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Patrick Pfannes holds an umbrella for Durand Blanding during Blanding’s playing of taps at a Memorial Day service held at the St. Croix Falls cemetery during rainy and windy weather. “He was my aide-de-camp,” said Blanding, whose rendition of the tribute to fallen soldiers rang true despite less than perfect conditions. More photos of Memorial Day programs in Currents. - Photo by Gary King

Five decades of driving bus Unity’s David Michaelson retires

by Mary Stirrat Leader staff writer BALSAM LAKE — When David Michaelson started driving bus for Unity Schools in 1961, he never expected the job to last five decades.

On the last day of school, June 3, Michaelson will say goodbye to his students and fellow Unity employees, and turn in his keys. He said he’ll miss the work, the kids and the staff, but he is looking forward to more time with his wife of 57 years and their family.

In the fall of 1961, when Michaelson took his first route, he was also farming east of Balsam Lake near Jonzy Market.

“Most of the bus drivers were farmers who wanted a few extra dollars,” he said.

At Christmas that first year, Unity opened the high school at its current location on Hwy. 46. The graded schools were still in operation at Milltown, Balsam Lake and Centuria. Buses traveled the main roads, he said, since that’s where most of the people lived. The lakes didn’t yet have the year-round population they have now, so there were no students to pick up in those areas.

Since that first fall day half a century ago, Michaelson has transported thousands of students and logged more than a million miles. His starting pay was $150 a month, with an extra 10 cents per mile for

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The longest trip he ever took with the students, said Michaelson, was to the Black Hills of South Dakota with the FFA. This was back in the late 1960s or early 1970s, he said, so it was all boys.

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Students raise money with “Sandi Trap”

AMERY - In addition to supporting the Red Cross by donating blood during its recent stop at Amery High School, students and staff also had the opportunity to donate to a fundraiser organized by Amery students Jessica Erspamer and Anyssa Houck and in honor of Sandi Reed (shown above, L to R) who is the clinical services administrator at the Amery Regional Medical Center and the mother of one of their classmates. Reed has aplastic anemia. Golfers who attended the annual Red Cross golf tournament at the Amery Golf Course on May 16 also had a chance to contribute to the cause as they passed by the “Sandi Trap” on the 18th hole. The girls raised over $250 for the American Red Cross. - Photos and info submitted

Scholarship awarded to niece of fallen officer

Ashley Bergeron, Frederic High School graduate, was presented with the $1,000 Joe Bergeron Continuing Education Scholarship during commencement exercises Sunday, May 22. Joe was Ashley’s uncle and a Maplewood, Minn., police sergeant who was killed in the line of duty last year. The scholarship was provided by the Polk County Deputies and Jailer’s associations with funds earned through fundraising events. The two groups also awarded a $1,000 Mike Seversen Continuing Education Scholarship to an Amery graduate. Seversen is a Polk County deputy who was paralyzed in an on-duty shooting in 1991 in Webster. The two scholarships are given to a graduating Polk County senior who is going into the law enforcement/criminal justice field. The scholarship was given by the jailers and deputy unions in their efforts to give back to the community. Shown above (L to R) are Deputy Tamara Larson, Ashley Bergeron and jailer Allen Jorgensen, all from the Frederic area. - Photo submitted

June 18 event will remember F3 tornado

Green Tea prepares for debut concert

ST. CROIX FALLS - The 2011 music series continues at Festival Theatre on June 4 when the Celtic ensemble Green Tea performs their Festival Theatre debut at 7:30 p.m. This quintet mixes Celtic roots with rock, pop, folk, jazz and funk to build a new generation of Celtic music that has also built a huge following that is growing rapidly. With musicians originating from New York, Wisconsin and Illinois, Green Tea has made a name for themselves in the Midwest and continue to astonish audiences with their dynamic and high-energy shows. In addition to original music, Green Tea covers crowd pleasers like Jethro Tull’s “Locomotive Breath.” A recent review of Green Tea’s latest EP by Jim Tarbox of the Irish Gazette, St. Paul, Minn., proved to be very positive. “It’s a terrific introduction, blending as it does, their rock/jazz/blues influences. I missed their recent appearance at The Fine Line, but I’ve got to get out to one of their shows. If you’re a fan of contemporary Celtic sounds, you should too.”

The concert is Flex Pass eligible for those who are,-or become, subscribers to Festival Theatre, otherwise tickets for the Green Tea concert are $21 in advance or $26 at the door. Additional concerts making up the 2011 music series include: Alice Peacock on June 11, Sirens of the 60s on Aug. 24, Danny Schmidt on Sept. 24, and Randy Sabien on Oct. 1. To reach Festival Theatre by phone, call 715-483-3387 or 888-887-6002. Check the Web site at where tickets are available to order online. - from Festival Theatre

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ST. CROIX FALLS - Festival Theatre has announced an additional audition on Thursday, June 2, for the new Arts Education Initiative, Festival Theatre Conservatory for Young Performers, which will culminate in the production of “Seussical.” Audition registration is required in advance. Registration is required to audition and all the details can be received by sending an e-mail request to boxoffice@festivaltheatre.org or by phone at 715-483-3387. Learn more about Festival Theatre at www.festivaltheatre.org. submitted ••• SIREN - The Polk-Burnett Retired Educators cordially invite all retired educators and spouses, administrators and support staff to the June general meeting which will be held Thursday, June 9, at Bethany Lutheran Church in Siren. Plan to arrive at 11:30 to register for the noon meal. Following the meeting D. Purcell, the accordionist, will provide entertainment.

Call your contact person by Monday, June 6, if you plan to attend. Emma Kolander, 715-6532385, and Karoline Stoner, 715-653-2388, are in charge of arrangements. - submitted ••• AMERY - The Amery Regional Medical Center won an award for 2011 from the American Society of Landscape Architects – Minnesota chapter for private landscape design. Reflecting the mission “to provide … quality health care and to promote the health and wellness of our community,” this project incorporated lowimpact development principles and sustainable storm-water management for a rural, regional medical facility. Located adjacent to the Apple River and as a listed area of special natural resource interest by WIDNR, the site required strict setbacks, erosion control, and storm-water management. EOR landscape architects Kevin Biehn, ASLA, LEED AP and Brad Aldrich, ASLA, LEED AP, incorporated an integrated approach to create an ecologically enhanced environment that met the client’s mission, increased community environmental awareness and holistic health, and provided a regional precedence for the adoption of sustainable site design and landscape architecture. -submitted ••• AMERY - The Indianhead Chapter 1581 of NARFE will hold a dinner meeting at noon on Thursday, June 9, at the Village Pizzeria in Amery. All federal and retired federal retirees are welcome. Reservations may be made by calling 715-268-8618 by Monday noon, June 6. - submitted

Charge dismissed

BALSAM LAKE -A charge of violating the state’s open meeting law filed against a Eureka Town Board member has been dismissed.

The charge, brought against Kyle A. Swanson was dismissed May 24 upon a motion made by the district attorney’s office.

Both Swanson and former town board Chairman Gene Krull were charged with violating the open meeting law stemming from a meeting held last fall. Krull pleaded no contest and paid a fine. Swanson fought the charge, pleading not guilty.

Swanson, who narrowly defeated Krull for the town chairman position in the April election, was a supervisor at the time of the meeting in question. - Gary King

Judge voids law curbing unions

MADISON - Judge Maryann Sumi of Dane County Circuit Court ruled last week that Republicans in the state Senate violated the state’s open meetings law and granted a permanent injunction that voided a law curbing collective bargaining rights for many public employees.

The Senate vote on March 9, held after 14 Democratic senators had fled the state, failed to comply with the open meetings law, which requires at least two hours’ notice to the public, Sumi ruled.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in the case on June 6, and Republican lawmakers are hoping the court will overturn Sumi’s ruling and reinstate the law.

Scott Fitzgerald, the Republican Senate majority leader, criticized Sumi’s decision.

“There’s still a much larger separation-ofpowers issue: whether one Madison judge can stand in the way of the other two democratically elected branches of government,” he said in a statement. “The Supreme Court is going to have the ultimate ruling.”- with wire reports

Harsdorf recall election confirmed

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Election to be held July 12

by Gregg Westigard Leader staff writer MADISON – The Government Accountability Board verified the recall election of state Sen. Sheila Harsdorf, district 10, at its meeting Tuesday, May 31, and set Tuesday, July 12, as the date for the recall election. The GAB has now certified recall elections against six senators, Robert Cowles, Alberta Darling, Luther Olsen, Randy Hopper, Dan Kapanke and Harsdorf. All six are Republicans. The GAB is still processing the recall petitions against three Democratic senators, Jim Holperin, Robert Wirch and Dave Hansen.

The recall elections will be officially called no later than Friday, June 3. At that time, candidates can start circulating nominating papers to get on the ballot. The incumbent senators being challenged, including Harsdorf, will automatically be on the ballot. The fill-

ing period is four weeks. If more than one candidate files for either party, July 12 will be a primary election with the general election on Tuesday, Aug. 9.

Recall petition drives against 16 senators, eight Democrats and eight Republicans, were started in late February and early March. Between 15,000 and 20,000 signatures needed to be collected in each district over an eight-week period for the recall to proceed. Office holders need to be in office for one year before they can be recalled, so all the senators elected in 2008 were possible recalls.

Wisconsin has had four legislative recall elections in the past. Sen. Otto Mueller, Republican, survived the first recall attempt in 1932, and Assemblyman James Holperin, Democrat, retained his seat in 1990. (This is the same Holperin who faces a possible recall this summer.) Two senators were removed from office by recalls. George Petak, Republican, was defeated in 1996, and Gary George, Democrat, was removed in 2003.

Tribal election June 11

Candidates announced May 25

by Gregg Westigard Leader staff writer HERTEL – The list of candidates for the St. Croix Tribal Council was released last Wednesday, May 25, less than three weeks before the tribal elections on Saturday, June 11.

There are 27 candidates running for the five council seats. The candidates include the five present council members, Lewis Taylor, Beverly (Songetay) Benjamin, David “Maabin” Merrill, Jeanne Awonohopay and Elmer “Jay” Emery Jr. Two former council members, Leo Butler and Phyllis Lowe, are also running. Several additional candidates have been on the ballot in 2007 and 2009, including Georgia Cobenais, Nancy Matrious and Francis Songetay.

The announcement of the candidate list was delayed because some of the nine candidates whose nominations were denied by the tribal election council appealed that rejection. That included former council members Michael Decorah, Hazel Hindsley and Gloria Benjamin. The three served on the council from 2007 to 2009 and were defeated for re-election in 2009.

Many of the candidates have served on the council for many terms over the years. Taylor is serving his ninth twoyear term, Merrill his seventh, Benjamin her sixth, and Emery his fourth.

Butler served six terms in the past and Lowe served three terms.

The St. Croix Tribe includes four communities, Big Sand Lake near Hertel, Big Round Lake east of Luck, Maple Plain west of Cumberland and Danbury. The smaller communities of Gaslyn, Bashaw and Clam Lake are included with Big Sand Lake and the Balsam Lake community is included with

Big Round Lake. Two council members are elected from the Big Sand Lake community.

Candidates must live in the community they are nominated to serve. All tribal electors vote for candidates from all the communities. There is no runoff election or primary, so the candidates with the most votes are elected even if they have a plurality but not a majority of the votes.

The candidates (in alphabetical order) are listed, and incumbents are marked (I): Big Sand Lake [two seats] Leo Butler Elmer “Jay” Emery Jr. (I) Mary Jane Frog Michael Lapointe Laura Moose Christine Morrison Neil Oustigoff Bennie Rogers Francis Songetay Lewis Taylor (I)

Danbury Gary Bearhart Jr. Beverly (Songetay) Benjamin (I) Nancy Matrious Delores Staples Tracy Taylor

Big Round Lake Georgia Cobenais Pat Fowler Sr. Kelly Lowe Sr. Phyllis Lowe Travis Lowe David “Maabin” Merrill (I) Sanford Mosay

Maple Plain Jeanne Awonohopay (I) Stuart Bearhart Eugene Hart LeAnn Hogner Valerie Hogner

BL grocery closes suddenly

Last-minute deal falls through, reopening likely

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer BALSAM LAKE – Dan Flaherty, owner of the Balsam Lake Market & Deli Grocery Store, said they had no choice but to shut down last Wednesday, May 25, as the owners tried to work out a last-minute deal with an investor and with their bank to keep the store open.

“It was tough, especially with the [Memorial Day] weekend,” he said.

“But we’re working on a deal and should know something later this week.”

Flaherty said they do have an interested party, a regional supplier, that is seriously considering an investment in

the operation, with Flaherty and crew remaining in charge of operations and management. The building and property are owned by a separate party.

The store had a hard time making it through the winter after reopening under Flaherty’s ownership last year.

“We just didn’t have the support we were hoping for,” he said with a shrug.

“Hopefully that can change.”

He said they were hoping to get back open “as soon as possible,” hoping to help out and capitalize on the large influx of vacation residents that comes to Balsam Lake in the coming months.

“We’re working on it. Hopefully we’ll know something more this week,” Flaherty said. It was unclear how many jobs were affected by the closure.

Turtle Lake man faces charges for Trooper runaround

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer TURTLE LAKE – A Wisconsin State Patrol traffic stop on Hwy. 8 on May 27, might be a textbook example of how far some people will go to avoid being identified, but also shows how far police will go to confirm an identity.

According to a criminal complaint, the trooper stopped a driver for speeding at just after 11 a.m. that Friday morning, and it wasn’t until over an hour later that the man was finally arrested for obstruction, after giving the officer a true runaround.

After the stop, the trooper asked for the man’s identification, which he said he did not have on him, but said he was “Nathan R. Smith,” with a 1981 birth date and that he was from Georgia. The trooper tried to find that information from the Georgia data base, but it came back not matching.

The man then said he worked at a Turtle Lake store and had obtained the job through a local hiring service, so the trooper tried both of those operations, and they also came back saying that no one of that name or birth date worked at either location.

When looking up the vehicle license, a different name came back, from Turtle Lake, but there was no phone listing for that person.

The driver then said he was in error, and he actually had a Tennessee driver’s license, under the previously mentioned name and birth date, which the trooper also could not find as a match on that state’s database.

However, the driver still insisted that he was Nathan Smith and gave the number of his live-in roommate in Turtle Lake who could confirm his story.

The trooper asked the Turtle Lake Police to verify the story by visiting the apartment and asking the named woman to support his tale.

Turtle Lake Police visited the location and tracked the named woman down, and she said the man was more than likely to be Cedryk S. Smith, born in 1983, but she wasn’t sure where any of his identification was in the home.

The Turtle Lake officer also visited the apartment landlord, who said he had rented to a man of the same name, Cedryk S. Smith.

Dispatchers then ran that name through the database and found him to have a suspended license and an outstanding St. Croix County warrant. The record also showed that man to have an identifying scar on his forearm, which the suspected driver also had.

The trooper then confronted the driver again about the new name and information, but he still insisted he was someone else, and was eventually arrested and taken into custody for obstructing an officer, speeding and operation after suspension.

After placing the man in custody, the trooper did a search of the vehicle and discovered a wallet and credit cards with the name of Cedryk Smith. As a final nail in the coffin, the man told jailers later that he needed to remove something from inside his pants as he was about to be searched and jailed in Balsam Lake. The item he pulled out was his Wisconsin ID card, stating that he was, indeed, Cedryk S. Smith.

Charges were not filed as of press time, but a search of state court records shows that Smith was convicted of operating without a valid license in April.

He also has a lengthy history of convictions for both traffic and criminal offenses, ranging from possession of a switchblade knife to several convictions for disorderly conduct.

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Alice Peacock returns home for June 11concert

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ST. CROIX FALLS - Alice Peacock will “There’s a jewelry designer in Chicago return home to St. Croix Falls for a concert who sent me a beautiful necklace one day on Saturday, June 11, at St. Croix and told me that my music had Festival Theatre. Part of the inspired him to give up his ca2011 Music Series, the concert reer as an investment banker to begins at 7:30 p.m. pursue his real passion,” PeaThe St. Croix Valley can cock reveals. “Another time, a proudly claim Peacock one of its woman approached me to say own. She grew up in White Bear my songs had helped her Lake, Minn., where she spent mother get through chemothersummers swimming in the lake, apy. When I hear things like playing in a nearby Native that, I feel extremely honored American burial ground and and privileged. It’s a gift I don’t manning a paper route. When completely understand. I just her parents moved to Luck, durknow I have to stay honest and ing Peacock’s junior year in high keep putting myself out there school, Polk County became because connecting with people home and she graduated from Alice Peacock that way is why I became an Unity High School. Underartist.” standably, the Alice Peacock fan Peacock is the mother of a 1base on both sides of the St. Croix River is 1/2-year-old toddler and balances her quite strong. musical touring with her life as a parent.

“Alice’s concert is starting to look like a Festival is pleased that she is once again sell-out,” said Festival Executive Director back in St. Croix Falls after nearly four Danette Olsen, “so those hoping to see this years since her last performance at the theshow should not wait for tickets at the ater. door!”

Reserved seats for the Alice Peacock As a prolific singer/songwriter often concert are $26 in advance or $31 at the compared to Carole King and Carly door and are flex pass eligible. Because of Simon, Peacock credits her literary side to the popularity of this concert, reservations the young life of an avid reader. “We are advised. didn’t have a TV because my mother was Three additional concerts round out the convinced it would turn our brains to Jell- 2011 Music Series including The Fiddle O, so I devoured books. I practically lived Masters with Randy Sabien, April Verch at the library. I never really traveled when and Brian Wicklund on June 24. The I was a kid, but I could travel in books. Sirens of the 60s are appearing on Aug. 24 Books allowed me to dream. I think that’s and Randy Sabien will be back on Oct. 1. partly why I became a writer.”

To receive a 2011 season brochure, stop In addition to her work as a performer, in at Festival Theatre or request one by Peacock is also President of the Board of phone or e-mail. 2011 flex pass tickets are Rock for Reading, a literacy organization on sale now for savings up to 35 percent that has donated over 600,000 books to on plays and concerts. Single tickets for kids in Chicago since 2007. The mission the music series range in price from $21 to of Rock for Reading is to raise awareness $31 with a discount for calling in advance of the rising trend of illiteracy among kids of the concert date. Festival Theatre is lothrough high profile music concerts—mu- cated in downtown St. Croix Falls, at 210 sicians talking about reading and books.

North Washington St. For more informaAs a performer, Peacock is a model of tion, to order tickets or join the Festival restraint. She does not indulge in the kind Theatre mailing list, call 715-483-3387 or of vocal gymnastics that have made so 888-887-6002. You may also check the many pop divas indistinguishable from Web site at www.festivaltheatre.org or one another. Her human-scale singing send an e-mail to info@festivaltheatre.org. draws the listener closer, provides com- - submitted munion, and fosters the feeling that we are not alone. That feeling is something that inspires Peacock’s listeners in ways she could not and have imagined. “Making music is about making connections,” says Peacock and when she is composing a song, she “writes the music first and the words sort of come, like putting up antennae and seeing what is out there.

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Another time he drove a group to Winnipeg, Manitoba. In the group was a foreign exchange student from Wales who was flying back home, and it was cheaper to pay 10 cents a mile to get the student to Winnipeg to fly out.

“You’ve got all kinds of people on the bus,” Michaelson recalled. “You’ve got your rascals and those that aren’t rascals.”

One “rascal,” he said, approached him at the county fair a few years ago. She recognized him as her childhood bus driver, and as someone who had encouraged her to better things.

“She told me she had become a Christian, gotten her life straightened out, got married and had a baby,” Michaelson said. “She told me she did it in that order.

“She recognized me and wanted to share that.”

Along with the good times of driving came some hard times as well. One Monday morning as he was leaving the school with the bus he was told that one of his students had been killed in a snowmobile accident. Michaelson’s pulse had jumped to 157 by the time he completed his route.

“They’re not your kids, but still, you get connected,” he said.

Another student was brought to the bus by the principal because he was having a hard time, then later committed suicide, Michaelson said.

There were also some close calls during his years of driving. One time a steering arm dropped off the bus and Michaelson

couldn’t steer the bus. There was a lake on one side of the road and a pasture on the other.

“Someone just guided it into the pasture,” said Michaelson, a man of deep faith.

He also remembered the time when he was driving down the steep and winding hill on Snelling Avenue near West 7th, and the brakes went out.

“I got it stopped, but it really wasn’t me who did it,” he said.

Another time he was driving down the hill into Taylors Falls and two tires came off a truck in the oncoming lane. One of the tires missed the bus entirely, but the other hit the frame of the bus under Michaelson’s feet.

Had it been a car rather than a bus the tire hit, he said, it probably would have gone through the windshield. That’s the only time he ever had to call a traffic officer, Michaelson said.

Another close call came when he was driving a brand-new bus. One of the back springs broke where it was riveted to the frame, and the axle swung sideways under the bus. Again, Michaelson was able to stop the bus with no injuries.

“God was watching out for you,” his wife, Joan, told him.

Although Michaelson was a bus driver for Unity Schools for 50 years, 10 of those also as bus mechanic, his history with the district goes back even further. Having spent all 12 school years as a student of

The wait on 8

Construction, combined with Memorial Day traffic, Monday, May 31, made the going slow for motorists heading west on Hwy. 8. A line of traffic backed up for at least three miles was evident by noon, calling for a lot of patience from those heading home after the long holiday weekend. - Photo by Gary King

the district brings his connections with Unity to 62 years.

Born in 1930 in what he calls a “deflocked chicken house” in the Town of Georgetown, Michaelson went to Blake School, then Milltown. After graduating from there he went into heavy construction in Poskin, then spent two years in the Army, including a year in Korea.

Meanwhile, when Joan was in seventh grade, she moved with her parents to this area and became friends with David’s sister. She baked peanut butter cookies to send to him in Korea, finding out much later that he didn’t really care for peanut butter cookies.

“My buddies all enjoyed them,” he said.

The two were married in 1954, and eventually bought a trucking business and started farming. When the cattlehauling work dried up, Michaelson sold the trucking business and began bus driving.

The years went by as the couple raised their three children. Their daughter lives with her husband in Papua, New Guinea, working as Bible translators with Wycliffe.

One son is on the farm with his family, and the other son lives in Chanhassen, Minn., with his family.

“I never really thought much about making it to 50 years, until I reached 45,” he said. “Then I began to think it would be fun to try for 50.”

He reaches that milestone Friday, and is looking toward the next chapter in the

book of his life.

In his letter of resignation to the Unity School Board, he asks, “What about the future? I don’t have all the answers to my future, but I know who holds my future and I’m OK with that.”

Michaelson does know that he plans to spend more time on his woodworking and with his family. He and his wife also hope to do some traveling in their motor home.

“We’ve covered a lot of the United States,” he said, “from one ocean to the other. We enjoy it.”

Places that are on the yet-to-see list include Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, the Denver, Colo., area and Alaska.

Michaelson said he’s looking forward to the freedom, but added that he’ll miss the students and the staff.

“The kids he drove at first – they’re retired and have grandkids,” said his wife, Joan.

He has driven the bus for children and grandchildren of his original students, and has worked with a variety of bus drivers, school administrators and staff.

“This story would not be complete without a big thank-you to so many people,” Michaelson said. “This would include school employees, several bus monitors and the many students and parents I was involved with over the years.

“Thank you so much,” he said.

Board denies developers agreement for Dollar General

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by Nancy Jappe Leader staff reporter SIREN - “Based on the meetings I have attended, the feelings of the existing businesses and the dollar amount Dollar General generates, I move to deny the developers agreement for $100,000 in TIF funding for the project,” said Siren Village Board member Dave Alden during a special full-board meeting Tuesday, May 31. Alden’s motion was seconded by Dave Doty Sr., and the board voted on and unanimously passed the motion.

So ended discussion of the pros and cons of allowing Tax Increment Financing funds to be used as an incentive to Dollar General to put up a new building on property that formerly housed Timberland Gifts and Goods, a business on Hwy. 35/70 owned by Judi Radel Trigg.

Dollar General had planned to use half of the property for its new store, with the other half purchased by Lakewood Realty, Minong, for a real estate office.

The proposal brought forward by the developer for Dollar General, a company based near Nashville, Tenn., called for the use of $100,000 in village TIF funds.

All up-front costs would be paid by the developer, PHB Project Development LLC, Appleton, with 85 percent of the paid real estate taxes to be reimbursed back to them until the $100,000 is paid.

No village money would be required for start-up, and the village could stand to increase the money in its TIF fund through this arrangement by 2030.

Todd Platt from Platt Development Corp., Appleton, came to the Thursday, May 26, meetings of the village of Siren’s personnel and negotiations committee, board of appeals and plan commission, and the May 31 special meeting of the full board with the request for a developers agreement between the village and management of the Dollar General stores. After discussion by the board May 31, a motion was made to deny the developers agreement, at this point ending Dollar General’s plan to build a new store in Siren.

A number of business owners were present at village of Siren meetings May 26 and May 31 to see if a Dollar General store would be built on property along Hwy. 35/70. “I can’t see it bringing anything to Siren that you can’t already purchase at one of the established businesses,” commented Jill Highstrom Perreton, owner of the Bargain Bin. Perreton commented that undoubtedly, if Dollar General were to come into the village, her store would be closing, with a loss of jobs for its four employees. – Photos by Nancy Jappe

Village board members indicated that TIF incentives have been provided for other construction projects but those incentives have been in the form of infrastructure or engineering assistance, street lighting, things like that.

Board members commented that if the current agreement was approved, a precedent would be set and similar requests could come in for other construction projects.

Board members expressed concern over the appearance of the building not falling within the north woods guidelines followed by other buildings in the village.

Todd Platt from Platt Development Corp. firmly stated that Dollar General would not change its construction guidelines. “We can’t change the face of the building.

The building is branded,” he said.

“I don’t think we want to stop progress because the building doesn’t look like we want it to look,” commented board member Peggy Moore.

Owners of a number of businesses were in attendance both meeting days, and used the public-comments period to voice their concerns. Karen Howe, owner of Syren General Store and the Shops at the Lodge, wrote her concerns in a letter to the board members. Howe is especially concerned about how the development would look when viewed from its back side, on First Avenue, an area

that is slated for further development by the village.

Village crew chief and public works manager Mike Bentley, saying that he sees both sides of the situation, spoke out in favor of competition coming in, citing the success of three motels in the village as an ongoing example. He also spoke in favor of village residents having a say in who comes into the village, and pointed out the number of people in the audience who had businesses that are out of the village limits.

Joe Yourchuck from Yourchuck Hardware pointed out that businesses like his, which are not located within the village limits, have a lot to say about what is going on and that his business is already part of the village sewer system.

“If the site were not on the main highway, I would support (the project),” commented board member Peggy Moore. “You are asking us to give up a fine village site and pay you for taking it.”

“If you want to build, you come to town and build,” added Tom Anderson. “I don’t like the gift - what we have to do here.”

Other available building sites were mentioned - sites that are not on the highway. Platt made no response to these suggestions.

Conditional-use permit goes ahead to next level for former Capeside property

by Nancy Jappe Leader staff writer SIREN - After presentation of information from Mike Podawiltz, Podawiltz Development Corporation, St. Cloud, Minn., the Siren Village Planning Commission gave its approval to a request for a zoning change that will allow use of the former Capeside Cove property on Fourth Avenue as a multifamily dwelling in an R-2 zoned area. This approval will now be considered and final approval/disapproval will be given by the full village board at its June 9 meeting.

There were several conditions added to the planning commission approval motion: 1) That the site plan for the units to be set up complies with the village ordinance.

2) That there be a manager on site (which is required by the state). 3) That the units be crime-free dwellings.

“I like the idea that (the units) will be controlled by agreement. I think they are doing the right thing,” commented Rick Engstrom, the commission member who made the approval motion.

According to Podawiltz, the units will be financed through the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. “We are on the waiting list for funds,” he said in answer to a question about when changes would be made to the property.

Mike Podawiltz (left), owner of Podawiltz Development Corporation, St. Cloud, Minn., presented information regarding a request to the Siren Village Board for a conditional-use permit to offer workforce-type housing to the community on the former Capeside Cove property on Fourth Avenue, Siren. Podawiltz and John Cashman (right), executive director of Caring Bridge ALC, Owatonna, Minn., purchasers of the property, were at the Siren Planning Commission meeting Thursday, May 26. - Photo by Nancy Jappe

Podawiltz went on to explain that occupancy on the property will be controlled and that the occupants have to be gainfully employed, i.e. in the service industry or in retail sales.

A selection criteria has been set up for incoming residents. A manager will be on site 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Development of the property includes turning the former nursing home into a 30-unit general occupancy workforce housing complex with a combination of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. It will not be on a rent-subsidy program. The maximum household rent is equal to or below 60 percent of the area median income adjusted for family size. Households must have sufficient incomes to pay housing and related housing expenses.

The conditional-use permit requested from the village will allow the adaptive changes to be made. The request from Caring Bridge ALC, the property owner, includes a request that the conditional-use permit remain valid for two years from date of approval without the beginning of construction due to the WHEDA grant cycle for financing.

Webster Craft Fair draws crowd

The sun came out Saturday for the Webster Craft fair. The annual Memorial Day weekend event sponsored by the Webster Area Chamber of Commerce. drew hundreds of shoppers the 150 artists and crafters booths set up outside the Webster Elementary School. - Photos by Priscilla Bauer

MOTO kicks off 11th season with Johnny Cash Revue

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ST. CROIX FALLS - In its 11th season, St. Croix Falls Music On The Overlook kicks off its 2011 season with the USA’s No. 1 Johnny Cash tribute act: Boss Grant’s Johnny Cash Revue.

The season kickoff is Friday, June 3.

MOTO is free to the public and happens most Fridays at 6:30 p.m., June through August. The complete calendar is listed below.

“Boss Grant was one of our most popular events last summer and, although we have many fresh acts this year, it seemed fitting to have him back to start things off with a bang,” says MOTO coordinator Woody McBride of St. Croix Falls. Bont Chiropractic is sponsoring the Boss Grant event and is offering free root-beer floats to those attending. Local food vendors onsite for the opening are award-winning Sir Smoke A Lot BBQ and GF Goodies featuring their famous cheese curds and other fair foods.

MOTO also features a new hi-fi sound system that will take the concert series to an even more enjoyable level. “Many of those who attend MOTO like to sit up on the grass hill in the shade and we now have additional speakers for that area that will allow that group of people to hear the music better,” says McBride. MOTO, a calling card for St. Croix Falls, is supported by nearly 50/50 public funds versus private sponsorship dollars.

MOTO happens at the St. Croix Falls downtown overlook deck amphitheater.

In the event of rain, events move to Festival Theatre (except for Zed Leppelin,

Study says leasing home unlikely

by Gregg Westigard Leader staff writer AMERY – Golden Age Manor, the Polk County owned nursing home in Amery, is close to hiring a new administrator. And a study reports that the option of leasing the home is unlikely at this time. These were the highlights of the monthly meeting of the GAM governing committee Tuesday, May 24.

County Administrator Dana Frey said there are four finalists for a new nursing home head to replace Gary Taxdahl. The four were selected from 24 applications

St. Croix Falls’ Music On The Overlook kicks off its 2011 season with the USA’s No. 1 Johnny Cash tribute act: Boss Grant’s Johnny Cash Revue. - Special photo which would relocate to The Dalles House in the event of rain). Festival Theatre’s wine bar and cafe is also open for most events in addition to a nice variety of local food vendors for the MOTO events.

Grant has been in the music world since 1971, singing and playing his guitars, traveling across the country in a variety of groups. He played with a gospel quartet in the 1970s, and it was with this group he

met his wife, Lynn. Grant has been involved with other groups over the years and has enjoyed using his many musical talents on stage. His portrayal of Johnny Cash as he sings and plays guitar, is a testimony of his singing talent. Boss has always been a fan of the “Man in Black” and truly honors Cash’s memories as he performs all the the songs Cash is so well known for. While performing on stage,

for the position. Frey said the county received a good pool of applications without the need to hire a job recruiter. He said that Taxdahl is looking over the applications and knows all the applicants. The names of the finalists will be announced soon, and a new GAM administrator could be hired by July. Taxdahl retired April 1 after leading GAM for 25 years.

Golden Age Manor will likely remain a county-owned and operated nursing home for the near term. Frey told the committee that even if the county could sell or lease GAM, a questionable prospect given past legal considerations, it is unlikely that anyone besides the county could operate the home in a financially profitable way.

Frey’s comments were based on a limited study he prepared for the finance commit-

tee.

Any nongovernment entity operating GAM would immediately lose about $875,000 in operating funds from the state, Frey said. These funds, the Supplemental Payment program, channel federal funds to government-owned nursing homes to cover past operating losses. The funds would not be available to an outside operator or owner and GAM has operated at a break-even point in recent years only because of SP revenues. Frey said there is no hypothetical way a private operator could cut expenses enough to make up that large a loss in revenue.

Supplemental payment awards are issued by the state in December of each year, based on a formula that looks at past operating deficits from Medicaid pay-

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June 24 - Kids and Family Night with Magic Norm, Randy The Frog Guy and 100 youth fiddlers from Marine on St. Croix Fiddle Pal Music Camp July 1 - Jazz Night with The Atlantis Quartet featuring Katie Gearty July 8 - Folk Music Night featuring Thea Ennen, Michael Legan and guests July 14 - Royal Credit Union and MOTO present the Wannigan Days Talent Show July 22 - Red Bird Music Night featuring Dave Frank, The Juggernauts and guests Aug. 12 - Country Music Night featuring St. Croix Valley legend Rex Cactus Aug.19 - Community Dinner Night featuring Indianhead men’s chorus and Vallee de Croix women’s chorus Aug. 26 - 1950s Rock n’ Swing Night with Al’s Rockabilly Quartet Oct. 1 – St. Croix Falls AutumnFest. from MOTO

ments. The money is usually received in several payments in two county budget years. The current SP award for 2010/11, announced in November, 2010, is $893,000. The previous awards were $625,979 (2009/10), $718,000 (2008/09), and $696,721 (2007/08). In addition, GAM received an additional award of $343,121 in the 2007/08 period.

Frey said that long term the county will need to look at the needs of a 50-year-old building and the future of a stand-alone nursing home. He said the county may need to look at an expanded facility that includes assisted living. Frey said that there may be opportunities for some joint ventures to meet the future needs of the community.

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Taylors Falls amends septic systems ordinances

by Tammi Milberg Leader staff writer TAYLORS FALLS, Minn. – At the Monday, May 23, city council meeting, Taylors Falls council members voted to adopt an ordinance repealing and replacing a section on the city’s ordinance code that deals with private sewage disposal.

Currently private septic systems in Taylors Falls are regulated by Section 810.05 of the Code of Ordinances. This section adopts Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s rule 7080 by reference.

The city council discussed this matter on March 22, 2010, although no action was taken at that time. The MPCA Rule 7082.0040 Subp. 3. city and township responsibilities states: “Cities and townships with SSTS ordinance must effectively administer and enforce an ordinance that conforms with this chapter and is administratively and technically as strict as the county ordinance, as determined by the agency.”

In 2010 Chisago County updated their Subsurface Sewage Treatment System Ordinance due to changes in MPCA Rules (7080, 7081, 7082 and 7083). Jack Kramer, city building/septic inspector, reviewed the county’s SSTS ordinance and recommended adoption as written. However, since the ordinance refers to county and department and not the city certain sections of the ordinance must be modified to allow the city to administer the ordinance. Chad Lemmons, city attorney, drafted that language; all of the technical provisions included in the ordinance are included and the city should be in compliance with the MPCA Rule.

In other business, the council considered the Certified Emergency Response Team ad for publication to help generate interest in membership. Although there was not a member of the CERT task force present at the May 23 meeting, the council discussed the request for approval of a flyer to be used for publication and distribution. The council noted only five residents have volunteered to be on the team and they were hopeful the flyer would invite others to volunteer.

• Dr. Steve Bont, presenting the Wannigan Days committee, requested the city

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contribute monies to the Wannigan Days Parade. In the past, the city has donated $500 to the fireworks committee and $100 to the parade committee. Since there is a large attendance at both the parade and at the fireworks, the fair thing to do would be to split the $600, with $300 going to support each event. The motion to donate the money to be divided evenly for the two events carried.

• Due to an error in the interpretation of the publishing requirements, the clerktreasurer recommended the council reconsider the date for the abatement public hearing originally scheduled for June 20.

The motion to set the date for June 6 at 7 p.m. rather than June 20.

Consent agenda • The council acknowledged National Night Out Aug. 2, by consent agenda. • The council accepted a donation from Friends of the Taylors Falls Parks and Recreation for summer recreation program expenses.

•The council accepted a donation from the Taylors Falls Womens Civic League.

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Liaison or council member reports •Mayor Mike Buchite reported that the legislative language for Taylors Falls’ inclusion in the Border City Development Zone has been included in both the Senate and the House final bills, which is now before the governor for approval. The mayor stated he is optimistic that the bill will pass.

• The mayor also reported on a recent public informational meeting held by MnDOT to introduce the plans for the 2012 reconstruction of Bench Street/Hwy. 95. The anticipated time frame is to begin work in early May and to finish prior to Memorial Day. One lane will be open at all times so that access would not be impeded.

• Vice Mayor Ross Rivard reported that E.H. Renner Inc. would begin work this week on the No. 1 well on West Street. Rivard also stated that the paving bids should be available at the next council meeting.

Polk County Human Services looking for director

Department operating with team leadership

by Gregg Westigard Leader staff writer BALSAM LAKE – Polk County is actively searching for a new director for its Human Services Department. County Administrator Dana Frey told the human services board that the county has rewritten the position description after surveying the department employees and has been advertising for several weeks. He said the response so far has not been overwhelming and that if four good applicants are not found, the county might hire a search firm to aid the replacement process. Frey said the employees want an experienced leader, someone “really good.” The human services board held its monthly meeting Tuesday, May 24.

Meanwhile, Frey said the department is operating well under team leadership.

Four of the seven management positions have become vacant recently. Besides the vacancy at the top, the managers of the economic support and mental health units are no longer employed by the county. In addition, Phyl Brown, longtime

assistant to the director, announced her retirement before some current issues arose. Frey said the remaining managers and the employees are keeping the programs operating.

The department is implementing a performance-based budgeting system, Kay Confer, director of the child protective services division, told the board. She said it is a complex process to determine how to measure performance outcomes when dealing with human problems. Confer said when it comes to helping people at risk, the department must determine how much help is enough and look at what the county can afford.

“It is complex but worth the effort,” board member Dr. David Markert said.

“Human services has always been a question mark for the public. They want to know what human services does with all that money.”

“I want to thank Kay (Confer) for really stepping up,” board member Tim Strohbusch said. “After the state audit, service level has increased. We survived. It is really awesome.”

The other board members added their thanks to the human services leaders and staff.

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• Words from the editor •

• Joe Heller •

Here’s to a good start

If the hearts of our small communities here in Burnett and Polk counties are the public schools, perhaps the students, teachers and parents could be considered the lifeblood.

And the folks who procure, organize and disseminate scholarship funds for each school district could be considered the lifesavers - the ER doctors who give the right medicine at the right time.

Hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarships were presented to graduating seniors over the past month, some of that total being represented by newly created scholarships.

It’s our proudest moments as members of communities that are facing tough times in balancing budgets and still giving students the opportunities through school curriculum that larger districts do.

Our company, the Inter-County Cooperative Publishing Association, is proud to present scholarships to eight area high school graduates each year.

And we know that more students who graduate than not will leave this area, region and state, not only to attend college or tech schools but to carve out their niche and earn a living that many smaller communities can’t provide in today’s world.

How lucky are the graduates who want to stay here and have the opportunity through family or other means to secure a stable job and earn a decent wage to allow them to stay rooted where they grew up.

Sometimes the job choice takes a backseat for such priorities.

As New York Times editorial writer David Brooks wrote this week, sometimes “It’s not about you.” So many commencement speeches call for graduates to follow their passion, chart their own course and, of course, follow their dreams, he noted.

Brooks makes a good point when he says that most people don’t form a self and then lead a life - they are called by a problem and the self is constructed gradually by their calling.

“Most of us are egotistical and most are self-concerned most of the time, but it’s nonetheless true that life comes to a point only in those moments when the self dissolves into some task,” he wrote. “The purpose in life is not to find yourself. It’s to lose yourself.”

Not bad insight from a newspaper writer.

Our best wishes to area graduates, many by this time are already focused on life far away from their hometowns. We can feel good they had the benefits of good communities, examples of selfless giving and a track record of producing many graduates who were and are “called by a problem.”

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• Where to write • President Barack Obama 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, D.C. 20500 www.whitehouse.gov/contact/ Gov. Scott Walker Wisconsin State Capitol Madison, WI 53707 transition@wisconsin.gov

Congressman Sean Duffy (7th District) 1208 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 202-225-3365

U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl 330 Hart Senate Office Bldg.

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Rep. Erik Severson (28th District) Room 6 North State Capitol Madison, WI 53708 608-267-2365 • 888-529-0028 FAX: 608-282-3628 rep.Severson@legis.state.wi.us Rep. Roger RIvard (75th District) State Capitol Room 307 North P.O. Box 8952, Madison, WI 608-266-2519 • 888-534-0075 rep.rivard@legis.wi.gov U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson 2 Russell Courtyard Washington, D.C. 20510 202-224-5323

Sen. Robert Jauch (25th District) Room 415 South, State Capitol P.O. Box 7882, Madison, WI 53707 Sen.Jauch@legis.state.wi.us Sen. Sheila Harsdorf (10th District) State Capitol, P.O. Box 7882 Madison, WI 53707 608-266-7745 • 715-232-1390 Toll-free - 800-862-1092 sen.harsdorf@legis.state.wi.us

Rep. Nick Milroy (73rd District) Room 8 North, State Capitol P.O. Box 8953, Madison 53708 rep.milroy@legis.state.wi.us

Response to “Excited about candidate”

Being a longtime Independent, who searches for facts and truths about candidates before I head to the polls, I would like more information from Richard Costerisan, who wrote the letter “Excited about candidate” Shelly Moore.

1. As a former teacher in Ellsworth she made $74,300 ($52,000 wages and $22,300 benefits) for 190 days of work or .73 FTE. Our current senator and representatives make $49,900 in wages and they work all year long and spend a lot of time on the road back and forth to Madison. How has she prepared for the increased workload and the long, frequent travel times?

2. Why was she released in January from the school district?

3. Was she a union rep for her district?

4. What is her plan for the increased stressors and threats to her?

5. What is her plan (tool kit) to get our state’s financial house in order?

She is a Democratic party candidate, and I have asked to see the Democratic Party plan and I have not seen one.

6. What is her experience as a Leader?

Listen to those they serve for both content and emotion. Leaders, evaluate what is heard to weigh its importance and priority. Leaders, advocate for those they serve, and also survey them. Leaders, decide what is in the best interest of all, at any given time. Leaders, excite their groups to follow-through. Leaders, results are shared with all. Good communicators, use all forms of media to get their points across.

7. What is her experience in Leadership? S = Serve by H= Helping I= Improve P= People.

8. Leaders set a vision. Where do we see ourselves in the future?

What is her vision?

Rich Hess Trade Lake

Who does Moore work for?

While our elected officials in Madison continue to work to balance the state’s budget without raising taxes on middleclass families, the special interests are continuing their push to recall those that are standing up for reform and fighting to change the status quo.

In our area, the special interests have put forth one of their own, Shelly Moore, to be a candidate in the recall election.

Moore is a vocal leader for these special interests and their push for more spending as a director of both the state and national teachers unions. Another powerful national union, the Service Employees International Union, recently endorsed Moore’s candidacy.

As union bosses and special interests line up behind Moore and her tax and spend agenda, it becomes clear that Moore isn’t interested in working for the taxpayers, but only her special interest friends. If Moore and the union bosses pushing her campaign succeed, property taxes will skyrocket.

Moore has opposed limits on property taxes and supported the recent big spending budgets that drove our state’s finances into the ground. Who does Moore work for? Not the taxpayers. The answer lies in the special interests that are funding and supporting her.

Carol Makosky Webster

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• Letters to the editor • Whiners Week

It must have been a good week (May 18) for whiners at the Leader. A full-page article detailing the travails of a former resident who comes back to Frederic from Minnesota to “assist” in gathering signatures for the recall of Sen. Harsdorf? Of course there is no “outside influences” involved in this effort ... right?

And he is astonished to find a lot of people here are outraged at the behavior of those who wish to force this ill-advised recall. He bemoans that lack of “respect” shown to him by people who actually know the senator and appreciate her efforts over the last several years in representing the only “special interest” that matters to her - that’s the best interests of the people in her district and in the state of Wisconsin.

He ignores the despicable behavior of those who violated the state open meetings law by leaving the state to avoid their legislative responsibilities and in doing so violated their own oaths of office. Mr. Haumant apparently has no problem with the thousands of out of control doorknobs that trashed the Capital hurling insult and fowl-mouthed epithets at those legislators who stayed on the job and did what their oath of office demands. Haumant apparently supports the “respect” shown Harsdorf, Assemblyman Severson and Assemblyman Rivard. They not only received the most obscene kind of personal attacks, they also received death threats. Severson moved his wife and small children out of his house in Osceola due to the horrible and threatening calls his wife was receiving at their home while he was doing his job in Madison. And Haumant has the gall to lecture us on respect? Please.

Of course Whiners Week at the Leader wouldn’t be complete without the crying of Al Kruger and Jeff Peterson.

Kruger suggests that it was irresponsible to turn down $225 million in federal money for high-speed rail. What a crock!

Even the advocates for HSR were forced to admit that passengers would not likely move at speeds greater than 35 mph. And when the federal money was used up building this monstrosity, there was no scenario that suggested the system would ever pay for itself. Millions if not billions of dollars of taxpayer money would have been necessary to keep the system running. Need proof? How’s that Amtrak deal working out for the taxpayers, Al? And then we have Peterson’s Prattle.

Scene one—When Walker and the Republicans got done “stripping away the bargaining rights of state employees,” those state employees still have more bargaining rights than the federal employees working for Peterson’s president.

Scene two- finding different and cheaper ways to provide the same services is not stripping away those services.

Scene three - Stripping away some of the DNR’s power mad edicts? It’s about time.

Meanwhile - 30,000 new private sector jobs in Wisconsin this year. A 17-point jump in rating of states that are business friendly. Not bad!

Vote for Wisconsin! Re-elect Harsdorf!

Bob Blake Rural Frederic

Is this water clean?

With astonishment, I listened to Rep. Severson speak on Wisconsin Public Radio about his bill which repeals a regulation requiring municipal water systems to disinfect their drinking water. To me, it’s a given that people in Wisconsin can count on drinking clean water all the time.

That Severson happens to be an emergency room physician by profession only compounds my amazement. Doctors are among my best friends. My experience is they work to prevent illness, whenever possible. They pay critical attention to scientific research. (The America Council on Science and Health added “sad to say” when Severson’s medical connection was cited as author of this bill).

Then, I read that, simultaneously, Sen. Harsdorf happens to have the companion piece ready for the Senate. Aha ... the

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penny drops. Can you spell Koch? How much of what is passing as democratic government in Wisconsin is payback, I wonder. Walker and his extremists received the billionaire brothers second highest gift given nationally. According to the watchdog organization, Public Integrity, since 2000 Koch Industries has paid over $50 million in fines for violations of the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act. I do hate to be so cynical, but fewer regulations means more contamination of groundwater. Bank on it.

The previous administration passed the bill only after listening to expert testimony from Dr. Mark Borchardt, a leading infectious groundwater disease specialist, reviewing the effects of major waterborne outbreaks like the one in 1993 that killed 104 people and sickened 400,000 Milwaukee residents, due deliberation that the benefits of disinfecting water outweigh the cost. My questions of Severson are: Who helped you write this proposal?

Who gave you your data? Who benefits?

How thoroughly was it discussed before voting?

Water disinfection will come to the rest of the state, but thanks to Severson and Harsdorf, it will come after more citizens become seriously ill or even die from contamination leaking into water supplies.

Not too long ago, Wisconsin set a clean water standard for other states to follow.

Sadly, this move backward is led by Severson/Harsdorf/Walker and the corporate interests with whom they’ve aligned themselves.

Marilyn Brissett-Kruger St. Croix Falls

Glaring hypocrisy

While watching the state Senate hearing held on May 19, I learned something about state Sen. Sheila Harsdorf. The hearing was a final debate before the vote over the so-called Voter ID Bill, which Harsdorf co-sponsored. Without going into the bills’ intent, I must point out a glaring hypocrisy. Harsdorf herself took advantage of the time frame allowed for voters to cast an early vote as absentee.

Her new bill attaches a shortened time frame and reasons for absentee voting as well as more restrictions to voting which have nothing to do with voter identification, such as no longer allowing voters to cast a straight-party vote. People should know that Harsdorf herself had her absentee vote thrown out because she did not follow directions and provide a witness to her signature.

If even legislators have trouble following voter instruction, why change the law to make it even more confusing and restrictive? Gov. Walker signed her bill May 26. Watch the hearing at www.wiseye.org (click on video archives, May 19 Senate Hearing), for a real eye-opener!

Harsdorf has followed the lead of this new wildly right-wing governor and, like him, should be recalled. There will be an election this summer to replace her. Tell Harsdorf you’d like to hear debates and check out her opposition, Shelly Moore, at www.mooreforwisconsin.com.

Susan Hansen Shell Lake

has put an unfair burden on Wisconsin taxpayers and with a $3.5 billion state deficit how generous can taxpayers continue to be?

The second is stripping BadgerCare and SeniorCare from the poor and elderly. Nobody wants to see the poor and elderly suffer, no nobody. Walker stated, “We’re not going to cut needy families and children off things like BadgerCare. We’re not going to cut seniors off SeniorCare. But what we need to have is the flexibility of the federal government.” President Obama has done something similar in granting his HHS secretary the power to rewrite Medicare. The intent is to not harm the poor and seniors but rather to make the system more efficient and accountable. We all know there are many who grab all the goodies they can from the taxpayer, and the state lets them get away with it. Walker simply wants to keep a better eye on that.

The third is stripping DNR of mandates to protect the natural resources. Yes, Walker has proposed changes that lessen the burden of stringent environmental rules. In some cases these rules prevent business and industry from doing what they do best. No, the governor doesn’t favor polluting the state as he too drinks state water and breathes state air. But, in the past, environmentalists have been able to push for overly restrictive rules that hamper the state’s economy. There is a happy medium here and the governor seeks it. Peterson refers to the name of Koch, the wealthy brothers who support Republicans, and that is a convenient Liberal mantra. But he forgets about George Soros and other wealthy Democrat supporters, including unions who give over 95 percent of their donations to Democrats. No problem there for Peterson.

Richard Hartung Dresser

Gem of a paper

I have been working for the InterCounty Leader for the last nearly seven years and recently moved on. Though I’m happy with my new position, I’m going to miss being part of putting out our local paper.

What is it about working for a paper?

It’s great from the gossip point of view – hearing interesting news early. The deadlines can be killer, but that also keeps things charged up, which can be fun – if exhausting at times.

More importantly, the newspaper is a gathering place for the heart and mind of the community, its thoughts and opinions – local and at large. Celebrations of people turning 100 run next to discussions of how to fix a problem intersection next to arguments about who should be running our country and how.

Gary King, as editor of the Leader, is in charge of what goes in, what’s abbreviated and what’s kept out. Making those

judgments on the fly is a big challenge, one that King handles with aplomb – and with a great deal of generosity.

He’s not the only hardworking person at the Leader. The building is full of them.

Tough, smart, talented people make your weekly newspaper a reality. It’s been a privilege to work with them.

I hope everyone in Leader Land recognizes what a gem we have in our newspaper – and in the team of people who produce it.

Jackie Thorwick Frederic

Haumant stay home

The last two issues of the “Leader” have contained a news story and a letter, respectively, regarding Don Haumant’s adventure/misadventure at a polling place in Frederic on election day.

Both accounts went into long, carefully worded detail of trite and moot points: Did Jody Walter yell from 20 or 30 feet?

Did the police officer ask them to move five or ten feet? The only point that mattered: Were the petition circulators doing so legally? In the case of Haumant, the answer is definitely not.

The instructions handed out with the petitions states, ”Petition circulators must be eligible to vote in Wisconsin, but do not need to reside in Sen. Harsdorf’s district.

Haumant admitted in both papers to being a resident of Minnesota. He could not legally circulate petitions anywhere in the Tenth District.

As someone who was deeply involved in the recall effort, I was embarrassed and disgusted by Haumant’s behavior. Here in Burnett County we took extra steps to prevent unqualified people from circulating petitions.

I am writing to the Government Accountability Board to request that the illegal petition sheets submitted by Haumant be destroyed. It is unfortunate because many signers, who were exercising their constitutional rights, will be denied those rights. Mr. Haumant, you have hurt lots of innocent people with your disregarding of the rules.

This letter does not address Carlson’s behavior, which appeared to be legal and proper. But Haumant, in the future, please restrict your political activity to your state of residency, Minnesota!

Paul Sexton Burnett County coordinator Recall Harsdorf Committee Siren

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“Delightful Danish duo” at Luck on Tuesday

What Mr. Peterson does not tell you

If one were to listen to letter writer Jeff Peterson of Luck one would think Gov. Scott Walker, Sen. Sheila Harsdorf and Republicans wake up every morning wringing their hands and wondering, “How can we further damage the environment and attack poor people today?”

Peterson outlines five things that, in his opinion, are dastardly changes imposed by the governor, the senator and the Republicans in Madison.

The first is stripping public workers of collective bargaining. While Peterson opposes this, the majority of Wisconsin residents do not. Private employees do not have collective bargaining yet subsidize public workers who do, and the many perks that collective bargaining has given them. Collective bargaining in the past

Traditional Danish and Scandinavian music will be performed by the “delightful Danish duo” of Mette Katherine Jensen and Kristian Bugge on Tuesday, June 7, at the West Denmark Parish Hall west of Luck. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. For more information call 715-472-2383. Special photo

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Luck to enact 4-percent room tax

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Proceeds to go to tourism promotion, infrastructure

by Mary Stirrat Leader staff writer LUCK — Luck will soon join the ranks of villages and cities that have enacted a room tax to raise funds for promotion and other uses.

Following a meeting last week of the committee of the whole of the Luck Village Board, the agenda for the Wednesday, June 8, regular meeting will include approval of an ordinance that enacts a room tax of 4 percent.

Lodging establishments in Luck that will be affected are the Luck Country Inn on Hwy. 35 and Heritage Pines Resort at the Luck Golf Course. The four-bedroom home available at Heritage Pines was opened in 2008 and can be rented by the night or by the week.

Board Trustee Hassan Mian, owner of Luck Country Inn, was not in attendance at the May 25 meeting when the committee of the whole discussed the idea, but village Administrator Kristina Handt said she and Mian have done a lot of talking, and he is generally supportive.

