatha and vinyasa, a relaxing and peaceful practice that focuses on using the breath to nourish your mind and soul through transitions between poses. This one-hour class will wind you down from your manic Monday and leave you rested and prepared for the week ahead.

Six-class package is $35. Sept. 22-Oct. 27, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Shell Lake High School choir room.

Wild Mushrooms 201: With certified mycologist Tavis Lynch. Discover the easily recognized, lesser-known edible mushrooms not covered in Mushrooms 101. Learn more accurate identification techniques and an accurate map of mushroom seasons.

You will make a spore print and identify trees associated with different mushroom species. Mushrooms covered will be: Lobsters, hericium, hedgehogs, elm oysters, leccinum, and black trumpets. Class includes mushroom foraging in county forest.

Prerequisite: Wild Mushrooms 101. Must register with WITC at witc.edu/continuingeducation/classfinder.htm or by calling 800243-WITC using Class No. 66265, Catalog

No. 42-806-410. Cost $42.26. Senior fee $4.50. Class must have eight students to run.

Tuesday, Oct. 30, Thursday, Oct. 2, 5:30-8:30 p.m., and Saturday, Oct. 4, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Shell Lake High School IMC. Fact-Based Investing: Instructors Brad Seboe and Brian Niemann, financial consultants with Wealth Management Group, LLC of Cumberland, are here to tell you that investing as we know it has changed. Take what you’ve learned about investing and throw it out the window.

The focus of Fact-Based Investing is on careful measurements of what is, rather than emphasizing the predictions of what might happen tomorrow, or the theories of what ought to happen tomorrow. With the use of two measuring tools you can confidently see where and when to invest. Simply put, be defensive and protected in bear markets, and be fully invested during bull markets. Class is free. Monday, Oct. 6, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Shell Lake IMC. Strengthening Families Program: With UW-Extension and LFRC. Presented by trained staff from UW-Extension, LFRC and school district staff, the Strengthening Families Program 10-14 is aimed at families having fun together. SFP 10-14 helps parents and youth build on each other’s strengths.

Parents of teenagers can show love by setting limits and help youth develop skills to handle peer pressure while building a positive future. Families from all Washburn County school districts are invited to attend. Dinner for the family is included each night. Child care provided. Register through Lakeland Family Resource Center by calling 715-6354669. Open to families with youth ages 10-14 years. Class is free. Tuesdays, Oct. 7-Nov. 18, 5-5:30 p.m. dinner, 5:30-7:30 p.m. activities, Shell Lake High School, Room 113.

Scam Awareness: With Wealth Management Group, LLC. Learn from mistakes of others and avoid financial pitfalls.

Explore the theory of Red Flags for Bad Advice, based on real-life examples of how easy it is to be misled into harmful financial situations. Find out how to spot a salesman clothed in financial adviser clothing, and tell

the difference between a friendly and likable salesman and competence and integrity.

Expect financial consultants Brad Seboe and Brian Niemann to answer these questions: Aren’t all planners and advisers the same?

What characteristics should I look for?

And avoid? Is there a place I can research reputable financial advisers on the Internet?

Class is free. Monday, Oct. 20, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Shell Lake High School.

Walk the halls: A friendly reminder that

the Shell Lake 3-12 School is open for hall walking Monday through Friday, 6:30-7:30 a.m. and 3:30-8:30 p.m. Don’t let the rainy, cool weather keep you from staying active as we roll into fall weather. Walking maps are located at the entrance of the 3-12 school. No registration needed. — from SLCE

Chamber notes Suzanne Johnson | Staff writer SHELL LAKE — Although the Shell Lake Chamber of Commerce Executive Board meets on a regular basis, a full chamber meeting was held Thursday, Sept. 4, after a suspension of meetings in recent months. The meeting was held in the conference room at city hall.

Summaries of various activities during the past months were given. The annual July 3 street dance had 1,200 18-and-older paying guests. Shannon Klopp is contacting bands about next year’s event. Suggestions were made to request the band play some background music during the fireworks.

The Shell Lake Arts Center Gala held in August was once again a success with over 200 paying guests attending. The gala is a major fundraiser for the center, which brings 600 families to the community twice each session of camp.

As there were not enough participants showing interest in the Miss Shell Lake program, the pageant for 2014 was canceled. The current Miss Shell Lake royalty attended 50 parades this past year.

If there is enough interest, the chamber will consider a pageant in 2015. At the meeting, Daniel and Stephanie Lawrence expressed interest in helping to continue the program. A suggestion was made to not hold the pageant during Town and Country Days.

Oktoberfest is fast approaching. The third-annual event is set for Saturday, Oct. 4, 6-11 p.m., in the Darrell Aderman Auditorium of the Shell Lake Arts Center. The Tommy Bentz Band will provide music and possibly the Three Rivers Polka Band. Area businesses interested in hosting a table to provide free tasting, beverage or giveaway items for around 100 people are asked to call the arts center, 715-468-2414, to reserve a spot.

The chamber will once again be a part of the Haunted Schoolhouse at the arts center. The Haunted Schoolhouse is tentatively set for Friday, Oct. 24, Saturday, Oct. 25, and Friday, Oct. 31. From 6-8 p.m. it will be less scary and from 8-10 p.m. it will be for those who like to be scared.

Holiday Saturday will be Dec. 6, with Santa visiting at the community center and businesses having specials to kick off the holiday season.

Come winter, ice races will take place on two different weekends in Shell Lake and are yet to be scheduled as to the exact dates and times.

Nominations were taken for the positions of chamber president, vice president, treasurer and secretary. Nominees will be voted on at the Thursday, Oct. 2, meeting and start the office in November.

Tara Burns will remain the board member at large.

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ALS Ice-Bucket Challenge done in memory of former employee Craig Norheim SPOONER — Spooner Health Systems sponsored an ice-water challenge in memory of former employee Craig Norheim, who fought a courageous battle with ALS. He passed away Jan. 13, 2012. His widowed wife, Julie, was able to join the staff of SHS for the occasion.

SHS employees were asked to make a donation to ALS in memory of Norheim.

Everyone who donated was extended into a drawing with a chance to dump the ice water on one of the senior leaders, Mike

Schafer, Becky Busch, Cindy Rouzer and Clint Miller. The ice-water dumping took place Thursday, Sept. 4, in front of the hospital.

Employees contributed $1,028 and were matched by Spooner Health System for a total contribution to ALS of $2,056.

SHS went on to challenge the leadership of Essentia—Spooner Clinic. — from SHS

Doing the dumping during the ALS ice-water challenge are back row (L to R): Spooner Health System employees Sue Dobson, home care; Betsy Andrea, diagnostic imaging; Dave Wahlstrom, maintenance; and Mattie Pitts, lab. Getting dumped on are senior leaders and Craig Norheim’s widow: Becky Busch, chief financial officer; Cindy Rouzer, human resources director; Julie Norheim, widow of former employee Craig Norheim; Clint Miller, director of patient care services; and Mike Schafer chief executive officer. — Photos submitted

Participants were dumped on with ice water during the ALS Ice-Bucket Challenge.

Mike Schafer, Cindy Rouzer, Clint Miller and Becky Busch were all smiles after completing the ice-water challenge done in memory of Craig Norheim.

Forty-four years of camping at the Red Barn

SHELL LAKE — Camping over the Fourth of July and Labor Day holidays at the Red Barn Campground in Shell Lake has been a tradition for many years by a large group of Osceola/Dresser area families. Most noteworthy, however, is the record of 44 straight years of camping since 1970 by Dale and Donna Johnsen and Darel and LaVonne Getschel. This past Labor Day they were joined by eight other family units from their area.

The Red Barn Campground emphasizes family camping in a farm setting where children can reconnect with nature and animals, whether it be picking eggs from the chicken coop, petting rabbits, taking Belgian horse-driven wagon rides, enjoying a led horse ride, walking the three miles of trails in the woods, or leading and grooming one of the miniature horses, sheep or alpaca during the small animal parade on Saturday mornings.

Osceola area campers gathered Labor Day weekend at the Red Barn Campground. The group included third-generation campers.

The Johnsens and Getschels, from the Osceola/Dresser area, have enjoyed 44 years of holiday camping at the Red Barn Campground in Shell Lake. — Photos by Lee Swan

In 1965, Hulda and William Toftness converted their 225-acre Shell Lake dairy farm into the Red Barn Campground, later operated by Melvin and daughter Harriet Swan, and now owned by grandson Lee Swan and wife Dotty. In those 49 years since the campground started, there have been many campers who have returned on a regular basis, some as third-generation campers. The Johnsens and Getschels, along with others in their area group, have reservations set for the

Fourth of July and Labor Day 2015 when the Red Barn Campground will celebrate its 50th year of operation. — from RBC

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Danielle H. Moe | Staff writer SHELL LAKE — A visual history of United Airlines is stationed in a garage on Shell Lake. Archie Ryan has carefully assembled numerous images on his garage’s wall of the airline’s aircraft that brought people to their desired destinations.

“These are your ‘30s and ‘40s and ‘50s; mostly these are your ‘60s, ‘70s and late ‘80s models, so it’s something to pass time,” said Ryan. “They were there before me and after me ... something to pass on generation to generation.” The hobby is not something Ryan can explain and upon further consideration he does not feel the need to. Perhaps his interest stems from his 42-year career with United Airlines at the Chicago O’Hare International Airport as a customer service representative in the cargo department.

“I thought I would leave my mark in this world a little bit. Pass down to my son, my grandkids. My grandkids are more into it. My 8-year-old loves it, so it is something different,” said Ryan. United Airlines was founded in

A United tribute

1926. Today the company employs 85,000 people around the world, averaging 5,341 flights a day to more than 360 airports in six countries. In 2012, United and United Express carried more passenger traffic than any other airline in the world and operated nearly 2 million flights carrying 140 million customers.

Ryan got the images printed with the help of a friend who lives in Illinois. The images came from a book he had in his possession. Most of the aircraft displayed are those that were in service long before Ryan began working with the airline, a fact that seems to propel his interest.

“It was a different world than it is now, everything changes. Let’s say a DC3 could handle about 25,300 pounds at gross takeoff point and could range about 2,000 miles in good weather. Now you got your 747 and your 767 and all the other 7-7s that can carry two to three hundred passengers, all depends. They can take off in Minneapolis and land in Hong Kong in about 17 hours,” he said. United began flying their first domestic nonstop

Archie Ryan, Shell Lake, stands below some of the aircraft images that adorn his garage’s walls. — Photos by Danielle H. Moe

Archie Ryan’s United Airlines tribute on his garage walls includes the airline’s aircraft models from the 1930s to the 1990s and the labels used by the airline.

flights in the 1930s but the addition of nonstop international air travel remains a modern-day marvel in Ryan’s eyes. As the company continues to change, Ryan’s collection also remains unfinished. He is currently looking for an image of a United 787 and one company wing label.

“We have some duplicates that came out; I give people a test on that,” he said with a twinkle.

Summertime waning

With the children back in school, the gulls have once again reclaimed the diving platform.

ABOVE: With temperatures in the mid-60s on Sunday, Sept. 7, this might have been the last week to enjoy water sports on the lake.

RIGHT: Two ways to enjoy a day on the lake, low tech in a sailboat riding the wind and the other is in 200 h.p. bass boat. Either way, Shell Lake is big enough for the both of them.

This ominous-looking cloud came through Shell Lake Wednesday, Sept. 3, dumping more than 3.5 inches over a two-day period. High winds caused trees to go down and were responsible for a power outage on the north side of Shell Lake. — Photos by Larry Samson

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Shell Lake still looking for first win

Pulling guard Ben Frey leads the way for Dylan Sandwick as Shell Lake takes the offense around the end.

The Shell Lake defense had their hands full as they tried to hold back Elmwood/Plum City running back Ryan Asher. Making the play for Shell Lake were Ben Frey, Christian Monson, Drew Johnson, Dylan Sandwick and Noah Skluzacek.

Zach Melton dragged three defenders on the kickoff return. The kickoff return was one of the few bright spots in the Laker game plan as they lost 0-48 to the high-power Elmwood/Plum City offense in a home game on Friday, Sept. 5. Their next game will be Friday, Sept.

12, 7 p.m., when the Flambeau team meets on the Laker field.

Brady Lehnherr and Isaac Hopke are the ball and water boys for the Shell Lake football team. It is a great job and they get to hang around the team on the sideline.

