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The tri-county openingweekend buck kill increased14.6% compared to the firstdays of the 2011 gun deerseason as hunters were aidedby rutting activity due to theearliest possible startingdate, officials said.

While the buck kill rose inVilas, Oneida and Forestcounties, the antlerless har-vest dropped in both Vilasand Oneida counties. A ma -jority of Vilas County and thenorthern edge of OneidaCounty was buck only thisseason.

The nearly 15% increasein the opening weekend buckharvest comes on the heels ofa 31% jump in the buck har-vest opening weekend lastyear.

While hunters were aided

by rutting activity on theopener, no snow on the land-scape and some fog openingmorning hindered visibilityand tracking ability forhunters. High temperaturesin the low 50s Saturday andSunday made hunting verycomfortable.

Kevin Harter, publicaffairs manager for theDepartment of NaturalResources (DNR) NorthernRegion, said Monday thebuck kill increased 16% inVilas and Oneida counties,and 11% in Forest County.

Vilas hunters registered716 bucks during the firsttwo days compared to 619last year. In 2010, Vilashunters registered 427bucks. Hunters registeredjust 93 antlerless deer thisyear, compared to 261 lastyear, a drop of 64%.

Units 34, 35, 36, 39 and29B in Vilas County were

buck only this year. Excep-tions to the buck-only unitsinclude some antlerless tagsfor hunters with disabilities,members of the ArmedForces home on leave andhunters between the ages of10 and 17 who purchased agun deer license received anantlerless tag good for anyunit in the state.

In addition, the northernfringe of Unit 38, where someantlerless permits wereavailable, reaches into VilasCounty.

Tom Hauge, director of theDNR wildlife program, saidthe warm weather likely hadsome hunters registeringtheir deer right away insteadof leaving them hang atcamp, which likely bumpedup the numbers.

“Generally, we see about60% of the overall harvest inthe first weekend, but wehold drawing of conclusions

until the season is complete,”Hauge said.

Most areas across theNorth Woods had excellentconditions, though there wassome morning fog thatreduced visibility Saturday,but hunters missed the snowthat they like.

“Though a light dusting ofsnow would have providedideal conditions for hunting,warm and dry weather doestend to allow people to stayout in the field or the treestand longer,” said Hauge.

In Oneida County, huntersbrought in 849 bucks, themost in the tri-county area,compared to 730 last year.Oneida County hunters reg-istered 614 bucks in 2010.

Oneida County huntersalso registered 435 antlerlessdeer compared to 636 lastyear, a drop of 6%. Units 31,

A few more hunters dragged out bucks this year with the helpof an early opener and rutting activity. --STAFF PHOTO

’TIS THE SEASON — An Eagle River Light andWater Utility employee placed a holiday wreath

on a light pole along Highway 45 North lastweek. —Staff Photo By GARY RIDDERBUSCH

A new education fundingproposal would provide moregeneral aid to NorthlandPine and Three Lakes schooldistricts, but administratorsare being cautious on theirlevel of support for the plan.

State SuperintendentTony Evers introduced the“Fair Funding for OurFuture” plan last week aspart of the Department ofPublic Instruction’s 2013-’15state budget request.

The plan would provide aguaranteed $3,000 to schooldistricts for each studentregardless of where they liveand it incorporates a povertyweighting factor of 30% intothe formula to account forfamily income rather thanjust a district’s property val-ues.

The plan would removethe school levy tax credit for

taxpayers, which is a concernto district administratorshere.

“It looks good on paper,”said Northland Pines DistrictAdministrator Mike Richie.“But until I see it on the taxbill, I’m not convinced.”

Northland Pines currentlyreceives $3.62 million instate support, including$128,339 in general aid and$3.49 million in school levytax credits.

Under the Fair Fundingproposal, Northland Pineswould receive $4.52 millionin general aid based on$3,000 per student. The totalaid to Northland Pines wouldincrease $907,558 or 25.1%.

“If they guarantee $3,000per student, that’s great,”said Richie. “But is the$3,000 going to stay the

School officialsnot convincedon funding plan

A 36-year-old Three Lakesman has died as a result of aone-vehicle crash on HighwayX in Three Lakes Sunday,according to the OneidaCounty Sheriff ’s Office.

A vehicle driven byChristopher G. Laux crashedapproximately one-half milesouth of Minne Wonka Lane,said authorities, who receivedthe 911 call at 5:16 a.m.

The Three Lakes PoliceDepartment responded to thescene where they discoveredLaux, the driver, who waspronounced deceased by theOneida County Medical Ex -am iners Office.

The preliminary investiga-tion revealed the vehicle hadtraveled southbound andfailed to negotiate a curve.Laux wasn’t wearing a seat-belt at the time of the crash,according to authorities.

The Three Lakes PoliceDepartment, Three LakesFire Department, OneidaCounty Ambulance Medic 10and the Oneida County Sher-iff ’s Office responded to thescene.

The crash remains underinvestigation by the ThreeLakes Police Department andthe Oneida County MedicalExaminers Office.

Man, 36,killedin crash

Opening weekend buck killclimbs 14% in 3 counties

___________BY GARY RIDDERBUSCH

NEWS-REVIEW EDITOR___________

As hunters flooded intothe North Woods over theweekend during the gundeer hunting opener, somearea business owners saidthey benefited from theinflux of customers.

Area hotels, resorts, reg-istration stations, restau-rants and taverns typicallysee more business thanusual when deer huntersroll into town, and this yearwas no exception.

Deer hunting licensesales were up 2% this yearin Wisconsin compared to2011, according to statisticsfrom the Department ofNatural Resources (DNR),with more than 614,400sold.

Even though some deerregistration totals weredown compared to last yearat Vilas County stationsdue to a buck-only huntover the weekend, business-es like Wild Eagle CornerStore in Eagle River still

A shot in the armDeer hunt provides business boost in North

State would provide$3,000 per student



___________BY ANTHONY DREW

NEWS-REVIEW ASST. EDITOR___________

A shopper at Wild Eagle Corner Store in EagleRiver looked through the hunting merchan-

dise during the opening weekend of the deerhunt. —Staff Photo By ANTHONY DREW

The Eagle River BusinessAssociation will host itsfourth annual Ice ShantyContest in Eagle River Satur-day, Nov. 24.

Participants will paradethrough downtown, showingoff their Christmas-themedice shanties. Prizes will beawarded for the best entries.

The annual walk withSanta and shanty contestwill begin at 1 p.m. acrossfrom Design/Build by Visneron Wall Street.

Judging will take place atthe beginning of the paraderoute in the parking lotacross from the old Christ-mas House.

Free hayrides will start at

the Depot Museum and trav-el to Trig’s with pit stops dur-ing the route.

Milk, cookies and othertreats will be provided. Formore information or to enteran ice shanty, contact KatieHayes at (715) 477-2745 or(715) 891-4929.

Festival of LightsThe Three Lakes Cham-

ber of Commerce will havethree live reindeer on handfor its annual Festival ofLights this Friday, Nov. 23, atCy Williams Park.

The reindeer, along withtwo of Santa’s helpers will be

Ice shanty paradeset this Saturday

To BOOST, Pg. 2A

To SANTA, Pg. 2A

To FAIR FUNDING, Pg. 2A

To OPENER, Pg. 2A

2A WEDNESDAY, NOV. 21, 2012 VILAS COUNTY NEWS-REVIEW/THE THREE LAKES NEWS

NEWS

Santa: FROM PAGE 1A

Opener: FROM PAGE 1A

Fair funding:Phelps won’t be helped

IN THE TREES — Emergency personnel responded to a one-vehicle accident on Chain O’ Lakes Road in the town of Washing-ton last Thursday about 8:15 a.m. Yvonne Kouba, 49, of Eagle

River was traveling westbound when she left the roadway on acurve and rolled the vehicle into several trees. The driver walkedaway from the crash. —Staff Photo By KURT KRUEGER

FROM PAGE 1Asame?”

Richie said NorthlandPines would receive addition-al aid because students on afree or reduced-price luncheswill be counted as 1.3 full-time equivalent students,which accounts for incomerather than the district’s prop-erty values.

Northland Pines and ThreeLakes are considered high-property value districts basedon the high values placed onwater-front property here.

Three Lakes School Dis-trict Administrator GeorgeKarling said Three Lakeswould gain $418,998 in aidunder the proposal, but healso has concern about thetaxpayers losing their levycredit.

“We pick up about$400,000 in state aid based on$3,000 per student, but thetaxpayers would be losingtheir credit. I’m very con-cerned about how it willprogress down the road. Willthe $3,000 be ate up by therest of the state and then ourtaxpayers’ levy credit is gone.”

Three Lakes currentlyreceives $72,077 in generalaid and $1.33 million statelevy tax credits for a total of$1.4 million in state support.

The Fair Funding proposalwould give Three Lakes $1.82million based on $3,000 perstudent, or a 29.7% increasein funding.

“It looks good up front, butI think it might be a slick wayof taking the tax credit away,”said Karling.

At Phelps, District Admin-istrator Delnice Hill said theFair Funding proposal wouldnot aid the district. In fact, thedistrict would receive nearly$50,000 in hold harmlessfunds because the $3,000 perstudent would not allow thedistrict to reach its currentfunding level.

“The Fair Funding planonce again falls short in help-ing small rural school dis-tricts,” said Hill. “This formularesults in zero additional dol-lars for Phelps School District.It is rather disappointing.”

Phelps currently receives$11,615 in general aid,$492,830 in school levy tax

credits and $10,300 in highpoverty aid for a total of$514,745. The Fair Fundingaid would be $465,839, mean-ing the Phelps School Districtwould have to receive $48,907in hold harmless funding tomeet the current level of fund-ing.

“In small, rural school dis-tricts such as Phelps, a goodportion of the school taxes col-lected locally are given tohigher aided school districts,”said Hill. “It tends to forceproperty rich, low aided smallrural school districts to be ona referendum cycle.”

Statewide planThe Fair Funding proposal

would increase general andcategorical school aid by 2.4%in the first year of the budgetand 5.5% in 2014-’15 to pro-vide state support for educa-tion and property tax relief.

Evers said those fundinglevels and the plan’s proposalfor predictable growth in stateaid create a pathway to restor-ing the state’s two-thirdsfunding commitment to edu-cation by 2017.

“We can do right for our

kids,” Evers said. “This FairFunding plan is a realisticand ready first step that pro-vides solutions that are goodfor education and our econom-ic future.

“We owe it to taxpayers tobring truth to budgeting,”Evers said. “Fair Funding forOur Future makes Wiscon-sin’s school funding formulamore fair, sustainable, andtransparent. It maximizesexisting resources and setsthe stage for greater statesupport for education infuture years.”

The plan restores revenuelimit authority to all district.It calls for an increase in theper pupil revenue limit to$225 per student in the firstyear of the budget and $230per student in 2014-’15.

To assist rural schools, thedepartment’s budget requestseeks full funding for thesparsity categorical aid pro-gram to support about 130districts that have small stu-dent populations and largegeographic boundaries.

Changes to transportationaid and the addition of a newhigh-cost transportation aid

program would further sup-port rural districts that musttransport children significantdistances to school.

Richie said he believes theNorthland Pines School Dis-trict would qualify, one of 88districts in the state, for thehigh-cost transportation aidbecause the district costs are11⁄2 times the state averagewhen it comes to transporta-tion.

“I don’t know how muchthe aid will be, but we do qual-ify,” said Richie.

Evers said the Fair Fund-ing plan would hold the lineon net property taxes andresult in a gross property taxdecrease of more than 18%.

Under the plan, a total of402 school districts wouldhave increased state aid and22 would have the same stateschool aid. While Three Lakesis one of the districts thatwould see a funding increase,Karling isn’t convinced it’s thebest plan.

“I’m just very concerned onhow this will progress,” saidKarling. “I believe our onlyassurance would be in thefirst year.”

at the park from 3:30 to 7 p.m.for photo opportunities.

Following tradition, Santaand Mrs. Claus will arrive atthe gazebo at 5:15 p.m. Theywill be available for photoswith children and to expressholiday wishes.

This year, the Three LakesFire Department will redeco-rate the park’s 95-foot tree,which will be home to morethan 3,000 lights.

Hot chocolate, coffee, cook-

ies, hamburgers, chips andrefreshments will be availableto purchase. There will beChristmas music, a fire and atree for children to decoratewith handmade ornaments.

“Come into Three Lakesfor lunch, early shopping, pho-to opportunities and to enjoythe Christmas spirit withfriends, neighbors and visi-tors,” said the chamber’s Exec-utive Director Skip Bruns -wick.

FROM PAGE 1Asaw a surge of customers.

“This is one of our busiestweekends,” said store manag-er Bill Cashman. “It ranks upthere with the snowmobilederby and pond hockey.

Cashman added that hestill sees a lot of the samefaces year to year and thatbusiness during the weekendwas good.

“It gives us a nice shot inthe arm until we get into theice fishing and snowmobileseason,” he said. “We alwayslook forward to seeing thehunters who come up fromyear to year. We enjoy taggingtheir deer and seeing thesmiles on their faces.”

Consumer traffic picked upin Three Lakes as well,according to chamber of com-merce Executive DirectorSkip Brunswick.

“There’s been an increasein people coming,” he said.“Opening day of deer seasonalways leads to one of ourbiggest weekends.”

