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by Mary Stirrat Leader staff writer BALSAM LAKE — This year marks the 100th anniversary of UW-Extension, and Polk County’s agents celebrated the milestone by serving cake at the Tuesday, June 19, meeting of the county board of supervisors.

Dean Johansen, county board supervisor who chairs the UW-Extension committee, reviewed the history of the UW-Extension program, saying that its roots go back 150 years to when, under President Abraham Lincoln, the United States Congress granted land to institutions of higher learning for agricultural, engineering and science purposes.

Fifty years after that, in 1912, UW-

Extension was established in order to bring the research being conducted at the universities to the public.

The county board unanimously approved a resolution commemorating the 100th anniversary of UW-Extension.

According to the resolution, “Cooperative Extension’s purpose is to teach, learn, lead and serve, connecting people with the University of Wisconsin and engaging them in transforming lives and communities.”

It goes on to commend the UW-Extension and Polk County’s extension educators for their work in connecting the research and knowledge of the University of Wisconsin with the people of Polk County.

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APPLETON – Singer, songwriter and literacy activist Alice Peacock was honored Saturday, June 16, with Lawrence University’s Lucia Russell Briggs Distinguished Achievement Award as part of Lawrence’s annual alumni reunion weekend celebration. Peacock, a native of Luck and a 1988 graduate of Balsam Lake High School, earned a bachelor’s degree in theater-drama from Lawrence in 1992. She is the daughter of Mark and Marina Peacock, Osceola. Since releasing her debut album “Real Day” in 1999, Peacock has lived the dream of a professional independent musician.

Her discography includes the Alice Peacock self-titled “Alice Peacock” which featured the hit “Bliss,” a duet with John Mayer; 2006’s “Who I Am”; “Love Remains” in 2009; and most recently “Myrick/Peacock,” a duo project with longtime collaborator Danny Myrick. Her work has been featured in numerous films and television shows, among them “Because of Winn Dixie,” “Win A Date With Tad Hamilton,” “The Ghost Whisperer” and “Dawson’s Creek.” Inspired by one of her own songs about individuals taking action to make a difference — “I’ll Start With Me”— Peacock partnered in 2003 with Hugh Haller, president of the Camping and Education Foundation and photographer Paul Natkin to create Rock for Reading. The nonprofit organization leverages the power of music to inspire literacy, motivating and empowering people to enrich their lives through reading. Founded in 1847, Lawrence University uniquely integrates a college of liberal arts and sciences with a world-class conservatory of music, both devoted exclusively to undergraduate education. It is ranked among America’s best colleges by Forbes. -submitted

Midsommar concert to feature Swedish singers CENTER CITY, Minn. - The public is invited to a Midsommar Afternoon Swedish Concert at Chisago Lake Lutheran Church in Center City, Minn., on Sunday, June 24. The one-hour concert begins at 3 p.m. with a coffee and gingersnap cookies reception at 4 p.m. on the church patio.

The 2012 Jenny Lind Scholarship winner Josefine Andersson and her pianist, Nigar Dadascheva, will perform. Prior to this concert, they are performing at the Nigar Dadascheva and Josefine Andersson Gustavus Adolphus 150th-anniversary celebration and ending their visit to America with this special concert. Andersson is a mezzo-soprano. Born in Stockholm, she began her studies in Sweden, then in Denmark. She will complete her studies at the Opera Academy in Copenhagen this spring. During her studies, she has performed in several productions at the Royal Opera House in Copenhagen. She has also performed with a young opera company in southern Sweden, the title role in Rossini’s “La Cenerentola.” She is performing the part of Sesto in G.F. Handel’s opera “Giulio Cesare” in Stockholm at the opera house Folkoperan. Dadascheva is the 2012 piano scholar.

Born in Baku, Azerbajdzjan, she started to play the piano at the age of 5. After many years of studies in her home country, she moved to Sweden with her family. She is now completing her studies at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm. She has performed a number of concerts and is mainly working with soloists. She will be using the church grand piano for this performance. There will be a freewill offering. Proceeds will benefit the church window project.

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mately allowed to enter the United States and begin a new life.

Since the 9/11 tragedy, Vodenka has strongly felt that Americans need to be reminded how lucky they are to be free since he knows what it is like to live under an oppressive government.

Everyone is invited to hear Vodenka’s amazing story in a special event Thursday, June 28, at 7 p.m., at St. Luke Methodist Church, Frederic. This free program is sponsored by the Friends of the Frederic Library. Refreshments will be served and Vodenka’s book, “Journey for Freedom,” will be available for sale and signing.

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FREDERIC - This past weekend, Dale Johnson accepted the position of Frederic police chief, during what was his 15th consecutive Family Days as a member of the Frederic Police Department.

Johnson, a Shell Lake native, was hired as an officer for the village during Family Days in 1998 and has been on the police force ever since.

"Dale has the experience working in the Frederic community to be an effective leader for the police department,” said villagePresident William Johnson.

“He has served as interim police chief twice in the past during transitions in the department.

The village board unanimously recommended the chief position be offered to Dale. We anticipate a positive future for public protection in Frederic." — Mary Stirrat

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Still no decision on Burnett County administrator position

by Carl Heidel Leader staff writer SIREN – After five meetings spread over the span of a month, the Burnett County Board of Supervisors still has made no decision with regard to how it will continue to fill the position of county administrator/human resources director. A policy meeting of the entire board Thursday, June 14, to consider the issue took no action other than to agree to take up the matter again at the regular meeting of the board Thursday, June 21.

The ongoing discussion centers on the question of whether the county administrator position should be filled through a contractual agreement or by directly hiring someone as an employee of the county.

Currently, the county contracts with Northwest Regional Planning Commission to hire Candace Fitzgerald to fill the administrator/director position.

The entire discussion began during a meeting of the administration committee May 14 when board Chairman Donald Taylor introduced a review of the contractual arrangement to see if the county would be interested in ending the contract with NWRPC and taking on the responsibility of directly hiring its administrator.

Following that discussion, committee members voted four to three to terminate the contract agreement at the end of 2012, and a resolution to that effect was submitted to the full board for approval. Voting in favor of termination were Supervisors Maury Miller, Gary Lundberg, Gerald Pardun and Taylor. The three no votes came from Supervisors Richard Anderson, Edgar Peterson and Donald Chell. Anderson and Peterson are the vice chairmen of the board.

A second meeting of the administration committee just before the May 17 board of supervisors meeting shaped the resolution for presentation to the board, but when the resolution got to the full board, it met with opposition on both procedural and content grounds, and the supervisors called for a review of the matter by the administration committee and by the full board in a policy meeting. The administration review June 11 simply passed the matter on to the policy meeting June 14.

In that meeting, discussion of the contractual relationship centered on questions of control and accountability. Several supervisors argued that the present arrangement does not give the county enough control of the administrator/director position and does not provide sufficient accountability from that position to the board. They expressed the concern that the NWRPC controls Fitzgerald, and that that control might not serve the best interests of the county.

Fitzgerald countered that the NWRPC cannot and does not interfere in the county’s affairs, and that she is directly responsible only to the board of supervisors.

Taylor supported her statement. “Candace,” he said, “is under the control of the board.” Fitzgerald has repeatedly stated that she works closely with the board and Taylor, and that she is careful to report regularly to them.

Questions of cost versus benefit in the present arrangement also surfaced. How much does the arrangement with NWRPC cost the county, and what are the advantages of the arrangement?

Supervisor Chris Sybers noted that the annual cost of the contract agreement is $1,500 and asked, “What are the benefits of this contract?” “We’re getting her (Fitzgerald’s) services,” responded Supervisor Philip Lindeman.

Lundberg pointed out that the contractual arrangement also helps the county avoid some of the legal complications that can occur if someone employed directly by the county has to be disciplined or discharged.

After more than an hour of inconclusive discussion, Peterson suggested that the supervisors take no action on the contractual arrangement and simply leave it in place until the end of 2013 when Fitzgerald plans to end her services to the county. Taylor noted that the matter would be on the agenda of the supervisors June 21 meeting, and they could take whatever action was deemed appropriate at that time.

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Polk County library to close Books to jail program will continue

by Mary Stirrat Leader staff writer BALSAM LAKE — Years of wrangling over whether or not Polk County should have a county library federation ended Tuesday evening, June 19, with an 18 to 4 vote to eliminate funding at the end of 2012.

A committee consisting of the citizen members of the library’s plan for services committee and two county board supervisors must develop a transition plan, including disposal of assets and expenditure of remaining funds, by Oct. 15.

Meanwhile, county Administrator Dana Frey has been directed to find an alternative method of providing a reading and literacy program to the Polk County Jail, a service currently handled by the library federation.

Programs that will be cut out are books by mail, technical and professional services to the public libraries in the county, operation of its own library and outreach to facilities such as nursing homes.

Kathryn Kienholz and Warren Nelson, two of the four supervisors who voted against closing the service, discussed with the board an alternative supported by the library board.

Rather than the current $152,000 in tax dollars to fund the library, the alternative requested, the tax allocation should be cut to just under $95,000. This would cover $82,000 in personnel costs, $10,000 for the books by mail program and $3,000 for professional services.

An additional $26,100 in tax dollars would be included in the budget to allow the sheriff’s department to contract for a jail literacy program.

Kienholz and Nelson touched on the fact that the county library received $92,300 in grants last year, and that the justice center lacks space to have its own library service for inmates.

Jail personnel, said Nelson, all agree that providing books to the inmates is an asset, and is worth the cost if it changes one person’s life and keeps them from reoffending.

“It’s certainly not money down the rat hole,” he said.

According to state statute, said Frey, the county library has two purposes. One is to improve the services of local public libraries, and the other is to get library services to rural residences.

Although providing books to jail inmates does not fit with state statutes, he said, it is “completely and totally effective,” and jail staff say the benefits “greatly exceed” the cost.

Right now, he pointed out, only rural residents pay for the county library system because communities with their own library can opt out of the county library tax.

Several supervisors expressed support for the library, but said that the current budget constraints left them feeling that other county needs take priority.

The Polk County Library Federation, located by the county government center, will close by the end of 2012. — Photos by Mary Stirrat “This is one difficult vote for me,” said Supervisor Patricia Schmidt, adding that she is a personal friend of the library director.

However, said Schmidt, she needs to vote according to what her constituents are saying. In addition, she said, the human services department has been discussing the heavy caseload in child protective services. CPS has had only two caseworkers since the 1970s, she said, although the population of the county has doubled.

“It is our duty, it is our mandate, to protect our children,” she said.

Supervisor Brian Masters described the library service as a “want” rather than a “need.” “Here we go again,” he said.

“Wants versus needs. We have programs that are mandated. This is not mandated.

“This is all about efficiencies,” he continued. “We need to be more efficient.

These (cuts) are the kinds of things we need to do to balance our budget.”

Under the library board’s alternative, argued Kienholz, funding for the library service would be two-tenths of 1 percent of the budget.

Are not the inmates, the senior citizens and homebound of Polk County, who are served by books by mail, worth that, she asked.

“It is a very small amount of money, and it seems a certain amount of compassion should enter into your discussion,” she said.

Joining Kienholz and Nelson in voting against the closure were Supervisors Jay Luke and Russell Arcand. Supervisor Neil Johnson was absent from the meeting.

Frey will seek proposals for an alternative method of providing a jail reading and literacy program. The RFP will be on the county’s Web site.

April, the county served Endeavors with a default notice asking the agency to pay the outstanding rent of $15,600, consisting of $4,000 for December 2011 and $2,900 per month for January through April of 2012.

Later in April, Endeavors responded with a request to amend the rent payment from $2,900 per month for 2012 to $1,000 per month for January through June, then $4,000 per month for July through December. At that time, they provided the county with a $9,000 check to cover last December, plus $1,000 per month for January through May. Last month, the county board voted to postpone action on Endeavors’ proposal and ask that the agency provide more information.

Monday, June 18, the county property committee met with Endeavors’ board, at which time Endeavors submitted a letter asking for another month.

“I am truly sorry for the mess that has been created,” states the letter, signed by board member LuAnn White, “and I will not give up on repairing the damage that has been done because nothing could be nearer my heart than the people we provide service for at Endeavors.”

Supervisor Larry Jepsen, chair of the county property committee, said, “They have gone back and reorganized themselves to look at the programs. They offered to provide us with a lot of additional information.”

Bob Kazmierski, community resource development agent for UW-Extension, will be working with Endeavors, according to Jepsen.

“I believe we need to give them this time,” Jepsen said. “There’s a whole shift in how they’re starting to do business.”

Endeavors director Diana Manning resigned earlier Tuesday, said Frey.

Endeavors A resolution to modify the terms of the county’s lease agreement with Endeavors Adult Development Center, postponed last month, was voted down by the board with the understanding that Endeavors will provide additional information to the county property committee in July.

Endeavors is behind in its lease payments and is asking for a reduced rate. In

Other business • Robert Blake, of the Town of Lorraine, asked the board to consider including representatives of all 21 towns in Polk County in the process of reducing the current 23 supervisory districts to 15 following the April passage of a resolution to reduce the county board. The current plan is for Frey to appoint a nine-member committee to come up with a proposal.

• Frey reported that a first draft of the 2011 audit has just been received, and it shows a $750,000 increase in fund balance. The general fund balance is at 31 percent of expenditures, while county policy sets a 25-percent target. Frey said that the healthy increase is in large part due to staff attrition and is likely a onetime event.

• Frey also reported that Golden Age Manor showed a cash loss of $300,000 last year, but through the end of May 2012 is $40,000 in the black.

• The board approved a resolution that creates and joins Polk County with West Central Regional Housing Consortium, a move that is required in order for the county to continue to be eligible for community development block grant housing funds. The board also approved a resolution to contract with West Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission to serve as program administrator for the grant program. Chippewa County will be lead county for the consortium.

Polk County Supervisors Warren Nelson and Kathryn Kienholz unsuccessfully ask the county board to consider maintaining the Polk County Library Federation at a reduced level.

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Despite some concern, project resolution passes

by Sherill Summer Leader staff writer WEBSTER - Webster Village Board member Paul Berg is also chairperson of the village’s public utility committee. Part of his duties is to keep track of the money in the public utility budget and budget for any unexpected repairs to the village’s water or sewer infrastructure.

The village board is in the process of applying for a DNR safe drinking water loan and a community development block grant to fund projects for the public utilities that Berg oversees. But the grants and low-interest loans have not been awarded yet - and there is always the possibility that the village’s applications will be turned down. In the meantime, the village has an estimated $90,000 contract with MSA to develop the engineering plans needed to apply for the funding and to complete all the paperwork needed to apply for the funding.

There were two resolutions on the Webster Village Board agenda for the June 13 meeting that were tied to the water-utility projects. One was a resolution authorizing village President Jeff Roberts to sign the applications for the funding. The other was to authorize payments for the engineering and administration costs prior to the village board receiving the funding, if they do in fact receive funding, and to reimburse the village coffers once any funding is received.

The first resolution passed without incident, but Berg had several concerns with the second resolution.

There is about $100,000 in the public utilities budget, and the contract with MSA is expected to be about $90,000. Berg raised a couple “what if” scenarios: “What if we paid the $90,000 to MSA and something major, such as a well, failed and needed repairing - and the public utility money was already mostly spent?”

diploma and providing on-site construction training. Basically Fresh Start participants will help build the Habitat house in Webster when they are not studying.

Because Fresh Start and Habitat for Humanity have to coordinate their respective schedules, work in Webster will not begin until October and the house will take longer to build because Fresh Start participants also study for their diploma. The Webster project is the first time Habitat for Humanity and Fresh Start will team up to build a home.

The new 4-H food stand at the Webster Fairgrounds is complete. The old stand near the barns was destroyed in last year’s storm, and the new stand was relocated to the pavilion near the ballpark where it can double up as a concession stand during ball tournaments and the like. – Photos by Sherill Summer and “What if we paid $90,000 to MSA and we never do get financing for the projects?”

Berg proposed that MSA wait until fall to receive their money for engineering and administration costs when Webster knows if they will receive funding or not.

The rest of the board members were sympathetic of Berg’s concerns, but they also felt they understood the gamble they were taking in April, when they signed the contract with MSA. Already MSA has completed $24,000 worth of engineering and administration. If the village board waits to pay this money, finance charges will be tacked on, making these jobs even more expensive. After much discussion,

Shown is the beer gardens pavilion and exhibition building at the fairgrounds in Webster.

Both of these buildings were heavily damaged during the storm and are hardly recognizable now that they have been repaired. A dilemma not yet worked out is what to call the building on the left. It used to be a blue-green color and was generally known as the “blue building” or the “green building.” Now it is tan, like the rest of the buildings.

the board approved the resolution with only Berg in opposition.

A couple of months ago, in April, when the contract was signed, there was discussion on what to do with the engineering plans if the funding is not received – and there is no money to complete the projects.

It was decided then that since the engineering plans will be good for several years, they can be used in the future as, hopefully, money will become available.

Habitat for Humanity home Almost a year ago, Webster Village donated a lot in the Smith Pines development for a Habitat for Humanity home.

One of the stipulations was that the site be developed within the year. The village board gave Habitat for Humanity more time to develop the lot at its regular monthly meeting, Wednesday, June 13.

Eric Kube, executive director of Wild Rivers Habitat for Humanity, and Caroline Loyas, sustainable communities director for Indianhead Community Action Agency, were at the meeting to announce plans for the Webster site. Usually Habitat for Humanity homes are built with volunteers and the “sweat equity” of the family that will eventually live in the home.

In Webster, Habitat for Humanity will team with Indianhead’s Fresh Start program. The Fresh Start program, for young adults aged 18 to 24, splits time between providing tutoring to participants so they can complete a high school equivalency

Updates: Internet tower and Family Dollar A certified map for a 1.16-acre lot in the industrial village was approved for Sid Sherstad of Siren Telephone Company for an Internet tower. The price of the lot was set at $2,000 an acre, or approximately $2,440 for the 1.16-acre lot. The village and Sherstad were to split survey and attorney costs, but Sherstad indicated that he will cover all the survey and attorney costs. Boring samples indicated that the site was suitable for the 140-foot tower.

Before the tower can go up, a road must be built into the site. There are over five acres left in the industrial park.

It was reported that Family Dollar still intends to build in Webster and is in the process of developing building plans. The conditional use permit needed by Family Dollar stipulated that the village board must approve the building design before the building can be built.

Other business The village board made final approval of the water-rate hike. The new rate will go into effect July 1. Residents will notice the 30-percent hike on the water portion of their water / sewer bill in October.

The village board approved the sale of the old library building for $20,000. The building is sold “as is.” The buyers were described as local residents who plan to use the building for a new business.

Nordquist Appraisal will again be the village assessor.

The village signed off on the annual compliance maintenance annual report.

The DNR-required paperwork is routine, but it does grade the village on the water treatment quality. This year the village received all A’s.

Midwest Fence was awarded the job of fencing the dog park. Work on the fence is expected to start this month.

Donnie Holmes was hired to the police department. He will work in the village two days a week.

Last school board meeting for Jerry Tischer Frederic transition under way

Steen, that highlighted his career.

Tischer headed the Frederic School District since July 2003. He was Frederic’s

by Gregg Westigard ninth superintendent and his service to Leader staff writer the district the third longest, exceeded FREDERIC – Frederic school Adminis- only by Wallace Koel and R.P. Glynn. trator Jerry Tischer attended his last FredJosh Robinson has now started his new eric School Board meeting Monday, June joint position of district administrator and 18, and headed into retirement. The meet- high school principal. Robinson was hired ing was a time for cake, gifts, good wishes, as high school principal in July 2011, with handshakes and hugs, and included the his promotion to administrator approved board and principals singing a going- in March. Ryan Fitzgerald, hired to the away song with lyrics, written by Kelly new position of assistant high school principal and guidance counselor, attended his first meeting and met the school board members. He asked if every meeting started with cake and songs, saying it seems like a nice way to hold meetings. Steen continues as the elementary principal, completing the Frederic administrative team.

While Tischer’s retirement, after 40 Josh Robinson (left) and Jerry Tischer, the incoming and retiring years as an educaFrederic school administrators, go over paperwork at the start of the tor, was the high Frederic School Board meeting. point of the

School board members Becky Amundson and Scott Nelson present Jerry Tischer with some gifts on his retirement. evening, the board did conduct other business. That included accepting the resignation of elementary teacher Patricia Denn after 26 years of teaching. In a letter to the board, she said she had planned on returning to the classroom this fall but a look at new retirement options caused her to change her plans.

Frederic is ending the 2011-12 school year ahead of budget by $150,000, Tischer said in his last financial report. He said expenses were down 3 percent over the previous year. The year-end fund balance projected for the year ending June 30 is $602,000, down from the starting balance

A happy Jerry Tischer settles back in his new easy chair. Tischer retired after nine years as Frederic’s administrator and 40 years as an educator. of $917,000 but higher than the balance of $413,000 budgeted last fall. With the 201213 budget in its early stages, the balance a year from now is preliminarily set at $648,300.

The board approved a revised athletic code, a much-revised employee handbook, a list of fall athletic coaches, and a timber bid of $51 per cord for a harvest of red and white pine in the Indian Creek school forest.

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Chicken is back on the agenda at Luck

by Mary Stirrat Leader staff writer LUCK — A Luck family that wants to raise chickens in their backyard may have some answers in a few weeks, after having first brought the idea to the village board last October.

Douglas Pedersen attended the Wednesday, June 13, meeting of the board to make further inquiries, and his request was referred to the plan commission to discuss at its July 16 meeting.

Last October, Pedersen told the board that his family would like to raise about six chickens in order to provide some fresh eggs while giving his children some responsibility at the same time. He said he’d put up a coop that is off the ground and use the droppings for compost in his garden, noting that he wants his children to know more about where the food they are eating comes from.

“I think it can be done properly,” Pedersen told the board last week.

Pedersen has researched regulations concerning urban chicken keeping in other areas, and presented that report to the board, saying he felt it could streamline the process.

There is currently no ordinance governing the raising of chickens in the village, and one would need to be enacted before the Pedersens can move ahead with their plans.

“I’ll help any way I can,” Pedersen told the board.

Colonial Craft parking The village board, Colonial Craft and a resident on Main Street came to an easy

agreement regarding parking on the street

by Colonial Craft employees.

Homeowner and parent Melissa White attended the board meeting to ask that an area in front of her home be free of parking so that her children can safely get on and off the school bus. There are no-parking signs posted in that area of Main Street, but there is nowhere else for employees to park, said Colonial Craft operations manager Steve Pisca.

Homeshield Colonial Craft, he said, purchased a plant in Shawano a couple of years ago and plans to bring some of its operations to Luck.

“In doing so, we will probably expand into three shifts,” he said, “and it has come to our attention that enforcement of the no-parking signs from 2-7 a.m. conflicts with our schedule, especially if we go to three shifts.”

Colonial Craft owns the parking lot on the southeast corner of Main Street and Butternut Avenue, but needs that space for semi parking. Pisca said the company has plans to buy the lot at the end of Main Street, but doesn’t intend to use it for parking.

He also told the board that he understands the issues faced by White’s family, and said he was in favor of signing and painting the curb in front of their home as a no-parking area.

White told the board that hers is the only family in that area of Main Street with children who ride the school bus.

They have no driveway or sidewalk to Main Street, so the entire curb in front of their home is parked with cars. She said the children must walk out between cars,

in winter crawling over snowbanks to get to the road. White also noted the difficulty of getting the garbage cans out to the road, especially in winter, before cars park there.

“I’m just Steve Pisca, operations asking not to manager at Colonial Craft. – have parking Photo by Mary Stirrat right in front of my house,” she said, “just so my kids can get on and off the bus safely.”

She also noted that her husband works at Colonial Craft.

Public works director Seth Petersen said that the village already has no-parking signs that can be put up in front of White’s home.

“It sounds like both parties are willing to work with each other,” said Trustee Alan Tomlinson. He made a motion to allot a space in front of the White’s home where parking would be prohibited, and the motion was approved by those in attendance.

Trustees Bob Determan, Ross Anderson and Kristine King were absent from the meeting.

Other business • Bob Dueholm appeared before the

board to ask if a volunteer or the village crew would help water the plants on village land. Dueholm said he waters on Fridays and Saturdays, but the individual who was watering on Mondays and Wednesdays is no longer able to do so. He said it takes him about 45 minutes each day. Dueholm also requested that the village post a 25-mph sign at the eastern curve on Hwy. 48 going out of Luck.

• The Luck Community Club was granted a license to host the Culpepper and Merriweather Circus Friday, July 13, in the vacant lot between the Pawn Shop and St. Croix Valley Hardwoods.

• Petersen presented the compliance maintenance report summarizing the operation of the wastewater treatment plan.

The village grade-point average this year is 3.6, compared with 2.56 last year.

Though improved, the bio-oxygen demand is still too high and received a C grade, while the financial management grade went up to an A. • The board approved providing each citizen member of the Luck Country Club board with a free pass for golf for each meeting they attend. The board meets six times per year. In April, the board voted to provide a free pass for each meeting attended to citizen members of any village committee or commission.

• The community club is looking at eventually changing the dates of Lucky Days so it doesn’t conflict with community festivals in Grantsburg and St. Croix Falls, said board designee Alan Tomlinson. He also reported that volunteers are needed to start planning for the winter carnival.

New trial ordered for Grantsburg man Trial finding him guilty of sexual assault thrown out for lack of expert testimony

by Sherill Summer Leader staff writer SIREN - A 45-year-old Grantsburg man, who was serving a 50-year sentence for

sexual assault, was granted a new trial by Judge James Babbitt last month. Charles E. Smith was found guilty of sexual assault in a two-day jury trial in 2011. In that trial, a state witness testified that a lack of physical injuries, specifically a torn hymen, was insignificant in that sexual assault could have occurred. The defense did not have an expert witness to counter the testimony.

The absence of expert testimony on behalf of the defendant is grounds for a retrial, especially if the testimony disputes crucial evidence. In a motion hearing on May 30, an appeals attorney introduced expert testimony that stated that lack of a torn hymen was very significant in this case. It was enough to persuade Babbitt that the jury didn’t have all information needed to decide this case.

A scheduling conference will be held on Monday, July 2, to schedule the new trial.

Smith is out on a $1,000 cash bond and a $5,000 signature bond. He is to have no unsupervised contact with children under 18. He is to have no contact with the victims.

Polk-Burnett lowers costs to avoid rate increase Co-op celebrates International Year of Cooperatives

by Gregg Westigard Leader staff writer FREDERIC – Polk-Burnett Electric Cooperative will “keep the lights on” without planning a rate increase in 2012. That was the good news co-op customer-members heard when they attended the 74thannual meeting of the cooperative power company which serves much of Burnett and Polk counties.

The co-op keeps lowering its costs where possible to avoid raising rate, board President Ed Weber told the members. He added that while the cost of producing electricity keeps increasing, Polk-Burnett lowered controllable costs by $1.35 million in 2011. Weber said members can help lower their costs by doing the summer shift, reducing power usage from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. during summer months when electric demand is at its highest.

“We are here this evening because we all believe in the benefits of a community that works together,” Weber told the members. “We know we’re stronger and can accomplish more when we’re united,

Newly elected Polk-Burnett Electric Cooperative directors (L to R) are: Tom Swenson, Chuck Brookshaw and William Wagner. The three are starting new terms on the nine-member co-op board. - Photos by Gregg Westigard that’s what makes our cooperative great.”

Weber went on to invite the members to join in celebrating the International Year of Cooperatives, working with co-op members around the globe building a better world. Weber said that Polk-Burnett, as a member-owned co-op, is returning

Polk-Burnett officers Mike Morris, secretary; Ed Gullickson, vice president; and Ed Weber, president, at the 74th-annual meeting of the member owned electric cooperative.

$575,000 in capital credits or patronage refunds to 16,000 active members in 2011.

Total operating revenue was up by $2.1 million for the year even though the total amount of electricity sold decreased. The co-op had total operating revenues of $37.5 million, of which $32.7 million was from its electric operations. After all expenses, it added $4.6 million in net margins to its reserves. Polk-Burnett sold 221,012,000 kwh of electricity in 2011, down 930,000 kwh from 2010. General Manager William Schmidt said members are conserving electricity, including using more energy-efficient appliances.

Schmidt told the members that PolkBurnett buys all of its electricity from Dairyland Power, the electric generating cooperative owned by 25 co-ops in Wisconsin and Minnesota. He said Dairyland produced 12 percent of its power from renewable sources and 88 percent from coal.

Schmidt said Dairyland and its memberowners are always looking at how to produce power in the future, including using natural gas and switching to more renew-

able power supplies.

Three of the nine co-op director seats were up for election. William Wagner, Spooner, and Thomas Swenson, Webster, were re-elected to three-year terms unopposed. For the third seat, representing the northern part of Burnett County, Chuck Brookshaw defeated incumbent Edward Weber, by a vote of 247 to 190. Brookshaw served on the Polk-Burnett board until he resigned in 2007 and was replaced by Weber.

Weber, chairing his last meeting, thanked the co-op board, employees and Schmidt for the hard work they all did together to make Polk-Burnett successful.

He noted that the co-op went through a major reorganization to keep costs down.

Weber said the co-op is now a strong, stable company with 40 percent memberownership. He said that a change in policy has resulted in 80 percent of the members receiving capital credits each year. And he said the co-op is doing strategic planning for the future.

“Growing revenues, use of technology to work smarter, building partnerships to build cooperation, we are doing all this for Polk-Burnett and its future,” Weber concluded.

Boat landing will be closed RURAL LUCK - The north boat landing on Bone Lake will be closed as of 5 p.m., Saturday, July 7, due to the fireworks, beginning at dusk. Insurance requirements for the fireworks do not allow any spectators at the north landing, according to an announcement by Sue Schnarr, Bone Lake commissioner and social chair. - with submitted information

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Home school students learn about medical emergencies FREDERIC — Last week area home schoolers learned about what to expect in different emergency situations that might require them to call 911, thanks to Northland Ambulance and emergency medical technician Mike DeBoer.

Using common health emergencies such as unconsciousness, choking, heart attack and stroke, DeBoer explained what emergency personnel do when called to a home and when en route to the hospital by ambulance. He also discussed the organization of the human body, and what happens during a heart attack or when someone has diabetes.

Students were able to practice chest compressions, and watched as DeBoer demonstrated the Heimlich maneuver and inserting an IV. The purpose of the presentation, held at Oak Forest Center, was to give students knowledge that will help them stay calm in emergencies. — Mary Stirrat

Keegan Craker practices performing chest compressions on a manikin while EMT Mike DeBoer instructs.

Emergency medical technician Mike DeBoer explains how a backboard is used when the ambulance responds to an accident. – Photos by Mary Stirrat

Providing home school students with information on when to call 911 is emergency medical technician Mike DeBoer of Northland Ambulance.

Learning what happens inside an ambulance from Mike DeBoer (L to R) are Julia Nargis, Laurel Craker, Abby Marek, Elliana Johansen and Amaya Volgren.

Home school students watch as emergency medical technician Mike DeBoer uses a rubber arm to demonstrate how an IV is inserted.

Democrats make previsits to Romney bus tour stops

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by Shamane Mills Wisconsin Public Radio JANESVILLE - Monday morning, June 18, Mitt Romney visited Janesville.

Sunday, June 17, a Democrats bus tour stopped in Madison, in advance of the Republican presidential candidate.

Members of the Democratic National Committee are tracing the route of Romney’s bus tour to highlight how they say the Republican candidate’s economic policies would hurt the middle class. DNC Communications Director Brad Woodhouse says that issue is key to winning battleground states like Wisconsin, “This election’s going to come down to who has the best plan for the middle class. It’s a choice.

They (Romney’s campaign) want this to be a referendum on the president. It’s not. It’s a choice on who has the best plan for moving forward with the middle class.”

Also on the bus was a teacher from Massachusetts, along with a lawmaker.

Massachusetts State Rep. Kathi Anne Reinstein claims Romney has “distorted” his record on jobs: “During his term, the state (Massachusetts) dropped to 47th out of 50 in job creation. Manufacturing jobs were lost at twice the national rate.”

Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, is on a six-state bus tour which started in New Hampshire.

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Falls Chamber welcomes new businesses ST. CROIX FALLS – It’s already been a busy month for the Falls Chamber of Commerce with three ribbon-cutting ceremonies, sponsorship of the first Music on the Overlook concert and a joint summer gathering with the Osceola Chamber and Main Street Program that included a tailgating party and baseball game between the St. Croix Falls Bandits and the Osceola Braves, sponsored by RCU, as well as their monthly member networking event, Business After 5, and standard committee meetings that support chamber operations.

The first ribbon cutting on Friday, June 8, was part of an open house event celebrating new owner, Becky Gray and her new business, St. Croix Shipping and Handling, located at 2071 Glacier Drive, Suite 3, in St. Croix Falls. Gray bought the business from former owner Connie Bayle in April. A special cake and free hot dogs were served. They offer many shipping choices with high quality, local service.

The second ribbon-cutting ceremony, on Saturday, June 9, was to welcome a brand-new business, Dalles Bakery and Coffee House, to the chamber and downtown St. Croix Falls. Mayor Brian Blesi along with owner Sonya Fry and her sister, Sarah Fry, were surrounded by well wishers and chamber ambassadors for the official ribbon cutting. The morning was quite warm, but discounted frozen coffee drinks and free bakery samples kept everyone cool. Open daily at 6 a.m., the coffee shop serves breakfast and lunch and is located at 113 S. Washington

Becky Gray cuts the ribbon with Falls Chamber ambassadors and guests on Friday, June 8, outside St. Croix Shipping and Handling. – Photos submitted

nity has been overwhelming in this project. We’ve been working tirelessly since December to prepare this space. We will be open Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays for visitors to check out the old photos and exhibits. We appreciate the chamber’s involvement and support of our efforts.”

Currently representing 156 businesses throughout the beautiful St. Croix River Valley, the Falls Chamber continues to advance its mission to advocate, promote and support business members and our communities. The chamber is an independent, registered 501(c)(6) organization supported by volunteers and members.

Membership in the Falls Chamber is open to individuals, large and small businesses, churches and nonprofit organizations. Find more information about chamber membership or benefits on their Web site at fallschamber.org or by calling 715-483-3580. - submitted

St. The most recent ribbon cutting was performed for the Taylors Falls Historical Society on Saturday, June 16, at the official grand opening of the Taylors Falls Visitor Center located at 312 Government St., Taylors Falls, Minn. Mayor Mike Buchite was on hand to cut the ribbon and historical society board members were available to describe the displays and exhibits inside the visitor center in the lower level of the Taylors Falls Memorial Community Center. Folsom House Museum’s site manager, Alyssa Auten, said, “The outpouring of support from the commu-

Taylors Falls Historical Society Board of Directors, back row (L to R): Jim Van Hoven, Don Lawrence, Lesli Johnson, Barbara Anderson and Bruce Carlsted. Front row: Fay Caneday, President Sandra Berg and site manager Alyssa Auten.

Sarah Fry cuts the ribbon as Mayor Brian Blesi, Falls Chamber ambassadors and her sister, Sonya Fry, look on with smiles on Saturday, June 9.

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Next generation of work

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ccording to a recent Associated Press story, about 50 percent of teens had summer jobs in 2000. That was more than a decade ago and now the glass is less than half full, to twist a common phrase. About 30 percent - 3 in 10 - have summer jobs, unless you count getting paid for mowing the family lawn or baby-sitting a younger sibling.

With no valid research to base it on other than vague memories, we’ll guess that even more than 50 percent of teens held jobs in the summer back in the day - the ‘50s, ‘60s, ‘70s. The economy was better then - there were local businesses such as the old canning factory in Frederic and Milltown, plus a few more downtown businesses and farming operations than you can find now.

Today, the adults are muscling in on some of the action, out of necessity. Considering the job market and the economy, Mom and Dad may be competing with their own sons and daughters for that “summer job.”

And with the baby boomers sticking around the workplace well past the suggested retirement age of 65, the situation may not get better.

While there have always been jobs that help people find jobs, that niche now has become a movement, with resume and interview workshops everywhere, including our military, which trains specialists to help soldiers returning from the Middle East compete in today’s job environment. It’s a mobilization mission that rivals a military maneuver.

As the economy and job markets change, so will the proverbial summer job, which has been the training ground for values like independence, punctuality and responsibility and providing experience for the real world later on. For the sake of young people today, who are likely better educated and smarter than a lot of older workers who learned technology on the run, let’s hope the real world means real jobs they can find before they become the codgers of the working world.

A public health issue ... undoubtedly

• Where to write • President Barack Obama 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, D.C. 20500 whitehouse.gov/contact/ Gov. Scott Walker Wisconsin State Capitol Madison, WI 53707 transition@wisconsin.gov Congressman Sean Duffy (7th District) 1208 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 202-225-3365 U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl 330 Hart Senate Office Bldg.

Washington, D.C. 20510 715-832-8492 senator_kohl@kohl.senate.gov

Rep. Erik Severson (28th District) Room 312 North State Capitol Madison, WI 53708 608-267-2365 • 888-529-0028 FAX: 608-282-3628 rep.Severson@legis.state.wi.us Rep. Roger RIvard (75th District) State Capitol Room 307 North P.O. Box 8952, Madison, WI 608-266-2519 • 888-534-0075 rep.rivard@legis.wi.gov U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson 2 Russell Courtyard Washington, D.C. 20510 202-224-5323

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To take part in our poll, go to theleader.net and scroll down to the lower left part of the screen • See front page for this week’s question

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A state news story this week noted that violent crime reported in Wisconsin has declined.

Statistics don’t tell us why - we have to assume it’s because preventative measures and the legal system are producing results. But in reality, if we knew for sure why violent crime was declining, it would mean we’ve found the golden key to crime prevention. And, unfortunately, there’s no such thing.

It’s the same plight now facing local agencies such as the Community Referral Agency and Indianhead Action Agency, two organizations that spearhead efforts locally to fight domestic abuse - and do an outstanding job of responding to the needs of victims.

Domestic abuse numbers, notes the ICCA, are up locally. The organization would like to end domestic violence and they are not alone. But while there has been notable headway in this fight - including passage of a mandatory arrest law several years ago along with better protection, legal guidance and shelter for local victims - domestic abuse remains one of the more frustrating aspects of crime prevention and social reform.

It doesn’t require a lot of insight to recognize factors at play in domestic violence and manipuation - alcohol and drugs, learned behavior, mental illness and economic stress.

Self-esteem, or the lack thereof, is often shoved to the bottom of the list in citing reasons for domestic violence but it appears it should be considered a promising foothold in changing destructive patterns. Self-esteem is - and must be - more of a component in our teaching of children, whether through schools or family. It’s not a vaccine but it could help short-circuit the long-lived cycle of intimidation and scars - both emotional and physical - that feeds what a news release this week from ICAA calls “our most critical public health issue.”

How aptly put. Statistics show domestic abuse plays a role in much - and in some cases most - of crime today, including homicides.

The release (published elsewhere in this issue) points to the importance of community response to domestic violence.

It’s a timely and well-written piece on the importance of awareness and action to keep domestic violence in check. Please take time to read it.

Frac world

“It’s a whole new world,” may be the simple, but most accurate quote of the week.

It comes from Deb Dix, enforcement officer for the Wisconsin DNR who recently referred two civil cases against sand mining operations - one at Blair, and the other in our backyard at Grantsburg - to the Wisconsin Department of Justice for prosecution.

Dix was referring to, of course, the expansion and growing number of frac mines, and the responsive monitoring and regulation it has prompted. Mines which are busy these days producing a type of sand essential in the mining of natural gas and oil, particularly in North Dakota.

“What is a frac mine?” some readers are asking. Our stories published in late May and earlier this month have outlined the basics, as have countless other newspapers and publications. But to us here in northwest Wisconsin, the mines certainly represent a whole new world. A simple gaze at the aerial photo of the operation near Grantsburg makes many of us longtime local residents pause and wonder, “Where have I been?”

It’s unfair and an oversimplification to characterize the frac mine issue as one of jobs versus the environment. But there are some questions being asked that need some answers - about air quality, impact on the general environment and neighboring property owners and roads - before we can place frac mining in the light of just another industry.

Here’s one question. Why would we allow such a frac mine within a few hundred feet of the St. Croix River, considered an “oustanding resource” by federal environmental standards which entail the most regimented of pollution criterion. Some may recall the St. Croix Tribe’s diligent efforts to meet the effluent water standards at their fish farm near Danbury only to be told by the EPA they couldn’t operate under current guidelines.

Over in Barron County this week, the Town of Clinton Board signed an agreement for a frac mine complex of seven structures on 84 acres just east of Poskin. The contract calls for dust control and provisions protecting vegetation and even a property value clause ($25,000 to each person whose property adjoins the plant, if they can’t sell their land and/or homes at their appraised value within five years after the mine opens).

“We’ve never been asked to … do this before,” the frac mine’s CEO told town board members, according to a report in the Barron News-Shield.

The rules are changing daily - in the new world of frac mining.

Views expressed on these pages do not necessarily reflect the views of management or board members.

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• Letters to the editor • Successful event We just wanted to let you know that we attended the firemen’s pork dinner at Frederic Family Days and found it to be very organized and well run. We thought the food was great, but the organization and the people running it were so organized.

It is so nice to see communities put out such a successful event. Thanks to all the firemen.

Ralph and Nona Severson Siren

Robo call lies I have gotten a few robo calls from a Sean Duffy opponent in the congressional race. I can’t believe they are saying Duffy wants to change Medicare and we won’t recognize it, etc.

The truth is, that if we don’t do something about Medicare, it won’t be around in 20 years. The changes that Paul Ryan and Congressman Duffy want to make are for future Medicare users and won’t affect anyone over 55 years of age. They are trying to save the program for future retirees, while the Democrats are once again trying to scare the seniors who depend on this program for their health care. Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security are going broke, and it will only get worse when ObamaCare is added. This administration has taken $500 billion away from Medicare to finance ObamaCare, and their payroll tax relief is money that would have gone directly into Medicare. It seems that they’re the ones jeopardizing Medicare.

