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STATEWIDE - April has been designated by Congress as National Distracted Driving Aware-ness Month, and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation is using this opportunity to urge drivers to pay attention to what’s really important when they’re behind the wheel. “Despite laws to prevent distracted and inattentive driving, too many motorists talk and text on cell phones

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FREDERIC - The Woodland Chorale, a regional choral group under the direction of Dr. Harry Johan-sen, will present a program titled “Love’s Promise” at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 13, in the Frederic High

area high school music programs. Last year’s concert, the group’s second, raised over $1,400 for the Salva-tion Army’s Moola for Milk program and scholar-ships for area high school students to attend music camp. Accompanied by pianist Christine Johansen,

the 30-member choir will perform a broad range of music including popular classics, gospel tunes, ballads and sacred music featuring works by Joseph Haydn, Aaron Copland and Norman Luboff.

A freewill offering will be received at the door, and refreshments will be available during the intermis-sion break. The performance is sponsored by com-

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ST. CROIX FALLS - The Rotary of St. Croix Falls will be host-

- Rotary District 2240. They are participants in Rotary’s 2013 Group Study Exchange Team. An interview will take place April 10 at 10 a.m. in the Glacier Room at the St. Croix Regional Medical Center. The GSE program is a unique cultural and vocational exchange opportunity for businesspeople and pro-fessionals between the ages of 25 and 40 who are in the early stages of their careers. As a GSE team member, each participant travels with their team to areas of different countries. Teams will enjoy a four- to six-week experience of the host country’s culture and institutions, observing how their vocations are practiced abroad, developing personal and professional rela-tionships and exchanging ideas. The event will be broadcast live on Ro-taryClubRa-d i o . c o m . Shown are members of

R e p u b l i c and Slo-vakia GSE team, which i n c l u d e s journalists. - with informa-tion from St. Croix Falls Rotary

ST. CROIX FALLS - Celebrating Earth Day has never sounded so sweet, and a special group of singers is the rea-

son why. Joining host Dan Chouinard and special guest Warren Nelson for “Once Upon a River” are the Festival Singers, di-rected for the second year by Marty Hard-ing. The Festival Singers is a chorus made up of 25-30 members from the St. Croix Valley region. Once a year, they join with Dan Chouinard and friends to celebrate the St. Croix River in stories and song. This group is passionate about singing, focusing intimately on river music. Back by popular request is the rollicking “Take Me to the Water,” along with the sweetly pensive spiritual, “Deep River.” This year, the Festival Singers will also perform with singer-songwriters Warren Nelson and Carol Caouette, and lead the audience in

familiar river songs. “Once Upon a River” is onstage Satur-day, April 20, beginning at 7:30 p.m., at Festival Theatre in downtown St. Croix Falls. Single tickets are $21 in advance

715-483-3387, or e-mail , or online at www.festi-valtheatre.org. - Photos submitted

CABLE - Telemark Resort in Cable closed its doors this week, and employees were told the company cur-rently doesn’t have money to reopen. General man-

for a thorough cleaning and will reopen in May, but

for $21,000 for delinquent unemployment compensa-tion, $47,000 for delinquent employee taxes and faces court judgments worth $42,000 awarded to unpaid

but acknowledged the potential purchase group has

1,000 acres of land near Cable, features an expansive

before during the last 20 years, has hosted hundreds of thousands of skiers and mountain bikers during its 63 years as a northward destination. In its heyday, it at-tracted celebrities such as Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Frank Sinatra. Famed chef Emeril Lagasse served as chef there from 1978 to 1980. Telemark was recently featured on the series “Hotel Impossible,” a show which attempts to help struggling lodges, hotels and inns across America. - Gary King, with information from businessnorth.com and wikipedia.com

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izen Patrol has been canceled due to the SKYWARN meeting to be held on April 25 at 7 p.m. in Room 165 at the government center. The next meeting for the

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ST. CROIX FALLS - Flex Gymnastics has been chosen as the April recipient of the RiverBucks program at Central Bank. The bank invites the kids, their parents and friends to stop by Central Bank to enjoy a cup of coffee, espresso drink or a freshly baked cookie. All do-nations for RiverBucks fare go to support a different St. Croix

month. - with submitted informa-tion

•••DRESSER - The National As-

Federal Employees, Indian-head Chapter will hold a din-ner meeting at noon, Thursday,

in Dresser. All active and retired federal employees are welcome. Reservations may be made by phoning 715-689-2252 by Mon-day, April 8. - submitted

•••OSCEOLA -

in the Osceola High School Com-mons. Bowl picking starts at 5 p.m., and a student-led hun-ger presentation will begin at 6:15 to 7:15 p.m., in the Osceola High School auditorium. Guests choose a handmade bowl to use and to keep as a reminder of all the empty bowls in the world.

typical meal for many impov-erished people. In exchange for the meal and the bowl, guests give a suggested $10 per bowl donation. This year, along with the bowls and rice, there will be a silent auction of artwork and professional pottery, T-shirts for sale, a children’s activity booth and student projects. During the presentation, students will celebrate the success of many aspects of Empty Bowls in the school district, including the dis-closure of the amount of money raised by Osceola Intermedi-ate School during their Read to Feed challenge, Birdies for a Cause, Hats for Heifer and the OES Products Drive. New this year is the musical, “Beatrice’s Goat,” by Page McBrier, featur-ing OIS and OMS students. The musical depicts the story of a young girl whose life is changed by the animal she receives from Heifer International. Proceeds

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by Gary KingLeader editor

BURNETT COUNTY - Former County Jail Administrator Terry

-ing a total of $250,000 in dam-ages from Burnett County for actions he alleges were taken against him by Sheriff Dean Ro-land and the county, including defamation, assaults and restric-tion of free speech by way of threats.

Nesvold also claims he was denied due process of law when the county “violated its own pol-icies and procedures” regarding resignation, termination, pay

given due process prior to Ro-land “ordering him (Nesvold) to leave employment.”

to Nesvold’s e-mail to the sheriff in late February, indicating he planned to resign the following week, and the sheriff’s alleged immediate enforcing of a resig-nation.

The allegation that free speech

was restricted refers to Nes-vold’s claim that Roland and Chief Deputy Scott Burns a t -tempted to keep him from talking to county board s u p e r v i s o r s about his concerns over a pro-posed sharing of the county’s dispatch services with neighbor-ing Polk County.

Nesvold is also seeking $25,000 in legal fees he estimates will be incurred during prosecu-tion of the case.

the county’s insurance company, according to county Adminis-

insurance company will notify the county when it has assigned an attorney, which should occur

Nesvold said he could not comment on the case.

Roland also said he could not comment on the case, but noted he has evidence to prove the al-legations wrong.

separate documents, a claim for damages, a notice of circum-

accordance with state statutes 893.80) and the county’s disci-pline/termination grievance form (from policy manual) - Nesvold asks for his job back, seeks back pay plus 12-percent

including health insurance, at-torney’s fees, costs and punitive damages.

In the notice of circumstances of claim, Nesvold notes:

• He had impeccable employ-ment.

• He was honored as National Jail Administrator of the Year.

• He was ordered to leave em-ployment and not return.

• He was assaulted three times, creating a hostile and

threatening work environment - witnessed by many employees.

• The sheriff “retaliated, dis-criminated and harassed” him because he addressed a matter of public concern with the county board of supervisors about merging the county’s dispatch system with Polk County’s - a violation of free speech.

• The sheriff made defama-tory statements about him.

• Roland and Burnett Coun-ty’s actions caused damage to Nesvold not limited to pain, suf-fering, mental distress, anxiety,

-ney’s fees and costs.

The claim also alleges that “many times” throughout the months of December 2012, Janu-ary 2013 and February 2013, Roland and the chief deputy “threatened and retaliated” against Nesvold for exercising his right to free speech and that their actions caused damage to Nesvold including emotional distress, medical treatment, lost wages and attorney’s fees.

Nesvold !les $275,000 claim against sheri", county

Beseler new village president; write-ins

Durand, Moberg and Gustafson !ll three

vacancies

by Greg MarstenLeader staff writer

DRESSER – With four Dresser Village Board members choos-

ing not to run again, including the village president, it was sure to be a bevy of new faces after the Tuesday, April 2, election.

The only candidate who met

vacant spots was Bryan Beseler, who was unchallenged for the village president seat, previously held by Rick Flandrena. Beseler cruised to an easy victory for president with 73 votes, with several other write-ins receiving

a handful of votes, but none of-fering a real challenge.

The other seats were less clear, -

dates eventually came on board

Richard Durand, Wayne Mo-berg, Kellie Stewart, Neil Gus-tafson and Elina Kuusisto.

Final results were quite close, and had Durand, Moberg and Gustafson coming out on top. Unofficial ballot counts

showed former Trustee Richard Durand garnering the most votes with 41, followed by Wayne Mo-berg with 40, and Neil Gustafson also earning a trustee seat with 32 votes.

Coming in just out of reach were fellow write-in candidates Elina Kuusisto with 24 votes and Kellie Stewart with 19.

Some local votes not available at county by Gregg Westigard

Leader staff writer NORTHWEST WISCON-

SIN – Obtaining the results of the Tuesday, April 2, elections vary from county to county and by type of contest. In addition, a new state law allowing more time to get absentee ballots in

of votes is now later in all coun-ties. This means that some elec-

tion returns are not available now and some very close elec-tions won’t be decided until next Monday, April 8.

County clerks receive election results on election night and in some cases put the results on their Web site as they are received. The Burnett County clerk posted all the returns for municipalities and school dis-tricts in the county. Polk County did not record school district results. The Washburn County clerk did not record any local election results.

The Amery School District is

the only school to track and post election results so the detailed Amery results are known. Other school board results will only be available from the district of-

Write-in votes are listed by the counties as scattered. The write-in vote details, including races

candidates, are only available from the municipal clerks.

Absentee ballots can be re-ceived until this Friday under new state law. That means that some returns are not even in yet,

vote canvass, which formerly took place the Thursday after an election, now takes place the Monday following an election. Very close elections like those for Siren Village and School Board, won’t be settled until then.

The result is that most munici-pal election results are in, school results are known for Burnett County, write-in-vote results will be available later today, and close elections won’t be decided until April 8.

Under scrutiny, Sheri" Dean Roland

says he will continue toprotect the voters and

enforce the law, no matter who is involved

by Gary KingLeader editor

BURNETT COUNTY - Sheriff Dean Roland, in a letter to the editor (page 9), says that despite the “rumors and gossip” about his job performance, he will ful-

the county “regardless of the continued attempts by many people to micromanage this de-partment.”

His statement comes on the heels of the latest personnel-related scandal to face him and his department - a $250,000

-mer longtime jail Administrator Terry Nesvold. (See separate story).

In his 10th year as sheriff, Ro-land has spent much of the past year dealing with fallout from

two dispatchers and disciplin-ing of several other department

members who were accused of covering up a 10th mem-ber of the de-p a r t m e n t ’ s involvement in an alleged domestic dis-pute.

Last week, the state De-

of disorderly conduct against that 10th member, deputy Christopher Culvey, following a three-month investigation.

The two fired deputies are seeking reinstatement. A griev-ance hearing is scheduled for early May.

The claim by Nesvold is the second to be brought against the sheriff and the county in the past three years. In 2010, a former fe-

with the state Equal Rights Di-vision, alleging Burnett County and Roland discriminated against her due to her gender. In August of 2012, the county set-tled that case for $50,000 ($20,000 legal fees, paid by insurance company and $30,000 in back wages), one supervisor noting that a settlement was less expen-

sive than a lengthy court process which could have proved to be more costly. The county and Roland denied wrongdoing and Roland said the claim was an ex-ample of a political movement to

In his letter this week, Ro-land claims that continuous at-tacks against his administration began in earnest in April of 2012, coming from “members of the county board, relatives of those deputies that chose to violate policy and law, as well as care-fully selected county employ-ees who ‘owed’ county board members for keeping them free from criminal prosecution in the past.”

Roland notes that not only did some county supervisors plot against his administration in the wake of the investigation and dismissal and discipline of employees regarding the appar-ent cover-up, they conspired to “get the guilty off” and hosted a party to help those employees

being told that the employees were ordered not to discuss the situation while the investigation was ongoing.

A ruling by hearing Judge Jeff Kohler, who presided over the

supported Roland’s assertion that deputies and other sheriff’s department employees had or-chestrated a cover-up to protect

-mation that a “frightful chaos” had been visited upon the county. Kohler did not support

-ers, however, and that employee chose to resign rather than be re-instated.

Roland is in the middle of a four-year term, but at least one supervisor has discussed the possibility of a recall election. That sentiment appears to be overshadowing any praise the sheriff may be getting for, as he puts it in his letter, “(making) the decision to take the right ac-tion and do the job that we were elected to do; enforce the law no matter where it took us and no matter who was involved. No favorites.”

The beleaguered sheriff re-cently summed up his feelings in an interview with the Minneap-olis Star-Tribune, saying, “Some people around here think if I’d just ignored this (cover-up) we’d still be one big, happy, corrupt, dysfunctional family.”

New Dresser board includes several write-ins

Delay in “o#cial” election returns

Sheri": “No favorites”

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Body of missing man found

BURNETT/POLK COUN-TIES - The body of a missing Polk County man reported miss-ing Wednesday, March 27, was found in a burned-out vehicle northeast of Webster. An au-topsy was scheduled to be per-formed Friday, March 29.

Burnett County Sheriff Dean Roland said no foul play is sus-pected in the death of David H. Melby, 53, Amery.

The Polk County Sheriff’s De-partment sought assistance from the public in locating Melby, who last made contact with his family via a cell phone call on Tuesday afternoon, March 26.

Danbury area. - Gary King with information from Burnett and Polk County sheriff’s departments

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Burnett County in strong !nancial position; owns

$7.5 million trading/investment portfolio

by Jean KoelzLeader staff writer

BURNETT COUNTY - The county boardroom was full and many more peo-ple were standing in the hallway at the March 28 Burnett County Board of Super-visors meeting.

The audience erupted in grateful ap-plause as retiring child support special-

years of service to the county. The board also passed a resolution to honor Mat-thew Bergs who has served as director of the Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memo-rial Cemetery for over 12 years. During his tenure, 114 Burnett County veterans and 37 veterans’ family members have been laid to rest at the cemetery. Bergs was also instrumental in lobbying for a change in state laws that prevented the interment of a Wisconsin serviceman who enlisted out of state.

The crowd thinned after the honors and the board got down to business, a lengthy list with two items taking up most of the

-cussion and a discussion regarding the sewer system.

Glenn Meier and Scott Husnick from Bremer Bank presented a review of the

an investment portfolio analysis. In round numbers, Bremer manages a $7.5 million trading and investment portfolio for the county. Because such funds are so heavily restricted by state law, nearly

-posit, with most of the remainder divided between municipal and short-term cor-porate bonds. Since the fund’s inception there’s been a 3-percent return, which translates into over $200,000 in interest income.

While Meier underscored the impor-tance of keeping cash on hand, he ex-plained that the rule of thumb for county governments is to keep a general fund balance of about 25-33 percent of the an-nual fund expenditures. Meier said Bur-nett County is closer to 50 percent, which means there’s an opportunity to invest some of that excess and earn more inter-est income.

“The county is very sound,” Meier said. “Your leverage position is excellent

With interest rates at a historic low and because lending institutions in northwest Wisconsin have money to lend, Meier suggested that the board of supervisors consider borrowing up to $5 million at a low, 10-year rate. Meier reasoned that the interest from investments could service the debt over the loan period. No action was taken.

The other lengthy discussion of the day included another guest speaker. Teresa Anderson, a project engineer from MSA Professional Services in Rice Lake, was on hand to discuss the logistics and pres-ent estimates for connecting the govern-ment center’s septic system to the Siren Sanitary District’s sewer system. There is currently nothing wrong with the gov-ernment center’s system. In fact, main-tenance and grounds supervisor Gary Faught was on hand to testify that the current system - the center’s third - is good for at least 10 more years. How-ever, the installation of the Department of Transportation’s planned roundabout near the airport at the junction of Hwys. 35 and 70 has forced the discussion. If the government center ever plans to hook up to the Siren sewer system, then install-ing the pipes while the ground is all torn up could save a substantial amount of money later.

Anderson provided several options to the board. If the county wants to ex-tend the force main, then it would cost $167,000 to do it in conjunction with the DOT work. However, the estimate to do it later as a separate project would amount to $289,000. At issue is the fact that once the county connects to the sys-tem, it would incur $4,200 annually for a service agreement with the Siren Sani-tary District whether it uses the system or not. Because the DOT needs to draw up plans by May 10, there’s not much time to work out details. Ultimately, the supervi-sors agreed on a short-term solution: at a minimum, spend $33,500 to lay 200 feet of pipe while the road is torn up, then de-cide later when to complete the project, if at all.

Ironically, the current three tank sys-tem - complete with pretreatment system

to install in 2001 and has averaged about $1,000 per year in maintenance and re-pairs since. One supervisor noted that for the money, they could install the same system three times over and still be ahead of the least expensive option involving

the Siren system.

It was a day for guest speakers as Bur-nett County forest administrator Jason Nichols presented the forestry and parks annual report. The 2011 storm that dam-aged so much of our local forests has upset the workload and budget respec-tively. However, in addition to managing acreage sales, timber sales and treating damaged acreage that is vulnerable to disease and fungus, Nichols said the de-partment is also expanding its ATV and trail program and working with Min-nesota to build the Gandy Dancer Trail bridge. Even with the extra workload, the department is very close to being on budget.

In other news, the board approved an ATV route on CTH H from Lake 26 Road to Namekagon Road. The board held an initial discussion on “virtual meeting at-tendance” that included a wide range of opinions on whether phoning in for meet-ings should be allowed and under what

circumstances. Health and Community Services Committee Chair Chris Sybers expressed his concern that child refer-rals and domestic violence incidents are on the rise, and reported that so far 1,096 households have received emergency heat assistance. Sybers also wanted to call attention to the fact that the federal health exchange program scheduled to be implemented this October will be han-dled at the county level, which will result

phone calls that the county budget did not anticipate. Sybers added that as the Town of Meenon supervisor, he’s work-ing with the Health and Community Services Department to develop a spring

Grove Supper Club site. Finally, the ad hoc committee reported that the towers projects are hitting delays and it’s work-ing on a renovation bid for the dispatch center.

The next supervisors meeting will be held April 16 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 160 at the Burnett County Government Center.

Financial planning and sewer plans dominate county board meeting

Leader staff writerSIREN – A question by Supervi-

sor Norm Bickford as to which Burnett County committee – land use or natural resources – land and water conservation department head Dave Ferris should re-port to, led to a lengthy discussion by members as to how consolidation of the

When Bickford questioned if Ferris needed to report to both committees, committee Chair Maury Miller replied Ferris would report to the land use com-mittee with his budget and any other de-partment decisions needing committee approval.

Other members also seemed unsure as to, which committee Ferris should report to commenting that some of Ferris’ de-partment duties and projects overlap into both committees’ areas of responsibility.

Miller said he saw no problem with Fer-ris giving a report to the natural resources committee, but it was the land use com-mittee Ferris would be responsible to for his department’s operational requests.

The committee then discussed, at

natural resources committee might be needed in the future since it has two citi-

-cultural interests and the other lakes and rivers associations.

Miller said he was of the opinion both worked with the UW-Extension depart-ment and therefore should stay on the natural resources committee under which extension falls.

The friendly banter between members led Chair Chuck Awe to jokingly re-mark, “This is better than a soap opera. We should sell rights to this as a reality show.”

Members next turned their attention as to how the physical movement of the

-formation director Jason Towne, who is heading up the consolidation, said he’d met with the department heads to discuss their needs but as to the move, a plan he

had drawn up was, in his words, vetoed.“It’s unfortunate,” commented Towne.

“Maybe we can do something next year.Towne’s remark as to the time frame

made Supervisor Dorothy Richards ask, “It’s not going to happen this year?”

-ward but the infrastructure is not,” re-plied Towne. “And if that part isn’t going to happen then I’m being set up to fail.”

“This plan to consolidate was sold as one-stop shopping,” remarked Supervi-sor Brent Bloomberg.

“I have a feeling it’s going to be a long

Towne nodding in agreement.

Consolidating county land use o#ces continues … contentiously

by Gregg WestigardLeader staff writer

BALSAM LAKE – The Monday, April 1, meeting of the Polk County Property Committee was more than a success re-port on the property auction. The com-mittee recommended an addition to the

of the Ahlgren Wildlife Preserve dona-tion. The county forester reported on how access to timber sale locations can be pro-tected, and the register of deeds warned of a property deed scam targeting local residents.

The forest addition is the acquisition of 210 acres of woodland at the south end of 20th Street in Lorain. The purchase, using

stewardship funds and a noninterest state forest projects loan, would provide forest products to the local economy, outdoor recreation opportunities to the public and improve the property management of the county forests. In addition, it would bring additional revenue to the county and the Town of Lorain. County forester Jeremy Koslowski has been working with the property owner on the purchase for several months. The committee recom-mended approval of the resolution by the county board.

The committee also unanimously re-

of the Ahlgren Wildlife Preserve by the county. The 180-acre donation of property

along the Balsam Branch south of Hwy. 8 was postponed from the March county board meeting when weather conditions prevented the donor, Janet Ahlgren, from attending. A supervisor, Pat Schmidt, has said she would like to see if the DNR would take the property instead of the county. County Administrator Dana Frey told the committee that the DNR had been approached about the land in the past and was not interested, and that Ahlgren pre-ferred to donate the land to the county. He said that the land coming on the tax rolls would more than balance the current taxes of less than $4,000 on the donated land. Property director Deb Peterson said

by the county departments. The donation will be on the agenda of the next county board meeting.

In short items, Koslowski reported that the forestry department is buying timber mats to protect wetlands during periods of timber harvests. Register of deeds Lau-rie Anderson said that area homeowners are being targeted with a scam to buy “grant deeds” for their property at a cost of $83. She said the offers are not made by the government and are deceptive. Anderson said residents can buy the same information from the county for as little as $2.

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Sale of more delinquent land planned


online auction of tax-delinquent land was a success. Four properties sold for $108,200. That was $46,700 more than the minimum bid amounts. County treasurer Amanda Nissen said that the county’s

$70,000 and $95,000 from the sale. Nissen

and Deb Peterson, the county’s property department director, both said they were very pleased with the sale.

The four properties, including a house in Bone Lake and three lots in the towns of Clayton, Lincoln and Luck, were sold on the Wisconsin Surplus Web site. The auction started March 11 and concluded Monday morning, April 1. The bidding on all the properties was active right up to the closing time and was actually ex-tended a few minutes on one property. The bids could be tracked online in real time.

A house in Bone Lake, on eight acres

of land, sold for $69,000 and brought

$19,000 over the minimum. A 1.5-acre lot on the Apple River in Lincoln sold for $25,500, an increase of $20,500 over the minimum in an auction that drew seven bids on Monday morning alone. The two lots in Clayton and Luck sold for $7,500 and $6,200. The auction fees are paid by the buyers and are in addition to the sale price. All the properties will now be re-turned to the tax rolls.

Nissen said the county had been wait-ing for an upturn in the property market before trying to sell tax-delinquent land

and chose these four to test the market. With a successful sale, Nissen and Peter-son say the county is planning more sales from a list of about 35 different proper-ties. One item that may be offered soon is the Julian property in McKinley, 160 acres of woodland at the end of 255th Avenue. A large wetland at the southeast corner of the property makes access to the land

Polk property auction a success

Change will allow#exibility for telecommuni-cations tower applications

Leader staff writerSIREN – The Burnett County Land Use

And Information Committee voted to accept a text amendment to a section of the county’s ordinance code, which deals with areas where telecommunications fa-cilities may be allowed or prohibited at the committee’s April 2 meeting. In ap-proving the text change the committee

taking applications for telecommunica-tion tower permits while keeping shore-line protection intact.

-nigan spoke to the reason for the text amendment to the ordinance, telling members the current ordinance prohib-its any cell towers in a shoreline area,

or 300 feet from a river or stream.Flannigan recommended changing the

word “shoreland” to “wetlands,” stress-ing the change in no way would jeop-

explained there are numerous small water areas in the county, many not even shown on maps, with the northern part having so many he could not even take an applica-tion for a cell tower there as the current ordinance section is written.

“This will allow us to take applications

but it will not be an automatic granting,” Flannigan stressed. “Applications would still go through the process and come be-fore this committee for approval.”

committee Chair Maury Miller of the pro-posed text change.

Sid Sherstad of Siren Telephone Co. ap-peared before the committee to discuss plans by the company to bring broadband to the town of Scott and Webb Lake this summer.

“The challenge of putting up these tow-ers in the northern part of the county is

the shoreline designation,” said Sherstad. “The way it reads now is any tiny pond

Sherstad said his company would like to build with as low impact as possible. He explained the term low impact refers to towers being short by tower standards, under 200 feet, which means no strobe light is needed on top. The towers would be the self-supported type not needing guy wires. According to Sherstad this type of tower also doesn’t need as big of an area cleared in a wooded area for con-struction.

“The towers would be self-supported,” said Sherstad. “A big part of the tower construction is the concrete and steel su-perstructure below the ground level that anchors the tower. As you view a tower you only see the steel structure above the ground level.”

“These towers are built strong enough

to carry LTE cellular and emergency dis-patch equipment in the future,” added Sherstad.

Flannigan reminded the committee of the county’s land use plan. “People were looking for better wireless service,” said Flannigan. “This will be updating of the ordinance to our land use plan.”

“This would be a huge economic ben-

telecommunications towers being con-structed to provide greater Internet ac-cess. “People want to do business here. In the areas of Voyager Village and Webb Lake people want to spend more time here but can’t because of poor Internet.”

Sherstad said he has many requests from cabin owners, retirees and seniors looking for broadband service.

After the approval Flannigan said the committee was very clear the amending of the ordinance text would in no way

-tion was just broader than needed to be to protect shoreline. The intent is not to have communication towers next to bod-ies of water.”

The committee granted a conditional permit to David Coon, of Waukesha, new owner of the former Bashaw Lake Resort. Coon and his wife plan to reopen the four-cabin, 16-unit campground as a fam-ily resort.

Flannigan stated the cabins are grand-fathered in and the campground sites also

meet current requirements, including the sewer system, which Supervisor Norm Bickford asked about being up to code.

Coon, who said his family has a his-tory in the resort business, hopes to move to the area in the next six months and have the resort open by midsummer. When asked by committee members if he planned to have the resort open during the winter months Coon said he under-

so there could be some limited winter rentals but initially he planned for sum-mer rentals only.

Flannigan said there was one change to the original operation, two open lots on the property, which Coon commented might be used by his parents to build a home in the future.

The committee tabled a decision to grant a conditional permit to operate a

-erty, located southwest of Siren on Hwy. 70, owned by Scott and Shauna Martin. A decision will be made at the committee’s May meeting pending follow-up informa-

-tor.

The committee approved the request to

position currently held by Craig Conroy who will being retiring June 30. “It would

board to work with Craig as long as pos-sible,” Flannigan told the committee.

Committee approves text amendment

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Milltown write-in surprise$

Osceola voters approve facility referendum

Balsam Lake board shake-up

Polk County uno#cial election returns

LuAnn White upsets two challengers as a write-in

for president; Voss returns, joined by Erickson, Hansen$


MILLTOWN – In one of the most bi-

County on Tuesday, April 2, incumbent Milltown Village President LuAnn White was handily re-elected to her president’s seat as a write-in, in spite of initially choosing not to run again at the village caucus.

White changed her mind in the weeks prior to the election, and challenged Les-ter Sloper and incumbent Trustee Henry Studtmann Jr. for the seat, which she had previously held for the last 19 years.

White earned 108 write-in votes, com-

pared to Studtmann’s 62 and Sloper’s 55 votes. Studtmann remains on the board as a returning trustee, as his seat is not up for re-election until the next cycle.

There were three vacancies for trust-ees in Milltown, and only one incumbent sought re-election, Erling Voss. He had challenges from several former trustees, Ben Wheeler and Joe Castellano. Also challenging were Jeff Erickson, Kendra Hansen and Patrick Hyden.

winning with 128 votes, followed by Han-sen and Voss. All three will be seated on the new board.

The remaining candidates vote totals had Wheeler, Castellano and Hyden, with 98, 97 and 56 votes, respectively.

The Milltown board vacancies came from the noncandidacy of current Trust-

774-620 approval; Johnson, Kammerud to school board$$


OSCEOLA – Voters in the Osceola School District easily approved a sweep-ing, $3 million facility referendum to im-prove and enhance their athletic facilities in the Tuesday, April 2, election.

620 against. The referendum is meant to -

nancing for renovating, improving and

equipping the school district’s athletic complex.

have expanded use for football, soccer, physical education classes, the marching band and other activities.

The athletic complex project also in-cludes improving handicapped acces-sibility, reconstruction of a new ticket entrance, as well as the addition of a new public area with concessions, new rest rooms and a press box.

The current facility has had a history of water and drainage issues, and the

and enhanced drainage and an expanded storm retention pond. It also includes resurfacing the district’s running track,

well as upgrades for the long jump, pole vault and triple jump, to meet new state standards.

With the approval, work on the projects is scheduled to begin this spring, with an estimated completion by this September, when school begins.

Three candidates were also running for two vacancies on the school board. Long-

time board member and President Timm Johnson sought re-election to his seat, although current board member Cathy Olson chose not to run again.

Johnson was challenged by former dis-trict transportation director Peter Kam-

-ing to the board with 794 votes. He will be joined Kammerud, who garnered the most support with 911 votes. Challenger

missed the seat.All three of the candidates supported

the referendum ballot question.

D’Agostino new president; Hallberg, Bollinger and

D’Agostino win as trustees$$


BALSAM LAKE – Incumbent Bal-sam Lake Village Board Trustee Geno D’Agostino was elected the new village president, as well as winning a choice to

return to his board seat in the Tuesday, April 2, election, meaning he will have to

D’Agostino defeated challenger Carl Holmgren for the village president seat

-ing village President Guy Williams, who hung up his hat after 19 years of service.

There were three trustee vacancies, as the seats of incumbents Josh Hallberg, D’Agostino and retiring Trustee Mike

Incumbent Trustee Hallberg was the top overall vote-getter with 147 votes. On his heels and also re-elected, at least in theory, was incumbent D’Agostino, who garnered 130 votes, but he must choose between that seat or the presidential win.

The other outright trustee winner was challenger Vera Bollinger, who came away with 96 votes. She had made a run

win.

Just three votes separated the remain-ing three candidates, as challengers Keith Swenson received 92 votes, with Glen Jones and Ryan Wildt earning 89 votes each.

It is unclear exactly how the village board will address the D’Agostino “dou-ble win,” but he said in an earlier inter-view that he would need to choose which seat to accept, with the vacancy to be

Contested races only* = elected(I) = incumbent WI = write-in

VILLAGES

President*Geno D’Agostino – 142Carl Holmgren – 104

Council (elect three)*Josh N. Hallberg (I) – 147*Geno D’Agostino (I) – 130 (will serve

as president / decline seat)Vera Bollinger – 96Keith Swenson – 92Glen Jones – 89Ryan N. Wildt – 89(third place too close to call / second

place will be vacant) Clayton

Write-in candidate for council/result not known

FredericPresident

*William Johnson (I) – 85Jim Pearson – 68

Council*Maria Ammend (I) – 131*Jamie Worthington – 101*John Boyer (I) – 92Win Herberg – 87

Clear LakePresident

*Roger LaBlanc (I) – 77Michael Flaherty – 32

DresserFive write-in candidates for three coun-

cil seatsLuckCouncil

*Mike Broten – 113*Rebecca Rowe – 101*Bob Determan (I) – 72Richard Williams – 52

MilltownPresident

*LuAnn White (I) WI – 108Henry Studtmann – 62Les Sloper – 55

Council*Jeff Erickson – 128*Kendra Hansen - 105*Erling Voss (I) – 103Benjamin Wheeler – 98Joe Castellano – 97Partick Hyden – 56

SCHOOLSAmery

*Chelsea A. Whitley – 909*Dale A. Johnson (I) – 735Mark Pendergast – 551Paul Jakupiak – 188

TOWNS

Chair*Andy Brown – 136Doug Route – 84

Supervisors*Bill Schilling (I) – 147*Roger Neumann (I) – 134Earl Ericksen – 91

ClaytonChair

*Arling L. (Ole) Olson – 82

Clerk*Tracy A. LaBlanc – 99Pam Van Heuklom – 50

EurekaChair

*Gene Krull – 211Kyle Swanson (I) – 165

Supervisors*Gary Gudmunsen – 265*James Johnson – 146Roger Johnson (I) – 119Steve Jacobs (I) – 97

Clerk*Melody Jacobs – 283

Treasurer*David Anderson – 340 (resigned as

treasurer before election)

FarmingtonSupervisors

*James Connors (I) – 197*Dennis Neumann – 193Robert Uran – 114Christine Zappa – 110

GeorgetownSupervisors (too close to call)

John Molamphy – 77Andy Mangelsen (I) – 72James Bystrom – 71

JohnstownChair

*Mike Anderson (I) – 95

Treasurer

Alice Verby – 26Write-ins – 31

Luck (second seat too close to call)*Todd Schulte – 71Larry Wright (I) – 59Gregory Marsten (I) – 58

Burnett County uno#cial election returnsContested races only* = elected(I) = incumbent WI = write-in

VILLAGESGrantsburgCouncil

*Tasha Burlini-Olson (I) – 124*Dale Dresel – 112Diane Barton – WI – 13Other write-ins 23

SirenCouncil (too close to call)Peggy Moore (I) – 63Rick Engstrom – 63Janet Hunter – 61Tom Anderson (I) – 60Ernie Swanson – 60

SCHOOLSSiren (third place serves two years

only/is too close to call)*Duane Emery (I) – 292

*Rhonda Highstrom – 287Cate Hayman (I) – 239Peggy Moore – 234

TOWNSDaniels

Supervisors (second seat too close to call)

*Denis M. Simonsen (I) – 71Michael Huber – 62Timothy Tjader (I) – 59

DeweySupervisors

*Philip Scheu (I) – 52*Duane Johnson – 48Kyle Vanderhoof – 39

JacksonSupervisors

*Nancy Growe (I) – 145*Roger L. Larson (I) – 136John Vandergon – 76

Clerk*Bonnie Harder (I) – 41Ann Stellrecht – 37

Sand LakeChair

*Ed Weber – 79Jim Tolbert – 43

Supervisors (second seat too close to call)

*Jerry Tjader – 80Carsten Endresen (I) – 60Daniel Scully (I) – 56

ScottSupervisors

*Gary Lundberg (I) – 164*Kathy Young – 144Doug McCreadie – 85

Clerk*Karen Wiggins – 129

Kim Simon (I) – 105

SirenSupervisors

*Philip Stiemann (I) – 99*Bert Fudd Lund (I) – 98Jeff Howe – 69

UnionSupervisors

*Wayne Burmeister (I) – 29*Gene Ackland – 23Dennis Johnson – 19

Chair*Dawn Luke – 125Merlin Becvar (I) – 77

Supervisors (seats too close to call)Dale Halverson (I) – 100Donald Chell (I) – 99Charles Swenson – 98Joel Johnson – 82

997

UNITY’S PRE-K BUSY BUGS AND

KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION Thursday & Friday, April 18 & 19

ATTENTION! Do you have a child who will be four on

or before September 1? If so, it’s time to bring them to our Pre-K Busy Bug Registration

at Unity School!

Place: Unity Elementary Library

Dates: April 18 & 19

RSVP: Please call the Elementary

office at 715-825-2101, ext. 3500 to set up your two-hour

session time!

Come and join the Busy Bug and kindergarten teachers for a fun-filled session! Parents will

be “BUSY” registering and children will be “BUSY”

having fun at school!

WHAT SHOULD I

BRING? * Proof of Child’s Age

(Child’s state-issued birth certificate)

* Child’s Social Security Card

* Child’s Health Records (Immunizations and physical exam)

*If you have a child who will be FIVE before Sept. 1 and entering Kindergarten who did not attend the Pre-K Busy Bug Program, please

call to schedule an appointment. Registration for your child will be with the Kindergarten Team on Friday, April 19, as well!

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Grantsburg results

Broten, Rowe and Determanat Luck Village

SCF School Board shu%ed

Buck, Stonesifer for Luck School Board

Burnett election highlights

Old medications overwhelmingly end up in trash, water

Durand, Moberg,Gustafson win

DRESSER – The write-in results from

the Dresser Village Web site. All three in-

for the seats. There were no candidates on the ballot.

*Richard Durand – 41*Wayne Moberg – 40*Neil Gustafson – 32Elina Kuusisto – 24Kellie Stewart – 19Other – 9 total. – Gregg Westigard

Barton winsthird council seat

GRANTSBURG – Diane Barton won the

third council seat with 13 write-in votes. The other 23 write-in votes were spread among a number of persons with none of them gaining more votes than Barton. – Gregg Westigard

LUCK — Mike Broten, Rebecca Rowe and incumbent Robert Determan were chosen by voters in the village of Luck to

Running unopposed, village President Peter Demydowich received 91 votes to be re-elected for another term.

Broten received 113 votes, followed by

Rowe with 101 and Determan with 72. A fourth candidate, Richard Williams, re-ceived 52 votes.

Eight write-in votes were cast for presi-dent and two for trustee.

-vassed later this week. — Mary Stirrat

Norgard re-elected, Bont returns


ST. CROIX FALLS – The makeup of the St. Croix Falls School Board includes familiar names and faces, but did have a minor shake-up.

Incumbents Sheri Norgard, Patricia Mitchell and former board member Dr. Steven Bont faced off in the Tuesday elec-

tion for two vacancies. -

gard as the winners, with Bont receiv-ing 516 votes, Norgard 410 and Mitchell

meaning she will not return to her seat. Bont had previously served on the St.

Croix Falls School Board from 2004 to 2007; Norgard has served one term prior to her re-election; Mitchell had been on the board for the past eight years.

9 canvassing.

LUCK — Voters in the Luck School District returned LeRoy Buck to another term on the school board, along with newcomer Kurt Stonesifer. Not elected were Todd Schulte and Rich Benny.