Some registration stationsdon’t see as much of an eco-nomic benefit, but rather con-tinue to tag deer as a courtesyto the public.

“We were up 20% on buckregistrations, and, of course,way down on does because weweren’t shooting any in thearea,” said St. Germain SportMarine owner Tom Chris-tensen.

“It’s not a big weekendbased on business,” he said.“We tag deer because it’s aservice to the community. It’sgood for the resorts, hotelsand restaurants, but it doesn’treally make that much differ-ence to us.”

Wisconsin residents ac -counted for the majority of

deer hunters, with 568,831licenses sold. According to theDNR, those licenses were up1.5%.

Meanwhile, nonresidentdeer licenses were up 2% with32,554 sold.

Among the licenses sold inthe state, 25,703 came fromfirst-time buyers. Femalesrepresented 32% of residentfirst-time gun deer licensesand 30% of resident first-timejunior gun deer licenses.

Of the total licensed gunhunters in Wisconsin thisyear, 9.5% were female.

According to the DNR, 66first-time licenses were sold tohunters 80 years old or older.

Hunters visit Wisconsin fordeer hunting from every stateand from several foreigncountries, said DNR officials.

The nine-day gun deerhunt will continue throughthis Sunday, Nov. 25.

Boost: hunters visit from all states

37 and 38 were regular quotaunits this year and limitedantlerless permits were avail-able.

Forest County hunters reg-istered 576 bucks, comparedto 519 last year. The antlerlessharvest increased 75% in For-est County, from 174 last yearto 305 this year. While Unit 39was buck only this year, asmall portion of Unit 38 andpart of Unit 44 are in ForestCounty and had antlerlesspermits available.

Statewide figuresStatewide, DNR officials

said a preliminary call-in tallyshowed hunters registered134,772 deer over the two-dayperiod, up about 19.7% fromlast year’s take of 112,581.

The preliminary totalsincluded 71,989 bucks (up24%) and 62,783 antlerlessdeer (up 15%).

“We want to remind folksthat these preliminary num-bers come from a staff call-around to deer registrationstations this morning,” saidTom Hauge, director of theDNR wildlife managementprogram. “The final openingweekend tally will likely besomewhat larger, when all theregistration stubs are enteredinto the database over thenext couple of months.”

Though the harvest is upin all regions, there are areasof the state, primarily in thenorthern counties, wherehunters are reporting lowdeer sightings, according toHauge.

In the 18-county NorthernRegion, the opening weekendbuck kill was up 34% from12,570 last year to 16,805 thisyear. The antlerless harvestincreased 9% from 10,647 lastyear to 11,599 this year.

The largest increase in theNorthern Region buck killwas in Pepin County, up 47%,followed by Dunn County at42% and Chippewa County at41%. While all counties sawan increase in the buck har-vest, the smallest gains werein Marathon County at 15%and Juneau County at 16%.Marathon County also had aminus 6% decline in theantlerless harvest, the onlycounty to drop in the antler-less take.

The gun deer hunt will runthrough Sunday, Nov. 25, andwill be followed by a 10-daymuzzleloader season Nov. 26through Dec. 5 to anyone withan unused buck or antlerlesstag. A statewide antlerlesshunt in regular quota units,

herd control units and CWDunits will run from Dec. 6-9.

Injury reportThere were three hunting-

related injuries reported,according to the DNR.

One incident was self-inflicted and two were two-party incidents. The incidentsoccurred in Columbia, Mani-towoc and Portage countiesand are still under investiga-tion.

Additionally, Fort McCoyauthorities are investigatingthe death of a hunter on themilitary base.

Though DNR does nottrack nonfirearm related inci-dents, there have been reportsof injuries resulting from fallsfrom tree stands. About one-third of all hunters will take afall from a tree stand duringtheir hunting careers.

“This serves as an impor-tant reminder to everyonehunting during the remainderof the deer season to wear afull-body safety harness, use ahaul line to raise and loweryour unloaded firearm, andcarry a cell phone in a securepocket you can reach in theevent of a fall,” said DNR Con-servation Warden Jon King,hunter education administra-tor. “Please refresh yourknowledge of tree stand safetyon our website.”

Additional safety remind -ers and tips are available byvisiting dnr.wi.gov, search“tree stand safety” wherehunters can view a safe hunt-ing feature.

“As the season continues,we want to stress the impor-tance of hunters keeping safe-ty foremost in their minds atall times on the hunt and dur-ing all deer drives," said King.

King noted that historical-ly about one-third of Wiscon-sin’s shooting incidents hap-pen during deer drives, usual-ly because someone wasn’twhere they were supposed tobe or someone shot at a deerwhen they did not have a safebackstop or in a direction theyshould not have been shoot-ing.

“Always be sure of your tar-get and anything behind itand, if you aren’t sure, don’tshoot. Know where your bulletwill impact if you miss,” saidKing. “It is really importantthat hunting parties wantingto drive deer have a plan andthat they follow that plan tothe letter. Knowing whereyour hunting mates are andwhere safe shooting lanes areis critical.”

WEATHER CORNER

Note: Precipitation amounts are recorded at 8 a.m. for the previous 24 hours.

LAST YEAR

COMPARISON

FORESTCONDITIONS

LAST SEVEN DAYS

STREAMSAND LAKES

(PORTIONS OF THE WEATHER CORNER ARE THROUGH THE COURTESY OFKEVIN BREWSTER, EAGLE RIVER and NEWSWATCH 12 METEOROLOGIST.)

Anglers are still pursuing muskies and walleyes due tothe warm temperatures and open water. The muskie fish-ing season runs through Nov. 30.

Days precipitation recorded since Oct. 1, 2012, 26 days;2011, 23 days.

Average high of past 30 days, 2012, 45; 2011, 46. Aver-age low of past 30 days, 2012, 27; 2011, 26.

The average daily high at this time last year for the nextseven days was 40, while the average overnight low was26. There was a .25 of an inch of rain on one day and atrace of snow on two days.

Hi Lo Prec.Wed., Nov. 14 ............42 20 NoneThurs., Nov. 15 ..........49 24 NoneFri., Nov. 16 ...............40 17 NoneSat., Nov. 17..............49 18 NoneSun., Nov. 18.............53 30 NoneMon., Nov. 19 ............56 31 NoneTues., Nov. 20............46 30 None

Hi Lo Prec.Mon., Nov. 14 ............50 23 NoneTues., Nov. 15............48 24 NoneWed., Nov. 16 ............34 27 Tr.RThurs., Nov. 17 ..........31 20 .04"SFri., Nov. 18 ...............44 13 NoneSat., Nov. 19..............38 24 NoneSun., Nov. 20.............28 20 3.3"S

Reports from deer hunters are indicating deer are still inthe rut, or the breeding season. That should help deerhunters through this weekend, though there is no snow fortracking and aiding visibility.

ONE YEAR AGO

OUTLOOK Wednesday will be mostly sunny, with a high of 55 and alow fo 38. Thursday should be partly cloudy, with a high of54 and a low of 31. Friday look for mostly cloudy skies withthe chance of snow showers, with a high of 33 and a lowof 23. Saturday should be partly sunny, with a high of 32and a low of 22. Sunday expect mostly cloudy skies, witha high of 35 and a low of 25.

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A proposal to pay countyemployees up to half theirsalary to leave employmentvoluntarily was adopted bythe Vilas County Board lastweek on a 10-7 vote.

The proposal, calledReduction in Force (RIF) andrejected by supervisors inSeptember, was brought backbefore the board by Supervi-sor Ron DeBruyne due to thepossibility of up to 15 countypositions being cut under theproposed 2013 budget.

“After the budget hear-ings, I had more informationon the budget’s effect on peo-ple,” DeBruyne told his fellowsupervisors. “This is a rightway to reduce our workforceand not pink slip you and youand you.”

As stated in the policy, if itbecomes necessary for thecounty to reduce the numberof regular employees, thisprogram should be a firststep to seek staff reductionsthrough voluntary methods.

Supervisor Gary Peskeasked if Act 10, which hashad certain portions blockedby a Dane County judge, wasin effect because a number ofschool districts have begunbargaining with teacherunions. Corporation CounselMartha Milanowski respond-ed they didn’t have ananswer.

“If I had the answer tothat, I’d feel pretty good, butwe don’t,” Milanowski said.“We will be going forward asif Act 10 is still in place.”

Supervisor Linda Thorpe,who chairs the PersonnelCommittee, offered anamendment aimed at pre-venting employees who takethe incentive from collectingunemployment.

“On page two insert ‘thelump sum RIF payment shallbe reported to the unemploy-ment office as a weeklyincome,’ ” Thorp proposed.

Human Resource Manag-er Janna Kahl said therewere several ways to treatthe RIF payment.

“You could pay a lumpsum and it would be off thepayroll record or you can sayit’s the equivalent of fiveweeks salary or pay the sumto the employee weekly,”Kahl said.

Supervisor Mary KimBlack saw the impact clearlywhen she immediately stated“seems you’re separatingthem (employees) from any(unemployment) benefit.”

Black was supported bySupervisor Ed Bluthardt,who also felt it’s not a fairmanner dealing with employ-ees.

Vilas County is self fund-ed for unemployment claimsand does not pay into thestate program, according toCounty Clerk Dave Alleman.

Thorp’s amendmentpassed on a 10-7 vote.

“I voted against it lasttime, but will vote for it thistime,” Bluthardt said. “Hope-fully, some employees willtake advantage of this. Thiswill help us meet our obliga-tion to balance our budget.”

Peske also said he wouldswitch his vote from Septem-ber and support the RIFplan.

“I will change my vote,”

Peske noted. “It’s a commontool to reduce the workforcein private industry and I’m infavor of a voluntary reduc-tion rather than a forcedreduction.”

Tight timelineOther supervisors did not

like the timeline used toimplement the program.

“I’m opposed to laying thepeople off we’ve identified,”Supervisor Erv Teichmillersaid. “Do we pass a budgetassuming we get layoffs? Tonot be told until the third ofJanuary leaves the wholebudget process on November27 up in the air. I’ll voteagainst it.”

The RIF proposal providesa limited window of opportu-nity, 45 days, for employees topartake in its provisions,hence the Jan. 3 reference.They will have seven days toreconsider participation andthe action is irrevocable sev-en days after they sign theapplication. All approved RIFagreements will take effectJan. 18, 2013.

Supervisor Chuck Hayesalso had questions aboutwhat the cost or the savingsto the county might be.

“We don’t control whoapplies for this and he or shemay need to be replaced,”Hayes said. “It’s going to behard to calculate savingssince you don’t know or havecontrol over how many willapply and if we have toreplace them.”

Supervisor Ralph Sitz -berger noted the countymight lose “employees weneed,” indicating he wouldnot support it.

County Finance ManagerJason Hilger talked aboutthe budget impacts and thedifficulty there was guessingwhat the outcome might be.

“The budget process willbe difficult, but this will giveemployees an option,” Hilgersaid. “Yes, there is a risk wemay need to replace but wehave excess capacity andneed to recognize it. We’restill looking for half a million(dollars) in reductions for2013 and 2014.

“There will be a lot ofnumbers thrown out and Ianticipate lots of amend-ments (Nov. 27). It will be adifficult day. One questionwill be how much to take outof the general fund and howto safeguard general funddollars,” said Hilger.

Supervisor Jim Behlingsupported the proposal,although he voted against itlast September when firstintroduced with his signa-ture on the resolution.

“If we get a voluntaryreduction, it will help us,”Behling said. “We can work toplace people in positions thatare critical to lessen impactson families.”

Supervisor Loren Johnsonalso indicated he wouldswitch his vote and supportthe proposal “after hearingabout laying people off to seehow it plays out.”

Supervisors SteveFavorite, Maynard Bedish,and Leon Kukanich left theboard meeting during discus-sion of this item due to hav-ing relatives working for thecounty. Supervisor MarkRogacki was absent.

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ANCHORAGE, ALASKA— The search continues inAlaska for a survival expertwho teaches at TeachingDrum Outdoor School inThree Lakes.

Thomas Seibold, 31, wasdeclared missing Nov. 11 byAlaska officials, accordingto Tamarack Song, directorof Teaching Drum OutdoorSchool.

“I have complete confi-dence in him if he’s notinjured, that’s the big ques-tion,” said Song Monday ina telephone interview.

Seibold, a Germannative, teaches survivalclasses at Teaching DrumOutdoors School. Song saidSeibold has taught pro-grams in area schools andat Klondike Days in EagleRiver.

Seibold came to ThreeLakes about six years ago.After completing the year-long immersion program atBlackjack Wilderness Area,he interned with the schoolfor two years before beinghired.

Over the last fewmonths, Seibold has beenhiking in a remote area innorthwestern Alaska. Songsaid Seibold was stayingwith a woman who owns acabin near Artic NationalPark by the Ambler River.After she left the cabin, hehas stayed there alone since

the end of September. Seibold then planned to

hike to the town of Kobuk,which is about 25 milesfrom where he was staying,and then was scheduled tofly to Anchorage Nov. 11.When he missed his flightfrom Kobuk to Anchorage,Song said friends began toworry and reported himmissing.

As a skilled survival in -structor, Song said Seiboldfrequently took long hikesalone.

“He learned how to readthe signs, how to read theweather, how to read thesun, stars, moon. Helearned here how to navi-gate without a map andcompass,” said Song.

Song said he is coordi-nating the search fromThree Lakes with any infor-mation he can help provide.

