BURNETT COUNTY
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 VOL. 54 NO. 50 www.burnettcountysentinel.com $1.00
100 YEARS OF FOOTBALL: Grantsburg celebrates a century on the gridiron. INSIDE
Roundabout celebrates first year BY TODD BECKMANN SENTINEL
SIREN—Burnett County residents and visiting motorists alike are celebrating the oneyear anniversary of the roundabout intersection at the corner of Hwy. 35 North and Hwy. 70. But depending on who you talk to, perhaps “celebrate” is the wrong word. “How the intersection is signed has been the biggest issue we hear about —motorists are not sure where they should be for where they want to go,” Tammy Chell, member of the county’s traffic safety committee, pointed out. To help motorists solve that dilemma, the Department of Transportation (DOT) installed directional signs for northbound traffic with a round dot representing the roundabout and arrows depicting how traffic from the south should flow to Spooner (east on Hwy. 70) or Superior (north on Hwy. 35). The signs exist for westbound and southbound traffic as well. “We asked the DOT to add Webster and Danbury to that Superior sign because motorists from outside the area are not sure where those towns are. They see Superior and know they don’t want to go that far and end up going the wrong way because they are unsure of where SEE ROUNDABOUT, PAGE 11
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Dance hall days Cole Rooney enjoys his orange drink as he takes in all the festivities of the annual Oktoberfest celebration in Danbury on Saturday. More photos on Page 23.
Their own class reunion BY TODD BECKMANN SENTINEL
WEBSTER—So what do Elwyn Bly, Ethel Daniels, Marian Barber-Johnson, LaVonne Collins, Dorothy Hunter and Lola Louden have in common? Besides all being 89 years old and all being widowed, they were classmates from Webster High School — Class of 1945. Like all high school graduates, they went their separate ways after graduation, had careers, got married, had families, but eventually found their way home to Burnett County.
“I couldn’t wait to get away,” Dorothy recalled. The rest agreed, but here they are back in Burnett. “I think we were all anxious to come ‘home,’” Marian stated. They do partake in the big official reunions the school endorses, like the 35th, the 50th, and so on, but the group takes that to the next level — meeting monthly for lunch. “It’s a chance to get out of the house,” Elwyn explains. “Well, we do have to eat,” Ethel smiled. SEE REUNION, PAGE 6
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Standing in front of the soon-to-be demolished old Webster High School, their alma mater, are (from left) Elwyn Bly, Ethel Daniels, Marian Barber-Johnson, LaVonne Collins and Dorothy Hunter. Missing: Lola Louden.
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