Handt initially proposed a room tax of 4.5 percent, noting that Mian favored a slightly lower percentage.

The maximum room tax allowed by state statute is 8 percent, Handt told the board. She said she had proposed a 4.5-percent tax so that, with the 5.5-percent sales tax, guest to either lodging establishment would be paying an even 10 percent in tax.

Communities in the area that have already enacted a room tax include St. Croix Falls, Siren, Turtle Lake and Osceola. All are 4 percent except Osceola, which is at 3 percent.

Along with limiting the amount of room tax that can be charged, state statute also regulates how the revenue from a room tax can be used. Statutorily, said Handt, the lodging establishments retain 2 percent of what is collected to defray costs.

Of what is remaining, at least 70 percent of the revenue

must be allocated to tourism promotion, and the promotion must be somehow linked to lodging. Handt termed the promotion “head and bed,” saying that the dollars can be used to advertise anything that is tourism related, but it must include some promotion of the lodging opportunities in the village.

The board has some leeway in determining what to do with the other 30 percent generated, she said, including creating a special revenue fund designed for tourism infrastructure such as rest rooms or an informational kiosk.

It can also go into the general fund. Handt’s recommendation was that it be used for tourism infrastructure as determined by the village board.

Because the hotel is privately owned and its sales records are private, said Handt, the amount of revenue that would be generated by the tax is unknown. However, she said, she indicated to Mian that her goal for the village would be between $5,000 and $10,000 annually, and Mian indicated to her that this could probably be met.

According to Handt, along with establishing the room tax and how it will be allocated, the board must also identify who will be responsible for actually spending the money. Among the entities that can be named to make those decisions, she said, are the village redevelopment authority, the village board or the finance committee. Additionally, a village tourism commission can be created to oversee expenditure of the funds.

Handt said she favored creating a five-member tourism commission that would include one owner of a lodging establishment, one board representative and three members at-large. The at-large members do not need to be village residents, but can be local business owners. This, she said, would fit the board’s goal of strengthening public/private partnerships as identified in the village’s strategic planning.

The board agreed with her recommendation to establish a tourism commission that would make recommendations to the board on how the money would be spent.

In discussing the proposed room tax ordinance, the committee of board members agreed that the tax would

not deter visitors from coming to Luck. Trustee Kristine King said she had assumed there was already some type of room tax in place, and she and other trustees noted that it is just usually assumed to be part of the hotel bill.

“I think this is a good idea,” said Trustee John Wilcoxon. “I think it’s something people are expecting to pay.”

While the board came to easily agreement on the idea of establishing the room tax at 4 percent and creating a tourism commission to oversee how the funds will be spent, coming to agreement on how to spend the 30 percent over which the village has flexibility was not so easy.

Trustee Bob Determan felt that, given the current economy, the tax dollars generated should go into the general fund and spent according to needs of the village. If the board desires, he added, it can be spent on tourism infrastructure.

Wilcoxon, saying he “respectfully disagrees,” felt it should be spent for promotion of the village since any dollars invested in this way will bring dividends. Board President Peter Demydowich said he believed the dollars should be designated to bring people into the community, not just spent on whatever the board deems necessary.

Both Phil Warhol and Marsha Jensen indicated that Determan’s suggestion would allow the funds to be used for tourism infrastructure if needed, yet provide some flexibility.

In the end, the committee of the whole agreed to recommend to itself that the board establish a 4-percent room tax, and create a five-member tourism commission to oversee expenditure of the funds.

It also recommended that the 30 percent not designated specifically for tourism/lodging promotion be placed in a special revenue fund to be used for special village promotions as determined by the board.

Final approval of the ordinance enacting the tax is expected at the June 8 meeting of the village board.

Grantsburg High School receives True Value paint grant

by Priscilla Bauer Leader staff writer GRANTSBURG - Grantsburg High School secretary, Jeanne Marek, had a pleasant surprise last week when she was notified by the True Value Foundation that Grantsburg High School had been awarded a paint grant worth up to 40 gallons of paint.

Marek applied for the grant last fall and was informed that GHS had been awarded the full 40 gallons.

“I’m very excited GHS has been awarded this grant,” said Marek. “It’s a great program and we will make good use of the paint.”

The Painting a Brighter Future program was introduced in 2009 with the idea that a fresh coat of paint helps brighten the sense of pride within a school and its surrounding community.

Painting a Brighter Future partners with True Value retailers across the country to identify schools in greatest need to receive up to 40 gallons of paint to help provide physical improvements. As the program expands in 2011, more than 100 schools in True Value communities will be awarded enough paint to provide coverage for over 1 million square feet of classrooms.

Delivery of the school’s 40 gallons of paint, worth approximately $1,000, from Burnett Dairy True Value Hardware took place on Tuesday, May 31. Student volunteers helped unload the paint, which will be used to paint the high school’s classroom and hallway walls. - with information from the True Value Foundation Web site

Grantsburg High School janitor, Jim Chadwick, shook hands with Chris Radke of Burnett Dairy True Value after 40 gallons of paint from the school were delivered to the store on May 31. The True Value Foundation started Painting a Brighter Future in 2009, a program which partners with True Value retailers across the country to identify schools in greatest need to receive up to 40 gallons of paint to help provide physical improvements.

Student volunteers helped unload 40 gallons of paint, worth approximately $1,000, Burnett Dairy True Value Hardware delivered to the school on Tuesday, May 31. The paint was awarded to Grantsburg High School through a grant the school’s secretary, Jeanne Marek, wrote to the True Value Foundation last fall.

Photos by Priscilla Bauer Primed for painting, Grantsburg High School janitor and student volunteers push their cart loaded with 40 gallons of paint into the school. The paint will be used to paint the high school’s classroom and hallway walls.

The old crafts continue to thrive

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by Carl Heidel Leader staff writer DANBURY- There really was a time when clothing didn’t come from Peggy’s or Lands End or Wal-Mart, a time when embroidery machines weren’t even an item for the imagination. There was a time when simple things were saved because there was certain to be a use for them, and an even earlier time very long ago when artwork was embedded in the floor of the home.

Those were the times of the old crafts, quilting, cross-stitching, crocheting, knitting, tatting and huck and lucet, and decorating with pinecones and mosaics.

The crazy quilt demonstrated by Julie Tuel is just that, a crazy quilt created at random from scraps of material.

Marie Bremer’s hands ply the delicate needlework as she decorates a piece of cloth with counted cross-stitch.

OSCEOLA - Polk County Democratic Party Chair Lowell Enerson has been involved in politics for over 40 years, but he’s never seen anything like the groundswell of activism that resulted from Gov. Scott Walker’s efforts to overturn Wisconsin’s long tradition of progressive public policy.

“The governor has actually given Democrats a huge wake-up call with his ham-fisted attempts to bust unions, privatize public education and balance the budget on the backs of the poor and eld-

Charlotte Heidel (right) answered knitting questions from Barb St. Peters (left).

Pat Soderberg said that the secret to tatting is maintaining correct tension on the thread one uses. Her hands demonstrate the method.

And when the Knitwits demonstrated those crafts at Forts Folle Avoine May 29, it was obvious to all that those old crafts continue to thrive ... and more than thrive. They still serve a vital function ... even in these times.

The Burnett County Historical Society presented the demonstration as part of the society’s ongoing education program directed by Joanie McKeown.

At the time of the Greeks and Romans, fine mosaic work decorated the floors in the homes of the wealthy.

Today Peggy Ingles (right) uses the craft for decorating a wide array of objects such as the ball Kevin Jolly (left) is holding.

The craft of lucet gets its name from this wooden instrument used to weave cording that was used for all kinds of purposes. The ball of cording in the photo was created by Pam Berg.

Local Dems hopeful for recall election erly,” said Enerson.

Democrats in Polk and Burnett counties joined others from Wisconsin’s 10th Senate District to collect some 23,000 signatures on a petition to recall Sen. Sheila Harsdorf for her support of Walker’s policy initiatives. According to Enerson, they are now united behind Ellsworth teacher Shelly Moore, who will face Harsdorf in a special election tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, July 12.

Enerson is upbeat about his party’s chances not only of electing Moore, but

also of unseating at least two of the other six Republican senators facing recall elections - thus putting the Wisconsin Senate back in Democratic control. Three Democratic senators are also facing recall elections for their opposition to Walker’s budget repair bill.

“Regaining the Senate won’t undo the damage that’s already been done by this administration,” said Enerson. “But it will put the brakes on Walker’s agenda and force Republicans to negotiate some of the sweeping changes they still have planned

A hug only a grandma can give

Unity graduate Jake Johnson accepts congratulations and a hug from his grandmother as the class prepares for an all-night lock-in. - Photos by Greg Marsten

for our state.”

Moore is campaigning on a platform of creating jobs without the need for huge giveaways to corporations. Her literature also talks about her desire to protect Wisconsin’s investments in public education and her belief that Republicans and Democrats need to work together to solve the state’s budget problems. - from Polk County Democrats

DPI: continuing revenue caps and latest budget will hurt state’s educational standings

by Brian Bull Wisconsin Public Radio STATEWIDE - The most recent census data shows Wisconsin spending more per public school student than the national average. But a state education official says overall, Wisconsin’s standing has fallen steadily and will likely continue to do so.

On average, public schools nationwide spent $10,500 per student in 2009. Wisconsin spent $11,078, placing it roughly in the top third of states. However, John Johnson, director of education services at the state Department of Public Instruction, says Wisconsin’s ranking has been sliding since revenue control caps were enacted in the 1990s.

“We’ve had revenue caps for 18 years, schools have been cutting expenses and spending for 18 years,” says Johnson.

“When you look at these census reports from 10 years before, Wisconsin was 12th in the nation, now Wisconsin is 19th in terms of revenue supporting students.

Wisconsin is almost at the national aver-

age at this point, whereas Wisconsin was always considered a state that put a lot of resources into K-12 education.”

On top of limits on how much revenue a district can raise on a per-student basis, the Legislature is now weighing a budget cut of nearly $800 million to education.

Johnson says there’s no way to predict how that’ll affect per-student spending in Wisconsin, only that the revenue caps and cut will have a big impact.

“Less money for classrooms, and class sizes either go up, or different educational opportunities are shrunk such as art or music, advanced placement classes or physical education classes. Those are the types of things school administrators said in a survey in the last month would be on a chopping block due to budget cuts.”

Johnson cites census data that shows Wisconsin has also slipped in teacher salaries. Ten years ago the state ranked 11th, but now places at 22nd.

ACS Relay for Life Survivors Dinner

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Michele Gullickson, American Cancer Society community relations coordinator for Polk and Burnett counties, talked with cancer survivors Grace and Neil Miller of Grantsburg during the survivor dinner May 21 at Bethany Lutheran Church in Branstad, near Grantsburg.

Burnett County

A table decorated with the word “hope” greeted Burnett County cancer survivors attending a special dinner in their honor at the Bethany Lutheran Church in Branstad on Saturday, May 21. The dinner is a kickoff to the annual Burnett County Relay for Life, which will be held at the Webster High School track June 10-11.

Photos by Priscilla Bauer

Holding up an American Cancer Society information card, Michele Gullickson, ACS community relations coordinator for Polk and Burnett counties, talked about how important it is to be able to get help quickly. Gullickson said survivors should keep their ACS card handy and call the toll-free number whenever they need information.

Lily Hane was the youngest cancer survivor attending the Burnett County Relay for Life survivor dinner on May 21. Hane spent some time looking over the ACS information available for survivors and their guests.

Cancer survivor Janice Teigen helped Michele Gullickson, ACS community relations coordinator for Polk and Burnett counties, with gifts for survivors attending a dinner held last month in their honor.

Rotary donates to band shell

Cancer survivor Marilyn Kallman invited survivors and their friends and family to a meeting of the new cancer support group in St. Croix Falls during the Burnett County Relay for Life survivors dinner held on May 21.

Cancer survivors were treated to a chicken dinner on May 21 at Bethany Lutheran Church in Branstad. The dinner was a kickoff event for the Burnett County Relay for Life, which will be held June 10-11 at the Webster High School track.

DuWayne Wiberg (L), president of the Siren/Webster Rotary Club, presented a check for $500 to Siren Chamber President Nick Haessly at the club’s meeting Thursday, May 12.

The check included $200 for the summer sponsorship of concerts at the Siren Band Shell plus a $300 donation to the bandshell program.

Concerts in the band shell start Thursday, June 2, and run through Thursday, Aug. 25.

The concerts this year will be starting at 6:30 p.m. and going until 8:30 p.m., a half hour earlier than in the previous two seasons. There will be a concert every Thursday in the band shell, with the Siren High School auditorium reserved in case of rain. - Photo by Nancy Jappe

A chance to be Big Gust

by Priscilla Bauer Leader staff reporter GRANTSBURG – This weekend during Grantsburg’s Big Gust Days, June 3-5, children coming to the annual community celebration will get a chance to play Big Gust.

Recent Grantsburg graduates Jake Lee and Andy Falk have created a lifesize cutout of the town’s famous tall sheriff, for which the celebration is named, complete with a space for kids to poke their faces through.

The idea for the Big Gust display came from the Jolly H’s 4-H group, who are hosting the children’s activities at this year’s Big Gust Days.

“I think it’s awesome and will be a great addition to the children’s activi-

ties,” said Ronda Taber, Big Gust Days committee chairperson. “These students deserve a lot of credit for their creativity and hard work on this project.”

Tabor said she hoped parents would remember to bring their cameras to take some fun photos of their kids being Big Gust.

Andy Falk is the son of Dave and Mary Falk and plans to attend Lawrence University majoring in performing and visual arts.

Jake Lee is the son of Steve Lee and Lori and Jason Doskocil and plans to attend college for industrial design.

For a list of Big Gust Days activities go to grantsburgchamber.com

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Falk earns fourth Critic’s Choice Award at state speech

by Priscilla Bauer Leader staff reporter GRANTSBURG – Grantsburg senior, Andy Falk received word after earning his fourth straight Critic’s Choice Award at the 2011 Wisconsin High School Forensic Association State Speech Festival in Madison he has joined an elite group of students.

Falk joined a group of only nine other students out of over 4,800 who participated in the State Speech Festival this year who have earned a fourth consecutive perfect score.

In his letter of congratulations, Chuck Malone, executive director of the Wisconsin High School Forensic Association, thanked the recent Grantsburg graduate for “the outstanding job of representing not only your school but the entire WHSFA family.”

Falk is the son of Mary and Dave Falk and plans to attend Lawrence University majoring performing and visual arts.

Parents honored

Jake Lee and Andy Falk are shown with the life-size cutout they created of the town’s famous tall sheriff.

Teachers and support staff at the St. Croix Falls and Dresser Elementary schools were treated with cookies and coffee the past couple of weeks thanks to the Parents of the Elementary Saints and The RiverBank’s RiverBucks Program. Shown(L to R) are: Brian Kammerud, Randi Shaw, MaryLou Barstow, Shawn Busby and The RiverBank’s representative, LuAnn Chelberg. - Photo submitted

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Historic Boston

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by Millie Erickson Special to the Leader BOSTON, Mass. – Thirty-one people from Wisconsin and Minnesota boarded the tour bus at the Siren Methodist Church on Tuesday, May 10, for a nineday trip to historic Boston, Mass.

Motel stays were in South Bend, Ind., Buffalo, N.Y., and Tewksbury, Mass.

En route we toured the home of the 19th president, Rutherford Hayes (1877-1881) in Fremont, Ohio. The home was large with massive rooms - some of which were still being renovated.

The John F. Kennedy Library and Museum in Boston, Mass., was dedicated in memory of the 35th president. The exhibits are designed to tell the story of JFK’s life in his own words.

A guided tour of the historical cities of Lexington, Mass., and Concord, Mass., included a stop at National Heritage Museum and the Minute Man National Park, which is known as the birthplace of the American Revolution. Here we were joined by Paul Revere, a person who knew all the history and was very interesting.

Our guided tour of Boston took us along the Freedom Trail where we saw the U.S.S. Constitution, known as Old Ironsides. We walked the streets at Harvard University where students were packing up and leaving - end of year.

Day six took us to Salem, Mass., with

Author Millie Erickson and “Paul Revere.”

more than 300 years of New England history. This is the site of the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692. We stopped at the grave site where many persons were killed and buried because they were charged with witchcraft. The large tree was still standing from which they were

The JFK Library in Boston.

The Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge in Boston.

hung.

Gloucester, Mass., America’s oldest seaport, is located on Cape Ann. A memorial fisherman statue faces seaward in tribute to the nearly 10,000 fishermen lost to the sea from 1623 to 1923.

Day seven included a visit to the New York State Museum in Albany, N.Y., the state Capitol.

Day eight included the Cleveland Museum of Natural History which displayed showcases of everything from dinosaur bones to astronomical viewing – an amazing place to discover the nature of our universe.

We traveled over 3,300 miles, had an excellent driver, Jerry, played games and movies while traveling, had excellent rooms and all the meals were great. On our trip home we traveled through the Adirondack Mountains and saw many acres of grape fields, apple orchards and

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 fishermen who were lost at sea from 1623 to 1923.

The members of the bus tour upon their departure at Siren.

Mark Baer is back at Festival Theatre

With only a scant three weeks until the opening of “Once Upon A Mattress,” Festival Theatre is buzzing with busy actors, dancers, designers and other supporters swirling about to prepare for the next theatre series production. An old friend to St. Croix Falls and Festival Theatre, director Mark Baer rejoins the Festival family to lead this musical comedy based on the story of “The Princess and the Pea.” Having spent the last year as a theater professor and alumni guest director at Illinois State University, Baer plans to balance the high-energy comedy of “Mattress” with a surprisingly honest love story. “‘Mattress’ shares many qualities of the ‘Shrek’ films,” he told the cast at the first rehearsal. “On the surface is the irony of fairy-tale characters moving and acting, dancing and singing like modern people. But at the play’s heart is a romance that defies stereotypes and reveals the royalty in all of us.”

Festival’s Featured Artists

A Midwesterner through and through, Baer grew up in Canton, Ohio. As a youth, he was more passionate about football than anything else, but the summer before his sophomore year, he broke his right Mark Baer arm at practice and life took him down another path. After three months in a sling, his arm was not much help on the football field, so Baer forced to look elsewhere for extracurricular activities.

Acting came very naturally to him and the theater began to feel as comfortable as the football field. Now he has over 10 years of acting, directing and producing under his belt and a Master of Fine Arts in directing.

Since leaving the Festival Theatre staff in 2005, Baer’s life has moved onward

beautiful flowers, etc. We arrived back in Siren Wednesday, May 18.

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and upward. He married former Festival stage manager Kelly (White) Baer in 2007 and earned his Master of Fine Arts in directing in 2010, all while continuing to act and direct professionally around the Midwest. One particularly exciting project took Baer to The Guthrie Theatre to work with director Peter Rothstein on last season’s production of “M. Butterfly,” by playwright David Henry Hwang. Other recent, noteworthy productions include Aristophanes’ “The Birds” at Eureka College and the new political drama “Bhopal” at Illinois State University.

With directing credits ranging from Sondheim musicals to powerful political theater, it is not a surprise that Baer was awarded the stage directors and choreographers fellowship by the American College Theatre Festival.

Baer is proud to be back directing for a second consecutive season after five years away from Festival Theatre. “I feel such a strong connection to this community and the wonderful people who have supported it over the years. Seeing so many familiar faces and being part of the

amazing progress that the theater is making is a real pleasure.” While speaking about memorable moments on Festival’s stage, he cited a 2004 production of “There Shall Be No Night” that he was privileged to direct. “We didn’t realize before opening how brilliantly the audiences would react to that musty, World War II story. I remember tears and standing ovations. It was the right play at the right time.”

“Mark is a director that digs deep into each show with true vigor and love for the art form,” said Executive Director Danette Olsen. “With musicals, Mark’s attention to detail is even greater. Each note in a musical phrase, each tempo and word is a clue into the mind-set of the character, and his actors eagerly sift through each detail Mark observes. He is a dream director for the group of young, talented artists that make up the majority of our summer company!” Olsen is certain that “Once Upon A Mattress” will hold a special place in the hearts of Festival audiences for many seasons to come and is happy to welcome Baer back.

Michael F. Beck, Turtle Lake, speeding, $175.30.

Danny J. Beverly, Weston, speeding, $175.30.

Tyler J. Bibeau, Centuria, speeding, $175.30.

Cynthia L. Bloom, Minneapolis, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Amber R. Branville, Luck, operate motor vehicle w/o adequate muffler, $175.30.

Jolene K. Brewster, Milltown, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Richard T. Bump, Amery, speeding, $175.30.

Dion D. Dahl, Hillsdale, trespass, $200.00.

Gordon C. Davis, Luck, speeding, $175.30.

Beau L. Davison, Centuria, speeding, $175.30.

Clint J. Donald, Luck, allow dog to run at large, $187.90.

Adam R. Eichman, Siren, automobile following too closely, $200.50.

Jason A. Fangmeier, St. Croix Falls, inattentive driving, $187.90; failure to notify police of accident, $263.50.

Brian P. Fitzgerald, Shafer, Minn., operate w/o valid license, $200.50.

Jillian L. Fleury, Grantsburg, seat belt violation, $10.00; operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Erica A. Gallentine, Luck, speeding, $175.30.

Jacqueline A. Goodmanson, Clear Lake, speeding, $175.30.

Jason A. Gross, Osceola, fail to stop/improper stop at stop sign, $175.30.

Bobby L. Haes, Clayton, operate w/o valid license, $200.50.

Michael J. Hagman, Turtle Lake, operating while revoked, $200.50; failure to keep vehicle under control, $213.10.

Jeffrey A. Heinz, St. Croix Falls, operate after rev./susp. of registration, $175.30.

Edward J. Holmstrom, Cumberland, speeding, $175.30.

Mindy K. Howard, New Richmond, speeding, $175.30.

Samantha J. Jackson, Amery, operating motor vehicle

w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Syke B. Jensen, Milltown, passing in no-passing zone, $213.10.

Tadd W. Johnson, Chippewa Falls, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Eugene M. Kieffer, Clear Lake, failure to keep vehicle under control, $213.10.

Bruce J. Krinkie, Lino Lakes, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Annie R. Larson, Milltown, operating while revoked, $200.50; failure to keep vehicle under control, $213.10.

Michael W. Laurel, Hudson, speeding, $175.30.

Carrie A. Lepinski, New Richmond, speeding, $175.30.

Lew A. Lunsman, Centuria, knowingly operating while suspended and cause injury to another person, $6,477.50; operating a motor vehicle w/o insurance, $200.50; fail to yield right of way from stop sign, resulting bodily harm, $389.50; violation of child safety restraint requirements, child 4 years, but less than 8 years of age, $150.10; improper registration of auto, etc., $200.50.

Shylo M. Mallin, Milltown, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Paul Manoppo, St. Croix Falls, fail to stop/improper stop at stop sign, not guilty plea.

Heather K. Marlowe, Clayton, speeding, not guilty plea.

Jason A. Mudgett, St. Paul, Minn., operate w/o valid license, $200.50.

Kevin R. Onsted, Balsam Lake, operating a motor vehicle w/o insurance, $200.50.

Gregory F. Puetz, Frederic, load/discharge firearm in/from a vehicle, $258.10.

Melvin E. Raska, Amery, fail to stop/improper stop at stop sign, $175.30.

John D. Rusnak, Milltown, display unauth. vehicle registration plate, $238.30.

Brenden R. Sawall, Osceola, operating while revoked, $200.50.

Kevin A. Schmidt, Frederic, failure to notify police of accident, $263.50.

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Roxanne J. Schneider, Rhinelander, speeding, $175.30.

Vernon H. Simon, Balsam Lake, operating while suspended, $200.50.

Andrew C. Spafford, Luck, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Jeffrey S. Stafford, Barron, OWI, 6 mos. license revocation AODA and compliance, $817.50.

Troy S. Stanhope, New Richmond, operating a motor vehicle w/o insurance, $200.50.

Christopher K. Stewart, Siren, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Kelli J. Swenson, Frederic, speeding, $175.30.

Betty A. Tisdale, Milltown, fail to yield while making left turn, $175.30.

Michael J. Trumble, Amery, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Cady J. Williams, Rice Lake, speeding, $175.30.

Jessie J. Williams, Balsam Lake, nonregistration of vehicle >10,000 lbs., $263.50.

Christopher J. Willms, North St. Paul, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

Eric T. Aleckson, Amery, speeding, $175.30.

Susan M. Ammann, Balsam Lake, speeding, $175.30.

Deborah L. Andrews, Stillwater, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Paul J. Appel, Luck, nonregistration, $175.30.

Benjamin A. Appleby, Center City, Minn., speeding, $295.00.

Lance M. Arthurs, Frederic, obstructing officer, $300.00.

Rebecca M. Ashby, Amery, speeding, $295.00.

Jennifer M. Backes, Luck, obstructing officer; disorderly conduct, not guilty pleas.

Handford D. Banmore, Plymouth, Minn., speeding, $183.30.

Cory R. Barnette, Grantsburg, speeding, $175.30.

Andrea N. Becker, Brooklyn Park, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Jacob D. Belleavoine, Andover, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Elaine E. Beumer, St. Croix Falls, speeding, $225.70.

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Nicholle A. Blomker, Grantsburg, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00; operate w/o valid license b/c expiration, $162.70.

Kaitlyn G. Bredeson, Hudson, speeding, $175.30.

Gary R. Bridgwater, Nisswa, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Matthew E. Brisbois, Blaine, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Brenda A. Bruggeman, White Bear Lake, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Dakota C. Burgstaler, St. Croix Falls, drink open intoxicants in MV, $200.50.

Andrew F. Carey, North Minn., speeding, Branch, $175.30.

Robyn L. Cloud, St. Croix Falls, speeding, $225,70; nonregistration of auto, etc., not guilty plea.

Shawn D. Cloyd, Bloomington, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Winston J. Cluett, Luck, hunt game bird w/rifle or shot > BB; hunt waterfowl during the closed season, not guilty pleas.

Leah D. Cronan, Hudson, speeding, $175.30.

Michael J. Czajkowski, MinMinn., speeding, netonka, $200.50.

Brandon L. Darnell, Cushing, seat belt violation, $10.00; operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Adam C. Dierksmeier, Amery, failure to keep vehicle under control, $213.10.

Stephen L. Duke Jr., Luck, fail to stop/improper stop at stop sign, $175.30.

Andrew C. Erickson, Balsam Lake, failure to notify police of accident, $263.50; reckless drivingendanger safety, $4389.50.

Leila K. Fenton, Cushing, speeding, $175.30.

Thomas J. Folk, Apple Valley, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

Andrew P. Fonanille, St. Croix Falls, speeding, $175.30.

Ashley A. Franko, Milltown, speeding, $175.30.

FWH Inc., Burnett, violate Class A Hwy. weight limits, $357.43.

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Christopher M. Gilchrist, Shafer, Minn., operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Rande B. Giller, Luck, vehicle equipment violations, group 1, $238.20.

Leo V. Gist, Bonduel, interstate record of duty status, $263.50.

Stephanie L. Graupner, St. Croix Falls, entering park in vehicle w/o sticker, $162.70.

Paige L. Hacker, Luck, deposit of discharge solid waste on public or private property (<10 gallons), $137.50.

Michael H. Haff, Frederic, operating left of centerline, $213.10.

Lehn E. Hanson, Minneapolis, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Jude C. Helene, Webster, operate w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Gwen D. Hennessey, Somerset, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Brenda J. Henry, St. Croix Falls, speeding, $225.70.

George C. Hess, Edina, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Andy M. Hoang, Garden Grove, Calif., violation of child safety restraint requirements, child 4 yrs. but less than 8 yrs. of age, $150.10; violation of child safety restraint requirements, child under 4 yrs. of age, $175.30; speeding, $225.70.

Kathryn A. Hoffmann, Cushing, speeding, $175.30.

Darin J. Holman, Isanti, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Andrew B. Hulquist, Eau Claire, operating a motor vehicle w/o insurance, $200.50.

Allan C. Hurd, Hudson, speeding, $175.30.

Christine M. Jameson, St. Francis, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Randy L. Johnson, Hammond, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Anna L. Juve, Osceola, speeding, $200.50.

Timothy P. Kane, Harris, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Jeffrey S. Kartak, Stillwater, Minn., speeding, $225.70.

Cole J. Karwoski, Osceola, fail to stop/improper stop at stop sign, not guilty plea.

Sheila T. Kerwin, Minneapolis, Minn., speeding, not guilty plea.

Pranay D. Khare, Osceola, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Casandra Y. Knick, Inver Grove Heights, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Blake A. Knoll, Osceola, speeding, $175.30.

Lloyd D. Knutson, Osceola, fail to stop at stop sign, $175.30; seat belt violation, $10.00.

Cynthia R. Koehler, Osceola, speeding, $175.30.

Amanada L. Koethe, Milltown, seat belt violation, $10.00.; operating a motor vehicle w/o insurance, $200.50.

Wayne E. Komarek, Circle Pines, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

Thomas F. Kroll, New Richmond, spilling waste load on/along highway, $208.50.

Brian T. LaBlanc, Horicon, interstate record of duty status, $263.50.

Thomas L. Laboda, Luck, nonregistration of auto, etc., $175.30; cracked/damaged vehicle windshield, $175.30.

Joy R. Larson, Centuria, speeding, $175.30.

Lora G. Larson, Centuria, obstructing officer, $300.00; speeding, $175.30.

Paul M. Lawson, Minneapolis, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Maxine E. Lindquist, Siren, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Adam B. Lindus, Grantsburg, speeding, $200.50.

Melanie R. Lonien, Amery, speeding, $175.30.

Leah E. Lowe, Somerset, speeding, $175.30.

Charles L. Lukas, Taylors Falls, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

Lew A. Lunsman, Centuria, operating while suspended, $200.50.

Jess D. Malone, Milltown, drink open intoxicants in MV, $200.50; operate w/o valid license, $263.50.

Dale J. Martell, Stillwater, Minn., seat belt violation, $10.00; speeding, $175.30.

Diane M. Merchant, Centuria, speeding, $175.30.

David J. Mihm, Eveleth, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Christine M. Miller, St. Croix Falls, speeding, $200.50.

Crystal B. Miller, Clayton, operating a motor vehicle w/o insurance, $200.50; seat belt violation, $10.00.

Erica M. Miller-Brockton, Northfield, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

Curtis T. Millermon, Osceola, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

William T. Mitchell, Hayward, speeding, $200.50.

Brice S. Moltzer, Amery, operating while suspended, $200.50; nonregistration of auto, etc., $175.30.

Ryan S. Mosser, Maplewood, Minn., speeding, $225.70.

Daniel B. Mullins, Chippewa Falls, harvest w/o notificatioin, $200.50; cut forest products w/o paying taxes, $767.50.

William J. Murray, Amery, inattentive driving, $187.90.

Sonya R. Murtaugh, Baldwin, operating while suspended, $200.50.

Timothy S. Nelson, Frederic, operate lg. vehicle after rev./susp. of registration, not guilty plea Nickolas A. Odegard, St. Croix Falls, seat belt violation, $10.00.

James R. Oliver, Eau Claire, speeding, $175.30.

Jeffrey L. Osborne, Balsam Lake, seat belt violation, $10.00; operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Tyler J. Otlo, Luck, speeding, $175.30.

Thomas L. Parker, Spooner, speeding, not guilty plea.

Alex M. Paulson, Clear Lake, OWI; operating w/PAC >=0.08, <0.15, not guilty pleas.

Donald F. Petersen, St. Croix Falls, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Shane D. Peterson, Dresser, speeding, $200.50.

Dean M. Phernetton, Webster, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Santiago D. Pliego, Inver Grove Heights, Minn., speeding, $175.30; operating a motor vehicle w/o insurance, $200.50; seat belt violation twice, $10.00, twice.

Justin D. Preble, Cushing, speeding, not guilty plea.

Reinhart Transportation LLC, West Bountiful, Utah, violation of special weight limits, $1,138.56.

Brent A. Robinson, Deer Park, speeding, $200.50.

Jessica M. Robinson, Centuria, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Travis L. Robinson, Rush City, Minn., speeding, $225.70; operate w/o valid license, $200.50.

Gregg S. Rochester, Amery, speeding, $175.30.

Jacob W. Sandgren, Luck, drink open intoxicant in MV, $200.50.

Jessica A. Sandgren, Luck, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Brenden R. Sawall, Osceola, operating while revoked, not guilty plea.

Chad S. Schilling, Amery, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Breann H. Schultz, Spooner, speeding, $200.50.

Ruth A. Schultz, Osceola, speeding, $200.50.

Randy A. Selle, Amery, speeding, $175.30.

Gary A. Severson, Cushing, speeding, $200.50.

Jordyn M. Siebenthal, Frederic, speeding, $225.70.

Nicholis C. Siltberg, Dresser, speeding, $225.70.

Vernon H. Simon, Balsam Lake, speeding, not guilty plea.

William S. Smith Jr., Minneapolis, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Autumn L. Sonnenberg, Cumberland, nonregistration of auto, etc., $175.30; speeding, $175.30.

Donna M. Steffen, Apple Valley, Minn., speeding, $225.70.

William H. Stirrat, Luck, passing in no-passing zone, $213.10.

Leonard E. Tesch, Dresser, speeding, $175.30.

Tyler P. Thiel, Amery, fail/stop at stop sign, not guilty plea.

Rachel M. Thompson, Minneapolis, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Tina M. Turnock, Grantsburg, operate lg. vehicle after rev./susp. of registration, $175.30; operating a motor vehicle w/o insurance, $200.50.

Elizabeth J. Urness, Centuria, speeding, $175.30.

Laura K. Utgard, Hudson, seat belt violation, $10.00; operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Chad L. Wegscheider, White Bear Lake, Minn., cut forest products w/o paying taxes, $767.50.

Brian L. Woltz, Luck, fail to yield right of way from stop sign, $175.30.

Timothy M. Wrich, Luck, speeding twice, $175.30, twice.

SCF man faces fifth DUI charge

Polk County Margaret M. Koenig, Clear Lake, and Michael W. Schaar, Clear Lake, issued May 24, 2011.

Tasha L. Becker, St. Croix Falls, and Toby J. Klein, St. Croix Falls, issued May 26, 2011.

Louis J. Petry, Trade Lake, and Michelle G. Mesecher, Trade Lake, issued May 13, 2011.

Jeffrey N. Hussong, Pine City, Minn., and Kristen M. Pottratz, North St. Paul, Minn., issued May 16, 2011.

Trevor K. Thiex, Webster, and Kimberly K. Petruzzi, Webster, issued May 20, 2011.

William S. Janssen, Jackson, and Jeanne L. Wood, Andover, Minn., issued May 23, 2011.

Polk and Burnett County marriage licenses

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Application for retail “Class B” license to sell fermented malt beverages to the Town Board of the Town of Oakland, Burnett County, Wis., the undersigned: Virginia E. King Hereby applies for a Class “B” Fermented Malt Beverages License from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012.

Log Cabin Hollow 27925 Lone Pine Rd. Webster, Wis. Dated May 25, 2011 Deanna J. Krause, Clerk Town of Oakland

Notice is hereby given that the following applications have been received by the Town of St. Croix Falls, Polk County, WI, for renewal of beer and/or liquor licenses for the ensuing year ending June 30, 2012.

SKOGLUND OIL CO., INC., a corporation, dba Skoglund Super America, Stephen L. Skoglund, agent, for a Combination “Class A” beer and liquor license, NW1/4 Section 35 1960 U.S. Hwy. 8, St. Croix Falls, WI 54024.

CR CONVENIENCE, INC., a corporation, dba CR Convenience, Inc., Todd R. Rud, agent, for a Combination “Class A” beer and liquor license, SE1/4 Section 26, 1961 U.S. Hwy. 8, St. Croix Falls, WI 54024.

KMM ENTERPRISES, INC., a corporation, dba Kassell Tap, Mary T. Cassellius, agent, for a Combination “Class B” beer and liquor license, SE1/4 Section 26, 1953 U.S. Hwy. 8, St. Croix Falls, WI 54024.

Notice is further given that the above license applications will be acted upon at the regular Town Board meeting scheduled for Wednesday, June 15, 2011, 6 p.m., at the Town Hall.

Janet Krueger, Town Clerk TOWN OF ST. CROIX FALLS Polk County, Wisconsin www.tscf@centurytel.net

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This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800-6699777. The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1800-927-9275.

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UNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ACCEPTING BIDS FOR • Elementary School Roof Replacement • Middle School Roof Replacement Interested contractors may contact Steve Strilzuk or Deb Paulsen for specifications at 715-825-3515. Bids must be sealed and clearly marked, “Sealed Elementary Roof Bid,” or “Sealed Middle School Roof Bid.” Address sealed bids to: Brandon Robinson, District Administrator, Unity School District, 1908 150th St./Hwy. 46 North, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

Bids are due Friday, June 10, 2011, noon. Bids will be opened Friday, June 10, 2011, at 1 p.m. in the Unity Board of Education Room. 538066 41-42L WNAXLP

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TOWN OF MILLTOWN APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

Application for Retail Class A License to sell fermented wines.

To the Town of Milltown, the undersigned: Jeanette Larson Autumn Wines 1385 220th Avenue Milltown, WI 54858 Hereby applies for a Retail Class A License to sell fermented wines from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012.

Dated May 31, 2011 Virgil Hansen, Clerk Town of Milltown

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The following has applied for Renewal combination Class B beer and liquor license from July 1, 2011, thru June 30, 2012, in the Town of Eureka, Polk Cty., Wis., with application now on file at the clerk’s office: Marc A. Porath The EdgeTown Tavern, Inc. 2087 State Road 35 Milltown, Wis. Application will be considered at the regular monthly town board meeting on Thursday, June 9, 2011, at the Eureka Town Hall.

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Burnett County Justin W. Carlstrom, Trade Lake, and Tonya B. Jensen, Trade Lake, issued May 11, 2011.

Brian M. Borgestad, Roseville, Minn., and Sarah A. Patterson, Roseville, Minn., issued May 12, 2011.

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Application for retail “Class B” license to sell intoxicating liquors and fermented malt beverages to the Town Board of the Town of Oakland, Burnett County, Wisconsin, the undersigned: Jeffery Allen Bump Hereby applies for a “Class B” Fermented Malt Beverages and Intoxicating Liquor License from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012.

Devils Lake Park Resort 27625 Log Gables Rd Webster, Wis. Dated May 25, 2011 Deanna J. Krause, Clerk Town of Oakland

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Lucille G. Peterson, 88, St. Paul, Minn., died May 20, 2011.

Myrtle M. Larson, 88, Luck, died May 22, 2011.

Brian C. Redmond, 44, St. Croix Falls, died May 22, 2011.

Jesse L. Smith, 32, Town of Garfield, died May 22, 2011.

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Solveig U. Jensen, 98, Luck, died May 14, 2011.

Lois M. Switzer, 69, Town of Eureka, died May 14, 2011.

Adeline J. Daellenbach, 92, Frederic, died May 16, 2011.

Anne E. Cook, 56, Town of Georgetown, died May 18, 2011.

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Geraldine F. Connel, 92, Frederic, died May 4, 2011.

Patricia J. Denver, 68, Balsam Lake, died May 7, 2011.

Roy W. Clark, 95, St. Croix Falls, died May 12, 2011.

Jack K. Hargrove, 84, St. Croix Falls, died May 13, 2011.

Cleo P. Hansen, 83, Amery,

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Application for retail “Class A” license to sell intoxicating liquors and fermented malt beverages to the Town Board of the Town of Oakland, Burnett County, Wisconsin, the undersigned: Beatrice Marie Erckson Hereby applies for a “Class A” Fermented Malt Beverages and Intoxicating Liquor License from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012.

DBA: D&B’s Mini Mart Located at 29545 CC Road, Danbury, WI Sec. 2-40-16 Dated May 25, 2011 Deanna J. Krause, Clerk Town of Oakland

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Application for retail “Class B” license to sell intoxicating liquors and fermented malt beverages to the Town Board of the Town of Oakland, Burnett County, Wisconsin, the undersigned: KCB Fox, LLC Agent Kevin Belland Hereby applies for a “Class B” Fermented Malt Beverages and Intoxicating Liquor License from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012.

DBA: Fox Run Golf Course 27536 State Rd. 35 Webster, Wis. Dated May 25, 2011 Deanna J. Krause, Clerk Town of Oakland

smelled the odor of intoxicants, and began quizzing him. Kadrmas reportedly admitted to drinking beer at a friend’s house prior to the stop, and the trooper ran him through a series of field sobriety tests, which he failed.

Kadrmas has four previous DUI convictions, now faces a charge of his fifth operating under the influence charge, which is an automatic felony. He made an initial court appearance on May 24, where Judge Benjamin Proctor placed a $500 cash bond, and set a preliminary hearing date of June 20.

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(May 18, 25, June 1) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CHRISTINE B. AKERLIND Notice Setting Time to Hear Application and Deadline for Filing Claims (Informal Administration) Case No. 11 PR 32 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: 1. An application for informal administration was filed.

2. The decedent, with date of birth May 19, 1928, and date of death April 5, 2011, was domiciled in Polk County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 3191 Benson Road, Frederic, WI 54837.

3. The application will be heard at the Polk County Courthouse, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, Room 500, before Jenell Anderson, Probate Registrar, on June 8, 2011, at 9 a.m.

You do not need to appear unless you object. The application may be granted if there is no objection.

4. The deadline for filing a claim against the decedent’s estate is August 19, 2011.

5. A claim may be filed at the Polk County Courthouse, 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, Room 500.

6. This publication is notice to any persons whose names or addresses are unknown.

If you require reasonable accommodations due to a disability to participate in the court process, please call 715485-9299 at least 10 working days prior to the scheduled court date. Please note that the court does not provide transportation.

Jenell L. Anderson Probate Registrar May 5, 2011 David L. Grindell Grindell Law Offices, S.C. P.O. Box 585 Frederic, WI 54837 715-327-5561 Bar Number: 1002628

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Agenda items to include: clerk, treasurer, chairman and supervisor reports, approval of liquor and operator licenses, ward redistricting, road report, payment of bills. Agenda will be posted at the town hall.

Suzanna M. Eytcheson Meenon Town Clerk

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The Next Meeting Of The Meenon Town Board Will Be Held On Monday, June 13, 2011, At 7 p.m. At The Meenon Town Hall

Meeting will be held at the Village of Webster office on Sunday, June 12 2011, 6 p.m., in the Village Hall.

Roll Call; Review and approval of minutes of last meeting; Review and approval of treasurer report; Old business; New business; Adjourn.

Jeff Roberts, Board President Oak Grove Cemetery Patrice Bjorklund, Sexton P.O. Box 25 Webster, WI 54893 715-866-4211

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The following has applied for Renewal combination Class B beer and liquor license from July 1, 2011, thru June 30, 2012, in the Town of Eureka, Polk County, Wis., with application now on file at the clerk’s office: Little Swede’s Wolf Creek Bar LLC Shawn D. Johnson 2387 River Road St. Croix Falls, Wis. Application will be considered at the regular monthly town board meeting on Thursday, June 9, 2012, at the Eureka Town Hall.

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The following has applied for Class B Retailers Winery and Class B Malt Beverage license from July 1, 2011, thru June 30, 2012, in the Town of Eureka, Polk County, Wis., with application now on file at the clerk’s office: Laura M. Chamberlin, Agent Chateau St. Croix Winery & Vineyard LLC 1998A State Road 87 St. Croix Falls, Wis. Application will be considered at the regular monthly town board meeting on Thursday, June 9, 2011, at the Eureka Town Hall.

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by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer ST. CROIX FALLS – A St. Croix Falls man is facing a felony charge of driving while intoxicated, fifth offense, after being stopped in downtown St. Croix Falls on Monday, May 23.

According to the criminal complaint from the Wisconsin State Patrol, Gregory Kadrmas, 58, was originally pulled over for driving a truck that was pulling a trailer with inoperable taillights.

When the officer began talking with Kadrmas, he noted in the report that he

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Frederic girls advance in a walk-off over Raiders Pirates softball cruises in first playoff test

Extra Points

Frederic 11, Bruce 1 (6 innings)

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer FREDERIC – The Frederic Vikings celebrated outfielder Lauren Domagala’s birthday in grand fashion on Tuesday, May 31, right after she clubbed a deep, walk-off, inside-the-park home run to right center field, scoring Maria Miller and herself for an 11-1, 10-run rule win over the visiting Red Raiders of Bruce.

The victory assured the Vikes a chance to move on to the Division 4 Regional finals on Thursday, June 2, and came courtesy of a sparkling, two-hit performance on the mound for junior Cori Schmidt, who only surrendered one run – a fluke baserunning gift in the fourth inning.

But the Vikings were hitting the ball

Frederic junior Cori Schmidt pitched a twohit gem against Bruce, allowing just one Raider runner past second base.

Frederic teammates sang “Happy Birthday” to Lauren Domagala (foreground) moments after she won the game with a home run on Tuesday, May 31, advancing the team to the Division 4 Regional finals on Thursday, June 2, against Shell Lake. – Photos by Greg Marsten

hard at every turn, and from every position in the lineup. They also capitalized on several Raiders miscues, turning a dropped fly ball in the bottom of the second inning into their first four runs.

“The story of our season, I’m afraid,” stated Raiders head coach Doug Schmitz with a sigh. “Little mistakes turn into big runs.”

The meat of the Vikings lineup hit the ball hard, with Schmidt and Maria Miller both using the long ball to strong effect.

Schmidt’s second-inning triple scored two runs, while Miller’s deep triple in the third inning helped start a rally that culminated in a two-RBI Kendra Mossey single, and gave the Frederic girls the momentum to shut the night down early.

Mossey pulled a two-RBI repeat performance two innings later, getting her squad to a 9-1 lead, and setting the stage for teammate Domagala’s home-run heroics in the sixth inning.

Frederic not only held Bruce to just two hits, they did it with gale force, 40-mph winds moving across from left field to first base, turning every pop fly into a potential game changer. The Vikes also had Bruce starter Lydia Kopras’ number, tagging her for 10 hits on the night, quite an accomplishment with winds that strong against the ace of the Raider staff, who had accounted for most of her squads’ seven victories this season.

The Vikings were also pretty sharp in the field, allowing only one runner past

Frederic junior Lauren Domagala rounds third and is sent home by head coach Erin Hansford, on her way to a walk-off, inside-the-park home run.

second base, with the outfield shagging down several squirrelly, wind-aided flies with aplomb.

As mentioned earlier, Frederic ended the contest in the sixth inning, beginning with a towering, wind-aided Miller fly ball that ended up falling in for a hit. That was when birthday girl Domagala clubbed a Kopras pitch deep to right center field, rolling toward the fence and easily scoring Miller as well as allowing the junior outfielder to score herself after the throw went wide, ending the game early at 11-1, and leading to a chorus of birthday wishes from fans and teammates.

The top-seeded Vikes host their final home game on Thursday against second seed Shell Lake, a squad that 10-runned the Luck Cardinals, 20-7 in five innings on the same windy night.

The contest with the Lakers might also be melancholy for some, as it is possibly the last ever, true Frederic home game, as the program combines with those same Cardinals on the diamonds for 2012, moving up a division in the process.

Shell Lake better hope no Vikings have a birthday that night.

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Frederic right fielder Krysta Laqua fought off 40-mph gusts in the outfield, here tracking down and relaying one of the rare Bruce hits in Tuesday's playoff game.

••• MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The Minnesota Gophers baseball team ended their NCAA Big Ten tournament run with a 6-3 loss to Michigan State last weekend, snapping a three-game winning streak in the tournament. Gophers starting shortstop, AJ Pettersen ended the tournament with a .348 batting average, was 8 for 23 with three RBI, two runs scored and a double. He is the son of Luck graduate, Lisa Pettersen, and grandson of John and Nancy Berg of Luck.

According to John Berg, Pettersen has AJ Pettersen plans to enter the major league baseball draft in June.

Pettersen has had an outstanding career with the Gophers and made the All Big Ten First Team for the first time this season. He led the team in offense with a .344 batting average, hits, runs scored, doubles and a .399 on-base-percentage and stolen bases. – Marty Seeger with information from gophersports.com ••• FREDERIC – The Jane Wisse Scholarship Golf Scramble is being planned for Sunday, Aug. 14, at the Frederic Golf Course. Proceeds benefit the Jane Wisse Frederic High School Scholarship and individual projects. The fourperson scramble is a shotgun start beginning at 11 p.m. and is $65 per person. You may sign up as an individual or team, and the event includes golf, cart, games and dinner reception. This year’s recipient of the scholarship was Frederic High School senior Trae Gehl.

There are several ways to help out, donate or sponsor the event. For more information visit www.JaneWisseOpen.com, or on Facebook at Jane Wisse Open. The registration deadline is Sunday, July 31.

Contact Jen at 651-260-4770, Pat at 715327-8222 or Duane at 715-491-5200 for further questions. – Marty Seeger with submitted information ••• Correction: In the the May 25 issue of the InterCounty Leader, the Pitch Putt and Drive Competition incorrectly stated that participants will compete on Monday, June 13. It should have stated that golfers who wish to compete at the Frederic Golf Course compete on June 13, followed by the Luck Golf Course on June 20, the Siren Golf Course on June 21, the Amery Golf Course on June 26 and the Cumberland Golf Course on June 27.

••• LEADER LAND – Local sports tidbits to share? Please contact the Leader by 4:30 p.m. on Mondays to go in Extra Points. – Marty Seeger ••• LEADER LAND – Leader Sports strives to follow the college careers of area athletes. If you know of an athlete who will be playing collegiate sports in 2011 and hasn’t been mentioned, send us an e-mail or call and we’ll take it from there. – Marty Seeger

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Viking girls celebrate sectional track title

Webster boys place second overall

by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer COLFAX – The Frederic girls track team celebrated their first sectional track title in school history on Thursday, May 26, in Colfax, with four first-place finishes in their respective events.

Sage Karl was the sectional champion in both the 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash, while sister Calla Karl placed second and third in the 400-meter dash and 800-meter run respectively.

“It was a very exciting night,” said Frederic girls coach Jeff Larcom. “I think our senior experience came into play last night. Our girls didn’t let the pressure of sectionals get to them.”

A sectional crown in any sport can be tough to attain, and only the Vikings gymnastics teams of the past have come close to sectional crowns in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s according to Larcom.

“It was our goal at the beginning of the season to win conference, regionals and sectionals. I am so proud of my girls,” said Larcom.

The Vikings also took first place in the 4x100-meter relay with Allison Anderson, Tanesha Carlson, Amanda Blok and Sage Karl producing a time of 52.05 seconds.

The 4x800-meter relay team also earned a sectional title with help from Samantha Nelson, Sarah Knauber, Leah Engebretson and Calla Karl.

Out of 18 different events, the Vikings placed athletes in half of them. Nelson finished fourth overall in both the 3,200meter run, and the triple jump, and Blok took second in the high jump.

The Frederic girls track team is one of very few Frederic High School teams to have won a sectional title. They did it in Colfax last Thursday, May 26. – Photos by Becky Amundson

“I can’t wait till next Friday. I really enjoy watching my team compete! Keep your eyes peeled, I have a sense there are some state champions in this group,” said Larcom.

The state track meet will be held in La Crosse again this season and will run Friday and Saturday, June 3-4.

Peterson competing in three at state Frederic senior Tony Peterson was a sectional champion in the 110-meter hurdles after finishing with a comfortable time of 15.81 seconds. He will also compete in the 300-meter hurdles after finishing fourth overall and will compete in the 4x400meter relay along with teammates Ben

Ackerley, Robert Kirk and Josiah Lund.

The 4x400-meter relay team took fourth overall.

Webster boys take second place Webster senior Jack Taylor will be eyeing a state title in the 3,200-meter run and 1,600-meter run next Friday and Saturday, June 3-4 in La Crosse after taking first in both events during the sectional in Colfax last week.

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Frederic's Sage Karl and Siren's Amber Moore fight it out in the 100-meter dash.

The Webster boys relay team tried their best at sectionals in Colfax.

Tony Peterson of Frederic had the edge in the finals during the 110-meter hurdles.

Josiah Lund, Robert Kirk and Ben Ackerley are heading to their first-ever state event after notching a fourth-place finish in the 4x400-meter relay. Tony Peterson, at right, also competed in the event, and will be competing in two others.

WIAA Division 3 Sectional at Colfax May 26, 2011 Women Team Results (Top ten teams) Place Team Points 1st Frederic 79.00 2nd Turtle Lake/Clayton 54.00 3rd Cadott 53.00 4th Elmwood/Plum City 49.00 5th Colfax 48.00 6th Eau Claire Regis 45.50 7th Webster 40.50 8th Drummond 37.00 9thT Spring Valley 34.00 9thT Flambeau 34.00

Area individual state qualifiers (For complete results visit www.pttiming.com) 100-meter dash – 1. Sage Karl, Frederic, 13.08; 3. Melissa Gustavson, Webster, 13.44.

200-meter dash – 1. Sage Karl, Frederic, 26.57; 4. Amber Moore, Siren, 27.76.

400-meter dash – 2. Calla Karl, Frederic, 1:01.22.

800-meter run – 3. Calla Karl, Frederic, 2:23.43.

3,200-meter run – 3. Kally Schiller, Webster, 12:12.69; 4. Samantha Nelson, Frederic, 12:13.56.

4x100-meter relay – 1. Frederic (Allison Anderson, Tanesha Carlson, Amanda Blok, Sage Karl, Karry Simpson, Jade Johnson), 52.05; 2. Webster (Ashley Irvine, Angel Christianson, Melissa Gustavson, Shaina Pardun, Cailea Dochniak, Becca Saraceno), 52.66.

4x800-meter relay – 1. Frederic (Samantha Nelson, Leah Engebretson, Sarah Knauber, Calla Karl, Megan Amundson, Abby Brightbill), 10:05.44.

High jump – 2. Amanda Blok, Frederic, 4-11.

Pole vault – 1. Shaina Pardun, Webster, 8-09.

Triple jump – 4. Samantha Nelson, Frederic, 32-08.00.

Discus throw – 1. Ashley Guevara, Siren, 123-01.

WIAA Division 3 Sectional at Colfax May 26, 2011 Men Team Results (Top ten teams) Place Team Points 1st Gilman 96.00 2nd Webster 65.00 3rd Flambeau 55.00 4th Eau Claire Regis 48.00 5th Elmwood/Plum City 44.00 6th Glenwood City 38.00 7th Rib Lake 37.00 8th Luck 32.00 9th Clear Lake 31.00 10th Siren 30.00

Area individual state qualifiers (For complete results visit www.pttiming.com) 100-meter dash – 2. Mason Kriegel, Webster, 11.85.

1,600-meter run – 1. Jack Taylor, Webster, 4:29.73; 3. Joey Erickson, Webster, 4:40.57.

3,200-meter run – 1. Jack Taylor, Webster, 9:50.00; 3. Joey Erickson, Webster, 10:12.08.