I’m so tired of these people trying to scare people with their deception and manipulation of the facts. We should all check the facts before making a decision that will affect us in the future. According to Heritage Foundation research, with the aging population and rising health-care costs, Medicare’s cost to taxpayers is projected to rise from $522.8 billion in 2010 to $932 billion in 2020. We are spending too fast to sustain the program, and if we don’t gradually reform the system while protecting current seniors, it won’t be there when future retirees need it.

Sometimes facts are hard to face, but

facts don’t lie ... robo callers do.

Karen Johnson Webb Lake

The real bottleneck with gas prices I started digging around on the Internet looking into why gas prices are so high.

Yes, the futures market managers do cause the price of crude oil to go up. They purchase huge quantities of crude and then resell it on the market for much more than they pay for it. That is one small cause.

As for our involvement in the Middle East to protect our oil supply, that is pure nonsense. We get 11 percent of our oil from all the Middle East countries combined. We get 68 percent from our good friends to the south and the north, Mexico and Canada. And the U.S. is exporting oil.

Why do we export if there is a shortage?

Ask your congressman, senators and the president. Of course, if they are from the Socialist Party (formerly the Democratic Party) they have absolutely nothing to do with it. It is the Republican Party that controls the president, the Senate and the oil supply.

It really has nothing to do with supply of crude oil.

Information that won’t be asked of Socialist Party or Republican politicians: In 1980 there were 309 oil refineries in the U.S. In 2005, there were only 147 refineries left. The reduction in refineries were due to some producing products with small profit margins, some were closed by the EPA, and some were just flat shut down to create the bottleneck which increases costs to the public. A reduction of over 50 percent.

The 309 refineries in 1980 were refining 17.8 million barrels of crude oil a day. In 2005, they were refining 17.4 million barrels a day. A reduction of 400,000 barrels a day in 25 years.

In 1980, there were 152 million cars in the U.S. In 2005, there were 261 million cars in the U.S. An increase of over 60 percent.

Obama refused to allow a pipeline to transport crude from North Dakota and Canada to the few existing refineries in

Texas.

Do any of the politicians know how to do simple math? Reduce refineries, reduce production, reduce transport capacity and increase the consumption, and what is the result?

If Obama and the rest of the Socialist Party want to create jobs, why didn’t they invest in building new state-of-the-art refineries rather than spend $535 million on Solyndra (the politicians knew this company was going to go bankrupt) or the $65 million in the green energy company owned by John Pelosi, Nancy Pelosi’s brother-in-law, in Nevada. This would have created construction jobs and long term employment while actually addressing a problem.

All of the information was gathered from Web sites like the American Petroleum Institute and other sites.

We the 99-percent parasites, Occupy Wall Street and other ultra liberals won’t ask pertinent questions. It’s just too easy to say, “Obama says we don’t have to pay any income taxes and 2 percent of the taxpayers should pay everything.”

I guess it is all part of the lies, corruption and smoke-and-mirror approach used by Obama and all politicians.

Dave Wilhelmy Siren

Tomorrow, tomorrow For the last few weeks, there has been a commercial on the TV that uses the theme song from the stage play “Annie.” It goes something like this, “Tomorrow, Tomorrow, I love you, Tomorrow, and you’re just a day away.” Since it has been 35 or 40 years since I saw the play, I am not sure about all of the words of the song, but the message this commercial is trying to get across to the viewers seems to be don’t procrastinate. Lose the weight, quit smoking, do whatever you should be doing and do it today! Since all of us have at least some tendencies to think that putting off (procrastinating) is not such a big deal, we tend to go along with the idea that “I’ll do it tomorrow” is an acceptable option! My opinion is that tomorrow is nothing but a scheme designed to make us believe that tomorrow can be the time that we can do what needs to be done today.

Today is the day that the Lord has made and he hasn’t even promised us that we be given that ill-conceived myth called tomorrow that is “just a day away.”

Tonight at precisely midnight, today will end and if it is God’s will, he will bless us with a new day. That elusive mythical “tomorrow” does not appear but remains and always will remain “just a day away.”

While we will continue to use the word tomorrow as part of our vocabulary, using it as an excuse for not doing it today seems to me to be an abuse of God’s blessing of today!

An adjustment to our agenda for today must be putting first things first. Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all else shall be added unto you. Seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you.

By the grace of God, and knowing that the Holy Spirit is with us to teach us and to lead us on the road to a blessed eternity in heaven, we can look to the future with confidence and live in the present with joy!

Since we know not if there is another day coming, the myth that we can do it tomorrow becomes an irrelevant factor in the use of God’s gift of today!

Remember that today is a day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Don Benson Taylors Falls, Minn.

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County and UW-Extension fail to reach consensus on filling family living position

Natural resources committee member Gene Olson said he felt the county was slipping back, going from a visionary to a reactionary position by considering not filling the extension family living position. Olson went on to caution the committee not to be too hasty in making a decision to eliminate the position. “If we lose programs, we might not get them back,” said Olson. “We need to move carefully on this.” Later in the meeting Olson made a motion to fill the position at 60 percent.

UW-Extension interim northern regional director Kathy Miller began her remarks to the natural resources committee by asking if the administration committee’s decision not to fill the family living position was a done deal.

Miller offered to continue working with the county to reach an agreement for filling the position. pointed the administration committee had rejected the extension’s counter proposal to fill the family living position at 60 percent and the 4-H position to 67 percent.

Miller said, frankly, she felt out of the loop with regard to the county’s discussions on filling the position.

“We are trying at the state level to work this out,” Miller told committee members.

“We don’t like to see positions go away.

I’m willing to be at the table to continue the dialogue. This is an unfortunate situation.”

Miller told the committee not filling the position would mean the elimination of the county’s nutrition program.

“The nutrition program falls under the family living position,” said Miller. “Without at least the presence of a family living agent, the program would not be able to continue.”

The question was then raised as to the possibility of sharing a family living position with another county such as Barron, which currently has an 80 percent agent.

“I’d like to remind the committee that if we vote to eliminate certain members of the extension office could we still rely on state extension personnel for personal contact and input to help us with county programs,” asked committee member Gene Olson.

A concerned Olson went on to caution the committee not to be too hasty in a decision to eliminate the family living position.

“We have to be very careful. If we lose programs, we might not get them back,” said Olson. “We need to move carefully on this.”

Miller told the committee there are counties that do not have all extension

Jan Frazee of the Odds and Ends Home and Community Education group asked the natural resources committee if she could make a comment on behalf of the several members of the group attending the Wednesday, June 13, meeting. “You are going to lose a lot of community services and you are going to lose a lot of programs for your children by eliminating this position,” Frazee told the committee. programs.

“This is your decision,” Miller reiterated, adding there were some bureaucratic constraints she had to work within.

“I’ve tried very hard and I’m pretty disappointed.”

“We are very disappointed, too,” remarked Taylor, making reference again to the UW- Extension’s seeming unwillingness to get out of their rut.

Burnett County Administrator Candace Fitzgerald, who was sitting in the audience, was asked by the committee to give her take on the situation.

“Kathy has always shown a willingness to work with Burnett County,” Fitzgerald told the committee.

“A while ago, we evaluated the county’s needs,” continued Fitzgerald. “We reduced the 4-H extension position to 50 percent and that has gone well with Dani Miller doing an excellent job in the community.”

Fitzgerald told the committee when Marilyn Kooiker announced she was retiring, UW-Extension personnel, including Kathy Miller, facilitated a visioning session to determine the county’s needs and priorities with regard to extension programs and positions.

From that session, Fitzgerald said those attending recognized a program need, which was labeled Raising a Thinking Child.

“The group overwhelmingly valued this as an important program to implement in Burnett County,” Fitzgerald told the committee.

“We felt working within extension pa-

rameters, we could integrate two positions, with a 50-percent 4-H position and a 50-percent family living position to create the balance we needed for a positive effect on the community,” Fitzgerald added.

“We haven’t been able to secure that combination position,” commented Fitzgerald. “The No. 1 thing we look at is where’s the value for the dollar. We look at troubled areas where we can make a positive effect.”

Fitzgerald said she has had conversations with the dean and director of Cooperative Extension, Richard Klemme, who indicated he couldn’t see why the county’s proposal wouldn’t work.

Fitzgerald said she had suggested trying the combined position on a trial basis to which she said Klemme was also agreeable.

“Instead of just cutting a program, can UW-Extension be flexible to build a program?” remarked Fitzgerald. “That’s been the dilemma and the challenge that Kathy and I haven’t been able to reach a consensus on.”

Committee member Olson was quick in responding to Fitzgerald’s comments saying he feels the county is slipping back, going from a visionary to a reactionary position. “It’s about the money, that’s what its about.”

“The question I have is if Burnett County were to share a family living position with Barron County who has a person at 80 percent, we’d only get 20 percent and what would you get for 20 percent?”

Fitzgerald commented that would be advocating for the presence of a family living agent.

“I’m dead set against a 20-percent agent here as a focal point only to have others in the extension office being pushed to do more and more work,” voiced Olson, looking at Miller. “I won’t ask Dani to answer when I ask her if she puts in time over her 20 hours a week because I know she does.”

Olson then expressed his own dissatisfaction at feeling left out of the decisionmaking process on the family living position.

“I’m surprised a lot of discussion has gone on without this committee’s input,” stated Olson. “The administration and natural resources committees are just as inflexible as what we are saying extension is. Let’s not sit back and blame the other side.

“We need to be realistic. Without extension programs we wouldn’t have children in this county as interested and engaged,” Olson added.

Jan Frazee of the Odds and Ends Home and Community Education group asked the committee if she could make a comment on behalf of the several members of the group in attendance.

“You are going to lose a lot of community services and you are going to lose a lot of programs for your children by eliminating this position,” Frazee told the committee.

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by Priscilla Bauer Leader staff writer SIREN – Since Marilyn Kooiker’s retirement as Burnett County’s UW-Extension family living agent in November of 2011, the Burnett County Administration and Natural Resources Committees have been discussing options for filling the position at a level that will best meet the county’s needs.

The administration committee’s proposal for a half-time 4-H agent and halftime family living person was recently rejected by UW-Extension. The extension department came back with a counterproposal, which was then rejected by the county, leaving both sides wondering if there is anywhere to go from here.

So when UW-Extension interim northern regional director Kathy Miller began her remarks at the natural resources committee’s Wednesday, June 13, meeting by asking if the administration committee’s decision not to fill the family living position was a done deal, several natural resources committee members expressed obvious dismay.

“Our feeling was we had come up with a great plan with the 50/50 proposal. It seems like the UW System can’t get out of its rut to see something different,” responded natural resources committee member Don Taylor, who also chairs the administration committee. “And if that’s how the system wants to do it, then we’re not interested in working with the system.”

Miller explained to the natural resources committee she, herself, felt disap-

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River Awareness Week, July 13-22

ST. CROIX FALLS - The St. Croix River is a national treasure, and the St. Croix River Association invites you to celebrate it and help clean it up during River Awareness Week, July 13-22.

This weeklong event along the St. Croix River, and its tributaries, is a great way for people of all ages to experience the amazing gift we have in our own backyard.

The St. Croix River is one of the cleanest tributaries flowing to the Mississippi River, but it’s not without its challenges. There is too much phosphorus, which leads to algae blooms. Many invasive species are creeping in, displacing native plants and animals. These are some big challenges. For one week, the SCRA coordinates efforts to make us all more river aware, hoping to build a lasting river connection. People take care of what they love, and everyone has a role in taking care of our water.

A whole week of events kicks off on Friday evening, July 13, in St. Croix Falls, at Music on the Overlook, a very popular local venue. The first scheduled cleanup will be at Wild River State Park, Saturday, July 14. All

scheduled events will be posted at the SCRA Web site stcroixriverassociation.org.

There are multiple ways for you to participate. River cleanup is a traditional and important part of River Awareness Week. If you would like to organize a cleanup, contact SCRA and we can help choose a river segment for your group. Cleanups are just one part of the week. There will be water-quality workshops, art projects and parties along the riverbanks. If you are organizing another type of event during River Awareness Week, let SCRA know and they will help promote it on their Web site and through other River Awareness Week communications and press releases.

Interested in learning more or want to organize your own River Awareness event? Contact the SCRA at 715483-3300 or e-mail us at info@scramail.com. Visit the SCRA Web site for the full list of events at stcroixriverassociation.org. - from SCRA

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BALSAM LAKE – Unity Clinic in Balsam Lake will be closed Thursday and Friday, June 28 and 29, to move to the new location, reopening Monday, July 2, for regular hours. They apologize for the inconvenience, but this closing is necessary to move staff and equipment across Hwy. 46 to the remodeled site at 1504 190th St. The public is invited to see the newly relocated facility at their open house on Saturday, June 30, from 9 a.m. to noon. Meet their health-care providers, staff, view health displays and enjoy light refreshments.

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Art Medley remains on display

Frederic Arts’ Art Medley open house was held at the art center during Frederic Family Days. This is the third year for the Art Medley which is currently now on display at the Frederic Library until July 5. All Medley pieces are available for sale as it tours Polk and Burnett counties. Each 6” x 6” redwood-framed piece is available for sale and includes a poster of the entire Art. Medley. Using a random numbering process, bidders on the boxes will not know which box they receive until they pick it up in August. There are nearly 100 boxes contributed to Frederic Arts from a variety of creative community members that range from promising young artists to seasoned masters. The Medley will move to artZ Gallery in Amery from July 6-21, then on to Fresh Start Coffee Roasters in Webster from July 23- Aug. 5 and finally it returns to Bremer Bank in Frederic Aug. 6-17. Distribution of boxes will be at the Frederic Arts and Crafts Fair on Saturday, Aug. 18, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Photos submitted

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At the park

Family Days

Coon Lake Park in Frederic is the busiest place in town during the annual Family Days celebration. Fun, whether it’s a petting zoo, playing basketball, completing an art project, or just spending time with friends, is high on the agenda for the three-day celebration. Photos by Becky Amundson

Variety show

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The Andrea Lundquist Dance Girls performed at the Family Days Variety Show, Friday evening, June 15, at Coon Lake Park.

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Kyle Lexen and son, Ian, sang “I Will Follow You,” at Friday evening’s talent show at Coon Lake Park.

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Local photographer John Hill, of Spirit Lake, took this amazing photograph of the planet Venus on June 5 around 6:30 p.m. Venus, the little dot in the picture, was passing by between Earth and the sun. Dr. Hill, a retired physician, used a telephoto lens, a solar filter and a steady tripod to capture this image. Venus, the second planet in our solar system, normally transits between Earth and the sun every 110 years. The bright planet was named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty, and has been visited by several spacecrafts launched by NASA. - Photo

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It’s easy to tell what this little bear was up to as it wandered onto the deck of Art Kost, who lives just off of the Yellow River south of Danbury. There was no mother bear in the area, but he was going to do what he needed to do - eat! - Photo by Art Kost

Adrianna and Mike DeBoer sing "Ours" by Taylor Swift during Friday evening’s talent show, part of the annual Family Days activities

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Pirates quest for gold melts away

Stevens Point Pacelli defeats Grantsburg softball team in state semifinal Stevens Point Pacelli 8, Grantsburg 7

by Scott Hoffman Special to the Leader MADISON – Stevens Point Pacelli went on a run-scoring feeding frenzy scoring 16 runs on two of the best defensive teams in the state, coming away with the Division 3 state title in Madison last week, Friday and Saturday, June 15-16. Grantsburg’s head coach Don Bjelland felt disappointed.

“We had a great season. When you’re in Grantsburg, it seems like your standards are so much higher, so even when you are at the state tournament, you should just be thankful and tickled pink to be there, and we are, but it is still a major disappointment. When we made our first trip down in 2004 it was a major deal. But to lose especially a game like this that you know you could win and it slips away from you, those are the tough ones.”

Sophomore Macy Hanson started things off in the top of the first inning, walking leadoff batter Sami Kay Shafranski on four straight head-level rise balls.

Shafranski went 3 for 4 on the day and was a thorn in the Pirates side all day.

Hanson settled in however, and threw 122 pitches for 86 strikes, walking three and striking out four. Pacilli took an early onerun lead on a terrible defensive start for the Pirates.

“We have been so sound defensively, we kind of let down a little bit in a couple of plays,” Bjelland said.

The Pirates offense got rolling on their

Pirates first baseman Wendy Roberts makes a circus catch during the state semifinal game against Pacelli in Madison on Friday, June 15. Grantsburg lost a close game, 8-7, and Pacelli went on to win the Division 3 state title. – Photos by Scott Hoffman half of the first inning with a triple by Sam scored one of the two runs in the second Schwieger, followed by doubles by Han- and Pacelli evened things up. For the Pison and Gab Witzany. When the dust set- rates in the second, Harlei Hennessey tled, the Pirates had a comfortable 3-1 reached on a throwing error and scored. lead. Cards Alicia Wimme walked and Things settled down somewhat, but the Pirates still had runners threatening but were unable to capitalize. For the game, Grantsburg left nine runners on base.

“They handed us the game in a lot of ways. There were some key times when we had runners in scoring positions, but we didn’t get the key hit that really counted. Just one of those bizarre games that you just look back and you think it should have gone this way. You feel more pressure when it is that way, with the errors, you know you’re better and you can’t seem to put the clamp on it, “said Bjelland.

The Cardinals got very busy in the sixth, scoring four runs on two errors on a usually strong Pirate defense. Now reality had set in for Grantsburg. The Pirates found themselves in a dogfight and started a rally of their own, scoring three runs on hits by Jen Schwieger and Nicole McKenzie to tie the score at 7.

The whole Pirate season now boiled down to the seventh inning. Pacelli third Grantsburg’s only two seniors Gabby Witzany, and Nicole McKenzie await the coin toss prior baseman Danielle Hoover started it off with a double to left and scored on a sacto the state semifinal against Pacelli, along with coach Don Bjelland.

rifice fly by Wimme, which proved to be the winning run, but Grantsburg still had a chance to win or even tie. But it was not to be, and the Pirates went quietly in the seventh with Kassie Lien being the only runner to reach base on a walk. Coach Bjelland pondered the future.

“Every time we seem like we have a good core back, and this year probably more than any other years we will have a lot of seniors coming back. The whole infield is the same as we had this year and they will be battling for those two seniors that are gone, Nic and Gab. There are openings there but there are people who are ready to play. So the future is good and so we just have to get over this. It is harder to get over the longer I coach. But we will be ready again in the spring. It seems like that is a long way away.”

Extra Points

••• OSCEOLA – The Osceola Braves town baseball team is currently 7-0 in the St. Croix Valley League Red Cedar Division and 12-1 overall. The Braves, who play host at the legendary Oakey Park in Osceola, have been drawing large crowds lately, and pulled in approximately 300 fans and spectators at their last game. The Braves latest game on Wednesday June 20, featured saxophonist, Sue Orfield (www.SueOrfield.com), who drove up from Eau Claire to play songs between innings. The Braves have two home games scheduled for this weekend, as they play the Prescott Pirates beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, June 22.

They play the Stillwater Loggers the following Saturday, June 23, beginning at 7 p.m. Updates, scores, schedules and other tidbits can be found on the Braves official Web site by going to hometeamsonline.com and clicking the key words, “Osceola Braves.” – Marty Seeger ••• LUCK – The Luck Renegades baseball team is in its first year of existence in the town baseball circuit, and is included in the Independent League’s Southwest Division, along with the Brill Millers, Bruce Belters, Grantsburg Honkers and Haugen Knights.

The Renegades home field is located at the Luck High School baseball diamond, and they still have six games remaining in the regular season. This Saturday, June 23, they play at Grantsburg before traveling to Haugen for a game on Sunday, June 24. On Sunday, July 1, they play a doubleheader at home against Bruce, and host Grantsburg on Sunday, July 8. On Saturday, July 14, they travel to Seeley, and wrap up the regular season at Spooner on Sunday, July 15. All games have a 1 p.m. game start.

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Grantsburg native playing out her passion with the Minnesota Vixens

by Priscilla Bauer Leader staff writer GRANTSBURG – Greeting customers from behind the teller counter at Community Bank, Amanda Byers was thinking about her favorite weekend pastime. But for this mild-mannered mother of two, catching up on some light reading or practicing relaxing yoga techniques were not in the plan. Byers would instead be unwinding the way she likes best, tackling opponents on the football field.

“I always wanted to play football,” said the petite 5’ 2” Byers. “But back in school my mom told me girls don’t play football.”

In spite of her mother’s lack of enthusiasm for her interest in the sport, Byers managed to get her football fix playing flag football in grade school and backyard games with the neighbors.

“I even won the punt, pass and kick competition in junior high,” Byers remembered proudly. “I’ve always been a tomboy.”

After high school, Byers passion for the game continued. “I watched pro games and played fantasy football, getting the best record of the season for my team.”

Amanda Byers proudly holds up her Minnesota Vixen team jersey. The petite mother of two fulfilled her dream to play football as a rookie with the women’s football team this season.

Started in 1999, the Vixens are members of the Independent Women’s Football League and are now in their 14th season. The team is the longest running women’s tackle team in the nation in a league of 74 all over the country. – Photo by Priscilla Bauer

Minnesota Vixen linebacker Amanda Byers tackled a Rockford Riveter player during her team’s first game of the season on April 14.

“I’m glad I can hit aggressively enough to be respected,” commented rookie Byers on her player skills. – Special photo

Just when Byers had pretty much given up on her dream to play real football, she was hit with the possibility there might still be a chance to play the game she loved. While visiting the Minnesota Vixens booth at the Minnesota State Fair, Byers struck up a conversation with one of the players.

“I was talking to one of the women at the booth and remarked how I was probably too old now to play,” recalled Byers.

“She pointed to another player and told me the woman was in her 40s and had been playing for 14 years.”

Started in 1999, the Minnesota Vixens, members of the Independent Women’s Football League, are now in their 14th season. The team is the longest running women’s tackle team in the nation in a

league of 74 all over the country.

Byers decided right then and there to tryout for the team, but her chance at finally fulfilling her dream was almost dashed when she missed the Vixens tryouts due to one of her son’s activities.

“I thought I’d missed my opportunity, but when I was looking on the Vixens Facebook page I saw the team was still looking for players.’’

Byers will never forget that day in January of 2012 when she tried out for the Vixen team. “It was indoors, and the first thing I did was trip on a rug. I was worried what the coach would think, but instead he told me he was impressed with my quick recovery.”

During the tryout, Byers said she had to run back and forth between cones in an

agility test.

“I thought I’d done pretty good at the tryout, and then knew I did when the coach offered me a contract, and I should start practicing that day.”

At the first practice, Byers said a woman called Red ran up and knocked her over.

“I got right back up, and the coach said, ‘Welcome to football, Rookie. If you can survive a hit from Red you can survive a hit from anyone.’”

Byers, who is listed on the Vixen roster as both a tight end and linebacker, says she likes the position she plays. “I play on the opposite end of where the tight end lines up, considered the weak side of the field.”

Settling in as a Vixen team member has been relatively easy for Byers. Though the majority of the players are in their late 20s and 30s there are also plenty of players in Byers’ age group and older.

“There are a lot of moms on the team, so they understand having to balance between work, kids and football,” said Byers, who added she gets a lot of support from her boyfriend and family. “And the coaches are very understanding about juggling practice schedules, too.” Byers said veteran players help train and teach new players. “We’re like a family.”

Byers’ two sons attend her games when they can. “My kids think it’s pretty neat.

Though, Kyle, my 9-year-old, does worry I might get hurt. Cody, my 12 year-old, just likes that his mom hits hard.”

Byers’ mom has even come around to the idea of her daughter playing football.

“She’s excited and has given up on the ‘it’s not for girls’ idea,” laughed Byers.

The Vixens play eight games in a 10week season that started in mid-April, and Byers said though she loves playing, it takes a toll on her physically.

“This is the hardest thing I’ve ever done,” said Byers, whose goal through the season was get in shape and have good core strength. “There have been times when I thought I was going to throw up.

There’s just nothing gentle about it.”

Byers said though the players are very competitive, she is proud of the team’s great sportsmanship. “We’re not just a bunch of bullies trying to take girls out.”

Byers said she was given the nickname Cheetah because of her tendency to jump up in the air when she hits. “The team told me you’re either a hammer or a nail, and I want to be a nail. I’m glad I can hit aggressively enough to be respected.” As to her football future, Byers wants to keep playing as long as she can. “I’ve got a lot to learn, like all the game plays. I’m trying to get through the season and learn as much as I can and then shape up for next season,” commented Byers.

“It is just so much fun. I love the physical challenge and the satisfaction of saying, ‘I did this,’” said Byers of finally fulfilling her football dream.

NOTE: The Vixens finished their season on Saturday, June 16, with a 2-6 record.

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Grantsburg adding fee for sports participation

by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer GRANTSBURG – With the exception of hockey and wrestling, those participating in Grantsburg extracurricular activities in the future will be paying an annual, fixedrate fee in order to compete. Students playing one, two or more high school sports activities will be required to pay an annual fee of $50, and middle school athletes will be asked to pay $15 annually.

Since hockey and wrestling athletes are independently funded and not funded directly by the school, they will be exempt from paying the fee. But if a wrestler plays football or baseball, or both, they’d need to pay the $50 fee.

It was a difficult decision made by the school board during their monthly meet-

ing on Monday, June 11, but with budget changes and shrinking enrollment, the school felt that changes needed to be made.

“I think this is a last-resort kind of thing,” said Grantsburg athletic director Mike Amundson. “Members of the school board, administration, everybody was hesitant, but at the same time, the next option would be to close programs and that could include anything from middle school sport activities to lower-level things such as JV or C squad.”

Amundson did a survey in 2010-11 on about 40 schools in the nearby Lakeland Conference and several others as far south as Prescott. Amundson found that about 40 percent of the schools already had a participation fee and implemented that

fee in various ways, and the costs per student differed. In order to avoid the fees in 2010-11, they did a few things in-house to make ends meet and balance the books, which included changes in transportation and laying off coaches where they felt they could. The fee, which is known by some as Pay to Play, was the last resort.

“We’re hoping it won’t become too burdensome,” said Amundson, who recommended the board go with the flat-rate fee. He also said that if a family has trouble coming up with the annual fee, they’ve been exploring different ways to ensure kids still have an opportunity to play. In some cases, Amundson said, it might encourage kids to participate in multiple sports since the flat-rate fee covers the entire year no matter how many sports they

decide to play.

“They might say, ‘OK, I’ve paid my $50, why not play two or three sports,’” Amundson said.

Despite a shrinking enrollment Grantsburg seems committed to offering students a chance to get involved in many different types of activities. Amundson says the school is currently listed on the WIAA bulletin as having an enrollment of 314 students but, in reality, it could be as low as 280 students next year.

“The biggest thing is the fact that we’re not trying to cut into programs, and give kids opportunity to participate in a variety of options. We don’t know what next year brings, or the year after, but this is where we’re going to start,” Amundson said.

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Scenes of Pirates softball play at state

Wendy Robert makes a circus catch.

Harlei Hennessey camps out under a fly ball.

Katie Miller slides safely into third base. – Photos by Scott Hoffman

L E F T: C o a c h Bjelland g i v e s base-running advice.

R I G H T: Determination showed on team member’s faces just prior to the first pitch.

Longtime local soccer coaches retire BURNETT COUNTY – Saturday, June 16, was the end of another American Youth Soccer Organization soccer season for the Grantsburg, Siren and Webster area. This year they said goodbye to two dedicated volunteers, Don Finch and Ron Diffee, who have been involved with the region for 15 years and have shown dedication to helping make the region successful. Both have played a huge role on the board as regional commissioner, coach ad-

Don Finch and Ron Diffee were hoonored for 15 years of dedication with coaching soccer in Burnett County. – Photo submitted

ministrator and ref administrator through the years. They have both coached their kids and many others from young elementary through high school. Finch and Diffee have also been refs and given many hours to training beginner coaches and refs.

When talking with Finch about his years being part of the soccer program, he had the following to pass on to all parents and many kids he’s coached over the years,

“After 15 years and 18 or 19 seasons coaching young kids, I wouldn’t trade it for the world. As much as it is my job to teach young kids, they’ve taught me more than they’ll ever know. Coaching is not just a job, it’s an honor and a privilege that most parents never take the chance to experience. To the parents that have tried it, I applaud you. To the parents that haven’t tried it, you are missing out on something wonderful that can only be learned from

experience. I’ll miss the game, and I’ll miss the kids for sure, but mostly, I can only hope that I’ve left a positive impact on the children that I’ve had the pleasure of coaching. I love you all like my family, and I will miss you dearly.”

The AYSO soccer club extends its gratitude to Finch and Diffee and said both will be greatly missed. – submitted

The U19 teams from Grantsburg, Siren and Webster pose for a quick photo with former coaches Ron Diffee and Don Finch.

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from the film, “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.”

Town ball and “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy” quotes Across Wisconsin on high school baseball fields and city fields, another season of town ball or town-ball baseball unfolds.

In this neck of the woods, folks wishing to catch ATHLETIC some great baseball action may want to seek out Grantsburg Honker games or perhaps catch some games of the St. Croix Bandits or Osceola Braves. In Luck, there’s a new team called the Luck Renegades. For fans unfamiliar with town ball, it’s good baseball and teams take winning seriously!

Of course, anytime you talk about baseball, especially amateur baseball, it’s good to mix some fun with baseball principles. The following is a list of some town ball principles attached to quotes

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Ron Burgundy says, “Stay classy, San Diego.”

In town ball, teams need to play with class – respect the umpires, the opposing players and the fans. If a rookie player decides to steal a base when his team has a large lead, that rookie may find a pitch in his ear hole when he bats again. Welcome to town ball.

Ron Burgundy says, “Here it goes down, down into my belly.”

In town ball, players 21 and over may partake in some postgame refreshments.

However, true veteran ballplayers know that the first thing they need to grab after a game is a rake and not a can of refreshment.

Ron Burgundy says, “I don’t know how to put this, but I’m kind of a big deal.”

There are approximately 67 teams in the Wisconsin Baseball Association and every team plays hard, hoping to make it to the state championship tournament which will be held in Osseo Aug. 17-19. It is a big deal to make this tournament.

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The Honkers nearly won state approximately seven years ago. The Osceola Braves won state in 2003. For more information on the leagues and the teams in the Wisconsin Baseball Association, go to wisconsinbaseball.org.

Ron Burgundy says, “The only way to get a classy woman is to get two tickets to the gun show.”

Players may want to show off their guns by swinging for the fences. But in town ball, teams that can bunt will often fare better than teams trying to park one over the short porch, especially when playing in St. Croix Falls.

Ron Burgundy says, “You woke up the bears! Why did you do that?”

In town ball, especially in places like Oakey Park where the Braves play, opposing players should stick to playing ball and not get sucked into heckling from rowdy fans. When on the road, the rule is get a win and get out of Dodge quietly!

Ron Burgundy says, “Look, the most glorious rainbow ever.”

When ballplayers with professional experience or stud college ballplayers de-

P O R T S cide to come out of retirement, it’s like a giant rainbow just appeared over the ballpark. When retired MLB star Jarrod Washburn decides he’d like to play some town ball, I’m sure Bryan Vilstrup of the Honkers will be ready with open arms.

The code in town ball when dealing with ringers – a ringer will be given a schedule and will be simply told, “just tell us which games you’d like to play … and don’t worry about the $100 for your uniform or umpire fees … we got it!”

Ron Burgundy says, (while playing jazz flute) “Little Ham ‘n Eggs comin’ at ya ..”

If you watch town ball long enough, you’ll see just about everything … maybe even someone playing a jazz flute in the stands. Once in awhile, you’ll see a MLB scout at games. Joe Mauer played in Osceola against the Braves three times prior to being drafted by the Twins. The best thing about town ball is you’ll see older pitchers with crafty off-speed junk that will be unhittable, as well as the young stud pitchers who can touch 90 mph on a good day and everything in between.

Swanson claims first feature

by Terry Lehnertz St. Croix Valley Raceway CENTURIA – Fan counts and cars counts continue to increase at St. Croix Valley Raceway. As the temperatures climbed into the 80s, fans crammed into the parking lots while WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds jammed the pits with a seasonbest 24 machines. A racy surface provided for multiple-groove racing all night long, and the evening was capped off in hilarious fashion with David Lee Berger racing his No. 10 “not Barbie” pink truck to the win in the trailer races.

Heavy midweek rains necessitated longer than normal track grooming at intermission. During the long wait, several SCVR drivers made their way around to the front stretch to hand out pictures and autographs to the fans. After the surface was reworked, the pure stocks, paced by Tony DuBois and Jon Wigchers, stormed under Shaun Cimfl’s green flag. Dubois showed the fast way while pursued by

Jake Silbernagel. The man on the move, however, was Jason Havel. Per track rules, any driver in the future four or pure stock division that wins two consecutive features must start in the rear of the field.

Havel, working on a streak of three in a row, started 10th of 10. While Silbernagel was dogging DuBois, Havel was picking off multiple cars per lap. By lap three, Havel was already up to third, and he managed to pick off both the leaders by the halfway point. While Havel raced off into his own ZIP code, Justin Rick, Wigchers, Silbernagel and DuBois juked and jived in a spirited battle for second. At the stripe, Havel cruised to his fourth consecutive win in front of Silbernagel, Rick, DuBois and Wigchers.

The UMSS Micro Sprints, the infant class still growing from a low of two cars at the season’s start to five cars on Friday, June 16, were again dominated by “Silent Thunder,” Greg Gunderson of Sioux Falls, S.D. Starting at the tail, Gunderson took

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Scores Friday, June 15 (State semifinal) Pacelli 8, Grantsburg 7

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FALUN CHURCH SOFTBALL LEAGUE

Standings Team Overall Calvary Covenant 3-0 Siren Assembly 3-0 Webster Baptist 3-1 Trade Lake Baptist 2-1 Faith Lutheran 2-2 Frederic Free 2-2 Falun Churches 1-2 Siren Covenant/Bethany 1-2 W.Sweden/Zion Lutheran 1-2 New Hope Lutheran 0-3 Trade River Free 0-3 Scores Thursday, June 14 Calvary Covenant 5, W.Sweden/Zion Lutheran 3 Trade Lake Baptist 10, Siren Covenant/Bethany 7 Falun Churches 8, Trade River Free 7 Friday, June 15 Faith Lutheran 5, Frederic Free 0 (forfeit) Siren Assembly 24, Webster Baptist 11 Webster Baptist 7, Faith Lutheran 5 Upcoming Thursday, June 21 7 p.m.

Frederic Free vs. Trade River Free 8 p.m.

Calvary Covenant vs. Trade Lake Baptist 9 p.m.

Siren Assembly vs. New Hope Lutheran Friday, June 22 7 p.m.

Faith Lutheran vs. Siren Covenant/Bethany Falun Churches vs. W.Sweden/Zion Lutheran 8 p.m.

Standings Team Overall Bon Ton 6-2 Pour House 6-1 Chell Well 5-2 Edina Realty 5-2 True Quality Auto Body 3-4 St. Croix 3-4 Sundown 2-5 Lake Lena 1-6 Wayne’s 1-6 Scores Wednesday, June 13 Chell Well 20, Wayne’s 11 Pour House 8, St. Croix 4 Bon Ton 24, Edina Realty 23 True Quality Auto Body 8, Sundown 12 Bon Ton 24, Lake Lena 2

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Standings Team Overall Coyland Creek 4-1 Smith Family Eye Care 3-0 Beehive 3-1 Trap Rock 3-1 Big Butz BBQ 1-2 Kris’ Pheasant Inn 1-3 Best Western 0-4 Maurer Construction 0-3 Scores Monday, June 18 Smith Family Eye Care 14, Coyland Creek 11 Trap Rock 15, Beehive 14 Coyland 18, Best Western 3 Big Butz 13, Maurer Construction 2 Kris’ Pheasant Inn 14, Best Western 9

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only an eighth of a mile to sail to the point, leaving George Knudsen, Ty Sampair, Chris Lanz and Tony Duran to vie for second. For the second week in a row, Gunderson won by a country mile in a popular victory ahead of Duran, Knudsen, Sampair and Lanz.

Twelve Bullseye Shooting Range Future Fours raced to green in their feature, led

by Kris Kaphing and Damon Roberts.

Roberts, already with pair of trophies on the year, held the top spot for three laps.

Unfortunately Roberts’ fourth trip though turn four resulted in a broken right front wheel, handing the lead to Kaphing. After leading through lap seven, Kaphing suffered a flat right front forcing him to limp his No. 16x steed pit-side. After spending the race battling for third, then second, the trio of Kyle Dahlheimer, Chris Rick and Oliver Swanson found themselves locked into a battle royalé for the win. With nothing settled until the final turn, a jubilant Swanson celebrated his first ever feature win, edging out Rick, Dahlheimer and Joe Schwartz.

The Sterling Bank UMSS Traditional Sprint car counts remained strong, topping 10 cars for the second consecutive week. Travis Jehlicka and Jack Clark brought the 11-car field up to speed with the veteran Clark nabbing the top spot for the opening lap. By lap two, it was reigning champion Kevin Bradwell pacing the field on his hometown track. Starting deeper in the field, Johnny Parsons III and the winner of last week’s traditional 30, Rob Caho Jr., were quickly buzzing Bradwell’s fuel cell. By lap seven, Parsons found an opening and blasted to the front, with Bradwell and Caho now giving chase. On lap 14, Caho and Bradwell swapped positions with the primary pressure to Parsons now applied by Caho, who was simultaneously still fending of Bradwell. At the double checkers, it was Parsons picking up his third win of the season with Caho, Bradwell, Clark and Katrina Sautbine rounding out the top five.

The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds closed the racing with a whopping 24 cars crammed onto the quarter-mile bullring.

After an opening-lap altercation in turn two, fourth-starting Jason VandeKamp headed to the work area for repairs and rejoined the tail of the field. Not involved in the wreck was Josh Bazey, who took a lap to work his way around John Remington. Once in front, Bazey raced off into the night, leaving Remington, Bryce Johnson, Grant Southworth, Cory Eystad and Justin Oestreich to battle for second, while VandeKamp was tasked with passing the bulk of the field. Another caution on lap three found VandeKamp already back into the top 10, and he would continue his charge throughout the race. With just five laps remaining, VandeKamp had bested most of the field, but while he was chauf-

feuring his hotrod through the heavy traffic up to second place, Bazey was cruising on a mostly wide open track. With far too much real estate behind Bazey, the yellow flag VandeKamp needed to close the gap never came and Bazey secured a third feature win sticker for his 2012 collection.

VandeKamp thrilled the crowd with his amazing charge through the field for second in front of Oestreich, Remington and Eystad.

Scheduled for this Friday night, June 22, is Senior Night, with all fans over 65 years young receiving free admission.

All regular classes will be in competition: pure stocks and future fours, WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds, along with the UMSS Traditional and Micro sprints. June 22 is also the WISSOTA Race of Champions qualifying night for the Midwest Modif i e d s .

And now less than weeks away, Friday, June 29, the highly anticipated first-annual Open Wheel Nationals Kouba Memorial Race presented by Jack Links.

UMSS winged sprint cars will be racing for a $2,000 winner’s check, open modifieds are chasing a winner’s share of $1,500 in prize money, Midwest Modifieds will be vying for a $750 top prize and the UMSS Traditional Sprints are motoring after a $500 winner’s check. Celebrations will continue at The Valley on Friday, July 6, with another Kids Night (under 15 free) and a fireworks spectacular supplied by Fireworks Forever of St. Croix Falls.

Additional details for these or any other future events at St. Croix Valley Raceway can be found on the track’s Web site, scvraceway.com.

Race summary: Future fours feature: Oliver Swanson, Chris Rick, Kyle Dahlheimer, Joe Schwartz, Kris Kaphing, Alex Hallin, Chris Arnett, Damon Roberts, Dylan Roberts, Derek Reding, Nicki DuBois and Nick Axelson. Pure stocks feature: Jason Havel, Jake Silbernagel, Justin Rick, Tony DuBois, Greg Hallin, Mason McEvers, Cindy Stordahl, Ken Hallin, Greg Meidlinger and Jon Wigchers. UMSS Micro Sprints feature: Greg Gunderson, Tony Duran, George Knudsen, Ty Sampair and Chris Lanz. UMSS Traditional Sprints: feature: Johnny Parson III, Rob Caho Jr., Kevin Bradwell, Jack Clark, Katrina Sautbine, Denny Stordahl, Travis Jehlicka, Tom Porter, Mike Huesmann, Ryan Olson and Lucas Milz. WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds feature: Josh Bazey, Jason VandeKamp, Justin Oestreich, John Remington, Cory Eystad, Bryce Johnson, Tyler English, Tony Schill, Jason Schill, AJ Roschen, Kevin Marlett, Corey Fogelson, Doug Toepper, Mike Haseltine, Miranda Carlson, Grant Southworth, Vince Corbin, Jeremy Houle, Mitch Weiss, George Dallbeck, Mike Halvorsen, Jake Stai, Greg Arnt and Brent Swanson.

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Setting the record straight

person, which is a mere drop in the bucket of the ongoing and complex controversy, which really involves one tine coming off the main beam.

Cousins said it would take over an hour to explain every detail of how B&C officials have mishandled the King buck, but much of it boils down to internal politics, pride, arrogance and a how-dare-youquestion-me attitude among top officials in the B&C. After returning the buck to Wisconsin, King had the deer officially scored by someone who was instructed by Reneau to rule one point, known as the G3, on the right side, to be an abnormal point. The final net score of 180-1/4 inches, was then submitted to the B&C, which is a far cry from the net typical score of 215-4/8, which is what the buck were to score if deemed a typical.

