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WEEKEND watch • Music in the Park @ Siren (Thursday) • Youth softball tourney @ Milltown • Wannigan Days @ St. Croix Falls and Taylors Falls • 5K Family Fun run/walk @ Siren • Arts & crafts fair @ Amery • Motorcycle rally @ Danbury • Car show @ Frederic • Bike race @ Frederic • Dairy breakfast @ Frederic • See Coming events
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UP FRONT FREDERIC - Next weekend (June 20-22) Frederic will host its 50th Family Days celebration, which includes a variety of family-oriented activities including the mainstay attractions that have survived for half a century - the queen pageant and the parade. In next week’s issue, the Leader plans to take a look back at the history of the celebration, the people who planned it, right down to the heavy (and likely very warm) red velvet cape that adorned the shoulders of every Miss Frederic from 1965 to 1981. ,I \RX KDYH DQ\ PHPRULHV RI WKDW Ă€UVW )DPLO\ 'D\V RU ZRXOG OLNH to comment in general, please email editor@leadernewsroom. FRP $OO WULYLD ZHOFRPH )RU H[DPSOH WKH Ă€UVW )DPLO\ 'D\V LQFOXGHG D UDIĂ H IRU D 3O\PRXWK %HOYHGHUH 'R \RX UHPHPEHU who won it? And if it was you, we expect to see it in the big parade. ••• STATEWIDE - There’s confusion among county clerks in Wisconsin about whether they can marry same-sex couples after a federal judge overturned Wisconsin’s gay PDUULDJH EDQ RQ )ULGD\ -XQH 8 6 'LVWULFW -XGJH %DUEDUD &UDEE¡V GHFLVLRQ RQ )ULGD\ while clearly stating that the state’s gay marriage ban was unconstitutional, didn’t necessarily allow clerks to start giving out marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Crabb refused the state’s request to halt the marriages, and didn’t offer any more guidance to FOHUNV %\ PLGDIWHUQRRQ RQ 0RQGD\ PRUH WKDQ WZR GR]HQ FRXQW\ FOHUNV ZHUH LVVXLQJ marriage licenses to such couples. About the same number of clerks had decided not to. Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Novak said it’s been confusing. “I’ll tell you, it’s an extremely gray area,â€? she said. “At least that would be my take on it.â€? Novak had issued eight marriage licenses to same- sex couples as of Monday afternoon, but she said she expected more. She said many may be waiting because of the state’s attempts to overturn Crabb’s ruling. “They’re somewhat in limbo even once they receive the license and have the ceremony,â€? said Novak. “I think some people, knowing that the state is pushing so hard for a stay, maybe are a little reluctant.â€? Eau Claire County Clerk Janet Loomis says without clear direction, she won’t marry gay couples. “Every county is making that decision for itself, and personally, I feel that is not the way it should be either,â€? said Loomis. “There (are) 72 counties in Wisconsin and we should all be doing the same.â€? Crabb said it’s likely that she or another federal judge will likely stay her ruling and halt the marriages soon, but until then things would be status quo. The next hearing in the case that overturned the gay marriage ban is set for June 19. - Rich Kremer | Wisconsin Public Radio Editor’s note: Burnett and Polk were listed as among issuing same-sex marriage licenses, and Washburn County was listed among those not issuing licenses. See map, page 3.
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LIVES LIVED Shirley Irene Metoxen Jerome “Jerryâ€? Awe Bernadine “Bernieâ€? Marie Olson Dorothy Ann Brenizer (GQD 0DH 0HUULOO &DQĂ€HOG James Joseph “Jimâ€? Johnson Sr. Mary Lou Anderson Sylvia Helen Pieper Jackie Rae Roiger Nancy Ann (Anyzeski) Thompson See Obituaries, 18-19B
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