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Tourism spending stays steady in Vilas, Oneida ___________

BY GARY RIDDERBUSCH NEWS-REVIEW EDITOR

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Tourism expenditures in Vilas and Oneida counties dropped slightly but remained steady in a tight economy last year, based on figures released by the Wisconsin Department of Tourism in conjunction with National Tourism Week.

Travelers who visited Vilas County in 2011 spent $177.2 million, down slightly from an estimated $178.5 million in 2010, according to the report.

Meanwhile, the $176 million spent on tourism in Oneida County in 2011 also was down slightly from $179.1 million spent by travelers in 2010.

The figures are part of the tourism impact report pre-

pared for the state by their research firms, Longwoods International & Tourism Economics.

While the figures dropped in both counties, tourism officials remained positive about the importance of tourism in the North Woods.

“These tourism numbers provide Vilas County with the baseline needed to compare our yearly visitor expenditures,” said Cindy Burzinski, executive director of Vilas County Tourism & Publicity. “Tourism continues to be a cornerstone of the Vilas County economy as these expenditures directly or indirectly affect almost every person in the county.”

According to the data, tourism in Vilas County provided 1,860 jobs and a total labor income of $35.5 million

dollars in the county, as well as generating $19 million in local and state taxes and $11.6 million in federal taxes.

Oneida County tourism also generated $18.3 million in local and state taxes and $11 million in federal taxes in 2011, according to the state report.

“In a period in Wisconsin’s history when so many industries are struggling, it’s reassuring to see tourism holding its ground,” said Diane Hapka, president of the Oneida County Tourism Council.

“We’re working hard to continue that through our marketing strategy.”

Despite the slight dip in numbers, Oneida County remains one of the top 20 destinations in the state in terms of visitor expenditures.

Hapka said Oneida County has a lot going for it, from its

top-notch system of biking and hiking trails to its family-friendly communities to well-known vacation spots like Minocqua and Rhinelander.

“For people in Wisconsin, northern Illinois and around the Midwest, Oneida County is just one gas tank away," Hapka said. “And, for many people in our target markets, we’re the definition of what a vacation destination should look like — lakes, trails, resorts, friendly small towns.

We’ve got the goods, so to speak, and we continue to find new and innovative ways to communicate that to consumers.”

Statewide, visitors to Wisconsin spent nearly $10 billion in 2011, an 8% increase from the previous year, To TOURISM, Pg. 2A

MOCK CRASH — Northland Pines High School hosted a mock car accident last Friday. See more photos on Page 3.

—Staff Photo By ANTHONY DREW

Barrett to face Walker in recall Vilas backed mayor; Oneida liked Falk ___________

BY GARY RIDDERBUSCH NEWS-REVIEW EDITOR

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READY TO RUN — A record-setting 338 runners and walkers left the starting line in the Journeys Marathon 5-kilometer event at

Meeting set Friday on Phelps ATV plan ___________

BY ANTHONY DREW NEWS-REVIEW ASST. EDITOR

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Two Vilas County committees will consider a request from the town of Phelps to allow segments of County Highway A to be designated as all-terrain vehicle (ATV) routes.

The Vilas County Highway and Forestry, Recreation and Land committees will consider the proposal this Friday, May 18, at 9 a.m. in the courthouse conference rooms.

The Phelps Town Board unanimously approved in March an ordinance that could allow ATV traffic on town roads for a two-year trial period, pending approval by the Vilas County Board.

Before it goes to the coun-

ty board, the two committees must give their blessing to the use of Highway A in Phelps for ATV travel, which is part of the proposal. The ordinance will become null and void if the committees reject the plan.

Members of the Vilas County Highway Committee expressed verbal support for allowing all terrain vehicles (ATVs) on Highway A in the town of Phelps at a meeting Monday, in preparation for a joint meeting with the county Forestry & Land Committee and the Phelps Town Board Friday.

New Highway Committee To ATV, Pg. 2A

INSIDE THIS ISSUE Special section honors military n A 28-page special section inside recognizes those who serve this country in the military.

Military Salute A Special Publication of the Vilas County News-Review and The Three Lakes News

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Riverview Park in Eagle River. See complete Journeys Marathon results and more photos on pages 11A-14A. —STAFF PHOTO

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett defeated former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk in last Tuesday’s recall primary election as the Democratic candidate to face Republican Gov. Scott Walker next month.

Barrett garnered 58% of the vote statewide, while Falk received 34%. Kathleen Vinehout was a distant third with 4% and Secretary of State Doug La Follette got 3%. Gladys R. Huber received 1%.

While Vilas County Democratic voters gave their support to Barrett, Oneida County voters went with Falk. In Vilas County, Barrett defeated Falk 1,331 to 1,223. In Oneida County, Falk won 2,215 to 2,163.

Barrett, who lost a bid for

BARRETT

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governor to Walker in November 2010, said defeating Walker will not be easy, but he is up to the challenge.

“What I’ve heard from Wisconsinites is that they want an end to the political turmoil caused by Scott Walker, and they want their needs placed first,” said Barret, who has been the Democratic mayor of Milwaukee To RECALL, Pg. 2A

Relay sets $73,000 goal Meyer, Panci named Relay honorary chairs The American Cancer Society (ACS) Northwoods Relay For Life held its 2012 kickoff at Eagle Waters Resort last week, with Jolene Meyer of Three Lakes and Joe Panci of Eagle River named as the honorary chairpersons.

Committee member Ann Dunphy announced this year’s Northwoods Relay for Life goals — including registering 30 fundraising teams, honoring 200 survivors at the event and raising $73,000.

Meyer was nominated by Sylvia Volk and will be this year’s honorary survivor.

She is an employee of Leif’s Café in Eagle River and is currently undergoing treatment for recurring ovarian cancer.

Panci was named honorary caregiver. He is a teacher/naturalist at Trees For Tomorrow in Eagle River and lost his wife, Lynne, to cancer last December.

“Both will be featured speakers at the opening ceremony of this year’s Relay For Life on Friday, Aug. 3,” said 2012 Relay coordinator Kitty Sookochoff.

A number of new activities and events were introduced at the kickoff by Dick Hughes, fundraising chair-

Special guests at the Northwoods Relay For Life kickoff event last week included, from left, honorary survivor Jolene Meyer, Relay

man.

Hughes is currently coordinating a penny drive, a golf tournament set for June 20 at Gateway Golf Course in Land O’ Lakes, as well as Restaurants for Relay, a new program where restaurants

coordinator Kitty Sookochoff and honorary caregiver Joe Panci. The relay is set for Aug. 3-4.

—Contributed Photo

will schedule a day where a portion of their proceeds will benefit the Northwoods Relay For Life.

Relay For Life is the ACS’s signature event and has raised more than $3 billion for the organization

since its inception in 1985.

This year’s Relay For Life will be at the Northland Pines High School track Friday, Aug. 3, and Saturday, Aug. 4, and will include To RELAY, Pg. 2A

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012

VILAS COUNTY NEWS-REVIEW/THE THREE LAKES NEWS

WEATHER CORNER

NEWS May 8, 2012, Recall Primary

Note: Precipitation amounts are recorded at 8 a.m. for the previous 24 hours.

LAST SEVEN DAYS Hi Wed., May 9 ..............60 Thurs., May 10 ..........70 Fri., May 11 ...............76 Sat., May 12 ..............72 Sun., May 13 .............74 Mon., May 14 ............77 Tues., May 15 ............75

Lo 40 30 40 44 36 42 56

Prec. .20R None None None None None None

ONE YEAR AGO Hi Mon., May 9 ..............63 Tues., May 10 ............68 Wed., May 11 ............71 Thurs., May 12 ..........76 Fri., May 13 ...............44 Sat., May 14 ..............49 Sun., May 15 .............55

Governor - Republican

Lo Prec.

46 None 45 .04R 47 .28R 52 .58R 44 .81R 38 None 38 .04R

LAST YEAR

The average daily high at this time last year for the next seven days was 71, while the average overnight low was 47. There was rain on two days totaling 1.11 inches.

COMPARISON

Days precipitation recorded since April 1, 2012, 18 days; 2011, 22 days.

Scott Walker

Average high of past 30 days, 2012, 61; 2011, 51. Average low of past 30 days, 2012, 35; 2011, 31.

FOREST CONDITIONS

Even though green-up is under way on the forest floor across the North Woods, it remains dry and burning permits are required for all outdoor debris burning.

STREAMS AND LAKES

With water temperatures on the rise due to the warm weather this week, panfish and bass are moving into shallow water to begin their spawning process.

OUTLOOK

Wednesday morning there will be frost, then mostly sunny, with a high of 67 and a low of 34. Thursday isolated thunderstorms are forecast for the afternoon, with a high of 70 and a low of 44. Friday scattered storms are predicted and windy, with a high of 77 and a low of 51. Saturday should be windy and warm with a pop-up storm possible, with a high of 80 and a low of 56. Sunday strong thunderstorms are possible, with a high of 78 and a low of 60.

New website developed for volunteers Volunteer Wisconsin, in partnership with the Wisconsin Emergency Volunteer Management Grant, has launched a new website, volunteerwisconsin.org, featuring a centralized volunteer portal for nonprofit organizations to post volunteer needs and for volunteers to search for local opportunities.

“We are in the first phase of developing the volunteer portal,” said Melanie Bloom, registry coordinator of Volunteer Wisconsin. “We are reaching out to not-for-profit organizations in counties without an existing volunteer center to encourage them to post their volunteer opportunities.”

As more agencies post their needs, the number of volunteer opportunities available will continue to increase, allowing individuals interested in volunteering to search for opportunities and get connected online.

“The volunteer portal will provide a resource to the more than half of Wisconsin counties that do not have an online site connecting individuals to volunteer opportunities in their community,” said Bloom.

There is another volunteer portal, we-partner.org/registry, where those wanting to volunteer in the event of a disaster can register their skills.

For more information, contact Bloom at (262) 338-8256.

Doug La Follette

Lieutenant Governor - Democratic

Kathleen Falk

Tom Barrett

Isaac Weix

Mahlon Mitchell

Ira Robins

653 242 204 238 298 156 366 228 225 120 189 431 253 127 177 3,907

10 9 6 3 9 2 9 0 6 1 1 6 4 2 2 70

5 3 0 1 2 1 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 20

19 11 5 2 9 8 13 3 4 3 3 7 3 1 6 97

19 5 7 6 11 9 16 4 11 10 6 8 6 5 8 131

186 55 58 68 126 39 156 43 70 39 50 135 110 27 61 1,223

198 64 73 78 153 46 141 43 61 43 59 136 131 35 70 1,331

99 29 40 33 45 14 67 35 37 27 28 77 40 14 34 619

276 83 70 82 180 59 181 51 76 44 77 157 132 40 87 1,595

114 33 37 43 75 31 89 49 38 26 35 76 52 14 31 743

Three Lakes - Wards 1, 2, 3, 4 Sugar Camp - Wards 1-2 Oneida County Totals

407 316 5,192

16 4 152

2 4 45

11 11 177

14 7 217

141 127 2,215

137 108 2,163

87 73 1,203

165 124 2,790

79 92 1,278

626,538

19,920

4,842

26,926

19,461

228,940

390,109

197,052

395,944

165,074

Recall: Mitchell wins Lt. Gov. primary FROM PAGE 1A

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member Chris Mayer of Lac du Flambeau gave his view.

“Why would this committee take opposition to this?” Mayer asked. “I’ve read the letters from a small minority. I have a tough time being a ‘silent’ county when we are the snowmobile capital of the world. I question that approach; it’s way out of line.”

Committee member Ron DeBruyne, who has been a supporter of ATVs for a long time, spoke in favor of their use.

“They want to use the asphalt for two years with no investment by the county or the town,” DeBruyne said.

“Give them a two-year trial.

How far will we let a specialinterest group hold us back?”

Vilas County Highway Commissioner Jarred Maney had only one concern and that was if there would be maintenance costs.

“It’s our county highway and it would be our office to do any maintenance and then bill them for any damage,” said Maney.

News corespondent Ken Anderson contributed to this story.

The town board passed a revised version of an earlier draft ordinance. The draft was revised after holding public hearings on the matter and conducting an opinion survey of Phelps residents.

“Basically, we took the original ordinance and watered it down,” said Phelps Town Board Chairman Colin Snook.

“Rather than anything head-

Governor - Democratic Gladys R. Kathleen Huber Vinehout

Arbor Vitae - Wards 1-7 Boulder Junction - Wards 1 & 2 Cloverland - Wards 1 & 2 Conover - Wards 1 & 2 Lac du Flambeau - Wards 1-7 Land O’ Lakes - Ward 1 Lincoln - Wards 1-5 Manitowish Waters - Ward 1 Phelps - Wards 1 & 2 Plum Lake - Wards 1 & 2 Presque Isle - Ward 1 St. Germain - Wards 1 & 2 Washington - Wards 1-3 Winchester - Ward 1 Eagle River - Wards 1-5 Vilas County Totals

Statewide Totals

(PORTIONS OF THE WEATHER CORNER ARE THROUGH THE COURTESY OF KEVIN BREWSTER, EAGLE RIVER and NEWSWATCH 12 METEOROLOGIST.)

ATV:

Arthur Kohl-Riggs

ing north on Highway E, that’s all been eliminated and it’s now focused on Highway A.” It’s possible the county committees will propose changes based on what it sees in the ordinance.

“That’s exactly what happened at the last meeting between the town board and the county,” said Snook. “They felt that riding on the pavement was a safety concern and asked us to go back and explore operating in the rights of way.”

Complex legal issues involving private property owners prevented the town from exploring that option. As a result, they decided to propose another plan.

“We’re asking the county now if we can run on the pavement of Highway A until we get to Forest County, where we can actually hook up with trails,” said Snook.

“The goal is that if we get this two-year trial and it turns out to be successful, then we could go to the state and apply for grants and funding, and we could develop trails,” he said.

“That would pull it all together.”

The following routes are designated ATV routes under the ordinance: Highway A from the Forest County line to the east entrance of Eagle Farm Road; Mail Route Road from Highway A to Livingston Road; Livingston Road from Mail Route Road to where private roads branch off; Eagle Farm Road loop to Highway A and west to Strong Road and Engberg Lane; Sand Lake Lane from Eagle Farm Road to Highway A; Sand Lake Road from Highway A to Fort Eagle Estates Road; St. Louis Road from County A to Highway 17; Deerskin Road from the border of Nicolet National Forest to Highway 17; Engberg Lane from Highway A to 1800 Engberg Lane; and Strong Road from Highway A to Co-op Road.

since 2004.

“Scott Walker’s failed agenda has led to unprecedented political turmoil and a sputtering Wisconsin economy that leads the entire nation in job loss. But while we’ve been campaigning across Wisconsin, Walker has been flying all over the country raising a record $25 million from right-wing billionaires and lobbyists who want their interests placed ahead of working people in our state,” Barrett said.

Walker’s budget repair bill became the focus of statewide protests beginning in February 2011, when it was discovered his proposal would strip nearly all collective bargain-

ing rights from most public workers. The governor and his Republican supporters argued the bill helped balance a state budget that faced a $136.7 million shortfall.

Efforts to collect enough signatures to force a recall election for Walker began later that year. Nearly 1 million signatures were collected and Wisconsin law made Walker and Kleefisch eligible for removal Jan. 3, 2012.

Walker received more than 625,000 votes (97%) in the Republican party against Arthur Kohl-Riggs and will face Barrett in the recall election slated for Tuesday, June 5. On the Republican side, Walker received 3,907 votes in Vilas County and 5,192 in Oneida County.

Friends of Scott Walker deputy campaign manager Dan Blum issued the following statement in response to Barrett’s entrance into the general election.

“As Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett enters the general election in his soon-to-be third statewide losing campaign, he will surely find that his record of raising taxes and promises to continue to do so will not resonate with voters,” said Blum.

“While Gov. Walker’s term has seen unemployment drop to its lowest rate since 2008, unemployment under Tom Barrett has risen more than 28%. Rather than Tom Barrett’s path of taking Wisconsin back to the days of billiondollar deficits, double-digit tax increases and record job

loss, we are confident that voters will choose to stand with Gov. Walker and move Wisconsin forward.”

Also on the ballot for the Democratic primary were candidates running for the office of lieutenant governor.

Mahlon Mitchell advanced with 52% of the vote, followed

by Isaac Weix with 26% and Ira Robins with 22%.

Mitchell will face Republican Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch in June.

For lieutenant governor in Vilas County, Democrats liked Mitchell. He received 1,595 votes, while Robins got 743 and Weix 619.

In Oneida County, the Democratic vote also went to Mitchell with 2,790 votes.

Robins had 1,278 and Weix, 1,203.

Tourism: Vilas increases budget FROM PAGE 1A according to the study.

Plenty to market Last year was another solid year for tourism expenditures in the Eagle River area, according to Connie Heeg, executive director of the Eagle River Area Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center.

“Eagle River-area room tax collections were only down less than 1% below our previous six-year average,” said Heeg. “With better December snow in 2011, we should have been at average or above. We are always somewhat vulnerable to weather conditions due to the high number of outdoor activities available in the area.”

A traditional vacation spot for travelers across the Midwest, Vilas County offers more than 1,300 lakes, 12 friendly communities and an almost endless array of fourseason recreational activities.

“The chambers in Vilas County are always exploring

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new ways to bring visitors to our area,” said Theresa Smith, executive director of the Boulder Junction Chamber of Commerce. “Everyone needs time away to refresh, and the Northwoods of Wisconsin is an inviting destination.”

In order to continue a strong marketing campaign, Vilas County has increased its 2012 marketing budget by 7.5% in an effort to attract more visitors to this pristine section of northern Wisconsin. These additional dollars — along with a strong, continuing, cooperative advertising program with the local chambers — provide Vilas County the opportunity to stay competitive in promoting the amenities and com-

munities of this North Woods county, according to Burzinski.

“Even in the face of tough economic conditions, Vilas County continues to draw travelers from around Wis-

Relay:

consin and the Midwest,” Burzinski said. “At a time when travelers are increasingly concerned with cost, Vilas County continues to represent a true vacation value.”

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teams from Eagle River, Three Lakes, Land O’ Lakes, St. Germain, Conover and other local communities.

The next planning meeting will be Wednesday, May 16 at 6:30 p.m. at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Eagle River. The public is to attend for more information or to register a team. Team

registration packets are available at Sally’s and Jo’s Impressions, located at 106 Division St. in Eagle River.

For more information about this year’s Northwoods Relay For Life, to register a team or serve as a volunteer, contact Sookochoff at (715) 479-2974.

VILAS COUNTY NEWS-REVIEW/THE THREE LAKES NEWS

WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012

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NEWS

Albano enters race for 34th Assembly Woodruff resident Todd Albano has declared his candidacy as an Independent for state respresentative in the 34th Assembly District in the fall election.

Albano joins Republicans Rob Swearingen and Alex Young, both of Rhinelander; Democrats Merlin Van Buren of Rhinelander and Roberta Retrum of Eagle River; and Independent Kevin FitzPatrick of Rhinelander as candidates for the 34th seat.

“This campaign is about ‘we,’ not about me. It is about ‘representation’ the way it was intended to be. People governing themselves, not relying on someone else to do it for us,” said Albano. “Political parties vote in their own best interest, not ours. I therefore choose to run independent of a party and to represent the people. It is common sense and good decision making that we need.”

Working full-time and continuing to volunteer with the Arbor Vitae Fire Department and Rescue Squad, Albano, 46, said campaigning across two counties will be a challenge.

“I offer the people of our district integrity, conviction and the courage to stand up for what is right,” he said. “We do not need a leader; we need a representative, one with a strong voice, a moral compass

MOCK ACCIDENT — Student actors, along with local emergency personnel and law enforcement, participated in a mock car crash scene at Northland Pines High School last Friday. Injured passengers were rescued from one of the destroyed vehicles (above), while a student playing the intoxicated driver was given a breathalyzer test (right). Because of the severity of the mock crash, a Flight For Life helicopter was called to the scene (below). The exercise was coordinated by the Vilas County Highway Safety Committee and the Traffic Safety Student Group from the high school.

—Staff Photos By ANTHONY DREW

TODD ALBANO and a sense of duty.”

Albano said he is seeking the Assembly position for the benefit of his community and the people in it.

“I plan to visit all 45 municipalities that make up the 34th Assembly District in the counties of Oneida, Vilas, Florence and Forest to learn the priorities of the more than 71,000 residents. I have already begun by visiting with constituents of Woodruff, Minocqua, Presque Isle, Winchester, Newbold, Niagara, Aurora and Pine Lake.”

The 34th Assembly District seat is currently held by state Rep. Dan Meyer (R-Eagle River), who announced his retirement earlier this year.

HBA Garage Sale slated May 19-20 Headwaters Builders Association (HBA) has announced its upcoming Garage Sale Saturday and Sunday, May 19-20, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Lakeland Overhead Door Co., located at 7360 Highway 51 S. in Minocqua.

The sale will feature new and gently used building materials donated by association members. These include windows, doors, appliances, cabinetry, furnishings, landscape items, flooring materials, plumbing and light fixtures and other materials.

“This is an opportunity to pick up low-cost items for your spring remodeling project,” said an HBA contact.

Last year’s garage sale

event was held in Eagle River, and the 2012 event marks a return to the original Minocqua location.

Warehouse space for the sale will be provided by Lakeland Overhead Door Co., a member of Headwaters Builders Association since 2002.

Proceeds from the sale will support educational programs for members as well as annual scholarships for area high school and Nicolet College students.

For more information about the Garage Sale event or about HBA and its members, call (715) 542-3557 or visit headwaters builders. com.

Credit unions show growth in net income

Phelps School plans new science program Phelps School District recently announced it will use the Discovery Education Science Techbook™ program for its primary science resource.

The school’s 4-year-old kindergarten through eighthgrade science program will go digital in an effort to work with its 1:1 instructional programs using iPads and laptops.

Discovery Education Science Techbook is a virtual

textbook which addresses Wisconsin state-specific science standards as the new primary instructional resource for elementary and middle schools.

Interactive resources such as videos, audios, reading passages and virtual labs support the 5E model of instruction and capture digitally native students’ attention. Coupled with a realtime assessment component that measures students’

progress, it recommends individualized resources that reinforce classroom instruction.

“Discovery Education will continually update our tech books to include important scientific events around the world,” said District Administrator Delnice Hill. “Updates will occur on a daily basis, so our students will always have access to the most upto-date information. This is the beginning of our conver-

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Wisconsin’s state-chartered credit unions showed increases in net income, total assets and return on assets in the first quarter of 2012, according to data compiled by the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (DFI).

Compared to the fourth quarter of 2011, Wisconsin’s 199 state-chartered credit unions: — posted a net income of $49.4 million, an increase of 21.4% over the previous quarter and up 77.5% from a year earlier; — grew assets to $22.88 billion from $21.92 billion, an increase of 4.4%; — improved the return on average assets ratio (ROA) to 0.88%, up from 0.59%; and — saw their net worth ratio dip slightly to 9.73% from 9.96% at year-end 2011.

“The overall health of Wisconsin credit unions appears to be quite strong,” said DFI Secretary Peter Bildsten.

“Their solid performance in the first quarter is good for Wisconsin consumers and the state’s economy.”

Ginger Larson, director of the Office of Credit Unions — the DFI division that oversees state-chartered credit unions — said that while lending was basically flat in the first quarter of 2012, credit unions were able to improve their net income through prudent expense management and a reduction in delinquent loans, which dropped to 1.70% from 1.83%.

A full report on first-quarter performance of Wisconsin credit unions will be available on the DFI website at wdfi.org by the middle of May.

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OBITUARIES Helen Ruth Carlson Helen Ruth (Hicks) Carlson, 78, of Phelps, Wis., left this heavenly earth on May 9, 2012, following a short but courageous battle with cancer.

She was born on May 12, 1933, in St. Louis, Mo. Her parents were Ruth Von Hoffmann Hicks and Col. William E. Hicks.

After earning a diploma in nursing from Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing in St. Louis, Helen moved to Wisconsin to work.

She enjoyed fishing, hunting, swimming and watching the Brewers.

Helen is survived by her husband of 50 years, Ronald “Jack” Carlson Sr.; her six children, Anne (Dave) Pavik of Madison, Wis., Jeanne (Bill) Wichman of Green Bay, Wis., Laurie Lackey of Green Bay, Ronald Jack Carlson Jr. of Green Bay, Kathy (Matt

Dorothy M. Olkowski

Clayton) Lindstrom of Mendota Heights, Minn., and Karen (Dale) Morehouse of Weston, Wis.; and 10 grandchildren, Dakota, Brock, Sarah, Ty, Ryan, Ashlie, Alycia, Drew, Cole and Sabrina.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, May 19, at 11 a.m., with visitation beginning at 10 a.m. at GaffneyBusha Funeral Home in Eagle River.

“Nothing you love is really lost. Things, people — they always go away sooner or later. You can’t hold them any more than you can hold moonlight. But if they’ve touched you, if they’re inside you, then they’re still yours.

The only things you ever really have are the ones you hold inside your heart.” ~ Bruce Coville PAID OBITUARY 2354

David G. Hansen David G. Hansen of Phelps died Thursday, May 10, 2012, at his home. He was 80.

Mr. Hansen was born Sept. 11, 1931, in Phelps, the son of Albert and Ruth (nee Balke) Hansen.

A graduate of Phelps High School, he served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He married Betty Seversen Oct. 4, 1952.

Mr. Hansen was employed for more than 40 years as a carpenter in Palatine, Ill. After retiring, he returned to Phelps, residing on Little Twin Lake.

He was an active member of the Twin Lakes Bible Church in Phelps and the

American Legion. His hobbies included boating and golfing.

Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Sherri (Kevin) Murray of San Diego, Calif., and Terri (Randy) Be Ment of Cary, Ill.; one son, Larry (Betty) of Richvale, Calif.; a sister, Ethel (Tom) Rail of Phelps; nine grandchildren; and six greatgrandchildren.

A memorial service will be held Friday, May 18, at 11 a.m. at Twin Lakes Bible Church with the Rev. Gary Spurgeon officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. A memorial will be established in Mr. Hanson’s name.

Kenneth W. Oldenburg Kenneth W. Oldenburg, age 88, passed away Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at Ridgewood Care Center. Ken was born in Racine Sept. 19, 1923, son of the late Oscar and Olivia (nee Hansen) Oldenburg.

On Sept. 25, 1943, he was united in marriage to Ruth V. Keller at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Racine. She preceded him in death Jan. 5, 2012.

Ken enlisted in the U.S. Navy Sept. 30, 1943, during World War II with the Seabees. He proudly served his country until Dec. 8, 1945.

