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Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Vol. 127, No. 33 • Shell Lake, Wis.
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• Washburn County HCE meeting @ Spooner. • “Little Nell and the Mortgage Foreclosure” @ Barronett Community Center See calendar on page 6 for details
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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month Page 3 Shell Lake Chamber Easter Egg Hunt Page 2
Melody Taylor and Cyrice Lehmann rest after carrying the cross from the United Methodist Church to Pederson Drive. This event was part of the ecumenical Good Friday observance by the churches in the Shell Lake community. See more photos on back page. - Photo by Larry Samson
Lively presidential primary April 5 Hopke takes first in Folkstyle state championship
Ballot has contests for both parties
Gregg Westigard | Staff writer WASHBURN/BURNETT/POLK COUNTIES – The eyes of the nation will be on Wisconsin next Tuesday, April 5, when the state holds a presidential primary. There are active races for the nomination in both the Republican and Democratic parties and all the frontrunners will be on the ballots. But those ballots will include many more choices, three names on the Democratic side and the names of 12 Republicans. Ted Cruz, John Kasich and Donald Trump are on the Republican ballot along with Jeb Bush,
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Tornado sirens to sound SHELL LAKE - Shell Lake Police Chief Dave Wilson would like to remind the Shell Lake community that the tornado siren will be tested the first Wednesday of each month at noon during the tornado season. The first test for this season will be Wednesday, April 6. When an actual tornado warning is received, the Shell Lake fire sirens will be sounded with a continuous three-minute alarm. Upon hearing the alarm, please take cover immediately. — from the Shell Lake Police Department
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Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Carly Fiorina, Jim Gilmore, Mike Huckabee, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio and Rick Santorum. Martin O’Malley joins Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders on the Democratic side. In addition, voters can select an uninstructed delegation for each party. The 15 names on the ballot were selected in January by the leaders of each party in the state following the Wisconsin Ballot Access Rules of the Government Accountability Board. That leadership group includes the chairs of each state party, a female and male national committee person, and the party leaders in the state Senate and Assembly, five people for each party. They determine “which people are generally … recognized by the news media … as candidates.” The 15 were still active candidates, in their opinions, on Jan. 5.
State Supreme Court contest of Tuesday ballot Statewide election only judicial race
Gregg Westigard | Staff writer WASHBURN COUNTY – Voters will choose between Rebecca Bradley and Joanne Kloppenburg in the contest for justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court next Tuesday, April 5. That race and the presidential primary are the only contested elections on all the Washburn County ballots. The two are running for the seat formerly held by Patrick Crooks. Crooks had announced that he would not run for another term on the court where he had served since 1996. He died last fall while still serving and Gov. Scott Walker appointed Bradley to fill the vacant
seat. Bradley was already a candidate for the position and is now running as the incumbent. Information on the two candidates can be found on the website of the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance. Go to wistax.org and look for the link In their Own Words on the home page. There is also a link to this information on the Register website. Other judicial contests There are two other judicial contests this April, and in both cases the incumbents are running unopposed for re-election. Thomas Hruz is seeking a full term on the court of appeals for District 3. He was appointed to the position in 2014. Spooner city voters will also get to vote for their municipal court judge where the present judge, Andrew S. Lawton, is the only candidate.
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