110-meter hurdles – 1. Tony Peterson, Frederic, 15.81.

300-meter hurdles – 4. Tony Peterson, Frederic, 42.15.

4x400-meter relay – 4. Frederic (Tony Peterson, Robert Kirk, Ben Ackerley, Josiah Lund, Adam Chenal, Ian Lexen), 3:36.05.

Pole vault – 1. AJ Walsh-Brenizer, Luck, 13-06. 3.

Mason Kriegel, Webster, J13-06.

Long jump – 1. Dana Hubbell, Siren, 21-03.75.

Shot put – 1. Roger Steen, Luck, 47-11.25; 3. Seth Stoner, Siren, 42-11.

Discus throw – 1. Greg McIntyre, Webster, 145-08; 2. Roger Steen, Luck, 144-04.

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Last year, Taylor took fourth in the 1,600 and second in the 3,200-meter run, and is coming off a banner year, which included the Division 3 cross-country championship last fall. Taylor will have plenty of company at the state meet too, as several other teammates will be competing in their respective events including Mason Kriegel, who placed second in the 100meter dash. Kriegel nearly made it to state in the 200-meter dash but took fifth.

Kriegel did take third place in the pole vault, after hitting a mark of 13 feet, 6 inches.

Joey Erickson will be competing alongside Taylor in the 1,600-meter run after he placed third at sectionals. He also placed third in the 3,200-meter run.

Greg McIntyre had a solid day in the discus throw as he won the sectional title with a throw of 145 feet, 8 inches.

Webster girls going in four events The Webster girls track team will be participating at the state track meet in at least four different events and nearly made it five after placing fifth in the 4x200-meter relay. Eau Claire Regis ended up taking the fourth spot with a time of 1 minute 53.12 seconds, while Webster was threetenths of a second away with a time of 1:53.15.

The Tiger girls did, however, earn a spot at state with a second-place finish in the 4x100-meter relay with a time of 52.66 seconds with help from Ashley Irvine, Angel Christianson, Shaina Pardun and Melissa Gustavson, who will be competing in the 100-meter dash after taking third place overall. Backup runners on the 4x100 team include Cailea Dochniak and Becca Saraceno.

saac Wegner gets a face full of dirt during the sectional track meet in Colfax. Wegner competed in both long and triple jump. – Photos by Becky Amundson

Webster's Jack Taylor was interrupted in the two-mile run by a spectator, but managed to stay on course and take first place despite the setback.

Kally Schiller also took a third place in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 12:12.69, for her shot at running at state, and in the pole vault, Shaina Pardun was the sectional champion with her mark of 8 feet, 9 inches.

Luck sends two boys to state The Luck Cardinal boys track team will see two sectional champions competing at the state track meet, including the shot put and the pole vault.

A.J. Walsh-Brenizer came in first place in the pole vault with a mark of 13 feet, 6 inches, while Roger Steen placed first in the shot put with a throw of 47 feet, 11.25inches.

Steen also took second place in the discus with a throw of 144 feet, 4 inches.

Landen Strilzuk was less than a second away from making a trip to the state in the 400-meter dash with a time of 53.27 seconds, which earned him fifth overall. Alex Gilles of Elmwood, took the fourth spot with a time of 52.03 seconds. It was a difficult ending to a stellar athletic career for Strilzuk, who suffered an unfortunate injury moments into the race, yet still managed to fight through the pain and finish.

“I expected Roger and AJ to continue on, and I knew Landen had a good chance with some very tough competition. However, what most spectators would not know is that he had a back spasm about

Frederic's Samantha Nelson and Webster's Kally Schiller and Emma Kelby compete in the 3,200-meter run. Schiller and Nelson both made it to state in the event.

60-meters out,” said coach Al Tomlinson.

It was a tough blow to an already great season, but Tomlinson said Strilzuk is a resilient athlete. Starting in the fall of 2011, Strilzuk has plans to play football for the Eau Claire Bluegolds, and broke the school record in the 400 during the first Colfax track meet with a time of 52.1 seconds.

As for the other two Luck Cardinals headed to state, Tomlinson said they’ll have some pretty tough competition.

“Roger will have some really tough competition in La Crosse. There are some really good throwers out there. He will need to be at his best to make the podium,” Tomlinson said.

Walsh-Brenizer has a very good shot at making the podium at state. At Colfax, he set a personal record, and the Luck school record with his 13-foot, 6-inch mark.

Siren's Dana Hubbell sprints to the finish line during the 100-meter dash. He fell short in that event, but took first overall in the long jump.

“I believe it will all come down to who has the least amount of misses since all of the jumpers are so close (at state). So, having said all that, I hope the best for all of them,” Tomlinson said.

Siren has a solid showing at sectionals Four Siren athletes are state bound after some solid performances at the sectional in Colfax, which included a sectional champion in the discus and in the long jump.

Ashley Guevara was very close to making it to state after a fifth-place finish in the shot put, but she made up for it in the discus with a throw of 123 feet, 1 inch for first place. Also for the girls, freshman Amber Moore will be competing in the 200-meter dash with her fourth-place finish at the sectional meet.

Dana Hubbell will represent the boys in the long jump with a first-place title mark of 21 feet, 3.75 inches, and Seth Stoner is making an appearance at the state meet in the shot put with his third-place finish.

Luck's Landen Strilzuk fell just shy of making it to state, but had a stellar season, which included a school record in the 400.

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Colby Sectional a bit quiet for area tracksters

Saints representing in two events, Unity one

by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer COLBY – The St. Croix Falls boys track team will be sending athletes in just two events after their finishes at the Colby Division 2 track sectional last Thursday, May 26.

The boys 4x100-meter relay team placed third overall with a time of 44.45 seconds.

Members included Marshall Dillman, Shane Swanson, Jace Marek and Garrett Radinzel.

Marek will also compete at state in the boys long jump after taking third in the long jump with a mark of 21-feet, 1/2inches.

Eagles advancing one COLBY – Unity’s Joe Swanson is heading to state for the second time in his career in the discus. Swanson took third overall with a throw of 144-feet, eight inches.

“We had a great season surpassing some of our expectations, co-champs in conference, a second-place regional finish, and nine events to sectionals made this a great season. We do lose some very good athletes to graduation that will be hard to replace,” said boys coach Mike Morris.

With 11 seniors, the Eagles will be without several key athletes next season.

Those seniors include Doug Bengtson, Brandon Bielmeier, Reid Binfet, Tyler Christensen, Rush Hickethier, Dylan Hendricks, Zach Edgell, Alex Livingston, Steve Olson, Mitch Galle and Swanson.

“These guys have worked hard for me for the past four years and our track team will miss them,” Morris said, but added some positives with those coming back, in particular Steven Krueger, who took fifth in the high jump, missing by 2 inches with a mark of 6 feet.

Xavier Foeller will also be back next season, but was unable to make it to state in the hurdles. Colton Sorensen nearly made state in the pole vault, Oliver Raboin and WIAA Division 2 Sectional at Colby May 26, 2011 Men Team Results (Top ten teams) Place Team Points 1st Northland Pines 53.00 2nd Tomahawk 52.00 3rd Rice Lake 47.25 4th Nekoosa 40.25 5th Bloomer 39.00 6th Osceola 36.00 7th Northwestern 34.00 8th St. Croix Central 33.00 9thT Chetek/Weyerhaeuser 29.00 9thT Prescott 29.00

Area individual sectional qualifiers (For complete results visit www.pttiming.com) 4x100-meter relay – 3. St. Croix Falls (Marshall Dillman, Shane Swanson, Jace Marek, Garrett Radinzel, Cody Zelinski, Kodi Drinken), 44.45.

Long jump – 3. Jace Marek, St. Croix Falls, 21-04.

Discus throw – 3. Joe Swanson, Unity, 144-08.

Joe Swanson of Unity (far right) is the lone competitor from either Eagles track team, and will compete in the discus after his third-place finish.

Unity's Dylan Hendricks hits his mark in the pole vault.

The Saints boys relay team snuck through to a fourth-place finish in the 4x100-meter relay, and secured a spot at state. – Photos by John Reed

Emily Gross in the shot put, and Zach Cardot in the 400-meter dash.

Grantsburg girls road ends Junior Saisha Goepfert will be back again next season to give the high jump another shot, but she was unable to make it to state this spring as she took sixth overall with a jump of 5 feet.

Senior Angela Gaffney was the other sectional qualifier from the Pirate girls track team in the 1,600-meter run where she placed 13th, and the 3,200-meter run where she placed 12th overall.

(ABOVE and BELOW) The St. Croix Falls relay team was unable to make it through to state after competing at sectionals in Colby.

WIAA Division 2 Sectional at Colby May 26, 2011 Women Team Results (Top ten teams) Place Team Points 1st Osceola 74.00 2nd Rice Lake 64.00 3rd Bloomer 60.75 4th Nekoosa 51.75 5th Northwestern 50.00 6th Stanley-Boyd 49.25 7th Mosinee 48.50 8th Tomahawk 45.50 9th Somerset 38.00 10th Ladysmith 25.00

Emily Gross of Unity had an outstanding season as a freshman, and while she was just short of a goal at state, she has several promising years ahead of her.

Angela Gaffney's career with the Grantsburg Pirates ended in the distance events at Colby.

Gaffney has had a long and successful career in both track and cross country.

Xavier Foeller (middle) wasn't able to complete a return trip to state in the hurdles.

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Grantsburg 12, Turtle Lake/Clayton 0 GRANTSBURG – The Pirates softball team made it look easy against Turtle Lake/Clayton during the regional semifinal game on Tuesday, May 31.

Grantsburg had the No. 1 seed and had a first-round bye to start the playoff sea-

A mob of Pirates surround Gabrielle Witzany after her three-run homer in the bottom of the first inning. At right: Witzany rounds the bases in a biting wind that didn’t seem to have any affect on the Pirates play. – Photos by Marty Seeger unless otherwise noted

Grantsburg’s Macy Hanson slides safely into second base against Turtle Lake/Clayton.

son, and have yet to record a loss on the season. Turtle Lake/Clayton seemed to have a little bit of steam early in the game when they produced a single off of starting pitcher, Macy Hanson, and threatened with runners at the corners and two outs.

Hanson got out of the inning with a strikeout and the Pirates got things going quickly on offense.

Tiffany Meyer smacked an RBI double

deep to left center field and Nicole McKenzie followed with a single. With runners at the corners, Gabrielle Witzany crushed a three-run homer deep to center field to give the Pirates a 4-0 lead, and the Pirates never looked back on their way to a 12-0 shutout win in five innings.

This was Witzany’s third home run of the season as she went 2 for 3 with four RBIs. Homering for the first time this season was sophomore Stacey McKenzie, who hit a two-run shot. Meyer ended the game going 3 for 3 with two RBIs, and Nicole McKenzie was 2 for 3. Kylie Pewe went 2 for 4 with an RBI in the leadoff spot

A Shell Lake runner tries to slide into third safely. – Photo by Larry Samson The Cardinals softball team suffered a season-ending loss at Shell Lake on Tuesday, May 31.

– Photo by Larry Samson

Bandits win home tournament

St. Croix Bandits’ Steve Siqueiros takes a swing during a three-team tournament last Saturday, May 28, in St. Croix Falls. The Bandits won the tournament - defeating East Bethel 8-0 and beating the St. Paul Mudhens 6-4. – Photo by Garth Olson

and Sam Schweiger, Wendy Roberts and Lauren Finch produced one hit apiece.

With the win, the Pirates advance to the regional championship game against the Cameron Comets this Thursday, June 2, in Grantsburg. The Comets are the Central Lakeland champions this season and are 19-1 overall. – Marty Seeger

Shell Lake 20, Luck 7 SHELL LAKE– The Luck softball team suffered a tough loss to the Lakers during the second round of regional play, but the young team has a lot to look forward to for next season. Luck and Frederic will be combining forces and the Cardinals will have a lot of talent to offer.

“The girls were disappointed with their play today, but were great teammates, with lots of respect for each other, and with only two seniors graduating and combining with Frederic next year, the girls have much better days ahead for them,” said Cardinals coach Wayne Dickinson.

The Lakers scored eight times in the first inning alone, and another 11 runs in the third inning to silence any kind of rally by the Cardinals.

Avery Steen homered during a four-run fourth inning for the Cardinals, and also doubled during the inning before in a two-run inning, but Luck couldn’t make up any ground. They ended the season at 8-13 overall and 3-7 in the conference. – Marty Seeger

Klatt plays in NCBA World Series

Former Luck athlete Mitchell Klatt competed in National Club Baseball Association World Series recently for the Wisconsin Badgers. The eight-team double-elimination tournament included the University of Wyoming, Penn State, Furman University, Longwood University, Hofstra, Texas State University and Central Missouri. The Badgers played Furman first on May 20, winning 14-5. They lost 11-4 to Penn State on the second day and defeated Hofstra on the third day with a score of 7-5. They lost again to Penn State in the semifinals 3-6. Penn State ended up beating the University of Wyoming in the championship. – Photo submitted

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conference and 3-19 overall. No game stats were available at press time. – Marty Seeger

Cumberland 8, St. Croix Falls 7 (nine innings)

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer CUMBERLAND – It had Cinderella story written all over it, but it was not to be.

The underdog St. Croix Falls Saints 2011 campaign ended in the Division 2 Regional finale on Tuesday, May 31, at Cumberland, falling to the top-seeded Beavers, 8-7, in extra innings.

St. Croix Falls exploded in the first inning, tagging Cumberland starter Adam Bielmeier with several base hits and culminating with a Zach Christenson triple to make it a fast, 4-0 lead.

Saints starter Marcus Campbell held tough against the hard-hitting Beavers, in spite of their peppering the defense with hard-hit balls, they were kept scoreless for most of the early innings.

“After taking an early 5-0 lead and having numerous opportunities to extend it, Cumberland made a late comeback,” stated Saints head coach Paul Randolph.

Cumberland was the top seed in their region this spring, and finished a close second in the Heart of the North Conference, so their pedigree was well known.

They were the victors in many close contests all season, which this playoff game became, as well.

Campbell held the Beavers scoreless until the fifth inning, when they began to get back in gear with three runs, and they added another pair of runs in the sixth inning, tying the game at 5-5 and sending it to extra frames.

“Despite allowing the tying runs in the last couple of innings, our guys came back to take the lead, with a chance to win it,” stated Randolph.

Both squads scored a run in the eighth inning, adding to the playoff drama, and the Saints looked to finally be able to celebrate after taking a 7-6 lead in the top of the ninth.

But the clock strikes midnight eventually, and the carriage turned back into a pumpkin, as the Beavers manufactured a pair of runs on three more singles and sacrifices to earn the walk-off win, 8-7, allowing them to move on to the next round.

The Saints notables included three runs scored for catcher Ben Clausen, who also added a pair of hits to his resume. He joined Nate Graveson, Sam Mike and Zach Christenson, who also had a pair of hits each.

Campbell pitched five strong innings for the Saints in his finale, giving up just four Beaver hits and five earned runs, while reliever Nick Johnson allowed five hits in four innings, and only two earned runs.

St. Croix Falls finishes the season at a

Grantsburg sophomore Jacob Glover pitched a nice game against Chetek/Weyerhaeuser on Tuesday in a play-

Lucas Willis makes a head first slide into third Tuesday, May 31, during the regional semifinal against Chetek/Weyerhaeuser. – Photos by Marty Seeger deceiving 10-8 overall, but played magi- Joe Engelhart hit an RBI single to give the cally in the final weeks, earning their way Pirates a commanding 6-0 lead.

But the Bulldogs bit back slowly as the well beyond their fifth seed.

“This was a hard-fought game for both Pirates struggled from the mound teams, “Randolph said. “We are proud of throughout the game, hitting five batters how far we came as a team ... our guys and walking seven. Jim Nelson got the took this extremely hard. We thank them start for the Pirates and was later replaced for all of their years of service to our base- by sophomore Jacob Glover, who was starting in just his third varsity game. He ball program.” pitched well, and helped quell several Grantsburg 7, Chetek/Weyerhaeuser 5 threats by the Bulldogs, including a basesGRANTSBURG – The Grantsburg Pi- loaded jam in the fourth inning.

Offensively, the Pirates had seven hits rates baseball team was able to escape a with close victory against Chetek-Weyer- but couldn’t plate another run until the haeuser on Tuesday, May 31, and by the bottom of the sixth inning, when Willis time most of our readers get through this and Meyer both singled and Roberts article, the Pirates will be getting set for a helped drive in the run. Glover struck out regional title game against Cameron, a pair in the top of the seventh, and got which is slated for Wednesday, June 1, just the Bulldogs leadoff hitter to fly out to center to end the game. – Marty Seeger after our paper deadline.

A complete game wrap on that game Shell Lake 15, Frederic 1 will be featured in the next issue of the SHELL LAKE – The Frederic Vikings Inter-County Leader, but it almost didn’t happen as the Pirates surrendered five baseball team scored just one run as the unanswered runs after jumping out to a 6- Shell Lake Lakers ended the Vikings play0 lead in the bottom of the second inning. off hopes with a 15-1 win. The Vikings Lucas Willis and Gavin Meyer both hit played their final game as one entity beone-out singles in the inning and Russ fore combining with Luck next spring, Thoreen drew a walk, which loaded the and ended the season with one win in the bases for Kyle Roberts and Brent Myers, who both had RBI walks. Daniel Biorn drove in a run with a fielder’s choice, and

Northwood 1, Luck 0 (8 innings) MINONG – The Luck Cardinals traveled to Minong on Tuesday, May 31, for the Division 4 Regional semi,final against the Northwood Evergreens, which turned into a true pitchers’ duel, but went the ‘Greens way, with a 1-0 victory, ending Luck’s season.

“A great high school pitching battle,” stated Luck head coach Ryan Humpal.

“Logan [Hacker] was on top of his game, striking out a season-high 14 batters. “ Northwood had a first-round bye, and while Luck had a come-from-behind lastminute win over Prairie Farm last week, both teams had been under extreme pressure from the weather-shortened season this spring.

Both squads were lifeless at the plate, and neither team was able to do much with what few runners they had.

“Just too bad our bats were so cold,” Humpal said. “We were searching for a a big, two-out hit all night.”

Luck managed just two hits all evening, and only had two runners reach second base. The ‘Greens didn’t do much better, as Hacker had their number most of the time, forcing an extra frame to determine a winner, which happened after a rare walk, single and combination of sacrifices to get a Northwood runner across home for the win, 1-0.

“This final game summed up our season pretty well: Competitive in most games, but we just could not get over that hump and pull out the close ones.”

Humpal said. “Overall we played well most of the season and saw great improvement!”

Luck may be decidedly melancholy with the loss, which left them with a final record of 8-12 overall, and 5-5 in West Lakeland play. The team not only loses several strong players to graduation, they also lose their Cardinal moniker and single-school status, combining next season with Frederic and moving up a division.

Trevor Thompson of Grantsburg puts a tag on a sliding Bulldog for the out.

Frederic Vikings catcher eyes a pop-up against Shell Lake. – Photo by Larry Samson

The Frederic Vikings ended their season in a rough game against the Lakers on Tuesday, May 31, in the second round of the playoffs. – Photo by Larry Samson

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Saints boys upend Eagles in big playoff win

Vikings baseball rains on Birchwood

St. Croix Falls 3, Unity 1 (Regional)

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer BALSAM LAKE – The St. Croix Falls Saints cut the Unity Eagles baseball season short with a first-round pitchers duel win in the opening Division 2 regional playoff contest on Friday, May 27, at Unity. The Saints advanced after a tworun seventh inning that put them up 3-1 for the win.

Unity came in seeded fourth in the region, with the Saints behind them with a fifth seed. The duo had played strong contests all season, with Unity the victor in

Unity third baseman Jacob "Bucky" Ruck makes a solid play at the hot corner for a force out, as shortstop Brady Turner (No. 13) covers third base behind him.

Unity second baseman Alec Larson tries to twist a double play as the Saints' Nick Johnson slides into second. – Photos by Greg Marsten both conference meetings. But the Eagles thought with a few adjustments at the were also coming off a hard-fought con- plate and our number one pitcher on the test with Grantsburg just a few days prior, mound, things would be different.” earning them a co-conference title with Randolph was right. This time, it was the Pirates. the Saints who were strong in the waning The Saints had less pressure in recent frames, making every base runner and games, playing their final two contests out batter count in the playoff contest, and adof conference. While Unity had domi- vancing because of their aggressive play nated most every West Lakeland oppo- and strong outing from starter Marcus nent this season, St. Croix Falls had Campbell. struggled at times to stay near .500 in con“Our seven, eight and nine batters ference play, losing several close contests, played a pivotal role, putting the ball in often in the late innings, and finishing with a 5-5 record, and 10-7 overall.

“We felt coming in to this game we were going to win,” said Saints head coach Paul Randolph, “They are a good team, but we

Saints senior Marcus Campbell started and finished on the mound for St. Croix Falls, here fielding a bunt for an out, as Zach Christenson looks on.

play and avoiding the strikeout,” Randolph said.

The St. Croix Falls boys drew first blood in the opening inning, when shortstop Nick Johnson singled and later scored on a deep Campbell double, with Blake Klopfer adding a single, nearly scoring Campbell.

Campbell was sharp all night, and went the distance for the Saints, helping his own cause with a pair of hits, but pitching a sparkling game, allowing just five Unity hits, and one run in the win.

Unity sent senior Luke Nelson to the mound, and while he held the Saints to just three runs on 11 hits, he was also sharp, going 6-1/3 innings in the loss.

Nelson worked his way out of several tough jams, including stranding two runners in the second with nobody out.

Unity got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the second inning, taking advantage of a throwing error on a runner check at third, scoring Derek Campbell and tying the contest at 1-1. That would prove to be their only tally all night.

The score would stay knotted at 1-1 until the top of the seventh inning, when the Saints catcher Ben Clausen led off with a single, Nick Johnson sent Clausen to third with a single and then Clausen scored the winning run on a Unity error.

Johnson scored later in the inning on a Nate Graveson infield single, ending Nelson’s stint on the mound.

Brady Flaherty came on in relief, but the the Saints’ damage was done, and in spite of a threatening final inning by the Eagles, Marcus Campbell’s win remained intact, advancing the Saints ahead in the playoffs to Tuesday, May 31, against top-seeded Cumberland, who sat out the first round with a bye.

“We are playing well and look forward to ‘who’s next’ in Cumberland,” Randolph said. “They are well coached and present new problems.”

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Saints relief pitcher Brady Flaherty (No. 10) and first baseman Derek Campbell vie for a pop fly, with Campbell the winner for an out.

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Frederic 15, Birchwood 8 FREDERIC – The Frederic Vikings baseball team earned a spot in the sectional semifinal game against Shell Lake with a win over the Birchwood Bobcats in a rainy affair on Friday, May 27.

The Vikings got off to a slow start but waited patiently at the plate, where they earned at least 16 walks in the game and one Viking earned a base after getting hit twice by a pitch.

It was a sloppy night for a baseball game as dry weather gave way to a steady rain that began late in the third inning and hung around for the rest of the game.

The Vikings trailed 1-0 after the first inning, but a heads-up play in the bottom of the second inning by Chris Schorn gave the Vikings their first run of the game.

Schorn was hit by a pitch and eventually made it to third on a bunt. With two outs, Joe Draxler earned a walk but was caught in a rundown on a steal attempt. Draxler drew the third out of the game, but Schorn scored in the process to tie it.

Birchwood retook a 4-1 lead in the top of third inning on a double, a pair of passed balls and three walks by Trae Gehl.

Despite a rough outing, the Vikings rallied in the bottom of a long third inning that featured four walks and a hit batter.

The Vikings capitalized on more walks

Frederic’s Chris Schorn fires the ball to first against Birchwood.

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The Frederic Vikings sent several players around the basepads against Birchwood during the first round of the playoffs on Friday, May 27.

– Photos by Marty Seeger LUCK – The Luck Cardinals started well, forcing the plate by challenging the in the fourth inning to score four more runs, but Draxler had the hot bat as he their Division 4 Regional playoff run Panther pitching battery with patience, drove in four runs and went 3 for 4 at the against the formidable Prairie Farm Pan- turning walks into runners and runners plate, which included a two-RBI double in thers at home on Thursday, May 26, and into tallies, with three seventh-inning runs the fourth inning. Raif Poirier also had an were able to lead, fall behind and then to earn the victory in a roundabout sort of RBI double in a five-run sixth inning. – come back for a 7-6 victory in their final at way, 7-6. bats.

Marty Seeger “This was a roller coaster of a game!”

The Cards scored two runs in the open- Humpal exclaimed, as the third-seeded ing frame, including a long ball by start- Cards moved on to play second seed Ashland 16, Siren/Webster 1 ASHLAND – The Siren/Webster base- ing pitcher Logan Hacker, and then built Northwood in the next round on the road. ball team ended their season at Ashland up a 4-0 lead before the hungry Panthers – Greg Marsten on Friday, May 27, with Shay Johnson giv- got back on track and scored a pair of runs ing the Tigons their only hit of the game, in the fifth inning, and then rallying with which came on a single in the top of the four more in the top of the seventh inning, forcing the Cards into “do or die” mode. second inning.

“Logan [Hacker] was cruising through Siren/Webster trailed 3-0 after two complete innings before the Oredockers six innings, and then hit a rough patch opened up an eight-run third inning to and gave up four runs in the top of the take a 10-0 lead. The Tigons only run came seventh,” stated Luck head coach Ryan in the top of the fourth inning when they Humpal. “For some reason, we never were able to load the bases on walks, and backed down all year.”

Luck managed just three hits against the get a run home on a bases-loaded walk.

The Tigons ended their season with two Panthers, but they made them count and used selective swings to capitalize on the wins. – Marty Seeger pressure. The Cards handled that pressure Luck 7, Prairie Farm 6

Eagles golf team falls short of state Sorensen gets through as an idividual

by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer HAYWARD – The Eagles golf team fell short of state and suffered a tough end to a great season at the Hayward sectional on Tuesday, May 31. Unity placed third overall in a tie with Arcadia, as only the top two teams qualify for the state golf meet.

“Well, the boys could not overcome the wind and the intensity of sectionals,” said Eagles coach Larry Stencil. “They played their hearts out. Anyone that plays the game knows that when things go well, one gains confidence. When things start going downhill it can go fast and it is really difficult to recover. Golf is funny that way. It seems the harder they try, they tend to press. When that happens, the game becomes very difficult.”

Osceola took first place overall with a score of 314, while Sparta had a 324. The Eagles, were just four strokes away with a 328, but will be represented by junior Reed Sorensen, who is making it to state as an individual for the second year in a row.

Sorensen finished with a score of 76, and had to do so in a playoff at the end of the tournament. He earned his spot on the

St. Croix Falls junior Alex Mikl took 32nd place overall with his score of 85.

“I am very proud of the boys efforts the entire season. They responded to the many challenges presented. Only three teams beat them all season. I am sure that the boys will work hard this summer to improve their games,” Stencil said.

Reed Sorensen of Unity is heading to state for the second straight year. – Photo submitted

first hole among four other golfers looking for one of two spots. Sorensen was fifth in the overall standings. Senior Brandon Stencil was 11th overall with a score of 80. Sophomore Evan Lunda shot an 82, senior Jake Bengtson shot a 90, and sophomore Kyle Sorensen shot a 99.

McDonell Central sectional CHIPPEWA FALLS – The Grantsburg golf team took 10th overall with a score of 402 during the McDonell Central Sectional meet held at the Lake Wissota Golf Course on Tuesday, May 31.

The Pirates were led by Kyle Johnson with a 92, followed by Ben Davis, 99, Sean Handy, 105, Jake Langevin, 106 and Lars Thoreson, 110.

Roger Steen of Luck had the best showing among area golfers at Lake Wissota on Tuesday, as he represented the Cardinals as an individual. Steen finished sixth overall with an 84, and was just three strokes from tying with the third individual who made it to state.

The Siren Dragons golf team also participated in the sectional at Lake Wissota, but took 12th.

The Dragons shot a team score of 403, behind three other teams who tied for the 9th, 10th and 11th spots, including Grantsburg.

Luke Bollant led the Dragons with an 88, Jake Swenson, 93, Justin Decorah, 109, Jared Emery, 113 and Taylor Renberg, 119.

National recognition from Horseshoe Pitching Association

These two junior horseshoe pitchers for the Close Doesn’t Count horseshoe league won national honors from the National Horseshoe Pitching Association.

Beau Davison received recognition for eighth highest ringer average (35.42 percent) and ninth high ringer game (52 percent). Naomi Williamson received recognition for fifth highest ringer over average (15.49 points.) These awards are selected from all junior pitchers across the United States. Williamson also won a $100 scholarship from the NHPA. The scholarships are awarded to horseshoe pitchers who participate in leagues and have a high GPA. Both Davison and Williamson have pitched shoes with the Close Doesn’t Count league for at least 10 years. The CDC leagues begin pitching on June 1 (adults) and June 7 (juniors) at 6:30 in the Centuria Park by the ball field.

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Luck girls advance easily over Birchwood

Other teams fall in their first round of regionals

Luck 12, Birchwood 2 (five innings)

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer LUCK – After surrendering a pair of runs early, the Luck Cardinals softball squad came back and snuffed out the Birchwood fire, winning their first round Division 4 Regional playoff contest easily by the 10-run rule, 12-2, in five innings at home on Thursday, May 26.

Junior Maia Lehmann started on the mound for the Cards, who have started to improve dramatically in recent weeks, winning 5 of 7 recent games, and losing only in tourney play to much larger, nonconference schools.

The Cards kept their heads in spite of getting behind early, and came back strong behind Lehmann, who also got back on track after those first few runs.

It was never really close after the second inning, as the Cards relied on strong batting from across the lineup, and utilized bases on balls and fielding errors to quickly run up the score and send the Birchwood girls home early.

Luck came into the playoffs with a third seed, and now advance to the second round against a very solid Shell Lake Lakers squad, which was seeded at number two in the region. The Lakers opened their playoff run by drubbing New Auburn by a 34-6 score to advance and host Luck on May 31.

The Cardinals also had their way with the New Auburn Trojans in recent weeks, beating them 15-0 in a Luck tourney on May 23 in the freezing cold. However, the Cards opted not to steal bases or advance on passed balls, out of courtesy. Expect the coming contest to be a dandy.

Luck head coach Wayne Dickinson had predicted his young squad’s steady improvement all season, noting that they “are a good squad that will only get better.”

Turtle Lake/Clayton 11, Unity 1 BALSAM LAKE – The fourth-seeded Unity Eagle girls lost their opening-round Division 3 playoff game against fifth-seed Turtle Lake/Clayton Lakers squad on Thursday, May 26, by an 11-1 final score, ending the Eagles 2011 campaign.

Unity senior shortstop Marisa Hacker was one of the few batting bright spots for the Eagle attack, clubbing a triple in the first inning, then scoring on a Brittany

Cardinal second baseman Jaimee Buck (No. 17) and shortstop Camille Marsten combine to twist a double play against the Birchwood Bobcats. – Photos by Greg Marsten

Thomfohrda single on the next play. But that would prove all for the Eagles as far as scoring.

However, Turtle Lake/Clayton pitcher Malorie Nyhus was sharp, striking out 11 Eagles, allowing only Hacker’s first-inning run, and also going 3 for 3 at the plate. The top of the TL/C order was Unity starter Hailey Olson, peppering the defense with lots of hard-hit balls, and able to score 11 runs on 17 hits.

There were some defensive bright spots for the Eagles, including a diving left-field catch by Taylor Heathman, saving a sure multibase hit and possibly two more runs.

While the Eagles had a tough time hitting Nyhus, they did hit the ball hard at times, but the TL/C defense was able to handle the pressure with few fielding errors.

TL/C scored three runs in the second inning, and carried that 3-1 lead into the late innings, stretching it by a few runs until their final at-bats. They won, 11-1, and now have the unenviable task of trying to harness top-seeded Grantsburg in the second round of the Division 3 playoffs.

The Eagles lose several quality seniors to graduation, but also have a strong JV squad to pull from, with several freshmen and sophomores earning starting roles this season.

Unity shortstop Marisa Hacker goes for the force out at second.

The Saints softball team had a tough ending to their season against Cumberland. – Photo by Marty Seeger

Cumberland 3, St. Croix Falls 0 ST. CROIX FALLS – The Saints softball team lost a tough game during a pitchers duel on Thursday, May 26, ending their playoff hopes and season.

Pitcher Alicia Chelberg was solid as she retired all of her first six batters in order, before allowing only one walk in the third inning. Chelberg had eight strikeouts in the game and allowed just two infield singles through six innings of work.

Cumberland had a big threat going in the fifth inning when they singled and then drew a walk. With no outs and runners in scoring position, Chelberg pitched out of it with a strikeout and two fly balls.

Rebecca Wampfler got the Saints first hit of the game on a single in the third inning, and Jessica Larcom smacked a single to left in the bottom of the sixth inning with one out, only to get stranded at third base.

It was the only real threat dished out by the Saints. It wasn’t that the Saints didn’t hit the ball, as they put the ball in play 16 times. Unfortunately, the Cumberland defense made several key outs with only one error coming in the bottom of the seventh inning.

The Saints had their share of key defensive innings, but were tagged for three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, which all came on two outs. Cumberland got their first runner on board with two

Unity starter Hailey Olson went the distance, but the Lakers had her number and peppered the Eagles with plenty of hard-hit balls. outs on a throwing error by the Saints shortstop. Two stolen bases put the goahead run on third, but the Saints got the second out of the inning on a pop-up to first base. Things unraveled after that as the next batter hit a bloop single just over the head of Chelberg, who couldn’t make the throw to first, and the run scored. The Saints second baseman committed an error and Cumberland’s ninth batter drew a walk, followed by a fielding error by the Saints third baseman to load the bases.

Cumberland’s Morgan Yeske followed through with a bases-loaded two-RBI single, which proved to be the final dagger to the Saints, who finished with four wins on the season. – Marty Seeger

Ashland 11, Webster/Siren 0 ASHLAND – The Webster/Siren softball team produced just two hits and struck out 10 times in a season-ending loss to Ashland on Thursday, May 26.

The Oredockers led by a run after two innings were complete before getting a big six-run third inning, while picking up another four runs in the fifth to defeat the Tigons in five innings. Webster/Siren had just one win on the season against the Unity Eagles, and will get set to graduate just five seniors on their young squad, including Siirri Larsen, Billie Ingalls, Bryanna Andren, Samantha Kopecky and Abby Mitchell. – Marty Seeger

Cumberland gets on first safely as the Saints first baseman tries to hold on. – Photo by Marty Seeger

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Grantsburg Martial Arts Club completes session

The Grantsburg Martial Arts Club sponsored through Grantsburg Community Education, recently held a promotional exam to wrap up the winter/spring session. Area martial artists pictured here were promoted to higher belt ranks. Please congratulate your friends next time you see them. To register for the autumn four-month session which starts Sept. 10, contact Grantsburg Community Education. The program is provided in cooperation with AKF Martial Arts Academy. – Photos submitted

LEADER SPORTS SCOREBOARD BASEBALL

West Lakeland Standings Team Conf. Overall 9-1 17-3 Grantsburg Pirates Unity Eagles 9-1 12-10 5-5 10-8 St. Croix Falls Saints Luck Cardinals 5-5 8-12 1-9 3-13 Frederic Vikings Siren/Webster 1-9 2-13 Scores Thursday, May 26 Spooner 17, Grantsburg 6 Friday, May 27 (First round of regionals) Luck 7, Prairie Farm 6 Frederic 15, Birchwood 8 St. Croix Falls 3, Unity 1 Ashland 16, Siren/Webster 2 Tuesday, May 31 (regional semifinals) Grantsburg 7, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser 5 Cumberland 8, St. Croix Falls 7 Northwood 1, Luck 0 Shell Lake 15, Frederic 1 Upcoming - (Subject to change) Wednesday, June 1 (regional finals) 5 p.m.

Cameron at Grantsburg Tuesday, June 7 (sectional semifinal) 11 a.m.

TBD at Osseo-Fairchild Tuesday, June 7 (sectional final) 5 p.m.

TBD at Osseo-Fairchild

TRACK & FIELD

Upcoming - (Subject to change) Friday and Saturday, June 3 & 4 9:30 a.m. State track & field

SOFTBALL

West Lakeland Standings Team Conf. Overall Grantsburg Pirates 10-0 19-0 St. Croix Falls Saints 6-4 8-9 Frederic Vikings 5-5 8-5 Unity Eagles 5-5 6-7 Luck Cardinals 3-7 8-13 Webster/Siren 1-9 1-17 Scores Thursday, May 26 (First round regionals) Luck 15, Birchwood 2 Ashland 11, Webster/Siren 0 Cumberland 3, St. Croix Falls 0 Turtle Lake/Clayton 11, Unity 1 Tuesday, May 31 (regional semifinals) Frederic 11, Bruce 1 Grantsburg 12, Turtle Lake/Clayton 0 Shell Lake 20, Luck 7 Upcoming - (Subject to change) Thursday, June 2 (regional finals) 5 p.m.

Cameron at Grantsburg Shell Lake at Frederic Tuesday, June 7 (sectional semifinals) 4:30 p.m. TBD at Shell Lake 5 p.m.

TBD at Hurley

SOFTBALL LEAGUE

Falun Church League Team Record 1-0 Calvary Covenant Falun Churches 1-0 1-0 New Hope Lutheran Siren Assembly 1-0 1-0 Trade Lake Baptist Webster Baptist 0-0 Faith Lutheran 0-1 0-1 Frederic Free Siren Covenant/Bethany 0-1 0-1 Trade River Free W.Sweden/Zion Lutheran 0-1 Scores Thursday, May 26 Trade Lake Baptist 24, Faith Lutheran 5 Siren Assembly 10, Trade River Free 8 New Hope Lutheran 25, Siren Covenant/Bethany 3 Friday, May 27 Calvary Covenant 7, Frederic Free 4 Falun Churches win, W.Sweden/Zion Lutheran (forfeit) Upcoming Thursday, June 2 7 p.m.

New Hope Lutheran vs. W.Sweden/Zion Lutheran 8 p.m.

Frederic Free vs. Falun Churches 9 p.m.

Siren Covenant/Bethany vs. Calvary Covenant Friday, June 3 7 p.m.

Trade River Free vs. Webster Baptist 8 p.m.

Siren Assembly vs. Faith Lutheran

Men’s Slow-Pitch Wednesday League Team Record JCS 0-0 Pour House 0-0 True Quality Auto Body 0-0 Chell Well 0-0 Kris’ Pheasant Inn 0-0 Wayne’s 0-0 Lake Lena 0-0 Bon Ton 0-0 Sundown 0-0 Century 21 0-0 Upcoming Wednesday, May 25 Pour House 19, JCS 4 Chell Well 35, True Quality Auto Body 2 Wayne’s 14, Kris’ Pheasant Inn 14 Bon Ton 24, Lake Lena 4 Century 21 21, Sundown 6

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Check www.lakelandconference.org for West Lakeland schedule updates

Frederic Lions bike race No. 24 on June 11

FREDERIC – The Frederic Lions Bike Classic will be held for the 24th time on Saturday, June 11. Started in 1988 by the Frederic Lions Club, the race has held on to be the third longest running citizens bike race in Wisconsin.

Over almost a quarter century, proceeds from the race have been directed by the Lions Club to the various charitable causes they support.

This year’s race will be a 26-mile individual time trial and will bring racers to Frederic from all over the Midwest.

The race will start at the Frederic High School campus at 10 a.m., with registration starting at 8 a.m. The race route is an out-and-back course, going east on Clam Falls Drive, south on CTH I for 13 miles, turning around just north of Hwy. 48, and returning by the same route to Frederic.

The course has a total of 1,300 vertical feet of climbing.

Top riders will complete the course in under an hour, averaging well over 26 miles an hour on what is considered a difficult time-trial route. A new class was added last year—the single-speed division. This class offers awards to riders who complete the course on bikes with only one gear. 2010 single-speed champion was Ricky Wells, Strum. Wells completed the course in 1 hour, 7 minutes, and 59 seconds, riding faster than several riders on conventional bikes with many gears available. The course records are held by Joan Carlson, Menomonie –1 hour, 8 minutes, and 50.8 seconds (2010), Lance Niles, Onalaska – 58 minutes, 51 seconds (2009), and Ricky Wells, Strum – single speed – 1 hour, 7 minutes, and

59.5 seconds (2010).

2010 winners Carlson, Jeff Ingham, Oakdale, Minn., and Wells, are expected to return to defend their titles.

Past winners with a local connection include: 1988-Wendy Weinzierl Griswold and Greg Nelson, 1993-Kevin Link and Jolene Selover Baillargeon, 2000-Terry Baillargeon and 2001-Frank Lundeen.

Also of interest, author Michael Perry rode the race in the early ‘90s.

Arthur Martin, Frederic, is the only person who has completed all 23 of the previous races, and is expected to keep the streak going this year. He has been spotted on several training rides around the backroads of Leader Land.

The individual time-trial format features riders starting at 30-second intervals, with the goal of riding the course as fast as possible. Drafting, pack riding and other team tactics are not allowed, so time trials are referred to as the race of truth.

Just lungs, legs and heart rates in the ozone. Time-trial-specific bicycles are designed for aerodynamics and some cost over $7,000. Aero wheels alone may cost over $2,500 a pair and run with over 200 pounds of air pressure.

Race timing and results will be provided by Chimp Timing of Champlin, Minn.

The Lions Classic is one of the 20-plus events of the WiSport Cycling Series, which offers age-group recognition in both road race and time-trial divisions, at races held all around Wisconsin.

For more information: www.fredericlionsclassic.com, 715-3274892, or www.wisport.org. – submitted

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Trout for now, panfish later

The spring is off to a seriously slow start, and so am I, it seems.

My boat, currently wrapped in a silvery colored tarp, hasn’t seen the light of day since last fall, and by this time last year, I was Marty already getting somewhat bored from boatSeeger ing around the local lakes and eating panfish before finally findThe ing something else to Bottom do.

Fortunately, the tide Line is slowly turning, and I’ve been able to sneak in a few hours here and there to do a little trout fishing, which takes very little preparation time compared to getting the boat ready to go and pulling it to a lake. With the purchase of a fishing license and trout stamp, all you really need to do is strap on a pair of knee-high rubber boots or waders, grab a light-action spinning reel along with some crawlers and you’re set.

When it comes to trout I’m a worm dunker at heart, but will cast an occasional spinner or two when the opportunity presents itself. Many of the streams I fish are nearly impossible for casting a spinner properly, so why challenge myself against such an opportunistic feeder?

I often keep a lot of the fish I catch too, but not in a greedy way. I’m lucky to get two limits over the course of the summer, which is a total of five fish, 7 inches or

A plate of fresh brook trout are nearly ready for the grill after a successful Memorial Day trout fishing excursion. With such a slow spring, there’s still a lot of excellent fishing ahead during the month of June, and beyond. – Photo by Marty Seeger larger. ing in the McKenzie Creek area near This year’s total catch and keep is at Clam Falls. And, that angler just so hapseven already, and with such a successful pened to be heading for home with a outing last weekend, the boat may still mixed creel of keeper brookies and have that glorious silver tarp until the browns. He had his limit, but wasn’t shy end of June – or at least until the burning in pointing me in the right direction. I nettles are near my neck, and mosquitoes went home without any fish, but did are too much to bear. catch a couple of smaller-size brookies I One of the benefits to the slow spring happily tossed back. is that there aren’t a lot of bugs and the About two years ago, the McKenzie walking is still relatively easy. I’m actu- Creek area went through a stream ally quite glad I didn’t go opening week- restoration project with trout stamp dolend because the streams were probably lars, and I thought it might be a good filled with other anglers, and in the four chance to see how it turned out. It had times out this season I’ve come across just changed quite a bit, but certainly for the one other angler, which came while fish- better as there were several fishable cut-

banks and pools that held my interest for a long time. Even without any fish to brag home about, the scenery alone was worth the hike. During Memorial Day weekend, however, it seemed as though the trout bite had picked up considerably, or at least my luck anyway.

Saturday was very warm, sticky and sunny. Not your best day for trout fishing, but you take what you get and hope for the best. My grandma had been calling on me to catch her a couple of small trout for eating, and I was hankering for a taste of trout as well, but it didn’t start out too promising. After about two hours of fishing, I managed to pull a beautiful brook trout onto the bank and tossed it into the cooler without hesitation, but that was it.

I worked my way down the creek and hiked a considerable distance to the next section with not so much as a shiner before finally losing the final chunk of crawler on my hook. While digging for another chunk of bait, I realized the crawlers had been left hundreds of yards away, across two plowed fields and back through steep banks littered with prickly ash. It was past noon, the summerlike heat was getting worse, and I nearly threw in the towel, thinking one fish was plenty. But I wandered back and eventually found my crawlers, and hiked the considerable distance back to the area where I’d left off.

While it doesn’t happen often, my efforts to go a little extra paid off, and the trout seemed eager to bite in nearly a flip of a switch. I can’t remember the last time I plucked four respectable brook trout from a cutbank many anglers might overlook, but it’s something I won’t soon forget, and made for a Memorial Day feast that was fit for a king – and Grandma was just as pleased.

Wild Wisconsin elk are expanding their range

With a little help from their friends

HAYWARD – This is the calving season for Wisconsin’s small but growing elk herd and biologists with the state Department of Natural Resources, joined by a small army of volunteers, are busy searching the woods for newborns.

The search is expanded this year because a dozen of Wisconsin’s wild elk, all young animals, were trapped this past winter and were moved to an acclimation pen 10 miles distant from the main herd as the crow flies.

That pen – a black plastic wall that surrounded 2.3 acres of forest around Clam Lake – was breached on Wednesday, May 18, by DNR biologists who quickly retreated after leaving piles of alfalfa outside the opening. This allowed the wary elk to wander out into their new territory, undisturbed by humans.

They’ll make quick work of the alfalfa and will then start in on the forest, concentrating on new growth along the edges of openings in the forest canopy. They may have a preference for large-leaf aspen, but for elk – an ungulate whose large rumen allows it to digest an even greater variety of plants than white-tailed deer – it’s all food.

“Elk are eating machines,” said DNR elk biologist Laine Stowell. “They eat almost everything.”

There are four young bulls in the group, all 2 years old, and eight cows, ages 2 to 4.

Three of the cows are pregnant. This operation is an assisted dispersal, a way of encouraging the herd to expand its range, which may in turn help the herd grow and remain healthy.

The reintroduction of wild elk in Wisconsin, which began with the release of 25 transplanted animals in May 1995, is a

wildlife success story that is still unfolding. Progress has been slow at times, and there have been difficulties, but the herd has grown to about 150 animals.

It now seems likely the autumn bugling of elk, like the call of the loon, will become emblematic of the wild beauty of Wisconsin’s north woods.

“I’m a lifelong resident of this area,” said Ed Metcalf, a large-animal veterinarian who has provided invaluable assistance to the elk program. “I never thought I’d be able to drive 15 miles and see elk.

I’ve gone out a few times when they were bugling and listened to them. It’s kind of special for people who get that opportunity.”

The return of wild elk to Wisconsin is a collaborative effort. Initiated by the University of Wisconsin, the effort is managed by the DNR with assistance from the U.S. Forest Service, the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and a large number of interested individuals, landowners and volunteers.

Stowell said that although the herd has grown to six times its original size in 16 years, it had not expanded beyond about 10 percent of the 1,112 square miles of the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest originally designated as elk range.

Among the factors slowing herd growth is the presence of Hwy. 77 and the vehicle collisions that result. A motorist elk warning system installed in 2006, featuring flashing lights activated by the proximity of elk collars, has reduced annual fatalities from 2.9 per 100 elk to 1.4.

Additionally, the wolf packs in the immediate vicinity of the herd have become expert elk hunters and have removed increasing numbers of animals in recent years. It will take years for wolves in the new area to develop the same level of expertise.

The animals most vulnerable to various

forms of mortality are calves, which have about a 50-percent survival rate, and yearling elk, which experience a 23-percent rate of mortality. Most elk losses occur from January through mid-May. The 12 young elk in the acclimation pen were protected during this period. This will allow them to acclimate to new surroundings under less dangerous conditions.

The elk were captured in corral traps.

This is an enclosed pen 45 feet in diameter.

It has a swinging door with a counterweight that is held open by a cable and triggering mechanism that is activated by a radio signal from a blind 100 yards away.

“We’ve caught as few as two elk and as many as 31 elk at one time,” Stowell said.

This past January, the DNR captured 95 elk, but with some being caught more than once, it worked out to 58 individual animals. Of these, 25 cows, eight bulls and one calf received new collars, which last about five years. Another six calves got their first collar. Some of the older elk have been collared two or three times.

Trapping is done with minimal human contact. Once corralled, elk are darted with immobilizing chemicals. Blood samples and other biological information are collected. Collars are replaced when necessary. The animals are hooded when handled and those being relocated were transported in livestock trailers with individual compartments.

The hope is that these young elk will adapt to their new surroundings. Learning how elk relate to various types of habitat is part of the ongoing project. A large lake and two rivers separate these youngsters from the main herd. It remains to be seen whether that will be enough.

“From what I’ve heard, people have seen them swimming across some of the smaller lakes,” Metcalf said. – from the DNR

DNR monitoring for emerald ash borer

“They are traps for the emerald ash borer,” answered DNR-Webster forester Amy Morales when asked about the purple boxes hanging from trees along CTH B east of Siren. Several of these boxes have been spotted, one on the south side of CTH B near the turnoff to Gordon Road, another on the north side of the roadway just east of Coomer. According to Morales, the boxes have been put up in a grid pattern all over Wisconsin. For Burnett County, this is a monitoring system because none of the borers have been found here yet. If detected by the monitors, immediate steps would be taken to get rid of them. For more information check www.WisconsinDNR.emeraldashborer/surv eys. – Photo by Nancy Jappe

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

Application for Retail Class B Beer & Class B Liquor License to sell fermented malt beverages and intoxicating liquors.

To the Village Board, Village of Siren, Burnett County, Wis. The undersigned: Terry Lea Corporation d/b/a Tom’s Bar Thomas T. Johnson, Agent 7695 W. Main St. Siren, WI 54872 With premises described as 1st floor & garage of two-story bldg. including enclosed fenced area of lots 9 & 10, block 1.

Hereby makes application for Retail Class B Beer & Class B Liquor License for the sale of fermented malt beverages and intoxicating liquors to be used from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012.

Ann L. Peterson 537816 41L Village Clerk WNAXLP (May 4, 11, 18, 25, June 1, 8) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY CitiMortgage, Inc. Plaintiff vs.

KEVIN R. GUMM, et al Defendant(s) NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Case Number: 10 CV 990 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on March 21, 2011, in the amount of $228,348.24, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: June 23, 2011, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

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

PLACE: Polk County Justice Center at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: Lot 6 of Certified Survey Maps No. 2196 recorded in Volume 10 of Certified Survey Maps, page 120 as Document No. 554503, located in part of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 and part of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4, Section 25, Township 34 North, Range 16 West, Town of Apple River, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1323 64th Street, Turtle Lake, WI 54889.

TAX KEY NO.: 004-00678-0600.

Dated this 28th day of April, 2011.

Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Russell J. Karnes State Bar #1054982 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way 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 the purpose. 269979

Case No. 10 CV 850 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on December 28, 2010, in the amount of $111,661.05, I will sell the described premises at public auction at the Main Entrance of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, in the Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, on Thursday, June 30, 2011, at 10 o’clock a.m.

TERMS OF SALE: 1. 10% down in cash or certified funds at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeiture of deposit to plaintiff.

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

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. DESCRIPTION: Lot 1 of Certified Survey Map 1517, recorded in Volume 7 of Certified Survey Maps on page 95, as Document No. 496917, being part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (NW 1/4 SW 1/4), Section Thirtyfour (34), Township Thirty-four (34) North of Range Eighteen (18) West.

PIN: 044-00951-0000.

STREET ADDRESS: 1249 208th St., St. Croix Falls, WI 54024.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wis., this 9th day of May, 2011.

Peter M. Johnson, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin Steven J. Swanson No. 1003029 Attorney at Law P.O. Box 609 105 South Washington Street St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787

(May 4, 11, 18, 25, June 1, 8) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY FINANCIAL FREEDOM ACQUISITION, LLC Plaintiff vs.

ESTATE OF ARLENE E. PETERSON, et al.

Defendant(s) NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Case No.: 10 CV 928 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on March 18, 2011, in the amount of $63,484.19, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: June 22, 2011, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

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

PLACE: Polk County Justice Center at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: The South 295.160973 feet of the West 295.160973 feet of the Southeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4, Section 16, Township 34 North, Range 18 West, Town of St. Croix Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2121 150th Avenue, St. Croix Falls, WI 54024.

TAX KEY NO.: 044-00393-0000.

Dated this 14th day of April, 2011.

Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Russell J. Karnes State Bar #1054982 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way 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 the purpose. 269135

VILLAGE OF WEBSTER LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following applications have been received by the undersigned Village Clerk for Liquor Licenses for the ensuing year beginning July 1, 2011, and ending June 30, 2012. Merle Meyer and Marilyn Meyer at their place of business known as Emily’s Luncheon located at 26632 Lakeland Avenue North, Webster, Wisconsin, for Retailer’s Class “B” Beer License.

Laurie Ament at her place of business known as Cafe Moonglow LLC located at 7243 Main Street East, Webster, Wisconsin, for Retailer’s Combination Class “B” Beer License and Class “C” Wine License.

Wayne M. King, Christa King, Chanda Elliott and Richard A. Estridge at their place of business known as Wayne’s Star of the North Inc. dba Wayne’s Foods Plus located at 26363 Lakeland Avenue South, Webster, Wisconsin, for Retailer’s Combination Class “A” Beer License and Class “A” Liquor License.

Michael W. & Julie M. Remund at their place of business known as Wild Bill’s Sporting Goods and Spirits, Inc. located at 26798 Lakeland Avenue North, Webster, Wisconsin, for Combination Class “A” Beer License and Class “A” Liquor License.

Edward M. and Jody Seck at their place of business known as Stop-A-Sec, Inc. dba Holiday StationStore located at 26354 Lakeland Avenue South, Webster, Wisconsin, for Combination Class “A” Beer License and Class “A” Liquor License.

Paul W. Connor at his place of business known as Connor’s Service Station located at 26548 Lakeland Avenue North, Webster, Wisconsin, for Combination Class “A” Beer License and Class “A” Liquor License.

Myron Mansfield at his place of business known as Budda’s Black and Orange located at 7462 Main Street West, Webster, Wisconsin, for Combination Class “B” Beer License and Class “B” Intoxicating Liquor License.

Jerrold R. Rand at his place of business known as Rene & Jerry’s Bar, Inc. dba The Tap located at 7408 Main Street West, Webster, Wisconsin, for Combination Class “B” Beer License and Class “B” Intoxicating Liquor License.