Following his service, Ken was employed by the Racine Fire Department for 29 years, retiring as captain from Station #2 on Dec. 31, 1978. While working for the fire department, he also was employed by Coryell Nursery for 25 years as a landscaper and decorated the Wheary home for the Christmas light display in North Bay. After retiring from the fire department, Ken and Ruth moved to St. Germain, Wis., and enjoyed 25 years in the North Woods, returning to Racine in 2004 to be closer to their family.

Ken was a member of Community United Church of Christ of St. Germain and was the chairman of the men’s fellowship for more than 17 years. He was the auctioneer for the men’s fellowship fundraiser, served as head of the organizing committee to build the St. Germain Veterans Memorial Wall and sold bricks for the wall.

While in St. Germain, Ken started collecting aluminum tabs for the Ronald McDonald House in Marshfield, Wis., with people around the country donating tabs along with UCC church, millions of tabs were collected. In northern Wisconsin, Ken was known as Mr. Tab. Bring your tabs to the memorial service.

Ken was a member of the Lions Club of St. Germain. He received many awards including the Melvin Jones Award, one of the highest awards given by the Lions Club.

He enjoyed fishing, boating, horseshoes, woodworking, coin collecting, softball, bowling, cooking for the chamber of commerce, and Lions Club and church activities throughout the years.

He was an avid Chicago Cubs and Green Bay Packers fan.

Ken’s daughter, Jan, had the privilege and honor of accompanying her Dad on the Stars and Stripes Honor Flight to Washington, D.C., on April 28, 2012. He was a true American hero.

Ken was known for his wonderful sense of humor. He always made people laugh and

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always had a joke to tell. His greatest love was his wife and his daughters. He was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather. He will be dearly missed.

Ken is survived by his daughters, Barbara (Robert) Hosch of Wind Lake, Karin (Jim) Roberson and Janice Knecht, all of Racine; four grandchildren, Joanne (John) Herrmann, Holly (Brian) Tuinstra, Heather (Ian) Bagley, Kenneth (Jessica) Roberson; six great-grandchildren, Matthew, Nicholas, Jordan, Carly, Makenna, and Sawyer; sister-in-law, Vi Oldenburg of Milwaukee; brotherin-law, Herb Kauth; nieces, nephews, other relatives and many dear friends.

In addition to his parents and wife, Ken was also preceded in death by his son-in-law, Ed Knecht; brothers, Ronald Oldenburg, Howard (Ruth) Oldenburg; and sister, Virginia (Irving) Henricksen.

Memorial services will be held at the funeral home Saturday, May 19, 2012, 3:30 p.m., with the Rev. Kara Baylor officiating.

Relatives and friends may meet with the family at the funeral home Saturday from 2 p.m. until time of service at 3:30 p.m. Those wishing to remember Ken in a special way may direct memorials to Stars and Stripes Honor Flight, Port Washington, Wis.; Ronald McDonald House, Marshfield, Wis.; or Community United Church of Christ, St. Germain, Wis. The Oldenburg family would like to express their gratitude to the 2 East staff and the Activity Department staff at Ridgewood Care Center for their attentive care and gentle manner shown to Ken over the past few years.

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Dorothy M. Olkowski of Sterling Heights, Mich., died Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. She was 84.

Mrs. Olkowski was born Sept. 7, 1927, in Norway, Mich.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ronald Oklowski; a daughter, Barbara Paul; and a sister, Betty.

Survivors include two sons, Jeffrey of Columbus, Mich., and Ronald Jr. of Richmond, Mich.; three brothers, Curtis, Jimmy and Douglas Oberthaler; a sister, Grace; and five grandchildren.

A memorial service and burial will be held Friday, May 25, at 2 p.m. at Three Lakes Cemetery in Three Lakes.

Wilma H. Paris Wilma H. Paris of Three Lakes, formerly of Madison, died Friday May, 11, 2012, at Taylor Park Nursing Home in Rhinelander. She was 73.

Mrs. Paris was born Nov. 1, 1938, the daughter of William and Jeanette Steies.

She was employed as a nurse at the Eagle River Nursing Home in Eagle River.

Mrs. Paris was an active member of the Three Lakes American Legion Auxiliary and the Three Lakes Fire Deptartment Auxiliary. She also was active with the USS

Tide Reunion program.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Jim; her parents; and her brother, Walter Steies.

Survivors include two sisters, Wanita Korgol of Clear Lake and Wanda (Chester) Wieczorek of West Allis; and other family members.

A memorial service will be held Sunday, May 20, at 1:30 p.m. at the Three Lakes American Legion in Three Lakes. Memorials may be made to the Three Lakes American Legion.

Joshua ‘Josh’ Peter Probst On Tuesday, May 8, 2012, while playing softball with his family cheering him on, Joshua P. Probst, age 32, left this world unexPROBST pectedly to play on a bigger field.

Joshua was born in Rhinelander, Wis., April 25, 1980, son of John R. Probst and Lynn E. (Rahn) Probst.

Josh was a graduate of Three Lakes High School and attended Casper College where he earned his EMT certification. He received his Associate’s degree in CAD and was currently completing a degree in construction management.

On Aug. 16, 2006, at St. John’s Catholic Church he was united in marriage to Barbara Lu Tesch.

Josh served in the U.S. Navy in Norfolk, Va., from 2003 until March of 2012. He was stationed on the USS Mahan, at ACU-4 and CNE. He received numerous awards and honors for his dedicated service.

Josh was actively involved with the Special Olympics and was a volunteer coordinator at Tarrallton Elementary School.

There he served as a Magic Mentor, where he was a driving force and positive role model to them. He also assisted in the Envirowalks at the Norfolk Botanical Gardens.

Josh was employed by Titan Industries, Oshkosh, Wis. A sports enthusiast, Josh enjoyed hunting and fishing, rock climbing, mountain biking, golfing, playing soccer and baseball.

Josh was always willing to lend a helping hand and was an incredibly talented woodworker.

He was a loving, devoted husband and father who cherished time with his family, especially their camping

excursions and Sunday mornings listening to Frank Sinatra. He will be deeply missed.

Survivors include his loving wife, Barbara; three children, Madysen, Sophia and Grayson Probst; parents, Lynn Probst (Rob Semo) of Rhinelander, and John (Susie) Probst of Three Lakes, Wis.; sister, Emilie (Kyle) Schmitz of Burnsville, Minn.; brother, Jacob Probst of Rhinelander; father- and mother-in-law, Steve (Catharine) Tesch of Oshkosh; brothers-in-law, Eric Tesch and Brian Tesch, both of Oshkosh; his Navy family; numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and dear friends.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Floyd (Dorothy) Rahn and Elroy (Virginia) Probst; and aunt, Barbara Breeding.

Funeral services will be held Friday, May 18, 2012, 7 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, 1250 Leonard Point Road, Oshkosh, with Pastor RaeAnn Beebe officiating.

Relatives and friends may meet with the family Friday at the church from 3 until 6:30 p.m. Interment with full military honors will be held at Lake View Memorial Park Saturday at 11 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorials to the family for his children’s education have been suggested.

From our hearts, we wish to thank all those who tried to revive Josh, and for all the love and support we’ve received during this difficult time.

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Area businesses give vital support to Angel programs Party with Pack set June 7 in Eagle River ST. GERMAIN — Angel On My Shoulder, the non-profit support foundation founded

by Lolly Rose in 1994, offers many programs to help those affected by cancer.

But one thing that’s clear is that the work is not done alone. Aside from the countless volunteers involved in programs and on the organization’s board of directors, the organization relies on contributions to sustain their services and programming.

The Angel Golf Spectacular, which is slated for Friday, June 8, demonstrates the importance of community support — from individuals and well as the business community.

T.A. Solberg Co. Inc. (better known as Trig’s) has been a long-term supporter of Angel On My Shoulder and the Angel Golf Spectacular, and believes that the two go hand in hand.

“We really feel that helping out with events and organizations like this are part of being a member of the communities our stores serve,” said Lee Guenther Jr., president and CEO of T.A. Solberg Co. “Frankly, each of us at Trig’s — in the store or on the administration side — we’re all members of our communities, and anything we can do to help matters.”

Those aren’t just words.

Over the years, Trig’s has helped to raise in excess of $1 million for Angel On My Shoulder.

The organization also has benefited from the support of WRJO 94.5-FM/WERL 950AM radio. The local radio station, based in Eagle River, has been key to the success of another Angel On My Shoulder fundraiser, The North Woods original Polar Bear Plunge. This past January marked the 12th anniversary of the event and WRJO staff have been there through it all in more ways than one. They have helped promote participation on-air, conducted an onair pledge-a-thon, as well as literally getting into the act.

Mike Wolf, WRJO program director,has been “jumping in” since the first event in 2000.

“As a local radio station, it’s important to us to be in touch with the community. But it’s also important to remember that a cause like Angel really does so much for our community and for Wisconsin residents far beyond the North Woods,” said Wolf.

WRJO/WERL has helped raise more than $280,000 for Angel On My Shoulder programs through their efforts.

This year, these local businesses, along with the Vilas County News-Review, are doing even more by joining together as presenting sponsors for Party with the Pack, the newest Angel On My Shoulder event.

“Angel On My Shoulder is a program that we believe in and we’ve been supporting through press releases and event coverage for many years,” said News-Review Editor Gary Ridderbusch. “Since the Golf Spectacular and Packer party is such a big event, we felt the time was right to become involved as a sponsor.”

Party with Pack The event has six guests from the Super Bowl XXXI Green Bay Packers champions, including Gilbert Brown, William Henderson, Santana Dotson, Dorsey Levens, Craig Newsome, and Marco Rivera — there to help Angel On My Shoulder.

The event, which will be held at The Penalty Box Bar & Grill in Eagle River, is scheduled for Thursday, June 7, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., the evening before the annual golf event.

The Northland Pines High School football team will cook the brats and hamburgers (provided by Trig’s) and supporting Angel On My Shoulder through their efforts.

“The whole event is about raising money for our camps and other outreach programs,” said Angel founder Lolly Rose.

The Party with the Pack evening will start at 5:30 p.m.

Packers memorabilia will be on-site and available to purchase and, between 7 and 8 p.m., the former Packers will be available to autograph the night’s purchases. All proceeds go toward Angel On My Shoulder.

The full tailgate party will kick off at 7 p.m. and will run through 8:30 p.m. Food will be available throughout the evening. Admission is $20 for adults; $10 for youths 16 and younger; $8 for students with identification; and children younger than 5 are free. There also are special family pack tickets for $50 which includes two adults and three children.

The admission fee covers a meal that includes a sandwich (brat, hamburger or hot dog), chips and side, with a beverage. Tickets are available at Trig’s in Eagle River, The Penalty Box, or by calling Angel On My Shoulder.

For information on Angel programs or Party with the Pack, call 1-(800) 860-3431.

VILAS COUNTY NEWS-REVIEW/THE THREE LAKES NEWS

WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012

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VIETNAM WALL DONATION — River Valley Bank recently donated $500 to help bring the Vietnam Traveling Wall to Eagle River June 29 to July 4. Taking part in the presentation were,

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from left, committee members Todd Achterberg, Amy Price and Al Pittelko; and bank employees Nancy Schuller, Christine Zich, Sue Ingham and Karen Martin.

—Contributed Photo

Vilas County Court report

Eagle River man convicted of taking cancer medications A 36-year-old Eagle River was convicted for taking cancer medication from a town of Lincoln resident in May of 2011 in Vilas County Circuit Court last week.

Eric J. Benson, who was found guilty of manufacturing/delivery of a schedule I or II narcotic (Fentanyl) and theft of moveable property (morphine sulfate), will be sentenced July 16 at 2 p.m. A presentence investigation was ordered.

Six other charges were dismissed during the plea hearing last week, but will be read in when Vilas County Circuit Judge Neal A. Nielsen III sentences Benson. The charges dismissed include a second charge of manufacturing/ delivery of schedule I or II narcotics, possession of narcotics, possession of a controlled substance, possession of an illegally obtained prescription and two counts of theft of moveable property.

According to the complaint, a town of Lincoln resident reported missing her cancer medication, Fentanyl, and other pain medications after Benson was at the residence to clean up garbage between May 4 and 13, 2011.

In other felony cases, Benjamin J. Rizzo, 25, of St. Germain, charged with 16 counts of forgery, 16 counts of uttering a forgery and five counts of misdemeanor theft, had a preliminary hearing set for May 15 at 10 a.m.

According to the complaint, Rizzo is accused of stealing, forging and cashing the checks belonging to James Errington at Errington’s Resort and Star Lake Store, both in the town of Plum Lake. He allegedly wrote 10 checks with a total value of about $2,000 at Wild Eagle Corner Store in the town of Washington and at the Energy Mart in Conover between February and March 2012. It’s also alleged he took a bag of coins.

Nathan White, 27, of Abbotsford, had a sentence withheld and was placed on probation for three years after he was found guilty of attempting to flee or elude a traffic officer and operating a motor vehicle after revocation.

Conditions of White’s probation include: any counseling deemed appropriate by the agent; written apology to the officers; not to operate a motorcycle while on proba-

tion; and 100 hours of community service. White also must pay traffic citations for nonregistration, registration display and speeding, paying $50 a month starting June 1.

White was arrested July 17, 2011, in the town of Manitowish Waters after it was reported he eluded an officer on his motorcycle in Iron County. According to court records, a Wisconsin State Patrol trooper then pursued White in excess of 100 mph southbound on Highway 51 until he crashed his motorcycle near the Blue Bayou Restaurant and was apprehended. His driver’s license had been revoked after he was convicted of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence in Marathon County Jan. 19, 2010.

Jedediah G. Maulson, 20, of Lac du Flambeau, charged with operating a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent, had a pretrial conference set for May 29 at 9:15 a.m. Maulson was arrested June 6, 2011, after allegedly taking the vehicle from another individual May 16, 2011 in Lac du Flambeau. At the time of his arrest, he had an active warrant out for his arrest in Oneida County for an alleged retail

theft.

Susie J. Turney, 19, of Lac du Flambeau, charged with physical abuse of a child, intentionally causing bodily harm, party to a crime, was not present for a plea/sentencing hearing May 7 and Judge Nielsen issued a bench warrant of $1,000 cash. Defense attorney Courtney Jolin told the court she received a call from the defendant stating that Turney could not get a ride to court.

According to the complaint, Turney and another woman hit and kicked a 17-year-old Lac du Flambeau woman during an incident Oct. 8, 2011.

Darren L. Lube, 46, of Ironwood, Mich., satisfied the conditions of his deferred entry of judgment (DEJ) and four counts of failure to support a child were dismissed. District Attorney Albert Moustakis made a motion to extend the DEJ for three years, but Judge Nielsen was told Lube is now paying his child support at the rate of $528 per month. He was originally ordered to make the child support payments from July 1, 2006, through July 1, 2008, but the DEJ was extended three years Nov. 18, 2008, because he was not paying.

Vilas County Sheriff A total of 312 complaints were entered by Vilas County Sheriff’s Department dispatchers last week.

In addition to those with sufficient detail to report below, a review shows at least five vehicle accidents, six requests for agency assistance, seven ambulance requests, three animal problems, two attempts to locate, two reports of battery, three burglaries, six burglar alarms, six requests for citizen assistance, one report of criminal damage to property, two disturbances, one report of domestic violence, two fires, two reports of found property, one instance of fraud, three reports of harassment, four reports of hazardous conditions, four juvenile problems/runaways, one report of lost property, eight reports of suspicious circumstances, five thefts, 18 traffic violations, one vacation check, seven welfare checks, 13 911 hang-ups, one aircraft problem, seven drug problems, two drive-offs, three utility problems, two lifeline alarms and one report of identity theft.

At least 27 calls were referred to the Eagle River Police Department and there were at least 26 informational or procedural entries.

In the past week, at least 20 people were booked at the Vilas County Jail, including one for operating after revocation, two for possession of paraphernalia, two for disorderly conduct, one for battery, two for possession of THC, three for reckless endangerment, four for probation violations, one for resisting arrest, three for operating while

district attorney’s office for possible charges related to the sale or use of heroin.

The arrests were part of an ongoing controlled substance investigation by the N O R D E G. Pa r t i c i p a t i n g agencies in the investigation included the Rhinelander Police Department and the Oneida County Sheriff ’s Office.

Oneida County Sheriff Jeffrey Hoffman and Rhinelander Police Chief Mike Steffes noted the public dangers related to heroin trafficking and use.

“Heroin is a very addictive drug and is a health hazard for the community as users commonly ingest the drug by use of needles,” said Hoffman in a press release. “Other health-related issues include quality of life and communicable diseases due to the shar-

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Concerning the marijuana bust, NORDEG investigators received a tip from a local freight company of a suspicious package destined for Clackamas. Rhinelander Police Sgt. Angela Mertz and canine Drago were called in to sniff the package and alerted to the presence of drugs.

Investigators applied for and received a search warrant for the package. Upon opening the package, officers located approximately $106,000 in cash.

The investigation led to the execution of several other search warrants in Rhinelander, Wausau, Price County and Portland, Ore., which resulted in the seizure of an additional $12,000, a marijuana growing operation

and 24 pounds of packaged marijuana.

As a result of the investigation, Andrew J. Yungerman, 26, of Rhinelander; Barbara A. Elliot, 63, of Wausau; and Jeremy T. Williams, 40, of Portland, were arrested and referred to the Oneida County district attorney’s office for possible charges related to the sale and possession of marijuana.

Participating agencies in the investigation included the Rhinelander Police Department, the Oneida County Sheriff ’s Office, the Price County Sheriff ’s Office, Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office in Oregon, Marathon County Special Investigative Unit which includes Marathon County Sheriff ’s Office, Wausau Police Department and the Everest Metro Police Department.

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intoxicated, one for burglary, one for probation revocation and one for bail jumping.

During the week, the inmate population ranged from 66 to 81. As of May 14, there were 81 inmates.

Eagle River Police Among the calls received

by Vilas County dispatchers were at least 34 calls for the Eagle River Police. These included one traffic accident, one accident resulting in property damage, three burglar alarms, one request for an ambulance, two animal problems, two requets for citizen assistance, one death investigation, one drug problem, two reports of found property, one instance of fraud, one drive-off, one harassment complaint, one juvenile problem, one report of lost property, two probation violations, one report of smoke, three reports of hazardous conditions, three traffic violations, three reports of trespassing, one utility problem and three welfare checks.

Three Lakes Police This police department reported two 911 hang-ups, two vehicle accidents, one alarm, five requests for an ambulance, three animal problems, one request for motorist assistance, one burglary, one disturbance, one report of hazardous conditions, two welfare checks, two informational reports, one paper service, one report of lost property, three reports of reckless driving, one sexual assault, one suspicious circumstance, four traffic stops and one complaint of vandalism.

Registered sex offender released to Oneida County A registered sex offender has been released from prison and will make his residence in the Minoqua community, according to Minocqua Police Chief Anderw Gee. Robert F. “Bud” Berelc Jr. was released from prison May 11 after serving a sentence imposed on him by the courts for first-degree sexual assault of a child.

“This notification is not intended to increase fear; rather, it is our belief that an informed public is a safer public,” said Gee in a press release. “Sex offenders have always lived in our communities; but it was not until the Sex Offender Registry and Community Notification Law was enacted that law enforcement was able to share this information with the community.

Berelc was convicted of sexual assault Aug. 26, 1994, and soliciting a child for pros-

ROBERT F. ‘BUD’ BERELC JR.

titution Sept. 27, 2007, both in Brown County.

Upon release, Berelc is subject to the Wisconsin Department of Corrections Global Positioning System (GPS). He is required to register with the Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry Program for life.

Wisconsin’s North Woods

Two drug investigations lead to nine arrests The Northcentral Drug Enforcement Group (NORDEG) Task Force arrested six Oneida County individuals last Tuesday as part of an ongoing investigation into the sale and use of heroin.

Meanwhile, the NORDEG arrested three other people last week as part of an ongoing investigation into the trafficking of marijuana. Investigators seized approximately $106,000 that had been hidden in a package destined for Clackamas, Ore., as part of an apparent marijuana sale.

Arrested as a result of the heroin investigation were Rogerick E. Simmons, 44; Paul N. Dietz, 31; Veronica J. Wells, 37; Dominique A. Jones, 20; Elliot J. Boyer, 21; and Clifford L. Dutton, 29, all of Rhinelander.

The individuals have been referred to the Oneida County

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Thank You, Thank You, Thank You To everyone who attended and donated to our 6th annual Wine Tasting Benefit for the Humane Society of Vilas County. Our benefit was held April 22 at Lanny’s Fireside in Conover and was a huge success thanks to the generous donations from the following businesses and individuals, as well as several of our MANY fabulous volunteers, Jean, Barb, Jerry, Denise, Fallon, Renee and Tammy.

Also, a special thank-you to our host, Lanny Studdard and his wonderful staff!

Lanny’s Fireside Badger Liquor Beehive Hair Salon Boone’s Building Supply Scott and Dawn Buss Judy Chaplin – Tastefully Simple Chicago Bears Club 45 Custom Landscaping of E.R. Sue Del Ponte Eagle Collision Eagle River Animal Hospital Eagle River Dairy Queen Eagle River Golf Course Eagle Waste and Recycling Ed Evert – Conover Animal Control Greg Everett First National Bank of E.R. The Flour Sack French’s Homestead Veterinary Care Green Bay Packers Barb and Jerry Handlon Honey Bear Restaurant K’s Kreations Klondike Days

Tim and Mary Beth Leopold Lots of Friends of the Shelter Milwaukee Brewers North Twin Lodge Northwoods Animal Hospital Northwoods Surveying Donald and Ardis Peer Marle Punzel Ripco Credit Union of E.R. Jean and Richard Risch Rock Island Environmental Service Rough & Rustic – E. Lundin Salon & Spa on Railroad Spence Plumbing, Heating & Cooling of Phelps Suzanne Strachotta Studio 515 Sunset Grill Three Lakes Winery Traditions in Sayner Regina Trollan Waters of Minocqua Vilas County News-Review Wild Eagle Corner Store

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And, a big thank-you to everyone who adopts, donates and volunteers throughout the year — you all make a huge difference for so many great animals looking for their forever homes.

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NEW OWNERS — Eagle River Inn has new owners and new operators in a transaction completed last week. Ron VanDusen (left) has sold the operation. Taking over operational management will be Meghan McHale and Zach Fischer (center) for the

new buyers, Theresa Fischer and Matt Rankin (right). A grand opening with live music will be announced later. They said they are looking forward to making new friends and working with the community.

—Photo By Ken Anderson

Lake district requests to charge to land boat at Big St. Germain ___________

BY WALLY GEIST NEWS CORRESPONDENT

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ST. GERMAIN — A request of the Big St. Germain Lake District to consider the possibility of charging a fee at the lake’s public boat launch to generate funds for aquatic invasive species (AIS) protection drew mixed reviews among the 37 people at a town board meeting last week.

Currently, the boat launch is under control of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). If this change were to take place, the district would be able to charge a fee for anyone launching a boat.

“The town of St. Germain’s Lakes Committee was created about 10 years ago to bring together representatives from the lake districts within the town,” said Lakes Committee Chairman Chuck Thier. “The committee was to coordinate programs for water quality and to work jointly on issues that are important to residents, business owners and property owners in the districts.”

“The DNR expanded parking at the present boat landing from 10 to 30 spaces in response to a dangerous parking situation along Big St. Germain Drive,” said Mark Rogaki of the Big St. Germain Lake District.

“While this action was in response to the town’s concerns for residents and motorists, it was against the wishes of the lake district.”

Rogaki explained that the lake district pays the St. Germain Lions Club $4,500 a year to inspect boats at the landing on weekends and holidays that fall on Mondays throughout the summer.

“Our basic concern is to protect the lake from aquatic invasive species, now that there are more boats using the lake,” Rogaki explained.

“We need greater coverage of the boat landing than we are getting now.”

“The district’s commissioners gave Mark Rogaki permission to talk to the DNR about launch fees to cover the cost of services at the boat landing,” said Town Chairman Walt Camp. “Services would include education and monitoring to pre-

vent invasive species from entering the lake.”

Thier cautioned that more coverage may not yield the desired result.

“The what-ifs can drive you crazy,” said Thier. “On Found Lake, we don’t feel the need to be at the landing 24/7. However, we do not have quite the boat traffic you have on Big Saint.”

Economic concerns were raised by Ted DeRuiter, St. Germain Chamber of Commerce president.

“The chamber is concerned that this is the beginning of a slow crawl to tax users of other lakes,” said DeRuiter. “The chamber doesn’t want anything put in the way of people coming to use our lakes and enjoy our hospitality. The chamber does not feel that taxing to launch is the way to go.”

Similar concerns were raised by Rob Manthei, business owner and area fishing guide.

“How far do you go with this?” Manthei questioned.

“Will you try to stop water from flowing into the lake to keep AIS out? Fishing licenses pay for boat landings and

the need for extra parking was because of a hazard.”

Business owner Tom Christensen raised procedural questions, asking where the discussions will lead, and Thier replied that privatizing the boat landing is at the discussion stage.

Camp reviewed the history of the issue and noted that the approximately 600 property owners on Big St. Germain Lake would have to vote approval for this proposal. According to Jane Malischke of the DNR, there is no legal requirement that the DNR hold public hearings on this topic.

“However, this is a delicate issue and there would be an opportunity for the public to be heard if this goes forward,” she explained. “If the landing is privatized, the district would not lose DNR services.”

Rogaki estimated that in addition to the $4,500 currently paid to the Lions Club, another $10,000 per year would have to be raised to cover the additional monitoring needed at the launch unless there were more volunteers willing to help.

Radio station scores three 1st-place awards WRJO 94.5-FM in Eagle River was a big winner at the annual Wisconsin Broadcaster’s Association competition in Madison May 5.

The radio station took home first-place awards in the small-market radio categories for Best Humorous Commercial for “Christmas Is for Kids,” Significant Community Impact for “Rayola Resignation” and Public Ser-

vice Announcement for “Upward Bound Program.”

WRJO won a second-place award in the category of Significant Community Impact for “Holperin/Simac Forum.”

The awards were accepted on behalf of the radio station

by Jim Hodges, vice president and general manager of WRJO/WERL radio.

“This is a great honor for our staff who work hard every

day to create compelling content for our listeners,” said Hodges. “It’s especially gratifying for them to be recognized by their broadcasting peers.

The competition was stronger than ever this past year and it is a testament to the talents of our associates.”

WRJO/WERL’s sister station, WCQM in Park Falls, won first-place awards in the smallmarket radio categories of Best

Specialty Programming and Best Artist Interview.

