The Star News November 6 2014

STAR NEWS
THE
November 6, 2014
Volume 141 + Number 45
Medford, Wisconsin
SERVING T AYLOR COUNTY SINCE 1875
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Schneider gets
40 years for
shooting deputy
Rudolph perfectly
executes state plans
Sports
by News Editor Brian Wlson
Rib Lake High School

play is Friday
Ask Ed
High turnout
page 13
Commentary
End dark moneys
stranglehold on
democracy
Opinion
Area deaths
Obituaries start on
page 18 for:
Richard Budimlija
William Hagen
Michael Held
Erna McNeely
Marilyn Metz
LeNore Wilson
Victor Zentner
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photo by Brian Wilson
Voters lined up in the hallway at Medford City Hall on Tuesday for their turn to
vote. County-wide voter turnout was high with 70.7 percent of eligible voters heading
to the polls for state, congressional and county races.
802 Taylor, shots fired. Shots fired. I think Im

hit.
Those were the words of Taylor County Sheriffs Deputy Chad Kowalczyk moments after Alexander Schneider opened fire on him on Sept. 8, 2013.
On Friday, Taylor County Circuit Court Judge Ann
Knox-Bauer sentenced Schneider, 29, to 40 years of initial confinement and 20 years of extended supervision
for a charge of attempted murder against Kowalczyk.
Schneider shot Kowalczyk while the deputy was
attempting to make contact with the man at his town
of Westboro home in connection with a violation of a
court-ordered injunction.
According to the audio recording of the contact, Dep.
Kowalczyk had already been at Schneiders residence
for about 15 minutes trying to coax him out of the house.
An audio recording of the contact was played at Fridays
sentencing hearing for Schneider.
Why make this any worse? You already said you
have enough on your plate. There is no sense in doing
this. There is no sense in this, Kowalczyk can be heard
See SCHNEIDER on page 4
Walker, Gilman win in election

Crowds turn out to vote for
federal, state, county and
school referendum races
by News Editor Brian Wilson
Wisconsin became a little more red this
week with Republicans making gains in the
legislature and retaining control of the governors mansion.
However, with margins of victory ranging
about only 5 percent between the winners and
losers in the statewide election, Wisconsin
voters remain evenly divided. Locally, interest was high in the election.
According to county clerk Bruce Strama,
7,785 people voted in this election, which is a
70.7 percent turnout. Strama noted guberna-
torial elections in Wisconsin typically have

higher voter turnouts. We were about where
we figured we would be, Strama said.
While the statewide races dominated headlines, in Taylor County a key vote was for the
Gilman school referendum to exceed the revenue cap for the next four years.
For supporters of the referendum, the vote
was a question of the longterm survival of the Gilman
school and the community
it serves. Voters approved
the question 763 to 481. The Gilman School

District includes voters in the villages of Gilman and Lublin and the towns of Jump River,
Roosevelt, Pershing, Maplehurst, McKinley,
Cleveland, Ford, Aurora, Taft and Grover in
Taylor County, and portions of Chippewa and
Rusk County.
We are pretty excited to see this pass.
When we look at the budget numbers for last
year, this year and next year, its a good
thing it went through, Gilman district administrator Georgia Kraus said.
The referendum allows the district
to exceed the revenue cap for the 2014-15
budget and in the next three years. The
exemption is a sliding scale, with the first
year adding $325,000 to the total tax levy.
The second year is for $375,000. The third
year is $410,000 and the fourth year is
$490,000.
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Thursday, November 6, 2014
Annual tree and shrub sale underway

The Taylor and Price County Land
Conservation departments will once
again be holding a tree sale. Orders may
be placed now for spring pick up. Quan-
Worship service at
Perkinstown church
A worship service will be held this

Sunday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. at Perkinstown
Community Church. The pastor will be
David Clements. Coffee and lunch will be
served following the service.
tities are limited so early ordering is

encouraged. Orders placed by Jan. 5 receive a 10 percent discount.
According to Management Information Services/ICMA, landscaping, especially with trees, can increase property
values as much as 20 percent.
According to the USDA Forest Service, trees properly placed around buildings can reduce air conditioning needs
by 30 percent and can save 2050 percent
in energy used for heating.
Hardwood trees included in the sale
are paper birch, bitternut hickory,
swamp white oak, and red oak. Conifers
included are white cedar, balsam fir,

white spruce, white pine, red pine, and
tamarack. Small trees and shrubs for
sale are gray dogwood, highbush cranberry, and American witchhazel. All species are sold in bundles of 25 plants.
For those seeking a variety of trees,
the hardwood package includes five each
of the hardwood trees and the tree/shrub
package includes five each of the small
trees and shrubs.
Stop in at the Taylor or Price County
Land Conservation Department to pick
up a brochure or call 715-748-1469 to get a
brochure e-mailed or mailed to you.
Rib Lake helps cancer cause
submitted photo
Rib Lake High School students raised $482.51 during Breast Cancer Awareness Week activities. The money was raised through
penny wars competition, bake sale, breast cancer awareness item sale, and a tie blanket rafe. The money will be donated to local organizations.
Community Calendar
Gamblers Anonymous Meetings
Call 715-297-5317 for dates, times and
locations.
Meeting 1 p.m. Legion Clubhouse, 224

N. Powell, Stetsonville.
Medford VFW Meeting 7 p.m.
VFW Clubhouse, 240 S. Eighth St. (Hwy
13), Medford.
Tuesday, Nov. 11
Sunday, Nov. 9
Alcoholics Anonymous Open 12
Step Study Meeting 7 p.m. Community United Church of Christ, 510 E.
Broadway, Medford.
Monday, Nov. 10
Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS)
1013 of Rib Lake Meeting Weighin 6 p.m. Meeting 6:30 p.m. Rib Lake Senior Citizens Center, Hwy 102 and Front
Street. Information: Mary 715-427-3593 or
Sandra 715-427-3408.
High and Low Impact Step Aerobics Mondays and Wednesdays 6-7
p.m. Stetsonville Elementary School,
W5338 CTH A. Information: Connie 715678-2656 or Laura 715-678-2517 evenings.
Chelsea Conservation Club Meeting 7 p.m. at clubhouse, N6357 Hwy 13,
Medford.
American Legion Auxiliary 519
Medford Rotary Club Meeting

Breakfast 6:45 a.m. Filling Station Cafe
& Bar, 884 W. Broadway Ave., Medford.
Information: 715-748-0370.
Al-Anon Meeting 7 p.m. Community United Church of Christ, 510 E.
Broadway, Medford. Information: 715427-3613.
Alcoholics Anonymous Open Topic
Meeting 7 p.m. Community United
Church of Christ, 510 E. Broadway, Medford.
Overeaters Anonymous Meeting
7 p.m. Hwy 64 and Main Street, Medford.
Information: 715-512-0048.
ner 6:30 p.m. B.S. Bar & Grill, W4782 Hwy

64, Medford. Information: 715-785-7573.
Thursday, Nov. 13
Medford Kiwanis Club Meeting
Noon lunch. Frances L. Simek Memorial
Library, 400 N. Main St., Medford. Information: 715-748-3237.
Medford Association of Rocket Science (MARS) Club Meeting 6-9 p.m.
First Floor Conference Room, Taylor
County Courthouse, 224 S. Second St.,
Medford. Everyone welcome. Information: 715-748-9669.
Alcoholics
Anonymous
Closed
Meeting 7 p.m. Community United
Church of Christ, 510 E. Broadway, Medford.
Taylor County Genealogical Society Meeting 7 p.m. Frances L. Simek
Memorial Library, 400 N. Main St., Medford. Topic: The year I was born. Visitors welcome.
Wednesday, Nov. 12
Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting
7 p.m. Senior Citizens Center, Hwy 102
and Front Street, Rib Lake. Information:
Arlene 715-427-3613.
Medford Lions Club Meeting Din-
Friday, Nov.14
Narcotics Anonymous Open Meeting 7 p.m. Community United Church
of Christ, 510 E. Broadway, Medford. Information: 715-965-1568.
7-Day Forecast for Medford, Wisconsin
Last weeks weather recorded at the Medford Wastewater Treatment Plant.
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NEWS
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Whittlesey Lions add to math capabilities

by Reporter Mark Berglund
A donation from the Whittlesey Lions gives Medford
Area Elementary School students access to the popular
Moby Math computer application without ever leaving
their classrooms. The service club purchased a classroom set of Moby Max computer tablets costing $1,668.
Medford students have used Moby Math in computer
labs and with at-home access for years. The tablets allow the student to log on to personalized math skill enrichment beyond the normal math lessons. Based on the
students recent online math testing, the level of work
for each student is tied to their own progress in the subject area. Moby Math finds and fixes missing math skills
which are essential for math comprehension. It targets
areas where students are struggling and allows them to
progress once mastery is achieved.
Jayne Haenel, the districts elementary math specialist, said the tablets offer a couple of advantages.
The first is it frees the computer lab for other activities
which may require the higher-end computer equipment
such as testing, keyboarding, or other needs. Secondly,
because the practice sessions on the Moby tablets are
personalized, it stimulates and develops students at all
levels of math achievement.
Time to learn
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Students nd a comfortable spot in Carla Brosts second grade classroom to practice math skills on Moby Max
tablets. The student time with the tablets is beyond the regular classroom instruction.
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Joshua Sniegowski resigned as Taylor County Veterans Service Officer on Oct. 31. The resignation came
two days after he attended a closed session meeting with
the veterans service committee, county board chairman
Jim Metz, human resources director Marie Koerner,
and a labor attorney.
Ray Soper, who chairs the veterans service committee, declined to comment following the Oct. 29 meeting.
The labor attorney said there is nothing to report as
she left the meeting. The meeting lasted approximately
two hours.
The veterans service office remains open with longtime assistant Marie Albers available to help county
veterans with their needs.
As of Wednesday, the county had not responded to an
open records request from The Star News for a copy of
Sniegowskis resignation letter.
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Taylor County will join the rest of the nation in remembering the service of all military veterans on Tuesday, Nov. 11 with programs and other events.
Medford will have two ceremonies. The main one
is traditionally at the middle school gymnasium and
it begins at 9:45 a.m. The keynote speaker will be Major Linda Drahm. She served 26 years with the United
States Army Reserves, including 2007-08 in Afghanistan. Student speakers and musicians will also be part
of the program.
Medford Area Senior High will hold a program at 1
p.m.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold a public open
house for veterans, family and friends beginning at 3
p.m. at the VFW hall on Hwy 13. A light lunch will be
served.
Gilmans public ceremony will begin at 9 a.m. in the
high school gymnasium.
The Rib Lake public ceremony will begin at 10:45 a.m.
in the high school gymnasium. Veterans are invited to
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Schneider sentenced for shooting and string of other charges

on the recording telling Schneider minutes before the
shooting began. Throughout the contact, Kowalczyk
was calm and reasonable, noting Schneider had been
cooperative with him every other time they had contact.
I am not trying to be a dink or anything, Kowalczyk said to the increasingly agitated Schneider.
Im not here to say you are the worst guy in the
world. There is no sense at all Alex for you to make
it any worse, Kowalczyk said on the recording just seconds before the first gunshots can be heard.
Taylor County District Attorney Kristi Tlusty said
she felt it was important to show the great lengths Kowalczyk went through to de-escalate the interaction with
Schneider and Schneiders response of opening fire on
the deputy.
Knox-Bauer said it is by the grace of God that Kowalczyk and Schneider are both alive. She noted that she
believed it was an indication their lives have further
purpose. The judge also took note that Kowalczyk presented an empathetic ear to Schneider.
Tlusty requested the maximum penalty for the attempted murder charge. It was noted by Knox-Bauer
that had it been a stand-alone case, her sentence would
have been different. However, the sentencing also included separate incidents of having sex with a minor,
reckless endangerment, and battery.
According to Tlusty, the judge totaled up the possible
penalties Schneider faced at being over 84 years maximum confinement, of which more than 50 years would
be behind bars if each of the cases was looked at separately. For Tlusty, it was a priority to send a deterrent
message by seeking the maximum penalty with the attempted homicide charge.
The message needed to be sent that society cannot
tolerate violence toward law enforcement officers, especially when we are seeing that they now have become
the targets of terrorists and anti-government individuals, Tlusty said of the reason she focused attention on
the attempted homicide charge. She said the impact of
an incident like this goes beyond just those directly involved to the entire community.
I can remember very clearly that night. It was a

Sunday and we were outside and it seemed like there
were sirens for hours and hours, Tlusty said. She recalled the rumbling sounds of the armored SWAT vehicles from neighboring counties coming in and of the
explosion of information on media outlets. The whole
community was terrorized because of this event, she
said.
One of the items that disturbed the court was that
Schneider had holed himself up in a vacant building in
which he had fashioned a hiding space. It showed he
had premeditated by having a hiding place for the shortbarreled shotgun that he either intended to commit homicide or suicide, Tlusty said.
The court also took into account the defenses evaluation and background information on Schneiders
upbringing and history of law enforcement contacts.
Knox-Bauer acknowledged Schneider had a less than
stellar upbringing, but the greater focus needed to be to
protect the public.
It is very rare that a maximum penalty is asked for
or given by the court, Tlusty said during an interview
after the hearing. She said this was the cleanest way
to send a clear message. By combining all the charges
into one agreement, Tlusty said she was able to save
the county significant trial costs for each offense. The
cost would have been enormous, she said. If the trial
had taken place, it would have taken two or three weeks
with the potential for a sequestered jury or change of
venue. She noted the cost to Taylor County had already
been large. The overtime expense for just that night was
$3,200.
Tlusty said she was pleased with the outcome of the
case and the sentence the judge handed down.
In addition to the sentence for the attempted homicide charge from the Sept. 8, 2013 incident, Schneider
was sentenced to two years incarceration and one year
extended supervision for possession of a short-barreled
shotgun and two years incarceration and one year extended supervision for felony bail jumping.
As part of the sentencing, he was also ordered to
serve two years incarceration and one year extended
supervision for a recklessly endangering safety charge;
ENERGY ASSISTANCE
The Attic
Forward Financial Bank
Creative Edge
Kathy Henrichs
Soul Sisters Spa
Bella Zenn - Carrie Johnson
Nicolet National Bank
Dairyland State Bank-Gilman
Kramer Plumbing & Heating
Village of Gilman
Covered Porch Salon - Dawn Chaplinski
Annies Hallmark
Peterson Concrete
Hoffmans Fabric & Floral
Cool Noggins
Jackie Jentzsch
Creative Design
Utopia Spa
Ame High Log Crafts
Hawkins Ash CPAs
Hardees Restaurant
Tami Fuchs
Thrivent Financial - Dave Hraby
AGENCY HELPERS
Lisa Carbaugh - Nicolet National Bank
Renee Dassow - Parent Resource Center
Candice Grunseth - Gilman Summer Recreation
Ann LaRouche - Francis Simek Library
Meline Sperl - Medford Food Pantry
Terri Duelman & Ann Meyer - Black River
Industries
Tom Bremer - Salvation Army
COREY LAHER - GENERAL BEER NORTHWEST
RANDY STOCKWELL - AUCTIONEER
The Kick Off Event was a great success thanks to all of the Kick Off attendees/bidders/buyers.
If you dont see your name here, please call United Way at
715-748-3000 and if you would like to see your name listed in 2015, please call
United Way at 715-748-3000.
Taylor County Human Services Department
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K&B Refrigeration
WKEB/WIGM Radio
NAPA Auto Parts - Medford
LeHouillier Interiors, Inc.
High View Inn
Klingbeil Lumber Company
Daves Showcase Furniture
Fourmens Farm Home Center
ST Sweets Honey Products
Rural Mutual Insurance-Laurie Peterson
Taylor Electric Cooperative
AmericInn
Woodlands Inn
Medford Inn
Northland Outlet
Black River Art Gallery
Reections Hair Designs
Fidelity Bank
The Flower Shoppe
Robert Whetstone
Mary Sarver
Carol OLeary
Kalahari Family Resort
Raymond Michaels Beauty & Barbershop
Loos Machine & Automation
The Veranda Country Club
Romigs Hardware
Russ Gowey
Pat Durham
The Filling Station
Tee-High Golf Course
Hurd Doors & Windows
Brian Hedlund
Larry & Monelle Johnson
Wheelers of Medford
Medford Chamber Ambassador Stan Carbaugh paused

to fill out a registration form during the open house celebrating the grand reopening of Wheelers of Medford
on Oct. 23. The dealership, which sells General Motors
brands, recently completed major renovations.
Giving our thanks to the community and businesses who support and have
contributed to allowing United Way of Taylor County continue to give back to area
non-prot organizations and supporting our annual kick off event. Our many thanks
to all who attended and purchased auction items. Our sincere apologies if we have
missed anyone. Please contact United Way at 715-748-3000 for a personal apology
and our sincere appreciation.
Ackeret Appliance & TV
Burzynski Insurance
Century 21 Dairyland Realty
Freudenthal Manufacturing, Inc.
Jensen Scott Grunewald & Schifer SC ATTYS
Medford HealthMart
Mertens Garage
Western Taylor County Public Library
Wojcik Plumbing & Heating
Work Safe Therapy & Ergonomics, Inc.
Peoples Choice Credit Union
Broadway Theatre
Dans Dog Eared Books
Hemer Funeral Service
The Star News
Classic Car Wash
Edward Jones Investments-Russ Jablonsky
Taylor Credit Union
Carol Brost - Intarsia Art
Dennis Mertens
Bruce & Angela Daniels
Peggy Stalheim
Performing Arts Foundation, Inc. - Wausau
Green Bay Packers
Tom Bremer - DJ Services
Gilman Feed Store
Riesterer & Schnell, Inc.
Marathon Cheese Corporation
Sand Box Daycare & Preschool
Friends of United Way of Taylor County
Klinner Insurance
Medford Motors
Kelz Law Ofce
United FCS- Medford
two years incarceration and one year extended supervision for a bail jumping charge; and nine months for a
misdemeanor battery charge.
He also was sentenced to nine months incarceration
for each of the following offenses: battery; sex with a
child; and an additional battery conviction. All of the
sentences are concurrent, meaning they will be served
at the same time as his other charges.
Tlusty noted Schneider is facing trial on additional
charges stemming from incidents that occurred in the
Taylor County Jail since Schneiders initial arrest.
Applications are currently being accepted at the Taylor County

Human Services Department for the Low Income Energy Assistance
Program. This program assists low income households with paying
their heating bills. Eligible households will receive a one-time
benefit during the heating season which runs from October 1, 2014
to May 15, 2015. Eligibility for this program is based on income
level and heating costs.
Applicants will need the following when they apply:
1. Written verification of all household income for the three
months prior to the month of application. This includes:
paycheck stubs or retirement checks, unemployment or
workmans compensation benefits or other income. Income
tax papers for 2013 are required to verify the self-employment.
2. Social security numbers for all members of the household.
3. Written verification of heating and electrical vendors and
account numbers.
4. Photo ID or drivers license for case head.
Applications will be accepted at the outreach sites:
Gilman Senior Center*
Jump River Community Center
Monday, November 10
Tuesday, November 18
Wednesday, November 12
9:00 am-1:00 pm
Tuesday, November 25
Rib Lake Public Library*
9:00 am-3:00 pm
Monday, November 17
*Limited to 15 applicants per day
Friday, November 21
Westboro Public Library
10:30 am-3:30 pm
Tuesday, December 2
*Limited to 12 applicants per day
11:30 am-2:00 pm
Subsidized housing residents can apply for energy assistance and
may receive a benefit if they pay either their electric or fuel costs
to a vendor. Persons living in subsidized housing where fuel and
electric costs are included in the rent are not eligible.
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If you have a heating emergency and require assistance contact

the Taylor County Human
INCOME GUIDELINES
Services Department at
3 Month Combined
715-748-6123, Monday
Household Size
Household Income
through Friday from 8:30
1
$6,288
AM to 4:30 PM. After
hours please call the
2
$8,223
Taylor County Sheriffs
3
$10,157
Department at
4
$12,092
715-748-2200.
5
$14,027
$15,961
$16,324
$16,687
Income for people who are

self-employed, farmers or
seasonal workers is based
on federal income tax forms
for the previous year
NEWS
Hedlund Agency purchases former bank building
THE STAR NEWS
Thursday, November
January 2, 2014
6, 2014
Space will be used for

agency and rented out
by News Editor Brian Wlson
Hedlund Agency will be getting a new
home. The Medford-based insurance
agency, owned by Brian Hedlund, recently purchased the former bank building
located just a few blocks from the firms
current office.
Our intent is to move over there,
Hedlund said. Hedlund Agency is growing and has an eye to the future. They
have five agents in their current space
with all of them sharing a single enrollment room. We need the space, he said.
He said the opportunity presented itself to purchase the building and he took
it. The building was the former corporate
headquarters for Mid-Wisconsin Bank.
Since Mid-Wisconsins merger with Nicolet National Bank, the building has
been vacant.
Hedlund said he plans to remodel the
downstairs portion of the building into
offices for his firm. Plans are to offer
commercial office space for rent in the
building with the areas not being used by
the firm.
Hedlund noted the firm is moving into
its busy time of year, and did not anticipate any action being taken on remodeling or moving into the building until
early 2015.
Sue Emmerich of the Medford Area
Development
Foundation
(MADF)
praised the sale of the building noting it
will be good to see it being utilized to its
full potential again.
The former bank building was one of
the stops on a tour of available properties
conducted by MADF last summer.
Election turnout was high

Gilmans total levy for this year will
be $2,817,962 for a levy rate of $12.68. The
impact on the levy is expected to be less
than $48 in the first year.
Kraus said she felt as the election
drew near the vote would be close. We
had a lot of intelligent voters asking a
lot of questions before the election, she
said.
Kraus said the vote is a tangible sign
of support the community shows for the
district and its students. Its a very supportive community, whether it is coming out for the Veterans Day program or
helping kids in need at Christmas. We
saw the same thing with this vote, this
community is very supportive of the children, Kraus said.
Kraus said the school board will
make decisions on where the new money
should be spent. She thinks adding more
resources to Response to Intervention
programs, and possibly adding a middle
school position back next year, are two of
her priorities for the funds.
Kraus said the communitys longtime
support for the district helped build the
momentum. An open house during the
village centennial celebration brought
many voters into the building, and meetings and school activities have kept people in touch with the needs. Hopefully
they will continue to see the value of the
building and the children, Kraus said.
It was important to get out to as many
community meetings as we could this
fall. It is important for us to remain relevant and to keep the lines of communication open with the community.
State races
Taylor County voters supported Gov.
Scott Walker over Mary Burke by a larger than two to one margin, 5,399 to 2,235.
While Walker had heavy support in the
county, it was about 500 votes less than
the margin of victory he won over Tom
Barrett in 2012 among county voters.
Statewide, the race between the two
candidates was much more even, with
Walker retaining his seat and keeping
his 2016 presidential hopes alive with a
52 to 47 percent margin. About 140,000
votes among the 2.3 million cast separated the candidates.
The Republican trend continued
throughout the slate of state offices. Brad
Schimel won the Attorney General seat
with a 52 to 45 percent margin statewide.
Among local voters he had 5,018 votes to
Susan Happs 2,167.
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In the State Treasurer race, Matt Adamczyk defeated David Sartori statewide
49 percent to 45 percent. Locally, the vote
was 4,454 to 2,211. In the Secreterary of
State race, Doug La Follette clung to his
seat with a 50 percent to 46 percent margin statewide, despite Taylor County voters heavily favoring his opponent Julian
Bradley. The local results were 2,730 for
La Follette and 5,018 for Bradley.
In the 87th Assembly race, James
Jimmy Boy Edming took the open
seat currently held by Rep. Mary Williams with 66 percent of the votes cast
over Richard Pulcher. In Taylor County,
Pulcher got 2,111 votes to Edmings 5,188.
There were also 60 write-in votes cast
for Mike Bub. Bub had registered as a
write-in candidate following his narrow
primary loss in August, but had not actively campaigned. According to Strama,
state law changed so only the write-in
votes cast for registered write-in candidates are counted if there are at least two
people running for a position.
In the 29th Senate District race, Paul
DeMain had 1,931 votes to Jerry Petrowskis 5,457 votes among county voters. District wide, Petrowski had 66 percent of
the vote to retain the seat.
In addition to state officials, local races for sheriff and clerk of court were also
on the ballot. Bruce Daniels did not face a
challenger in the sheriffs race, winning
with 6,059 votes. Rose Thums also did not
face a challenger for her first term as the
clerk of the circuit court. She received
6,264 votes.
Taylor County voters followed the rest
of the state in supporting a constitutional amendment to prevent transportation
funds from being used for anything other
than transportation projects. Statewide
voters approved the measure by an 80
percent to 20 percent margin. Locally,
voters supported it 5,746 to 1,320.
In the 7th Congressional District
race, Rep. Sean Duffy handily defeated
challenger Kelly Westlund, both among
county voters and across the district. In
Taylor County, Duffy won 5,457 to 2,088.
District wide he won 59 percent to 39 percent.
The vote totals remain unofficial until they are certified by the board of canvassers early next week. Absentee ballots mailed before the end of the day on
election day are still counted if they arrive by the end of the week.
Mark Berglund contributed to this
story
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Helping ght cancer
The former bank building on the corner of Whelen and State streets in downtown
Medford will be the new home for Hedlund Insurance Agency. Brian and Brenda
Hedlund recently purchased the building with plans to move the rm into the space,
as well as offering commercial space for lease.
Glen Bersie, manager of Medford County Market, presented a check for $828 to
Judy Gabriel, cancer and infusion services manager for Aspirus Medford Hospital and
Clinics, and Aspirus Medford Foundation Executive Director Catherine Leifeld. The
money was raised through a special fundraiser held by the store on Oct. 25 where the
store donated $2 for every customer who spent $50 or more. The money will be used
for patient care services.
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Thursday,
November
6, 2011
2014
Thursday,
September
22,
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Editorials
5-star rating is something to be proud of

Excellence is not just something that
happens by chance.
It comes through hard work, sacrifice
and a clear commitment to achieving a
goal.
Five years ago, the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families unveiled
the YoungStar program. At its root, the
program provides accountability for tax
dollars used to subsidize child care for
low-income families while also encouraging those facilities to strive to provide
excellence in care.
The YoungStar rating system sets a
rating for child care programs based on
education, learning environment, business practices and the well-being of children. In 2012, the program introduced a
tiered payment system for programs that
accepted children receiving the Wisconsin Shares child care subsidy. Under the
tiered system of one through five stars,
programs with 5- or 4-star ratings receive
bonuses on top of the maximum Wisconsin Shares reimbursement rate.
The program is mandatory for daycare providers who accept the state subsidy and voluntary for all others. The
states website allows those looking for
child care to see the rankings and compare what is available at each center.
When the program was implemented, director Kelly Jensen and the staff
of Sand Box Child Care set the goal to
achieve the 5-star highest rating. At the
time, it was an ambitious undertaking
and the task seemed daunting.
The program rates centers in 72 differ-
ent criteria, assigning points for everything from fiscal management to if the
children have 60 minutes a day of physical activity. Recently, Sand Box was recognized as being among the 4-star rated
centers in the state. The staff and board
were just three points shy of reaching
their goal and had a plan in place to meet
the requirements by Januarys annual
review.
Last week, Jensen was updating the
centers staff training information on
the system and was contacted by the DCF
letting her know they had made the 5-star
rating. In typical fashion, Jensen and her
staff are not content with their current
score and are pushing to make even more
gains.
Achieving the 5-star rating is a tremendous step for Sand Box. Of the 4,200
centers in the YoungStar rating, only 362
of them have earned the 5-star rating.
Put in a regional perspective, it is even
more outstanding. Only one other private center in northern Wisconsin has a
5-star rating.
Access to high quality child care services is an important selling point when
attracting people and industry to the
Medford community. In addition, the investment in early childhood education
pays off multiple times over throughout
the childrens educational careers and
into their adult lives.
Congratulations Sand Box Child Care
for achieving the goal of providing the
highest quality child care services to the
area.
End dark moneys stranglehold on democracy

As the saying goes, money is the root
of all evil.
A more accurate version of that saying
would be that pursuit of money without
a conscious or basic morality is the path
to evil.
Nineteenth Century America was a
booming place, industry was expanding
and the wealth of the men who controlled
that industry grew at a rapid pace. Many
people only remember names like Andrew
Carnegie or Marshall Field in relation to
the libraries, museums and public works
bearing their names. For those living in
that era, these men were among the Robber Barons, businessmen who took a winat-all-costs approach to their ventures.
This included the outright purchase of
politicians and exploitation of the working classes.
Progressive reforms of the early 20th
century pulled the teeth of the Robber
Barons. Among the many laws enacted
during that period was the 1907 Tillman
Act which prohibited corporations from
making direct campaign contributions to
politicians. They recognized that unfettered access to wealth and power brought
corruption and subverted the democratic
process.
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled
in the Citizen United vs. Federal Election
Commission case in 2010, it undercut the
spirit of the Tillman Act by saying corporations and other shadowy front organiza-
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tions could make unlimited contributions

to the support or opposition of a candidate, all without public disclosure. Proponents of the ruling are quick to point
out the ruling still does not allow direct
contributions to candidates, only to independent organizations that support the
candidates.
You can say what you want about politicians, but as a group they have good
memories especially when it comes
to remembering who did them favors to
help get them into office. As a result, the
agendas of those corporate-backed shadowy groups have become the mainstream
agendas of the major parties. In its wake,
extremism has flourished at the expense
of common sense and cooperation.
The years since the Citizens United
decision have been marked with a tremendous increase in spending on elections
from the county board level to the White
House. Total congressional spending in
the recent midterm elections is projected
to surpass $4 billion. To put that in perspective, it would be enough money to
cover the annual costs of the Medford
School District for the next 148 years or to
renovate the Medford city pool more than
4,705 times. Or if you were more militaristic, buy 25 F-18 fighter jets.
This dark money serves as a disruptive
force, subverting the will of the people and
undermining democracy. Since corporations span borders and are only beholden
to their boards of directors, agendas promoted by the new era of Robber Barons
should be viewed with a suspicious eye,
and the question of is it good for America
or good for big business.
America needs a constitutional amendment to limit the influence of this destabilizing dark money. Corporations do many
great things for America, but when profits
come before the public good, no one benefits.

