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Gov. Doyle, Reps. Obey and Hraychuck deliver the news in person PAGE 15

Gandy Dancer Days Currents section

Terry and Brenda Larsen (second and third from right), owners of the Larsen Chevrolet building on the corner of Main Street and Hwy. 35, are donating the now-empty building to the village for use as the new library. The Larsens are shown at the check presentation Tuesday, Aug. 11, with Rep. Ann Hraychuck, Gov. Jim Doyle and Congressman Dave Obey. “(Your) wonderful gift makes all of this possible,” Doyle told the Larsens. Story and more photos inside. - Photo by Nancy Jappe

Man charged in motorcyclist’s death 24-year-old Minneapolis man loses life in Polk County crash PAGE 2

A summer vacation story Currents feature

Lack of county leadership noted

Polk County’s public relations director comments at meeting PAGE 6

SCF School Board denies Xcel easement 3-2 vote comes after months of debate PAGE 3

Man gets a deal on seized Porsche

Half of proceeds from sale will go to state, rest to city for related costs PAGE 3

Guard battalion is nation’s best Cycle tour will end at SCFalls Currents section

Stamp funds giving area streams a lift

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Members include local residents IRAQ — A Wisconsin Army National Guard infantry battalion currently serving on active duty in Iraq has been selected as the top battalion in the nation’s National Guard.

Local members of the battalion include Michael Jacobson, Nicholas J. Nelson and Sean Smith, among others. Jacobson and his wife, Rachael, live in St. Croix Falls.

Nelson and his wife, Kayla, live in Polk County and he works as a police officer for the village of Luck. Smith is from Centuria.

Nelson is expected home on leave in September and will hopefully be present for the birth of his first child.

Eau Claire-based 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry will receive the Walter T. Kerwin Jr. Award for Readiness and Training as the outstanding National Guard unit for 2009. The award will be presented in October at the annual meeting of the Association of the United States Army in Washington, D.C.

First Battalion, 128th Infantry is now in Iraq, about midway through a one-year mobilization that began in February.

“This is one of those things that happens when you least expect it,” said Lt. Col. Leland Ward, the battalion commander. “All I know for sure is this is something that no one individual can claim. It is the collective effort of everyone from the soldiers of the battalion to the leadership at the 32nd Brigade and state headquarters,” Ward said in an email from Iraq.

The Kerwin award is named for Gen. Walter T. “Dutch” Kerwin Jr., a former Army vice chief of staff who was the first commander of U.S. Army Forces Command when it was established in 1976.

FORSCOM was charged with ensuring the readiness and training of all Army units - active, Guard and reserve - in the United States.

Ward gives special credit for the award to his battalion’s noncommissioned officer corps.

“In this ‘Year of the NCO’ I would be remiss not to mention our focus on firstline leaders and their daily effort to en-

sure the attention to detail required to maintain our readiness rate and mission focus,” Ward said.

First Battalion, 128th Infantry is headquartered in Eau Claire and includes Detachment 1 of the Headquarters Company in Abbotsford; Company A in Menomonie; Company B in New Richmond and Detachment 1 of Company B in Rice Lake; Company C in Arcadia and Detachment 1 of Company C in Onalaska; and Company D in River Falls.

The battalion has about 600 soldiers assigned to units presently operating in Iraq at Forward Operating Bases Future, Cropper and Liberty near the Baghdad International Airport, and at Ashraf. The battalion’s missions are expected to be completed in January 2010. - with information from National Guard, LTC Tim Donovan

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A Minneapolis man riding this 2007 Yamaha motorcycle lost his life in an accident Sunday afternoon at the intersection of Hwy. 65 and CTH F in the town of Garfield in Polk County. - Photo from Polk County Sheriff’s Department

Man charged in motorcyclist’s death Driver of van charged with homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle, hit and run AMERY – Christopher Lyman, 38, Amery, was charged Monday with homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle and hit and run involving death following an accident that resulted in the death of a 24-year-old Minneapolis man on Sunday, Aug. 9, at about 4 p.m.

Jason O’Malley was declared dead at the scene.

Lyman It was Polk County’s third motorcycle fatality in 2009 and fifth road death.

According to witnesses, Lyman was driving west on CTH F and failed to stop at the stop sign at the intersection with Hwy. 65, pulling out in front of an oncoming motorcycle, driven by O’Malley.

O’Malley tried to avoid Lyman’s 2002 Honda Odyssey, but was unable to do so.

Witnesses reported O’Malley’s motorcycle struck the corner of Lyman’s van, careened into the southbound lane and collided with a 1992 Dodge Grand Caravan operated by Juanita Lauritsen, 55, Balsam Lake, and then continued northbound, striking a Honda Passport, driven

Services Thursday

by James Stauner, 38, St. Croix Falls.

Stauner’s 6-year-old daughter, Allison, a passenger in his vehicle, was injured.

She was taken to Amery Regional Hospital and then airlifted to Regions Hospital where she was treated and released hours later.

Lyman left the scene of the accident, traveling north on Hwy. 65. Other motorcyclists who witnessed the crash, followed Lyman and police arrested him approximately 2.5 miles north of the crash scene. A deputy observed in his report that Lyman had an odor of intoxicants and had no explanation as to what occurred, or why he left the scene of the accident.

The deputy also reported seeing a gouge in the blacktop from the van’s wheel rim scraping it for “as far as he could see.” Lyman was apparently under the influence of alcohol and was given a preliminary breath test, which registered .14.

When questioned, Lyman said he stopped at the intersection, and when he entered it, a motorcycle ran into him. He said he saw the motorcycle wobble after hitting him, but he didn’t know what happened after that. He also said he stopped his vehicle when he saw his tire come off.

Lyman was arrested and taken to a nearby hospital for a blood draw. He was later booked into the Polk County Jail. He was released Monday on a $50,000 bond, with 10 percent cash posted and the balance signature.

Pictured are two of the three vehicles involved in the fatality. The top photo shows a Honda Passport and the bottom photo shows the van driven by Christopher Lyman. - Photos from Polk County Sheriff’s Department Lyman is scheduled in court on Wednesday, Sept. 29, at 1:30 p.m. before Judge Molly GaleWyrick. If convicted of either felony, Lyman could be sentenced for up to 25 years in prison. – with information from the Polk County Sheriff’s Department .

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ST. PAUL - Services for Jason O’Malley, 24, the Minneapolis man who lost his life in the motorcycle accident last Thursday, will be held this Thursday at noon at Wulff Funeral Home Jason O’Malley on White Bear Avenue in St. Paul.

O’Malley is survived by a wife, Cassie, parents, Dennis O’Malley and Linda Raeker, brother, Jared and sister, Genia. – with information from twincities.com

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PV2 Tyler E. Berdal and PFC Andy Tyler graduated from U.S. Army Advanced Individual Training, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., July 31. Berdal and Tyler were in a group of 30 out of the 150 in their graduating class who received awards in high test scores and physical fitness. The parents of Tyler Berdal are Eric Anderson of Woodbury, Minn., and Gretchen Berdal Calabria of Somerset. The parents of Andy Tyler are Michael Tyler of Frederic, and Jenelle and Ralph Britton of Frederic. - Photo submitted

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POLK COUNTY- Some Polk County residents enjoyed a free light show Saturday evening when continuous flashes of lightning lit up the skies over Luck and Balsam Lake for more than an hour as a storm front moved through the area. Atmospheric charges produced an estimated 20 to 30 flashes of lightning a minute. The lightning was related to the same storm system that produced tornadoes, heavy wind and hail in the Minnesota and western Wisconsin region.

••• FREDERIC - Hazel Bohn will celebrate her 102nd birthday with family and friends on Aug. 27 at the Comforts of Home at 105 Oak Street East in Frederic. The celebration will take place from 2 to 4 p.m.

••• DAIRYLAND - Members of the Dairyland Fire and Rescue Squad were among volunteers on the set of the “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” at the home of Howie and Jessie Huber in South Range, in the town of Oakland, just south of Superior.

The volunteers were on hand in case of the need for medical or other emergency help.

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••• BURNETT COUNTY - One of U.S. Bank’s customers received a counterfeit $50 bill recently. The bill was obviously counterfeit, printed on slippery and heavy paper.

Apparently the business which accepted the bill did not use their marking pen, which identifies most bogus bills. – submitted ••• GRANTSBURG - The Friends of Crex will host a Giants of the Waterbird World seminar for the general public at Crex Meadlows Wildlife Education Center on Saturday, Aug. 22, from 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The seminar will feature presentations by waterbird experts from Wisconsin and Minnesota, a catered lunch and an afternoon field trip with the experts. Those interested may contact Cindy at 715-463-2739 or e-mail cynthia/bertalan@wisconsin.gov, or download the registration form at crexmadows.org/events/htm. - with information from Crex Meadows Wildlife Area ••• GRANTSBURG - The Burnett County Agricultural Fair and Burnett County 4-H will sponsor a talent show at the fair on Sunday, Aug. 30, at 1 p.m. This fourth-annual talent show will feature three open class categories to include junior (primary performer 12 and under), teen (primary performer 1319), and adult (over 20). In addition, there will be separate junior and teen categories open to 4-H members only. Musical acts including singing or playing an instrument are encouraged, as well as dancing or other types of talent. All acts must be amateur and suitable for a family audience. Acts will be judged on criteria such as audience appeal, originality and skillfulness. Entry information is due by Aug. 26. Entry forms can be found on the Web at burnett.uwex.edu/4h. submitted ••• POLK COUNTY - Polk County’s Alzheimer’s Association 2009 Memory Walk is seeking applicants for a honorary chairperson. They are looking for the person or family traveling the journey of Alzheimer’s. Applications need to be completed by Aug. 31 and may be obtained from Gloria Bauer, 715-268-6644, email:gloria.bauer@alz.org or Denise Olson/Monica Koenig, 715-268-9949, email:riverbend@amerytel.net. - submitted ••• TURTLE LAKE - Wisconsin Colorfest Weekend is a new event co-sponsored by the Turtle Lake Lions and the Turtle Lake Chamber of Commerce. The event, scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Oct. 17 and 18, will capitalize on popular events that have existed in Turtle Lake (model train show, gun show). For more information persons may email asst@turtlelakewi.com. The event also has a Web site at wisconsincolorfest.com. – with submitted information ••• OSCEOLA – Osceola Medical Center is forming a Patient and Family Advisory Council to give community members an opportunity to provide feedback and act as a sounding board on services. Anyone 18 years old or older interested in joining the council is eligible to apply. A group of 10 people will be selected for membership. For more information or an application, contact Dawn Olson at 715-294-5629. –from OMC

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School board denies Xcel easement

3-2 vote comes after months of debate

by Tammi Milberg ST. CROIX FALLS –The school board for St. Croix Falls met Aug. 11 to make a decision on granting or denying an easement to Xcel Energy to run the Chisago Power Line 161 kV on school property.

The issue was in front of the school board since December when Xcel representative Phil Lysdahl first spoke to the board about the proposal. The idea for changing the route of the mediated 2000 settlement agreement between the cities of St. Croix Falls and Taylors Falls and Xcel Energy and Dairyland Power for the Chisago Project line route came from St. Croix Falls Mayor Darrell Anderson who stated at the July 28 board meeting he thought it would be a better solution for residents of Blanding Woods Road to move the route to school property. He also indicated at that time he is the one who keeps having Xcel representatives come back to the school because he stated at that time he would not give up

on it until it went through.

Despite Anderson’s conviction, the school board had the final say on the alternate route proposal for the line to be buried on school property, and they voted to deny Xcel Energy the easement.

Much comment was received that evening by the board before they took their final vote. The first to speak was former St. Croix Falls Mayor Terry Lundgren, who was the mayor at the time of the mediated settlement agreement and line route approval in 2000.

Lundgren stated he was present not to persuade the board one way or the other, but to provide them with information. Lundgren stated that the sole purpose for routing the line on Blanding Woods Road was not for infrastructure or new roads as presented at a previous meeting by another party. Rather, Lundgren stated that the foremost reason was the EMFs and the location of the line that would impact the fewest residents of the city. The second reason, he indicated, was the scenic preservation of the St. Croix River Valley, and the final reason was the improvements that needed

Man and woman attempt to register as domestic partners BURNETT COUNTY - A man and woman who inquired about registering as domestic partners under the new Wisconsin domestic partnership law, were turned away at the clerk of court’s office this past week.

The couple apparently didn’t want to get married but wanted the same rights as a domestic partnership, as defined by the new law.

Only same-sex couples are eligible to register under the new law which gives same-sex couples 43 of the 200 benefits married couples enjoy under the law, such as hospital visitation, medical leave and inheritance rights.

Some have argued that all unions – same- and opposite-sex, alike – should take on the form of legal partnerships – with marriage reserved as a religious option for those who choose to partake.

Burnett County is one of a handful of counties in the state to yet register a same-sex couple under the new law.

Polk County has had two couples complete the registration process.

A state survey shows that more than

440 same-sex couples applied to join Wisconsin’s domestic partnership registry in its first week.

Dane County reported the most by far with 115 couples. Milwaukee County came in second with 52.

There are about 14,000 same-sex couples in Wisconsin, according to U.S. Census figures.

Applicants need to sign a document in front of a notary and file it with the register of deeds to become official.

There are several criteria that must be met before two people can forge a domestic partnership in the state. They must be unmarried, legally divorced or not in any other domestic partnership.

Both people must be at least 18 years old and can’t be in closer relation to each other than second cousins. They must live at the same residence or be in the process of moving to a shared home.

Both parties must also be of the same gender. - Gary King with information from Associated Press

Seized Porsche goes for $8,156

by Tammi Milberg ST. CROIX FALLS – One may wonder how the city of St. Croix Falls ended up in possession of a 1997 Porsche, or how they sold it for just over $8,000. St. Croix Falls Police Chief Jack Rydeen elaborated on the details Tuesday morning, after the city council accepted the bid for purchase Monday night at the regular council meeting.

Rydeen stated that the vehicle was seized in April 2008 after a Minnesota driver was pulled over by St. Croix Falls police for OWI. In this case, it was an OWI-third offense, and the driver was flagged by the state of Minnesota DOT that if he received a drunk driving citation within a certain date, the order was to seize the vehicle. The vehicle was a 1997 Porsche. Even though the order was to seize the vehicle, it still had to go through the court process where Polk County Judge Molly GaleWyrick signed off on the seizure and the district attorney helped with the process to obtain the vehicle.

According to Rydeen, the owner did not fight the seizure of the vehicle.

Once seized, the police department and city had to store the vehicle until the city determined what should be its

fate.

Rydeen said that it is unrealistic for the police department to utilize a Porsche and that it was taking up space in the police garage. He stated that the city decided to solicit for bids for the vehicle, and the council opened those bids and awarded the vehicle to the highest bidder Aug. 10.

The Blue Book value of the vehicle was estimated to be between $10,000 and $12,000. The winning bid, the city determined, should be no less than $8,000. When the bids were opened, only one bid made that requirement.

Local Keith Hartman won the bid of $8,156.

Rydeen stated that in a vehicle seizure, half of the proceeds from the sale must go to the state. Rydeen said the half of the sale goes to the state police school fund. The rest will reimburse the city’s cost of storing and insuring the vehicle for 15 to 16 months, with any leftover to go to the police department, which Rydeen states will be a small amount. “We needed to do something with it,” he said. The council accepted the bid from Hartman as the purchaser of the Porsche.

to be done to Louisiana and Blanding Woods Road with the contribution from Xcel Energy to make those improvements.

Lundgren stated that since the issue came to his attention, that EMFs have been a concern and were the main concern about the line. “A study in 1979 of children exposed to high voltage lines had a higher risk of developing cancers, especially leukemia,” he said, adding that in 1987, another study was done which was the first to establish a direct link between cancer and EMFs. He also stated that the line could be upgraded from a 161 kV to a 230 kV within 20 years and that the EMFs emitted would increase with the higher voltage. Lundgren added that the residents on Blanding Woods were notified by the Wisconsin Public Service Commission when the line proposal came up and a second time when the PSCW approved the route. Lundgren stated that the reason that there are not conclusive studies about EMFs being dangerous or not is due to lobbyists paid by rich corporations like utility companies and insurance companies to distort the facts. He concluded saying to the board, “The rerouting of the line and granting an easement for the sake of a few dollars is not in the best interest of the residents and the children.”

The easement package with Xcel was never really defined except the initial indication of $50,000 and possibly connecting the roadway on school property from Louisiana Street to Maple Drive. At the Aug. 11 meeting, mention of $50,000 and another $100,000 in dollar amounts from Xcel to the school was also made, but not in specifics.

Pam Rasmussen of Xcel Energy addressed the board responding to Lundgren’s comments. She stated, “The line is built for a 161 kV and that is all we can build. There are no plans to build a 230 kV through the cities of Taylors Falls or St. Croix Falls.” She also addressed the EMF information presented stating, “The studies Mr. Lundgren presented are not cause and effect.”

Phil Peterson, Blanding Woods resident, asked the board, “Is it in the best

See Xcel, page 7

Hertel man airlifted after motorcycle/deer accident HERTEL - A 34-year-old Hertel man remains in a Twin Cities hospital this week, being treated for injuries sustained when he was knocked off a motorcycle by a deer last Thursday evening, Aug. 6.

Mark L. Pettis Jr. sustaining serious head injuries in the accident and was airlifted to North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale, Minn.

According to a Burnett County Sheriff’s report, Pettis was eastbound on Dake Road in the town of LaFollette when a deer attempted to jump over the motorcycle and hit Pettis, knocking him from his bike.

“Mark was riding on a country road, trying out the Harley he had been working on,” noted his mother, Joey. “He was going about 40 mph and being followed by a car because he didn’t know if the bike would run.”

Joey said her son physically is doing “extremely well,” but that doctors are monitoring for possible brain damage.

The left side of Mark’s brain is the most damaged, possibly from being kicked in the head by the deer that jumped over him and the motorcycle. He also fell on the right side and that is where the subdural bleeding occurred.

“He will have a long recovery, but he now has a good start,” Joey noted. - Gary King, with Burnett County Sheriff’s report, submitted information

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Fraudulent checks problem in Frederic Scuba equipment donated to police department

by Brenda Sommerfeld FREDERIC – During the monthly Frederic Village Board meeting Monday evening, police Chief RJ Severude brought forward a letter and check that had been brought to him by a resident of Frederic. The check was in the amount of $4,670, stating that more would come if the recipient contacted a tax agent.

This is one of many fraudulent checks that are sent out in FedEx or UPS packages that end up costing the recipients money if they try cashing them.

“My desk is literally flooded with these things and there’s not much I can do unless we can catch and prosecute,” Severude said.

“They’re sending them FedEx because they’re not violating the federal postal laws,” Trustee Kerry Brendel stated.

Checks are not the only form of false money coming in. Visa gift cards, travelers checks, money orders and counterfeit bills are also being seen throughout Frederic and surrounding towns. Recently, some businesses have seen fake $20, $50 and $100 bills.

“You could tell (that it was fake) because the quality of the paper was thick and slick,” Brendel said of the bills, “but the quality of the print was really good on the front.”

Many businesses use a marker to check the authenticity of the bill and many banks will only cash checks for people with accounts, and they sometimes may call the check’s bank for verification.

Severude mentioned cases of local people selling things on Craigslist or eBay. “People will contact you and they will buy your merchandise and say I’m sending you a certified check it will be there tomorrow,” Severude stated. “They will then send a $1,000 check for a $150 item and ask that you take out what you need for shipping and send the rest back.”

If you are unsure of any kind of payment, the Frederic Police Department is willing to do research and find out if it is legit.

Scuba equipment donated Terry and Tracey Nooner presented Severude with scuba equipment before the meeting on Monday. Terry Nooner is

Watercross application tabled During the park board meeting, it was brought to the board’s attention that the assembly passed a no-wake bill for the lakes of Wisconsin. During the village board meeting, village Administrator Dave Wondra noted he will be studying the bill and if necessary bringing it to the village attorney before having the board decide on the watercross application.

The application will be looked at once again during the September meeting.

Terry Nooner of St. Croix Scuba and Snorkeling, Hudson, donated scuba diving equipment to Frederic Police Chief RJ Severude and the police department before the meeting Monday, Aug. 10. – Photo by Brenda Sommerfeld the owner of St. Croix Scuba and Snorkeling out of Hudson.

After discovering Severude had rescue-diving experience but hadn’t dived in three years because of lack of equipment, Nooner decided to donate a full set of gear.

“They donated me $2,500 - $3,000 worth of dive equipment, school and training through their company,” Severude stated to the village board.

“A big part of my business is supporting these teams and providing training and equipment to them,” Nooner explained. “We’re finding the value of this asset is growing every day. There’s a big purpose, not only finding things but just providing underwater support.”

Items sent to planning commission Three items, the Legion property across from Coon Lake Park, a mobilehome park application and retail store request to be built on the feed-mill property, were addressed during the meeting.

It was decided by the board the items be sent to the planning commission for their recommendations.

According to Phil Knuf, the Legion held a meeting and decided to give the Legion property back to the village at no cost, because the Legion was given the property by the village at no cost. The

village board asks the planning commission to suggest ideas of what shall be done with the property once a formal deal is done.

Virginia Cockerham filed an application and site plan to set up a mobilehome park on their apartment-building property on Third Street and Linden. The board asks the planning commission to study the appropriate requirements and site plan and furthermore look into the need for another mobile-home park in the village of Frederic, being two are already in the village.

A request to build a retail store on the feed-mill lot was asked of the village.

After closed session, the board directed the administrator to update the planning commission of the request and ask them to review zoning ordinances and site plan information for the property.

Other business • Kristi Swanson was appointed clerk/deputy treasurer and Wondra appointed treasurer/deputy clerk.

• The planning commission’s recommendation for the TIF district No. 3 amendment was accepted.

• Trustee William Johnson IV will attend the quarterly meeting of the St. Croix Valley Municipal Association in Hammond. Any concerns you would like forwarded on may be brought to him.

• The fire department, EMS and police department have concerns about finding addresses if homes are not numbered correctly. They ask that numbers be displayed so they are easy to read from the road.

• U-turns were discussed as becoming a problem on Main Street. Severude stated it is illegal to make midblock uturns on any double-yellow line. It is, however, legal to make U-turns at intersections where there is not a double yellow line. The Frederic Police Department will be looking into putting up signs in the middle of the street and having an officer patrol the street to warn people.

• Sen. Russ Feingold’s office will be holding hours in Frederic on Thursday, Aug. 20, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

A resident of Frederic received a fraudulent check including this letter. The check for $4,760 and letter, stating more would be coming if the recipient contacted a tax agent, came FedEx. – submitted

Jobless homeowners also pinched for leeway on mortgage payments

STATEWIDE – A lot of people are modifying their mortgages to reduce monthly payments, in an effort to stretch dollars and avoid foreclosure. But for many of the more than 289,000 Wisconsinites out of work, loan modification may not be an option.

For someone who’s just lost their job and perhaps collecting unemployment, a reduced house payment probably would

be welcome. But there’s just one catch, according to Lew Ameel, a housing specialist with HUD-approved HBC Services of Waukesha. Lenders do not consider unemployment as a reliable income. He adds if someone’s been laid off for two months, that means they have maybe seven to nine months of unemployment and that’s just not going to support a modification in the long term.

Ameel says lenders don’t want to go through all of the paperwork, only to have a homeowner default when their unemployment runs dry. To lower those monthly payments, Ameel says a homeowner needs a job, even if it’s part time.

Bob Borremans of the SW Wisconsin Workforce Development Board says finding even a part-time job in Rock County can be tough these days. Resi-

dents are looking for any kind of work and there are not very many jobs. He says in the month of June there were only 57 jobs listed in Rock County. During that same month –according to the Web site Foreclosure Alarm – there were three times as many open foreclosure filings. – Wisconsin Public Radio (Kristen Durst)

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Board votes to go by ordinance in fence dispute between neighbors

by Nancy Jappe SIREN – Two neighbors, Chuck Keith and Tim D’Jock, came to the Aug. 6 Siren Village Board meeting looking for settlement of a 16-year-old argument over a fence between their two properties.

After considerable discussion and in accordance with the requirements of the village ordinance, D’Jock was told to make the fence he constructed look the same, meaning as good, on the Keith side as it does on his own side.

Keith gave the OK to have D’Jock’s contractors walk close to his side of the fence while making the changes. Keith also agreed to take down the Do Not Trespass signs he put up when the fence is approved. Village board member Tom Anderson said he would be on-site once the changes in the fence are made.

Board member Dave Alden spoke out in what he termed “a bold decision that will not make people happy.” “We have got a situation we are going to have to address with fences,” Alden said. “We

Chuck Keith

Tim D’Jock have an ordinance in place (that requires that the good side of a fence is to face the neighbor’s yard). I believe, at this time, that we have to follow the ordinance.

D’Jock will have to change the fence. It is what it is, and we have got to be consistent.”

Rudy Mothes was the only board member who voted against the motion to fix the fence, telling the board that he thought the situation between the two neighbors should go to an arbiter or judge to make the decision on what should be done.

Josh Henry, who was unable to attend the meeting, sent a letter of views on this issue, recommending that the board take no action. Luanne Swanson, who was out of town, also sent a letter stating her belief that the fence should be brought up to code.

“If it is in the ordinance, the good side has to be toward the neighbor. That is the way it has got to be,” commented Don Peterson, a meeting attendee who

lives on Lone Star Road.

Board member Dave Doty pointed out the need for the village board to guard against setting precedent. “As a board member, the only thing I have to go by is the ordinance,” Doty said.

Anderson brought a deck of cards and a quarter to the meeting, offering the two neighbors a chance to cut a card or flip a coin to see whether the fence would stay the way it was or if it would be turned around. “Maybe you can settle it this way. Something is going to happen. You are going to fight forever. There is no way we can do this and come out right,” Anderson said.

Anderson’s offer of settlement this way was rejected.

Alden stated that he was very sincere about being consistent, that this is the reason he is on the village board. He also advocated being consistent with setting a time limit for situations such as this.

By motion, the board set the time limit for the fence to be done before the end of the year.

“This conversation is over,” concluded village Administrator Randy Surbaugh.

The village is starting use of an automatic meter-reading system that will allow village meter readers to use a handheld unit to get the amount that is owed on water bills. Billing can then be sent out within a few days after the reading is taken.

Water-service customers will be sent a letter asking for their cooperation in allowing meter readers to access and upgrade every meter in the village. “It will be much nicer when it is all done,” Surbaugh said.

Two special items came out in Surbaugh’s monthly report to the board.

The roads, streets and utilities committee has voted to limit parking on the east side of Hwy. 35/70 between Main and Johnson streets to 30 minutes rather than the current two hours. Also, according

Drive-in and minigolf coming to Grantsburg Village moving on pool repair, golf course lease, razing buildings

by Gregg Westigard GRANTSBURG – A new drive-in restaurant with minigolf course will open in Grantsburg next spring. Approval of the project was one of the actions at the monthly meeting of the Grantsburg Village Board Monday evening, Aug. 10. The board also took steps forward on a golf course lease, repair of the pools and razing hazardous buildings.

The new drive-in and minigolf course will be west of the Espresso Cabin on

SOS for Schools set DANBURY/HERTEL - Danbury area schools are sending out an SOS for needed school supplies.

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The Supply Our Schools drive at Danbury runs from 8 a.m., Monday, Aug.17, through midnight, Friday, Aug. 21. All donated items will be distributed to schools in the Danbury area. – from St. Croix Tribe

Hwy. 70. Wade Vitalis, owner of the new operation, told the board that he will build a family-friendly destination place similar to his drive-in in Taylors Falls, Minn. He said he has run that drive-in since 1988, and has looked for the right location for a second drive-in for several years. Vitalis said the drive-in and minigolf will be open May through midOctober. It will have carports and patio seating. A member of Grace Baptist Church, across the road, extended a welcome to the addition to the village as a nice option for young children.

Golf course It has been over two years since a group of local residents leased the village golf course. David Huff, a member of the leasing group, wrote that the operation has been a success, both with the public and financially. He said it is now time to look at a long-term lease with a private operator, John Addison. Addison was hired in March to run the course, Huff says, and has proven his ability to operate the course with energy and enthusiasm. The village is working out lease details with a fall deadline for approval.

Swimming pool The swimming pool and wading pool need work to bring them up to new safety standards. The village has contracted with Southport Engineered Systems, Eau Claire, to prepare the design plans for the pool work. Once that design has been approved by the state, the village will be able to hire a contractor to do the construction work.

The council is also taking steps to see that several vacant and dilapidated buildings are removed. The village has

obtained legal advice on how to see that these buildings can be razed. In summary, the recommendation is for the village building inspector to examine the property and estimate the repair costs in comparison to the property value. If the building is presumed unrepairable, a court order could be obtained for the owner to raze the property. The village has a list of buildings that may hazardous and unsightly.

There was progress on a new fire station. It was announced that the Grantsburg Fire Association has accepted the village’s offer for the McNally property as the site for the new fire hall. The association will make three annual payments of $45,000 for the land and will pay a special assessment of $2,242 for curb and gutters. The association can now proceed with its application for federal stimulus construction grants.

Other items Duke Tucker reported that the snowmobile watercross was a success again this year and raised funds for the hockey association. The council gave approval for another watercross next year.

Crissy Peterson, a local Girl Scout, told the council of her project to make warm hats (helmet liners) for soldiers flying from Iraq to Germany on their return home. The military transport planes are not well heated.

And the council approved a zoning variance to allow operation of a gas station and used car dealership at the J.R. County Store. The long-closed business at the north end of Oak Street should now be reopened. Council members Jim Nelson and Glenn Rolloff are part owners of the business and removed themselves from the action.

Tom Anderson – Photos by Nancy Jappe to Surbaugh, short of raising the mill rate, the tax levy for the village will be essentially the same in 2010 as it was in 2009 being that the assessment roll shows there was very close to zero growth in the village in the last year.

Actions taken by the board: Approval of changing the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Capes Street to a four-way stop to slow down the traffic. Approval of recommendation that all new or reconstructed driveways on curbed streets must be built with a concrete apron a minimum of three feet back from the curb or up to five feet where there is sidewalk.

Approval of a recommendation to increase part-time officer Chris Olsen’s salary after one year. Award of bid for paving of the alleys in the southeast neighborhood project to the low bidder by $400, Monarch Paving. Taylor Paving was the other bidder.

Meeting schedules: Buildings, Grounds and Parks – Wednesday, Aug. 12, 8:30 a.m. Personnel and Finance – Thursday, Aug. 20, 9 a.m. Public Safety – Wednesday, Aug. 19 – 9 a.m. Roads, Streets and Utilities – Thursday, Aug. 20, 10:30 a.m. Plan Commission – Wednesday, Aug. 26, 10 a.m.

Bill Bittner Memorial Dixieland Band to perform for Music in the Park SIREN – On Thursday, Aug. 13, the Bill Bittner Memorial Dixieland Band will be playing at the Siren band shell at Crooked Lake as part of the ongoing Music in the Park series. About 20 years ago, Bill Bittner (recently retired Siren band director at that time) decided to put together a little entertainment for a pancake supper that was planned to help raise money for the “new” band uniforms that were being purchased. It’s all history from there.

After that first gig, Bittner started looking for more music and started writing arrangements of various church hymns. Along the way more songs were added to the repertoire and requests for performances were coming in. The band has had various members over the years and has played for numerous events such as church services, fundraising events, retirement parties, variety shows and Music in the Park events. Current members of the group are Brad Anderson, Bryn Anderson, Adam Bever, Rachel Erickson, Joe Lindberg and Robert Lindberg. Come on out and enjoy some great Dixieland jazz. - submitted

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P O L K

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Lack of county leadership noted at personnel committee Department cuts operating costs

by Gregg Westigard BALSAM LAKE – Andrea Jerrick, Polk County employee relations director, talked about the county’s lack of leadership during closing comments at the end of the personnel committee meeting last Thursday, Aug. 6.

The committee has approved the department’s 2010 staffing plan and budget, supported a four-day week, and recommended a pay freeze for management employees earlier in the meeting.

“It is difficult not to have leadership,” Jerrick said. “For example, during the

discussion on the four-day week, there was no leadership to survey the staff on their thoughts. That is the kind of thing an administrator would do. These jobs now go to those who will speak up.

There is much stress right now. No one knows the direction we are going. And there is no way for the staff to be heard.”

Despite that void, the personnel committee moved ahead with several items in preparation for the 2010 budget and staffing review. Jerrick said the three-person department is requesting $6,375 less in operations for the next year, reducing the budgeted operating expense from $17,500 to $11,125. She said the department has found ways to be more efficient since it was split off from administration

two years ago.

The five-committee members, Russ Arcand, Pat Schmidt, Gerald Newville, Herschel Brown, and Keith Rediske, discussed how to hold the county board session on capital projects without having to pay the extra cost for two meetings.

The petition for the capital spending session originated at a previous personnel meeting. They agreed to ask county board Chair Bryan Beseler to start the August board meeting early and agenda the capital projects debate, with the understanding that they would withdraw the petition if Beseler agreed. Beseler later accepted the proposal, the extra meeting was cancelled, and the county saved $2,300.

The committee agreed that it will probably not approve pay raises for the nonunion employees and voted to recommend the four-day week to the county board, with Schmidt opposing the later idea. (See separate stories on these issues.)

All county department staffing plans must be submitted by Thursday, Aug. 13, and the personnel committee will start listening to the department staffing and budget presentations in a series of meetings the week of Aug. 17. The final 2010 budget and staffing plan recommendations must be finalized by Oct. 8 in preparation for the October county board meeting.

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CTH W in West Sweden gets visit

West Sweden Town Chair Dennis O’Donnell (back) and Polk County Highway Committee member Dean Johansen (right front) listened to Jim Pankonien, highway superintendent, explain the difficulties involved in fixing CTH W. Photo by Gregg Westigard

Repair could cost $14 million

by Gregg Westigard WEST SWEDEN - CTH W in West Sweden may remain a rough road for a long time.

The Polk County Highway Committee and West Sweden Town Chair Dennis O’Donnell toured the stretch from Frederic north to the Burnett County line last Thursday, Aug. 6.

The group saw the condition of the pavement and the dips and turns in the road rated the worst in Polk County.

O’Donnell was then told that a rebuild of the seven-mile stretch could cost up to $14 million, and the county’s 20-percent share of that project could exceed the $2.5 million the county borrowed for the present six-year road plan.

At a stop by the Skol Haus, Jim Pankonien from the highway depart-

ment explained some of the problems.

He said that there are five low spots along the road that are often underwater in the spring. But the road at those points is laid over marshland with solid ground over 20 feet below the road surface. New fill might sink the road back into the marsh. He said that once in the past, a new layer of pavement on a stretch of the road caused the stretch to flip over, with the pavement on the bottom and fill on the top. On a stretch farther north, through a grove of large pines, there is nowhere for snowmelt to run off and no sunlight on the shaded surface. The stretch is often a sheet of ice in the spring, Pankonien said. A fix there would require cutting the trees and straightening, raising and ditching the road.

O’Donnell was told that some lifting and patching work is included in future highway budgets, but a rebuild is not a part of the six-year plan.

Excel/from page 3 interest to put this line on Blanding Woods Road?”

Barbara Singerhouse, parent of St. Croix Falls school children, addressed the board about EMFs as well. She also addressed the persons on Blanding Woods who were shaking their heads saying they were not notified of the route. “The notification from the PSCW was done in an orderly, state-mandated fashion. I’m sorry if you do not agree, but I have documentation from the PSCW that shows all the property owners and homeowners on that route were notified.”

Singerhouse also stated she has found studies of EMFs from the World Health Organization, National Center for Disease Control and other entities that evidence direct relation of electromagnetic fields and exposure and health risks to humans.

“I have handed you out some EMF information tonight and a post card with a forever stamp on it. That stamp is like this easement. If you grant the easement, it’s forever. The school board’s job is not to be friends with the city. It is to do what’s best for the children. When you are gone, what you decide tonight is forever.”

The board asked questions of some of the people in the audience. One of the questions that came up was the discussion from the July 28 meeting by Darrell Anderson about the city having problems with the line near city utilities if the power line were built under Blanding Woods Road. Xcel’s Rasmussen stated that there are no issues of the city having interference with the line being near the city’s water line because the line is encased in concrete and is far enough away from other utilities under roadways.

Anderson stated that the issue was the city would have to hire specialists to get to the line if the utilities were near the city water lines, and that they could not call local diggers if a water main broke.

After questions were answered, board members took their stance on the issue.

Board president Mona Schmidt spoke first stating that she has looked at Xcel’s

County board back to one meeting

by Gregg Westigard BALSAM LAKE – The Polk County Board will have one, not two, meetings on Tuesday, Aug. 18.

A petition to hold a session to discuss the county’s capital spending in next year’s budget would have resulted in double meetings with double payments to the supervisors.

The issue has been resolved. County board Chair Bryan Beseler has set the start of a single meeting at 4 p.m. and added capital projects to the agenda. The petitioners have withdrawn the petition.

The county is saving $2,300.

The monthly board meeting will review and discuss 2010 capital improvement requests at the 4 p.m. part of the meeting. There will also be a discussion of the current status of the budget. The board might have time for a brief supper break before starting the main part of the meeting at 6:30 p.m.

There are two resolutions that will impact the county. The first is approval of the capital improvement projects for 2010. These projects, which will have been reviewed earlier in the meeting, are now projected to account for $2 million of the expected $3 million 2010 shortfall.

If funding for the projects portion of the budget is resolved, the board and departments should know what money remains for personnel and operations expenses and what cuts might be required. (See separate story on the CIP).

A second resolution could have an immediate affect on the county employees and the public. If approved, many Polk County offices and departments would operate on a four-day week with longer hours each day. The proposal would affect the Government Center Building,

not the Justice Center and the courts.

Employees would work four 10-hour days. Offices would be open in the early evening and closed on Fridays.

Reaction to the four-day week has been mixed. Some department heads say there have been requests from the working public for evening hours. Some employees are said to favor one less commute to work and an extra day free each week. But arguments have been raised for keeping the offices open on Fridays. County employee Karen Eitland said that taxpayers expect to have the offices open every day and said the longer hours would leave less time each day to spend with family. Supervisor Pat Schmidt said the change would result in less service to the public. She also expressed unhappiness that the building would sit empty one day a week.

The four-day/10-hour-per-day concept is projected to save a possible $60,000 per year. Most of that projected savings, $45,000, would come from reduced overtime pay, according to employee relations director Andrea Jerrick.

Property director Deb Peterson projects an additional reduction of $15,000 in utility costs. If the resolution is approved and agreements are worked out with the unions, this change could go into effect this October.

Other resolutions on the agenda establish fees for persons applying for domestic partnership licenses and a proposal to consolidate all accounting and billing functions into the finance office.

The meeting is open to the public and includes a period, during the 6:30 p.m. section of the meeting, for public comments.

data and data from other sources about EMFs and that while there is no basic conclusive evidence that EMFs cause cancer, there is enough evidence to suggest there is a link. “What concerns me is that this easement is forever. If the study comes out that it is conclusive in the future, we have it [EMFs] and it’s forever.

That’s a big deal to me.”

Max Fehrenbacher, board member, stated that if the board denied the easement because of EMFs, then maybe they should look at moving the playground and elementary school because of its location to Louisiana Street. He stated that he was in favor of the easement, and clarified it was “not just for the money.”

Board member Brent McCurdy stated, “I have been back and forth on this issue so many times it’s like I’m watching a tennis match. Last week I was considering this, but since then, I have gotten more calls from people concerned about their kids. To me $50,000 or $100,000 is not worth it. I can’t do anything about the line on Louisiana, but I can do something about this one.”

Board member Pat Mitchell stated that she has been reading on precautionary principle and that all of it has to do with looking out for the children of the world and the ecosystem. “We need to protect our kids. It was not coming through school grounds to begin with. The PSCW ordered it to go on Blanding Woods Road in the final order, that’s where is should go. I care about our kids. I don’t want to hurt them.” With that, Mitchell made the motion to deny the easement to Xcel Energy.

Brent McCurdy seconded the motion.

Before a roll call vote was taken, Schmidt asked Ken Stensven, the only board member who had not voiced an opinion that evening if he wanted to speak.

Stensven stated that he already expressed his concerns and felt his questions were answered. “We’re all going to vote for different reasons,” he said.

The roll call vote was Fehrenbacher no, Stensven no, Schmidt yes, McCurdy yes, and Mitchell yes. The motion to deny Xcel the easement passed 3-2.

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Health care reform: 1. Needed, but administration plan flawed 2. Too expensive - leave as is for now 3. Needed - go with Obama plan

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President Barack Obama 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, D.C. 20500 www.whitehouse.gov/contact/ Governor Jim Doyle P.O. Box 7863, Madison, WI 53707 wisgov@mail.state.wi.us

Congressman David Obey (7th District) 2462 Rayburn Office Bldg.

Washington, D.C. 20515 or Federal Building, Wausau, WI 54401 (715) 842-5606 Rep. Nick Milroy (73rd District) Room 221 North, State Capitol P.O. Box 8952, Madison 53708 E-mail: rep.milroy@legis.state.wi.us

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Rep. Ann Hraychuck (28th District) State Capitol, P.O. Box 8942 Madison, WI 53708 Phone: 608-267-2365 • Toll free: 888-529-0028 In-district: 715-485-3362 rep.hraychuck@ legis.state.wi.us Rep. Mary Hubler (75th District) Room 7 North, State Capitol P.O. Box 8952, Madison, WI 53708 or 1966 21-7/8 St., Rice Lake 54868 (715) 234-7421• (608) 266-2519 rep.hubler@legis.state.wi.us U.S. Senator Herb Kohl 330 Hart Senate Office Bldg.

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F O R U M Seen on real paper

There was some news that crossed our path this week and it was in the form of ink and real paper - as opposed to the virtual variety - and it made for some interesting, hands-on reading this week.

From a USA Today, fresh out of a news vending machine at a wayside, comes the following item: Unpaid property taxes hit localities. The number of Americans not paying their property taxes amid the recession and the brutal housing collapse has increased sharply - more than doubling in some parts of the country.

The article notes that tax collectors from South Florida to Wisconsin and Cleveland have noticed the increase in delinquencies. Dane County in Wisconsin, for example, has seen a $16 million increase in delinquent taxes.

Apparently, Burnett County is fortunate in not experiencing a noticeable decline. There was no word from Polk County as we went to put this edition to paper.

Thanks to Kate, a thoughtful daughter-in-law, for bringing back from Chicago a copy of the new downsized, commuter-friendly version of the Tribune. It’s a tabloid, the same width as the Leader, but nearly half as tall. In it, columnist Eric Zorn “calls the bluffs” about health care, praising U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner for saying, “Medicare – along with comprehensive coverage for active military, veterans and American Indians – is not only government-run health care – but it’s remarkably efficient.” Imperfect in some ways, of course, but “A pretty darn good model of what a public plan (covering everyone) might look like.” Zorn explains that Weiner double dared his constituents to vote yes on a proposal to do away with Medicare and then “go home and explain to your constituents how you’re so philosophically opposed to publicly funded health care that you voted to eliminate Medicare.”

On the facing page, editorialist Jonah Goldberg challenges the Cash for Clunkers program. “For starters, who says the smartest thing for people with working cars is to buy new ones? Personal debt is supposed to be a problem, so why not look at this as bribing consumers into taking out car loans they don’t need? Even with the $4,500 subsidy, not all of these customers are going to be paying cash for their new cars. So they’ll be swapping serviceable-butpaid-for cars for nicer cars that are owned by banks ...”

On to the Poynette Press, a colorless broadsheet weekly picked up at a truck stop. It announced on its front page this week, the closing of a bank on the Main Street of nearby Arlington. The article noted, however, that local business owners and residents said the closing of Associated Bank “will be an inconvenience but may leave an opening for another bank to come in.”

Small-town optimism at its best.

Over in Sparta, at Ginny’s Cupboard cafe, they give away the Something Local shopper, a monthly newsprint shopper that asks readers to “Catch the flavor of your hometown.”

Stuffed way in the back is an editorial promoting a “Shift Our Spending” campaign, aimed at keeping dollars spent by locals within Monroe County. “If residents of Monroe County would transition just 10 percent of their out-ofcounty retail spending to in-county spending, Monroe County businesses would gain an additional $5.5 million in sales to add to our local economy.”

That’s more than $700,000 more in local tax revenues to help community development, the op-ed notes.

Something for all of us to ponder.

And finally, the newly redesigned, 45-page Wisconsin Interest magazine, published by the “nonpartisan, not-for-profit institute working to engage and energize Wisconsinites and others in discussions and timely action on key public policy issues critical to the state’s future” arrived in the mail this week.

In an article “Wisconsin flunks its economics test,” the magazine spells out on its glossy paper how during the Doyle years, the state has “failed to create new jobs while descending to Alabama-level wages.” Minnesota and Iowa have higher per capita incomes and Iowa has smarter strategy, the article states.

Wisconsin ranks 47th over the past five years in change in personal income, lower than its 42nd position in the 10-year metric. The Badger State ranks 43rd in change in gross domestic product since 2000. A Princeton study found that Wisconsin had the third-worst migration pattern in the country. Our state, claims the article, is more attractive to low-income individuals than to highwage earners.

It was a nice change to scan the state, national and random news from hard copy this week. Perhaps no different than what can be found online – just a bit more fun to turn the pages.

Road deaths

Is the recent drop in road deaths due to the new law requiring seat belt usage?

July was the safest month of July on Wisconsin roads since World War II. A total of 44 people died in 43 traffic crashes, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

The deadliest Julys were in 1978 and 1979, each year seeing 114 road deaths.

Dennis Hughes, chief of safety programs for the DOT’s Bureau of Transportation Safety, called the drop in highways deaths “quite astonishing.” He says July was the first month for primary safety belt enforcement in the state, but there’s still not enough evidence to support that’s the reason for the drop.

Perhaps the economy has kept more people at home?

Time will tell, and should the death rate continue to remain below, or decline, it’s likely the focus may turn to motorcycle deaths - and ways to curb that number.

Exactly 100 people took part in the Leader’s informal Web poll when we asked the question “In light of the new seat belt law, should motorcycle riders be required to wear helmets?” The results: 67 yes, 33 no.

Many motorcycle riders will fight to keep that freedom of choosing not to wear a helmet. Helmets themselves can be dangerous, they claim, and helmet laws are simply unconstitutional.

But signs point to the issue resurfacing.

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Letters t o t h e e d i t o r Administration costs Here we go again. What to do about the money crunch? In the July 29 issue of the Leader I read that (Luck administrator) Palmer has stated that he has taken three steps to balance the budget and the only step left is to sock it to the property owners once again.

I beg to disagree. Step one should have been to trim the fat, starting with the office of grade school principal.

For what reason was the outgoing principal replaced? Why are we forced to pay a principal’s salary for someone to read to the kids, monitor the playground and wash tables in the cafeteria? Those tasks are for volunteers and minimum-wage earners.

Step two should have been to eliminate the office of administrator. Like I’ve already said, trim the fat.

I would like to make a comparison between the Luck School and Unity School, which has three times as many students as Luck. Does Unity have three times as much administration as Luck? Does it have six principals and three administrators? I don’t think so. They also have a school board that is the governing body of the school and they don’t have a need for all that fat to do their job for them.

As a property owner, I’ve seen our taxes go through the roof, at the same time as property values have gone through the floor. Is this what is known around the world as America the beautiful?

I’ll say it again, trim the fat, starting at the top where the big money is. That will balance the books and then some.

Balsam Lake, Wisconsin Interstate Park and the scenic boat ride at Taylors Falls, Minn.

The participants contributed to the economy of Polk County to the tune of $8,000 plus at retail businesses in the immediate area, not including sales taxes of which Polk County receives .5 percent. This amount does not include what our state organization paid for the use of the fairgrounds. They also collected and donated 101 pounds of nonperishable food items to the food shelf on Hwy. 8 at St. Croix Falls.

This size function would not be possible without the Polk County Information Center and the Falls Chamber of Commerce.

These valuable resources are what enable individuals and groups to bring these kinds of functions and dollars to our county. People from outside our county bring dollars into our economy and spread the word to friends about our great people and recreational opportunities.

It is my hope that we, as a county, cities and townships, have the foresight to continue to fund the Polk County Information Center, Polk County Fairgrounds and other community groups that encourage visitors to our region and help locals know how to contact public services when they are needed.

Jean Goossen Wisconsin State Director Good Sam Club Amery

Elmer Eliason Luck

Needed services As the Wisconsin state director of the Good Sam Club, I salute the Polk County Fair Association, Polk County Information Center, Falls Chamber of Commerce and the city of St. Croix Falls for the support we received in hosting our 2009 Wisconsin Samboree.

For those of you that do not know of the Good Sam Recreational Vehicle Owners Club, we are the largest RV owners club in the world. We number a million members worldwide and in Wisconsin we have over 13,000 members. Every year we hold a rally that we call a samboree.

This past June 16 through 21, we held our samboree at the Polk County Fairgrounds. We had 222 rigs present, and that is roughly 440 people. They enjoyed tours to the Polk County Historical Society in

What’s best?

In 2004, our family moved to 1630 River Road, St. Croix Falls Township, intent on having a small hobby farm.

Never did we think we were embarking on a losing battle for property rights.

Our realtor informed us we could have horses. Neighbors remembered the previous owner having a steer. Our coop and little barn had obviously been used. There was no reason to suspect keeping a few animals on the land would pose a problem.

We acquired about a dozen chickens. A year later, a neighbor learned of two horses

needing a home and connected us with their owners.

Another neighbor was curious about acquiring farm animals. She understood an applicable ordinance might exist and called the town hall.

Then she called us, apologizing with great concern that she had gotten us into trouble. We were all zoned residential and a special exception was required to keep farm animals. No one had known.

We applied for a special exception. I (Julie) attended the plan-commission hearing with two of our four children. We were treated extremely rudely - interrupted, scoffed at and disdainfully told remarks such as, “[The horses] will probably eat some noxious weed and die,” and, “Your neighbors won’t be able to sell their land because you have stinky chickens.” During the vote, when “discussion” was over, one member stood up, pointing his finger while yelling and lecturing, “Why didn’t you come to us first? What I want to know is why didn’t you come to us first?” Then the commission unanimously denied our request.

We appealed to circuit court. The town hired an attorney; we hired an attorney.

The attorneys agreed that perhaps relevant information had not been fully disclosed.

There had also been procedural irregularities. If we withdrew our appeal, we could have a rehearing.

By this time, we’d had horses for one year and chickens for two years.

The day before our rehearing, our attorney called, saying one of our next-door neighbors had made an “anonymous complaint.” We immediately visited our neighbors, all of whom assured us they had not, reiterating if they’d had any concerns they would have spoken to us first. One remarked that complaints cannot be made anonymously. Apparently, the town commission had taken our next-door neighbor’s original inquiry and renamed it a “complaint.” Our neighbor quickly wrote a note clarifying she had made an inquiry, not a complaint, and sent it to the township.

At the rehearing we addressed: Runoff into the river - There is no runoff.

Space - Several professional sources consulted recommend one-half to one acre per horse. We have more than two acres. Our farrier and the horses’ original owners wrote letters of support. Three additional experienced horse owners agreed our facilities were more than adequate.

National Park Service - The National Park Service’s two concerns were satisfied: no river runoff and good husbandry.

DNR - The DNR indicated no pertinent concerns.

ance in Canada, a similar battle was raging in the U.S., resulting in the passage of Medicare and sion. Trained as a minister, he Medicaid, giving guaranteed, had a feisty temperament and single-payer health care to sena popular oratorical style. ior citizens and the poor.

He moved into politics, Rush Limbaugh, Fox News joining the Co-operative Channel's Glenn Beck and inCommonwealth Federation surance-industry-funded party. After several years in groups are encouraging people Parliament, he led the CCF's Amy to disrupt town-hall meetings decisive victory in the Goodman with members of Congress. A province of Saskatchewan, number of the confrontations ushering in the first social have become violent, or at least democratic government in North Amer- threatening. Outside President Obama's ica.

Portsmouth, N.H., event, a protester Douglas became premier of with a pistol strapped to his thigh drew Saskatchewan, and pioneered a number further attention with a sign that read, of progressive policies there, including "It is time to water the tree of Liberty." the expansion of public utilities, union- Thomas Jefferson's complete quote, not ization and public auto insurance. But included on the sign, continues, "... with Douglas' biggest battle, for which he is the blood of tyrants and patriots." Limbest remembered, is the creation of uni- baugh says "24" is one of his favorite versal health insurance, called shows. He has even visited the set. Rush Medicare. It passed in Saskatchewan in should learn from the real-life actor who 1962, guaranteeing hospital care for all plays his hero, Jack. Limbaugh and his residents. Doctors there staged a 23-day cohorts may find truth not as satisfying strike, supported by the U.S.-based as fiction.

