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WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017 VOL. 55 NO. 44 www.burnettcountysentinel.com $1.00
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Roy Ward and Webster High School at the forefront of trade skills SEAN DEVLIN EDITOR@BURNETTCOUNTYSENTINEL.COM
WEBSTER— While the rest of Webster was buckling in for the weekend on Friday, Webster Technical Education Teacher Roy Ward was anxiously awaiting the newest addition to the Webster High School shop, a Haas CNC
Mini Mill. Ward, the expert, describes the machine’s capabilities like this: “Using a piece of raw material or a casting, students will program the mill to perform one or several operations. There are 10 tool holders that can automatically SEE ROY WARD, PAGE 6
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Tom O’Brien, Roy Ward, Larry O’Connell and Craig Honeysett stand in front of the new Haas CNC Mini Mill for the Webster High School shop. STEVE BRIGGS | SENTINEL
Zoo visits Grantsburg Library Ollie, a desert tortoise who resides at Lake Superior Zoo in Duluth, came for a visit Tuesday at the Grantsburg Public Library. The kids and parents turned out in large numbers to see Ollie and many other creatures. Anneliese Snyder (left) and Aurora Bach, both of Grantsburg, take a closer look.
NWE moves closer to buying Centuria Electric
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CENTURIA—Centuria residents will vote in a referendum August 29 on whether to sell their village-owned electric utility to Northwestern Wisconsin Electric Company (NWE) of Grantsburg. SEE NWE, PAGE 7
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After discussing meth, what action do we take? BURNETT COUNTY— Meth needs no introduction. It requires conversation about awareness, education, prevention, and of course, funding. Last week during a discusion held by Restorative Justice and the Burnett Medical Center, conversation was centered around the epidemic of meth in Burnett County. Many were in attendance, including law enforcement, local school emloyees, mental
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health workers, county and village board members, recovering addicts, and more. The questions What have we done so far? and What do we need to do going forward? were discussed. However, the question still remains, Now what? While there is no specific answer, ideas are circulating and leaders of the community are continuing to stand on the front lines. Sheriff Ron Wilhelm brought to the discussion the actions taken up by multiple towns in the United States that have suffered from the
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