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SPORTS: OHS Cross Country teams compete at State. PAGE 10, 12

SCF volleyball punches ticket to State BY COACH ALYSSA NOTERMANN

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Downtown treats These two astronauts stopped by The Sun office Oct. 30 as part of Main Street Treats. For more photos, see page 13.

The year 2020 will be remembered for so many things. It certainly has been a year like no other. We are persevering. This year is also like no other for St. Croix Falls Saints sports. This is the first year that SCF has had a girls’ team qualify for the State meet in any team sport. The St. Croix Fall volleyball team now holds that honor in the sports history books as they punched their ticket to State with a straight set win over the Mosinee Indians. “The team played very well,” St. Croix Falls Coach Alyssa Notermann began. “It was one of our best serve receive games. Lucia Neuman (setter) made great offensive decisions and our defense at the net was fantastic. The team is very excited to get the opportunity to compete in the State tournament on Saturday.” St. Croix Falls ad-

Our American Veterans BY ERIC BERGMAN

For the past 22 years I have had the great good fortune to host the Veterans Day program at Osceola Middle School. This experience has allowed me to put a face to the average American veteran. In doing so, I discovered there is nothing “average” about them. To be sure, not all of their exploits were heroic or monumental. But all of their sacri-

fices were. Whether in peacetime or at war, voluntarily or by the draft, servicemen and women have routinely postponed their futures, their dreams, and— even some—their lives. But who are these “average” men and women? The average America veteran is the old gentleman in his 80s or 90s who may live a few houses down the block or at the local senior center in town. Though much

of his memory may have dimmed, recollections of his service in Europe or the Pacific or on the Korean peninsula still burn brightly. The American veteran is also someone’s grandfather who spent a harrowing year in Vietnam. He may not talk about it much, or at all, but his fierce pride is palpable. The American veteran is a nurse who served SEE VETERANS, PAGE 7

vanced to the Sectional final with a straight set win over Northwestern in the semi-final. The match with Mosinee was exciting from start to finish. Although the Saints won in straight sets the contest certainly was anything but boring. SCF won the first set by a 26-24 score. The largest spread in the entire game was a three point lead by Mosinee. There were six lead changes and a dozen tie scores with the last one being at 24 points each. St. Croix Falls notched the final two points to take the first game. In the second game St, Croix Falls led most of the way. After trailing 2-1 they took a 3-2 lead and never trailed thereafter although the score was last tied at nine each. From there the Saints gradually built their lead to as many as six at 23-17 before winning the game 25-20. Mosinee grabbed SEE SCF VB, PAGE 9

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Senior Emily McCurdy goes on the offensive against the Mosinee Indians in the Sectional ﬁnal in St. Croix Falls. SCF swept Mosinee 3-0 and will play Luxemburg-Casco in the State semiﬁnal on Nov. 7 in Kaukauna.

School board approves more virtual learning days BY JASON SCHULTE EDITOR@OSCEOLASUN.COM

Change is coming to the Osceola 2020-21 school calendar. Describing it as meeting the needs of everyone, Superintendent Mark Luebker laid out the District’s plans for Nov. 23, 24, Jan. 22, March 5 and April 23 to

now be virtual learning days in the morning and professional learning communities in the afternoon instead of students being in-person during the School Board meeting Oct. 28. He explained in a survey from staff, 78 percent responded they would like to see more virtual learning days.

“There’s a definite need for teachers to collaborate and work together,” he said, stating the District’s case. He further added, it would also help with the District’s efforts in maintaining cleanliness throughout each of the buildings. SEE SCHOOL, PAGE 2

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Osceola man charged with two counts of vehicular homicide BY JASON SCHULTE EDITOR@OSCEOLASUN.COM

An Osceola man was charged last week in Polk County Circuit Court with two counts of vehicular homicide stemming from a July accident. The initial appearance for Christopher Raymond Platzer, 28, 303 South Ave., No. 5, has been scheduled for 2 p.m., Nov. 23. The accident resulted in the deaths of Scott Lee Brust, 58, and Lisa Marie Swanson, 53, of Cushing. The maximum penalty for the Class G felony is $25,000 and/or 10 years prison. According to the criminal complaint: The Polk County Sheriff’s Office received multiple 9-1-1 calls from motorists traveling on State Highway 35 around 1130 p.m., July 2. The calls were informing the Sheriff’s Office of a two vehicle head-on collision that occurred near the address of 941 State Highway 35. Upon arrival, officers found a black GMC truck in the middle of the road facing northbound and a blue GMC truck facing southbound on its side in the southbound ditch. The single occupant in the black truck was pinned in his vehicle and alive. The two people in the blue GMC were not

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moving. Platzer was identified as the individual in the black truck. As fire personnel were using extrication tools to remove him, a beer can, multiple pills and a pill bottle with the name Citalopram Hydrobromide prescribed to Platzer were found in plain view. Platzer was transported to the Osceola Medical Center due to his injuries, but also where a legal blood draw would be held. As for the blue truck, EMS personnel recognized Brust, while Swanson was later identified. EMS personnel advised law enforcement lifesaving measures were used for a very lengthy time on the pair, but no pulse was achieved. Brust and Swanson were later pronounced dead at the scene by the Polk County Medical Examiner. Accident Reconstruction Polk County officers began reconstruction of the scene the next day. Initial investigation showed Platzer’s vehicle was traveling faster prior to impact, causing Brust’s vehicle to travel further due to the momentum Dresser Police then contacted Polk County Sheriff that evening. Police were informed by a resident of yard SEE CHARGES, PAGE 8

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Jared Cutts (left) climbed down a storm drain to rescue a cat. Jared and Joey Cutts pictured with Georgie.

Community comes together to rescue ‘Georgie’ BY JASON SCHULTE EDITOR@OSCEOLASUN.COM

It all started the night of Oct. 24. Timmy Points was on his way home working from The Watershed when he heard the sounds of a cat from a nearby sewer pipe. Points spent five hours trying to get the cat out while his girlfriend Kelly Ortelly spent three. Unsuccessful, they called friend Robyn

Foster the following morning. “I was very flattered,” she said. “People think of me when it comes to animals.” Foster recruited fellow Osceola ambulance workers Joey and Jared Cutts to try and help in the rescue. With both Cutts taller than six feet-3 inches, Foster was convinced neither would want to go down in the sewers to try and catch the feline.

But, they did armed with fishnets and chimney sweeps. The Cutts weren’t the only ones willing to help that morning at the intersection of 2nd and Cascade. Foster said Osceola Fire and Police members were on scene along with the public driving by offering advice. “I loved how people came together to help each other and a sweet kitten,” she continued.

The Cutts were able to find and save the black cat. “He was so frightened at first,” Foster said Friday. “Now, he loves people.” Health was a question at first, but Foster said he’s relatively “healthy with no feline diseases.” He also has a new home. Points and Ortelly, the owners of multiple cats already, were glad for the welcome addition. They gave him the name Georgie.

SCHOOL: Board approved youth sports using school facilities FROM PAGE 1

Director of Instruction Becky Styles backed up Luebker’s case. “It’s like waiting for the great snow day,” she said. “We don’t know if we are ever going remote. We do know we can be better prepared than what we are today. “When 78 percent of staff say this, the results speak for themselves. It’s about making sure we can be as good for kids and their families.” Some Board members expressed apprehension about the move. Lanette Johnson asked about early release dates. Luebker replied, he knew of New Richmond starting two hours late on Wednesdays, but the District went away from halfdays years ago, because they didn’t seem beneficial to the kids. Kysa Martin and Pete Kammerud questioned the November dates since they’re so soon. Luebker replied Kids Club and School Based care for teachers will be open. He also added sporadic attendance at the high school for those two days also played a factor. The most vocal opposition came from Brian Meyer. “To me, if we don’t have to go

remote, I’d like my kids to stay in school and these were days they were supposed to be in school,” he said. Luebker floated a second scenario about making the 2021 days full in-service, but that didn’t seem to go anywhere. After more discussion, the Board voted 3-2 in favor of the District’s recommendations with Meyer and Johnson providing the no votes. Youth Sports Facilities During the public comment period, parent Mike Haase asked the Board to approve the Youth Sports COVID facilities usage, which was a topic on the agenda. “We need to have something in place,” he explained. “Considering the times we are in, it’s needed.” Among some of the guidelines, included players and coaches not being allowed in the locker rooms, coaches and players entering the gyms directly, and players must come dressed to practice. There was also a capacity on the number of people allowed ranging from 16 in the Wrestling room to 60 in the High School Gymnasium. Luebker recommended approval so at least teams could plan a

schedule. “During the worst of times, kids need this more than in the best of times,” Kammerud commented. “We have to do whatever we can to give them a physical and mental health outlet.” The Board approved the usage under the condition things could change due to COVID-19. 2020-21 Budget The 2020-21 budget was approved. The mill rate went down from 9.2 in 2019-2020 to 8.4 for this year. The levy amount didn’t change from last year ($8,864,614). Of note, the village of Osceola didn’t have the highest percentage of the tax levy. That came from the town of Alden at slightly over 27 percent. The town of Osceola was second at nearly 24 percent. The village of Osceola was third at 20.2, followed by the town of Farmington’s 19.1. Other items Hires were made for Ryan Jutz as OIS custodian and Rhonda Bastian as an OIS Kids Klub Supervisor. Approval was given to Miron Construction to be the District’s building manager for next summer’s construction projects.

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& NOVEMBER 1-30 Operation Christmas The Operation Christmas phone number has changed. It is 715-501-5004 and will be available until Nov. 30.

NOVEMBER 4 Senior Citizens meet Osceola Senior Citizens Club will meet at 12 noon in the Senior Center at the Osceola Discovery Center. ADRC Zoom presentation on dementia and brain health. Everyone 55 years of age or older is welcome. Masks required. For a ride or more info (715) 294-4566.

NOVEMBER 9 Bloodmobile The American Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at Market Place Foods in St Croix Falls from 12:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Make an appointment to donate blood by visiting RedCrossBlood.org, calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) .

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rial Public Library of Osceola is hosting a Virtual Badger Talk by UW-Madison Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Ankur Desai on November 17 at 5pm. Professor Desaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talk is titled What Can YOU Do About Climate Change. More information about the Badger Talk and how to access it can be found here: https://tinyurl. com/y34j4yub or by calling the library at 715294-2310.

NOVEMBER 18 Book discussion A virtual book discussion will be hosted by Wilberg Memorial Public Library on November 18th at 6pm. The book being discussed is Almost Everything by Anne Lamott. Books will be available at the libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drive-up window during the libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s open hours. For more information on the virtual book discussion email amiller@ osceolapubliclibrary.org.