Jason Hansen at his place of business known as Zia Louisa, LLC located at 26708 Lakeland Avenue North, Webster, Wisconsin, for Combination Class “B” Beer License and Class “B” Intoxicating Liquor License.

Notice is further given that the village board, Village of Webster, will meet in session on June 8, 2011, at 6 p.m. to act on the above applications.

Patrice Bjorklund, Village Clerk/Treasurer Dated: May 27, 2011 537967 41L WNAXLP

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Application for Retail Class B License to sell intoxicating liquor and fermented malt beverages.

To the Town of Milltown, the undersigned: Carl Holmgren, Agent United VFW Post #6856 1503 200th Avenue Milltown, WI 54858 Hereby applies for a Retail Class B License to sell intoxicating liquors and fermented malt beverages from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012.

Dated May 31, 2011 Virgil Hansen, Clerk Town of Milltown

(May 18, 25, June 1, 8, 15, 22) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK, Plaintiff, vs.

KEVIN D. LUND, and COUNTRYSIDE COOPERATIVE, Defendants

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(April 27, May 4, 11, 18, 25, June 1) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Community Bank of Cameron d/b/a Community Bank of Cameron-Grantsburg Plaintiff, vs.

Craig A. Jones and Kevin L. Jones, Defendants.

Case No. 10-CV-202 Code Nos. 30301 and 30404 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on June 1, 2010, in favor of Plaintiff, Community Bank of Cameron, in the amount of $102,234.66, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: June 14, 2011, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: Pursuant to said judgment, 10% of the successful bid must be paid to the sheriff at the sale in cash, cashier’s check or certified funds, payable to the clerk of courts (personal checks cannot and will not be accepted). The balance of the successful bid must be paid to the clerk of court in cash, cashier’s check or certified funds no later than ten days after the court’s confirmation of the sale or else the 10% down payment is forfeited to the plaintiff. The property is sold “as is” and subject to all real estate taxes, specials assessments, liens and encumbrances PLACE: At the front entrance of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

DESCRIPTION: A parcel of Land in the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NW1/4 NW1/4) of Section 31, Township 36 North, Range 18 West, Town of Laketown, Polk County, Wisconsin, described as follows: Commencing at a point that is 545 feet South of the Northwest Corner of Section 31, Township 36 North, Range 18 West, Thence running due East 178 Feet; Thence due South 131 Feet; Thence West 178 Feet; Thence due North 131 Feet to the Place of Beginning.

Together with a 1/3 interest in the Well Agreement Recorded as Document No. 503224, Volume 596 of Records, Page 153, Polk County Register of Deeds.

TAX KEY NO.: 030-00761-0000 PROPERTY ADDRESS: For informational purposes, it is believed that the property in question is located at 2488 240th Street, Cushing, Wis. Dated this 5th day of April, 2011. /s/ Peter Johnson Polk County Sheriff Benson Law Office LLC Attorneys for Community Bank of Cameron P.O. Box 370 Siren, WI 54872 715-349-5215 WNAXLP

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(April 27, May 4, 11, 18, 25, June 1) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY KAREN E. MINUTELLO, as Assignee of M & I Marshall & Ilsley Bank, Successor by merger with Century Bank, Plaintiff, vs.

DAVID J. DEHAVEN and JANE DOE, alias, his wife, if any, and ARDEN P. WILLIAMS and John Doe, alias, her husband, if any, Defendants.

Case No. 04 CV 75 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action, I will sell the described premises at public auction at the Main Front Entrance of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, in the Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wis., on Thursday, June 9, 2011, at 10:00 o’clock a.m.

TERMS OF SALE: 1. 10% down in cash or certified funds at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeiture of deposit plaintiff.

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

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. DESCRIPTION: East Half of the Southwest Quarter (E1/2 SW1/4), Section 22-32-17, Town of Alden, Polk County, Except 1 square acre in NW corner of NE SW, Section 22; the North line thereof is the south line of CTH C and West line thereof is the West line of said NE1/4 SW1/4, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PIN: 002-00574-0000, 00200578-0000, 002-00579-0000 The real estate shall be sold in parcels, as follows: Parcel 1: Northeast one-quarter of Southwest one-quarter (NE1/4 of SW1/4) Section 22-32-17, Town of Alden, Polk County, Except 1 square acres in NW corner of NE SW, Section 22; the North line thereof is the Southline of CTH C and West line thereof is the West line of said NE1/4 SW1/4, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PIN: 002-00574-0000 Parcel 2: Southeast one-quarter of Southwest one-quarter (SE1/4 of SW1/4) Section 22-32-17, Town of Alden, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PIN: 002-00578-0000 & 00200579-0000 Parcel 3: All real estate shall be sold as a single parcel.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wis., this 12th day of April, 2011. /s/Peter M. Johnson, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin Steven J. Swanson No. 1003029 Attorney at Law P.O. Box 609 105 South Washington Street St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787

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Application for Retail Class B License to sell intoxicating liquor and fermented malt beverages.

To the Town of Milltown, the undersigned: James Glasspoole, Agent JJ’s Club 35, LLC 2378A State Road 35 Milltown, WI 54858 Hereby applies for a Retail Class B License to sell intoxicating liquors and fermented malt beverages from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012.

Dated May 31, 2011 Virgil Hansen, Clerk Town of Milltown

Application for Retail Class B Beer & Class B Liquor License to sell fermented malt beverages and intoxicating liquors.

To the Village Board, Village of Siren, Burnett County, Wis. The undersigned: Huntala Corporation d/b/a Pour House Gregory W. Hunter, President 24136 State Road 35/70 Siren, WI 54872 With premises described as 24136 State Road 35/70.

Hereby makes application for Retail Class B Beer & Class B Liquor License for the sale of fermented malt beverages and intoxicating liquors to be used from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012.

Ann L. Peterson 537814 41L Village Clerk WNAXLP

TOWN OF MILLTOWN APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

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APPLICATION FOR LICENSE Application for Retail Class B Beer & Class B Liquor License to sell intoxicating liquors and fermented malt beverages.

To the Village Board, Village of Siren, Burnett County, Wis. The undersigned: G & J Adventures, Inc. d/b/a Adventures Gary Kannenberg, President 7710 Park Street W. Siren, WI 54872 With premises described as 7710 Park Street West.

Hereby makes application for Retail Class B Beer & Class B Liquor License for the sale of intoxicating liquors and fermented malt beverages to be used from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012.

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APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

The following has applied for Renewal combination Class B beer and liquor license from July 1, 2011, thru June 30, 2012, in the Town of Eureka, Polk County, Wis., with application now on file at the clerk’s office: Kevin M. Austad, Agent KJ’s Eureka Bar, Inc. 2396 210th Ave. St. Croix Falls, Wis. Application will be considered at the regular monthly town board meeting on Thursday, June 9, 2011, at the Eureka Town Hall.

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DAVID L. BOOS, et al.

Defendant(s) NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Case Number: 10 CV 630 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on March 18, 2011, in the amount of $143,406.12, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: June 22, 2011, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

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

PLACE: Polk County Justice Center at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin DESCRIPTION: Lot 4, Block 3, Baker’s Riverside Addition to the City of Amery, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 232 Central Avenue, Amery, WI 54001 TAX KEY NO.: 201-00138-0000 Dated this 11th day of April, 2011.

Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Russell J. Karnes State Bar #1054982 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way 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 the purpose. 268949

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TOWN OF ST. CROIX FALLS ROAD DITCH CLEANUP Cleanup of roads and ditches located in the Town of St. Croix Falls has begun. Residents of the town can pick up garbage bags at the town hall located at 1305 200th Street and Hwy. 8. All garbage picked up from the ditches of town roads can be left on the shoulder of the road for pickup on Mondays. Many thanks go to all who volunteer as well as those who clean up the roadsides year-round.

Janet Krueger, Town Clerk 537417 40-41L www.townofstcroixfalls.org

POLK COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING Thursday, June 16, 2011, at 12:30 p.m.

Shoreview Apartments, Balsam Lake

Agenda: I. Call to Order. II. Minutes. III. Financial Reports. IV. Operations Report. V. Unfinished Business: A. CDBG. VI. New Business. VII. Adjourn.

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STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SHIRLEY R. SANDQUIST Order Setting Time to Hear Petition for Administration and Deadline for Filing Claims (Formal Administration) Case No. 11 PR 26 A petition for formal administration was filed.

THE COURT FINDS: The decedent, with date of birth November 1, 1925, and date of death April 8, 2011, was domiciled in Polk County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 309 Peterson Lane, Frederic, WI 54837.

THE COURT ORDERS: 1. The petition be heard at the Polk County Courthouse, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, Rm. 1, before Circuit Court Judge Molly E. GaleWyrick, on July 15, 2011, at 2 p.m. You do not need to appear unless you object. The petition may be granted if there is no objection.

2. The deadline for filing a claim against the decedent’s estate is September 9, 2011.

3. A claim may be filed at the Polk County Courthouse, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, Room 500.

4. Heirship will be determined at the hearing on petition for final judgment.

5. Publication of this notice is notice to any persons whose names or addresses are unknown.

The names or addresses of the following interested persons (if any) are not known or reasonably ascertainable: Paternal heirs-at-law.

If you require reasonable accommodations due to a disability to participate in the court process, please call 715-4859238 at least 10 working days prior to the scheduled court date. Please note that the court does not provide transportation.

Please check with person named below for exact time and date.

BY THE COURT: Molly E. GaleWyrick Circuit Court Judge May 26, 2011 George W. Benson Attorney at Law Benson Law Office LLC P.O. Box 370 Siren, WI 54872 715-349-5215 Bar No. 1012978

TOWN OF TRADE LAKE BIDS FOR HAULING GRAVEL

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(May 25, June 1, 8) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY CIVIL DIVISION Progressive Classic Insurance Company 5920 Landerbrook Drive Mayfield Heights, OH 44124 Plaintiff, vs.

Heather Munson 107 U.S. Hwy. 63 Clayton, WI 54004 or 211 S. Main Street, Apt. 7 Woodville, WI 54028 Defendant/s PUBLICATION SUMMONS Case No. 11-CV-219 TO EACH PERSON NAMED ABOVE AS A DEFENDANT: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you. The complaint, which is also served upon you, states the nature and basis of the legal action.

Within forty (40) days after May 25, 2011, you must respond with a written answer, as that term is used in chapter 802 of the Wisconsin Statutes, to the complaint. The court may reject or disregard an answer that does not follow the requirements of the statutes. The answer must be sent or delivered to the court, whose address is Clerk of Courts, Polk County Courthouse, 1005 West Main Street, Ste. 300, Balsam Lake, WI 54810, and to Stupar, Schuster & Cooper, S.C., Plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is 633 W. Wisconsin Ave. #1800, Milwaukee, WI 53203. You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not provide a proper answer within forty (40) days, the Court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the Complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the Complaint. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

Dated: May 16, 2011 Stupar, Schuster & Cooper, S.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff By: Jeffrey A. Cooper State Bar No. 1017249 Post Office Address 633 W. Wisconsin Ave. #1800 Milwaukee, WI 53203 414-271-8833

(June 1) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY WESTconsin Credit Union 444 S. Broadway P.O. Box 160 Menomonie, WI 54751 Plaintiff, vs.

Thomas V. Meadows 307 Woodlawn Avenue P.O. Box 337 Frederic, WI 54837 Defendant.

Small Claims Publication Summons And Notice Case No. 11-SC-350 Publication Summons And Notice Of Filing TO THE PERSON(S) NAMED ABOVE AS DEFENDANT(S): You are being sued by the person(s) named above as Plaintiff(s). A copy of the claim has been sent to you at your address as stated in the caption above.

The lawsuit will be heard in the following Small Claims court: Polk County Justice Center, County Courthouse, 715-4859299, 1005 West Main St., Ste. 300, Balsam Lake, WI 54810, on the following date and time: June 27, 2011 at 1:30 p.m.

If you do not attend the hearing, the court may enter a judgment against you in favor of the person(s) suing you. A copy of the claim has been sent to you at your address as stated in the caption above. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law.

A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

You may have the option to answer without appearing in court on the court date by filing a written answer with the clerk of court before the court date.

You must send a copy of your answer to the plaintiff(s) named above at their address. You may contact the clerk of court at the telephone number above to determine if there are other methods to answer a Small Claims complaint in that county.

If you need help in this matter because of a disability, please call: 715-485-9299.

Kimberly Jensen Plaintiff’s Attorney 800-924-0022, ext. 7073 May 23, 2011 537911

Virgil Hansen, Clerk

(May 25, June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK Plaintiff, vs.

JULIE M. STEPHENS Defendant.

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Case Number: 10 CV 740 By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on January 5, 2011, in the amount of $46,863.42, I will sell the described premises at public auction at the Main Front Entrance of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, in the Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wis., on Thurs., July 7, 2011, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or certified funds at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeiture of deposit plaintiff.

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

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. DESCRIPTION: Lot 42 of Certified Survey Map No. 2181 filed in Volume 10 of Certified Survey Maps, page 105, as Document No. 553888, located in part of NE1/4 of SW1/4 and part of Government Lots 2 and 3, Section 21, Township 33 North, Range 18 West.

PIN: 042-00457-4200 Lot 43 of Certified Survey Map No. 2181 filed in Volume 10 of Certified Survey Maps, page 105, as Document No. 553888, located in part of NE1/4 of SW1/4 and part of Government Lots 2 and 3, Section 21, Township 33 North, Range 18 West.

PIN: 042-00457-4300 STREET ADDRESS: XXX 217th Street, Town of Osceola, WI 54020 Dated at Balsam Lake, Wis., this 11th day of May, 2011.

Peter M. Johnson, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin Steven J. Swanson No. 1003029 Attorney at Law P.O. Box 609 105 South Washington Street St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787

NOTICE VILLAGE OF FREDERIC ASSESSMENT ROLL EXAMINATION Monday, June 6, 2011, 4 to 6 p.m.

Village Assessor will be available for consultation.

BOARD OF REVIEW

Monday, June 6, 2011, 6 to 8 p.m.

Frederic Village Hall 107 Hope Road West, Frederic, WI

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(May 4, 11, 18, 25, June 1, 8) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, L.P. AS SERVICER FOR THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATE HOLDERS CWMBS, 2004-12 Plaintiff vs.

INPONG LUANGRATH, et al.

Defendant(s) NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Case Number: 10 CV 237 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on May 7, 2010, in the amount of $256,916.08, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: June 22, 2011, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

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

PLACE: Polk County Justice Center at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: Lot One (1) of Certified Survey Mall No. 1753 recorded in Volume 8 of Certified Survey Maps on Page 101 as Document No. 523410, being a part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest (SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4) of Section Twenty-Two (22), Township Thirty-Two (32) North of Range Nineteen (19) West, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 272 270th St., Osceola, WI 54020.

TAX KEY NO.: 022-00533-0100 Dated this 13th day of April, 2011.

Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Chaz M. Rodriguez State Bar #1063071 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way 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 the purpose. 269072

Virgil Hansen, Clerk

Tues., June 7, 2011, 7 p.m.

Milltown Fire Hall

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Agenda to be posted: 1) Eureka Town Hall 2) Eureka Town Garage 3) Eureka Clerk’s Office.

Agenda may also be posted on Town Web site: www.townofeureka.org

Plan Committee Meeting

Monthly Board Meeting Monday, June 13, at 7 p.m.

Milltown Fire Hall

(May 18, 25, June 1) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY AnchorBank, FSB Plaintiff vs.

Debra K. Krueger Robert L. Krueger Jr. CACH, LLC St. Croix Regional Medical Center, Inc. Midland Funding LLC by its Servicing Agent Midland Credit Management AnchorBank, FSB f/k/a S&C Bank Defendants SUMMONS Real Estate Mortgage Foreclosure Case No. 11 CV 182 Honorable Molly E. GaleWyrick Case Code: 30404 THE STATE OF WISCONSIN To the following party named as a defendant herein: Debra K. Krueger/Robert L. Krueger Jr. You are hereby notified that the plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you. The complaint, which is also served on you, states the nature and the basis of the legal action. Within 40 days after May 18, 2011, you must respond with a written answer, as that term is used in Chapter 802 of the Wisconsin Statutes, to the complaint. The court may reject or disregard an answer that does not follow the requirements of the statutes.

The answer must be sent or delivered to the court, whose address is: Polk County Clerk of Circuit Court, Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, Suite 300 Balsam Lake, WI 54810-9071; and to Marie M. Flannery /Blommer Peterman, S.C., plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is: Blommer Peterman, S.C., 165 Bishops Way, Brookfield, WI 53005.

You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not provide a proper answer within 40 days, the court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the complaint. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

Dated this 29th day of April, 2011.

Marie M. Flannery/Blommer Peterman, S.C. State Bar No. 1045309 165 Bishops Way Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 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. 270124 536097 WNAXLP

TOWN OF TRADE LAKE PAVING BIDS

The Town of Trade Lake is accepting bids for the hauling of gravel from the Town Gravel Pit to Carlberg Road. Specs are 24 feet x 3”. If you have questions, please contact James Melin at 715-488-2261. These sealed bids will be opened on Thursday, June 9, 2011, at the Monthly Board Meeting, at the Town Hall.

Clerk’s Address: Town of Trade Lake 13361 State Road 48 537422 Grantsburg, WI 54840 40-41L 30-31a Deborah L. Christian, Clerk

The Town of Trade Lake is accepting bids for the paving of Carlberg Road at 20 feet wide and 2 inches thick. Bids are due by June 9, 2011, to the Clerk’s Office or hand delivered at the meeting. Any questions, contact James Melin at 715-4882261. These sealed bids will be opened on Thursday, June 9, 2011, at the Monthly Board Meeting at the Town Hall.

Clerk’s Address: Town of Trade Lake 13361 State Road 48 537424 Grantsburg, WI 54840 40-41L 30-31a Deborah L. Christian, Clerk

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

NORTHLAND MUNICIPAL AMBULANCE SERVICE

Karlsborg and Perida Cemetery Discussion Town of Lincoln

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the Town of Lincoln Board will conduct a public hearing to discuss the Karlsborg and Perida Cemetery procedures for burial. The Public Hearing will be held on June 14, 2011, at 6:30 p.m. at the Town Hall, 9110 Perida Road, Webster, Wisconsin. The regular monthly meeting will follow at 7 p.m.

The Public is invited to express their thoughts or concerns on this date.

Respectfully Submitted, Wanda Washkuhn, Clerk Town of Lincoln 537627 WNAXLP 41-42L 31-32a

Special Board Meeting Wed., June 15 - 7 p.m.

Luck Village Hall

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TOWN OF MILLTOWN

Monthly Board Meeting Thurs., June 9, 2011, 7 p.m. at Eureka Town Hall

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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Air Conditioning Unit: Replace current unit 16 ton, 3 phase, 208-230 Fencing: Replace and straighten sections of fence Carpeting: Replace carpeting in three classrooms.

Approx. 26x26 Parking Lot/Playground: Crack seal, patch and line 5-12 SCHOOL: Flooring: Replacement of flooring in Cafetorium. Approx.

69x90 Please direct all questions, clarifications or bid specifications to Brian Sears at 715-866-4281 or bsears@webster.k12.wi.us. All bids are to be sealed and submitted no later than 4 p.m. on Friday, June 10, to the School District of Webster, P.O. Box 9, Webster, WI 54893.

The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any part of a bid or all bids.

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PT SERVICE COORDINATOR Kinship of Polk County KINSHIP OF POLK COUNTY, a well-established, nonprofit youth mentoring organization seeks a highly motivated and qualified individual to join our growing services to the youth and families of Polk County, WI. The office is located in Balsam Lake, WI, and service area is in Amery, WI. Grant-funded position with potential to be regular PT position, 16 hrs./wk.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Direct service, working with families, recruitment, training and supervision of volunteer mentors, support and supervision of mentoring matches, group activities, involvement in community relations and communications to assure the highest quality service delivery to the youth and families of Polk County.

Must have a bachelor’s degree or the equivalent experience, 2-3 years of nonprofit work with youth, families and volunteers.

Applications are available online and will be accepted thru June 17, 2011.

Kinship of Polk County, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, committed to strengthening our workplace through diversity.

Jennifer Williams

Kinship of Polk County, Inc.

P.O. Box 68, Balsam Lake, WI 54810 715-405-3900 JenniferW@polkkinship.org • www.polkkinship.org

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Send cover letter and resume along with application to:

CORRECTION NOTICE NOTICE OF OPEN BOOK - VILLAGE OF FREDERIC

Notice is given that the Open Book session for the Village of Frederic will be held Monday, June 6, 2011, from 4-6 p.m., at the Frederic Village Hall. This session gives the property owner an opportunity to meet with the assessor, ask questions of the assessor and look over the property assessments.

NOTICE OF THE BOARD OF REVIEW VILLAGE OF FREDERIC

Notice is given that the Board of Review for the Village of Frederic of Polk County shall hold its first meeting on the 6th day of June, 2011, from 6 to 8 p.m., at the Frederic Village Hall, 107 Hope Road W. Please be advised of the following requirements to appear before the Board of Review and procedural requirements if appearing before the Board: No person shall be allowed to appear before the Board of Review, to testify to the Board by telephone or to contest the amount of any assessment of real or personal property if the person has refused a reasonable written request by certified mail of the assessor to view such property.

After the first meeting of the Board of Review and before the Board’s final adjournment, no person who is scheduled to appear before the Board of Review may contact, or provide information to, a member of the Board about that person’s objection except at a session of the Board.

No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone or contest the amount of assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the first meeting of the Board or at least 48 hours before the objection is heard if the objection is allowed because the person has been granted a waiver of the 48-hour notice of an intent to file a written objection by appearing before the Board during the first two hours of the meeting and showing good cause for failure to meet the 48hour notice requirement and files a written objection, that the person provides to the clerk of the Board of Review notice as to whether the person will ask for removal of any Board members and, if so, which member will be removed and the person’s reasonable estimate of the length of time that the hearing will take.

When appearing before the Board, the person shall specify, in writing, the person’s estimate of the value of the land and of the improvements that are the subject of the person’s objection and specify the information that the person used to arrive at that estimate.

No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone or object to a valuation; if that valuation was made by the assessor or the objector using the income method; unless the person supplies to the assessor all of the information about income and expenses, as specified in the manual under Sec. 73.03(2a) Wis. Statutes, that the assessor requests. The Village of Frederic has an ordinance for the confidentiality of information about income and expenses that is provided to the assessor under this paragraph which provides exceptions for persons using the information in the discharge of duties imposed by law or of the duties of their office or by order of a court. The information that is provided under this paragraph, unless a court determines that it is inaccurate, is not subject to the right of inspection and copying under s.19.35(1) of Wis. Statutes.

The Board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present to the Board a letter from a physician, surgeon or osteopath that confirms their illness or disability. No other person may testify by telephone.

Respectfully submitted 536864 40-41L WNAXLP Kristi Swanson, Clerk

Notices

Burnett County deaths

Corinne K. Barr, 73, Town of Union, died May 14, 2011.

Phillip H. Fisher, 69, Town of Grantsburg, died May 19, 2011.

APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSES To the Town Board, Town of Swiss, Burnett County, Wisconsin. The undersigned hereby appy for licenses to be used from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012, at their respective places of business: Retailer’s Combination Class B Beer and Liquor License Baum & Son Properties, Inc., G. Marie Avelar, Agent, Last Cast Tavern, 7528 Highway 77, Danbury; Wild Waters, Ltd., Carrie Holter, Agent, Wild Waters Sports Bar & Restaurant, 7516 Main St., Danbury; Wayne’s Star of the North Markets, Inc., Wayne M. King, Agent, Wayne’s Foods Plus, 7413 Main St., Danbury; Retailer’s Class A Beer License Log Cabin Store & Eatery Co., MaryAlice Wade, Agent, 30217 Highway 35/77, Danbury.

The Town Board will consider the applications June 14, 2011, at their regular meeting.

Dated May 27, 2011 Judith Dykstra, Clerk Town of Swiss 538022 41L WNAXLP

REQUEST FOR BIDS

The Town of Lincoln will receive sealed bids until 7 p.m., Tuesday, June 14, 2011, on the following: Approximately 3,500 yards of class 5 gravel supplied, spread and compacted to 4” thick, 26’ wide and approximately 1.7 miles long on Black Brook Road between Icehouse Bridge Road and Clark Road. The Town of Lincoln will supply a grader and operator for leveling and shaping.

Bids will be opened by the Town Board at approximately 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday, June 14, 2011. Please mark the outside of your envelope: GRAVEL BID Attention of bidders is particularly called to the requirements as to conditions of employment to be observed and minimum wage rates to be paid under contract, Section 3, Segregated Facility, Section 109 and E.O. 11246. State prevailing wage rates are applicable to this project.

For more information, please contact Steve Washkuhn, Town Chairman, at 715-866-4201. Mail your bid to P.O. Box 296, Webster, WI 54893.

The Town of Lincoln reserves the right to reject any or all of the bids or to accept the bid they deem most advantageous to the town and to waive any irregularities in the proposal process.

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NOTICE OF MEETING TO ADJOURN BOARD OF REVIEW TO LATER DATE Town of West Sweden, Polk County, Wisconsin The Board of Review will meet on Tues., June 21, 2011, immediately preceding the monthly town meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the Town Hall for the purpose of calling the Board of Review into session during the thirty-day period beginning on the 2nd Monday of May, pursuant to Sec. 70.47 (1) of Wis. Statutes.

Due to the fact that the assessment roll is not completed at this time, it is anticipated that the Board of Review will meet again on July 19, 2011, at the Town Hall and could possibly adjourn at that time. The final date has not been set as of this time.

Notice is hereby given this 1st day of June, 2011.

Andrea Lundquist, Clerk 537969 41L WNAXLP

TOWN OF ST. CROIX FALLS Polk County, Wisconsin www.townofstcroixfalls.org PLAN COMMISSION - NOTICE OF HEARING June 8, 2011 The Town of St. Croix Falls Plan Commission will hold a public hearing at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 8, 2011, at the Town Hall at 1305 200th Street & U.S. Hwy. 8, St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin. Written evidence, testimony or comments, if any, must be delivered in person or by mail to the Town Hall.

Baker Orchards Inc requests a SPECIAL EXCEPTION to hold events on their property in the Commercial District. The property address is 1594 State Road 35, Centuria, WI 54824. The property is located in Section 13, and the parcel identification number is 044-00297-0000.

The Town of St. Croix Falls is holding a public hearing to discuss a possible ordinance regarding ATV routes on Town Roads. Drafts of the proposed ordinance are available at the Town Hall or the Town Web site, www.townofstcroixfalls.org.

The Town of St. Croix Falls is holding a public hearing to discuss amendments to the Town Racetrack Ordinance. Drafts of the proposed changes are available at the Town Hall or the Town Web site, www.townofstcroixfalls.org.

Jim Alt, Zoning Administrator 537963 41-42L WNAXLP

COLLEGE ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIATE WITC ASHLAND

LEGAL NOTICE APPOINTMENTS TO THE WISCONSIN INDIANHEAD TECHNICAL COLLEGE DISTRICT BOARD The committee to appoint members to the Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College District Board will hold a public hearing at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, June 22, 2011, at the Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College Administrative Office, located at 505 Pine Ridge Drive, Shell Lake, WI, to review the following candidates applications submitted for consideration for the following positions: 1 Elected Official member position representing the district (3-year term), 1 Employee member position representing Region 5 - Barron County (2-year term), and 1 Employee member position representing Region 1 - Douglas County (1-year term). Candidates must be present and must provide two written references before being interviewed to qualify for appointment to the Board.

Aimee Curtis Chris Fitzgerald 608 N. 22nd St. 1009 Linden Ave. Superior, WI 54880 Rice Lake, WI 54868 Brett Rondeau Eileen Yeakley 40360 Cable Sunset Rd. 1665 19-3/4 Street Cable, WI 54821 Cameron, WI 54822 AGENDA Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College DISTRICT BOARD APPOINTMENT COMMITTEE Wednesday, June 22, 2011, 2 p.m.

WITC Administrative Office 505 Pine Ridge Drive, Shell Lake, WI 54871 Public Hearing 1. Call Public Hearing to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Establishment of Quorum 4. Determination of Compliance with Open Meetings Law and Statutory Notices 5. Determination of Names and Qualifications of the Candidates 6. Interview each Candidate 7. Testimony from the Public Regarding Candidates 8. Close of Public Hearing Appointment Committee Meeting 1. Call Public Meeting to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Establishment of a Quorum 4. Determination of Compliance with Open Meetings Law and Statutory Notices 5. Approval of the April 13, 2011, Board Appointment Committee Public Hearing and Appointment Committee Meeting Minutes 6. Purpose of Meeting and Explanation of Statutes Governing District Board Appointments 7. Review the 2011 Plan of Representation, Approved on April 13, 2011 8. The committee may go into closed session, in accordance with State Statutes §19.85 (1)(f), for the purpose of consideration of financial, medical, social or personal histories information of the candidates 9. Reconvene Public Meeting 10. Appointment of District Board Members 11. Review, discuss and consider approval of or changes to the Plan of Representation for the next Board Appointment Process 12. Adjournment of Public Meeting

Note: President Meyer will be available during the meeting to answer any questions.

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Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College is seeking a learningfocused, creative and dynamic individual for the College Advancement Associate position at the WITC Ashland Campus. This position is responsible for planning and implementing WITC Foundation development programs and activities involving internal and external constituents of the college. Work schedule is 1,000 - 1,200 hours per year scheduled over 52 weeks.

Qualifications include: Two years’ postsecondary education in marketing, communications or related field required. Ability to organize details, work independently and make presentations to internal and external groups. Experience in fundraising, resource development, and/or alumni relations and working with volunteer organizations preferred.

Deadline to apply: June 3, 2011.

WISCONSIN INDIANHEAD TECHNICAL COLLEGE

For a complete list of qualifications and to apply visit our Web site at www.witc.edu/employ.

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WITC is an equal opportunity/access/employer and educator.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY The following full-time positions are available in the Shell Lake School District:

Grade 3 SAGE Teacher (1-year contract) Shell Lake Elementary School

Start Date: August 26, 2011 Description: This is a limited term, one-year elementary position with the School District of Shell Lake for the 2011 - 2012 school year only. Successful applicants will have a dynamic personality with excellent classroom leadership, instructional skills, and show evidence of collaborative practice.

Applicants will also have excellent classroom management skills and experience with Comprehensive Literacy and Everyday Math. Shell Lake School District is located 80 miles northwest of Eau Claire, WI. Extracurricular coaching opportunities may be available.

To apply: Interested applicants are to send the following: - Letter of application - Resume - Three (3) letters of recommendation.

- Copy of transcripts.

- Copy of current WI license.

Must also successfully complete a criminal background check and drug screen.

Application Deadline: June 3, 2011.

Submit application materials to:

Mr. Michael Werner, Elementary Principal

School District of Shell Lake 271 Hwy. 63 S. Shell Lake, WI 54871 The Shell Lake School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex or disability.

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SCHOOL DISTRICT OF WEBSTER INVITATION TO BID

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Notices

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

Application for Retail Class A Beer & Class A Liquor License to sell fermented malt beverages and intoxicating liquors.

To the Village Board, Village of Siren, Burnett County, Wis. The undersigned: Indianhead Oil Co. Inc. d/b/a/ Holiday Stationstore #119 Petra Lane McCarthy, Agent 24096 State Road 35/70 Siren, WI 54872 With premises described as a one-story concrete structure with coolers, display and main sales area.

Hereby makes application for Retail Class A Beer & Class A Liquor License for the sale of fermented malt beverages and intoxicating liquors to be used from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012.

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(May 25, June 1, 8) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY JP MORGAN CHASE BANK N.A. 1820 E. Sky Harbor Circle S., Floor 02 Phoenix, Arizona 85034-4850, Plaintiff, vs.

TIMOTHY A. BUZICK 2486 75th Avenue Osceola, Wisconsin 54020, Defendant(s) Case No. 11-CV-264 Daubert Law Firm File: 10-07624-0 SUMMONS THE STATE OF WISCONSIN To each person named above as a Defendant: You are hereby notified that the Plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you.

Within 40 days after May 25, you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the Complaint. The demand must be sent or delivered to the Court, whose address is Clerk of Court, Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, WI 54810, and to plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is One Corporate Drive, Suite 400, P.O. Box 1519, Wausau, Wisconsin 544021519. You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not demand a copy of the Complaint within 40 days, the court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the Complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the Complaint. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

Dated: May 16, 2011 Daubert Law Firm LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff Melissa S. Spindler State Bar No.: 1060672 One Corporate Drive, Suite 400 P.O. Box 1519 Wausau, WI 54402-1519 715-845-1805

Application for Retail Class A Beer & Class A Liquor License to sell fermented malt beverages and intoxicating liquors.

To the village board, Village of Siren, Burnett County, Wisconsin. The undersigned: JPDT Liquors, Inc. d/b/a JPDT Liquors Timothy L. D’Jock, Agent 24006 State Road 35/70 Siren, WI 54872 With premises described as Jackpine Complex, Block 10 Lots 1-2-3-4.

Hereby makes application for Retail Class A Beer & Class A Liquor License for the sale of fermented malt beverages and intoxicating liquors to be used from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012.

Ann L. Peterson 537806 41L Village Clerk WNAXLP

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Application for Retail Class B Beer & Class B Liquor License to sell fermented malt beverages and intoxicating liquors and fermented malt beverages.

To the Village Board, Village of Siren, Burnett County, Wis. The undersigned: Kris Allen Peterson d/b/a Kris’ Pheasant Inn & Sports Bar 7694 W. Main St. Siren, WI 54872 With premises described as wood and brick structure plus south patio and east parking lot.

Hereby makes application for Retail Class B Beer & Class B Liquor License for the sale of fermented malt beverages and intoxicating liquors to be used from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012.

Ann L. Peterson 537808 41L Village Clerk WNAXLP

TOWN OF LAKETOWN NOTICE OF OPEN BOOK

Pursuant to s. 70.45, Wis. Stats., the assessment roll for the 2011 assessment year will be open for examination at the following time: Tuesday, June 7, 2011, from 4 to 6 p.m., at the Cushing Community Center. This session gives the property owner an opportunity to meet with the assessor, ask questions of the assessor, and look over their property assessments. Notice is hereby given this 22nd day of May, 2011, by Patsy Gustafson, Clerk.

Application for Retail Class B License to sell intoxicating liquor and fermented malt beverages.

To the Town of Milltown, the undersigned: Linda LeMere, Agent Five Flags Golf, LLC 1855 145th Street Balsam Lake, WI 54810 Hereby applies for a Retail Class B License to sell intoxicating liquors and fermented malt beverages from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012.

Dated May 31, 2011 Virgil Hansen, Clerk Town of Milltown

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Application for retail “Class B” license to sell intoxicating liquors and fermented malt beverages to the Town Board of the Town of Oakland, Burnett County, Wisconsin, the undersigned: Gandy Inc. James Ellingson, Agent Hereby applies for a “Class B” Fermented Malt Beverages and Intoxicating Liquor License from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012.

DBA: Gandy Dancer Saloon 7576 County Rd. U Danbury, Wis. Dated May 25, 2011 Deanna J. Krause, Clerk Town of Oakland

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Application for Retail Class A Beer License to sell fermented malt beverages.

To the Village Board, Village of Siren, Burnett County, Wis. The undersigned: SSG Corporation d/b/a SSG Auto Stop James W. Schreiber, Agent 24184 State Road 35/70 Siren, WI 54872 With premises described as a single-story convenience store.

Hereby makes application for Retail Class A Beer License for the sale of fermented malt beverages to be used from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012.

Ann L. Peterson 537822 41L Village Clerk WNAXLP

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Application for Retail Class A Beer License to sell fermented malt beverages.

To the Village Board, Village of Siren, Burnett County, Wis. The undersigned: St. Croix Properties Inc. d/b/a/ Fourwinds Market Jack Sando, Agent 24133 State Hwy. 35/70 Siren, WI 54872 With premises described as retail grocery store.

Hereby makes application for Retail Class A Beer License for the sale of fermented malt beverages to be used from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012.

Ann L. Peterson 537802 41L Village Clerk WNAXLP

(June 1, 8, 15) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT BURNETT COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF EARL K. NELSON Notice to Creditors (Informal Administration) Case No. 11PR15 An application has been filed for informal administration of the estate of the decedent, whose date of birth was November 3, 1924, and date of death was April 8, 2011. The decedent died domiciled in Burnett County, State of Wisconsin, with a post office address of: 20244 Cemetery Road, Luck, WI 54853.

All interested persons have waived notice.

Creditors claims must be filed with the probate registrar on or before August 22, 2011.

Jacqueline O. Baasch Probate Registrar May 23, 2011 Steven J. Swanson Attorney at Law P.O. Box 609 105 South Washington Street St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787

WNAXLP

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

NOTICE OF OPEN BOOK AND THE BOARD OF REVIEW FOR THE TOWN OF LUCK

537961

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

TOWN OF MILLTOWN APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

Notice is hereby given that Open Book for the Town of Luck will be June 6, 2011, from 10 a.m. to noon and the Board of Review for the Town of Luck, Polk County, shall hold its first meeting on the 6th day of June, 2011, from noon to 2 p.m. at the Luck Town Hall.

Please be advised of the following requirements to appear before the Board of Review and procedural requirements if appearing before the Board: No person shall be allowed to appear before the Board of Review, to testify to the Board by telephone or to contest the amount of any assessment of real or personal property if the person has refused a reasonable written request by certified mail of the assessor to view such property.

After the first meeting of the Board of Review and before the Board’s final adjournment, no person who is scheduled to appear before the Board of Review may contact or provide information to a member of the Board about the person’s objection except at a session of the Board.

No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone or contest the amount of the assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the first meeting of the Board or at least 48 hours before the objection is heard if the objection is allowed because the person has been granted a waiver of the 48-hour notice of an intent to file a written objection by appearing before the Board during the first two hours of the meeting and showing good cause for failure to meet the 48-hour notice requirement and files a written objection, that the person provides to the clerk of the Board of Review notice as to whether the person will ask for removal of any Board members and, if so, which member will be removed and the person’s reasonable estimate of the length of time that the hearing will take.

When appearing before the Board of Review, the person shall specify in writing the person’s estimate of the value of the land and of the improvements that are the subject of the person’s objection and specify the information that the person used to arrive at that estimate.

No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone or object to a valuation; if that valuation was made by the Assessor or the Objector using the income method of valuation; unless the person supplies the Assessor all the information about income and expenses, as specified in the Assessor’s manual under Sec. 73.03 (2a) of Wis. Statutes that the Assessor request. The Town of Luck has an ordinance for the confidentiality of information about income and expenses that is provided to the Assessor under this paragraph which provides exceptions for persons using information in the discharge of duties imposed by law or the duties of their office or by order of a court. The information that is provided under this paragraph, unless a court determined that it is inaccurate, is not subject to the right of inspection and copying under Sec. 19.35 (1) of Wis. Statutes.

The Board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present to the Board a letter from a physician, surgeon or osteopath that confirms their illness or disability. No other persons may testify by telephone.

Lloyd Nelson, Clerk 537533 40-41L WNAXLP

NOTICE OF BOARD OF REVIEW

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Review for the Town of Laketown of Polk County, will be held on Tuesday, June 7, 2011, from 6 to 8 p.m., at the Cushing Community Center.

Please be advised of the following requirements to appear before the Board of Review and procedural requirements if appearing before the Board: No person shall be allowed to appear before the Board of Review, to testify to the Board by telephone or to contest the amount of any assessment of real or personal property if the person has refused a reasonable written request by certified mail of the Assessor to view such property.

After the first meeting of the Board of Review and before the Board’s final adjournment, no person who is scheduled to appear before the Board of Review may contact, or provide information to a member of the Board about the person’s objection except at a session of the Board.

No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone or contest the amount of assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the first meeting of the Board or at least 48 hours before the objection is allowed because the person has been granted a waiver of the 48-hour notice of an intent to file a written objection of appearing before the Board during the first two hours of the meeting and showing good cause for failure to meet the 48-hour notice requirements and files a written objection, that the person provides to the Clerk of the Board of Review notice as to whether the person will ask for removal of any Board member and, if so, which member will be removed and the person’s reasonable estimate of the length of time that the hearing will take.

When appearing before the Board, the person shall specify, in writing, the person’s estimate of the value of the land and of the improvements that are subject of the person’s objection and specify the information that the person used to arrive at the estimate.

No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone or subject or object to a valuation; if that valuation was made by the Assessor or the objector using the income method; unless the person supplies the Assessor all the information about income and expenses, as specified in the manual under Sec. 73.03(2a), that the Assessor requests.

The municipality shall provide complete confidentiality of information about income and expenses that is provided to the Assessor under this paragraph which provides exemptions for persons using the information in the discharge of duties imposed by law or of the duties of their office by the order of a court. The information that is provided under this paragraph, unless a court determined that it is inaccurate, is not subject to the right of inspection and copying under Sec. 19.35(1) of Wisconsin Statutes.

The Board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present the Board a letter from a physician, surgeon or osteopath that confirms their illness or disability.

No other persons may testify by telephone.

Respectfully submitted, 537322 40-41L WNAXLP Patsy Gustafson, Town Clerk

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2010 CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORT FOR 80703128 WEBSTER WATERWORKS Water System Information We’re pleased to provide you with this year’s Annual Water Quality Report.I This report is designed to inform you about the quality water and services we deliver to you every day. Our goal is, and always has been, to provide you a safe and dependable supply of water.

Webster Water Utility routinely monitors for contaminants in your drinking water according to Federal and State Laws.I We are pleased to report that our drinking water is safe and meets Federal and State requirements.

The Webster Village Board meets publicly the second Wednesday of the month at 6:00 p.m.

If you would like to know more about the information contained in this report, please contact Jay Heyer at (715) 888-4211.

Health Information

Drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants.I The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that water poses a health risk.I More information about contaminants and potential health effects can be obtained by calling the Environmental Protection Agency’s safe drinking water hotline 800-426-4791.

Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population.I Immunocompromised persons such as persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or other immune system disorders, some elderly and infants can be particularly at risk from infections.I These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health-care providers.I EPA/CDC guidelines on appropriate means to lessen the risk of infection by cryptosporidium and other microbial contaminants are available from the Environmental Protection Agency’s safe drinking water hotline 800-426-4791.

Source(s) of Water

Source ID Source Depth (feet) Status 3 Groundwater 242 Active 4 Groundwater 215 Active To obtain a summary of the source water assessment please contact Jay Heyer at 715-866-4211.

Educational Information

The sources of drinking water, both tap water and bottled water, include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs and wells.

As water travels over the surface of the land or through the ground, it dissolves naturally occurring minerals and, in some cases, radioactive material, and can pick up substances resulting from the presence of animals or from human activity.

Contaminants that may be present in source water include: 1. Microbial contaminants, such as viruses and bacteria, which may come from sewage treatment plants, septic systems, agricultural livestock operations and wildlife.

2. Inorganic contaminants, such as salts and metals, which can be naturally occurring or result from urban storm water runoff, industrial or domestic wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, mining or farming.

3. Pesticides and herbicides, which may come from a variety of sources such as agriculture, urban storm water runoff and residential uses.

4. Organic chemical contaminants, including synthetic and volatile organic chemicals, which are byproducts of industrial processes and petroleum production, and can also come from gas stations, urban storm water runoff and septic systems.

5. Radioactive contaminants, which can be naturally occurring or be the result of oil and gas production and mining activities.

In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, EPA prescribes regulations that limit the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems.I FDA regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water, which shall provide the same protection for public health.

Number of Contaminants Required to be Tested I I This table displays the number of contaminants that were required to be tested in the last five years.I The CCR may contain up to five years’ worth of water quality results.I If a water system tests annually, or more frequently, the results from the most recent year are shown on the CCR.I If testing is done less frequently, the results shown on the CCR are from the past five years.

Contaminant Group

# of Contaminants

Inorganic Contaminants

17

Microbiological Contaminants

3

Radioactive Contaminants

3

Volatile Organic Contaminants

20

Microbiological Contaminants Contaminant

MCL Presence of coliform bacteria in >=5% of monthly samples

COLIFORM (TCR)

Count of Positives

MCLG

0

Sample Date (if prior to 2010)

YES

2

Typical Source of Contaminant

Violation

Naturally present in the environment

Notices Polk County Board of Supervisors

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TENTATIVE SUPERVISORY DISTRICT PLAN

Date of Public Hearing: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 Time: During the Regular Meeting of the County Board, 6:30 p.m.

Polk County Government Center, County Boardroom 100 Polk County Plaza, Balsam Lake, WI 54810 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that during its regular business meeting on June 21, 2011, commencing at 6:30 p.m., the Polk County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing pursuant to Wisconsin Statute Section 59.10(3)(b) to present the proposed Tentative Supervisory District Plan; to receive citizen input and commentary regarding the proposed Tentative Supervisory District Plan; and to review suggestions from municipalities regarding the development of an appropriate plan. The proposed Tentative Supervisory District Plan is based 2010 Federal Census data.

Following the public hearing, the Polk County Board of Supervisors will consider and act to adopt the Tentative Supervisory District Plan. The plan may be amended after the public hearing.

A copy of the proposed Tentative County Supervisory District Plan is available on the Polk County Web site at http://www.co.polk.wi.us at the County Clerk’s Office, 100 Polk County Plaza, Suite 110, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

The public hearing is open to the public according to Wisconsin State Statute 19.83. Persons with disabilities wishing to attend and/or participate are asked to notify the County Clerk’s office (715-485-9226) at least 24 hours in advance of the scheduled meeting time so all reasonable accommodations can be made.

BY ORDER OF THE COUNTY CLERK Carole T. Wondra, County Clerk Date: May 18, 2011 537155 40-41L 30-31a,d

Inorganic Contaminants Contaminant Units

Level Found

MCLG

MCL

Range

Sample Date (if prior to 2010)

Typical Source of Contaminant

Violation

NOTICE OF THE OPEN BOOK FOR THE TOWN OF APPLE RIVER

ARSENIC (ppb)

10

n/a

1

nd-1

7/15/2008

NO

Erosion of natural deposits; runoff from orchards; runoff from glass and electronics production wastes

BARIUM (ppm)

2

2

.026

.017 - .026

7/15/2008

NO

Discharge of drilling wastes; discharge from metal refineries; erosion of natural deposits

COPPER (ppm)

AL=1.3

1.3

.0362

0 of 10 results were above the action level

10/29/2008

NO

Corrosion of household plumbing systems; erosion of natural deposits; leaching from wood preservatives

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Open Book Session for the Town of Apple River, Polk County, Wisconsin, will be held on Thursday, June 2, 2011, at the Town of Apple River Town Hall, located at 1612 U.S. Hwy. 8, Range, Wis., from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

This Session gives the property owner an opportunity to meet with the assessor, ask questions of the assessor and look over their property assessments.

FLUORIDE (ppm)

4

4

.1

.1 - .1

7/15/2008

NO

Erosion of natural deposits; water additive which promotes strong teeth; discharge from fertilizer and aluminum factories.

NOTICE OF BOARD OF REVIEW FOR THE TOWN OF APPLE RIVER

LEAD (ppb)

AL=15

0

2.48

0 of 10 results were above the action level

10/29/2008

NO

Corrosion of household plumbing systems; erosion of natural deposits

NITRATE (N03-N) (ppm)

10

10

4.16

nd-4.16

NO

Runoff from fertilizer use; leaching from septic tanks, sewage; erosion of natural deposits

NITRATE (N02-N)

1

1

.014

nd-.014

7/15/2008

NO

Runoff from fertilizer use; leaching from septic tanks, sewage; erosion of natural deposits

SODIUM

n/a

n/a

5.23

3.52 - 5.23

7/15/2008

NO

n/a

Radioactive Contaminants Contaminant Units

MCL

Level Found

MCLG

Range

Sample Date (if prior to 2010)

Violation

Typical Source of Contaminant

GROSS ALPHA, EXCL. R & U (pCi/l)

15

0

1.0

.4-1.0

3/24/2009

NO

Erosion of natura deposits

GROSS ALPHA, INCL. R & U (n/a)

n/a

n/a

1.0

0.4-1.0

3/24/2009

NO

Erosion of natural deposits

0

1.0

.3-1.0

3/24/2009

NO

Erosion of natural deposits

RADIUM, (226 + 5 228) (pCi/l)

Health Effects For Any Contaminant With MCL Violations Health Effects

Contaminant Coliform (TCR)

Coliforms are bacteria which are naturally present in the environment and are used as a indicator that other, potentially harmful, bacteria may be present. Coliforms were found in more samples than allowed and this was a warning of potential problems.

Definition of Terms Term

Definition

AL

Action Level: The concentration of a contaminant which, if exceeded, triggers treatment or other requirements which a water system must follow.

MCL

Maximum Contaminant Level: The highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water. MCLs are set as close to the MCLGs as feasible using the best available treatment technology.

MCLG

Maximum Contaminant Level Goal: The level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MCLGs allow for a margin of safety.

MFL

Million fibers per liter

mrem/year

Millirems per year (a measure of radiation absorbed by the body)

NTU

Nephelometric Turbidity Units

pCi/l

Picocuries per liter (a measure of radioactivity)

ppm

Parts per million, or milligrams per liter (mg/l)

ppb

Parts per billion, or micrograms per liter (ug/l)

ppt

Parts per trillion, or nanograms per liter

ppq

Parts per quadrillion, or picograms per liter

TCR

Total Coliform Rule

TT

Treatment Technique: A required process intended to reduce the level of a contaminent in drinking water.

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Board of Review for the Town of Apple River will be Thursday, June 2, 2011, from 5 - 7 p.m. at the Town of Apple River Town Hall located at 1612 U.S. Hwy. 8, Range, Wis. (Next to the fire station) Please be advised of the following requirements to appear before the Board of Review and procedural requirements if appearing before the Board: No person shall be allowed to appear before the Board of review, to testify to the Board by telephone or to contest the amount of any assessment of real or personal property if the person has refused a reasonable written request by certified mail for the Assessor to view such property.

After the first meeting of the Board of Review and before the Board’s final adjournment, no person who is scheduled to appear before the Board of Review may contact, or provide information to, a member of the Board about the person’s objection except at a session of the Board.

No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone or contest the amount of assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the first meeting of the Board or at least 48 hours before the objection is heard if the objection is allowed because the person has been granted a waiver of the 48-hour notice of intent to file a written objection by appearing before the Board during the first two hours of the meeting and showing good cause for failure to meet the 48-hour notice requirement and files a written objection, that the person provide to the clerk of the Board of Review notice as to whether the person will ask for removal of any Board members and, if so, which member will be removed and the person’s reasonable estimate of the length of time that the hearing will take.

When appearing before the Board, the person shall specify, in writing, the person’s estimate of the value of the land and of the improvements that are subject ofd the persons objection and specify the information that the person used to arrive at the estimate.

No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone or subject or object to a valuation; if that valuation was made by the Assessor or the Objector using the income method; unless the person supplies the Assessor all of the information about income and expense, as specified in the manual under Sec. 73.03(2a), that the assessor requests.

The Town of Apple River has an ordinance for the confidentiality of information about income and expense that is provided to the Assessor under this paragraph which provides exemption for persons using information i the discharge of duties imposed by law or the duties of their office or by order of a court. The information that is provided under this paragraph, unless a court determined that it is inaccurate, is not subject to the right of inspection and copying under Section 19.35(1) of Wis. Stats.

The Board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present to the Board a letter from a physician, surgeon or osteopath that confirms their illness or disability. No other person may testify by telephone.

536390 29-30d Respectfully submitted by Katie Wingate-Sykes 40-41L WNAXLP Clerk, Town of Apple River

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POLK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

WHEREAS, any additional items or adjustments that may be required at the completion of the County's external audit will be brought to the County Board in a separate resolution at the conclusion of the fieldwork of the external audit.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Polk County Board of Supervisors that the following Assigned, Committed and Restricted funds are authorized to be carried over from the official books of the County for the year ended December 31, 2010, to the official books of the County for the year beginning January 1, 2011; that the funds are reappropriated and may be expended as required; and that the 2011 Annual Budget is amended and the appropriate line items in the General Fund may be increased by the amounts shown:

May 17, 2011 - 6:30 p.m.

Chairman Johnson called the meeting of the Polk County Board of Supervisors to order at 6:30 p.m. County Clerk informed the chair that notice of the agenda was properly posted in three public buildings, published in the county's legal paper and posted on the county Web site the week of May 9, 2011.

Roll call was taken by the Clerk, with 22 members present. Supvr. Voelker was excused from the meeting.

Supervisor Sample led the prayer.

Chairman led the Pledge of Allegiance Chairman Johnson requested consideration and changes to the published agenda. Agenda approved.

Chairman Johnson requested consideration and any corrections to the published April 19, 2011, County Board minutes. Minutes approved.

Public comments were offered.

Presentation by Jay Tappen, Executive Director, and Char Gurney, Economic Development Fund Manager, both from West Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission to update the board on their activities and ongoing work in Polk County.

Chairman Johnson informed the board the presentation on Endeavors Adult Development Center by Dianna Manning was rescheduled to the June meeting.

Chairman's Report was given by Wm. Johnson. Administrator's Report and Finance Report were given by Administrator Frey.

Committee/Board Reports were given. Warren Nelson gave a brief update on the Polk County Library.

Chair called for a 10-minute break.

Clerk Carole Wondra presented the update on the progress of redistricting, noting that the organizational committee recommended Map Option B as the best option for Polk County.

Account Dept.

51940-30 56146-07 51710-08 52118-11 52138-11 54605-17 54701-18 54710-18 55110-19 55112-19 55111-19 56157-22 56158-22 51720-24 56114-28 51433-34

Restricted

State #507 ES 881(e) S. S. S. S. S.

45.82 48.56 43.58(1) 43.58(1) 43.58(1)

S. 59.72(5) S. 86.31

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that after the 2010 audit if funds are found to be Assigned, Committed or Restricted, any additional funds that qualify under these determinations can be carried over from 2010 to 2011 by the Finance Committee approval.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Manager is directed to record such information in the official books of the County for the year ended December 31, 2010, and for the year beginning January 1, 2011, as may be required.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that any past action by the County Board of Supervisors to designate any account not listed in this resolution as nonlapsing is hereby declared null and void.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Clerk caused to be published in conformity with state statutes a Class 1 notice of amendment to the 2011 budget as herein authorized, in the Inter-County Leader within 10 days following adoption.

Funding amount and source: Carries over the amounts specified from the 2010 budget to the 2011 budget and amends the 2011 Annual Budget as stated.

Date Finance Committee Advised: May 11, 2011.

Finance Committee Recommendation: Adoption.

Effective date: Upon Passage and Publication pursuant to Wisconsin Statute Section 65.90(5)(a).

Date Submitted to County Board: May 17, 2011.

Submitted and Sponsored by County Administrator Dana Frey, Neil Johnson, William Johnson, Katherine Kienholz and Brian Masters.

