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June 4, 2014
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 Vol. 125, No. 42 • Shell Lake, Wis.
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• Free fishing weekend • Cakes at the Lake @ Sarona • Wisconsin Canoe Heritage Day @ Spooner • Family Festival @ Spooner See calendar on page 6
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The annual bike around the lake Page 19
Horticulture class helps to beautify city Page 9
Track athletes heading to state Page 11-12
Miss Shell Lake Dakota Robinson and Junior Miss Shell Lake Zayla Sturtze happily skip together to mix it up for a trip around the track during the 2014 Washburn County Relay for Life on Friday, May 30, at the Shell Lake High School track. More photos on page 2. – Photo by Danielle H. Moe
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STATEWIDE - June is a time for weddings, summer trips and an array of outdoor activities. Unfortunately, June also is a time for a spike in motor vehicle crashes with deer. Although motor vehicle collisions with deer peak in the fall months, June is one of the worst months for driver and passenger injuries due to deer crashes. In four of the last five years, June ranked as the worst or second worst month for motorists’ injuries from deer crashes, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. “The best way to avoid crashes with deer is to slow down and eliminate distractions while you drive. You also need to buckle up in case a crash can’t be avoided,” says David Pabst, director of the WisDOT Bureau of Transportation Safety. “Motorcyclists must be especially careful because collisions with deer can be fatal to motorcycle drivers and passengers. Motorcycles were involved in six of the eight fatal deer versus motor vehicle crashes in 2013.” Law enforcement agencies reported 18,313 deer versus motor vehicle crashes last year. - from Wisconsin DOT
Danielle H. Moe | Staff writer SHELL LAKE — A network of over 1,000 individuals, strangers mostly, covering parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin, report data from their locations, waiting merely minutes to see it update live on a map. This is no program out of a spy novel, it is the weather watcher network of the CBS Twin Cities WCCO TV station. “What is the first thing you do in the morning? Wonder what the weather is going to be like, so it is kind of fun,” said Mike Cox of Shell Lake. Cox has been a weather watcher for the
past 1-1/2 years. After watching a TV segment looking for weather watchers, he applied online and has been sharing his weather data ever since. “Basically I can send reports in whenever I want. I try to hit the noon and evening news, try to get in about a half hour ahead,” he explained. The weather watcher network allows for weather enthusiasts from rural locations to connect and share current weather conditions
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Mike Cox, Shell Lake, logs on to the WCCO weather watcher network to make a weather report. – Photo by Danielle H. Moe