‘The search and rescuepeople are looking into thevalleys where it’s lush. Thehighlands are pretty deso-late. It’s tundra,” said Song.“But Thomas has a differentspirit. He wanted to see thevast expanses of the BrooksRange.”

With nearly two feet ofsnow on the ground in thehighlands in far northernAlaska and temperatures atnight dipping to minus 40,hypothermia is a great con-cern, says Song.

“He had a double sleep-

ing bag and pack boots. He’sready,” said Song. “If he hashis wits about him andphysical capacities, thenwhy is he still there? Some-thing has happened. I thinkit is physical.”

Song said if Seibold has-n’t sustained an injury, hemay have been overcome bya grizzly bear.

“Those are the top two inmy mind,” said Song. “Hehas a lot of experience inwilderness excursions. Hehas a love for the wilderplaces. He’s got it in hisheart. He’s bright, intelli-gent, reliable, a very solidperson. Please send yourhopes, wishes and prayersThomas’ way.”

Search continues in Alaskafor Teaching Drum instructor

This photo of Teaching Drum Outdoor School instructorThomas Seibold was taken in Alaska this autumn.

—Photo By Gitte Stryhn

An ordinance creating aCivil Service Commission(CSC) to oversee hiring, pro-motion, demotion and disci-pline of certain positions with-in the Vilas County Sheriff ’sDepartment was approvedlast week by the county boardafter 10 amendments wereoffered.

The commission will becomposed of five persons whomust be legal county residentsand cannot hold any countyelected or appointed publicposition or office in VilasCounty government. In addi-tion, one of the amendmentsaccepted was that no two per-sons shall be from the samecounty municipality.

According to the policy, thecounty board chairman mustsubmit the names to beappointed within 30 days ofordinance adoption to theboard for confirmation, requir-ing a special meeting sincethere is usually no Decemberboard meeting. It costs about$1,350 for each board meetingfor per diem and mileage forthe 21 supervisors.

The commission, proposedby the county Personal Com-mittee, also was broughtbefore the Law EnforcementCommittee over the objectionof both the chairman of LawEnforcement Committee,Mark Rogacki, who was out ofthe area, and Sheriff Frank

Tomlanovich.Tomlanovich prepared a

letter in opposition to the pro-posal that he asked to beentered into the record of theLaw Enforcement Committeemeeting Nov. 8 since he couldnot attend due to a medicalappointment.

Tomlanovich also objectedto county board ChairmanSteve Favorite directing coun-ty Clerk Dave Alleman to postthe Law Enforcement Com-mittee meeting even thoughthe full committee could notbe present to review the pro-posed ordinance.

“It was Mr. Rogacki’s desireto postpone the meeting, toallow adequate time to reviewand discuss the proposed ordi-nance,” Tomlanovich wrote inhis letter. “I don’t understandthe urgency for holding thismeeting on Nov. 8.”

In an exchange of corre-spondence from Favorite toRogacki on Nov. 7, Favoritegave his reason for going for-ward with the Law Enforce-ment Committee meeting.

“The only reason I haveintervened on the Nov. 8 meet-ing issue is because of thesheriff ’s apparent interferencewith the county board’s leg-islative function and authori-ty. He (Sheriff Tomlanovich)disregarded the request of thePersonnel Committee andattempted to cancel a LawEnforcement Committeemeeting which he has noauthority to do,” Favoritewrote in an email to Rogacki,

who was on vacation.Although amendments

were suggested at the Nov. 8committee meeting, none weremade since any change wouldhave the proposed ordinancegoing back to the PersonnelCommittee which would delaycounty board action, probablyuntil next year. The list of pro-posed amendments weremade at the Nov. 13 countyboard meeting.

Tomlanovich claims in hisletter of opposition that rankstructure was incorrect, thatat least one section appearedto be in conflict with statestatutes, and with some minorexceptions, the procedures setforth are exactly what wehave been doing for decades.He wrote he saw no need toappoint a commission “to dowhat we have already beendoing for years.”

“Unless someone has a hid-den agenda, there is no press-ing reason to ram this ordi-nance through the committeesand county board,” Tom-lanovich concluded.

The amendmentsIn addition to addressing

commission member resi-dences, other amendmentsreordered the job classificationrank, reducing eligibility forpromotion to the rank of lieu-tenant from 10 years of serviceto four years.

An amendment to lowerthe age eligibility to be adeputy sheriff/jailer from 21 to18 failed on an 8-12 roll callvote.

Supervisor Gary Peske,who recently retired from thesheriff ’s department, told theother supervisors that “youneed to be age 21 to be certi-fied as a sworn officer.” Otheramendments including chang-

ing several words or strikingone or two words.

The ordinance, as amend-ed, was adopted creatingChapter 4 of the Vilas CountyGeneral Code and becomeseffective after publication. Aspecial county board meetingwas suggested for Dec. 11 toratify the five people Favoriteproposes to be on the commis-sion.

Favorite allegationsAlso on Nov 8, Favorite

made a formal request toRogacki to place on the nextLaw Enforcement Committeemeeting agenda his allega-tions of threats from the sher-iff ’s office by unnamed per-sons.

In a letter to the sheriff onSept. 28, 2012, Favorite refer-ences a complaint he filed onNov. 29, 2011, “pertaining tothreats from your departmentdirected at me through myfamily.”

Favorite said he has had noresponse from the sheriff inwriting or verbal communica-tion.

The county board chair-man said he requested anexplanation from the sheriffand wrote, “the most disturb-ing portion of the complaintstated, ‘Just telling you, heshould be careful, becausethey are really mad and ifthey have a chance, they willget him.’ ”

Favorite said he was con-cerned about the issue andrequested a “formal responsepertaining to the threats,including an apology.”

Vilas creates Civil Service Commissionto oversee sheriff’s department hiring



___________BY KEN ANDERSON

NEWS CORRESPONDENT___________



A 54-year-old St. Germainman was involved in a high-speed chase Monday on I-39from Casimir Road north-bound to one mile north ofHighway DB in MarathonCounty, according to the Wis-consin State Patrol.

A Wisconsin State Patroltrooper conducted a trafficstop on a vehicle driven byRandy A. Young of St. Ger-main. After the trooperobtained identification fromYoung, Young sped away fromthe scene.

A pursuit ensued, reach-ing speeds of 100-plus mph,according to a State Patrolpress release. Young’s vehicleeventually slowed and pulledto the shoulder of the road-way in the area of mile post173.

According to the State

Patrol, Young exited his vehi-cle, continuing to walk intothe ditch area and was unre-sponsive to the trooper’s com-mands. Young was taken intocustody a short time later.

At that time, it wasobserved that Young had anapparent self-inflicted knifewound to his neck area. Anoff-duty Lincoln County com-munications officer/emergen-cy medical technician arrivedon scene and assisted withYoung’s injuries until medi-cal transport arrived.

The Marathon CountySheriff ’s Department assist-ed at the scene.

The State Patrol saidYoung faces charges of oper-ating after revocation, felonyfleeing an officer and openintoxicants.

St. Germain man involvedin high-speed chase on I-39


NEWSOBITUARIES

Walter Birk of Rhine -lander died Monday, Nov. 12,2012, at Eastview Medicaland Rehabilitation Center inAntigo. He was 70.

Mr. Birk was born June26, 1942, in Milwaukee, theson of Edwin and Gladys(née Halkey) Birk. He mar-ried Marilyn Mueller Sept.24, 1983, in Milwaukee.

He moved to ClearwaterLake in 1992 and owned andoperated The Old Stag

Restaurant until retiring in2007.

Mr. Birk was preceded indeath by his sister, BeverlySchluge.

In addition to his wife, heis survived by one son, AaronVasholz of Aurora, Colo.; onenephew; and one niece.

A memorial service will beheld at a later date. BradleyFuneral Home is assistingthe family.

Online condolences can bemade at www.bradleyfh.com.

Walter Birk

W i l l i a m“ B i l l ” N .Hotzfeld ofMilwaukee,died Sunday,Nov. 11, 2012.He was 81.

He is sur-vived by hiswife, Jacque-line Mary(née Bosch);three sons, Richard W. (Leslie)Hotzfeld, Dean T. (Darlene)Berglund, and Terrence (Lau-ra) Berglund; four daughters,Valerie Hotzfeld, Michelle

Rybicki, Lynette (Donald)Busche, Janine (Grant) Zach-er; two brothers, David andJohn (Vi) Hotzfeld; grandchil-dren, great-grandchildren, sis-ters-in-law, brother-in-law,nieces, nephews, relatives andfriends.

Bill was a proud Marinewho served in the KoreanWar. Bill was a member andleader in many organizationsand clubs. He and his wiferetired and lived in the NorthWoods.

Funeral services werealready held.

William ‘Bill’ N. Hotzfeld

James D. Huff of Phelps,formerly of Alvin, died Fri-day, Nov. 9, 2012, at LillianKerr Healthcare by Rennesin Phelps. He was 89.

He was born July 9, 1923,in Elton, the son ofNathaniel and Nellie (néePuckett) Huff.

Mr. Huff was unable toenter the military due tohealth reason. During WorldWar II, he worked with theCivil Service to clean upPearl Harbor.

He owned and operatedEversharp from 1956 to1985. Mr. Huff also inventedthe valve-seat cutting tool forBriggs and Stratton.

After retiring, he moved tonorthern Wisconsin. Mr. Huffhad a pilot’s license and atone time owned three planes.

In his retirement years,he enjoyed hunting, fishingand riding his Harley-David-son. Mr. Huff also enjoyed

safari hunting trips inAfrica.

Mr. Huff was preceded indeath by his parents; threesisters, Beatrice, Lucy andViola; and five brothers,Elmer, Leonard, Verlon, Odesand Earl.

He is survived by onedaughter, Olivia Yanko ofWillow Springs, Mo.; twosons, Mark (Sharon) of Walesand Matthew of Phelps; for-mer wife, Sally of Phelps;seven grandchildren; twogreat-grandchldren; and twosisters-in-law, Noreen Huff ofTampa Bay, Fla., and RuthHuff of Joplin, Mo.

Private graveside serviceswere held at the LakeviewCemetery in Alvin.

Weber-Hill Funeral Homeof Crandon assisted the fam-ily with the arrangements.Online condolences can bemade at weberhillfuneral-home.com.

James D. Huff

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HOTZFELD

Dennis Julien of Eagle Riv-er died Thursday, Nov. 15,2012, at Seasons of Life Hos-pice. He was 73.

Mr. Julien was born April18, 1939, in Milwaukee, theson of Howard and Kathleen(née Keegel) Julien.

He enjoyed boating, fish-ing, carpentry and gardening.

Mr. Julien was preceded indeath by his parents and one

son, Scott.In addition to his wife,

Marion, Mr. Julien is survivedby one brother, Don.

A memorial gathering willbe held Saturday, Nov. 24,2012, at 3 p.m. at O’BriensPub in Eagle River.

Mid-Wisconsin CremationSociety is assisting the family.Online condolences can beexpressed at www.mwcs.ws.

Dennis Julien

Howard “Howie” W.Koehler of Three Lakes, for-merly of Grafton, died Friday,Nov. 16, 2012, at MinistryEagle River Memorial Hospi-tal in Eagle River. He was 80.

Mr. Koehler was born Dec.22, 1931, in Cedarburg, theson of John and LouiseKoehler.

He served in the U.S.Marine Corps and worked asa custodian at ImmaculateConception Church in Sauk -ville. Mr. Koehler enjoyedwoodworking, darts, bowling,fishing and spending timewith family.

Mr. Koehler was precededin death by his parents andone daughter, Nancy Monroe.

In addition to his wife,Betty of Three Lakes, Mr.Koehler is survived by hischildren, Karri (Todd)

Geurink of Wausau, Lori(Brad) Klein of Brighton,Colo., Michael (Betty) Toellerof Saukville, John (Sandra)Toeller of Savage, Minn.,Julianne Pawloski ofGrafton, Michael Monroe ofWest Bend, Daniel Toeller ofSheboygan, Stephen (Doris)Toeller of Cedar Grove andMary (Tony) Krause ofCampbellsport; one sister,Virginia Lehman of Jeffer-son; 36 grandchildren; and 23great grandchildren.

Memorial service wasTues day, Nov. 20, at GraceLutheran Church in ThreeLakes. Memorials to GraceLutheran Church are appre-ciated by Mr. Koehler’s fami-ly.

Arrangements were madeby Gaffney- Busha FuneralHome in Eagle River.

Howard ‘Howie’ W. Koehler

Alvina H. Lang of Milwau-kee Wis., formerly of Land O’Lakes, died Tuesday, Nov. 13,2012. She was 91.

She was born July 6, 1921in Milwaukee, the daughterof Peter and Sophie (néeBrykcynzki) Sonchik.

Mrs. Lang was preceded indeath by her husband, Leo,and two sisters.

She is survived by twosons, Ron (Ann) and Gregg

(Lauren); four daughters, Pat(Jerry) Rathsack, Carol (Al)Cozington, Kathy (Joe) Pod e -wils and Marcia (Bill) San-born; 15 grandchildren and13 great grandchildren.

Services were held Mon-day, Nov. 19 at St. Mary’sFaith Community in HalesCorners. Internment was atOak Hill Cemetery in LandO’ Lakes Tuesday, Nov. 20.

Hartson Funeral Home isassisting the family.