Buck received 354 votes, with Stonesi-fer coming in at 275. Schulte received 148 votes and Benny took 115. All results are

— Mary Stirrat

Wood River townchair defeated

by Gregg Westigard

Leader staff writer BURNETT County – The Wood River

Town Board election was the most con-tested election in Burnett County. Town clerk Dawn Luke defeated longtime town Chair Merlin Becvar 125 to 77 to take the top seat. Four candidates were running for the two town supervisor seats and three

results show incumbents Dale Halvorson and Donald Chell receiving 100 and 99 votes, while challenger Charles Swenson was right behind with 98 votes. This race may not be decided until absentee votes are counted and the results reviewed next Monday, April 8.

The third seat on the Grantsburg Vil-lage Board was a write-in contest. Diane Barton received 13 votes but there were 23 other write-ins. Details on this con-

test should be known soon. Incumbent Tasha Burlini-Olson and former council member Dale Dresel were elected to the Grantsburg Village Board.

roughly the same amount of votes. The

outgoing village president), Ernie Swan-son, and incumbents Peggy Moore and

were 63, 63, 61, 60 and 60.The third seat on the Siren School Board

is also a toss-up. Five votes separate in-cumbent Cate Hayman and challenger Peggy Moore. One of the two will serve the remaining two years of a vacant seat.

Other close races are in Daniels, Mi-chael Huber and incumbent supervisor Timothy Tjader, and Sand Lake, incum-bent Supervisors Carsten Endresen and Daniel Scully. In the Sand Lake race for town supervisor, challenger Jerry Tjader was elected.

by Chuck QuirmbachWisconsin Public Radio

working on ways to boost the percentage of state residents who properly dispose of old pharmaceuticals.

A UW-Extension study released this year found that as of 2011, only two per-cent of unused prescription and over-the counter medications were safely taken in collection sites, whether one-day, perma-nent or mail-back. The rest of the meds went into the trash, down the drain or

discussed the study yesterday. Board chairman Preston Cole says the numbers are troubling.

Cole is an administrator at the Milwau-kee Department of Public Works and says

the city is talking with law enforcement and others to try to give people more options for safe disposal of pharmaceu-ticals. DNR medical waste coordinator Barb Bickford says the state has also given grants to nine counties to try to boost col-lection of unused drugs. Bickford also says there may need to be less reliance on medication.

In the meantime, Bickford says the

burn the unwanted pharmaceuticals, to lower the cost of trucking — with law en-forcement escort — the drugs to incinera-tors in other states.

Read the full report at the DNR’s site: http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/HealthWaste/documents/2012HouseholdPharmStudy.pdf

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Where to write

Letters

Re: Public safetyThree hundred sixty-seven days ago

I received information that launched an internal investigation into the actions taken, or failed to be taken, by some dep-uties and public safety employees of the

2012, was the day that began the continu-ous attacks against my administration by members of the county board, relatives of those deputies that chose to violate pol-icy and law, as well as carefully selected county employees who “owed” county board members for keeping them free from criminal prosecution in the past. On April 2, 2012, my administration chose to enforce department policy and state law with full knowledge that the future would bring such scrutiny.

With such knowledge, we made the decision to take the right action and do the job that we were elected to do: enforce the law no matter where it took us and no matter who was involved. No favorites. With each new staff violation or staff res-ignation, additional scrutiny has occurred within my department. New allegations of violating workers rights, being accused of acting like a “mad” man, appear just as soon as I deal with staff issues.

Rumors and gossip won’t deter me from doing my job no matter what comes my way. Because I choose to manage the department differently than it has been managed in the past, does not make it wrong.

What I did not anticipate was that certain county board members would actively plot against my administration,

fault with management’s recommenda-tions and actions to deal with problem situations legally and appropriately. I did not anticipate a county supervisor to

up their story even after being told that the employees were ordered not to dis-cuss the situation while the investigation was ongoing.

Later, certain county board members

even though the law clearly states that terminated deputies are eligible for com-pensation awaiting a hearing, but only

after three months passed by, giving the deputies full compensation since day one.

County board members continue to meet in secrecy to discuss the work-ings of the department rather than meet openly with the sheriff and the affected staff members. This, of course, is outside of the scope of the board members duties. This is interfering with the operations of the department.

County board members encourage staff -

mous letters regarding hostile working conditions within the department and repeatedly say what a poor sheriff I am. In essence, board members are acting outside the scope of their constitutional authority.

I encourage members of the board to read the law. It reads, in part, the sheriff dictates the operations of the department and its staff. The sheriff is responsible to the voters, not the county board. No member may interfere with the opera-tions of the department. If board mem-bers come into information regarding the operations of the department, they are obligated to pass this on to the sheriff, un-less the sheriff is committing a crime or immoral act. If that is occurring, then the board member is obligated to report the criminal activity to the district attorney or the Wisconsin Department of Justice.

For the past year, no one, except for Su-pervisor Don Chell, has had contact with

talk behind my back, meet in secrecy, fabricate their own “truth” and then try

of reality.As sheriff, I will continue to control the

daily operations of the department. I will continue to work with my staff through good days and bad days. We will face our challenges as a group of dedicated

the people of this county; to serve and protect their individual and collective rights regardless of the continued at-tempts by many people to micromanage this department. Finally, to all the indi-viduals that are creating interference in my department outside the scope of your authority, I will continue to treat you as I see you.

Dean Roland, sheriffBurnett County Siren

Joe Heller

Letters policy

Your right to know

Child-care, elder records easier to getSpecial to the Leader

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optimism.Wisconsin has one of the nation’s best systems for accessing court records,

through Wisconsin Circuit Court Access at wcca.wicourts.gov/index.xls The system has saved county clerks of court countless hours providing this information.

Many local governments put property-tax records online, so owners can check assessments for fairness. Gov. Scott Walker has pledged to launch “Open Book,” a new program to pro-vide detailed information on state spending.

And two recent developments have eased access to state records on child care and senior care facilities — institutions serving highly vulnerable populations.

In January, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services began posting online its inspections of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, in-home caregivers and other health-care providers.

Searchable by name, location and type of facility, the department’s database, dhs.wisconsin.gov/bqaconsumer/search.htm, provides reports from state and federal surveys. These include detailed descriptions of violations, which can range

The database includes any inspections conducted since July 2012. Older records are available on request from the Department of Health Services, in the Division of Quality Assurance, with a 25-cent-per-page copying cost. For more information, see tinyurl.com/bsdnpvk.

It’s ironic that these records are now so easy to obtain, given that the state has taken steps to limit their use. A law passed in 2011 forbade these records from being introduced as evidence in any civil or criminal proceeding. But anyone can get them online.

The second recent positive development increased transparency in the child care industry.

Last year, the state Department of Children and Families expanded its Young-

The database is easily searched by location, name and type of care. Individual -

Anneliese Sheahan, a child care provider in Mosinee and president of a union representing providers, urges users to keep the information available on this Web site in perspective. Even though a violation is posted, she says, the provider may disagree with it or be appealing it.

But overall, Sheahan is supportive of the move because it gives parents more in-formation about why a provider received a violation, allowing them to distinguish between smaller mistakes and more serious infractions.

simply because of a late pickup by a parent, while another could receive the same

“There’s a huge difference and parents need to understand that,” Sheahan says.-

countable the institutions they trust to care for children and the elderly.And they offer hope for even greater transparency in the future.

Editor’s note: Your Right to Know is a monthly column distributed by the Wisconsin -

ment. Rory Linnane is a UW-Madison student and an intern at the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism.

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Undignified poor America is the wealthiest nation on

Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. To quote American humor-ist Kin Hubbard, “It ain’t no disgrace to be poor, but might as well be.” It is, in fact, a crime for an American to be poor, even though America is a nation of poor. Every other nation has folk traditions of men who were poor but extremely wise and virtuous and, therefore, more estima-ble than anyone with power and gold. No such tales are told by the American poor. They mock themselves and glorify their betters. The meanest eating or drinking establishment, owned by a man who is himself poor, is very likely to have a sign on its wall asking this cruel question: If you’re so smart, why ain’t you rich? There

than a child’s hand, glued to a lollipop

So it goes. Americans, like human beings everywhere, believe many things that are obviously untrue. Their most destruc-tive untruth is that it is very easy for any American to make money. They will not acknowledge how hard, in fact, money is to come by and, therefore, those who have no money blame and blame and blame themselves. This inward blame has been

a treasure for the rich and powerful who have had to do less for their poor, pub-licly and privately, than any other ruling class since, say, Napoleonic times. Many novelties have come from America. The most startling of these, a thing without

They do not love one another because they do not love themselves.

Howard W. Cambell Jr.Centuria

Deer meetingI would like to share some of my ob-

servations of the “deer” meeting at Crex last Monday, March 25, for those people who are interested in the future for our deer herd and couldn’t attend.

My first observation was of Steve Hoffman of the DNR who conducted the meeting. As the person between hunt-ers and the DNR, Steve did an excellent job. The DNR should be recruiting more people like Hoffman to bridge the cred-ibility of the DNR with our hunters.

was the 44 deer per square mile of deer

what the number of antlerless deer we need to kill each year is based on. Any-

thing above 25 per square mile means we have way too many deer. The SAK number was a joke according to pro-fessor Kroll, who is critically called the

agreed with Kroll. Thank goodness for the future of deer hunting, Hoffman thinks this number should be greatly re-duced. It will be interesting to see who wins out.

Also a highlight of the meeting, and in my opinion long overdue, was the 2013 deer management unit survey.

DNR is asking for the opinion of the people on everything from numbers of deer to chronic wasting disease.

Project Get Involved looks like a great idea. It doesn’t do much good to com-plain to your hunting buddies or at the local coffee shop, but get a form and send it in or get on your computer, dnr.wi.gov, keyword search deer hunter forum or keyword search deer trustee report.

To give you the numbers again, if the DNR SAK numbers were used to deter-mine the number of antlerless deer that should be killed in Area 10 next fall: There are 15,180 deer in Area 10 now, 44 per square mile. There should be 8,625, or 25 per square mile. So we hunt-ers would need to kill 6,555 antlerless

deer. Figuring we have about a 50-per-cent success ratio, that means 13,110 tags should be sold at $12 per tag. That amounts to $157,320 in tag revenue, not too bad, but not as good as the revenue from wolf tags. To me this proves what Kroll reported, we need a new way to count deer. To do this hunters would have to kill every deer in Area 10 and then we would be a few deer short. Not even the DNR sharpshooters in the south were able to do that.

P.S. Another thing maybe one of your

DNR generously gave out 200 wolf kill tags, did they know that 85 would never be used? Also, on April 8, the public hearing on wildlife will again be held statewide. I represented Polk County for many years on the Congress and think originally it was a good place for the people of the state to be heard. I’m not so sure anymore. But you can vote on important issues at the hearing like

-ing statewide and Question 31: An urban

Dick LarsonGrantsburg

Polk County election notesEureka turnover,

Clayton town chairdefeated, Bone Lake

victory for damreplacement, White and D’Agostino win village

president seats


POLK COUNTY – There were some highly contested elections in Polk County Tuesday, April 2. In Eureka, three town board incumbents were defeated. Geno D’Agostino will be the new Balsam Lake Village president, and LuAnn White will

continue to be the Milltown president after waging a write-in contest. The Bone Lake slate favoring replacement of a dam on the Straight River scored a clear vic-tory. And there were several contests too close to call.

In the Town of Eureka, Gene Krull defeated town Chair Kyle Swanson in a rematch of the 2011 election. Gary Gund-munsen and James Johnson defeated in-cumbent Supervisors Steve Jacobs and Roger Johnson to give the town a new board. But former town treasurer David Anderson received the most votes by far of any candidate to regain the position he resigned from two weeks ago.

In the village of Balsam Lake, D’Agostino won a clear victory to become the village president. But who will hold the three council seats up for election is not clear. Council member Josh Hallberg

D’Agostino was running for the council as well as president and came in second. The new board will appoint someone to

almost tied for the third seat. Only seven votes separate Vera Bollinger, Keith Sw-enson, Glen Jones and Ryan Wildt. The canvass next week will determine the winner.

In Milltown, White got back in the race at the last minute after deciding to step down as village president. She received about 108 write-in votes for a solid victory over Henry Studtmann and Les Sloper. All three council seats were contested with Jeff Erickson, Kendra Hansen and incumbent Erling Voss coming out the winners.

In the Town of Bone Lake, Andy Brown will be the new chair, and Supervisors Bill

Schilling and Roger Neumann will con-tinue on the town board. The three were running as a team favoring replacing a “dam” on the Straight River. A town issue since the 1950s might be resolved in Bone Lake.

Arling Ole Olson will be the new Clay-ton town chair. He defeated incumbent

Two supervisor races are too close to call. In Georgetown, six votes separate John Molamphy, Andy Mangelsen, and James Bystrom. Two of the three will serve on the next town board. In the Town of Luck, newcomer Todd Schulte won a clear victory for one supervisor seat, getting 71 votes. Incumbents Larry Wright and Gregory Marsten are tied for the second board seat.

Gov. Walker proposes to continue borrowing trendMADISON - Over the past decade,

state debt rose 131.9 percent; in per capita -

ures concern some state lawmakers as Gov. Scott Walker, R, requests over $2.1 billion in borrowing in his 2013-15 state budget, according to a new report by the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance, “State

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State debt has climbed from $5.84 bil-lion in 2002 to $13.55 billion in 2012. In per capita terms, it rose from $1,081 to $2,372. Although some lawmakers have recently expressed misgivings about continued state borrowing, the governor’s proposed 2013-15 budget contains $1.03 billion in new bonding, with virtually all for trans-portation, $0.99 billion. The capital bud-get asks for an additional $1.15 billion in borrowing, the largest part of which is for

the University of Wisconsin System. Total requests of more than $2.1 billion repre-sent about 16 percent of outstanding debt as of last summer.

The administration is also asking for $2.01 billion in additional bonding au-

intent of cutting interest costs, WISTAX said.

In addition to rising state debt, the re-

under generally accepted accounting

to fall to $2.06 billion this June, down

from $2.99 billion in 2011. However, -

cit would increase to $2.36 billion next year and to $2.64 billion in 2015.

This analysis is available in the latest WISTAX newsletter titled “State budget

Copies are available at wistax.org or by

608-241-9789; or writing WISTAX at 401 North Lawn Ave., Madison, WI 53704-5033. - from WISTAX

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ST. CROIX FALLS – St. Croix Falls se-nior Sydney Geisness is one of four local athletes to have been selected to par-ticipate in the 2013 Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association All-Star Game slated for Saturday, June 15, at the JustAGame Fieldhouse in Wisconsin Dells. Geisness, along with John Denny and Avery Steen of Luck, and Connor Myers of Grants-burg, were selected to the team from a pool of players and coaches in the schools state athletic division from all across the northern part of the state.

Proceeds from the event will go di-rectly to the Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer Fund. This money will

and all of the players and coaches in this event need to raise $500 in order to par-ticipate. Businesses or individuals who might want to contribute to the event will receive the following:

• Their name or business name listed on the all-star Web site and program naming them as a booster, sponsor or advertiser. Contributors of $1-24 will only be listed on the Web site.

• The option of taking out an ad which

will be put into the all-star game program.• As many tickets to the all-star game

-sire.

• All contributions are tax deductible.Geisness will be playing on the Divi-

sion 3, North All-Star team, while Denny and Steen are playing on the Division 5 teams, and Myers for Division 4. Pirates head coach Nick Hallberg was named as head coach for Division 4 North, and se-lected Unity head coach Shaun Fisher and Clear Lake’s head coach Jake Sargent as assistants. For more information on mak-ing a donation visit wisbca.org and click on the donate tab toward the top right of the home page. – Marty Seeger with submit-ted information

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• • •ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Southwest

Minnesota State University and Au-gustana women’s golf teams competed at the St. Joseph Country Club in St. Joseph, Mo., for the Missouri Western State Classic Invite on Saturday and

Sunday, March 31-April 1. The Augus-tana Vikings were

among the 10 other Division 2 teams. Former St. Croix Falls athlete and Augustana Viking senior finished 14th over-all at a 26-over-par 170. Also competing at the tournament was Benoy’s former Saints teammate Ma-rissa Campeau, who is a junior for SMSU. Campeau finished the two-day tourna-ment 27-over with a score of 171, and tied

for 17th overall. As a team, SMSU took eighth overall. – with information from goaugie.com and smsumustangs.com

• • •OSCEOLA – Voters within the

Osceola School District voted in favor of a on Tues-day, April 2, with 774 votes in favor of the referendum, and 620 against. The new sports complex will include arti-

concession stand, bathrooms, and new surface for the track. – Marty Seeger

• • •MILWAUKEE – Monday, April 15,

marks a special day in major league baseball as will be

breaking baseball’s color barrier. It will also be a day when all uniformed play-ers will be wearing Robinson’s No. 42.

• • •LEADER LAND – Leader Sports

area athletes. If you know of an athlete playing collegiate sports in 2013 who hasn’t been mentioned, send us an e-mail or call and we’ll take it from there. – Marty Seeger

• • •LEADER LAND – Local sports tid-

bits to share? Please contact the Leader by 4:30 p.m. on Mondays to go in Extra Points. – Marty Seeger

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SPORTS RESULTS DEADLINES: WEDNESDAY - MONDAY: 1 p.m. the following business day. TUESDAY: 7 a.m. on Wednesday. Missed deadlines mean no coverage that week!

Sydney Geisness playing in WBCA All-Star game

Marissa Campeau

DULUTH, Minn. – The Duluth Ama-teur Youth Basketball Association held its

All-Star Border Battle game on Tuesday, March 26, at the UM-Duluth Ralph Ro-mano Gymnasium. The event showcased some of the top high school basketball athletes from Northeast Minnesota and North Central Wisconsin. Luck senior Avery Steen made the list of all-stars from North Central Wisconsin, and despite a Wisconsin 66-61 loss to Minnesota, Steen put up 13 points to lead the Wisconsin all-stars.

Steen teamed up with nine other selec-tions to the Wisconsin roster that featured Sarah Benson of Northwood and Hannah Hover of Colfax, who played with Steen throughout the summer on the Wisconsin Fury basketball team. Other players in-cluded Emily Gustafson of South Shore, Abby Clemons, Superior, Ricki Lee and Morganne Swan of Hayward, Kayla Ruff, Bloomer, Bethany Best, Drummond, and Jenna Orr, Rice Lake. The Minnesota team featured several quality athletes in-cluding Savanna Trapp of Esko, Minn., a 6-foot, 9-inch senior who is heading to UCLA on a basketball scholarship. This is

team has lost in the border battle all-star game. – Marty Seeger with information from dayba.org

Avery Steen scores 13 in border battle game

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RICE LAKE – The UW-Barron Char-

2012-2013 season with a 12-12 record, 6-4 in Wisconsin Collegiate Conference West-ern Division play. In postseason tourna-ment play, the Chargers made it into the Final Four but lost to No. 1 seed, UW-Fox Valley, 82-79.

The following are the players points per game and awards:

Tucker Asher: 1.1 points per game;

Garrett Verdegan: 12 points per game, WCC leader in rebounding with 11 per game and honorable mention WCC All-Conference Western Division; Murdock Smith, formerly of Siren, 16 points per game, second place 3-point con-test at the all-star game and second team

WCC All-Conference Western Division; Ryan McDermott: 14 points per game,

place in the dunk contest at the all-star

Western Division; Riley Kannel: 21 points per game, second all-star participant, 4.4

Conference Western Division, and WCC Player of the Year in the Western Divi-sion. – submitted

UW-Barron County Chargers finish successful season

CENTURIA – Building off a successful 2012 season, St. Croix Valley Raceway is chomping at the bit to unleash the excite-ment of the upcoming season. Track co-owners Rick Mastell and Ron Bernhagen, along with the rest of the SCVR team, continue to transform the racy little quar-ter-mile speed plant just south and west of Centuria. Fan favorites from last sea-son will be back, and in what is becom-ing a mantra at SCVR, new wrinkles will continue to be added.

The opener is just a few short weeks away, set for Friday night, April 26 – with an open practice session the prior evening, Thursday, April 25. The hot and heavy action starts immediately on open-

Thunder in the Valley No. 1. The UMSS winged sprints headline this event, the

Just two weeks later, on Saturday, May 11, The Bullring Blast brings WISSOTA late models to the quarter mile, and the hits just keep on coming. Two weeks

after the late models, the winged sprints are back for Thunder in the Valley No. 2 as part of the Davey Tabor memorial. The very next week, the IRA sprints make their second appearance ever at the race-way, highlighting Thunder in the Valley No. 3.

Of course, the most talked about and highly anticipated show of the season takes place on Friday and Saturday, June 28 and 29 – the second-annual Open Wheel Nationals. The inaugural nation-

-tional sprint cars along with Midwest and

of this signature event has expanded to two days and is sure to please another

stomping racing action.The winged sprints get two more

chances to shine, on July 26 and Aug. 17

the Thunder in the Valley series, and the traditional sprints headline the show on July 12 for the Traditional 40. The UMSS

traditional sprints have consistently kept fans riveted since their inception in 2011, and with the number of new teams en-tering the wingless foray in 2013, the quantity of racers will match the qual-

sprint teams set to attack the quarter mile.

Open modifieds will headline the action on July

Days Dash, and the late models get one last shot at Bullring Blast No. 2 on Fri-day night, Aug. 30.

The area’s best value for family entertainment will also host trailer races, a

bike giveaway on kids’ night, and the Crash-tastic Smash-o-rama featuring Kaila Savage and her mon-ster truck, Heartbreaker, along with myriad other

specials and promotions throughout the racing season.

A full calendar of events can be found at the raceway’s Web site, SCVRaceway.com, and late changes are available on the track’s Facebook page. - submitted

SCVR “excited” for 2013

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MADISON – Anglers, hunters and trap-pers are reminded that April 1 marked the start of the new license year for all

and hunting licenses.Licenses from the 2012-13 license year

expired on March 31. Anyone planning

licenses for the 2013-2014 season through the Online Licensing Center on the DNR

at DNR Service Centers, or by calling toll-free 877-945-4236. Licenses are valid through March 31, 2014.

DNR licensing officials say people who are multiseason hunters and anglers should consider purchasing the conserva-tion patron license. For $165, the license

deer, small game, waterfowl and upland game bird licenses. It also includes an an-nual state park admission sticker, state

trail pass and a subscription to Wisconsin

There are also conservation patron li-censes available for juniors for $75, non-resident for $600 and nonresident juniors for $77.

All license buyers are reminded to re-view the home address shown on the li-cense purchased from agents. If it is not

correct, the agent can change it on the ter-minal. Or, the license holder may make the correction through the Online License Center or DNR Call Center at 888-936-7463.

The address on the license must be cor--

tion if they are a permit winner in any of the drawings. – from the DNR

2012-13 sport licenses now expired

by Marty SeegerLeader staff writer

FREDERIC – Jordan Hall of Frederic had reason to be smiling on Saturday, March 30, during a noon lunch break at Great Northern Outdoors in Frederic,

-key, a jake, with help from mentor Shawn Hutton of Luck. When asked if he had fun and would go turkey hunting again, Hall gave an enthusiastic yes as others gath-ered around to share their stories from their recent hunts.

Polk County held a Learn to Hunt Tur-key program last weekend, March 29-31, for novice hunters of various ages, 10 and

older, under less-than-ideal conditions. Great Northern Outdoors, along with the DNR and conservation Warden Jesse

-ning on Thursday, March 29, which began with presentations on hunting the wild turkey, biology, and a focus on hunter safety.

In all, nine hunters participated along with their mentors, with most everyone seeing birds, including Ashton and his mentored hunter, Dr. Onnie Thatcher of Luck, who had never hunted turkey be-fore. In all, the two saw up to 90 birds along with several gobblers during a rain-soaked Saturday morning, without get-ting a shot at the birds that were largely

snow that still covered the ground.“It was awful weather,” Ashton said,

but exclaimed most everyone had an ex-citing time and were able to see birds. Be-

cause of the bad weather, some hunters were able to go out the Friday before, as well as Saturday afternoon and for a short time Sunday.

The DNR Learn to Hunt program is designed to get people involved who wouldn’t normally have the opportunity to go hunting. They are also able to be held outside of the normal hunting season for most game animals except waterfowl. Visit the DNR Web site at dnr.wi.gov to learn more about the event. The two-day youth hunt is also taking place this week-end, April 6-7, for ages 10-15. A spring turkey license, stamp and valid carcass tag is required. The regular spring turkey season for period A, begins on April 10.

ATVs • BIRDING • BOATING • CAMPING • FISHING • HIKING • HUNTING • RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

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by Marty SeegerLeader staff writer

SHELL LAKE – For the past two years a quaint corner of space located in a small shed west of Shell Lake has been bustling with life. With woodworking tools along with a drill press and a lathe, Jake Naes-sen and friend Josh Hoffman have been busy turning blocks of sweet-smelling walnut, cherry, maple and other kinds of wood into circular works of art in order to mimic the song of the hen turkey … music to the ears of the Wisconsin turkey hunter, who is on the cusp of yet another spring turkey season. Many hunters will be hoping for a chance to hear the sound of a booming gobble, and eventual sight of a strutting tom turkey, that will most likely be coaxed into range by the sounds a hunter mimicking the sound of a yelp-ing hen.

Regarded as one of the greatest success stories in Wisconsin wildlife manage-ment, the wild turkey had been brought back from nonexistence in the state in the early ‘70s to an abundant population across the state and even in the north woods. With a boom in population, inter-est in turkey hunting has grown consider-ably over the past 20 years and so too, has the interest in turkey calls, and learning how to use them for hunting.

Naessen began turkey hunting at the age of 18, and considers himself no dif-ferent than any other turkey-hunting en-thusiast, but has since turned his passion for turkey hunting into an obsession with creating the ideal turkey call.

Rugged Custom Calls, as it has come to be known, was born only two years ago through a casual conversation about turkey hunting with Hoffman, as well as

Naessen’s grandfather, who made a few box-calls for turkey hunting in previous years. Hoffman, who has a small collec-tion of his own turkey calls, as well as a passion for calling turkeys, told Naes-sen he too, should give call making a try sometime.

“I actually did two days later,” Naessen said. “I didn’t have all these tools, but I did it on a drill press, with a router bit, which is actually dangerous, but that’s how we started doing it.”

From there it was a lengthy learning

just the right sound, and while Naessen

suited for the garbage can, it gave them something to build on. They have since turned out about 200 turkey calls, with about 100 distributed across the local landscape. Naessen said at least 20 hunt-ers reported success with his calls just last season, and that number continues to

custom-made calls, which are known as friction pot calls.

There are many other types of factory calls out there on the market as well as custom call makers. Rugged Custom Calls has experimented with creating a type known as a trough call too, but their main specialty is with the friction pot

calls, which appear simple in nature, but are far more complex.

Naessen’s favorite) the surface of the call can be made of many different types of material including slate, aluminum, glass or even copper. There’s also a sound-board inside the call, which is essential for pinpointing the right sounds that Naessen has been listening for. In order

Internet resources and various articles, but he says Hoffman, his friend, was the one who helped him get in touch with other custom call makers, experts and judges from actual calling competitions that have brought a bounty of knowledge to them both. In 2012, Rugged Custom

-tition. Out of about 30 other call makers,

improvements since then.“I guess you’re always trying to make

it sound better. Or try different wood and get it to sound the same. It’s just like anything else. I mean you’ve got to keep improving it or you just kind of run in place,” Naessen said, who hopes to con-tinue to enter competitions in the future.

“When I came back, when everything was still fresh in my mind I did a few things to my calls. Hopefully they’ll do a

lot better this year,” he said.-

tion, Naessen said he received positive reviews from call makers, call judges and professional turkey callers who have been successful in competitive turkey calling. Although the changes to his calls were small, some couldn’t believe how much his calls had improved. Many told Naes-sen that whatever it was he and Hoffman had done to the call, to continue doing it.

While Rugged Custom Calls haven’t been used in a calling competition, the positive feedback from those who have

-ing in the right direction.

“I knew we could do it better, so doing different setups and going from there,

want … that’s where it led to today,” said Naessen.

To date, Naessen isn’t sure how long it actually takes him to make a turkey call, or how many he can produce in one day. With a full-time job, wife and two kids, his shop can get a little hectic at times.

“I’ve always told myself I’m going to time it, but I never do, because usually I’m out here, the kids are out here running in and out, so I start, and then I have to stop again,” he said, but Naessen guessed he could produce a call in about one hour, depending on the wood being used.

Anyone interested in purchasing a

about them can contact Naessen at 715-645-0814, or visit Rugged Custom Calls on their Facebook page.

Nothing rugged about locally made turkey calls

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(April 3, 10, 17) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY

Royal Credit Union, a federal credit union, 200 Riverfront Terrace Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54703, Plaintiff, vs. Brendan M. Gentz 1890 98th Avenue Dresser, Wisconsin 54009, Tiffany L. Hanson, a/k/a Tiffany C. Hanson, a/k/a Tiffany L. Whall 628 170th Street Osceola, Wisconsin 54020, Gionis Law Office 109 North Washington P.O. Box 636 St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin 54024, John Doe, Mary Roe, and XYZ corporation, Defendants.

Case Type: 30404 Case No. 12CV486

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that by virtue of that certain Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, Order for Judgment, and Judgment entered and filed in the above-entitled action on October 22, 2012, the Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell the following described real property at public auction as fol - lows: DATE/TIME: May 2, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. TERMS: 10% of successful bid must be paid to Sheriff at sale in certified funds, with the bal - ance due and owing on the date of confirmation of the sale by the Court. PLACE: Lobby of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, WI 54810. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Lot Six- teen (16), of the Plat of Rolling Hills First Addition “a County Plat” being a division of Lot Four (4) of Certified Survey Map No. 4588, Volume 20, page 140, Document No. 685791, located in the North- west Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NW 1/4 of NW 1/4), Section Thirteen (13), Town- ship Thirty-three (33) North, Range Eighteen (18) West, Town of Garfield, Polk County, Wisconsin EXCEPTING there - from that part of said Lot Six- teen (16) more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the Southwest corner of said Lot Sixteen (16); thence North 00 degrees 40’12” West, along the West line of said Lot Sixteen (16); 19.03 feet; thence South 89 degrees 52’10” East, 238.62 feet to the East line of said Lot Sixteen (16); thence South 23 degrees 59’51” East, along the East line of said Lot Sixteen (16); 21.56 feet to the Southeast corner of said Lot Sixteen (16); thence North 89 degrees 43’06” West, along the South line of said Lot Sixteen (16), 247.17 feet to the Southwest corner of said Lot Sixteen (16) and the point of beginning. (FOR INFORMATIONAL PUR- POSES ONLY: Plaintiff believes that the property address is 1890 98th Avenue, Dresser, Wisconsin). Dated: March 18, 2013.

Peter Johnson Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin THIS INSTRUMENT WAS DRAFTED BY: ANASTASI JELLUM, P.A. 14985 60th Street North Stillwater, MN 55082 (651) 439-2951 Garth G. Gavenda/#16347

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election, Chad Stenberg will not be returning for another term on the Unity School Board of Education. Filling the three open seats on the board will be incumbents James Beistle and David Moore, joined by newcomer Patricia

Kastens.-

est number of votes, at 709, followed by Beistle at 608 and Moore at 603. Stenberg received 572. — Mary Stirrat

FREDERIC — Incumbent village President William Johnson IV and incumbent Trustees John Boyer and Maria Ammend were re-elected to seats on the Fred-eric Village Board, along with returning trustee Jamie Worthington.

compared with 68 votes for challenger James Pearson.

Boyer received 92 votes, Ammend received 131, and Worthington took 101 votes. Candidate Win Herberg, with 87 votes, will not have a seat on the board.

week. — Mary Stirrat

Multiple arrests, toddler found in garbage-!lled home


OSCEOLA – A search warrant served the morning of Wednesday, March 27, on an Osceola home yielded four arrests for alleged drug dealing, and also revealed trou-bling conditions in the home, where at least one small child also resided.

According to a probable cause report from the Polk County Sheriff’s Department, the raid was carried out

Valley Drug Task Force and the Osceola Police Depart-ment, acting on multiple tips.

The search yielded drug-dealing equipment and para-phernalia, as well as over eight grams of methamphet-amine and 56 grams of marijuana.

The result is multiple charges of drug dealing against Heather Palmer, 29, Daniel Alexander, 29, and Chris-topher Paulson, 28. All three reportedly resided at the home and were charged with a variety of drug-related charges and several felony bail-jumping charges.

Paulson is also facing resisting-arrest charges, on top of a history of multiple drug-related arrests prior, and two open felony cases. He is facing a total of three felony

charges and two misdemeanors and appeared before Judge Jeffery Anderson, where he placed a $10,000 cash bond and has a preliminary hearing for Wednesday, April 3.

Alexander was charged with felony bail jumping and has a preliminary hearing also April 3.

Palmer is faced with three felony charges: possess-ing methamphetamine, maintaining a drug house, pos-session with intent to sell marijuana and misdemeanor paraphernalia possession charges. She is being held on a $2,500 cash bond and also has a hearing on April 3 before Judge Anderson.

Michael Lamb, 33, Dresser, was also found at the home and is facing felony possession of methamphetamine and misdemeanor paraphernalia charges. He is set to appear on Monday, April 22, before Judge Anderson.

A 5-year-old child of one of the residents was also found living in the home at the time and was initially placed with social services, but is reportedly living with

conditions in the home were described as “deplorable” and unsafe, with rotting garbage, knives and drug para-phernalia scattered around the residence. The Leader will not identify the child’s parent(s) to maintain the child’s anonymity.

Stenberg o!, Kastens on at Unity School Board

Incumbents, Worthington elected at Frederic

Drug house bust in Osceola

Roggensack, Evers returned by votersSTATEWIDE - State Supreme

Court Justice Patience Roggensack and State Superintendent of Pub-lic Instruction Tony Evers retained their positions in easy victories over their opponents in the spring elec-tion Tuesday, April 2.

Roggensack won a second term, overcoming Marquette University law professor Ed Fallone. Mil-waukee Journal-Sentinel numbers showed Roggensack with 57 per-cent of the state vote to Fallone’s 43 percent, with more than 90 percent of the precincts re-porting. Serving nearly 10 years on the Supreme Court,

Roggensack had the backing of law enforcement and more than 100 judges, as well as the state Republican Party.

Evers handily defeated Re-publican state Rep. Don Pride-more to capture a second term. Evers campaigned on the plat-form of increasing funding for public schools and opposing Gov. Scott Walker’s propos-als to expand and spend more money on vouchers for private

schools. - with information from Milwaukee Journal-Sen-tinel

Polk County marriages

Burnett Co.warrants

Town

of Alden, and

Town of Alden, issued March 26, 2013.

Burnett County circuit court

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NOTICE The April meeting of the Village Board of Siren will be held Thursday, April 4, 2013, at 2 p.m. at the Village Hall. Agenda posted. Ann Peterson Clerk-Treasurer

(Mar. 20, 27, April 3) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY

Bank of America, N.A. as servicer for U.S. Bank, National Association, as Trustee for the Holders of the Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust 2006-3 Plaintiff vs. ARLEN R. PETERSON, et al. Defendant(s)

Case No: 12 CV 221 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of fore - closure entered on September 28, 2012, in the amount of $107,149.70, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: April 16, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. TERMS: By bidding at the sher - iff sale, prospective buyer is consenting to be bound by the following terms: 1.) 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff. 2.) Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encum - brances. 3.) Plaintiff opens bidding on the property, either in person or via fax and as recited by the sheriff department in the event that no opening bid is offered, plaintiff retains the right to request the sale be declared as invalid as the sale is fatally defective. PLACE: Polk County Justice Center at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: L ots 8 and 9, Block 8, First Addition to the V illage of Frederic, Polk Coun- t y, Wisconsin. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 207 1st Ave. S., Frederic, WI 54837. TAX KEY NO.: 126-00177-0000. Dated this 5th day of March, 2013.

/s/Sheriff Peter M. Johnson Polk County Sheriff Dustin A. McMahon Blommer Peterman, S.C. State Bar No. 1086857 165 Bishops Way, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719

Please go to www.blommer - peterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peter- man, S.C., is the creditor’s attor - ney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any infor - mation obtained will be used for that purpose. 2578382 579623 WNAXLP

(Mar. 20, 27, Apr. 3) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY

Beneficial Financial I Inc. successor by merger to Beneficial Wisconsin Inc., Plaintiff, vs. MICHAEL C. MOORE, TINA A. MOORE, DENTAL ARTS, CAPITAL ONE BANK USA, Defendants.

Case No. 12 CV 476 Foreclosure of Mortgage 30404

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of fore - closure in the amount of $174,478.65, entered by the court on October 12, 2012, the undersigned Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell the following described real estate: Lot 5 and 6, J.R. Lowe Block to the Village of Centuria, according to the official plat thereof on file in the office of the Register of Deeds for Polk County, Wisconsin.

TAX KEY NO . 111-00228-0000. STREET ADDRESS : 617 Su- perior Avenue, Centuria, WI 54824. PLACE OF SALE : Front lobby of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, WI. DATE & TIME OF SALE : April 16, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. TERMS OF SALE: 1. Property is sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances, including but not limited to unpaid and accrued real estate taxes, special assessments, and other governmental charges, plus interest and penalties, if any. 2. A bid deposit of not less than ten percent (10%) of the bid amount shall be due in the form of cash, cashier’s check, or certified funds at the time of sale. 3. Successful bidder to pay the entire unpaid balance of bid within ten (10) days following confirmation of the sale by the court plus buyer to pay for buyer’s title insurance, document recording fees and Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. 4. Failure to make timely pay - ment following confirmation of sale will result in forfeiture of bid deposit. Peter M. Johnson, Sheriff Polk County Law Offices of James E. Huismann, S.C. N14 W23777 Stone Ridge Dr. Suite 120 Waukesha, Wisconsin 53188 (262) 523-6400 579738 WNAXLP

NOTICE TOWN OF MILLTOWN Monthly Board

Meeting Monday, April 8,

at 7 p.m. Milltown Fire Hall

Virgil Hansen, Clerk 579928 32-33L 22-23a,d

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Royal Credit Union, a federal credit union, 200 Riverfront Terrace Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54703, Plaintiff, vs. Brian P. Liggett 715 8th Avenue Centuria, Wisconsin 54824, Lisa M. Nelson 715 8th Avenue Centuria, Wisconsin 54824, Capital One Bank (USA), National Association, f/k/a Capital One Bank 4851 Cox Road Glen Allen, Virginia 23060, John Doe, Mary Roe, and XYZ corporation, Defendants.

