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Staffing changes for Amery, Baldwin and Osceola offices Readers and advertisers of Sentinel Publications, owners of the Amery Free Press, Baldwin Bulletin, Burnett County Sentinel, Country Messenger and Osceola Sun, will see bylines and faces from sister offices sharing duties in other offices. April Ziemer, editor of the Free Press, will now serve as editor of the Free Press and Baldwin Bulletin. Jason Schulte, editor of the Baldwin Bulletin, will now serve as editor of the Osceola Sun and Country Messenger. Casey (C.L.) Sill, editor of the Osceola Sun and Country Messenger, continues to write weekly items for the group and is taking on the marketing representative duties for the Baldwin Bulletin. "Our team is strong and will continue to provide the coverage readers expect and deserve," said Tom Stangl, group publisher. "We've not been immune to disruptions in the coronavirus pandemic. We are using all of our resources to give readers and advertisers the best coverage."
You’ve been canned for the band BY APRIL ZIEMER EDITOR@THEAMERYFREEPRESS.COM
APRIL ZIEMER | AMERY FREE PRESS
Bright Independence Day sky People gathered in various areas around the campus of Amery Schools at dusk July 4. Between the moon and the fireworks, the night sky stayed quite lit up with a variety of colors.
Normally you might do a double take if you spotted a toilet in the front yard of a local home. If that is the case, you might be doing a few more double takes these days as the Amery High School Band received news beginning in June, two toilets started circulating around the Amery community. These toilets are rumored to pop up all over the place and are sure to be the talk of the neighborhood. It was announced last spring in December 2020; the Amery High School Band will embark on another one of their cherished band trips. This year’s destination is Florida. Getting the band members to Florida will be costly and a variety of fundraising efforts have already been taking place. The latest, known as “You’ve Been Canned for the Band”, originated during fundraising for the 2016 band trip to New York City. The Band Booster board was looking for new and creative ways to raise money. “Times
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Cam Smith, Brett Forrest and Mac Smith with the last fundraiser.
were changing and a couple of our old fundraisers weren't in the cards any longer. So as we brainstormed and researched ideas that had worked in other parts of the country, we came upon the ‘You've Been Canned By the…’ idea. We changed it just a touched to be ‘Canned For’ and asked the students what they thought about it,” said Shayne Curtis. Curtis said Camden and MacAdam Smith and Brett SEE BAND, PAGE 2
New Amery Summer Concert Series starts July 9 “Safe & Sound” Plan Features Great Music, Friendly People & Social Distancing Amery City Council approved Wednesday an updated proposal to launch a new weekly free to the public summer concert series titled "Amery Summer Thursdays - Music at Michael Park Pavillon" by area event coordinator Woody McBride. “The key words are “Spread Out - Be Safe - Enjoy the music outdoors. We have worked with input from three area city
governments, the Polk County Health Department and local officials to create a COV19 safety plan to move forward with the concerts and talented musicians. Fresh air and great music will help lift people’s spirts - in a lovely spacious socially distanced public park,” says McBride. “We have a better than average sound system for our events and everyone can
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Rex Cactus will open the new summer series at Michael Park at 6 p.m.
spread out and hear everything just fine."
McBride also coordinates geniusoffun.com and successful
summer concerts and events in Barron, St Croix Falls and other communities in the region. “Bring your own lawn chair and snacks, spread out, relax and enjoy,” he adds. “We launched in Barron last week and everyone self-safe-distanced and enjoyed themselves outside.” SEE MUSIC, PAGE 3
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