American Medical Association. Despite In 2004, a Canadian Broadcasting industry opposition, the Saskatchewan Corp. poll named Tommy Douglas "The Medicare program was so successful Greatest Canadian." At a protest in 2000 and popular that it was adopted against efforts to roll back the Medicare throughout Canada. While Tommy system in the province of Alberta, Kiefer Douglas was fighting for health insur- Sutherland defended Canada's public,

Health-care reform needs an action hero Imagine the scene. America 2009.

Eighteen thousand people have died in one year, an average of almost 50 a day.

Who's taking them out? What's killing them?

To investigate, President Barack Obama might be tempted to call on Jack Bauer, the fictional rogue intelligence agent from the hit TV series "24," who invariably employs torture and a host of other illegal tactics to help the president fight terrorism. But terrorism is not the culprit here: It's lack of adequate health care. So maybe the president's solution isn't Jack Bauer, but rather the actor who plays him.

The star of "24" is played by Kiefer Sutherland, whose family has very deep connections to health-care reform – in Canada. Sutherland is the grandson of Tommy Douglas, the pioneering Canadian politician who is credited with creating the modern Canadian health-care system. As a youth, Tommy Douglas almost lost his ailing leg. His family could not afford treatment, but a doctor treated him for free, provided his medical students could observe. As an adult, Douglas saw the impact of widespread poverty caused by the Great Depres-

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Community support—We collected 60 neighbors’ signatures of support.

The town chair’s response to the petition: Where is everyone? It’s easy to sign a piece of paper.

After 2-1/2 hours, we were reluctantly given a special exception for one year and told to try to rezone as “transitional.” The plan commission explained if they gave a special exception to us, others might want one. Also, our problem was “self-imposed,” we “made a mistake in moving here,” and it was “not [their] job to bail us out.”

Our rezoning hearing was unsuccessful because of technicalities in the ordinance.

We rode out the yearlong special exception, having now had horses for two years and chickens for three years. July 17, we visited the town hall to apply for a permanent special exception.

We could not apply. On May 20, the town had changed the ordinance and eliminated the special exception for farm animals in residential zoning. Our horses and chickens must be removed by Aug. 13. We cannot have any farm animals, whatsoever.

Ironically, if we lived within the city of St. Croix Falls, we could have five chickens.

We trusted our realtor, neighbors and experienced horse owners - when we should have known the town commission enforces what’s best.

Now two horses need a home.

Mick and Julie Ward and family Town of St. Croix Falls

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single-payer system: "Private health care does not work.

America is trying to change their system. It's too expensive to get comprehensive medical care in the U.S. Why on earth are we going to follow their system here? I consider it a humanitarian issue. This is an issue about what is right and wrong, what is decent and what is not."

Maybe Jack Bauer can save the day. *** Denis Moynihan contributed research to this column.

Amy Goodman is the host of “Democracy Now!,” a daily international TV/radio news hour airing on more than 700 stations in North America. Her column’s appearance in the Leader is sponsored by the local group, The Gathering, an informal group of people of diverse ages, experience, and philosophies who meet every other week at a member's home for silent meditation and lively discussions about peace, justice, spirituality, religion, politics, environment, global cultures and humanity. “We have a deep concern about how religious ideals affect society.

Therefore, we are also interested in politics and in causes and programs, which will benefit our community,” says a spokesperson for the group.

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Crackdown Drunken drivers cause thousands of tragic traffic crashes in Wisconsin each year that devastate individuals, families and whole communities. Last year, 234 people were killed and 4,319 were injured in alcohol-related crashes in Wisconsin.

This year, deaths from motorcycle crashes are increasing compared with last year, and approximately 47 percent of all fatal motorcycle crashes in Wisconsin are alcohol-related.

To prevent drunken drivers from killing or injuring themselves and others, the Burnett County Sheriff’s Department along with the Grantsburg, Siren, Webster and Webb Lake police departments will be out in force from Aug. 21 to Sept. 7 for a nationwide crackdown called Drunk Driving.

Over the Limit. Under Arrest.

Although drunken driving is entirely preventable, too many people still make the irresponsible decision to get behind the wheel while impaired. Wisconsin has the shameful distinction of having the highest rate of drunken driving in the nation. In a recent government survey, 26 percent of Wisconsin adults admitted to driving while under the influence of alcohol in the past year. Last year, approximately 37,000 drivers – a number nearly equal to the population of Beloit – were convicted of drunken driving in Wisconsin.

As law enforcement officers sworn to protect the public, we must constantly combat drunken driving. During the crackdown and throughout the rest of the year, our goal is not to arrest more drunken drivers. We simply are trying to deter people from getting behind the wheel when they’re impaired. By preventing drunken driving, we will make progress toward our ultimate goal of reducing the number of preventable traffic deaths to zero in Burnett County and throughout Wisconsin.

Tammy Chell Burnett County Highway Safety Coordinator Siren

Personal responsibility During the Korean War era, our C-rations came with a pack of unfiltered, popular-brand cigarettes and we got a weekly allocation of 3.2 beer. It was exceedingly rare to find anyone in my unit that didn’t smoke and drink. Trustingly, if the Army saw fit to provide us with these small luxuries, they had to be OK. Plus, the indulgence was a welcome treat given the realities of our circumstances. None of us thought anything about the long-term health implications.

As most Americans of that period, we were ignorant of the risks associated with smoking, alcohol consumption and many other socially accepted norms of behavior.

However, since the 1950s, research has provided a wealth of knowledge relative to the health ramifications of lifestyles, personal choices, cultural and technological influ-

Payday Lender: Buyer Beware

If we compare the economic climate from last summer to where we are today, Wisconsin has seen increases in both foreclosure and unemployment rates. This has placed a large burden on many of our families, with parents wondering if they’ll be able to afford their mortgage payment, put food on the table or even make the minimum payment on their credit card.

Payday lenders often seem like a reasonable solution. With a fairly simple application process and over 500 registered lenders available statewide, many Wisconsinites feel this is the only way to secure an extra bit of cash. They often do not realize the dangers of getting involved with payday lenders.

Payday lending provides an advanced loan to be repaid within a specified time frame, usually two weeks. In most cases, the requirements include the completion of an application, a photo ID and pay-

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ences. No longer is the lack of information an excuse for risky behavior.

The ongoing controversy over healthcare reform has, incidental to the protracted debate, focused increasing attention on the issue of personal responsibility. Those advocating reform politically finger-point to various medical and economic components of the system, the insurance companies, doctors, drug companies, malpractice lawyers and socialclass wealth disparities. Yet, if one looks beyond the symptoms, it becomes apparent those components are not at the heart of the problem.

The so-called health-care crisis in our country, the extraordinary costs that burden us individually and collectively, are ultimately attributable to a general abdication of personal responsibility by a large segment of our population right across the demographic spectrum.

To illustrate my argument, I ask the following series of questions in the context of what’s been learned about human behavior and health since the 1950s, rhetorically knowing that: • Excess body weight causes a whole variety of health problems. Why is obesity an epidemic in our country?

• Rigorous exercise has wide-ranging positive effects on one’s health. Why are so many Americans living sedentary lifestyles? Golfing and motorized sports are not rigorous exercise.

• Indiscriminate sexual activity is extremely risky; personal indulgences beyond any reasonable moderation – use of tobacco, alcohol, prescription drugs, marijuana and other recreational narcotics can become addictive and have a profound impact, not only on one’s health, but on virtually every aspect of life. Why do so many Americans believe they can indulge and get away without consequences?

• Operating a motor vehicle requires full attention. Why do so many believe they can remain undistracted while using cell phones and other electronic information devices?

• Conceiving a child and rearing it is an extraordinarily costly undertaking. Why do so many Americans rush to parenthood without the will and resources to fully and responsibly, without burdening society, fulfill the sacred obligations inherent in the act of procreation?

• As we pollute our environment, contaminate and deplete our natural resources, more and more Americans will become ill with a myriad of health problems as the quality of life deteriorates. Why do we seem to find reason to rationalize and tolerate the myopic actions of elected leadership, Wall Street, big business and special interests? Why no collective outrage?

• Eventually each of us must accept the inevitability of death. Why are so many Americans without a living will and the legally essential documents that recognize this reality which would allow them to pass without futile treatment and prolonged suffering, not to mention the costly

burden lingering death places on family, loved ones and the health-care system.

None of the aforementioned considerations involve major monetary expense for the individual. To my knowledge, we are the only species on Earth that consciously engages life in this way and thus, the current health care crisis. The behaviors cited are indicative of an absence of individual and collective common sense, self-discipline, social consciousness and responsibility. No god countenances stupid, selfish behavior.

We may need a reform of the health-care delivery system in our country, but, more importantly, Americans need to do some soul searching and reform their attitude and conception of personal responsibility as a first step.

Bradley Ayers Clam Falls/Somers Lake/Frederic

Question this bill The health reform bill (HR3200) being questioned by some, should be questioned by all Americans!

Human life is the paramount of all existence! If not for the welfare of human life, then why the need of all other things?

Things that make human life easier, more palatable, more profitable, more desirable?

But where does that welfare begin or end?

In the garden of life, each human life begins with conception and ends with the natural or accidental loss of each life.

In the now-presented garden of life those new lives, the unborn, the invitros and those cloned for body parts, will all be rooted out of this garden of life, with our tax dollars!

On the opposite spectrum of life is the end of life counseling for seniors, which can include how to decline nutrition and hydration, antibiotics and basic-care treatments for specific conditions, such as flu and pneumonia. A frail, elderly, ill and depressed senior may easily agree to withhold antibiotics or fluids without realizing the full implication. Heath-care providers, meanwhile, may be forced to give counseling directly opposed to their religious or moral beliefs. The counseling parts of HR3200 are seemingly to encourage euthanasia.

In the states of Oregon and Washington, which have legalized and assisted suicide, (Sect. 1233) it does not exclude counseling supporting benefits of killing oneself.

So here in the garden of life, we should be learning more about life, respecting it and valuing it, not destroying it!

More info available at NCRegister.com Bernadette L. Tolan, Luck

Dear Mr. President Thirty-seven years ago we started our company, Brighter Building Maintenance, Inc., which is a contract cleaning company.

We began with $175 and a truck that had

check stubs. You then sign a with these loans add up, and acloan agreement, write a postcording to the Center for Respondated check to the lender and sible Lending, payday lending receive your money. Your nationwide costs families around check is held until your loan $4.2 billion in fees. In 2006, Conpayment is due, and then the gress passed legislation that prolender deposits your check. tects all military personnel from Simple enough, right? Howpredatory payday lenders by ever this is where payday passing a 36 percent cap on anlenders find their victims, their nual interest. borrowers are often unaware Here at home though, Wisconof the repayment terms and insin isn’t helping the situation.

Ann terest rates of their loan.

Our state does not regulate payIn Wisconsin, average rates Hraychuck day lenders or cap the annual inon a two-week payday loan terest that these institutions are roughly $20 per $100 loan, 28th District charge. This is why I am a cowhich amounts to an annual Assembly sponsor of the Predatory Lending percentage rate of 525 percent.

Consumer Protection Act auIf you can’t pay back your loan thored by Rep. Gordon Hintz, Damount in the specified time frame then Oshkosh, and Sen. Dave Hansen, D-Green you have to “roll over” the loan plus pay Bay. This bill limits the currently unreguadditional fees for each extension. This lated interest rates for consumer loans to often leads to a borrower taking out mul- 36 percent annually. It is important that tiple payday loans to cover their rollover we protect our most vulnerable residents and before the consumer knows, it they from these opportunistic lenders.

If you are considering utilizing a payhave fallen into the debt trap.

The fees and interest rates associated day loan, there are alternatives to consider

no brakes and holes in the floor in the front seat, but it carried our equipment. We had just a few customers to begin with, two employees, and no money to even make our first payroll, which we borrowed.

Now, 37 years later, we employ between 55 and 60 people and have customers throughout the twin cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minn. Three times we have been awarded the Employer of the Year Award for our hiring of disabled people and immigrants. We have run our company on strong moral ethics, bidding each new customer fairly. We make a modest profit, we do not take bonuses or expensive vacations at the expense of our company and we are proud and thankful to the Lord for what we have accomplished.

Now we feel that government is about to take all this away from us. First of all, Washington has now raised the minimum wage 10.6 percent, which will cost us $3,000 more a month in payroll – this will come off the modest profit we make each month. We cannot raise our customers to cover this and we had no say in this decision. We do not begrudge our people this increase, but it places a burden on the employer.

Next, you are trying to get a health-care bill passed and we read that small-business owners may be required to pay insurance costs for employees. How do you expect us to do that? We can only increase customers so much, we do not have the funds to afford insurance for 55 people and so our fear is that if you insist on taking us on this socialist path we will not have our company any longer.

Insurance is not a right given to us by the constitution of the United States. Insurance is what we as citizens of a democratic society provide for ourselves. Yes, it is expensive, but there was a time in this country when you worked two or three jobs to afford what you needed and did not put your hand out to the government to provide all this for you.

If you make small-business owners provide insurance, you are going to see many of us close our doors and unemployment get even worse.

Mr. President, we implore you to not move so quickly and to think very seriously about what you may be imposing upon us.

Our country was founded on the principles of free enterprise giving us a democracy that we could be proud of. Now we feel this is all slipping away into a socialist country where the government is involved in every aspect of our lives, making decisions for which we have no say. Mr. President, you and the Congress work for us, now please represent us in a manner that will tell us that we have not lost all the principles our founding fathers set forth.

Kenneth W. Johnson and Lawarence Hunziker Balsam Lake

including small-loan options available from local credit unions and banks, salary advances from employers and credit card advances. If you need debt assistance you can contact the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions to locate a local licensed debt counselor by calling 608-2619555, or you can call my office toll-free at 888-529-0028, and we can have a DFI representative contact you directly.

However, if you decide to accept a payday loan, please make sure you understand the repayment agreement, in addition to the fees and rates that your loan is subject to. Also, pay your loan back with fees within the initial time frame and do not roll your debt over which may require additional loans.

As always, if you have any additional questions regarding this or any other state legislative matter, please feel free to contact me toll-free at 888-529-0028 or by emailing me at Rep.Hraychuck@legis.wisconsin.gov.

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New tools to stay in touch One of the most important aspects of serving as your state senator is staying in touch and being accessible to district residents. I am always interested in new ways of reaching out to constituents and encouraging feedback. As your representative in the Wisconsin Senate, I know that government works best when elected officials listen and learn from their constituents.

This session, I have already received thousands of contacts from citizens in the 10th Senate District advocating for issues, asking questions about state government or requesting assistance with an agency. Responding to them is a top priority – be it mail, phone or e-mail.

In an effort to be more accessible and

informative on issues, I recently overhauled my Web site. At HYPERLINK "http://www.harsdorfsenate.com" www.harsdorfsenate.com, I added a blog, a monthly opinion survey, video from the state Legislature, and an issues reference guide for where you can find my public comments and actions on topics important to you. At the site, you can also e-mail me questions, visit Wisconsin Eye – enormously valuable site to learn more about state government and track legislation that might be of interest.

My blog at www.harsdorfsenate.com" www.harsdorfsenate.com is designed to offer comments and information on regular legislative happenings. It includes

links to nonpartisan issue papers and other background information on relevant topics before the state Legislature. I will also comment on events I attend in the district. Ultimately, the new Web site is deSheila signed to be easy, Harsdorf accessible and interactive.

10th District Over the past two weeks, nearly 200 Senate people have taken my online survey.

This month, I ask for your opinions on health-care reform measures, the state budge bill and prospective energy legis-

lation, to name a few. Each month the survey will ask for your opinions on a variety of issues before the Legislature and enable you to follow the results.

Finally, in addition to community events, parades and district meetings, I will be planning a “tele”-town hall, where people can call in and participate live via telephone. By joining my e-mail club, you can gain notice of this event as well as receive weekly columns and releases.

Of course, there is always the oldfashioned way to offer your feedback – write or call. My capitol address is P.O. Box 7882, Madison, WI 53707 and you can call toll-free from Wisconsin at 800862-1092. I look forward to hearing from you.

Letters t o t h e e d i t o r New USA health-care plan United States Sen. Kyl of Arizona said: “All Congress is going home to listen to the people they serve about health care.” U.S. Sen. Grassley of Iowa said: “ Let’s start by agreeing to the principal parts.”

Principal Parts: The goal is to achieve the highest quality of services at lowest cost.

• All health-care folks to develop hospital/doctor/meds standards according to desired outcomes.

• Mandatory patient surveys and reports for next five years to determine baseline of service to standards. Use sampling for measurements thereafter.

• All citizens should be assured of world class best practice in health care services, aka, quality.

• All citizens should have equal access with no pre-existing denials.

• All citizens must be able to afford coverage fees.

• All citizens should be part of a plan. If you want to opt out for a better coverage, your choice.

• Medical malpractice/reliability reform/no defensive medicine. Must be part of this plan.

• Guaranteed portability. Individuals own their plans and follow where they go.

• Electronic medical records and prescriptions are a must have.

• Quality and cost transparency required.

The next step is to get readers to give input. Then it is time to send this to all members of Congress starting with our state first.

Will our leaders listen? Characteristics of effective leaders. Leaders “Listen” to those they serve for both content and emotion.

Leaders “Evaluate” what is heard to weigh its importance and priority. Leaders “Advocate” for those they serve, and also survey them. Leaders, “Decide” what is in the best interest of all, at any given time. Leaders, “Excite” their groups to follow through. Leaders, “Results” are shared with all.

Rich Hess Trade Lake

Unalienable right Many of the letters to this newspaper in the last few weeks have been about health-care reform. I think there is something that we can all agree on. The United States is blessed with a first-class medical delivery system.

Our doctors, nurses, support staff, hospitals, clinics, research facilities, pharmacuticals are second to none. No one is faulting the medical community, but our health-care delivery system needs an overhaul. Not all of us Americans have access to medical care because we cannot afford it.

To pay for health care we buy medical insurance from for-profit companies. Many of us have group health insurance paid fully or in part by our employers. Over the last decades health-insurance premiums have skyrocketed, causing real financial burdens, especially to small businesses.

If you are self-employed or unemployed you can buy individual health-insurance plans at a much higher cost. There are 47 million of us who cannot afford health insurance, or who have had policies cancelled and cannot buy insurance. Another 14,000 of us are losing our health insurance for one reason or another each day. According to a study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation pub-

lished in the American Journal of Medicine (Aug. 2009) medical problems caused 62 percent of all personal bankruptcies in 2007. A whopping 78 percent of those filing had medical insurance at the time. That is a lot of people ending up both sick and financially ruined. So why is this disaster happening?

Right now health care in the United States is rationed, not by the government, but by for-profit insurance companies. This is how it works. Health-insurance companies make huge profits by charging huge premiums to customers and by denying as many claims as possible. Example: The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that United Health Group reported a 550-percent increase in profits for this year. That is great news for Wall Streeters, but for policyholders, not so much.

Increased profitibility was due in part to not having to pay out more fines and lawsuits stemming from a practice of backdating stock options for top management.

One such package resulted in a $1.6 billion dollar severance package to a retiring CEO. But here is the kicker for you, if you are a policy holder. The company attributes the rest of the gain in profitibility to the loss of 150,000 policy holders to attrition (I wonder how many just died) and another 260,000 high risk cancellations. The company also reported that its second-quarter revenues increased to $21.6 billion, $20.27 billion came from increased premiums. This is only one insurance company - Blue Cross Blue Shield of California owned by Wellpoint, is under investigation for denying claims and cancelling Medicare Advantage policy holders in California. The fact is that health-insurance companies maintain profitability at the expense of policy holders. They ration health care by denying claims and cancelling policies.

We need a public option to keep costs down, and to offer health coverage for everyone. I believe that affordable access to health care is one of those inalienable rights, because you can’t have life if you are denied life-giving care, you can’t enjoy liberty if you are sick and you can’t pursue happiness if you are broke.

Gail Lando Grantsburg

Obamacare If you are not yet having second thoughts about the direction President Obama is taking our country, you will. The next thing on his wish list is socialized medicine. My question would be, why would you take the best health-care system on Earth and replace it with a proven loser? Socialized medicine has never worked anywhere, anytime, ever. People around the globe are dying every day because of failed socialized medicine programs.

Nobody, but the White House and hard left liberals like our David Obey, thinks Obamacare is a good fix. The system we have in place now certainly could use a tune-up, most of us would agree. It’s still the envy around the globe. In the 1970s, there were 280 federal regulations on the health-care industry. Today, there are over 3,000. With all these regulations in place, we still have doctors (quacks) that lose their license to practice in one state only to move to another state and set up another practice. Juries have awarded millions of dollars to gold diggers in frivolous malpractice suits, when someone crippled for life receives almost nothing.

How does this happen?

Most of this lies on the shoulders of politi-

cians in Washington, D.C., (District of Corruption). These are the people we have elected to represent us and make good commonsense decisions. These are the same bunch of thugs and cheats that managed our Social Security system into the ground to impending bankruptcy. They have given us the mishandling of Medicare, Medicaid, U.S. Postal Service, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and want to insure tens of millions of illegal immigrants with our tax dollars and the list goes on.

Now, Obama and his Chicago-style thugs want hardworking Americans to roll over and play dead on Obamacare. Mr. Obama wants you and I to trust a committee of handpicked loyalist to make life-altering medicalcare choices for you, me, our parents and our children. Politicians, of course chose, not to participate in this system they have chosen for us. They have a health-care system of their own, the best of the best.

Call me crazy if you want, I have a theory why there is a big push for Obamacare. This regulating committee is said to have control of what treatment and how much anyone will receive based on their age and their usefulness to society. Sounds a lot like Hitler’s Germany, huh? Here’s the punch line. With 78 million baby boomers coming of retirement age, and our parents becoming the very elderly, and the handicapped adults and children that are and will be, now is the perfect time to control how long these people will live. This will amount to controlled genocide. All the aforementioned in the near future will receive benefits from Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid.

It was once published that baby boomers were turning 50 years old at the rate of 50,000 per day. So the assumption would be they would die off at about the same rate. Bear with me, I’m a baby boomer too. So in the future if the government could get the boomers to die off, at let’s say 100,000 or more a day, they might have a chance to save the systems the people paid into and figure they have a right to. Think I’m wrong? Think about it.

Why else would these lunatics push so hard to destroy the best health-care system on Earth instead of tweaking it? Remember, without your health you have nothing. Contact the people in Washington and voice your opinion, your life may depend on it.

Herschel Brown Frederic

Tree community rebels PHILADELPHIA — A jogger wearing an iPod was killed in a Philadelphia park Wednesday night by a falling tree branch, days after a similar incident in New York’s Central Park left a man in a coma.

What did we expect? Joggers are tree huggers - otherwise they wouldn’t be jogging they’d be driving SUVs or pickup trucks.

When tree huggers turn against trees we should not be surprised when the tree community fights back. Joggers/tree huggers/global-warming liars are attempting to persuade the half-wits in Congress and the White House that we should reduce levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Trees and animals have – until now – lived in relatively peaceful coexistence. Trees need carbon dioxide to live and give off oxygen.

Animals need oxygen to live and give off carbon dioxide. It’s always been a good deal.

Right? Wrong! We voted for change, and change we shall have. No more CO, to heck with the trees. Well, they’re fighting back.

Two tree hugger/joggers have now been assaulted by angry leaders of the rebellious, thuggish, Nazi-like tree community. What should we do? How can we re-establish peaceful coexistence with our friends of the forest?

We can continue our assault on trees by starving them of life-giving CO2 or we can come to our senses and leave the tree community alone. What if they suddenly decided to give off, oh, nitrogen, lets say, instead of oxygen as a protest to our insensitive attack on their livelihood? We would all be goners in days.

Trees have not assaulted people at tea parties around the country who have gathered all summer underneath shady trees. Trees know that tea-party types are good stewards of resources and would not intentionally do anything to harm our forest friends. Oh sure.

Now and then we cut down a tree just because it’s in our way, but now and then a rebellious red oak jumps in front of a speeding automobile and evens the score. We can each live with that. I think both sides understand there are nutcases among us. Maybe “nutcases” was insensitive – or even racist. Sorry.

But any attempt to starve trees, saplings and even seedlings is simply not going to be tolerated by the right wing, radical extremists in the tree community. They will make us pay.

They will bring their angry protests to our parking lots and playgrounds. They will start dropping limbs and even sacrifice whole trees on highly traveled roads. There is no limit to the havoc they can cause if we refuse to change our ways. We best wake up and show a little respect to our forest friends.

More CO2 – not less – may persuade them that we mean them no harm. More cows, more pigs, more humans filled with rotting cooked cabbage and lutefisk, more SUVs and Hummers, might show the “moderate” leaders of the tree revolt that we care about them and want to get along. We must act quickly to end the madness.

Peace, comrades Bob Blake Rural Frederic

Who is he fooling?

If you have watched some of the recent (and past) news clips of Dave Obey, it seems he gets a bit excited when confronted by voting citizens when they ask a question about issues he doesn’t agree with.

Obey’s job is not just listening to the people who agree with him. Why is it that he gets angry, walks away, etc. when confronted by someone who disagrees with him? This is definitely a sign of arrogance and a sign he has to go.

When are our representatives (state and local) going to have the courage to schedule some town meetings when they are not running for office and we hear the political promises? They are definitely afraid of the so-called “radical right-wing extremist.” And oh, by the way, we are not “normal or common Americans” because we disagree with them and you can tell that because we dress funny, according to Nancy and Harry.

And if you have seen the latest TV ads, they call us “Mobs.” I do not know about you but that sure upsets me.

Richard Hartung Dresser

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Frederic board rejects ag teacher

Larger first-grade classes requested

by Gregg Westigard FREDERIC – The Frederic School Board has rejected the option of hiring an agriculture instructor and has requested a waiver to allow a higher teacher-to-student ratio for the first-grade classes next fall. The first action was taken at the close of the July 20 meeting.

The waiver request was approved at a special board meeting Monday, Aug. 10.

Between the two meetings, board member Terry Taylor resigned from the school board.

The decision not to hire a new ag teacher was made after a closed session on July 20, but information on that action just became known. Frederic has shared an ag teacher with the Luck district. That teacher will be employed by Luck on a full-time basis next year. Several persons,

including former teacher Earl Lee, former board member Kay Friberg, and area farmer Duane Taylor, appeared before the board on the 20th and asked the board to hire a new half-time ag instructor for the coming year. After a closedsession discussion, the board, on a split voted, decided not to hire for the position. Voting to hire an ag instructor were Terry Taylor and Troy Engen. Voting against the hiring were Sheri Matz, Becky Amundson and Scott Nelson. The position was projected to cost $30,000.

On Monday, the board voted to ask for a waiver allowing next year’s first-grade class to exceed the recommended class size of 15 pupils per classroom, part of the criteria of the SAGE program to enhance educational quality. The district is expecting the first-grade enrollment to be 35 or 36 students next fall. The waiver would allow the district to have two first-grade classes with up to 18 students in each class. The alternative, providing

three classes instead of two, would cost the district an estimated $60,000, the wage and benefits expense for a starting teacher according to district Administrator Gerald Tischer.

Jamie Worthington, whose daughter will be part of the new first-grade class, and Title One teacher Jim Worthington, the grandfather of that student, made an appeal to the board to schedule three classes. They said that first grade is a very critical year, and a higher teacherto-student ratio is very important.

“Smaller class sizes might draw families to the Frederic district,” Jamie Worthington said. “Having 18 in a class worries me.”

Jim Worthington pointed out that the money that comes with the SAGE program is supposed to help cover the costs of offering smaller classes.

Shari Matz said she was very uncomfortable supporting the waiver request.

She and others noted that the board

could add a third class if enrollment rose over the projected 36 students.

In another action, the board hired Christina Lehmann as the new high school guidance counselor. Lehmann, who is moving here from southern Wisconsin, was the top choice from among 15 applicants. With Jan King back as elementary counselor, both the guidance positions are now filled.

Terry Taylor resignation Longtime Frederic School Board member Terry Taylor resigned from the board last week. He told the Leader that a new job driving truck would make his time less available. Taylor was elected to a three-year term in April 2008 and had served on the board previously. The school board will decide how to fill the vacancy at its meeting next week. Anyone appointed would serve until next April when voters will elect a person to fill the remainder of the term.

Capital improvement plan plots county’s future

$2 million increase was projected last fall

by Gregg Westigard BALSAM LAKE – When Tonya Weinert became Polk County finance director in 2006, she discovered that the county had no long-term list on projected purchases and projects and thus no way to plan ahead for capital expenses.

She asked all department heads to prepare a list of future capital needs, including estimated costs and the year the expense might be in the budget. The first Estimated 5-Year Capital Improvement Plan, 2007 – 2011, was released in August 2007. The plan has been revised yearly since than date.

This year, the Polk County supervisors and department heads have been presented with a projected $3 million (now revised to $2.4 million) shortfall in the 2010 county budget. One million of that

amount is expected to come from reduced revenue and increased wages and operating costs. The other $1.5 or $2 million is a projected increase in CIP requests.

The latest version of the CIP was released June 16, 2009. It covers 2010 through 2014, and shows a total 2010 cost of $5 million for all projects. Of that, $4 million is shown to be paid by the levy or property tax. The 2010 levy projection, actually $4,078,609, is almost identical to the projection of $4,477,250 for 2010 that was released last October.

That October 2008 CIP also listed the 2009 levy funding at $2,073,125. Thus the projected increase of $2 million in capital costs for 2010 was projected last October at almost the identical amount now being looked at.

The 2010 CIP list of $5,080,524 is broken down into five categories. Four of those categories account for 35 percent of the cost. That includes information tech-

nology costs ($330,000), vehicle replacement ($571,000), other capital equipment ($474,000), and facility and furniture ($389,000). The remainder, 65 percent of the total CIP or $3,317,424, is for the 2010 highway projects listed in the six-year road plan.

The CIP then goes on to break the list down into departments and categories.

The vehicle replacement cost, replacing vehicles at the point where repair costs start to rise and trade-in value decreases, is almost totally for the two big fleets.

Law enforcement lists $170,000 for new squads and highway lists $355,000 for plow trucks. The other capital equipment amount is almost all for other highway equipment. The facility amount of $389,000 all goes to the buildings department since that department oversees all county property (except Golden Age Manor at this time). That money is being allocated for such diverse items as parking lot repairs, improvements at the re-

cycling center, electrical work at the fair, and improvements at the Apple River campgrounds. The highway building, where repairs are now under the direct of the buildings department, is scheduled for $124,000 in work, including the correction of code violations.

The departments have started reviewing the CIP list and making requests for what they feel should be done in 2010.

The highway department, for instance, has removed a $695,000 paving project for the eastern end of CTH W from the list. That project, in a modified form, will be back on the list in the future. Each department will present a position paper for each item on the list when the county board meets on Tuesday, Aug. 18. The county board will then decide what projects on the lists will be funded for 2010.

That decision will determine how much of a shortfall for 2010 remains.

Milltown prepares for 100th anniversary

Community club seeks information, photos and memorabilia on village history

by Mary Stirrat MILLTOWN — Next year marks the 100th anniversary of the incorporation of the village of Milltown, and the village board and community club are making plans to celebrate.

Steve Quist and Maria Sogge, president and vice president of the community club, met with the village board Monday evening, Aug. 10, to discuss what the community club is planning as a weeklong celebration. Events and activities will begin that Saturday, June 19, and culminate with the Fishermen’s Party, June 25-27.

“We’ve been working on this for 10 years, looking forward to next year’s party,” said Quist.

Information is being gathered for a book on Milltown’s history, he said, and the process has been interesting and exciting. There are holes, though, he said, and the community club and village are looking for people who might have stories or memorabilia to share.

“We’d like to go as far back as we can, with the right information,” said Quist.

Anyone with something to add, whether a story, a photo or a piece of Milltown history, can contact either Quist or vil-

Steve Quist, president of the Milltown Community Club, is looking for stories, photos and memorabilia relating to the history of the village. The club and the village are planning to publish a history book in honor of the village’s 100th anniversary. — Photos

by Mary Stirrat lage President LuAnn White.

Milltown was actually incorporated April 18, 1910, and the board is planning a special historical event to re-enact the first board meeting. This public celebration will be held at the community center and will include a birthday cake and live music.

The celebration will continue in June, with a different event featured each evening. “We’ve got more ideas than we

have time,” he said. “Our 100th is going to be something special.”

Some of the ideas mentioned are historical displays in the windows of businesses along Main Street and a beardand moustache-growing contest. Sogge said that contestants will gather, clean shaven, in January for a photo, then be judged during the celebration.

“We have nice young ladies who have volunteered to shave you when it’s over,” she added.

As a souvenir of the centennial, Quist said, the community club is looking at selling a commemorative anniversary crock or pitcher, and possibly a special centennial wine.

The village board and community club will be working together to plan and promote the week, and a committee from the village was established. Volunteering for the committee were Trustees Ben Wheeler and Bob Jones, White, village clerk Joyce Stener and Milltown Public Library Director Jennifer Feske.

White and Wheeler mentioned that the village has already had the water tower repainted and is planning new signs in honor of the 100th anniversary.

Anyone interested in being part of the discussion and planning, or helping during the celebration, can contact the village office or the community club. The club meets the fourth Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the community center. Anyone can attend. Members are able to vote, said Quist, and membership dues are $5 per person or $10 for a business.

The water tower in Milltown needed to be repainted, and a design that compliments the village’s 100th anniversary was chosen.

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DAV honors Congressman Obey MARSHFIELD – At a brief ceremony held on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 4, Disabled American Veterans, Department of Wisconsin honored Congressman Dave Obey for his work on behalf of disabled veterans with a Certificate of Commendation. The ceremony took place in Marshfield at the public library.

Approximately 50 DAV members and their friends were present for the ceremony. These included all the elected state officers.

State Judge Advocate Al Labelle, as master of ceremony, introduced Rep. Obey as “the hardest working man in Congress.” Labelle made a short “Who We Are” presentation culminating with a Stand Up For Veterans DVD. Labelle then placed the honor in context by say, “In the recent past, Washing-

ton has all too often ignored or held veterans in disdain.” He cited many shameful examples and stated that Obey was “one of the legislators in Washington who has made veterans health care a priority.”

Past Department Commander Roger Dorman verbally thanked Obey for his support and implementation of Advance Appropriation, the top legislative priority of DAV. Dorman presented Obey with two DAV lapel pins and asked, “that in the future, he please wear one when discussing veterans funding.”

State Commander Holly Hoppe also thanked Obey for his support and asked that Congress remember the needs of women veterans. She then read the text of the commendation, praising Obey, as Appropriation Committee chairman, for

Women Taking Action event hosted by Bremer Bank at Trade River Winery

Bremer recently hosted a Women Taking Action event at the Trade River Winery. Approximately 45 business women from the northwestern Wisconsin area attended the July 16 event. This is the fourth Women Taking Action event hosted by Bremer Bank since the inception of the program last year. The Trade River Winery opened in 2001 in Grantsburg. One of the three owners of the winery gave the group a tour and spoke about the different varieties of wine and the business he and the other owners founded. For more information on the winery, visit www.traderiverwinery.com. Women Taking Action is a networking group for professional women in Polk and Burnett counties. For more information or to become part of the Women Taking Action group, please contact Kelly Hibbs, business banker at Bremer Bank, at kkhibbs@bremer.com. – Special photo

his “skill and leadership in crafting VA funding legislation, making veterans a priority.”

The commendation enthusiastically commends Obey for “his superb abilities and management as chairman which resulted in the 2009 Department of Veterans Affairs Appropriations being passed in a timely and sufficient manner.”

The document was signed by the then State Commander Roger F. Dorman and National Commander Raymond E. Dempsey. Upon conclusion of the reading, Hoppe presented the large, ornate certificate to Obey.

An appreciative, but modest Obey remarked that Chet Edwards, as chairman of the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs subcommittee, deserves much of the credit for what is happening

with veterans funding.

He concluded his remarks with an anecdote. He and Rep. Edwards were standing in the hallway one day when a Congressional colleague approached them demanding to know, citing budgetary concerns, “When will enough be enough with veterans funding?” They replied simultaneously, “Whatever it takes.”

Disabled American Veterans is a nonprofit veterans service organization, founded in 1920 and congressionally chartered in 1932. DAV has 1.2 million members nationwide. Its purpose is to build better lives for disabled veterans and their families. – from the DAV

Bremer Bank donates to Indianhead Community Action Agency

April Highstrom (L), personal banker from Bremer Bank, Danbury, and Kelly Hibbs (R), personal banker from Bremer in Siren, presented a check for $943.22 to Lori Heller, community service specialist for Indianhead Community Action Agency, Thursday, Aug. 6. The money came from the recent Bremer Hunger Awareness Campaign (customer donation of $5 per blue bag and donations at cookouts at both banks, with the Danbury Lions Club, as a way of getting that community involved). Heller is coming back to Indianhead Action Agency (with 15 years’ past experience as outreach coordinator) as the agency is outfitting the former White Pine Crafts building between Siren and Webster for their new location and, as Heller put it, “We are coming out bigger and better. Everything is expanding. We are under new management. I am excited.”

– Photo by Nancy Jappe

Wisconsin Democracy Project director to speak in Burnett County BURNETT COUNTY - Mike McCabe, executive director of the Wisconsin Democracy Project, a nonpartisan watch dog group, will speak in Burnett County Tuesday, Aug. 18, on “Reforming the Excessive Power of Money in Politics.”

His presentation is open to the public and will be held in the Burnett County Government Center in Room 165 at 7

p.m. The event is sponsored by the Burnett County Democratic Party.

The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, founded in 1995, works for clean, open and honest government and reform that makes people matter more than money in politics. It tracks the money in state politics and advocates for campaign finance reform, open government, election

integrity, judicial independence, media democracy, and other democratic and ethic reforms.

During McCabe’s tenure with WDC, he has led efforts to win passage and eventual implementation of the 1998 Citizens Right to Know law requiring electronic disclosure of campaign finances, a 2006 paper trail bill requiring any elec-

tronic voting equipment used in Wisconsin to produce a verifiable paper record, a three-year-long effort to fight blocking privatization of voter registration in the state, and a landmark 2007 ethics enforcement reform law that created the nonpartisan Government Accountability Board with a politically independent enforcement agency. - submitted

Grantsburg Class of 1959

Members of the Grantsburg High School Class of 1959 held their 50th-class reunion at the Crex Convention Center in Grantsburg on Friday, Aug. 7. - Photos by Priscilla Bauer

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Town, village continue discussion on border agreement

Hearing held for greenhouse, birdseed business at Milltown

by Mary Stirrat MILLTOWN — The township and village of Milltown are one step closer to entering into a border agreement, with the village board voting Monday night to “further investigate” developing an agreement.

The resolution authorizing the investigation is needed as part of a review of the agreement that is now underway by the state of Wisconsin, town of Milltown Chairman Harlen Hegdal told the village board.

The next step is a meeting of the village planning commission to review the proposed agreement, followed by a joint public hearing for town and village residents.

According to village President LuAnn White, the town and village have been discussing a border agreement for the past four months. Discussion was instigated by the township in response to continuing annexation of lakeshore property by the village of Balsam Lake.

“Towns have no say with regards to annexation,” Hegdal said later. “Balsam Lake annexed 80 acres from our township a few years ago and we found out about it in the newspaper. We had been working with Balsam Lake on a border agreement, but they made the decision that annexing was a better policy for them.”

Hegdal said the township then decided to become more proactive and began working with the village of Milltown.

“After all,” he said, “we share the same name, we surround them, we share ownership of Half Moon Beach, we share the fire department, and we have worked very well with them in the past with regards to shared services.”

The cooperative agreement, Hegdal emphasized, is merely laying the groundwork for future consolidation. It

Janet Zimmer, with Cedar Corporation, discusses the site plan for the greenhouses and birdseed business the Polk County Adult Development Center is planning to build at the industrial park. Cedar Corporation is submitting a $350,000 community-development block grant to help fund the project. does not bind any future board to any decision, and when it expires it can be renewed or terminated, or a move toward consolidation can be made.

“In the near term,” he said, “it will generate some efficiencies in our governments and help protect our borders.”

Public hearing Janet Zimmer of Cedar Corporation facilitated a public hearing on a community-development block grant that would flow through the village to the adult development center in order to build two greenhouses and a birdseed building at the industrial park.

The public hearing was necessary in order to make the application for the grant. According to Zimmer, $350,000 is being requested for the project.

Utilizing the last available site in the industrial park, the ADC plans to build two energy-efficient greenhouses and a building in which to mix and bag its

Birder’s Select wild birdseed. The birdseed building will be 1,500 square feet, and the two greenhouses will be 5,810 square feet each. A retail space of 1,600 square feet will be near the greenhouses.

The two greenhouses are designed as “super energy efficient,” and are projected to have an annual energy savings of $31,322. A retractable thermal curtain, root-zone radiant heating, computer controller for natural-gas heaters, polycarbonate glazing and wall insulation are all components of the energy efficiencies.

Milltown meets the income requirements needed to qualify for a CDBG, said Zimmer. To qualify, a village must have 51 percent of its residents rated low or middle income. Fifty-three percent of Milltown’s residents are rated in those categories, she said.

The project must also create jobs, she said. The ADC currently has 70 clients employed, and an additional 45 clients are expected to have a job at the new facility.

The purpose of the hearing was to provide information to the public and take any questions or comments on the grant project. Barb Todora of the village planning commission was the only person to comment, saying she was very supportive of the project but questioned the process.

According to village ordinance, the planning commission should have met to discuss the project prior to the public hearing. All but two members of the commission are on the board and have discussed it at previous meetings, but an oversight by Cedar Corporation left the two nonboard members out of the loop.

The village board and Zimmer both apologized for the oversight.

Other business • The board voted to borrow $52,742 for 2009 street projects. According to White, there have been numerous unexpected expenses that have left the street budget empty. These expenses included $7,000 for an unemployment-compensation extension, $17,000 for repairs to the loader, $10,000 for a generator, and

Town of Milltown Chairman Harlen Hegdal discusses the development of a border agreement with Milltown Village Board members. — Photos by Mary Stirrat $8,750 for accounting.

• Library director Jenn Feske reported that July circulation was the highest ever for July and the second highest this year.

The Minnesota Opera will be doing a program at the library Wed., Aug. 19, at 1 p.m., and an interactive music program with be held at Bering Park Thursday, Aug. 27, at 7 p.m. The Thursday program will mark the finale of the summer reading program, with the iPod drawing held at that time.

• Police Chief Andy Anderson reported that Internet and e-mail scams are on the rise, and have targeted Milltown residents. One resident was the perpetrator in a scam that bilked a woman on the east coast out of $46,000. He also reported that the department has received a $4,200 equipment grant.

• The board voted to contribute $300 to Kids Night Out, to be held Aug. 26, at the park. Additional door prizes are needed, said organizers.

• The board tabled any decision on increases in the building inspection process, pending investigation into other options.

Possible Polk management pay freeze

Could affect some 60 workers in 2010

by Gregg Westigard BALSAM LAKE – Polk County department heads and other management employees might not be receiving a costof-living pay increase in 2010. The pay freeze was mentioned at the personnel committee meeting Thursday, Aug. 6, as

a way to reduce a projected budget shortfall for the coming year. The freeze could affect about 60 employees who are not represented by unions.

(The attached chart shows the pay range for Polk County department heads and salaries for elected officials).

“It is highly unlikely that the nonreps (nonunion workers) will get a pay raise next year,” committee member Gerald Newville said. “We are talking about a

Troop 9128 presents plaque

Current annual salary range for Polk County department heads Director of Human Service, Golden Age Manor Corporation Counsel, Finance Public Health, Highway, Information Technology, Employee Relations Library, Land Information Buildings and Grounds Land Conservation, Aging Veterans Service

Elected Officials / Set Annual salary District Attorney Sheriff County Clerk Treasurer Register of Deeds Clerk of Court

Base salary $74,651 $71,240

Top salary $97,032 $92,622

$68,536 $65,811 $54,932 $52,208 $42,010

$89,086 $85,550 $71,406 $67,870 $54,620

$105,069 [state employee] $75,577 $51,438 $51,438 $51,438 $50,939

Notes: Department-head salary ranges include June 28 2-percent increase. There are eight pay steps in each range. Salary of each current department head is determined by length of time in job and other factors.

Troop 9128 of Frederic presented a plaque to South Fork Sporting Club on Aug. 4, for their continuing support as sponsors of the troop. Presenting the plaque to President John Boyer of South Fork Sporting Club are, scoutmaster Richard Penberthy and senior patrol leader Michael Runnels.

Shown (L to R): Sylvia Chaplin, troop committee chair, Boy Scouts Brad Peterson, Carl White, Jack Neumann, Tony Peterson, Tony Swanson, Greg Peterson and assistant scoutmasters Dave Peterson and Peter Runnels. In foreground, front left, is Mitchell Paquette, Boy Scout. Not pictured are assistant scoutmasters Roy White and Nathanael Smith, and Boy Scouts Logan Burch and Mark Wylie. - Special photo

possible $100,000 savings. I apologize that the unions will get a raise and the others won’t.”

Employee relations director Andrea Jerrick told the committee that setting the nonrep pay is a power of the personnel committee. Union members are covered by a three-year contract through 2011 which grants raises of just under 3 percent each year (the 2010 increase is 2.64 percent). The nonunion employees have usually been granted the same pay increases. Those increases are determined annually.

The nonrepresented group of employees includes 14 department heads and a large number of other managers. Included are 14 Golden Age Manor employees, eight in human services and six in the sheriff’s department. While there

would be no cost-of-living raises, the employees would still receive step increases based on length of employment.

The salaries of the six elected officials (district attorney, sheriff, clerk of court, county clerk, treasurer and register of deeds) would not be affected. Their salaries are set before the start of their four-year terms and cannot be altered.

The freeze might exempt a group of nonrep hourly workers in clerical positions. About 10 employees are excluded from union representation because their jobs give them access to confidential wage and benefit information.

The committee suggested that department 2010 budgets should not include the nonrep raises but did not formally approve the freeze.

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Dooyle, Obey announce $360,000 in funding for new Webster library WEBSTER – Gov. Jim Doyle and Rep. Dave Obey were in Webster Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 11, to present a $360,000 facsimile check representing money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that is available for construction of a new library. The funding is part of $17.6 million in recovery-act funding for development projects in 37 communities across the state.

“These kinds of investments in our communities are really what the ARRA is about. The Burnett Community Library is an asset to this community. I thank all who helped plan it and make it possible,” Doyle said. “I am pleased that, during the toughest economic conditions in generations, we are using recovery funding to support projects that not only put people to work, but do lasting good and make a real improvement in people’s lives.”

“Our economy has suffered the biggest collapse in two generations. The pur-

Gov. Jim Doyle and Rep. Dave Obey paid a visit the Burnett Community Library in Webster Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 11, bringing with them a replica check for $360,000. This money is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds that are available through the community-development block-grant program for the building of a new library in the village. Shown here are (L to R): Laura Rachford, president of Friends of the Library; Rep. Ann Hraychuck; Doyle; Obey; and Tom Stusek, Webster Village president.

pose of funding projects like this is to meet community needs, ease the squeeze on local property taxes and help restart the economy by stimulating job creations,” Obey said. “The community has told me the library is important to downtown revitalization, so I am glad these funds can help meet that need.”

The $360,000 the village is receiving will leverage an additional $596,500 from the village through the community-development block-grant program to create an overall project budget of $956,500.

The CDBG program is flexible, providing communities with resources to address a wide range of development needs. It aims to provide decent affordable housing services to the most vulnerable and jobs through business expansion and retention. – information submitted

Rep. Dave Obey commended Gov. Jim Doyle for recognizing that economic help is not only needed in major communities but in smaller communities across the state. He specifically mentioned communities north of Hwy. 29, and cited projects that will help these communities come back from today’s tough economic conditions. Doyle commented: “Without congressman Obey, we wouldn’t be here for this particular presentation.”

Photos by Nancy Jappe

Gov. Jim Doyle referred to his parents, who grew up in the Great Depression, during his time at the library in Webster. “If they were here today, they would say that you can’t be afraid, you can’t rip the country apart or scream at people. You have to get people to work, (into) jobs,” the governor said. “Hopefully, in a more prosperous time with everybody doing well, people will point at the library and say, ‘That is what people did in a very difficult time.’”

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Burnett Community Library Director Patti Meyer (L) presented honorary library cards to Gov. Jim Doyle and Rep. Dave Obey during their visit to Webster Tuesday, Aug. 11. The application cards, which they are signing in this photo, will be framed and displayed in the new library.

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Jim North of the Polk County Democratic Party presented an American flag to Lexi Anderson.

Lexi won the flag in a drawing at the Democrat’s booth at the Polk County Fair. Lexi is the daughter of Janine and Karl Fahrendorff.

She is 9 years old and will be a fourth-grader at Clayton Elementary School this fall. - Special photo

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ATVs • BIRDING • BOATING • CAMPING • FISHING • HIKING • HUNTING • RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

Stamp funds giving area streams a lift McKenzie Creek and Clam River benefit from trout-stamp funding

by Marty Seeger CLAM FALLS – Ever wondered where that $10 went that you used toward a trout stamp last spring? Take a drive just east of Clam Falls and follow 60th Street south to the very end of the dead-end road. You’ll see a sign indicating the Ice Age National Scenic Trail when you get there, but you’ll also notice several tons of nicely stacked field rock off to the side.

Toward the end of July the DNR began work on a section of the Clam River to improve stream habitat and the size structure of its native brown and brook trout. It’s a project similar to one the DNR did on nearby McKenzie Creek last summer, and about 25 years since the last time either of these streams have had any habitat improvements.

“We’re actually fixing a few things that need to be fixed, or actually enhancing what was done back then,” said fisheries biologist, Heath Benike.

One of the factors in choosing which stream qualifies for habitat work is accessibility. Benike says trout-stamp dollars may only be used on public grounds, and the DNR tries to look at areas that are easy to get to and relatively easy to fish. For the Clam River, all of these factors played a role, but improving size structure of the trout was another element.

“The size structure isn’t real great, and most of the larger fish top out around 1112 inches,” Benike said.

Although the river gets heavy pressure from other anglers, it still boasts some pretty good numbers, and both the brown and brook trout naturally reproduce. Benike says they’ve never stocked it, and in the end they hope to enhance the adult population a little more and create bigger fish, in the 12- to 16-inch range.

“One of the major goals is obviously to keep the reproduction we’ve got, which

A cover from about 30 years ago still rests in the Clam River.

DNR staff have been busy building trout habitat recently on a section of the Clam River. From (L to R): Bryon Lund, Jeremiah Fisk and Heath Benike. – Photos by Marty Seeger

Last Thursday he and fisheries technician Bryon Lund, and Benike were busy doing several different stream improvements on a section of the Clam River.

Some areas were under construction to prevent erosion, while others provided cover for trout in the form of a manmade cut-bank called a cover or crib.

The cover is held down with posts, and rock is placed over the top to apply pressure and eventually creates a deep cut into the side of the river where trout can hide and find shade in the summer.

Some of the old covers from 30 years ago could still be seen under the water, and ones found last year on McKenzie Creek were reused.

“If they’re out of the water they’ll rot.

Get anything below and they’ll last a long time,” Fisk said.

Much of the work going on right now on the Clam River is intense. But the river is slowly getting deeper in spots, eroded areas are improving and bare ground is beginning to get reseeded.

“Right now it looks like a mess, but you come back a year from now and you won’t even know we were here,” Lund said.

The habitat project on the Clam River could continue into September and will end before trout begin to spawn. Benike hopes they can start working again next year as early as May, and it could carry into next July. With the advancements in technique with improving trout habitat, and equipment being used Benike hopes they won’t need to come back once the overall projects are completed … at least for the rest of his career.

“If we do things right, a lot of these projects you won’t have to come back in.

If we do it should be some pretty minor stuff,” he said.

Bryon Lund points out an area undergoing stream bank improvement to prevent erosion and provide trout habitat. is good, but also to create habitat for the bigger fish,” Benike said.

Unfortunately, there are restrictions to how much habitat work can be done.

The nearest Trout Unlimited chapter resides near Hudson, and all of the funds they raise go toward trout streams near the Hudson and River Falls areas. Benike mentioned that it would be great to see someone in the area form a separate Trout Unlimited chapter to help work on streams in Burnett, Polk and Barron counties.

“We don’t have enough money to do all the work we’d like to do, so we’ve got to kind of prioritize where the most important segments are, at least in Polk County,” Benike said.

Due to the lack of funding, Benike said his two-man team didn’t get to work on

the Clam River until late July, but are busy making progress the best they can.

The equipment has changed considerably in the last 25 years, as well as the techniques. Wheelbarrows have been replaced with an excavator, which means less manpower is needed and work is more efficient. Plus, more creative and intensive work can be done to create deeper pools and sturdier riverbanks with less erosion.

Jeremiah Fisk is an elementary schoolteacher in Amery but an LTE crew leader for the habitat team throughout the summer.

“Working in the outdoors is a lot of fun, and that’s why I’ve chosen to do it,” Fisk said, and added that he’s an avid angler as well, which makes his work even more rewarding.