Photos by Larry Samson

The team that never gives up LEFT: Spooner Rail Desi Fielding stretches out to get the first down when it was needed. The junior fullback is back and still recovering from an ankle injury.

RIGHT: Matt Slaminski avoids the Bulldog defender and get this pass off. While the Rails were able to move the ball up and down the field, they were not able to get it across the goal line as they fell 6-33 to the Bulldogs on Friday, Sept. 5, on their home field. Spooner will be traveling to Cumberland on Saturday, Sept.

13, with a 1:30 p.m. kickoff time.

LEFT: Tim Meister executes a perfect interception to stop the Chetek/Weyerhaeuser drive.

RIGHT: Brett Gauger crosses the goal line with seconds left in the first half for Spooner’s only touchdown.

Photos by Larry Samson

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Shell Lake volleyball team starts the season

Larry Samson | Staff writer TURTLE LAKE — The Shell Lake volleyball team lost their opening match with Turtle Lake 3-0 when they traveled to Turtle Lake on Tuesday, Sept. 2. The team went down 12-25, 12-25 and 23-25.

In the first two games, Turtle Lake dominated the nets, keeping Shell Lake on the defense. In game three, Shell Lake came out and played the game they were capable of. Leading through most of the close game, Turtle Lake rallied as they took advantage of the momentum. Shell Lake knew it was going to be a tough game against Turtle Lake and they were not mentally ready for them. “The girls had a slow start out the gate, but were able to settle down and enjoy themselves by the third set,” coach Jessica Furchtenicht said of her team after the game. The Lakers had only one serving error for the night and had 14 total kills.

Shell Lake traveled up to Ashland on Saturday, Sept. 6, to participate in the Ashland Invitational. Shell Lake lost 18-25 and 11-25 to Northland Pines.

Against Ashland they lost 22-25 and 9-25.

They had wins against Drummond, 25-20 and 25-20. They finished up the tournament with two losses to Northland, 22-25 and 18-25. Shell Lake finished sixth with eight schools in the tournament. “Serving errors were key on Saturday. We had way too many to be able to walk out with the victory on some of those closer sets,” Furchtenicht said of her team after the tournament. “Amanda and Caitlin Brereton had a strong showing all day long and all around the court,” she added.

Kaylea Kidder led the team with 16 kills, followed by Katie Slater with 10 and Tia Carlson with six. The sophomore libero, Hope Balts, was the lead server for the day; she was 17/18 with four aces.

Tia Carlson sets the return serve with a bump as Grace Anderson watches.

Senior Katie Slater goes up on the attack.

RIGHT: Kaylea Kidder goes on the offensive for Shell Lake as her teammates anticipate.

It was a tough week for the team as they lost three straight games to their conference rival Turtle Lake Lakers on Tuesday, Sept. 2.

Photos by Larry Samson

Monday Night Moonlighters Spooner Golf Club Final results Cowboys: 169.5 Bear Path Woodsmen: 163.5 Badger Boys: 163 Piersons: 157.5 Quicks: 148.5 Lindstrom Turtles: 146.5

Fastest kids in town

Bass Lake: 140.5 Schroeders: 140.5 Fields: 134.5 Mark and Danya: 134 Johnsons: 130 Holmans: 129.5 Melbys: 124.5 Bananas: 107

Harlem Wizards coming to Spooner SPOONER — The Spooner Area Schools Parent Teacher Organization is very excited to be bringing the worldfamous Harlem Wizards entertainment basketball team to Spooner High School for a community event/fundraiser.

The Harlem Wizards brand of Trick Hoops and Alley Oops entertainment basketball has been packing gyms across the globe for 50 years. They will entertain the crowd at the Spooner High School on Sunday, Sept. 28. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., game time is 6:30 p.m.

The Wizards will put on a show with their slams, world-class tricks, precision teamwork and humor. The Wizards will be playing against a team made up of Spooner School District teachers, staff, principals and community members.

Spooner Area School District is home to over 1,240 students and all funds raised from this event will go directly to supporting PTO in its effort to fund events and educational needs in at Spooner Schools. — from Spooner PTO

Long Lake Chamber hosts first golf tournament SARONA — On Friday, Sept. 5, the Long Lake Chamber of Commerce held its first golf tournament at Butternut Hills Golf Course. It was a four-person scramble with 25 teams.

Proceeds from this event will help fund upcoming events and projects on Long Lake to be enjoyed by visitors and

With great kids and great fan support, over 70 kids participated in the Fastest Kid in Town race held Saturday, Aug. 30, during Shell Lake’s Town and Country Days. The overall fastest kid in town was Tyler Melton from Shell Lake. He ran a 5:93 40-yard dash. Shown (in no particular order and with an “interloper”) are the winners in every age and gender category. Sidney Erickson, 3- to 4-year-old girls; Preston Ausen, 3- to 4-year-old boys; Julia B. (no last name available), 5to 6-year-old girls; Shea Murphy, 5- to 6-year-old boys; Kylee Dahlstrom, 7- to 8-year-old girls; Pierce Hastreiter, 7- to 8-year-old boys; Shay Stenroos, 9- to 10-year-old girls; Tyler Melton, 9- to 10-year-old boys; Jordan Ausen, 11- to 12-year-old girls; and Noah Ranem, 11- to 12-year-old boys. Bosch and Barron Electric sponsored the event. — Photo by Tim Cusick

residents as well as scholarships to local schools and road cleanup, walleye stocking, pontoon flotilla, winter kite festival, Fourth of July fireworks contribution, SPOONER — The Spooner Rail Golf Band on the Barge, public park project, etc.

For more information visit longlakewis- team traveled to Ladysmith for a matchup against Spooner, Ladysmith and Luck/ consin.org. — from LLCC Unity on Friday, Sept. 5. Team scores were Spooner 186; Ladysmith 209; Luck/Unity 228.

The match medalist was Larissa Sch-

Spooner Rails golf results mock with 43. Other top scores for Spooner were Dani DeWitt, 46; Hannah Gostonzcik, 47; Rachel Johnson, 51; and Sydney Busch, 52. Scoring for JV were Lyndsey Hanson, 52, and Alison Barnes, 52. — with information from Spooner Schools Athletic Department

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National show features Shell Lake, area homes Danielle H. Moe | Staff writer SHELL LAKE — Being selected to help host a nationally aired reality TV show is not something Dave McNulty dreamed of, but that is exactly what happened to the Shell Lake resident this summer. McNulty, who works as a realtor for LakePlace.com, was selected as a realtor for the HGTV show “Lakefront Bargain Hunt.”

“We went around, looked at four cabins, and at the end they end up buying one,” explained McNulty. “Lakefront Bargain Hunt” is a new show on HGTV that follows real people on their quest to find their dream weekend getaway home at a bargain.

“I don’t know how many (realtors) applied, quite a few, and they just kept in-

terviewing us, and I had to episode highlights properties in do a casting call ... eventually the Upper Midwest, featuring I just got picked,” said Mchomes in the Burnett-Washburn Nulty. The show was filmed County area. Lake homes include one on Clam Lake in in Shell Lake and in Burnett Siren, two in Danbury, one on County from Thursday, June Crooked Lake, one on the Mi12, to Saturday, June 15. nerva Chain of Lakes and one “My job, when I got selected to be the realtor, was to home on Middle McKenzie Lake find a couple that was willing in Spooner. The show will also to be on the show,” said Mcfeature segments filmed in Shell Nulty. He got his first pick, Lake, on the Shell Lake beach, at Tim and Kelly, a Minneapolis a home on Shell Lake and on the Dave McNulty couple and buyers McNulty patio at McKenzie Landing on had worked with who were Big McKenzie Lake. just as excited at the opportunity.

“Watching them set up all those camThe six-episode show features lake eras and lights ... it was very interesting properties from across the county, but this to see how those shows operate,” said

McNulty. While it was interesting to be a part of a TV show, McNulty explained he and the show’s 10-person crew from New York worked hard 12-hour days to get the episode together. “Even though it is reality TV, it is kind of scripted, too. You try to be natural, but when you do a take 10 different times, it becomes a little scripted,” said McNulty.

“It was a really fun experience and good exposure for this area,” said McNulty.

The episode is sheduled to air on HGTV on Saturday, Sept. 14, at 8:30 p.m. Check your local listings for correct time.

September is National Preparedness Month

Be disaster aware. Take action to prepare.

MADISON — Are you ready for an emergency? Are you ready to protect the people around you in a disaster? September is National Preparedness Month.

Wisconsin Emergency Management’s ReadyWisconsin campaign encourages individuals, families, businesses and communities to get ready for anything unexpected.

“You can be a hero to your family, friends and neighbors by preparing for emergencies such as tornadoes, flooding and winter storms,” said Brian Satula, Wisconsin Emergency Management administrator. “Getting ready now could protect you and your loved ones later.”

Preparing can start with three important steps: • Make a plan for what to do in an emergency.

• Get an emergency supply kit.

• Be informed about emergencies that

could happen in your community.

Identify sources of information in your community that will be helpful before, during and after an emergency. ReadyWisconsin’s Facebook and Twitter feeds are a great place to start. You can also learn more about Wireless Emergency Alerts that go to your cell phone. Those alerts warn you of severe weather and other life-threatening events.

“Individuals and families need to be self-reliant and prepared for days without utilities such as electricity, water and phone service, availability of local busi-

nesses such as gas stations and supermarkets, and other needed supplies,” said Satula.

The ReadyWisconsin website has more information on how to make an emergency supply kit on a budget, tips for creating your own emergency plan and commonly asked questions and answers about preparedness. Just go to readywisconsin.wi.gov. — from Washburn County Emergency Management

Explore the Namekagon Barrens on guided hikes MINONG — Think a “barrens” is void of life? On the contrary. The Namekagon Barrens Wildlife Area, a globally rare habitat, has a diversity of vegetation and wildlife. Join the National Park Service and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources on guided hikes to explore this

rare gem.

Hikes will be offered on the following dates: Saturday, Sept., 13, 9:30 to 11 a.m., and Saturday, Sept. 27, 9:30 to 11 a.m.

The Namekagon Barrens are located west of Minong, in Burnett County. Meet at the intersection of St. Croix Trail Road

and Dry Landing Road. For a map go to fnbwa.org/p30 and scroll down.

Hikes are free to the public. Wear comfortable walking shoes and clothing appropriate for the weather. Bring water, snacks or other items as needed.

Hikes may be canceled in the event of

threatening or inclement weather. For more information, please call the Namekagon River Visitor Center at 715-6358346. — from NPS

Lions announce gun raffle winners Sheehan crowned 2015 rodeo queen Gloria Richter, Trego, received her first-prize 30-30 Brass Henry rifle from Shell Lake Lion Mike Cox. The Lions held the drawing for their gun raffle on Friday, Aug. 29, at their annual fish fry. — Photos submitted

Sandy Sheehan of Washburn County was crowned the 2015 rodeo queen on Sunday, Aug. 31, at the Great Northern Classic Rodeo at the Douglas County Fairgrounds in Superior. For several years, Sheehan has ridden on the rodeo drill team, run sponsor flags, participated in parades, sung the national anthem, helped with the Miracle Rodeo, mutton busting, watermelon crawl and calf tie. The Great Northern Classic Rodeo is a nonprofit organization 23 years strong. All the monies they make go back into the community to local children’s charities along with the Tough Enough to Wear Pink, Friday night performance in which proceeds help to support cancer research. Sheehan will represent this rodeo in several 2015 parades across Minnesota and Wisconsin. She will also reign over the 24th-annual Great Northern Classic Rodeo Sept. 4-6, 2015, in Superior.

— Photo submitted

Ventures Unlimited receives award

Tony Johnson, Shell Lake, left, was presented his second-prize .44 Mag. Henry rifle by Lion Bill Frahman. Carol Makusky, Spooner, third-prize winner, received a .22-caliber Henry Golden Boy.