Overall, WRJO and WCQM garnered a total of eight awards in the statewide competition. Both stations are part of the 10-station Heartland Communications Group network. Heartland Communications also owns and operates four stations in Ashland and two stations in Iron River, Mich.

The Oneida County Sheriff’s Office, along with other law enforcement officers nationwide, will help the Click It or Ticket mobilization kickoff Monday, May 21, by cracking down on those who don’t use vehicle safety belts.

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 61% of the 10,647 passenger vehicle occupants nationally who were killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes overnight in 2010 weren’t wearing their seat belts. The statistic was compared to 42% during daytime hours.

“Too many drivers and passengers on the road at night aren’t wearing their seat belts, and it all too often ends in tragedy,” said Sheriff Jeffrey Hoffman. “Our goal is to save more lives, so Oneida County Sheriff’s Office will be out enforcing seat belt laws around the clock.”

Recent NHTSA statistics show that in 2010 alone, seat belts saved an estimated 12,546 lives nationwide. However, 22,187 passenger vehicle occupants were killed that same year in motor vehicle crashes, according to NHTSA, and 51% of them weren’t wearing seat belts at the time of their fatal crashes.

Younger motorists and men are particularly at risk ,according to NHTSA data.

Among teen and young adult (ages 18 to 34) passenger vehicle occupants in 2010 who were killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes, 62% were not buckled up — the highest percentage of any age group. The number jumps to 66% if only men are included.

While this year’s Click It or Ticket enforcement mobilization will run from May 21 through June 3, officers enforce seat belt laws year-round.

For more on the national Click It or Ticket mobilization, visit nhtsa.gov.

TOWN OF WASHINGTON NOTICE OF MEETING TO ADJOURN BOARD OF REVIEW TO LATER DATE Town of Washington, Vilas County, Board of Review will meet on the 4th day of June 2012, at 6:30 p.m., at the Washington Town Hall, for the purpose of calling the Board of Review into session during the 30-day period beginning on the 2nd Monday of May, pursuant to Wis. Statutes Sec. 70.47(1).

Due to the fact that the assessment roll is not completed at this time, it is anticipated that the Board of Review will be adjourned until the 15th day of August, 2012, at 6:00 p.m.

Pursuant to Sec. 70.45 of Wis. Statutes, the assessment roll for the year 2012 assessment will be open for examination on the 15th day of August 2012, at the Washington Town Hall, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Instructional material about the assessment and Board of Review procedures will be available at that time for information on how to file an objection and the Board of Review procedures under Wisconsin law.

Notice is hereby given this 15th day of May 2012, by: Michele Sanborn, Clerk 819 Town of Washington

PUBLIC NOTICE The North and South Twin Lakes Riparian Association proposes to treat up to 12 acres of North Twin Lake and up to 14 acres on South Twin Lake for control of Eurasian water milfoil. Stantec, Inc. will perform the treatment in May 2012. The proposed herbicides Renovate MaxG or LZR Max (2,4-D & triclopyr) on North Twin and DMA-4 (liquid 2,4-D) on South Twin will be used to control Eurasian water milfoil. Warning signs will be posted within 200' of the affected areas at the time of treatment which will include any restrictions relating to fish consumption, swimming, or water use as follows: Renovate MaxG & LZR Max (North Twin): Lake users are able to use the treated water for any recreation activities (boating, swimming, fishing, etc.) without restriction immediately after treatment. Irrigation for household uses such as ornamentals and gardens should be avoided for a projected 21 days following treatment. The end of this recommended period restricting household uses will be confirmed through analytical testing of the treated water indicating that the triclopyr concentration is below 1.0 ppb and the 2,4-D concentration is 100 ppb or below for unrestricted domestic use.

DMA-4 (South Twin): There are no swimming or fishing restrictions.

Do not use water from treated areas for irrigation purposes for 21 days after treatment, or until an approved assay indicates the 2,4-D concentration is 100 ppb (0.1 ppm) or less.

The Association will hold a public informational meeting on the proposed treatments if five or more individuals, organizations, special units of government, or local units of government request one in writing. The person or entity requesting the meeting shall state a specific agenda of topics including problems and alternatives to be discussed. The request for the public informational meeting must be sent in writing to: North and South Twin Lakes Riparian Association, P.O. Box 163, Phelps, WI 54554 and to Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, 107 Sutliff Avenue, Rhinelander, WI 54501 within five days after the public notice is published.

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Rhinelander FSA to cut hours beginning June 4 Due to decreasing participation in U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency (FSA) programs and high operational costs and budget restraints, the Rhinelander FSA office will reduce staff and make operational changes.

As a result, all current FSA employees in the Rhinelander office have been

given opportunities to accept positions elsewhere in the state.

Beginning June 4, the Rhinelander FSA office will be open Mondays and Tuesdasy from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For service or information on days the Rhinelander FSA office is closed, call the Lincoln/Langlade office in Merrill at (715) 536-6212.

Federal budget cuts are affecting FSA nationwide, with every state required to reduce staffing levels through early retirements and employee buyouts, according to Susan Hunter, current director of the Rhinelander FSA office serving Vilas, Oneida, Florence and Forest counties.

For assistance on days

the Rhinelander county office is closed, contact the Merrill FSA office at 536-6212, ext. 2, fax: 536-8024 or matt.peplinski@wi.usda.gov.

Multicounty producers will have the option to transfer their records to other counties.

For more information on this process, contact the office.

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VILAS COUNTY NEWS-REVIEW/THE THREE LAKES NEWS

WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012

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NEWS Pines’ administrator requests evaluation from community

Eurasian water milfoil treatment continued on the Eagle River Chain of Lakes this spring. Schmidt’s Aquatic Plant Control was

on Cranberry Lake May 9, applying an herbicide to destroy the invasive milfoil.

—Contributed Photo

AIS treatment continues Twenty-three acres, plus buffer zone, treated on Chain For the fifth consecutive year, the Unified Lower Eagle River Chain of Lakes Commission (ULERCLC) has continued its management of aquatic invasive species (AIS) — namely Eurasian water milfoil (EWM) — on the lower Eagle River Chain of Lakes.

The commission successfully applied for a Department of Natural Resources (DNR) AIS control grant in August 2011 to complete the fifth phase of a project aimed at reducing the Eagle River Chain’s EWM infestation to manageable levels.

The grant amount is $90,508 and represents a 50% cost share, with the local municipalities and private sector funding the balance, according to Carole Linn, spokesperson for the chain commission.

A financial bridge loan was obtained to achieve appropriate cash flow for the project.

“The treatment on the Eagle River Chain has been extremely successful in terms of controlling the density and occurrence of EWM,” said Linn.

Over the course of annual

treatments from 2008 to 2011, EWM colonial acreage has been reduced from 278 acres in 2007 to 23 acres in 2011.

The 93 acres of EWM that were treated in 2011 were reduced to a treatment of 40.2 acres in 2012. Although only 23 acres of EWM were documented, the buffer zone around each treatment area was increased to 40 feet.

This accounts for the 40.2 acres treated this year.

It is never the intent of the treatments to impact native aquatic plant species, according to Linn.

“For this reason, the DNR recommends that whole lake native plant surveys be conducted approximately every three to five years when large-scale manipulations are occurring. Whole lake surveys are scheduled to occur on each lake within the Eagle River Chain this summer.

Comparing these surveys to the ones conducted in 2006 (prior to treatment) will reveal if any long-term, lakewide impacts to native aquatic plant species are occurring and if any declines observed

are confined to areas being actively treated.

Linn said the EWM population is approaching a point at which the herbicide application areas are too small to consistently predict if they will cause EWM mortality.

Therefore, there were no treatment sites of less than 0.3 acres.

“One of the greatest successes of the Eagle River Chain project is the commitment of volunteers to achieve the goals of the program,” said Linn.

Volunteers aid in coordination of the project, provide data to professional ecologists, conduct hand removal of EWM, and educate other stakeholders on the importance of this effort. “ The success of the project would not have been possible without the work of these dedicated volunteers, and continued volunteer commitment will be needed for longterm success to continue,” said Linn.

Team effort All treatment areas are monitored using protocol

Pines releases promotional video The Northland Pines School District has released a promotional video highlighting the educators, facilities, student life and communities in the district.

“It depicts the essence of the district from the viewpoints of the students, parents and staff,” said District Administrator Mike Richie.

The video is available for viewing from the district website at npsd.k12.wi.us or on YouTube at youtu.be/RtvaI_PyfU4.

The video was produced

by Discover Mediaworks Inc., which is a locally owned and operated company.

“The owners, as well as many of their staff, are alumni of the district and were very generous in not only the creation of the video, but also funding and development,” said Richie.

The four and one-halfminute video is fast-paced with dozens of images of daily activities happening throughout the district, including how technology is being innovated into the classrooms and how classrooms are moving outdoors with hands-on activities.

The purpose of the video is to capture the educational,

co-curricular, social and environmental opportunities available throughout the Northland Pines School District.

“People who are moving to the area, families in the outlying areas considering the open-enrollment option or community members wanting to get a glimpse of our current public school system will benefit from this real-life movie of our district,” said Richie.

The video also will be used as a recruiting tool to attract the best candidates for employment openings.

“It promotes the district as an attractive place to live, work and have your kids educated,” said Richie.

The district has DVD copies of the video available that will be given to families and individuals interested in the district and also to local real estate agents, chamber offices, libraries and other interested parties.

Richie said that people who do not have computer/internet access at their home, are welcome to visit the high school library Mondays through Thursdays from 3:30 until 7 p.m. to utilize the computers.

“We also offer free Wi-Fi access in the high school commons area after school for the community to use with their own devices,” said Richie.

For more information regarding the Northland Pines School District, contact Richie at (715) 479-6487 option 1, ext.

1, or mrichie@npsd.k12.wi.us.

developed by the DNR. Onterra LLC, the lake management consulting firm hired by the ULERCLC, conducts professional surveys.

Volunteers from the Eagle River Chain have been trained by Onterra to monitor EWM and other aquatic invasive species.

Treatments associated with this project are monitored through the combined efforts of Onterra professionals and volunteers.

According to Linn, a core group of volunteers monitors the lakes for existing and new aquatic invasive species, while the professional staff from Onterra completes surveys. Focus areas identified by volunteers are surveyed

by Onterra and the results are used to create the prospective treatment areas for the following year. Onterra ecologists visit all marked locations and all areas previously identified.

“In general, treatment areas are monitored before and after treatments on an ongoing, year-to-year basis,” said Linn. “Spring surveys are conducted prior to treatment and the data gathered is used to refine the treatment areas.”

All riparians living within 150 feet of the treatment areas received written notification prior to treatment.

Treatment notification signs were posted at all boat landings. Treatment began May 9 and extended several days.

The treatment was conducted by Schmidt’s Aquatic Plant Control, a statelicensed and DNR-approved applicator. The herbicide used was Sculpin G.

(A story in the May 2 issue of this newspaper inadvertently reported Richie was a finalist for the superintendent position at the Mukwonago Area School District.)

According to a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story, Thompson has worked in the Muskego-Norway School District for the past 19 years as coordinator of pupil services, high school associate principal and director of instruction.

tendents and uses researchbased criteria to assess a superintendent’s performance. It connects the superintendent’s assessment to the academic, social, emotional and developmental growth of students in the school district.

“This evaluation tool will help to unite the school district’s goals with the community’s vision and goals for 4K12 education,” said Richie.

The survey is administered by an independent third party, and individual responses will remain anonymous unless the individual completing the survey indicates otherwise.

Richie encourages people to voice their honest opinions and give him their direct comments through this feedback mechanism, but prompts everyone that it must be done by June 1.

The 360-degree Evaluation Survey can be taken by clicking on the icon on the school district website at npsd.k12.wi.us or by going to surveymonkey.com/s/DrMike RichieSuptLeadershipReview by June 1.

He also reminds people that the high school library is available to the community Mondays through Thursdays from 3:30 to 7 p.m. for community members to use the computers and take the survey.

PUBLIC MEETINGS Plum Lake Town Board — Tuesday, May 15, 6:30 p.m., town hall. Agenda: Aquatic-invasive species report and retro-reflectivity management plan.

Three Lakes Town Board of Supervisors — Tuesday, May 15, 6:30 p.m., town hall. Agenda: Update on construction of concession/announcer booth at Don Burnside Park and liquor license for Peyer’s Loon Saloon.

Vilas County Law Enforcement and Emergency Management Committee — Wednesday, May 16, 10 a.m., Vilas County Justice Center. Agenda: Letters of commendation for deputies Randy Schneider, Matthew McMahon and Jason Molle.

Oneida County Planning and Zoning Committee — Wednesday, May 16, 1 p.m., Oneida County court-

house. Agenda: Floodplain ordinance and flood insurance map modernization update.

Eagle River Plan Commission — Wednesday, May 16, 6 p.m., city hall. Agenda: Consideration of conditional use permit for indoor laser tag at 1040 E. Pine St. Common Council of Eagle River — Thursday, May 17, 4:45 p.m., city hall.

Agenda: Conditional-use permit for indoor laser tag at 1040 E. Pine St. and signage for the Ken Schels Thomas Taxidermy.

Joint meeting of the Vilas County Highway Committee and Forestry, Recreation & Land Committee — Friday, May 18, 9 a.m., courthouse. Agenda: Request from town of Phelps to allow segments of Highway A to be designated as all-terrain vehicle routes.

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Pines’ Richie is bypassed The Muskego-Norway School Board has selected Assistant Superintendent Kelly M. Thompson as the district’s next superintendent, bypassing Northland Pines District Administrator Mike Richie.

Richie told the Northland Pines School Board last month that he was a finalist for the position. Richie has been district administrator at Pines since 2004.

M i k e Richie has announced that he is conducting an evaluation survey on his performance as the Northland Pines School District adRICHIE ministrator.

Richie has been the superintendent at the district since 2004 and said he is always looking for ways to improve the district.

The 360-degree Evaluation Survey systematically collects opinions about a superintendent’s performance from a wide range of contacts.

These include school staff, administrators, supervisors, board members, students, parents, guardians, community members and business professionals.

“This evaluation tool will help me acknowledge any strengths or weaknesses which I will use to improve our schools’ leadership roles,” said Richie. “It will also provide me with ideas for personal and professional growth as a facilitator and will assist me in setting the plan for supervision and learning in the future.”

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REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS prt SW SE in 13-39-10, $434.70 S.G. New Age Products Inc. to Jeffrey S. Salaway and wife, lot 7 of plat 117 in Goldenview, $549 May 7, 2012 Riverside Finance Inc. to David M. Buri et al, lot 17 of plat 118 in Gondolf, $180 M&K Millen Revocable Trust to James A. Niquet and wife and Noelle C. Muceno and husband, lots 25, 26, 27 of plat 159 in Island Lake Woods #2, prt NE SE in 1842-6, gov lot 5, $1,425 Nelda L. Greaser to Ryan R. Short and wife, prt NW SW in 30-40-7, $480 M.L. & K.M. Geier Revocable Trust to Christine M. Solano Trust, prt NE SW in 22-41-5, gov lot 4, $1,170 John Giordano et al to Seyfert Enterprises, prt NW NE in 8-41-6, $45 May 8, 2012 Northern Frontier PC LLC to Neal T. Kania and wife, prt SW NW in 34-41-8, prt SE NE in 33-41-8, $81 Northside Community Bank to Duquaine Revocable Trust, prt SW NW, prt NW SW, prt NE SW, prt SE NW in 32-40-5, prt NE NE, prt SE NE in 31-40-5, $127.50 Lee L. Daniels Revocable Trust and Robert F. Kantin Trustee to Dennis P. Hodik and wife, lots 4, 5, 6 and units D, E, F of plat 8 in Arbor Vitae Beach, $453 R.W. & A.L. Reese Revocable Trust to Eric W. Laatsch, prt SE NE in 11-40-5, gov lot 2, $1,040.10 River Valley Bank to Chad R. Ramesh and wife, prt SE SE in 35-43-10, gov lot 1, $330 William T. Arrington and wife to Stefan Zuber et al and Stefanie A. Zuber Newth et al, prt SE NE in 19-40-11, $159 May 10, 2012 Galassi Family Trust 4/20/99 and Patricia GalassiCarlson Trustee to Bradley F. Fiala and wife, prt SW SW in 7-41-9, $360 Oban & Macallan LLC to Allied 100 LLC, prt SW NW in 24-40-6, $2,130 Headwaters State Bank to Christopher Crow and wife, prt SE SW in 6-42-10, $312 Jay S. Rideout and wife to Donald N. Rideout, prt SW NE in 2-41-11, gov lot 3, prt NW NE in 2-41-11, gov lot 4, $75 May 11, 2012 Mary Louise Knearem Trustee to Jeffrey William Koranda, prt NE NW in 1039-10, gov lot 1, $825 Ronald A. VanDusen to Northstone Development Group LLC, lots 4 and 5 of plat 82 in Eagle Pointe Condo, $300

The real estate transactions listed below are being published at the request of many of our readers. The information is public record and reflects an index of each week’s transactions.

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MEMORIAL DAY PREPARATION — With Memorial Day weekend less than two weeks away, an Eagle River Utility employee

placed United States flags on light poles along Highway 45 North in Eagle River.

—Staff Photo By GARY RIDDERBUSCH

Vilas supports lease-purchase for two communication towers ___________

BY KEN ANDERSON NEWS CORRESPONDENT

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After nearly four hours of debate by the Vilas County Communications Committee on how to fund improved radio transmissions with fire departments and emergency responders, supervisors favored a lease-purchase option for four years over longterm bonding for 10 years.

The county board in April approved construction of new communication towers in Presque Isle and Conover and using an existing private tower in Arbor Vitae to cover “dead zones” where volunteer fire and emergency medical services (EMS) personnel have difficulty receiving information from the Vilas County dispatch center. The estimated cost is $1.23 million.

Committee Chairman Gary Peske said the county has made significant improvements in communication over the past several years, with new towers east of Eagle River and in Lac du Flambeau.

“There are ‘white areas’ that need coverage and we need a communication system that is dependable and functional,” Peske told the committee. “Do we want to proceed with the proposal laid out or an alternative?”

Supervisor Ron DeBruyne said the question has been asked several times over the years.

“Could this be done using cellular service or Code Red?” DeBruyne asked.

“I know of no counties that

use cell phones for emergency services,” Peske responded.

County emergency government director Jim Galloway revealed there were 454 persons in the county on pager alert. These included 312 volunteer fire department people and 141 emergency medical responders (EMS).

“The white areas where pager reception is questionable represents about 1% of our land area,” Galloway said. “We made a choice years ago to retain a fully analog fire and EMS system due to the cost being two to three times higher for a digital system for local departments. It would have been a significant cost to them.

“A second reason is that analog is how paging is done, so we need to keep an analog system just for paging,” Galloway continued. “From an operational perspective, it is problematic to have two different systems out there because responders in Presque Isle, by the time they get a patient to Howard Young, it would be difficult to keep two-way communications. Code Red only allows one-way communication. It could be used as a backup.”

A typical pager costs, on the low end, about $425 each which is paid for by local departments. A digital pager would cost more than $1,000 each, so the expense to local fire and EMS operations could approach $500,000.

Eagle River Area Fire Department Chief Pat Weber said his department has

more than $100,000 invested in radio equipment and, if they had to go completely digital, “it would cost me twice that.”

Supervisor Jim Behling asked if digital could augment the white areas where reception is below technical standards.

“What about wireless technology? Could this be a fix? Could this be a mix?” he asked. “The last thing I want to do is to do it wrong just to save money.”

PSC Alliance communications consultant Jeff Nelson explained how the systems work in the real world.

“You have a pager which is the receiver, a transmitter which is the tower, and the studio which is the sheriff’s office dispatch center,” Nelson explained. “The white areas represent a threshold where signal strength is expected to fall below standards. There will be coverage, but it will be below the threshold where pagers may not receive a signal.

“I don’t know what the cost benefit is to the number of users in those fringe areas that need to be paged. My impression is there aren’t many. The towers in Presque Isle, Conover and Arbor Vitae will get the most bang for the buck. It’s the best technical, operational and economical (option),” Nelson concluded.

The committee then turned its discussion to funding the project.

Nelson indicated the Conover site would cost $183,360 with about $13,000 this year and the balance

paid in 2013. The Presque Isle site would be $169,000 with $10,000 this year. The Arbor Vitae site, which would be on a current tower, would be $76,000, all paid in 2012.

The cost for 2012 would be close to $350,000 and Supervisor Mark Rogacki rallied against making any decision at this time.

“I’m uncomfortable with this,” he stated. “Is this typical? A board of directors does not run this way; you can’t make an intelligent decision like this. You can’t run a business like this. It’s taxpayers’ money and it’s not even budgeted. I would like to postpone this and lay it over to the next meeting. I won’t do business this way.”

Rogacki moved to postpone a decision, but it failed on a 4-1 vote after Behling said he was nervous about postponing the project and county board Chairman Steve Favorite indicated he would not vote to postpone.

Behling then moved to recommend to the Finance Committee to budget the cost over four years under a leasepurchase option instead of a long-term bond.

“I’m not in favor of adding to our long-term debt,” Behling said. “I’m nervous about incurring a debt of $1.8 million by the time you retire the bond.”

A motion was adopted 3-2 to budget $309,000 a year for four years under a lease-purchase agreement.

The Finance Committee is expected to discuss the issue again when it meets this Thursday, May 17.

May 1, 2012 Richard C. Babcock and wife to Scott R. Ferrier and wife, prt SE SW in 17-40-8, gov lot 3, $1,102.50 John J. Drives and wife to William Heiden and wife, lot 7C of plat 722 in Eagle Pointe II, a condominium, $450 Northern Lakes Investment Inc. to Gary J. Gard and wife, part NE SW in 1443-7, $375 Sean Michael McEnroe and wife to Shawn V. Skaife and spouse, lot 6 of plat 780 in Timber Bay Resort Condominium, $675 Lance S. Wirth and wife to Susan P. Stein et al and John E. Bourgeois Sr. et al, prt NE SE, prt SE NE in 22-40-8, $637.50 May 2, 2012 Super 8 of Eagle River LLC to Northstone Development Group LLC, prt NW SE in 31-40-10, $4,200 John J. Kazda and wife to Ralph W. Neff and wife, lot 37 of plat 659 in Pine Acres Estates, $315 Scott J. Tenschert to Wayne M. Klomstad and wife, prt NW NE in 23-41-9, gov lot 2, $1,259.70 May 3, 2012 Jack B. Siegel et al to 68th Street Property LLC, prt SE SW in 1-42-7, gov lot 6, prt SW SE in 1-42-7, prt NE SW in 1-42-7, gov lot 7, $1,200 Nicholas A. Trapp to Richard D. Indermuehle, prt SE SE in 23-40-6, $150 George J. Schopper Trustee et al and Vicki Adams-Schopper Trustee et al to Herbert C. White and wife, prt NW SE in 21-40-5, gov lot 3, prt SW NW in 2140-5, gov lot 2, $675 EMK Properties LLP to Ephraim R. Tomlanovich, lot 4 of block 4 of plat 404 in Lake Park Addn., prt NE SE in 28-40-10, gov lot 8, $312 Kristen E. Curtis to Gregg Manijak, prt SE NW in 2142-10, $75 May 4, 2012 U.S. Bank Trustee and Conseco Finance Home Equity Trust and Green Tree Servicing LLC POA to Curtis A. Johnson, prt NW SE, prt SW NE in 36-40-8, $67.50 Daniel J. Wittman et al to Dale J. Miller and spouse, prt NW SE in 13-39-10, gov lot 3,

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Pines reviews policy on selecting print, nonprint library materials ___________

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A comprehensive policy for selection of library material was developed and presented to the Northland Pines School District Policy Committee last week by Jone Davis, kindergarten through eighth-grade librarian, and Pam Heeg, high school and Land O’ Lakes librarian.

The policy was designed to recognize the student’s right of free access to many different types of material, including both print and nonprint media. It also recognizes the right of teachers, library specialists and administrators to select books and other media in accord with current trends in education and to make them available in the schools.

Compiled by Davis and Heeg, the criteria will be evaluated as to its relevancy in today’s world, that it represents artistic, historic and literary qualities, fosters respect and understanding of contributions by minority and ethnic groups, as well as being realistically representative of a pluralistic society.

“We want to clarify what we do,” Heeg told the committee.

District Administrator Mike Richie said the lower elementary grades have shifted to “books of the student’s choice and interest rather than the same books for all.”

According to the policy, a committee chooses the material and, although the school board recognizes some items may offend some patrons, the selection on controversial topics will not be made on the basis of any anticipated approval or disapproval, but rather on the merits of the material and its value to the collection and to users.

“I recall some objection to Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer,” board president Jim Mulleady said. “Seemed it was language they objected to.”

The policy does have a process for reconsideration of challenged material as it relates to textbooks, library books, reference works and other instructional aids, according to Richie.

The first review of the policy will be at the May 22 school board meeting, with the final approval set for the June 25 board meeting.

State accountability Wisconsin is one of 45 states that has adopted a statewide accountability system that includes performance expectations in common core subjects of English, language arts, math and social studies.

These performance expectations will hold schools accountable for three specific performance expectations: test participation rate is to be no lower than 95%; absenteeism rate is to be no higher than 13%; and dropout rate is to be no higher then 6%.

According to Maggie Peterson, Northland Pines director of pupil services, the common core areas will start testing in the 2014-’15 school year for English, language arts and math.

“We are beginning the process to develop common assessments, and a starting point for this process is to begin collecting information from the staff to find out whether or not there are some forms of common assessment already in place that could serve as an example,” Peterson told the committee.

“Are teachers scared to

death their jobs will be on the line every year?” Mulleady asked.

“They are,” replied Richie.

“It’s an accountability issue.”

“A n a n n u a l y e a r l y progress report will be prepared evaluating student growth, student achievement, closing any gaps, and their ontrack post-graduation readiness,” Peterson said.

Richie also indicated every Wisconsin district will be using the same report, so parents can see how their district is doing compared to other districts.

Cell phone use Use of cell phones and other communication devices by students will be relaxed somewhat in the future, the committee decided.

Currently, cell phones are not to be used during passing times, but many students are using them between classes, according to school officials.

The district will now allow them to be used between classes.

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VILAS COUNTY NEWS-REVIEW/THE THREE LAKES NEWS

OUTDOORS Drumming, breeding is a rite of spring SPRING is a season worth longing for and not just because it follows winter. It is marked by the return of migratory wildlife, prenesting rituals, warm breezes, open water and one of the scribbler’s favorites — “drumming” grouse.