Jeremiah Fisk pokes a long handle under a cover, or crib, where trout can be found. Ideally, a cover should be completely submerged under water to prevent it from rotting over time.

The photo on the left shows a potential cover that will eventually be covered in water. The photo on the right shows what a cover is supposed to look like, completely submerged and weighted down with rock.

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by Marty Seeger FREDERIC – In 2001, Jeff Butler’s vision had come together. His dream of setting aside a day each year for area youth in order to get them more involved in the outdoors had come true.

Now, after a successful seventh year of the Youth in the Outdoors day event at Coyland Creek last weekend, Butler has yet another vision to bring even more youth into the outdoors.

“We want to move to the next level,” Butler said, after yet another successful Youth in the Outdoors event that hosted over 150 youth at Coyland Creek on Saturday, Aug. 8. While there have been several successful Youth in the Outdoors events in the past, this was by far its biggest turnout. But the first event wasn’t all that bad either.

“I was a member of South Fork Sporting Club and knew that I wanted to put together some kind of an outdoor day for kids,” Butler said, and in May of 2001 the first Youth in the Outdoors event hosted about 75 youth at the South Fork Sporting Club, with help from a $1,000 grant from the Lake Superior Chapter of Safari Club International. The Clam River Basin of Pheasants Forever, which Butler was a member of, sponsored the next event in the fall of 2002, and the events soon grew to host about 125 youth. Youth in the Outdoors soon gained attention not just locally, but nationally as well, and on cable TV networks.

Then in 2006, Mitch Coyour, owner of

Ashley Wolf helps dad Ryan, of Wolf’s Taxidermy, with a with a future mount of a northern pike.

Jeff Butler teaches shed hunting to youth last Saturday at Coyland Creek last Saturday. – Photos by Marty Seeger unless otherwise noted the Coyland Creek Sporting Clay and Game Preserve, set aside a spot on his grounds to host the Youth in the Outdoors event, and it has been held there ever since.

“The Coyour family has been awesome,” Butler said, and explained that it began opening new avenues for expanding the features of the event, as well as funding. An anonymous donor even offered a sum of money to keep the event going for at least two more years. Butler said that was when the Lake Country Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation also

stepped in to help. At the most-recent event, the Lake Country Chapter supplied several door prizes and had a live elk camp demonstration.

“The elk camp has been one of the most exciting additions to the outdoor experience day,” Butler said. There’s also the endless supply of wood-duck houses created. Since 2001, Butler and Coyour estimated that 500 wood-duck houses have been built and distributed throughout the area, and another 800 youth have participated in the event.

Countless other local outdoor groups, businesses, volunteers and organizations have stepped in to make everything a success over the years to help get the Youth in the Outdoors group off the ground. With success came the question of what the next step for Youth in the Outdoors will be, and Butler has been working on it already for next year.

“My first step is attaining nonprofit status,” Butler said.

From there, it could go just about any-

where. Butler has plans for a Web site, or opening up an evening each month that features an outdoor educational program for youth to learn about everything from outdoor photography to writing or canoeing.

“The outdoors to me is not just hunting and fishing, it’s everything. It takes in photography, writing art, canoeing; it’s all encompassing,” Butler said, adding that these activities could turn into a lifelong hobby or other outdoor related career. He’s also hoping to someday be able to provide scholarships to local high schools.

Butler feels it’s important to go beyond just the one youth event and try to get another one started specifically for veterans and their families, or returning veterans and their families.

“They’re doing it across the country but nobody’s doing it up here yet,” Butler said.

The possibilities are endless for Butler, and there’s no doubt he’s got the best intentions in mind, not only for the benefit of our youth, but for the good of the outdoors.

“The outdoors is too important to me, and if we don’t do something about the outdoors and getting kids involved into it now, it’s going to be harder 10 or 15 years down the line,” Butler said.

This young girl spent time painting a turkey feather. (Inset) One of several examples created on Saturday.

Avery Flaherty takes aim with a pellet gun as dad, Jamey Flaherty lends a hand.

An elk camp as part of the Lake Country Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation has become a popular event at Youth in the Outdoors.

Geno Cummings helped youth learn how to do a log-rolling activity.

Hunter education offered at Fishbowl United Sportsman’s Club WEBSTER – A hunter education class is being offered at the Fishbowl United Sportsman’s Club in Webster.

Classes run Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evening Aug. 24-26, from

6-9 p.m. each night. Students must attend all three nights, and the cost is $10. Contact Paul Martin at the Webster ranger station to register at 715866-8235. – submitted

This photo shows the first Youth in the Outdoors event held at the South Fork Sporting Club. – Photo by Jeff Butler

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Grantsburg Heat finishes with perfect season

by Dave Greschner, Rice Lake Chronotype RICE LAKE – Grantsburg scored an unearned run in the bottom of the seventh to pull out a 4-3 win and claim the tournament championship of the Rice Lake Women’s Fast-pitch League on Sunday at Tate Park.

Rice Lake’s Tire City scored two runs in the top of the seventh to gain a 3-3 tie before Grantsburg led off the bottom of the seventh with the winning run on an outfield error.

Grantsburg’s one-run win wrapped up a perfect season of six wins during its championship regular season and three more wins for the tournament title.

Mollie Bjelland was the winning pitcher in the championship game, going the seven-inning distance and striking out eight. Ashley Stodola threw four innings in taking the pitching loss.

Bjelland had an RBI double and Jess Freagon an RBI single for the winners.

Tire City’s Briana Myers double twice and Jessika Foster added another double.

Myers doubled home Tire City’s first run in the first inning. The Rice Lake team then had only one more hit until the seventh, when Meyers and Foster both doubled to produce Tire City’s final two runs.

Grantsburg reached the title game with a 4-0 win over Rice Lake Weighing Systems, while Tire City downed Wild Bill’s/Pokegama Bar 7-2. Those four teams finished in the top four spots during the 11-team league’s regular season.

Winning pitcher Michelle Lund struck out eight as Grantsburg blanked Rice Lake Weighing Systems 4-0. Losing pitcher Megan Willger fanned seven.

Grantsburg scored all four of its runs in the fifth inning on four hits and an error.

Weighing Systems threatened in five innings despite being shut out. Catcher Dakota Schwanke went 3 for 3 and Daria Kahl and Alyssa Anderson added two singles each to the Rice Lake team’s 11hit attack.

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The Grantsburg Heat fast-pitch softball team ended their Rice Lake Women’s Fast-pitch League season with a perfect record, with an overall standing of 60 and winning the championship game in the tournament on Sunday. Pictured front row (L to R): Emily Cole, Michelle Lund and Mckenzie Ryan. Back row: Mollie Bjelland, Jess Freagon, Annie Palmquist, Michelle Davidsavior, Ingrid Ames, Sasha Chell, Lauren Finch and coach Brian Lund. – Photos submitted Tire City scored six runs in the third inning en route to its 7-2 semifinal win over Wild Bill’s/Pokegama. Stodola was the winning pitcher over Kelsey Kraczek.

Three errors helped fuel Tire City’s sixrun third, which included singles by Stodola, Myers and Steph Allard and a double by Kelsey Lavalier.

In Sunday’s third-place game, Weighing Systems outgunned Wild Bill’s/Pokegama 13-8. Anderson led the winners’ hitting by going four for four, while Rachel Tomesh added two singles.

For Wild Bill’s/Pokegama, Kraczek was four for five with a triple and four RBIs. Kelsey Zych added two singles.

Sunday’s final round of games included a pair of quarterfinals. Rice Lake Weighing Systems shut down Barron 100, while Tire City outlasted Green Mile Outdoors 9-8 in 13 innings.

The Tire City/Green Mile game was suspended at 8-8 after seven innings the previous Sunday. Tire City scored the winning run in the bottom of the 13th on singles by Myers and Allard to go with an error.

In Rice Lake Weighing Systems’ blanking of Barron, Schwanke homered, Krista Derousseau tripled and Jenna Orr had a pair of singles. Anderson threw the shutout while striking out eight.

RICE LAKE WOMEN’S FAST-PITCH Final Standings Team Overall Grantsburg 6-0 Tire City 5-1 Wild Bill’s/Pokegama Bar 4-2 Rice Lake Weighing Systems 4-2 Barron 3-3 Amery 3-3 Stellrecht’s Repair 3-3 Rice Lake 14U 2-4 Brown’s Soil Testing 2-4 Green Mile Outdoor 1-5 Conseco Insurance 0-6

RICE LAKE LEAGUE TOURNAMENT Sunday, Aug. 9 at Tate Park, Rice Lake

Tournament first round RL 14U 3, Brown’s Soil Testing 2 Green Mile 10, Stellrecht’s 0 Conseco 7, Amery 0 (forfeit) Tournament quarterfinals RL Weighing Systems 10, Barron 0 Grantsburg 14, Rice Lake 14U 0 Tire City 9, Green Mile 8 (13 innings) Wild Bill’s/Pokegama 14, Conseco 4 Tournament semifinals Grantsburg 4, RL Weighing Systems 0 Tire City 7, Wild Bill’s/Pokegama 2 Third place RL Weighing 13, Wild Bill’s/Pokegama 8 Championship Grantsburg 4, Tire City 3

Rice Lake Tire City team took second place in the tournament and second in the overall league. Front row (L to R): Ashley Stodola, Megan Stodola, Brianna Myers, Samantha Walker and Jesika Foster. Back row: coach Brian Zimmerman, Hilary Neste, Steph Allard, Kelsey Lavaliere, Trish Vasquez, Deb Eichman and coach Randy Myers

••• BAY CITY, Mich., – Northern Michigan University and the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference announced their All-Academic Team recently. Among those on the list was former Frederic graduate Tasha Kettula, who is on the active roster for the Wildcats women’s track and field team. She has a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher and is a junior studying a physical education/secondary education. Jodi Redlich of St. Croix Falls also made a list of student athletes earning academic honors for her role on the UWSuperior Yellow Jackets softball team. Vanessa Moore, a senior at Bethel University, and formerly of Grantsburg made the list as well.

Moore competes in the high jump for the Royals women’s track team, and last spring competed in the finals of the high jump. She previously earned All-American status in the high jump in ‘07 and ‘09 for the indoor track and in ‘07 for the outdoor track.

••• MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee Brewers games being broadcast on WXCE 1260 AM can be heard on the following dates and times. The Padres at Brewers game on Aug. 13, begins at 1 p.m. The Aug. 14, 15 and 16 Astros at Brewers games begin at 6, 6 and 1 p.m. respectively. The Brewers at Pittsburg series on Aug. 17, 18 and 19 begin at 6 p.m. each night.

••• MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., – Minnesota Twins games broadcast on WLMX 104.9 FM can be heard on the following dates and times. The Royals at Twins game on Aug, 13, begins at noon. The Indians at Twins games on Aug. 15 and 16 begin at 6 p.m. and 1 p.m. respectively. The Twins at Rangers series on Aug. 17, 18 and 19 begin at 7 p.m., each night.

••• GREEN BAY – The Cleveland Browns at Green Bay Packers game can be heard on WXCX 105.7 FM on Saturday, Aug. 15, begining at 7 p.m.

••• MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., – The Minnesota Vikings at Indianapolis Colts game featured on WLMX 104.9 FM can be heard at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 14.

••• LEADER LAND – Local sports tidbits to share? Please contact the Leader by 4:30 p.m. on Mondays to go in Extra Points. – Marty Seeger and Brenda Sommerfeld ••• LEADER LAND – Leader Sports strives to follow the college careers of area athletes. If you know of an athlete who will be playing collegiate sports in 2009 and hasn’t been mentioned, send us an e-mail or call and we’ll take it from there. – Marty Seeger and Brenda Sommerfeld

SPORTS RESULTS DEADLINES: WEDNESDAY - MONDAY: 1 p.m. the following business day. TUESDAY: 7 a.m. on Wednesday. Missed deadlines mean no coverage that week!

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Honkers to face Rangers Saturday evening Venerable playercoach Ted Gerber (who was featured in last week’s Leader) and the rest of his aged but still exciting Grantsburg Honker nine will meet the Merrill Rangers in Wisconsin Baseball Association (WBA) state playoff action Saturday night in Ellsworth. The overall winner from the eight teams in Ellsworth along with the victors from each of three other regions will then convene in Haugen the following week for a shot at the WBA championship.

If you like baseball and have yet to visit the Haugen ballpark, it’s definitely worth the drive. The atmosphere evokes Americana at its best. A charming little town, a great park, enthusiastic fans, and a wellsupplied concession stand will all contribute to a perfect baseball atmosphere.

Long-range weather forecasts for the weekend of Aug. 22 indicate Haugen temperatures will hover in the 80-85-degree range under sunny skies.

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season while St. Louis flounders along at 24-24 in order for the Brewers to earn 87 victories and force a divisional playoff with the Cards. And it doesn’t look like there will be a rent-a-pitcher available to sneak our Brewers into a wild-card berth this year as there was in 2008. 2009 will mark 27 years since the Brewers last won a divisional title, an all-sports futility record surpassed only by the Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals who are in the midst of a 28-year championship drought. (and the Expos 1981 “title” was in a split, strike-shortened season).

“I’m beginning to realize how Minnesota Viking football fans must feel,” one insightful and slightly sarcastic local Brewer fan said during Charlie E. Lewis Days festivities last Saturday. But then he slurred reluctantly: “Although at least the Vikes have won some divisional titles in the last few years.”

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Mushrooms on the rebound Since the Leader has deemed mushroom gathering to be a sport (see earlier references in this column and in those of sports editor Marty Seeger) a late-summer update is in order. Recent rains and some warmer evenings have contributed to recent discoveries of two prized edibles, the King Bolete (Boletus Edulis) and Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus sulphureus). If you do your homework and enjoy meandering through the woodlands, you might be surprised at the number of easily identifiable edible species you will find. But here’s some friendly advice: Trust your field guides and don’t pick and eat the specimens which taste lousy or might make you ill.

Come to think of it, those are the same rules that apply to the sport of berry picking.

By the big lake they call Gitchee Gumee Spies working the Bayfield County region say that the Siren Dragons will be traveling to Washburn on Sept. 19, to face the Castle Guards in their homecoming game on Saturday afternoon. This will be an interesting season for the Dragons who will be playing under new head coach Jason Bins who will be replacing long-time head mentor Brian Webster.

And I hereby offer to cover the SirenWashburn tilt for the Leader as long as the game can be sandwiched between some Bayfield County grouse hunting and trout fishing. (Hey Gary King – Please do what you can to secure me mileage reimbursement for that week-

Speaking of Seeger Regular consumers of the offerings of Marty Seeger on these pages are eagerly anticipating the reports of his Colorado elk-hunting excursion which commences later this month. The youthful scribe has developed quite a reputation as a whitetailed deer archer extraordinaire and plans to pursue the wily wapiti with bow and arrow as well. (And imagine the size of the mileage reimbursement check that will be waiting for him when he returns!)

Mother Nature wins WISSOTA features ST. CROIX FALLS – One week after holding off on the thunder until after the race program was completed, Mother Nature proved less patient this week as she teased all afternoon and finally slammed the door shut on racing action at Kopellah Speedway just prior to the night’s main events. After all the heat-racing action was crisply and quickly run, only the Kopellah Hornets and Pure Stocks were able to squeeze in their feature races before the rains increased enough in intensity to postpone the final four contests of the night.

Hornet heat-race victories went to Ben Kaphing and Doug Fick, while division points-leader Nathan Fisk picked up the win in the lone Pure Stock heat.

WISSOTA Amsoil Dirt Track Series heat races were won by national pointsleader Brandon Davis and track pointsleader Jason VandeKamp in the Midwest Modified division, with Marcus Simonson and Scott Walker picking up wins in the Street Stock preliminaries. Defending track-champion Dan Gullikson and Superior’s Andy Grymala won their respective Super Stock qualifiers, and Rick Kobs was first to the checkers in the only WISSOTA Modified heat race.

With track officials pressing the competitors on through a very light mist that began falling as the heat races drew to a close, the Hornets quickly lined up for their main event. Jacob Christianson and Justin Rick led the Hornet field to the green flag for their main event and current track points leader Kevin Bradwell quickly darted from fourth to first on the opening circuit. By lap three, fifth-starting Kris Kaphing had worked his way up to Bradwell’s rear bumper.

Just past the half-way point, Kaphing made what proved to be the winning pass as Bradwell began to fade. After falling back as far as fourth, pole-starter Christianson climbed his way back into contention by securing the runner-up

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With the light mist still falling, the Kopellah Pure Stocks came track side for their main event with Rodney Jacobson and Tyler English leading the way.

After an opening lap caution, English nabbed the top spot on the restart and held the point for the first five laps.

Fourth-starting Krysta Swearingen and fifth-starting Nathan Fisk began working the field from the drop of the green, and the pair were up to second and third, respectively, just shy of the race’s midpoint. On lap six, Swearingen abandoned her early race strategy – leaving the low groove and looking to the outside of English. Then, just past the flag stand Swearingen made the bold move into the lead going to the high side of English as she entered turn one. Fisk followed suit and dropped English back to third while Swearingen ran at the p o i n t .

As the laps clicked off, Swearingen held steady and went on to pick up her second career feature victory in the span of just four weeks. Fisk came home second with English in third. Jacobson and Mike Olson rounded out the top five.

As the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds took the track for their feature event, the mist became slightly heavier.

After several parade laps attempting to roll in the extra moisture, a consensus of drivers deemed the track surface unsuitable for racing and track officials de-

Yet another banner in Pirateville The WIAA announced Monday in a release posted on their official Web site (www.wiaawi.org) that the Grantsburg cided to postpone the remainder of the night’s events. Double features are tentatively scheduled for Friday, Aug. 14, for the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds and Street Stocks, and the WISSOTA Super Stocks and Modifieds will double-up the following week, Aug. 21.

In addition to the Midwest Modifieds and Street Stock double features Friday, the UMSS Sprint cars make their seventh visit of the summer to the quartermile bullring. Jerry Richert Jr. sports a series best five feature victories and holds a commanding lead in the UMSS point standings as he’ll try to claim a fourth trophy from Kopellah Speedway.

More information about the UMSS can be found online at www.umsprints.com. Updates for Kopellah Speedway are also online at www.kopellahspeedway.net. As al-

P O R T S Pirate girls softball team was named as one of the recipients of the 2009 spring and summer sports Team Sportsmanship award. The release also notes the following: “The selection process includes contributions and evaluations from contest officials, tournament management, police and security personnel, crowd control and ushers, WIAA staff members, area hotels and restaurants.”

Without question Grantsburg has turned into Leader Land’s “Title Town” and with this latest award the rich have grown even richer.

Trivia returns!

This week’s exercise is the always-popular “Who doesn’t belong?” Contestants are to name the ex-local football star whose name does not belong with the other football greats listed in his group.

1) From Frederic: a) Eliel Guzman b) Rob Vincent c) Andrew Malecha d) Bob Haumant e) Andy Tricker 2) From Luck: a) Pete Byl b) Cash Langeness c) Brandon “Bear” DeNucci d) Joel Morgan e) Carson Giller 3) From Unity: a) b) Dave Skow c) John Dube d) Shaun Fisher e) Dustin McKinney f) Charlie Swanson 4) From Grantsburg: a) Tom Hinrichs b) Tim Paquette c) Bob Golson e) Kenneth “Corky” Ramsdell f) Cleve Hastings Who doesn’t belong? 1) D (the rest were successful FHS kickers, but he missed his only extra point attempt) 2) C (the rest were former or current LHS quarterbacks) 3) F (he was not a running back) 4) F (he was a running back, the rest were not) ways, racing action is set to begin at 7 p.m.

Race Summary Hornets Feature –Kris Kaphing, Jason Christianson, Rick, Wigchers, Tripp, George Simonson, B. Kaphing, K. Bradwell, Scott Longley, Fick, James Miller.

Pure Stocks, Feature – Swearingen, Fisk, English, Rodney Jacobson, Olson, Nathan Swanson, Steve Baker, Skip Lutgen.

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds, Feature – postponed.

WISSOTA Street Stocks, Feature – postponed.

WISSOTA Super Stocks, Feature – postponed.

WISSOTA Modifieds, Feature – postponed.

LEADER SPORTS SCOREBOARD MEN’S SLOW-PITCH

Standings Team Overall Sundown 19-2 Chell Well 16-4 Century 21 14-7 God Squad 15-6 Grantsburg Sanitary 14-7 Pour House 13-8 Fur, Fins & Feathers 11-10 Lake Lena 5-16 Shooters Bar 1 4-16 Shooters Bar 2 4-17 Da Crew 1-20 Scores Wednesday, Aug. 5 Sundown 15, Pour House 4 Shooters Bar 2 12, Lake Lena 2 God Squad 11, Chell Well 3 Sundown 22, Fur, Fins & Feathers 2 Century 21 14, Da Crew 4 Grantsburg Sanitary 22, Shooters Bar 1 19 Monday, Aug. 10 Pour House 15, Shooters Bar 2 12 God Squad 18, Lake Lena 3 Chell Well 10, Shooters Bar 1 9 Grantsburg Sanitary 16, Shooters Bar 2 15 Fur, Fins & Feathers 24, Century 21 15 Sundown 17, Da Crew 7

FALUN CHURCH SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT

Thursday, Aug. 6 Trade River Free 10, W. Sweden/Zion Lutheran 3 Friday, Aug. 7 Calvary Covenant 13, Siren Covenant/Bethany 10 Falun Churches 15, Faith Lutheran 13 Siren Assembly 15, Trade River Free 14 Saturday, Aug. 8 Siren Covenant/Bethany 18, Frederic Free 3 Siren Covenant/Bethany 8, Trade River Free 1 Faith Lutheran 10, W. Sweden/Zion Lutheran 5 Falun Churches 3, Trade Lake Baptist 1 Siren Assembly 26, Calvary Covenant 17 Siren Covenant/Bethany 13, Trade Lake Baptist 7 Faith Lutheran 11, Calvary Covenant 7 Siren Assembly 8, Falun Churches 1 Faith Lutheran 11, Siren Covenant/Bethany 7 Falun Churches 15, Faith Lutheran 12 Siren Assembly 5, Falun Churches 4 (Championship)

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Academic achievement up at Unity

Elementary teacher called back, waiver sought for small class size

by Mary Stirrat BALSAM LAKE — Student achievement is up at Unity, not only in academics but also in increased attendance and decreased detentions. That’s the report the Unity School Board of Education heard from school principals at its Aug. 11 meeting.

Each principal reported on test results and other achievement indicators, then reviewed strategies in play to continue the trend.

In the elementary school, said Principal Wayne Whitwam, the standards of No Child Left Behind were all met or exceeded. Looking at last year’s fourthgraders, 85 percent of them scored advanced or proficient in math. The previous year, as third-graders, 81 percent of the same class scored advanced or proficient.

No Child Left Behind requires that 58 percent of students score advanced or proficient in math.

Students in grades one through four exceeded the national improvement rates in math, while students in grades one and three exceeded the national rates in reading. Attendance was up, and all students at every grade level in the afterschool program exceeded the national average for reading improvement.

Again in the middle school, said Principal Elizabeth Jorgensen, students met or surpassed the standards required by NCLB. In the eighth grade, 94 percent of the students scored proficient or advanced in reading.

“That is just a super, super exciting number,” she said.

The sixth- through eighth-graders met or exceeded the state average in math and reading, and science scores continue to improve each year. National growth rates were exceeded in math for grades five through eight and in reading for grades five and eight.

Attendance has been improving each year and is at just over 94 percent. The number of detentions and suspensions have been reduced significantly. During the last school year, said Jorgensen, there were 28 days lost to suspensions, compared to 102 days three years ago. This past year there were 309 detentions, compared with 477 in 2006-07.

The daily attendance rate in the high school, said Principal Jason Cress, rose from 91.1 percent to 92.3 percent. The difference equates to about four students each missing an entire year of school, he said. The number of students suspended went from 74 to 42, while the number of days lost due to suspension was reduced from 235 to 121.

NCLB standards were met or exceeded in the high school as well, Cress told the board, with increased scores in language arts, math and social studies. More than one-quarter of the students gained more than twice the national average in read-

Unity School Board and staff tour the improvements made to the school in recent months. Here in the computer lab (L to R) are school board members Debbie Peterson, Kelly Bakke and Dave Moore, and district administrator Brandon Robinson. Also present but not shown are: high school Principal Jason Cress, elementary Principal Wayne Whitwam, maintenance and operations director Dewey Strilzuk and board member Sheryl Holmgren— Photos by Mary Stirrat ing and math during their freshman year.

ACT scores were increased from 19.9 to 21.8, said Cress, and 94 percent of the students who took the advanced-placement class in psychology passed the exam and earned college credit. The national average for passing the exam is 67 percent.

Among the district-wide strategies to continue the upward climb in student achievement, said Jorgensen, are strong professional-development opportunities in teaching math and spelling, growing use of data analysis, summer-school modifications, online learning opportunities, more intentional parent contact, and continued use of assessments and peer reviews.

Strategies at each school include incentives, training, remediation, technology improvements, assessments and special programs.

Elementary enrollment Enrollment projections for first and third grade led the school board to recall one elementary teacher and to seek a waiver from the state to allow larger classrooms without jeopardizing state funding.

The district receives SAGE funding to help keep classroom sizes in prekindergarten through third grade at 15 students or less. In the past, said Whitwam, classrooms of up to 17 have been allowed without difficulty, but this year the state is making efforts to maintain a maximum of 15 or 16 in order to qualify for the funding.

Initially, the district planned five firstgrade sections. However, enrollment in that grade is now anticipated at 86 students, which would mean four sections of 17 students and one of 18 students.

To maintain smaller class sizes and protect SAGE funding, the board voted to recall Kate Maki, who taught kindergarten last year. The addition of another teacher means there will be two sections with 15 students and four sections with 14 students.

Improvements at the pool and hot-tub areas include fresh paint, better lighting in the hot-tub room, and a new air-handling unit in the pool area.

Third-grade enrollment is slightly higher, at 83, and rather than recall another teacher the board voted to seek a waiver for the 15-student limit. Five sections are planned for the third grade, three of which will have 17 students and two of which will have 16 students.

Board President Debbie Peterson was opposed to seeking the waiver, saying that she is a proponent of small class sizes and feels the district should follow the state guidelines to keep class sizes down.

Board members Kelly Bakke, Sheryl Holmgren, Dave Moore and Chad Stenberg voted in favor of the waiver, with Jim Beistle absent.

Summer school Summer school at Unity this year had “a new look, a new approach and a new schedule,” said Robinson in his report, and it was a very successful venture.

A new physical-education component was added in July, which included basketball, dance, volleyball, flag football and other programs. In August are minisessions designed to help students prepare for the new school year.

“This year’s summer school was refreshed and refined to let learning and fun collide in the classroom,” said Whitwam. “The enrollment from the summer-school session in June are the highest we’ve seen in three years.”

With greater participation and a focus on engaged learning in summer school, said Robinson in his report, it is hoped that the energy will improve academic retention in the fall.

“Every concept that a student retains over the summer is one less concept requiring reteaching in the fall,” agreed middle school principal and curriculum director Jorgensen. “Hitting the ground running in the fall is a key to improving

Landscaping, benches and new concrete create an almost park like look to the elementary and middle school entrance. Inside the building were numerous improvements, from new paint and lighting to new carpet, windows and air-handling units. student achievement in every content area.”

Also new this year is the Unity Eagles 2,000-Minute Summer Reading Club for students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Students who read 2,000 minutes between June 6 and Aug. 31 will be able to attend a recognition breakfast with their parents and receive a Summer Reading Club T-shirt and a certificate.

Students who complete the 2,000minute reading challenge and increase their fall reading-assessment score will be included in a drawing for prizes such as iPods, gift certificates, malts, pool and movie passes, Unity apparel and books.

Other business • Board Vice President James Beistle has served on the Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College Board of Trustees for a number of years, and has now been selected by that board to serve as chairperson.

• The district will host an open house for families of elementary and middle school students Tuesday, Aug. 25, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The freshman open house will be at the same time. An open house for incoming fifth-graders will be one week earlier, on Tuesday, Aug. 18, from 6 to 7 p.m.

• The board voted to approve the hiring of Briana Coombe as assistant ninthgrade volleyball coach, and the resignation of Larry Olson as Saturday custodian.

• This year’s community picnic will be held during homecoming against Luck.

A chili cook-off will be part of the festivities, with seven local restaurants taking part in the competition.

Board President Debbie Peterson takes a look at the new ceiling in the pool locker room. District Administrator Brandon Robinson, right, explains that the lockers, dryers and paint are also all new.

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City buys into Buy Local study

Partnership in study reduces cost

by Tammi Milberg ST. CROIX FALLS – The Buy Fresh Buy Local initiative in St. Croix Falls is taking the next step toward researching sustainability of local food growers and producers in the area by participating in a joint study with other communities.

Tresa Mofle is doing a graduate study through UW-Barron County based on sustainability for Buy Local. She is also employed by Westaff which is doing a

similar study. Mofle said that the study combines tasks of her graduate thesis with tasks of her employer and that she wanted to include St. Croix Falls as one of the communities in her study. She presented her information to the city council Aug. 10.

The study itself was estimated to cost $30,000 for one community, but because the cost would be shared through Mofle’s inclusion of other communities and because West CAP is making a match of community pledges and will employ student interns to help with legwork, the cost is significantly less for the

study. The council felt the study will take the Buy Local to the next level and build on what has been established so far and agreed to buy in for $5,000. The monies will be paid $2,500 from this year’s city projects fund and $2,500 from next budget year’s city projects fund. All voted in favor.

Other business • The council approved a resolution of the revised National Scenic Riverway District Code, which has been in the works for some time. The update includes the area where the WWTP site

will be upgraded.

• The council approved purchasing the property of Mark and Nancy Buley next to the WWTP for expansion and improvements at a cost of $180,000 with $3,000 to be paid initially.

• The council also approved having the parking lanes paved from Massachusetts to Minnesota Streets by the DOT when they plan on repaving Hwy. 87 in April 2010 at an estimate for the city of $18,600 for the parking lanes.

Community center improvements approved

New public works superintendent

by Tammi Milberg TAYLORS FALLS, Minn. – The city council for Taylors Falls met Aug. 10 and approved several improvements for the Memorial Community Center for the hallway and upstairs rest rooms.

The renovation improvements included drywall for the hallway and two

upstairs rest rooms for the low bid of $1,142.36 from DT Drywall. Plumbing improvements were approved at $1,800 with a low bid from Waterworks Plumbing Repair. An electric water heater and three electric hand dryers were approved at $1,309.95 as the low bid from Wild River Electric. Bathroom tiles and grout supplies purchased from Menards at a cost not to exceed $750 was approved with installation of the tiles by low bidder Steve J. Gall at a cost of $1,704.50.

The council approved by consent agenda a donation from the Taylors Falls Women’s Civic League for $651.45 for community center improvements. The council also approved by consent agenda a donation from the Friends of Taylors Falls Parks for $899.50, raised during Wannigan Days Bingo. The council approved through consent agenda establishing a park improvement fund and the deposit of the Friends of the Taylors Falls Parks donation into that fund.

The council approved a bid for repair to a manhole on Folsum Street at $2,100 from Wild River Contracting as the low bid.

The city hired a new public works superintendent at the meeting. Four persons were interviewed and three persons were called back for a second interview.

The recommendation was to hire Mike Kriz as the superintendent, with a start date of Aug. 24.

Homecoming, Autumn Fest will make for big weekend downtown

by Tammi Milberg ST. CROIX FALLS–The city council for St. Croix Falls approved at the Aug. 10 meeting a request from the St. Croix Falls School District to close a portion of Main Street for the homecoming parade, Friday, Sept. 25.

The request was presented by Heidi Marks, teacher at the high school, who stated that the closure would be from the overlook deck to Clayton’s Hardware for the parade beginning at 2:20 p.m. on Sept. 25. The council agreed that the event has not had problems in the past by closing Main Street for that time and reiterated that it brings a lot of traffic to

Main Street.

Police Chief Jack Rydeen stated that he would get the permit for closing the road as in the past and anticipated no issues in having the parade downtown as it was in the past years.

St. Croix Falls homecoming this year coincidentally falls on the city’s Autumn Fest weekend, in which many buy-local campaigns and the library grand opening will take place. Autumn Fest is Saturday, Sept. 26, downtown, featuring booths at the overlook deck with a focus of sustainable communities including the St. Croix Falls Buy Fresh-Buy Local initiative, booths on solar and wind

power, and demonstrations on self-reliant techniques such as raising your own chickens. Children’s activities will include games sponsored by the Lions Club and senior center. Free carriage rides through downtown and along the Gaylord Nelson Riverwalk will also be offered. Xcel Energy will provide tours of the hydro dam throughout the day.

The library grand opening in the former Holiday Foods grocery building downtown will be at 1 p.m. with a ceremony and tours of the new library. Following the dedication and tours there will be music and a fundraising dinner.

In addition to music and art booths, Sat-

urday’s activities will conclude with a performance by Alice Peacock, local gal made famous musician, at Festival Theatre. Also taking place that weekend is Dr. Steve Bont’s celebration of 23 years in business with a grand reopening of his remodeled chiropractic office. Bont will be hosting a free community pig roast from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25.

City Administrator Ed Emerson requested the school promote Autumn Fest and the city would promote homecoming to get the word out about both events.

Reduce identity theft DRESSER – The Dresser Neighborhood Watch group recently hosted guest speaker Karna Markuson, postmaster from the Dresser post office. Her main topic for the evening was identity theft.

Identity thieves use many ways of getting your personal financial information so they can make fraudulent charges or withdrawals from your accounts.

How to reduce the risk of becoming a victim of identity theft: • Do not write you PIN number on the back of your ATM or credit cards. If you do, thieves or other criminals can have instant access to you bank or credit cards.

• When you leave the house, take only the cards you will need for any personal purchases that day. If stolen, your will

Karna Markuson

have fewer calls to make to banks or credit card companies, and the odds of fraudulent charges in your name will be lower.

• Check you monthly credit card bills.

Always look carefully at the specific transactions charged to you account.

Someone who gets your credit card number and expiration date does not need the actual card to make purchases.

• Beware of dumpster divers. They literally climb into large trash receptacles, rooting through them to look for identifying information that someone threw out. Buy and use a shredder. An inexpensive way to frustrate divers and protect your personal data.

You can request a copy of your credit report at least once a year. There are three

major credit bureaus: Equifax, 800-685111; Experian 888-397-3742; and Trans Union 800-916-8800. You can request one free copy each year.

If you think that you may be a victim of identity theft, immediately contact the Federal Trade Commission; the three major credit bureaus to inform them of the situation; your local police department to have an officer take a report; and any business where the identity thief fraudulently conducted any transaction in your name.

For more information about identity theft you can go to the following Web site – www.consumer.gov/idtheft.

The next Dresser Neighborhood Watch meeting, with a speaker, will be Monday, Aug. 17. – submitted

Clean Sweep program is back on track POLK COUNTY - The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection recently announced that funding for the Clean Sweep program has been made available with the signing of the state budget. Because Polk County depends on grant money administered by DATCP and the Household Hazardous Waste Grant Program to fund the local collections, the spring Clean Sweep event was not held.

A fall Clean Sweep event has been scheduled for Friday, Sept. 25, from 2 to 6 p.m., and Saturday, Sept. 26, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. A county-sponsored drug collection is also being planned for Saturday, Sept. 26, from 9 a.m. to noon. Both of these collection events will be held at the Polk County Recycling Center located two miles east of St. Croix Falls on

Hwy. 8.

Clean Sweep accepts a wide variety of unwanted chemicals from households.

Widely accepted chemicals and materials include: • Household pesticides including herbicides, insecticides, fungicides and rodenticides • Plumbing-system cleaning agents such as lye and acids • Solvents such as ketone, acetone, turpentine, mineral spirits • Nonlatex paints: lead, enamel, oil based and metal based • Photographic chemicals • Acids (sulfuric, muriatic, hydrochloric) and strong bases • Elemental mercury and mercurycontaining devices such as thermometers, thermostats, switches, manometers

• Ni-CD, lithium and mercury batteries • Pool and spa chemicals along with bleaches • Wood- and paint-stripping agents such as methyl chloride • Wood treatments containing penta, creosote or arsenic • Nonlatex coating such as lacquer, stains and varnishes • Contaminated waste oil and hydraulic fluids • Flammable materials such as lighter fluids, charcoal lighter, kerosene and waste gas • Exterior surface coatings such as deck stains and driveway sealers • Aerosol cans containing many of the above Do not bring these chemicals and ma-

terials to Clean Sweeps: • Latex paint • High-pressure cylinders • Infectious, biological wastes and needles (sharps) • Explosives including detonators and blasting caps • Radioactive chemicals and devices • Ammunition • Smoke detectors (contact manufacturer for disposal instructions) This event is open to all households in Polk and surrounding counties. For more information contact Polk County Recycling Center at 715-485-1088 or visit our Web site: www.co.polk.wi.us/recycling/cleanswe ep.asp - submitted

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Luck Village airs concerns on industrial park

Location, timing just a few items on long list of concern

by Marty Seeger LUCK – By the time the community forum ended in Luck last Thursday, Aug. 6, hardly anyone disagreed that the village is in some need of an industrial park. But opposition to the possible purchase and the location of 109 acres west of Luck took up most of a two-hour debate, which hosted nearly 40 village residents, business owners and Luck Village Board members, who used the community forum as a chance to hear from the public. No action will be taken as a result of the meeting, but at least one resident had already began taking action in the form of a petition.

“I have not knocked down one door and I already have 300 signatures,” said Doug Pederson, who owns land next door to the 109-acre property on CTH N, owned by Robert Peterson, across from Little Butternut Lake.

Pederson said he loves the town of Luck and that his property has been in the family for over a half century. He said bringing business into Luck is fine, but when he plans to move to Luck after retirement, he said he and his family don’t want to be in the middle of an industrial park. He’d like to see business kept in town or someplace else. Pederson’s petition is part of a plan to stop one of several contingencies set in order for the village to finalize the purchase of the 109 acres. One contingency is a piece of property owned by the Polk County Highway Department, which must first be annexed, and the village needs to gain approval from the county board of supervisors in order to successfully annex the property. Pederson said he spoke to a county board member who told him he could get signatures from any taxpayers in Polk County who oppose the purchase of the property, and he plans to take it directly to the county board.

Lynn Gregorash is another property owner near the 109 acres and voiced his disapproval.

“I’m certainly not against bringing new industry into the area,” Gregorash said, but added that he was “adamantly against bringing new industry into the area at the cost of what I consider to be a sensitive environmental area.” He also felt that there might not be much citizens could do to stop the purchase of the property because the village had already entered a contract. It was noted in an earlier report in this paper, that $1,000 in earnest money has already been paid, with the first $100 going toward an offer to purchase. With the cost of the property totaling $218,000, Richard Williams, a village taxpayer since 1989, expressed that the village residents can’t afford higher taxes.

“I can afford what I have now, but if you’re going to raise my taxes 25, 35 or 40 percent, you can’t do that to a town this small,” Williams said.

He also spoke about other towns such as Frederic, which already has an industrial park, which he says is 70-percent empty. He wondered about the timing of purchasing land and how Luck will be able to fill an industrial park when an-

Luck resident, Richard Williams (far left) converses with Barry Schaffer, owner of Schaffer Specialty Welding, Inc., at the start of the Luck forum. Pat Schmidt is pictured in the center, and listens to the arguments. – Photos by Marty Seeger other town’s industrial park sits empty.

Barry Schaffer, owner of Schaffer Specialty Welding, Inc., voiced his opinion on the noise, runoff and overall aesthetics of an industrial park. He explained that all of them are controlled variables, and the village would have the ultimate say in which businesses could be in the industrial park.

“There are some very beautiful industrial parks,” Schaffer said. “You can control what the buildings look like, control landscaping, control noise by landscaping.” He then added that if a pharmaceutical company wanted to locate in Luck there wouldn’t be any noise.

While Schaffer said he couldn’t comment on whether the 109 acres was the right place for an industrial park, he thought some people’s perceptions on what an industrial park is, and what it can be, was skewed.

“It doesn’t mean that we can’t get good, quiet businesses in there, good clean businesses, and get this revenue and prosper,” Schaffer said.

Schaffer also explained how he was unable to expand his business in Luck because there was no more room. He eventually expanded a larger facility in Milltown and is in the process of another possible expansion in St. Croix Falls.

Luck resident Don Tomlinson applauded Schaffer’s success but said the town can’t afford it.

“This town is broke; they have no money here. We can’t even fix our streets. We have one of the highest tax rates in Polk County,” Tomlinson exclaimed. He went on to describe what he thinks will become at least a $1.6 million project and raise taxes nearly 20 percent.

Although those figures weren’t discussed in detail at the forum, a breakdown in cost, taxes and benefits were outlined in the Aug. 5 news section of the Inter-County Leader.

Planning commission member John Klatt highlighted tax incremental financing, which is commonly used to finance commercial and industrial businesses.

He read information from the Wisconsin Department of Commerce that said projects and land being annexed in Wisconsin’s small, medium-sized cities have a potential growth index, which measures the increase in equalized value of property within the financing districts. Klatt said it shows that property values within

Luck residents Lynn Gregorash (R) and Mike Cummings voiced their opinions last Thursday.

the finance districts averaged over a 500percent increase and over 300 percent in TIF financed projects developed. This information can be found at http://www.wi-edi.org/ED-Benefits.html.

“I understand nobody wants it here,” Klatt said. “We can debate good sites, poor sites and what are acceptable sites, but I think we as a full community, got to come together here and understand what the benefits of economic development can be.”

As for other options on where to find more space for a new business, Klatt said the two existing spots in the industrial park, owned by Woods Goods and St. Croix Valley Hardwoods, were looked into. He said both companies fully intend to use the parcels and have no intension of selling. Klatt also said Colonial Craft expressed a possible desire to expand.

“If they cannot expand they’re going to look other places, so that was the dilemma we were faced with,” Klatt said. He added that they not only looked across to the south of Butternut Lake, but the Pioneer Home, the school and looked into wetland mitigation isues with the DNR. The DNR, Klatt says, recommended they look someplace else.

Cris Moore, owner of the Thrivent Financial on Main Street in Luck, said he was opposed to the location but not opposed to an industrial park.

“I’m absolutely not against having an industrial park in the future, because if you don’t plan for the future and you don’t invest in the future, what are you going to have?” Moore said.

Moore wasn’t sure if the timing was right, and questioned the inconsistency of the village board. He felt that board members changed too much and lacked a long-term vision. He also felt that along with a long-term vision, steps needed to be put in place today to run things more efficiently and most cost effectively. He also felt that the board was trying to purchase the land simply because it came up for sale.

“You can’t feel like it was just done for the sake of doing it, and that, I think, is why there’s so many different people on either side of this issue right now, because it just doesn’t seem like some of that was done,” Moore said.

Village president, Nancy WebsterSmith, then read aloud a handwritten letter by Luck resident Millie Locke who was not present at the forum but wanted her opposition to be known. She asked who would invest a business in a dying town and talked about high taxes, more layoffs and more homes for sale.

“I don’t know what you dreamers are smoking in those big pipes, but you better come down to earth, and first try to focus on keeping Luck an affordable little town. I don’t want to be choked up by your pipe dreams,” Locke stated.

The forum continued to hear opposition from both sides of the issue, going back and forth on the environmental impact, taxes, location and property values.

From Little Butternut property owners, to business owners and village board

Cris Moore, (at right) owner of Thrivent Financial on Main Street in Luck, said he was opposed to the location but not opposed to an industrial park. Planning commission member John Klatt sits to the left of Moore. members, it was clear that the issue is still a source of debate in the Village of Luck. Trustee Gene Cooper explained that there’s still a long way to go even before a purchase of the land can be made. He explained that whether or not the property is purchased, the Luck Village needs to do something. He even took a little blame for convincing the planning commission to go to work on finding a solution. Cooper said he took a drive about 1-1/2 years ago through Shell Lake, Spooner, Cumberland and Amery. He marveled at the new buildings, businesses, and overall growth.

“That woke me up to the fact that everyone else is growing, but where was Luck heading?” Cooper asked. He reiterated that at least the village of Luck was trying to do something.

“Maybe its not the best recommendation, at this time, because of the economy, but it’s something we have to consider. I mean we just can’t throw out things and say ‘nope you can’t do that,’” Cooper said.

Luck School Superintendent Rick Palmer spoke near the end of the meeting about purchasing the land as an asset to the village. He talked about the visions and goals of the Luck School Board years ago, and their decisions to purchase property around the school. Although they haven’t done anything with it, the land is still being used, such as for the FFA and scholarships.

“Just because we haven’t used it doesn’t mean it wasn’t a good investment at the time the board made that decision. It let us have some possible options to look at down the road,” Palmer said.

He added that he couldn’t speak about the proposed location of a possible industrial park, but explained that it was important to have some sort of economic development. He said in the last 10 years alone, the Luck School’s enrollment has dropped by about 115 students, and explained that several difficult staff cuts and decisions had to be made. He also stressed that Luck needs to be on a level playing field with other communities on what they can offer if a business shows interest in planting roots in the community.

Palmer said, “Do you need an industrial park? Yes. Do you need economic development? Yes. Do you have high expectations of the school that’s teaching your kids … can you continue meeting those expectations without some of that?

No.” In the end, it seemed the issue at hand remained in favor of economic development, yet the issue of where it should take place was still up for debate. Mike Cummings, a Little Butternut property owner, discussed his opposition to the location of the proposed industrial park throughout much of the meeting, but made one point clear when he asked a show of hands from those in favor of an industrial park located across from Little Butternut. With the exception of possibly one person in the room no one else seemed eager to raise their hand.

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Annual Siren class reunion

Class of 1948 was one of the three classes from Siren High School that met Thursday evening, July 30, at the Pour House for their annual reunion. Front row (L to R): Louis D’jock, Ruth (Denver) Swisher, Rose (Rudisell) Fenne, Kay (Kolander) Stoner and Charles Hagen. – Photos submitted

Class of 1947: Front row (L to R): Eldora (Hanson) Brown, Rae Carol (Selmyhr) Root, Doris (Sterling) Doriott, Virginia (Bushey) Martin and Dorothy (Daniels) Berget. Back row: Don Daniels, Glenn Nordin, Emory Giles, Budd Johnson and Forest Root.

Ralph Waldo Emerson visits his Bass Lake, Burnett County land BURNETT COUNTY – The community education writing classes of Frederic and Luck were surprised and delighted when none other than the famed but long-dead writer Ralph Waldo Emerson arrived at their potluck luncheon on Wednesday, July 29, at the home and land of Doris Swanson Hanson. It seems that Hanson’s secluded land around the birch-lined, sparkling Bass Lake once belonged to “The Sage of Concord,” but not until now had Emerson had the opportunity to visit it.

The 19th-century writer pronounced this gem of nature comparable, nay, even superior to, his Massachusetts holdings around Walden Pond, made famous when borrowed, built on and written about by his young friend, Henry David Thoreau. “Inspired we must forget our books,/ To see the landscape’s royal looks,” Emerson commented as he stood by the water and as rain threatened yet again added, “The sun athwart the

The community education writing classes of Frederic and Luck met for potluck luncheon on Wednesday, July 29, at the home and land of Doris Swanson Hanson on Bass Lake. – Photo submitted

cloud thought it no sin/To use my land to put his rainbow in.”

Ralph Waldo, or Waldo to his friends, among whom he soon counted the 11 gathered writers, was accompanied by his second wife, Lydia, and he showed his sense of humor recounting the story of the chamber pot she had given him for his 40th birthday. He was regaled with questions, many of which he was able to answer, and when he was not able, he pled his advanced age and long death as cause of his forgetfulness. Feeling that he was too often misunderstood as an old fogey (or “Olde Phart,” as Lydia had had inscribed on his chamber pot), he repeatedly in his speaking and reading emphasized his rebellious, independent nature, which had caused his being kicked out of Harvard and had lead to the losing of more than one job, including as Unitarian minister.

Emerson had brought with him his autograph book, and invited the writers to add their names and comments to many other illustrious signatories, including Walt Whitman, Thoreau, of course, Herman Melville, Abraham Lincoln. “Hitch your wagon to a star,” he encouraged these writers still working, as he departed with his driver to the place where he could once again get on the amazing people-mover that had whisked him through the air from his grave in Concord, to striking distance of his northwest Wisconsin land. As he rode out of sight, they heard him say: “If bright the sun, he tarries; All day his song is heard; And when he goes, he carries No more baggage than a bird.”

Sullivan Family to perform at Lewis Methodist Church LEWIS - The Sullivan Family Gospel Bluegrass Band has been performing gospel music for 60 year with performances in the U.S., Canada and Europe, and on Tuesday, Aug. 18, they will perform at the Lewis Methodist Church from 6 -8 p.m. Also performing will be Sherry DePolis-Thompson who will sing

and yodel gospel music.

The performance will be outdoors unless inclement weather forces the show indoors. Everyone is asked to bring lawn chairs. There is no cover charge for the performance, but a freewill offering will be collected. – submitted

Class of 1946: Corrine (Tjomsland) Root, Connie (D’jock) Hunt, Gilbert Bosak and Arlene (Wiberg) Spaulding.

Burnett County Relay for Life meets at Crooked Lake Park The Sullivan Family Gospel Bluegrass Band. – Photo taken from the Web site of the Alabama Center for Traditional Culture

Celebrating 70 years Meeting at Crooked Lake Park Thursday evening, Aug. 6, were people from the Burnett County Relay for Life, to go over the good features of this year’s cancer relay and plan ahead for next year. Shown here are (L to R) American Cancer Society Community Relations Polk County person Michele Gullickson Moore, team mentor (“fearless leader”) Donna Crain, Honorary Survivor Chair Terry Bower (2-1/2 years cancer free) and Relay Chair Dan Kuesel. The meeting, called the Relay for Life Survivor Recognition and Wrap Party, was celebrating the fact that, although there were only half the number of teams as last year, the relay brought in slightly over $50,000, with more coming in before the Aug. 20 deadline. “Anyone interested in forming a team to raise money for cancer patients in Burnett County for the 2010 Relay June 18-19, 2010, is encouraged to call me at 715-268-6886,” Gullickson Moore said. – Photo by Nancy Jappe

Kathleen Farley, a Big Trade Lake resident, surrounded by her family, celebrated her 70th birthday at Trade River Winery on Sunday, Aug. 2. Farley’s family wanted to have the party in a quiet, beautiful and family-friendly location. The waterfall, private patio and landscaped gardens at Trade River Winery offered the perfect backdrop on the beautiful summer day. – Photo submitted

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Luck High School Class of 1969 Luck High School Class of 1969 held their 40-year reunion at the Hog Wild restaurant on Saturday, Aug. 1. Pictured are (L to R) back row: Roger Spofford, Jeff Creuzer, Walter “Butch” Petersen, Gerald Hendricks, Dan Jenson, Roger Berg, Dave Nelson, Gary Erickson and Larry Wallin. Middle row: Ron Petersen, John Bierman, Margaret (Jensen) Connet, Dale Schauls, Vonnie (Pautsch) Cudd, Lois (Skow) Johansen and Pam (Hochstetler) Huser. Front row: Kathy (Krey) Cudd and Debbie (Anderson) Hanyka. – Photo submitted

Local man indicted on drug charge BURNETT COUNTY – A 54-year-old man who moved from the Luck/Cushing area to Burnett County about two years ago has been indicted by a federal grand jury for distributing methamphetamine and possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute.

The indictment alleges that Michael D. Stark distributed and possessed methamphetamine on Dec. 30, 2008.

If convicted, Stark faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. The charges against him are the result of an

investigation conducted by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Barron County Sheriff’s Office, Burnett County Sheriff’s Office and Wisconsin Department of Justice, Division of Criminal Investigation.

The prosecution of this case has been assigned to Assistant U.S. Attorney David J. Reinhard.

Polk County Sheriff Tim Moore noted that this was a case that his drug officers worked on for close to five years. – with information from the Wisconsin Dept. of Justice

OWI third offense charged AMERY – Police were called to a onevehicle crash on Thursday, Aug. 6, shortly before 9 p.m.

Zachary Herpst, 26, Amery, told officers he had hit some gravel and gone into the ditch. He appeared under the influence of alcohol and was given a preliminary breath test, which read .14. He was charged with OWI, third offense, and taken to the hospital for a blood test and then to the Polk County Jail.

Matthew Despiegelaere, 21, Milltown was charged with OWI first offense after being stopped for speeding on Tuesday, Aug. 4. He was clocked at 94 miles per hour while driving on 170th Street south of 200th Avenue at about 6 a.m. that day.

His preliminary breath test read .171.

Brenden Sawall, 22, Gallatin, Tenn., was charged with OWI and with operating after suspension of his driver’s license. Sawall also had three credit cards in his possession at the time of his arrest which belonged to other people, which were confiscated for an investigation.