Alvina H. Lang

George L. Leimbacher, age84, formerly of Joliet andShorewood, Ill., and a resi-dent of Three Lakes, Wis., forthe past 22 years, passedaway Saturday, Nov. 17. 2012,at the Joliet Area CommunityHospice Home surrounded byhis loving family.

George was born in Jolieton April 4, 1928, the son ofthe late Louis C. and Ann(née Fumigalli) Leimbacher.

He entered the U.S. Navyin 1944, at 16 years old,proudly serving his countryuntil 1946, on the USS May-field Victory.

He was a lifetime memberof Stone City VFW Post 2199,Eagle River (WI) VFW Post#8637 and the Three LakesAmerican Legion Post #431.

Following his retirementfrom Caterpillar Inc., wherehe served for more than 30years, he moved “up north” toThree Lakes, to enjoy hisvacation home there.

George enjoyed fishing,golfing, boating, snowmobil-ing and playing dartball.

He was very active in hischurch, veterans groups andhis snowmobile club just toname a few.

He especially enjoyed golfoutings with his brothers-in-law, and taking Mirt on manyvacation trips to Florida inthe spring to warm up aftersome cold winters in theNorthwoods.

George was a selfless man,always putting the well-beingof others before his own.

Many are “happy” to haveknown and loved him, we arenow “happy” to have him asour angel, forever lookingdown on each and every oneof us.

Survived by his belovedwife of 60 years, Marian“Mirt” (née Ramuta) Leim-bacher; his daughters,LuAnne Leimbacher and Lori(Dan) Keenan; his grandchil-dren, Kerri (Sam) Stockton,Jennifer (Shawn) Berdis andChristopher Goldman; hisgreat-grandchildren, Antho-ny Stockton, and Colin andBailee Berdis; and manycousins, nieces, nephews,brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law.

Preceded by his parents;his sister, Evelyn (Lindy)Lindstrom; and many otherrelatives.

Funeral services forGeorge L. Leimbacher will beWednesday, Nov. 21, 2012, at11:45 a.m. from the funeralhome chapel to the Cathedralof St. Raymond for Mass at12:30 p.m. Interment Abra-ham Lincoln National Ceme-tery.

Memorials to Joliet AreaCommunity Hospice or St.Raymond School would beappreciated.

Visitation Tuesday, Nov.20, from 2 to 8 p.m., at FredC. Dames Funeral Home,3200 Black at Essington Rds.,Joliet.

For information: (815) 741-5500. www.fredcdames.com.

PAID OBITUARY

George L. Leimbacher

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Chris Laux of Three Lakesdied Sunday, Nov. 28, 2012.He was 36.

Funeral services will beheld Saturday, Nov. 24, at 11a.m. at Grace LutheranChurch in Three Lakes. Visi-

tation will begin at 9 a.m. atthe church.

A complete obituary willappear in next week’s paper.Gaffney-Busha Funeral Homeof Eagle River is serving thefamily.

Chris Laux

Robert “Robby” Trumbullof Phelps died Wednesday,Nov. 14, 2012, at his home.He was 44.

Mr. Trumbull was bornOct. 26, 1968, in California,the son of Kathleen Trum-bull.

He was raised in the Tuc-son and Phoenix, Ariz. areas.After serving in the U.S.Army Mr. Trumbull moved toWisconsin where he workedat Lillian Kerr Health Careby Rennes as a CNA for 16years. He enjoyed animals,movies and playing videogames.

Mr. Trumbull was preced-ed in death by his mother,Kathleen; uncle, Ed Trum-bull Jr.; and grandfather, EdTrumbull.

He is survived by his sig-nificant other, Sarah Wyantof Phelps; one brother, Jeffrey(Dana Miller) Trumbull ofNew London; one sister, Jen-ni (Pete) Hansen of Green -ville; grandmother EvaTrumbull of Tucson; stepfa-ther Jim Spencer of Phelps;and one nephew, DevinHansen.

Visitation will be held Sat-urday, Nov. 24, 2012 atGaffney-Busha FuneralHome in Eagle River.

Robert ‘Robby’ Trumbull

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P a t r i c i a“Patty” Kai -ser, a belovedM e r r i t tIsland substi-tute teacherand inspira-tion to many,died at homeon Nov. 12,2012, after adifficult bat-tle with pancreatic cancer.She was 63.

Patty was born in White-hall, Wis., to Jim and AlbertaZecherle on Nov. 5, 1949, andgrew up with her twoyounger brothers in thenorthern Wisconsin town ofEau Claire.

After starting college atthe University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Patty transferredto the University of Okla-homa where she finished herundergraduate degree beforereturning to her home stateto work as a special educa-tion teacher.

Upon completing her mas-ter’s degree in vocationalrehabilitation at the Univer-sity of Wisconsin-Stout, Pattyshifted to a career with theWisconsin Department ofCorrections, helping paroleesfind meaningful work.

Patty’s commitment todeveloping jobs throughoutWisconsin led to her meetingPete Kaiser, a Milwaukeebusinessman with a similarinterest in workforce devel-opment. After a briefcourtship, they married onNov. 18, 1995, and settled inthe Milwaukee suburb ofBrookfield, bringing togethera family of Patty’s daughter,Kimberly Schrage, now aphysician in California, andPete’s two sons, Jacob andJoseph Kaiser, who now livein North Carolina.

Patty’s career continuedto rise, culminating with herselection as president of theWisconsin Employment andTraining Association. Shebecame an active member ofthe Milwaukee community aswell, serving as president ofHealthCare for the Home-less.

At home she developed adeep passion for the family’spets — champion beardedcollies — and delighted in thefamily’s summers spent onthe water in the idyllic townof Three Lakes, Wis. Both

would remain central to Pat-ty’s life after the familymoved to Merritt Island inSeptember 2002.

In Merritt Island Pattyrediscovered her joy of teach-ing, this time as a substituteteacher for several schoolsthroughout Brevard County.

It was at Merritt IslandHigh School, however, thatPatty made her most lastingimpact, endearing herself tocountless students with heroptimistic outlook, compas-sionate nature, and enthusi-asm for education and for life.

These characteristics werereflected in her broader activ-ities in the community aswell, where Patty volun-teered at a local hospital,served on the Merritt IslandLibrary board, and joinedcongregations with Pete atHorizon Point Church inRockledge and First Chris-tian Church of MerrittIsland.

The move to MerrittIsland also allowed Patty topursue her lifelong interestin flowers and plants year-round. She could often befound smiling and singingwhile gardening at her home.

Patty also enjoyed candy,exercise, shopping andspending time with friendsand family; travel, cruising,sunbathing and visits to theseashore; music, laugher,reading and Bible study; sun-rises, Sykes Creek, ThreeLakes, and all God’s creation.

She was a voice for thevoiceless. She loved her fami-ly and friends. She loved God.And we loved her.

Patty leaves behind manyother family and friends whowill truly miss her, and want-ed to thank all of the peoplewho so graciously and gener-ously supported her throughtheir visits, notes, thoughtsand prayers.

The family celebrated herlife with a gathering at herhome on Nov. 18, 2012.

The funeral will be held inJuly 2013, in Three Lakes,Wis. In lieu of flowers, Pattyasked that donations bemade in her memory to theCentral Brevard HumaneSociety, 1020 Cox Road,Cocoa, FL 32909.

Condolences may beshared at www.wyliebaxley-merrittisland.com.

PAID OBITUARY

Patricia ‘Patty’ Kaiser

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KAISER

Tri-County Council onDomestic Violence and SexualAssault is hosting a confer-ence Monday and Tuesday,Nov. 26 and 27, at HolidayAcres in Rhinelander toexplore issues brought aboutby human trafficking.

According to ShellieHolmes, executive director atTri-County Council, humantrafficking can be at the inter-national federal or state lev-els and can involve adults,teens or children.

“Victims of human traffick-ing often go unidentifiedbecause those that deal inthese illegal activities don’toperate out in the open,” saidHolmes.

Experts in the field ofhuman trafficking will explainthe work they do to combatthis “industry” and what canbe done to deal with it.

Conference attendees willlearn to recognize human traf-ficking, who the victims mightbe and how community mem-bers and programs can be pre-pared to deal with the growingproblem.

Attendees also will learnhow law enforcement, prose-cutors, judges, advocates, shel-ters and churches can be pre-pared to respond while provid-ing assistance to victims andnetwork with those on thefront lines of this problem.

The U.S. Attorney for theWestern District of Wisconsin,John Vaudreuil, will give the

keynote address.Presenters who will join

him throughout the two-dayconference will be AssistantU.S. Attorney Julie Pfluger;Jennifer Thompson, victimspecialist, FBI, Green Bay;Susan Whitehorse, WisconsinDepartment of Justice, Divi-sion of Criminal Investigation,manager for the WisconsinClearinghouse for Missingand Exploited Children andAMBER ALERT coordinator;detectives Dawn Jones andLynda Stott from the Milwau-kee Human Trafficking TaskForce; Lauren Ryan, programmanager for the NorthernTier Anti-Trafficking Consor-tium at the InternationalInstitute of Minnesota; Clau-dine O’Leary, community edu-cator of Rethink Resources,Milwaukee; and MorganYoung, staff attorney, Wiscon-sin Coalition Against Domes-tic Violence.

This conference is madepossible by a grant throughthe U.S. Department of Jus-tice, Office on ViolenceAgainst Women, Office of Jus-tice Assistance, along with theNorth Central Sexual AssaultService Providers TrainingProject

Registration is required byNov. 21 and is open to anyoneinterested and concerned withthese issues. For questions,more information and regis-tration, call Tri-County Coun-cil at (715) 362-6841.

Tri-County Councilplans conference

Headwaters Builders As -sociation (HBA) will present anew educational programtitled “Construction Safety:OSHA and Beyond” Monday,Dec. 10, at Northland PinesHigh School in Eagle River.

The program will be led byDan Burazin, safety directorwith the Associated GeneralContractors of Greater Mil-waukee, whose work experi-ence includes three years asoperations manager in chargeof personnel, equipment andsafety with a general contrac-tor and 10 years as a plantmanager with a Milwaukee-based steel fabricator.

He holds bachelor’s degreesin architecture and buildingconstruction, industrial man-agement and a master’sdegree in business adminis-tration.

In addition to teachingsafety management courses,Burazin also teaches coursesat Milwaukee School of Engi-neering and Marquette Uni-versity.

The four-hour programaims to provide an engagingand interactive alternative tostandard OSHA training pro-grams and is designed to helpbuilding contractors developan effective and up-to-datesafety program for theiremployees.

The cost is $100 for HBAmembers and $125 for non-members. The programincludes a video presentation,power point program, an

industry specific safety manu-al, customized work sitechecklists, analysis forms andreport forms.

The class is recommendedfor any builder or developerwho employs workers in theconstruction industry, ac -cording to an HBA spokes -person.

A minimum of 20 partici-pants must register in orderfor the class to take place andregistrations are due Nov. 30.

Attendees can earn fourcontinuing education creditstoward their Dwelling Con-tractor Qualifier Certification.

Registration forms areavailable online at headwa-tersbuilders.com or by calling(715) 542-3557.

Builders associationsets new class Dec. 10


NEWS POLICE REPORT

A 20-year-old Eagle Riverman who broke into theEagle River Recreation Asso-ciation (ERRA) Sports Arenaand who was convicted offour other felonies, had aprison sentence stayed andwas placed on probation forseven years, six months, inVilas County Circuit Courtlast week.

Lucas A. Johnston-Bur-nett also will serve one yearin the Vilas County jail.Judge Neal A. Nielsen IIIstayed his 10-year sentenceto the Wisconsin Prison Sys-tem, which included fouryears’ confinement and sixyears’ extended supervision.

Johnston-Burnett brokeinto the Sports Arena March3-4, taking cash, candy, Zam-boni keys, alcoholic bever-ages and gift cards. He mustpay restitution to the ERRA.

In a burglary involvingThe Country Store in EagleRiver Sept. 6, 2011, Nielsenwithheld sentencing andplaced Johnston-Burnett onprobation for one year, to runconcurrent with the previousprobation. He also must payrestitution of $740.

Johnston-Burnett alsowas convicted of stealing asnowmobile from the parkinglot at Schilleman’s Bus Ser -vice in Eagle River Feb. 7,2011. His sentence was with-held and he was placed onprobation for three years,also to run concurrent withthe previous probation. Aone-year county jail sentencealso will run concurrent. Hemust pay restitution totaling$1,500, including $1,150 tothe insurance company and$250 to the insurance ownerfor the insurance deductible.

Nielsen also withheld asentence and placed John-ston-Burnett on probationfor three years on convictionsof escape May 7 in the townof Washington and forgeryFeb. 16 in the city of EagleRiver. The probation will runconcurrent.

Conditions of Johnston-Burnett’s probation include:alcohol and other drug abuseassessment and any treat-ment recommended; not topossess or consume intoxi-cants; DNA sample and sur-charge; take medications asprescribed and in prescribedamounts; not to go on thepremises of the ERRA or TheCountry Store; restorativejustice if the victims agree;restitution; written apologyto the victims; up to 45 daysin jail can be served in aninpatient facility with day-for-day credit upon success-ful completion; and work-release privileges weregranted. He received creditfor 188 days served.