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Willie is but a young lad, six months old, Blue and White Shorthair. He is a little bit silly and a little bit shy. Willie wants to make friends with his fellow shelter mate felines but they are all older and arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t looking for a young upstart buddy. Never fear, Willie is determined. He has decided that people are much more to his liking anyway. Willie arches his back to entice a body rub. He sprints to greet you when you enter the room. Willie is quirky kitty, looking for a home to show off his unique charms. The pandemic has had a strange effect on the animal welfare community. At the beginning in March, shelters across the nation adopted out or sent most of their animals to foster homes. Adoption rates went through the roof as people realized they now had time to care for a pet and that trend has

continued. In June, shelters began to open up with adoptions by appointment only. Gone are the days when â&#x20AC;&#x153;stopping inâ&#x20AC;? to see the animals is possible. This restriction has continued and is certain to last through all of 2020. Fewer people are surrendering due to â&#x20AC;&#x153;No Time.â&#x20AC;? People are hanging onto the pets they have and hoping to add another. With increased

demand for pets, the availability of shelter animals has decreased. If you have tried to adopt a pet in the last six months, you know it is a race of online dating to hopefully be chosen for a Meet and Greet. Meeting the demand for adoptable animals has been complicated by the need to maintain a low shelter population in preparation for the very real and potential loss of shelter staff as COVID-19 cases increase. Fostering a shelter pet or litter is a great way to meet the challenge of saving lives and connecting them with adoption requests during this pandemic and beyond. Fantastic dogs and cats may need a short term stay to ride out a pandemic twist. Arnell Humane Society is looking for qualified Foster Homes for dogs and cats, litters of puppies and kittens. With a go to list of Fos-

ters at the ready, Arnell will be able to provide a backup plan for existing shelter pets and provide a safe place for litters to grow up. The shelter is no place for a puppy or kitten to grow up. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where the Foster Family comes in. When an adopter is found or the litter is old enough to be successfully re-homed, the shelter will facilitate their adoptions to loving homes. If your home is compatible with puppy or kitten fostering, please contact Arnell Memorial Humane Society. Having your information on file will allow us to say Yes to their need for a second chance. Fostering is an adventure all itsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; own. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of work but the rewards are lifesaving and will warm your heart. Call today for a Foster Application. Arnell Memorial Humane Society, 715-2687387.

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didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see the Blue Moon on Halloween, but received a photo of it on the Internet. So the weather cooperated and it was some thing to see. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a single trick or treater this year. Probably for the best, to many chances to catch the bug. I did miss them though. Be sure to call Joyce and Daryl Nelson (715-483-3466) to reserve the center for your holiday party this year. Looking ahead this is our plan: We will have turkey dinner at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 15, at the center, call for Columnist take out or come with mask and join us at the center for dinner. Our phone Pat Willits number is at the end of this article. Rivertown Holiday is the weekend of Dec. 5-6. Santa will be at the center both days from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and then he will go over to the overlook for an hour and you may take photos. He will also be on the overlook Sunday morning. You can bring your dog or any other usual pet too, no gold fish please! Please wear your mask for this event. See you there! There will be food both days at the center, stay tuned for the menu, undecided at this time. Winners this week: Sandy Bishop, Cathy Smith and Ray Nelson. 9 Bid: Ray Nelson and Jan Johnson We will continue to play 500 on Sundays at 12:30 p.m. All are welcome and wear your mask as you enter the center. We are located downtown St. Croix Falls at 140 N. Washington. Phone: 715-483-1901.

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In a letter to families, dated Oct. 30, St. Croix Falls Superintendent Mark Burandt announced, the Elementary school has to temporarily close due to COVID-19. â&#x20AC;&#x153; ...the School District of St. Croix Falls received information regarding a significant increase in the impact of COVID-19 at the St. Croix Falls Elementary School. As a result, we will be moving from our current face-to-face instructional model to

remote learning for all students in this building,â&#x20AC;? the letter states.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;We fully understand that face-to-face instruction is preferable for most.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Mark Burandt St. Croix Falls Schools Superintendent The change will go into effect for all students in grades 4K, 1, 2,

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Calling Dr. Kildare

’m a big fan of the movies. Watching them is one of my not so guilty pleasures. I often find some unique or humorous tidbits in the movies and old movies are usually a good place to find all sorts of information. Last month, Turner Classic Movies ran a few of the Dr. Kildare movies from the 1940s. Dr. Kildare was a character in a series of pulp novels in the 1930s. The characters were developed into a string of movies for Metro Mayer (MGM) in the Publisher Goldwyn 1940s starring Lew Ayers as the young intern Dr. James Kildare Tom Stangl and Lionel Barrymore as the curmudgeonly diagnostician Dr. Leonard Gillespie. The wheelchair bound Gillespie is a brilliant doctor (think Dr. House from the TV series) who is grooming Kildare to take his place. The plot (or a variation of it) has been a staple of entertainment for nearly the past century. NBC adapted Dr. Kildare in the 1960s starring Richard Chamberlain as Kildare and Raymond Massey as Gillespie. I imagine it’s overdue for a reboot or update. Heck, perhaps House was a reboot of it. But I digress… One of the films I saw was “Dr. Kildare Goes Home.” In this 1940 film, Kildare has finished his residency and is offered a job working with Gillespie. Kildare is called home because his elderly father, also a doctor, is being overworked due to the neighboring community not having a doctor. Kildare and Gillespie come up with a plan where three out of work doctors provide service in a new clinic in the community. The clinic, which will focus on wellness and preventative care, is to be funded by people paying 10 cents a week. For their 10 cents a week, subscribers to this service will receive all the medical care they need. They estimate if they can get 1000 subscribers, or $100 a week, they can make the service work. Yes, for $5,200 a year in 1940, three doctors would be able to take care of the needs of 1,000 people. In doing some research for this column, I learned that the 10 cents of 1940 is the equivalent of $1.86 today. So, the $5,200 annual budget of the clinic would be $96,720 in 2020. I would sign up for $1.86 a week for all of the wellness and medical care I need for a year, even though it sounds more like life insurance premiums sold now by Alex Trebek on television. (I prefer the Ed McMahon commercials, but that’s just me). In the movie, Dr. Gillespie laments the community’s skepticism of the plan, noting the investment of a dime a week in prevention will pay off may times over. At one point, Gillespie exclaims they will still be trying to sell the plan in 1970. In the end, a community leader who rails against the plan ends up coming down with meningitis and is cured by the doctors in the clinic. He sends a note to a public meeting on the proposal. His case puts the plan over, solving the crisis in the 90-minute run time of the movie. It would be nice if real life could be the like movies. Where’s a plan like this when we really need it? Wellness should be subsidized in our society. Think of the millions we could save on healthcare costs. As always, I welcome your comments. You can reach me by email at tstangl@theameryfreepress. com, telephone 715-268-8101 or write me at P.O. Box 424, Amery, WI, 54001. Thanks for reading I’ll keep in touch. Feel free to do the same.

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he signs might have been there before then, but, my starting point came when she was around nine months old. I remember trying to change my youngest daughter Hannah and getting the shirt over her head to be difficult as she felt tight. It seemed unusual. Coupled that with physical milestones and checklists babies were supposed to reach around that age. It made us, her Editor parents, wonder. Testing reJason Schulte vealed, yes, she b hi d in i those h was behind developments and physical therapy would help in those matters. Progress was coming, but it was slowly. Something seemed wrong, but we couldn’t put our finger on it. A couple of months before her second birthday, the decision was made to get an MRI, to finally get some answers. The results showed a diagnosis of cerebral palsy. While, at least we knew, what the diagnosis was, what the future was the unknown

and the scary point. Now, eight years later, as she’s about to turn 10, I can look back and say, there’s been a lot of ups and downs, in raising a child with a disability, but, boy, oh boy, do you learn a lot. I’ve made the crack for years to strangers who meet her for the first time. Hannah’s first words weren’t ‘Mom’ or ‘Dad’, it was “I’ll do it myself.” She has developed a personality over the years in which she wants to do try new things herself, and if she is unsuccessful, then she asks for help. That became lesson No. 1 for me – On multiple occasions, I would see her struggling, and being a parent, I would try to help. She would say no, and get frustrated. I then became frustrated and it led to tense times. As she got older and was able to express herself better and at the same time, I developed more patience, our relationship has gotten better. I also have grown to realize the independence is going to help her in more ways than one as she grows older. Lesson No. 2 – Appreciate the small things. There was a period in which we didn’t know, if she would ever walk. She checked that

hurdle off by her third birthday. When you see Facebook posts about your friends’ children being able to do this and that by their second birthday, and your child can’t even walk, you don’t care about the extra things; you just want them to walk, eat, talk or get dressed independently. Lesson No. 3 – She wants to be just like everyone else. There were period of times in the past which she needed a walker to get around, especially for longer distances. Now, the walker is collecting dust. Lesson No. 4 – Making a difference. Thanks to early childhood, Hannah has called St. Croix Central Elementary her school home for the last eight years. The number of people, which have commented to us on the improvements, or milestones she’s accomplished over the years have been blown away by what she’s done knowing where she came from. Lesson No. 5 – We aren’t alone. Hannah has had four major surgeries so far. One, which required her to recover and rehabilitate at Gillette’s in St. Paul for five weeks and the second, which she could be SEE SCHULTE, PAGE 3

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ike any American who cares about this country, I have a deep interest in the results of this election. But as a politician (I think one never really retires from that job), I take a professional interest, as well. Not only for policy or partisan concerns, but because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m always interested in how make up Columnist people their minds on how to vote. Lee Hamilton This is an occupational hazard, I think. I was on the ballot 34 times over the course of my career and have spent a lot of time thinking about why people vote as they do. To be sure, we each have our own reasons for where we come down: sometimes based on policy preferences, sometimes because projects we care about will be advanced by voting a certain way, sometimes because thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one issue we care about above all others. Still, I think thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one key factor that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get taken as seriously as it

should: likability. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve all heard this notion expressed as, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d you rather have a beer with?â&#x20AC;? Or, as a group of Democratic women who were planning to vote for Ronald Reagan once explained, they liked the unfailingly gracious and courteous way he treated his wife, Nancy. This is not frivolous. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d argue, in fact, that â&#x20AC;&#x153;likabilityâ&#x20AC;? is actually a complex decision. We tend, for instance, to like people who are positive, constructive and forward-looking, and who enunciate or profess a feeling of hope. The Rev. Jesse Jackson used to have a phrase he used, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Keep hope alive.â&#x20AC;? Whatever you thought about his politics that optimistic, forward-looking view appealed to a lot of people. We also, whether we know it or not, pay attention to authenticity. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a favorite word in politics these days, but I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always been the case that we want candidates who are not fake and who give you a sense of a genuine personality undergirding their public persona. We know it intuitively, and it plays a role in whether or not we like someone.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a policy element to all this, as well, in that we like people who have views and values we can relate to. Or, to put it another way, we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t favor candidates whose values are alien to ours. Nobody fits our likes and dislikes perfectly, but we make judgments on candidates based on whether they more closely align with our values than the other candidate does. We also judge â&#x20AC;&#x153;likabilityâ&#x20AC;? by whether or not we think a candidate is going to serve our interests. We evaluate them on whether they hold roughly the same goals and interests we do, and if so, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re much more likely to support them. Which is also why we want our candidates to be reliable and steady in their views. We want officeholders we can trust, not people who jump all over, saying one thing one day and another the next. I think Americans also prefer candidates who display a basic sense of honesty and decency, who possess a strong moral compass, and who show compassion for people who are struggling in their