More than 100 years ago, the people
of the United States recognized no good
comes out of allowing corporations unfettered access to politicians. It is time for
a new populism, based on the will of the
people, not on what benefits the new generation of Robber Barons.
Quote of the Week:

Members of The Star News editorial board include Publisher Carol OLeary, General Manager Kris
OLeary and News Editor Brian Wilson.
We are pretty excited to see this pass.
Georgia Kraus, Gilman district administrator

about the referendum to exceed the revenue cap
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6, 22,
2014
Thursday,November
September
2011
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Brian Wilson
Justice done
Vox Pop
Roupp stresses importance of memoirs and ebola information
Imagine learning better writing

skills and retrieving your memories from that cluttered attic in
your mind. That is what I do teaching memoir writing. Rural voices
need to be heard so the larger world
can know how and where you grew
up, about your families, your jobs,
your life, and your good as well as
challenging experiences.
Some memoirs are event memoirs an event that happened over
a number of years but most are
about who we were and are: decisions (good or not so good) that
we made. Sometimes people will
wonder who would read my memoir? Others in the family or friends
might say about an event: that
isnt the way I remember it.
I always say in answer to who
will read your memoir: picture
someone,
somewhere
reading
about how you survived challeng-
ing times, or made difficult choices

that maybe didnt work out too well
but you went on anyhow. When they
read your story maybe they think,
Wow, I didnt know others went
through a difficult situation too.
If they can get through it, I think I
can handle what I have to face.
About those who want to put
down what you want to write: you
tell them to write their own memoir. Everyone has a distinct point
of view. Your memoir is from your
point of view, not theirs. Remember, you are the hero of your own
life so celebrate your life with your
new best friends: your readers.
I will be teaching memoir at both
UW-Madison Writers Institute in
March, Write-by-the-Lake (a weeklong writing retreat in Madison). I
am teaching at the Rib Lake library
and elsewhere. Join us sometime to
start the process of writing about
your important life. I am working

on a book: Memoir Writing in 6
Easy Steps to be out in 2015.
As to the informative column
about ebola: a bit of information
was left out. Ebola is only contagious if the individual is exhibiting any symptoms like a high fever,
vomiting, diarrhea, and has been
to West Africa or associated with
a symptomatic person ingesting
some of that persons fluids. It is
curable witness those here who
have recovered and remember none
of the family members who lived
with the man who died in Texas
have come down with the disease.
Ebola has been around for over
30 years and has been handled effectively in Africa. Nigeria is ebola
free as are other African countries.
Sue Roupp, Rib Lake
Vox Pop
November is national hospice and palliative care month
No one likes to think about death

and dying, but its something everyone has to face eventually.
November is National Hospice
Palliative Care Month, a time to
reach out to our community to
raise awareness about the compassionate care that hospice and palliative care can provide. One of the
most important messages to help
people understand is that hospice
care helps patients and families
focus on living. This specialized
care and support helps make more
meaningful moments happen for
those facing end-of-life challenges. .
The hospice team provides ex-
pert medical care to keep patients

comfortable and able to enjoy time
with loved ones. The hospice team
answers questions, offers advice on
what to expect and helps families
with the duties of being a caregiver.
The team also provides emotional
and spiritual support for the entire
family.
Hospice is covered by Medicare,
Medicaid in most states and by
most insurance plans and HMOs.
Hospice care is provided in the
home, nursing homes, assisted living facilities and Iong-term care
centers. Hospice care is available to
people of all ages, with any illness.
Hospice professionals and trained
volunteers will ask you whats important and listen to what you say.
They make your wishes a priority.
If you or a loved one is facing a
serious or life-limiting illness, the
time to find out more about hospice
and palliative care is right now.
Nicole Winchell, executive
director of Hope Hospice & Palliative Care, Medford
If you believe what you see on television or in movies, every cop is rough around the edges and itching for a
fight. The stereotype is of men and women who choose to
settle things with a sidearm or a punch to the jaw, rather
than with dialogue.
Listening to the hour-long recording of Deputy Chad
Kowalczyk attempting to reason with the person who
would eventually open fire on him, a very different portrait of law enforcement emerges.
As Alexander Schneider noted during his interview
with the state department of criminal investigation,
Dep. Kowalczyk was just doing his job.
You dont think I dont have better things to do than
come out here, Kowalczyk is recorded as saying during his initial contact with Schneider. He went on to
empathize with Schneider, while gently reminding him
he made poor choices along the way and needed to take
responsibility for his actions. All the while Schneider
goads him and tells him the police will need to break
down his door.
It is not that Kowalczyk was in any way weak or unwilling to use force if needed. Like any member of local
law enforcement, he is more than capable of finishing
whatever is started. What is remarkable but probably
shouldnt be is that Dep. Kowalczyk did not use violence. He is a member of the countys SWAT team and
like any other member of local law enforcement is used
to being in situations where backup may be on the other
side of the county, if available at all. Perhaps it is because of that reality officers rely on persuasion rather
than their sidearm to keep the peace.
It is not too much of a stretch to say someone was
watching out for Kowalczyk that night. However, the
same thing could be said for Schneider. Three SWAT
teams were ready to launch an assault where he was barricaded. Along with them were officers from throughout
the region, waiting for the word to open fire.
There would have been no debate of the proper use of
deadly force that evening. An officer had been shot and
injured. Yet the order to fire was never given. Instead,
officers took the time for a nonviolent outcome, setting
the stage for Schneider to spend the next 40 years behind
bars for his crimes.
Use of patience and persuasion to achieve goals without resorting to deadly force is noteworthy in the case of
Schneiders arrest. However, it is far from a unique occurrence. The last year has seen stand-offs, rogue gunmen,
and others who have threatened harm to themselves or
others. In all those situations, a calm and professional
approach by law enforcement succeeded in ensuring the
safety of officers and the general public without people
being killed or injured.
The law enforcement stereotype in the movies and
television shows is far from reality in Taylor County,
and for the people who live and work here, that is a good
thing.
Brian Wilson is News Editor at The Star News.
We are proud to
salute those who
served in the
Armed Forces.
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Becher Hoppe chosen as airport engineer

The Taylor County airport committee
met with members of the state aeronautics bureau and project engineers for an
upcoming project at the Taylor County
Airport Friday in the former Hurd hangar at the airport.
Wausau-based Becher Hoppe was selected by the state aeronautics bureau for
the project. The project will begin with
planning for a new hangar for Sierra Pacific, the parent company of Hurd. If the
hanger is built, the taxiway needed to
service it will also be built.
For the next few months, the project
will be in the engineers hands. The first
step needed to begin any project in the
location the committee prefers is delineating a wetlands area which could be
effected by construction. The committee looked at the airport site it favors for
construction and other possibilities. The
wetland delineation would not occur until spring vegetation takes hold.
The committee does not have a firm
commitment from Sierra Pacific for

building a new hangar. The company has
used the airport since the purchase of the
local window and door company. The airport does not have a hangar big enough
to handle the company jets 66-foot wing
span. The committee projects an 80-foot
by 80-foot or 100-foot by 100-foot hangar. The committee hopes by doing the
environmental legwork on the project,
it could speed up the completion date if
such a request comes.
The county purchased the former
Hurd hangar and now gets rental income
and use of the building.
In an unrelated item, town of Little
Black chairman Dan Hoffman asked the
committee if the town should plan for
any changes in the surface when it resurfaces Apple Avenue in 2015. The town
has budgeted $24,000 to complete a double
chip seal surface on the towns portion of
the road to the airport. He said the town
photo by Mark Berglund
would donate $24,000 to the county effort Choosing an engineer
if it preferred a different surface. The
The Taylor County Airport Committee and representatives of Becher Hoppe and the
committee said it felt the towns choice of state aeronautics bureau review maps of the site as they look forward to a new building
surfacing was all the road needed.
project at the airport.
Supervisors question purpose of committee

What is the purpose of the countys
education committee, and should it continue to exist?
Those are the questions committee
members hoped the county board would
be able to answer at the Oct. 29 board
meeting. Instead, supervisors put the issue in the hands of members of the committee on committees and rules.
Current committee members have
questioned the groups purpose and
mission. What do we really do? asked
supervisor Roger Ewan who chairs the
standing committee.
In the past the committee was the primary liaison between the county board
and Northcentral Technical College
when the college rented space from the
county. Now with NTC having its own
building, Ewan questioned if the committee has a role.
Supervisor Sue Breneman, who

serves on the committee along with supervisor Myron Brooks, also questioned
its continued function, especially considering both of them live in portions of
the county serviced by Chippewa Valley
Technical College and not NTC.
I dont believe we have a connection
there anymore, said supervisor Rollie
Thums, a former chair of the committee.
The county budgets about $6,000 for committee expenses each year to cover per
diem meeting expenses and projects. It
was suggested the county would be better off cutting the committee and giving
the money to fund libraries.
Our mission was to help innovate
and find new programs for education,
Lewis said of his tenure on the committee. We helped businesses with leadership training and language classes. We
came up with some innovative classes
that were intended to help the community. If we no longer have that ability to
innovate, maybe this is a committee that
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I feel it is a waste of taxpayer dollars, Breneman said.
Sheriff Bruce Daniels and county conservationist Ashley Steinke spoke in favor of maintaining close relations with
NTC, noting the county has benefited
from grants and training provided by the
college. Daniels, who serves on advisory
boards for both NTC and CVTC, said the
county benefits greatly from their relationship through access to training from
field through management level. Steinke
cited NTCs nutrient management plan
classes as being a major value to the
countys farmers. The class teaches them
how to write their own nutrient management plan rather than having to hire outside firms.
I am thinking if we dont go there every two months it wont change, Thums
said, noting the every other month meetings of the committee.
Board members voted to send the discussion on the future of the committee to
the countys rule making body for a recommendation. Final action on the fate of
the committee will come back to a future

county board meeting.
In other business at the Oct. 29 county
board meeting, supervisors:
Approved a resolution calling for a
section of CTH E to be exempted from
federal Trans 75 requirements. The
transportation rule requires any road
with more than 750 cars per day of traffic
to have a bike lane installed if it receives
state or federal aid. In this case, adding a
bike area would increase the cost of the
project by more than 20 percent. According to highway commissioner Jess Sackmann, this is an allowable exemption. He
emphasized he had nothing against bicyclists, it is just cost prohibitive to add it
for just a small section of the road.
Approved a resolution opposing proposed cuts in state funding of the court
system. As proposed in the upcoming
state budget, the cuts would cost the
county about $66,000 a year. It will put
your backs up against the wall to pay for
[court services], said judge Ann KnoxBauer.
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Tips to reduce home heating costs, avoid furnace maintenance scams

Winterizing your home is important and doesnt
have to be expensive, according to the Better Business
Bureau (BBB) serving Wisconsin.
While the installation of energy-efficient windows
and doors and adding insulation can significantly bring
down heat loss during cold months, there are also small
fixes that can help reduce energy consumption.
A common winterizing checklist includes:
+ Changing air filters
+ Installing or re-installing storm windows in the attic to stop warm air from leaking
+ Clearing gutters to remove debris that could cause
rainwater to freeze and damage them
+ Cleaning ridge vents to allow your house to
breathe
+ Putting insulation film over windows to reduce
drafts
+ Inspecting weather stripping for cracks and peeling
+ Installing a tight-fitting fireplace door or cover to
stop the loss of heat through the chimney
Consumers may need and choose to pre-purchase
heating oil to prevent being subjected to market fluctuations. The cost of heating oil may drop during a mild
winter, however, heating oil prices typically rise at this
time of year as demand increases. BBB recommends
consumers research heating oil suppliers in advance, to
ensure they are dealing with a reputable business with
an established track record.
BBB recommends the following to winterize your

home:
+ Plug holes. The average American home may
have many small air leaks. Though they may not be
large, they have a cumulative effect on home heating
costs. Make sure windows close tightly. Check for leaks
around them and use caulking to plug the leaks.
Furnace maintenance
A dirty furnace is less efficient, so an annual inspection and cleaning is recommended. This can also help
spot potential problems that can end up leaving your
family in the cold if your heating system breaks down.
However, if you are told you need a new furnace,
get a second opinion. Some unscrupulous operators attempt to deceive customers by telling them there are potentially dangerous problems with their furnace and it
is unsafe to use.
Nonetheless, a damaged or dirty furnace can emit
dangerous fumes. Signs of failure include soot on countertops and vents, and inefficient heating. Fumes also
may cause watery eyes, a runny nose and headaches. In
such cases, it is best to turn off the furnace and consult
an expert.
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Braving the cold on Halloween

Children from Sand Box Child Care & Preschool
donned jackets and hats as they braved the cold on Friday to show off Halloween costumes at Aspirus Country
Gardens, Aspirus Care & Rehab-Medford, and Aspirus
Cedar Lane Apartments.
Photo by Mark Berglund
+ Consider insulating heating ducts. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) estimates a centrally-heated
home can lose as much as 60 percent of warmed air before it reaches vents if the duct work is poorly connected or not insulated, or if it travels through unheated
spaces.
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City approves permit

for wider driveway
Request is rst since city
allowed residential
driveways over 24 feet
On paper
Ian McCain of LaMacchia Group points to where the new driveway entrance and
ve additional parking stalls will be located as part of a parking lot expansion at Taylor
Credit Union.
Class on Roberts Rules of Order

offered at UW-Marsheld campus
If you serve on a committee, board, or
any governing body, then this University
of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County
Continuing Education class is for you.
Learn how to correctly participate in or
conduct an effective meeting using Roberts Rules of Order. Cover the basics and
take part in hands-on activities to help
you become a meeting master.
Class is held on Wednesday, Nov. 12

from 7 to 9 p.m.
Pre-registration is required. Register
early as some courses must meet a class
minimum to run. View more courses or
register online at www.marshfield.uwc.
edu/continuing-ed or call continuing
education at 715-389-6520.
Last spring Mitch Mertens was told no

by the city when he wanted a driveway
wider than the standard 24 feet for a duplex he was building on Seventh Street.
Mertens sought relief from the zoning
board of appeals, but was denied. He then
worked to get the rule changed, going before the planning commission, a public
hearing process, and eventually to the
full city council.
On Monday night, Mertens long journey finally ended when members of the
planning commission voted unanimously to approve a conditional use permit
to allow him to build a 38-foot driveway.
A hearing and vote on the conditional
use permit was scheduled to be held last
month, but the meeting had to be rescheduled when there were not enough
members present for a quorum.
Because of the delays in the approval
process, it will likely be next spring before the driveway apron will be installed.
Currently, the apron and curb cut area is
gravel. Commission member Dave Zimmerman had questioned the status of the
driveway apron noting he had seen concrete crews at work there and wondered
if they were approving it after the fact.
Mertens assured commission members
the concrete work done was for the sidewalk, not the driveway apron.
The side-by-side duplex has a threecar garage located between the units.
Because the lot is relatively shallow, and
the city limits a lot to a single driveway
entrance, Mertens was concerned the
angle to get in and out of the lot would
present a problem. The concern was even
greater if a pickup truck or similar lon-
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ger vehicle was parked in the driveway.

The city had initially resisted the
move. Previously, the zoning codes limited driveway widths for any type of residential lot to a maximum of 24 feet.
The rule has been 24 feet wide in the
city for many years and we have not had
any issue up to this point, said city zoning administrator Bob Christensen at
Mondays meeting. Christensen was the
one who initially rejected the permit request. The zoning code change opens the
door for wider driveways for R2 (one- and
two-family homes) and R3 (multi-family
homes).
Mayor Mike Wellner said the conditional use gives the city the opportunity
to look at each situation on a case by case
basis with the input of the local residents
to decide if it should be allowed.
No one attended the 5 p.m. public
hearing on the permit request.
The plan commission is scheduled to
take up a proposed change to the citys R1
single family home driveway width rule
at a future meeting. Member Corey Nazer
had called on the R1 rules to be changed
to match the R2 and R3 driveway rules.
In other business Monday, commission members approved a site plan to
allow Taylor Credit Union to expand its
parking lot to the east and add a second
driveway entrance.
According to Ian McCain of LaMacchia Group, the entire purpose of the
parking lot expansion is to improve flow
in the parking lot. The new driveway entrance will separate those going to the
drive-through from those parking to go
inside the credit union. During the Hwy
13 project and installation of a roundabout at the Allman Street intersection,
the state had closed the credit unions
previous second entrance. He said the
new driveway entrance will not be within the state Hwy 13 right-of-way so it is
entirely a city of Medford decision. Planning commission members approved the
site plan on a unanimous vote.
The Salvation Army will be starting bell ringing on Nov. 15, at County Market
and K-Mart. It will begin on Nov. 28 at Walmart. Volunteers may sign up online at
www.ringbells.org. They should click on Wisconsin, and then Taylor County. People
can pick which location and then which shift they would like. Those without access
to a computer can call county chairman Linda Ostir at 715-748-2380 to sign up.
Medford Area Middle School Principal Al Leonard is the honorary chairman for Taylor
County Salvation Army. Pictured are Leonard (l. to r.), Cassandra Ostir, Janice Ostir,
and Tahtankka Damm.
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January 2, 2014
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5 stars for Sand Box child care center

Medford group child care
center earns highest rating in
Wisconsins YoungStar program
Sand Box Child Care & Preschool this week received
word it had achieved a 5-star rating in the states YoungStar program.
This makes it only the second privately-run center
in rural Northern Wisconsin to achieve the measure of
excellence. Sand Box is one of only 371 providers in the
state to achieve that rating among the 5,620 providers in
the YoungStar program.
The YoungStar program is part of the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF), the state department which regulates and licenses daycare centers.
The YoungStar rating system sets a rating for child care
programs based on education, learning environment,
business practices and the well-being of children.
This rating system serves two functions. First, it
gives parents and consumers an objective means of
comparing childcare providers based on a maximum of
40 points over 72 different areas of measurement. The
second role of the system is to provide accountability
for providers who receive state subsidies and encourage excellence through an incentive program.
In 2012, the program introduced a tiered payment
system for programs that accepted children receiving
the Wisconsin Shares child care subsidy. Under the
tiered system of one through five stars, programs with
5-star or 4-star ratings receive bonuses on top of the
maximum Wisconsin Shares reimbursement rate. According to Kelly Jensen, director at Sand Box, the bonus
for a 4-star rating is 10 percent and the bonus for a 5-star
rating is 25 percent.
Kelly noted that, depending on the size of the center
and the number of children who qualify for the incomebased state subsidy, the economic impact of the bonuses can be significant. With about half of the children at
Sand Box receiving subsidies, the impact for the center
is significant.
Jensen explained since the program was introduced,
achieving the 5-star level has been an ongoing goal. The
program criteria were built into the strategic planning
of the centers board and staff.
According to Jensen, even with the work done to this
point, the announcement came as a surprise since the
centers typical review time is in January. Part of the
YoungStar program includes online profiles of the participating centers and their staffs. Jensen had recently
hired some new teachers at the center who had degrees
in early childhood and was updating that profile.
Shortly after doing so, she received a message from
the people who adminster the program letting her know
Sand Box would be a 5-star center. At first, Jensen
thought she was referring to after their evaluation in
January and told the woman from DCF they were gearing up for it. The program representative noted that if
Jensen filed an amended report showing the new staff
education levels, the center would gain three additional points on their rating, putting Sand Box over the 33
points needed to qualify for a 5-star rating. It was only
after doing so, and having the state update the website
where the ratings of all the centers are located, that she
Young learners
Curriculum and educational development is a key area in the states YoungStar child care rating program. Sand
Box Child Care & Preschool recently earned the programs highest rating.
believed the change.
It means a lot to us, Jensen said, noting there was
a bit of celebration at the announcement from the staff
and board members. In Taylor County there are 15
providers that participate in the YoungStar rating program. The federally-funded HeadStart program run by
Indianhead Community Action Agency is the only other
5-star program. There are three with 3-star ratings and
the remainder are 2-star. Jensen is quick to note that it
is very hard for smaller and home-based providers to
meet the criteria for the program, which places major
emphasis on the management of the center.
Currently, there are 42,572 children in the state who
are authorized for the Wisconsin Shares program and
who attend YoungStar rated providers. Of those, 7,281
are in 5-star centers such as Sand Box.
Jensen said the center is not content with just making it into the 5-star level, and is continuing efforts to
improve in areas identified in previous reports. According to Jensen, the report breakdown goes into specifics
about what areas need improvement. Centers can earn
up to 15 points for education and training, 13 points for
learning environment and curriculum, seven points for
business and professional practicies, and five points for
health and wellness.
Within those categories there are subcategories
highlighting specific items. Sand Box picked up the additional points in the eduction and training criteria.
The center is at 13 of a possible 15 points for the area.
According to Jensen, the centers staff and board has
focused on learning environment and curriculum as an
area to improve. Currently the center has nine of a possible 13 points in that area. She said additional points
could be picked up through the use of portfolios to document the childrens development, planning and tracking outcomes. While those are three separate criteria,
Jensen noted typically a center would get all or none of
the points or all three.
Sand Box receives full points in management while
in health and wellness they have trouble showing the
students receive 60 minutes a day of physical activity.
Jensen said the challenge of this criteria is winter in
northern Wisconsin, especially ones like last year. The
criteria looks at the average over the entire year.
Jensen said Sand Box has a goal of excellence and
noted it has taken a lot of work to get this far. She
praised the teachers and staff at the center for helping
get to this level. She noted it has taken a major commitment and investment to do so and is looking forward to
more great things in the future.
MCW enters new era of medical education

With applications coming in by the
thousands for its medical school campuses in Milwaukee and in Green Bay, the
Medical College of Wisconsin announced
a new academic brand, logo, look and feel
for the medical school.
The new academic brand, MCW,
immediately impacts the campuses in
Milwaukee and Green Bay, as well as the
campus in Central Wisconsin which is
under review for accreditation.
The tagline for the new brand is
Learn. Live. Care. Cure. Learn reflects
how the MCW student experience balances medical education traditions with
cutting-edge educational technologies.
Live identifies the many opportunities
afforded students at the three campuses
to enjoy the quality of life each community has to offer. Care emphasizes MCWs
commitment to educating exceptional
physicians. Cure denotes the hope that
physicians educated at MCW will impart
the knowledge and skills they learn in
medical school to improve the lives of the
patients they serve.
We reached out to students, faculty,
staff, academic and healthcare partners,
and community leaders to engage them
in the branding process, said Joseph E.
Kerschner, MD, executive vice president
of MCW and dean of the medical school.
The consensus was to create a brand
that was inspiring, transformational,
collaborative and engaging the attributes which distinguish and define the
MCW medical school experience across

our campuses.
More than 7,000 students already have
applied to the MCW medical school for
matriculation in Aug. 2015:

700 applicants are Wisconsin
residents.

1,800 students (total) have indicated an interest in attending MCWGreen Bay.

67 Wisconsin-based applicants
have indicated a preference in the MCWGreen Bay campus.
MCW-Green Bay and MCW-Central
Wisconsin (pending accreditation) offer a
three-year, immersive curriculum aimed
at students with an interest in pursuing
careers in primary care, psychiatry or
general surgery. MCW-Milwaukee offers

a four-year curriculum with additional
scholarly pathways in specialty areas.
The quality of the curriculum is mirrored across the campuses, but the type
of student who is attracted to each campus will vary based on geography, intended career path, and the type of medical school experience desired. We are
confident MCW has something to offer
all prospective medical students, Kerschner added.
The first class of students at MCWGreen Bay is expected to be a cohort of
20-25, and will begin classes in July 2015.
Pending accreditation, Central Wisconsin is expected to welcome its first class
in July 2016.
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New attorney joins Medford law rm

Ruthann Koch recently joined the Schmiege and
Graff Law Firm as an associate.
Koch earned her law degree in 2013 and was previously a contract attorney for a business in the Twin Cities.
Kochs contract was up and she was looking for
work this summer when she was contacted by attorney
Courtney Graff, who had received a recommendation
about her.
The timing worked out, Koch said.
Koch is a 2004 graduate of Faith Christian, a Baptist
high school in Coleman. She received her undergraduate degree in 2008 from the University of Minnesota.
She received her law degree from the University of St.
Thomas.
Between college and law school, she worked for ACR
in the Twin Cities. The company has a number of group
homes for people with disabilities. She had started
working for them as an undergraduate and then continued with them in a supervisory position. Graff also previously worked for ACR Healthcare Group, a shared experience they discovered during the interview process.
Initially, Koch has been assisting Graff with human
services cases. The firm has the contract as the countys
corporation counsel. She is also being exposed to municipal law by Schmiege. It will take me years to learn
everything he knows in one minute, Koch said. She is
excited to put in the work and become knowledgeable in
those areas of law.
While in law school, Koch studied property law and
estate planning, two areas she will put to good use serv-
Thank
T
hank you
Beatrice Decker
Ruthann Koch recently joined the Schmiege and Graff

Law Firm in Medford.
Beginning Jan. 1, 2015, trucks registered in the longstanding International Registration Plan (IRP) program
will be able to travel in all states and Canada without
needing trip permits. The cab-cards will show all the
jurisdictions. Wisconsin Department of Transportation
(WisDOT) will participate with all states and Canadian
provinces in implementing new full reciprocity changes to the IRP.
This simplification to the IRP registration process
facilitates easier movement and more freedom for the
carrier, said Paul Bernander, chief for WisDOT Motor
Carrier Services section. WisDOT is here to support
motor carriers and the transportation industry.
Motor carriers operating interstate will have the
first opportunity to renew their IRP registrations under
this new rule beginning with their December 2014 regis-
trations. WisDOT mails the renewal registration forms

three months before registration expires. Carriers began seeing these notifications in October.
Carriers obtaining new registrations through the
end of December 2014 will continue to operate under the
old rules until their registration expires. After Jan. 1,
2015, all new registrations and renewals will enjoy full
reciprocity. Visit www.wisconsindmv.gov and enter
full reciprocity in the search bar for more information.
WisDOT has prepared other tools to support motor
carriers. International Registration Plan Full Reciprocity, is available on the WisDOT YouTube channel
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhJTYFl57AM).
The new mobile app Wisconsin CDL Practice Knowledge Test is available to download free in both Apple
and Android formats. Visit www.wisconsindmv.gov.
This official .gov site offers free information, including
safety information, links to online services, requirements, permits and more.
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for visits, cards and prayers while I was a patient at
St. Josephs Hospital and Continental Manor. Especially
the doctors and staff on 7 North and the caring staff
and therapists at Continental Manor. Your kindness will
never be forgotten.
ing people in Taylor County. Eventually she will be taking over the estate planning portion of the firm. She has
also been doing research on Medicaid and divestment
issues. There have been dramatic changes in that area
in recent years.
In her free time, Koch said she enjoys going to the
library.
I really like going to the library. That is one of the
first things I did when I came to Medford, she said. Before I even took the job I checked out the library and it
is a very nice library. One of the first things Koch did
when coming to Medford was to get her library card.
She also enjoys watching old movies. I am something of an old movie buff, she said.
When not in the library, Koch said she likes being
outside and enjoys running. She recently checked out
the fitness center at Medford Area Senior High School
and said she was looking forward to exercising there
when the weather turns cold.
Koch remains close to her family. She has a large
number of nieces and nephews, all of them are living
in Minnesota. She said she makes the trip to visit them
about once a month.
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January 2, 2014
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Red Ribbon Week spawns hero thoughts

Red Ribbon Week took place at
Medford Area Elementary School and
Stetsonville Elementary School Oct. 2024. This anti-drug campaign originated
when drug traffickers in 1985 killed Federal Agent Enrique Camarena. The Red
Ribbon became the symbol of the call for
reduction in the demand for drugs.
This year the theme for Red Ribbon
week is Be a Hero, Help, Encourage,
and Respect Others.
Each grade level had different books
read to them about heroes. All grade levels either drew a picture of their favorite hero or wrote essays or both. It could
have been a fictional character but it had
to be one who is helpful, encouraging and
respectful of others. In grades 3- 4, students had an essay contest about their
hero. Both schools had various activities
about heroes and lessons about the pitfalls of incorrect usage of medicine, and
alcohol and drug abuse. The following
essays are the 3rd and 4th grade winners:
My Hero
By Charlie Kleist
Have you ever had someone in your
life that has been hardworking, dedicated and helpful? For me that would be my
mom.
Here are three examples of how my
mom is helpful. First she washes my
clothes when they are dirty. Also she
drives me wherever I want to go. Finally
she helps me with my homework when I
am struggling.
Another thing about my mom is that
she is hardworking. My mom is hardworking because she has three boys and
she still feeds us whenever we want. Second she cleans the house whenever us
three make it messy. Lastly she tries to
keep her yard as nice as she can.
My mom is also a hero because she is
dedicated. My mom is dedicated because
she never misses work at the hospital.
She is dedicated to never let anything
happen to her kids. Finally she is dedicated to be the best person that she can
be.
All of the examples show that my
mom, Misty Kleist, is dedicated, hardworking and helpful. That is why she is
my hero.
My Hero
by Kortney Gebert
My Hero
by Ashley Parra
Red Ribbon winners
Elementary school guidance counselor Sue Eloranta helped third and fourth graders at Medford Area and Stetsonville area elementary schools produce their Red Ribbon Week essays. She is pictured with the class winners, including Finley Frombach,
Masaeda Krug, Ashley Parra, Adyn Gripentog, Kortney Gebert, Charlie Kleist, Jacob
Weise and Shakira Brockhaus.
we had fun. He also helps me build things
and I helped him stain the picnic table.
He helps me with my homework.
In the winter time, we make snowmen together and when I was smaller he
used to sail me around in a circle on the
saucer. One day we even had a snowball
fight. We dont know who won. I really
enjoyed that. We built a snow fort in the
woods.
One day when I was quite small, I
dropped a little car down the kitchen
drain. I wanted it back real bad. He figured a way to flush the car through the
pipe and caught it in a strainer. Now we
call that little car the trouble bug and
I still have it.
With my dad working away during
the week, my hero is my Grandpa Dale.
Thank you Grandpa Dale for spending
all this time with me. I am happy to have
you around.
My Hero
by Ayden Gripentrog
My heroes are my mom and dad because they play with me. They made me
happy when my bunny died. They take
care of me and give me food. They help
me with my homework.
They help me build things out of wood.