In the plea agreement,charges of misdemeanortheft, possession with intentto deliver marijuana, twocounts of felony bail jumping,criminal damage to propertyand three counts of uttering

a forgery were dismissed. In other felony cases,

Daniel L. Ritz, 40, of Chilton,charged with obtaining acontrolled substance byfraud, identify theft forfinancial gain and misde-meanor theft, had an initialappearance adjourned toNov. 26 at 10 a.m. A warrantwas issued Nov. 2, but thewarrant was quashed Nov.12, when Ritz signed a$1,000 signature bond.

According to the com-plaint, Ritz allegedly obtainedmedical treatment under afalse name June 13, 2010, atEagle River Memorial Hospi-tal and left the hospital with-out stopping at the admis-sions desk. He then picked upa prescription for Percocet atan Eagle River pharmacy.According to the complaint,Ritz claimed he had a ribinjury as a means to get pre-scription medications. Ritzalso had no medical insur-ance, the complaint says.

Raymond L. LaBarge Sr.,43, of Lac du Flambeau,charged with 12 counts ofuttering a forgery and 12counts of misdemeanor theft,had a jury trial set for March6. A pretrial conference wasset for Feb. 11 at 2 p.m.

According to the com-plaint, LaBarge is accused ofaltering scale slips afterweighing scrap metal he wasselling to Scharf Automotivein the town of Lincolnbetween May 17, 2011, andJuly 18, 2011.

Barbara A. Stapleton, 51,of Alvin, charged with bat-tery of a peace officer andobstructing an officer, had apreliminary hearing set forJan. 10 at 2 p.m.

According to the com-plaint, Stapleton fell on thefloor at Trig’s Video Store inEagle River Nov. 5, 2010, andbecame agitated when shewas being assisted by anEagle River Police Depart-ment officer, allegedly strik-ing the officer.

Billie J. Frank, 35, of Lacdu Flambeau, charged withsubstantial battery, party toa crime, had a preliminaryhearing set for Dec. 17 at2:30 p.m. He allegedly wasinvolved in the beating of a23-year-old Lac du Flambeauwoman Oct. 12.

Dennis E. Meshigaud, 24,of Minocqua, charged withpossession of a firearm by afelon, entered a not guiltyplea and a pretrial confer-ence was set for Dec. 18 at9:45 a.m.

According to the com-plaint, Meshigaud was inpossession of a Marlin .30-30lever action rifle and anIntratec 9 model AB-10handgun Oct. 10 in Lac duFlambeau. Court recordsshow he was convicted of pos-session with intent to delivernarcotics Aug. 2, 2011, inColumbia County. He wasplaced on probation for threeyears for that conviction.

Joseph D. Lussier, 21, ofLac du Flambeau, chargedwith possession of a firearmby a felon, had an initialappearance adjourned toNov. 19. The defendant is inthe Douglas County Jail andNielsen was told the publicdefender’s office is havingdifficulty finding an attorneywho doesn’t have a conflict ofinterest.

Lussier was convicted ofsubstantial battery withintent to cause bodily harmin 2008 in Vilas County. Hisprison sentence was stayedand he was placed on proba-tion for three years Feb. 12,2009.

Michael R. Blank, 46, ofCrandon, charged with pos-session of narcotic drugs andpossession of drug parapher-nalia, had a preliminary hear-ing set for Dec. 7 at 2:30 p.m.

Blank, who currently is inthe Forest County Jail, wasstopped by law enforcementOct. 20, 2011, in Lac du Flam-beau and the drug detectiondog K-9 Goro alerted on thevehicle. According to the com-plaint, officers found oxy-codone in the vehicle and asyringe and spoon used toinject a controlled substance.

Sierra R. Knuth, 26, ofRhinelander, who was in thevehicle with Blank, also wascharged with possession ofnarcotic drugs and posses-sion of drug paraphernalia.Her preliminary hearing alsowill be Dec. 7 at 2:30 p.m.

Michael W. Lehmann, 37,of Rhinelander, charged withfifth-offense operating whileintoxicated, had a prelimi-nary hearing set for Dec. 17at 3 p.m. His cash bail wasset at $25,000 with the fol-lowing conditions: not to pos-sess or consume intoxicants;no taverns; and may bereleased to inpatient treat-ment under his cash bond.

Lehmann was arrestedNov. 2 in Eagle River in theMcDonald’s restaurant park-ing lot, refusing a prelimi-nary breath test.

Kami L. Beighley, 22, ofLac du Flambeau, chargedwith physical abuse of a childwith intent to cause bodilyharm, pleaded not guilty anda pretrial conference was setfor Dec. 4 at 2:45 p.m. Amotion to modify Beighley’s$1,000 cash bond to a $2,500signature bond was grantedwith the following condi-tions: no taverns; not to pos-sess or consume intoxicants;and no unsupervised contactwith any child under age 18.

According to the com-plaint, Beighley allegedlyslapped a minor child in theface Dec. 1, 2011, in Lac duFlambeau.

Phil W. Poitra, 30, of Lacdu Flambeau, entered a nocontest plea and was foundguilty to an amended chargeof fifth-offense operatingwhile intoxicated, deletingan enhancer for having aminor child in the car.

Nielsen withheld Poitra’ssentence and placed him onprobation for three years.Conditions of his probationinclude: fined $1,374; driver’slicense revoked for 30months; attend assessment;ignition interlock device for30 months; not to possess orconsume intoxicants; no tav-erns except for place ofemployment; any counselingdeemed necessary by theagent; and serve six monthsin the county jail with work-release privileges with goodtime. He received credit forone day served and muststart his jail time by 10 a.m.Jan. 14, 2013.

Poitra was arrested Dec. 1,2011, in Lac du Flambeau at2:24 a.m. with a 3-year-oldchild in the vehicle. He toldthe officer he had six to eightbeers between 11 p.m. and 1a.m.

Paige R. Poupart, 23, of Lacdu Flambeau, charged withtwo counts of misdemeanorbattery, criminal trespass,criminal damage to propertyand felony bail jumping,pleaded not guilty and a pre-trial conference was set forDec. 4 at 2:30 p.m. Her $2,000cash bond was continued.

According to the com-plaint, Poupart was one of sixsuspects who entered anapartment at 119 ClinicLane in Lac du FlambeauSept. 3 and allegedly bat-tered another person.

Vilas County Court report

Johnston-Burnett gets probation, jail time for multiple convictions

CAR HITS CULVERT — Emergency personnel responded to aone-vehicle accident on Highway 45 just north of the WisconsinRiver last Tuesday about noon. The northbound vehicle, driven

by Dorothy Church, 71, of Eagle River, crossed the centerlineand hit a culvert on the west side of the highway. She was trans-ported to a hospital. —Staff Photo By GARY RIDDERBUSCH

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Sheriff Jeff Hoffmanannounced Monday, after 38years of service, he will retirefrom the Oneida CountySheriff ’s Department as ofDec. 14.

Hoffman started his lawenforcement career in Dec -ember of 1974 and was ap -pointed to sheriff in 2005.Hoffman was elected twiceand is currently serving aterm of office that ends inJanuary of 2015.

“It has been a privilegeand a honor to serve the citi-zens for 38 years. OneidaCounty has had a tradition ofstrong law enforcement andproviding good service to ourcitizens,” said Hoffman. “Iwas very privileged duringmy career to have been men-tored by four sheriffs, JackPhillips, Penny Drivas, Char-lie Crofoot and Tim Miller.”

Hoffman said he also hadthe opportunity to work withand learn from many otherlaw enforcement profession-als such as Chief DeputyGeorge Doucette, ChiefDeputy Robert Conquest,Chief Deputy Jack Bergman,Capt. Ray Zastrow, Lt. JohnBoyer, Lt. Tom Hageny, andmany other sergeants, inves-tigators and other lawenforcement professionals.

“Just like these fine offi-cers, I hope I left my mark onthe Oneida County Sheriff ’sOffice and I trust those nowin leadership roles will con-tinue the strong heritage ofprofessionalism and integri-ty,” said Hoffman.

“I am very confident thatthis will be a smooth transi-tion and all members of myoffice will step up and contin-ue to provide the people ofOneida County with the highstandards of public safetyservice that they are accus-tomed to,” said Hoffman.

Sheriff Hoffmanto retire Dec. 14

SHERIFF JEFF HOFFMAN

Vilas County SheriffA total of 286 complaints

were entered by Vilas CountySheriff ’s Department dis-patchers last week.

In addition to those withsufficient detail to report be -low, a review shows at least 12vehicle accidents, six requestsfor agency assistance, fiverequests for an ambulance,three animal problems, fourat tempts to locate, one reportof battery, three burglaralarms, one request for citizenassistance, one report of crim-inal damage to property, threedisturbances, two re ports ofhazardous conditions, threeharassment complaints, twojuvenile problems/runaways,three reports of suspicious cir-cumstances, four thefts, seventraffic violations, one vacationcheck, two weapons offenses,four welfare checks, five 911hang-ups, two drug problems,two reports of operating whileintoxicated and two drive-offs.

At least 13 calls were re -ferred to the Eagle RiverPolice De partment and therewere at least 20 information-al or procedural entries.

In the past week, at leastfive people were booked at theVilas County Jail, includingone for disorderly conduct, onefor operating while intoxicat-ed, one for failure to pay, onefor possession of THC and onefor illegal possession of pre-scription medication.

During the week, the in -mate population ranged from65 to 75. As of Nov. 9, therewere 74 inmates.

Thursday, Nov. 15- 8:13 a.m. - A one-vehicle

accident was reported onChain O’ Lakes Road near

Townhall Road in the town ofWashington involving YvonneT. Kuba of Eagle River, whowas cited for reckless driving.Tuesday, Nov. 13

- 8:13 a.m. - A one-vehicleaccident was reported onHighway 45 near River Roadin Land O’ Lakes involvingDorothy A. Church of EagleRiver.

Eagle River PoliceAmong the calls received by

Vilas County dispatchers wereat least 26 calls for the EagleRiver Police. These in cludedtwo 911 hang-ups, one hit-and-run, two requests for an ambu-lance, one animal problem, onebusiness problem, tworequests for citizen assistance,one report of counterfeit cur-rency, one report of criminaldamage to property, one deathinvestigation, one disturbance,one emergency detention, onereport of gas fumes, oneharassment complaint, oneintoxicated person, one vaca-tion check, one suspicious cir-cumstance, two thefts of medi-cation, one identity theft, onethreat, one traffic violationand one weapons offense.

Three Lakes PoliceThis police department re -

ported one 911 hang-up, threevehicle accidents, two hit-and-runs, two alarms, one requestfor an ambulance, three ani-mal problems, one ATV viola-tion, one request for an extrapatrol, one instance of fraud,one gas drive-off, one instanceof gun shots, three housechecks, two informationalreports, one instance of operat-ing while intoxicated, one sus-picious circumstance and sixtraffic stops.


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On Nov. 26, the Vilas County Board of Supervisors willbe considering a number of potential layoffs. These layoffswill significantly affect the level of services provided to resi-dents and businesses in Vilas County. These layoffs will alsonegative ly impact every level of the local economy — fromrestaurants to builders to gas stations and beyond. The mem-bers of AFSCM E wish to continue to provide high level, pro-fessional and cost-effective services to residents and business-es in Vilas County.

YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD TODAY

IF YOU ARE AGAINST A REDUCTION IN SERVICES!

WE CARE ABOUT YOU!Please care about us and send in this form:

I am a Vilas County Taxpayer.I understand that you plan to cut employees from the Vilas Countyworkforce; which ultimately means a cut in services. I have asked theseemployees for help and they were there for me. These employees are

dedicated professionals who are specifically trained to provide excellentservice in their particular fields. I am a legal voter and am willing to backup my desire for quality, professional services from Vilas County duringfuture elections and referenda. I want timely service from professional,

experienced employees — NOT Limited-Term Employees!

I am a legal voter and I will vote NO! If you won by only a fewvotes the last election . . . will you win again if I vote? This is mypledge to vote for timely, quality, professional services from VilasCounty. This is my pledge to vote against potential layoffs.

Signed: ___________________________________________

A legal resident in the town/municipality of: ____________________

This is my pledge to VOTE!

Please cut, sign and return to: “I VOTE”PO Box 38Eagle River, WI 54521

— or —

Contact your Local Vilas County Board Supervisor

P h e l p sSchool Dis-trict Adminis-trator DelniceHill was re -cently electedto the boardof directorsfor the Wis-consin RuralS c h o o l sA l l i a n c e(WiRSA).

This association repre-sents and promotes Wisconsinrural schools. Statistics showthat 44% of all Wisconsin stu-dents attend a rural school.

The association developedwhen rural schools felt theywere under-representedwhen compared to the urbanschool districts.

Hill said the alliance istrying to bring rural schoolissues and concerns to theforefront and find ways tostrengthen their considera-tion in state level decisions.

According to WiRSA, theorganization “formed to helprural school districts addressthe unique issues that affectrural schools as they seek toachieve the highest qualityeducation for every student.”

WiRSA develops annualseminars focused on ruralschool issues. The alliance isalso involved in promotingrural schools in the legisla-ture and is a resource forrural education research.

“I hope to become involvedin a progressive group thatwill focus on rural school con-cerns and improve the condi-tions they must operateunder when consideringfunding,” said Hill. “I feel it isalso important to share withthe state the unique andwonderful education oppor-tunities a rural school dis-trict can provide Wisconsinstudents.”

Hill will take office in Jan-uary 2013.