It’s the slow transformation toward green up after more than six months of bare trees and dying vegetation that invigorates the outdoor spirit. Mowing the lawn isn’t my favorite hobby, but it beats shoveling snow any day.

While it doesn’t match the beauty of fall colors or the excitement of the year’s peak fishing and hunting, spring means new life for plants and animals as the most impressive of nature’s cycles shifts into full gear.

The sounds of spring that really grab my attention are those lonely wails from a common loon as they echo across the nighttime sky. The big birds were talking just before midnight last Friday, and the calls were loud because I don’t live on a lake.

The chattering call of a pair of kingfishers that were working a shoreline for fish caught my ear Sunday. The birds were doing their full-body dives for fish in a little bay that held two drake mallards. There was no springtime dueling, so I’m guessing that both male ducks were holding not too far from where hens were sitting on nests.

At midday last Friday, three eagles were doing circles in the sky over the Eagle River Chain without ever flapping a wing.

They were soaring so high that their sole purpose had to be recreation. Or maybe they do it just because they can.

There are few times of the year when wildlife are more active, but the activity of

In the Outdoors By Kurt Krueger spring is generally dominated by wild chases associated with mating, nesting and territorial disputes — a rite of springtime.

Who hasn’t seen two drake mallards in classic pursuit of a hen, making laps around the lake and through the trees until one of them emerges the victor?

It is that type of chase that makes spring so exciting in the turkey woods, as dominant toms use their gobbles to demand the attention and companionship of the hens. Hunters will attest to the fact that tom turkeys often go on the offensive, searching out uncooperative “hens.”

And that brings me to the bird I fancy the most, the ruffed grouse, a true Wisconsin native.

Unlike tom turkeys, male grouse strike out a territory and put on a somewhat stationary show in hopes of attracting multiple females for breeding.

Male grouse pick a favorite log, rock or hilltop from which to perform their ceremonial drumming — a low thump, thump, thump sound that starts slowly and ends with a traditional drumroll. Just like the gobbling tom turkey, a grouse’s drumming is intended to draw females.

And what a display they put on, cupping their wings and tossing them in front of their body to produce a percussion sound — a sound created strictly by short wing beats in front of the chest

area. As each finishes its drumroll, it displays the black ruff surrounding its neck and fans its tail in hopeful expectation that a hen is near.

I used to think drumming grouse were predicatable, that is, until several attempts to photograph them this spring were a total failure. One bird was leary of a camouflage blind. The other wouldn’t return to his log after being spooked off, no matter how long I waited.

With about 20 hours invested and no pictures to show for it, I finally got lucky in early May. I arrived at the blind in total darkness and, even then, the drummer arrived just two minutes behind me. Two hours later, when the lighting improved, I got my photos.

My wife thinks I’m crazy getting up before 5 a.m. to sit in a blind with a camera. But the truth be told, it’s quite the adventure hearing the forest awake — gobbling turkeys, noisy sandhill cranes, woodpeckers and loudmouthed Canada geese providing the entertainment.

I’ve heard it said before, and agree whole-heartedly, that the ruffed grouse would have been a better state bird for Wisconsin than the robin. Heck, the robin can’t even hack it here 12 months of the year.

Not that there’s anything wrong with snowbirds, it’s just that they hardly deserve the title of state bird when they spend half of the year in some other state.

Even the small chickadee is a better candidate than the robin based on its hardy demeanor.

It’s been a strange spring for sure, starting with unseasonably warm weather in mid-March and transitioning back to seasonally cool weather for most of April.

After listening to this grouse drum for two hours, in low-light conditions starting before dawn, I finally got photos like this one.

—Photo By The Author

But the weather extremes haven’t slowed the spring wildlife show, which brought early nesting activity within every forest, marsh and shoreline zone.

New life is already starting to emerge in the form of goslings, ducklings and young robins. There will be more of it in the weeks ahead.

Fishing with the Guides

By George Langley

Warm temperatures mean hot fishing

MOVING SHALLOW — With warm temperatures the past week, panfish and bass have been moving into shallow water to spawn.

This angler on the Three Lakes Chain of Lakes tried his luck in a quiet bay.

—Staff Photo By GARY RIDDERBUSCH

Baiting, feeding banned in four northern counties A ban on baiting and feeding white-tailed deer in Washburn, Barron, Burnett and Polk counties went into effect May 10, according to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

The DNR is taking the action, in accordance with existing state law, due to the discovery on private land in Washburn County of a wild white-tailed deer that tested positive for chronic wasting disease. Both state and federal veterinary laboratories confirmed the finding. Later, DNA testing confirmed that the deer is from the area.

It’s the first time that a ban of baiting and feeding deer has come to counties in northern Wisconsin due to the finding of a chronic wasting disease (CWD) positive deer.

Barron, Burnett and Polk counties are within a 10-mile

radius of the location of the Washburn County property on which the CWD-positive deer was found. State law requires that counties, or portions of counties within a 10-mile radius of a game farm or free-ranging CWDpositive, are included in the baiting and feeding prohibition.

With the addition of these four counties, baiting and feeding of deer is banned in 32 Wisconsin counties.

“While we lament this news, we welcome the positive response we’ve heard from area deer hunters,” said DNR Secretary Cathy Stepp.

“We held an informational meeting with local citizens and nearly 200 showed up and stayed for hours asking good questions of our wildlife, law enforcement and wildlife health staff. In the end, my executive assistant, Scott

Gunderson, asked the crowd how they felt about an immediate baiting and feeding ban and it was overwhelmingly supported.”

No changes are planned for the 2012 deer hunting season rules in the affected counties other than the ban on baiting and feeding, said Tom Hauge, director of the DNR Bureau of Wildlife Management.

Hunters will be asked to provide tissue samples from deer killed within a 10-mile radius of the CWD-positive doe for further surveillance testing. Samples also will be collected from road kills and possibly taxidermists and meat processors. Details of the sampling and testing program will be shared widely in subsequent news releases and on the DNR website, dnr.wil.gov keyword CWD, as

the details are finalized.

“Baiting and feeding of deer unnecessarily increases the risk of spreading CWD and other diseases,” Hauge said. “Animal health is important to preserving our great hunting tradition and is a foundation of tourism and vital to local businesses.”

Baiting and feeding increase risks of spreading communicable diseases, like CWD, by concentrating deer in one spot. Deer using one spot are more at risk for spreading a disease.

Individuals can still feed birds and small mammals, provided the feeding devices are at a sufficient height or design to prevent access by deer and the feeding device is within 50 yards of a human dwelling. This ban does not affect the use of bait for hunting bear or training bear dogs.

Quickly increasing water temperatures are bringing about some nice changes in fishing, with lots of fish changing their patterns as it warms. This is great weather, but the North also could use some rain soon, as the water level remains low on some lakes.

Expect to find water temperatures in the 60s on many lakes as the sun warms things nicely at this time of year. What a great time of the year — almost all species of fish are hitting now and anglers are experiencing some of the best crappie and bass fishing of the spring.

Weeds are starting to emerge on many lakes, providing cover for the fish and concentrating the areas in which they come up to feed.

Walleye fishing is good and getting better, as many of the female (larger) walleyes have recovered from spawning and are now more actively feeding. Jigs and minnows are still the best bait, but some anglers are also trying leeches or crawlers. The emerging weeds are providing great feeding tables on a daily basis, with great numbers taken out of those weeds. Anglers are still seeing a number of fish suspended, but they are now more active and moving to feeding structure in the evenings and at night.

Bass fishing is good to great now. Most bass are now in the spawning areas on the shorelines and will be there for a couple of weeks. It is important to remember that this fishery is catch-and-release only at this time of year and to treat these fish gently. We sure recommend that anglers remove some of the treble hooks on the stick baits they use, as only one is needed in this shoreline fishing to hook the fish. Smallies are bedding on many lakes, and you can see the beds. If you see them circling those beds, they’re in the act of spawning and it is best to leave them alone. Largemouths have been quite active on minnows of all types but will shortly turn more to crawlers. They, too, are on the beds on many lakes.

Northerns are hitting like crazy throughout the area. Larger minnows are best if you want to target these fish, and all you have to do is find weeds to find these fish. The Chain has grown a spectacular northern population in the last five years and is a great place to fish.

Muskie season will open on the border lakes this weekend and, around here, on Memorial Day Saturday.

Many have been seen spawning.

Panfish fishing also is good and getting better. The perch are now in the deeper weeds and acting like small walleyes. Minnows and smaller leeches are working quite well for them. Crappies are now on the beds on most lakes and providing great fishing throughout the area. Minnows are best, and many anglers are learning that if they use fatheads, they get more and bigger fish. Bluegills are now on the shorelines getting ready to spawn. They always seem to be a little “spooky” when they first go into the shallow water.

It’ll be one of the best weeks of the year to get outside, so get out on an area lake.

Good luck and good fishin’.

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VILAS COUNTY NEWS-REVIEW/THE THREE LAKES NEWS

OUTDOORS

Horstman, Smith inducted into fishing Hall of Fame North Woods residents Duane Horstman and Russell Smith were recently inducted into the Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame as Legendary Fishing Guides, a status of credibility and immortality judged by customers and peers.

The late Duane Horstman and his family moved to Boulder Junction in 1973 and built a resort and guide business. He was a pioneer in the area of deep-water vertical presentation.

When Horstman began his career as a guide, most muskies were killed. He embraced the catch-andrelease program and taught safe fish handling techniques.

Horstman also was an early proponent of “quick strike” rigs when using live suckers for muskies.

As a young adult, Smith spent just about every weekend he could in northern Wisconsin. The local fishing shops started paying attention as they noted his catches and the stories about the fish

NICE TOM — Allan Vander Bloomen of Eagle River recently harvested this 16-pound tom north of Eagle River. It had a 10inch beard and one-inch spurs.

—Contributed Photo

TWO WALLEYES — Dave Johnson and his son Colin recently caught these 25- and 26-inch walleyes, respectively, on a Vilas County lake.

—Contributed Photo

Dobbins competes in college tourney Former Three Lakes High School student Tim Dobbins traveled to Kentucky last week to participate in a fishing tournament on Kentucky and Barkley lakes as a member of the UW-Stevens Point fishing team.

Fishing with Dobbins was teammate Jake Koebernik of Stevens Point.

The tournament was a part of the National Guard FLW College Fishing’s Central Conference schedule. Forty college teams will compete for a top award of $5,000 and a berth in the Central Conference championship tournament.

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he caught on his homemade lures.

The lures sold well and a new business sprouted — The Smity Bait. Now, very few musky tackle boxes in the North Woods lack a “Smity.”

Smith has spent his entire adult life dedicated to the promotion and teaching of sport fishing. He’s a fixture in and around the lakes and rivers of Minocqua.

Although his favorite fish is the muskie, Smith is equally adept at luring walleye, bass and panfish into the boat for his clients.

In addition to Horstman and Smith, there are other Legendary Guides in the Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame who have ties to the Boulder Junction area. Since 1980, 72 guides from all over the United States have been inducted, and 12 of those have guided in the Boulder Junction area.

In addition, two Legendary Anglers have fished in the region, according to the Boulder Junction Cham-

ber of Commerce.

“We are extremely proud of these gentlemen,” said a chamber contact. “It also should be noted that both Duane and Russ were nominated and inducted into the Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame in the same year.”

In most cases, a guide is nominated and it then takes several years for induction.

The Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame will present Smith with his award Saturday, June 2, at 11 a.m. at the Minocqua Park Complex, located on Highway 70 West in Minocqua.

The public is invited to attend this presentation. A private reception will follow.

A ceremony and remembrance for Horstman, who passed away in 2011, will be held Saturday, June 2, at 5 p.m. at Gooch’s A-1 Bar & Grill. The public is welcome to attend.

For more information, contact the Boulder Junction Chamber of Commerce at (715) 385-2400.

DNR develops new fishing tool for lakes, regs Anglers have a new and easier way to figure out what fishing regulations are on their favorite inland lake.

A new Department of Natural Resources (DNR) searchable database allows anglers to search by lake, by county and by multiple counties to pull up an interactive map and a listing of the fishing regulations for that water.

Anglers can go to the DNR’s website, dnr.wi.gov, and search for “fishing regulations” to reach the database.

Or, search for “Find A Lake” to get access to a variety of infor-

mation about lakes, including fishing regulations and fish species present in that water.

“We hope this will help make it easier for anglers to enjoy their time on Wisconsin's inland lakes and know how many and what size fish they can keep and the season dates,” said Jon Hansen, a DNR fisheries biologist.

Regulations for rivers, Great Lakes waters, inland trout and others will be added in over time. Anglers should consult their regulation booklet for general restrictions on using bait,

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Anglers can pull up and print out the information before leaving from home, or can use their smart phones to answer their regulatory questions while reeling in a fish, says Joanna Griffin, fisheries policy specialist for DNR’s Bureau of Fisheries Management.

“The searchable database is just one part of what we’re doing this year to make it easier for people to have fun fishing with family and friends,” said Griffin.

A phone application is in the works, and right now anglers can download and print out a 2012 Year of Fish calendar that includes important fishing dates and the 2012 Wisconsin Fishing Report, which provides statewide fishing forecast information.

Tom Kaminski of Green Bay caught this 27-inch walleye opening weekend on an area lake.

—Contributed Photo

Women’s event slated June 19 In partnership with Bewabic State Park and the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), NorthStar Health System (NHS) recently announced its second annual Women in the Outdoors event will be held at Bewabic State Park Tuesday, June 19, from 3:30 to 8 p.m.

“NHS wants to empower and encourage women of all ages to get out and enjoy the outdoors,” said organizer Caryn Johnson of NHS. Activities for the free event will include kayaking, outdoor cooking, silent sports, outdoor survival, outdoor photography, fishing, geocaching, disc golf and more.

While the event and all of its extras are free, there is a $10 park entry fee unless you participate in Michigan’s Recreation Passport program. This passport grants you unlimited access to all of Michigan’s state parks for a year. To get a passport, visit mighigan.gov/dnr. The daily entry fee for non-Michigan residents is $8.

Registration is open to the first 200 women and can be made by calling NHS at (906) 265-0477. A rain date of Tuesday, June 26, is scheduled.

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VILAS COUNTY NEWS-REVIEW/THE THREE LAKES NEWS

JOURNEYS

A total of 101 runners left the starting line on County Highway K west of Star Lake in the 16th annual Journeys Marathon Saturday.

It was a beautiful day for running as the temperature was 50 degrees at the start of the race with light winds out of the north.

After 26.2 miles, the runners finished the race at Riverview Park in Eagle River.

—Staff Photos By GARY RIDDERBUSCH

Radtke of Merrill takes first at Journeys Gould gets the gold for female division ___________

BY ANTHONY DREW NEWS-REVIEW ASST. EDITOR

___________

Matt Radtke of Merrill was the overall winner of the 16th annual Journeys Marathon that started just west of Star Lake and ended in Eagle River Saturday.

Radtke, who placed second at Journeys in 2010, covered the 26.2-mile race in 2 hours, 50 minutes and 45 seconds.

Finishing first in the female division of the marathon was Laura Gould of Stevens Point in 3:30:14.

The 40-year-old Radtke said that winning Journeys Marathon has been a goal of his for some time.

“This is what I’ve been training for,” he said after finishing. “It’s great. I feel on top of the world right now.”

Radtke said his fourth run at Journeys went relatively smoothly.

“It was a little hot toward the end and I started to cramp up a bit,” he said. “But, I know the course, so I knew to back down on the first half.

I’m pretty happy right now.”

Mark Besaw, 46, of New London came in four minutes behind Radtke to take second in 2:54:40. Tim Laird, 38, of Greenville was third in the marathon, crossing the line in 2:57:51.

Gould said she ran the half-marathon at Journeys a number of years prior.

“I like the course, and today was a wonderful day for

running,” she said. “It was actually perfect weather; there was a little breeze.”

She said that she and three other women stuck together for the first half of the marathon.

“Then we kind of tapered off from there,” said Gould.

“So the first half went really fast. At about mile 21, I could tell I was starting to get a little sore.”

Taking second for the women was Krista Hofmann, 33, of Sobieski in 3:34:22.

Cassie Kottke, 29, of Brillion took third in 3:45:48.

The weather is often unpredictable in May for Journeys, but the runners were happy with the mild, sunny weather. The temperature was 50 degrees at the start of the marathon and climbed gradually throughout the day.

Kim Emerson, events coordinator of the Eagle River Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center, said 979 participants registered for the marathon, half-marathon and 5-kilometer events. A record was set in the 5K for the most participants, as 338 registered for the race. The past record was 275 and was set in 2010.

Participants this year represented 19 different U.S. states plus Ontario, Canada.

Aaron Foote of Niagara Falls, N.Y., holds the course record for the marathon set last year with a time of 2:37:49. Debbie Thuecks

Journeys Marathon winner Matt Radtke of Merrill celebrates as the first-place finisher in the Journeys Marathon.

holds the female record of 3:03:50 set in 1998.

The best local marathon finish for the men went to Tyson Fitzpatrick of Three Lakes, who placed sixth overall with a time of 3:14:03.

David Henschel of Minocqua came in ninth overall in 3:17:26.

The best local finish for the women came from Anne Small of St. Germain, who came in 41st overall with a time of 4:05:59. Barbara Menting-Pride of Eagle River finished 46th in 4:17:35.

New half winner Matt Field of Wheaton, Ill., took first place in the half marathon with a time of 1:13:25. Field, 27, finished more than a minute ahead of Steve Frericks of Marshfield, who had won the event for the past six years.

Frericks, 44, took second in the half-marathon in 1:14:39. Jeffrey Quednow, 20, of Westboro came in a close third place, finishing in 1:14:59.

“I vacationed up here a bit in the past, but have never run the course before,” said Field. “It was absolutely beautiful.”

Field added that the volunteers did a great job with the course.

“I was really impressed with how the course was set up,” he said. “The aid stations and mile markers were perfect. I think I’ll probably start to run this event every year.”

For the women, it was Shannon Riley of La Crosse coming in first with a time of 1:30:20. Riley, 28, said she thought the course was a good challenge without being too difficult.

“It was gorgeous, a really fun course,” she said. “I thought the ups and downs and little inclines were perfect. It was nice.”

Riley said the weather was ideal and that the event was organized well.

“You can’t ask for nicer weather than today,” she said.

“There were some great runners out there that helped set the pace. It was a great environment. I think this course is put together really nicely.”

There were 399 finishers in the 13.1-mile halfmarathon event. The halfmarathon record was established in 1999 by Mahdi Oman in 1:11:55.

Second place for the women went to Dede Gibbs of Stevens Point with a time of 1:32:38. Sara Holsworth-Treville of Iron Mountain, Mich., took third in 1:35:07.

The top local finishers were Bill Quade of Land O’ Lakes, who finished seventh overall in 1:21:58, and Sara Keuler of Minocqua, who came in 23rd overall in 1:37:41. Pavel Hrdlicka of St. Germain finished 29th in 1:39:07.

The winner of the power walk was Jeff Koppa of Aniwa

Laura Gould of Stevens Point is all smiles as she crosses the bridge and heads to the finish

in 2:24:07. Second place went to Harley Grant of West Bend in 2:34:21. Doug Gering of Schofield took third in 2:37:27.

Sarah Hutkowski of Wisconsin Rapids won the power walk for the women, finishing in 2:34:27. Katherine Weix of Reedsburg came in second in 2:40:14, followed by Stephanie Vos of Neenah in 2:49:32.

A total of 82 walkers finished the power walk event.

First-time 5K winner The winner of the 5-kilometer race was Mark Shepherdson of Three Lakes in 19:39. He said it was his first time winning a race.

“It’s a blast,” he said. “I’ve only run one race before, when I was 12 years old. I’ve never won any race. It feels good.”

Second place went to Dan Brekke of Rhinelander, who crossed the finish line in 20:07. Joshua Ferber of Madison took third in 20:16.

For the women, it was

line in the Journeys Marathon. She was the first woman to finish the 26.2-mile race.

Jesse Pride of Rhinelander taking first in 20:29, followed

by Trisha Moore of Three Lakes in 23:42 and Emma Brewer of Eagle River in 23:43.

Brad Seeley of Park Falls holds the course record in the 5K with a time of 16:46 set in 2005.

In the wheelchair event, Dean Juntunen of Mass City, Mich., took first place, finishing in 2:00:33.

Emerson said next year’s race is slated for May 11, 2013.

Marathon First, Matt Radtke, Merrill, 2:50:45; second, Mark Besaw, New London, 2:54:40; third, Tim Laird, Greenville, 2:57:51; fourth, Joseph Zant, Ashland, 3:01:09; fifth, Eric Smith, Ripon, 3:02:36; sixth, Tyson Fitzpatrick, Three Lakes, 3:14:03; seventh, Kelley Akey, Athens, 3:14:26; eighth, John Martinsen, Thunder Bay, Ontario, 3:14:28; ninth, David Henschel, Minocqua, 3:17:26; 10th, Lee Krautkramer, West Bend, 3:22:20; 11th, Daniel Johanski, Allouez, 3:22:45; 12th, Tim Lindquist, Star Lake, 3:27:49; 13th, Laura Gould, Stevens Point, 3:30:14; 14th,

Joshua Dorsey, Chester, Md., 3:33:58; 15th, Krista Hofmann, Sobieski, 3:34:22; 16th, Wes Siemandel, Cazenovia, 3:40:26; 17th, Bill Sved, Marquette, Mich., 3:40:44; 18th, Patrick Hennessy, Washburn, 3:41:11; 19th, Dale Kufahl, West Bend, 3:45:06; 20th, Cassie Kottke, Brillion, 3:45:48; 21st, Karla Shandonay, Marquette, Mich., 3:45:55; 22nd, John Rottier, Eagle River, 3:46:56; 23rd, Mark Bucki, Eagan, Minn., 3:46:57; 24th, Danette Hellmann, Almena, 3:47:41; 25th, Peter Mahler, Athens, 3:48:28; 26th, Ken Spaeth, Prior Lake, Minn., 3:48:57; 27th, Emily Gruenewald, Edgerton, 3:49:38; 28th, Vic Tonelli, Wausau, 3:51:16; 29th, Todd Mattison, Allouez, 3:53:53; 30th, James Engel, Wakefield, Mich., 3:54:55; 31st, Kelly Corteen, Hartland, 3:55:43; 32nd, Kaelin Hand, Marquette, Mich., 3:56:19; 33rd, James Pichotta, Madison, 3:56:20; 34th, Michael Schwarz, Circle Pines, Minn., 3:57:33; 35th, Jeff Ehren, Milwaukee, 3:59:06; 36th, Damon McCarthy, Clayton, 4:00:55; 37th, Tyler Drake, Merrill, 4:01:50; 38th, Doug Walder, Oak Park, Ill., 4:02:29; 39th, Rhonda Kempen, Kaukauna, 4:04:45; 40th, Amanda Seubert, Marathon, 4:05:26; 41st, Anne Small, St. Germain, 4:05:59; 42nd, Justin Riley,

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Journeys: Matt Field wins men’s half marathon FROM PAGE 11A La Crosse, 4:09:12; 43rd, Marianne Bergs, Waukesha, 4:11:16; 44th, Daniel Jerzak, Rhinelander, 4:11:48; 45th, Karissa Warner, Janesville, 4:16:20; 46th, Barbara Menting-Pride, Eagle River, 4:17:35; 47th, Scott Andrews, Plover, 4:18:16; 48th, Warren Sweeney, Libertyville, Ill., 4:21:05; 49th, Rob Zimbler, Appleton, 4:25:40; 50th, Anne Olson, Ladysmith, 4:25:53; 51st, Debra Engebos, Menasha, 4:26:09; 52nd, Amy Faust, Mosinee, 4:26:21; 53rd, Tracy Clover, Waukesha, 4:26:24; 54th, Bob Jacobowski, Farmington, Minn., 4:26:48; 55th, Cliff Lissner, Eagle River, 4:27:08; 56th, Dennis Brohmer, Marinette, 4:28:34; 57th, Karen Sellers, Menominee, 4:28:35; 58th, Diane Ries, Peshtigo, 4:28:35; 59th, Harry Colcord, Wausau, 4:28:39; 60th, Richard Rusch, Wauwatosa, 4:30:50; 61st, Scott Peterson, Stevens Point, 4:31:56; 62nd, Kathleen Norkol, Superior, 4:32:02; 63rd, Derek Norkol, Superior, 4:32:03; 64th, Rachel Wellman, Park Falls, 4:35:41; 65th, Renee Kaufert, Neenah, 4:36:17; 66th, Peter Rotter, Wausau, 4:38:25; 67th William Stanley, Menomonie, 4:40:54; 68th, Bernie Reidinger, Grand View, 4:41:47; 69th, Steve Everson, Marinette, 4:42:51; 70th, Eric Koch, Merrill, 4:42:57; 71st, Julia Weinberger, Randolph, 4:46:47; 72nd, Harley Sampson Jr., Sparta, 4:47:57; 73rd, Kathy Jankowski, Menasha, 4:48:06; 74th, Rod Otten, Hudson, 4:48:36; 75th, Faith Stevenson, Mosinee, 4:48:37; 76th, Kym Riedel, Wausau, 4:48:37; 77th, Bob Harrington, Greenville, 4:49:49; 78th, Bret Dunlap, Rhinelander, 4:52:57; 79th, Shelby Powers, Merrill, 4:53:11; 80th, Kim Krause, Wisconsin Rapids, 4:54:49; 81st, Sean Hampe, Slinger, 4:56:09; 82nd, Laura Gladis, Wind Lake, 4:57:29; 83rd, Gregory Hoff, Germantown, Tenn., 4:58:15; 84th, Julie Willis, Milwaukee, 5:00:53; 85th, Amy Copeland, Shopiere, 5:02:31; 86th, Kathleen Olkowski, Three Lakes, 5:06:42; 87th, Jeremy Spindler, Sheboygan Falls, 5:09:16; 88th, Jeff Miller, Menasha, 5:13:45; 89th, James Boggs, Wausau, 5:13:45; 90th, William Stumpf, Kimberly, 5:13:46; 91st, Andrea Odrzywolski, Milwaukee, 5:15:42; 92nd, Lisa Albanese, Allouez, 5:20:16; 93rd, George Stump, Sharonville, Ohio, 5:25:40; 94th, Treasa Schumann, Ladysmith, 5:31:05; 95th, Tammy Parsons, Las Vegas, N.M., 5:31:05; 96th, Zoe Miller, Ladysmith, 5:31:05; 97th, David Riedel, Milwaukee, 5:31:05; 98th, Ned Hughes, Neenah, 5:39:25; 99th, Alfred Kohli, Lomira, 5:39:25; 100th, Frank Tarantino, Mercer, 6:45:24; 101st, Margaret Kaplan, St. Paul, Minn., 6:49:38.