They love me. That is why my mom and
dad are my heroes.
My Hero
by Masaeda Krug
My heroes are my parents because
they provide money, food and water
for me. They listen when I need to talk.
They use their money on me for clothes,
a house, school and cars. My parents understand when I need to confess something. My parents help me with problems. When I am sad or mad they calm
me down. But most of all I love them and
I always will.
Nothing can ever separate us. That is
why they are my heroes.
My Hero
by Finley Frombach
My hero is my best friend Jill. She is
helpful when I am sad. She is encouraging when I am scared to do something.
She is respectful of others. When Im
talking she listens. She tells good jokes.
She is so nice. She is the bravest I know.
She always got my back. My hero is Jill
Galan.
A hero is someone who has done great

things to others, who has courage, and
who works hard for someone else. My
hero is my mom.
She has given her time to make us
some food instead of texting with her
friends. She has taken care of me when
I go to my bus stop so I wont trip or fall.
When I was little I fell off a big slide
and she took me to the hospital so I could
get better and not be sick. I saw she was
really worried about me.
When we were in Wisconsin Dells my
dad went to the store with my sisters
because I was too little to go with them.
I stayed in the pool with my mom and
she was taking care of me so I would not
drown.
To sum everything up, I love my mom
and she is my hero. She takes care of me,
worries about me, and gives her time for
me. She makes me happy.
My Hero
by Shakira Brockhaus
Super Man may be a hero in cartoons,
but compared to my mom hes no super
hero at all. My mom is my hero and the
kindest person that I know.
The first reason why my mom is my
hero and the kindest person that I know
is because she works all week long just so
that she can spend time with our family
on the weekend. Some times she works
until 10 p.m.
The second example of why my mom
is my hero and the kindest person I know
is that even though me and my sister argue on our long trip to dance classes in
Marshfield my mom always forgives me
and my sister Shaya.
The third example why my mom is
my hero and the kindest person I know
is because she reminds me every morning to feed my bunny Heartbreaker timothy hay and turnip greens. In conclusion
my mom may not be a famous hero, but
all three examples clearly show that my
mom is my hero and the kindest person
I know.
My hero would be my Grandma Kuenne. She patches the holes in my socks

and the tear in my jeans. It is so fun to do
my homework with her because I have to
show her how. Grandma does it a different way, like math. Grandma is so funny
because I call her every day after school
to chat and she giggles at my stories.
She also took me to my 4-H meeting and
stayed with me, Mom was working that
day. I love my grandma!
My Hero
by Jacob Weise
The person who is my hero is the person that I keep busy fixing things for me.
He fixes my 4-wheeler, bicycles, dirt
bike, DS, TV, my little wooden rocking
chair, toys that break and anything else
that needs to be fixed.
He rides bike with me, we play badminton, tag and kick ball. He helps me
with batting practice and catching. He
takes me to my Little League games, soccer and sometimes swimming lessons.
He taught me to play chess. This person
helps me sight in my guns and teaches me
gun safety. We take walks in the woods,
he talks to me and we hunt red squirrels.
So far I have not gotten one. One of his
friends lives on a lake and they took us
out fishing in a boat. We caught fish and
Class makes new park sign
photo by Vonda Kinas
Students in Tyler Pockats industrial arts class at Gilman High School recently built a new sign for the Gilman Cheese Community Park in Gilman. Pictured are (l. to r.): Tyler Pockat, James Copenhaver, Cole Johnson, Logan Anderson and Tom Hand from
Gilman Cheese.
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Beneciarys role in preventing Medicare fraud and abuse

Next year, Medicare will celebrate its
50th anniversary in service to seniors
and persons with disabilities. Medicare
currently covers 53 million people with
an annual budget exceeding $512 billion.
Protection for the aged against the
high cost of healthcare was the primary
objective for the implementation of Medicare. Medicare was established in 1965
under President Johnsons administration through amendments to the Social

Security Program. Since then, enrollees
have benefited from the programs costeffective and appropriate care, and had
access to affordable and continuity of
care through the Medicare proqrams
hospital insurance, medical insurance
and prescription drug coverage.
Medford Elementary Fall Festival
There is a significant role in Medicare

for beneficiaries to help ensure the ongoing success and health of the Medicare
program and to help protect consumers
of healthcare services. As a large federal
program, Medicare experiences a fair
amount of fraud and abuse. Medicare
and programs such as Wisconsin Senior
Medicare Patrol (SMP) offer an array of
materials and resources for beneficiaries
to monitor and account for their health
services and costs. To receive these resources, contact Wisconsin SMP at 800488-2596, ext. 317. Through beneficiary
participation, problems and errors are
more likely to be resolved and Medicare
fraud and abuse can be reduced.
To participate in Medicare in a helpful
and protective way, follow these recommendations:
Protect your Medicare card and
number. Do not carry your Medicare

card unless you need it for visits to a doctor, clinic, or pharmacy, and keep it in a
secure area.
Record, in a personal journal, your
doctor visits, tests, prescriptions and all
other healthcare related expenses.
Compare information on your Medicare Summary Notice (MSN) and your
Medicare Part D Explanation of Benefits
(EOB) to your records for possible errors
or fraud. Check for the following: charges
for items or services not received; billing
for the same service twice; and services
not ordered by a physician. Contact your
healthcare provider or plan if you find
problems or errors on your MSN or EOB.
If these issues are not resolved and you
suspect fraud or abuse, contact 800-Medicare (800-633-4227).
Free computer basics class

offered at Medford campus
Pasta pro
Photos by Mark Berglund
Nicole Poetzl ties the fall festival record by picking up eight pieces of dry pasta with
a strand of spaghetti during a minute to win it game at the Medford Area Elementary
School on Thursday.
NTCs West Region will be offering

no charge, tuition free, learn your way
courses for beginning computer users.
Individual, self-paced assistance is provided at a time convenient to students.
All topics covered are geared to the
new computer operator or those who
want to refresh their computer skills.
Content available for learning includes: getting your first look, starting programs, using a word processor,
working with files, browsing web pages,
search for websites, sending and receiving email, and sending and receiving attachments. Classes are available using
Windows 7 or Windows 8. Also available
is training on the iPad. Students are encouraged to bring in their own device or
laptop, but are also welcome to use the
computers and devices in the lab.
Contact the NTC West Region campus

at 715-748-3603, ext. 7009 or 888-682-7144,
ext. 7009 to set up an appointment for this
free computer offering. Pre-registration
is required.
Town Watch
Town Watch items are a brief summary taken from town board meeting
minutes. They include major discussion
topics, action items, major expenditures,
board members in attendance and date
of next meeting. For a complete copy of
the minutes contact your local township
clerk. Meeting minutes remain unofcial until approved by the board at the
next meeting and are subject to correction and modication by the board. Some
towns wait to send ofcial minutes resulting in a delay before the meeting appears in The Star News.
Cleveland
September 9, 2014
Actions taken:
Motion to pre-pay $1,031.36 for propane
this year was unanimously approved.
Attendance:
All board members, except Jim Harp
and Tammy Wojcik, were present.
Maplehurst
September 11, 2014
Actions taken:
Motion the board may meet on the
roads from time to time during the next
month was unanimously approved.
Attendance:
All board members were present.
Medford
September 9, 2014
Prizes galore
Medford Area Elementary School students earned a fun night through good behavior, and they celebrated with their families and
school staff members on Thursday with a fall festival. Several local businesses donated prizes for the event.
Actions taken:
Motion to adopt Resolution No. 54 to
contract with Robert Christensen for
building inspection and assessment services was unanimously approved.
Attendance:
All board members and two other people were present.
City of Medford
Application for
Class B Beer License/
Class C Wine License
MARILYNS GO GO GRILL
LLC, d/b/a Marilyns Catering,
Marilyn Frank, Agent, makes application to the Common Council
of the City of Medford for a Class
B Beer License/Class C Wine License for the period November
19, 2014 to June 30, 2015 at
157/159 Whelen Avenue. Virginia Brost, City Clerk.
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Trustee for the Certificate-holders of Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust 2006-5, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2006-5
Plaintiff
vs
Mark S. Glamann, et al.
Defendant(s)
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE
that by virtue of a judgment of
foreclosure entered on November 15, 2013 in the amount of
$211,447.53 the Sheriff will sell
the described premises at public
auction as follows:
TIME: November 18, 2014 at
09:30 a.m.
TERMS: By bidding at the
sheriff 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 encumbrances.
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: in the Taylor County
Courthouse located at 224 S.
2nd Street, Medford, Wisconsin
DESCRIPTION: ALL OF
GOVERNMENT LOT SIX (6),
SECTION EIGHTEEN (18),
TOWNSHIP
THIRTY-ONE
(31) NORTH, RANGE ONE
(1) EAST, EXCEPT THE FOL-
Notice of Hearing
Application For Variance
Village of Gilman
Notice of Public Budget Hearing

Town of Chelsea
Taylor County
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, November 11, 2014, at 8:00 p.m. at the Chelsea Town Hall, a
Public Hearing on the Proposed 2015 Budget for the
Town of Chelsea will be held. The proposed budget in detail is available for inspection at the home of the clerk.
Please call (715) 748-3988 for an appointment.
Notice of Special Town Meeting

of the Electors
Town of Chelsea
Taylor County
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Special Town
Meeting of the electors of the Town of Chelsea, Taylor
County, Wisconsin, will be held at the Chelsea Town Hall
on the 11th day of November, 2014 immediately following
the Public Hearing on the proposed 2015 town budget for
the following purposes:
1. To approve the 2014 total town tax levy to be collected in 2015 pursuant to s. 60.10(1)(a) of Wis. Statutes.
Dated this 23th day of October, 2014.
Gail Mildbrand
Clerk of the Town of Chelsea
(1st ins. October 30, 2nd ins. November 6)
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LOWING DESCRIBED PARCEL: COMMENCING AT A

POINT 382 FEET SOUTH OF
THE NORTHWEST CORNER
OF SAID GOVERNMENT LOT
6; THENCE EAST 50 FEET;
THENCE SOUTH 417.4 FEET;
THENCE WEST 50 FEET:
THENCE NORTH 417.4 FEET
TO THE POINT OF TRUE BEGINNING.
PROPERTY
ADDRESS:
N3872 County Road E, Medford, WI 54451
TAX KEY NO.: 032-005920000
Dated this 24th day of September, 2014
/s/ Bruce Daniels
Sheriff Bruce Daniels
Taylor County Sheriff
Dustin A. McMahon
J Peterman Legal Group Ltd.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a public hearing before the Board of Appeals of the Village of Gilman has
been scheduled for Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at
5:00 p.m. in the Village Municipal Building, Gilman Village
Hall, 380 East Main Street, Gilman, Wisconsin. Application for Variance submitted by Thomas Slaughter, Gilman
Forest Products requests a sixteen and half (16.5) foot
setback from property line for a new warehouse building.
Property located at 400 N. 1st Avenue parcel ID 13100293-0000 Village of Gilman, Wisconsin. The Building
Plans and Letter of Request for Variance are available
for public inspection at Village Clerks office on any business day between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. All
persons interested in this application for variance will be
given an opportunity to be heard at said meeting.
Board of Appeals Meeting

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that the Application for
Variance will be considered by the Board of Appeals of
the Village of Gilman on Wednesday, November 12, 2014
following the hearing in the Village Community Room, Village Municipal Building, 380 East Main Street.
Candice Grunseth, WCMC
Village Clerk
44-143730
(1st ins. Oct. 30, 2nd ins. Nov. 6)
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State Bar No. 1086857

165 Bishops Way, Suite 100
Brookfield, WI 53005
262-790-5719
Please go to www.jpetermanlegalgroup.com to obtain the bid
for this sale.
J Peterman Legal Group Ltd.
is the creditors attorney and is
attempting to collect a debt on
its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.
(1st ins. October 23,
3rd ins. November 6)
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Medford Area Public School District

Annual Board of Education
Meeting Minutes
October 27, 2014
Present: Jeff Albers, Mark Berglund, Brandon Brunner,
Paul Dixon, Dave Fleegel, Joseph Greget, Kelley Isola,
Clem Johnson, Barb Knight, Jennifer Kuenne, Dan Miller,
Jeff Peterson, Mark Reuter, Pat Sullivan, Mark Temme
and Cheryl Wibben
Information/Discussion:
Proposed 2014-15 budget
Removal of the properties purchased by the school
district from the City of Medford tax rolls and the
plans for the purchased properties
Action:
Approved:
Election of Dave Fleegel as Chairperson
2013 Annual Meeting Minutes
2014 Annual Meeting Treasurers Report
Possible Sale of School Property
Possible Purchase of Property
Increase in board member salaries to $100
per board meeting for board president, $95
per board meeting for clerk, $75 per board
meeting for all other board members, and $45
per assigned committee meeting for all board
members
Tax levy against the property of the school
district in an amount equal to 7.97 mills of
equalized property value, but not less than
$6,709,432 (subject to state budget refinement)
Date, Place and Time for the 2015 Annual
Meeting set to be not earlier than May 15 and
no later than October 31 , 2015
Adjournment:
The meeting was adjourned at 6:37 p.m.
A complete copy of the board meeting minutes are
available in the District Office or online at www.medford.
k12.wi.us.
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2015 Taylor County Adopted Budget Summary

Fund
Fund
#
Description
Expenditures:
101
General Government Operations
112
Independent Auditing
113
Fire Suppression
201
Housing Authority Programs
202
Nutrition Programs
203
Commission on Aging
204
Ambulance Replacement
301-309 Debt Service
403
Communications Upgrade Project
601
Human Services
602
Home Nursing
701
Highway Operations
Totals:
Revenues:
101
201
202
203
301-309
403
601
602
701
General Government Operations

Housing Authority Programs
Nutrition Programs
Commission on Aging
Debt Service
Communications Upgrade Project
Human Services
Home Nursing
Highway Operations
TOTALS:
Total Adopted Expenditures:

Total Adopted Revenues:
2015 Adopted Levy:
$26,040,484
$15,099,163
$10,941,321
Actual
2013
Budgeted
2014
Adopted
2015
$11,618,107
29,100
610
77,778
508,985
165,294
140,191
969,921
1,204,941
7,882,656
299,174
5,660,379
$28,557,136
$10,602,274
31,000
0
0
479,679
134,313
0
938,021
0
7,752,625
251,747
5,150,136
$25,339,795
$10,980,649
33,000
0
0
520,846
144,055
0
925,921
0
7,760,100
249,725
5,426,188
$26,040,484
$5,462,971
137,434
485,062
15,555
15,000
800,397
6,713,661
273,358
3,120,370
$17,023,808
$4,460,830
0
466,056
16,839
20,000
0
6,797,338
251,747
2,775,136
$14,787,946
$4,669,247
0
486,988
19,200
20,000
0
6,721,565
249,725
2,932,438
$15,099,163
County Tax Levy

2013 Levy: $10,281,679
2014 Levy: $10,551,849
2015 Levy: $10,941,321
2015 Adopted
Tax Levy
$6,311,402
33,000
0
0
33,858
124,855
0
905,921
0
1,038,535
0
2,493,750
$10,941,321
Millrate per $1,000 of Equalized Value

2013 Mill Rate: $8.11
2014 Mill Rate: $8.17
2015 Mill Rate: $8.27
Fund
Balance
01/01/13
$3,568,792
(3,538)
1,388
0
81,922
46,577
(61,720)
0
624,649
822,723
170,519
6,443,493
$11,694,805
Fund
Balance
12/31/13
$3,294,420
(1,638)
778
59,655
71,622
14,313
(135,208)
0
220,105
609,016
144,703
6,165,391
$10,443,157
Equalized Value for County Tax Purposes

2013: $1,291,813,400
2014: $1,323,807,300
A copy of the entire 2015 Taylor County Budget as adopted, is available for public inspection at the County Clerks office, Courthouse, Medford, Wisconsin during normal business
hours.
Bruce P. Strama, County Clerk
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ACCIDENTS/PUBLIC NOTICES
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Accident reports
Two-vehicle accident
Robert D. Waterman and Christie M.

Graveen were involved in an accident on
Oct. 23 at 11 a.m. on Hwy 64 in the city
of Medford. According to the accident
report, the Waterman vehicle was westbound on Hwy 64 (Broadway Avenue)
and was making a right turn into a business driveway at 545 W. Broadway when
it collided with the Graveen vehicle
which was attempting to pass the Waterman vehicle on the right side. Graveen
stated the Waterman vehicle had its turn
signal on to make a left turn and then
made a right turn as she attempted to
pass on the right side. Both vehicles sustained moderate damage. Graveen complained of pain to her left side, arm, head
and neck. She refused medical treatment
at the scene and was escorted to the hospital by her husband.
One-vehicle accidents
The Medford Police Department responded to an accident on Oct. 17 at 8:56
p.m. in the parking lot at Medford Plaza
in the city of Medford. According to the
accident report, a vehicle being driven
through the parking lot struck the base
of a light pole.
Duane H. Smith was involved in an accident on Oct. 25 at 8:27 a.m. in the park-
Taylor County Law Enforcement

ing lot at Walmart in the city of Medford.
According to the accident report, a vehicle was driving through the parking
lot when it struck a curb and tree. The
driver was unable to see the curb and
tree because of the sunshine. The vehicle
sustained damage to the front bumper.
The Taylor County Sheriffs Department responded to an accident on Oct. 28
at 6:58 a.m. on CTH A in the town of Little
Black. According to the accident report,
a vehicle was eastbound on CTH A when
a herd of 10 cows came out of the north
ditch onto the roadway. The vehicle
struck one of the cows and killed it. The
vehicle sustained damage to the front
and drivers side.
The Taylor County Sheriffs Department responded to an accident on Nov.
4 at 5:30 a.m. on Hwy 64 in the town of
Goodrich. According to the accident report, a vehicle was eastbound on Hwy 64
when it struck a horse in the roadway.
The vehicle sustained moderate damage
to the front and drivers side.
Hit-and-run accident
A vehicle owned by Donald Nelson

and an unknown vehicle were involved
in a hit-an-run accident on Oct. 25 at
2:45 p.m. in the 100 block of East Perkins
Street in the city of Medford. According
to the accident report, an unknown vehicle struck the parked and unoccupied
Nelson vehicle, damaging the left front
fender.
Deer-related accidents
The following deer-related accidents

were reported: Oct. 26 at 7:07 p.m. on CTH
M in the town of Cleveland; Oct. 27 at 7:50
p.m. on Hwy 64 in the town of Medford;
Oct. 28 at 7:20 a.m. on CTH A in the town
of Deer Creek, 6:10 p.m. on Hwy 13 in the
Ron O. Anderson Jr., a.k.a. Ronald O.

Anderson Jr., 30, Medford, pled no contest to operating while under the influence-second offense and operating while
revoked. He was sentenced to serve 45
days in jail; pay a fine and costs of $1,899;
his drivers license was revoked for 14
months; an ignition interlock device
(IID) is to be installed on his vehicle for
one year; and he is to complete an alcohol
and drug assessment and follow through
with a driver safety plan. A charge of
IID tampering/failure to install was dismissed but read in.
Joseph M. Holliday, 22, Adams, pled
town of Westboro and 7:45 p.m. on CTH Q

in the town of Medford; Oct.29 at 3:14 a.m.
on Jolly Avenue in the town of Medford;
Oct. 30 at 9:30 a.m. on Hwy 13 in the town
of Deer Creek and 9:11 p.m. on Wood Lake
Avenue in the town of Rib Lake; Oct. 31 at
6:41 p.m. on Hwy 64 in the town of Browning, 9:30 p.m. on Hwy 64 in the town of
Ford and 11:17 p.m. on Sunset Road in the
town of Medford; Nov. 1 at 1:39 p.m. on
Hwy 64 in the town of Hammel; Nov. 2 at
8:33 p.m. on Allman Avenue in the town
of Medford.
One-vehicle accident
The Taylor County Sheriffs Department responded to an accident on Oct. 31 at
9:15 a.m. on Hwy 102 in the town of Rib Lake. According to the accident report, a
vehicle was westbound on Hwy 102 when the driver lost control on a patch of black
ice on the roadway. The vehicle entered the north ditch and rolled over. The vehicle
sustained severe damage to the front and passenger side.
Court proceedings
Pleas entered
Taylor County Circuit Court

no contest to contributing to truancy
and was ordered to pay a fine and costs
of $579.
Tari L. Harson, 34, Sheldon, pled
guilty to operating while under the influence-second offense. She was sentenced
to serve 60 days in jail; was ordered to
pay a fine and costs of $1,741; her drivers
license was revoked for 14 months; an IID
is to be installed on her vehicle for one
year; and she is to undergo an alcohol
assessment, comply with a driver safety
plan and attend and successfully complete an OWI victim impact plan.
Serapio Vasquez Terrones III, 33, Medford, pled no contest to operating without a valid license-second offense within
three years and was ordered to pay costs

of $443.
Lori A. Hoffman, 51, Medford, pled no
contest to an amended charge of disorderly conduct and was ordered to pay a
fine and costs of $330.50.
Probation ordered
counseling as deemed appropriate by the

probationary agent; write a letter of apology to the victim; and undergo an alcohol
and drug assessment and follow through
with any recommendations.
Deferred judgments
Michael A. Goen, 49, Dorchester, pled

no contest to theft of movable propertyless than or equal to $2,500. His sentence
was withheld and he was placed on probation for one year. As conditions of
his probation, Goen must pay costs of
$443 and supervision fees as ordered by
the Department of Corrections; undergo
Devin J. Cypher a.k.a. Devin James Cypher, 19, Curtiss, successfully completed
a nine-month deferred entry of judgment
and the criminal charge against him was
amended to a non-criminal ordinance violation of disorderly conduct. He pled no
See COURT on page 17
Public notices
Gravel Bids Wanted

Town of Westboro
The Town of Westboro is seeking sealed bids for approximately 4,300 yards, more or less, of inch crushed
gravel. Gravel shall be to Grade 3 state spec 8-12%. Contractor shall furnish test results during and upon completion of crushing.
Gravel is to be delivered anywhere in township no later
than August 31, 2015, unless pre-approved by the Town
Board. Contact Ed Schlosser at 715-427-5788 for locations to be delivered.
The Town Board will open sealed bids on Friday, November 21, 2014 during the 6 p.m. board meeting at the
Community Center located at N8855 Second Street. The
Town of Westboro reserves the right to accept or reject
any or all bids in the best interest of the town. A Certificate
of Insurance must accompany all bids.
Sealed bids must be received by Rebecca Zuleger,
Town Clerk, N8855 Second Street, PO Box 127, Westboro, WI 54490 until 5 p.m. on Friday, November 21, 2014.
Rebecca Zuleger, Town Clerk
(1st ins. October 30, 2nd ins. November 6)
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Medford Area Public School District

Special Board of Education
Meeting Minutes
October 27, 2014
Members Present: Brandon Brunner, Paul Dixon, Dave
Fleegel, Kelley Isola, Barb Knight, Jeff Peterson, Mark
Reuter, Mark Temme and Cheryl Wibben
Consent Agenda:
Approved:
Agenda
Action:
Approved:
Tax levy against the property of the school
district in an amount equal to 7.97 mills of
equalized property value, but not less than
$6,709,432 (subject to state budget refinement)
Adjournment:
The meeting was adjourned at 6:39 p.m.
A complete copy of the board meeting minutes are
available in the District Office or online at www.medford.
k12.wi.us.
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NEWS/DISPATCH LOGS
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Dispatch log
Gilman Police Department
Oct. 27 Juvenile problem.
Oct. 29 Theft at 775 E. McSloy St. at 11:41 a.m.
Oct. 31 Sex offense at 1:32 p.m.
Medford Police Department

Oct. 27 Theft at 400 N. Main St. at 924 a.m.; theft
at 509 E. Clark St. at 9:42 a.m.; accident at Medford Plaza
at 9:59 a.m.; warrant arrest at courthouse at 10:13 a.m.;
animal at large on N. Fourth St. at 2:10 p.m.; citizen assist at 147 Ninth St. at 6:59 p.m.; ambulance request at
850 E. Broadway at 7:03 p.m.
Oct. 28 Lockout at 340 N. Park Ave. at 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 29 Missing person at 509 Lemke Ave. at 3:52
a.m.; citizen assist at 854 N. Eighth St. at 5:14 p.m.
Oct. 30 Citizen assist at 506 E. Allman St. at 3:12
a.m.; property damage at 147 Ninth St. at 6:10 a.m.; disorderly conduct at 509 E. Clark St. at 1:01 p.m.; lockout
at 177 S. Eighth St. at 3:03 p.m.; information at 524 N.
Second St. at 6:02 p.m.
Oct. 31 Traffic complaint on E. Allman St. at 2:23
a.m.; commercial alarm at 190 Medford Plaza at 2:39
a.m.; harassment at 147 Ninth St. at 9:03 a.m.; ambulance request at 550 N. Eighth St. at 9:12 a.m.; traffic control at 410 S. Eighth St. at noon; theft at 509 E. Clark St.
at 2:11 p.m.; traffic arrest at Hwy 13 and Gravel Road
in town of Little Black at 5:12 p.m.; traffic complaint at
431 W. Broadway Ave. at 5:32 p.m.; lockout at Marathon
Cheese at 10:19 p.m.; lockout at Kwik Trip at 11:09 p.m.
Nov. 1 Suspicious activity at 8:37 N. Second Street
at 3:32 a.m.; citizen assist at 546 S. Second St. at 12:26
p.m.; burglary at 312 S. Wisconsin Ave. at 1:36 p.m.;
property damage at Mink Capital Terrace at 2:16 p.m.;
parking problem at Wal-Mart at 2:40 p.m.; suicidal subject at 3:50 p.m.; disorderly conduct at 547 E. Urquhart
St. at 4:43 p.m.; sexual assault ; fraud at 111 N. Eighth St.
at 6:10 p.m.; suspicious activity at 884 W. Broadway Ave.
at 10:15 p.m.
Nov. 2 Underage drinking at 116 S. Main St. at 1:42
a.m.; harassment at 521 Lemke Ave. at 7:17 a.m.; request
for officer at 139 S. Eighth St. at 6:17 p.m.
Taylor County Sheriffs Department

Oct. 27 Warrant arrest at courthouse at 10:13 a.m.;
9-1-1 hang up at N8978 Forest Ln. in town of Rib Lake at
11:32 a.m.; suspicious activity on Beaver Creek Rd. in
town of Ford at 1:54 p.m.; traffic complaint on Hwy 13 at
2:14 p.m.; ambulance request at 850 E. Broadway Ave.
at 7:03 p.m.; accident on Hwy 64 just west of Medford at
7:56 p.m.; disorderly conduct at N3531 Elder Dr. in town
of Aurora at 8 p.m.; transport to Sacred Heart Hospital
Court proceedings
contest to the amended charge and was ordered to pay a
fine and costs of $330.50.
Bradley S. Smith, 33, Medford, successfully completed a six-month deferred entry of judgment agreement
and a charge of issuance of worthless checks-less than
or equal to $2,500 was dismissed on a prosecutors motion.
Nicole M. Hoefferle, 28, Medford, successfully completed a two-year deferred entry of judgment agreement
and a charge of manufacture/delivery of THC (less than
or equal to 200 grams)-possession with intent to deliver/
distribute a controlled substance on or near a public
pool was dismissed on a prosecutors motion.
Deferred entry of judgment agreement

Michael A. Goen, 49, Dorchester, entered into a deferred entry of judgment agreement for one year for a
charge of felony possession of narcotic drugs. As terms
of the agreement, Goen must not commit any criminal offenses during the period of the agreement; notify
the Taylor County district attorney and clerk of court
offices of any address change; undergo an alcohol and
drug assessment and all recommended follow-through
treatment, and provide proof of assessment to the Taylor County district attorneys office; write a letter of
apology, submitted to and approved by the probationary agent, to the victim; and successfully complete his
one-year probationary period.
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Taylor County Law Enforcement

at 9:32 p.m.; harassment at N3989 River Dr. in town of
Medford at 9:47 p.m.; traffic hazard on Hwy 64 and CTH
E in town of Medford at 10:21 p.m.
Oct. 28 Accident at Gibson Drive and CTH A in
town of Little Black at 6:59 a.m.; accident at W4373 CTH
A at 7:25 a.m.; lockout at N2307 Hall Dr. in town of Deer
Creek at 8:50 a.m.; child custody on Hwy 13 in town of
Chelsea at 11:10 a.m.; identity theft at W5058 Elm Ave.
in town of Deer Creek at 11:34 a.m.; suspicious activity
at W7659 Perkinstown Ave. in town of Hammel at 12:10
p.m.; citizen assist at courthouse at 12:19 p.m.; deer tag
request on Hwy 64 and CTH F in town of Roosevelt at
1:43 p.m.; juvenile problem; accident at Hwy 13 and CTH
D in town of Westboro at 6:12 p.m.; accident at W3470
CTH O in town of Browning at 7:45 p.m.; message delivered at W4364 Apple Ave. in town of Deer Creek at
8:10 p.m.; structure fire at W3928 Wellington Lake Dr. in
town of Greenwood at 8:36 p.m.
Oct. 29 Accident at Hwy 13 and Correction Ln. at
3:14 a.m.; missing person at 509 Lemke Ave. at 3:52 a.m.;
escort on CTH C and Hwy 102 in town of Rib Lake at 9:22
a.m.; traffic complaint at Grahl Drive and Center Ave.
in town of Browning at 10:31 a.m.; accident at N5620
Hwy 73 in town of Cleveland at 11:14 a.m.; child abuse
in town of Greenwood at 2:32 p.m.; extra patrol at 380 E.
McSloy St. in village of Gilman at 7:16 p.m.
Oct. 30 Welfare check at W6245 Gengler Ave. in
town of Medford at 8:51 a.m.; accident at Hwy 13 and
Pine Ave. in town of Deer Creek at 9:49 a.m.; traffic
complaint at Hwy 13 and Stetson Ave. in town of Little
Black at 12:37 p.m.; non-sufficient funds at 801 McComb
Ave. in village of Rib Lake at 2:23 p.m.; warrant arrest
at courthouse at 3:20 p.m.; citizen assist at courthouse
at 3:54 p.m.; harassment at 1000 Kennedy St. in village
of Rib Lake at 4:22 p.m.; request for officer at 939 High
St. in village of Rib Lake at 4:25 p.m.; accident on CTH C
and Hwy 102 in town of Rib Lake at 9:31 p.m.; citizen assist at 155 E. Davlin St. in village of Gilman at 11:12 p.m.
Oct. 31 Traffic complaint on E. Allman St. in city
of Medford at 2:23 a.m.; traffic complaint at Hwy 64 and
Lekie Dr. in town of Browning at 8:51 a.m.; ambulance
request at W3482 Center Ave. in town of Browning at

8:59 a.m.; accident at Hwy 102 and W. Rib Rd. in town of
Rib Lake at 9:17 a.m.; accident at W6527 Silver Creek Rd.
in town of Westboro at 3:01 p.m.; sex offense; lockout at
W15710 CTH M in town of Pershing at 4:45 p.m.; accident
at Hwy 64 and CTH C in town of Goodrich at 6:41 p.m.;
welfare check at 544 Third St. in village of Rib Lake at
8:32 p.m.; accident at Hwy 64 and Polley Ln. in town of
Ford at 9:30 p.m.; fight at 832 McComb Ave. in village of
Rib Lake at 10:39 p.m.; animal complaint on CTH C in
town of Deer Creek at 10:50 p.m.; accident at Sunset Rd.
and Cedar St. in town of Medford at 11:15 p.m.
Nov. 1 Animal at large at N2836 Daisy Ln. in town
of Medford at 1:52 a.m.; commercial alarm at W2407 Hwy
102 in town of Rib Lake at 2:28 a.m.; suspicious activity
at 837 N. Second St. in city of Medford at 3:32 a.m.; deer
tag request on CTH M at 10:23 a.m.; suicidal subject; escort on Hwy 13 in village of Stetsonville at 10:29 a.m.;
deer tag request at W1098 Hwy 64 in town of Goodrich
at 11:21 a.m.; citizen assist at 546 S. Second St. in city of
Medford at 12:26 p.m.; accident at Hwy 64 and CTH D in
town of Hammel at 1:39 p.m.; deer tag request at N4497
Oriole Dr. in town of Medford at 4:28 p.m.; disorderly
conduct at 547 E. Urquhart St. in city of Medford at 4:43
p.m.; shooting after hours at N2275 Pirus Road in town
of Maplehurst at 4:45 p.m.; property damage at 547 E.
Urquhart St. in city of Medford at 5:43 p.m.; structure
fire at 900 Fayette Ave. in village of Rib Lake at 6:49 p.m.;
accident at Gibson Dr. and Gravel Rd. in town of Little
Black at 7:03 p.m.; theft at 884 W. Broadway Ave. at 10:15
p.m.
Nov. 2 Traffic arrest at Hwy 13 and Gravel Rd. in
town of Little Black at 1:41 a.m.; shooting after hours on
Pirus Rd. in town of Grover at 10:45 a.m.; ATV incident
at N5794 Lemke Creek Rd. in town of Greenwood at 4:11
p.m.; sex offense; property damage at W8287 Center Ave.
in town of Hammel at 8:28 p.m.
Nov. 3 Ambulance request at N4740 Moraine Ln.
in town of Grover at 7:08 a.m.; garbage dumping at CTH
D and Harper Dr. in town of Rib Lake at 7:23 a.m.
Scammers use Most Dangerous Celebrities

as click bait to fool consumers
Better Business Bureau (BBB) is warning consumers
about the Most Dangerous Celebrities whose names
and photos are most often used by scammers as click
bait. BBB is joining with security technology company McAfee in alerting consumers about the problem
of click baiting and how to avoid it. Today McAfee released the list of the top ten Most Dangerous Celebrities. Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel topped the list.
What is click baiting?