Local B&C scoring official fired for speaking mind on controversial King buck

by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer LUCK – When it comes to scoring bigantlered white-tailed deer, few in Wisconsin have as much experience in doing so as Craig Cousins of Luck. To date, he has scored more than 3,900 whitetails and nearly 200 other big-game animals such as elk, moose and caribou for the Boone and Crockett, Pope and Young and Wisconsin Buck and Bear Clubs. He is trained to score all 33 categories of big game animals though, coming from the Midwest, his expertise undoubtedly lies with the whitetailed deer. Many local hunters who have been fortunate to shoot a large buck, have relied on Cousins to see that their trophy animal gets recognized in the record books.

However, with more than 25 years of respected volunteer service as a certified scorer with the Boone and Crockett Club, Cousins learned earlier this month in a letter from B&C, that his certification had been revoked for expressing a one-sentence opinion regarding the controversial Johnny King buck. Cousins had attended a deer and turkey expo in Madison and didn’t know he was being quoted by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel at the time, but doesn’t deny what he said. “It’s a shame what is happening to the King buck. It’s a typical 12-pointer in my eyes,” Cousins said in the Milwaukee paper.

After the article went to print, Cousins was contacted and told that he had violated the B&C code of ethics, and a short time later, he received the termination letter in the mail. But the controversy with the Johnny King buck is still very much alive, and is the subject of online chat forums, and well-renowned deer hunting magazines such as Deer and Deer Hunting magazine, where the story on the controversy first surfaced. And just last week, Cousins was in possession of the original Johnny King buck, in hopes to share the King buck controversy, and why he was released from the B&C. He’s also hopeful in giving a truly giant buck a fair shake in what he and many others feel was a scor-

The infamous G3, the shorter tine in center of photo, on the buck’s right side, is stirring the debate. Many say the buck is a typical, while a few top officials argue that the tine is an abnormal point.

Craig Cousins, a former well-renowned scorer for the Boone and Crockett Club, holds the giant Johnny King buck, which was shot in Grant County in 2006. The buck, and how it was handled by the B&C, has stirred controversy, and even led to the firing of Cousins earlier this month for speaking out in favor of a potential world record whitetail. – Photos by Marty Seeger ing error on the part of top officials at the B&C. “Virtually everybody that looks at it says it’s typical, but three guys with some authority and power say no. So there’s controversy involved,” said Cousins.

The King buck controversy In 2006, Johnny King was on a farm his family had been hunting with rifle for several years in Wisconsin’s Grant County when the monster six-by-six buck first appeared. King wasn’t after anything with big antlers. This buck just happened to give him a chance during a routine deer drive.

“You’d like to know him. You’d like to have him as a neighbor or a nephew. He’s a good guy. Hardworking young kid,” Cousins said.

When King shot the buck, the first bullet ended up striking near the base of the left side of the antler. When King and a cousin went to recover the deer, much of the beam on the left side snapped off, which is part of where the controversy be-

The hole at the base of the left side of the Johnny King buck antler is where the first bullet struck, leading it to break completely off the main beam.

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King took the buck to one of the local measurers, who said he could have a potential world record on his hands, but was concerned that the broken beam might not be acceptable. The Wisconsin records chairman also advised King he’d need to have the broken antler looked at, so during the spring of 2007, King and his father drove the buck to Hamburg, Pa., where B&C chairman Jack Reneau and other top B&C officials were scoring deer. To King’s delight, Reneau, and apparently three other certified scorers, ruled the buck’s broken main beam as acceptable, but ruled the buck was not a typical as was first suggested.

“The intention was that it would be just the beam. That’s why he brought it up there to Pennsylvania,” said Cousins.

“And then surprise, surprise, it’s a nontypical.”

According to a Deer and Deer Hunting magazine report written by Duncan Dobie, of the 25 or so official scorers on the B&C records committee, none have actually seen or even held the King buck in

Why care?

There is a lot of support to suggest that the King buck would become the new world record typical, and many have asked why the deer can’t be scored by a panel, as other bucks in the past have. The B&C no longer wants any part of looking at the King buck and has tried to push aside the controversy, hoping it will all go away. They are standing firm that the buck will never be scored again, or scored by a panel even with the controversy that surrounds it.

The Milo Hanson buck, which scored 213-5/8 inches, is the current world record which was shot in 1993. The second largest typical whitetail of all time is the Jordan buck, shot by James Jordan in Burnett County in 1914. The Jordan buck still holds the No. 1 spot as the top typical in Wisconsin. That record too could fall if the King buck were to be scored as a typical.

But for a lot of people, it’s not so much about the record as doing the right thing.

Along with Cousins, B&C scorer Ron Boucher of Vermont and Herman Fellers of Wisconsin have been fired from the B&C for speaking out. Cousins said that there are at least 34 other official scorers in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois that say the deer is perfectly typical, yet the B&C refuses to take note. Those 34 other official scorers also refuse to talk openly about the King buck, as their certification will almost certainly be terminated if they speak out. Cousins, Boucher

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This view of the Johnny King buck shows a fairly symmetrical rack. From this angle, the buck appears to be a perfect 12-pointer. Looking toward the bottom right, you can see how the G3 on the right side of the rack comes straight out of the main beam.

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GNO bass tournament held during Family Days

Great Northern Outdoors held a Family Days Bass Fishing Tournament over the weekend. Anglers could pick two of three days and times to fish, Friday evening from 5 to 9 p.m. and or Saturday or Sunday morning from 7 a.m. to noon. They had to fish once on Round Lake and once on Spirit Lake. Prizes were awarded for the biggest bass and the heaviest bag over the two days of fishing. Winners were Billy Struck and Adam Anderson for the biggest fish weighing in at 4 lbs. 4 oz. Biggest bag went to Adam Memmer and Andy Anderson, total weight of fish 20 lbs. 3 oz.

Top left: Vern and Luke Knauber hoist up four bass they caught during the tournament, and father and son Jim and Kirk Miller (center photo) showed off success. Others caught fish of all different sizes, as shown in the photo on the far right. – Photos by Becky Amundson

Meeting set for Gov. Knowles State Forest draft master plan GRANTSBURG – Improvements and lengthening of the trail system for hiking, horseback riding and cross-country skiing upgrades to an existing 32-mile snowmobile trail, a new group equestrian campground and improvements to existing campgrounds, including the addition of electricity and showers, are among the changes proposed in a draft master plan for the Gov. Knowles State Forest.

The plan also identifies 10 areas, totaling 7,989 acres, under consideration for boundary expansion to meet ecological, economic and social benefits of the 38,000acre forest located in Burnett and Polk counties in northwestern Wisconsin.

Master plans guide management activity on Department of Natural Resource owned lands and are updated every 15 years. The plans address state forest management, recreation and boundary expansion areas for consideration as part of sustainable forestry.

The public will have an opportunity to review and comment on the draft master plan for the Gov. Knowles State Forest at a Monday, June 25, open house meeting.

The open house event will take place from 3 to 7 p.m., at the Crex Meadows Wildlife Education and Visitor Center, 102 East Crex Ave., Grantsburg.

People can also provide comments on the plan either online or by regular mail.

The draft master plan and environmental analysis are available by searching the DNR Web site for Gov. Knowles master plan, dnr.wi.gov/master_planning/ govknowles/. The page includes an online comment form. Comments on the plan will be accepted through July 13.

Established in 1970 as the St. Croix River State Forest, the forest was redesignated the Gov. Knowles State Forest in 1981 to recognize former Gov. Warren P. Knowles for his administration’s progress in conservation.

Originally designated to protect the St. Croix River, the forest is long and narrow, with most of the 55-mile length of the property lying along the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway, managed by the National Park Service. Gov. Knowles State Forest contains a diverse group of natural communities and habitats and is a popu-

King buck continued and Fellers, it seems, have been made examples. Those three scorers who were fired along with 31 others are also the same scorers who spend their lives as experts scoring white-tailed deer. Yet, the B&C is resting its case on decisions made by people who have barely even seen the deer, except maybe in photographs.

“The guys who do literally score hundreds (of whitetails) a year … we’re the ones who are considered experts. We’re the ones who are saying that that’s a perfectly normal typical and it meets every criteria that’s in our measuring manual book that gives directions on how to score it,” Cousins said.

Even after the bitter split from the B&C, Cousins seems to have no ill feelings, and has even had a lot of positives to say about the good that the B&C has brought to conservation and traditions of hunting.

“But I still believe in what’s right, sticking up for what’s right. Giving proper recognition for what that is, it’s important to me,” he said.

New beginnings No matter what happens, the King buck is an unbelievable buck, and legendary in its own right, just as the many other legendary bucks before it. With 29-1/2-inch main beams, a 21-inch spread, long tines and unimaginable mass, the King buck will likely be talked about for years to

come.

“There’s a dozen deer that have longer beams. There’s probably a hundred deer that have wider spread, and there’s a few deer that have more mass, but none of them have put it all together like this one,” Cousins said.

The King buck may now only be remembered for the controversy surrounding it, but even with all the bickering between scorers, the public and the B&C, Cousins realizes there are more important things in life than arguing over a deer. He says in many ways, getting released by the B&C has freed him from remaining silent, and believes that all things happen for a reason.

“Youre priorities change. There was a time in my life when being a scorer and scoring deer and hunting trophy deer was my passion, it was my obsession. Right now it’s not as important,” he said.

But you can bet that Cousins will continue to fight for what he feels is right and, by the way it sounds, there’s still plenty more to come.

A group of up and coming hunters got a chance to admire and pose with the controversial Johnny King Buck recently. Despite the controversy, the deer is still a magnificent no matter what happens. – Photo by Marty Seeger

lar destination for horseback riders, hunters, hikers, canoeists and kayakers who come to enjoy the St. Croix River.

For information or to obtain a printed

documents people can contact Bob Dall, DNR, 107 Sutliff Ave., Rhinelander, WI 54501, 715-365-8993, robert.dall@wisconsin.gov – from the DNR

Youth in June at Crex Meadows GRANTSBURG – Nature’s Little Explorers is a 10-week program series for children ages 2-6, older siblings are welcome, too. Explorers will meet on Tuesdays from 10 to 11:30. Cost is $2 per child per week or a one-time fee of $10.

Last week, June 12, explorers got started by discovering three different habitats.

This week, they learned about trees.

Next week, June 26, explorers will play a game to learn about wildlife adaptations. Join them!

Summer Family Wildlife Adventures is a new program series. The idea is to be outside discovering nature while in it. SFWA will meet twice a month on Wednesdays. The first adventure was Wednesday, June 13. They searched for butterflies, but found dragonflies, cater-

pillars and moths. The next adventure will be Wednesday, June 27, trying to spot baby animals. All SFWA are free and begin at 6 p.m.

There is a wildflower tour on Saturday, June 23, from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. starting at the visitor center. The tour will be heading into the wetlands to find midsummer wildflowers.

For more information about these and other events at Crex Meadows, please call 715-463-2739, visit www.crexmeadows.org, or find them on Facebook. Friends of Crex support these and other programs. You can support these types of programs and be more involved by joining the Friends of Crex. – submitted

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Molly Trieschimann of Milltown holds up a net full of large panfish she caught during the Neil McKenzie Youth Fishing Derby on Deer Lake on Saturday, June 16.

Despite a heavy downpour of rain, there were 90 kids who showed up for this year’s ninth-annual Neil McKenzie Youth Fishing Derby on Saturday, June 16, on Deer Lake. Several nice panfish were caught and a handful of bass, rock bass and northern pike. People come from miles away to enjoy the free tournament, where youth are awarded many different prizes and treated to lunch, and are provided with guides or equipment if needed. Conservation wardens, many volunteers and the Polk County Sportsmen’s Club and Polk County Bassers work together to make the event possible each year. – Photo submitted

RIGHT: Aaron Lubich of Prescott and Andrew Loy of Chetek hold up a nice crappie and bluegill caught on Deer Lake during the youth fishing derby on Saturday, June 16.

Several youth anglers hauled in buckets full of fish to be weighed during the Neil McKenzie Youth Fishing Derby on Deer Lake, Saturday, June 16.

Emma Wiles, 5, and Mari Wiles, 3, of Elk River, Minn., shared a day on the water with their dad and their best fishing attire. They also didn’t seem to mind the rain, and caught several panfish along the way.

The Tulgrens, a family of eight from Clear Lake, have been enjoying the Neil McKenzie Youth Fishing Derby together for most of the nine years of the ninth-annual event. Two of their eight children had other obligations this year, but the family’s six other children were having a great time.

At far right, Joyce McKenzie oversees the awards ceremony as youth gather around to see who won for largest fish. McKenzie is the wife of the late Neil McKenzie, who inspired the tournament for kids who normally don’t have the opportunity to go fishing on the lake. – Photo submitted

Results from the Neil McKenzie Youth Fishing Derby June 16, 2012 Ages 1 -6 Sunfish

– Photos by Marty Seeger unless otherwise noted Fish big and small were caught during the McKenzie Youth Fishing Derby on Deer Lake as this angler demonstrates with about a 3inch largemouth bass.

First: Blake Barfknecht Second: Izzie Iwaszko

.625 .610

First: Blake Barfknecht Second: Morgan Gjovig

1.460 1.265

First: Blake Barfknecht

.275

Bass

Perch

Crappie/Rock Bass

First: Morgan Gjovig Second: Mari Wiles

.750 .410

Ages 7 - 9 Sunfish

First: Porter Boche Second: Kelli Niles

Bass

First: Brayden Stuart

Perch

.665 .610 1.260

Ages 10 - 12 Sunfish

First: Jacob Eichelt Second: Isabelle Gatten

Bass

First: Drew Niles

Perch

Ages 13 - 17 Sunfish

.575 .540

First: Lexi Ward Second: Tori Ward

.555 .510

1.450

First: Isaiah Silvis

1.760

Bass

Perch

First: McKenzie Ward Second: Connor Eichelt

.285 .280

First: Daniel Hasselquist Second: Jacob Burns

.305 .265

First: Tori Ward Second: Alex Barthman

.500 .250

First: Zachary Silvis Second: Adam Vitalis

.515 .500

First: Liz Sande Second: Isabelle Gatten Tie: River Tulgren

.550 .510 .510

First: Greta Amtsbauer Second: Aaron Lubich

.955 .730

First: Daniel Hasselquist

.655

First: Devan Tulgren

.513

Crappie/Rock Bass

Crappie/Rock Bass

Northern Pike

Crappie/Rock Bass Northern Pike

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Kohl rep in Siren June 28 SIREN - U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl’s regional representative, Marjorie Bunce, will be in Siren on Thursday, June 28, to meet with constituents from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Burnett County Government Center, 7410 CTH K, in Room 162. No appointment is necessary.

“If you are having a problem with a federal program or agency, or have an opinion on an issue before Congress, please let me know by meeting with my regional representative Marjorie Bunce,” Kohl said.

Bunce can also be contacted at Kohl’s regional office at 402 Graham Ave., in Suite 206, in Eau Claire, WI 54701.

Her telephone number is 715-832-8424 and e-mail address is marjorie_bunce@kohl.senate.gov. - submitted

May foreclosures down in Wisconsin

by Kristen Durst Wisconsin Public Radio STATEWIDE - Foreclosures in Wisconsin dropped 18 percent in May from the previous month and are down 16 percent from May of last year.

Daren Blomquist, vice president of the foreclosure tracking firm RealtyTrac, says Wisconsin’s numbers continue to contrast the rest of country. “It’s interesting because Wisconsin seems to zig when the rest of the nation zags,” he says. “And the last few months before April we had been seeing increasing foreclosure activity in Wisconsin while the nation was decreasing. But in May, foreclosure activity actually decreased 18 percent from April to May in Wisconsin while it increased 9 percent in the nationwide.”

Blomquist says many lenders across the country are still catching up after foreclosures were slowed down due to litigation. And he says he suspects the state’s onemonth drop in foreclosures might not last. “If we can continue to see 18-percent decreases going forward for the next few months that will lead us to believe that maybe this is the beginning of a downward trend,” he says. “However my suspicion is that it’s probably more of a one-month anomaly, because the trend so far this year has been upward in Wisconsin.”

Wisconsin has the nation’s 11th highest foreclosure rate, down from 10th place last month.

Polk County circuit court Mirage D. Allen, Amery, operating while revoked, $200.50.

Elizabeth D. Baker, Amery, speeding, $175.30.

Douglas A. Bengston Jr., Milltown, fail/stop at stop sign, $175.30.

Amy Benson, Clear Lake, speeding, not guilty plea.

Brent G. Berg, Osceola, speeding, $175.30.

Darcy L. Brenholt, Luck, nonregistration of auto, $175.30.

Cole J. Caldwell, Lindstrom, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Robert C. Carlson, Dresser, speeding, $175.30.

Peter D. Chenal, Frederic, fail/yield while making left turn, $175.30.

Tyler R. Christensen, Luck, speeding, $175.30.

Dylan Coe, Amery, speeding, not guilty plea.

Timber R. Cournoyer, Somerset, operating a motor vehicle w/o insurance, $200.50; fail to stop/improper stop at stop sign, $175.30.

Cynthia G. Cutter, Luck, speeding, $175.30.

Ethan M. Dado, Amery, fail/stop at stop sign, $175.30.

Michael J. Dzieweczynski, Osceola, speeding, $175.30.

John G. Elam, Atlanta, Ga., speeding, $175.30.

John T. Elmgren, Webster, speeding, $175.30.

Corey A. Erickson, Grantsburg, speeding, $175.30.

Steven R. Gramberg, Cumberland, speeding, $175.30.

Joey J. Jacobson, Brooklyn Center, Minn., seat belt violation, $10.00.

Sarah K. Jacobson, Taylors Falls, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Larry E. Jenness, Barron, speeding, $175.30.

Ryan P. Johnson, Luck, permit unauthorized person to drive, $200.50.

Theo G. Johnson, Minneapolis, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Thomas P. Johnson, Milltown, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Tony A. Johnson, Dresser, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Zachary A. Johnson, Balsam Lake, speeding, $175.30.

Elvis K. Kobs, Amery, speeding, $175.30.

Jeffrey P. Kobs, Deer Park, reckless driving-endanger safety, $389.50.

Christopher R. Koethe, Balsam Lake, operating motor vehicle w/o insurance, $200.50.

Benjamin A. Kotval, Milltown, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Raymond P. Kruse Jr., Maplewood, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Manessah M. Krunkel, Almena, speeding, $175.30.

Kristal K. Leske, St. Croix Falls, failure to keep vehicle under control, $213.10.

Joseph P. Lobert, Luck, operate w/o valid license, $200.50; speeding, $200.50.

Megan A. Lubbe, Plymouth, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

Curtis D. Lunde, Milltown, OU, $200.00.

George S. Mavropoulos, Bloomingdale, Ill., speeding, $175.30.

Kyle J. Melin, Deer Park, operating while suspended, $200.50.

Danae L. Meyer, St. Croix Falls, inattentive driving, $187.90.

Kristi A. Mickus, Somerset, speeding, $175.30.

Jason L. Millermon, Amery, speeding, $175.30.

Adam J. Moore, Osceola, inattentive driving, $187.90.

Andrew S. Noren, Circle Pines, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Ashley H. Peper, Centuria, speeding, $175.30.

Jared M. Peper-Rucks, Luck, operating a motor vehicle w/o insurance, $200.50.

Peter E. Petersen, Atlantic Beach, Fla., speeding, $175.30.

Debra J. Petty, St. Croix Falls, speeding, $175.30.

Linda D. Pflueger, Star Prairie, speeding, $225.70.

Alan J. Plutowski, Plymouth, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Manuel J. Romero-Tene, Roberts, speeding, $225.70; operate w/o valid license, $200.50.

Jeremy J. Rutledge, Osceola, vehicle owner’s liability for failing to stop at scene of accident, $200.50.

Ryan D. Schmidt, Siren, speeding, $175.30.

Sharah R. Smith, St. Croix Falls, operating a motor vehicle w/o insurance, $200.50.

Ryan R. Stephansen, Milltown, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Xeng Vang, Minneapolis, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Annette C. Waggoner, Amery, speeding, $175.30.

Jami L. Wallace, New Richmond, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Bailey M. Walz, Amery, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Briana L. Webster, Balsam Lake, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Nancy L. Whipkey, Stillwater, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Michael E. Wilson, Clayton, speeding, $175.30.

Donald E. Wine, Rice Lake, speeding, $175.30.

Megan M. Woods, Siren, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00; seat belt violation, $10.00.

De Ricci Ziegenhagen, Somerset, speeding, $175.30.

Albert H. Allman III, Balsam Lake, speeding, $200.50.

Trever R. Ames, St. Anthony, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Jasonn D. Anderson, Clayton, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Maria Arntson, Almena, building a deck without a land use permit, $452.56.

Neil R. Bakke, New Richmond, speeding, $175.30.

Lisa A. Barland Johnson, Milltown, speeding, not guilty plea.

Mackenzie G. Baxter, Milltown, inattentive driving, $187.90; operate motor vehicle by permittee w/o parent, $200.50.

Troy R. Baxterm, Milltown, permit unauthorized minor to drive, $200.50.

Thomas J. Bayerle, Forest Lake, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

Steve C. Berg, Frederic, place, use, hunt wild animals with bait, $343.50.

Kari A. Bexell, Roberts, speeding, $200.50.

Shawn P. Binkley, Stillwater, Minn., seat belt violation, $10.00.

Renee S. Blazer, Shell Lake, speeding, $175.30.

Ryan A. Boerjan, New Richmond, speeding, $200.50.

Kyle R. Bottolfson, Luck, operating while suspended, $200.50; operating motor vehicle w/o insurance, $200.50.

Lynnette M. Brinkman, Deer Park, seat belt violation, $10.00.

John T. Bruzek, Siren, operate motor vehicle w/o adequate muffler, $175.30.

Bradley J. Byker, Osceola, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Travis V. Byl, Amery, speeding, $225.70; seat belt violation, $10.00.

James O. Bystrom, Luck, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Codie J. Campeau, Dresser, seat belt violation, $10.00; operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Joan B. Chihan, Park, Ill., speeding, $175.30.

Andrew C. Christopherson, Shell Lake, seat belt violation, $10.00.

James N. Clawson, Barron, violation of special weight limits, $1,390.38; interstate record of duty status, $263.50.

Arthur E. Coen, Clayton, transfer/use another’s turkey permit, $303.50.

Timber R. Cournoyer, Centuria, speeding, $175.30.

Loren D. Cox, Almena, speeding, $175.30.

Louis H. Crowfeather, Shakopee, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Lavern V. Dailson, Blaine, Minn., fail/have extinguisher aboard, $200.50.

Kurt J. Demoe, Frederic, automobile following too closely, $200.50.

D & N Trucking Two Inc., Princeton, Minn., violation of special weight limits, $1,500.00.

Warren L. Dodge, Gilman, interstate record of duty status, not guilty plea.

Linda K. Dorn, Burnsville, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Expressway Logistics Group Inc., Schiller Park, Ill., violation of special weight limits, $1,394.79.

Falcon Drilling & Blasting Inc., Eureka, operate after rev./susp. of registration, $175.30; violation of special weight limits, $3,500.00.

Brittany S. Fox, Balsam Lake, speeding, $175.30.

Mark W. Frank, Cambridge, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Kyle J. Funk, Kasson, Minn., fish without license, $192.70.

Joshua G. Geyman, Chetek, speeding, $175.30.

Todd D. Gilles, Bayport, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Robert J. Gonzalez, Woodbury, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Ayla M. Graden, Minneapolis, Minn., operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Dustin O. Gramer, Danbury, fail/stop at stop sign, $175.30.

Chanz J. Green, Amery, speeding; operating while suspended, not guilty pleas.

Marcus A. Gross, Somerset, operate w/o valid license, $200.50; operate w/o valid proof of insurance, $10.00.

Scott A. Hackett, Frederic, transfer/use another’s turkey permit, $137.50; place, use, hunt wild animals with bait, $343.50; place, use, hunt wild animals with bait, $222.90.

Jared G. Hanacek, Turtle Lake, nonregistration of auto, $175.30.

Machael R. Hansen, Amery, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Cody J. Hardman, Amery, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Christopher A. Harmon, New Richmond, seat belt violation, $10.00; display unauthorized vehicle registration plate, $238.30.

Bryan J. Haugerud, Osceola, operate motor vehicle w/o adequate muffler, $175.30.

Hyrel L. Henke, Deer Park, speeding, $200.50.

Ryan L. Hennessey, Grantsburg, speeding, $200.50.

John R. Henry, Amery, seat belt violation, $10.00; operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Desiree M. Hicks, Frederic, nonregistration of auto, $175.30.

Richard J. Hinde, Hillsdale, speeding, $175.30.

Thomas J. Howard, Mayer, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

Dennis D. Hultquist, Centuria, seat belt violation; operating motor vehicle w/o insurance, not guilty pleas.

Robert E. Jarosch, Burnsville, Minn., fish without license, $192.70.

J. Bauer Trucking Inc., Medford, violation of special weight limits, not guilty plea.

Jmar Inc., Bismarck, N.D., violations of special weight limits, not guilty plea.

Benji R. Johnson, Clear Lake, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Carrie A. Johnson, Star Prairie, speeding, $175.30.

Dianna R. Johnson, Clear Lake, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Raymond E. Johnson, Amery, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Sarah J. Kallenbach, Rice Lake, speeding, $175.30.

Josiah K. Kamande, Minneapolis, Minn., truck following too closely, $208.50.

Kakuma V. Kennedy, Brooklyn Park, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Peter Khalimendik, Lake Villa, Ill., possess loaded or uncased or shoot firearm or air rifle in unauthorized area, $175.30.

Cheryl A. Kirk, Clayton, speeding, $175.30.

Matthew L. Kobs, New Richmond, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance. $10.00; seat belt violation, $10.00.

Barbara J. Kolb, Maple Grove, Minn., operating boat towing skier after dark, $175.30.

Curtis O. Kopp, Osceola, speeding, not guilty plea.

Tara M. Koppes, Coon Rapids, Minn., possession of marijuana, $263.50.

Kottke Trucking Inc., Buffalo Lake, Minn., violation of special weight limits, $1,507.60.

Katherine L. Kreft, Clear Lake, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Michael T. Kuhl, Clear Lake, possess unlicensed bobcat, fisher, otter, not guilty plea.

Eugene L. Langkand, Stacy, Minn., failure to obey sign or signal, $175.30.

Christopher J. Laroue, Somerset, speeding, $175.30.

James B. Launderville, Dresser, speeding, $175.30.

Liam J. Leider, Bluff, Ill., speeding, $225.70.

Donald L. Lind, Lakeland, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Lucas S. Litzau, Columbia Heights, Minn., fish without license, $192.70.

Cory M. Lobin, Ham Lake, Minn., possess marijuana on state land, $263.50.

Jonathan D. Loiland, Brooklyn Center, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

Lisa P. Lokke, New Brighton, Minn., speeding, $225.70.

Josiah D. Lund, Frederic, speeding, $175.30.

Bobby J. Mangelsen, Owatonna, Minn., operating boat towing skier after dark, $175.30.

Jacqueline P. Manoppo, St. Croix Falls, speeding, $358.00.

Laura A. Marquand, New Richmond, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Vesselina S. Mateva, Hudson, speeding, $200.50.

Robert J. McChesney, Luck, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Cassondra J. McCloud, Centuria, speeding, $175.30.

LeRoy T. McNamara, Gordon, failure to carry valid driver’s license, $200.50.

Dana J. Mickus, Somerset, seat belt violation, $10.00; speeding, $175.30; operating while suspended, $200.50.

Lawrence I. Miller, Luck, operating motor vehicle w/o insurance, $200.50.

Shane M. Miller, Shell Lake, operating while suspended, $200.50; speeding, $200.50; seat belt violation, $10.00.

Carl E. Mooney, Roseville, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Blaine M. Mortimer, Osceola, possess fish 26 percent to 50 percent over bag limit, $343.50.

Chad M. Mortimer, New Richmond, possess fish 26 percent to 50 percent over bag limit, $343.50.

Miranda L. Mueller, Clear Lake, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Stephen J. Mullin, Luck, speeding, not guilty plea.

Paul B. Nelson, Blaine, Minn., speeding, $225.70.

Strorm A. Oltman, Centuria, speeding, $175.30.

Kaitlyn M. Owens, Chisago City, Minn., speeding, $225.70.

Christopher J. Parsons, Minneapolis, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Stephen J. Points, St. Croix Falls, nonregistration of auto, $175.30.

Reta R. Post, New Hope, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

Tom A. Potter, Stillwater, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

Ellen M. Race, Osceola, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Ronald A. Rakness, Milltown, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Tyler S. Reberk, Dresser, failure to notify police of accident, $263.50; failure to keep vehicle under control, $213.10.

Jesse L. Richter, New Richmond, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Jeremy J. Riggle, Callaway, Minn., age, waiver of physical disqualification, not guilty plea.

Riggle Trucking Inc., Ogema, Minn., violation of special weight limits, not guilty plea.

Corina L. Rivard, New Richmond, nonregistration of auto, $175.30.

Roehl Transport Inc., Marshfield, violation of special weight limits, not guilty plea.

Glen A. Roepke, Star Prairie, speeding, $175.30.

Linda K. Ruhberg, St. Paul, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Derek J. Sagerer, Forest Lake, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Daniel T. Sampson, Somerset, throwing/placing missile in vehicle, $263.50; drink open intoxicants in motor vehicle, $200.50.

Christopher E. Satre, Turtle Lake, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Karen F. Satre, Almena, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Thomas M. Schmidt, Comstock, speeding, $175.30.

Joann L. Schmitz, Clayton, failure to yield right of way, $150.10.

Julie A. Schuett, Amery, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Garrett A. Shelby, Luck, fish without license, $137.50.

Hunter A. Shira, Osceola, speeding, $200.50.

Jordyn M. Siebenthal, Cushing, speeding, $175.30.

Eric G. Smith, Milltown, operating motor vehicle w/o insurance, not guilty plea.

Gregory J. Smith, Clear Lake, fail/yield while making left turn, $175.30.

Justin A. Smith, Amery, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Derek T. Spafford, Grantsburg, operating motor vehicle w/o insurance, $200.50.

Seth W. Stanton, New Richmond, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Nathaniel W. R. Storm, Forest Lake, Minn., possess marijuana on state land, $263.50.

Marc A. Strazzanti, Chaska, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Andrew T. Sund, Luck, speeding, $175.30.

Terry Leckel Trucking Inc., Spooner, vehicle equipment violations – Group 3, $175.30.

Ethan E. Thomas, Luck, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Thomas A. Thuent, St. Paul, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Amber L. Timblin, Deer Park, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Jesse J. Unruh, Barron, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Daniel A. Vadnais, Clayton, operate w/o valid license b/c expiration, $137.50.

Christine M. Voght, Amery, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Tiffany J. Voss, Little Canada, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Wendy E. Wade, Amery, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Deborah L. Waldvogel, Burnsville, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

Shawn T. Ward, Osceola, seat belt violation, $10.00, twice.

Drew R. Waterman, Amery, speeding, $225.70.

Brandon T. Weiss, Andover, Minn., possess marijuana on state land, $263.50.

Christina B. West, Clear Lake, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Timothy R. West, Clear Lake, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Timothy R. Wienke, Clear Lake, inattentive driving, $187.90.

Marissa R. Williamson, St. Croix Falls, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Wissota Transport LLC, Chippewa Falls, violation of special weight limits, $1,413.32.

Steven M. Young, Coon Rapids, Minn., possess marijuana on state land, $263.50.

Jacob T. Zepczyk, River Falls, fishing during closed season, $263.10.

Kristna L. Zmuda, Fall Creek, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Ilko K. Zov, Las Vegas, Nev., interstate record of duty status, $200.00.

Brandond S. Zuniga, Mahtomedi, Minn., possession of marijuana, $263.50.

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GARAGE SALE 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Ikea metal bunk beds; daybed; coffee table; small entertainment center; piano bench; Power Wheels; small animal cage; free weights and bench; small bookcase; 4-station weight system, never used; gas hedge trimmer.

307 Hope Rd., Frederic

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CEPT that parcel described in Volume 904 Records, page 764, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Polk County, Wisconsin, described as follows: Part of the Southeast Quarter of Northeast Quarter (SE 1/4 of NE 1/4) and in part of the Southwest Quarter of Northeast Quarter (SW 1/4 NE 1/4), Section 24, Township 35 North, Range 17 West of the Fourth Principal Meridian, Town of Milltown, Polk County, Wisconsin, described as follows: Beginning at the East 1/4 corner of said Section 24; thence North 88 degrees 45’ 05” West, along the South line of said SE 1/4 of NE 1/4 and along the South line of said SW 1/4 of NE 1/4, 1841.50 feet; thence leaving said South lines, North 660.16 feet; thence South 88 degrees 45’ 05” East, a distance of 1,093.39 feet; thence North 32 degrees 43’ 28” East 274.26 feet; thence South 78 degrees 13’ 33” East 612.56 feet to the East line of said SE 1/4 of NE 1/4; thence South, along said East line, 782.19 feet to the point of beginning.

AND INCLUDING Part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4 NE 1/4) Section 24, Township 35 North, Range 17 West, described in Volume 544 Records, page 357, in the office of the Register of Deeds for Polk County, Wisconsin, described as follows: Part of the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4, Section 24, Township 35 North of Range 17 West, described as follows: Commencing 990 feet South of the Northeast corner of the NE 1/4 of NE 1/4, Section 24-35-17, thence South 330 feet; thence West 1320 feet; thence North 330 feet; thence East 1320 feet to the point of beginning, Polk County, Wisconsin.

Together with an easement for ingress and egress as recorded in Volume 729 Records page 729, Document No. 562949 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Polk County, Wisconsin.

(FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY: Plaintiff believes that the property address is 2073A 120th Street, Milltown, Wisconsin) Dated this 14th day of June, 2012.

Peter Johnson Sheriff of Polk County, Wis. THIS INSTRUMENT WAS DRAFTED BY: ANASTASI & ASSOCIATES, P.A. 14985 60th Street North Stillwater, MN 55082 (651) 439-2951 Garth G. Gavenda/#15945 WNAXLP

(June 20, 27, July 4 STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Royal Credit Union, a federal credit union, 200 Riverfront Terrace Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54703, Plaintiff, vs.

Edwin N. Daniels 3505 Reynard Way #39 San Diego, California 92103, Michele R. Daniels 3505 Reynard Way #39 San Diego, California 92103, Central Bank, a Minnesota banking corporation, 2104 Hastings Avenue Newport, Minnesota 55055, John Doe, Mary Roe and XYZ corporation, Defendants.

Case Type: 30404 Case No. 12CV122 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that by virtue of that certain Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, Order for Judgment, and Judgment entered and filed in the above-entitled action on June 1, 2012, the Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell the following described real property at public auction as follows: DAY/DATE/TIME: Thursday, July 12, 2012, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 10% of successful bid must be paid to Sheriff at sale in certified funds, with the balance due and owing on the date of confirmation of the sale by the Court.

PLACE: Lobby of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Parcel 1: Part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4 of NE 1/4), Section Twenty-four (24), Township Thirty-five (35) North, Range Seventeen (17) West, Town of Milltown, Polk County, Wisconsin, described in Volume 544 Records, page 357.

Together with an easement for ingress and egress as recorded in Volume 729 Records, page 729 as Document No. 562949.

Parcel 2: The Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (SW 1/4 of NE 1/4), Section Twenty-four (24), Township Thirty-five (35) North, Range Seventeen (17) West, Town of Milltown, Polk County, Wisconsin, EXCEPT that parcel described in Volume 904 Records, page 764; also described as: The Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (SW 1/4 NE 1/4), Section 24, Township 35 North, Range 17 West, EX-

One mile north of Cushing on Hwy. 87.

2560 State Rd. 87

(June 20, 27, July 4, 11, 18, 25) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Royal Credit Union, a federal credit union, 200 Riverfront Terrace Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54703, Plaintiff, vs.

Arvid A. Nelson 1767 235th Street St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin 54024, Bonnie K. Nelson 1767 235th Street St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin 54024, Central Bank, a Minnesota banking corporation, 2104 Hastings Avenue Newport, Minnesota 55055, John Doe, Mary Roe and XYZ corporation, Defendants.

Case Type: 30404 Case No. 12CV74 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that by virtue of that certain Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, Order for Judgment, and Judgment entered and filed in the above-entitled action on April 27, 2012, the Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell the following described real property at public auction as follows: DAY/DATE/TIME: Thursday, August 2, 2012, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 10% of successful bid must be paid to Sheriff at sale in certified funds, with the balance due and owing on the date of confirmation of the sale by the Court.

PLACE: Lobby of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 W. Main Street , Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: THAT PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF NORTHWEST QUARTER (SE 1/4 OF NW 1/4), SECTION SIX (6) TOWNSHIP THIRTY-FOUR (34) NORTH OF RANGE EIGHTEEN (18) WEST WHICH LIES NORTHEASTERLY OF STATE TRUNK HIGHWAY NO. 87 RIGHT-OFWAY AS PRESENTLY LAID OUT; ST. CROIX FALLS TOWNSHIP IN POLK COUNTY, WISCONSIN. (FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY: Plaintiff believes that the property address is 1767 235th Street, St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin).

Dated this 14th day of June, 2012.

Peter Johnson Sheriff of Polk County, Wis. THIS INSTRUMENT WAS DRAFTED BY: ANASTASI & ASSOCIATES, P.A. 14985 60th Street North Stillwater, MN 55082 651-439-2951 Garth G. Gavenda/#16006

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8 a.m. to Noon Boys clothes, size 5-8; teen-adult clothes; shoes; soccer cleats; computer & student desks; boys bike; bike rack for car; birdcage & stand; grill; lg. slow cooker; books; household & more.

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(June 20, 27, July 4) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Royal Credit Union, a federal credit union, 200 Riverfront Terrace Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54703, Plaintiff, vs.

Bradley P. Bundgaard 1901 40th Avenue Osceola, Wisconsin 54020, Wisconsin Department of Children and Families 201 East Washington Avenue, Second Floor P.O. Box 8916 Madison, Wisconsin 53708, John Doe, Mary Roe and XYZ corporation, Defendants.

Case Type: 30404 Case No. 12CV53 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that by virtue of that certain Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, Order for Judgment, and Judgment entered and filed in the above-entitled action on May 30, 2012, the Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell the following described real property at public auction as follows: DAY/DATE/TIME: Thursday, July 12, 2012, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 10% of successful bid must be paid to Sheriff at sale in certified funds, with the balance due and owing on the date of confirmation of the sale by the Court.

PLACE: Lobby of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN GOVERNMENT LOTS THREE (3) AND FOUR (4), SECTION ELEVEN (11), TOWNSHIP THIRTY-TWO (32) NORTH, RANGE EIGHTEEN (18) WEST, TOWN OF ALDEN, POLK COUNTY, WISCONSIN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION 11, A DISTANCE OF 33.0 FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 11; THENCE NORTH 88˚15’ WEST PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 11 A DISTANCE OF 200 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00˚24’ WEST PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION 11 A DISTANCE OF 816 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE SHORE OF RICE LAKE; THENCE EASTERLY ALONG SAID SHORE TO THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION 11; THENCE SOUTH 00˚24’ EAST ALONG SAID EAST LINE A DISTANCE OF 850 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. (FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY: Plaintiff believes that the property address is 1901 40th Avenue, Osceola, Wisconsin) Dated this 14th day of June, 2012.

Peter Johnson Sheriff of Polk County, Wis. THIS INSTRUMENT WAS DRAFTED BY: ANASTASI & ASSOCIATES, P.A. 14985 60th Street North Stillwater, MN 55082 651-439-2951 Garth G. Gavenda/#15845

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One last ride in the Trans Am goes awry

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer CUSHING – A Polk County sheriff ‘s deputy clocked a passing black Pontiac Trans Am at almost 30 miles an hour over the speed limit on the evening of Friday, June 8, near Cushing, and when he pulled the driver over, it seemed he may have been under the influence, and had an extensive history of intoxicated driving convictions.

The man behind the wheel, Murry Horgan, 51, Cushing, said he was selling the car and was taking “one last ride,” but didn’t have his ID with him at the time. AcMurry Horgan cording to the probable cause report, the officer noted the smell of intoxicants.

Horgan was behind the wheel, but the apparent new owner of the Trans Am was in the back seat, with another person in the front seat, all of whom seemed to be under the influence, according to the report.

When pressed, Horgan later admitted that he did not have a valid driver’s license, but was “hoping to have one soon.” He was also given a field sobriety test and had a difficult time with most of it, and when asked to recite the alphabet, continually got stuck at the letter P and would laugh and start over several times, saying he was “illiterate.”

Horgan said he had not consumed any alcohol, but his field sobriety tests suggested otherwise, and he was arrested for operating while intoxicated - his eighth, which is an automatic felony.

Records show Horgan has a long history of DUI-related convictions, going back to 1985 in Minnesota, with seven convictions since.

According to the police (June 20, 27, July 4, 11, 18, 25) report, Horgan later became hostile when told the STATE OF WISCONSIN Trans Am would need to be CIRCUIT COURT towed and also threatened POLK COUNTY officers when he was Royal Credit Union, brought to the hospital for a federal credit union, a blood draw. In the report, 200 Riverfront Terrace Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54703, the officer notes that HorPlaintiff, gan said that the five police vs. officers at the hospital Angela M. Jones “would not be enough” to 15657 41st Street draw blood from him.

Becker, Minnesota 55308, He later complied when John Doe, Mary Roe, and XYZ told that they would be corporation, drawing blood regardless Defendants. of how many officers it Case Type: 30404 would take for the sample.

Horgan was also later Case No. 12 CV 123 charged with speeding and NOTICE OF driving without a valid driFORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that ver’s license and made an by virtue of that certain Findings initial court appearance on of Fact, Conclusions of Law, Monday, June 11, before Order for Judgment, and Judg- Judge Molly GaleWyrick, ment entered and filed in the where she set a $5,000 cash above-entitled action on May 7, bond and also set a July 24 2012, the Sheriff of Polk County, preliminary hearing, where Wisconsin, will sell the following described real property at public she will decide if enough evidence exists to go ahead auction as follows: DATE/TIME: August 8, 2012, at to trial.

