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AN ARTWORK PAINTED with light is just one of the many new things you will see at this year’s Driftless Area Art Festival in Soldiers Grove on Saturday, Sept. 20 and Sunday Sept. 21. This piece titled ‘Entering the Waterhole,’ was created by Jordan Kjome and is one of the many works he will have on display at the festival. In all, there are 19 new artists among the 85, who have been accepted into this year’s festival.

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Many new artists to exhibit at Driftless Area Art Festival When the Driftless Area Art Festival opens for its tenth year on September 20, eightyfive visual artists will offer a wide range of work, including painting, drawing, multi-media, sculpture, pottery, jewelry and fabric art. With 19 artists new to the festival, let’s meet a few of those whose work will be on display. Madden and Farra One team, Maya Madden and Wayne Farra, from Lone Rock, have a total of over 60 years of jewelry-making ex-

Helen’s Daughters Another team, Helen’s Daughters, will be represented by Mariella TerBeest-Schladweiler of Preston, Minnesota, who will bring her handbag art to the Festival. The artistic partnership involves Mariella and her sister Char TerBeest Kudla. They started their business in 1989 to honor their mother, Helen, who taught them to sew at a very young age. Each sister has her own individual handbag style and

Sometimes, these smaller including dining tables, end plein air sketches become the tables, coffee tables and coninspiration for larger canvases sole tables. Each design is that she paints in her studio in unique, responding to the texDakota, Minnesota. ture and look of the materials. The table bases are made from The Kjomes Another artist paints with reclaimed lumber from midlight. In addition to more tra- 19th century homes and farm ditional outdoor photographs, buildings, with tops inlaid Jordan Kjome creates many with mosaic stone. Kate Chandler of his photographs in the dark of night, painting his subject Art with everyday uses is matter using a spotlight and one of the inspirations behind colored gels, illuminating September 11, 2014Chandler’s 7:17 pm / work. She Kate specific parts of the scene, so, makes modern, beautiful and for example, one pine tree ap-

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PREPPING FOR PIPERS Jon Pundt clears brush from a trail at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center on Friday as volunteers with Thermo-Fisher Scientific prepare the grounds for Saturday’s Pipers in the Prairie event. The fundraiser for the center’s environmental programs for children features a bonfire and Celtic-oriented performances.

Man pleads guilty in $5M Stradivarius violin theft ‌M.L. JOHNSON Associated Press‌

MILWAUKEE — A man accused of masterminding the theft of a $5 million Stradivarius violin pleaded guilty to robbery Friday, nearly eight months after the 300-year-old instrument was snatched from a musician who was attacked with a stun gun

in Milwaukee. Salah Salahadyn, 42, was taken into custody after changing his plea during a hearing in Milwaukee County court. He could face more than a decade in prison when sentenced Nov. 10. The instrument was missing for nine days before police found it, in good condition, in a suitcase at the Milwaukee home of Sala-

hadyn’s acquaintances. Police said the homeowner didn’t know what was in the suitcase stored in his attic. The other man charged in the violin case, Universal K. Allah, was sentenced to 3½ years in prison after pleading guilty in May to being party to felony robbery, the same charge to which Salahadyn pleaded guilty. Pros-

ecutors said Allah provided the stun gun used to attack concertmaster Frank Almond. Almond was shocked with a stun gun Jan. 27 in a parking lot after leaving a performance in Milwaukee. Almond has said he was lucky he didn’t suffer a career-ending arm or wrist injury when he crumpled to the icy pavement that night.

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Between the cool air and the changing leaves there can be little doubt that fall has arrived. According to travelwisconsin.com, Menomonie and the rest of Dunn County are only half way to peak fall colors. The best colors are expected to appear next week before quickly fading away.

CVTC takes lead in $20M fed grant program Funds available through Advancing Careers and Training for Healthcare grants Chippewa Valley Technical College will receive federal grants totaling nearly $20 million to be shared among all Wisconsin Technical College System schools to prepare workers for careers in the healthcare

industry, and to develop a statewide career pathways system that will help students in all fields. The grants are part of $450 million in job training grants announced at the White House Monday. CVTC and Massasoit Community College in Massachusetts are the largest recipients of the grants in the nation. “Congress authorized these grants as part of economic recovery legislation several years ago. Our technical college system as a whole decided we should present a united

front and have all the technical colleges work together in seeking the grant money,” said CVTC President Bruce Barker. The award to CVTC comes from two separate grants. The largest is a $15 million Advancing Careers and Training for Healthcare grant. Those funds will be shared with all 16 WTCS colleges, ranging from $1.5 million for Milwaukee Area Technical College to $529,000 for Southwest Wisconsin Technical College. The colleges will use their shares to enhance their own

healthcare-related programs in order to provide job training, targeting displaced workers and veterans. “We know there’s going to be a huge demand for healthcare workers because of our aging population,” Barker said. CVTC’s will use a $722,178 allocation from the grant to enhance the programs that serve as gateways for the Nursing – Associate Degree program. See CVTC, A2

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Autumn sunrise provides striking view of Lake Chetek for early birds Early risers were treated to a beautiful eastern sky as bright shades of orange, mixed with vibrant reds and yellows, made for this spectacular sunrise Wednesday, Sept. 24. The photo was taken from Main Street in front of the old Internet Cafe/Jennings Law office and shows one of Chetek’s iconic landmarks—Red Rock (Red Lodge) Resort and Lake Chetek.