Click baiting is a way to get someones attention
online. Many advertisers use it, but so do scammers.
They engage with potential identity theft victims by offering something that is too intriguing to ignore: messages claiming new videos, shocking information or
scandalous news on celebrities, newsmakers and other
famous people.
Many consumers are unaware of the risks that exist
when searching for celebrity and entertainment news.
Often, the click bait leads to a sketchy website or a link
Disposition reports
that downloads malware on the users computer or

smart phone.
The most dangerous celebrities

For the eighth year, security technology company
McAfee has identified the Most Dangerous Celebrities whose names and images are most widely used by
scammers as click bait. The riskiest personalities on
the web are:
1. Jimmy Kimmel (comedian, actor, talk show host)
2. Armin van Buuren (Dutch DJ and music producer)
3. Ciara (singer-songwriter, dancer, Grammy winner)
4. Flo Rida (rapper, Peoples Choice award winner)
5. Bruce Springsteen (rock legend, 20 Grammys, Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame)
6. Blake Shelton (country singer, judge on The Voice,
husband of Miranda Lambert)
7. Britney Spears (pop singer, former child actor)
8. Jon Bon Jovi (singer-songwriter, philanthropist)
9. Chelsea Handler (comedian, writer, talk show host)
10. Christina Aguilera (pop singer, actress, Grammy
winner)
What consumers can do

Consumers can do their part by being vigilant in
See CLICK BAITING on page 18
Forfeitures
Edward O. Brecke, 20, Medford, pled no contest to

trespassing and was fined $200.50.
David D. Fliehs, 22, Rib Lake, pled no contest to an
amended charge of speeding 25-29 mph over the limit.
He was fined $250.90 and his drivers license was suspended for 15 days. The original charge had been speeding 30-34 mph over the limit.
Lori A. Hoffman, 51, Medford, pled no contest to operating while under the influence-first offense. She was
fined $970, her drivers license was revoked for seven
months and she is to undergo an alcohol assessment. A
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NEWS/OBITUARIES
Food safety and budgeting

for the holiday season
UW-Extension is sponsoring several programs in
the next two weeks. Whether you are interested in food
safety related to hunting or Thanksgiving or figuring
out how to pay for it all, there is a program for you.
Peggy Nordgren, professor at the UW-Extension office in Medford, will be teaching a class on food safety.
A Safe Thanksgiving and Crockpot Safety will be held
on Monday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.. The program will be at the
USDA Service Center on Donald Street in Medford and
will be a good review of the latest food safety information. Call 715-748-3327 to pre-register.
Starting Nov. 4 and 5, Managing Your Money classes
will teach you how to plan your yearly finances. This
three-part class starts on Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 1 p.m. or
Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 6 p.m.. This class is a good way to
clean up your finances and get ready for the new year.
You will learn several ways to track your spending and
develop a spending plan for your family. Both classes
will be at the USDA Service Center on Donald Street in
Medford. Call to pre-register.
UW-Extension also has publications with the latest
research on food safety and finances. Canning Meats,
Wild Game, Poultry and Fish Safely is available at the
UW-Extension Office. Our Family Records, Managing
Between Jobs and Look Before You Leap: A Guide to
Legal and Financial Implications of Marriage and (Remarriage) in Wisconsin are also available.
Keep your family safe and healthy this season with
the latest research information.
Agribusinesses highlighted in
Growing Wisconsin magazine
Growing Wisconsin magazine is back and this year is
showcasing agriculture related businesses in the state.
The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer
Protection (DATCP) presents the 84-page full color publication as a way to connect readers with the states agricultural community.
Growing Wisconsin magazine includes stories about
family-owned businesses carrying on the traditions of
generations past but taking advantage of new technologies and educational opportunities that help keep their
businesses thriving. You will read how Wisconsins
agricultural infrastructure helps generate jobs and encourages investment and growth.
This privately funded publication also highlights the
research going on at state university campuses that inspires innovation. You will read about the opportunities available to the youth of our state, the future of Wisconsins agriculture, and you will also learn about the
work DATCPs Food Safety Division is doing to ensure
a safe and healthy food supply.
Growing Wisconsin magazine will be distributed,
free of charge, around the state with the goal of educating rural and urban communities about the impact agriculture has on the lives of people who live in Wisconsin.
People can order magazines to distribute through organizations, group functions or to family and friends by
contacting Jim Dick, DATCPs communications director, at 608-224-5020 or [email protected].
Click baiting
practicing safe online behavior. BBB and McAfee recommend the following:
Dont download videos from suspect sites. Most
news clips youd want to see can easily be found on official video sites and dont require you to download anything.
Beware of clicking on third party links. You should
access content directly from official websites of content
providers. For example, visit ABC.com to find Jimmy
Kimmels latest episodes.
Always use password protection on your phone
and other mobile devices. If you dont and your phone
is lost or stolen, anyone who picks up the device could
have access to your personal information online.
Using the cloud is like using someone elses computer and some friends may have good security while
others may not. Consumers should treat the cloud as
any other asset that requires protecting.
Find out more about scams and sign up for scam
alerts at BBB Scam Stopper (bbb.org/scam). For more
information or further inquiries, contact the Wisconsin
BBB at www.bbb.org/wisconsin or 800-273-1002.
THE STAR NEWS
Obituaries
Reports of Area Deaths
Richard Budimlija
1951-2014
Richard Rick Budimlija, 63, of Rockford, Ill.,

died on Thursday, Oct. 30,
2014. He was born in Medford on May 20, 1951, the
son of Ernest and Donna
(Frank) Budimlija. He was
raised in Rib Lake and
graduated in the class of
1969. He attended some
college in Medford. Rick
then moved to Rockford.
He was given the name
Rockford Rick. He was
a huge Packers fan, even
though he moved to Illinois. He married Kimberly
Merryman on March 26, 1999. Rick enjoyed at-track
racing, hunting, shing and most of all, his family.
He loved returning to the Rib Lake area; it was al-
ways nice to see family and friends. Rick worked at

GKN for 41 years. He was a shop supervisor and he
loved his job. He was a hard worker and enjoyed his
co-workers.
Rick will be dearly missed by his wife, Kimberly;
three sons, Ross (Jessica), Blake (Megan), and Joshua Budimlija; mother, Donna Sauer; step-daughter,
Macie Thompson; ve grandchildren; siblings, Ronald (Barb) Budimlija, Wausau, Sandra (Tony) Simek,
Cody, Wy., and Randy (Wendy) Budimlija, Rib Lake.
Predeceased by father, Ernest Budimlija and stepfather, Herbert Sauer.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 8 in Honquest Family Funeral Home with
Crematory, 4311 N. Mulford Rd., Loves Park, Ill. A visitation will be held on Friday night, Nov. 7 from 4 to
7 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial in Willwood Burial
Park. To share a memory or express condolences,
visit honquestfh.com.
Paid Obituary 45-144004
Michael Held
1970-2014
Michael A. Held, 44,

town of Deer Creek, died
on Tuesday, Oct. 28. Funeral services were held
on Saturday, Nov. 1 at Zion
Evangelical
Lutheran
Church in Stetsonville,
with Rev. James H. Babler
ofciating.
Interment
was at Zion Evangelical
Cemetery in Stetsonville.
Pallbearers were Rod and
Todd Held, Dale Prochnow
Jr., Roger Hoffman, Mike
Plooy, Dennis Blasel and
Kevin Lipinski.
Hemer Funeral Homes of Medford and Rib Lake
assisted the family with arrangements.
Michael Held was born on Jan. 26, 1970 in Wausau
to Oscar and Carol Held. He attended Edgar elementary schools and was a 1988 graduate of Edgar
High School. He worked at Edgar Packing Plant and
Wausau Homes.
On September 28, 1996 in Edgar, he married Dawn
M. Prochnow, who survives. From 1996 to the present, he worked at Greenheck Fan Corporation in
Schoeld.
He was a member of Zion Evangelical Lutheran
Church where he was a member of the education
committee, and Market Animal Show and Sales Committee of Taylor County. He enjoyed shing, hunting,
snowmobiling and spending time with his family.
In addition to his wife, survivors include three
daughters, Jessica Schrom of Eau Claire, and Rebecca Held and Samantha Held, both at home; his
mother, Carol (Don) Heeren of Schoeld; his father,
Oscar (Mona Redman) Held of Edgar; two brothers,
Rodney (Jessica) Held of Edgar and Todd (Tracie)
Held of Janesville; a sister, Barb (Bruce) Klieforth
of Abbotsford; mother- and father-in-law, Bonnie and
Dale Prochnow of Medford; grandmother-in-law, Alice Prochnow of Medford; and nieces and nephews.
In lieu of owers, the family requests memorial
contributions be given to the family for future designation.
Online condolences may be made at www.hemerfuneralservice.com.
William Hagen
1938-2014
William Bill L. Hagen, 76, town of Ogema,

died on Sunday, Nov. 2 at
his home, surrounded by
his family and under hospice care. Funeral services
will be held on Friday, Nov.
7 at 11 a.m. at First Lutheran Church in Ogema,
with Rev. Dr. Bob Giese ofciating. Interment will
be at Hillside Cemetery in
Ogema. Active pallbearers are Hoyt Harms, Steve
Erickson, Donald Nelson,
Dennis Nelson, Jim Nussberger and Dave Henthorn.
Honorary pallbearers are Gary Nelson, Floyd Nelson
and William Hagen.
Visitation will be held at the church on Friday
from 9 a.m. until the time of service.
Hemer Funeral Homes of Medford and Rib Lake
assisted the family with arrangements.
William Hagen was born on Sept. 17, 1938 in Fond
du Lac. He graduated from La Crosse Central High
School in 1956.
On Aug. 6, 1960 at First Lutheran Church, he mar-
ried Bonnie J. Nelson, who survives. He worked for

American Motor Company and Chrysler, retiring in
2001 after 42 years.
He was a member of UAW Local 72, 15 year member of Kenosha Horseshoe Club and First Lutheran
Church. He enjoyed playing horseshoes, bowling,
golng, hunting, shing, baseball and softball.
In addition to his wife, survivors include three
children, Anne M. (Jamie) Andrews of Panama City,
Fla., Scott A. (Michelle) Hagen of West Melbourne,
Fla., and foster son, Scott (Karen) Pickhardt of Mayville; three siblings, Morton (Pam) Papenfuss of
Kenosha, Pauline Ebner of Park Ridge, Ill., and Delilah Winter of Buffalo, Wyo.; brothers- and sisters-inlaw, Gary (Virginia) Nelson, Dennis Nelson, Donald
(Helen) Nelson, Shirley Warter and Linda (Steve) Ericson; and four grandchildren, Blake Andrews, and
Brittany, Hayley Jo and William Hagen.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Marcella
L. (Hagen) Papenfuss; step-father, Paul H. Papenfuss;
and an infant sister, Linda Papenfuss.
In lieu of owers, memorial donations in his
honor may be made to Hope Hospice, First Lutheran
Church or Cancer Research, Mayo Clinic.
Online condolences may be made at www.hemerPaid Obituary 45-143988
funeralservice.com.
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Obituaries
Reports of Area Deaths
Correction
Information provided for the obituary for Marie

Bondaruk incorrectly stated she was born in White,
Russia. She was born in Belo, Russia.
LeNore Wilson
1948-2014
LeNore Joy Wilson,

age 66, of Poynette,
passed away on November 1 in the comfort of
her home.
LeNore was born on
October 17, 1948 in Medford, the daughter of
Charles Gordon Hamrick and Ingrid Viola
Keskimaki.
She is survived by
her children, daughters, Sara Lee Wilson and Autumn Joy
Ethington, son, Grant H. Wilson; daughter-in-law,
Nicole Rose Wilson; son-in-law, Steven William
Ethington; and one grandchild, Jackson Richard
Wilson. She was married to Michael James Wilson
for a number of years. She was preceded in death
by her parents, her sisters, Donna and Patsy, and
her brothers, Donald and Ronald.
LeNore touched many lives and will be greatly
missed. One of her favorite quotes was: Life isnt
about waiting out the storm. Its learning to dance
in the rain. - Anonymous.
Memorial services will be held on Saturday,
Nov. 8 at 12 p.m. at Panz Mantey Mendrala Funeral Home in Poynette, with Pastor Ryan ofciating. A visitation will begin the same day at 10 a.m.
In lieu of owers, the family asks that a donation be made to Hope House of South Central Wisconsin, 720 Ash St., Baraboo, WI 53913.
For a full obituary, visit www.pmmfh.com.
Marilyn Metz
1945-2014
Marilyn M. Fierke
Metz, age 69, of Plymouth, passed away Tuesday morning, Oct. 28, 2014,
at Sharon S. Richardson
Community Hospice, surrounded by her family.
She was born on Sept.
15, 1945 on the Fierke
homestead in Stetsonville to Victor and Eleanore (Hennlich) Fierke.
She was a graduate of
Dorchester High School
class of 1963. She later received her bachelors degree from UW-Green Bay in
cartography and regional analysis.
On Dec. 28, 1963, Marilyn and David Metz were
united in marriage at Sacred Heart Catholic Church
in Stetsonville.
For many years Marilyn drove for Prigge Bus
Company and was a longtime member of St. Dominic Catholic Parish where she sang soprano in the
church choir and led the environment committee.
She was an amazing cook, was gifted in sewing
and crafts, and enjoyed playing a variety of card
games. Above all, she loved spending time with her
family.
In addition to her husband, David, she is survived
by her children, Elizabeth (Thomas) Vershowske of
Wales, Douglas (Shane) Metz of Nashville, Tenn., Michael Metz of Sheboygan, and Stephen (Tina) Metz
of Sheboygan; her son-in-law, Terry Frye; her daughter-in-law, Deb Wentz; her sister-in-law, Helen Fierke;
eight grandchildren, Jessica (Daniel) Quasius, Jessica Plate, Michael Metz, Nicholas Frye, Natalie Plate,
Abby Frye, Alex Bahn, and Sam Metz; her brother,
Victor Zentner
1937-2014
Former
Westboro
resident Victor F. Zentner Jr., 77, Owen, died
on Monday, Nov. 3 at
Clark County Health
Care Center in Owen,
where he had resided
since August 2012. Funeral services will be
held on Monday, Nov.
10 at 11 a.m. at Hemer
Funeral Home in Medford, with Pastor David
Clements
ofciating.
Private interment of
his cremated remains will be held at Mount Olive
Cemetery in Westboro.
Victor Zentner was born on Aug. 25, 1937 in
Marsheld to the late Victor H. and Flora A.
(Spieles) Zentner Sr. He attended Westboro Grade
School and was a 1955 graduate of Westboro High
School. He owned and operated Victor Zentner
trucking where he specialized in logging, bulldozing and gravel work for 50 years until his retirement in 1997.
He was a past member of Westboro Conservation Club and past president of Westboro Cemetery Association. He enjoyed shing and hunting,
especially for moose in Canada.
Survivors include two siblings, Larry (Dawn)
Zentner of Westboro and Dianne Smith of Milwaukee; nieces and nephews; and other relatives
and friends.
He was preceded in death by his father on Jan.
17, 1984; his mother on Jan. 31, 1988; a sister, Jean
Zentner in 1961; and a brother-in-law, Michael
Smith.
Online condolences may be made at www.hemerfuneralservice.com.
William (Nancy) Fierke of Cary, N.C.; her sister, Doris Klieforth of Abbotsford; nieces and nephews; and
other relatives and friends.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in
death by two sisters, Carol Ridderbusch and Elizabeth Loucks; one brother, Donald Fierke; two daughters, Donna Walsh-Frye and Jennifer Jindra; and her
boxer, Roxanne.
The family would like to extend a special thank
you to the staff of Sharon S. Richardson Community
Hospice, Dr. Max Haid, Sarah Fritz, and the Vince
Lombardi Cancer Clinic staff for their compassion
and support.
Essay by Marilyn, October 2014 (Memorial):
I am almost at the end of my journey now, Im
in my bed and someone is crying softly in the background, and I want to tell them not to cry, but I cannot. For I have mourned dear relatives and friends
who have succumbed to this obnoxious disease. I also
would like to tell them to sing, rejoice and laugh, but
I cannot, because it would be inappropriate at this
time. My journey had sometimes been long and arduous but there was laughter and tears with the Lord
at the helm. God bless my family, my husband and
my children for their support. Also for my relatives
and friends who have helped me through this difcult time. God bless the Angels at the Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic for they are truly Angels, for without these people my journey surely would have been
diminished. As you go on your journey, let there be
more laughter than tears, extend your hands to others in need, and hold your children close. This will
not be goodbye, because a long time from now when
you end your journey I will be there to greet you. So
it is farewell.
Love, Mom
Marilyn Fierke Metz
Erna McNeely
1925-2014
Erma Alice (Pernsteiner) McNeely, age 89, went

home to her heavenly Father on Tuesday, Oct. 28,
2014 at St. Josephs Hospital, Marsheld. A Mass
of Christian Burial was
held on Saturday, Nov. 1
at St. Anthonys Catholic
Church in Loyal. Father
Eric Berns ofciated. Acting as pallbearers were
her grandsons, Matthew
McNeely, Paul McNeely,
Scott Tregelowne, Dennis Cepress, Joshua NcNeely, Adam NcNeely, Adam
Smith, Andrew Meshnick, Jacob McNeely, Joe McNeely, Michael Girgenti, Keith McNeely, Anton Folz,
Daniel Enerson and Ben Frericks.
Erna was born in Medford on March 30, 1925, the
daughter of Joseph Sr. and Ella (Crosswaite) Pernsteiner. She graduated from Medford High School
in 1943. On Feb. 9, 1944 she was united in marriage to
Raymond McNeely at Holy Rosary Catholic Church
in Medford. Following their marrige, they farmed in
the Jump River area before moving to Loyal where
they farmed until 1980. They then retired to the city
of Loyal where Erna resided until she relocated to
Marsheld in 2013. During Erna and Rays retirement years they enjoyed traveling and spending time
at their cabin in Lake Holcombe. Erna devoted her
life to her husband and raising her children, lifting
family and friends up in prayer daily. Her gentle spirit, kind heart and loving compassion resonates in her
living legacy, her family.
Erna is survived by her eight sons, Stephen (Dixie), Green Valley, Ariz., Michael (Diane), Neenah,
Patrick (Ruth), Curtiss, Jeffrey, Neillsville, Daniel
(Debra), Loyal, John (Jane) Prairie du Sac, Mark

(JoAnn), Prairie du Sac, Luke (Darilyn), Sauk City;
and 10 daughters, Mary (Tom) Slagoski, Wausau,
Lana (Ron) Ertl, Marsheld, Theresa (Lynn) Smith,
Loyal, Kathryn (Mark) Meshnick, Neillsville, Ann
(Murley) Wheeler, Rockford, Ill., Lori (David) Girgenti, Rockford, Mara (Jeff) Folz, Howell, Mich., Sarah
Gunderson, Eau Claire, Lisa (Scott) Enerson, Prairie du Sac, and Joan (Steve) Frericks, Marsheld;
64 grandchildren; 74 great-grandchildren; and two
great-great-grandchildren. She is also survived by
four sisters-in-law, Faye McNeely, Stratford, Lucille
Pernsteiner, Marsheld, Clare Pernsteiner, Loyal,
and Wilma Pernsteiner, South Dakota.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her
parents-in-law, Ed and Edna (Hehman) McNeely;
her husband of 55 years, Raymond Edward McNeely
(Jan. 27, 2000); two grandchildren, Erin McNeely
(March 7, 2009) and Samuel McNeely (Sept. 5, 2013);
one great-grandchild, Isabelle Marie McNeely (Oct.
19, 2014); ve brothers and sisters-in-law, Alvin (Lillian) Pernsteiner, Herman (Evelyn), (Mary Lou) Pernsteiner, Joseph Pernsteiner, Chester Pernsteiner
and James Pernsteiner; two sisters in infancy, Eileen
and Dorothy Pernsteiner; paternal in-laws, Lillian
(Harry) Allman, Ellen (Bert) Taylor, Keith McNeely
and Donna Mae McNeely.
The family wishes to express their heartfelt gratitude to the staff of St. Josephs Hospital for their support, compassion and excellent care of mom during
her nal days with us.
In lieu of owers, those wishing to express their
sympathies are encouraged to direct memorials in
Ernas name to St. Anthonys Catholic School, Loyal.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.
cuddiefh.com.
Cuddie Funeral Home of Loyal assisted the family
with arrangements.
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Rudolph perfectly
executes his state plan
by Sports Editor Matt Frey
Medfords Jarod Rudolph doesnt rate
the WIAAs state cross country course as
the most challenging hes seen. But he
knew the pace and pressure of the state
race has taken down many a strong runner in years past.
Shaking off the nerves that built even
more when the start of the meet was delayed for an hour due to heavy frost at
The Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin
Rapids, Rudolph had an outstanding
state debut, finishing eighth out of 150
Division 2 boys in a personal-record time
of 16:13.2.
His eighth-place finish is the highest at
state by a Medford male runner in school
history and was good enough to earn a
top-10 medal. The previous mark of 15th
place was set by Evan Lewandowski during his junior season of 2008.
Having had three days to reflect on the
meet, Rudolph said Tuesday hes proud
of his performance.
Its fun looking back at the pictures
from it, Rudolph said. Its pretty cool.
Im glad (eighth) is what I got.
Rudolphs plan for the race was to stay

right behind Sam Hinz of Freedom, who
beat Rudolph a week earlier at the WIAA
Division 2 Tomahawk sectional, until the
end. The plan worked to perfection.
The start of the race was fast, as it
usually is. Rudolph got through the first
mile in a brisk 4:56.8, putting him in
10th place, just over four seconds behind
the leader Kyler Lueck of Wisconsin
Lutheran. Rudolphs second-mile split
was 5:24.4, good enough for him to bump
up a spot to ninth.
It felt pretty good, I thought maybe
I could get up in the top five, Rudolph
said of the first mile. Then all of sudden
people came past me looking way better
than me. At the 1.5-mile mark I said, uhoh this isnt going to turn out too good.
But it stayed pretty good. I was in ninth
after that the whole race until I passed
the one guy at the end to get eighth.
At crunch time, Rudolphs plan to
keep pace with Hinz paid off. Just when
it looked like Rudolph himself might get
passed, he found an extra gear to carry
See RUDOLPH on page 5
Gets him this time
Photo by Jenny Kocian, Tribune-Phonograph
With a late surge, Medfords Jarod Rudolph passes Freedoms Sam Hinz and finishes in eighth place out of 150 runners at Saturdays WIAA Division 2 boys state cross
country meet. Rudolphs season-best time of 16:13.2 allowed him to beat Hinz, who
had beaten Rudolph a week earlier at the sectional meet in Tomahawk.
Two records fall; Raiders a

solid third at GNC swim meet
Really close
Photo by Matt Frey
Medfords Abbie Bergman (front) appears to be about dead even with Antigos Kate
Stensberg with just over 25 yards to go in the 100-yard backstroke during Fridays
Great Northern Conference swim meet at Wittenberg-Birnamwood. Stensberg wound
up winning by just 0.09 seconds. Bergmans time was 1:04.85.
The first of the seasons two biggest swim meets went about as well as
the Medford Raiders could have hoped
Friday with two school records falling
and numerous season-best times during a third-place finish at WittenbergBirnamwood.
Mara Schumacher broke her own record in the 500-yard freestyle, setting the
new standard at 5:39.03. Then, in the very
next event, the 200-yard freestyle relay
team of Alyssa Loertscher, Schumacher,
Paige Olson and Abbie Bergman set one
of Medfords longest-standing records
with a time of 1:44.13. They eked past
the old record of 1:44.15, set in the 1997
state meet by Nicole Budimlija, Angie
Kleczewski, Shelly Patrick and Shannon
Patrick.
The girls swam really well, head
coach Anne Burghaus said. Im very

happy, going into sectionals. Well give
them a little more rest this week. Two
records went down. Im very proud of
these girls. Now we have all three relay
records and thats awesome. These girls
deserve it. Im happy, very happy.
As expected, Tomahawk swam away
with its first Great Northern Conference
girls swimming team championship.
The Hatchets scored 320 points to beat
three strong squads from LadysmithBruce-Flambeau (265), Medford (245) and
Lakeland (232). Wittenberg-Birnamwood
(107), Antigo (77), Rhinelander (38) and
Colby-Abbotsford (18) well behind the top
four teams.
The Raiders werent able to claim
any individual championships, but they
came close.
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Lammar highlights All-GNC honorees for Medford volleyball

The Medford Raiders didnt have the
most representation on the 2014 AllGreat Northern Conference volleyball
teams, but they had the youngest representation, which hopefully bodes well for
the next couple of seasons.
Victoria Lammar is the youngest
member of the seven-member first-team
and was one of four unanimous selections for that squad in last weeks voting
process completed by the conferences
coaches. She is the lone sophomore on a
team headlined by two-time GNC Player
of the Year and three-time first-teamer
Anna Nyberg of state-bound Tomahawk.
Tomahawk junior Becca Doughty and
Mosinee senior Autumn Michlig are the
other unanimous first-team selections.
Seniors Maddie Smith of Northland
Pines and Brianna Gilbert and Megan
Haug of Rhinelander round out this
years first team. Doughty, Smith and
Haug are repeat first-team choices, along
with Nyberg. Nyberg, the Hatchets
Victoria Lammar
First Team
Jenna Klemm
Hon. Mention
outstanding hitter, is headed to the

University of Kentucky to play volleyball
for the Wildcats following graduation
this spring.
Medford senior McKenzie Dahl and
sophomores Maggie Baker and Jenna
Klemm all earned honorable mention for
the first time in their prep volleyball careers.
Lammars selection wasnt a surprise.
She excelled in virtually all areas of the
game in her second varsity season.
In 12 GNC matches, Lammar ranked
third in the league in attack percentage
at .351. She collected a team-high 83 kills
in 168 total attacks with just 24 errors.
Lammar also averaged 3.3 assists per set
to rank eighth in the GNC. She had 144
assists in 43 games. Her 40 service aces
in 43 games gave her an average of 0.9
per game, good for second in the league
just behind the one ace per game registered by Tomahawks Hanna Meyer.
Lammars 40 aces were the most of any
player in GNC competition, just ahead of
Nybergs 36. She had just 12 errors in 217
McKenzie Dahl
Hon. Mention
Maggie Baker
Hon. Mention
GNC serves for a .945 success rate and

compiled 98 digs and 16 solo blocks.
Overall during Medfords 15-22 season, Lammar had team highs with 165
kills, a .218 attack percentage, 68 aces,
311 assists and 39 solo blocks. She ranked
second in digs with 178.
Dahls inclusion on the honorable
mention list caps a solid season for the
second-year letter winner. Dahl emerged
as a dependable player who could provide a kill or a set when needed. She finished with 107 kills overall, 23 solo blocks
and 73 assists. In conference play, Dahl
ranked ninth with a .250 attack percentage, registering 53 kills and just 13 errors
in 160 attack attempts. She had 37 assists
and 11 solo blocks in league play.
Baker filled the teams libero position
and led the team with 124 digs in conference play and 256 digs overall. Her 2.9 digs
per game ranked ninth in the GNC. Her
.949 serving percentage ranked seventh.
She had just seven errors in 138 serves in
43 GNC sets. Overall, she served at a .950
clip with just 17 errors in 348 serves. The
left-handers 43 aces ranked third on the
team. Eight of those aces came in conference play.
Baker, Lammar, senior Maddy Higgins
and sophomore Sophia Pernsteiner were
the only Raiders to appear in all 111
games the team played this fall.
Klemm was the teams second setter,
notching 105 assists in 43 GNC games and
234 assists overall in 105 games played.
She added 44 service aces, including six
in league play. She too served at a .950
success rate during the season with just
20 errors in 366 serves. Klemm added 68
digs and 10 kills during her second var-
GREAT NORTHERN CONFERENCE