preparing for a visit from my former brother-in-law, Jason. This is the first visitor weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had in eight months and his visit precipitated a lot of housecleaning. There are places we just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get around to cleaning until we are confronted with the prospect of company. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The baseboards in the bathroom were filthy!â&#x20AC;? Peter informed me. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Your desk is covered in dust!â&#x20AC;? I told him. We cleaned places we hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t looked at closely in three-quarters of a year so that we could entertain Jason, who spent almost the entire time on our patio, which Peter swept for the occasion. Peter made his famous enchiladas, and I made my Aunt Bettyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s apple squares, and it was a lovely evening. Peter built a fire and we sat around and talked until much later than I usually stay up. Jasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father, my former fatherin-law, is 94 and failing and Jason is driving all the way from California to Wisconsin to see himâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;even though he knows heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to visit his father through a window, even though heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to drive through a lot of illness and some early winter storms to get there. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think I was going!â&#x20AC;? Jason told me, just before he left. He sounded a little surprised. But he ended up renting a car

and is driving to see his dad, who now weighs only 100 pounds, who may or may not recognize him when he gets there, and who is no longer able to converse. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to go,â&#x20AC;? Jason repeated. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But now Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going.â&#x20AC;? For quite a while, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been trying to let go of expectations. People say that holding too tightly to our expectations only leads to unhappiness, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always had a hard time letting them go. I like the idea that I have some idea of where my life is headed and what is going to happen next. A few hours after I spoke with my parents, I saw a photo posted on Facebook of my mom on her skis in the woods. Their house was nowhere in sight so they must have made it some distance. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t great skiingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really the point, was it? If this year has taught me anything, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that maybe I need to let go of some of my expectations of how things work. This isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the year for them. I looked again at the photo of my mom. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s skiing in the early snow and smiling. Till next time, Carrie Carrie Classonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s memoir is called, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blue Yarn.â&#x20AC;? Learn more at CarrieClasson.com.

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his has been a year that defies explanations. I spoke with my parents a week or so ago. We have used Zoom and other types of video to communicate but, more often than not, I just call up my dad, he puts me on speaker, and we chat as we always have. My parents were about to go skiing. They live in the north, but they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t live on the Columnist North Pole. It was much too early to Carrie Classon cross-country ski, but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d had an early snow and my mom decided they should give it a try. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You know what is going to happen,â&#x20AC;? I told them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Uh-huh,â&#x20AC;? my dad said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;First the snow is going to stick to the bottom of your skis, then the leaves are going to stick,â&#x20AC;? I told them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You are going to be stuck in place!â&#x20AC;? I felt like the voice of doom, truth-telling to my very experienced 80-some-year-old parents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yeah,â&#x20AC;? my mother admitted, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re right!â&#x20AC;? I could tell this would not deter her for a minute. My husband, Peter, and I were

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lives. This does not mean we always vote for them— political circumstances or straight-on political calculation can get in the way—but I believe that for most Americans, those qualities matter a great deal. Clearly, a lot goes into whether or not a candidate is likable, and one voter’s gut sense will differ from another’s. But I can tell you that right now, candidates for office all over the country are focused on this question. Campaigning is a matter of going from one group to another— sometimes small, sometimes large— and the question always on your mind is how you appeal to this group or person, and how you make yourself likable to them. In the wake of the election, the winners will be patting themselves on the back for having figured it out. And the losers will be left wondering how they might have behaved differently…and been more likable. Lee Hamilton is a Senior Advisor for the Indiana University Center on Representative Government; a Distinguished Scholar at the IU Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies; and a Professor of Practice at the IU O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 34 years. For information about our educational resources and programs, visit our website at https://corg. indiana.edu. “Like” us on Facebook at “Indiana University Center on Representative Government,” and share our postings with your friends.

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Here are the in-person services available at your library: Geraldine E. Anderson Village Library, Dresser Pick up your materials at the window, and we can print and copy your materials. Please call 715755-2944 for an appointment for these services. St Croix Falls Pick up materials with our curbside service. Contactless printing, copying, faxing. Call us with other special assistance needs. We’ll work with you to try to get you what you need, with safety our top priority. Phone: 715-4831777 Email: curbside@ scfpl.org Website: www. scfpl.org Wilberg Memorial Public Library of Osceola Visit by appointment by calling the library AT 715-294-2310 during open hours. You can pick up all your holds at the drive-thru window on the east side of the building. Online Events and Programs You are welcome to attend any of these online events, even if it is not at your home library. Here’s what’s coming up: Geraldine E. Anderson Village Library, Dresser Read and Review Book Club (free-choice reading) meets remotely the 4th Monday of the Month at 6:30; call or email the library to register. New Read Together Book Club “As Bright as Heaven” by Susan Meissner will begin soon.

Call or email to register; limit 22. St Croix Falls Zoom Story time Wednesdays at 10:15am Homeschool Math Club - virtual fun with math!-begins again on November 10 at 2 pm - email lturpin@scfpl.org to join the club Books without Borders reading challenge Picture book bundles Battle of the Books Wilberg Memorial Public Library of Osceola Badger Talk Virtual Program with Ankur Desai November 17 at 5:00pm. Ongoing Beanstack challenges for children and teens of all ages. Follow our Facebook page for information about our youth takehome kits, crafting club kits, and book clubs! Library Info at-a-glance Geraldine E. Anderson Village Library, Dresser Phone: 715-755-2944 Address: 117 S. Central Ave., Dresser WI 54009 Web address: https:// dresserpubliclibrary. org/ or find us on Facebook! Email: dresserpl@ dresserpubliclibrary.org Hours: Monday & Wednesday 4-7 pm, Tuesday, Thursday-Saturday 10 am -1 pm Services: Open for Curbside pick-up. Printing and copying available, call for details. Book Return Hours: 24/7 at blue drop box. Free Wi-Fi near the library 24/7

St. Croix Falls Public Library Phone: 715-483-1777 Address 230 S Washington St, St Croix Falls WI 55084 Email: curbside@scfpl. org Web address: https:// stcroixfallslibrary. org/ or https://www. scfpl.org Find us on Facebook too! Hours/Services: M-F 9:30 am-6 pm, Sat 9:30 am-12 pm Services: Open for Curbside Services - pick-up, printing, faxing, copies, etc. Call for special needs or assistance Book Return Hours: Return items 24/7 through the return slot near the main entrance Free Wi-Fi 24/7 near the library Wilberg Memorial Public Library of Osceola Phone: 715-294-2310 Address: 310 Chieftain Street Osceola, WI 54020 (Upper level of the Discovery Center) Email: osceolapl@osceolapubliclibrary.org Web address: www. osceolapubliclibrary.org or find us on Facebook! Hours: Monday-Wednesday and Friday 10 am-5 pm, Thursdays 12 pm-7 pm Services: Visit by appointment by calling the library during open hours All holds picked up at the drive thru window on the east side of the building. Book Return Hours: 24/7 at drop box near drive thru window. Free Wi-Fi 24/7 near the library

ALL POLLING PLACES WILL OPEN AT 7:00 A.M. AND WILL CLOSE AT 8:00 P.M. You must be registered to vote and present a photo ID. If you have any questions concerning your polling place or this election, contact the municipal clerk. Frances Duncanson, MMC-WCPC 310 Chieftain Street, PO Box 217 Osceola, WI 54020 715-294-3498 Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. All polling places are accessible to elderly and disabled voters. Please note the polling place is no longer at the Osceola High School.

Notice of Meeting of the Local Board of Canvassers At the close of voting on Election Day, pursuant to the provisions of Wis. Stat. § 19.84, the Election Inspectors at each polling place will convene as the Local Canvassing Board for the purpose of conducting the local canvass pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 7.51. This meeting will be open to the public pursuant to Wis. Stat. §§ 19.81-89.

Curbside drop-off for Operation Christmas Child More than 4,000 locations will now offer a curbside drop-off option for the Samaritan’s Purse project, Operation Christmas Child. Volunteers are preparing to collect shoebox gifts during National Collection Week, Nov. 16 – 23. Drop off in Osceola will

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Quotes will be received by the Administrator of the Village of Osceola, at his ofﬁce, 310 Chieftain Street, (Lower Level), Osceola, Wisconsin until 12:00 Noon on the 6th day of November 2020 for:

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Fri, Nov. 20: 2:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Sat, Nov. 21: 10:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. Sun, Nov. 22: 2:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Mon, Nov. 23: 9:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Operation Christmas Child has been collecting and delivering shoebox gifts—filled with school supplies, hygiene items and fun toys—to children worldwide for more than two decades. This is a project that everyone can still be a part of, even

The Village of Osceola reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, to waive any informalities in the proposals received, and to accept any proposal that it deems most favorable. Benjamin Krumenauer, Village Administrator Village of Osceola, Wisconsin

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Daniel Alan Barlau Daniel Alan Barlau left this earth with the angels on Aug. 27, 2020, after a tragic gun accident in Arizona. He was 37. He was born April 18, 11983, to Julie Barlau. Daniel was born and rraised in Osceola. He tthen moved to Arizona ffor his soulmate and fforever love, Heather A Ann Priggs. Together tthey have two loving llittle boys, Easton Brooks B Barlau (4) and Sawyer R Ridge Barlau (1). Daniel’s heart and ssoul loved Osceola. He g graduated in 2001, wore # #45 in football, loved our endless camping, canoeing, all night campfires, stars and fishing! Daniel has a heart brighter than the sunshine and always wanted everyone to smile. He lived life to the fullest and shared with many friends. His grandpa, Dennis William Barlau, Sr., died in November 1972. He is survived by his Osceola family including his loving mother, Julie L. Ward of St. Croix Falls/ Osceola; grandma, Vi Westling of Osceola; sister, Amber M. Barlau; brothers Austin D. Barlau; along with many aunts, uncles and cousins. He is also survived by his Arizona family including his father, Randy Posusta; grandma, Rose Posusta of St. Cloud, Minn.; sister, Emily Posusta; brothers, Tyler Posusta and Cody Posusta. Daniel, my son, thank you for 37 years of being your mommy. Love forever. We will miss you but we will never forget you. You are my shining star. Celebration of life will be held at a later date.

BIRTHS Zach Westling, Osceola. Oct. 22, 2020: A girl, Magnolia Claire Goodwin, weighing 8 pounds 5 ounces, to Samantha Moll and James Goodwin, Centuria.