Hill elected to boardfor rural schools alliance

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The Three Lakes TownBoard will hold its annualpublic hearing and budgetmeeting on the proposed2013 budget for the Town ofThree Lakes Tuesday, Nov.27, at 5:30 p.m. in the com-munity building located at

6965 W. School Street.Town electors will decide

whether to approve a tax levyof $1.92 million for 2013,marking a 0.37% increasefrom the 2012 budget.

Last year, electors approveda tax levy of $1.91 million.

Annual budget meetingslated in Three Lakes

SPA WINNER — Parsons of Eagle River sold raffle tickets duringOctober for one person to win a spa package compliments of TheBeauty Resort and Parsons. All proceeds from the ticket salesand Facebook “likes” will go to the American Cancer Society.

Taking part in the prize presentation were, from left, Iris Lange,Parsons office staff; Jenny Gretzinger, Parsons owner; winnerCindy Burzinski; Tiffany Krueger, The Beauty Resort owner; andBrandee Nieckula, new vehicle manager at Parsons.

—Staff Photo By KURT KRUEGER

Holiday travel continuesits steady climb from the 2008level, as 43.6 million Ameri-cans are expected to takeThanksgiving trips, accordingto projections by AAA.

Those Americans willjourney 50 miles or morefrom home during theThanksgiving holiday week-end, an increase of 0.7% overthe 43.3 million people whotraveled last year.

“This increase marks thefourth consecutive year ofgrowing holiday travelerssince 2008 when Thanksgiv-ing travel fell by 25%,” saidAAA contact Pam Moen.

The Thanksgiving holidaytravel period is defined asWednesday, Nov. 21, to Sun-day, Nov. 25.

In Wisconsin, approxi-mately 874,000 people areexpected to travel forThanksgiving, which is aboutthe same as last year, accord-ing to the AAA forecast.

Of those, nearly 784,000people plan to travel by auto-mobile while 64,000 willtravel by air, with theremainder traveling by othermodes of transportation.

Some highlights from thisyear’s 2012 AAA Thanksgiv-ing holiday travel forecastincludes the following:

• Ninety percent of travel-ers plan to travel by automo-bile, an increase of 0.6%.

• Holiday air travel isexpected to decline to 3.14million travelers from 3.2million in 2011.

• Median spending isexpected to drop 10% to $498,compared to $554 last year.

• The average distancetraveled is expected todecline to 588 miles from 706miles, due in part to adecrease in the number of airtravelers and Americans’desire to economize budgets.

• Thanksgiving travel hita decade low in 2008, when

37.8 million Americans trav-eled.

Impact of gas pricesEstimates by AAA show

the national average price ofgasoline will drop to between$3.25 and $3.40 a gallon bythe holiday, similar to lastyear’s average of $3.32,which was the most expen-sive average ever on Thanks-giving.

“Despite the historicallyhigh prices paid by motoriststhis year, the national aver-age has declined by nearly 40cents per gallon since earlyOctober and should continueto drop through the end ofthe year,” said Moen.

The national averageprice of gas for Thanksgivingfrom 2007-’11 is $2.75 pergallon.

Travelers in Wisconsinwill find gas prices averaging$3.39, which is 40 cents lowerthan a month ago and 2 centshigher than a year ago,according to AAA.

Busiest travel timeThe Thanksgiving holiday

is unique falling on a Thurs-day every year. Many peopleare off from work the Fridayafter, giving travelers theopportunity to spend moretime with family and friends.

AAA asked intended trav-elers which days they woulddepart for and return fromThanksgiving travel.

Among those surveyed,the majority of travelers planto leave the Wednesdaybefore the holiday (45%) andreturn the following Sunday(36%), with 25% expecting toreturn Monday, Nov. 26.

Auto travel dominantApproximately 90% of

travelers, or 39.1 million peo-ple, plan to travel by automo-bile this Thanksgiving,according to AAA projections.

This is a 0.6% increaseover the 38.9 million peoplewho traveled by automobilelast year. Air travel is expect-ed to decrease 1.7% as 3.14million holiday travelers willtake to the skies.

Those traveling by air willfind lower airfares accordingto AAA’s Leisure TravelIndex.

For the Thanksgiving holi-day, the average lowestround-trip rate is $188 forthe top 40 U.S. air routes, an11% decrease from last year.Approximately 1.3 milliontravelers will choose othermodes of transportation,including rail, bus and cruiseship.

According to AAA’sLeisure Travel Index,Thanksgiving holiday hotelrates for AAA Three Dia-mond lodgings are expectedto decrease 1% from a yearago, with travelers spendingan average of $143 per nightcompared to $145 last year.

Travelers planning to stayat AAA Two Diamond hotelscan expect to pay 1% more, atan average cost of $104 pernight. Weekend daily carrental rates will average $47,compared to $37 last year.

According to the survey ofintended travelers, the aver-age distance traveled byAmericans during theThanksgiving holiday week-end is expected to be 588miles, which is a decline of16.7% from last year whentravelers planned to log 706miles.

Median spending downMedian spending is

expected to be $498, a 10%decrease compared to theexpected median spending ofintended holiday travelers in2011.

“While spending time withfriends and relatives and din-ing are primary activities for

nearly all holidays, it is evenmore relevant for Thanksgiv-ing travelers,” said Moen.“Therefore, it’s not surprisingthat spending time with fam-ily and friends (75%) and din-ing (56%) are the most popu-lar activities planned bytravelers.

Despite lower medianspending, half of all travelersplan to shop during the holi-day which can be expectedgiven Black Friday occursduring the holiday weekend.

AAA’s projections arebased on economic forecastingand research by IHS GlobalInsight. The Colorado-basedbusiness information providerteamed with AAA in 2009 tojointly analyze travel trendsduring the major holidays.

Holiday travel on rise since 2008,according to AAA projections

The U.S. Forest Servicerecently released tips forthose who will soon seek afresh-cut Christmas treefrom a National Forest.

Cutting permits cost $5per tree and can be pur-chased at any U.S. ForestService District ranger sta-tion. Each household maypurchase five permits. Per-mits and maps also may beobtained by mail.

Forest Service permitscome with a list of guidelinesthat include reminders thatno trees may be cut in wilder-ness areas, marked timbersale areas or within 300 feetof campgrounds, lodges, sum-mer homes, private lands andranger stations.

The Forest Service issuedthe following tips for a safeand successful tree search:

• Make sure the chosentree is on National Forest Sys-tem lands; visitor maps can beviewed or purchased at ForestService offices including alocal district ranger office.

• Tree cutting is not per-

mitted in designated wilder-ness areas.

• Choose a cutting areathat is away from privateproperty, plantations, devel-oped recreation or adminis-tration sites.

• Select a tree at least 50feet off the roadside, trail,lake or recreation site.

• Select a tree the correctsize for the home and don’tcut the top off of a taller tree.

• Arrive early at the cuttingarea, as it may take longerthan planned to find a tree.

• Be prepared for a winteroutdoor experience, wearproper clothing, bring plentyof snacks and water andmake sure vehicles are pre-pared for winter travel.

• Those cutting treesshould let someone knowwhere they are going andwhen they will return, as cellphones may not work in theforest.

• Don’t forget a rope andtarp to tie down the tree.

• Cut the tree a bit longerthan needed (6 to 12 inches),

so there’s room to make afresh cut on the bottom justbefore bringing it into thehouse.

• Get the tree into itsstand as soon as possible.

• As the tree warms andthaws it will take up water; itwill need a lot more when itsnew, so check the reservoirfrequently in the beginning.

• Even though it has beencut, the tree is still alive andthe needles will take onwater. As the days go on, thecells in the cut end react tothe wound and seal up andless water will be used, andthe tree will begin to die.

For more information or topurchase a permit, call thedistrict ranger office in EagleRiver at (715) 479-2827.

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A proposed 2% wage hikefor nonmanagement civilianstaff in the Vilas CountySheriff ’s Department wasrejected last week by thecounty board on a tie vote.

Personnel CommitteeChairwoman Linda Thorpetold the board “they were try-ing to catch this group up,”but ran into immediate oppo-sition.

“Why would anyone comeup with a wage increase atthis time?” asked SupervisorRalph Sitzberger. “I have dif-ficulty with this.”

Sitzberger was referringto a projected budget deficitand the possibility of up to 15

people being cut from countyemployment, although theunencumbered general fundhas ballooned to $9.3 million.

Supervisor Jim Behlingsupported the 2% increase,with a cost to taxpayers of$6,623.

“In 2010, this groupturned down an offer of a 2%wage increase,” Behling, amember of the PersonnelCommittee, explained. “Inlight of Act 10, in my opinion,if we deny a wage increase tothis group, we are tellingthem we won’t deal with youunless it’s in the union.”

Supervisor Ed Bluthardt,a member of the PersonnelCommittee, but who did notsign the resolution, was moreblunt.

“They turned it down and

shouldn’t get a second bite ofthe apple,” said Bluthardt.

The resolution lost on a 9-9 vote. Supervisors SteveFavorite and MaynardBedish left the board meetingfor the resolution due to hav-ing family employed in theJustice Center. SupervisorMark Rogacki was absent.

Salary study OK’dWhile defeating the wage

proposal, the board approveda salary study costing$15,000 from the generalfund with a 13-7 vote.

Thorpe said it “was to ouradvantage to have this forfuture reference.”

The study would be doneunder contract with WIPFLIFinancial of Wausau and notby the Vilas County HumanResource Department.

Supervisor Gary Peskewas not supportive.

“I will not vote for thisbecause we can’t find $6,600for a 2% wage increase, butcan find $15,000 for a wagestudy,” Peske said.

Supervisor Sig Hjemvick,who signed the resolution,indicated he has secondthoughts.

It was suggested NorthCentral Wisconsin RegionalPlanning Commission(NCWRPC) could do this atno cost but that was chal-lenged by Behling, who stat-ed the county needs to be runlike a business.

“This assigns market val-ue to work,” Behling said. “Ifwe are to administer salaries,we need this data. I don’tthink it’s in the skill set ofNCWRPC.”

Finance CommitteeChairman Chris Mayer wassupportive of the study.

“This is the tool we need toget the raise we just defeat-ed,” a frustrated Mayer said.

“That’s why we’re in thisdilemma, we need actualdata. I’m sick of listening toOneida County.”

County Board ChairmanSteve Favorite said it was away to invest money to geteveryone fair compensation.

Supervisor KathleenRushlow asked “if we find outthey are underpaid, do wejust put it on the shelf?” Noresponse was forthcoming.

Supervisor Chuck Hayespointed out it covers only alimited number of positions.

“This calls for 30 bench-mark positions and not all 30positions have the same skillset,” Hayes noted. “It does notcover all county positions andextra positions cost $300each.”

Other businessIn other business, the

county board:• Approved an $84,700

contract for prisoner trans-ports to be placed in the 2013budget with a like amountremoved from the overtimebudget line for transports.

• Approved a county-trib-al law enforcement grantapplication for $191,606although the actual amountreceived is expected to belower, with the funds comingfrom tribal casino agree-ments with the state.

• Applied for a $5,000Wm. Wrigley Jr. CompanyFoundation community ser-vice grant for the North-woods Dental Project thatserves 2,000 youths a year.

• Adopted an AnimalControl Ordinance with asuggestion that penalties beplaced in tax notices sent toproperty owners.

• Created the position ofrecreation administrator at asalary of $48,000.


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The real estate transac-tions listed below are beingpublished at the request ofmany of our readers. Theinformation is public recordand reflects an index of eachweek’s transactions.

Property transactionsexceeding $10,000 recordedat the Vilas County Court-house the past week and thetransfer fee:

Nov. 5, 2012Renée DePue to Robert K.