‘Dogs slip in HON with loss at Bloomer by tyler florczak

In a game that had been circled on the Bulldogs’ calendar since last season, the Chetek-Weyerhaeuser football team (3-1, 5-1) was edged by conference foe Bloomer (4-0, 5-1) by a 9-7 score Friday, Sept. 26. Entering the game, both teams were tied at the top of the Heart of the North conferC-W 7 ence. But bloomer 9 the Blackhawks separated themselves from the pack and possibly solidified another conference title with

the win, barring an upset from Hayward, Spooner or Cumberland. The defensive battle featured 10 total turnovers (five each), a safety and a fumble return for a touchdown, but when it was all said and done, C-W was just a play or two away from coming out on top. C-W’s defense kept the ‘Dogs in the game, especially in the first half, where Bloomer spent the majority of the time deep in Bulldog territory. The ‘Hawks received the opening kickoff and despite a long, 13-play drive to start the game,

C-W stopped Bloomer on fourth down and took over on downs on their own 4 yard line. Following a Bulldog punt, Bloomer again threatened but senior Sean Kositzka forced a Bloomer fumble and recovered it on C-W’s 5 yard line. Unfortunately, the limited field position backfired, and Bloomer took the lead after sacking junior quarterback Derek Buchman in the end zone, resulting in a safety. Again Bloomer took over with great field position on C-W’s See football, page B3

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October 1, 2014 5:31 pm / tyler florczak | chetek alert The lady Bulldogs’ volleyball team suffered another tough

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The sunset appeared to be resting on Perkins Street on Friday evening as a warm day and perfect conditions meant a great weekend for fall color fans.

City signs deal for new fa Matador America promises $6 million worth of construction at mink food processing plant by News Editor Brian WIlson

Area deaths Obituaries start on page 18 for: Alfred Bartoszewski Lawrence Jacobi James Klinner Dale Kraegenbrink Ervin Schueller Rebecca Teigen Joseph Wojcik

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North Breeze Dairy d current attempts for a hi of Little Black by withdra Wisconsin Department of Taylor County Land C said he received news of th request to DNR officials said North Breeze Dairy for developing the large Taylor County. The DNR the application means dev a new application and pay to proceed. North Breeze D a spring 2015 construction Brian Gerrits, chief exe cial officer of Breeze Dair on Wednesday, “We have well permit application a crepancy between WDNR

The city of Medford will pay up to $1.5 million for road and utility improvements as part of a developers agreement with a Medfordbased mink food processing firm. After more than 40 minutes in closed session at a special city council meeting Monday evening, aldermen came back into open session and unanimously approved the 10-page developers agreement with Matador America LLC. Aldermen Greg Knight and Pat DeChatelets were absent. The special meeting was needed to allow the company to proceed with plans to break ground this week on an approxi-

mately 127,000 square foot building located in the city industrial park south of CTH O. Jorn Mogensen signed the agreement on Sept. 26 as manager for the company. State records indicate Matador America was organized on February 18 of this year. State financial records also list Mogensen as the primary agent for A&M Dittrich Mink Ranch,

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Shaggy sprinters A trio of llama cart racers — Kevin Flink, Denise Brecke and Urias Schrock — bolt down Hemlock Street in Abbotsford on Saturday during the annual Lama and Craft A-Faire. To see more pictures from this year’s event, including the “kiss the llama” winner, go to page 20. BRYAN WEGTER/STAFF PHOTO

Clark Co. budget includes 1.1% tax hike By Dean Lesar The TRG Property taxes for Clark County residents are expected to increase 1.1 percent for next year, but that modest hike does not include money for the $4.7 million radio communications system approved by the county board of supervisors in July. The county will postpone any major spending on that project for now, until it can spend more time studying various options for improving the dispatch system that links the sheriff’s department with emergency response units throughout the county. The county board got its first look at the 2015 budget at an Oct. 2 session in

Neillsville. As it is now proposed, the tax rate for next year — to be used to compute property tax bills mailed to residents in December — will rise from $7.50 to $7.62. That equates to a tax increase of $12 on a $100,000 home. When it began budget work in early September, the board’s finance committee directed departments to submit budgets with 1 percent cuts in spending. Thirteen departments met that directive, with others submitting waivers explaining why they could not. After initial budgets were presented from each department, the committee had a gap of almost $3 million between the maximum tax levy it can assess under state law and the requested amounts.

Almost $1.9 million of the total gap was attributed to the proposed radio communications project. The plan approved by the full board in July called for the county to spend that amount in 2015 to begin work on building towers and other infrastructure for the system. The remainder of the $4.7 million total was to be covered in ensuing years’ budgets, as work progressed. The finance committee decided to pull back on the project, however, as questions are arising. “There are a lot of issues that keep turning up,” said finance committee chairman Rodger Ashbeck of Green-

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Athletic procedure questioned Spooner School Board hears public comment Danielle H. Moe | Staff writer SPOONER – During the president’s report Robert Hoellen, Spooner School Board president, addressed the larger than usual school board meeting audience on Monday, Oct. 6, to clarify issues regarding athletic procedure changes. “Students are still able to attend athletic events they do not participate in, just like they always have,” said Hoellen. Hoellen explained that the major modifications in athletic changes included limiting the expense to the district for students and coaches to attend events where student athletes are not direct participants, requiring coaches to ride buses with students to events and to obtain district authorization to attend events. No financial limit would be placed on events where fundraising had taken place in order for student athletes to attend. It was also clarified that guardians can always, as before, excuse

if staff had questions or needed clarification on school policy or procedure to address those with administrators. “I tried to utilize staff to do the respectful thing in this situation, I am thankful that it has changed and that we can bring the kids there but we have never, ever been able to take kids out …without administration or parent approval,” said Andrew Melton. Melton is the Spooner High School wrestling coach and attempted to explain to the board how he had spoken to two administrators about the changes. During his public comment he was interrupted by Hoellen and was asked to not speak because Hoellen said Melton was trying to charge individuals. The board meeting periodically erupted with loud comments made by audience members present, upset at how Melton was not being heard. Melton was able to finish making his comments, closing with an apology for statements and comments that were made on social media about the issue. Six other individuals came forward during October 8, 2014 5:27 pm / the public comment period regarding the ath-

