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Webb Lake gives thanks JONATHAN RICHIE EDITOR@BURNETTCOUNTYSENTINEL.COM
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WEBB LAKE— For the last four years on the Thursday before Thanksgiving the Webb Lake community has gathered at the Webb Lake Town Hall to enjoy a meal and give back to their community. This year the donations honored three persons/ groups. S. Sgt. Timothy Hemquist, who recently returned from Kuwait, where he received care packages from Webb Lake, was one of the honored attendees. They also honored American Legion Auxiliary #403 and North Ambulance, which will move into its new garage in A&H on Jan. 1. Webb Lake Town Hall was packed with almost 100 people in attendance spanning all ages. The event is run by Sharon Knowler. “We’ve been doing this for four years and we always honor different groups,” Knowler said. “We don’t charge anybody for the meal, but people donate what they can because we’re giving back to good causes that are helpful in our community.” Knowler runs a meat raffle at The Cabaret in Webb Lake every Friday night from 6-8 p.m. “We use that money to help people, however we can
Webb Lake residents enjoy their fouth annual Thanksgiving meal. Money donated to the event will go to various Webb Lake events throughout the year.
McNally Industries gets $40 million contract GRANTSBURG—McNally Industries of Grantsburg was recently awarded a five-year military contract with a ceiling of $40 million, the largest contract in the company’s 75-year history. The contract is to manufacture and assemble Mortar Weapons System (MWS) bi-pods for 120mm, 81mm and 60mm mortars. The MWS bipod is a sophisticated two-legged weapons system that assists in supporting, stabilizing and aiming the mortar. The bi-pods cost about $11,000 each. The first release of delivery orders is for a combined 833 systems exceeding $9 million.
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Meth anonymous group eyes expansion JONATHAN RICHIE EDITOR@BURNETTCOUNTYSENTINEL.COM
BURNETT COUNTY— In the past few months Crystal Meth Anonymous (CMA) meetings have been held in Danbury at the Tribal Hall on Sundays and Tuesdays at Lakeside Community Lutheran church in Webster. “Both meetings are open to any and everyone,” said meetings organizer, Shara’lanee’ Staples-Skinaway. “You don’t have to be in the tribe to go to the tribal hall meetings. Last Sunday we had our most at any meeting – 14 people.” Andrew Bruss of Siren has been sober for
over a month and a half after using meth for over eight years. He learned about the CMA meetings through his probation officer and drug court. Bruss said of the 14 people at that meeting, he knew 12 from when he was using. The shared experience is what keeps him coming back. “When I was getting sober I did a lot of reading of a lot of different recovery books,” Staples-Skinaway said. “I donated five or six books to the jail and stuffed them with information about the meetings.” Bruss and Staples-Skinaway both said that narcotics anonymous meetings are helpful, but
the CMA meetings are much more direct and talking with people who have gone through the same things with meth are extremely helpful in the recovery process.
Meth in area Staples-Skinaway’s husband Thomas Skinaway grew up in Burnett County and he said SEE METH, PAGE 6
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