2011moments

A look back in photos

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Rough weather made for tough going in a catamaran race on Shell Lake in August. - Photo by Larry Samson, Washburn County Register

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2011moments

HOWDY, NEIGHBOR! Allie Olander, 2, was delighted to meet and play with hersoon-to-be neighbor, Norman Springett, who with his mom and brothers attended the ground-breaking service of the Olander Habitat for Humanity home in Amery in May. - Photo by JackieThorwick

ASSURANCE OF SPRING Highs in the low 50s and lows near freezing cre-ated spring anxiety in late April but scenes like this assured us that spring was really onits way in northwest Wisconsin. - Photo by John Reed

LOUD BOYS It wasn’t a marching band or the screeching of a fireengine that made this young parade-goer hold his ears but rather the an-tics of the shotgun-wielding Wild River Boys, who made some noise dur-ing the annual Family Days parade in Frederic in June. - Photo by Gary King

FAREWELL A Frederic graduate gives a tearful hug following thegraduation of the Frederic High School Class of 2011. - Photo by Sandra King

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STORMING THE CASTLE Several kids made a valiant attempt at climbing the walls of the Luck WInter Carni-val castle in February - Photo by Greg Marsten

FISH KISS Scratch it offtheir bucket lists - Kathy Goneauand Deb Talmadge enjoyed theBon Ton ice-fishing contest atLittle Butternut Lake in Luck inFebruary. - Photo by GregMarsten

CHILLING EVIDENCE Rick Davidsavor, the local expert at retrieving submerged vehicles, carefully peersinto the icy waters of Balsam Lake to view a Chevrolet Tahoe that broke through the ice on the Balsam Lake Narrows,proving the dangers of driving on ice in mid-March. - Photo submitted

STANDING TALL Paul Rightman of Siren isproud of his father as he stands tall at the rally held atSpooner in February for the returning National Guard950th Clearance Company. - Photo by Larry Samson

TRIBUTE Wayne Shirley listens as Sarah McCurdyof the Polk County Land Information Department gives himglowing praise for his help in numerous areas of local gov-ernment during a special retirement party held for Shirleyin April.- Photo by Greg Marsten

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TIME TO LEAVE Little Elisa made her way across the floor of the dance pavil-lion at the Polk County Fair as her grandmother, Kathy Brihn, follows. - Photo by Greg

FROG FURNITURE This little guy peeked out from an umbrellabase on the deck of a Polk County home during a hot day in August. -Photo by Marty Seeger

FAIR FRIENDS Wayne and Vicky Fredrickson of New Richmond took a break at the Polk CountyFair in July, recalling 53 years of visiting the county fair as a couple. - Photo by Greg Marsten

ENDLESS SUMMER Tommy Swenson, 13, got a few runs in as the sun setover the Siren Skate Park in August. - Photo by Greg Marsten

See all 10 pages of “2011 Moments” in this week’s e-edition @ www.the-leader.net

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The corn pile was a huge success at the dairy breakfast. Duringclean up the Unity FFA members took their turns trying to buryKaina Zygowicz up to her neck in corn! During the event youthscould try to find hidden items in the corn pile that were good in ex-change for door prizes.

Grantsburg used stingy defense and outrebounded Blair-Taylor during a thrilling victory late in the fourth quarter. Pirates David Ohnstad, (far left) Brent Myers (cen-ter) and Seth Coy grapple for a rebound early in the game. – Photos by John Reed

A full moon finds its way above the trees on Sunday, April 17, glowing behind a thin veilof clouds. - Photo by Marty Seeger

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Bill Erickson showed his Packer pride during the swimsuit competition portion ofthe Mr. Mid-Winter Sports Day pageant held at the Rendezvous event center in Grants-burg on Feb. 19.

A field of snow reflects afternoon sun in this Burnett County scene. More hours ofsunlight each day reminds us the days of winter are numbered. - Photo by Gary King

These barred owl babies hatched just over two weeks ago. This photo was obtained by acamera on a tripod, duct taped to a pole near the nest box. These babies will be branchingin a couple of weeks. - Photo by Sue Herwig

Patrick Pfannes holds an umbrella for Durand Blanding during Blanding’s playing of tapsat a Memorial Day service held at the St. Croix Falls cemetery during rainy and windy weather.“He was my aide-de-camp,” said Blanding, whose rendition of the tribute to fallen soldiersrang true under imperfect conditions. More photos of Memorial Day programs in Currents. -Photo by Gary King

The Class of 2011prepared for theirfinal class picture indifferent ways, withdifferent ways to killtime. – Photos byGreg Marsten

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Creating fun during the long winter months in northwestern Wisconsin sometimes takes a little creativity. These youngsters were enjoying themselves with tours around the Clam Falls Flowageon Sunday, Feb. 20, as part of the South Fork Sporting Club’s annual ice fishing contest. - Photo by Gary King

A DNR pilot took this photo of downed trees in the Johnson Lake area of Burnett County thee day after the July 1 storm, which toppled trees across 130,000 acres in Burnett County.

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Pro wrestler Mitch Paradise flipped a pseudo fan from the crowd who challenged him to a bout during the January JudgmentDay event at Grantsburg High School on Jan. 15.

The money raised during the FFA and FCCLA'sPenny Wars was donated to the Muscular DystrophyAssociation. The freshman class raised the mostmoney and got to select which faculty member wouldhave the privilege of kissing a calf. That honor wentto librarian and freshmen class adviser Lori Nelson.Students were also able to purchase coupons per-mitting them to wear hats in class and the moneyraised from this student council fundraiser was do-nated to the American Cancer Society.

Pirate fans of all ages traveled to Madison last week to watch their Pirates during the state finals at the KohlCenter.

Spring flowers are caught between two seasonsthese days as the region fluctuates between win-ter and spring. Another snowfall arrived late Tues-day evening, April 19, and light snow fell throughmuch of the morning, April 20. - Photo by JohnReed

This fisher has been a daily visitor at the Brooke Biedingerresidence near the Clam Falls area. – Photo by Brooke Biedinger

A glance back at afew of the more

memorable images of 2011 by

the Register’saward-winningphotographer Larry Samson

The two-man crew of this catamaran was tossed into the water on Shell Lake during a race in August.

Bear cubs act out some brotherly love in April.

A couple makes a rubbing of a loved one’s name at the Moving Wall, a replica of the Vietnam Memorial which came to the Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery nearSpooner in August.

2011momentsPreviouslyunpublished

Five minutes before the July 1 storm hit, Zach Chris-tianson snapped this photo, looking out over DevilsLake north of Webster. The photo is one of the moredramatic ones of the wall cloud that appeared withinminutes over Northwest Wisconsin early that evening.It was published on Facebook, but this is the first timeit has appeared in the Leader. - Special photo

With the flick of a switch, a rural Lewis home exploded ona Friday evening in September, coming down on 71-year-oldRoger Wolfgram, who lived to celebrate his 72nd birthday thefollowing Wednesday from a hospital bed at Regions Hospitalin St. Paul. Frederic Fire Chief Brian Daeffler released morephotos he and another firefighter took of the aftermath andthe search and rescue effort by Frederic firefighters. Wolf-gram sustained burns to his hands, face, neck and back aswell as a fractured hip in the explosion. He was in the base-ment when he tested a breaker switch while trying to get thefurnace started. A spark apparently ignited gas and the entirehome came down on Wolfgram, burying him under 4 feet ofrubble. After hearing voices, Wolfgram was able to call forhelp and firefighters heard him - but just barely - and pin-pointed his location. “He was lucky to survive,” Daefflernoted. - Special photos