Ventures Unlimited was selected to receive one of 24 Governor’s Awards. The award was for dedicated maintenance work that the Ventures rest area maintenance crew has done on the Shell Lake, Minong and Springbrook waysides. Ventures was awarded the maintenance contract for the waysides in 1989 and has maintained them since. Shown (L to R): Tom Van Beck, Wisconsin DOT; Mike Olsen, RAM supervisor; Kirstin Frane, CEO Ventures Unlimited; and Andy Zemaitis, 11-year RAM crew member. — Photo by Danielle H. Moe

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Ducks celebrate 25 years of dancing at Hunt Hill

SARONA — Duck for the Oyster, the North Woods’ premier traditional dance band, will be celebrating 25 years of community dances at the Hunt Hill Audubon Sanctuary in Sarona, Saturday, Sept. 13, starting at 7:30 p.m. The dance, held in Hunt Hill’s historic Cedar Barn, is a celebration of the 25-year history of roots dancing, toe-tapping music and community. In the 25 years that Duck for the Oyster has been together they have played and led hundreds of dances at community events, schools, festivals, weddings and family gather-

ings throughout the Upper Midwest. They were even invited by the late Assemblyman Harvey Stower to the state Capitol where they led legislators in a dance in one of the hearing rooms.

“They have been 25 fabulous years,” says fiddler Kevin McMullin, “We have so many stories. So many connections with people from so many walks of life. That seems like something worth celebrating.”

McMullin says that Duck for the Oyster Hunt Hill dances attract a diverse group. “We get the widest va-

riety of people at these dances,” says McMullin. “The thing they have in common is having fun. Singles and couples, kids and elders, everyone has a good time. Some folks come just to enjoy the live music. There are always refreshments available. It’s a great way to spend an evening.”

The dance is alcohol and tobacco free. Each dance is taught before the music starts; no previous experience is necessary. For more information about the dance visit duckfortheoyster.com or call 715-635-7641. — from DFTO

NRCS offers conservation practices

Improve soil health and protect natural resources

encouraged to begin planning and seeking permits as soon as possible. Applicants with shovel-ready projects, with designs completed and permits obtained, will receive higher priority.

Special sign-up opportunities are also now open for SPOONER — Farmers will want to plan ahead and sign up early this year for USDA conservation funding. on-farm energy, organic and seasonal high tunnel conserFarmers interested in the Environmental Quality Incen- vation practices, as well as a number of landscape-based tives Program need to apply by Friday, Oct. 3, for fund- initiatives. All offer technical and financial assistance through the NRCS’s Environmental Quality Incentives ing in 2015.

EQIP is the primary program available to farmers for Program.

• On-farm energy: NRCS and producers develop Agfarm and woodland conservation work, offering payricultural Energy Management Plans or farm energy ments for over 90 basic conservation practices. Last year, Wisconsin received about $25 million in funds for EQIP. audits that assess energy consumption on an operation.

All eligible applications received by Oct. 3 will be Audit data is used to develop energy conservation recevaluated and ranked for funding in 2015. Farmers can ommendations. The Landscape AgEMP assesses equipsign up at the NRCS office at the USDA Service Center ment and farming processes. The farm headquarters AgEMP assesses power usage and efficiency in livestock in Spooner.

Farmers who are interested in signing up for practices buildings, grain handling operations and similar facilithat may require local, state or federal permits, such as ties to support the farm operation .

• Organic: NRCS helps certified organic growers and manure storage systems or streambank restoration, are

producers working to achieve organic certification install conservation practices to address resource concerns on organic operations.

• Seasonal high tunnel (hoop house): NRCS helps producers plan and implement high tunnels - steel-framed, polyethylene-covered structures that extend growing seasons in an environmentally safe manner. High tunnel benefits include better plant and soil quality, fewer nutrients and pesticides in the environment, and better air quality due to fewer vehicles being needed to transport crops. Supporting conservation practices such as grassed waterways and diversions are available to address resource concerns on operations with seasonal high tunnel structures.

• Young forest initiative - special effort to build young forest habitat in 21 counties in Northern Wisconsin.

Interested landowners should contact the NRCS office at the USDA Service Center at 800 N. Front St. Room 102 in Spooner or call 715-635-8228, ext. 3. For more information, visit wi.nrcs.usda.gov. — from USDA

Spooner Community Ed announces fall classes SPOONER — Spooner Area Community Ed is offering the following classes for the fall. Mail or drop off check(s) to Spooner Area Community Education, 801 CTH A, Spooner, WI 54801. Attention: Karen Collins. For more information, call 715-635-0243 or collinsk@spooner.k12. wi.us.

Pickleball Open Gym: 6-8 p.m., Wednesdays and Fridays at the middle school’s Antholz Gym. Bring athletic wear and a water bottle. All ages are welcome, free. Join this fast, action sport that had a mascot long before it had a rulebook. Pickleball bears some resemblance to tennis, badminton and pingpong. Join at any time. Call Karen ahead for any closed dates.

Samurai Techniques of Ancient Japan: 6:30-8 p.m., Monday and/or 7-8:30 p.m. Friday, high school multiuse/ wrestling room. Bring athletic wear, water bottle. This beginner class is for ages 15 and up. Nami ryu Aiki Heiho is based on ancient martial arts, an exclusive secret of the samurai nobility. Later these arts formed the basis of modern arts, including Brazilian jujitsu and aikido.

Foundational arts of aiki-jujutsu, kenjutsu and iaijutsu will be explored, in addition to practical modern techniques and self-defense. Call Karen ahead for any closed dates.

Tribal Fusion Dance: 6:15-7:15 p.m., Mondays beginning Sept. 15, elementary music room 118. Bring comfortable, yoga-style wear, water bottle. $34.50 per four-week session. Explore music through movement while learning about yourself and other cultures. Basic belly dancing isolations, movement patterns, history and different styles of this ancient dance are the focus. Build body awareness, learn dance vocabulary and nurture your natural physical response to rhythm while you rediscover play. Instructor: Dawn Dunsmoor - Barefoot Circle Dance.

Call Karen ahead for any closed dates.

Fact-Based Investing: 5-6 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 24.

Spooner High School, Room B41. A donation for the local food pantry in lieu of a fee is your entry ticket. Investing as we know it has changed. Take what you’ve learned about investing and throw it out the window. The focus of Fact-Based Investing is on careful measurements of what is, rather than emphasizing the predictions of what might happen, or theories of what ought to happen tomorrow.

With just two tools of measurement, you can confidently see where and when to invest. Simply put, be defensive and protected in bear markets, and fully invested during bull markets. Instructors: Brad Seboe and Brian Niemann, fianancial consultants with Wealth Management Group, LLC of Cumberland. Registration deadline: Wednesday, Sept. 24, by noon.

Understanding Long-Term Care Insurance: 4-5 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 25, high school choir room A40, sponsored

by WEA Trust Member BenefitsTM. Snacks provided. Free.

Long-term care insurance is an affordable way to protect yourself against the high cost of extended care that may be required if you or your spouse has a serious illness, stroke or accident. The policy pays for care at home, in an assisted living facility, nursing home, or memory care facility.

Without LTCi, you will need to pay for this extended care with your personal savings and assets since LTC is generally not covered by Medicare, health insurance, or the new Affordable Care Act. Local insurance agents may have additional information available for any community members interested in learning more. All are welcome; if you are not a current WEA Trust member, you will need to pursue LTC with another insurance company. Presenter: Dave Olson. Registration deadline: Monday, Sept. 22, so they know how many snacks to bring.

Love and Logic Series: 5-7:30 p.m., Thursdays, Sept.

25-Nov. 13. Oct. 9 and Oct. 23 are blacked out at this time for other family events on Spooner campus. Spooner Elementary School Media Center. Bring materials fee of $10, payable to instructor, and writing materials.

Complete this course and receive $10 back. $67.43/senior fee $4.50. Teach children to develop responsibility while putting the fun back into parenting. Sylvia Isaacson shares practical techniques you’ll use immediately to raise responsible and respectful kids who resist society’s pressures to experiment with drugs, alcohol, promiscuity and other dangerous behaviors. This presentation may be geared toward elementary families; it reaches out to all who connect with children, whether every day or during grandparent weekends. Contact WITC, 715-234-7082, ext.

5409 to enroll. Registration deadline: Wednesday, Sept. 17.

Scam Awareness: 5-6 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 1, Spooner High School, Room B41. Donation for local food pantry in lieu of a fee. Learn from mistakes of others and avoid financial pitfalls. Explore the theory of “Red flags for bad advice,” based on real-life examples of how easy it is to be misled into harmful financial situations. Find out how to spot a salesman clothed in financial adviser clothing, and tell the difference between a friendly and likable salesman and competence and integrity. Questions answered: Aren’t all planners and advisers the same?

What characteristics should I look for? And avoid? Is there a place I can research reputable financial advisers on the Internet? Instructors: Brad Seboe and Brian Niemann, financial consultants with Wealth Management Group, LLC of Cumberland. Registration deadline: Wednesday,

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Basket: Grab and Go: 5:30-10 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 10, Spooner High School art room B96. Bring $30 materials fee payable to instructor, dishpan, flexible tape measure, sharp scissors, 10 clothespins, pencil, butter knife, old towel, $6. This is an excellent beginner basket. It has a wooden base with an attached divider. Can be used for basket tools to hair essentials. Some choice of color will be available. Instructor: Roxanne Melton. Registration deadline: Saturday, Sept. 27.

Permanent Vacation: 5-6 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 15, Spooner High School, Room B41. Donation for local food pantry in lieu of a fee. Discover how to get your permanent vacation (aka retirement). Real examples of how thinking differently has helped people enter retirement earlier, enjoy it longer, and sleep better because they knew they were covered from a “Griswold experience.” Instructors: Brad Seboe and Brian Niemann, financial consultants with Wealth Management Group, LLC of Cumberland.

Registration deadline: Wednesday, Oct. 15, by noon.

Tai Chi Song Style: 6-7 p.m., Thursdays, Oct. 16Nov. 20, Spooner High School, Room C16. Bring loose, comfortable clothing and smooth-soled shoes or socks, $57.50. Song (sung) style tai chi is a martial art, but the purpose of this program is to help those with tight joints, and those who may have difficulty with balance, stamina and strength, and arthritis. Dr. Paul Lam of the Institute of Health in conjunction with others developed this program for those who have arthritis. Unlike other forms of tai chi, the posture is more upright and the movements are small. Tai chi also works on the incorporation of mind, body and spirit. Tai Chi 1, the focus during this course, has 21 movements. Tai Chi 2 has an additional 21 forms. Instructor: Donald Ross. Registration deadline: Wednesday, Oct. 1.

Just Once Piano: 6:30-9:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 21, Spooner Middle School music room. $58 includes $29 materials fee for book and CD. Finally, a piano class for ages 18 and up that is very popular among working adults with little time or patience for traditional weekly lessons.

Receive a book and CD upon arrival at class. Experience piano lessons on your schedule. Instructor: Mark Blom.

Registration deadline: Tuesday, Oct. 14.

Spooner area blood drive collects 127 units SPOONER — The American Red Cross collected 127 units of blood at the recent Spooner Area Blood Drive.

Twelve donors gave 24 units of red blood cells in a double cell donation. This is an automated process that separates red blood cells from other components and returns plasma and saline back to the body. These cells are in greatest demand after blood loss from trauma or surgery.

Trinity Lutheran Church provided the building site for the drive, and the Spooner Chamber of Commerce donated the food for the concession table. Volunteer and staff meals were furnished by St. Francis de Sales Church and the Partners of Spooner Health System.

The following volunteers provided needed services in greeting and canteen assistance: Sandy Anderson, Noreen Barnes, Mary Lou Gabriel, Sandy Johnson, Mary Ann Kies, Deann McLellan, Miriam Michaelson and Joanne Wanek. Blood drive coordinator was Dawn Olson.

Travis Adams, blood drive team leader, stated, “It’s always a pleasure coming to Spooner. We couldn’t do it without you.” — from SABD

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AREA CHURCHES Episcopal

53 3rd St., Shell Lake 715-468-2734 Rev. John Sahlstrom, Rev. John Hendry Sunday School 9 a.m.; Sunday Worship Service 10 a.m., Nursery Provided; Faith & Friends, K - 6th grades, Wednesdays 3:15 - 5 p.m.; Youth Group, 7th - 12th grades, Wednesdays 7 - 8:30 p.m.

Corner of Elm and Summit St., Spooner 715-635-8475 Father Aaron Zook Holy Eucharist: Sunday at 10:30 a.m.

Thursday morning prayer 8:15; Mass 9:30 a.m.

Baptist

Northwoods Baptist

W6268 Cranberry Dr., Shell Lake; 1 mile north of CTH B on U.S. 253 Pastor Adam Dunshee 715-468-2177 Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

Sunday service: 6 p.m.

Wednesday service: 7 p.m.

Spooner Baptist

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

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

Sunday evening service 6 p.m.