Wheelchair First, Dean Juntunen, Mass City, Mich., 2:00:33.

Half-marathon First, Matt Field, Wheaton, Ill., 1:13:25; second, Steve Frericks, Marshfield, 1:14:39; third, Jeffrey Quednow, Westboro, 1:14:59; fourth, Jeffrey Goertz, Mankato, Minn., 1:15:04; fifth, Greg Lane, Arlington, Va., 1:19:35; sixth, Jeremy Burks, Pewaukee, 1:20:35; seventh, Bill Quade, Land O’ Lakes, 1:21:58; eighth, Cj Run Punke, Wausau, 1:25:52; ninth, Brian Welsh, Kenosha, 1:27:47; 10th, Perry Dau, Schofield, 1:27:52; 11th, Michael Kranz, Milwaukee, 1:28:54; 12th, Scott Hansen, Rothschild, 1:29:01; 13th, Steve Nehls, De Forest, 1:29:25; 14th, Tom Furo, Stratford, 1:29:29; 15th, Tim Wissbroecker, Schofield, 1:29:41; 16th, Mike Quednow, Westboro, 1:30:03; 17th, Mark Wise, Fall Creek, 1:30:15; 18th, Shannon Riley, La Crosse, 1:30:20; 19th, Dede Gibbs, Stevens Point, 1:32:38; 20th, Jack Chartie, Lannon, 1:34:38; 21st, Sara Holsworth-Trevilli, Iron Mountain, Mich., 1:35:07; 22nd, Dave Devet, Gladstone, Mich., 1:37:30; 23rd, Sara Keuler, Minocqua, 1:37:41; 24th, Steven Silverman, Merrill, 1:37:55; 25th, Alex Mayer, Hancock, Mich., 1:37:59; 26th, Jason Long, Chippewa Falls, 1:38:09; 27th, Chris Handrahan, Schofield, 1:38:13; 28th, Kristin Barnhart, Sobieski, 1:38:23; 29th, Pavel Hrdlicka, St. Germain, 1:39:07; 30th, Jamie Polley, Jordan, Minn., 1:39:08; 31st, Randy Punke, Wausau, 1:39:09; 32nd, Cassandra Engel, Fredonia, 1:39:12; 33rd, Craig Pilecky, Antigo, 1:39:17; 34th, Nicole Lifschutz, Rhinelander, 1:39:19; 35th, Andrew Rawlsky, Rhinelander, 1:39:26; 36th, Lucas Cleary, Plymouth, 1:39:51; 37th, Fred Jacobs, Iron River, Mich., 1:40:06; 38th, Philip Strong, Ironwood, Mich., 1:40:38; 39th, Shana Schaberg, Minocqua, 1:40:54; 40th, Nathan Koch, Merrill, 1:40:55; 41st, Kathy Borchardt, Manitowoc, 1:40:56; 42nd, Brent Hagg, Chicago, Ill., 1:41:00; 43rd, Robert Pilecky, Oshkosh, 1:41:28; 44th, John Alves, Hartford, 1:41:56; 45th, Peter Gizyn, Land O’ Lakes, 1:41:58; 46th, Becky Edd, Gleason, 1:42:39; 47th, Doug Paulson, Madison, 1:42:42; 48th, Jeff Konapacky, Custer, 1:42:53; 49th, Amber Kolander, Milwaukee, 1:43:10; 50th, Doran Lounsburgy, Highland, Ind., 1:43:21; 51st, Brad Rosicky, Waupaca, 1:44:02; 52nd, Emily Niesen, Dane, 1:44:05; 53rd, Brian Bruckmoser, West Bend, 1:44:22; 54th, Brian Chapman, Rhinelander, 1:45:02; 55th, Eric Siler, Wisconsin Rapids, 1:45:13; 56th, Shana Scheiber, Madison, 1:46:00; 57th, Mike Matteson, Wausau, 1:46:03; 58th, Ken-

neth Madden, Marshfield, 1:46:22; 59th, Amy Ballweg-Attoe, Lodi, 1:46:22; 60th, Brad Nagel, Wausau, 1:46:32; 61st, Anthony Stella, Hurley, 1:46:37; 62nd, Jim Stecker, Pickett, 1:46:50; 63rd, Mitch Drew, Rice Lake, 1:47:05; 64th, Albert Stella, Hurley, 1:47:28; 65th, Craig Taylor, Appleton, 1:47:33; 66th, Connie Bohn, Wisconsin Rapids, 1:47:41; 67th, Leslie Benitz, Wisconsin Rapids, 1:47:41; 68th, Karri Edelman, White Lake, 1:48:06; 69th, Rebecca Steinbrecher, Felch, Mich., 1:48:33; 70th, Leah Nikula, Ironwood, Mich., 1:48:51; 71st, Troy Haenel, Tomahawk, 1:48:55; 72nd, Gary Engstrom, Ironwood, Mich., 1:49:06; 73rd, Guy Beck, Naperville, Ill., 1:49:19; 74th, Deborah Rehder, Plainfield, Ill., 1:49:33; 75th, Chad Counard, Marinette, 1:49:35; 76th, Chad Keranen, Wausau, 1:49:35; 77th, Sandra Pera, Wakefield, Mich., 1:49:41; 78th, Bill Schwartes, Marshfield, 1:50:00; 79th, Sarah Riley, Wausau, 1:50:06; 80th, Melissa Matteson, Wausau, 1:50:06; 81st, Tim Weber, St. Paul, Minn., 1:50:07; 82nd, Hanna Froehlich, Chicago, Ill., 1:50:33; 83rd, Croix Fylpaa, Bemidji, Minn.,

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Journeys: Jeff Koppa takes power walk FROM PAGE 12A 1:50:34; 84th, Brenda Siemandel, Cazenovia, 1:50:42; 85th, Joni Mathews, Sun Prairie, 1:50:49; 86th, Brittany Otterstatter, Minneapolis, Minn., 1:51:21; 87th, Megan Ertz, Onalaska, 1:51:38; 88th, Tara Szews, Rhinelander, 1:51:46; 89th, Jami Adamovich, New London, 1:51:46; 90th, Kevin Carney, Chicago, Ill., 1:51:47; 91st, Bruce Collins, Gladstone, Mich., 1:51:52; 92nd, Jacob Odrzywolski, Milwaukee, 1:52:11; 93rd, Gerald Sullivan, Salem, 1:52:25; 94th, Jim Deady, Wilmette, Ill., 1:52:39; 95th, Crystal Deschinny, Laona, 1:52:46; Denise KearnsLegoo, Woodruff, 1:52:46; 97th, Jennifer Cox, St. Germain, 1:52:54; 98th, Josiah Hodgett, Shell Lake, 1:53:00; 99th, Tim Price, Eagle River, 1:53:08; 100th, James Knight, L’Anse, Mich., 1:53:15; 101st, Elisabeth Eldred, Carrollwood, Fla., 1:53:23; 102nd, Brittany Jilk, Prescott, 1:53:51; 103rd, Kelli Greiber, Waunakee, 1:53:58; 104th, Sue Sharrow, Eagle River, 1:53:59; 105th, John Hilson, Danbury, Conn., 1:54:06; 106th, Jake Hauswirth, Wausau, 1:54:06; 107th, Stephanie Gregor, West Bend, 1:54:37; 108th, John Siegworth, Green Bay, 1:54:45; 109th, Jason Smith, Monroe, 1:54:48; 110th, Judy Punke, Wausau, 1:55:01; 111th, Marlon Mee, Tomah, 1:55:06; 112th, Jo Lynn Bucki, Eagan, Minn., 1:55:20; 113th, Kara Davidson, Highland Park, Ill., 1:55:39; 114th, Kelli Mehrholz, Deerfield, Ill., 1:55:43; 115th, Daylyn Hopp, Stevens Point, 1:56:09; 116th, Larry Petersen, Rhinelander, 1:56:25; 117th, Dan Beck, Naperville, Ill., 1:56:30; 118th, Barrett Williams, Stevens Point, 1:56:33; 119th, Rebecca Fazer, Milwaukee, 1:56:35; 120th, Mark Vollmer, Cedarburg, 1:56:43; 121st, Kristen Johnson, Waukesha, 1:56:58; 122nd, Troy Knight, Wausau, 1:57:05; 123rd, Tricia Kleinsteiber, Watertown, 1:57:07; 124th, David Offord, Stillwater, Minn., 1:57:50; 125th, Julie Balocca, Lac du Flambeau, 1:57:56; 126th, Brad Bacher, Merrill, 1:58:05; 127th, Paul Durst, Eagle River, 1:58:08; 128th, Mark Meyer, Menomonee Falls, 1:58:16; 129th, Julie McKenzie, Osceola, 1:58:27; 130th, Chris Wolslegel, Appleton, 1:58:32; 131st, Christine Grabowski, Crystal Falls, Mich., 1:58:39; 132nd, Dawn Rosicky, Waupaca, 1:58:39; 133rd, Jacob Waskey, Oxford, 1:58:40; 134th, Kerry Stees, Hager City, 1:58:41; 135th, Susan Xerri, Minocqua, 1:58:42; 136th, Jill Redman, St. Germain, 1:58:53; 137th, Michelle Thompson, Cameron, 1:58:54; 138th, Jamon Lamers, Woodruff, 1:59:05; 139th, Scarlet Sweeney, Rhinelander, 1:59:17; 140th, Ulrich Standarski, Waukesha, 1:59:37; 141st, Allison Gustafson, Bruce Crossing, Mich., 1:59:38; 142nd, Darielle Dannen, Minneapolis, Minn., 1:59:50; 143rd, Stephanie Engevold, Hudson, 1:59:57; 144th, Jennifer Rashel, Sussex, 2:00:05; 145th, Lori Booth, Ironwood, Mich., 2:00:10; 146th, Myron Meredith, Greybull, Wyo., 2:00:28; 147th, Kelly Rohr, Schofield, 2:00:40; 148th, Colette Corriveau, Oswego, Ill., 2:01:21; 149th, Cameron Hubbard, Crystal Lake, Ill., 2:01:33; 150th, Rick Garrett, Conover, 2:01:35; 151st, Maureen Arndt, Oak Creek, 2:01:38; 152nd, Rebecca Decet, Wausau, 2:01:38; 153rd, Kari Beisenstein-Fink, Stevens Point, 2:02:22; 154th, Dan Wierzba, Verona, 2:02:25; 155th, Kim Keup, Brookfield, 2:02:31; 156th, David Croker, Wausau, 2:02:34; 157th, Craig Harrington, Greenville, 2:02:41; 158th, Jennifer Anderson, Land O’ Lakes, 2:02:41; 159th, Craig Kleinsteiber, Watertown, 2:02:47; 160th, Terry Cohen, Mundelein, Ill., 2:02:57; 161st, Lori Flannery, Antigo, 2:03:00; 162nd, Debbie Quednow, Westboro, 2:03:01; 163rd, Doug Wagner, Eagle, 2:03:12; 164th, Joanne Lazore, Tomahawk, 2:03:24; 165th, Fay Sukow, Merrill, 2:03:29; 166th, Ryan Everson, Rhinelander, 2:03:37; 167th, Amy Titus, Ashwaubenon, 2:03:55; 168th, Jeff Guzzonato, Green Bay, 2:04:00; 169th, Flip Hartman, Townsend, 2:04:13; 170th, Christine Peterson, Manitowish Waters, 2:04:39; 171st, Kristin Palecek, Butternut, 2:04:44; 172nd, Mandy Schepp, Wausau, 2:04:56; 173rd, Ashley Singer, Minocqua, 2:05:03; 174th, Kelyn Celeskey, Gwinn, Mich., 2:05:23; 175th, Eric Eggman, Rhinelander, 2:05:24; 176th, Amy Madsen, Hancock, Mich., 2:05:37;

Tyson Fitzpatrick of Three Lakes finished sixth overall in the full marathon.

177th, Alex Judy, Norway, Mich., 2:05:40; 178th, Charlene Kennebeck, Schofield, 2:05:59; 179th, Melissa Metz, Westboro, 2:06:03; 180th, Michael Garfield, Buffalo Grove, Ill., 2:06:11; 181st, Debbie Weiss, Woodruff, 2:06:23; 182nd, John Michna, Park Falls, 2:06:32; 183rd, Beverly Scheels, Brookfield, 2:06:35; 184th, Jackie Rowe, Ironwood, Mich., 2:06:52; 185th, Evan Hodgkinson, Eagle River, 2:06:54; 186th, Christopher Franz, Poynette, 2:06:54; 187th, Sam Lebarron, Edina, Minn., 2:06:56; 188th, Steve Lebarron, Edina, Minn., 2:06:56; 189th, Gary Vandyke, Milwaukee, 2:07:16; 190th, Jessie Judy, Norway, Mich., 2:07:21; 191st, Mark Gass, Tomahawk, 2:07:28; 192nd, Sandy Bolger, Minocqua, 2:07:45; 193rd, Phil Labeau, Three Lakes, 2:08:09; 194th, Jayme Nekuda, Omaha, Neb., 2:08:15; 195th, Keith Swarts, Omaha, Neb., 2:08:16; 196th, Michael Soyring, Mt. Horeb, 2:08:17; 197th, James Culea, Milwaukee, 2:08:24; 198th, Carolyn Kennedy, Milwaukee, 2:08:24; 199th, Patty Wojcik, Pulaski, 2:08:25; 200th, Jennifer Starkey-Munson, Wausau, 2:08:44; 201st, Scott Kiser, Park Falls, 2:08:45; 202nd, Jacki Greene, Eagle River, 2:08:48; 203rd, Adrienne Liss’s-Gravemade, Wausau, 2:08:54; 204th, Mark Wagner, Milwaukee, 2:09:26; 205th, Robert Yon, Wakefield, Mich., 2:09:38; 206th, Heather Berken, St. Francis, 2:09:52; 207th, Aaron Berken, St. Francis, 2:09:53; 208th, Joyce Lewinski, Minocqua, 2:10:19; 209th, Kim Olson, Minocqua, 2:10:23; 210th, Evangelina Tam, Marshfield, 2:10:33; 211th, Mary Eliason, Eagle River, 2:10:35; 212th, Jennifer Michna, Milwaukee, 2:10:53; 213th, Christopher Schulte, Wausau, 2:11:09; 214th, Jennifer Ewaskowitz, Schofield, 2:11:10; 215th, Kris Tiles, Wausau, 2:11:16; 216th, Kayleigh Zellmer, Shell Lake, 2:11:32; 217th, Tyler Fredrickson, Sarona, 2:11:32; 218th, Gary Aimone, Hurley, 2:12:10; 219th, Tera Wiesman, Stratford, 2:12:22; 220th, Amy Levandoski, Three Lakes, 2:12:42; 221st, Laurie Levandoski, Three Lakes, 2:12:42; 222nd, Karen Lounsbury, Highland, Ind., 2:12:52; 223rd, John Sellner, Minneapolis, Minn., 2:13:00; 224th, Katie Guth, Green Bay, 2:13:09; 225th, Jeremy Spencer, Green Bay, 2:13:09; 226th, Nancy Byrne, Ewen, Mich., 2:13:11; 227th, Lynn Linton, New Auburn, 2:13:20; 228th, Tina Wolfe, Hazelhurst, 2:13:24; 229th, Anne Raskiewicz, West Bend, 2:13:30; 230th, Kathy Meulemans, Grafton, 2:13:34; 231st, John Burton, Rhinelander, 2:13:46; 232nd, Deb Wall, Rhinelander, 2:14:01; 233rd, Danna Johnson, Presque Isle, 2:14:06; 234th, Jessica May, Presque Isle, 2:14:06; 235th, Toby Goecks, McFarland, 2:14:14; 236th, Michael Radtke, Glidden, 2:14:15; 237th, Mike Mestelle, Arbor Vitae, 2:14:25; 238th, Lisa Borchardt, Lake Tomahawk, 2:14:39; 239th, Blake Borchardt, Lake Tomahawk, 2:14:40; 240th, Tim Mulhern, Harshaw, 2:14:43; 241st, Tabitha Buckmaster, Phelps, 2:14:46; 242nd, Paula Hendrickson, Eagle River, 2:15:02; 243rd, Melissa Krueger, Rhinelander, 2:15:09; 244th, Joanne Fitzpatrick, Minocqua, 2:15:33; 245th, Neil Rumney, Rhinelander, 2:15:49; 246th, Tim Croker, Eagle River, 2:16:16; 247th, Amy Tuttle, Hammond, 2:16:36; 248th, Derek Tuttle, Hammond, 2:16:37; 249th, Anastasia Woods, Milwaukee, 2:16:58; 250th, Janet Aber, Richland Center, 2:17:02; 251st, Michelle Thorpe, Milwaukee, 2:17:07; 252nd, Christine Block, Rothschild, 2:17:09; 253rd, Mary Stafford, Richland Center, 2:17:20; 254th, Kristine Wendt, Rhinelander, 2:17:43; 255th, Brian Wendt, Rhinelander, 2:17:44; 256th, Nancy Banfield, Houghton, Mich., 2:17:45; 257th, Jessie Michelson, Stevens Point, 2:17:46; 258th, Liz Barber, Boulder Junction, 2:18:10; 259th, Carrie Siler, Wisconsin Rapids, 2:18:12; 260th, Todd Reinemann, Sheboygan, 2:18:18; 261st, Mary Schumann, Oshkosh, 2:18:47; 262nd, Tracy Major, Gwinn, Mich., 2:18:57; 263rd, John Post, Duluth, Minn., 2:18:58; 264th, Christine Tortorice, Waukesha, 2:19:16; 265th, Karen Rotter, Wausau, 2:19:24; 266th, Kurt Landauer, St. Germain, 2:19:30; 267th, Maggie Peterson, Eagle River, 2:19:30; 268th, Kelsey Byrne, Ewen, Mich., 2:19:53; 269th, Megan Janik, McHenry, Ill., 2:20:18; 270th, Amy Stees, Egg Harbor, 2:20:21; 271st, Paul Vandersande, Plano, Ill., 2:20:38; 272nd, Peggy Jones, Plano, Ill., 2:20:38; 273rd, Becky Gering, Madison, 2:21:07; 274th, Chuck Price, Wisconsin Rapids, 2:21:24; 275th, Merrie Baltramonas, Hartland, 2:21:38; 276th, Dan McKissack, Eagle River, 2:22:01; 277th, Vincent Moore, Rhinelander, 2:22:08; 278th, Glen Haberman, Delafield, 2:22:22; 279th, Ellen Vandyke, Milwaukee, 2:22:28; 280th, Linda Daubner, Park Falls, 2:22:41; 281st, Lynn Haucke, Wausau, 2:23:13; 282nd, Jesse Giebel, Stevens Point, 2:23:19; 283rd, Tom Steinberger, North Prairie, 2:23:38; 284th, Tiffany Burton, Shell Lake, 2:23:46; 285th, Deb Lawrence, Conover, 2:23:56; 286th, Kailee Homolka, Wausau, 2:24:18; 287th, Alex Hauswirth, Wausau, 2:24:53; 288th, Lori Hauswirth, Wausau, 2:24:53; 289th, Lee Lindholm, Duluth, Minn., 2:25:27; 290th, Sarah Millinovich, Muskego, 2:25:47; 291st, Jessi Bortolotti, Eagle River, 2:26:10; 292nd, Brittany Richardson, Chicaco, Ill., 2:26:16; 293rd, Karen Tolley, Pardeeville, 2:26:51; 294th, Penelope Honey, Marquette, Mich., 2:27:01; 295th, Joe Babiarz, Crystal Lake, Ill., 2:27:03; 296th, Catherine Procknow,

Marathoners, from left, Kelley Akey of Athens and Eric Smith of Ripon run past Star Lake near the beginning of the 26.2-mile Elm Grove, 2:27:06; 297th, Adelle Hodgett, Shell Lake, 2:27:24; 298th, Cheryl Schroeder, Wausau, 2:27:24; 299th, Jennifer Laporte-McCanles, Eagle River, 2:27:28; 300th, Kristina Harsdorf, Beldenville, 2:27:29; 301st, Susan Erdmann, Neenah, 2:27:43; 302nd, Jim Moore, Rhinelander, 2:28:12; 303rd, Rachel Peck, Ironwood, Mich., 2:28:28; 304th, Maria Aho, Hurley, 2:28:29; 305th, Aliesha Albarado, Bruce, 2:28:41; 306th, Wendy Baake, Wind Lake, 2:29:57; 307th, Sara Stencil, Wausau, 2:30:02; 308th, Sandra Gallagher, White Lake, 2:30:26; 309th, Vicki Lamond, Lomira, 2:31:03; 310th, Tracey Soyring, Mt. Horeb, 2:31:32; 311th, Dawn Hines, Argonne, 2:31:41; 312th, David Brockhaus, Fond du Lac, 2:32:11; 313th, Lois Rashel, Sussex, 2:32:21; 314th, Debra Lenz, Lomira, 2:32:46; 315th, Katelyn Kelley, Algonquin, Ill., 2:33:29; 316th, Doug Schultz, Marshfield, 2:33:39; 317th, Sheilagh Noel, Superior, 2:34:09; 318th, Sarah Oelig, Wausau, 2:34:53; 319th, Robert Kowalski, Brookfield, 2:35:09; 320th, Lori Clapham, Plover, 2:35:56; 321st, Anne Lashua, Ashwaubenon, 2:36:28; 322nd, David Bourne, Milwaukee, 2:36:40; 323rd, Kim Palmer, Waukesha, 2:36:40; 324th, Brett Lesniak, Stevens Point, 2:37:38; 325th, Barbara Novak, Rhinelander, 2:38:06; 326th, Kerry Trudeau, Marshfield, 2:39:33; 327th, Brenda Fellenz, Marshfield, 2:39:33; 328th, Patricia Trudeau, Marshfield, 2:39:34; 329th, Julia Eibergen, Phillips, 2:39:47; 330th, Vicki Fries, Hubertus, 2:40:30; 331st, Robert Hudnall, Griffith, Ind., 2:40:39; 332nd, Edward Steigerwaldt, Tomahawk, 2:41:42; 333rd, Jay Odegard, Grantsburg, 2:42:31; 334th, Sandra Rometti, Iron River, Mich., 2:42:41; 335th, Jaclyn Bertagnoli, Rhinelander, 2:44:00; 336th, Dawn Psenicka, Wakefield, Mich., 2:45:01; 337th, Joshua Myles, Laurium, Mich., 2:45:11; 338th, Melissa Peterson, Fort Atkinson, 2:45:39; 339th, Cindy Bailey, Marinette, 2:46:02; 340th, Tracy Staedler, Germantown, 2:46:36; 341st, Brittany Daigle, Athens, 2:46:53; 342nd, Jane Klemm, Germantown, 2:46:58; 343rd, Lisa Bodamer, Eagle River, 2:48:12; 344th, Mike Witcik, Milwaukee, 2:49:51; 345th, Eva Buchicchio, Rhinelander, 2:50:51; 346th, Michele Buchicchio, Lisle, Ill., 2:50:51; 347th, Dawn Bristol, Oconomowoc, 2:50:57; 348th, Gregg Willis, Milwaukee, 2:52:11; 349th, Sara Kelley, Algonquin, Ill., 2:53:23; 350th, Stephanie Kelnhofer, Stevens Point, 2:53:38; 351st, Abbey Thiel, Iron Mountain, Mich., 2:54:01; 352nd, Emily Blair, Rhinelander, 2:54:01; 353rd, Anne Wagner, Danville, Calif., 2:54:43; 354th, Megan Bettison, Chicago, Ill., 2:56:17; 355th, Mary Sowinski, Wauwatosa, 2:57:21; 356th, Mindy Young, Pulaski, 2:58:30; 357th, James Reidinger, Custer, 2:58:32; 358th, Teresa Matsche, Birnamwood, 2:59:29; 359th, Rick Anderson, Wautoma, 2:59:29; 360th, Jana Lallamont, Catawba, 3:00:46; 361st, Kris Mabie, Kennan, 3:00:47, 362nd, Rhonda Arndorfer, Merrill, 3:02:06; 363rd, Sandra Eldrege, Wausau, 3:02:07; 364th, Barbara Benson, Conover, 3:05:37; 365th, Ashley Paxson, Shorewood, 3:05:54; 366th, Erika Herum, Rhinelander, 3:05:54; 367th, Traci Busha, Conover, 3:06:28; 368th, Lisa Stueland, Muskego, 3:07:31; 369th, Polly Hockberger, Marquette, Mich., 3:07:31; 370th, Alex Pawlowski, Mukwonago, 3:08:08; 371st, Terri Falkenberg, Menominee, Mich., 3:09:15; 372nd, Cyndi Elsner, Menominee, Mich., 3:09:15; 373rd, Patricia Grove, Rothschild, 3:12:57; 374th, Elaine Klitzke, Menominee, Mich., 3:13:03; 375th, Pamela Losinksi, Menominee, Mich., 3:13:03; 376th, Dennis Klitzke, Menominee, Mich., 3:13:06; 377th, Katelin Ricci, Shell Lake, 3:15:55;

378th, Mary Diercks, Antigo, 3:15:55; 379th, Anne Stein, Powers, Mich., 3:16:13; 380th, Catherine Calvetti, Eagle River, 3:16:51; 381st, Janet Pawlowski, Mukwonago, 3:18:30; 382nd, Bonnie Block, Birnamwood, 3:21:49; 383rd, Amanda Karsten, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., 3:22:11; 384th, Susan Zblewski, Birnamwood, 3:26:59; 385th, Abby Pires, Eagle River, 3:30:37; 386th, Janice Bathke, Neenah, 3:31:54; 387th, Rodney Bathke, Neenah, 3:31:54; 388th, Terry Anderson, Bayfield, 3:33:00; 389th, Heidi Anderson, Bayfield, 3:33:00; 390th, Allyson Owen, Stevens Point, 3:34:04; 391st, Bethany Kobisch, Antigo, 3:35:30; 392nd, Kyrsten Olson, Ladysmith, 3:42:08; 393rd, Jackie Badalik, Tigerton, 4:05:15; 394th, Linda Hensel, Waukesha, 4:08:33; 395th, Erin Schneider, Waukesha, 4:08:34; 396th, Lindsay Hensel, Winona, Minn., 4:08:38; 397th, Susan Getzel, Muskego, 4:16:12; 398th, Walter Getzel, Muskego, 4:16:12; 399th, Cam Meyer, Highland Park, Ill., 4:19:41.