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Participants in Saturday’s River to Road Triathlon couldn’t have asked for a more picture perfect day as they left the Boscobel boat landing in kayaks headed upstream on the Wisconsin River in the first phase of the event, which also featured a run and bicycle ride concluding at Wisconsin River Outings in downtown Boscobel.

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Boscobel School Board struggles to find leadership By DAVID KRIER Since being blindsided by the resignation of both their high school principal and district administrator just weeks before the start of a new school year, the Boscobel School Board has struggled to find replacements for either. After BHS Principal Greg Bell unexpectedly resigned with a terse, two-sentence letter of resignation on Aug. 5, School Board President Todd Miller said, “We are hoping to have someone in the position by Aug. 25-29 if they can start right away.” That hasn’t happened. The board met in closed session on Sept. 3 for four hours to interview potential principal candidates, but nothing came of it. A week later, on Sept. 10, the board had another four-hour closed meeting to interview potential principal candidates, as well as something called an “operational advisor.” Again, no action was taken. At their regular board meeting on Sept. 16 the board once again went into closed session to consider principal candidates, as well as several legal matters. After several hours of debate the board re-convened into open session and approved a substitute teacher list but took no action on the principal dilemma.

Don’t get us wrong. This is a hard-working board faced with a daunting task, but there has been absolutely no movement on the superintendent track and word has it that several board members think they can do the job themselves, although it’s hard to tell because everything is done in closed session and no one’s talking. The board met again in closed session Sept. 17. After three hours they announced that they had re-assigned Steve Wacker from teacher to District-wide Operational Advisor and hired Joseph Martin as Activities Director. Russ Atkinson had previously been re-assigned from teacher to Dean of Students, basically an interim principal at the high school—although he has no idea how long that assignment will last. The board will next meet on Tuesday, Oct. 21 at 6:30 p.m. in the high school library for their annual meeting. We encourage everyone with an interest in how to best educate Boscobel’s youth and operate a school district with an annual budget of nearly $12 million to attend and provide the school board with their vision of how best to proceed into the future.

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Make A Difference Day book giveaway focuses on early literacy By Keith Uhlig Daily Herald Media kuhlig@wdhmedia.com

WAUSAU — A child who hasn’t mastered reading by third grade will face an uphill educational battle for the rest or his or her school days. And a kid who has a difficult time in school in today’s world will be much more likely to have a difficult time in life later down the road, experts say. Those two realities, backed by numerous educational and even medical studies, are one reason libraries, school systems and parenting advocates across the country are focusing attention and resources on early childhood literacy. It’s also why Gannett Central Wisconsin Media has chosen to focus on reading and children as its keystone project for Make A Difference Day. On Saturday, Gannett staffers will show up at libraries in the

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Rail cars loaded with grain from Landmark Services Cooperative await shipment in Cottage Grove in March. Railroads say they’ll have enough cars to move what’s expected to be a record corn and soybean crop this fall, despite soaring demand from North Dakota oil production and Wisconsin frac sand mines.

State businesses sidetracked by railways Rob Schultz Wisconsin State Journal‌

MADISON | Skyrocketing propane prices and long shipping delays for Wisconsinmade products like cheese, gravel and paper are likely to occur again this winter because of continued problems moving goods by rail, state officials say. “We have some serious challenges here in Wisconsin,” said Ben Brancel, secretary of the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. Shipping delays that are affecting many state companies’ bottom lines are partly due

to a shortage of rail cars and crews to run the trains, Brancel said. Demand for rail transport in the Midwest has soared in recent years as oil trains roll out of North Dakota and mines in Wisconsin generate massive amounts of sand for hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.‌ Max Ericson estimates poor rail service cost his Ericson Logging and Trucking, which is located along a Canadian National Railway line in Minong, about 10 percent of his income last year. “I order probably 30 cars a week, and I’m lucky if I get one-half that many,” Ericson said.‌ This spring, Ericson said, he

lost $15,000 because rail service he requested never arrived to haul a huge load of timber that was cut for him in Bayfield County. “They had to haul it someplace else because we didn’t have the (rail) cars to haul it,” Ericson said. Brancel said Canadian National and Canadian Pacific, the other Canada-based railway that serves the state, have pulled cars out of Wisconsin and across the international border to avoid fines imposed by their government if they don’t move a required amount of Canadiangrown grain each week. Please see RAILWAYS, Page A2

JUNEAU | Two Ju are charged with bre home in Juneau on O Lee Ann Gutknec and Terrena S. Hagen charged with party t burglary of a buildin ing, two counts of m theft and bail jumpin made their initial ap Dodge County Circu Monday. They were r $1,000 signature bon guilty of the charges face up to 20 years in fines of $55,000. According to the c complaint, Juneau po dispatched to a hom Street for a burglary at 5:30 p.m. on Oct. homeowner had foun glass and damage to as well as fresh blood the door. He also not the screen was remo window in the porch home. The man told containers with betw and $150 in cash and been emptied. Police suspected t women. They spoke knecht at her apartm noticed she had a ba hand. She said she cu doing dishes. The cu like it was recent and was consistent with officer believed the s the burglary would h tained. Hagen was al knecht’s apartment.