Case Type: 30404 Case No. 12CV485

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that by virtue of that certain Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, Order for Judgment, and Judg- ment entered and filed in the above-entitled action on October 12, 2012, the Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell the following described real property at public auction as follows: DATE/TIME: April 25, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. TERMS: 10% of successful bid must be paid to Sheriff at sale in certified funds, with the bal - ance due and owing on the date of confirmation of the sale by the Court. PLACE: Lobby of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, WI 54810. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Lot Se- venty-one (71) of the Asses- sor’s Plat of the Village of Centuria, Polk County, Wis- consin, a/k/a Lot Seventy-one (71) of Certified Survey Map No. 3083 recorded in Volume 14 of Certified Survey Maps, page 105 as Document No. 598715, located in part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (NE 1/4 of SW 1/4), Section Eleven (11), Township Thirty-four (34) North, Range Eighteen (18) West, Village of Centuria, Polk County, Wisconsin. (FOR INFORMATIONAL PUR- POSES ONLY: Plaintiff believes that the property address is 715 8th Street, Cen- turia, Wisconsin). Dated: March 18, 2013.

Peter Johnson Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin THIS INSTRUMENT WAS DRAFTED BY: ANASTASI JELLUM, P.A. 14985 60th Street North Stillwater, MN 55082 (651) 439-2951 Garth G. Gavenda/#16361

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NOTICE – SIREN SANITARY DISTRICT TOWN OF SIREN BOARD MEETINGS The Siren Sanitary District will hold their monthly Board Meeting on Thursday, April 11, 2013, at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Siren Town Hall. The Town of Siren will hold their monthly Board Meeting at approximately 6:45 p.m. The agenda will be posted. If you wish to be on the agenda, please call Mary Hunter, Clerk. Mary Hunter, Clerk 715-349-5119 580264 32-33L WNAXLP

HELP WANTED Herzl Camp is looking for a

Lead Cook & Lead Cook Assistant Both positions starting April 15

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In The Matter Of The Name Change Of: Sophia Lucinda Schaffner By (Petitioner): Hannah Elizabeth Schaffner By (Co-Petitioner): Bryan Jeffrey Church

Notice and Order for Name Change Hearing Case No. 13CV125

NOTICE IS GIVEN: A petition was filed asking to change the name of the person listed above: From: Sophia Lucinda Schaffner To: Sophia Lucinda Church Birth Certificate: Sophia Lucinda Schaffner IT IS ORDERED: This petition will be heard in the Circuit Court of Polk County, State of Wis., Molly E. Gale- Wyrick, Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, WI 54810, April 25, 2013, 1 p.m. Molly E. GaleWyrick Circuit Court Judge March 15, 2013 580327

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING - VILLAGE OF LUCK PUBLIC NOTICE is given to all persons in the Village of Luck that the Plan Commission will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, April 9, at 6:30 p.m., at the Luck Village Hall, 401 Main St., to solicit comments on a conditional use permit for a sign for Home and Away Ministries and proposed changes to Zoning Ordinance 620-78 Swimming Pools, 620-75 Accessory Uses and Structures and adoption of Ordinance 609 Protection of Shoreland and Water Courses. The proposed ordinance and ordinance changes are available for public inspection at the Luck Village Hall, 401 Main Street, between 8 a.m. - 4 p.m., for two weeks prior to this public hearing. All persons interested are invited to attend this hearing and be heard. Written comments may be submitted to: Luck Zoning Administrator, PO Box 315, Luck, WI 54853. 580328 32-33L WNAXLP

ANNUAL MEETING TOWN OF DANIELS

Tuesday, April 16, 2013, 7 p.m. at Daniels Town Hall

AGENDA: Minutes from 2012; accept 2012 financial report; road tour report; overview of Daniels Township; gopher tail rates; set date for 2014 annual meeting. Any other business brought before board per statutes for annual meeting.

The annual report will be posted at Johnson Lumber, Backwoods Beer & Bait, Bob’s Auto Service, town hall and the clerk’s home.

Liz Simonsen, Clerk 580429 33L

NOTICE TOWN OF

APPLE RIVER Monthly Town Board Meeting Will Be Held

Mon., April 8, At 7 p.m. At The Town Hall, 612 Hwy. 8.

Agenda to be posted. Gloria Stokes, Clerk 58

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MEETING Tues., April 16, 2013,

7 p.m. at the Eureka Town Hall

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TOWN OF EUREKA

MONTHLY BOARD MEETING

Thurs., April 11, 2013 7 p.m.

at Eureka Town Hall Agenda to be posted:

1) Eureka Town Hall 2) Eureka Town Garage 3) Cushing U.S. Bank

Agenda may also be posted on Town Web site:

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Plan Committee

Meeting Mon., April 8, 2013,

6:30 p.m. Milltown Fire Hall Virgil Hansen, Clerk 58

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HELP WANTED Ministry Assistant at local church, part time (up to

4 hours/week). Previous office experience and some computer

knowledge preferred. Send resume to:

Yellow Lake Lutheran Church

P.O. Box 98, Webster, WI 54893 Deadline to submit resume is

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NOTICE TOWN OF LaFOLLETTE

MONTHLY MEETING The Monthly Board Meeting For The Town Of La F ollette Will Be

Held At The La F ollette Town Hall On Mon., April 8, 2013,

At 7:30 p.m. Agenda

Verification of Posting Clerk’s Minutes Treasurer’s Report Resident Issues Road Items Pay Bil ls & Look At Corresponden ce

Linda Terrian, Clerk

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TOWN OF STERLING ANNUAL MEETING The Annual Meeting

Will Be Held Thurs., April 18, 2013, At The Cushing Community

Center At 7 p.m. Julie Peterson, Clerk 580656

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MEETING NOTICE The Next Meeting Of The Meenon Town

Board Will Be Held On Tues., April 9, 2013, 7 p.m . At The Meenon Town Hall

Agenda items to include: Reschedule the Annual Meeting, Board Reports, Minutes, Set Road Tour Date, Ambulance Contract, Review of Election Results, Pay Bills and Adjournment.

Respectfully Submitted Suzanna M. Eytcheson, Clerk

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING TOWN OF TRADE LAKE

The Annual Meeting Of The Town Of Trade Lake Will Be Held On Wednesday, April 17, 2013,

Immediately Following The April Monthly Town Board Meeting Which Begins At 6 p.m.

Please see postings for agenda of the Monthly Meeting. Trade Lake Town Hall

Deborah L. Christian, Clerk www.tradelakewi.com

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NOTICE Lorain Township Cemetery Board

Meeting Sat., April 13, At 1 p.m . At

Lorain Town Hall Cemetery Board

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NOTICE TOWN OF LUCK ANNUAL TOWN

MEETING Tuesday, April 16

Notice is hereby given to electors of the Town of Luck, in Polk County, Wisconsin, that the Annual Town Meeting of said town will be held on third Tues- day of April, 2013, at 8 p.m., at the Luck Town Hall, following the regular Monthly Town Meeting for the transaction of such business as shall come lawfully before it.

Dated April 2, 2013. Lloyd Nelson, Town Clerk 580753

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LAKETOWN The Annual Meeting

Will Be Held Tues., April 16, 2013,

At 7:30 p.m . At The Cushing

Community Center Agenda Will Be

Posted. Patsy Gustafson, Town Clerk

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Notices/Employment opportunities

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LUCK KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION

LUCK KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION FOR THE 2013-2014 SCHOOL YEAR WILL TAKE

PLACE ON THURSDAY, APRIL 18, AT 7 P.M. IN THE LUCK SCHOOL CAFETERIA

This evening is designed for parents only, so they may have a better understanding of the kindergarten program and details of their child’s day at school.

If your child is currently enrolled in the 4-K Program in Balsam Lake, your child will bring home a registration packet to be completed by you and returned on April 18.

If your child does not go to the 4-K Program, then a packet may be picked up at the Luck Elementary School Office any - time between the hours of 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Those children that are not enrolled in 4-K will also need to bring their child’s birth certificate and immunization records.

A school physical will be required to attend kindergarten. According to state law, (chapter 429, section 118.14), a child

must be 5 years old on or before September 1, in order to go to kindergarten in the fall.

If you have questions regarding this, please call us at 715- 472-2153, Ext. 108. 579850 21-24a 32-35L

NOW HIRING

Holiday Stationstores are now hiring for Part-time Spring & Summer Sales Associates in combination with Food Service positions.

If you have a desire to work in a fast-paced, fun environment, interacting with a diverse group of people, look no further! We operate 7 days a week, 365 days a year and no two days are ever alike. Applicants must be flexible and have excellent customer serv - ice skills. Positions are available at the following locations:

LUCK * BALSAM LAKE * WEBSTER * GRANTSBURG * OSCEOLA * MINONG

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Convenience Store Assistant

Manager Position Osceola, WI

Holiday Stationstores are now hiring for a Full-time Assistant Manager. If you have a desire to work in a fast-paced, fun environment, interacting with a diverse group of people, look no further! We operate 7 days a week, 365 days a year and no two days are ever alike. Applicants must be flexible and have excellent customer service skills with a retail and management background. Please send resume, references and salary requirements to:

Stop-a-Sec Inc. Attn.: Karen Cogswell

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NOTICE TOWN OF DANIELS

MONTHLY BOARD MEETING The Monthly Town Board Meeting Will Be Held

Tuesday, April 9, 2013, At 7 p.m., At Daniels Town Hall. Township Residents Invited

AGENDA: Minutes & Treasurer Report; Report on WTA District meeting; 2012 Financial Report; Payment of Town Bills; and any other business properly brought before board. Agenda will be posted at Daniels Town Hall 24 hours before meeting. Visit Daniels Township Web site, www.townofdaniels.org. Please note the Annual Meeting is scheduled for April 16, 2013, at 7 p.m.

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INVITATION FOR BIDS - VILLAGE OF LUCK, WI Notice is hereby given that sealed bids for the following projects will be received by the Village Director of Public Works until 2 p.m. April 15, 2013, at the Luck Village Hall, P.O. Box 315, 401 Main St., Luck, WI 54853. Project 1- 5th Street Sewer Project Sealed bids will be publicly opened and read at 2 p.m. on April 15, 2013, at Luck Village Hall, 401 Main Street, Luck, WI. Each bid must contain the full name or names of the party or parties making the same, with an affidavit as to interested parties, and, in the case of a corporation not chartered in Wisconsin, with a proper certificate that such corporation is authorized to do business in Wisconsin. Copies of the Specifications, Instructions to Bidders, Forms of Proposals and other contract documents are on file at the Village Hall and may be obtained without charge. Contractors should contact the Director of Public Works regarding any questions about the specifications or location of work. The Village of Luck reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any informalities in the bids received and to accept any bid which it deems most favorable. 580502 33-34L WNAXLP

NOTICE OF POSITION OPENING Unity School District

CUSTODIAN/BUS DRIVER Position: Unity School District announces the opening of a full-time custodian and substitute custodial positions. All custodians are required to drive school bus on an as-needed basis. Qualifications: Strong mechanical aptitude; strong work ethic and problem solving skills. Requirements: High school diploma; CDL with school bus endorsement. Training and materials to obtain CDL and school bus endorsement available. Qualified applicants will be given first consideration. How to Apply: Qualified, interested persons should apply by sending a cover letter, District application (available at www.unity.k12.wi.us or in the District Office), and 3 letters of recommendation:

Brandon W. Robinson, District Administrator Unity School District 1908 150th Street/Hwy. 46 North Balsam Lake, WI 54810-7267

Deadline: April 10, 2013 EOE: Unity School District does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, color, national origin, religion, ancestry, creed, preg - nancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, or physical, mental, emotional or learning disability. 580594 22a,d 33L

NOTICE OF POSITION OPENING Unity School District

BUS DRIVERS WANTED Position: Unity School District is accepting applications for regular route (morning and afternoon route) and substitute bus drivers. Requirements: Commercial driver’s license (CDL) with school bus endorsement required. Training and materials to obtain permit and license are available. Qualified applicants will be given first consideration. How to Apply: Interested applicants should apply by sending a cover letter, District application (available at www.unity.k12.wi.us or in the District Office), and letters of recommendation to:

Brandon W. Robinson, District Administrator Unity School District 1908 150th Street/Hwy. 46 North Balsam Lake, WI 54810-7267

Deadline: April 10, 2013 EOE: Unity School District does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, color, national origin, religion, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orienta - tion, or physical, mental, emotional or learning disability.

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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW Federal Law P.L. 99-499 was enacted in October 1986 by

the United States Congress to protect and inform all citizens of the existence of hazardous chemicals that may be manu - factured, stored, distributed or used in a community.

Public Law 99-499 is the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986, Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (S.A.R.A.)

Information about these hazardous chemicals and loca - tions is available for public review at the following location between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday thru Friday.

Emergency Management Office Polk County Justice Center 1005 W. Main St., Suite 900

Balsam Lake, WI 54810 Information available includes lists of facilities reporting,

Material Safety Data Sheets, inventory forms of chemicals, emergency response plans and if any are filed, follow-up emergency notices of releases from facilities.

Telephone inquires as to specific information contained in the files will be accepted.

Copies of the documents may be made at the expense of the requestor and at rates established by Polk County Records Control Ordinance.

Information available is limited to compliance with P.L. 99- 499 and does not include all chemicals that may pose a threat to humans, animals or the environment.

Questions related to this notice should be addressed to Kathy Poirier, Coordinator, Polk County Emergency Management for the Local Emergency Planning Committee (L.E.P.C.) 715-485-9280.

This legal notice is published to inform the general public and complies with Section 324 of P.L. 99-499. 580622 33L

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NOTICE OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Grantsburg School District

March 28, 2013 Job Title 5th-Grade Teacher

Job Description There are currently two 100% FTE 5th-grade open - ings for the 2013/14 school year.

Qualifications Appropriate Wisconsin Certification: Elementary Education.

Requirements Elementary experience preferred. Individual should have the skills to teach in an active, hands-on and student-centered approach. Background of teach - ing with guided reading, using a balanced literacy approach desired. Having the knowledge to differ - entiate instruction is a must. Being comfortable utilizing technology including iPads and interactive boards during a lesson is highly desired. Experience in working in a PLC is desired but not necessary to apply.

How to Apply Send letter of application, resume, credentials (three current letters of recommendation and tran - scripts) and a copy of license by April 18, 2013.

Contact Brad Jones, Principal Grantsburg Middle School 500 East James Ave. Grantsburg, WI 54840 715-463-2455

The School District of Grantsburg is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, national origin, sex, religion or handicap. 580623 33-34L

SCHOOL DISTRICT OF SIREN JOB VACANCY

POSITION: Special Education Paraprofessional - Part time JOB DESCRIPTION: The School District of Siren has opened up a

search for a Part-Time Special Education Para- professional for the remainder of the 2012-2013 school year. This position will be required to start as soon as possible. This position will be work - ing directly with students with varying special education needs.

QUALIFICATIONS: Experience working with students with special education needs is a plus. Ability to communi - cate effectively with staff and parents is essen - tial. Candidate must also possess the ability to be flexible in their assigned work duties.

REQUIREMENTS: Must have or be able to obtain license #883, Special Education program aide.

APPLICATION Candidates should submit a letter of application and a copy of resume to: Sara Towne Special Education Director Siren School District 24022 4th Avenue Siren, WI 54872 [email protected]

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POLK COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES

AODA COUNSELOR This position’s primary responsibility is providing voluntary and court-ordered substance abuse assessments, as well as providing primary intensive outpatient program services in accordance with the provisions of HFS 75 - Substance Abuse Services, HFS 94 - Patient Rights and Resolution of Patient Grievances, HFS 92 - Confidentiality of Treatment Records and the Medical Assistance Provider Handbook. Requires a Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree in coun - seling, social work or closely related area with specific training in substance abuse. Must have experience and clinical training in working with individuals, couples and groups. For complete job description and application, visit www.co.polk.wi.us or call 715-485-9176. Deadline to apply: April 9, 2013. Salary DOQ. AA/EEOC 580721 33L 23a-e

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POLK COUNTY POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT C.N.A. - Golden Age Manor $13.12/ hr. + shift differential Part- t ime positions available .40 for pms & .50 for nocs for PM shift (2:30 - 9 p.m.) & Night shift (10:30 p.m. - 6:30 a.m.) shifts Deadline To Apply: Open until filled Dietary Aide - Golden Age Manor $11.19/ hr. + .40 for pms Part-time 45 hr./pay period + replacement days Deadline to apply: April 16, 2013

YOU MUST COMPLETE A POLK CO. EMPLOYMENT AP- PLICATION TO BE ELIGIBLE. For application, complete position requirements and details, please visit our Web site at www.co.polk.wi.us , Employment Opportunities, or in person at 100 Polk Co. Plaza, #229, Balsam Lake, or Golden Age Manor, 220 Scholl Ct., Amery, or by calling 715-485-9176. Please, no faxed applications. AA/EEOC


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MINUTES OF THEPOLK COUNTY BOARD

OF SUPERVISORSMARCH 19, 2013 - 6 p.m.

Chairman Johnson called the regular March 19, 2013, meeting of the PolkCounty Board of Supervisors to order at 6:00 p.m.

Chairman Johnson recognized Carole Wondra, County Clerk, for purposes ofreceiving evidence on proper notice. County Clerk informed the County Boardthat notice of the agenda was properly posted in three public buildings, pub-lished in the county’s legal paper and posted on the county Web site the weekof March 11, 2013. Chairman Johnson recognized Corporation Counsel, JeffreyFuge, for purposes of receiving legal opinion with respect to sufficiency ofnotice. The County Board received the verbal opinion of Corporation Counselthat the advance written notice posted and published as described by theCounty Clerk satisfied the applicable provisions of Wisconsin Open MeetingsLaw and the applicable procedural provisions of the Polk County Board Rulesof Order.

Chairman Johnson recognized the County Clerk for purposes of taking rollcall. The County Clerk took roll: 19 members present. Absent at roll call wereSupervisors Kienholz, Engel, Scoglio and Magnafici. Supervisor Scoglio joinedimmediately following roll call, 20 members present.

Chairman Johnson led the Pledge of Allegiance.Suvpr. Schmidt led the County Board in a time of reflection.Chairman Johnson called for a motion to approve the consent agenda as

published. Motion (Brown/Jepsen) to approve the consent agenda, as pub-lished. Chairman Johnson called for voice vote. Motion to approve ConsentAgenda, carried by unanimous voice vote. Approval of the Consent agendaincluded Resolution 05-13, Resolution to Approve Zoning Ordinance Amend-ments for the Town of Garfield. Resolution adopted.

RESOLUTION 05-13RESOLUTION TO APPROVE ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS FOR

THE TOWN OF GARFIELDTO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF POLKWISCONSIN:

WHEREAS, the Town of Garfield administers their own Zoning Ordinance; andWHEREAS, paragraph 3 of Wisconsin Statute Chapter 60.62 relating to town

zoning authority, if exercising village powers, reads: “In counties having acounty zoning ordinance, no zoning ordinance or amendment of a zoning ordi-nance may be adopted under this section unless approved by the countyboard”; and

WHEREAS, the Town of Garfield adopted Zoning Ordinance No. 3-2010 onFebruary 1, 2011, and was amended on December 20, 2011; and

WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Garfield deems it advisable andnecessary to amend Article 4, Section F and Article 5, Section B and E of theZoning Ordinance; and

WHEREAS, public hearings were held at the October 11 and December 13,2012, Plan Commission meetings on the proposed amendments and wasapproved by the Town of Garfield on January 8, 2013; and

WHEREAS, the Polk County Board of Supervisors must also approve of theOrdinance Amendments.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Super-visors hereby approves the attached Zoning Ordinance Amendments for theTown of Garfield.

Funding amount & source: N/A.Finance Committee Recommendation: N/A.Effective date: Upon Passage & Publication.Submitted and sponsored by the Land Information Committee: Kim A. O’Con-

nell, Craig Moriak, Herschell Brown, Warren Nelson and James Edgell.Reviewed and recommended by: Dana Frey, County Administrator.Reviewed and approved as to form by: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.At its regular business meeting on March 19, 2013, the Polk County Board of

Supervisors adopted the above-entitled resolution, Resolution 05-13: Reso-lution To Approve Zoning Ordinance Admendments For The Town Of Garfield,by a unanimous voice vote.

Dated this 19th day of March, 2013, at Polk County, Wisconsin.William Johnson IV, County Board Chairperson.Attest: Carole Wondra, Polk County Clerk.

RESOLUTION 02-13RESOLUTION ADOPTING ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS

TOWN OF GARFIELD,POLK COUNTY, WI

Town Board of the Town of Garfield, Polk County, Wisconsin, does resolvethe following:

WHEREAS the Town Board of the Town of Garfield has village powers underSection 60.10(2)(c), Wis. Stats., that grants police powers as set forth in Sec-tion 61.34(1), Wis. Stats., to act for the good order of the Town, for commercialbenefit and for the health, safety and welfare of the public; and

WHEREAS the Town of Garfield adopted the Town Zoning Ordinance onFebruary 1, 2011; and

WHEREAS the Town Board of the Town of Garfield deems it advisable andnecessary to amend Article 4, Section F and Article 5, Sections B and E of theZoning Ordinance; and

WHEREAS, public hearings were held at the October 11, 2012, and December13, 2012, Plan Commission meetings on the proposed amendments.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town ofGarfield does approve Resolution 02-2013 amending Article 4, Section F andArticle 5, Sections B and E of the Zoning Ordinance.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Garfieldhereby petitions the Polk County Board of Supervisors to concur and ratify theamendments.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that these ordinance amendments becomeeffective upon passage and publication of this enabling resolution.

Adopted this 8th day of January, 2013.Approved: Edward O. Gullickson, Town Chairman.Attest: Susan Knutson, Town Clerk.Time was given for public comments. Supvr. Kienholz joined the meeting at 6:10 p.m., 21 members present. Chairman Johnson presented the Chairman’s Report.Time was given for committee questions and answers by the board members. Administrator Frey presented the Administrator’s Report and an update on

finance. Supvr. Engel joined the meeting at 6:25 p.m., 22 members present.Chairman Johnson called for a motion to approve the Administrator’s

appointments. Motion (Luke/Stroebel) to approve the Administrator’s appoint-ment of Supvr. Nelson and Supvr. Kienholz to the Polk County Library PlanningCommittee. Appointments approved by unanimous voice vote. Motion (Jep-sen/Brown) to approve Administrator’s appointments of Dave Muller, LynneSchauls, Cricket LaFond, Cole Zrostlik, Peggy Farmer and Deanna Wheeler tothe Polk County Library Planning Committee; Dale Wood to the Land Conser-vation Committee (3-yr. term); and Wayne Tomfohrde to the Polk County Hous-ing Authority (5-yr. term). Appointments approved by unanimous voice vote.

Chairman Johnson called for a motion to approve the Confirmation of DNRAppointments of the 2013 Emergency Fire Wardens for Polk County. Motion(Masters/H. Johansen) to approve Appointments.

EMERGENCY FIRE WARDENS: Keith & Michelle Schmidt for T. of Clam Falls (Clam Falls Tavern).Patty & Ron Fredericks for T. of Clam Falls & T. of West Sweden (SundownSaloon).

Jeff Moats for T. of West Sweden, T. of Luck and T. of Clam Falls (Ray’s Fire-stone).

Julie Haines for T. of St. Croix Falls & T. of Sterling (Wolf Creek Bar).Appointments approved by unanimous voice vote.Res. 06-13 - Chairman Johnson called to the floor Resolution 06-13, Resolu-

tion To Sec-tion 174.11 Dog Claim Of CheyeAnn Michael. Motion (Brown/Jepsen) to approve said resolution. Supvr. D. Johansen addressed the resolu-tion. Motion (D. Johansen/Brown) to refer the resolution back to the ExtensionCommittee for further review and recommendation. Motion to refer Resolution06-13 back to Extension Committee carried by a roll call vote of 18 Yes/4 No.Voting yes: Supvrs. Brown, D. Johansen, Schmidt, H. Johansen, Kienholz, Cas-persen, Engel, Edgell, Moriak, Luke, Nelson, Stroebel, O’Connell, Bergstrom,N. John-son, Arcand, Cockroft and W. Johnson. Voting no: Supvrs. Masters,Scoglio, Hartung and Jepsen.

RESOLUTION 07-13RESOLUTION TO DISALLOW CLAIM OF PAUL BURRITT

TO THE HONORABLE SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF THECOUNTY OF POLK:Ladies and Gentlemen:

WHEREAS, Claimant, Paul Burritt, by and through his attorney, Peter J. Nick-itas, did cause to be served upon the Polk County Clerk a Supplemental Noticeof Claim, dated January 16, 2013; and

WHEREAS, said Supplemental Notice of Claim incorporates a Notice of Claimof Paul Burritt served upon the County Clerk on April 4, 2012; and

WHEREAS, said Supplemental Notice of Claim incorporates by reference afederal lawsuit brought by Claimant against Polk County; and

WHEREAS, in said Supplemental Notice of Claim, said Claimant makes ademand against Polk County for the sum of $50,000 exclusive from and with-out limitation to claims contained in the federal law suit; and

WHEREAS, the County’s insurance company and assigned insurancedefense counsel have recommended that the Polk County Board of Super-visors disallow the claims of Paul Burritt contained and incorporated in theSupplemental Notice of Claim.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Super-visors disallows the claim of Paul Burritt, as made through his attorney PeterJ. Nickitas and contained in the Supplemental Notice of Claim, dated January16, 2013.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this resolution shall constitute a Notice ofDisallowance, and that a certified copy of the same shall be served by certifiedmail, return receipt requested, upon Claimant, Paul Burritt, his attorney, PeterJ. Nickitas.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that pursuant to Wis. Stat.§ 893.80(1g), noaction or claim may be brought against Polk County or its officers, boards,committees, agents or employees after six months from the date of service ofsaid notice.

Funding source: N/A.Funding amount: N/A.Date Finance Committee Advised: N/A.Finance Committee Recommendation: N/A.Effective date: Upon Passage.Date Submitted to the Polk County Board: March 19, 2013.Submitted upon recommendation of the County Administrator: Dana Frey.Reviewed, approved as to form and recommended by: Jeffrey B. Fuge,

Corporation Counsel.At its regular business meeting on March 19, 2013, the Polk County Board of

Supervisors adopted the above-entitled resolution, Resolution 07-13: Reso-lution To Disallow Claim Of Paul Burritt, by a unanimous voice vote.

William Johnson IV, County Board Chairperson.Attest: Carole Wondra, Polk County Clerk.Res. 07-13 - Chairman Johnson called to the floor Resolution 07-13, Reso-

lution To Disallow Claim Of Paul Burritt. Motion (Jepsen/Schmidt) to approvesaid resolution. Chairman Johnson recognized Corporation Counsel Jeff Fugefor purposes of the Board receiving clarification on the resolution. CorporationCounsel Jeff Fuge addressed the resolution. Chairman called for a voice voteon motion to adopt Resolution 07-13, Resolution to Disallow Claim Of PaulBurritt. Motion carried by unanimous voice vote. Resolution adopted.

Chairman Johnson called for a short recess. The County Board stood inrecess at 7:05 p.m.

The County Board reconvened at 7:15 p.m.

RESOLUTION 08-13RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE AGREEMENT WITH VILLAGE OF OSCEOLA

FOR THE ACQUISITION AND SALE OF TAX DELINQUENT PROPERTYLOCATED AT 130 RIDGE ROAD IN THE

VILLAGE OF OSCEOLA, WISCONSIN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH WISCONSINSTATUTES SECTION 75.365(3)


WHEREAS, Sec. 75.365 of the Wisconsin Statutes provides that counties mayenter into agreements with any local municipality for the purposes, amongother things, of limiting the liability of the county in taking tax title to lands andselling to a municipality by private sale tax delinquent properties taken by thecounty; and

WHEREAS, the property taxes on the property located at 130 Ridge Road inthe Village of Osceola, Wisconsin, are delinquent, and Polk County has initiat-ed tax lien foreclosure proceedings against this parcel pursuant to WisconsinStatute Section 75.521; and

WHEREAS, the Village of Osceola has expressed interest in acquiring saidproperty from Polk County whereby the County shall obtain title to the proper-ty by tax foreclosure proceedings and then convey the same to the Village ofOsceola for $88,682.37, which amount reflects the payments made by theCounty to the Village of Osceola in settlement of delinquent property taxes ofrecord for the years 2000-2012, inclusive; and

WHEREAS, as further consideration for said property, the Village of Osceolaagrees to cancel all outstanding charges for special assessments, to assumeliability for any 2013 real estate taxes assessed against said parcel, and to in-demnify, hold harmless and defend Polk County from any and all liabilityincluding claims, legal expenses and costs of every kind related to the takingof tax title to the property and the sale of the property to the Village of Osceola.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that pursuant to Wisconsin StatuteSection 75.365(3), the Polk County Board of Supervisors approves and author-izes the Agreement Regarding the Acquisition and Sale of Tax DelinquentProperty, attached hereto and incorporated herein, concerning the propertylocated at 130 Ridge Road, Village of Osceola, Wisconsin, and having the legaldescription of:

“Outlot 162, except that part, if any, located East of the right of way ofState Trunk Highway No. 35, in the Outlot Plat of the Village of Osceola inPolk County, Wisconsin.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisorsauthorizes and directs the County Board Chair and County Clerk to enter intosaid attached Agreement and execute as necessary any and all documentsrequired to effectuate the transfer of said property consistent with this resolu-tion and such Agreement.

Funding source/ Funding amount: Village of Osceola to pay for all costs oftransfer.

Date Finance Committee Advised: N/A.Finance Committee Recommendation: N/A.Effective date: Upon PassageDate Submitted to the Polk County Board: March 19, 2013.Submitted and sponsored by the Polk County Property, Forestry and

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Reviewed and recommended by: Dana Frey, County Administrator.Reviewed, approved as to form and recommended by: Jeffrey B. Fuge,


Supervisors adopted the above-entitled resolution, Resolution 08-13: Reso-lution To Authorize Agreement With Village Of Osceola For The AcquisitionAnd Sale Of Tax Delinquent Property Located At 130 Ridge Road In The VillageOf Osceola, Wisconsin, In Accordance With Wisconsin Statutes Section75.365(3), by a unanimous voice vote.

William Johnson IV, County Board Chairperson.Attest: Carole Wondra, Polk County Clerk.Res. 08-13 - Chairman Johnson called to the floor Resolution 08-13, Resolu-

tion To Authorize Agreement With Village Of Osceola For The Acquisition AndSale Of Tax Delinquent Property Located At 130 Ridge Road In The VillageOf Osceola, Wisconsin, In Accordance With Wisconsin Statutes Section75.365.(3). Motion (Jepsen/H. Johansen) to approve said resolution. ChairmanJohnson recognized Treasurer Amanda Nissen for purposes of addressing theresolution. Treasurer Nissen addressed the resolution. Chairman called for avoice vote on motion to adopt Resolution 08-13, to Authorize Agreement WithVillage Of Osceola For The Acquisition And Sale Of Tax Delinquent PropertyLocated At 130 Ridge Road In The Village of Osceola, Wisconsin, In Accor-dance With Wisconsin Statutes Section 75.365.(3). Motion carried by unani-mous voice vote. Resolution adopted.

RESOLUTION 09-13RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDED 15-YEAR (2006-2020)

POLK COUNTY FOREST COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLANTO THE HONORABLE SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF THECOUNTY OF POLK:Ladies and Gentlemen:

WHEREAS, pursuant to Wisconsin Statute Section 28.11, Polk County haslands enrolled as County Forest; and

WHEREAS, on October 1, 2006, the Polk County Board of Supervisors adopt-ed Resolution #49-06, resulting in the approval of the 15-Year (2006-2020) PolkCounty Comprehensive Land Use Plan (“Plan”) in accordance with WisconsinStatute Section 28.11(5)(a); and

WHEREAS, said Plan is a dynamic document that requires amendment fromtime to time as changing conditions require; and

WHEREAS, the Polk County Forester has presented the Polk CountyProperty, Forestry and Recreation Committee with certain amendments to thePlan; and

WHEREAS, the Polk County Property, Forestry and Recreation Committeerecommends that the Polk County Board of Supervisors approve amendmentsto said Plan consistent with proposed amendment language, contained in theAmended 15-Year (2006-2020) Polk County Forest Comprehensive Land UsePlan which is attached hereto and incorporated herein.

WHEREAS, in accordance with relevant statutory law, the amendments to thePlan must receive Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources approval afterthe Polk County Board of Supervisors approves of the same.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Super-visors approves the Amended 15-Year (2006-2020) Polk County Forest Com-prehensive Land Use Plan, as attached hereto and incorporated herein.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisorsdirects the Polk County Forester to submit to the Wisconsin Department ofNatural Resources for final approval as required by Section 28.11(5)(a) saidamended plan.

Funding amount: N/A.Funding source: N/A.Finance Committee Advised: N/A.Date Submitted to County Board: March 19, 2013.Effective date: Upon passage.Submitted and Sponsored by the Polk County Property, Forestry and

Recreation Committee: Larry Jepsen, Warren Nelson, Thomas Engel, WilliamJohnson and Harry Johansen.



Supervisors adopted the above-entitled resolution, Resolution 09-13: Reso-lution To Approve The Amended 15-Year (2006-2020) Polk County ForestComprehensive Land Use Plan, by a unanimous voice vote.

William Johnson IV, County Board Chairperson.Attest: Carole Wondra, Polk County Clerk. Dated: March, 21, 2013Amended 15-Year (2006-2020) Polk County Forest Comprehenstive Land Use

Plan is available at the departmental office and at the department Web site athttp://www.co.polk.wi.us/forestry-landuse/land-use-plan.asp.

Res. 09-13 - Chairman Johnson called to the floor Resolution 09-13, Resolu-tion To Approve The Amended 15-Year (2006-2020) Polk County Forest Com-prehensive Land Use Plan. Motion (Jepsen/D. Johansen) to approve saidResolution. Chairman Johnson recognized Polk County Forester Jeremy Ko-slowski for purposes of addressing amendments to the Polk CountyForest Plan. Forester Koslowski addressed the Resolution. Chairman Johnsoncalled for a voice vote on the motion to adopt Resolution 09-13 to Approve theAmended 15-Year (2006-2020) Polk County Forest Comprehensive Land UsePlan. Motion carried by unanimous voice vote. Resolution adopted.

RESOLUTION 10-13RESOLUTION CONCERNING WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL

RESOURCES OUTDOOR RECREATION AIDS FOR THE COUNTY OF POLKTO THE HONORABLE SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF THECOUNTY OF POLK:Ladies and Gentlemen:

WHEREAS, the County of Polk is interested in acquiring or developinglands for public outdoor recreation purposes as described in the applicationfor Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Outdoor Recreation Aids;and

WHEREAS, financial aid is required to carry out the project.NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the County of Polk has budgeted

a sum sufficient to complete the project or acquisition.BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors

authorizes the Director of Parks, Forestry, Buildings & Solid Waste or itsdesignee to act on behalf of the County of Polk to:

• Submit an application to the State of Wisconsin Department of NaturalResources for any financial aid that may be available;

• Submit reimbursement claims along with necessary supporting docu-mentation within 6 months of project completion date;

• Submit signed documents; and• Take necessary action to undertake, direct and complete the approved

project.BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County of Polk will comply with state

or federal rules for the programs to the general public during reasonablehours consistent with the type of facility; and will obtain from the State ofWisconsin Department of Natural Resources or the National Park Service, asappropriate, approval in writing before any change is made in the use of theproject site.

Effective date: Upon Passage.Date Submitted to the Polk County Board: March 19, 2013.Submitted and Sponsored by the Polk County Property, Forestry and



Corporation Counsel.County board action: Approved.

At its regular business meeting on March 19, 2013, the Polk County Board ofSupervisors adopted the above-entitled resolution, Resolution 10-13: Reso-lution Concerning Wisconsin Department Of Natural Resources OutdoorRecreation Aids For The County Of Polk, by a unanimous voice vote.


lution Concerning Wisconsin Department Of Natural Resources OutdoorRecreation Aids For The County Of Polk. Motion (Masters/O’Connell) to ap-prove said Resolution. Chairman Johnson recognized Polk County ForesterJeremy Koslowski for purposes of addressing the Outdoor Recreation AidsProgram. Forester Koslowski addressed the Resolution. Chairman Johnsoncalled for a voice vote on the motion to adopt Resolution 10-13, ConcerningWisconsin Department Of Natural Resources Outdoor Recreation Aids For TheCounty of Polk. Motion carried by unanimous voice vote. Resolution adopted.

Chairman Johnson introduced Resolution “G” to Accept Donation of Landfrom Janet Ahlgren. Chairman Johnson offered to defer consideration on theresolution until a time in which Ms. Ahlgren could be present. Motion (Har-tung/Masters) to postpone Resolution “G,” Land Donation from Janet Ahlgren,until such noted definite time. Motion carried by unanimous voice vote.

RESOLUTION 11-13RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION

AGREEMENT WITH NORTHWEST WISCONSIN REGIONALPLANNING COMMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH WISCONSIN STATUTES

SECTION 66.0301TO THE HONORABLE SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF THECOUNTY OF POLK:Ladies and Gentlemen:

WHEREAS, Wisconsin Statutes Sec. 66.0301 provides that counties mayenter into agreements with regional planning commissions for the purpose ofproviding for the administration of a municipal project or function on a coop-erative basis; and

WHEREAS, Northwest Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (NWRPC)currently operates a household hazardous waste collection and disposal pro-gram on behalf of constituent counties within its Regional Planning District inthe State of Wisconsin; and

WHEREAS, the County, pursuant to Wisconsin laws, operates a similar col-lection program for household hazardous wastes within its boundaries; and

WHEREAS, NWRPC can provide household hazardous waste collection anddisposal services to the County more economically than the County can on itsown; and

WHEREAS, the Polk County Property, Forestry and Recreation Committeehas recommended that the Polk County Board of Supervisors adopt a resolu-tion authorizing an intergovernmental agreement between Polk County andNWRPC for the purposes of hazardous waste collection.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that pursuant to Wisconsin StatuteSection 66.0301, the Polk County Board of Supervisors does, on behalf of PolkCounty, adopt and authorize the Hazardous Waste Collection Agreement, asattached hereto and incorporated herein, with Northwest Wisconsin RegionalPlanning Commission.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors directsthe Polk County Parks, Forestry, Buildings and Solid Waste Director to sign saidAgreement and to administer such a contract on behalf of Polk County.