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in harm’s way or in military hospitals at home and around the globe, tending to the emotional and physical scars of her wounded comrades. Her experience utterly changed her. And the American veteran may still be a young man or woman, but they feel twice their age. They didn’t expect to see so much suffering in their lifetimes, let alone in just a year or two abroad in Iraq or Afghanistan. Returning to the “world” was difficult, sleep ever-elusive, relationships strained by grueling service. All of these men and women endured hardship for our benefit. Their training allowed them to perform feats both gallant and gruesome. Their faith was tested. Their conscience questioned. And yet, they soldiered on. These American Veterans should humble all of us. Unintentionally—but

deservedly—they have garnered for themselves our highest praise and devotion by shouldering the nation’s burdens in times of peace and war. Therefore, with my admiration as a preamble, it is with sadness that I inform the Osceola community what may have been already suspected—that the Veterans Day program is canceled this year due to the public health crisis still plaguing our nation. To do anything but our duty in the face of this reality would be an affront to the living and the dead we annually gather to honor. But the day, like its namesake, marches on. There is still much we can do, on Nov. 11 and all year long, to honor our American Veterans. Write a letter to a family member who served. Visit a veteran’s final resting place. Fly the American flag on patriotic holidays, not out of some factional

zeal, but with the same humility as those who only wished to do their duty when they first put on the uniform. Or volunteer your time, cement the same bonds in your community that American Veterans across generations of history fought to preserve. And lastly, but perhaps not least, do in this crisis year of 2020 what Robert Kennedy exhorted the American people to impress upon their hearts in 1968. He said: “What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred . . . but love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country . . . Let us dedicate ourselves to that, and say a prayer for our country and for our people.” Eric Berman is a teacher at the Osceola Middle School.

Virtual Badger Talk on climate change The Wilberg Memorial Public Library of Osceola is hosting a Virtual Badger Talk by University of Wisconsin- Madison Professor Ankur Desai on Nov. 17 at 5 p.m. Desai will present What Can YOU Do About Climate Change. You have probably heard stories in the news about climate change or global warming. What does it mean for the future? Solutions to global warming can sound either trivial or downright draconian and expensive. It’s overwhelming! Let’s discuss what we know about the science, what it means for ecosystems and society, and why developing climate policy or technological solutions are so difficult. What can you, as individuals or groups of concerned citizens, actually do to ensure a healthy, prosperous, sustainable, and just

world? Professor Desai will present some of the basics of climate change and some of our research at UW-Madison on impacts of climate change to Wisconsin forests and wetlands. But most of all, he would like to use this time to let you hold a discussion and ask all the questions you want about climate change and possible solutions. Ankur Desai is a Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the UW–Madison. He studies how ecosystems respond to climate variability and how the climate responds to ecological patterns and processes. Badger Talks reflects our tradition of the Wisconsin Idea — to extend the resources of the university to citizens of the state. Over 200 Badger Talks are hosted

around the state each year, featuring faculty and staff with expertise in a variety of disciplines. Talk topics range from cutting edge discoveries to happiness in the workplace and everything in between. Professional, community, and civic organizations, as well as schools, are invited to request a UW–Madison speaker. For more information about Badger Talks or to find a speaker for your next event, contact 608-262-3880 or badgertalks@uwmad.wisc.edu. The event will be virtual and is free and open to the public. More information on the program and how to access the talk is available on the library’s Facebook Events page at https://tinyurl.com/ y34j4yub or phone 715-294-2310 for more information.

CHURCH LISTINGS Following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control, all gatherings of 10 or more are being curtailed. Please call to see if church services are being held in some capacity. ALLIANCE CHURCH OF THE VALLEY 1259 Hwy. 35 South, St. Croix Falls 715-483-1100 www.stcroixalliance.com Lead Pastor Jeff Naegelen Co-Lead Pastor Chris Folkestad ———————— ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH East Farmington Rev. Joseph Madanu ———————— BETHANY LUTHERAN Star Prairie Pastor Dan Pennington (715) 248-3730 blcsp@frontiernet.net ———————— BETHESDA LUTHERAN LCMC 1947 110th Ave. Dresser Sand Lake 715-755-2562 www.bethesdalutheran.ws Pastor Peter Rimmereid Associate Pastor Scott Adkins ———————— CEDARBEND CHURCH P.O. BOX 414, Osceola Matt Hayton connect@cedarbendchurch.com SUNDAY: Worship, 10:30 a.m. at Osceola High School Auditorium.

CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH 150 Fifth Street Marine on St. Croix, Minn. Pastor Joel Martin 651-433-3222 ———————— EL SALEM/TWIN FALLS CHRISTIAN CENTER Six miles east of Dresser on Co. Rd. F, 1751 100th Ave. Pastor Darryl R. Olson 715-755-3113 ———————— EUREKA BAPTIST CHURCH 2393 210th Ave., St. Croix Falls Pastor Seth Brickley 715-483-9464 ———————— FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 661A West Street Taylors Falls, MN 55084 651-465-6792 www.firstbaptisttaylorsfalls.com Dr. Kevin Schumann, Pastor ———————— FIRST EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN 561 Chestnut St. Taylors Falls, Minn. ———————— FIRST PRESBYTERIAN 719 Nevada St. St. Croix Falls Reverend David Maghakian 715-483-3550 (office) ———————— GRACE CHURCH – OSCEOLA Pastor Mark Barlow 722 Seminole Ave. Osceola 715-417-0752 ———————— GRACE BEREAN FELLOWSHIP 421 4th Street, Centuria Duane Gallentine, Pastor 715-755-2523

FRIDAY and SUNDAY KJV Bible Study/Fellowship ———————— GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH Nye Area/Wisconsin Synod 2098 70th Avenue Pastor Nile Merseth ———————— HOLY CROSS ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCH Meeting at Zion Lutheran Church 28005 Old Towne Road Chisago Lakes, Minn. 651-260-5100 www.holyx.net Fr. Bill Neumann, pastor ———————— HOLY TRINITY ORTHODOX CHURCH 523 First Street, Clayton 715-948-2203 Father Christopher Wojcik ———————— HOPE EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH 933 248th Street, one mile north of Osceola on Highway 35 Pastor Nate Roschen 715-294-2112 • www.hefc.org ———————— JOURNEY CHURCH 131 Broadway, Amery www.journeychurch.city office@journeychurch.city 715-268-2223 ———————— NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY Non-denominational 201 State Hwy. 35, Dresser Pastor Tony Minell, 715-417-1982 galatiansii20@yahoo.com Church office: 715-417-0945 ————————

OSCEOLA COMMUNITY CHURCH 2492 Education Drive, Osceola Larry Mederich www.occnow.org ———————— OSCEOLA MEDICAL CENTER SPIRITUAL CARE 2600 65th Avenue, Osceola https: myomc.org/wellness/ spiritual-care 715-294-2111 Chapel open daily for meditation. ———————— OSCEOLA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 306 River Street, Osceola P.O. Box 447 Pastor Jack Starr 715-755-2275 osceolaunitedmethodistchurch@gmail.com ———————— PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH (ELCA), 2355 Clark Rd., Dresser 715-755-2515 • plcdresser.org plcdresseroffice@gmail.com Pastor Melissa Carmack Intern Ben Nelson Find us on Facebook! Sundays in person, 8:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. Online: youtube.com ———————— PRAIRIEVIEW COVENANT CHURCH OF NEW RICHMOND 1396 210th Ave. 2 miles north of New Richmond on Hwy. 65 Pastor Rudy King 715-248-0600 ———————— REDEEMER EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH Wisconsin Synod Corner of Adams & Louisiana St. Croix Falls

Rev. Timothy Blauert 715-483-3401 ———————— RIVER VALLEY CHRISTIAN CHURCH LIGHTHOUSE 1289 160th Street St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin 715-483-5378 Pastor Jonah Fetzer ———————— ST. ANNE PARISH 139 Church Hill Road Somerset, WI 54025 715-247-3310 Rev. Joseph Madanu ———————— ST. CROIX FALLS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Upper St. Croix Parish 300 North Adams Street St. Croix Falls 715-483-9494 churches@centurytel.net umstcroixfallswolfcreek.org Pastor Ran Yoo Pastor Kooko Kim ———————— ST. CROIX UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP 201 N. Adams, St. Croix Falls www.scuuf.org Rev. Kelli Clement ———————— ST. FRANCIS XAVIER CATHOLIC CHURCH Franconia, MN 651-465-7345 www.stfrancisfranconia.org Fr. John Drees ———————— ST. JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC Osceola Rev. Joseph Madanu 715-294-2243 ————————

ST. JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC 490 Bench Street Taylors Falls, Minnesota 651-465-7345 www.stjosephtaylorsfalls.org Fr. John Drees ———————— SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY LUTHERAN CHURCH MISSOURI SYNOD 140 Madison Street St. Croix Falls Pastor Mark Schoen 715-483-1186 ———————— TRINITY EV. LUTHERAN CHURCH (WELS) 300 Seminole Ave., (Ct H M) Osceola 715-294-2828 • www.trinityosceola.com Pastor David Rosenow (920-645-7526) ———————— TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH OF GARFIELD 1578 85th Ave., Amery Pastor Lori Peper 715-268-9577 ———————— WEST IMMANUEL LUTHERAN (ELCA), 447 180th St., Osceola www.westimmanuel.org Interim Pastor Matt Saarem SUNDAY: ———————— WORD OF LIFE FELLOWSHIP Cliff Bjork, (651) 465-7373 366 Bench St., Taylors Falls, Minn. ———————— ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH (Wisconsin Synod) East Farmington Pastor William Brassow (715) 294-3489

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Over 275 Polk residents isolated due to COVID-19 BY JASON SCHULTE EDITOR@OSCEOLASUN.COM

Over 740 Polk County residents have tested positive for COVID-19. Out of those 743, 278 of them are currently isolated according to data from the Polk County Health Department Nov. 2. That means 462 have recovered. Polk County has seen three deaths with 15 people currently hospitalized. Other COVID-19 data from neighboring counties according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and their own department websites. Barron County has seen 1,320 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with seven deaths. Over 12,500 people have tested negative. Dunn County has 1,245 cases of COVID-19 with one death. The number of people, which tested negative, is just over 11,600. Pierce County has 845 confirmed cases with eight deaths. Nearly 650 people have recovered. Burnett County has 331 confirmed cases with six deaths. There are 16 probable cases. St. Croix County has seen 12 deaths. There have been over 2,100 confirmed cases, with 895 being active.