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Glen and Margaret Martin sit on their pumpkin, which weighs more than 1,700 pounds, outside of their house Tuesday in Combined Locks. The couple started growing the pumpkin in April. Other pumpkins the couple have grown this year, both in their backyard and on a separate patch of land, weigh in at more than 1,300 pounds each.

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Brown, you can stop looking. The Great Pumpkin, weighing in at 1,750 pounds, has been found at the home of Glen and Margaret Martin in Combined Locks. The Martins, who live at 103 Vosters Villa, are avid participants in the sport of giant pumpkin growing and got their start nine years ago at a Greenleaf bar. “There was a birthday party there and somebody dragged in like a 450-pound pumpkin on a blanket,” Margaret Martin said. “It was the biggest thing I ever saw. I was walking around it, sitting on it and talking about it. I like to garden anyway so I said, ‘I think I can grow one bigger than that.’” See PUMPKINS, Page A7

Glen and Margaret Martin’s giant pumpkins and squashes sit outside of their house on Tuesday in Combined Locks.

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Katie Houghton takes a picture Saturday of some of the hundreds of carved pumkins on display at Humboldt Park in Milwaukee’s Bay View neighborhood. She and her daughter Maya were checking out the display assembled as part of the Bay View Neighborhood Association’s Pumpkin Pavilion event. Night-time trick or treating in Bay View is Saturday.

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State Sen. Glenn Grothman and Winnebago County Executive Mark Harris clearly display their differing political views when discussing the federal minimum wage as they run for the 6th Congressional District seat. Harris, an Oshkosh Democrat, said the current federal minimum of $7.25 an hour does not provide a livable wage and should be raised. “It’s not right that people are working at such a low wage that taxpayers supplement their income” with food stamps, Harris said this week during a forum in

Mequon. Grothman, a Republican of the Town of Osceola, said raising the minimum wage prompts businesses to cut employees. He sponsored a bill in the state Legislature to curb local minimum wage ordinances in Wisconsin. The two square off Nov. 4. Though President Barack Obama signed an executive order in February to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour next year for federal contract workers, Harris is not embracing that large of an increase nationally. Harris, 59, recommended Congress automatically adjust the wage each year by setting it at 42% of the previous year’s average hourly wage for private-sector employees. That wage was $20.31 an hour

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Margaret and Glen Martin walk down the line of giant pumpkins and squash in their front yard in Combined Locks. The largest of the pumpkins is 1,719 pounds; the largest squash is 1,103 pounds. world records have been broken nine out of the past 10 years. This year’s world record holder so far is a guy in Switzerland who grew a 2,096-pounder. This season, Stevens’ biggest pumpkin is close to 1,400 pounds. “That’s disappointing to me. People say, ‘What do you mean you’re disappointed?’ Well, when you’ve had 1,800 pounds, yes, it’s disappointing,” Stevens said in a phone interview. Five Wisconsin events feature giant pumpkin weigh-offs: in Cedarburg, Chippewa Falls, Sturgeon Bay, Nekoosa and Mishicot, where the Oct. 18 Pumpkin Fest is the last of the bunch. Often, Wisconsin growers travel to weigh-offs in other states. Growing a giant pumpkin isn’t easy. Seeds are planted in small pots in April and grown indoors for two weeks before they’re put into the ground. Gardeners have to think ahead and leave enough room for the vine to snake out and the giant pumpkin to grow, typically a plot that’s 25 feet by 35 feet

for one orange gourd. Flowers are usually handpollinated, and growers pick off the rest of the flowers to focus all the energy on one fruit, said Irwin Goldman, chairman of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Horticulture. “It’s not a simple thing to do even though to an outside observer it looks easy. It’s actually a bit of a challenge,” Goldman said. Goldman and UW-Madison horticulture professor James Nienhuis have grown giant pumpkins for several years — though theirs top out at only 400 pounds, which they use for a giant pumpkin regatta for their students on Lake Mendota. One of Nienhuis’ students plotted a chart of record-setting giant pumpkins dating back to 1950 and learned each year the winner has gone up an average of 20 to 30 pounds. “That’s all due to selection. A big question is how much of that is due to genetics and how much is due to environment,” Nienhuis

said. “Wisconsin is a good place to grow them. Where they grow best is where you have large bodies of water with high humidity. You have to irrigate constantly and fertilize like crazy with nitrogen.” For contest weigh-offs, giant pumpkins cannot be broken, have holes or excessive rot. Growers use special harnesses attached to Bobcat tractors to lift the fruits of their labor, load them onto flatbed trailers and travel to the scales. A giant pumpkin can only be entered in one contest. Though prize money, plaques and bragging rights are at stake, growers like Stevens and the Martins say they enjoy seeing eyes widen as strangers spot their giant pumpkins. “Put it this way — I don’t make fun of other people’s hobbies,” Stevens said. “As dorky as it seems, this time of year when you’re hauling them in your trailer people think it’s just absolutely amazing. It’s crazy how cool they are.”

