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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2015 VOL. 54 NO. 9 www.burnettcountysentinel.com $1.00
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A Thanksgiving most fowl BY MEG ROD SENTINEL INTERN
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Honoring those who served A small but dedicated group honoring our service men and women marched in the Yellow Lake Veterans Parade along Co. Rd. U on Sunday. Carrying the flags and leading the way included (from left)Gary Parkins, U.S. Army, retired, Rick Doering, U.S. Navy, retired, and Ron Johnson, U.S. Army, retired. Look for photos of today’s Veterans Day observances in next week’s paper.
Holmquist Highway in the works BY TODD BECKMANN SENTINEL
GRANTSBURG—It may take awhile to come to fruition but there is an effort underway to make Highway 87 a memorial highway in honor of Carson Holmquist, the Grantsburg Marine who lost his life in a suspected terrorist shooting in Chattanooga in July. “Carson was born in St. Croix Falls and raised in Grantsburg and we feel it’s only fitting to make the highway connecting both cities a memorial highway in his honor,” Katie Clifford explained. Clifford is just one of many local residents trying to get this ball rolling. “Louie DeMarre created the petition and got this project started,” she
continued. “There are a lot of us area and former Grantsburg residents trying to show our respect.” DeMarre is a fellow serviceman as well as a fellow Grantsburg High School graduate. Clifford said they have been in touch with both Senator Sheila Harsdorf and Rep. Adam Jarchow. “The legislators are in favor of this — it is just a matter of getting the bill created, signed and Holmquist passed,” Clifford pointed out. In fact, DeMarre got an email confirming that very issue.
“We are working closely with Senator Harsdorf’s office on this,” Rep. Jarchow, (R) Balsam Lake, told DeMarre in the email. He said it is not a quick process but the legislators are working on it. “The bill is in drafting right now — then it has to be heard in both Assembly and Senate committees,” Jarchow explained. “The bill would then need to be approved by both the Assembly and the Senate before moving on to the Governor.” According to Clifford, the road would still be Hwy. 87 but there would be an accompanying sign or two stating the road is the memorial highway for Sgt. Carson Holmquist, similar to the Shawn Silvera Memorial section of Interstate 35 south of Forest Lake, Minn.
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GRANTSBURG—Cranberry sauce? Check. Corn-on-the-cob? Check. Sixteen-pound Thanksgiving turkey? That one is pending. It seems that some shoppers living in certain parts of Wisconsin are noticing a decrease in holiday birds in supermarkets — and this is not the fault of some large predators gobbling up the birds, either. The reason for this is a reflection of what happened earlier in the year. Agents for the University of Wisconsin-Madison have more insight on this statewide issue. “Domestic turkeys were hit by the bird flu — big time in spring and early summer,” explained Otto Wiegand, an Agricultural Agent for Washburn, Sawyer, and Burnett Counties. “It is figured that [the virus] came out of Canada.” Kevin Shoessow, an Agricultural Development Agent for the University, assisted Wiegand in explaining the process that infected birds must undergo. When one domestic turkey comes into contact with the virus, it is a threat to all surrounding birds. Therefore, a barn containing 12,000 turkeys (which would commonly be processed later on) must be quarantined by the state with assistance from the USDA. If the barn is tested positive with the virus, all of the birds must be euthanized. This accounts for less turkeys being available in supermarkets, but the exact percentage of loss for this year’s population is still to be determined. Local farms are no exception to the bird flu. A farmer at Beaver Creek Ranch stated that some certified organic turkeys are so scarce, a person who sold birds locally would have to pay over $2 a pound just to
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