Effective date: Upon Passage.Date Submitted to the Polk County Board: March 19, 2013.Submitted and Sponsored by the Polk County Property, Forestry and




Supervisors adopted the above-entitled resolution, Resolution 11-13: Reso-lution To Authorize Hazardous Waste Collection Agreement With NorthwestWisconsin Regional Planning Commission In Accordance With WisconsinStatutes Section 66.0301, by a unanimous voice vote.

William Johnson IV, County Board Chairperson.Attest: Carole Wondra, Polk County Clerk.Res. 11-13 - Chairman Johnson called to the floor Resolution 11-13, Resolu-

tion To Authorize Hazardous Waste Collection Agreement With NorthwestWisconsin Regional Planning Commission In Accordance With WisconsinStatutes Section 66.0301. Motion (Edgell/Masters) to approve said Resolution.Chairman Johnson recognized Director of Parks, Forestry, Buildings and SolidWaste Debbie Peterson for purposes of addressing the resolution. DirectorPeterson addressed the Resolution. Chairman Johnson called for a voice voteon the motion to adopt Resolution 11-13, To Authorize Hazardous WasteCollection Agreement With Northwest Wisconsin Regional PlanningCommission In Accordance With Wisconsin Statutes Section 66.0301. Motioncarried by unanimous voice vote. Resolution adopted.

RESOLUTION 12-13RESOLUTION TO APPROVE A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH THE

WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OFFORESTRY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE KNOWLES-NELSON STEWARDSHIP

LAND ACQUISITION GRANT PROGRAMTO THE HONORABLE SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF THECOUNTY OF POLK:Ladies and Gentlemen:

WHEREAS, Polk County has lands enrolled as county forest pursuant to s.28.11 of the Wisconsin Statutes; and

WHEREAS, on October 1, 2006, the Polk County Board of Supervisors adopt-ed Resolution #49-06, resulting in the approval of the 15-Year (2006-2020) PolkCounty Forest Comprehensive Land Use Plan (“Plan”) in accordance withWisconsin Statute Section 28.11 (5)(a); and

WHEREAS, as described in Chapter 400 of the Polk County Forest Compre-hensive Land Use Plan, the Polk County Board of Supervisors has the author-ity, pursuant to Wisconsin Statute Section 28.10, to acquire properties for thepurpose of establishing county forestland; and

WHEREAS, the acquisition of said properties are beneficial to Polk Countyby perpetually providing forest products to our local economy, increasing andsustaining revenues to the County, providing outdoor recreation opportunitiesto the public and improving property administration on the county forest; and

WHEREAS, Polk County is eligible to participate and make application to theKnowles-Nelson Stewardship Land Acquisition Grant Program for land acqui-sition consistent with said plan; and

WHEREAS, grant funding may provide funding up to 50% of the acquisitionprice; and

WHEREAS, as a condition of the eligibility to county forestland grants, PolkCounty must enter into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Wiscon-sin Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Polk County Board of Supervisorsapproves and adopts the Memorandum of Agreement with the WisconsinDepartment of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the future acquisition of any county forest-land eligible for Knowles-Nelson Land Acquisition Stewardship Grant fundingshall require additional approval of the Polk County Board of Supervisors priorto making application.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Polk County Board of Supervisorsdirects the Polk County Forester to forward a signed MOA to the WisconsinDepartment of Natural Resources.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Polk County recognizes and acknowledgesthat if financial assistance is made available by the Wisconsin Department ofNatural Resources, and Polk County accepts said financial assistance, then580718 33L

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LUCK SCHOOL DISTRICT PRESCHOOL DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING SCHEDULED FOR

THURS DAY , APRIL 18 The Luck School District will be conducting a developmen -

tal screening for children ages birth to five years old, with the primary emphasis on three- and four-year-olds, on Thursday, April 18.

The areas of screening will include: Fine motor devel - opment, gross motor development, speech and language concepts. Vision and hearing screenings will be conducted by a nurse from the Polk County Public Health Department.

If you have concerns about your child’s development in any of these areas, please call the Luck Elementary School Office at 715-472-2153, Ext. 108, by Tuesday, April 16. Appointments will be scheduled beginning at noon and each screening will last about 45 minutes. 580059 21-23a 32-34L

TOWN OF SIREN - ANNUAL MEETING APRIL 18, 2013 The Annual Meeting for the Town of Siren will be held on Thursday, April 18, 2013, at 6:30 p.m. at the Siren Town Hall. The Annual Report will be posed at the Siren Town hall. Mary Hunter, Clerk, 715-349-5119 580430 33-34L

NOTICE OF RESCHEDULING OF REGULAR BUSINESS

MEETING Polk County Board of Supervisors

Polk County Government Center 100 Polk County Plaza, Balsam Lake, WI

County Boardroom PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, pursuant to Article 2,

Section 6, of the Polk County Board Rules of Order, the regular business meeting of the Polk County Board of Supervisors, set by Rule, Article 2, Section 1, for April 16, 2013, at 6 p.m., has been rescheduled to Tuesday, April 30, 2013, at 6 p.m. Pursuant to Article 3, Section 2, of the Polk County Board Rules of Order, the meeting notice for the regular business meeting, as rescheduled, will be pub - lished, posted and distributed on April 19, 2013.

The rescheduling of the April regular business meeting of the Polk County Board of Supervisors, as noticed above, is made to remove a scheduling conflict that placed upon many of the county supervisors, who also serve on or attend town boards, as a result of Wisconsin Statute Section 60.11 (2) (a), as amended by 2011 Wisconsin Act 115, enacted February 17, 2012. The amendment caused the annual meeting of town boards to move from the sec - ond week in April to the third week in April.

Dated this 25th day of March, 2013. By Order of the Polk County Chairperson: William F. Johnson IV Polk County Chairperson

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NOTICE OF HEARING The Polk County Board of Adjustment will hold a public hearing on

Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at the Government Center in Balsam Lake, WI. The Board will call the public hearing to order at 8:30 a.m., recess at 8:45 a.m. to view the sites and will reconvene at 1 p.m. at the Government Center in Balsam Lake, WI. At that time, the applicant will inform the board of their request. (THE APPLICANT MUST APPEAR AT 1 P.M. WHEN THE BOARD RECONVENES AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER).

DANIEL ALEXANDER requests a special exception to Article 8D1(a) of the Polk County Shoreland Protection Zoning Ordinance to establish a Tourist Rooming House, located at: 2077 23rd St., Lot 2, CSM Vol. 9/Pg. 43 & Outlot 1, CSM Vol. 11/Pg. 190, Pt. of Gov’t. Lots 1+2, Sec. 22/T35N/R15W, Town of Johnstown, Pipe Lake (class 1).

WEST DENMARK CHURCH requests a special exception to Article 8D2 of the Polk County Shoreland Protection Zoning Ordinance to use the old schoolhouse as a place to sleep during chari - table events, located at: 2492 170th St., Gov’t. Lot 1, Sec. 32/T36N/ R17W, Town of Luck, Little Butternut Lake (Class I).

JOYLE ANDERSON requests a special exception/variance to Arti- cle 8D and 8D1 of the Polk County Shoreland Protection Zoning Ordinance to convert a single-family dwelling to multifamily, less than 25’ from a lot line, located at: 1209 65th Ave., Lot 14, Weber Birch Haven, Sec. 36/T33N/R17W, Town of Lincoln, Bear Trap Lake (class 1).

PAUL & SUZANNE GYDESEN request a special exception to Article 15B1 of the Polk County Shoreland Protection Zoning Ordinance to grade on slopes greater than 20%, located at: 1725A East Forest Circle, Lot 7, Balsam Forest, Sec. 1/T34N/R17W, Town of Balsam Lake, Balsam Lake (class 1). 580766 33-34L WNAXLP

Polk County will comply with state rules for the program and meet the financialobligations under the grant.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that if grant funding becomes available, then thePolk County Forester shall seek the recommendation from the Property, Fores-try and Recreation Committee on a County Board resolution, as appropriate, toauthorize said future acquisition.

Funding amount: N/A.Funding source: N/A.Finance Committee Advised: N/A.Date Submitted to County Board: March 19, 2013.Effective date: Upon Passage.Submitted and Sponsored by the Polk County Property, Forestry and


Reviewed and approved as to form by: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.At its regular business meeting on March 19, 2013, the Polk County Board of

Supervisors adopted the above-entitled resolution, Resolution 12-13: Resolu-tion To Approve A Memorandum Of Agreement With The WisconsinDepartment Of Natural Resources, Division Of Forestry To Participate In TheKnowles-Nelson Stewardship Land Acquisition Grant Program, by a unani-mous voice vote.

William Johnson IV, County Board Chairperson.Attest: Carole Wondra, Polk County Clerk. Dated: March, 21, 2013Res. 12-13 - Chairman Johnson called to the floor Resolution 12-13, Reso-

lution To Approve A Memorandum Of Agreement With The Wisconsin Depart-ment Of Natural Resources, Division Of Forestry To Participate In TheKnowles-Nelson Stewardship Land Acquisition Grant Program. Motion (H.Johan-sen/Brown) to approve said Resolution. Chairman Johnson called for avoice vote on the motion to adopt Resolution 12-13, to Approve AMemorandum Of Agreement With The Wisconsin Department Of NaturalResources, Division Of Forestry To Participate In The Knowles-NelsonStewardship Land Acquisition Grant Program. Motion carried by unanimousvoice vote. Resolution adopted.

RESOLUTION 13-13RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE PARTICIPATION IN THE NORTHWESTWISCONSIN REGIONAL MEDICAL EXAMINER MUTUAL AID COMPACT


WHEREAS, the County governments of Barron, Dunn, Pierce, Polk and St.Croix desire to participate in a Mutual Aid Compact for emergency medicalexaminer assistance; and

WHEREAS, emergencies involving mass fatality incidents may arise withinthe jurisdictional boundaries of the specified counties located in NorthwestWisconsin, which may require additional assistance beyond each county'sown resources; and

WHEREAS, the training and/or expertise of medical examiner staff personnelthroughout the Northwest Wisconsin Region could be requested to assist indealing with mass fatality incidents within the geographical boundaries of thecounties; and

WHEREAS, the parties recognize that mass fatality incidents can more effec-tively be handled by pooling of human resources; and

WHEREAS, the parties have authority to enter into the Northwest Wiscon-sin Regional Medical Examiner Mutual Aid Compact pursuant to Sections59.03, 59.04, 66.0301, 66.0313, 66.0314 and Chapter 323 of the WisconsinStatutes.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Super-visors approves and authorizes participation in the Northwest WisconsinRegional Medical Examiner Mutual Aid Compact, as attached hereto and incor-porated herein, for emergency medical examiner assistance.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisorsauthorizes and directs the Polk County Medical Examiner to enter into and toadminister said compact on behalf of Polk County.

Funding amount: N/A.Funding source: N/A.Date Finance Committee Advised: N/A.Finance Committee Recommendation: N/A.Effective date: Upon Passage.Date Submitted to County Board: March 19, 2013.Submitted by the Polk County Public Protection and Judicial Committee:

Jay Luke, Jared Cockroft, Kim A. O’Connell, Gary Bergstrom and KathrynKienholz.

Reviewed and recommended by Dana Frey, County AdministratorReviewed, approved as to form and recommended by: Jeffrey B. Fuge,


Supervisors adopted the above-entitled resolution, Resolution 13-13: Reso-lution To Authorize Participation In The Northwest Wisconsin Regional MedicalExaminer Mutual Aid Compact, by a unanimous voice vote.

William Johnson IV, County Board Chairperson.Attest: Carole Wondra, Polk County Clerk.Res. 13-13 - Chairman Johnson called to the floor Resolution 13-13,

Resolution To Authorize Participation In The Northwest Wisconsin RegionalMedical Examiner Mutual Aid Compact. Motion (Bergstrom/O’Connell) to ap-prove said Resolution. Chairman Johnson recognized County AdministratorFrey for purposes of addressing the resolution. Administrator Frey addressed

the resolution. Chairman Johnson called for a voice vote on the motion toadopt Resolution 13-13, to Authorize Participation in the Northwest WisconsinRegional Medical Examiner Mutual Aid Compact. Motion carried by unanimousvoice vote. Resolution adopted.

RESOLUTION 14-13RESOLUTION CONCERNING NEWSPAPER PUBLICATION OF LEGAL NOTICESTO THE HONORABLE SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF THECOUNTY OF POLK:Ladies and Gentlemen:

WHEREAS, Wisconsin Statutes Sections 59.14 and 985.02 requires PolkCounty to publish its legal notices, consisting of certain public notices, meet-ings notices, ordinances and proceedings in statutorily qualified newspapersthat are likely to give notice in the area or to the persons affected by Countybusiness; and

WHEREAS, while state law allows a county board of supervisors to designateonly one official qualified newspaper, a county with the population size of PolkCounty is neither required to designate an official newspaper nor required toseek bids for the publication of legal notices; and

WHEREAS, under Wisconsin Statute Section 985.05(2), a county that desig-nates an official newspaper must publish all of its legal notices in that one des-ignated newspaper; and

WHEREAS, under Wisconsin Statute Section 985.08(5), a county may onlypublish its legal notices in newspapers that qualify under Section 985.03; and

WHEREAS, in adopting Resolution No. 31-05 31-09, the Polk County Board ofSupervisors designated the Inter-County Leader as the official newspaper anddesignated the Tri-County Advertiser and the Indianhead Advertiser as sec-ondary newspapers; and

WHEREAS, the three designations contained in Resolution 31-05 31-09 areconflicting to the extent that the County and its personnel, namely the CountyClerk, are prevented from complying with state law requirements when caus-ing any legal notice of the County to be published; and

WHEREAS, on legal opinion, the Corporation Counsel has recommended tolift the designation so that the County may publish its legal notices in compli-ance with state law.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Super-visors repeals Resolution 31-05 31-09.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisorsdirects that the legal notices of the County be published in newspapers quali-fied pursuant to Wisconsin Section 985.03 without designation as “officialnewspaper” as may be made under Section 985.05(1).

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Clerk shall require, as a condi-tion to publication of any legal notice of the County, that any publisher of aqualified newspaper shall file with the County Clerk a certificate as requiredunder Section 985.03(2).

Funding source: N/A.Funding amount: N/A.Date Finance Committee Advised: N/A.Finance Committee Recommendation: N/A.Effective date: Upon Passage.Date Submitted to the Polk County Board: March 19, 2013.Submitted by: William Johnson.Reviewed and recommended by Dana Frey, County AdministratorReviewed, approved as to form and recommended by: Jeffrey B. Fuge,


Supervisors adopted the above-entitled resolution, Resolution 14-13: Reso-lution Concerning Newspaper Publication, by a unanimous voice vote.


lution Concerning Newspaper Publication Of Legal Notices. Motion (O’Con-nell/Nelson) to approve said Resolution. Chairman Johnson recog-nized County Administrator Frey and Corporation Counsel Jeff Fuge forpurposes of addressing the resolution. Administrator Frey addressed theresolution. Corporation Counsel Jeff Fuge addressed the resolution.Motion (O’Connell/Kienholz) to amend said Resolution by striking all refer-ences to “Resolution No. 31-05” and inserting references “Resolution No. 31-09.” Motion to amend Resolution 14-13 carried by unanimous voice vote.Chairman Johnson called for a voice vote to adopt Resolution 14-13Concerning Newspaper Publication of Legal Notices, as amended. Motion car-ried by unanimous voice vote. Resolution adopted.

Supervisors reports were given.Motion (D. Johansen/Scoglio) to adjourn. Motion carried by unanimous voice

vote. Chairman Johnson declared meeting adjourned 8:06 p.m.

STATE OF WISCONSIN )COUNTY OF POLK )

I, Carole T. Wondra, County Clerk for Polk County, do hereby certify that theforegoing minutes are a true and correct copy of the County BoardProceedings of the Polk County Board of Supervisors Session held on March19, 2013.

Carole T. WondraPolk County Clerk580719 33L


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Transient licenseseems to apply


DRESSER – The Dresser Village Board heard a legal opinion in support of allow-

their regular monthly meeting on Mon-day, April 1, which led the board to give their tentative approval for the proposed

Scott Peckman of Osceola has proposed -

tively called Stars and Stripes Fireworks, just off Hwy. 35, near Bernick’s Pepsi and the VFW on the highway’s east side.

“I’m in negotiation to put a building up,” Peckman said.

However, he is still in negotiations on the purchase of the property, and as such, had hoped to secure a permit before mov-ing too far ahead with the project.

tend to come near or before Indepen-dence Day, and Peckman was hoping to have a temporary stand on the site, until the sales is closed and his new structure

is built. He said he would have a secure steel structure on-site for storage.

Village attorney Timothy Laux went through the issues behind the proposal and assured the board that they have a

but through his research found that the temporary operation could use a so-called transient merchant’s license.

“The ordinance doesn’t say anything about what the transient merchant is sell-ing,” Laux said. “The regulation is ex-tremely minimal.”

Laux implied that the bulk of the regu-

laws, and that because he is a local Polk County resident, insurance or deposit li-ability issues would not apply. The only real limits involved hours of operation, which would be limited from 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.

Laux said they would need to do a basic

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The only real variable fell under the term “temporary,” and how the village

Peckman and the board came up with a tentative window of May 1 through Aug. 1, with Peckman hoping the property sale would be completed and construction of a permanent structure, as well.

He would need to follow other village

Wisconsin DOT setback requirements for being on a state highway. He also as-sured that there would be no parking on

the highway, that the parcel had room for on-site parking.

“We’re looking forward to seeing a per-manent structure there,” stated village President Rick Flandrena.

The board tentatively approved the temporary permit, pending the police recommendation.

• The board punted on a complaint from a resident who said he is getting water seepage from his corner property at 302 State St.

Flandrena noted that the issue may need to be addressed by the next admin-istration, as the home is on the corner of both a state highway and a village street.

“Not sure what can be done,” Flan-drena said, stating that the village may need more information before taking any action.

• The board approved hiring Barb Wil-liamson to work between four and six hours per week for the next six months, as a part-time village parks assistant. She had been hired last year for similar work and was endorsed by the board for her previous work.

• The board approved the purchase of a new desktop computer for the village clerk, which is also used for utility bill-ing and other work. The previous unit is approaching 9 years old, and the replace-ment has been budgeted.

• The board gave a glowing report on the recent Dresser Library revamp, which included new carpet and paint, with help from several village employees in moving the books and other items for the project.

• Board Trustee Jim Rochford Jr. thanked outgoing Trustees Rusty Nor-lander, James Thanig, Greg Andrie and President Rick Flandrena.

“I swear, some of them have been on the board for what seems like 35 years,” Rochford joked.

Flandrena noted the assistance of the village crew, clerk and others, and said it was “an honor to serve.”

Flandrena has served a total of 10 years - half as village president; Andrie has served for 15 years; and both Norlander and Thanig had four years of service to their credit.

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by Maureen McCollumWisconsin Public Radio

STATEWIDE - A new report by the American Society of Civil Engineers shows that infrastructure in the United States needs major upgrades.

ASCE’s Report Card on America’s In-frastructure is released every four years and evaluates the nation’s roads, dams and water facilities. The results are often given to members of Congress.

Overall, the infrastructure conditions and funding outlooks are pretty dismal.According to the report, Wisconsin’s bridges are becoming more structurally sound. But, it says that 71 percent of the state’s roads are in poor or mediocre con-dition.

Julie Hoppe is the ASCE Wisconsin president and transportation manager at Mead and Hunt, an architectural and en-

“Our infrastructure is how we get all of our goods and services to our businesses, so it’s a huge part of our economy. We can’t be competitive if we don’t have quality roadways.”The report also shows that Wisconsin’s drinking water and wastewater infrastructure need upgrades.

Department of Natural Resources con-struction management engineer Judy Hayducsko says many communities need to replace old systems and upgrade infra-

-cult since water systems are paid for with user fees. “I think they have to be careful because there are other needs in the com-munity. We like them to replace things as need arises, and there’s a constant jug-gling of tight funds within municipali-ties.”

The American Society of Civil Engi-neers reports that major investments in Wisconsin are also needed in public school buildings, dams and renewable

energy.

Report paints grim picture of Wisconsin and nation’s infrastructure

Internationally best-selling author Arthur Phillips will be at the St. Croix Falls Civic Auditorium on Friday, April 19, for a 7:30 p.m. Valley Reads event. Phillips will share his research and experience in writing a

most recent novel, “The Tragedy of Ar-thur.” Actors from Festival Theatre will perform a scene from his play “The Trag-edy of Arthur” at this event as part of the Valley Reads multivenue program-ming. “The Tragedy of Arthur” is a tour de force from “one of the best writers in Amer-ica,” stated by the Washington Post. Its doomed hero is Arthur Phillips, a young

novelist struggling with a con artist father who works wonders of deception. Valley Reads 2013 is funded by the St. Croix Valley Foundation, the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the state of Wisconsin and is also supported by Valley Bookseller, the Friends of the Stillwater Public Library, and Club Book. Please call the Festival Theatre

16, for reservations to the Friday evening event. A suggested donation of $10 is re-quested. Festival Theatre is located at 210 North Washington St. in downtown St. Croix Falls. For complete schedule of events go to valleyreads.org. - submitted

Best-selling author coming to SCFalls

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Spring has sprung

by Mike SimonsonWisconsin Public Radio

WASHBURN COUNTY - An aerial survey of Wiscon--

ern Wisconsin, has some good news and some news that concerns the Department of Natural Resources.

The survey, at 250 feet high and 100 miles per hour over the Shell Lake area of Washburn County, would not be able to spot a sick deer. But CWD wildlife bi-ologist Mark Rasmussen says they did spot concentra-tions of deer within one mile of where a dead CWD deer was found a year and a half ago, “over areas that we thought it would be much more likely of deer being able to transmit CWD to one another. Obviously, the more concentrated the deer are in a small area, if there’s one CWD-positive deer found in that concentration, then it’s likely that at some point that the other deer would come into contact with that.”

The news is hardly great, but after sampling more than 1,000 deer shot last fall in that area — and from what they could see in their two aerial surveys over 36 square miles in February — Rasmussen says they have not found any more diseased deer. “It is extremely likely that when we detected CWD, we detected it very early. And so there’s a very low prevalence rate of CWD in the area.”

-ure there are twice as many in that area.

Testing for CWD will continue in Washburn and sur-rounding counties during the fall hunting season.

DNR survey !nds no deer with CWD

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Seizures, four brain surgeries and now a princess


SOMERSET – Zoey Marin Bemis turns 12 years old later this month which, in ret-rospect, is pretty noteworthy.

But she is quick to tell you that she re-ally celebrates two birthdays.

“I also have a birthday for my surgery, my surgery on my brain,” she said mat-ter-of-factly, while playing with an iPad, watching a cartoon and petting her cat. “That’s in December. It’s my hemi-birth-day.”

The fact that Zoey has any birthdays at all is both a miracle and a dark, sad trip down one of the strangest and most trou-bling decisions parents could ever make.

You see, Zoey’s “hemi-birthday” notes the winter date over seven years ago when she had a surgery to have half of her brain disconnected, on purpose.

“Let me show you my crown!” Zoey says without a stutter, running into her bedroom with a slight limp. She emerges with a crown, two sashes, a baton, a few small plastic toys and a curious wooden game called Kendama.

She assembles the toys on the kitchen table, all with her very coordinated left hand, which she calls Lefty, and shows

shaped carved game. Her Lefty coor-dination is pretty impressive, and the Kendama skill is a test for even the most patient adult, and Zoey is pretty proud of it.

She swings the ball around on a string and, somehow, manages to settle the ball into the cupped wood.

“Like that. You wanna try?” she said, repeating the task twice to show how it’s done.

Within a few minutes she has played the Kendama game, talked about her new cat, showed how she makes puzzles on her iPad, mentions friends at school, talks a bit about her numerous surgeries and dwells on her dog, Charlie.

“He’s part Yorkie, part poodle and part Chihuahua,” she said. “I call him a Yorkie-pooh-wawa! He can run fast, like a cheetah.”

She laughs and runs off, like a cheetah, to her iPad and homework.

Her little girl giggle is infectious and a gift, once you know her tale.

Zoey’s journey to becoming a laughing, playing little princess is a path laden with pain, rarities, dreaded decisions and pa-tience most parents could never believe, let alone endure.

The painful reality of her path to this quaint, earth-tone Somerset town house has included four brain surgeries, months in hospitals, batteries of tests, EEGs, shots, tubes, IVs, electrodes, drainage shunts in her skull, probably gallons of medicine and more painful procedures for one little girl than would usually be seen by

an entire neighborhood of people over a lifetime.

The issues began in the fall of 2004, when Zoey was just a few years old. She

never seeming to recover. With some

by January 2005, she began to have 15- to 20-second episodes, where she would slur her speech and could not maintain eye contact. In a few weeks, she started having full-on, complex seizures, which

contorted her face and body, blocking out her memory of the event. It led to extensive testing and MRIs, where doctors origi-nally diagnosed her as having a brain tumor.

As she was about to have sur-gery, a readout that morning showed there was no tumor after all. But her seizures remained, and began to be commonplace, ramping up to 30 a day. As that seizure frequency increased, an-swers and speculation started to move into the unusual and al-most unheard of.

The questions were testing even the most storied specialists.

Batteries of tests, procedures, brain “gridding” and specialists

ultrarare Rasmussen’s encepha-litis in July 2005.

-ease without a known cause. Its effects are profound, and it causes intractable epilep-

-sis of half the body. One thing that makes the disease so unusual is that it affects one hemisphere of the brain, and while

Zoey’s case, they weren’t entirely sure if that was the critical side, at that time in her development.

“They suspected her left (hemisphere ) was her wheelhouse,” Josie said. “It was the part driving the ship, her dominant side.”

Using elaborate and painful brain and

the half of her brain with the RE was her dominant side, and they weren’t entirely sure what the long- and short-term conse-quences would mean.

Research into RE is slim, but even the recently created RE Foundation noted that the disease’s process “... typically runs its course over a one- to two-year period, during which time one half of the body is rendered useless — hemiplegia — and epileptic seizures continue unabated.”

Josie said there was a possibility that the disease would run its course.

“It could possibly burn out, but it takes a long time, goes through a lot of brain tissue and causes damage to the good tis-sue,” she said with a long breath, noting that they didn’t have the time to watch their child fade away. “We had to do something.”

By then, the seizures were becoming so common that parents Dan and Josie had

Zoey’s amazing journey

“It was aboutchoosing to give yourchild a disability, or

watch her dwindle intowhatever happens,”

Josie said.

Zoey,

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to make a critical decision, to move for-ward with the procedure that they could

-ectomy, where the left side of her brain - where the RE was actively seizing her brain - would be surgically disconnected.

They could either do that or pray the disease runs its course, or do the even more radical partial removal, which had possible life-threatening hemorrhaging chances, on top of the RE. The “partial hemi” ran the risk that the RE would still show through and, in effect, not cure the problem.

“I told the doctor we needed to have a plan,” she said with a sigh. “They would talk about how it would almost surely work, they’d say it’s extremely rare, over and over. You hear that enough, well, we’re already at rare; extremely rare is right around the corner from rare.”

The possibilities, risks and assured fall-out of the partial hemi were dramatic, even if it “cured” the RE. In other words, the decision they were about to make, to go ahead with the partial hemi, was so “barbaric,” as Josie called it, that it was a sort of cruel, awful gamble.

“It was about choosing to give your child a disability, or watch her dwindle into whatever happens,” Josie said.

The horrible, painful decision was made, and on Dec. 21, 2005, half of Zoey’s brain was surgically disconnected to save her life.

Zoey and her parents spent 145 days in the hospital that year, and then spent another seven weeks in therapy, often for eight hours a day, trying to get their little girl with the crooked smile to relearn all the things she had already learned.

“She’s been potty trained three times,” Josie said, later noting that she has had to relearn many things in a different, oppo-site-handed way.

Her comprehension, and all she was before the operations, was different. In therapy, she had to be taught almost ev-erything, including how to walk, which wasn’t easy with her lack of right-side motor control.

“It’s really hard work learning to walk, isn’t it?” Josie said, squeezing Zoey’s left hand.

“But I did it,” Zoey said, listening in on the side as she played with her puzzle, ac-customed to the conversation her mother has likely had with dozens of people. “But I did it.”

Josie said it’s been an obvious struggle and, while the RE diagnosis is so un-known and uncharted, they don’t really know the true long-term effects. She has noticed other issues and tendencies, pos-

such as slight autism, ADHD, OCD, lack -

sues, but nobody can know if they were simply enhanced or emerged because of the operation.

Zoey was unable to communicate much -

ing gone through a major stroke. Josie breathed deep and recalled a photo of her little girl, the tiny kid, slumped over in a wheelchair, curled up and covered in bandages.

“You don’t always see the grand prog-ress, seeing her day to day. But I use that picture of her as a baseline,” she admit-ted. “I put it next to her today, and it’s

really, really profound for me.”

To say Zoey’s prog-ress over the last seven years is profound is an understatement. She is vibrant, active, happy and has adjusted well. She is an amazing reader, in spite of some

“She worked really hard. Really hard,” Josie said, noting that it prob-ably helped that she was healthy before the op-erations, except for the seizures.

Josie thinks that in spite of Zoey being close to 12 years old, her men-tal age is closer to that of a 7- or 8-year-old child, and yet she does things even the specialists are amazed by.

She explains that the hemi operation has effectively eliminated the right half of her vision in both eyes. She likens it to taking a pair of glasses and using a black marker on the right side of both lenses. Somehow, Zoey’s brain has adapted, and developed past the typical connections, just as it helped her with her coordina-tion, so she can do things like the Kend-ama game.

“She can do a lot of things one-handed,” Josie said, saying that they encourage games and activities that let her develop those skills with her left hand.

“Use Lefty,” Josie said as Zoey tried to move the cat with her weaker right hand, then she jumps into a quick baton dem-

times, and catching it each time.“You wanna try?” Zoey asks with a

smile, knowing full well that she is the best baton spinner in the room.

The prognosis for RE and having a partial hemi is unclear. Her lifespan is a question mark and her abilities later as an adult are unclear.

“She ‘s very capable of understanding; once you repeat something, it seems to click and it stays,” Josie said. “She’s ca-pable of learning what to do.”

The baton, Kendama, reading, jokes and other abilities are proof of her abil-ity to learn. Josie credits the Somerset School District with creating and becom-ing a team of teachers, allowing her to be partially mainstreamed, but also giving her the intensive and one-to-one help she needs. And it works, very well, it would seem.

“It really does take a village,” Josie said, as she praises her teachers, therapists and specialists, as well as the growing net-work of groups related to the various challenges they have endured.

“There’s just a lot of stuff we don’t know,” she admits. “There’s really not a lot of research.”

Even the estimates on numbers are a guess. Josie said there are less than 1,000 children with similar conditions as Zoey in the entire world and, while the partial hemi is used for other brain maladies, Zoey’s combination gets back to that ex-

its own in the corner.Other girls with partial hemis have

made amazing progress. She said one recently got married and another just en-tered college, but life spans, long-range memory retention and other issues are pretty vague.

“Is she the same, or what we dreamed she could be? No. No,” Josie said frankly. “But life after the hemi? It’s good. She can read, go to school. It’s a challenge, and it takes its toll on her (little) brother, Ridley ... but really, we’re so blessed. So blessed.”

Josie was recently given information on a growing national pageant program called the Pageant of Hope, where girls with special needs and challenges are part of an extensive series of events. The pag-eant took place last month in Minneapo-lis. The event included everything, and more, of a typical pageant such as special training, dinners, runway and evening gowns, escorts, themes and more.

“It’s a big production,” Josie said, ad-mitting she wasn’t quite sure how Zoey

would respond, but she was excited to learn that Zoey really got into it and in fact excelled.

“It was such a cool night! Great to just be a part of it,” Josie said. “And Zoey was so happy and proud of herself.”

In fact, Zoey turned out to be a natural and was crowned as not only a Princess of Hope, but re-ceived special recognition as most photogenic and won the Courage Award.

The pageant is a true test for girls ages 6 to 25, with 32 contestants. The event includes work-shops on what to expect, preparation for onstage questions, private inter-views and much more. The pageant is no casual affair, and requires seek-ing sponsorship and lots of preparation, as part of

the casual-wear requirement, where they

“tells their story.”Zoey and her family thought hard

about that one, and settled on a superhero

cape and matching colorful costume that showed her personality and ability to overcome her challenges.

Zoey also wore a stunning, light blue,

personality, with her so many layers.“I told her that her dress looked beauti-

ful,” Josie said with a grin. “She told me, ‘no, Mom. It’s elegant!’”

She also had to prepare for her onstage -

vor of ice cream, what kind would she be, and why.

Zoey and her brother did an extensive taste test, trying to determine what kind Zoey was.

It was her brother, Ridley, who sug-gested cookie dough ice cream. “Because she’s one tough cookie!” Josie recalled.

Josie said the pageant events were a true highlight and, once again, allowed Zoey to do something she never thought she was capable of doing. It also proved to be an affair for her network of friends, teachers and family. The Crowne Plaza pageant even drew three of Zoey’s Som-erset teachers and, while they all went to support Zoey, it became much more.

“All 32 girls were so inspiring,” Josie said. “My hands hurt from clapping for all of them!”

Josie said she often looks at the photo of -

ing down the runway with her escort, and compares it to the little girl slumped over in the wheelchair after her brain surgery as a true realization of the depth of her courage and recovery.

“I need to see that sometimes, to be re-minded,” Josie said.

Zoey’s post-hemispherectomy journey is admittedly not easy. It has affected ev-eryone who knows the family, and will

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“... they’d say it’s ‘extremely rare,’ over and over. You hear that enough, well,

we’re already at ‘rare,’ extremely rare is right around the corner.”

My teacher friend, Michael, says his students are dropping

how many classes our students can miss, so we all set our own absentee limits. Michael allows more absences than I do and he has still had to drop six students, he tells me, with more on the way. He asked me what I thought he should do. I told him he should do what he thought was best. I insist my students come to class.

I am not the toughest grader. I allow the occa-sional text message during class. I know that lap-tops and tablets are being used to check Facebook and I turn a blind eye. But I insist my students come to class. Michael asked why this was so important to me. I think it is because I believe in habits.

Habits are powerful things.I was thinking this as I laced up my running

shoes. I have found that the single hardest thing about running is putting on my running shoes.

I don’t really like to run. I never have. I never ran at all until I was well into my 30s. I didn’t run around the block in high school. I was happily sed-entary until I noticed, one afternoon, a little cushion

without my actually giving it permission to live there. I realized that my metabolism was changing which meant that I would either have to stop eating and drinking the things I liked to eat and drink or … do something. Reluctantly, I decided to do some-thing.

more than three miles. The next morning I had

legs ached. But I kept running and it got easier.

While I can honestly say I never learned to enjoy it, running got to be a habit.

When I think of the things I’ve done in my life that I am the least bit proud of, they never happened in a moment.

suddenly changed everything. I know Oprah has people on her show nearly every day who have experienced these “Ah ha!” moments. I am not one of them.

The things I have done in my life that I am proud of were not things that became noteworthy because I did them once or twice or for a solid week. The

things I did every day that eventually became hab-its. Small things – like showing up for class, taking time to meditate, or putting on my running shoes and going out the door.

To believe in a habit is to have faith in the invisi-ble. It is the ability to do something again and again with no immediately perceptible results. Creating a habit is a bit like setting the sail on a sailboat. It may take some time but eventually, holding the course, I end up crashing into a new land mass. I end up discovering a whole new world.

My students complain a little, but they show up. They show up a little late sometimes, they show up with their hair uncombed, they show up with a less-than-enthusiastic attitude, but they show up. And I am very proud of them.

I feel as if anything else I teach them will be less important than what they have already learned.

Till next time,Carrie

Carrie Classon

Springing forwardExperiencing the four seasons

is one of the great wonders and privileges of living here in the north. The sometimes hot and humid summers seasoned with insects and punctuated with thunderstorms gradually blend into autumn. There the brilliant oranges and yellows and muted browns whirl in a kaleidoscope of color though only for a moment like the credits at the end of a great movie. As the leaves drift earthward we are left with the stark reality of winter rapidly approaching. For many it is a wonderland of snow covering over the ugliness and defects in our landscape giving us an impression of freshness and a new beginning. I enjoy all of the seasons but I think my favorite is spring.

Spring is like art. Some of us have a hard time

something different for everyone. Technically spring begins when the sun is north of the equator as it pro-gresses through its endless cycle of migrations north and south. For some of you spring begins when the

from hibernation and destroys your bird feeders. How about when the last ice disappears off of the

lakes and rivers and the loons return with their haunting calls in the night?

Spring snowstorms are frus-trating, especially for those of us who long for green grass and picnics, but the reality is that snow is as much a part of

spring as robins and mosquitoes. The old dark, gritty snow in your yard is like Old Man Winter’s dirty laundry lying around waiting to be picked up or thrown away. The fresh spring snows just add to the laundry list.

For me, spring begins somewhere in the deep recesses of winter. As the sun begins its gradual trek north we sense the tiniest bit of change. Then

memories of what it was like to go outside in short sleeves without jackets or gloves. Warm is relative this time of year. After weathering days of minus

it is a hint of warmth from the sun, then a drip on

another until the faintest trickle can be heard if you stop to listen.

We have been spoiled by our world of rapid changes so that we want the natural world to re-spond instantly to our volatile whims. If we schedule spring baseball and sports events then we expect the weather to respond to our schedule and our desires.