Other OWI first arrests this week included Samantha Stoeklen, 22, Lindstrom, Minn.; Jared Norlander, 28, Centuria; Chad McKnight, 39, Chisago City, Minn.; and Todd Slattengren, 49, Balsam Lake, who was also charged with possession of marijuana. — with information from the Polk County Sheriff’s Department

Polk County circuit court Bryan D. Aitkens, Brooklyn Center, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Jennifer L. Alden, Frederic, operating while under influence; operating with PAC .10 or more, not guilty pleas.

Julia B. Amrhien, Centuria, speeding, $160.80.

Jorden R. Autoerhar, New Richmond, operating motor vehicle by probationary licensee w/ unauthorized person in vehicle, $200.50.

Laura M. Barney, Clear Lake, speeding, $175.30.

Joseph L. Bartel, St. Paul, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Sandra H. Bebeau, Hudson, nonregistration of auto, etc., $160.80.

Blake E. Benson, Dresser, operating while under influence, lic. rev. 7 mos. – AODA assess & compliance, $754.50.

Jeffery D. Bickford, Osceola, operating while under influence, lic. rev. 6 mos. – AODA assess & compliance, $675.00.

Joshua D. Borgwardt, Amery, speeding, not guilty plea.

David J. Bougie, Vadnais Heights, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Jeremy J. Brathol, Hammond, passing into oncoming traffic, $312.00.

Joshua J. Bremer, Frederic, nonregistration of auto, etc., $160.80.

James O. Bystrom, Luck, fail./stop at stop sign, not guilty plea.

Kenneth E. Carigiet, Cottage Grove, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Sherry L. Carmack, Milltown, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Melody L. Cassavant, Deer Park, display unauth. vehicle registration plate, not guilty plea.

Chad R. Catlin, Cumberland, speeding, $175.30.

Daniel R. Cavegn, Newport, Minn., fail./stop at stop sign, $175.30.

Carl N. Christiansen, St. Croix Falls, fail./stop at stop sign, $175.30.

Dillon A. Cloutier-Clemas, New Richmond, violate absolute sobriety law; operating with PAC .10 or more; operating while under influence, not guilty pleas.

Luke A. Coquyt, Frederic, operating while suspended, $186.00 Raymond Delao-Cervantes, Dresser, speeding, $160.80; operate w/o valid license, $186.00.

Jason K. Dewolf, Osceola, nonregistration of auto, etc., not guilty plea.

Jacob J. Draves, St. Croix Falls, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Joseph S. Folz, Centuria, nonregistration of auto, etc., $160.80.

Nicholas D. Fox, Osceola, operating while suspended, $186.00.

Joshua G. Greene, Star Prairie, speeding, $160.80.

Sonia M. Guimont, Blaine, Minn., speeding, $236.40.

Jeffrey A. Handlos, Centuria, violation of child safety restraint requirements – child 4 yrs., but less than 8 yrs. of age, $135.60.

Anthony J. Hansen, Osceola, fail./yield right/way from stop sign, $160.80.

Edward W. Helmbrecht, Turtle Lake, fail./stop at stop sign, $160.80.

Bradley K. Hillestad, Harshaw, speeding, $160.80.

Jessica N. Hinde, Maplewood, Minn., inattentive driving, $173.40.

Justin D. Holmdahl, Dresser, speeding, $198.60.

Scott N. Howard, Baldwin, operate w/o valid license, $186.00.

Ryan A. Jaremczuk, St. Croix Falls, failure to notify police of ac-

cident, not guilty plea.

Timothy E. Johnson, Luck, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Luke O. Juedes, Clayton, speeding, $175.30.

Terry L. Kahl, Clear Lake, speeding, $160.80.

Mark J. Kamish, Luck, operating while under influence; operating with PAC .10 or more, not guilty pleas.

Lorena A. Klassen, Centuria, operating while under influence, 6-mos. lic. rev. – AODA assess & compliance, $675.50.

Mark A. Koch, Clear Lake, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Rudolph J. Konecny IV, Dresser, speeding, not guilty plea.

Summer R. Lee, Columbia Heights, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Roger A. Linski, Centuria, speeding, $175.30.

Erin K. Maier, Amery, speeding, $160.80.

Charles Z. Merkavah, La Plata, Md., speeding, $160.80.

Shannon L. Mitch, Balsam Lake, failure to notify police of accident, $200.50.

Seth T. Moore, Frederic, failure to notify police of accident, $249.00; operating while suspended, $186.00.

Christopher J. Mowen, St. Croix Falls, speeding, $160.80.

Rodney G. Mueller, Balsam Lake, speeding, $175.30.

Doughlas L. Nelson, Eau Claire, operating with PAC .10 or more; operating left of centerline; operating while under influence, not guilty pleas.

Justin L. Nelson, Balsam Lake, fail./stop at stop sign, $175.30.

Travis F. Norlund, Amery, speeding, $175.30 Jeffrey W. Owens, Frederic, operating while suspended, $186.00; failure to notify police of accident, $249.00.

Jesse W. Page, Osseo, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Holli J. Potter, Chetek, inattentive driving, $173.40.

Rebecca J. Radtke, Grantsburg, speeding, $160.80.

Paul F. Railsback, Minneapolis, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Erin L. Rasmussen, Stillwater, Minn., speeding, $250.90.

Jeffrey S. Rosen, Clear Lake, nonregistration of auto, etc., $160.80.

Alisa B. Sarnstrum, Hammond, speeding, $211.20.

Joy N. Schauer, New Richmond, speeding, $186.00.

Robert E. Schire, Middleburg, Fla., speeding, $175.30.

Robert C. Siemers, Chetek, speeding, $160.80.

Chad R. Simpson, Taylors Falls, Minn., seat belt violation, $10.00.

Judith R. Stein, Scandia, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Nancy J. Stower, Roseville, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Charles B. Tommerdahl, Somerset, fail./stop at stop sign, $160.80.

Ty J. Traynor, New Richmond, violate absolute sobriety law; operating with PAC .10 or more; operating while under influence, not guilty pleas.

Paul R. Wagner, Glenwood City, nonregistration of auto, not

guilty plea.

Wanda J. Warner, Turtle Lake, operating left of centerline, $198.60; keep open intoxicants in MV, $249.00.

Richard M. Waterman, New Richmond, speeding, $160.80.

Samantha J. Wettig, Star Prairie, speeding, $160.80.

Jason W. Williams, Spooner, inattentive driving, $173.40.

Christine M. Woeltin, Brooklyn Park, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Lindsey J. Zemke, Clear Lake, operating while under influence, 6-mos. lic. rev., AODA assess & compliance, $675.50.

Polk County marriages Shea L Mishler, town of Bone Lake, and Christopher J. Wojtowicz, issued July 20.

Staci M. Tyler, city of Inver Grove Heights, Minn., and Travis J. Hilden, town of Beaver, issued July 20.

Melissa D. Petersen, town of Laketown, and Bart W. Sladky, town of Laketown, issued July 20.

Tammy J. Trumble, city of Minneapolis, Minn., and Keith D. Hillsgen, city of Minneapolis, Minn., issued July 21.

Donna J. Hauth, city of Amery, and David M. Hansen, city of Amery, issued July 21.

Cynthia A. Stivers, village of Milltown, and Christopher R. White, city of Lindstrom, Minn., issued July 22.

Harmony J. Szurgot, village Frederic, and Michael D. Larrow-Hall, city of Boise, Idaho, issued July 23.

Amber J. Blum, village of Osceola, and Steven G. Poppovich, village of Osceola, is-

sued July 23.

Sonya R. Gunderson, town of West Sweden, and Donald D. Murtaugh, town of West Sweden, issued July 23.

Charlene M. Johnson, village of Centuria, and Jacob L. Bergman, village of Centuria, issued July 24.

Cari L. Meyer, town of Eatonville, Wash., and David S. Antonson, town of Eatonville, Wash., issued July 24.

Julie A. Bottolfson, city of Amery, and Thomas M. Libonate, city of Amery, issued July 24.

Christina R. Dahling, town of Luck, and Samuel J. Holverson, village of Frederic, issued July 24.

Kelsey C. Betzold, city of Amery, and Howard R. Monteith, city of Amery, Aug. 3.

Ashley R. Turek-Shay, town of Garfield, and Mathew D. Heacock Jr., town of Garfield, issued Aug. 4 Tamara L. Mabry, town of

Balsam Lake, and Eric L. Campbell, town of St. Croix Falls, issued Aug. 5.

Kelsey V. Wylie - Goodwin, city of White Bear Lake, Minn., and Kevin A. Moe, city of Stillwater, Minn., issued Aug. 7.

Sara M. Anderson, town of Eureka, and Kirk E. Lehmann, town of Eureka, Aug. 7.

Rachel B. Kusmider, town of Beaver, and Christopher A. Harmon, town of Beaver, issued Aug. 7.

Terra L. Christensen, city of Cambridge, Minn., and Lee H. Molitor, city of Cambridge, Minn., issued Aug. 7.

Venessa M. Kahl, town of Osceola, and Timothy J. Viebrock, town of Osceola, issued Aug. 7.

Erin M. Bont, city of St. Croix Falls, and Joshua W. Schmidt, city of Shakopee, Minn., issued Aug. 7.

Lisa L. Kossel, town of Osceola, and Dean E. Jagielo, town of Osceola, issued Aug. 7.

AUGUST 12, 2009 - INTER-COUNTY LEADER - NEWS SECTION - A - PAGE 25

109 Pearl St. Balsam Lake

1st month rent plus damage deposit No inside smoking, small pets OK.

715-349-2691 492900 40-41ap 51-52Lp

FOR RENT 2-BR House

No maintenance!

$

800

Double-car garage, central air.

895

$

Rent

Option to buy/ owner financing.

2 BRs, 1-1/2 baths, attached garage

Plus utilities.

715-263-3577

715-825-4497

FOR RENT

GARAGE SALE

3-BR House

493194 51L 41d

300 Pershing in Clayton, Wis. Attached garage.

850

Friday, Aug. 14

$

8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 15

9705 Cty. Rd. D Webster

715-263-3577

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FOR RENT

117 North Prentice St. Clayton, Wis.

2-BR Apartment Coin-operated laundry off-street parking.

495

$

Plus utilities.

445101 8a-etfcp 19Ltfc

(The JOHNSON Girls) Something For Everyone

or 715-554-0009

NEIGHBORHOOD GARAGE SALE Sat., Aug. 15, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

705 + 729 + 812 North Hamilton St. (Destination Trailer Court) St. Croix Falls, Wis. Welder; air compressors; rocking chairs; corner computer desk; bookshelves; clothing - women’s plus; sewing machine; lots more!

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Friday & Saturday, August 14 & 15

8 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Gas stove; gas dryer; washer; clothes infant to plus sizes & household items.

GARAGE SALE

609 Superior Ave. Centuria, WI

Thurs., Aug. 20

/month plus utilities

493189 51Lp 42a,dp

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.

Call Carol at 715-472-8670

Grantsburg Senior Center

Diane Bystrom, town of Farmington, and Marian Quinn, town of Farmington, issued Aug. 7.

650

$

Garage included. SECURED BLDG. No pets. No smoking.

43Ltfc 33atfc www.fredericapartments.com 488596

8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Polk Co. domestic partnerships

shady lot, patio, deck, finished basement, appliances included, nonsmoking.

CALL FOR SPECIALS!

Saturday, August 15

Jacelyn M. Foulkes, 27, Bethlehem, Pa., warrant - complaint, Aug. 7.

Cody A. St. John, 25, no address given, arrest warrant complaint, Aug. 6.

FREDERIC HOME FOR RENT 3 BRs, 2 baths, attached double garage, large

FIRST- OR SECOND-FLOOR, 1-BR APT. & STUDIO APARTMENT IN FREDERIC RENT DRASTICALLY REDUCED!

RUMMAGE SALE

Robert A. Carlson, 49, Frederic, warrant - failure to appear, Aug. 6.

Matthew L. Coon, 23, Stanley, arrest warrant - complaint, Aug. 7.

Mercy Weber, town of Farmington, and Stacey Willis, town of Farmington, issued Aug. 3.

MULTIFAMILY GARAGE SALE

493034 51Lp

8 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Plus-size clothing; furniture; computer desk; sm. chest freezer; 4-man tent; household items; antiques; and much miscellaneous.

Plus utilities.

715-327-8322

715-263-3577

Available Sept. 1, 2009

1130 3rd St. Clear Lake, Wis.

Shirley

Doris A. Buie, 86, July 27, 2009, Frederic Barbara J. Hilke, 69, July 29, 2009, St. Croix Falls Dorothy M. Jones, 83, Aug. 3, 2009, Amery

Burnett County warrants

Available Sept. 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010 Call: 651-429-6021 or 612-384-6120

QUALITY NEW CONSTRUCTION IN LUCK

FOR RENT

139,900

$

Immediate occupancy, never occupied.

1689 243rd Ave., Luck, Wis.

Energy efficient, 944 q. ft., finished 2 BRs, 1 bath, look out split-entry with attached 2-car garage.

All appliances included. 1.74-acre lot in West Denmark Estates.

Call today for showing. Gary Brunclik Construction,

715-755-3377.

2-BR, 1-1/2-bath condo in Centuria.

info@garybrunclikconstruction.com

475/mo.

$

Plus utilities.

**$200 GROCERY CARD WITH 1-YEAR SIGNED LEASE**

492908 40dp 51Lp

/mo. + utilities Garbage & maintenance provided.

Frederic & Siren

Polk County deaths

493163 51Lp

NEW HOME

450

$

APARTMENTS FOR RENT

493140 51-52Lp 41-42a-ep

715-263-3577

612-280-7581

493142 51-52Lp 41-42a-ep

Plus utilities.

per month No pets. Available now!

Water, sewer and garbage incl. On-site laundry.

Background check.

First month’s rent and damage deposit.

493136 51-52Lp 41-42a-ep

420

$

450

$

On So. Shore Dr. on Crooked Lake, Siren

1-BR Apartment Coin-operated laundry, off-street parking.

Two-Bedroom Apartment Downtown St. Croix Falls

VERY NICE 1-BR COTTAGE 493138 51-52Lp 41-42a-ep

117 North Prentice Clayton, Wis.

FOR RENT

and Fourth Avenue.

At 7:16 p.m., Eric B. Larson, 19, Eagan, Minn., was cited for speeding on Hwy. 70 and Hanson Avenue.

Aug. 2: At 8:44 p.m., Chad D. Crosby, 29, Madison, was cited for speeding on CTH B and Fourth Avenue.

Aug. 3: Ryan J. Carney, 22, Shoreview, Minn., was cited for speeding at 5:38 p.m. on Hwy. 70 and Railroad Street.

Aug. 4: David A. Quinn, 48, Siren, was cited for speeding on Hwy. 70 and Hanson Street at 5:23 p.m.

At 6:06 p.m., Andrew R. Schulz, 25, Taylor, was cited for speeding on Hwy. 70 and Railroad Street.

492860 40ap 51Lp

FOR RENT

Store. No other information was available.

At 5:44 p.m., Becky L. Strabel, 35, Siren, was cited for speeding on Hwy. 70 and Hanson Avenue.

At 6:03 p.m., a 15-year-old juvenile from Chaska, Minn., was cited for speeding on CTH B and Fourth Avenue. The juvenile was driving on a permit and had a driver over the age of 18 in the vehicle with him.

At 7:59 p.m., Kevin P. McGinty, 39, Chanhassen, Minn., was cited for speeding on Hwy. 70 and Hanson Avenue.

At 11:02 p.m., Jacob J. Chell, 19, Webster, was cited for failing to stop at the stop sign on Ellis Avenue and Main Street.

Aug. 1: Sharon A. Koscik, 59, Nashotah, was cited for speeding at 4:51 p.m. on CTH B

492040 39-40a,d,w 50-51L

The Siren Police Department reported a busier-than-usual July, handling 64 cases during the month, compared to the usual 50 cases.

July 17: A Webster juvenile was cited for disorderly conduct at 11:42 p.m., following a rockthrowing incident at a Siren residence.

July 21: At 2:15 a.m., David R. Hubbell Sr., 45, Siren, was tested for alcohol consumption by a Siren officer at the request of Washburn County.

July 25: A report came in at 9:30 a.m. of a gas drive-off at Siren Auto Stop. The driver, from Madison, didn’t realize she hadn’t paid for the gas. When contacted, she sent her sister right over to pay for it.

July 28: At 6:47 p.m., Joseph R. Thomas, 51, Webster, was cited for speeding on Hwy. 70 and Hanson Avenue.

July 29: Craig A. Stevens, 36, Webster, was arrested at 8:34 p.m. The Siren officer on duty was on the scene in an assist to the Burnett County Sheriff’s Department and the Webster Police Department. During the incident, because of Stevens’ behavior, the Siren officer was forced to use his Tazer.

July 30: A report came in of the theft of a 4’ by 6’ woodframed mirror valued at $70 from a shed behind the Siren Thrift

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Siren police report

1-year lease/$500 deposit required. No Pets

Call for more info.:

715-554-3957 715-554-3956

TOWN HOUSE RENTALS in Frederic

55 & Older

700/mo. + utilities

$

Lawn care, snow removal & garbage included

715-491-3573

492343 39-40a,dp 50-51Lp

GARAGE SALE

Plus-sized women’s clothing, sizes 14 - 26W, casual to business wear; modified self-propelled Toro lawn mower, Viking fan’s delight; electric start full-size snowblower; electric snow shovel (Toro); twin-size bed frame/headboard with box spring; children’s clothing & toys; misc. other household items.

Thurs., Fri. & Sat., Aug. 13, 14 & 15 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Follow the signs to: 660 Mindy Creek Ln. St. Croix Falls, Wis.

492949 40dp 51Lp

GARAGE SALE Friday & Saturday, August 21 & 22

7 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Scent Block hunting outfit; speed boat w/Evinrude 60 h.p. motor, trailer; 1993 Pontiac van, 3.8; Ruud furnace, 75,000 BTUs; propane heater, 35,000 BTUs; size 4-12 jr./miss clothes; glassware; Home Interiors porcelain angels/dolls, etc.; toys.

967 353rd Ave. • Lewis From Hwy. 35 go east on Cty. E 1.3 miles, north of 100th St. to 353rd Ave.

Priced To Sell!!

493208 51Lp

Noon - 6 p.m.

Fri., Aug. 21

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4 HUGE GARAGE SALES 6 miles east of Luck on State Rd. 48 & Long Lake Lane

Bystrom, Johnson & Sund at 1030 State Rd. 48 Rowdy Red Hat Mamas & 2 others on Long Lake Lane.

Something for Everyone at Great Prices

* Furniture (bookcases, headboards, dressers, tables) * Huge selection of Red Hat Clothing, hats, shoes, etc. * Clothing - Childrens & teen to adult 2X * Craft Items * Fabric * Toys * Tools * Misc. * Household * Linens * Beanies * Puzzles * Encyclopedias * * Baskets * Arrows * Collectibles * Candles * Books * Guy Stuff * Tread Mill * Hot Wheels * Lg. Bathroom Mirror * Trailers * ‘87 Ford Truck, $800 Firm * ‘97 Ford F-150 4x4, $4,000 or ?? *

492931 40a,dp 51Lp

Thursday, Friday & Saturday, Aug. 13, 14 & 15, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

492845 51L

8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

24730 Larrabee Subdivision Rd. Take Viola Lake Rd. south off Hwy. 70, go about 2 miles to Larrabee Subdivision Rd. Watch for signs.

Retired & downsizing.

Cleaning out decades of treasures, housewares; clothing; furniture; collectibles.

No early sales

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CASE NO. 09-SC-658 SUMMONS SMALL CLAIMS - REPLEVIN

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(July 22, 29, Aug. 5, 12, 19, 26) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, AS SUCCESSOR TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE C-BASS MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-CB6, Plaintiff, vs.

RONALD C. BECKWITH; and TAMMY M. BECKWITH, his wife, Defendant.

Case No. 08-CV-496 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE (Foreclosure of Mortgage30404) By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of said Circuit Court in the above-entitled action which was entered on September 3, 2008, in the amount of $118,788.50, I shall expose for sale and sell at public auction in the Foyer of the Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 W. Main Street, in the village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, on the 15th day of September 2009, at 10:00 a.m., the following described premises or so much thereof as may be sufficient as to raise the amount due to the plaintiff for principal, interest and costs, together with the disbursements of sale and solicitors’ fees, to-wit: The West 5 acres of the NW 1/4 of NW 1/4, Section 24-3518, Polk County, Wisconsin. Tax Kay No. 020 00630 0000 TERMS OF SALE: 10% down cash, money order or certified check. balance due within ten days of confirmation of sale.

This property is being sold as is and subject to all liens and encumbrances. /S/ TIMOTHY G. MOORE, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin Hersh Law Offices, LLC 10555 N. Port Washington Road Mequon, WI 53092 262-241-9339 The above property is located at 2088 190th Street, Centuria, Wisconsin.

Hersh Law offices, LLC, is a law firm representing a creditor in the collection of debt owed to such creditor, and any such information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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(Aug. 12, 19, 26) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Discover Bank 6500 New Albany Road New Albany, OH 43054 Plaintiff, vs.

Terry Morton 1860 140th St. Balsam Lake, WI 54810 Defendant(s).

SUMMONS Case Code: 30301 Case No.: 09CV562 THE STATE OF WISCONSIN To each person named above as a Defendant(s): You are hereby notified that the Plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you.

The Complaint, which is attached, states the nature and basis of the legal action Within forty (40) days of August 12, 2009, you must respond with a written answer, as that term is used in chapter 802 of the Wisconsin Statutes, to the Complaint. The court may reject or disregard an answer that does not follow the requirements of the statutes. The answer must be sent or delivered to the court, whose address is Lois Hoff Clerk of Circuit Court, 1005 West Main Street, Ste. 300, Balsam Lake, WI 54810 and to Messerli & Kramer, P.A., Plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is 3033 Campus Drive, Suite 250, Plymouth, MN 55441. You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not provide a proper answer 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 in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

MESSERLI & KRAMER, P.A. Jillian N. Walker #1066378 493187 WNAXLP

NOTICE OF HEARING

The Polk County Board of Adjustment will hold a public hearing at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, August 25, 2009, at the Government Center in Balsam Lake, Wisconsin. The Board will call the public hearing to order at 8:30 a.m., recess at 8:45 a.m. to view each site and will reconvene at 10:30 a.m. at the Government Center in Balsam Lake, Wisconsin. At that time each applicant will inform the Board of their request. The Board may go into closed session under Wisconsin State Statutes, S.19.85(1)(a)(g), deliberating concerning a case which was the subject of any judicial or quasi-judicial trial or hearing before that governmental body. (THE APPLICANT MUST APPEAR AT 10:30 A.M. WHEN THE BOARD RECONVENES AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER.) KEITH THOMAS requests a variance from Article 11E3 of the Polk County Shoreland Protection Zoning Ordinance to build a storage shed which will be closer than 63’ from centerline of a town road. Property affected is: 1825 45th Ave., Pt. of NW1/4, SE1/4, Sec. 12/T32N/R18W, Town of Alden, Church Pine Lake (class 1).

CAROLYN J. TERRANOVA requests a variance from Article 11C, Table 1 of the Polk County Shoreland Protection Zoning Ordinance to build a retaining wall closer than 75’ from the ordinary high-water mark. Property affected is: 1266 Marina Dr., Lot 16+17, Florence’s Park Add., Sec. 24/T33N/R17W, Town of Lincoln, Lake Wapogasset (class 1). 492686 50-51L 40a,d

(July 8, 15, 22, 29, Aug. 5, 12) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY HSBC MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC., Plaintiff, Vs. CLIFFORD HARPER and DARLA DIXON HARPER, husband and wife and JANE DOE and/or JOHN DOE unknown tenants; and BENEFICIAL WISCONSIN, INC., and LAMPERT YARDS, INC. Defendants Case No. 08-CV-233 Code No. 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage Dollar Amount Greater Than $5,000.00 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on June 3, 2008, in the amount of $170,927.96, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: August 25, 2009 at 10:00 o’clock a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or certified funds 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.

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. PLACE: Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: Lot 7, Block 8, Original Plat of the City of Amery, Polk County, Wis. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 224 Harriman Avenue South, Amery.

TAX KEY NO.: 201004240000 Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County, WI O’DESS AND ASSOCIATES, S.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 1414 Underwood Avenue, Suite 403 Wauwatosa, WI 53213 414-727-1591 O’Dess and Associates, S.C., is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

If you have previously received a Chapter 7 Discharge in Bankruptcy, this correspondence should not be construed as an attempt to collect a debt.

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Aug. 9: Sundance Johnson, 26, Rice Lake, was eastbound in Hwy. 70 in Dewey Township when he lost control of his vehicle when negotiating a curve.

The vehicle left the roadway and overturned. Alcohol was a factor in the accident.

The driver received an incapacitating injury and required medical transport. Two citations were issued.

Aug. 9: Stephanie R. Vandervelden, 46, Grantsburg, was westbound on Hwy. 70 in Wood River Township when she got (Aug. 5, 12, 19, 26, Sept. 2, 9) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY INDYMAC FEDERAL BANK, FSB Plaintiff, vs.

STEVEN K. HOWELL, et al.

Defendants.

Case Number: 08 CV 780 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on March 3, 2009, in the amount of $237,355.20 the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: September 22, 2009, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% of successful bid must be paid to Sheriff at sale in cash or by certified Check. Balance to be paid upon confirmation.

PLACE: Front Entrance to the Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin.

DESCRIPTION: Lot 4 of Certified Survey Map No. 3646, recorded in Volume 16 of Certified Survey Maps, Page 159, as Document No. 629820, being located in Government Lot 1, of Section 21, Town 33 North, Range 16 West, in the Town of Lincoln, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 996 85th Ave., Amery, WI 54001 TAX KEY NO.: 032-00565-0110 Dated this 3rd day of August, 2009 /s/Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County Christina E. Demakopoulos State Bar #1066197 Attorney for Plaintiff 13700 W. Greenfield Avenue Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 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. (164671)

JOB OPPORTUNITY TITLE 1 RESOURCE TEACHER GR. K-6 SIREN SCHOOL DISTRICT Job Title: Job Category: Job Description:

Title 1 Resource Teacher Gr. K-6 Education - K12 The Siren School District has opened a search for an elementary Title 1 teacher who will provide remedial services for all students in reading and math in grade K-6. This is a permanent, full-time position.

Qualifications: Minimum requirements include elementary education teacher certification in grades K-6. Special consideration will be given to candidates with a language arts or math minor. Preference may be given to candidates with a reading teacher or reading specialist license.

Requirements: Coaching/extracurricular opportunities may be available.

How to Apply: NO ONLINE APPLICATIONS PLEASE. Interested candidates should send letter, resume, copy of license and letters of recommendation to: Scott Johnson, District Administrator, School District of Siren, 24022 4th Ave. N., Siren, WI 54872. This position will be filled as soon as possible.

Desired Start Date: July 28, 2009.

H.R. Contact: Scott Johnson Contact Title: District Administrator Description: The Siren School District is located in northwestern Wisconsin surrounded by lakes and wooded area.

The community is virtually brand new having rebuilt nearly all businesses and many residences following a tornado in 2001. The district serves approximately 500 students in grades Pre-K through 12.

The Siren School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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CODE #31003 You are hereby notified that a summons and complaint has been issued to recover the possession of the following described goods and chattels to wit: 2005 Ford F-250, VIN# 1FTSW21565EC65268, of which I, the plaintiff, am entitled to the possession and which you have unjustly taken and unlawfully detain from me.

Now unless you shall appear in the Circuit Court Small Claims Division, Polk County, located in the Courthouse, 1005 W. Main St., Room #300, in the city of Balsam Lake, WI 54810, before The Honorable Circuit Judge of said court, or before the clerk or court commissioner of said court, or before any judge of said court to whom the said action may be assigned for trial according to law, on the 31st day of August, 2009, at 1:30 p.m., judgment will be rendered against you for the delivery of said property to me and for costs.

Dated this 4th day of August, 2009.

Matthew J. Tadych Plaintiff’s Attorney 5232 W. Oklahoma Ave. Suite 200 Milwaukee, WI 53219 414-321-1528 State Bar #1018717

REQUEST FOR BIDS - LICENSED PLUMBERS

The Town of Swiss requests bids for the (1) hookup of water and sewer and all necessary plumbing changes and (2) the collapse and/or removal of septic tanks for the town hall, fire department, ambulance building and the former bank building.

Arrangements for a project walk-through and for other questions, please contact the Town of Swiss, P.O. Box 157, Danbury, WI 54830 or call 715-349-2030.

Bids will be received up to Sept. 8, 2009, at 8 p.m. Mark bid envelope(s) BID Water & Sewer or BID Tanks. Bid opening will take place Sept. 8, 2009, at 8:15 p.m. during the Town Board Meeting at the Swiss Town Hall, 5751 Main Street, Danbury.

The Town of Swiss reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

Proof of insurance is required with bid.

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Accidents Aug. 7: Richard J. Engelhard, 47, Ramsey, Minn., reported hitting a deer while on Hwy. 35 in Siren Township. No injuries were reported.

into an argument with a 47-yearold passenger. The passenger reportedly yanked the wheel, causing the vehicle to leave the roadway and rolling onto its roof.

The passenger then left he scene of the accident on foot. The driver reported a possible injury.

No citations were issued.

Burnett Co. civil cort Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC vs. Kenneth L. Soderbeck, Siren, $3,133.97.

Lakeview Medical Center vs.

Gabriel Dailey, Siren, $3,051.95.

Shell Lake Cooperateive vs.

Patricia Emery, Webster, $904.49.

Burnett Co. deaths Jacob W. Ernst, 77, Grantsburg, July 6.

(Aug. 12, 19, 26, Sept. 2, 9, 16) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY SCHANON MORTGAGE, INC. 228 N. Keller Ave. Amery, WI 54001 Plaintiff, vs.

JOHN T. ARONSON DEON M. ARONSON, his wife 1072 E. Neibel Lane Balsam Lake, WI 54810 Defendants.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Case No. 08 CV 74 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered in the above action on March 23, 2009, the undersigned Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell at public auction in the foyer area of the Polk County Justice Center, in the Village of Balsam Lake, State of Wis., on Tuesday, Sept.

29, 2009, at 10:00 a.m., the following-described premises: Parcel 1: Lot Two (2) of Certified Survey Map No. 1709 recorded in Volume 8 of Certified Survey Maps, page 57 as Document No. 519702, located in the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NE1/4 of NW1/4), Section Five (5), Township Thirty-four (34) North, Range Sixteen (16) West, Town of Apple River, Polk County, Wisconsin.

Subject to a, John T. and Deon M. Aronson, a prior Mortgage (Parcel 1) to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting as nominee for Full Spectrum Lending, Inc. in the original amount of $108,800.00, dated August 2, 2004, and recorded in office of Polk County Register of Deeds on September 1, 2004, in Volume 958 of Records on page 815 as Document No. 685910.

TERMS: Cash; subject to the above first mortgage, all unpaid property taxes, special assessments, penalties and interest. Buyer to pay transfer fee and costs of sheriff’s sale.

DOWN PAYMENT: 10% of amount bid by certified check.

BALANCE DUE: Within ten (10) days of confirmation of sale.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1072 Neibel Lane, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, on August 12, 2009.

Timothy Moore Polk County Sheriff Kenneth Wm. Jost Jost Law Office P.O. Box 54, Chetek, WI 54728

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(August 12) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT SMALL CLAIMS COURT POLK COUNTY Wachovia Dealer Services, Inc. F/k/a WFS Financial 10750 4th St., Ste. 200 Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 Plaintiff, vs.

Jamie Backes 2057 W. Church Rd. Star Prairie, WI 54026 Brant Backes 718 Maryland St. #5 Star Prairie, WI 54026 Defendants

Burnett County sheriff’s report

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STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP Plaintiff, vs.

RUTH M. SCHADEWALD, et al.

Defendants.

Case Number: 06 CV 57 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on February 24, 2009, in the amount of $179,104.22, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: September 1, 2009, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% of successful bid must be paid to Sheriff at sale in cash or by certified Check. Balance to be paid upon confirmation.

PLACE: Front Entrance to the Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin.

DESCRIPTION: Lot 3 of Certified Survey Map No. 4217, recorded in Volume 18 of Certified Survey Maps, Page 247, as Document No. 666504, locate in the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 7, Township 35 North, Range 18 West, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 22852285A 230th Street, Cushing, WI 54006 TAX KEY NO.: 020-00177-0300 Dated this 9th day of July, 2009. /s/Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County Deborah A. Blommer State Bar # 1000749 Attorney for Plaintiff 13700 W. Greenfield Avenue Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 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. (160961)

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(July 15, 22, 29, Aug. 5, 12, 19)

AUGUST 12, 2009 - INTER-COUNTY LEADER - NEWS SECTION - A - PAGE 27

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Steven J. Swanson No. 1003029 Attorney at Law P.O. Box 609 105 South Washington Street St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787

PUBLIC HEARING

Land & Water Resources Management Plan - 2009 Draft Mon., Aug. 24, 2009, 7 p.m.

Polk County Board Room 100 Polk County Plaza, Balsam Lake, Wis.

For additional information or to receive a copy of the draft plan, please call Land & Water Resources 493221 51L at 715-485-8699.

(Aug. 12, 19, 26, Sept. 2, 9, 16) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Karen E. Minutello, as Assignee of M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank, Successor by merger with Century Bank Plaintiff vs.

David J. DeHaven and Jane Doe, alias, his wife, if any, and Arden P. Williams and John Doe, alias, her husband, if any, Defendants Case No. 04 CV 75 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action, I will sell the described premises at public auction at the Main Front Entrance of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, in the Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wis., on: Thurs., Sept. 24, 2009, at 10 a.m.

TERMS OF SALE: 1. 10% down in cash or certified funds at the time of sale; balance due within 20 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeiture of deposit plaintiff.

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances.

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. DESCRIPTION: East half of the Southwest Quarter (E1/2 SW1/4), Section 22-32-17, Town of Alden, Polk County, except 1 square acre in NW corner of NE SW, Section 22; the North line thereof is the South line of CTH C and West line thereof is the West line of said NW1/4 SW1/4, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PIN: 002-00574-0000, 00200578-0000, 002-00579-0000 Dated at Balsam Lake, Wis., this 22nd day of July, 2009.

Timothy G. Moore, Sheriff Polk County Wisconsin Steven J. Swanson/ No. 1003029 Attorney at Law P.O. Box 609 105 South Washington Street St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787

PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that Burnett County, in partnership with Polk County and the St. Croix Tribe, is applying to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for a grant in the amount of $116,807 or a portion thereof under the Supplemental Transportation Rural Assistance Program (STRAP).

Project Description: Public Transit Services operating within and between Burnett County and Polk County including the reservations of the St. Croix Tribe of Chippewa Indians.

Project Type: Operating.

TOTAL PROGRAMMED: $154,309.

TOTAL FUNDS REQUESTED: $116,807.

A copy of the detailed project description is available for public inspection at the offices of Burnett County Aging Unit, 7410 Cty. Rd. K, #180, Siren, Wisconsin, and the Polk County Aging Dept., 100 Polk County Plaza, Suite #190, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin. Upon written requests from interested persons or organizations received prior to August 18, Burnett County will give public notice of and hold a public hearing on the application at a location that is readily accessible and usable by persons with disabilities, including persons who use wheelchairs.

Requests should be addressed to Lois Taylor, Burnett County Aging Unit, 7410 Cty. Rd. K, #280, Siren, WI 54872.

Notice is further given that the proposed project description, as shown above, will be the final project descriptions if no changes are required.

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(July 8, 15, 22, 29, Aug. 5, 12) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK, Plaintiff, vs.

GERALD R. WONDRA, JR., and ROYAL CREDIT UNION, Defendants.

Case No. 08 CV 422 AMENDED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on November 25, 2008, I will sell at public auction at the Main Front Entrance of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, in the Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, on: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, at 10 o’clock a.m., all of the following described mortgaged premises, to-wit: The East 67 feet of Lot 3, Block B, Peterson’s Addition to the City of Amery, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PIN: 201-00503-0000.

STREET ADDRESS: 218 South Street, Amery, Wisconsin.

TERMS OF SALE: Cash.

DOWN PAYMENT: 10% of amount bid by cash or certified check.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, this 21st day of May, 2009.

Timothy G. Moore, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin

(Aug. 5, 12, 19, 26, Sept. 2, 9) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK, Plaintiff, vs.

THOMAS C. COTTELEER, and VILLAGE OF DRESSER, and CAPITAL ONE BANK, Defendants.

Case No. 08 CV 653 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on March 10, 2009, I will sell at public auction at the Main Front Entrance of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, in the Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin on: Thursday, September 17, 2009, at 10:00 o’clock a.m., all of the following described mortgaged premises, to-wit: Lots 19 and 20, Block 6, Village of Dresser, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PIN: 116-00112-0000 STREET ADDRESS: 136 East Main St., Dresser, WI 54009 TERMS OF SALE: Cash DOWN PAYMENT: 10% of amount bid by cash or certified check.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, this 20th day of July, 2009.

Timothy G. Moore, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin

Steven J. Swanson No. 1003029 Attorney at Law P.O. Box 609 105 South Washington Street St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787

Steven J. Swanson No. 1003029 Attorney at Law P.O. Box 609 105 South Washington Street St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787

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(July 8, 15, 22, 29, Aug. 5, 12) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK, Plaintiff, vs.

COLIN D. MUELLER, and CAROLYN M. MEYER f/k/a CAROLYN M. MUELLER, and VILLAGE OF LUCK, and STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BUREAU OF CHILD SUPPORT, and DAVID R. MUELLER and KATHRYN A. MUELLER, Defendants.

Case No. 09 CV 222 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on June 19, 2009, in the amount of $89,745.62, I will sell the described premises at public auction at the Main Front Entrance of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, in the Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wis., on: Thursday, August 20, 2009, at 10 o’clock a.m., TERMS OF SALE: 1. 10% down in cash or certified funds at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeiture of deposit plaintiff.

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances.

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. DESCRIPTION: A parcel of land in the SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4, Section 28-3617, described as follows: Beginning at a point 255.4 feet East and 105 feet North of the Quarter Post of Sections 28 and 33-26-17, thence East 153 feet, thence North 73 feet, thence West 153 feet, thence South 72 feet to the point of beginning, Village of Luck, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PIN: 146-00552-0000.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, this 24th day of June, 2009.

Timothy G. Moore, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin

(Aug. 12, 19, 26, Sept. 2, 9, 16) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee for Morgan Stanley, MSAC 2007-HE1 c/o Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc. Plaintiff, vs.

ANTHONY R. STACE and JANE DOE, unknown spouse of Anthony R. Stace and JOHN and/or JANE DOE, unknown tenants, Defendants Case No. 08-CV-834 Code No. 40404 Foreclosure of Mortgage Dollar Amount Greater Than $5,000.00 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on January 14, 2009, in the amount of $155,603.64, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: September 23, 2009, at 10 o’clock a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or certified funds 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.

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. PLACE: Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin DESCRIPTION: Lot One (1) of Certified Survey Map No. 4530 recorded in Volume 20 of Certified Survey Maps, Page 82 as Document No. 683169, being part of Government No. One (1), Section Sixteen (16), Township Thirty-five (35) North, Range Nineteen (19) West, Town of Eureka, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2760 Nevers Dam Road, Town of Eureka.

TAX KEY NO.: 20-1172-0100.

Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County, WI O’DESS & ASSOCIATES, S.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 1414 Underwood Avenue Suite 403 Wauwatosa, WI 53213 414-727-1591 O’Dess and Associates, S.C., is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

If you have previously received a Chapter 7 Discharge in Bankruptcy, this correspondence should not be construed as an attempt to collect a debt.

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(July 15, 22, 29, Aug. 5, 12, 19) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY AnchorBank, fsb, Plaintiff, vs.

Roy Peckman and Mary Peckman, as husband and wife Defendants.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Case No: 08 CV 823 Case Code: 30304 Judge: Molly E. GaleWyrick PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on the 9th day of February, 2009, in the amount of $122,523.45, the Sheriff of Polk County will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: DATE/TIME: September 1, 2009, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: 10% of successful bid must be paid to the Sheriff at sale in cash or by certified check. Balance due within 10 days of court approval.

Purchaser is responsible for payment of all transfer taxes and recording fees. Sale is AS IS in all respects and subject to all liens and encumbrances.

PLACE: Polk County Sheriff’s Office, 1005 West Main St., Suite 900, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin 54810.

DESCRIPTION: A part of Government Lot 4, Section 3, Township 34 North, of Range 17 West, described as follows: Beginning at a point on the north-south quarter line in said Section 3, that is 325 feet North of the 1/4 post between Section 3 and 10; thence West at right angles 488 feet; thence North parallel to the 1/4 line 125 feet; thence due East 488 feet to the 1/4 line; thence South 125 feet to the point of beginning. Said land being in the Village of Balsam, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 109 Idlewild Drive, Balsam Lake, WI 54810 /s/Timothy G. Moore, Sheriff ECKBERG, LAMMERS, BRIGGS, WOLFF & VIERLING, P.L.L.P. Nicholas J. Vivian #1047165 Attorney for Plaintiff 1809 Northwestern Avenue Stillwater, MN 55082 (651) 439-2878 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 obtain will be used for that purpose.

Notice is hereby given that the regular monthly town board meeting will be held on Wed., Aug. 19, at 6:30 p.m. at the town hall.

Agenda: 1. Call meeting to order 2. Clerk and Treas. Reports 3. Any corrections on the printed agenda in the newspaper.

4. Public input 5. Old Business: A. Discussion of County Road W with invited guests: Polk County Highway Commissioner, Polk County Highway Committee & Polk County Board members B. Review Snowplowing/sanding contract.

C. Dump Truck repair estimates review and approval 6. Employee report 7. Correspondence 8. New Business 9. Bills/Vouchers 10. Set next meeting date 11. Move to adjourn Andrea Lundquist, Clerk

sent. withheld, 22-day jail sentence, $405.30 restitution, $128.53.

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Jack O. Nelson, Spooner, and Dolores M. Hayes, Stanton, Aug. 5.

Michael J. Pratten, Crystal, Minn., and Sara R. Schommer, Crystal, Minn., Aug. 6.

Mitchel L. Lindberg, Webster, and Jesika J. Lietz, Webster, Aug. 9.

Luke A. Fenton, Zimmerman, Minn., and Alysa L. Numainville, Zimmerman, Minn., Aug. 7.

NOTICE OF MEETING TOWN OF WEST SWEDEN

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Burnett Co. marriage licenses

Brandon Hopkins, 38, Webster, possession of open intoxicant in motor vehicle, $249.00.

Carmen L. Taylor, 23, Webster, operating while revoked, 10day jail sentence, $88.00.

Eric P. Knapp, 39, Lake Tomahawk, nonpayment of innkeeper, one-year probation,

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Joseph J. Petersen, 38, Webster, OWI, $3,501.00, 110day jail sentence, license revoked 30 months, alcohol assessment.

Faith M. Lewis, 19, St. Charles Mo., theft of movable property, one-year probation, $2,133.00 restitution, 100 hours of community service, may apply for expunction upon successful completion of probation, $301.30.

Rebekah J. Brandenburg, 26, St. Paul, Minn., speeding, $186.00.

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SCHOOL DISTRICT OF GRANTSBURG

480 E. James Ave. Grantsburg, WI 54840 NOTIFICATION OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Grantsburg Elementary School and Nelson Primary Date: July 31, 2009 Title of Position: AmeriCorps Volunteer Member 50% Responsibilities: Tutoring students grades K-3 Recruit and manage volunteers for tutoring and service-learning activities Coordinate service-learning projects Hours: 900 hours during the 2009-2010 school year, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. M-F. Rate of Pay: AmeriCorps members are paid through the Department of Public Instruction and will receive approximately $287.39 every two weeks. Upon successful completion of service the full-time member will also receive an education award of $2,362.50 which can be used for tuition at a qualified institution of higher learning or to pay off qualified student loans. Basic single health insurance is available.

Requirements: H.S. diploma is required, additional education is preferable. Experience working with children is preferred.

Closing date for applications is Wed., August 19, 2009.

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FREDERIC SCHOOL DISTRICT PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY

It is the policy of the Frederic School District that no person may be denied admission to any public school in this district or be denied participation in, be denied the benefits, or be discriminated against in any curricular, extracurricular, pupil service, recreational, or other program or activity because of the person’s sex, race, national origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, or physical, mental, emotional, or learning disability or handicap as required by s. 118.13, Wis. Statutes. This policy also prohibits discrimination as defined by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (race and national origin and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973).

The district encourages informal resolution of complaints under this policy. If any person believes that Frederic School District or any part of the school organization has failed to follow the law and rules of s. 118.13, Wis. Stats., or in some way discriminates against pupils on the basis listed above, she/he may address any questions concerning this policy or allegations of violations of the policy in the Frederic School District to: Mr. Gerald Tischer, Superintendent Frederic School District 1437 Clam Falls Drive, Frederic, WI 54837 Phone: 715-327-5630 493172 51L

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Notices

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Food and Laundry Service in the Polk County Jail and Providing Noon Meals for the Polk County Aging Program

Jointly, the Polk County Sheriff’s Department and the Polk County Aging Program are requesting proposals to provide food and laundry services on a multiyear contract.

A list of specifications can be obtained from: Steven Moe, Chief Deputy, 1005 West Main, Ste. 900, Balsam Lake, WI 54810. Phone: 715485-8352. Fax: 715-485-8355. E-mail: stevem@co.polk.wi.us Sealed bid proposals are due in the Office of the Sheriff on Thursday, 492907 51-52L Sept. 17, 2009, at 10 a.m.

(July 29, Aug. 5, 12, 19, 26, Sept. 2) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY COMMUNITY BANK OF NORTHERN WISCONSIN f/k/a BRILL STATE BANK Plaintiff vs.

THOMAS H. NONEMACHER a/k/a THOMAS H. NONEMACHER JR., JULIE A. NONEMACHER, RODNEY KELLER JR., U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, N.D., ASSOCIATED MILK PRODUCERS, INC., CEMSTONE READY MIX Case No.: 09CV44 Case Code: 30404 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of a Stipulation and Order entered by the Court in the above-captioned matter on July 20, 2009, the undersigned Sheriff of Polk County will sell at public auction at the Polk County Courthouse in the City of Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, on the 17th day of September, 2009, at 10 a.m., the real estate and mortgage premises directed by the Stipulation and Order to be sold and therein described as follows: The Northwest Quarter of Northeast Quarter (NW 1/4 of NE 1/4); that part of the Northeast Quarter of Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4 of NE 1/ 4) that lies North and West of railroad right of way (n/k/a The Cattail Trail); and the North Half of Northwest Quarter (N 1/2 of NW 1/4); Section 13, Township 33 North, Range 15 West, Polk County, Wisconsin.

The South Half of Southwest Quarter (S 1/2 of SW 1/4); Section 12, Township 33 North, Range 15 West, EXCEPT Certified Survey Map No. 1664, recorded in Volume 8 CSM, Page 12, Document No. 514693, Polk County, Wisconsin. The East Half of Southeast Quarter (E 1/2 of SE 1/4); Section 12, Township 33 North, Range 15 West, EXCEPT railroad right of way (n/k/a The Cattail Trail) and EXCEPT parcel described in Volume 211 Records, Page 437, Document No. 290499, Polk County, Wisconsin.

AND The Southwest Quarter of Northwest Quarter (SW 1/4 of

NW 1/4), EXCEPT that part thereof lying North and East of the centerline of the town road crossing said 40-acre parcel as said road is currently laid out and traveled; the Southeast Quarter of Southwest Quarter (SE 1/4 of SW 1/ 4); the Southwest Quarter of Southeast Quarter (SW 1/4 of SE 1/4) EXCEPT the East 300 feet of the North 500 feet thereof; all in Section Thirtyfive (35), Township Thirty-four (34) North, Range Fifteen (15) West, Polk County, Wisconsin; AND That part of the Southwest Quarter of Northeast Quarter (SW 1/4 of NE 1/4), Section Two (2), Township Thirty-three (33) North, Range Fifteen (15) West, Polk County, Wisconsin, lying north and West of the former Soo Line Railroad right of way. That part of the Northeast Quarter of Northeast Fractional Quarter (NE 1/4 of NEfr 1/4), Section Two (2), Township Thirty-three (33) North, Range Fifteen (15) West, Polk County, Wisconsin, lying North and West of the former Soo Line Railroad right of way. The Northwest Quarter of Northeast Fractional Quarter (NW 1/4 of NEfr 1/4), Section Two (2), Township Thirtythree (33) North, Range Fifteen (15) West, Polk County, Wisconsin, lying North and West of the former Soo Line Railroad right of way.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 981 U.S. Highway 63, Clayton, Wisconsin.

THE 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 27th day of July, 2009. /s/Timothy G. Moore Polk County Sheriff Christine A. Gimber Weld, Riley, Prenn & Ricci, S.C. P.O. Box 1020 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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Public notice is hereby given to all persons in the Village of Siren, Wisconsin, that a public hearing will be held by the Plan Commission on Wednesday, August 26, at 11 a.m., at the Village Hall, 24049 First Avenue, Village of Siren, Wisconsin, relative to the following two rezoning applications: 1) Lot 2, 16CSM62, PID 07-181-2-38-16-07-4 04-000018000 (vacant lot on the north side of Hwy. 70 west of Ellis Avenue). The property is currently zoned R-1 Residential. The application is to rezone the property C-2 Highway Commercial.

2) Lot 5, Block 6 of the original plat of Siren, PID 07-181-238-16-08-5 15-659-089000, (part of the property for the residence at 7700 Bradley Street). The property is currently zoned C-2 Highway Commercial. The application is to rezone the property R-2 Residential.

All persons interested are invited to attend said hearing and be heard. Information on the proposal is available at the Village Office at 24049 First Avenue.

Randy Surbaugh, Administrator/Engineer 493157 51-52L WNAXLP August 12 & 19, 2009

PUBLIC NOTICE - VILLAGE OF SIREN

Pursuant to State Statute 62.15, the Village of Siren hereby gives public notice of intent to contract with Monarch Paving Company for the paving of 2 alleys in the amount of $7,305.36.

Randy Surbaugh, Administrator/Engineer 493156 August 12, 2009 51L WNAXLP

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING - CHANGE IN ZONING VILLAGE OF SIREN

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Notices NOTICE

NOTICE OF FREDERIC SCHOOL BOARD REGULAR MEETING

TOWN OF OAKLAND

Due To Scheduling Conflicts, The Town Of Oakland’s Regular Meeting For The Month Of August Will Be Moved To Friday, Aug. 14, 2009.

493155 51L

Monday, August 17, 2009, 6:30 p.m.

Frederic 7 - 12 School, Room 107

Deanna J. Krause, Clerk

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(Aug. 12, 19, 26) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF NORMAN PALMER SKOW Notice to Creditors (Informal Administration) Case No. 09 PR 45 An application has been filed for informal administration of the estate of the decedent, whose date of birth was 12-26-1920 and date of death was 04-042009. The decedent died domiciled in Polk County, State of Wisconsin, with a post office address of: 210 Park Avenue, Luck, WI 54853. All interested persons have waived notice.

Creditors’ claims must be filed with the probate registrar on or before October 1, 2009.

Jenell L. Anderson Probate Registrar June 25, 2009 Dale A Skow 106 Elizabeth St. Milltown, WI 54858 715-472-2161

1. Call to order 2. Opening ceremonies A. Approve agenda B. Welcoming remarks C. Audience to visitors and delegations 3. Reports of officers A. Minutes from previous meetings B. Invoices and receipts C. 2008 - 09 budget D. Board member reports/Governance 4. Reports of the administration A. Superintendent B. High School Principal C. Elementary Principal D. Buildings and Grounds E. Food Service F. Updates 5. Unfinished Business A. 2009 - 2010 Budget B. SAGE Waiver 6. New business A. Personnel - Reduction of Food Service staff hours B. Contracts C. Tuition Agreement with Siren School District D. 66.30 Agreements 1. Spanish Instructor with Luck Schools E. Bus routes F. RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC DEPOSITORY G. RESOLUTION FOR SHORT-TERM BORROWING H. Board member resignation 7. Closed session: Wisconsin statutes 19.85 (1)(c)(i), Negotiations, staffing 8. Business as a result of closed session 9. Adjourn 493233 51L

SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LUCK FREE/REDUCED MEALS

The School District of Luck today announced its policy for children unable to pay the full price of meals served under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program. The school district office has a copy of the policy, which may be reviewed by any interested party.

The following household size and income criteria will be used for determining eligibility.

Children from families whose annual income is at or below the levels shown are eligible for free and reduced price meals.

