PAGE 20 - WASHBURN COUNTY REGISTER - FEBRUARY 3, 2010
Dewey Country
by Pauline Lawrence
It’s the last day of January, 2010, as I write this and BRR. It’s really cold outside. After those warmer temps we had a couple of weeks ago, we are spoiled, aren’t we? At least we’re not fighting lots of snow and flooding like other states. We should be very happy to live where we do and not complain. Happy birthday wishes go out to brother Carl Meister as he enjoys his special day Feb. 4. Many more Carl. Happy birthday wishes go out to Kyle Beaufeaux on his special day Feb. 4. Have a wonderful day Kyle. Happy birthday wishes go out to that little son of Tom and Sunshine Crosby, Isaac Thomas, as he has a happy birthday on Feb. 4. Have a fun day, Isaac. Kurt and Paige Skluzacek, a very happy anniversary to you on Feb. 4, celebrating 21 years together. Have a wonderful day. Feb. 8 it’s birthday wishes going way down to Missouri to Larry Hopke as he enjoys his special day. Have a great day, Larry. Happy birthday to a special nephew, Mike Quam, and also to a special niece, Trudy Meister, as they both celebrate that special day, Feb. 9. Many more to both of you. John Pockat, how could we forget your birthday? Well, it’s happy birthday to John on his special day, Feb. 10, with many more. Happy birthday wishes go out to Niki Melton on her special day, Feb. 10. Many more Niki. Happy birthday to a golden oldie Virgil Peterson when he turns 82 years young on Feb. 11. Have a wonderful day Virgil. Happy birthday to a very special little great-niece, Daya Lawrence, as she turns 6 years old on Feb. 11. Have a fun day Daya. Last Wednesday I headed for Eau Claire to see my Sunshine and the Cramers. Sunshine is doing as good as he can and is slowing gaining weight. In the last two weeks he has gained eight pounds. His attitude is great and he likes to kid around and he looks forward to phone calls and cards. He is slowly gaining his strength back and eats all he can. Please keep Sunshine in your
Sarona
special thoughts and prayers. 2009 was a rough year for Wisconsin dairy farmers. Yes, net income for dairy farmers is down to less than half of what they were getting. The big reason is the U.S. is exporting less dairy products, leaving more products for the U.S. I’m also thinking the U.S. is importing too many dairy products from other countries. Let’s hope that tainted milk that showed up in China recently doesn’t get into the U.S. milk products. It’s all about greed! Talking with Noel Knoop we find her saying it is just plain cold! Saturday, Mark and Noel and daughter Alecia enjoyed the wrestling youth tournament at Spooner Schools with K-8 wrestling. Noel said there were about 275 registered. Bryan, a seventh-grader, wrestled an eighth-grader and came in second. Congrats to Bryan. Allene Peterson tells us that when she was at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., a car backed into her vehicle. She’s finally got it back and is happy. Table Talk: What is the strangest thing that has happened to you so far in your life? Gosh, myself? Well, I have had too many and don’t know which one was the strangest. Saturday, Jerry and Gretchen Best visited Gretchen’s mom, Lillian Strege, in Luck. Sunday was family prayer Sunday at Cecil and Evelyn Melton’s. Potluck was enjoyed by Vicki and Don Trott, Natalie and Castin Melton, Sarah Melton, Peggy Vesta and Donnie. Thursday afternoon, Vicki went over to Cecil and Evelyn’s and enjoyed playing cards. Saturday found Chuck and Dixie Andrea in New Richmond to help a very special couple celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. It was very special as the Andreas stood up for this couple and in return this couple stood up at their wedding and they remain friends. Dixie said there was a big crowd helping them celebrate. Last Sunday supper guests at Diane Hulleman’s were her nursing teacher Piper Larson and Nancy Thompson who was an anesthetist and Gail Neuseer. These are very special friends of Diane’s. Last Wednesday, Diane