Wed. evening service 6:30 p.m.

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 Shell Lake 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.

W3114 Church Rd., Sarona Pastor Mary Strom Sunday services, 8:30 a.m. outdoor, weather permitting Coffee between services 10:15 a.m. indoors service

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.

(WELS) Hwy. 70 at Hwy. 53, Spooner Pastor Gene E. Jahnke 715-635-7672, Home: 715-354-7787 Sunday Worship: 9:30 a.m.

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

(Missouri Synod) South of Spooner off Hwy. 63 W7148 Luther Rd. Pastor Brent Berkesch 715-635-8167 Sunday Worship, 8 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

Church of the Nazarene

Hwy. 253 S, Spooner Rev. David Frazer 715-635-3496 Sunday Worship: 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.; Wednesday adult, youth and children ministries: 6:30 p.m.

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; 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.

1790 Scribner St., Spooner Pastor Russ Leeper 715-635-3603 Sunday Worship: 8:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

School School, 9:15 a.m.

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

Methodist

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.

ll of us fall short of absolute goodness and perfection.

So when the Bible says Jesus came to save sinners, that means Jesus came to bring salvation and wholeness for every one of us.

Rejoice in your salvation this week in church.

Other

Trinity Lutheran

United Methodist

Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church

Faith Lutheran

Nazarene

Long Lake Lutheran Church

CLEO FREELANCE

Alliance

Lake Park Alliance

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.

1 Timothy 1:12-17 Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28

Luke 14:25-33

Psalm 14

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Sunday, September 15, 2013 Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost hen we are born, we know nothing, have no plan W to follow and must be taught how to live. In front of us lie opportunities that are untested and untried. Un-

fortunately, we do not have any second chances in life to live our lives over again. No matter how deep our desire may be or how desperate we are, we cannot relive one second nor retrace one step. Each step is final and every second gone forever.

David, however, says that the Good Shepherd will, “lead us in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.” Note carefully that he does simply want us to understand what righteousness is, but that he leads his own “in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.”

This is very important. The righteousness that David is speaking of here is not an end in itself. If it were, it would lead us to a state of self-righteousness - not godly righteousness. God does not want us to stray or walk in paths that are unrighteous because they will lead us to defeat and destruction, sin and shame. He wants to lead us in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Nothing is more important for us. Why? Because of the shepherd’s name, his reputation, is at stake. Like it or not, his name will be respected or rejected by the way we live. Our lives say it all.

Alexander the Great once said to one of his soldiers, “Your name is Alexander and my name is Alexander. But you are bringing disgrace to my name. Change your name or change the way you live.”

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Washburn County Area Humane Society

ADOPTABLE PETS OF THE WEEK I know I look crabby, but really I’m not, My life just one month ago, I’ve not forgot.

Living outside wasn’t easy at all, It’s really quite frightening when you are this small.

My mother was feral, she never had much, She didn’t know love or the joy of a touch.

My brother and sisters, how lucky we are, We won’t live our lives underneath an old car.

We know what it’s like to be loved and cared for, To have all the food we need plus so much more.

Mom and two kittens, for them a big cheer, Out of five of us there’s only two of us here.

We hope we’ll be next for we’ve come a long way, Like the others we just want to go home today.

Cats for adoption: 1-year-old spayed black/brown shorthair tiger; 2-year-old neutered black/white shorthair; 2-year-old neutered black medium-hair; 9-weekold black shorthair; 6-week-old white/brown/black medium-hair; 2-year-old male gray/white shorthair with frostbitten ears; 11-week-old gray/white male shorthair; 11-week-old shorthair orange tiger; 8-monthold shorthair calico; 3-year-old neutered tan longhair; 10-week-old male gray/white medium-hair; 10-weekold male orange shorthair tiger; 4-year-old neutered brown/black shorthair tiger and 1-year-old neutered orange/white medium hair tabby.

Dogs for adoption: 3-year-old neutered brown/ white Staffordshire terrier mix; 9-month-old brindle/ white male pit bull; 2-year-old neutered white shepherd mix; 5-year-old spayed beagle; 5-year-old neutered poodle/Yorkie mix; 1-1/2-year-old spayed black boxer/Lab mix and a 3-1/2-year-old neutered pit bull mix.

Strays include: Male brown/black longhaired dachshund found on CTH F in the Town of Brooklyn.

Please visit our website at wcahs.com and remember to spay and neuter your pets. If you need assistance, ask about our low-income spay/neuter program.

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

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Senior lunch menu

Monday, Sept. 15: Pork chow mein, chow mein veggies, brown rice, cottage cheese, mandarin orange dessert.

Tuesday, Sept. 16: Salad bar and dessert bar. Dining at 5 at Friendship Commons in Shell Lake.

Wednesday, Sept. 17: BBQ chicken, potato salad, baked beans, chocolate-chip cookie.

Thursday, Sept. 18: Roast turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, fresh fruit salad.

Friday, Sept. 19: Fish with tartar sauce, potato, coleslaw, pears.

Meal reservations must be made at least 24 hours in advance, call your senior center to confirm.

Menu subject to change.

All meals served with bread, butter, coffee, milk and water.

Thank You

Billie Aderman and the family thank you for your care and support these last weeks as Darrell declined and passed away. We are grateful for the medical professionals, especially Mary Shaver and Regional Hospice Service, whose service made it possible for Darrell to stay at home. We thank the members of Salem Lutheran who provided meals and served so faithfully at the funeral, we delighted in the Masons who led the Masonic ceremonies at his funeral, we rejoiced in the return of so many former Arts Center faculty and students who shared music and memories. To the Shell Lake and surrounding communities, thank you for your years of support of Darrell Aderman and the Shell Lake Arts Center and for your support of the family in these last weeks and months.

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Send death notices/obituaries to P.O. Box 455, Shell Lake, WI 54871 or email news@wcregisternewsroom.com

Dale M. Erickson Dale M. Erickson, 54, a longtime resident of Shell Lake, Wis., passed away at his home on Aug. 31, 2014, after a long and courageous battle with cancer.

Dale was born Jan. 21, 1960, in Rhinelander, Wis., raised in Brantwood, and after an adventurous life residing in Florida, Texas and Georgia, settled in the Wisconsin North Woods. Dale was an avid fisherman and hunter; a master carpenter and craftsman; and loved to sing and play his guitar.

Dale is survived by his young son, Gary Erickson; sister Tami (Robert) Masuca, Vernon Hills, Ill.; nieces

Bridgette (Mark) Hassel, Andrea (Chris) Marlowe and Angie (Shawn) Merkel, all of Merrill; and nephew Justin Lorbecke, Wausau; several grandnieces and grandnephews; and stepchildren Brittany Janowiec and Joshua Wistrom, Shell Lake.

Dale was preceded in death by his father and mother, Norbert and Myrtle Erickson; brothers Richard and Gary Erickson; and sister Denise (nee Erickson) Gruetzmacher.

A memorial service was held at the beach shelter house in Shell Lake on Sept. 7.

Free rummage sale at Beautiful Savior SPOONER — Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in Spooner at Hwys. 70 and 53 will hold its free rummage event from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., on Friday, Sept. 19, and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., on Saturday, Sept. 20.

The goal is to help as many families with need as pos-

sible, so there will be a two-bag-per-adult limit on Friday.

Beautiful Savior is located at N5015 Beaverbrook Ave. in Spooner, Hwy. 70, just west of Hwy. 53. For questions call the office at 715-635-7672. — from Beautiful Savior

Hospice volunteer training offered in Rice Lake RICE LAKE — The Lakeview Medical Center Hospice care program will offer hospice volunteer training to begin on Monday, Sept. 29. Training is provided free of charge.

Hospice volunteers are men and women of all ages and backgrounds who give a few hours a week to assist the terminally ill and their loved ones within the hospice program. Individuals interested in becoming a hospice

volunteer must complete the 20-hour training program provided by the Lakeview Medical Center Hospice Team. Training continues each Monday and Thursday afternoon through Thursday, Oct. 30, from 1-3:30 p.m.

There will be no sessions the week of Oct. 13.

Preregistration is required. Please call 715-236-6255 to register or for more information. — from LMC

Snag’s to host Critter Run SPOONER — Snag’s Sports Bar in Spooner will be hosting its second-annual Critter Run on Saturday, Sept.

20, with the proceeds going to the Washburn County Area Humane Society.

The ride will begin at Snag’s with stops at Mac Lake Inn, Gruzy’s Buck & Wing, The Cabaret, The Local and Lipsie Pines. Participants will collect dice for points at each stop. Included with the $20 entry fee is a T-shirt, food and music performed by Those Guys. Registration starts at 10 a.m. with the ride ending back at Snag’s around 5 p.m.

There will be raffles, chances to win many great prizes including a St. Croix/Danbury Casino Hotel stay, Garmin hand-held GPS, handcrafted cribbage table/boards, numerous gift cards for a variety of restaurants and businesses, plus so much more. Preregistration is appreciated but can be done the morning of the ride. The Critter Run is not limited to motorcycles, so get on whatever wheels you have and come join the fun to help the animals at WCAHS. For more information you can call Snag’s Sports Bar at 715-939-1212. — WCAHS

Seminar on promoting your tourism business to be held SPOONER — The Wisconsin Department of Tourism and Washburn County Tourism Association have teamed up to offer a free marketing seminar for tourismrelated businesses and organizations in the Washburn County and surrounding area. This educational program will include topics such as: • First impressions: Signage and curb appeal; • Learning to use social media as a marketing tool; • Learning about Web presence and Web analytics basics; • Learning to prioritize your marketing on any budget; and • Open discussion: Share marketing resources, tips and tricks.

This program will be presented by Drew Nussbaum, Wisconsin Department of Tourism, and Michelle Voight, Washburn County Tourism Association, and is designed to help you promote your business to visitors. If you rely on nonresident spending at your business, it is highly encouraged that you take a couple of hours and attend one of the sessions. Both presenters are dedicated to helping area businesses reach visitors and increase their revenue.

Nussbaum started with the state Department of Tourism in July 2012, after spending many years leading the Columbia County Visitors Bureau, working in tourism marketing, and assisting companies and organizations with their customer service needs since 1989. He loves traveling the state meeting with folks and helping them

get the word out about all the great things there are to see and do in Wisconsin. Having worked with various regional and statewide collaboration efforts, he enjoys bringing organizations together to share ideas and resources.

Voight has been the tourism director in Washburn County since May of 2009 and has a lot of enthusiasm for the tourism industry in Washburn County and Northwest Wisconsin. In early 2014, she was honored with the Governor’s Rising Star Award, given to one individual in the state who has a passion for tourism and has made a significant impact on tourism in their brief time in their position. Voight has worked with many local and regional organizations to offer assistance with their tourism missions and is excited to be offering this program for area businesses to gain knowledge on how to market to visitors.

The programs are scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 17, from 6-8 p.m., and Thursday, Sept. 18, from 8-10 a.m. at the Oscar Johnson Building at the Washburn County Fairgrounds in Spooner. Businesses and organizations are encouraged to attend. Light snacks and coffee will be provided.

RSVPs are appreciated for the program. Please RSVP to Voight at tourism@washburncounty.org or 715-6359696 and include: Business name, number attending, date attending, and contact information when registering for the program. — from WCTA

THANKS SHELL LAKE COMMUNITY

Cub Scout registration for Spooner Pack 62

Dale Erickson’s family extends their heartfelt gratitude to the Shell Lake community for all your help and support as Dale battled a terminal illness. Thanks especially to his friends and neighbors who helped him with lawn mowing and plowing; rides to his doctor appointments; and rides to/from school for his son, Gary. Special thanks to the staff at Hearts of Gold and Lakeview Hospice for the daily care and compassion given; to Shelley Erickson for caring for him so he could stay in his home; and Skinner Funeral Home for their services. So many people helped him out in his time of need. Many, many thanks and blessings to you all!

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SPOONER — Interested in joining Cub Scouts? Registration is open for all boys from first through fifth grade to join Spooner Pack 62.

A meeting was held Wednesday evening, Sept. 10, at the Spooner Elementary gym. If you were unable to attend and are interested in joining, contact Sarah Peterson, 715-416-0006 or sapeters@bsamail.org. — from Pack 62

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Dewey Country We must have the year of yellow. Yes, I think God dropped seeds and planted them in our ground for all to see. What am talking about? Well, it’s those beautiful yellow flowers along our roadsides and in our fields. There must be two or three different kinds of flowers, with one outdoing the other. I’ve never seen them like this. Maybe it’s due to the terrible winter we had in 2013-2014. So take a drive out and see those beautiful flowers, it’s worth it.