10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 10% of successful bid must be paid to Sheriff at sale in certified funds, with the balance due and owing on the date of confirmation of the sale by the Court.

PLACE: Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Unit 119 in Osceola Cottages Condominium. Polk County, Wisconsin.

(FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY: Plaintiff believes that the property address is 119 Cottage Drive, Osceola, Wisconsin.)

Dated June 11, 2012.

Peter Johnson Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin THIS INSTRUMENT WAS DRAFTED BY: ANASTASI & ASSOCIATES, P.A. 14985 60th Street North Stillwater, MN 55082 651-439-2951 Garth G. Gavenda/#16015

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L o c a te d a t B oye r s ( 5 12 B e n s o n R d . , F r e d e r i c ) Fr eew il l O f f er in g 563547 (Unless Marked) 44L Proceeds will go to Lewis Memorial United Methodist Church.

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Notices/Employment opportunities

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TOWN OF JACKSON SPECIAL ELECTORS MEETING NOTICE

The Town Board of the Town of Jackson has called for a Special Meeting of the Town Electors to be held at the Town Hall, 4599 County Rd. A on Monday, July 9, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. for the purpose of discussing the sale of Town Property located in the N.W. of the N.W. of Section 27 of the Town OF JACKSON. The Board has been approached by a party interested in buying 5 acres land to install a communications tower in the Town of Jackson.

Published this 20th day of June, 2012.

563548 44L 34a Lorraine Radke, Clerk

SIREN SCHOOL DISTRICT

ELEMENTARY TEACHER EDUCATION - K12 - ELEMENTARY/ MIDDLE EDUCATION

The Siren School District has opened a search for one, and possible two full-time elementary positions. The actual grade levels will be determined later.

Candidates will be expected to possess elementary certification for grades 1-6. Special consideration will be given to candidates with a #316 reading teacher certification.

Special training and knowledge in the area of PBIS, Rtl and curriculum development will be given preference. Interest in extracurricular positions is a plus.

Send letter, resume, transcripts, references, license to: Scott Johnson, District Administrator, Siren School District, 24022 4th Avenue, Siren, W 54872. DO NOT E-MAIL APPLICATIONS. Deadline for applications is June 29, 2012.

Desired Start Date: August 27, 2012.

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SIREN SCHOOL DISTRICT

SPECIAL EDUCATION COGNITIVE DISABILITIES TEACHER K-12 EDUCATION - K12 - SPECIAL EDUCATION

The Siren School District has opened a search for a special education teacher in grades K-12 with cognitive disabilities certification.

K-12 Cognitive Disabilities certification is required. Cross-categorical certification is preferred.

Candidates must be trained to serve students with very high needs. Candidates must be capable of lifting and using classroom equipment to assist students. Supervision of classroom paraprofessionals is required.

THIS POSITION WILL BE FILLED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Send letter, resume, transcripts and references to: Scott Johnson, District Administrator, Siren School District, 24022 4th Avenue, Siren, W 54872.

Deadline for applications is June 29, 2012.

Desired Start Date: August 27, 2012. www.siren.k12.wi.us

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INVITATION TO BID PAVING VILLAGE OF WEBSTER The Village of Webster is seeking sealed bids for the following street work until 4:30 p.m. July 18, 2012.

The Village of Webster reserves the right to reject any or all bids, or select the bid which may be most beneficial to the Village of Webster.

Please submit one bid and break down costs by street.

Paving done on Bluegill Avenue from County Road FF North.

1,100 feet x 19’ wide at 1-1/2” thickness.

And Paving done on Ash Street 675’ x 19’ wide at 2” thickness.

And Paving done on Oak Street West from Gandy Dancer Trail.

West 300’ x 18’ wide at 1-1/2” thickness. Also, patch 100’ x 10’ at 2” thickness.

And Paving done on Industrial Avenue from Oak Street East to the North 24’ x 24’ wide at 1-1/2” thickness.

Wedging will be needed in some areas as directed by Jay Heyer, Public Works Director.

For full specifications, contact: Jay Heyer, Director of Public Works at 715-866-4211.

Send bids marked: “Street Work Bids: to: Village of Webster 563453 P.O. Box 25 44-45L WNAXLP Webster, WI 54893

granted, license revoked 30 months, alcohol assessment.

OWI, $1,109.00, three-year probation, sentence withheld, 10day jail sentence, consecutive to other sentence, Huber release granted, license revoked 16 months, ignition interlock 24 months.

Trisha R. Carlson-Carmona, 22, Hertel, operate without license, $330.50.

Jacob N. Cox, 16, New Brighton, Minn., possess drug paraphernalia, $330.50.

Joseph E. Dittel, 41, Roseville, Minn., battery, two-year probation, anger management, $343.00.

Austin R. Drury, 19, Siren, operate without license, $330.50.

Russell G. Fjorden, 22, Frederic, possession of marijuana, $330.50; possess drug paraphernalia, $299.00.

James T. Hinrichs, 33, Grantsburg, issue worthless check, $330.50.

Andrew N. Jackson, 32, Webster, seat belt violation/commercial vehicle, $200.00.

Mitchell J. Keating, 37, Grantsburg, possession of marijuana, $330.50.

Jacob A. Larson, 16, New Brighton, Minn., possess drug paraphernalia, $330.50.

Adonis Mosay, 49, Luck, disorderly conduct, 18-day jail sentence, restitution, $307.65.

Jacob R. Most, 22, Cumberland, reckless driving, $389.50.

Wilbert L. Moya, 49, Kiel, OWI, $1,172.00, 10-day jail sentence, license revoked 14 months, ignition interlock 14 months, alcohol assessment.

Donald A. Thomas, 47, Danbury, OWI, $1,424.00, two-year probation, sentence withheld, six-month jail sentence, Huber release and/or community service granted, provide DNA sample, license revoked two years, ignition interlock 18 months.

Paul W. Yambrick, 31, Siren, possession of THC, $379.00.

(June 20, 27, July 4, 11, 18, 25) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Frandsen Bank & Trust, Plaintiff, vs.

Jamie S. Fjorden, and Bayfield Financial, LLC Defendants.

Case No. 11 CV 803 Case Code: 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on the 17th day of February, 2012, I will sell at public auction at the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, on the 21st day of August, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., all of the following described mortgaged premises, to-wit: Part of the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4, Section 17-35N-17W, Village of Milltown, Polk County, Wisconsin, described as follows: Commencing at the SE corner of the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4, Section 17-35N-17W; thence North 330.0 feet; thence West 660.0 feet, thence South 330.0 feet, thence East 660.0 feet to the point of beginning.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 514 160th St., Milltown, WI. TERMS OF SALE: Cash due upon confirmation of sale.

DOWN PAYMENT: Ten percent (10%) of amount bid by certified check due at time of sale.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wis., this 1st day of June, 2012.

Peter M. Johnson, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin GRINDELL LAW OFFICES, S.C. P.O. Box 585 Frederic, WI 54837 715-327-5561 Plaintiff’s Attorney

DIETARY Part-time position open for evenings.

Please contact Jessica, Dietary Manager, for application.

FREDERIC

NURSING & REHABILITATION

205 United Way Frederic, WI 54837

Phone 715-327-4297 Fax 715-327-4950

www.atriumlivingcenters.com

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NOTICE OF POSITION OPENING HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER

Position: One full-time position serving grades 9 - 12, beginning with 2012 - 13 school year. Coaching and/or advisory positions may also be available. Unity High School was recently selected as one of the top 25 high schools in the State of Wisconsin by US News and World Report.

Qualifications Necessary: Qualified applicants of high character should possess a high level of content knowledge; believe all students can learn and that teachers play an active role in the learning process; display strong communication, leadership and organizational skills; enjoy working with teenagers; be willing to collaborate with colleagues; have strong technology skills as Unity High School is beginning a 1:1 iPad initiative; and be dedicated individuals who exhibit a strong desire to improve student learning.

Requirements: Applicants must have appropriate DPI licensure (701 and/or 725) or be eligible for such licensure. Additional licenses (300, 740, and/or 745) preferred.

How to Apply: Qualified, interested persons should apply by sending a letter of application, district application (available at www.unity.k12.wi.us), resume, and copy of license or evidence of license eligibility, transcripts and three (3) letters of recommendation to: Brandon W. Robinson, District Administrator Unity School District 1908 150th Street/Hwy. 46 North Balsam Lake, WI 54810-7267 563361 Deadline: June 29, 2012 33a,d 44L E.O.E. - Unity School District does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, color, national origin, religion, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, or physical, mental, emotional or learning disability.

(May 30, June 6, 13, 20, 27, July 4) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY WESTCONSIN CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff, vs.

THE ESTATE OF JEFFREY L. KIRKVOLD, BREMER BANK, NA, JOHN DOE TENANT #1, JOHN DOE TENANT #2, Defendants Case No. 12CV9 Case Code: 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of a judgment of foreclosure and sale rendered in the above-entitled action on March 28, 2012, in the amount of $101,432.33, the undersigned Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell at public auction at the front entrance of the Polk County Courthouse in the City of Balsam Lake, in said County, on the 18th day of July, 2012, at 10 a.m., the real estate and mortgaged premises directed by the judgment to be sold, therein described as follows: Lot 65 of the plat of O.H. Steindorff and C.H. Johnson’s addition, also known as Arlington Heights addition to the City of Amery, Polk County, Wisconsin. Tax Parcel No. 2010098-0000.

Property Address: 333 Arlington Blvd. N., Amery, Wisconsin.

Terms of Sale: Cash.

Down Payment: A deposit of 10% of sale price to be deposited in cash or by certified check with the Sheriff at the time of sale; balance to be paid by cash or certified check upon confirmation of sale.

Dated this 29th days of May, 2012. /s/ Peter M. Johnson Polk County Sheriff Attorney Christine A. Gimber Weld, Riley, Prenn & Ricci, S.C. 3624 Oakwood Hills Parkway P.O. Box 1030 Eau Claire, WI 54702-1030 715-839-7786 Attorneys for Plaintiff This is an attempt to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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NOW HIRING

Ronald L. Anderson, 34, Black River Falls, battery, twoyear probation, sentence withheld, no contact with victim, domestic violence counseling, $200.00; disorderly conduct, twoyear probation, sentence withheld, $0.00.

Dean A. Bearhart, 26, Danbury, OWI, $1,424.00, three-year probation, sentence withheld, 50day jail sentence, Huber release

(May 30, June 6, 13, 20) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Bank of America, N.A., as successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P. Plaintiff vs.

JULIE HANSEN, et al.

Defendant(s) Case No: 11 CV 419 AMENDED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on October 17, 2011, in the amount of $106,141.60, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: July 3, 2012, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 1.) 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

2.) Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances.

PLACE: Polk County Justice Center at 1005 W. Main St., Balsam Lake, Wisconsin.

DESCRIPTION: The Northwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4, Section 36, Township 36 North of Range 18 West, except highway right of way described in Volume 284 Records, on Page 169, Document No. 322360, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Polk County, Wisconsin, Laketown Township in Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1868 250th Ave., Luck, WI 54853.

TAX KEY NO.: 030-00903-0000.

Dated this 23rd day of May, 2012. /s/Sheriff Peter M. Johnson Polk County Sheriff Scott D. Nabke Blommer Peterman, S.C. State Bar No. 1037979 165 Bishops Way, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. 1854613

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Burnett County circuit court

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FREDERIC & SIREN

Siren Telephone Company, Inc. P.O. Box 426 Siren, WI 54872-0426

STATEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION

“In accordance with Federal Law and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.)

“To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410, or call (202) 720-5964 (voice or TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.”

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LEGAL NOTICE

The Community Referral Agency, Inc. will hold its Annual Meeting on June 26, at 6 p.m. The CRA Board of Directors proposes the following changes to its bylaws be adopted at the Annual Meeting.

Page 1; Article 2: A. is to be amended to read, “CRA makes available shelter for victims of domestic violence and their children, provides crisis support to victims of sexual assault and also serving as an information and referral service.”

Page 1; Article 2: B., 1. is to be amended to read, “To provide immediate protection and options to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault irrespective of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion or economic status.”

Page 1; Article 3: C. is amended to read, “The Corporation shall not be involved directly or indirectly in political campaigns except to influence appropriate legislation dealing with domestic abuse, sexual assault, child abuse and violence against women.

CRA shall remain nonpartisan in its support of appropriate legislation.”

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Notices/Employment opportunities/Real Estate

9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

SACRED HEARTS CHURCH County Roads A & H • Town of Scott

Plants - Both Annuals & 5,000 Perennials.

Country Store • Jewelry • White Elephant • Bakery • Crafts • Raffle Come for coffee and rolls available at 8:30 a.m.

Hot dogs and brats will be sold on the grounds.

Sale starts at 9 a.m. No early sales.

Case No. 11 CV 623 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on December 21, 2011, in the amount of $100,356.99, the Polk County Sheriff will sell the premises described below at public auction as follows: DATE/TIME: June 28, 2012, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens, encumbrances and payment of applicable transfer taxes.

PLACE: In the lobby of the Polk County Justice Center, located at 1005 West Main St., Balsam Lake, Wisconsin 54810.

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: A parcel of land in the Southeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4, Section 14, Township 36 North, Range 19 West, Polk County, Wisconsin, described as follows: Commencing at the Southeast corner of Section 14-36-19; running North 20 rods along East line of Section 14; thence West 18 rods on a line parallel to the South line of Section 14; thence South 20 rods on a line parallel to the East line of Section 14; thence East to the point of beginning.

Said land being in the Town of Sperling, County of Polk and State of Wisconsin.

ADDRESS: 2501 270th Avenue, Cushing, WI 54006.

TAX KEY NO.: 046-00328-0000.

Dated this 17th day of May, 2012.

Peter M. Johnson Polk County Sheriff Cummisford, Acevedo & Associates, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff Mark R. Cummisford State Bar #1034906 6508 South 27th Street Suite #6 Oak Creek, WI 53154 414-761-1700 Cummisford, Acevedo & Associates, LLC, is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

(May 16, 23, 30, June 6, 13, 20) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY ANCHORBANK, FSB Plaintiff vs.

RYAN T. ELLER, et al.

Defendant(s) NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Case Number: 11 CV 618 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on December 29, 2011, in the amount of $90,615.49, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: July 3, 2012, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances.

PLACE: Polk County Justice Center at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: That part of the Southeast Quarter of Northwest Quarter, Section 33, Township 33 North, Range 16 West, City of Amery, Polk County, Wisconsin, described as follows: From the Northwest corner of said Section 33; thence East 80 rods; thence South 120 rods; thence East to a point 60 feet East of the West line of Keller Avenue; thence South along the East side of said Keller Avenue 109 feet to the point of beginning of the tract to be conveyed; thence continuing South 80 feet; thence East 253.50 feet; thence North to West side of a drainage ditch; thence Northwesterly along the West side of said drainage ditch to a point due East of the point of beginning; thence West to the point of beginning, except parcel described in Volume 259 Records, page 148 Document No. 311162.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 509 Keller Avenue South, Amery, WI 54001.

TAX KEY NO.: 201-01004-0000.

Dated this 2nd day of April, 2012.

Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Scott D. Nabke State Bar #1037979 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. 286571

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(June 6, 13, 20) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee for Ameriquest Mortgage Securities, Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-R9 Plaintiff, vs.

KRISTEN AYDE, et al.

Defendants

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All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians; pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800-6699777. The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1800-927-9275.

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(June 20, 27, July 4) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Central Bank, a Minnesota banking corporation, 304 Cascade Street P.O. Box 188 Osceola, Wisconsin 54020, Plaintiff, vs.

Max L. Fisk, through his heirs, 510 North Adams Street St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin 54024, Michael D. Fisk 2377 81st Avenue Osceola, Wisconsin 54020, Myrna J. Fisk 2377 81st Avenue Osceola, Wisconsin 54020, John Doe, Mary Roe and XYZ corporation Defendants.

Case Type: 30404 Case No. 12CV354 PUBLICATION SUMMONS THE STATE OF WISCONSIN TO MAX L. FISK; HIS HEIRS, OR ASSIGNS: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that Plaintiff, Central Bank, a Minnesota banking corporation, has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you.

WITHIN forty (40) days after June 20, 2012, you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the Complaint. The demand must be sent or delivered to the Polk County Clerk of Court, Polk County Justice Center, whose address is 1005 West Main Street, Suite 300, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin 54810, and to Plaintiff’s attorneys, Anastasi & Associates, P.A., whose address is 14985 60th Street North, Stillwater, Minnesota 55082. You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not demand a copy of the Complaint within forty (40) days, the Court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the Complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the Complaint. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or may in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

Dated: June 7, 2012.

ANASTASI & ASSOCIATES, P.A. Garth G. Gavenda, #1079588 David C. Anastasi, #1027144 14985 60th Street North Stillwater, MN 55082 Telephone: 651-439-2951 Attorneys for Plaintiff #16107

Gary A. Yost, 72, Town of Osceola, died May 31, 2012.

William P. Beattie, 83, St. Croix Falls, died June 1, 2012.

Alice J. Miller, 52, Town of Farmington, died June 6, 2012.

Samuel N. Ranallo, 92, Luck, died June 6, 2012.

Myrtle E. Spurlock, 89, Amery, died June 9, 2012.

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

Application for Class C Wine License.

To the Town Board of the Town of Luck, Polk County, Wisconsin. The undersigned: Cafe Wren Stephanie Ann Lundeen Hereby applies for Class Class C Wine License from July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2013, 2596 Hwy. 35, Luck, Wisconsin.

Dated June 18, 2012.

Town of Luck Lloyd Nelson, Clerk 563565 44L WNAXLP

(June 6, 13, 20) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT ST. CROIX COUNTY BRANCH 2 ROYAL CREDIT UNION Plaintiff vs.

NEW HORIZON HOMES, INC. KOPP PROPERTIES OF WI, LLC BERNARD J. KOPP SHIRLEY F. KOPP STEVEN F. KOPP MEGAN A. KOPP BREMER BANK, N.A. JOHN DOE #1, a/k/a JASON TURNER JOHN DOE #2 JOHN DOE #3 JOHN DOE #4 Defendants.

Case No: 11CV784 Case Code: 30404 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE By virtue of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above-entitled action on November 21, 2011, the undersigned Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell at public auction at the front entrance of the Polk County Justice Center in Balsam Lake, in said county, on the 10th day of July, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., the real estate and mortgaged premises directed by the Judgment to be sold, therein described as follows: Lots 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10, Kopp Addition in the City of Amery, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 555, 559, 563, 567 and 571 Golf Way, Amery, WI TERMS OF SALE: Cash DOWN PAYMENT: A deposit of 10% of sale price to be deposited in cash or by certified check with the Sheriff at the time of sale; balance to be paid by cash or certified check within ten days after confirmation of sale.

Dated this 4th day of June, 2012.

Peter M. Johnson Polk County Sheriff Donald R. Marjala - Lawyer Spangler, Nodolf, Bruder & Klinkhammer, LLC P.O. Box 1165 Eau Claire, Wisconsin 547021165 (715) 830-9771 Attorneys for Plaintiff Pursuant to the Fair Debt ColLection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1692), we are required to state that we are attempting to collect a debt on our client’s behalf and any information we obtained will be used for that purpose.

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Terri J. Amos, Town of Eureka, and Adam P. Berklund, Town of Eureka, issued June 10, 2012.

Kimberly A. Jansen, Town of Apple River, and Jacob A. Carnine, Town of Garfield, issued June 10, 2012.

Laura L. Ytzen, Luck, and Joseph A. Meyer, Luck, issued June 11, 2012.

Peggy A. Arnold, Town of Farmington, and Edwin P. Olson, Town of Farmington, issued June 11, 2012.

Anna C. Giller, St. Louis Park, Minn., and Bryon S. Fagen, St. Louis Park, Minn., issued June

14, 2012.

Helen C. Franckowiak, Rice Lake, and Heath L. Swanson, Town of Farmington, issued June 14, 2012.

Erika N. Cincotta, Town of Garfield, and Mitchell R. Johnson, Town of Garfield, issued June 14, 2012.

Abigail M. Coyour, Town of LaFollette, and Ryan M. Johnson, Town of Laketown, issued June 14, 2012.

Ashley W. Norlund, Town of Garfield, and Steven R. Kanugh, Camp Pendleton, Calif., issued June 15, 2012.

Burnett County warrants Charles R. Bentley, 21, Rockford, Minn., warrant - failure to appear, June 13.

Wayne J. Bosto, 18, Webster, warrant - failure to appear, June 13.

Quill Running Bear Hawk, 30, Janesville, arrest warrant complaint, June 15.

George J. Holmes, 32, Danbury, warrant - failure to appear, June 12.

Steven A. Mallory, 25, Cumberland, warrant - failure to appear, June 13.

(June 6, 13, 20) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Royal Credit Union, a federal credit union, 200 Riverfront Terrace Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54703, Plaintiff, vs.

Jesse R. Nick 229 Harriman Avenue South Amery, Wisconsin 54001, Central Bank, a Minnesota banking corporation, 2104 Hastings Avenue Newport, Minnesota 55055, John Doe, Mary Roe and XYZ corporation, Defendants.

Case Type: 30404 Case No. 12CV124 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that by virtue of that certain Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, Order for Judgment and Judgment entered and filed in the above-entitled action on May 4, 2012, the Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell the following described real property at public auction as follows: DAY/DATE/TIME: Tuesday, July 10, 2012, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 10% of successful bid must be paid to Sheriff at sale in certified funds, with the balance due and owing on the date of confirmation of the sale by the Court.

PLACE: Lobby of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Lot Thirteen (13), Block Seven (7), Original Plat of the City of Amery, being located in Government Lot One (1), Section Thirty-three (33), Township Thirty-three (33) North, Range Sixteen (16) West, Polk County, Wisconsin.

(FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY: Plaintiff believes that the property address is 229 Harriman Avenue South, Amery, Wisconsin) Dated this 14th day of May, 2012.

Peter Johnson Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin THIS INSTRUMENT WAS DRAFTED BY: ANASTASI & ASSOCIATES, P.A. 14985 60th Street North Stillwater, MN 55082 651-439-2951 Garth G. Gavenda/#16042

Ashley R. Matrious, 21, Danbury, warrant - failure to appear, June 13.

Raymond A. Reynolds, 25, Webster, failure to pay fines, June 11.

Christopher A. Staples, 25, Webster, warrant - failure to appear, June 13.

Rhonda J. Taylor, 25, Webster, warrant - failure to appear, June 13.

Sign up for emails of breaking local news @ www.theleader.net (June 6, 13, 20) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, L.P. Plaintiff vs.

PATRICIA A. SPENGLER, et al.

Defendant(s) Case No.: 11 CV 798 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on March 19, 2012, in the amount of $128,639.28, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: July 3, 2012, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 1.) 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

2.) Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances.

PLACE: Polk County Justice Center at 1005 W. Main St., Balsam Lake, Wisconsin DESCRIPTION: Lots 3 and 4, Block 2, Plat of Vincent’s Addition to the City of St. Croix Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin, except that portion described in Volume 163 Deeds, Page 630, as Document No. 244483.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 239 South Vincent Street, St. Croix Falls, WI 54024.

TAX KEY NO.: 281-00909-0000.

Dated this 23rd day of May, 2012. /s/Sheriff Peter M. Johnson Polk County Sheriff Scott D. Nabke Blommer Peterman, S.C. State Bar No. 1037979 165 Bishops Way, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719

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SUNFLOWER DAZE

Polk County marriage licenses

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Polk County deaths

Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. 1855269

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REMINDER: You are not allowed to ride on any designated routes until proper signs are in place.

The Town Board of the Town of Bone Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, does hereby ordain as follows: SECTION I - PURPOSE The purpose of this ordinance is to establish all-terrain vehicle routes in the town and to regulate the operation of all-terrain vehicles in the town.

SECTION II - AUTHORITY The Town Board of the Town of Bone Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, has the specific authority to adopt this All-Terrain Vehicle Route Ordinance under Wisconsin Statutes 23.33 (8) (b) and (11).

SECTION III - ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE The Town Board of the Town of Bone Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, by this ordinance, adopted on proper notice with a quorum and roll call vote by a majority of the town board present and voting, provides the authority for the town to designate all-terrain vehicle routes in the town and to regulate the use of those routes and all-terrain vehicles in the town.

SECTION IV - OPERATION OF ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES Pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes 23.33 (4) (d) 4, except as otherwise provided in Wisconsin Statutes 23.33 (4), no person may operate an all-terrain vehicle on the roadway portion of any highway in the town except on roadways that are designated as all-terrain vehicle routes by this ordinance. Operation of all-terrain vehicles on a roadway in the town that is an all-terrain vehicle route is authorized only for the extreme right side of the roadway except that left turns may be made from any part of the roadway that is safe given prevailing conditions.

SECTION V - DESIGNATION OF ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE ROUTES All Town roads in the Town of Bone Lake limits.

SECTION VI - CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE ROUTES Pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes 23.33 (8) (d), the following restrictions are placed on the use of the town all-terrain vehicle routes designated by this resolution: A. Routes shall be marked with uniform all-terrain vehicle route signs in accordance with s. NR 64.12 (7), Wisconsin Administrative Code. No person may do any of the following in regard to signs marking town all-terrain vehicle routes: 1. Intentionally remove, damage, deface, move or obstruct any uniform all-terrain vehicle route or trail sign or standard or intentionally interfere with the effective operation of any uniform all-terrain vehicle route or trail sign or standards if the sign or standard is legally placed by the state, any municipality or any authorized individual.

2. Possess any uniform all-terrain vehicle route or trail sign or standard of the type established by the department for the warning, instruction or information of the public, unless he or she obtained the uniform all-terrain vehicle route or trail sign or standard in a lawful manner. Possession of a uniform all-terrain vehicle route or trail sign or standard creates a rebuttable presumption of illegal possession.

B. Operation shall be subject to all provisions of Wisconsin Statutes 23.33, which is adopted as a part of this ordinance by reference, pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes 23.33.

C. A copy of this ordinance shall be sent by the town clerk to the Polk County Sheriff’s Department and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

D. No person shall operate any all-terrain vehicle within the Town of Bone Lake at a speed in excess of thirty-five (35) miles per hour.

E. All ATV operators shall ride single file.

F. All ATV operators shall slow the vehicle to 10 miles per hour or less when operating within 150 feet of a dwelling or 100 feet of pedestrians.

G. All ATV operators must have a valid driver’s license to operate on any ATV route.

H. All ATV operators shall yield the right of way to other vehicular traffic and pedestrians.

SECTION VII - ENFORCEMENT This ordinance may be enforced by any law enforcement officer authorized to enforce the laws of the state of Wisconsin.

SECTION VIII - PENALTIES The penalties under Wisconsin Statutes 23.33 (13) (a), are adopted by reference.

SECTION IX - SEVERABILITY If any provision of this ordinance or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this ordinance that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are severable.

SECTION X - EFFECTIVE DATE This ordinance is effective on publication or posting, and shall remain in effect for one year (365 days) from the effective date and is renewable by a resolution of the Board any time prior to the one-year anniversary of the effective date. If no res-olution or ordinance, amendment by the Town Board renews this ordinance it shall expire one year from the effective date.

The town clerk shall properly publish this ordinance as required under Wisconsin Statutes 60.80.

Adopted this 14th day of June, 2012.

Marsha Karpinen - Chairperson Roger Neumann - Supervisor Bill Schilling - Supervisor 563612 44L 34a WNAXLP Darrell Frandsen - Clerk

(June 20, 27, July 4) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Royal Credit Union, a federal credit union, 200 Riverfront Terrace Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54703, Plaintiff, vs.

Gary G. Dombrock Jr. 2137 75th Avenue Osceola, Wisconsin 54020, Danielle C. Dombrock 2137 75th Avenue Osceola, Wisconsin 54020, Central Bank, a Minnesota banking corporation, 2104 Hastings Avenue Newport, Minnesota 55055, John Doe, Mary Roe and XYZ corporation, Case Type: 30404 Case No. 12CV312 PUBLICATION SUMMONS THE STATE OF WISCONSIN TO DANIELLE C. DOMBROCK: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that Plaintiff, Royal Credit Union, a federal credit union, has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you.

WITHIN forty (40) days after June 20, 2012, you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the Complaint. The demand must be sent or delivered to the Polk County Clerk of Court, Polk County Justice Center, whose address is 1005 West Main Street, Suite 300, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin 54810, and to Plaintiff’s attorneys, Anastasi & Associates, P.A., whose address is 14985 60th Street North, Stillwater, Minnesota 55082. You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not demand a copy of the Complaint within forty (40) days, the Court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the Complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the Complaint. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or may in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

Dated: June 7, 2012.

ANASTASI & ASSOCIATES, P.A. Garth G. Gavenda, #1079588 David C. Anastasi, #1027144 14985 60th Street North Stillwater, MN 55082 Telephone: 651-439-2951 Attorneys for Plaintiff #16236

(June 13, 20, 27, July 4, 11, 18) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Royal Credit Union, a federal credit union, 200 Riverfront Terrace Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54703, Plaintiff, vs.

Scott L. Petznick 5th Street, 309A P.O. Box 126 Centuria, Wisconsin 54824, Sherry A. Petznick 5th Street, 309A P.O. Box 126 Centuria, Wisconsin 54824, Central Bank, a Minnesota banking corporation, 2104 Hastings Avenue Newport, Minnesota 55055, John Doe, Mary Roe and XYZ Corporation, Defendants.

Case Type: 30304 Case No.: 12 CV 73 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that by virtue of that certain Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, Order for Judgment and Judgment entered and filed in the above-entitled action on May 9, 2012, the Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell the following described real property at public auction as follows: DATE/TIME: July 11, 2012, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: 10% of successful bid must be paid to Sheriff at sale in certified funds, with the balance due and owing on the date of confirmation of the sale by the Court.

PLACE: Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Lot Six (6) of Certified Survey Map No. 2247 recorded in Volume 10 of Certified Survey Maps on page 171, Document No. 556412, located in the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4), Section Thirty-five (35), Township Thirty-four (34) North, Range Eighteen (18) West, Town of St. Croix Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin; AND An undivided 1/7 interest in and to Qutlot One (1) of Certified Survey Map No. 2246 recorded in Volume 10 of Certified Survey Maps on page 170, as Document No. 556411, located in the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4), Section Thirty-five (35), Township Thirty-four (34) North, Range Eighteen (18) West (“Property”).

(FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY: Plaintiff believes that the property address is 1970 123rd Avenue, St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin.)

Dated: May 18, 2012.

Peter Johnson, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin THIS INSTRUMENT WAS DRAFTED BY: ANASTASI & ASSOCIATES, P.A. 14985 60th Street North Stillwater, MN 55082 651-439-2951 Garth G. Gavenda #15955 563111 WNAXLP

NOTICE

Application for Class B License to sell intoxicating liquors and fermented malt beverages.

To the Town Board of the Town of Luck, Polk County, Wisconsin. The undersigned: Evergreen Liquor Inc. Edward and Jody Seck Hereby applies for Class B Fermented Malt Beverages and Intoxicating Liquor License from July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2013, 2547 Hwy. 35, Luck, Wisconsin.

Dated June 18, 2012 Lloyd Nelson, Clerk Town of Luck

TOWN OF LAKETOWN The Monthly Board Meeting Will Be Held Tues., June 26, 2012, At 7:30 p.m. At The Cushing Community Center Agenda: Call to order; clerk’s report; treasurer’s report; open forum; open/accept road bids; road report; pay bills; review correspondence and adjourn.

Patsy Gustafson 563588 Town Clerk 44L

BREAD BID

Luck Schools is soliciting bids to supply the following bread products for the 2012/2013 school year.

4” Hamburger Buns (30 Count or 60 Count) 6” Coney Buns (30 Count or 60 Count) 6” Sub/Steak Bun (24 Count) White Bread White Sandwich Bread Whole Wheat Bread Whole Grain White Bread Whole Grain 4” Hamburger Bun (30 Count or 60 Count) Whole Grain 6” Coney Bun (30 Count or 60 Count) Whole Grain 6” Sub/Steak Bun (24 Count) Whole Grain Dinner Roll Submit bids to: Ione Barron Luck School District 810 7th Street South, Luck, WI 54853 Phone: 715-472-2152, ext. 112

By Friday, June 29, 2012.

The District reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.

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Town of Bone Lake

(June 13, 20, 27) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY In The Matter Of The Name Change Of: Nicholas Christopher Caple

By Petitioner: Nicholas Christopher Caple Notice and Order for Name Change Hearing Case No. 12 CV 322 NOTICE IS GIVEN: A petition was filed asking to change the name of the person listed above: From: Nicholas Christopher Caple To: Nicholas Richard Rognrud Birth Certificate: Nicholas Christopher Caple IT IS ORDERED: This petition will be heard in the Circuit Court of Polk County, State of Wisconsin: Judge Anderson, Polk County Justice Center, 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, July 17, 2012, 8:30 a.m.

BY THE COURT: Jeffery L. Anderson Circuit Court Judge May 7, 2012

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Ronald R. B. Johnson, 69, Town of Meenon, died June 4, 2012.

Joanne S. Youkon, 66, Webster, died May 16, 2012.

Randy L. Hagstrom, 63, Siren, died May 18, 2012.

James F. Gloodt, 59, Town of Daniels, died May 31, 2012.

Application for Class A license to sell intoxicating liquor and fermented malt beverages.

To the Town Board of the Town of Luck, Polk County, Wisconsin. The undersigned: Countryside Co-op Lori Freitag, Agent Hereby applies for Class A Fermented Malt Beverages and Intoxicating Liquor License from July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2013, 2527 State Road 35, Luck, Wisconsin.

Dated June 18, 2012 Lloyd Nelson, Clerk Town of Luck 563566 44L WNAXLP

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

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APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

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Notices/Employment opportunities

NOTICE OF POSITION OPENING ELEMENTARY (PK - 5) MUSIC TEACHER

Position: Unity School District announces the opening of a full-time elementary teaching position in elementary music, Pre-K - 5, beginning in the 2012 - 2013 school year.

Qualifications Necessary: Wisconsin certification; prefer candidates with knowledge of current music theory and practices, Wisconsin state standards in the area of fine arts, positive discipline, differentiated learning strategies and utilization of technology as it relates to music.

How to Apply: Qualified, interested persons should apply by sending a letter of application, district application (available at www.unity.k12.wi.us), resume and copy of license or evidence of license eligibility, transcripts and three (3) letters of recommendation to: Brandon W. Robinson, District Administrator Unity School District 1908 150th Street, Hwy. 46 North Balsam Lake, WI 54810-7267 Deadline for Application: July 13, 2012 E.O.E. - Unity School District does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, color, national original, religion, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, or physical, mental, emotional or learning disability.

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SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LUCK REGULAR BOARD MEETING Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 6 p.m.

Boardroom AGENDA 1. Call to order and seek approval of the agenda, Robert Clifton.

2. Consideration of previous minutes, LeRoy Buck.

3. Presentation of Vouchers, Amy Dueholm.

4. Treasurer’s Report, Amy Dueholm.

5. Recognition of Guests or Delegates.

A. Blizzard Hockey Association Representative.

B. Recognition of student representative.

C. SDS Architects: Tom Hanley: Cost estimate for possible referendum projects.

6. Administrative Reports A. Mr. Palmer 7. New Business A. Resignation of food service employee.

B. Resignation of special ed teacher and possible recommendation for replacement.

C. Renewal of “Association for Equity in Funding.”

D. Renewal of “WASB” membership.

E. Renewal of property and general liability insurance.

F. Recommendation for hot lunch prices for 2012-13.

E. Any other business that may properly come before the Board.

8. Motion to convene into executive Session per WI Stat 19.85(1)(e) for discussion of employee wages for 2012 13.

9. Motion to reconvene to open session. (No action on executive session items) 10. Motion to adjourn..

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2011 Consumer Confidence Report for 64903388

LUCK WATERWORKS Water System Information

We’re pleased to provide you with this year’s Annual Water Quality Report. This report is designed to inform you about the quality water and services we deliver to you every day. Our goal is, and always has been, to provide you a safe and dependable supply of drinking water.

Luck Water Utility routinely monitors for contaminants in your drinking water according to Federal and State Laws. We are pleased to report that our drinking water is safe and meets Federal and State requirements.

The Luck Village Board meets publicly the second Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m.

If you would like to know more about the information contained in this report, please contact Seth Petersen at 715-472-2038.

Health Information

Drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants. The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that water poses a health risk. More information about contaminants and potential health effects can be obtained by calling the Environmental Protection Agency’s safe drinking water hotline (800-426-4791).

Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population. Immunocompromised persons such as persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or other immune systems disorders, some elderly and infants can be particularly at risk from infections. These people should seek advice about drinking water from their healthcare providers. EPA/CDC guidelines on appropriate means to lessen the risk of infection by cryptosporidium and other microbial contaminants are available from the Envrionmental Protection Agency’s safe drinking hotline (800-426-4791).

Source(s) of Water Source ID Source Depth (ft.)

Status 2 Groundwater 118 Active 3 Groundwater 115 Active To obtain a summary of the source water assessment, please contact Seth Petersen at 715-472-2038.

Educational Information

The sources of drinking water, both tap water and bottled water, include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs and wells. As water travels over the surface of the land or through the ground, it dissolves naturally occurring minerals and, in some cases, radioactive material, and can pick up substances resulting from the presence of animals or from human activity.

Contaminants that may be present in source water include: • Microbial contaminants, such as viruses and bacteria, which may come from sewage treatment plants, septic systems, agricultural livestock operations and wildlife.

• Inorganic contaminants, such as salts and metals, which can be naturally occuring or result from urban storm-water runoff, industrial or domestic wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, mining or farming.

• Pesticides and herbicides, which may come from a variety of sources such as agriculture, urban storm-water runoff and residential uses.

• Organic chemical contaminants, including synthetic and volatile organic chemicals, which are byproducts of industrial processes and petroleum production, and can also come from gas stations, urban storm-water runoff and septic systems.

• Radioactive contaminants, which can be naturally occurring or be the result of oil and gas production and mining activities.

In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, EPA prescribes regulations that limit the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems. FDA regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water, which shall provide the same protection for public health.

Number of Contaminants Required to be Tested

This table displays the number of contaminants that were required to be tested in the last five years. The CCR may contain up to five years’ worth of water quality results. If a water system tests annually, or more frequently, the results from the most recent year are shown on the CCR. If testing is done less frequently, the results shown on the CCR are from the past five years.

Contaminant Group Inorganic Contaminants Microbiological Contaminants Radioactive Contaminants Synthetic Organic Contaminants including Pesticides and Herbicides Volatile Organic Contaminants

# Of Contaminants 16 1 3 25 20

INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS Contaminant (units)

MCL

MCLG

Level Range Found

ARSENIC (ppb)

10

n/a

2

1-2

BARIUM (ppm)

2

2

.047

.027-.047

CHROMIUM (ppb)

100

100

2

2

COPPER (ppm)

AL = 1.3

1.3

1.3

2 of 15 results were above the action level

FLUORIDE (ppm)

4

4

.2

nd-.2

LEAD (ppb)

AL = 15

0

5.80

0 of 15 results were above the action level

NICKEL (ppb)

100

NITRATE (NO3-N) (ppm)

10

10

Sample Date Violation Typical Source of Contaminant (if prior to 2011) Erosion of natural deposits; Runoff from orchards; Runoff from glass and electronics NO production wastes.

Discharge of drilling wastes; Discharge from NO metal refineries; Erosion of natural deposits.

Discharge from steel and pulp mills; Erosion of NO natural deposits.

Corrosion of household plumbing systems; Erosion of natural deposits; Leaching from wood * preservatives.

Erosion of natural deposits; Water additive which promotes strong teeth; Discharge from fertilizer NO and aluminum factories.

Corrosion of household plumbing systems; Erosion of natural deposits.

NO

2.4000 2.30002.4000

NO

Nickel occurs naturally in soils, groundwater and surface waters and is often used in electroplating, stainless steel and alloy products.

.76

NO

Runoff from fertilizer use; Leaching from septic tanks, sewage; Erosion of natural deposits.

.48-.76

n/a 23.00 12.00-23.00 n/a n/a NO SODIUM (ppm) *Systems exceeding a lead and/or copper action level must take actions to reduce lead and/or copper in the drinking water. The lead and copper values represent the 90th percentile of all compliance samples collected. If you want information on the NUMBER of sites or the actions taken to reduce these levels, please contact your water supper operator.

RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINANTS Contaminant (units) RADIUM, (226 + 228) (pCi/I)

MCL

MCLG

Level Found

Range

Sample Date Violation Typical Source of Contaminant (if prior to 2011)

5

0

1.4

.9 - 1.4

3/23/2009

Contaminant (units)

MCL

MCLG

Level Found

Range

n/a

n/a

.19

.19

MCL

MCLG

Level Found

Range

n/a

n/a

.88

.88

NO

Erosion of natural deposits.

UNREGULATED CONTAMINANTS

CHLOROMETHANE (METHYLCHLORIDE) (ppb)

Sample Date Violation Typical Source of Contaminant (if prior to 2011) 9/25/2009

NO

n/a

UNREGULATED CONTAMINANTS Contaminant (units) METHYLTERTBTYLETHER (ppb)

Sample Date Violation Typical Source of Contaminant (if prior to 2011) NO

n/a

VOLATILE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS Contaminant MCL (units) 1,1,1TRICHLOROETHANE (ppb) 200 1,2-DICHLOROETHANE (ppb) 5

Range

Sample Date (if prior to 2011)

Violation Typical Source of Contaminant

MCLG

Level Found

200

.1

nd- .1

NO

0

.2

nd- .2

NO

Discharge from metal degreasing sites and other factories.

Discharge from industrial chemical factories.

DEFINITION OF TERMS Term AL MCL MCLG MFL mrem/year NTU pCi/1 ppm ppb ppt ppq TCR TT

Definition Action Level: The concentration of a contaminant which, if exceeded, triggers treatment or other requirements which a water system must follow.