VOLLEYBALL FINAL STANDINGS
Conf.
W
L
Tomahawk
12
0
Mosinee
8
4
Northland Pines
7
5
Medford
6
6
Antigo
5
7
Rhinelander
4
8
Lakeland
0
12
Oct. 30 WIAA Div. 2 sectional semifinal:
Tomahawk 3, Altoona 0.
Nov. 1 WIAA Div. 2 sectional final: Tomahawk
3, Barron 1.
Nov. 7 WIAA Div. 2 state semifinal: Tomahawk vs. Waupun at Green Bay.
Nov. 8 WIAA Div. 2 state championship:
Tomahawk/Waupun winner vs. Platteville/
Waukesha Catholic Memorial winner at Green
Bay.
sity season with 36 of those digs coming

in GNC play. Medfords team statistics
showed Klemm having just 29 errors in
767 setting attempts.
The Raiders went 6-6 in the GNC, good
for fourth place behind Tomahawk (120), Mosinee (8-4) and Northland Pines (75). Medford split with 5-7 Antigo during
the regular season, but lost to the Red
Robins in the first round of the WIAA
Division 2 regional tournament for the
second straight year. Julie Smith of resurgent Northland Pines and Kathy
Wawrzynowicz of Rhinelander shared
Coach of the Year honors. Smith led the
Eagles to a six-game improvement after they were 1-11 in the GNC last year.
Rhinelander was 4-8 in league play
but made a late run to the regional fi-
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Medford boys soccer scores five All-GNC selections

Medfords high-scoring duo of Adrian
AJ Felix and Osy Ekwueme earned
high praise as did the work of three
Raider defenders in the voting for the
2014 All-Great Northern Conference boys
soccer teams.
Felix earned his second straight unanimous selection to the first team after
ranking third in scoring in 10 conference
games. Ekwueme earned his first AllGNC soccer award, landing a spot on the
12-man second team after ranking sixth
in the league in scoring.
Meanwhile, junior defenders Dalton
Everhard and Koltin Ulrich gained honorable mention for the second straight
season, while senior Ruben Alvarado
also was one of the 11 players to gain honorable mention.
The awards follow a season where
Medford finished 4-5-1 in the GNC, a
one-game improvement over 2013, and
8-8-2 overall. The Raiders won two more
games than they did a year ago.
Felix scored 34 goals this season with
15 of them coming in conference play. He
added nine assists in league play to finish with 39 points in GNC competition.
Only Christoffer Kjeve of Rhinelander
BOYS SOCCER FINAL STANDINGS
Conf.
Overall
W-L-T
W-L-T
Lakeland
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13-9-3
Rhinelander
8-1-1
11-6-2
Northland Pines
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8-7-2
Medford
4-5-1
8-8-2
Mosinee
2-8-0
3-17-0
Antigo
0-10-0
1-19-0
AJ Felix
First Team
Osy Ekwueme
Second Team
Lakeland senior Zach Carlson,

Northland Pines senior Jacob Grosskopf,
Mosinee junior Jake Marshall and
Rhinelander sophomore Gunnar Millot
round out this years first team.
Ekwueme scored seven goals and added five assists in league play for 19 conference points. He was part of a three-way
tie for sixth behind Harris (26 points)
and Millot (23 points). Chamberlain and
Connor Cox of Pines both had 19 points.
Ekwueme had four goals in the 11-1
win over Antigo. He had the game-tying
(52 points) and Riley Neri of Lakeland

(42 points) scored more. Kjeve and Neri
were named the conferences co-Offensive Players of the Year. Its the second
straight year Neri has won that award.
Felix scored four goals in an 11-1 GNC
win over Antigo on Aug. 28 and three
goals against the Red Robins in a 4-0
win on Sept. 25. His season-high was five
goals in a 7-7 season-opening tie against
Merrill on Aug. 19. He had four-goal
games in wins over Hayward on Aug.
23, at Amherst on Sept. 22 and against
Newman Catholic on Oct. 7. He scored
on a penalty kick in Medfords 4-1 loss
at defending WIAA Division 3 champion
Ashland in a regional final on Oct. 16.
Felix, Neri and Northland Pines goal
keeper Gabe Hartwig are the only repeat
first-team selections from a year ago.
Felix, Kjeve and Neri were three of the
six unanimous first-team choices. The
others are seniors Stephen Chamberlain
of Northland Pines and RJ Eades of
Rhinelander and junior Dennis Harris of
Lakeland.
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on Sept. 30, a game that was regarded as
one of Medfords finest performances of
the fall. He had two goals and two assists
in a 6-2 win over Hayward at the Phillips
tournament on Aug. 23.
Ulrich, Everhard and Alvarado helped
Medford allow 2.5 goals per game in
league play and 2.8 goals per game overall. Other than an 8-0 loss to Rhinelander
early in the year, the defense was again
See SOCCER on page 5
2014 All-Great Northern Conference boys soccer teams

First Team
*Riley Neri, Sr., Lakeland
*Dennis Harris, Jr., Lakeland
*Adrian Felix, Jr., Medford
*Stephen Chamberlain, Sr., N. Pines
*Christoffer Kjeve, Sr., Rhinelander
*RJ Eades, Sr., Rhinelander
Zach Carlson, Sr., Lakeland
Jake Marshall, Jr., Mosinee
Jacob Grosskopf, Sr., North. Pines
Gunnar Millot, So., Rhinelander
Gabe Hartwig, Sr., Northland Pines
*-unanimous selection
Second Team
Osy Ekwueme, So., Medford
Zach Caroselli, Jr., Lakeland
Connor Cox, Jr., Northland Pines
Cody Vinger, Jr., Rhinelander
Devin Olineick, Jr., Rhinelander
Brett Howard, Jr., Lakeland
Michael Laurence, Sr., Lakeland
Brendan MaGuire, Sr., Rhinelander
Omar Colchado Torres, Sr., Antigo
Wyatt Bauer, Sr., Lakeland
Ryan Ritzer, Jr., Northland Pines
Bryce White, Sr., Rhinelander
Honorable Mention
Chris Hayashi, Jr., Lakeland
Brandon Garcia, Sr., Lakeland
Ruben Alvarado, Sr., Medford
Koltin Ulrich, Jr. Medford
Kirill Romashov, So., Mosinee
Dalton Everhard, Jr., Medford
Davey Mendham, Jr., Northland Pines
Luis Hernandez, Fr., Antigo
Mitchell Modic, Jr., Rhinelander
Collin Thiex, Sr., Antigo
Felipe Maza, Sr., Rhinelander
Co-Offensive Players of the Year: Riley Neri, Lakeland and Chistoffer Kjeve,
Rhinelander
Defensive Player of the Year: Zach Carlson, Lakeland
Co-Coaches of the Year: Dan Millot, Rhinelander and Rhonda Maulson, Lakeland
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Rib Lake volleyball trio named to All-Marawood lineup

by Sports reporter Bryan Wegter
The Rib Lake Lady Redmen girls volleyball team had three players named
to the All-Marawood North conference
team. Senior setter Rachel Hoyt was honored as a unanimous first-team selection,
while senior Rachel Wilhelm and freshman Katie Cardey were both selected for
honorable mention.
In her second season as the primary
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Lakes offense, piling up 124 assists (7.3
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Rachel Hoyt
from a year ago.
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Wilhelm
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Redmen with 40
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These are the first All-Marawood volleyball honors for Wilhelm and Cardey.
Despite the success of their three AllMarawood selections, the Lady Redmen
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Lake entered the playoffs as a six-seed
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MARAWOOD NORTH DIVISION

VOLLEYBALL FINAL STANDINGS
Conf.
W
L
Athens
6
0
Abbotsford
5
1
Phillips
4
2
Edgar
3
3
Prentice
2
4
Rib Lake
1
5
Chequamegon
0
6
2014 All-Marawood Conference North volleyball teams

First Team
*Makenzie Kleiforth, Jr., Abbotsford
Elli Carpenter, Sr., Abbotsford
*Kyncaide Diedrich, Sr., Athens
Emily Fuhr, Sr., Phillips
Morgan Edwards, So., Phillips (libero)
Shawnie Sarkkinen, Sr., Prentice
*Rachel Hoyt, Sr., Rib lake
Second Team
Brooklyn Gunderson, Sr., Abbotsford
Briana Lavicka, Jr., Athens
Vanessa Frahm, Sr., Athens
Emily Czech, Sr., Athens
Tiana Borchardt, Jr., Edgar
Melissa Urmanski, Sr., Edgar
Elise Ertl, Jr., Phillips
Honorable Mention
Jaelyn Friedenfels, Jr., Abbotsford
Alyson Kornack, Sr., Edgar
Alyssa Waller, Sr., Abbotsford
Jojo Baratka, So., Phillips
Savannah Janke, Sr., Athens
Makala Williams, Jr., Phillips
Kaitlyn Brooks, Fr., Athens
Cassandra Jablonsky, Sr., Prentice
Abigail Lee, Jr., Chequamegon
Cassidy Strobl, Sr., Prentice
Alexie Canik, Sr., Chequamegon
Rachel Wilhelm, Sr., Rib Lake
Makenzie Butt, Sr., Edgar
Katie Cardey, Fr., Rib Lake
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Cross country sectional meet

him through the last 200 yards.
There was one guy that started passing me, Rudolph recalled. I started
going and all of a sudden he was right
there. I was thinking Hinz was going to
see me and put on a kick at the end too. I
passed him and all of sudden he was like
nowhere. It was like where did he go?
The guy that was right behind me passed
him too.
Rudolph clipped the hard-charging
Morgan OFlahrity of Madison Edgewood
by 0.67 seconds and Hinz, who is a threetime sectional champion, by 0.69 seconds.
Appleton Xaviers Luke Bailey was 11th
at 16:14.02. Little Chutes Luke Sampson
was 12th, 4.13 seconds behind Rudolph.
Ben Eidenschink, a senior from
Nekoosa-Port Edwards, took over the
lead in the second mile and held on
for the victory with a time of 15:42.71.
Eidenschink was sixth last year. Lueck
wound up second in 15:50.43. Josh
Schrader of Nekoosa-Port Edwards
was third in 15:56.67. Robert Wagner
of Pewaukee (16:00.99), Eric Brown II
of Wisconsin Lutheran (16:06.03), Sam
Kuhlmann of Shorewood (16:08.62) and
Daniel Pederson of Spooner (16:10.14) finished ahead of Rudolph.
Five of the top seven finishers were seniors, with Wagner and Pederson being
the exceptions.
Jarod ran a great race, Medford
head coach Kevin Wellman said. He was
not only the eighth-best Division 2 runner in the state but the third-fastest junior. His hard work and dedication have
paid off this season. Everyone is proud of
him.
Knowing that I didnt get first, it still
feels good to at least get a PR, Rudolph
said.
Rudolph said the hour delay did throw
him for a bit of a loop when he first arrived at the course. But he found a way
to calm the nerves.
We found out when we pulled in, he
said. Were all worked up thinking we
had to be there at 10 oclock. It started
getting later and later and right when we
get there we found out its just been delayed by an hour. So now what do we do?
We just sat in the truck and took a nap.
I had lots of nerves. I was worked up
all night. I couldnt sleep for nothing.
For the first time, Rudolph was by
himself at the starting line, which he
said was another oddity to overcome. He
said the support from teammates, family
and friends helped.
Most of the team went down there
and I had a lot of family and friends
down there, he said. Its pretty cool
knowing everyone came down to watch
me, knowing I was the only one there. It
felt weird up at the starting line. Theres
like eight different people from eight different schools in the lane. Usually we
have a team chant and that wasnt there.
Usually theres always people talking
to you. But now there was no one there.
Youre just by yourself.
With a 10-win season behind him,
Rudolph said the motivation is already
building for next year. Hes thinking
about entering some snowshoe races this
winter to stay in shape. The preparation
for next fall starts as soon as the snow
melt.
This gives me a lot of motivation, he
said. It makes me want to do a lot better next year knowing how people were
in the 15s (for time) at state. That gets me
going.
Local highlights
Medfords Great Northern Conference
rival Lakeland nearly brought home
the second-place team trophy in the
boys Division 2 race. The Thunderbirds
finished third out of 16 squads with 131

points, eight more than Shorewood.
Wisconsin
Lutheran
crushed
the
Division 2 field with just 33 team points.
Colby-Abbotsford was 10th in the team
standings with 249 points.
Andrew Schilling led Lakeland with a
14th-place time of 16:21.05. Will Bodewes
was 39th at 16:52.22 and Kav FitzPatrick
was Lakelands third finisher, taking 55th
in 17:05.33. Antigos Collin Koss was 56th
in 17:06.04 and Kody Radtke of Northland
Pines was 73rd in 17:19.54. Sam Bach led
Colby-Abbotsford with a 48th-place time
of 16:59.16. Preston Mertins was 87th in
17:36.41.
In the Division 3 boys race,
Chequamegons Kevin Koski won the
individual championship in 16:06.72,
11.75 seconds ahead of Boscobels Dakota
Kauffman. Chequaemegons Cameron
Pearson was seventh at 16:44.91 and
Joshua Langteau of Athens was 13th at
17:00.95.
Chequamegon won the second-place
team trophy with 90 points, winning
the sixth-man tiebreaker with Albany.
Darlington won the Division 3 team
title with 54 points. McDonell Central
was eighth with 225 points, Marathon
was ninth with 233, Wisconsin Rapids
Assumption was 12th with 269 and
Columbus Catholic was 14th wtih 305.
Olin Hacker of Madison West was the
Division 1 individual champion with a
time of 14:59.1, 35.92 seconds ahead of
Veronas Ryan Nameth. Madison West
(77) and Stevens Point (157) won the team
trophies.
In the Division 2 girls race, Lakelands
Lauren Schilling finished 15th in 19:31.04,
while Tomahawks Dani Whiting was
35th in 20:06.5. Edgewoods Amy Davis
was the champion with a time of 17:46.23,
well ahead of Shorewoods Morgan
Florsheim (18:18.78). Green Bay Notre
Dame won the team title with 91 points,
eight fewer than McFarland.
Rhinelanders Alayna Franson, a
freshman, took 49th in the Division 1
girls race with a time of 19:39.67. Annie
Frisbie of River Falls was the champion
in 17:59.14, while Aubrey Roberts of Eau
Claire Memorial was second in 18:13.51.
Eau Claire Memorial edged Stevens
Point 118-127 for the team title.
The Phillips Loggers were fifth in
Division 3 with 173 team points, while
Chequamegon was 10th with 242 points,
Fall Creek was 14th with 309 and Stratford
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Milwaukee Marquette (23-1-2) 4, Menomonee
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Brookfield East 4, Pulaski (14-4-5) 0; Cedarburg 1,
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Fantastic finish
Photo by Jenny Kocian, Tribune-Phonograph
Medfords Jarod Rudolph looks to make his move past Freedoms Sam Hinz (l.),
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Saturdays WIAA Division 2 state cross country race. Rudolph led this pack by finishing in eighth place.
was 16th with 342. Top individuals from
local conferences include Ellie Lochner
of Phillips, who was 10th at 19:55.03,
Anna Buchberger of Marathon, who was

18th in 20:22.17 and Emily Jaeger of Fall
Creek, who was 22nd in 20:30.1.
Soccer all-conference picks

steady for Medford despite breaking in
a pair of new goal tenders. Alvarado became an enforcer in the midfield areas
late in the year and Ulrich starting pushing up toward more of offensive role late
in the year. Everhard did a solid job for
the second straight season as the last line
of defense in front of either freshman
goalie Noah Sackmann or junior goalie
Jacob Geiger.
Sackmann ranked fifth in the GNC
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fourth in the GNC in scoring defense.
Offensively, Medford scored 3.6 goals
per game in league play, ranking fourth
among GNC teams. The Raiders scored
3.8 goals per game overall.
Rhinelander and Lakeland were the
GNCs co-champions for 2014 with 8-1-1
records. Lakeland made it to the sectional

FOOTBALL FINAL STANDINGS
Conf.
Overall
W
L
W
L
Merrill
6
0
7
3
Mosinee
5
1
8
2
Antigo
4
2
4
6
Lakeland
2
4
3
6
Ashland
2
4
3
6
Medford
2
4
2
7
Rhinelander
0
6
2
7
Oct. 31 WIAA Div. 3 Level 2: Rice Lake 49,
Mosinee 21.
semifinal round in
the WIAA Division
3 tournament, losing to Ashland
3-1.
Rhinelander
won one playoff
game in Division
2 before losing to
eventual sectional
champion Pulaski.
Rhinelanders
Dan Millot and
Lakelands Rhonda Ruben Alvarado
Hon. Mention
Maulson
were
named the GNCs
co-Coaches of the Year.
Medford earned its second WIAA tournament win in program history, downing Clintonville 5-1 in the first round.
Dalton Everhard
Hon. Mention
Koltin Ulrich
Hon. Mention
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Record breakers
Photos by Matt Frey
Medfords Paige Olson (l. to r.), Mara Schumacher, Alyssa Loertscher and Abbie
Bergman set a new school record in the 200-yard freestyle relay Friday with a time
of 1:44.13. That time broke the record that had stood since 1997 by 0.02 seconds.
They took third in Fridays race. One event earlier, Schumacher broke her own school
record in the 500-yard freestyle with a third-place time of 5:39.03. The third-place
finishes in each event resulted in All-GNC honorable mention awards.
Swimmers third at GNC meet

Right away in the first event,
the 200-yard medley relay, seniors
Schumacher, Samantha Bowe, Bergman
and Loertscher finished in a season-best
1:57 to fall just 0.59 seconds behind the
winning team from Ladysmith-BruceFlambeau. Lakeland was a distant third
at 2:04.33. Bergman came up just 0.09
seconds short in the 100-yard backstroke
in one of the closest races of the night.
Bergmans time was 1:04.85. Antigos Kate
Stensberg won it in 1:04.76. Bergman also
took second in the 100-yard butterfly in
1:04.98. Ladysmith-Bruce-Flambeau star
Jordan Fuse won that race by smashing
the old GNC record with an impressive
time of 58.91 seconds.
It was a solid return to conference
competition for Bergman, who missed
last years meet due to injury.
It meant a lot, Bergman said.
During practices I tried super hard because I missed last year because I was
injured. I think I came back pretty good.
(My times) were OK. I hope for better
at sectionals. I still have one more week.
Schumacher was unable to claim
a three-peat in the 500-yard freestyle
as Lakelands Hailey Teichmiller and
Hanna Garcia earned the top two spots
with fine times of 5:29.58 and 5:29.69. Still,
Schumacher couldnt have been happier
with her effort. She was 10.04 seconds
ahead of fourth-place finisher Hannah
Flak of Wittenberg-Birnamwood.
Schumachers previous record time
was 5:44.09, set while winning the
event during last years GNC meet at
Tomahawk.
That race always tears me up, she
said. I always think that I can do it, and
I can. I didnt get first but my goal was
to break my record again and I did that.
The girls said they were aiming to
break the 200-yard freestyle relay record
in this meet. They took third behind
Tomahawk (1:42.21) and LadysmithBruce-Flambeau (1:42.79).
I think its props to our conference for
being so good that we can break a school
record and still get third, Loertscher
said. Thats really good competition.
We tried our best, Bergman said.
Well do better next week.
Bowe and Olson, a junior, each added
an honorable mention finish individu-
ally. Olson got hers in the 200-yard freestyle with a season-best time of 2:09.23.
Tomahawk star Lauren Hilt won in
2:00.41 to set a new conference record,
while Teichmiller was second in 2:01.28.
Flak was 0.44 seconds behind Olson. Bowe
got third in the 100-yard breaststroke, an
event she won last year. Her time was
1:12.56, just behind Lakelands Emily
Kubisiak (1:12.23) and Alexis Burroughs
of Ladysmith-Bruce-Flambeau (1:12.34).
Bowe added a fourth-place time of 2:29.69
in the 200-yard individual medley, a season-best.
Loertscher and Schumacher were
fourth and fifth in the 50-yard freestyle
with Loertscher finishing in 26.18 seconds and Schumacher finishing in 26.6
seconds. Both were season-best times.
Tomahawks Morgan Weber won in 25.79
seconds. Loertscher took sixth in the 100yard freestyle at 57.49, cutting 1.68 seconds off her previous best. Senior Josie
Brost got into the top 10, taking ninth in
1:00.2. Olson added a sixth-place finish
in the 100-yard butterfly, dropping more
than a second off her previous best with
a time of 1:08.56.
The 400-yard freestyle relay team
of Markki Farmer, Samantha Poehler,
Bailey Brandner and Josie Brost had
Medfords final top-five finish of the
meet, taking fifth out of 18 teams with a
time of 4:06.57.
Freshman Hallie Schumacher shattered her personal record in the 500-yard
freestyle, finishing six places behind
All-GNC awards
Medford senior Samantha Bowe gets a breath of air during the breaststroke leg
of the 200-yard medley relay Friday. Mara Schumacher, Bowe, Abbie Bergman and
Alyssa Loertscher earned second-team All-Great Northern Conference honors with
their time of 1:57. Bowe added a third-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke, good
for honorable mention. Bergman earned second-team honors in the 100-yard butterfly
and backstroke. Paige Olson got honorable mention with a third-place finish in the
200-yard freestyle.
her sister in 6:06.58. Her previous best
time had been 6:22.86. Poehler, a senior,
capped a solid meet with a ninth-place
finish in the 100-yard breaststroke at
1:21.4, another season-best. Sophomore
Jordan Brost was 12th at 1:24.83. Poehler
was 12th out of 24 entrants in the 100-yard
freestyle at 1:02.27, dropping her time by
0.92 seconds.
Brandner, a sophomore, was 10th in
the 200-yard freestyle at 2:14.23, smashing her season-best time by five seconds.
Hallie Schumacher was right behind her
at 2:14.27, incredibly cutting almost seven seconds. Brandner added a 13th-place
finish in the 100-yard butterfly at 1:12.63,
shaving more than three seconds off her
best time of the fall.
Another sophomore, Allison Lynch,
cracked the top 10 in the 100-yard backstroke in 1:12.1, dropping her time by
more than a second. Senior Makenzie
Gingras was 12th at 1:12.83, cutting 1.27
seconds. Farmer was 14th at 1:14.42.
Farmer added a 10th-place time of 2:42.17
in the 200-yard individual medley, about
a second better than her previous best
time. Sophomore Daryian Doberstein
took 10th in the 50-yard freestyle at 28.33
seconds, improving her best mark by 0.33
seconds. Senior Maria Neubauer was
20th at 31.35 seconds.
The Raiders got 14 additional points
in the 200-yard medley relay from their
B squad. Farmer, Josie Brost, Olson and
Poehler took seventh in 2:07.59. Gingras,
Jordan Brost, Lynch and Doberstein
were ninth in 2:13.26.
Brandner, Bowe, Hallie Schumacher
and Josie Brost were seventh in the
200-yard freestyle relay at 1:52.32 to
score 14 points. Lynch, Gingras, Jordan
Brost and Neubauer were 13th at 1:59.75.

Neubauer, Hallie Schumacher, Lynch
and Doberstein were 10th in the 400-yard
freestyle relay at 4:22.06.
I think we did a lot better than we
thought we were going to do, even though
we still thought we were going to do
good, Bergman said of the total team effort. I think we surprised ourselves by
dropping in almost every single event.
Sectional time is here

The Raiders look to put together another total team effort at Saturdays
WIAA Division 2 Stevens Point sectional
meet. The meet gets started at 1 p.m. at
UW-Stevens Points pool, located next to
the Quandt Fieldhouse.
Winners in each event earn an automatic trip to the Nov. 14 state meet in
Madison. Also, the top 12 non-winning
times turned in for each event in the
states four sectionals will qualify those
winners for state.
Times from the Stevens Point sectional have not fared well against the states
other sectional meets in recent years, so
it will likely take some really strong efforts to get to Madison.
Saturday also will be the final meet the
large group of eight seniors will compete
in together.
Im looking forward to next week,
Burghaus said. It will be interesting.
These girls are awesome. Theyre swimming their butts off. Im so glad they
chose my sport six or seven years ago and
I could follow them.
It looks very bright, Mara
Schumacher said. Weve got a whole
nother week. It will be good. We can cut
more time down. I know we can.
2014 All-Great Northern Conference girls swim teams

Event
First Team
200 medley relay
Ladysmith-Bruce-Flam., 1:56.41
200 freestyle
*L. Hilt, So., Tom., 2:00.41
200 indiv. medley
*J. Fuse, Jr., L-B-F, 2:16.67
50 freestyle
M. Weber, Jr., Tom., 25.79
100 butterfly
*J. Fuse, Jr., L-B-F, 58.91
100 freestyle
*L. Hilt, So., Tom., 54.37
500 freestyle
*H. Teichmiller, Jr., Lake., 5:29.58
200 free relay
*Tomahawk, 1:42.21
100 backstroke
K. Stensberg, So., Antigo, 1:04.76
100 breaststroke
E. Kubisiak, Jr., Lake., 1:12.33
400 free relay
*Tomahawk, 3:48.15
*-indicates new GNC record
Second Team
Medford, 1:57
H. Teichmiller, Jr., Lake., 2:01.28
K. Stensberg, So., Antigo, 2:22.16
H. Abbiehl, So., L-B-F, 25.94
A. Bergman, Sr., Med., 1:04.98
A. Burroughs, So., L-B-F, 56.47
H. Garcia, Jr., Lake., 5:29.69
Ladysmith-Bruce-Flam., 1:42.79
A. Bergman, Sr., Med., 1:04.85
A. Burroughs, So., L-B-F, 1:12.34
Lakeland, 3:55.25
Hon. Mention
Lakeland, 2:04.33
P. Olson, Jr., Med., 2:09.23
E. Kubisiak, Jr., Lake., 2:22.19
R. Dallman, Fr., Tom., 26.15
T. Gibbs, So., L-B-F, 1:07.23
H. Abbiehl, So., L-B-F, 56.54
M. Schumacher, Sr., Med., 5:39.03
Medford, 1:44.13
K. Russell, Sr., Tom., 1:06.62
S. Bowe, Sr., Med. 1:12.56
Tomahawk B, 4:04.5
Team scores: 1. Tomahawk, 320; 2. Ladysmith-Bruce-Flambeau, 265; 3. Medford, 245; 4. Lakeland, 232; 5. Wittenberg-Birnamwood,
107; 6. Antigo, 77; 7. Rhinelander, 38; 8. Colby-Abbotsford, 18.
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Krug, Jays start state

competition tonight
Go Bailey!
Photo by Matt Frey
Medford swimmers Makenzie Gingras (l. to r.), Jordan Brost, Daryian Doberstein, Allison Lynch and Markki
Farmer cheer on teammate Bailey Brandner during the 100-yard butterfly competition at Fridays Great Northern
Conference meet, hosted by Wittenberg-Birnamwood. Brandner finished 13th out of 21 swimmers in the event with
a personal-best time of 1:12.63.
Head coach Kris Krug and the Merrill Blue Jays

will face Germantown tonight, Thursday, in a WIAA
Division 1 state volleyball quarterfinal match at the
Resch Center in Green Bay.
Krug, a 1983 Medford Area Senior High graduate, the
1982 Lumberjack Conference Player of the Year and a familiar face to many in the local volleyball community,
led the Blue Jays to the Wisconsin Valley Conference
championship this fall. That success has continued
through the post-season tournament.
The Blue Jays were the second seed in the 14-team
WIAA Division 1 Chippewa Falls sectional. They swept
seventh-seeded Eau Claire North in the regional final
and held off third-seeded Chippewa Falls with a 15-11
win in the fifth game in a sectional semifinal match
played at Wausau East on Thursday.
At Chippewa Falls on Saturday, Merrill survived
a thrilling five-set match with top-seeded Eau Claire
Memorial to advance to state. The Blue Jays won the
first two sets 26-24 and 25-20, then dropped the next two
25-21 and 26-24. The Blue Jays fought off match point
in the fifth game, down 14-13 and scored the next three
points to win the game 16-14 and the match.
Merrill (31-7) gets a tough test in tonights quarterfinal against a Warhawk team that is 36-13 and has won
13 straight matches. Germantown posted a game record
of 12-1 while marching through the Waukesha West sectional bracket.
Tonights match starts at 7 p.m. The winner will face
either Kimberly (34-10) or Divine Savior Holy Angels
(42-4) in the semfinals Friday at 7 p.m. The Division 1
championship match is set for 4:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Committee recommends success factor for 7 post-season tourneys

