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The key launch on pursuing aNational Heritage Area

designation by Greg MarstenLeader staff writer

ST. CROIX FALLS – If you promote it, theywill come ... at least in theory.

The question is, where to begin and if there’sinterest.

Local advocates and historians from twostates, five counties and almost a dozen vari-ous areas gathered on Friday, Jan. 13, in St.Croix Falls at the National Parks Service head-quarters for the so-called “key launch” of astudy meant to answer some of those ques-tions, and determine if they should pursue aNational Heritage Area designation for the re-gion.

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KARE-11 TV’s videographer Jonathan Malat captured scenes from Interstate Park at St. CroixFalls earllier this month as part of a spotlight on local photographer Kelly Bakke and her What’sYOUR Anti-Drug effort, featured recently in the Leader. See Greg Marsten’s feature story onpage 28. - Photo by Kelly Bakke

The local rail lines were vital to the re-gion’s development and advances. Fromtransferring lumber, stone, crops and res-idents, the stories behind those railsmight also fall under the NHA designa-tion. - Photo by Greg Marsten

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OSCEOLA - It would be hard to top the dedication of DorrinneBebault, Osceola, for her 60 years of service to Lamar CommunityCenter. The Green Bay Packersagree. Bebault was one of 10volunteers in the state who re-ceived the Green Bay PackerCommunity QuarterbackAward during a recognitiondinner at Lambeau Field inGreen Bay on Wednesday, Jan.11. Bebault attended 1905Lamar School in rural St. CroixFalls, which began operating asLamar Community Center fol-lowing its closing as a school in1945. As a young bride in 1951,she became a member of theLamar-Sunshine Homemakers,who cared for the building in itssecond era as a community cen-ter in the rural tradition. In1982, she worked with the Wis-consin State Historical Societyto place Lamar on the NationalRegister. Bebault has continuedto assist during the last decade,serving as treasurer through thefirst stage of Lamar’s renova-tion in 2004, as one of thebeloved “Pie Ladies” at the an-nual Lamar Festival, and inmany other ways. “Dorrinne’sdedication to Lamar is inspiringto us all,” says the director ofLamar, Kathleen Melin. “We’rehere today in part because ofher foresight and hard work.”The Community QuarterbackAward comes with a $2,000grant designated to Lamar’scapital campaign to completethe renovation of Lamar Schooland expand programming forarea communities. Lamar hasbeen a focal point for commu-nity and civic activities for over100 years. The school was builtby the immigrant farming com-munity that surrounded it in1905 and continues to be a reference point for cultural continuity.In addition to cultivating community locally, Lamar is also slatedto be a destination for those outside of the immediate area withclasses, seminars and events that will contribute to the experienceand economy developing in the St. Croix Valley. Lamar welcomesdonations to the campaign which can be made to Lamar, P.O. Box344, St. Croix Falls, WI 54024. For further information, contact Ex-ecutive Director Kathleen Melin at 715-646-9339. - submitted

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Unity music teacherwants to challenge

Seversonby Greg MarstenLeader staff writer

BALSAM LAKE – The firstsalvos of race in the 28th Assem-bly District have emerged asUnity band teacher Adam Beverdeclared himself a candidate as aDemocrat to unseat first-term As-semblyman Erik Severson, R -Star Prairie.

Bever is a 15-year veteran UnityHigh School band director with amaster’s from St. Mary’s Univer-sity and undergraduate degreefrom UW-Eau Claire. He gradu-ated from high school in WhiteBear Lake, Minn.

“My family lived in George-town when I was a boy,” Beversaid, noting his father’s familywas all in the Balsam Lake area.“But we were forced to move tothe Twin Cities when I wasyoung, due to my father’s battlewith leukemia.”

Bever and his wife, Julie, andfamily live in the village of Bal-sam Lake.

“We have been blessed byadopting three wonderful chil-dren, Scott, 16; Kiera, 12; and Laif,8,” Bever said. “We all keep busycamping and watching our bull-dog, Tula. I have always been aband director, and it has fit melike a glove. I enjoy making musicwith students and working withthe children and families of thisarea.”

Bever has no formal political ex-perience, but has been an officerin several clubs and organiza-tions.

“I believe that our governmentwas founded on the idea that anycitizen should give back to theircountry by serving in our govern-ment,” he said. “I feel it is time forme to step forward and bring ourarea’s voice to Madison.”

“I believe an assemblyman hasto put the people he representsfirst, before political agendas. Inorder to accomplish this, a repre-sentative needs to be able to lendthe voice of the people he repre-sents to the discussion in Madi-son,” Bever said.

He said there has been an “un-precedented amount of partisanpolitics over the past severalyears,” and thinks the state hasbecome divided politically.

“My goal is to talk to people onboth sides of issues and bringideas forth that truly representmany people’s opinions, not justa single side. It’s only by workingtogether that we get things doneon issues that face us.”

Bever noted the economic hardtimes and thinks health-care re-form needs to be addressed, “tostimulate our business environ-ment.”

“Right now, we have our busi-nesses paying over $10,000 peremployee for coverage that stillrequires employees to make such

big copayments that they avoidtheir health-care advisor,” he said.“Imagine if we could restructurethis system so that employeeswould be insured, people wouldsee their health-care professionalregularly for prevention and easethe burden on businesses allow-ing them more money to spend oninnovation or hiring employees.We need to work on this impor-tant issue to get our economymoving not only right now, but inthe future.”

Bever is having a campaignkickoff event this weekend, start-ing at 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, atthe Milltown Community Center,with details atwww.bever4assembly.com.

“I have spoken with many peo-ple in this process, and I’m excitedto learn more about our districtand our community’s needs,” hesaid, inviting people to the event.

So far, no other candidates havedeclared as Democrats for the28th District contest.

Bever declares for AssemblyLamar volunteer receives statewide award

Unity teacher Adam Bever has declared his candidacy as a Democrat forthe 28th Assembly seat, currently held by Rep. Erik Severson (R-StarPrairie). Bever is seen here in front of the Unity School District “Wall ofHonor,” for graduates, students, teachers and staff who’ve made theirmarks. - Photo by Greg Marsten

Lamar Community Center volun-teer Dorrine Bebault was one of 10volunteers in the state who re-ceived the Green Bay Packer Com-munity Quarterback Award atLambeau Field, Jan. 11. Above, 6’4”Packer President/CEO Mark Mur-phy makes himself a little shorterfor the photo with almost 5’ Dor-rinne. - Special photo

Heller in colorSupermarket theft leads to over four years in prison

Matthew Hoff Jr. alsoreceives 20 years of

probation for Amery incident

by Greg MarstenLeader staff writer

AMERY – Nearly five years ofincarceration are in store forMatthew Hoff Jr., 33, Amery,who was sentenced last week inPolk County Circuit Court tonine months in jail on top of fouryears in prison, four years of ex-tended supervision and 20 yearsof probation. He did receive overa year of credit for jail time hehas spent since the crime.

Hoff went to trial in late No-vember for felony armed rob-

bery, after he filled a shoppingcart full of food and items at anAmery grocery store and thenleft without paying, threateningan employee with a knife. Healso was found guilty of misde-meanor resisting arrest, second-degree reckless endangermentand bail jumping after he wres-tled with a police officer whoconfronted him on the theft. Theincident took place in May 2010.

The jury deliberated for ap-proximately three hours andfound him guilty on all counts.Hoff was also found mentallycompetent in the second phase ofa trial the next day, after heclaimed to be mentally incompe-tent, due to reasons of mental

disease or defect. The two phases of the trial

took place in Polk County CircuitCourt before Judge Eugene Har-rington. Hoff faced the potentialof over 40 years in prison, on topof over $100,000 in fines.

However, his legal troublesmay not be finished. Since firstbeing in custody in the PolkCounty Jail on the initial armedrobbery charge, he was alsocharged and found guilty of afelony battery against anotherprisoner for an incident that oc-curred in late July 2010. The sta-tus of that conviction wasunclear.

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MADISON — The WisconsinDepartment of Transportation’sDivision of Motor Vehicles is ex-panding customer service through-out Wisconsin as required by the2011-13 biennial budget. Thebudget included a provision that atleast 20 hours per week of driver’slicense, skills testing and identifica-tion card services be available inevery county.

For Washburn County, the DMVlocation is W7074 Green ValleyRoad, Spooner. Starting Monday,Jan. 23, the hours are Monday andWednesday, 7 a.m.-5 p.m. — fromWisDOT

•••MADISON - Wisconsin Public

Television will provide live cover-age of Gov. Scott Walker’s State ofthe State Address at 7 p.m. Wednes-day, Jan. 25. The address will besimulcast on Wisconsin PublicRadio and streamed live at wpt.org.Video of the speech will also bearchived for future viewing on theWeb site. The governor will deliverhis speech, highlighting prioritiesfor 2012, before a joint session of theLegislature in the Assembly Cham-bers of the state Capitol building.Members of the Legislature, thelieutenant governor, WisconsinSupreme Court justices and cabinetmembers, along with honoredguests, attend the speech. The tele-vision broadcast will be co-an-chored by WPT’s FredericaFreyberg and Wisconsin PublicRadio’s Shawn Johnson. Followingthe speech, Democrats will offer aresponse to Walker’s remarks. WPTis a service of the Educational Com-munications Board and the Univer-sity of Wisconsin-Extension.Wisconsin Public Television is aplace to grow through learning onWHA-TV, Madison; WPNE-TV,Green Bay; WHRM-TV, Wausau;WLEF-TV, Park Falls; WHLA-TV,La Crosse; and WHWC-TV,Menomonie-Eau Claire. - with infor-mation from WPT

BBRRIIEEFFLLYYMan files appeal after sexual plea sentence

CLAYTON - A 44-year-old Clayton manwas sentenced last week to a total of 35 yearsin prison for attempting to shoot his es-tranged wife at her rural Turtle Lake resi-dence in December of 2010.

Bradley L. Bearheart was found guiltyNov. 2, 2011, of first-degree intentionalhomicide, first-degree recklessly endanger-ing safety and auto theft with use of a dan-gerous weapon.

The charges stemmed from two shootingincidents the evening of Dec. 30, 2010. Bear-heart brandished a gun during the theft of a

pickup truck from Joshua Swanson, 20,Clayton, and allegedly shot at Swanson whowas fleeing from the scene.

Swanson called police and warned themthat Bearheart was likely on his way to shoothis estranged wife, Jennifer Bearheart.

Within minutes, Barron County dispatch-ers received a frantic call from Jennifer, 47,who said she had just been shot. When po-lice arrived at her home, they found herlying on the floor, conscious and breathing,but suffering from gunshot wounds to herupper thigh and upper back. Her toddler

son was standing over her crying when offi-cers broke into the home. Bradley Bearhearthad fled the scene.

A jury trial began on Oct. 31 and went forthree days

Bradley Bearheart faced the potential ofup to 40 years in prison for the homicideconviction, on top of 25 years for the autotheft with a deadly weapon conviction, andanother 7-1/2 years in prison for the lesserfelony endangerment conviction. - Gary King

Bearheart sentenced to 35 years

BALSAM LAKE — The position of direc-tor of the Polk County Human ResourcesDepartment, vacant since last March, hasbeen filled.

The hiring of Carl “Gene” Phillips wasconfirmed by the county board of supervi-sors at its Tuesday, Jan. 17, meeting. Phillipshas more than 30 year’s experience inhuman services in the state of Wisconsin andhas spent the last 11 years as MonroeCounty Human Services director.

Prior to joining Monroe County, Phillipswas the disability services and associate di-rector of Northern Pines Community Pro-grams in Cumberland, a position he held for19 years. During his time in Cumberland,he provided services to Polk County and itsresidents. He also served as the director ofa program for housing those with disabili-

ties and as a pro-gram director for ahome-care projectfor the elderly.

Phillips holds abachelor’s degreein education fromMontana StateUniversity and aMaster of Sciencedegree in counsel-ing and guidance,also from Mon-tana State. He cur-rently holdsWisconsin state li-censes as a profes-sional counselorand as an ad-

vanced practice social worker.Polk County Administrator Dana Frey

said that the county is fortunate to havesomeone of Phillips’ caliber, describing himas one of the most experienced human serv-ices people in Wisconsin.

Phillips makes his home in Cameron. Hehas been a member of the Cameron SchoolBoard for 26 years, serving the last 18 ofthose years as its president. He graduatedhigh school in Billings, Mont., and servedwith the U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam.

After being introduced to the board at itsJan. 17 meeting, Phillips said he is lookingforward to coming back to Polk County. Hewill start his new position around Feb. 20,Frey said. — Mary Stirrat, with informationfrom Polk County

New human services director hired

300 new jobs initially,expanding to

600 in four yearsby Mike Simonson

Wisconsin Public RadioSUPERIOR - A next-generation corporate

airplane manufacturer announced Monday,Jan. 15, that it will make its planes in Supe-rior. Kestrel Aircraft Corporation says it willcreate 300 jobs initially, expanding to 600 infour years. It’s the largest job creation an-nouncement since Gov. Scott Walker took of-fice a year ago.

There are several pieces including local

and state governments in this deal thatstarted last summer, competing with twoother states for these aircraft jobs. The totalpackage in loans, grants and tax credits is$117 million, $112 million of that from thestate. Walker says this is the biggest jobspackage the state has put together duringhis term, “Yeah, yeah. The money doesn’tcome in if the jobs don’t happen. So, verymuch like we’ve been doing the past year,we put incentives, whether it’s tax credits orother incentives, but they’re all tied specifi-cally into the number of jobs that are cre-ated. So for us, they don’t get the fullamount unless the full 600 are created.”

Kestrel Aircraft already has engineersworking in Superior, where two manufac-

turing facilities will build the single-engineturboprop that can carry six people. KestrelCEO Alan Klapmeier says that’s only thefirst part. Part two would build twin-engineplanes, part three a corporate jet. Klapmeierfounded Cirrus Aviation in Baraboo, whichhe moved to Duluth 15 years ago. He leftCirrus in 2009. Now he’s back, “I’m a LakeSuperior fan, so with the lake and all theamenities of this area, we really do thinkwe’re in a position to grow this companyto—now can I get arrogant and overconfi-dent?—to world-class status. I mean, we re-ally are confident about that.”

Construction on the manufacturing facili-ties will begin this spring.

Superior lands aircraft maker

LUCK — The Luck Village Board hasrescheduled its caucus to Wednesday, Jan.25, at 7:30 p.m., when residents have the op-portunity to nominate individuals for the

April ballot.Four village trustee positions are up for

election in April. The three-year terms ofRoss Anderson, Hassan Mian and Phil

Warhol expire at that time. A fourth seat,currently held by Trustee Craig Lundeen, isup for election for a one-year term. — MaryStirrat

Luck caucus rescheduled

David Conley seeks to bereleased while appealing case


BALSAM LAKE – A Milltown man is fil-ing an appeal to have his public defenderfile an appeal.

David J. Conley, 45, had just been sen-tenced to a year of jail time for a reducedconviction of third-degree sexual assaultunder a plea agreement and was just start-ing that jail term when he filed a requestwith his public defender to file an appeal.He has also filed an appeal with the judgeto free him from jail while that appeal isunder consideration.

Conley was originally accused of first-de-gree repeated sexual assault of a then 10-year-old girl over a two-year period. Hefaced up to 25 years in prison, if convicted.

The case had languished in the courts forsome time before a plea agreement on Nov.15, where he agreed to plead guilty to a re-duced charge of third-degree felony sexualassault for the allegations, which involvedrepeated sexual fondling and assaults at var-ious times from 2007-2009.

Conley was sentenced Jan. 11 in PolkCounty Circuit Court by Judge Eugene Har-rington to five years’ probation, with one

year in jail. He wasalso ordered to paya $290.60 fine, pro-vide and pay forDNA samples andwas to pay for var-ious counselingand sex-offendertreatment. He wasordered not tohave any contactwith the victimnor any minor fe-males and was toregister as a sex of-

fender for 15 years.Under that third-degree Class G Felony

conviction, he faced the possibility of up toa $25,000 fine and 10 years in prison, orboth.

But within hours of his sentence, Conleyfiled paperwork with the Wisconsin PublicDefender’s Office to review his case for ap-peal, which can take up to 30 days for a de-cision.

Polk County District Attorney Dan Steffenwas unclear of the reason for Conley’s ob-jection. “I don’t know any basis for an ap-peal,” Steffen said. “It was a plea on hispart.”

According to Polk County Clerk of CourtsLois Hoff, the public defender’s office may

refuse to support that appeal. If they denyto pick up his case, Conley can also file anappeal prose or can hire a private attorney,and has 90 days to finalize that process.

He has requested a hearing with Harring-ton to release him while he pursues that ap-peal. Hoff said the nature of the appealrequest is rare and that the judge must stillschedule a hearing to review that request forfreedom pending the appeal.

Conley’s case involved sexual contactwith the girl that began at times when shewas at his home, starting in July 2007. Theconviction involved allegations that theyhad “wrestling matches” where Conleywould touch her inappropriately on thechest and private areas, as well as play“games” where she was forced to retrieveher cell phone and money from inside hispants with her teeth.

He was also alleged to have fondled herboth over and under her clothes, includingwhile she was sleeping, and allegedly forcedher to fondle him, as well. The incidentswere alleged to have occurred several timesover a two-year span, ending in July 2009.Charges were first filed in early 2010.

No court hearing has been set on the ap-peal request. Conley’s reason for an appealwas not revealed as of press time.

David Conley

Gene Phillips, newlyhired as director of thePolk County Human Serv-ices Department. – Photoby Mary Stirrat

Dems file morethan a millionsignatures to recall Walker

MADISON - Democrats seekingto recall Gov. Scott Walker filedmore than a million signatures onTuesday, Jan. 17, virtually guaran-teeing a historic recall electionagainst him later this year.

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinelreports that organizers also handedin 845,000 recall signatures againstLt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch andagainst four GOP state senators, in-cluding Senate Majority LeaderScott Fitzgerald.

The sheer number of signaturesbeing filed against Walker, nearlyas many as the total votes cast forgovernor in November of 2010 andabout twice as many as thoseneeded to trigger a recall election,ensure a recall election will be held,said Democratic Party officials andUnited Wisconsin, the group thatlaunched the Walker recall.

GOP party officials have beenfrustrated by reports of peoplesigning petitions multiple timesand will deploy thousands of vol-unteers to analyze the signaturesfor irregularities or problems. - withinformation from Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

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Frederic Christmas issue may head to courtParent says she will fight on gifts issue

by Gregg WestigardLeader staff writer

FREDERIC – Some Christmas gifts dis-tributed by the Frederic ElementarySchool went to the wrong family in De-cember.

That much is not in dispute. What happened afterward is, and the

resolution of a number of issues may beheading to the courts. District residentand parent Sephonia Cowans brought hercomplaints to the Frederic School BoardMonday night, Jan. 16, at the board’smonthly meeting. She had first raised herissues at a special board meeting on Jan.4.

Cowans says that during the periodwhen the school was getting the misdi-rected presents back and given to her, shewas treated in a way she did not like byseveral members of the Frederic Schoolstaff. She then says the district’s actions inapologizing were not enough. She di-rected her criticism at Administrator JerryTischer, elementary Principal Kelly Steen,school secretary Rhoda Jensen, and theschool board.

At the start of the meeting, board mem-ber Chuck Holicky read a prepared state-ment written by Steen. Holicky started bysaying, “We want to make a statement”before he read the text. The statement ex-plained the background to the district’s in-volvement in helping direct gifts from

local groups and individuals to districtfamilies. It said that this past holiday sea-son almost 50 families were helped. Afterreviewing the process and stating that thedistrict is only the middleman in theprocess, it went on to say, “Due to the neg-ative response we have received fulfillingour role in this process, we need to pause,re-evaluate and decide if this is a role weshould continue to pursue. If this wholeprocess only brings negative publicity andaccusations of unfairness to our school,then we need to let the organizationsknow that we may no longer be involved,and they may have to find a new mecha-nism for distribution.”

Opening statement of Sephonia CowansAfter listening to the prepared state-

ment, Cowans said it still sounds like noone is accounting for the statements madeto her. She accused the district of racismand discrimination. She then said that thedistrict chooses to harm all others in thecommunity while sweeping the problemunder the rug. Cowans asked the boardwhy Tischer, who she stated was theboard’s boss, could treat her like dirt. Shesaid the board was saying it had a right todump on her and said “I will fightback.”

Responses from Tischer and SteenTischer told Cowans that he felt that he

had listened to her concerns during theirfirst phone conversation in December. Buthe said he was upset when she later left amessage for him in which she said that a

reporter (from a newspaper in the TwinCities) had been listening to the first con-versation. Tischer said he thought it was aprivate conversation and did not knowthat a third person was present. He saidhe felt very offended and had requestedthat all future conversations be in personin the office.

Steen said that the school had told Cow-ans there had been a mix-up and anotherfamily had taken her presents. Steen saidit was an honest mistake that escalated.She said the school apologized, but Cow-ans did not accept the apology.

The response from CowansCowans said that Steen was lying,

adding that her response was because thepress was present. She repeated her claimsfrom the previous meeting that Jensen hadmade negative statements while she(Cowans) was trying to get the right pres-ents. Cowans said the school policies areracist. She then said she would go tocourt.

Board member Chuck Holicky re-sponded that going to court is the rightthing, adding it will get all the issuesout.

Friends support Sephonia Cowansby Gregg Westigard

Leader staff writerFREDERIC – Three community mem-

bers accompanied Sephonia Cowanswhen she presented her concerns to theFrederic School Board Monday, Jan. 16.They were Richard and Paulette Hel-temes, who said they had longtime ties tothe Frederic area, and Dean Bennett, a for-mer Frederic teacher from 1968 to 1975.Each spoke to the board.

Richard Heltemes said what bothershim is the lack of caring. He said no onewants to take accountability for their ac-tions and asked the school board to do theright thing and then move on.

Paulette Heltemes said that Cowans justwanted an answer as to what happened tothe presents. She said that the issue has

snowballed out of control when a simpleanswer to Cowans would have solvedeverything.

Bennett said that no one cares about theCowans family’s peace of mind. Previ-ously, at the Wednesday, Jan. 4, meeting,he said that the issue broke his heart. Hesaid it all reminds him of the Christmasstory and said people are still fighting thebattles from the past. Bennett handed outa short message, “A 2011 Christmas Story:History Repeated,” which pointed out theissues: from well-intended gifts to mis-guided actions, failed systems, distrustand division with unanswered questions,that remain today. He then asked if thenext-best effort will bring resolution, heal-ing and hope for a better future for ouryoung and old alike.

Leader reporter criticized by CowansFREDERIC – Sephonia Cowans started

her statement to the Frederic School BoardJan. 16 by saying that the Leader reporterhad lied through his teeth at the specialschool board meeting on Wednesday, Jan.4. She then told the school board that theybroke their own protocol when they allspoke out.

Before the Jan. 4 meeting, reporter

Gregg Westigard talked to Cowans, get-ting her name and introducing himself.He mentioned in passing that the audi-ence section of a meeting of a public bodyallowed comments, but that there couldbe no response since the item was not onthe published agenda. There was a re-sponse to her comments by the board,which apparently led to the Cowans state-

ment. Editor’s note: Ms. Cowans said in a sepa-

rate statement Tuesday that last week’s storyabout her initial appearance before the schoolboard gave the wrong impression about her ef-forts to resolve this issue. She challengedschool officials to “find anybody up there tosay I ran through that building, ranting andraving about not getting any Christmas pres-

ents or the mix-up in the Christmas presents.”Cowans stated, “I cannot believe the lack of

compassion and the lack of concern, but I be-lieve that these people stand together becausethey’re not going to be wrong no matterwhat.”

Board hears request for church spaceby Tammi Milberg

Leader staff writerDRESSER – The village of Dresser held

their board meeting Monday, Jan. 16. Theboard heard from two individuals regard-ing a request for use of a building forchurch/worship space. Pastor TonyMinell and Roger Erickson spoke to theboard stating that they have used the ele-mentary school building as a worshipplace, but are running out of room andneed to find a larger venue.

The two stated they began looking atoptions. “One option is the UFE buildingbehind the bank/Village Pizzeria. We arerequesting use of a portion of the build-ing,” Erickson stated as he presented adrawing to the board showing how theportion of the building would be used.The group would be renting approxi-mately 8,500 square feet. It would be usedas a worship space with some classrooms

and an office. The request was to use thespace for about six months to see how itworks. Some minimal improvements in-cluded the purchase of folding chairs. Thespace would also allow for growth be-cause the whole building would not beused. An inspector would have to ap-prove the building, but before that, theboard would have to approve the build-ing’s use through a conditional use permitor a short-term exemption permit. Unlessthe church plans on going into manufac-turing, the property would have to be re-zoned for a matching use.

After a trial period of time passed or atemporary permit was issued, a more per-manent zoning change may need to bemade if the church stayed in the buildingas the lone occupant. While a zoningchange sounds fairly simple, the boarddiscussed the fact that the comprehensiveplan has specific zoning and that spot

zoning a parcel may be a zoning changethat the board would have to evaluate intothe overall comprehensive plan.

The board discussed having the plan-ning commission look into the zoningissue after hearing advice from village at-torney Tim Laux. The two men thankedthe board for listening to their request.

In other business, the board discussedsite cleanup of the Kragil business in theindustrial park on Third Street. The boarddiscussed ordinances and sending a lettervoicing the board’s concerns. The businessis in violation of the ordinances regardingold tires. It’s the outside storage, specifi-cally vehicles and machinery that is accu-mulating on the site. The board intends ondrafting a letter and a motion was carriedto do so.

The contract for Waste Management hasbeen finalized and signed for the 2012through 2014. The board discussed the

Polk County Economic Development Cor-poration’s request for membership dues.The board seemed favorable to support-ing the request, but wanted more informa-tion on how exactly Dresser benefits fromthe corporation and who specifically isbeing helped businesswise in Dresser. Theboard tabled the request until they canmeet with the EDC for answers.

The board approved a motion for ap-proval of a contract with MSA Profes-sional Services for the village’s CDBGHousing Program Administrative Serv-ices with all voting in favor.

The village auditing process will takeplace the week of Jan. 30 by LarsonAllen/Steve Scheidler. The next regularboard meeting is Monday, Feb. 6, at 6:30p.m.

Webster Schools join class action suitby Carl Heidel

Leader staff writerWEBSTER - The Webster Board of Edu-

cation at its meeting Monday, Jan. 16, tooksteps to join a class action suit against theWisconsin Education Association over aretirement insurance program. At the mo-ment, 39 school districts, led by Hartland-Lakeside, are involved in the suit.

According to Jim Erickson, superintend-ent of the Webster Schools, the action hasgrown out of the WEA’s application forfederal funding through the Early RetireeReinsurance Program. At the time of theapplication, Webster Schools had WEA in-surance for teachers and staff, and hadthey continued with that insurance, theirshare of the ERRP money would havebeen $38,062.

But Webster and many other districtshave been dropping the WEA coveragefor other insurance carriers with lowerpremium rates, and the WEA is arguingthat those schools who left the WEA cov-erage should not get any of the ERRPfunds. The schools, however, argue thattheir membership with the WEA at thetime it was applying for the funds was amajor factor in successfully obtainingthose funds. Those schools, therefore,should receive a fair share of the grant.

WEA has filed a complaint against 13 ofthe schools, including Webster, in the fed-eral district court. The suit does not seekdamages but a determination of whetherits decision to not award funds to theschools that left WEA is legal.

The counter suit by the school districts

is intended to move the matter out of thefederal court system and into the Wiscon-sin courts. If that suit succeeds, then theschool districts plan to extend their actionagainst the WEA to attempt to get theirshare of the ERRP money.

Erickson told the board that the WebsterSchool District will not have to pay anylegal fees in the suit. The law firm ofFoley and Lardner of Milwaukee hasagreed to take the case on a contingencybasis. If they win the case, they will take33 percent of whatever damages the courtassesses the WEA. If they lose, there willbe no bill from the firm.

In other business:• Martha Anderson, principal of the

lower elementary school, announced the

formation of a study group that will con-sider expanding volunteer activities in theschool. The study group will hold its firstmeeting Tuesday, Jan.24, at 2:30 p.m., inthe elementary school conference room.

• Tim Widiker, principal of the highschool and middle school, told the boardthat new core standards for studentachievement are coming and will be inplace no later than 2014. This will call forcurriculum and scheduling changes in hisschool units.

• Erickson announced that the open en-rollment period will run from Feb. 6 to 24.During that time families can enroll theirchildren in districts other than the one thefamily lives in.


Village votes to buy land from schoolResidents on both sides

of the issue speakat Jan. 11 meeting

by Mary StirratLeader staff writer

LUCK — A closed session discussion bythe Luck Village Board last Wednesdayevening, Jan. 11, resulted in a 5-2 vote toauthorize “the village president, the vil-lage administrator, and John Klatt, asmembers of the planning commission, tonegotiate with the school board under theterms decided in the closed session.”

The action means that the village willmove ahead with making an offer on ap-proximately 27 acres of land owned by theschool. Discussion by the board and thevillage plan commission, which recom-mended the purchase, indicated that thereis no set plan for the land except future de-velopment as a business park.

The motion to negotiate with the schoolwas made by Hassan Mian and secondedby Robert Determan, who were joined byPeter Demydowich, Phil Warhol and Kris-tine King in voting in favor. TrusteesCraig Lundeen and Ross Anderson votedagainst the motion.

Once the school accepts the offer, andprior to its development, its current zon-ing designation for agricultural use willneed to be changed. At that point, thepublic will again have a chance to giveinput.

For and againstWith 25 members of the public in atten-

dance at the meeting, three spoke outagainst the purchase of the property andfour spoke in favor. Public commentswere limited to three minutes per person,with no opportunity for a second chanceto speak.

First to the podium was Lynn Grego-rash, who pointed out that the village’scomprehensive plan designates areas forresidential development and for commer-cial development.

He said that the board, in its direction tothe plan commission to look for availableland, forgot a critical piece of information.

“The one critical piece of informationyou forgot to tell them to pay attention towas your comprehensive use plan,” hesaid. “They ignored it again and they’retrying to buy a piece of property right nextto the watershed for Big Butternut Lakeand Little Butternut Lake.”

Repeating a comment made by countyboard Supervisor Dean Johansen whenthe village was considering a differentpiece of property across the road from alake, Gregorash asked why the compre-hensive plan was created if it was notgoing to carry any integrity.

“I don’t think the village necessarily hasto be involved in an industrial park,” hecontinued, proceeding to list propertiesscattered all around the community thatare already available for development.

Gregorash was followed by formerTrustee Gene Cooper, who at a meeting ofthe plan commission a week earlier statedhis support of the project as a way to alle-viate traffic issues around the school andwater pressure problems.

When speaking to the village board lastweek, Cooper focused on jobs that havebeen lost in the past 30 years. In the early‘70s, he said, Luck was home to so manyjobs that the number of paychecks issuedwas equal to the population of the village.

Since then, Luck has lost about 100 jobsdue to successful businesses that movedout of the village because there was noroom for expansion. Mark-It Graphicsmoved from Luck to Osceola, SchafferWelding moved from Luck to Milltown,and Lakeland telephone expanded itscable business to Milltown.

“We lost over 100 jobs,” Cooper said,“and they all left town because of expan-sion and we didn’t have room to putthem.”

Years earlier, he said, the Luck Develop-ment Corporation had raised up fundingto bring Durex (now Weir Minerals) intothe community. “Many years ago we hadpeople in this town who were enthusiasticabout growth. They had faith in our com-munity.”

Referring to comments made at previ-ous meetings that the land is more fittingfor residential purposes, Cooper said that

the recent census indicated there were 30vacant houses in the village. “So there’splenty of that,” he said.

Next up was Steve Nielsen, former vil-lage president, who said he is in favor ofthe land purchase. The village is limitedin its options for business expansion, hesaid, given the DNR regulations due towetland issues and individuals unwillingto sell their property for expansion pur-poses.

“I’d like to encourage everyone to thinka little broader and a little longer downthe road,” he said. If the property is pur-chased and a future turnaround in theeconomy draws business to town, futureboards will not have to scramble to findproperty to accommodate new develop-ment.

“And Luck is unique,” Nielsen contin-ued. With low areas and soft underfoot-ings, he said, there are small parcelsavailable as Gregorash alluded to, andthese should also be cultivated for poten-tial development. However, big parcelsare hard to find.

“This is one step in how these thingsstart. It’s not precluding anyone from par-ticipating in what decisions are madenext.

“I think everyone should look a littlelonger down the road and not just assumethat disaster is going to strike before any-thing has happened,” Nielsen concluded.

Becky Rowe, who has spoken againstthe land sale before both the school boardand the plan commission, took Nielsen’sfinal comments as a good lead-in into herown comments.

“I guess I have to address that,” shesaid. “You guys did look down the road,didn’t you? Two years ago, with yourcomprehensive plan, you looked downthe road and planned for 20 years, andnow you’re ignoring it.”

The village did look ahead in its com-prehensive plan, she said, “yet youchange your mind. I think you need tolook at your comprehensive plan and stickwith it. That land was planned residen-tial.”

The former dump site located on thenorth side of the village has been cleanedup and would be a good place for an in-dustrial park, Rowe said, yet the village islooking at creating an ATV park there.

“What is a better use to help the villagegrow?” she asked. “Is that really what’sneeded?”

She also asked about the liability issuesthat the village would face in developingan ATV park.

Rowe then said that the main problemmany people opposed to the land pur-chase have is that the village will not in-dicate what might be built there.

“For a village to buy a hunk of land andnot have some idea except possible indus-trial growth — and that’s the closest I’veheard tonight by someone here and Iknow you guys aren’t answering that —then of course we’re going to disagree.”

She and her husband, Rowe said, maybe gone in five or 10 years, so the effect onthem could be short-term. However, shesaid, building factories at that location,when they could be put at the old dumpsite, will have a long-term effect on thenursing home, school, and other residents.

Village Administrator Kristina Handtlater addressed Rowe’s concerns about li-ability, saying that as long as a profes-sional designer develops the plans for theATV park, there will be no additional lia-bility or insurance premium increase forthe village.

Plan commission member John Klattspoke next, responding first to commentsabout the village not adhering to the com-prehensive plan.

“I think we all know that some of thebest plans in the world are subject tochange,” he said, noting that even thestate Legislature can’t make a law thatcannot be changed. “The five or six vol-unteers that helped develop that compre-hensive plan did not intend for it to beetched in stone.”

The issue, he said, is not whether an in-dustrial or business park should be lo-cated on the land, but whether the villageshould pursue purchase of the property.As far back as 1996 or 1997, he said, theformer school superintendent and a groupof people were looking at closing the roadby the school, then either renovating thebuilding or constructing a new facility. Atthat time, he said, the need for a new roadto alleviate traffic issues by the school wasdiscussed.

“I believe there will be other forums forthe opponents and proponents to discusswhat is the best use of that property,”Klatt said. “But I think there’s a goldenopportunity here that the school has laidin front of you village board members toset the project up for whatever we decide.

“I think that if we continue to ignoreeconomic development in the village ofLuck, we’ll do so at our own peril.”

Bill Smith, a relative newcomer to Luckwho has property adjacent to the land thatthe village will be purchasing, said he isopposed to the purchase.

“Why would we want to put industryaround lakes?” he asked. “I think it is anextremely bad idea to put it around anursing home. Those people need to havepeace and quiet.”

Smith said he is not opposed to indus-try, and would like to see Luck grow.

“But I think that if you’ve got placesnow that are sitting vacant that you’re notusing,” he added, “why not do somethingwith them, then proceed?”

Last to speak was Charvey Spencer,who encouraged the board to accept theplan commission’s recommendation topurchase the land.

“I would rather see that land purchaseand development handled at this levelthan somewhere else,” he said, “because Ithink this is as transparent as it gets. Ifpeople have sat in your chairs they under-stand that certain transactions and negoti-ations take place in closed session andthat’s the way it has to be. Otherwisethere’s no way to do negotiations andmake things happen.”

Spencer pointed out that zoningchanges and variances are approved regu-larly, agreeing with Klatt that the compre-hensive plan is strictly a plan.

“I believe that neither this board norany future board is going to do somethingdetrimental to the entire community,” hesaid, “and I think this is an opportunity todo something for the betterment of the en-tire community.

“If we don’t continue to bring jobs totown there isn’t going to be anyone to buythe houses. The jobs come first, and thehouse values go up after that, the housepurchases come after that. It’s not theother way around.”

When the board voted to go into closedsession to discuss the purchase, Lundeenvoted against it. He said later that, sincethe school’s vote was to solely deal withthe village, there was no need to be con-cerned about a third party being inter-ested in stepping in to interfere with thenegotiations.

Other business• The board accepted the donation from

Kevin Holt and Jon Dexter of a windowfor the warming house. The window wasinstalled in mid-December, with the dona-tion checklist that is required per villagepolicy completed afterward. Discussionensued about the donors’ statement thatthe village would be responsible for anynecessary future replacement, althoughthe donors would take care of paintingand other maintenance.

• The board voted to provide $500 tothe Polk County Economic DevelopmentCorporation, down from both the re-quested $1,100 and the $1,000 contributedlast year. The village’s 2012 budget in-cludes $2,500 for economic development.

• The reappointments of Chris Petersenand Charvey Spencer to the golf coursecommission, and the new appointment ofMark Reidell. All are for a three-yearterm.

• At the recommendation of the publicservices committee, the board approvedthe purchase of a 2011 John Deere wheelloader with a 12-foot snowplow for$97,463, including trade-in of the village’s1996 Case. Included is a seven-year/3,000-hour warranty. Money hasbeen saved for the purchase, according todiscussion at the meeting.

More than two dozen Luck residents attended the Wednesday, Jan. 11, meeting of the villageboard. After a closed session discussion, the board voted to put in an offer to the school for 27acres of land. – Photos by Mary Stirrat Becky Rowe, who lives adjacent to the

property that the school is selling to the vil-lage, questioned the board about its compre-hensive plan.

John Klatt spoke in favor of the land pur-chase, saying it would position the village forfuture development.

Lynn Gregorash criticized the Luck VillageBoard for proposing that business develop-ment be located by Big Butternut Lake.


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Launching/from page 1else to put on road signs, it as potentially amajor umbrella for promotion, history, cul-ture, arts and more. Referred to as the St.Croix Heritage Initiative, it is meant to pos-sibly create a unified strategy to protectand promote the region’s historic, culturaland natural resources.

“We’ve organized a series of publicmeetings on whether it makes sense to us,“stated Jill Shannon of the St. Croix ValleyFoundation, the group leading the feasibil-ity study to move the NHA issue forward.“But the other question is, does it makesense for this area?”

The proposed NHA region affected in-cludes major portions of up to a dozencounties on both sides of the St. Croix RiverValley, and includes much of the river’swatershed, with a focus on areas along themajor tributaries.

“We believe this place is special, with re-sources worth sharing,” stated Shannon.

Defining what that NHA means is not sosimple; while there are currently 49 NHAsin the U.S., they can be as large as the stateof Tennessee or as small as a city or acounty. They can be broad in their focus,and can also concentrate on an industry,such as the automotive theme of the Mo-torCities NHA in Detroit, or the “Rivers ofSteel” NHA in Pittsburgh, as well as theEssex NHA in Massachusetts, where theyeven have designations within that NHA,as well as events, tours, contests, promo-tions and more - all under their Essex NHAumbrella.

“They use their history to preserve, pro-mote and share their area,” Shannon said.

Shannon and Jonathan Moore are usingthe feasibility study to weigh the mood onwhether to move ahead with an NHA des-ignation for this region, and if so, how bestto create a unified strategy to concentratethose efforts, primarily in stories and tales.

“And it must be a distinctive and com-pelling story,” Shannon said.

Earning that NHA designation does notcome easy, as it requires a major presenta-tion before Congress for their approval. Itcomes with no money or promotion, leav-ing that to the region itself, or possiblyworking with private sources to supple-ment promotion of the region.

The NPS meeting last week was the startof that process, as the St. Croix ValleyFoundation weighs the interest with local

organizations, historical and otherwise,and how they will support, enhance andpromote such a venture.

“It’s not about just telling one story,”Shannon stressed. “It’s about telling manystories.”

Shannon called the NHA designation the“connective tissue” of that theme. “Putsimply, it’s about local people caring abouta place,” she said.

Heritage tourism is increasingly popular,she noted, and has led to numerous organ-izations partnering together for regional orspecific promotion, and they can create aregional identity with the designation. Butthat designation is not the only theme ofthe NHA, as it can include all flavors of art,history, industry, culture, even architec-tural or genealogical ties under that theme.

“It’s about what happened with thatlandscape,” Shannon said.

Shannon said it was also a way to possi-bly leverage money for promotion, en-hancement, projects or other significantways that may follow that theme, but sheassured that it does not limit zoning con-

trol or any other developmental freedoms.Moore and Shannon weighed the room

of historians on what they thought was acommon link or things that stand outamong the dozen counties and two statesthat are part of the proposed Heritage Ini-tiative.

The answers were widely varied, fromthe river to trains to Native Americans toroadways, natural resources, logging, evengeology and immigration survival stoodout as possible connections.

“It’s the stories that characterize the re-gion,” Shannon said.

The next phase for the NHA pursuit is aseries of county-by-county meetings in thecoming months, meant to figure out ifthere is inherent interest and to possiblyfind those “unique stories” of the region touse in such a congressional presentation.

Next up is a Saturday, Feb. 11, meetingfor Polk County at Paradise Landing inBalsam Lake, for the first of 11 HeritageDiscovery Workshops, to help answersome of those questions and clarify the ef-forts. A similar workshop will be held in

Chisago County on Feb. 25, at a location tobe decided.

Further workshops will come forward asdates and locations are finalized, with allof them completed by June. After thecounty meetings, the next phase wouldtake place over the late summer, when theywill decide if the interest is strong enoughto warrant a presentation.

If they decide to move ahead, Shannonsaid they will then have four regional sum-mits, meant to “Discover what are the con-nections we share,” she said.

The final heritage summit will presentwhat that congressional presentation mightlook like, as well as how to best packagethe region for an NHA push.

But it all starts with each county’s meet-ings, which Moore and Shannon said willhopefully lead to structures of local repre-sentatives, “And hopefully getting themfired up,” Shannon said. “It’s a process ofpeople working together.”

The presentation before Congress wouldrequire addressing 10 criteria points, andthe answers to those points will be scored,and are a major part of any final questionof NHA designation. Shannon confirmedthat there have been rejected NHA propos-als, and that it is not a sure thing, by anymeans.

“It’s actually a very political process,”she said.

For more information, go online towww.stcroixheritage.org or contact Shan-non by e-mail: [email protected]

Jill Shannon from the St. Croix Valley Foundation gave an overview on the process for seek-ing to make this region a National Heritage Area, with full congressional recognition. – Photosby Greg Marsten

Jonathan Moore of the St. Croix ValleyFoundation addressed some of the questionsbehind a National Heritage Area.

Roads may also have rich histories, likePolk County's noted CTH S, between St.Croix Falls and Osceola. Modern highwaysoften have deep local histories, going backto Native American routes. They might alsofall under the NHA umbrella.


Gableman hireshigh-profile defense attorney

by Shawn JohnsonWisconsin Public Radio

MADISON - State Supreme Court Jus-tice Michael Gableman has enlisted ahigh-profile attorney to fight charges thathe violated Wisconsin’s ethics and judicialcodes.

Gableman’s new lawyer is Viet Dinh,who’s credited with authoring the PatriotAct while an assistant attorney generalunder then U.S. Attorney General JohnAshcroft. Dinh says he’s always been in-terested in judicial independence and con-tends that attacks against Gableman are athreat to that, “Frankly, what is going onin Wisconsin is an affront to the peoplewho believe in the independence of the ju-diciary and the necessity of such inde-pendence to the protection of the rule oflaw.”

Critics say Gableman broke Wisconsin’sjudicial code and state law when he re-ceived free legal representation bylawyers from the firm Michael, Best andFriedrich. Gableman did not disclose thearrangement even as he sat on several

cases argued by the firm. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee po-

litical science professor Mordecai Lee saysthe fact that someone like Dinh is nowrepresenting Gableman is significant, “Ithink we can read into these develop-ments that Justice Gableman is taking thisseriously. I also think we can interpret thisto mean that he’s in serious trouble.”

Dinh contends Gableman took nothingof value from his old attorneys because hewas under a contingency agreementwhere his lawyers could have been paidif they won. When asked about his ownfee arrangements with Gableman, Dinhsays they’re confidential, “I am precludedby ethical rules from disclosing them. ButI am very comfortable that they meet allthe tests of judicial ethics and in no wayare they free.”

Dinh made international news recentlywhen he was tapped to handle the inter-nal investigation of a phone-hacking scan-dal at Rupert Murdoch’s NewsCorporation.

Write-in candidates must registerBURNETT COUNTY – While voters

can write in any name they wish, peoplewho want to be a write-in candidate mustfile a campaign registration statement,Form GAB-1, as soon as they decide torun. County board candidates would filethe form with the county clerk. Webster

Village Board candidates would file withthe village clerk.

The Leader will report the names of reg-istered write-ins as the April 3 election ap-proaches and will cover registeredwrite-ins the same as candidates on theballot. – Gregg Westigard

Village of Grantsburg nameda Bird City Wisconsin

GRANTSBURG – The village of Grants-burg was recently named a Bird City Wis-consin. Grantsburg will be presented aspecial Bird City Wisconsin flag, plaqueand street signs to honor the village’s con-servation achievements.

Bird City Wisconsin is modeled on theTree City USA program. With a Together-Green Planning Grant in 2009, 22 criteriaacross five categories were developed.These categories include habitat creationand protection, community forest man-agement, limiting hazards to birds, publiceducation, and recognizing InternationalMigratory Bird Day. If a community meetsat least seven criteria, it becomes an offi-cial Bird City.

To meet these criteria, Grantsburg hasadopted a comprehensive plan and is incompliance with the Wisconsin SmartGrowth Laws. The village of Grantsburghas adopted a forest management plan forvillage-owned land. There is an ongoinglist of birds seen at Memory Lake Park inGrantsburg by the local high school biol-ogy class. Crex Meadows Wildlife Area,Governor Knowles State Forest and BrantBrook Pines State Natural Area are in-cluded in the Great Wisconsin Birding

and Nature Trail. Multiple brochures areavailable to learn about limiting and min-imizing hazards to birds. “Cats, Birds andYou” as well as “You Can Save Birds FromFlying Into Windows” are availableat Crex Meadows Wildlife Education andVisitor Center. Grantsburg is also part of aChristmas bird count held every Decem-ber, which helps monitor bird populationsin the area.

Being recognized as a Bird City, Grants-burg can promote its positive environ-mental reputation, aesthetic, social,economic and environmental benefits.This recognition also shows that not onlyis Crex Meadows Wildlife Area and otherlocal state land a great place for birding,but the village of Grantsburg has manyopportunities to bird watch as well.

The village of Grantsburg’s recognitionas a Bird City shows the dedication andinterest of the local community in birdsand bird habitat conservation ef-forts. Grantsburg will be participating inthe International Migratory Bird Day onSaturday, May 12, with activities at Mem-ory Lake Park and Crex MeadowsWildlife Education and Visitor Center.– submitted

Burnett County Board candidatesand maps on the Web

BURNETT COUNTY – The names, ad-dresses and phone numbers of all the Bur-nett County Board candidates are now onthe county Web site. The maps of all thenew districts are also on the site. The dis-trict lines were changed after the 2010 cen-sus.

Go to burnettcounty.com. Click on Gov-ernment at the top of the page. Then clickon District Maps (if the present mapscome up, click 2012-2022 maps on the leftside bar). Click on Candidates for the listof those who are running. – Gregg Westi-gard

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April election updateAlden contest, Webster

write-in, Luck postponementby Gregg Westigard

Leader staff writerBURNETT/POLK COUNTIES – There

were mixed results from four nominatingcaucuses held last week to select candi-dates for the April 3 election. In the Townof Alden, a full slate was nominated. Inthe village of Webster, not enough candi-dates were nominated. And in the villageof Luck, the caucus was not properly no-

ticed and had to be rescheduled.Alden is one of three area towns with a

five-person board. Two supervisors areelected each year. At the caucus Jan. 12, in-cumbents Gary Dado and John Bon-neprise were nominated for re-election aswell as candidates Denny O’Hearn andBarry Ausen. There were 15 people at thecaucus.

The Clayton town caucus was also heldJan. 12, and only the two incumbents,Robert Gale and Odell Olson, were nomi-nated. They will run unopposed on April3.

In Webster, the terms of three trusteesare up in April. Only two people werenominated at the Wednesday, Jan. 11, cau-cus, incumbents Kelsey Gustafson andGreg Widiker. The third incumbent, PaulBerg, is not running again and no one wasnominated for his spot. That seat will befilled by a write-in vote April 3.

The Luck Village caucus Jan. 11 prom-ised to be an interesting event with fourseats instead of three open and one in-cumbent retiring. But the proper noticeswere not posted, and the Luck caucus isnow postponed until Wednesday, Jan. 25.

The seats of incumbents Phillip Warhol,Ross Anderson, Craig Lundeen and Has-san Mian are up. Mian has said he will notrun for re-election. There are four seats upbecause Lundeen was appointed to fill avacancy, and an election will be held forthe last year of that term. Voters will nom-inate candidates for three two-year termsand one one-year term.

The only remaining nominating caucuswill be in the Town of St. Croix Falls onMonday, Jan. 23.