FAMILY SIZE INCOME SCALE For Determining Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals Or Milk ANNUAL INCOME LEVEL MONTHLY INCOME LEVEL Family Free Reduced Price Free Reduced Price (Household) Size

Must be at or below figure listed

Must be at or between figures listed

Must be at or below figure listed

Must be at or between figures listed

1 $14,079 $14,079.01 & $20,036 $1,174 $1,174.01 & $1,670 2 18,941 18,941.01 & 26,955 1,579 1,579.01 & 2,247 3 23,803 23,803.01 & 33,874 1,984 1,984.01 & 2,823 4 28,665 28,665.01 & 40,793 2,389 2,389.01 & 3,400 5 33,527 33,527.01 & 47,712 2,794 2,794.01 & 3,976 6 38,389 38,389.01 & 54,631 3,200 3,200.01 & 4,553 7 43,251 43,251.01 & 61,550 3,605 3,605.01 & 5,130 8 48,113 48,113.01 & 68,469 4,010 4,010.01 & 5,706 For each additional household member, add +4,862 +4,862 & +6,919 +406 +406 & +577 Application forms are being sent to all homes with a notice to parents or guardians. To apply for free or reduced price meals, households must fill out the application and return it to the school. Additional copies are available at the office in each school. The information provided on the application will be used for the purpose of determining eligibility and may be verified at any time during the school year by school or other program officials. Applications may be submitted at any time during the year.

To obtain free or reduced price meals for children for whom households receive FoodShare, FDPIR or Wisconsin Works (W-2) cash benefits, an adult member needs only to list the names of the schoolchildren, give FoodShare, FDPIR or W-2 case number for each child, sign his/her name and return the application to the school office.

For the school officials to determine eligibility for free or reduced price meals of households not receiving FoodShare, FDPIR or W-2, the household must provide the following information requested on the application: names of all household members and the Social Security number of the adult household member who signs the application. In lieu of a Social Security number, the household may indicate that the signer does not possess a Social Security number. Also, the income received by each household member must be provided by amount and source (wages, welfare, child support, etc.).

Under the provisions of the free and reduced price meal policy, Junellyn Anderson will review applications and determine eligibility. If a parent or guardian is dissatisfied with the ruling of the official, he/she may wish to discuss the decision with the determining official on an informal basis. If the parent/guardian wishes to make a formal appeal, he/she may make a request either orally or in writing to: Rick Palmer, District Administrator, 715-472-2151, Ext. 106.

If a hearing is needed to appeal the decision, the policy contains an outline of the hearing procedure.

If a household member becomes unemployed or if the household size changes, the family should contact the school. Such changes may make the household eligible for reduced price meals or free meals if the household income falls at or below the levels shown above, and they may reapply at that time.

In certain cases foster children are also eligible for these benefits. If a household has foster children living with them and wishes to apply for free or reduced price meals, the household should complete an application for a family of one or contact the school for more information.

The information provided by the household on the application is confidential. Public Law 103-448 does authorize the release of student free and reduced price school meal eligibility status to persons directly connected with the administration and enforcement of federal or state educational programs.

In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability. To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call 800-795-3272 or 202-720-6382 493068 51L (TTY). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Any questions regarding the application should be directed to the determining official.

NOTICE TOWN OF BALSAM LAKE Monthly Board Meeting

Notice is hereby given that the Balsam Lake Town meeting will be held on Mon., Aug. 17, at 8 p.m. at the town hall.

The agenda includes: Public comment, minutes, approval of bills, updates on town road projects, mirror waters and resolution proposals.

493222 Brian R. Masters, Clerk 51L 41d

NOTICE TOWN OF LAFOLLETTE

The Monthly Board Meeting For The Town Of Lafollette Will Be Held At The Lafollette Town Hall On Mon., Aug. 17, 2009, At 7:30 p.m.

Agenda: Verification of Posting, Clerk’s Minutes, Treasurer’s Report, Resident Issues, Road Items, Mangelsen Road Damage, White Pine Cemetery, Ambulance Service, Pay Bills and Look at Correspondence.

493128 Linda Terrian, Clerk 51L 41a

SCHOOL DISTRICT OF ST. CROIX FALLS NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH & BREAKFAST PROGRAMS The School District of St. Croix Falls today announced its policy for children unable to pay the full price of meals served under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program. Each school office and the central office has a copy of the policy, which may be reviewed by any interested party.

The following household size and income criteria will be used for determining eligibility.

Children from families whose annual income is at or below the levels shown are eligible for free and reduced price meals.

FAMILY SIZE INCOME SCALE For Determining Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals or Milk Family

(Household) Size

ANNUAL INCOME LEVEL Free Reduced Price

Must be at or below figure listed

1 $14,079 2 18,941 3 23,803 4 28,665 5 33,527 6 38,389 7 43,251 8 48,113 For each additional household member, add +4,862

Must be at or between figures listed

$14,079.01 & 18,941.01 & 23,803.01 & 28,665.01 & 33,527.01 & 38,389.01 & 43,251.01 & 48,113.01 &

MONTHLY INCOME LEVEL Free Reduced Price

Must be at or below figure listed

Must be at or between figures listed

$20,036 26,955 33,874 40,793 47,712 54,631 61,550 68,469

$1,174 1,579 1,984 2,389 2,794 3,200 3,605 4,010

$1,174.01 & 1,579.01 & 1,984.01 & 2,389.01 & 2,794.01 & 3,200.01 & 3,605.01 & 4,010.01 &

$1,670 2,247 2,823 3,400 3,976 4,553 5,130 5,706

+4,862 & +6,919

+406

+406 &

+577

Application forms are being sent to all homes with a notice to parents or guardians. To apply for free or reduced price meals, households must fill out the application and return it to the school. Additional copies are available at the principal’s office in each school. The information provided on the application will be used for the purpose of determining eligibility and may be verified at any time during the school year by school or other program officials. Applications may be submitted at any time during the year.

To obtain free or reduced price meals for children for whom households receive FoodShare, FDPIR or Wisconsin Works (W-2) cash benefits, an adult member needs only to list the names of the schoolchildren, give FoodShare or W-2 case number for each child, sign his/her name and return the application to the school office.

For the school officials to determine eligibility for free or reduced price meals of households not receiving FoodShare, FDPIR or W-2, the household must provide the following information requested on the application: names of all household members and the Social Security number of the adult household member who signs the application. In lieu of a Social Security number, the household may indicate that the signer does not possess a Social Security number. Also, the income received by each household member must be provided by amount and source (wages, welfare, child support, etc.).

Under the provisions of the free and reduced meal progam, Dayle Schultz will review applications and determine eligibility. If a parent or guardian is dissatisfied with the ruling of the official, he/she may wish to discuss the decision with the determining official on an informal basis. If the parent/guardian wishes to make a formal appeal, he/she may make a request either orally or in writing to: Glenn Martin, District Administrator.

If a hearing is needed to appeal the decision, the policy contains an outline of the hearing procedure.

If a household member becomes unemployed or if the household size changes, the family should contact the school. Such changes may make the household eligible for reduced price meals or free meals if the household income falls at or below the levels shown above, and they may reapply at that time.

In certain cases foster children are also eligible for these benefits. If a household has foster children living with them and wishes to apply for free or reduced price meals, the household should complete an application for a family of one or contact the school for more information.

The information provided by the household on the application is confidential. Public Law 103-448 does authorize the release of student free and reduced price school meal eligibility status to persons directly connected with the administration and enforcement of federal or state educational programs.

In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, age or disability. To file a complaint of discrimination write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call 800-795-3272 or 202-7206382 (TTY). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Any questions regarding the application should be directed to the determining offi492991 51L cial.

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Notices / Employment

Burnett County sheriff’s report Susan A. Matheson, Lino Lakes, Minn., speeding, $83.80.

John D. Merrick, E. Bethal, Minn., riding illegally on vehicle, $83.80.

Donald R. Potvin, Luck, speeding, $159.40.

Ronald L. Ritchie, Webster, underage alcohol consumption, $83.80.

Gina C. Scott, Rice Lake, speeding, $83.80.

Roxanne Songetay, Danbury, seat belt violation, $58.60.

Russell J. Totmandson, Silver Bay, Minn., speeding, $134.20.

You are hereby being sued

by Wisconsin Mutual Ins. Co., in the small claims court for Polk County, Wisconsin, at the Polk County Courthouse, 1005 W. Main St., #300, Balsam Lake, WI 54810. A hearing will be held on August 31, 2009, at 1:30 p.m.

If you do not appear a judgment may be given to the person suing you. (A copy of the claim has been mailed to you at the address above.)

Date: August 3, 2009 SCHELBLE & HEMMER, S.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff

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Gordon L. Brunette, Rice Lake, speeding, $83.80.

Noel A. Foster, Ham Lake, Minn., driving with person riding illegally, $83.80.

Carol L. Haack, Arden Hills, Minn., speeding, $83.00.

(August 12) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT SMALL CLAIMS DIVISION POLK COUNTY WISCONSIN MUTUAL INS. CO. Plaintiff, vs.

DAWN M. BRUDER Defendant(s) SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION Case No. 09-SC-598 Small Claim - Claim Under Dollar Limit: 31001 THE STATE OF WISCONSIN: To each person named above as a Defendant: Dawn M. Bruder 115 Prentice St. Clayton, WI 54004

By: /s/Jeffrey E. Schelble State Bar No. 1014739 Peter C. Hemmer State Bar No 1001042 622 N. Water St., Ste. 400 Milwaukee, WI 53202 Phone: 414-270-1930

SCHOOL DISTRICT OF FREDERIC NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH & BREAKFAST PROGRAMS, SPECIAL MILK PROGRAM The Frederic School District today announced its policy for children unable to pay the full price of meals served under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program or milk for split-session students served under the Special Milk Program. Each school office and the central office has a copy of the policy, which may be reviewed by any interested party.

The following household size and income criteria will be used for determining eligibility.

Children from families whose annual income is at or below the levels shown are eligible for free and reduced price meals, or free milk if a split-session student does not have access to the school lunch or breakfast service.

FAMILY SIZE INCOME SCALE For Determining Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals or Milk Family

(Household) Size

ANNUAL INCOME LEVEL Free Reduced Price

Must be at or below figure listed

Must be at or between figures listed

MONTHLY INCOME LEVEL Free Reduced Price

Must be at or below figure listed

Must be at or between figures listed

1 $14,079 $14,079.01 & $20,036 $1,174 $1,174.01 & $1,670 2 18,941 18,941.01 & 26,955 1,579 1,579.01 & 2,247 3 23,803 23,803.01 & 33,874 1,984 1,984.01 & 2,823 4 28,665 28,665.01 & 40,793 2,389 2,389.01 & 3,400 5 33,527 33,527.01 & 47,712 2,794 2,794.01 & 3,976 6 38,389 38,389.01 & 54,631 3,200 3,200.01 & 4,553 7 43,251 43,251.01 & 61,550 3,605 3,605.01 & 5,130 8 48,113 48,113.01 & 68,469 4,010 4,010.01 & 5,706 For each additional household member, add +4,862 +4,862 & +6,919 +406 +406 & +577 Application forms are being sent to all homes with a notice to parents or guardians. To apply for free or reduced price meals or free milk, households must fill out the application and return it to the school. Additional copies are available at the principal’s office in each school. The information provided on the application will be used for the purpose of determining eligibility and may be verified at any time during the school year by school or other program officials. Applications may be submitted at any time during the year.

To obtain free or reduced price meals or free milk for children for whom households receive FoodShare, FDPIR or Wisconsin Works (W-2) benefits, an adult member needs only to list the names of the schoolchildren, give FoodShare, FDPIR or W-2 case number for each child, sign his/her name and return the application to the school office.

For the school officials to determine eligibility for free or reduced price meals or free milk of households not receiving FoodShare, FDPIR or W-2, the household must provide the following information requested on the application: names of all household members and the Social Security number of the adult household member who signs the application. In lieu of a Social Security number, the household may indicate that the signer does not possess a Social Security number. Also, the income received by each household member must be provided by amount and source (wages, welfare, child support, etc.).

Under the provisions of the free and reduced price meal and free milk policy, Judy Shafer will review applications and determine eligibility. If a parent or guardian is dissatisfied with the ruling of the official, he/she may wish to discuss the decision with the determining official on an informal basis. If the parent/guardian wishes to make a formal appeal, he/she may make a request either orally or in writing to: Jerry Tischer, Superintendent, 1437 Clam Falls Dr., Frederic, WI 54837, 715-327-5630.

If a hearing is needed to appeal the decision, the policy contains an outline of the hearing procedure.

If a household member becomes unemployed or if the household size changes, the family should contact the school. Such changes may make the household eligible for reduced price meals or free meals or free milk if the household income falls at or below the levels shown above, and they may reapply at that time.

In certain cases foster children are also eligible for these benefits. If a household has foster children living with them and wishes to apply for free or reduced price meals, the household should complete an application for a family of one or contact the school for more information.

The information provided by the household on the application is confidential. Public Law 103-448 does authorize the release of student free and reduced price school meal eligibility status to persons directly connected with the administration and enforcement of federal or state educational programs.

In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability. To file a complaint of discrimination, write: USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call 800-795-3272 or 202493162 51L 720-6382 (TTY). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Any questions regarding the application should be directed to the determining official.

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Memories of ministering Former ministers of First Baptist of Falun speak at 100th anniversary celebration

by Priscilla Bauer FALUN – Former pastors shared memories of their service at First Baptist Church of Falun during a special 100thanniversary program on Sunday, Aug. 9.

After Sunday’s regular church service, the congregation enjoyed a pig roast dinner followed by a special program highlighting the church’s rich history in Falun.

Four former pastors, Joe Brygger, Walton Johnson, Warren Nelson and Jim Carmon, shared touching, and sometimes humorous, memories of their time at First Baptist.

Recalling what Falun was like when he was pastor at First Baptist, Pastor Brygger told of a booming town with three grocery stores, a creamery, a lumberyard and a gas station.

Pastor Joe Brygger recalled Falun as a booming town with three grocery stores, a creamery, a lumberyard and a gas station.

Pastor Walton Johnson recalled how when he first arrived at First Baptist the men of the church asked him if he was a deer hunter. Johnson said while not an experienced hunter, he was lucky enough to shoot a buck one day. He then drew laughs from the congregation as he pulled out the antlers from a bag saying they were from that very first deer.

Current pastor, Kevin Miller, spoke of how he didn’t have to learn the history of the church because he had grown up at First Baptist. Miller went on to say what a special place First Baptist is and how happy he is to be its pastor. “Love has endured here for years,” said Miller. “I’m thrilled to be with all of you here.”

“All in all it was a good time. Life was simpler. There were no copiers, no computers, but we had great fellowship and the Lord blessed us,” Brygger told the congregation.

Pastor Johnson said his first impression of First Baptist was that he found it to be simply “delightful.”

Johnson recalled how when he first arrived the men of the church asked him if he was a deer hunter. Johnson said while not an experienced hunter, he was lucky enough to shoot a buck one day. He then drew laughs from the congregation as he pulled out the antlers from that very first deer just to prove to members it really happened.

Poking a bit of fun at Kevin Miller, the church’s current pastor, Pastor Nelson said Miller never complained about his long sermons because he slept through them.

Nelson said he too, just as Johnson,

Pastor Warren Nelson joked about his long sermons saying current First Baptist Pastor Kevin Miller never complained about their length since Miller usually slept through them. had been persuaded by church members to go deer hunting and had his own hunting tale to tell. “I was a new pastor and I was very tired. I fell asleep sitting in a tree, fell out of the tree and my gun went off. They never asked me to go hunting again.”

First Baptist’s most recent former pastor, Carmon, held up a big book, he jokingly called his speech notes. “It would take a big book like this for all the notes I would like to share of my time at First

Members of the First Baptist Church of Falun and guests celebrated the church’s 100th anniversary on Sunday, Aug. 9. The church started on Aug. 14, 1909, when a small group of Christians met to organize a Baptist church in the village of Falun. Those attending listened to a special program highlighting the church’s rich history in Falun, which included former pastors sharing their memories of ministering at the church.

Pastor Jim Carmon held up a big book, saying, “It would take a big book like this for all the notes I would like to share of my time at First Baptist.” Carmon then told those in attendance the 10 years he and his wife spent at Falun was one of the greatest chapters in their life of ministry.

Baptist,” Carmon told those in attendance.

Carmon went on to say he came to First Baptist after coming out of retirement and that his time at the church was very special to him and his wife. “The 10 years we spent at Falun was one of the greatest chapters in our life of ministry.”

Current Pastor Kevin Miller spoke of how he didn’t have to learn the history of the church because he had grown up at First Baptist.

“I am in a unique position as the pastor here at First Baptist of Falun. I didn’t have to go around finding out about the people or the history because I lived it. I was just a few weeks old when my par-

Web Macomber performed a humorous song he had written about his impressions of attending Falun Baptist. ents brought me here, and I have been coming to this church ever since.”

Miller went on to say what a special place First Baptist is and how happy he is to be its pastor. “Love has endured here for years,” said Miller. “I’m thrilled to be with all of you here.”

Web Macomber, who performed the humorous song he had written about attending Falun Baptist, provided special music. Jennifer Wallin also sang as part of the celebration.

The daylong celebration concluded with members and guests sharing more fellowship and memories while enjoying some 100th-anniversary cake.

Photos by Priscilla Bauer

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Garden tour benefifitts new library project BURNETT COUNTY – The Syren Garden Tour to benefit the Burnett Community Library was held last Saturday, Aug. 8, featuring nine area gardens. The tour was part of the fundraising for a new library. More than 200 visitors toured the gardens over the past two weekends.

“Even though this is sand country with undependable weather conditions, there is the potential to turn any piece of land into a thing of beauty,” noted participant Lucy Basler. “Of course, that is possible only with lots of creative thinking, hard work and knowing about plants. All the gardeners who I talked to were willing to share their garden ideas and expertise.” – with submitted information

Shelly and Dean Roland created this water garden at their home.

Photos by Lucy Basler

A bug garden at the Sears home.

An echinacea flower among false sunflowers at the Sears home.

A restful place in the Secret Garden at the Sears home.

The children’s book, “Imaginary Garden,” with a shade garden by the potting shed at the Renelle Sears home.

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Vacationing linemen restore power after freak storm hits Siren resort

by Nancy Jappe SIREN – It came up unexpectedly, the apparent straight-wind storm that went through Stoffel’s Shady Oak Resort on Hwy. 70 east of Siren about 10 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2. No warning came through on the weather radio in use at the resort office. The Stoffels are unable to get a clear television signal at their location since the addition of digital reception and use of black boxes.

All of a sudden, what must have been a straight-line wind ripped between two of the resort’s six cabins, tearing down utility lines, bringing down a tree halfway between the two cabins that poked a hole through the porch ceiling on one of them and ripped the wiring off the side of that cabin.

Two of the cabin’s vacationing occupants were standing in that porch, watching the weather conditions outside. They got out of the way, fast. A third occupant, inside, slept through the whole thing.

Eric Knibbe from Bettendorf, Iowa, and Matt Lemburg, from Le Claire, Iowa, are vacationing linemen, accustomed to working with electrical power lines. The falling tree came close to a cabin occupied by another lineman, Curt Husar from Moline, Ill. Husar said there were downed electrical wires outside his cabin window.

It didn’t take long before the chain

Three vacationing linemen from Iowa and Illinois quickly restored power after a freak storm knocked down utility lines, and a tree, at Stoffel’s Shady Oak Resort on Little Clam Lake, Siren. Tom and Sharon Stoffel (seen at right) were so grateful to the men, (L to R) Matt Lemburg, Le Claire, Iowa; Eric Knibbe, Bettendorf, Iowa; and Curt Husar, Moline, Ill., that they put up an appreciation sign at the entrance to the resort on Hwy. 70 east of Siren. – Photo by Nancy Jappe saws were going, and the tree was freed from the clutches of the downed power lines. The linemen got some Scotch locks, and were able to put the wires back up. Knibbe did the actual connecting, making use of the leather gloves he had with him.

Within an hour and a half, the power was back on. The next day, Maurer Power and Polk-Burnett Electric Company came and did what they needed to do for the situation. By noon the next day, everything was back to normal.

“It’s a good summer vacation story,” Knibbe said, thinking of all the telling he and the others would be doing when they got back home. The Stoffels, too,

will be retelling the story about how three visiting linemen saved the day when a freak storm hit their resort.

Note: Sharon Stoffel provided the following telephone number for the Federal Communications Commission for use by anyone having problems getting television reception with the new converters.

The caller only needs to provide a zip code. No names or explanations are required. The number is 888-225-5322. She feels that if more people call in their frustration, maybe something can be done about the situation. “We need it for emergencies,” Stoffel said.

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Three photos sent in by Sharon Stoffel show the extent of the damage after a tree fell onto a power line, downing the line, and putting a hole in the roof of one of the Stoffel’s six cabins. The man working at the power source, using leather gloves, is Eric Knibbe of Bettendorf, Iowa, a vacationing lineman.

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BBQ FEST AT FORTS FOLLE AVIONE

Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park hosted its annual BBQ Fest this past weekend, Aug. 8 - 9, and besides the cooking, judging and eating of foods, the park offered its usual displays of arts and crafts and history. The park offers a re-creation of trading posts established along the Yellow River north of Webster in the early 1800s. - Photos by Kayla Hatfield

Wheeler benefifitt Children’s games were played at the Wheeler benefit recently at the Milltown Community Center, a fundraiser for the Wheeler family due to their recent loss.

The games were sponsored by the South Milltown 4-H. The South Milltown 4-H donated over $100 that they earned from – Photos by Jeanne the kids games at the Wheeler benefit on Saturday. The money was Alling presented by 4-H members Joe Larsen, Jena Alling, and Jenelle Larsen to the members of the National Mutual Benefit, Sue and Dale Vlasnik and John Hansen. The NMB sponsored the event for the Wheelers.

Pam Livingston (L), Centuria, was the winner of the raffle at the recent benefit for Ben and Deanna Wheeler. The scooter was presented by Jim Martin.

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Berry picking memories

by Nina Borup Malmen As the memories of Thanksgiving and Christmas fade into history, a person can easily recall the bountiful meals that we enjoyed at each of these holidays. On most of our menus were turkey, ham, potatoes, gravy, vegetables, rolls, cranberries and pies in various choices, such as apple, pumpkin and blueberry.

A few spoons of cranberry sauce or jelly on my plate and a piece of blueberry pie generates the return of my childhood memories.

During the years between 1921 and 1951, my dad owned 60 acres of property just south of County Trunk B between Highway 87 and the Range Line Road that separates the townships of Sterling and Laketown. In addition to a narrow bubbling creek and a beautiful meadow there was a cranberry bog on this piece of property.

I must have been about 5 years of age when I went cranberry picking with my folks and an aunt and uncle. I was equipped with a small tin pail, warm clothing and my winter boots on my feet.

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Writer’s Corner never know if you are going to sink to your knees or your waistline. I was tied to a tree in case I sank out of sight. I managed to get soaking wet and to shed a few tears over the situation.

However, I did manage to pick about ten cranberries. I tried eating a few but found that they had a tart and bitter flavor.

I recall my aunt saying that no one appreciates cranberries unless they have had the experience of picking them. I agree.

My experience picking blueberries came in the late 1940s. Instead of battling cold weather and frigid water, we battled hot muggy weather, a blazing sun, and those pesky mosquitoes.

For the most part the terrain was flat and sandy with very few shade trees.

The berries grew on extremely low bushes requiring a person to sit or kneel. Old clothes and a wide-brimmed hat were wardrobe requirements.

If the berries were large and plentiful, it did not take long to fill your container.

If it was a full day adventure, a picnic lunch provided a brief intermission from the task of reaping the berries.

After a blueberry-picking expedition there was always the popular question, “How many quarts did you get?”

We cannot forget the task of cleaning these wild berries. They were dumped on a sheet of newspaper, where we picked out the twigs, leaves, dirt, bugs, and berries that were too green for con-

sumption.

I was in my early teens when my mother made a bargain with the young couple that lived across the road. She would take care of their two small children while I accompanied them on their blueberry-picking plans.

We drove to a flat, deserted location northeast of Frederic. The blueberries were as large as grapes. It was a cool day with a slight breeze and no mosquitoes—a Garden of Eden. We quickly filled our pails. My mother was surprised that we were gone for such a short time and very pleased with our harvest.

About a year later, my mother made another one of her blueberry picking bargains with one of my cousins. The deal was that my sister Annette and I would take care of our cousin’s children while our folks joined her for a day of picking blueberries.

Our cousin arrived with her three children, accompanied by a sister-inlaw who also had three small children.

So we were left to take care of our younger sister, Sena, and six small children under the age of 3.

About midafternoon one of my girlfriends arrived riding on her bicycle.

We did not have a telephone; otherwise she probably would have called and elected to ride in the other direction.

She quickly learned that we were oper-

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ating a poorly organized day care center. We welcomed an extra pair of hands.

It was late evening when the blueberry pickers returned. By that time we were out of applesauce, graham crackers, milk, patience and diapers.

When my mother found me in the bedroom with a wet and dirty baby, using a dishtowel for a diaper, she had a royal fit! What else could I do?

In that day and age the fee for babysitting was 50¢ per child per hour. You guessed it ... Annette and I received a quart of blueberries for our child care services.

During the mid-1950s as a young bride living in San Diego, Calif., I became acquainted with a business known as a supermarket. I was astounded when I discovered canned cranberries and blueberries on one of the many well-stocked shelves.

The commercial growing and harvesting of these berries, no doubt, has its benefits. But, do the employees have the unforgettable experiences of battling the elements? The answer is definitely no!

Wet clothing, sore knees, and fighting mosquitoes are not among their daily duties. Experience is the best teacher— including the experience of picking cranberries and blueberries.

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Wish you had all been at Music in the Park last Thursday. A great band and the concession stand had its own entertainment. We rented a cotton candy machine for a treat for people attending the concert. The one thing we had not thought of was that none of us knew how to operate the machine. It looks so easy at the fair I thought it could not be a problem. I took it home to practice and was sure I could do it in a snap.

Yeah, right! I had cotton candy from here to there. It was in my hair, on my clothes and halfway up my arm. Some of the guys from Restorative Justice were there and they took a turn. They were far more successful than I. I have always had a problem with hand-eye coordination so I figured that was the problem. We decided to put the candy in bags because it didn’t look too professional when we tried the cone. Cotton candy is not supposed to be served at a right angle. Either the stick bent or the candy did, but it really looked funny.

That night we were all set up and some guys came to help. Jason and Mike were more patient than I was and actually got the candy to stay on the

stick and look like real cotton candy.

Of course, by the end of the night, they both had cotton candy up to their elbows, in their hair and all over their clothes.

Still, people got a really good-looking cotton candy. Renting the machine Blodgett was worth the entertainment we had that night.

The band was terrific and we just had fun. The hot dogs didn’t burn although maybe a couple did. I like the crisp ones, but these were really crisp.

Laure had the popcorn machine running at full speed and all in all I think the concession stand was a success.

When we were not laughing we were tapping our toes and a good time was had by all.

Gee, the end of that last sentence sounds like something my grandmother used to say. “A good time was had by all” referred to anything that happened with more than three people, and in most cases the hooch (that is what Mae Ullrich, my grandmother, called it) had been passed around quite a bit.

Mae wasn’t really my grandmother, but I called her that as long as I can remember. Ruby Armstrong was my

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stepgrandmother, who married Charlie Armstrong after his first wife, Mary West, passed away. This is the story I have been told for ages and I am going to stick by it. Because of this family tree, I ended up with a lot more relatives than I could have ever imagined.

Most are by marriage, but they are still relatives. Most are gone now, but they left me with stories I could tell forever.

Good stories, fun stories and unbelievable stories. I remember sitting in the living room of our home and Grandma Ruby and her brother Faye Connor were telling us about the old times.

Uncle Faye would go on and on and we hung on every word and Grandma would just shake her head and whisper “he doesn’t really know what he is talking about, he was not there.” She was wrong and the stories are a big part of our families history.

There you have it. Your history lesson for this week. Not earth-shattering like some of the news lately, but a little interesting. Speaking of news. I saw Gladys Beers’ picture in the paper as a “Senior on the Move.” I don’t know what Interfaith Caregivers would do without her. She is the chairman of all of our bake sales and Theresa Gloege is the co-chair. They bake the way my grandmother did. Everything they make is an absolute treat. We will be having a bake sale with our yearly Labor Day rummage sale. Donations for the bake sale are welcome and appreciated more than you know. Theresa and Gladys can’t do it all. I bake pies, but that is all I do. Mrs. Smith or Mrs.

Schwan’s put them together and I bake them. I also bake brownies that I really do put together and cookies that are so simple it is not even a chore. But they make bread of all kinds, their pies are real pies and their cakes are made from scratch. Yes, I am an out-of-the-box baker. There, I finally admitted it. My only real invention is my Harvest Cake.

I make it from scratch and it is really good, even if I do say so myself.

Like I said, in case you missed it, we need baked goods for the sale which will be held on Sept. 4 - 5 at 7596 Hayden Lake Road in Danbury. Need directions? Call 715-866-4970. You can deliver baked goods to the house or we will pick them up. I will hide everything under lock and key so certain unnamed men in the family won’t get a taste, just to make sure everything is as good as it looks. Our rummage sale is always the best and it is a great fundraiser for Interfaith Caregivers.

Most things are freewill offering, but there will be some prices on furniture and some very special pieces.

Now, I will close and try to get some sleep. I still have two hours before I have to get ready for work. I am flattered that you read my column and put up with my ramblings. For those of you who know me, I ramble most of the time, not just at 4:30 in the morning.

God bless, Barb Blodgett Director of Interfaith Caregivers of Burnett County

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Detour on the Road to North Dakota

by Russ Hanson Margo and I cleaned up at the fair— we got a ribbon on almost everything we exhibited, including lots of blues.

Only my architecture photo and our maple syrup didn’t ribbon. The syrup was in the wrong size bottle and no good pictures ever get a blue ribbon.

We hang up all the ribbons and feel quite accomplished for a few weeks. I won blues for two stories in the writing competition. It should make you feel good, that if you actually read the Ramblings, this writer has the potential to write good stuff.

We had planned to leave on an extended vacation to Seattle as soon as the county fair was over, however we started about a week late. By the time you read this we should be entering Montana. Margo’s Aunt Lucille passed away Aug. 1 in southeast Wisconsin, at Random Lake, and we spent a week down there with Margo’s family.

Margo had spent much of the previous month helping Aunt Lou get adjusted to failing health, moving into an assisted care facility after a few falls.

Lou had adjusted quite well, joking “the food is so good that I am putting on weight.” Two weeks after she moved in, she had a mild stroke and then a day later, a severe stroke and passed away a few hours later, age 89.

Aunt Lou had decided she did not want heroic measures taken to prolong her life. She signed a “do not resuscitate” and “do not intubate” living will and wore a bracelet stating that. A month earlier she found her heart was failing with no surgical cure available.

She signed up for hospice care. When she had her first stroke, the hospice nurses came as well as the doctor. She was still conscious and stated that she did not want to go to the hospital. Her friends and relatives and the priest came. She called several of her friends for a last visit.

“Make sure Margo gets my wedding ring,” she told her brother Merlin (Margo’s father), “and tell her I love her.” She was comfortable and the hospice nurses were present during the last two days. She was able to whisper on her last day.

Then she became unconscious and quietly stopped breathing a few hours later.

Aunt Lou was a lively and fun-loving woman. She married Raymond Kremsreiter in 1944. They had no children.

They bought a small bar in Random Lake they called Boop and Lou’s (Uncle Raymond’s nickname was Boop). In those days the Green Bay Packers were struggling to get fans. They bought 10 season tickets to be shared by their patrons. Last year, Aunt Lou finished the transfer of all ten to her nephews and nieces. She loved to go to the games, even the bitter cold Christmas ones.

When Margo and I got married in 1972, Uncle Raymond was having some memory loss. A year later, he found he had an untreatable brain tumor. They sold the bar. He died in 1974 when Aunt Lou was just 55 years old. “I didn’t expect to ever find another man as good, so I didn’t bother looking,” she said, explaining why she never remarried. She worked all of her life at different jobs. She finally retired when she was 87 from her last job, making egg salad and other sandwiches for the

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Margo’s aunt, Lucille Wilkens Kremreiter, passed away last week at the age of 89. She passed away gracefully. – Photo from Wilkens Family local delicatessen grocery store—only because the store closed.

When Aunt Lou married, she converted from Lutheran to Catholic to match her husband’s faith. Her father, Frank Wilkens, was very upset and said he would not come to the wedding of his oldest child and only daughter.

Aunt Lou’s mother, Mary, badly wanted to attend but couldn’t drive. “Put on your dress, Mom, and we will pick you up on the way to the church,” Lou told her. They stopped for her early on the wedding day and as she got ready to leave, Frank said slowly, “Well, I guess I could come too,” realizing that the ageold Lutheran-Catholic conflict shouldn’t come between him and his daughter.

Margo’s parents both worked when she was growing up. Aunt Lou and Uncle Raymond helped raise her, taking her for the daytime before they opened the bar. They were her godparents and sort of adopted Margo, who was battling cerebral palsy and needed all the help she could get, trying to learn to speak, to walk with braces, and then read and write with dyslexia and difficulty controlling her hands (Margo was a breech birth—and the doctor didn’t intervene until she had suffered significant oxygen loss, then pulling her out breaking both her hips in the process).

Aunt Lou left a small amount of money and her small house. Having no children, she divided her estate into 20 shares and then spread them widely amongst her relatives. Wills can cause problems in families. Aunt Lou made it easier by spreading it out thinly! She made one bequest to the local Catholic Church, specifically for carpet runners for the side and central aisles. “Every time someone walks up or down the aisles, the old wooden floors creak and disturb the service. I hope the carpet will stop it” she told her lawyer when he updated her will three years ago after her brother Milton passed away.

The funeral was Thursday evening at the old Random Lake Catholic Church.

It is a narrow, tall and long building made of the cream-colored bricks so common in the Milwaukee area. The hundred people attending filled but a small area in the front. The congregation sang “On the Wings of an Eagle” and “How Great Thou Art.” After the

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service, everyone moved to the adjacent school basement for a full lunch and visiting. Aunt Lou and her husband had connected the Wilkens and Kremsreiter families—families separated by 100 miles, an otherwise insurmountable distance from which to make friends except through a connection by marriage.

This was likely the last contact between the members of the two families; only a few of the older members knew each other even now.

At 9 a.m. the next morning the pallbearers, a group of eight nephews and neighbors chosen by Aunt Lou, and immediate family members and a few friends met at the local Catholic cemetery a mile out of town for the burial. It is an old cemetery, tightly groomed and orderly laid out in row after perfect row of substantial stones, each with a small cross inscribed on the corner; so well planned that you know it must be German. Rarely there is a larger or smaller stone; conformity being important here.

The stones are spaced so carefully so that you see rows in many directions leading to the tasseling cornfields tight to the cemetery border. One-hundredfifty-year-old stone and concrete houses and barns can be seen on the nearby hills. Names like Junger, Stockhausen, Schmidt and Miller fill the rows.

A brief service with the Catholic custom of sprinkling holy water on the coffin ended with Elvis singing “hold my hand precious Lord, lead me on…” via recording and the release of two dozen colorful helium-filled balloons into the dreary overcast sky. The balloons rose higher and higher, eventually disappearing from view as the cold Lake Michigan wind swept them west over endless numbers of neatly kept farms like the one where Merlin and Lou started their life nearly a century ago.

As we left, workers lowered the boxes, covered them with dirt and replaced the neatly cut and rolled sod, stacked temporarily only two graves away. By afternoon it was drizzling, turning into a soaking all-night rain, rejuvenating the sod roots to reattach to the earth below.

A few more days will erase the 35 years that separated Boop and Lou’s coming.

Aunt Lou’s last year on earth was a good one. She had a graceful death.

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that her life was long and she was ready for her death. Margo was honored to help this past year; a little chance to pay back some of what she owed. Lou clearly stated that she did not want to prolong her life artificially, and then followed through with a living will, the DNR/DNI directive and signing up for hospice care. I have no doubt that had she not made all of these choices, she would be alive today; in the intensive care unit of a modern hospital; connected to a breathing machine, being tube fed and surrounded by beeping machines—with the doctor asking if we wanted to disconnect her when her money and insurance were exhausted.

We stayed with Merlin another day as he began the process of closing Lou’s affairs. After a Wilkens family breakfast we left for Pine Island Saturday, to Cushing Sunday, and then for North Dakota on Monday, heading northwest to catch Hwy. 2 for adventure in the north. “Do your traveling while you are still young,” an older friend told me at the fair, “too many things interfere later.”

Cousin Sally in Seattle says the temperatures have dropped back from the 100s of a week ago. Last time we visited, August 2006, she bragged how with the cool weather, she not only didn’t have air conditioning, but not even a single fan in the house. I wonder if she has one now? She told us, “Give me a day’s notice to buy groceries, and you can show up anytime in August.”

Cousin Chrystal, in Medford, Ore., says she will have the coffeepot on for us anytime in August or September with a short notice. So we are off and in no rush to cover distance.

The week’s delay probably was a good thing. I read in the newspaper that a herd of Hells Angels had been staying in Duluth and Superior and had planned to take Hwy. 2 out west the same week as us before dropping down to Sturgis for the annual motorcycle rally. I was not particularly worried, as at one time, I, too, was a motorcycle outlaw, commuting to Mayo dressed in my suit and tie on my hog, a Triumph 250. I am sure I could have compared notes with the Angels. Margo was more worried. “Well, I probably could have pulled a Dakota thorn out of one of their paws and made friends,” I reassured her.

The first part of our trip is Hwy. 2 from Duluth west, slogging across the swamps of northern Minnesota. If you are curious as to how our trip is going, try going to our Web site at riverroadrambler.blogspot.com. Some people send lots of e-mails, some Twitter, and some Blog to share their exciting lives with the shut-ins. I do my own thing with my BSlog (Bee Slog) and plan to update it so the family and neighbors don’t have to wait until we come back to look at our exciting vacation slides.

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On moving mountains

Sunday night.

We have some good volunteers and they are almost professional movers.

On Monday, May 11, 2009, members of the Lewis Memorial United Methodist Church actually moved mountains, all done in preparation for the coming of the carpet cleaners.

All the leftover rummage-sale items had been hauled away by an individual who operates an Abrahamzon everlasting yard sale. Leftover books were donated to the Frederic Public Library.

The moving crew reported for action. After some discussion, they folded up the tables and stacked them outside under the portico. They folded chairs and they joined the tables outside. Out went the padded chairs from the sanctuary. These were undeniably quite heavy, so men could carry two at a time and women only one at a time. It took a lot of time to pick up all the miscellaneous and transport that outside.

Pastor’s study was emptied except for the copy machine. All the contents of that room went into the kitchen.

With furnishings jam-packed together under the roof of the portico, the whole lot looked ready to ship out.

The movers moved out and the rug cleaners arrived. They were surprised to see great expanses of carpet absolutely empty, giving them free wheeling.

They finished the job in record time.

Church members and friends returned to carry everything back inside before the good Lord decided to make it rain.

If anyone in the community noticed what was going on that Monday in May, they might have jumped to the conclusion that the congregation was engaged in some secret, unexplainable ritual.

Each piece of furniture was carefully carried inside, put in place and all order was restored.

And that’s how mountains of stuff were moved on Monday, May 11, 2009. And God smiled and thought “That is good.”

Bernice

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Words to live by: The Magic of Doors

by Flora Whittemore Not long ago, I heard two sentences expressed in just seven little words. They were spoken quietly, slowly; but they kept repeating themselves in my brain until they made an impression like a rut worn deeper and deeper by the constant passing of wagon wheels along a muddy road. These are the simple words: “Doors are interesting. They open and close.”

Doors are such an everyday part of living that we rarely give them a thought unless they stick when we wish to pass through. Yet the more I think about them, the deeper grows the rut in my mind.

The doors through which we choose to pass determine to a very great extent the sort of people we become. There are school and college doors, library and church doors, doors to gambling houses and bars, barn doors, bank doors, hospital doors, prison doors.

Besides all these are doors of homes, factories, business houses and stores through which you and I pass constantly in and out, out and in, as we choose, thanks be to God. Yes, “doors are interesting. They open and close.”

And the doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.

(The above was published in 1963, when the author was 72 years old. A resident of Soda Springs, Idaho, she wrote, “I have been glad and sad, known disappointment and failure and had some degree of honors, but I have never been bored by life.”)

I can identify with her piece on doors, although I had never thought much about them. Still, it’s true, when one door closes, another one opens.

I did not plan to use the above selections for my column, but the one I intended to use got lost in the shuffle. It will eventually turn up. If not, my tablets are filed with stories.

Until next time, Bernice

Now in August This past weekend volunteers moved mountains again as everything was put out Friday night; moved back in the church that night. Moved out, early Saturday morning. Moved into the church that night.

Moved out Sunday morning. Moved back inside late

New owners take over Skol Haus

by Brenda Sommefeld FREDERIC – If you have visited the Skol Haus, located on CTH W norhtwest of Frederic, in the last two weeks, you may have noticed new faces behind the scenes. Keith and Jackie Highstrom took over operation of the bar/restaurant July 27.

Jackie spent her childhood years only a mile from the Skol Haus restaurant and bar, while Keith grew up in the Siren area. The couple currently lives in Siren but plans on moving into the living quarters of the property once they are able to sell their current home.

Keith and Jackie both bring experience to their new business venture. Keith owns his own business called Nu-N-Redo, a painting company, giving him muchneeded expertise in owning and operating a small business. Jackie worked at the Siren restaurant Little Mexico for the past 21 years, stepping down now only in order to try her hand at running a restaurant.

Over the past few months, the couple has been working with previous co-owners Tom and Denise Nelson and Bruce and Tammy Chell to get to know the ropes.

The Highstroms have decided to keep everything about the business the same as what the previous owners had, including the name, the hours, the menu and the staff. The hours and menu may change eventually, but the couple is sticking with what they know works for now.

The Skol Haus restaurant is open Thursdays, 5 – 9 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, 5 – 10 p.m. and Sundays, 4 – 8 p.m. The bar will open with the restaurant each of the days but will stay open until later into the night.

Compiled by Bernice Abrahamzon

50 Years Ago Warren’s in Siren sold refrigerators and freezers.–Yellow River Supply Corp., Spooner-Frederic-Turtle Lake had ready-mixed concrete available.–The film “Hercules” was playing at the D’Lux Theatre, Luck.– A birthday dance was set for Aug. 16 at the Spencer Lake Resort with music by the Hi Spots, featuring Bill Durand and his all-girl band.–Ronnie Rich, 11, Frederic, was a patient at Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minn., with spinal meningitis.–A Grantsburg boy, Christ Olson, 10, would undergo open-heart surgery.–An automatic laundry would open in September in Frederic in the old Hubbard building next to the Frederic Auto Co. (now part of Family Market on Main St.) Mrs. Arne Resell, Siren, would own the laundromat.–A new cabin would be dedicated at Whispering Pines Methodist Camp. The cabin would be dedicated in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Philpott, longtime Methodists, who were killed in a car accident in 1953 shortly after they were married. The Rev. Fletcher Bennett, pastor of the Trinity Methodist Church in S. Superior performed the dedication. (That is the same church the Abrahamzons attended. Small world?)–The Atlas Community Church would observe its 85th anniversary.–Only 19 school districts remained in Polk County.–Winners of the horsepulling contest at the St. Croix Falls fair were announced.–The lives of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hunter, Frederic, and especially their early years, became a part of the Wisconsin State Historical Museum collection.–Jeanne Fossum, Frederic, would undergo her sixth operation due to polio.

40 Years Ago A picture taken at the rock show in Webster showed officers, president, T.C. McCune, vice president, Don Nelson, and secretary, Bernice Abrahamzon, inspecting a display. It was a Sunday show. Imagine setting up for one day only.–Dave Dudley was coming Aug. 24 with a free opry show with the Roadrunners plus other stars with the first show at Riverside Bar at 2:30 p.m. with free refreshments served.–A 25th wedding anniversary would be held Aug. 23 at the Indian Creek Dance Hall, given by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Anderson.–Policy, budget, maintenance were studied by school board members.–Roads in the Sterling barrens were closed during dry periods.–Frank Belgea bought Paradise Lodge at Balsam Lake.–There were 600 students to enroll in Luck schools.–Four men entered miliary service from Polk County, including Allen Gehrke of Centuria, Paul Hendricks of Luck and Phillip Jensen of Balsam Lake; and volunteer Scott Olson of Cushing.–Specials at Anderson’s Store, Siren, included instant Folger’s coffee at $1.19 a jar, potato chips at 49¢ lb. bag, pork and beans at 2 cans for 39¢ and Hershey’s syrup at 2 cans for 49¢.–Specials at Route’s Super Market at Frederic were ground beef at 59¢/lb., bread at 4 for $1 and 1-1/2-lb. loaves, 10¢ a lb. on bananas and cube steak at 79¢ lb.–Trinity Lutheran Church at Danbury would observe its 50th anniversary on Aug. 31.

20 Years Ago

Keith and Jackie Highstrom took over operations of the Skol Haus bar and restaurant on July 27. – Photo by Brenda Sommerfeld

Red Cross baby-sitting classes offered BALSAM LAKE – The local Red Cross office will be offering a baby-sitting training course on Saturday, Aug. 22, in the Balsam Lake office of the American Red Cross. This course is recommended for youth ages 11 – 15. Class time will be 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Each participant will receive the newly revised

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handbook and emergency reference guide and a CDROM which includes a printable activity booklet with games, crafts, songs, recipes and a resume template and lots more.

Preregistration is required. Please call 715-485-3025 for more information. - submitted

Crowned Miss Milltown was Tonya Falk, and Little Miss Milltown was Kristine Marlett.– Obituaries included Niels Andersen, Charles Anderson and William Rowe.–Help was wanted at Scott’s Custom Millwork, Luck.–The film “Roadhouse” was playing at the Auditorium Theatre, SCF.–Duke and Mary Young would reopen Countryside Inn.–David Dueholm, 39, son of the late Harvey Dueholm who represented parts of Polk and Burnett County for 20 years in the State Assembly, announced he would run for mayor.–A wedding dance was held for Joan Hahr and Todd Java on July 1 at the D.B.S. Hall, Luck.–Office-paper recycling started in Polk County.–Open house was held July 2, 1989, at St. Luke’s Methodist Church for the 60th wedding anniversary of Ted and Myrtle Johnson.–The DNR offered $87,000 for trail where railroad once ran.–Thousands attended the grand opening of Forts Folle Avoine.–Under the heading of marriages were the names of Scott Peterson to Debra Johnson, both of Burnett County.–Alleged golf course vandals were nabbed at Grantsburg.–The Siren Supt., Robert Lee, viewed changes in 31 years.–The 1974 Siren class reunion was held July 8 at the Pour House, Siren.–The Dresser to Danbury bike path could make the state budget.–The St. Croix Tribal Council would have two new members, Kenneth Mosay and Ruth Holmes.

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Webster Senior Center

It is hard to believe that summer is almost over and school will be starting soon. All of the stores have school supplies on sale and television ads entice kids so that they beg their parents to buy them not just the things they need, but all the other items they “just gotta have.” The Webster Lioness Club is doing a school supply drive for the Webster Elementary School and will be collecting notebooks, crayons, colored pencils, pencils, etc., for their Aug. 20 dinner meeting to turn over to the school to help supplement the needs for those students whose parents just didn’t have enough money to purchase everything. If anyone wishes to donate any items, you can contact me at 866-4334 or Lioness President Gladys Beers at 715-8664392.

Twelve ladies enjoyed playing dime Bingo on Wednesday and the refreshments furnished by Peggy Lawless.

Sub-cook Tammy Green was grateful to have volunteer Corey Anderson assist her in the kitchen on Thursday and Friday while Nicky and Janice took a couple of days off.

Corey is an excellent worker and had everything clean and spotless by quitting time on Friday.

Tammy served a roast pork dinner on Thursday that everyone said was terrific.

Harold Peterson, Gene Johnson and Bud Martin got in a couple of games of pool after-

wards. Evening pool players were Dave Wardean, Chuck Lehman, Ken Hayes, Earl Boelter, Harold Peterson, Millie and Rod Hopkins, and Pat O’Brien. Donna Lehman, Jane Wardean, Bernie Boelter, Theresa Gloege and Margel had a lot of laughs playing cards and enjoying the goodies served by them.

Congratulations to Ritchard Cook and Joyce Tucker who were married by Pastor Merrill Olson on Saturday afternoon at First Baptist Church, Webster; and to Dana Doriott and Clint Peterson of Medford, who were married on Aug. 1 in Webster.

Bud Martin and I are having a reception open house on Saturday, Aug. 22, at the Webster Senior Center from 1 to 4 p.m.

Come and help us celebrate our recent marriage, and we are asking “no gifts, please” as we have enough “stuff” with our combined households, and your presence is enough.

Margel Ruck and Gene Johnson attended a birthday party on Saturday for her daughter, Cheryl Smith, at the KOA Campground in Hayward where Cheryl, husband Dave, and children Logan and McKenna were camping.

They also celebrated Kenna’s birthday, which is on Aug. 17, and enjoyed having a steak fry and eating the birthday cake made by Margel. Margel is a wonderful cake maker and decorator. Happy birthday Cheryl and Kenna!

I finally saw a bear in my yard on Saturday

Birth announcements Born at St. Croix Regional Medical Center:

A girl, Destiny Marie Denetz, born July 22, 2009, to Joshua and Pamela Denetz, Frederic. Destiny weighed 7 lbs., 2 oz.

••• A girl, Jaden Mae Armato, born July 30, 2009, to Anthony and Holly Armato, Siren.

Jaden weighed 7 lbs., 8 oz.

••• A girl, Nikki Joy Kimball, born Aug. 1, 2009, to Tabitha and Nathan Kimball, Centuria.

Nikki weighed 6 lbs., 1 oz.

••• A girl, Hannah Elizabeth Houman, born Aug. 1, 2009, to Michael and Crystal Houman, Danbury. Hannah weighed 8 lbs., 5 oz.

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Wow, weren’t the storms this past weekend something the area really didn’t need?

At least we didn’t get the strong winds and tornados that were south and west of us.

Sunday night’s weather reports suggest you have your air conditioners and ceiling fans handy for next week’s warm-up.

Tuesday was busy at the center, starting with 10 people in for exercise class. New ideas suggested, and done, were arm circles with one arm going clockwise and the other going counterclockwise. Another, sitting at the edge of a chair with your hands locked behind your neck, touch your right elbow to your left knee and then your left elbow to your right knee. Then books were handed out and we placed them on our heads and walked (with good posture) around the center. The morning ended when we were able to put our right hand where the left hand cannot reach it.

August birthdays are Barb Bolton, Judy Dittrich, Connie Gray, Iva Hanson and Esther Prokop. Call these people and wish them a

evening. He was looking for scraps of food that I have been putting out for a mamma fox and her young kit. He stopped at the stairs on the deck and looked up, but decided to mosey on through the yard. That was a close enough look, and I don’t think I will be wandering about outdoors after dark either.

Our prayers and get-well wishes continue to go out to Maxine Stone, Mabel Buhler, Ellen Hanninen, Clara Lilly, and Carol Kissinger who recently fell and dislocated her collarbone. Our sympathy and prayers also go out to the family of Scott Treichel in his recent passing.

Worship is the communication channel between us and our Almighty Sovereign God. It’s what puts reality in today, hope in tomorrow, and purpose in living. It is the link between now and eternity. Worship is the brotherhood between all our diversified cultures and our united sonship with our Father Creator. Worship is what we’re made for and what we will be perfecting throughout eternity. “You alone are worthy, Lord, to be worshiped and adored; we to you our tribute bring, as our hearts rejoice and sing,” – Schutz. “Our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing….” The Lord has done great things for us, and we are glad. – Psalm 126:2-3. See you at the center.

Wedding

Born at Burnett Medical Center:

Engagement

Kusmider/Harmon The parents of Rachel Kusmider and Chris Harmon are proud to announce their engagement. Their wedding is planned for Saturday, Aug. 29, in Turtle Lake. - submitted

Engagement

A girl, Miranda Michelle Shock, born July 27, 2009, to Dale Shock and Lori Repp from Burnett County. Miranda weighed 6 lbs., 1 oz. and was 19 inches long.

Grandparents are Richard and Leonor Repp of Miami, Fla. Great-grandparent is Michael Sierra of Miami, Fla. ••• A girl, Destiny Lee Roatch, born Aug. 7, 2009, at Burnett Medical Center, to Gene and Janessa Roatch, Siren. Destiny weighed 8 lbs., 7 oz. and was 20-1/2-inches long. She has one sibling, Dillon. Grandparents are Mike and Geri Roatch, Cushing, Kim and Bill Bartusch, Grantsburg, and Al Janes, La Crosse. Great-grandparents are LeeAnn and Roger Rehbein, Grantsburg, and Beatrice Roatch, Sarona.

St. Croix Valley Senior Center

by Carol Van Buskirk

Mary Klar

good day.

Skip-bo winners were Rita, Carol and Leone.

Afternoon dominos winners had eight players with Donna, Janice and Ione M. as winners. Twenty-six competitive 500 players had John, Phil, Ray, Marian and Bruce as high scorers. Pete and Vern captured the nine bid.

Midweek, Bob, our green-thumb gardener, stopped by with a generous supply of various vegetables. These are for any of our members to take and use.