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damage with the belief it was involved in the accident. Polk County went to the yard and found vehicle tracks, which had been southbound on State Highway 35, had left the roadway into the southbound shoulder, struck a telephone pole, continued to the ditch, and reentered the roadway after hitting a culvert. Remains of a passenger side door mirror were found and it appeared to be an exact match from Platzer’s vehicle. On July 8, Polk County investigators responded to Denny’s Auto where they had limited video of the crash. It showed a vehicle traveling northbound, believed to be Brust and Swanson along with a southbound vehicle, believed to be Platzer’s. In their notes, investigators showed the Platzer vehicle was traveling at a significant-

ly higher rate of speed compared to the Brust and Swanson vehicle. The actual collision was off screen. Lights from the video believed to be associated with Platzer’s vehicle, showed his vehicle coming to rest facing north, which is consistent with the accident scene. State Patrol Troopers were able to download the airbag control module from both vehicles and were able to provide reports from the Crash Data Retrieval system on Aug. 19. The CDR from Platzer’s vehicle showed the cruise control was not activiated and he was traveling between 88-89 miles per hour when the impact occurred. The posted limit on State Highway 35 was 55 mph and the crash location was approximately 1,500 feet from the end of a 35 mph speed zone. On Sept. 29, the results from Platzer’s blood draw showed a 0.042.

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pandemic, the needs are greater than ever before,” said Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse. “Children around the world need to know that God loves them and there is hope. A simple shoebox gift opens the door to share about the true hope that can only be found in Jesus Christ.” Participants can find the nearest drop-off location and hours of operation as they make plans to drop off their shoebox gifts. The online lookup tool is searchable by City or ZIP code. Signs at each location will identify the curbside drop off. Those interested in more information on how Operation Christmas

Child is making adjustments during its National Collection Week can visit the organization’s Important COVID-19 Updates webpage for the latest information and answers to Frequently Asked Questions. Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse, seeks to demonstrate God’s love in a tangible way to children in need around the world and, together with the local church worldwide, to share the Good News of Jesus Christ. Since 1993, Operation Christmas Child has collected and delivered more than 178 million gift-filled shoeboxes to children in more than 160 countries and territories.

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West Immanuel Church conﬁrmation West Immanuel Lutheran Church held its conﬁrmation class Oct. 25. Front row: Pastor Matt Saarem, Allandra Jorgenson, Makiya Demulling, Ava Irlbeck, Morgan DeMoe, Reed Church, Colin Backes. Back row: Eli Prokop, Hannah Sagness, Rylie Church, Teagan Viebrock, Vincent Greene, Conner Marten. Not pictured: Hans Fansler, Syndney Kammerud, Madison Rud, Miles Leiskau.

Wilmot named ambassador at Stout Eleven students, including five seniors and one international student, have been named ambassadors for the 2020-21 academic year at University of Wisconsin-Stout. The Stout Ambassadors program, in its fifth year, gives students opportunities to represent the student body and engage with campus leadership, alumni and corporations through a variety of special events and opportunities. The ambassadors, their hometowns, majors and years in school are: * Lisa Driver, of Tripoli, family and consumer sciences education, junior * Alexa Gravunder, of Wautoma, supply chain management, senior * Jack Hoaby, of Maple Lake, Minn., applied science, senior * Willa Rodencal, of Wauke-

sha, retail merchandising and management, digital marketing, sophomore * Kallie Taylor, of Forest Lake, Minn., interior design, business administration, senior * Jake Thomas, of Northfield, Minn., engineering technology, senior * Nilufar Umarova, of Vahdat, Tajikistan, hotel, restaurant and tourism management, junior * Sarah Webber, of Rice Lake, packaging, junior * Tara Weber, of Dorchester, family and consumer sciences education, junior * Madelyn Wilmot, of Osceola, marketing and business education, junior * Samantha Ziwicki, of Clearwater, Minn., hotel, restaurant and tourism management, senior

In addition to representing 11 academic majors, the ambassadors have been involved in a variety of student organizations and activities. For example, Wilmot serves on the board of Colleges Against Cancer. The ambassadors program is a collaborative project with the Involvement Center and the Alumni Association. To become ambassadors, students had to fill out an application and be interviewed. Criteria for eligibility includes having a grade-point average of at least 3.0; taking at least six class credits; and being available to share their UW-Stout experience with alumni and prospective students. Applicants also must answer three essay questions and provide a resume.

Check your rec water equipment before storage With open water season winding down, recreational water equipment is being removed from the water for the year. It is crucial everyone continues to take the proper steps to make sure all equipment is cleaned properly to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species. Zebra mussels, in particular, are invasive organisms that have established in Deer Lake located in Polk County. Population levels have remained low since they were discovered in Deer Lake in 2016, but landowners have reported finding them on their docks in greater numbers this year. Zebra mussels cut feet, clog and overheat boat motors, and eat microscopic organisms needed for fish and other species and

suffocate native clams, mussels and aquatic insects. Depending on conditions, they may survive out of water from several days to several weeks. To date, no other lakes in Polk County have found zebra mussels. The following steps should be made when taking equipment out of the water for winter storage: Inspect and remove all plants, mud, or other debris found on equipment that has been sitting in water: dock posts, wheels, boats, rafts, pontoons, kayaks, and jet skis. Drain all water if possible. Spray all equipment (including live wells) with a pressure washer sprayer. This will help get unwanted invasive species that are hanging on tight or that you can’t

see. Spray down your equipment with a bleach/water solution, including the inside of live wells. Use one tablespoon of bleach per gallon of water and let it air dry to help kill unseen hitchhikers. Talk to your own service provider and neighbors about taking these steps. If you find something suspicious, take a picture, bag it, and contact Katelin Anderson, AIS Coordinator with Polk County at katelin.anderson@co.polk. wi.us or Katie Sickmann, Invasive Species Coordinator with the St. Croix River Association at katies@scramail.com. For more information, contact Katie Sickmann, Invasive Species Coordinator at 715-483-3300.

Gov. Evers announces additional tax relief for Wisconsin taxpayers Sales and use taxes from out-ofstate retailers and marketplace providers results in more than $250 million in tax relief targeted toward lower and middle-income taxpayers. Gov. Tony Evers last mont announced an estimated $256.4 million in tax relief for Wisconsin taxpayers as a result of the additional revenue collected by the Department of Revenue (DOR) from out-of-state retailers and marketplace providers for the

twelve-month period ending Sept. 30, 2020. The amount is more than three times the $77.4 million in tax relief in 2019. Last year, Gov. Evers signed bipartisan legislation, 2019 Wisconsin Act 10, which ensured the tax relief would be targeted toward lower and middle-income Wisconsinites. “I was proud to sign legislation that received bipartisan support to ensure that the rate cuts would reduce taxes for all income groups but especially for

our lower and middle-income taxpayers,” Gov. Evers said. “It is important we are able to provide this much-needed tax relief for Wisconsinites, especially during these unprecedented times.” “We are pleased the department could collect these funds from more than 9,000 remote sellers, which is up from 5,000 remote sellers previously,” said DOR Secretary Peter Barca. “I am pleased SEE RELIEF, PAGE 19

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their biggest lead of the night at 6-3 in the third game but behind the serving of Kylie Broten St. Croix Falls took an 8-6 lead. The Indians fought back to a 14-12 lead and still led 15-14 when the Saints battled back behind the serves of Kaylee Miron to open up an 18-15 advantage, a lead that they would never relinquish. After building a five point lead at 23-18 Mosinee cut the advantage to 24-23 before Olivia Miron finished things for the Saints with a game winning block at the net. “Going to State has been a goal since my

freshmen year, and to finally be able to complete it as a senior is extremely exciting,” McCurdy said. “I’m so proud of my team. I was truly blessed with an amazing group of girls. I am also grateful for everyone that contributed to this journey; this has been a long time coming so there are a lot of people to be thankful for.” So many things have changed for the sports scene in 2020. The St. Croix Falls volleyball team has battled through these changes and kept on fighting and achieved the goal of becoming Sectional champions. The Saint’s business is not yet finished as they now

head to Kaukauna for the State meet. “Obviously this has been nothing short of amazing.” Olivia Miron said about the season so far. “To go to State has been the goal since day one and this is what we’ve been working towards not only this season but the last three as well. I am so incredibly proud of my team and wouldn’t want to experience it with anyone else. We’ve gone through a lot and the amount of love and positivity is endless. I am also so thankful for coach Notermann and all she has done. The whole team is thrilled and will continue to work towards a State championship.”

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. at the Alden Town Hall, Star Prairie, WI, a PUBLIC HEARING on the Proposed 2021 BUDGET of the Town of Alden will be held. The proposed budget in detail is available for inspection at the Town Hall by Appointment. 2021 2020 PROPOSED % ADOPTED BUDGET CHANGE BUDGET REVENUES Taxes General Property Taxes ................................789,739 801,807 1.5% Intergovernmental Revenues .......................315,856 312,090 Licenses & Permits ..........................................37,650 30,100 Public Charges for Services ............................54,300 53,700 Miscellaneous Revenues .................................10,000 1,000 TOTAL REVENUES ..................................1,207,545

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EXPENDITURES General Government ....................................148,053 Public Safety ...................................................215,000 Public Works ..................................................491,345 Recycling ................................................................... 0 Health & Human Services ...................................500 Culture, Recreation & Education ....................1,970 Conservation & Development .......................21,077 Capital Outlay ........................................................... 0 Miscellaneous Expenditures ...............................200 Capital Expenditure Fund ..............................10,000 Debt Service ...................................................319,400

140,455 215,000 540,485 0 6,000 1,077 11,000 66,550 200 40,000 177,930

-0.7%

GENERAL FUND Beginning Fund Balance Ending Fund Balance REVENUES & OTHER FINANCING SOURCES Transfers-In (Source 100) Local Sources (Source 200) Inter-district Payments (Source 300 + 400) Intermediate Sources (Source 500) State Sources (Source 600) Federal Sources (Source 700) All Other Sources (Source 800 + 900) TOTAL REVENUES & OTHER FINANCING SOURCES EXPENDITURES & OTHER FINANCING USES Instruction (Function 100 000) Support Services (Function 200 000) Non-Program Transactions (Function 400 000) TOTAL EXPENDITURES & OTHER FINANCING USES

Budget 2020-21 4,696,629.81 4,431,336.81 0.00 6,925,276.00 1,431,027.00 11,800.00 11,642,330.00 232,593.00 51,500.00 20,294,526.00 10,033,811.00 7,581,876.00 2,944,132.00 20,559,819.00 Budget 2020-21 246,963.42 253,007.42 3,302,270.00 3,296,226.00

SPECIAL PROJECTS FUND Beginning Fund Balance Ending Fund Balance REVENUES & OTHER FINANCING SOURCES EXPENDITURES & OTHER FINANCING USES

Budget 2020-21 409,987.30 552,969.30 1,978,538.00 1,835,556.00

Beginning Fund Balance Ending Fund Balance REVENUES & OTHER FINANCING SOURCES EXPENDITURES & OTHER FINANCING USES

Budget 2020-21 9,722,697.92 2,538,681.92 0.00 7,184,016.00

CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND Beginning Fund Balance Ending Fund Balance REVENUES & OTHER FINANCING SOURCES EXPENDITURES & OTHER FINANCING USES

Budget 2020-21 6,784.23 (11,429.77) 880,200.00 898,414.00

FOOD SERVICE FUND Beginning Fund Balance Ending Fund Balance REVENUES & OTHER FINANCING SOURCES EXPENDITURES & OTHER FINANCING USES COMMUNITY SERVICE FUND Beginning Fund Balance Ending Fund Balance REVENUES & OTHER FINANCING SOURCES EXPENDITURES & OTHER FINANCING USES

Budget 2020-21 158,626.39 158,626.39 503,313.00 503,313.00

Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses ALL FUNDS

1,198,697 801,807 2.08

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NOTICE OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETING TOWN OF ALDEN

Notice is further given that on Thursday, November 12, 2020, immediately following completion of the PUBLIC HEARING on the proposed 2021 Budget, which begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Alden Town Hall, a special town meeting of the electors, called by the town board pursuant to s.60.12(1)., Wis. Stat., will be held for the following purposes: 1. To adopt the 2020 town tax levy to be paid in 2021 pursuant to s.60.10(1)(a), Wis. Stat.