Maximum Contaminant Level: The highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water. MCLs are set as close to the MCLGs as feasible using the best available treatment technology.

Maximum Contaminant Level Goal: The level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MCLGs allow for a margin of safety.

Million fibers per liter.

Millirems per year (a measure of radiation absorbed by the body).

Nephelometric Turbidity Units.

Picocuries per liter (a measure of radioactivity).

Parts per million, or milligrams per liter (mg/l).

Parts per billion, or micrograms per liter (ug/l).

Parts per trillion, or nanograms per liter.

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Total Coliform Rule.

Treatment Technique: A required process intended to reduce the level of a contaminant in drinking water.

STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY FIRST STATE BANK OF WYOMING Plaintiff, vs.

MAX F. ROEMHILD and SUSAN M. ROEMHILD Defendants.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Case No. 11CV770 Code: 30404 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure and sale entered in the above-entitled action on January 24, 2012, the undersigned Sheriff of Polk County, Wis., will sell at Public at the front steps of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, WI 54810, on July 25, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., the real estate and mortgaged premises directed by said judgment to be sold, and herein described as follows: Lot One (1) and Lot Three (3) of Certified Survey Map No. 4767 recorded in Volume 21 of Certified Survey Maps, Page 94 as Document No. 695817, located in the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NW 1/4 of NE 1/4), Section Eight (8), Township Thirty-Five (35) North, Range Eighteen (18) West, Town of Eureka, Polk County, Wisconsin. Parcel ID No., Lot 1, CSM 4767: 020-00197-0100, Parcel ID No., Lot 3, CSM 4767: 020-00197-0300. and Lot Four (4) and Lot Seven (7) of Certified Survey Map No. 4768 recorded in Volume 21 of Certified Survey Maps, Page 95 as Document No. 695818, located in the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NW 1/4 of NE 1/4), Section Eight (8), Township Thirty-Five (35) North, Range Eighteen (18) West, Town of Eureka, Polk County, Wisconsin. Parcel ID No., Lot 4, CSM 4768: 020-00197-0400, Parcel ID No., Lot 7 CSM 4768: 020-00197-0700. and Lot Two (2) of Certified Survey Map No. 4767 recorded in Volume 21 of Certified Survey Maps, Page 94 as Document No. 695817, located in the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NW 1/4 of NE 1/4), Section Eight (8), Township Thirty-Five (35) North, Range Eighteen (18) West, Town of Eureka, Polk County, Wisconsin.

Parcel ID No., Lot 2, CSM 4767: 020-00197-0200.

Subject to and together with a 33-foot access easement along the west line of Lot Two (2) of Certified Survey Map No. 4767 to Lot Seven (7) of Certified Survey Map No. 4768.

Subject to and together with a 20-foot-wide access easement along the Southerly Line of Lot Four (4) of Certified Survey Map No. 4768 to Lot Five (5) of Certified Survey Map No. 4768.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: Vacant land in Eureka, Wisconsin.

TERMS OF SALE; 1. This is a cash sale. A certified check or bank check in the amount of 10 percent of the amount bid must accompany the bid, with the balance due upon confirmation of the sale by the court.

2. Sale is subject to all unpaid real estate taxes and special assessments.

3. Purchaser shall pay any Wisconsin real estate transfer fee.

4. The property is being sold on an “as is” basis without warranties or representations of any kind.

Dated: June 4, 2012.

By: Peter Johnson, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin Thomas F. Miller (WI #1062498) MILLER & STEVENS, P.A. 26357 Forest Blvd., Suite 6 P.O. Box 807 Wyoming, MN 55092 651-462-0206 Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 USC Section 1692), we are required to state that we are attempting to collect a debt on our client’s behalf and any information we obtain will be used for that purpose.

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Notices ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS The DNR is selling a Horse Barn for salvage at Straight Lake Wildlife Area in Bone Lake Township. Everything must be removed by August 31: 150’x36’ main and 32’x32’ wing (sound structure); Includes: Galvanized steel roof, red steel siding, rusty, 2x6 T & G exterior and interior horse stall walls (Dixte Fire X) pressure treated. Contact Brett Olson at: Wisconsin DNR, 941 Mallard Lane #104, Balsam Lake, WI 54810. 262-794-2142 for info and sealed bid form.

Deadline for sealed bids is Monday, July 2, 2012, by 3:30 p.m.

Public bid opening will be Tuesday, July 3, at the DNR office in Balsam Lake, at 9 a.m. DNR reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

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FREDERIC BOARD OF EDUCATION

Regular Meeting, Monday, May 21, 2012 President, Mr. Nelson, called the regular meeting of the Frederic Board of Education to order at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, May 21, 2012, in the 6-12 School Library.

Board members present: Mrs. Amundson, Mr. Engen, Mr. Holicky, Mrs. Matz and Mr. Nelson.

Administration present: Mr. Robinson, Mrs. Steen and Mr. Tischer.

Motion Amundson/Engen to approve the agenda and that the meeting was properly noticed. Motion carried 5-0.

Mr. Nelson announced to the members of the Board that they should consider adjourning to closed session for the purpose of reviewing personnel and negotiations. Mr. Nelson informed the Board the closed session would be proper and is authorized by s 19.85 (1) & (c) (f) (i) of the WI Statutes.

Motion Matz/Engen to adjourn to closed session. Vote by roll call was unanimous to convene in closed session and the motion carried 5-0. Time: 6:35 p.m.

The regular meeting convened at 7:00 p.m.

Audience in attendance was Kristi Fenning and the press.

Reports of Officers: Motion Engen/Matz to approve the 4-16-12 regular meeting minutes with corrections. Motion carried 5-0.

Mr. Nelson provided a summary of the closed session of the 416-12.

Motion Matz/Engen to approve the 4-16-12 closed session minutes with correction. Motion carried 5-0.

Invoices for April presented as follows: Regular invoices (1056410667 & 38680-38685).........$279,654.84 Payroll account............................................................$193,850.56 Mr. Engen presented the receipts for April 2012 totaling $140,371.78.

Motion Holicky/Matz to authorize and confirm the money payments of the invoices presented. Motion carried 5-0.

Mr. Tischer reviewed the 2011-2012 budget. Received a thankyou from the Mental Health Task Force of Polk County for attending the lifelines training.

Appointments: CESA #11 Delegate: Chuck Holicky; Alternate: Scott Nelson.

WASB Convention Delegate: Scott Nelson; Alternate: Chuck Holicky.

Election of Officers: Motion Amundson/Holicky to retain the same Board officers as follows: President Scott Nelson, Vice President Shari Matz, Clerk Rebecca Amundson, Treasurer Troy Engen and Director Chuck Holicky. Motion carried 5-0.

Reports of the Administration: A. Mr. Tischer presented the district report.

B. Mr. Robinson presented the 6-12 School report.

C. Mrs. Steen presented the Elementary School report.

D. Mr. Peterson submitted his report.

E. Mrs. Shafer submitted her report.

New Business: 1. Summer School contracts: Motion Amundson/Holicky to approve the summer school teacher contracts for Ethan Bergstrom, Aren Gerich, Erin Hansford, Dawn Harlander, Earl Lee, Kassi Liesch, Paula Moore, Bonnie-Lou Musical, Robert Pyke, Melinda Ruck, Lynn Schauls, Melinda Sorensen, Elizabeth Weiss, Troy Wink and Jim Worthington. Motion carried 5-0.

2. Fall Contracts: Tabled until June meeting.

3. Resignations: Motion Holicky/Engen to accept Ryan Pagenkopf’s resignation with gratitude and best wishes. Motion carried 5-0.

4. Retirements: Amundson/Engen to approve Gregory Heine’s retirement with a thank-you for time and 33 years of service.

Motion carried 5-0.

5. Cross Country: Motion Holicky/Matz approves the crosscountry program for 2012-2013 school year as students have expressed interest in participating. Motion carried 5-0.

B. 2012-2013 Budget: Mr. Tischer presented the tentative budget for the upcoming school year. Motion Matz/Nelson to approve the tentative budget. Motion carried 5-0.

C. Contracts: CESA 11 Head Start program: Motion Holicky/Matz to approve the contract for the Frederic 4K Mighty Vikes program for the 2012-2013 school year. Motion carried 5-0.

District-to-District agreement 66.30 with Siren: Motion Matz/Amundson to approve the early childhood tuition agreement. Motion carried 5-0.

CESA 5 Data processing contract: Motion Matz/Amundson to approve the 2012-2013 contract for $7,750.00.

Motion carried 5-0.

D. 2012-2013 School Calendar: Motion Matz/Engen to approve the calendar as presented for the upcoming school year. Motion carried 5-0.

Business as a result of closed session: Motion Holicky/Matz to offer contract to vice principal/counselor candidate. Motion carried 5-0.

Motion Holicky/Engen to allow Mrs. Steen to post for an elementary position. Motion carried 5-0.

Motion Holicky/Amundson to offer Kelly Steen a contract for 2012-2014. Motion carried 5-0.

Motion Matz/Engen to adjourn. Motion carried 5-0.

Time: 10:12 p.m.

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Miss Milltown pageant to be held Thursday

Candidates for Little Miss Milltown (L to R) include Isabelle Hansch, Emma Livingston, Camryn Hanson and Emily Lein.

2012 queen candidates Desiree Walton, 16 (left) and Courtney Galle, 16, are vying for the title of Miss Milltown, to be decided on Thursday, June 21. – Photos by Greg Marsten RIGHT: Little Miss MIlltown candidates practice their dance routine with the current Little Miss Emily Heulsman at the Milltown Community Center last week.

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Fiberglass tourist Corvette group rolls into St. Croix Falls

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer ST. CROIX FALLS – The St. Croix Valley was the destination on the annual Classic Corvettes of Minnesota Car Club, as their annual Now and Then Cruise crisscrossed across eastern Minnesota on the St. Croix Trail, culminating with a stop at Lions Park in St. Croix Falls on Saturday, June 16.

Starting at a Woodbury parking lot, Vettes of all generations are part of the annual event, which first started in 2007 and is one of the cruises that crosses the generations of the classic fiberglass Chevrolets, known to the purists by their generation codes of C1 (1953-1962) through the latest C6, 2005-present.

Many of those generations were represented on the Saturday event. Although most of the Vettes were of the more recent era, there were a few, rare C2s and C3s to admire, and the variety of colors, styles and options was apparent, from a rare big block 454 to a 50th-anniversary model that garnered quite a few stares.

“Don’t stare at it too much, it’ll get a big

This 1967 Corvette convertible was one of the more rare generations of car on the tour, also one of the most photographed Saturday, June 16, in St. Croix Falls.

The later generations of Corvette were the most popular on the weekend tour. – Photos by Greg Marsten

head!” joked event organizer Mark Stulz, who pulled in beside the 50th-anniversary C5 in his red C6 convertible.

“The Now and Then Cruise is one of the club’s big events,” Stulz said. “Although it seems we have an event almost every weekend!”

He’s right, as the Classic Vettes Club has a busy event schedule, from cruises that focus on food, holidays, bed and breakfasts and even other car events, their main event is their Vettes for Vets charity runs that benefit veterans from the American Legion.

“That’s the one we’re most proud of,” Stulz said, noting how they raise cash and gift cards for veterans, ending with a visit to the VA Hospital and nearby housMembers of the Classic Corvettes of Minnesota Club ing. stopped in St. Croix Falls during their annual Now and Then “It’s a lot of fun! We serve root beer floats and hang out Cruise.

with the veterans,” Stulz said. “It’s a pretty big event.”

The Classic Corvette Club of Minnesota also raises money for St. Joseph’s Hospital for Children in the fall and has a major fundraiser event in December to benefit the hospital. They are always looking for involvement, ideas and new members.

“You don’t have to be from Minnesota!”

Club membership director Sue Bohrer joked. “We’d love some Wisconsin members.”

The club has several events and cruises that include the Badger State, from their Fall Color Tour to a La Crosse event and more, usually drawing crowds along the way with the flashy coupes, and they also realize they draw the attention of the law along the way.

“That’s a misconception, we don’t drive any faster than anyone else, especially on these cruises,” Stulz said with a grin, noting that cameras, newspapers, and yes, law enforcement do seem to “enjoy” the Corvette events. “We’re never busted for speeding, and most of us don’t speed. We

Some of the club members like to express themselves with their license plates. attract enough attention already!”

But the group does their best to stay as a pack or two flights on their tours and cruises, staying in touch with CB radios, and stopping frequently along the way.

“This area is beautiful, why would we want to drive fast?” asked Bohrer. “We don’t want to do the freeways, we go for the best routes.”

The Corvette cruisers spent part of the afternoon on Saturday at the Lions Park, eating snacks and looking over the riverway, then leaving at their leisure, either heading further up the river or back to the Twin Cities.

“Once we arrive, members are on their own,” Stulz said.

American Cancer Society’s

Relay For Life 2012 of Polk County “An Old-Fashioned Independence Day”

Friday, June 29, 2012

St. Croix Falls High School Track

740 Maple Drive St. Croix Falls, WI • Opening Ceremony at 6 p.m.

• Survivor lap at 7 p.m.

• Luminaria Ceremony at 9:30 p.m.

• Entertainment! Activities! FUN!!

Contact Michele for more information: 715-268-6886 or michele.gullickson.moore@cancer.org

Please join us to learn more about the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life and how you can make a difference in the fight against cancer right here in Polk County.

Everyone is invited!

Bring a friend! Invite a cancer survivor!

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Relay For Life brings the county together to celebrate cancer survivors and to remember those who have lost their battle.

It’s celebrating a world with more birthdays!

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“Tow and go” for a Franklin

St. Croix Valley Speedway gains traction - with somebody following really close

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer CENTURIA – Yes, the winner only gets a “hundo” or a Franklin, a $100 bill, but the end result was one of the more interesting collisions of motor sports meet demolition, trailer racing, and they sure gave the crowd their money’s worth last Friday, June 15, at the St. Croix Valley Raceway.

That is surely worth more than just a hundo.

There is a renewed spirit at the refurbished raceway, and yes, the crowds are swelling, as evidence by the dozens of pickups and minivans, parked in reverse around the quarter-mile banked oval. The newly improved raceway has undergone some serious renovation in the past year, as new owner Ron Bernhagen likes to celebrate racing the old fashioned way; they have fun with it.

“We’re trying to be a little different,” Bernhagen said, noting how the trailer racing idea goes back to the 1960s as a bizarre after-races addition. “We had a few of the crews do it at Cedar Lake (Speedway), and I was happy to see them come out here for it.”

A family affair Whatever they’re doing, it seems to be working. With close to a year of improvements under their belt, Bernhagen and crew have made some major changes to the track. From a new, more convenient fan entryway to expanded concession offerings, extra lighting, and yes, unique events like trailer racing, they are going back to their roots.

“Everyone here is a customer,” he said. “We’re doing more family-oriented events, and we try to treat people well, everyone. The crews, racers, fans. We make a point of thanking people at least three times, and we’re trying to keep it affordable for families.”

Yes, don’t look now, but the rejuvenated former Kopellah Raceway has gone from a little-known secret to an all-out family-affair hot ticket. Those vans and trucks are often filled with kids, many of them ready to nod off as it gets late, but most staying awake to the end, having favorite cars, colors, classes, drivers, and yesiree, favorite racing trailers.

They hang out with new neighbors at impromptu tailgate parties with lawn chairs, grills, binoculars, blankets, viddles and the occasional ale. Kids watch from blankets, truck beds or on the grass, often playing games between races, throwing toys, walking around or checking out the upcoming cars. They seem to have a blast, and save for the occasional parental request for bug spray or a couple of bucks for a treat or popcorn, they pretty much just make their own fun.

“He loves watching the cars, and it’s really been a nice

This boat can only take so much in the way of cornering and is just about to fall of, creating an obstacles for all Friday, June 15, at St. Croix Valley Speedway. – Photos by Greg Marsten alike were treated to something different last Friday, beyond the usual caliber of speed machinery in the sprint, modified, stock and other flavors of racecar.

They also got to watch them race with trailers.

Dylan Miller, 18 months, watches the races while wearing giant headphones. Jacki Marlett, of Clear Lake, holds him and smiles as Dylan’s grandfather, Kevin Marlett, races by on the track behind. night for it,” stated Jacki Marlett, of Clear Lake, who sat behind a minivan with toddler Dylan Miller, watching as his grandfather, Kevin Marlett, cruises through a heat in his race. “We’re having a good time, for sure!”

Kids run around for hours, playing games, snacking, joking but pausing as the next heat of races start to watch their favorite cars, driver or flavor of machine bounce off each other, going tails out in an oversteer display that would make Burt Reynolds gum-smackingingly proud.

Occasionally, those cars pile up or go for a swim in the swelling waters of Lake Sunshine in the middle, which is hugely entertaining, as well. But the kids and adults

The crowd swells as the evening of racing rolls on with spectators making little camps and viewing locations at St. Croix Valley Speedway Friday, June 15.

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Answering the big trailer question It was a wide-eyed spectacle, as 13 pickup trucks, SUVs and the occasional car pulled onto the track with themebased trailers in tow. Police lights, neon paints, matching tape stripes, even a giant Oscar Meyer wiener on a duded-up Blazer roof means these folks don’t take themselves too seriously.

“But you know, even though it’s just meant for fun, I think we had some good racing with it,” Bernhagen admitted.

As the races began, the stable of trailers was impressive, and while not only entertaining, they also addressed several questions many trailer pullers have asked, “How fast can you go with this baby hooked up?”

Some of the setups worked considerably better than others. While some of the designs have seemed like a good idea on paper, or around a drunken campfire, popup campers are not all that great for speeding around a race track.

While for most of the night, highly modified cars of all flavors, values and levels of speed twisted the dirt surface into a hot mix of traction, moisture and inertia, testing machinery, nerves and G-forces like few other disciplines. The trailer races seem to test physics in other ways completely, not unlike highway pileups or the typical slow motion “fruit cart” collision scene in a Hollywood movie.

Like passing roadkill or an accident on the highway, trailer racing is almost impossible not to watch.

Like a Jellystone Park obstacle course The trailer racing rules are pretty basic; they need to be between 14 and 20 feet long, with no extra engineering, chains or apparatus to keep it attached, and yes, the rules state that campers must be “popped up.” The object of the trailer races is simple; finish the race with your trailer attached while trying to separate the trailers of your competitors from their tow vehicle.

Lose your trailer, you’re done. If you hit another tow vehicle with your vehicle, you will be disqualified immediately. But bouncing trailers? That seemed to be OK. None of the trailers can be rigged to self-destruct or collapse, and once you lose your trailer, well, you’re out of the race, and all of your broken, busted up and leftover boats, campers, stage props, axles, tires, cardboard or other trailer debris is part of the course for others to avoid or destroy.

The trailer race is at least 10 laps, or until only one trailer/tow vehicle combo remains intact.

There’s a reason they do this last, it makes the track look like a plane crash site. Even with the more than 6,000 See Tow and go, page 2

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Tow and go/from page 1 yards of extra product added to groom the track since last fall, the surface is a mess by the end of the trailer event.

“We’re having a crash-tastic event with stunt drivers and even more trailer races on August 17,” Bernhagen said with a laugh. “I think you’d like that, also.”

A new home for Craigslist furniture Between a shredded, queen-sized mattress to a rolled, squashed, bounded-over and squished fishing boat, it is a lot of stuff to avoid by the end of the race.

Drivers try to both maneuver around and use other drivers trailers against them, pulling swaggering “pit” maneuvers and even driving over the top of and through the trailers, on occasion.

It’s either an art or pure chance that allows leftover trailer frames and other remnants to survive as long as the rest of the vehicles, many of which end up stuck, hung up or even rolled on the quarter mile of debris, garbage and former campsite items.

It can be a violent spectacle. Some of the trailers corner at high speed on one wheel that may or may not have a tire still attached, carving a line into the dirt track like a downhill racer. Others skid wildly and pull the tow vehicle sideways, jackknifing the rig out of control.

The highlights included several highly modified, make

was eventually shredded by other drivers quests for speed.

The kids smile huge, with raised eyebrows and arms as the collisions unfold, and they all seem to turn and mouth the words, “Did you see that?”

Many of the kids high-five each other after the crashes and may look at the bass boat or the Airstream a little different from now on.

This Jeep goes up and over the fallen boat, while pulling its own trailer. – Photos by Greg Marsten that well-decorated, snowmobile trailers with elaborate scenes involving stuffed animals, dummies and very free Craigslist furniture like couches and tables, or kids playground equipment, even a fake campfire. Yes, it was quite a sight to see the aforementioned mattress go from parade-worthy bedroom decor to high-speed obstacle that

A line of cousins and siblings head to the concession stand with their older cousins, as their parents watch the races. Pictured (not in order): Jacob, Darren, Ella, Alyssa, Nick, Dustin, Alexis and Raven.

They all hail from the Luck, Centuria and Milltown areas.

Demo meets racing meets...

“You know, even with all the improvements we’ve done, I ‘m most proud of what we’ve done with the programs, and our car counts are going up,” Bernhagen said.

“I’d like to think we’re a big family!”

Family or not, watching a Jeep Cherokee drive over, through and under a fishing boat, while towing a trailer of its own, ranks right up there in the upper echelon of rural Wisconsin motor sports, combining demolition derby with vacations, auto racing, energy drink commercials and testosterone.

It is a bizarre marriage that seems to work. After lots of trailer-towing action, David Lee Berger emerged as the last man standing in the trailer race nightcap, driving his No. 10 “not Barbie” pink truck and trailer to the top for the hundo prize and bragging rights.

He had stiff competition from the John Deere-themed four-wheel green “skid wagon,” and the last pair of Jeeps did well in spite of not having been as fast, but were better with the obstacles.

True, the $100 grand prize probably doesn’t cover Berger’s gas and wrecked trailer, but the end result is more than just a good time, it was hugely entertaining.

And it might make you feel a little better pulling that boat to the lake or camper to the park, because, well, now we know what that puppy can do.

Siren Elementary students enjoy Valleyfair The Siren School fire on Tuesday, May 29, forced the cancellation of the fifth- and sixth- grade field trip to Valleyfair on Wednesday, May 30.

The students and teachers were disappointed that they would not be able to go and at the abrupt end to their school year. After hearing of the cancellation, Valleyfair refunded their money and donated tickets to all of the students to use on their own during the summer. Concerned that students would not be able to make the trip on their own, and for the need to have closure to the school year, the trip was rescheduled for Wednesday, June 6. The trip went well with beautiful weather and nearly every student able to attend. – Photo submitted

Elementary after-school media class publishes student newspaper

Hot off the press – Grantsburg first- through third-graders looked over copies of the just-delivered student newspaper edition they produced in an after-school media class this year.

Class instructor Priscilla Bauer, a reporter and photographer for the Inter-County Leader, served as editor for the Kids World edition featuring stories and photos taken by the cub reporters.

– Photo submitted

Kids World cub reporter Zayden Anderson counted out copies of the student-produced edition for delivery to all the Grantsburg Elementary School classes. Copies were also distributed in the community and at local businesses and organizations helping sponsor the edition.

Carter Johnson, one of the after-school media class reporters, was excited to see the just-published edition of the Kids World newspaper. – Photos by Priscilla Bauer unless otherwise noted

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Assorted

roaming a store, my eyes glanced over a delectable little box.

“Assorted Chocolates,” the box read.

Abby Ingalls The picture on the front was of richlooking truffles and caramels and chocolate treats, and my mouth watered for something sweet.

This column is a lot like a box of assorted chocolates.

It has something for everybody. You may find it’s a bit like a smooth and creamy chocolate caramel and it sits in your life melting over the bitter parts. Or maybe it’s one of those orange-cream-filled ones that nobody likes and you might have to spit it out instead of choke it down. And at times it could also be a little nutty.

Maybe one or two will turn out to be like dark chocolate – bittersweet and the taste sticks with you. Or it is like toffee and you might have to sit and chew on it for a while. But don’t sit on it too long, or you might have yourself ruined melted chocolates – not to mention a ruined pair of pants. But, most of all, I hope it doesn’t turn out to be one of those boxes where someone before you poked holes in all the chocolates with their finger just to find out what’s in the middle and you have nothing left to be surprised about.

A box of assorted chocolates is also usually a gift to someone. Whether the giver is saying “I’m sorry” or “I love you,” a box of chocolates will always mean something different to whoever the receiver is. It is always in the choice of the receiver what they will do with this gift of chocolaty treats. Maybe they’ll share it with their friends and family. Or maybe they’ll hoard the box to themselves and enjoy every tasty morsel down to the last lick of a chocolate-covered finger. Or possibly it will sit there for a while, unopened, waiting for someone to pick it up and savor it.

This column, along with life, is truly like a box of chocolates. To quote one of my favorite classic films, Forrest Gump, “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” You never know what might come next. It could be tangy, chewy, crunchy, sweet or bitter. But like every box of chocolates, everyone has their personal favorite – there are different favorites for different people. And it is up to them how they chew, savor or share their weekly box of Assorted Chocolates. Bon appetit.

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I’ve decided to go to Paris

Letters from

next month.

I’m going to celebrate my birthday with my friend Lanni, who just bought an apartment. I asked her if I should bring nice Carrie Classon clothes as I’ve heard Parisians dress well.

She said I needn’t bother, “there are lots of tourists this time of year.” Then she added, with a note of disapproval, “wearing comfortable shoes.”

I have never been to Paris before. That is to say, I have never been past the airport. I flew through Paris a couple of times and neither time was much fun.

The last time I flew through I arrived late and was told my seat had been given to someone else. This was in the days when I was flying a lot and expected a lot from my travel experience. I thought it was utterly unacceptable that an airline would give away my seat simply because I was late. I told them so.

It was no use. The seat was gone and I could sit in the middle of the middle section. In those days, I never sat in the middle section and certainly not in the middle of the middle. I was irate. I stormed down to board my flight and my stormy demeanor was, apparently, exactly the expression the security guards had been warned to look for in a suspected terrorist. I was pulled aside, my luggage searched, and I very nearly missed the plane. Slipping in just before the door closed I realized the plane was full and any hope of moving to a better seat vanished.

I was crabby.

I had been working hard, traveling too much. My marriage (although I would never admit it) was in trouble. I was hanging on to the hope that if I could work hard and make enough money to retire early, I could somehow make my problems go away.

I sat next to Mr. Singh. Mr. Singh was a Sikh Indian and he was feeling chatty. I was usually not chatty on an airplane, but then I usually sat by the window and

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slept. It did not appear that sleeping in the middle of the middle would be easy, so I began to chat with the friendly Mr. Singh. I wish I remembered more of the conversation, but I do remember he told me that I should have more fun. He also said I should cultivate more friendships, that retirement was not an end to itself, and life was full of surprises.

Everything he said turned out to be true.

I did need friends, especially when my marriage suddenly ended. My hopes of early retirement vanished with my husband, and my life is full of surprises.

Now I am returning to Paris a much different person than the one who met Mr. Singh. I am not flying there on business, but to meet two dear friends I met while living in Africa. I have no dreams of making a lot of money or early retirement. In fact, I am much too busy creating a new life to have an interest in retiring from anything.

This time I’m going to celebrate my birthday and my life. I’m going to congratulate my friend Lanni on her new home in Paris. I’m going to get together with Nora before she flies who-knows-where for her next job assignment. Then Daniel is going to join me and we’re going to hike around a mountain together.

We’re not climbing to the top, but around it— just for fun.

I’ll be wearing comfortable shoes.

Till next time, —Carrie Classon will perform an evening of selected columns called “Solstice Sun” on Friday, June 22, at 7:30 p.m., at Café Wren in Luck. Tickets may be purchased at Café Wren or any Inter-County Leader office. Subscribers to the Leader receive a $2 discount. Seating is limited.

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I stopped at a little motel in Wisconsin. The desk clerk told me the room was normally $15 a night. But it’s $5 if you make your own Joe Roberts bed. So I told him I’d make my own bed. So he said, “Good. I’ll get you some nails and wood.”

••• There was a man who entered a local paper’s pun contest. He sent in 10 different puns, in the hope that at least one of the puns would win. Unfortunately, no pun in 10 did.

Just for

Laughs

The road trip

Cold Turkey

I carry a travel fantasy around in the back of my mind. I dream about a spontaneous, radical departure from my day-to-day rouJohn W. Ingalls tine. With nothing more than the clothes we are wearing, we depart for an unknown destination with no agenda, no obligation and no reason to do anything other than the whim of the moment. Eat when you are hungry, sleep when you are tired and leave nothing behind other than footprints and happiness. I even suggested that some Friday night we should simply go to the airport and randomly purchase a ticket to somewhere and live out the adventure. When I shared this idea with my wife, she suggested I keep on dreaming until I come up with something a bit more realistic.

As a couple we do balance each other fairly well. I am more spontaneous and she leans toward preparation and orderliness. It generally works out. She wants me to be a bit more orderly and I have suggested planned spontaneity. Most spontaneous events don’t last that long anyway so I can’t get into too much trouble. However we have had a couple of road trips that have leaned toward my way of thinking.

The “Great New Zealand Road Trip” was the second of these trips. While Abby was living in NZ we had the opportunity to visit. For several days we did all of the planned things we had conjured up and then there was a lull in our schedule. Packing our bags we

Vallee de Croix Chorus will be on stage at the Overlook Deck in St. Croix Falls on Friday, June 22. – Photo by Jon Peterson Photography ST. CROIX FALLS – Barbershop chords will be ringing on Friday, June 22, as the Vallee de Croix Chorus joins the Indianhead Chorus on stage at the Overlook Deck in St. Croix Falls.

The Stillwater based Vallee de Croix Chorus has been harmonizing for more than 25 years. During those years, the chorus has performed not only in western Wisconsin and the St. Croix Valley, but also has participated in the Austrian Alps Performing Arts Festival. The chorus has also represented Can-Am Region 6 at the Sweet Adeline International Chorus Competition in Phoenix, Ariz., and headed down the highway on the left side of the road. Somewhat like a pinball we went in one direction until we were forced to go in another. Sheep ranches, rain forests, mountains, MD wineries, waterfalls, caves, small-town eateries, oceans and black sand beaches, we took it all in without a care in the world. For a brief moment in our lives it was spontaneous and wonderful.

Our first somewhat spontaneous family trip was a tad different.

When our firstborn graduated from high school we had the idea to take a family trip before college. A quick visit to the local travel agent indicated cheap fares to Alaska. Fares at the time were $99 per person.

For a mere $600 plus bag fees, taxes, fuel surcharges and exorbitant meal fees we “spontaneously” departed for our 49th state. We quickly learned that the 50th state was the state of despair. It seemed that everyone from the lower 48 had also known of the budget airfares to Alaska and arrived before us. We rented one of the only remaining RVs in Anchorage.

Designed for a retired couple with a poodle on a leash, it barely fit our family of six.

Ten miles out of Anchorage we hit a rock and spent the next several hours getting help to change the tire.

While patiently waiting for the tire repairs we sat by the highway and enjoyed the sunshine, the last sunshine we would see for many days. As soon as the final lug nut was tightened and the bill satisfied we

Detroit, Mich.

Under the direction of Derek Glenna, a former member of the Indianhead Chorus, the Vallee de Croix Chorus recently was award a second-place medal in Division AA and a third-place medal overall, at the Can-Am Region 6 Chorus Competition at Mystic Lake Casino and Convention Center in Prior Lake, Minn.

The Music on the Overlook Deck begins at 6:30 p.m.

Bring a chair, sit back, relax and listen to the music. For more information call Kathy Lucken at 715-483-1061. submitted pulled onto the highway into a cold drizzly rain. It didn’t rain all of the time, just most of each day and half of each night.

The great mountain of Denali park was one of our destinations. Arriving at the park we saw nothing of the mountain but set off in search of wildlife. No moose or bears were available that day but we did find a lone caribou that seemed to enjoy posing for photos. The next day was fog and rain as we headed east for eight hours on a pockmarked gravel road. The children sang, slept, laughed and cried as the camper narrowly escaped disintegration on the jarring crosscountry route. Stopping to pick blueberries on the tundra in the rain, one of the older children applied her writing skills to the mud-coated back of the RV. “Livin’ la vida loca” was scrawled across the mudplastered windows. Living the crazy life described it all.

We caught salmon and halibut in the rain, we watched orca whales and sea otters in the rain, we laughed, sang and read books in the rain and in the end we bought postcards to see the sights that the clouds wouldn’t allow us to see in person. At the end of the road, 1,500 miles later, we unanimously decided it was one of the worst and best family vacations ever.

If you want something to spice up your life, something spontaneous to get you out of the rut of daily living, then hop in the car and leave the map at home.

Go where the wind blows and the spirit of adventure leads you. Stop when you are tired, eat when you are hungry and when it rains don’t complain. It’s all part of the adventure.

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Well now, my latest finding is a curi-

ous but welcome one. Seems next Saturday’s Forts event will be a family treat – namely, a visit from Chris Cold of the Wisconsin DNR’s Ladysmith-based Bureau of Wildlife Management. Starting at the ripe early hour of 9 a.m., Cold and his raptor buddies will delight those humans who make the trek out to the site’s visitors center. The morning will be sort of a triple play, at 8:30 the Burnett County Lakes and Rivers Association holds a brief meeting, followed

by Cold’s program at 9, and for those interested, tours of the 1802 historic fur trading site get under way after that.

While Cold’s wildlife program is free, a discounted price will be offered for the tours.

Cold is, shall we say, a rather frigid name. Based on what I know of him, he could as easily be called “Critterman.”

After all, his program focuses on the critters, especially the raptors (birds of prey) of Wisconsin’s northwoods, and has been presented to dozens of audiences across the region – at schools, libraries, parks, conferences and other venues.

Critterman Cold’s talks are usually accompanied by some wildlife companions – perhaps an owl, an eagle, and/or hawks or falcons. He’s not sure about his companions for the Folle Avoine presentation, although it’s for sure no gnomes will be there (we’re asleep at that hour). Cold/Critterman’s extremely popular programs are thus interactive – rather more of an illustrated hands-on demo elaborating on the life,

How moving past IQ can boost learning It was the end of the first quarter and Travis was sitting on the floor with three other students. A large sheet of white roll paper was spread out between them. Markers of various colors littered their work space, but nothing had yet been put upon paper.

“How’s it going guys?” I asked as I approached, kneeling down to their level.

Travis spoke for the group. “We don’t get it, ” he said. Frustration wrinkled his brow. The class had been working for 10 minutes, and many other groups were by now well on their way.

The assignment required students to look back at a quarter’s worth of instruction and then visually re-create that learning by drawing a large poster or mural. The activity gave students a chance to share their experience of learning (what they remembered) and then create a product that helped them to cement this new information by attaching it to a metaphor.

After explaining how metaphors can be used to create or expand understanding, I asked students to develop their

Folle Avoine Chronicles Woodswhimsy the gnome

habits, range and activities of birds of prey. And the threats they face in today’s ever-changing environment.

A wildlife biologist by training, Cold is also a licensed falconer, a specialized person who trains and hunts with hawks. Falconry requires detailed and daily work in establishing the proper rapport with the birds involved. Its restriction to licensed handlers ensures the proper care is taken—we’re talking wild critters here, not pets. Besides his expertise in this endeavor, he’s also been involved in bird banding efforts, which further enhance the study and knowledge of the region’s raptor population. It helps, for instance, to track injured raptors once they’ve been treated and released back to the wild.

This rare chance to see Critterman and his friends follows an early-morning meeting of the Burnett County Lakes and Rivers Association—visitors are welcome to learn about this group as well or just arrive for Cold/Critterman’s program starting at 9 a.m.

Meanwhile, plans are progressing for several July events at Forts Folle

Avoine—these include another wild rice pancake breakfast on July 8, a golf tournament fundraiser on July 12, and the annual Great Forts Folle Avoine Rendezvous over the weekend of July 27-29, with another pancake breakfast set to roll on the final Sunday of that event.

Plus of course the site is open for tours of the historic fur trade/Ojibwe Indian village area Wednesday-Sunday each week.

Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park is located on CTH U three miles west of the Hwy 35, CTH U intersection in Burnett County’s Yellow Lakes region northwest of Webster. More information is available by calling 715-866-8890 or visiting www.theforts.org.

own metaphors to represent what they learned during the first nine weeks of class.

Chris Wondra Howard Gardner, professor of cognition and education at Harvard University, might say the activity I had assigned encourages “deep learning,” by using four different intelligences – interpersonal, intrapersonal, spatial and visual – to reflect on what we had covered in class.

Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences – well known among educators and scientists alike – argues that there are actually eight ways to be “smart,” as opposed to the two that most IQ and standardized tests generally measure.

I can’t explain all eight intelligences here. But I can list them: linguistic, logic-mathematical (the two most tested

in school), musical, spatial, bodily/kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal and naturalistic.

Still, Travis and his group were struggling, so I chunked it up for them.

“Well, what does each of you remember learning in here so far? What does language arts in the eighth grade look like?”

“Um. Well, we do planning pages every day,” Travis said.

“Great! What else?”

“We have vocabulary,” Sara said.

“Now you’re getting the hang of it.

Alex, start a list.”

“OK. What about mind-maps? Does that count? And the SAINTS writing pattern? And Chapter Club?”

“Awesome! Now, I want you to keep brainstorming. Then, once you get your list, see if, together, you can come up with an image that all of these ideas can be a part of.” I then gave them another example and let them have at it.

About a week later, each group having had the opportunity to share and explain their metaphors to the class, all the posters hung around the room. There were pictures of landscapes with paths and roads representing journeys, a tree with branches and fruit showing growth, a staircase, a house, rockets in space, a meal on a plate. Attached and

embedded within these images were the concepts we had studied for the past nine weeks.

It was quite a sight and a fun way for parents, who were coming and going for conferences, to see what we’d been working on.

I didn’t fully realize, however, the impact this activity had had until I met Travis’ mom and she asked if she could have the poster when it was done hanging in the room. Travis had been so proud of what his group had created that he’d talked about the mural at home and wanted to keep it and hang it up in his room.

Real and true learning (learning that sticks) is a deeply personal (and often exciting) experience. Meeting learners where they are, allowing them to access information through their own unique combinations of intelligences, and then honoring those aptitudes, is a great way to create an effective (if not powerful) learning experience.

Chris Wondra is just another Wisconsin public school teacher and founder of WeTeachWeLearn.org – where smart parents, teachers and leaders are exploring what works. You can also find We Teach We Learn on Facebook

We teach, we learn

Chris Cold and some of his raptor friends will be on hand at Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park early Saturday, June 30.– Photo submitted

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Annual Midsummer celebration at Lamar

RURAL ST. CROIX FALLS - Reviving and preserving traditions that link the past and present has become a hallmark of Lamar Community Center. For the second year in a row, Lamar and the Amery Swedish Club are sponsoring a classic Midsummer Day on Saturday, June 23.

The day begins at 2 p.m. as people gather to make flowered headbands, decorate the Midsummer pole and drink coffee. At 3 p.m., Dr. Carolyn Wedin will lead a conversation on the lore of Midsummer titled “Is Dancing a Sin?” The big moment comes at 4 p.m. when Kurt Nelson will sound the birch long horn and the flowerbedecked pole will be set in the ground. Swedish fiddlers Shaila Johnson, Amber Lindoo and other musicians will provide music for dancing around the pole. The Scandinavian feast of traditional foods – meatballs, new potatoes, cucumber salad, bread and fresh strawberries - begins at 5 p.m. ”It doesn’t get much sweeter than this,” says Lamar Director Kathleen Melin. “It’s a day when everyone can participate. Last year, about 70 people formed a circle and danced around the beautiful 20-foot pole.”

Conversations about cultural traditions and ancestral ties are prominent during the celebration. “We’re especially honored to have our elders and the musicians present since they’re such important bearers of tradition,” says Melin. This year’s event is funded in part by the Wisconsin Humanities Council which supports projects that use history, culture and discussion to strengthen community life.

As recently as 50 years ago this prominent holiday,

Do you remember?

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50 Years Ago

The day will begin at 2 p.m. when people gather to decorate the Midsummer pole. which celebrates the summer solstice, was celebrated in homes, churches and villages in the area. Northwestern Wisconsin is known for being settled by Nordic immigrants – Swedish, Norwegian, German, Scottish and English. Each of these cultures held spring celebrations that revolved around decorating and then dancing around an elaborate flower-bedecked pole.

Midsummer Day takes place rain or shine. “Ideally we’ll be outside in nature and celebrating nature,” says Melin. “We’re prepared to move the event inside the building if need be.”

People are invited to come in traditional costumes.

Lamar Community Center is located at 1488 200th St. in rural St. Croix Falls just two miles north of Hwy. 8.

For further information about Lamar Community Center and Midsummers Day, go to lamarcommunity.org.

Lamar Community Center is a former two-room 1905 school on the National Register of Historic Places. The organization is in the final weeks of all-or-nothing challenge grants that must be completed by June 30 and require a total of $300,000. Following completion of the renovation, Lamar will continue to serve local communities and expand its regional presence through classes, seminars and events in education and the arts that deepen the bonds of community. - submitted

There were majorette tryouts for both the senior and junior high bands at the Frederic High School June 29.–A reporter from the Leader noticed the heavy traffic through Frederic on Friday evenings during summer months, so they did a five-minute count at the corner of Hwy. 35 and Maple Street, from 7:50 to 7:55 p.m. Results: 30 Wisconsin cars, 29 Minnesota cars, one Illinois car, two motorcycles and one Greyhound bus.–Leo Kurkowski, 5, suffered a broken leg when one of his older brothers fell out of the tree under which Leo was playing and landed on him.–William F. Johnson dug the first spadeful of earth during the ground-breaking ceremony for the fellowship lodge at Whispering Pines Methodist Camp on Spirit Lake.–Frank A. Vacek, Siren, caught a 15-1/2-pound musky in the St. Croix River north of Grantsburg.–It was a risky week for children who were climbing.