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ombined Locks — Like their neighbors on a quiet dead-end street in this Fox Valley community, Glen and Margaret Martin have decorated their yard for autumn and Halloween. But while other homes sport bright orange gourds, mums and cornstalks, it is the Martins’ pumpkins that attract gawkers. The pumpkins are so humongous it’s as if aliens planted seeds in their backyard and zapped them with gamma rays. Tipping the scales at more than 1,700 pounds each, the Martins’ pumpkins are actually a bit on the slender side compared

with other giant pumpkins grown in Wisconsin this year. Glen Martin should know: He’s president of Wisconsin Giant Pumpkin Growers, a group of gardeners who like their vegetables huge. Wisconsin ranks fifth in giant pumpkin winners, according to statistics compiled by the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth, which established rules for contests. “It’s in our blood here, that comes from our dairy farming background in Wisconsin,” Glen Martin said. “It’s like taking care of a calf — you have to take care of it every day.”

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Thad Feral Cordes, left, of Tracy, Clif., marks the price on a pumpkin while Bonita Pelky, right, of Flint, lifts up a large pumpkin from the back of a trailer to put it on the grass with other pumpkins for customers Sunday at Eichelberg Farms in Linden, Mich. Dwight Eichelberg, 70, grows about 30 to 40 types of pumpkins, including the twisty longstemmed variety, whose stems can grow up to three feet long. The unique pumpkins originated from seeds that he got from a friend who lives in Saginaw.“I got seeds from him and then I used my own seed to go from there ... A lot of these pumpkins here were done by cross pollinating and doing some experimenting,” Eichelberg said. His main pumpkin harvest is in September, and the last of this season’s crop is now out of the field and ready to be taken home. Eichelbeg has been farming since 1978 and started growing pumpkins in 1994, several years after he moved to the Linden area.

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administrator should receive a yearly evaluation. “I think that’s a good thing for any job,” said Committee Chairwoman Gloria Dunlavy. Committee member Mark Doornink agreed but stated it should meet Human Resources standards. He added that there should be a review policy for the city. Dunlavy expressed concerns about the power of the city administrator. She said the city administrator shouldn’t be the sole

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stab-proof vests for their companions. Mounds used a portion of dog food sales throughout the summer to help purchase the new protective gear for a pair of local K9s. “They've done so much for us over the years supporting the [sheriff's] department and other local K9 units,” Lindner said of the latest donation. Lindner has been with the

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Sir Clyde, a young bull raised by the Ash family, grazes in the pasture on Tuesday at the Point Creek Herefords farm in Newton.

A BETTER BREED With a focus on genetics, Point Creek Herefords aims to raise superior beef cattle

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Newton — Rob Ash is a Hereford cattle convert. The rural Newton man grew up on a Door County dairy farm but has been raising beef cattle since he was 9 years old. When he moved to the area and bought a farm in 1997, he started raising Simmental cattle, a breed of beef cattle. But in 2005, he and his family went to the World Beef Expo, purchased a Hereford heifer and everything changed, prompting the family’s Point Creek Simmentals farm to evolve into Point Creek Herefords. Ash said that his change of heart was tied in to how the Hereford breed has

evolved over the years. “I really liked what the breed was doing,” he said. “They weren’t the same old white-headed, short little red animal that everyone knows the Herefords to be. When you look at what that breed has done genetically, their growth patterns, their milk, the phenothe PRIDE type of the cattle, which is howHOMETOWN cattle look, they are very eye appealing. We got into it at a real good time.” Ash said that the number-one thing he likes about Herefords is their dispositions. “They’re very easy to work with,” he said. HOMETOWN PRIDE Utilizing both his practical experi-

ence and his education — Ash took an agricultural short course at the University of WisconsinMadison and earned a bachelor’s degree in meat and animal science — he concentrates on refining those genetics. “We just keep trying to breed a better animal. The number one goal of our cattle is to sell genetics,” Ash said. To accomplish that goal, Ash plays kind of a Hereford match game. He studies the pedigrees of the bulls, considers the birth weight and phenotype or eye appeal of the bull and the statistics regarding the expected progeny HOMETOWN differences. PRIDE “That tells me how this animal is

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different from the average of the breed, so we try to match the number so we continue to get higher weaning and yearling weight but still keep that birth weight down so the mom doesn’t have trouble when she gives birth,” Ash said. The results of Ash’s pairings eventually are sold for breeding stock. “We don’t sell a lot because we’re still building, and the kids can still show, and because we show quite a bit, we need to keep a fair amount of cattle around,” Ash said. Ash and his wife, Christine, have five children, including three adult children, Brandon, Jennifer and Amanda, as well as 16-year old Nicole and See FARM, Page C6

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Patty Hanson taps her hand where measurements were taken from the hoof to the shoulder, placing her cow Blosom in the running to be the Guinness World Record for world’s tallest cow at 6 feet, 4 inches. The final October 7, 2014 4:27 pm / decision is in waiting as documentation is reviewed and finalized by Guinness World Records in London, England.