Burnett County election overviewQuiet April ballot for much of

countyby Gregg Westigard

Leader staff writerBURNETT COUNTY – The April 3 elec-

tion in Burnett County will be a quiet af-fair for many of the residents. There are atotal of six contests in the county, and twoof those are write-in elections where nocandidates filed. The six include twocounty board seats, two school board elec-tions, and two village board elections.There are no countywide contests. Theonly state judicial race, for the Court ofAppeals, has a single candidate.

County board contestsThere is no candidate in District 3 where

incumbent Eldon Freese is retiring. Thedistrict, with redrawn lines, includes mostof the Town of Grantsburg north of Hwy.70, the village of Grantsburg roughlynorth of Benson Avenue and a small por-tion of West Marshland. [See separatestory for a link to district maps.]

The only contest is in District 15, theTown of Siren south of CTH B and west ofLind Road. Incumbent Richard Andersonis being challenged by Dave McGrane.

Two more supervisors, Jim Sundquist(District 2) and Priscilla Bauer (District 4),are retiring but in each case only a singlecandidate filed for the open seat. DaleDresel has filed for the District 2 seat inthe village of Grantsburg. Jeremy Gronski

is the only candidate in District 4, whichincludes the Town of Anderson and a partof the Town of Grantsburg. There is no op-position for the other 17 incumbents onthe 21-member county board.

School district contestsThe Webster School Board has three

seats on the ballot. Incumbents CharlesMacke, Brenda Rachner and Wendy Lar-son are joined on the ballot by LynnStromberg. The large Webster district cov-ers much of the northern part of BurnettCounty.

The Spooner district also has three openseats including one that is vacant. Thereare four candidates, incumbents PhilipMarkgren and Christina Martin are joinedon the ballot by Nathan Eichhort and

David Wilson. The Towns of Scott andRusk and a corner of Dewey are in theSpooner district.

Village contests (three trustee seats in eachvillage)

In Grantsburg, Jim Nelson is retiringfrom the board. Incumbents Dale Dreseland Val Johnson as well as Greg Peer andJohn Addison are running for the twoseats.

The other write-in contest is in Websterwhere only two incumbents, KelseyGustafson and Greg Widiker, were nomi-nated for re-election. Paul Berg is retiringand no new candidate was nominated atthe caucus.


• Words from the editor •Concealed carry permit applications popular

RICE LAKE - Since the state passed a concealed carry law Nov. 1, more than 60,000Wisconsinites, 1 percent of the population, have applied for permits, according to theWisconsin Department of Justice. Demand for permits, training and guns has beenstrong in Northwest Wisconsin. About eight companies are offering concealed carryclasses in the area, said Dan Marcon, instructor for Marc-on Shooting School. Marconand fellow instructor Dan Dravis have taught as many as eight concealed carry classesper month since March. The men teach Wisconsin concealed carry classes and the con-cealed carry laws of other states with permits recognized by Wisconsin or nearbystates. Marcon said they’ve had people of all ages and as many as 20 people in a class.He said the male to female ratio has been about 5-to-1. So why are so many interestedin getting a permit? “Protecting themselves and their families is the big one,” said JeffArnold of AB & Company Firearms Training, a company that just recently began of-fering classes. Outdoorsmen also find a permit desirable. “A lot of them are huntersor people who travel and want to carry in their vehicles,” said Marcon. New lawsallow people to keep loaded, uncased weapons in their vehicles. “That’s made a hugedeal for hunters. It’s more convenient,” said Geoff Fox, a firearms sales associate atBear Paw. - Rice Lake Chronotype

Sunday shooting fatalSUPERIOR - A Superior man is dead after a morning shooting on Sunday, Jan. 15.

Police say they are searching for suspects in a crime that right now appears to have nomotive. The victim is believed to be Toriano “Snapper” Cooper, and it appears he wasshot on his lawn just after 10 a.m. Witnesses told police they heard three gunshots andhad seen Cooper cleaning his car just moments before those shots were fired. Accord-ing to the authorities, the victim was able to get back inside his home before succumb-ing to his injuries. As a group of onlookers watched police circle the house, WDIOreports a boy yelled out a window asking people to have respect since his uncle hadjust died. Right now police have no suspects and no indication why this man wasshot, but the investigation is ongoing. Police are seeking the public’s help and are ask-ing anyone with information to the Superior Police Department at 715-395-7468. - Su-perior Telegram

Plane overturns during landingCHETEK - Local emergency crews were called to the Chetek airport around 12:22

p.m. Friday, Jan. 6, to respond to a plane crash. According to information released bythe Chetek Police Department, pilot Jim Larsen, 58, was attempting a crosswind land-ing of a 2011 fixed-wing, single-engine Aviat Husky. Larsen told police a sudden gustof wind blew the plane off the runway and caused it to overturn. The pilot and his 8-year-old grandson extricated themselves from the plane; Larsen had minor injuries,and the boy had no apparent injuries. Larsen received stitches for his injuries. TheChetek Police Department and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigatingthe crash. - Barron News-Shield

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Some hits, a few missesA rundown of hits and misses from local, state and national headlines.HIT: This week’s announcement of creation of 300 new jobs in Superior (600

within next four years) by Kestrel Aircraft Company is incredibly good news, notonly for that city, but for the region. If just a dozen job vacancies out of the 600end up being filled by residents of Burnett or Polk counties, it will have a smallbut positive effect on our local economy. Kestrel will become, in effect, the Po-laris of Douglas County - hopefully minus any exodus, and we should feel goodas Wisconsinites - and as neighbors to Douglas County - for their good fortune.

MISS: Any political hay made over the Superior jobs announcement. Represen-tatives from the state Legislature, Senate and governor’s office all deserve achance to claim due credit and acknowledge the positive news. But lost at timesin the publicity and political posturing is the credit that goes to the company it-self and the trench work by city and county officials and economic developmentmembers, people who may take more satisfaction in seeing their accomplish-ment than being in the limelight.

HIT: The AmericCorps program (See Currents feature) for their support of pro-grams that offer support to students through after-school programs, help buildaffordable housing, respond to disasters, etc. It’s a federal program that has beencalled the domestic version of the Peace Corps - and one that’s appreciated lo-cally.

MISS: The weather, which is playing havoc again with a lack of snow thatslows the local tourism economy during at least three key months of the winterseason. Last year there was too much snow, this year not enough. Welcome to lifein northern Wisconsin.

HIT: The announcement by the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance this week thatproperty taxes are up just 0.3 percent in 2012, the smallest increase in 15 years.For many, taxes went down. Many will argue the merits of how we got there andrightfully so, but in this difficult housing economy and tentative economy ingeneral, those kinds of accomplishments somehow need to continue until we digourselves out of the economic mire.

HIT: The Italian Port Authority official’s unadorned radio communicationswith the cruise ship captain following the tragic disaster which proved fatal forsome passengers and crew members. It speaks for itself. Magnifico.

MISS: The Packers loss to the Giants on Sunday and their overall season,which ended up opposite of last year’s when the Green and Gold were mediocrethroughout the regular season and red hot during the playoffs, with help fromturnovers. Dynasties are very elusive, as Packer fans are finding out.

HIT: Packer quarterback Matt Flynn, whose six-touchdown performance a fewweeks ago set franchise records and arguably set the bar for irony in sports as abundled-up Aaron Rodgers watched his backup from the sidelines. It may havebeen Flynn’s private Super Bowl - and maybe a ticket to a starting position withanother team next year. Better than another Super Bowl ring?

Flynn likely wouldn’t admit that.

Editorials by Gary King

WWhhaatt’’ss tthhee rreeaall ppllaann??And the secrecy continues.First the school board had what it called

a “special electors meeting” before thenoon school board meeting in Decemberand proceeded to have a vote to sell theschool land.

Then at their Jan. 4 meeting, the LuckPlan Commission gave lots of reasons, butwere not forthcoming as to what the landwill be used for, and then went into closedsession in order to avoid discussing thesubject in front of the citizens attending.The village board is also not being openand transparent as to their plans for whatthe land is going to be used for if they pur-chase it, and at their Jan. 11 meeting alsowent into closed session in order to avoiddiscussing the subject in front of the citi-zens that were there.

So, I ask as a taxpayer and citizen, don’twe deserve to be told the truth since it isour tax dollars being used for this pur-chase? Don’t we deserve the truth sincethis purchase will have a lasting impact onthe entire village in the years to come? Arethere other citizens out there wonderingwhy there is so much secrecy involvedover this purchase? We are asking the vil-lage to be truthful and accountable to allthe people who live in the district andwho they represent and let us know whatthe real plan is for the school land, be-cause as citizens of Luck, the Luck SchoolDistrict and of Wisconsin, we feel we de-serve no less.

Becky RoweLuck

TThhaannkk yyoouu,, tteeaacchheerrss uunniioonnYou have cost us Wisconsin taxpayers

millions cleaning up and repairing themess you made at our Capitol and forcingrecall elections on our duly-elected offi-cials so we learned quickly what unionismis all about.

We don’t want union radicals paradingour fourth-grade students through thestreets of our capital protesting or teach-ing multicultural education rather thanabout the wars to protect their freedom sothey can continue to speak English. Howcan we continue to be leader of the freeworld when we don’t know where or whyour servicemen and women are givingtheir lives for them? In spite of spendingfar more on education than any othercountry, student proficiency has droppedmiserably down toward Third Worldstandards since the teachers union cameto power. Also, we don’t appreciate hav-ing our children brainwashed by someradical partisan teacher that that evenwrites partisan articles in our local paper.If a teacher would have done such a thingwhen I went to Frederic High School theywould have been fired before they gotback to the classroom. In addition, wedidn’t appreciate the teachers union carv-ing out a Cadillac health plan from our taxmoney that was far over and above whatother employees received. Greed becametheft when their insurance company usedsome of this money to support crookedpoliticians that covered up for them.

Thank you for the wake-up demonstra-tion that shows us Wisconsin citizens andthe entire country what unions are allabout. You give us and the whole countryan education on how the mafia teachersunion operates so now we want you to

load up your goon squads, dirty moneyand take them with you when you leave.If you haven’t noticed the only states thatare prospering are the Right to Workstates and that is the next thing we shouldbe voting on. While you are wasting moreof our money trying to recall our nation’smost popular governor, perhaps youwould be better off learning a respectablejob. You better go somewhere else be-cause no one will knowingly hire youhere.

Perhaps we should go back and take agood look at the history of unionism in theU.S. President Roosevelt opened the doorfor the huge Mafia-controlled industrialunions that lost no time in taking controlof the country. He realized it was not suit-able for federal or state employees andspecifically made his point. As soon as hewas elected big union labor unionsbacked by the mafia went on strike forhigher wages to get nonexisting jobs. Twoyears later 2 million additional peoplewere unemployed and their families wereeating at soup kitchens. It was still a rela-tively small country and since womenhadn’t entered the workforce two millionadditional families were affected. The endresult was that we didn’t get out of theGreat Depression until we entered WWIIin 1941. After the war the incompetent,greedy union workers forced industry togo overseas.

Many years later President Kennedywithheld promised air support for the Bayof Pigs at the last minute resulting in thein an atomic missile showdown with Rus-sia. Hopefully you are aware that he wasalso responsible for getting us involved inthe Vietnam War that cost 58,000 Ameri-can servicemen their lives. Also, by execu-tive order he was the one that grantedboth state and federal employees the rightto unionize. Since then U.S. academic pro-ficiency has dropped dramatically whencompared with other countries in theworld. Perhaps it is time that we shouldvote to decide whether or not we want toretain his executive order. On the otherhand it may be a legal hornet’s nest be-cause you are usurping the rights of theelected officials who are their rightful su-pervisor.

Sam JonesSiren

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They owe us an apology! Beyond that,they owe us disciplinary action for thosethat authored the 2010 and 2011 deer sea-son regulations, and a vow to not let themset future policy. We all know that this willbe a monumental task because they havetheir own private world where every em-ployee is blameless. I will present an ex-ample of the rhetoric that streamed fromthat office in recent months.

First: The educated wildlife biologistNancy Christel conducting a deer herdmeeting for units 11, 18, 15 and 17. Quote,“Deer herd numbers are up, it’s just thatchanges in hunting techniques have re-sulted in less deer movement, makingthem more nocturnal,” unquote. How’sthat for an expert?

Next: DNR executive assistant ScottGunderson, said, “The DNR wants thehunting public to buy in to our herd man-agement structure.” He then encourageshunters to return to the woods for the De-

cember antlerless hunt. (Were there anyleft to kill?)

Next: Mike Zeckmeister, district wildlifesupervisor, said, “A promising deer sea-son is in store for northern Wisconsin.” Hewent on to state, “In 2009 the harvest wassuppressed due to poor hunting condi-tions, not because there were no deer.”Heard enough yet?

Finally, Tom Hauge, wildlife director forthe DNR and on the hot seat being grilledby NRB officials … they asked how wecould possibly have a herd of 1.75 million,then shoot only around 300,000, leaving1.4 million to crowd the landscape in 2012.Oh, where could that 1.4 million be?

We are in this predicament simply be-cause the “behind-the-desk experts”aren’t really experts but somehow makepolicy completely opposite of the thou-sands of real experienced license buyersthat have lived and hunted in these areas,that are seeing their sport diminish. Thesepeople have had 60, 70 and 80 years’ ex-perience in being out there every day, butthey are not being heard.

Eighty percent of us did not want thoseobscene $2 tags even in 2010. That kill,coupled with the special anterless hunt,simply deprived young hunters of bag-ging a young buck in 2011. That was notherd control, that proved to be deer exter-mination. These aren’t Asian beetles,rather you are jeopardizing the future ofour grandkids to continue participation.

To further elaborate, you have a deerseason that starts in mid-September, al-lowing bow hunters (with cameras andthe rut) to remove many big antlered deer(now with sophisticated equipment), pre-viously not available on the original bowhunts.

By Nov. 19, it is not surprising that thepickings are somewhat slim. Thereafter,it’s another several weeks of bow, muzzle-loader, then four more days of the infa-mous antlerless killings.

There is the simple summary of themess you have made in these zones result-ing in record-low registration numbers in2011. The only thing missing is an Aprilhunt.

What many do not realize is the dailydeer kill by predation such as bear, coyote,bobcat, wolf and the biggest predator …man. Twelve months of the year ever ac-tive. This is more than enough herd con-trol.

Frustrated hunters are coming to mewith suggestions such as allow wolf hunts(now delisted); bear tags sold over thecounter; close doe for one year; first-timehunters 10 to 16 harvest either sex. My ad-vice to those DNR experts … listen.

This letter goes to Cathy Stepp, DNRsecretary, 101 So. Webster St., Madison,Wis. 53703. Write your concerns.

Michael MurrayFrederic

CCaarriinngg ccoommmmuunniittyyMy name is Josie. I live in Lewis. A few

weeks ago I had a fire. It destroyed mygarage and damaged my house. It couldhave been much worse but thanks to pro-fessionalism and caring people, the futureis bright.

I am simply writing to acknowledgethose who helped me when I needed it themost.

The Frederic Fire Department was firstat the scene, followed by Luck. Togetherthey were an orchestrated machine and

saved my home. Officer Johnson fromFrederic offered condolences and emo-tional support.

Many others helped whom I do notknow. Today, repairs are under way and Iowe it all to a wonderful and caring com-munity.

Josie O’ConnellLewis

WWhhaatt iiss bbeesstt ffoorr yyoouuThe Luck Village Board has agreed to

pursue the purchase of a piece of landowned by the Luck School. If you are ataxpayer in the Luck School District,you’ve already paid for the land in ques-tion. If you also happen to be a villagetaxpayer you’ll now get to pay for theland a second time.

At the Jan. 11, village board meeting, inclosed session, it was decided to try to buythe land from the school. Prior to theclosed session we were told that the com-prehensive land use plan approved twoyears ago was never intended to be used.It wasn’t professionally prepared and,after all, plans are made to be broken. Wewere told to look at the number of zoningchanges that have been made as evidencethat plans are broken all the time. It’s agood thing this wasn’t professionally pre-pared because no land use planner wouldput an industrial park between a schooland nursing home. A professionally pre-pared plan may have made it more diffi-cult to ignore the plan.

While there are a number of assets andgrants available from the state for the de-velopment of dump sites the village-owned, 39-acre former dump site is beinglooked at for use as an ATV park. Instead,the board has decided to pursue the pur-chase of land between the school and newnursing home for use as a business park.The board is being quite careful not to callit an industrial park, although we weretold they didn’t know what would even-tually be located there. We can take someconsolation in knowing that many nurs-ing home occupants suffer from hearingloss so at least they won’t hear the steadydrone of a semi waiting to make a deliveryin the new business park. I’m not sureabout you lakeshore owners on Big But-ternut. Sound carries very well across thewater.

Perhaps they’ll construct a wall for youto abate the noise.

Step aside taxpayers, the powers that bewill let you know what is best for you.

Lynn GregorashLuck


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The costs and consequencesof recalls

The Government AccountabilityBoard, the state agency that oversees elec-tions, recently estimated that a statewiderecall election would cost state and localgovernments at least $9 million, withhigher costs possible depending on anumber of factors. The ongoing recall ef-fort against the governor and lieutenantgovernor would represent the firststatewide recall elections in Wisconsin’shistory. The costs of additional recallelections are adding to the significantbudget challenges facing local govern-ments.

GAB identified potential costs to coun-

ties would be $2.3 million, with munici-pal governments facing costs of $5.8 mil-lion, according to a survey of localgovernments. These numbers do not re-flect the potential for a Democratic pri-mary or additional recall efforts againstfour senators, which may be held onother dates. If those elections occur, thecosts to municipal and county govern-ments could be higher. These effortscome after the unprecedented recall elec-tions this past summer, which cost local

governments and the state $2.1 million. The never-ending election cycle we

find ourselves in has been driven by spe-cial interests and activists that insist onelection after election until their desiredresult is obtained. In response to the con-cerns that the recall process is beingabused for political agendas, legislationhas been drafted to address the increas-ing number of recalls. Assembly JointResolution 63 seeks to make changes toWisconsin’s recall process to allow for arecall if an elected official has beencharged with a serious crime or if proba-ble cause is found that they violated thestate code of ethics.

Since the process for recalls is set forthin the state Constitution, a change to therecall process requires a constitutionalamendment. In order for the state Con-

stitution to be amended, a resolutionmust be passed by both houses throughtwo consecutive legislative sessions, afterwhich it must be approved by voters in astatewide referendum. AJR 63 is cur-rently before the Assembly Committee onElection and Campaign Reform.

The ongoing use of recalls to attempt tochange the outcome of the most recentgeneral election will not only be costly totaxpayers, but it will discourage electedofficials from making the tough decisionsthat are inherent with public service.Please feel free to contact me or visit myWeb site at www.harsdorfsenate.comwith your thoughts regarding the recallprocess and AJR 63 or to voice additionalquestions, comments or concerns.

SheilaHarsdorf10th DistrictSenate


Frederic concealed-carry class 100-percent successby Wayne AndersonSpecial to the Leader

FREDERIC - The Frederic CommunityEducation concealed-carry weapons classsaw standing room only on Saturday, Jan.7. Over 55 men and women packed theFrederic Fire Department’s meetingroom for the five-hour firearm safetycourse, where 100 percent of the partici-pants passed the state exam.

The class exceeded expectations insheer attendance and class-member’s re-action.

Enrollment filled up in less than 24hours. A waiting list was then begun.

CCW became law in Wisconsin lastyear. The state law joins federal law,where the Supreme Court ruled individ-ual citizens have a constitutional right to“bear arms” under the Second Amend-ment. The Court left the concealmentissue to individual states to decide. Wis-consin decided to allow CCW on Nov. 1,2011.

To date, the state has received over68,000 applications and has received $2.9million in revenue, said Dana Brueck,Wisconsin Department of Justice commu-nication’s director. Of those applications,the state has issued 45,000 permits and isworking to process the rest. A CCW ap-plication costs $50.

“The revenue is not for profit making,”said Brueck. “The objective is to set thecost to meet operating costs. Weonly charge what it costs to produce andprocess the applications.”

The state anticipated 100,000 applica-tions in the first year, Brueck said. But ithas reached nearly two-thirds in less thantwo months.

Despite popular legal demand

statewide, political opposition remains insome quarters.

“Politics should not be involved in ed-ucation,” said one class member whoasked not to be identified. (All classmembers asked not to be identified, asthat would defeat the point of conceal-ment.) “Education should be about objec-tive, legal information. We shouldkeep personal agendas out!”

The class voiced support among tax-

payers calling for more local CCW classesto be offered.

The course was taught by officers JaredCockroft, St. Croix Police Department,and Joe Vierkandt, Polk County Sheriff’sDepartment. Both officers are certifiedtrainers with the Wisconsin DOJ.

The five-hour course covered the fun-damentals of firearm safety, safe carryconsiderations, the law and legal impli-cations and practical handling of a

firearm. All firearms used in class wereunloaded. These safety topics are all cov-ered in the training guide used and is-sued by the Wisconsin DOJ.

Reaction from the class was over-whelmingly positive.

“I was really impressed,” said onewoman. “I know the law a little bit better.And I feel more secure now. I’m awidow.”

“I thought this was superb!” said agentleman. “I have an understandingthat things are not so black and white.”

“This is a wonderful class,” said awoman who plans to carry a firearm inher car to feel more secure. “I’m so de-lighted with Gov. Walker, as we can nowtake this class and again live as free peo-ple.”

The location of this community eventwas forced to change twice as the classgrew and grew.

Joe Parr, owner of the Mud Hut giftshop, first offered his newly remodeledcrafts area as a complimentary venue.But that site had to be changed, due tothe growing response. Then fire depart-ment officials were contacted and theygraciously donated the use of the firehall, which accommodated all partici-pants that wished to attend.

Many who attended said they plan toget more firearms training. The two lawenforcement trainers said they plan tooffer several other CCW classes coveringbasic and advanced training.

For more information on CCW certifi-cation and firearms safety visit their Website at safefirearmstraining.com or call:715-554-7070.

Webster caucus falls short of a full slateLibrary project comes

in under budgetby Sherill Summer

Leader staff writer WEBSTER - The task for the Webster

Village caucus on Wednesday, Jan. 11, wasto nominate at least three candidates forvillage trustee and nominate at least onecandidate for municipal judge.

The village at large did not attend thecaucus, leaving only the village board tonominate candidates for the spring elec-tion. They nominated current MunicipalJudge Greg Sears for another term and at-tempted to nominate all three currenttrustees, Greg Widiker, Kelsey Gustafsonand Paul Berg, for another term as well.Berg, however, declined to run again andwill leave the board once his term is com-plete. Both Widiker and Gustafson ac-cepted their nomination and will be on thespring ballot, but the caucus ended withonly two candidates for three seats.

As a result, there will be only twotrustee candidates on the ballot. The

write-in candidate with the most voteswould fill out the board. If no write-incandidate emerges from the election or thetop vote-getter declines to serve on theboard, village President Jeff Robertswould appoint a village resident to fill thevacancy.

New vehiclesWith the new year, the village board

wasted little time in approving the pur-chase of two vehicles budgeted for in the2011 budget. A 2010 Crown Victoria po-lice cruiser with 37,000 miles will replacethe 2005 Impala with between 125,000 and130,000 miles. There is $21,000 in thebudget for the police car. The car itselfcost $15,000 delivered, but the retro-styledblack and white car still needs to be outfit-ted with lights and equipment before itcan be used. There are plans to sell theImpala once the new car is in use.

The village will also replace the 1988one-ton truck with a 2012 four-wheel-drive, one-ton Chevy from Larsen Auto inFrederic. The truck costs $26,400, and anestimated $8,000 more must be spent on a

box, hitch, lights and other equipment be-fore the truck will be ready for villageuse.

Library project finishes under budgetGeneral contractor Jeff Howe has sub-

mitted his final bill for the library project.The final $15,616.68 is being held up untilthe flooring in the community room meetsthe satisfaction of the building committee.Even so, the total project cost of$613,641.59 came in $6,518.41 underbudget.

Of the $613,641.59 total, $41,817 wasspent on windows and other openings,$93,500 was spent on HVAC, $31,920 wasspent on demolition, $72,300 was spent onelectrical work, $27,500 was spent onearthwork, $75,240 was spent on wood,$23,850 was spent on concrete / masonry,and $19,200 was spent on plumbing.

Water improvements projectFor the second month in a row, the vil-

lage has applied for funding to do someimprovements on the village water sys-tem. Last month, it was for the DNR Safe

Drinking Water Loan Program. Thismonth it was a Community DevelopmentBlock Grant, the same source of fundingthat provided $360,000 for the library proj-ect.

The improvements to the water systeminclude replacing undersized watermains, well maintenance, water mainlooping, replacing fire hydrants and paint-ing the water tower at an estimated costof $800,000. If Webster scores well on theSafe Drinking Water application, the prin-cipal of up to half of the project costs willbe forgiven, and the rest will qualify for a1.3- to 2-percent loan. The Safe DrinkingWater money can also be used as a localmatch for the CDBG.

The CDBG money is somewhat less re-strictive than the Safe Drinking Watermoney, and if received, would help payfor parts of the project that the Safe Drink-ing Water Loan Program will not pay for.

As of now, all of the projects are contin-gent on funding. The village can scaleback on the number of projects dependingon funding or can decline awarded grantmoney at a later date.

Taylors Falls get organized for 2012New employee on the job

by Tammi MilbergLeader staff reporter

TAYLORS FALLS, Minn. – The city ofTaylors Falls Council met prior to the reg-ular city council meeting to have an orga-nizational meeting for the new year. Themeeting on Monday, Jan. 9, establishedthe role of the vice mayor for the comingyear. Nominated for the position was RossRivard, who has held the position for sev-

eral years. The board also passed the feeschedule for 2012 for fees collectible by thecity. Reimbursement rates and compensa-tion was also set for employees. Transfersfor water and sewer funds to the generalfund carried. Finally, the council reviewedgoals for 2012 and approved final expen-ditures to be paid for 2011.

The regular council meeting began afterthe organizational meeting. The councilapproved the following consent agendaitems: meeting minutes from Dec. 12 and27, staff reports of committees, commis-

sions and boards, a contract with Hen-nepin Technical College to provide OSHAtraining, amending the law enforcementservices contract with Chisago Countyand approval of claims and payroll. Alsoaccepted by consent agenda were the po-lice report, fire department report andpublic works report.

The council approved a training requestfor the recently hired city coordinator-zoning administrator, Adam Berklund.Berklund was hired to replace LarryPhillips after he resigned to take another

position with another agency. The trainingrequest is for two workshops: one ongrant writing and another on the LegacyAct. The total cost of both training work-shops is $349. The council approved therequest with the fee to be paid from theplanning and zoning department trainingbudget.

With no further business to discuss, thecouncil adjourned the meeting. The nextcouncil meeting is Monday, Jan. 23.

Tribes warn Assembly: “You’ll have to deal with us”by Mike Simonson

Wisconsin Public RadioHURLEY - Four of northern Wisconsin’s

bands of Lake Superior Chippewapledged solidarity with the Bad Rivertribe’s opposition to proposed mining leg-islation. And they told the Assembly JobsCommittee Wednesday, Jan. 11, at a hear-ing in Hurley that they’d better listen.

Seven and a half hours into a 12-hourhearing, the tribes played their trumpcard: The treaties signed in the 19th cen-tury giving them the right to hunt, fish

and gather in the ceded territory of theLake Superior region. So Lac du Flambeautribal Chairman Tom Maulson says thatgives them the right to intervene to pro-tect natural resources, “We will decide. Wehave the right in the treaty area to makethat decision. So that’s something thatyou’ve got to take home to your tables. It’snot a threat. It’s a promise that we’regoing to be talking about that. Megwich(thanks in Ojibwe language).”

That got the attention of Republicanstate Rep. Mike Kuglitsch of New Berlin,

“Can you explain the treaty that you’retalking about and how you can affect andnot have this go forward because I’m notfamiliar with it.”

The Bad River Band of Lake SuperiorChippewa is downstream from the pro-posed Penokee iron ore mine. But tribalChairman Mike Wiggins says the pro-posed mining bill is a threat to all 11 Wis-consin tribes, “We recognize some of thethings in here as being unbelievablethreats to us and what we stand and livefor, and ultimately, we’re willing to go to

the mat on this stuff.” So Red Cliff, Lac Courte Oreilles, Lac du

Flambeau and Menominee tribes saythey’ve got Bad River’s back. While warn-ing the committee not to paint the tribesinto a corner, Lac du Flambeau’s Maulsondid leave the door open, “We need to sitdown, you and I. I mean, it ain’t like itrubs off, I can tell you. My wife’s white.And she’s still white. We just need to worktogether.”

The Assembly is expected to vote on themining bill later this week.

Concealed-carry weapons trainers Jared Cockroft, with the St. Croix Police Department,and Joe Vierkandt, with the Polk County Sheriff’s Department, are seen with some demonstra-tion firearms at the first community education CCW certification safety course. Over 55 menand women attended the class, with 100 percent passing the state exam. - Photo by WayneAnderson


One dog claim approved, one deniedCounty board approves

1.5-percent raisefor employees


BALSAM LAKE — Late last year, twoindividuals filed claims with Polk Countyfor damages to domestic animals causedby dogs. The board of supervisors Tues-day night, Jan. 17, considered the claimsand voted to pay the animal owner in oneof the cases.

The other claim, however, was removedfrom the resolution that requested theboard consider and pay it. Both claimshad been made according to proper pro-cedure, and in both cases it was found thatdogs did actually kill the animals.

The agriculture and extension educa-tion committee, which has the responsibil-ity of reviewing the claims and making arecommendation to the board, recom-mended the claims be paid.

Tuesday evening, the board voted topay the claim of Christi Hendricks, whowas seeking $148 for the loss of a turkey,duck and six chickens was approved.

The $1,000 claim of Richard Grovum fortwo llamas, however, was disallowed anddeleted from the resolution.

The question that plagued some super-visors was whether the county should re-imburse for the damage when statestatutes say that the dog owner can beheld liable. In Grovum’s case, accordingto discussion at the meeting, the dog thatkilled the llamas was definitely identified,and state statutes say that the owner of thedog is liable for the cost.

“It’s my opinion,” said Supervisor PatSchmidt, “that we should not pay for this.The owners of the dog are liable.”

When asked by Supervisor Brian Mas-ters who was ultimately responsible forpaying the claim, corporation counsel JeffFuge indicated that the answer is not veryclear. Statutes say that a claim can bemade to the county, but also say that theowner of the dog is held liable. Countypolicy states that dog license fees can beused to pay dog claims.

Supervisor Dean Johansen, chair of theagriculture and extension education com-mittee, said that the owners of the dogsare not in a position to pay the claim. Jo-hansen described one as “transient” and“basically indigent,” and the other asbeing in trouble with the law.

In some cases, argued Supervisor Brian

Masters, people have homeowners insur-ance that will pay the claim if the owner’sdog causes damage. Johansen, however,said he knew that the Grovums were notgoing be compensated by either the home-owners insurance or the dog’s owner.

The vote to disallow Grovum’s claimwas 13 in favor and six opposed. Votingin favor were Supervisors Schmidt, Her-schel Brown, Kathryn Kienholz, JimEdgell, Masters, Ken Sample, Russ Ar-cand, Warren Nelson, Kristine Kremer-Hartung, Kim O’Connell, GaryBergstrom, Neil Johnson and ChairmanWilliam Johnson IV.

Opposed were Harry Johansen, DeanJohansen, Randy Korb, George Stroebel,Larry Jepsen and Gerianne Christensen.Absent from the meeting due to an out-of-town conference were highway commit-tee members Marvin Caspersen, Jay Luke,Craig Moriak and Larry Voelker.

The resolution as amended, includingonly Hendrick’s claim, was approved bya voice vote.

It’s possible that Hendrick’s claim willnot be paid by the county, however.Money to pay the claims come from thedog license fund, and the primary use ofthis fund is to cover expenses at ArnellHumane Society.

It is unlikely, said county AdministratorDana Frey, that there will be anything leftin the fund after the humane society re-ceives its share of the dog licensingmoney.

Labor agreementsBy a vote of 16 to 3, with Supervisors

Brown, Kremer-Hartung, and Jepsen op-posed, the board ratified labor agreementswith nonrepresented employees. Theagreements, aligning with those of unionemployees, included a 1.5-percent raisefor 2012.

Frey noted that employees are now pay-ing an increased share of health insurancepremiums and retirement benefits, result-ing in a 9.5-percent reduction in take-home pay even with the increase.

Overall financial impact is about$220,000 gross, he said, but about $150,000or so net.

“We look to be right about in the mid-dle of the pack,” Frey said in regard to payincreases given in surrounding counties.The lowest increase he found was one-quarter of a percent. Pierce County gavea 1.25-percent increase, and Burnett andBarron counties appear to be about 2 per-cent, he said.

“We have adequate funding in the

budget to cover the increase,” Frey added.Kremer-Hartung disagreed with giving

the raise, saying that she was not justspending her own money but that of thetaxpayers in her district. She said that 33businesses, not including Polaris or Mo-torbooks, have recently closed in her partof the county, and 161 families are losingor have lost their homes.

Polk County, she said, is now the largestemployer in the county, and taxpayers arefunding the salaries of county employees.

Hartung asked the other supervisorshow she could support an across-the-board increase for county employeeswhen taxpayers are paying the bill.

Sample said he agreed with much ofwhat Hartung said, but felt the discussionshould have taken place before the 2012budget was approved.

“We didn’t do our work in advance likewe should have done,” he said.

Kienholz, acknowledging that Hartungmade some good points, said that theboard also must maintain a balance thatwill minimize the impact to taxpayers yetattract quality employees to the county.

Studies show, Kienholz said, that lessskilled jobs at the county tend to pay bet-ter than the private sector, while manage-rial positions at the county tend to payless.

ReportsIn his monthly report to the board, Frey

outlined the new county employee travelpolicy, which he described as quicker andeasier to process than the former policy.

Among the changes are reimbursableamounts for meals for which no receiptsare needed and mileage reimbursementsfor using a personal vehicle when acounty vehicle is available. A slip indicat-ing that a county vehicle is not availableallows the employee to collect the full rateof 5.5 cents per mile. When a county vehi-cle is available, but an individual choosesto use his or her personal vehicle, reim-bursement is at 32.5-percent per mile.

Frey also said that the study of thehome-care program and county librarysystem are under way, with results possi-bly available by the end of February.

Chairpersons of governing committeesalso make monthly reports to the rest ofthe board to provide information on com-mittee happenings.

Dean Johansen, chair of the extension,land and water, and lime quarry commit-tee, reported that the lime quarry is cele-brating a “historic moment.” Lime salesin 2011, he said, exceeded sales from all

previous years.Total revenue for 2011 was $700,278, up

more than $200,000 from 2010’s revenueof $466,863. Net profit in 2011 was$274,286, far exceeding 2010’s profit of$20,000 and 2009’s profit of $17,000.

Johansen also reported that UW-Exten-sion is celebrating 100 years since the firstagent was sent into Wisconsin’s ruralcounties. Wisconsin’s UW-Extension sys-tem is recognized and used as a modelacross the country, he said.

In the absence of committee Chair Luke,Supervisor Edgell reported for the publicprotection committee. The jail, whichholds about 160 inmates, had a 2011 aver-age population of 92. There were 14boarders from Burnett County, one fromPierce County and one from SawyerCounty.

In 2011, Edgell continued, the sheriff’sdepartment handled 48,465 calls for serv-ices, incidents and other cases. Therewere nine suicides in the county.

Schmidt, chair of the health and agingcommittee, said that public health direc-tor Gretchen Sampson has been invited byRobert Wood Johnson University Hospi-tal at Princeton University to attend aforum to be held at the hospital in Febru-ary. The forum is on the future of publichealth, and Schmidt noted that Sampsonis recognized as a leader in the publichealth field.

Other business• The board heard a presentation from

Danette Olsen and Marty Harding on cre-ation of a National Heritage Area to cele-brate and promote places with importantconnections to the area’s culture and his-tory (see separate story).

• Following a public hearing that drewno comments from the public, the boardadopted an ordinance creating an ap-praisal committee for assisting in the saleof tax delinquent land. The committeewill included the county administrator,the county treasurer and the director ofparks, forestry, buildings and solid waste.Creation of the committee will expeditethe sale of tax delinquent property, ac-cording to discussion at previous meet-ings.

• Revisions to the purchasing and in-vestment management policies were ap-proved by the board.

CCooooll wwiinntteerr mmeennttoorriinngg aavvaaiillaabbllee ffoorr aarreeaa bbooyyssby Wayne AndersonSpecial to the Leader

BURNETT and POLK COUNTIES -There is plenty of great fun and cool

learning for Polk and Burnett Countyboys this winter at the Christian OutdoorClub. And all boys are welcome to join inthe excitement and learning.

Last Saturday, Jan. 14, they made life-saving rescue pictures to wear aroundtheir necks while ice fishing, and thenlearned to pull themselves out of thewater if they fell in the icy lake.

But wait, the fun didn’t stop there.Then the 15 hungry young men ate a

hearty, healthy lunch and headed for theGrantsburg Community Center wherethe theme changed to fly-fishing. Locallegendary fly fisherman “Smiley”Sundquist was on dry land for a time, buthe guided the eager fishermen throughthe art and techniques of fly-fishing, cast-

ing the rod from the 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. po-sition and giving it a good casting snap.

“You have to cast where the fish are,”said Sundquist. “Logs and rocks are dan-gerous snagging areas, but that’s wherethe fish are.” The St. Croix River is the bestplace for smallmouth bass and fly-fishingaround here, he said. “But don’t tell any-one.”

The mentoring club is sponsored by agroup of concerned men from several areachurches. On this day, eight mentors andeight dads showed up from 9 a.m. to 3p.m. to care for some of the boys in thecommunity. Here they mentor and passon to the boys all kinds of skills, physical,mental and spiritual, that will assist themin their growth now and in their liveslater.

They teach essential skills like how tofeed yourself: slap together a great sand-wich and safely cut it in two, cook some

chicken noodle soup and pour a cold glassof milk. “If you like to eat, sooner or lateryou’re going to have to learn to cook,”said Chris Lyman, a short-order cook inthe Amery area.

“The mentors sense a great need to im-part to the boys the kind of tools that arenecessary to one day be success-ful husbands, fathers and leaders in ourcommunity,” said Dan Slaikeu, pastor ofWood River Christian Fellowship. “Theseare skills that they can use for the rest oftheir lives.”

“I love it,” said Zach Maslow, 8, Grants-burg. “This is where we can learn moreabout Jesus and how we can survive outin the wilderness.”

The life lessons are not all talk. Here,these young fellows get some hands-ontime.

“I got to use my own duct tape (im-printed with cool, rad flames),” said ZekeKarge, 13, Falun. It’s fun to listen to PastorDan teach us the life lessons. I learned ifJesus is in your life he can pull you out ofany situation.”

Some of the boys come from single-par-ent families, mostly where there is no fa-ther in the home.

“The single moms that we know aredoing a great job and are to be com-mended for their efforts,” said Slaikeu.“We mentors are just trying to come alongside of them and assist them.”

The next Christian Outdoor Club meet-ing will be Saturday, Feb. 11, and host anice-fishing outing on a local “undis-closed” lake. For more information on thisand other club events call 715-488-2456.

Smiling chefChris Lyman,Amery, teachesthe boys the im-portance of howto feed yourselfwith healthyfoods at theChristian Out-door Club meet-ing, Saturday,Jan. 14. – Photosby Wayne Ander-son

Dad JonathanMaslow, Grants-burg, and son Zachput the final toucheson the lifesavingrescue pictures icefishermen weararound theirnecks to pull them-selves out of thewater if they fall intothe icy lake.


(Jan. 4, 11, 18, 25, Feb. 1, 8) STATE OF WISCONSIN

CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY

BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, L.P.

Plaintiff vs.

MATTHEW T. CARSTENBROCK, et al.

Defendant(s) Case Number: 11 CV 2

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by

virtue of a judgment of foreclo - sure entered on March 31, 2011, in the amount of $199,175.68, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at pub - lic auction as follows: TIME: February 23, 2012, at

10:00 a.m. TERMS:

1. 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encum - brances.

PLACE: Polk County Justice Center at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wiscon- sin.

DESCRIPTION: Lot 12, of the Plat of Rolling Hills First Addition, a “County Plat” being a division of Lot 4 of Certified Survey Map No. 4588 recorded in Volume 20 of Certified Survey Maps on Page 140, as Document No. 685791, located in the North- west 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4, Section 13, Township 33 North, Range 18 West, Gar- field Township, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1881 98th Ave., Dresser, WI 54009.

TAX KAY NO.: 024-01300-1200. Dated this 27th day of Decem-

ber, 2011. Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Russell J. Karnes State Bar #1054982 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719

Please go to www.blommer - peterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peter- man, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose.

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(Dec. 14, 21, 28, Jan. 4, 11, 18) STATE OF WISCONSIN


ANCHORBANK, FSB Plaintiff

vs. FRANK T. KATZELE, et al



virtue of a judgment of foreclo - sure entered on July 14, 2011, in the amount of $102,295.58, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: February 2, 2012, at 10

a.m. TERMS:




DESCRIPTION: Lots 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22, Block 32, Original Plat of the City (for - merly Village) of St. Croix Falls, according to the Original Plat thereof on file in the Of- fice of the Register of Deeds for Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 128 South River Street, Saint Croix Falls, WI 54024.

TAX KEY NO.: 281-00624-0000; 281-00625-0000; 281-00626- 0000.

Dated this 2nd day of December, 2011.

Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Scott D. Nabke State Bar #1037979 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719

Please go to www.blommer - peterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peter- man, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. 280628

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CIRCUIT COURT BRANCH 1

POLK COUNTY COMMUNITY RESOURCE BANK, f/k/a COMMUNITY NATIONAL BANK,

Plaintiff, vs.

RICHARD M. LEROUX JR. and TERI L. NORD, n/k/a TERI L. LEROUX,

Defendants Case No. 11 CV 344

Foreclosure of Mortgage (30404) NOTICE OF

FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by

virtue of a judgment of foreclo - sure and sale entered in the above-entitled action on the 19th day of July, 2011, the undersigned Sheriff of Polk Coun- ty, Wisconsin, will sell at public auction in the foyer of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, on the 29th day of February 2012, at 10 a.m., the real estate and premises directed by said judgment to be sold and therein described as fol - lows:

Lot One (1) of Certified Survey Map No. 1041 recorded in Volume 5 of Certified Survey Maps on page 31 as Docu- ment No. 428331, located in part of Government Lot Three (3) of Section Twenty-Seven (27), Township Thirty-Three (33) North of Range Eighteen (18) West; Town of Osceola in Polk County, Wisconsin.

Tax Parcel No.: 042-00641-0000. Street Address: 2051 75th Ave-

nue, Osceola, Wisconsin. Terms of Sale: Cash. Down Payment: Ten percent

(10%) of the amount bid in cash, cashier’s check or by certified funds with bid; bal - ance within ten (10) days after confirmation of sale. The buyer will pay the applicable Wiscon- sin real estate transfer fee. DATED this 22nd day of No-

vember, 2011. Peter Johnson, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin Stellpflug Law, S.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff By: Christina L. Peterson State Bar Member No. 1045760 444 Reid Street, Ste. 200 De Pere, WI 54115 Phone: (920) 336-5766

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U.S. BANK, NA as Successor Trustee to Wachovia Bank, NA fka First Union National Bank as Trustee for Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2000-1

Plaintiff Vs.

BRIAN M. LAWRENCE, et al Defendants

Case No. 10 CV 239 Hon. Robert H. Rasmussen,

Br. 2 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclo - sure entered on June 1, 2010, in the amount of $66,504.54, the Polk County Sheriff will sell the premises described below at public auction as follows: DATE/TIME: January 25, 2012,

at 10 a.m. TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or

money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens, encumbrances, and payment of applicable transfer taxes.

PLACE: In the Lobby of the Polk County Justice Center, located at 1005 West Main St., Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, 54810.

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: The East 210 feet of the North 1,000 feet of the West 1/2 of the West 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4, Section 21, Township 36 North of Range 20 West, Town of Sterling, Polk County, Wisconsin.

ADDRESS: 3340 Evergreen Ave., Grantsburg, WI 54840.

TAX KEY NO: 046-01281-0000. Dated this 30th day of

November 2011. Peter M. Johnson, Polk County Sheriff Cummisford, Acevedo &

Associates, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff Mark R. Cummisford State Bar #1034906 6508 South 27th Street, Suite #6 Oak Creek, WI 53154 414-761-1700 Cumminsford, Acevedo & Associates, LLC is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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(Dec. 21, 28, Jan. 4, 11, 18, 25) STATE OF WISCONSIN



vs. KRAIG LOISELLE, et al.



virtue of a judgment of foreclo - sure entered on August 5, 2011, in the amount of $85,131.32 the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: February 7, 2012, at

10:00 a.m. TERMS:



PLACE: Polk County Justice Center at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis.

DESCRIPTION: Lots 20 and 21, Block 52, First Addition to the City of St. Croix Falls, accord - ing to the Official Plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the Register of Deeds for Polk County, Wisconsin, said lots being a part of Government Lot 3 of Section 19, Township 34 North, of Range 18 West, City of St. Croix Falls, Polk County, Wis.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 438 North Washington Street, Saint Croix Falls, WI 54024.

TAX KEY NO.: 281-00070-0000. Dated this 7th day of Decem-

ber, 2011. Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Scott D. Nabke State Bar #1037979 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719

Please go to www.blommer - peterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peter- man, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behallf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. 280626

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WESTCONSIN CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff,

vs. JUANITA E. LAURITSEN, JOHN DOE LAURITSEN unknown spouse of Juanita E. Lauritson, CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA),

Defendants Case No. 11CV555 Case Code: 30404

Foreclosure of Mortgage NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of a judgment of

foreclosure and sale rendered in the above-entitled action on November 22, 2011, in the amount of $12,963.51, the undersigned Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell at public auction at the front entrance of the Polk County Courthouse in the City of Balsam Lake, in said County, on the 23rd day of February, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., the real estate and mortgaged premises directed by the judgment to be sold, therein described as follows:

T he S outh 100 feet of the E ast 214.5 feet of the S outh 15 R ods of the E ast 32 R ods in the SW1/4 of the NW1/4, Section 32, Township 35 North, Range 16 West, Town of Georgetown, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1851 W. Bone Lake Drive, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin.

TERMS OF SALE: Cash DOWN PAYMENT: A deposit of

10% of sale price to be deposited in cash or by cer - tified check with the Sheriff at the time of sale; balance to be paid by cash or certified check upon confirmation of sale. Dated this 28th day of Decem-

ber, 2011. /s/Peter M. Johnson Polk County Sheriff Attorney Christine A. Gimber WELD, RILEY, PRENN & RICCI,

S.C. 3624 Oakwood Hills Parkway P.O. Box 1030 Eau Claire, WI 54702-1030 715-839-7786 Attorneys for Plaintiff

T his is an attempt to collect a debt . A ny information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR FRONT DESK, NIGHT AUDITOR

& HOUSEKEEPING Positive attitude, enthusiasm and friendly personality a must! Must Be Available For Rotating Shifts, Weekends & Holidays

Apply In Person At BEST WESTERN

NORTHWOODS LODGE or e-mail resume to: [email protected]

Siren, Wis. NO PHONE CALLS, PLEASE! 552543 10-11a 21-22L

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR FRONT DESK & HOUSEKEEPING Positive attitude, enthusiasm and friendly personality a must! Must Be Available For Rotating Shifts, Weekends & Holidays

Apply In Person At BEST WESTERN

NORTHWOODS LODGE Siren, Wis.

NO PHONE CALLS, PLEASE!

(Jan. 11, 18, 25, Feb. 1, 8, 15) STATE OF WISCONSIN



vs. CHARLES S. BITTORF, et al.



virtue of a judgment of foreclo - sure entered on January 6, 2011, in the amount of $231,171.53, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at pub - lic auction as follows: TIME: February 29, 2012, at

10:00 a.m. TERMS:




DESCRIPTION: Government Lot 6 and those parts of Govern- ment Lot 10, the Northwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4, and the Southwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4, which lie North and West of the abandoned railroad right of way now owned by the State of Wis- consin, Department of Trans- portation, all in Section 18, Township 33 North, Range 15 West, Town of Clayton, Polk County, Wisconsin. EXCEPT Lot 1 of Certified Survey Map Number 3739, recorded in Volume 17 of Certified Survey Maps, page 2, as Document Number 633843, located in part of Government Lot 10, Section 18, Township 33 North, Range 15 West, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 571 90th Ave., Amery, WI 54001.

TAX KEY NO.: 016-00409-0000, 016-00404-0000, 016-00415- 0000 & 016-00417-0100. Dated this 15th day of No-

vember, 2011. Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Russell J. Karnes State Bar #1054982 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719


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NORTHLAND MUNICIPAL AMBULANCE SERVICE

Quarterly Meeting Wed., Jan. 25 - 7 p.m.

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NOTICE OF CAUCUS VILLAGE OF LUCK RESIDENTS

Notice is hereby given to the electors of the Village of Luck, in the County of Polk, State of Wisconsin, that a Village Caucus for said Village will be held at the Luck Village Hall in said Village on Wednesday, January 25, 2012, at 7:30 p.m., prior to the Committee of the Whole Meeting, to nominate candidates for three Village Trustees positions for a two-year term and one Village Trustee position for a one-year term, to be voted on at the Spring Election to be held on the first Tuesday of April, 2012.

Dated this 13th day of January, 2012. Kathy Hanson, WCMC, CMTW Village Clerk 553083 22L WNAXLP

DENTAL ASSISTANT PART-TIME POSITION AVAILABLE Are you a highly energetic, multitasker who has a positive attitude, with excellent communication and people skills, and has a reliable work history? If so and you desire and believe in the TEAM concept, please submit your resume to:

Attention Office Manager At Kaefer Dental P.O. Box 4

Webster, WI 54893 Desired qualifications include dental or medical experience.

