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BURNETT COUNTY

WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2016 VOL. 54 NO. 37 www.burnettcountysentinel.com $1.00

DESIGN AN AD: Local 5th graders use their creative skills to design ads for businesses. INSIDE

Answering the call Siren breaks ground on new fire hall BY TODD BECKMANN SENTINEL

ROBIN BLOMBERG

Welcome to the world This fawn’s photo was captured Saturday on the road shoulder just off Big McGraw Road in Blaine Township. The fawn could not even walk yet, making the photographer believe the animal was only an hour or two old when the picture was taken.

Gov. Walker spends a day in Siren BY TODD BECKMANN SENTINEL

SIREN— Following a full morning of activities, from turning over dirt at the Siren Fire Association’s official ground-breaking ceremony to offering remarks at the Burnett County Law Enforcement Memorial – with a constituent listening session in between – Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker sat with local media Thursday and briefly discussed topics of the day.

SIREN—Siren hasn’t seen a new fire hall since 1954, when the department moved into the old creamery building on State Road 70, west of the stoplights. That all changed Thursday when the Siren Fire Association broke ground for its new $1.3 million fire hall. “This project started back in 2012, on my watch,” former fire chief Tom Howe told the three dozen or so attending last week’s ceremony. “It had gotten to the point we just needed more room — we were trying to cram seven trucks into a building that originally could house four.” The Towns of Daniels, Siren and LaFollette, along with the Village of Siren, are the four municipalities which make up the Siren Fire District. “We were delayed a bit when the contract was not awarded when we wanted,” Town of Daniels Chairman Mike Huber said of the facility. “With the six to eight weeks it’ll take for the girders and rafSEE FIRE, PAGE 7

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Former Siren Fire Department Chief Tom Howe (left) and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker were among those participating in Thursday’s groundbreaking ceremony.

‘Look, in the sky — it’s a bird, it’s a plane, no, it’s a clay pigeon’ BY TODD BECKMANN SENTINEL

Listening session For an hour and a half last Thursday morning, Governor Walker listened as invited guests talked about what they like about Wisconsin, where do they see the state in 20 years and how do we get there. “We purposely don’t invite the media because we have found having the media there, especially TV, intimidates people,” the Governor shared. Thursday was the 29th listening session the governor has scheduled to date in 2016. “There are always some unique topics, but usually they are pretty consistent — more jobs to keep young people local, better educational opportunities for those jobs, how to continue to promote tourism and better access to broadband internet,” Gov. Walker described. “The one unique thing we talked about is media coverage of Wisconsin news in this corner of the state — people said it’s frustrating to only hear what’s going on in Minnesota politics and not their own state.” He admitted he didn’t know if anything could be done on that issue in the short term. SEE WALKER, PAGE 6

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SIREN—Sunday brought to a close the second season of Siren High School’s trap shooting team. “It gives kids another opportunity to be involved in an organized sport,” is coach Brad Morris’ reasoning behind getting the team started. “Let’s face it, not every kid is into football or basketball.” In fact, one of his biggest motivations behind offering the sport is that clay target shooting is a skill the kids can use the rest of their lives. “We are all about the outdoors up here in the north SEE TARGETS, PAGE 7

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Members of Siren’s trap team including (from left) Timothy Miller, Russ Cook, Jr. and Noah Koball take aim at some clay targets.

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