It looks like we will be having new neighbors real soon, although we are sad to have Al and Jackie leaving.

Thursday Skip-bo champs were Ione White and Dottie Adams. Bingo coverall winners were a tie between Leone and Julia.

Evening 500 card winners were Bren Nel Ward, Phil, Ray and Jeanne Thomforhda.

Bren Nel and Don Anderson were the ninebid winners.

When we become wise, our lives are lived from our hearts. Live each day to its fullest and never look back.

Engagement Mabry/Campbell Tom and Sandy Mabry of Balsam Lake announce the engagement of their daughter, Tamara Leigh, to Eric Lee Campbell, son of Bob and Karen of St. Croix Falls.

The bride-to-be is a 2006 graduate of Regency Beauty Institute. She is currently employed at the RiverBank in St. Croix Falls.

The groom-to-be is a 2003 graduate of Minnesota State College Southeast Technical and is employed at Andersen Corporation.

The couple will be married on Aug. 29. - submitted

Funk/Peterson

Pavlik/Jensen

Jackie Funk and Anthony “AJ” Peterson were married in Las Vegas on July 11, 2009.

Amy Funk, sister of the bride, was the maid of honor. Brandon Tagg, brother of the groom, was the best man.

Mark Bohn, stepfather of the bride, walked Jackie down the aisle, while Rita Bohn, mother of the bride, took pictures. They honeymooned in Las Vegas. Jackie and AJ reside in Eau Claire.

A wedding reception is planned for Saturday, Aug. 29, at the Hickey home on Clam Falls Drive (Grandma Sandy’s). - Special photo

Sara Rita Pavlik and Justin Lyle Jensen announce their engagement.

Sara is the daughter of Ronda Taber of Grantsburg and Dan and Donna Pavlik of Ladysmith. Justin is the son of Anita Jensen of Mesa, Ariz., and Jim Jensen of Grantsburg.

Sara is a 2003 graduate of Ladysmith High School and a 2005 graduate of Minnesota State College – SE Technical with a degree as administrative assistant.

Justin is a 2003 graduate of Grantsburg High School.

The couple will reside in Grantsburg.

The couple will wed on Sept. 19, 2009. submitted

Frederic Senior Center Monday, Aug. 3, Spades was played at 1 p.m., with the following winners: Eleanor Bonneville in first place, Holly Stonesifer in second place and Lillian Murphy in third place.

Tuesday Whist was played.

Wednesday Pokeno was enjoyed and cards were played. Refreshments were enjoyed together.

Thursday 500 cards was played at 6:30 p.m., with the following winners: Marlyce Borchert in first place, Ila Ward in second place, Bob Holm in third place and Willis Williams in fourth place.

Our monthly meeting was held Friday at 1:30 p.m. Cards and Pokeno were played after the meeting and refreshments enjoyed at coffee time.

Saturday we enjoyed a light lunch buffet along with games and coffee time refreshments.

We are invited to a memorial gathering for Ed Berdal on Tuesday in the community room at Golden Oaks to celebrate his memory. We have many nice pictures that he had

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taken at our special occasions and some are displayed on our memory board which we exhibited at the fair and is now being enjoyed by our seniors.

Next Saturday, Aug. 15, we will have no light luncheon buffet. We will be attending the chicken and corn dinner at the pioneer shelter across the street. This is a benefit for the ambulance fundraiser. We are so fortunate to have such a wonderful, caring ambulance and EMT crew. As seniors, this is important to us. In the past year many of our members have used this service and we value the security of their always being there for us.

The morning coffee is ready early in the morning and the pool players enjoy their early morning games, they really challenge each other. Two of our members are convalescing in the Frederic Care and Rehabilitation Center, Clifford Potter and Betty Schmitendorf. Betty, get well quick, the silverware needs wrapping.

You really have to look inside yourself and find your own inner strength and say, “I’m proud of myself, of who I am and what I am.”

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TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER Lewis You missed it!

If you weren’t in Lewis this past weekend, you missed many local treats available all over town.

I can’t possibly cover all that went on, so my focus will be on our church, the only church in town.

We have some wonderful volunteers, including Alice Ford, who made contacts and planned the 2-1/2-day schedule, revising it many times over; Starr Warndahl for securing the musical groups Crossed Paths, Glory Train and O.K. Wingnuts; Sylvia Schaetzel, emcee; LaVonne Boyer in charge of planning food and beverages; a goodly crew in charge of grilling; Pastor Tom Cook and wife, Jane, preaching and cheering us on; Brad Alden and his loudspeaker equipment and performance, too. He and Pastor Tom made quite a singing team.

If you weren’t there Friday night, under the tent, braving the chilly wind, this is what you missed: Rich and Kathy Hutchison and Karly Kurkowski, who were very generous with the number of favorite songs they gave us, woven together with commentary in between. Later Rich and Kathy appeared with Mary Yambrick of Siren.

Our own Nicole Nelson started sax lessons in the fall of 2008 and shared several numbers she is learning.

Our own Kim Jones, a high-school student, sang along with a modern recording with a good beat and words you could understand.

Larry Peterson and his guitar gave us several numbers and if you weren’t there, you missed it!

John Bosak gave us three numbers, very professional and moving. He sings at weddings and funerals and said lately it’s been more and more funerals. How Joe and Helen, his parents, would appreciate his talent and faith. (Oh, Glory).

Alice Ford reminded us that all those on Friday night’s pro-

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gram were there by request of their friends and supporters.

Same on Saturday and Sunday, too. We went home humming.

Saturday dawned rainy and cloudy, but a lot of people were praying for a good day and at 10 a.m., the sun came out and the program began right on time.

First on the program was juggler Brad Knauber, who performed with tennis balls, lightweight bowling-type pins and rings. We clapped, we cheered and if he dropped a pin, he laughed and we did too. He juggled his props better then most of us juggle our daily schedules!

On a serious note, we enjoyed having the team of Pastor Weaver and his wife singing together and singly. Some of their parishioners from St. Croix Falls followed them here to support their message in song. They had been here before in Lewis to present a Lenten message.

The Lewis men’s choir sang and did a wonderful presentation. We are very fortunate to have nine men ready and able and willing to do it. Starr, choir director, has worked wonders with them, and they have responded.

Alice had the pleasure of introducing her own son, Skip Ford and his son, Brian, of the Downing-Boyceville-Glenwood area. Skip gave his own personal testimony how he turned his life around and became a full-time Christian, volunteer worker at many places where disasters have struck, and volunteers in many places including Whispering Pines United Methodist Camp, etc. Personal testimonials are often very moving.

We were already aware of Brian’s fingers on the piano keys as he gave us impromptu recitals off and on inside the church.

The afternoon programs brought professional singing/ playing groups and I enjoyed them when I was sitting and

Cloverton-Markville Sixteen former residents of New Dosey Township were honored posthumously at a reception in their honor on Sunday, Aug. 2. Sponsored by the current members of the New Dosey Town Board, this reception was attended by over 90 family members and friends of the honorees. The names of these persons have been engraved on the honor-roll plaque in the town hall. Honor-roll designees are Alfred Proffit, 36year member of the town board; Dorothy Dumas, town clerk, 1954-64, president of the homemakers club and treasurer of the senior club; Lydia Mishler, president of the Cloverton Community Club, supervisor 1979-85, president of both the senior and the homemakers clubs; Joe Mishler, 25-year span as supervisor, founding member of the Cloverton Community Club; Emma Fornengo, wrote this column for 10 years, board of directors – senior club and Justice of the Peace at one time; Peter Fornengo, supervisor, 1999-2006, architect of the New Dosey Land Use Ordinance, board of directors - senior club; Doris Fornengo, town treasurer, 1957-61; Tony Fornengo, constable of New Dosey, supervisor 1981-88; Greg McGough, supervisor for one term, wrote the plan for the tritownship disposal district; Helen Feldt, wrote this column for 25 years, president of Cloverton Community Club, secretarytreasurer of homemakers club; Don Baker, supervisor, one term; Ron Skaw, town clerk, two terms; Robert Sexton, supervisor, 1986-89; Ed Magnuson, supervisor, 1991-98; Jim Allen, supervisor, 1980-83, planning commission, many years as annual meeting moderator; Earl Vink, supervisor, 1965-77, president of Cloverton Community Club and 4-H advisor.

Dave Baker and Fran Levings were co-hosts of the event and Beverly Carlin was in charge of refreshments.

Lisa Krahn, outreach director of the Seven County Senior Federation would like to extend gratitude the following persons for helping to staff the booth at the Pine County Fair this year: Marlene Mishler, Marge Wolf, Cheryl Wickham, Darlene Merimonti, Evelyn Johnson, Dave Baker and Fran Levings.

Jan and Ed Proffit are trying to get some haying done between showers.

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You may recall that Dave Drake won the prize of dinner at the Yaekel cabin on Big Island Road in Wisconsin last month.

Well, he and Sandi were served a meal by Rosie and Jim on Tuesday, Aug. 4. The menu consisted of chicken bundles, cheese potatoes and southern green beans. A pie of bananas, strawberries, blackberries and cream cheese topped off the meal. Rosie and Jim were gracious hosts as usual and their daughter Jody and granddaughter Lacey were also in attendance.

Although Jerry Blokzyl’s knee replacement surgery itself went very well, due to some swelling he did have to spend 10 days in the hospital. He is now home and taking physical therapy in Sandstone, Minn.

While Jerry was hospitalized, Shirley spent a lot of time with her mom, Ann Boylan, who recently moved to the Northland Assisted Living Community in McGregor, Minn. Both Shirley and Ann are impressed with the quality of care provided at the center.

Deloris Schirmer thinks she has properly identified the hawk that has been bathing in her bird bath as a Cooper’s hawk. It fills the entire bowl of the bird bath, of course, and has water splashing everywhere. There has been a family of four hawks hanging around Deloris’ home for quite some time now.

Last weekend, Robin and John Fornengo spent an overnight with friends in Duluth, Minn. The next evening, the four of them went to the fiddle contest in Cotton, Minn.

On another day, Robin and her friend, Shirley McLaine, Cozy Corner, took her grandsons Dominic, 10, and Adam, 5, swimming. One time they went to McGraw Lake and another time to the pool at the motel in Siren.

It’s been family time in our lives recently. Dave had to make a trip to the Cities on Friday, so he stopped in Minnetonka, Minn., to see his daughter, Leda, and the new baby, Evelyn, on the way home. On Sunday, we went to Ashland to visit with my son, Chuck, and his wife, Lynn, and the children, Tanner, 6, and Faith, 2.

Dewey - LaFollette

Sgt. Ernest A. Ziemer left in May of this year for a tour of duty in Afghanistan. He has already served two tours in Iraq.

His address is: 1/5 H. and S. Co. Unit 40320, FPO AP 964270320.

Jan Myers from Eagan, Minn., was a guest of Donna and Gerry Hines Monday through Wednesday.

Karen and Hank Mangelsen visited Jake, Holly, Hannah and Grace Mangelsen Tuesday evening.

Clam River Tuesday Club met Aug. 5, at the home of Kay Krentz.

John and Mary Jane Regan, Art and Mary Ann Peroutky, and Dean and Lorraine Kendall came to visit Lawrence and Nina Hines Thursday and stayed overnight. They enjoyed a time of visiting and the men did some golfing.

Hank and Karen Mangelsen, and Don and Lida Nordquist went to Frederic Friday evening. They attended the VBS pro-

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gram at Evangelical Free Church in which grandchildren Hannah Mangelsen and Hannah and Caleb Schott participated.

Chris Harrison and John Paszkiewicz were guests at the home of Nina and Lawrence Hines Friday through Sunday.

Lida and Don Nordquist went to Hudson Saturday. They attended the birthday party for grandson Caleb Schott. It was held at the home of Bob and Pat Schott. Caleb is 10.

Karen and Hank Mangelsen attended the wedding reception for Jim and Sara (Daniels) Brewster in Siren Saturday evening. Later, they visited April, Dave, Patty and Mandy Close.

Sunday afternoon visitors of Hank and Karen Mangelsen were Sue and Roger Mroszak and Don Nordquist.

Clam River Tuesday Club is very appreciative of the tremendous support shown to our organization by all who purchased items at our garage and bake sale.

Red Cross is looking for disaster volunteers POLK COUNTY – The St. Croix Valley Chapter, American Red Cross, is looking for volunteers living in Polk County.

Everyday neighbors can help with: • Responding after house fires • Mobile feeding after tornados and windstorms • Logistical set up of cots and blankets at a disaster shelter • Conducting preparedness drills

• Mentoring others • Local chapter involvement right here in Polk County They are in need of disaster service volunteers. These special volunteers need to be available to respond at all hours with their own transportation. For further information please call your local Red Cross office at 715485-3025. – submitted

rocking on one of Bob Nelson’s handcrafted gliders.

Yes, I did hear music from that all-time favorite film, “Oh, Brother, Where Art Thou.” The glider is just one example of Bob’s craftwork. A nearby wishing well was already bid on.

Historian Clayton Jorgensen has been researching the history of Clam Falls Township and has uncovered many valuable facts. He shared some of these with those assembled Saturday afternoon and again on Sunday, when he brought his layout sheets of local history outside. I saw viewers huddled over them, inspecting them.

Elsewhere on the grounds was our usual flea market, both Saturday and Sunday, giving us a chance to visit with Esther Schallenberger’s daughter, Barb, and other vendors.

A silent auction was set up under the portico in case of rain.

So many good bargains to tempt us. I put my name on several things, but I think others raised my bids.

Sunday’s outside service was wonderful, with a message on friendship and getting along together by Pastor Tom, a good skit by Marlene and Scott Nelson on the meaning of the Lord’s Prayer and a game shared with the children of the church.

I was asked to speak at open mike that morning, not sure what was wanted, but I spoke on our challenges in life. We are never too old for life’s surprises. It was my joy to introduce Leona Cummings. She is a real magician. We were laughing one minute and the next she tells us a real story that brought tears to our eyes.

For years, university professors have told Leona to write those stories down. But I think it takes a Leona to do it. Sometimes she adds a story; sometimes she leaves one out. She comes with props. Sometimes she is Betsy Ross or an early pioneer or homemaker or in a school of long ago. No matter what, she comes with props.

I was ready to step down and away and I was told “stay up there.” This was not on my schedule or outline. No wonder.

They had a surprise in store for me, and I had just mentioned that life has surprises in store for us no matter how the years pile up.

They said nice things about me, John Glockzin sang one of my favorite songs, they gave me roses, so many hugs. My godchild, my friends. How had so many friends kept it a surprise from me?

Oh, my! Steve Ward got up to say something. I said “Oh, Lordy” as we’ve had our discussions, but we laughed and remembered and laughed some more. Wife, Gail, had her memories, too.

How does one say thank you for such a surprise.

Now I really must work on humility.

Until next week, Bernice

Interstate Park news Naturalist programs at Wisconsin Interstate Park Friday, Aug. 14 Watchable Wildlife Around Lake O’ the Dalles, 3 p.m., on the lake side of the Beach House. Join naturalist Barb Walker for a 1-mile hike around Lake O’ the Dalles. Discover what makes the lake unique and watch for signs of wildlife that live there.

Saturday, Aug. 15 Fly-Fishing Workshop, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Camp Interstate Shelter across from the south campground entrance.

Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced angler, this is a unique opportunity to learn about basic and advanced casting techniques, as well as watershed ecology and conservation.

Participants will become familiar with equipment used in freshwater fly-fishing and will observe demonstrations of tying imitations of native aquatic insects. Experts will also provide information on how stream conservation, watershed health, and a fly-fishing ethic can affect the water quality of the St. Croix River. This is an all-day workshop and participants are encouraged to bring lunches and snacks. Equipment will be available for use.

This is a free program, no registration is required but an annual Wisconsin state park sticker or daily pass is required to enter the park. For ages 13 and older. Workshop will be canceled if there is severe weather. For information call the St. Croix River Center at 715-483-2274.

A Billion Years on the Pothole Trail, 4 p.m. at the Pothole Trail sign. Join naturalist Julie Fox and hike back in time to see the geological wonders created over the last billion years.

Mythical Creatures of the Northwoods, 7 p.m., at the center of the North Campground (or Ice Age Center if inclement weather). Come and hear naturalist Julie Fox tell stories of the fierce and awesome creatures that inhabit the northwoods of Wisconsin. Bring a blanket or lawn chair, and don’t forget to bring your imagination! Parking is available at the entrance to the North Campground.

Wednesday, Aug. 19 Find Those Fascinating Ferns, 10 a.m. at the Amphitheater located behind the beach parking area. Ferns are ancient plants that reproduce without seeds. Join naturalist Barb Walker for a walk on the Ravine Trail to learn how ferns grow and to view a variety of beautiful ferns found at Interstate Park.

Thursday, Aug. 20 Nature story time, 10 a.m. Join naturalists Julie Fox or Barb Walker for a story and activity chosen especially for children pre-K through kindergarten and their parents. Check at the park office upon arrival for program location.

Interstate Park is located in St. Croix Falls on Hwy. 35 just one-half mile south of Hwy. 8. For more information call Julie or Barb at 715-483-3747.

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Arnell Humane Society Happy Tails

Maggie is one of two senior dogs at the shelter. Both Maggie and Ginger came to the shelter as surrendered pets.

Both were surrendered because their owners were moving to accommodations that did not allow pets. Maggie is a 10-year-old blue heeler-Border collie mix and Ginger, a 9year-old golden retriever-chow mix.

As senior dogs, they are moving a little slower but have the quiet, soothing love not available in a puppy. Households wishing to help out an old gal in her later years are urged to come to meet Maggie and Ginger.

It has been a whirlwind week for intakes and adoptions at the shelter. A shih tzu, poodle, a schnoodle, a springer mix and German shepherd mix all went home.

Newcomers are a Chesapeake mix, Jewel, a husky/Lab mix, rottweiler and chocolate Lab mixes, two detained basset hounds and a black Lab. That’s five out and seven in. And so it goes. Still available are three Pomeranian-papillon-mix brothers, Gaston the black Lab mix and a Border collie mix named

Sara.

As reported, the shelter construction continues, slow and steady. Our annual shelter garage sale, usually held in early June, was postponed until construction was finished.

Unfortunately, the kennel addition will not be done in time to have a shelter garage sale this year. If possible, hold on to your garage sale donations until next spring when the annual garage sale will return. We are sorry for any inconvenience this will cause and hope next year’s sale will be twice as successful.

Arnell Memorial Humane Society, 715 268-7387 (PETS) or online: arnellhumane.org

Hi, everybody! Blacky here from Humane Society of Burnett County. This morning there was some excitement at my house.

The two little puppies who live across the field came over to play with my brother and me. Good heavens, they were cute! They didn’t have a permission slip to be away from home, though, so their folks were worried about them. We gave them a ride home, and I was glad to see them back safe and sound. It’s dangerous for two little ones to be out galavanting around like that! We dogs are a curious lot, and we get distracted when we follow our noses. Then the next thing we know, we’re lost. That’s why I say over and over to have ID tags on and a microchip installed in your pet. When we decide to go off on an adventure, we aren’t exactly thinking it through.

That said, I’ve got a few wayward buddies to tell you about this week - dogs and cats alike. I’ll start with the cats this time: White Socks is a domestic shorthair kitten who was found wandering near the shelter. She is orange with, you guessed it, white feet.

She is about 2 months old and seems quite healthy for being so young and on her own.

Tinkerbell is also a domestic shorthair, but she is a little bit older and her coat is gray.

She’s kind of a scaredy-cat, but she does like to be cuddled and petted. Both of these girls are nice, young cats.

In Dogville, I’ve got all kinds of new pals!

Stoney is a 5-year-old sheltie and a real nice guy. He is a good listener and is well behaved, and he keeps his apartment nice and tidy. Cesar is a 3-year-old black Lab mix that was picked up in Siren. He is very gentle and friendly, and he kind of looks like me only his ears both point in the same direction. Buddy is a young German shepherd mix who came from the Grantsburg area. He’s outgoing and has a beautiful brown coat, though he looks like he could use a few extra groceries in him. Dallas also came from Grantsburg, and he is a black Lab. He is pretty young, but he knows “sit” and listens fairly well. He loves being

around other dogs, so I guess he came to the right place! Hunter is also a black Lab, but he is a little older than the others probably around 5 or 6 years old.

He was taking his chances out on Hwy. 35 near Meenon Park. He is a laid-back sort of character, and he likes to sing the blues - I heard him crooning out in the play yard when he thought no one was YAPpenings listening.

His back leg seemed to be bothering him when he arrived at the shelter, so perhaps that’s why.

I don’t have many items to ask for this week. Maybe just some hard, Kong-type toys. We’ve got a good friend that donated a lot of dog food last week, for which we are grateful. We are fortunate to have a couple of “regulars” who continually help keep us in food and supplies. And they don’t mess around when they donate stuff, either! You can bet that if I am ever lucky enough to meet them myself, I’m going to put on my I Love You eyes and give them a big, fat kiss for everything that they do for my furry pals.

It’s getting hot outside, and I can hear the puppies across the way complaining loudly about being grounded, so I am going to see if my mom will take me swimming. Sometimes I wish I had buttons on my coat so I could take it off when I get too warm. Can you imagine how ridiculous I’d look with no hair? Perhaps I ought to be careful what I wish for, for someday I might wake up hairless and take top prize in an ugly-dog contest. No, thanks! I think I’ll just keep digging more holes.

Take care, everyone, and I’ll see you here next week!

HSBC is saving lives, one at a time. www.hsburnettcty.org 715-866-4096

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The center was bustling this week with good attendance at Dime Bingo, 500 and Spades. Our Dining at Five was outstanding with 46 people coming to dine. We originally had 60 signed up but quite a few called and cancelled apparently when they found out that we would not have music entertainment that evening. Nevertheless we had a delicious dinner, lots of conversation and laughs and the winner of the door prize (an apple pie) was Eric Bretchnider.

Gratitude to Nona and Ralph Severson, Corrine Root, Lou Jappe and Gerry Vogel for the fine job they did of helping to dish up, serving the dinner and cleaning the dining room afterward.

Of course most of the honors goes to CeCe for preparing the dinner and Carol for all her help. We are certainly blessed to have these two young ladies at our center to take care of our nutritional needs.

Next week Sally, our Feet First gal, will be at the center on the 17th and our monthly senior meeting will be held on the 18th. Sally still has a few openings so if your feet need attention give the center a call at 715-3497810 and have your name put on the sheet.

The meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. promptly and your attendance will be welcomed. As I have mentioned before you do not have to be a member of the center, everyone is welcome, the only requirement we have is that you have to attend at least six meetings a year in order to cast a ballot at our yearly officer election.

SCRMC Employee of the Month

Blacky Shelter

Engagement PaStarr/Sopiwnik Brian and Maggie PaStarr of Minneapolis, Minn., and Jesse and Sue Sopiwnik of Frederic would like to announce the upcoming wedding of their children, Callie PaStarr to Roscoe Sopiwnik.

Callie is a 2007 graduate of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., and is currently working on her master’s in educational psychology at the University of Minnesota.

Roscoe is a 2006 graduate of Macalester College and is enrolled part time in the U of M’s Master of GIS program. Roscoe works full time for Leggette, Brashears and Graham, Inc., a groundwater and environmental-engineering consulting company, as an environmental scientist.

The couple will be united in marriage on Sept. 5, 2009.

Callie and Roscoe will reside in St. Paul, Minn. – Photo by Hayley Karl Photography

Barb Munger

Just a little note to Blacky, the columnist for the humane society, you really would have been slobbering if you could have seen one of our young ladies at the center on Friday.

Frosty Brand had just returned from the doggie beauty parlor and she looked absolutely ravishing with her new haircut and ribbons in her hair. Sorry you missed out on that event.

The center was decorated for August on Tuesday, thanks to Marge Nyberg, Myrna Thomas, Marge Nielsen and Jane Wilcox.

Everything looks very sunny and they have received a lot of compliments.

Gratitude to Corrine Root for her pickles which were served at the Dining at Five dinner and also for her contribution of liver that quite a few of you enjoy for CeCe to fry up in the near future.

Winners at 500 this week were: Dorothy Cronquist, Marie Van Guilder, Darlene Groves, Marjorie Nyberg and Candace Doriott. Spades winners were Anke Olesen, Arvid Pearson, Millie Hartshorn, Dorothy Cronquist and Carl Link.

All of our card games begin promptly at 1 p.m. Dime Bingo is played on Tuesday, 500 on Wednesday and Spades on Friday.

Please come and join us. The pool table is ready and waiting every morning so come in and drop a couple of shots.

To make reservations for dinner (11:30 a.m.) call 715-349-2845 and any questions about the center call 715-349-7810.

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Northern Lakes Center for the Arts

113 Elm Street, Amery

Thurs., Aug. 13, 2009

St. Croix Regional Medical Center congratulates Erica Siebenthal, who has been chosen employee of the month for August. Siebenthal is a certificated medical assistant at SCRMC. – Photo submitted

7:30 p.m.

Mauricio, Victoria, Vladislav Freewill admission to support Northern Lakes Center for the Arts and WPCA Radio 95.7 FM Public Radio. 493067 51L

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Go Liberals It’s been entertaining watching our politicians trying to hoodwink mature citizens.

Sen. Arlen Specter explained he didn’t read the socialized heath care bill because he didn’t have time - huh? What! Did he have to vote before he went to his other job?

The response to this folly has been swift and passionate. If you look at the protesters they are not a bunch of unemployed snot-nosed anarchists. They are not breaking windows and throwing urine at anyone. Yet, the administration is trying to frame these concerned citizens as a bunch of thugs, orchestrated by the conservative machine.

One thing I do know about this group

is that they vote - go liberals, the elections are next year.

Brooke Biedinger

Irregular

Columnist

Columnist note: I would like to hear from those of you that I have annoyed or entertained. Your comments could give me some ideas or not. I know I have one fan from Webb Lake because he called me last summer. My e-mail address is biedingerb@ wildblue.net

IF YOU HAVE BEEN INJURED!

The Supreme Court of the State of Wisconsin appoints the members of the District 11 Committee of the Office of Lawyer Regulation. This committee investigates and reports on attorney conduct to ensure the ethical and competent practice of law by Wisconsin attorneys. I am honored to have been selected chairman of that committee.

I have successfully handled injury and death cases since 1977. Home, hospital and office appointments are available. Cases are handled on a contingent fee basis, such that if there is no recovery, there is no fee. When you, a relative or a friend, need an attorney, you should contact John Grindell at Grindell Law Offices, S.C., Box 585, Frederic, WI 54837. Telephone: 715-327-5561.

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TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER Burnett Community Library My public library is important to our community because “it provides the tools necessary to gain knowledge and information,” says another patron about our community library.

We would like to extend a special gratitude to the youngsters from Northwest Passage who so faithfully helped us at the book sale. Again, they have helped carry books outside to the Gandy Dancer Book Sale and back in again after the sale.

Gratitude is also extended to all the people who opened up their beautiful gardens to our Burnett Community Library Garden Tour fundraiser on Saturday.

The Friends of the Library met on Thursday, Aug. 6, to discuss plans for some of their upcoming events. On Saturday, Sept. 12, at 5 p.m., the Moose Lodge will be sponsoring a spaghetti dinner and silent auction to raise money for the library.

Tickets will be available soon. Watch for posters.

The Friends have received a Wisconsin Authors and Illustrators Speak Grant. They are planning to have a notable author speak next April.

We had about the same number of adults at our children’s summer reading program this week as children.

The summer reading program meets at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesdays for children ages four and up. Aug. 19 will be the last time the children will meet this summer. The toddlers story hour meets at 11:30 a.m.

The Burnett Community Library Book Club will be reading “The Senator’s Wife,” by Sue Miller, to be discussed on Tuesday, Aug. 25, at 10 a.m. If you need a

Fran Krause

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On Sunday, former Sandstone High School classmates of Reeny Neinstadt met for lunch and enjoyed their time together.

Sandy Johnson picked up her kids who had been visiting the Neinstadts for the week. Brianna and Brendon Bray went home with them for a few days. On Sunday, other cousins joined them at Cadott.

Marvel Merriam, Billie and Gary Gravesen visited the Dana Gravesen family at their cabin at Lake Nebagamon on Sunday.

Tim and Vikki O’Brien visited her mother in Duluth, Minn., and stopped to see Jack and Lavonne O’Brien on their way back to St. Paul, Minn. Sunday.

Bryan Krause and a group from the Webster Baptist Church are on a 10-day mission trip to Monterrey, Mexico.

Tom and Marge Ammend from Spooner and Fran Krause had supper at Kent and Nancy Krauses’ Friday night.

Fran was among those attending the Tucker-Cook wedding at the Webster Baptist Church Saturday afternoon.

Patty and Mike Kringen spent the weekend at their camper and visited the Witzanys.

Jack and Jeri went to St. Cloud, Minn. on Sunday for Jeri’s cousin’s 50th wedding anniversary celebration. They visited college friends in Royalton, Minn., on Monday.

FREDERIC – The Frederic School District is in the process of getting ready for the new school year, this copy, please call the library at 715-866-7697, and we year scheduled to start on Tuesday, Sept. 1. The calenwill be glad to order one for you. dar adopted by the board of education calls for school to end on June 4 with graduation scheduled for May 23.

New juvenile books Both the Frederic K-6 and the Frederic 7-12 Schools • “Daniel X Watch the Sky,” by James Patterson and have been busy getting ready for the new school year.

Ned Rust Projects for this summer included the development of • “Bluestar’s Prophecy,” by Erin Hunter • “The New Children’s Encyclopedia,” by DK handbooks and policies for the coming year, cleaning and maintenance projects to get rooms and grounds New adult books ready for the new school year, hiring staff to fill open • “At the King’s Command,” By Susan Wiggs positions, and other miscellaneous projects.

• “Chosen to Die,” by Lisa Jackson A number of policies and procedures started a few • “Bridegroom,” by Linda Lael Miller years ago are still in effect for the Frederic School Dis• “Dying for Mercy,” by Mary Jane Clark A fee policy for all extracurricular activities was trict.

• “Almost Home,” by Debbie Macomber initiated a few years ago and continues for this school • “A Vein of Deceit,” by Susanna Gregory year.

All participants in activities having a cost to the • “Best Friends Forever,” by Jennifer Weiner district will be charged a fee for their participation. The • “Undone,” by Karin Slaughter fee is $20 for each activity with a maximum of $50 • “Guardian of Lies,” by Steve Martini charge per family in any one year. Activities include New audio books athletics, music, clubs and other extracurricular events.

• “Rain Gods,” by James Lee Burke The parking fee initiated a few years ago will also be • “Killer Summer,” by Ridley Pearson continued this year. Students choosing to drive to • “Black Hills,” by Nora Roberts school will be required to purchase a parking permit • “Guardian of Lies,” by Steve Martini through the 7-12 School office. The parking permits cost $25 and each driver will be required to purchase one.

Hours Even though school won’t start until Sept. 1, fall athMonday through Thursday open from 10 a.m. – 7 letics will be up and running before students begin p.m.; Friday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. classes. High school football issued equipment on Aug. 10 and began practicing on Aug. 11. The first football game is an away contest against Flambeau on Friday, Aug. 28. Volleyball for high school students began on Aug. 17. The first home volleyball game is against Birchwood on Sept. 8. Cross country is also scheduled to begin on Aug. 17. Students still interested in taking part in these activities are encouraged to do so and can get additional information by contacting the high school To celebrate 90th Birthday for office at 715-327-4223. The Frederic School District will also be offering football, volleyball, and cross country for junior high students. Questions on these programs can also be answered by contacting the 7-12 office.

Noon until 5 p.m.

Parents/guardians interested in enrolling their chilAt the Siren Senior Center dren in the Frederic School District should stop in at the 492653 50-51Lp respective school offices anytime, Monday through Friday, between 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Teachers officially begin the school year with in-service during the week of Aug. 24 and will be available for information throughout that week. Administrative and office personnel are available Please join us in celebrating the 50th throughout August to answer questions or concerns parWedding Anniversary of ents may have about school programs, class selection, Loren & Peggy Johnson and opportunities. The administration, teaching staff, Sat., Aug. 15, 2009, 4 - 8 p.m. and support staff are all looking forward to the 2009at Bergmann’s Center 2010 school year with anticipation and enthusiasm.

(2 miles south of Centuria on 492637 Through the joint efforts of parents, the community, and State Hwy. 35) 50-51Lp school personnel, we can have a successful school year.

No gifts, please.

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OPEN HOUSE

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Lucille Adamietz 50th Anniversary

Think pink and take a big swing at breast cancer

Thank You

The St. Croix Regional Medical Center Volunteer Partners would like to sincerely thank the community of St. Croix Falls and our special donors for the huge success of our recent 43rd-Annual Salad Luncheon. The following businesses contributed to our success and we want to thank them: City of St. Croix Falls Village of Frederic St. Croix Valley Anesthesia Alliance Church of the Valley Amery Free Press AnchorBank Andrie Electric Boyd’s Outdoor Power Burnett County Sentinel Chisago County Press Coffee Talk Coffee Time Dalles Auto Dalles House Restaurant Designs by Renee Dresser Food & Liquor Eagle Valley Bank F&A Dairy Greatland Transportation Hansen Financial Services Hauge Dentistry Holiday Gas Station

Frederic schools scheduled to begin Tuesday, Sept. 1

Inter-County Leader Jonzy Market Jorgas Koep’s Village Bakery Logger’s Bar & Grill MarketPlace Martens Jewelry McCormack Dentistry McLane Acct. & Tax Service Polk County Historical Society Prudential Life Insurance Red Brick Grill Romayne’s Riverview Conoco St. Croix Regional Med. Ctr. Clinics & Gift Shop Sweetpeas School District of SCF St. Croix Floral Co., Inc.

Standard Press State Street Café Swank’s Meats Tangen Drug The Boulevard The Country Messenger The Drive-Inn The RiverBank Trollhaugen Winter Recreation Center Traprock Inn Village Pizzeria Wal-Mart Ward’s Bar Wildwood Flowers Bonnie Fehrenbacher Mary Ann Rivard Jackie Hillman Lisa Thibideau

GRANTSBURG – Teams of enthusiastic golfers will converge on the greens of the Grantsburg Golf Course on Tuesday, Aug. 18, to take a swing at breast cancer in the Burnett County American Cancer Society Pink Ball Golf Tournament. Check-in is at 3:30, with a 4 p.m. tee time. There are games and prizes at every hole and at the end of play there’s a salad supper and door prize giveaways. Golfers are encouraged to wear pink – the color used to symbolize breast cancer awareness – and there will be a prize for the best costume/outfit.

Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among women (along with skin cancer). “Everyone has been touched by cancer. This is a chance for people in Grantsburg, Webster and surrounding communities to rally around the cause for raising funds to fight this insidious disease. All monies raised from this event will go directly to the American Cancer Society breast cancer research programs. Please help us continue this fight by golfing or supporting someone who is golfing,” said Michele Gullickson Moore, community relations, American Cancer Society.

Don’t miss your chance to get involved in this event.

Contact Alice Hedberg at 715-689-2248 to register your participation – either as a team or as an individual to be placed with other golfers in a foursome. There are entry and greens fees. If you are unable to attend, but would still like to support this event, please call Gullickson Moore at 715-268-6886. - submitted

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LIBRARY NEWS

Amery Public Library “Byron in Love,” by Edna O’Brien.

The author of some of the world’s most beautiful poetr,. Lord Byron led a life that was not full of beauty. Born with a malformed foot, son of an impoverished Scottish heiress, he ends up a lord with a large estate. Handsome, charismatic and in love with many men and women, Byron cuts a swathe across England and Europe. By turns brilliant and erratic, he was at times an insider and at times an outsider, poor and rich, with a fierce intelligence out of which he created great work in spite of a ridiculous, capricious lifestyle.

George Gordon, Lord Byron, never felt that any rules applied to him; he bedded his half sister and sired her child, he married and left a high-born woman, had a blazing affair with Lady Caroline Lamb, seduced an Italian mistress who left her husband for him and said that the love of his life was a 14-year-old choirboy, John Edleston.

Edna O’Brien, a fine Irish writer, has sculpted Lord Byron’s passionate life and death into a tasty little package. In this celebrity-obsessed world it is interesting to note that fame was as destructive in the 19th century as it is in this one.

Library notes: Story time will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, the program comes from Minnesota. Come early, the programs have been very full most weeks.

Story time on the road continues with Christinia and Katelyn on Mondays behind the Twin Pines Apartment on Minneapolis Avenue at 5 p.m. Stop in for stories, crafts and surprises.

Be creative at your library continues until Aug. 26, which is the last day to turn in sheets and get your stickers.

Read-to-me and regular readers need 100 books to get their picture in the paper. 100-Page Club kids need 2,500 pages to be a high achiever and 50-Page Club kids need 1,500 pages to get in the paper.

The Friends of the Library are raffling a quilt made by Mary Wolff, which is now on display at the library. Tickets are $5 for one and $10 for three. Pick them up at the circulation desk or from Friends members. The drawing will be on Sept. 21.

Teens read book group meets on Aug. 31, to discuss “Tithe: A Modern Fairie Tale,” by Holly Black. They meet from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Pick up a book at the circulation desk and join us.

Friends of the Library book group meets on Aug. 17, to discuss “Friendly Persuasion,” by Jessamyn West. They meet at 7 p.m. Pick up a book at the circulation desk and join us .

Otaku club meets on Tuesdays at 5 p.m. for teens who like gaming, manga and anime. Stop in and check it out if you are a teen or older.

The fundraising committee is planning a huge consignment auction at Robbie’s in Sept. If you have large things to get rid of which you would like to donate to the library, call us and check it out at 715-268-9340. We are not taking clothing or old television sets for this one.

Library hours Hours are Monday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Milltown Public Library The Milltown Public Library has over 150 young people, birth to 18 years of age, registered for our summer reading program. With just a few more weeks to go, the final push is on for all the free hairdos, ice-cream cones, stuffed animals and other cool prizes around town. The grand prize is an iPod Touch. You can still get reading and register for this program, so stop in today. Participants who fill out 10 reading records automatically win a cool T-shirt.

It is going to be loud at the library.

Watch for the opera coming to the Milltown Public Library in August. Stop in Wednesday, Aug. 19, at 1 p.m., while real live opera singers from the Minnesota Opera take the stage.

The grand finale program will be at Bering Park at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 27. Magic Mama performs organic hiphop and world beats for the entire family. Through her music, she delivers an

empowering and hope-filled message of love and respect for all and inspires creative thinking and Earth-friendly actions. Don’t miss this high-energy, interactive music performance – especially as we will be announcing the 2009 Youth Summer Reading Program grandprize winner. Rain? The program will be hosted at the Milltown Public Library.

Preschooler and an accompanying adult are invited to partake in Milltown Public Library’s story time. Enjoy a half hour of fun, stories and a small craft every Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m.

Enjoy a cup of fresh-brewed coffee and our fast wireless Internet every day.

Hours The library hours are Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m.

– 5 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.; Sunday closed. Visit the library on the Web at www.milltownpubliclibrary.org.

Luck Public Library August at the library Beat those long August days. Bring your friends and hang at the Luck Library. Check out our new computers perfect for gaming, e-mail and getting together with friends online. Also check out our August schedule for kids Aug. 13: Wii gaming for everyone, 4 p.m. – close Aug. 14: Movie – “17 Again” (rated PG-13), 3:30 – 5 p.m.

Aug. 18: Crafter’s Corner – Making Puppets, 4 – 6 p.m.

Aug. 20: Wii gaming for everyone, 4 p.m. – close Aug. 21: Movie – “Hannah Montana the Movie” (G), 3:30 – 5 p.m.

Aug. 25: Crafter’s Corner – Card Mak-

ing, 4 – 6 p.m.

Aug. 26: Wii gaming for everyone, 4 p.m. – close Aug. 27: Movie – “Super Capers” (PG), 3:30 – 5 p.m.

Come check out our new books, audios, movies, computers and magazines.

You don’t have to wait until school starts to have fun with your friends. Make a date at the library.

Hours Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Sunday, Ancestry.com tutorial only from noon – 4 p.m. Library is closed to checkouts and browsers.

Frederic Public Library Party Bingo for everyone The library will be open Thursday evening, Aug. 13, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., for game night with lots of fun activities and special treats. Choose one of the library’s board or card games, or bring one of your own to share. Everyone is welcome to come and keep cool at the library.

Dr. Seuss Read-a-Thon, Aug. 15 The Frederic Eastern Star will sponsor a Dr. Seuss Read-a-Thon to benefit the Frederic Public Library on Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Frederic Depot from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Bookmarks and stickers will be given away, and several lucky winners will receive Cat in the Hat stuffed animals in chance drawings.

Volunteer readers of all ages may also participate by visiting the event at the depot on Saturday. All proceeds will go to the Frederic Public Library.

Book groups to meet The Thursday morning book group will meet Aug. 20, at 10 a.m., to talk about “Many Lives, Many Masters,” by Brian L. Weiss. The evening book group will meet Thursday, Aug. 20, at 7 p.m., to discuss “Oliver Kitteridge,” the 2009 Pulitzer prize winner for fiction by Elizabeth Strout. New members are always welcome and invited to join us for a lively conversation about books.

Summer reading program ends Aug. 21 The summer reading program has been busy all summer, with kids and adults participating in many activities.

We have special events planned right up until the program ends Aug. 21. Stop in to pick up a calendar and sign up for one or all of the upcoming sessions which include book groups, a miniworkshop with the Festival Theatre staff and makeand-take crafts. Kids are also reminded to be sure to turn in at least eight reading checklists to complete the program and get a prize.

Food shelf needs fresh vegetables The library is a drop site for the food shelf, and we encourage you to remember the food shelf each time you visit the library. Staple boxed and canned foods are always welcome, and if you have garden produce to share, consider donating some homegrown fruits and vegetables to the food shelf.

Hours and information Frederic Public Library, 127 Oak St. West.

715-327-4979, e-mail fredericpl@ifls.lib.wi.us. Regular hours are Monday through Friday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Story time is held every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. for preschoolers and their caregivers.

St. Croix Falls Public Library Discover the monarch butterfly with wildlife educator Randy Korb this Saturday, Aug. 15, 11 a.m. Korb has over 20 years of experience teaching about monarchs and frogs. Learn about the monarch migration and how to tag migrating butterflies. See and hold monarch eggs, caterpillars and chrysalises and feed adults. Receive a free potted red milkweed plant and attract butterflies in your own backyard!

For more information call Korb 715-4832742 or visit www.stcroixwildlife.org.

The St. Croix Falls Library and the Festival Theatre have received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to host The Big Read in February 2010. Its third-consecutive award, the partnership between the Festival Theatre and the St. Croix Falls Public Library is one of 269 nonprofits to receive a grant to host a Big Read project between September 2009 and June 2010. The Big Read gives communities the opportunity to come together to read, discuss and celebrate one of 30 selections from U.S. and world literature. The Big Read in Polk and Burnett counties in Wisconsin and Chisago County in Minnesota will focus on the literary and dramatic works of Thornton Wilder.

Have you seen the new building site?

How exciting! Shrubs and trees have been planted; native perennials will be planted in late August. The projected

grand opening is Sept. 26.

It’s double your donation! Our second $100,000 challenge grant from the Otto Bremer Foundation started in April. The library has one year to raise $50,000 and the foundation will match that figure.

The mission of the Otto Bremer Foundation is to assist people in achieving full economic, civic and social participation in and for the betterment of their communities.

One in a hundred Purchase raffle tickets to win two coupons for a scenic boat tour or two coupons for canoe or kayak rental from Taylors Falls Recreation/Wild Mountain, you choose. Only 100 tickets will be sold.

You don’t have to travel far to experience one of the most beautiful scenic riverways in our country; it’s right here, enjoy it! Purchase your ticket at the circulation desk. Brought to you by the Friends of the Library/St. Croix Falls, a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.

Story hour Listen to stories, create art and have fun with other kids and parents every Wednesday, 10:30 a.m.

Hours, contact The library is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 715-483-1777. Email: scflibrary@ifls.lib.wi.us. Online: www.stcroixfallslibrary.org.

Balsam Lake Public Library Summer reading program Z’Puppets are coming to Balsam Lake Public Library on Saturday, Aug. 15, at 10:30 a.m. Free program. Puppets will entertain with their humorous antics.

Story time Every Wednesday at 11 a.m. Stories, crafts and snacks. All ages welcome.

Book club “In a Pickle: A Family Farm Story,” by Jerry Apps. In 1955, life on the nation’s traditional small family farms was on a collision course with industrialization and technology. Small cheese factories were closing, combines were replacing the threshing crew, and workhorses were put out to pasture. It also meant that farm families were facing the traumas of

the future. Jerry Apps chronicles this dilemma of change through the lives of central Wisconsin farmers who existed by the sweat of their brows and the muscles in their arms. “In a Pickle” is a story you’ll read with relish and remember forever. Book club will meet Wednesday, Aug. 19, at 3 p.m.

Hours Balsam Lake Library, (under the water tower) at 404 Main St., Balsam Lake.

Hours are Monday 10 a.m. –8 p.m., Tuesday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Wednesday 10 a.m.

– 8 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. E-mail: balsamlakepl@ifls.lib.wi.us.

Web site www.balsamlakepubliclibrary.org.

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Reliving History … A Tale of One Man’s Dream Oh, the “troubles” brought on by innocent conversations. Turns out that Al Johnson, one of Forts Folle Avoine’s volunteers (and board member) was chatting with Forts director Steve Wierschem over a campfire one night last year. Wierschem piqued Johnson’s curiosity by telling of the wonderful wood-fired clay bread ovens he’d seen at Old Fort William Historical Park in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Turns out these bread ovens were/still are popular in Quebec, home region of many French Canadian voyageurs, such as those who were stationed at the original Forts Folle Avoine in the early 1800s.

As Johnson recalls, “At this stage I really should have known better but when I went home I started to investigate the concept. Visited libraries, checked Internet sites, asked other people, bought books. I found that the clay oven has been with us since early Roman times - it was the original ‘poor man’s oven’ because you could build it from the materials around you with very little investment except the labor. (The true amount of labor still eluded me at this point!) The more I studied the concept, the more I thought – let’s try it at the Forts!” And thus began an odyssey leading Johnson on a journey of discovery, resulting in the recent completion of an outdoor wood-fired clay oven at Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park.

Although the original Folle Avoine trading posts probably didn’t have such an oven, Johnson felt it would fit the site’s educational mission to build one on the grounds. “Probably one of the things the French Canadian voyageurs missed the most when they were out in the wilds was the bread they grew up with as kids (kind of like the cold milk local veterans missed while they were overseas).”

Despite never having seen a “live” bread oven, after a winter’s worth of reading and online research Al felt he was ready to take on the task of building one. “The Quebec style, sometimes called ‘crouching beaver,’ takes a lot of clay. I am guessing that our finished oven

Folle Avoine Chronicles Woodswhimsy the gnome

has something over 2,000 pounds of clay in it! Almost killed my only two volunteers the day we ‘walked’ clay (the traditional way of mixing for an oven was to walk the mixture of clay, sand and straw to mix it) for the oven! We then went on hold until I was able to borrow a pug mill (a potter’s machine for working large amounts of clay).”

One of the mottoes used by the fur traders was “Fortitude in Distress,” a quality Johnson found was sorely needed, having spent many long and arduous days finishing the project. Now, though, he revels in the oven’s successful completion, saying “I am still surprised by the flavors that the oven brings out in foods.

The bread is the best ever, roasted veggies have a flavor all their own. And the chicken with veggies that I did in a Dutch oven was the best chicken and vegetables that I have ever eaten (Just ask Steve and Ginny Wierschem, who shared my first attempts!).”

Johnson sees potential for the bread oven to play a role in the Fort’s educational mission to interpret life in fur trade times. As he explains, “ The public during the rendezvous were really fascinated with the oven.

I don’t know how many people asked for details on its methodology, history, just plain how does one do it.” Casting an eye on the oven’s future possibilities, he adds, “I am actively looking for someone to become

Frederic 1921 A Halloween program and Necktie Social was held at the West Sweden School District No. 1. Girls brought ties and lunch for two. W.B. Smith, janitor at the school buildings, issued a warning that all school children of the village must not appear at the buildings before 8:30 in the mornings. It was a habit of late, for some of the local pupils to arrive at school, any time from 7 a.m., on, and this greatly interfered with the work of heating the buildings.

The country children, however, were welcomed to enter the buildings as soon as they arrived in town.

This warning pertained to the village students only.

This order became effective the first of November.

Frederic High School team winners in Polk and Burnett counties: Wedell and Heiny were Frederic’s outstanding men on offense, with Kopecky helping on defense.

They were living the age of bobbed hair, bobbed waists, bobbed skirts, hobbed socks and, too often, bobbed brains.

A new method of sterilizing eggs as a preliminary to cold storage consistd of immersing them for five seconds in an oil solution at 250-degrees Fahrenheit. This brief exposure to a heat considerably above the boiling point of water is sufficient to kill not only whatever bacteria the eggs may contain, but also the vital principle in those of them that are fertile. Electrical machinery did the work. It was claimed that the eggs are in no way injured by the treatment and when afterward put into cold storage, they retain their freshness much longer.

A masquerade dance was a grand success. The costumes were numerous, some very good. The prizes awarded were: first to Reuben Wicklund as bestdressed gentleman and second to a lady from Grantsbug (didn’t know the nature of the costume she wore).

George Claude won second as most comic and Miss Verna Branson won the prize for the most comic ladies makeup. The dance was a most enjoyable affair.

The deer hunters all returned and settled down to the regular routine of business. The hunting was the poorest it had been for several years. A few that succeeded in bringing one home were Sam Skaife and Gottleib Mohs. Bert Peake and Anderson each got one.

Betty Fenton Historical

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Rural carrier’s examination – the United States civil service commission announced an examination for the county of Polk, to be held at Frederic, for the position of rural carrier at Clam Falls. The salary of a rural carrier on a standard daily wagon route of 24 miles was $1,800 per annum, with an additional $30 per mile per annum for each mile or major fraction thereof in excess of 24 miles. The salary on motor routes ranged from $2,450 to $2,600 per annum, according to length.

Both men and women could enter the examination, but appointing officers had the legal right to specify the sex desired in requesting certification of eligibility.

Women will not be considered for rural carrier appointment unless they were the widows of U.S. soldiers, sailors or marines, or the wives of U.S. soldiers,

Al Johnson fires up the clay oven he built at Forts Folle Avoine. – Photo by Kayla Hatfield my assistant with firing and bread making, someone able to do some fairly hard work and dress the part.

When you bake at the site, we mix by hand and it takes a lot of wood to heat to baking temps. We are presently trying to come up with ideas of ways to make the most of what we have. If you are interested in finding out more, you can contact me through the Forts Folle Avoine office (www.theforts.org or phone: 866-8890).”

For the present, the bread oven is only used for special events.. Meanwhile, Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park is open Wednesday through Sunday, with tours of the trading site and Woodland Indian camp given from 10 a.m. till 3 p.m. The park is located on CTH U, three miles east of Hwy. 35 in the Yellow Lakes region of Burnett County.

Signed, Woodswhimsy

sailors or marines who were physically disqualified for examination by reason of injuries received in the line of military duty.

Millions for better roads from Madison – $24 million was spent last year, but for the year of 1922, approximately $18 million would be the budget.

J.H. Kintner and Ed H. Erickson tried the new sleighing while making a trip to Clam Falls, and while there, they had their instructions to put up their mailboxes ready for business by Jan. 1, 1992, as the new rural route No. 2 would start operation that date. How would it seem to go out and get the mail at the door, when being used to going six or seven miles after the mail? Auction Sale owner, R.P. Fenton, S.D. Purk, auctioneer – The public sale of his farm, three miles east and one-half mile north of Frederic.

Chiropractic services were available. Greeners and Grythings, D.C., here in Frederic, with branch offices at Siren and Webster.

New county highway would pass through Frederic – The new road came here from Trade Lake and passed down Oak Street to the lake, then follows the lake to the old logging road, just beyond the ball grounds, and there followed the newly graded road toward Cumberland. With the new addition of this highway, Frederic would be very well supplied with roads.

A store in Frederic for men and boys was: Lomo and Quanstrom (on the ad it doesn’t say where they were located). It would be interesting to find out the location.

The annual homecoming of the local Odd Fellows and their wives, and Rebekas, was held at the Rex Theatre with over 200 people in attendance. It started with an oyster supper, and following the supper, the floor was cleared and games of various kinds were played.

These included many of the old-time games, which were played when they were young, and both the older, as well as the younger members joined in with all the fun of youth. Following the games, those who wished spent time dancing. Here again, the old-time dances were called, and everyone entered into the spirit of youth and sociability. Before any were aware, it was time to leave. The businessmen and women of Frederic, under the leadership of Santa Claus, Bob Crawford, soon gathered enough goods to make several families in and near Frederichave a very merry Christmas. Bob visited these families and left plenty in the way of clothing, things to eat and most of all, to the little ones, dolls, blocks, nuts and candy. – From Betty Fenton, director of public relations, Frederic Area Historical Society.