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NOTICE Karen Mangelsen Will Be At The

LaFollette Town Hall On Tues., Jan. 24, 2012, From 12:30 to

4 p.m. To Collect Real Estate Taxes & Dog License Fees For The Township

Karen Mangelsen, Treas. Town of LaFollette 553111 22L 12a,b

LEGAL NOTICE Please take notice that on February 3, 2012, at the Polk

County Justice Center located at West Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin 54810, at 10:00 a.m., Secured Party, Lawrence C. Holtz shall sell 4,400 shares of stock in Eagle Valley Bank, N.A. as owned by Debtor, Financial Services of St. Croix Falls, Inc. Bidders shall be required to register in advance of the sale with Attorney Nicholas J. Vivian, Eckberg, Lammers, Briggs, Wolff & Vierling, PLLP, 1809 Northwestern Avenue, Stillwater, Minnesota 55082 at 651- 379-3080 to obtain bidding instructions and a bid packet. Purchaser shall be required to make payment in certified funds on the date of the sale and payment in full shall be required. 553170 22Lp WNAXLP

Notices/Employment OpportunitiesBurnett County warrants

Percy W. Benjamin, 33,Hinckly, Minn., warrant - failure toappear, Jan. 11.

Jose M. Chavarria Jr., 19,Siren, warrant - failure to appear,Jan. 11.

Anthony V. Graham, 21,Mora, Minn., warrant - failure toappear, Jan. 11.

Stacy A. Lavin-Mejia, 39,Webster, warrant - failure to ap-pear, Jan. 13.

Magan M. Martinson, 25,Webster, warrant - failure to ap-pear, Jan. 11.

Michael J. McCollough, 26,Siren, wwarrant - failure to ap-pear, Jan. 11.

Hope A. Miller, 32, Hayward,warrant - failure to appear, Jan.13.

Bruce W. Sunderland, 42,Pine City, Minn., arrest warrant -complaint, Jan. 9.

Carolyn M. Myer, Clear Lake,and Jason J. Leu, Town of Al-mena, issued Jan. 11, 2012.

Polk CountymarriagesPolk County deaths

Mary Jane P. Johnson, 84,Town of Clam Falls, died Dec. 29,2011.

Jeffrey J. Madson, 32, Luck,died Dec. 31, 2011.

Jerry J. Johnson, 81, Amery,died Jan. 1, 2012.

Gladys J. Otto, 93, Town ofFarmington, died Jan. 6, 2012.

Harold D. Sheehan, 67, St.Croix Falls, died Jan. 6, 2012.


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Eagles get the keyconference win

Unity 51, Luck 41


LUCK – Avery Steen became the latestlocal hoopster to reach 1,000 career points,and she did it early - just eight games intoher junior year.

The milestone occurred on Friday, Jan.13, when the Luck Cardinal star drove theleft side of the lane against the visitingUnity defense and somehow slipped alayup past several Eagles at 4:45 in thethird quarter.

Steen need only 14 points to reach themark, and finished the game with 21points, but her Cards still lost to the for-midable Eagles squad by a 51-41 finalscore.

But the night belonged to Steen, who hitthe mark almost as early as anyone, andbecame just the second player in Luckschool history to achieve the mark, withBritta Petersen being the other.

“I was pleased, obviously, that Averygot her 1,000th point,” Luck head coachMarty Messar said. “She is one of the mostcompetitive young ladies I have evercoached and she is a hardworking kid.”

The action stopped for a spell after shehit the mark, with Messar making a shortpresentation to Steen and her parents, Ronand Kelly. They also gave her a special balland noted her fast rise to the millenniummark.

Three other girls have hit the magicmark in Wisconsin over the two weeksprior to Steen, but they were all seniors.

While Steen added another half dozenpoints after she hit the mark, it was notenough to get her squad over the Eagles.

“As a team, we continue to have break-downs in terms of the game’s fundamen-tals,” Messar said. “We still have a longway to go to make ourselves more com-petitive.”

Messar said Unity played well and theywere able to get the win due to better exe-cution of fundamentals at both ends of thefloor, but they also had another player godown with an injury, when junior JackieLaDuke became the latest player to havebeen bitten by the injury bug.

“We resemble a MASH unit with play-ers sidelined due to injuries!” Messar said.“We need to get healthy and get better ex-ecution from our girls. We’ll keep work-ing and to date the kids effort and attitudehas been very positive.”

Unity has been a solid competitor thisseason, and their win over the Cards wasanother example of that well-rounded ap-

proach to defense and scoring that hasworked well so far.

“Our team is really playing well to-gether,” Unity head coach Carol Klinesaid. “The win against Luck was a collec-tive effort from everyone.”

Shauna Jorgenson led the Eagles with 16points, with senior Brittany Thomfohrdaadding 13 points to the effort, and HaileyOlson scoring six points. “They did a greatjob on the court,” Kline added. “Shay Nel-son and Anna Ebensperger played toughdefense against Avery Steen, and kept herbelow her average points per game.”

Whether they wanted to or not, Klineand the Eagle crew were also part of theSteen 1,000-point event.

“We were happy to see Avery reach the1,000-point mark, which is an amazing ac-complishment, especially as a junior.”Kline said. “Our team goal was to keepher from reaching it, but we also knewthat keeping Steen to 14 points is a loftygoal. Above all, the players wanted thewin, and they went out and got it.”

Steen gets her grand, but her squad falls

Avery Steen's 1,000th point came on an in-side-the-fray layup against Unity in the thirdquarter.

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The Avery Steen fan club was evident as several young men showed their support.

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Luck headcoach MartyMessar praisedAvery Steen'shard work onand off thecourt to reachthe milestoneso early in hercareer. – Photosby Greg Marsten

Extra Points• • •

NEW ULM, Minn. – The College ofSt. Scholastica picked up a 69-61 winover Martin Luther College on Satur-day, Jan. 14. The team will be hostingCrown College at home this Friday,Jan. 20. Former Luck athletes AlecMortel and Cole Mortel contributed tothe win, with Alec shooting 2 for 2from the field for a total of four points.Alec played 18 minutes in the gameand brother Cole played 10 minutes,with a rebound. Alec had two boardsin the win.

• • •LEADER LAND – The American

Youth Soccer Organization and St.Croix Soccer Club are looking forthose interested in playing soccer forthe spring of 2012 in the St. Croix Fallsarea, boys and girls ages 4-19. Playersmust have turned 4 years old by July31, 2011, to be eligible to play. Earlyregistration meetings are set for Thurs-day, Feb. 9, and Monday, Feb. 13, from5:30 to 7 p.m., in the St. Croix FallsMiddle School Commons Area.Anyone with questions can call Jessicaat 715-294-3414, or e-mail at [email protected]. Early registra-tion costs $35 or late registration is $45.Uniforms are $35. Or to preregister,visit AYSO.com. Volunteers are alsoneeded. – Marty Seeger with submittedinformation

• • •LEADER LAND – The Unity at

Siren girls and boys basketball gamesare being broadcast on 104.9 FM on Fri-day, Jan. 20, beginning at 6 p.m. TheOsceola at St. Croix Falls boys basket-ball game on Tuesday, Jan. 24, can beheard on 104.9 FM beginning at 7:30p.m. Amery at New Richmond boyshockey can be heard on 104.9 FM be-ginning at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 19.The Tuesday, Jan. 24, Grantsburg atAmery boys basketball game can beheard on 1260 AM beginning at 7:30p.m. Amery at Altoona boys basket-ball is on 1260 AM on Monday, Jan. 23,beginning at 7:30 p.m. Other gamesfeatured on 1260 AM include theAmery at Blooomer girls basketballgame on Thursday, Jan. 19, beginningat 7:30 p.m., Prescott at Amery boysbasketball beginning at 7:30 p.m. onFriday, Jan. 20, and Ashland at Ameryboys hockey on Saturday, Jan. 21, be-ginning at 1 p.m. Wisconsin at Illinoismen’s college basketball is on Sunday,Jan. 22 at 1 p.m.

• • •LEADER LAND – Leader Sports

strives to follow the college careers ofarea athletes. If you know of an athleteplaying collegiate sports in 2012 whohasn’t been mentioned, send us an e-mail or call and we’ll take it from there.– Marty Seeger

SPORTS RESULTS DEADLINES: WEDNESDAY - MONDAY: 1 p.m. the following business day. TUESDAY: 7 a.m. on Wednesday. Missed deadlines mean no coverage that week!


W I N T E R L E A D E R S P O R T S

Close game but St. Croix Falls still remains perfectSt. Croix Falls 45, Siren 38

by Marty SeegerLeader staff writer

SIREN – There’s still a long way to go,but the Saints perfect record still standsafter they narrowly escaped the SirenDragons pressure on Friday, Jan. 13, inSiren.

St. Croix Falls continues to play consis-tent basketball and finish games strong, asthey proved against a scrappy Dragonsteam that wasn’t about to let them gowithout a fight. Despite a Saints lead afterevery quarter, their largest lead came atthe start of the fourth quarter, when theyled by 10, 37-27.

“I thought it was a well-played highschool basketball game. They are a goodteam that is well coached. They should getall the credit for the win,” said Siren coachRyan Karsten.

The Dragons kept it within reach, trail-ing by just one point midway through thethird quarter. Sophomore MackenzieSmith actually tied the game at 19 a shorttime later with a long 3-pointer, but aquick two from Saints Natalie Sempf, a 3-pointer from Sarah Petznick and anothertwo from Alexis Erickson gave the Saintsa seven-point halftime lead. But as wasthe case throughout much of the game,the Dragons stormed right back.

“They had runs and we had runs, wehad a chance late in the fourth and didn’tcapitalize on it,” said Karsten.

Despite the 10-point edge to start thefourth quarter, Siren climbed back into thegame by beefing up the pressure defen-sively, and forcing a few turnovers. TheDragons cut the lead to four with five

minutes to go on points from Kyaisha Ket-tula and Liz Brown and cut it to twopoints when Carly Good picked off a stealand drove to the basket uncontested. Itforced the Saints to take a time-out, andfrom then on the Dragons kept it close, butcouldn’t quite grab the lead they werelooking for. They trailed by two, 40-38,with a minute to go, but both Sempf andPetznick hit clutch free-throws to help sealthe win.

“That has been our MO all year, closeagainst good teams but just can’t finishstrong. Sarah Petznick took over the gamein the last three minutes and was the sen-ior leader they needed to pull out thegame. I hope we have a chance to returnthe favor next month, but we have to playgreat ball between now and then, and nottrip up, to have that opportunity,” Karstensaid.

The Siren coach was more than pleasedwith the effort of Brown, who battled allnight long against a set of powerful Saintsforwards.

“She battled their bigs all night andgave an all-conference performance in theloss. I thought Raven Emery played wellin the first half with eight points and I wasimpressed that Abigail Mitchell battled allnight and stayed out of foul trouble andled our team,” Karsten said.

“We are close to playing well, and justneed to continue to work hard, and by theend of the year I feel that we will be peak-ing at the right time,” said Karsten.

The Saints were led by Petznick’s 16points, followed by seven each from Erick-son and Sempf. Sydney Geisness and Cait-lyn Olson each had six and JessicaRademacher added three. Geisness led thegame with 13 rebounds, while Rademacherand Petznick each had five.

Grantsburg 61, Webster 22WEBSTER – It was an all-out effort for

the Pirates basketball team against Web-ster on Friday, Jan. 13, as they held the

Tigers to six points in the first half and putup a 22-point effort in the third quarter totake their second consecutive conferencewin on the road.

The game was never really close asGrantsburg led 16-4 at the end of the firstquarter and 33-6 at the half.

“Everybody contributed tonight to an-other nice conference win on the road. Ithought the girls came out strong defen-sively and attacked on offense as well,”said Pirates coach Adam Hale.

Sam Schwieger led Grantsburg with a22-point effort and Carly Larson added 16to lead the Pirates in scoring.

“Sam and Carly got it going in the sec-ond half and it was good to see us finallyhit some outside shots with consistency.Liz Gaffney continues to rebound welland I thought Nicole McKenzie came outstrong tonight in the first quarter to giveus an offensive spark,” added Hale.

McKenzie had seven points in the game,Gaffney, six, Macy Hanson had four, andKylie Pewe, Cathy LaMere and HaleyBurkhardt had two apiece.

The Tigers got 10 points from ChelseaLarson, four from Tanya Johnson andKally Schiller, and two from Angel Chris-tianson and Gabby Schiller.

Saints girls escape with win over Siren

St. Croix Falls sophomore Jessica Rademacher eyes the basket under pressure from Siren’sBrittany Coulter. – Photo by Marty Seeger

The Siren cheerleading squad led the crowd during Friday’s games between the Saints andDragons. – Photo by Marty Seeger

Pirate Stacy McKenzie takes on Webster’s Ashley Irvine in a fight for the ball. – Photo by CarlHeidel

Grantsburg Pirates Haley Burkhardt (center) goes for the ball as two Webster Tiger defend-ers try to get there first in the Friday, Jan. 13, match between the two teams. – Photo by Carl Hei-del



Dragons continue with

undefeated seasonSiren 100, St. Croix Falls 51


SIREN – Although Siren coach JonRuud wasn’t entirely pleased with histeam’s defensive effort, there was nodenying that the Dragons offense set wasfiring on all cylinders on Friday, Jan. 13,against St. Croix Falls.

“I thought that our team played well onoffense and really passed the ball wellthroughout the game. We had great inten-sity in the first half and a lot of playercombinations really worked well togetherin the first three quarters. I think that de-fensively we have a long way to go. Wegave up a lot of easy looks, and this has toimprove as we get into the latter part ofJanuary,” said Ruud.

Elijah Hinze, Murdock Smith and An-drew Brown piled on 31, 25 and 20 pointsrespectively to help capture the Dragons12th win of the season, and remain un-beaten. The Dragons led 65-28 at the halfyet the Saints continued to pile on thepoints in one of the highest scoring con-tests this area has seen in recent memory.

The Dragons had a number of two-and-one opportunities in the first quarter anddrained several threes in the process. Con-trary to what the score was, the Dragonsgot off to a bit of a slow start as the Saintstrailed by four with under three minutesto go in the first quarter, but a Brown two-and-one, followed by an electrifying one-handed dunk by Smith seemed to be justthe spark Siren needed to get going, andthey never looked back after that, leading29-10 at the end of the first quarter.

Other scorers for the Dragons includedseven points from Jared Emery and DavidSt. John, and four from both Will Hainesand Luke Bollant. Evan Oachs also scoredtwo points.

“Little things are the biggest thing forour team, and for any team for that mat-ter. We have to continue to get better atthe little things if we are to accomplish theteam goals that we have set for this sea-son,” Ruud said.

St. Croix Falls was led by Andrew Erick-son with 15 points, Noah Casterton had10,Cody Zelinski and Nick Lunde each hadeight, Ben Clausen, six and Erik Swenson,four.

Grantsburg 56, Webster 29WEBSTER – After a disappointing loss

at Unity, the Pirates bounced back nicelyin a win over Webster on Friday, Jan. 13.Nolan Hanson buried a couple of 3-point-ers in the first quarter to help give Grants-burg a 10-6 lead at the half, and the Pirateswere able to pull ahead from then on,leading 24-13 at halftime.

“We improved on a few things afterdropping that game at Unity. It was agood win ... much needed to get back ontrack again,” said Pirates coach Nick Hall-berg.

Another well-balanced Pirates offensewas led by Hanson’s 14 points, followedby David Ohnstad, 11, Brady Thompson,10, Seth Coy, seven, Connor Myers, six,and Daniel Biorn and Zack Arnold eachhad four.

The Pirates shot 13 of 18 from the free-throw line and played well defensively,holding the Tigers to no more than eightpoints in each quarter.

Josh Baer had 11 points for the Tigers,Taylor Heinz and Joey Erickson each hadfive and Brad Krause and Cody Isaacsonadded four points apiece.

Siren’s offense explodes against Saints

Siren’s David St. John scored the 100th point in this shot against the Saints during an im-pressive display of offense Friday, Jan. 13. – Photo by Marty Seeger

Andrew Erickson of St. Croix Falls comes down with the rebound against Siren’s Luke Bol-lant. – Photo by Marty Seeger

Frederic boys escape with win over Prairie FarmSiren, Unity both winnonconference games

MondayFrederic 56, Prairie Farm 51


PRAIRIE FARM – The Frederic boysbasketball team escaped in a close victoryover Prairie Farm in nonconference actionon Monday, Jan. 16. According to Vikingscoach Ryan Lind, Frederic was fortunateto have pulled away with the win.

“I kind of feel like we were lucky to getout of there with a win. We gave themwide open looks from three, we didn’t boxout, and so they had multiple shots onseveral important possessions, and wedidn’t make our free throws until the veryend of the game,” Lind noted.

But the Vikings prevailed despite thePanthers taking an early 17-14 lead at theend of the first quarter. They regained aone-point lead at the half and held thePanthers to just six points in the third.Adam Chenal had a solid performance,putting up 22 points to lead the Vikings.

“Offensively, Adam kind of put us onhis back; otherwise, we would have been

in trouble, I think,” Lind said.Other scoring from the Vikings in-

cluded seven points from Waylon Buckand Jayce den Hoed, six from Ian Lexenand two each from Mike Tesch and ZachSchmidt.

Siren 62, Washburn 46SIREN – The Dragon boys basketball

team came away with their 13th win of theseason over the Washburn Castle Guardson Monday, Jan. 16. Murdock Smith had11 of his team-leading 25 points in the firstquarter and shot a perfect 5 for 5 from thefree-throw line in the fourth quarter, and 6for 7 overall.

Siren led at the end of all four quartersand held Washburn to 11 points in the firstthree. Elijah Hinze added another 13points to the total, while Andrew Brownfinished with 11, Luke Bollant, six, EvanOachs, three, and Will Haines and DavidSt. John each had two.

Unity 46, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser 38CHETEK – The Unity Eagles pulled

away with a win over Chetek-Weyer-haeuser on Monday, Jan. 16. It was the Ea-gles fourth straight win before they travelto Siren this Friday, Jan. 20, to try and de-feat the Dragons, who have yet to lose agame this season.

It looks like a game where the ball tries to elude all pursuers, but it's really basketball withthe ball up for grabs. – Photo by Carl Heidel



Pirates power up over Cameron on TuesdayTwo other area teamsnotch nonconference

wins as wellGrantsburg 52, Cameron 40


RIVER FALLS – The Grantsburg boysbasketball team picked up a nice win onthe road against the Cameron Comets onTuesday, Jan. 17. It was the Comets thirdstraight loss and the Pirates secondstraight win.

“Cameron’s a good team,” said Piratescoach Nick Hallberg. Their post players aresolid. We slowly took control of the gameand hit free throws to win the game.”

It was another night of well-balancedscoring for the Pirates, who had DanielBiorn with 14, Connor Myers 11, NolanHanson, 10, Zack Arnold, six, David Ohn-stad, five, Seth Coy, four and BradyThompson, two. Grantsburg shot 13 of 16from the free-throw line in the win.

The Pirates led by just one point afterthe first period but outscored the Comets15-4 in the second quarter to take a 27-15lead at halftime.

“Still enough to work on, but a lot ofpositives to take from this game,” Hall-berg noted.

Luck 50, Birchwood 47 (OT)BIRCHWOOD – The Birchwood Bob-

cats took the Luck boys into overtime onTuesday, Jan. 17, but the Cardinals man-aged to hold on in the end.

“Even though we had a slow start and afew miscues, I thought we were makingsome strides in the right direction both of-fensively and defensively,” said Luckcoach Rick Giller.

John Denny led the Cards with a bignight, and a double-double with 18 pointsand 11 boards. Kyle Hunter added 10,Karsten Petersen, eight, Evan Armour, six,Dylan LeMay, five, and Trent Strapon,three.

“Evan Armour is starting to make playshow at both ends of the floor,” said Giller,and added that Hunter contributes in eachgame effectively on both offense and de-fense.

In the overtime, LeMay had two points,and Denny had six, while shooting 4 for 7from the free-throw line.

Siren 65, Birchwood 42MINONG – The Siren boys earned their

14th straight win of the season over

Northwood on Tuesday, Jan. 17. TheDragons led 25-4 heading into the secondquarter.

Murdock Smith had 18 points, David St.John, 12, Luke Bollant, 10, and AndrewBrown, Evan Oachs and Eli Hinze eachhad eight.

“We will definitely have to play betterbasketball this Friday when Unity comesinto our gymnasium,” said Siren coachJon Ruud.

Cumberland 48, Webster 37CUMBERLAND – The Webster Tigers

dropped their fourth straight game on theroad against Cumberland on Tuesday, Jan.17.

The Tigers led 24-18 at the half but hada tough third quarter, as the Beavers heldthem to just five points, and put up 17 oftheir own to take a 37-29 into the fourthquarter, and held on for the win.

Josh Baer had 17 points, followed byTaylor Heinz, eight, Joey Erickson, four,and Brad Krause, Cody Isaacson and JakeSargent each had two.

Spooner 56, St. Croix Falls 27CUMBERLAND – The St. Croix Falls

boys basketball team lost a tough non-conference battle at Spooner on Tuesday.The Saints will hope to end their four-game losing skid against Osceola at homeon Tuesday, Jan. 24.

LEFT: Grantsburg's Connor Myers goes upfor a shot during an earlier game this season.The Pirates defeated a talented Cameronteam on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 52-40. – File photoby Marty Seeger

Eagle boys snuff CardsUnity 42, Luck 28


LUCK – The Unity Eagle boys had littletrouble dispatching the Luck Cardinals ina West Lakeland Conference match on Fri-day, Jan. 13, at Luck, with Unity leadingalmost the whole way and winning, 42-28.

The Eagles outscored the Cards handilyin the opening quarters, limiting Luck tojust seven points in the whole first half.While Unity was slightly more on track,

the game featured sloppy play on bothends of the court by both squads.

Unity senior Brady Turner led all scor-ers with 14 points, including two 3-point-ers in the opening frame that gave theEagles an initial lead they never relin-quished. Zac Johnson followed Turnerwith 10 points, with Steven Kruegeradding eight points to the win.

Luck had trouble getting out of firstgear in the first half, and had few high-lights after a sparkling alley-oop dunk byKarsten Petersen, coming off a perfect

Trent Strapon lob. After that, the high-lights were few and far between.

Petersen led the Cards with 10 points,followed by seven points for junior JohnDenny and five more from Dylan LeMay.

After the cold first half, the Cardinalsbegan to wake up a bit in the second half,scoring 13 points in the third stanza andadding eight more in the final frame, butstill falling hard, 42-28.

Unity's Zac Johnson goes between the legs against Luck's Dylan LeMay.

Cardinal Dylan LeMay works around Unity's Brady Turner. – Photos by Greg Marsten

It may be just a bit of halftime entertainment, but these third- and fourth-graders fromthe Webster Elementary School take it just as seriously as their older counterparts. Theplayers gave the crowd something to cheer about during halftime in the boys game be-tween Webster and Grantsburg Friday, Jan. 13. – Photo by Carl Heidel

Tigers in training



St. Croix Falls wrestlers shut down Turtle Lake-ClaytonFinal home dual

ends with six pins and crushing win

St. Croix Falls 65, Turtle Lake/Clayton 9


ST. CROIX FALLS – The St. Croix Fallswrestling team never let up against TurtleLake/Clayton on Thursday, Jan. 12. It wasalso Parents Night, as well as the Saintsfinal home dual of the season. They alsotook time to honor seniors JakeRademacher and Ryan Nussbaum forreaching 100 wins. Both Rademacher andNussbaum received giant jars of candy,which is a forbidden food for wrestlers.They also received accolades from fansand their coaching staff for reaching themilestone.

To top off the evening, both earned winson Thursday, with Rademacher winningby a tech fall over Damion Blechinger at170 pounds. Rademacher dominated thematch from the start, scoring 17 points inthe first period. His final two points came

in the final seconds to win 17-2. At 195,Nussbaum earned a pin over Zach John-son in one minute, 18 seconds.

Five other Saints wrestlers earned pinson the night including Drew Wheeler at113. He defeated Aaron Johnson in 3:29.

Grant Simpson earned a pin at 152 overZach Schiller in 1:27. Joe Rademacherwon by pin at 182 over Kollin Horn in just20 seconds and Nolan O’Brien defeatedErik Swenson by pin at 220 in 3:36. End-ing the night at 285, Ryan Johnson was

able to get a pin over Ezra Buhr in 3:23.The Saints will be hosting the St. Croix

Falls wrestling classic this Saturday, Jan.21, beginning at 9 a.m. Their next dual willbe at Clear Lake on Thursday, Jan. 19, be-ginning at 7 p.m.

For reaching their 100-win milestone thisseason, seniors Jake Rademacher and RyanNussbaum received some forbidden foodfrom the cheerleaders and coaches. Hugejars of candy were awarded to both. It was theSaints last home dual meet of the season andwas also Parents Night.

Sophomore Drew Wheeler of St. Croix Falls earned a pin over Turtle Lake/Clayton's Aaron John-son at 113 pounds. – Photos by Marty Seeger

Saints senior Jake Rademacher scored 17 points in the first period, and made it look easy in his17-2 major decision win. Rademacher earned his 100th career victory this season and is wrestlingat 170 pounds.

Ryan Nussbaum of St. Croix Falls earned a pin at 195 pounds on Thursday, Jan. 12, during a Par-ents Night dual against Turtle Lake/Clayton.

Clear Lake pins UnityForfeits add up indual meet loss to

WarriorsClear Lake 57, Unity 29


BALSAM LAKE – The Clear Lake War-rior grapplers were able to fend off theEagle wrestlers in a dual meet at Unity onThursday, Jan. 12, with the Warriors win-ning handily, 57-29.

The contest featured four Unity forfeits,with just two empty weight classes forClear Lake. But it also featured some goodwrestling on occasion.

The Warriors got a strong win at 132pounds, where Clear Lake’s Alex Colbethearned a quick pin at 1:04 in the first pe-riod over Unity’s Damon Bearhart.

Unity had two pins in a row at 145 and152 pounds,where Steven Anderson andColton Sorenson earned back-to-back fallsover Warriors Tyler Daniels and Ben An-derson-Berrier to keep the Eagles in thehunt.

But Clear Lake recovered and got backon track, winning the next five weightclasses, either by forfeit or falls, givingthem a strong lead, which they held on tofor the duration in the 57-29 team victory.

Unity travels to St. Croix Falls on Satur-day, Jan. 21, for a match with the Saints,then hosts the St. Croix Falls boys fivedays later on Thursday, Jan. 26.

The Clear Lake Warriors, despite a few injuries this season, are still tough to beat as theyproved against the Eagles last week.

Unity's Colton Sorensen earned a pin at 152 pounds over Ben Anderson-Berrier of ClearLake. – Photos by Greg Marsten

The Eagles will get a bit of a break before traveling a short distance this Saturday, Jan. 21,for the St. Croix Falls Wrestling Classic.



Blizzard girls win twoCome from behind in

win over HatchetsBlizzard 9, Eveleth 4


EVELETH, Minn. – The Blizzard girlshockey team won both contests on the roadover the weekend, starting with a hugewin on Friday, Jan. 13, in Eveleth, Minn.,beating Eveleth/Gilbert by a 9-4 score andthen beating Tomahawk by a 7-4 score in acome-from-behind victory the next game.

In the first contest, Jan. 13 againstEveleth, the Blizzard moved quickly to geta lead and never relinquished, scoring fivefirst-period goals and holding Eveleth toplaying constant catch-up.

The Blizzard’s Taylor Heathman scoredfirst, off an assist by Kassie Lien on apower play.

Eveleth caught up a few minutes later,also on a power play, but then it was theBlizzard who pulled ahead. Sam O’Brientook a Paige Johnson assist in for a 2-1lead. Wendy Roberts stretched that leadwith a goal two minutes later off Lien andO’Brien helpers.

O’Brien scored moments later again,this time off a Larissa Houtari assist, withLien again getting a helper.

The Eveleth squad finally caught theirbreath and got in on the action with theirsecond goal at 15:57 in the first period,with the Blizzard’s Wendy Robertsevening up less than a minute later off aHeathman assist.

The first period ended with the Blizzardleading 5-2.

Eveleth scored midway in the secondframe, with the Blizzard again countering,this time off a Kassie Lien solo effort, 10minutes into the period. Five minuteslater, Wendy Roberts earned her hat trickoff a Johanna Lauer assist for the next Bliz-zard nail in the coffin.

The Blizzard also scored the next twothird-period goals, courtesy of SamO’Brien’s hat trick, this time off Lien andRoberts assists, respectively.

Roberts earned extra dessert with her

fourth goal of the night in the fourth pe-riod, making it 9-3. Eveleth tallied theirfourth goal halfway through the finalstanza, but the Blizzard girls held on forthe 9-4 thumping.

Blizzard 7, Tomahawk 4TOMAHAWK - The Blizzard girls then

continued their thumping ways the nextafternoon, Saturday, Jan. 14, in Toma-hawk, winning 7-4 over the hosting Tom-ahawk Hatchets, in a come-from-behindperformance that got them a well-earnedwin.

The Blizzard drew first blood on aWendy Roberts goal, with assists fromPaige Johnson and Kassie Lien, 3:45 intothe game.

The Hatchets scored to tie and make it1-1 as the second period began.

The next goal went to Tomahawk,again, and then Ashley Dietmeier got intothe scoring action, in a solo way, to get theBlizzard back into the game.

But the Hatchets scored the next twogoals, giving them a confident 4-2 lead asthe final period began.

But the Blizzard woke up, offensively,like they were on fire, scoring five straightunanswered goals in the third period forthe win.

Scoring those tallies, respectively, wereSamantha O’Brien off a Dietmeier helper1:28 into the third. Then it was the Robertsshow, with three straight goals in aboutfive minutes. The first two were unas-sisted, with her hat trick coming off an as-sist from O’Brien, making for a fastBlizzard turnaround.

Taylor Heathman added another Bliz-zard goal off assists from Dietmeier andJohanna Lauer three minutes later, for theseventh and final Blizzard goal.

The Blizzard won 7-4 with goalie HopeTucker notching 26 saves in the come-from-behind victory.

The Blizzard girls ended their road tripwith two solid wins. They now head tothe Northland Pines Classic at Eagle RiverFriday and Saturday, Jan. 20-21. Their firstgame is against Northland Pines, withtheir second game TDB on Jan. 21.

Wendy Roberts (No. 24) skates past the Superior defense in an earlier game this season.Roberts had seven goals in the past two games. – File photo by Greg Marsten

Blizzard come from behind over North BranchBlizzard 7, North Branch 1


LINDSTROM, Minn. – The Blizzardboys hockey squad came back stronglyfrom behind in a 7-1 victory on the roadon Monday, Jan. 16, in a Two Rivers Con-ference battle against North Branch, Minn.

The hosting Vikings scored their firstand only goal 1:24 into the game whenMitch Patten got a shot past Blizzardgoalie Thomas Labatt.

After that, it was all Blizzard, all thetime.

Aaron Dietmeier scored at 12:56 in thefirst period on a Joe Engelhart assist, tyingthe contest at 1-1.

Dietmeier did it again, 10 seconds lateron a power play, again off an Engelharthelper with a second assist from Austin

Thoreen.Engelhart twisted the knife a short time

later, off Matt Larson and Aaron Diet-meier assists, for a 3-1 lead to end the firstperiod.

The Blizzard boys scored twice again inthe second period, first off a BrandonRyan goal, taking assists from Thoreenand Bryce Ryan at 1:32.

Aaron Dietmeier got his hat trick at 4:55in the second, this time off brother An-thony Dietmeier, making it 5-1 Blizzard.

Anthony Dietmeier combined with aMatt Larson assist at 6:13 in the third pe-riod for a goal, with Engelhart adding onemore nail to the North Branch coffin lessthan a minute later, unassisted.

The game was noteworthy as it was thefirst to have the new boarding and check-ing rules applied, which were actually ap-plied early on with a major penaltyassessment against Blizzard defensemanDakota Linke, for a five-minute majorpenalty.

Due to the rule change, the game waseven covered on KARE 11 news thatnight, although they failed to mention thefinal score. The new rules come in re-sponse to debilitating spinal injuries forboth a boy and girl hockey player in re-cent weeks in Minnesota, which led to themore stringent checking penalties.

The Blizzard remain atop the TwoRivers, and are hosting conference matesLegacy Christian Academy this Fridaynight, Jan. 20, in Siren at the Lodge Cen-ter Arena.

RIGHT: Blizzard junior Brandon Ryan worksagainst a Somerset player during an earliergame this season. – File photo by Greg Marsten

Lady Saints stop St. Paul Harding on Tuesday Other local girl

teams victorious on Tuesday

St. Croix Falls 64, St. Paul Harding 30


ST. CROIX FALLS – Tuesday, Jan. 17,girls basketball games were filled withnonconference matchups, starting withthe Saints, who won easily over St. PaulHarding. The Saints were up 34-13 at thehalf and it wasn’t much of a battle for theSaints, who were led by Sarah Petznick’s22 points.

Other Saints scorers included SydneyGeisness with 12, Jessica Rademacher, 10,Alexis Erickson, eight, Caitlyn Olson, six,and Taylor Orton, six.

St. Croix Falls has won all nine of theirgames this season, and have two morenonconference games against Cameronand Barron before getting back into con-ference play at Unity on Friday, Jan. 27.

Luck 44, Birchwood 24BIRCHWOOD – The Luck girls basket-

ball team bounced back from an earlierloss against Unity and defeated the Birch-wood Bobcats on Tuesday, Jan. 17. TheCards led 27-7 at halftime, according tocoach Marty Messar, and several of theLuck players logged quite a bit of playingtime.

“The bench kids got lots of valuablecourt time tonight. Avery led us with 10points and didn’t play for a quarter andand a half. Darian Ogilvie chipped ineight points, Angela Gore had seven, JenniHoldt had six. Nine players contributed toour scoring for the victory,” Messar noted.

This is the Cardinals third win of theseason.

Unity 45, Clear Lake 41CLEAR LAKE – With 25 points, seven

rebounds, four steals and two assists, Brit-tany Thomfohrda led the Unity Eagles tovictory over the Clear Lake Warriors Tues-day, Jan. 17.

Shauna Jorgenson also had 11, SarahBader, three, and Maddie Ramich, ShayNelson, and Anna Ebensperger each hadtwo points.

Unity had a total of 12 steals and led 10-2 after the first quarter. They had a 21-12halftime lead but led by just six headinginto the fourth quarter. The Eagles travelto Siren this Friday, Jan. 20, for a key con-ference matchup beginning at 6 p.m.

Grantsburg 45, Shell Lake 41SHELL LAKE – The Pirates powered up

for a nice win on the road against a solidShell Lake team on Tuesday, Jan. 17. Thegame was tied at 10 heading into the sec-ond quarter and the Pirates had a three-point lead at halftime. Both teams scored10 in the third quarter in a close game, butthe Pirates pulled away in the fourth quar-ter.

Sam Schwieger had 12 points, CarlyLarson, 11, Kylie Pewe, 10, Macy Hanson,six, Liz Gaffney, five, and Nicole McKen-zie, two.

The Pirates have won their past threestraight games on the road, and will faceanother road game against Frederic onFriday, Jan. 20, and another road gameagainst Luck Friday, Jan. 27. After fivestraight road games, Grantsburg hostsSiren on Friday, Feb. 3.

The Saints Alexis Erickson knocks in twoof her eight points during a 64-30 win over St.Paul Harding. – Photo by Garth Olson



Hacker’s LanesMonday Afternoon Senior

Standings: Hummingbirds 9, NightHawks 7, Bears 7, Badgers 6, Vultures 4,Eagles 4, Swans 4. Men’s games (Handicap): Duane Doolit-tle 235, Dave Bannie 226, Tom Johnson223.Men’s series (Handicap): Tom Johnson623, Duane Doolittle 621, Tony Deiss 581.Women’s games (Handicap): JackieGiller 232, Marge Traun 231, Pearl Noble227.Women’s series (Handicap): MargeTraun 621, Pearl Noble 617, Mary Young594.Team games (Handicap): Hummingbirds833, Badgers 786, Night Hawks 781. Team series (Handicap): Hummingbirds2264, Night Hawks 2263, Bears 2199.

Thursday EarlyStandings: American Family Siren 17, Ki-netico 15, Fab Four 14, Wikstrom Con-struction 13, Daeffler’s Quality Meats 13,Red Iron Studios 12, Hell Raisers 12,Grindell Law Offices 8.Individual games: Ed Bitler (RIS) 289,Mark Bohn (FF) & Don Swenson (HR)245.Individual series: Mark Bohn (FF) 726,Ed Bitler (RIS) 680, Don McKinney (FF)644.Team games: Daeffler’s Quality Meats702, Fab Four 695, American FamilySiren 675.Team series: American Family Siren1915, Fab Four 1906, Daeffler’s QualityMeats 1887.Consecutive strikes (5 or more): MarkBohn 5x – 245; Don McKinney 5x – 228;Ed Bitler 10x – 289; Don Swenson 5x –245; Nick Skow 7x – 241.Games 50 or more above average:Derik Ayd 215 (+62); Ed Bitler 289 (+81);Nick Skow 241 (+50); Don Swenson 245(+71); Bruce Wikstrom 224 (+52).Others (triplicates, all-spare games,etc.): Mark Bohn 726.Splits converted: 2-4-7-10: Dave Hall. 2-7-8: Mike Skow. 3-10: Bert Meyer.

Thursday LateStandings: Hog Wild BBQ & Grill 7,Hansen Farms Inc. 4, Fisk Trucking 4,Stotz & Company 1.Men’s games: Eugene Wynn Jr. 234,Alvin Tyler 232, Kenneth Hackett 223Men’s series: Eugene Wynn Jr. 584,Alvin Tyler 576, Oliver Baillargeon 546.Women’s games: Heather Wynn 225,Rita Frandsen 154.Women’s series: Heather Wynn 508,Rita Frandsen 401.Team games: Hansen Farms Inc. 923,Hog Wild BBQ & Grill 847, Fisk Trucking827.Team series: Hansen Farms Inc. 2516,Hog Wild BBQ & Grill 2437, Stotz & Com-pany 2306.

Friday Night LadiesStandings: Frederic Design 17, JunqueArt 16, Meyer’s Plus 15, The Leader 14,Pin Heads 9, Pioneer Bar 9, SKM 2. Individual games: Karen Carlson 223,Gail Linke 200, Tammy Lindberg 197.Individual series: Gail Linke 557, KarenCarlson 548, Tammy Lindberg 523.Team games: Pin Heads 690, SKM 654,The Leader 616.Team series: SKM 1842, Pin Heads1835, Frederic Design 1743.Games 50 or more above average:Tammy Lindberg; Karen Carlson.Splits converted: 5-10: Jen Ellefson. 3-10: Myrna Magnuson. 5-7: SheilaHansen. 4-10: Linda O’Donnell.

McKenzie LanesMonday Night Ladies

Standings: Wolf Creek Log Furniture89.5, Alyeska Contracting 85, Metal Prod-ucts 82, Edina Divas 80, Milltown Appli-ance 73, McKenzie Lanes 60.5, FredericTruck & Tractor 45, Bye 26.Individual games: Yvonne Snyder 192,Joan Wulf 184, Erlene Johnson 178.Individual series: Toni Sloper 502,Yvonne Snyder 501, Karen Wiemer 491.Team games (Handicap): Alyeska Con-tracting 815.Team series (Handicap): Metal Products2376.

Monday Night MadnessStandings: Mishaps 32, McKenzie Lanes26, Eagle Lounge 24, Bogus Punkins 20,Alleycats 16, Bye 2.Individual games: Barbara Benson 222,Cathy Albrecht 190, Heidi Skow 181.Individual series: Barbara Benson 571,Cathy Albrecht 491, Julia Delougherty479.Team games (Handicap): Mishaps 644,McKenzie Lanes 619.Team series (Handicap): Mishaps 1834,Alleycats 1795.

Tuesday Early MixedStandings: Lane Crashers 28, 1 PinShort 21, Lemon Heads 19, What the Ek16. Men’s games: Gilbert Berg 202, Kevin Ek199, Jeff Bringgold 182.Men’s series: Kevin Ek 539, Gilbert Berg520, Erv Lehmann 496.Women’s games: Beth Ahlgren 182, JillBehnke & Brenda Lehmann 174.Women’s series: Brenda Lehmann 491,Janice Berg 443, Beth Ahlgren 439.Team games: Lane Crashers 493.Team series: What the Ek 1348.

Tuesday Women’sStandings: Country Gals 56, Kassel Tap53.5, Gutter Dusters 46.5, Hauge Dental39.5, Custom Outfitter 36.5, LC’s Gals36.5, Tomlinson Insurance 36, Trap Rock35.5. Individual games: Jane Smith 202, Lon-nie Stowell 193, Shirley Wilson 188.

Individual series: Jane Smith 537, HelenLeggitt 523, Mary Sue Morris 520.Team games (Handicap): Kassel Tap863, Tomlinson Insurance 829, LC’s Gals828.Team series (Handicap): Kassel Tap2475, Tomlinson Insurance 2380, LC’sGals 2309.

Tuesday Night Men’sStandings: Dream Lawn 26.5, The Cob-bler Shop 26.5, Centurview Park 24,Steve’s Appliance 22, Nel-Lo-Hill Farm20, The Dugout 18, Hack’s Pub 14,McKenzie Lanes 9. Individual games: Darren McKenzie266, Rick Fox 258, Ken Williams 245.Individual series: Darren McKenzie 718,Rick Fox 672, Cory Crowelll 668.Team games (Handicap): Dream Lawn1249.Team series (Handicap): Dream Lawn3658.

Wednesday Early Standings: Gerhman Auto Body 36, Am-rhien Painting 28, Hack’s Pub 26, HolidayStation 22, Suzie Q’s 22, Top Spot 16,Cutting Edge 6, Bye 4.Men’s games: Jim Harder 234, MerlinFox 230, Mike Runberg 213.Men’s series: Mike Runberg 583, DennisKindem 578, Jim Harder 573.Women’s games: Karen Wiemer 170,Shirley Ince 157, Dixie Runberg 156.Women’s series: Jeanne Kizer 435,Karen Wiemer 433, Patty Walker 416.Team games (Handicap): Gerhman AutoBody 697.Team series (Handicap): Gerhman AutoBody 1959.

Wednesday Night Men’sStandings: Dalles Electricians 12, TigerExpress 10, Harvest Moon 8, HanjoFarms 8, Edina Realty 8, Davy’s Con-struction 6, Reed’s Marina 6, McKenzieLanes 6.Individual games: Gene Braund 248,Gordy Johnson 247, Bob Swanson 246.Individual series: Gene Braund 669,Gordy Johnson 662, Sam Leggitt 617.Team games (Handicap): Harvest Moon1101, Tiger Express 1043.

Team series (Handicap): Harvest Moon3135, Dalles Electricians 2815.

Black & OrangeEarly Birds

Standings: Yellow River Saloon 12-8,Gandy Dancer Saloon 12-8, The Tap 10-10, Black & Orange 6-14. Individual games: Kay Casey (YRS)181, Donna Crain (B&O) 173, JoanieJava-Hahr (GDS) 157.Individual series: Kay Casey (YRS) 515,Donna Crain (B&O) 500, Joanie Java-Hahr (GDS) 427.Team games: Yellow River Saloon 824,The Tap 804, Black & Orange 795.Team series: Yellow River Saloon 2462,Black & Orange 2361, The Tap 2331.

Monday Night Men’sStandings: Larry’s LP 8-4, Glass & MirrorWorks 7.5-4.5, Black & Orange 5.5-6.5,Vacant 3-9.Individual games: Art Bliven (L) 220,Dean Eytcheson (G&MW) 211, Vern Not-tom (B&O) 203.Individual series: Art Bliven (L) 556, VernNottom (B&O) 550, Dean Eytcheson(G&MW) 537.Team games: Larry’s LP 927, Glass &Mirror Works 926, Black & Orange 894. Team series: Glass & Mirror Works 2715,Black & Orange 2668, Larry’s LP 2630.

TNTStandings: Flower Power 15-1, Cashco10-6, Larry’s LP 6-10, Vacant 1-15.Individual games: Sue Eytcheson (FP)181, Becky Reynolds (L) 179, CherylScallon (C) 174.Individual series: Cheryl Scallon (C)475, Sue Eytcheson (FP) 466, BeckyReynolds (L) 462.Team games: Larry’s LP 850, FlowerPower 846, Cashco 823. Team series: Cashco 2435, FlowerPower 2377, Larry’s LP 2357.

Wednesday NightStandings: Pheasant Inn 8-4, Lions 7.5,Zia Louisa’s 7-5, Black & Orange 7-5,Cashco 6-6, Vacant 1-11.Individual games: Josh Johnson (L) 208,Art Bliven (L) 195, Tim Vasatka (PI) &Chris Johnson (PI) 193.Individual series: Josh Johnson (L) 553,Chris Johnson (PI) 526, Ed Phelps (ZL)523.Team games: Pheasant Inn 961, Lions912, Zia Louisa’s 886.Team series: Lions 2700, Pheasant Inn2666, Zia Louisa’s 2523. Games 50 or more above average: JoshJohnson 208 (+52).

Early RisersStandings: 10th Hole 16-4, Gayle’sNorthwoods Hair Design 12-8, GandyDancer 9-11, A+ Sanitation 3-17. Individual games: Toots Ruedy (GD)174, Joan Java-Hahr (10th) 171, KrystalGorman (10th) & Phyllis Myers (A+) 169.

Individual series: Phyllis Myers (A+) 450,Pam Dildine (10th) 424, Toots Ruedy (GD)422.Team games: 10th Hole 712, A+ Sanita-tion 697, Gandy Dancer 683.Team series: Gandy Dancer 1992, A+Sanitation 1974, 10th Hole 1969.Games 50 or more above average: JoanJava-Hahr 171 (+53); Krystal Gorman 169(+52); Toots Ruedy 174 (+71).Series 100 or more above average:Toots Ruedy 422 (+113).

Thursday Night LadiesStandings: Dolls w/Balls 12-4, PourHouse 8-8, Webster Motel 7-9, Rollettes5-11.Individual games: Daphne Churchill(Dw/B) 172, Lu Mattison (PH) 169,Jacquelyn Churchill (Dw/B) 166.Individual series: Lu Mattison (PH)) 460,Jacquelyn Churchill (Dw/B) 438, DaphneChurchill (Dw/B) 425. Team games: Pour House 682, Dollsw/Balls 674, Rollettes 664. Team series: Pour House 1946, Rollettes1880, Dolls w/Balls 1878.

Denny’s Downtown LanesSunday Afternoon Mixed

Standings: Spare Us 27, Redneck CoonHunters 21, Blind 20, George’s Angels 14,Team Siren 13, The Pacifiers 10. Women’s games: Theresa Eckstrom151, “Trouble” Barfknecht 146, Lori Dake143.Women’s series: Ernie Meyer 388,“Trouble” Barfknecht 386, Theresa Eck-strom 363.Men’s games: Jamie Meir 189, JimLoomis 186, Scott Lamphere 179.Men’s series: Jim Loomis 530, JamieMeir 476, Issac Jewell 460.Team games: Spare Us 470, RedneckCoon Hunters 442, Team Siren 427.Team series: Spare Us 1341, RedneckCoon Hunters 1246, Team Siren 1134.

Men’s Wednesday NightStandings: Boyd’s Outdoor Power 10,Wood River Pharmacy 9, GrantsburgSanitary 7, Radio Shack 7, Snow Whites7, Village Hearth 2.Individual games (Handicap): AlanMelin 241, Terry Larson 240, Adam Thore-son 224.Individual series (Handicap): Don Wick-lund 656, Terry Larson 621, Alan Melin606.Team games (Handicap): GrantsburgSanitary 1005, Boyd’s Outdoor Power1002, Wood River Pharmacy 962.Team series (Handicap): Boyd’s OutdoorPower 2877, Grantsburg Sanitary 2792,Radio Shack 2728.

A R E A B O W L I N G R E S U L T S

Pirate gymnasts compete at River FallsNext meet is this

Saturday in Rice Lakeby Marty SeegerLeader staff writer

RIVER FALLS – The Grantsburg Piratesgymnastics team competed at an invita-tional in River Falls on Saturday, Jan. 14,with at least two of the four gymnastsbringing home medals from the event.

“We had a pretty good meet,” saidcoach Kathy Lund.

Aimee Lerud had a solid meet, bringinghome five medals. She won the all-aroundcompetition with a score of 33.90, startingwith a no-fall routine on the beam with an8.75. She took second in the vault with8.30, and scored 8.75 on the uneven bars.She also placed third in the floor eventwith an 8.20.

Heidi Horky also had a lot of success atthe invite, taking home a sixth-placemedal in the vault with an 8.15.

“Heidi had a great meet getting threepersonal bests in vault, bars and in the all-around with a 29.075,” said Lund.

The Pirates will be traveling to RiceLake this Saturday, Jan. 21, for an invita-tional that begins at 11 a.m.

ABOVE: Heidi Horky scored three personalbest scores in vault, uneven bars and all-around against River Falls.

Aimee Lerud took first place in the all-around competition at River Falls with a score of 33.90.RIGHT: She had a no-fall routine on the balance beam for a score of 8.75. – Photos submitted


Special nights, 20years apart

It was Februaryof 1992 when thiscolumnist wasprivileged to be inattendance in theFrederic HighSchool gymna-sium on a nightwhen the St. CroixFalls Saints boysbasketball team hitthe century mark.T h eSaints destroyedthe Fred-eric Vikings thatnight by a score of100-56. “They’re agood ball club. They played very aggres-sively, and we didn’t react to their ag-gressiveness” was a gracious butsomewhat understated quote from thenFHS coach Ray Draxler in the gamestory which appeared here in the Feb. 12,1992, Inter-County Leader. (Ex-localscribe Craig Gustafson penned thepiece.) That night the Saints scored 54points in the first half and 46 in the sec-ond.