Reviewed and recommended by Dana Frey, County Administrator.

Reviewed and approved as to form by: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

At its regular business meeting on May 17, 2011, the Polk County Board of Supervisors adopted the above-entitled resolution, Resolution 21-11; Resolution To Amend 2011 Budget - Authorization Of Designation, Carryover, Transfer and Reappropriation Of Specified Funds from 2010 to 2011, by a unanimous voice vote.

William Johnson IV, County Board Chairperson.

Dated: May 20, 2011 Attest: Carole Wondra, Polk County Clerk.

Dated: May 20, 2011 Res. 21-11 - To Amend 2011 Budget Authorization Of Designation And Carryover Of Specified Funds From 2010 to 2011. Motion (Masters/Kienholz) to approve. Admin. Frey addressed the Resolution. Motion to approve Resolution 21-11 carried by unanimous voice vote. Resolution adopted.

RESOLUTION 20-11

RESOLUTION TO PROPOSE TENTATIVE SUPERVISORY DISTRICT PLAN AND TO CALL A PUBLIC HEARING TO THE HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE POLK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS: WHEREAS, every ten years the United States Census Bureau conducts a census of the population and provides population counts to the State of Wisconsin and local municipalities; and WHEREAS, the State of Wisconsin published and delivered detailed population data and block-level maps to Polk County on March 21, 2011; and WHEREAS, Wisconsin Statutes sec. 59.10(3) requires each county to adopt a new county supervisory district plan based on the population data block-level maps; and WHEREAS, Wisconsin Statutes sec. 59.10(3)(b)1. requires the county board of each county to propose a tentative county supervisory district plan, hold a public hearing on the proposed plan and adopt a tentative plan within 60 days of receiving the population data and block level; and WHEREAS, pursuant to county board resolution, the Organizational Committee has reviewed several options for creation of the new county supervisory district plan and has recommended adoption of the attached proposed tentative supervisory district plan for the purpose of holding a public hearing to receive suggestions from the public and local municipalities before adopting the tentative county supervisory district plan; and WHEREAS, the recommended proposed tentative county supervisory district plan, a copy of which is attached to this resolution, contains supervisory districts which are substantially equal in population.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors proposes the attached tentative county supervisory district plan for purposes of holding a public hearing in conformity with state law.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors directs the County Clerk to cause to be published a notice of public hearing on said proposed plan for June 21, 2011, during the regular business meeting of the Polk County Board of Supervisors which commences at 6:30 p.m.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors directs the County Clerk to solicit suggestions from the municipalities of Polk County concerning the development of an appropriate plan.

Funding amount: N/A. Funding source: N/A. Date Finance Committee Advised and Recommendation: N/A. Effective date: Upon Passage.

Date Submitted to County Board: May 17, 2011.

Submitted and sponsored by the Organizational Committee: William Johnson.

Reviewed only by Dana Frey, County Administrator.

Reviewed and approved as to form by: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

At its regular business meeting on May 17, 2011, the Polk County Board of Supervisors adopted the above-entitled resolution, Resolution 20-11; Resolution To Propose Tentative Supervisory District Plan And To Call A Public Hearing, by a unanimous voice vote.

William Johnson IV, County Board Chairperson.

Dated: May 20, 2011 Attest: Carole Wondra, Polk County Clerk.

Dated: May 20, 2011 Res. 20-11 - To Propose Tentative Supervisory District Plan And To Call A Public Hearing. Motion (Jepsen/Brown) to approve. Motion to approve Resolution 20-11 carried by unanimous voice vote. Resolution adopted.

RESOLUTION 22-11

RESOLUTION TO APPROVE 2010 TRANSFERS BETWEEN FUNDS AUTHORIZATION OF TRANSFER OF SPECIFIED FUNDS TO GENERAL FUND AT YEAR-END

TO THE HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE POLK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS: WHEREAS, pursuant to state law and county policy, the county board is authorized to transfer appropriated funds between county departments; and WHEREAS, the Finance Manager has confirmed and prepared year-end balances from Special Revenue Funds, closed Project Funds and Bond Funds; and WHEREAS, the Finance Committee and the County Administrator have reviewed the requests and recommend that the interfund transfers at year-end be approved as requested; and WHEREAS, sound financial practice requires that such transfers of funds be recorded in the official books of the County.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors authorizes the following interdepartmental county transfers: Transfer from: a. Human Services Fund (211) $224,001.02 to General Fund b. Birth to Three Fund (218) 16,398.00 to General Fund c. Kronos Project Fund (456) 253.56 to General Fund d. Johnson Controls Project (455) 22,477.85 to General Fund e. 911 Project Fund (451) 95,702.94 to General Fund f. Bond issue 2007 (453) 432,798.27 to General Fund for 2010 Capital Projects Total: $791,631.64

RESOLUTION 21-11

RESOLUTION TO AMEND 2011 BUDGET - AUTHORIZATION OF DESIGNATION AND CARRYOVER OF SPECIFIED FUNDS FROM 2010 TO 2011 TO THE HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE POLK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS: WHEREAS, events occur after the adoption of the Annual Budget that affect various program activities and their appropriations for a given budget year; and WHEREAS, some of the programs, projects and activities that were planned for the 2010 budget year did not take place, were not completed or are ongoing, and it is appropriate and necessary to carry over the appropriation for same into the next budget year; and WHEREAS, specific grant income received from various federal and state sources by Polk County have very specific restrictions on how these funds can be spent. They cannot lapse into the general fund balance, but kept available for future qualifying expenditures.

WHEREAS, in 2010 it was determined by the County Administrator that nonlapsing funds will no longer be automatically carried over into the next budget year, but will be evaluated according to the GASB 54, and only funds that meet the criteria of Assigned, Restricted or Committed will be allowed to carry over from 2010 to 2011.

WHEREAS, the Finance Manager has compiled a list designating those funds, projects, activities and corresponding 2010 funds that should be carried forward and reappropriated in the 2011 budget; and WHEREAS, the Finance Committee and the County Administrator have reviewed the requests and recommend that the designation, carryover and reappropriation requests be approved; and WHEREAS, the County Administrator requires that the County Board take official action to authorize the designation, carry over and reappropriation of funds; and WHEREAS, sound financial practice requires that such carryover designations be recorded in the official books of the County; and

Name Amount Assigned Committed Vending Machines $8,719 x Conservation Projects 10,554 Res. 33-65 Redaction - ROD 25,080 Fed. Forfeiture 42,809 Meth donations 1,083 Res. 56-07 Trans. Corp.

10,168 x Vet Service Grant 1,681 Vet Relief 1,539 Library 23,402 Library Grant 5,445 Library Donation 14,423 Water Res cost/share 20,689 Res. 90-97 L/W Mgmt. Grant 6,199 DATCP Internet Services 25,721 Maintain Forest Rds. 11,608 Wellness 7,912 Res. 33-08 Total $217,032

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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Finance Manager is directed to record such information in the official books of the County for the year ending December 31, 2010, as may be required.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Clerk caused to be published in conformity with state statutes a Class 1 notice of amendment of the 2011 Annual Budget, as herein authorized, in the Inter-County Leader within 10 days following adoption.

Funding amount and source: Special Revenue and Project Funds transfers to Polk County General Fund in 2010.

Date Finance Committee Advised: May 11, 2011.

Finance Committee Recommendation: Adoption.

Effective date: Upon Passage and Publication pursuant to Wisconsin Statute Section 65.90(5)(a).

Date Submitted to County Board: May 17, 2011.

Submitted and Sponsored by County Administrator: Dana Frey, Brian Masters, Neil Johnson, William Johnson and Katherine Kienholz.

Reviewed and recommended by Dana Frey, County Administrator.

Reviewed and approved as to form by: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

At its regular business meeting on May 17, 2011, the Polk County Board of Supervisors adopted the above-entitled resolution, Resolution 22-11; Resolution To Amend 2011 Budget - Authorization Of Transfer Of Specified Funds Between County Departments, by a unanimous voice vote.

William Johnson IV, County Board Chairperson.

Dated: May 20, 2011 Attest: Carole Wondra, Polk County Clerk.

Dated: May 20, 2011

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APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

Application for Retail Class B Beer & Class B Liquor License to sell fermented malt beverages and intoxicating liquors.

To the Village Board, Village of Siren, Burnett County, Wis. The undersigned: Ten Thousand Pines LLC d/b/a The Lodge at Crooked Lake Douglas Gilbert Rohde, President 24271 State Road 35/70 Siren, WI 54872 With premises described as banquet rooms, stored in separate adjacent room.

Hereby makes application for Retail Class B Beer & Class B Liquor License for the sale of fermented malt beverages and intoxicating liquors to be used from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012.

Ann L. Peterson 537812 41L Village Clerk WNAXLP

Application for Retail Class B Beer & Class B Liquor License to sell fermented malt beverages and intoxicating liquors.

To the Village Board, Village of Siren, Burnett County, Wis. The undersigned: Little Mexico Inc. d/b/a Galen’s Little Mexico Inc. Galen Daniels, President 23487 State Road 35 Siren, WI 54872 With premises described as bar & restaurant.

Hereby makes application for Retail Class B Beer & Class B Liquor License for the sale of fermented malt beverages and intoxicating liquors to be used from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012.

Ann L. Peterson 537810 41L Village Clerk WNAXLP

RESOLUTION 23-11

RESOLUTION TO CREATE THE POLK COUNTY COP/FAMILY SUPPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE POLK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS: ¶1. WHEREAS, as a condition of participating in the State of Wisconsin LongTerm Support Community Options Program, counties are required to create a Long-Term Support Planning Committee, which has the responsibility to develop a community options plan; and ¶2. WHEREAS, as a condition for participating in the State of Wisconsin Family Support Program, counties are required to create a Family Support Advisory Committee to assist in developing the family support program within their respective counties and to monitor the program; and ¶3. WHEREAS, The county Board of Supervisors may merge the functions of these committees one planning/advisory committee; and ¶4. WHEREAS, since the inception of the COP program, the target groups served by COP funding have included individuals with developmental disabilities, physical disabilities, those who are elderly, children and individuals with mental health or chemical dependency issues; and ¶5. WHEREAS, with the implementation of Family Care, the target groups that remain to be served by COP funding include only children and individuals with mental health or chemical dependency issues; and ¶6. WHEREAS, target groups being served by COP must be represented on the advisory committee; and ¶7. WHEREAS, the existing Birth to Three/Family Support Committee is comprised of parents of children who have COP eligibility, two targe group representatives with mental health and chemical dependency issues can be added to this committee to meet compliance with state statute for the COP program; and ¶87. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that pursuant to §§ 46.27(3) and 46.985(3), the Polk County Board of Supervisors creates the Polk County COP/Family Committee <Insert Other Name>. ¶98. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the newly formed committee shall be advisory to the Human Services Board.

Funding amount: N/A. Funding source: N/A. Date Finance Committee Advised: N/A. Finance Committee Recommendation: N/A. Effective date: Upon Passage.

Date Submitted to County Board: May 17, 2011.

Submitted and Sponsored by: Dana Frey.

Reviewed and recommended by Dana Frey, County Administrator.

Reviewed and approved as to form by: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

At its regular business meeting on May 17, 2011, the Polk County Board of Supervisors adopted the above-entitled resolution, Resolution 23-11; Resolution To Create The Polk County Cop/Family Support Advisory Committee, by a unanimous voice vote. Adopted as amended.

William Johnson IV, County Board Chairperson.

Dated: May 20, 2011 Attest: Carole Wondra, Polk County Clerk.

Dated: May 20, 2011 Res. 23-11 - To Create The Polk County COP/Family Support Advisory Committee. Motion (Brown/H. Johansen) to approve. Admin. Frey and Corporation Counsel Jeff Fuge addressed the Resolution. Motion (O'Connell/Masters) to amend Resolution 23-11 by striking paragraph 7. Motion to amend Resolution 23-11 carried by unanimous voice vote. Motion (Kienholz/Sample) to further amend Resolution 23-11 by striking " <Insert Other Name>" from paragraph 8 and renumbering paragraphs 8 and 9 to reflect removal of paragraph 7. Motion to amend amended Resolution 23-11 carried by unanimous voice vote. Motion to approve Resolution 23-11 as amended carried by unanimous voice vote.

Resolution adopted.

RESOLUTION TO CREATE A COMMUNITY PROGRAMS BOARD AND MERGE SAID BOARD WITH THE HUMAN SERVICES BOARD

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Application for Retail Class A Liquor License to sell intoxicating liquors.

To the Village Board, Village of Siren, Burnett County, Wis. The undersigned: The Gallery at Parkside Place, LLC, d/b/a The Gallery Gift and Floral Debra Lynn Rufsholm, President 24248 State Road 35/70 Siren, WI 54872 With premises described as gift and floral shop, kitchen, office and closet.

Hereby makes application for Retail Class A Liquor License for the sale of intoxicating liquors to be used from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012.

Ann L. Peterson Village Clerk 537818 41L WNAXLP

TO THE HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE POLK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS: WHEREAS, pursuant to Wisconsin Statute § 51.42(4)(a)2 and (5a), counties are required to create a Community Programs Board, hereinafter known as the "51.42 Board"; and WHEREAS, the 51.42 Board is charged with recommending program priorities and budget planning for the services provided to the community by the County regarding the treatment of mental health, developmental disabilities, alcoholism and drug abuse, among other duties; and WHEREAS, currently the County has a Human Services Board, hereinafter known as the "46.23 Board" that is charged with policy making for the entire Human Services Department, including the Mental Health and AODA subunits; and WHEREAS, the County Board of Supervisors may merge the duties of the 51.42 Board with the duties of the already existing 46.23 Board in order to maximize efficiencies in the delivery of services to the community; and WHEREAS, the County Administrator is charged with appointing the members of both the 51.42 Board and the 46.23 Board, subject to confirmation by the County Board of Supervisors; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors creates a 51.42 Board pursuant to Wisconsin Statute 51.42(4) and (5a).

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the newly formed 51.42 Board shall be merged with the 46.23 Board (Human Services Board).

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Administrator shall ensure that the composition of the 51.42 Board complies with the requirements of Wisconsin Statute § 51.42(4)(b) and the requirements of the 46.23 Board.

Funding amount: N/A. Funding source: N/A. Date Finance Committee Advised: N/A. Finance Committee Recommendation: N/A. Effective date: Upon Passage.

Date Submitted to County Board: May 17, 2011.

Submitted and Sponsored by: Dana Frey.

Reviewed and recommended by Dana Frey, County Administrator.

Reviewed and approved as to form by: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

At its regular business meeting on May 17, 2011, the Polk County Board of Supervisors adopted the above-entitled resolution, Resolution 24-11; Resolution To Create A Community Programs Board And Merge Said Board With The Human Services Board, by a unanimous voice vote.

William Johnson IV, County Board Chairperson.

Dated: May 20, 2011 Attest: Carole Wondra, Polk County Clerk.

Dated: May 20, 2011 Res. 24-11 - To Create A Community Programs Board And Merge Said Board With The Human Services Board. Motion (Luke/Masters) to approve. Admin.

Frey addressed the resolution. Motion to approve Resolution 24-11 carried by unanimous voice vote. Resolution adopted.

Motion (Kienholz/Jepsen) to approve Administrator Frey's appointment of Timm Johnson to the Renewable Energy Committee. Motion to approve appointment carried by unanimous voice vote. Motion (Sample/O'Connell) to approve Administrator Frey's reappointment of Robert Blake to Golden Age Manor Board. Motion to approve appointment carried by roll call vote of 16 Yes, 6 No. (Voting yes: Supvrs. H. Johansen, D. Johansen, Schmidt, Brown, Kienholz, Rattel, Edgell, Masters, Sample, Hartung, Jepsen, O'Connell, Bergstrom, N. Johnson, Christensen and Wm. Johnson. Voting no: Supvrs.

Caspersen, Moriak, Arcand, Nelson, Luke and Stoneking.)

Supervisor's reports were given.

Motion (Kienholz/N. Johnson) to adjourn. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned 8:40pm.

STATE OF WISCONSIN COUNTY OF POLK

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Application for Retail Class B Beer & Class B Liquor License to sell fermented malt beverages and intoxicating liquors.

To the Village Board, Village of Siren, Burnett County, Wis. The undersigned: MJKD License LLC d/b/a Northwoods Crossing Event Center Keith D. Hobbie, Agent 23985 State Road 35 Siren, WI 54872 With premises described as 166-foot by 92-foot restaurant, bar and banquet hall.

Hereby makes application for Retail Class B Beer & Class B Liquor License for the sale of fermented malt beverages and intoxicating liquors to be used from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012.

Ann L. Peterson 537820 41L Village Clerk WNAXLP

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Application for retail “Class B” license to sell intoxicating liquors and fermented malt beverages to the Town Board of the Town of Oakland, Burnett County, Wisconsin, the undersigned: Charles Henry Anderson Hereby applies for a “Class B” Fermented Malt Beverages and Intoxicating Liquor License from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012.

Yellow Lake Golf Course 7768 Cty. Rd. U Danbury, WI 54830 Dated May 25, 2011 Deanna J. Krause, Clerk Town of Oakland

WNAXLP

Application for retail “Class B” license to sell intoxicating liquors and fermented malt beverages to the Town Board of the Town of Oakland, Burnett County, Wisconsin, the undersigned: Charles Houman Hereby applies for a “Class B” Fermented Malt Beverages and Intoxicating Liquor License from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012.

Houman’s Resort 29460 CCC Rd. Danbury, Wis. Dated May 25, 2011 Deanna J. Krause, Clerk Town of Oakland

WNAXLP

Application for retail “Class B” license to the Town Board of the Town of Oakland, Burnett County, Wisconsin, the undersigned: Michael A. and Jean A. Waltzing Hereby apply for a “Class B” Fermented Malt Beverages and Intoxicating Liquor License from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012.

White-Tail Wilderness Campground & Tavern Dated May 25, 2011 Deanna J. Krause, Clerk Town of Oakland

Res. 22-11 - To Approve 2010 Transfers Between Funds - Authorization Of Transfer Of Specified Funds To General Fund At Year-End. Motion (N. Johnson/Sample) to approve. Admin. Frey addressed the resolution. Motion to approve Resolution 22-11 carried by unanimous voice vote. Resolution adopted.

RESOLUTION 24-11

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

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Date of Public Hearing: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 Time: During the Regular Meeting of the County Board, 6:30 p.m.

Polk County Government Center, County Boardroom 100 Polk County Plaza, Balsam Lake, WI 54810 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that during its regular business meeting on June 21, 2011, commencing at 6:30 p.m., the Polk County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing to present the proposed Amended Illegal Transport of Aquatic Plants and Invasive Animals Ordinance and to receive citizen input and commentary regarding the proposed ordinance.

The proposed ordinance seeks to amend the existing Illegal Transport of Aquatic Plants and Invasive Animals Ordinance.

Following the public hearing, the Polk County Board of Supervisors will consider and act to adopt the proposed ordinance.

A copy of the proposed Amended Illegal Transport of Aquatic Plants and Invasive Animals ordinance is available on the Polk County Web site at http://www.co.polk.wi.us at the County Clerk’s Office, 100 Polk County Plaza, Suite 110, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

The public hearing is open to the public according to Wisconsin State Statute 19.83. Persons with disabilities wishing to attend and/or participate are asked to notify the County Clerk’s Office (715-485-9226) at least 24 hours in advance of the scheduled meeting time so all reasonable accommodations can be made.

BY ORDER OF THE COUNTY CLERK Carole T. Wondra, County Clerk Date: May 18, 2011 537152 40-41L 30-31a,d

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

Application for retail “Class B” license to sell fermented malt beverages to the Town Board of the Town of Oakland, Burnett County, Wis., the undersigned: John H. and Charlaine L. O’Fallon Hereby apply for a “Class B” Fermented Malt Beverages License from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012.

Westside Driving Range 28281 French Rd. Danbury, Wis. Dated May 25, 2011 Deanna J. Krause, Clerk Town of Oakland

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N O TIC EO FP U B LICH EA R IN G A MEN D EDILLEG A LTR A N S P O R T O FA QU A TICP LA N TSA N D IN V A S IV EA N IMA LS O R D IN A N C E

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

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Polk County Board of Supervisors

Notices

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I, Carole T. Wondra, County Clerk for Polk County, do hereby certify that the foregoing minutes are a true and correct copy of the County Board Proceedings of the Polk County Board of Supervisors Session held on May 17, 2011.

Carole T. Wondra Polk County Clerk

Memorial Day 2011

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Grantsburg

Legion member Jim Sundquist read the names of 17 veterans who have died in the past year. “We have lost a lot of people out of our post and our community,” said an emotional Sundquist.

Photos by Priscilla Bauer

The Grantsburg American Legion Honor Guard lead the procession into the high school gym at the start of the Memorial Day service on May 30.

Army Sgt. Andy Dahlberg stood in somber salute while the national anthem was played at the start of the Memorial Day program held in the Grantsburg School Auditorium on May 30.

Rachel Glover and Brittanie Blume wore patriotic hats to the Monday, May 30, Grantsburg Memorial Day service, which due to the damp weather, was held in the high school gymnasium.

Keynote speaker at the Grantsburg Memorial Day service was Vietnam veteran and Grantsburg native Russell Stone. Stone spoke of the respect due to veterans who return from duty and veterans who serve as honor guards in their communities. Stone said the lack of respect for veterans and the American way of life troubles him. Stone said the country needs to get back on course by people following the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.” We must have the courage to exercise our rights and privileges given us by our Founding Fathers,” said Stone, whose remarks were interrupted several times by applause from the audience.

Jane Wisse Walk

The rain stopped long enough for members of the Brask-Fossum-Janke American Legion Post 185 firing squad to give a salute to our fallen veterans at the Grantsburg Memorial Day program on May 30.

Siren

Forty people registered in Crooked Lake Park for the Jane Wisse Walk this past Saturday. Wisse’s husband, Duane, their son Jake, and several grandsons and granddaughters were on hand to take part in the walk that annually honors Jane’s memory.

RIGHT: Wisse’s grandson John ran through the ribbon to signify the start of the Jane Wisse Walk in Siren Saturday, May 28. “I am happy for the weather, for the returning scholarship winners that are here and for the people that are here,” Duane Wisse commented, adding, “I am excited that enough people want to continue to help with a scholarship in Jane’s memory and for the type of life she led.”

LEFT: Diane Richison, claiming that she was the oldest participant in Saturday’s Jane Wisse Walk in Siren, took off along the walk route with what she called her “Mary Poppins” bicycle.

Duane Wisse (R), husband of Siren High School physical education teacher Jane Wisse, is shown before the start of the Jane Wisse Walk in Siren Saturday, May 28, with Tadd Oachs, this year’s winner of the scholarship given in Wisse’s memory, and Siren teacher Jan Hoene (L). This is the sixth year for the Wisse Walk, which begins and ends at Crooked Lake Park.

Photos by Nancy Jappe

Burnett tentative redistricting sent to towns

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by Carl Heidel Leader staff writer SIREN - It happens every 10 years. The official census figures arrive to mark the changes that have occurred in the county population over the past decade, and then the work begins to redraw the boundaries of the districts of the county supervisors.

In Burnett County the tentative proposal for the 2011-2020 district lines was approved by the board of supervisors at its May 19 meeting, and now it’s in the hands of the county’s towns awaiting their final approval.

According to Wanda Hinrichs, county

clerk, and Jason Towne, county surveyor, most of the districts will see little change if any. The biggest changes will come in the village and Town of Grantsburg, and in the village of Webster and the Town of Meenon.

Towne said the redistricting process is relatively simple. Once the official county population count arrives, that figure is simply divided by the number of supervisor districts to see how many residents should be in each district. Then district lines are adjusted so that the correct number of residents is in each district.

The data from the 2010 census gives

If the towns approve this tentative plan, most districts will see little change in the district lines. The biggest changes will come in the Grantsburg and Webster areas. - Photos submitted Burnett County a total of 15,457 residents, a loss of 217 persons since the 2000 census.

These figures indicate that each supervisor’s district should have a population of 736.

Redrawing of those district lines is influenced not only by the base population count, but also by the need to divide the districts into voting wards of between 300 and 1,000 persons. And it’s the votingward factor that has produced changes in Grantsburg and Webster.

Until this census, Grantsburg was di-

Memorial Day 2011

These are the current district lines established after the 2000 census.

vided into two voting wards, but the population growth in Grantsburg and the Town of Grantsburg has made it necessary to create a third voting ward. Likewise, the growth in Webster and the Town of Meenon has forced the creation of a second ward in Webster.

The tentative redistricting now waits for approval from the towns, and that approval is expected by the end of July.

Then the final proposal will be drawn up for submission to the state by Sept. 1.

Milltown

Members of the George Melby Legion Post conducted the program at the Milltown Cemetery on Memorial Day. Pastor Danny Wheeler read the names of those veterans from the area that were buried there and elsewhere.

LEFT: The honor for the fallen soldier is a common recognition at Memorial Day services around the area. The George Melby Legion Post also recognized the fallen soldiers at the Memorial Day program at the Milltown Cemetery.

LEFT: The Unity Boy Scouts were a part of the Memorial Day program at the Milltown Cemetery.

Photos by Jeanne Alling RIGHT: Steve DuBois, Balsam Lake Legion, was about to begin the Memorial Day program when the clouds opened up and sent people scattering to their vehicles. It has been decades since they have been rained out on Memorial Day at the Balsam Lake Cemetery, commented one of the veterans.

Currents

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An award-winning newspaper serving NW Wisconsin Eagle hatchings filmed on Siren couple’s Iowa property

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Decorah eagle nest cam attracts more than 120 million viewers worldwide

by Nancy Jappe Leader staff writer SIREN - Ten-year-old Hannah Mangelsen had quite a story to tell her schoolteacher - a story about the hatching of three eaglets on Mangelsen property - a story that was followed by avid watchers all over the world via USTREAM. “Yah, right,” the teacher thought, not readily believing the story her young student was telling.

“I tried to tell people at school. They didn’t believe me,” Hannah told her parents that night.

The next morning, when meeting Hannah’s teacher, Holly Mangelsen confirmed what her daughter was saying. “I know it sounded like a line, but it really is our tree,” Mangelsen told the amazed teacher.

The hatching of three eaglets in a big nest, recorded via 24-hour-a-day infrared camera, took place on property belonging to Mangelsen and her husband, Jake, near Decorah, Iowa. The Mangelsens, who own the Chattering Squirrel and the Acorn Pantry in the Shops at the Lodge, Siren, bought the property in May 2006.

Holly’s first cousin, Roger Bjergum, and his wife, La Vonne, rented the property when they moved from their farm to be closer to town. Bjergum has since died, but La Vonne still lives there.

The eagles nest was in the tree next to the house when the Mangelsens bought the property. According to Holly, eagles mate for life. However, the first female eagle died during a snowstorm. “A new female came in and took over in the winter of 2007-2008,“ she said. The first eaglets were hatched in 2008, followed by three more in 2009, three in 2010, and three more, the “watched” three, a day or two apart in April of this year. The last eaglet hatched April 6.

Rob MacIntyre headed the Raptor Resource Project, an Iowa-based nonprofit organized to help birds of prey. Word of the eaglets hatching on the Mangelsen property came to the attention of MacIntyre and members of his group. At first, group members came to watch the hatch-

One of the live-cam views of the eagle nest in Decorah, Iowa. More than 120 million viewers have watched as a pair of eagles hatched eaglets and brought food such as fish and rabbits to the nest. - Special photo

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Holly Mangelsen took a trip Saturday, May 28, to the property she and husband Jake own in Decorah, Iowa. While there, she took this photo of the eagle nest with two of the eaglets in it and of the female eagle between them, tearing up some food for them. “I met people from all over,” Mangelsen said. “They had come to sit along the road and the bank of our yard to take pictures and watch with binoculars.”

This picture shows the mother eagle taking a little flight over her perch in a tree at the Decorah Fish Hatchery across the road from the nest in which her three eaglets were hatched in April. “Check out that wingspan,” Holly Mangelsen commented. “It can be as large as 80-90 inches.”

Holly Mangelsen of Siren (right), owner of property in Decorah, Iowa, on which a nest of hatching eaglets was filmed, is shown here with her daughters, 10-year-old Hannah and 5-year-old Grace, and with her cousin’s widow, La Vonne Bjergum, who lives on the property and keeps watch over the eagle nest. - Photos by Nancy Jappe ing, then they asked for permission to put a camera in the nest.

It was at this point that Bjergum became concerned about her “babies.” She was worried that putting the camera in the nest would destroy their habitat. “She would talk about the eagles all the time when she found out that somebody was studying them,” Holly said. “She was excited and surprised. She called us and, after talking it over, we agreed to let them put a camera in the nest.”

Actually there were three or four cameras put in the nest, at different times. The last one produced an infrared live feed that was shown on USTREAM on the Internet. “The number of viewers came in

at 34 million for the Chilean mine disaster,” Holly said. “There were over 120 million viewers for the eaglet hatching.

The whole world was watching, and it caught us off guard.”

Using the word “huge” for the nest is not an exaggeration. The eagle nest measures six feet across and is four feet deep. It is located in a large cottonwood tree and is about 80 feet off the ground. A trout stream runs behind the tree, and the Decorah Fish Hatchery is across the road.

“The eagles won’t leave. They have food for life,” Mangelsen commented.

The eaglet hatching has been recorded as part of a PBS documentary, “American Eagle,” produced by three-time Emmy

Award-winning filmmaker Neil Rettig and Bob Anderson. Luther College in Decorah started the online broadcasting that was caught later on USTREAM. A sad commentary on this story came about during the tornado that hit North Minneapolis Sunday, May 22. MacIntyre, mentioned above, was at his North Minneapolis home, using his tractor to help a neighbor remove tornado debris when he collapsed. His death has been attributed to a heart attack.

The Mangelsens are waiting for the arrival of a bag of letters from Iowa schoolchildren. The schoolchildren wrote the letters to thank the property owners for allowing them to watch the eaglet hatchings. Buses and cars full of people from every state in the U.S. have come out to the property to see the eagle nest. However, it is getting harder and harder to see the nest because the leaves are now coming out and covering the tree. The eaglets will soon leave the nest, taking flight at the beginning of July.

For more about this story, interested people can contact Jake or Holly Mangelsen at the Chattering Squirrel in Siren, or view the eaglet hatchings on the Internet at Decorah Eagle Cam or www.ustream.tv/channel/eagle-cam.

Graduation 2011

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St. Croix Falls

Smiles and hints of tears were the expressions on faces of the senior choir members as they sang a special song together during graduation. Pictured (L to R) are: Courtney Appling, Bailey Knippenberg, Bridgette Bayle, Ryan Jaremczuk, Joe Thayer and Heather Gilbert.

Alaina Mathias and Allison Swenson, salutatorian, walk into the high school gym for commencement at St. Croix Falls High School Friday evening, May 27.

Jessica Larcom wears a big smile after getting her diploma and a compliment on her rain boots from Superintendent Glenn Martin.

Heather Gilbert, Class of 2011, spoke about the past during the graduation speeches.

Justin Stone and Nathan Gravesen play guitar to a song sung by senior class members.

Joe Thayer talked about the future to the Class of 2011 during graduation speeches.

Connor Nelon addressed his class and the audience about the present during the graduation speeches.

Photos by Tammi Milberg

Frederic Little Miss contestants Nine contestants are hoping to be crowned the 2011 Little Miss Frederic, which will be announced during the Frederic Family Days weekend, June 17-19. Pictured (L to R) are: Kaleigh King, Natalie Chartrand, Rosalyn Lundquist, Kylie Schultz, Traci Chenal, Sophia Slather and Oliva Britton. Not pictured are Jada Jeske and Sommar Olson. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Photo by Marty Seeger

Last week I had

Just for

Laughs

lunch with a basketball player. It was awful. All he did was dribble. *** Joe Roberts My dad went to the dentist the other day. He told him, “I have yellow teeth, what do I do?”

The dentist smiled and said, “Wear a brown tie.“ *** A visitor to a college campus paused to admire the new Hemingway Hall. He remarked,”It’s a pleasure to see a building named for Ernest Hemingway.”

“Actually,” said the guide, “it’s named for Joshua Hemingway. No relation.”

“Oh?” he went on to ask,” Was Joshua Hemingway a writer also?”

“Yes, indeed,” said the guide, “He wrote a check.” *** My grandpa was recovering from surgery when a nurse asked him how he was feeling.

Grampa replied, “I’m alright, but I didn’t like the four-letter word the doctor used in surgery.”

The nurse asked, “What did he say? “ “Oops!”

The Swedish Club meets June 7

AMERY – The Swedish Club meets Tuesday, June 7, at 7 p.m., at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church on Deronda Street in Amery. The group will finalize plans for a Svenskarnasdag celebration at the Lamar Community Center on Saturday afternoon, June 25. Plans include a “Frog Song” customarily sung around the maypole tree and handicrafts for the event. Bring your ideas and join the group. Further information at www.foreverswedish.com. - submitted

Sixth essay on living self-reliantly

Living

Simply

I live at an ancient crossroad, in a humble abode, without television, Internet, or cell phone, on Ed Emerson a scrappy half acre, a crow fly two miles from lands originally owned by Ralph Waldo Emerson. I have chosen the self-reliant life for I believe this mode of living – or at least the freedom to make such a choice – has deep roots in our founding, and is the basis of what it means to be American.

I am a 14th-generation American who can trace his ancestry back to Essex, England. My ancestors arrived in New England in 1638. Derided as Puritans, they settled in Boston and Maine, to live the life of their calling, and free of conforming to the dictates of the king.

They made the great journey to the New World as outcasts, who sought to practice a lifestyle frowned upon by the Old. They wanted to live a life of their own choosing. Nonconformists by nature, these ancestors cultivated true grit and self-reliance. While their sins were many, they had the courage to blaze their own trail, and not simply march along to a life they saw as false and absent of meaning. The American Revolution was fought precisely so that we can become our own persons, and not be subjects to the mores of a king, nor the dictates of society.

The big trip

Any avid fisherperson will tell

Cold Turkey

you that the open water fishing season can never come early enough. I start dreaming about John W. Ingalls spring fishing shortly after I open my Christmas presents and the fever builds until it becomes almost unbearable. Near the middle of March I am in serious need of medication but nothing will treat this malady other than the first boat ride with a fishing rod in your hand. Usually I have to wait until mid- or late April to venture out but this year was different.

I have a friend who also suffers from fishing deprivation delirium. He deserves to remain anonymous so I will call him honest Andy. Each spring he and some of his family and friends head north to the MinnesotaCanadian border for the great spring walleye fishing on the Rainy River. He humbly reported catching walleyes as big as your leg and fishing action so fast and furious that you had to hide your bait behind a tree if you wanted to rest your arms. The only problem with this spring fling fishing trip is that it is in March when much of the north remains solidly encapsulated in ice and snow.

After a long, cold winter, this seemed like the perfect opportunity to start the fishing season early. My son-in-law John, his father Gary and I prepared for the big trip. We checked weather reports, river conditions, packed our boat and after negotiating an early release from my daughter’s birthday party we left at night for International Falls, Minn.

My friend Nora irritated me

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Letters from

Home

yesterday and I caught a bad case of self-righteousness.

Self-righteousness is a seductive feeling. Suddenly I am very wise. I know everything. I am Carrie Classon buoyed up by the energy of being absolutely right in a world where somebody else is just plain wrong.

It was (and in my case usually is) a small thing that triggered my self-righteousness. For a second time, Nora did something that I have told her drives me crazy. It was a small slight, but I was convinced she was ignoring my feelings because she’d done it before. I felt it proved, beyond a doubt, that there was something big and significant that Nora did not comprehend that I, in my superior wisdom, did.

Rather than allow myself to experience the small hurt I felt, I washed my small feeling of sadness away under a tsunami of self-righteousness.

There is no room in self-righteousness for a subtle difference in perspective. There’s no tolerance for the inevitable fallibility of each and every one of us. In the throes of self-righteousness, the closest I come to a real emotion is an overbearing and condescending pity for the poor misguided fool who is so very wrong.

I was cleaning my house as I thought of Nora’s misbehavior. (Housecleaning breeds self-righteousness in my experience.) As I relived my imagined slight, I was soon puffed up and stomping around the house, constructing scenarios and speeches which, at the opportune moment, I would spring on the poor unsuspecting and hopelessly misguided Nora. I would be ready for her.

When she heard my unassailable reason, I imagined her eyes would pop open in an utterly uncharacteristic manner. Her mouth would open wide and she would be silent for a moment before saying, “Oh my gosh, Carrie, you are so right. I didn’t see it until

this moment!”

I would be benevolent, of course, in my superior wisdom.

I would remain my usual humble self as I accepted her apologies for the slight which, after all, was not really a slight but merely a manifestation of her lack of understanding— understanding which I dispensed in my exclusive little corner market.

Strangely, after I had reveled in my imaginary scene of revelation and repentance, I noticed I wasn’t having much fun.

Self-righteousness, I was disappointed to notice, is not a very joyful thing. It’s sort of lonely when it comes right down to it. It actually feels like the opposite of real joy. I had savored my state of total correctness while sweeping the downstairs and washing the dishes, but by the time I got upstairs to change the cat litter, I wondered why I was not having much fun anymore.

In spite of all my wonderfully constructed arguments and fine speeches, I knew I wasn’t the great torchbearer of truth. On my best day, I illuminate the dim corners of my own behavior and reactions with a pocket flashlight.

After all my fine speeches were written and delivered to thunderous and entirely imaginary applause, in the moment of quiet that followed (while cleaning the cat box), I realized what I really wanted to say to my good friend Nora: “I wish you didn’t do this thing that makes me crazy. But you do, and I am still your friend. If I were perfect, maybe I’d have a right to ask you to change.

Since I’m not, I’ll just have to put up with a few things I don’t like in exchange for the wonderful good fortune of having you as my friend.”

Till next time, —Carrie

My great-great-grandfather, Norman, arrived in Wisconsin in 1846, and helped to found the Town of Loyal. Norman’s son, my great-grandfather, had a lumber town called Emerson, adjacent to Lac Du Flambeau. A state-heritage marker designates the site where, circa 1905, he holds the dubious distinction of having cut down the last virgin stand of white pine in Wisconsin - and perhaps the nation. And a Dr. John Emerson, a medical physician at Fort Snelling, was one of four original signers to the incorporation papers for St. Croix Falls.

My cousin distantly removed, Ralph Waldo, the great American transcendentalist – who owned land at Bass Lake in Burnett County – left behind some notebooks. Here is what he wrote 160 years ago, as he tried to articulate the quintessential characteristic of what it means to be American: “Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of my own mind. No law is sacred to me but that of my own nature. The only right path is what is after my constitution, the only wrong what is against it ... I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to large societies and dead institutions. What I must do is all that concerns me – not what the people think ... I shall write upon the lintels of the doorpost – Whim! “

It would be good for us to reconnect with the essential elements of our American character – to be our own persons – self-reliant and independent – and to blaze our own trail. It is necessary every now and then to let your hair down – to act on a whim – and to step out from this conformist box we find ourselves in. To refuse to do so is to lose the reasons why we are here – not just in America, but in this skin and bones we call the self. A little eccentricity is good for the soul – for if we are to truly be alive we must be more than just timid spectators. It is easy for theworld to condemn the man of self-reliance, for he of little needs and few desires is useless to consumerist culture. While outwardly he may appear a bum, inwardly he may have sewn a jewel where no rust shall corrupt.

My life at the crossroads, in this humble abode, is an experiment on this transcendent journey we call life. I no longer have the means, nor want, to keep up with the Joneses. I have made my contribution to society and now seek to retire to the quiet mountains of solitude and simplicity – to live in a balanced and harmonious way, – to look at life’s game with an inner calm, with the eyes of a child, natural and spontaneous, and not be bothered anymore by what people are thinking or saying. Now that I am an old man I shall let my lawn grow long, unshaven, and watch the wildflowers grow about the field.

Despite high expectations and a positive outlook we encountered the first of several difficulties. A short distance into the trip I realized that the boat trailer didn’t have any lights.

MD This may not be as serious during the day on some back roads near home but on a highway at night going 65 mph this could be a problem. Undaunted we found and replaced the burnt fuse and continued onward deeper into the land of spruce and moose.

The next day was gray and cold but our hearts and hands were kept warm with the flood of anticipation.

Finally after a long dreary winter we were going fishing again. Launching the boat into the cold, ice-lined river was clearly different from the usual summer fishing but we were finally on the water. Dedicated to our task we tried every option and idea that we had at our disposal but without success. No fish. Every other boat that we came in contact with stated the same thing, “You should have been here last week” or “You should have been here last year, it was incredible.” We nodded our heads and muttered quietly while continuing to beat the water to a froth.

The primary source of our entertainment was watching Volkswagon-sized icebergs inhabited by dozens of white pelicans drifting past our boat. They gawked and squawked, wondering if our fishing equipment was any more efficient than theirs.

The weather turned colder and it began to rain. The balmy 35-degree weather suddenly took on a chill as the north wind drove rain and sleet into our faces and

yet we labored on. Finally with nearly frozen hands dripping wet from the sleet and rain I felt a bump on my fishing line. Lifting my fishing rod I realized nothing was moving and then it did move. From the Minnesota side of the river to the Canadian side and back, up and down the river for over an hour we chased the monster of a fish until finally through the muddy water a 55-inch sturgeon surfaced and we were able to lift it into the boat and pose for pictures. We finally had a fish but it didn’t bite, I snagged it in the fin.

Happy to be rid of us he waved his tail and disappeared back into the freezing, muddy river.

The next day was decidedly better. The clear sky and sunshine was a welcome sight after the cold driving rain, but the rain did its damage. The river was filled with ice chunks bigger than our boat and entire trees and logs were drifting down the river. Driving 70 miles to another spot on the river we tried again but finally conceded. Over 18 hours on the water, most of that in driving rain and wind, and we didn’t actually catch a single fish. There was nothing else to do but quit. After a quick change of clothes we celebrated with a hot lunch at a restaurant in International Falls.

We all agreed, it was a great trip and we would do it again someday.

Fishing is like that. If you have a red bait, the fish want green. If you have a yellow bait they want black.

If you are upstream they are downstream, if you are in deep water they are in shallow. If it is too sunny they won’t bite so you go in cold, miserable, cloudy weather and they don’t bite then either. If you really want to know the best time to go fishing then find out when I am going and plan to go the week before or the week after or next month or even next year.

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River Road

Rambling the river

Morel mushrooms were higher last week on the Chicago Board of Trade as news of a lower crop on the Hanson farm ricocheted through the raucous halls.

Nervous traders who had shorted on May morels were in near panic as they heard that Margo had found none yet this year and Russ only five. Worry mushroomed through financial sectors and the stock market dropped like Alice shrinking in Wonderland as traders looked for asset fungibility.

All the conditions to find the delicious wild mushrooms are right; fresh rain, warm weather, lilacs in full bloom, ticks and mosquitoes out. But, after a week ago when I found five big ones around the base of single dead elm, we have been skunked. My friends tell me they are finding a few, but not many. Hopefully, we are still early in the season and may find some more before it is over.

Those morels I did find were around an elm that died last summer. Not many elms died here last year, so maybe that is the problem. By the looks of the thin leaf cover on many of my elms this spring, dozens will die through the summer and be morel-ready next spring. On the strength of that, I forward contracted a ton of May 2012 morels at $12.50 per pound. The local farmers market rate is generally $4-$10 a pound, so I could be rich next year at this time!

Chuck and Tim, a couple of Bone Lake friends, have been asking to take a guided trip down a stretch of the St. Croix River since last year. Everything finally came together last week and we took a short run down from CTH O to Sunrise, about eight miles. We used my old aluminum canoe, the last of the Grummans manufactured at Minong for the Links. I got it cheap after the wind picked it up and impaled it on the point of a pontoon boat. A little body work and some marine epoxy has made it riverworthy for 25 years. It is totally lacking in a keel—a wonderful river rapids canoe, but skitters like a leaf out on a windy lake.

Tim took the bow paddle and Chuck the stern as I filmed and narrated from cushions in the bilge. As the pilot, captain and guide and storyteller, I didn’t have time to help. I did give plenty of canoeing instruction—you know my greatgreat-grandpa was a whaler back in Norway and I inherited the sea in my blood. They wanted the full historical account of the river, so I passed it along from my firsthand knowledge.

“The 1837 treaty with the Ojibwe opened the area to logging and settlement. The first logging was by John Boyce in the winter of 1837-1838 just upriver from where we put in on the Snake.

The Indians hadn’t heard about the treaty and hindered his efforts; then the rapids at St. Croix Falls broke up his log rafts and the old accounts say he left the area discouraged, not getting his logs downriver.

“Well, Mom’s cousin, Mae Carnes, who lived here on the Wisconsin riverbank, married Rex Boyce of Sunrise, Minn., just across the river from their ferry business. I don’t know if he was related to John Boyce—likely was as the name is pretty uncommon. Rex’s father, Silas, married Prudence Clover, one of the Clovers from Sunrise and the Barrens.

Her brother was one of the Sunrise boys who walked back home from the Deep South after they were mustered out of the Civil War in 1865. I think they took most of a year for the walk—guess they thought it would be a chance to see the country! Probably a good way to get rid of post-traumatic stress.

“Downriver a little farther, near where Wild Mountain is, my grandpa’s uncle Clint Beebe farmed pretty close to the river. Grandpa lived just south of Nevers Dam on the Wisconsin riverbank— where Duane Larson lives now. At that time you could use Nevers Dam as a bridge so going to visit back and forth across the river was quick. You could cross at Nevers, Sunrise, Highway O (Rush City Ferry) and of course the toll bridge at Grantsburg or the free bridge at St. Croix Falls. Minnesota and Wisconsin folks weren’t so separated as they are now.

“Nevers Dam was built at the head of about six miles of rapids to the south.

Originally, there was a ferry across the river there. Charlie Nevers lived on the

Ramblings Collected by Russ Hanson

An old tintype from Grandma’s album showing some ancestors. Possibly the Browns or Carnes from Iowa who came to Sterling and settled along the St. Croix back when the glacier was still melting. If you recognize any of them, let the Rambler know! – Photo submitted

Wisconsin side. His wife was one of the missionary-school-educated Ojibwe women. They are buried over on Hwy. 87 at the cemetery south of Eureka— Pleasant Hill. The loggers bought up all the riverbanks from St. Croix Falls way upriver so they could flood it and run their logs down. John Robinson told me his grandpa owned to the bank near Wolf Creek. Had to sell when the loggers built Nevers and flooded the area.

“Normally we would have put in at Hwy. 70 by Grantsburg. Didn’t want to spend all day on the river, so we jumped in where the Rush City Ferry went across on Hwy. O. I talked to LeRoy Hedberg last week. He said the Grantsburg toll bridge was bought by the state in the early 1950s. He was the very first driver and vehicle to go across free. He was working for Shoholm in Grantsburg – made chicken egg crates and later snow fence. He had a load of egg crates—you know those wood kind that fold down flat – and happened to be there when they had the ceremony to open it as a free bridge. It was in the paper – his 15 minutes of fame! Reminds me—Don Davidson was one of the last trucks to go over the Osceola bridge before it dropped into the river I think. He hauled cattle to South St. Paul.

“Great-Grandpa Carnes and two brothers homesteaded in West Sterling on the sand barrens near the river. They called it the barrens because it was mostly open and easy to farm. The little topsoil over the sand dunes soon wore out and blew the farmers farther east.

Grandpa did a little farming, some logging and some preaching. His family took over the Sunrise Ferry and ran that until it closed. During the Prohibition and for some years after, there was a steady business hauling the moonshiners big cars loaded with booze across the river at night as they made their runs to the Twin Cities.

“Another grandpa owned 260 acres of land just up from the river at the county line. A couple of creeks came out of springs further up along the shore— Davis and Lagoo creeks named after old settlers. Big springs boiling out of the bank, one going north toward the river and one south. Grandpa sold it to some sportsmen in the 1940s, Milard and Shepard, I think, and they called it Lagoo Camp after the old creek and loggers. I think they sold most of it to the DNR last year, maybe except where the trout ponds are.

“Dad and his brothers lived there and trapped the east bank just south of the county line during the Depression winters; along here where all the little creeks and springs tumble down into the river.

There were few jobs in the winter and trapping gave them adventure, some money and something to do when they weren’t needed on the farm. ‘I can work all day long for a farmer and make a buck; I can catch a muskrat and get 50 cents, a skunk for a dollar, and be my own boss,’ said Dad. “Anyway, you see these two islands ahead in the river. They mark where Polk County starts. Dad told me that he and his brother Lloyd trapped on them back in the ‘30s up to 1940—last year was the big Armistice Day Storm. He said the

islands were actually just big piles of logs and trees that had jammed on some rapids and gradually sand covered them over and these silver maples grew on the sand. He said they trapped down in holes between the old logs to catch beavers, mink, otter and muskrats.

Clarence and Elias Blair trapped the land to the south of him.

“They called the muskrats ‘bank rats’ because instead of making a house of cattails, they made holes in the riverbank.

The fur buyers paid a premium for the St. Croix muskrats over regular pond ones.

A little bigger or better fur I think it was.

The beavers live in holes in the bank along the river too rather than brush houses.

“After Nevers washed out in 1954, Uncle Lloyd helped with the demolition of the old pine dam. He bought some of the old logs and sawed them to build his house up the River Road. He said they were still sound. When Uncle Alvin was living on the river in the 1930s, he pulled out some of the waterlogged pine deadheads and dried them and sawed them for lumber too. Turned out to be good lumber. Lots of them were floating out there when we swam at Sunrise in the ‘60s.

“Back in the late 1960s when Sen. Gaylord Nelson and others were pushing the Wild River concept, the St. Croix was considered for inclusion. It was pretty much wild as most of the land immediately along the shore was owned by Northern States Power Co. – left over from when the loggers built Nevers Dam and had to buy up the shoreline above the dam so they could flood it. When the dam washed out in 1954, NSP held onto the land. Darn nice of them to give it to the government for a park!

“Well, there were hearings in Sterling at the town hall to inform the local people about what was being planned and to get their opinion on whether it was a good idea or not. Dad was chairman of the town during that time – or at least part of the time. After some meetings the general opinion was expressed by one of the local people who said ‘If Northern States sells it, the rich folks from the Twin Cities will buy it all up and put up no trespassing signs and all of us who have enjoyed fishing, hunting, swimming and boating will be shut out. If the feds take it over, it will probably get more crowded, but we will still be able to enjoy it.’ Sterling went along with the idea and even traded some land the town owned closer to the river for some farther away. At that time, the state still owned most of Section 16 in east and west Sterling—the school sections. I think they traded some of that.

The county traded land too.

“When we used to come out swimming at the Sunrise ferry area after a hot day of haying, Floyd Harris was still pasturing the area—rented it from NSP. Everybody called it ‘Floyd’s big pasture.’

The place was open and like a mowed park when the cows kept it grazed and the brush and trees in check. We had the idea that the Wild River area might end up with the whole thing looking like a mowed park—didn’t have much idea of what wild meant, I guess. Anyway, it was disappointing at first; the beautiful open areas became brush as the pastures

grew over; the beautifully mowed Nevers area turned to just brush. Few scenic river vistas from the road anymore and very limited car access. But it does look pretty nice from a river canoe. Just takes a while to get used to—the idea of wild.

Even the Indians didn’t like it too wild, they helped keep the barrens open by burning it if nature didn’t do it often enough. They liked some prairie animals in the big woods.

“Nevers Dam went in about 1889 or so and out in 1954. I remember it pretty well. To understand the need for it, just think of a flush toilet. To get the big logs through the rapids at St. Croix Falls, where they jammed, you backed up water and logs at Nevers and flushed them down. Exactly like a toilet!

“One of Grandpa’s cousins, Violet Beebe, the family that lived over by Wild Mountain, married Rupert Fisk. I think Rupert’s dad, Chester, worked on both Nevers and the St. Croix Falls dams. Violet’s sister, Marie, married a Colby from Taylors Falls. That family, if I remember it right, was one of the first to build a house in that town. If you live in an area very long, you get connected to most of the other people around too.”

With the trip over in just a few hours, and some time to spare, I took Chuck and Tim for a tour of the Sterling Barrens. We drove up to the DNR’s Sterling Firetower on Fox Ridge where I spent the summer of 1970 honing my philosophy of life during the long damp summer where we had no fires at all in our district that season. You got paid for looking for smoke out the window 100 feet above the top of the high ridge. I set a record for distance viewing, reporting the black smoke from Penta Wood Products smokestack 25 miles away at Siren. My philosophy of life came from Satchel Paige, the great black baseball pitcher; “Don’t look back, they might be gaining on you,” although while in the tower I changed it to “don’t look down …”

I took them to the Old Settlers Cemetery at the mouth of Cowan where it joins Trade River. George Williamson was mowing the cemetery getting it ready for Memorial Day. The little chapel looks great after having been burned and then rebuilt a couple of years ago. The Sterling Homemakers are planting some flowers and shrubs out there this year.

George has repaired some of the old pipe fence that had rusted out. It looks pretty inviting for eternal repose, although out there the abundance of bugs, mosquitoes, deerflies and ticks convinced people to be buried 8 feet deep. George–I printed out a copy of the few old church records–just have to remember to give them to you to put in the church.

If you are looking for a guided tour with narration down the St. Croix by a genuine bank rat and you have a comfortable canoe with plenty of room for a passenger in the middle, I can be rented at only $200 per hour. I guarantee that you will not get lost in the trackless St. Croix wilderness area; that you will learn more about the river than anyone might think is possibly true or want to know; and you will be eternally grateful to finish the trip. Bookings are going fast, so act now!

The brand-new “Second Book of Stories of the Trade River Valley” by Stan Selin and Russ Hanson is on sale by the Sterling Eureka and Laketown Historical Society. Mail order they are $20 to SELHS, Box 731, Cushing, WI 54006 (postage is included). Stop at At-las Antiques, the Trade Lake store or U.S. Bank at Cushing. All risk and income goes to the local historical society to be used to preserve local history. Almost 200 pages with a picture per page. Covers history of Trade Lake, Trade River and some of Grantsburg, Cushing, Atlas, Alabama, and the other suburbs of Little Trade Lake. Book one sold out in the first year.

Book two continues where the last one left off, and is guaranteed to be doubly exciting, doubly educational, and of double quality or half your money back upon return of the unopened book.

Packaging products

What is the advantage of buying a 4-pound bag of

sugar, rather than the traditional 5-pound bag? When the weight changed, I thought it was sneaky of the company. It’s not right to try to fool the U.S. customer.

When 8 pounds of potatoes looked the same as 10 pounds, I thought it was dishonest of the producer.

We might think we are getting a bargain, but we are being fooled.

I don’t buy coffee, so goodness knows what sizes coffee comes in. We use instant coffee as I don’t perk or drip or boil coffee.

It is very misleading! That’s why we stand in the aisles of stores reading the information on the can or bag or box.