Less than four months after its first
two-day meeting in early July, the
Wisconsin
Interscholastic
Athletic
Associations (WIAA) Ad Hoc Committee
on Competitive Equity is recommending
implementing a success factor for postseason tournaments in seven sports.
The committee approved the recommendation at its Oct. 28 meeting and
released the plan on Monday. The recommendation is now expected to be presented to the WIAAs Board of Control on
Friday, Dec. 5.
If all goes to plan, the success factor
could be voted on by WIAA membership
at its 2015 annual meeting on April 22.
The recommendation calls for the success factor to be implemented in boys
and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer, baseball, softball and girls volleyball. These seven sports were chosen because they are the only WIAA-sponsored
sports with a multi-divisional playoff format in which all schools qualify for postseason play and dont crown individual
champions. In these sports, starting with
the 2016-17 school year, teams could be
bumped up a division depending on how
much post-season success they have had
in the past three years.
The success factor would apply to all
teams, not just private schools.
According to its meeting summary
from last week, the committee states
the success factor would, provide (the
teams that experience multi-year success) with more competitive tournament
play in successive years, as well as open
up opportunities for state-level tournament competition to other teams.
The success factor was one of three options the committee had been studying
after dismissing the 1.65 multiplier that
led to the committees formation in May.
A petition calling for the 1.65 multiplier
to be placed on the enrollment figures of
private schools for the purposes of divisional placement in post-season tournaments was brought to the WIAAs annual
meeting. The amendment did not reach
a vote at the annual meeting and the Ad
Hoc Committee was formed one month

later and quickly turned its focus to solutions that had a universal application to
all WIAA member schools.
The other options that had been discussed were a reducer, which would have
subtracted students on free and reduced
lunch from enrollment figures and a geographical, boundary-specific multiplier
which would have looked at the numbers
of students who attend schools from outside their district boundaries.
The committee consists of 21 members with representatives from 12 public
schools and nine private schools. They
come from large and small schools and
include superintendents, principals and
athletic directors.
How it would work

As currently proposed, the success
factor would be based on a point system.
Here are the general guidelines for how
it would work.
Programs would be assigned four
points for winning a state championship game, three points for reaching a
state championship game, two points for
reaching a state semifinal and one point
for reaching a state quarterfinal game.
Points will be cumulative over three
years. At the close of any season, a team
that has earned more than six points will
be promoted to the next highest division
the following year.
MARAWOOD CONFERENCE
Conf.
Overall
W
L
W
L
Edgar
7
0
11
0
Auburndale
5
2
7
3
Stratford
5
2
7
4
Chequamegon
4
3
7
4
Marathon
4
3
5
5
Tomahawk
2
5
4
5
Pittsville
1
6
2
7
Rib Lake -Prent. 0
7
1
8
Oct. 31 WIAA Div. 5 Level 2: Stanley-Boyd 35,
Chequamegon 7; Amherst 41, Stratford 6; Arcadia 38, Auburndale 8.
Oct. 31 WIAA Div. 6 Level 2: Athens 28, Marathon 16; Edgar 49, Necedah 8.
Nov. 7 WIAA Div. 6 Level 3: IndependenceGilmanton at Edgar.
Once promoted, teams can leave the

promoted division if they have less than
seven points earned in all divisions in
the last three years. But once a team is
promoted, points earned in the lower division cannot be considered for another
possible promotion.
Once promotions are determined and
those teams are locked into their new divisions, all non-promoted teams will be
placed in divisions based on enrollment,
just as they are now. However, no team
can be moved to a lower division due to
other teams promotions if it has earned
any success factor points in the previous
three years.
If the plan passes it would go into effect in the 2016-17 school year, using the
2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 school years
to determine each teams initial success
factor points.
In a story it published Monday,
Wissports.net hypothetically applied the
success factor to the past three years of
the boys and girls basketball tournaments. If the success factor would have
started this winter, the story states
four boys basketball teams would be
promoted. Whitefish Bay Dominican

would go from Division 4 to 3. Lodi and
Brillion would go from Division 3 to 2
and Wisconsin Lutheran would go from
Division 2 to 1.
The success factor would have theoretically bumped 10 girls teams up
a division this winter, according to
the Wissports.net story. They include
Eastern Cloverbelt Conference power
Neillsville (from Division 3 to 2), recent
Division 2 powers New London and
Green Bay Notre Dame and Division 5
powers Barneveld and Wisconsin Rapids
Assumption.
Volleyball
nals, where the Hodags were swept by
Tomahawk.
Tomahawk won the GNC title for the
fourth time in five years and will play
Waupun Friday in a WIAA Division 2
state semifinal. This is Tomahawks fifth
state appearance in the past five years.
2014 All-Great Northern Conference volleyball teams

First Team
*Victoria Lammar, So., Medford
*Autumn Michlig, Sr., Mosinee
*Anna Nyberg, Sr., Tomahawk
*Becca Doughty, Jr., Tomahawk
Maddie Smith, Sr., Northland Pines
Brianna Gilbert, Sr., Rhinelander
Megan Haug, Sr., Rhinelander
Second Team
Caroline Roller, Sr., Antigo
Rochelle Koshalek, Sr., Mosinee
Hanna Meyer, Jr., Tomahawk
Lexi Smith, So., Northland Pines
Riley Aschenbrenner, Sr., Rhinelander
Emily Schneider, Sr., Tomahawk
Hanna Feest, Jr., Tomahawk
Honorable Mention
Alexis Worzella, Jr., Mosinee
Billie Novak, So., Antigo
Abby Schrom, Sr., Lakeland
Jenna Klemm, So., Medford
Claire Nievinski, Jr., Mosinee
Tara Vandenboom, Jr., Northland Pines
Devon Youles, Jr., Mosinee
McKenzie Dahl, Sr., Medford
Hope Wissbroecker, Fr., Rhinelander
Jordan Nagel, Sr., Antigo
Maggie Baker, So., Medford
Player of the Year: Anna Nyberg, Tomahawk
Co-Coaches of the Year: Julie Smith, Northland Pines, and Kathy Wawrzynowicz,
Rhinelander
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Thursday,
Thursday,September
November22,
6, 2011
2014
New college football playoff wont stop controversy

Much to the delight of college football fans across the
country, the nightmare that was the Bowl Championship
Series was eliminated this offseason, and replaced with
the College Football Playoff (CFP).
Many consider this a big step forward for college
football, and to a degree it is, but it wont have nearly
the impact that has been prophesied.
It can be universally agreed the BCS was a mess. The
system used a confounding combination of human-based
polls and computer ranking systems. Human polls in
college football have been around since the Associated
Press began issuing rankings in 1936. Various others
have been added along the way such as the Coaches
Poll, which formed the other half of the human rankings
used in the BCS system.
However, most of the outrage and mystery surrounding the BCS stems from the computer rankings. The actual formulas remained hazy throughout the life of the
BCS. Several different computer models were used over
the years as the BCS sought to update its selection process. The main targets of criticism for the BCS ended up
being the computers, despite the utter objectivity of the
human polls.
Early in the BCS era the decision was made to eliminate computer polls that factored margin of victory into
their calculations. In theory, this made sense. Teams
would have no reason to embarrass their opponents
or risk injury to their players by running up the score.
But margin of victory matters, a lot. Human voters still
Behind
the Numbers
Bryan Wegter
take that into account when compiling their rankings
and thus teams were still partly encouraged to pile up
the points. It also served in taking away potential data
points for the computer models, reducing their efficancy. While the system may have been difficult to understand, it at least allowed computers and humans to have
input in determining the final rankings.
This year the CFP was introduced to the bowl subdivision of college football. Instead of using a convoluted
formula to determine a champion, rankings will now
be determined by an unbiased and completely neutral
panel of 13 (now 12) voters of mixed backgrounds and
varying allegiances.
To say the panelists are neutral is a complete fallacy. Of the 12 members, seven are actively employed
by a Division I university, with the other five having
at some point a connection to a university. In fact, four
are ACTIVE athletic directors at schools that play in
the power-five conferences (ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Pac 12,
SEC). While neutrality may be the goal of the panel, it is
impossible given the roster
of members.
So if the CFP hasnt
solved human objectivity,
what does it do that the
BCS couldnt? The main
difference was the inclusion of two more teams
to determine a national
champion. Whereas the
BCS would name the top
two teams to play in the
Bowling
The Sports Page
Classy Ladies League
Ann McNamar
259
Ann McNamar
650
Nancy Acker
244
Nancy Acker
618
Margie Guziak
204
Bobbie Smith
560
Bobbie Smith
204
Results: Paulines Hair Fashions 7; J&B Custom Carpentry 4, Fidelity Bank 3; Als Auto Dock 7, Tease Tanning Plus 0; Rockys Cozy
Kitchen 7, VFW 0; Moosies Ice Cream 5, A&M Apartments 2; Klinner Insurance 7, The Flower Shoppe 0.
Note: Christy Matthews picked up the 4-10 split.
Blue Monday League
Jean Egle
204
Anna Goessl
541
Anna Goessl
201
Shirley Lemke
519
Donna Werner
187
Donna Werner
516
Oct. 27: Big Birds Lodge 7, Holy Rollers 0; Strikes R Us 5, Happy
Joes 2; Heiers Wreaths 5, Bakers 2.
Wednesday Mid-Weekers League
Sharon Nuernberger 204
Sharon Nuernberger
549
Carol Willman
203
Shirley Lemke
498
Lucy Loertscher
200
Lucy Loertscher
495
Oct. 29: Sports Page 5, Lounge Around 2; Mach Lock Locksmith 4,
Werner Sales & Service 3; Happy Joes 7, Medford Motors 0.
Tuesday Night Mixed League
Rick Acker
279
Rick Acker
737
Al Riemer
273
Al Riemer
701
Jay Jochimsen
238
Jay Jochimsen
646
Oct. 28: Riemer Builders 31, Fuzzys Bar 9; Medford Co-op 28.5,
High View I 11.5; Liske Marine 21, High View II 19.
Monday Mens City League
Curt Haenel
269
S.D. McClintock
728
Jeff Ahlers
267
Tracy Schreiber
711
Erik Kozey
258
Paul Jacobsen
693
Oct. 24: WTC 27, Taylor Credit Union 13; Crossroads 31, Sports
Page 9; Klingbeil Lumber 30, T&C Water 10; Edgar Lanes 27, Fidelity
Bank 13; Northwestern Mutual 34, blind 6; Mayer Accounting 22, JR
Construction 18.
Three-Man Major League
Rocky Mantik
258
Casey Nernberger 238
Rocky Mantik
Bill Wagner
711
624
Steve Richter
236
Irene Bormann
614
Oct. 28: BBs Aquatic I 21, Klinner Insurance II 9; Nite Electric 20,
Sports Page I 10; Sports Page II 20.5, KZ Electric 9.5; BBs Aquatic II
18.5, Klinner Insurance I 11.5; 8th Street 20, Rockys Cozy Kitchen
10; Krug Bus 29.5, blind .5; Team Stihl 22, Cindys Bar & Grill 8.
Thursday Businessmens League
Women
Janet Haenel
197
Kim Virnig
543
Kim Virnig
189
Betty Braun
523
Men
Rocky Mantik
290
Dave Kallenbach
733
Rocky Mantik
696
Oct. 30: VFW 26, Werner Sales & Service 14; Als Auto Dock 33.5,
Haenels 6.5; Medford Motors 33, blind 7; Sports Page 36, PBR
Lounge Around 4; Jensen & Son Asphalt 27.5, Rural Insurance 12.5;
Rockys Cozy Kitchen 26, Turtle Club 14; Melvin Companies 27,
Shell Shack 13.
Ball and Chain Nine-Pin Tap League
Men
Justin Smith
300
Casey Nernberger
765
Ed Brandt
287
Ed Brandt
752
Ray Mallo
699
Women
Della Story
221
Karen Brandt
555
Brenda Nernberger 218
Mary Schwarz
517
Karen Brandt
217
Brenda Nernberger
499
Oct. 28: Ray & The Girls 26, Jr. Snowpushers 6; Alley Cats 28, Pin
Busters 4; Whatchamacallit 24, Out Laws 8; The B-Sers 27, Mamas &
Papas 5.
Tappers Bar (Dorchester)
Tuesday Seniors League
Men
Bill Krug
171
Don Clarkson
441
Don Scheibe
165
Bill Krug
407
Corlas Meier
150
Don Scheibe
407
Women
Linda Metz
158
Mona Pope
435
Mona Pope
151
Ardis Meier
400
Ardis Meier
141
Linda Metz
389
Chris Hinde
141
Nov. 4: Alley Cats 4, Amigos 4, Slo Poks 3, Maybees 1, Slow Starters
0.
national title game, the CFP puts the top four into a
bracket to crown a champion. Obviously the inclusion
of more teams leads to a higher possibility of the correct
and deserving champion being crowned. It also results
in a higher chance the top team is upset before the title
game, once again leaving us with an undeserving team
winning the national title.
According to a study conducted earlier this year by
fivethirtyeight.com writer Neil Payne, the CFP has a
statistically identical chance to the BCS of selecting the
actual top team in the country as champion. He took
data from every football season since 1998 and using his
own win probability analysis calculated how closely
the BCS and his rankings were in choosing a champion.
He then used several different playoff formats to determine which type would be the most effective in selecting a national champion.
Based on his research, the BCS crowned the true
best team 29.4 percent of the time, while the true best
team was at least in the national championship game
40.6 percent of the time. In a four team playoff format,
the true best team made the bracket 58.7 percent of the
time, yet won the championship only 31.4 percent of
the time, essentially identical to the BCS. While the increase in teams involved gives the actual best team a
better chance of making it into the field, that one extra
game against a potentially difficult opponent also leaves
them vulnerable to an upset, which negates any advantage the four team system might have. Interestingly,
the format with the highest chances to correctly pick
a champion was a 12-team playoff, where the best team
was champion 32.9 percent of the time while they made
the bracket at an 85.7 percent clip. Once again, the difference in the top team winning is negligible, showing
just how volatile and unpredictable football can be. Its
not that the CFP will be a bad thing for college football,
its just not any better than the BCS was.
Fans should keep expectations tempered for the CFP.
The inclusion of two more teams in the national title
discussion will be a step forward, just not enough of
a step to make a difference when choosing a national
champion.
If anything, the chaos and anger once directed towards the computers will now be aimed at the panelists
as this season figures to have no shortage of drama once
the final rankings are released in December. There is
no good way to crown a champion in college football.
Questions of bias and collusion will always persist, especially now that the decisions are solely made by humans.
The glaring flaws in the system will be especially
magnified given the glut of deserving teams in this year
of parity across the top levels of college football. The
CFP in its current form is not the solution for college
football, and we all need to realize that.
Bryan Wegter is a sports reporter at The Star News.
WIAA VOLLEYBALL
STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Resch Center, Green Bay
Nov. 6 Div. 1 quarterfinals
DeForest (41-3) vs. Muskego (27-12) and Manitowoc (39-4) vs. Burlington (42-3), 4:30 p.m. Merrill (31-7) vs. Germantown (36-13) and
Kimberly (34-10) vs. Divine Savior Holy Angels (42-4), 7 p.m.
Nov. 7 Div. 1 semifinals, 7 p.m.
DeForest/Muskego winner vs. Manitowoc/Burlington winner,
Merrill/Germantown winner vs. Kimberly/Divine Savior Holy
Angels winner.
Semifinal winners meet at 4:30 p.m.
Platteville (40-5) vs. Waukesha Catholic Memorial (38-11), Tomahawk (33-3) vs. Waupun (39-11).
Semifinal winners meet at 2 p.m.
Waterloo (35-4) vs. Howards Grove (42-4), Cameron (29-4) vs. Marathon (31-3).
Semifinal winners meet at 11:30 a.m.
Nov. 7 Div. 4 semifinals, 10 a.m.
Southwestern (28-3) vs. Hilbert (37-2), Clayton (27-5) vs. Newman
Catholic (37-3).
Semifinal winners meet at 9 a.m.
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This Weekend
Friday, November 7
Grilled Pork Loin Dinner Fundraiser from 4:30
to 7:30 at Medford Curling Club.
Pool Tourney starting at 7 p.m. at Gad Bar.
Kiwanis Big Ticket Bingo starting at 7 p.m. at
Medford High School cafeteria.
Saturday, November 8
Holiday Fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Community
United Church of Christ.
Holiday Open House from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Cabin
Creations in Phillips.
Community Soup Supper from 4 to 7 p.m. at St.
Pauls Lutheran Church in Medford.
Singles Cribbage Tournament starting at 1 p.m
and live music by Back Roads Band from 9 p.m. to 1
a.m. at Hacienda.
Phoenix Entertainment with DJ Howie starting
at 9 p.m. at Boozers.
Comedy Night Live featuring Jer-Dog Danley
starting at 9 p.m. at The Last Straw.
Sunday, November 9
Chequamegon Sportsmen Club Breakfast from 7
to 11 a.m.
Harvest Dinner from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Peace
United Church of Christ in Dorchester.
Benefit for Beth Jochimsen from 1 to 8 p.m. at
Cindys Hall in Thorp.
Multi day events

Spaghetti Dinner on Saturday, Nov. 8 from 5 to 7
p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 9 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at
Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Stetsonville.
Upcoming events
MASH Drama Department presents Beauty and
the Beast at the Red/White Theatre on November 13,
14 & 15 starting at 2 p.m.
Bean Bag Tournament starting at 7:30 p.m. on
Friday, Nov. 14 at Zondlos.
Four Person Early Bird Dartball Tournament
starting at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 15 at Zondlos.
Christmas Open House on Nov. 28, 29 & 30 at
Munson Bridge Winery.
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presents of Nature and Life
The Central Chamber Chorale will perform a
variety of choral music with a theme of nature and
life. Some familiar composers include Bach, Brahms,
Copland, Grieg and Mozart, as well as a number of
modern compositions, including Across the Vast
Eternal Sky by Norwegian born composer, Ola Gjello.
Chorale member Donna Thompson solos on the spiritual If I Got My Ticket, Can I Ride arranged by Robert
Shaw. Chorale member Ben Warren solos on the touching song, The Turtle Dove by Vaughan Williams.
Many new songs will be presented for this concert including, A Menagerie of Songs by Carolyn
Jennings; Savor So by Darmon Meader; A Farewell
by Molly Ijames; What is Life? by Greg Gilpin and
Nature by Stanley Hoffman with text by Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow.
In addition, the group will have three pieces in
remembrance of chorale member, Dave Hemke of
Medford who passed away this summer.
There are concerts in Medford at St. Pauls
Evangelical Lutheran Church, 321 N. Park Ave.

on Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m. and in Marshfield at First
Presbyterian Church, 200 S. Lincoln, on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 16 at 3 p.m. Local singers include Marjorie
Retzer and Peg Stahlheim of Medford, Kathy Slipek
of Abbotsford, and Greg Sterzinger and Cindy Fricke
of Colby. There is also a performance in Wisconsin
Rapids at the First Congregational Church, 311 2nd St.
South, on Friday, Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m.
The concerts are open to the public without charge.
The Chorale, under the direction of Greg Reierson,
choral director at Marshfield High School, is in its 44th
season. Linda Feldt is the groups accompanist.
The concert is sponsored, in part, by a grant from
the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the state of
Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.
For more information about the Central Chamber
Chorale and its mission of keeping the joy of great music alive, visit www.centralchamberchorale.org.
Marshfield man to release new book

Author Dennis Ross of Marshfield has signed his
fifth book deal with national and international book
publisher American Star Books.
American Star has been Ross publisher since 1999
and has now received his latest work entitled The 5th
Book (The Color Of Dysfunction).
The 5th Book is described as a true story of a family
in dysfunctional crisis leading to efforts to conceal four
suspicious deaths.
The book expounds on the history of the family, going back four generations to prove that the nature of
pride, and ignorance will form and confine present day
individual character away from their desired life security.
This riveting true story will be available to the public

sometime in the summer of 2015 and can be purchased
online at www.americanstar.com.
Ross has been a writer since 1997, and has been inspired to venture into writing by true life experiences
and because of a divine leading to express the truth of
faith to the world.
Other works published by Ross include:
Dark Storm Coming (1999)
Trauma (Aiming For Beat One) 2001
Dark Core (A Transference of Trade) 2003
Flesh and Blood (The Apostasy of Vanity) 2004
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Thursday, November 6, 2014 Page 10
Rib Lake school play Nov. 7

Rib Lake High School will present a performance with a mix of ghost stories from the absurd, frightenting, and lovable as told by friends
who venture into the woods to tell their tales. The
show, called The Bottom of the Lake, is directed
by English teacher Megan Christensen. The cast
and crew include (top row, l. to r.) Mikey Hempe
and Christensen, (middle) Kassie Quante, Kylie
Weise, Kelli Lueck, Taylor Bohmbach, Makayla
Bombach, Makayla Haizel, Ajia Maki, Josh Probst,
Cullin Peterson, Nick Starr, (front) Keesha Clark,
Katie Strobach, Erin Probst, Krista Betz, and
Connor Walters. Those not pictured are technical
director Jodi Radtke, David Howard, Eliza Matyka
and Zachary Makovsky.
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Beauty and the Beast cast prepares
Lead actors Brad Acker and Katie Branstetter (above) play the title characters in Medford Area Senior Highs presentation of Disneys Beauty and the Beast. In the photo at right, other featured players in the production include
Molly Carstensen (l. to r.) Madelyn Brost, Megan Clark, Andrew Reuter, Colin Porten and Gio Faber. In the photo
below, the cast works on the nal scene of the musicial production. Showtimes are Nov. 13-15 at 7:30 p.m. and
Nov. 16 at 2 p.m. in the Red/White Theater. Advance tickets are available at the school.
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Cynthia Barnes talked to those at the annual Taylor County Historical Society dinner about Native American
populations who lived in the region. She is the descendant of Paul Whitefish, leader of an Ojibwa band that lived
at Little Indian Farms near Perkinstown until about 1908 before moving to Diamond Lake, near Lublin.
Dinner offered taste of history

The history of northcentral Wisconsin is intertwined with the stories and way of life of tribes that
called the region home for thousands of years before
Europeans arrived.
Members of the Taylor County Historical Society
got a glimpse into that rich history on Saturday evening at the annual ethnic banquet.
The yearly event features a different aspect of the
ethnic history of the countys residents and how each
culture influenced how the community acts today.
More than 50 people attended the event, which included visiting speakers and a meal inspired by the Native
Americans who lived in the region.
Speakers at the dinner include local historian
Stephen Kalmon and resident Kathy Ogle-Heier who is
of Native American descent. The featured speaker for
the event was Cynthia Barnes. Barnes attended with
her husband Steve Gallmore of Milwaukee.
She is the great-granddaughter of Paul Whitefish
(1857-1917) a Native American chief who lived in
Taylor County. Barnes has a masters degree from the
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, worked as an
office manager in the history department at UW-M and
was active in a variety of Native American affairs in
the state.
Kalmon started the evening with a brief overview
of how the region became populated by people who
originally crossed from Asia during the Ice Age, and
who eventually found their way to this part of the
continent. He noted the archeological evidence, such
as Clovus-style arrowheads, provide evidence of tribal
presence for tens of thousands of years before the first
European trappers came into the region.
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and Potawatomi tribes, which together formed the
Council of Three Fires. The confederation of the
three allied groups was formed in 796 and has existed
for centuries.
Heier talked about the beliefs of Native American
groups and the value they placed on such plants as
sage. She also emphasized the role the three main food
crops squash, beans and corn played in the culture and beliefs of those living in the region.
Barnes shared her knowledge of Whitefish.
Whitefish was the leader of a group of Ojibwa who
resided at Little Indian Farm. The site is located near
Perkinstown. Nearby is also the larger Big Indian
Farm which was populated by Potawatomi. Both
groups were part of what was known as wandering
tribes, tribal groups who refused to go to the reservations and instead followed traditional practices.
One of the key messages shared by Barnes was that
while there are similarities between Native American
populations, their culture was not monolithic. She
noted the cultures of various tribal groups had major
differences.
The tribes lived in the region until about 1908 when
they moved elsewhere. The site was placed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
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DNR receives grant for multistate New Zealand mudsnail monitoring effort
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
has been awarded a $32,000 grant by the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service through the Mississippi River Basin
Panel to lead a project that will help determine the
distribution of the invasive New Zealand mudsnail in
Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin.
The New Zealand mudsnail was found in Dane
Countys Black Earth Creek in 2013 - the first appearance of the harmful invader in the Midwest outside of
the Great Lakes basin. Although it measures just oneeighth of an inch in length, New Zealand mudsnails can
multiply quickly through asexual reproduction and
outcompete native insects that are used by trout and
other fish for food. The snails also have a trap door
that can be used to close their shells and prevent drying.
Maureen Ferry, a DNR aquatic invasive species
monitoring coordinator, said the snails small size
makes them very transferable and once they begin to
colonize a new stream, they are difficult to detect with
traditional sampling methods.
The small size of the snails makes them easy to
move from stream to stream and their ability to seal
their shells allows them to survive out of water for one
month, possibly more, Ferry said. By learning where

they are located, we can better target prevention efforts.
The aquatic invasive species coordinators from Iowa
and Illinois agree with the approach.
We know that Iowa trout anglers fish streams all
across the country, said Kim Bogenschutz, of the Iowa
DNR. Being able to detect a new infestation quickly
will help us protect Iowas valuable streams.
Kevin Irons, of the Illinois DNR, said effective prevention efforts include draining water from equipment
and removing plants, debris and mud with a stiff bristle
brush and tap water. Irons said the joint research may
yield new clues to help stop the spread of the aquatic
hitchhikers.
Through the grant, we look forward to working with
Wisconsin and Illinois to gain new insights into preventing the snails, he said.
Thanks to the grant, awarded in mid-September,
Wisconsin DNR will search for New Zealand mudsnails
using environmental DNA surveillance. The technique
is especially effective at detecting the presence of the
species at low densities where traditional sampling
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people from New Lisbon that worked hard and played
hard.
I called Bigalke before I made it from the mailbox to
my house when I received my wolf tag and we would
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Both of us are in our early 50s and running a trapline
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miles of walking. For six days, it beat the heck out of us.
Yesterday afternoon we made four sets on a 400-acre
property near Mauston where the landowner has been
having daily problems with two wolves. There was sign
everywhere and Jody and I were hopeful we would have
two nights before the season closed to catch a wolf in
sets that now touched into Juneau, Wood and Monroe
counties and a bit into Jackson County.
Last night, after a tough day five of checking empty
traps, my computer told me that Zone 5 would be closing at 6:30 p.m the following day. In other words, today
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First, we headed north to check and pull four traps.
There were no wolves in the traps, but one of my worst
nightmares came true when we saw a huge wolf that
would have been an easy shot had I been carrying my
.30-06. It was about 120 yards away and when I howled
at, what I believe was a male, it stopped and gave me a
broadside shot. I was only carrying a .22 rifle and there
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was no way I was shooting at that range with that light

a caliber of a gun.
Our next bet was to head south to the Mauston area
where we had made the four sets the night before. Set
number five for the day had fox tracks, but was left unsprung. Set two had a skunk, which really stunk up the
inside of both the cab of my pickup as well as the topper.
What really took the wind out of our sails was that at
both sets seven and eight, which we were pulling as we
came to them, a large wolf had made clear prints within
inches of each trap.
So now it is close to noon, my truck really smells like
skunk, we have to head north 40 miles to check and pull
our last seven sets and will walk several miles by dark.
I was using MB 650 foothold traps, which have a gap
between the jaws so the trap holds the foot but does
not crush it. Number nine was on state land in Monroe
County and sprung by a bear. Set 10 was unsprung. With
a 15-mile drive to set 11 and some serious hikes coming
up, I had a premonition that I shared with my buddy
Big Elk. I thought that we were gonna have a wolf in
one of our last five sets.
Set 11 was empty. Our longest hike is one mile each
way and a natural funnel where I have always dreamed
of catching a wolf.
As we are pulling my truck into the parking lot to
make the hike, I received a text from my neighbor that
my pigs were out and in her yard, which was 25 miles
away.
We had to check and pull the traps and now outside
stress invaded our experience (she is a good neighbor,
just a bummer experience at the time).
Jody and I are making the hike and down to the last
30 yards when I saw something which will always be
one of the most incredible memories of my life. It was
a wolf and it was in set number 12. Big Elk and I were
about as happy as a couple of good buddies could be.
We had pushed ourselves to the physical limit. Each
day we worked harder, walking, thinking and knowing
that if we did not catch our quarry we had given it our
best shot.
I had forgotten my wallet in my truck, so Big Elk
stayed with the wolf that was now in heaven and I hiked
back howling up a storm on a marsh that I have lived on
in my own kind of way for 40 some years.
I refused to put the beautiful animal in a pack or bag
and carried it over my shoulder all the way back to the
truck (that was work).
Believe in the biology, respect the quarry!
We did it!
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Mark Walters trapped this wolf in Zone 5 just before

the season closed.
Wisconsin wolf hunters and

trappers filling quotas quickly
Wisconsin hunters and trappers pursuing wolves
continue to harvest them at a steady pace.
As of early morning on Wednesday, Nov. 5, there had
been 134 wolves registered throughout the state. This
years quota is 150.
Wolf hunting and trapping remains open in Wolf
Management Zones 3 and 6. Zone 3 includes areas of
Taylor County north and west of the Hwy 64 and Hwy
C intersection. The quota in Zone 3 is 40 wolves. The
harvest number as of Wednesday morning had gone up
to 22 wolves.
Zone 6, which covers most of the southern two-thirds
of Wisconsin has a quota of 35 wolves. The harvest total
in that zone was up to 24 wolves.
There were 36 wolves harvested in Zone 1, where the
quota was 32. Zone 2 saw a harvest of 29 wolves, well
over the quota of 15. Five wolves were taken in Zone 4,
where the quota was eight. Zone 5 was closed after 18
wolves were tagged, just under the quota of 20.
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Area grad and girls help womens education

The barriers to women getting secondary educations
are high in many developing nations. Students from the
University of Minnesota and Medford Area Elementary
School teamed up this fall to help remove those barriers
through the organization Shes the First.
The Medford fourth graders Bryn Fronk, Hannah

Kapitz, and Autumn Sherman teamed up last week
to hold their own cupcake sale for the cause. The sale
was held during recess and the schools fall festival on
Thursday. The sales, called Bake a Change, feature tiedye colored cupcakes made by mixing different batters
together.
HEALTHY FALL HARVEST RECIPE

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vitamin E and vitamin C. Whats not to love?
This recipe combines butternut squash with
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1/3 c. chopped flat-leaf parsley
1 tsp. freshly grated lemon zest
1 T. fresh lemon juice
1 clove garlic, minced
tsp. salt, or to taste
Freshly ground pepper, to taste
Preparation:
Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium
heat. Add onion and cook, stirring often until
softened, 2-3 minutes. Add broth, water,
barley and squash. Bring to a simmer &
reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer
until the barley and squash are
tender and most of the liquid
has been absorbed, about
45 minutes. Add parsley,
lemon zest, lemon juice,
garlic, salt & pepper.
Mix gently
& serve.
Kate Bromann is the Nutritionist for Medfords County Market. She has over 25 years
of experience as a Registered Dietitian, working in the hospital, clinic and nursing home
setting. A favorite part of Kates job has always been educating clients and the community
about relevant nutrition topics and cooking healthy meals. She is here to help you achieve
your nutrition goals! Visit countymarketmedford.com and click on Upcoming Events to
see the classes Kate has coming up.
If you have any questions for Kate, contact her via email at [email protected] or via phone at (715) 748-8561.
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Setting sale
Medford Area Elementary School fourth graders Bryn

