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Wednesday, September 3, 2014 Vol. 126, No. 3 • Shell Lake, Wis.
We e ke nd w atch • Fall Variety Show @ Haugen • Free community meal @ Spooner • See calendar on page 6 for details
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Another successful T & C Days celebration Pages 12-13
Archery for everyone Page 5 Shell Lake volleyball players Grace Anderson and Sheri Clark are having a ball at the first-annual Meet a Laker. It was an opportunity for the younger elementary students to meet and play games with the varsity athletes. This was one of many activities at the Shell Lake back-to-school picnic held Wednesday, Aug. 27. More photos on page 3. – Photo by Larry Samson
Family shares state championship success
Darrell Aderman, founder of Shell Lake Arts Center, dies at 83 Community rallied to make his dream a reality
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The kickoff for soccer season Page 14
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Gary King | Register editor SHELL LAKE - Funeral services were held Saturday, Aug. 30, for Darrell Aderman, 83, founder of the Shell Lake Arts Center, a nationally renowned summer camp which has brought well-known, accomplished musicians to this community over the years to teach music to students and adults, highlighted by legendary jazz and jam sessions and concerts. The entire community of Shell Lake came together nearly five decades ago to support Aderman’s dream of creating a stage band clinic for high school students and adults, bringing together the most talented musicians available with the stunning beauty of the Wisconsin North Woods, namely Shell Lake itself. Aderman’s idea came to him when he was
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SHELL LAKE — The Shell Lake Chamber of Commerce invites all that are interested in becoming involved with the chamber to attend the business meeting on Thursday, Sept. 4, 5 p.m., in the conference room at city hall. Items on the agenda include nominations for board members, Oktoberfest, Holiday Saturday, ice races and the future of the chamber. Reports will be given on the Shell Lake Arts Center Gala, the Miss Shell Lake program, and the July 3 street dance. — SLCC
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Paying sincere tribute, internationally renowned Eugene Rousseau played one last song for his longtime friend and colleague, Darrell Aderman, during Aderman’s funeral on Saturday, Aug. 30. - Photo by Larry Samson
working summers on his master ’s degree in music at the University of Wisconsin in 1965. When he proposed his idea to UW officials, they immediately warmed to the possibility of having an Extension center in the northwestern part of the state but wondered about the lack Darrell Aderman of dormitory space. Aderman returned home and formed the Shell Lake Development Corporation and city residents immediately got behind the project by allowing the bank to use their personal savings accounts as collateral to make an $80,000 loan possible for the construction of housing for the proposed center. The city and school district gave a long-term lease on land adjacent to the former high school, so that the school’s classrooms and cafeteria could be used. Many local residents even pitched in with labor on the construction of the 140-person dormitory that would become part of what was then called the Indianhead Arts Center. Then Gov. Warren Knowles spoke at the dedication of the center on May 31, 1969. Amidst the celebration was the underlying problem of how to get students enrolled for that summer - on such short notice. The community again provided the answer. Business owners, individuals and churches pitched in with donations and fundraisers for more than enough scholarships that first summer. Besides music, the center taught art and aquatic skills to junior high and high school
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See Aderman, page 2