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. — It seems that in an area as agricultural as southwestern Indiana — with excellent farmers markets and growers producing fruits and vegetables of all kinds — fresh fruits and vegetables from just down the road could be served in our schools. But this hasn’t been the case. When it comes to institutions, it usually is the large-scale suppliers who get the contract and truck in largescale amounts of food grown in California or Mexico. In recent years, this circumstance has been mitigated by the introduction of regional produce suppliers such as Creation Gardens out of Nashville, who source produce from neighboring states in season. Now, however, for the first time, kids in the Warrick County School Corp. get to snack on some fruits and vegetables grown in the Evansville area. Beginning this school year, apples from Lakeview Orchards in Rockport and vegetables from Bud’s Farm Market in Evansville will be on the weekly menu, the Evansville Courier & Press reported (http://bit.ly/1yJPnoN ). “Right now we’re getting apples and cherry tomatoes from Lakeview and Bud,” said Shenae Rowe, food and nutrition director for Warrick County Schools. “We’re in the very beginning

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Birthday party erupts in shooting; man hurt A west side Milwaukee birthday party turned violent Saturday night when a fight led to a shooting that resulted in minor injuries. Police said the party was in the 10400 block of W. Kiehnau Ave. About 11:30 p.m., some guests began fighting and the altercation moved outside, where a 28-year-old Milwaukee man pulled a handgun and began firing. A 27-year-old Milwaukee man suffered a graze wound. Police said they know the identity of the shooter and are looking for him. It was the latest in a series of unrelated shootings over the weekend that injured at least five people, ranging from a 71-year-old woman to a 16-year-old girl. No deaths have been reported from the shootings.

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ing to a news release. The motorcyclist was taken to Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare-All Saints, where he later died. Preliminary investigation indicates the motorcycle was westbound on Washington Ave. at a high rate of speed. An SUV driven by a 49-yearold Racine woman pulled out onto Washington Ave. and the vehicles collided, according to the news release.

Motorcyclist fleeing deputy crashes, dies A motorcyclist died when he crashed into a power pole at high speed while fleeing from a sheriff’s deputy, the Dodge County sheriff’s office reported. The deputy tried to stop the motorcycle rider about 11:45 p.m. Saturday, but the rider accelerated. Less than a minute later, according to the sheriff’s office, the motorcycle left the road and crashed near St.

Friday with a semitrailer truck has been identified as a 23-year Middleton man, according to the Dane County medical examiner’s office. Michael C. Umhoefer was the sole passenger in a car that collided with the truck at Schneider and Capital View roads in Springfield about 1:30 p.m. on Friday. A news release Sunday from the medical examiner said an autopsy done Saturday revealed that Umhoefer died from injuries he suffered in the crash.

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145,000 troops from all branches of the U.S. military trained at the base between Tomah and Sparta in federal fiscal year 2014. That’s an increase of 20,000 people from last year. Fort officials attributed the increase to more weekend and annual training sessions for reserve and National Guard members. More than 4,500 reserve and National Guard members from more than 60 units converged on the fort in March and April for a training session titled Warrior Exercise. An additional 7,000 troops arrived at the fort in April and May for a session focusing on how to support combat troops.

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Medical examiner: Rivers died of low blood ox NEW YORK (AP) — Joan Rivers died of brain damage from low blood oxygen during a medical procedure to check out voice changes and reflux, the medical examiner’s office ruled Thursday. The comedian, who was 81, died Sept. 4 after she’d been hospitalized for about a week when she went into cardiac arrest during the procedure at a doctor’s office. Rivers died from ‘‘anoxic encephalopathy due to hypoxic arrest’’ — brain damage due to lack of oxygen — during a procedure to scope her upper gastrointestinal tract and vocal folds, said Julie Bolcer, spokeswoman for the city’s medical examiner. The death was classified as a therapeutic complica-

tion. The classification is not commonly used; more deaths are certified as accidents, homicides, suicides or natural causes. Negligence is not suspected. Had it been, it would have been listed as a contributing cause. The classification means the complication was a known risk of the procedure — a risk that patients say they understand when they sign waivers before surgery, a malpractice attorney said. ‘‘I always tell my clients when they come through here, every time you have surgery you’re playing Russian roulette. And the more surgery, the more the numbers can catch up with you, and as we know, Ms. Rivers had a lot of surgery,’’ said medical malpractice attor-

and more slowly than in ney Steven Harris. Rivers had been sedated younger adults. Ventilators or other during the procedure with propofol, the medical breathing support should examiner said. Hypoxia be immediately available and cardiac arrest are rare in case of complications, potential side effects from experts say. The state Health Departuse of propofol, the anesthesia drug that was impli- ment also is investigating cated in Michael Jackson’s Rivers’ death. The medical examiner’s death. Medical experts say ruling doesn’t preclude propofol can be safely used Rivers’ family from filing a during an upper gastroin- lawsuit, Harris said. ‘‘You testinal endoscopy, but it can find another doctor should be administered by who would give a different a doctor or nurse trained opinion,’’ he said. Rivers’ daughter, Melissa in its use. The patient should be continuously Rivers, said she had no and closely monitored by comment on the ruling. ‘‘We continue to be sadsomeone not involved in doing the diagnostic or dened by our tragic loss surgical procedure, and grateful for the enorexperts say. To avoid com- mous outpouring of love plications in elderly and support from around Octoberthe 24, 2014 2:17 pm world,’’ she/ said in a patients, the drug should be started at a lower dose statement.

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by Nicole Shattuck The Jacobsen farm rented by Dave and Becky Koller located south west of Curtiss on Pelsdorf Avenue ignited Saturday afternoon and by 5 p.m. large billows of black smoke could be seen by those traveling on Hwy 29 west of Curtiss as the barn went up in flames. “I had just started milking when I noticed the barn getting hazy,” Becky said, “then I looked around the barn and saw the smoke and fire starting up.” She did not know where it had started. They quickly got all the cows out of the barn and luckily none were injured. Once it was allowed, neighbors came to offer their help. News of the fire and the Koller’s predicament spread fast and soon a plan was

in the works to bring their cows to another farm to be milked. An empty dairy barn at the home of Lynn and Nicole Shattuck was available just a few miles away so friends, family and fellow farmers descended to their barn to make it ready for the rescued herd. Since the barn had not been used for milking cows rather for housing steers since January repairs were a must. The milk house needed some scrubbing, water heater to be reconnected, the pipeline minor repairs and some new pipes had to run to the drinking cups. The cows started filing into the refurbished barn by about 7:30 p.m. Dan Bakke, a close neighbor, chopped and filled a chopper box full of corn silage to feed their cows and round bales were also brought out to be fed. It was discovered after a pile of oats straw was dropped from the hay mow that Becky was allergic to it so it was quickly swept into the gutter. Wheat straw bales were then delivered to the barn for bedding.

