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April 23, 2014
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 Vol. 125, No. 36 • Shell Lake, Wis.
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• Free community breakfast @ Spooner • Piano festival concert @ Shell Lake • Mexican Fiesta Spring Gala at Spooner See calendar on page 6
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Fan recruitment
Canoe museum to host Peter Marshall Page 9
Finally ... spring has sprung You can never be too young to be recruited as a Packer fan in WIsconsin. Green Bay Packers Jarrett Busch and Mason Crosby visited Shauna Cook and her newborn baby girl at Spooner Health System last Friday, April 18, along with other Packers and alumni players as part of a surprise stop at the hospital, all part of the Packers Tailgate Tour. - More photos on page 9. - Photo submitted
Fall election season has started
Candidates now circulating nomination papers
In spite of the 11 inches of snow that has come and gone, the arrival of spring is marked by the emergence of the crocuses. The crocus is one of the earliest flowers to bloom. Soon the bloodroots and trilliums will be showing up. — Photo by Larry Samson
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SARONA – Hunt Hill Audubon Sanctuary, in Sarona, invites community volunteers to help open camp on Saturday, April 26. The day begins at 8 a.m. Volunteers are welcome to show up whenever is most convenient for them. Volunteers are needed to help clean, organize, wash, wipe and general cleaning of the indoor facilities, as well as raking and picking up sticks around camp to open it for the season. All ages and skill levels are invited, and it’s a great opportunity to get service hours. Volunteers are treated to a free continental breakfast and lunch on Saturday. Free accommodations are available for those coming from out of town. Call ahead if you’d like to reserve accommodations. Call 715-635-6543, email program@hunthill.org or go online to hunthill.org to learn more. – submitted ••• SHELL LAKE — The week of April 20-26 is Wildfire Prevention Week, and the 2014 fire prevention theme is Be Ember Aware. Messages encourage people to check burned debris piles, campfires and other deposits of ash to make sure there aren’t embers still smoldering underneath. A campaign related to the theme has begun with the release of newspaper ads and radio and TV spots. The public is encouraged to learn more online and watch a four-minute video that was created with footage from the Germann Road Fire. Do you know Smokey’s simple rules about debris burning? Check out the youtube video on our website @ wcregisteronline. com. — from WCEM •••
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Gregg Westigard |Staff writer WASHBURN COUNTY — The November general election process started Tuesday, April 15, the first day candidates could collect signatures on their nomination papers. The fall election will choose a governor, a congressperson for our area, members of the state Senate and Assembly and other state officials. Each county will elect a sheriff and a clerk of court. Completed nomination papers must be turned in by Monday, June 2. If more than one person files for an office from the same party, a primary on Tuesday, Aug. 12, will determine who gets the party spot on the Nov. 2 ballot. More people may still enter the races, but
these are the main candidates so far for the two major parties. D=Democrat R=Republican (I)=incumbent Governor: Scott Walker (I), R/ Mary Burke, D. Attorney General (J. B. Van Hollen, R, not running): Brad Schimel, R/Susan Happ, Ismael Ozanne and Jon Richards, all Democrats, (primary). 7th Congressional District: Sean Duffy (I), R/Kelly Westlund, D. 25th Senate District (Bob Jauch, D, not running): Janet Bewley, D/Dane Deutch, R. 73rd Assembly District: Nick Milroy (I), D. 74th Assembly District: Stephen Smith (I), D/Romaine R. Quinn, R. Washburn County Clerk of Court: Karen Nord (I). Washburn County Sheriff: Terry Dryden (I). — Danielle Moe contributed to this story
Changing of the guard to do with children,” he revealed. Known for Danielle Moe | Staff writer SHELL LAKE — The city of Shell Lake has his involvement in local government and politics, Eiche is also a father of seen several changes in the four. He and his wife, Dawn, past year on its council and have two girls, Alex and Tayemployee roster. In the last six lor, and two boys, Nicholas months two longtime city emand Hayden. “Center of my ployees have retired: Jeff Parker universe,” he said, smiling. as public works director and Since making Shell Lake Bradley Peterson as city adminhome, Eiche served on the istrator. city council for seven years Andrew Eiche was selected as and held a two-year term on the Shell Lake City administrathe county board representing tor at the February city council District 20. In those capacimeeting and assumed the posities, he explained, ensuring tion’s duties on Monday, Feb. the safety of his family and a 24. Before he became a public quality education for his chilemployee, Eiche was the execudren were the only agendas tive director of the Shell Lake he was guilty of. Housing Authority. His experiences in local “It will be a good challenge. Andrew Eiche is the newest ad- government have also given I am excited for working here,” said Eiche in his office at city dition to the city of Shell Lake as him an understanding in how hall last week. Originally from city administrator. He assumed his the municipality operates and Tomahawk, he attended the duties one month ago. — Photo by an appreciation of the people that make it function. The University of Wisconsin - Eau Danielle Moe passionate family man and Claire and earned a degree in self-described workaholic finance. He first came to Shell Lake for the fishing on breaks from school. He hopes to always empower those that work soon fell in love with the community and has with him as a team to get every job done right. “I have enjoyed working with the city of Shell lived in the city since 2008. “A lot of what I have done in the past, the de- Lake, I plan on living here a long time … it cisions I have made, why I ended up here, had seemed like a natural fit for me.”
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