Mandarino Sr. and wife, lot 8of plat 76 in Dorway Condo,$480

Francis G. Bloemers andwife to Dennis J. Wick, lot 82of plat 163 in Keystone Park,prt SW NW in 22-40-10, govlot 2, $1,674

Louise P. Wahlskog et al,Lois K. Olson RevocableTrust et al, Kathleen Berg etal and Todd W. Anderson etal to Sharon J. Hels, lots 17,18, 19, 20 and 21 of plat 290in Sellstrom’s, prt NE NE in8-43-6, gov lot 1, $960

Pers. Rep. Michael Baczekand Estate of Raymond F.Scholla to Thomas LivingTrust, prt SW SW in 35-40-8,$252

Andrew T. Przlomski andwife to Eau Retail Folly LLC,lot 115 of plat 263 in RestLake, $795

DOC & Peppers Enter-prises LLC to Eau Retail Fol-ly LLC, lots 3 and 4 of plat940 in Yankee Studio Condo-minium, $450

Steven J. Groshek andwife to Kevin Brimmer, prtNE SE in 28-40-5, prt SE SEin 28-40-5, gov lot 7, prt SWSW in 27-40-5, gov lot 4, prtNW SW in 27-40-5, $765

Nov. 6, 2012Erich F. Stapelfeldt to

Deborah Ann Mineau, lot 1 ofplat 760 in Eagle Estates VCondominium, $165

Maxwell E. Sharp to Deb-orah Ann Mineau, lot 1 ofplat 760 in Eagle Estates VCondominium, $33

Owen D. Sharp to Debo-rah Ann Mineau, lot 1 of plat760 in Eagle Estates V Con-

dominium, $33Hannah G. Sharp to Debo-

rah Ann Mineau, lot 1 of plat760 in Eagle Estates V Con-dominium, $33

Ian Morley to DeborahAnn Mineau, lot 1 of plat 760in Eagle Estates V Condo-minium, $33

Spencer J. Morley to Deb-orah Ann Mineau, lot 1 ofplat 760 in Eagle Estates VCondominium, $33

Leroy W. Hasselbring andwife to Kenneth R. Spaeth,prt SE SE in 23-43-7, gov lot5, prt NW NE in 26-43-7, govlot 1, prt NE NE in 26-43-7,$54

Scott Everett Buss andwife to Tigerton LumberCompany Inc., prt SE NW in21-41-10, $114

Randall H. Birch toCheryl L. Campbell, lot 5 ofplat 43 in Capich Park Subd,$100.50

Nov. 7, 2012Imaginuity Enterprises

LLC and Whoops Enterpris-es LLC to Eau Retail FollyLLC, lots 1 and 2 of plat 940in Yankee Studio Condomini-um, $435

Michael P. Dolezal toDavid B. Dolezal and wife,prt SE NW in 1-40-10, gov lot2, $588.60

Thomas A. Kocim andwife to Robert L. Bode andwife, prt NW NW in 13-40-11, $987

Gary W. Kolloff to MichaelL. Praedel et al, prt SW SEin 9-41-11, gov lot 1, $87

Nov. 8, 2012Harland R. Klagos Living

Trust to Toy Store LLC, prtSE SW in 31-42-6, gov lot 2,$361.50

Nov. 9, 2012David Kaminski and wife

to Anton J. Lak, lot 19 of plat109 in Ed Gabe’s Lost LakeCondo, $225

New Day Financial LLCto USA-DVA, prt SE NW in15-40-10, $705

Byron E. Van Meter andwife to MK Properties 001LLC, prt NE NE in 27-40-6,$58.50

REAL ESTATETRANSACTIONS

WARM THE CHILDREN — The Conover Lions Club recentlydonated $500 to the Warm The Children program. Taking part inthe check presentation were, from left, Lions Club Treasurer May-

nard Bedish; Sharina Adams, coordinator of the Warm The Chil-dren program, sponsored by the News-Review; and Lions Clubmember Rich Ruffalo. —STAFF PHOTO

Vilas County rejects wage hike,but approves $15,000 salary study

An agreement betweenthe city of Eagle River and adeveloper for the formernursing home site on RiverStreet was approved by thecity council last week andnow clears the way for sale ofthe property and abandoningthat portion of River Street.

In return, the developer,IPSOFACTO, LCC, repre-sented by Dave Allen, agreedto create a 60-foot radius cul-de-sac on the end of a short-ened River Street and dedi-cate the area to the city.

The agreement attemptsto have the property remainon the tax rolls but has lan-guage that would providepayments in lieu of taxesshould any portion of theland become tax exempt. Itwould be treated as if theproperty remained on the taxrolls.

The council was informedthere was an offer to pur-chase, pending adoption ofthe developer’s agreement.

City Attorney Steve Gar-bowicz wanted some direc-tion from the council on howto handle the agreement.

“This is in TIF 2 (taxincremental financing) dis-trict and a taxable propertywould have a positiveimpact,” Garbowicz said. “Iftax exempt, it would also beto our advantage since wewouldn’t have to share thetax with other entities.”

Mayor Jeff Hyslop agreed.“Our position was if it waseither or we would still havea revenue stream from theproperty,” Hyslop said.“Someone could buy it and itcould be tax exempt.”

Not so, according to devel-oper Allen, who listed a num-ber of developments he wasinvolved in.

“In my mind, I expect it tobe some type of residential,”Allen declared to the council.“It’s residential in my mind.”

The council briefly dis-cussed if there should be areversionary clause attachedto the property, but Allenindicated that wasn’t a goodidea because if there werefive residential lots and onewent tax exempt, that wouldbe a problem.

Golf course updateThe nonrenewal of Eagle

River Golf Course profession-al Brad Missling last weekled to some comments to thecouncil by Golf Course Advi-sory Committee members.

Committee member KenBiegel said the council should

have had input on what goeson by people who actuallygolf.

“There have been changesin the committee structureand we’re wondering whatour function is,” Biegel said.“We’re volunteers. We wantto make sure it makes moneyfor the city. Our concern isthe direction we’re going. Doyou really want to hear usgive our opinions? Evaluateus; see if you really need us,”Biegel concluded.

Advisory committee mem-ber Sally Ayers also neededsome answers about theirfunction.

“We’re a little frustratedwith what’s going on,” Ayerssaid, requesting a joint meet-ing with the council. “It’stime for us to start settingbudgets and rates, and wedon’t know if what’s going onif that’s to be our duty any-more.”

Superintendent/managerKen Smith distributed themonthly revenue reportshowing that despite a verybad October that was down50% from last year, total rev-enue for 2012 through theend of October was $533,124compared to 2011 of$493,567.

The 2012 budget was orig-inally set at $614,000 andincome was anticipated at$617,120.

The clubhouse lease wasrenewed for 2013 with Billand Andra Draeger with thesame terms as 2012.

Other businessIn other business, the

council:— approved retaining

MSA Professional Services toprepare a site assessmentgrant application for thePride property at a cost of$2,000.

— received an updatefrom MSA on the Silver LakeRoad and Highway 70 Westprojects.

— approved an off-premise sign for MarshfieldClinic at 820 Pine Street.

— received a verbalreport from airport ManagerRob Hom on the tree cuttingon airport property.

— accepted the recom-mendation of the ParkingCommittee to use the munic-ipal lot behind Eagle Bakingfor off-street parking duringwinter months, rotatingwhich side is used.

— increase the Light &Water Commission memberwages from $300 to $420,which haven’t been increasedin 35 years.

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NEWS

NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING& SPECIAL MEETING OF ELECTORS

TOWN OF CLOVERLANDNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Wednesday, Dec. 5,

2012, at 6:00 p.m., a Public Hearing will be held at the townhall on the proposed 2013 budget for the town of Cloverland.Following is a summary of the proposed 2013 budget:

2012 2012 2013REVENUES: Budget Actual ProposedIntergovernment $116,087 $115,626 $113,309License/permits 510 1,120 990Other revenues 1,310 870 1,010

$117,907 $117,616 $115,309

EXPENDITURES:Gen. Gov’t $ 75,542 $ 78,591 $ 84,144Public Safety 53,900 53,937 61,543Public Works 340,451 203,086 413,600Education/HS 21,004 21,004 23,002Conservation/Dev. 8,400 6,000 8,400

$499,297 $362,618 $590,689

Total Expenditures $499,297 $590,689From Bridge Reserve 89,311From Road Reserve 182,627Total Revenues 117,907 115,309Allowable Levy 292,079 292,753Proposed Levy 292,079 292,753

Mildred Ritzer, Clerk

NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETINGOF ELECTORS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Wednesday, Dec. 5,2012, immediately following the Public Budget Hearing, a Spe-cial Town Meeting will be held for the following purposes:

1. To approve the total highway expenditures of 2013 pur-suant to s.82.03(3) of Wis. Statutes

2. To approve the 2012 town tax levy to be paid in 2013 pur-suant to s.60.10(1)(a) of Wis. Stat.

3. To approve compensation for elected town officials for nextterm of office pursuant to s.60.10(1)(b) of Wis. Statutes.

Dated this 16th day of November 2012

Mildred Ritzer, Clerk1913

TOWN OF CLOVERLANDNOTICE OF SPRING ELECTION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that an election to be held inthe town of Cloverland, Vilas County, Wisconsin, on Tuesday,April 2, 2013, the following offices are to be elected to succeedthe present incumbents listed. Term for all offices is for twoyears, beginning Tuesday, April 16, 2013:

Town Board Chairman Scott MaciosekSupervisor #1 E. Francine GoughSupervisor #2 Joe EiseleClerk/Treasurer Millie Ritzer/Gay Ketterer

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that the first day to circu-late nomination papers is Dec. 1, 2012, and the final day for fil-ing nomination papers is 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013,with the Cloverland Town Clerk.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that if a primary is neces-sary, the primary will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013.

Dated in the town of Cloverland this 16th day of November2012.

Mildred Ritzer, Clerk1914

Mary Jo Berner and ManyWays of Peace, a resourcecenter for peace and nonvio-lence in Eagle River, recentlywere honored by the Wiscon-sin Network for Peace andJustice at its annual awardsevent in Milwaukee.

Berner is the founder andpresident of the MJ BernerFoundation for Peace andJustice Inc., a nonprofit orga-nization that operates ManyWays of Peace.

Accepting the award alongwith Berner were DebraKetchum Jircik, director ofMany Ways of Peace; BetsySchussler and Kate Swanson,members of the MJ BernerFoundation board of directors;Justen Lambert and TonyPeters, summer interns atMany Ways of Peace; and Willand Dot Williams of DeForest,frequent presenters at thepeace center.

Berner said the nameMany Ways of Peace was cho-sen to pay tribute to the 1987Many Ways of Peace Festivalheld at the hockey arena inEagle River.

“Dorelle DeGoes-Pfister,who is secretary of the foun-dation, was the prime orga-nizer of that event and a truepeace visionary,” she said. “Itwas a natural decision tobring back the original ManyWays of Peace to downtownEagle River.”

In announcing the award,network President TomMcGrath cited the unique-ness of Many Ways of Peace,the lone peace center of itskind in northern Wisconsin,and the quality and variety ofprograms offered to the com-munity.

Many Ways of Peaceopened its doors to the publicin August 2009 and offersprograms and events promot-ing peace, nonviolence andsustainability, including thethird annual Many Ways of

Peace Festival, which will beheld July 14, 2013.

“I feel gratitude to Mary JoBerner for her commitmentand generosity in creating theMJ Berner Foundation forPeace and Justice and invit-ing the board of directors tothe wide open possibilities forturning a downtown storefront into Many Ways ofPeace,” said Jircik.

Many Ways of Peace islocated at 217 S. Main Streetin Eagle River. For moreinformation, call (715) 480-4697 or visit manywaysofpeace.org.

Berner, peace centerhonored by network

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The Wisconsin GrocersAssociation (WGA) recentlyhonored Republican Assem-blyman Tom Tiffany withthe Friend of Grocersaward for his support ofWGA legislation during the2011-’12 session.

For the past 15 years,the WGA, a lobbying orga-nization representing gro-cers in the state, has giventwo such awards to Wiscon-sin lawmakers who supportits legislative agenda.

“Representative Tiffanyearned the Friend of Gro-cers award for his work inthe State Assembly last ses-sion,” said Brandon Scholz,president and CEO of WGA.“He was a strong advocatefor grocers and we know hewill continue looking out forsmall businesses.”

Every year, WGA pro-duces a report card gradinglegislators A, B, C, D and Fin relationship to its legisla-tive goals, according toScholz, who was on hand atCamp’s SuperValu in St.Germain when DavidWeber made the presenta-tion.

“The WGA educates andencourages legislators onbills that pertain to groceryretailers throughout thestate,” said Bruce Weber,owner of Camp’s SuperValu.

One such bill signed intolaw is 2011 Wisconsin Act32 which exempts retailersfrom having to comply with“am biguous and over-reach-ing time of day and hoursper week requirements for16 and 17 year-olds.”

As a result of this legis-lation, retailers are morewilling to hire minors andprovide them with workexperience, according to aWGA report card brochure.

Another bill designed to

benefit retailers in touristareas called 2011 WisconsinAct 97 was passed to “eventhe playing field betweengrocers and restaurants/taverns that were previous-ly allowed to open twohours earlier than retailgrocery stores.”

Other recent legislationincludes lowering the felonytheft threshold from $2,500to $500 and reclassifyingretail theft as a Class 1felony if stolen with theintent to resell.

The measure alsorequires flea market ven-dors to produce proof of pur-chases for high-ticket items.

“This law will deter orga-nized retail crime in Wis-consin, saving retailers mil-

lions of dollars in stolenproduct,” read the WGAbrochure.

Scholz detailed unem-ployment legislation that isbeing targeted by WGA forthe next session and a con-stitutional amendment onschedule for the spring2013 ballot to prohibit thestate from raiding theTransportation Fund.

“We’re also working ontobacco tax issues — stop-ping the soft drink tax —and we’re continuing tosupport the buy local pro-gram for grocers like theWebers,” said Scholz. “Theybuy a lot of their potatoesand dairy products fromlocal vendors.”

For the Friend of Grocers

award, legislators weregraded based on legislationsignificant to the WGA.Points were given to an indi-vidual for introducing or vot-ing in favor of legislationthat the WGA supported.

Extra points were givenfor introducing pro-WGAamendments, speaking foror against proposals andgeneral support of theWGA’s issues, according toa WGA press release.

The association repre-sents nearly 1,000 indepen-dent grocers, retail grocerychains, warehouses and dis-tributers, conveniencestores, food brokers andsuppliers, according to dataprovided by The Food Insti-tute.

Tiffany earns Friend of Grocers award

The Wisconsin Grocers Association (WGA)recently gave Assemblyman Tom Tiffany theFriend of Grocers award for his support inthe State Assembly. Taking part in the award

presentation were, from left, WGA PresidentBrandon Scholz, Tiffany and David Weber ofCamp’s SuperValu.