Happy anniversary to Buzz and Donna LaPorte as they enjoy their day together on Sept. 8. Have a wonderful day.

A very happy birthday to Jacob Taylor who turns 14 on Sept. 11. Have a great day, Jacob.

Happy birthday to Doc Sue Johnson as she enjoys her birthday on Sept. 11. Have a great day, Sue. Tom Forrestal, a very happy birthday to you on Sept. 11. Have a great day, Tom. Sept. 12, a very happy birthday to Mike Monson and also to Peyton Smith. Enjoy your special day, boys.

Happy birthday to Margaret Smith, Kris Fjelstad, Paul Meister, and to Travis Swan, all on Sept. 13. Have a great one.

Sept. 15, a very happy birthday to Kyle Hoppe and also to Andrea Redding.

Enjoy your day.

Happy anniversary to Mike and Tammy Dahle as they enjoy their special day, eight years together on Sept. 16.

Happy birthday to Daniel Petersen on Sept. 17. Understand Daniel is now a minister. Have a great day, Daniel.

Rain came Sunday evening and also Wednesday evening. Yes, there was lots and lots of lightning followed by rain coming in buckets followed by the echoing thunder. Then we had a hailstorm, which hit my windows and I thought for sure I’d have broken windows and in looking out the kitchen window I saw the ground was covered with hail. Monday morning everything looked so fresh, from the corn, to the soybeans, to the hay crop. With the rain we had, farmers can say amen, as this is enough to bring the crops through.

Butch and Loretta VanSelus pointed their car toward Montana to the John and Paula Powell home on Aug. 22 where they attended the wedding of their granddaughter, Tammy Powell, to her new honey Jeremy on Aug. 30. Jeremy is from Minnesota so the young couple had the Powells and the VanSeluses help move them to an apartment in Mound, Minn.

The VanSeluses came home then. However, on Saturday they got a call from the Powells that a big truck had come to the apartment and they needed help. So the VanSeluses hopped in their car and headed to Mound, Minn. However some of Jeremy’s relatives had come in between and unloaded the load. Paula and John Powell came to Butch and Loretta’s to spend time with them. On Thursday, the VanSeluses and the Powells went to the Country Lane Pantry as the Powells couldn’t believe the VanSeluses that this was going on and had to see the market with their own eyes. The VanSeluses came home Sept. 1 after being gone two weeks. The Powells left Monday morning for Montana where John is a minister.

Our deepest sympathy to the family of Darrell Aderman whose funeral was held Saturday, Aug. 30. He will be dearly missed by his family and a large host of friends. Darrell was the band teacher at Shell Lake and it’s true he had the patience of a saint and the memory of an elephant.

I didn’t know the Shell Lake Farmers Union building had been sold. Well it has and it belongs to Lee Gramberg. Lee and his crew of workers build small houses, from chicken houses to barns. These shelters are portable. Lee tells us he is doing quite well and has shipped small buildings to Michigan, the Dakotas, other parts of Wisconsin and Minnesota. He has a

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couple of men who help build them. I guess they make a nice fish house, too.

Talking with my favorite sister, Marie Quam, she tells us her son, Jim, can now do light work. He can run the tractor and wanted to put up the rest of the third-crop hay but due to the weather decided not to. He knows his limits and is being very careful with his right shoulder. Marie tells me she is very busy with milking and all the work on the farm, but she seems to thrive on it. The Quams have some reroofing on their barn, which is nice to hear.

The Rich Feeneys, along with son Richy, have moved to a place not too far from Rochester, Minn. They have an old-fashioned farmhouse and Richy is now enrolled in school. Their girls, Johanna and Allysha, have gone to their respective colleges.

Smith’s Apple Orchard now has different apples available for purchase. Who can beat that special secret Lynn has when it comes to baking all those goodies. I especially like those pumpkin cookies with raisins and also the donuts and apple and cherry squares, and all the other. I like it all.

Over the Labor Day holiday, Ginny and Jack Schnell, daughter Amanda and her honey, Aaron, and their little boy, Jackson, Chris and Nick Perlt, Tiffany and Eli, Mike and Nancy Murray and Steve Hulleman came to enjoy the weekend with Diane Hulleman. I understand Diane made all the favorite foods for everyone and her kids also brought goodies. By Sunday afternoon they were all packed and gone. Monday found Chris Hulleman, friend Lisa and Chris’ son, Lucas, coming to Diane’s to enjoy the afternoon.

Diane’s boys built an addition and put in a door. Tuesday evening, Diane and her son, Steve, put in shrubs around the town hall.

Talking with Glen Knoop, he tell us his wife, Karen, 74, is a patient at the Spooner nursing home. Glen went to his son John’s, in Hayward, to help clean up after a storm passed through. Glen says the corn is just trash, which isn’t good.

Lots of big old oak trees went down also.

John and Glen worked on getting things back to normal where they could. John is a welder and also takes care of 14 houses in Hayward. He does leaf blowing and mowing lawns. Minong also got nailed with the terrible storm. Understand it was straight-line winds. Glen spent Friday and Saturday in Hayward helping.

He was going to be back there helping again this week. He is also selling wood.

Sunday Glen went to see Karen.

Talking with Marv Knoop, he tells us that he and Jerry Sexton left last Friday for South Dakota for prairie dog hunting.

He says they got a number of them, but for every one you take out, there’s two more to come. The guys came back on Monday.

I understand everyone has a problem with their tomatoes this year. It’s called blight and it seems to be everywhere.

What’s blight? Well, the tomato like rots.

Even housewives who start their own plants have problems, so I guess we’re all in the same boat.

Diane Hulleman and son Steve went to the Twin Cities on Saturday. They went to Diane’s daughter, Jackie Perlt’s to look at a house that Jackie had sold. Jackie buys houses that need fixing, with Steve and Chris Hulleman doing the work getting them ready to sell. Diane tells us the house was so cute and so nice. Now Jackie will look for another house to fix up. Ryan Perlt and Heather Nelson will be getting married in November. Diane will have a shower for them at her home in Dewey Country. The couple are getting married in Mankato, Minn. Ryan is the son of Jackie Perlt.

Over the Labor Day weekend, Vicki Trott, Peggy Vesta, Robin Melton who was home for the weekend, and Don Lane and Allan Melton enjoyed playing cards

at Cecil and Evelyn Melton’s on Sunday night.

Well! I have a little bragging to do. My 10-year-old granddaughter, Rylee Ladd, got a bear on Sunday. It was 3 years old.

Rylee had to call and tell me, she was so happy. Well, I’m happy over this too.

Rylee used her grandpa’s used gun he got as a kid. It was a 30-30. Well, when Sunshine was alive he had the four kids take hunters safety and took them hunting. First was Paula and she used this gun. Then it was Pam, Penny who got the bucks for everyone else, and then Richy.

I don’t think Richy got anything though.

So it came down the line first with Sunshine and his kids. Well when Sunshine died, I gave the 30-30 to Penny as she was the only one interested in hunting and she shot a lot of big bucks in her time. Her honey bought her a deer rifle also. Well Remington got a bear last year and this year it was Rylee. So it’s hats off to Rylee on being a big, great bear hunter and joining the gang.

Last March 2, Nathan and Heidi Odden had a baby boy, Caleb. Their little girl just turn 2 in July, so now they have one of each. Congratulations!

Those two pups of mine, Rory and Ram, are so funny. Yes, Ram will be up in the recliner and of course Rory will want up also. Well Ram stands up as big as you please, playing King of the Hill and barking and running around at Rory. Well of course Ram always wins. He runs back and forth on the recliner and keeps Rory

off. Sometimes they actually get vicious, or they sound like it. Rory has a bone and of course Ram has one also. But Ram has to have Rory’s. He whines and whines and puts his paw on Rory, begging for Rory to give up the bone. Of course, Rory growls at Ram and certainly won’t want to give up his treat. But in the end Rory always gives the bone to Ram. That little Rammy is a manipulator. It’s funny though and gives me lots of laughs.

We are losing one of our Dewey Country neighbors who has lived in our town all his life and is quite well-known. Everett Lindstrom is leaving with his daughter, Valoris Peterson, to make his home in California with Valoris and John. We’re going to miss you Everett, but we hope that warm sunshine helps you.

Garry and Beth Crosby went to Tacoma, Wash., leaving Aug. 18 and returning Aug. 29, where they attended the wedding of Hannah Bauer and Tim Schmidt.

Hannah is the daughter of Tim and JoAnn Bauer. Aug. 30, Chad and Ashley Crosby had a fourth birthday party at the Doug Coyours’ for Morgan Crosby with Garry and Beth attending. Morgan is in kindergarten now. How time flies!

Scatter sunshine, as I know my Sunshine’s smiling at Rem and Ry Ladd for shooting a bear and using his 30-30.

Have a great week.

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Barronett

by Judy Pieper

Colorfest is almost here! Not this weekend, but the next one, Sept. 19, 20 and 21.

It looks like we’ll even have some colorful trees to see by that time. That little area on Hwy. 63, just south of the rest area, is starting to turn colors already.

Barronett Colorfest has something to do or see for everyone. It starts out again this year with a spaghetti supper on Friday evening at 5 p.m. After that, of course, there are family things to do that evening.

On Saturday register for the two-mile walk/5.4-mile fun run at 8 a.m. The actual race starts at 9 a.m. There will be a craft fair, men’s slow-pitch softball tournaments, an Ice Age Trail hike, Dairyland garden tractor pull, games for kids, the list goes on and on. And, on Saturday at 8 p.m., there will be a fish boil and live music in the backyard of Bistro 63.

On Sunday morning at 9 a.m., Barronett Lutheran will be holding their worship service at the community center. There will be fresh cinnamon rolls immediately after the service. At 11:30 p.m. the civic center members will be serving an old-time Sunday dinner with all the trimmings.

The women of Barronett Lutheran will be serving pie and ice cream just about all weekend long. We set up the pie and icecream social on Saturday morning at 10, and will be open for your dining pleasure until the Colorfest closes on Sunday evening. Come in, have a piece of pie, and see why I brag about our cooking all the time.

Apples will be the featured ingredient in the 11th-annual Barronett’s Best Cooking contest this year. Due to efforts by Terry Goodrich, there will be two categories in the baking/cooking contest this year. The second category is called the ugly pan and tasting contest. To quote the late Bud Allen, this category will feature, “good old-fashioned farm gut-packing food.”

This category will be based solely on how the food tastes. So, those of you who don’t like to put things on pretty dishes, bring in your very best dessert or whatever you make with apples and enter it into that category. Of course, if you do make a fancy dessert and want to enter it, you can enter one in the regular contest, too. One entry per category per person, please.

Sounds like Bud Allen loved to eat. Mrs. Allen told Terry that when he was working for Art Fink and then George Miller at the Mobile station in Cumberland, he came home for lunch every day. She said that she was sometimes distracted by visitors and had to hurry to get his lunch ready, but as long as she put the butter dish out on the table he knew that lunch would be coming soon.

Oh, be sure to be at the community center at 2 p.m. on Sunday. That’s when Bistro 63, Norseland Inc., and the 20 Mile General Store will host their wine-and-cheese-tasting event. That is something no one over the age of 21 should miss.

I could go on and on because there will be so many things to do, but I guess I’ll stop here and let you check out the advertisements hanging on bulletin boards all over the area for more details.

Illa Theese invited me to go to Ceska Opera House in Haugen last Friday for the fall variety show. We had a great time.

Unless you have been to one of the shows at the Ceska Opera House, I don’t think you can imagine what talented performers they have. There were musicians, a ventriloquist, and, of course, the Mighty Uffda Players did funny skits between some of the acts. Sally Baumberger emceed the event, and she can always keep people laughing. I had a chance to visit with Fred for a few minutes during intermission too, which is always fun. Anyway, if you want to have a very nice evening out, I highly recommend going to their next show, which will be “Long Live the Squeezebox” on Friday, Oct. 3.