Even though the Saints had just pum-meled my beloved Vikings,I was certainly not the only one who leftthe gym that night thinking, “Wow ...That was a great show. This is a specialbasketball team which could do specialthings.” Jeff Anderson, Tory Green-quist, Brett Brown, Jeff Johnson andMark Jensen were some of the shiningstars on that long-ago Saints team which

did, in fact, move on to great things, firstwinning a conference title and thena WIAA state championship. The goldball is proudly displayed in the SCF tro-phy case to this day.

Last Friday night, Jan. 13, almost ex-actly 20 years later and 11 miles upthe road in Siren, fans were again treatedto an opportunity to see a well-oiled bas-ketball machine crack the coveted 100-point plateau. The undefeated andleague-leading Dragons piled up 65 first-half points, which made 100 inevitabledespite a rather lackluster and conserva-tive second half. (See Marty Seeger’sgame story elsewhere on these pages.)

Chances are, 20 years from now old-time basketball fans will still be talkingabout “the night they scored 100.” Butthis time, instead of Anderson, Green-quist and company as noted above, folkswill be talking about the likes of currentDragon stars Murdock Smith, AndrewBrown, Elijah Hinze, Will Haines andEvan Oachs. And can the Dragons mir-ror the 1992 Saints with a magical 2012?Only time will tell.

In 1975, I had the privilege of playingon a basketball team which once scored100 points in a game. But considering theplodding style of basketball which isoften played today, my thoughts werethat the Saints 100-point night in1992 would be the last one I’d see in mylifetime. But alas, thanks to the Dragons,lightning struck once again. Hope-fully we don’t have to wait until 2032 be-fore we see another one.

Love, Buck, Rubio, Chenal, Williams,Tesch and company

This Saturday, coach Ryan Lind’svastly improved and up-and-comingFrederic Vikings boys cagers will beplaying Lanesboro, Minn., at the TargetCenter in downtown Minneapolis. TheVikes are on track for their best season ina number of years with an 8-4 record atpress time. The Burros (yes, that’s Lanes-boro’s nickname) have a 6-4 mark. Thegame will be played under MinnesotaState High School League rules, whichmeans two 18-minute halves. Expect theVikes to win comfortably. (See Swamiprediction column elsewhere on thesepages.)

Cheating “Father Time”Professional grappler Buck “Rock ‘N

Roll” Zumhofe, who headlined awrestling card at Wolf Creek last Fridaynight, turns 61 years young in March ofthis year. It seems that golf, bowling andpro wrestling are among the few sportsin which a sexagenarian can stillexcel. So, if you’re 60 years of age or olderand if you can’t afford to golf or bowl,perhaps you should considerwrestling. It’s one of the world’s oldestsports.

One for the highlight reelIn Siren’s ho-hum 16-point victory

over Washburn Monday night, Jan. 16,there was one seemingly nondescript playwhich stood above all others. When Mur-dock Smith threaded the needle with athree-fourths-court diagonal cross-courtbounce pass to a streaking Elijah Hinze

for an easy backdoor layup, it certainlyturned a few heads in the SHS gymna-sium.

Duck hunting was goodAt least one local duck-hunting affi-

cianado recently extolled the virtues ofthe 2011 hunt, particulary when it cameto the high numbers of local duckssighted, shot or missed. (Or all of theabove.) While the numbers of local duckhunters have fallen precipitously in thepast 20 years or so, it’s comforting toknow die-hard local gunners are still see-ing plenty of ducks. Hopefullywe’ll receive some late snows and somespring rains, which will help maintain orreplenish our local nesting and broodinggrounds so 2012’s hunt can be just as pro-ductive.

Did the New York Giants pour it on atLambeau?

Last Sunday, when NY Giants runningback Brandon Jacobs scampered for a 14-yard TD with his team already comfort-ably ahead with only 2-1/2 minutesremaining in the game, numerous localPacker fans were crying “foul!” Thosedisgruntled fans felt it was unsportsman-like for the visiting Giants, who al-ready held an insurmountable 10-pointlead, to forgo the victory formation andinstead plunge an extra dagger into theheart of the hometown Packers with Ja-cobs’ run. Calm down, my fellow cheese-heads. Last Sunday, the better team wonwhether the final verdict was 10 points or17.

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Leader Land’spoet laureate, alsoknown as TheSwami, spun an-other perfecto witha 14-0 record lastweek. This most re-cent bout of bril-liance raised hisoverall season markto 79-20 for an 80-percent success rate.

“I finished witha 76-percent rate lastyear, and my aim isto improve on that,”he said Wednesdaymorning, Jan. 18,while dry-pluckinga freshly killed wildturkey. “Any athlete or poet wants tobe better today than they were lastweek or last year. I am no exception.”

This week’s games:

GirlsLuck 56, Webster 37 – Luck pulls awaywith a strong second half. ‘Twill benice to see smiles from the Cardscoaching staff.Siren 50, Unity 44 – The Drag-ons teeter near a .500 mark. It’ll take alate surge for a victory to spark.Frederic 53, Grantsburg 52 – Herecomes an upset. Read it and weep.Some thought the Pirates might makeit a sweep.Cameron 50, St. Croix Falls 48 – It’s anonconference loss, so who reallycares. When it comes to league titles,the Saints have earned theirs.Spooner 47, Siren 46 – Another closeloss, but let’s keep it real. Next year isthe year of the Dragon, I feel.Turtle Lake 58, Frederic 48 – The Vikeswill lose to this very good team. Theymight see them again in the tourneys itwould seem.

Luck 55, New Auburn 36 – The Cardscan relax and goof off and have fun.For they know that this game is al-ready won.Barron 54, St. Croix Falls 44 – Twostraight for the Saints, but it shouldn’tbring them down. Soon the West Lake-land trophy will be back in their town.

Boys gamesLuck 38, Webster 36 – Though nopeach baskets and ladders, nor centerjumps after each goal, this will looklike 1920, and the Cards will control.Grantsburg 60, Frederic 49 – TheVikes stay close until late charitytosses. This will be one of those “moralvictory” losses.Frederic 64, Lanesboro, Minn., 55 –FHS will prevail in this border battle.Does anything rhyme with thatword besides “cattle”?Grantsburg 59, Amery 57 – A sweet lit-tle win over a nonconference foe.Amery’s improving these days, don’tyou know?Frederic 58, Turtle Lake 50 – Throwout the record book when these twoteams play. The Vikes are a much betterteam on this day.Ellsworth 54, Luck 39 – He said with alisp, “I don’t know all the anthers, but Ithink that the Cardinals will lose to thePanthers.”St. Croix Falls 41 Osceola 39 – A realnice win for the Saints, that’s for sure.Any loss to your neighbor is hard toendure.Siren 58, Unity 46 – The Eagles havewon their last eight out of nine. It’s aclose one, but this night the Dragonswill shine.

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BOYS BASKETBALLStandings

Team Conf. OverallSiren Dragons 6-0 14-0Unity Eagles 5-1 8-4Grantsburg Pirates 4-2 9-3Frederic Vikings 3-3 8-5Webster Tigers 2-4 5-8Luck Cardinals 1-5 5-7St. Croix Falls Saints 0-6 2-9

ScoresFriday, January 13Siren 100, St. Croix Falls 51Unity 42, Luck 28Grantsburg 56, Webster 29Monday, January 16Unity 46, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser 38Frederic 56, Prairie Farm 51Siren 62, Washburn 46Tuesday, January 17Luck 50, Birchwood 47Grantsburg 52, Cameron 40Cumberland 48, Webster 37Siren 65, Northwood 42Spooner 56, St. Croix Falls 27

UpcomingFriday, January 206 p.m. Grantsburg at Frederic (DH)7:30 p.m. Unity at Siren (DH)

Luck at Webster (DH)Saturday, January 212 p.m. Frederic vs. Lanesboro at Target CenterMonday, January 237:30 p.m. Turtle Lake at FredericTuesday, January 247:30 p.m. Grantsburg at Amery

Luck at EllsworthOsceola at St. Croix Falls

BOYS HOCKEYStandings

Conf. OverallWSFLG Blizzard 7-1-0 12-2-0

ScoresMonday, January 16Blizzard 7, North Branch 1

UpcomingFriday, January 207:30 p.m. Blizzard vs. Legacy Christian, Minn., at SirenTuesday, January 247:30 p.m. Blizzard at Moose Lake, Minn.

WRESTLINGUpcoming

Thursday, January 197 p.m. St. Croix Falls at Clear Lake

LFG at Turtle Lake/ClaytonSaturday, January 219 a.m. Unity at St. Croix Falls

LFG at St. Croix FallsThursday, January 267 p.m. Clear Lake vs. LFG at Luck

St. Croix Falls at Unity

GIRLS BASKETBALLStandings

Team Conf. OverallSt. Croix Falls Saints 6-0 8-0Siren Dragons 4-1 5-5Grantsburg Pirates 3-2 8-3Unity Eagles 3-2 7-4Frederic Vikings 2-3 6-6Luck Cardinals 0-5 3-6Webster Tigers 0-5 1-10

ScoresFriday, January 13Unity 51, Luck 41Grantsburg 61, Webster 22St. Croix Falls 45, Siren 38Monday, January 16Frederic 62, Prairie Farm 24Clayton 49, Webster 14Tuesday, January 17Luck 44, Birchwood 24Unity 45, Clear Lake 41Grantsburg 46, Shell Lake 36St. Croix Falls 64, St. Paul Harding, Minn., 30

UpcomingThursday, January 197:30 p.m. St. Croix Falls at CameronFriday, January 206 p.m. Unity at Siren (DH)

Luck at Webster (DH)7:30 p.m. Grantsburg at Frederic (DH)Tuesday, January 247:30 p.m. St. Croix Falls at Barron

New Auburn at LuckSpooner at SirenFrederic at Turtle Lake

Thursday, January 267:30 p.m. Prairie Farm at Unity

GIRLS HOCKEYStandings

OverallWSFLGUS Blizzard 8-9-0

ScoresFriday, January 13Blizzard 9, Eveleth-Gilbert 4Saturday, January 14Blizzard 7, Tomahawk 4

UpcomingFriday, January 20TBD Blizzard vs. Northland Pines at Eagle RiverSaturday, January 21TBD Blizzard vs. Northland Pines at Eagle River

GYMNASTICSSaturday, January 2111 a.m. Grantsburg at Rice Lake

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Last year, the first-ever Wisconsin StateHigh School Ice-Fish-ing Championship washeld on Lake Win-nebago, and of the 24schools registered tocompete, Prairie FarmHigh School, (my almamater) took secondplace overall. Theywere presented with atrophy, medals and acheck for $750. Packerslinebacker ClayMatthews was even onhand to help hand outthe awards to the topfinishers.

For about four yearsprior to the state tour-nament, Prairie Farm physical educationteacher Wendy Dallmann had includedice fishing as part of the curriculum. Itwasn’t until last year that the studentswere able to put the skills they learned tothe test.

Word of that success eventually caughtthe interest of Unity athletic directorDoug Ramich, who is also an avid ice an-gler. Ramich got in touch with Dallmannfor more information and it wasn’t longbefore Unity was hosting its own teammeeting. Approximately 20 membersshowed up for that first meeting and theinterest seems to be growing in the sur-rounding area.

“I think it’ll expand, and I’m hoping toget a girls ice-fishing team going too. Iknow that we’ve got quite a few girls thatice fish, and hopefully that will come tofruition before the season’s done,”Ramich said.

The season actually got under way onBone Lake last Saturday, in conjunctionwith the Luck football team’s annual ice-fishing tournament. Both Frederic andLuck high schools have formed ice-fish-ing teams as well, and unlike your typicalfootball, basketball or volleyball team,there isn’t a bench, and plenty of room toplay no matter your skill level. A schoolcan enter as many teams as they wish andin most tournaments a team can have upto 10 members comprised of both boysand girls grades 9-12. There can be up totwo adult coaches per team 18 or older,but they aren’t allowed to aid in catchingfish, setting lines, etc.

Prairie Farm alone had around 28 kidsand four teams in Luck last Saturday.They even prefished the lake a week ear-lier, to get a feel for the lake and figureout which spots were the most likely to

produce big enough fish for a tourna-ment win. Unity also prefished BoneLake the weekend before, and competedwith three teams, each with six anglers.One of those teams too second while an-other took fourth place place.

Luck had four competing teams, andwon first and third place, with the help ofa pair of northern pike weighing nearly10 pounds apiece. Luck also won thetraveling trophy, which they’ll be keep-ing until another high school tries to takeit back at the next tournament.

“We had a wide range of kids. We hadkids that were really experienced at icefishing and some kids that were prettygreen to it. And the only thing that thekids received was a stocking cap and thatwas their team uniform. But the kidswere serious about it, and that was prettyneat to see,” said Ramich.

Although the kids are responsible forequipment and travel, Unity is also help-ing with paying the cost of tournamententry fees, which are about $20 per team.The monies were actually donated to theschool by former middle school scienceteacher, Tim Sopko, who passed away in1995. Sopko was an avid ice angler, andRamich though it was an appropriate ges-ture in Sopko’s honor.

“He’s kind of the one who got a lot ofthe teachers around here into ice fishing,”Ramich said.

There are some general raffle prizes tobe won at the tournaments, but Ramichsaid the kids are mostly competing forschool pride and for a love of ice fishing,It’s also a great way to meet ice anglersfrom other schools, or to simply get intro-duced to the sport of fishing, which hasbeen growing over the past several years.

According to the Wisconsin DNR, more

than 110,000 people are participating inice fishing now, than a decade ago, yetthere’s plenty of room for more, and highschool ice-fishing teams can only addmore positives to the sport.

There’s still time to get a school teaminto the next tournament, which will behosted by Prairie Farm on the Chetekchain of lakes on Saturday, Jan. 28. Youmay enter up to 10 high school studentsper team, and more than one team can beenterd into the tournament. Teams canalso be comprised of fewer than 10 an-glers. The winning team is determined bya total weight of 10 fish, and species in-clude northern, walleye, bass, crappie,bluegill and perch. All DNR fishing regu-lations apply. Raffle prizes will be

awarded, as well as trophies and medalsfor the top three teams, and concessionswill be provided by the Prairie FarmBooster Club. Registration and weigh-inis located at the boat landing near the Hy-droflites Water Ski Area and the airporton Lake Chetek. The contest runs from 9a.m. to 3 p.m.

The culmination of the season, is ofcourse, the Wisconsin State High SchoolIce-Fishing Championship which is beingheld on Lake Winnebago, on Saturday,Feb. 25, in conjunction with the fifth-an-nual Battle on Bago tournament, which isthe second largest ice-fishing tournamentin the world, next to Minnesota’s Brain-erd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza.

“There’s no tournament to get to thetournament, it’s just anybody that wantsto compete,” said Ramich, who expects tohave a couple of teams on Lake Win-nebago in February, and possibly do a lit-tle prefishing before they go. Until thattime, it’s mostly just practice, and moreimportantly, fun.

“I wasn’t aware that there was a statetournament for ice fishing. I know it’sonly a couple years old, but what a lifesport and a cool activity for the kids,”Ramich said.

Any high school interested in getting ateam ready for the Prairie Farm tourna-ment at the Chetek chain on Jan. 28 cancontact Ramich at the Unity High School,at 715-825-2101, Ext. 2170 or Dallman atthe Prairie Farm High School, at 715-455-1861, Ext. 136, or by e-mail at [email protected].

“It’s going to be a good one for sure!”said Dallmann. “Lots of cool things … theNational Guard is stepping in to help outand will help make it an awesome eventyou wouldn’t want to miss.”

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Just one of Unity’s high school ice-fishing teams took second and fourth places at a BoneLake ice-fishing tournament last weekend. – Photo by Doug Ramich

Austin Swenson (right) of Luck took first place during the Luck football team’s Bone Lakeice-fishing tournament on Saturday, Jan. 14. The fish weighed 16 pounds, two ounces. Thesecond-place winner was Joe Green, who caught a pike weighing over 12 pounds. Severalbig pike were caught throughout the day, with many weighing between 5 and 10 pounds.– Photos by Al Tomlinson

Big pike caught at Luck football’s annual ice-fishing tourney

OUTDOORS

GRANTSBURG – It is a new year andwith that comes a new program series atCrex Meadows Wildlife Area. Shakersand Movers will be their theme through-out 2012. They will talk about a person,animal or management practice that hasan impact on something else. Eachmonth will draw attention to a newshaker and mover.

The January series begins with AldoLeopold. He said, “A thing is right whenit tends to preserve the integrity, stabilityand beauty of the biotic community. It iswrong when it tends otherwise.”

On Saturday, Jan. 21, beginning at 7p.m., the Crex Meadows Visitor Centerwill present a movie that explores thelife of this famed conservationist.

“Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a LandEthic of our Time” highlights Leopold’slife, career and his impacts on peoplethroughout the country.

Other events upcoming at Crex Mead-ows include a Candlelight Night on Sat-urday, Feb. 4, from 6 to 8 p.m. Snowshoehike with a guide on Saturday, Feb. 11,at 1 p.m., and discover animal’s warm-ing tricks. Shakers and Movers: Wolvesand their Signs will be on Saturday, Feb.18, beginning at 9 a.m. For more infor-mation about these and other events atCrex Meadows, call 715-463-2739, visitwww.crexmeadows.org, or find them onFacebook. – submitted

Shakers and Movers program series at Crex Meadows

Luck High School had four teams competing at their home tournament last Saturday, Jan.14. They took first place, and another team from Luck High School took fourth. They alsoearned the traveling trophy, which other high schools will be competing to get back in thenext tournament. Luck’s first-place winners included (L to R): Austin Holm, Matt Sanford,Cole Engstrand, Colton Branville, Luke Christenson and Cody Engstrand.– Photo by Al Tom-linson




CITIFINANCIAL, INC. Plaintiff

vs. DEBRA J. JONES N/K/A DEBRA J. PAULSON, et al

Defendant(s)

Case Number: 11 CV 84

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclo - sure entered on May 20, 2011, in the amount of $93,316.74, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: February 2, 2012, at 10

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DESCRIPTION: Lot 10, Block 15, Original Plat of Village of Clear Lake, Polk County, Wis.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 241 3rd Ave., Clear Lake, WI 54005.

TAX KEY NO.: 113-00106-0000. Dated this 2nd day of Decem-

ber, 2011. Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Benjamin J. Pliskie State Bar #1037985 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719


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3-BR, 1-bath nice cabin on Long Trade Lake $ 159,000

20 acres to enjoy that overlooks a small creek.

By Big Round Lake. $ 19,900

Great 3-BR, 2-bath mobile home on 4 acres in

Luck schools. $ 59,900

3-BR home on 120 acres almost surrounded by county

land, great hunting. $ 325,000

Nice, 2 BRs in Luck that has lots of improvements and a

good location. $ 90,000

2-BR, 2-bath home on corner lot with lots of improvement, in

Luck. $ 69,900

7 acres on the north side of Luck.

$ 19,900

Great 3-BR trilevel home in country, well taken care of,

Luck school district. $ 139,900

Nice 4-bedroom home in Luck by school with some

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3-BR, 2-bath home on 5 acres, newer basement,

well & septic. Close to Frederic. $ 74,900

3-BR, 1-bath home in Centuria, in great shape with 3-car

heated garage. $ 139,900

Nice 2-BR home in Luck schools with 5 acres and all

1-level living. $ 75,000

40 acres farmland east of Lewis. $ 80,000 SOLD SSOOLLDD SOLD

3 BRs, 1 bath, 15 acres east of Lewis.

$ 89,900

10 acres of pasture, woods with a good location NE of Frederic.

$ 20,000

3-BR home on 15 acres east of Lewis.

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2-BR home in Luck with a good location. $ 35,000

Older 3-BR home outside of Luck.

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Horse lovers paradise with western charm. 4-BR, 1-ba. hm.

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3-BR, 3-bath on 35 acres, built in 2008. Nice home with

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FREDERIC BOARD OF EDUCATION

Regular Meeting, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 The Vice President, Mrs. Matz, called the regular meeting of the

Frederic Board of Education to order at 4:40 p.m. on Monday, December 19, 2011, in the 6-12 School Library.

Board members present: Mrs. Amundson, Mr. Holicky and Mrs. Matz. Mr. Engen and Mr. Nelson arrived at 4:45 p.m.

Administration present: Mr. Robinson, Mrs. Steen and Mr. Tischer. Motion Holicky/Amundson to approve the agenda and that the

meeting was properly noticed. Motion carried 3-0. Public in attendance was the press. Reports of Officers: Motion Holicky/Matz to approve the 11-21-11 regular meeting

minutes and 12-7-11 special meeting minutes. Motion carried 3-0. Mrs. Matz provided a summary of the closed sessions of 11-21-

11 and 12-7-11. Motion Holicky/Matz to approve the closed session minutes of

11-21-11 and 12-7-11. Motion carried 3-0. The invoices for November were presented as follows:

Regular invoices (10101-100181 & 38630-38640) . . . . . . $335,884.09 Payroll account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $205,845.85

Mr. Engen presented the receipts for November 2011 totaling $114,920.50.

Motion Amundson/Holicky to authorize and confirm the money payments of the invoices presented. Motion carried 5-0.

Mr. Tischer reviewed the 2011-2012 budget. Mr. Tischer and Mr. Holicky attended the CESA presentation

Monday, December 19. Reports of the Administration: Mr. Tischer presented the district report. Mr. Robinson presented

the 6-12 school report. Mrs. Steen presented the elementary school report. The building and grounds and food service reports were submitted. Act 10 report was included in Mr. Tischer’s report.

New Business: Motion Amundson/Matz to accept the resignation of Christina

Lehmann as CO-National Honor Society Advisor with a thank-you for her service. Motion carried 5-0.

Motion Holicky/Amundson to accept Gaelyn Sears as new National Honor Society advisor. Motion carried 5-0.

The following policy was reviewed: use of school facilities. Motion Holicky/Engen to approve the policy change as presented. The policy, Use of School Facilities Policy #703 dated 12-19-11, will replace any policy dealing with the same.

The dates for the summer school program of June 11-June 29, 2012, were approved on the motion Holicky/Matz. Motion carried 5-0.

Mr. Nelson announced to members of the Board that they should consider adjourning to closed session for the purpose of reviewing personnel contracts. Mr. Nelson informed the Board the closed session would be proper and is authorized by s 19.85 (1) (c) (f) (i) of the WI Statutes.

Motion Amundson/Matz to adjourn to closed session. Vote by roll call was unanimous to convene in closed session and the motion carried 5-0. Time: 5:38 p.m.

The regular meeting convened at 6:46 p.m. Motion Engen/Amundson to adjourn. Motion carried 5-0. Time: 6:47 p.m.

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Duane A. Anderson, Altoona,speeding, $200.50.

Deborah L. Anfinson, Osce-ola, failure to keep vehicle undercontrol, not guilty plea.

Penny L. Austad, St. CroixFalls, nonregistration of auto, notguilty plea.

Peggy S. Austinson, TurtleLake, trespass, $200.50.

Michael C. Axtell, Minneapo-lis, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Kristy L. Bady, Clayton,speeding, $175.30.

Manvel H. Beaver, Dresser,driving too fast for conditions, notguilty plea.

Erika C. Binkley, Dresser,speeding, $175.30.

Jeffrey C. Bloom, Antigo, op-erate w/o valid license, $200.50.

Johanna L. Blowers, Al-mena, operating w/o insurance,not guilty plea.

Roberta L. Braml, Almena,speeding, $175.30.

Carlyn E. Bryngelson,Maplewood, Minn., speeding,$225.70.

Robert A. Carlson, Frederic,hunt within 50 feet of road’s cen-ter, $222.70; load/discharge

firearm in/from a vehicle,$258.10.

Raymundo De O Cervantes,Dresser, operate w/o valid li-cense, $200.50.

Keith F. Constant, Amery,fish without license, $190.50.

Bradley G. Corrier, Grants-burg, interstate record of dutystatus, $137.50.

Joshua R. Couillard, Noster,Mo., speeding, not guilty plea.

Harold F. Coulter, Frederic,possess/loan/borrow another’s li-cense, $347.05.

Danile B. Curran, New Rich-mond, speeding, $175.30.

Joshua A. Dailey, Webster,nonregistration of auto, $175.30;operating while revoked,$200.50.

Patrick G. Dannenmueller,Osceola, speeding, $175.30.

Mark J. Dobberpuhl, Osce-ola, speeding, $175.30.

Raymond. M. Ellsworth,Prairie Farm, speeding, $175.30.

Tara B. Fernandez, St. Paul,Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Noelany C. Fredrick, TurtleLake, speeding, $225.70.

Michael G. Gabele, Milltown,

operating a motor vehicle w/o in-surance, $200.50.

Carl K. Glocke, Deer Park,possession of illegal-sized fish,$137.50.

Seth C. Goodman, SpringLake Park, Minn., fail/changelane – passing stop emergencyvan, not guilty plea.

Jerome P. Gravelle, St. CroixFalls, interstate record of dutystatus; speeding; not guiltypleas.

Nisalyn R. Graves-Schmidt,New Brighton, Minn., speeding,$250.90.

Michell M. Handy, St. CroixFalls, operating motor vehiclew/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Kevin M. Hansen, New Rich-mond, fish without license,$202.70.

Wade E. Hartenstein, Osce-ola, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Harley M. Heinzer, ForestLake, Minn., failure to notify po-lice of accident, $263.50.

Aalyssa E. Holdt, Luck,speeding, $175.30.

Derek J. Holzknecht, Fred-eric, failure to notify police of ac-cident, not guilty plea.

Leon A. Hutton, Frederic, op-erate w/o valid license, not guiltyplea.

Joel B. Jacobs, CoonRapids, Minn., speeding, notguilty plea.

Edward P. Jansen, BalsamLake, speeding, not guilty plea.

Gloria M. Jeska, Comstock,operating motor vehicle w/oproof of insurance, $10.00.

Lacey N. Jeske, BalsamLake, operating motor vehiclew/o insurance, $200.50.

Bradley JD Johnson, DeerPark, operate snowmobile onprohibited public property, notguilty plea.

Jennifer K. Johnson, BalsamLake, nonregistration of auto,$175.30.

Kelly J. Johnson, Osceola,operating motor vehicle w/o in-surance, $200.50.

James B. Juelfs, Birchwood,speeding, $175.30.

Daniel E. Julik, Chisago City,Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Aaron L. Karl, Luck, nonreg-istration of auto, $175.39;fail/yield to stop for emergencyvehicle, $326.50; operating whilesupended, $200.50.

Troy A. Kralewski, New Rich-

mond, group deer hunting viola-tion, not guilty pleas, twice.

Lucas S. Lachance, BrooklynCenter, Minn., speeding, notguilty plea.

Steven D. Lake, Frederic,speeding, $200.50.

Lora G. Larson, Osceola,speeding, $175.30.

Thomas A. Larson, BalsamLake, trespass to land, $200.00.

David J. Lendosky, ClearLake, trespass, not guilty plea.

Karlis L. Lisovskis, Osceola,speeding, $175.30.

Kara R. Lowe, Cumberland,operating motor vehicle w/o in-surance, $200.50; operatingwhile revoked, $200.50.

Leo S. Martell, Milltown,speeding, not guily plea.

Cody A. Mathis, Surprise,Ariz., speeding, $200.50; seatbelt violation, $10.00.

Trevor A. Mavis, Elk Mound,interstate record of duty status,$263.50; speeding, $183.30.

James S. Mcalpine, Rogers,Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Alison R. Milston, St. Paul,Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Adam R. Munson, Savage,Minn., speeding, $225.70.

Jon O. Nelson, Dresser,

speeding, $175.30.Stacy R. Nelson, Siren,

speeding, $175.30; operatingmotor vehicle w/o insurance,$200.50; violation of child safetyretraint requirements, $175.30.

James M. Njogu, Anaheim,Calif., fail/change lane – passingstop emergency vehicle,$271.50.

David A. Olson, Minneapolis,Minn., speeding, $200.50.

Johnathan D. Olson, Osce-ola, driving too fast for condi-tions, $213.10.

Scott M. Orwig, MapleGrove, Minn., speeding,$200.50.

Emily C. Ovik, Frederic,speeding, $175.30.

Brandon C. Paulson, Amery,operating while suspended,$200.50.

Garry W. Peterson, Frederic,speeding, $175.30.

Jessica C. Petrangelo, Web-ster, nonregistration of auto,$175.30.

Loren C. Purintun, Webster,operate after rev/susp of regis-tration; operating while revoked,not guilty pleas.

Garrett J. Radinzel, St. CroixFalls, operate unregisteredsnowmobile, not guilty plea.

Daniel L. Rasor, Reed City,Mich., speeding, $175.30.

Janelle M. Ruhn, inattentivedriving, $187.90; failure to notifypolice of accident, $263.50.

Cory J. Schmidt, Osceola,nonregistration of auto, not guiltyplea.

Shawn L. Schuldt, Forreston,Minn., operating while sus-pended, $200.50.

Jason W. Short, Frederic, op-erating while revoked, not guiltyplea.

Breck A. Swanson, Milaca,Minn., speeding, not guilty plea.

Timothy O. Swanson, Cen-turia, fish > 3 hooks/line/baits,$182.70.

Gary E. Taxdahl, Amery, ATVoperate without headgear,$150.10.

Polk County circuit court

All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference limi - tation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes chil - dren under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians; preg - nant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings adver - tised in this newspaper are avail - able on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800-669- 9777. The toll-free telephone num - ber for the hearing impaired is 1- 800-927-9275.

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Where: Frederic Elementary School • FOLLOW SIGNS •

DONATIONS NEEDED!! Drop Off Any Items Until Jan. 26 At…

• Village Hall, 107 Hope Rd. W., Frederic, WI • Village Shop, 305 Traffic

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BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, L.P.

Plaintiff vs.

JACOB M. TIMM, et al Defendant(s)

Case Number: 10 CV 957 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclo - sure entered on June 16, 2011, in the amount of $151,818.78, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: Feb. 2, 2012, at 10 a.m. TERMS:



PLACE: Polk County Justice Center at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin.

DESCRIPTION: That part of the Southwest 1/4 Northeast 1/4 of Section 27, Township 32 North, Range 16 West, described as follows: Lot 1 of Certified Survey Map No. 5400 recorded in Volume 24 of Certified Survey Maps, Page 85, as Document No. 731166.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 154 85th Street, Clear Lake, WI 54005.

TAX KEY NO.: 010-00685-0000. Dated this 1st day of Dec., 2011. Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Scott D. Nabke State Bar #1037979 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719

Please go to www.blommer - peterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peter- man, S.C., is the creditor’s attor - ney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any infor - mation obtained will be used for the purpose. 280632

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virtue of a judgment of foreclo - sure entered on August 4, 2011, in the amount of $155,477.31, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: February 7, 2012, at

10:00 a.m. TERMS:




DESCRIPTION: Lot 2 of Certi- fied Survey Map No. 2513, recorded in Volume 12 of Cer- tified Survey Maps, Page 1, as Document No. 571169, located in the Northwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 27, Township 32 North, Range 17 West, in the Town of Alden, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1484 20th Avenue, Star Prairie, WI 54026.


ber, 2011. Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Dustin A. McMahon State Bar #1086857 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719


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THE RIVERBANK, Plaintiff,

vs. JOSEPH R. THOEN and CECILE A. THOEN,

Defendants. Case No. 10 CV 741

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to

an Amended Order for Judg- ment and Judgment of Fore- closure entered in the above- entitled action on February 1, 2011, in the amount of $101,639.65, I will sell the described premises at public auction at the Main Front Entrance of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, in the Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, on Thursday, February 2, 2012, at 10:00 o’clock a.m. TERMS OF SALE:

1. 10% down in cash or cer - tified funds at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeiture of deposit plaintiff.


3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax.

DESCRIPTION: The South one- half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter and the South 15 feet of the North one-half of Southeast Quarter of Southeast Quarter, all located in Section 15, Town- ship 35 North of Range 18 West, Town of Eureka, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PIN: 020-00373-0001 STREET ADDRESS: 2023 210th Avenue, Centuria, WI 54824.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wis., this 6th day of December, 2011. Peter M. Johnson, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin Steven J. Swanson No. 1003029 Attorney at Law P.O. Box 609 105 South Washington Street St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787 55

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STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY

FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

Plaintiff vs.

BENITO M. BENITEZ, et al. Defendant(s)

Case Number: 11 CV 319 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by

virtue of a judgment of foreclo - sure entered on August 8, 2011, in the amount of $198,477.40, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: February 14, 2012, at

10:00 a.m. TERMS:




DESCRIPTION: The East 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 23, Township 34 North, Range 16 West, in the Town of Apple River, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 728A 143rd Ave., Amery, WI 54001.


ber, 2011. Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Dustin A. McMahon State Bar #1086857 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719


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vs. JASON F. GOUKER, et al.

Defendant(s) NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

Case Number: 11 CV 204 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by

virtue of a judgment of foreclo - sure entered on June 30, 2011, in the amount of $97,956.94, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: February 15, 2012, at 10

a.m. TERMS:




DESCRIPTION: The South 443 feet of the West 443 feet of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4, Section 7, Township 32 North, Range 15 West, Town of Clear Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 434A 55th Street, Clear Lake, WI 54005.

TAX KEY NO.: 018-00143-0000. Dated this 21st day of Decem-

ber, 2011 Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Dustin A. McMahon State Bar #1086857 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719


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FRANDSEN BANK AND TRUST, f/k/a RURAL AMERICAN BANK- LUCK,

Plaintiff, vs.

GENE P. HENRIKSEN, Defendant.

Case No. 11 CV 414 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a

Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on August 10, 2011, in the amount of $125,448.16, I will sell the described premises at public auction at the Main Front Entrance of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, in the Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, February 14, 2012, at 10 o’clock a.m., TERMS OF SALE:

1. 10% down in cash or cer - tified funds at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeiture of deposit plaintiff.



DESCRIPTION: Lot 7, Fred Pet- ersen’s Addition to the Village of Luck, Polk County, Wiscon- sin, located in the NE1/4 of the SW1/4, Section 28, Town- ship 36 North, Range 17 West.

PIN: 146-00044-0000. PROPERTY ADDRESS : 211 E.

3rd Avenue, Luck, WI 54853. Dated at Balsam Lake, Wis-

consin, this 12th day of Decem- ber, 2011. Peter M. Johnson, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin Steven J. Swanson No. 1003029 Attorney at Law P.O. Box 609 105 South Washington Street St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787

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William J. Thayer, operatingmotor vehicle w/o insurance,$200.50; failure to notify police ofaccident, $263.50.

Matthew J. Thorud, Amery,failure to notify police of accident;operate w/o valid license; notguilty pleas.

Nicholas R. Tjardes, Somer-set, fail/stop at stop sign,$175.30.

Vicki L. Tonnar, Centuria,speeding, $225.70.

Shaun C. Whitcraft, Webster,failure to keep vehicle under con-trol, $213.10; operate w/o valid li-cense, not guilty plea.

Matthew A. Willhite, LittleFalls, Minn., speeding, $183.30.

Douglas J. Wiltse, Frederic,operating motor vehicle w/o in-surance, not guilty plea.

Percentage of tobacco sales to minors decrease in Polk County

POLK COUNTY - Wisconsin Wins tobacco compliancechecks for 2011 were completed the end of December.

The Polk County Health Department, the agency thatconducts the investigations, reports that for 2011 therewas only one sale to a minor out of 58 completed checks.Therefore, Polk County had a compliance rate of 98.3 per-

cent. “Thank you to the businesses that were checked in 2011

and did not sell to our youth,” said a statement from thehealth department. “This was an improvement from 2010in which during investigations there were seven sales tothe minors during compliance checks.”

The goal for 2012 is to keep numbers low and to ulti-mately have zero sales. Retailers keeping the two thingslisted below in mind will help to keep tobacco productsout of the hands of youth: Clerks consistently checkingthe IDs of those who look underage and employers train-ing their employees on the sale of tobacco; including notselling to minors. Clerks who sell tobacco to minors dur-ing investigations can be issued a citation by the sheriff’sdepartment. If it is determined that a clerk who made anillegal sale was not trained, a citation can be issued to thebusiness and/or the clerk.

Tobacco retail clerks can be easily trained on checkingIDs at the Wisconsin Win’s Smoke Check Web site,www.smokecheck.org. This Web site ensures retailers andclerks are properly trained to keep tobacco out of thehands of minors; and pass Wisconsin Wins investigations.When youth do not have easy access to tobacco, they areless likely to choose to use. For more information, pleasecontact the Polk County Health Department at 715-485-8500. - from the Polk County Health Dept.

OFFICIAL NOTICE ADVERTISEMENT

FOR BIDS BURNETT COUNTY LAND AND WATER

CONSERVATION DEPT. NOTICE is hereby given by the Burnett County Land and Water

Conservation Department, Burnett County, Wisconsin, that it will receive sealed bids for the purpose of supplying materials and installing a Fish Habitat Improvement Project located in Burnett County. All bids will be received for the project until 4:00 p.m. local time on January 27, 2012, at the Burnett County Land and Water Conservation Department, 7410 County Rd. K, #109, Siren, WI 54872. Bids will be publicly opened and read at the Burnett County Land and Water Conservation Office in Room 21 of the Burnett County Government Center, on January 30, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. Bids must be date stamped on or before the date that the bid is due. If bids are mailed, it’s very important to indicate on the exterior of the sealed envelope that you are sending a bid for the Fish Habitat Improvement Project. Installation of this project includes cutting and moving whole trees and using equipment on the ice to position them along the shoreline of a lake.

Estimates of material quantities and installation specifications can be obtained by contacting Paul Cook, Project Manager, at 715- 349-2186 or 715-497-6755 or at the address listed above. It is strongly recommended that all bidders review the construction sites and call ahead to make an appointment for a site showing.

The Burnett County Land and Water Conservation Department reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any tech - nicality in any bid submitted. 552750 21-22L WNAXLP

POSITION OPENING

February 1, for part-time church secretary/office

manager at Trinity Lutheran in Falun.

Computer skills required. Reply with application/resume to:

Rev. Carl Heidel, 9324 County Rd. F, Danbury, WI 54830, no later than Jan. 20.

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PUBLIC NOTICE To all interested parties: The Fishbowl Sportsman’s Club of Webster, Wis., is embarking on a major landscaping project to relocate our shooting facili - ties. This project is under way to alleviate any envi - ronmental issues regarding the Clam River and associated low and/or wetlands in the area. It involves moving substantial amounts of dirt and sand. We have all required permits and have made all appropriate notifications. If you would like more information in this regard, please contact the

FISHBOWL SPORTSMAN’S CLUB P.O. Box 318

Webster, WI 54893 715-349-2832

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TOWN OF MILLTOWN MEETING DATE

CHANGE The February Meeting Will Be Held On Wednesday, February

1, 2012, At 7 p.m. Plan Committee Meeting Will

Be Held At 6:30 p.m. At The Milltown Fire Hall. Virgil Hansen, Town Clerk 22

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NOTICE TOWN OF LAKETOWN The Monthly Board Meeting

Will Be Held Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, At 7:30 p.m.

Agenda: Call to order, clerk’s report, treasurer’s report, open forum, Bill Mattson/Seth Olson subdivision, dis - cuss ATV use of town roads, road report, pay bills/review correspon - dence, audit of books, adjournment.

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CITIFINANCIAL, INC. Plaintiff

vs. ALLEN J. WYMAN, et al. Defendant(s)

Case Number: 10 CV 341 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by

virtue of a judgment of foreclo - sure entered on August 17, 2010, in the amount of $90,535.26, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at pub - lic auction as follows: TIME: February 2, 2012, at

10:00 a.m. TERMS:




DESCRIPTION: Part of the Northwest 1/4 of the North- west 1/4 of Section 9, Township 35 North, Range 16 West, Town of Georgetown, Polk County, Wisconsin, described as follows: Commenc- ing at a stake where the South right-of-way line of Vincent Lake Lane intersects with the East right-of-way line of Coun- ty Trunk Highway I, thence Southerly on said East right- of-way line a distance of 907 feet; thence due East to the West right-of-way line of Vin- cent Lake Lane; thence Northerly and Westerly follow - ing the right-of-way line of Vincent Lake Lane to the point of beginning. AND Lot 3 of Glenna Lake Vincent Plat No. 1, being a part of the North- west 1/4 of Section 9, Town- ship 35 North, Range 16 West, Town of Georgetown, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 973- 973A Vincent Lake Lane, Luck, WI 54853.

TAX KEY NO.: Tax Key No. 1: 026-00333-0000 & Tax Key No. 2: 026-01443-0000. Dated this 7th day of Decem-

ber, 2011. Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Scott D. Nabke State Bar #1037979 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719


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STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY CIVIL DIVISION

BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP, F/K/A COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP

Plaintiff vs.

DAVID FOUKS; SHELLY FOUKS A/K/A SHELLY L. SWANSON;

Defendants NOTICE OF ADJOURNED

SHERIFF’S SALE Case No. 10 CV 312

Case Code No. 30404 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by

virtue of a judgment of foreclo - sure entered on September 29, 2010, in the amount of $194,069.18, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at pub - lic auction as follows: TIME: December 14, 2011, at

10:00 a.m. ADJOURNED TIME: February

15, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. TERMS:



3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax from the pro - ceeds of the sale.

PLACE: L obby of the Polk County Justice Center , 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lak e , WI 54810.

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: L ot 3 of Certified Survey Map No . 5460 filed July 23, 2007, in Vo l . 24 C.S.M., P g . 145, as Doc. No. 734549, being Lots 3 and 4 of Certified Survey Map No . 5336 filed December 28, 2006, in Vol . 24 of C.S.M., P g . 21, as Doc. No. 726610, located in the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 24, Township 32 North, Range 19 West, Town of Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin.

T ogether with and subject to a driveway agreement/easement recorded in V ol . 1007 of Rec., Pg . 649, as Doc. No. 7 35962.

TAX KEY NO .: 022-00576-0300. PROPERTY ADDRESS : 2464

30th Avenue, Osceola, Wis- consin 54020.

Adam C. Lueck State Bar No. 1081386 Attorney for Plaintiff 230 W. Monroe St., Chicago, IL 60606 Phone: 312-541-9710

Johnson, Blumberg & Asso- ciates, LLC, is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY CIVIL DIVISION

The Bank of New York Mellon FKA The Bank of New York as Trustee for the Certificate Holders of the CWABS, Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-17

Plaintiff, vs.

SCOTT R. WALLIS 1227 150TH ST. SAINT CROIX FALLS, WI 54024 UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF SCOTT R. WALLIS 1227 150TH ST. SAINT CROIX FALLS, WI 54024

Defendants PUBLICATION SUMMONS

Case No. 11 CV 686 Judge Anderson, Jeffery L.

Case Code No. 30404 THE STATE OF WISCONSIN To each person named above as Defendant:

You are hereby notified that the plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you.

Within 40 days after January 11, 2012, you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the complaint. The demand must be sent or delivered to the court, whose address is Lois Hoff, Clerk of Courts, Polk County Courthouse, 1005 West Main St. Ste. 300 P.O. Box 549, Balsam Lake, WI 54810 and to Adam C. Lueck, Johnson, Blum- berg & Associates, LLC, Plain- tiff’s attorney, whose address is 230 W. Monroe St., Chicago, IL 60606. You may have an attor - ney help represent you.

If you do not demand a copy of the complaint within 40 days, the court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the complaint. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by gar - nishment or seizure of property.

Dated: December 27, 2011. Johnson, Blumberg &

Associates, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff Adam C. Lueck State Bar No. 1081386 Johnson, Blumberg, &

Associates, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street Suite 1125 Chicago, Illinois 60606 Ph. 312-541-9710 Fax 312-541-9711

Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1692), we are required to state that we are attempting to collect a debt on our client’s behalf and any infor - mation we obtain will be used for that purpose.

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CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY CIVIL DIVISION

DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR MORGAN STANLEY ABS CAPITAL I INC. TRUST 2006-HE4 3476 STATEVIEW BLVD. FORT MILLS, SC 29715

Plaintiff vs.

HOWARD B. MONTEITH A/K/A HOWARD R. MONTEITH 254 BROADWAY ST. AMERY, WI 54001 MOLLY I. MONTEITH 254 BROADWAY ST. AMERY, WI 54001

Defendants.

PUBLICATION SUMMONS Case No. 11 CV 764

Judge Anderson, Jeffery L. Case Code No. 30404

THE STATE OF WISCONSIN To each person named above as Defendant:

You are hereby notified that the plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you.

Within 40 days after January 11, 2012, you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the complaint. The demand must be sent or deliv - ered to the court, whose address is Lois Hoff, Clerk of Courts, Polk County Court- house, 1005 West Main Street, Suite 300 P.O. Box 549, Balsam Lake, WI 54810 and to Christina M. Putman, Johnson, Blumberg & Associates, LLC, Plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is 230 W. Monroe St., Ste. 1125, Chicago, IL 60606. You may have an attorney help represent you.

If you do not demand a copy of the complaint within 40 days, the court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the complaint. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by gar - nishment or seizure of property.

Dated: December 30, 2011. Johnson, Blumberg & Associates, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff Christina M. Putman State Bar No. 1075422 Johnson, Blumberg, &

Associates, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street Suite 1125 Chicago, Illinois 60606 Ph. 312-541-9710 Fax 312-541-9711

Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1692), we are required to state that we are attempting to collect a debt on our client’s behalf and any infor - mation we obtain will be used for that purpose.

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Contractors Capital Corporation 10527 165th Street West Lakeville, MN 55044

Plaintiff, vs.

The Collovas, LLC 715 West Shore Drive Somerset, WI 54025 Patrick C. Collova 715 West Shore Drive Somerset, WI 54025 Gerald J. Smith 11160 190th Avenue Elk River, MN 55330 Jennifer L. LaVenture 663 236th Avenue New Richmond, WI 54017 Gerald J. LaVenture 663 236th Avenue New Richmond, WI 54017 Liza A. Knutson 212 Hwy. 35 Osceola, WI 54020 M & I Marshall and Ilsley Bank 651 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, MN 55402 P.C. Collova Builders, Inc. 719 West Shore Drive Somerset, WI 54025

Defendants. NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

Case No. 10-CV-469 Foreclosure of Mortgage

Code #30404 Judge Robert H. Rasmussen By virtue of a judgment of

foreclosure entered in the above-referenced action on the 11th day of February, 2011, I will sell at public auction at the main entrance of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, Suite 300, in the City of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, on the 29th day of February, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., the following described mortgaged premises, as one parcel, to-wit:

Lots 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34 and Roadways for Cattail Coulee Plat; all in the County Plat of Cattail Coulee, Town of Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin.

TERMS: 1. 10% cash or certified check

down payment at time of sale, balance due upon con - firmation by Court.

2. Sale is subject to all unpaid real estate taxes and special assessments.

3. Purchaser shall pay any Wisconsin real estate trans - fer fee.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wis., December 27, 2011. Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Michael L. Brutlag (#123225) BRUTLAG, HARTMANN &

TRUCKE, P.A. 3555 Plymouth Boulevard Suite 117 Minneapolis, MN 55447-1399 Telephone: 763-222-2503 2860-200

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vs. RICKY W. TROFF PATRICIA J. TROFF XYZ CORPORATION ABC PARTNERSHIP JOE DOE MARY ROWE

Defendants Case No: 10CV206

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

By virtue of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above-entitled action on January 19, 2011, in the amount of $106,444.99, the under - signed Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell at public auction at the front entrance of the Polk County Courthouse in the City of Balsam Lake, in said county, on the 29th day of February, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., the real estate and mortgaged premises directed by the Judgment to be sold, therein described as follows:

Lot 1 of CSM No. 3353 located in the SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4, Section 15, Township 33 North, Range 17 West, Town of Garfield, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1451 90th Avenue, Amery, Wis.

TERMS OF SALE: Cash. DOWN PAYMENT: A deposit of

10% of sale price to be deposited in cash or by cer - tified check with the Sheriff at the time of sale; balance to be paid by cash or certified check within ten days after confirmation of sale.