by Marian Furchtenicht
Happy birthday to our Aage who turns 102 on Feb. 5, 2010. Folks are anxious for a warm-up! The big, full wolf moon brought us some cold. Did you note that the moon was bigger and brighter than the usual full moons? That was because as the moon orbited around the Earth — an average of 238,855 miles from us and because its orbit is not a perfect circle, it reached the closest point to us, called perigee, and it was 95-percent illuminated. According to spaceweather.com it was 14percent wider and 30-percent brighter than other full moons of the year. Because of our clear skies we could see it and also planet Mars to the left, the reddish star. Looking out at night one could see the shadows of the trees across the snow. So beautiful. Almost like daytime. Our days are getting longer. Today the sun is with us nine hours and 42 minutes and we are gaining each day. It’ll soon be spring. Some folks say they can hardly wait. As far as me, I love today but wish it would warm up a bit. Francis Sandridge, who would have been 90 years old Feb. 17, passed away Jan. 26. The funeral was held at Appleyards Home for Funerals in Rice Lake on Saturday. Her son Robert came from Madison and her son Kenneth was here from Clearview Brain Injury Center in Juneau. Ken looks good but doesn’t communicate well yet. Friends Doug and Bonnie Johnson brought him home Thursday and daughter Lori Gohde brought him back Monday. Our prayers go out to him. Great-grandson James Whitehead from Alabama flew up Friday going back on Tuesday, staying with his grandparents, Leroy and Virginia Sandridge. Granddaughter and granddaughter-in-law came from Sauk City. Officiated by the Rev. Donald Berry, with an uplifting message. Pastor Greg Harrell and wife Nancy sang beautifully for the service. Francis was a nice person and will be dearly missed by many. Sympathy is extended to her daughter, Jane
HAPPY 90TH ON THE 9TH MOM! (Florence Besse)
Love, Sandy, Jerry & Susie
Wolff, Mikana, sons Bob, Leroy and Kenneth and their families. Elfreda West is great again. Baby Heidi Marie was born Jan. 27 to Jeb and Melissa Wagner of Long Lake. She joins a sister, Maeve Laverne. Congrats to all. Mavis Schlapper enjoyed going dancing in Cameron on Tuesday. Greg Krantz got wife Sue snowshoes for Christmas. Sue and the dog go out every night after work and find it refreshing. Roger Furchtenicht visited Aage Duch Tuesday. Cindy and Casey Furchtenicht spent Friday overnight with her mom, Linda Jachium in Rice Lake and took her to her dialysis Saturday morning. Prayers and thoughts are with them. Cindy’s dad, Paul, is a patient at the hospital in Rice Lake with heart-related problems. I went along with Gloria Frey to Rice Lake on Thursday. We ate lunch at Nancy’s Café then visited her mom, Dorothy Foltz, Aage and Verdene Pokorny at the convalescent center. Found Mary Shimek sleeping, so we didn’t visit with her. I also visited with Harvey Gillette there. Mary and Sara Marschall fixed dinner Sunday so I joined and Ashley Anderson joined them, Sara and Brady before they headed back to Iowa to school. Elaine Ryan visited her daughter Nickki and family in Rice Lake on Saturday. Thursday night I joined the Marschall family as did Grandma Wealthy Marschall from Amery at the wrestling match in Shell Lake and watched grandson Brian pin his opponent. Shell Lake boys all did well. Saturday night the Tascobia Trap had their banquet at the club, gave out team trophies, enjoyed a great catered meal and celebrated Tom Elliott’s 60th birthday. Sarona folks there included John Roeser, the Freys, Anton, Gloria, Jim, Pete and son Ben, Jan and Jeff, and Tom and Gloria Elliott. Fishermen are out. I went along with Marlene Come Help Us Celebrate