Did you happen to see a man walking and pushing a couple of carts with a big sign saying “Love Life” in the area this past week? Well, he stopped in at the Red Brick Cafe on Saturday, and he’s a very interesting guy. His name is Steve Fugate, and he’s planning to walk in every state in the 48 continental states to raise awareness for suicide prevention. Steve started in Vero Beach, Fla., on March 23, 2013, and has already walked in 31 of the 48 states. He said that he thinks he has between 10 and 12 months to go in order to finish the whole country. He has already gone through 50

Life of an Athlete Featuring John Underwood for students, parents, school personnel and community members

FREE Life of an Athlete Human Performance Project Presentation

(Free light refreshments will be available.)

Where/When: Two live dates and locations are available to choose from: Tuesday, September 16: Northwood High School N14463 Hwy. 53, Minong, WI Student Presentation: 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Staff/Coach Presentation: 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Community Presentation: 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

- OR Wednesday, September 17: New Auburn High School 704 N. East Street, New Auburn, WI Student Presentation: 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Staff/Coach Presentation: 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Community Presentation: 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

(Long-distance learning, ITV, presentations will be available at Birchwood High School, Luck High School and Shell Lake High School on the same dates and times as above.)

Who: Coaches, parents, students, school personnel and community members Why: Experience better results in high school athletic performance, improve school and community culture, pursue healthy lifestyles and make healthy living and positive attitudes a norm. Join us for this FREE presentation as we explore how to improve student athletic performance and create a positive environment for youth to grow up in. The Life of an Athlete Human Performance Project is presented by John Underwood, a former NCAA All-American, International-level distance runner and World Masters Champion. He has trained/advised more than two dozen Olympians including World and Olympic Champions and holds three International Olympic Solidarity diplomas for coaching.

Contact: Carrie Jurek, New Paradigm Partners Grant Project Coordinator carrie.jurek@gmail.com Presentation and mailing funded by a Drug Free Communities grant.

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pair of shoes. Steve has a very personal interest in suicide prevention. He lost his son to suicide in 1998, and after his son’s death, his daughter was so heartbroken that she started down a self-destructive path and he lost her to a drug overdose a few years later. Steve’s story has been featured on public television, and he has been flown to Alaska by the Army to speak about suicide prevention to young soldiers. If you happen to see Steve, be sure to stop a minute and say hello.

Dick and Lois Cook were in the Red Brick one day this past week, and Lois told me that she was the person who made that delicious coleslaw at First Lutheran’s corn boil a couple of weeks ago. She even told me what she puts in it, so now maybe I’ll be able to make it at home. I have to say it just one more time, I have never had coleslaw as delicious as hers. Thanks again for the recipe, Lois.

Sue Hefty, Duane, and I went to Bistro 63 for dinner on Wednesday evening. The food was as delicious as ever, and the service was unbeatable. Just as we finished eating, though, the electricity went out and stayed out until 10 the next morning. That must be so frustrating for Jeno and the rest of the kitchen staff. They even had the next day off too, because the electricity went off again at about 4 p.m. and stayed off until after 9 p.m. What a pain!

I visited with Dave Langley for a few

Stone Lake Fall is definitely in the air with this cooler weather. Pretty soon Mother Nature will show her true colors!

Stone Lake is getting ready to sponsor the 36th-annual Cranberry Festival, starting on Thursday, Oct. 2. That evening there will be a dinner dance at the Stone Lake Lions Hall. The social hour will begin at 5:30 p.m. and dinner will be at 6:30 p.m. The royalty coronation will take place that evening also. This dinner takes the place of the luncheon, which was held in previous years.

The Saturday events will begin at 9 a.m. and end at 5 p.m. with many vendors, over 300, both inside and outside displaying their arts and crafts, which will also include a flea market. Parking will be in the fields outside of town with free shuttle buses. Parking is $5 for cars and $75 for tour buses. Handicapped parking will also be available.

Starting the day off will be a cranberry pancake breakfast at the Stone Lake Fire Hall from 7-11 a.m. There will also be a cranberry baking contest at the Stone Lake Fire Hall. Registration is at 10 a.m. and judging at 11 a.m. First Lutheran Church will have their pie social and bake sale

minutes on Sunday afternoon, and he said that he and Lisa had a wonderful time on their honeymoon trip to Oregon. They visited with Dave’s mom and other relatives, and enjoyed the beautiful scenery. Dave told me about going to dinner at the Claim Jumper with the entire family, and he had a 26-ounce steak. Twenty-six ounces!? Can you imagine? And Dave said that he ate the entire thing, well almost. He brought a little back for his mom. Anyway, he said that they had a lot of fun, are happy to be home, and are looking forward to taking Lisa’s kids to Valley Scare.

Carol Socha brought her grandson, Fabian, to church with her on Sunday morning. Fabian is 8 years old, and has started third grade in Shell Lake. We all enjoyed visiting with him, and hope he will come back with Grandma often.

I am very sorry to report that Steve Hefty passed away last Sunday, Aug. 31, in Oregon. His funeral will be held at his brother, David’s, home in Sweet Home, Ore., on Saturday, Sept. 13. His sister, Sharai, will be having a memorial service for him next July on his birthday. Steve was such a happy-go-lucky guy, and we will all miss him.

I guess that’s about it from Barronett this week. Be sure to mark the 19th, 20th and 21st down on your calendar for the Colorfest. See you later.

by Mary Nilssen from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. If you hunger for turkey legs there will be a beer, brat and turkey leg tent at the Lions hall from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. The parade will begin on Main Street and Hwy. 70 at 2 p.m., with the Krate Derby to follow immediately after the parade on Main Street. Marsh tours will be from 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Cranberries, craisins and festival apparel may be purchased from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Cranberry Corner, located at the top of Main Street hill. For more information you can go to stonelakecranberryfestival.com or call 715-865-3378.

Summer classes for Flirty Girls have ended and the new fall session began Sept.

1. Mondays and Thursdays there will be low-impact aerobics and toning classes at the Lions hall from 4-5:30 p.m. For questions or to request a different time, call Judy at 715-865-3005.

The Lakes Community Co-op monthly board meeting will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 17, at 8:30 a.m. at the Stone Lake Town Hall.

Have a nice week and be safe!

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

News from the service COLUMBIA, S.C. – Army Pvt. Scott Hendricks has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training,

drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.

Hendricks is the son of Lisa Hendricks, Springbrook, and is a 2010 graduate of Spooner High School. — from Hometown News

Friends fundraiser a success The Friends of Shell Lake Public Library’s book sale fundraiser held on Labor Day weekend as part of Town and Country Days was a huge success thanks to the help of all the volunteers. The fundraiser brought in over $2,000 to the FSLL treasury.

These funds will help to purchase new preteen, teen and large-print books for the library. Shown (L to R) Back row: Ken Schultz, Hal Hansen, Tammy Hopke and Mary Harrington (missing). Middle: Noah Skluzacek, Jim Herman and Marge Johnson. Front: Jan Sutherland, Dominic Hopke, Trevor Anderson and Jack Skluzacek.

— Photo submitted

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Dewey-LaFollette Larry Mangelsen was a guest of Hank and Karen Mangelsen over Labor Day weekend.

Christopher Ziemer is home again now after having surgery for appendicitis recently. He is the grandson of Curt and Deb Ziemer.

Recent visitors of Gerry and Donna Hines have been Philip, Mark, Sue, Barry, Brian, Jane and Jennifer Hines, Edgar and Dianne Rodriguez and family, and Lida

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Clam River Tuesday Club met Sept. 3 at Lakeview Church. Elections were held for the club officers and plans were discussed for the Oct. 11 fundraiser.

Lida Nordquist spent Wednesday and Thursday at the home of Joleen, Richard and Randi Funk. Randi is still recovering from a car accident.

Nina and Donna Hines, Lida Nordquist and Karen Mangelsen attended a baby

shower Saturday afternoon for Aiden Alexis McQuade. The shower was held at the home of Marlene Swearingen. Aiden is Marlene’s newest great-granddaughter, born Aug. 12.

Roger Mroszak visited Hank and Karen Mangelsen on Sunday afternoon. Other visitors were Patty and April Close, and Grace, Hannah, Holly and Jake Mangelsen.

by Marian Furchtenicht

There has been lots of water over the dam since I wrote before Labor Day. Lots of rain has fallen, some hail, some trees fell in the wind, football started, fall bowling started, school started, acorns are falling, birds are flocking, the last few nights have been cooler and the big harvest moon was the fullest on Tuesday night.

The Tuscobia Trap Club finished their season’s final league night last Monday with Frey’s Electric in top place. Congrats to them.

The Roost’s breakfast group last Tuesday had 13 ladies and a table of men present.

It was a big weekend at my house.

Daughter Cindy came up from Illinois on Saturday and went back on Monday.

Her son, Duane, and friend Cacey, Menomonie, came Saturday night and stayed over. The other kids here were Rock and Elaine, Russ and Roger, Mary, John, Sara, Kyle and baby, and Brian Marschall were here on Sunday for one meal or the other to see Cindy. Duane and Cindy cleaned my shed. Roger trimmed my oak tree by the deck. I didn’t call for news nor write until Monday so I don’t have much. This week no one has emailed me either, so the column is short.

Tony and Kelle Frey have a new business. They recently opened an archery shop on CTH D in the Town of Sarona and are all ready for the bow season. The best is wished for them.

Nicole Janisin has been appointed the new program director at Hunt Hill Audubon Sanctuary. Storme Nelson has retired after serving for 12 years. Thanks for your years of service, Storme, and we wish Nicole the best in her new job.

Hunt Hill is having a community dance Saturday evening, Sept. 13, at 7:30 p.m., when Duck for the Oyster performs. All ages are welcome.

Sympathy to the Darrel Aderman family in his recent death. He was a great person and a great teacher and the founder of the Shell Lake Arts Center, bringing and teaching music and arts to many.

Pete Frey had his folks over for a fish fry Sunday night. Glory has been busy doing sweet corn and went to Smith’s Orchard and got apples.

Grandsons Brady and Brian Marschall and their uncle, Daryl, got back Sunday night from a five-day trip near Uppsala, Ontario, Canada, fishing. Report fishing was very good.

Dorothy Esser, Spooner, and Nancy

Barkdoll and I enjoyed a fish fry together at the Hideaway a week ago on Friday night.

Mavis Schlapper and sister Joyce Wade went for a fish fry Friday night at Nick’s in Spooner.

Before grandson Casey went off to college, he and I did sweet corn. We did lots of batches. He keeps me motivated to get it done. It’s time I get this sent, so that’s all the news for now.

Birthdays this week include LuAnne Ingbretson, Ron Greenhow and Sharon Wilber, Sept. 11; Monte Zaloudek, Clarence Thompson, Debbie Elbe and Branna Gleason, Sept. 13; Ryan Kooper, Sept. 14; Sue Herman, Aaron Pederson, Jacob Stodola and Ashley Scheil, Sept. 15; Mary Ann Doanes and Kathy Zeiem, Sept. 16; Tammy Dennis, Ray Shimek, John Morevec Jr., Ramona “Boots” Believieu, Daniel Marsch, Sharon Pfluger, Marc Ripley and Brian Granzin, Sept. 17. Have a happy one.

A happy wedding anniversary is wished for Jerry and Kelly Curtiss, Sept.

15; and John and Amy Stoner, and Mike and Tammie Dahle, Sept. 16.

Remember the memorial get-together for Wanda Rux, 1 p.m., at the Rux place on Saturday, Sept. 20.

Ramseier/Hubin Jenna Ramseier and Brandon Hubin announce their engagement.

Jenna has an associate degree from Chippewa Valley Technical College in radiography. She works at Mayo Health Systems in Menomonie as a radiologic technologist.

Brandon has a bachelor’s degree from UW-Eau Claire in GIS and an associate degree in land surveying from Nicolet Area Technical College. He works for CBS2 in Chippewa Falls as a survey/GIS technician.

Brandon is the grandson of Carol Hubin, Shell Lake.

An Oct. 11, 2014, wedding at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Cadott is planned. — Photo submitted

Washburn County accident report Saturday, Aug. 16 At approximately 1:54 a.m., Raul Giovani Rojas Cruz, 30, Minong, was northbound on Hwy. 53 in the Town of Brooklyn, three miles north of Palmer Drive near the Minong Wayside, when he crashed his 2000 Volkswagen Jetta. Daniel Halverson, 23, Waukesha, witnessed the crash and pulled over to assist. According to Halverson, Rojas had previously passed him going at a high rate of speed. Rojas suffered incapacitating injuries from the accident and was ejected from the vehicle.

He was flown to Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire for treatment of his injuries. The Jetta was totaled and was towed from the scene. Rojas was cited for OWI and reckless driving.