NOTICE OF TOWN BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MONTHLY MEETING

Notice is further given that the Town Board of Supervisors Monthly Board Meeting will be held immediately following the public hearing and the special town meeting of the electors. Dated this 21st day of October, 2020 /s/ Christine Genung, Clerk

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC BUDGET HEARING TOWN OF ALDEN

TOTAL EXPENDITURES ........................1,207,545 PROPERTY TAXES LEVIED ......................789,739 TOWN MILL RATE ...........................................2.08 (per $1,000 Valuation)

Notice is hereby given, in accordance with the provisions of Wisconsin Statute 65.90(5)(a), that the School Board Osceola, on October 28, 2020, adopted the following changes to previously approved budgeted 2020-21 amounts.

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GROSS TOTAL EXPENDITURES -- ALL FUNDS Interfund Transfers (Source 100) - ALL FUNDS Refinancing Expenditures (FUND 30) NET TOTAL EXPENDITURES -- ALL FUNDS PERCENTAGE INCREASE – NET TOTAL FUND EXPENDITURES FROM PRIOR YEAR

Budget 2020-21 34,277,344.00 1,797,012.00 0.00 32,480,332.00 28.15%

PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX LEVY FUND General Fund Referendum Debt Service Fund Non-Referendum Debt Service Fund Capital Expansion Fund Community Service Fund TOTAL SCHOOL LEVY PERCENTAGE INCREASE -TOTAL LEVY FROM PRIOR YEAR

Budget 2020-21 6,761,076.00 1,880,303.00 98,235.00 0.00 125,000.00 8,864,614.00 0.00% Delivering Your Community

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Cross country teams at their best at State BY RON JASPERSON SPORTS WRITER

Rearrange the trophy shelf. The Osceola Chieftain cross country team just earned another huge piece of hardware to put on display. Osceola competed in the D-2 State meet at Colby and came back with an extremely impressive performance. The Chieftain girls brought home the State runner-up trophy while the boys placed sixth in a very tightly contested race. “The Osceola cross country team has endured and overcome many changes this season,” Osceola Coach Rachael Robinson began. “Looking back, we have so much to be grateful for. We completed eleven successful weeks of training and racing, and to top it all off both teams (girls and boys) qualified for the State meet. They fought through 16-18 mph winds and competed for every place and second possible in the first heat of the D-2 State finals. The final results show exactly how hard they worked and how much they believed. They are a special group of student athletes who capitalized on the moment.” Osceola trailed only Winneconne on the girls’ side of the ledger at State. The Chieftains were pushed hard by the third and fourth place teams,

Kewaskum and Lake Mills respectively, but the team is gritty and determined and they earned their second place finish. Sophomore Rachel Ulrich placed third among the runners in the team competition (fifth overall) to lead the Chieftains. Behind Ulrich for OHS was a pair of seniors in their last race for the Chiefs. Lauren Ellefson placed 11th and Alli Fogelberg finished 25th. “It’s hard to comprehend that my final cross country season has come to an end,” Ellefson said. “I’ve enjoyed every moment of being a part of this team for the past four years and it’s incredibly sad to leave it behind. Yet I also leave with happiness, having qualified for the State meet every year and having been part of a team that has taken home the second place team State title for two years in a row. This team is extraordinary and I wouldn’t have wanted to do it with anyone else. They’ve become my family. I can’t wait to see what they accomplish in the future.” “This sport has done so much for me,” Fogelberg added.” It has allowed me to form many new relationships and accomplish what I never though was possible alongside SEE OHS CC, PAGE 11

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Sophomore Rachel Ulrich placed ﬁfth overall in the State meet leading the Chieftains to a second place team ﬁnish. This is the second straight season that the OHS girls earned the runner-up trophy.

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When and Where: October 30th at St. Croix Falls Outcome: St. Croix Falls 44, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser 0 Summary: The St. Croix Falls Saints got back on the winning trail with a convincing 44-0 win over the Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Bulldogs. SCF jumped on the Bulldogs with 23 points in the opening quarter and added another 21 points before intermission. Comments: “This was a fun night and a victory we really needed,” Saints’ Coach Grant Belisle said. “This keeps us in the playoff hunt and moving forward into Spooner week with some positive momentum. We added some elements of competition into this week’s practice and I believe it helped our players understand the importance of winning one on one battles. It probably also helps us with getting a quicker start to playing ‘good’ football, instead of waiting a series or two.” Offense: “I really like the way Dayo Oye ran the ball,” Belisle said.

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Junior Quinn McDonald was the top runner for Osceola all season long. He led the Chieftain boys to a sixth place team ﬁnish last Saturday in Colby.

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St. Croix Fall’s swarming defense held Chetek-Weyerhaeuser scoreless last week. Sam Wilson (#54), Bennett Bergmann (53), Tanner Gaffey (57) and Kaleb Bents (55) surround the ball carrier in action against Cameron.

“He’s been getting better at hitting the hole with speed and finding some green space once he clears the line of scrimmage. Our offensive line

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In sports there are labels applied to wins and losses. Certainly you have heard about exciting or thrilling wins or perhaps an important victory. On the other side of the equation who hasn’t heard of a devastating loss or an upset setback? Last Friday the Osceola Chieftain football team traveled to Amery to take on the Warriors. Osceola fell by a single point to Amery in a game that they certainly could have won. Perhaps you could describe the loss as disappointing. In many ways Osceola controlled the game, at least statistically. The Chieftains outgained the Warriors 266 yards to just 135. OHS had 15 first downs to Amery’s nine. Osceola ran 63 offensive plays to the Warriors 42. There were a couple of statistics that did not go Osceola’s way and ultimately led to the one point loss. The Chieftains turned the ball over four times to once for Amery. Osceola was hit with 72 yards of

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penalties to the Warrior’s 24. “We have to continue to focus on our own technique and responsibilities,” Osceola Coach Scott Newton said. “In close games a step or two can make the biggest difference.” It wasn’t just the number of turnovers that was

devastating for Osceola but it was when and where they happened. The Chieftains first turnover happened on their own 16-yard line. The Warriors scored two plays later on a two yard run by Koy Hopke to take a 7-0 lead. The second SEE OHS FOOTBALL, PAGE 19

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Unity/St. Croix Falls fall out of Sectionals in shootout When and Where: Oct. 29 at Rice Lake Outcome: Rice Lake 0, Unity/St. Croix Falls (USCF) 0 (Rice Lake wins in shootout 3-1) Summary: Neither USCF or Rice Lake were able to score during 90 minutes of the regular game and an overtime period. A series of penalty kicks was used to determine the winner of the Sectional semi-final game. Rice Lake defeated USCF in the shootout to advance to the Sectional final where they lost to Medford, also in a shootout. Comments: “Each team had plenty of opportunities and both teams had outstanding goal keepers protecting the net,” USCF Coach Craig Zipperer said. “We attempted to make some adjustments to give us

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Senior Hayden Schill was one of ﬁve seniors to play their last game of the season for Unity/St. Croix Falls last week. USCF lost to Rice Lake in the Sectional semi-ﬁnal game.

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my teammates.” Freshman Adelyn Ellefson improved all season long and was the fourth Chieftain to finish and placed 39th. Right behind Ellefson was junior Chloe Backlund finishing 41st. Freshman Merri Johnson and junior Arieana Hayton were the sixth and seventh runners on the State runner-up team. The Osceola boys’ team placed sixth as a team, which is obviously nothing to sneeze at but the team was so close to all of the teams ahead of them. Just 29 points separated the Chieftains from the top finishing team in the State. Osceola was led by Quinn McDonald who finished eighth among runners on a qualifying team and was 16th overall. McDonald has led the Chieftains in each race this

season. Senior Kolten Heimbach finished his OHS cross country career with a 17th place finish for the team. “Running for the Chiefs is the best thing I’ve ever done,” Heimbach said. “They taught me so much, from how to be a leader, to set goals and work up to achieving those goals, which is something I will cherish for the rest of my life. The coaches and cross country team is the best thing that ever happened to me.” Behind Heimbach for Osceola was freshman Ethan Hall (19th place) and his senior brother Jacob (40th). “This team means everything to me,” Jacob Hall said after the race. “It is the best group of people I’ve ever had the privilege to be around. You won’t find another team like it anywhere in any sport.