Microwave-ready meals, quick-cooking oatmeal and instant potatoes deceive us into believing that we will have instant spring on our command or cer-

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-fee stained, I banish them to the recycling bin when the second round of catalogs arrive. By then I have read and reread the entire catalog making several lists of what I need and can’t live without. Over the remaining weeks and months of winter I gradually

hide them from my wife. Finally when I can bear it no longer, I go out to my pole barn and plug in the battery charger for my boat. Maybe I will spend a moment checking out the motor and plucking some

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memories we shared. Then it happens. A sudden rush of warmth with a

gentle spring rain and Old Man Winter’s dirty laun-

sunglasses and kick back while you listen to a spring

up the sunshine you slowly amble to the mailbox

John W. Ingalls, MD

Help feed the hungry

Burnett County Relay for Life

Are you up for the challenge? SIREN - Ruby’s Food Shelf in Siren is participating

in the 16th-annual Alan Shawn Feinstein Challenge to Fight Hunger in the United States. Feinstein has given

to end hunger in their community. Money, pledges and food donated to Ruby’s Food Shelf by Tuesday, April

30, in response to this challenge, will increase the funds Ruby’s Food Shelf will receive from the Feinstein Foun-dation. Donations can be dropped off or sent to Ruby’s Second Hand Store, 24534 Hwy. 35/70, Siren, WI 54872. Please let them know it is for the Feinstein Challenge. The more you give, the more you are helping the people of Siren and Webster who are in need of food. - submit-

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Register your ACS RelayFor Life team today

BURNETT COUNTY – The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Burnett County gives everyone in the community a chance to help the organization save lives and create a world with less cancer and more birthdays. Register your team today by visiting RelayForLife.org/BurnettWi or by calling Laura Palzkill at 715-339-6210.

Former and current cancer patients, those who have lost a loved one to cancer, families, businesses, faith-based and civic organizations, and anyone wanting to

to take part in this team event. The Relay For Life of Bur-nett County will take place from 6 p.m. until midnight on Friday, June 28, at Webster High School.

Relay brings together friends, families, businesses, hospitals, schools, faith-based groups - people from all walks of life – all aimed at celebrating the lives of those

-ing back against the disease. Relay For Life events are held as individuals and teams gather at an athletic track, park or other gathering area, with the goal of keeping at least one team member on the track or pathway at all times throughout the evening. Teams do most of their fundraising prior to the event, but some teams also hold creative fundraisers at their relay.

“Relay For Life draws attention to the progress being

American Cancer Society staff. “Many participants are our family, friends and neighbors who have faced can-cer themselves. Their involvement helps bring hope that, together, we can eliminate cancer as a major health problem.”

Information about how to form a team or become in-volved in Relay For Life is available at RelayForLife.org or by calling 800-227-2345. – from Burnett County RFL

Ice Age Trail Allianceconference features public

events, hikes and moreDRESSER – Two free public

events will lead off the Ice Age Trail Alliance annual conference Thursday through Sunday, April 11-14, at Trollhaugen Ski Area, in Dresser, where IATA members will enjoy a long weekend of area hikes, panel discussions and the organization’s annual member-ship meeting.

The public is invited to join IATA members at a presentation by featured speaker Juan Martinez on Thursday, April 11, at 7 p.m. Martinez, a native of South Cen-tral Los Angeles, inspires others to experience the positive and trans-formative values of nature. He is involved in numerous efforts to encourage outdoor experi-ences. Attendees can reserve their free ticket for Martinez’s presentation online at iata2013conference.eventbrite.com.

Following on Friday, April 12, at 9 p.m., is a performance by high-energy bluegrass band Horseshoes and Hand Gre-nades out of Stevens Point. The concert is also free and open to the public.

In addition to these events, IATA conference participants can attend morning hikes on the St. Croix Falls, Straight River, Trade River and McKenzie Creek segments of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail. Panel discussions will cover trail projects being held by the IATA this year and a presentation by Wisconsin plein air artist Julie Jilek. The IATA annual membership meeting will take place on Saturday, April 13,

The IATA annual conference brings together members of the organization from throughout Wisconsin and beyond. After the series of events, members return to their local sec-tions of the thousand-mile Ice Age Trail with a refreshed and renewed sense of volunteerism.

For more information and to register for the annual con-ference, IATA members can go to iceagetrail.org/2013-an-nual-conference.

The Ice Age Trail Alliance is a volunteer- and member-

support and protect the Ice Age National Scenic Trail, a thousand-mile footpath tracing Ice Age formations across the state of Wisconsin. For more information, visit the IATA Web site at iceagetrail.org. - from IATA

A frog goes to a psychic and asks if he will ever meet a girl. The psychic closes her eyes and says,”Yes. I see you with a beautiful young girl. And she wants to know all about you.” The frog gets all excited and asks,”When and where will I meet her?” The psychic closes her eyes once more and replies,”Next semester in her biology class.”

•••A group of husbands enter heaven all at once. St.

Peter shouts, “All right everyone just stop. You have to enter in an orderly manner. All the henpecked hus-bands, line up on the right. All the rest on the left.” All but one husband line up on the henpecked side. St. Peter sees the one husband all alone and asks,”What’s your story?” The lone man replies sheepishly,”My wife told me to stand here.”

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The amazing (shrinking)teenage brain

conversations with parents.“What do you mean?” said a sur-

prised parent recently. “Billy has al-ways done well in school!”

“Yes. I know, Mrs. Johnson. Billy works hard and is a great student. He always gets his work in on time and usually does a good job.”

“Then why are you recommending that he get extra help reading? He’s in eighth grade. The last thing I want is for him to be moved to a ‘dumb’ class.”

“First of all, Billy’s not ‘dumb,’ Mrs. Johnson. He’s a very bright kid. It’s clear he works very hard in school and obviously takes pride in that. Lately, however, he seems to be working too hard - harder than usual - just to keep up. My assessments are showing that he is struggling to read at grade level.”

-tion this. He’s always gotten A’s or B’s for every other teacher. What grade is he getting for you right now?”

“Looks like he’s getting a C.”“That’s the lowest grade he’s ever

gotten from any teacher in his en-tire life! You’re blaming it on his reading? Why are you the only teacher to ever bring this up? It must be some-thing you’re doing.”

These are tough conversations. No parent wants to hear that her child is strug-gling, and no teacher wants to say it. So it begs

Why might a child that has always done well in school suddenly struggle? Is it something the present teacher is doing wrong? Maybe something his past teachers failed to do?

Often times, in cases like this, it’s nei-ther. Often, it’s the natural result of a brain under construction. Think of it as a remodeling project, if you will.

As our children reach adolescence, their brains begin the most radical and

The cerebral cortex - the largest part of the human brain, associated with higher functions such as thought and action - begins to undergo a radical reorganiza-tion.

Up until this point, over the course of their childhood, the volume of gray matter in their cerebral cortex has been gradually increasing. In fact, brain scans have shown that we never have more gray matter than we have at early adolescence. As children enter and progress through puberty however, their brains suddenly (and rapidly) begin to shrink.

Brain scientists call this process “pruning.” It’s a time when unused neural connections are eliminated. Scientists believe that this pruning pro-cess, while often disruptive, eventually allows our brains to operate more ef-

As alarming as it sounds, this is a natural part of the maturation process. Still, it’s a critical moment in a children’s development because the connections that we exercise with experience are the ones that we strengthen and keep. It’s the neural pathways we don’t stimulate that we eliminate. At no point in our child’s lives is the old cliché, “Use it or lose it,” more apt.

That’s not to say that if we can’t play the guitar or speak German by the time we’re 15 that we will never learn. Re-search has also shown the brain to be extraordinarily adaptable - regardless of our age. It’s just that after pathways

build new ones.Which brings us back to our earlier

discussion. It’s normal that a child who might struggle to read (or play music, or do math) might avoid these activi-ties. It’s more fun to work in learning modalities that are easy. It’s important to understand, though, that we prune what we don’t use.

In light of this, navigating our chil-dren successfully through the construc-tion zone that is adolescence often requires parents and teachers to be alert, open and honest with each other. A little communication, cooperation and attention (read neural exercise) at this critical time of development can go a long way toward a child’s future suc-cess.

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Down the rabbit holeA professor once told me about a

student he had in class only a few years ago. The student suddenly looked up over the top of his laptop and said, “You know? I believe our culture and generation today has lost their ability to wonder.” And I believe that to be true.

I am borderline obsessed with “Alice in Wonderland.” I bought an antique “Alice in Wonderland” book for $20 at an antique store and I am in love with everything about it. If you take the protective sleeve off, the cover is this rich green with beautifully etched de-signs on the front and the spine of the hardcover. The pages smell like a spice cupboard mixed with wood chips, and

-tions.

I bought the complete collection of Lewis Carroll at Barnes & Noble for only $7 and it sits on my nightstand next to my “Alice in Wonderland” mug. But what I love most about Alice and her absurd adventures is her ability to wonder, imagine and to be curious.

I feel so lost in a world where people go through their day and life without stopping to look, or ask, or wonder

in awe about something. With all this amazing, profound technology sur-rounding us, we use it and never stop to think - how did this happen? How did we get to this place with all these won-drous devices around us but we never stop to think how it works, or how it helps us, or hurts us?

Alice began her big adventure by following something completely out

wearing a waistcoat and a pocket watch. What would have happened if Alice saw that and thought to herself, “Hmm, that’s strange!” but then went on with her studies and didn’t follow her sense of curiosity? Or what would have hap-pened if Alice was too busy texting and scrolling through her Facebook news feed to even notice this marvelous, extraordinary sight? She would have never gone to Wonderland, there never would have been this big adventure, and the rest of the book would have been about her boring book with no pic-

tures and her mute cat, Dinah. Take my nieces or kids in general.

They ask questions, lots of them. You answer one question and you think, “Great, that’s done with!” but no, they have to ask, “But, why?” One time my niece asked, after driving by a cemetery, what all those stones were out there. “They’re graves, it’s where people’s bodies get buried after they die,” her mother said.

“But why do we bury people after they die?”

“Well, we’ve been doing that for a very long time and we need to get rid of the body after they die somehow,” her mother said a bit nervously.

“But ... why?”And the conversation went on like

this for quite some time. I’m not sure if it got anywhere, but she asks some very great questions. Kids also are not afraid to dream and imagine great, big, ab-surd, silly things. My niece believes that when she gets to heaven her skin will be indigo, because that’s her favorite color. Who knows, maybe she’s right. She also thinks the other side of the lake is a whole other country with people who dress differently and speak a different language than us.

We have lost our ability to wonder. We have become desensitized and

numbed to every-day miracles happen-ing all around us.

Have you ever wondered, I mean truly wondered, about something or anything? Where along the line did we stop asking questions and start tak-ing things in without asking anything? When did our generation begin to lose our curiosity or our ability to dream a little?

There is this quote in Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”

that has impacted me because of what it captures. “So she sat on with closed eyes, and half believed herself in Won-derland, though she knew she had but to open them again, and all would change to dull reality.” Alice was a girl who entered into the world of curious things – of mad tea parties and talking

knew she had to enter into the world of dull reality again, but she continued to close her eyes and believed for just a moment longer.

I believe we need to step out of our go-go-go reality for a little bit each day, and step into Wonderland, because if we lose our ability to wonder – that will truly become a terrifying and awful re-ality.

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Do you remember?

50 years ago

The congregation of St. Dominic Catholic Church planned to gather at their old church on Palm Sun-day morning, April 7, and then march with their palm branches into the sanctuary of their new church build-

Frederic students, along with their coaches, Don-ald Riedasch and Edwin Pedersen, traveled to River Falls for the district forensics competition, and seven got A ratings, meaning they would compete at state. They were Fern Engelhart, Virginia Pedersen, Doro-thy Hughes, Carol Freeberg, Janice Larson, Karen Lundeen and Pamela Peterson.–The weather was dry and windy, and the Frederic Fire Department had put

Fossum Jr. was elected as a new trustee on the Fred-eric Village Council, and Gust Soderberg was elected chairman of the Town of West Sweden. Milton Olsen won the vote over Andrew Alm as supervisor in Luck, and Marius Nielsen was a new trustee there.–Round-

Priscilla Orgeman, Gary Erickson, Dale Johnson, Jay Friberg, Ray Amundson and Gary Lenz, with JoAnn

Martin, Trudy Benson, Bonnie Alden, Ashley Hughes, Randy Surbaugh and Carol Gjonnes, with Brian John-son, alternate.–The engagements of Lois Lindberg and Dave Edaburn, and Jean Sunde and Reuben Peterson were announced.

40 years ago

The Frederic 20th Century Club’s production of Cor-rine Simonson’s play, called “From the Bottom Up … A Worm’s Eye View of Frederic,” played to a capacity crowd at the high school and was expected to clear about $1,000 for the hospital building fund.–Vernon Nyberg was elected president for the village of Siren, and Wade Brask was the new chairman for the Town of Trade Lake. Two new members were elected to the Frederic School Board, Ellis Richter and Lawrence Pederson, and new Grantsburg School Board members were Roger Danielson and Pastor James Know, with incumbent candidate Glen Johnson being re-elected to his seat. Gary Sederlund became the youngest town chairman in the history of Clam Falls, after a tie vote of 73 apiece was broken by drawing straws. Olander Jensen was the other 73-vote getter, and Sederlund was a write-in candidate.–Mrs. Michael McCabe, of the Grantsburg Women’s Club, was the winner of the Tenth District Federation of Women’s Clubs sewing contest.–The basketball all-conference team was com-prised of Rick Giller, Rande Giller and Mike Dolny, Luck; Don Taylor, Webster; Alan Hunter, Osceola; Greg Olson, Unity; Stan Petersen and Allen Ruud, Amery; Dave Pomeroy, St. Croix Falls, and Bruce Carl-son, Frederic.–The Polk County Homemakers were sponsoring a program by the Norwegian Dancers of Stoughton at Unity School on April 15. The group was nationally known and had performed in Norway in 1972.

20 years ago

Saundra Bowers of Frederic was the new area rep-resentative for Welcome Wagon, serving the Frederic-Luck area.–Mike Duncan of Frederic won a 13-inch color TV at the home show held at Birch Street Ele-mentary.–Winners at the Luck Cub Scouts Pinewood

second place; Nathan Gregorash, third place; Reed Kuhnly, best design; Chad Spofford, most colorful; and Cody DeNucci, most unique.–Robin Kinblom

spelling champion at the Fifth District spelling con-test at Webster.–Melvin “Sonny” Winberg of Siren was awarded Eagle Scout honors at a ceremony at Bethany Lutheran Church.–An event called Victory Night would take place in Grantsburg, with a track

sponsored by 4 Winds Christian Athletics and Burnett-Polk Youth Ministry. Speakers would include Russ Hodge, former Olympian in the decathlon, and Brent Harken, one of America’s best high jumpers, with Kyle Lexen as the musical guest.–Beverly Schmidt of Fred-eric won $250,000 by picking all six numbers in the Quick Pick Supercash lotto.–Warren Melin stepped down as president of Trade Lake Mutual Insurance, and Charles Johnson, vice president, was elected the new president.–Don Michaelson won the election for Milltown Village president, as a write-in candidate, having withdrawn from the election earlier and then registering as a write-in.

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Apple pruning workshop to be held in Barronett BARRONETT — Do you have an apple tree in the

backyard that needs pruning? If you do, how do you start? Just which branches and how much do you cut out? What kind of shape should you end up with?

Kevin Schoessow, UW-Extension area ag agent for Bur-nett, Washburn and Sawyer counties, these and other practical techniques on fruit tree pruning will be dis-cussed and demonstrated on Thursday, April 11. This outdoor, hands-on workshop will be held snow/rain or shine at the Phil Odden and Else Bigton Farm at 20337

located near a sharp curve on CTH H across from the Timberland Hills Ski Trail entrance. Odden and Bigton are also well-known for their woodcarving and hand-crafted furniture, wood carving classes and Norwegian Fjord Horses.

Schoessow, an area UW-Extension agriculture devel-opment educator and Odden a tree sculptor and profes-sional wood carver, will be on hand to discuss the art and science behind apple pruning and give participants

been pruning trees on his property for over 30 years, and will explain his philosophy on managing tree height and the overall aesthetic look of mature apple trees.

This event is free and open to the public. Preregistra-tion is welcome but not required.

Hunt Hills Gardening Day, Saturday, April 13, 9 a.m.-2

the Spooner Ag Research Station; apple and grape prun-

Kris Henning Farm near Spirit Lake in rural Frederic; apple grafting workshops Tuesday, April 30, at the Spooner Ag Research Station and Thursday, May 2, in Hayward. The pruning workshops are free of charge; there is a $15 fee for the grafting workshop.

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Last fall, 4-H’ers and their friends from across the county, almost 80 young people, traveled to St. Croix Falls for a tour-boat ride on the river and a local theater showing of “The Trial of Tom Sawyer.”

-pleted in recent years and has inspired the desire for more county trips in the future. These trips are for celebrating the accomplishments of the year with a treat and for continuing our search for educational locations close by. At times the four clubs of the county are seen as solitary groups, so this trip is a way to bring everyone together. The Leaders As-

-modate everyone for hours of entertainment on the river, with a lunch and an afternoon show. The fresh breeze and mist on the boat provided a beautiful view of the water as we listened to stories of the riv-er’s rock formations and logging history. The play following gave a new take on the Mark Twain clas-sic. Thinkin about this trip brings back memories of warm Wisconsin days.

Memorable experiences are always being created in 4-H. Think you might be interested? Contact the

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WEBSTER - Follow-ing a break for the winter months, the Webster/Siren After 5 will be having din-ner meetings again each month. On Monday, April

will meet in the fellowship hall of First Baptist Church in Webster, where Kay Bower and Joyce Peterson will present a humorous presentation, “Martha’s Way or Mine?”

There will be special music by Sharon White and Audrey Auer of Web-ster. The special speaker for the evening will be Lynn Ross from Sun Prairie, who will share about how she found joy in the midst of abuse and how that joy has changed her life.

All ladies of the area are cordially invited to join us for this evening of Christian fellowship and inspiration. Make your reservation by calling Jane at 715-566-0081. Cost is $10 inclusive.

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You’re invited to“untie your joy”

April 15, at Camp Wapo, 738 Hickory Point Lane, in Amery, and sponsored by the Christian Women’s Connection. LaVon and Marcie, from the She Shop in Taylors Falls, Minn., will demonstrate creative ways to tie scarves. Julaine Berg-lund will provide music, and Lynn Ross will speak on “The Fragrance of Joy ... In a World that Sometimes Stinks.” Reservations/can-cellations are necessary by Tuesday, April 9. Call Diane at 651-462-0615 or Velda at 715-857-5573. – submitted

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David J. Burkinshaw, 26, a resident of Webb Lake, died

David was born on June 13, 1986, in Natick, Mass., to Stephen and Grace Burkinshaw. He grew up in the Lake City, Minn., area, where he attended and graduated high school. He lived out the rest of his life in Webb Lake, where he enjoyed the country life with family and friends.

His passion was his 1969 Chevy Im-pala. He loved working on it, the me-chanics and refurbishing. He built his own truck which he enjoyed taking out mudding. He also was known to

out with family and friends.David is survived and will be sadly missed by his

parents, Stephen and Grace; his paternal grandparents Elaine Burkinshaw and Robert Burkinshaw; and maternal grandfather Robert Kunkle.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, April 6, at 11 a.m., visitation 10-11 a.m., at the Lakeside Community Lutheran Church, CTH A, Webb Lake, with Pastor Bill

condolences can be made at swedberg-taylor.com or go to caringbridges.org and visit daveburkinshaw.

The Swedberg-Taylor Family Funeral Home, Webster, was entrusted with arrangements.

Hazel Franseen

Hazel Franseen (nee Wishau), 82, passed away on Wednesday, March 27, 2013, at home.

Hazel was born Nov. 29, 1930, to the late Arkley and Esther Wishau. Hazel married Oscar “Jerry” Franseen on May 15, 1953. They raised their family in Racine, and lived there until 1993, then moved to their retirement home on Dunham Lake in Burnett County in the spring of 1993.

Hazel was an alumna of UW-La Crosse, taught at Sturgeon Bay, Kewaunee and Milwaukee Lincoln High School. She was an active member and held positions as

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alogy and traveling throughout USA, including Hawaii and Alaska, and Ireland. She enjoyed the Siren Lionesses and knitting mittens for the mitten tree.

She is survived by her husband, Oscar; and sons, who were her pride and joy, David (Julie) and Eric (Tracy); grandchildren, Kristin, Jenna, Kyle and Kysa; her sister, Elaine; brothers, John, David and William.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Ar-kley Jr.; sister, Betty Wishau Larson; and infant grand-daughter, Michelle Franseen.

A private family service will be held. Memorials are preferred to Regional Hospice, 819 Ash St., Spooner, WI 54801. Online condolences can be made at swedberg-taylor.com

The Swedberg-Taylor Family Funeral Home, Webster, was entrusted with arrangements.

Evelyn B. Shogren

Evelyn B. Shogren, 96, formerly of South Minneapolis, Minn., passed away March 26, 2013, in Grantsburg.

She was born Dec. 15, 1916, in Grantsburg, the daugh-ter of Arthur and Christine (Lee) Shogren.

During her working years, she was a receptionist at

Supply. She also served as a wedding coordinator at Park Avenue United Methodist Church.

She was preceded in death by brothers, Wesley and Donald Shogren; and sister, Dorothy Melin.

She is survived by sister-in-law, Lois Shogren; neph-ews, Robert, James, Richard and Donald Melin; nieces, Lauri Nelson, Kristi Melin, Kathy Bowers and Trudy Cowman; and many caring friends.

A memorial service will be held Sunday, April 7, 2 p.m., at Minnehaha United Methodist Church, 3701 E. 50th St., Minneapolis, Minn. A reception will follow the service. Memorials preferred to Minnehaha UMC or Park Avenue UMC. Interment will be at a later date at Pleas-ant Prairie Cemetery, Grantsburg.

Twin Cities Cremation, St. Paul, Minn., was entrusted with arrangements.

Ray Tilton Ray Tilton, 62, of Balsam Lake, passed away on Tues-

day, March 26, 2013, at his home after a courageous seven year battle with metastatic colon cancer.

Ray was born on April 5, 1950, in Amery, to Gail and Melba (Hallberg) Tilton. He grew up in Balsam Lake and attended Unity High School where he excelled in sports, play-ing football, basketball, baseball and track. He graduated in 1968. He at-tended and played basketball at UW-Richland Center. After graduating from Minnesota School of Business with a degree in com-puter programming and systems analysis he was em-ployed by Brown Photo and North Memorial Hospital.

In 1971 he married Mary Johnston and after the birth of their children, they moved to Balsam Lake in 1980 and he worked for St. Croix Regional Medical Center as manager of information systems for over 22 years. Upon his retirement he worked for the Unity School District as a bus driver. Picking up his grandchildren on his route was the special part of his day.

When they lived in Blaine, Minn., he was very active in -

rector. After moving back to Wisconsin he was a found-ing member of Youth Sports Unlimited and the St. Croix Chapter of Ducks Unlimited and a member of the Wis-consin Bear Hunters Association. He is a past president of the church council at Faith Lutheran Church and a lifelong member.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Gail and Melba; and his sister, Ruby Jane.

Ray leaves to celebrate his memory, his wife, Mary; daughter, Melissa (Marcus) Wilhelm of Blaine, Minn.;

Elijah, Elizabeth, Jaxon, Madison and Maya; sister, Mona

Tilton and Vernon (Jean) Tilton of Blaine, Minn., Robert (Bonnie) Tilton of Amery; brother-in-law, Craig (Cindy) Johnston of Red Wing, Minn.; and many nieces, neph-ews, cousins and other loving family and friends.

A celebration of Ray’s life was held at Faith Lutheran Church in Balsam Lake on Wednesday, April 3. Honor-ary pallbearers were Steve Wilhelm, D.C. Holihan, Tim Moore, Darryl Nelson, Todd Angel and Dennis Ander-son. To express online condolences, please visit kolstad-familyfuneralhome.com.

The Kolstad Family Funeral Home of Centuria has been entrusted with arrangements.

Harold E. Huser

Harold E. Huser, 81, Luck, died Monday, April 1, 2013, at Frederic Nursing and Rehabilitation.

Harold was born Sept. 27, 1931, in Frederic, to Elmer and Hilda (Fischer) Huser. Harold attended several rural schools in the Lewis area. He was married in Pine City, Minn., on Feb. 9, 1952, to Dolores Adascheck. He attended Dunwoody Institute, where he trained to be-come a machinist. Harold worked for The Arsenal in New Brighton, Minn., several years at Doboy in New Richmond, Brown and Bigelow in St. Paul, Minn., and ended his career at Stroh’s Brewery. His life wasn’t all

-ing wood, hunting and spending time with his family. A dessert lover, Harold made homemade ice cream every Christmas.

He is survived by his wife, Dolores of Luck; daugh-ter, Linda (Earl) Nelson of Wyoming, Minn.; two grand-daughters, Carrie (Dan) Peper of Milltown and Tonya (Tim) Crombie of Stillwater, Minn.; two stepgrand-daughters, Cindy (Judd) Becker of Rush City, Minn., and Denise Pierre of Lino Lakes, Minn.; four great-grandchil-dren, Alex Peper, Jared Peper, Josie Crombie and Addie Crombie; two step-great-grandchildren, Andrea and Kaylee Becker; sister, Virginia (Dean) Elkin of Indian Creek; brother-in-law, Paul (Phyllis) Adascheck of Cum-berland and several nieces and nephews.

Harold was preceded in death by grandson Shaun.Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday,

April 4, at Skinner Funeral Home, Cumberland, with the

Cemetery. Vistation will be held one hour prior to the service at the Skinner Funeral Home in Cumberland.

Skinner Funeral Home of Cumberland was entrusted with arrangements.

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Blended family learning toadjust to disciplining kids

Q: My husband and I recently mar-ried. We both have children from pre-vious marriages. It’s hard to be fair and consistent in how we treat all of them. Do you have any ideas on how we can build strong relationships among all of us?

-riage. Blending two families can be tough, but it’s not impossible.

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lationship stages that you and your hus-

1) The baby-sitter role. Baby sitters have power to manage children only if parents give them power. Your husband should make it clear to his kids that he has granted you the power to manage them, and you should do the same with your kids. For a while, you will simul-taneously be the primary parent to your own kids and the “baby sitter” to your husband’s. But this arrangement will not work if you have one set of rules for his kids and another for yours.

2) The “uncle/aunt” role. An uncle

carries authority as an extended family member. Stepparents can gradually gain respect that allows children to accept

them as extended family members.3) The “parent” or stepparent role.

Eventually, as trust is built, some step-parents gain “parental” status with some children. Younger kids tend to grant stepparents parental status more quickly than adolescents.

For more, read Deal’s book, “The

Healthy Family” (Bethany House Pub-lishers, 2006). It’s essential reading for families in your situation.

•••Q: My son responds to discipline in a

clear consequences for certain behav-iors. Even though he knows the conse-quences, when we apply the discipline (e.g., wash the dishes for a week) his anger gets out of control. Do you have any suggestions on how to help him re-spectfully respond when he has made the choice to disobey?

Leon Wirth, executive director of Par-

is not your son’s disobedience, you’ve already established reasonable con-

sequences for that, but his angry and inappropriate outbursts when those con-sequences are enforced.

Author Shana Schutte suggests that parents not wait until their child be-comes too angry to deal with the prob-lem. Think about the last time you were really angry. Was it easy to reason with you? More than likely, the problem was resolved after you had a chance to cool off. In the same way, wait until your son is calm before addressing his anger. In addition, author Lynne Thompson sug-

• Show respect. Don’t participate by calling names or getting physical.

• Give your child words to express his anger. Say, “I know you are disap-pointed (or sad, or frustrated).”

• Set positive limits. Instead of saying, “Don’t you throw that toy,” say, “After you put the toy on the table, we can talk about this.”

• Avoid power struggles. If your goal is to control, you will teach him to con-trol others.

• Provide a cooling-off period by read-ing a book together or going on a walk. Then calmly discuss what happened and make a plan for next time.

about what is driving his anger. Is it the consequences? Is it guilt about getting caught in certain behaviors? He needs to learn what’s in his heart that’s driving

his anger, not just focus on the surface of his angry actions.

Your son’s outbursts might simply represent an attempt on his part to avoid the consequences (e.g., washing the dishes) of his original infraction. Even as you employ techniques to help diffuse his anger, make sure he follows through on washing those dishes.

•••Jim Daly is president of Focus on the

Family, host of the “Focus on the Fam-ily” radio program, and a husband and father of two. Dr. Juli Slattery is a li-censed psychologist, co-host of “Focus on the Family,” author of several books, and a wife and mother of three. Submit

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DAEFFLER’S QUALITY MEATS, INC.

Wholesale & Retail Meats Custom Butchering &

Processing Phone 715-327-4456

INTER-COUNTY COOPERATIVE PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION Printers & Publishers

Office Supplies Frederic, Wis. - 715-327-4236

Shell Lake, Wis. - 715-468-2314 Siren, Wis. - 715-349-2560

St. Croix Falls, Wis. - 715-483-9008

STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANIES

Corey T. Arnold, Agent Frederic, Wis.

Phone 715-327-8076

BEAN’S COUNTRY GRIDDLE

Hwys. 35 & 48, Downtown Frederic Phone 715-327-5513

NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN

ELECTRIC CO. “Your Electric Servant”

Serving Polk & Burnett Counties “Use Energy Wisely”

CARLSON-ROWE FUNERAL HOME

Frederic, Wis. - 715-327-4475

BASS LAKE LUMBER • Complete Line of

Building Supplies & Lumber • Cabot’s Stains

Grantsburg, Wis. 715-488-2471 or 715-327-8766

BURNETT DAIRY CO-OP

1988 World Champion Cheesemaker Earl Wilson, Cheese Plant Mgr. Dan Dowling, Ag. Supply Mgr. for Feed, Propane & Fertilizer

Alpha, Wis. 715-689-2468 715-689-2467

CASHCO BUILDING SUPPLIES

Complete Lumber & Building Supplies

Phone 715-866-4238 Hwy. 35 N.

Webster, Wis. Tom & Becky O’Brien, Owners

HOPKINS SAND & GRAVEL, INC.

Sand, Gravel, Ready-Mix, Concrete, Black Dirt, Dozer Work,

Landscaping & Septic Tanks Installed

Hwy. 35 North Webster, Wis.

Phone 715-866-4157 M.P.R.S. #03059

SWEDBERG-TAYLOR FUNERAL HOME

Webster, Wis. Phone 715-866-7131

VAN METER’S MEATS Government Inspected

Slaughtering and Processing, Sausage making

• Ham & Bacon Cured & Smoked Sides and Quarters of Beef and

Pork Available Old-fashioned Fresh Meat Counter

Tim Van Meter and Ross Anderson, Owners

Luck, WI 54853 Plant 715-472-2141

CUSHING COOPERATIVE

SOCIETY Feed Mill - Grain Dept.

Cushing, Wis. 715-648-5215

OLSEN & SON Your Full-Service Drugstore

Siren, Wis. Phone 715-349-2221

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10022 Elbow Lake Road Siren, Wis. 54872

715-689-2539

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Once I walked through the gem room of a large museum. Although I’m not usually impressed by jewels, I was stunned by the beauty and brilliance of the precious stones on exhibit. Their light dazzled the eye; their perfection awed the audience.

I am always greatly impressed by the beauty in nature. When hiking through

an autumn forest, I’m astounded by the variety of colored leaves. As sweet-smelling poplar leaves fall like silent coins, they collect in brilliant piles among the fallen pine needles. When tamaracks change hue in early winter, their feathery, golden leaves contrast brilliantly against a background of pure, white snow. I’ve been awestruck by

enormous spider webs. They sparkled like diamonds from the sun’s rays as droplets of dew clung to the gossamer strands. I’ve crouched to study the intricate patterns of green moss on a rock. The shapes of trees never cease to amaze me.

God has blessed us with abundant beauty in his creation to enjoy. Every

fauna or people we know, gives us a glimpse of his characteristics. We see his love in a mother’s smile. His peace is evident on the face of a dying man who loves him. His goodness is embodied in the taste of a juicy peach, his gentleness in the loving touch of a mother’s hand on her child.

When Job, the Old Testament patri-arch, suffered the loss of everything he owned, he complained and questioned God. Who wouldn’t? But the Lord chal-lenged him with reminders of his sover-eignty—reminders for us, too.

“Can you bind the cluster of the Ple-iades, or loose the belt of Orion? … Do you know the ordinances of the heav-ens? … Who provides food for the raven when its young ones cry to God? … Does the eagle mount up at your com-

mand, and make its nest on high? …Have you an arm like God? Or can you thunder with a voice like his?” (Job 38-40, selected portions).

I would suggest all of us read chap-ters 38 through 41 of the Book of Job whenever we forget about God’s great-ness and love in our surroundings or whenever we doubt his creative ability. While looking for his majesty in the little things around us, not only will

peace joy unspeakable.Lord, we are in awe of your power and

majesty. Help us remember to search for

glimpses of you in everything and everyone

around us. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Mrs. Bair may be reached at [email protected].

Glimpses of God

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METHODIST

ATLAS UNITED METHODIST Pastor Carolyn Saunders, 715-463-2624 Sunday School - 11 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST - GRANTSBURG Pastor Carolyn Saunders, 715-463-2624 Worship - 9 a.m.; Sunday School - 10:30 a.m.

DANBURY UNITED METHODIST Rev. Gil White, Sr. Pastor Rev. Thomas Cook, Assoc. Pastor ; 715-866-8646 Sunday Worship - 9 a.m.

GRACE UNITED - WEBSTER Rev. Gil White, Sr. Pastor, Rev. Thomas Cook, Assoc. Pastor; 715-866-8646 Sunday Worship - 10:30 a.m.

HOLY TRINITY UNITED METHODIST [email protected] 1606 165th Ave., CTH I, Centuria Pastor Freddie Kirk, 715-485-3363 Sunday Worship - 8:30 a.m.

LAKEVIEW UNITED - HERTEL Pastor Jack Starr Wor. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - during worship hour

LEWIS MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST Rev. Gil White, Sr. Pastor Rev. Thomas Cook, Assoc. Pastor Worship 8:45 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 10 a.m.

McKINLEY UNITED METHODIST Pastor Annie Tricker Sun. Worship 11 a.m.; Sun. School 11 a.m. Potluck dinner 1st Sunday

OSCEOLA UNITED METHODIST osceolawiumc.org; [email protected] 306 River Street, Osceola, 715-755-2275 Pastor Kathy Huneywell Sunday Early Risers Class - 8:30 a.m.; Sunday Worship - 10 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st Sunday

ST. CROIX FALLS UNITED METHODIST Rev. Mike Weaver Sunday Worship Service - 10 a.m. Sunday School is at 9 a.m., Nursery available

ST. LUKE UNITED - FREDERIC 100 Linden Street, Frederic Pastor “Freddie” Kirk, 715-327-4436 Sun. Wor. 10:30 a.m.; Wed. Serv. 5:15 p.m.

SIREN UNITED METHODIST Rev. Gil White, Sr. Pastor Rev. Thomas Cook, Assoc. Pastor Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.; Wor. - 10:15 a.m. (Nursery available)

TAYLORS FALLS UNITED METHODIST 290 W. Government Street, 715-294-4436 Reverend Dr. Rolland Robinson Sunday Service - 10 a.m. with nursery Sunday School - Sept. - May at 10 a.m.

WOLF CREEK UNITED METHODIST Rev. Mike Weaver Sunday Worship - 8:15 a.m.

COVENANT

CALVARY COVENANT - ALPHA Pastor Scott Sagle, 715-689-2541 Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Worship 10:30 p.m.; Elevator provided, welcome

SIREN COVENANT Pastor Ken Sohriakoff 7686 Lofty Pines Drive, Siren, 715-349-5601 Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m.

UNITED COVENANT - CLEAR LAKE Pastor Dan Pearson Sunday School 8:45 a.m.; Worship 10 a.m.

CATHOLIC

ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Rev. William Brenna, 715-247-3310 255 St. Hwy. 35, East Farmington Mass Sunday 8:30 a.m.

CHURCH OF ST. JOSEPH Pastor - Father Frank Wampach 490 Bench St., Taylors Falls, 651-465-7345 Sat. Vigil 5:30 p.m.; Sun. 7:30 & 10:30 a.m. Tues. - Thurs. 7:30 a.m.

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP Danbury - 7586 St. Rd. 77, 715-866-7321 Pastor - Father Michael J. Tupa Mass - Sat. 4 p.m., Fri. 9 a.m. (Sept.-May). Reconciliation as per bulletin & by appt.

O UR LADY OF THE LAKES Balsam Lake - Rev. John A. Drummy, Pastor - 405-2253 Mass: Sat. eves. 6 p.m.; Sun. 8:30 a.m.; Tues. 5:30 p.m.; Fri. 9 a.m.Sacrament of Reconciliation 7:30 a.m. Sun. or by appt.

SACRED HEARTS OF JESUS & MARY Pastor Father Michael J. Tupa CTHs A & H - 715-866-7321 Crescent Lake Voyager Village area. Mass Sun. 8 a.m., Thurs. 9:30 a.m. Reconciliation as per bulletin and by appt.

ST. DOMINIC - FREDERIC Rev. Thomas E. Thompson, 715-327-8119 Mass: Sat. 4:30 p.m.; Sun. 10:30 a.m. Call the office for daily & holy day Mass times

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION - GRANTSBURG Rev. Thomas E. Thompson, 715-327-8119 Mass: Sun. 8:30 a.m.

ST. ANNE PARISH Rev. Andy Anderson, 715-247-3310 139 Church Hill Rd., Somerset Mass Sat. 5 p.m.; Sun. 8 a.m. & 10 a.m.; Tues., Wed., Thurs. & Fri. 9 a.m.

COVENANT

ADVENTIST

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST - FREDERIC 605 Benson Road; Pastor Curtis Denney Sat. Worship 11 a.m.; Sabbath Schl. 9:30 a.m.

ALLIANCE

ALLIANCE CHURCH OF THE VALLEY 1259 Hwy. 35 S., St. Croix Falls Senior Pastor Gary Russell Sunday Worship: 9 & 11 a.m.

BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

WORD OF LIFE CHURCH Meeting in homes. Elder: Cliff Bjork, 715-755-3048 Sun. Fellowship - 10 a.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

LUTHERAN

BALSAM LUTHERAN CHURCH 1115 Mains Crossing, 1/2 Mile South Hwy. 8 On 110th St.; Sun. Worship 9 a.m.; Sun. School 10:15 a.m.

