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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2019 VOL. 58 NO. 7 www.burnettcountysentinel.com $1.00
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Tourism dollars continuing to rise JONATHAN RICHIE EDITOR@BURNETTCOUNTYSENTINEL.COM
The group included 24 students, chaperones and staff. After landing in Belize City, the students along with
Last year there was an increase in visitor spending that continues to climb and has now reached its highest mark, over $25 million, since tracking the statistic in 2010. Direct visitor spending increased over 6% in 2018 and reached $25.5 million across Burnett County, according to the BCTC (Burnett County Tourism Coalition.) Emily Gall, marketing consultant for BCTC, gave a year in review report with statistics from Jan. 1 through Dec. 10. She said visitor spending is compiled by a firm the BCTC has been using to compile these stats for the last eight years. County Supervisor, Chuck Anderson, who is also involved with the BCTC said the number is in part derived from sales tax numbers. Gall also brought statistics from the BCTC website and Facebook. Users, sessions and page visits have gone up in 2019 on the BCTC website. On the Facebook page BCTC recently reached
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(From left)Brooklynn Janssen, Hannah Janssen, Jenna Gomulak, Amanda Simon, Ian Sax, Sidney Simon, Brooke Hetfeld, Serena Peck, Emma Zmuda, Kaitlyn Lee, Daisy Dorn, Tanner Pardun pose in Belize City, Belize on the recent trip made by the Webster High School Spanish Club.
Ruins, ziplines and tacos Webster students return from trip featuring Mayan sites
JONATHAN RICHIE EDITOR@BURNETTCOUNTYSENTINEL.COM
In November, a group of Webster High School students headed south to
experience the culture and sights of Belize, Guatemala and Mexico. Members of the Webster High School Spanish Club began their trip flying
around 3,000 miles from the Twin Cities to Belize City, Belize on the edge of the Yucatan Penninsula on the southern tier of North America.
How much do snow storms cost? JONATHAN RICHIE EDITOR@BURNETTCOUNTYSENTINEL.COM
Over Thanksgiving weekend Burnett County and the whole state was hit with a massive snowstorm. Much of the North Midwest was hit by huge amounts of snow while surrounding areas were drowned by rain. During that type of weather Burnett County Highway Department is keeping an eye on the situation happening on the local roads and
highways. They are also keeping an eye on the storm not yet at their doorstep. “The thing with that storm was the wind,” Highway commissioner Mike Hoefs said. “That was the biggest factor with the snowstorm during Thanksgiving.” SEE SNOWSTORMS, PAGE 2 JONATHAN RICHIE | SENTINEL
Plow trucks clearing both lanes on Highway 35/70 during last week’s snow storm.
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