Colleen Hill, Danbury, 10, injured her leg in a fall from a haymow and was hospitalized.–Jane Friberg and Richard Job were married May 26.–The movie at the Frederic Theatre was “Jessica,” starring Maurice Chevalier and Angie Dickinson, and the Auditorium Theatre was showing “King of Kings,” with Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhan McKenna and many others.–There was a powwow every Sunday at the Village Inn, Danbury, and a smorgasbord every Sunday at the Edgewater Inn on Mudhen Lake, Siren.

40 Years Ago

Money stolen from the Frederic Telephone Co. in April was discovered by Clarence Zahn while he was working in his yard. The cash was in a bank deposit bag and hidden under a pile of brush. It amounted to $240.–Dick Zinn, Frederic, earned academic honors at UW-Whitewater with a 4.0 average for the semester.–The Leader’s editor, Bernice Asper, was vacationing in Norway and sent a report about the first part of her trip.–Two boys from Siren, Gary and Wayne Johnson, were going to Sweden for six weeks to visit their grandfather in Hamstad.–David Ruppe was hired as the new art teacher at Frederic High School.–Frederic delegates to the state FHA convention won a first-place trophy for their scrapbook showing FHA activities.

They were Ann Amundson, Debbie Lenz, Rose Lockert and Kris Karl. The scrapbook was being entered in national competition.–Company B, 724th Engineer Battalion, Wisconsin National Guard, was training at Camp McCoy, and Specialist 4, Daniel Carlson, Frederic, was shown taking part in a bridge-building exercise.–Elton Morse, a 22-year-old from Siren, escaped serious injury in an accident that sent his car through the air about 50 feet and rolling another 500 feet. Morse was thrown clear of the car, which was demolished when he failed to negotiate a curve on Hwy. 70.–Harry G. Anderson, Grantsburg, donated $3,000 toward the purchase of the building for the senior citizen center in Grantsburg.

20 Years Ago

The flower-bedecked Midsummer pole will be set in place at Lamar Community Center to begin the classic Midsummer Day on Saturday, June 23.

Kurt Nelson will sound the birch long horn at 4 p.m. signaling the start of the celebration. – Photos submitted

Open house meeting set for Gov. Knowles State Forest draft master plan Established in 1970 as the St. Croix River State Forest, the forest was redesignated the Gov. Knowles State Forest in 1981 to recognize former Gov. Warren P. Knowles for his administration’s progress in conservation.

Originally designated to protect the St. Croix River, the forest is long and narrow, with most of the 55-mile length of the property lying along the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway, managed by the National Park Service.

Gov. Knowles State Forest contains a diverse group of natural communities and habitats and is a popular destination for horseback riders, hunters, hikers, canoeists and kayakers who come to enjoy the St. Croix River.

For information or to obtain a printed documents people can contact Bob Dall, DNR, 107 Sutliff Ave., Rhinelander, WI 54501, 715-365-8993, robert.dall@wisconsin.gov - from the DNR

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The plan also identifies 10 areas, totaling 7,989 acres, under consideration for boundary expansion to meet ecological, economic and social benefits of the 38,000acre forest located in Burnett and Polk counties in northwestern Wisconsin.

Master plans guide management activity on Department of Natural Resource owned lands and are updated every 15 years. The plans address state forest management, recreation and boundary expansion areas for consideration as part of sustainable forestry.

The public will have an opportunity to review and comment on the draft master plan for the Gov. Knowles State Forest at a Monday, June 25, open house meeting.

The open house event will take place from 3 to 7 p.m., at the Crex Meadows Wildlife Education and Visitor Center, 102 East Crex Ave., Grantsburg.

People can also provide comments on the plan either online or by regular mail. The draft master plan and environmental analysis are available by searching the DNR Web site for Gov. Knowles master plan, dnr.wi.gov/master_planning/govknowles/. The page includes an online comment form. Comments on the plan will be accepted through July 13.

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The Frederic School Board voted to budget $51,000 to hire one full-time and one half-time teacher for additional kindergarten and first-grade classrooms.–Members of the Luck Rural Fire Association broke ground for a new fire hall.–Theodore Neumann, 20, a college student from Osceola, died by asphyxiation from silo gas while working on the farm of Dennis Baillargeon, rural Osceola.–The D.D. Kennedy Environmental Classroom was dedicated. Violet Kennedy, wife of the late state legislator, and donator of the land, was in attendance at the ribbon-cutting ceremony.–Residents were moved into the new Frederic Care Center.–The congregation of St. Luke United Methodist Church had a farewell party for Pastor Don Smith and his wife, Mary, who were moving to a congregation in Lomira. The festivities included John Glockzin in firefighting gear, Gene Early reading a humorous letter, and Dr. Lyle Lauritsen and Willis Williams dressed as a mother and (her) baby.–Amy Fisk, 15, of Luck, was crowned third runner-up in the Miss Wisconsin National Teenager Pageant, Junior Division.–Stephanie Ann Zmuda was the new Miss Webster, with First Princess Marie Lynn Zimmer and Second Princess Twighla Jean Jack. Little Miss Webster was Andrea Fiddle, with First Princess Kelley O’Brien and Second Princess Kayla Reh.–Among the births at SCVMH: Haley Frances, June 4, to Ray and Kordi Kurkowski, and Bryson Dean, June 4, to Rick and Jenna Clemenson.

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TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER Hi everyone, hope you all had a great week and weekend! It’s been a relaxing and uneventful week for the most part now that Mom is home. We have our old routine back and have managed to retrain her so all’s right with the world.

Our wine and cheese fundraiser at the Clover Meadow Winery in Shell Lake was a blast. They are such wonderful people to host this event for us and their organic wine is delicious (so Mom says!).

We’d appreciate those that came out and supported our efforts as well as our volunteers that helped. A special shout-out to Jeanette at AnimaLodge Boarding Kennels for providing the cheese and meat, Kendra for her dips and everyone else that provided food and help to make the day a success.

Good news to report from the shelter - some of the kitties have been adopted into some wonderful homes. Katie, Cleo

Happy Tails Await Arnell Humane Society of Polk County Rico came to the shelter as a stray. He had been trying to meet new friends on the streets but decided that he had a better chance of finding the right family at our shelter. Rico is tall, dark and handsome. He has the oversized head of a movie star, a muscular build and a fun-loving personality.

Rico has some training and behaves with manners; he sits for treats and enjoys a game of fetch. Rico has been waiting for his new friends to arrive for three weeks. He is happy to meet all potential adopters in our meet-n-greet exercise pen for a free exchange of ideas and companionship.

Hooray, hooray! Older-gentlemen shelter residents Dusty, 9-year-old black Lab, Duke, 10-yearold Dalmatian and Winslow, 9-year-old springer mix, all found new loving homes. Each senior canine found the perfect spot to retire with great human companions who understand and appreciate a dog with a slower pace. We couldn’t be hap-

Shelter

YAPpenings Sadie Minnie and Moto have all left, Violet and Mary are going on Tuesday and the kids Flopsie and Mopsie at the end of the week. One of our great volunteers, Kris who often fosters our cats, adopted Americana and is currently fostering Chai who is available for adoption. It does give us a lot of breathing room but it has opened some accommodations at the inn for kitties on the waiting list so we’ll be full again before you know it.

Did you know that cats can live a long time?

One of my mom’s cats, Skeeter, lived to be almost 20 years old and he had a great life. He was a rescue cat and Skeeter actually chose Mom as he crawled up her pant leg. He was very tiny when she first got him from the SPCA, not quite 6 weeks pier or more proud of them. They tugged at the hearts of many and eventually met the right partners.

Dusty went home with a retired couple on a large farm. They have always had a dog and were anxious to replace an old Rico friend who had passed away recently. Dusty will now spend his days chasing the squirrels, putting up with a cat and playing with the dog on the adjoining farm.

Duke, our aging dalmatian with aching hips, found a special woman, also with a large farm in the country. She saw Duke in the paper and decided he was the dog for her. Both were grinning from ear to ear as they left the shelter. and so were we.

A young man of 10 years old met and fell in love with Winslow. He appreciated a dog with a gentle nature and that certainly was Winslow. We have received reports that Winslow enjoys strolling the country estate with the other resident dogs and

Siren news

715-349-2964 There’s a new problem here in bear country.

From what I have heard the sows let their yearlings wander about by themselves thus learning how to live on their own. Bear country has what I call a troublesome youngster and this little bugger who isn’t 100 pounds soaking wet is raising Cain wherever he goes. It seems he has been going from neighbor to neighbor leaving a mess behind. I’ll bet this isn’t one of Big Berthas youngsters as her cubs always seem to have better manners.

Hubby talked to one of the fellows who works at the Siren National Golf Course the other day and it

seems they also have had their share of those black devils going through at any time of the day.

Last Wednesday evening about 7 p.m. on our way home from Rice Lake, we had turned on Hwy. 70 from Siren heading west when we spotted three cars stopped watching a small yearling cub who had decided to cross the highway. Three times he tried before he got up the nerve to cross. He headed into the old Ethel Peterson’s yard and headed into the woods by Blue Collar garage.

The trumpeter swan family is down to just four cynets as of last Monday. I sure hope they can raise

Dewey - LaFollette Donna and Gerry Hines visited Nina and Lawrence Hines Monday, and they went out for lunch together to celebrate Lawrence’s birthday.

Nina and Donna Hines, Karen and Diana Mangelsen, Sharon Syverson, Marlene Swearingen and Lida Nordquist were guests of Mary Dunn Tuesday.

They enjoyed an afternoon of visiting and playing cards.

Karen Mangelsen called on Lois Snyder Thursday afternoon.

Gerry and Donna Hines went to Vadnais Heights, Minn., Friday to stay with Brenda and Tim Sweet and family. That evening, Barry and Sue Hines and family took Gerry and Donna out to eat at the Spaghetti Factory to celebrate Father’s Day and Donna’s birthday. On Saturday, Donna and Brenda went to a bridal shower in Hugo, Minn., for Kristie Sweet.

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Lawrence and Nina Hines went to Richfield, Minn., Saturday for a birthday party for great-grandson Joshua Kukowski, at the home of Sue and Colin Harrison. They stayed overnight with Nancy and Steve Hagen in Eden Prairie, Minn., and returned home Sunday.

Lida Nordquist stayed overnight with Jan and Jim Schott and family Saturday. She took in some of the festivities of Frederic Family Days with the Schotts.

Hank and Karen Mangelsen visited Wayne and Marie Romsos at the Romsos Farm Saturday afternoon.

Visitors of Maynard and Ronda Mangelsen at various times over the weekend were Karen and Hank Mangelsen, Ryan Hanna, Brea Williamson, Duane Otis and Andrea, Robb and Michael Williamson.

Barry and Josh Hines and Marlene Swearingen visited Gerry and Donna Hines Sunday afternoon.

Orange

Welcome back Scotty and Elaine Scott from their “winter home” in California for the summer. Recent visitors were Anna and Fohner Nielsen from Denmark.

Anna is Elaine’s cousin.

Pat and Nancy O’Brien visited friends in South Dakota.

Sandy and Brittany Johnson visited the Neinstadts, and they all watched Brianna’s soccer game at Cumberland and Brendon’s baseball games at Webster.

Brittany will spend the week with Brianna and Brendon.

On Wednesday, Fran Krause attended the WELCA picnic hosted by Pilgrim Lutheran Church at the Anderson home on Mud Hen Lake.

All the O’Briens attended the Stefani O’Brien / Brandon Roots wedding at Paradise Landing, Saturday. Tom

Karen Mangelsen

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and Becky O’Brien visited Jack and LaVonne on Father’s Day. Jack and LaVonne went to St. Croix Falls on Monday.

Karen Hintz visited the Krause family Thursday through Sunday. On Friday, Karen and Fran had supper with Kent and Nancy. Saturday Mark, Karen and Fran went to the dairy Breckfast at Melins.

Mark, Deanna, Kathryn and Brad attended the Pardun / Nutt wedding at the Baptist church Saturday afternoon and more graduation parties later.

Nancy Krause visited her dad, Tom Ammend, on Father’s Day. Sympathy is extended to the family of Bonnie Raymond. Her funeral is Friday, June 22, at the Yellow Lake Lutheran Church.

old, so as you can see, kitties can live a long and happy life. The reason I’m telling you that is because we have a very pretty and small 8- to 9-yearold cat, Cleo, aka Lookalike. She is the mother of the two kids, but has her time and done Kevin now it’s her time to enjoy life with that special person. Cleo would prefer to be the only pet in the house, she really doesn’t like dogs or other cats too much. If you’re over 55 and have an approved application, then the adoption fee for Cleo would be waived. She’s just so sweet, we want her to find a happy and loving home.

Kevin, the young hound mix, is a very handsome dude. He came to the shelter as a stray and appeared to have been well cared for but unfortusleeps in his young man’s bedroom at night.

These adoptions are extra sweet for us and tears are shed. Of course all of our pets deserve and find good homes, but elderly dogs, senior in their years, have an especially hard time finding a home with extra-large hearts. They have a special something to share with an adopter willing and able to let them shine.

New dogs in our kennel are: Kasey, a young, spayed, female chocolate Lab that couldn’t make the move with her family; Duncan, a spry wirehaired terrier mix; Foxy, a spayed female papillon; and Darla, a 3-month-old Chihuahua mix puppy.

There are too many kittens to mention in this column. Suffice to say we have what you are looking for. All are cute, cuddly, playful, healthy, interactive fuzz-ball busters. If it moves, they are on it! If you are looking to introduce a kitten to an existing dog or cat in your home, we have all the advice you will need to make the transition a success, in printed handouts and DVD. It is kitten season, you’d better get yours while they are fresh. Plant them early and they will grow to fill an empty spot in your home.

Arnell Memorial Humane Society, Amery, 715268-7387 or online at arnellhumane.org.

nately his owner never reclaimed him. Kevin is very friendly and loving and isn’t like your typical hound.

He loves people, loves attention and would love for someone to adopt him! Overall Kevin is a great canine and Dad said no more dogs … hmmm.

Once again we’re beginning to run short on a few things at the shelter. Jenny says we need Purina Puppy Chow, kitty litter and canned dog food. Big licks and tailwags to those that helped out with the shortage of bleach and laundry detergent! You’re all awesome!

“If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans." - James Herriot If any of our readers are on Facebook, we are too and often post updates of what’s going on so please consider joining us there.

Have a great week everyone. Licks and tailwags!

The Humane Society of Burnett County is saving lives, one at a time. www.hsburnettcty.org, 715866-4096, license No. 267335-DS. We’re on Facebook too, why don’t you like us there!

Frederic Senior Center Dave Peterson

The winners for Spades were Norma Nelson, Arvid Pearson, Lorna Erickson and Carmen Marek.

The winners for 500 were Delloris Potter, Marlyce Borchert, Bob Holm and Arnie Borchert.

The 9-bid was won by Larry Anderson and Del Hansen.

Remember that we play Spades Monday at 1 p.m., 500 Thursday at 6:30 p.m., Pokeno Wednesday and Friday at 1 p.m. and Dime Bingo on Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m.

We are still looking for more pool players. Enjoy the nice summer weather.

St. Croix Valley Senior Center Marian Edler

Bev Beckmark those four. I have heard, however, that there are some large snapping turtles in Big Doctor Lake.

Seems those big snappers take many young ducklings, goslings and cynets.

If you have children ages 3 through 5 and wish to place them into a good Head Start program, the St. Croix Tribal Headstart is now taking applications for the coming school year. For more info call 715-3492195, ext. 5246.

Barry and Mary Stewart stopped in at Art and Bev’s in bear country to visit their daughter, Tammy, on Tuesday evening. She returned home on Wednesday.

Monday morning rolled around with bright, sunny skies, however the TV weathermen are once again predicting more rain. I know trees and ground were in desperate need of moisture but enough already.

We also need a lot more warm sunny days than we have been getting, so come on Mother Nature, shut it off for a while. Farmers need dry days and nights for haying and the gardens need them for growing and producing.

We had our busy Tuesday. First was the exercise session followed by Skip-Bo. In the afternoon games were played. Martha Lundstrom, Ione Meixner and Delores Benson were the winners in Dominos. The winner team for Hand and Foot were Rita Boyle, Russ Adams and Mary Hennessy. In 500 cards, the winners were Marlyce and Arnie Borchert, Don Benson and Ray Nelson.

Wednesday the June birthdays were celebrated with cake and ice cream in the afternoon.

Thursday, the group had their exercise session. In the afternoon, Cribbage was played. In the evening, 500 cards were played with Izzy Magnison, Don Anderson, Bea Williams and Don Benson winning.

Greetings to Carol VanBuskirk who is hospitalized after knee surgery. Get well soon.

Last week I forgot to extend gratitude to the students of St. Croix Falls School who came down and cleaned at the center. We appreciated it.

Siren Senior news We have been having good crowds for cards and Dime Bingo. We are glad so many people from neighboring towns come to enjoy the center.

It has been brought to my attention that our dishtowels are getting low. If anyone has some dishtowels they would care to donate to the center, they would be appreciated.

Don’t forget to come to the farmers market every Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m. They seem to have a good assortment of items for sale.

The winners for 500 were Steve Wenthe, Herb Wasserman, Virginia Wasserman, Doris Knopik and Barb Munger. Spades winners were Roger Greely, Barb Munger, Ann Smith, Flo Antiel and Tony Rutter.

The monthly meeting was held Tuesday, June 19.

We celebrated all the June birthdays.

Enjoy the nice weather and see you at the center.

Borderline Last Tuesday, Frank and Mary Schaaf went on a shopping trip to St. Cloud, Minn., with their time spent mostly at Farm and Fleet. After that, they had lunch with Frank’s sister Marie and her husband, and Frank’s brother, Ed, and his wife. The six of them spent a long time visiting and chatting, but before too long, it was off again for the trip back home, with more stops in Mora, Minn., for even more shopping.

On Saturday, Chris Coffin, son of Elizabeth Coffin of Dairyland, had his wedding reception at their cabin at Birch Island Lake near Voyager Village.

Chris’ wife’s name is Tish. Quite a few people at-

Nona Severson

Bob Brewster

tended, and an afternoon shower (no, not a baby shower), attempted to dampen the celebration. A huge tent was put up on-site, so the party went on as planned. Best wishes for the future to Chris and Tish.

Patty Koehler went to Green Bay recently to visit with her mother, who is now 85 years old, and still keeping a household. Patty was gone for six days, and also got in a good bit of visiting with three of her four sisters. She took some asparagus and farmfresh eggs along with her, which was appreciated by all.

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TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER Larsen Family Public Library Internet computers and Wi-Fi

Internet computers and Wi-Fi are available at the library for free. We have seven public access computers and Wi-Fi connection for laptop computers.

They are for public use and are available anytime during regular library hours.

Job center

The Wisconsin Job Center that was located at Burnett County Connections on Hwy. 35 and CTH D is no longer in operation. Apparently, it is being relocated to our library. I will find out more about this and publicize what I find out. The public can use our computers for job searching, and we have a database called Learning Express, which is a wonderful tool for writing resumes, job searching and brushing up on job hunting skills.

Men’s book club

Our first meeting will take place Tuesday, July 10, at 10 a.m. Local author Sam Jones, author of “To Hell and Almost Back,” will be telling us about how he wrote his new book. Coffee and cookies will be served. Future meetings will also be planned. Please feel free to join us, and if you have any questions, please call Patti at 715-866-7697.

Summer reading program

The summer reading program began on Wednesday with 18 schoolchildren in attendance and nine adults. Steve Hoffman from Crex Meadows in Grantsburg gave a presentation on bats. Our program meets every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m., through Aug. 13. Come join the fun.

Preschool story time

We meet every Wednesday all year long at 10:30 a.m. for good stories, companionship and fun.

Food for fines

During the last week of June, July and August, the library will take nonperishable food items in place of money for paying for fines. We feel that this is a good way to help the community by giving food to the local food shelf.

Book club

The book club meets Tuesday, June 26. The title to be discussed is “Private Life” by Jane Smiley. “Private Life” is a beautiful evocation of a woman’s inner world: of the little girl within the hopeful bride, of the young woman filled with yearning and of the faithful wife who comes to harbor a dangerous secret. But it is also a heartbreaking portrait of marriage and the mysteries that endure even in lives lived side by side, a wondrously evocative historical panorama, and, above all, a masterly, unforgettable novel from one of our finest storytellers.” Everyone is welcome, even if you haven’t read the book and just want to listen to the discussion.

Mystery Mayhem Book Club

Starting Tuesday, July 10, we will be meeting monthly on the second Tuesday at 6:45 p.m. rather than on Monday mornings. We will be reading any mystery book by Aaron Elkins. Join us for a lively discussion, featuring Gideon Oliver, the bone doctor, or one of Elkin’s other series. Hope to see you at the

second Tuesday of each month’s Mystery Mayhem Book Club. For more details, contact Rita Luedtke at 608-963-1425.

Adult fiction books

• “Summer Days” by Susan Mallery • “A Blaze of Glory” by Jeff Shaara • “Changeling: Order of Darkness: Book One” by Philippa Gregory • “The Storm” by Clive Cussler • “A Cup Full of Midnight” by Jaden Terrell • “Dead Anyway” by Chris Knopf • “The Man on the Third Floor” by Anne Bernays • “An Unattended Death” by Victoria Jenkins • “Looking for Przybylski” by K.C. Frederick • “Full Body Burden” Kristen Iversen • “12.21” by Dustin Thomason • “The Fault in our Stars” by John Green • “Brigid and the Women’s Movement: Book 6 in Brigid’s Story” by Katy King • “When Love Comes My Way” by Lori Copeland • “XO” by Jeffrey Deaveer • “Beneath the Shadows” by Sara Foster • “Bourne Imperative” by Robert Ludlum • “Curse of the Jade Lily” by David Housewright

Adult nonfiction books

• “Living With Your Exchange Student” by Ina Cherington • “National Geographic: Field Guide to the Water’s Edge” by Stephen Leatherman • “The Everything Budgeting Book” by Tere Stouffer • “The Art of Intelligence: Lessons from a Life in the CIA’s Clandestine Service” by Henry Crumpton

Young adult books

• “This Full House” by Viginia Euwer Wolff • “Rapture” by Lauren Kate

Children’s books

• “A World of Tea Parties Just for Kids” by Pat Nekola • “Barbie in a Mermaid Tale” by Shannon Penney • “Look for the Lorax” by Tish Rabe • “Clifford Sees America” by Norman Bridwell • “Pokemon Black & White Sandil in Trouble” by Simcha Whitehall • “Dora & Diego Ready to Go” by Alex Harvey • “Chicken, Pig, Cows First Fight” by Ruth Ohi • “Bumble-Ardy” by Maurice Sendak • “White Rabbit’s Color Book” by Alan Baker

DVDs

• “True Blood: The Complete Fourth Season” • “Dreamtime of the Aborigines,” Ancient Civilizations

Large-print books

• “Very Valentine,” "Lipstick in Afghanistan” -and Reader’s Digest.

Hours and information

Monday-Thursday 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.; Friday 9 a.m.

– 5 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. For more information contact the library at 715-866-7697, Web site: webster.wislib.org.

Online catalog: merlin.nwls.lib.wi.us/search.

Academic news STEVENS POINT – The University of WisconsinStevens Point conferred degrees on more than 1,100 graduates during the university’s 2012 spring commencement ceremonies.

Graduates, their guests and faculty members were addressed by UW-SP alumnus James Kurth, chief of the National Wildlife Refuge System. Chancellor Bernie Patterson welcomed the participants and Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor Greg Summers recognized honor students and award winners.

Danbury Dustin R. Jensen, associate’s degree; Eureka Carla R. Laverenz, Bachelor of Arts, psychology; Frederic Lynnea H. Chelmo, Bachelor of Science, biology; Dustin R. Gabrielson, Bachelor of Science, resource management - law enforcement; Grantsburg Alison C. McKinley, graduated cum laude, Bachelor of Science, biology; Luck Tyler N. Petersen, Bachelor of Science, fisheries and water resources; Siren Kimberly V. Lindberg, graduated cum laude, Bachelor of Science, biology; Unity Sabrina R. Roth, graduated magna cum laude, Bachelor of Arts, communication - media studies; Webster Brian T. Gibbs, graduated cum laude, Bachelor of Science, biochemistry, biology; and Cody A. Mattison, Bachelor of Science, fisheries and water resources-fisheries. – submitted ••• STEVENS POINT – The University of WisconsinStevens Point honored 2,510 undergraduate students for attaining high grade-point averages during the spring semester of the 2011-2012 academic year.

Full-time undergraduates who earned grade points of 3.90 to 4.0 (4.0 equals straight A) are given the highest honors designation. High honor citations go to those with grade-point averages from 3.75 to 3.89 and honor recognition is accorded to those with grade-point averages from 3.50 to 3.74.

Personalized certificates of scholastic achievement are being sent to those who earned highest honors distinction.

Students who received honors include: Eureka Carla R. Laverenz, highest honors; Grantsburg Kyle P. Johnson, highest honors; Steven J. LaFond, highest honors; Seth M. Odegard, high honors; Sarah E. Wald, highest honors; Luck Derek R. Jorgenson, honors; Osceola April J. Millermon, high honors; St. Croix Falls Mackenzy A. Kuhlmann, high honors; Unity Sabrina R. Roth, highest honors; Scott J. Roth, honors; Webster Allison E. Didier, highest honors; and Brian T. Gibbs, highest honors. - submitted •••

MADISON – The University of Wisconsin-Madison has recognized students named to the dean’s list for the spring semester of the 2011-2012 academic year.

Students who achieve at a high level academically are recognized by the dean at the close of each semester. To be eligible for the dean’s list, students must complete a minimum of 12 graded degree credits in that semester. Each university school or college sets its own GPA requirements for students to be eligible to receive the honor.

Amery Jacob Hendrickson, College of Engineering, dean’s honor list; Stephen Monette, College of Engineering, dean’s honor list; Ryan Rinehart, College of Engineering, dean’s honor list and Lauren Saleh, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, dean’s list; Clear Lake Ryan Ayer, College of Engineering, dean’s honor list and Hillary Friendshuh, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, dean’s list; Danbury Devin Greene, College of Engineering, dean’s honor list; Frederic Allison Anderson, School of Human Ecology, dean’s high honors and River Karl, College of Engineering, dean’s honor list; Grantsburg Maarja Anderson, College of Letters and Science, dean’s list and Vanessa Kleiss, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, dean’s list; Luck Virginia Armour, College of Letters and Science, dean’s list; Osceola Megan Jones, College of Engineering, dean’s honor list; Jessica Martell, School of Nursing, dean’s honor list and Andrew Thompson, School of Education, dean’s list; St. Croix Falls Daniel Roach, College of Letters and Science, dean’s list. - submitted ••• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Augustana College has announced that Brennan Olson, of Luck, has been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester of the 2011-2012 academic year. The dean’s list recognizes full-time students who have a minimum of 10 credit hours with grade-point averages at 3.5 or above. - submitted ••• BEMIDJI, Minn. – Bemidji State University understands the rising cost of higher education and is committed to offering a variety of scholarship opportunities to as many students as possible. Academic Achievement Scholarships are awarded to students who graduate in the top 30 percent of their class with an ACT score of at least 24. The following is the local student awarded a scholarship: Frederic Corissa Schmidt, freshman, nursing. – submitted ••• On April 28, Matthew Bach, of Luck, was inducted into the UW-Stevens Point Chapter of Sigma Alpha Pi, The National Society of Leadership and Success. - submitted •••

Birth announcements Born at St. Croix Falls Medical Center: A boy, Ivan Kirk Chivers, born May 7, 2012, to Aaron and Angela Chivers, Luck. Ivan weighed 7 lbs., 11 oz.

••• A girl, Emsley Jean Tinklenberg, born May 23, 2012, to Matthew and Rebecca Tinklenberg, Taylors Falls, Minn. Emsley weighed 8 lbs., 8 oz.

••• A girl, Rani Lee Knutson, born May 23, 2012, to James Knutson and Hannah Michlitsch, Balsam Lake. Rani weighed 7 lbs., 4 oz.

••• A girl, Tailynn Marie Hull, born May 23, 2012, to Ashley Hull, Grantsburg. Tailynn weighed 6 lbs., 10 oz.

••• A girl, Brooklynn Grace Henson, born May 23, 2012, to Stephani Phillips and Jeff Henson, Milltown.

Brooklynn weighed 7 lbs., 7 oz.

••• A boy, Paxton Rodney Alan Haack, born May 26, 2012, to Kristy and Stephan Haack, Balsam Lake.

Paxton weighed 7 lbs., 13 oz.

••• A girl, Chloe Addison Huser, born May 29, 2012, to Toni Zappa and Mitchell Huser, Webster. Chloe weighed 7 lbs., 7 oz.

••• A boy, Carter Louis L’Allier, born May 29, 2012, to Amanda Biedler and Joseph L’Allier, Luck. Carter weighed 6 lbs., 9 oz.

••• A girl, Heather Hannah Hill, born May 30, 2012, to Chuck and Karen Hill, Frederic. Heather weighed 6 lbs., 3 oz.

••• A boy, Edward William Schulze, born June 1, 2012, to William and Amanda Schulze, Milltown. Edward weighed 7 lbs., 7 oz.

••• A girl, Payson Joy Hach, born June 2, 2012, to Teresa Erickson and Anthony Hach, St. Croix Falls.

Payson weighed 7 lbs., 1 oz.

••• A boy, Eldon Leo Frisby, born June 5, 2012, to Becky and David Frisby, Milltown. Eldon weighed 7 lbs., 8 oz.

••• A boy, Carter Allen Wilcox, born June 7, 2012, to Ashley and Scott Wilcox, Webster. Carter weighed 8 lbs., 5 oz.

••• A girl, April Marie Juarez, born June 10, 2012, to Laura Juarez and Juan Juarez-Frausta, Centuria.

April weighed 6 lbs., 10 oz.

••• Born at Burnett Medical Center: A girl, Paisley Marie Blim, born June 11, 2012, to Bobbi Blim, Rush City. Paisley weighed 11 lbs., 13 oz. and was 23 inches long. Grandparents are David and Nancy Blim of Nelson. Great-grandparent is Yvonne Blim of Rush City, Minn.

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A boy, Brycen Keith Boyd, born June 12, 2012, to Dennis and Amanda Boyd, Webster. Brycen weighed 7 lbs., 5 oz. and was 20-1/4-inches long.

Siblings include Logan and Cole.

••• Born at Amery Regional Medical Center: A girl, Stella Rose Gould, born May 2, 2012, to Jodyne and Anthony Gould, Baldwin. Stella weighed 7 lbs., 15 oz.

••• A girl, Miah Mae Eliason, born May 3, 2012, to Mikaela Kalinczok and Daniel Eliason, Milltown.

Miah weighed 8 lbs., 5 oz.

••• A boy, Tiger James Ellis, born May 4, 2012, to Amy Busch and James Ellis, Balsam Lake. Tiger weighed 8 lbs., 9 oz.

••• A boy, Ezra James Crowe, born May 6, 2012, to Rebecca and Christopher Crowe, Luck. Ezra weighed 8 lbs., 10 oz.

••• A boy, Landen Joseph Adams, born May 10, 2012, to Bailey and Jason Adams, Clayton. Landen weighed 7 lbs.

••• A girl, Anna Elaine Meyer, born May 15, 2012, to Marci and Benjamin Meyer, Deer Park. Anna weighed 10 lbs., 5 oz.

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A boy, Tobias Jonathan Merrill, born May 20, 2012, to Kayla Wilson and Jacob Merrill, Deer Park.

Tobias weighed 9 lbs., .25-oz.

••• A boy, Brayden Jeffery Davidson, born May 22, 2012, to Jennifer Johnson and Paul Davidson, Clear Lake. Brayden weighed 7 lbs., 13 oz.

••• A boy, Duncan Leigh Wittman, born May 24, 2012, to Bonnie and Russell Wittman, Clayton. Duncan weighed 7 lbs., 5.5 oz.

••• A girl, Caitlyn Rayn Bunker, born May 25 , 2012, to Ashley and Cody Bunker, Turtle Lake. Caitlyn weighed 7 lbs., 1 oz.

••• A girl, Ayla Joy Danielson, born May 25, 2012, to Amy and Eric Danielson, Amery. Ayla weighed 8 lbs., 2 oz.

••• A girl, Tegan Mariah Lundberg, born June 1, 2012, to Andrea and Mark Lundberg, Frederic. Tegan weighed 8 lbs., 6 oz.

••• A boy, Keegan Lee Reilly, born June 6, 2012, to Jaimee and Keith Reilly, Almena. Keegan weighed 7 lbs., 10.5 oz.

••• A girl, Addison Rose Christensen, born June 8, 2012, to Jessica and Kyle Christensen, Clear Lake.

Addison weighed 8 lbs., 15 oz.

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Putting an end to domestic violence and sexual assault: a community effort NORTHWEST WISCONSIN - In 2010, the latest year for updated statistics, there were 29,941 abuse incidents that were reported to Wisconsin law enforcement officials and referred to district attorneys’ offices for prosecution.

“Domestic violence continues to be a significant problem across Wisconsin,” said Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen.

“But we also need to keep in mind the number of unreported incidents, and that’s why being able to provide resources for our local community partners is a top priority for (Office of Crime Victims Services) staff.”

As part of the initiative to put an end to domestic violence and sexual assault, in September 2010, Indianhead Community Action Agency, Inc. was approved for a Legal Assistance for Victims federal grant to assist domestic violence and sexual assault victims in various rural Wisconsin counties. The LAV Grant Program is intended to increase the availability of civil

legal assistance needed to effectively aid adult and youth victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking who are seeking relief in legal matters arising as a consequence of that abuse or violence.

At this time, ICAA’s LAV grant program consists of representation of victims in 10 rural counties by two attorneys, Melissia R. Mogen, managing attorney, who represents victims in Burnett, Polk, Washburn, Sawyer and Barron counties, and Danielle Kranz, associate attorney, who represents victims in Price, Taylor, Rusk, Clark, Marathon and Wood counties. To date, the attorneys have assisted over 200 victims in various legal matters, primarily focusing on family law matters, including child custody and placement.

The focus of their representation has been on creating a better generation through awareness, education, and eradication of domestic violence and sexual assault. The grant is up for renewal in September 2012.

97 years young

Summer events lined up at Wisconsin Interstate Park Series events.

Start your Fourth of July celebration early with a candlelight walk around Lake of the Dalles beginning at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 3. Walk at your own pace around the scenic shore of the lake guided by candlelight underfoot and moonlight overhead. Start your walk in the River Bottoms picnic area near the fishing pier.

Bring your friends, bring your family, bring your sweetheart. Don’t miss this opportunity to enjoy Lake of the Dalles in a whole new light.

Interstate Park is located in St. Croix Falls on Hwy. 35 just one-half-mile south of Hwy. 8. The events are free of charge, but a Wisconsin state park sticker is required to enter the park. Daily passes are $7 for residents or $10 for nonresidents.

Annual passes are $25 for Wisconsin residents or $35 for nonresidents. For more information about the events call Fox or Walker at 715-483-3747. - from Interstate Park

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victims will need assistance with, the sheriff’s department or the district attorney’s office will refer the victim to ICAA for possible representation. It is with all of these organizations working together that the victim can begin to feel safe.

Can we end domestic violence and sexual assault? Yes, if we work at preventing it from happening in the first place. And that starts with a community-based approach to educate individuals, promote awareness and assist victims.

Indianhead Community Action Agency is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to serving the residents in Burnett, Washburn, Sawyer, Rusk, Taylor and Clark counties of Northwest Wisconsin.

Indianhead Community Action Agency … Opening Doors, Creating Opportunities. For more information, please contact their main office at 715-532-ICAA, or visit them online at indianheadcaa.org. - from ICAA

Community benefactor Deborah Lucey-Martin to be honored June 27

Family and friends recently gathered at Golden Oaks Apartments in Frederic to help Vera Amundson celebrate her 97th birthday.

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ST. CROIX FALLS - Come to Wisconsin Interstate Park for a special Family Play Day event from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, June 30.

A second Family Play Day will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 29. The events, part of the “Get Outdoors! Wisconsin” program, are designed to bring families to the park to participate in easy, fun activities that will connect them with nature and encourage them to spend more time outdoors.

Family Play Day will be a fun-filled event of drop-in activities to choose from.

The stations may include Nature Art, Animal Tracking, an Eco Scavenger Hunt, Nature Building, Fishing Fun, Wisconsin Wildcard Games, or Family Geocaching activities.

Sound like fun? It is. Bring your kids, the grandkids, the neighborhood kids. All activities will take place near the Ice Age Center. Family Play Days are also part of the Summer Outdoor Family Adventure

Because domestic violence is a critical public health issue, it calls for communityoriented approaches to stopping violence before it can begin. ICAA has been collaborating with various community organizations, including the Coordinated Community Response Team and law enforcement officials, to put an end to domestic violence and sexual assault.

Because most incidents of domestic violence and sexual assault go unreported, it is very important that victims know that they will be protected. It is important for victims to report the incidents to the law enforcement officials. The sheriff’s department takes all reports of domestic violence or sexual assault very seriously. They do a thorough job of investigating the incident and forwarding the complaint on to the district attorney’s office for review and possible prosecution. It is essential for the victim to know that they will be protected throughout the entire process. Additionally, if there are any civil legal matters that

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FREDERIC - There will be a Lucey-Martin loved the celebration of the life of Debocountryside around Frederic rah Lucey-Martin on Wednesand nothing gave her greater day, June 27. pleasure than short trips to Lucey-Martin gave to the Siren and Grantsburg. She had Frederic community as a vola great affection for the village unteer at the schools, tutoring of Frederic and the people area children in reading, who live here. Thus, it was her math, grammar and elocuwish to give some tangible gift tion. As an active parishioner to the people of Frederic as a and volunteer at St. Dominic mark of her affection.

Catholic Church, she was The library has planned to happy to do whatever task use the bequest to purchase needed to be done. materials for adults and She also left generous gifts Deborah Lucy-Martin children and provide some to the village library and special programs and outparks board upon her death reach services for the comon June 15, 2011. munity. The park board has purchased a Lucey-Martin immigrated to the United bench and created a special garden area in States from Kerry, Ireland, in the 1960s. Lucey-Martin’s memory and is moving She taught in Canada as well as in the forward in their efforts to develop a walkUnited States. After marrying Eddie Mar- ing trail around Coon Lake. tin, she taught in school districts around Lucey-Martin loved to while away the Golden Valley, Minn. On her retirement, hours at the park and library, so it is aproshe continued to substitute teach as well pos for the celebration of her life to take as tutor students. She and Eddie moved place with a dedication at both locations, to Frederic in 1993 to operate the Square followed by an anniversary Mass at St. Deal Peddler, an antique shop. When Dominic Catholic Church.

Eddie passed, Deborah sold the business The park board will dedicate the bench but chose to remain in Frederic. She said on the north side of Coon Lake Park at 3 she felt that a bit of Ireland was with her p.m. with remarks by Village President in Frederic.

William Johnson IV and Rebecca HarlanWhen the time came for Lucey-Martin der. Following the ceremony, the Frederic to leave her home and garden, she Library Board of Trustees and staff will adapted to life in the Comforts of Home. host a time of refreshments and conversaA series of falls and surgeries led to a long tion at the library. An anniversary Mass at period in the Frederic Rehabilitation Cen- St. Dominic Church will be celebrated by ter and subsequent residence in River- Father Dennis Mullen at 5 p.m. The family bend Assisted Living in Amery. She was of Deborah Lucey-Martin invites everyvery appreciative of the care and comfort one to join them on June 27, in celebration she received in all these places and to her of the life of this remarkable lady. many friends who took time to visit, to the Her family welcomes all in the commulibrarians who would deliver her books nity who are able to join in all or part of and to the Eucharistic ministers who the activities. - with submitted information brought Holy Communion and stayed for a chat.

Wisconsin Interstate Park Friday, June 22

Spirits of Echo Canyon, 3 p.m. at the Summit Rock Trail sign. Join naturalist Barb Walker for a scenic hike around Echo Canyon. Hear some of the fascinating history of the native people of the St. Croix River Valley and see a nature-made rock face along the trail.

Saturday, June 23

What’s Fluttering: Butterfly or Moth? 2 p.m. at the Ice Age Center. A fun program for children and their parents – learn how to tell the difference between a moth and a butterfly and take home your very own crafted butterfly pin.

Pondering the Potholes and Other Glacial Wonders, 4 p.m. at the Pothole Trail sign. Join Walker for a relaxing hike on the Pothole Trail while learning about the unique geology of Interstate Park.

The Owl and The Mouse, 7 p.m. at the grassy area in the center of the North Campground. Meet Aztec, a live owl, and play a game that illustrates the exceptional hearing of some nocturnal animals that have the best hearing of any creatures on earth. A fun activity for the entire family.

Sunday, June 24

Reptiles from Here and Afar, from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the front desk of the Ice Age Center Gift Shop. Reptiles are some of the most misunderstood

and feared creatures on Earth. Stop by and visit with Walker to learn more about these amazing animals and get a chance to meet Copper, Bintu, Puff, and Gizmo, up close and personal.

Monday, June 25

The Secrets of Eagle Peak, 10 a.m. at the Eagle Peak Trail sign in the Pines Group Camp. Join Walker for a hike up the trail to learn the secrets of the peak and see a beautiful view of the St. Croix River Valley.

Wednesday, June 27

Dragons versus Damsels, 2 p.m. at the Beach House at Lake O’ the Dalles. Learn about nature’s helicopters. Join naturalist Julie Fox for a fun program for children and their parents.

Thursday, June 28

Nature story time, 10 a.m. Join the naturalist for a story and activity chosen especially for children preK through kindergarten and their parents. Check at the park office for the program location within the park.

Interstate Park is located in St. Croix Falls on Hwy. 35 just one-half mile south of Hwy. 8. For more information call Fox or Walker at 715-483-3747.