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Festival’s Featured Artist Featured Artists are James L. Walker and Marilyn Mays ST. CROIX FALLS – Performing together again onstage at Festival Theatre in the upcoming production of “Sylvia” are James Walker and Marilyn Mays. In 2006, they co-produced “The Diaries of Adam & Eve” and in February 2007, they presented “Love Letters.” However, in both cases the productions were staged readings. “Sylvia” marks their first full-length, straight play together since the 1999 season at Festival in which they played a couple in two productions, “Lovers Leap” and “The Blindfold,” finishing the season with “A Christmas Carol.”

These two theater artists have been a couple in life and onstage since 1990, shortly after they met when working together in Monmouth, Maine where they were cast as siblings in Anton Chekov’s “The Cherry Orchard.”

The journeys for each artist were very different from the get go. May’s love of theater began in high school and then she went on to receive an undergraduate degree from Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales (currently known as DeSales University) in Center Valley, Pa., and received her Master of Fine Arts degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. The Detroit Free Press awarded her the Best Leading Actress of the Year for starring in “Auntie Mame” and “Isn’t it Romantic?” and she is the only woman to have won the award twice.

Even though Walker has worn nearly

James Walker and Marilyn Mays from the production of “The Strangers.” - Special photo every hat possible in the world of theater art, few people realize that his 20plus years as an equity actor were preceded by earning a degree in mathematics from M.I.T. “Before theater I was a math nerd,” said Walker. “I enjoyed math, graduating from high school early, and received an invitation to apply to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I was accepted, and graduated with a BS in mathematics. I received a master’s in Education from the University of St. Thomas.”

A fascinating journey is sandwiched between Walker’s math degree at M.I.T. and arriving at Festival Theatre in 1992.

After attending the Webber-Douglas Academy of Drama in London, England, Walker’s first professional acting work was as an intern with the Theatre at Monmouth, Maine, performing sum-

mer Shakespeare repertory. He worked at the Theatre at Monmouth for 10 years, rising from spear-carrier and Murderer No. 2 to roles such as Iago in “Othello” and Shylock in “Merchant of Venice.” Over the course of his career, he has performed in all but two or three of Shakespeare’s works.

Having lived in New York City for 17 years, Mays never dreamed that she’d relocate to the Midwest. As a part of Festival’s season in 1993 performing in “Love Letters” with Walker, Mays was hired to appear in the 1994 Theatre Series and they moved to Osceola in time to begin rehearsals for the season. Just a year later, they made the ultimate commitment to being Midwesterners when they purchased a historic home in Chisago City.

“I’ll never forget my first production with Festival Theatre. It was ‘Mr. Pim Passes By’ and I rode a bicycle onstage – how often do you get a chance to do that?!” (Some other unusual stage activities have been playing croquet, climbing into a hammock in the dark, and climbing a 10-foot ladder to change curtains despite the fact that she’s afraid of heights.) Over the next six years Mays appeared in 29 of Festival’s 35 productions. “I had such a great time being in Festival Theatre productions.

My two favorite shows, however, very few people saw and they were both in the 1996 season. The first was ‘The Mollusc,’ which is just a hoot, and the other was Charles Dickens’ ‘Hard Times’ (how can you go wrong with Dickens’ language and crazy characters?). Oh, and another show I was very proud of was my one-woman ‘Friendship Village’ production. And, oh, my gosh, I loved doing ‘Pollyanna.’”

Walker’s first appearance at Festival Theatre was in 1992 when he joined the acting company for roles in “The Liar,” “Green Stockings,” and as the lead in “The Miser.” Walker worked for many years at Festival, performing, directing, writing plays and eventually working as artistic director of the company.

While serving as artistic director, Festival was given an award by Stage Directions magazine (a national publication) as one of ten theaters in the country that “Makes a Difference.” Under his leadership, Festival presented the North American premieres of “Market Eve” and “Swedenhielms” and he helped oversee the company’s return to St. Croix Falls in 1996.

Walker currently teaches mathematics at the St. Paul Preparatory School where he also coaches the mathematics team.

This makes it possible for Festival Theatre audiences to enjoy his talents during the summer months.

In addition to performing at Festival Theatre, Mays is also busy behind the scenes. She serves as properties designer and development associate (grant writing) and has, of late, directed four mainstage productions (“A Christmas Carol,” “A Walk in the Woods,” “Talley’s Folly,” and “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown”) as well as several youth and family theater productions, most recently “The Wizard of Oz.” In “Sylvia,” audiences will see Mays and Walker onstage as new emptynesters, Kate and Greg, who have moved to Manhattan to start a fresh phase of their life together, only to get derailed by a most unusual pooch: Sylvia. The production opens Aug. 13 and runs for nine performances only before closing on Aug. 23. - submitted

Thank You

Thank you to everyone who was involved with the 6th-Annual Frederic Area Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament. Following is a list of merchants and individuals who so graciously donated to the event. It was a very successful fundraiser, with this year’s proceeds going towards the Frederic Food Shelf, the Marilyn Sederlund Memorial Garden and a new gas grill for the chamber to be used at Family Days and other village events. We thank all of you for your contributations to our community.

• Great Northern Beer HOLE SPONSORS • Beehive • Rural American Bank - Luck • Ray’s Firestone • Village of Frederic • U.S. Bank • U.S. Bank • Jacobson Eye Care • Inter-County Leader • Larsen Auto • Bremer Bank • Subway • Red Iron Studio • Pioneer Bar • Carquest • Skol Bar • Edina Realty - Duane Wisse • Bean’s Country Griddle • Medicine Shoppe • Medicine Shoppe • Dale Johnson, C.P.A. • State Farm Ins. • Frederic Fuel • Daeffler’s Quality Meats • Larsen Auto • Affordable Quality Appliances • Pioneer Bar • Frederic Design & Promo.

• Skol Bar • Rural American Bank • CenturyTel • Frederic Liquor • Skol Haus - West Sweden • Great Northern Outdoors • N.W. Elec. Co. • Gene Johnson Construction • Frederic Grocery • Ginny Clausen • Grindell Law Office • Bernick’s Co. • St. Croix Valley Business Clinic • N.W. Passage • Parkside Realty - Jeanne Taylor • Grand Casino - Hinckley • Anderson Construction • Air World Paint & Signs VOLUNTEERS • Steve Anderson AUCTION & RAFFLE • Vonnie Anderson DONATIONS • Steph Anderson • Rose Garden • Katie Rose • Dr. L.R. Pederson • Duane Wisse • Mud Hut Gifts • Marissa Nelson • Avalon • Chrissy Chenal • Hermann Ins. - Sean Anderson • Alex Lonetti • Frederic Hardware • Ginny Clausen • Frederic Stop • Gayle Olson • Lakes Gas • Terry Siebenthal • Bremer Bank 493024 51L

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Together For A Cure golfifinng event

Golfing buddies Don Day, Dave Heiss, Steve Rogers and Dick Staloch came out to do some golfing in support of the Together For A Cure fundraiser held at Voyager Village on Thursday, Aug. 6. The annual day of golfing raises money for breast and prostate cancer research.

Al Webster and Bonnie Torgersen were a couple “in the pink” at this year’s Together For A Cure golfing fundraiser and luncheon held on Aug. 6 at Voyage Village. Women attending the event donned pink in support of a cure for breast cancer. Webster also decided to put on some pink, commenting with a smile, “Real men wear pink!”

Mark Braun chuckles after winning a golf club in the Deal or No Deal game at the Together For A Cure golfing fundraiser and luncheon on Aug. 6 at Voyager Village.

Names of those attending the fundraiser were drawn for a chance to pick envelopes for some great prizes or take a sure thing, an envelope with cash. Braun went for a chance at the prizes and was very happy with his pick.

A sea of pink and blue filled the Voyager Village Clubhouse last Thursday at the Together For A Cure golfing fundraiser and luncheon. Women golfers wore pink in support of a cure for breast cancer and men wore blue in their support of a cure for prostate cancer. The annual event drew 158 golfers and raised over $4,900. This year 75 percent of the funds raised will go to the Paul Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Wisconsin for breast and prostate cancer research and 25 percent will be going to Faith’s Lodge in Danbury.

Each year a committee of dedicated volunteers make the Together For A Cure golfing fundraiser and luncheon held at Voyager Village happen. Funds raised at this year’s event, totaling over $4,900, will go to the Paul Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Wisconsin for breast and prostate cancer research and to Faith’s Lodge in Danbury, which offers retreats for seriously ill children and their families. This year’s Together For A Cure committee members shown (L to R) are: Brenda Weiss, Carole DeVries, Viv Lein, Bunny Badzinski, Roni Lawrence, Pat Tviet, Nancy Rogers and Joann Pederson.

MS motorcycle tour finish is SCF Sunday ST. CROIX FALLS –The annual motorcycle tour to raise money for MS is this weekend, Aug. 15 and 16. Approximately 75 motorcyclists are expected to ride 450 miles from St. Paul, Minn., overnight to Cable, and finish on Aug. 16 at the St. Croix Falls Lions Park for a picnic to culminate the tour from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The motorcycle tour is one of the events the National MS Society, Minnesota Chapter, does to raise money for MS. The ambassador for this year’s motorcycle ride is Michelle Mehrer. She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1990.

Since her diagnosis, Mehrer has learned a number of things, such as patience and the importance of humor. “I’ve learned to incorporate humor into how I live and not take things so seriously,” she says.

Mehrer has several friends with MS and helps them find support, education and resources for managing the challenges of

Ambassador Michelle Mehrer the disease. She also enjoys volunteering for Ride MS: Motorcycle Tour. “I look forward to being a part of the Ride MS: Motorcycle Tour each year, because I get to reconnect with friends and see all the

riders who are helping people like me with MS,” Mehrer says.

Another ride the National MS Society, Minnesota Chapter, puts on is the SnoRally Snowmobile Tour. An all-inclusive three-day snowmobile event through the woods and across the lakes of Minnesota is scheduled for February 2010.

For more information contact the chapter by e-mail: s p e c i a l e v e n t s @ mssociety.org, phone: 612335-7900 or 800-FIGHT-MS, fax: 612-335-7997, or mail: National MS Society, Minnesota Chapter 200 12th Ave. South Minneapolis, MN A photo from the 2008 MS motorcycle tour. – Special photos 55415.

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CHARLES E. LEWIS DAYS • 2009

Grumpy old men crossing was one of the first floats in the Charles E. Lewis Days parade.

A young man waved as he rode down the Lewis streets in an old-time truck during the parade on Sunday, Aug. 9.

Deer horns on a helmet is the perfect northwoods fashion statement worn by this motorcycle rider.

RIGHT - Rib cookoff participaare pictured, with Ron Fredericks, who was the happy winner.— Photo submitted

Photos by Brenda Sommerfeld except where noted

The winning over-40 softball team was proud of their accomplishment. — Photo submitted

After the parade there was live entertainment in the yard of the Lewis Memorial United Methodist Church.

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CHARLES E. LEWIS DAYS • 2009

“Spence” won first place in the slowest motorcycle competition at the Sundown Saloon in Lewis.

The saloon hosted a car show, a judged rib festival and other activities during Lewis Days. — Photo submitted

Photos by Brenda Sommerfeld except where noted

A burnout contest was held at the Sundown Saloon. — Photo submitted

Two little guys threw candy as Frederic Fire and Rescue drove one of their trucks through the Lewis Days parade.

This young girl, and her little dog too, walked down Main Street of Lewis during the Lewis Days parade on Sunday afternoon, Aug. 9.

Instead of “Fear Factor,” is was “Beer Factor,” a game played at Lewis Days, hosted by the Sundown Saloon. - Photo submitted

Children wave to the people on the floats in hopes of getting some candy tossed their way.

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Writing skills earn three students a trip to the Big Apple

by Nancy Jappe SIREN – The trip was taken during the first part of June, but the excitement of the experience is being relived through photographs and memories by three Siren Middle School students, winners in this year’s Scholastic magazine writing competition, and the parents who made the trip with them.

Cassie Mercer, Lucas Stiemann and Elizabeth Brown, along with their parents, Dave and Kathy Mercer, Philip and Sheryl Stiemann and Charles and Michelle Brown, spent several days in the Big Apple – New York City. They saw the sights, tasted the food, watched the people and walked in the rain, which fell on them every day they were in the city.

“Overall, the trip was really fun,” Cassie said. All three of the students said they would do it again.

Prior to the trip, the youth and their parents raised close to $1,400 to help with the cost, through fundraisers such as a pie sale at the school and special auctions, with items donated by local merchants, at the Siren Auction House.

The best part of the trip, for Cassie, was going to Carnegie Hall and seeing all the different styles of architecture.

Lucas liked the food, especially the bialys, which he described as being like bagels but flat and more sweet. Liz enjoyed walking the streets, going out on the Brooklyn Bridge and being on the ferry from which she could see the Statue of Liberty.

Last fall the three, students in one of Jodi McLain Richards’ writing classes, wrote their entries for the Scholastic writing competition. The entries were submitted to Scholastic during Christmas vacation. The entries went through regional competition in March, at which the three students received gold keys.

Next was the national competition held at the Scholastic office in New York. The students were not present for either of these competitions.

Cassie was in class one day when someone said that Liz’s name was on the national list of winners.

McLain Richards checked the list. All three names were on it. “Yah! Congrats!” she is reported as saying.

Sheryl Stiemann had already received an e-mail stating that Lucas was one of

Students (L to R): Cassie Mercer, Lucas Stiemann and Elizabeth Brown hung out with former Siren resident Dave Tripp on their trip to New York City in June.

Tripp took them for a tour of the publishing company he represents, introducing them to the vice president/publisher of Basic Books and the director of publicity. The students were in New York as winners in this year’s Scholastic magazine writing competition. – Photo submitted the winners. Wisconsin had 22 winners in the Scholastic Art and Writing Contest. Entries came from all over the United States, Canada, China, Germany and Mexico.

For winning, the students were given the opportunity to come to New York City to receive their winner medallions, to hear a special keynote speaker and to attend workshops put on by Scholastic.

The youth were disappointed when the scheduled keynote speaker, Nobel Prize-winning author and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, opted to go on President Obama’s trip to the Middle East.

The youth had read his book, “Night Boy in Concentration Camp,” and were looking forward to hearing him speak. Filling in for Wiesel was Tony Kushner, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Angels in America.”

The first stop for all three students and their parents in New York City was the Scholastic office, where they received their winner’s medallions and had their picture taken. Their names were published in an issue of the New York Times.

Lucas attended two of the Scholastic workshops, one on revision offered by

author Rick Moody and one that was called a noshing tour. Noshing is a Yiddish word for nibbling, snacking, munching. The students spent almost two hours sampling such thing as pickled olives, pickled cauliflower, carrots and turnips contained in big bins. Food critic Roger Mummert was the leader of this workshop.

On the second day in New York, the youth met with Dave Tripp, author/publisher from the Siren area.

They toured the publishing company he represents, meeting John Sherer, the vice president and publisher of Basic Books, and Michelle Jacobs, the director of publicity. After the tour, they took the Staten Island Ferry, walked partway across the Brooklyn Bridge (ran out of time to go the rest of the way) and ate at a place called The Kitchenette.

Liz took her first ride on a subway, walked around town and did some shopping. She and her parents went to Battery Park and Ground Zero. Because she couldn’t get into the workshops she wanted, where attendance was on a firstcome, first-served basis, Liz took advantage of the chance to go sightseeing and

shopping.

Cassie and her parents went to Chinatown. They were amazed when a woman offered them a black-market copy of the hit movie “Up” for $5. They didn’t take her up on that offer. The Browns and the Mercers ate in Chinatown, on Tripp’s recommendation.

Sheryl Stiemann made contact with a college friend she hadn’t seen in 22 years, with the friend offering to put her family up during the visit.

Another food experience was eating at Bubba Gump Shrimp, the restaurant from the movie “Forest Gump.”

According to Kathy Mercer, the trip wasn’t as intimidating as they had thought it would be. After the initial shock, coming from the small town of Siren, they really enjoyed the experience.

However, the first day on the subway, Liz was standing by when a gang fight broke out. “It made me feel really welcome,” she said, indicating the opposite.

“The people were very friendly. They will help when you ask directions,” Sheryl Stiemann said. “There’s a Starbucks on every corner,” Cassie added.

“It is good for the kids to know that good can come from a really small town,” Sheryl continued, mentioning that one of the students from North Carolina, with 500 people in his graduating class, was very surprised that three winners from Siren School were there.

The students praised their teacher for encouraging them and helping them learn how to express themselves through their writings.

“You didn’t have to go to New York,” Kathy Mercer commented.

“Mrs. McLain encouraged them to take the trip. She was doing everything she could to arrange fundraisers to lessen the financial burden on the parents.”

At this point, as their career choices after high school, Liz said she wants to be a photographer, Cassie to write poetry and Lucas to go into engineering. All these fields require having a skill with words, something these three ninthgraders are already acquiring. The winning work by Lucas, a journalistic piece called “Balance and Harmony on the Shore,” is included in the 2009 edition of “Spark,” a collection of prize-winning art and writing by America’s most creative and original middle school students.

Farmers market report BURNETT/POLK COUNTIES – What will you find at the farmers markets this week? Everything from B to Z: Beans, beets, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, cucumbers, dahlias, dill, garlic, gladiolus, honey, kale, kohlrabi, lettuce, lip balm, onions, pepper jelly, potatoes, raspberries, soap, sourdough bread, sunflowers, turnips, zinnias and zucchini.

A new market is now open in the parking lot in front of Johnson Lumber on Friday afternoons, 3 to 6 p.m., on Hwy. 70, just east of Falun. This reporter stopped in for cucumbers and left with cukes, garlic, sourdough bread and pickled beans. Smoland Prairie Homestead Inn’s Virginia and Joe Hennessey offer a variety of fresh-baked artisan breads including one of Virginia’s specialties - wild rice bread. Linda Baker Lottie of Wild Wind Farm handcrafts soaps made from the creamy milk of Daisy May, her Alpine goat. The goat milk soaps are available scented or unscented. How about vanilla spice or rose geranium?

Gypsy Moon’s Nancy Buley and Judy Alverson make a variety of body care products from plants and herbs growing in their backyards. They harvest the flowers of calendula and St. John’s Wort, the leaves of comfrey and plantain, dry and infuse them in extra-virgin olive oil to be used in many skin care products.

Plantain is used for bug bites and stings.

Essential oils are added to help alleviate the itch and heal the bite. You can buy lotions, creams and salves to relieve the pain of shingles, sooth a baby’s sore bottom, moisturize your face and more.

Dunham Lake Market Dilly Beans: Ingredients: 2 pounds green beans 1/4 cup canning salt 2-1/2 cups vinegar 2-1/2 cups water 1-1/2 teaspoons cayenne pepper 4 cloves garlic 4 heads dill Directions: Trim ends off green beans. Combine salt, vinegar and water in a large pot.

Bring to a boil. Pack beans lengthwise into quart canning jars, leaving 1/4-inch headspace. Add 3/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper, two cloves of garlic and two heads of dill to each quart jar. Ladle hot liquid over beans. Adjust caps. Process in boiling water for 10 min. Makes two quarts.

Lydia and Ellie Goiffon and Megan and Katie Miller are eager to share a taste of Dilly Beans and some big smiles with the customers at the Falun Farmers Market. - Photo by Colleen Draxler Buley is a frequent vendor at the Frederic, Siren and Falun markets.

The long-awaited green and wax beans are plentiful at all of the local farmers markets this week. We recently picked beans for a vacationing neighbor.

Four rows yielded nine ice-cream pails full of beans so we were looking for an easy and tasty recipe to preserve and use those beans. Theresa Goiffon and her family of Dunham Lake Market are selling veggies and jars of pepper jelly and, a favorite, Dilly Beans. Each year their

garden gets bigger, so Theresa decided to sell their extra produce sharing their bounty and encouraging their children to learn about raising food from seed to market. Sample their beans and jellies as you shop at the Falun market. Her Dilly Beans taste great right from the jar. Dilly Beans add kick to a sandwich, or just maybe, add a spicy garnish to a summer beverage.

Area farmers markets: Frederic, Saturdays, 8 a.m. to noon in the Inter-County Leader parking lot.

Siren, Saturdays, 1 to 3 p.m. in the Siren Senior Citizen Center parking lot.

Grantsburg, Mondays, noon to 2 p.m. at the village offices/library.

Spooner, Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. near the train museum.

Milltown, Fridays, 3 to 7 p.m. north of town on Hwy. 35.

Balsam Lake, Fridays, 3 to 5:30 p.m. in the Balsam Lake Market & Deli parking lot.

Falun, Fridays, 3 to 6 p.m. in front of Johnson Lumber on Hwy. 70.

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Cookie Brigade Cookie Contest a sweet success SIREN - Cookie Brigade, Inc. held its first cookie baking contest, Aug. 8, in Siren, at The Northwoods Crossing Event Center. The contest is a lead into the Cookie Brigade fundraiser, Sept. 12, at the center, from 1 to 5 p.m.

The cookies submitted were samples of recipes that have been baked and shipped to our troops during past wars and cookies that are currently being baked and shipped to our deployed servicemen and women.

Wendy Larson of Webster and Webster Girl Scout Troop No. 50432 submitted the oldest war cookie recipe, Civil War Applesauce Cookies. They also submitted the cookie representing the current Middle Eastern conflict, Snickerdoodles, baked in honor of Lt. Col. Doug Stubbe. This cookie is Stubbe’s favorite cookie. His daugher is a member of the Webster Girl Scout Troop.

Linda Anderson, from Grantsburg, submitted four cookies that represented four wars. The Everyday Cookie - WWI, is her grandfather’s favorite cookie. She also submitted Aunt Sallie Cookies - WWII, Ice Box Cookies - the Korean War and Crinkley Molasses Cookies - the Vietnam War. Anderson’s mother baked and shipped the Crinkley Molasses Cookies to a neighbor’s son who was serving in Vietnam.

Two cookies were submitted representing the Persian Gulf War. Ooooey Goooey Butter Cookies baked by Lisa Johnson from Milltown and Ginger Cookies baked

by Annette Starkite, from Webster. The Ginger Cookies were baked in memory of Lt. Charley Turner, from Richfield, Minn., who was killed in the Persian Gulf War in January 1991. This was his favorite cookie.

Everyone who submitted a cookie received a copy of Martha Stewart’s Cookies Cookbook, donated by

Linda Anderson, Lisa Johnson and Wendy Larson were winners of the Cookie Brigade Cookie Contest held Aug. 8 at Siren. - Special photo Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and a Food Disher cookie scoop, donated by The Zeroll Company. Mary Ellen Bechtel of Frederic helped with the contest and Andrew Lupo was the event coordinator for the Northwoods Crossing Event Center.

Several of these cookies will be baked and sold at the Cookie Brigade Fundraiser, Sept. 12, in Siren, at The Northwoods Crossing Event Center. For more information about Cookie Brigade, Inc., please visit the Web site, www.cookiebrigade.com or call Susan Hager at 715-327-4532. - submitted

Second-annual Knitting Extravaganza set FREDERIC – A Knitting Extravaganza will be held Saturday, Sept. 19, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Frederic Elementary School.

Join knitting enthusiasts for a fun-filled day of knitting. There will be displays, demonstrations, vendors, and plenty of knitting time.

Special speakers are Loretta Pedersen, owner of Blackberry Hills near St. Croix Falls; Nora Murphy, author of “Knitting the Threads of Time,” from St. Paul; Linda Iwaszko, owner of Mrs. I’s Yarn Parlor in Osceola, and Janelle Hermann, teacher and prayer shawl ministry speaker from Grantsburg.

Vendors include Burr Oak Farm, Dresser; Northwind Book & Fiber, Spooner; Ewenique Boutique Yarns & Stitchery, St. Croix Falls; The Bamboo Needle Knit Shop, Hinckley; Fibre Functions, Luck; Blackberry Hills, St. Croix Falls; Mrs. I’s Yarn Parlor, Osceola; Apple Hill Farm, Frederic; and local spinners will have wool yarn available. Murphy will also be signing copies of her book.

Preregistration is required. A $15 registration fee includes a catered lunch and door prizes. Contact Konnie at 715-653-2619 or Lisa at 715-653-2510 by Aug. 28 to register. This event is sponsored by Frederic Community Education and Frederic area knitters. - submitted

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St. Croix National Scenic Riverway Memory Days ST. CROIX FALLS – Have you or your family had a relationship with the Namekagon or St. Croix rivers?

Do you have stories to tell? Then come to a memory day hosted by the National Park Service at the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway. The focus this year will be on fishing stories, but any and all stories are welcome.

St. Croix River Memory Day at the Marshland Center on Saturday, Aug. 15, noon to 5 p.m.

Fishing photos from throughout the years and a story or two will be displayed. Come add your stories and photos. Stories can be recorded or jotted down and photographs that you are willing to share can be scanned or copied. Share your knowledge of fishing holes past and present and how fishing has changed.

Help keep the memories alive and the history of your riverway from being lost.

The Marshland Center is located on Highway 70, 5 miles west of Grantsburg, 11 miles east of Pine City, Minn., on the Minnesota side of the river. Call 320-629-

2148 for questions about the St. Croix River Memory Day. Namekagon River Memory Day at the Namekagon River Visitor Center in Trego, on Sunday, Aug. 16, noon to 5 p.m.

To help revive memories and encourage participation, three programs will be presented. At noon Bob Dries, a retired DNR employee, will recall his Namekagon memories and demonstrate carving a walking stick.

At 1 p.m. park ranger Josh Le Duc will demonstrate tying flies and fly-fishing on the river. At 2:30 p.m.

Larry Damman, Wisconsin DNR, Spooner, will speak on fishery management in the Namekagon River, including the reintroduction of sturgeon and ongoing research.

Tell your best fishing story. Come share stories that can be recorded or jotted down, bring in photographs that you are willing to have scanned or copied. Help keep the memories alive and history from being lost by

having your memories recorded.

The Namekagon River Visitor Center is located in Trego on Hwy. 63, one mile east of Hwy. 53. Call 715635-8346, extension 429, for questions about the Namekagon River Memory Day. With permission, the stories and photos will be used by the riverway to better tell the history of these rivers through programs, exhibits, brochures and the riverway’s Web site. Stories can help today’s visitors understand what a special place the riverway was and still is and help researchers understand how it has changed.

The St. Croix National Scenic Riverway, a unit of the National Park System, was established by the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act in 1968; it is one of a group of eight rivers in the country which first received this recognition. Protection of natural and cultural resources is part of the riverway’s mission.

For additional information on the riverway, please visit www.nps.gov/sacn. - submitted

Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest.

Local law enforcement will join crackdown BURNETT COUNTY – To combat the deadly dangers of drunken driving, Burnett County law enforcement officers, along with the village of Grantsburg, Siren, Webster and Webb Lake police departments, will be out in force to arrest impaired motorists as part of a nationwide law enforcement crackdown from Aug. 21 through Sept. 7. The Drunk Driving. Over the Limit.

Under Arrest crackdown will combine stringent law enforcement with a federally funded media campaign to deter impaired driving.

Drunken driving devastates individuals, families and whole communities. Last year, alcohol-related crashes in Wisconsin killed 234 people and injured 4,319, ac-

cording to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

Approximately 37,000 drivers—a number nearly equal to the population of Beloit—were convicted of drunken driving in Wisconsin in 2008.

This year, deaths from motorcycle crashes are increasing compared with last year, and approximately 47 percent of all fatal motorcycle crashes in Wisconsin are alcohol-related. Sheriff Roland said, “Drunken driving is too prevalent and too deadly to ignore. That’s why we don’t give warnings or accept excuses for drunken driving. If you’re over the limit, you’ll be arrested. The decision to drive while impaired will likely be one you’ll regret the rest of your life, if you’re lucky enough to live. During the upcoming crackdown and throughout the rest of the year, our goal is not to arrest more drunken drivers. We simply are trying to save lives and prevent injuries. If we can deter people from getting

behind the wheel when they’re impaired, we will make progress toward the goal of reducing the number of preventable traffic deaths to Zero in Wisconsin.”

Instead of risking an arrest for impaired driving, Burnett County officers offer the following suggestions: • Choose a sober designated driver before you start to drink.

• If you’re feeling buzzed, you probably are over the 0.08 (alcohol concentration) limit and should not drive.

• Rather than drive while impaired, take mass transit, a taxicab or ask a sober friend to drive you home.

• Some taverns and restaurants have programs to provide patrons with a safe ride home. Visit www.tlw.org and click on Safe Ride for more information. - submitted

Frederic Elementary back to school news FREDERIC – All parents and 4K through sixth-grade children are invited to the Frederic Elementary School open house on Thursday, Aug. 27, from 5 - 6:30 p.m.

Please come and meet the teacher, find classrooms, leave your child’s school supplies, pick up important paperwork from homerooms, and help your children get a great start to the school year.

Any relevant organizations are welcome to set up a display table for parents that night. Please call the office, 715-327-4221, to reserve a spot. The staff of Frederic Elementary is looking forward to seeing you.

Classes begin Tuesday, Sept. 1, at 8:23 a.m. and end at 3:10 p.m. The school doors open for students at 8:10.

Parents dropping off/picking up students before or after school are asked to use the east parking lot.

Bus pickup times will remain about the same as last year. If there is a change it will be included in the par-

ent packet received at open house. The bus drivers will also be calling families scheduled to ride the bus. Parents must submit (in writing) their child’s after-school activity plans if they are something other than their normal destination. If a phone call to the office is made it must be done by noon if your child is to do or go somewhere other than their normal routine.

Bus pickup points within the village are as follows: 4th Avenue and Linden Street West 206 First Avenue South Traffic Avenue and Hope Road Oak Street and CTH W Lake Avenue and Oak Street Churchwood Lane, Old Hwy. 35 Students within the village are asked to be at one of these stops if riding the bus to/from school. Students needing to ride to the 7-12 school should be at the main

entrance of the elementary school by 8 a.m.

All students are given a Tuesday Folder. This folder will include important dates/information. If you do not attend open house, your child will bring the packet home with papers to be signed and returned to school

by Friday, Sept. 4. Student/Parent Handbook (available for viewing on the Frederic Web page, www.frederic.k12.wi.us), school lunch form, Internet policy (K-3 and 4-6;) and emergency notification form(s) are included in the parent folder.

If a different address is used for pickup/drop-off or you have further questions, please call the elementary office at 715-327-4221. Class lists are posted in the elementary entrance along with the school supply list. submitted

Grape pest management workshop Aug. 26 at Chateau St. Croix ST. CROIX FALLS – Grape growing has become increasingly popular in northwestern Wisconsin. Both commercial and backyard vineyards are popping up in response to the niche agro-tourism and wine industry in the region.

To help grape growers better understand the pests that economically impact grapes and how to manage them, the UW-Extension is sponsoring a Grape Integrated Pest Management Field Day Wednesday, Aug. 26, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at Chateau St. Croix, north of St. Croix Falls.

The cost of the field day is $20, which includes printed materials, breaks and a catered lunch by the Chateau. A second person from the same vineyard can attend for $15. Preregistration is required by Aug. 19. A brochure can be obtained by calling the Spooner Area UW-Extension office, at 715-635-3506 or 800-528-1914 or registration information can be found online at http://www.uwex.edu/ces/sars/programs.html.

Hosting the grape field day will be Troy and Laura Chamberlin, owners of the Chateau St. Croix Vineyard and Winery (www.chateaustcroix.com). The Chamber-

lins opened their winery five years ago and have six grape cultivars planted on 2-1/2 acres. The Chateau is located on Hwy. 87, seven miles north of St. Croix Falls.

A special presenter at the Grape Insect Field Day will be Dr. Rufus Isaacs from Michigan State University.

Isaacs is a nationally recognized grape-insect specialist and co-author of the Guide for Grape IPM, Scouting in North Central and Eastern U.S. He will show participants what insect traps to use and how to scout their vineyards.

Wisconsin state UW-Extension insect specialist Dr. Dan Mahr will discuss and demonstrate how to identify beneficial natural enemies found in and around the vineyard. Dr. Patty McManus, a UW-Madison plantdisease specialist will talk about grape disease management. Dr. Brian Smith of the UW-River Falls will show how to properly use sprayer equipment for effective weed control.

According to Kevin Schoessow, UW-Extension agriculture development educator for Burnett, Washburn and Sawyer counties, who is on the UW-Extension fruit team that helped organize the field day, “Cold-hardy

grape varieties are showing promise for this area and can add to the diversity of our ag economy, especially when combined with the state’s growing wineries and agro-tourism industry.”

Schoessow adds, in addition to variety and proper site selection, pest management is essential to ensure vine vigor and grape quality. This workshop will help growers understand IPM techniques that are economical and environmentally sound.

The UW-Extension is sponsoring other grape IPM field days, on Aug. 17 in Viroqua and Aug. 27 in Sturgeon Bay. This event is open to the public. The University of Wisconsin Extension provides equal opportunities in employment and programming. Requests for reasonable accommodations for disabilities should be made prior to the date of the program or activity for which it is needed. Please make such requests as early as possible by contacting your local UW-Extension office so that proper arrangements can be made. - submitted

Grantsburg Music Festival to hold Music in the Park GRANTSBURG – The Grantsburg Music Festival Society will be holding another Music in the Park event featuring musical entertainment by the Wilson Family Singers on Friday, Aug. 14, at Memory Lake Park in

Grantsburg.

The music society will be serving a grilled pork chop dinner with baked beans, potato salad, bars, coffee and pop at 5 p.m. with the music beginning at 6 p.m.

The music society appreciates the great community support for the Music in the Park events and invites everyone to enjoy some food and music at Memory Lake Park in Grantsburg on Aug. 14. - submitted

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Wormy and Squirmy in Hawaii “Aloha, everyone!” Wormy announced as he wiggled towards the surf and beach.

The wormy duo made it safely to the Hawaiian Islands.

“Oh boy, this is the life for me,” said Squirmy, as he laid down a big, colorful beach towel and stretched out on the warm, black sand.

“Hey, Squirmy. How come this sand is black? Isn’t beach sand always white?”

“No, not always. This black sand is from the volcano you’re sitting on,” Squirmy replied calmly.

“What?!” Wormy shouted. “We’re sitting on a volcano? Yikes…run for it!”

“Hold on,” Squirmy said, catching Wormy’s bum as he shot by, stretching him out a bit. “This volcano we’re sitting on is long-since dead, my friend.”

The islands of Hawaii are all created from red-hot lava and ash from the volcanoes. The molten lava pouring out hits the cool seawater and air, which transforms it into volcanic rock and rich soil. Plants love this new home.

Of course, most of Hawaii’s volcanoes are dead or extinct—and have been for centuries. But there are several really cool ones that are still hot and alive. So some islands are still “alive” and growing bigger every day.

Hawaii, the 50th state in America, is the only state that is actually still growing.

“Man Squirmy, Hawaii and this black sand freaked me out,” Wormy said taking a deep breath and resizing himself.

“Sorry buddy. Let me show you some aloha to make it up,” Squirmy said,

smiling.

“Some aloha,” Wormy said puzzled.

“I thought aloha meant hello.”

Aloha is a versatile word. It can mean hello, goodbye or love. You dig?

“I love kicking Wayne M. back, drinking Anderson pineapple juice and eating roasted pig at the luaus too,” Wormy said, soaking in “aloha life.”

“Don’t forget, my big kahuna, to also groove to the music of the hula,” Squirmy said, as he swayed his midsection side to side, listening to someone play a ukulele.

Music, the slap dance and fire dance and relaxed living are all part of the aloha life. It is a life first brought to Hawaii about 1,000 years ago.

Some historians say Polynesian peoples cast off from the island now called Taiwan, near China. From Asia these ancient explorers sailed across thousands of miles of open sea and discovered thousands of islands all across the vast South Pacific.

“Squirmy, I look around and see the way it used to be and how it is now, with big hotels and modern buildings along the shores,” Wormy pondered.

“But I can’t help but wonder how on earth people got here. The Hawaiian Islands are just a tiny speck out in the middle of the ocean.”

“It’s mind-boggling,” Squirmy admitted, shaking his head in wonder. “Think

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A group of Chinese drummers, the Wah Ngai Lion Dance Association, perform a traditional song to bring good luck and fortune to businesses during the Chinese New Year celebration. This year is the Year of the Ox on the Chinese calendar.

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A school team of canoe racers haul their modern canoe into the surf to start the competition. This tradition of canoe racing dates back to the first Polynesian settlers more than a thousand years ago. – Photos by Wayne Anderson about it. We cruised for days aboard a huge, modern ship equipped with the best navigation equipment. Plus, we actually knew where Hawaii is on the map!”

The Polynesian settlers didn’t come here in luxury liners or big wooden ships, like some of the early explorers from Europe.

One of those early explorers was the famous British Captain Cook, who sailed all over the world and landed in Hawaii in 1778. Except this particular trip didn’t go so well for him. The Hawaiians killed him the next year over the theft of a boat.

Even in their small boats made of reeds tied together, the brave Polynesian explorers set out with the uncanny ability to navigate the sea by watching the sun and stars and following the ocean swells and currents.

Animals gave them a tip too. If you spot turtles passing by, chances are they’re heading for land.

“Uh-oh, Squirmy. Look what’s coming,” Wormy said, fixed on the horizon.

“Yeah, those dark clouds look like rain,” Squirmy confirmed. “We’d better worm it back to the ship.”

It rains a lot in Hawaii. In one part it rains 460 inches a year—that’s over 38 feet! It’s one of the wettest spots in the world.

“OK, buddy. Let’s head back. But let’s go slow. I could use a bath,” Wormy said.

“Sounds refreshing,” Squirmy said slowing down. “I love the feel of fresh water. And I want to be nice and clean, as we say aloha to Hawaii.”

The sound of the ship’s horn blew loud in the distance, as the duo inched their way back to the dock. Soon they would be back aboard and on their way to the island country of Vanuatu, where new friends and adventures lay waiting.

Things to remember: 1. Volcanoes created the islands of Hawaii.

2. Some islands are still “alive” and

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CHURCH NEWS True religion

Running away I wrote a book about Jake, a 16year-old boy who runs away from home responsibilities to work on a crabbing boat in the Bering Sea. Based on a true story, “Williwaw Winds” tells how Jake’s anger at a fellow crewman, his dad, and God changes to fear when he comes face to face with the storm of his life.

Jake, unable to cope with his sister’s suffering from a paralyzing accident and tired of listening to his chaplain-dad spout Bible verses, Perspectives leaves home. He believes everything will be fine after ditching the family and while earning money for college during the winter fishing trip.

But things don’t go as planned. Fishing for crabs for a month is grueling, sickening and monotonous.

He has no privacy, few nourishing meals, and no chance to avoid one crewman’s taunts. And after all that, he and the crew face violent winds—williwaws—that sink their boat. Jake faces the harrowing experiences of chipping ice, freeing the life raft, and jumping into sixteen-foot waves to reach it. Facing these challenges helps him to reconnect with God. Sometimes, as in Jake’s case, the only way God can get our attention is to allow us to go through a storm.

We all face williwaws of some kind: divorce, disease, death, rejection, addictions … How we act upon them determines whether we will surrender to and accept God’s help or keep up our fearful complaining.

The book offers solid, biblical lessons on dealing with the storms in our lives. Two Bible stories come to mind. The story of Jonah tells why he ran from God and ended up in a storm that caused him to be swallowed by a whale. The other is of Peter, who saw Jesus walking on water and climbed out of the boat to go to him. Partway there, he looked down and saw the dangerous waves, causing him to cry out to Jesus in fear.

When we see nothing but the storm around us, we too become fearful. But when we focus on Jesus— through prayer and his Word—we find strength, peace, and rest. Even in the midst of the williwaws.

Lord, may we not be pulled into the dangerous waters of life by our disobedience and unbelief. Help us remember Paul’s words in Philippians 4:13: “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” We want to trust you in all things, always. In Jesus’ name, amen.

(Anyone interested in Mrs. Bair’s book may e-mail her at sallybair@gmail.com.)

Sally Bair Eternal

Part 2 (Righteousness and Repentance) True religion, religion that makes man acceptable to God, has several requirements. In a previous article, we discussed the first of these: revelation. If men do not rely on God’s revealed will found in the Scriptures, they are trying in vain to please God without consulting what He has said men must do. In this article, we will study two additional requirements of true religion: Righteousness and Repentance.

True religion requires righteousness. Even in man’s definition of religion, there is the recognition of an obligation to his Creator. Religion is “Recognition on the part of man of a controlling, superhuman power entitled to obedience, reverence, and worship; ….” The New Century Dictionary (Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc.) When man recognizes that he is the created, he should accept that he must live according to the wishes of the Creator. In the Scriptures, acceptable living is called “righteousness.” The apostle Paul says that living righteously is our goal: “For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age,” (Titus 2:11-12). But, man does not always follow righteousness. Sometimes he turns away from what the Creator wants him to do. Each of us becomes a sinner, separated from God, when we sin. Paul writes that spiritual death “ … spread to all men, because all sinned;” (Rom. 5:12). Some say that in the end God will look at our life in some sort of averaging process. If on balance we have done more good, He will save us. But, such is not the case, as the Scriptures clearly point out.

Through the prophet Ezekiel, God said: “But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? All the righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; because of the unfaithfulness of which he is guilty and the sin which he has committed, because of them he shall die.” (Ezek.

18:24). When we rebel, at that moment we are a rebel.

Isaiah warns us: “But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear.” (Is. 59:2). When man abandons righteousness for the rebellion of sin, then he is in need of reconciliation with God, a process that begins with our third quality of true religion: repentance.

True religion requires repentance. Just as rebellion starts in the heart, rebellion finds an end in the heart—with a change of heart that the Scriptures call “repentance.” The right kind of repentance is the kind that starts with Godly sorrow. “For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted;

but the sorrow of the world produces death.” (II Cor. 7:10). Note from this passage that not all sorrow puts one on the path to reconciliation. The sorrow that leads to a restored relationship with God is “godly sorrow,” a sorrow that is directed toward God. But, the reconciliation process does not end with sorrow and repentance.

The change in heart (repentance) must lead to a change in our behavior (a turning). This was true in the days of Ezekiel: “Repent, and turn from all your transgresso that iniquity will not be Preacher’s sions, your ruin.” (Ezek. 18:30). It is still true under the Law of Christ.

Those who “repent and turn to God,” must then perform “deeds appropriate to repentance” (Acts 26:20). You cannot be saved without the change of heart and the change in action, although there are some who seem to try. Some claim they have a renewed heart, but continue the same behaviors.

They do not have the “deeds” that show a true repentance. Others, interestingly enough, have made the change in action without the change of heart! There are those who have at times been unrighteous—they have been dishonest, or immoral, or hurtful to others.

They have since ceased that kind of behavior. However, they quit to escape man’s punishment or to live lives that were more acceptable according to the standards of their community or their families. They have indeed changed their behavior, but it was not sorrow directed toward God that changed them. And, when they now recall their past unrighteous behavior, they often do so with joy and perhaps boasting! There has been no sorrow directed toward God because of the way they have rebelled against His laws and disappointed and hurt Him. God tells us the kind of repentance He is looking for and warns that those who do not repent will perish (Luke 13:3 NKJV). True religion requires repentance toward God and a change in actions.

In the next issue, we will discuss the final “R” of true religion, the sometimes controversial topic of “remission.”

If readers have questions they would like answered in this weekly column or simply wish to know more about the Church of Christ, they are invited to call 715-866-7157, visit the Web site at www.burnettcountycofc.com or stop by the church building at 7425 West Birch St. in Webster. Sunday Bible class begins at 9:30 a.m. and worship begins at 10:30 a.m. We also meet Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. Office hours are Tuesday through Friday, 9 a.m.

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Under the Andersons leadership, Fellowship Ministries has provided the church with worship resources, including 5,200 concerts, nearly one million songbooks, and a few hundred worship and music conferences and seminars. They are currently launching the most ambitious project yet: Shepherd’s Canyon Retreat, a special counseling and retreat center, located in the mountains an hour east of Phoenix, Ariz. By mid-2009, Shepherd’s Canyon Retreat will provide counseling and renewal for hurting church workers and their spouses. Learn more at www.ShepherdsCanyonRetreat.org. The freewill offering received at the concert will benefit the Shepherd’s Canyon Retreat project. – Photo submitted

YOU’RE INVITED TO A TOWN HALL MEETING AT WHISPERING PINES CAMP Saturday, August 15

2 - 4 p.m. Fun with the EcklundBrancel Family 5 - 6 p.m. Town Hall Meeting Purpose: To discuss the uncertain future of Whispering Pines Camp Organizer: Fred Brancel Moderator: Harvey Stower Come One - Come All Now is the time to let your voice be heard!

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BONE LAKE – Dave and Barb Anderson will perform in concert at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 19, at Zion Lutheran Church of Bone Lake located at 997280th Ave. (CTH I and 280th Avenue).

The Andersons music is a blend of contemporary, gospel, and traditional Christian songs, often including children’s or Sunday school songs.

During the concert, the Andersons share their personal experiences and what has become known around the world as “The Rescue Story.” In 1993, God used heroic men to rescue the Anderson and five others from 36-degree waters after their plane crashed into the Bering Sea, returning from a missionary and humanitarian mission in the Russian Far East. All seven men and women survived.

This miraculous story has been heard by millions around the world on radio, TV and through personal appearances. The rescue story points to the God which

75 and over honored at Siren This summer Siren United Methodist Church honored its 75 and over with dinner and games. Pictured (L to R): Rudy and Pat Solomonson and Wally and Rose Nelson. – Photo submitted

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CHURCH NEWS Disorganization makes for unfocused, failing students

what he is capable of doing, work with an educational consultant or a school psychologist to design a system that will teach him how to live a more structured life.

••• QUESTION: My 6-year-old has suddenly become sassy and disrespectful in her manner at home. She told me to “buzz off” when I asked her to take out the trash, and she calls me names when she gets angry. I feel it is important to permit this emotional outlet, so I haven’t tried to suppress it. Do you agree?

DR. DOBSON: I’m afraid I don’t. Your daughter is aware of her sudden defiance, and she’s waiting to see how far you will let her go. If you don’t discourage disrespectful behavior now, you can expect some wild experiences during the adolescent years to come.

With regard to your concern about emotional ventilation, you are right in saying your daughter needs to express her anger. She should be free to say anything to you provided it is said in a respectful manner. It is acceptable to say, “I think you love my brother more than me,” or “You weren’t fair with me, Mommy.”

There is a thin line between what is acceptable and unacceptable behavior at this point. The child’s expression of strong frustration, even resentment and anger, should be encouraged if it exists. You certainly don’t want her to bottle it inside. On the other hand, you should not permit your daughter to resort to

QUESTION: Our junior higher is the most disorganized kid I’ve ever seen. His life is a jumble of forgotten assignments and missed deadlines. What can I do to help him?

DR. DOBSON: You’ll have no trouble believing what educational consultant Cheri Fuller considers to be the most common cause of school failure. She says it is not laziness or poor study skills. The primary problem is what you see in your son – massive disorganization. Show me a student’s notebook, Fuller says, and I’ll tell you whether that individual is a B student or a D student. An achieving student’s notebook is arranged neatly with dividers and folders for handouts and assignments. A failing student’s notebook is usually a jumbled mess and may not even be used at all.

Some children are naturally sloppy, but most of them can learn to be better organized. Fuller says this skill should be taught in the elementary school years.

Once they enter junior high, students may have as many as five teachers, each assigning different textbooks, workbooks, handouts and requirements from various classroom subjects. It is foolish to assume that kids who have never had any organizational training will be able to keep such detail straight and accessible. If we want them to function in this system, we need to give them the tools that are critical to success.

You might consider having your child evaluated to see if he has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or some temperamental characteristic that makes it difficult for him to organize. When you’ve determined

Dr. James

Dobson Focus on the Family

name-calling and open rebellion. “Mom, you hurt my feelings in front of my friends” is an acceptable statement. “You stupid idiot, why didn’t you shut up when my friends were here?” is obviously unacceptable.

If approached rationally, as described in the first statement, it would be wise for the mother to sit down and try to understand the child’s viewpoint. She should be big enough to apologize to the child if she was wrong. If she feels she was right, however, she should calmly explain why she reacted as she did and tell the child how he or she can avoid a collision next time. It is possible to ventilate feelings without sacrificing parental respect, and the child should be taught how to do it. This communicative tool will be very useful later in life, especially in a possible future marriage.

••• Dr. Dobson is founder and chairman emeritus of the nonprofit organization Focus on the Family, Colorado Springs, Colo. 80995 (www.focusonthefamily.org).

Questions and answers are excerpted from “Complete Marriage and Family Home Reference Guide” and “Bringing Up Boys,” both published by Tyndale House. COPYRIGHT 2009 JAMES DOBSON INC., DISTRIBUTED BY UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo. 64106; 816-581-7500

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Webster Area Catholic Churches Webster

Not a fundraiser, but a friend raiser FREDERIC – Neighbor to Neighbor, what is this all about? It is being held at St. Luke United Methodist Church in Frederic on Saturday, Aug. 22, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

All free clothing for the whole family, for nothing? Oh

yes, the payment is to bring an item for the food shelf.

What a deal! People from the church have been busy washing, pressing and repairing clothing. Some items are new and others are like new. How can anybody go

wrong? So meet your friends and neighbors at St. Luke’s on Saturday, Aug. 22, and get a different wardrobe for an item for the food shelf. See you there.

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Bus to concert FREDERIC - There will be a bus leaving from the Frederic Evangelical Free Church to the Rock the River Tour concert in the Twin Cities, this Sunday, Aug. 16.

The concert will be held from 2:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Har-

riet Island Regional Park in St. Paul, Minn. Performing will be Franklin Graham with Flyleaf, Kirk Franklin, Superchick, Canton Jones, DecembeRadio, Lecrae and Flame.

Persons must call the church at 715-327-8767 to reserve their seats. - with submitted information

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”

WEBSTER CASHCO BUILDING SUPPLIES Complete Lumber & Building Supplies

CARLSON-ROWE FUNERAL HOME

Phone 715-866-4238 Hwy. 35 N. Webster, Wis. Tom & Becky O’Brien, Owners

MEDICINE SHOPPE

HOPKINS SAND & GRAVEL, INC.

Frederic, Wis. 715-327-4475 110 Oak Street Frederic, Wis. 715-327-4208 Monday - Friday 8:30 - 5 Not Open On Saturday Duane Lindh

HAULING

• Gravel • Sand • Rock • Top Soil • Trackhoe 715-472-2717 Mobile 715-491-1861 1065 290th Ave. Frederic, Wis.

LUCK VAN METER’S MEATS

Government Inspected Slaughtering and Processing, Sausage making • Ham and Bacon Cured and 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

Sand, Gravel, Ready-Mix, Concrete, Black Dirt, Dozer Work, Landscaping & Septic Tanks Installed

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Any area business wishing to help sponsor the church listings should contact the Leader at 715-327-4236.

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CHURCH NEWS Wilson Singers at Grantsburg Bethany GRANTSBURG – Bethany Lutheran Church of Grantsburg is proud to announce the Wilson Family Singers will perform in their church outdoor worship area on Saturday, Aug. 15, at 2 p.m. Come and enjoy the music and sing-along. Young and old are invited to sit on the park’s benches or bring your favorite lawn

chair. And little ones shouldn’t forget to try out Noah’s Ark playground. Refreshments will be provided after the concert. A freewill offering is appreciated. For more information call Pastor Jay Ticknor at 715-463-5746. – submitted

Howard Mayberry returns LUCK – St. Peter’s Lutheran Church is privileged to feature Howard Mayberry on Thursday, Aug. 13, 7 p.m., for a relaxing evening of gospel and folk music.

He has professionally sung country music for over 30 years.

Families are invited to join members at St. Peter’s, located north of Luck at the corner of Hwy. 35 and CTH B. Summer refreshments will follow. – submitted

KNITTING EXTRAVAGANZA Saturday, September 19, 2009, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Frederic Elementary School

Join knitting enthusiasts for a fun-filled day of knitting!

There will be displays, demonstrations, workshops, special speakers and plenty of knitting time.

A registration fee of $15.00 will include lunch and door prizes.

Contact Konnie at 715-653-2619 or Lisa at 715-653-2510

by August 28 to register.

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Sat., August 15, 2009 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Downtown Frederic by The Train Depot & Museum For more information, contact: Betty Knutson, 715-327-4807

10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Train Depot & Museum Sponsored by the Frederic Area Historical Society

Something For Everyone Rain Or Shine Sponsored By The Frederic Area Chamber Of Commerce

15th-Annual

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OBITUARIES Theresa Marie Swanson

Theresa Marie Swanson, 49, of New Richmond, died Aug. 4, 2009, at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minn., after complications from a heart attack.

Theresa was born Jan. 27, 1960, in Park Falls, to Maxine Marie (Tuttle) and Ralph David Pennings. She was the eldest in a family of six children.

Her parents moved to Mosinee, where she went to school and graduated from Mosinee High School.

She went on to take some classes at Nicollet University but decided to work full time instead.