BEAUTIFUL SAVIOR LUTHERAN (WELS) Gene E. Jahnke, Pastor, 715-635-7672, Hm. 715-354-7787, Hwy. 70 at 53, Spooner Sun. Wor. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School & Bible Classes For All - 10:45 a.m.

BETHANY LUTHERAN - BRANSTAD Pastor Jay Ticknor, 715-463-5746 3 miles So. of Grantsburg on Hwy. 87 Sun. Schl. - 9:30 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

BETHANY LUTHERAN - SIREN Hwy. 35, 1/2 blk. N. Main St. Pastor Paul Peterson, Cell # 715-566-3758 Pastoral Serv. 715-349-5280 Sun. Worship - 8:30 a.m,; Sun. School 9:45 a.m.

BETHESDA LUTHERAN - DRESSER (LCMC) www.bethesdalutheran.ws Pastor Peter Rimmereid, 715-755-2562 1947 110th Ave., Dresser Sun. Contemporary Service 8:30 a.m.; Education Hr. 9:40 a.m.; Traditional Service 10:45 a.m.;

BONE LAKE LUTHERAN [email protected] Pastor Mary Ann Bowman, 5 mi. E. of Luck on Hwy. 48, 1/2 mi. S. on I; Office - 715-472-2535 Pastor - 715-472-8153, 9 a.m. Adult Bible Study; 10:30 a.m. Worship; 11:30 a.m. Fellowship Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

CHRIST LUTHERAN (LCMS) Pipe Lake CTH G & T, 715-822-3096 Pastor Steve Miller Sun. Serv. 10:45 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:15 a.m. during schl. yr.; Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sun. christlutheranpipelake.com

CLAM FALLS LUTHERAN (AALC) Pastor Gary Rokenbrodt, 218-371-1335 715-327-4461 Worship 9 a.m.; Sunday School 10:15 a.m. Communion 1st Sun.

FAITH LUTHERAN - BALSAM LAKE [email protected] Pastor Diane Norstad 715-485-3800; CTH I & Mill Street Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:40 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st & last Sundays

FAITH LUTHERAN - GRANTSBURG Mark Hendrickson, Interim Pastor, 715-463-5388 Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School 10:45 a.m.

FIRST EVAN. LUTHERAN 561 Chestnut St., Taylors Falls, MN 651-465-5265 Traditional Worship - 8:30 a.m.; Contemporary Worship - 11 a.m.

FIRST LUTHERAN - CUSHING Pastor Dorothy Sandahl, cushingparish.org 715-648-5323 or 715-648-5324 Sun. Wor. 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.

FRISTAD LUTHERAN - CENTURIA ELCA - 501 Hwy. 35, 715-646-2357, Mel Rau, Pastor Sun. Worship & Holy Communion - 9 a.m.;

GEORGETOWN LUTHERAN - ELCA 877 190th Ave., CTH G, Balsam Lake, WI (Fox Creek) Pastor Neal Weltzen; GT Office - 715-857-5580, Parsonage - 715-822-3001, TR Office - 715-822-3001 Wor. Serv. 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:30 a.m.; Holy Communion - 1st & 3rd Sun. of each month

GRACE LUTHERAN - WEST SWEDEN Phone 715-327-4340, 715- 416-3086 , 715-327-8384 Pastor Theresa Riewestahl Worship 9:15 a.m.; Sun. School 10:30 a.m. Communion - 1st & 2nd Sundays

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - FREDERIC (Missouri Synod) Pastor Jody R. Walter - 715-327-8608 Sun. Schl. - 8:45 a.m.; Service - 10:30 a.m. Communion - 1st, 3rd & 5th Sun.

LAKESIDE COMMUNITY LUTH. - ELCA CTH H, 1/2 mi. N. of CTH A & H on H Church Off. 715-635-7791 Pastor Bill Schroeder Sun. Worship 10 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.

LAKETOWN LUTHERAN - CUSHING Pastor Dorothy Sandahl, cushingparish.org Sun. Wor. 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:30 a.m.

LUCK LUTHERAN Pastor Ralph Thompson - 715-472-8424; 510 Foster Ave. E.; Office 715-472-2605; lucklutheran.org (Sept.-May) Sun. Wor. 8 & 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.

MILLTOWN LUTHERAN Pastors Mel Rau & Maggie Isaacson 113 W. Main St.. W., 715-825-2453 10:30 a.m. Sunday Worship

NEW HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH Pastor Emory Johnson, 715-463-5700 newhopelutheranchurch.org 685 W. State Road 70, Grantsburg Sun. Wor. Serv. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m. Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

NORTH VALLEY LUTHERAN Pastor Maggie Isaacson, 715-825-3559 3 mi. W. of Milltown on “G” Sunday Worship - 9 a.m.; Wednesday Worship 6:30 p.m. Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

OUR REDEEMER LUTHERAN, (LCMS) WEBSTER Pastor Jody Walter Church Phone 715-327-8608 Sun. Wor. - 8:45 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:15 a.m. Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays facebook/OurRedeemerWebster

PEACE LUTHERAN - DRESSER (ELCA) 2355 Clark Road, Dresser, WI, 715-755-2515 plcdresser.org Pastor Wayne Deloach, Intern Andrea Fluegel Sun. Wor. 8:30 & 10:45 a.m.

PILGRIM LUTHERAN - FREDERIC (ELCA) Pastor Paul Peterson 507 Wisconsin Ave. N., 715-327-8012 Sun. Worship - 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion 1st & 2nd Sundays pilgrimlutheranfrederic.org

REDEEMER EV. LUTHERAN (Wisconsin Synod) Pastor Gene DeVries 200 N. Adams St., St. Croix Falls Sunday Worship - 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School - 8:30 a.m.

ST. JOHN’S EV. LUTHERAN (Wis. Synod) 350 Michigan Ave., Centuria Sun. Worship - 10:45 a.m.; Sun. School - 10 a.m.

ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN - LCMC 1614 CTH B, North Luck, Pastor Rob Lubben Sunday Worship - 9 a.m. Contact Leslie Valentine, 715-646-2390; E-mail: [email protected]

SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY LUTHERAN (Missouri Synod) 140 Madison St. South, St. Croix Falls Pastor Mark K. Schoen Sun. Service - 9 a.m.; Sun.School - 10:30 a.m.

TRINITY LUTHERAN - ELCA 10 mi. W. of Cumberland on Hwy. 48 (McKinley) Pastor Neal Weltzin GT Office 715-857-5580, Parsonage 715-822-3001, TR Office - 715-822-3001 Wor. Serv. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:15 a.m. Holy Communion - 1st Sunday

TRINITY LUTHERAN - FALUN Hwy. 70 East, 715-689-2271, Pastor: Carl Heidel Worship 9 a.m.; Sunday School 10:15 a.m. Communion -Every Sunday

TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN - OSCEOLA 300 Seminole Ave. (CTH M) Mark Kock, Pastor, 715-294-2828 Sun. Wor. 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.; Summer, 9 a.m.

WEST DENMARK LUTHERAN Pastors Mike & Linda Rozumalski 1 mi. west of Luck on N, 2478 170th St., Luck Sunday Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m. Fellowship 11 a.m.

WEST IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - ELCA Rev. Rexford D. Brandt 447 180th St., Osceola, 715-294-2936 Sept. 16, 2012 - June 2, 2013 Sun. Wor. 8 & 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:15 a.m.; Communion first & third Sunday of the month

YELLOW LAKE LUTHERAN 1/2 mi. W. of Hwy. 35 on U, 715-866-8281, Pastors Douglas Olson, Roger Kampstra, Myron Carlson and Danny Wheeler Services begin at 9:30 a.m.; Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday

ZION LUTHERAN - BONE LAKE (LCMC) 5 miles E. of Frederic on W, 2 miles south on I; Church: 715-472-8660 Pastor Mike Fisk, 715-417-0692 Sunday Schl. 9:30 a.m.; Wor. 10:30 a.m. Communion - 1st Sunday

ZION LUTHERAN - EAST FARMINGTON (WELS ) Pastor Martin Weigand - 715-294-3489 Sunday Wor. 8 & 10 a.m.; Thursday Wor. 7 p.m. Communion - 1st & Last Sunday

ZION LUTHERAN - MARKVILLE Pastor Tim Faust Worship - 11 a.m.; Sunday School - 10 a.m. Holy Communion - 1st & 3rd Sunday

ZION LUTHERAN - TRADE LAKE Pastor Theresa Riewestahl 715-327-8384, 715-416-3086 Fellowship - 10:30 a.m., Sun. Schl. 9:45 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m., Communion - 1st & 2nd Sundays

PRESBYTERIAN

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN Rev. Bruce Brooks - 715-483-3550 719 Nevada St. , (between Simonson & Tower Roads) , St. Croix Falls Worship - 10 a.m. (Nursery provided) Sunday School - Child.- 9 a.m.; Sunday School - Adults - 8:45 a.m.; Communion 1st Sunday

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER Pastor Father Frank Wampach, 651-465-7345 25293 Redwing Ave., Shafer, MN Sunday 9 a.m.

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST Pastor Father Michael J. Tupa, 715-866-7321 Cedar & Muskey Ave. - Webster Mass Sun 10 a.m., Wed. 5:30 p.m. (Sept-May), Fri. 9 a.m. (Summer)

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC 1050 North Keller Ave., Amery, 715-268-7717 Father John Drummy, Pastor Sat. Mass 4 p.m., Sun. Mass 10:30 a.m. Mass Wed. & Thurs. 9 a.m.

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC Rev. William Brenna 255 E. 10th Ave., Osceola, 715-294-2243 Masses: Sat. 4 p.m.; Sun. 10:30 a.m.

ASSEMBLY

CENTURIA ASSEMBLY OF GOD Pastor Don Wiltshire, 715-640-6400 Centuria - Phone 715-646-2172 Sunday Service: 10 a.m.

OSCEOLA COMMUNITY CHURCH Pastor Larry Mederich, 715-294-4332 occconnect.org Mtg. @ St. Croix Art Barn; Sun. Serv. - 9 a.m. Nursery and children’s church

SIREN ASSEMBLY OF GOD Pastor Andrew Bollant Sun. Schl. - 9:15 a.m.; Morn. Serv. - 10:15 a.m.; Supervised Nursery; Wed. Evening - Worship Serv. 6:30 p.m.

EVANGELICAL

APPLE RIVER COMMUNITY (EFCA) Pastor Bruce Tanner, 942 U.S. Hwy. 8, Amery, 715-268-2176 Sun. Schl. 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m. Wednesday Bible study 7 p.m.

CROSSWALK COMMUNITY CHURCH Pastor Greg Lund, 715-327-8767 700 Churchwood Lane; 505 Old CTH W, Frederic Sunday School - 9 a.m.; Morning Worship - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services

HOPE EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH Pastor Dave Williams 933 248th St., Osceola Morn. Wor. 10 a.m.; Sun. School Sept.-May 8:45 a.m. Children’s Church & Nursery provided

TRADE RIVER EVANGELICAL FREE Pastor Dale VanDeusen, 715-488-2296 or 715-488-2653 20296 Hwy. 87, Grantsburg Morning Wor. 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 10:45 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services

BAPTIST

EAST BALSAM BAPTIST - BALSAM LK. 1816 108th St., CTH I Pastor Gabe Brennan, 715-857-5411 eastbalsam.org Wor. Service - 9 a.m.; Sun. School-10:30 a.m.

EUREKA BAPTIST 2393 210th Ave., St. Croix Falls Pastor Willis Christenson, 715-483-9464 Sun. School - 10 a.m.; Wor. Service - 11 a.m.

FAITH FELLOWSHIP Hwy. 35 and CTH N., Luck Bill McEachern Pastor, 715-485-3973 Sun. Bible study - 9 a.m.; Sun. Wor. - 10 a.m.

FIRST BAPTIST - AMERY 131 Broadway St., 715-268-2223; fbcamery.org; E-mail: [email protected] Reg. office hours: Tues.-Thurs. 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Pastor Charlie Butt, Lead Pastor; Nick Buda, Associate Pastor Sun. Serv.: 9 a.m.; All ages Sun. Schl. 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.; Nursery available

FIRST BAPTIST - FALUN 715-689-2125 or 715-689-2156 Brian Krause, Lead Pastor Steve Ward, Assoc. Pastor of Visitation Sun. School (all ages) 9:30 a.m.; Church Serv. 10:45 a.m.; Nursery provided

FIRST BAPTIST - MILLTOWN Pastor Marlon Mielke, 715-825-3186 Assoc. Pastor Don Mielke Sunday Schl. 9:45 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m., 7 p.m.

FIRST BAPTIST - TAYLORS FALLS, MN Located across from elemen. school on West St., Pastor, Dr. Kevin Schumann; 651-465-7171 Sun. Morn. - Sun. School for all ages - 9 a.m. Morn. Worship - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided.

FIRST BAPTIST - WEBSTER Church Phone 715-866-4111 Pastor Tim Quinn Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Worship - 10:45 a.m (Nursery provided)

GRACE CHURCH OF OSCEOLA “The Cure for the Common Church” 722 Seminole Ave., Osceola Pastor Dr. Kent Haralson; 715-294-4222 or 715-755-3454; [email protected] Sun.: Praise & Worship Serv. 9 am., Adult Bible Study 10:45 a.m., Children’s Sun. School 10:45 a.m.

GRACE BAPTIST - GRANTSBURG 716 S. Robert St., Grantsburg, 715-463-5699 Sr. Pastor Brad Moore George Selbher, Assoc. Pastor Sun. Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School 11 a.m.

LIVING HOPE CHURCH Pastor Doug McConnell Youth Pastor Chris Radtke At Grantsburg High School, 715-463-5794 Sun. Serv. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m.

TRADE LAKE BAPTIST Pastor David Prince 715-327-8402 Sun. Schl. - 9:15 a.m.; Wor. Serv. - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided.; tradelakebaptistchurch.org

CHURCH OF CHRIST

CHURCH OF CHRIST - WEBSTER Minister Garret Derouin, 715-866-7157 Musky & Birch St., Avail. in office 9 a.m. - noon, Tues.-Fri.; Sun. Bible Study 9:30 a.m. Worship 10:30 a.m.

WESLEYAN

WOODLAND WESLEYAN Dairyland - Rev. Andrea Wittwer 715-244-3649 Sunday School - 10 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

FULL GOSPEL

WOOD RIVER CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Pastor Dan Slaikeu 4 mi. SE of Grantsburg on Williams Rd. Worship 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m.

HOPE FELLOWSHIP OF SOMERSET 231 Bluff Drive, 715-247-2435 Services are Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

CHRISTIAN CENTER

EL SALEM/TWIN FALLS CHRISTIAN CENTER 1751 100th Ave., Dresser Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Morning Wor. 10:30 a.m. Evening Services Sun. 6 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m. Call Pastor Darryl Olson at 715-755-3133 for information and directions

CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX

HOLY TRINITY ORTHODOX 523 1st St., Clayton, 715-948-2493 Fr. Christopher Wojcik, Pastor Sat. Vespers - 5 p.m.; Sun. Liturgy - 9:30 a.m.

HOLY CROSS ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN Meeting at Zion Lutheran Church, 28005 Old Towne Rd., Chisago City, MN; holyx.net Sunday Worship Service 9:30 a.m.

NAZARENE

CALVARY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 510 S. Vincent, St. Croix Falls Pastor Tom Reaume, 715-483-3696 Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:45 a.m. & Wed. 6:30 p.m.

FAITH COMMUNITY 7535 Peet St., Danbury, 715-656-4010 Adult Bible Serv. 9 a.m.; Services: Sun. 10 a.m.; Sunday School during church service.

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NEW LIFE COMMUNITY - AMERY Interim Pastor Craig Jorgenson Sunday Worship 10 a.m.; Children’s Church: K to 6th Grade

NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY 201 Hwy. 35, Dresser (formerly The Boulevard) Pastor Tony Minell, 715-417-1982; Office 715-417-0945 Sunday Wor. 9:30 a.m.; Nursery available.

NEW WINE CHURCH - CENTURIA 309 5th Street, , 715-338-2751 Pastor Scott Petznick Sunday Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m.

NORTHERN PINES QUAKER MEETING 715-866-5016 or 715-733-0480 for time of meeting.

ST. CROIX UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP 1st, 2nd & 3rd Sunday, 10 a.m. in the St. Croix Falls Library community room.

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Milltown Public Library

culture through an interactive program including read-ing, music, art and food. Learn how to say basic greet-ings, colors, numbers, shapes and animals in Spanish. Program geared toward ages 3-plus. Adults welcome.

The library will be posting a combination of three his-toric and present-day pictures at the library each day from April 14 through 20. Participants will be asked to identify the photographs. Entries will be due to the li-brary by 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 20. Winners will be announced Monday, April 22. The entry with the most correct guesses will win $50 in Milltown Money with sec-ond and third places winning $25 and $10, respectively. All participants will receive a bookmark. The program is sponsored by the Friends of the Milltown Public Library.

This event is organized by the fundraising committee for the library building project. Kreative Prints for U and Kirsten Anne Photography will be at the library on Fri-day, April 19, Friday April 26, and Saturday, April 27,

taking photographs. Each participant will get a 20-min-ute photo session and a 5x7 print of their favorite pose. The fee is $30 and registration is required by calling the

project.

Open lab for beginners is available on Mondays at 1 and 2 p.m. Sign up for an hour-long session at the circu-lation desk or call 715-825-2313.

Join the group for a half hour of stories, singing and fun. Designed for toddlers and preschool-age youth.

This program is held every Tuesday at 6 p.m. and is an all-ages art and social night. A great night for the whole family to choose stories together, to exercise creative en-ergies and to maybe even hear a story or two.

The next meeting will be held on Thursday, April 11,

many ways.

10 a.m - 7 p.m., Friday 10 a.m - 5 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. E-mail [email protected]. Fresh coffee and fast Wi-Fi are served every day.

Frederic Public Library

Visit during National Library Week to learn about the many services the library offers to enrich your life. Re-freshments will be served all week and be sure to register for door prizes. Celebrate and support America’s public libraries. To quote writer Anne Herbert, “Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries.”

The Friends of the Library will sponsor Jerry Apps in a free National Library Week program Tuesday, April 16, at 2 p.m., at St. Luke Methodist Church. Apps is professor emeritus at UW-Madison and the author of more than 30 books, many of them on rural history and country life. His presentation will focus on “Rural Wit and Wisdom.” He was recently featured on both Min-nesota and Wisconsin Public Television. He was here in 2006 and was a crowd favorite. If you have memories of growing up in a slower time, you will certainly enjoy this program.

The library has an opening for a part-time library assis-tant and applications must be sent by April 5. Responsi-

bilities include circulation desk and general library tasks as well as programming for the community. Preferred candidates are energetic and have great people skills; are computer smart, detail-oriented and can work indepen-

including closing some evenings and rotating Saturday hours. High school diploma or equivalent, library and/or computer maintenance experience a plus. Starting wage based upon experience. A complete job descrip-tion is available. Please e-mail a resume and cover letter to [email protected] or mail it to P.O. Box 700, Frederic WI 54837 by April 5.

The library now offers basic computer classes Wednes-days at 1 p.m. Seats are limited, so please register to assure you a space. Drop-in help also continues as time and staff are available. If you have questions about ter-minology, Internet, e-mail, Facebook, using e-readers or anything else computer-related, ask your friendly librar-ians for help.

We offer story time for preschoolers and their caregiv-

and music and activities. Come and be part of the en-ergy.

During April, be sure to bring in some food items or

visit the library. The local food shelf is participating in the spring Feinstein Foundation Challenge, and your food or monetary donations all count toward dollar-for-dollar matching funds coming back to our community.

If you have a laptop with a wireless card, bring it to the library to use the free wireless Internet access. Cozy chairs and hot coffee are waiting for you.

Find us on Facebook at Frederic Public Library. The Web site is fredericlibrary.org. E-mail us at [email protected]. Frederic Public Library, 127 Oak St. W., 715-327-4979. Library hours are Monday through Friday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Story time

St. Croix Falls Public Library

Celebrate with readings from LaMoine MacLaughlin’s new book “Secrets from the Wings” Thursday, April 25, 6 p.m.

-ter online, in person or by phone, 715-483-1777.

Julie Karsky and story-time librarian Cole. Mondays in April beginning April 8.

Spend early-release afternoons at the library. Games galore – learn to play chess, challenge friends to a board game, or play the Wii. Kids 8 and under must be accom-panied by an adult. 2-4 p.m. on April 5 and May 3.

Study for the ACT on April 7, 3-8 p.m. This special Sunday event is sponsored by Papa Murphy’s Pizza.

Comic and Graphic Arts Cookbook – there is still time to contribute. With grant support from the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation, the library presents community-sub-mitted artwork and recipes on display through the end of the summer. Look for the cookbook in 2014. The art show is now on display in the library.

One-on-one computer help Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1-3 p.m. Call to schedule your appointment, 715-483-1777.

Computers, clubs, friends, fun. Kids age 8-plus. Meet friends, get homework help and hang out at the library every Wednesday, Sept.-June. Take bus No. 9 down to the library on Wednesday afternoons with a note from your parent or guardian.

Free tutoring for all levels (K-12) available on After School Wednesdays. Brittany is a licensed teacher with a strong background in upper-level science, biology

and chemistry. She loves a wide range of subjects and is enthusiastic to work with all ages in many topics from math to language to the sciences. Preregistration for tu-toring required. Call 715-483-1777 or e-mail [email protected].

First and fourth Saturdays in April, 11 a.m.-noon. Legos provided. Caregiver supervision required.

Preschool story time will be held Wednesdays and Fri-

It has up-to-date information on what’s happening at the library and other useful library tools you can use at home, stcroixfallslibrary.org. Look for us on Facebook.

The library is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and new extended Saturday hours, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Luck Elementary studentsrecreate iconic mustache ads


LUCK – The milk carton castle is about the size of a Trump Hotel bathtub. Made of 496 empty, washed-out cartons, it illus-trates in one art project how much milk the school district consumed just on one day, Friday, March 1.

The castle is just one example of the dis-trict’s efforts to encourage students to em-brace and develop healthy living habits at an early age, but just the tip of the iceberg,

creative ways to celebrate healthy living, as part of a Carol White Physical Educa-tion Program grant the district received recently.

That PEP grant is designed to help stu-dents meet state physical education stan-dards “ ... by undertaking instruction in healthy eating habits and good nutrition.”

The grant has led to a cutting-edge development of physical education pro-grams, equipment purchases, communi-tywide open house activity events and now, a unique elementary school pro-gram that plays on the iconic “Milk Mus-tache” advertising campaign the milk industry developed over the years.

Using a “green screen” photo program similar to what TV meteorologists use for interactive maps, Luck physical and health education teacher Megan Chal-loner developed a program where every one of the kindergarten through sixth-grade students had their pictures taken wearing a fake “milk mustache” while standing before a green screen. She then inserted that photo into a scene that each student picked.

“It was something like 238 kids who had their pictures taken,” Luck School District Administrator Rick Palmer said. “She really put some serious hours and effort into this!”

The mustache photos of each of the kids were then overlaid into their personal scenes, some of them in teams, as the mustachioed kids posed and acted with props in scenes that ranged from space to Disneyland to underwater and castles,

farms, movies and even as rock stars.“The kids loved it, I think. They really

got creative with their choices,” Chal-loner said, standing beside the hundreds of small posters from the program, which were then used to line the walls of the school cafeteria, which they call the Car-dinal Cafe.

Indeed, the variety is staggering, and led to a wide array of themes, with stu-dents posing in their fantasy scenes in the theme of their poster.

School staff assisted with the accompa-nying props that ranged from clothing to swords, glasses, hats, costumes and more.

“It was really interesting to see what they wanted to do (in their posters) and how much it said about them,” Challoner said. “Some of them were really cool and creative!”

But the poster program didn’t stop there, as a panel of school staff then se-lected their 10 favorite posters to be taken even further, with art teacher Kyle Clem-ins picking some from an artistic point of view.

“We then turned those 10 winners into full-size wall posters to be displayed in the school,” Challoner said.

The full-size posters are slick, show-ing in large, glossy detail the expressions, scenery and yes, the mustaches, the stu-dents proudly wore. Some of the photos have the children slaying dragons, riding surfboards, horses, or as part of elaborate and colorful scenes, all while wearing the familiar white smudge on their upper lips.

“They really got into it,” Palmer said. “It’s hopefully the start of a new tradi-tion.”

Challoner rolled her eyes at that and smiled, but was happy with how the project turned out. She said both the small cafeteria posters and the large posters will eventually go home with the kids, so they cannot only display them at home, but so they can also be reminded of what the message really is about.

“It’s so they remember that healthy eat-ing is not just a one-month thing,” she said.

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FREDERIC - “The best way to pre-dict your future is to create your future,” stated Hall of Famer Chris Doleman who spoke to Frederic High School and several other schools via ITV on Thursday, March 14. His message got through to many of the students while relating to ongoing is-sues and answering many of their ques-tions.

Doleman attended the University of Pittsburgh, but his plans changed when

-nesota Vikings in 1985. He said, “If you don’t have a plan for life, life has a plan for you.” Being a rookie, he took notes on everything. His planning for a game started on a Thursday before the game and it consisted of plenty of sleep and focus, even when at home - they would usually stay in hotels. Doleman said, “Mental mojo lies in music and does not include rap.” He is very accomplished in playing professional football.

He made it to the Pro Bowl eight times, with highly impressive overall stats, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Dole-man has had many great coaches includ-ing Bud Grant and Bill Walsh. Throughout his experience, he stayed very humble, saying, “I’m more interested in being a great person rather than being a great football player.” He is a very successful person in all aspects of life.

Although he is so accomplished, he also spoke of relatable struggles in life. “You are going to get problems one after the other. The important thing is how you deal with it,” he said. He relies on spiri-tual things, family and friends. Dole-man spoke of temptation and the impact of actions on others. Temptation is pres-ent, especially during high school, and it all comes down to knowing what you want to do with your life. “You are what you repeatedly do.” If your friends are

into something very different from you with much involvement in their lives, you may drift apart more easily. “Do the right thing and don’t worry about what other people are doing.” Doleman spoke of how things come and go but, in the end, you are in charge of yourself and do what you want so “set your sights on something” and then work until you reach it.

As a young boy, Doleman’s parents told him that once he started something, he needed to complete it. He started football and completed it season after season. He said he was lucky to have the friends that he did because they liked to do the same things and football was important in their lives. He took advantage of op-portunities, and will tell everyone else to, because you only live once. “Time waits for no one; it will pass you by.” Hard work will pay off but he advises, “If you don’t understand something, you need to reach out to that adult or person that will be honest with you.” There is always room for improvement and there is noth-ing wrong with asking others for help.

Doleman is a successful Hall of Famer who has remained humble throughout his entire experience, believing in trust, respect and fairness. “You always judge by what you give, not by what you re-ceive.”

FHS had a great experience and is very grateful for being able to listen to Dole-man speak. He encouraged all to see what they could do. – with information from Kelly

Hopkins, teacher, Frederic High School

Lions Clubs are always open to new members

by Mary StirratLeader staff writer

POLK, BURNETT COUNTIES — Serv-ing the greater community, raising funds for worthwhile causes, and having a great time are three things that make life both meaningful and enjoyable, and Lions Club members know this from experi-ence.

“If you want to do something good for your community,” said Lion Tam Howie of Luck, “This is for you. “It’s such an interesting cross section of people that are involved, and it’s a good opportunity to meet a lot of nice people dedicated to helping their community. You get self-satisfaction — you feel good about it.”

Howie is zone chair for the Lions Clubs at Danbury, Frederic, Grantsburg, Luck, Siren and Webster. Each is open to new members, said Howie, and you shouldn’t wait to be asked to join. You can just con-tact someone who is involved with Lions, or call the contact listed below for your community.

Preparing to celebrate its 100th anni-versary in 2017, Lions Club International consists of nearly 1.5 million people in more than 200 countries around the globe. While members can get involved on the state, national or even international level as much as they want, it is at the local level that things happen.

Opportunities for involvement include

hosting Easter egg hunts to sponsoring diabetes awareness programs.

“One of the popular projects with a lot of the clubs in the area is building wheel-chair ramps,” said Tim VanMeter, incom-ing president at Luck.

Chuck Awe, president of the Siren Lions Club, agreed with VanMeter, add-ing that his club has built more than 50 ramps over the years.

Nearly every club, said VanMeter, raises funds for a scholarship for a gradu-

ating senior. Many, such as Luck’s club, partner with local food shelves, provide funds for tornado victims, and help with cleanup after storms. They sponsor blood

-ments and ambulance services.

“We serve,” he said. “That’s the Lions’ motto. It’s a great way to get involved in the community, and to give back to the community.”

Each year, area Lions Clubs help people with disabilities go to the Lions Camp at Rosholt, near Wausau, that serves people who are visually, hearing or cognitively impaired. “There are always a couple of people from the area that go,” said Awe. “It’s a free camp,” added Howie, “and local clubs provide the transportation.”

Local clubs have also teamed up to send military families to Project New Hope, a weekend retreat at Luther Point Bible Camp, to strengthen relationships after wartime service.

“If you want to do something good for your community,” Howie said, “this is for

you.” Howie joined the Lions Club when he

came to this area 20 years ago, but had previously been involved in several other civic organizations. “This one has, by far, been best for me,” he said.

Much of the good done by local Lions clubs goes unheralded, according to Howie, because members believe it is up to those who are served whether or not to share their story. “We do a lot of things

he said.Years ago, for example, the local Lions

provided a hearing device to a student who experienced “scrambled” hearing. This student was able to attend a tech-nical college after graduating from high school, and is now employed in this area.

Assisting people who are hearing- or sight-impaired is one of the main focuses of the Lions Club, which supplies hear-ing aids and eyeglasses locally, nation-ally and internationally. One local Lion, Todd Taubman, regularly drives a load of

eyeglasses to the Mexican border, giving them to a contact person who sees they are distributed as needed. In the past, said Howie, Lions Club members have taken the glasses right into Mexico, but it is too dangerous to do that right now.

Internationally, Lions Clubs have banded together to eradicate measles and blindness. They also raise funds to help victims of natural catastrophes, in-cluding the earthquakes and tsunamis of recent years. Fundraisers include pan-cake breakfasts, yard sales, food booths,

chicken, rib, and sweet corn feeds.Working together at fundraisers and

on projects, agreed VanMeter, Howie and Awe, is among the most rewarding experiences of being a Lion. Member-ship crosses all economic and social lines, bringing together a wide variety of talents and personalities.

“You can talk with someone for an hour,” said VanMeter, “but if you work with them building a ramp or grilling brats, you can really get to know them.

Most clubs meet once a month for an hour or so, said Howie, and some meet twice a month. The meetings include a re-view of upcoming events, requests for as-sistance, and just some camaraderie and fun. Dues vary from club to club, and you must be 18 years old to join.

Most clubs are open to women, and many of the activities involve the whole family. Religion and politics, said past District Gov. Jerry Spies, are kept out of the picture.

For information on becoming a Lion, contact the membership chairperson in

Neider at 715-244-3403; Frederic is Jim Meyer at 715-327-8972; Grantsburg is Bruce Benedict at 715-463-2459; Luck is Tom Levi at 715-472-4400; Siren is Les Lindquist at 715-349-5301; and Webster is Norm Bickford at 715-866-7151.

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forever. She had postoperative issues that required a shunt to be installed under her skull, and she must still have annual checkups, reviews, tests and EEGs to see her progress as her body and brain grow.

While her seizures have been put into check, she still has relapses, on occasion. The most recent was two months ago on the school bus. That seizure and the an-nual EEGs are evidence of something else, an exclama-tion point of sorts that the dreaded haunting of RE still bites at Zoey’s bruised and battered brain.

Josie showed a photo of the computer screen that showed her most recent brain-wave readouts, taken from almost three dozen glued, gauzed monitor points that register 27 spots on her head.

The photo shows a series of brain-wave blips, and also shows that her disconnected left hemisphere is still run-ning madly with potential seizures, even after more than seven years.

It means the possessive Rasmussen’s encephalitis never did burn out. It is still there, just disconnected and unable to generally possess Zoey. It also would have meant hundreds, if not thousands, of seizures otherwise, and would have led to steady and continued cognitive deterioration. Those crooked lines on the screen prove that the disease would have almost surely robbed Zoey of her learning ability, and much more.

said with a nod. “Really, we didn’t have a choice.”Josie admits that sometimes Zoey asks questions that

are hard to answer.“Sometimes she says she wants her brain back,” Josie

said. “But we have a heart-to-heart, and I tell her that her seizures would come back ... she seems to understand to a point. I think she comprehends way more than we can know.”

Zoey’s demon is still in the shadows, trying to grab her brain. But now it only bites at the air.

One of Zoey’s favorite activities is attending the Epi-lepsy Foundation’s Camp Oz in Hudson in June, which is a camp for children with seizures and epilepsy. While Zoey is quick to mention the lack of parents, homework and teachers, she also thought it was pretty amazing when she was outside.

-ing up. “I think it was a monarch.”

While she liked the games, activities, critters, friend-ships and camping freedom, she also made her mark with a certain noted celebrity, known for having his own battles with seizures.

University of Minnesota head football coach Jerry Kill and his wife, Rebecca, made a visit with the kids last June, where the coach told the kids he is “just like you,” as he signed photos, chatted with and held a discussion with over 100 of the kids between the ages of 9 and 17.

It is also where Zoey made her mark, as evidenced in a promotional video shot that day, with Kill asking the kids what they want to be or do when they grow up. Many of the children said they wanted to be actors, prin-cesses, teachers or the like, but Zoey had a message that hit home with the coach.

“I want to make it so medicine tastes like candy or something!” Zoey exclaimed to light laughter and a stunned crowd.

“Well that would be good, wouldn’t it?” Kill said with a big, genuine cartoon smile in the video, which was used not only by the camp and the foundation, but even as a Gopher promotional tool. “If you could get medicine to taste like candy, well, we’re all gonna be happy!”

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After all, Zoey Marin Bemis will turn 12 years old in a few weeks ... and she’ll be 8 years old on her hemi-birthday.

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ing Club’s 24th-annual Festival on Ice, this year titled “Out of This World,” is back for another year. Guest skater Peter Biver will return this year along with his new pairs partner, Courtney Baga. The show will run Saturday, April 6, at 2 and 7 p.m., and again Sunday, April 7, with a 2 p.m. show. The Northwood Figure Skating Club will be showcasing young skaters from Shell Lake, Spooner, Cum-berland, Siren and Rice Lake.

Biver and Baga won the 2013 Midwest-ern Adult Sectional Championships in pairs and earned a spot at the 2013 Adult National Championships in Scottsdale, Ariz., April 9-13. Proving skating really is a sport for life, they enjoy being on the ice so much they continue to practice in spite of demanding coaching and work schedules. When most coaches hang up their skates, this duo still sharpens them. Biver is a hometown favorite born and raised on a small dairy farm west of Spooner. He attended school in Shell Lake when his family moved to Rice Lake in his senior year. He is a U.S. na-tional competitor in senior pairs, three-time sectional competitor and two-time regional silver medalist in pairs, three-

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nalist and Minnesota state novice and junior medalist FSC of Bloomington. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in kinesiology from the UM-Twin Cit-ies and she currently is a 2013-2016 law student at the University of Minnesota.

Two of the featured young skaters from this area are Maya Cummings and Kallie Thompson. Cummings is a senior at Spooner High School and will be graduating this spring. She has com-peted and tested for eight years and will continue that as well. She is currently working on her novice moves and free skate tests. Outside of skating, she keeps busy with working at the Spooner Bake Shoppe and at The Spooner Ice House, as well as Jerseys. She also enjoys play-ing tennis, reading and spending time with friends and family. Thompson is a 16-year-old sophomore at Spooner High School and is a member of the Du-luth Figure Skating Club. She has been a member of the Northwoods Figure Skating Club for 13 years and is a new coach with NFSC. Thompson is on the ice four days a week and is coached by Alison Wade and Angie Lien. She is cur-rently skating at the novice moves and juvenile freestyle levels and competes in regional competitions. She can also be found playing volleyball, running track,

driving. — with submitted information

Summer Creativity Camp offered

STATEWIDE – April has been desig-nated by Congress as National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and the Wis-consin Department of Transportation is using this opportunity to urge drivers to pay attention to what’s really important when they’re behind the wheel.

“Despite laws to prevent distracted and inattentive driving, too many mo-torists talk and text on cell phones while driving. They eat a meal. They rummage

or compartments. They even stare in-tently in the rearview mirror to comb their hair or apply makeup. Their atten-tion is focused everywhere except where it should be, which is on the road,” says State Patrol Maj. Sandra Huxtable, direc-tor of the WisDOT Bureau of Transporta-tion Safety. “Because they’re not paying

hazards, distracted drivers drastically increase their risks of causing a crash or failing to avoid one.”

Although many multitasking activities can cause distracted driving, talking and texting on cell phones have received sig-

In November 2012, a state law went into effect that prohibits drivers with an in-struction permit or probationary license, which includes many teenagers, from “using a cellular or other wireless tele-phone except to report an emergency” while driving. A previously enacted state law made texting while driving illegal for all motorists.

To help motivate drivers to never text while driving, WisDOT has produced new Zero In Wisconsin TV, radio and online messages featuring high-school senior Austin Wierschke of Rhinelander, who is the two-time LG U.S. National

Texting Champion.The premise of the media messages is

that Wierschke has amazing texting abili-ties even while he performs astonishing physical activities. But he also emphati-cally states, “I never text while driving,” because it’s too dangerous. The messages will air statewide in April and also are available online along with behind-the-scenes footage and interviews at zeroin-wisconsin.gov/texting.asp.

Wierschke’s messages are designed to

the No. 1 cause of death for teenagers nationwide. In a national Pew Research study, 40 percent of American teens say they have been in a car when the driver used a cell phone in a way that put peo-ple in danger. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that 11 percent of all drivers under the age of 20 involved in fatal crashes were distracted at the time of the crash. This age group has the largest proportion of drivers who were distracted.

Texting and cell phone use are just two of many types of distractions that

few seconds of inattention can have tragic consequences, according to Huxtable.