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Lions Club awards checks

Nexen presents check to CUE

Recently, the Osceola Lions Club presented a $750 check to Bob Cole, of Osceola, the winner of the 2012 Duckathlon. From left, the group included Bill Degner, Shawn Libersky, Roger Jennifer Swenson, director for Communities United in Education, accepted a check recently Hoiby, Cole, Ryan Haass, Paul Norstrem, Rob Cardenas, Rod Turner, Bonny Withrow, Steve from Gene Stanchfield, manufacturing manager for the Nexen Corporation – Webster. CUE creWeber and Nate Deprey. Cole’s winning duck was No. 139. ates and administers the community education program for both Siren and Webster school districts. The funds will be used to help defray costs for administration of the program. - Photo submitted

Coloring contest winner

Amber Stewart and her son, Ryan Herbert, received the $250 runner-up prize from the Osceola Lions Club on Monday. From left, the group included Bill Degner, Shawn Libersky, Roger Hoiby, Stewart holding Ryan, Haass, Paul Norstrem, Rob Cardenas, Rod Turner, Bonny Withrow, Steve Weber and Nate Deprey. Stewart’s winning duck was No. 1190. – Photos submitted

Historical society features geological history of Luck

Emma Aubert, a second-grader at Siren Elementary School, was the winner of Community Bank of Siren’s Polly the Parrot Coloring Contest.

Emma was awarded a prize of $50 to help her open her first bank account.

The coloring contest was held at the Siren Elementary School and was part of the Teach Children To Save program that is sponsored by Community Bank of Siren. Many Community Banks throughout the state put on similar programs within their local schools to help educate youth on the importance of saving and budgeting. – Photo submitted

Community Service Day

There is a new geological exhibit at the Luck Museum. – Photo by Mary Stirrat LUCK — At 7 p.m. Thursday, June 28, the Luck Historical Society will feature a program on the geology of the Luck area.

Technical illustrator Sue Birch has created an exhibit using pictures that brings to life past geologic events. Beginning with events that took place millions of years ago, Birch’s illustrations proceed through the ages to end with the withdrawal of the last glaciers 10,000 years ago.

A video based on the display will be shown, along with a film, “The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes.”

Coffee and snacks will be served.

As always, admission is free and everyone is invited. Meetings are held at the

Luck Museum at Main Street and Third Avenue.

The exhibit was financed through the generosity of the Indianhead Gem and Mineral Society, Operation Round-Up and other private donors.

The Luck Museum has now begun its summer season. Hours are Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Monday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., when the Polk County Genealogical Society provides free help in tracing family histories.

Call 715-472-2030 to schedule special appointments outside of regular hours. — submitted

During Community Service Day last month, eight St. Croix Falls High School students worked at Lions Park. Two of the girls mulched trees with mulch that was donated by Abrahamson’s Nursery of St. Croix Falls. Others helped with cleanup, pulling and clipping of buckthorn and other invasive weeds. The Lions Club expressed gratitude to the students and to the nursery for donating the mulch. - Photo submitted

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Festival’s Featured Artist - Seth Kaltwasser ST. CROIX FALLS – Things have been bustling at Festival Theatre these past few weeks. While artists have been gearing up for the beloved musical “Man of La Mancha” to open in June 21, Festival artists also began rehearsals this week for the heartwarming “Voice of the Prairie,” and will begin rehearsals for the second production of the Festival Theatre Conservatory for Young Performers, “HONK!” in just a few short days.

One such artist, Seth Kaltwasser, is wearing many hats at Festival, serving as the development associate, the arts education liaison and he will be performing as one of the three actors cast in “Voice of the Prairie.”

Readers may have seen Kaltwasser on stage at Festival Theatre many times over the past two years. Most recently he played Kevin Emery in the hilarious “Inspecting Carol.” Kaltwasser has exceptional comic timing, but he is a brilliant dramatic actor as well, and this versatility comes in handy for “Voice of the Prairie,” where he will be playing more than six characters over the course of the two-act play. An actor who is known for keeping

cool as a cucumber, he also plore theater as an outlet exudes such a level of enfor creativity, a space to exergy and fun, it’s hard to plore life experiences, and keep up with him! spend time developing Kaltwasser joined Festiconfidence in their val in 2010 for the fall prostrengths.” duction of “Is He Dead?”

Kaltwasser grew up in and has thrown himself into the windy, rolling hills of every opportunity that Keystone Iowa, just west of arose since then. His dedithe City of Five Seasons, cation to the art extends Cedar Rapids. Kaltwasser through his work as the did not know he was in newest staff member at Feslove with live performance tival Theatre.

Danette until high school when he Olsen, executive director of made his first appearance Festival, said of Kaltwasser, on stage in Stephen “He is an incredible asset to Swartz’s famous musical, Seth Kaltwasser every cast, the staff and the “Pippin.” Kaltwasser went community.

We are so on to St. Ambrose Univerproud to have him on our team again this sity where he received his Bachelor of year!” While Kaltwasser’s work in arts Arts degree in theater. education involves planning and execuAfter graduation, he relocated to St. tion of FTCYP, Creativity Camp and the Paul, Minn., and was soon working at Youth & Family Theatre Series, he also CLIMB, an educational theater based in brings an amazing amount of teaching the Twin Cities that tours local schools experience and know-how to the teach- with a combination of theatrical performing artist team at Festival. Kaltwasser di- ance tied into lesson plans. “I loved rected his own adaptation of “Beatrix working at CLIMB,” said Kaltwasser, “It Potter Tales” this past year and said, “I so gave me a chance not only to perform but enjoy the opportunity to help youth ex- to work with students, and teach lesson

plans based on the themes of the play, which, today more than ever, we as a country are waking up to: namely harassment prevention and accepting each others differences.” When asked if there was a single message he would want to leave the kids of the St. Croix Valley, Kaltwasser said simply, “It gets better.”

Kaltwasser’s enthusiasm for the arts is apparent in all the work he does. “Seth is an amazing member of our staff and ensemble of hardworking company members,” said Olsen. “Seth’s work ethic and team spirit are wonderful, his energy and professionalism raise the bar for everyone he works with, and his enthusiasm is contagious!” Fellow cast mate and artist administrator, Jaclyn Johnson, commented on Kaltwasser’s background, “I too had the chance to work for CLIMB, so I am familiar with the intense energy and dedication one must possess to be successful there. I was none the less shocked and pleasantly surprised by Kaltwasser. As a cast member he is always there for you, as an addition to the company and atmosphere at Festival, he is delightfully supportive and he is always there to help however he can!”

Coins for Cans food drive nets 9,500 pounds of food

NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN – The Coins for Cans food drive, co-hosted by the St. Croix Casinos, has lent a helping hand to food pantries in Northwest Wisconsin since 1993. This year’s drive, held June 4-9, was no exception: Thanks to 4,500 generous guests and casino employees, the three casinos—St. Croix Casino Turtle Lake, St. Croix Casino Danbury and St. Croix Casino Hertel Express—collected 9,500 pounds of food donations.

Over the past 20 years, the Coins for Cans program has distributed 379,500 pounds of food to food pantries in the sixcounty area surrounding Turtle Lake.

That’s more than a pound and a half of food for every resident of those counties.

This year’s delivery people, Elizabeth Denniston, Patti Frie and Tom Slayton of St. Croix Casino Turtle Lake, distributed food to 24 charities in Barron, Burnett, Polk, Sawyer, St. Croix and Washburn counties June 11-13.

The following charities received food from the 2102 Coins for Cans drive: Amery Area Food Pantry, Amery; Bar-

Frederic’s Family Pathways volunteer Ben Olson and Director Robin Lokken are pictured with the food they received from the Coins for Cans food drive.

Vivian Brahmer, Martha Solfest and Ruth Sorenson of Loaves and Fishes in Luck received food from the Coins for Cans food drive on June 12.

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2012 Kiddie parade and fishing contest

The Frederic Family Days Kiddie Parade had an open theme this year and a wide variety of costumes were on display. Above, “Thriller” won first place in the group category. At lower left, “Dorothy and Toto” and the airplane (bottom photo) tied for first.

Directly below, two members of the Wild River Kids (third place, group) drive down the parade route. At right, a robot won a third-place award. - Photos by Becky Amundson

The Family Days Fishing Contest, sponsored by Boy Scout Troop 128, was held at Coon Lake in the village of Frederic. Winners (photo at right) were John Siebenthal, Sarah Wells, Tanner Lochen, Ethan Alexander and Leif Lahti. - Photo at right by Rob Harrison, photo above

by Becky Amundson

Family Days

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2012 Frederic Queen Pageant

Family Days

Kendra Mossey crowned Miss Frederic 20 12

A crowning smile was appropriate for the moment of truth when Kendra Mossey was given the title of Miss Frederic at a pageant held Saturday evening, June 16. Mossey was chosen by judges who gave points for talent, poise and personal interviews with each of the seven contestants.

Photos by Becky Amundson

Miss Frederic Kendra Mossey (center) and the royal court posed following the queen pageant, Saturday evening. Shown (L to R) back row: Second Princess Larissa Houtari, Miss Frederic and First Princess Christa White. Front row: Little Second Princess Grace Nelson, Little Miss Frederic Laura Hill and Little First Princess Kendall Lillehaug.

The contestants pose for judges during the evening gown competition.

The Guys, singing group, (L to R) Joel Knauber, Will Primm, Erik Stoner and Bradley Knauber, performed for the special entertainment portion of the queen pageant.

Proud parents Carol and Gary Mossey pose with their daughter, Kendra, who was crowned Miss Frederic 2012 at a pageant held Saturday evening, June 16, at the Frederic Birch Street Elementary School.

The Little Miss Frederic contestants were backstage and ready for their appearance at Saturday evening’s pageant just minutes before the show began. Shown (L to R) back row: Sinyala Gondwe, Aubriannah Chenal, Laura Hill, Kendall Lillehaug and Desiree Hughes. Middle row: Earlene Otto, Savannah Richter, Brittney Robertson, Faith Edaburn and Hailey Ridgeway. Front row: Lilyanna Andrew, Aubrianna Fultz, Allitny Swanson, Julia Fredericks, Grace Nelson and Karli Bartlett.

Newly crowned Little Miss Frederic Laura Hill (left), First Princess Kendall Lillehaug and Second Princess Grace Nelson wave to audience members.

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2012 Frederic Queen Talent

Family Days

Contestants Kendra Mossey, Katelyn Douglas, Christa White, Larissa Houtari and Julia Owens performed during the talent competition. Mossey performed a vocal and piano solo, (“A Thousand Years”, Douglas sang “Free to be Me,” White sang “Moon Dance,” Houtari performed an African dance, and Owens performed a humorous monologue “Cow Tipping.”

LEFT: Sara Stevens, 2001 Miss Frederic, served as mistress of ceremonies at the Frederic Queen Pageant.

RIGHT: 2011 Miss Frederic April Halverson presented her farewell speech Saturday evening, giving thanks to members of her court, her sponsors and supporters and to the Frederic community.

Contestant Natashia Bailey (left) performed a lyrical dance to the song “Sky Scraper” and Kourtni Marie Douglas performed a dance during the pageant’s talent competition.

2012 Amazing Race

Family Days

Nine teams compete in Frederic’s Amazing Race FREDERIC - The second-annual Amazing Race was held Saturday, June 16, as part of the annual Family Days celebration.

Nine two-person teams competed in five timed events.

Teams had to run a 400-meter race at the Frederic track, eat a bratwurst made by Danny at the Frederic Stop, count a jar full of money at the Bremer Bank, shoot pingpong balls into cups of water at Coon Lake Park and pick a dozen big night crawlers out of dirt at Great Northern Outdoors. The participants were good sports about all

the events.

The Amazing Race contestants this year were Mark Siebenthal and Mason Gustafson, Emily and Becky Amundson, Rob and Logan Lillehaug, Dave and Maddie Ammend, Joan Grindell and Sydney Domagala, Jen and Landon Johnson, RaeLynn Johnson and Steph Siebenthal, Brad and Paul MacKean and Kerrie Erickson and Lesa Locken.

The race was very close, with only seconds between the first- and second-place teams. It was determined to di-

vide the prize in half and share with both teams. Team Dave and Maddie Ammend will receive a $25 Visa card from Bremer Bank. Team Kerrie Erickson and Lesa Locken will each receive a $10 gift card from Great Northern Outdoors.

“We would like to thank all the participants and businesses that made this year’s race so much fun,” noted race director Jackie Kurkowski. - submitted

Teams taking part in this year’s Amazing Race at Frederic Family Days were back row (L to R): Lesa Locken and Kerrie Erickson, Brad and Paul MacKean, Rob Lillehaug with logan Lillehaug in front of him; Dave Ammend with Maddie Ammend in front of him; RaeLynn Johnson and Stepanie Siebenthal and Mason Gustafson and Mark Siebenthal in front. Front row: Jen and Landon Johnson, and Becky and Emily Amundson. Missing from photo are Joan Grindell and Sydney Domagala. - Photo submitted

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Parade

Family Days

The streets of Frederic were lined with spectators on Father’s Day, June 17, for one of the celebration’s biggest attractions - the parade. Above, Kali Otte, Joel Knauber and Bret Williamson await the start of the parade. At right, the Luck FFA brought a hint of rodeo to the parade by riding livestock the entire length of the parade route.

Rarely without a camera in hand, Kris Hackett photographed the parade from the parade while being honored with husband, Ken, as Frederic’s Volunteers of the Year.

Linda and Larry Pederson, Frederic’s 2012 Citizens of the Year, smile for the camera before embarking on the parade route, Sunday.

Jeff Cummings was on candy patrol with his grandsons, Ryan, Jared, Blake and Rylie at the Family Days parade, Sunday, June 17.

LEFT: Members of the American Legion Paul G. Johnson Post 249, of Frederic, led the Family Days parade, a tradition that spans a half century.

Photos by Becky Amundson

Like finding treasure.

Frederic’s new fire truck caught the eye of Cole McGrane, 1, son of Amanda (2002 Miss Frederic) and Carl McGrane of Woodbury, Minn., where Cole’s dad is a firefigther.

LEFT: Amy Lundquist Fossum and her daughter, Ruby, rode with dad and grandpa Bruce.

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Village Players Community Theatre Kickoff Potluck

Shirley Jorgensen checked out the new Village Players Community Theatre T-shirts that VPCT board member Wendy Rechsteiner was selling at the community theater group’s Thursday, June 7, kickoff potluck for the summer performance.

Cast members of “Steel Magnolias” Rose Bauman and Kitty Holmquist, and director Ginna Erickson showed off the new cast T-shirts at the VPCT summer production kickoff potluck Thursday evening, June 7. – Photos by Priscilla Bauer

Webster students Miranda Burger and Alec Gustafson sang a duet at the VPCT potluck held on June 7 at the Voyager Village Community Center.

VPCT President Kitty Holmquist introduced Ron Larson, who entertained at the group’s potluck kickoff June 7 at the Voyager Village Community Center.

VPCT President Kitty Holmquist (left) and board members Bunny Day and Ginna Erickson (right) presented a donation to improv/comedy company member Isaac Peterson and Grantsburg High School choir and drama instructor Linda Benge. The donation will help fund the choir’s upcoming performance trips.

Grantsburg Music students improv/comedy company, May Contain Nuts delighted the VPCT potluck audience with their quickwitted improv skits.

Getting into her oddball character, Ouiser, “Steel Magnolias” cast member Bunny Day, gave kickoff potluck guests a sample of the comedy to come in this summer’s VPCT production. “Steel Magnolias” runs Thursday through Saturday, July 26-28 and Aug. 2-4 and Sundays July 29 and Aug. 5. Tickets are available at www.villageplayers communitytheatre.com

Village Players Community Theatre board member Bunny Day signed Dee Troutman up as a volunteer for the upcoming summer production, “Steel Magnolias,” at the group’s kickoff to the summer play potluck supper on June 7.

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Texas snowbirds flock to Grantsburg

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Dave Mackay of Winnipeg, Canada, got a silly smooch from friend Dwight Porter of Des Moines, Iowa, at the Texas Snowbird Dance in Grantsburg on Sunday, June 10. – Photos by Priscilla Bauer

Texas snowbirds, from several states and even Canada, had a good old-fashioned time on the dance floor last Sunday afternoon at the Grantsburg Legion Hall.

Louise and Link Lingenfelter stepped out on the dance floor at the Texas Snowbird Dance last Sunday afternoon.

The couple drove from Monroe, Iowa, to hear their favorite performers, Gary and Pat Fender, play old-time music and to visit with Jack Borowski of St. Paul, Minn., gave his other snowbirds partner, Florence Ziemer, a twirl on the dance gathering in floor while Gary Fender (background) sang an Grantsburg for old favorite. the weekend.

Newlyweds Louise and Lee Manta were definitely having fun during the snowbird dance in Grantsburg. This was the Bellevue, Mich., couple’s first trip to Grantsburg for annual the event.

Cuts in current draft of farm bill would hurt rural Wisconsin

by Noah Ovshinksy Wisconsin Public Radio STATEWIDE - Federal programs that help rural Wisconsin are taking a financial hit in the farm bill currently being debated in the U.S. Senate, but there is an effort under way to restore funding.

The farm bill is big and expensive, and therefore a tempting target for budget cutters in Washington. The bill’s sponsors have pledged to cut $23 billion over the next 10 years. At first, the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Pro-

gram wasn’t funded. It’s an initiative that, as the name suggests, provides education and training for new farmers. Some money has since been restored. But ag experts say it’s not enough. Margaret Krome is the policy program director at the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute which promotes socially responsible farming, “You want farmers who know how to farm and stay in business. You need the training. You need the help. You need to be able to make your way through the red tape of getting loans. You need access to

land. So you need to help people get started so we have yet another generation.“ Krome notes that the average age of a Wisconsin farmer is 57. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, is sponsoring an amendment that would increase funding for the Beginning Farmer Program. The same amendment also restores funding for rural development initiatives which were cut completely, like the Value Added Producer Grant Program. Krome says those grants have benefited Wisconsin more

than any other state, “Value added means taking milk, making cheese. Taking berries, making jam. It’s the way farmers can add value to what they grow and sell so that they retain more of the profit and the rural communities benefit.”

It’s unclear when Brown’s amendment will be considered. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., are still deciding how to best tackle the 200-plus amendments that have been proposed to the next farm bill.

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Luck summer reading program

Young Luck Library patrons were “hooping” it up last week during Magical Moments, the theme for the 2012 summer reading program. This youngster practices with the hula hoop he built from irrigation piping. – Photos submitted

Frederic High School honor roll Sixth grade

Sarah Backlin, Jenna Burton, Cassidy Chenal, Colton den Hoed, Raymond Dueholm, Jennifer Hill, Trent Kuechenmeister, Jasmine Marcyan, Brenton Nelson, Shelbi Root, Chonlada Saengthaweep, Caleb Schott, Derek Steele, Heath Tietz and Taylor Zenzen.

Seventh grade

Madeline Ammend, Micaela Eliason-Kurkowski, Jewel Gavin, Mason Gustafson, Andrew Hochsteler, Bailey Hufstedler, Kaila Jeske, Harli Kelton, Shylie King, Peter Lund, Kyle Olson, Benjamin Phernetton, Brock Phernetton, Mark Siebenthal, Stacy Tido, Jonah Tinman and Alex Vossen.

Eighth grade

Taylor Alseth, Emily Amundson, Julia Buck, Ann Chenal, Austin Ennis, Jonathon Erickson, Kendra Erickson, Melanie Jacobsen, Kyle Knauber, Christopher Kuechenmeister, Jenna Laqua, Kinzie Matz, Nicole Nelson, Mitchell Paquette, Hunter Schmidt and Sarah Wells.

Freshmen

Makayla Arthurs, Isabelle Burton, Eric Chenal, Brooke Claeys, Adam Elder, Bradley Erickson, Irric Erickson, Larissa Harlander, Alyssa Kelcher, Austin Kurkowski, David Lindberg, Jared Lund, Abeni Lundeen-Brooks, Zane Matz, Cody Meister, Kendra Mosay-Buck, Melana Nelson, Mark Olson, Gregory Peterson, Mya Rivera, Kathryn Rokenbrodt, Olivia Schauls, Jami Siebenthal, Hayden Swanson and Zachary Williamson.

Sophomores

Alyssa Backlin, Claire Coddington, Elise Coddington, McKenna den Hoed, Lexi Domagala, Carly Gustafson, Zachary Kuechenmeister, Benjamin Kurkowski, Timothy Lund, Susan Maslowski, Abigail Pickard, Rachel Poirier, Rachel Thomas, Sawyer Tietz, Jack Tricker-King and Destiney Wetzel-Peterson.

Juniors

Natashia Bailey, Paige Burton, Adam Chenal, McKenna Cook, David Crandell, Katelyn Douglas, Kourtni Douglas, Matthew Elrod, Larissa Houtari, Daniel Larson, Ian Lexen, Charles Lindberg, Gino Lonetti, Kendra Mossey, Lisa Moylan, Vincent Nelson, Julia Owens, Natalie Phernetton, McKenna Rognrud, Michael Runnels, Kendra Sheldon, Crystal Warwas, Emily Wells, Christa White and Carl Wirtz.

Seniors

Megan Amundson, Shawna Blanski, Waylon Buck, Emily Byerly, Davis Coddington, Nicole Coulter, Jayce den Hoed, Lauren Domagala, Leah Engebretson, Anthony Evans, Brandy Gravelle, April Halverson, Christopher Hopp, Brittani Hughes, Tabitha Java, Breanna Jensen, Michelle Jensen, Bradley Knauber, Ashley Kurkowski, Ray Kurkowski, Nicole Laboda, Alexandra Lundblade, Seneca Lundeen-Brooks, Kristina Marcyan, Allison Martin, Alexander Miller, Maria Miller, Eda Mirioglu, Shabana Mishler, Kali Otte, Dayton Rivera, Autumn Schmidt, Corissa Schmidt, Jordyn Siebenthal, Erik Stoner, Danielle Swanson, Jamie Taft, Michael Tesch, Sara Underwood, Ashley Wendelboe and Bryce Williamson.

Area student to participate in important leadership summit

Along with setting goals for reading through the summer, young people from the area are enjoying the Magical Moments programs scheduled for the Luck Library’s summer reading program. Last week, the children made and practiced with hula hoops. The program for Wednesday, June 20, is Yo-yo with Dazzling Dave, followed by Magical Mythical Luck, on June 27.

Zoe Allen demonstrates her hulahooping skills with the sleek black-andpink hoop she made.

ST. CROIX FALLS – Grant Marshal Wallace, a seventh-grade student at St. Croix Falls Middle School, will travel to Washington, D.C., to participate in a People to People Leadership Summit. Wallace, along with fellow students from around the country, will take part in visiting the United States Capitol, the Liberty Bell, the Statue of Liberty, and several national monuments. Wallace states that he is very excited for this experience. “I’ve always wanted to go to Washington and to learn firsthand about the battles this country faced.”

During the eight-day program in Washington, D.C., Wallace will have the opportunity to learn about effective leadership and how to develop his own leadership abilities, as well as how to apply those skills upon returning home. Hands-on activities such as laying a commemorative wreath at the World War II Memorial and visiting the former site of the World Trade Center Towers are also on the itinerary for his trip. He will hear the Iraqi ambassador to the UN, Dr. Hamid Al-Bayati speak while in New York. These events and relevant professional speakers, small-group workshops and visits to significant local venues can help Wallace form a new perspective on the importance of good

leadership.

“What I am most excited about is being able to learn more about the nation and some of its most treasured monuments,” says Wallace.

People to People Leadership Summits are held in prestigious venues around the country and provide students a chance to explore the various aspects of leadership in specific contexts. Participants also gain insights to guide their educational and professional careers, and benefit from a strong focus on college admissions.

Through workshops, presentations, excursions and discussions, Leadership Ambassadors attain a clear advantage as they pursue their selected fields of interest.

Students will have the opportunity to meet with admissions officers and gain valuable advice for navigating the college application process.

The programs offer students a unique blend of specialized educational, leadership and cultural exposure as well as itineraries filled with the highlights of the hosting communities. Students enjoy a unique chance to enhance their self-confidence, as well as experience life-changing growth in personal responsibility, global leadership and cultural diversity. - submitted

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LUCK - Members and guests are encouraged to attend the monthly Polk County Genealogy Society meeting on Monday, June 25, at 7 p.m. at the Luck Area Historical Museum.

Russ Hanson will present a program on using the Internet for genealogy research.

He will also answer questions on the 1940 U.S. Federal Census Indexing Project.

Refreshments will be served during the meeting.

The Polk County Genealogy Society will staff the Luck Area Historical Museum each Monday from 1 to 4 p.m. during the summer months of June, July and August. Sometimes refreshments are served during the afternoon. - submitted

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CHURCH NEWS/OBITUARIES Perspectives Sally Bair

Special surprise gifts My sister came home from kindergarten one day and told our mom, “I made you a special Christmas present but I won’t tell you what it is.” The next day she came home with another message. “I made you a special candy dish but I won’t tell you who it’s for.”

Mom chuckled to herself and pretended her daughter’s “secret” gift would be a surprise.

Unlike Mom’s expected gift, sometimes we’re given unexpected gifts: a ring hidden by a man for his intended bride, wrapped gifts that kids manage to leave unopened until the morning of Christmas, a text message that reads, LY (love you).

Special, surprise gifts are nice. God is the ultimate gift giver. He often surprises us with special blessings, such as an unexpected rainbow or a special insight into his Word—something we’ve read over and over, yet a later reading brings an aha moment. Other times he reassures us of his love through something we heard, read or remembered. He loves to bring joy into our lives, even as my sister did with her gift to our mother.

God delivers us from evil, temptations and bad habits, too, when we ask. We shouldn’t be surprised by any of his gifts, but sometimes our unbelief brings shock when we discover he answered our prayer.

Then our faith rises a notch.

God’s special gifts should always bring gratitude and joy that compels us to share them with others.

Jesus shared his gifts with everyone he met. His healing love touched—and still touches—untold millions.

Even the undeserving. Even doubters like Thomas, hot-headed and impulsive Peter, and fearful followers like us.

He delivers to us incomparable love, immeasurable joy, and peace beyond understanding. He also provides for our needs, reconciles us to himself and others, and forgives us our sins. Once we grasp the full meaning of his love, we naturally want to share it with our neighbors—even to the exclusion of our own desires.

A lawyer asked Jesus a question to test him. “‘Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?’ Jesus said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’” (Matthew 22:36-39) Lord, thank you for giving us your special gifts—hope for eternal life with you and blessings during our earthly life. In Jesus’ name, amen..

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Douglas M. Grimh (Pugsley), 49, resident of Frederic – Township of Luck, died Thursday, June 14, 2012, in his sleep at home.

Doug was born Sept. 11, 1962, in Grantsburg to Marvin and Minnie Grimh and was raised in Frederic. In high school, Doug played and lettered all four years in football and golf. He received a special award in football as an outstanding football center. After graduating from Frederic High School, he attended WITC to become an auto mechanic. After graduating from WITC, he returned to work at the Frederic Golf Course as a groundskeeper, where he had been working since high school. He enjoyed working at the Frederic Golf Course, working under the supervision of Boyd Duncan and Ray Amundson. He was a dedicated and well-liked employee there for 33 years.

Doug enjoyed the outdoors and loved to go fishing with family and friends. He especially enjoyed ice fishing in the winter with Rollie in the ice shack. In the fall, he eagerly awaited the start of deer season, hoping to have a successful hunt. He also enjoyed golfing, bowling and pool and played many years with various teams and leagues. Being sports-minded, he watched football, hockey and NASCAR and loved collecting trading cards for all of these sports.

One of the special things in Doug's life was spending time with his family. He enjoyed bringing them various things through the years that he knew they would enjoy such as sports items, stuffed animals and pickles. He loved to tease them whenever he could. He had a big heart and was an outstanding uncle to his nephews and nieces, spending countless hours taking them to their school and sports events. He enjoyed watching them perform at school programs and came to every ball game that he was able to attend. He especially enjoyed hockey and volunteered as a hockey coach for David's team prior to David playing WIAA high school hockey. He also was especially close to his mom and spent time visiting with her, running errands and taking her shopping.

Doug was preceded in death by his father, Marvin.

He is survived by his mother, Minnie Grimh; his sister, Rebecca (Grimh) (Dr. Brad) Harlander; brother, Roland Grimh; nephews, David and Alex Harlander; nieces, Dawn and Lara Harlander; and his aunt, Marie (Turnquist) Vincent.

Memorial services will be held at the Rowe Funeral Home in Frederic on Saturday, June 23, with visitation to begin at 10 a.m. and the service following at 11 a.m.

Lunch will be held at the Frederic Golf Course starting at noon following the service.

Online condolences may be left at www.rowefh.com or www.wicremationcenter.com. Please continue to check these Web sites for updated information or call Bruce Rowe at 715-327-4475.

Rowe Funeral Home of Frederic and the Northwest Wisconsin Cremation Center in Milltown have been entrusted with funeral arrangements.

Beverly L. Anfinson, 74, Osceola, died on Saturday, June 16, 2012, at the Osceola Medical Center in Osceola.

Beverly was born on Jan. 22, 1938, in Woodville, to parents, John and Louise (Larsen) Nelson. She attended schools in Woodville where she graduated. She married Mervin Anfinson on Nov. 24, 1956, at Hersey. Beverly was a homemaker most of her life raising her four daughters but also found time to work at the Coast to Coast Hardware Stores in Amery and Balsam Lake as well as working at Nelson Floral Gardens.

She loved sewing, crocheting and baking as well as going out to eat. Her family and friends will always remember her distinctive laugh.

Beverly is survived by her four daughters, Debbie Anfinson of Osceola, Cindy (Jeff) Kier of Maple Grove, Minn., Carol Whitaker of Osceola and Connie (Todd) Anfinson of Balsam Lake; her five grandchildren, Angel Anfinson, Nathan and Nick Kier, Jeremy Sevelin and Alexa Nelson; sisters-in-law, Ann Nelson of Taylors Falls, Minn., and Rita Anfinson of Burlington, Colo.; and dear friend, Walt Boreum.

She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Louise; husband, Mervin in 1996; and brother, John Nelson.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Thursday, June 21, at Balsam Lutheran Church near Amery with the Rev. Matt Saarem officiating. Serving as organist will be Juliane Berglund. Visitation will be held Wednesday from 5-8 p.m. at the Grandstrand Funeral Home in Osceola and also one hour prior to the service at church on Thursday. Interment will follow the service in the church cemetery. Casket bearers will be Nathan Kier, Nick Kier, John Nelson, Karl Nelson, Jason Nelson and Todd Sevelin.

Condolences maybe left online at www.grandstrandfh.com.

The Grandstrand Funeral Home in Osceola was entrusted with arrangements.

On Sunday, June 3, at Zion Lutheran of Markville, Minn., Drew and Randolph Jr. received the sacrament of holy baptism. Drew was born June 18, 2004, and Randolph was born Aug. 26, 2005.

Their parents are Tracy Dick and Randolph Romero. Godmother is LeeAnn Miranda.

Proud grandparents are Debra and Frank Romero.

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William “Bill” P. Beattie William “Bill” P. Beattie, 83, St. Croix Falls, died Friday, June 1, 2012, at Sophie’s Manor in Centuria.

Bill was born Jan. 19, 1929, in St. Croix Falls, the second child of James and Myrtle Parks Beattie. He grew up and attended the local schools, graduating from high school with the Class of 1947. Later, he graduated from Hamline University in 1951 with a degree in health and physical education. He entered the Army in 1951 and served 10 months in Korea. Upon his discharge in 1953, he taught and coached high school athletics in both Minnesota and Michigan. In 1954, Bill married Marjorie Lowe of Northfield, Minn. He then returned to the University of Iowa, where he received another degree in physical therapy in 1955.

Two children were born to Bill and Marjorie, James and Julie. Bill spent the remainder of his working years in the field of physical therapy, first in Minnesota, then in Iowa, and the last 30 years in Tucson, Ariz. In 1990, Marjorie passed away, and later he married Bernice Lau Goberville of Eau Claire. Bill retired in 1994, and he and Bernice spent months both in Tucson and St. Croix Falls. In 2005, they retired permanently in St. Croix Falls. Bill was active in the St. Croix Falls Historical Society and the St. Croix Falls Cemetery Association.

Bill was preceded in death by his parents, James and Myrtle; his first wife, Marjorie; his brother, Robert; and brother-in-law, LaVerne Lowe.

He is survived by wife, Bernice; daughter, Julie (Ted) Anderson of Tucson, Ariz.; son, James (Renee) of Blue Earth, Minn.; brother, John (Orphy) of Scandia, Minn.; sister-in-law, Clarice Beattie of Forest Lake, Minn.; stepdaughter, Joy Goberville of Detroit, Mich.; stepson, Brad Goberville of Augusta; grandsons, Hunter Anderson, David and Nicholas Beattie and Samuel Goberville.

Memorial services will be Friday, June 29, 2 p.m., at the Grandstrand Funeral Home in Osceola. Family will greet friends one hour prior to the service. Interment will be at the St. Croix Falls Cemetery. Memorials suggested. www.grandstrandfh.com.

The Grandstrand Funeral Home, Osceola, was entrusted with arrangements.

Kim Lee Anderson Kim Lee Anderson, 58, passed away June 15, 2012, at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minn.

Kim was born Sept. 7, 1953, in Amery. He was second son of Marvin and Phyllis (Peterson) Anderson.

Kim graduated from Unity High School and WSU Eau Claire for business management. He worked for KMart for 15 years moving around the country setting up their stores.

Twenty years ago, Kim moved back to Balsam Lake and then Amery. He worked at Cardinal LG in Amery.

Kim’s passions were the Packers and Brewers. He loved his sports. You would always find him playing racquetball, tennis or golf or off to the Packers games.

Kim is survived by his brothers, Keith (Terry) Anderson and Kent Anderson; niece, Nicole Anderson; nephews, Mark (Mindi), Jeff (Alyssa), and Audrick Anderson; great-nieces and nephews, Mackenzie, Madison and Marissa Anderson and Blake Stromberg; aunts, Marion Rymkus, Shirley Jensen and Eunice (Jack) Munch.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Marvin (Barney) and Phyllis Anderson; aunt, Cheryl Barry; and uncle, Clayton Teske.

The memorial service will be held on Wednesday, June 27, at 11 a.m., at Faith Lutheran Church in Balsam Lake with Pastor Diane Norstad officiating. The family will be greeting visitors at the church from 10 a.m. until the time of service. Music will be provided by Dorene Hendrickson and Jerry Prokop. Following the service the family would like to invite their guests to join them for lunch and fellowship in the church fellowship hall.

The Kolstad Family Funeral Home of Centuria has been entrusted with arrangements.

OBITUARIES Laurence “Tony” Bearhart

James “Jim” Swanson

Laurence “Tony” Bearhart, 73, Webster, passed away on June 11, 2012, at Benedictine Living Community in Spooner.

Tony was born on May 9, 1939, in Belland Township, Pine County, Minn., to William and Carrie Bearhart. He was an avid Packer fan and enjoyed playing pool. Tony loved being a dad and grandpa.

Tony was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers and one sister.

He is survived by his children, Vicki Billins-Evensen, Larry Sears, Blake Sears, Elsie Bearhart, Antoinette Bearhart and Matthew Matrious; many grandchildren; siblings, Marion Skinaway, Alfred Bearhart and LaVerne Christiansen.

Funeral services were held June 14, at Danbury Tribal Center with Lee Staples officiating. Visitation was held at Danbury Tribal Center. Pallbearers were Mark Chapman, Ron Labo, Greg Nelson, Calvin Garbow, Terry Thomas and Ed Christiansen. Online condolences can be made at www.swedberg-taylor.com.

The Swedberg-Taylor Family Funeral Home, Webster, was entrusted with arrangements.

James “Jim” “Jimmy” Swanson, 52, Danbury, passed away on June 15, 2012, at his residence.

Jim was born on April 11, 1960, to Leonard and Elvyce Swanson in St. Paul, Minn. He was raised and attended school in Roseville, Minn., graduating in 1978. Jim was a mail carrier in Danbury for many years.

Jim is preceded in death by his father, Leonard Swanson; and nephews, Shaun Swanson and Stephen Selander.

He was survived by his sister, Nancy (Don) Selander; brothers, Gene (Marco) Swanson and Paul Swanson; four step-siblings; stepdaughter, Tabitha Adams; former wife, DeDe Peterson; along with many nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.

A potluck celebration will be held on Sunday, June 24, from 2-5 p.m., at the Fish Bowl, Danbury. Online condolences can be made at www.swedberg-taylor.com.

The Swedberg-Taylor Family Funeral Home, Webster, was entrusted with arrangements.

James Leo DeMarre James Leo DeMarre, 26, formerly of Grantsburg, died June 11, 2012, in St. Paul, Minn.

Jim was born Oct. 25, 1985, and raised in Grantsburg.

He grew up with caring neighbors, amazing friends and a strong loving family, and the security and fun that comes from a close community.

Jim always had a smile or joke, a big hug and the need for adventure. He enjoyed being on the river in every way, hanging with his friends, playing music and living each day to its fullest. Jim helped anyone and everyone.

He was always there for his family.

He was a godfather, amazing uncle, nephew, grandson and very loving son.

In the last few years, he lived in Eau Claire where he made more great friends and spent time making great memories with his nephews and always his dog, Raven.

He will be missed by all who met and knew him. Jim will be forever young, healthy and free.

He was preceded in death by his dad, Mike; grandparents and best pal Gunner.

A memorial service was held Saturday, June 16, at the Edling Funeral Home in Grantsburg.

The Edling Funeral Home, Grantsburg, was entrusted with arrangements.

Lars Roger Warn Lars Roger Warn, 78, a resident of Clearwater, Fla., died May 29, 2012, of brain cancer at his home in Florida.

He was born Feb. 27, 1934, to Lars and Valborg (Wally) Warn. Lars and Wally moved their family to Siren from the Minneapolis area in the mid-1940s. They owned the Erickson gas station on the northside of town, and they lived on Crooked Lake.

Lars Roger graduated from Siren High School in 1951 and joined the United States Marines shortly after.

In November 1954, he married his high school sweetheart, Janice Jo Nelson. He served 26 years as a pilot, retiring as lieutenant colonel. They lived in many places during his military career and raised three children, Laurie, Stephanie and Steven Lars.

After the Marines, they settled in the Minneapolis area for a time, and then he was hired as a pilot for United Airlines and they made their home near Chicago, Ill., where he finished his career of another 26 years and he and Jo moved to Florida to begin retirement.

Lars was proud of his Swedish ancestry, and they were able to travel to Sweden and meet relatives as well as entertaining Swedish guests in their home.

Lars was preceded in death by his parents; and brother, Lloyd Warn.

He is survived by his wife, Jo; three children and four grandchildren; brother-in-law, Ted Nelson; and several nieces and nephews.

Services were held Saturday, June 9, at the Moss Feaster Funeral Home, Clearwater, Fla. Military honors were provided by USMC.

JEFFREY “WEEGIE” WAGERS Nov. 1, 1948 - June 21, 2007

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Dear Dad, You have been gone 5 years and I still miss you like crazy. I am very grateful that you signed up to be my dad, even when you didn’t have to be.

You loved me unconditionally and supported me, no matter how ridiculous I was.

Fortunately, I married an amazing man who has A LOT of your positive attributes. He likes the Packers, gardening, and he has the patience to deal with all my antics!

You will always live on in my heart and I will continue on your journey, so please keep me on the right path.

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Yvonne “Bonnie” Raymond Yvonne “Bonnie” Raymond, 85, Webster, passed away on June 12, 2012, at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minn.

Bonnie was born Feb. 13, 1927, to Donald and Gertrude Bistier in Newport, Minn. She was raised and attended school in St. Paul, Minn., and worked at Montgomery Wards. Bonnie married Glenn Rosenbaum; he passed away in 1967.

On Dec. 7, 1968, she married Dalton “Del” Raymond in Ames, Iowa. Bonnie worked at the Dallas House Supper Club as office manager and bookkeeper before retiring on Feb. 13, 1967, and owned The Bobcat Resort for four years. She was a resident of Stacy, Minn., for 20 years before moving to Yellow Lake Mobile Park and finally to Webster. She also served as clerk of Stacy, Minn., and president of the St. Croix Falls hospital auxiliary.

Bonnie was involved in many clubs including Wonderland Snowmobile Club, Homemakers Club, WELCA and on church council at Yellow Lake Lutheran Church. In her free time, she enjoyed reading, crafts, crocheting and knitting.

Bonnie was preceded in death by her parents and daughter, Judy Kurtzhals.

She is survived by her husband; children, Gary (Cindy) Rosenbaum, Ken (Cindy) Rosenbaum, Keith Rosenbaum, Connie (Mike) Isaacson, Todd (Deborah) Rosenbaum, James (Laurie) Raymond, John Raymond and Mike Raymond; 31 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; sister, Connie Gotthilf; and brother, Gene (Nancy) Boree.

Memorial services will be Friday, June 22, at 11 a.m., visitation 10-11 a.m., at Yellow Lake Lutheran Church with Pastor Roger Kampstra officiating. Online condolences can be made at www.swedberg-taylor.com.

The Swedberg-Taylor Family Funeral Home, Webster, was entrusted with arrangements.

Brian James Ekstrand Brian James Ekstrand, 25, North Branch, Minn., passed away on June 18, 2012, at his home surrounded by family.

Brian was born on June 21, 1986.

He graduated from Unity High School in 2004. After graduation, he moved to North Branch and resided there until his death.

Brian was the master of contagious smiles and you couldn’t help but be happy to see him. He was an inspiration to anybody who met him. The fight inside him fueled by the determination to get what he wanted, with the helping hand of God, made it impossible not to admire him.

Brian enjoyed listening to music, walks outside, riding his motorcycle and being read to. He was always so full of happiness and loved people to visit and talk with him.