Theresa moved to Tomahawk and worked as a waitress at the Road Haus supper club where she made many friends. On a trip to visit her mother, Theresa met Thomas Swanson of Amery and knew she had met the man she would marry. She was so sure that she announced it to her family that night.

Theresa’s predictioin was correct and she and Tom were married Aug. 27, 1983, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Tomahawk. The new couple moved onto some property on Tom’s family farm and they lived and started their family there. Several years later, they relocated to New Richmond. Theresa, while raising a growing family, decided to go back to college at UWRiver Falls and received a degree in social work in December 1997. She was honored as a member of Kappa Phi. Theresa first worked as an assistant social worker at Golden Age Manor in Amery and in a few years became the direcor of social services at the Lutheran Home in River Falls.

She and Tom have been blessed with seven children.

She was very talented in sewing and was a master at cross-stitch. She loved making heirlooms for her children.

Theresa is survived by her husband, Thomas, of New Richmond; her children, Trevor (Laura Kunesh) of River Falls, Ilissa of New Richmond, Myles of River Falls, Logan of Dallas, Texas, Spencer of New Richmond, Wynn of New Richmond, Sylvia of New Richmond and a bonus son, Chad Olson of River Falls; her identical twin sister, Cheryl Mertens (Al Johnson) of New Richmond and other siblings, Lisa (Harvey) Brown of Friday Harbor, Wash., Robert (Karen) Pennings of Verona, Laura (Ray) McKenzie of Balsam Lake and Richard (Margaret) Pennings of Ham Lake, Minn.; uncles, Michael (Susan) Pennings and Warren (Bridget) Tuttle; aunt, Barbara (Nels) Lawrence; in-laws, Alvin and Carlene Swanson; brothers-in-law, Joe (Marilyn) Swanson and Curt (Linda) Swanson; many nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by three babies who did not survive birth and also by her dear little quaker bird, Darby.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held Friday, Aug. 7, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in New Richmond.

The St. Croix Valley Funeral Home and Polk County Cremation Society, St. Croix Falls, was entrusted with arrangements.

THANK YOU

My name is Amanda Jensen, and as the newly appointed Executive Director of Community Referral Agency, on behalf of our entire staff and Board of Directors, I would like to thank each and every one of you or being part of our Awareness Walk on July 25; which was held in recognition of our 30-year Anniversary.

To this day, without our community’s support, our founders and volunteers, CRA would not have survived for all of this time and would not have been able to serve almost 2,000 people from 1979 to 2009 that we did. Our staff and Board of Directors would also like to thank the numerous donors who contributed to this event.

Without you, this event would not have happened. Together we bring our voices together and speak for those who remain silent.

Again, thank you for the unconditional support and living our mission with us. This was a joyous occasion; especially since we had some of our founding mothers and fathers at this event.

Thank you and we hope to see you all in the fall for our “Make a Difference” event.

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Pie Social

Sat., Aug. 15 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the Frederic Depot Museum

Serving starts at 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.

RAFFLES FOR PRIZES

All proceeds will be dedicated to the Frederic Area Historical Society

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OBITUARIES

Vicki L. (Nelson) Holdt Vicki L. Holdt, 70, resident of Luck, died peacefully on Sunday, May 31, 2009, at her residence, surrounded by her family, after a courageous battle with cancer.

Vicki was born on Aug. 20, 1938, to Victor and Vere Nelson, and grew up in Milltown. She attended and graduated from Milltown High School.

Vicki was married to Arlen Holdt on Feb. 18, 1956, at West Denmark Lutheran Church. Together Vicki and Arlen raised three children. They lived in Milltown briefly, but spent the past 46 years in Luck. Vicki was an activist in her community and was instrumental in the creation of the first kindergarten in Luck, the introduction of fluoride in local drinking water, and the beginning of the Girl Scouts with her friends, Bev and Sue. One of her greatest passions, next to her family, was her 20-plus years on the ambulance crew for Town and Country Ambulance (now Northland). She was involved in the development of the ambulance service in Luck, served as an EMT, and then as the crew chief.

Vicki dearly loved her crew members, and some of her fondest memories and best friendships were a result of her work. The ambulance crew began a food pantry that became Vicki’s baby. She was always happy to be part of the ambulance smelt fry each year, especially the year they earned enough money to purchase the Jaws of Life.

She had a long history of volunteerism from teaching Sunday school, volunteering at the women’s shelter, working at the thrift stores, to working on the Luck Winter Carnival. One of her favorite Winter Carnival stories was the time the St. Paul Winter Carnival Vulcans showered in her basement and accidentally flushed a towel and backed up her sewer.

Vicki was preceded in death by her parents.

She is survived by her husband of 53 years, Arlen; her children, Robyn Baron (Joe) of Sauk City, Randy Holdt of Prairie du Sac and Rona Holdt (Dion Hughes) of Minneapolis, Minn.; seven grandchildren, Lukas and Kassie Baron, Joshua and Jacob Holdt, and Jasper, Ellery and Maren Hughes; her sister, Holly Nockels (Ray); nephews and nieces; and her newest friend and confidante, her cat Cooperman.

A celebration of her life will be held on Aug. 22.

Vicki’s wish was to have her ashes spread where all her pets that left this world before have been buried. The celebration will be held from 1 – 5 p.m., on the acreage Arlen and Vicki own just north of the Luck School Forest where her ashes will be spread near her beloved animals. A memory garden is being planned and birthday presents (mementos) for Vicki’s garden are welcome at that time. In case of rain, the celebration will be held at the Holdt residence. For directions or more information about Vicki’s memory garden, please call Arlen at 715-472-2919.

Vicki had a deep and abiding love for animals. In lieu of flowers, honorariums can be made to any no-kill animal shelter or animal rescue program.

Bertha A. Boyer Bertha A. Boyer, 72, a resident of Danbury, died Aug. 2, 2009, at her home.

Bertha was born on May 26, 1937, in Biwabik, Minn., to John and Tyne Kortesmaki. Bertha was part of the Webb Lake Community Club and the Lumber Jack Bingo Club. She enjoyed fishing, reading, crocheting and playing Bingo. Her favorite pastime was watching Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers.

Bertha was preceded in death by her parents; husband, James; brother, John; and sisters, Joan and Judy.

Bertha is survived by her children, Bradley (Sarah) Erickson, Bryne (Shelly) Erickson and Brenda (Mike) Gajewski-Erickson; grandchildren, Bruce, Benjamin, Cassandra, Jenna and Kyle; brother, Jim Kortesmaki; loving companion, Jerry Schmid.

Private family services will be held. Memorials are preferred to the family.

The Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Webster, was entrusted with arrangements.

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Carol J. Kelley

Alice Fay (Sahr) Wallin

Carol J. Kelley, 65, a resident of Webster, died Aug. 7, 2009, at Burnett Medical Center.

Carol was born on April 17, 1944, in St. Paul, Minn., to William and Julia Hayes. Carol married Darrell on Jan. 18, 1964, at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Prairie du Chien. She worked at Capeside Cove Good Samaritan Center as a housekeeper for over six years. Carol spent a lot of her time in her garden and enjoying her flowers. She loved the holidays, where she could decorate her home for the festivities.

Carol was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Mary Jo; brothers, Michael, William and Keith.

Carol is survived by her husband, Darrell; children, Jodie (Paul) Galaska and Darrell (DJ) Kelley Jr.; granddaughter, Jadyn; siblings, Margaret (Harold) Haupt, Helen (Gary) Albrecht Sr., Betty (Robert) Peterson, June Miller, Diane Roggensack, Tom Hayes, Julius Hayes, Jerry (Debbie) Hayes, Robert (Ginny) Hayes, Brenda (Bill) Lindberg, Debbie (Laurel) Richison, Bonnie (Dennis) Tjader and Linda (Dave) Etchyson; along with nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held on Wednesday, Aug. 12, at Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Siren Chapel with Pastor David Ahlquist officiating. Interment followed at the Siren Lakeview Cemetery. Casket bearers were Tom Hayes, Luarel Richison, Robert Hayes, Darrell Kelley, Paul Galaska and Bill Lindberg.

The Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Siren, was entrusted with arrangements.

Alice Fay (Sahr) Wallin, 90, Monticello, Minn., died at Sunrise Cottages of Buffalo, Minn., on Monday Aug. 10, 2009.

Alice was born on June 25, 1919, in Frederic, to William and Alice (Bayless) Sahr. She was united in marriage to George Wendell Wallin on June 29, 1941, in Atlas. They had three sons. In 1956, the couple moved to Monticello where Alice worked many years as a grocery store cashier at Fairway Foods and John’s Discount until retirement. She was a member of the Community United Methodist Church, the Eastern Star, and the Monticello American Legion Auxillary.

She is survived by her sons Jim (Caryn), Jeff (Sandy), Joe (Nancy), all of Monticello; eight grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and her sister, Gwen Alden of Frederic.

Alice was preceded in death by her parents, William and Alice; husband George; and nine siblings.

Funeral services will be Saturday, Aug. 15, at 11 a.m., at Community United Methodist Church of Monticello with the Rev. Rhodie Jacobson officiating. Private interment will be at Fort Snelling National Cemetery of Minneapolis, Minn. Visitation will be on Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. at Peterson-Grimsmo Chapel of Monticello, and also one hour prior to the funeral at the church on Saturday.

The Peterson-Grimsmo Chapel of Monticello was entrusted with arrangements.

Wilma Larson Wilma Larson, 86, New Richmond and St. Croix Falls, died Aug. 8, 2009, at Good Samaritan Center in St. Croix Falls.

She was born June 20, 1943, in Minneapolis, to Arnold and Laura (Anderson) Pederson.

Wilma married Russell Larson and to this union four children were born, Rodney, Linda, Charles and Scott.

She was preceded in death by her son, Rodney.

She is survived by her husband, Russell; children, Linda Burks, Charles (fiancee Angel) and Scott (Laura); grandchildren, Christine, Tony, Kim, Charles Jr., Laura, Amanda and Preston; five great-grandchildren; brothers, Jim (Elaine) Pederson and Dwight (Marion) Pederson.

Memorial service will be held Tuesday, Aug. 18, at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in New Richmond, at 2 p.m.

Visitation will be one hour prior to service at the church. Interment will be at West Immanuel Cemetery.

The St. Croix Valley Funeral Home and Polk County Cremation Society of St. Croix Falls was entrusted with arrangements.

Carol Ann Larsen Carol Ann Larsen, 71, Cushing, died July 31, 2009.

She was born April 3, 1938, to Clyde and Minnie Connors of Siren. She was followed by two younger sisters, Sonja Haswinkle and Paulette Connors, both deceased.

In 1953, Carol met Duane and three years later they were married. The newlyweds bought a house in Cushing, where they raised their four boys, Jeff, Roger, Jerry and Paul. In 1977, Carol and Duane started building their dream house on the River Road near Never’s Dam. As the children grew up, Carol began working outside the home at Kroy Mfg. and UFF, factory in Dresser.

She enjoyed making friends at work and around Cushing. Her hobbies included flower gardens and photography. At First Lutheran Church in Cushing, Carol sang in the choir and in a quartet.

She is survived by her husband, Duane, of 53 years; her sons, Jeff, Roger and Jerry (Tracy); grandchildren, Nicolette, Ben, Kyle, Amy and Ashley and great-granddaughter, Emma Jenson.

A memorial service was held on Wednesday, Aug. 5, at First Lutheran Church in Cushing. Pastor Dorothy Sandahl officiated the service with special music provided by Carol Medchill and Karen Ellefson.

The Edling Funeral Home, St. Croix Falls, was entrusted with arrangements.

Patricia A. Knutson Patricia (Pat) A. Knutson, 79, Webster, died Aug. 9, 2009.

Memorial services were held Wednesday, Aug. 12, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Webster.

A full obituary will be published in a later edition.

The Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Webster, was entrusted with arrangements.

Steven Carl Mishler Steven Carl Mishler, 36, Rice Lake, died suddenly July 26, 2009.

Steven was born in St. Croix Falls on March 5, 1973, to Donna and John Mishler.

He is survived by his children, John Mishler and Lillian Mishler; his parents, Donna Mishler and John Mishler; and brother, Robert Mishler.

Funeral services were held Friday, July 31, at the Edling Funeral Home, St. Croix Falls, with Pastor Mike Weaver officiating. Interment was held at Wolf Creek Cemetery.

The Edling Funeral Home, St. Croix Falls, was entrusted with arrangements.

Scott G. Treichel Scott G. Treichel, 55, a resident of Webster, died July 31, 2009, at his home surrounded by his family.

Scott was born on Feb. 3, 1954, in Minneapolis, Minn., to Donald and Irene Treichel. Scott graduated from Richfield High School and went on to Augsburg College where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree. Scott married JoAnn Fredrickson on April 29, 1978, in Alida, Minn.

Scott was employed at Northwest Passage for over 30 years. He started there as a house parent and worked his way to the program director. Scott was a past church council member at Bethany Lutheran Church. He served on the Webster School Board and helped with fundraising for the Siren/Webster Hockey Arena. Scott enjoyed sports, such as softball, coaching little league and flag football and playing catch with his boys. He also enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping, playing cards, carving and wine making.

Scott was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Dean and infant brother, Gregory; and niece Andrea.

Scott is survived by his wife, JoAnn; his sons, Matthew (Micah) Treichel and Benjamin Treichel; brother, Robert (Nancy) Treichel; grandson, Mac; sisterin-law, Kelly Treichel; along with nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, other relatives and many, many friends.

A celebration of Scott’s life was held on Saturday, Aug. 8, at their home with Pastor Steve Ward officiating. Special messages/memories were given by Fred Stinar and Brian Ramsrud. Music was provided by Mark Fredrickson and Diana Johnstone.

The Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Webster, was entrusted with arrangements.

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OBITUARIES

Dorothy M. Jones

Sylvia Jeanette (Skow) Gjerning

Stanley (Bud) Larson Jr.

Dorothy M. Jones, 83, of Clear Lake, formerly of Deer Park, died Monday, Aug. 3, 2009, at the Golden Age Manor Nursing Home in Amery.

Dorothy Maxine Jones was born on June 28, 1926, in Dunn County, the daughter of Wayne and Edna (VanBlaircom) Bulman. She grew up in the Clear Lake area and attended Clear Lake High School. On May 25, 1944, Dorothy was married to Myron Jones and together they raised seven children, Wayne, Walter, Beverly, Robert, Ronald, Julie and Debbie. They farmed south of Clear Lake until 1952 when they moved to Deer Park and farmed there for the next 29 years.

In addition to raising her family and working on the farm, Dorothy worked at Fabritech in Amery for 15 years. After Myron’s death in 1981, Dorothy moved to Amery and lived there until 1997. At that time, she returned to Clear Lake and lived at South Manor until 2008, when she became a resident of Golden Age Manor.

In her spare time, she enjoyed reading and watching television, especially Little House on the Prairie and cooking shows. She was a member of the Deer Park Homemakers Club and an active member of the Clear Lake United Methodist Church.

Dorothy is preceded in death by her husband, Myron; three infant children; sons, Wayne, Walter and Ronald Jones; daughters, Beverly Klug and Julie Larson; two grandchildren; three brothers, Kent, Arvid and Dana Bulman; and two sisters, Bertie Bonnin and Dolphane Martin.

She is survived by children, Robert (Pattie) Jones of Spring Valley and Debbie (Bill) Paulson of Clear Lake; 15 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; sisters, Opal “Jeannie” (Darryl) Boyer of Eau Claire and Joannie (Ken) Viellieux of Amery.

A memorial service was held Tuesday, Aug. 11, at the United Methodist Church, Clear Lake. The Rev. Jayneann Gagner officiated. Music was provided by Marsha Scheuermann. Interment was at the Clear Lake Cemetery in Clear Lake.

Scheuermann-Hammer Funeral Home & Cremation Services of Clear Lake was entrusted with arrangements.

Sylvia Jeanette Gjerning, 80, died Aug. 4, 2009, at the University of Minnesota Hospital in Minneapolis, Minn.

Sylvia was born Sept. 20, 1928, to Jens Henry Skow and Emma (Johansen) Skow in Luck.

Sylvia was baptized, confirmed and married at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Luck. She married the love of her life, Evald Gjerning, on Oct. 17, 1948.

Sylvia spent most of her life as a devoted wife and mother on the family farm in West Sweden. Sylvia had many delights such as reading, gardening, music, the piano, embroidery, and writing fun poetry. She enjoyed caring and opening her home to children.

Sylvia is survived by her husband, Evald (Bob) Gjerning of 60 years; sons, Ronald (Corinne) Gjerning of Altoona, Duane Gjerning of Rice Lake; daughters, Myrna (Don) Anderson of Luck, Carma Gjerning of Minneapolis, Minn.; seven grandchildren, JoAnne (Joe) Korpi, Bethany (Trapper) Niccum, Travis (Angela) Gjerning, Shawna (Philip) Poling, Vanessa (Aaron) Ross, Jodie Anderson, Jason Anderson; 10 great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews. She is also survived by her sisters, Vivian Pedersen of Frederic and Evelyn Skow of Minneapolis, Minn.; and brother, Einer (Doris) Skow of South Range.

Funeral services were held at Pilgrim Lutheran Church in Frederic on Friday, Aug. 7, with Pastor Catherine Burnette officiating. Music was provided by organist Mary Lou Daeffler and soloist Terri Stoner.

Pallbearers were Jason Anderson, Travis Gjerning, Joe Korpi, Bruce Larson, John Porter and Aaron Ross. Interment followed the service at St. Peter’s Cemetery, North Luck.

Rowe Funeral Home of Frederic was entrusted with arrangements.

Stanley (Bud) Larson Jr., 78, Cushing, died Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009.

Bud Larson was born on May 31, 1931, to Stanley and Esther Larson of Cushing. He had three sisters, Norma Johnson, Donna Vilstrup and Beverly Medvec and a foster brother, Roger Nagel. They lived on the family farm outside of Cushing. Bud married Betty Emerson on June 12, 1954. They farmed most of their lives and raised five children, Merle, Laurie, Doug, Linda (deceased) and Carol.

Bud was one of the original members of the Cushing Fire Department, he was active in several sportsmen’s clubs and church activities, and he lived to hunt and fish. Bud was a member of AA with 30 years of sobriety.

He was a licensed Ham operator and spent many hours communicating with other operators in the area. One of his favorite things to do was gopher hunt with his great-grandson, Tyler.

Bud is survived by his wife, Betty, of 55 years; his sons, Merle (Gwen) and Doug (Lynette); daughters, Laurie (Jerry) and Carol (Chris); grandchildren, Matt (Katie) Larson, Megan (Adrian) Haaf, Amber (Mike) Huskinson, Brenda (fiance’ Aaron Martin) Sommerfeld, Kevin Sommerfeld, Emily (BJ) Dulas and Wendy Larson; great-grandchildren, Tyler and Sophia Haaf, Lilyanna Andrew; and step-great-grandchildren, Haiden and Ambrey Huskinson.

Memorial service will be held Thursday, Aug. 13, 2 p.m., at the First Lutheran Church in Cushing. Pastor Dorothy Sandahl will officiate. Interment will be at the Cushing Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday, Aug. 12, 4 – 8 p.m. at the St. Croix Valley Funeral Home and Polk County Cremation Society.

The St. Croix Valley Funeral Home and Polk County Cremation Society, St. Croix Falls, was entrusted with arrangements.

James J. McMahon James J. McMahon, 85, St. Croix Falls, died Aug. 6, 2009.

Jim was raised in West. St. Paul, Minn., and graduated from Humboldt High School. He was a World War II Air Force veteran and office No. 20 in the Bloomington Police Department.

James was preceded in death by son, Andrew James.

He is survived by his wife, Linda (Nee Magnuson); sons, Michael, Jeffrey (Sims), Jay (Sheila); daughter, Jennifer (Willie); four grandchildren and one great-grandson; father-in-law, Ralph Magnuson; sister-in-law, Cheryl (Steve) Mlynarek; two nieces; one nephew and two great-nieces; many other relatives and friends.

Memorial service will be held Friday, Aug. 14, 10:30 a.m. Interment will be at Fort Snelling National Cemetery. Visitation one hour prior to service and also from 4 – 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13, at Washburn-McReavy Werness Brothers Chapel, 952-884-8145.

THANK YOU

As we express our gratitude we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

Thank you to all who have supported our family during this difficult time, thank you to the staff at Good Sam’s and SCRMC, to everyone who came to the golf benefit, to Grandstrand Funeral Home and thank you to the Polk County Sheriff’s Department for all they have done.

The Family of Jason Whittier

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Quentin John Weinzierl Quentin John Weinzierl, 85, of Somerset and formerly of Houlton, died peacefully on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009, at the St. Croix Health Center.

Quentin was born on Aug. 16, 1923, at his home in Clam Falls. His parents were Christian and Elizabeth (Logelin) Weinzierl. He attended Union Free High School in Frederic, graduating in 1941. He served proudly for the United States Army from 1948 to 1953. He married Jean Marie Walker on Dec. 12, 1953, in Pine City, Minn.

Quentin was a pipe fitter with Local Union 455. He had a love of gardening and enjoyed fishing, hunting, and most of all, spending time with his family. He served on the St. Joseph Town Board as first supervisor from 1985-1989 and as town chairman from 1989-1995.

He was a member of St. Anne’s Church, Somerset and St. Patrick’s Church, Hudson. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and held the position of Grand Knight in Hudson from 1988 to 1990. He was a member of the American Legion first in Stillwater, then Somerset.

Quentin was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Roman, Victor and Paul; sister, Elizabeth Riley; grandchildren, Marty Rogstad, Alan Alwin and Cassie Cramer.

He is survived by his wife, Jean; children, Steven (Kelly), Marilyn Salzmann, Linda Asplund, Pamela (John) Cramer and Christine (Larry) Charbonneau; brother, Robert (Helen); sisters, Irma Sundquist, Arlene Weinzierl and Rita Smith; 16 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren; also many nieces and nephews.

Mass of Christian Burial was held Wednesday, Aug. 12, at St. Anne’s Catholic Church Somerset.

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Delores Koolmo Delores Koolmo, 84, Tioga, N.D., died July 29, 2009.

Delores was born Oct. 3, 1924, on the family farmstead to A. Elmer and Elaine (Lindahl) Olson at Boxholm, Iowa. The family later moved to Milltown, to farm and milk dairy cows. Delores was raised and educated in Milltown.

She is survived by her daughter, Sandra (Gerald) Dilland of rural Tioga, N.D.; sisters, Hildred (Chester) Prose and Lila Jean (Harold) Leiferman, both of Minneapolis, brother, Vern (Arlene) Olson of Milltown; sister-in-law, Marion Gesche of Eau Claire and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, James, on July 30, 2007; parents, A. Elmer and Elaine Olson; in-laws, Olaf and Ragna Koolmo; and brother-in-law, Carl Gesche.

Funeral service was held Aug. 1, at Zion Lutheran Church in Tioga, N.D., with Pastor Rodger Olson officiating. Interment was at Lindahl Cemetery, north of Tioga, N.D.

Mary J. Phernetton

Mary J. Phernetton, (nee Wrobel), 52, West St. Paul, Minn., died July 31, 2009.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Jane M. Wrobel.

She is survived by her husband, Kevin; children, Luke (Michelle LaVigne) and Amanda (Patrick) Carbaugh; father, Robert Wrobel; sister, Sue (Dean) Miller; in-laws, Jack and Bonnie Phernetton; niece and nephew, Emily and Robert Hawkins; brother-in-law, Steve Phernetton; and many other relatives and friends.

Memorial Mass was held Thursday, Aug. 6, at the Church of St. Michael in West St. Paul.

We wish to thank everyone for their caring, kindThe Joseph S. Klecatsky ness, flowers, cards and gifts during the loss of our and Sons West Funeral dear Amber: a wife, mother, daughter, sister, grandHome was entrusted with daughter, niece and friend. We wish to say a special arrangements. thank-you to the Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home for

Thank You

their help, arrangements and kindness during our loss; to Pastor Carl Heidel for the wonderful service he gave; to Austin Lake Floral Shop for the beautiful floral arrangements they made for us; to the Black and Orange for the lunch they so kindly served after the service; a special thank-you to Tammi Milberg for setting up the Memorial Fund at the US Bank in Webster for the Amber Glienke family. Thank you to all our family and friends for being there when togetherness was so much needed.

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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 Senior Pastor Bob Morton 1259 Hwy. 35 S., St. Croix Falls Sunday Worship: 8:30, 9:45 & 11 a.m.

BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

WORD OF LIFE CHURCH

Meeting in homes. Elders: Cliff Bjork, Jon Zens, 483-1357 and 755-3048 Sun. Fellowship - 10 a.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

LIFE 24/7 - CENTURIA

309 5th Street, 715-640-1450 Pastors Randy and Pam Stone Saturday 6 p.m.

LUTHERAN

LUTHERAN

BALSAM LUTHERAN CHURCH

1115 Mains Crossing, 1/2 Mile South Hwy. 8 On 110th St.; Pastor Matt Faarem Sun. Worship 9 a.m.; Sun. School 10:15 a.m.

Wed. Bible Study 8:30 a.m.

Wed. LOGOS 3:20 p.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.

BETHANY LUTHERAN - BRANSTAD

Pastor Jay Ticknor, 715-463-5746 3 miles So. of Grantsburg on Hwy. 87 Sun. Schl. - 9:30 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

BETHANY LUTHERAN - SIREN Hwy. 35, 1/2 blk. N. Main St. Pastor John Clasen Pastoral Serv. 349-5280 Sunday Worship - 9:15 a.m.

BETHESDA LUTHERAN - DRESSER (LCMC) www.bethesdalutheran.ws

Pastor Mark Richardson, 715-755-2562 1947 110th Ave., Dresser Sun. Contemp. Serv. 8:15 a.m.; Trad. Serv.

9:30 a.m.; Outdoor Wor. Sched.: May 31, June 28, July 26 & Aug. 30, 9:30 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; 472-8153, Office/Kit. - 472-2535 Adult Bible Study 8:30 a.m.; Worship 9:30 a.m.; Fellowship 10:30 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

CHRIST LUTHERAN

Pipe Lake CTH G & T, 715-822-3096 Sun. Serv. 10:45 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:15 a.m. during school year; Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sun.

CLAM FALLS LUTHERAN (AALC)

Pastor Gary Rokenbrodt - 715-653-2630 Communion 1st Sunday Worship 9 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m.

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

5561 Chestnut St., Taylors Falls, MN 651-465-5265 Traditional Wor. 8:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. & Youth 9:45 a.m.; Adult Learning 10 a.m.; Contemp. Wor. 11 a.m.

FIRST LUTHERAN - CUSHING

Pastor Dorothy Sandahl 648-5323 or 648-5324 Sun. Wor. 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:15 a.m.

FRISTAD LUTHERAN - CENTURIA

ELCA - 501 Hwy. 35, 646-2357 Mel Rau, Pastor Sunday Worship & Holy Communion - 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School - 10:40 a.m.

GEORGETOWN LUTHERAN - ELCA

Rt. 1, Balsam Lake, WI (Fox Creek) Pastor Neal Weltzen; GT Office - 857-5580, Parsonage - 822-3001, TR Office - 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 327-4340, 327-8384, 327-8090 Pastor David Almlie Worship 9:15 a.m.; Sun. School 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st & 2nd Sundays

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - FREDERIC

(Missouri Synod) Pastor Jody R. Walter, 327-8608 Sun. Schl. - 8:45 a.m.; Service - 10:45 a.m.

Communion - 1st & 3rd Sun.

LAKESIDE COMMUNITY LUTH. - ELCA

CTH H, 1/2 mi. N. of CTH A & H on H Church Off. 715-635-7791 Roger Pittman, Pastor Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.; Worship Serv. 8 &10 a.m.; Sat. 7 p.m.; Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

LAKETOWN LUTHERAN - CUSHING Pastor Dorothy Sandahl Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; Sunday School 10:30 a.m.

LUCK LUTHERAN

510 Foster Ave. E. Office 715-472-2605; Home 715-472-8424 Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

MILLTOWN LUTHERAN

113 W. Main St.. W., Phone 715-825-2453 Pastor Danny G. Wheeler 9:30 a.m. Worship

NORTH VALLEY LUTHERAN

Pastor Maggie Isaacson, 715-825-3559 3 mi. W. of Milltown on “G” Sun. Wor. - 9:15 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:30 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

OUR REDEEMER LUTHERAN, (LCMS) WEBSTER Rev. Jody Walter, Interim, Phone 327-8608; Church Phone 866-7191 Sun. Wors. - 9:15 a.m.; Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

PEACE LUTHERAN - DRESSER (ELCA)

2355 Clark Road, Dresser, WI, 715-755-2515 E-mail: peace@centurytel.net Pastor Wayne Deloach, Intern Bob Sinclair Sun. Wor. 9 a.m., Wed. 7 p.m.

PILGRIM LUTHERAN - FREDERIC (ELCA) Pastor Catherine Burnette 507 Wisconsin Ave. N., 715-327-8012 Sunday Worship - 9 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st & 2nd Sundays www.pilgrimlutheranfrederic.org

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

METHODIST

METHODIST

ATLAS UNITED METHODIST

Pastor Carolyn Saunders, 715-463-2624 Sunday School - 11 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST - GRANTSBURG Pastor Carolyn Saunders, 715-463-2624 Worship - 9 a.m.; Sun. School - 10:30 a.m.

DANBURY UNITED METHODIST

Cindy Glocke, Pastor, 715-866-8646 Sun. Worship - 9 a.m.

GRACE UNITED - WEBSTER

Cindy Glocke, Pastor, 715-866-8646 Sunday Worship - 10:30 a.m.

ST. DOMINIC - FREDERIC & IMMACULATE CONCEPTION - GRANTSBURG CATHOLIC MASS SCHED. 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

ST. ANNE PARISH

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.

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER

Pastor Father Daniel Bodin, 651-465-7345 25293 Redwing Ave., Shafer, MN Sunday 9 a.m.

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

Pastor Michael J. Tupa, 715-866-7321 Cedar & Muskey Ave. - Webster Mass Sun 10:45 a.m., Wed. 5:45 p.m. (SeptMay), Fri. 9 a.m. (Summer) Sat. 8:15 p.m. on Sept. 1

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC

HOLY TRINITY UNITED METHODIST

404 Wis. Ave., Amery, 715-268-7717 Father John Drummy, Pastor Sat. Mass 4 p.m., Sun. Mass 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation Sat., 3:30 p.m. or by appt.

LAKEVIEW UNITED - HERTEL

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC

Holytrinity@wisconsinumc.org 1606 165th Ave., Centuria Paul Foulke, Pastor, 715-485-3363 Sun. Wor. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:15 a.m.

LEWIS MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST

Rev. Thomas E. Thompson, 715-294-2243 255 E. 10th Ave., Osceola Masses: Sun. 10:30 a.m., Tues. 5 p.m.

Thurs. at 10 a.m. at Osc. Nursing Home

McKINLEY UNITED METHODIST

ASSEMBLY

Pastor Jack Starr Wor. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - during worship hour Tom Cook, Pastor Worship 8:45 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 10 a.m.

ASSEMBLY

FIRST BAPTIST - FALUN

Pastor Kevin Millen Associate Pastor Jim Carmon Sunday School - (all ages) - 9:30 a.m.

Church Serv. - 10:45 a.m.

GRACE BAPTIST - GRANTSBURG

716 S. Robert St., Grantsburg, 715-463-5699 Sr. Pastor Brad Moore David Ahlquist, Assoc. Pastor Sun. Wor. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m.

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 Andy McDaniel, 715-327-8402 Sun. Schl. - 9:15 a.m.; Wor. Serv. - 10:15 a.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Bible Study; Nursery provided.; www.tradelakebaptistchurch.org

CHURCH OF CHRIST

CHURCH OF CHRIST CHURCH OF CHRIST - WEBSTER

Minister Garret Derouin, 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. Jack Martiny 715-244-3649 Sunday School - 10 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

FULL GOSPEL

CENTURIA ASSEMBLY OF GOD

FULL GOSPEL WOOD RIVER CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

Pastor Don Wiltshire, 715-640-6400 Centuria - Phone 715-646-2172 Sunday Service: 10 a.m.

Pastor Dan Slaikeu 4 mi. SE of Grantsburg on Williams Rd. Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Wor. 10:30 a.m.

oumc@centurytel.net 306 River Street, Osceola, 715-755-2275 Pastor Alan J. Hagstrom, 715-294-3195 Adult Class - 9 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship - 10 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st Sunday

OSCEOLA COMMUNITY CHURCH

HOPE FELLOWSHIP OF SOMERSET

1614 CTH, North Luck Office Phone 472-2605 Dial-A-Devotion 472-2345 Sun. Worship - 9 a.m.

ST. CROIX FALLS UNITED METHODIST

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.

SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY LUTHERAN (Missouri Synod)

ST. LUKE UNITED - FREDERIC

REDEEMER EV. LUTHERAN

(Wisconsin Synod) Pastor Gene DeVries 200 N. Adams St., St. Croix Falls Sun. Wor. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 8:30 a.m.

ST. JOHN’S EV. LUTHERAN (Wis. Synod) 350 Michigan Ave., Centuria Sun. Wor. - 10:45 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10 a.m.

ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN - LUCK

140 Madison St. South, St. Croix Falls Pastor Mark K. Schoen Sun. Service - 9 a.m.; Sun.School - 10:30 a.m.

TRINITY LUTHERAN - ELCA

10 mi. W. of Cumberland on Hwy. 48 (McKinley) - Pastor Neal Weltzin GT Office 857-5580, Parsonage 822-3001, TR Office - 822-3001 Wor. Serv. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:15 a.m.

Holy Communion - 1st Sunday

TRINITY LUTHERAN LCMS, DANBURY

Rev. Jody Walter, Interim Home 715-327-8608; Church 715-866-7191 Sunday Worship Service - 7:45 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

TRINITY LUTHERAN - FALUN

Pastor Annie Tricker Sun. Wor. 11 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m.

Potluck dinner 1st Sunday

OSCEOLA UNITED METHODIST

Rev. Mike Weaver Sunday Worship Service - 10 a.m.

Sun. School is at 9 a.m., Nursery available Pastor Arveda “Freddie” Kirk, 327-4436 Early Wor. 8:30 a.m.; Sun. Wor. 10 a.m.

Souper service Wed. 5:15 p.m.

SIREN UNITED METHODIST

Tom Cook, Pastor Sunday School 9 a.m.

Worship - 10:15 a.m. (Nursery available)

TAYLORS FALLS UNITED METHODIST

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

Hwy. 70 East, 689-2271 Pastor: Carl Heidel Worship 9 a.m.; Sunday School 10:15 a.m.

Communion -Every Sunday

COVENANT

TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN OSCEOLA

SIREN COVENANT

300 Seminole Ave. (CTH M) Mark Kock, Pastor, 715-294-2828 Sunday Worship at 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School (ages 4 thru 12th grade), Fellowship, Adult Bible Class at 9:15 a.m.

WEST DENMARK LUTHERAN

Pastors Mike & Linda Rozumalski 1 mi. west of Luck on N, 2478 170th St., Luck Worship - 9:30 a.m.; Fellowship after service.

WEST IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - ELCA

Rev. Rexford D. Brandt 447 180th St., Osceola, 715-294-2936 Sun. Worship June 7 to Sept. 13 - 9 a.m.; Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month

YELLOW LAKE LUTHERAN

1/2 mi. W. of Hwy. 35 on U, 715-866-8281, Pastor Ray Reinholtzen, Douglas Olson and Roger Kampstra Services begin at 9:30 a.m.

Communion 1st & 3rd Sun.

ZION LUTHERAN - BONE LAKE (AALC)

Pastor Gary Rokenbrodt - 715-653-2630 5 mi. E. of Frederic on W, 2 mi. south on I; Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st Sunday

ZION LUTHERAN - MARKVILLE

CALVARY COVENANT - ALPHA

Pastor Scott Sagel, 715-689-2541 Sun. Schl. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Wor. 10:30 p.m.; Elevator provided, welcome 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 Gary Tonn Praise Time 8 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:20 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 Daniel Bodin 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, 866-7321 Pastor - Father Michael J. Tupa Mass - Wed. 5 p.m. (Summer), Fri. 9 a.m. (Sept.-May).

Reconciliation as per bulletin & by appt.

OUR LADY OF THE LAKES

Pastor Tim Faust Worship - 11 a.m.; Sun. School - 10 a.m.

Holy Communion - 1st & 3rd Sunday

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.

ZION LUTHERAN - TRADE LAKE

SACRED HEARTS OF JESUS & MARY

Pastor David Almlie, 715-327-8384, 715-327-8090 Fellowship - 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School - 9:45 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

Communion - 1st & 2nd Sundays

Pastor Father Michael J. Tupa CTHs A & H - 715-866-7321 Crescent Lake Voyager Village area.

Mass Sun. 8:15 a.m., Thurs. 11:30 a.m.

Reconciliation as per bulletin and by appt.

Pastor Larry Mederich, 715-294-4332 www.occconnect.org Mtg. @ St. Croix Art Barn; Sun. Serv. - 9 a.m.

Nursery and children church

SIREN ASSEMBLY OF GOD

EVANGELICAL

EVANGELICAL

TRADE RIVER EVAN. FREE

Pastor Dale VanDeusen, 715-488-2296 or 715-488-2653 20296 Hwy. 87, Grantsburg Morn. Wor. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:45 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services

APPLE RIVER COMMUNITY (EFCA)

Pastor Bruce Tanner, 715-268-2176 942 U.S. Hwy. 8, Amery Sun. Schl. 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday Bible study 7 p.m.

FREDERIC EVAN. FREE CHURCH

Pastor Greg Lund, 715-327-8767 700 Churchwood Lane; 505 Old CTH W Sun. Schl. - 9 a.m.; Morn. Worship - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services BAPTIST

BAPTIST

EAST BALSAM BAPTIST - BALSAM LK.

231 Bluff Drive, 715-247-2435 Services are Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

Call Pastor Darryl Olson at 715-755-3133 for information and directions

CHRISTIAN CENTER

CHRISTIAN CENTER EL SALEM/TWIN FALLS CHRISTIAN CENTER

1751 100th Ave., Dresser Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Morn. Wor. 10:30 a.m.

Evening Services Sun. 6 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN

CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX HOLY TRINITY ORTHODOX

523 1st St., Clayton, 715-948-2493 Fr. Christopher Wojcik, Pastor Sat. Vespers - 5 p.m.; Sun. Liturgy - 9:30 a.m.

HOLY CROSS ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN Meeting at Zion Lutheran Church, 28005 Old Towne Rd., Chisago Lakes, MN Fr. Robert McMeekin, pastor hcomm.org Sunday Worship Service 9:30 a.m.

NAZARENE

NAZARENE

CALVARY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE

Pastor David Sollitt 715-857-5411 or 715-268-2651 Wor. Serv. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl.-10:15 a.m.

510 S. Vincent, St. Croix Falls Pastor Lori Ward, 715-483-3696 Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:45 a.m. & Wed. 6:30 p.m.

EUREKA BAPTIST

FAITH COMMUNITY

2393 210th Ave., St. Croix Falls Pastor Willis Christenson, 715-483-9464 Sun. Schl. - 10 a.m.; Wor. Serv. - 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 Pastor Charlie Butt, Lead Pastor Sunday Worship: 10 - 11:15 a.m.

Sunday School for Pre-K to 5th; Sunday School for middle and high school 8:30 a.m. at teen center; Nursery available

FIRST BAPTIST - MILLTOWN

Pastor Marlon Mielke, 715-825-3186 Sun. Schl. 9:45 a.m.; Wor. 11 a.m., 7 p.m.

GRACE CHURCH OF OSCEOLA

“The Cure for the Common Church” 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. Schl. 10:45 a.m.

FIRST BAPTIST - TAYLORS FALLS, MN

7535 Peet St., Danbury, 715-656-4010 Reverend R.A. Luebke Adult Bible Service 9 a.m.; Services: Sun. 10 a.m.; Sunday School during church service.

NONDENOMINATIONAL

NONDENOMINATIONAL

CENTERPOINT CHURCH “Come as you are”

Pastor Dick Enerson, www.centerpointstcroix.com 715-294-1833, Meeting at SCF High Schl. Main entrance 740 Maple Drive, St. Croix Falls Sunday Worship 10 - 11:15 a.m.

NEW LIFE COMMUNITY - AMERY Pastor Timothy Barnes Sat. 7 p.m. prayer; Sun. Worship 10 a.m.; Children’s Church to 6th Grade

NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY

Meets at Dresser Elem. School, Dresser Pastor Michael Brand, 715-417-2468 Sun. Schl. 8:45 a.m.; Adult Class 9 a.m.; Worship Serv. 9:45 a.m.; Nursery available

NORTHERN PINES FRIENDS WORSHIP GROUP

Located across from elemen. school on West St., Pastor, Dr. Kevin Schumann; 651-465-7171 Sun. Morn. - Sun. Schl. for all ages - 9 a.m.

Morn. Worship - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided.

715-733-0481 or 715-733-0480 for time of meeting.

FIRST BAPTIST - WEBSTER

1289 160th St. (Hwy. 65), St. Croix Falls 715-483-5378 Pastors Dan and Claudia Denissen Asst. Pastor Ken Janes Sun. School 9 a.m.; Worship 10 a.m.

Church Phone 715-866-4111; Rev. Merrill Olson - Pastor Sun. Schl. - 9:30 a.m.; Wor. - 10:45 a.m (Nursery Provided)

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

RIVER VALLEY CHRISTIAN

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GANDY DANCER DAYS

A sawdust pile just for grown-ups was added to this year’s Gandy Dancer Days events with the adults just as excited as the kids to get down in the dust to dig for hidden treasures.

Four-year-old Brandon Petersen of Webster takes a big bite of his pie and ice-cream at the Grace United Methodist Church’s annual pie and ice-cream social held on Friday, Aug. 7, during Webster’s Gandy Dancer Days celebration.

Photos by Priscilla Bauer Aidan Johnson of Big Bear Lake, Minn., had fun showing off his painted face as he learned bike safety during the Webster Police Department’s annual Gandy Dancer Days bike rodeo held last Saturday at the Webster Fire Department. Kids could also climb in and look at the fire engines and other emergency vehicles on display during the Aug. 8 event.

Bonnie Bierman of Wyoming, Minn., watched watercolor artist Jim Springett demonstrate how he paints mini paintings. Springett set up his demonstration outside the Webster Community Center as part of Webster’s Gandy Dancer Days celebration last weekend.

Bud Vasas tries his hand at the quick-draw competition, shooting against one of the Yellow River Bandits, David “Digger” Hauan, last Saturday during Gandy Dancer Days. The Yellow River Bandits, an official Cowboy Fast Draw Club located in Webster, performed demonstrations of the timed sport where contestants strapped on a belt and holster to draw and shoot .45-caliber revolvers.

Millie and Rod Hopkins enjoyed dancing on Webster’s Main Street last Saturday evening to some great tunes performed by the Older Than Dirt Band.

Gotta dance! Five-year-old Tom Amey showed just how much fun dancing on the street can be. Tom, who recently moved to Webster from Florida with his family, was moving and grooving during the Gandy Dancer Days street dance last Saturday night in Webster.

Tom’s mother said he’d been waiting two weeks just for the chance to dance.

Webster Lions member Rod Geiser checks to see if the sweet corn is ready for serving to hungry Gandy Dancer Days visitors. The Lions Main Street corn stand was so popular they quickly sold out of the ears by early Saturday evening.

Two bands took the stage at the Gandy Dancer Days street dance in Webster last Saturday evening, Aug. 8. Stormy weather was kept at bay long enough for The Zebra Mussels, a rock and roll band, and Pickin’ Up Steam, a bluegrass group, to play some great music for the crowd.

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EVERY Monday

• Grantsburg Farmers Market at the village offices/library, noon-2 p.m.

Thursday

• St. Croix Falls Farmers Market next to Overlook Deck, 3-6 p.m.

Friday

Coming events

• Balsam Lake Farmers Market at the grocery parking lot, 3-5:30 p.m.

• Eureka Farmers Market, in salt/sand building, Eureka Center, 3-7 p.m.

• Falun Farmers Market, 3-6 p.m., Johnson Lumber parking lot, Hwy. 70.

• Milltown Farmers Market 3-7 p.m., north of town on Hwy. 35.

St. Croix Falls

• American Legion Post 143 breakfast, serving 8 a.m.-noon.

Taylors Falls, Min..

• Community picnic at First Evangelical Lutheran Church, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

MON.-FRI./17-21 Danbury/Hertel

• Casino school-supply drive, 8 a.m. Mon. midnight Fri.

MONDAY/17 Centuria

• American Legion and Auxiliary Adolph Timm Post 346 meeting, 7 p.m.

Dresser

Saturday

• Neighborhood Watch meeting at the community hall, 7 p.m., 715-755-3123.

• Frederic Farmers Market at the Leader parking lot, 8 a.m.-noon.

• Siren Farmers Market at senior center, 1-3 p.m.

Frederic

• Spades at the senior center, 1 p.m.

AUGUST

Grantsburg

• Webster/Siren Area Christian Women’s Club After 5 dinner meeting at Luther Point Bible Camp, 6:30 p.m., 715-566-0081.

THURS.-SAT./13-15 Clam Falls

Luck

• Church Neighbor to Neighbor garage sale, 849 350th Ave., 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

• DBS meeting at the Lions Hall, potluck supper, meeting & fellowship, 5:30 p.m.

THURS.-SUN./13-16

TUESDAY/18

• “Sylvia” at Festival Theatre. Thurs. 2 & 7:30 p.m., Fri. & Sat. 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. 715-4833387.

• AARP Driver Safety Program at Holy Trinity United Methodist Church, 1-5 p.m., 715-2689523.

St. Croix Falls

Balsam Lake

THURSDAY/13 Amery

• Kat Trio performs at Northern Lakes Center for the Arts benefit, 7:30 p.m., 715-268-6811.

Centuria

• Polk-Burnett Retired Educators meeting at Fristad Lutheran Church, 11:30 a.m., 715-2686578.

Frederic

• 500 cards at the senior center, 6:30 p.m.

Luck

• Howard Mayberry featuring gospel & folk music at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, 7 p.m.

• NARFE meeting at Hog Wild, noon, 715-3278658.

St. Croix Falls

• National Park rangers at farmers market to promote protecting the water quality of the river.

At the scenic overlook, 3:30-6:30 p.m.

• Exercise 10-11 a.m.; Skipbo 11 a.m.-noon and 500 Cards, 6:30 p.m. at the senior center, 715-483-1901.

Webster

Clam Falls

A yellow finch chomps down on a black oil sunflower seed at the bird feeder.

– Photo by Marty Seeger • Fish Fry at the American Legion Post 143, serving 5:30-7:30 p.m.

SAT. & SUN./15 & 16 Amery

• “Romeo and Juliet” at Northern Lakes Center for the Arts, 7:30 p.m., 715-268-6811.

SATURDAY/15 Amery

• Sight for Jenna Frenette Benefit at Balsam Lutheran Church, 3-7 p.m., 715-268-6811.

Clear Lake

• Firefighters tractor & diesel truck pull. Register 4 p.m., pull 5:30 p.m., 715-607-0384, 715263-2844.

Frederic

Grantsburg

• Northwest Regional Writers meet at Espresso Cabin, 1 p.m.

• Music in the Park, Wilson Family Singers at Memory Lake Park, food 5 p.m., music 6 p.m.

St. Croix Falls

• Music on the Overlook, Juizzy Blazz, 7 p.m.

• Memorial benefit for Garrett Cardinal at the Dalles House, 7 p.m.-?

• Bridge at the senior center, 10 a.m., 715-4831901.

• St. Croix River Memory Day at the Marshland Center, noon-5 p.m., 320-629-2148.

Shell Lake

• Benefit for Cody Helstern at the community center, 4 p.m.-?, 715-635-3533.

Siren

• Fly-fishing workshop at Interstate Park, ages 13 and up, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 715-483-2274.

• Randy Korb to talk about monarch butterflies at the library, 11 a.m., 715-483-2742.

• Peace Lutheran Church pig roast, 56:30 p.m.

• Cruzin’ Main.

• Arts in the Park, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 715-4910937.

• Pokeno at the senior center, 1 p.m.

• 8th-annual Passage Foundation Golf Scramble. Shotgun start noon, 715-635-7204.

Pine City, Minn.

Dresser

FRI. & SAT./14 & 15 FRIDAY/14

Luck

• Fire department corn feed, 2-8 p.m.

Danbury

• Lions 9th-annual Oktoberfest at the softball field, 1-9 p.m.

St. Croix Falls

Indian Creek

• American Legion craft, garage, bake sale at the hall, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 715-653-4252.

• Lion/Lioness garage sale donation drop-off at their building, 9 a.m.-noon, 715-349-2400.

• Ruby’s Pantry at Wayne’s Foods Plus old school parking lot. Doors open at 3:30 p.m., distribution starts at 4 p.m.

• Lamar Community Center’s 6th-annual festival, www.lamarcommunity.org.

• Wilson Family Singers to perform at Bethany Lutheran Church, 2 p.m., 715-4635746.

Frederic

• 20th-annual Fine Arts & Crafts Fair, 9 a.m.3 p.m., 715-327-4807.

• North Land Ambulance chicken feed, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at the pavilion.

• No buffet luncheon. We will attend ambulance dinner at noon. Cards, Pokeno or Bingo after dinner at senior center.

• Pie social at the depot museum, 10 a.m.3 p.m.

• Frederic dance team car wash fundraiser at the Leader parking lot, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

• Dr. Seuss Read-a-Thon at the Frederic Depot, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Grantsburg

• Wildflower expedition Crex Meadows, 8:5011 a.m., 715-463-2739.

St. Croix Falls

Trade Lake

• Town hall meeting at Whispering Pines Camp. Fun 2-4 p.m., meeting 5-6 p.m.

• Lake Improvement Association meeting at Trade Lake Town Hall, 9 a.m.

Webb Lake

• Auction at 3050 Lake 26 Road, proceeds to benefit Veterans of Burnett County, 11 a.m.3 p.m., 715-822-4592.

SUNDAY/16

• Coffee hour at Clam Falls Lutheran Church, 9 a.m. Everyone welcome.

Grantsburg

• Preschool-kindergarteners Story and Stroll at Crex, 10-10:45 a.m., 715-463-2739.

• Pink Ball Tournament at golf course. Registration 3:30 p.m., tee time 4 p.m., 715-689-2248.

• Christian Women’s Club monthly meeting at senior center, 9-10:30 a.m., 715-463-5953 - if no answer, 715-689-2160.

Lewis

• Sullivan Famiy and Sherry DePolis Thompson entertain at the Methodist church, 6 p.m.

Luck

• Music in the Park, Rex Cactus, in Triangle Park, 6:30 p.m.

• Ruby’s Pantry at the school bus garage.

Doors open at 11:30 a.m. Distribution starts at noon.

Siren

• Regular monthly meeting for the Lioness Club at the senior center, 6:30 p.m.

• Wisconsin Democracy Project speaker at the government center, 7 p.m.

St. Croix Falls

• Exercise 10-11 a.m.; Skipbo 11 a.m.-noon, 500 Cards and Dominos 12:30 p.m. at the senior center, 715-483-1901.

WEDNESDAY/19 Bone Lake

• Dave & Barb Anderson perform in concert at Zion Lutheran Church, 6:30 p.m.

Dresser

• Former Champion Aircraft employees luncheon at Village Pizzeria, noon.

Frederic

• Pokeno at the senior center, 1 p.m.

Grantsburg

Amery

• Neighborhood Mass at Ken and Elaine Langsley residence, 6 p.m., 715-327-8119.

Cushing

• Singers from the Minnesota Opera to appear at the library, 1 p.m.

Sand Lake

• BBQ Fest at Forts Folle Avoine, 10 a.m.4 p.m.

• Foundation Quartet at Apple River Community Church, 7 p.m.

• Skonewood Retreat Center, 7 p.m., Charlie & Company musical.

• Annual town picnic, 12:30 p.m.

Milltown Webster

Webb Lake Men's Club Carnival WEBB LAKE – The Webb Lake Area Men’s Club and the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 403 sponsored a carnival on Aug. 8. The carnival featured various games for all ages. Events included a dunk tank, golf, balloon darts, bean bag toss, Bingo, ducks in the pond, minnow races a turkey shoot and raffles.

The Webb Lake Area Men’s Club was organized in 1982. It maintains the Webb Lake ski and walking trail, sponsors a carnival in August and an ice-fishing contest in February. Proceeds from fundraising events are used to support Burnett County needs such as local fire departments and first responders, local food shelves and other community or-

ganizations. Recent projects were assisting in locating lot markers at the Webb Lake cemetery and organizing a learn to fish event for the youth from Kinship of Burnett County.

The woman’s auxiliary of the American Legion Post 403 efforts include support of local veterans and sending local youth to camps. Next week they will sponsor a program to honor veterans of World War II at the Cabaret in Webb Lake. - submitted