At approximately 2:46 a.m., Joseph

Girard, 38, Hayward, witnessed Christopher Kabasa, 21, Ashland, suddenly swerve onto the shoulder, up onto an embankment and back down into a marshy wooded area for approximately 200 feet from where he left the roadway.

The accident report states Kabasa fell asleep at the wheel and may have suffered some possible injuries. The 2000 Chrysler Town and Country Kabasa was driving received damage to the front and undercarriage. The vehicle was towed because of the damage. Kabasa was cited for operating a vehicle without a valid license and inattentive driving.

Wednesday, Aug. 20 At approximately 2:15 p.m., Chaz Halvenor, 22, Marenisco, was southbound

on Hwy. 53 in the Town of Sarona, onefourth mile from Long Lake Avenue, when he left the roadway, driving into the median, hitting the ditch and crossing a turnaround area. Halvenor suffered nonincapacitating injuries while his passenger, Christopher Perkins, 25, Brooklyn Center, Minn., suffered possible injury. Both were transported for possible injuries to the Spooner Health System emergency room. The 2013 Chevrolet Impala was totaled and towed from the scene.

Thursday, Aug. 21 At approximately 12:09 p.m., Cody Oltz, 20, Sauk Rapids, Minn., was eastbound on Hwy. 70 in the Town of Evergreen near Tower Hill Road pulling a utility trailer

with his 2006 Ford pickup truck. Oltz pulled partially to the shoulder with the utility trailer still parked on the roadway.

Charles Spaulding, 60, Shell Lake, had slowed down for Oltz when Kayla Rinkel, 23, Woodbury, Minn., crashed into Spaulding’s vehicle, causing it to collide with Oltz’s trailer. Oltz and Spaulding were uninjured but Rinkel may have been injured. Oltzs’ vehicle received minor damage to the rear and undercarriage.

Spaulding’s 1998 Ford Ranger sustained minor damage to the front and rear.

Rinkel’s 2014 Chevrolet Equinox sustained severe damage to the front, front driver’s side and front passenger side. Rinkel’s vehicle was towed due to the damage. — Danielle H. Moe with information from the Washburn County Sheriff’s Office

Washburn County Court Hopkins Sand and Gravel Inc., Webster, violate Class A highway weight limits, $175.00.

Joseph L. Wincek DBA Joe Wincek Trucking, Conrath, raw forest product overweight violation, $1,214.61.

John D. Junker, Boyd, speeding, $200.50.

Brian P. Kerpec, Wauconda, Ill., operating motor vehicle without proof of insurance, $10.00.

Ernest F. Kessler, Trego, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Jared D. Kidder, Shell Lake, burning without a permit, $150.00.

Russell V. Kinslely, Ojibwa, seat belt violation, $18.00.

Jenelle G. Larsen, Centuria, operating motor vehicle without proof of insurance, $10.00.

Becker L. Lindner, Sarona, speeding, $200.50.

Joseph A. Miller, Jefferson City, Mo., OWI, $887.50, license revoked 6 months, alcohol assessment.

Lee M. Nelson, Shell Lake, unlicensed dog, $50.00.

Carrie J. Ness, Spooner, operator failure to have passenger seat belted, $10.00.

Justin J. Pope, Rice Lake, speeding, $175.30.

Sally B. Romanowski, Chetek, nonregistration of vehicle, $175.30.

Sheila G. Warren, Glenwood City, speeding, $200.50.

Kenneth D. Wenger, Almena, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Jeanne T. Salmon, New Richmond, speeding, $175.30.

Diana L. Saver, Springbrook, operating motor vehicle without proof of insurance, $10.00.

William R. Souter, Shell Lake, operating motor vehicle without insurance, $200.50.

Jeromy W. Srmek, Sarona, speeding, $200.50.

Stone Lake Oil, Stone Lake, violation 49 CFR part 180, $263.50.

Sherrie L. Deloye, Spooner, possess amphetamine/LSD/ psilocin, $243.00, probation, sent. withheld; possess drug paraphernalia, $243.00, probation, sent. withheld.

Jason M. Velasquez, South St. Paul, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Troy M. Waggoner, Minong, operating with PAC >=0.08, <0.15, $887.50, license revoked 6 months, alcohol assessment.

James J. Zopp, Hayward, seat belt violation, $10.00; operating motor vehicle without proof of insurance, $10.00.

Joseph J. Fairbanks, Exeland, criminal damage to property, $1,650.00, probation, sent. withheld.

Dana A. Hoffman, Spooner, possession of THC, $243.00, probation, sent. withheld; possession of drug paraphernalia, $243.00, probation, sent. withheld.

Northern Softwater Service Inc., Barron, vehicle equipment violations, group 3, $175.30.

Jenny L. Kelch, Almena, possession of THC, $243.00, local jail, costs; resisting or obstructing an officer, $243.00, local jail, costs.

Shane H. Lindenfelser, Trego, operating without carrying license, $100.50.

Cory J. Malloy, Spooner, criminal damage to property, $323.00, local jail, costs; disorderly conduct, $243.00, local jail, costs.

Ellen B. Voigtlander, Trego, speeding, $200.50.

Jeffery S. Lenz, Shell Lake, operating while revoked, $200.50.

Alicia K. Robinson, Gordon, possess drug paraphernalia, $243.00, probation, sent. withheld.

Kathleen A. Froberg, Ladysmith, issue worthless check(s), $200.50, community service.

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Lindsay S. Alt, Shell Lake, seat belt violation, $10.00.

David L. Andren, North St. Paul, Minn., operating motor vehicle without proof of insurance, $10.00.

Theodore S. Bhagyam, Houlton, speeding, $175.30.

Jeremiah J. Bixler, Gordon, operating without valid license, $200.50; reckless driving, $389.50.

Matthew D. Caves, Springbrook, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Jack O. Eggleston, Grantsburg, operating while suspended, $200.50; seat belt violation, $10.00.

Rory A. Evert, Chicago, Ill., speeding, $200.50.

Coleman B. Ford, Milwaukee, operating while revoked, $200.50.

Mersadie L. Gajewski, Shell Lake, speeding, $175.30.

Daniel V. Gaz, Rochester, Minn., speeding, $213.10.

Eric C. Gillespey, Granite City, Ill., interstate/intrastate driving requirements, $200.50.

Cory L. Gordon, Spooner, nonregistration of vehicle, $175.30.

Laura L. Graber, Spooner, operating motor vehicle without proof of insurance, $10.00.

Tyler L. Gramberg, Shell Lake, speeding, $175.30.

Desta M. Hall, Spooner, operating motor vehicle without proof of insurance, $10.00.

Katie M. Kloth, Weston, speeding, $276.10.

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(Sept. 3, 10, 17) NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered on July 29, 2014, in the action of Peoples Bank of Midwest f/k/a Peoples Bank of Wisconsin vs. Estate of Dennis L. Perry, Washburn County Case No. 14CV49, I will sell at public auction at the North entrance of the Washburn County Courthouse, 10 4th Avenue, Shell Lake, Wisconsin, on September 24, 2014, at 10:00 a.m., the described premises below, located in Washburn County, Wisconsin: Lot 7, Link’s Estates, Town of Minong, Washburn County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: N13068 Bresler Drive, Minong, Wisconsin 54859.

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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Case No. 13 CV 99 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered in the above action by the Circuit Court of Washburn County, the Sheriff of Washburn County, Wisconsin, will sell at public auction at the north entrance of the Washburn County Courthouse, in the City of Shell Lake, Wisconsin, on September 17, 2014, at 10:00 a.m., the following described property: Lot 2 of Resubdivision of Block 36, Village of Birchwood.

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NOTICE OF RECORDING OF THE TRANSPORTATION OFFICIAL MAP FOR THE U.S. HIGHWAY 53 CORRIDOR PRESERVATION PROJECT PROJECT ID 1195-00-02

ALL INTERESTED PERSONS are advised that a Transportation Official Map has been recorded at the Washburn County Register of Deeds by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation pursuant to chapter 84.295(10) Wisconsin State Statutes. The Department has surveyed and prepared this Map showing the location of the expressway and the approximate widths of the rights of way needed for the expressway including the right of way needed for interchanges, grade separations and for the alterations or relocations of existing public highways to adjust traffic service to grade separation structures. The Map also shows the existing highways, and the property lines and record owners of lands needed, and future public and private access removals. U.S. Highway (U.S.H.) 53 was declared an Expressway by the Department on March 31, 1983, and the Official Map was recorded on August 26, 2014, in the Washburn County Deeds Registry.

All property owners whose lands are affected by the recording of the U.S.H. 53 Transportation Official Map will be notified by certified mail of the recording. Each affected property owner will also be provided a copy of the Map page or pages showing the approximate widths of the future needed right of way or the future removal of their private driveway for the physical improvements to U.S.H. 53.

Within the area of the rights of way as shown on the Map or in such proximity thereto as to result in consequential damages when the right of way is acquired, no one shall erect or move in any additional structure, nor rebuild, alter, or add to any existing structure, without first serving 60 days’ notice by registered mail to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, in the manner and form required by State Statute s.84.295 (10).

Notice may be made to the Department’s Region Director having oversight authority of U.S.H. 53 in Washburn County. As of the date of the recording, the address for the Region Director is 718 W. Clairemont Avenue, Eau Claire, WI 54701. A person who fails to comply with this notice requirement shall not be entitled to compensation in condemnation proceedings for any structure erected or relocated or for any improvements of any nature made on lands within the future right of way shown on the Map. This prohibition does not apply to any normal or emergency repair or replacement necessary to maintain an existing structure or facility in approximately its previously existing condition.

The Official Map may also be viewed at the Department of Transportation office located at W7102 Green Valley Rd., Spooner, WI 54801.

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Washburn County is accepting applications for the Veterans Office Assistant position with the Veterans Service Office. This position performs financial accounting and record keeping, preparation of financial documents and reports, office administration, purchasing, receipts and disbursements, and related tasks.

Qualified candidates must have basic knowledge of County, State and Federal Veterans Benefit Programs; must possess high school diploma or equivalent, at least one year post high school education with a concentration in administrative/customer service skills and three to five years’ work experiences handling difficult secretarial and administrative duties; must be a discharged veteran in accordance with WI Statutes 45.80, and within one year of employment, must successfully achieve accreditation by the United States Federal Deartment of Veterans Affairs through at least one of many qualifying Veterans organizations.

Starting salary is $15.14 - $16.69/hour and includes excellent benefit package. Download an employment application from the County website at www.co.washburn.wi.us or contact the Washburn County Personnel Department, P.O. Box 337, Shell Lake, WI 54871, Ph. 715-468-4624 or fax 715-468-4628. Resumes will be accepted but will not take the place of a completed application. Applications must be received by 4:30 p.m., Friday, 613243 3-4r Sept. 19, 2014. EOE

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NOTICES

The Washburn County Zoning Committee will hold a business meeting Tuesday, September 23, 2014, at 3:30 p.m. in the Washburn County Boardroom, Elliott Building, 110 Fourth Avenue West, Shell Lake, Wisconsin.

PUBLIC HEARING - REZONE REQUEST

Rezoning requests have been filed with the Washburn County Zoning Office for changes in the zoning district. The public hearing will be held September 23, 2014, at 4:00 p.m. in the Washburn County Boardroom, Elliott Building, 110 Fourth Avenue West, Shell Lake, Wisconsin.

STINNETT Township: Steven Pace, Hayward, Wisconsin, and William and Sandra Cook, Scoudouc NB, Canada. To rezone approximately 29.4 acres: Map# ST 619A/Record ID#: 26297 - 29.4 acres, Part of SE SW and Part of SW SE Section 35-41-10 Town of Stinnett, from Residential Recreational 2 to Residential Agriculture to be able to keep their three horses.

BASS LAKE Township: D&J Property Holding/David McCullough, Forest Lake, Minnesota. To rezone approximately 40 acres: Map# BL 284/Record ID#: 3048 - 40 acres, Part of SW NE Section 18-40-10 Town of Bass Lake, from Residential Recreational 1 to Agriculture to bring into compliance to continue existing riding stable.

PUBLIC HEARING - CONDITIONAL USE REQUESTS

Conditional use requests have been filed with the Washburn County Zoning Office. This public hearing will be held, September 23, 2014, immediately following the rezoning requests in the Washburn County Boardroom, Elliott Building, 110 Fourth Avenue West, Shell Lake, Wisconsin.

