BURNETT COUNTY
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2018 VOL. 56 NO. 49 www.burnettcountysentinel.com $1.00
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Smoke shop owner pitches to village board JONATHAN RICHIE EDITOR@BURNETTCOUNTYSENTINEL.COM
SIREN—The owner of Ignite Vapor & Tobacco is interested in a potential store in Siren on State Road 70. The store would be at the former location of Fish Bowl Insurance on the corner of 70 and 1st Ave. Tim Frey was at the meeting representing Ignite V&T and Village President Dave Alden prefaced his presentation by saying no decision was going to be made at the meeting because the public safety sub-committee would have to look over village ordinances. Frey began by saying his store in Spooner has been open since 2016 and his store in Hayward opened earlier this year. He added that his stores pass all checks with local law enforcement and the Bureau Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). “We make sure all of our licenses and permits are up to date with the ATF and their officials,” Frey said. “And our number one rule is never sell to minors.” He continued by saying his business could add SEE VILLAGE BOARD, PAGE 2
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Hunter Tiedt of Webster poses with his four-point buck after shooting and trailing the deer for about 40 yards.
Not your ordinary kindergartener gets first buck JONATHAN RICHIE EDITOR@BURNETTCOUNTYSENTINEL.COM
WEBSTER—Hunter Tiedt, a Webster Elementary kindergartener, killed his first buck in September. Amazing enough, but then you learn Hunter was wearing his two cochlear implants. “I was out there in our stand waiting for the perfect buck,” Hunter recalled. “It was late in the afternoon and I saw others, but the four-point buck I got was the perfect one.” Hunter described the event saying the buck was about 20 yards out when he hit it right in the shoulder.
“It was a great moment for the both of us,” Hunter’s grandfather, Phil Hoss, said. “I knew he got it right away. After he shot it, he trailed it all by himself for about 40 yards.” Next month, Hunter turns six years old. He spent the whole summer practicing to go out hunting. He started with his compound bow. In July, he received his great grandfather Dave’s crossbow so he could start practicing with the real thing. Hunter was born deaf and at 10 months old received two cochlear implants. He then spent a few years at Northern Voices School in Roseville, Minn. His sister, Rylee,
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Board hears options to improve hazardous intersection JONATHAN RICHIE EDITOR@BURNETTCOUNTYSENTINEL.COM
was also born deaf and has two cochlear implants. Vickie Hoss, Hunter’s grandmother, is originally from Webster. She and her husband, Phil, moved back to Webster when her grandkids were born. “We were at Webster Elementary and the kids were passing around my phone with the photo of Hunter and the deer,” Vickie said. “All the kids were talking about it. You could hear the kids saying “Hunter killed a deer” and “Hunter killed a buck.’” Hunter didn’t just kill the deer, he also took part in cleaning it, “I
WOOD RIVER—County Supervisor Don Chell was at the monthly Wood River Town meeting to explain a couple of options for making Wood River intersections safer and more visible. He brought in a spin alert which is a three-sided reflective device that is bolted atop a stop sign. In July, there was a fatal accident at the intersection of Crosstown Road and County Road Y. Wood River Board Supervisor Daryl Wedin has also expressed concern about these intersections. “In the past three to four years, there have been multiple accidents at intersections in Wood River Township, resulting in three fatalities and several others injured,” Wedin told the Sentinel
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