“Every time you drive, you are le-gally and morally responsible for safely operating a potentially destructive and even deadly force,” she says. “That’s why driving requires your undivided at-

or road conditions is a grave danger to you, your passengers and everyone else on the road. No attempt to multitask in your vehicle, no phone call and no text message is more important than a human life.” - submitted

April is NationalDistracted Driving Awareness Month

WisDOT launches new TV andradio messages featuring the

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OWNER/MORTGAGE CO. NO. DESCRIPTION LIEN/JUDGMENT HOLDER YEAR TAX AMT. TAX CERT.# INT. RATE

001 Town of Alden Owner: Steven J. Oswald 2009 298.71 35 12% Annually 002-00477-0000 Liens/Judgments: Capital One FSB SC 2009 165.00 Lot 4 CSM 220 V1 Reynolds Building Products Pg 223 Loc in NE 1/4 of David A. Swenson SW 1/4 Sec 18 T32 R17 United Products Corporation

002 Town of Alden Owner: Laura A. Klein 2009 83.63 37 12% Annually 002-00503-0000 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 Pt NE 1/4 of NW 1/4 MERS as nominee for Sec 19 T32 R17 V551 Rescue Mortgage Inc. Pg 157 Other Interests: James M. Klein

Liens/Judgments: Novitzke Gust Sempf & Whitley

003 Town of Alden Owner: Norman E. Rosenkranz 2009 737.84 66 12% Annually 002-00793-0300 Land Contract Holder: SC 2009 165.00 Lot 3 CSM 3980 V18 Ausen Farms Inc. Pg 10 Loc NE 1/4 of SE 1/4 Sec 30 T32 R17

004 Town of Alden Owner: Norman E. Rosenkranz 2009 195.44 83 12% Annually 002-01231-0100 SC 2009 165.00 S 200’ of the N 655’ of the W 333’ of the NW 1/4 of NW 1/4 Sec 12 T32 R18

005 Town of Georgetown Owner: Norman E. Rosenkranz 2009 945.79 1260 12% Annually 026-00323-0000 SC 2009 165.00 Pt NE 1/4 of SE 1/4 Sec 8 T35 R16 exc pcl desc in V233 Pg 585

006 Town of Georgetown Owner: Norman E. Rosenkranz 2009 1,295.63 1261 12% Annually 026-00327-0000 SC 2009 165.00 SE 1/4 of SE 1/4 Sec 8 T35 R16

007 Town of Alden Owners: Jarrod D. Parr 2009 2,717.40 69 12% Annually 002-00943-0000 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 Pt NE 1/4 of NE 1/4 Independence State Bank Sec 1 T32 R18 desc in V501/203

008 Town of Alden Owner: Mitchell R. Erickson 2009 464.93 113 12% Annually 002-01731-0000 Land Contract Holders: SC 2009 165.00 Pt SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 Rural American Bank - Luck Sec 27 T32 R18 Liens/Judgments:

Wisconsin Dept. of Revenue

009 Town of Apple River Owners: James M. Jr. & Lori A. Duncan 2009 488.44 148 12% Annually 004-00056-0000 Mortgage Holder: S & C Bank SC 2009 165.00 Pt SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 Other Interests: Sec 2 T34 R16 desc in James M. Sr. & JoAnn D. Duncan CSM 359 V2 Pg 88

010 Town of Apple River Owners: James M. Jr. & Lori A. Duncan 2009 1,713.42 149 12% Annually 004-00057-0000 Mortgage Holder: S & C Bank SC 2009 165.00 Pt NE 1/4 of SW 1/4 of Other Interests: SW 1/4 Sec 2 T34 R16 James M. Sr. & JoAnn D. Duncan

011 Town of Apple River Owner: Laurie Sabata 2009 431.17 170 12% Annually 004-00398-0000 Mortgage Holders: SC 2009 165.00 Pt SE 1/4 of NE 1/4 & Polk County Wisconsin Pt NE 1/4 of SE 1/4 Bremer Bank National Association Sec 12 T34N R16W

012 Town of Apple River Owners: Gary S. & Susan K. Reuter 2009 2,379.72 199 12% Annually 004-00634-0000 SC 2009 165.00 W 580’ of SW 1/4 of NW 1/4 Sec 23 T34 R16

013 Town of Apple River Owner: Carmen J. Benitez 2009 1,876.15 202 12% Annually 004-00642-0000 SC 2009 165.00 NW 1/4 of SE 1/4 Sec 23 T34 R16 exc Lot 1 of CSM 5370 V24 Pg 55

014 Town of Apple River Owner: Susan J. Peterson 2009 563.21 238 12% Annually 004-00804-0000 Liens/Judgments: State of SC 2009 165.00 Gov Lot 3 Sec 29 T34 R16 Wisconsin Estate Recovery Program

Cottonwood Financial Wisconsin Hill Top Excavating

015 Town of Apple River Owner: Susan J. Peterson 2009 352.69 241 12% Annually 004-00808-0000 Liens/Judgments: State of SC 2009 165.00 Pt SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 Wisconsin Estate Recovery Program Sec 29 T34 R16 Cottonwood Financial Wisconsin

Hill Top Excavating

Please Note...Important Notice You Will Lose Title To Your Property If These Taxes Are Not Paid On Or Before June 3, 2013

STATE OF WISCONSIN - CIRCUIT COURT - POLK COUNTY

IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF TAX LIENS UNDER SECTION 75.521 WISCONSIN STATUTES BY POLK COUNTY , LIST OF TAX LIENS FOR YEARS INDICATED.

TAKE NOTICE that all persons having, or claiming to have any right, title or interest in or lien upo n the real property described in the list of tax liens 2013-2, on file in the office of the Clerk of Circuit Court of Polk County, dated March 18, 2013, attached hereto, are hereby notified that the filing of such list of tax liens in the Clerk of Circu it Court of Polk County constitutes the commencement by said Polk County of a special proceeding in the Circuit Court for Po lk County to foreclose the tax liens therein described by foreclosure proceedings in rem and that a notice of the pendency of such proceeding against each piece or parcel of land therein described was filed in the office of the Clerk of Circu it Court on March 18, 2013. Such proceeding is brought against the real property herein described only and is to foreclose the t ax liens described in such list. No personal judgment will be entered herein for such taxes, assessments or other legal charge s or any part thereof.

TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that all persons having or claiming to have any right, title or interest in or l ien upon the real property described in said list of tax liens are hereby notified that a certified copy of such list of tax liens has been posted in

the office of the County Treasurer of Polk County and will remain posted for public inspection up to and including June 3, 2013, which date is hereby fixed as the last day of redemption.

TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that any person having or claiming to have any right, title or interest in or li en upon such parcel may, on or before June 3, 2013, redeem such delinquent tax liens by paying to the County Treasurer of Polk County the amount of all such unpaid tax liens and in addition thereto, all interest and penalties which have a ccrued on said unpaid tax liens computed to and including the day of redemption, plus the reasonable costs that the County inc urred to initiate the proceedings plus the person’s share of the reasonable costs of publication under sub. (6).

POLK COUNTY By Amanda Nissen, Polk County Treasurer

STATE OF WISCONSIN - CIRCUIT COURT - POLK COUNTY In the Matter of the Foreclosure of Tax Liens under Section 75.521 Wis. Statutes by Polk County

PETITION FOR JUDGMENT VESTING TITLE TO POLK COUNTY: 2013 - 2 - Case No. 13CV 126 Now comes the County of Polk, by Carole T. Wondra, Polk County Clerk, in her official capacity and b y and through the

undersigned attorney, petitions the Court pursuant to Section 75.521 for judgment vesting title in P olk County and as and for said petition alleges and states as follows:

1. The Polk County Treasurer, Amanda Nissen, has prepared a List of Tax Liens of Polk County being Fore closed by Proceeding In Rem, a verified copy of which is attached and incorporated herein by reference.

2. The foreclosure of the tax liens through in rem proceedings is governed by Section 75.521 Wisconsin Statutes and the requirements therein have been fulfilled.

3. The time periods after the date of the tax certificates, as stated is set forth in Section 75.521 ( 3), have lapsed for the properties included and described in said List of Tax Liens.

4. Notice of this proceeding shall be given to all parties specified in Section 75.521 (3) c Stat. by t he County Treasurer sending a copy of this petition, and a copy of said List of Tax Liens of Polk County by registered o r certified mail, return receipt requested.

WHEREFORE, the Petitioner requests that the court grant judgment in favor of Polk County vesting tit le to the parcels of land described in the attached “List of Tax Liens” in Polk County, thereby, barring any and all clai ms whatsoever of the former owners or any persons claiming through and under the former owners since the date of filing the list of tax liens in the Office of the Clerk of Circuit Court.

Dated this 14th day of March, 2013. Carole T. Wondra, Polk County Clerk Jeffrey B. Fuge, ID# 1024292 Polk County Government Center Corporation Counsel, Attorney for Polk County 100 Polk County Plaza, Suite 110 1005 West Main St., Ste. 100, Balsam Lake, WI 54810 Balsam Lake, WI 54810 PH: 715-485-9210

List Of Tax Liens Of Polk County Being Foreclosed By Proceeding In Rem 2013-2

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016 Town of Balsam Lake Owners: Raymond J. & Carol Ann Tourville 2009 1,063.93 308 12% Annually 006-00753-0000 Mortgage Holder: Citifinancial Inc. SC 2009 165.00 SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 Liens/Judgments: Sec 27 T34 R17 Ladd Memorial Hospital

017 Town of Balsam Lake Owner: Teresa K. Hannah 2009 1,355.98 328 12% Annually 006-00928-0000 Mortgage Holders: SC 2009 165.00 Lot 6 CSM 1867 V9 Lehman Brothers Bank FSB Pg 14 Sec 31 T34 R17 Lexington National Insurance Corporation

Liens/Judgments: Discover Bank Capital One Bank The RiverBank Livingston Financial Discover Bank

018 Town of Balsam Lake Owner: Laura L. Goodwin 2009 662.15 333 12% Annually 006-01042-0000 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 E 14 Rds of W 31 Rds of Forrest G. & Mary G. Clark NE 1/4 of NE 1/4 Liens/Judgments: Sec 35 T34 R17 AER Development Group

Rural American Bank - Luck Kemper Independence Insurance Company

019 Town of Balsam Lake Owner: Steven A. Swager 2009 1,306.26 343 12% Annually 006-01078-0000 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 Schanon Mortgage Inc. Sec 35 T34 R17 exc Lot 2 Liens/Judgments: CSM 4456 V20 Pg 8 WESTconsin Credit Union

020 Town of Beaver Owner: Hanson Management 2009 4,330.56 386 12% Annually 008-00287-0000 Liens/Judgments: SC 2009 165.00 Lot 4 CSM 5674 V25 State of Wisconsin Pg 151 Loc Gov Lot 4 Owen R. Williams Sec 12 T34 R15

021 Town of Beaver Owner: Gregory A. Leisz 2009 1,376.48 426 12% Annually 008-00638-0000 SC 2009 165.00 NW 1/4 of SW 1/4 Sec 24 T34 R15 exc N 450’ thereof

022 Town of Black Brook Owner: Arthur O. Groth 2009 100.69 473 12% Annually 010-00156-0400 Liens/Judgments: SC 2009 165.00 Lot 4 CSM 4884 V21 WESTconsin Credit Union Pg 211 Loc Gov Lot 5 Central Prairie Financial LLC Sec 6 T32 R16 Midland Funding

Frontier Ag & Turf

023 Town of Black Brook Owner: Raymond G. & Linda J. Sislo 2009 327.35 508 12% Annually 010-00683-0100 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 Lot 1 CSM 4506 V20 Nationstar Mortgage LLC Pg 58 Loc NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 Alternative Mortgage Options Inc. Sec 27 T32 R16

024 Town of Bone Lake Owners: Terry L. & Kimberly R. Brenizer 2009 217.35 559 12% Annually 012-00134-0000 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 NE 1/4 of NE 1/4 Associates Industrial Loan Company Sec 8 T36 R16 exc Liens/Judgments: pcl 393’ x 426’ Polk County, Wisconsin

025 Town of Bone Lake Owners: Terry L. & Kimberly R. Brenizer 2009 1,383.09 560 12% Annually 012-00135-0000 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 Pt NE 1/4 of NE 1/4 Associates Industrial Loan Company Sec 8 T36 R16 (393’ x 426’) Liens/Judgments:

Polk County, Wisconsin

026 Town of Bone Lake Owner: Thomas R. Warden 2009 644.13 584 12% Annually 012-00431-0000 SC 2009 165.00 Lot 6 CSM 554 V3 Pg 46 Loc in SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 & SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 Gov Lot 3 & 4 Sec 20 T36 R16

027 Town of Bone Lake Owner: Mark R. Holmgren & 2008 987.85 620 12% Annually 012-00645-0000 Patricia L. Lawrence SC 2008 165.00 Pt NE 1/4 of NE 1/4 Mortgage Holder: 2009 1,392.43 595 12% Annually Sec 27 T36 R16 exc Thomas D. Rogers & Margaret A. Rogers Hwy ROW Liens/Judgments: desc in V967 Pg 529 Diagnostic Radiology Associates

028 Town of Bone Lake Owner: Lawrence I. & Renea S. Miller 2009 193.76 596 12% Annually 012-00696-0000 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 Lot 2 CSM 3344 V15 Pg 111 Polk County, Wisconsin Loc in SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 Liens/Judgments: Sec 28 T36 R16 Americredit Financial Services Inc.

Polk County Clerk of Circuit Court

Per Wisconsin State Statute, all possible child support liens are listed. Because of the limitations of information in the Treasurer’s Office, they are based solely on name matches. While we are required to list them based on name matches, we understand that they may not be against the person indicated. This practice is consistent with ot her property tax foreclosure listings by County Treasurer’s Offices across the State of Wisconsin.

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001 Town of Clam Falls Owner: Seven Pines LLC 2009 8,816.93 703 12% Annually 014-00370-2000 Land Contract Holder: SC 2009 165.00 Lot 2 CSM 5412 V24 Leland Gohlike Pg 97, a div of Lot 2 Mortgage Holder: Glenn Mortenson CSM 4648 V20 Pg 200 Liens/Judgments: Sec 17 T37 R16 Ryan M. Benson

Lakes Gas Company Dept. of Workforce Development Dept. of Treasury - IRS

002 Town of Clam Falls Owners: Seven Pines LLC 2009 1,871.49 704 12% Annually 014-00370-2021 Land Contract Holder: SC 2009 165.00 Lot 21 CSM 5412 V24 Leland Gohlike Pg 97, a div of Lot 2 Mortgage Holder: Glenn Mortenson CSM 4648 V20 Pg 200 Liens/Judgments: Ryan M. Benson Sec 17 T37 R16 Lakes Gas Company

WI Dept. of Workforce Development Dept. of Treasury - IRS

003 Town of Clam Falls Owners: Gary & Marilyn Sederlund 2009 565.72 717 12% Annually 014-00470-0000 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 W 1/2 of SW 1/4 of NW 1/4, Beneficial Wisconsin Inc Sec 22 T37 R16 Liens/Judgements:

Marshfield Clinic

004 Town of Clam Falls Owner: Gary G. Wenthe 2009 845.63 739 12% Annually 014-00955-0000 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 Lots 9 and 10 First U.S. Bank NA ND Addition to Clam Falls Sec 13 T37 R16

005 Town of Clam Falls Owners: Gary C. Kendrick & 2009 460.20 743 12% Annually 014-01063-0000 Daniel J. Ziebell SC 2009 165.00 Lot 3 Plat of Nelson’s Clam Falls Park Addition Sec 13 T37 R16

006 Town of Clam Falls Owners: Louise & Grace Cervantez 2009 898.99 744 12% Annually 014-01071-0000 Lot 11 Plat of Nelson’s Clam Falls Park Addition Sec 13 T37 R16

007 Town of Clayton Owners: Dale & Catherine Stepan 2009 190.06 784 12% Annually 016-00505-0100 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 E 880’ of S 1/2 of SW 1/4 of Bremer Bank NA NW 1/4 Sec 22 T33 R15

008 Town of Clayton Owners: Arthur W. & Zara Renander 2009 348.42 805 12% Annually 016-00762-0100 Mortgage Holders: SC 2009 165.00 Lot 1 CSM 4380 V19 Michael D. & Cynthia A. Jensen Pg 161 Loc Gov Lot 2 Gwin Family Trust U/A Sec 31 T33 R15



011 Town of Clayton Owner: Judith R. Kingsbury 2009 426.33 820 12% Annually 016-00899-0000 Mortgage Holders: W 1/2 of NE 1/4 of SE 1/4 Bank One NA Sec 36 T33 R15 Citifinancial Inc.

012 Town of Clear Lake Owners: Daniel A. & Jeanine J. Vadnais 2009 746.03 840 12% Annually 018-00239-0000 Land Contract Holder: SC 2009 165.00 Pt of N 1/2 of SE 1/4 Joann Gunderson (Pahlow) Sec 11 T32 R15 as desc in Liens/Judgments: WI Dept. of Revenue V781 Pg 619 Country Comfort

Dental Arts Capital One Bank Dept. of the Treasury - IRS

013 Town of Lincoln Owner: Daniel A. & Jeanine J. Vadnais 2009 771.76 1576 12% Annually 032-00533-0000 Liens/Judgments: SC 2009 165.00 Pt of NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 St. of Wisconsin Dept. of Revenue Sec 21 T33 R 16 as desc in Country Comfort V824 Pg 496 Dental Arts

Capital One Bank Dept. of Treasury - IRS


014 Town of Clear Lake Owner: Garry A. Hollister 2008 2,334.28 814 12% Annually 018-00265-0000 Mortgage Holder: SC 2008 165.00 Lot 2 CSM 5505 V24 Farmers Home Administration 2009 3,383.80 847 12% Annually Pg 190 Loc in Liens/Judgments: E 1/2 of NE 1/4 of NE 1/4 Gerry Black Sec 13 T32 R15

015 Town of Clear Lake Owner: Greg E. Dodge 2009 447.77 850 12% Annually 018-00321-0000 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 NE 1/4 of NE 1/4 Citifinancial Inc. Sec 16 T32 R15 Liens/Judgments: Dept. of Treasury - IRS

016 Town of Clear Lake Owner: Greg E. Dodge 2009 1,145.83 851 12% Annually 018-00322-0000 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 Citifinancial Inc. Sec 16 T32 R15 Liens/Judgments: Dept. of Treasury - IRS

017 Town of Clear Lake Owner: Greg E. Dodge 2009 2,198.23 854 12% Annually 018-00330-0000 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 SW 1/4 of NW 1/4 Citifinancial Inc. Sec 16 T32 R15 Liens/Judgments: Dept. of Treasury - IRS

018 Town of Eureka Owner: Edward Thomas Cullen 2009 956.12 994 12% Annually 020-01081-0000 Land Contract Holder: SC 2009 165.00 Lot 5 CSM 3741 V17 Pg 4 Daniel W. Wiberg, Trustee Loc in NW 1/4 of SE 1/4 Liens/Judgments: Sec 11 T35 R19 Eckberg, Lammers, Briggs,

Wolff & Vierling PLLP

019 Town of Farmington Owner: Gary L. Cottor 2009 1,557.40 1033 12% Annually 022-00211-0000 Land Contract Holder: NE 1/4 of SE 1/4 Robert & Myrna Cotter Sec 9 T32 R19 Liens/Judgments: Capital One FSB

020 Town of Farmington Owner: Gary L. Cottor 2009 2,214.01 1045 12% Annually 022-00535-0100 Liens/Judgments: SC 2009 165.00 Lot 1 CSM 3473 V15 Capital One FSB Pg 240 Loc in NE 1/4 of SW 1/4 Sec 22 T32 R19

021 Town of Farmington Owners: Phillip & Pamela Collova 2009 490.16 1064 12% Annually 022-00779-0600 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 Lot 6 CSM 4447 V19 First National Bank of New Richmond Pg 228 a div of Lots 2 & 3 CSM 1870 V9 Pg 17 Sec 35 T32 R19

022 Town of Farmington Owners: Arlan G & Aziza Hanson 2009 1,703.32 1080 12% Annually 022-01111-0000 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 Pt Lot 1 CSM 0360 V2 Central Bank Pg 89 Loc in N 1/2 of Liens/Judgments: WI Dept. of Revenue SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 Dept. of Workforce Development Sec 34 T33 R 19 Central Bank desc V406 Pg 552 & N Operating Engineers Local #49 Hlth and 127’ of pcl desc V394 Wellfair Fund Pg 515 & V494 Pg 737 AnchorBank FSB

JH Larson Electrical Company Dept. of the Treasury - IRS

023 Town of Farmington Owners: Arlan G. & Aziza Hanson 2009 277.76 1082 12% Annually 022-01114-0000 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 Pt Lot 1 CSM 0360 V2 Central Bank Pg 89 Loc in SW 1/4 of Liens/Judgments: WI Dept. of Revenue SE 1/4 Sec 34 T33 R19 Dept. of Workforce Development as desc V558 pg 202 Central Bank

Operating Engineers Local #49 Hlth and Wellfair Fund AnchorBank FSB JH Larson Electrical Company Dept. of the Treasury - IRS

024 Town of Farmington Owners: Bradley J. & Diane I. Robinson 2009 1,032.73 1085 12% Annually 022-01165-0000 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 Lot 4 Country Village Plat Associates Financial Services Co. Sec 18 T32 R18 Liens/Judgments: Cumberland Memorial Hospital

Capital One Bank USA Polk County Child Support Agency

025 Town of Garfield Owner: Stephen T. Eggen 2009 117.95 1185 12% Annually 024-00669-0000 Mortgage Holder: Firstar Bank NA SC 2009 165.00 SW 1/4 of NW 1/4 Sec 32 Liens/Judgments: T33 R17 exc Lots 1, 2 & 3 WI Dept. of Revenue CSM 4532 V20 Pg 84 Dept. of the Treasury - IRS

026 Town of Georgetown Owners: Duane K. & Mary K. Strenke 2009 610.95 1240 12% Annually 026-00030-0000 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 NE 1/4 of SE 1/4 Loan Resolutions Holdings No 1 LLC Sec 2 T35 R16




















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POLK COUNTY TAX LIENS 2013-2 (Continued From Page 19) OWNER/MORTGAGE CO.

NO. DESCRIPTION LIEN/JUDGMENT HOLDER YEAR TAX AMT. TAX CERT.# INT. RATE

029 Town of Bone Lake Owners: Ronald R. Blair 2009 1,303.73 610 12% Annually 012-00755-0000 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 Pt SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 Community Bank of Sec 30 T36 R16 Cameron-Grantsburg desc V774 Pg 657

030 Town of Laketown Owner: Ronald R. Blair 2009 2,789.34 1473 12% Annually 030-00613-0000 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 SE 1/4 of SE 1/4 Sec 25 U.S. Bank, NA ND T36 R18 exc W 10 rds of S 16 rds & exc V284/145 for Hwy

031 Town of Sterling Owner: Ronald R. Blair 2009 4,204.87 2193 12% Annually 046-00570-0000 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 Pcl in Gov Lot 3 Sec 23 U.S. Bank, NA ND T36 R19 desc V326 Pg 198

032 Town of Sterling Owner: Ronald R. Blair 2009 918.22 2221 12% Annually 046-00901-0000 SA 2009 402.77 12% Annually Pt NE 1/4 of NE 1/4 Sec 36 DC 2009 328.60 12% Annually T36 R19 desc in V827 Pg 432 SC 2009 165.00


033 Town of Sterling Owner: Ronald R. Blair 2009 1,604.44 2237 12% Annually 046-01497-0000 SC 2009 165.00 Lot 4 Plat of Sunny Acres Sec 33 T36 R19

034 Town of Sterling Owner: Ronald R. Blair 2009 447.86 2238 12% Annually 046-01498-0000 SC 2009 165.00 Lot 5 Plat of Sunny Acres Sec 33 T36 R19

035 Town of Sterling Owner: Ronald R. Blair 2009 447.86 2239 12% Annually 046-01499-0000 SC 2009 165.00 Lot 6 Plat of Sunny Acres Sec 33 T36 R19

036 Town of Bone Lake Owners: Jon N. Larsen & 2009 533.57 632 12% Annually 012-00944-0000 Patricia J. Riley SC 2009 165.00 Lot 3 CSM 570 V3 Pg 62 being pt of W 1/2 of NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 Sec 36 T36 R16

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027 Town of Georgetown Owner: Anthony I. Forster 2009 36.58 1252 12% Annually 026-00205-0000 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 Lot 1 CSM 0072 V1 Pg 73 Sterling Bank Loc in Gov Lot 4 Sec 6 T35 R16

028 Town of Georgetown Owner: Anthony I. Forster dba 2009 91.65 1253 12% Annually 026-00223-0000 A & A Investments SC 2009 165.00 Lot 1 CSM 1391 V6 Pg 207 Mortgage Holder: Loc in Gov Lot 1 Sterling Bank Sec 7 T35 R16

029 Town of Milltown Owner: Anthony I. Forster 2009 94.63 1849 12% Annually 040-00183-0000 Mortgage Holder: Sterling Bank SC 2009 165.00 NE 1/4 of SW 1/4 Liens/Judgments: Bobbye Svitak Sec 7 T35 R17 Cumberland Memorial Hospital

Dept. of Workforce Development Dept. of the Treasury - IRS

030 Town of Milltown Owner: Anthony I. Forster 2009 800.73 1850 12% Annually 040-00187-0000 Mortgage Holder: Sterling Bank SC 2009 165.00 SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 Sec 7 Liens/Judgments: Bobbye Svitak T35 R17 exc parcels in Cumberland Memorial Hospital V279 Pg 219 and in Dept. of Workforce Development V534 Pg 78 Dept. of the Treasury - IRS


031 Town of West Sweden Owner: Anthony I. Forster Living Trust 2009 347.47 2263 12% Annually 048-00412-0000 SC 2009 165.00 NW 1/4 of NW 1/4 Sec 17 T37 R17

032 Village of Milltown Owners: Anthony I. & 2009 26.13 2588 12% Annually 151-00065-0000 Annabelle M. Forster SC 2009 165.00 S 28.4’ of Lot 2 and all of Lot 3 Blk A First Add of the Village of Milltown

033 Village of Milltown Owner: Anthony I. Forster, 2009 68.28 2589 12% Annually 151-00073-0000 Trustee of the SC 2009 165.00 Lot 5 Block B First Add Anthony Michael Forster to the Village of Milltown Special Needs Trust or

Successor Trustees

034 Town of Georgetown Owner: Ronald G. Wilkins 2009 539.00 1256 12% Annually 026-00256-0000 SC 2009 165.00 Pt of NE 1/4 of NE 1/4 Sec 8 T35 R16 as desc in V650 Pg 742

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LUNCH Tacos or enchiladas, baked whole- grain rice, refried beans, mixed vege - tables, pineapple tidbits.

FRIDAY TUESDAY MONDAY THURSDAY

LUNCH Macaroni & cheese, fish nuggets, corn, salad, sliced peaches.

BREAKFAST Cinni-mini.

LUNCH Tacos, assorted toppings, refried beans, corn OR chicken-strip salad.

BREAKFAST Bagel and PBJ.

LUNCH Cheeseburger, french fries, fresh fruit OR tuna salad.

WEBSTER LUNCH

Full salad bar OR black bean enchi - lada, salsa, salad OR baked chicken, sweet potato wedges, green beans, peaches, fresh fruit.

LUNCH Pizza dippers, marinara sauce, salad, pineapple, fresh fruit.

ST. CROIX FALLS

NO SCHOOL

BREAKFAST Breakfast pizza.

LUNCH Baked potato bar, ham, cheese, broccoli, apricots. Alt.: Turkey crois - sant.

UNITY BREAKFAST

French toast sticks. LUNCH

Potato bowl, popcorn chicken, gravy, corn, veggies, fruit and milk.

BREAKFAST Yogurt parfait.

LUNCH Barbecues, bun OR PBJ, baked beans, chips, veggies, fruit and milk.

LUCK BREAKFAST

Breakfast pizza. LUNCH

Entrees: Choose 1 - Cardinal burger bar OR turkey/cheese on a bun, french fries, steamed carrots, salad greens, mandarin oranges, banana.

BREAKFAST Egg/cheese muffin.

LUNCH Entrees: Choose 1 - Sausage or cheese pizza OR ham/cheese on a bun, juice, green beans, salad greens, applesauce, melon.

BREAKFAST Waffles & strawberries.

LUNCH Hot ham & cheese, potato wedges, green beans, pears. Alt.: Egg salad sandwich.

BREAKFAST Pancakes.

LUNCH Pizza, baby carrots, dip OR ham salad.

NO SCHOOL

BREAKFAST Cinnamon roll.

LUNCH Entrees: Choose 1 - Hot dog OR PBJ sandwich, hash browns, baked beans, salad greens, peaches, water - melon.

BREAKFAST Egg & cheese muffin.

LUNCH Hot dog, bun, baked chips, baked beans, peaches. Alt.: Fish wedge, bun.

LUNCH Grilled cheese, tomato soup, crack - ers, fresh veggies, dip, pickle spear, fresh pear.

LUNCH Grilled chicken burger with fixings, potato salad, chips, vegetable med - ley, applesauce.

BREAKFAST Belgian waffles.

LUNCH Chicken nuggets, rice, asparagus, veggies, fruit and milk.

BREAKFAST Lumberjack.

LUNCH Grilled chicken patty, baked potato with cheese sauce, veggies, fruit and milk.

SIREN BREAKFAST

Breakfast pizza, juice and milk. LUNCH

Beef and gravy over rice, steamed and assorted veggies, fruit cocktail, grapes. Alt.: Chicken fajita wrap.

BREAKFAST Assorted cereal and toast, juice and milk.

LUNCH Peanut butter & jelly with yogurt, car - rots, celery, peas, applesauce, oranges. Alt.: Beef & cheese enchiladas.

BREAKFAST Pancake & sausage on a stick, juice and milk.

LUNCH Soup & sandwich on a whole-grain bun, lettuce, tomato, assorted veg - gies, peas, pears, apples. Alt.: Brat.


LUNCH Baked chicken, mashed potatoes, steamed corn, lettuce salad, dinner roll, cinnamon apple slices. Alt.: Meatball sub.


LUNCH Hot dog on a whole-grain bun, french fries, baked beans, assorted veggies, peaches, banana. Alt.: Cook’s choice.

BREAKFAST Breakfast pizza.

LUNCH Chicken nuggets, tritaters, raw veg - gies, dip, oatmeal cookie OR beef- taco salad.

BREAKFAST Combo bar.

LUNCH BBQ pork, bun, waffle fries, broccoli, dip OR Oriental salad.

LUNCH Cheeseburger w/fixings, french fries, baked beans, pudding, fresh fruit.

BREAKFAST Waffles, sausage.

LUNCH Entrees: Choose 1 - Salisbury steak with noodles OR yogurt, bread stick, steamed corn, salad greens, apple - sauce, melon.

BREAKFAST Yogurt parfait.

LUNCH Entrees: Choose 1 - Breaded chicken strips OR ham/cheese on a bun, macaroni & cheese, steamed broccoli, salad greens, pears, oranges.

LUNCH Full salad bar OR chili, corn bread muffin with honey butter, coleslaw, pears, fresh fruit.

BREAKFAST Cheese omelet, potatoes, 1 slice of toast.

LUNCH Chicken nuggets, scalloped potatoes, peas and carrots, applesauce.

BREAKFAST Breakfast pocket.

LUNCH Pizza dippers, sauce, green beans OR yogurt, bread, veggies, fruit and milk.

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001 Town of Johnstown Owners: Michael T. & Connie J. Minteer 2009 956.95 1413 12% Annually 028-00859-0000 Liens/Judgments: SC 2009 165.00 N 210’ of W 240’ of Cumberland Clinic SE 1/4 of NW 1/4 Lakeview Medical Center Sec 34 T35 R15

002 Town of Laketown Owners: James W. & Debra K. Mattson 2009 559.27 1420 12% Annually 030-00026-0000 Mortgage Holders: SC 2009 165.00 NW 1/4 of SE 1/4 Firstar Home Mortgage Corp Sec 1 T36 R18 Bank of America NA

Liens/Judgments: Midland Funding LLC Precision Recovery Analytics Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC Main Street Acquisition Corp Capital One Bank USA Platinum Financial Services

003 Town of Laketown Owner: Jeffrey A. Ayde 2009 524.47 1452 12% Annually 030-00289-0000 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 Pcl of land in the W 1/2 of Central Bank NE 1/4 Sec 12 T36 R18 Liens/Judgments: Desc in Doc 749498 Adam C. Benson

004 Town of Laketown Owner: Tony Lee Jenson 2009 1,959.73 1492 12% Annually 030-00863-0000 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 Pt S 1/2 of SW 1/4 Sec 34 U.S. Bank NA ND T36 R18 desc in V548 Pg 420 plus 15’ strip adjacent to V565 Pg 348

005 Town of Laketown Owner: Tony Lee Jenson 2009 505.66 1493 12% Annually 030-00864-0000 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 U.S. Bank NA ND Sec 34 T36 R18 exc pcl 363’ x 1320’ and exc 15’ strip

006 Town of Laketown Owner: Calvin Jacobson 2009 664.57 1507 12% Annually 030-00928-0000 Liens/Judgments: SC 2009 165.00 Lot 8 Plat of Peterson & Bank One National Association Nelson Shores Sec 4 T36 R18

007 Town Lincoln Owners: William A. & 2009 667.03 1520 12% Annually 032-00033-0000 Katherine L. Hanson SC 2009 165.00 N 164’ of the S 539’ of the Mortgage Holder: Conti Mortgage Corp. W 390’ of the NW 1/4 Liens/Judgments: Asset Acceptance of SE 1/4 Sec 2 T33 R16 Capital One Bank

Capital One Bank Bayfield Financial Capital One Bank Country Pride Cooperative Port Valhalla Inc. Novitzke Gust & Gust Asset Acceptance Currahee Financial Target National Bank Unifund CCR Partners Lee J. Olson

008 Town of Lincoln Owner: Steven K. Howell 2009 185.14 1580 12% Annually 032-00565-0100 Liens/Judgments: SC 2009 165.00 Lot 1 CSM 3646 V16 Douglas K. Sarchet Pg 159 loc in Gov Lot 1 Vicki E. Main Sec 21 T33 R16 WESTconsin Credit Union

Discover Bank Polk County Clerk of Circuit Court Dept. of the Treasury - IRS

009 Town of Lincoln Owner: Steven K. Howell 2009 56.11 1581 12% Annually 032-00565-0120 Liens/Judgments: SC 2009 165.00 Lot 3 CSM 3646 V16 Douglas K. Sarchet Pg 159 loc in Gov Lot 1 Vicki E. Main Sec 21 T33 R16 WESTconsin Credit Union

Discover Bank Polk County Clerk of Circuit Court Dept. of the Treasury - IRS

010 Town of Lincoln Owner: Steven K. Howell 2009 448.22 1590 12% Annually 032-00653-0000 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 S 148’ of E 502’ F & M Bank - Wisconsin of the SE 1/4 of NW 1/4 Liens/Judgments: Douglas K. Sarchet Sec 23 T33 R16 Vicki E. Main

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011 Town of Lincoln Owners: David J. Langworthy, 2009 1,918.77 1585 12% Annually 032-00614-0000 Holly L. Garland Langworthy SC 2009 165.00 SW 1/4 of NE 1/4 Mortgage Holder: Sec 22 T33 R16 Altra Federal Credit Union

012 Town of Lincoln Owners: David J. Langworthy 2009 1,353.99 1586 12% Annually 032-00615-0000 Holly L. Garland Langworthy SC 2009 165.00 SE 1/4 of NE 1/4 Mortgage Holder: Sec 22 T33 R16 Altra Federal Credit Union

013 Town of Lincoln Owner: Barry E. Nielsen 2008 1,206.08 1502 12% Annually 032-00791-0000 Other Interested Party: 2009 1,055.39 1596 12% Annually Lot 2 CSM 1488 V7 Pg 65 Occupant, 785 N. Bend St. Sec 28 T33 R16

014 Town of Lincoln Owner: William E. Niemi 2009 96.32 1614 12% Annually 032-01048-0000 SC 2009 165.00 W 318’ of SW 1/4 of NW 1/4 Sec 35 T33 R16 exc N 615’ thereof

015 Town of Lincoln Owner: Anthony A. Heintz 2009 1,402.92 1653 12% Annually 032-01664-0000 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 Lot 10 Plat of Rehm’s S & C Bank (now Royal Credit Union) Riverview Sec 4 T33 R16

016 Town of Lorain Owners: John T. & Cathleen F. Dziadus 2009 13.21 1704 12% Annually 034-00712-0000 Land Contract Holder: SC 2009 165.00 E 174’ of W 2247’of the J.D. Bergman Corporation NE 1/4 exc N 1282’ thereof (SE 1/4 of NE 1/4) Sec 36 T37 R15

017 Town of Luck Owner: Scott A. Hackett 2009 248.83 1717 12% Annually 036-00159-0000 NE 1/4 of NE 1/4 Sec 7 T36 R17

018 Town of Luck Owners: Shawn M. & Autumn M. Hutton 2009 925.82 1741 12% Annually 036-00558-0000 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 Lot 1 CSM 5378 V24 William & Christine Erickson Pg 63 Sec 24 T36 R17 Liens/Judgments:

St. Croix Regional Medical Center Country Comfort

019 Town of Luck Owner: John R. Marsh 2009 265.40 1761 12% Annually 036-00912-0000 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 Lot 2 CSM 4792 V21 First Federal Capital Bank Pg 119 Sec 31 T36 R17 Liens/Judgments: Loc in Lots 5, 6 & 7 Wisconsin Dept. of Revenue Block 2 Jens S. Pedersen’s MRC Receivables Corporation Subdivision of Associated Bank NA E 1/2 of NE 1/4 of NE 1/4 Dept. of the Treasury - IRS

020 Town of McKinley Owner: Gerald O. Evenson 2009 938.58 1762 12% Annually 038-00015-0000 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 AnchorBank fsb Sec 1 T36 R15 exc Hwy

021 Town of McKinley Owners: Donald C. & 2009 734.55 1826 12% Annually 038-00857-0000 Rebecca J. Seaquist SC 2009 165.00 Lot 2 Plat of Sunrise Roost Sec 10 T36 R15

022 Town of Milltown Owners: Christopher D. & 2009 240.22 1865 12% Annually 040-00329-0000 Michelle Madison SC 2009 165.00 Pt NW 1/4 of SW 1/4 Sec 12 T35 R17 desc V527 Pg 51

023 Town of Milltown Owner: Lon M. Scheele 2009 2,422.45 1880 12% Annually 040-00447-0000 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 Lot 2 CSM 2193 V10 S & C Bank (now RCU) Pg 117 Loc in NW 1/4 of Liens/Judgments: NW 1/4 Sec 16 T35 R17 Wisconsin Dept. of Revenue

024 Village of Frederic Owner: Lon M. Scheele 2009 822.57 2592 12% Annually 151-00079-0000 Land Contract Holder: SC 2009 165.00 Lot 7 Block C First Polk County Bank (now RCU) Addition to the Village Mortgage Holder: of Milltown Sec 8 T35 R17 Polk County Bank (now RCU)

Liens/Judgments: Wisconsin Dept. of Revenue

025 Town of Milltown Owner: Jeffry A. & Patricia A. McArdle 2009 3,502.00 1901 12% Annually 040-00923-0000 SC 2009 165.00 Lot B CSM 0244 V1 Pg 247 Loc in Gov Lot 2 Sec 27 T35 R17




















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026 Town of Milltown Owner: Mark Palmer 2009 104.09 1914 12% Annually 040-01153-0000 SC 2009 165.00 nka 040-01555-2800 Lot 28 Kemah Shores Assessors Plat No 1 Sec 34 T35 R17

027 Town of Milltown Owner: Hagman Construction Inc. 2009 490.60 1928 12% Annually 040-01357-0000 SC 2009 165.00 Lot 25 CSM 1024 V5 Pg 14 Sec 36 T35 R17

028 Town of Milltown Owner: Hagman Construction Inc. 2009 442.32 1929 12% Annually 040-01358-0000 SC 2009 165.00 Lot 26 CSM 1024 V5 Pg 14 Sec 36 T35 R17

029 Town of Milltown Owner: Virginia J. Wahlquist Trust 2009 1,702.03 1930 12% Annually 040-01447-0000 SC 2009 165.00 Lot 1 CSM 5091 V22 Pg 198 Being Pt Lots 13 & 14 Plat of Green Bay of Half Moon Lake in Gov Lot 1 Sec 25 T35 R17

030 Town of Osceola Owner: Darin N. Youngmark 2009 468.15 1941 12% Annually 042-00133-0500 SC 2009 165.00 Lot 5 CSM 5017 V22 Pg 124 loc in pt W 1/2 of NE 1/4 SW 1/4 Sec 6 T33 R18

031 Town of Osceola Owner: Elton E. Babbitt 2009 3,107.78 1996 12% Annually 042-00782-0200 SC 2009 165.00 Lot 2 CSM 3732 V16 Pg 245 loc in NE 1/4 of SW 1/4 Sec 31 T33 R18

032 Town of Osceola Owner: Cole J. Gile 2009 371.16 1997 12% Annually 042-00782-0800 SC 2009 165.00 Lot 8 CSM 3874 V17 Pg 137 Loc in NE 1/4 of SW 1/4 Sec 31 T33 R18

033 Town of Osceola Owners: Gerald J. & Jeannine B. Smith 2009 92.74 2034 12% Annually 042-01332-0200 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 Lot 2 Plat of Poplar Lake WESTconsin Credit Union Estates Sec 3 T33 R18





















053 Town of Osceola Owners: Gerald J & Jeannine B. Smith 2009 115.29 2057 12% Annually 042-01332-3100 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 Lot 31 Plat of Poplar Lake WESTconsin Credit Union Estates Sec 3 T33 R18






059 Town of Osceola Owner: John M. Bona & 2009 442.02 2064 12% Annually 042-01333-0500 Jennifer J. LaValla SC 2009 165.00 Lot 5 Blk 1 Plat of Mortgage Holder: Horse Lake Hideaway M & I Marshall & Ilsley Bankx Sec 23 T33 R18 M & I Marshall & Ilsley Bank

James Roger Hendrickson

POLK COUNTY TAX LIENS 2013-4 (cont’d.)