Dated this 9th day of January, 2012. Peter M. Johnson, Polk County Sheriff Donald R. Marjala - Lawyer Spangler, Nodolf, Bruder &

Klinkhammer, LLC P.O. Box 1165 Eau Claire, WI 54702-1165 (715) 830-9771 Attorneys for Plaintiff

P ursuant to the Fair Debt Col- l ection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. S ection 1692), we are required to state that we are attempting to collect a debt on our client’s behalf and any information we obtained will be used for that purpose. 552733 WNAXLP

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In the matter of the name change of:

Estelle Marie Box By (Petitioner) Marie Margaret

Chenal Notice and Order for Name

Change Hearing Case No. 12CV20

NOTICE IS GIVEN: A petition was filed asking to

change the name of the person listed above:

From: Estelle Marie Box To: Estelle Marie Chenal Birth Certificate:

Estelle Marie Box IT IS ORDERED:

This petition will be heard in the Circuit Court of Polk County, State of Wisconsin:

Judge’s Name: Judge Anderson

Place: Polk County Justice Center 1005 W. Main Street Balsam Lake, WI

Date: Feb. 24, 2012 Time: 4 p.m. If you require reasonable ac-

commodations due to a disabil - ity to participate in the court process, please call 715-485- 9299 at least ten (10) working days prior to the scheduled court date. Please note that the court does not provide trans - portation. BY THE COURT: Jeffery Anderson Circuit Court Judge January 10, 2012

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LIBRARY DIRECTOR Part Time (25 hours per week)

VILLAGE OF DRESSER, WISCONSIN The Dresser Public Library Board seeks an energetic leader to direct the operations of the library. Qualifications: Candidates must be eligible for Wisconsin Grade III certifications. P revious library experience is required; library administration experience and a Bachelor’s degree are pre - ferred. A complete job description and application packet is available at http://www.dresserpubliclibrary.org. Application packets can also be picked up at the Dres- ser Public Library or Dresser Village Hall. Compensation: Wage Range: $12.00 - $15.00 per hour depending on experience. Please mail Village of Dresser Application Form, your resume and cover letter by January 30 at 5 p.m. to Dresser Public Library; Attn. Library Search Committee, P.O. Box 547, Dresser, WI 54009. Position will remain open until filled. 552942 22Lp

POLK COUNTY POSITION ANNOUNCEMENTS

Social Worker – Child Protective Service’s $23.81/hr Full-Time positions – 37.5 hr/week Deadline to apply: Jan. 30, 2012

GOLDEN AGE MANOR CNA ** Part time With Additional Shifts Available 6:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. $12.92/hr. 2:30 p.m. - 9/10:30 p.m. $13.32/hr. 10:30 p.m. - 6:30 a.m. $13.42/hr. Deadline to apply: February 6, 2012 Social Service Assistant $14.99/hr Part-time 20 hr./week Deadline to apply: Feb. 1, 2012

YOU MUST COMPLETE OUR POLK COUNTY EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION TO BE ELIGIBLE. For appli - cations, complete position requirements and details, please visit our Web site at www.co.polk.wi.us, Job Opportunities, or in person at 100 Polk County Plaza, #229, Balsam Lake, WI, 54810, 715-485-9176.

**Please mail C.N.A. applications directly to GAM, 220 Scholl Ct., Amery, WI, 715-268-7107. Please, no faxed appli - cations. AA/EEOC 553092 22L

TOWN OF MILLTOWN Plan Committee

Members The Town of Milltown is

looking for members to sit on the Plan Committee Board. If

interested, call the Clerk’s Office at 715-825-2494. Virgil Hansen, Town Clerk 22

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BRANCH 1 CEF FUNDING II, LLC, AS ASSIGNEE OF GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL BUSINESS ASSET FUNDING CORPORATION,

Plaintiff, vs.

CCF, INC, BIG M FOODS, INC., COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE, STATE OF MINNESOTA, ELIASCO, INC., STATE OF WISCONSIN, and AMTECH LIGHTING SERVICES,

Defendants. Case No. 04-CV-390 Case Code: 30404

(Foreclosure of Mortgage) NOTICE OF


virtue of a Judgment of Fore- closure, entered in the above- entitled matter, on December 7, 2005, the undersigned Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell at public auction at the Polk County Justice Center Lobby located at 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin 54810, on February 16, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., a portion of the real estate and mortgaged premises directed by the Judgment to be sold and therein described as follows:

Parcel 1: Lot 1, Block 3, Original Plat of the Village of Frederic, Polk County, Wis- consin.

Parcel 2: A strip of land 12 feet in width comprising all that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 27, Town- ship 37 North, Range 17 West, bounded and described as follows: Begin- ning at the Northeast corner of Lot 1, Block 3 of the Original Plat of the Village of Frederic, according to the plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the Register of Deeds in and for said County; thence North along a North extension of the East line of said Lot 1 to a point intersection with a line running parallel with and 12 feet distant Northerly (measured at right angles) from the Northerly line of said Lot 1; thence Westerly along the last mentioned parallel line to a point of intersection with a North extension of the West line of said Lot 1; thence South to the Northwest corner of said Lot 1; thence Easterly to the point of beginning.

Parcel 3: An easement over and across Lot 2, Block 3, Original Plat of the Village of Frederic, Polk County, Wis- consin, described as follows: beginning at a point on the Northeast corner of Lot 2, Block 3, thence Westerly approximately 30 feet; thence Southeasterly to a point; approximately 40 feet from the point of beginning; said point being on East line of said Lot 2, Block 3, Original Plat of the Village of Frederic, thence to the point of beginning. Said easement being perpetual and for driveway purposes to and from said Lot 1. (Parcel No. 126-19-0)

TERMS of SALE: Ten percent of the purchase price must be paid in cash or by cashier’s or certified check payable to the “Polk County Clerk of Circuit Court” at the time of sale. The balance of the purchase price will be payable upon confir - mation of sale. Dated this 16th day of Decem-

ber, 2011.

POLK COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT

/s/ Peter Johnson QUARLES & BRADY LLP /s/ Roy L. Prange Jr. 33 East Main Street, Suite 900 Madison, WI 53703 Attorneys for Plaintiff, CEF Fun- ding II, LLC, As Assignee of General Electric Capital Busi- ness Asset Funding Corporation.

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BRANCH 1 ANCHORBANK, FSB Assignee of S & C Bank

Plaintiff vs.

RICHARD L. VOLGREN THELMA A. VOLGREN GERALD C. VOLGREN DEBORAH A. VOLGREN CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA) DISCOVER BANK FIRST EQUITY CARD CORPORATION CACH NCO Portfolio Management Assignee of Capital One JOHN DOE #1, JOHN DOE #2, JOHN DOE #3 AND JOHN DOE #4

Defendants. Case No: 11CV234 Case Code: 30404


By virtue of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above-entitled action on August 22, 2011, in the amount of $169,773.09, the under - signed Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell at public auction at the front entrance of the Polk County Courthouse in the City of Balsam Lake, in said county, on the 29th day of February, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., the real estate and mortgaged premises directed by the Judgment to be sold, therein described as follows:

Lot One (1) of Certified Survey Map No. 5756 recorded in Volume 26 of Certified Survey Maps, Page 22 as Document No. 758039, located in the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4 of NE 1/4) of Section Eleven (11), Township Thirty-four (34) North, Range Seventeen (17) West, Town of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, FOR- MERLY DESCRIBED AS the South 371 feet of the North 571 feet of the East 587 feet of NE 1/4 of NE 1/4, Section 11, Township 34 North, Range 17 West, Polk County, Wis.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1693 130th St., Balsam Lake, WI.


10% of sale price to be deposited in cash or by cer - tified check with the Sheriff at the time of sale; balance to be paid by cash or certified check within ten days after confirmation of sale. Dated this 29th day of Decem-

ber, 2011. Peter M. Johnson, Polk County Sheriff Donald R. Marjala - Lawyer Spangler, Nodolf, Bruder &

Klinkhammer, LLC P.O. Box 1165 Eau Claire, WI 54702-1165 (715) 830-9771 Attorneys for Plaintiff

P ursuant to the Fair Debt Col- Lection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1692), we are required to state that we are attempting to collect a debt on our client’s behalf and any information we obtained will be used for that purpose. 552296 WNAXLP



EVERBANK Plaintiff,

vs. BRIAN S. COWAN and ANA J. COWAN, husband and wife; and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; and ST. CROIX REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC.;

Defendants. Case No. 11-CV-515

Code O. 30404 FORECLOSURE OF

MORTGAGE DOLLAR AMOUNT GREATER

THAN $5,000.00 NOTICE OF


virtue of a judgment of foreclo - sure entered on November 21, 2011, in the amount of $141,083.59, the sheriff will sell the described premises at pub - lic auction as follows: TIME: February 23, 2012, at

10:00 o’clock a.m. TERMS:

1. 10% down in cash or cer - tified funds at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.



PLACE: Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 West Main St., Balsam Lake, Wis.

DESCRIPTION: A part of Outlot 75 of the Assessor’s Plat of the Village of Centuria, Polk County, Wisconsin, being a part of the Northeast Quarter of Southeast Quarter (NE1/4 SE1/4) of Section Eleven (11), Township Thirty-Four (34) North, Range Eighteen (18) West, described as follows: Beginning at a point which is 473.80 feet West and 300 feet South of the Northeast corner of Outlot 75; thence West 150 feet parallel to the North line of Outlot 75; thence South 100 feet along the West line of Outlot 75; thence East 150 feet parallel to the North line of Outlot 75; thence North 100 feet along the West Street right of way to the point of beginning.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 813 Superior Avenue, Village of Centuria.

TAX KEY NO.: 111-00130-0000. Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County, WI O’DESS AND ASSOCIATES,

S.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 1414 Underwood Avenue Suite 403 Wauwatosa, WI 53213 414-727-1591

O’Dess and Associates, S.C., is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. If you have previously received a Chapter 7 Discharge in Bank- ruptcy, this correspondence should not be construed as an attempt to collect a debt.

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HSBC MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC.,

Plaintiff, vs.

DOUGLAS A. NEIDERMIRE and LORI A. NEIDERMIRE, husband and wife and THE RIVERBANK

Defendants. Case No. 10-CV-445

Code No. 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage

Dollar Amount Greater Than $5,000.00


PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclo - sure entered on Aug. 20, 2010, in the amount of $297,109.97, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: Feb. 21, 2012, at 10:00

o’clock a.m. TERMS:

1. 10% down in cash or cer - tified funds at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.



PLACE: Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 West Main St., Balsam Lake, Wis.

DESCRIPTION: A parcel of land in the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SE1/4 of SW1/4), Section Thirteen (13), Township Thirty-three (33) North, Range Nineteen (19) West, in Polk County, Wis., described as follows: Com- mencing at the Northwest cor - ner of said Southeast Quarter; thence South along the West line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SE1/4 of SW1/4), 345.0 feet to the point of beginning; thence due East 264.0 feet; thence due South 165.0 feet; thence due West 264.0 feet to the said West line of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SE1/4 of SW1/4); thence North along said West line 165.0 feet to the point of beginning, excepting the right of way of the town road extending along the said West line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SE1/4 of SW1/4);

AND A parcel of land in the Southeast

Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SE1/4 of SW1/4), Section Thirteen (13), Town- ship Thirty-three (33) North, Range Nineteen (19) West described as follows: Commen- cing at the Northwest corner of said Southeast Quarter thence South along West line of said Southeast Quarter 510 feet to the point of beginning; thence due East 264.0 feet; thence due South approxi - mately 30 feet to the border of private road as it is presently traveled; thence West along North border of said road 264.0 feet to the West line of Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SE1/4 of SW1/4); thence North along said West line to the point of beginning; excepting the right of way of the town road extending along said West line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SE1/4 of SW1/4); being approxi - mately 0.18 acre.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 916 248th Street, Town of Osceola.

TAX KEY NO.: 042-01029-0000. Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County, WI O’DESS AND ASSOCIATES,

S.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 1414 Underwood Ave. Ste. 403 Wauwatosa, WI 53213 414-727-1591

O’Dess and Associates, S.C., is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. If you have previously received a Chapter 7 Discharge in Bank- ruptcy, this correspondence should not be construed as an attempt to collect a debt.

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(Jan 18, 25, Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22) STATE OF WISCONSIN


JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Plaintiff vs.

TERRY MICHAEL MORTON, et al.

Defendants Case No. 11 CV 202

AMENDED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by

virtue of a judgment of foreclo - sure entered on June 21, 2011, in the amount of $801,756.66, the Polk County Sheriff will sell the premises described below at public auction as follows: DATE/TIME: January 11, 2012,

at 10:00 a.m. ADJOURNED TO February 29, 2012, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or

money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens, encumbrances and payment of applicable transfer taxes.

PLACE: In the Lobby of the Polk County Justice Center, located at 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis., 54810.

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: That part of Government Lot 6, of Section 35, Township 35 North of Range 17 West, described as follows: Commenc- ing at a stone monument 1,003.9 feet South and 50.0 feet East of the meander cor - ner on the shore of Balsam Lake on the West line of the Northwest 1/4 of the North- west 1/4 of Section 35, Town- ship 35 North, Range 17 West; thence East 334.0 feet to the meander line on the shore of Balsam Lake; thence along said shore meander North 8 deg. 00’ East 143.0 feet; thence North 15 deg. 25’ West 60.2 feet; thence West 339.0 feet; thence South 200.0 feet to the place of beginning. Said land being in the Town of Milltown, County of Polk and State of Wisconsin.

ADDRESS: 1860 140th Street, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

TAX KEY NO: 040-01213-0000. Dated this 3rd day of January,

2012. Peter M. Johnson Polk County Sheriff Cummisford, Acevedo &

Associates, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff

Mark R. Cummisford State Bar #1034906 6508 South 27th Street Suite #6 Oak Creek, WI 53154 414-761-1700

Cummisford, Acevedo & As- sociates, LLC, is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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ROYAL CREDIT UNION Plaintiff,

vs. KAREN S. WALKER JOHN DOE WALKER, unknown spouse of Karen S. Walker, CARRIE C. SMITH,

Defendants. Case No. 11CV301 Case Code: 30404

Foreclosure of Mortgage NOTICE OF ADJOURNED

SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of a judgment of

foreclosure and sale rendered in the above-entitled action on July 19, 2011, in the amount of $18,797.78, the undersigned Sheriff of Polk County, Wiscon- sin, will sell at public auction at the front entrance of the Polk County Courthouse in the City of Balsam Lake, in said County, on the 22nd day of March, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., the real estate and mortgaged premises directed by the judgment to be sold, therein described as fol - lows:

That part of Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (NE 1/4 SE1/4), Section Thirty (30), Township Thirty-four (34) North, Range Eighteen (18) West, described as follows: Commencing at a point 719 feet West of the 1/4 post between Sections 29 and 30, Township 34, Range 18, then South parallel with the West Line of land described in Vol- ume 80 of Deeds, Page 173 to the center of highway, then Westerly along center of high - way 180 feet, then North to North Line of said 40, then East to beginning, also begin - ning at a point 719 feet West and 154 feet South of the 1/4 post between Sections 29 & 30, then South to center of highway leading to cemetery, then East and North along the center of said highway to a point due East to point of beginning, then West to begin - ning. Which mortgage was recorded in the Register of Deeds office for Polk County, Wisconsin, on July 18, 2005, in Volume 974, at Page 507, as Document #702072.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 660 Ma- ple Drive, St. Croix Falls, Wis.


10% of sale price to be deposited in cash or by certified check with the Sheriff at the time of sale; balance to be paid by cash or certified check upon confirmation of sale. Dated this 17th day of Janu-

ary, 2012. /s/Peter M. Johnson Polk County Sheriff Attorney Christine A. Gimber WELD, RILEY, PRENN &

RICCI, S.C. 3624 Oakwood Hills Parkway P.O. Box 1030 Eau Claire, WI 54702-1030 715-839-7786 Attorneys for Plaintiff

This is an attempt to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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TOWN Of ST. CROIX FALLS Polk County, Wisconsin

NOTICE OF CAUCUS TOWN OF ST. CROIX FALLS JANUARY 23, 2012, 7:00 p.m.

TOWN HALL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a resolution of the Town Board of the Town of St. Croix Falls adopted December 21, 2011, that a town caucus will be held on Monday, January 23, 2011, at the Town Hall, 1305 200th Street (U.S. Hwy. 8 and 200th Street), commencing at 7:00 p.m. for the purpose of nominating candidates to appear on the spring election ballot on Tuesday, April 3, 2012, for the following offices to succeed the present incumbents. The terms of office are two years beginning Tuesday, April 10, 2012.

OFFICE INCUMBENT Town Board Supervisor James H. Beistle Town Board Supervisor Mary Lynne McAlonie

Dated this 13th day of January 2012. /s/Janet Krueger, Town Clerk 553094 22L WNAXLP

RN & LPNs We are looking for nurses to take care of one of our clients in the St. Croix Falls area. If you are interested in providing one-on-one quality care for this client and would like more information, give us a call today. • Must have a current license to practice in the state of Wisconsin • Vent and trach experience a plus • Great pay • Vacation pay

Fax Resumes To: [email protected]

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Notices (Dec. 14, 21, 28, Jan. 4, 11, 18) STATE OF WISCONSIN



vs. DAVID E. MAGSAM, et al

Defendant(s)

Case Number: 11 CV 50

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclo - sure entered on July 27, 2011, in the amount of $44,233.62, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: February 2, 2012, at 10

a.m. TERMS:



PLACE: Polk County Justice Center at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin.

DESCRIPTION: A parcel of land described as follows: Begin- ning at a point 16 feet South and 50 feet East of the South- west corner of Lot 13, Block 1, Third Addition to City of Amery; thence South 150 feet; thence East 50 feet; thence North 150 feet; thence West to place of beginning, being part or Government Lot 1, Section 33, Township 33 North, Range 16 West, City of Amery, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 217 Warren St., Amery, WI 54001.


ber, 2011. Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Scott D. Nabke State Bar #1037979 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719

Please go to www.blommer peterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peter- man, S.C., is the creditor’s attor - ney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any infor - mation obtained will be used for the purpose. 280686

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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Plaintiff vs.

RAYMOND SCHULLER, et al. Defendants

Case No. 08 CV 668 Hon. Molly E Galewyrick, Br. 1 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by

virtue of a judgment of foreclo - sure entered on December 8, 2008, in the amount of $222,063.60, the Polk County Sheriff will sell the premises described below at public auc - tion as follows: DATE/TIME: February 1, 2012,

at 10:00 a.m. TERMS:


2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens, encumbrances, and payment of appli - cable transfer taxes.

PLACE: In the Lobby of the Polk County Justice Center, located at 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, 54810.

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: Lot 3 of CSM No. 3931 recorded in Volume 17 of CSM, Page 194, as Document No. 644993, Located in part of the Southwest 1/4 of the South- west 1/4, Section 1, Township 32 North, Range 19 West, Said land being in the Town of Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin.

ADDRESS: 2483 50th Avenue, Osceola, WI 54020.

TAX KEY NO: 022-00028-0300. Dated this 15th day of Decem-

ber 2011. Peter M. Johnson Polk County Sheriff Cummisford, Acevedo &

Associates, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff Mark R. Cummisford State Bar # 1034906 6508 South 27th Street, Ste. #6 Oak Creek, WI 53154 414-761-1700

Cummisford, Acevedo & Associates, LLC is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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Branch 2 ANCHORBANK, FSB

Plaintiff, vs.

CEE BEE GEE, LLC GERMAIN/ZAHNOW, LLC DAVID J. CALLEJA JANE DOE CALLEJA, Unknown Spouse of David J. Calleja, ROBIN BEAUVAIS JANE DOE BEAUVAIS, Unknown Spouse of Robin Beauvais, MICHAEL J. GERMAIN JANE DOE GERMAIN, Unknown Spouse of Michael J. Germain, SCOTT C. ZAHNOW JANE DOE ZAHNOW, Unknown Spouse of Scott C. Zahnow,

Defendants. Case No. 11CV132 Foreclosure: 30404


By virtue of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above-entitled action on October 24, 2011, in the amount of $190,427.60, the undersigned Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell at public auction at the front entrance of the Polk County Courthouse in the City of Bal- sam Lake, in said county, on the 8th day of February, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., the real estate and mortgaged premises directed by the Judgment to be sold, therein described as follows:

Lot Three (3) of Certified Sur- vey Map No. 3493 recorded in Volume 16 of Certified Survey Maps on page 6 as Document No. 619899 located in the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4), and the South- west Q uarter of the Northeast Quarter (SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4), Section Thirty-four (34), Township Thirty-four (34) North of Range Eighteen (18) West, Town of St. Croix Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin. Together with an easement for ingress and egress over, across and as shown on Lot One (1) of said Certified Sur- vey Map and over and across that private roadway as shown 552071 WNAXLP

on Certified Survey Map No. 751. Except the following: A parcel of land located in part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 34, Township 34 North, Range 18 West, Town of St. Croix Falls, being part of Lot 3 of Certified Survey Map No. 3493 as recorded in the Register of Deeds Office for Polk County, Wis., described as follows: Commencing at the North Quarter corner of said Section 34; thence, on an assumed bearing along the north-south Quarter line of said Section 34, South 00 degrees 30 minutes 10 seconds East a distance of 2,008.68 feet to the point of beginning of the parcel to be described; thence North 89 degrees 20 minutes 02 sec - onds East a distance of 1,317.31 feet to the east line of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter; thence, along last said east line, South 00 degrees 37 minutes 49 sec - onds East a distance of 421.85 feet to the southeast corner of said Lot 3; thence along the south line of said Lot 3, South 89 degrees 20 minutes 02 sec - onds West a distance of 1,318.25 feet to above-said Quarter line; thence, along last said Quarter line, North 00 degrees 30 minutes 10 seconds West a distance of 421.85 feet to the point of beginning.

TERMS OF SALE: Cash DOWN PAYMENT: A deposit of

10% of sale price to be deposited in cash or by cer - tified check with the Sheriff at the time of sale; balance to be paid by cash or certified check within ten days after confirmation of sale. Dated this 23rd day of De-

cember, 2011. Peter M. Johnson, Polk County Sheriff Donald R. Marjala - Lawyer Spangler, Nodolf, Bruder & Klinkhammer, LLC P.O. Box 1165 Eau Claire, WI 54702-1165 (715) 830-9771 Attorneys for Plaintiff

P ursuant to the Fair Debt Col- Lection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. S ection 1692), we are required to state that we are attempting to collect a debt on our client’s behalf and any information we obtained will be used for that purpose.

PUBLIC NOTICE The Polk County Land Information Committee will hold a public

hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, in the Government Center (1st floor, County Boardroom) to consider an existing wireless telecom - munication facility. The hearing will open at 8:45 a.m. and at 9 a.m. the Committee will recess to view the site of the wireless telecommuni - cation facility. At 10:45 a.m. the Committee will reconvene at the Government Center to hear the Conditional Use request as submitted to them by Central States Tower Holdings. The site is located at: 1893 West Church Rd. The property description is: Part of the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4, Section 24/T32N/R18W, Town of Alden. The owners of the property are Dwight and James Pederson. 552772 21-23L 12a,d WNAXLP



IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF

Horace Blair Klein Notice to Creditors

(Informal Administration) Case No. 12-PR-03

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: 1. An application for informal

administration was filed. 2. The decedent, with date of

birth October 5, 1938, and date of death December 18, 2011, was domiciled in Polk County, State of Wisconsin, with a mail - ing address of 1674 State Rd. 87, St. Croix Falls, WI 54024.

3. All interested persons waived notice.

4. The deadline for filing a claim against the decedent’s estate is April 16, 2012.

5. A claim may be filed at the Polk County Courthouse, 1005 W. Main St., Balsam Lake, WI 54810, Room 500. Jenell L. Anderson Probate Registrar January 6, 2012 Todd H. Anderson Attorney at Law P.O. Box 507 Grantsburg, WI 54840 715-463-5365 Bar Number: 1012132 55

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IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF

Lucille Bernice Rose Soderberg DOB 05/05/1923

Notice to Creditors (Informal Administration)

Case No. 12 PR 01 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:

1. An application for informal administration was filed.

2. The decedent, with date of birth May 5, 1923, and date of death November 16, 2011, was domiciled in Polk County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 301 Lake Avenue North, Frederic, WI 54837.

3. All interested persons waived notice.

4. The deadline for filing a claim against the decedent’s estate is April 16, 2012.

5. A claim may be filed at the Polk County Courthouse, Bal- sam Lake, Wis., Room 500. Jenell L. Anderson Probate Registrar January 6, 2012 David L. Grindell GRINDELL LAW OFFICES, S.C. P.O. Box 585 Frederic, WI 54873 715-327-5561 Bar Number: 1002628 55

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SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LUCK REGULAR BOARD MEETING

Monday, January 23, 2012 6 p.m.

Boardroom AGENDA

1. Call to order and seek approval of Regular Board agenda, Robert Clifton

2. Consideration of previous minutes, LeRoy Buck 3. Presentation of Vouchers, Amy Dueholm 4. Treasurer’s Report, Amy Dueholm 5. Recognition of Guests or Delegates

A. Michael Jenssen, Student Representative B. Renee Gavinski, Megan Challoner: Seek approval

for “After-School All-Stars,” an after-school well - ness program.

6. Administrative Reports A. Mr. Palmer B. Mrs. Goldbach C. Mr. Gobler

7. New Business A. Discussion and approval to renew our cooperative

team agreement with Unity for girls golf and tennis, and girls and boys cross country.

B. Approval to submit “Equivalent Option” application to DPI to allow for flexibility to award science credit for 1. Natural Resources/Conservation, 2. Food Science and 3. Horticulture I.

C. Approval of paraprofessional contract for Paula Anderson for Special Education.

D. Use of cell phones during school time and consid - eration of revising policy.

E. Decision on how to proceed with possible negotia - tions of land sale. Full Board, committee, 3rd party.

F. Any other business that may properly come before the Board.

8. Motion to convene into executive session per WI Statute 19.85(1) for discussion of employee issues. No action expected.

9. Motion to adjourn.

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY Draft Environmental Assessment

Straight Lake State Park Dam Reconstruction Luck, Wisconsin

DSF Project Number: 10A4H An Environmental Assessment (EA) was prepared in

accordance with the Wisconsin Environmental Policy Act (WEPA), Wisconsin Statutes 1.11, and Chapter NR150, Wisconsin Administrative Code. The project co-managers are the State of Wisconsin Department of Administration’s (DOA) Division of State Facilities (DSF) and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR).

Existing lake levels in Straight Lake are dependent on a small, earthen dam that is approximately 360 feet long by 6 feet high. Constructed in the 1880s during the Wisconsin logging era, the dam is now out of compliance with Wisconsin Chapter NR 333, which governs dam design and construction.

From the alternatives that were developed, the option to repair the dam with a 400-foot long sheet-pile core approximately 20 feet away on the downstream side of the existing dam was selected.

The purpose of the EA is to describe the proposed project, to identify likely positive and negative impacts of the project on the physical, biological, social, historic and economic environments, and to describe alternatives to the proposed project and potential impacts of those alternatives. Impacts identified during the scoping process that occurred from November 30, 2011, to December 14, 2011, are addressed in the EA.

The proposed project is not anticipated to result in significant environmental effects and the WDNR has made a preliminary decision that an Environmental Impact Statement will not be required for this project.

The document is being made available to the public for a 15- day review period, beginning January 23, 2012, and is being circulated to appropriate federal, state and local agencies. A copy of the document is available at the Luck Public Library, 301 S. Main Street, Luck, WI 54853. It can also be downloaded from the project Web site at:

www.ayresprojectinfo.com/StraightLakeDamEA Comments on the EA and proposed project may be

submitted in writing by 6:30 p.m. (Central Time), February 6, 2012, to:

Dennis Johnson, PE Ayres Associates 3433 Oakwood Hills Parkway Eau Claire, WI 54701 [email protected] 553122 22Lp WNAXLP


CCoonnggrreessssmmaann DDuuffffyy ffaacceess aa mmiixxeedd ccrroowwddTrollhaugen town hallmeeting leads to both

praise and qualmsby Greg MarstenLeader staff writer

DRESSER – With approval ratings justbarely above that of E-coli, being anelected member of Congress can make foruncomfortable public appearances, on oc-casion. Such was the case on Friday, Jan.13, in Dresser.

Seventh District Congressman SeanDuffy, R-Hayward, appeared before an oc-casionally less-than-agreeable house ofnearly 100 constituents on Jan. 13 at theTrollhaugen Convention Center, giving anupdate of sorts on where and how he isconcentrating his efforts in Washington,while also offering his opinions on every-thing from partisanship to taxes, regula-tions and other issues.

Duffy began with a brief update on jobs,giving a simplified unemployment up-date, both noting and underscoring the re-cent rehiring trend nationwide and inWisconsin.

“It’s a very positive trend,” Duffy ad-mitted, “but it possibly is going to tickback up.”

His foreshadowing aside, he also re-flected on the so-called “real unemploy-ment” rate, which actually includespeople who’ve either given up looking orhave found other avenues, such as contin-uing education or a home-based business.Regardless of what they’ve done sincetheir job loss, Duffy placed that rate at al-most 16 percent, and noted how this reces-sion “is different from all previousrecessions since World War II,” or at leastthe remedies to alleviate the impact havenoted differences in the lack of recovery.

He used his time to both give his opin-ion on the differences in solutions and torail on past federal stimulus action, whichhe referenced as “the government pickingwinners and losers.” He also partiallyblamed the slow recovery on the PatientProtection and Affordable Care Act - Oba-maCare - which he said has caused “pos-sible uncertainty in hiring.”

While he continually noted his displeas-ure with President Obama, he admittedthere were “some things” in the presi-dent’s most recent jobs plan that he sup-ported, but was dead set against anyfurther stimulus action, which has been atraditional answer to recessionary trou-bles.

“There will be a great debate on how tokick start the economy,” he said.

Duffy also railed hard on the media fornot highlighting or promoting the HouseRepublicans’ jobs approach, which he saidfocuses on energy independence and reg-ulation reduction.

“We [House Republicans] have 20-plusbills to help kick start the economy,” Duffysaid with a nod. “But they’re stacked likecordwood in the Senate!”

Several times, Duffy noted and criti-cized the “extreme partisanship” in Wash-ington, and how it was based on “a lot ofphilosophical issues ... on both ends.”

While he rallied against that left-versus-right posturing, even stating that it was“at a level ... like we’ve never seen,” thehabit seemed hard to break, as he re-gressed into that same pattern throughouthis presentation, blaming and accusingDemocrats and the White House for bor-rowing problems past and present, and re-fusing to address debt problems alongsidehis colleagues, calling national debt “acancer on our society.”

He also railed on the bipartisan “supercommittee” effort this fall, with membersof both Houses who failed to reach con-sensus on the ways and means for deficitreduction, which will now mean auto-matic, prescribed, controversial budgetcuts in 2013. Duffy regretted voting forthe action, calling it “an absolute failure,”while later defending Rep. Paul Ryan’sapproach to budget balancing, which hesaid is often referred to as “too extreme.”

Duffy said he supported Ryan’s ap-proach, which technically balances thebudget over 40 years, although he did notaddress some of the bipartisan concerns,such as with Medicare, in that so-called

“path to prosperity.”“But we have to have a real conversa-

tion,” Duffy said. “With everyone at thetable.”

Duffy was also adamant that raising taxrates on millionaires is not an approach heis in favor of, while also stating that avoid-ing taxes has seemed to become a stan-dard practice of business, noting howGeneral Electric’s effective tax rate waszero percent and how it wouldn’t changeif the tax rates went up.

“Raising the [tax] rates is not the prob-lem,” he said, referring instead to theproblems of “corporate welfare,” individ-uals and businesses avoiding taxes as “acontinual problem” of the current taxcodes.

After a constituent noted that manyhealth-care reforms seem to make senseand included many positive provisions,Duffy briefly addressed where he had is-sues, noting that he was proud to havevoted to repeal the Affordable Health CareAct, but later admitted he supports “someprovisions of the act,” such as protectionsfor people with existing conditions.

But he noted several objections, includ-ing mandated coverage and provisionsthat would allow children to stay on par-ents policies until age 26, which he called“Way, way too long.” While he never out-lined his issues with the age provision, hesaid his own plan would limit that inclu-sion to age 23.

Duffy also loosely referenced severalspecific crowd concerns, such as supposed“threats” of United Nations ideology andits affect on parenting, debt ceiling discus-sions and lack of action, as well as federalagency consolidation - in reference to anannouncement that President Obama wasproposing consolidating six agenciesunder one departmental umbrella. Duffywas lukewarm to the proposal out ofdoubts about its sincerity, but he did call it“a possible step in the right direction.”

He also noted frustration with the debt-ceiling discussions and recent congres-sional tax-cut extension debacles, whichhe blamed on the Senate and the presidentfor “not working with them.”

Duffy also had occasional mixed mes-sages; while he praised reducing regula-tions on business as a major way to solveeconomic stalling, he seemed to go theother way on banking, and noted “majorproblems” with the banking industry, in-cluding what he called “an assault oncommunity banks,” and issues of largebanks becoming giant monopolies.

He later suggested that “there may besome movement” in regard to regulationsmeant to eliminate previous problems ofbanks being “too big to fail,” concerningbailouts, unearned bonuses and the affecton international competition.

“I don’t want to see six or eight banksholding it all,” he said, while later seem-ing to agree with a constituent commenton making banks adjust their loss provi-sions in respect to their size.

Duffy punted and seemed uncomfort-able when pressed by a Dresser manabout his signing of lobbyist GroverNorquists’ (Taxpayer Protection) pledgeto not increase taxes on individuals or cor-porations, and Duffy disagreed that it lim-ited the negotiations involving thebudget, deficits or addressing the growingdebt.

He denied that he was “tied” to thepledge, but repeatedly stated that hewould not raise taxes during a recession,per a quote from former President Clintonon his tax policies, which he said heagreed with and that “he was one of myfavorite presidents.”

“I’m not ‘tied’ to anyone,” Duffy latercountered on the Norquist question, whenpressed, but strangely stated that Wash-ington was forming “an assault on ourway of life.”

But another former president’s namesurfaced a short time later, ironically,when a 13-year-old boy commented andasked Duffy to “keep liberal teachers from... indoctrinating kids like me,” after theboy said a St. Croix Falls educator showedhis class a film which the boy said was“anti-capitalism” and “anti-Bush.”

The comments drew both applause andseveral confusing looks from Duffy andothers. While the congressman seemedmildly uncomfortable with the comments,he did say that “school should be a reflec-tion of the community at large.”

Duffy did address questions and com-ments regarding exporting jobs and whathe thinks are the root causes. He concen-trated on regulations and issues affectingparticular industries, such as paper man-ufacturing, Polaris and others.

“It’s a new competitive environment,“he said. “We now compete against every-body ... but our policies haven’t alwayssupported that.”

He said it was never a question aboutAmerican ingenuity, education, quality ofconstruction or work ethics, but he did notaddress the wage issue, where the U.S. iscompeting directly with economies wherewages are often pennies on the dollarcomparatively. He instead concentratedinstead on “the burden of regulations,”which he said led to thousands of newregulations last year alone.

After a constituent question, Duffypromised to address the issue of patentmaintenance fee costs for inventors, andalso agreed to later address comments onthe effects of multiple military deploy-ments and how it may be affected by aproposed military drawdown.

“Military support is one of the few trulybipartisan issues,” he said.

Duffy also responded positively to com-ments that encouraged him not to com-promise on debt issues and nodded inagreement about protection for corpora-tions, but he did not apply that same sup-port when a man raised concerns over theU.S. military looking purely at the bottomline in regard where to build a fighter jet,either overseas or domestically.

He also ridiculed the president for “say-ing no” to the Keystone XL Pipeline proj-ect, which he said “would create 20,000direct jobs ... not Wall Street jobs,” Duffysaid. While he did not address some of theobjections or serious concerns about thepipeline, he did state that the project maycreate “as many as 100,000 jobs indirectly”and that it “breeds energy independence.”

“I’d rather give [our] money to theCanadians than the Middle East,” headded.

Duffy later tied the pipeline to iron min-ing issues and the potential for job cre-ation in his own Ashland County, butstated that regulations were “stranglingthe industry,” while also getting directlypartisan again on the two very compli-cated issues.

“Just ask yourself, what party supportsthe Keystone Pipeline and Ashland min-ing?” he stated bluntly.

While Duffy only loosely addressedcampaign finance issues he has noted inother town hall meetings, mainly aboutPolitical Action Committees and unlim-ited campaign’s donations, and his owncampaign’s actions, he did address atimely issue involving elected officialshabit of gravitating toward turning lobby-ists after retirement for industries theymay have influenced in office.

He did suggest a possible solution to re-cent concerns about stock trading frommembers of Congress who may have in-sider information, made famous in a re-cent “60 Minutes” piece, and has led tomuch debate and action on the so-calledStop Trading On Congressional Knowl-edge Act.

Duffy called the STOCK Act “too easyto sidestep,” and said he is devising hisown system where members of Congresswho trade in the stock market must placetheir funds in a blind trust, which wouldforce public revelation on investment ordivestment activity within three days.

“Sunlight disinfects,” he said.

Seventh District U.S. Congressman Sean Duffy, R-Hayward, spoke before a mixed crowd onFriday afternoon, Jan. 13, in Dresser. He faced questions and comments from all sides on ahandful of issues and gave a presentation on where he’s been concentrating his focus. - Pho-tos by Greg Marsten


BBeehhiinndd tthhee sscceenneess ooff aa TTVV nneewwss ffeeaattuurreeKelly Bakke’s

What’s Your Anti-Drug?project goes big time


BALSAM LAKE – It’s growing fast ... ina very good way.

Several local residents were in the spot-light for KARE-11 TV’s news feature onSunday, Jan. 15, that highlighted theWhat’s Your Anti-Drug? effort featured re-cently in the Leader. While that tempta-tion-fighting story was the focus, theoriginator, her story, and several local stu-dents and staff at Unity School were thestars of the story.

The piece by journalist Boyd Huppertand videographer Jonathan Malat concen-trated on the drug-fighting efforts of theprogram started by the woman behind thephoto-based drug-fighting program, localphotographer Kelly Bakke and her KixPhotography venture.

Bakke gave the Leader exclusive accessto the events behind that day, whichstarted early and ran until the evening,but amounted to less than four minutes ofTV news story.

Early at the park, then to the schoolFilming began early on Tues., Jan. 10,

when Bakke met with Huppert and Malatat Interstate Park in St. Croix Falls, “[Be-cause] It’s been a source of peace and com-fort throughout my life,” she said. “One ofmy anti-drugs.”

Bakke and the TV duo hiked some ofthe trails, visited and took photos beforethey headed for Unity School.

“We wanted to catch the lunch crowd,where they could film some generalfootage of the students and conduct someinterviews of participating students,” shesaid, noting that many of the kids justwanted to meet Huppert. “It was wonder-ful to see the smiles and excitement in allthe children, having a news team filmingat our school.”

Bakke coordinated a fresh Anti-Drugphoto shoot to enhance the previous dis-play efforts in the lunch room, starting hershoot after the lunch break, with the newscrew following closely, in what she called“A logistics challenge.”

One of the highlights of the feature waswhen Unity District Administrator Bran-don Robinson brought his four-wheeler infor his anti-drug photo shoot. It broughtsome camera time and a joke from Hup-pert.

“He also figured this was something the

students could relate to,” Bakke said. They spent the afternoon filming the

photo shoot as she accomplished 13 newphoto sessions, including one of Huppertand Malat doing what they love: being onassignment.

“That will also be added to our collagewall,” Bakke stated, noting that the TVcrew would then interview the staff andstudents who acted as models, gettingtheir take on the anti-drug program.

The pain revealedWhile the TV special concentrated on

Bakke’s photo project, it also revealedmuch more than her photography skills,as she recalled the loss of her fiance almost15 years earlier in a car crash, just daysafter he proposed, and how she took upthe self-abuse of “cutting” in the pain ofher depression, while also giving up ontaking pictures.

She then recalled her father’s remarks,and her love of Interstate Park and beganthat recovery, which inadvertently led tothe anti-drug feature.

Bakke said that revelation wasn’t part ofthe plan, but said it emerged later, almostaccidentally, after the production day wasdone.

“After the final photo session of the day,we were packing up ... when we beganchitchatting about what my first camerawas and how I got into photography tobegin with. It wasn’t until that point that

the topic of my loss and journey out ofdarkness came up,” Bakke said. “Boydand Jonathan decided this was the storythey wanted to capture.”

The duo knew it was a worth telling,and then unpacked the camera, micro-phones, lights and began filming again ona suddenly deep and painful topic.

“I was hesitant at first,” Bakke admit-ted. “Boyd assured me he would takegood care of me in the story and that itwas a compelling and powerful messagethat should be shared.”

She admits that it wasn’t easy to talkabout the painful events on camera, butsaid she hopes that sharing that pain maybe able to inspire or help someone else.

“To provide someone with a glimmer ofhope that even in their darkest days theycan find the strength to push through, andunderstand that tomorrow is a new day,”she said. “You can have hope. You canfind happiness. You will find purpose.You can make a future. You can make adifference.”

“A long, busy day”After the revealing discussions, the TV

duo later filmed at the Unity School Dis-trict board meeting, where Bakke alsoserves. They stayed until the earlyevening, which she called “A long, busyday.”

While Bakke’s anti-drug program con-centrated on ways kids and adults can

avoid drugs through positive attitudesand dedication to their passions, the spot-light of the TV feature may mean evenmore eyes, and hints that the program is ahot ticket, with an appeal sure to stretchbeyond that one local school district.

In fact, after it aired KARE-11 anchorRena Sarigianopoulos praised the pro-gram and Bakke’s photos, while co-an-chor Eric Perkins suggested that he couldsee her anti-drug program “Catching onnationally.”

Bakke hears the drumbeat of success, aswell, and could tell right away it touchedpeople. She was immediately over-whelmed with e-mails, phone calls, socialmedia messages and comments.

“My Web site has had over 5,000 hitssince it aired. The outpouring of supportand encouragement about the project andmy personal story has been amazing,” shesaid. “The stories people are sharing withme are heartwarming, and at times heart-breaking.”

Bakke said she is trying hard to respondto everyone personally ... but it will takesome time.

Igniting that passion“The reality is this project, although

called What’s Your Anti-Drug?, is reallyabout so much more!” She stated. “Itsparks the conversations with youth andadults alike. It gets us talking abouthealthy choices, about building people up,finding what ignites our passions. Nowthis project has also been linked to mypersonal story to some extent, so it’s alsoabout providing inspiration and hope. Itis my sincere hope that the project contin-ues to grow and evolve.”

Bakke said she would love to see theproject expand to as many schools as pos-sible, building a collage for them and in-spiring many of the same conversationsthey have had at Unity. She has eventoyed with suggestions for a book project,with a brief overview of her own story,alongside other stories and photos on ig-niting and keeping that passion for life.

“I can see this in schools, clinics, hospi-tals, youth centers, churches, etc. Just afun book with great pictures and short ex-cerpts to inspire others and join in the con-versation,” she said. “It is still evolving,but it is very exciting to think about ... It’shard to even express how amazing thisproject has been.”

•••Kelly Bakke’s Anti-Drug photos, as well as

an archived link to the KARE-11 TV feature,are available at http://kixphoto.com.

Kelly Bakke (center) and KARE-11 TV’s reporter Boyd Huppert and videograher JonathanMalat. - Special photo

“We wanted to catch the lunchcrowd, where they could film somegeneral footage of the students andconduct some interviews of participat-ing students,” said Kelly Bakke, thecreator of the What’s Your Anti-Drug?project, noting that many of the kidsjust wanted to meet Huppert. “It waswonderful to see the smiles and ex-citement in all the children, having anews team filming at our school.” -Photos by Kelly Bakke

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Keeping King’slegacy of service

alive at Grantsburgby Priscilla BauerLeader staff writer

GRANTSBURG – It was 7 a.m. andAmeriCorps volunteer Sharon Schmidtwas already in the Grantsburg ElementarySchool gym, awaiting the arrival of her stu-dents.

This past Monday, Jan. 16, while somewere remembering Dr. Martin Luther KingJr. with speeches and musical tributes, oth-ers were quietly honoring his memorythrough tireless acts of service.

King’s statement, “Life’s most persistentand urgent question is: ‘What are youdoing for others?’” echoed his lifelong be-lief in the importance of helping others.

Each January and throughout the year,Americans answer King’s question bycoming together to serve their neighborsand communities.

Schmidt is one of those, along with over70,000 others, using their talents and inter-ests to meet their community needs as vol-unteers in various AmeriCorps programs

across the country.The Martin Luther King Day of Service

is a part of United We Serve, the presi-dent’s national call-to-service initiative. It

calls for Americans from all walks of life towork together to provide solutions to ourmost pressing national problems.

In 1993, President Bill Clinton signed theNational and Community Service TrustAct, which established the Corporation forNational and Community Service andbrought the full range of domestic commu-nity service programs under the umbrellaof one central organization.

This legislation built on the first NationalService Act signed by President GeorgeH.W. Bush in 1990. It also formallylaunched AmeriCorps, a network of na-tional service programs that engage Amer-icans in intensive service to meet thenation’s critical needs in education, publicsafety, health and the environment.

The newly created AmeriCorps incorpo-rated two existing national service pro-grams: the longstanding Volunteers inService to America program, created byPresident Lyndon Johnson in 1964 and theNational Civilian Community Corps.

Schmidt, now in her second year of serv-ice as an AmeriCorps volunteer at GES, tu-toring pupils in reading, greeted herstudents by handing them each a basket-ball.

“People play basketball and people read.People don’t usually do them at the sametime but that’s what we’re going to do,”laughed Schmidt as she explained themorning activity to the group of first-through third-graders she dubbed as theHoopsters.

Schmidt then reminded the students ofthe presentation she had given on King intheir classrooms Monday.

“You know Martin Luther King startedout as just an ordinary man who ended updoing some extraordinary things. Wemight start out as ordinary readers but wehave an opportunity to become extraordi-nary,” Schmidt told her newly formedteam of reading players.

Schmidt, who also coaches the FredericHigh School girls basketball team, com-bined her love of coaching the sport and

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At the end of their Reading Through Hoops sessions AmeriCorps voluntter Sharon Schmidtalways gathers her team together for a group cheer. “We’re a team, working together to helpeach other.” A good message for all of us to hear as we remember King’s call to serve others..– Photos by Priscilla Bauer


ST. CROIX FALLS — Nearly 300 chil-dren in other parts of the world who arestarving are assured of one healthy meal aday for the next year, thanks to local vol-unteers working last Friday and Saturday,Saturday, Jan. 13 - 14, with Feed My Starv-ing Children.

A total of 546 volunteers, working intwo-hour shifts in a warehouse behindNorth Country Outlet Mall on Hwy. 8, do-nated for the packaging event, bagged up101,088 meals of nutritious vitamins, veg-etables, soy and rice.

Bethesda Lutheran Church of Dresserwas host organization for what FMSCcalls a mobile pack. Host leader DebbyHill lined up the packing site and madecontacts to recruit the volunteers, whichincluded all ages from kindergartners toretirees.

According to the World Food Programof the United Nations, an estimated 925million people are chronically hungrythroughout the world, yet there is morethan enough food produced to provideadequate nutrition for everyone.

Each day, 18,000 people die of hunger.Feed My Starving Children seeks to

make a difference. Founded as a Chris-tian nonprofit in 1987 by a Minnesotabusinessmen who felt called by God tohelp feed starving children, FMSC distrib-uted 130 million meals last year.

Using a special nutrition formula that isculturally acceptable around the world,the product contains rice, soy, vegetables,

Feed My Starving Children packs 101,000 meals at SCFallsNutritious meals are sent to starving people around the world

These girls worked out a good system for scooping food into Feed My Starving Childrenbags for distribution around the world. From left are Ella Anderson, Hope Naegelen, EllianaNaegelen and Megan Hankel. – Photo by Mary Stirrat

AmeriCorps, often called the domestic ver-sion of the Peace Corps, is a federal programthat offers opportunities for students andadults of all backgrounds to work with non-profit groups.

See Feed My Starving Children, pg. 2 See Volunteerism, page 2

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VVoolluunntteeeerriissmm//from page 1and her love of teaching reading to createReading Through Hoops, a unique pro-gram to help students strengthen theirreading skills while at the same time learn-ing introductory basketball skills.

As the Hoopsters team began dribblingbasketballs while reciting the alphabet,their enthusiastic smiles showed Schmidthad already scored points with her win-ning program.

The alphabet dribble, giving studentspractice in ball handling and rhythm withvocalizing the alphabet and sounds, is oneof several of the exercises Schmidt devel-oped to help students increase their read-ing and basketball skill level.

Schmidt’s creation of the ReadingThrough Hoops program is just one of theways the AmeriCorps volunteer has gonethe extra mile in her service of helping en-hance student learning at GES.

GES Principal Katie Coppenbarger can’tstress enough the importance of havingdedicated AmeriCorps volunteers such asSchmidt.

“AmeriCorps has enabled us to offer alayer of support for our students we couldnot otherwise offer. Sharon’s primary du-ties involve reading tutoring but she alsocoordinates special programs like ‘Readingthrough Hoops’ and ‘Beauregard’s BigWord.’

“Sharon does a phenomenal job. We’vehad many wonderful AmeriCorps volun-teers at our school over the years,” recalledCoppenbarger. “I can’t imagine what we’ddo without all the help they give our stu-dents and our staff.”

As Schmidt collected up the basketballs,she gathered her team together for a group

cheer. “We’re a team, working together tohelp each other,” a good message for all ofus to hear as we remember King’s call toservice others. - with information from theNational and Community Service Web site,www.nationalservice.gov

a vegetarian-based chicken flavoring, and a vi-tamin and mineral mix.

Distributing the food packages is handledthrough a partnership that FMSC has withimbedded missionaries and global distributionnonprofit organizations. More information canbe found on FMSC’s Web site at www.fmsc.org.

To host a mobile pack, the hosting agencymust be able to guarantee at least 500 volunteersand the packing of no less than 100,000 meals.The group must also commit to covering the costof the meals packed.

The cost to FMSC for each meal is 24 cents, so$24,000 is needed to pack another 100,000 mealsnext year.About $5,000 has already been donated by the

volunteers who helped last week.Anyone wishing to contribute or get more infor-mation can contact Bethesda Lutheran Church at715-755-2562.