Fronk, Hannah Kapitz, and Autumn Sherman baked
their own tie-dye cupcakes and then held a bake sale
last week during recess and the schools fall festival to
support Shes the First.
The students shared their proceeds on Tuesday with
Hannah Grunewald. Grunewald graduated from Medford Area Senior High and is the daughter of elementary teacher Jackie Grunewald. Hannah Grunewald
started the University of Minnesota chapter of the organization after hearing about it from her sister, Sadie,
who belonged to the University of Wisconsin chapter.
I think my mom showed them a documentary on
the subject and they got really excited to help, Hannah Grunewald said. The impact those girls can make
from selling cupcakes is important for younger girls to
learn. I wish I would have known more about the issue
when I was younger.
Hannah Grunewald said the idea of working with
younger students came up during a group seminar in
New York. She is glad she was able to make the connection in her hometown. I thought it would be cool
to bring it home and those girls got so involved it was
really inspiring to me, she said.
Hannah Grunewald said the organization is in direct
contact with schools in 10 developing countries around
the world. The funds raised help students throughout
the year with supplies, uniforms and tuition.
The Minnesota chapter has about 15 members who
attend meetings and around 30 people who receive the
chapter rmail updates.
Hannah Grunewald said cultural and financial barriers stand in the way of girls getting the same educational opportunites in developing countries. Womens
health issues are another factor working against the
girls in those countries.
Hannah Grunewald is a junior at Minnesota, where
she is pursuing a double major in political science and
global studies. She plans to study abroad next semester in the west African country of Senegal. She will do
an internship with a womens group while she is in the
country.
Cupcake meeting
Fourth graders Bryn Fronk (l. to r.), Hannah Kapitz,

and Autumn Sherman share the proceeds from their
Bake a Change sale held at Medford Area Elementary
School with Hannah Grunewald, a Medford graduate
and founder of the Shes the First chapter at the University of Minnesota. The sales and other events help
the organization with its mission of providing secondary
education opportunities to girls in developing nations.
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LIVING
Page 15
Getting older means eating better

So Tom and I have landed in the delicate category
of older. You know, what the twenty-somethings call
those of us whom they consider quite past our prime,
though maybe not yet ready to become a burden on the
nursing home population. Old enough to wonder at how
the world has changed, but still feeling responsible for
determining that worlds direction. Old enough to get
eye-strain with the ever-shrinking print that surrounds
us, but still keeping up with whats going on. And working at kicking it up a notch at the gym, while conceding
that we land in the Active Older Adult category that
needs to have a particular concern with getting enough
protein to maintain muscle mass.
Given that we arent partial to sitting down to big
slabs of meat very often, its been interesting to work
out how to make that adjustment without adding calories that will appear on the waistline. For all those other
older types out there, heres some of what weve found
that works for us. If you can read the print.
The Table
Sally Rassmussen
and store them in the freezer until needed. Before leaving for work, we defrost a couple in the microwave and
add things like raw onions, hot peppers and olives (Tom)
or a little salad dressing (me). We usually have a box of
frozen turkey burgers in the freezer, and if Im feeling especially efficient Ill fry up a couple of those the night before (good with onions and cheese on top), then put them
in their containers in the fridge, ready to be grabbed on
our way out the door in the morning.
Another useful convenience food are those packets
of cooked, boned salmon that usually hang out with the
cans of tuna in the supermarket aisle. They come with
a handy recipe for salmon cakes on the back of the packBreakfast
age, or for a week-day lunch you can empty one into
If you dont have time or the inclination to cook in the
one of those pint-size freezer containers, adding in the
morning, check the labels on cereal boxes during your
chopped onions, peppers, etc.
next trip to the grocery store and find some that have
a higher protein level (hint: you will find more of these
Afternoon lunch
in the natural section). If you have time on a day off,
I usually have some of those nasty health bars in my
consider making your own granola its not altogether
difficult, and if you choose a recipe with a combination desk drawer at work (shucks, I accidentally said what I
of rolled oats, peanut butter, and chopped nuts it can really think about them) which can sometimes absorb
make for a pretty solid start to your day. I often add pea- my impulse to munch at odd times of the day. Tom is
nut butter and chopped nuts to my cooked oatmeal in the fond of roasted soybeans, edamame, and wasabi peas
morning which can also help with the issue of oatmeal all of which can be found ready-to-eat at the grocery
store and have good nutritional content.
being, by nature, boring.
Supper
Lunch
We try to keep supper pretty light, mostly beans or

For the mid-day meal, we generally avoid the bread
part of sandwiches. When I cook a chicken or a couple lentils with a pile of vegetables alongside. We keep a
turkey legs in the crock pot, Ill take the meat off the variety of cans of cooked beans on hand as another one
bones and divide it up into pint-size freezer containers of our convenience foods. Heat up a can of refried beans
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From past les of The Star News
10 YEARS AGO
November 4, 2004
After more than a quarter-century
in Medford, Copps Food Center has announced it will be closing its door before the end of the year.
On Monday, the grocery store giant Roundys, which owns Copps, announced the closure of the store located
on Hwy 13 in Medford. The company
also filed a plant closing notice with
the City of Medford as required under
the Workers Adjustments and Retaining Notification Act. This notification
is required at least 60 days prior to the
closing of a facility.
There are currently 72 people employed at the Medford store with 29
full-time positions and 43 part-time positions affected by the cut.
According to Store Manager Lon
Runquist, representatives of Roundys
have been looking at the store for a
number of months and doing an analysis of the marketplace. When asked,
he said the announcement that a WalMart Supercenter is slated to open in
Medford by 2006 did not play a major
role in the decision to close the store.
Instead it had to do more with the condition of the current store and the investment needed to bring it up to date.
25 YEARS AGO
November 8, 1989
Taylor County District Attorney Al-
len Brey currently administers the countys child support office, but that will
change January 1 when Brey, like other
district attorneys in Wisconsin, becomes
a state employee.
According to state statutes, on January 1 district attorneys will no longer
be able to administer child support programs, and the county board or its designee must implement and administer the
program in accordance with a contract
with the state Department of Health and
Social Services.
That has members of the countys
personnel committee in a bind, as they
have been agonizing for several weeks
over what to do with child support come
January 1. The committee met last week
without resolving the problem, and is
scheduled to meet again this week.
and set them out on the table with bowls of chopped vegetables and tortillas. Whirl a can of garbanzo beans in
the blender along with lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, and
salt according to your taste and serve with tostada chips.
Saute some onion and garlic, add a can of kidney beans,
salt and chili powder and you have chili beans.
If youre feeling the ambition to make your own granola, here you go:
Peanut Butter Granola

In a large, heavy pot mix together over low heat:
cup honey
cup peanut butter
cup dried milk powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
When everything is warmed and well-combined, turn
the heat off and stir in:
4 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
Spread out evenly on a baking sheet and put in a 325
oven for 20 -30 minutes. Stir every ten minutes. Take it
out when it is golden brown and let it cool off completely.
Add:
1 cup chopped nuts and/or dried fruit
Store in an air-tight container.
of the Chequamegon national forest, approved Oct. 21 by President Roosevelt,

will begin about the middle of November,
District Ranger D. H. Isch said Tuesday.
The total cost of the project, which is
sponsored by the United States Forest
Service, is $116,656. The federal government will provide 75.4 percent of this
amount, or $88,009, and the sponsor will
furnish the remaining 24.6 percent. The
forest service contribution provides for
the labor, machinery, and part of the supervision.
First work to be done on the 12 months
project will be the development of the
Perkinstown winter sports area and the
graveling of roads over the entire Medford forest district.
November 6, 1914
Miss Malkson and pupils issued
hand painted invitations for a Halloween party at the school Friday at 2:30
p.m. About 40 parents and friends responded. The room was darkened and
lighted with jack o lanterns, pumpkins
and fiery eyes of black cats. Black cats
were conspicious everywhere. The entertainment opened with the march
of the goblins. Each pupil wore paper
caps with painted masks, representing
all the ghosts and spooks one has heard
of. The large number being had by their
teacher. Each had a comb and the music they produced was indeed wierd.
Remember When November 2004
50 YEARS AGO
November 5, 1964
James L. Sonnentag, 19, Marathon,
was electrocuted Friday morning when
the boom he was operating at Stetsonville touched high voltage wire overhead.
The accident occurred near the Marvin
Riemer residence where the youth was
unloading concrete blocks from a truck
owned by his father, Merlin Sonnentag,
of Sonnentag Concrete and Gravel Co.,
Marathon.
Coroner James Amo and undersheriff Don Underwood investigated, stating
that the young man was killed instantly.
It was reported that young Sonnentag
was standing on the ground while operating the boom mounted on the truck
when the accident occurred.
75 YEARS AGO
November 2, 1939
Work on Taylor countys WPA project
for the conservation and development of
natural resources in the Medford district
Medford area reghters and EMTs work at the scene of a two-vehicle accident
on October 30 at the intersection of Hwy 13 and CTH O in the city of Medford. According to the accident, Randall W. Zubell, 57, Gilman, was eastbound on CTH O
and making a left turn onto Hwy 13 when his vehicle was struck by a southbound
vehicle, driven by Jennie E. Langteau, 89, Colby, which failed to stop for a red trafc
control light.
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Legion Auxiliary holds Oct. meeting

There were 10 members and two
guests present when the Oct. 13 meeting
of Boxrucker-Berry American Legion
Auxiliary Unit 519 was called to ordered
by president Juanita Krug.
Roll call of officers was followed by the
secretarys report, which was approved
as read. The treasurers report was approved as read and placed on file for audit.
Guest speaker Joan Chwala from the
Chippewa Falls Veterans Home, spoke
on activities and needs of veterans at the
home.
Nicks graduates
from basic training
Kyle Nicks, son of Kimberlee and
Jason Nuernberger and Mike and Susie Nicks, all of
Medford, recently
completed Army
National
Guard
basic training at
Fort Benning, Ga.
He is a member of
Charlie Company,
1st Battalion, 19th
Infantry Regiment.
Nicks is in his
third year of studyKyle Nicks
ing civil engineering.
Jill Pickreign sent get well cards to

Estelle Laub, Josephine Loeffler, Martha
Seidl and Jeanne Ching, and nine birthday cards to residents at Aspirus Care &
Rehab-Medford. She also showed 10 lap
robes made by Augusta Freiboth to be
sent to various organizations.
Krug reminded members to remember Estelle Laub, Josephine Loeffler and
Beatrice Decker in their prayers.
Motions made and seconded to send a
donation to Aspirus Medford Hospitals
cancer unit, and to order 400 small and 30
large poppies.
Krug reminded members of the District 11 fall conference Oct. 25 in Odanah, community soup supper Nov. 8 at
St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Medford
and Christmas Giving Tree Ministry in
December.
Motion made and seconded to donate
to the poppy fund, the department presidents special project, Homeless Female
Veterans Grant Fund, Veterans and
Family Assistance Fund, surgical assistance pillows for veterans, Veteran Days
and Christmas Cheer, Camp American
Legion, the Wisconsin veteran home in
Chippewa Falls, general fund to support
military families, National Auxiliary
Emergency Fund, National Child Welfare Foundation and Fisher House in
Milwaukee.
The next meeting will be on Nov. 10 at
1 p.m. Marleen Lindau, secretary
submitted photo
Confirmation Mass
Bishop Peter Christensen of the Diocese of Superior officiated at a joint confirmation Mass on Oct. 12 at SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Gilman. The confirmands from SS Peter and Paul, St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Lublin, St. John the
Apostle Catholic Church in Sheldon and St. Michael Catholic Church in Jump River
were (front row): Katie Worden, Jordan Geist, Jessica Burch, Amanda Ewer, Isabella
Franzen, Haily Zach, Brooke Webster, Kendall Skabraud and director Sister Marianna
Ableidinger. Middle row: Teacher Coreen Webster, Cole Johnson, Parker Rosemeyer,
Shannon Draeger, Elizabeth Wenzel, Bryce Sromek, Derek Thorgerson, Travis Lato
and teacher Tricia Kopacz. In back: Colton Schmitt, Bryer Nichols, Fr. Madanu Sleeva
Raju, Bishop Christensen, Fr. Madanu Bala Showry and Landon Ludescher.
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Rib Lake.
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HELP WANTED
HELP WANTED: Bagger operator Gilman Forest Products. Apply in person, 400
N. 1st Ave., Gilman, WI.
Jamie Kleutsch
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HELP WANTED
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work.
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Rib Lake, 720 S. Hwy 102.
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night shifts. Every-other weekend required.
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Service Plans and programs established in the Woodland Care CBRF program. Woodland Care CBRF is an 8 bed CBRF on the grounds of the Clark
County Health Care Center that serves both men and women with severe
and persistent mental illness and developmental disabilities with behavioral
concerns. Successful candidates must possess excellent team skills.
REQUIREMENTS: Direct care experience in a community care setting
such as a CBRF/Assisted Living, Adult Family Home and/or nursing home.
Human services or related experience also considered. Experience with individuals with mental illness, behavioral concerns or crisis intervention programs a plus. Required completion of CBRF and CPI training within 90 days
of employment, this training is provided. Wisconsin Caregiver Background
check, physical and drug testing required.
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W4266 State Hwy 29
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team player? Are you looking for a meaningful career?
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to become part of our people centric company located in Phillips,
Wisconsin.
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and physics. A two-year technical degree in electronics
or equivalent work experience in the electronics industry
required.
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FOR RENT
ONE BEDROOM lower apartment in Stetsonville, appliances
included,
$325/
month
includes
water
and sewer. 715-773-1716.
SPACIOUS
UPPER
two
bedroom
in
Medford,
$475.
715-965-4440.
LARGE ONE bedroom upstairs
apartment in Medford, available Nov. 1. 715-427-3579.
THREE BEDROOM, 2 bath
house with two car garage, village of Rib Lake. 715-427-3579.
MISCELLANEOUS
FOR RENT
THREE BEDROOM, 2 bath

home 1/2 mile south of Medford
on Hwy 13. $650/month plus
heat and electric, 1 car garage
included, no pets, nonsmoking,
1 year lease and security deposit
required. Jason, 715-829-4180.
MEDFORD
TWO
bedroom
lower apartment, $460 includes
sewer, water, garbage, storage unit, onsite laundry, garage available. 715-965-4440.
TWO
BEDROOM
mobile
home on double lot in Westboro, $390 plus utilities and
security
deposit,
available
11/15/14. Call 715-965-4688.
NEWER MEDFORD apartment
homes, 765 S. Gibson Ave. 2
bedroom apartments include
appliances, spacious rooms,
walk-in closet, in-unit laundry,
secure entrance, garage, deck/
patio and utilities (heat, sewer
& water). 2 bedroom $670-680/
month. Call now, 715-3402331,
www.scswiderski.com.
WOODRIDGE APARTMENTS in
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upper
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included
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month includes water, sewer
and electric. 715-773-1716.
VILLAGE OF Rib Lake large
2 bedroom apartment, washer
and dryer hookups, outside
deck and storage shed, basement, nice view of lake, lawn
care and snow removal included, available Oct. 11. 715427-3136 or 715-905-0327.
BEAUTIFUL 2,000 sq. ft., 4

bedroom, 1.5 bath house
with
finished
basement
and 1 car attached garage,
huge backyard. Includes air
conditioner,
stove,
fridge,
washer and dryer. Located
in Medford, $695/month plus
utilities. Call 715-965-3564.
LOWER, SPACIOUS 2 bedroom apartment, A/C, nonsmoking, village of Rib Lake,
$450/month
plus
security
deposit.
715-427-5809.
CAREGIVERS & CNAs

CARE PARTNERS ASSISTED LIVING in Medford has
full & part time positions available for all shifts for our
facility. We are looking for positive, hardworking individuals who are committed to provide quality care for
our residents. In-house training provided. Background
check required per DHS83. EOE.
Please apply at:
TF-500308
45-162341
KELLY SERVICES
Were hiring!
Please call 715-842-9975 to inquire about this position or

email us at [email protected] to inquire.
Kelly Services is an equal opportunity employer.
715-842-9975
45-143900
Job is expected to last through December and possibly even

through January!
Directions to Land: South from Stetsonville, WI. on Highway 13 to Elm Avenue

and West 3.5 miles to property.
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TOWN OF LITTLE BLACK~TAYLOR COUNTY~WISCONSIN
KELLY SERVICES
KELLY SERVICES
Kelly Services is now hiring for Seasonal Worker positions

for a local Distribution Center in Wausau, WI. Transportation
will be provided from Medford and Abbotsford!
Pay rate is $10.00
Hours: First Shift
Start Date: 11/10/14
TO BE SOLD AS ONE PARCEL

28.82 TILLABLE
AGRICULTURE ACRES
PRESENTLY IN CORN
www.DixonGreinerRealty.com
N4988 Butternut Hill Rd.,

Medford
641 Park Street, Prentice

Updated 3+ bed, 1.75 bath home
located across the street from the south
fork of the Jump River. Detached two
car garage and two Village lots.
$89,900
PRICE REDUCTION
W6976 Cty. Rd. I,
Ogema
Great location. Country home
or cabin on +/-10 acres. Borders
+/-879 acres of paper land. 2+
bed, 1 full bath home. 45x60
insulated and heated shed on a
concrete slab. Large deck.
$129,900
PRICE REDUCTION
141 N. Third St., Medford
Bank owned 4 bed, 1.5 bath home located
on a corner lot. Concrete basement, 100
amp electrical system and forced air gas
furnace. One car attached garage and a two car
detached garage.
$66,500
PRICE REDUCTION
144 S. 2nd Street,
Medford
Affordable duplex with 2 bed, 1
bath lower unit and 1 bed, 1 bath
upper unit. Good rental history and
income potential.
$29,000
W7571 St. Hwy. 64,
Medford
11.18 FOREST
AGRICULTURE ACRES
HARVESTABLE TIMBER
HUNTING/
RECREATIONAL LAND
Private location. 3+ bed, 1.75 bath home

on +/- 12.75 acres along the Black
River. Features dining room with built in
cabinetry, bonus rooms with extra space
for storage, 3.5 car detached garage,
workshop and shed.
$114,900
To view this property and/or to obtain a Buyers Packet, which includes

property information and terms of the real estate auction, please contact
the Auction Company.
RJ STOCKWELL INC. LAND & AUCTION COMPANY

W5340 County Line Road. Dorchester. WI 54425
715-654-5162
Randy J. Stockwell-Wisconsin Registered Auctioneer #422-052 - WI Real Estate Broker
KELLY SERVICES
Medford Ofce Hwy. 13 South
45-162157
DENNIS PEISSIG & MARILYN ROSS

LAND AUCTION
FRIDAY~NOVEMBER 14~2014~10AM
AUCTION TO BE HELD AT RJ STOCKWELL INC.
LAND & AUCTION CO. SITE
N155 HIGHWAY 13~STETSONVILLE~WI
Visit us at: www.co.clark.wi.us
Earn an additional assignment completion bonus of $50!
Duties Include: General construction, erection and installation

of buildings, preferably fabric tension structures. Ability to use
tools such as impact wrenches, screwdrivers, grinders and
other electrical tools. Able to lift 50 to 100 lbs. on a regular
basis and read a tape measure.
Ideal candidate will have experience constructing pre-engineered buildings, excellent communication skills, organizational skills, clean driving record, ability to travel 48 states, be
detailed oriented and able to handle multiple tasks with minimal
supervision. Full benets package including health insurance
and 401k available.
Please email resume to: [email protected],

or stop in and complete our application
Paramount Installers, LLC, P.O. Box 35, Stratford, WI 54484-0035
Clark County is an ADA/CRC/EEO employer.
715-748-2258
NEW LISTING
INSTALL SPECIALIST
Karen Simington, RN, MSN, DON

Clark County Health Care Center
715-229-2172
LAND FOR sale: 12 acre wooded country lot, 3 miles northwest

of Medford on blacktop road.
Contact Jason, 715-829-4180.
$139,500
Builders of steel-frame, fabric-membrane buildings,

is accepting applications for a full-time
Contact:
6.2 ACRE lot tested for holding tanks or mound to be sold

with home package, $19,000.
See Wausau Homes Medford
for home plans. Contact Jason at 715-829-4180 to view.
Beautiful country setting with

7.35 acres. Property features a 4+ bed,
1.75 bath home. Metal shed, 3 car
detached garage and small barn.
LANDMARK COMPANY
1-800-924-3256
Woodridge Housing is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer
differential)
REAL ESTATE
NEW LISTING
44-143618
Retirement benets
PTO (Paid time off)
Health insurance available for eligible positions
AVAILABLE
IMMEDIATELY:
One bedroom apartments for
those 62+. Rod Becker Villa, 645
Maple Court, Rib Lake. Owner
paid heat, water, sewer and
trash removal, community room,
laundry facilities, additional storage, indoor mail delivery and
off-street parking. Tenant pays
30% of adjusted income. Pet
friendly property For an application, contact Impact Seven Inc.,
855-316-8967 or 715-357-0011.
www.impactseven.org.
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Luke Dixon, Jon Knoll,

Jesse Lukewich, George Zondlo
See our website for further information:

www.carepartners-countryterrace.com
CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANTS
THREE BEDROOM mobile

homes available for rent at $625/
month or for sale at $22,900 in
Medford. Contact Pleasant Valley Properties at 715-879-5179.
Ask us about our rent special.
ALLMAN PARK, 2 bedroom,

rent $725, includes heat, water/
sewer, garbage, in-unit washer/
dryer, dishwasher, A/C, 1 car detached garage. 715-497-6161.
Care Partners
Assisted Living
955 E. Allman Street
Medford, WI 54451
We are seeking CARING AND DEPENDABLE individuals to

work in a nursing home setting. Full-time and part-time p.m.
positions available.
Excellent wages (Starting $13.31 per hour, with p.m.
MOBILE HOMES
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www.rjstockwell.com
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Just Happen. Theyre Planned!
111 S. Park Ave, Medford

Two story 4 bed, 1 full bath city home.
Spacious living room, updated roof,
large deck and detached garage.
Located 2 blocks south of the City Park.
$69,500
45-162137
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Medford
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Jerrys Computer
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715-427-3471
ROMIGS Hardware, Septic,

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306 S. State Hwy. 13, Stetsonville
715-678-2271
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Medford Dental Clinic

309 E. Broadway, Medford
715-748-4111
Dr. Daniel Miskulin
Treasure Chest Gifts

345 N. 8th St. (Hwy. 13), Medford
715-748-6860
715-748-2211
Dr. Gary Krueger
Hwy. 13, Stetsonville

715-678-2002
Quality embroidery & screen printing
N7918 Hwy. 73, Gilman

715-668-5211
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C&D Lumber
729 Kennedy Street
Rib Lake
715-427-5210
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Stetsonville
Lumber
201 Hwy. 13, Stetsonville
715-678-2171
Handel Automotive
N3657 State Hwy 13, Medford
316 S. Main Street, Medford
715-748-4323
Locally Owned & Operated

Medford, Abbotsford,
Thorp & Stanley
Krugs Bus Service & Tours

549 Billings Ave., Medford
715-748-3194
Jacks Auto Repair, LLC

545 W. Broadway, Medford, WI
410 S. 8th St.,

Medford
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Celebrating loggings rich history and future
COURIER SENTINEL THE RECORD-REVIEW THE STAR NEWS
Wisconsins forests provided the raw

materials to build the heartland of America. The great cities of the Midwest would
not have been possible without the work
of Wisconsin loggers.
The great stands of white pine that
covered thousands of acres were cut in
the first wave of logging. Later, focus
Ike International Corp.

Buying Year-round
Top Prices Paid
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Veneer Logs for Domestic Manufacturing and Exporting
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500 E. Maple Street, Stanley, WI 54768
Ofce: (715) 644-5777

Fax: (715) 644-5786
Scott Seemann
Abbotsford, WI
(715) 223-8122
(715) 577-7977 (Cell)
45-161392
Ted Fischer
President
(715) 723-9430
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(715) 577-7975 (Cell)
turing sector.
According to state data, there are over
60,000 employees in the forest products
sector and 1,270 establishments. The average yearly wage in the forest products
industry is $42,600 and total wages contribute $3 billion per year.
This section recognizes the rich history of logging in Wisconsin and its important role in the future, not only of this
region, but of the entire state.
You just spent half a million on machinery
Basswood
Cherry
Birds Eye/Curly/Hard/Soft Maple
White/Yellow Birch
Walnut
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Bob Levelius
Stratford, WI
(715) 687-4677
(715) 577-7976 (Cell)
went to the dense hardwoods. The tanning industry called for hemlock bark.
In recent years, the paper industry has
sought pulpwood. As forest needs have
changed, so too has forest management
to bring sustainability to the industry for
generations to come.
Forest products in Wisconsin contribute significantly to the economy, accounting for 12 percent of the value of all
shipments, as well as 14 percent of jobs
and 13 percent of wages in the manufac-
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LOGGING
Loggings roots run deep, future soars to skies
by Reporter Kayla Peche

The 19th-century logging industry
reshaped the landscape of central and
northern Wisconsin, provided a livelihood for thousands of workers, and
formed the roots of todays thriving paper and lumber industry.
According to the Wisconsin Historical
Society, by the late 19th century, Wisconsin was one of the premier lumber producing states in the U.S.
Because of its greater accessibility to
early settlements, forests along the Wisconsin River were the first to fall before
the lumberjacks ax on a large scale.
Rivers provided a convenient way to
transport logs from forests to the mills.
The mills then used the same rivers to
power water wheels and huge saws to
cut the logs into boards. Entire communities, such as Cadott, Cornell, Rib Lake
and Gilman, grew up around those mills.
As a result, general stores, banks, grocers, and other businesses opened to support growing populations of loggers and
mill workers. Most of the major cities
in central and northern Wisconsin were
consequently built on rivers.
The watersheds of the Black and Chippewa rivers in the northwest constituted
a third major lumbering region in Wisconsin. Dozens of small independent
Horse power
Logging scenes, such as this one from the Rib Lake area, were common in the early
20th century as horse teams were used to drag cut timber from the woods.
companies gradually combined into a
conglomerate led by Frederick Weyerhaeuser that shipped logs and boards
down river to St. Louis, creating towns
such as Eau Claire and Black River Falls
in the process.
Railroads transformed Wisconsins

lumber industry in the mid-to-late 19th
century. Transporting lumber by train
allowed loggers to work year-round and
to cut lumber that had previously been
impossible to float down rivers.
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According to the Pictorial History of

the Rib Lake Area, edited by Robert P.
Rusch, the first railroad was completed
in Rib Lake in 1883. The book reads: This
railroad served the lumber company.
Many other villages, towns and cities in Wisconsin began to build or use
the railroad system to transport lumber.
River lumbering was a way of the past,
as technology advanced.
Lumbering had a permanent effect
on Wisconsins economy. The location
of mills led to the growth of cities and
towns and influenced the routes followed
by railroads.
Earlier sources state, thousands of
workers were employed in cutting trees,
hauling and transporting logs, cutting
logs into lumber, and shipping boards to
markets.
As history shows, at the start of the
20th century, the fate of the lumber industry in Wisconsin was uncertain. Earlier logging operations had gone into forests to select only the most suitable and
profitable timber, but new methods completely cleared forests of almost all useable trees, even revisiting areas already
cut over.
The demands of the states furniture,
paper, and tanning industries led to an
increase in the harvesting of hardwoods,
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which had been spared when the industry had earlier focused on pine reserves.
Today, to avoid clearing out forests
and running low on timber resources,
the industry uses standards set by the
Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI),
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As logging declined, northern Wisconsins lands were increasingly promoted
for agricultural use by logging companies seeking to sell their land and towns
hoping to halt the mass departure of people from the region.
Some towns survived as retail and distribution centers, or as centers of paper
manufacturing, as mills shifted from the

production of lumber. Mule-Hide Paper
Company, in Cornell, had to shift in the
1980s from using logs to using cardboard
to make their products.
Many northern towns simply shrank
into small rural communities that struggled to cope with the Great Depression.
Not until the forests recovered their
growth and the tourist industry boomed
after World War II would the economy of
the Northwoods revive.
Modern technology
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In the early days of the timber industry, trees were cut from native forests using axes and hand-held crosscut saws.
It was a slow process of hard manual

labor, Rusch writes.
Logs, often of very large dimensions,
were dragged by teams of bullocks or
horses, and rolled onto bush-trains using
innovative equipment and wire ropes.
With the introduction of chainsaws in
the 1960s, considerable harvesting time
was saved. Further progress in mechanization saw early model tractors and
tracked bulldozers used. Manpower requirements were high and accidents not
uncommon.
According to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, logging has consistently been one of the most hazardous industries in the United States.
New technologies in wood manufacturing and wood composites have broad-
ened the use of wood into products not

previously envisioned.
Making boards includes a sign making company that uses plastic milk jugs,
melted and combined with wood fiber, to
make a longer lasting sign. There is also
a company in New Mexico that utilizes
waste construction material, laminated
together, to fabricate stronger guardrail
supports for highways and a furniture
business that sells high quality juniper
furniture all over the world. These are
just a few of the innovative products entrepreneurs have developed to keep the
wood industry alive and well.
In Wisconsin, the products produced
depend on the quality and type of the
wood. The better quality logs are used
for furniture, cabinets, flooring, trim
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Some of the best quality logs are exported
internationally or used in niche markets
such as whiskey barrels that use white
oak.
Pine, spruce and some aspen are used
for building construction and green
treated lumber. The smaller diameter
and lower quality logs are used for products such as pallets and railroad ties.
Northern and central Wisconsin are
known for pulpwood, which isnt suitable for cutting lumber. It is used mainly
for making paper products. Locally, pulpwood is used to make the base product for
roofing material at Mule-Hide in Cornell.
In Ladysmith, Indeck Energy Wood Pellets makes wood pellets for heating.
In some cases increased technology means increased costs. According to
The Logging Cost Index, by William B.
Stuart and Laura A. Grace from the Department of Forestry, equipment prices
have risen substantially since the
1990s. Also, consumable supplies costs
rose, making modern logging equipment
expensive to buy and maintain, requiring a much larger market base to be successful.
This has created a challenge for the
increasing number of small utilization
companies. The process for removing
trees hasnt changed. Trees have to be
cut and moved to a central location (landing) where they can be loaded on a truck
and transported to a processing point.
Unfortunately, the equipment used
has changed, the cost of fuel has risen
and the salaries of the employees have
not increased by much.
According to the Wisconsin Bureau of
Labor Statistics, as of May 2013, the average salary for a logger is around $30,000.
A forester, who focuses on managing the
logging industry, and a pulp truck driver