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April is Child Abuse Prevention Month

POLK COUNTY - The National Blue Ribbon Cam-paign began in Virginia in 1989 when a grandmother, Bonnie W. Finney, tied a blue ribbon to the antenna of her van to make people wonder. The story she told to inquisitive community members was a tragic story about the abuse of her grandchildren and ultimate brutal death of her grandson.

This story demonstrates the effect that just one con-cerned citizen can have on raising public awareness of child abuse and in promoting prevention. Since Finney

-lions of people across the country have participated in blue ribbon campaigns.

Each year, more people join the effort by wearing blue ribbons, encouraging others to wear and display them, and getting involved in community activities to make

“It had been so long since I sat by my grandson’s side in the hospital. I knew something was wrong as I sat there, I saw fear on his face, the bruises on his body, and the healing cigarette burns on his hands. His doctor did not believe my daughter’s story - ’He fell in slippery

water in the bathtub.’ After the ordeal at the hospital, my grandson was placed into foster care for three weeks. He cried when they came to take him back to his mother. I ached for his dilemma, but I was not physically able to care for him. I never saw him again.

“My 16-month-old grand-daughter was hospitalized after being beaten severely. Her leg was broken in four places and her hand was burned from the tip of her lit-

only then that the search was on for my grandson. We learned that he had been killed, wrapped in a sheet, stuffed in a toolbox and dumped into the dismal swamp three months earlier.

“My grandchildren had suffered and battled so much throughout their young lives that it sickened me. My life was turned into physical and mental chaos. My ef-forts to understand became a plea to stop abusing chil-

dren. I tied a blue ribbon on my van antenna to make people wonder. Why blue? I intend never to forget the battered, bruised bodes of my grandchildren. Blue serves

our children.”April is Child Abuse Prevention Month through-

out the nation and, more to the point, throughout Polk County. The Polk County Child Advocacy Referral Inter-agency Network Group asks all county citizens to take

support children and families. Children don’t come with an instruction booklet and too many parents face the challenges of raising their children without the knowl-edge and support they need and deserve. We all have opportunities to reach out to parents in our own families, neighborhoods, place of worship, and place of employ-ment.

Throughout the month of April, the group will be promoting a countywide blue ribbon campaign through various activities. You may notice blue ribbon yard signs and parenting information throughout the communities, hear information over the radio, see articles in the paper and talk to your kids about what they heard at school.

Stop child abuse! Together, we can make sure it doesn’t hurt to be a child. - submitted

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001 Town of Sterling Owners: Donald R. Patterson & 2009 630.64 2161 12% Annually 046-001610000 Kathleen L. Theisen SC 2009 165.00 E 1/2 of SE 1/4 of NW 1/4 Land Contract Holders: exc pcl desc V408 Pg 816 Thomas F. Anderson, Sec 8 T36 R19 James T. Anderson & Janet E. Anderson

002 Town of Sterling Owners: Donald R. Patterson & 2009 539.86 2162 12% Annually 046-00162-0000 Kathleen L. Theisen SC 2009 165.00 E 1/2 of W 1/2 of SE 1/4 Land Contract Holders: of NW 1/4 Sec 8 T36 R19 Thomas F. Anderson,

James T. Anderson & Janet E. Anderson

003 Town of Sterling Owners: Timothy S. & 2009 959.12 2197 12% Annually 046-00628-0000 Rebecca J. Derrick SC 2009 165.00 Lot 1 CSM 1464 V7 Pg 41 St. Croix Regional Medical Center exc W 6.5’ of the S 85’ Sec 25 T36 R19

004 Town of Sterling Owner: Phillip R. Brenizer 2009 189.61 2200 12% Annually 046-00664-0000 Mortgage Holder: Lake Area Bank SC 2009 165.00 SW 1/4 of NW 1/4 Liens/Judgments: Sec 27 T36 R19 St. Croix Regional Medical Center

005 Town of Sterling Owner: Phillip R. Brenizer 2009 529.12 2201 12% Annually 046-00665-0000 Mortgage Holder: Lake Area Bank SC 2009 165.00 SE 1/4 of NW 1/4 Liens/Judgments: Sec 27 T36 R19 St. Croix Regional Medical Center

006 Town of Sterling Owners: Timothy B. & Anna M. Hasty 2009 182.39 2211 12% Annually 046-00791-0100 SC 2009 165.00 Pt SW 1/4 of NE 1/4 Sec 33 T36 R19

007 Town of Sterling Owners: Christine Bello & James O’Hera 2009 854.79 2235 12% Annually 046-01490-0000 SC 2009 165.00 E 1/2 of Lot 2 Sunny Acres Sec 33 T36 R19

008 Town West Sweden Owner: Thomas F. Nordmeyer 2009 175.48 2247 12% Annually 048-00079-0100 SC 2009 165.00 W 247.5’ of E 742.5’ of N 550’ of Gov Lot 3 Sec 4 T37 R17

009 Town West Sweden Owner: Thomas F. Nordmeyer 2009 1,232.81 2297 12% Annually 048-00905-0000 SC 2009 165.00 Lot 17 Blk 2 Setzer’s Addition Sec 27 T37 R17

010 Town West Sweden Owner: John Lindell 2009 874.89 2248 12% Annually 048-00109-0000 SC 2009 165.00 S 660’ of W 800’ of SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 Sec 5 T37 R17 Exc W 1/2 thereof

011 Town West Sweden Owner: John Lindell 2009 224.54 2249 12% Annually 048-00110-0000 SC 2009 165.00 W 1/2 of S 660’ of W 800’ of SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 Sec 5 T37 R17

012 Town West Sweden Owners: James S. & Darlene R. Cross 2009 211.99 2261 12% Annually 048-00372-0000 Liens/Judgments: SC 2009 165.00 All that Pt SE 1/4 of St. Croix Regional Medical Center SW 1/4 lying W & N of ROW of Railway Sec 15 T37 R17

013 Town West Sweden Owner: Myrvin P. Poirier 2009 1,120.36 2271 12% Annually 048-00561-0000 Mortgage Holder: Polk County Bank SC 2009 165.00 Pcl in E 1/2 of SE 1/4 Sec 23 T37 R17

014 Town West Sweden Owner: Sandra Lynn Hoff 2009 292.83 2275 12% Annually 048-00646-0000 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 SE 1/4 of NW 1/4 exc U.S. Bank National Association W 30 rds Sec 28 T37 R17 Liens/Judgments: Doar Drill & Skow

St. Croix Regional Medical Center Polk County Clerk of Circuit Court Village of Frederic; Village of Milltown

015 Town West Sweden Owner: Sandra Lynn Hoff 2009 1,309.47 2276 12% Annually 048-00649-0000 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 Pt NE 1/4 of SW 1/4 U.S. Bank National Association Sec 28 T37 R17 Liens/Judgments: Doar Drill & Skow

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016 Town West Sweden Owner: Sandra Lynn Hoff 2009 42.30 2304 12% Annually 048-00951-0000 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 Lot 4 William J. Starr’s U.S. Bank National Association Subdiv of NW 1/4 of SE 1/4 Liens/Judgments: Sec 28 T37 R17 St. Croix Regional Medical Center

Doar Drill & Skow Polk County Clerk of Circuit Court Village of Frederic Village of Milltown

017 Town West Sweden Owner: Sandra Lynn Hoff 2009 13.02 2305 12% Annually 048-00952-0000 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 All that part of Lot 5 U.S. Bank National Association William J. Starr’s Subdiv Liens/Judgments: of the NW 1/4 of SE 1/4 St. Croix Regional Medical Center lying N of hwy running Doar Drill & Skow E & W Sec 28 T37 R17 Polk County Clerk of Circuit Court

Village of Frederic Village of Milltown

018 Village of Balsam Lake Owners: Herbert M. & Mary H. Richardson 2009 1,790.70 2332 12% Annually 106-00459-0000 Mortgage Holder: DC 2009 279.22 12% Annually N 166’ of S 216’ of PNC Bank National Association SC 2009 165.00 E 193’ of Gov Lot 5 Sec 3 T34 R17

019 Village of Centuria Owner: Gary Koethe 2009 1,122.73 2350 12% Annually 111-00104-0000 Mortgage Holder: Equity One Inc. SC 2009 165.00 Pt of Lots 67 & 68 Liens/Judgments: Assessor’s Plat Village of Western National Mutual Insurance Co. Centuria V923 Pg 801 Asset Acceptance Sec 11 T34 R18 Other Interested Party: Shannon Koethe

020 Village of Clayton Owners: Travis A. & Kaija J. Johnson 2009 86.40 2389 12% Annually 112-00103-0000 Mortgage Holders: SC 2009 165.00 Lot 10 Block 6 U.S. Bank National Association ND First Addition to the Village Village of Clayton of Clayton Sec 24 T33 R15 Liens/Judgments:

Jackson County Child Support Agency Marinette County Child Support Agency

021 Village of Clayton Owners: Travis A. & Kaija J. Johnson 2009 86.40 2391 12% Annually 112-00105-0000 Mortgage Holders: SC 2009 165.00 Lot 12 Block 6 First U.S. Bank National Association ND Addition to the Village of Village of Clayton Clayton Sec 24 T33 R15 Liens/Judgments:








025 Village of Clayton Owners: Lee Gregory Harris 2009 2,318.98 2419 12% Annually 112-00330-0000 & Rose Castona SC 2009 165.00 Lot 20 Berghammer & Mortgage Holder: Matson Addition Village of Clayton Sec 24 T33 R15 Land Contract Holders:

Leonard E. & O. Geraldine Harris

026 Village of Dresser Owner: Wilemar W. Studtman 2009 1,120.11 2484 12% Annually 116-00297-0100 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 Lot 1 CSM 2988 V14 Pg 10 Schanon Mortgage Loc in Outlots 25 & 27 Liens/Judgments: Assessors Plat Sec 7 Central Bank T33 R18




















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027 Village of Frederic Owner: Thomas F. Sofie 2009 84.15 2501 12% Annually 126-00022-0000 SC 2009 165.00 Lot 4 Block 3 Original Plat to the Village of Frederic Sec 27 T37 R17

028 Village of Frederic Owner: Laurie A. Johnson 2009 1,053.75 2516 12% Annually 126-00283-0000 Mortgage Holders: Bremer Bank DC 2009 152.13 12% Annually Two pcls in Lot 5 Village of Frederic SC 2009 165.00 Block 2 Park Addition Liens/Judgments: Sec 27 T37 R17 Cincinnati Insurance Company

Lac Du Flambeau County Child Support Agency

029 Village of Luck Owners: Douglas G. & Lori A. Johnson 2009 627.47 2558 12% Annually 146-00167-0000 Mortgage Holders: SC 2009 165.00 Pt Lots 3 & 4 Block 13 Rural American Bank - Luck Second Addition Lawson Village of Luck City Sec 28 T36 R17

030 Village of Luck Owner: Johnson Rental Properties Inc 2009 711.53 2564 12% Annually 146-00266-0000 Other Interested Party: SC 2009 165.00 Lot 12 Block 4 Plat of Cherokee State Bank Lawson Sec 28 T36 R17

031 Village of Luck Owners: John M. & Judy L. Harri 2009 2,353.65 2571 12% Annually 146-00453-0000 Land Contract Holder: SC 2009 165.00 Lot 3 CSM 104 V1 Eldore R. Trulson Pg 105 Pt Gov Lot 2 Sec 27 T36 R17

032 Village of Milltown Owner: GWF LLC 2009 204.00 2587 12% Annually 151-00064-0010 SC 2009 165.00 Lot 2 exc S 28.4’ thereof, Block A First Addition to the Village of Milltown Sec 8 T35 R17

033 Village of Milltown Owners: Gordon & Vida Meland 2009 1,005.84 2606 12% Annually 151-00219-0000 SC 2009 165.00 Pt SW 1/4 SW 1/4 Sec 8 T35 R17

034 Village of Milltown Owner: DLM Companies Inc. 2005 204.85 1881 12% Annually 151-00235-0000 Liens/Judgments: WI Dept. of Revenue DC 2005 1,054.94 12% Annually Pt Lot 3 CSM 337 V2 Society Insurance SC 2005 165.00 Pg 65 Sec 8 T35 R17 WI Dept. of Workforce Development 2006 201.56 1819 12% Annually

2007 201.23 12% Annually 2008 176.08 2520 12% Annually 2009 156.60 2607 12% Annually

035 Village of Milltown Owners: Donald L. & Laura S. Michaelson 2009 2,827.99 2608 12% Annually 151-00242-0000 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 Pt SE 1/4 SW 1/4 & Emmert & Sons pcl being pt Lot 1 CSM Liens/Judgments: 1983 V9 Pg 131 desc V513 WI Dept. of Workforce Development Pg 573 & V699 Pg 267 Condon Payless Tire & Exhaust Inc. Sec 8 T35 R17 Polk County Clerk of Circuit Court

Capital One Bank USA Dept. of the Treasury - IRS

036 Village of Milltown Owner: Madileen F. Bourasa 2008 1,442.32 2540 12% Annually 151-00367-1900 Mortgage Holder: SC 2008 165.00 Lot 19 Hasta La Vista Twin City Packing Inc. 2009 2,313.28 2632 12% Annually Sec 18 T35 R17 Liens/Judgments:

Capital One Bank USA


037 Village of Milltown Owners: Todd R. Erickson & 2008 383.42 2544 12% Annually 151-00419-0000 Nancy M. Johnson SC 2008 115.00 Lot 27 Pixie Acres Mobile Mortgage Holder: Village of Milltown 2009 357.10 2637 12% Annually Home Second Addition Liens/Judgments: Sec 8 T35 R17 Polk County Clerk of Circuit Court

Amery Regional Medical Center St. Croix Regional Medical Rock County Child Support Agency

038 Village of Osceola Owner: John W. O’Shaughnessy 2009 2,532.07 2652 12% Annually 165-00108-0000 Land Contract Holders: SA 2009 577.09 12% Annually Lot 3 Block 18 exc N 24’, Thomas D. & Margaret A. Rogers DC 2009 684.41 12% Annually Original Plat of the SC 2009 165.00 Village of Osceola Sec 27 T33 R19

039 Village of Osceola Owner: Wandsnider Properties LLC 2009 2,984.70 2690 12% Annually 165-00592-0000 SA 2009 175.56 12% Annually Pt Outlot 165 of the Outlot DC 2009 154.38 12% Annually Plat of Village of Osceola SC 2009 165.00 V971 Pg 987 Sec 27 T33 R19

040 Village of Osceola Owners: JMS Property Management Inc. 2009 23.01 2693 12% Annually 165-00601-0130 Mortgage Holder: SC 2009 165.00 Unit 130 Osceola First State Bank of Wyoming Cottages Condominium Sec 26 T33 R19

041 Village of Osceola Owner: Scott A. Herbert 2009 1,931.01 2701 12% Annually 165-00762-0000 SC 2009 165.00 Lot 36 Smith’s Addition Sec 27 T33 R19

042 Village of Osceola Owner: Jason Pierre 2008 2,468.45 2665 12% Annually 165-00844-0040 Mortgage Holders:The RiverBank SC 2008 165.00 Lot 40 Gateway Meadows Central Bank 2009 2,616.47 2717 12% Annually Sec 26 T33 R19 Land Contract Holder: SA 2009 154.31 12% Annually

Mikbrico of Wisconsin LLC DC 2009 582.40 12% Annually Liens/Judgments: Polk County Clerk of Circuit Court Dept. of the Treasury - IRS

043 Village of Osceola Owner: Redline Homes LLC 2009 642.51 2718 12% Annually 165-00844-0051 Mortgage Holder: SA 2009 37.08 12% Annually Lot 51 Gateway Meadows Community National Bank SC 2009 165.00 Sec 26 T33 R19

044 Village of Osceola Owner: Redline Homes LLC 2009 608.00 2722 12% Annually 165-00844-0090 Mortgage Holder: SA 2009 35.09 12% Annually Lot 90 Gateway Meadows Community Resource Bank SC 2009 165.00 Sec 26 T33 R19

045 City of Amery Owners: Denise J. Gaetz & 2009 2,320.75 2829 12% Annually 201-00816-0000 Danielson D. Carlson SC 2009 165.00 Lot 1 CSM 3551 V16 Liens/Judgments: Pg 64 Loc Gov Lot 1 Amery Regional Medical Center Sec 28 T33 R16 Polk County Clerk of Circuit Court

046 City of St Croix Falls Owner: Sheila A. Lindahl 2009 1,998.03 2926 12% Annually 281-01055-0000 Mortgage Holders: SC 2009 165.00 N 118’ of E 160’ of S 278’ The RiverBank of Lot 66 of the Wells Fargo Financial Bank Assessor’s Plat of the Other Interested Party: City of St. Croix Falls Gary Spreiter Sec 19 T34 R18

POLK COUNTY TAX LIENS 2013-5 (cont’d.)

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Community coalition and police join forces to prevent teen drinking

Soil health matters

BURNETT COUNTY - April is Alco-hol Awareness Month, thus the Burnett County Adolescent AODA Prevention Coalition and Burnett County Law En-forcement have joined forces to prevent adult-hosted drinking parties in Burnett County using the Parents Who Host Lose

Drinking campaign. Parents Who Host Lose the Most is a

community effort that alerts parents to the legal and health-related consequences of purchasing, providing or pouring alco-hol for anyone under age 21, other than their own child. As part of the campaign, coalition members provide information

about the dangers of underage drinking, the legal consequences of hosting under-age drinking in your home and how par-ents and other family members can host safe and fun alcohol-free events for youth.

“Too many people think underage drinking is harmless or worse, accept-able, if parents take car keys away from youth. Every year we hear about teens dying from alcohol poisoning, alcohol-related crashes and drowning that occur after adults provide alcohol to youth,” said Lil Piñero, Drug Free Communities Grant coordinator for the Burnett County Adolescent AODA Prevention Coalition.

“Nobody has the right to endanger the

welfare of someone else’s child by pro-viding them with alcohol. Other parents can’t provide permission for you to serve their kids alcohol. In fact, those who host

to $500 per underage youth. Simply put, this could be up to $10,000 for a party of 20 underage youth,” she added.

“The Burnett County law enforcement takes underage drinking and the adults who sell or serve alcohol to youth very seriously,” said Sheriff Dean Roland. In-dividuals who purchase, provide or pour alcohol for anyone under age 21, except their own child, is breaking the law and will be charged under state or municipal

law,” he warned. In addition to the planned public infor-

mation effort, local law enforcement will be conducting alcohol age-compliance

vendors comply with laws prohibiting the sales of alcohol to anyone under age 21.

“Underage drinking is illegal, has long-term health consequences and is a factor

among youth,” said Piñero. “We want this to be a happy prom and commence-ment season; underage drinking isn’t part of that picture,” she added. - submitted

BALSAM LAKE - Improving soil health is key to long-term, sustainable agricul-tural production. The world population is projected to increase from 7 billion in 2013 to more than 9 billion in 2050. To sustain this level of growth, food produc-tion will need to rise by 70 percent.

Healthy soils are high-performing, productive soils. Healthy soils reduce

Healthy soils protect natural resources on and off the farm. Franklin Roosevelt’s statement, “The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself,” is as true today as it was 75 years ago. Healthy soils can reduce nutrient loading and sediment

wildlife habitat.

Healthy soil holds more water, by binding it to organic matter, and loses less water to runoff and evaporation. Or-ganic matter builds as tillage declines and plants and residue cover the soil. Organic matter holds 18-20 times its weight in water and recycles nutrients for plants to use. One percent of organic matter in the top 6 inches of soil would hold approxi-mately 27,000 gallons of water per acre.

1. Keep it covered.2. Do not disturb.3. Use cover crops and rotation to feed

your soil.4. Develop a soil health management

plan with the help of Natural Resources

Conservation Service.

Common conservation practices such as conservation crop rotation, cover crops, no till, mulching, nutrient manage-ment and pest management are used to enhance crop production and soil func-tion and improve or sustain water qual-ity, air quality, energy efficiency and wildlife habitat.

Your plan could help you save energy by using less fuel for tillage, save water and increase drought tolerance by in-

capacity as soil organic matter increases. It could help reduce disease and pest problems and improve plant health.

The NRCS is the lead USDA agency for conservation on privately owned work-ing lands. USDA offers voluntary con-servation programs for all kinds of land, natural resources and people; NRCS pro-vides conservation programs to help re-duce erosion, guard streams and rivers,

habitat, improve air quality and conserve energy.

Please contact Keith Zygowicz or C. Lars Olson, at the Balsam Lake Service Center,

941 Mallard Lane, Room 103, Balsam Lake, WI 54810-9079, phone 715-485-3138 Ext. 6, or Web site wi.nrcs.usda.gov for more information. – from NRCS

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Insurance Company Box 313

Luck, Wis. 54853 Phone

715-472-2502

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Christopherson Eye Clinic

Dr. T.L. Christopherson Dr. B.A. Christopherson

OPTOMETRISTS 341 Keller Ave. N. • Amery, Wis.

Phone 715-268-2020 Daily: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home Webster, Wisconsin

“Distinctive Funeral Service”

AUSTIN LAKE GREENHOUSE & FLOWER SHOP

• WEDDING BOUQUETS • FUNERAL DESIGNS • CUT FLOWERS • GIFTS • BALLOONS • BEDDING PLANTS • POTTED PLANTS • TUXEDO RENTAL BY SAVVI • ANTLER KING PRODUCTS

Hwy. 35 & “FF,” Webster Flowers Phoned Anywhere

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Dr. Daniel C. Satterlund

Family Eye Clinic 304 1st St. So., Luck, Wis. Hours: Tues., Thurs., Fri.

8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Phone (715) 472-2121 Eye health exams, glaucoma checks,

foreign body removal, full line of street wear, safety and sport wear, contact lenses

• Commercial Printing • Office Supplies • Daily UPS Pickup • Fax & Copy Service See us for all your printing needs.

INTER-COUNTY COOPERATIVE PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION •!Frederic, 715-327-4236 • Shell Lake, 715-468-2314 • Siren, 715-349-2560 • St. Croix Falls 71 5-483-9008

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Joel L. Morgan, FIC Assistant Financial Associate

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201 Main St. S. • Luck, WI 54853 715-472-8107 office

800-500-2936 toll-free 22854A N1-07 200700115

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SILPA OGREN IS 90! Help her celebrate at a

Birthday Open House at Luck Lutheran Church

on Sat., April 6, 2013 2 - 4 p.m. 579711

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RAINBOW OF RAINBOW OF FUN CARNIVAL FUN CARNIVAL

Saturday, April 6 Saturday, April 6 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Siren School Siren School Presale Tickets: 40 for $ 10 Presale Tickets: 40 for $ 10

On sale at all Siren banks. On sale at all Siren banks.

At The Door: 3 for $ 1 At The Door: 3 for $ 1

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Family Fun!

Sponsored by Moms for Kids. All money raised is used for various school & community

activities, such as Prairie Fire Children’s Theatre (Spring ‘14), the Moms for Kids Siren High School Scholarship Fund (5-13),

A Northwoods Christmas Arts and Crafts Show (11-13), and more.

Games, Prizes, & More!

Chance to WIN a

34th-ANNUAL

LUCK EMT SMELT FRY Saturday,

April 13, 2013 Luck Fire Hall

Food: 3:30 - 7 Auction: 7:30 - ?? Adults: $ 8.00; 10 & Under: $5 4.00

Hot Dogs Available For Nonsmelt Eaters!

Donations for auction please contact Lori Hostrup, 715-472-9111. Items in good condition, please!! 580207 22-23a,d 33-34L

GUN SHOW 27TH-ANNUAL

Fri. & Sat., April 12 & 13, 2013 5 - 9 p.m. Fri.; 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sat.

Admission $5 “NEW LOCATION”

THE SPOONER ICE HOUSE 301 Walnut Street, Spooner, WI

INDIANHEAD RIFLE & PISTOL CLUB

BUY - SELL - TRADE All firearm laws must be observed.

Anyone under 18 will not be admitted unless accompanied by a parent.

Children under 16 free when accompanied by an adult.

250 Tables Available - Vendors set up at 1 p.m. on Friday.

$25 - 8-ft. table Tim, 715-635-2319

LUNCH ON THE GROUNDS 24-HR. SECURITY

GROUND-LEVEL UNLOADING

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PILGRIM LUTHERAN CHURCH FUNDRAISER

RUMMAGE SALE Friday, April 12, 4 to 8 p.m.

Saturday, April 13, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Across from the water tower north of

town on Hwy. 35. Frederic, WI

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Gunnard Linder’s 90 TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION! 90 TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION!

Saturday, April 13 OPEN HOUSE, 1-4 p.m.

Frederic Senior Center No gifts but please write a memory you would like to

share about Gunnard. If unable to attend the open house, please send your

memory to Larry Linder, 1572 270th Ave., Luck, WI 54853

G.I. JOE: RETALIATION Rated PG-13, 110 Minutes

Fri.-Sat.: 1:00, 3:30, 6:00 & 8:30 p.m. Sun.: 1:00, 3:30 & 6:00 p.m.

Mon.-Thurs.: 5:00 & 7:35 p.m.

THE HOST Rated PG-13, 125 Minutes

Fri.-Sat.: 1:00, 3:30, 6:00 & 8:30 p.m. Sun.: 1:00, 3:30 & 6:00 p.m.

Mon.-Thurs.: 5:00 & 7:35 p.m.

THE CROODS Rated PG, 98 Minutes

Fri.-Sat.: 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00 & 9:00 p.m. Sun.: 1:00, 3:00, 5:00 & 7:00 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.: 5:00 & 7:00 p.m.

EVIL DEAD Rated R, 92 Minutes

Fri.-Sat.: 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00 & 9:00 p.m. Sun.: 1:00, 3:00, 5:00 & 7:00 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.: 5:00 & 7:00 p.m.

All shows and show times before 6 p.m. $5.50. Shows and show times subject to change.

Visit us on our Web site: www.timberstheatres.com

Like us on Facebook “Like us on Facebook for upcoming deals.”

24226 1st Ave. No. Siren, WI Local Movie Line 715-349-8888

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BICYCLE REPAIR • Tune-ups - Parts

• New & Reconditioned Bikes For Sale

• Bicycle Recycling Milltown

715-825-4377 Cell: 715-553-2049

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Stop In or Call Us Today 2547 State Road 35, Luck, Wis.

(in the Evergreen Plaza) 715-472-4088

www.sterlingbank.ws

Electricity • Propane 1-800-421-0283

www.polkburnett.com

Supporting our area students and their accomplishments.

715-554-1835 wingsontheweb.org

Helping young people reach their goals and promote kindness in a world that sometimes

doesn't remember the significance of it.

Helping people find their way back in life.

Students of the WeekFrederic

Luck

Siren

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Grantsburg

St. Croix Falls

Unity

APRILBalsam Lake

• Middle school musical at Unity school. Thursday 1:30 p.m. and Friday 1:30 and 7 p.m.

Grantsburg• Learn to Hunt Turkey at Crex Meadows. Thurs. 5 p.m., Sat. & Sun. mentored hunt, 715-463-2896.

Frederic• Frederic area ACS Walk/Run kickoff at Hacker’s Lanes, 7 a.m., 715-653-2684.

Milltown• Discover and explore Spanish at the library, 5:45 p.m., 715-825-2313.

Siren• Northwoods Flyers Experimental Aircraft Assoc. Club meets at the government center, Rm. 165, 7 p.m.

Webster• AARP tax help at the library, 8:30-11:15 a.m., 715-866-7697.• Lions & Lioness food distribution at Connections, 1- 3 p.m., 715-866-8151.

Amery• Spring home, garden and recreation show at the ice arena. Fri. 5-8 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.- 2 p.m.

Siren• “Don’t Touch That Dial” performances at the school. Fri. & Sat. 7 p.m.; Sun. 2 p.m.

Grantsburg• AARP tax help at the library, 8:30 a.m.-noon, 715-463-2244.

Frederic• Meeting at the senior center, 1 p.m., 715-327-8623.

Luck• Free classic movie, “An American in Paris,” at the museum, 7 p.m., 715-472-2770.

Sandstone, Minn.• Mandolinist Peter Ostroushko at the Old School Arts Center, 7 p.m., oldschoolartscenter.org.

St. Croix Falls• Early-release-day games at the library, 2-4 p.m., 715-483-1777.• 4K registration, 9 a.m. For info, contact 715-483-9823 Ext. 1100.

Amery• Spring Day of Renewal at First Lutheran Church. Reg-istration 8:30-9 a.m. Call 715-268-6394 to register by Monday, March 25.• Book sale at the library, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Danbury• Ruby’s Pantry at the town maintenance shop, $15 do-nation. Open 9:30 a.m., distribution 10-11:30 a.m.• Making maple sugar, 1804-style at Forts Folle Avoine, 715-866-8890.

Grantsburg• Craft and gift sale at the Legion hall, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., 715-463-5723.

• Star party with Mike Lynch at Crex, 7:30-10 p.m., 715-463-2739.• Feed My Sheep at Grace Church in Grantsburg. Doors open 8 a.m., 715-463-5699.• Faculty Follies talent show fundraiser at the high school. Shows 3 & 7 p.m.. Dinner 4:30-7 p.m., 715-463-5165 Ext. 160.

Lewis• Lewis Jam - Bluegrass, gospel & country music at Lewis United Methodist Church, 6-9 p.m.

Luck• Danish meatball dinner at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, 5-7 p.m. Music by Tom Coen.

Siren• Second-Chance Prom at Northwoods Crossing, 715-349-2922.• Rainbow of Fun Carnival at the school, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

St. Croix Falls• The Barley Jacks with Brian Wicklund at Festival The-atre, 7:30 p.m., 715-483-3387.• Softball pancake breakfast fundraiser at the Legion, 7-11 a.m.

Dresser• VFW breakfast at the hall, 8 a.m.-noon.

West Sweden• Taste of West Sweden brunch at Grace Lutheran Church, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Balsam Lake• Spring Conservation Congress hearing at Unity school, 7 p.m., 715-268-2304.

Dresser• RSVP deadline for NARFE dinner meeting at Village Pizzeria, 715-689-2252.

Osceola• Author Lorna Landvik to speak at Cornerstone Square, 6:30 p.m.

Siren• AARP tax help at the senior center, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m., 715-349-7810.• Spring Conservation Congress hearing at the govern-ment center, 7 p.m., 715-268-2304.

Spooner• Spring Conservation Congress hearing at the high school, 7 p.m., 715-268-2304.

Amery• AARP tax help at the senior center, 9 a.m.-noon.• RSVP deadline for Christian Women’s Connection meeting at Camp Wapo April 15, 651-462-0615, 715-857-5573. Grantsburg• AARP tax help at the library, 8:30 a.m.-noon, 715-463-2244.

Osceola• AARP driving class at the high school, 4-8 p.m., 715-294-2127.

Luck• AARP tax help at the library, 8:30 a.m.-noon, 715-472-2770. Siren• Deadline to make reservations for Regional Hospice Spring Fling on April 20, 715-635-9077.

St. Croix Falls• AARP driving class at the senior center, 12:30- 4:30 p.m., 715-483-1901.

Dresser• Ice Age Trail Alliance conference at Trollhaugen, iceagetrail.org.

Coming events

Tangen Drug selection as the Falls Chamber Business of the Month

ONGOINGEvery Day

AA &/or AlAnon, Polk & Burnett counties, 715-931-8262 for time/location. Amery, 715-268-8431, meetings.inthe-

roomscom.Every Monday

Indianhead Barbershop Chorus meets at the Balsam Lake old courthouse, 7:30 p.m., 715-483-9202.

Baby and Me class - Amery Medical Center, 1-2 p.m.Moms in Prayer, First Baptist, Amery, 1:30-2:30 p.m.,

715-268-5408.Play group for children and caretakers at the Burnett

County Family Resource Center, 10 - 11:30 a.m.Open Topic support group, 6:30 p.m. Call for location,

800-261-7233, Polk County.Christian 12-Step Recovery group at Faith Lutheran

Church, Balsam Lake, 7-8 p.m., 715-566-4215.Every Tuesday

Bingo - Burnett County Moose Lodge, Siren, 6 p.m.Sexual assault support group, Polk County, 800-261-

7233 for location, 6:30-7:30 p.m.Domestic violence and sexual assault support

group, 5:15 p.m. Call for location, 800-261-7233, Bur-nett County.

Every WednesdayFree playtime with your toddler at Our Lady of the Lakes

Catholic Church,10-11:30 a.m.,715-557-0630.

Every ThursdayThe Latch breastfeeding support group at the St.

Croix Regional Medical Center, 10:30 a.m.-noon, 715-483-0576.

Play group for children and caretakers at the Burnett County Family Resource Center, 10-11:30 a.m.

Every FridayDomestic violence support group, 10-11 a.m. Call

for location, 800-261-7233, Polk County.Every Saturday

AA meets at the West Denmark Lutheran Church, rural Luck, 9 - 10 a.m.

ST. CROIX FALLS/TAYLORS FALLS, Minn. - Falls Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce Tangen Drug, of St. Croix Falls, as their April Business of the Month.

Tangen Drug has been a family-owned

opened in Taylors Falls, Minn., then moved to downtown St. Croix Falls in 1934. Current owners and pharmacists Kevin Nelson and Dwight Ferguson have been business partners since 1988, when Nelson’s parents retired. Phillip Nelson has been working many years as a part-time pharmacist. The newest pharmacist to join the Tangen Drug team is Josh Tem-pesta, a recent graduate of the University of Minnesota School of Pharmacy. Tem-pesta grew up in Cumberland, so working in a small-town, locally owned pharmacy

Tangen Drug has 16 dedicated employ-ees, who provide great service, including LuAnn Uhrhammer who celebrated 29

years of working at Tangen on Monday, April 1. The staff is very grateful to their loyal customers and friends who have continued to support them over the years.

Besides pharmaceuticals, Tangen also offers a large assortment of Hallmark cards and unique gifts.

The mission of the Falls Chamber of Commerce is to advocate, promote and support business members and their com-munities. The chamber represents mem-bers throughout the St. Croix River Valley and is a registered 501(c) (6) organization supported by volunteers and members.

Membership in the chamber is open to individuals, large and small businesses

information about chamber membership -

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