BEAVER BROOK Township: Steven Mahnke, Port Washington, Wisconsin. Map# BB 73 /Record ID#: 3595 - 30 acres, N 495’ S 1⁄2 SE 1⁄4 Section 3-38-12 Town of Beaver Brook, requesting a conditional use permit to place mobile home on property.

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.

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Special low-cost boat storage. Call 715-468-2910. 2rtfc (Aug. 27, Sept. 3, 10) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT WASHBURN COUNTY Kondaur Capital Corporation, as separate Trustee of the Matawin Ventures Trust Series 2013-1 Plaintiff vs.

WILFRED C. VIG, et al.

Defendant(s) Case No: 13 CV 19 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on November 15, 2013, in the amount of $221,068.79, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: September 24, 2014, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: By bidding at the sheriff sale, prospective buyer is consenting to be bound by the following terms: 1.) At least 10% down tendered in a form of payment as directed by the Clerk of Courts or Sheriff’s Department at the time of sale.

2.) Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances.

3.) Plaintiff opens bidding on the property, either in person or via fax and as recited by the sheriff department in the event that no opening bid is offered, plaintiff retains the right to request the sale be declared as invalid as the sale is fatally defective.

PLACE: At the North entrance of Washburn County Courthouse located at 10 4th Avenue, Shell Lake, Wisconsin.

DESCRIPTION: The North 330 Feet, of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 8, Township 40 North of Range 10 West.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: N8996 Tripp Road, Springbrook, WI 54875.

TAX KEY NO.: 650062401008303000003000.

Dated this 7th day of August, 2014. /s/Sheriff Terry Dryden Washburn County Sheriff Dustin A. McMahon Blommer Peterman, S.C. State Bar No. 1086857 165 Bishops Way, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL DISTRICT MEETING (Section 120.98 {1})

Notice is hereby given to qualified electors of the School District of Shell Lake that the annual meeting of said district for the transaction of business, will be held in the library of the 3-12 building, 271 Highway 63, Shell Lake, Wisconsin, on 22nd day of September, 2014, at 7 p.m.

Linda Nielsen, District Clerk 613688 4-5r

WASHBURN COUNTY LAND AUCTION

We have a few more Land Sale parcels this year which will again be sold at an online auction. Below is a list of the parcels that will be up for bid and information about each parcel. The parcels will be listed and auctioned on www.wisconsinsurplus.com. Please visit the site for registration and bidding instructions. The auction will run now through September 30. Washburn County will reserve the right to accept or decline all bids. For parcel information, please call Ron Bennis at 715468-4696; the parcels can be viewed on the county website www.washburn.wi.us - click on Land & Tax Info and then Land Sale Information.

Tract #500-14 - 1.54 acres - commercial building - Town of Trego Tract #150-14 - .48 acre (3 lots) - house & cottage, very poor condition - Village of Birchwood 613656 4r WNAXLP

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Elementary receives School of Recognition Award for seventh year MADISON — “I love the start of the school year because it’s a chance to set the pace for a successful year ahead,” said state Superintendent Tony Evers as he announced 173 Wisconsin Title I School of Recognition Awards. “These schools are off to a strong start to the 2014-15 school year.”

The Wisconsin Title I Schools of Recognition Awards highlight schools that have demonstrated success in educating

students from low-income families. To be eligible, schools must receive federal Title I funding to provide services to large numbers or high percentages of economically disadvantaged children and meet other achievement criteria.

“I want to congratulate these schools as examples of the success we need in all of our schools to close achievement gaps,” Evers said. “These awards recognize the work by students and their parents along

with teachers, school administrators and school staff members to break the link between poverty and low-academic achievement. We know that rigorous programming and attention to student needs make a difference and will help us reach our Agenda 2017 goals: to improve graduation rates, reduce dropout rates, and close college and career readiness gaps.”

Shell Lake was recognized for the seventh year as a Beating the Odds School.

The school will receive a plaque at the Monday, Oct. 13, ceremony at the state Capitol and $500 for use by the school.

Area schools receiving recognition were Birchwood’s elementary and middle school, Siren High School, Webster Elementary for the sixth time and Webster Middle School for the eighth. Frederic Elementary received recognition for eight years as a High-Progress and Beating the Odds School. — from WPI

School Night for Scouting to be held at Shell Lake Elementary SHELL LAKE — Cub Scouting is a family-oriented, active program for boys in first through fifth grades. Boys participate in a variety of activities such as field trips, team-building activities and outdoor programs. Most importantly, boys have fun with others their age and are able to enjoy an activity to-

gether with an adult from their family.

The Chippewa Valley Council serves youth in 10 Wisconsin counties including the Blue Hills District, which is made up of Barron, Rusk, Sawyer and Washburn.

Each school in the area will hold a School Night for Scouting in the month of September. The School Night for Scouting is

New staff at Shell Lake Schools SHELL LAKE — The Register continues to introduce new staff at Shell Lake Schools to the community.

Kristen Pabst is the new computer science instructor for middle and high school students. She graduated from UW-Stout. Originally from Turtle Lake, Pabst lived in Almena before coming to Shell Lake. Pabst and her husband, Mike, have been married since 2006.

He is a second-grade teacher in Turtle Lake. They have three daughters, Katelyn, 5; Kourtney, 2; and Kallie, 6 months. “My favorite thing to do is spend time with my family. I like to travel, play volleyball, ice fish, play cards and board games, do various outdoor activities, and watch football/ play fantasy football — go Packers and Badgers!” — with submitted information

Shell Lake School Menu Breakfast Monday, Sept. 15: Bagel or mini cinnamon roll.

Tuesday, Sept. 16: Pancake and sausage or Get Vertical bar.

Wednesday, Sept. 17: Cereal and toast or ultimate breakfast round.

Thursday, Sept. 18: French toast sticks or muffin.

Friday, Sept. 19: 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.

T

he school year started with kids on Tuesday, Sept. 2. There were quite a few changes in teaching and support staff positions this year. We had some very big shoes to fill, however, I feel very good about the new staff that we have this year.

Listed, in no particular order, here are the new teachers in Shell Lake this year: Taylor Hall in PE, Hailey DeLeon in family and consumer education, Kelsie Siebel in science, Susan Leeper in middle school math, Heather Friess in special education, Dana Geutschow in elementary guidance, Anna Walther in sixth grade, Sharon Ricci in third grade, Kristen Pabst in computers, and Pete Hopke’s long-term substitute is Marie

Lunch Monday Sept. 15: Cold ham and turkey sandwich.

Tuesday, Sept. 16: Burrito bowl.

Wednesday, Sept. 17: Hot Italian subs.

Thursday, Sept. 18: Chicken nuggets.

Friday, Sept. 19: Homemade lasagna.

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.

a chance for families to learn more about the Cub Scout program and sign up new Cub Scouts.

Shell Lake will hold its School Night for Scouting on Thursday, Sept. 18, at 6 p.m., in the elementary commons.

All boys who sign up for Cub Scouting will be able to attend Fall Cub Camp for

FALL sports

no cost at the end of September. At camp, boys will be able to participate in archery, BB guns, rock-climbing wall, explore nature, build crafts and much more. — from Blue Hills District

Football Friday, Sept. 12: Flambeau at Shell Lake, 7 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 19: Turtle Lake at Shell Lake, 7 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 26: At Lake Holcombe, 7 p.m.

schedule Cross country Tuesday, Sept. 16: At Rice Lake, 4 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 18: At Shell Lake, 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 23: At Barron, 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 25: At Unity, 4:30 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 29: At Cumberland, 4 p.m.

Volleyball

JV2 at 4:30 p.m.; JV1 at 6 p.m.; Varsity 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 11 Clear Lake at Shell Lake Tuesday, Sept. 16: Northwood at Shell Lake Thursday, Sept. 18: At Prairie Farm Tuesday, Sept. 23: Cameron at Shell Lake Thursday, Sept. 25: Turtle Lake at Shell Lake

WITC OTA program accredited for next 10 years SHELL LAKE — The American Occupational Therapy Association Inc., has recently voted to grant a status of accreditation for a period of 10 years to the occupational therapy assistant program at Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College.

This is a reaccreditation of the program, which was initially accredited in 1998 and has been accredited since that time.

“This is a wonderful achievement, and I am very pleased for the students, faculty and staff who are involved in this program,” said Bonny Copenhaver, vice president, academic affairs and WITCSuperior campus administrator. “Program director Mari Jo Ulrich worked many hours to prepare for this visit, and she should be recognized for her efforts.

She was assisted by program faculty, Barb Kloetzke and Laura Schulte, as well as by Lisa Hall, Allied Health technician. They all worked together, which contributed to this successful visit.”

WITC’s associate degree occupational

slight change are many, but two of the Lund. Support staff new hires are: key reasons are that we feel our students Pam Helstern, Karen Blinkwolt, Brittany Stumph, Deb Quam, Veronica Mcare capable of exceeding our behavioral Cracken, Tess Deladi and Deb Kidder. expectations, but more so, academic expectations, due to our high scores on the ••• school report cards and ACT test scores You may have read this column last this past year. Details on year were I explained the those two items will come out Laker Way. In summary, it in a month or so, as they are is being Respectful, Safe, embargoed by the state until Responsible, and a Problem the middle of September.

Solver. We have been working very hard to foster the ••• type of environment that Our safety committee has reflects the Laker Way. This been meeting on a regular year we are going to build basis and has made a lot of upon that theme and add in progress relating to emergency procedures and prototwo words, Exceeding Expectations. The reasons for this col. We have had a lockdown Jim Connell

therapy assistant program prepares the student to become a certified occupational therapy assistant or for employment in related jobs. The two-year program is available at WITC-Ashland and via Interactive Television at the New Richmond and Rice Lake campuses. More information can be found online at witc. edu/programs.

Accreditation has been a stated function of the American Occupational Therapy Association since 1923. AOTA’s Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education is recognized as the accrediting agency for occupational therapy education by both the United States Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.

WITC is a member of Wisconsin Technical College System. For more information, call 800-243-WITC or visit witc.edu.

WITC is an equal opportunity/access employer and educator. — from WITC drill and will be having another one in late September or early October. One new piece to our drill will be the automated announcement regarding us going into lockdown mode. It is important for people outside of the school to know about this upcoming drill due to the fact that the announcement can be heard quite clearly outside of the building. If you hear the announcement later this fall, remember, it is only a drill.

••• The district annual meeting is Monday, Sept. 22, at 7 p.m.

Go Lakers!

Jim

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Traveling across America Larry Samson | Staff writer SHELL LAKE — Shell Lake gets its share of unusual visitors and 68-year-old Steve Fugate is one of them. This reporter got the opportunity to talk with him as he stopped in Shell Lake on his way to Cumberland after an overnight layover in Spooner. Jon and Laurel Lawrence, Shell Lake, were also at the table, enjoying the conversation with a man with a simple message, Love Life.

Fugate lost a 26-year-old son in 1999 through suicide.

He doesn’t want others to go through the pain he felt; no one should. He started his

eighth crossing of the United States on March of 2013 and plans to set foot in every state. On his Spooner layover on Friday, Sept. 6, he stayed the night at a motel, a luxury for him as he spends most nights sleeping on the ground wherever he stops. “People are good to you if you are good to them,” he said when asked how he has been treated.

He was a successful Florida businessman walking the Appalachian Trail in 1999 when his hike was cut short when he got news of his son’s death.

That event was a life changer for him. In 2000, he returned to the Appalachian Trail to fin-

Steve Fugate passed through Shell Lake on his eighth crossing of the United States. He stopped long enough to enjoy a cup of coffee and a sandwich with passing reporter Larry Samson, and Jon and Laurel Lawrence.

Steve Fugate is walking around America trying to spread a simple message, Love Life. He started out in Vero Beach, Fla., and plans to touch every state in the lower 48 states. — Photos

by Larry Samson

ish his hike. Walking does a man a lot of good. He found the solace and serenity that was missing in his life after the death of his son. When he returned he sold his business and took to the road. He has worn out over 50 pairs of shoes traveling 37,000 miles spreading a simple message, Love Life. What he wants everyone to know is the lesson that he learned on

his travels. He wants everyone, “to spend time concentrating on how precious their gift of life is and that there is no time for negatives. I want everyone to love their life,” he said.

You can follow his trek across American on his Facebook page, facebook. com/stevelovelife?fref=ts&ref=br_tf.

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