who hauls the lumber to the mills, make
roughly $40,000 a year.
The type of wood market will also affect the amount of income. Costs of the
small wood markets are lower value markets such as shavings, pallets, wood pellets, telephone poles, and fire wood. The
larger trees are used to make the better
lumber, which in turn supplies a higher
value product.
The one thing the wood product industry can count on is how quickly the
markets change, and staying in business
is dependent on how flexible it is to move
with these changes. Creative solutions
and collaboration between the forest service and industry has helped the wood
product industry continue to be successful.
Smaller markets prompt

changes in logging
The smaller logging businesses
throughout northern Wisconsin still
have the ability to flourish even with the
advances in technology and forest management.
Wisconsin has over 60,000 employees
in the forest products industry (including logging and forestry support activities). Over half of these jobs are in paper
mills and manufacturing. Forest products jobs make up about 14 percent of all
manufacturing jobs.
The May 2013 Wisconsin Bureau of
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Future will bring changes to the Wisconsin logging industry

in Wisconsin hauling wood.
Brad and Scott Fuchs each started up
their own logging business in Medford.
In Jan. 2004, Brad worked part-time for
F & A Logging, LLC, then in May, worked
full time for Wiitala/Vozka Logging,
LLC until April of 2013 when he bought
his own machine from his brother, who
owns Scott Fuchs Logging, LLC, to start
his own business, Fuchs Logging, LLC.
A few months ago, the two teamed up
together to start B S Logging, LLC, which
will soon become a fully functional logging business.
Anyone who wants to start up should
find work for your company first, Brad
said. You can buy stumpage from private, county, state or federal lands or be
a subcontractor for another logging company or log mill.
Small independent businesses flourish in the north central Wisconsin area,
helping each other move through the
struggles of being a logger.
Brad said logging really hasnt
changed much, but he agrees the prices
of things have changed.
The price of some of the equipment
has gone up a lot, and the price we get for
the wood has basically stayed the same,
Brad said. The price of fuel has more
than doubled since 2004 and the number
of loggers has gone down. But it is a business of opportunities.
Brad says it is all about the amount
of effort and work a person puts into the
Heading to the mill
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Logs that are cut and piled for trucks to haul are brought to mills such as Louisiana-Pacific (LP) Corporation in Hayward. LP is
a supplier of building products, which include engineered wood, siding, decking, decorative interior molding and oriented strand
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business. Some loggers cant survive the
increase in prices, but others work together to keep the industry alive.
For a new person to get involved in
logging, Brad says they will struggle
with the price of equipment.
The banks arent lending the money
they used to, Brad says. Banks that do
provide loans need 20-30 percent down
to buy one piece of equipment, which

means paying $100,000 to $600,000. That
is a big down payment the average person doesnt have.
I got into the business because I wanted to be independent and start planning
for the future, Brad said. You just need
to want to work hard.
In order to keep loggers like Brad in
business and keep the forests flourishing, the SFI and foresters maintain, manage and find the wood for the workers.
As stated before, the SFI is all about
the conservation of the forests. The actions we take today determine the future
of our forest.
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Mike Rankin of Cornell, has worked
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as a carpenter and logger for five years,
then earned a degree in forestry and
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Where I grew up logging is a mainstay of the economy, Rankin said.
Rankin said he worked for the DNR
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own consulting forestry business, Cornell Forestry Services, LLC. This year,
he also started his own logging company,
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As a consulting forester, I work
mainly with private landowners but also
do some contracted government work,
Rankin said.
Rankin says the bulk of his work is
helping private landowners manage
their woods, consisting of writing forest management plans, doing timber appraisals and helping landowners sell timber to loggers.
To develop and write a forest management plan, He said the forester needs an
understanding of how the landowner
uses the woods, and what they want to
accomplish on the property.
Based on the forest inventory, the forester will divided the woods into timber
type stands. Rankin said future logging
recommendations are based on these
timber type stands. Generally, a forest
management plan is written for a 25-year

period.
Forest management planning helps
ensure you will have a healthy woods
that will grow good quality trees well
into the future, he said.
If the foresters recommends logging
should be done to the property, Rankin
says the landowner must decided what
they want accomplished in conjunction
with the logging. This may include improvements such as road improvements,
a trail system, wildlife food plot, construction or gathering wood if the landowner heats with wood. He suggests investing some of the timber sale revenue
back into the land.
Loggers and foresters can work together with the landowners to produce to
the best possible outcome for all parties
and the future of the environment.
To become a forester, Rankin said you
need to have long-term goals, enjoy working with people and be able to develop
good communication skills.
No one has a better job than a forester, Rankin said.
Both foresters and loggers work long
hours and can expect to work long weeks
based on weather conditions, but Rankin
said finding a starting job in the logging
industry isnt too difficult, if youre dependable and willing to learn.
Even though some changes or advances add for extra issues for the logging and
forest management industry, the small
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Loggers need to stay aware of changes

The logging/lumber industry is constantly upgrading and changing to be
more efficient and keep up with the forest
industry world. This can be seen in the
progression of transportation from the
use of rivers, railroads and pulp trucks,
to the equipment used to cut logs, such as
hand-held saws, chainsaws, harvesters
and skidders.
The annual Great Lakes Logging and
Heavy Equipment Exhibition is one way
to keep businesses informed of the advancements in logging.
Everything that is new for the year,
like trucks, loaders, logging equipment,
pretty much anything you can imagine
that has to do with logging, is there, said
Tom Seidl, driver for Peche Bros., LLC.
According to The First 50 Years of the
Timber Producers Association of Michigan and Wisconsin, Inc., by Roswell Miller, the annual Lake States Logging Congress and Equipment Expo was created
to bring the industry together. Miller
said Logging Congress mission was to
bring together the interest of people in
all phases of the forest industries. This
includes forest landowners, loggers, saw
mill operators, manufacturers and industrial machinery manufacturers and
distributors.
The 69th annual Great Lakes Logging
and Heavy Equipment Expo was held
Sept. 5-6 at EAA Grounds in Oshkosh. Seidl, who attended the expo this year, said
it was a good time.
We look at all the new equipment
at the show during the day, Seidl said,
and the salesmen give you free stuff like
clothes and such. You meet new people,
see new things and enjoy your time.
Miller said there is still confusion over
the year of the first Logging Congress,
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Brad Fuchs, of Fuchs Logging, LLC, uses a Ponsse BuffaloKing, which is a forwarder used for carrying logs from the stumps to
a roadside landing. According to the manufacturer, BuffaloKing can carry nearly its own weight in wood and provides the driver
with a larger crane for easier access to logs.
but it likely occurred Nov. 1-2, 1946. The
location was Houghton, Mich., where
60 exhibitors participated. Through the
years, the Logging Congress became
known as the Great Lakes Logging and
Heavy Equipment Expo, as the popularity of the tradition grew.
Now, to host the expo, an estimated
870,000 square feet, or roughly 20 acres,
is needed to hold the indoor and outdoor
venue.
With modern technology expanding
leaps and bounds in 68 years, Miller
says, Logging Congress is all about

equipment.
Over 650 exhibitors educate about
4,500 guests and visitors per day about
evolving the business environment in
the forest products industry.
Exhibitors provide the guests with
perspectives on research and developments in logging technology, log utilization and sawmill advancements. They
also provided information on sustainable forest management, conservation,
forest policy, public relations and more
to help the businesses become more productive and profitable.

One new piece of equipment showcased at the 2014 expo was a harvester
which has eight wheels. Manufacturers say the eight wheels allow for better
steering and more stability in the work
area. Also, the new crane on the machine allows visibility in all directions
to speed up the job process. Just one
of the many harvesters featured at the
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Klingbeil Lumber looks to next generation of leadership

Klingbeil Lumber Co. is a living definition of a family business.
With a break only for college, Bill
Klingbeil has worked for 40 years at the
business his grandfather, father and uncle built before his generation took control. His grandfather bought an existing
lumberyard in 1939, and since the start,
the staff has included family members.
Most of us went to college and usually decided to return while we were at
school or shortly after. Nobody was ever
forced into the business. We all worked
here in high school or college, Bill
Klingbeil said.
Klingbeil Lumber is heading toward
a fourth generation of family ownership
as it celebrates 75 years in business along
Hwy 64 on Medfords west side. Bills son,
Pete Klingbeil, is poised to be the fourth
generation leading the namesake business. Pete, now 28 years old, went to the
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire before returning to his hometown.
I like it here and my dad and his father enjoyed it as well, Bill Klingbeil
said. Pete is a new set of eyes for the
business.
An open house was held in conjunction with the anniversary celebration. It
highlighted updates to the buildings and
the front of the store.
Bill said working with relatives is
not as hard as keeping a strong family
together. Our family dynamics are so
much stronger than the business dynamics. If the family isnt strong, the business wont flourish.
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For 75 years Klingbeil Lumber Company has served residents in Taylor County wil quality lumber and hardware needs. The next
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employees might as well be related to
the namesakes. Their longtime expertise
helps customers make good purchases
and the company move in the right decision. Most of our decisions are communal decisions. Nothing major is decided
without input from everyone. We have 15
employees and the average length of employment is at least 12 or 13 years. Its one
of our strengths. Judy knows the paint
department better than anyone, and Id
never make a decision without asking
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Klingbeil said the longevity and
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know and trust. Thats the kind of relationship we have with our customers.
The person you end up seeing in the store
is comfortable with the advice and products we offer, he said.
We know our customers spend more
time in our lumberyard and these are
the guys you will sit with for 20 minutes
at the counter. I think thats what we do
well. We want our customers comfortable
knowing they got what they came in for,
Bill Klingbeil said. The only way our
business is successful is how we interact.
Our dads instilled it in us. It doesnt matter if you are cheaper, if you can interact
and be honest with the customers, you
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Those customers know what the family and business stand for. They are cus-
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Klingbeil Lumber Company looks to the future with changes

tomers who are used to completing longlasting projects. We serve a lot of people
who are good, hardworking people who
have supported us through the years, he
said. Yesterday I was out and saw a new
roof going onto a home. I remembered
when they bought the materials from us
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The business has adapted to 75 years
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Were a rare breed against the big boys.
If you dont change, you dont survive,
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in 1972 and the east side was added in
1998. Were trying to make it look like
one building, Klingbeil said. The building is 40 years old and we redesigned the
front. Its a new kind of splash with the
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than being attached to a cooperative like

Ace. There is an assumption we are moving away from hardware, but this was
a move to strengthen the overall business. We were with Ace for 42 years and
it was a great company, but we want to
reinforce what we do well, he said. Its
the cost of doing business. We thought
we could do better for ourselves and the
community.
Klingbeil said the business stocks
product from a local mill, Biewer Lumber. He said it turns out good products
in a state-of-the-art mill facility at Prentice. He said pressures from exports and
big box exclusives make it harder to find
the highest quality lumber products. For
many years, the major source for building lumber has been West Coast sawmills.
Klingbeil said one change in the dynamic of what lumberyards stock is
transportation. He remembers a day
when everything came by rail, and now
virtually all of it is shipped by truck.
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area. Weve added to the small engine repair and added the Husqvarna line. We
just needed to broaden some lines. The
Echo line was in place and we wanted
something else. Loggers recognize the
Husqvarna line. The business also sells
the Wisconsin-built Ariens line.
The business recently switched from
Ace Hardware to an independent wholesaler. It is a move to strengthen the lines
offered, not move away from the hardware business. The hardware line is
now provided by Orgill, an independent
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logging equipment were also showcased for the year.
Aaron Neiman, of TPA magazine and event coordinator, said the TPA magazine provides information on
new innovations in the lumber industry, like ones seen
at the Expo, monthly.
Every month, we do a product feature on state-ofthe-art logging equipment, Neiman said. Each issue
also features a safety article by the Forest Industry
Safety and Training Alliance training coordinator, Ben
Parsons.
Even though the forest industry is constantly evolving and the venue of the expo changes, the main mission
remains the same: to keep the tradition alive.
Miller writes: The expo continues to be one of the
largest attractions for the wood industry in the United
States. People come to the event as a way to stay on top
of their business, find new technology, new improvements and it has been ingrained from generation to generation to attend.
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Pests are putting Wisconsin forests in danger
Page 14

Mother Nature has a mind of her own,
and in the logging industry, working
around natural complications is an every day occurrence.
Whether it be natural disasters like
fires, rain or snow storms that keep logging areas from being used, the logging
industry has dealt with other issues that
no one saw coming.
Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) was first
discovered in North America near Detroit in 2002, according to the Wisconsin
DNR. Since then the beetle has spread to
Canada and more than a dozen states, including Wisconsin.
The beetle was first found in Wisconsin in the summer of 2008 near the community of Newburg, several miles northeast of West Bend.
EAB is an invasive, wood-boring beetle that kills ash trees by eating the tissue
under the bark. According to the DNR,
the beetle was brought to the U.S. by mistake on shipping crates from China.
A tree that has been attacked by EAB
can die within two to four years.
Wisconsin is known for its abundance
of ash trees. The DNR states an estimated
834 million ash trees are in Wisconsins
forestlands. That is approximately 7 percent of the tree forest population and, in
urban areas, 20 percent of the trees are
ash.
The DNR estimates that more than 50
million ash trees are dead or dying in the
Midwest because of EAB.
Brown, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Doug-
las, Fond du Lac, Kenosha, La Crosse,

Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Rock,
Sauk, Trempealeau, Vernon, Walworth,
Washington, Waukesha and Winnebago
counties are under quarantine, meaning
residents and affected businesses cannot
transport any hardwood firewood, ash
nursery stock, ash logs or timber out of
the area because they have been infected
by EAB.
Unfortunately, the DNR says there is
no pesticide that is 100 percent effective in killing EAB. Therefore, the main
tactic is to keep the quarantined counties under control until another solution
arises.
Gypsy moth, an exotic insect from Europe, is also killing trees in Wisconsin.
The gypsy moth was introduced into the
U.S. in the mid-1800s near Boston. By the
1990s, the moth was found in eastern Wisconsin, and as of 2008, has been firmly
established throughout the eastern and
central part of the state.
Gypsy moth defoliates (removes
leaves from trees) mainly hardwood
trees although it does feed on some conifers. Their populations naturally explode
to very high numbers, called outbreaks,
about every 10 years.
During outbreaks, the DNR says caterpillars are a nuisance and can strip
trees of their leaves, defoliating entire
neighborhoods or forests by late June.
Most healthy trees can survive one defoliation, but trees that are weak or
stressed prior to defoliation may die.
The gypsy moth is an expert at hitching rides and establishing new populations in areas previously free from infes-
Gypsy moth
Wisconsin DNR graphic
This graphic from the DNR shows a large portion of the eastern side of Wisconsin
has been quarantined for the gypsy moth. The gypsy moth removes leaves from the
trees, which kills the weak and stressed trees in the forest. There are counties which
have sprayed to keep the moths from infecting unquarantined areas.
tation. The DNR says just about anything
you would find in your backyard or
woodlot, even your vehicle, can be a suitable place for the female moth to lay her
egg mass.
Thankfully, the DNR states the gypsy

moth does have three primary management options. A suggestion is to allow
the natural selection process and the
resilience of the forest determines the
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outcome on which trees survive. Using

insecticide application in areas highly
infected is commonly used to defeat the
insect. The DNR recommended option
is active forest management to decrease
the likelihood and improve the vigor of
forests.
With forest management, the public
can help prevent the spread of gypsy
moths. If you live in an area where gypsy
moths are established, check vehicles
or outdoor items for egg masses before
moving them to unquarantined areas.
Firewood is a favorite hiding place
for gypsy moths. Be especially vigilant
during and after an outbreak when egg
masses will be abundant.
The DNR says its important to know
the moths are not a threat unless there is
an outbreak.
In June and July, watch for gypsy
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moth caterpillars coming out of trees to

rest on tree trunks and the sides of buildings. The presence of caterpillars, even
in small numbers, may indicate that a
population is on the rise and could be a
bigger problem next year.
Starting in August, look for gypsy
moth egg masses. The number of egg
masses is a good indicator of the number
of caterpillars to expect in the area next
spring.
During forest management, keep in
mind healthy trees will recover from
defoliation. Trees that are weak from
drought, previous defoliation, age or other stressors may not survive unless they
are protected from gypsy moths.
Remember, for every tree destroyed
by these pests, one can be restored by
planting a tree in its place. Visit dnr.
wi.gov for more information on these insects or forest management.
Purple boxes help monitor spread

If you see a purple box hanging in a
tree, just let it be. Thats a request from
local, state and federal officials overseeing Wisconsins efforts to deal with the
emerald ash borer, or EAB.
The purple boxes are traps set with
bait to lure the adult EAB, which then
gets caught in a sticky substance coating
the trap. The goal is to find new infestations of the ash-killing insect and track
its spread in Wisconsin.
We rely on help from the public to
make our trapping programs successful, says Brian Kuhn, director of the
Bureau of Plant Industry in the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade
and Consumer Protection. We set the
traps on a scientifically determined grid.
Please dont move the boxes, and please

allow us on your property to place them.
Agencies whose employees set the
traps are the Wisconsin Department
of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer
Protection; Wisconsin Department of
Natural Resources; and the U.S. Department of Agricultures Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service. In addition,
a few local communities will also set up
and monitor their own traps.
Most of the traps are in counties where
EAB has not yet been found. However, in
the counties were EAB has already been
confirmed, some villages and cities may
choose to set traps to find new infestations within their own borders.
Wisconsin DNR graphic
This graphic from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer
Protection shows Wisconsin currently has 37 counties that are quarantined because of
Emerald Ash Borers (EAB). EAB is a wood-boring beetle that kills ash trees. The counties quarantined cannot transport any ash logs or timber out of the area because they
have been infected by EAB.
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Piece of logging history stands tall in Cornell

As you pass through the city of Cornell, you may notice something that cant
be found anywhere else in the world. The
last of its kind: the Cornell pulpwood
stacker.
Its the only one we can find, said
Judy Talbot, Cornell city mayor. Theres
no information on any other one, its the
last one standing in the world.
With the Chippewa River located next
to the city, Cornell is in the midst of what
still is, a major logging area.
Its founder, Ezra Cornell, claimed
Cornell to be prime logging land and it
later became known for its trading crossroads established by French trader Jean
Brunet in 1845.
Brunet had a dam constructed on the
Chippewa River at Cornell, then called
Brunet Falls, in 1911, which began the
formation of the Cornell Wood Products
Company, manufacturing paper products, cardboard and wallboard. According to the Cornell Visitors Center, this
company made Cornell a steady place for
employment, which began the construction of the city.
The Stacker was designed and constructed in 1911-12 by the Joors Manufacturing Company in England. The Cornell
pulpwood stacker is the only example of
handling and preparation of pulpwood
used for manufacturing paper and paper
products.
When the site was in use, it consisted
of a log pond, pump house, slasher building, stacker, stacker pit, building, sluice,
locker and tool building, office and garage.
Production of the pulpwood started
with eight-foot logs that were cut into
four lengths, each two feet long. They
floated down a sluice, a ditch with wa-
ter force behind it, to the grinder room

where the two-foot lengths were reduced
to pulp. Workers would walk along the
sluice to make sure the logs wouldnt jam
or pile up.
The stacker was in use from 1912 until
1971, stacking logs in piles. The conveyor
uses a one-inch wire cable that has iron
discs attached to carry the logs up the
chutes onto piles. These piles were normally 175 feet high by 36 feet wide.
The stacker represented the switch
from storage of pulpwood in log booms in
water, to massive piles on the land. Logging today consists of logging roads and
mills in woods where pulpwood is picked
up by trucks and hauled to desired locations.
According to the citys website, the
Cornell stacker ceased operations in 1971
because it was no longer needed. There
was an economic decrease in the paper
industry, as well as new equipment being produced, that took the place of the
stackers in the logging process.
Around 1989, a fire burned all but two
of the buildings surrounding the stacker.
After the fire, the stacker was tested for
structural damage by engineers and was
confirmed to be stable.
In the early 90s, the stacker was
tested and extra concrete was put around
the base, Talbot said. It is tested every
year, which costs a couple thousand, but
since then there hasnt been anything
structurally wrong with it.
Cornells pulpwood stacker dominates
the view of visitors entering the city
from Highways 64, 178 and 27. Talbot
says if you drive from Cadott to Cornell
on Highway 27, you can see the tip of the
stacker in the northwest direction 1.8
miles before Cornell.
Even though the stacker is no longer
in use, its history is still alive throughout Cornell today. Mill Yard Park still
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ginning to rust and Talbot says it needs

to be sand blasted to remove the lead
paint, so it can be sealed with fresh paint.
We need to find the right person, or
people, to invest in it because each year
the cost goes up, Talbot said. The problem is that not a lot of people know what
the stacker is, some think its a crane. We
want to educate people on the stackers
history.
The Chippewa County Foundation
has a Cornell Stacker Pass-through Fund
where the city takes donations for preservation of the stacker. Talbot said there
is also an account at Northwestern Bank
in Cornell, where supporters can make
donations, or contact the mayor.
We just want to keep the history
alive, Talbot said, restoring the paint
on the stacker is a start.
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celebrates the stackers history with the

Visitors Center and Museum, which was
built in 1997.
There is still the cement block near
the stacker that used to be the sluice that
carried the logs across the street over the
mill, Talbot said. It is very cool.
Across the street, Mule-Hide Paper
Mill carries on in the tradition of the old
Cornell Wood Products. Even though the
mill no longer uses logs for the paper and
most of the material is made from recycled cardboard product, the location and
paper mill is still intact and going strong.
Today, its an example of the logging
history . . . we dont want to lose site of
that, Talbot said.
Talbot said the city, as well as a save
the stacker group, is trying to raise
awareness and educate the public on the
stacker and its history. The stacker is be-
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The Cornell Stacker, constructed around 1912, and in use until 1971, still stands
tall in Cornell. The stacker was used to stack wood transported across the creek, in a
sluice, over to the mill. This is the last known pulpwood stacker in the world.
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Think safety first before you try to cut wood

Safety is the first thing to consider before cutting wood.
Not only should you be concerned
about wearing clothing such as gloves,
boots, hats and glasses, but also other
protective measures people often overlook. For example, loose clothing can get
caught in the chainsaw or its bar. The
sound of the chainsaw engine can cause
hearing damage to those who fail to wear
earplugs
Watch for potential

flammable material
With any combustion engine, such
as those used on chainsaws, you always
need to be concerned with the possibility
of sparks that can fly out of the exhaust.
These sparks are not only a potential

fire hazard, but they can also set fire to
nearby flammable materials such as a
gasoline can that may be left nearby after
using it to fuel the chainsaw.
Use care when

starting a chainsaw
Starting a chainsaw can be one of
the most dangerous activities involving
chainsaw use, because the person starting the chainsaw can only use one hand
to hold the saw, while using the other
hand to pull the start cord. The best way
to start a chainsaw is to place it on the
ground, steady the chainsaw with one
foot, and pull the start cord. Never attempt to start a chainsaw when its cut-
ting blades are in contact with the wood

you want to cut.
the v-cut, the tree should begin falling in

the direction you want.
Cutting with a chainsaw
Removing limbs from the

tree trunk
If you are planning to cut a dead

tree standing relatively vertical, decide
which way you want the tree to fall. On
the side of the tree trunk that faces the
direction toward which you will fall the
tree, cut a v-shaped notch about three to
four inches into the trunk. Before beginning to cut through the trunk, be sure
you clear the area of people or property
that could be injured or damaged by the
falling tree. On the far side of the trunk,
directly across from the cut you just
made, saw through the trunk toward the
v-cut. When your cut has nearly reached
Clear all larger limbs from the trunk

with the chainsaw once the tree has
fallen. You can cut off all tree limbs two
inches or less in diameter faster with an
ax than with a saw. It will be safer because your saws chain will be less likely
to become tangled in the trees limbs.
Cutting firewood pieces

Cut the trees trunk and all limbs larger than 2 in. in diameter into firewood. If
you need more wood, you can begin looking for your next dead tree.
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Safety is critical for all in logging industry

By many measures, logging is the
most dangerous occupation in the United
States, according to the United States Department of Labor, Occupational Safety
and Health Administration (OSHA).
In 1997, fatality rates in timber cutting were 27 times greater than the average for all occupations. Today the rate
has gone down some, but remains relatively the same.
Back in 2008, the logging industry
employed 86,000 workers, and accounted
for 93 deaths.
In 2011, a Conrath man was killed
while logging west of Cornell when a
skidder slid down a hill, letting loose
some cut timber. A log pinned the man to
a tree, resulting in his death.
Loggers work with heavy, moving
weights, and the use of tools such as
chainsaws and heavy equipment on uneven and sometimes steep or unstable
terrain, subjects them to more injuries
and fatalities.
Brad Fuchs, a Medford logger, said
its important to know whats around
you such as power lines people and snowmobilers. In 2002, a Medford man was
killed when a cut tree fell on him as he
drove his snowmobile on a Price County
trail.
Always know what is around you
when you are in the woods, Fuchs said.
Working outside in the woods, they
also deal with severe environmental conditions, such as inclement weather and
severe heat or cold. Also, an injured logger is often far from professional emer-
gency treatment if an injury occurs.

Todd Peche, a pulp truck driver for
over 20 years, said he hasnt seen many
injuries, but wearing proper gear and following safety procedures is important.
You have to wear a hard hat and
safety glasses, Peche said.
In addition to the logging industry,
residents of northern and central Wisconsin cut their own firewood, do yard
work and sometimes have secondary incomes related to selling Christmas trees.
These types of work require safety
procedures and are more prone to injury.
In a short study from Marshfield
Clinic by surveillance of logging and
forestry-related injuries in northern and
central Wisconsin, 90 individuals (84
males and six females) were studied to
explore the use or misuse of safety log-
ging equipment.
Of the 90 participants, 18 hospital
admissions and nine outpatient referrals were reported. The biggest injuries
shown were being cut by a chain saw (20
participants) and falls or falling objects
on them (20 participants).
This study shows that taking proper
safety precautions in the logging industry, or when cutting timber, is a must.
Before safety training was established and safety precautions were developed, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health examined
different injury cases in the United
States.
In Oct. 1992, a 53-year-old male logger was fatally crushed by a tree that
had fallen against another tree and had
suddenly become dislodged. The victim
had cut a 70-foot yellow pine tree that

was lodged against another yellow pine
of similar size about 15 feet away. As he
began cutting the support tree, the vibration of the chain saw apparently jarred
the lodged tree loose. The lodged tree fell
along the support tree onto the victim,
crushing him.
A 33-year-old male was killed while
operating a chain saw, also in Oct. 1992.
As the victim was cutting limbs from the
tree, he cut through a spring pole and
the chain saw recoiled and kicked back,
striking him in the throat and causing
hid death.
Cases like this may not always happen in the logging world, yet can show it
is important to not take the easy route,
and to follow safety precautions.
Basic logging safety everyone should know

The federal Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA) has the
following guidelines for logging:
Before beginning logging operations,
trees must be checked for signs of loose
bark, broken limbs, or other damage before they are felled or removed.
Assigned work areas are required so
trees do not fall into an adjacent occupied work area. Each area must be two
tree lengths from the tree being cut.
Each new situation is evaluated for
snow and ice accumulation, wind, lean of
the tree, dead limbs, and location of other
trees, and to avoid creating hazards for
workers.
Seat belts are used for each vehicle

or machine equipped with rollover or
falling-object protective guards. This
precaution includes any vehicle or machine provided by either employers or
workers.
Workers must have appropriate personal protective equipment, including
hand, leg, head, eye and face protection.
Each worker must also wear appropriate
foot protection.
First-aid kits are at each worksite
where trees are being cut, at each landing and on each worker transport vehicle.
Each business must develop, imple-
ment and enforce a comprehensive written safety program that includes safe
work procedures for all tasks performed.
This safety program should include how
to evaluate logging areas, how to plan
and clear paths before cutting and proper
cutting techniques
Loggers must designate a competent
person to conduct periodic safety inspections to ensure workers perform their
assigned tasks according to established
safe work procedures, while immediately correcting any identified hazards or
improper work practices.
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Walters Bros. sees many changes over generations

by Reporter Ginna Young
As part of the logging and lumber industry, third generation owned Walters
Bros. Lumber Mfg. Inc., has seen many
changes over the years.
Business in general is different,
said Tim Walters, current owner. Government regulations are stricter, theres
more competition for round wood, and
demand for a faster pace in meeting deadlines and filling orders.
Walters Bros. first began production
in 1936, has locations in Radisson and
Holcombe, and employs 45 workers yearround. The business purchases hardwoods on the open market, many from
local companies, and produces saw logs,
bolts, pallets, scrag, shavings, chips and
bark. The company then sells the upper
quality products as far away as overseas.
After a fire destroyed the saw mill in
Holcombe in May 2013, Walters began
construction on a new mill, rebuilding
the structure with the latest in modern
technology. The old mill was equipped
with a stationary band saw, while the
new mill features a double band saw that
allows for lumber to be cut from two directions.
The old mill turned out 18,000 board
feet a day, said Walters. The new mill
is able to put out 30,000 feet. Advances in
technology have made it easier for employees to work as hard, with less effort
and more production.
As a generational owner, Walters says
he hopes one day his four sons will take
over the business when he retires.
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Walters Bros. Lumber Mfg. Inc. in Holcombe is home to many stockpiles of hardwood for use in their production of saw logs,
pallets and other products shipped around the world.
There have been good times and slow
times, he said. And we get a bad perception in the public from people who
are against logging. They need to realize
the reason for harvesting timber, and
I encourage those against it to do their

research; find out what wood is used for
and the by-products it makes.
If you let a forest go and not do anything with it, Mother Nature will take
that forest and destroy it. With proper

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