I remember when cereals dropped their coupons, assuring us that they would continue low prices.

(Ha!) Whenever I buy oatmeal, I pour it out of its cardboard cylinder into a large plastic jar. The jar never holds all the contents. It does now, considerably below the rim. Yet the buyer looks at the packaging and thinks it holds the same amount as always. Not so! It says so right on the box, but who would have thought?

A pound of bacon? How about 10 or 12 ounces?

Some bacon is sliced so thin, you can barely peel off a slice to lay it in the skillet. I no longer make Spanish rice with bacon, but substitute a little ground beef instead. It’s hard to believe old ads from 40 to 50 years ago when bacon was 39 cents a pound.

This is just one of my gripes. Someday I’ll share others. I know I’m not alone but we are the victims of big industry.

P.O. memory It has been a long time since I’ve stood at a post office desk to write a postcard or check. Perhaps the P.O. inkwell has long since disappeared, giving way to a ballpoint pen for patrons to use. Longtime friends sent me the following.

To a Post Office Inkwell How many humble hearts have dipped In you, and scrawled their manuscript?

Have shared their secrets, told their cares, Their curious and quaint affairs?

Your pool of ink, your scratchy pen, Have moved the lives of unborn men.

And watched young people, breathing hard, Put heaven on a postal card.

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Behind the

Signpost

Do you remember?

Bernice Abrahamzon With all the good you can, As long as you can.

Why worry?

There are only two reasons for worry: Either you are successful, or you are not successful.

If you are successful, there is nothing to worry about. If you are not successful, there are only two things to worry about: Your health is good or you are sick.

If your health is good, there is nothing to worry about.

If you are sick, there are only two things to worry about: You are either going to get well, or you are going to die.

If you are going to get well, there is nothing to worry about. If you are going to die, there are only two things to worry about: You are either going to heaven, or you are not going to heaven.

If you are going to heaven, there is nothing to worry about. If you are going to the other place, you will be so busy shaking hands with your friends you won’t have time to worry. So why worry?

Heart gifts It’s not the things that can be bought That are life’s richest treasure, It’s just the little heart gifts That money cannot measure.

A cheerful smile, a friendly word, A sympathetic nod, Are priceless little treasures From the storehouse of our God. They are the things that can’t be bought With silver and gold.

For thoughtfulness and kindness And love are never sold.

They are the priceless things in life For which no one can pay, And the giver finds rich recompense In giving them away. – Anonymous Until next week, Bernice

John Wesley Do all the good you can, In all the ways you can, To all the souls you can, At all the times you can,

Webster state forenics partipants Webster High School students who participated in the state forenics were front row (L to R): Tessa Schiller (gold in play acting) and Danielle Formanek (gold in play acting). Back row: Bree Watral (silver in prose), Gabby Schiller (gold in play acting), Audrey Mulliner (gold in public address), Austin Bork (gold in extemporaneous speaking) and Alyce DeBlase (baby bronze in solo acting, serious). – Photo submitted

Students help create gardens

Compiled by Bernice Abrahamzon

50 Years Ago

Specials at Anderson’s Clover Farm Store, Frederic, included bananas at 10¢/lb., canned peaches (halves) at four tins for $1, 10-oz. jar Folgers instant coffee at $1.19, Betty Crocker cake mixes at two for 69¢, plus free coffee and cookies.-“Ben Hur” was playing at the Frederic Theatre.-Auctions were held at the J.W. Olson farm, northeast of Range; and the farms of LeRoy Rummel, east of Cumberland; Charles and Raymond Telly, east of S. Branch; and Jim Jewell, west of Siren.Remember Jesse Bolton, country auctioneer, Grantsburg? Remember auctioneer Paul Christensen, Grantsburg?-Sweet corn acreage at Milltown greatly curtailed by new feed grain program.-The Polk County Federation of Women’s Club Convention was held May 8-9, at Frederic.-A spring supper was held May 4, at the Lewis Methodist Church, serving beef roast, gravy, mashed potatoes, string beans, gelatinsalad, pickles, rolls, dark bread, pie and coffee at an adult price of $1 and 50¢ for children.-The Frederic Telephone System went to complete dial Sunday, May 7, 1961.-The junior/senior prom at Frederic was May 6.-Helen Adams, Cumberland, was named Teacher of the Year.-National Hospital Week was May 7-13.Knute Anderson died at Forsyth, Mont.-The Frederic Fire Association was seeking bids for a new fire hall.Specials at Route’s, Frederic, included fig bars at two boxes at 39¢ and 10 grapefruit at 35¢.

40 Years Ago

Frederic Family Days would conclude with country western music and prize drawings.-Summer school would begin June 14 at Siren.—A 50-year reunion at Luck was set for July 10.-Specials at Anderson’s Store, Siren, included 4 lbs. honey at 98¢, blueberry pie mix at two cans for 69¢, chocolate or vanilla puddings at three boxes for 25¢ and Crisco shortening at 99¢ for 3lb. can.-Red Arrow Sports, SCF, advertised the Benelli motorcycle with a 25,000-mile, 25-month warranty priced $233 and up.-Specials at the Frederic Co-op Store included whole pork loins at 58¢/lb. (14-17 lb. avg.), ground chuck at 78¢/lb., and 3-breasted fryers at 38¢/lb.-Specials at Route’s, Frederic, included cucumbers, radishes or onions at 9¢ each, bacon at 37¢/lb., 12 oz. wieners at 57¢ and Hunt’s catsup at four bottles for $1.-Gustafson’s advertised strawberry cheesecake.-Family Days were set for June 11, 12, 13.A bus trip was planned from Siren for Oshkosh pageant.-La-Z-Boy recliners were popular at furniture stores.-Lawson Greenhouses, Frederic, planned to have a 1¢ sale on bedding plants. The customer could buy one at regular price and the second one was 1¢.Frederic Auto Co. had a stock reduction sale.-Arrow Building Center had a patio block sale at 20¢ each.The new postmaster at Frederic was Charles Freeberg, who had 29 years of postal experience.

20 Years Ago

Deputy Mike Severson battled for his life after shooting.-A trust fund was set for Severson.-The Housing Authority tried to work out problems involving Clayton Apartments.-Ritchie Christianson, Grantsburg, was available for horseshoeing and hoof trimming.-The original dollhouse of a Frederic public library was pictured. It is now located on Frederic Museum grounds.-Ruby’s Bakery, Milltown, was for sale, but was still open and operating until sold.-An ad said, “Yes, Clarence and Betty Fenton moved” from the old place.-A wedding dance was held April 27 for Ron Peterson and Marilynn Murphy at the Indian Creek Legion Hall.-The Land O’ Lakes Choir, boys 812, put on a concert at Luck Lutheran Church on Sunday, April 28.-Frederic forensic students did well at state competition.-A volunteer appreciation coffee was served on Saturday, April 27, at the United Pioneer Homes, Luck.-Home radon testing kits were available at health office.-The Hansen Brothers told about Desert Storm experience.-A smelt fry was held as the Frederic Depot project.-The Luther Point director, Ted Berkland, planned to retire.-A heart saver refresher course was offered.-Carl and Grace McCurdy celebrated 50 years of marriage.-Tourism efforts were announced for northern colonies.-A Grantsburg community leader, Claire Erickson, died suddenly.

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24106 St., Hwy. 35 • Siren, WI Phone 715-349-2221 • Fax 715-349-7350 On Wednesday, May 25, the Frederic eighth-grade class helped the Frederic Parks plant the community garden beds in Frederic. They did a great job. If anyone would like to see more photos of the class planting, visit the Frederic Parks Facebook page.

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Engagement

Happy Tails

Await

Arnell Humane Society of Polk County

Frommader/Denn

Bruce and Amy Frommader proudly announce the engagement of their daughter, Sarah A. Frommader, to Peter R. Denn, son of Joseph and Patricia Denn.

Peter is a recent graduate of Chippewa Valley Technical College with a certificate in HVAC-refrigeration. He is currently self-employed doing painting and drywall.

Sarah is a senior nursing student at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire and is set to graduate in December 2011.

They plan to be married on July 30, 2011, at The Lodge in Siren. – Photo submitted

Duke is an extra-large, handsome butter-yellow Lab. He loves people and if you have a ball to throw for a game of fetch, you are his dream come true. Duke is 3 years old, neutered and ready to help you with all your summer activities on the farm or at the lake. He is good with dogs and kids. He isn’t sure about cats, but he is willing to give them a try. Visit the Arnell shelter to meet Duke and his canine friends in the Dog Adoption Kennel.

Butch and Daisy are purebred basset hounds, 6 and 7 years old, ready to go home today. Also available are a clan of miniature pinschers, a butter-brickle hound-mix puppy and a sweetheart mini dachshund female. The Cat Adoption Room is filled to capacity.

Only one more week to donate to the Arnell Fundraising Garage Sale. Donation accepted at the shelter Monday – Friday, noon to 5 p.m., and

Dewey LaFollette Karen Mangelsen

Sympathy is extended to Jack (Paul) Sexton, Ethel Clausen, Jerry Sexton and other family members due to the death of Lee Sexton. He was 78.

Sympathy is also extended to Rosemary Phelps and Sandy Herzinger and other relatives due to the death of Elizabeth (Betty) Searles. She was 91.

Donna and Gerry Hines went to Vadnais Heights, Minn., Thursday, and stayed with Brenda and Tim Sweet. On Friday they attended the wedding of their granddaughter, Nichole Sweet, to Luke Gruber. Gerry and Donna came home Saturday.

Nina and Lawrence Hines, Karen and Hank Mangelsen and Marlene Swearingen all attended the wedding of Nicole Sweet and Luke Gruber in Vadnais Heights, Minn., Friday evening. Marlene, Hank and Karen came home that night. Lawrence and Nina stayed overnight with Nancy and Steve Hagen. On Saturday they went to the sixth birthday party for their great-granddaughter Aubrey Harrison before they came home.

Lida and Don Nordquist attended the graduation celebration for their granddaughter, Randi Funk, Friday evening. They then went to the wedding reception for Nicole (Sweet) and Luke Gruber.

Jim, Alan and Ryan Hanna were supper guests of Ronda and Maynard Mangelsen Saturday.

Hank and Karen Mangelsen and Don and Lida Nordquist visited Nick and Esther Mangelsen at their lake home in Siren Saturday. Several other relatives and friends were there also to help Esther and Nick celebrate their 56th wedding anniversary.

Burnett County Post 1256 of the VFW presented a military program at Hertel Lakeview Cemetery Monday morning. Area folks who attended sang several patriotic songs.

A number of relatives gathered at the home of Duane and John Otis Monday. They celebrated Duane’s birthday and Memorial Day. Over 30 family members came to the potluck meal at the home of Nina and Lawrence Hines Monday to commemorate Memorial Day. The 13th wedding anniversary of Jake and Holly Mangelsen was celebrated and also the birthday of Jane Hines.

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I hope everyone is well and enjoying some of the nice weather we’ve been having in between the thunderstorms and rain. My brother Eli is terrified of the thunder and lightning and most of Sunday morning hid in the spare bedroom. He didn’t even want his cookie, can you imagine that? I of course had no problem eating his and mine.

Our mom is heading off to Canada to visit our granny and will be gone the first two weeks of June, so I’m not sure if I’ll have someone to help me with my column. Dad’s not very good with the typing so I guess I’ll have to see what I can do and Dad will be in charge of feeding and cleaning up after all of us so we’ll see what happens.

I must apologize for not writing my column the week before last week but then I had a serious case of writer’s block if you know what I mean and then there was some kind of mix-up last week and it didn’t get printed. Anyway I’m back today to bring you up to date on the Shelter YAPpenings and tell you who’s who at the zoo!!

Some of my friends have been adopted since I last gave you an update. Hmmmmm - let’s see if I can remember them all. First there was Sully the shepherd, adopted by a wonderful lady and now living in Amery and doing great. Sue the Lab also went as did Rocco the Yorkie and Homie the daschund, all now comfortable in their new, loving homes. It’s so wonderful that there are such kind and caring humans out there that give a loving home to the shelter animals.

The beautiful Duchess with the big heart is back at the shelter, unfortunately things didn’t work out for her in her new home. I think I’m a tad jealous because she is a shelter favorite, everyone there loves her and she just needs that special person to spend time with her and see what a great dog she is.

There are still some other great dogs looking for

Alice Ford had an essay in last Wednesday’s issue of The Country Today published in Eau Claire.

It is titled “Cemetery No Longer Center of Memorial Day Tributes.”

Time has now run out for submitting bids on reroofing the Lewis Memorial United Methodist Church. Contact persons were Scott Nelson or Bob Nelson.

The church grounds are looking very nice right now. Originally landscaped and planted by LeRoy Jones, it is a good memorial to him although not all shrubs have survived the interim years. From time to time the shrubs have been pruned and shaped.

An administrative board meeting was held last Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Lewis church preceded by a fellowship supper at 6 p.m. LaVonne Boyer and Bob Nelson share chairman honors, and Bob led the May meeting.

Saturdays, noon to 4 p.m.; or by appointment.

Collect items from your neighbors, family and friends and make a combined donation.

715-268-7387 (PETS) Pleasant Lake 4-H group is presenting a concert Duke and play on June 4, noon to 1 p.m., to benefit the Arnell Humane Society. Goodwill donations will be accepted; raffle baskets, homemade dog treats and dog bandanas available to purchase. Meet them at the gazebo in Mill Pond Park during Rhubarb Days in Osceola. Membership information for 4-H and Arnell Humane Society will be available. See you there.

Arnell Memorial Humane Society, 185 Griffin St. E, Amery, or online: Arnellhumane.org.

The Clear Lake High School construction class built a cedar storage shed for Arnell Memorial Humane Society.

Construction supplies donated by were Viebrock Construction, Osceola. Five students of the class, taught by Josh Ganje, constructed the 14’ x 8’ shed during the last three months of the school year. Pictured in front of the shed are four of the students from that class. – Photo submitted

Shelter

YAPpenings Sadie their forever homes.

They have such wonderful personalities so please come and visit with them and give them a chance. Pretty Polly has been there the longest, she is still a puppy Isac with boundless energy and loves people. She barks for your attention but when she’s got it, she is over the moon with happiness. Penny is another great puppy with lots of energy and would love nothing better than to be in her own home with her own humans to care for her. Then there is my friend Isac who we think is a collie/husky mix; sweet Jessica and Rocky, aka Mr. Personality. Looks like Shiloh has an approved adopter and will be leaving the shelter on June 7.

Check out the picture of Isac.

On the feline side of things, Cindy’s three beautiful kittens have all gone to their new homes and Cindy leaves us on Tuesday and Shabastin left last Tuesday. Tabatha and her kittens came in last Saturday and are all ready for adoption - thanks to Kris for fostering and taking such good care of them. Kitten Stella, beautiful Shadow, twins Jose and Dudley and now Jaggs, who is a big ginger

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Members of the Lewis Cemetery Association worked at the cemetery Wednesday, some volunteers spending almost the whole day there. Crews always want to make the cemetery look nice for Memorial Day. Sympathy is extended to Ethel Lane of Golden Oaks Apts., Frederic, whose sister passed away, (also to her extended family). Her daughter, Marlene Nelson, volunteered to drive family members to Iowa for the services.

Lilacs, both lavender and white, were at their peak over the Memorial Day weekend. Some of them were damaged, however, by winter’s heavy snows and ice.

The Indianhead Gem and Mineral Society will meet Monday, June 6, at 7 p.m., at the Luck Senior Citizen Center. Program plus refreshments.

Confirmation has already been held at the Siren

Engagement

Skow/Boddy

Ardell and Carol Skow of Luck are pleased to announce the engagement of their son, Corey Erickson, to Allison Boddy, daughter of Jerry and Dee Boddy of New Ulm, Minn.

Corey is a 2003 graduate of Luck High School and a 2007 graduate of the University of Minnesota - Duluth. He is currently attending William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minn.

Allison is a 2002 graduate of New Ulm High School and a 2006 graduate of the University of Minnesota-Duluth. She received her Doctorate of Pharmacy from the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy in 2010 and is employed by Walgreens in St. Anthony, Minn.

The couple is planning a June 11 wedding in New Ulm, Minn. – Photo submitted male, guessing about 12 years old, are all looking for homes. The shelter is getting calls almost daily on unwanted cats and kittens and we are full to the brim. Because there are so many cats at the Stella moment, they are all going for a small price. Males $25 and females $33 and while the shelter doesn’t make any money on cat adoptions, the important thing is to find them a loving home. I wish people would spay or neuter their pets so that there won’t be so many that don’t have homes.

I think I will leave you with another poem by Patricia Walker about a cat:

Found A New Home

Left by the road, nobody cared I really hoped that I would be spared.

Out for a walk, along came a friend heard my cry, I knew she would bend.

Called kitty kitty, then picked me up I was so small like a little tea cup.

Went for a ride, found a new home no longer lost, never alone.

See you next week and until then I’m sending you plenty of licks and tailwags!

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United Methodist Church, and will be held at the Lewis church, Sunday, June 5, for Nicole Nelson and Taylor Alseth.

The NW Regional Writers will meet a week from this Friday, June 10, at Espresso Cabin, Grantsburg, at 1 p.m. The assignment is to write fiction and somewhere in the piece use the word “injury.” The NW Regional Writers and the Poco Penners recently sponsored a school writing contest.

Cremains of Dagmar Burgess were interred at the Lewis Cemetery last Thursday by family members.

Her husband, John, had died a long time ago.

Rain was unfortunate on Memorial Day as ceremonies had been scheduled at various cemeteries in the area. (Poets would say tears fell from the sky on an already sad day).

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Births

Born at St. Croix Regional Medical Center:

A boy, Daylin Thomas Pranghofer, born May 10, 2011, to Thomas Pranghofer and Melanie Rogers, Taylors Falls, Minn. Daylin weighed 8 lbs.

••• A boy, Isaiah Theis, born May 12, 2011, to Shawn and Justin Theis, Centuria. Isaiah weighed 8 lbs., 7 oz.

••• A boy, Caleb John Houman, born May 14, 2011, to Michael and Crystal Houman, Danbury. Caleb weighed 8 lbs., 8 oz.

••• A boy, Malachi John Kreuser-Peterson, born May

16, 2011, to Jenny and Tim Kreuser-Peterson, Grantsburg. Malachi weighed 7 lbs.

••• A boy, Oliver Ian French, born May 20, 2011, to Aaron French and Brenda McClay, Frederic. Oliver weighed 8 lbs., 2 oz.

••• A boy, Remington John Larson, born May 20, 2011, to Emily Nelson and Anthony Larson, Osceola.

Remington weighed 8 lbs., 6 oz.

••• A boy, Wesson Howard Braastad, born May 23, 2011, to Felicia and Ryan Braastad, Turtle Lake.

Wesson weighed 7 lbs., 8 oz.

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Interstate Park news

Naturalist programs at Wisconsin Interstate Park

Friday, June 3

Molten Lava and Melted Ice, 3 p.m., at the Pothole Trail sign. Join naturalist Barb Walker for a relaxing hike around the Pothole Trail and learn about the Gee Whiz Geology of Interstate Park.

Saturday, June 4

Hike to the Summit, 3 p.m., at the Summit Rock Trail sign. Meet naturalist Julie Fox for a beautiful hike up to the summit. Learn fascinating facts about the history and geology of the area and see spectacular views of the St. Croix River.

Evening program TBA. For more information call the park office at 715-483-3747.

Saturday and Sunday, June 4 and 5, Free Fishing Weekend

No fishing licenses required in Wisconsin. All other rules and regulations apply.

Sunday, June 5, State parks Open House Day

Frederic Kathleen Jerry, Bachelor of Science, biology; Amanda Lindahl, Bachelor of Arts, history; Traci Lundeen, Bachelor of Science, biology;

Osceola Danielle Cottor, Bachelor of Science, mathematics; Mark Miller, Bachelor of Business Administration, management;

St. Croix Falls Angela Peper, Bachelor of Science, psychology; Unity Brian Rougeux, Bachelor of Science, biology. – submitted ••• MADISON – The University of Wisconsin-Madison has recognized students named to the dean’s list for the spring semester of the 2010-2011 academic year.

Students who achieve at a high level academically are recognized by the dean at the close of each semester. To be eligible for the dean’s list, students must complete a minimum of 12 graded degree credits in that semester. Each university school or college sets its own GPA requirements for students to be eligible to receive the honor.

To view an online listing, visit registrar.wisc.edu/deans_list.htm. For questions or concerns about eligibility, please contact

Got a call from my grandma’s group friend Naomi Glover out on CTH N Tuesday morning telling me that bear country isn’t the only place for big bears.

Seems a bear they have named Yogi has made several appearances at their place, the last time on Tuesday morning about 5 a.m. Now Yogi has to be a big bugger, but then bears are strong animals.

Several weeks ago he had found a few scraps of corn in a corn sack and came back wanting some more. Out in their open pole shed/garage they keep an old chest freezer, 15 cubic feet or bigger, to store corn in for feeding deer in the winter, a good place as it keeps out the mice. He decided to check out the freezer, tipping the freezer over and just missing a car parked several feet away with the lid. They are very determined critters and usually get what are after.

Long about 2:15 p.m. Saturday in bear country our 11-year-old Boston terrier went ballistic at the patio door, yup, bear in the bird yard. There he was with a bird feeder bent almost to the ground. Dennis the Menace is back, same old body swing and woofing when caught. I yelled at him from the utility window, him woofing as he sauntered off.

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Congratulations to Siren’s Elizabeth Otto for being chosen one of eight students awarded a scholarship from the Inter-County Cooperative Publishing Association.

Sympathy to the family of Hilma Marks who passed away May 4.

Sympathy to the family of Emma Sears who passed away May 20.

Do you have kids who love to fish or maybe just want to learn how? Well coming up on June 5, from 9 a.m. to noon, at the Clam Lake Narrows is the annual free kids fishing contest. Lots of door prizes plus a free meal of hot dogs and pop for the kids. This event is sponsored by the Siren Lions and the LakeCountry Riders. For more info call 715-349-2400.

Sunday found Art and Bev Beckmark headed north to Duluth, Minn., for their annual placing of flowers on the graves of Bev’s family for Memorial Day. Later they enjoyed lunch with one of Bev’s sisters, Janice Butler and husband Al. Over lunch they discussed the death of their oldest sister Donna Rutledge of Sublimity, Ore., last week. Memorial Day found them at home putting in their garden between the rainstorms.

cise in our gardens and lawns so we played Skip Bo. In the evening, 500 cards were played. The winners were LeRoy Booth, Sue Lundgren and Pat Willits.

Friday, June 3, at 10 a.m. Bridge will be played. At 1 p.m., Bingo will be played. On Wednesday, June 8, at 12:30 p.m., we will celebrate the June birthdays followed by a movie.

On Thursday, June 9, there will be a meat loaf dinner at 5 p.m., followed by games. If you want to attend the dinner, you must register. We have a sign-up sheet or you could call the center at 715483-1901.

Gratitude is extended to the Girl Scout Troop No. 52929 for coming by the library and learning how to make our duct tape headbands and flower pencils.

much fun. Special thanks to Tessa and Katie for doing such a great job! See you all next year. Watch for special story time’s this summer.

Preschool story hour’s end of the year party was great fun. Gratitude is extended to all the kids and their grown-ups that made this year’s. story time so

Beginning June 4, the library will now be closed on Saturdays through the summer. The summer hours will be Monday noon - 6 p.m., Tuesday noon – 6 p.m., Wednesday 10:30 a.m. – 6 p.m., Thursday noon – 6 p.m. and Friday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

35 just one-half mile south of Hwy. 8. For more information call Fox or Walker at 715-483-3747.

deanslist-registrar@em.wisc.edu Here are the students from your circulation area who have received this honor: Amery Marie A. Clark, School of Nursing, dean’s honor list; Alexandra B. Niemann, School of Human Ecology, dean’s honor list;

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Summer is coming and we are gearing up for our summer reading program, One World, Many Stories, which will begin Wednesday, June 22, at 2 p.m. More info to come on our Web site, in the library and in your child’s Friday folders from school. Don’t miss out on a great summer program.

Grantsburg Nicole M. Davis, College of Letters and Science, dean’s list; Whitney C. Johnson, College of Engineering, dean’s honor list;

Youth book clubs

Luck Virginia M. Armour, College of Letters and Science, dean’s list;

Youth book clubs are available for all ages as a part of the summer program and will begin the first part of June. Teen Talk is a completely online book club hosted on the Grantsburg Teen Talk page.

Check out the teen page on the Web site. Pirate Pages is our club for chapter readers and will meet once a month. More info on the kids page on our Web site. Pipsqueak Pages is our club for the “just learning” readers and will meet monthly through the summer. Find out more on the lil’ ones page on the Web site or at the library.

Osceola Joseph L. Elmquist, College of Engineering, dean’s honor list; Peter L. Fillipi, College of Engineering, dean’s honor list; Trevor D. Hunt, College of Engineering, dean’s honor list; Kelli Kruschke, School of Human Ecology, dean’s honor list; Kelly J. Larson, College of Letters and Science, dean’s list; Jessica R. Martell, School of Nursing, dean’s honor list; Shannon D. Tomfohrde, School of Pharmacy, high honor roll;

St. Croix Falls William N. Springer, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, dean’s list; Rhett C. Werner, College of Letters and Science, dean’s list;

Preschoolers sat in a “monster fort” watching “Monsters Inc.” at the library.

Keep updated on all the upcoming events that will be invading our library this summer at the Web page grantsburg.wislib.org. You will also find the latest lists of new items, hours, links to your patron page and much more.

Webster Kevin D. Ingalls, College of Engineering, dean’s honor list. - submitted

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place, Joyce Thompson in second place, Inez Pearson in third place and Willis Williams in fourth place.

In case some of you who have spent the winter in a warmer spot, but now have returned to Wisconsin for the summer, would like to have a good place to eat and visit, the Frederic nutrition site has now moved to the Frederic Senior Center and they serve a good meal every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Everyone is welcome.

Have a great week, everyone.

Marian Edler

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Frederic Kyle A. Swenson, College of Engineering, dean’s honor list;

Frederic Senior Center

Hi everyone. Sorry I missed writing our little message to the community last week, but I got lazy and decided to take a few days of rest at the St. Croix Hospital. But I must say they sure sent me home after four days feeling a great deal better. Quick way to find out there is no place like home.

Our winners in 500 cards were: Larry Anderson in first place, Micky Kilmer in second place, Susie Hughes in third place and Elaine Lampson in fourth place.

Our Spade winners were: Lillian Murphy in first

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Get Outdoors. Family Play Day event, 1 to 3 p.m.

Join us for the first of our new Family Play Days. We have a fun-filled afternoon of activities planned for you to choose from including Wildcard Games; Tracks, Tracks and More Tracks; Set It Up, Tie It On and Cast It Out; and a game called Are You Me? All Tuesday started with exercise followed by Skip activities are free and will take place in the beach Bo. In the afternoon, games were played. Delores area by Lake O’ the Dalles. This is part of the SOFAS (Summer Outdoor Family Adventure Series) Benson, Gladis Weikert and Ione Meixner were the winners in Dominos. Ray Nelson, Don Benson, events. Fun for the entire family.

Donna Lindh and Roger Greenly were the winners in 500 cards. The team winners in Hand and Foot Thursday, June 2 were Dottie Adams, Marian Edler and Rita Boyle.

Nature story time, 10 a.m. Join Fox for a story and After we finished playing Hand and Foot, we tried a activity chosen especially for children pre-K through new game called Pony Tail. This is a variation of kindergarten and their parents. Check at the park ofCanasta. fice upon arrival for program location within the park.

We didn’t have enough to hold our exercise session on Thursday. We felt we had done a lot of exerInterstate Park is located in St. Croix Falls on Hwy.

Academic news

EAU CLAIRE – Commencement exercises for 1,324 students at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire were Saturday, May 21, 2011, in Zorn Arena.

Local students who received degrees and their fields of study are: Amery Vedran Uzeirovic, Bachelor of Business Administration, marketing; Andrew Zager, Bachelor of Science Nursing, nursing;

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The local Girl Scout troop make duct tape headbands and flower pencils.

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At the May meeting of the East Pine County Wanderers, president Fran Levings reported that the Seven-County Senior Federation voted to work on campaign finance reform and Medicare Part D for national issues this coming year, while the Minnesota Health Plan and property taxes were selected as the primary issues at the state level. Sandi and Dave Drake provided the birthday cake and door prize. Pam Berg was the winner of the food storage containers. May birthdays were Marlene Mishler, Gene Wickham and Jim Yaekel. Fran and Dave Baker had dinner at the Dreamland Supper Club outside of Superior last weekend with friends Karen and Dave Hampton from Duluth. Deloris Schirmer went into Sandstone to shop and renew her driver’s license. She wanted to be sure to get that done in case the state shuts down on July 1.

On Saturday, while working in my flowerbed, I clearly heard an auction through the woods. It saddens me as yet another lifetime member of this Blaine community can no longer live in his home safely. Irvin Slipher is over 90 years old. He lived on

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a farm on McGraw Lake Road. He now lives in assisted living in Spooner. Another well-known senior is Ruth Schmidt. She lived in her home, also on McGraw Lake Road, for 62 years, and she now has a senior apartment in Milaca, Minn. We wish these seniors peace and relaxation after a very busy life in this community.

The bears are out. A huge one destroyed a threetiered cement water fountain at the Ron and Sharon Proffit home, and then had the gall to come to the front door, and standing up full length, scared the heck out of Ron. He is amazed at the strength of this bear. It is one with a real bad attitude. Along with Bob and Jerri Kinblom of Iron River, Ron and Sharon also traveled to Elk Mound to celebrate Lucas’ 13th birthday. They took in a baseball game with both Lucas and his brother Marcus participating in it.

Several women of the Zion Markville Church met for lunch last Wednesday to celebrate several local birthdays. Instead of exchanging gifts, they decided to donate money to World Hunger.

by Carl Heidel Leader staff writer DANBURY - When the gates at Forts Folle Avoine, the national historic site near Danbury, swung open over the Memorial Day weekend, the crowds were waiting.

They filled the grounds. Much to see and much to do.

Every half hour a tour group headed down to the Indian village and the trading post where re-enactors gave visitors a taste of life back at the time of the fur trade. Even the ghost of John Sayer, the lord of the post in its glory days, was spotted wandering about seeking still more profit from the trade.

New displays at the Karlsborg school, the Great Hall and the museum were points of particular interest as they welcomed the visitors to another time and way of life.

The traditional pancake breakfast of the opening weekend may have been a record-breaker. Workers at the event eventually lost count of how many people were fed, but the figure seemed to be close to 500, and at times the waiting line of

WSMA Student Composition Project Luck Middle School student Tanner Nielsen won second place in the piano solo category for his composition “In the Mountains.” Students from all over the state submit their compositions in March. Each composition is evaluated by Wisconsin composers on melody, rhythm, harmony, form, creativity and general effect. Awards are given solely based on merit. The compositions submitted demonstrate the musical talent of Wisconsin’s students and the strong leadership of their teachers.

Nielsen will receive a plaque at the 2011 WSMA Student Composition Reception, held in August at the Wisconsin Center for Music Education in Waunakee, recognizing his outstanding achievement. His parents are Steven and Joie Nielsen. His band teacher is Jennifer Gilhoi and piano teacher is Vickie Peterson. – Photo submitted

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A voyage into the past

Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park as a laboratory of something called “living history”? Sounds odd, but site director Steve Wierschem sees that as one of the site’s major functions—to serve not just as a vivid reminder of the fur trade history of our region, but to offer people an opportunity to “relive” a portion of that history.

As Wierschem explains, “It’s one thing to be curious about the past, quite another to actually have a chance to literally see what those times were like.”

Which the site does via programs that enable groups of re-enactors—specialists in the lifeways of the times—to live on the fur post grounds at various events and try to recreate the essence of what life was like in the late 1700s-early 1800s. One of those events is coming up later this month, the annual Yellow River Echoes re-enactment.

The Echoe event features handpicked re-enactors camping at the site, living as fur trading groups would have. But, as Wierschem points out, “there was a missing element the other times we’ve had the Echoes event – that’s trying to retrace a portion of the canoe route used to get to the site. So several of us are going to do exactly that this year – we’ll be traversing the St. Croix River down from its source near Solon Springs to the confluence with the Yellow, then following up the Yellow to the fur posts reconstructed as Forts Folle Avoine.”

While the route is the same, the modern canoe party Wierschem is organizing will be making minor concessions to modern times. One of these is the use of a replica voyageur canoe—replica in the sense that it’s the same dimensions as

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the original birch-bark craft, but with a fiberglass overlay, avoiding the constant patching of holes, for instance. The canoe, given to the site via a group of supporters known as the Friends of Forts Folle Avoine, has been used around the site for various functions, such as the annual kids summer camps in August, but actually using it for a historical trek of this sort has been rattling around in Wierschem’s thoughts for a couple of years, so when some people approached him with their own ideas, the plan meshed and grew to include it as part the Yellow River Echoes event.

The Yellow River Echoes event is scheduled for the weekend of June 24, 25 and 26, so Wierschem’s crew plans to be on the water sometime the weekend before, in order to arrive that Friday or Saturday. Besides the main reproduction canoe, two smaller canoes will be used.

All personnel have an interest in the time, so will be dressed in authentically researched clothing. Indeed, everything else, from camping under the canoes voyageur style, to preparing meals, will be done in living-history fashion, based on what we know of old-time canoe treks – information gleaned from diaries

Several history re-enactors will be retracing a part of the original canoe route from Solon Springs to Forts Folle Avoine, where they will join in the historic site’s Yellow River Echoes festivities the weekend of June 24-26. – Photo submitted

and journals of that period. Visitors will be encouraged to actually view the brigade en route. “Although we’ll be on the river, mostly away from roads,” Wierschem states, “we will be camping on at least one night at the Riverside landing, where Hwy. 35 crosses the St. Croix. We’d love to have folks come and visit us there, kind of like their visits to Folle Avoine, and ‘meet’ with people from our past.” Hmm, sounds a tad scary—like walking into a history book and being allowed to ask questions.

Who’da thunk it? Plans for the camps and an update of the Yellow River Echoes event will be forthcoming here in the June 15 Inter-County Leader.

Meanwhile, the site will be hosting another special presentation from 1-2:30 p.m., on Sunday, June 12, in the Folle

Avoine visitors center. Larry Dammen, a retired DNR biologist, will share his expertise in a program simply titled, “The Sturgeon of Yellow Lake.” This informative overview of the story of sturgeon in our region’s marine ecology requires only your curiosity – admission to the talk is free.

Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park is located on CTH U, three miles west of the Hwy. 35/Burnett CTH U interchange northwest of Webster. Tours of the reconstructed fur posts/Indian village are available from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday until Labor Day and weekends in September.

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LIBRARY NEWS

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Frederic Public Library

The Minnesota Crime Wave is coming to Frederic Mystery authors Ellen Hart, Carl Brookins and William Kent Krueger will be featured guests at a free program on Tuesday, June 7, at 7 p.m., at the St. Luke Methodist Church fellowship hall. This event is open to the public and everyone is invited to come and hear the authors talk about their work. The authors will also have books for sale and will autograph copies. This program is sponsored by the Friends of Frederic Library.

One World, Many Stories for kids and adults Hard to believe, but summer reading registration opens June 6, and the activities begin the week of June 13. We plan to visit all seven continents in 10 weeks, and we will have special activities every week for all ages. Be sure to drop in June 6-10, to register and pick up the summer schedule. By the way, there will be an adult summer reading program also, and you will want to sign up for some nice reading incentives.

Do you have donations for the book sale?

If you’re cleaning shelves and closets, please consider donating your gently used books, music, and movies to the library’s annual Family Days bake/book sale which will be held June 17-18. The sale is sponsored by the Friends, and profits go to library services and projects.

Your donations are welcome anytime up to the day of the sale.

Share the Bounty seeds are here If you like to grow vegetables, why not share your green thumb with those in need? Share the Bounty is a hunger prevention project that encourages gardeners to plant free seeds, which are available at

the library and then bring half the harvest to local food shelves, families at WIC clinics and others in need. Stop in soon to pick up some seeds and learn more about this program and this great family summer project.

June book club choices The Thursday morning group meets June 16, at 10 a.m., to discuss “Little Bee,”

by Chris Cleave. This is a haunting novel about the tenuous friendship that blooms between two disparate strangers - one an illegal Nigerian refugee, the other a recent widow from suburban London. The evening book group will also meet June 16, at 6:30 p.m., to talk about the novel “The Shadow of the Wind,” by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. Set in Barcelona in 1945, a motherless boy is initiated into the secret of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, a library tended to by Barcelona’s guild of rare-book dealers as a repository for books forgotten by the world, waiting for someone who will care about them again.

Coaxed to select a book for himself, Daniel chooses a novel by one Julián Carax and opens a door into one of Barcelona’s darkest secrets. Copies are available at the library and new members are always welcome at the book discussions.

Learn more about library events Frederic Public Library, 127 Oak St. West.

715-327-4979, e-mail fredericpl@ifls.lib.wi.us. Regular open hours are Monday through Friday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; and Saturday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Story time for preschoolers is held every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. Web site: www.fredericlibrary.org.

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Balsam Lake Public Library

Summer reading Mark you calendars for Wednesday, June 8, at 11 a.m. We kick off our summer reading with a program from Underwater World from the Mall of American featuring sharks. Free event for all ages. We have more free events planned throughout June and July. Events will be posted in the paper or call the library for more information.

Computer classes Open lab from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Instructor available to answer questions and give one-on-one instructions. The next class will be Tuesday, June 7.

New books coming in June “One Summer” by David Baldacci, “Smokin’Seventeen” by Janet Evanovich, ”Now You See Her” by James Patterson, “The Kingdom” by Clive Cussler, “Carte Blanche” by Jeffrey Deaver,” “The House by the Fjord” by Rosalind Laker, “The Profession” by Steven Pressfield and “Dreams of Joy” by Lisa See. Story time Wednesday at 11 a.m. Stories, crafts and snacks are available. All ages are welcome to join our lively group.

Book club Selection for June is “The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency” by Alexander McCall Smith. This first novel in Alexander McCall Smith’s widely acclaimed The No. 1

Ladies Detective Agency series tells the story of the delightfully cunning and enormously engaging Precious Ramotswe, who is drawn to her profession to “help people with problems in their lives.” Immediately upon setting up shop in a small storefront in Gaborone, she is hired to track down a missing husband, uncover a con man and follow a wayward daughter. But the case that tugs at her heart, and lands her in danger, is a missing 11-year-old boy, who may have been snatched by witch doctors. The book club meets Wednesday, June 15, at 3 p.m.

Extra books are available at the library.

Friends of the Library Friends group is an organization for all who value the public library as a vital community resource. Join others who are dedicated to promoting the value of books, libraries and literacy. Next meeting will be Wednesday, June 15, at 1:30 p.m.

Hours Balsam Lake Library, (under the water tower) at 404 Main St., Balsam Lake.

Hours are Monday 10 a.m. – 8 p.m., Tuesday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Wednesday 10 a.m. – 8 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. E-mail: balsamlakepl@ifls.lib.wi.us.

Web site www.balsamlakepubliclibrary.org. 715485-3215.

Summer Reading Kickoff Set for June 4

ST. CROIX FALLS - The St. Croix Falls Public Library will be holding its boldest summer reading program to date this summer. Children, adolescents and teens, ages birth to 18, as well as their families and the community are invited to participate in the programming that will extend throughout the summer. One World, Many Stories, the theme of this year’s program, is guaranteed to excite, intended to entice, and will include arts, stories, lots of baby animals and great incentives for kids to keep reading throughout the summer.

The program’s kickoff will be on June 4 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on the library plaza alongside the St. Croix Falls Farmers’ Market. Kids birth to 18 years will be encouraged to sign up to log their summer reading hours, Fantasy Corral out of Woodville will be at the library with a safari petting zoo, and various local organizations that will offer a wealth of other kids’ summer programming will be there as well.

For more information, visit the library’s Web site at stcroixfallslibrary.org or call 715-483-1777. - submitted

St. Croix Falls Public Library

Summer reading kickoff is Saturday, June 4, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

One World, Many Stories – Great Kids and Family Programs, this summer at the St. Croix Falls Public Library. Sign up for our summer reading program. Earn incentives and participate in great programs all for free., ages birth – 18 years. Visit the safari petting zoo with baby animals from around the world from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Shop local at the farmers market, make a free collage button and find out what’s happening at the SCFPL and in your community this summer. Check out our Web site for more info www.stcroixfallslibrary.org

Second-annual library gala Second-annual library gala will be held on Saturday, June 11, 5 p.m. Save the date.

Appetizers and desserts will be served, a cash bar and auction at 7 p.m., $20 per person (tax deductible). Purchase your ticket at the library circulation desk.

Beginner computer classes Wednesday, June 8 – E-mail – basics; Wednesday, June 15 – Internet Search and Shop; Wednesday, June 22 – Facebook 1 – Set up your account and security; Wednesday, June 29 – Facebooks 2 – Account is set up – now what? Call if you are interested and would like to sign up, 715-483-1777.

Community meeting room is available for your organization Reserve the meeting room with our online form. www.stcroixfallslibrary.org.

School’s out at SCFPL Homework help and cool programs for youth are available for kids in grades five

through eight Wednesdays 3:30-5 p.m.

Homework help, quiet study, snacks, oldschool games, eco arts, computer access and a chance to help build more and better youth programs at SCFPL. Students need a note from a parent to catch bus No. 9 down to the library. Students in grades two through four are welcome to attend with a parent or guardian present at all times. For more information or to volunteer to be a tutor, contact Cole, the youth services librarian, at czrostlik @stcroixfallslibrary.org or at 715-483-1777.

Story hour with Cole Listen to stories, create art and have fun with other kids and parents every Wednesday, 10:30 a.m.

Check out our Web site It has up-to-date information on what’s happening at the library and other useful library tools you can use at home. www.stcroixfallslibrary.org. Look for us on Facebook.

Technology Free wireless and eight public computers are available at the library. Plus, seven laptops are available for use in the library, but you must have a valid MORE library card in good standing.

Hours The library is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 715-483-1777. E-mail: scflibrary@ifls.lib.wi.us.

Online: www.stcroixfallslibrary.org.

The Minnesota Crime Wave is coming to Frederic

FREDERIC – The Minnesota Crime Wave, three mystery writers, will be featured guests at a free program on Tuesday, June 7, at 7 p.m., at the St. Luke Methodist Church fellowship hall. This event is open to the public and is brought to you by the Frederic Public Library.

There’s almost no truth to the rumor that the members of the Minnesota Crime Wave met because they have the same parole officer. Established in the fall of 2000, the Crime Wave consists of authors Ellen Hart, Carl Brookins and William Kent Krueger. Between them they have published more than 30 novels and have received nearly two dozen local, regional, and national awards.

Hart, a trained chef, is author of the Jane Lawless mystery series, which features a culinary detective. Hart has also written novels featuring food critic Sophie Greenway. Both series are set in the Twin Cities.

Brookins, a former academic and an avid sailor, is the author of three mystery series. The Tanner-Whitney series features a married pair of sailing sleuths. The Sean Sean series features a very short, very funny and sometimes very dark pri-

vate detective with an identical first and last name.

Krueger writes the Cork O’Connor mystery series, which is set in the great north woods of Minnesota and features a protagonist who is part Irish and part Ojibwe. His stories often deal with the clash of cultures.

Everyone is invited to come and hear the authors talk about their work. The authors will also have books for sale and will autograph copies. This program is sponsored by the Friends of Frederic Library.

For more information, please contact the library at 715-327-4979. - submitted

19th-annual Coins for Cans drive

DANBURY/HERTEL/TURTLE LAKE – Food pantries in northwestern Wisconsin will receive needed help early this summer, thanks to an ongoing program of the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin. The tribe will sponsor its 19th-annual Coins for Cans food drive in June. Hosted by the three St. Croix Casinos, this year’s drive runs from 8 a.m., Monday, June 6, through 4 p.m., Saturday, June 11.

Casino guests donating at least two nonperishable food items, paper products or personal hygiene items at any of the St. Croix Casinos—St. Croix Casino Turtle Lake, St. Croix Casino Danbury or St. Croix Casino Hertel Express—will receive $5 in Turtle Bucks slot play. Guests may receive one $5 incentive at each casino each day of the drive. A valid Players Club card and a valid ID are required. No government-issued food items or commodities will be accepted.

Although the drive is called Coins for

Cans, guests are encouraged to contribute dry foods as well. “Canned goods are always a welcome donation,” said LeRoy Buck, St. Croix Casino Turtle Lake general manager, “but food pantries have just as great a need for items like noodles, pasta dinners, cereal, pancake mix, peanut butter, paper products and personal hygiene items.”

Buck added that casino personnel will distribute the food collected during the drive to 22 food pantries in Barron, Burnett, Polk, St. Croix, Sawyer and Washburn counties during the week of June 13. Since 1993, 357,000 pounds of food have been collected and distributed through the Coins for Cans program.

For more information on the Coins for Cans drive, call Judy Warmanen at 715986-4777 or 800-846-8946, or e-mail her at stcroix@stcroixcasino.com. - submitted

Award-winning salad luncheon and more on June 10

ST. CROIX FALLS - Last year, St. Croix Regional Medical Center volunteer partners were presented the 2010 WAVE Award of Excellence in Fundraising for the annual salad luncheon it plans in collaboration with the community and SCRMC staff.

Its purpose is always to raise funds to provide equipment for the hospital and clinics. The 45th-annual spring communitywide luncheon this year is set for Friday, June 10, between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the St. Croix Falls High School. Tickets for adults are $8 and $3 for children under 10. Tickets are available at the SCRMC gift shop, all SCRMC clinics, Tangen Drug and Coffee Time in St. Croix Falls and Coffee Talk in Taylors Falls or from all volunteer partners. This annual event is generously supported by area businesses and the community at large. Funding is supplemented by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, PolkBurnett Chapter.

This year’s goal is to raise funds to purchase an Adapta Summit 3 section table for the new inpatient physical therapy room, a Lafayette manual muscle test system allowing for objective measuring of muscle strength, memory box supplies for five years for those who have had a still birth in our OB department and a second bladder scanner for the clinic.

The luncheon and more features a wide variety of salads, cheese trays, cold cuts and rolls, fruit, lemonade, coffee and dessert. There is take out service and an express line for workers on lunch break. The book sale will offer unique and affordable books and merchandise for children and adults. The bake sale will offer a delectable assortment of goodies at moderate prices. SCRMC gift shop will show an array of spring and summer items and the new “Taste of the Valley” cookbook. The drawing will include a lovely watercolor painting and a hand-crocheted afghan. - submitted

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At 1 p.m. during the SCRMC Salad Luncheon on June 10, winners of these items will be announced. Mary Ann Rivard holds her poppy watercolor painting and Jackie Hillman holds her hand-crocheted afghan. Each of these creative pieces is perfect for home or your place of business. You need not be present to win. - Photo submitted

Drama in the Northwoods

FREDERIC - The Frederic Community Ed class called Drama in the Northwoods held a festive grand finale dinner to the four courses of the school year on Monday evening, May 23, viewing the 1938 version of “Pygmalion” to complete their study of George Bernard Shaw’s plays (he won an Oscar for the screenplay of this film), and performing music from Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera, “H. M. S. Pinafore,” in anticipation of attending the Guthrie’s production of this entertaining creation in July.

Two class members, Mary Krull and Karen Persico, served as excellent organists for the group’s renditions of “We Sail the Ocean Blue,” “I’m Called Little Buttercup,” “When I was a Lad” and other parts of the story of the “Lass who Loved a Sailor.” All agreed the performances improved as the evening went on.

Drama in the Northwoods is offered several times during the year with instructor Carolyn Wedin and with

Emory Giles and John Persico at the Drama in the Northwoods finale dinner. – Photos submitted reading and watching of plays done locally or in the Twin Cities. The next class will run from Oct. 3 to Nov. 14, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Mondays at the Frederic High School. It will include a classic tragedy, “Sophocles’ Antigone,” being done by the Guthrie in a new translation by Seamus Heaney, called “Burial At Thebes,” and a classic comedy, Shakespeare’s “Much Ado about Nothing,” also being done at the Guthrie. - submitted

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Burnett County HCE awards 2011scholarships

BURNETT COUNTY – Two graduating seniors each received a $250 scholarship from Burnett County Association for Home and Community Education—Samantha Kopecky, Webster, and Amy Childers, Big Lake, Minn.

Kopecky, daughter of James and Amy Kopecky (Harmony HCE Club), Danbury, received her award during the Webster High School awards night on May 6.

Childers, daughter of David and Teresa Childers, Big Lake, Minn., and granddaughter of LaVonne O’Brien, Webster (Harmony HCE Club), will receive her recognition at graduation ceremonies on Friday, June 3.

Kopecky has been involved in many school and community activities including band, choir, cross country, softball, 4-H, forensics, church youth group, Art Club, volunteering many hours for various community events, including playing Taps at funerals. Kopecky plans to attend the Fox Valley Technical College and later a four-year college, to study restaurant management. She would like to open her own restaurant someday.

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and extracurricular activities including hockey, tennis, band, piano and volunteering at S p e c i a l Olympics.

Childers plans to attend the University of Wisconsin-Superior to major in early childhood education.

The association extends congratulations to the young Samantha Kopecky women on their accomplishments and wishes them continued success as they pursue their collegiate careers. – submitted

Clover Meadow ribbon cutting

As part of their grand-opening celebration Saturday, May 28, a Siren Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting was held at the Clover Meadow Winery run by the Walters family on CTH B east of Siren. On hand for the ribbon cutting were (L to R): Chamber President Nick Haessly, Jason and Alex (Walters) Gannon, Patrick Walters (in back), James Walters, Laura Walters, Ryan Walters cutting the ribbon, and Dan Edaburn from the Siren Chamber. Young Armani Walters is in the foreground. – Photo by Nancy Jappe

2011NUE outstanding student program

Outstanding student Allison Anderson of Frederic with her influential staff member Greg Heine. - submitted

student Outstanding David Franzel of Luck with his influential staff member Karl Wicklund.

RICE LAKE – Twenty-six students, their parents and their most influential teachers were honored Wednesday, April 27, at the Northwest United Educators Outstanding Student Banquet held at the WITC Conference Center in Rice Lake.

Lauren Saleh, Amery, influential staff Diane Amans; Brent Myers, Grantsburg, influential staff Matt Berg; Allison Anderson, Frederic, influential staff Greg Heine; David Franzel, Luck, influential staff Karl Wicklund; Annie Guenthner, Osceola, influential staff Greta McCarty; Joseph Thayer, St. Croix Falls, influential staff Michael Wilson; Hannah Dunn, Spooner, influential staff Larry Flynn; Erin Mabry, Unity, influential staff Harlan Kruger and Amanda Hagen, Shell Lake, influential staff Patti Naglosky.

The staff members from each of the 26 NUE schools select an outstanding student to represent their school. Each outstanding student then selects an NUE staff member from their school to be honored as their most influential staff member. This is a person who has had a positive influence on them and has contributed to their success. Then a scholarship selection committee, composed of last year’s most influential staff members from schools throughout NUE, met to select the six 2011 scholarship winners.

The outstanding student, their parents and the influential staff member from each school was then invited to a banquet in their honor. At the banquet, each of the teachers introduced the outstanding student who had nominated them. The students explained how their staff member had been influential to them and then they introduced their parents.

The teachers who were honored as influential

student Outstanding Joseph Thayer of St. Croix Falls with his influential staff member Michael Wilson.

members thanked the students for their positive influence and leadership in the classroom as they individually introduced each student. Many of the teachers emphasized the positive role that these students played in activities in both school and the community. These students prove, by their actions, that service can have a positive effect on others.

These positive behaviors are observed and appreciated by other students as well as the adults in the community.

The area students who were chosen to receive a $500 NUE scholarship were Guenthner from Osceola and Thayer from St. Croix Falls.

Mark Denning, whose lineage is of several Wisconsin tribes including Oneida and Menominee, was our inspiration speaker. He has traveled across the country to talk to K-12 students, educators and universities across the country. His rousing speech used humor and his firsthand experiences taught students that we are all equal, no matter our gender, age or race. Denning has worked with the American Indian Graduate Center in Albuquerque, N.M., which is part of the Gates Foundation. He has also done diversity training for the government, including the U.S. Marine Corps, CIA, FBI and NSA. Northwest United Educators has over 3,000 members in the 26 school districts it serves in the geographical area surrounding Rice Lake. This area is about 100 by 100 miles from Hayward in the north to Bloomer in the south and from Winter in the east to St. Croix Falls in the west.

Cindy Miller, a teacher at Lake Holcombe Schools and NUE curriculum and instruction program director, was the coordinator of this program.

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Siren

The Lund-Brown American Legion Post 132 firing squad, under the leadership of squad leader Rick Engstrom, fired the salute to the dead at the Siren cemetery Monday, May 30.

Don Taylor, president of the Burnett County Board of Supervisors, was the main speaker at the May 30 Memorial Day service in Siren.

Taylor served in the Army military police from 1974-1977, headquartered in Fort Riley, Kan. “I was at the Viola Lake cemetery at 9 a.m. today with 75 other people. We stood in the rain,” Taylor said. “Today is the day Americans come together here and around the world to give tribute to those who died and to place flags on the graves of those who served. We are here to honor those who did their duty, people we know who would go anywhere and pay any price.”

Fay Nordin, widow of Japanese prisoner of war Carl Nordin, was on hand again this year for the conclusion of the Siren Memorial Day service at the Siren cemetery. It just wouldn’t seem like Memorial Day without either of the Nordins on hand as, for so many years, they have been very much a part of the service.

RIGHT: The echoing trumpet for taps at Siren cemetery was played by Evan Oachs (L). The main trumpeter, Rick Kosloski, handied his trumpet to his daughter, Abby.

Abby, a fifth-grader at Siren School, read a patriotic reading she had written during the program in the school auditorium, “I love being an American.”

Memorial Day 2011

Anabelle Miller (L) and Ellyn Lindquist were this year’s poppy girls, dropping poppies in memory of deceased military personnel as the names of those persons were read. A total of 317 names were read during the Memorial Day service in the Siren High School auditorium Monday, May 30.

Third-grader Jordan Webster was one of five Siren stuSisters Joni Anderson (L) and Jill Gloodt read the dents who gave a patriotic reading they had written and names of deceased military personnel, 317 names in entered in American Legion all, during Monday’s Memorial Day service in Siren.

Auxiliary writing competition.

The other students were fifthgrader Abby Kosloski, seventh-grader Emily Stiemann, ninth-grader Lucas Stiemann and recent graduate Jacob Stiemann. Jacob Stiemann recognized two of his fellow 2011 graduates, Joshua Tills and Jeremy Wikstrom, who are currently involved with the military.