AmeriCorps volunteer Sharon Schmidt gave classroom presentations on Monday, Jan. 16,Martin Luther King Day, to GES students, educating them about the life and legacy of the civilrights leader. – Photo submitted

GES student William Gerber got ready totake a shot during the Reading ThroughHoops session he and other Hoopster team-mates participate in each morning beforeschool starts. The school’s AmeriCorps volun-teer Sharon Schmidt coaches the students inreading and basketball skills. Gerber’s enthu-siastic smile was a sure sign Schmidt’s uniqueapproach to teaching reading had alreadyscored points with the second-grader. – Photoby Priscilla Bauer

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ABOVE: Rick from Feed My Starving Childrenmoves a pallet of newly packaged meals into a semi-truck. A total of 80 boxes, each with 216 meals, waspacked by the first shift of volunteers last week. –Photos by Mary Stirrat

RIGHT: Each box filled with MannaPack Rice con-tains enough food to provide 216 meals. Forty per-cent of Feed My Starving Children’s food goes toHaiti. The remainder is used to feed children innearly 70 countries around the world. A single mealcosts 24 cents, and the program is funded entirelythrough donations. Of all donations received, 93 per-cent goes to provide meals and 7 percent is used foradministration and fundraising.

Bethesda Lutheran Church of Dresser hosted a MobilePack event for Feed My Starving Children last Friday and Saturday, Jan. 13-14in St. Croix Falls. Debby Hill, second from the right in the front row, was the MobilePack leader. Other Bethesda volunteers (L to R) infront are Pat Peterson, Dawn Johnson, Edna Mae Johnson and Arlene Campbell. In middle row are Kim Palmsteen, Marlys Route, OrvalJohnson, Jerry Pieper, Laurie Hanel and Dale Wester. In back are Rick Palmsteen, Jim Route, Emmy Pieper and Dave Hill.

Hope Naegelen and her mom, DeeAnn, seal bags containing meals forstarving children around the world. They were two of nearly 550 peoplewho helped bag 17,280 meals last week for distribution by Feed My Starv-ing Children.

This T-shirt, worn by 11-year-old Brett Forrest ofAmery, shows the order in which ingredients arepacked into each food bag. First is a vegetarian-basedchicken flavoring, then dried vegetables, then protein-rich soy nuggets and finally rice. The formula was de-veloped by food scientists with Cargill and GeneralMills, and is designed to provide maximum nutrition ina culturally acceptable form.

Feed My Starving Chil-dren, a Christian nonprofitthat each year distributesabout 130 million meals tostarving children around theworld, brings supplies to awarehouse in St. CroixFalls. Once the meals arebagged, boxed and placedon pallets, they are loadedback into the semi for distri-bution.

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I spent today in my dad’sworkshop.

My dad has always had aworkshop. He built the househe lives in. Now that his houseis complete, his projects aresmaller. He built a tiny canoe formy nephew Beau and Beau nowcalls the workshop “grandpa’s canoe factory.”

When I was Beau’s age, my father’s canoe factoryalso functioned as a doll hospital. I believe the highpoint of my father’s doll repair career was whenNancy the Talking Nurse developed a very bad caseof leaking batteries out her backside. At more or lessthe same time, my doll Patsy’s blond hair becamehopelessly matted (long before dreadlocks were re-ally in). My father’s radical but effective solution wasto perform a full-body transplant on Nurse Nancy.The discharged patient, newly renamed “Patsy-Nancy,” had a new body and lovely hair. I was aston-ished and grateful.

Years later, when I bought my old farmhouse, myfather rebuilt the drawers in the kitchen (even thoughI knew I would be remodeling the kitchen very soon)just so I wouldn’t have to wrestle every time Iwanted to get a spoon. Twenty years later, that immi-nent kitchen remodeling has not yet occurred. I thinkof my father almost every time I open one of my an-cient, perfectly functioning, kitchen drawers to getout a spoon.

Today he was working on my desk.I decided I needed a desk to work at when I’m at

Daniel’s. Up till now, I have been working onDaniel’s kitchen table, which means decampingevery time we eat, which is a major nuisance. I de-cided we had reached a relationship milestone: Iwanted to establish a work station in his home. Heagreed, and I set out to look for a small desk.

I wanted a small desk becauseDaniel’s house is small and any-thing larger than a portion of thekitchen table was a big step upfor me. But small desks, I discov-ered, were hard to find. Finally, Ipopped into the used furniturestore near my parents’ home and

there, amid piles of used doors and windows, count-less old sewing machine cabinets, and overstuffedchairs with peculiar upholstery, was a charming littledesk.

Actually, it was a potentially charming little desk.At some point in its long and colorful history, it hadbeen painted a shade slightly less red than a fire en-gine. There were also screws poking out of both sidesand one of the drawers didn’t open. I figured I couldthrow a coat of paint on it and it would be fine. Fortwenty dollars, it was a good little desk.

I brought it to my father’s workshop to wait until Ireturned. But by the time I got back, my father hadsanded the top down to raw wood and thought thatwe should probably finish it since it was nice solidwood. He fixed the broken drawer and, while he wasat it, tightened and straightened all the rest so theyslid in and out beautifully. Then, since the top hadturned out so nice, we sanded off the drawer fronts.Soon, the twenty dollar desk was sanded to a smoothluster, the unidentified solid wood showing in lovelyshades of dark and light.

It is easy to throw things out instead of fix them, toget something new, or make do with something goodenough. Instead, I’m trying to be a little more like mydad. My dad takes whatever is at hand and makes itbetter.

I am astonished and grateful.

Till next time, —Carrie

Letters fromHomeCarrie Classon

Heavenly musicI felt the pain shoot down my

leg. The doctor side of me ana-lyzed the pain and checked off thepossibilities. The macho side of megritted my teeth and the husbandside of me wanted to whine to mywife asking for a back rub. It wasexcruciating, like a great white shark grabbing my legand shaking it. I knew it was time to see a real doctor.

The real doctor looked me over. He poked, prodded,gripped, twisted, squeezed and shook his head. “Yup,uh-huh, well, hmmm…” He shook his head and mut-tered to himself. He started to use big medical wordsand I knew I was in trouble. “I think your do-hicky isbeing squeezed where it comes out of the little hole inyour thingamajig. Maybe it is just some rust on yourfenders but we’ll see.” I nodded. “You need sometests.” I knew when he mentioned my thingamajig, itwas serious.

While the tests were being ordered I was ordered togo on the rack. The rack was originally a medieval tor-ture device that has been revised, in modern times, asa treatment in physical therapy. I limped into therapyand humbly subjected my frail body to the therapist.

She poked, prodded, gripped,twisted, squeezed and shook herhead. “Yup, uh-huh, well,hmmm …” She shook her headand muttered to herself. I bit mytongue to keep from yelling. Abead of sweat formed on myforehead and I exhaled slowly.“You need a lot of work. Do

these exercises and see me next week.” I grunted andwheezed as I got off of the rack. Humbly accepting myassignment, I limped out of the room.

I once attended a conference about chronic painmanagement. Pain is hard to define. According to theexperts, pain is whatever the patient tells you it is. Wetry to refine the definition of pain by using other ad-jectives. It isn’t just a pain, it is burning, stabbing,gripping, annoying, aching, throbbing, shooting, lan-cinating, sharp, dull, quick and constant. When all ofthese hit you it is hard to sleep, move, sit, stand orkeep quiet. I groaned trying to stop short of whining. Idon’t like whining. I longed to be pain free but I havealso seen the consequences of someone who feels nopain. It is far worse. I knew in some twisted way, theability to feel pain is a blessing in disguise.

I had read about experiences such as mine. One day

it hit me. The pain, shooting, stabbing, burning painwas with me as I went to lie down. Suddenly I foundmyself unable to move. I closed my eyes trying toblock it all out when I suddenly found myself movingthrough a tunnel. It was a bright tunnel and a breezeseemed to blow over me. I felt a brief rush of anxietybut I forced myself to remain calm. A loud ratchetingnoise surrounded me and came from all directions. Ifelt myself moving in the tunnel. Looking upward Icould see someone moving in the distance but theywere upside down. I could hear a voice talking to mebut I didn’t know how to respond. The banging noisecontinued around me and then I heard the music.

I don’t know what I expected, perhaps angelicchoirs or classical music harmoniously wafting in thebreezes. I listened again to be sure. One song blendedinto another and I understood. The emotional pain inmy head grew as the pain in my back eased. I couldn’tbe sure how long I was in the tunnel, it seemed thattime stood still. A minute seemed like an hour and anhour was eternal. I blinked back my own tears as thelast of seven Willie Nelson songs was over. “Blue EyesCryin’ in the Rain.” I wasn’t in heaven, I was havingan MRI.

Cold TurkeyJohn W. Ingalls MD

While sportfishing off theFlorida coast, atourist capsized hisboat. He couldswim, but his fearof alligators kepthim clinging to theoverturned craft.Spotting an old beachcomber standing on the shore, thetourist shouted, “Are there any gators around here?!”

“Naw,” the man hollered back, “they ain’t beenaround for years!”

“Feeling safe, the tourist started swimming leisurelytoward the shore.

About halfway there he asked the guy, “How’d youget rid of the gators?”

“We didn’t do nothin’,” the beachcomber said. “The sharks got ‘em.”

•••Fred got home from his Sunday round of golf later

than normal and very tired. “Bad day at the course?”his wife asked.

“Everything was going fine,” he said. “Then Harryhad a heart attack and died on the 10th tee.”

“Oh, that’s awful!” “You’re not kidding. For the whole back nine it was

hit the ball, drag Harry. Hit the ball, drag Harry.”•••

A professional juggler, driving to his next perform-ance, was stopped by the police.

“What are you doing with these matches and lighterfluid in your car?” asked the police officer.

“I’m a juggler and I juggle flaming torches in myact.”

“Oh yeah? Let’s see you do it,” said the officer.So the juggler got out and started juggling the blaz-

ing torches masterfully.A couple driving by slowed down to watch. “Wow,”

said the driver to his wife. “I’m glad I quit drinking.Look at the test they’re giving now!”

Just forLaughsJoe Roberts

TTiicckkeettss aavvaaiillaabbllee ffoorr SSeeccoonndd CChhaannccee PPrroommSIREN - On Saturday, March 31, North-

west Passage will be hosting the second-annual Second Chance Prom atNorthwoods Crossing Event Center inSiren.

The Second Chance Prom is a formalevent for adults ages 21 and older, and theidea behind the event is to give everyonea second chance at one of the most mem-orable experiences in a lifetime – prom!

Northwest Passage gives everyone thechance to again shop for the perfect dressor tuxedo and enjoy a night out on thetown with that special someone or groupof friends.

Last year’s Second Chance Prom was anotable success, helping Northwest Pas-sage raise over $5,000 for healthy livingprogramming. Organizers hope that thisyear’s event will be even better, allowing

Northwest Passage the opportunity to en-rich the lives of the youth they serve evenmore by raising funds for their expressivearts program fund.

Tickets are now available at Rumors Bar& Grill in Siren, and they must be pur-chased in advance. The cost is $35 perperson or $60 per couple. The ticket priceincludes dancing, appetizers and a silentauction. A block of rooms at the Best

Western Northwoods Lodge have been se-cured. Call 715-349-7800 for reservations.For more information, to donate an itemfor the silent auction or to arrange ad-vance ticket purchase, contact Lisa Hob-bie, communications coordinator atNorthwest Passage at 715-327-4402 [email protected]. - with submitted infor-mation

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are due to Webster High School seniorAustin Bork. Bork placed first in theAmerican Legion Wisconsin 12th DistrictOratorical Scholarship competition. Thecontestants were required to present a sin-gle main speech topic related the UnitedStates Constitution with a length of eightto 10 minutes, as well as an assigned-topicextemporaneous speech consuming threeto five minutes of the presenter’s delivery.The topic assigned was Article IV, Section

2, “Citizens of each State shall be entitledto all Privileges and Immunities of Citi-zens in the several States.”

Results were:First place: Austin Bork, Webster High

School senior, sponsored by American Le-gion Webster Post 96.

Second place: Gabriel Francis, Centuria,St. Croix Falls junior, sponsored by Amer-ican Legion St. Croix Falls Post 143.

Third place: Devon Searfoss, WinterHigh School junior, sponsored by Ameri-

can Legion Loretta Post 394.Bork proceeds to regional competition

at Ripon College on Saturday, Feb. 25. Re-

gional competition is scheduled for themorning to be followed by state competi-tion in the afternoon.

Participants in the American Legion Or-atorical Contest develop leadership qual-ities, the ability to think and speak clearlyand intelligently, and are better preparedfor the acceptance of the duties and re-sponsibilities, for the rights and privilegesof American citizenship

• Each district winner will receive anoratory medal.

• Each regional participant will receivea $600 scholarship.

• The winner of each regional contestwill receive a $1,000 scholarship.

• The department finalists receive$2,000 for first, $1,500 for second and$1,000 for third.

• Ripon College will award a $5,000scholarship to Ripon to each of thethree department finalists upon their en-rollment at the college.

• National finalists receive $18,000 forfirst, $16,000 for second and $14,000 forthird. - submitted by Burnett County Com-mander, Cora Sower

Shown (L to R): Twelfth District Commandar Bob Buhr; first place, Austin Bork, BurnettCounty; second place, Gabriel Francis, Polk County; third place, Devon Searfoss/SawyerCounty; District Oratorical Contest Chair Barbara McDaniel. – Photo submitted


OK, so the Packers are done for theseason. Wisconsin still has a winner.Miss Wisconsin is now Miss America. Iget something about how no one knowsWisconsin is in the United States almostevery day on the Internet. Either that orone of these “You are from Wisconsin if... “ I have lived in Wisconsin almost allof my life and I don’t think there is an-other place I would rather be. Well,maybe somewhere warm now, ormaybe somewhere in one of the foreignlands I would like to visit one day, butas for living in a particular place, I pickWisconsin.

We have had a very little Wisconsinwinter so far. I have a feeling it is com-ing though and we had better be ready.I remember last year something aboutthe weather that messed up the plantlife and crops. Something about springcoming and then going, but I am not re-ally sure what it was. I do know mycrab apple trees that always bloom to-gether were blooming one at a time andone week after another. Ben’s (my fa-ther-in-law) garden did very poorly andhe blames it on the strange weather. LaNina, is that what it is called? For somereason I thought that was only sup-posed to be one year. Still, thisyear the weathermen are blamingthe odd weather on La Nina. I was try-ing to remember ever hearing aboutsomething like that when I was young.I knew about drought and about“soggy” weather, but nothing ever hadnames. I wonder how long ago theybegan to name storms? Maybe, waaaayback they had names for big storms orhurricanes, but I don’t ever rememberhearing about Hurricane Bob or Cy-clone Jean. Do we still have cyclones, orare there just tornados? Wait, cyclonesare in the water or are those waterspouts? I will have to Google cyclonesto see exactly what they are. Never hav-ing to deal with one, I guess I just never

even thought about it before. SuddenlyI feel totally out of knowledge about ourpast and present weather. I think that iswhy I took psychology in college. Youdidn’t need a barometer to know whatwas happening. You just needed toknow how to listen and analyze. Well,that is not all, but that is another col-umn.

I need a volunteer or volunteers.This is special. Denny and I drive awonderful young man to DiversifiedServices Inc. in Siren every morning andpick him up every afternoon. We needan alternate to help out when we can’tdrive. Not for every day, but for morn-ings or afternoons when we can’t makeit. Some weeks we have to be at meet-ings at the same time, that leaves uswithout a driver. The pickup time is7:15 a.m. and he lives just before thebridge leaving Danbury. He must be atDSI by 7:45 a.m. The pickup time in theafternoon is 4 p.m. We simply can’t findanyone to fill one or both of thosespots. Not every day, but if anyone canpick up one or the other or both timessome days, please call Interfaith at 715-866-4970.

All is quiet for Interfaith right now.Trying to tie things up for last year is allI have to do. I use the word “all”loosely. I don’t have any one thing todo, but trying to figure out what the en-tire year was all about is a job. I reallyshould keep better records and finish upeach month so I can just pick up the re-sults or the month and at the end of theyear put them all together. Why didn’t Ithink of that years ago? The longer I do

this job the more I learn. Thank you,God, for all of this new knowledge.Last year was a good year for InterfaithCaregivers of Burnett County. We wereable to help so many people by buildingramps, cleaning houses, providingtransportation, cleaning up after thestorm and just doing what we do.Christmas for Kids was a great successand because of all of the wonderful peo-ple who helped with the Heat a Homeproject we have enough wood for thisyear and will probably have enough fornext year. The Arborists and local vol-unteers have been such a blessing.Which reminds me, we had 35 men,women and children here a week agoSunday to cut wood. Connie Bowar,who always steps up to the plate for us,planned the dinner for all of them. Wehad expected 25 and 35 showed up. Wecooked for 25 and as they started to filein for food I was pretty anxious aboutrunning out. Connie just kept tellingme that everything would be fine and ofcourse it was.

I wish I could name all of the wonder-ful people who have volunteered anddonated to us. It would take pages andalthough the Leader is generous toallow me the space they do, I thinkpages would be a little much to ask. Ican only thank everyone. You are thepeople who make Interfaith what it is.God bless you all.

I am concerned about the cold that issupposed to come soon. Please checkon your neighbors now and then. Oftenthey can’t get out for groceries or needsomething done for them and they justdon’t have the means. I worry mostabout the elderly. Which reminds me, Iasked for a senior discount recently andwas told I could even get another dis-count that was given to the elderly. Iasked how old they considered elderlyand the sweet young lady said “70.” Ifshe had not been on the other end of thephone she would have noticed “the

look” I would have given her. Think ofall of the people you know who are 70,80 and even 90-plus who are goingstrong. My cousin married a woman 91,who, at that time was the American sen-ior tennis champion. Recently I calledto chat and she was out riding her bike.

If I would just stop falling, lose 40pounds and remember everything I for-get, I too would be an amazing elderlyperson. I took a header in my kitchenthe other day. I put the groceries on thefloor and began putting them away.Moving from one cupboard to another Istepped over a bag of apples, got myfeet tangled and the left side of my facehit the floor before I even had time tothink. No, I did think … I thought “notagain.” Nothing broken, but my teethdid go through my lip and when Ichecked my cheekbone, jaw and nosewere intact. I did call the doctor andask about my lip. There was nowhereto put a stitch, so I felt pretty silly whenI finally got him on the phone. When Ithink back, all I remember is Ben askingwhat happened to the apples. I hadcrushed some as I fell.

A very good friend of mine is retiringfrom the position of aging unit direc-tor this week. I will miss Lois Taylor somuch. She has been involved with In-terfaith since it’s conception. She hasbeen our advisor for years and I dependon her for so many things. She has beena great asset to Interfaith Caregivers andshe is a really good friend. She had bet-ter keep her cell phone on, when I needadvice I depend on her.

I hate to say it, but, “think snow.”Not a lot, just enough for those peoplewho like to do snow things. Frankly, Iam not one of them because I like tokeep cozy, but there are many who dosnow sports and it has been a bad yearfor them.

Be back soonBlessings, Barb

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Do you remember?During Bernice’s absence, archived columns will be pre-sented from May 26, 1976.My husband and I have attended more graduationsthan we can count, down through the years. The oneheld Sunday was special, because our son, Tim, grad-uated from the University of Wisconsin at River Falls.It was a Red Letter Day for all of us.

When our first son, Drew, graduated at River Falls,my husband and I had to split up. He went there, andI attended the high school graduation at Frederic. Themoral of the story is never to have children spaced fouryears apart; it makes for divided interests.

Sunday’s graduation was held outside at the am-phitheater on the edge of campus. It meant a long walkdown a crushed limestone road, over a little bridgeover a little creek, to a grassy hillside, terraced withflagstones in about eight levels. There was a naturalbasin below and a stage facing the terraces.

A steady stream of guests clogged the road, narrow-ing to funnel across the bridge.

We arrived early and sat in the top row, center, withno trees to obstruct our view. There was bright sun-shine, relieved by a cool breeze.

We were glad we arrived in time for the concert bythe University Symphony Band and the UniversityConcert Choir. Finally, when the natural bowl waspacked to overflowing with proud families, fellow stu-dents and friends, the processional began. Far in thedistance, we caught sight of the first black robes mov-ing in our direction.

Everyone there strained eyes to see his own son ordaughter, grandson or granddaughter. There werecameras clicking and hands waving.

It was an emotional experience (mothers are easilymoved to tears anyway!) and pride and happinessswelled our hearts to bursting when we saw our Tim,straight and dignified, walking with his easy gait, tas-sel on his mortarboard swinging in the breeze.

I missed my first camera shot, because my eyes wereblurred, but after that, I recovered and took 20 shotshere, there and everywhere. The audience was a color-ful lot, as were the graduate students and faculty withtheir bright and varied hoods.

For the past 11 years, we have had one son or anothermatriculating at the university, and we have come tolove the campus and buildings. Especially since I usu-ally attend a weekend writers conference there everyJune. It feels more like my college than any other I’veattended or any, where my husband has taught. Wehave strong ties with the university.

Oh, they may joke and call it “Moo U” or “ Cow Col-lege,” but for us, it was the cows on our own farm thatmade it possible for our sons to study there. Bless thoseJersey cows!

Bless our Tim for his persistence, in spite of changinghis major midway, poor counseling from his many ad-visors, financial setbacks and taking a year out, so hisyounger brother, Tod, could start down the ivy path.Every weekend he had to come home to help with thework on the farm.

For a minute, we were afraid his name wasn’t on theprogram. There were so many names, so many gradu-ates. But there it was, in a division with only threeother names: Bachelor of Science in Earth Science Ed-ucation. That means he knows geology, soils analysis,geography and related subjects. Because some of hisfirst courses didn’t apply on this changed major, hegraduated with perhaps more credits than most sen-iors. Over and above the required number, full to brim-ming and overflowing.

Bless the professors who helped him “find himself.”Learning to read comes easily to some pupils, but notfor Tim. We thought he would always see words back-wards. Our left-handed son has a good memory andcan assimilate many facts by ear, but college coursesrequire a great deal of reading.

His difficulty wasn’t considered serious enough inhigh school for special help, but when he got into col-lege, he took a course in reading. The words finallymade some sense; they fell into a pattern and conveyedideas and stimulated images. He began to read, notonly for learning, but for fun!

I thought about these things as the graduates linedup, heard their names announced and walked the Vpattern across the apron of the stage, receiving congrat-ulations and a diploma.

Because the ceremony was outside, it was perhapsmore informal, with chatting in little groups, and anoccasional cheer from and enthusiastic family of “That-a-boy!” or “Yay, Aunt Judy!”

In the distance the carillon played a familiar refrain,“Gaudeamus Igitur.” Ken and I looked at each other,remembering it from the performance of “The StudentPrince” which he once directed. It was repeated sev-eral times, the notes hanging in the warm spring air,with a meadowlark adding his approval in the treeoverhead.

A butterfly fluttered past. A plane droned overhead.And the meadowlark kept singing.

The bright assemblage began to break apart into lit-tle groups, to drift away as the graduates filed out,back down the road, across the bridge, toward the cam-pus buildings in the distance.

We followed more slowly, savoring the beauty of theafternoon, the beauty of the occasion, the beautiful feel-ing inside.

We felt what every loving parent feels.We smiled as we overheard one girl say, “Well, it

took me six years, but I finally made it!” A goalachieved, a horizon reached.

Afterward, we milled around in the student ball-room at the reception, drinking coffee and nibbling po-litely at dainty cookies. They tasted good, because wehad had not time to eat lunch.

When we left the campus, past the fountain, past thebanner across the street welcoming visitors to RiverFalls, past the spirea bushes in bloom and the grandold trees, we felt as if we, too had graduated. And wehad, through our son, Tim.

Tim, who outgrew childhood illness, who proved theteacher wrong who once said, “I’ve given up on him,”who showed he could do it and has the diploma toprove it. Well done, Tim!

On the way home, we discussed the speaker, Dr. G.Theodore Mitau, who was no stranger to us either ashe taught at Macalester College when my husband wasa member of the faculty there.

Mitau said, in essence, that a college degree nolonger guarantees a job in today’s world; that the grad-uate might find himself employed in a different line al-together than the one for which he prepared. That all oflife must be regarded as a learning experience. That ed-ucation brings out the best potential of an individual.

He said, “Learning may well consume a major partof our lives, all our life. A lifetime education. There isstrength in knowledge.”

50 Years AgoThe temperature dropped to 31 below zero on Jan.

17 and schools in the area were closed.-Two men,George Eddy of Clam Falls and Bert Thomas ofAntigo, were killed and three college students,Richard Johnson, Harold Robinson and Allen Bengt-son, were injured in a head-on collision.-Leonard Dee-don and his mother-in-law, Elsie Gove, died in a housefire north of Range.-The Leader missed coverage ofthe first baby born at the Frederic Municipal Hospitalso listed him in the Jan. 17 edition; Mark Allen, born toMr. and Mrs. Everett Paulson (Judy Olson, formerlyof Trade Lake).-The bloodmobile collected 150 pintsof blood on Jan. 11.-The Indianhead Chorus was slatedto sing in Frederic, proceeds to assist Harlan Owens’tour with FFA program.-Deaths included Emma Cran-dall, Axel Friberg, George Walker, Johanna Boesen-berg, John Densmore and Wallace Lundeen.-TheMcCarly home in Coomer burned to the ground. Noone was injured.-Two students made the honor roll atRiver Falls State, Joan Chelmo, Webster, and ChlornPetersen, Danbury.-Raymond (Moe) England caughta 30-1/2-inch walleye in Clam Lake and Mrs. BennieMohs caught a 33-1/2-inch northern in Bass Lake.-Two Minneapolis men pleaded guilty to stealing thou-sands of dollars’ worth of copper wire from thewarehouse of Northwestern Wisconsin Electric Co. inGrantsburg.-The Wood Lake-Freya congregationsplanned to hold an open house at their new church inAlpha, and to give their joined churches a new name.Calvary Covenant.-Two Burnett County volunteers,Jerry Atkinson and Norman Hinze, would begin theirmilitary service, leaving Feb. 6.-The Friday night spe-cials at Dick and Fran’s, Fox Creek, included lutefisk- $1.

40 Years AgoCongressman Vernon Thompson visited Frederic

and other Polk County villages to reacquaint himselfwith the part of the 10th Congressional District thatwould become part of his 3rd District.-A fire de-stroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Moser Jr.,Webster.-Army Private Dwight E. Olson, Siren, com-pleted basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.-Spe-cialist Drew Abrahamzon, Lewis, received an ArmyCommendation Medal and a Good Conduct Medal.He had recently returned to civilian life.-Carl Ahlgren,Lewis, was pictured with the 10-1/2-pound walleyehe had caught.-Frederic Co-op grocery store adver-tised snappy service, and center-cut rib chops, 89¢ apound, Winesap apples 65¢ for a 3-lb. bag and a dozeneggs, 38¢.-Carlyle’s annual coat, dress and sweatersale featured double-knit pant suits, $35, wool carcoats, $35, and survivors from their last sale, $5.-Deaths included Robert Merrill, Josephine Nolan, BertDellage, Arvid Lindgren and Harvey Gustafson.-Births included a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Ray-mond Jensen, Luck, and daughter Amy Margaret,born to Mr. and Mrs. Bill Java, Grantsburg.-The Fred-eric School Board approved extensive replacement ofthe underground pipes in the heating system at thehigh school.

20 Years AgoEarl and Roy Hansen, former owners of Frederic

Auto Co., were shown with the new owners of whatwould be called Larsen Auto Center, Terry Larsen andJerry McNally, and the new general manager, KeithFaye.-Steve and Leslie Agard appeared before theFrederic Village Board, offering to donate 80 acres ofland for recreational use to benefit the community andenvironment.-Elmer Berg, Cushing, was given anaward for wearing his seat belt, which had saved hislife in a recent crash.-The Oscar and Darlene Burkefamily, Barron, were in their bedrooms Christmasnight when their smoke alarm alerted them to a fire intheir living room.-Rita Ronningen won the grandprize, dinner for two and an overnight stay at SevenPines Lodge, in the Frederic Library’s Christmas Teadrawing.-FHS ’64 graduate Bruce Thorstad was fea-tured, having recently had his fifth book published,“Deadwood Dick and the Code of the West.”-Jim andVivian Snyder opened the Gandy Dancer B & B abouta mile north of Frederic.-Mary Eklof-Karl won a Car-ribean cruise for her sales record at WDSM radio inDuluth, and Kris Surbaugh, Clam Falls, would accom-pany her on the cruise.-Obits included LawrenceHughes, Margaret Hoffman, Helen Bengtson and Elv-ina Granquist.

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and the Luck Historical Society will cooperate to show“Casablanca,” from 1942, one of the most successfulfilms of all time. The script for the film arrived at WarnerBrothers the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 8,1941. Timing was one of the many reasons for the suc-cess of this film that stars Humphrey Bogart, IngridBergman and Paul Henried.

The movie is about patriotism, love, exile and sabotagein Morocco during the early part of World War II. Thisis a great film for first-time viewers or those who haveseen it many times. The movie will be subtitled for thosewith hearing difficulties.

The movie begins shortly after 7 p.m. in the Luck His-torical Museum.Admission is free and everyone is welcome. Popcorn


TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER

Rex is a black Lab-pointer-mix neutered male.He is 1-1/2 years old and ready to play ball. His fa-vorite activity is playing fetch. He isn’t picky aboutwhat he fetches, balls, sticks or plastic toys. Hesays that this love of the game comes to him natu-rally from his hunting-dog ancestors. Rex coversboth hunting categories, with his love of watersports Lab breeding, and retrieving from his field-hunting pointer background. In his previous home,Rex loved to launch himself off the end of the dockin order to retrieve a thrown stick. He will make agreat indoor-outdoor companion to a young familywith children or a household in need of a friend toshare the day to day with.

A meat raffle fundraiser for the Arnell HumaneSociety is taking place this Friday night, Jan. 20, atPY’s Saloon and Grill in Osceola. The event beginsat 5 p.m., and all proceeds will help the animals atthe Arnell shelter. So mark your calendars and helpsupport Arnell Humane Society at this fun event atPY’s.

The adoptable cats are filling the cat rooms.There are a number of younger cats and kittens

waiting for an adopter. Lena is a 3-month-old tabby-and-white female who carries a loud motorboat purrwith her at all times. She has a talent for stealthilystalking. Starling, Stella and Stewart are a trio oftabby kittens. Starling and Stewart have extra toeson their front paws. They all have large roundheads and eyes.

Clementine and Wendy are 5-month-old black-and-white-tuxedo spayed females. Clyde and Kurtare white and orange tabbies with short hair; the bigdifference is that Clyde is 1 year old and Kurt is only3 months. Clyde likes to rub against you for atten-tion and lie about. Kurt has kitten energy, gettinginto everything, sure to be in the action or making it.Roy is a solid orange tabby with a personality likeKurt, only older by one year.

Zac is our most laid-back cat. He is solid blackand not about to get flustered. Ariel is a longhairtortie, spayed and declawed. She is 4 years old andenjoys a brushing now and again. All of the spayedor neutered cats over 1 year old are $40 to adopt.One year old and younger, spayed or neutered, are$75 to adopt.

After three months at the shelter, we are happy toreport that Oliver the black puggle has left the build-ing with a young family. Oliver was featured in thiscolumn not once, but twice. He was a happycamper who loved his walks. In fact he wanted totake you on his walks by taking the leash in hismouth as if to say, “Come on, no time to waste, let’s

get going.” In theend, Oliver hadtwo householdsbidding for him.This is a strangephenomenon inthe shelter that weare unable to ex-plain. A dog or catwill remain waitingat the shelter for amonth or morewithout anyone showing interest in adopting them,and then out of the blue, that animal will becomepopular with numerous suitors lining up. Would-beadopters come in to see the pet they have been“thinking about,” only to find they have just beenadopted. We always wonder why they are the “It”pet all of a sudden, but are too happy to ponder it forlong.

The moral of this story is, “Don’t wait! If you readabout or see a pet you would like to adopt at ourshelter, stop in to meet them as soon as possible.”Don’t let your next furry soul mate go home withsomeone else. It is a happy day when we can re-port “Oliver went home today.”

Arnell Memorial Humane Society, 185 Griffin St.E., Amery, 715-268-7387 (PETS) or online:www.Arnellhumane.org.

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Hey folks, how’s it going? Wow, I was enjoyingbeing sprawled out in front of the woodstove that Ialmost forgot to write my column. I got up Mondaymorning and remembered so had to scramble butI have to say, Gary at the Leader is very under-standing of my memory lapses and shortcomings!

Pretty quiet week around here, with the chill out-side I don’t like to stay out too long as my tootsiesget cold. Even Eli and Maya don’t stay out long sowe watch for squirrels at the window, go out andgive chase and then hurry back in to the warmth.Dad says it’s like a revolving door as he keeps get-ting up to let us in or out (actually that’s the ques-tion he asks us all the time … in or out?). I guesshe doesn’t like heating the great outdoors, althoughthat doesn’t sound like a bad idea.

We’ve had a few adoptions in the last week,which is always newsworthy! The two boy kittensGabriel and Nick were adopted last Friday; peoplecame all the way from the Cities for them. That’sjust how cute they were. And the two sisters Magiand Merry are every bit as cute so hopefully they’llget adopted soon. The shelter still has some great

young adult catslooking for a homeand they areequally as loving asthe kittens.

On the dog side,the beautiful Noelhas been adoptedand she’ll be goinghome next weekafter she is spayed.

Pebbles the puppy was adopted and Bam Bam, I’mtold, has an application on him so that’s alwaysgood. Hopefully his application will go through butuntil then he is still available for adoption! Goodthing is, I think we’ve run out of Flintstone names.

I want to tell you about my friend Barney, if youremember me telling you he was the first arrival ofthe New Year. Barney is a very handsome, dark-brindle-colored hound mix. Mom kind of thought helooked like he had some Lab in him when he ar-rived. Barney loves human touch and is veryfriendly, doesn’t bark like other hounds do at times.We really think someone took good care of him ashe was very healthy and in good shape when hearrived but unfortunately his owner never came andpicked him up. Barney would really make a niceaddition to your family so please feel free to stopand visit him and see for yourself.

Dora is a beautiful, longhaired calico cat around2 years of age. She is very laid-back and easygo-ing and I’m sure she’d love someone to brush herfur. Dora is a very curious gal and interested ineverything that goes on around her, and with herquietness you never know she is watching you andwaiting to be patted.

Please stop byand visit us at theshelter and consideradopting from us. Noone is more gratefulto find a new homethan a shelter ani-mal, they make greatfamily members. Justlook at me, I wasadopted and now Iget regular meals, hu-mans to love me and a nice warm bed!

With all the kittens we’ve had at the shelter, myfriend Jenny tells me that we’re starting to run shorton kitten food. We generally feed them Purina Kit-ten Chow in the yellow bag (not that we’re beingfussy). They tell me they try to feed the same foodall the time to prevent upset tummies.

“He never makes it his business to inquirewhether you are in the right or wrong, never both-ers as to whether you are going up or down life’sladder, never asks whether you are rich or poor,silly or wise, sinner or saint. You are his pal. That isenough for him.” … Jerome K. Jerome

Have a great week everyone and stay warm, Ihear it’s supposed to get cold and snowy. Licks andtailwags!

The Humane Society of Burnett County is savinglives, one at a time. www.hsburnettcty.org, 715-866-4096., license No. 267335-DS. We’re on Face-book too!

ShelterYAPpeningsSadie

The cold weather got here, but where is the snow?The winners at Spades were Norma Nelson, Arnie

Borchert, Willis Williams and Arvid Pearson.The winners at 500 were Tim Abrahamzon, Arnie

Borchert, Bob Holm and Marlyce Borchert.Remember that we play Spades at 1 p.m. Mon-

days, 500 at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays, Pokeno onWednesdays and Fridays at 1 p.m. and Dime Bingofrom 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturdays.

The AARP tax people will be here on Thursday,Feb. 16, and March 15, from 8 a.m. to noon.

Gratitude is extended to the watercross group fortheir donation.

Dave Peterson

Siren news715-349-2964

We are now in the last half of January and still nomeasurable snow on the ground. This may well be awinter of little or no snow, if so, what are we in forcome spring? I talked to my sister, Betty Miechkotaof International Falls, last week and was told she hadabout 3 inches in her yard. She also said she hadtalked to her sister-in-law Sophia in Winnipeg,Canada, and the snow fall is just about the same asthe Falls area.

We now have a nice little herd of deer coming tothe feeder, eight to be exact. Guess the other fivethat had been sneaking in during the day decided tojoin the original four; hubby says they usually herdup in the winter months. We lost one on the highwaycoming across that would have made nine. Still, it’sfar less than we used to see at the feeders in yearspast. The majority are fawns. One big bugger, I’mguessing, is the 8-point buck that has lost his horns

already. I’m not sure when they start to lose them,but the other deer seem to stay clear of him at thefeeders.

Our lone jake still visits us and doesn’t like the vis-itor in the mirror and spends a lot of time trying tofind him.

With all our warm weather this year, does anyoneknow if there have been any of those big black bug-gers out and about?

Tuesday afternoon, Art and Bev Beckmark visitedwith Rudy and Pat Solomonson at their home. Rudyis recovering from shoulder surgery and comingalong nicely.

Sympathy to the family of Theresa Meier whopassed away Jan. 5.

Sympathy to the family of Iola Rachner whopassed away Jan. 6.

All you brides out there don’t forget the upcomingD e s t i n a t i o nWedding Fairis coming up inSiren at theLakeview Cen-

ter on Sunday, Jan. 29, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cometake a look around. It’s a great place to fine-tuneyour wedding. You can get many of your questionsanswered here. Maybe you will get ideas you neverthought about to make your day the best. This eventis sponsored by the Siren Chamber of Commerce.This is a free event.

All you avid ice fishermen and ladies, it looks likethe ice is going to be thick enough to start the an-nual ice-fishing contests. The Danbury Lions Clubhave set their annual ice-fishing contest for Satur-day, Jan. 28, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., on BurlingameLake.

Mark your calendars for Tuesday, Jan. 31, for theFood and Friends Community Dinner. This month itis at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Web-ster. Dining at 5 to 6 p.m. Come early as the foodgoes fast.

Congratulations to elementary student TravisMorse, middle schooler Bayzhia Taylor and highschooler Christina Luna for being chosen SirenSchools students of the week. Siren has a greatbunch of kids - you rock!

Bev Beckmark

Siren Senior newsLois Taylor, head of the Burnett County

Nutrition Program, is retiring on Jan. 20.There will be an open house on Friday, Jan.20, at the Government Center, Room 165,from 2 until 4 p.m. Please try to come tohonor Lois. She has done a great job formany years.

Wednesday cardplayers had some ex-citement. The power went off for about anhour. Tables had to be moved closer to thewindows. Winners at 500 were Anke Ole-son, Sylvia Pederson, Darleen Groves andBarb Monger.

The tax people will be coming in Febru-

ary. Please call the center to make reserva-tions. The number is 715-349-7810.

Sue Newberger treated the Spade play-ers to a birthday cake for her mother’s 96thbirthday. Dorothy Cronquist will be 96 onMonday, Jan. 16. Spade winners wereClara Palomaki, Marlyce Borchert, SueNewberger, Arvid Pearson and Inez Pear-son.

Sounds like the weatherman has de-cided we have had enough summerlikeweather as he is forecasting cold and snow.We have certainly been lucky so far. Havea great week and stay healthy.

Nona Severson

FredericSenior Center

STEVENS POINT - The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point honored 2,694 undergraduate studentsfor attaining high grade-point averages during the fallsemester of the 2011-12 academic semester.

Full-time undergraduates who earned grade pointsof 3.90 to 4.0 (4.0 equals straight A) are given thehighest honors designation. High honor citations goto those with grade-point averages from 3.75 to 3.89and honor recognition is accorded to those with grade-point averages from 3.50 to 3.74.

Personalized certificates of scholastic achievementare being sent to those who earned highest honorsdistinction.

Students who received honors include:Balsam Lake

Katherine A. Ebensperger, honors;Eureka

Carla R. Laverenz, honors;Grantsburg

James A. Johnson, honors; Kyle P. Johnson,honors; Alison C. McKinley, honors, and Sarah E.Wald, honors;Osceola

Sarah M. Droher, honors;Siren

Kimberly V. Lindberg, honors;Unity

Kelsey J. Lynn, highest honors, and Sabrina R.Roth, high honors;Webster

Brian T. Gibbs, highest honors. - submitted•••

ST. CLOUD, Minn. - St. Cloud State University hasannounced the names of 1,504 students whose aca-demic achievement placed them on the fall semesterdean’s list. To be eligible for the honor, students musthave a grade-point average of 3.75 or higher on a 4.0scale.

Among them is:Osceola

Alicia E. Lewis, College of Liberal Arts, andAmanda K. Schuman, School of Health and HumanServices. - submitted

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Academic news

Born at Burnett Medical Center:A boy, Ivan Jacob Peloquin, born Jan. 8, 2012, to

Maryanne Hayes and David Peloquin, Webster. Ivanweighed 7 lbs., 3.5 oz. and was 20-1/4 inches long.

Ivan has two siblings, Kaycee and Sandy Marsh.Grandparents are Gerald Hayes of Siren and

Joanne and David Peloquin of Siren. Great-grandpar-ent is Marliss Mustonen of Siren.

•••Born at St. Croix Falls Medical Center:

A boy, Owen Garrett Solland, born Jan. 4, 2012, toTravis and Ruth Solland, Star Prairie. Owen weighed7 lbs., 12 oz.

•••A boy, Rafe Michael Laverne Drye, born Jan. 4,

2012, to Jessica Radloff and Jeffery Drye, Luck. Rafeweighed 8 lbs., 8 oz.

•••A boy, Joseph Michael DeVries, born Jan. 6, 2012,

to Eugene and Barbara DeVries, St. Croix Falls.Joseph weighed 8 lbs., 14 oz.

•••A boy, Kaiden Wendell Edwards, born Jan. 7, 2012,

to Kari Holland and Daniel Edwards, St. Croix Falls.Kaiden weighed 7 lbs., 9 oz.

•••A girl, Delilah Kelly Byrnes, born Jan. 9, 2012, to

Laurie and Brian Byrnes, Amery. Delilah weighed 6lbs., 11 oz.

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The competition is heating up with the Wii bowlers.The first week saw some great scores. Earl Boelterhad high individual game with 233 and also high in-dividual series with 438. Mini Mights had high teamgame and high team series with 787 and 1571 re-spectively. We also had some splits picked up. PatO’Brien the 5-7, Bernie B. the 4-5-7 and Butch Weissthe 5-7-8. Good job by all. It promises to be a greatseason.

There were 23 players for Dime Bingo. EdnaSchroeder furnished the treats. Come in and join thefun every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. Don’t forget tobring your dimes.

Just a reminder that cards and pool have moved toThursday afternoon at 1 p.m.

The first Friday drawings were held this week andthe winners were Gladys Beers, Lily Gleason andBernie Boelter. Come in on Friday and enjoy thebrunch and sign up for the drawings, which will beheld every other Friday.

Remember the potluck on Saturday, Jan. 28.Setup will be at 11:30 a.m. and eating at noon.Games and socializing to follow lunch.

Smiles are contagious, let’s infect the world.See you at the center.

Webster SeniorCenter Bernie

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Dewey - LaFolletteKaren Mangelsen will be at the LaFollette Town

Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 24, from 12:30 to 4 p.m. to col-lect real estate taxes and dog license fees for thetownship.

Mary Dunn, Donna Hines, Marlene Swearingen,Lorri McQuade, Lida Nordquist, Karen Mangelsenand Sharon Syverson were guests of Diana Man-gelsen Tuesday afternoon. They enjoyed a time ofvisiting and playing cards.

Pam and Bob Bentz visited Lida NordquistWednesday afternoon.

Jan and Hannah Schott were overnight guests ofLida Nordquist Friday. On Saturday morning, they allwent to Shell Lake where Hannah participated in afifth-grade basketball tournament.

Jean, Terry and Bryce Williamson were Saturdayvisitors of Maynard and Ronda Mangelsen.

April, Dave, Patty and Mandy Close visited Hankand Karen Mangelsen Saturday afternoon and weresupper guests there.

Joleen and Richard Funk visited Lida NordquistSaturday afternoon and then stayed overnight.

Ronda and Maynard Mangelsen were lunchguests of Tammy and Al Langenfeld in Almena Sun-day. They helped Kaylee Reinaas celebrate her 18thbirthday. Later Maynard and Ronda visited Andy andJudy Mattson.

Lida Nordquist called on Gerry and Donna HinesSunday afternoon and had supper with them.

KarenMangelsen

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Cloverton artist Dave Baker is very involved thesedays in helping the Old School Arts Center Board, ofwhich he is a member, to prepare for an all-areas artshow. This presentation includes approximately 17artists and will be shown at the old high school inSandstone, Minn., on Friday, Feb. 17, beginning at 7p.m. It is open to the public. A musical show will begiven on Saturday, Feb. 18, in the same place.These two events are something you might want toconsider. Marlene Mishler, Cheryl Wickham, PatriceWinfield and Fran Levings attended the monthlymeeting of the Seven County Senior Federation inMora, Minn., on Thursday.

Larry Kinblom, who has been in rehab in Superiorfor several weeks now, is able to take a few steps,and says he is looking forward to returning home inabout six weeks. We all wish him well to meet his

goal. Clint and Peg Coveau hosted a supper lastSaturday night for Steve and Bonnie Holter, Johnand Reeny Neinstadt and Sharon and Ron Proffit.They all enjoyed themselves very much.

Patty Koehler’s daughter and her husband, Alyssaand Rick Norenburg, along with grandsons Joey andFinnegan, and even their family dog, Nelson, allcame from Minneapolis, Minn., to visit from last Fri-day until Monday morning. Joey is 2, and Finneganis 4 months old. Grandma Patty was in heaven allweekend. Nelson enjoyed the wide-open spaces ashe chased down the scent of who knows what. Righton cue, the hot water heater went out on Saturday.The fix was simple, but why do these kinds of thingsalways happen at moments like this? Dave and FranBaker stopped by on Sunday for tea and some livelyconversation.

Engagement

Newby/d’AlbenasCaleb Newby and Kara d’Albenas are pleased to

announce their engagement. Kara is the daughter ofthe Rev. Timothy and Robin d’Albenas of Stratford,Conn. Caleb is the son of Miriam Newby of Grants-burg and Michael and Kathy Newby of Osceola.

Caleb is a graduate of Northwestern College and isemployed by The Nerdery in Bloomington.

Kara is a graduate of Bethel University and is cur-rently pursuing a master’s degree in arts and culturalmanagement at St. Mary’s University of Minnesota.

Caleb and Kara are planning an April 27, 2012,wedding. - submitted

Allyson Krause took Fran Krause to the Sara Cir-cle meeting on Wednesday at Wanda Flanigan’shome. Monday, Fran attended the scholarship meet-ing at Webster School.

Tuesday, Lavonne O’Brien was a shopper in Du-luth.

Wednesday evening, Amy Childers, granddaugh-ter of Jack and LaVonne O’Brien, spent the night be-fore returning to Superior.

Football is over now for Wisconsin as the Pack-ers lost on Sunday night. Now we can all settle inand wait for spring and the baseball season.

OrangeFranKrause

LaVonneO'Brien

Grantsburg Public LibraryTraditional basket display

This January, the Grantsburg Public Library hostsa display of traditional baskets. The baskets arewoven by local artist Jacki Bedworth. Bedworthuses historic techniques to create her artwork madeof willow rods. She works out of her home studio inGrantsburg, where she cultivates a dozen differentvarieties of willow. Bedworth welcomes commissionsand special orders as well as opportunities todemonstrate, teach and share her knowledge of tra-ditional willow basketry and historic basket styles. Burnett County history captured on canvas

Patrons of the Grantsburg Library have an oppor-tunity this winter to view Burnett County as it wasover 100 years ago. Local artist Jim Springett haspainted a series of river crossings that were used inBurnett County in the 19th century. Springett com-bined his artistic talents with historical research tocreate his renderings of the area. Third Thursday Book Club

A new book club is forming at the GrantsburgPublic Library. An informational meeting is sched-uled on Thursday, Jan. 19, at 1 p.m. Attend themeeting to learn how you can join in a lively discus-sion of literary fiction.Digital Learning Day

On Wednesday, Feb. 1, Janelle Hutton with theGrantsburg Public Library will offer technology as-sistance from 1- 6 p.m. Stop in for help with e-read-ers, social media, basic computer and Internet skillsand discover how to use the library digital resources.

Call the Grantsburg Library to make an appoint-ment, mention what assistance you might need andbring your digital device or laptop along. Appoint-ments are not necessary, but greatly appreciated.Youth resources

The Afterschool Reading Program, Tuesdays andThursday, 3:30 p.m.

After the school bell rings on Tuesdays andThursdays, community volunteers and local youthmeet up at the library to help build essential skills

that lead to reading success. Contact your child’sclassroom teacher to receive a referral for the pro-gram.Youth Chess Club, Wednesdays, 3:30 p.m.

The Grantsburg Public Library plays host to thearea Youth Chess Club Wednesdays during theschool year. Not only are the youth learning a gamethey can play their whole life, Chess also teacheslogic, critical thinking skills, confidence in problem-solving, and patience. Call the library for more de-tails, 715 463-2244.Preschool story time, Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m.

Preschool story time is a drop-in program for pre-school-age children and accompanying adults. Thisfun and interactive program combines activities suchas read-aloud stories and craft activities and intro-duces children to listening skills, picture books andthe joy of reading.Library hours

Monday noon – 6 p.m.; Tuesday noon – 6 p.m.;Wednesday 10:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.; Thursday noon – 6p.m.; Friday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. –noon.

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St. Croix Falls Senior CenterTuesday started out with exercise followed by

Skip-Bo. In the afternoon, Dominoes and 500 cardswere played. Ardis Brown, Norma Lundgren, RogerGreenly and Marlys Borchert were the winners in500. Ione and George Meixner, Gladis Weikert andSteve VonHooten were the winners in Dominoes.

Wednesday, we celebrated the January birthdays.It was good to have Don and Delores Benson backafter their move to a town house. They both cele-brated their birthdays in January.