Koller’s 27 cows. The joke floating around the barn was that if everyone milked one cow by hand chores would be done in no time. By approximately 8 p.m. Becky and her many helpers began milking the cows that less than four hours earlier were chased out of a burning barn. Becky said that they lost some of their best ever 1st and 2nd crop hay bales in the fire. The Kollers were going to put up 3rd crop that

day but their kids were too busy so they put it off. At least they will have saved that hay from burning. They also were able to get their milking units out of the milk house as well as some other dairy supplies. Many hands made light and fast work of the barn repairs and cattle moving on the day of the barn fire. This is a fine example of how our farm communities pull together to help a neighbor in need.

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FIRE COMPLETELY destroyed a house outside of Darlington on Friday, Oct. 3. Several area fire departments responded to a house fire on Stonewood Lane outside of Darlington on Friday, Oct. 3 around 3:11 p.m. Darlington Fire Department, Mineral Point Fire Department and Belmont Fire Department along with Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department and Rural Medical Ambulance responded to the call on Friday. Firefighters were at the site for approxi-

mately three and a half hours, according to Darlington Fire Chief Ted McDermott, but the house was a complete loss. The property is owned by Joey Wiegel, but luckily no one was home at the time of the fire, which, according to McDermott, began on the north side of the house. At this point, the cause of the fire is unknown, but is currently being looked into by an insurance company, explained McDermott.

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getting to know Darlington and the surrounding cities and I am having a wonderful time in the middle school,” said Leisgang. Kim Haynes is the new high school band and choir teacher. Originally from the Rewey area, Haynes now lives in Argyle with her daughter. Haynes received a Bachelor of Science from UWPlatteville, majoring in general music, instrumental and choral music education. She also has a See Darlington p. 14

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Fall colors are showing up in Fond du Lac County. We invite the public to send their autumn photos to us at news@fdlreporter.com or on our Facebook page, facebook.com/TheFdLReporter. Submissions may appear in an online gallery or in print.

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man killed in a car crash on Highway 49 in Waupun on Sunday morning has been identified as Gary S. Masemore of West Bend. Preliminary information indicates that Masemore, 62, was southbound on Highway 49

north of County Trunk AW and failed to negotiate a curve in the road, according to the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office. entered Masemore the west ditch and traveled across the highway to the east ditch. He was alone in the vehicle was not wearing a seat belt.

Speed and alcohol are not believed to be factors in the crash, according to the Sheriff’s Office. The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the crash. Waupun Police, Alto Fire and First Responders, and Lifestar Ambulance of Waupun assisted at the scene.

Report of shot fired downtown investigated By Colleen Kottke Action Reporter Media

Fond du Lac police are investigating a report that a gun was fired downtown late Sunday night. Fond du Lac Assistant Police Chief Steve Klein said the alleged incident was reported at 10:57 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, around Sixth and Main streets. there “Apparently was a vehicle seen leaving the area where the shot was reportedly However, we fired. searched the area and didn’t find any evidence at the scene as far as any shell casings,” Klein said.

Police located the vehicle near Fifth and Marr streets a short time later. “The subject had fled from the vehicle prior to officers making contact. We did search the area but were unable to find the subject,” Klein said. “At that time we impounded the vehicle pending further investigation.” Klein said the subject is considered a person of interest. “We don’t know where this person is from or what their involvement is,” Klein said. “At this time we’re interviewing possible witnesses and reviewing video footage from nearby business-

es.” Klein says he understands the sentiment in the community following reports of two recent shooting incidents in the city of Fond du Lac. “People are rightfully taking notice and upset about this,” Klein said. “But at the same time we have to put things in perspective; Fond du Lac is not immune to crime and unfortunately we’re seeing some of the things that other cities in northeastern Wisconsin have been dealing with.”

BARRON — A former Waupun police officer arrested in a multi-county crime spree has entered a no contest plea to charges in Barron County. Bradley Young entered his plea during a Sept. 26 hearing in Barron County Circuit Court to charges of stealing a vehicle. A felony charge of fleeing from deputies was dismissed and read into the court record. A sentencing hearing has been set for Dec. 17. The former lieutenant

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An Oshkosh man accused of attacking a Fond du Lac Police Department officer is being held in the Fond du Lac County jail. Fond du Lac Assistant Chief Steve Klein said police were called to the Gratitude Club, 295 Ruggles St., around noon Sept. 29 for a report of a 48-year-old man who became upset after he was asked to leave. “Apparently he was yelling and screaming at patrons inside and broke a glass and was theatening people with the broken glass,” Klein said. The man left the building and parking lot before officers arrived. Police located a vehicle at Forest Avenue and Mary’s Avenue and made a traffic stop on Brooke Street. “The man quickly pulled over and jumped out of his vehicle and ran toward the squad in a threatening manner, shouting expletives at the officer,” Klein said. “The officer got out of