Photos by Nancy Jappe

Members of the Lund-Brown American Legion Post 132 Auxiliary handed out programs and poppies at the start of the Memorial Day service at Siren High School Monday, May 30. The program was put on by the Legion and Auxiliary with Legion Commander Chris Sower as master of ceremonies.

Veterans in Taylors Falls, Minn., braved a downpour of rain, high winds and a tornado warning siren to make their annual march down the hill and onto the Interstate Bridge where a wreath was tossed into the St. Croix River to honor the maritime dead, followed by a gun salute and the playing of taps, all to the backdrop of Memorial Day traffic. Bob Swanson of Leland (center photo), a relatively new member of Chisago County Post 1678 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, carried the wreath as members of the VFW post and the Carl Linnel, Post 392 American Legion made their final tribute of Memorial Day. - Photos by Gary King

Taylors Falls

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Luck

LUCK – Luck’s Memorial Day Ceremony was held in the school gym. It featured several musical selections by the massed 7-12 band, the presentation and retirement of colors by the Boy Scouts, prayers by the chaplain of the American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary, a commemorative multimedia presentation by the Auxiliary, the laying of poppies by the Girls Scouts and readings from Badger Girl Taylar Anderson and Badger Boy Michael Jenssen. The featured speaker was retired Air Force Chaplain Robert Lubben, who is currently the pastor at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church of Luck.

The Luck School band played several patriotic anthems as the program started.

Post Commander Bob Clifton gave the introduction and greetings.

The multimedia Roll Call of the Honored Dead at Luck’s Memorial Day ceremony. – Photo

by Lori Nelson

The Boy Scouts Color Guard provided the advancement of the colors.

Pastor Robert Lubben of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church gave a Memorial Day address. – Photos by Greg Marsten unless otherwise noted

Girl Scouts Katie Mattson, Isabelle Jensen, Alyssa Foeller and Lindsey Mattson present a poppy for each serviceman named during the Roll Call of the Honored Dead at Luck’s Memorial Day ceremony. – Photo by Lori Nelson Luck’s 2011 Badger Girl Taylar Anderson gave a reading for the service.

Big Gust Days pageant set

These nine little girls are participating in the Little Miss Grantsburg pageant on Friday, June 3.

The pageant starts at 7 p.m. Shown (L to R) back row are: Sophia Lade, Eli Hansen, Tyler Java, Tiffany Gronski and Samantha Kichler. Front row: Brittany Fickbohm-Goepfert, Sadye Bunting, Caitlyn Lee and Hailea Rombach. - Photos submitted

As part of Big Gust Days, the Miss Grantsburg Pageant “Glee Goes Hollywood,” will be held June 3 at the high school auditorium starting at 7 p.m.

This year’s contestants consist of four talented young ladies, Kortney Morrin, Mariah Zastrow, Stephanie Miklya and Amanda Lindus. Admission is $6 for adults and $4 for students. There will be $1 off admission if you present your Big Gust Button.

Luck’s 2011 Badger Boy Michael Jenssen gave a patriotic reading.

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Frederic

The Frederic High School Band, under the direction of Patti Burns, performed at Fredericâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Memorial Day program at Maple Grove Cemetery. The program included an invocation by Pastor Gary Rokenbrodt of Clam Falls Lutheran Church and Zion Lutheran Church of Bone Lake and a Memorial Day address by Dean Daniels, commander of the American Legion Paul G. Johnson Post 249. Members of the Legion post paid tribute to the war dead at three cemeteries in Trade Lake, one in Bone Lake and at Coon Lake earlier that morning. - Photos above and right courtesy of Shari Matz

Memorial Day 2011

Members of Boy Scout Troop 160 unfolded an American flag and raised it to half staff during the Memorial Day program at St. Croix Falls Cemetery, hosted by the Amerst I. Hansen American Legion Post 143 and Auxiliary.

The Boy Scout band provided music for the ceremony (photo below) which went on as scheduled despite blustery weather. Photos by Gary King

St. Croix Falls

Two members of a crowd of about 40 people huddled under an umbrella during the Memorial Day program at the St. Croix Falls Cemetery. Retired Polk County Veterans Service Officer Rick Gates (center photo) gave the main address following an invocation by Roger Northquest (photo at right). Northquest is shown with Jim Chapin, Legion post commander.

2011 Graduation

Unity

Class remembered for successes, talents and more in humorous ways

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer BALSAM LAKE – With cars parked almost on the highway outside the school, the 2011 Unity graduating class was front and center on Friday, May 27. Beginning with district Administrator Brandon Robinson’s accolades for the class’s accomplishments in athletics, studies, extracurriculars and other activities, he also quoted Obi-Wan Kenobi and praised the bevy of retiring teachers and faculty.

School board President Debbie Peterson outlined the two new Wall of Honor inductees, the late Dr. Harry Beck and Carolyn (Reed) Vadnais, both Unity alumni.

Beck was a 1973 Unity grad who became known for his military duty, charitable optometry work, numerous local volunteer activities and genuine love of life.

“He was truly a family man,” stated Peterson, while his widow, Nancy and son, Jake, accepted the plaque for his accomplishments.

Col. Carolyn Reed Vadnais was short spoken but honored to be included with Beck and such a respected group of honorees, and also in this year’s Wall of Honor. With over two decades of military service for the U.S. Air Force and numerous awards for her accomplishments, Vadnais and the late Beck both received rousing accolades from the crowd.

2011 Salutatorian Lindsey Voss spoke of simpler times, when “... our biggest stress was memorizing the alphabet.“ She encouraged classmates to go out of your comfort zones, and to do what you love.

Voss also celebrated her class’s achievements from Quiz Bowl to basketball, “We did it, and we did it well!” She exclaimed.

2011 Valedictorian Katherine Ebensperger noted that while they all grew up together, they probably had the most vivid memories in just the last four years, “... and probably after the bell rang.”

Ebensperger reiterated for the class to challenge themselves and to go where there are no guarantees.”

“Passion is contagious,” she said with a smile.

Retiring teacher Sue Duerkop gave the commencement address, using props that ranged from a fake wineglass to toilet paper. She is one of several retiring Unity staffers and teachers, and admitted that, like many of the students, she had no real plans, but had a general idea.

“I’m used to smaller, more captive audiences,” she joked. “The kind that has to ask for a hall pass.”

Duerkop also joked that while everyone seems to have life advice for retirees and graduates, “The nice thing about advice? You can ignore it.”

She stressed the graduates to vote, since others had died for the privilege, and also to have a real plan - and no, lottery tickets don’t count. She also said the students need to respect their parents and to truly stay in touch with each other in a face-to-face kind of way, not in a Facebook kind of way.

“Life goes fast!” she said in closing.

“Don’t wait for the right time, because you won’t always recognize it.”

Duerkop also thanked the parents and praised them for trusting their kids with the school staff. “Kids keep us young,” she said, noting that it will be fun to follow the Class of 2011, since they’re really going to turn into such interesting people.

The class started their Memorial Day weekend with one final class photo, and a then shed a few tears and smiles with friends, relatives and classmates, as they delved into an all-night school lock-in as a final class act.

Valedictorian Katherine Ebensperger gave her address.

The Class of 2011 prepared for their final class picture in different ways, with different ways to kill time. – Photos by Greg Marsten

School board President Debbie Peterson (left) helped note accomplishments of Wall of Honor inductee Carolyn (Reed) Vadnais.

Sometimes it helps to have a little help getting through graduation.

Salutatorian Lindsey Voss gave her speech.

Celebrating in their own way.

Photos by Greg Marsten

Commencement address speaker Sue Duerkop passed out tissue as a prop.

RIGHT: As the evening wound down, graduate Amber Koethe accepted flowers and a hug from her proud father, Richard Koethe.

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Balsam Lake

The historic, 35-star flag flew for about 20 minutes over Balsam Lake.

Noted Civil War historian and author Dr. Michael Martin raises a Civil War-era flag over the Polk County Museum in a special dedication ceremony in Balsam Lake on Randy Bording and Shawn Sutliff, members of the Ellis F. Hagler American Le- Saturday, May 28. Unity student Nate Dorgion Post 278 Honor Guard, stand below the historic Civil War-era flag unfurled in rance looks on, about to play taps. a special Polk County Historical Society program on Saturday. Linda and John Photos by Greg Marsten Iwaszko performed patriotic songs in the background on the right.

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Unity senior Nate Dorrance (left) performed taps as Civil War historian Dr. Michael Martin looks on in the foreground.

Grantsburg

Grantsburg students posed for group photo after receiving their awards and scholarships at Grantsburg’s Scholarship and Award Ceremony held on May 16 in the high school auditorium.

This year in addition to Grantsburg Dollars For Scholars funds, $36,000 from other local sources was awarded during the evening’s presentations, bringing the total awarded to over $82,000.

GRANTSBURG – The Grantsburg High School held their scholarship and awards banquet on May 22. The following students received scholarship and awards: American Legion Auxiliary – Edna McCann, $500, Alison Warren, Haley Johnson American Legion Brask-Fossum-Janke Post 185, $500, Kyle Johnson, Alison Warren Bernick’s Family Scholarship, $2,000, Seth Odegard Brenda Fallstrom Memorial, $500, Haley Johnson Buccaneer Club, $150, Brent Myers, Trevor Thompson Burnett County Sentinel, $500, Emily Swenson Burnett Dairy Co-op, $1,000, Alyssa Landsberger Burnett Dairy Co-op II, $1,250, James Nelson, Jon Radtke Burnett Medical Center, $500, Emily Cole, Tiffany Meyer Carlyle Sherstad Memorial, $400, Andy Falk, Kortney Morrin Caspers Memorial Scholarship, $500, Carissa Skifstad, Valerie Jensen Claire Erickson Memorial, Farmer’s Ind. Phone Co., $1,000, Seth Odegard, Erin Stavne, Lydia Pfluger Community Bank Business Scholarship, $500, Lydia Pfluger DFS Principal’s Recognition, $200, Brent Myers,

Burnett Medical Center CEO, Gordy Lewis, presented Tiffany Meyer and Emily Cole their $500 Scholarships from BMC.

Kortney Morrin, McKenzie Ryan, Carissa Skifstad, Crissy Peterson, Noah Gausman DFS Principal’s Leadership, $250, Brent Myers DFS School Leadership, $250, Carissa Skifstad DFS Foundation Character, $500, Dianna Olson E & M Machine, $500, Brent Myers Edling Funeral Home Scholarship, $500, Haley Johnson, Cory Niles George Carpenter Memorial Scholarship, $250, Andy Falk, Cherissa Vollendorf Glen Johnson, $300, James Nelson

Dollars For Scholars representative, Tracey Finch, presented Trevor Thompson with a DFS scholarship. This year the DFS awarded all seniors who will be attending post secondary schools a $1,000 scholarGrantsburg Fire Association, $225, Kody Luke Grantsburg Rod & Gun, $250, Noah Gausman, John Radtke Grantsburg Women Working Together, $500, Lauren Finch

Human Service Scholarship, $500, Lydia Pfluger Impact Your World, $300, McKenzie Ryan Indianhead Credit Union, $500, Alison Warren Inter-County Cooperative Publishing Association, $750, Andy Falk LaVonne Seeman Scholarship, $500, Tabitha Wanless, Erin Stavne Lions Schinzing Memorial, $500, Noah Gausman Lions Scholarship, $500, Brent Myers, Kortney Morrin Loyle Erickson Memorial, $100, McKenzie Ryan Mabel Thor Scholarship, $500, Carissa Skifstad Mary Ann Erickson Memorial, $1,000, Brent Myers, Tiffany Meyers Masons Scholarship, $500, Haley Johnson Outstanding Biology Student, $500, Tabitha Wanless, Erin Stavne Red Cross Student Bloodmobile Coordinator, $250, Tabitha Wanless Rotary: In honor of Merlin Johnson, $500, Brent Myers St. Croix Regional Medical Center, $1,000, McKenzie Ryan U.S. Bank, $500, Dylan Roberts, Steven LaFond Walter & Marion Jensen Memorial, $1,000, Seth Odegard, Lydia Pfluger, McKenzie Ryan Whitetails Unlimited, $250, Lauren Finch, Noah Gausman

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WEBSTER - “This is a lot of money for a small community,” said Webster High School Principal Tim Widiker as he prepared to distribute $41,000 in scholarships to graduating high school seniors at the academic awards night Friday, May 6. All of the scholarship money came from businesses, agencies and individuals that are part of the larger Webster community.

“Education is an investment,” Widiker continued.

“Tonight you get paid for your job.”

Before the scholarships were presented, Widiker named Callan Brown as the salutatorian and Shaina Pardun as the valedictorian for this year’s graduating class. – Carl Heidel Saunders Family, $10,000, Greg McIntyre Roberto Pearson Memorial, $500, Connor Pierce American Legion Auxiliary, $250, Bryana Andren, Callan Brown, Siiri Larsen American Legion Post 96, $250, Ben Jensen Burnett County HCE, $250, Samantha Kopecky Bremer Bank, $500, Annie Kelby St. John’s/Our Lady’s CCW, $250, Dan Dochniak Danbury Fire and Rescue, $500, Callan Brown, Tiffany DeMarre, Michelle Gibbs Danbury Lions Club, Devin Greene, Ben Jensen, Samantha Kopecky Jim Baker Memorial, $100, Lincoln Spafford Webster Scholarship Committee, $250, Jenna Anderson, Bryana Andren, Callan Brown, Tiffani DeMarre, Michelle Gibbs, Devin Greene, Billie Ingalls, Annie Kelby, Samantha Kopecky, Siiri Larsen, Greg McIntrye, Shaina Pardun, Connor Pierce, Kayce Rachner, Breeanna Watral, Elise Windbiel Federated Co-ops Inc., $200, Lincoln Spafford, Allison Rydel Grateful Graduate, $1,000, Jayme Mitchell

Indianhead Credit Union, $500, Mason Kriegel Inter-County Co-op Publishing, $750, Mason Kriegel Log Cabin Store and Eatery, $250, Shaina Pardun Myrtle Ketel Memorial, $500, Alyssa Main, Breeanna Watral Clendenning Memorial, $1,000, Jenna Anderson, Ben Jensen Women of the Moose, $150, Dan Dochniak Matt Erickson Memorial, $1,000 h, Shaina Pardun, Lincoln Spafford, Bryana Andren Danbury Area Chamber, $250, Samantha Kopecky

Webster High School recipients of scholarship awards. Front row (L to R): Siiri Larsen, Ben Jensen, Devin Greene, Dan Dochniak, Tiffany DeMarre, Bryana Andren, Alyssa Main, Allison Rydel, Billie Ingalls, Jayme Mitchell and Kayce Rachner.

Back row (L to R): Greg McIntyre, Mason Kriegel, Connor Pierce, Samantha Kopecky, Annie Kelby, Shaina Pardun, Michelle Gibbs, Breeanna Watral, Callan Brown, Elise Windbiel and Jenna Anderson. Missing from the photo: Lincoln Spafford. - Photo by Carl Heidel

Burnett County Moose Lodge 1194, $250, Kayce Rachner Nexen Group Inc., $750, Jenna Anderson, Breeanna Watral Bill & Jennie Sperling, $1,000, Greg McIntyre St. Croix Regional Medical Center, $1,000, Dan Dochniak Webster Education Association, $300, Greg McIntyre, Connor Pierce Webster Lions Club, $500, Callan Brown, Michelle Gibbs, Billie Ingalls, Annie Kelby, Samantha Kopecky, Siiri Larsen Webster Lioness Club, $300, Michelle Gibbs, Samantha Kopecky, Kayce Rachner

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ST. CROIX FALLS – The St. Croix Falls High School held their scholarship and awards banquet on May 27. The following students received scholarship and awards: Ian Anderson, Dollars for Scholars, $250 Kaitlin Andrie, Dollars for Scholars, $250 Courtney Appling, Dollars for Scholars, $250 Molly Austin-White, Dollars for Scholars, $250 Kirk Baker, Alora Breault Memorial, $250; Agnes Carlson-Peterson Memorial, $600; DFS “Red Hot Double D: Chili Cook-off, $500 Bridgette Bayle, S-Club, $25; Dollars for Scholars, $250 Justin Becker, Amery Farmers Union, $500 Zachory Blume, Dollars for Scholars, $250 Ashley Bollig, S-Club, $225; Amery Farmers Union, $500 Katelyn Brenholt, Dollars for Scholars, $250 Brittany Buss, St. Croix Women’s Golf League, $250; S-Club, $200; DFS Red Hot Double D Chili Cookoff, $500 Marcus Campbell, S-Club, $50; Trollhaugen, $500 Alicia Chelberg, S-Club, $25; Dollars for Scholars, $250; Miss SCF, $500; The RiverBank, $250 Mary Chernyaev, S-Club, $25; River Valley Hockey, $250; Amery Farmers Union, $500 Zachary Christenson, Boys Booster Basketball, $150; MarketPlace, $1,000; Donald Yunker Memorial, $500 Jessica Derrick, S-Club, $25; Bud and Larry Jenson Memorial, $250 Kodi Drinken, Terry Hansford Memorial, $500 Scott Duxbury, Bob Sawyer Memorial, $500 Andrew Fontanille, Dollars for Scholars, $500 Lauren Frokjer, Dollars for Scholars, $250 Mitchell Geisness, St. Croix Valley Men’s Golf League, $250 Heather Gilbert, American Legion Citizenship, $400; Alora Breault Memorial, $250; SCF Lioness, $250; S-Club, $100; NUE Scholarship – teachers, $500 Jesse Golden, Dollars for Scholars, $250 Nathan Graveson, Polk-Burnett Community Service, $500; DFS Football Raffle, $500 Tess Hedrick, St. Croix Women’s Golf League, $250; Dresser Lions Club, $500; S-Club, $75; Fred Yarolimek Memorial, $500 Ryan Jaremczuk, S-Club, $100; St. Croix Regional Medical Center, $1,000 Nicholas Johnson, Jeanette Ramstrom Memorial, $500; Boys Booster Basketball, $150 Bailey Knippenberg, S-Club, $25; Tenere, $500

Webster

Whitetails Unlimited, $250, Elise Windbiel Wonderland Snow Trails, $500, Devin Greene, Ben Jensen Webster/Siren Rotary, $500, Tiffani DeMarre Polk-Burnett Electric, $500, Callan Brown Northwest Passage-Scott G. Treichel, $500, Greg McIntyre, Michelle Gibbs Trade Lake Mutual, Devin Greene Cozy Corner Trails Snowmobile/ATV Club, $200, Allison Rydel Band Secretary Award, $150, Jenna Anderson Angel On My Shoulder, Breeanna Watral. - submitted

St. Croix Falls

St. Croix Falls seniors who received scholarships or awards gathered for a photo following the annual Awards Night Wednesday, May 4, held in the high school gym.

– Photo by Tammi Milberg

Jessica Larcom, Lewajohn, $250; Amery Farmers Union, $500 Ryan Leach, Terry Hansford Memorial, $500 Lauren Lund, Curtis Gaylord Memorial, $500 Alex Lunde, Dresser Trap Rock Quarry, $1,000 Carley Martin, DFS Football Raffle, $500 Mara Martinson, Inter-County Cooperative Publishing, $750 Alaina Mathias, The RiverBank, $250; Dresser Trap Rock Quarry, $1,000 Alexa Meyer, S-Club, $75 Katelynn Meyer, S-Club, $75; Coca-Cola Bottlers, $350 Connor Nelson, Burnett Dairy Cooperative, $1,500; Roland Krueger Memorial, $250 Daniel Nelson, MarketPlace, $1,000; Hazelden, $600 Lynell Packer, Dollars for Scholars, $250 Brook Parks, S-Club, $25; Bob Williams Memorial, $500 Samantha Peterson, American Legion Auxiliary, $300; SCF Fire Department, $250

Garrett Radinzel, Army; Dollars for Scholars, $250 Timothy Roettger, Blaine Hunter Memorial, $500 Jessica Sandgren, Dollars for Scholars, $250 Nathaniel J. Seifert, S-Club, $25; Lions Club, $1,200 Taylor Sempf, St. Croix Valley Men’s Golf League, $250; S-Club, $25; Dollars for Scholars, $500 Stephanie A. Stich, Army; Janelle Fellrath Memorial, $300 Taylor Stowell, Dollars for Scholars, $500 Allison Swenson, Chateau St. Croix, $1,000; Burnett Dairy Cooperative, $1,000; Cushing Fire Department, $100 Joseph Thayer, American Legion Americanism, $400; SCRMC Volunteer Partners Healthcare, $500; S-Club, $375; SCRMC Physicians Group, $1,000 Spencer Walters, S-Club, $25; Dollars for Scholars, $250 Rebecca Wampfler, SCF Lioness, $250; Steve

Skemp Memorial, $500; NUE Scholarship – Teachers, $500; Frandsen Bank & Trust, $500; Rotary Student of the Month, $500; Agnes Carlson-Peterson Memorial, $600 Kierlyn Ward, Mary Fountain Gaylord Memorial, $500 Summer Wilson, Arlene Gullickson Memorial, $300; SCRMC Volunteer Partners Healthcare, $500; St. Croix Valley Healthcare Foundation, $500; Eagle Valley Bank, $400; St. Croix Regional Medical Center, $1,000 Emma Wimberley, John Nelson Memorial, $500; Zach Foeller Memorial, $500 Margaret Wimberley, DFS Red Hot Double D Chili Cookoff, $500 Richelle Wood, Dollars for Scholars, $500 Dollars for Scholars Alumni, $350 each: Cory Raymond, John Mikl, Austin Whittenberger, Carissa Libbenga, Jamie Rohm, Tryn Bryant, Christopher Stack, Kayla Bixler and Abby Culver. - submitted

UW-Superior awards diplomas to 323 at its 115th spring commencement

SUPERIOR — The University of Wisconsin-Superior awarded diplomas to 323 graduates at its 115th spring commencement ceremony held Saturday, May 21, in Siinto S. Wessman Arena.

Interim provost Dr. Faith Hensrud presided over the ceremony and presented diplomas to students earning associate, bachelor’s, master’s and specialist’s degrees. The university granted approximately 275 undergraduate degrees and 50 graduate degrees.

Among the graduates were a number of students from other countries as well as students who earned their degrees online who were seeing campus for the first time.

Keynote speaker was Judith Crain, a member of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents. The board of regents oversees the UW System’s two doctoral universities, 11 comprehensive universities, 13 freshman-sophomore UW Col-

Graduates march into UW-Superior’s Wessman Arena for the university’s 115th spring commencement. UW-Superior awarded 323 undergraduate and graduate degrees at the May 21 ceremony. - Photo submitted

leges, and statewide UW-Extension, which annually serve more than 178,000 students, and reach more than 1 million Wisconsin citizens through outreach, public broadcasting and continuing education programs.

Delivering the student address was Saroj Dhital of Kathmandu, Nepal, who is graduating with majors in economics and mathematics. He was chosen for the honor based on his academic and student achievements at UW-Superior.

UW-Superior engages students for lifelong learning and rewarding careers through more than 26 undergraduate and graduate programs offered on campus along with degrees offered through distance learning. The university is a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges and plays a central role in the University of Wisconsin System’s Growth Agenda for Wisconsin. - submitted

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BALSAM LAKE – The Unity High School held their scholarship and awards banquet on May 27.

The following students received scholarship and awards: Adam Peterson Memorial Scholarship, $250, Brady Flaherty Adolph Timm American Legion Post 346/Auxiliary Scholarship, $200, Zach Edgell American Red Cross, $250, Luke Nelson, Haley St. Amand, Brandi Larson Amery Farmers Union Co-op, $500, April Johnson, Alex Livingston Amery Luck Regional Medical Center, $500, Kayla Johnson Balsam Lake Ellis Hagler American Legion and Auxiliary Unit 278, $300, Naomi Williamson, Nate Dorrance Balsam Lake Rehab and Protection District Scholarship, $500, Bryana Petersin Balsam Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, $250, Brady Flaherty, Katie Bestland Balsam Lake Rod & Gun Club, $500, Jessica Kutina, Luke Nelson, Brady Flaherty Believer’s, $100, Brandon Stencil Bishop Fixtures and Millwork, $500, Andrew Erickson Burnett Dairy Co-op Scholarship, $750, April Johnson Calvin Anderson, $500, Joshua Larsen Centuria Women’s Club, $250, April Johnson Class of ’65, $500, Haley St. Amand Countryside Co-op, $500, April Johnson Ellsworth Creamery, $500, April Johnson Frank Reynolds Memorial, $100, Jenelle Larsen Inter-County Publishing Association, $750, Jacob Bengtson John Peper Memorial Scholarship, $500, Katie Bestland Kolstad Family Funeral Home Scholarship, $500, Haley St. Amand Margie Bangle Memorial, $1,000, Lindsey Voss Mark Palmberg Memorial, $1,000, Doug Bengtson Milltown Community Club Scholarship, $500, Brandi Larson Milltown Fire Department, $500, Naomi Williamson, Brandi Larson American Legion George Melby Post 254 Milltown, $500, Alisha Nutter, Naomi Williamson, Nate Dorrance, Jessica Raboin National Mutual Benefit, $1,000, Jason Vlasnik National Honor Society, $100, Katherine Ebensperger Norma Thompson, $500, Alec Carlson Dr. Paul A. Hauge, $500, Rush Hickethier, Naomi Williamson Polk-Burnett, $750, Lindsey Voss Polk County Farm Bureau, $500, April Johnson Roundabouts, $50, Joshua Larsen, Jenelle Larsen, Rush Hickethier, Doug Bengtson Randy Walker, $500, Haley St. Amand Richard O. Klatt Scholarship, $500, Brady Flaherty River Place Dental, $500, Mickey Muller

River Valley Physicians, $1,000, Marisa Hacker SCRMC Health Care Scholarship, $1,000, Rush Hickethier, Dylan Hendricks SCRMC Volunteer Partners Scholarship, $500, Marisa Hacker, Kayla Johnson, Jessica Raboin Unity Student Council Spirit of Unity Scholarship, $150, Hayla Bader Unity Booster Club, $100, Brady Flaherty, Marisa Hacker Unity Student Council Leadership Scholarship, $150, Katherine Ebensperger Unity Education Scholarship Foundation, $750, Nate Dorrance, Katherine Ebensperger, Brady Flaherty, Erin Mabry, Mickey Muller, Jessica Raboin, Haley St. Amand, Naomi Williamson Unity Education Association $350, Erin Mabry, Mickey Muller, Emily Stelling Unity Leos Club Activity, $250, Jenelle Larsen Unity Lions Club, $500, Naomi Williamson Valedictorian – Academic Excellence, $9,000, Katherine Ebensperger United VFW and Auxiliary Post 6856, $500, Mitchell Galle, Jenelle Larson Van Gundy Memorial Scholarship, $1,000, Nate Dorrance

NEW RICHMOND – More than 700 students earned associate degrees, technical diplomas and professional certificates as Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College recognized their well-trained graduates this spring. On May 13, the college held simultaneous commencement ceremonies for its Ashland, New Richmond, Rice Lake and Superior campuses.

WITC-New Richmond recognized its largest class in history: 240 graduates, 222 of whom participated in the ceremony. This year, commencement returned to New Richmond High School, after years of holding the ceremony at Somerset High School, as the new high school can accommodate large crowds.

Lee Fiedler, Prescott, a WITC instructor and graduate, was chosen as recipient of the 2011 Distinguished Alumni Award. Fiedler talked of how life’s journey takes one down different paths, filled with twists, turns and bumps. His key advice: “Be honest, work hard, accept the fact that you don’t know where you are going, and enjoy the ride.”

Graduating student ambassador Matthew Woehrman, New Richmond, spoke of how important WITC is to him. An automated packaging systems technician graduate, Woehrman enjoyed the unique situation of having three job interviews and

receiving three job offers before graduation.

“For all of us at WITC, graduation is the most exhilarating time of the year as we are able to celebrate the significant accomplishments of those students who are program completers,” said WITC President Bob Meyer. “Not only have these hardworking students set a goal for themselves and reached that important professional milestone in their lives, but they are also commencing forward into a new and exciting life journey. To be part of that is enormously rewarding for all of us at WITC.” A recent WITC study showed that 91 percent of 2009-10 graduates were hired within just six months of graduating – 75 percent employed in an occupation related to their training. The average starting salary was $30,198 annually.

“We are proud to recognize and congratulate our graduates for successfully achieving the ultimate investment in their lives – a college education,” Meyer said. “We are confident that these graduates are well-prepared and will leverage their education to make significant contributions to their respective communities. We wish these new WITC alumni the very best as they pursue the exciting challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.”

WITC serves the educational and career needs of more than 25,000 residents of northwestern Wis-

Unity scholarship recipients included front (L to R): Kayla Johnson, Brandon Stencil, Tyler Christensen, Jessica Kutina, Jake Bengtson and Katherine Ebensperger. Second row: Katie Bestland, Alisha Nutter, April Johnson, Jenelle Larsen, Naomi Williamson and Mickey Muller.

Third row: Reid Binfet, Doug Bengtson, Beau Davison, Nate Dorrance, Marissa Hacker and Hayla Bader. Fourth row: Bryana Petersin, Haley St. Amand, Elizabeth Bethke, Rush Hickethier, Dylan Hendricks and Luke Nelson. Fifth row: Crystal Donahue, Zach Edgell, Lindsay Voss, Erin Mabry, Emily Stelling and Brandi Larson. Sixth row: Jason Vlasnik, Alex Livingston, Mitchell Galle, Josh Larsen, Brandon Bielmeier and Brady Flaherty. – Photos by Mary Stirrat W.I.N.G.S. Scholarship, $250, Crystal Donahue, Katherine Ebensperger, Brady Flaherty Wisconsin Bear Hunters Association $500, Luke Nelson Unity FFA Scholarship, $50, Elizabeth Bethke,Brandon Bielmeier, Lucas Hetfeld, Alex Livingston, Taylor Loken, Thane Lowe, Justin McKenzie, Jason Vlasnik, Kathryn Zahler Unity FFA Alumni Scholarship, $200, April Johnson Unity FFA Alumni Scholarship, $125, Jenelle Larsen, Reid Binfet Unity FFA Alumni Scholarship, $100, Brandi Larson, Naomi Williamson, Tyler Christiansen

Other awards/recognition Adolph Timm Post American Legion Citizenship Award, Hayla Bader, Mickey Muller Badger State Girls Representatives, Reide Bibeau, Brittany Thomfohrda Badger State Boy Representative, Connor MacKinnon Honor Athlete, Katherine Ebensperger, Brady Flaherty NUE Outstanding Student, Erin Mabry

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Below is a list of graduates: Amery Fay Bibeau, Amy Carlson, Bruce Dick, Codie Erickson, Loren Goldstein, Monique Gooch, Luke Gorres, Bryanna Haas, Heather Hart, Christoffer Holte, David Johnson, Jessica Kilgore, Susan Kobs, Amy Lundgren, Paul McKellar, Grant Miller, Barbara Miner, Jennifer Sain, JoAnn Scribner, Lisa Swanson and Sara Thayer.

Balsam Lake Katie Denver, Christopher Dick and Amy Neuenschwander.

Centuria Johanna Alling, Ronald Beckwith, Amanda Delaney, Andrea Paulzine and Ashley St. Amand.

Dresser Anthony Aubart, Amber Bateman, Jeanette Boissy, Samantha Brace, Heidi Goehring, Ashley Knutson and Lauren Sutton.

Frederic Caitlin Ayd, Kenneth Fowler, Audrey Hermansen,

Unity

One of two new scholarships awarded at Unity this year was the Believer’s Scholarship, presented to a student that “embodies the word passion.” Brandon Stencil was named the first recipient in recognition of his passion for golf. Sarah Schmidt presented the $100 scholarship.

This year River Place Dental in Amery began an annual scholarship program for students pursuing a health career, particularly dentistry.

Dr. Rollyn Lee presented the scholarship to this year’s recipient, Mickey Muller.

Outstanding Athlete, Crystal Donahue, Brady Flaherty Outstanding Social Studies Scholarship, Lindsey Voss Outstanding Science Scholar, Emily Petzel Outstanding Math Students, Katherine Ebensperger, Dale Michaelson, Lindsey Voss WIAA Scholar Athlete, Katherine Ebensperger, Brady Flaherty Valedictorian, Katherine EbenspergerSalutatorian, Lindsey Voss. - submitted

Jessica Hubbell, Kimberly Jones, Sandra Lundquist, Jennifer Murphy and Jessica Olby.

Grantsburg Daniel Cutler and Kelly Hennessey.

Luck Casey King, Alexander McCabe, Dennis McKinney, Jamie Petersen and Kristy Zacco.

Milltown Sheri Belisle, Linda Larson and Neil Lofgren.

Osceola Sarah Andrewson, Ashley Blattner, Robert Boucher, Kahlyn Cottor, Wendy Field, Nicholas Finster, Robert Funk, Krista Hall, Melanie Hess, Tracy Ilax, Cheryl Jacobsen, Amy Jons, Angela Krenz, Lori Maypark, Matthew Miller, Courtney Niesen, Danielle Norlander, Amber Poppovich, Karen Rapp-Grant, Jacob Rodke, Alyssa Schrock, Fred Steffen, Mark Steffen, Becky Swagger, Rhonda Williams and Jill Wofford.

Siren Thomas Gravelle, Derek Jaskolka, Tanner Jotblad, Eric Keith and Betsy Liljenberg.

St. Croix Falls Jennifer Mikl, Mason Millermon, Abigail Swenson, Robert Thompson, Colton Gordon and William Olson.

Webster Linda Baum, Brian Burton, James Erickson, Jason Graham, Eric Plath and Avery Pope. - submitted

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LUCK – The Luck High School held their scholarship and awards banquet on May 22. The following students received scholarship and awards: Luck Community Graduate Fund, $125, Bryce Amlee, Karie Bartlett, Stacie Buck, Morgan Denny, Devin Douglas, Sarah Elert, David Franzel, Karissa Giller, Logan Hacker, Paige Hacker, Devin Harvieux, Alyssa Hutton, Rebecca Hutton, Kyle James, Connery Johnson, Kayla Karl, Melissa Kielty, Brady Klatt, Nick Leal, Neal Mellon, Megan Moore, Alec Mortel, Cole Mortel, Max Musial, Devon Nelson, Kasey Ouellette, Gena Pearson, Ashlyn Petersen, Tabitha Pilz, Kenny Sanford, Sammie Schallenberger, Jade Schrock, Brandon Skow, Christopher Spencer, Lindsey Staple, Roger Steen, Stephanie Stevens, Kelly Stokes, Landen Strilzuk, Ethan Thomas, AJ Walsh-Brenizer, Mikayla Washington and Kristine Wortman West Denmark Church Scholarship, $100, Logan Hacker Tatia Hibbs “Miss Hustle” Scholarship, $100, Morgan Denny and $100 in 2010 Business Education Scholarship, $150, Roger Steen, Tabitha Pilz, Gena Pearson, Morgan Denny and Logan Hacker Luck FFA Alumni Scholarship, $300, Kenny Sanford and Stephanie Stevens Luck Snowmobile Club, $300, Landen Strilzuk and Stacie Buck Frederic Masonic Lodge 244, $500, Neal Mellon and Lindsey Stapel Bone Lake Foundation, $400, Morgan Denny Allied Waste Management, $500, Alec Mortel and Cole Mortel American Legion, $500, Roger Steen American Legion Auxiliary, $500, Karissa Giller VFW, $500, Connery Johnson VFW Auxiliary, $500, Melissa Kielty U.S. Army Scholarship, $40,000, Karie Bartlett Amery Regional Medical Clinic Scholarship, $500, Sarah Elert Bryce Hacker Memorial Scholarship, $500, Roger Steen and Kayla Karl Luck Lions Club Scholarship, $500, Logan Hacker and Karissa Giller Rod Kennedy Memorial Writing Award, $500, Kasey Ouellette Harvey and Hazel Duehlom Scholarship, $1,000, Max Musial

Luck High School seniors were presented scholarship and awards during the presentation on May 22 at the high school. – Photo by Greg Marsten Frandsen Bank & Trust Scholarship, $500, Lindsey Stapel and Rebecca Hutton School-to-Work Business Scholarship, $500, Morgan Denny, Sarah Elert, Paige Hacker, Ashlyn Petersen, Alec Mortel, Brady Klatt, Kristine Wortman, Melissa Kielty Indianhead Credit Union, $500, Kenny Sanford Minneapolis Business Colege, $700, Mikayla Washington Inter-County Leader Scholarship, $750, Kelly Stokes Luck Teachers Memorial Scholarship, $1,000, AJ Walsh-Brenizer and Megan Moore Sterling Bank Scholarship, $1,000 each, Brady Klatt, Kristine Wortman and David Franzel St. Croix Regional Medical Scholarship, $1,000, Sammie Schallenberger and Tabitha Pilz Lakeland Communications, $1,500, Ashlyn Petersen Bernick’s Community Foundation, $2,000, Gena Pearson

Academic Excellence Scholarship Award, Morgan Denny Music Department Scholarships, Kristine Wortman, David Franzel and Roger Steen Scholastic Awards, Karie Bartlett and Bryce Amlee Academic Letter Awards, Morgan Denny, David Franzel and Kyle James Perfect Attendance, Logan Hacker, senior year Special Attendance Award, Logan Hacker (missed six days total in all 12 grades) National Honor Society Recognition, Morgan Denny, Megan Moore, Logan Hacker, Roger Steen, Brady Klatt, Kyle James, Ashlyn Petersen and David Franzel Business Awards, Karie Bartlett, Stacie Buck, Morgan Denny, Karissa Giller, Logan Hacker, Devin Harvieux, Kyle James, Megan Moore, Alec Mortel, Cole Mortel, Gena Pearson, Tabitha Pilz, Sammie Schallenberger, Roger Steen, Stephanie Stevens and Landen Strilzuk

Scholarships and awards 2011

FREDERIC – The Frederic High School seniors received their scholarship and awards on May 22.

The following students received scholarship and awards: Dollars for Scholars, $1,000, Josiah Lund Donna Struck LeFurgy Weinzierl Memorial, $1,500, Sarah Knauber, Kendra Wells Bremer Bank Scholarship, $1,000, Ashley Bergeron Inter-County Cooperative Publishing, $750, Joe Draxler Lioness Club Scholarship, $500, Samantha Nelson Bernice Asper Memorial Scholarship, $1,000, Tony Peterson CJ Franseen Merit Award, $1,000, Allison Anderson Family of John and Rose Shull, $1,000, Samantha Nelson Rowe Funeral Home, $500, Kayla Nelson Community Education Scholarship, $500, Tony Peterson Ray and Evelyn Moats Memorial, $300, Ryan Phernetton Karl D. Ludvigson Education, $1,000, Jade Johnson Jenell Fellrath, $300, Jesse Chouinard Wadia (Bill) Moses Scholarship, $800, Ben Ackerley Carl and Hilda Ahlgren Educational Scholarship, $1,000, Tanesha Carlson Henry Lawrence Ahlgren Educational Scholarship, $1,000, Isabel Lexen Marcella (Sally) Surbaugh Memorial Scholarship, $300, Frankie Knuf Luck Medical Clinic – branch of Amery Regional Medical, $500, Amanda Blok St. Dominic’s Council of Catholic Women, $1,000, Joseph Draxler Marilyn and Phil Knuf Educational Scholarship, $1,000, Calla Karl, Sage Karl Donna and Roman L. Weinzierl Memorial Scholarship, $1,500, Dan Halverson Jean Lang Memorial Scholarship, $200, Zach

$20,000 awarded to 20 seniors

Members of the Frederic graduating class received a host of scholarship as they move on to the next stage of their lives. – Photo by Gregg Westigard

Tietz Timothy R. Carlson Memorial Scholarship, $350, Josiah Lund Dan Gabrielson Memorial Scholarship, $500, Karry Simpson River Valley Physicians Scholarship, $1,000, Krysta Laqua U.S. Bank Scholarship, $500, Allison Anderson, Isabel Lexen Charles E. Lewis Scholarship, $500, Tanesha Carlson Indianhead Credit Union Scholarship, $500, Amanda Blok Burnett County Moose Lodge Scholarship, $250, Zach Tietz Jane Wisse Memorial Scholarship, $1,000, Trae

Gehl Harlan Shull Memorial Scholarship, $1,000, Vanessa Neumann James R. and Suzanne Zeiler Scholarship, $200, Robert Kirk Marty Niles Athletic Scholarship, $500, John Chelmo, Jade Johnson Marty Niles Technical College Scholarship, $250, Ryan Phernetton, Jesse Chouinard Kaye LaRayne Heine Memorial Scholarship, $500, Allison Anderson, Ben Ackerley Burnett Dairy Scholarship, $1,250, Sarah Knauber, Jesse Chouinard, Amanda Blok Polk County Home and Community Association, $600, Carl White Polk County Deputy Sheriff and Jailer Associa-

High school seniors who plan to attend colleges, universities and technical schools to pursue careers in agriculture or related fields were eligible to apply for the scholarships. Students were judged based on their academic record, vocational promise, community service and leadership qualities.

Applicants were required to have a GPA of 3.0 or better.

Scholarships are given to help ensure a strong future for agriculture, which is a primary goal of the AgStar Fund for Rural America. Since its inception in 2001, the fund has donated more than $3 million to organizations working to improve the future of rural America.

“AgStar believes that education is the key for

empowering young people to pursue careers in agriculture and lays the foundation for preserving and enhancing the quality of life in rural America for the future. Through programs like this and our other grants and scholarships, we’ve made a commitment to further the success of the young people and, ultimately, everyone who lives and works in rural America,” said John Monson, a board member of the AgStar Fund.

Wilson plans to attend the University of Wisconsin, Madison, majoring in biochemistry. She is the daughter of Robert and Barbara Wilson of St. Croix Falls. - from AgStar

Luck

Keyboarding Hall of Fame, Stacie Buck (96 words per minute), Logan Hacker (79), Megan Moore (79), Stephanie Stevens (76), Gena Pearson (69), Morgan Denny (68), Mykayla Washington (68), Sammie Schallenberger (65), Tabitha Pilz (63), Karissa Giller (61) and Rebecca Hutton (60) Cloverleaf Awards, Stacie Buck, Morgan Denny, Sarah Elert, Karissa Giller, Paige Hacker, Devin Harvieux, Rebecca Hutton, Kyle James, Melissa Kielty, Alec Mortel, Cole Mortel, Sammie Schallenberger and Landen Strilzuk Drama Club Participation Awards, Karissa Giller, Ashlyn Petersen, Sarah Elert, Neal Mellon, Kyle James, Nick Leal, Kasey Ouellette, Kayla Karl, Stacie Buck, Melissa Kielty, Lindsey Stapel, Megan Moore, Kristine Wortman, Sammie Schallenberger, Roger Steen and Brady Klatt Lighting Award, Karissa Giller Set Award, Melissa Kielty Mr. Intrepid Award, Neal Mellon Rod Kennedy Memorial Drama Award, Sarah Elert and Ashlyn Petersen Forensics Award, Cole Mortel (4 years of competing at the state competition) Wendy’s High School Heisman Award, Roger Steen Wisconsin All State Scholar, Morgan Denny Lakeland Conference Academic Awards, Karissa Giller, Sarah Elert, Ashlyn Petersen, David Franzel, Morgan Denny, Brady Klatt, Logan Hacker and Kyle James U.S. Army Reserve National Scholar Athlete, Sarah Elert and AJ Walsh-Brenizer WIAA Scholar/Athlete Award, Brady Klatt and Morgan Denny Senior Athlete Recognition, Kyle James, Brady Klatt, David Franzel, Chris Spencer, Kenny Sanford, Alec Mortel, Connery Johnson, Roger Steen, Logan Hacker, Cole Mortel, Devin Douglas, Karissa Giller, Ashlyn Petersen, Lindsey Stapel, Jade Schrock, Morgan Denny, Gena Pearson, Sarah Elert, AJ Walsh-Brenizer and Landen Strilzuk Senior Athlete of the Year Award, Roger Steen and Morgan Denny National Choralier Award, Ashlyn Petersen Louis Armstrong Jazz Award, David Franzel John Philip Sousa Band Award, David Franzel. – submitted

Frederic

tion, $1,000, Ashley Bergeron NUE – Frederic Teachers Association, $750, Allison Anderson WIAA Leadership Award/Farmers Insurance Group, $2,000, Tony Peterson Countryside Cooperative, $500, Zach Tietz Polk County Farm Bureau, $500, Zach Tietz TNT Massage/Fitness Center Award, $200, Samantha Nelson FFA – Frederic Alumni, $200, Sarah Knauber, Jesse Chouinard, Tanesha Carlson, Ryan Phernetton Other scholarships/awards recognition WIAA Scholar Athlete: Tony Peterson and Samantha Nelson Academic Top Ten: Allison Anderson, Daniel Halverson, Isabel Lexen, Samantha Nelson, Tanesha Carlson, Sage Karl, Josiah Lund, Anthony Peterson, Jade Johnson and Sarah Knauber Academic letter plaque winners: Sarah Knauber, Jade Johnson, Anthony Peterson, Samantha Nelson, Ashley Bergeron, Tanesha Carlson, Sage Karl, Josiah Lund, Allison Anderson, Daniel Halverson, Calla Karl, Kayla Nelson, Isabel Lexen and Vanessa Neumann Presidential Academic Excellence Awards: Krysta Laqua, Tanesha Carlson, Allison Anderson, Calla Karl, Josiah Lund, Sarah Knauber, Samantha Nelson, Isabel Lexen, Sage Karl, Anthony Peterson, Ashley Bergeron, Kayla Nelson, Vanessa Neumann, Daniel Halverson and Jade Johnson Perfect attendance: Sarah Knauber – senior and sophomore years; (missed five days total in high school); Samantha Nelson – (missed five days total in high school); Jesse Chouinard – (missed 4-1/2 days total in high school) Lakeland Conference All-conference Academic Awards: Jade Johnson, Allison Anderson, Samantha Nelson, Anthony Peterson, Sarah Knauber, Tanesha Carlson, Isabel Lexen, Daniel Halverson and Josiah Lund Wisconsin Academic Excellence Scholarship as valedictorian: Sarah Knauber. - submitted

AgStar awards scholarship to St. Croix Falls senior

MANKATO, Minn.- The AgStar Fund for Rural America, a corporate giving program of AgStar Financial Services, is pleased to announce that it awarded Summer Wilson, a senior at St. Croix Falls High School, a $1,000 educational scholarship.

The Fund awards $20,000 in scholarships annually to 20 graduating seniors within AgStar’s 69 county service area. There are four students from each of AgStar’s five regions in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

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Eternal

Perspectives Sally Bair

Change happens

It’s said we can be sure of only two things: death

and taxes. We might add one more thing: change.

Every day we’re bombarded with items that have changed literally overnight. Our favorite style of shoes has been replaced by a new style. The roll of toilet paper has become narrower. A new computer program has made ours obsolete and useless.

Harder yet to deal with are the sudden changes in our circumstances. A death in the family, a divorce, or a new job—they all cause stress to our mind and body. Every change requires time to adjust. And when too many changes take place too fast—even happy events such as a wedding or birth—our systems become overloaded and stress takes its toll.

Like a cooker equipped with an adjustable steam valve to control its pressure, we seek ways to control our inner pressure. Taking a walk or pulling weeds helps dissipate anger. Writing a letter or journal entry calms our spirit and offers a new perspective. Drinking a cup of cocoa or eating a chocolate bar soothes the turmoil in our gut.

Since the days of cavemen, people have used the “fight or flight” instinct when facing sudden change.

Sometimes flight has its purpose, such as in seeking shelter from a dangerous storm. At other times, we may be tempted to fight a situation head-on. Our decision to flee or fight usually determines the outcome—safety from the storm we fled, or victory over the enemy we faced.

Regardless of our response to change, we know that eventually we must accept change. In fact, change can be a blessing rather than a curse. And when we choose to count on God’s strength and wisdom, changes become easier and the results more satisfying.

God’s ways of lovingly leading us into change are far better than our own. He knows exactly what we need to learn from the experience as well as in what area we need to grow in faith.

“My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.” (James 1:3-4) Change does not have to be difficult when we allow God to have his perfect work in us, thereby increasing and strengthening our faith.

Wised up and toughened up, we won’t have to endure stress.

Lord, help us to wise up and toughen up whenever we face change. Help us remember that with you, all things are possible, so we need not face change fearfully. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Mrs. Bair may be reached at sallybair@gmail.com

Milltown Lutheran activities

Balsam Lake is again staffed with area youth checking boats for invasive species to protect the lake thorugh the Clean Boats Clean Waters program. Students from the Unity High School have summer employment through the Balsam Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District. Students volunteer half of their time for their community involvement requirement for school and get paid the other half. Project coordinator is Carl Holgren, with youth director Alex Davison. Nearly 40 youth are finding an opportunity to participate this summer with this program. Pictured are Shawna Jorgensen, Mercedes Kobs, Savannah Kobs and Cullen Madison. – Photos submitted

Lilac Sunday at St. Luke's

The children of St. Luke’s Wednesday Church School enthusiastically participated in the beauty of Lilac Sunday. This group joined the congregation in singing “This Is The Day” and then sang their favorite song “Shout To The Lord.” The older children provided Scripture readings. It was an uplifting service enjoyed by all. - Photo submitted

Baptism at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church

Our Redeemer Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod in Webster welcomed to the family of God Trae Eugene Widiker and Abigail Lee Widiker through the waters of Holy Baptism on Saturday, May 8. Pictured in front are Trae and Abby Widiker. Standing in the back are Pastor Gerald Heinecke, parents Tim and Mindy Widiker, and godparent Julie Steiner. - Photo submitted

North Valley Lutheran Church building addition dedication - June 12

CENTURIA – Many North Valley Lutheran members have been asked in the last nine months, “What are you adding onto your church? When is it going to be done?”

The building was completed mid-May and will be dedicated on June 12, with an 11 a.m., Pentecost worship service, noon luncheon, 1:30 p.m. dedication service, followed by an open house with refreshments until 5 p.m. North Valley invites the public to participate in one or more of the activities.

The new addition includes an elevator and handicapped accessible bathrooms, with a new narthex and expanded basement. The improvement to the church building fits North Valley’s mission to reach out to all people, including the physically challenged. North Valley honors the old and the new by combining the two with the original sanctuary remaining intact.

North Valley’s history dates back to the 1860s after the Civil War, when immigrants coming to America settled in the Town of Eureka and built their log one-room homes.

Neighbors were often one or two miles apart. There were no schools or churches nearby, and the nearest village was St. Croix Falls.

These pioneers sought spiritual guidance; in 1869 the Rev. Ole Oleson, a pastor in a Scandinavian settlement near Grantsburg, held monthly services for them. Services were held in homes until their first log schoolhouse was built. The congregation officially organized in 1879 with 22 families, and the present church on CTH G was built in 1893. The original sanctuary stands as built.

North Valley Lutheran Church is located at 1988 220th Ave. (CTH G between Hwys. 87 and 35), Centuria. The Web site is www.nvlch.org. For additional information call the church office at 715-825-3559. – submitted

Milltown Lutheran Church graduates were presented with fleece blankets recently in honor of their graduation.

Graduates include: Luke Nelson, Dylan Hendricks, Emily Stelling, Elizabeth Bethke, Alex Livingston, Jenelle Larsen, Natalia from Italy and Pastor Danny Wheeler. Missing were: Mickey Muller, Josh Larsen and Hailey Gilitzer.

May 24, 1896

The present day North Valley Lutheran Church building with the new addition. – Photos submitted

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News from the Pews at Pilgrim Lutheran

FREDERIC – On Sunday, May 22, The Fifth Sunday of Easter, Marisa Rae Rau was baptized during worship services. Marisa’s sponsors were Karen Heizman and Eric Larson.

Marisa wore a white gown that was made by her great-grandma complete with pink hand-embroidered flowers and delicate pin tucks, three in a grouping, which tradition says they represent the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The choir sang the beautiful song “You are Loved” by C. Berry under the direction of her dad, Joshua, and this same song was sung at her little sister, Caylen’s baptism.

As the women of the church were planning the churchwide garage sale in April, they made the decision to set aside 10 percent of the proceeds to go toward missions. At their monthly May meeting, a discussion was held about what mission they wanted the proceeds to go to. Everyone at the meeting agreed that they would like to buy five goats with the money and that would be through the ELCA/Good Gifts Program. This information summarizes that program – On Sunday, May 22, Marisa Rae Rau was baptized during worship services. Pic“Goats change lives. In extreme cli- tured are her parents, Joshua and Ami, along with Pastor Andrew and big sister Olivia mates where other animals cannot and big sister Caylen who was also baptized at Pilgrim on Oct. 4, 2009. – Photo subsurvive, goats provide families with mitted fresh milk to drink and fertilizer for the land. As goats multiply, families information about the church or coming events, please often share offspring with a neighbor in need - helping call the church office at 714-327-8012 and leave a message lift entire communities out of hunger and poverty.” and someone will call you back. You can also go to their Pilgrim invites everyone to join them for Sunday morn- Web site www.pilgrimlutheranfrederic.org or check out ing worship at 9 a.m. and the time change of summer other activities on Facebook. - submitted worship hour began Memorial Day weekend. For more

Sterling Settlers Picnic set for June 26

TOWN OF STERLING - This will be the 72nd consecutive year for the Settlers picnic, always held on the Sunday after Father’s Day, June 26. It will be held at the Cushing Community Center over the noon hour.

There will be a potluck dinner and everyone is asked to please bring their favorite picnic dish to share and the rest will be furnished.

This get-together is one of the longest running celebrations in the area, starting back in 1939. It’s held outdoors where the Cowan Creek and the Trade River meet on Evergreen Ave. It was always looked forward to as a chance to visit with neighbors, young and old, and discuss life in the Barrens.

The historical society rooms will be open for touring and maps for self-guided tour of the Barrens will be

available.

The speaker will be the Rev. Dale Van Deusen and special music by Kristen Hanson.

Prizes will be given to those coming from a distance and recognition of the oldest, youngest and longest married.

“If you’re new to the area, this is the perfect event to attend to get to know the neighbors and soak up a little history of the area,” states a news release. “We look forward to meeting you and we welcome back all the descendents of the settlers of the Barrens of Sterling Township and the surrounding townships!” says a news release. - submitted

OBITUARIES Paul Franklin Kuhnly

Paul Franklin Kuhnly, 90, resident of the village of Milltown, passed away on Thursday, May 26, 2011, at his home with his loving wife at his side.

Paul was born on April 28, 1921, in Webster, the son of Lida (Rhodes) and Ben Kuhnly.

Paul attended grade school and the Dongola School and graduated from Webster High School. He was a WWII veteran having served in the 410th Infantry Division of the United States Army. Paul received the Purple Heart Medal for his honorable service during WWII. Paul enjoyed playing his banjo and entertaining the residents of local nursing homes. He loved gardening, fixing things and spending time with his family.

Paul lived in Astoria, Ore., for many years where he raised his family. Later in life, he moved to the Milltown area. He was married to Cora Lee (McKinstry) on Feb. 1, 2006, and the couple made their home in Milltown.