Thursday morning we had our exercises. In theevening, 500 cards were played with Charlie Mevis-sen, Elroy Petzel, Bren Nel Ward and Ray Nelson

the winners.Watch for upcoming events. Thursday, Jan. 19, at

9 a.m., UCare health insurance representative willbe at the center. AARP will again hold their incometax help on Feb. 22 and March 22, starting at 9 a.m.Call 715-483-1901 for an appointment.

In February, we will have our chili feed but the dateis not set as yet. On Saturday, Feb. 4, two grand-mothers will hold a fundraiser to help their grand-daughter raise enough funds to go to Europe. Hopeto see you at one of these events.

MiranEdler

Wisconsin Interstate ParkNature story timeat Interstate Park

Join naturalist Julie Fox at 10 a.m. on Thursdaysthrough March at the Ice Age Center at WisconsinInterstate Park for a story and activity chosen espe-cially for preschoolers and their parents. Pleasebring clothing for outdoor play (weather permitting).

Nature story time is free of charge, but a Wiscon-sin state park sticker is required to enter the park.For more information call Fox at 715-483-3747.

Candlelight Night at the ParkMark your calendars for Candlelight Night at the

Park on Saturday, Feb. 11, from 6- 9 p.m.

Experience a winter evening by candlelight ashundreds of candles are lit to guide skiers, snow-shoers and hikers on separate trails. Ski on the Sky-line Cross-Country Ski Trail, snowshoe on the Ojibwaand Homestead Snowshoe trails (snowshoes areavailable for use free of charge for ages 6 and up), orwalk beside the St. Croix River. There will be warm-ing fires at the trailheads, and food and refreshmentswill be available indoors at the Ice Age Center.

Interstate Park is located in St. Croix Falls, onHwy. 35 just one-half mile south of Hwy 8. The eventis free of charge, but a Wisconsin state park stickeris required to enter the park. Annual passes for 2012are $25 for Wisconsin residents or $35 for nonresi-dents. For more information about the event call 715-483-3747. - submitted


January book group choices The Thursday morning book group will

meet at the library Jan. 19, at 10 a.m., todiscuss “Unbroken: a World War II Storyof Survival, Resilience and Redemption,”by Laura Hillenbrand. This is the truestory of Lt. Louis Zamperini, who crashedinto the Pacific Ocean in May 1943 and be-come a Japanese prisoner of war. Theevening book group will also meet Jan. 19,at 6:30 p.m., to talk about “Sometimes aGreat Notion,” a novel of an Oregon log-ging clan by author Ken Kesey. Copiesare available at the library and new mem-bers are always welcome at the bookgroups. Tax preparation assistance will be offered atthe library

The AARP Foundation Tax-Aide pro-vides free tax help for people of low andmoderate incomes with special attentionfocused on those aged 60 and older. Ap-pointments are being taken at the FredericLibrary for the first and second Fridays inFebruary, March and April from 1 to 4p.m. The first week of February will beset aside to prepare homestead returnsonly. Contact the library at 715-327-4979to make your appointment and receive achecklist of documents you will need tobring when you come to have your taxesprepared. What’s going on in the back room?

Is it a flash mob? Is it a sit-in demon-stration? No, it’s story time for preschool-ers and their caregivers each Wednesdaymorning at 10:30 a.m. with an hour ofbooks and music and activities. Comeand be part of the energy! Friends annual meeting Jan. 26

The Friends of Frederic Library annual

meeting will be held at the library Thurs-day, Jan. 26, at 6:30 p.m. The group meetsfour times each year, and planning for2012 events and projects will be on the an-nual meeting agenda. If you would liketo become a Friend, please come to the an-nual meeting to learn more about theways in which this valuable group sup-ports the library. Out with the old, in with the new

The library is planning its Februarybake and book sale, and we gladly acceptdonations of gently used books, movies,music CDs and audiobooks for our sale.You may drop off the materials anytimeduring library open hours, and we canprovide a receipt for the number of itemsyou donate. This is one of two largefundraiser book sales held at the libraryeach year, and we appreciate your sup-port.Don’t forget to help your neighbors

The library is a collection site for milkcaps, food product labels, and smallempty ink cartridges for Frederic schoolprojects, eyeglasses for the Lions, and gro-cery items for the local food shelf. Be sureto include some of these items in yourbook bag when you visit the library.Keep up with what’s happening at the library

Find us on Facebook at Frederic PublicLibrary. The Web site iswww.fredericlibrary.org. E-mail us at [email protected]. Frederic Pub-lic Library, 127 Oak St. West,715-327-4979. Library hours are Mondaythrough Friday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Sat-urday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Story time forpreschoolers is held every Wednesdaymorning at 10:30 a.m.

EVERY MON. EVERY TUES. EVERY WED. EVERY THURS. EVERY FRI. EVERY SAT.

St. Croix Falls Senior Center

• Exercise, 10-11 a.m. • Skip-Bo, 11 a.m.-Noon • 500 Cards & Dominoes, 12:30-4 p.m.

•!Exercise, 10-11 a.m. •!Skip-Bo, 11 a.m.-Noon • 500, 6:30-10 p.m.

• Bridge, 10 a.m.-Noon • Bingo, 1st & 3rd Friday, 1-3 p.m.

Frederic Senior Center • Spades, 1 p.m. • Pokeno, 1 p.m. • 500, 6:30 p.m. •!Pokeno, 1 p.m. • Bingo, 1 p.m. , starting Jan. 7.

TOPS • Good Sam, St. Croix Falls, 5:45 p.m., 715-483-3666

•!First Baptist Church, Webster, 9:30 a.m., 715-349-2332

•!Luck Senior Center, 5:30 p.m., 715-472-2341

• Balsam Lake Municipal Building, 3:45 p.m., 715-485-3002

• Trinity Lutheran Church, Osceola, 8:30 a.m., 715-755-3123

•!Comforts of Home, Frederic, 5:30 p.m., 715-327-8063

•!Overeaters Anonymous, Amery Senior Center, 6:30 p.m., 715-268-6605

Food Shelf • Ruby’s, Siren, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. • SCF, 1-4 p.m., 715-483-2920

• Frederic, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., 715-327-4425 • SCF, 9 a.m.-Noon

• SCF, Noon-6 p.m. •!Ruby’s, Siren, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

• Frederic, 2-6 p.m. • SCF, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

•!Ruby’s, Siren, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. • Frederic, 9 a.m.-Noon

Meat Raffles

• Webster Lioness At Last Call, 6 p.m.

EVERY WED. • Webster Chamber At The Tap,

5:30 p.m.

• Cushing Legion At Suzy Q’s, 6 p.m. • Siren Lions At Midtown Tavern,

5 p.m. • Danbury Fire & Lions Club, Yellow

River Saloon, 5:30 p.m.

• Fishbowl Sportsmen’s Club At Sweeny’s Bar, 5 p.m.

• Snowciables At Thirsty Otter, 6 p.m. • Grantsburg Legion, 6:30 p.m. • Humane Society, Yellow River

Saloon, 5 p.m. • Hockey Assoc., Dreamers, 6:30 p.m. • BYHA Hockey At Zia Louisa, 6 p.m.

• Siren Lions At Jed’s Laker Lounge, 5 p.m.

• Lake Country Riders At The Pour House, 5:30 p.m.

• Webster Lions At Gandy Dancer Saloon, 4:30 p.m.

• S.N.O.W.S., Skol Bar, Frederic, 5:30 p.m.

• YLRA At Yellow Lake Lodge, Webster, 3-5 p.m.

• Ruby’s Pantry & Moose Lodge At Robert’s Road House, 4 p.m.

• Wild About Education At Wild Waters, Danbury, 5 p.m.

• Wonderland At Yellow Lake Golf Course, 4 p.m.

EVERY TUES. EVERY THURS. EVERY FRI. EVERY FRI. EVERY SAT. EVERY SUN.

Amery Senior Center • Wii golf, 9 a.m. Overeaters Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., 715-268-6605

Webster Senior Center 715-866-5300

• AA Meeting, 7 p.m. • Senior Monthly Meeting, 3rd Tues. • Men’s Wii Bowling, 9:30 a.m.

• Dime Bingo, 12:30 p.m. • Mixed Wii Bowling, 9:30 a.m.

• Cards & Pool, 1 p.m.

VFW Aux./Legion Aux. • Siren VFW Aux., 2nd Wed., the hall, 7:30 p.m.

• Frederic Legion Aux. 249 Every 3rd Thurs., Golden Oaks, 7 p.m.

Siren Senior Center 715-349-7810

• Dime Bingo, 1 p.m. • Monthly Senior Meeting, 3rd Tues.

• Cribbage, a.m. • 500 Cards, 1 p.m.,

• Dining at 5, Every 1st Thursday • Spades, 1 p.m., Luck Senior Center • Open 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. • Open 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. • Open 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

EVERY MON. EVERY MON. EVERY TUES. EVERY TUES. EVERY WED. EVERY THURS.

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LIBRARY NEWSFrederic Public Library Centuria Public Library

Computer classesBeginning in January, the Centuria Pub-

lic Library is offering a series on computerclasses for public information. Please callthe Centuria Public Library if you are in-terested in taking a class at 715-646-2630and register. The classes are as follows:

Getting your tax forms online, Tues-day, Jan. 31, 10 a.m. Come to the libraryand learn how to download the tax formsyou need from the Internet. This is infor-mational and no tax advice will be given.

E-book readers and you, Tuesday, Feb.7, 1 p.m. First look at three e-book read-ers. You will have a chance to use aniPad2, Kindle and Nook. Instruction willbe given on how to download library e-books on your e-reader

Internet search and shop, Tuesday, Feb.14, 1 p.m. An introduction to the Internet,

getting connected using a Web browser,navigating Web pages, and how to shopsafely.

Facebook, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 1 p.m.Learn about the history of online socialnetworks such as Facebook. Receive as-sistance in setting up an account, manag-ing profiles, and necessary securities.

An overview of Microsoft Word 2010,Tuesday, Feb. 28, 1 p.m. Learn to useWord for letter writing, writing resumes,recording recipes, and much more.Hours

Monday, noon – 5 p.m.; Tuesday, noon –7 p.m.; Wednesday, noon – 5 p.m.; Thurs-day, noon – 7 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. –noon. Contact information: 715-646-2630,[email protected] orwww.centurialibrary.org.

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new local chapter of the NationalAudubon Society have announced thattheir first annual meeting will be held thisSaturday, Jan. 21, in the Ice Age Interpre-tive Center at Interstate State Park in St.Croix Falls. The meeting begins at 1 p.m.and is open to the public.

Named for the man who is widely re-garded as the “father” of Earth Day, theGaylord Nelson Audubon Society re-ceived permission from the Nelson fam-ily to use the late senator’s name in theirtitle. The mission of the GNAS is the sameas that of the national organization: “… toconserve and restore natural ecosystems,focusing on birds, other wildlife, and theirhabitats for the benefit of humanity andthe Earth’s biological diversity.”

Membership in the GNAS will bedrawn from a large area of west-centralWisconsin, including all or parts of Bur-nett, Polk, St. Croix, Washburn, Barron,Dunn, Rusk and Chippewa counties.

Saturday’s meeting will include theelection of officers, adoption of bylaws,and a discussion of upcoming field tripsand activities. Robin Maercklein, a biolo-gist with the National Park Service, willconclude the afternoon’s events with atalk and slide show titled “Birds of the St.Croix National Scenic Riverway.” Maerck-lin is a widely known and much-re-spected birder who has observed wellover 200 species just in Polk County.

Those wishing more information maycall 715-483-2282. - submitted

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lage” comes to mind when talking aboutthe success of the Luck Community BloodDrive Thursday, Jan. 5.There were 38 pintsof whole blood, eight double reds, six de-ferrals, four quantity not sufficient, ofthose that came to donate. Without thehelp of the whole village it would not

have been as successful: Luck LutheranChurch, Flying Pie Pizza, Van Meter’sMeats, Jenell’s Main Dish, St. Peter’sWomen, and those that volunteered theirtime to work at the blood drive. When allpull together great things happen. - sub-mitted

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Members of Polk-Burnett 40 et 8 took Claire Brinkman on a $700 shopping trip for clothingfor her five children recently. The Brinkmans lost everything in a fire on Jan. 3. Shown (L toR) are Jim Chapin, Jim Edgel, Claire Brinkman, Don Anderson, Bob Thomas and Bob Blom-gren. - Photo submitted


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dedicates home in Luckby Mary StirratLeader staff writer

LUCK — A record-breaking number ofpeople showed up Saturday morning, Jan.14, to celebrate the dedication of Habitatfor Humanity’s first home in Luck. TheChristensen family — Linda, her daugh-ter Leah, and Leah’s son, Tyler — wel-comed more than 80 people into the newthree-bedroom home they helped build.

A total of 114 volunteers made the newhome possible, helping with every stepfrom demolishing the dilapidated housethat was originally on the property tobringing snacks for the workers to hang-ing the doors.

“I can’t believe how you guys came inand built this home,” Linda Christensentold the group gathered in her kitchen,dining room and living room.

“You built it like it was your own.”Habitat for Humanity requires that the

family puts at least 300 hours of “sweatequity” into the home, becoming investedbefore they can take up residency. TheChristensens logged 525 hours, showingtheir desire to do more than their share.Other volunteers outside the familyadded another 2,000-plus hours to theproject. Now that the home is completethe family will begin to repay the 25-yearlow-interest mortgage.

Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Hu-manity, a partnership of Thrivent forLutherans and HFH, have teamed up to-gether on more than 2,500 homes aroundthe world. The Christensen home is oneof these, said Cris Moore, with Thriventcontributing about $55,000 to the projectincluding purchase of one of the lots. Thesecond lot was bought by philanthropistDennis Frandsen and donated to thebuilding project.

The completed home,said Moore, is an exampleof what a community cando when it comes together.

Habitat for Humanity isan ecumenical Christianministry, and the dedica-tion of the Christensenhome included prayer andthe presentation of a Bible.

The Bible, said WildRivers Habitat for Human-ity Executive Director EricKube, can be comparedwith the blueprints for thehome — it is a set of plansfor how we live and treat those around us.

Habitat for Humanity,he said, strives to followthe ministry of JesusChrist by helping those inneed.

Saturday’s dedica-tion included Scripturereading, prayer andgift giving, along withtime to visit and enjoytreats. In front (L to R)are homeowners TylerBushweiler, his motherLeah Christensen, andher mother LindaChristensen. In backare Habitat boardmember Jon Blom-strand of Amery, Pas-tor Ralph Thompson ofLuck Lutheran Church,Habitat’s constructionmanager Bob Babel,Wild Rivers HFH Exec-utive Director EricKube and family friendGordon Reinke. – Pho-tos by Mary Stirrat

This new home at 803 Park Ave. in Luck was dedicated Saturday morning, Jan. 14. It is thefirst home in Luck built by Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity and is now home to theChristensen family.

Marjorie Reinke, a friend of the Christensen family from Buf-falo, Minn., takes a look at the fixtures in the bathroom. Home-owner Leah Christensen is confined to a wheelchair due to anaccident, and the bathroom has a roll-in shower as well as a bath-tub.

The Christensens may live in Wisconsin, but at least part of their hearts might be in Min-nesota. Son Tyler and mom Leah share a laugh as Tyler is given a gift from “across the border.”

Leah Christensenholds the key to hernew home in Luck,built by volunteerswith Habitat for Hu-manity. With Leah (Lto R) are her son,Tyler, constructionmanager Bob Babel,Leah’s mom, Linda,and Habitat’s execu-tive director, EricKube.

Linda Christensen thanks the volunteersand donors who helped make her new home areality. HFH records show 114 volunteersworked on the house, putting in a total of2,600 hours.

Leah Christensen, with her mom, Linda,looking on, holds the plaque saying that herfamily contributed 525 hours to the building oftheir new home. Habitat for Humanity requiresthat the family put in at least 300 hours ofsweat equity.

Members of theApple River QuiltGuild presented ahandmade quilt toeach family mem-ber as a house-warming gift. Tyler,at right, smiles ashe receives thequilt from guildmember BettyBertram. Helpingto hold the quilt isO.J. Aune, liaisonwith Thrivent Fi-nancial for Luther-ans.


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Geologists from around the world hiked on an esker near the Straight River. The esker is aremnant of the retreat of the last glacier 20,000 years ago. Geologists tell their story in maps. David Mickelson explains the formation of the geological

formation of Interstate Park.

Geologists gathered along a roadside in Johnstown last October to view the site of a gla-cial lake, now a plain.

Mark Johnson (bending forward) brought this map from Sweden, where he now teaches. Tothe right is David Mickelson. The two are authors of books on the geology of the local area.

Ice Age story of ourarea told in new book

by Gregg WestigardLeader staff writer

POLK COUNTY – The present nonwin-ter is probably nothing compared to whatwas happening in the area 20,000 yearsago.

Back then, most of Wisconsin had beencovered by glaciers for thousands of years.Polk County was on the forward edge ofthe Laurentian Ice Sheet which spreadacross North America. As the climatewarmed, the massive ice sheet started toretreat. That glacier and its melt formedthe land now called Polk and Burnettcounties, the lakes and the St. Croix RiverValley. The basic shape of what is seenaround this area was formed then. Thisarea is the gift of the glaciers.

A new book, “Geology of the Ice AgeNational Scenic Trail,” tells the story ofthat glacier and how it formed the land-scape of the area. The author, David M.Mickelson, will be the guest speaker at theannual meeting of the Ice Age Trail Al-liance Indianhead Chapter Saturday, Jan.21, at Interstate Park in St. Croix Falls. Themeeting starts at 9:30 a.m. The public is in-vited and welcomed.

The National Park Service has set asidetwo large parts of this area to preservespecial features from the Ice Age and keepthem accessible to the public. The Ice AgeNational Scenic Trail, which starts at Inter-state Park, follows the forward edge ofthat ice sheet in Wisconsin from the St.Croix River to Lake Michigan. The St.Croix National Scenic Riverway providesa water route, often through wilderness,from Bayfield County to the MississippiRiver, including the western border ofBurnett and Polk counties.

There is much of that glacial period tosee in the area once you know what to

look for. There are traces of the shores ofice-walled-lakes and the plains that werethe beds of those lakes. There are valleysthat were once the routes of large rivers.There are ridges of sand, called eskers,that were laid down as the beds of streamsflowing under the glaciers. There is a spotin Laketown where grooves are visiblethat were cut by moving glaciers.

This wealth of geological features drewa bus load of geologists from several na-tions to the local area last October duringthe annual convention of the GeologicalSociety of America in Minneapolis. Thetour, led by geologists David Mickelson,Mark Johnson and Kent Syverson, visitedseveral sites where some of those featuresare visible.

Some highlights of that tour included

views of two ancient lakeshores and theroute of an ancient river. On CTH T inBeaver, just north of Horseshoe Lake, isthe rim of an ice-walled lake. The roadrises up a ridge heading north out of whatonce was a glacial lake. Just north of thatspot, in Johnstown, where CTH G headswest from T, is another large lake-bedplain. All the land on both sides of theroad for the first mile was once underwater. Traces of that shore can be seenwhere the flat plain rises a half mile to thenorth.

An ancient river channel was visited bythe visiting geologists. In Eureka, threemiles south of CTH G on 190th Street, theroad drops into a large deep valley. This is

the bottom of a narrow but deep tunnelchannel, the bed of a river running underthe glacier and eroding the ground. Oncethe valley and the land above was filledwith ice, the forward edge of the vast gla-cier.

Another river valley, the Horse CreekChannel, is visible in the southwesterncorner of Polk County. The channel startsat Lotus Lake in the Town of Osceola,heads south about 12 miles and curves tothe southwest before ending south ofSomerset. Streams and lakes along thebottom of this channel include BehningCreek, Horse Lake, Cedar Lake, CedarCreek and the Apple River.

Much of the glacial history of this area isvisible in the two state parks, Interstateand Straight Lake. The Ice Age Trail sec-tion from Straight Lake east to CTH I andthe stretch from Hwy. 48 north follow theStraight River along an esker, or narrowridge, and a tunnel channel. The Mickel-son book explains the geological story ofthe trail through the park in good detail.Three maps, in color, show the featuresseen walking 11 miles of trail through thepark. One feature of note is that LongLake (north of Hwy. 48) and Dahl Lake(south of Hwy. 48) are separated from theStraight River, which they parallel, bylarge eskers.

The channels, glacial lakes and eskersare easy to see once you know what tolook for. But there is a glacial scrape in ourarea that is also visible and worth a visit.At the western end of Iver’s Mountain, on200th Street just south of Mountain Drivein Laketown, the road rises to a small crestbefore dropping to the Trade River. At thetop of that crest, on the eastern edge of theroad, is an exposed rock outcrop. This isancient basalt rock. And cut into the sur-face are grooves cut by the moving iceover 20,000 years ago. This is history un-derfoot.

Dean Dversdall, president of the Indianhead Chapter of the Ice Age Trail, welcomed a groupof visiting geologists to the Ice Age Trail last fall. The geologists, from as far as Iceland and Sin-gapore, were in the area for a geology convention. – Photos by Gregg Westigard


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Leader staff writer

The books reviewed”Geology of the St. Croix National Sce-

nic River,” by Dr. Adam Cahow, self-pub-lished, 228 pages, 2004.

”Geology of the Ice Age National ScenicTrail,” by David M. Mickelson, Louis J.Maher Jr., and Susan L. Simpson, Univer-sity of Wisconsin Press, 395 pages, 2011.

”Along Wisconsin’s Ice Age Trail,” ed-ited by Eric Sherman and Andrew HansonIII, University of Wisconsin Press, 104pages, 2008.

”Pleistocene Geology of Polk County,Wisconsin,” by Mark D. Johnson, Wiscon-sin Geological and Natural History Survey,70 pages, 2000.

POLK AND BURNETT COUNTIES – Anew book by David Mickelson, “Geologyof the Ice Age National Scenic Trail,” tellshow the advance and retreat of the glaciersover 20,000 years ago formed the local area.But three more books add to that story. To-gether, the four books form a very com-plete story of how the area was formed.While some of the bedrock formations dateback over 2.5 billion years and otherbedrock was deposited 540 million yearsago, much of the story of how the area wasshaped lies in a series of glaciers, the last ofwhich advanced into the region about26,000 years ago and started recedingabout 20,000 years ago. That last glaciationwas the Laurentide Ice Sheet. Its forwardedges, since the glacier did not cover Wis-consin in a straight line, were called lobes.The Superior Lobe terminated acrossnorthern Polk County and covered all ofBurnett County.

The Mickelson book is a good introduc-tion into the geology and how glacierswork. The book is well-illustrated, withmany detailed maps, diagrams and photos.It starts with 22 science briefs, explanationsof the natural features in our landscape cre-ated by the glaciers. We learn what ridgesof sand (eskers) are and how they wereformed. The glaciers dumped large boul-ders on the area. You’ll learn where theseerratics traveled from. Included are the sto-ries of the lakes and lake beds and whythey are different. The story of bedrock ge-ology is included.

One section of the Mickelson book,which covers the entire Ice Age Trail fromthe St. Croix River to Lake Michigan byway of Madison, gives a detailed picture ofthe trail as it winds along the edge of theSuperior Lobe in the local area, a total of 66

miles. Starting on the Washburn Countyline, the trail enters the Burnett CountyForest in Timberland Hills. Major stretchesof the trail pass through Sand Creek,McKenzie Creek and Straight Lake StatePark. After a long connection along theGandy Dancer Trail, the Ice Age Trailcomes to the St. Croix River and followsthe river to Interstate Park, windingthrough the city of St. Croix Falls along theway.

All the special geological features of thisroute are explained and illustrated, with 12maps and numerous photos. The Mickel-son book is an understandable introduc-tion for a nongeologist and a detailed textfor the professionals.

The Cahow book is fascinating to read.

This is a book that makes people want toput on hiking boots or get in a canoe andset out to see what he is writing about.While Mickelson covers the area from eastto west, Cahow writes about the St. CroixRiver waterway from north to south. Healso has excellent maps and drawings to il-lustrate how the area was formed by theglaciers. His river photos are excellent. Aspecial part of the book explains the geo-logical features along the river, with sec-tions on backwaters, waterfalls, springsand caves on land bordering the river.(Two sandstone caves near Osceola canonly be reached with a ladder, and one onthe Minnesota bluffs is some 30 feet deep.)

A special feature of the Cahow book ishow it is put together. It is self-published

and apparently self-produced. There arelarge fold-out geological maps coveringmost sections of the St. Croix and Namek-agon rivers to Stillwater. The book may behard to find and with a limited edition.Don’t pass it up if you see a copy. Youmight not get another chance.

Mark Johnson’s book is shorter and lim-ited to Polk County, but it tells the local ge-ological story in a different way. This ismuch more a story of the rock formationunder your feet and how it was formed.This book, with its detailed maps, tells thestory of the tunnel channels (including onesouth of Clear Lake), eskers (a large one onCTH W north of Frederic), ice-walled-lakeplains (one near Cedar Lake in Alden), andancient river valleys (the Horse CreekChannel near Osceola). The book includesa picture and explanation of the glacialgrooves on a basalt rock outcrop nearIver’s Mountain. This is a book that an-swers the question of why some of the localland looks different. Included with thebook is a large, 40-inch by 24-inch, map ofthe geology of Polk County.

The last book, “Along Wisconsin’s IceAge Trail,” is a collection of essays andphotos of the trail. While the other threebooks explain what is seen in the area, thisbook provides some of the flavor of thearea. It includes chapters on biologicalgems along the trail, how the Ice Age af-fected vegetation and wildlife. The story ofhow the Ice Age Trail came to be is in-cluded. After reading the how of the localarea and its geological history, this book ismore of a why it matters to us.

Where the books can be foundThere are four places in the area that sell

nature books, among other things. Three ofthem are in St. Croix Falls and one is nearGrantsburg. The Polk County InformationCenter on Hwy. 35 near Hwy. 8 has a wideselection of books of regional interest, fromfiction to guides. It has had the Mark John-son book in stock for years and sells copieson a regular basis. Regardless of your in-terest, the information center may have abook for you. The visitor centers at Inter-state Park south of St. Croix Falls and at theSt. Croix National River Center on thenorth end of the city each have a large se-lection of nature books as well as gifts.Lastly, the Bog Shoe gift shop at the CrexMeadows visitor center is probably thebest-stocked bookstore in the area forlovers of the outdoors. From hunting tobird-watching, there are multiple titles ofinterest. There are several books on drag-onflies alone. The Bog Shoe is the onlybookstore that has the Adam Cahow bookin stock.

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Leader staff writerSIREN – If it was a smash hit in 2011, it

makes sense to run it again in 2012. So theSiren Chamber of Commerce is sponsor-ing its second-annual Siren DestinationWedding Fair Sunday, Jan. 29, from 11a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Lakeview Event Cen-ter in Siren. Admission is free.

According to Christine Moeller, thechamber’s executive director, expectations

are that this fair will be even larger thanlast year’s event. Last year the event or-ganizers had to turn away vendors be-cause there wasn’t enough room for all ofthem. The move to the event center forthis year’s fair has opened more spaces forvendors and displays, and the availablespaces are filling at a rapid pace.

“Last year’s fair was a big success with

very positive feedback by attendees andthe vendors,” said Moeller. She com-mented that the more than 200 attendees“came from as far away as Duluth, NewRichmond and Isle, Minn.”

Feedback from both the vendors andthe visitors was overwhelming and posi-tive. The comments were “Great showoverall!” and “Amazing event.”

Again this year there will be displays ofwedding styles and designs, servicedemonstrations, wedding planners andexperts to answer questions and makesuggestions, and free prizes.

For more information, visit Siren’s Webpage at www.visitsiren.com, call 715-349-8399 or e-mail [email protected].

Four books tell the geological history of the local area, the St. Croix River and the Ice AgeTrail. – Photo by Gregg Westigard

Look for displays that feature ideas for ro-mantic lighting effects at the Siren Destina-tion Wedding Fair Sunday, Jan. 29, at theLakeview Event Center. - Photo submitted

A surprise to many at the 2011 wedding fair in Siren were the manylow-cost possibilities suggested by the Ruby’s Pantry booth.

Last year’s Siren Destination Wedding Fair featured displays fromlocal floral shops. (Pictured is Karla Werdier from Austin Lake Green-house in Webster.) – Photos by Carl Heidel unless otherwise noted


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National Honor Society on Monday, Jan. 16. The NHSbanquet was held in the school cafeteria prior to the in-duction ceremony. Retired science teacher Marty Messar

served as theguest speaker.Seniors MaiaLehmann, TonyAguado, JulieFranzel, MichaelJenssen and TaylarAnderson andjuniors KatelynDinnies and Han-nah Karl assistedadviser ReneeGavinski duringthe induction cere-mony. - submitted

Current Luck National Honor Society members are front row (L to R): Evan Armour, Brodie Kunze, Tony Aguado, Julie Franzeland Geoffrey MaidenMueller. Middle row: Alex Richey, Travis Muller, Matt Thompson, Morgyn McGinnity, Maia Lehmann, MichaelJenssen and Taylar Anderson. Back row: Alicia Sund, Tessa Clemenson, Whitney Petersen, Jaimee Buck, Kylie Rich, HannahKarl, Katelyn Dinnies, Taylor Joy, Logan Potvin, Abbie Otlo and adviser Renee Gavinski.

Adviser Renee Gavinski watches Brodie Kunze light hiscandle from the candle representing knowledge during theLuck National Honor Society’s induction ceremony.

Guest speaker Marty Messar ad-dressed attendees of the NHS banquetand induction ceremony on Monday,Jan. 16.

New members Travis Muller, Morgyn McGinnity, Tess Clemenson, Matt Thompson, Alicia Sund, Alex Richey, Abbie Otlo, Geof-frey MaidenMueller, Logan Potvin, Evan Armour and Brodie Kunze listen to guest speaker Marty Messar during the NationalHonor Society induction ceremony at Luck. – Photos submitted


Frederic Community EducationLearn to knit socks with this easy pattern

Mondays, Jan. 16-30, 6-8 p.m. Preregistra-tion is required. Fee: $28/62-plus $16. Instruc-tor: Konnie Didlo.Drama in The North Woods – Tragedy, clas-sic and contemporary, stage and film

Mondays, Jan. 16 - Feb. 20, 6:30-8:30 p.m.Fee: $10. Instructor: Carolyn Wedin. New Year New You Challenge.

Exercise, weigh in, learn nutrition. Payoutgoes to the top three. Began Wednesday, Jan.11 (for six weeks), 6:30-7:45 p.m. Fee: $35. In-structor: Christina Atkinson.Understanding your property taxes

Monday, Jan. 16, 6:30-8 p.m. Preregistrationis appreciated by Jan. 13. Fee: Free. Instructor:Bob Clifton.Write Right Now!

Tuesdays, Jan. 17 - Feb. 21 and March 27 –May 3, 4-6 p.m. Fee: $37.56/age 62-plus $4.Instructor: Dr. Carolyn Wedin.Computers for seniors or beginning users

Mondays, Jan. 23 - Feb. 13, 6-8 p.m. Fee:$26.37/62-plus, $4. Instructor: LawrenceFrench.No-knead bread and pizza.

Tuesday, Jan. 24, 5:30-8 p.m. Fee: $12/62-plus $8, material fee: $7. Instructor: Betty Lin-den.Ski!

Get expert tips on skiing technique and wax-ing for touring and racing. Saturdays, Jan. 28 –Feb. 11, 1–3 p.m. Fee: $28/62-plus, $16. In-structor: Ian Karl.Computers: QuickBooks-First step

Thursdays, Feb. 2-16, 6–8 p.m. Fee: $31/62-plus $14.22. Instructor: Lawrence French.Introduction to needle felting.

Make needle-felted sculptures and paintings.Mondays, Feb. 6-13, 6-8 p.m. Fee: $20/62-plus$12. Instructor: Bridget Faricy.

Keeping the cabin in the family … withoutdriving the family apart

Workshop will raise the right questions andhelp you think through the process stress-free.Monday, Feb. 6, 10 a.m. Location to be an-nounced.Your retirement income: optimize it, protectit and enjoy it.

Monday, Feb. 6, 6 p.m., at the Frederic HighSchool. Instructors: Kevin King and Jeff Hakalafrom Thrivent Financial. Fee: free. Please reg-ister.Art for youth

Tuesdays, Feb. 7-28, 3:15-5:15 p.m., grades1–3; Thursdays, Feb. 9 – March 1, 3:15-5:15,grades 4–6. Fee: $36, plus a $5 material fee.Instructor: Hannah Fawyer.Wood carving open studio – share patternsand carving tips.

Thursdays beginning Feb. 2, 6-8 p.m. Fee:free.Love good food? Let’s cook.

Tuesday, Feb. 14, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Fee:$12/62-plus $8. Material fee: $7. Instructors:Emily Karl and Stephanie Lundeen from CaféWren.Computers: QuickBooks intermediate

Thursdays, Feb. 23 – March 8, 6-8 p.m. Fee:$31/62-plus $14.22. Instructor: LawrenceFrench.Kntting workshop

Learn to knit, refresh your knitting skills orget help on a project that has you puzzled. Pre-registration required. Mondays, Feb. 27 –March 5, 6 - 8 p.m. Fee: $20/62-plus $12. In-structor: Konnie Didlo.Let’s entertain – beyond crackers andcheese

Tuesday, Feb. 28, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Fee:$12/62-plus $8. Material fee: $7. Instructors:Emily Karl and Stephanie Lundeen from CaféWren.

Fire in the Belly Series: Discover your innerstrength

This series is a nontraditional approach toself-growth. Mondays, March 5, 19 and 26, andApril 2. Students: 3:30-5 p.m., Adults: 6-8 p.m.Fee: $19/62-plus$13.41 per class or $49/62-plus $26.63 for all four classes. Instructor: Mal-tee McMahon.Yoga

Ongoing class for beginners and begin-againers. Class will be held Tuesdays, 10 a.m.in the elementary school and again at 6 p.m. atthe high school. Fee: Six sessions for $25 or12 sessions for $40. Instructor: Sandy King.Weight Watchers and Zumba

Please call Amy Tinman at 715-566-2478 Clogging

Contact Sheryl Keller: [email protected] 651-500-3214.Open weight room

For public use at the high school weightroom: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 7-8 a.m. and 3:30-5:45 p.m. Tuesdays andThursdays, 6:30 - 8 p.m.Winter walking

Mondays - Fridays, 7-8 a.m. and 4-6 p.m. atthe Birch Street Elementary School. No fee.Sign in and out.Big trips, little tripsYour local community ed teams are teaming upto bring you the opportunity to see some greatshows and travel to some fun places withoutthe hassle of driving, parking, getting direc-tions, etc. Get in on some of this fun!

"The Lion King" at the Orpheum Theatre inMinneapolisSunday, Jan. 29. Showtime 6:30 p.m. LeaveAmery High School at 4:45 p.m., return approx.11:15 p.m. Show is two hours and 45 minuteswith one intermission. Cost: Balcony seating -rows A-F - $87. Includes motorcoach trans-portation and group discount. We will not bestopping to eat, so plan to bring snacks/baglunch to eat on the bus before and/or after theshow.Registraion: Call Amery Community Ed, 715-268-9771, Ext. 220

Quilt Shop Hop. Saturday, Feb. 25. LeaveGrantsburg at 8 a.m. and return at 6 p.m.Deadline to register is Feb. 15. Cost: $35/$30two or more.

Minneapolis Home and Garden ShowSaturday, March 3, leave Unity School at 7:30a.m. and return at 7 p.m. Cost: $35 per person,includes motorcoach bus and entry into theHome and Garden Show. Food and beveragevouchers are available for an additional $8, andmust be ordered and paid for by Feb 1.Voucher includes two hot dogs and two bever-ages. Registration deadline is Feb. 23, pleasecall Unity Community Ed at 715-825-2101, Ext.1560

MOA – Our ladies day out. Wednesday,March 28. Leave Grantsburg at 8 a.m. and re-turn about 6 p.m. Cost: $25/person or $20 fortwo or more, coach only: Special coupon offerswill be passed out on the bus to those who joinus on this trip. Register by March 20.

Nifty, thrifty shopping trip. Thursday, April26. Leave Grantsburg at 8 a.m. and returnabout 6 p.m. Reservation needed by April 20.Cost: $25, bus only.

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GRANTSBURG Each building will have their own breakfast menu.

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LOCATION WEDNESDAY

JANUARY 23 - JANUARY 27

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LUNCH Chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes, gravy, dinner roll, corn, Shape-Up, apples, oranges, bread basket.

FRIDAY TUESDAY MONDAY THURSDAY

BREAKFAST Assorted cereal and toast, juice and milk.

LUNCH Pizza dippers, rice, corn, carrots, celery, pineapple tidbits, banana. Alt.: Cook’s choice.

LUNCH Corn dogs, baked beans, peas OR cheese soup with veggies, PBJs, applesauce.

NO SCHOOL

LUNCH Hamburger hotdish, bread stick, salad, strawberries and bananas.

BREAKFAST Blueberry bagel w/cream cheese.

LUNCH Chicken patty, smile fries OR beef- taco salad.

BREAKFAST Combo bar.

LUNCH Italian dunkers, winter mix veggies OR Oriental salad.

BREAKFAST Breakfast pizza.

LUNCH Chili cheese dogs, fries and fruit.

BREAKFAST Bagel and cream cheese.

LUNCH Lasagna or ravioli, garlic toast, green beans and fruit.

BREAKFAST Waffles and fruit.

LUNCH Hot ham and cheese, macaroni salad, green beans, strawberries.

BREAKFAST Cereal bar, toast.

LUNCH Hot dog, bun, french fries, baked beans, applesauce. Alt.: Spicy chicken patty.

BREAKFAST Cheese omelet and toast, juice and milk.

LUNCH Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes & gravy, lettuce salad, beans, dinner roll, peaches. Alt.: Chicken bowl.

NO SCHOOL

BREAKFAST Cereal/biscuits/gravy.

LUNCH Build your own sub, chips, winter mix, fresh fruit. Alt.: Chicken nug - gets, 7-12.

BREAKFAST Cereal/Long john.

LUNCH Spaghetti hotdish, hot buns, green beans, fruit sauce. Alt.: Hot dog, 7- 12.

BREAKFAST Cereal/breakfast pizza.

LUNCH Mashed potato bowl (popcorn chicken), gravy/corn, fruit sauce. Alt.: Hamburger, 7-12.

NO SCHOOL

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BREAKFAST Cereal bar.

LUNCH Sloppy joes, baked beans, chips OR tuna salad.

BREAKFAST Bagel pizza.

LUNCH Turkey stacker, green beans, pudding cup OR chicken-strip salad.

LUNCH Mini corn dogs, smiles, steamed broccoli, fresh pear, apples, oranges, bread basket.

LUNCH Creamed turkey, biscuit, cranberries, peas, pineapple tidbits, apples, oranges, bread basket.

BREAKFAST French toast sticks, juice and milk.

LUNCH Cheeseburger hotdish, bread, let - tuce salad, corn, apples, oranges. Alt.: Soup and sandwich.

BREAKFAST Scrambled eggs, toast.

LUNCH Lasagna, lettuce salad, garlic toast, carrots, pears. Alt.: Turkey sand - wich, broccoli/cheese soup.

BREAKFAST Breakfast bites.

LUNCH Cook’s choice.

LUNCH Hot ham and cheese, bun, carrots OR Swedish meatballs, noodles, corn, mandarin oranges.

LUNCH Pizza dippers, marinara sauce, green beans, garden salad, pears. NO SCHOOL


LUNCH Cheese quesadilla, Tostitos, shred - ded lettuce, beans, mixed fruit. Alt.: Fish.

BREAKFAST Yogurt parfait, toast.

LUNCH Chicken fajita, steamed rice, winter blend, mandarin oranges. Alt.: Beef Stroganoff.


LUNCH Lunch Brunch: French toast sticks, sausage, cheese omelet, veggies, beans, trail mix, applesauce, banana. Alt.: Cook’s choice.

BREAKFAST Muffins.

LUNCH Pulled pork sandwich, scalloped potatoes and fruit.

BREAKFAST Cereal/cinnamon roll.

LUNCH Baked ham, cheesy potatoes, peas, fresh fruit. Alt.: Chicken patty, 7-12.

LUNCH Sub sandwich with fixings, chicken noodle soup, crackers, fresh veg - gies, dip, pudding, apples, oranges, bread basket.

BREAKFAST Whole-grain pancake.

LUNCH Tacos, assorted toppings, corn OR ham salad.

BREAKFAST Egg, cheese and ham muffin.

LUNCH Pepperoni pizza, lettuce salad, corn, peaches. Alt.: Ham and cheese, Wisconsin cheese soup.

BREAKFAST Waffles.

LUNCH Chicken nuggets, rice and fruit.

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serve Thursday evening, Feb. 9, at LuckSchool from 5 to 7:30 p.m. That’s when theannual lasagna supper and raffle is pairedup with the Luck-Frederic doubleheaderbasketball games, providing a great timeto visit friends and meet new folks.

A meal will be served in the cafeteria.Frederic’s Larsen Auto sponsors the meal,Mrs. Ione Barron and food service staffprepare it, and Luck seniors and their par-ents serve your meal and beverages.

Another big draw is the annual scholar-ship raffle. Winning names will be drawnat halftime of the boys varsity game onFeb. 9. Seniors are selling tickets through

Feb. 6. You need not be present to win.There are, locally made prizes including alap quilt with cabin theme by ChristmasValley Quilting. A custom doghouse is an-other prize, designed and insulated “cas-tle” to easily house a large pet, yet builderHerschel Brown will make a new house ifthe winner’s dog is smaller. Local artist Vi-vian Byl has donated a watercolor paint-ing which is framed with forest greenmatting surrounding a lake and wildlifescene.

A two-week certificate from BurningRiver Farm CSA certificate lets you choosewhich weeks to enjoy certified naturallygrown vegetables, fruits and herbs. Four

winners will each receive Luck GolfCourse certificates for 18 holes plus use ofcart. Additional prizes include a $25 Nat-ural Alternative Food Co-op certificate,two $20 Lucky Bucks certificates valid at40 plus local businesses, three $15 FibreFunctions Yarn certificates donated by Au-drey Anderson, and four one-pint jars ofpure maple syrup by Duane and LynnLindh.

All proceeds from the lasagna supperand the raffle go to the Luck CommunityGraduate Fund, which awards $150 toeach Luck graduate for continuing educa-tion expenses. This scholarship fundbegan years ago and has been self-sup-

porting for the past 15 years. Graduateshave up to three years to request thisscholarship, which is handy since notevery graduate goes on to college, techschool or trade school immediately fol-lowing high school. Graduates who servein the military have an additional threeyears to request their scholarship follow-ing their discharge.

If you’d like to give additional supportto the Luck School graduates or wouldlike to sell raffle tickets, please call LuckCommunity Ed at 715-472-2152 Ext. 103 ore-mail director Amy Aguado [email protected]. - from Luck Com-munity Ed


STATEWIDE – If you are a woman between 35 and 55years of age you’re at the prime time to develop cervicalcancer. Once a major cause of death for women in theirchildbearing years, cervical cancer deaths have decreasedsignificantly with early diagnosis and treatment.

January marks Cervical Health Awareness Month, toeducate women about early detection and the virus thatcauses this disease.

“About 12,000 women are diagnosed with cervicalcancer annually,” says Mary Ann Scoglio, certified adultnurse practitioner at Amery Regional Medical Centerwho specializes in oncology care. “Although cervicalcancer is one of the easiest gynecological cancers to de-tect, the mortality rate is still high with more than 4,000deaths each year. Getting regular exams is imperative toprotect yourself against this disease.”

The cervix is the lower, narrow end of the uterus. Itconnects the vagina – or birth canal – to the upper part ofthe uterus – or womb – where a baby grows during preg-nancy. Cancer can occur in any of these areas. Abnor-mal bleeding and discharge is the primary symptom ofcervical cancer, which is the 14th most frequent canceramong American women, according to the National Can-cer Institute at the National Institutes of Health.

The test used to screen for cervical cancer and suspi-cious changes in cervical cells is called a Pap smear orPap test, named for Dr. George Papanicolaou, who firstproposed using this simple yet effective screening proce-dure.

Death rate declined significantlyThe National Cervical Cancer Coalition credits the test

with reducing the death rate from cervical cancer by 70percent since the 1940s. The advocacy group calls thePap test the “single most effective cancer screen in thehistory of medicine.”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rec-ommends that young women begin getting regular Paptests at 21 or within three years of starting sexual activity,whichever comes first. At age 30, a woman’s doctor mayrecommend waiting up to three years for her next test ifher results have been consistently normal. By age 65, if awoman has had normal Pap tests for several years, herdoctor may suggest she can stop getting screened. Paptests also may be suspended if a woman has had hercervix removed during a hysterectomy.

The human papillomavirus, or HPV, is a confirmed cul-prit in causing the majority of all cervical cancers. Yourdoctor may suggest that you have an HPV test to detectthe virus, which can cause precancerous cell changes andcervical cancer. The test also is used to follow up on un-clear Pap results. HPV is passed from person to personduring genital contact and occurs in 80 percent of womenby age 50, the NCCC says. However, it’s reassuring toknow that most women infected with HPV will not goon to develop cervical cancer.

“The human papillomavirus is the most common sex-ually transmitted disease in the country,” notes DonnaWood, Practice Leader of Clinical Operations at QuorumHealth Resources. “While most women will suffer no illeffects from an HPV virus, it can lead to cervical cancer.Death rates associated with HPV have declined 2.7 per-cent annually from 1998 to 2007 in the United States but

the toll worldwide is still very high. It’s the second mostfrequent cause of female death, killing about 300,000 eachyear.”

HPV and menThe CDC says that most men who get HPV will never

develop symptoms or health issues, however; some typesof HPV can cause genital warts and cancers. About 2,000men develop HPV-related cancers each year in the U.S.

Currently there are not any HPV tests recommendedfor men, but there are ways to treat the health problemscaused by HPV in men. Boys 26 years or younger canget the three series vaccination, Gardasil, that can helpprotect against the types of HPV that cause problems inmen.

Vaccine approved to prevent key virusIn 2006 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ap-

proved a three-shot vaccination that protects against thetwo types of HPV causing about 70 percent of cervicalcancers. The vaccine is targeted primarily to femaleswho have not yet been exposed to HPV through sexualcontact, specifically those aged 9 through 26. Vaccinatingfemales against a sexually transmitted disease at such anearly age has caused controversy among some parentsand family values groups, and some side effects havebeen reported. However, the CDC recommends the vac-cine, and it’s now also approved for boys age 9 through18 to reduce their chance of acquiring genital warts.

The Centers for Disease Control links the followingpreventable behaviors to contracting HPV and increas-ing the risk of developing cervical cancer:

• Starting sexual relations at an early age• Having multiple sexual partners or sex with people

who have had multiple partners• Smoking• Contracting HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, or sim-

ilar conditions that hamper the body’s ability to over-come health problems

• Using birth control pills for five years or more• Giving birth to three or more childrenEven if women receive the HPV vaccine at an early age,

they still need regular Pap tests and HPV screening asrecommended by their physicians once they become sex-ually active. The vaccine is not effective against all typesof HPV viruses, so the Pap test is needed to detect andtreat cell changes caused by those before they developinto cervical cancer.

For more information about Cervical Health Aware-ness Month, go to www.nccc-online.org. – This article pro-vided courtesy of Amery Regional Medical Center andQuorum Health Resources.

CHURCH NEWS

One year, my twin sister and I decided to celebrateour birthday together in a northern Michigan cabin.Unused to the Upper Peninsula snowbelt, we met,celebrated in an uninsulated cabin, and left for homein a snowstorm. My sister, headed back to Lansing,made it across the big bridge just before they closed itto further traffic. My trip west required total concen-tration. I dared not let my gaze waver or take myhands off the wheel for a second, or I’d have been inthe ditch like other vehicles I saw.

The narrow path became harder and harder to see.Snowplows and school buses driving kids homeearly were about the only vehicles on the highway.Increasingly anxious and cautious as the slushy snowpiled up, I debated stopping at a motel midwayhome. But if I turned off – out of my narrow drivinglane – I might spin around and get stuck in the ditch.Hours later, I arrived home exhausted but safe. Neversince have we celebrated our December birthday to-gether in the north woods.

Sometimes life paths seem treacherous, too. Whenthe going is easy, we tend to veer off and enjoy thescenery, so to speak. That can cause us trouble if wegive in to the temptations of illicit, immoral or illegalbehavior. Many things can tempt us to take our gazeoff our path – things such as pride in ourselves,overindulgences or fear.

God doesn’t promise us that the going will be easy.In fact, Jesus says, “Enter by the narrow gate; forwide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to de-struction; and there are many who go in by it, be-cause narrow is the gate and difficult is the waywhich leads to life.” (Matthew 7:13-14)

It doesn’t take much to veer off God’s straight andnarrow course. Keeping our eyes on his path can bedifficult, but he promises to help us. “Come to me, allyou who labor and are heavy laden, and I will giveyou rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,for … my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”(Matthew 11:28-30)

Thus, while it is difficult, relying on God will makeit easier.

God wants us to keep our eyes on his path, be-cause, “His way is perfect. The Word of the Lord isproven; he is a shield to all who trust in him.” (2Samuel 22:31)

Lord, help us to keep our eyes on your narrow path evenwhen it’s as hard to navigate as a vehicle in a snowstorm.In Jesus’ name, amen.

Bair may be reached at [email protected].

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everyone for their support, cards and concern during our time of loss. A special thanks to

Webster School, Regional Hospice, Marshfield Clinic in Rice Lake and Spooner Hospital.