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miss my dog Teal. It’s awfully quiet and lonely around the house with her gone. Teal had to be put down last week after 13 great years together. I know I’m not alone with these thoughts. Dogs often become family members and Teal achieved that level over her life. Teal left a mark on many people. She never barked and she did a great rug imitation. By that I mean you never knew she was in the house. If she wanted your attention she would come and sit down beside you and look up at you with those big brown eyes. You couldn’t help but scratch Columnist her behind the ears. When friends or family would stop by they’d ask Jim Bennett

It’s such a tight group and we all love to run for each other.” Sophomore Dylan Salewski (41st) also ran a great race as did Brayden Bradway (45th) and Mason Hancock (46th). Both the Osceola boys’ and girls’ teams had a great mix of senior leadership and younger talented runners. The Chieftains had four runners compete for their last time right where they would wanted to be, at the State meet. “Kolten Heimbach, Jacob Hall, Lauren Ellefson, and Alli Fogelberg wrapped up four years of laborious work and huge accomplishments with a final sprint to the finish,” Robinson said. “They have led us, inspired us, and provided us with unforgettable memories. We celebrate all they have given us and we will forever honor their dedication to this sport.”

where Teal was first. She never jumped up on anyone. She even had a fan following away from home. I used to do seminars, putting on dog training and waterfowl hunting programs on stage. I used Teal and she performed like a pro. Commanding her with just hand signals she performed flawlessly amazing spectators. She was the same in the field. She’d even retrieve woodcock and fur critters that most dogs never will. 13 years ago I let Teal sleep with me as a single man but after getting married she’s had her own bed for the last 10 years. That was hard on both Teal and me but what’s a guy to do? My wife Nancee’ shed way more tears than I expected and had a long good bye with Teal that day. 12 year old son Brady had wet SEE BENNETT, PAGE 16

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Chieftain Cross Country Summary WIAA State Meet at Colby, Wisconsin Oct. 31, 2020 Team Standings – (girls – 5,000 meters) 1) Winneconne 76 2) Osceola 119 3) Kewaskum 122 4) Lake Mills 125 5) Two Rivers 134 6) St. Croix Central 149 7) Catholic Memorial 150 8) Tomahawk 165 9) Freedom 171 10 Aquinas 224 11) Wautoma/Wild Rose 243 12) Colby 273 Osceola Individuals (overall place, name, time) 3, Rachel Ulrich, 19:12.85 11, Lauren Ellefson, 20:26.20 25, Alli Fogelberg, 21:09.23 39, Adelyn Ellefson, 21:57.03 41, Chloe Backlund, 21:58.53 (46), Merri Johnson, 22:09.73 (61), Arieana Hayton, 22:41.94 Individual winner, Kayci Martensen, Southwestern Co-op, 18:09.29 Team Standings – (boys – 5,000 meters) 1) Aquinas 96 2) Kiel 108 3) Freedom 112 4) Valders 116 5) Little Chute 121 6) Osceola 125 7) Deerﬁeld/Cambridge 147 8) West Salem 173 9) University School of Milwaukee 182 10) Poynette 235 11) Northwestern 264 12) Winneconne 268 Osceola Individuals (overall place, name, time) 8, Quinn McDonald, 17:11.74 17, Kolten Heimbach, 17:28.47 19, Ethan Hall, 17:30.83 40, Jacob Hall, 18:09.83 41, Dylan Salewski, 18:14.50 (45), Brayden Bradway, 18:19.85 (46), Mason Hancock, 18:20.31 Individual winner, Leo Richardson, Edgewood, 15:47.5.

OHS FOOTBALL Nov. 6 vs. Baldwin-Woodville. Osceola Football Statistics Osceola at Amery (unofficial) Oct. 30, 2020 Rushing (att - yds - td’s) OHS, L Sedivy 6-12, Carlson 35-155-1, J Sedivy 2-10, Tronrud 11-30-1. AHS, Ko Hopke 26-115, Kurschinski 1-1, Ka Hopke 2-9, Team 3-(-5). Passing (comp - att - yds – td - int) OHS, Tronrud 5-7-50-0-1. AHS, Ka Hopke 3-10-15-0-0. Receiving (catches - yds - td’s) OHS, Ulrich 4-34, L Sedivy 1-16. AHS, Melberg 2-7, Wolf 1-8. Punts OHS, Ulrich, 2-66-33.0 ave. AHS, Gouker 3-114-37.7 ave. Team Statistics Yards Rushing; OHS 216, AHS 120. Yards per Carry; OHS 4.0, AHS 3.8. Yards Passing; OHS 50, AHS 15. Yards per Attempt Passing; OHS 7.1, AHS 1.5. Total Yards; OHS 266, AHS 135. Total Plays; OHS 63, AHS 42.

Fi t Downs; D 9 First OHS 15 15, AHS 9. Kickoff Returns; OHS 4-47-11.8 ave. AHS 3-57-19.0 ave. Punt Returns; OHS none. AHS 2-1-.5 ave. Penalties; OHS 9-72, AHS 3-24. Turnovers; OHS 4 (3 fumbles, 1 int), AHS 1 (fumble). Scoring 1 2 3 4 F OHS 0 0 12 0 12 AHS 0 10 0 3 13 First Quarter No scoring Second Quarter AHS – Ko Hopke 2 run (Wolf kick), 10:35 AHS – Wolf 25 ﬁeld goal, 1:20 Third Quarter OHS – Carlson 10 run (run failed), 8:02 OHS – Tronrud 1 run (run failed), 1:52 Fourth Quarter AHS – Wolf 23 ﬁeld goal, 3:55 Middle Border Conference Football Standings Oct. 30, 2020 Conf Overall W-L W-L 1) Ellsworth 6-0 6-0 2) St. Croix Central 4-1 5-1 3) Somerset 3-2 3-2 3) Baldwin-Woodville 3-2 3-3 5) Osceola 1-4 2-4 5) Amery 1-4 1-4 7) Prescott 0-5 1-5 Scores from October 30th Amery 13, Osceola 12 Ellsworth33, Somerset 8 St. Croix Central 35, Prescott 0 New Richmond 31, Baldwin-Woodville 7 (non-conference)

SCF FOOTBALL Nov. 6 at Spooner. St. Croix Falls Football Statistics (unofficial) Chetek-Weyerhaeuser (CW) at St. Croix Falls (SCF) at Oct. 30, 2020 Rushing (att - yds - td’s) SCF, Oye, 16232-3, K DeFoe 3-23-1, Steffen 2-15, J DeFoe 2-13, Guggisberg 2-11, Bents 2-9, Belisle 1-9, Glenna 1-8, Scott 3-5, K Clark 2-4, Z Clark 1-1, Rode 1-(-3), Opel 1-1, CW, A Kummet 9-44, C Kummet 2-29, Janson 1-9, #22 1-1, #24 1-(-7), Razim 10-(-19). Passing (comp - att - yds – td - int) SCF, Belisle 1-1-42-1-0. CW, Razim 3-14-40-0-1, A Kummet 0-1-0-0-0. Receiving (catches - yds - td’s) SCF, Oestreich 1-42-1. CW, C Kummet 1-34, Janson 1-5, #22 1-1. Punts (att / yds / ave) SCF, none. CW, Razim 3-49-16.3 ave. Team Statistics Yards Rushing; SCF 328, CW 57. Yards per Carry; SCF 8.6, CW 2.4. Yards Passing; SCF 42, CW 40. Yards per Attempt Passing; SCF 42.0, CW 2.7. Total Yards; SCF 370, CW 97. Yards per Play; SCF 9.5, CW 2.5. Total Plays; SCF 39, CW 39. First Downs; SCF 15, CW 4. Kickoff Returns; SCF 2-20-10.0 ave. CW 6-81-13.5 ave. Punt Returns; SCF 1-(-2)-(-2) ave. CW none. Penalties; SCF 7-60, CW 4-42. Turnovers; SCF none, CW 1 (int). Scoring 1 2 3 4 F CWHS 0 0 0 0 0 SCFHS 23 21 0 0 44 First Quarter SCF – Oye 72 run (Bents kick), 11:44 SCF – Safety on attempted CW punt play, 10:10 SCF - Clark 1 run Bents kick), 9:51 SCF – Oye 45 run (bents kick), 0:47 Second Quarter SCF – Oye 14 run (Bents kick), 10:20 SCF – Oestreich 42 pass from Belisle (Bents kick), 5:13 SCF – DeFoe 9 run (Bents kick), 1:05 Third Quarter No scoring Fourth Quarter No Scoring

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to blocking with great pad level and explosiveness.” Defense: “Defensively our kids got to the QB a few times early and I think that got into his head,” Belisle noted. “He was a little squirrely back there which ended up helping us down the stretch as we didn’t particularly cover the receivers very well. They had some open guys when we blew our coverage but luckily they didn’t convert on most of their big play opportunities. We need to get this taken care of ASAP.”

Upcoming: “We head to Spooner this week,” Belisle said. “The Rails run an offensive system that is difficult to deal with. There is lots of misdirection, power, and always and an element of surprise. We will need to be very physical or they will take advantage of the movement they get on our defense. They also like to have possession of the ball, so we will need to attempt to take control of the ball and work on clock management. We are losing daylight as well, so getting good, crisp, and quick practices in will be important.”

Minutes of Osceola

School Board Proceedings The Regular Meeting of the Board of Education for the School District of Osceola was held in the Middle School IMC on October 7, 2020. The meeting was called to order by President Brooke Kulzer at 6:30 P.M. with roll call taken: Pete Kammerud – yes; Kysa Marten –yes, Brian Meyer – yes; Lanette Johnson-yes; and Brooke Kulzer –yes. Superintendent Mark Luebker, Business Manager Lynette Edwards, Director of Instruction Dr. Becky Styles, Director of Pupil Service Jessie Thorson, Building and Grounds Director Bob Schmidt and Building Principals Adam Spiegel, Scott Newton, Amanda Meyer, Lindsay Thomas and Julie Bender attended the meeting. Persons who requested an audience with the board: Gayle Kremer informed the Board about another District complaining to Osceola fans for wearing our Chieftain Pride Gear and asked that these districts be made aware. A Pete Kammerud/Lanette Johnson motion was made to approve the consent without the request to pull any items out for discussion. Motion Carried. Adopt the agenda Approved minutes of the Regular Meeting held on September 23, 2020 Hires, Resignations, and Recognitions. Resignation: Recognition(s): Hire (s): Ryan Sauve, C-Team Boys Basketball Coach Motion Carried. A Brian Meyer/Kysa Marten motion was made to approve the payment of bills from General Fund with ACH numbered 202000101-202000113 and computerized checks numbered 118170-181314 for a total of $756,950.77 Motion Carried. School Board Committee Report: Brooke Kulzer reported that Michelle McManamy gave updates on the Kids Klub Grants that were received and how they were used to help with the program. The Board and Administrative team also had a Strategic Planning work session to review the Districts current plan and discuss options for future school years. Bray Architects presented virtually to the Board giving them updates to the planning they have completed. This included secured entrances and infrastructure work that is planned to be part of phase one in 2021. Facility study is complete, engineers have toured the buildings and will be updating the rest of the team on their findings. A Pete Kammerud/Kysa Marten motion was made to approve the hiring of additional Middle School Basketball coaches. Motion Carried. A Brooke Kulzer/Kysa Marten motion was made to table the approval of the Youth Community Sports Facility Usage until the next Board Meeting on October 28th. Motion Carried. A Brian Meyer/Lanette Johnson motion was made to approve the DPI District Flexibility Application as presented by Mark Luebker. Motion Carried. A Brian Meyer/Pete Kammerud motion was made to approve the Third Friday in September Pupil Count data as presented by Lynette Edwards. Motion Carried. Administrator Reports: Principal Julie Bender- National Custodian Day last week. THANK YOU Randy, Michael, Ryan, and Adam! Doing our best to keep school “normal” for students. 5th grade completed their first intramural competition- flag football. Teachers vs. Students on Friday. We are planning a Fall Spirit Week for October 19-2. Dress-up days, a Movie with a message and outdoor activities planned. Teachers are continuing to work hard and deliver content through our LMS. We have received a lot of positive feedback from parents at home with their child for various pandemic reasons. OIS Book Fair is this week! Trying something new with online shopping, the eWallet and student shop days only. Thank you Brooke Kulzer and Amy Vad for all the behind the scene work. Parent teacher conferences are being scheduled via Family Access (October 20 & 22). Conferences will be phone calls only.