Power Walk First, Jeff Koppa, Aniwa, 2:24:02; second, Harley Grant, West Bend, 2:34:21; third, Sarah Hutkowski, Wisconsin Rapids, 2:34:27; fourth, Doug Gering, Schofield, 2:37:27; fifth, Katherine Weix, Reedsburg, 2:40:14; sixth, Jeffrey Sobczak, Pewaukee, 2:48:26; seventh, Robert Lind, Bayfield, 2:49:29; eighth, Stephanie Vos, Neenah, 2:49:32; ninth, Joseph Vos, Neenah, 2:49:32; 10th, Michelle Kositzke, Menasha, 2:51:26; 11th, Judith Stuber, Shawano, 2:54:18; 12th, Jennifer Siedschlag, Rhinelander, 2:54:18; 13th, Angel Janusz, Pewaukee, 2:55:10; 14th, Karen Reidinger, Custer, 2:56:48; 15th, Carol Sobczak, Pewaukee, 2:56:55; 16th, Christine Wasielewski, Coloma, 2:58:01; 17th, Emily Weber, St. Paul, Minn.,

race. Akey finished seventh overall in 3:14.26 and Smith was fifth in 3:02.36.

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MATT FIELD

SHANNON RILEY

2:59:49; 18th, Ronda Plathe, St. Paul, Minn., 2:59:50; 19th, Rich Lloyd, River Falls, 3:00:13; 20th, Kilgus Ocie, rhinelander, 3:01:05; 21st, Carolyn Rohlen, Watersmeet, Mich., 3:04:25; 22nd, Joanna Buergey, Land O’ Lakes, 3:04:41; 23rd, Julie Hook, Land O’ Lakes, 3:04:52; 24th, Heidi Magayne, Eagle River, 3:05:00; 25th, Jane Shadick, Three Lakes, 3:05:00; 26th, Christina Bates, Rhinelander, 3:05:01; 27th, Jessica Doyen, Conover, 3:06:54; 28th, Hailey Humiston, Conover, 3:06:55; 29th, Cary Alft, Irma, 3:08:40; 30th, Jill Alft, Irma, 3:08:40; 31st, Karey Leonard-Berg, Madison, 3:08:53; 32nd, Jen Savel, Sayner, 3:09:24; 33rd, Stephanie Hodgkinson, Eagle River, 3:09:24; 34th, Carol Anderson, Cedarburg, 3:10:57; 35th, Alicia Wall, New Berlin, 3:11:42; 36th, Stacy Lenz, Menasha, 3:12:40; 37th, Jessica Lenz, Greenville, 3:12:40; 38th, John Lohoff, Woodruff, 3:13:47; 39th, Todd Mihalko, Crandon, 3:15:18; 40th, Jennifer Morgan, Dousman, 3:15:22; 41st, Shelley Mihalko, Cran-

don, 3:15:32; 42nd, Rebecca Rousseau, Shawano, 3:21:15; 43rd, Dundee McNair, Richland Center, 3:21:44; 44th, Nancy Nevinski, Holcombe, 3:21:59; 45th, Gail Johnson, Franklin, 3:21:59; 46th, Patti Wissbroecker, Antigo, 3:24:14; 47th, Karlee Hoffmann, Townsend, 3:24:27; 48th, Val Hoffmann, Townsend, 3:24:27; 49th, Sarah Mills-Lloyd, Pulaski, 3:25:03; 50th, Sharon Lazeren, Marquette, Mich., 3:25:04; 51st, Lisa Leach, Rice Lake, 3:25:26; 52nd, Shirley Vozel, Burlington, 3:27:04; 53rd, Jason Vozel, Burlington, 3:27:05; 54th, Amy Drew, Rice Lake, 3:28:06; 55th, April Meiller, Madison 3:30:24; 56th, Barbara Lewis, Madison, 3:30:24; 57th, Linda Schmeckpeper, Mankato, Minn., 3:31:07; 58th, Terra Turner-Beaver, Lyndon Station, 3:31:14; 59th, Terry Sirek, Rice Lake, 3:36:27; 60th, Greg Leach, Rice Lake, 3:36:27; 61st, Cheryl Gramins, Eagle River, 3:37:41; 62nd, Joanna Olson, Duluth, Minn., 3:40:24; 63rd, Wayne Soulier, St. Francis, 3:45:30; 64th,

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JOURNEYS MARATHON

Journeys: youth running club helps set 5-K record FROM PAGE 13A Eugene Soulier Jr., Lac du Flambeau, 3:45:30; 65th, Selena Garcia, Hartford, 3:47:38; 66th, Kim Spedowski, Watersmeet, Mich., 3:49:37; 67th, Kathryn Peterson, Watersmeet, Mich., 3:49:37; 68th, Joyce Ducote, Rhinelander, 3:50:15; 69th, Ron Schaefer, Omaha, Neb., 3:55:00; 70th, Barb Schaefer, Omaha, Neb., 3:55:02; 71st, Debbie Salber, Marathon, 4:03:30; 72nd, Kathy Ruplinger, Marathon, 4:03:30; 73rd, Judith Wilson, Rhinelander, 4:03:31; 74th, Audrey Paulman, Omaha, Neb., 4:03:50; 75th, Donald Leuenberger, Omaha, Neb., 4:03:50; 76th, Paul Paulman, Omaha, Neb., 4:03:55; 77th, Janice Leuenberger, Omaha, Neb., 4:03:56; 78th, Kelly Brown, Rhinelander, 4:07:10; 79th, Robyn Farley, Rhinelander, 4:07:10; 80th, Brenda Garcia, Hartford, 4:13:34; 81st, Elizabeth Bates, Marquette, Mich., 4:39:04; 82nd, Kathy Bates, Rhinelander, 4:39:05.

5-K run First, Mark Shepherdson, Three Lakes, 19:39; second, Dan Brekke, Rhinelander, 20:07; third, Joshua Ferber, Madison, 20:16; fourth, Rick Neis, Eagle River, 20:19; fifth, Matthew Von Oepen, Rhinelander, 20:20; sixth, Jesse Pride, Rhinelander, 20:29; seventh, Jeremy Johanski, Fitchburg, 20:52; eighth, Mitch Bruckmoser, River Falls, 21:02; ninth, Nathaniel Zastrow, Tomahawk, 21:28; 10th, Robert Ritchie, Rhinelander, 21:33; 11th, J.R. Menard, Chippewa Falls, 21:54; 12th, Bryan Boone, Eagle River, 22:31; 13th, Lucas Ferber, Eagle River, 22:47; 14th, Andrew Neis, Eagle River, 23:02; 15th, Robin Peterson, Three Lakes, 23:15; 16th, Dean Gumz, Eau Claire, 23:29; 17th, Brian McIntyre, Stevens Point, 23:39; 18th, Andy Padgett, Rhinelander, 23:41; 19th, Trisha Moore, Three Lakes, 23:42; 20th, Patrick Gauthier, Woodruff, 23:42; 21st, Emma Brewer, Eagle River, 23:43; 22nd, Zach Kroschel, Eagle River, 23:49; 23rd, Christian Marsh, Oshkosh, 24:12; 24th, Carrie Keup, Plover, 24:17, 25th, Winona Ritchie, Rhinelander, 24:35; 26th, Emma Siebold, Florence, 24:46; 27th, Stephen Koch, Merrill, 24:53; 28th, Wade Miles, Eagle River, 25:09; 29th, Bill Pallin, Eagle River, 25:14; 30th, Nicole LaBeau, Three Lakes, 25:27; 31st, Wayne Smits, Rhinelander, 25:27; 32nd, Jena Miles, Eagle River, 25:32; 33rd, Christine Mouw, Rhinelander, 25:34; 34th, Jennifer Leach, Wisconsin Rapids, 25:39; 35th, Marina McKissack, Eagle River, 25:47; 36th, Maddy Oberg, Rhinelander, 25:48; 37th, Timothy Moore, Crandon, 25:50; 38th, Karlie Stefonik, Eagle River, 25:52; 39th, Rachel Gilbert, Rhinelander, 25:58; 40th, Ross Kressin, Appleton, 25:58; 41st, Matthew Ewig, Elm Grove, 26:03; 42nd, Cassandra Pallin, Eagle River, 26:07; 43rd, Julie Stefonik, Eagle River, 26:21; 44th, Jack Gremban, Eagle River, 26:25; 45th, Silas Savage, Eagle River, 26:26; 46th, Julie Kressin, Appleton, 26:32; 47th, Gabby Herfindahl, Eagle River, 26:38; 48th, Trinity Foster, Eagle River, 26:41; 49th, Megan Hoffman, Conover, 26:41; 50th, Jaiden Deschinny, Laona, 26:46; 51st, Luciano Svetnicka, St. Germain, 26:48; 52nd, Gavin Adamovich, Eagle River, 26:49; 53rd, Beth Wright, Plover, 26:59; 54th, Tammy Worden, Dousman, 27:04; 55th, Geraldine Pallin, De Pere, 27:05; 56th, Joann Bathel, Eagle River, 27:10; 57th, Elizabeth Punke, Wausau, 27:12; 58th, Christine Romatoski, Eagle River, 27:19; 59th, Shane Benitz, Wisconsin Rapids, 27:24; 60th, Alberto Rodriguez, Horicon, 27:27; 61st, Steele Schiddel, Eagle River, 27:28; 62nd, Sara Netzer, Appleton, 27:32; 63rd, Jennifer Smits, Rhinelander, 27:37; 64th, Katherine Daniels, Crandon, 27:48; 65th, Shelley Hodkiewicz, St. Germain, 27:50; 66th, Phil

Von Oepen, Rhinelander, 27:57; 67th, Gretchen Peterson, Three Lakes, 28:06; 68th, Susan Gumz, Eau Claire, 28:10; 69th, Jennifer Ehren, Milwaukee, 28:13; 70th, Haley Siegworth, Green Bay, 28:14; 71st, David Hanselman, Eagle River, 28:29; 72nd, Diana Rickert, Rhinelander, 28:31; 73rd, Amy Bracket, Iron Mountain, Mich., 28:32; 74th, Sam Gremban, Eagle River, 28:37; 75th, Jordan Marsh, Wauwatosa, 28:37; 76th, Hannah Peterson, Three Lakes, 28:38; 77th, Amy Gremban, Eagle River, 28:39; 78th, Dennis Arnott, Sheboygan, 28:40; 79th, Nicki Flannery, Three Lakes, 28:47; 80th, Melissa Lane, Rhinelander, 28:48; 81st, Kelli Jenkins, Rhinelander, 28:49; 82nd, Christy Grams, Hortonville, 28:57; 83rd, Maggie Munson, Glenbeulah, 29:03; 84th, Naomi Drake, Pulaski, 29:07; 85th, Kurt Waid, Merrill, 29:09; 86th, Hadley Miles, Eagle River, 29:15; 87th, Maranda Kruchko, Salem, 29:19; 88th, Julie Detienne, Rhinelander, 29:27; 89th, Hannah Siegworth, Green Bay, 29:29; 90th, Ron Leach, Wisconsin Rapids, 29:33; 91st, Jennifer Kasparek, Rhinelander, 29:34; 92nd, Jillian Gleason, Eagle River, 29:42; 93rd, Emma Arndt, Oak Creek, 29:42; 94th, Kimberly Pittman, Eagle River, 29:43; 95th, Ben Knospe, Merrill, 29:50; 96th, Jenifer Adamovich, Eagle River, 29:58; 97th, Karley Marsh, Oshkosh, 29:59; 98th, Leann Haroldson, Mt. Horeb, 30:00; 99th, Morgan Phillipich, Eagle River, 30:00; 100th, Douglas Kamps, Minocqua, 30:01; 101st, Jeff Wessley, Green Bay, 30:03; 102nd, Luke Schwartes, Marshfield, 30:06; 103rd, Brady Snedden, Eagle River, 30:11; 104th, Michael Reed, Ionia, Mich., 30:12; 105th, Zachary Rein, Conover, 30:13; 106th, Michelle Madderom, Eagle River, 30:14; 107th, Leah Lechleitner, Eagle River, 30:15; 108th, James Stearns, St. Francis, 30:21; 109th, Sheila Widule, Rhinelander, 30:32; 110th, Brenda Haines, Oshkosh, 30:34; 111th, Patrick Dodson, Three Lakes, 30:35; 112th, Amy Furo, Stratford, 30:38; 113th, Linda Siegworth, Green Bay, 30:46; 114th, Dan Rehberg, Wisconsin Rapids, 30:55; 115th, Shannon Lozon, Wausau, 31:01; 116th, Mike Okray, Stevens Point, 31:04; 117th, Kathryn Person, Chicago, Ill., 31:06; 118th, Andrew Currie, Chicago, Ill., 31:06; 119th, Lorie Berwald, Park Falls, 31:07; 120th, Jan Minarcin, Wisconsin Rapids, 31:12; 121st, Rachael Krupka, Eagle River, 31:18; 122nd, Keith Nichols, Beldenville, 31:20; 123rd, Kjersten Olson, Three Lakes, 31:27; 124th, Megan Hall, Onalaska, 31:32; 125th, Gabriel Marsh, Onalaska, 31:33; 126th, Gina McKeough, Wausau, 31:33; 127th, Richard Reidinger, Rhinelander, 31:34; 128th, Ashley Arndt, Oak Creek, 31:38; 129th, Neale Murray, Pleasant Prairie, 31:42; 130th, Kelly Lacko, Eagle River, 31:48; 131st, Aiden Lifschutz, Eagle River, 31:50; 132nd, Brian Giegerich, Greenfield, 32:06; 133rd, Lynsi Albright, Greenfield, 32:06; 134th, Emily Reget, Chicaco, Ill., 32:15; 135th, Brenda Lund, Chippewa Falls, 32:21; 136th, Adam Olson, McHenry, Ill., 32:21; 137th, Aimee Wierzba, Verona, 32:29; 138th, Keanu Yazzie, Crandon, 32:30; 139th, Ashlin Messnen, St. Germain, 32:42; 140th, Brian Krebs, Hartland, 32:49; 141st, Trina Knospe, Merrill, 32:52; 142nd, Faith Schneider, Rhinelander, 32:53; 143rd, Shirley Derleth, Tomahawk, 33:01; 144th, Dan Reynolds, Escanaba, Mich., 33:03; 145th, Matthew Madderom, Eagle River, 33:04; 146th, Kathy Konopacky, Custer, 33:04; 147th, Paul Meulemans, Grafton, 33:05; 148th, Madison Meulemans, Grafton, 33:05; 149th, Kasi Waid, Merrill, 33:14; 150th, Madalyn Romatoski, Eagle River, 33:16; 151st, Anna Reese, Eagle River, 33:20; 152nd, Morgan Dreger, Eagle River, 33:23; 153rd, Alice Kramer, Eagle River, 33:37; 154th, Heidi Johnson, Wausau, 33:44; 155th, Linda Stadler, Richland Center, 33:50; 156th, Dave

Dean Juntunen of Mass City, Mich., competed in the wheelchair event for the 16th time, finishing in 2:00.33.

Eagle River Elementary School students ran the 5K event at Journeys as a part of a running program encouraging the youths to Procknow, Elm Grove, 33:54; 157th, Rachel Syring, Madison, 33:58; 158th, Sherry Koch, Merrill, 34:02; 159th, Jenny Mork, Rhinelander, 34:06; 160th, Sally Lester, Eagle River, 34:07; 161st, Marci Kerner, Eagle River, 34:07; 162nd, Darcy Syring, Madison, 34:09; 163rd, Heather Meerschaert, Racine, 34:09; 164th, Lewis Raker, Phelps, 34:10; 165th, Nora Gremban, Eagle River, 34:10; 166th, Greg Gremban, Eagle River, 34:11; 167th, Kelsey Bellman, Eagle River, 34:19; 168th, Tatum Campbell, Eagle River, 34:20; 169th, Gary Schwenn, Eagle River, 34:21; 170th, Sandra Valley, West Bend, 34:23; 171st, Naomi Bill, Eagle River, 34:24; 172nd, Madison Bill, Eagle River, 34:24; 173rd, Hannah Kramsvogel, Eagle River, 34:24; 174th, Debra Risse, Eagle River, 34:24; 175th, Robert Elko, Appleton, 34:25; 176th, Hadynn McKeough, Wausau, 34:28; 177th, Diane Richards, Sayner, 34:42; 178th, Becky Busha, Eagle River, 34:42; 179th, Brenda Timken, Conover, 34:43; 180th, Jessica Carlson, Iron River, Mich., 34:48; 181st, Vickie Vuckovic, Ironwood, Mich., 34:48; 182nd, Jean Fitzpatrick, Three Lakes, 34:51; 183rd, Coleen Wendt, Rhinelander, 34:52; 184th, Carrie Stoltz, Rhinelander, 34:54; 185th, Rich Gilbert, Rhinelander, 35:01; 186th, Misty Curleyhair, Crandon, 35:03; 187th, Bruce Lindsay, Appleton, 35:10; 188th, Aaron Rowe, Rhinelander, 35:12; 189th, Stacy Stroud, Three Lakes, 35:13; 190th, Wendi Kaczkowski, Eagle River, 35:20; 191st, Amy Young, Eagle River, 35:24; 192nd, John Apfel, Eagle River, 35:29; 193rd Gizhgo Daniels, Crandon, 35:56; 194th Emily McGee, Eagle River, 35:57; 195th, Kay Reil, Eagle River, 35:57; 196th, Natalie Koepp, Stevens Point, 35:58; 197th, Pamela Wiedemeier, Coleman, 35:58; 198th, Amy Rodriguez, Horicon, 36:08; 199th, Jan Witt, Janesville, 36:10; 200th, Crisler Letitia, Stillwater, Minn., 36:13; 201st, Chris Herrmann, Lake Tomahawk, 36:17; 202nd, Amanda Jorata, Rhinelander, 36:17; 203rd, Gary Sprindis, Minocqua, 36:42; 204th, Alexandra Seibold, Florence, 36:50; 205th, Kristin Scharrs, Eagle River, 36:57; 206th, Michael Witt, Janesville, 36:58; 207th, Carley Reynolds, Escanaba, Mich., 37:08; 208th, Edward Mouw, Knife River, Minn., 37:10; 209th, Mary Jacobson, Sullivan, 37:13; 210th, Alyssa Eggebrecht, DePere, 37:19; 211th, Jennifer McElroy, Hampshire, Ill., 37:22; 212th, Jamie DeWitt, Kaukauna, 37:30; 213th, Katie Slater, Shell Lake, 37:31; 214th, Catherine Groscop, Rhinelander, 37:57; 215th, Erika Warning, Crandon, 37:59; 216th, Leah Mentz, Crandon, 38:06; 217th, Tim Miller, Ladysmith, 38:08; 218th, Robert Trzecinski, Wautoma, 38:13; 219th, Kim Trzecinski, Wautoma, 38:13; 220th, Vito Bortolotti, Eagle River, 38:24; 221st, Avery Adamovich,

Eagle River, 38:28; 222nd, Sara Adamovich, Eagle River, 38:37; 223rd, Dan Marsh, Park Falls, 38:43; 224th, Jean Drake, Wausau, 38:56; 225th, Susan Boettcher, Eagle River, 39:11; 226th, Rachel Beyersdorf, Eagle River, 39:15; 227th, Lucy Lurvey, Eagle River, 39:15; 228th, Ann Capaul, Rhinelander, 39:48; 229th, Marie Milanowski, Eagle River, 39:57; 230th, Lindsey Guillen, Eagle River, 39:57; 231st, Barb Gould, Eagle River, 40:28; 232nd, Virginia Nordlof, Rockford, Ill., 40:29; 233rd, Sherry Borchardt, Rockford, Ill., 40:29; 234th, Cristifer Burton, Neenah, 40:44; 235th, John Dubs, Appleton, 40:45; 236th, Denise Weimer, Hartford, 40:49; 237th, Leslie Miles, Eagle River, 40:54; 238th, Kathy Check, Cadott, 41:10; 239th, Ron Baake, Wind Lake, 41:10; 240th, Sam Gladis, Wind Lake, 41:12; 241st, Jade Pride, Rhinelander, 41:24; 242nd, Sherry Shoeder-Pride, Rhinelander, 41:24; Lynn Shoeder, Rhinelander, 41:24; 244th, Carol Morden, Mercer, 41:27; 245th, Lily Tyler, Eagle River, 41:33; 246th, Mandy Rottier, Eagle River, 41:43; 247th, Deb Foster, Eagle River, 41:53; 248th, Marit Stumpner, Schofield, 41:53; 249th, Sandra Linton, New Auburn, 42:10; 250th, Camila Eggebracks, Waupaca, 42:23; 251st, Fred Duerkop, Land O’ Lakes, 42:27; 252nd, C.J. Sorenson, Laona, 42:34; 253rd, Jay Johnstone, Eagle River, 42:37; 254th, Nicolo Bartolotti, Eagle River, 42:37; 255th, Dan Giencke, Hartford, 42:57; 256th, Joshua Moore, Crandon, 43:01; 257th, Philip Punke, Edgar, 43:12; 258th, Corinne Duerkop, Land O’ Lakes, 43:30; 259th, Tammy Rainville, Schofield, 43:31; 260th, Sarah Kraimer, Schofield, 43:33; 261st, Connie Marsh, Park Falls, 43:33; 262nd, Millie Barber, Boulder Junction, 43:40; 263rd, Jared Moore Crandon, 43:46; 264th, Candice Helf, St. Germain, 44:08; 265th, Briana Vail, Eagle River, 44:13; 266th, Marie Gehl, Three Lakes, 44:42; 267th, Danielle Halverson, Eagle River, 44:43; 268th, Rhonda Dreger, Eagle River, 45:07; 269th, Abby Ahlborn, Eagle River, 45:23; 270th, Somerset Seymer, Eagle River, 45:23; 271st, Sandra Reynolds, Eagle River, 45:33; 272nd, Erin Luchterhand, Union Grove, 45:33; 273rd, Rachel Burton, Neenah, 45:57; 274th, Lynn Warning, Crandon, 46:33; 275th, Heidi Mee, Tomah, 46:41; 276th, Michele Jacobson, Eagle River, 46:55; 277th, Dan Slater, Shell Lake, 47:27; 278th, Eugene, Wessley, Green Bay, 47:38; 279th, Shirley Wessley, Green Bay, 47:39; 280th, Jessica Netzer, DePere, 47:46; 281st, Maci Kugler, Gwinn, Mich., 48:07; 282nd, Mari Stiritz, Gwinn, Mich., 48:07; 283rd, Jesse Vannatta, Eagle River, 48:16; 284th, Dane Krusick, Eagle River, 48:24; 285th, Corey Krusick, Eagle River, 48:24; 286th, Nicole Freund, Eagle River, 48:29; 287th, Gail Vander Bloomen, Eagle River, 48:31; 288th, Mariah

Gabby Herfindahl and Trinity Foster, both of Eagle River, head to the finish line in the 5-K. —STAFF PHOTOS

commit to a healthy lifestyle. The runners were instructed by local volunteers.

—Staff Photo By ANTHONY DREW

Seventy-year-old Myron Meredith of Greybull, Wyo., smiled as he finished the half-marathon in 2:00.28.

—Staff Photo By ANTHONY DREW Weirick, Eagle River, 48:53; 289th, Debbie Wagner, Wind Lake, 48:54; 290th, Laura Reinemann, Sheboygan, 49:11; 291st, Collin Reinemann, Sheboygan, 49:11; 292nd, Sierra Frahm, Eagle River, 49:12; 293rd, Deb Rupe, Wausau, 49:27; 294th, Gayle Daniel, St. Germain, 50:00; 295th, Judy Kranz, Rhinelander, 50:33; 296th, Michael Kranz, Milwaukee, 50:34; 297th, Helene Kansfiel, Land O’

Lakes, 51:35; 298th, Cheryl Glayor, New Lenox, Ill., 51:35; 299th, James Beaver, Lyndon Station, 52:28; 300th, Samantha Ring, Eagle River, 52:30; 301st, Kristina Williams, Florence, 53:54; 302nd, Charles Weydt, Woodruff, 57:09; 303rd, Cindy Herum, Rhinelander, 1:00:30; 304th, Denise Moore, Rhinelander, 1:00:31; 305th, Angela Heft, Rhinelander, 1:00:50.

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012

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VILAS COUNTY NEWS-REVIEW/THE THREE LAKES NEWS

SPORTS Eagles fall to Mosinee 3-2 ___________

Sports Sidelines

BY GARY RIDDERBUSCH

By Gary Ridderbusch

NEWS-REVIEW EDITOR

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The Northland Pines baseball team played two Great Northern Conference (GNC) games last week, including a tough 3-2 loss to Mosinee last Tuesday.

Against the Mosinee Indians, Pines jumped on top 1-0 in the first inning, but gave up two runs in the second to give Mosinee a 2-1 lead.

Both teams went scoreless until the sixth inning, when Pines tied the game.

Dominic Caroselli led off the top half of the sixth with a base hit, was advanced to second on a sacrificial bunt

by Brandon Wallace, stole third and scored on a sacrifice fly from T.J. Harsla.

However, Mosinee was able to push one more run across the plate in the bottom of the sixth to take the lead and the win.

Top hitters for Pines were Caroselli, who went 2-for-3 with two runs scored, and Harsla, who was 1-for-2 with a sacrifice fly and two RBIs. Tanner Beaman started on the mound, pitching 12⁄3 innings, and Wallace threw the remaining 41⁄3 innings to keep Pines in the game.

The Eagles hosted Tomahawk Thursday and fell to the Hatchets 14-1.

Pines coach Rob Govek said it was a frustrating game that saw the Hatchets score seven runs in the first inning after two were out.

“It is a game to take the learning moments from and

Journeys Marathon is giant step for teen

Northland Pines sophomore pitcher Tanner Beaman fired the ball home with first baseman

then a game to put in the past,” said Govek. “We just need to keep our heads up and focus on the future.”

Carsoselli, Wallace, Harsla, Beaman and Blake Molkentine supplied a hit

Northland Pines senior pitcher T.J. Harsla fielded a bunt against Tomahawk as the batter

Alec Helgeson, who was holding a runner on base, watching the pitch. —STAFF PHOTOS

apiece for the Eagles. Beaman and Harsla combined efforts on the mound.

The Eagles, 0-1 in the GNC and 4-13 overall, were scheduled to host Phillips

headed for first base. The Eagles lost the conference game 14-1.

Tuesday of this week and will play at Rhinelander this Thursday, May 17, at 4:30 p.m. The Eagles will host Hurley in a nonconference game this Friday, May 18, at 4:30 p.m.

Senior Matt Goska took a mighty swing against Tomahawk. The catcher was later injured and removed from the game.

