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BURNETT COUNTY

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2015 VOL. 54 NO. 7 www.burnettcountysentinel.com $1.00

THE ‘FITZ’: Tuesday marks 40th anniversary of ore carrier sinking. P2

Taking a stand against meth BY TODD BECKMANN SENTINEL

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Time to celebrate!

HERTEL—The message is clear — people around here are tired of the drugs and the drug dealers. The evidence of that message is equally as clear. “This is the third search warrant we have executed within the past two months and we are getting positive results,” stated St. Croix Tribal Police Chief Frank Taylor. On October 13, the St. Croix Tribal Police Department, along with the Barron County Sheriff’s Department and the Cumberland Police Department executed a search warrant in the Maple Plain Community of Barron County. Taylor said the St. Croix Tribal Police Department was able to interview individuals who provided detailed information about drug activity in the Maple Plain Community. “Community members are stepping up and helping us identify the individuals selling and doing drugs in our communities,” the chief added. “Right now, our department is attempting to link the narcotic trail from Burnett County to these other communities in both Barron and Polk County.” He said the goal is not only to make tribal communities safer, but to send a messages that if anybody chooses to destroy their life and others by bringing heroin or meth or any type of drugs into these communities, the department will find you and arrest you. “If you chose to spend your life selling drugs to others, be careful about who your customer is because you never know what ties that buyer may have,” Tay-

Grantsburg football coach Adam Hale gets a dousing from his players after the Pirates defeated Eau Claire Regis in a Level 2 of playoff game Friday night. See the full story on page 14.

School taxes drop in Webster BY TODD BECKMANN SENTINEL

WEBSTER—The official Third Friday count at Webster netted 10 fewer kids than last year — 666 compared to 676 but according to Jim Erickson, district superintendent, the school can use the declining enrollment exemption through the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) as a way to offset that loss. Consequently, when the school board certified the district’s levy at last week’s meeting the levy, $7,523,974, was down about $132,000. Erickson said the drop in enrollment and no increase in state aid are the two areas which can be blamed for the levy decrease but did note what the board approved SEE TAXES, PAGE 6

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SEE METH, PAGE 6

Why salute a veteran? BY TODD BECKMANN SENTINEL

BURNETT COUNTY—The first Veterans Day, known as Armistice Day, was Nov. 11, 1919 — a day set aside to honor people who have served in the United States’ armed forces. Things haven’t changed all that much in the nearly 100 years since. “Too often we as a society don’t recognize what these people have done and if we didn’t have a day, how would today’s kids ever know about veterans — I go to the schools and there are some kids who don’t even know what a veteran is,” Peggy Moore, command-

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er of the Burnett County VFW, pointed out. It doesn’t take long to realize a lot of the emphasis on celebrating the day is aimed at today’s youngsters. “I don’t think history teaches our kids very much about wars, the people who fought in them and the different places soldiers have gone to serve,” Moore explained. “I have yet to see a history book which talks about Vietnam yet we have this whole era of veterans that no one recognizes.” She doesn’t see this as a good thing. “The only way to teach history in a way the kids can relate to, at least from a veterans point of

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view, is to have the veterans come in and tell their stories,” she continued. John Larson, the commander of the Otis Taylor American Legion Post 96 in Webster, is of a like mind. “Today’s youth are at a great disadvantage when it comes to understanding why the men and women who serve in today’s military are doing what they are doing,” he stated. “A large portion of our country speaks negatively about our military and schools have a hard time teaching and talking about the military in general.” SEE VETERANS, PAGE 7

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