Nobody would ever leave without a smile. He was able to bring joy to anybody who ever met him.

He was deeply loved and will be greatly missed. He touched many lives on this earth and has gone home to dance, sing and run in the presence of his savior, Jesus.

Brian is survived by his parents, Jan (Kevin) Traurig; sisters Angie (Adrian) Covey, Carina Walpole and Kelly (Virgil) Campbell; grandparents, Darlene (Donald) Kunzer and Jacquie (Greg) Lunde; many aunts, uncles and cousins; seven nieces and nephews; and biological father, Brian Ekstrand.

He was preceded in death by cousin, Paul Van Dyke; grandfather, Cleve Van Dyke; great-grandmother, Mabel Lindstrom; great-grandfather, Ray Ginder.

A Celebration of Life will be held Thursday, June 21, 1 p.m., at the Grandstrand Funeral Home in North Branch, Minn., with reception to follow at Maranatha Assembly of God in Forest Lake. Visitation one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

Interment at Acacia Park Cemetery in Mendota Heights, Minn. Condolences may be left online at www.grandstrandfh.com.

The Grandstrand Funeral Home, North Branch, Minn., was entrusted with arrangements.

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Husband unsure how to handle wife’s postpartum depression Q: We were overjoyed when our daughter was born, but since that time, my wife has slipped into a pit of depression. She’s uncommunicative and completely uninterested in romance. This is taking a toll on our marriage. Help!

Jim: Between 50 and 80 percent of new moms experience a temporary emotional slump, popularly known as “baby blues.” Another 10 percent suffer from a more severe condition known as postpartum depression. In view of the intense physical and psychological changes that accompany the birth of a baby, these figures are not surprising.

The postpartum blues usually develop during the first week after delivery.

Symptoms can include irritability, tearfulness, anxiety, insomnia, loss of appetite and difficulty concentrating. While this slump typically resolves itself within a couple of weeks, it should not be met with an attitude of “ignore it and it will go away.” Your wife needs your emotional support and practical assistance during this time.

Postpartum depression is more serious and can last for months. A mother with

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PPD may be so intensely depressed that she has difficulty caring for her baby. If symptoms continue for more than two weeks, seek professional help. Treatment might involve counseling, the use of antidepressants or both. If your wife is breastfeeding, input from the baby’s doctor will be needed before initiating drug therapy.

Meanwhile, assist your wife in practical ways during this difficult time. Even though you’re tired after a long day of work, put her concerns ahead of your own. Help with the household chores and ask her what she needs from you to get through this period. Don’t expect any sexual response if she’s exhausted and depressed and you haven’t done much to help. This situation will get better, but you’ll need extra doses of patience, delicacy and understanding in the meantime.

••• Q: In the past year, my wife has started seeing a counselor to deal with memories of childhood sexual abuse. I want to be supportive of her, but I wish

I could just have my old wife back. It’s like she’s falling apart. I’m not sure how to help.

Juli: I am so sorry for what you and your wife are walking through. It is quite common for memories and the trauma of childhood abuse to resurface in adulthood, particularly when a woman becomes a mom.

Although it seems like your wife is falling apart, working through the trauma of the past is a necessary step to maturity and healing. Many adults spend their entire lives finding ways to hide from deep pain. They may become addicted to alcohol, control or spending money and will try to keep the voices from the past silent.

I understand that your wife’s healing is disruptive to your life and probably even a bit frightening. Remember that her step toward dealing with the pain from her past is a courageous one and will eventually result in strength and confidence.

Because emotional wounds are not visible, it is easy to assume that they don’t need to be addressed. However, your wife’s pain is as legitimate as physical pain. Think of her “healing journey” as similar to going through chemotherapy for cancer. It is painful and apparently damaging, but it also temporary and has the purpose to bring health and life.

You have an important role in helping your wife get through some deep waters.

Although you don’t have to be involved in all of the details, it is key for you to understand the process of healing. It may help you to meet with her counselor periodically. Most importantly, your unconditional love and support are critical.

••• Jim Daly is president of Focus on the Family, host of the Focus on the Family radio program, and a husband and father of two. Dr. Juli Slattery is a licensed psychologist, cohost of Focus on the Family, author of several books, and a wife and mother of three. Submit your questions to: FocusOnTheFamily.com.

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Area United Methodist churches form new charge BURNETT COUNTY - Bishop Linda Lee of the Wisconsin Conference of the United Methodist Church has announced a new four-point charge for the United Methodist churches in Danbury, Lewis, Siren and Webster. Since 1968, the four churches have comprised two-point charges: Lewis Memorial with Siren, and Danbury with Grace (Webster).

Appointed as lead pastor for the new charge is Elder Gilbert White, currently serving in the Mississippi Conference. He and his wife, Sharon, will reside in Web-

ster. The ministry team will include Elder Tom Cook, who has served the Lewis Memorial and Siren churches for the past five years. Cook and wife Jane will remain in the Siren area.

As representatives of the four churches met during the past several months to explore how to better meet their mission ministries and leadership needs, they were mindful of their long-standing tradition of Methodist circuit-riding pastors. It was the pastor of Lewis Memorial church, established in 1915, who founded the

Danbury Church in 1919. The Siren Methodist Church was formed in 1913.

Early in the ‘60s, one clergy couple served the Methodist churches in Danbury, Lewis and Siren. Grace Evangelical United Brethren Church, established in 1912, joined others of that denomination to form the United Methodist Church in 1968.

“We anticipate enjoying new relationships and are excited about expanded possibilities for ministry and better stewardship of shared resources,” com-

mented one spokesperson for the churches. “The people of the United Methodist Churches seek to have open hearts, open minds and open doors, and will welcome all who would like to worship or serve at any of the four churches in our new charge.”

The public is invited to a farewell open house for Pastor Cindy Glocke on Sunday, June 24, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Grace UMC in Webster. Glocke has served the Grace and Danbury United Methodist churches and community since 2003. - submitted

Church listings sponsored by the following area businesses: BREMER BANK, N.A. Full-Service Banking Member FDIC Frederic - Danbury - Siren

DAEFFLER’S QUALITY MEATS, INC. Wholesale & Retail Meats Custom Butchering & Processing Phone 715-327-4456

INTER-COUNTY CO-OP PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION Printers & Publishers Office Supplies

Frederic, Wis. - 715-327-4236 Shell Lake, Wis. - 715-468-2314 Siren, Wis. - 715-349-2560 St. Croix Falls, Wis. - 715-483-9008

STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANIES

Corey T. Arnold, Agent Frederic, Wis. Phone 715-327-8076

BEAN’S COUNTRY GRIDDLE Hwys. 35 & 48 Downtown Frederic Phone 715-327-5513

NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN ELECTRIC CO.

“Your Electric Servant” Serving Polk & Burnett Counties “Use Energy Wisely”

CARLSON-ROWE FUNERAL HOME Frederic, Wis. 715-327-4475

Duane Lindh

HAULING

• Gravel • Sand • Rock • Top Soil • Trackhoe 715-472-2717 Mobile 715-491-1861 1065 290th Ave. Frederic, Wis.

ALPHA BASS LAKE LUMBER • Complete Line of Building Supplies & Lumber • Cabot’s Stains Grantsburg, Wis. 715-488-2471 or 715-327-8766

BURNETT DAIRY CO-OP

1988 World Champion Cheesemaker Earl Wilson, Cheese Plant Mgr. Dan Dowling, Ag. Supply Mgr. for Feed, Propane & Fertilizer Alpha, Wis. 715-689-2468 715-689-2467

WEBSTER

LUCK

CUSHING

CASHCO BUILDING SUPPLIES

VAN METER’S MEATS

CUSHING COOPERATIVE SOCIETY

Complete Lumber & Building Supplies

Phone 715-866-4238 Hwy. 35 N. Webster, Wis. Tom & Becky O’Brien, Owners

HOPKINS SAND & GRAVEL, INC.

Sand, Gravel, Ready-Mix, Concrete, Black Dirt, Dozer Work, Landscaping & Septic Tanks Installed

Government Inspected Slaughtering and Processing, Sausage making • Ham & Bacon Cured & Smoked Sides and Quarters of Beef and Pork Available Old-fashioned Fresh Meat Counter Tim Van Meter and Ross Anderson, Owners Luck, WI 54853 Plant 715-472-2141

Feed Mill - Grain Dept.

Cushing, Wis. 715-648-5215

WILD RIVER FLAGS Jerry & Pat Willits 2815 285th Ave. Sterling Township St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-488-2729

Hwy. 35 North Webster, Wis. Phone 715-866-4157 M.P.R.S. #03059

SWEDBERG-TAYLOR FUNERAL HOME Webster, Wis. Phone 715-866-7131

SIREN

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FREDERIC

OLSEN & SON

Your Full-Service Drugstore Siren, Wis. Phone 715-349-2221

D & L FINANCIAL SERVICES 10022 Elbow Lake Road Siren, Wis. 54872 715-689-2539

Any area business wishing to help sponsor the church listings should contact the Leader at 715-327-4236.

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Church Directory ADVENTIST

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST - FREDERIC

609 Benson Road; Pastor Curtis Denney Sat. Worship 11 a.m.; Sabbath Schl. 9:30 a.m.

ALLIANCE

ALLIANCE

ALLIANCE CHURCH OF THE VALLEY

1259 Hwy. 35 S., St. Croix Falls Sunday Worship: 9 & 11 a.m.

BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

WORD OF LIFE CHURCH

Meeting in homes.

Elder: Cliff Bjork, 715-755-3048 Sun. Fellowship - 10 a.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

LUTHERAN

LUTHERAN

BALSAM LUTHERAN CHURCH

1115 Mains Crossing, 1/2 Mile South Hwy. 8 On 110th St.; Sun. Worship 9 a.m.; Sun. School 10:15 a.m.

BEAUTIFUL SAVIOR LUTHERAN (WELS)

Gene E. Jahnke, Pastor, 715-635-7672, Hm. 715-354-7787, Hwy. 70 at 53, Spooner Sun. Wor. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School & Bible Classes For All - 10:45 a.m.

MILLTOWN LUTHERAN

113 W. Main St.. W., Phone 715-825-2453 Pastor Nanette Hagen-Hinck 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship (begins May 27)

NEW HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH

Pastor Emory Johnson, 715-463-5700 www.newhopelutheranchurch.org 685 W. State Road 70, Grantsburg Sun. Wor. Serv. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m.

Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

NORTH VALLEY LUTHERAN

Pastor Maggie Isaacson, 715-825-3559 3 mi. W. of Milltown on “G” Sun. Wor. - 9:15 a.m.; Wed. Wor. 6:30 p.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

OUR REDEEMER LUTHERAN, (LCMS) WEBSTER

Pastor Gerald Heinecke Church Phone 715-866-7191 Sun. Schl. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Wor. - 10:30 a.m.

Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays www.facebook/OurRedeemerWebster

PEACE LUTHERAN - DRESSER (ELCA)

2355 Clark Road, Dresser, WI, 715-755-2515 Web site: plcdresser.org Pastor Wayne Deloach, Intern Melissa Carmack Sun. Wor. 9 a.m., Wed. Wor. 7 p.m.

PILGRIM LUTHERAN - FREDERIC (ELCA)

Pastor Jay Ticknor, 715-463-5746 3 miles So. of Grantsburg on Hwy. 87 Sun. Schl. - 9:30 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

Interim Pastor Andrew Hinwood 507 Wisconsin Ave. N., 715-327-8012 Sun. Worship - 10:.30 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 2nd Sundays www.pilgrimlutheranfrederic.org

BETHANY LUTHERAN - SIREN

REDEEMER EV. LUTHERAN

BETHANY LUTHERAN - BRANSTAD

Hwy. 35, 1/2 blk. N. Main St. Interim Pastor Andrew Hinwood Pastoral Serv. 715-349-5280 Sun. Worship - 8:30 a.m,; Sun. School 9:45 a.m.

(Wisconsin Synod) Pastor Gene DeVries 200 N. Adams St., St. Croix Falls Sun. Wor. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 8:30 a.m.

BETHESDA LUTHERAN - DRESSER (LCMC) www.bethesdalutheran.ws

350 Michigan Ave., Centuria Sun. Worship - 10:45 a.m.; Sun. School - 10 a.m.

Pastor Peter Rimmereid, 715-755-2562 1947 110th Ave., Dresser Sunday Contemporary Service 8:30 a.m.; Sunday Traditional Service 10 a.m.; Outdoor Serv. 6/24, 7/29 & 8/26, 10 a.m.

BONE LAKE LUTHERAN bllc@lakeland.ws

Pastor Mary Ann Bowman, 5 mi. E. of Luck on Hwy. 48, 1/2 mi. S. on I; Office - 715-472-2535 Pastor - 715-472-8153, 8:30 a.m. Adult Bible Study; 9:30 a.m. Worship; 10:30 a.m. Fellowship Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

CHRIST LUTHERAN (LCMS)

Pipe Lake CTH G & T, 715-822-3096 Pastor Steve Miller Sun. Serv. 10:45 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:15 a.m. during schl. yr.; Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sun. www.christlutheranpipelake.com

CLAM FALLS LUTHERAN (AALC)

Pastor Gary Rokenbrodt - 715-653-2630; 715-327-4461 www.clamfalls-zion-aalcparish.net Worship 10:15 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m.

Communion 1st Sun.

FAITH LUTHERAN - BALSAM LAKE

faithlutheran@lakeland.ws Pastor Diane Norstad 715-485-3800; CTH I & Mill Street Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:40 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st & last Sundays

FAITH LUTHERAN - GRANTSBURG

Pastor Victor St. George, 715-463-5388 Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School 10:45 a.m.

FIRST EVAN. LUTHERAN

561 Chestnut St., Taylors Falls, MN 651-465-5265 Traditional Worship - 8:30 a.m.; Contemporary Worship - 11 a.m.

FIRST LUTHERAN - CUSHING

Pastor Dorothy Sandahl, 715-648-5323 or 715-648-5324 Sun. Wor. 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.

FRISTAD LUTHERAN - CENTURIA

ELCA - 501 Hwy. 35, 715-646-2357, Mel Rau, Pastor Sun. Wor. & Holy Communion - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:40 a.m.

GEORGETOWN LUTHERAN - ELCA

Rt. 1, Balsam Lake, WI (Fox Creek) Pastor Neal Weltzen; GT Office - 715-857-5580, Parsonage - 715-822-3001, TR Office - 715-822-3001 Wors. Serv. 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:15 a.m.; Holy Communion - 1st Sun. of each month

GRACE LUTHERAN - WEST SWEDEN

Phone 715-327-4340, 715-416-3086, 715-327-8384 Pastor Theresa Riewestahl Worship 9:15 a.m.; Sun. School 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st & 2nd Sundays

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - FREDERIC

(Missouri Synod) Pastor Jody R. Walter - 715-327-8608 Sun. Schl. - 8:45 a.m.; Service - 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st, 3rd & 5th Sun.

LAKESIDE COMMUNITY LUTH. - ELCA

CTH H, 1/2 mi. N. of CTH A & H on H Church Off. 715-635-7791 Pastor Bill Schroeder Sat. Worship 7 p.m.; Sun. Worship 9 a.m.

LAKETOWN LUTHERAN - CUSHING

Pastor Dorothy Sandahl Sun. Wor. 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:30 a.m.

LUCK LUTHERAN

Pastor Ralph Thompson - 715-472-8424; 510 Foster Ave. E.; Office 715-472-2605; www.lucklutheran.org (June- Aug.) Sun. Wor. 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.

Mon. Wor. 6:30 p.m.

ST. JOHN’S EV. LUTHERAN (Wis. Synod) ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN - LCMC

1614 CTH B, North Luck, Pastor Rob Lubben Sunday Worship - 9 a.m.

Contact Leslie Valentine, 715-646-2390; E-mail: leslie56@centurytel.net

SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY LUTHERAN

METHODIST

METHODIST

ATLAS UNITED METHODIST

Pastor Carolyn Saunders, 715-463-2624 Sunday School - 11 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

DANBURY UNITED METHODIST

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC

Pastor Carolyn Saunders, 715-463-2624 Worship - 9 a.m.; Sunday School - 10:30 a.m.

Cindy Glocke, Pastor, 715-866-8646 Sunday Worship - 9 a.m.

GRACE UNITED - WEBSTER

Cindy Glocke, Pastor, 715-866-8646 Sunday Worship - 10:30 a.m.

HOLY TRINITY UNITED METHODIST Holytrinity@wisconsinumc.org 1606 165th Ave., CTH I, Centuria Pastor Freddie Kirk, 715-485-3363 Pastor Tammy Clausen Sunday Worship - 8:30 a.m.

LAKEVIEW UNITED - HERTEL

Pastor Jack Starr Wor. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - during worship hour

LEWIS MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST Tom Cook, Pastor Worship 8:45 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 10 a.m.

Hwy. 70 East, 715-689-2271, Pastor: Carl Heidel Worship 9 a.m.; Sunday School 10:15 a.m.

Communion -Every Sunday

TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN OSCEOLA

300 Seminole Ave. (CTH M) Mark Kock, Pastor, 715-294-2828 Sun. Wor. 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.; Summer, 9 a.m.

WEST DENMARK LUTHERAN

Pastors Mike & Linda Rozumalski 1 mi. west of Luck on N, 2478 170th St., Luck Sunday Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m.

Fellowship 11 a.m.

WEST IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - ELCA

Rev. Rexford D. Brandt 447 180th St., Osceola, 715-294-2936 Sunday Worship 9 a.m.

YELLOW LAKE LUTHERAN

1/2 mi. W. of Hwy. 35 on U, 715-866-8281, Pastors Douglas Olson, Roger Kampstra, Myron Carlson and Danny Wheeler Services begin at 9:30 a.m.; Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday

ZION LUTHERAN - BONE LAKE (LCMC)

5 miles E. of Frederic on W, 2 miles south on I; Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st Sunday

ZION LUTHERAN - EAST FARMINGTON (WELS ) Pastor Martin Weigand - 715-294-3489 Sunday Worship 8 & 10 a.m.; Thursday Worship 7 p.m.

Communion - 1st & Last Sunday

ZION LUTHERAN - MARKVILLE

Pastor Tim Faust Worship - 11 a.m.; Sunday School - 10 a.m.

Holy Communion - 1st & 3rd Sunday

ZION LUTHERAN - TRADE LAKE

Pastor Theresa Riewestahl 715-327-8384, 715-416-3086 Fellowship - 10:30 a.m., Sun. Schl. 9:45 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m., Communion - 1st & 2nd Sundays

PRESBYTERIAN

PRESBYTERIAN

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN

Rev. Bruce Brooks - 715-483-3550 719 Nevada St. , (between Simonson & Tower Roads) , St. Croix Falls Worship - 10 a.m. (Nursery provided) Sun. Schl. - Child.- 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - Adults 8:45 a.m.; Communion 1st Sunday

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC

Rev. Thomas E. Thompson, 255 E. 10th Ave., Osceola, 715-294-2243 Masses: Sun. 10:30 a.m., Tues. 5 p.m.

Thurs. at 10 a.m. at Osc. Nursing Home ASSEMBLY

ASSEMBLY

CENTURIA ASSEMBLY OF GOD

Pastor Don Wiltshire, 715-640-6400 Centuria - Phone 715-646-2172 Sunday Service: 10 a.m.

OSCEOLA COMMUNITY CHURCH

Pastor Annie Tricker Sun. Worship 11 a.m.; Sun. School 11 a.m.

Potluck dinner 1st Sunday

OSCEOLA UNITED METHODIST

SIREN ASSEMBLY OF GOD

oumc@centurytel.net 306 River Street, Osceola, 715-755-2275 Pastor Mark Gilbert Adult Class - 8:30 a.m.; Sunday School 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship - 10 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st Sunday

ST. CROIX FALLS UNITED METHODIST

Rev. Mike Weaver Sunday Worship Service - 10 a.m.

Sunday School is at 9 a.m., Nursery available

ST. LUKE UNITED - FREDERIC

Pastor Arveda “Freddie” Kirk, 715-327-4436 Pastor Tammy Clausen Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.

TAYLORS FALLS UNITED METHODIST

TRINITY LUTHERAN - FALUN

1050 North Keller Ave., Amery, 715-268-7717 Father John Drummy, Pastor Sat. Mass 4 p.m., Sun. Mass 10:30 a.m.

Mass Wed. & Thurs. 9 a.m.

Pastor Larry Mederich, 715-294-4332 www.occconnect.org Mtg. @ St. Croix Art Barn; Sun. Serv. - 9 a.m.

Nursery and children church

McKINLEY UNITED METHODIST

TRINITY LUTHERAN - ELCA

Pastor Gerald Heinecke Home 715-327-8608; Church 715-866-7191 Sunday Worship Service - 8 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

Pastor Father Michael J. Tupa, 715-866-7321 Cedar & Muskey Ave. - Webster Mass Sun 10 a.m., Wed. 5:30 p.m. (Sept-May), Fri. 9 a.m. (Summer)

SIREN UNITED METHODIST

TRINITY LUTHERAN LCMS, DANBURY

Pastor Father Frank Wampach, 651-465-7345 25293 Redwing Ave., Shafer, MN Sunday 9 a.m.

CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST GRANTSBURG

(Missouri Synod) 140 Madison St. South, St. Croix Falls Pastor Mark K. Schoen Sun. Service - 9 a.m.; Sun.School - 10:30 a.m.

10 mi. W. of Cumberland on Hwy. 48 (McKinley) - Pastor Neal Weltzin GT Office 715-857-5580, Parsonage 715-8223001, TR Office - 715-822-3001 Wor. Serv. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:15 a.m.

Holy Communion - 1st Sunday

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER

Tom Cook, Pastor Sunday School 9 a.m.

Worship - 10:15 a.m. (Nursery available) 290 W. Government Street, 715-294-4436 Reverend Dr. Rolland Robinson Sunday Service - 10 a.m. with nursery Sunday School - Sept. - May at 10 a.m.

WOLF CREEK UNITED METHODIST

Rev. Mike Weaver Sunday Worship - 8:15 a.m.

COVENANT

COVENANT

CALVARY COVENANT - ALPHA

Pastor Scott Sagle, 715-689-2541 Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Worship 10:30 p.m.; Elevator provided, welcome

SIREN COVENANT

Pastor Dave Guertin 7686 Lofty Pines Drive, Siren, 715-349-5601 Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m.

UNITED COVENANT - CLEAR LAKE

Pastor Dan Pearson Sunday School 8:45 a.m.; Worship 10 a.m.

CATHOLIC

CATHOLIC

ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Rev. Thomas E. Thompson, 715-247-3310 255 St. Hwy. 35, East Farmington Mass Friday 9 a.m.; Sacrament of Penance Sat. 3:30 p.m.

CHURCH OF ST. JOSEPH

Pastor - Father Frank Wampach 490 Bench St., Taylors Falls, 651-465-7345 Sat. Vigil 5:30 p.m.; Sun. 7:30 & 10:30 a.m.

Tues. - Thurs. 7:30 a.m.

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP

Danbury - 7586 St. Rd. 77, 715-866-7321 Pastor - Father Michael J. Tupa Mass - Sat. 4 p.m., Fri. 9 a.m. (Sept.-May).

Reconciliation as per bulletin & by appt.

OUR LADY OF THE LAKES

Balsam Lake - Rev. John A. Drummy, Pastor - 405-2253 Mass: Sat. eves. 6 p.m.; Sun. 8:30 a.m.; Tues. 5:30 p.m.; Fri. 9 a.m.Sacrament of Reconciliation 7:30 a.m. Sun. or by appt.

SACRED HEARTS OF JESUS & MARY

Pastor Father Michael J. Tupa CTHs A & H - 715-866-7321 Crescent Lake Voyager Village area.

Mass Sun. 8 a.m., Thurs. 9:30 a.m.

Reconciliation as per bulletin and by appt.

ST. DOMINIC - FREDERIC & IMMACULATE CONCEPTION - GRANTSBURG CATHOLIC MASS SCHEDULE

Pastor Andrew Bollant Sun. Schl. - 9:15 a.m.; Morn. Serv. - 10:15 a.m.; Supervised Nursery; Wed. Evening - Worship Serv. 6:30 p.m.

EVANGELICAL

EVANGELICAL

APPLE RIVER COMMUNITY (EFCA)

Pastor Bruce Tanner, 942 U.S. Hwy. 8, Amery, 715-268-2176 Sun. Schl. 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday Bible study 7 p.m.

CROSSWALK COMMUNITY CHURCH

Pastor Greg Lund, 715-327-8767 700 Churchwood Lane; 505 Old CTH W, Frederic Sun. Schl. - 9 a.m.; Morn. Worship - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services Sat. Worship - 6 p.m., Luck Senior Center

HOPE EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH

Pastor Dave Williams 933 248th St., Osceola Morning Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School Sept.-May 8:45 a.m.

Children’s Church & Nursery provided

TRADE RIVER EVAN. FREE

Pastor Dale VanDeusen, 715-488-2296 or 715-488-2653 20296 Hwy. 87, Grantsburg Morning Wor. 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 10:45 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services BAPTIST

BAPTIST

EAST BALSAM BAPTIST - BALSAM LK. 1816 108th St., CTH I Pastor Gabe Brennan, 715-857-5411

www.eastbalsam.org Wor. Service - 9 a.m.; Sun. School-10:30 a.m.

EUREKA BAPTIST

2393 210th Ave., St. Croix Falls Pastor Willis Christenson, 715-483-9464 Sun. School - 10 a.m.; Wor. Service - 11 a.m.

FAITH FELLOWSHIP

Hwy. 35 and CTH N., Luck Bill McEachern Pastor, 715-485-3973 Sun. Bible study - 9 a.m.; Sun. Wor. - 10 a.m.

FIRST BAPTIST - AMERY

131 Broadway St., 715-268-2223; www.fbcamery.org; E-mail: churchoffice@fbcamery.org Reg. office hours: Tues.-Thurs. 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Pastor Charlie Butt, Lead Pastor; Nick Buda, Associate Pastor Sun. Serv.: 9 a.m.; All ages Sun. Schl. 10:30 11:30 a.m.; Nursery available

LIVING HOPE CHURCH

Pastor Doug McConnell Youth Pastor Chris Radtke At Grantsburg High School, 715-463-5794 Sun. Serv. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m.

TRADE LAKE BAPTIST

Pastor Merrill Olson, Interim Pastor 715-327-8402 Sun. Schl. - 9:15 a.m.; Wor. Serv. - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided.; www.tradelakebaptistchurch.org

CHURCH OF CHRIST

CHURCH OF CHRIST

CHURCH OF CHRIST - WEBSTER

Minister Garret Derouin, 715-866-7157 Musky & Birch St., Avail. in office 9 a.m. - noon, Tues.-Fri.; Sun. Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Worship 10:30 a.m.

WESLEYAN

WESLEYAN

WOODLAND WESLEYAN

Dairyland - Rev. Andrea Wittwer 715-244-3649 Sunday School - 10 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

FULL GOSPEL

FULL GOSPEL

WOOD RIVER CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

Pastor Dan Slaikeu 4 mi. SE of Grantsburg on Williams Rd. Worship 9:30 a.m.

Sunday School 10:30 a.m.

HOPE FELLOWSHIP OF SOMERSET

231 Bluff Drive, 715-247-2435 Services are Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

CHRISTIAN CENTER

CHRISTIAN CENTER

EL SALEM/TWIN FALLS CHRISTIAN CENTER

1751 100th Ave., Dresser Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.

Evening Services Sun. 6 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

Call Pastor Darryl Olson at 715-755-3133 for information and directions

ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN

CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX

HOLY TRINITY ORTHODOX

523 1st St., Clayton, 715-948-2493 Fr. Christopher Wojcik, Pastor Saturday Vespers - 5 p.m.; Sunday Liturgy - 9:30 a.m.

HOLY CROSS ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN Meeting at Zion Lutheran Church, 28005 Old Towne Rd., Chisago City, MN, www.holyx.net Sunday Worship Service 9:30 a.m.

NAZARENE

NAZARENE

CALVARY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE

510 S. Vincent, St. Croix Falls Pastor Tom Reaume, 715-483-3696 Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:45 a.m. & Wed. 6:30 p.m.

FAITH COMMUNITY

7535 Peet St., Danbury, 715-656-4010 Adult Bible Service 9 a.m.; Services: Sun. 10 a.m.; Sunday School during church service.

NONDENOMINATIONAL

NONDENOMINATIONAL

CROSSROADS CHRISTIAN CHURCH

2390 CTH A, 1/8 mi. east of A&H intersection Pastor Tryg Wistad, 715-635-9222 crossroadschurch@gmail.com Sunday Worship: 10 a.m.

NEW LIFE COMMUNITY - AMERY

FIRST BAPTIST - FALUN

Interim Pastor Craig Jorgenson Sunday Worship 10 a.m.; Children’s Church: K to 6th Grade

FIRST BAPTIST - MILLTOWN

Meets at Dresser Elem. School, Dresser Pastor Tony Minell, 715-417-1982 Sunday Wor. 9:45 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 9:45 a.m.

Pastor Steve Ward Sunday School - (all ages) - 9:30 a.m.

Church Serv. - 10:45 a.m.

Pastor Marlon Mielke, 715-825-3186 Sunday Schl. 9:45 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m., 7 p.m.

FIRST BAPTIST - TAYLORS FALLS, MN

Located across from elemen. school on West St., Pastor, Dr. Kevin Schumann; 651-465-7171 Sun. Morn. - Sun. School for all ages - 9 a.m.

Morn. Worship - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided.

FIRST BAPTIST - WEBSTER

Church Phone 715-866-4111 Pastor Tim Quinn Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Worship - 10:45 a.m (Nursery Provided)

GRACE CHURCH OF OSCEOLA “The Cure for the Common Church”

NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY

NEW WINE CHURCH - CENTURIA 309 5th Street, , 715-338-2751 Pastor Scott Petznick Sunday Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m.

NORTHERN PINES FRIENDS WOR. GROUP

715-733-0481 or 715-733-0480 for time of meeting.

ST. CROIX UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP 1st, 2nd & 3rd Sunday, 10 a.m. in the St. Croix Falls Library community room.

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

Pastor: Rev. Dennis M. Mullen, 715-327-8119 St. Dominic: Sat. 4:30 p.m.; Sun. 10:30 a.m.

Immaculate Conception: Sat. 6:30 p.m.; Sun. 8:30 a.m. Call the office for daily & holy day Mass times

722 Seminole Ave., Osceola Pastor Dr. Kent Haralson; 715-294-4222 or 715-755-3454; info@gracechurchosceola.com Sun.: Praise & Worship Serv. 9 am., Adult Bible Study 10:45 a.m., Children’s Sun. School 10:45 a.m.

RIVER VALLEY CHRISTIAN

ST. ANNE PARISH

GRACE BAPTIST - GRANTSBURG

“Faith on Purpose” (Love God, Love People...period) faithonpurpose.org CTH F, Dresser, 715-483-2911 Pastor’s res./office Sunday Worship 10 a.m.

Rev. Thomas E. Thompson, 715-247-3310 139 Church Hill Rd., Somerset Mass Sun. 8:30 a.m.; Wed. 9 a.m.

Sacrament of Penance Sun. 8 a.m.

716 S. Robert St., Grantsburg, 715-463-5699 Sr. Pastor Brad Moore David Ahlquist, Assoc. Pastor Sun. Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School 11 a.m.

1289 160th St. (Hwy. 65), St. Croix Falls, 715-483-5378 Senior Pastors Paul and Sonja Hanson Sunday Adult Bible Class 9 a.m.

Worship and Children’s Sunday Schl. 10 a.m.

ST. PETER’S COMMUNITY CHURCH

church directory

ADVENTIST

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Burnett County Dairy Breakfast

Phyllis Ohnstad cheerfully accepted a chunk of cheese, a door prize for being a first-time dairy breakfast attendee.

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A large crowd attended the Burnett County Dairy Breakfast held at the Melin farm, Saturday, June 16.

L E F T: K e l i t a Nwachukwa cuddled a kitten while visiting the petting zoo at the dairy breakfast last Saturday.

Photos by Priscilla Bauer

Kelly Andrewson, Kevin Louden and Bob Andrewson, members of the Highview Bluegrass Band, provided lively entertainment for the dairy breakfast crowd.

After getting their favorite green machines painted on their faces, 4-year-old Colton Quimby and his 6year-old brother Connor climbed up on the big tractors displayed at the Melco Farm Dairy Breakfast Saturday.

Darlene and Gordon Lehman from Falun provided music during the dairy breakfast. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Photo submitted

Kathy Lexen got ready to spin the prize wheel at the Melco Farm Alex Allen-Snarkski proudly posed with a Dairy Breakfast on Saturday, June 16. The game of chance was a puppy he picked up in the petting zoo at the fundraiser for the Siren Community Ag Association, sponsor of the Melco Farm Dairy Breakfast Saturday. event.

The Melin family posed for a photo during Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dairy breakfast. Rick Melin held the plaque presented to the Melins by the Siren Community Ag Association in commemoration for hosting the annual event at their Melco Farm Saturday, June 16.

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Coming events JUNE

Happenings in the Upper St. Croix Valley communities St. Croix Falls

THURS.-SAT./21-23

• Alzheimer’s support group at the medical center, 1-3 p.m., 715-483-0431.

• Open Arms hosted by Alliance Church of the Valley. Meal and fellowship, 5-6:30 p.m., 715-483-1100.

• Old-time Christian family tent meetings on Hwy. 77.

Daily 7 p.m., Sat. 1 p.m.

• Food and Friends Community Dinner at the St. John’s Catholic Church, 5-6 p.m.

Danbury

Webster

THURSDAY/21

WEDNESDAY/27

Luck

Frederic

• American Legion & Auxiliary meeting at the village hall, 7 p.m.

• Lucey-Martin dedication at Coon Lake, 3 p.m.

Grantsburg

Siren

• A Time to Grow, looking for young animals at Crex, 6-7:30 p.m., 715-463-2739, crexmeadows.org.

• Music in the Park at Crooked Lake, Seeger Boys, 6:308:30 p.m.

THURS.-SUN./28-JULY 1

St. Croix Falls

• Diabetes support group at the medical center, 6-8 p.m., 715-483-0431.

• “Man of La Mancha” at Festival Theatre. 2 & 7:30 p.m., 715-483-3387, festivaltheatre.org.

• Children’s author Marybeth Lorbiecki at the elementary school, 8:30 a.m., 715-483-1777.

Balsam Lake

• Freedom Fest, Sat. boat parade, craft fair/sales; Sun. parade, fireworks, chamberorganizer.com.

THURSDAY/28 Amery

FRI. & SAT./22 & 23

• Lyme disease education and support at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 7 p.m., 715-268-2856, 715-268-2035.

Centuria

Centuria

• Bake/garage sale at North Valley Lutheran Church. Fri. 4-8 p.m., Sat. 8 a.m.-noon.

Webster

• Trash & treasure sale at Lakeside Community Lutheran Church, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

FRI.-SUN./22-24 Danbury

• Yellow River Echoes at the Fort. Wild rice breakfast Sun., 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 715-866-8890, theforts.org.

Milltown

Frederic’s Coon Lake was lit up Friday evening, June 15, with fireworks, as part of the annual Family days celebration. - Photo by Becky Amundson

St. Croix Falls

SUNDAY/24

SATURDAY/23

• Old Settlers picnic at the community center, potluck, noon, 715-488-2320.

• Music by Blessing Trio, from the Twin Cities, at the Skonewood Christian Retreat Center, 6:30 p.m.

• “Man of La Mancha” at Festival Theatre. Sat. 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m., 715-483-3387, festivaltheatre.org.

Balsam Lake

Turtle Lake

• Ski show at Paradise Landing, 7 p.m.

• Gospel music and church lady pie raffle at Georgetown Lutheran Church, 4-8 p.m.

• Lake fair at White Ash Lane, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

FRIDAY/22

• Community potluck picnic, corner of Cherry & Washington, 4 p.m.

• Fishermen’s Party, food, games, music. Sat. dance, Sun. parade.

• Powwow at the St. Croix Casino.

Luck

• Carrie Classon reads at Cafe Wren, 7:30 p.m.

St. Croix Falls

• Tish Hinojosa concert, 8 p.m., at Festival Theatre, 715483-3387, festivaltheatre.org.

• Music on the Overlook Deck, Vallee de Croix Chorus, 6:30 p.m., 715-483-1061.

SAT. & SUN./23 & 24

Clam Falls Dresser

• 5K run/walk fundraiser at Peace Lutheran Church. Registration 8 a.m., run 9 a.m., active.com.

Frederic

• Yard sale benefiting Lewis church at Boyers on Benson Road, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Grantsburg

Balsam Lake

• Wildflower tour at Crex Education Center, 10 a.m.12:30 p.m., 715-463-2739, crexmeadows.org.

Milltown

• Sunflower Daze at Sacred Hearts Church. Plants, crafts, raffle, bakery, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Rice Lake

• Midsummer Day celebration at Lamar Community Center, 2 p.m., lamarcommunity.org.

• Amateur radio hams demo event at the government center.

• Friends of the Library book sale. Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sun. noon-2 p.m., 715-825-2313.

• Steam & gas engines, model airplanes, tractor pull at Hungry Hollow show grounds, hungryhollowclub.com, 715234-8423.

Scott

St. Croix Falls Webster

• Community carnival at First Baptist Church, 3-7 p.m., 715-866-7135.

Cushing

Laketown

• Drive-in worship service featuring the Blessings Trio musical group at Laketown Lutheran, 10:30 a.m. Potluck picnic follows.

St. Croix Falls

• “Drawn to the Word” worship and artistic presentation at First Presbyterian, 10 a.m., 715-483-3550.

MONDAY/25 Balsam Lake

• Adoption support group at the Unity High School band room, 7:15 p.m.

Grantsburg

• Gov. Knowles State Forest draft master plan open house at Crex, 3-7 p.m., 715-365-8993.

TUESDAY/26 Balsam Lake

• Polk County Alzheimer’s support group at social services building, 715-483-3133.

Luck

• Music by Porch Dogs in Triangle Park, 6:30 p.m.

Siren

• Burnett County Republican Party will meet in Room 162 in the government center, 7 p.m.

Arts Alive on 35 BAAG members (L to R) Bonnie Kohl, Jane Roussin, Karen Fey and Kathy Recke, whose works were on exhibit, also handled the bake sale, a fundraiser for the arts group.

• Adult grief support group meeting at Holy Trinity Church, 6:30 p.m., 715-483-3363.

Frederic

• Peter Vodenka to speak at St. Luke Methodist Church, 7 p.m., 715-327-4979.

• Randy Korb, the Frog Guy, at the library, 2 p.m.

Luck

• Historical society meeting at the museum, film on Great Lakes geology and video/display on Luck geology, 7 p.m.

Siren

• Burnett County Citizen Patrol meeting at the government center, jury room, 7 p.m.

• Ruby’s Pantry at 24534 Hwy. 35/70. Open 1:30 p.m. Distribution 2 p.m., $15 donation.

• Music in the Park, Porch Dogs, at Crooked Lake, 6:308:30 p.m.

• Regional rep. for Sen. Kohl at government center, 10:30-11:30 a.m., 715-832-8424.

St. Croix Falls

• “Man of La Mancha” at Festival Theatre, 2 & 7:30 p.m., 715-483-3387, festivaltheatre.org.

• Chief Dan Mosay to speak about Anishinaabe people at historical society meeting at city hall/Polk County Information Center, 7 p.m.

Webster

• Parkinson’s support group will meet at the library, 2 p.m., 715-689-2163.

SATURDAY/30 Amery

• Ruby’s Pantry at Congregational Church. Doors open 8:30 a.m. Dist. 9 a.m., $15 donation, 715-268-7390.

Balsam Lake

• Library book sale, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

• White elephant & bake sale at Faith Lutheran Church, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.

ONGOING EVENTS Every Day

AA &/or AlAnon, Polk & Burnett counties, 715-9318262 for time/location. Amery, 715-268-8431.

Divorce care support group at Apple River Community Church, 715-268-8360, 715-268-2176.

Every Monday

Indianhead Barbershop Chorus meets at the Balsam Lake old courthouse, 7:30 p.m., 715-483-9202.

Baby and Me class - Amery Medical Center, 1-2 p.m.

Grief Share support group at Centennial Hall, Amery, 715-268-2176 or 715-268-8360.

Moms In Touch International, First Baptist, Amery, 2 - 3 p.m., 715-268-5408, www.momsintouch.com Partners of Veterans women’s support group, Counseling Associates, Siren, 1-2:30 p.m., 715-349-8575.

Play group for children and caretakers at the Burnett County Family Resource Center, 10 - 11:30 a.m.

Every Tuesday

Arts Alive on 35 is one of four public events the Burnett Area Arts Group holds during the year. BAAG meets on the first Monday of each month at the BAAG Art Center at 24467 Hwy. 35/70 just north of Siren (next to Ruby’s Thrift Store).

As a visitor looks on, BAAG artist Fran Grantham demonstrates the art of making baskets using specially ordered extra-long pine needles that come from South Carolina.

BAAG member David Hakseth tries out the technique.

Bingo - Burnett County Moose Lodge, Siren, 6 p.m.

Survivors of domestic violence & sexual assault support group, Polk Co., 800-261-7233, 6-7:30 p.m.

Anger management group at Amery Regional Medical Center, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 715-268-4094.

Every Wednesday

Women of Hope, cancer support group, at SCRMC, 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., 715-483-0431.

Free playtime with your toddler at Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church,10-11:30 a.m., 715-557-0630.

Every Thursday

Breastfeeding support group at the St. Croix Regional Medical Center, 2-3:30 p.m., 715-483-0431.

Play group for children and caretakers at the Burnett County Family Resource Center, 10 - 11:30 a.m.

Every Saturday

Among the art for sale at the BAAG event were paintings by Siren artist David Hakseth. - Photos by H. Rice

AA meets at the West Denmark Lutheran Church, rural Luck, 9 - 10 a.m.