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ARSHFIELD — Although attendance at the 2014 Central Wisconsin State Fair was below the average 100,000 people, it did not lose money as have previous fairs. “We’re still compiling all the numbers, but it looks like the fair either broke even or made a slight profit,” said Adam Fischer, fair manager. Attendance in 2014 was about 80,000, which was attributed to the cool and wet weather during the majority of the fair. “Despite the weather, the attendance for the (grandstand) entertainment Friday and Saturday night was good and there was a pretty good showing for Wednesday as well,” Fischer said.

said Larry Gilbertson, president of the Central Wisconsin Fair Board. For years, the cost to operate the Central Wisconsin State Fair has exceeded the revenue generated by the

MEET ADAM FISCHER Job: Central Wisconsin State Fair manager Salary: $25,000; the position is considered part time About Fischer: Married and has one son. He and his wife serve as foster parents. Adam Fischer, 32, is a 2001 graduate of Marshfield High School who attended college and completed a degree in communications with an emphasis in public relations. six After years of working in sales and eight years working with nonprofit organizations, Fischer started a new career as manager of the Central Wisconsin State Fair. “I hit the LIZ WELTER/FOR DAILY TRIBUNE MEDIA run- Adam Fischer, manager of the ground ning,” Fischer Central Wisconsin State Fair, sits at said about start- his desk in his office at Marshfield ing his job one Fairgrounds Park. before month October 9, 2014 2:44 pm / the 2014 fair kicked off in August. The main task for Fischer is to re-

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Nov. 4 vote: Smith challenged by Quinn in 75th District

Danielle H. Moe | Staff writer WASHBURN COUNTY — Election Day is less than a month away, and the Register has compiled profiles on the candidates for the 75th Assembly District for voters. The 75th Assembly District includes half of Washburn County, parts of Polk, St. Croix, Dunn and a majority of Barron County. The Democratic incumbent candidate Stephen Smith will be listed on the ballot beside Republican challenger Romaine Robert Quinn. Profiles of each candidate include their background information, their campaign issues and their responses to

seat in 2012 after receiving 51 percent of the votes. Smith holds a bachelor’s in accounting from the University of Wisconsin - Superior and owns Rainbow Home Center in Rice Lake. He currently sits on three legislative committees: agriculture, rural affairs and small business development. Issues from his campaign website include health care, education, agriculture, jobs and the economy. Smith says he votes for good ideas to put money back in the hands of taxpayers including $104 million in property tax relief and the proposed $408 million Blueprint for Prosperity October 17,He 2014 pm /explan. is 2:46 against panding the voucher

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“She feels the wind,” said Patricia Fisher, owner of the Feather Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in New London, carefully watching the large female bald eagle that was released just moments before. An eagle that, against all odds, is free once again. The eagle, perched on a log in the Wolf River, faced into the October winds, stretched strong October 23, 2014 2:32 pm / her wings and glanced back at the crowd that had gathered to watch

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eer munch over the noon hour Friday on an apple tree in the front yard of a residence on Glenhaven Place on Eau Claire’s west side. Following resident complaints over deer damage to gardens earlier this year, the City Council approved updating Eau Claire’s urban hunting laws. Abiding by a new state law approved in late 2013, land eligible for bowhunting within city limits became greatly expanded. Hunting applications can be found online at tinyurl.com/mfxupka. Wisconsin’s bowhunting season began on Sept. 13 and ends Jan. 4.

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Glorious autumn colors amid summer-like temperatures brought out man and beast alike late last month. The Trimbelle River off 690th Avenue or old Forestville Road in the Town of River Falls is an area where the change of seasons was evident. Many farmers were in harvest-mode around Pierce County. UW-Extension Ag Agent Greg Andrews said widespread frost in early September turned the harvest “a little bit upside down” with arrested growth of corn nipping yields 10 percent or more and making efficient harvest of soybeans difficult. It’s been a banner year for forage harvests, however, with many producers achieving four cuttings. (RiverTown Multimedia photo by Steve Dzubay)

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Public schools are required to provide the e with enrollment information annually from date, which was Sept. 19 this year. The infortion is used to calculate the amount of state districts receive, among other uses. The Ellsworth Schools recorded a total of 79 students in the past month, as compared to 34 in September of 2013. This decrease is difent than last year’s report, when there were 45 re students than the previous fall. A grade-by-grade breakdown of the most

recent local count shows: kindergarten, 120; first grade, 109; second, 129; third, 107; fourth, 118; fifth, 128; sixth, 120; seventh, 111; eighth, 109; ninth, 128; 10th, 137; 11th, 114; and 12th, 124. Comparing the latest student numbers for each grade here with those from a year earlier, increases were recorded in: kindergarten, with eight more; second, with 27 more; fifth, with 19 more; sixth, with two more; and 10th, with 21 more. Decreases in the same comparison were

found in: first grade, with 18 fewer students; third, with 16 fewer; fourth, with 10 fewer; seventh, with two fewer; eighth, with 25 fewer; ninth, with 11 fewer; 11th, with 11 fewer; and 12th, with 21 fewer. The breakdown by building in last month’s report was: Ellsworth High School, 503; Ellsworth Middle School, 468; Hillcrest Elementary School, 364; Prairie View Elementary School, 219; and Lindgren ------- S E E S C H O O L 5 A -------

English Lutheran’s latest interim job for pastor By Bill Kirk Moving from church to church isn’t new for Interim Pastor Mark Hendrickson. Hendrickson, who succeeded Pastors Brad and Dawn

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