Pines girls get fourth in track invitational ___________

BY ANTHONY DREW NEWS-REVIEW ASST. EDITOR

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The Northland Pines girls track team took fourth out of five teams at last Thursday’s Hatchet Invitational, scoring 58 points to defeat Ladysmith.

Tomahawk won the meet with 123 points, followed by Mosinee with 77 and Rhinelander with 74.

Samantha Goll took first for Pines in both the 100meter dash in 13.16 seconds and the 300-meter hurdles in 48.99 seconds.

“Samantha was the team’s high-point scorer with 23 points” said Pines coach Josh Rhode. “She had two firsts, a second- and a third-place finish. “She’s in the top 10 in the state for our division in the

300 hurdles.”

Goll got second in the pole vault after vaulting eight feet. She also took third in the 4x400-meter relay with teammates Emilie Robins, Kylie Rhode and Taylor Neis.

Robins took second in the 1,600-meter run, finishing in 5:33.08.

“Emilie broke her second outdoor school record of the season, this time in the 1,600-meter run,” said coach Rhode. “The old record was 5:40 set by Aidan Gromoll in 1995 and she shattered it.”

Also earning third place for the Eagles were Ellie Zyhowski, 400-meter run, 1:08.9; Rhode, 800-meter run, 2:37.6; Nicole Sullivan, high jump, 4 feet, 8 inches; Kelly McGinnis, discus, 72 feet, 5 inches; McGinnis, Sullivan,

McKenna Harsla and Angele Gehrke, 4x100-meter relay, 1:02.64; and Lauren Czarapata, Brooke Dreger, Zyhowski and Harsla, 4x200-meter relay, 2:02.97.

Brooke Dreger took fourth for the Eagles with a long jump of 14 feet, three and one-half inches. Meanwhile, Czarapata took fifth in the shot put with a throw of 26 feet, 4 inches.

“This was a great meet for us with almost the whole team getting their best marks/times of the season,” said Rhode.

The Eagles meet’s Most Valuable Player award went to Dreger, who got a personal best time in the 100-meter dash and put down the best long jump of her high school career.

“Brooke is having a great season and is helping us in a lot of different events,” said the coach.

The Eagles meet’s Most Outstanding Performance award went to Zyhowski, who is a newcomer to the team and ran her first-ever varsity 400-meter dash to come away with third place.

“What’s so impressive is that she ran a sizzling 1:08, which is a very fast time for someone who started training a few weeks ago,” said Rhode. “Ellie has been a welcome addition to the team and is really helping us with our depth in a few areas.”

Northland Pines is scheduled to host a Great Northern Conference meet Thursday, May 17, at 4 p.m. behind the high school.

Eagle River Speedway plans season opener Opening night of racing is set to take place at Eagle River Speedway Tuesday, May 22, at 7:30 p.m.

Drivers had the chance to test the stock cars, Micro Sprint 600s and Junior Sprints May 13 on the clay track that has drawn thousands of fans to the Eagle River area since opening in

1974.

“Opening night is always exciting for both the drivers and the fans, as we’ll see a number of new cars and drivers moving from one class to another,” said track manager Mark Glembin.

Eagle River Speedway will have a special race on the Sunday night of Memorial

Day weekend. For 2012, the race schedule will feature sponsor nights throughout the year, including Special Olympics of the Northwoods night June 26, the Mid-Season Championship July 10 and the 2012 Season Championship Sept. 2.

Some of the featured races this season will include the

Auto Value Special July 3 and the Hartman Well Drilling and Pumps MidModified Shoot-out July 17.

In the event of a rain out, Tuesday night races will be run Thursday nights.

The pits and the stands open regularly at 5 p.m., and hot laps begin at 7 p.m. Racing starts at 7:30 p.m.

With the 16th annual Journeys Marathon now marked in the record books, plans are already in the works for the 17th annual marathon and other events on the back roads of Vilas County.

The number of race participants wasn’t a record in 2012, but this year’s event — on a beautiful day in Vilas County — still hosted 979 participants from 18 different states and Ontario, Canada. The record number of runners was 1,027 in 2010.

A record was set, however, in the 5-kilometer race, with 338 runners and walkers leaving Riverview Park and running the streets of Eagle River before returning to several hundred cheering spectators at the park.

Aaron Rowe headed for The previous record in the the finish line in the 55K was 275 participants. kilometer run at JourOne of the inspiraneys Marathon. tional stories in the 5K —STAFF PHOTO was that of Three Lakes High School freshman Aaron Rowe. After training for the majority of the school year, Rowe completed his first 5K. This may not seem like a big feat to many 15-yearold boys, but Aaron is autistic, said Three Lakes special education teacher Amanda Jorata.

“Things that seem easy to most of us can be challenging and discouraging for Aaron and others living with autism,” said Jorata.

In the beginning of the school year, Aaron had a hard time completing two laps around the school gym without having to stop, remembers Three Lakes physical education teacher Stacy Stroud.

“Aaron’s disability does not affect him physically, so we knew he could make many gains in his physical fitness and endurance,” said Stroud.

Aaron started training on the treadmill, gradually completing up to 8 miles at a time and logging between 15 and 20 miles a week on the average.

“He set a great example for other students and adults,” said Stroud. “It was awesome to see Aaron excelling and outlasting his regular education peers.

He made everybody want to push themselves just a little harder.”

Meanwhile, his grandparents kept up with his gains at home, making sure Aaron held pace on their evening walks.

On Saturday, Aaron completed his first 5K run at just over 35 minutes, jogging the entire time with Stroud at his side.

“He has come a long way from two laps in the gym,” said Jorata. “The entire staff and student body in the Three Lakes School District are so proud of him.”

It’s success stories like this that make the Journeys Marathon so special as many runners reach personal goals as they cross the finish line in any of the five events.

If you missed the race this year as a participant or couldn’t help out as a volunteer, there’s always next year. The 17th annual Journeys Marathon is set for May 11, 2013.

Eagles take first at Hatchet Invite ___________

BY ANTHONY DREW NEWS-REVIEW ASST. EDITOR

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The Northland Pines Eagles track team took first place last Tuesday at the Hatchet Invitational, a meet they haven’t won since 2003.

The Eagles scored 114 points, beating Mosinee with 100.5, Tomahawk with 86.5, Rhinelander with 69 and Ladysmith with four.

Brian Kubacki improved his discus throw by a huge 15 feet, to win the event with a throw of 126 feet, one inch.

“Brian also had a personal best in the shot put, improving that throw by a foot, which was good enough for fourth,” said Pines coach John Hayes.

Eagles throwing coach Jen Leis had another success story on the night, when Lance Bontrager improved his shot put by five feet, to take third place with a throw of 42 feet.

Johnny Schwenn took first place in the 100-meter dash and second place in the 200meter dash behind Nathan Dulak of Mosinee.

“Johnny’s time of 22.61 ties the current school record held by Cody Densow,” said Hayes.

Dylan Weber went home with a couple medals, winning the 400-meter dash and the 4x800-meter with teammates Devin Sauvola, Walker

Nelson and Jacob Bozic.

“Dylan has really run some gutsy races this year,” said Hayes.

He went on to run in the 4x400-meter relay, placing second behind Tomahawk with teammates Schwenn, Ryan Ozelie, and Bozic.

Ozelie placed third in the 400-meter dash with a personal best time of 54.64 seconds, missing second place by only one one-hundredth of one second.

Evan Hartwig took home a first place in the 300-meter hurdles and a third in the 110-meter hurdles.

Spencer Gander outsprinted Ahrens from Tomahawk in the 1,600-meter run to win that event. Michael Eicher jumped 5 feet, 8 inches for a personal best in the high jump and second place.

“It was a good win against some conference teams,” said Hayes. “This was the fifth time the Eagles have competed against the Hatchets this season. Currently, we are 2-21 against them. It will be interesting to see how our teams match up at the conference meet.”

The Eagles will host a Great Northern Conference meet Thursday, May 17, at 4 p.m.

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SPORTS

Eagles record two GNC victories ___________

BY GARY RIDDERBUSCH NEWS-REVIEW EDITOR

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The Northland Pines girls soccer team won two Great Northern Conference (GNC) games last week, defeating Antigo 3-1 and Mosinee 5-0.

Pines traveled to Antigo last Tuesday and got on the board first with a shot from Carly Ridderbusch at the 12-minute mark. Just over a minute later, Lauren Lenz scored. Both goals were assisted by defender Katrina Tameling.

Less than a minute later, Caitlin Riley took the ball and hit the back of the net unassisted.

“The first goal really pumped the team up and they just put the pressure on the attack and scored all three goals in a matter of minutes,” said Pines coach Wendy McCormack.

Antigo answered at the 25-minute with a hard shot inside the penalty box. The score held at 3-1 with a scoreless second half.

“Antigo’s defense pushed up tight to their midfielders, which caused the game to be played in a very tight area,” said McCormack. “About one-third of the field was used for most of the game and having 20 players in such a small area is not an easy thing.”

The coach said Pines had some nice passes and through balls, but got called offside six times.

“It was really nice to get the win as the team had been struggling to find the back of the net,” said McCormack.

Pines goalkeeper Allyson Sima had 11 saves. Pines had 23 shots with 18 shots on goal and Antigo had 11 shots with seven shots on goal.

The Eagles hosted Mosinee last Thursday in a game that closely resembled the first one between the teams April 17 that Pines also won 5-0.

Pines got on the scoreboard first with a run on the

Northland Pines freshman goalkeeper Allyson Sima shouts instructions to her defense.

—STAFF PHOTO

outside by Riley, who crossed the ball into the center of the box where Sammy Pusateri was perfectly positioned.

Pusateri took a one-touch and put the ball into the net.

Three minutes later, Paige Healy found Lenz who scored to make it 2-0.

Lenz started the scoring 9 minutes into the second half with a pass from Healy. Minutes later, Riley got tripped in the Mosinee penalty box and was awarded a penalty kick. She placed it low and to the left of the goalkeeper, easily adding to the score.

Defender Holly Darton got the ball late in the half and dribbled up the field and took a shot about 30 yards out and found the back of the net. It was Darton’s first varsity goal.

Goalkeeper Sima tallied one save and recorded her

The U.S. Army All-American Bowl Selection Committee recently nominated Northland Pines High School junior Austin Ramesh to play in the

third shutout of the season.

Pines had 44 shots with 14 shots on goal.

“We worked on maintaining our defensive shape and working as a unit,” said McCormack. “We accomplished this throughout the game. The girls connected their passes and everyone was communicating. It was great to see them work so well together.”

Waupaca tourney The Eagles also played three games in the Waupaca tournament Saturday, finishing with a win, tie and loss with several players out of the lineup.

In the opener, Pines fell to Marshfield 6-3.

“We got caught standing on our heels and Marshfield took advantage of that. They were quick to the ball and

2013 U.S. Army All-American Bowl. Of the 400 nominees nationwide, 90 will ultimately be selected and invited to the Bowl.

—Contributed Photo

Ramesh nominated to play in 2013 All-American Bowl Northland Pines High School junior and football player Austin Ramesh was recently nominated to play in the 2013 U.S. Army All-American Bowl.

Those nominated will have the chance to showcase their talents Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, in the annual East versus West match-up, televised live on NBC at noon.

“The U.S. Army All-American Bowl provides the national platform for young athletes and musicians to showcase their talent and strength,” said Bruce Jasurda, chief marketing officer, U.S. Army.

“This nomination recognizes the mental, emotional and physical strengths, along with leadership qualities Ramesh possesses both on and off the field,” he said. “These are qualities he shares with Army Strong Soldiers. The

Army congratulates all the athletes on their nomination.”

Ramesh was nominated by the U.S. Army All-American Bowl Selection Committee, which consists of All-American Games’ network of regional coaches throughout the country and Rivals.com.

Of the 400 nominees, 90 ultimately will be selected and invited to the Bowl. The next step for the nominees will occur in September, when the U.S. Army All-American Selection Tour begins.

Final player selections along with All-American Marching Band musicians will be announced nationwide throughout the fall, with the Selection Tour ending in early December.

For more than a decade, the U.S. Army All-American Bowl has been the Nation’s premier high school football

game, serving as the pre-eminent launching pad for America’s future college and NFL stars.

Ramesh is poised to join the likes of Adrian Peterson, Andrew Luck, Mark Sanchez, Tim Tebow and Marcus Lattimore, who all made their national debuts as U.S. Army All-Americans, according to Jasurda.

The 2012 U.S. Army AllAmerican Bowl drew a crowd of more than 39,000 to the Alamodome, and was the most-watched sporting event on television over the weekend, excluding the NFL playoffs.

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capitalized on that four times in 12 minutes,” said McCormack.

But Pines answered back with two goals in the first half. Pusateri received a pass from Lenz and took a shot inside the penalty box which found the back of the net. Riley then scored on a breakaway against the goalkeeper and slotted it in low.

The second half started off with a Marshfield goal within the first minute, but Riley got a cross from Ridderbusch at the 42-minute mark and again found the back of the net to make it 53. Marshfield answered right back with their sixth and final goal.

Pines goalkeeper Tess Holperin, filling in for Sima, tallied four saves in the game.

In the second game, Pines defeated Clintonville 1-0 as Pusateri received a punted ball and took the ball into the box to score.

“We had lots of opportunities to score as we had 28 shots, but unfortunately no real quality ones,” said McCormack. “I am constantly telling the girls ‘You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.’”

Healy took over in the net this game and played well, according to McCormack.

Pines faced Kingsford, Mich., in the final game of the day for the Eagles that ended in a 0-0 tie for season standings, but a shoot-out for the third-place trophy went to Kingsford for a 1-0 victory.

After seven shooters, Kingsford came out ahead.

Pusateri and Lenz both found the net in the first round of five shooters that ended in a 2-2 tie.

In the second round, Kingsford tallied on their second sudden-death shot against Lenz, who filled in at goalie.

Pines, 4-4-1 in the GNC and 5-7-4 overall, was scheduled to play at Medford on Tuesday of this week and will travel to Wausau Newman this Thursday, May 17, for a 5 p.m. game.

Junior golf program set at Gateway Golf Club Gateway Golf Club in Land O’ Lakes will again host the junior golf program, as participants will learn the basics of grip, posture, alignment, half swing, full swing, balance, putting, chipping and sand play.

The dates for the program, open to boys and girls ages 8 to 18, will be Monday, June 18; Thursday, June 21; Friday, June 22; Monday, June 25; Thursday, June 28; and Friday, June 29.

All ages will start at the practice range at 8 a.m. each day.

Participants also will learn proper etiquette, rules of the game, sportsmanship

and scoring. They also will learn how to prepare for competition.

Each week, junior golfers will have the opportunity to play either three holes (ages eight to 11) or 9 holes (12 to 18).

The program is open to youths from the area, including Watersmeet, Mich., Land O’ Lakes, Conover, Phelps, Sayner, Eagle River and St. Germain.

The teaching staff includes Lizzy Hogan, Brett Hughes, Jack Sarama and coach D. Hughes.

For more information or to register, contact Hughes at (906) 544-2214.

Former champ Zdroik wins at TNT Speedway opener ___________

BY JEREMY MAYO SPECIAL TO THE NEWS-REVIEW

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Two former track champions, Jason Zdroik and Jordan Kurtti, found victory lane in the WISSOTA AMSOIL Dirt Track Series classes at TNT Speedway in Three Lakes over the weekend in the Midwest Modifieds and Street Stocks, respectively.

Meanwhile, a former track championship-winning car found the winners’ circle in the TNT Pure Stocks. Brit Bromann of Rhinelander, driving the Bill Slizewski-owned No. 21, edged out former track champ John Johnson Sr. in the closest finish of the night.

Gleason’s Kasey Gross took the TNT Stingers, while Birnamwood’s Sean Thayer won the TNT Trucks.

The luck of the draw put Zdroik, from Eagle River, in the eighth starting position in the WADTS Midwest Modified feature, but it didn’t take long for him to work his way toward the front.

C.J. Hedges Jr. of Tomahawk passed polesitter Terry Stebbeds of Clearwater Lake for the lead on lap three.

Meanwhile, Zdroik quickly

made his way to fourth and then made a move for third on lap eight. He closed in on the leaders after a caution on lap nine.

Zdroik, starting on outside the second row in the Delaware-style double-file restart, rocketed past Stebbeds and Hedges for the lead and was unchallenged the remainder of the race.

Travis Friske of Tomahawk got second in the race. Joe Kin of Greenland, Mich., Cory Dickman of Bruce Crossing, Mich., and Hedges rounded out the top five.

All five classes of automobiles will return to Three Lakes TNT Speedway next Saturday night at this year’s new, earlier start time. Hot laps will begin at 6:30 p.m., with racing scheduled for 7:15 p.m.

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Eagle River Golf Course hires new golf instructor Eagle River Golf Course has hired a new director of instruction and has designated Saturday, May 19, “Meet Jeff Symmonds Day.” Symmonds will be in the clubhouse at 10:30 a.m., for a meet-and-greet session to introduce himself to the community. Complimentary coffee, milk and donuts will be served.

A golf clinic will follow at approximately 11 a.m., and Symmonds will demonstrate ball flights and discuss teaching programs, golf schools and private lessons. He also will answer questions related to swing issues.

Symmonds has a teaching background that has spanned more than 30 years. He has owned his own golf school for 10 years, with numerous locations in the United States.

He was the winner of the Taylor Made Match Play Championship at PGA West in 1991 and has played professional tournaments in Canada, Australia and Asia. He also was the director of instruction at the Hank Haney Golf Ranch in Austin, Texas, in the late 1990s.

Golf Pro Brad Missling also will be available to provide swing advice and answer golfers’ questions.

Eagle River Golf Course will host upcoming Demo Days, with Cleveland Golf showing equipment Monday, May 14, and Taylor Made demonstrating golf gear Monday, May 21. The demos will take place from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. All clubs ordered on Demo Days will be 10% off.

League play The following leagues are currently under way at Eagle River Golf Course:

Jeff Symmonds, the new director of instruction at Eagle River Golf Course, will be on hand for a meet and greet along with a golf clinic Saturday, May 19.

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— Tuesday Ladies League, 18-hole division tees off from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. and nine-hole division tees off from 3 to 5 p.m., interested women may sign up at course; — Thursday Senior League, tee times from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Thursday afternoons; — Sunday Couples League, tee times from 3 to 4 p.m. Sunday afternoons followed by social dinners at the clubhouse; Friday nights there will be a skins game followed by a social. Those interested can tee off anytime after 4

p.m.

The Junior League will kick off Thursday, June 14, and will continue through the middle of August.

Handicaps will be established for the youths so progress can be tracked all summer.

Ken Check tourney The Ken Check Memorial Golf Tournament will be Friday, May 25, with tee times from noon to 2 p.m.

Event proceeds will benefit the junior golf program.

For more information about any golf event, visit eaglerivergolfcourse.com.

Three Lakes softball team still undefeated in NLC The Three Lakes Lady Jays will continue its Northern Lakes Conference (NLC) winning streak after defeating Crandon 3-0 last Thursday and White Lake 24-0 and 23-0 Friday in a doubleheader.

Three Lakes is currently undefeated in the NLC with a record of 11-0. Overall, the Lady Jays are 15-1.

Against Crandon, Three Lakes came out and scored three runs in the first two

innings, getting a few hits and capitalizing on some errors.

Defensively, the Lady Jays kept Crandon from scoring to take the win.

Hailey Sankey went 2-3, and Brooke Welch had a double in the game. Zana Lorbetske pitched a nice game, striking out 17, walking zero, and allowing only one hit.

Three Lakes took advantage of a lot of walks against

White Lake and held them scoreless for both games of the doubleheader.

Lorbetske pitched for both the wins, and freshman Lauren Sowinski got the save in game two.

The Bluejays were set to host Elcho in an NLC game Tuesday, May 15. They will host Laona-Wabeno Thursday, May 17, before hosting Florence Friday, May 18. All games will begin at 5 p.m.

Jays beat White Lake in baseball ___________

BY ANTHONY DREW NEWS-REVIEW ASST. EDITOR

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The Three Lakes Bluejays baseball team fell to Crivitz 7-2 last Monday and Crandon 10-7 Thursday before defeating White Lake in both games of a doubleheader Friday.

The first game against the Lakers was the result of a suspended game from April.

The Jays came into the contest leading 14-1 after two and one-half innings and didn’t let up.

Brent LaDuke pitched a no-hitter that ended the game in five innings.

“He was hitting his spots and thowing all of his pitches well,” said Three Lakes coach Jeff Liebscher.

Riley Liebscher, Ross Thorn and Ben Pitlik all had three hits for the Jays.

In the second game, Ben Wales held the Lakers at bay for a little more than four innings. Michael LaGalbo got the save facing three batters.

He struck out one and got the other two to fly out.

“We finally had a night where our pitchers threw strikes and our defense was almost flawless,” said coach Liebscher. “We really are a good team when we don’t beat ourselves. Hopefully, we have turned the corner and

will ride this momentum into the playoffs.”

LaDuke, Riley Liebscher and Hunter Mathison all had two hits for the Jays, including a home run from Mathison.

Against Crivitz earlier in the week, the Bluejays had an opportunity to assure themselves a high seed in the Regionals but couldn’t pull it off, as walks and errors allowed Crivitz the win.

“Four straight walks to begin the game led to four runs on just one hit for Crivitz,” said Liebscher. “We hit the ball hard, but it was always at their defenders.”

Jake Schneider took the loss for Three Lakes and Matt Wilkowski led the Bluejays, going 2-3 at the plate.

Three Lakes scored right away in the first inning against Crandon Tuesday, but some offensive mistakes shortened a potentially big inning.

The first two Crandon batters walked and, after a couple of hits, led 2-1 when the game was suspended due to rain.

The game resumed Thursday, and the very first pitch was driven out of the park to give Crandon a 5-1 lead after one inning.

The Jays battled back, but the Cardinals were given too many opportunities, and

Three Lakes came up on the short end.

“We are every bit as good as Crandon, but they limited their errors and didn’t give us as much as we gave them,” said the coach.

Wilkowski led the Jays going 2-3 with three RBIs. Wales took the loss for Three Lakes on the mound.

“Hunter Mathison pitched very well in relief as he did in Crivitz,” said Liebscher. “He’s starting to give us the type of pitching we need to be competitive.”

Seeding was set Monday for the Regional tournament.

Crandon and Oconto tied for the No. 1 seed, and a coin toss gave it to Oconto. Peshtigo was voted third with a 4-11 record, and Crivitz got the No. 4 seed followed by Three Lakes and Laona-Wabeno.

“I’m not very happy with our seeding, but the underdog role has its advantages when it comes to the tournament,” said Liebscher. “Hopefully, we play up to our potential and make a deep run in the playoffs.”

The Jays will host LaonaWabeno Thursday, May 17, before hosting Florence Friday, May 18. Both games will begin at 5 p.m. Three Lakes will participate in a tournament in Minocqua Saturday, May 19, at 10 a.m.

Lady Jays defeat Antigo, fall to Kingsford The Three Lakes High School soccer team was defeated 5-1 by Kingsford, Mich., last Thursday before topping Antigo 3-1 Monday night.

Natalie Miller used her speed to pull away from the defenders, earning two breakaway goals for Three Lakes against Antigo. She was assisted by Erika Running and Indigo Yeager.

Cassie Hoger also found the net, delivering a wellplaced shot off a pass from Bella Devereaux.

Antigo got on the scoreboard early in the second half, but the Lady Jays kept their composure and held on to the lead.

“It was a great win and it felt good,” said Three Lakes coach Stacy Stroud.

After a quick start from Kingsford last week to take a 2-0 lead, Running put one in the net for the Lady Jays just before halftime to close the gap.

“Unfortunately, after ending the half with some good momentum, we weren’t able to capitalize in the second half,” said Stroud.

Kingsford played well in the second half, taking advantage of numerous opportunities to score.

“We were not closing down

their space quick enough on the attack,” said Stroud.

“Kingsford had some big legs that sent crosses and took shots from farther than we were used to seeing.”

The coach added that the game was a good learning experience for the team.

The Lady Jays were scheduled to travel to Washburn Tuesday, May 15. They will host Phillips Thursday, May 17, before traveling to Antigo for a tournament Saturday May 19. All games but the tournament will begin at 5 p.m.

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Top ringers: Susie Erickson 17, Jerry Seideman 14, Mike Benzing Jr. 14.

Six-packs: Susie Erickson 4, Mike Benzing Jr. 3, Jim Verstoppen 2.

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Second place: Josie Sabrowsky and Joyce Anderson, 71.

Third place: Chris Roberts and Katie Rheinschmidt, 72.

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Among the local drivers participating in the nine-race Great Northern Sno-X Series were Alex Spiess, Sean O’Brien, Colton

Local racers partake in snowmobile series The Great Northern SnoX Series (GNSS) concluded its season after an aggressive nine-event schedule. Local racers in the series included Sean O’Brien, Alex Spiess, Colton Swiontek, Ryan Barr and Cody Holewinski.

The series started on the head wall of the Blackjack ski hill in Bessemer, Mich.

Several trips to the Derby Track in Eagle River and events in Plymouth and Jefferson made up the four venues of the nine-race series.

Snores racing in Wisconsin at the Regional level got a makeover in 2009 and has

improved every season. The new series built a professionally run regional circuit where up-and-coming Snores racers will have a place to hone their skills and showcase their talents.

A big focus was put on entry-level racers with classes structured to attract new participation and support the racers that were already involved. A glance over the series points is an indicator of the success the GNSS had in attracting youth racers, as the junior and novice classes were among the strongest attended throughout the season.

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Our View Great partnership makes Military Salute possible A community newspaper cannot be effective without the support of the business community, for it is with that partnership that great things can happen.

One example of that partnership in action is the first-time Military Salute that you will find in this issue of the Vilas County NewsReview and The Three Lakes News — a special section filled with feature stories on soldiers from numerous wars, the profiles of active-duty military personnel and a wealth of information on local veterans organizations and pending legislation.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012

OPINION/COMMENTARY

Time-tested advice for our graduates WITH MANY high school and college graduations being celebrated this time of the year, graduates are being challenged by commencement speakers to make wise decisions when it comes to the next steps of their lives.

Over 130 years ago, Robert Louis Stevenson, the Scottish novelist and essayist, devised a number of rules to help people live happier, more productive lives.

These rules may be over a century old, but they are still excellent guidelines and are still appropriate for today’s young people.

1. Make up your mind to be happy — learn to find pleasure in simple things.

2. Make the best of circumstances. No one has everything, and everyone has something of sorrow.

3. Don’t take yourself too seriously.

4. Don’t let criticism worry you — you can’t please everyone.

5. Don’t let your neighbors set your standards — be yourself.

6. Do things you enjoy doing, but stay out of debt.

7. Don’t borrow trouble.

Imaginary things are harder to bear than actual ones.