St. Croix Falls-opoly is here. It is one of the group of 11 northwestern Wisconsin city games included in a Local opoly day launch that occurred last month. St. Croix Falls-opoly showcases favorite landmarks and well-known parts of town. Folks that live outside of St. Croix Falls may not be familiar with Regal Park or Pea Pickin’ Flea Market and the other few dozen local icons which make up the game. If you are from St. Croix Falls, this game is about your home. The St. Croix Falls-opoly

games are made in Cincinnati, Ohio by Late for the Sky Production Company. Late for the Sky started in 1985 by making licensed, collegiate board games with a property trading theme. The company has no affiliation with Hasbro, the makers of Monopoly and doesn’t use any of their protected trademarks. Bill Schulte, one of the owners of Late for the Sky, explains how the local games came about: “We are always researching cities and communities around Wisconsin to make a unique game

Business Manager Lynette Edwards: TID District #3 Approved by Village of Osceola - large portion of downtown, anticipate 15 years of investments and 20 yr. life of TID. Property Values were certified October 1 - increase of 9.5%. With the cap on tax levy, this will create a drop in mil rate. State Aid will be certified October 15 - estimate is $196,000 above last year, but with 2019-20 revenues & expenditures below budget this could lower the certified aid. 2020-21 Pupil Count will affect funding for 2021-22. The proposed Pandemic School Stability Package includes a bill that would allow districts to use their 2019-20 OR 2020-21 pupil count, whichever is greater, for revenue limits in 2021-22. Superintendent Mark Luebker: Mr. Luebker informed the Board of the School Administrators Alliance recommendations for statutory flexibility for the 2020-20 school year. Mr. Luebker also presented COVID related absences and reports. Principal Amanda Meyer: This week is our spirit week! Thank you to Mrs. Salewski and Student Council members for making this week feel a bit more “normal!” We have had dress up days, played school-wide BINGO, are having a door decorating contest, and will be decorating pumpkins soon. Our 8th grade teachers and students are close to wrapping up their remote learning time. This experience compared to the spring was completely different. Our teachers are meeting Live with students for 20 minutes of Advisory and 60 minutes of core classes. Our teachers are rockstars--learning together to use Schoology and other tools to actively engage students. They are finding ways to include positive reinforcements with ticket drawings and Advisory activities. They have even participated in our spirit week activities! Conferences are being scheduled for October 19-22. We just finished another Schoology training today; thank you to Bryan Marks and Becky. Asst. Principal/Athletic Director Scott Newton: We are working through our fall season sports. Girls Tennis and Girls golf have completed their season. Volleyball, Cross-Country, and Soccer will be starting WIAA tournament time shortly. There have been no updates from the WIAA regarding the winter season. We are currently working as a conference to adjust winter season schedules, right now every season is about 3-weeks shorter. A huge thank you to our event workers! It definitely has been a different year managing, organizing, policing fans/students at events. We are doing our very best to provide opportunities for our kids, while managing health safety procedures. We are working to adapt our Link Crew options - providing time for connections with Link Crew Leaders and freshmen. We hit the stretch where kids have settled in. Principal Adam Spiegel: We have lots of kids signing up for clubs during homeroom. It is great to see kids finding a way to get involved. Thank you to our staff for the various offerings. Midterm is next week, we are very thankful we have made it through the first part of the trimester. Staff have been great adapting to our new LMS and working with those who are in person and virtual due to Covid. Our kids are in a routine, we have had very little issues with students not complying with our expectations. Lots of friendly reminders, but overall kids are doing great. We are handling any masks issues like we would a dress code violation. Parents have been great to work with. Jannetje, Holli, and Lori have been amazing in the office. Their jobs have shifted due to Covid and they have been extremely flexible. We appreciate all the behind the scenes work and how positive they have been with it all! Curriculum Director Dr. Becky Styles: OVA numbers for semester 1 as of 10-7-2020 are as follows; OES-21, OIS-12, OMS-21, and OHS-36. Educator Effectiveness, continuous growth model for 2020-21 will look different. Update Summary: First year teachers and teachers on improvement plans, minimum of three informal observations and three conferences with principal 2nd year and beyond minimum 1 informal and 1 LMS review Jessie will observe/provide feedback on paperwork to spec ed teachers, school psychologists and speech and language teachers. All teachers will roll forward next year (i.e. summative this year will become Continuing 1)Frontline will not be used in 2020-21. Reading Readiness: Wis. Stats. 118.016 requires each pupil enrolled in 4-year-old kindergarten to 2nd grade in a school district or in a charter school to be annually assessed for reading readiness. The school board shall ensure that the assessment evaluates whether a pupil possesses phonemic awareness and letter sound knowledge. We are switching our screener this year to

completely about a specific town. Before we take on a project, we need to be sure the locals love their town. That’s not been too difficult. Love of hometown is in Wisconsinites’ DNA…that along with cheese and Packers.” The Local Opoly games are sold exclusively at that town’s local Walmart store. Other Wisconsin town games which have been produced include Ashland, Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire, Hayward, Hudson, Ladysmith, Medford, Menomonie, New Richmond and Rice Lake.

Fastbridge. FastBridge reading assessments combine Computer-Adaptive Tests (CAT) to screen student achievement and highly sensitive Curriculum-Based Measures (CBM) to monitor growth over time. We have/will use aReading for our 4k-2 students. Kudos to Amanda for all her work and support for teachers and 8th grade students/families while they did the inaugural remote schedule for 2020-21. The leadership team planning done this summer has paid off. Principal Lindsay Thomas: Our 4K students are back to school tomorrow! Because we don’t have devices for 4K students, we served those students and families with learning packets, connections via Seesaw, Google Meet, emails and phone calls. We got good feedback from families. We have some staff teaching remotely into the classroom. I was apprehensive about how this would work for our students, but it has been very successful. A BIG thank you to Danel Rogers for being the inperson student supervisor/virtual learning coordinator. She has done a wonderful job and the students are still getting that high quality instruction from their teacher. The struggle to find subs has been real at OES. The staff have absolutely stepped up and jumped to help out as needed. They say it takes a village and it sure has been a full village effort! Conferences will be via phone October 20 and 22 from 3:30-7:30. Thank you for supporting the health aide positions. Today we had Rachael and Hailee busy with sick kiddos. Director of Pupil Services Jessica Thorson: Completed our first round of Non-Violent Crisis Intervention Training at the end of September to our Priority A group (13 staff members-special education teachers, school psychologists, and support staff). We will complete the next round with our Priority B group (which will be made up of some special education teachers, school counselors, and members of each building’s crisis team). Special education staff are continuing to learn and adapt their instruction during remote learning opportunities. They are posting their lessons in Schoology and have had great successes with their students that have had to be learning from home. It has also been great to see the hard work they put into creating contingency plans for students with IEPs and see these plans being implemented during this remote instruction period. At all of the buildings special education teachers have recognized the support staff for all the hard work they are doing! The special education teachers are so appreciative of their support, them being flexible and stepping up to all of the new challenges. The support staff are on the front line working with out students with disabilities and respond to many behavioral challenges and they come to work each day with a positive attitude. A special meeting will be held in closed session on Wednesday, October 14 beginning at 4:30 in the OMS IMC under Wis Statutes 19.85 (1) (e) (e) Deliberating or negotiating the purchasing of public properties, the investing of public funds, or conducting other specified public business, whenever competitive or bargaining reasons require a closed session. a. Conduct Construction Manager Interviews The next Committee Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. in the Osceola Middle School Library. A public audience will be allowed for this meeting and the room will be set up to follow social distancing guidelines. All visitors will be required to fill out a COVID-19 Visitor Screening. The next regular Board Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. in the Osceola Middle School IMC. A public audience will be allowed for this meeting and the room will be set up to follow social distancing guidelines. All visitors will be required to fill out a COVID-19 Visitor Screening and facial coverings. A Lanette Johnson/Pete Kammerud motion was made to adjourn to Executive Session pursuant to WI Statute 19.85(1) (c) and (f) to consider the employment and compensation of any employee and for preliminary consideration of a specific matter which, if discussed in public, could have an adverse impact on the reputation of those involved. Roll call taken: Pete Kammerud – yes; Kysa Marten -yes; Brian Meyer- yes; Lanette Johnson-yes; and Brooke Kulzer-yes. Motion Carried. A Pete Kammerud/Brian Meyer motion was made to adjourn out of the Executive Session. Motion carried. Brooke Kulzer announced no official action was taken. A Brian Meyer/Kysa Marten motion was made to adjourn. Motion Carried. Pete Kammerud, Clerk WNAXLP

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cheeks that needed drying as did I. I put Teal down myself having years ago learned the best method that my first great dog Bing forced me to do. Bing hated veterinarians and who can blame him. He had to be muzzled to get his rabies shot. I talked to a couple doctors and learned that a well placed bullit is faster and more humane than a lethal injction when necessary. That day with Bing I carried him to his favorite duck hunting pond and was amazed when we had a flyby of ducks and geese as the sun set

that would be Bing’s last memory at his favorite spot where he rests today 30 odd years later. Teal’s favorite thing was pheasant hunting so that morning my son Josh and I went out shot a nice rooster that would be her last moments. After a retrieve that Teal struggled with her balance, weak and a large benign growth on her abdomen. It was fun to see her ears perk up again and watch her sense of accomplishment as delivered the rooster to hand. Then we sat down together and I awaited the right opportunity. Her passing was immediate, followed by a tail wag

as she was now free of the pain and suffering that brings about these times. At the same moment the sun came out for the first time in a few days, a deer appeared and Teals daughter Briar flushed a big rooster pheasant as if on cue. It’s very lonely here at the house, the rug is empty as is a piece of my heart. Jim Bennett is an outdoorsman who lives and worked in the St. Croix River Valley and can be reached at jamesbennett24@gmail. com

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OHS turnover was a fumble that Amery returned to the Osceola 33-yard line. The Warriors went on a long and methodical drive from there resulting in a 25-yard field goal by Daniel Wolf to take a 10-0 lead. Osceola finally seemed to get untracked offensively and drove the ball down to the Amery 10. With less than a minute to go before halftime the Chieftains turned the ball over for the third time in the half leaving the score 10-0 at intermission. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Amery had a very good interior group,â&#x20AC;? Newton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tough for us to get movement.â&#x20AC;? Osceola came out determined in the second half with a 10 play, 63 yard drive culminating with a 10 yard run by Nick Carlson. The Chieftains overcame a pair of penalties along the way. Unfortunately the extra point failed to leave the score at 10-6. After a quick threeand-out by Amery Osceola got the ball back on their own 49-yard line. Again the Chieftains took charge, this time with an 11 play drive with Charlie Tronrund going the final yard on a fourth down quarterback sneak. Once again the PAT failed for Osceola leaving them clinging to a 12-10 lead. Amery got the ball on a punt from Osceola to start the fourth quarter

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