Ruelle & Margaret Smith’s First 60 Years Of Marriage Sunday, Feb. 14, Noon - 4 p.m. Lunch Served
St. Joseph Church Fellowship Hall 504592 24rp
Shell Lake
For More Info, Call: 715-468-2085 504590 24-25rp
drove to New Richmond to daughter Colleen, Chad and Izzy Jensen’s. From there Diane and Colleen drove to Jackie Perlt’s and the ladies enjoyed shopping and later enjoyed dinner together and a movie, “It’s Complicated.” Diane stayed overnight with Colleen and came home the next day after a doctor’s appointment due to her recent eye surgery. News from the Fjelstad Palace finds Kris attending the Lakeview UMC administrative council meeting Monday at the church. Tuesday Jeff Larson visited at the Fjelstad’s and Bob visited with Chad Hansen. Wednesday, Kris, Dixie Andrea, Beth Crosby and Judy Leonard enjoyed the movie “Tooth Fairy” in Siren and later they enjoyed supper at the Pour House. Thursday Bob visited with Gary Peterson and Chad Hansen. Friday Kris, Dixie, Beth and Judy all enjoyed shopping in Rice Lake and enjoyed lunch together at Norske Nook. Friday evening Gary Peterson, Chad Hansen and Cheri Dorweiler visited the Fjelstads. Saturday Greg and Tyler Dorweiler visited the Fjelstads and Sunday Jeff Larson visited Bob. The next monthly Dewey Township Board meeting is Feb. 9, 8 p.m., at the Dewey Town Hall. Everyone welcome. A late but happy birthday to Hannah (Butenhoff) Brion on her special day, Jan. 17. Hope you had a wonderful day, Hannah. Also, a late but very happy birthday to Cody Knoop on his special day, Jan. 31. Hope your day was great, Cody! Sunday afternoon I found my favorite sister, Marie Quam, very busy frying fish, along with all the trimmings for a fish fry with the family. Coming to enjoy the feast were Debbie, Gene, Buddy and Alyssa Quam, Janie and Rick Lauterbach and Noah, Mike and Jim Quam. It’s really nice that the Quam family gets together to have a good time and visiting to catch up on news. Scatter sunshine! Have a great week!
Hansen to Francis Sandridge’s funeral and on our way back we went on the east side of Rice Lake and it looked like fish-house city so the fish must be biting. We took CTH M for a change of scenery. Marlene Hansen went along with Bill and Val Smith to the visitation for Donald Kringle, 65, Rice Lake, who passed away Jan. 26. His funeral was held at Bethany Lutheran in Rice Lake on Monday. He was a farmer in rural Rice Lake. Sympathy to the family. A speedy get-well wish to Sue Krantz’s dad, Hugh Smith, who had surgery on Thursday and came home Friday. We got envelopes for donations for American Heart Association from Richard and Janace Gagner who are doing the drive. So put a check in made out to the American Heart Fund. It’s for a good cause and it’s also a tax write-off. Kyle Schaffer attended a trade show in Las Vegas. Happy birthday to Jeff Norton, Grace Modrow and John Cusick, Feb. 4; Aage Duch, John Okonek, Cody Gagner, Feb. 5; Carol Sauer’s sister, Denise Johansen, Feb. 6; Julie Westlund, Marlo Fields, Ashton Fox, Debbie Wakefield, Feb. 7; Linda Frank, Ted Richter, Susan Friesbie, Amanda Reynolds and Bailey Okonek, Feb. 8; Trudy Meister, Amanda Pearson and Pat Linn, Feb. 9; Charlotte Kubista, John Pockat, Amanda Jo Morevec and Nicole Doanes, Feb. 10. There were 35 relatives and friends in attendance at Aage Duch’s home Sunday afternoon to help him celebrate his upcoming 102nd birthday, which takes place Feb. 5. Those who came from Wisconsin and Minnesota enjoyed themselves. Brad Semm stopped in to wish him a happy birthday and to bring him a package of his favorite midnight snack, liver sausage. Anniversary wishes to Bryan and Julie Westlund on Feb. 10.
Celebrate With The Murreys!
80TH BIRTHDAY PARTY For
BETTY MURREY OPEN HOUSE
Saturday, February 13, 1-4 p.m. St. Croix Valley Holiday Inn Express
504303
2190 U.S. Highway 8 • St. Croix Falls
24rp