8. Since hate poisons the soul, do not cherish enmities and grudges.

9. Have many interests. If you can’t travel, read about places.

10. Don’t hold postmortems or spend time

more.

People Make the Difference

By Byron McNutt brooding over sorrows and mistakes.

11. Don’t be the one who never gets over things. Forgive and forget.

12. Keep busy at something. A very busy person never has time to be unhappy. *** HERE ARE a few random thoughts.

1. The future survival of many government programs, including entitlements, is based on a vibrant, young workforce; a growing, prosperous middle class; and an adequate tax base.

Actuaries have to be concerned about the negative impact of the many aging baby boomers who have no children or grandchildren in, or entering, the workforce.

In 1950 the ratio of workers to retirees was 16 to 1. Today the ratio is 3 to 1, and it is shrinking. How will the system pay the earned benefits to the growing number of retirees?

2. Ever wonder why Chinese workers save a high percentage of their work earnings while American workers are known to be poor savers?

Economists say the reason is because Chinese workers have very few, if any, government safety nets.

If a worker loses his job in China, he can’t get unemployment, food stamps, free health care, housing subsidies and can’t expect government education grants.

Have Americans become lazy and dependent?

3. There seems to be widespread opposition to reforming the federal tax code. We’re afraid that if we raise the tax rates on highincome Americans, they won’t have any money left to create new jobs for the unemployed.

Yet, each election year, the over-taxed upper-middle class and wealthy income earners have no problem writing big donation checks to the political party of their choice, to PACs, specialinterest groups and individual candidates.

4. It seems with each passing year, we are lowering the bar on so many things. We expect less and less. As the standards get set lower, we have a harder time determining right from wrong. We need to raise the bar. Aim higher. Expect

The salute comes during National Military Awareness Month and in time to promote the Memorial Day ceremonies that are planned in virtually every community here Monday, May 28. Many of the photos in the special section were taken during past Memorial Day services, where Americans take time to honor the heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice for the freedoms we enjoy in these United States.

Sustaining the economy

We’d like to salute the veterans who shared their wartime stories in this special edition. We’d like to thank the veterans organizations for the civic-minded work they do and the help they provide in welcoming soldiers into their ranks. The credit for this first-time section goes to everyone who contributed, including our staff and freelance correspondents.

From the standpoint of a community newspaper, we want our readers to know this Military Salute would not have been possible without the support of the businesses and organizations that took ads supporting our effort. Our civic-minded partners on this project deserve much of the credit.

As the state Department of Tourism announced last week that travelers spent more than $354 million in Vilas and Oneida counties in 2011, events like the Journeys Marathon get credit for boosting tourism during the pre-Memorial Day fringe season.

The 16th annual Journeys Marathon last weekend drew participants from 19 states and Ontario, Canada, for a marathon, halfmarathon, 13.1-mile power walk and a 5-kilometer event. In total, 979 participants, plus their families and friends, gave a boost to the tourism industry in the greater Eagle River area. Many of those guests will return again for another visit to the scenic North Woods.

And best of all, the fitness-minded individuals are promoting the sport of running, which has the potential to make positive lifestyle changes on the community as a whole.

Hats off to the sponsoring Eagle River Area Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center, events coordinator Kim Emerson and the more than 250 volunteers who make it all happen.

Behind the editorial ‘we’ Members of the Vilas County NewsReview editorial board include Publisher Kurt Krueger, Editor Gary Ridderbusch and Assistant Editor Anthony Drew.

*** THIS IS JUST in from Washington. President Obama and leaders of Congress have announced new Federal Golf Rules, effective June 1. Congress has appointed a Golf Czar and a committee is drafting a 2,000-page rule book. Here is a preview of the changes, as sent to me via the Internet.

Golfers with handicaps below 10 will have their green fees increased by 35%; between 11 and 18 will see no increase in green fees; and above 18 will get a $20 check each time they play.

At a news conference/campaign stop, Obama called the revisions to the rules “fair.”

He said the rule changes were not an election year stunt, but just an attempt to offer help to those who are struggling.

Obama said the term “gimme” will be changed to “entitlement” and will be used as follows: — Handicaps below 10, no entitlements; — Handicaps from 11 to 17, entitlements for putterlength putts; — Handicaps above 18, if your ball is on the green, no need to putt, just pick it up.

These entitlements are intended to bring about fairness and, most importantly, equality. In addition, a player will be limited to a maxiTo McNUTT, Pg. 19A

Robert Reich

Freedom is not free. Our national security costs billions of dollars but none of those costs compare to the burden being placed on the military and their families. The vast majority of Americans who don’t serve will never fully understand the long-term impact of wartime on veterans and anyone close to them. The current war on terror is no exception.

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Scenic course draws runners

The scenic backroads of Vilas County were the setting for the 16th annual Journeys Marathon Saturday, with runners starting on County Highway K west of Star Lake.

The course passes through the Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest, as well as county forest land.

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Blame it on a phone call This may seem like a strange time to talk about snow and cold and skiing but, hey, it’s only mid-May; who knows if we’ve seen the last of the white stuff?

Okay, so it’s pretty unlikely we’ll see any snow until at least September but, despite that fact, there is a good reason I’m thinking about snow.

Blame it on a phone call.

This phone call came from someone about 9,000 miles away who has had far weightier things on his mind for the last nine months, and is just now finding time to think about things like snow and cross-country skiing and the American Birkebeiner.

The caller was my son, Brooks, who is within three months of wrapping up his second tour of duty in Afghanistan, and he called to let me know that in a moment of whimsy he went online and registered for the 2013 American Birkebeiner ski race, and that he fully expects I will follow suit in the near future.

Judging by registration numbers as of last week, it

Trails & Tales By Will Maines looks like the Birkie may well reach it’s goal of 10,000 skiers by late fall with over 2,200 already signed up.

The bottom line is, as of this week, I will be among those officially in the Birkie field, looking ahead to Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013 when we will all leave the start line near Cable for the 50- or 54kilometer trek — depending on whether you are a skater or classic skier — to the finish line in Hayward.

I have been at the Birkie start line for all but a few years since 1984 for either the Birkie or the 25-kilometer Kortelopet, but for Brooks it will be only his second Birkie after doing three Kortelopets while still in high school.

In his first Kortelopet he started in wave six because

he had no previous starts, while I took off classic skiing from the fourth wave, 20 minutes ahead of him.

I remember thinking at the time I might get to the Kortelopet finish at Highway OO — we skied from Hayward to Cable at the time — but alas, that was not to be. I was 16K into the Birkie when this irritating, sing-songy voice rang out from a few feet behind me, “Oh, Popper, you mind getting out of the way of a real skier?”

There he was, a dreaded skate skier, having made up 20 minutes on me in just 16 kilometers, and there I was, contemplating rapping him across the knees with a ski pole as he impudently flashed past me at the base of a steep climb.

That was the last I ever saw of him in any of his three Kortelopet races as, in each succeeding year, he moved another wave further ahead of me at the start. I did see him two weeks after the next year’s Birkie, seeing him To MAINES, Pg. 19A

ON MAY 1, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit its highest peak since December 2007. But April’s jobs report was a disappointment — only 115,000 new jobs were created. At least 125,000 are required each month just to keep up with the growth of our working-age population.

What’s going on?

Shares are up because corporate profits are up, and profits are up largely because companies have figured out how to do more with less.

One of the most striking legacies of the Great Recession has been the decline of full-time employment — as companies have substituted software or outsourced jobs abroad (courtesy of the Internet, making outsourcing more efficient than ever), or shifted them to contract workers also linked via Internet and software.

That’s why most of the gains from the productivity revolution are going to the owners of capital. Meanwhile, typical workers are either unemployed or underemployed, or else getting wages and benefits whose real value continues to drop.

The portion of total income going to capital rather than labor is the highest since the 1920s.

Increasingly, the world belongs to those collecting capital gains. They’re the ones who demanded and got massive tax cuts in 2001 and 2003 on the false promise that the gains would “trickle down” to everyone else in the form of more jobs and better wages.

They’re now advocating austerity economics on the false premise that cuts in public spending — including education, infrastructure and safety nets — will generate more “confidence” and “certainty” among lenders and investors, and also lead to more jobs and better wages.

None of this is sustainable, economically or socially.

It’s not sustainable economically because when most of the gains from productivity growth go to people at the top, the vast middle class doesn’t have the purchasing power to buy the To REICH Pg. 19A

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012

OP-ED/READER OPINION Governor should work Maines FROM PAGE 18A for all people of state Letter to the Editor: Scott Walker should be voted out of office for two main reasons.

First, during his 2010 campaign, he gave the people of Wisconsin no notice of the extreme agenda he had planned for us once elected. In his own words, he “dropped the bomb” in February last year — and has been lobbing grenades ever since.

Second, the unilateral and partisan methods he has used to pass his agenda are just not the Wisconsin way. He has grabbed more power for himself than any other leader in Wisconsin history. A governor should work with honesty and transparency for all the people of his state, not for the corporations and billionaires who write the legislation they want enacted.

Driving around and seeing the giant pro-Walker signs paid for by people in Florida, New York and Texas makes me wonder: Where do these wealthy donors — and Wisconsin’s own citizens — “stand with Scott Walker”? Do they stand in the unemployment line with the thousands of Wisconsinites who can’t find a job that will support

their families? Are they standing with a young mother who can’t take her sick child to the doctor after losing their BadgerCare? Will they be there to help a first-grader learn to read in his class of 35 kids? Are they with the student on a tech school waiting list because of Walker’s 30% cuts to those programs? Are they standing with arms around the woman who has undiagnosed cervical cancer because Planned Parenthood can no longer provide her annual exam? Or will they be standing in a Milwaukee courtroom if/when Walker is charged in the John Doe investigation?

jump out from the front row of his start wave, just a few skiers away from former Pittsburgh Steeler great Lynn Swann, who was doing a piece for “Wide World of Sports” on ABC. It wasn’t until he got out of the army after his first three-year stint that I actually saw Brooks again on the course during a Birkebeiner.

He skied his first Birkie that year, I think it was 10 or 12 years ago, and because once again he had no qualifying time, he started way back in the ninth wave while I took off from the sixth.

I knew my 30-minute head start wouldn’t hold up, and I accordingly set my goal at getting 30K into the race

before he caught me.

As things would have it, I skied what, to that date, turned out to be my fastest Birkie ever, and at 30K he still hadn’t caught me. From that point on I was looking over my shoulder as much as ahead, just waiting for the smart aleck to run me down.

As I made it past the 38k food station to the top of B---- Hill and all the way to the Highway 77 food station, I began to think the unthinkable; that I was actually going to beat Brooks to the finish line, even though he would still beat me in actual time.

From the last food station I made the long 11⁄2-kilometer climb to the final big downhill running into Duffy’s Field, and still no Brooks.

Across the field, onto Lake Hayward and tantalizingly close to the water tower

where skiers exit the lake, my heart started beating faster and faster as I envisioned myself beating Brooks to the line.

Then, from behind me, came this irritating, singsongy voice, “Oh, Popper, you mind getting out of the way of a real skier?”

So close, but so far away. I had made it to within a halfmile of the finish, way beyond my wildest expectations, before the son of a gun caught me.

From there he lollygagged alongside me as I pushed as hard as I could, knowing I had a good chance to set my all-time personal best — which I did accomplish.

Skiing up Main Street alongside my son made that Birkie the best of my career, no matter what the finish time. Even though the brat deserted me 50 yards from

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the finish and sprinted across ahead of me, I couldn’t have imagined a better Birkie.

Now, finally, next February we’ll have a chance to do it all over again. If a dad was to ever get his druthers, I would ski fast enough to hit the finishing block on Main Street with Brooks once again, although now that he’s in the best shape of his life and I am, well, not in the best shape of mine, that’s not likely to happen.

It won’t matter. Just knowing we’re together on the Birkie trail, knowing there will be a celebratory Crown Royal waiting whenever I cross the finish line, and maybe a smart-aleck son there with that particular beverage in hand waiting for me, will be enough.

Bring on the snow.

Please watch and listen to Walker the next time he talks about all the jobs he has created and then look at the actual statistics on Wisconsin jobs over the past 16 months.

If you are happy with our steady march to the bottom since his budget took effect and the blatant lies he continues to tell, then continue to stand with him. It’s clear to the rest of us that the emperor has no clothes.

Cheryl Andrist Rhinelander

Confusion over bag limits reason youths not fishing Letter to the Editor: An open letter to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

Problem No. 1: I drive 20 miles to go trout fishing. I catch five trout which is my limit on that part of the stream. Across the road is a three trout limit of larger size.

All I have to do is cross the road to get three more of a larger size. What do I do?

Drive all the way home, put my trout in the freezer and drive 20 miles back to get the other three?

Problem No. 2: I put my boat in on the Catfish Lake landing and motor up to Cran-

berry Lake and get my threewalleye limit, and then I come back to Catfish Lake, a twowalleye lake. So do I have to load my boat and drive home, put my limit in the freezer and then drive to another lake, put my boat in and get my limit or what is the proper procedure?

Everyone is wondering why the younger generation is quitting fishing, but to me it is not a wonder. It’s the ridiculous rules that make things ridiculous. Someone please clear this up!

Ed Gacke Eagle River

Letters policy The Vilas County News-Review/The Three Lakes News welcomes letters from its readers. Letters should be written legibly, or typed, and must include the name, address and telephone number of the writer. No letters will be published without the writer’s name. Initials and/or pseudonyms will not be used. Unsigned letters will be disregarded. While the maximum limit is 600 words, writers should note that shorter letters will receive top priority. No political letters will appear in the last issue prior to an election. They should be mailed to us at P.O. Box 1929, Eagle River, WI 54521; e-mail address: erpub@nnex.net.

McNutt FROM PAGE 18A mum of one birdie or six pars in any given 18-hole round.

Any excess must be given to those fellow players who have not yet scored a birdie or par. Only after all players have received a birdie or par from the player actually making the birdie or par,

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can that player begin to count his pars and birdies again.

Between now and November, Americans will be hearing a lot about fairness. Golf must be about fairness. It should have nothing to do with ability, hard work, practice or responsibility. Washington is committed to equality and fairness, even if it defies common sense. It’s the right thing to do!

Vilas Food Pantry board committed to remaining strong community asset Dear Editor: This letter is written to the most important constituents of the Vilas Food Pantry, our recipients, our donors and our hardworking volunteers.

The Vilas Food Pantry board, in accordance with its mission to provide supplemental and emergency food provisions, takes this opportunity to respond to concerns previously expressed by “Reader Opinion” writers to this paper.

As of March 31, 2012, (our fiscal year-end) the food pantry had $93,622 in cash reserves (down from $118,995 at the end of last year). Of that amount, approximately $27,000 is remaining funds from our building expansion/remodeling project.

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Those funds were specifically donated for capital improvements and we respect the intentions of our donors.

The funds were not intended to support day-to-day operations of the pantry. Instead, they are used to handle the maintenance and repair of the building and unexpected expenses such as equipment repairs and replacement.

Five years ago (year ending March 31, 2008), the pantry food expenses averaged $5,794 per month in purchased and donated food.

For our most current yearend, that figure has jumped to $14,129. That is a 144% increase in just five years. If we had to use our cash reserves (excluding the remaining building funds) to purchase all of the food needed on a monthly basis, our reserves would last less than five months.

Our mission is to provide supplemental and emergency food to those in need. We have been doing this, quietly, since

1983. This could only happen through the generosity of this warm and caring community.

We cannot run this organization on a shoe-string and expect it to stay vibrant. We believe that by continuing to be fiscally responsible, we will remain a solid, stable asset well into the future.

With regard to food choices in our pantry: with limited space, we cannot be all things to all people. We have a “selfchoice” philosophy at the pantry. That means that recipients are able to choose the foods that they want, and will use, in their homes. The size of the family determines how many pounds of food they receive. No one has been refused food, ever. Also, nutrition education is available to assist recipients in making wise choices and using resources in the best way possible.

It is our hope that this answers misunderstandings about the pantry’s day-to-day operations and our fiscally

conservative approach to managing the resources.

Should other concerns arise, the public is always welcome to attend our quarterly board meetings. Or come and see the pantry during distribution hours (first and third Tuesdays 3:30 to 5:15 p.m and every Wednesday 8:30 to 10 a.m.).

We feel strongly that the Vilas Food Pantry is a solid asset in our community and is helping many people. We want to make sure that it remains solid and strong for years to come. If you have any questions or concerns, we welcome your calls.

Respectfully, Donna Martens, president Betsy Reach Spencer, treasurer Karin Schmidt, secretary Jackie Coghlan, board member Richard Short, pantry director Jerry Wyckoff, pantry food manager

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graduates are unemployed or underemployed.

Inequality is also widening in China, where the scandal surrounding Bo Xilai and his family is serving as a public morality tale about great wealth and official corruption. Students in Chile are in revolt over soaring tuition and other perceived social injustices.

It’s a combustible concoction wherever it occurs.

Increasing productivity, widening inequality and rising unemployment create tinderbox societies.

History tells us public anger and frustration can ignite in two very different ways. One is toward reforms that more broadly share the productivity gains. The other is toward demagogues who turn people against one another.

Demagogues use fear and frustration to advance themselves and their own narrow political agendas — scapegoating immigrants, foreigners, ethnic minorities, labor unions, government workers, the poor, the rich, and “enemies within” such as com-

munists, terrorists or other conspirators.

Be warned: The demagogues already are on the loose. In Europe, fringe parties on the right and left are gaining ground. In America, politics has turned especially caustic and polarized.

(The right is even back to accusing people it doesn’t like of being communists.)

No one knows where China is heading, but reformers and ideologues are battling some of it out in public.

The real economy isn’t the stock market. It’s jobs and wages — and the standard of living of most people.

Unless the gains of the productivity revolution are more broadly shared, the world’s tinderbox societies will ignite in divisiveness.

Robert B. Reich, Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California and former U.S. Secretary of Labor, is the author of the newly released “Beyond Outrage: What has gone wrong with our economy and our democracy, and how to fix it,” a Knopf e-book original.

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Destiny O’Brien, 15 Student Eagle River “It is really sad. Nobody should do it — don’t drive drunk. When I saw Mary screaming, because she saw her friend, I felt really bad and it made me cry.

We were all crying.”

Carson Cox, 15 Student St. Germain “It looked legitimate and real.

It is an eye-opener because in a small town it doesn’t happen often. Everyone should know that everything you do has an impact on people around you.”

Maddie Consoer, 16 Student St. Germain “It makes it feel like it really happened, with the cars smashed. Like, for the one arrested for drunk driving, it would really happen that he would go to jail. It’s scary.”

goods and services an evermore productive economy can generate. The result is chronically inadequate demand for goods and services. That’s meant anemic growth punctuated by recessions.

It’s not sustainable socially because high unemployment and widening inequality results in rising frustration over the inability of most people to get ahead.

Austerity economics in Europe is fanning the flames, as public budgets are slashed on the false crucible of fiscal responsibility.

In the United States, an anemic recovery and plunging home prices are taking a toll. A large portion of the public believes the game is rigged and no longer trusts that the major institutions of society — big business, Wall Street or government — are on their side.

In Europe and America, 30% to 50% of recent college

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VILAS COUNTY NEWS-REVIEW/THE THREE LAKES NEWS

READER OPINION

Asks county supervisors to support ATV routes/trails Letter to the Editor: An open letter to Vilas County Board Supervisors: The Landover ATV Club requests each Vilas County Board member to consider, with an open mind, amending the 2004 Vilas County anti-all-terrain vehicle resolution.

Specifically, the resolution should be amended to allow all-terrain vehicle (ATV) routes/trails on county highways and forests on a townby-town basis when requested by a town. This would send the message that Vilas County promotes ATV business and would tell the towns that the county would approve routes/trails on county roads/land to link communities.

Vilas County businesses have experienced another winter of less-than-mediocre snowmobile business. Business needs ATV activity, and Vilas County needs the sales tax revenue resulting from ATV business.

Amending the resolution is the right thing to do, because passing it was wrong for the following reasons: The resolution was a knee-jerk reaction to a nonbinding referendum. It is an unAmerican, discriminatory act, in that a majority stands in the way of a minority’s pursuit of happiness guaranteed by our Constitution.

There are few, if any, activities that would stand the test of a similar referendum (bicycling, hunting, snowmobiling, golfing, etc.) where you would get a majority vote approving.

The 2004 referendum was driven by an anti-ATV movement, which has evolved into today’s silent-sport movement. The irony is the bicycle trails and maintenance is supported by the taxpayer, including those who are also

ATVers. How many people are aware these federal grants for bicycle trails are actually money from the federal highway trust fund? The source is the federal gasoline tax; everyone who buys gasoline is paying for bicycle trails. Also, town taxpayers are paying for bicycle-trail maintenance through their town crews maintaining these trails. We are not against bicycle trails but need to emphasize the double standard here.

Many Vilas County citizens, along with elderly and handicapped people, are denied access to pursuit of happiness. Several years ago, a young man, handicapped by loss of both legs, was observed participating in a Michigan ATV poker run operating an ATV by himself, which indicates ATVs can have a benefit to elderly and handicapped.

To those who say ATVs are unsafe to travel on county highways need to answer two questions: How can ATVs be unsafe on county highways but slow-moving bicycles, Amish horse-drawn buggies, farm equipment, etc. be safe?

How can ATV routes work in most Wisconsin counties and the state of Michigan but not in Vilas County?

You need to have some good data to back up your opinion, but there is none, so the answer is ATV routes are safe. To opine that ATV routes are unsafe, either you have some valid data, or you are pandering to the antiATV movement.

For your information, the Wisconsin senate and house just passed (2/21/12, effective 07/01/12) an ATV bill which, among other things, requires the rear displayed identification number, which should greatly eliminate the fear of ATV drivers who will violate

Stillness of mornings, evenings would end with ATVs in Vilas Dear Editor: Nice weather we’re having. Nice and quiet. The trees are leafing out, the loons are back, the ducks are mating. The stillness of the woods this time of year in the mornings and evenings is almost hypnotic.

All this may change — especially if you live in the town of Phelps.

This Friday, May 18, the Vilas Highway and Forestry committees will hold a joint open meeting to decide whether to let ATVs use Highway A in Phelps. There have been many pros and cons regarding this hotbut-

ton issue, but in the end it really comes down to whether we will keep our peace and quiet or not.

If you are against ATVs in Phelps, and countywide, for this is really what they want, come to the meeting. You won’t have to stand up and speak.

If you want to sit out on your deck and have a quiet cup of coffee in the morning, or a beer in the evening, without the racket and din of these machines, come to the meeting at 9 a.m. in the courthouse basement.

Bill Boscamp Land O’ Lakes

Making mockery of marriage Dear Editor: With all the hoopla over gay marriage, before we pontificate about marriage being a union of a man and woman, maybe we should consider the state of marriage among us nongays.

First, consider the high percentage of marriages that end in divorce, thus leaving scads of single moms. Then there are an alarming number of men and women who choose to cohabitate, as we used to say, “without the benefit of clergy.” Moving right

along, there are so-called celebrities and others who proudly show the world their offspring which came about almost miraculously without benefit of marriage.

I’m not ready to go out picketing for gay marriage, but I am at least impressed by their willingness to honor marriage in the observance while so many others are making a mockery of what used to be at least a timehonored tradition.

Jack Colby Eagle River

Primich decision is an injustice Letter to the Editor: In response to last week’s article about the accidental poisoning of eagles, in my opinion, how wrong of the person who euthanized the animals, nor the landfill, not to step up to the plate and hold no responsibility!

Seriously!

What about the animals that were euthanized? What about the landfill that should have disposed of the carcasses properly? They failed to meet their obligation.

Jennifer and the shelter did as prescribed. So throw the new kid on the block under the bus, leaving her (Jennifer Primich) to hold the bag. Shame on them! What an injustice.

I know Jennifer loves animals and all critters, and I think she does a wonderful job at the Vilas County Humane Society. Thank you, Jen. Keep up the great work.

Respectfully, Pauleyn Nystrom Phelps

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the laws, which are backed up by stiff fines.

Today, with many people carrying a cell phone equipped with a camera, an ATV operator would need to be a moron to choose to act irresponsibly.

We have room for 21 leaders on our Vilas County board. As a Vilas County board supervisor, we ask you to do the right thing and take a leadership role in getting the 2004 referendum amended, so that individual towns can support the business and residents who are in favor of ATV routes/trails.

Yours Truly, Landover ATV Club Roger Flaherty, president Editor’s note: This letter to the Vilas County Board supervisors was edited because it exceeded the 600word limit for the Forum section.

ATV traffic in Vilas County not in best interest of tourism Letter to the Editor: The Vilas County Highway Committee and the Vilas County Forestry, Recreation and Land Committee will meet jointly on Friday, May 18, 2012, at 9 a.m. in the Courthouse Conference Rooms, to consider a request from the town of Phelps.

The town will again ask permission to designate a portion of Vilas County Highway A in Phelps as an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) route.

I’m opposed to any use of Vilas County highways and lands for ATV traffic because I think ATV traffic is counter to Vilas County’s best interests.

Here’s why: There is a likelihood that ATV traffic in Vilas County will discourage repeat visitors who have made Vilas County one of the highest revenue producers in Wisconsin for tourism dollars. Visitors have come to appreciate Vilas

County’s quiet resources. Call it the Vilas County brand.

Tourism & Publicity committee members stated and agreed several times at the April 3 meeting that quiet pursuits (Vilas County brand) attract loyal visitors to Vilas County year after year. ATV traffic threatens this vital visitor loyalty.

Since there is likelihood that ATV traffic in Vilas County will discourage these visitors who have supported Vilas County for so many years, I’m hoping that committee members will think long and hard before sanctioning ATV traffic in Vilas County.

ATV proponents have claimed that ATV traffic in Vilas County will improve revenues from visitors and tourists. It seems reasonable, therefore, that ATV proponents should produce convincing and substantive evidence, and present this evidence to

committee members before they decide upon this request.

There are 90 pages of a 2011 petition containing 897 names of Vilas County voters and landowners/taxpayers opposing ATV routes and trails that are contained in a binder in the County Clerk’s office. It certainly appears that Vilas County voters and landowners/taxpayers still feel strongly that ATV traffic on county roads and lands is not in the best interests of Vilas County.

Since such a great many Vilas County voters and landowners/taxpayers still oppose ATV traffic on county roads and county lands, as specified in Vilas County Resolution 2004-25, doesn’t it seem reasonable that voters should be consulted again by referendum before any modifications are made to this resolution?

Alan Drum Presque Isle