Paul leaves to celebrate his memory: wife, Cora Lee; children, Nyla, Paula, Alan, Lane, Loren and April; many grandchildren; great-grandchildren; stepchildren, LuAnn, Peggy and Dale; many step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren; and other loving family and friends.

Paul was preceded in death by his parents; his son, Dean; his first wife, Faye; and brothers and sisters.

Funeral service was held Saturday, May 28, at the Kolstad Family Funeral Home in Centuria. Full military honors were conducted following the funeral service.

Paul will be laid to rest in Astoria, Ore. To express condolences, please visit www.kolstadfamilyfuneralhome.com.

The Kolstad Family Funeral Home of Centuria has been entrusted with funeral arrangements.

Merilyn E. Wood

Merilyn E. Wood, 80, resident of Luck, died Thursday, May 26, 2011, at St. Croix Regional Medical Center.

She was born June 14, 1930, in Centuria, the daughter of Magda and Peter Rasmussen. Merilyn grew up in the Centuria area and graduated from Centuria High School.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Floyd Wood; parents, Magda and Peter Rasmussen; sister, Evelyn; and brothers, Leslie and Ray. She is survived by her daughter, Dianne Garrity of Luck; son, Doug (Nora) Wood of Chisago City; four grandchildren, Fawn (Ned) Bowden, Christopher Wood, Zachary (Amy) Wood, Melissa Garrity; three greatgrandchildren, Mieka Bowden, Henry Bowden and Kimberly Garrity; sister, Elsie Petersen; brother, Paul (Irene) Rasmussen.

Memorial services will be held at the Rowe Funeral Home in Luck on Thursday, June 2, with visitation beginning at 1 p.m., followed by the service at 2 p.m.

Refer to the Web sites for updated information or call Bruce Rowe at 715-472-2444.

Rowe Funeral Home of Luck, www.rowefh.com and the Northwest Wisconsin Cremation Center in Milltown, www.wicremationcenter.com have been entrusted with funeral arrangements.

James “Jimmy” L. Bearheart

OBITUARIES Ethel (Thor) Olson

Ethel (Thor) Olson, 98, Amery, passed away at the Willow Ridge Healthcare in Amery on May 26, 2011.

Ethel (Thor) Olson was born Sept.

7, 1912, in Grantsburg, the oldest of seven children born to David and Emily (Nelson) Thor. Ethel grew up on the family farm south of Grantsburg. She was baptized in the Christian faith. Ethel attended grade school at Grettum and graduated from the Grantsburg High School.

She earned her teaching certificate from Grantsburg Normal, and prior to her marriage, she taught school for nine years in Burnett County.

On June 29, 1940, she was united in marriage to Roland Olson at the Little Brown Church. They enjoyed 57 happy years together. For many years they operated a dairy farm and an apiary in Trade Lake. For 50 years she and her husband were involved in the rental and contracting business in Minneapolis where they also made their home. However, they never left the old farmstead where they both loved to be.

Ethel and Roland traveled extensively throughout the United States, including Alaska, and Canada, too. They enjoyed spending part of their winters in Florida and California. Ethel was known for her many fine qualities and talents, but mostly for her constant devotion to her family.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Roland in 1997; parents; daughter-in-law, Margaret Olson; brothers, Lester and Lloyd (Hazel); sister, Mabel Thor; and brotherin-law, Morris Lindgren.

Ethel is survived by her children: daughter, JoAnn (Barry) Clark of Amery and son, David (Lori) Olson of Cumberland; grandchildren, Kari Clark (Mark Birchard) of Edina, Minn., Lisa Clark of Minneapolis, Jennifer (Kirk) Hyatt and David (Jessica) Olson of Cumberland, Christopher Olson of Seattle; and three step-grandchildren; great-grandchildren, Ania Hyatt, Asa Chatto, David Robert Olson and Siri Hyatt; and five step-great-grandchildren; sisters, Mildred Lindgren, Alyce Mae Smestad and Carol (Merlin) Johnson; many nieces and nephews; and other beloved family members and friends.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, June 2, at 11 a.m., at Bethany Lutheran Church in rural Grantsburg with Pastor Jay Ticknor officiating. There will be a visitation at the church for the hour prior to the service. Burial will be at the Union Cemetery. You may sign a register book and leave condolences at www.williamsonwhite.com.

The Williamson-White Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Amery was entrusted with arrangements.

James “Jimmy” L. (Gaw-Ga-Gabaw) Bearheart, 66, Webster, died May 25, 2011, at Lakeview Medical Center in Rice Lake.

Jimmy was born March 17, 1945, in Cumberland to Sam and Rose Bearheart Sr. Jimmy had been employed with St. Croix Tribal as housing director and an enrollment director. Jimmy enjoyed being outside fishing and hunting.

He also was fond of baseball, which he played a lot of when he was younger. As he got older, he enjoyed watching ball games.

Jimmy was preceded in death by his parents; his brother, Bradley; and sister, Joyce.

He is survived by his children, Robin Bearheart, Vincent Bearheart, Andy Bearheart, Greg Bearheart, Ellen Bearheart, Janice (Randy) Quam, Teresa (Dean) Lysne, Karen Johnson and Jimmy Waite; his brothers, Sam Bearheart Jr., Mike Bearheart and Wesley Bearheart; sisters, Delores (Ralf) Pewaush and Ellen (Leo) Butler; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren; and special friend, Jolene Clement.

Funeral services were held Sunday, May 29, at the Hertel Tribal Center with Lee Staples officiating. Interment followed at Gaslyn Cemetery in Town of Rusk. Casket bearers were Mitch Butler, Mike Bearheart, Burt Dickenson, Paul Armstrong, Anthony Pewaush and Lorne Pewaush. Honorary casket bearers were Joseph Clement and Louis Clement. Online condolences can be made at www.swedberg-taylor.com The Swedberg-Taylor Family Funeral Home, Webster, Dorothy Gross died on Dec. 7, 2010, and the full obituwas entrusted with arrangements. ary was published in December. There will be a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Dominic Catholic Church in Frederic on Saturday, June 4. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. and the service at 11 a.m. Memorials are preferred to the American Diabetes Association, St. Dominic’s or the charCathryn Elaine Jensen, 84, Centuria, died Monday, May ity of your choice.

30, 2011, at her home with her loving family at her side.

Rowe Funeral Home of Luck and Northwest Wisconsin For more information, please contact the Kolstad Fam- Cremation Center in Milltown have been entrusted with ily Funeral Home at 715-646-2200 or visit us a arrangements. www.kolstadfamilyfuneralhome.com The Kolstad Family Funeral Home of Centuria has been entrusted with arrangements.

Dorothy Gross

Cathryn Elaine Jensen

Ralph A. Jurek

Ralph A. Jurek, 90, Frederic, died May 27, 2011.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, June 1, at St. Dominic Catholic Church, Frederic. A full obituary will be published in a later edition. Online condolences can be made at www.swedberg-taylor.com.

The Swedberg-Taylor Family Funeral Home, Webster, was entrusted with arrangements.

Kenneth Johnson

Kenneth Johnson, 73, Siren, former Realtor and owner of Johnson Realty, died Sunday, May 29, 2011, at Burnett Medical Center in Grantsburg after a long illness.

A memorial service is planned for June 25, in Siren.

A full obituary is planned for a future issue of the Leader.

Clarence W. Peterson

Clarence W. Peterson, a longtime resident of Frederic, died May 25, 2011. Arrangements are pending.

Joel E. Harvey

Joel E. Harvey, 57, St. Croix Falls, formerly from Forest Lake, Minn., passed away unexpectedly at his place of business on May 24, 2011.

He was preceded in death by his father, Charles Harvey Jr. He is survived by constant companion and beloved wife, Arthita Harvey; mother, Joyce Harvey; sister, Lynn LaMotte; brother, Jeff (Brenda) Harvey; sister, Annette (Greg) Friedl; special friends, Scott and Phyllis Meeds and Jody and Carmen Molamthy; nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and many friends Joe was a good friend to many and loved by all who knew him. Number One Man. Our lives are diminished by the loss of him.

Memorial services will be held Saturday, June 4, 2 to 5 p.m., at St. Croix Valley Funeral Home, 2012 Hwy. 8, St. Croix Falls, 715-483-5263. Interment of ashes will take place at a later date at St. John’s Cemetery in Hugo, Minn.

Part of Joe’s ashes will travel to his wife’s homeland, Thailand, where Joe and Toy (Arthita) had planned to live their lives together.

The St. Croix Valley Funeral Home and Cremation Center, St. Croix Falls, was entrusted with arrangements.

Diana “Swas” Pewaush

Diana “Swas” Pewaush (Swaso-gabi-wi-qway), 46, Webster, died May 26, 2011.

Diana was born Oct. 31, 1964, in Cumberland, to Ralph and Delores Pewaush. Diana enjoyed deer hunting and fishing. She was currently enrolled at the LCO Outreach.

She was preceded in death by her son, Jason; her cat, Lacy, and dog, Maddy.

She is survived by her parents, Ralph and Delores Pewaush; her son Derek Lindemann; a granddaughter; siblings, Anthony (Crystle) Pewaush, Lorne Pewaush and Jackie (David) Shabiash; half brother, Curtis Martin; and half sister, Mona Martin; and her beloved dogs, Koal, Dodgy, Chopper and Marcy.

Funeral services were held Monday, May 30, at 10 a.m., at the Hertel Tribal Center with Lee Staples officiating.

Interment will follow at Gaslyn Cemetery in Rusk Township. Casket bearers were Mitch Butler, Mike Bearheart, Burt Dickenson, Paul Armstrong, Sheldon Swenson and Don Pewaush Jr. Online condolences can be made at www.swedberg-taylor.com.

The Swedberg-Taylor Family Funeral Home, Webster, was entrusted with arrangements.

Robert E. Leland

Robert E. Leland, 74, died Dec. 20, 2010.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, June 11, at 1 p.m., gathering noon to 1 p.m., at Lakeside Community Lutheran Church 28626 CTH H, Webster. A luncheon will follow at Glider’s Bar and Restaurant, 29770 Long Lake Road, Webb Lake. Online condolences can be made at www.swedberg-taylor.com.

The Swedberg-Taylor Family Funeral Home, Webster, was entrusted with arrangements.

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When building stepfamilies, allow stepkids to set pace

Q: My wife and I are both divorced and trying to raise a blended family. Is there any advice you can give me on how to help our children bond with our spouse?

Juli: The wedding ceremony may have made you a blended family, but developing those deep bonds of connection takes a lot more time. Ron Deal, founder of Successful Stepfamilies, offers the best advice that I’ve ever come across.

He encourages stepparents to be very careful about trying to hard too develop a parent-child relationship. Although stepparents have authority in the home, much like teachers do in a classroom, the affection and connection associated with Mom or Dad takes a long time to form and may never form. Deal recommends that you let the kids set the pace for the relationship.

Resist the urge to speed up the relationship-building process by buying big gifts or insisting on lots of one-on-one time. Children who are in the midst of adjusting to divorce and remarriage have a lot of mixed feelings and confusion about loyalties and how much to love each adult in their lives. Don’t ever try to MADISON – Heat can kill. That’s why Wisconsin Emergency Management and the National Weather Service are reminding people of the dangers associated with extreme heat and to promote safety measures.

Heat is the No. 1 weather-related killer in the United States. From 2000 to 2009, excessive heat claimed an average of 162 lives a year across the country.

In 1995, two major killer heat waves affected most of Wisconsin, resulting in 154 heat-related deaths and over 300 heat-related illnesses. Summer heat waves have been the biggest weather-related killers in Wisconsin for the past 50 years, far exceeding tornadoes and severe storms.

To help keep cool this summer, here are some tips to keep safe in hot weather: • Never leave children, disabled persons, or pets in a parked car – even briefly. Temperatures in a car can become life threaten-

Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

Juli Slattery

replace your stepchildren’s biological mom or dad or be critical of them. One of the most wonderful things you can do for your stepchildren is give them permission to love all of the adults in their lives.

It is also wise to allow the biological parents to do the majority of the active parenting, like discipline and enforcing consequences. Although both parents are involved in rule setting, the biological parent should do the heavy lifting, particularly early on.

For more tips on thriving as a stepfamily, you will want to check out www.successfulstepfamilies.com.

••• Q: I thought life would slow down when school ended for the summer, but it seems like our family is running faster than ever. My husband’s work schedule is relentless, and I’ve taken on a part-time job. And we’re always running the kids to various summer activities. I don’t think they even consider

this a break, and I’m afraid all of the activity is going to have a negative impact on them.

Jim: As parents, it often seems like we’re running at a constant sprint. From the minute our feet hit the floor in the morning, it’s a race to get to work, get the kids ready, take them to where they need to be, and then start checking off the long list of appointments in our daily planner.

And then we do it all again tomorrow.

We live lives of stress and that can impact our kids. They see us running around in a constant state of panic, and they pick up on it. Many children become stressed themselves in this kind of environment and will carry that stress into their adult lives.

The American Academy of Pediatrics released a study showing that today’s children are much more stressed, busy and even depressed than ever before. The research shows that we aren’t giving our kids enough time to simply play and relax. And they’re certainly not going to learn how to do it by watching their overcommitted parents.

I’m not suggesting that you neglect your responsibilities. But it would be a good idea to find some creative ways to slow down – not just during these summer months, but all year. For your own health, as well as that of your kids, make

sure that rest and relaxation are a part of your family’s routine. Depending on their age, your kids might already be firmly entrenched in the “always-running” mentality. It’s up to you and your husband to help them reset the pace. We all need a little down time once in a while!

••• Jim Daly is president of Focus on the Family, host of the Focus on the Family radio program, and a husband and father of two. Dr. Juli Slattery is a licensed psychologist, cohost of Focus on the Family, author of several books, and a wife and mother of three. Submit your questions to: FocusOnTheFamily.com.

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• Wear lightweight, loose-fitting, lightcolored clothing. Add a hat or umbrella to keep your head cool … and don’t forget sunscreen!

• Don’t stop taking medication unless your doctor says you should. Take extra care to stay cool and ask your doctor or pharmacist for any special heat advice.

• Infants should drink breast milk or formula to get the right balance of water, salts and energy. You may supplement your infant’s fluids with an additional 4 to 8 ounces of water per day, but don’t dilute formula beyond what the instructions say, unless instructed by your doctor.

• Taking a cool shower or bath will cool you down. A shower or bath will actually work faster than an air conditioner. Applying cold wet rags to the neck, head and limbs also cools down the body quickly.

People at higher risk of a heat-related ill-

ness include: Older adults, infants and young children, people with chronic heart or lung problems, people with disabilities, overweight persons, those who work outdoors or in hot settings, users of some medications, especially those taken for mental disorders, movement disorder, allergies, depression, and heart or circulatory problems, and people who are isolated that don’t know when or how to cool off – or when to call for help.

Possible signs of heat exhaustion: dizziness, headache, muscle cramps, weakness, nausea or vomiting.

Call 9-1-1 for these symptoms: hot, dry skin, confusion, unconscious, chest pains, shortness of breath.

For more information, visit http://readywisconsin.wi.gov and click on the Heat Awareness section. — from WCEM

Heat Awareness Day is June 9

ing within minutes. On an 80-degree day, the temperature inside a car, even with the windows cracked slightly, can reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit in less than 10 minutes!

• Keep your living space cool. Cover windows to keep the sun from shining in. If you don’t have an air conditioner, open windows to let air circulate. When it’s hotter than 95 degrees, use fans to blow hot air out of the window rather than to blow hot air on your body. Basements or ground floors are often cooler than upper floors.

• Slow down and limit physical activity.

Plan outings or exertion for the early morning or after dark when temperatures are cooler.

• Drink plenty of water and eat lightly.

Don’t wait for thirst, but instead drink plenty of water throughout the day. Avoid alcohol or caffeine and stay away from hot, heavy meals.

Brought to you by:

First Baptist Church Webster

Church listings sponsored by the following area businesses: BREMER BANK, N.A. Full-Service Banking Member FDIC Frederic - Danbury - Siren

DAEFFLER’S QUALITY MEATS, INC. Wholesale & Retail Meats Custom Butchering & Processing Phone 715-327-4456

INTER-COUNTY CO-OP PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION Printers & Publishers Office Supplies Frederic, Wis. - 715-327-4236 Shell Lake, Wis. - 715-468-2314 Siren, Wis. - 715-349-2560 St. Croix Falls, Wis. - 715-483-9008

STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANIES Corey T. Arnold, Agent Frederic, Wis. Phone 715-327-8076

BEAN’S COUNTRY GRIDDLE Hwys. 35 & 48 Downtown Frederic Phone 715-327-5513

NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN ELECTRIC CO. “Your Electric Servant” Serving Polk & Burnett Counties “Use Energy Wisely”

CARLSON-ROWE FUNERAL HOME Frederic, Wis. 715-327-4475 Duane Lindh

HAULING • Gravel • Sand • Rock • Top Soil • Trackhoe 715-472-2717 Mobile 715-491-1861 1065 290th Ave. Frederic, Wis.

R&S TRUCKING • Gravel • Sand • Rock • Topsoil • Track Hoe 715-554-0526 Frederic, Wis.

LUCK VAN METER’S MEATS Government Inspected Slaughtering and Processing, Sausage making • Ham & Bacon Cured & Smoked Sides and Quarters of Beef and Pork Available Old-fashioned Fresh Meat Counter Tim Van Meter and Ross Anderson, Owners Luck, WI 54853 Plant 715-472-2141

WEBSTER

ALPHA

CUSHING

CASHCO BUILDING SUPPLIES

BASS LAKE LUMBER

CUSHING COOPERATIVE SOCIETY

Complete Lumber & Building Supplies Phone 715-866-4238 Hwy. 35 N. Webster, Wis. Tom & Becky O’Brien, Owners

HOPKINS SAND & GRAVEL, INC. Sand, Gravel, Ready-Mix, Concrete, Black Dirt, Dozer Work, Landscaping & Septic Tanks Installed

• Complete Line of Building Supplies & Lumber • Cabot’s Stains Grantsburg, Wis. 715-488-2471 or 715-327-8766

BURNETT DAIRY CO-OP 1988 World Champion Cheesemaker Earl Wilson, Cheese Plant Mgr. Clif Gipp, Ag. Supply Mgr. for Feed, Propane & Fertilizer Alpha, Wis. 715-689-2468 715-689-2467

Feed Mill - Grain Dept.

Cushing, Wis. 715-648-5215

WILD RIVER FLAGS Jerry & Pat Willits 2815 285th Ave. Sterling Township St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-488-2729

Hwy. 35 North Webster, Wis. Phone 715-866-4157 M.P.R.S. #03059

SWEDBERG-TAYLOR FUNERAL HOME Webster, Wis. Phone 715-866-7131 Churches 5/11

FREDERIC

SIREN OLSEN & SON Your Full-Service Drugstore Siren, Wis. Phone 715-349-2221

D & L FINANCIAL SERVICES 10022 Elbow Lake Road Siren, Wis. 54872 715-689-2539

Any area business wishing to help sponsor the church listings should contact the Leader at 715-327-4236.

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ADVENTIST

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST - FREDERIC 609 Benson Road; Pastor Curtis Denney Sat. Worship 11 a.m.; Sabbath Schl. 9:30 a.m.

ALLIANCE

ALLIANCE

ALLIANCE CHURCH OF THE VALLEY Senior Pastor Bob Morton 1259 Hwy. 35 S., St. Croix Falls Sunday Worship: 9 & 11 a.m.

BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

WORD OF LIFE CHURCH

Meeting in homes. Elders: Cliff Bjork, Jon Zens, 715-483-1357 and 715-755-3048 Sun. Fellowship - 10 a.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

LUTHERAN

LUTHERAN

BALSAM LUTHERAN CHURCH 1115 Mains Crossing, 1/2 Mile South Hwy. 8 On 110th St.; Sun. Worship 9 a.m.; Sun. School 10:15 a.m.

Wed. Bible Study 8:30 a.m.; Wed. LOGOS 3:20 p.m.

BEAUTIFUL SAVIOR LUTHERAN (WELS) Gene E. Jahnke, Pastor, 715-635-7672, Hm. 715-354-7787, Hwy. 70 at 53, Spooner Sun. Wor. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School & Bible Classes For All - 10:45 a.m.

BETHANY LUTHERAN - BRANSTAD Pastor Jay Ticknor, 715-463-5746 3 miles So. of Grantsburg on Hwy. 87 Sun. Schl. - 9:30 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

BETHANY LUTHERAN - SIREN Hwy. 35, 1/2 blk. N. Main St. Interim Pastor Keith Radiske Pastoral Serv. 715-349-5280 Sun. School 8:15 a.m.; Sun. Worship - 9:30 a.m.

BETHESDA LUTHERAN - DRESSER (LCMC) www.bethesdalutheran.ws Pastor Roger Kastelle, 715-755-2562 1947 110th Ave., Dresser Contemporary Serv. 8:30 a.m.; Adult Ed & Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Traditional Service 10:45 a.m.;

BONE LAKE LUTHERAN bllc@lakeland.ws Pastor Mary Ann Bowman, 5 mi. E. of Luck on Hwy. 48, 1/2 mi. S. on I; Office - 715-472-2535 Pastor - 715-472-8153, Adult Bible Study 8:30; Worship 9:30 a.m.; Fellowship 10:30 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

CHRIST LUTHERAN (LCMS) Pipe Lake CTH G & T, 715-822-3096 Pastor Steve Miller Sun. Serv. 10:45 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:15 a.m. during schl. yr.; Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sun. www.christlutheranpipelake.com

CLAM FALLS LUTHERAN (AALC) Pastor Gary Rokenbrodt - 715-653-2630 www.clamfalls-zion-aalcparish.net Communion 1st Sun.; Wor. 9 a.m.; Sun. School 9 a.m.

FAITH LUTHERAN - BALSAM LAKE faithlutheran@lakeland.ws Pastor Diane Norstad 715-485-3800; CTH I & Mill Street Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:40 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st & last Sundays

FAITH LUTHERAN - GRANTSBURG Pastor Victor St. George, 715-463-5388 Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School 10:45 a.m.

FIRST EVAN. LUTHERAN 561 Chestnut St., Taylors Falls, MN 651-465-5265 Traditional Worship 8:30 a.m.; Education Hour 9:45 a.m.; Contemp. Wor. 11 a.m.

Sun., May 29: One Worship Serv. 9 a.m.

FIRST LUTHERAN - CUSHING Pastor Dorothy Sandahl, 715-648-5323 or 715-648-5324 Sun. Wor. 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.

FRISTAD LUTHERAN - CENTURIA ELCA - 501 Hwy. 35, 715-646-2357, Mel Rau, Pastor Sun. Wor. & Holy Communion - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:40 a.m.

GEORGETOWN LUTHERAN - ELCA Rt. 1, Balsam Lake, WI (Fox Creek) Pastor Neal Weltzen; GT Office - 715-857-5580, Parsonage - 715-822-3001, TR Office - 715-822-3001 Wors. Serv. 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:15 a.m.; Holy Communion - 1st Sun. of each month

GRACE LUTHERAN - WEST SWEDEN Phone 715-327-4340, 715-327-8384, 715-327-8090 Interim Pastor Julie Brenden Worship 9:15 a.m.; Sun. School 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st & 2nd Sundays

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - FREDERIC (Missouri Synod) Pastor Jody R. Walter, 715-327-8608 Sun. Schl. - 8:45 a.m.; Service - 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st, 3rd & 5th Sun.

LAKESIDE COMMUNITY LUTH. - ELCA CTH H, 1/2 mi. N. of CTH A & H on H Church Off. 715-635-7791 Roger Pittman, Pastor Worship Serv. 10 a.m.; Sun. School. 9 a.m.

LAKETOWN LUTHERAN - CUSHING Pastor Dorothy Sandahl Sun. Wor. 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:30 a.m.

LUCK LUTHERAN 510 Foster Ave. E. Office 715-472-2605; Home 715-472-8424 Sun. Wor. Serv. 10:30 a.m.; Mon. Wor. Serv. 6:30 p.m.

MILLTOWN LUTHERAN

113 W. Main St.. W., Phone 715-825-2453 Pastor Danny G. Wheeler 9:15 a.m. Worship ; 10 a.m. Sunday School

NEW HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH Pastor Emory Johnson, 715-463-5700 685 W. State Road 70, Grantsburg Sun. Wor. Serv. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m.

NORTH VALLEY LUTHERAN

METHODIST

METHODIST

ATLAS UNITED METHODIST

Pastor Carolyn Saunders, 715-463-2624 Sunday School - 11 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER

LIVING HOPE CHURCH

Pastor Father Daniel Bodin, 651-465-7345 25293 Redwing Ave., Shafer, MN Sunday 9 a.m.

Pastor Doug McConnell Youth Pastor Chris Radtke At Grantsburg High School, 715-463-5794 Sun. Serv. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m.

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

Pastor Carolyn Saunders, 715-463-2624 Worship - 9 a.m.; Sunday School - 10:30 a.m.

Pastor Father Michael J. Tupa, 715-866-7321 Cedar & Muskey Ave. - Webster Mass Sun 10 a.m., Wed. 5:30 p.m. (Sept-May), Fri. 9 a.m. (Summer)

DANBURY UNITED METHODIST

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC

CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST GRANTSBURG

Pastor Maggie Isaacson, 715-825-3559 3 mi. W. of Milltown on “G” Sunday Worship - 9:15 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

Cindy Glocke, Pastor, 715-866-8646 Sunday Worship - 9 a.m.

OUR REDEEMER LUTHERAN, (LCMS) WEBSTER

Cindy Glocke, Pastor, 715-866-8646 Sunday Worship - 10:30 a.m.

1050 North Keller Ave., Amery 715-268-7717 Father John Drummy, Pastor Sat. Mass 4 p.m., Sun. Mass 8 a.m.

Mass Wed. & Thurs. 9 a.m.

Pastor Gerald Heinecke Church Phone 715-866-7191 Sun. Schl. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Wor. - 10:30 a.m.

Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

HOLY TRINITY UNITED METHODIST

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC

Holytrinity@wisconsinumc.org 1606 165th Ave., CTH I, Centuria Pastor Freddie Kirk, 715-485-3363 Pastor Tammy Clausen Sunday Worship - 8:30 a.m.

Rev. Thomas E. Thompson, 715-294-2243 255 E. 10th Ave., Osceola Masses: Sun. 10:30 a.m., Tues. 5 p.m.

Thurs. at 10 a.m. at Osc. Nursing Home

PEACE LUTHERAN - DRESSER (ELCA) 2355 Clark Road, Dresser, WI, 715-755-2515 Web site: plcdresser.org Pastor Wayne Deloach, Intern Courtney Young Sun. Wor. 8:30 & 11 a.m., Sun. Schl. 9:35 a.m.

GRACE UNITED - WEBSTER

LAKEVIEW UNITED - HERTEL

ASSEMBLY

Pastor Jack Starr Wor. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - during worship hour

ASSEMBLY

PILGRIM LUTHERAN - FREDERIC (ELCA)

LEWIS MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST

Interim Pastor Andrew Hinwood 507 Wisconsin Ave. N., 715-327-8012 Sun. Parents & Toddlers 9:15 a.m.; Sun. Worship - 9 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 2nd Sundays www.pilgrimlutheranfrederic.org

Tom Cook, Pastor Worship 8:45 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 10 a.m.

Pastor Don Wiltshire, 715-640-6400 Centuria - Phone 715-646-2172 Sunday Service: 10 a.m.

REDEEMER EV. LUTHERAN

OSCEOLA UNITED METHODIST

(Wisconsin Synod) Pastor Gene DeVries 200 N. Adams St., St. Croix Falls Sun. Wor. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 8:30 a.m.

McKINLEY UNITED METHODIST Pastor Annie Tricker Sun. Worship 11 a.m.; Sun. School 11 a.m.

Potluck dinner 1st Sunday

CENTURIA ASSEMBLY OF GOD

SIREN ASSEMBLY OF GOD

ST. CROIX FALLS UNITED METHODIST

EVANGELICAL

Rev. Mike Weaver Sunday Worship Service - 10 a.m.

Sunday School is at 9 a.m., Nursery available

APPLE RIVER COMMUNITY (EFCA)

SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY LUTHERAN

Pastor Arveda “Freddie” Kirk, 715-327-4436 Pastor Tammy Clausen Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.

10 mi. W. of Cumberland on Hwy. 48 (McKinley) - Pastor Neal Weltzin GT Office 715-857-5580, Parsonage 715-822-3001, TR Office - 715-822-3001 Wor. Serv. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:15 a.m.

Holy Communion - 1st Sunday

TRINITY LUTHERAN LCMS, DANBURY Pastor Gerald Heinecke Home 715-327-8608; Church 715-866-7191 Sunday Worship Service - 8 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

TRINITY LUTHERAN - FALUN

Rev. Rexford D. Brandt 447 180th St., Osceola, 715-294-2936 Sunday Worship 9 a.m.

Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month

YELLOW LAKE LUTHERAN

WOLF CREEK UNITED METHODIST Rev. Mike Weaver Sunday Worship - 8:15 a.m.

COVENANT

COVENANT

CALVARY COVENANT - ALPHA

Pastor Dave Guertin 7686 Lofty Pines Drive, Siren, 715-349-5601 Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m.

UNITED COVENANT - CLEAR LAKE Pastor Gary Tonn Sunday School 9:00 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

CATHOLIC

CATHOLIC

ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Rev. Thomas E. Thompson, 715-247-3310 255 St. Hwy. 35, East Farmington Mass Friday 9 a.m.; Sacrament of Penance Sat. 3:30 p.m.

CHURCH OF ST. JOSEPH

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP Danbury - 7586 St. Rd. 77, 715-866-7321 Pastor - Father Michael J. Tupa Mass - Sat. 4 p.m., Fri. 9 a.m. (Sept.-May).

Reconciliation as per bulletin & by appt.

ZION LUTHERAN - EAST FARMINGTON (WELS ) Pastor Martin Weigand - 715-294-3489 Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.; Adult Bible Class 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Balsam Lake - Rev. John A. Drummy, Pastor - 405-2253 Mass: Sat. eves. 6 p.m.; Sun. 8:30 a.m.; Tues. 5:30 p.m.; Fri. 9 a.m.Sacrament of Reconciliation 7:30 a.m. Sun. or by appt.

ZION LUTHERAN - MARKVILLE

SACRED HEARTS OF JESUS & MARY

PRESBYTERIAN

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN

Rev. Bruce Brooks - 715-483-3550 719 Nevada St. , (between Simonson & Tower Roads) , St. Croix Falls Worship - 10 a.m. (Nursery provided) Sun. Schl. - Child.- 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - Adults 8:45 a.m.; Communion 1st Sunday

231 Bluff Drive, 715-247-2435 Services are Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

CHRISTIAN CENTER

EVANGELICAL

Pastor Bruce Tanner, 715-268-2176 942 U.S. Hwy. 8, Amery Sun. Schl. 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday Bible study 7 p.m.

CROSSWALK COMMUNITY CHURCH

HOPE FELLOWSHIP OF SOMERSET

CHRISTIAN CENTER

EL SALEM/TWIN FALLS CHRISTIAN CENTER

1751 100th Ave., Dresser Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.

Evening Services Sun. 6 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

Call Pastor Darryl Olson at 715-755-3133 for information and directions

523 1st St., Clayton, 715-948-2493 Fr. Christopher Wojcik, Pastor Saturday Vespers - 5 p.m.; Sunday Liturgy - 9:30 a.m.

Pastor Gary Rokenbrodt - 715-653-2630 5 mi. E. of Frederic on W, 2 mi. south on I; www.clamfalls-zion-aalcparish.net Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st Sunday

PRESBYTERIAN

Pastor Andrew Bollant Sun. Schl. - 9:15 a.m.; Morn. Serv. - 10:15 a.m.; Supervised Nursery; Wed. Evening - Worship Serv. 6:30 p.m.

Pastor Dale VanDeusen, 715-488-2296 or 715-488-2653 20296 Hwy. 87, Grantsburg Morning Wor. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:45 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services

290 W. Government Street, 715-294-4436 Reverend Dr. Rolland Robinson Sunday Service - 10 a.m. with nursery Sunday School - Sept. - May at 10 a.m.

ZION LUTHERAN - BONE LAKE (AALC)

Interim Pastor Julie Brenden 715-327-8384, 715-327-8090 Fellowship - 10:30 a.m., Sun. Schl. 9:45 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m., Communion - 1st & 2nd Sundays

Pastor Dan Slaikeu 4 mi. SE of Grantsburg on Williams Rd. Worship 9:30 a.m.

Sunday School 10:30 a.m.

TAYLORS FALLS UNITED METHODIST

Pastor - Father Daniel Bodin 490 Bench St., Taylors Falls, 651-465-7345 Sat. Vigil 5:30 p.m.; Sun. 7:30 & 10:30 a.m.

Tues. - Thurs. 7:30 a.m.

ZION LUTHERAN - TRADE LAKE

FULL GOSPEL

HOLY TRINITY ORTHODOX

1/2 mi. W. of Hwy. 35 on U, 715-866-8281, Pastors Douglas Olson, Roger Kampstra and Myron Carlson Services begin at 9:30 a.m.; Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday

Pastor Tim Faust Worship - 11 a.m.; Sun. School - 10 a.m.

Holy Communion - 1st & 3rd Sunday

Dairyland - Rev. Andrea Wittwer 715-244-3649 Sunday School - 10 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX

SIREN COVENANT

WEST IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - ELCA

WOODLAND WESLEYAN

TRADE RIVER EVAN. FREE

TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN OSCEOLA

Pastors Mike & Linda Rozumalski 1 mi. west of Luck on N, 2478 170th St., Luck Sunday Wor. 10 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 9 a.m.

Fellowship 11 a.m.

WESLEYAN

Tom Cook, Pastor Sunday School 9 a.m.

Worship - 10:15 a.m. (Nursery available)

Pastor Scott Sagle, 715-689-2541 Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Worship 10:30 p.m.; Elevator provided, welcome

WEST DENMARK LUTHERAN

WESLEYAN

Pastor Greg Lund, 715-327-8767 700 Churchwood Lane; 505 Old CTH W, Frederic Sun. Schl. - 9 a.m.; Morn. Worship - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services Sat. Worship - 6 p.m., Luck Senior Center

SIREN UNITED METHODIST

Hwy. 70 East, 715-689-2271, Pastor: Carl Heidel Worship 9 a.m.; Sunday School 10:15 a.m.

Communion -Every Sunday

300 Seminole Ave. (CTH M) Mark Kock, Pastor, 715-294-2828 Sunday Worship 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.; Summer, 9 a.m.

Minister Garret Derouin, 715-866-7157 Musky & Birch St., Avail. in office 9 a.m. - noon, Tues.-Fri.; Sun. Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Worship 10:30 a.m.

WOOD RIVER CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

1614 CTH B, North Luck, Pastor Rob Lubben Sunday Worship - 9 a.m.

Contact Leslie Valentine, 715-646-2390; E-mail: leslie56@centurytel.net

TRINITY LUTHERAN - ELCA

CHURCH OF CHRIST - WEBSTER

FULL GOSPEL

ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN - LCMC

(Missouri Synod) 140 Madison St. South, St. Croix Falls Pastor Mark K. Schoen Sun. Service - 9 a.m.; Sun.School - 10:30 a.m.

CHURCH OF CHRIST

CHURCH OF CHRIST

Pastor Larry Mederich, 715-294-4332 www.occconnect.org Mtg. @ St. Croix Art Barn; Sun. Serv. - 9 a.m.

Nursery and children church

350 Michigan Ave., Centuria Sun. Worship - 10:45 a.m.; Sun. School - 10 a.m.

ST. LUKE UNITED - FREDERIC

Pastor Andy McDaniel, 715-327-8402 Sun. Schl. - 9:15 a.m.; Wor. Serv. - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided.; www.tradelakebaptistchurch.org

OSCEOLA COMMUNITY CHURCH

oumc@centurytel.net 306 River Street, Osceola, 715-755-2275 Pastor Mark Gilbert Adult Class - 8:30 a.m.; Sunday School 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship - 10 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st Sunday

ST. JOHN’S EV. LUTHERAN (Wis. Synod)

TRADE LAKE BAPTIST

OUR LADY OF THE LAKES

Pastor Father Michael J. Tupa CTHs A & H - 715-866-7321 Crescent Lake Voyager Village area.

Mass Sun. 8 a.m., Thurs. 9:30 a.m.

Reconciliation as per bulletin and by appt.

ST. DOMINIC - FREDERIC & IMMACULATE CONCEPTION - GRANTSBURG CATHOLIC MASS SCHEDULE Pastor: Rev. Dennis M. Mullen, 715-327-8119 St. Dominic: Sat. 4:30 p.m.; Sun. 10:30 a.m.

Immaculate Conception: Sat. 6:30 p.m.; Sun. 8:30 a.m. Call the office for daily & holy day Mass times

ST. ANNE PARISH Rev. Thomas E. Thompson, 715-247-3310 139 Church Hill Rd., Somerset Mass Sun. 8:30 a.m.; Wed. 9 a.m.

Sacrament of Penance Sun. 8 a.m.

BAPTIST

BAPTIST

EAST BALSAM BAPTIST - BALSAM LK. 715-857-5411 Worship Service - 9 a.m.; Sunday School-10:15 a.m.

EUREKA BAPTIST 2393 210th Ave., St. Croix Falls Pastor Willis Christenson, 715-483-9464 Sunday School - 10 a.m.; Worship Service - 11 a.m.

FAITH FELLOWSHIP Hwy. 35 and CTH N., Luck Bill McEachern Pastor, 715-485-3973 Sun. Bible study - 9 a.m.; Sun. Wor. - 10 a.m.

FIRST BAPTIST - AMERY 131 Broadway St., 715-268-2223; www.fbcamery.org; E-mail: churchoffice@fbcamery.org Pastor Charlie Butt, Lead Pastor; Nick Buda, Assoc. Pastor of Family Ministries Sunday Service: 9 a.m.; All ages Sunday School 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Nursery available

FIRST BAPTIST - FALUN Pastor Steve Ward Sunday School - (all ages) - 9:30 a.m.

Church Serv. - 10:45 a.m.

FIRST BAPTIST - MILLTOWN Pastor Marlon Mielke, 715-825-3186 Sunday Schl. 9:45 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m., 7 p.m.

FIRST BAPTIST - TAYLORS FALLS, MN Located across from elemen. school on West St., Pastor, Dr. Kevin Schumann; 651-465-7171 Sun. Morn. - Sun. School for all ages - 9 a.m.

Morn. Worship - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided.

FIRST BAPTIST - WEBSTER Church Phone 715-866-4111; Interim Pastor Ken Hyatt; Youth Pastor Jerry Scheumann Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.; Worship - 10:45 a.m (Nursery Provided)

GRACE CHURCH OF OSCEOLA “The Cure for the Common Church”

ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN

HOLY CROSS ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN Meeting at Zion Lutheran Church, 28005 Old Towne Rd., Chisago Lakes, MN hcomm.org Sunday Worship Service 9:30 a.m.

NAZARENE

NAZARENE

CALVARY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 510 S. Vincent, St. Croix Falls Pastor Tom Reaume, 715-483-3696 Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:45 a.m. & Wed. 6:30 p.m.

FAITH COMMUNITY 7535 Peet St., Danbury, 715-656-4010 Adult Bible Service 9 a.m.; Services: Sun. 10 a.m.; Sunday School during church service.

NONDENOMINATIONAL

NONDENOMINATIONAL

CENTERPOINT CHURCH “Come as you are”

Pastor Dick Enerson, www.centerpointstcroix.com, 715-294-1833, Meeting at SCF High Schl. - Main entrance 740 Maple Drive, St. Croix Falls Sunday Worship 10 - 11:15 a.m.

CROSSROADS CHRISTIAN 28313 CTH H, A&H Pastor Tryg Wistad, 715-635-9222 Sunday Worship: 10 a.m.

NEW LIFE COMMUNITY - AMERY Interim Pastor Craig Jorgenson Sunday Worship 10 a.m.; Children’s Church: K to 6th Grade

NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY Meets at Dresser Elem. School, Dresser Pastor Tony Minell, 715-417-1982 Sun. Wor. 9:45 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:45 a.m.

NEW WINE CHURCH - CENTURIA 309 5th Street, , 715-338-2751 Pastors Randy and Pam Stone Sunday 10 a.m.; Wednesday 7 p.m.

NORTHERN PINES FRIENDS WOR. GROUP 715-733-0481 or 715-733-0480 for time of meeting.

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

722 Seminole Ave., Osceola Pastor Dr. Kent Haralson; 715-294-4222 or 715-755-3454; info@gracechurchosceola.com Sun.: Praise & Worship Serv. 9 am., Adult Bible Study 10:45 a.m., Children’s Sun. School 10:45 a.m.

1289 160th St. (Hwy. 65), St. Croix Falls, 715-483-5378 Senior Pastors Paul and Sonja Hanson Sunday Adult Bible Class 9 a.m.

Worship and Children’s Sunday Schl. 10 a.m.

GRACE BAPTIST - GRANTSBURG

ST. PETER’S COMMUNITY CHURCH

716 S. Robert St., Grantsburg, 715-463-5699 Sr. Pastor Brad Moore David Ahlquist, Assoc. Pastor Sun. Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School 11 a.m.

“Faith on Purpose” (Love God, Love People...period) faithonpurpose.org CTH F, Dresser, 715-483-2911 Pastor’s res./office Sunday Worship 10 a.m.

RIVER VALLEY CHRISTIAN

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Dr. Daniel C. Satterlund Hours: Tues., Thurs., Fri. 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Phone (715) 472-2121 Eye health exams, glaucoma checks, foreign body removal, full line of street wear, safety and sport wear, contact lenses

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New adult patients, at their new patient appointment which includes: • Examination • Cleaning • X-Rays , will receive a free Crest Professional Whitestrips kit.

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Open Mondays ‘til 8 p.m. 10 a.m. for same day appointment

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Special Father’s Day Pack 12:30 p.m.

Building West Side Of LTHE $4.00 Early Bird $20.00 Bingo Pack

Leah’s 31st birthday bash is a special occasion, due to the fact that she was in a horrific car accident and in a coma over her 30th birthday. She has surprised us all and has made a tremendous recovery although she has a long road ahead yet.

We would like to extend an invitation to celebrate her 31st birthday with you all! We will be celebrating her birthday bash at the Straight 8 Bar & Grill on June 4 at 6 p.m. Come hungry!

We will be taking up a little donation to help offset the costs for the family of Leah Christensen during this birthday bash. Any donations will be greatly appreciated. Hope to see you all there.

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Ball will be furnished. 18-player limit, boys or girls.

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Umpire decisions will be final.

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Students of the Week GRANTSBURG

FREDERIC

Mikayla Roper has been chosen Frederic Elementary School’s student of the week. She is in second grade. She is friendly and helpful to all of her classmates. She works hard in class and has made great gains in her schoolwork recently. Mikayla's favorite things to do is play with her friends. Her favorite subject at school is math.

She wants to be a movie maker when she grows up.

Isaac Zart has been chosen Frederic Middle School’s student of the week. He is in seventh grade and the son of Billie Holloway and Eric Zart. He is involved in band. He is energetic and fun to be around and he likes responsiblities and challenges. He enjoys biking and playing videos.

Nicole LaBoda has been chosen Frederic High School’s student of the week. She is a junior and the daughter of Jean and Rick LaBoda. She is in choir and works in the food service. Nicole is an honor roll student, extremely hardworker and never complains.

She is pleasant and polite. Her hobbies include going to the park, cooking and baking. She would like to attend school for nursing.

WEBSTER

Nathanial Macomber has been chosen Webster Elementary School’s student of the week. He is in the early childhood program and the son of Web Macomber and Lori Ward-Macomber.

Nathanial likes to play with the boat and outside at school. He always has a smile on his face and likes playing with his friends.

His favorite color is orange and when he grows up he wants to drive a boat.

Joey Erickson has been chosen Webster High School’s student of the week. He is a junior and the son of James and Connie Erickson. Joey is creative and clever.

He always gives a good effort, participates and makes learning fun for himself and classmates.

Joey is involved in band, pep band, basketball, cross-country and track. Joey enjoys jet skiing, swimming and running.

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Sarah Morley has been chosen Grantsburg Middle School’s student of the week. She is in eighth grade and the daughter of Greg and Betsy Morley. Sarah works hard and does what needs to be done without any fuss. She displays respect and cooperation.

Sarah has a genuine and enthusiastic personality. Her favorite classes are art and science.

Sarah is active in volleyball, basketball and track. She enjoys reading and helping others.

ST. CROIX FALLS

Alec Gustafson has been chosen Webster Middle School’s student of the week. He is in eighth grade and the son of Kelsey and Erica Gustafson.

Alec is a good student who is friendly to everyone. He comes to class prepared and ready to work. Alec is a very respectful person. He is involved in Boy Scouts, cross-country, track and soccer. Alec enjoys watching TV, swimming and riding bike.

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Elianna Hansen has been chosen Grantsburg Elementary School’s student of the week.

She is in second grade and the daughter of Nina Warno and Justin Hansen. Eli is kind, respectful and responsible. She has a positive attitude. Eli likes math and art class. She likes to go on walks and bike rides, go to the fairs and watch parades. Eli is hoping to get picked as Little Miss Grantsburg so she can be in 13 parades this summer.

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Olivia Stoffel has been chosen St. Croix Falls Middle School’s student of the week. She is in sixth grade and the daughter of Michael and Jill Stoffel. She has a dog and three cats. She is involved in knitting, basketball, volleyball, softball and also enjoys swimming. Her favorite subject is language arts because she loves to read and write. A teacher commented, "I enjoy Olivia's energy and love of life. She is great to work with and a joy to be around."

Colton Tretsven has been chosen Grantsburg High School’s student of the week. He is a sophomore and the son of Melissa McQuay and Steve Tretsven. He has been working very hard during weight training and doing an excellent job. Colton is well-liked by his classmates, is encouraging and very polite. He is involved in track, football, speed training, weight lifting, LINK Group, trap shooting and works for the Wilson's farm driving tractor.

UNITY

Nathan Garvey has been chosen Unity Elementary School’s student of the week. He is in second grade and the son of Pam and Mike Garvey. Nate has worked very hard to improve in reading. He is a hard worker.

Nate is an excellent helper and friend to his peers. He always follows the rules and sets a good example for other students.

Patric Tillery has been chosen Unity Middle School’s student of the week. He is in sixth grade and the son of Patricia Tillery. He was chosen because he is an outstanding student academically. He is a very good writer. He is willing to participate and has worked very hard all year. He takes pride in his work and has a great sense of humor.

Congratulations students on a job well done!

Please Call 715-327-4236

Taylors Falls River Walk project enters second phase

Public informational meeting June 23

TAYLORS FALLS, Minn. - The Taylors Falls City Council appointed a joint subcommittee of two members each from the parks and recreation commission and the economic cevelopment commission. The council authorized the joint subcommittee to proceed with planning Phase II of the River Walk project.

A public meeting is being organized to seek community input to plan the next phase of the Taylors Falls River Walk. The first phase of the River Walk project is currently nearing completion in the downtown business area. Phase II envisions an extension along River Street north to the vicinity of Wannigan Point near the dam.

The original concept of the River Walk was laid out in the city’s strategic guide

created by the EDC with significant public input in 2001. The plan included a unique timber-frame bridge across Spring Creek (built by volunteers and completed in 2005) as part of a Phase I. A wood bluff-face stairway was built and now leads to a patterned concrete walk extending north to Second Street and Bench Street.

Phase II, which is included in the PRC’s 2006 Parks and Trails master plan section of the cities comprehensive plan, extends the River Walk to the dam. The River Walk project greatly enhances the safety and walkability aspect of the city as well as promotes the health and well-being of the citizens and visitors.

Subcommittee co-chairs Tana Havamaki of the PRC and Wade Vitalis of the EDC have announced that the informational public meeting will be held at the Taylors Falls Community Center on Thursday, June 23, at 7 p.m. The meeting

The Taylors Falls River Walk Project is entering its second phase. A public informational meeting will be held Thursday, June 23. - courtesy of Taylors Falls Scenic Boat Tours, © 2011

will seek the community’s input in moving forward. All residents, businesses and property owners are encouraged to attend.

Vitalis emphasized residents are wel-

come to attend future Joint EDC-PRC subcommittee meetings. Meeting dates and times are available from city hall at 651465-5133. - submitted

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Happenings in the Upper St. Croix Valley communities

JUNE

Luck

THURS.-SAT./2-4

• Hike the completed trail at Straight Lake State Park, 715-472-2248.

Osceola

Taylors Falls, MN

• Sidney Corbett’s Yael for solo violin & orchestra, 4 p.m., preconcert 3:15 p.m., ArtBarn, www.stcroixartbarn.com

• Valley Christian School thrift sale at First Baptist Church gym. Thurs. & Fri. 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat. 8 a.m.-noon, 651-465-3333.

THURS.-SUN./2-5

Siren • Free kids fishing contest at Clam Lake Wayside, 8 a.m.-noon, 715-349-2400.

Luck

St. Croix Falls

• Trail-building volunteer event at Straight Lake State Park, iceagetrail.org, 715-472-2248.

THURSDAY/2

• Family Play Day at Interstate Park, 1-3 p.m., 715-4833747.

MONDAY/6

Falun

Amery

• Community Night at Trinity Lutheran Church. 6 p.m. potluck, 7 p.m. Indianhead Quartet.

• Adoptive parents support group at First Lutheran, 6:30 p.m.

Luck

Clear Lake

• Author Jerry Apps to speak at the library, 7 p.m.

• Compassionate Friends, Tri-County Chapter, grief support in death of a child, at First Lutheran, 7 p.m., 715263-2739.

St. Croix Falls • Year One: Bringing Up Baby class at the medical center, 6-7 p.m., 715-483-0431.

• Legion meeting at the post.

Luck • Indianhead Rock and Mineral Society meeting at Luck Senior Citizens Center, 7 p.m.

Voyager Village • Village Players potluck kickoff at the Stables, 4 p.m., 715-566-0626.

FRI. & SAT./3 & 4

Siren • Community band rehearsals begin for Fourth of July concert, 7-8:30 p.m., 715-463-5746, Ext. 239.

TUESDAY/7

Amery

• Amery Youth Hockey Association garage sale at the arena. Fri. 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat. 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

Amery

• Rhubarb Days, farmers market, movie, markets, etc., 715-294-2886, www.myosceola.com.

• Cardiac support group at the medical center, 1 p.m., 715-268-0291.

• Swedish Club meets at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 7 p.m., www.foreverswedish.com.

Grantsburg

• HCE program, learn about street drugs, at the government center, 6:30 p.m., 715-648-5817.

Osceola

FRI.-SUN./3-5

Balsam Lake

FRIDAY/3

• Big Gust Days. Demo derby, Sat. 5 p.m.

Clam Falls • Coffee hour at Clam Falls Lutheran Church, 9 a.m.

Frederic

Amery

• Northern Lakes Center for the Arts presents Rural Artists of Wisconsin, 7:30-9 p.m., 715-268-6811.

Balsam Lake • Elementary concert at Unity School, 11:30 a.m.

Milltown • Outdoor movie at the state park at dusk. Rain date June 10, 715-825-2313.

Siren

• Fish fry at Burnett County Moose Lodge, 5:30-7 p.m., 715-349-5923.

St. Croix Falls

SAT. & SUN./4 & 5

• Music on the Overlook, Boss Grant, 6:30 p.m.

Polk County

• State trails free pass weekend. Sat., Seven Lakes Fun Adventure triathlon/duathlon; Sun. Fun Trail Ride, 1 p.m., www.amerywisconsin.org, 715-485-9294.

Statewide

SATURDAY/4

• Free fishing weekend.

Amery

A car makes its way to the St. Croix Falls cemetery on Memorial Day. The cemetery sits atop a hill northeast of the city, the flag marking one of the dozens of graves of veterans honored for the sacrifices they made for their country. - Photo by Gary King

St. Croix Falls

• Our Lady of the Lakes Church art & craft sale, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

• City of Trails 5K Run/Walk, Rock ‘N River 10K Trail Run/Hike. 9 a.m. start. Baby Mammoth 1K Kids Run, 8:30 a.m. start, at middle school. Registration starts 7 a.m., www.cityoftrails5k.com, 715-557-0197.

• Green Tea performs at Festival Theatre, 7:30 p.m., 715483-3387, festivaltheatre.org.

Danbury

Grantsburg • Feed My Sheep at Grace Church. Doors open 8 a.m., 715-463-5699.

• Odd’s “N” Ends HCE bake & book sale fundraiser for HCE scholarship, downtown, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.

• Berry family benefit dinner at Bethany Lutheran Church, 4:30-8 p.m., 715-463-5746.

Osceola • Friends of the Library book sale at the library, 9 a.m.3 p.m.

Memorial Day 2011

• Taco dinner & Bingo at the ambulance station. Bingo 14 p.m., dinner 4-7 p.m.

Luck

Balsam Lake

• Ruby’s Pantry at the town maintenance shop, $15 donation. Doors open 9:30 a.m., distribution 10-11:30 a.m.

• Author William Kent Krueger and the Minnesota Crime Wave, authors Ellen Hart & Carl Brookins, read, at St. Luke Methodist Church, 7 p.m.

• Historical society meeting at the Soo Line Depot/Museum, 6:30 p.m., 715-327-4892 or 715-3274271.

SUNDAY/5 Cushing

• Skonewood musical service, Kings Countrymen, 7 p.m.

Danbury • Prepay reservation by June 5 for historical society dinner at Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park on Fri., June 17, 5:30 p.m. social; 6:30 p.m. dinner, 715-866-8890.

Spooner

Dresser

• Book signing by author/photographer Marge Springett at Black Iris Gallery, 4-8 p.m., 715-635-4548.

• VFW Post 4186 and the Ladies Auxiliary all-you-caneat breakfast at the VFW hall, 8 a.m.-noon.

• Music in the park - Intensive Care at Triangle Park, 6:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY/8 Balsam Lake

• Minnesota Sea Life Aquarium from Mall of America featuring sharks at the library, 11 a.m.

THURSDAY/9 Amery

• Indianhead Chapter 1581 NARFE dinner meeting at Village Pizzeria. RSVP noon June 6, noon, 715-268-8618.

Siren • Polk-Burnett Retired Educators lunch and meeting at Bethany Lutheran Church. RSVP by June 6, 11:30 a.m., 715-653-2385/2388.

Webster

The Webster High School Band, under the direction of Julie Strang, provided several patriotic selections during the Memorial Day service held at the Webster High School due to the weather.

LEFT: Legion Commander Jerry Vogel read a selection and also extended gratitude to all those who braved the weather to attend the Memorial Day services.

The Post 96 Honor Guard stood at attention while the weaths were placed for the unknown soldiers. – Photos by Raelynn Hunter