We are truly grateful. Thanks again.

Carol Mulroy & Family

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Thursday, January 26 Registration starts at 1:30 p.m.

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our beloved son and brother, Benjamin. God’s peace and blessings to you.

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OBITUARIES

Gerald “Jerry” KellermanGerald “Jerry” Kellerman, 78, Luck, passed away Jan.,

12, 2012, at Regions Hospital.Jerry was born in St. Paul, Minn.,

on Aug. 23, 1934. He was a musicianand an entertainer.

He was preceded in death by cher-ished daughter, Elizabeth; parents,Mathilda (Ramacier) and Williamand Sigrid Kellerman; sister, Eliza-beth Tautges; and brother, DonaldKellerman.

He is survived by loving wife,Kathleen “Kate”; and son, Edmundof Lake Nebagamon; three grandchildren, Clinton(Mindy), Kelly, and Holly (Curtis) Baier; six great-grand-children; and brother, William of San Jose, Calif. Jerry wasthe founder and leader of the Harmonica Hi Hats and astand-up comic. He retired as business agent of the TwinCities Musicians Union in 1997.

Mass of Christian Burial was held at St. John the Evan-gelist Catholic Church, in Little Canada, Minn. on Mon-day, Jan. 16. Interment was at St. John’s Church Cemetery.A memorial Mass will be held at St. Dominic CatholicChurch in Frederic on Friday, Jan. 27, at 10:30 a.m. In lieuof flowers, memorials preferred.

The Mueller-Bies Funeral Home, Roseville, Minn., wasentrusted with arrangements.

Clarice K. LangelClarice K. Langel, Luck, died Jan. 8, 2012, at the Amery

Regional Medical Center.Clarice was born Aug. 2, 1936, in Luck, to Christian and

Elsie Johansen. Clarice grew up in the Milltown area onher dad’s farm.

The youngest of two daughters, Clarice, was a devotedwife and mother. In school, she excelled in music, per-forming on the clarinet, a skill carried on by two daugh-ters and her granddaughter. She also was a baton twirlerfor the marching band.

Clarice was a 1955 graduate of Milltown High School.She worked in Minneapolis right out of high school.

She was married to Donald Langel on June 8, 1957, andto this union, four children were born. She worked as areceptionist for a doctor’s office in Eau Claire and laterwas a receptionist at Maxwell Heating in Luck for 20years.

She was preceded in death by her parents.She is survived by her husband, Don; a son, Jim Langel

of Milltown; three daughters, Ann Langel (husbandKevin Pachucki) of Madison, Kay Langel of Baldwin andGail (husband Nathan Hibbs) of Dickinson, N.D.; fourgrandchildren, Tatia, Logan, Jeret and Mason Hibbs; a sis-ter, Louanne Ament of Mesa, Ark.; an aunt, Sylvia John-son of Canyon Country, Calif.; nieces, nephews, extendedfamily and friends. Her grandchildren were the light ofher life.

She enjoyed bowling for the Dee’s Café and Park Av-enue Salon teams. In the 1970s, she worked diligently be-hind the scenes of the Luck Winter Carnival pageant. Shealso spent countless hours doing ceramics at the Brimble-coms’ Ceramics Shop in downtown Luck.

Clarice loved camping with her family and was a bigfan of the Green Bay Packers, Wisconsin Badgers andLuck Cardinals. She enjoyed crossword puzzles, knit-ting, crocheting and cross-stitching. She enjoyed watch-ing the ships at the Duluth Harbor on Lake Superior, andsome of her favorite vacations were to Branson, Mo.,around Lake Superior into Canada, and to NASCARraces in Michigan and Phoenix (she was a Jeff Gordonfan). Most of all, she was known for her keen sense ofhumor.

Funeral Mass was held at St. Dominic Catholic Churchin Frederic on Friday, Jan. 13, with Father Dennis Mullenofficiating. Music was provided by Kathy Tweet andMary Lou Daeffler. Honorary pallbearers were Max Lit-tlefield, Jerry Spies, Louie D’Jock, John Donlin, KevinPachucki and Nathan Hibbs. Interment will be in thespring at St. Dominic Catholic Cemetery.

Family friends, Bruce and Ray Rowe of Rowe FuneralHome in Luck, were in charge of arrangements. Onlinecondolences may be left at www.rowefh.com orwww.wicremationcenter.com.

Lila NelsonLila Nelson went to join her husband in heaven on his

birthday, Jan. 13, 2012. Our dear mom, gramma andgreat-gramma was 94 years, 18 days old.

She was born Dec. 26, 1917, in Minneapolis, Minn., andgrew up near Sarona and Bone Lake. Lila and Marvinwere married in 1938, lived mainly near Milltown, Cen-turia and Balsam Lake, and raised six children.

She is preceded in death by granddaughters, JoylynnPalmer and Tiffany Nelson; son, John Nelson; husband,Marvin Nelson; daughter-in-law, Jill Nelson; and brother,Clarence Neely.

She is survived by Donna (Nelson) (Leo) Holm of Bal-sam Lake, Janice (Jim) Oeffler of Frederic, Gary (Theresa)Nelson of St. Croix Falls, Gloria (Richard) Palmer of LakeOswego, Ore., Renaye (Lawrence) Johnston of Skiatook,Okla. and Sandy Hunter (Dan) Schmidt of Woodbury,Minn.; and sister, Edith Neely Nelson Davidson of Cody,Wyo. She has 25 grandchildren, 48 great-grandchildrenand nine great-great-grandchildren.

Family was everything to Lila, and she lived her lifeloving Jesus. She gave people rides to church, prayed forand supported missionaries and shared garden producewith many. She also served as a deaconess at her church.She excelled in ingenuity and creativity. Farming, gar-dening, cooking, canning, sewing, upholstering andmany crafts were done to perfection.As co-owner of Nelson Greenhouse, her floral arrangingwas her passion, which blessed many.

Lila resided at United Pioneer Home since January of2001. Her kindness to others continued to be expressedby folding laundry, arranging flowers, helping other res-idents get around in their wheelchairs and reading theBible to others.

A memorial service was held Tuesday, Jan. 17, at EastBalsam Baptist Church with burial at New Home Ceme-tery in Eureka.

Rowe Funeral Home, Luck, was entrusted witharrangements.

Stephen “Steve”William Maddux

Stephen “Steve” William Maddux,40, Spooner, formerly of Haywardand Edina, Minn., passed awaypeacefully at St. Mary’s Hospital inDuluth, Minn., on Jan. 10, 2012, sur-rounded by his family.

Steve loved to sing karaoke, dance,and make people laugh. He was thelife of any party! The Vikings werehis team even though us cheeseheadstried to convert him to the Packers,he refused. Steve’s favorite entertainment was watchinghis favorite TV show, “The Deadliest Catch/Time Ban-dit.” He became an adopted member of the “Time Ban-dit” crew, as well as a friend of the CEO and staff at theDiscovery Channel. They sent him boxes of goodies,DVDs, hats, shirts, jackets, etc. Even phone calls from theHillstrand Brothers and also their mom, who prayed withus on the phone. Last May Steve had a chance to meet theguys in person in Milwaukee, with backstage passes, andbecame a “bro.” He lived for this show and his relation-ship with these tough Alaskan crab fishermen; they madehim feel important and loved. For his 40th birthday, hereceived a gold crab crew charm which he never took off.

He was preceded in death by beloved grandmotherand best friend, Rita Morse.

Steve is survived by his mother, Joanne Maddux; spe-cial friend, George Vespa; father William R. Maddux Jr.;sisters Julie Ketcher (Todd), Jeanne Monchamp (Matt);several nieces and nephews; along with other relativesand friends.

A celebration of life will be held Saturday, Jan. 21, from1-4 p.m., at Jerseys, 301 Walnut St., Spooner.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the fam-ily. Funds from the memorials will be used to benefitlocal organizations in Steve’s name.

The Taylor Family Funeral Home, Spooner, was en-trusted with arrangements. Online condolences can bemade at www.scalzo-taylor.com.

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The family of Mary Jane Johnson

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sad time. Special thank-you to Amery

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to thank you for your kind expression of sympathy. During the last seven years of Dad’s life, he was shown care and compassion by the staff at Siren Capeside Cove and the Burnett Medical Center in Grantsburg.

How truly grateful we are for your caring thoughts, cards and flowers. Also, thank you for contributions to the Siren United Methodist Church Building Fund in remembrance of Dad.

We would like to thank Pastor Scott for his support and ministry during this difficult time. We are thankful for the beautiful music provided by Kathy and Rich Hutchison that honored Dad’s memory. Many thanks to the United Methodist Women for preparing and serving the delicious lunch following the funeral. Our gratitude, also, to the Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Chapel for their gracious support.

God bless you for your kindness. The Family of Harry Rudisell

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He loved me, yes, I knew Him, He bound me with the cords of love!

And then he bound “me to Him.” Arvid was blessed with an enormous number of true

friendships during his lifetime and he cherished his visits and talks with each one of you. His family and I want to thank you for sharing in his life.

Words cannot express the love you sent with plants, flow - ers, monies, food, the beautiful cards and gracious notes you wrote to us; the wonderful luncheon our sisters served; to Pastor Scott Sagle for your wonderful help; to our effi - cient Frederic Rowe Funeral Home care.

There are no words good enough to cover the words “Thank you so much and your love.”

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CHURCH NEWSLittle girl's "boyfriend" part of

childish fantasyQ: Our 4-year-old daughter has been

talking a lot about having a"boyfriend." Recently, while playingwith some neighborhood kids, she anda boy of the same age kept going offinto a corner of the yard "to be alone."Should I be worried about this?

Jim: Our counselors at Focus on theFamily have addressed this issue in thepast. In essence, there's no reason to beoverly concerned about this type of be-havior. Your daughter is simply engag-ing in childish make-believe.

However, it's worth asking yourselfexactly why her playtime activities areso heavily focused on dating. Her be-havior strongly suggests that she's imi-tating attitudes and actions that she'sseen modeled elsewhere.

If I were to take a guess, I'd say she'sprobably gotten this preoccupationfrom the media. Much of the TV pro-gramming aimed at tweens, while notsexually explicit, is focused on male-fe-male relationships, dating and so on. Ifyou're allowing your daughter to watchTV shows of this nature, it would be agood idea to put a stop to it until she'solder. It' also possible that her preoccu-pation with boyfriends has come fromher peers (who may themselves be

viewing programs aimed at older view-ers), or from an older sibling who hasentered the dating years.

Whatever her inspiration, if the be-havior continues, we'd suggest you gen-tly take your daughter aside and ask herwhere she learned about such things.Tell her how glad you are that her groupof friends includes both boys and girls,and encourage her to spend time play-ing with both. Then explain that girlsdon't have to have "boyfriends" untilthey're much older. A simple conversa-tion of this nature, without making a bigdeal about it, will likely do the trick.

•••Q: My husband and I were recently

married. We're both senior citizenswho lost our spouses over the last fewyears. Now that we're remarried, we'renoticing that we bring up our priorspouses often. We're struggling withhow to stay focused on each other andthe people we are, and not how ourprevious spouses did things. Can youhelp?

Juli: Congratulations on your new

marriage! With all the books written onmarriage, there are not many that ad-dress your unique situation.

The spouses that you lost are an im-portant part of your histories. Not talk-ing about them would be like notmentioning your career or your chil-dren. It would be stifling and unnatural.You'll never forget the years you spenttogether, nor should you. However,your statement about staying focusedon each other is key.

Although you will talk about yourprevious spouses, avoid statements thatcould be interpreted as a comparison.For example, there's a big difference be-tween telling an endearing story abouthow Bob could never fix the faucet andsaying, "Bob always made me laughwhen I was sad. I miss that."

It would be helpful for you and yourhusband to have an open conversationabout which statements are distancingor hurtful to the other. Maybe you'resensitive when your husband talksabout how beautiful his first wife was.Let him know those triggers so that hecan be sensitive to them. You both needa safe place to process things that maybe difficult for you to talk about to-gether.

Finally, give yourselves permission toinvest in this new marriage. There canbe a lot of hidden feelings of guilt andgrief that keep you from enjoying what

you have together. You might feel thatyour marriage is in some way a betrayalof your former spouse. Your adult chil-dren may have feelings and opinionsthat reinforce that fear. The truth is thatyou and your husband are God's provi-sion for each other today. Enjoy and in-vest together!

•••Jim Daly is president of Focus on the

Family, host of the Focus on the Familyradio program, and a husband and father oftwo. Dr. Juli Slattery is a licensed psychol-ogist, co-host of Focus on the Family, authorof several books, and a wife and mother ofthree. Submit your questions to: FocusOn-TheFamily.com. Copyright 2011 Focus onthe Family, Colorado Springs, CO 80995.International copyright secured. All rightsreserved. Distributed by Universal Uclick,1130 Walnut St. Kansas City, MO 64106;816-581-7500. This feature may not be re-produced or distributed electronically, inprint or otherwise, without written permis-sion of Focus on the Family.

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METHODIST ATLAS UNITED METHODIST Pastor Carolyn Saunders, 715-463-2624 Sunday School - 11 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m. CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST - GRANTSBURG Pastor Carolyn Saunders, 715-463-2624 Worship - 9 a.m.; Sunday School - 10:30 a.m. DANBURY UNITED METHODIST Cindy Glocke, Pastor, 715-866-8646 Sunday Worship - 9 a.m. GRACE UNITED - WEBSTER Cindy Glocke, Pastor, 715-866-8646 Sunday Worship - 10:30 a.m. HOLY TRINITY UNITED METHODIST [email protected] 1606 165th Ave., CTH I, Centuria Pastor Freddie Kirk, 715-485-3363 Pastor Tammy Clausen Sunday Worship - 8:30 a.m. LAKEVIEW UNITED - HERTEL Pastor Jack Starr Wor. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - during worship hour LEWIS MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST Tom Cook, Pastor Worship 8:45 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 10 a.m.

McKINLEY UNITED METHODIST Pastor Annie Tricker Sun. Worship 11 a.m.; Sun. School 11 a.m. Potluck dinner 1st Sunday OSCEOLA UNITED METHODIST [email protected] 306 River Street, Osceola, 715-755-2275 Pastor Mark Gilbert Adult Class - 8:30 a.m.; Sunday School 10 a.m. Sunday Worship - 10 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st Sunday ST. CROIX FALLS UNITED METHODIST Rev. Mike Weaver Sunday Worship Service - 10 a.m. Sunday School is at 9 a.m., Nursery available ST. LUKE UNITED - FREDERIC Pastor Arveda “Freddie” Kirk, 715-327-4436 Pastor Tammy Clausen Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. SIREN UNITED METHODIST Tom Cook, Pastor Sunday School 9 a.m. Worship - 10:15 a.m. (Nursery available) TAYLORS FALLS UNITED METHODIST 290 W. Government Street, 715-294-4436 Reverend Dr. Rolland Robinson Sunday Service - 10 a.m. with nursery Sunday School - Sept. - May at 10 a.m. WOLF CREEK UNITED METHODIST Rev. Mike Weaver Sunday Worship - 8:15 a.m.

COVENANT

CALVARY COVENANT - ALPHA Pastor Scott Sagle, 715-689-2541 Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Worship 10:30 p.m.; Elevator provided, welcome SIREN COVENANT Pastor Dave Guertin 7686 Lofty Pines Drive, Siren, 715-349-5601 Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m. UNITED COVENANT - CLEAR LAKE Pastor Dan Pearson Sunday School 8:45 a.m.; Worship 10 a.m.

CATHOLIC

ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Rev. Thomas E. Thompson, 715-247-3310 255 St. Hwy. 35, East Farmington Mass Friday 9 a.m.; Sacrament of Penance Sat. 3:30 p.m. CHURCH OF ST. JOSEPH Pastor - Father Frank Wampach 490 Bench St., Taylors Falls, 651-465-7345 Sat. Vigil 5:30 p.m.; Sun. 7:30 & 10:30 a.m. Tues. - Thurs. 7:30 a.m. OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP Danbury - 7586 St. Rd. 77, 715-866-7321 Pastor - Father Michael J. Tupa Mass - Sat. 4 p.m., Fri. 9 a.m. (Sept.-May). Reconciliation as per bulletin & by appt. O UR LADY OF THE LAKES Balsam Lake - Rev. John A. Drummy, Pastor - 405-2253 Mass: Sat. eves. 6 p.m.; Sun. 8:30 a.m.; Tues. 5:30 p.m.; Fri. 9 a.m.Sacrament of Reconciliation 7:30 a.m. Sun. or by appt. SACRED HEARTS OF JESUS & MARY Pastor Father Michael J. Tupa CTHs A & H - 715-866-7321 Crescent Lake Voyager Village area. Mass Sun. 8 a.m., Thurs. 9:30 a.m. Reconciliation as per bulletin and by appt. ST. DOMINIC - FREDERIC & IMMACULATE CONCEPTION - GRANTSBURG CATHOLIC MASS SCHEDULE Pastor: Rev. Dennis M. Mullen, 715-327-8119 St. Dominic: Sat. 4:30 p.m.; Sun. 10:30 a.m. Immaculate Conception: Sat. 6:30 p.m.; Sun. 8:30 a.m. Call the office for daily & holy day Mass times ST. ANNE PARISH Rev. Thomas E. Thompson, 715-247-3310 139 Church Hill Rd., Somerset Mass Sun. 8:30 a.m.; Wed. 9 a.m. Sacrament of Penance Sun. 8 a.m.

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ADVENTIST

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST - FREDERIC 609 Benson Road; Pastor Curtis Denney Sat. Worship 11 a.m.; Sabbath Schl. 9:30 a.m.

ALLIANCE

ALLIANCE CHURCH OF THE VALLEY 1259 Hwy. 35 S., St. Croix Falls Sunday Worship: 9 & 11 a.m.

BIBLE FELLOWSHIP WORD OF LIFE CHURCH Meeting in homes. Elder: Cliff Bjork, 715-755-3048 Sun. Fellowship - 10 a.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

LUTHERAN BALSAM LUTHERAN CHURCH 1115 Mains Crossing, 1/2 Mile South Hwy. 8 On 110th St.; Sun. Worship 9 a.m.; Sun. School 10:15 a.m. Wed. Bible Study 8:30 a.m.; Wed. LOGOS 3:20 p.m. BEAUTIFUL SAVIOR LUTHERAN (WELS) Gene E. Jahnke, Pastor, 715-635-7672, Hm. 715-354-7787, Hwy. 70 at 53, Spooner Sun. Wor. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School & Bible Classes For All - 10:45 a.m. BETHANY LUTHERAN - BRANSTAD Pastor Jay Ticknor, 715-463-5746 3 miles So. of Grantsburg on Hwy. 87 Sun. Schl. - 9:30 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m. BETHANY LUTHERAN - SIREN Hwy. 35, 1/2 blk. N. Main St. Interim Pastor Andrew Hinwood Pastoral Serv. 715-349-5280 Sun. Worship - 8:30 a.m,; Sun. School 9:45 a.m. BETHESDA LUTHERAN - DRESSER (LCMC) www.bethesdalutheran.ws Pastor Peter Rimmereid, 715-755-2562 1947 110th Ave., Dresser Sunday Contemporary Service 8:30 a.m.; Education Hour 9:45 a.m. (Starts 9/18/11); Sunday Traditional Service 10:45 a.m. BONE LAKE LUTHERAN [email protected] Pastor Mary Ann Bowman, 5 mi. E. of Luck on Hwy. 48, 1/2 mi. S. on I; Office - 715-472-2535 Pastor - 715-472-8153, 8:45 a.m. Prayer; 9 a.m. Sun. Schl. & Adult Bible Study; 10:30 a.m. Worship; 11:30 a.m. Fellowship Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays CHRIST LUTHERAN (LCMS) Pipe Lake CTH G & T, 715-822-3096 Pastor Steve Miller Sun. Serv. 10:45 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:15 a.m. during schl. yr.; Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sun. www.christlutheranpipelake.com CLAM FALLS LUTHERAN (AALC) Pastor Gary Rokenbrodt - 715-653-2630 www.clamfalls-zion-aalcparish.net Communion 1st Sun.; Worship 10:15 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m. FAITH LUTHERAN - BALSAM LAKE [email protected] Pastor Diane Norstad 715-485-3800; CTH I & Mill Street Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:20 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st & last Sundays FAITH LUTHERAN - GRANTSBURG Pastor Victor St. George, 715-463-5388 Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School 10:45 a.m. FIRST EVAN. LUTHERAN 561 Chestnut St., Taylors Falls, MN 651-465-5265 Traditional Worship - 8:30 a.m.; Contemporary Worship - 11 a.m. FIRST LUTHERAN - CUSHING Pastor Dorothy Sandahl, 715-648-5323 or 715-648-5324 Sun. Wor. 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9 a.m. FRISTAD LUTHERAN - CENTURIA ELCA - 501 Hwy. 35, 715-646-2357, Mel Rau, Pastor Sun. Wor. & Holy Communion - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:40 a.m. GEORGETOWN LUTHERAN - ELCA Rt. 1, Balsam Lake, WI (Fox Creek) Pastor Neal Weltzen; GT Office - 715-857-5580, Parsonage - 715-822-3001, TR Office - 715-822-3001 Wors. Serv. 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:15 a.m.; Holy Communion - 1st Sun. of each month GRACE LUTHERAN - WEST SWEDEN Phone 715-327-4340, 715- 416-3086 , 715-327-8384 Pastor Theresa Riewestahl Worship 9:15 a.m.; Sun. School 10:30 a.m. Communion - 1st & 2nd Sundays IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - FREDERIC (Missouri Synod) Pastor Jody R. Walter, 715-327-8608 Sun. Schl. - 8:45 a.m.; Service - 10:30 a.m. Communion - 1st, 3rd & 5th Sun. LAKESIDE COMMUNITY LUTH. - ELCA CTH H, 1/2 mi. N. of CTH A & H on H Church Off. 715-635-7791 Pastor Bill Schroeder Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.; Sun. Worship 10 a.m. LAKETOWN LUTHERAN - CUSHING Pastor Dorothy Sandahl Sun. Wor. 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:30 a.m. LUCK LUTHERAN 510 Foster Ave. E. Pastor Ralph Thompson Office 715-472-2605; Home 715-472-8424 Sun. Wor. 8 &10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl 9 a.m.

MILLTOWN LUTHERAN 113 W. Main St.. W., Phone 715-825-2453 Pastor Nanette Hagen-Hinck Children’s Sunday Schl. 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays; 9:15 a.m. Sunday Worship NEW HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH Pastor Emory Johnson, 715-463-5700 www.newhopelutheranchurch.org 685 W. State Road 70, Grantsburg Sun. Wor. Serv. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m. Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays NORTH VALLEY LUTHERAN Pastor Maggie Isaacson, 715-825-3559 3 mi. W. of Milltown on “G” Sun. Wor. - 9:15 a.m.; Wed. Wor. 6:30 p.m. Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays OUR REDEEMER LUTHERAN, (LCMS) WEBSTER Pastor Gerald Heinecke Church Phone 715-866-7191 Sun. Schl. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Wor. - 10:30 a.m. Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays PEACE LUTHERAN - DRESSER (ELCA) 2355 Clark Road, Dresser, WI, 715-755-2515 Web site: plcdresser.org Pastor Wayne Deloach, Intern Melissa Carmack Sun. Wor. 8:30 & 11 a.m., Sun. Schl. 9:35 a.m. PILGRIM LUTHERAN - FREDERIC (ELCA) Interim Pastor Andrew Hinwood 507 Wisconsin Ave. N., 715-327-8012 Sun. Worship - 10:.30 a.m. Holy Communion 1st & 2nd Sundays www.pilgrimlutheranfrederic.org REDEEMER EV. LUTHERAN (Wisconsin Synod) Pastor Gene DeVries 200 N. Adams St., St. Croix Falls Sun. Wor. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 8:30 a.m. ST. JOHN’S EV. LUTHERAN (Wis. Synod) 350 Michigan Ave., Centuria Sun. Worship - 10:45 a.m.; Sun. School - 10 a.m. ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN - LCMC 1614 CTH B, North Luck, Pastor Rob Lubben Sunday Worship - 9 a.m. Contact Leslie Valentine, 715-646-2390; E-mail: [email protected] SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY LUTHERAN (Missouri Synod) 140 Madison St. South, St. Croix Falls Pastor Mark K. Schoen Sun. Service - 9 a.m.; Sun.School - 10:30 a.m. TRINITY LUTHERAN - ELCA 10 mi. W. of Cumberland on Hwy. 48 (McKinley) - Pastor Neal Weltzin GT Office 715-857-5580, Parsonage 715-822- 3001, TR Office - 715-822-3001 Wor. Serv. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:15 a.m. Holy Communion - 1st Sunday TRINITY LUTHERAN LCMS, DANBURY Pastor Gerald Heinecke Home 715-327-8608; Church 715-866-7191 Sunday Worship Service - 8 a.m. Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays TRINITY LUTHERAN - FALUN Hwy. 70 East, 715-689-2271, Pastor: Carl Heidel Worship 9 a.m.; Sunday School 10:15 a.m. Communion -Every Sunday TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN - OSCEOLA 300 Seminole Ave. (CTH M) Mark Kock, Pastor, 715-294-2828 Sunday Worship 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.; Summer, 9 a.m. WEST DENMARK LUTHERAN Pastors Mike & Linda Rozumalski 1 mi. west of Luck on N, 2478 170th St., Luck Sunday Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m. Fellowship 11 a.m.

WEST IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - ELCA Rev. Rexford D. Brandt 447 180th St., Osceola, 715-294-2936 Sun. Wor. 8 & 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:15 a.m. Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month YELLOW LAKE LUTHERAN 1/2 mi. W. of Hwy. 35 on U, 715-866-8281, Pastors Douglas Olson, Roger Kampstra and Myron Carlson Services begin at 9:30 a.m.; Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday ZION LUTHERAN - BONE LAKE (LCMC) 5 miles E. of Frederic on W, 2 miles south on I; Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m. Communion - 1st Sunday ZION LUTHERAN - EAST FARMINGTON (WELS ) Pastor Martin Weigand - 715-294-3489 Sunday Schl. 9 a.m.; Bible Class 9:30 a.m. Worship Serv. 10:30 a.m. Communion - 1st & Last Sunday

ZION LUTHERAN - MARKVILLE Pastor Tim Faust Worship - 11 a.m.; Sunday School - 10 a.m. Holy Communion - 1st & 3rd Sunday ZION LUTHERAN - TRADE LAKE Pastor Theresa Riewestahl 715-327-8384, 715-416-3086 Fellowship - 10:30 a.m., Sun. Schl. 9:45 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m., Communion - 1st & 2nd Sundays

PRESBYTERIAN

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN Rev. Bruce Brooks - 715-483-3550 719 Nevada St. , (between Simonson & Tower Roads) , St. Croix Falls Worship - 10 a.m. (Nursery provided) Sun. Schl. - Child.- 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - Adults - 8:45 a.m.; Communion 1st Sunday

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER Pastor Father Frank Wampach, 651-465-7345 25293 Redwing Ave., Shafer, MN Sunday 9 a.m. ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST Pastor Father Michael J. Tupa, 715-866-7321 Cedar & Muskey Ave. - Webster Mass Sun 10 a.m., Wed. 5:30 p.m. (Sept-May), Fri. 9 a.m. (Summer) ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC 1050 North Keller Ave., Amery, 715-268-7717 Father John Drummy, Pastor Sat. Mass 4 p.m., Sun. Mass 10:30 a.m. Mass Wed. & Thurs. 9 a.m. ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC Rev. Thomas E. Thompson, 715-294-2243 255 E. 10th Ave., Osceola Masses: Sun. 10:30 a.m., Tues. 5 p.m. Thurs. at 10 a.m. at Osc. Nursing Home

ASSEMBLY CENTURIA ASSEMBLY OF GOD Pastor Don Wiltshire, 715-640-6400 Centuria - Phone 715-646-2172 Sunday Service: 10 a.m. OSCEOLA COMMUNITY CHURCH Pastor Larry Mederich, 715-294-4332 www.occconnect.org Mtg. @ St. Croix Art Barn; Sun. Serv. - 9 a.m. Nursery and children church SIREN ASSEMBLY OF GOD Pastor Andrew Bollant Sun. Schl. - 9:15 a.m.; Morn. Serv. - 10:15 a.m.; Supervised Nursery; Wed. Evening - Worship Serv. 6:30 p.m.

EVANGELICAL APPLE RIVER COMMUNITY (EFCA) Pastor Bruce Tanner, 715-268-2176 942 U.S. Hwy. 8, Amery Sun. Schl. 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m. Wednesday Bible study 7 p.m. CROSSWALK COMMUNITY CHURCH Pastor Greg Lund, 715-327-8767 700 Churchwood Lane; 505 Old CTH W, Frederic Sun. Schl. - 9 a.m.; Morn. Worship - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services Sat. Worship - 6 p.m., Luck Senior Center HOPE EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH Pastor Dave Williams 933 248th St., Osceola Morning Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School Sept.-May 8:45 a.m. Children’s Church & Nursery provided

TRADE RIVER EVAN. FREE Pastor Dale VanDeusen, 715-488-2296 or 715-488-2653 20296 Hwy. 87, Grantsburg Morning Wor. 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 10:45 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services

BAPTIST

EAST BALSAM BAPTIST - BALSAM LK. Pastor Gabe Brennan, 715-857-5411 Wor. Service - 9 a.m.; Sun. School-10:15 a.m. EUREKA BAPTIST 2393 210th Ave., St. Croix Falls Pastor Willis Christenson, 715-483-9464 Sun. School - 10 a.m.; Wor. Service - 11 a.m. FAITH FELLOWSHIP Hwy. 35 and CTH N., Luck Bill McEachern Pastor, 715-485-3973 Sun. Bible study - 9 a.m.; Sun. Wor. - 10 a.m. FIRST BAPTIST - AMERY 131 Broadway St., 715-268-2223; www.fbcamery.org; E-mail: [email protected] Reg. office hours: Tues.-Thurs. 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Pastor Charlie Butt, Lead Pastor; Nick Buda, Associate Pastor Sunday Service: 9 a.m.; All ages Sunday School 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Nursery available FIRST BAPTIST - FALUN Pastor Steve Ward Sunday School - (all ages) - 9:30 a.m. Church Serv. - 10:45 a.m.

FIRST BAPTIST - MILLTOWN Pastor Marlon Mielke, 715-825-3186 Sunday Schl. 9:45 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m., 7 p.m.

FIRST BAPTIST - TAYLORS FALLS, MN Located across from elemen. school on West St., Pastor, Dr. Kevin Schumann; 651-465-7171 Sun. Morn. - Sun. School for all ages - 9 a.m. Morn. Worship - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided. FIRST BAPTIST - WEBSTER Church Phone 715-866-4111 Pastor Tim Quinn Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Worship - 10:45 a.m (Nursery Provided) GRACE CHURCH OF OSCEOLA “The Cure for the Common Church” 722 Seminole Ave., Osceola Pastor Dr. Kent Haralson; 715-294-4222 or 715-755-3454; [email protected] Sun.: Praise & Worship Serv. 9 am., Adult Bible Study 10:45 a.m., Children’s Sun. School 10:45 a.m.

GRACE BAPTIST - GRANTSBURG 716 S. Robert St., Grantsburg, 715-463-5699 Sr. Pastor Brad Moore David Ahlquist, Assoc. Pastor Sun. Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School 11 a.m. LIVING HOPE CHURCH Pastor Doug McConnell Youth Pastor Chris Radtke At Grantsburg High School, 715-463-5794 Sun. Serv. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m. TRADE LAKE BAPTIST Pastor Merrill Olson, Interim Pastor 715-327-8402 Sun. Schl. - 9:15 a.m.; Wor. Serv. - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided.; www.tradelakebaptistchurch.org

CHURCH OF CHRIST CHURCH OF CHRIST - WEBSTER Minister Garret Derouin, 715-866-7157 Musky & Birch St., Avail. in office 9 a.m. - noon, Tues.-Fri.; Sun. Bible Study 9:30 a.m. Worship 10:30 a.m.

WESLEYAN WOODLAND WESLEYAN Dairyland - Rev. Andrea Wittwer 715-244-3649 Sunday School - 10 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

FULL GOSPEL WOOD RIVER CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Pastor Dan Slaikeu 4 mi. SE of Grantsburg on Williams Rd. Worship 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. HOPE FELLOWSHIP OF SOMERSET 231 Bluff Drive, 715-247-2435 Services are Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

CHRISTIAN CENTER

EL SALEM/TWIN FALLS CHRISTIAN CENTER 1751 100th Ave., Dresser Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Evening Services Sun. 6 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m. Call Pastor Darryl Olson at 715-755-3133 for information and directions

CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX

HOLY TRINITY ORTHODOX 523 1st St., Clayton, 715-948-2493 Fr. Christopher Wojcik, Pastor Saturday Vespers - 5 p.m.; Sunday Liturgy - 9:30 a.m. HOLY CROSS ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN Meeting at Zion Lutheran Church, 28005 Old Towne Rd., Chisago City, MN, www.holyx.net Sunday Worship Service 9:30 a.m.

NAZARENE

CALVARY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 510 S. Vincent, St. Croix Falls Pastor Tom Reaume, 715-483-3696 Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:45 a.m. & Wed. 6:30 p.m. FAITH COMMUNITY 7535 Peet St., Danbury, 715-656-4010 Adult Bible Service 9 a.m.; Services: Sun. 10 a.m.; Sunday School during church service.

NONDENOMINATIONAL

CROSSROADS CHRISTIAN CHURCH 2390 CTH A, 1/8 mi. east of A&H intersection Pastor Tryg Wistad, 715-635-9222 [email protected] Sunday Worship: 10 a.m. NEW LIFE COMMUNITY - AMERY Interim Pastor Craig Jorgenson Sunday Worship 10 a.m.; Children’s Church: K to 6th Grade NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY Meets at Dresser Elem. School, Dresser Pastor Tony Minell, 715-417-1982 Sunday Wor. 9:45 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 9:45 a.m. NEW WINE CHURCH - CENTURIA 309 5th Street, , 715-338-2751 Pastor Scott Petznick Sunday Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m.

NORTHERN PINES FRIENDS WOR. GROUP 715-733-0481 or 715-733-0480 for time of meeting.

INTERDENOMINATIONAL RIVER VALLEY CHRISTIAN 1289 160th St. (Hwy. 65), St. Croix Falls, 715-483-5378 Senior Pastors Paul and Sonja Hanson Sunday Adult Bible Class 9 a.m. Worship and Children’s Sunday Schl. 10 a.m.

ST. PETER’S COMMUNITY CHURCH “Faith on Purpose” (Love God, Love People...period) faithonpurpose.org CTH F, Dresser, 715-483-2911 Pastor’s res./office Sunday Worship 10 a.m.

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Heath Tietz has been chosen Fred-eric Middle School’s student of theweek. He is in sixth grade and theson of Joe and Donna Tietz. Heathis involved in band and 4-H. He en-joys reading, sitting with the cows,play with brothers, computer gamesand xbox.He is kind and intelligent.He plans to go to college and be-come a farmer. His greatest influ-ences in his life are his mom, dad,and oldest brother.

Erik Eklof has been chosen Fred-eric Elementary School’s studentof the week. He is in fourth gradeand the son of Carl and Kelli Eklof.Erik is creative, loves to learn, andpays attention to detail. Erik en-joys playing both baseball andfootball and spends lots of his win-ter days reading on his new Kin-dle. Science is Erik’s favoritesubject and one day he hopes tobecome either a scientist or a ma-rine biologist.

Alexis Hufstedler has been cho-sen Frederic High School’s stu-dent of the week. She is afreshman and the daughter ofTammy Ysker and Chad Hufst-edler. Alexis is involved in track,soccer, choir, youth group andvolunteering to help animals inneed. She enjoys running, hang-ing out with friends and doinghair. She is creative, has a brightpersonality, and is a good listener.Her greatest influence in her lifeis her mother.

Brady Barr has been chosen St.Croix Falls Elementary School’sstudent of the week. He is inthird grade and the son ofTheresa and John Barr. Bradyenjoys playing video games andbasketball with his friends. Atschool Brady likes math. Whenhe grows up he wants to be adoctor.

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Alyssa Swenson has been cho-sen Grantsburg Middle School’sstudent of the week. She is inseventh grade and the daughterof Brian and Jodi Swenson.Alyssa is responsible, kind andself-motivated. She is a well-re-spected student leader. Her fa-vorite class is science. She alsolikes reading and writing. Afterschool she spends her time withher youth group or drawing andplaying with her pets.

McKayla Blume has been cho-sen Grantsburg ElementarySchool’s student of the week.She is in second grade and thedaughter of Joe and ShannonBlume. McKayla is responsible,always does her best on herwork and is kind and helpful inclass. Her favorite subject ismath. McKayla loves the pizza atGES and Beauregard’s BigWord. She has two brothers andone sister. She loves pets andwould like to be a veterinarian.

Katie Miller has been chosenGrantsburg High School’s studentof the week. She is a freshmanand the daughter of Kevin andBetsy Miller. Katie always is pre-pared for class, she is insightful,has a positive attitude, has deter-mination and the work she does isoutstanding and thoughtful. She isinvolved in fast-pitch softball, bas-ketball, volleyball and choir. Sheenjoys sports, playing piano andhanging out with friends. Sheplans to go to college.

Kylie Meister has been chosenUnity Middle School’s student ofthe week. She is in fifth gradeand the daughter of Jeri Meister.Kylie is a very positive studentand she shows great improve-ment in her studies. She hasgreat work habits and demon-strates focus and participation.

Connor Eichelt has been cho-sen Unity Elementary School’sstudent of the week. He is in firstgrade and the son of Tonya andEric Eichelt. Connor continues tobe a positive role model in hisclassroom and in school eachand every day. His work is al-ways completed with great effort.He is a great friend to his peersand he is very responsible.

Becca Garvey has been chosenUnity High School’s student of theweek. She is a sophomore and thedaughter of Pam and Mike Garvey.She enjoys horseback riding, read-ing and hanging with friends.Becca is involved in volleyball,baseball and drama club. Her fa-vorite classes are English andmath. After high school she plans toattend college for photography. Sheresides in Centuria.

Jessica Mattson has been cho-sen Luck Middle School’s studentof the week. She is in eighthgrade and the daughter of Daleand Robin Mattson. Jessica is al-ways smiling and fun to bearound. She always does herbest in whatever she does. Sheis involved in FFA, volleyball,shows at the fair, church activitiesand baby-sitting. She enjoyschurch activities, animals andhelping in the barn. Her greatestinfluences in her life are her par-ents.

Alayna Kelch has been chosenLuck Elementary School’s stu-dent of the week. She is inkindergarten and the daughter ofJosh and Shannon Kelch.Alayna’s favorite activities inschool are gym and library. Out-side of school Alayna enjoysplaying with her sisters. She is agreat helper and a nice friend toeveryone.

Kyle Hunter has been chosenLuck High School’s student of theweek. He is a junior and the sonof Scott and Nancy Hunter. Kyleis a tireless worker who alwaysputs forth maximum effort in allhis endeavors. Leadership is oneof his most positive traits. He isrespectful of staff and his peers.He is involved in youth bowlingleague, football, basketball andbaseball. He enjoys hunting, fish-ing, stock car races and sledding.

Danielle Formanek has beenchosen Webster High School’sstudent of the week. She is a jun-ior and the daughter of David andRobyn Formanek. Danielle has anintensely strong work ethic, agreat sense of humor and a greatdeal of self-confidence. She is in-volved in the school play, band,choir, forensics, church group,student council and NHS. She en-joys theater and reading.

Ella Berens has been chosen St.Croix Falls Middle School’s stu-dent of the week. She is in fifthgrade and the daughter of Don-ald Berens and Trudee Bealka.She has two brothers and twosisters. She has nine cats. Sheenjoys painting and playing withher cats. Her favorite subject isart. Ella is a very friendly andconscientious student. She al-ways has a smile on her face.

Travis McCloud has been cho-sen St. Croix Falls High School’sstudent of the week. He is asophomore and the son of Kellyand Sam McCloud. He has anolder sister, Raquel. Travis en-joys listening to music, snow-boarding, riding bike and hangingout with friends.

Joshua Teske has been chosenWebster Elementary School’sstudent of the week. He is theson of Laurie Mulroy and RobertTeske. Joshua likes to tell every-one that he is a Tiny Tiger nowand that next year he will be a lit-tle Tiger. He says that when hegrows up he wants to go to thebig school and be a big Tiger.While in the classroom, Joshualikes to work in the learning cen-ters, play with the blocks andpaint at the easel.

Nick Kern has been chosenWebster Middle School’s studentof the week. He is in seventhgrade and the son of Larry andAmber Kern. Nick is very re-spectful and responsible aboutgetting his work in on time. He iskind and willing to work with any-one. He is involved in basketball.He enjoys deer hunting and fish-ing.

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Frankie Bildeau Jr. has beenchosen Siren Elementary School’sstudent of the week. He is inkindergarten and the son ofFrankie Bildeau Sr. and ErikaReynolds. It is evident that Frankievalues education because he is al-ways ready and eager to learn. Hetakes pride in his work and does afine job. Frankie’s favorite classesare art and writer’s workshop. Heis always respectful to others andhelpful in and out of the class-room. He is a positive thinker, hon-est and trustworthy.

Patty Close has been chosenSiren Middle School’s student of theweek. She is in seventh grade andthe daughter of Dave and AprilClose. Patty is kind and conscien-tious at all times, even during mo-ments of great pressure. Pattychallenges herself in and out of theclassroom, to which her goodgrades and her fall debut in theschool musical “Annie” attest. Pattyrepresents the school on sportsteams and in forensics.

Nathan Martin has been chosenSiren High School’s student of theweek. He is and freshman and theson of Julie Fox and Paul Martin.Nathan enjoys playing sports,hunting and fishing. He is a hard-working, conscientious studentwho leads by example. Nathanplayed football and is currently inbasketball. He plans to go to col-lege to be an engineer.

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JANUARYSt. Croix Falls

• SCF royalty is the January recipient of the RiverBuckprogram donations at Central Bank. Stop by Central Bankfor refreshments.

TTHHUURRSSDDAAYY//1199Balsam Lake

• Professional community follow-up meeting on sui-cide prevention at the Justice Center, 8-10 a.m.

St. Croix Falls• UCare health insurance representative at senior cen-ter, 9 a.m., 715-483-1901.

Webster• Arts Burnett County meets at the library, 5-7 p.m., 715-349-8399, [email protected].

FFRRIIDDAAYY//2200Osceola

• Arnell Humane Society meat raffle fundraiser at P.Y.’sSaloon and Grill, 5 p.m., 715-268-7387.

Spooner• Making Money with Sheep and Goats in NorthernWisconsin seminar at the Ag Research Station, 10:30a.m., 715-635-3506 or 800-528-1914.

SSAATTUURRDDAAYY//2211Amery

• A Young Performers Concert at the Northern LakesCenter for the Arts, 7:30 p.m., 715-268-6811.

Grantsburg• American Legion member dinner, 3 p.m., 715-463-5724.• Shakers and Movers series begins at Crex Meadowswith film about Aldo Leopold, 7 p.m., 715-463-2739.

Osceola• Rod & gun club rabbit hunt. Daybreak - 3 p.m. Mustregister by Friday, Jan. 20, 9 p.m. at the clubhouse, 715-755-2633.

Siren• Siren Slam at Northwoods Convention Center. 6:30 p.m.doors open, 7:30 bell time, www.proawf.com., 715-349-7878.

St. Croix Falls• Ice Age Trail Indianhead Chapter annual meeting atthe Ice Age Center in Interstate Park, 9:30 a.m., 715-472-2248.• Meeting of Gaylord Nelson Audubon Society at Inter-state Park interpretive center, includes talk on birds, 1 p.m.,715-483-2282.

Webster• Girls basketball ice-fishing fundraiser on Yellow Lake,9 a.m.-3 p.m. Registration at Ike Walton Lodge.

SSUUNNDDAAYY//2222Luck

• Back-country ski tour of Straight Lake State Park en-trance, 1 p.m. Dean, 715-472-2248.

Siren• Cub Scout ice-fishing tourney on Big Doctor Lake,10 a.m.-3 p.m.

MMOONNDDAAYY//2233Balsam Lake

• Adoption support group, Unity High School band room,7:15 p.m.

Luck• Polk County Genealogy Society meeting at the mu-seum, 2 p.m.

TTUUEESSDDAAYY//2244Clear Lake

• Ronnie Swanson benefit dinner and silent auction atthe junior/senior high school in the commons, 4-7 p.m.

Siren• Burnett County Republican Party will meet at 7 p.m.in Room 162 in the Government Center.

Spooner• Registration deadline for Master Gardener trainingprogram at the Ag Research Station, 800-528-1914.

St. Croix Falls• Open Arms hosted by Alliance Church of the Valley. Mealand fellowship, 5-6:30 p.m., 715-483-1100.

WWEEDDNNEESSDDAAYY//2255Balsam Lake

• Unity Eagles Booster Club’s monthly meeting at6:30 p.m.

Burnett County• Parkinson’s support group, 2 p.m. Call for location,715-689-2163.

TTHHUURRSSDDAAYY//2266Centuria

• Adult grief support group meeting at Holy TrinityChurch, 6:30 p.m., 715-485-3363.

Frederic• Friends of the Library annual meeting, 6:30 p.m., 715-327-4979.

Luck• Film “Casablanca” to be shown at the museum, free,7 p.m.

Siren• Ruby’s Pantry at 24534 Hwy. 35/70. Open 1:30 p.m. Dis-tribution 2 p.m., $15 donation.

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• Booster club soup & sandwich supper fundraiser inthe cafeteria, 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Milltown• Movie night at the library, 7 p.m., 715-825-2313.

Spooner• Using Cover Crops to Improve Soils and Farm Prof-itability seminar at the Ag Research Station, 10:30 a.m.,715-635-3506 or 800-528-1914.

SSAATTUURRDDAAYY//2288Amery

• Candlelight ski & snowshoe starting at Soo Line Park,6 p.m.• “Celebrating the Haggis!” at the Northern Lakes Cen-ter for the Arts, 7:30 p.m., 715-268-6811.

Cushing• Suzy Q’s ice-fishing contest, 715-648-5223.

Danbury• Lions ice-fishing contest on Burlingame Lake, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. For more info, call Klaus, 715-244-3403.

Frederic• Winter Fun Day: Ice-fishing contest, Coon Lake,10 a.m.-3 p.m., 715-529-0913; junior class sale at ele-mentary school, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., 715-653-2620.• Youth soccer registration meeting at the elementaryschool, 9 a.m.-noon, 715-222-9687, www.AYSO.org.

Luck• Wilkins fishing tourney, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., 715-857-5555.

Milltown• Dinner, auction & raffle fundraiser for the Calabriafamily at the community center, 4-9 p.m., 715-472-2273.

Webster• Potluck at the senior center, noon, 715-866-5300.

SSUUNNDDAAYY//2299Amery

• St. Joseph Church’s ice-fishing contest, 7 a.m.-3 p.m.,raffle 3 p.m., on North Twin Lake, dinner at church,11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Osceola• The Splatter Sisters perform at Celebration of Lifeevent at The Gathering Room, 3 p.m., 715-755-2229 orosceolatlc.org.

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AA &/or AlAnon, Polk & Burnett counties, 715-931-8262for time/location. Amery, 715-268-8431.

Divorce care support group at Apple River Commu-nity Church, 715-268-8360, 715-268-2176.

Every MondayIndianhead Barbershop Chorus meets at the Balsam

Lake Government Center, 7:30 p.m., 715-483-9202.Baby and Me class - Amery Medical Center, 1-2 p.m.Grief Share support group at Centennial Hall, Amery,

715-268-2176 or 715-268-8360.Moms In Touch International, First Baptist, Amery,2 - 3 p.m., 715-268-5408, www.momsintouch.com

Every TuesdayBingo - Burnett County Moose Lodge, Siren, 6 p.m.

Survivors of domestic violence & sexual assault sup-port group, Polk Co., 800-261-7233, 6-7:30 p.m.

Anger management group at Amery Regional MedicalCenter, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 715-268-4094.

Every WednesdayWomen of Hope, cancer support group, at SCRMC,

11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., 715-483-0431.Every Thursday

Breastfeeding support group at the St. Croix RegionalMedical Center, 2-3:30 p.m., 715-483-0431.

Narcotics Anonymous meets at the Serenity House (oldjail), Balsam Lake, 7 p.m., 612-205-2321.

Every SaturdayAA meets at the West Denmark Lutheran Church, rural

Luck, 9 - 10 a.m.Open skate at The Lodge Center Arena, Visit the Web

site: burnettyouthhockey.com for special times. Every Sunday

Open skate at Grantsburg Hockey Rink, 4-7 p.m.

A snowy owl is perched waiting for a rabbit or other small animal to make their presenceknown. The snowy owl is a visitor from northern Canada. They nest in the Arctic and travelsouth in search of prey. The black mark on the forehead indicates this is a banded bird, withthe number V60. — Photo by Larry Samson

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On Monday, Jan. 9, nine Webster High School studentsparticipated in the annual Upper St. Croix Valley Music As-sociation Honor Jazz and Concert Band. Top band studentsfrom 10 area schools spent the day at Grantsburg HighSchool rehearsing for their 6:30 p.m. performance. Jazzband was directed by the University of Minnesota’s DeanSorenson and the concert band was directed by AnokaRamsey Community College’s Eric Anderson. Webster stu-dents pictured (L to R) are: Darren Deal, Mary Arnold, GabbySchiller, Caleb Wilson, Olivia Kopecky, Josh Baer, BrittanyMaxwell, Joey Erickson and Matt Smith. – Photo submitted

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