—Photo By Wally Geist

Melissa Harma has purchased the H&R Block office in EagleRiver. —Staff Photo By TAMMY KLEIN

A Discover Wisconsin ep -isode called “Join the Club —Snowmobiling in Wisconsin”is scheduled to air Saturdayand Sunday, Nov. 24-25, onthe Discover Wisconsinbroadcast network, reachingsome 25,000 viewers in theUpper Great Lakes region.

The episode will focus onsnowmobiling, along with theAssociation of WisconsinSnowmobile Clubs (AWSC),their member clubs andmember volunteerism.

“Most people who don’tsnowmobile — and evensome who do — simplyassume that the DNR takescare of the trails,” said AWSCPresident Doug Johnson.“The truth of the matter isit’s the local clubs that reallymanage the trails and makethe activity accessible toeveryone with a sled.”

Add to that, the fact thatWisconsin has more trailsthan any other state orprovince in North Americaand it’s easy to see the impor-tant role this group plays.

Snowmobiling falls underthe Wisconsin Department ofNatural Resources (DNR),but funding comes fromsnowmobile registration andgas taxes on winter recre-ational vehicles.

There also are 600 clubsplanning, creating and main-taining almost 95% of thetrails throughout the state.These groups make sure thetrails in their areas are safeand clear of debris.

“Snowmobiling is a veryfamily-friendly winter sport,”said Johnson. “Members ofthe clubs understand that,and are also very conscious ofthe fact that 75% of ourstate’s trails cross privateproperty. Our club membersappreciate that and encour-age respect for the areasadjacent to the trails.”

The show, which is spon-sored by AWSC, highlightsthe importance of its memberclubs. It also emphasizesyear-around events like theChampionship SnowmobileWatercross in Grantsburg.

Series host Emmy Finksaid she enjoyed working onthe episode.

“One of the perks to myjob is that I get to experiencenew adventures,” said Fink.“And, even though snowmo-biling isn’t brand new to me,I have to admit that I had noidea how much work goesinto maintaining our trails. Ithink every snowmobilershould consider becoming amember of their local club.”

Discover Wisconsinshow hits the trail

Melissa Harma, a taxassociate, has purchased theH&R Block office at 701 N.Railroad St. (Unit 5) in EagleRiver.

Harma bought the fran-chise in November and willoffer tax preparation, auditsupport and free e-file.

Jamie Mark, who previ-ously operated the office, hastransferred his employmentto the Houghton, Mich., H&RBlock office.

Harma, a tax preparer forsix years, worked in theEagle River office the lasttwo years, helping out andwanted to bring her tax ser-vices to Eagle River. She livesin Dollar Bay, Mich., but willbe commuting to Eagle River.

Harma recently passedher registered tax preparertest, is registered with theIRS and qualified to own thefranchise and provide e-file.

A grand opening isplanned at the office Monday,Jan. 7, from 6 to 8 p.m. andwill include a tax program,“Tax, Health Care and You.”Harma will be giving awaytwo televisions April 15, oneto a prior client who gave hera referral to a new client andone to a new client.

The H&R Block office isopen from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.Monday through Friday and9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, orby appointment. The tele-phone number is (715) 337-2300.

Harma purchasesH&R Block office

PUBLIC MEETINGSTown of Phelps Budget

Hearing — Tuesday, Nov.20, 7 p.m., Phelps Schoolcommons. Agenda: Openhearing followed by a meet-ing of the electors.

Vilas County ChildDeath Review Team —Wednesday, Nov. 21, 12 p.m.,Vilas County Justice Center.Agenda: Maternal ChildGrant for and Keep Kids

Alive Training seminar. Phelps School District

Board — Wednesday, Nov.21, 6:30 p.m., Phelps School.Agenda: Board reports andpossible action on Taher con-tract.

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OUTDOORSPine marten, buck top hunter’s reunion

IT HAPPENED just before 10a.m. on opening day of the gundeer season last Saturday, deep inthe national forest, when an old,gray-faced pine marten ran rightunder my ladder stand, jumpedup on the side of the tree andstared me down eye to eye.

In fact, that marten was so oldthat its entire head, ears and all,was a white and gray mix. I’venever seen anything like it before.The fur on its long, brown bodyhad a yellow tinge to it, and itstail was so dark that it was near-ly black.

And I wondered, for a moment,if there was any way possible thatit was the same animal I pho-tographed on my first deer huntthere in 1989. Probably not, ofcourse, but very old.

It disappeared as fast as itcame, running gingerly acrosswind-felled trees until it was out ofsight. It didn’t hang around longenough for a photo, unlike thatsubzero day so long ago when amarten laid claim to the entrails ofa buck and growled at me for eventhinking about coming close to itsnewfound food supply.

Opening day of the 2012 deerhunt was destined to be a memo-rable event regardless of whetherthe scribbler shot a buck, or evensaw one, because the decision wasmade to return to the Pine Rivercountry that started it all for mein the national forest some 24years ago.

This is the most incrediblestretch of hardwoods forest I’veever witnessed, one blessed withrolling ridges that are split at onepoint by what looks like a moun-tain stream — a rocky, gurglingriver that cuts through highwooded ridges that are steepenough to make walking difficult.

The fact that pine martenslive there is further proof thatthis stretch of hardwoods isremote, unspoiled and a spe-

cial place in the world.It’s been an on and off affair

with that stretch of deer woods inrecent years. The U.S. Forest Ser-vice, managers of theChequamegon-Nicolet NationalForest, have struggled to keep upwith the logging that is so crucialto habitat, browse and the sur-vival of enough deer to allow ahunter to feel like he or she isn’tpulling the trigger on the lastdeer left on the landscape.

The last time I carried a rifleanywhere near the Pine Riverwas five years ago, when mybrother talked me into a Sundayhunt on another Nov. 17-18 open-er because he’d seen an incredibleamount of rutting activity on Sat-urday. It turned out that a niceeight-point buck went down thatmorning, but deer sign didn’t lookso good the next year. Without anearly opening date that meansmore chance of rutting activityand heightened deer movement,and without decent habitat, Iwent elsewhere.

The deer sign improved thisyear because the forest service,though 10 years late, finallyscheduled both some selective log-ging in the hardwoods and somesmall, partial clear-cuts in aspenstands that had become somature that many of the besttrees had already fallen to theground. In defense of the agencyand local foresters, they battlednew plan revision standards foreight years and then got hit withdozens of lawsuits when theytried to implement the plan’s tim-

ber management goals.Logging has a two-fold effect on

deer habitat, putting tender andnumerous treetops on the groundfor an instant food supply whilealso allowing sunlight to hit theforest floor. Sunlight causes youngaspen shoots to sprout and it helpsferns and grasses grow under themaples. Deer sign was muchimproved this year, and that waswithout the added potential forheightened rutting activity.

As it turns out, I was the onlymember of the Pine River Boyswho saw a buck opening day. Ispotted an eight-pointer sneakingthrough a hardwoods ravineshortly after I saw that pinemarten Saturday, and suddenly agood hunt became even morememorable.

Once again, I’ve got some-thing in common with the oldblind squirrel that finds anacorn once in awhile.

It wasn’t the biggest buck inthe world, hardly a shooter bysome people’s standards. Butthen, those people probably don’thunt in remote stretches of thenational forest. Beggars can hard-ly be choosers where we hunt.And to tell you the truth, I’d havebeen happy with a spike-horn —though I’m savoring the extravenison a larger deer will provide.

Though mild weather made iteasier for hunters to sit for longperiods of time, the lack of snowcover made it difficult for huntersto scout deer, see deer and trackwounded deer. We don’t bait deerduring the gun season, but thosewho do tell me warm weathermakes deer less reliant on artifi-cial food supplies.

Readers of this column proba-bly know I’m an opportunist andnot much of a trophy guy. I huntand fish because they are tradi-tional, enjoyable sports that havebeen part of my family for genera-tions. For the most part, I eatwhat I shoot and catch. Providingwild game for the family dinnertable is as much a part of thesesports as anything.

Which brings me to anotherhighlight of deer camp — a Satur-day evening meal that consistedof chunked grouse and pheasantswimming in a sea of hot creamand served with wild rice, but-tered bread and a killer cheese-cake for dessert. Thegrouse/pheasant pieces werelightly browned, juicy and so ten-der that the forks fell throughthem. I’d like another plate full ofthat right now.

There’s nothing like being backin deer camp with hunters you’veknown and trusted for years.There’s a ton of camaraderie thatcomes with months of scouting,

strategizing and otherwisepreparing for this event. I washunting with my brother Mark,better know as Lard-Dog, andguys that go by names like Keet,Deano and Greggo.

Wisconsin’s nine-day gun deerseason is the largest, grandestoutdoor sporting event in statehistory. It’s a time to celebrate theharvest and nature’s bounty, andit all happens just in time forThanksgiving.

It’s a blessed existence if youare one of the lucky ones, for onlyone in seven hunters tags a buckeach year. Antlerless deer providea lot of the venison across muchof the state, but this area hasmore buck-only units than it hasunits where does can be harvest-ed. The deer herd is still recover-ing from past years of over-har-vest and some winter-kill.

When we returned to thenational forest Sunday, I hadevery intention of focusing moreon getting a photo of that pinemarten than on helping the guys

fill their buck tags. But it nevershowed. I guess I shouldn’t besurprised considering their hunt-ing territory is so large that mybrother Mark saw the same gray-headed marten about a half-milefrom my deer stand.

Some members of our campcontinued hunting on Mondayand Tuesday, and some willreturn on Thanksgiving. For thescribbler, the deer hunt hasbecome a two-day affair. Workand out-of-state family arrivingfor the holiday weekend cut intothe deer season, but I’m not com-plaining. Shooting a buck onopening morning is a real bonus.

The gun deer hunt will contin-ue through this Sunday and willbe followed by a 10-day muz-zleloader hunt. For the first time,the archery deer season stayedopen for the entire duration of thegun deer season.

Good luck with the rest ofthe hunt. Be thankful if youare lucky enough to bag adeer, especially a buck.

In theOutdoors

ByKurt Krueger

Just when we neither needed nor wanted warmweather, we are hit with another unseasonal warmfront in late November. While it is nice to be out in ifyou are muskie fishing, it couldn’t be worse for thedeer hunters or the ice fishermen.

A lot of anglers are waiting for that first ice, and itlooks like it will be — again — well into Decemberthis year. We sure could use some good old-fashionedsnow and ice at this point. To be honest with you,there’s not a lot to talk about except the gun deer sea-son for the outdoor types.

With the warm weather, there still are some die-hardanglers out there searching for walleyes and muskies.

Walleye fishing, despite the fact that very few aregoing out, remains in the very good category. Thoseanglers getting out on the Chain remain successful intheir efforts. The fish are still in the holes and hittingon a daily basis. Jigs and minnows, as always, remainthe best bait for these fish. With the cisco spawn overon the larger lakes, the fish have again gone deeper.Walleyes on the bigger lakes are still hitting, but notas consistently as they were several weeks ago.

Muskie fishing continues for some, but it has beena disappointment. It just seems that we haven’t gottenthat surge of action that we get every fall. The suckerbite was nowhere as good as it normally is, and notmany big fish have been reported in the area. To oursurprise, a few very large northerns have been caughtby the muskie fishermen using suckers. Remember,the muskie season closes Nov. 30.

Right now, as outdoor enthusiasts, we are prettymuch either gun deer hunting or waiting for the ice toget here.

Good luck and good fishin’.

With warm temps,anglers wait for ice

Fishing withthe Guides

By George Langley

The appearance of a nice 8-point buck made a great opening morninghunt in the national forest even better. —Photo By Keet Moericke

The roar of rushing water can be heard even hundreds of yards from thePine River, echoing through the hardwoods. —Photo By The Author

Though hunters definesuccess in different ways,134,772 deer were harvestedand registered in Wisconsinduring the opening weekendof the nine-day deer season.

The tally is based on pre-liminary call-in numbers col-lected from registration sta-tions by Department of Natu-ral Resources (DNR) staff.

“Congratulations to allhunters who were able toharvest a deer opening week-end of the nine-day. Thoughgetting a deer is often theultimate goal of the hunt, itis the whole experience ofgetting out there with friendsand family that keeps uscoming back each year,” saidDNR Secretary Cathy Stepp.“I hope those who weren’table to get a deer during theseason opener will get backout there and enjoy the restof the days of the season.”

The nine-day gun deerhunting season runs throughthis Sunday, Nov. 25.

“I am particularly excitedby the numbers of newhunters and female huntersthat we are seeing in the fieldthis year,” said Stepp. “Fromthe pictures and stories thatare being shared, there hasbeen quite a bit of huntingsuccess amongst this newgeneration of hunters.There’s nothing like a goodfirst hunt to get a hunterexcited for future hunts. Ispeak from first-hand experi-ence on that.

“This was my second yearas a deer hunter, and the

thrill was even greater. I amproud to have a deer repre-sented in this year’s prelimi-nary tally along with hun-dreds of thousands of others,”

said Stepp.Statewide, the total num-

ber of deer registered is up19.7%, from 112,581 lastyear. A total of 71,989 bucks

(up 24%) and 62,783 antler-less deer (up 15%) were regis-tered opening weekend. Lastyear, 57,977 bucks and54,604 antlerless deer wereregistered.

“We want to remind folksthat these preliminary num-bers come from a staff call-around to deer registrationstations Monday morning,”said Tom Hauge, director ofthe DNR wildlife manage-ment program. “The finalopening weekend tally willlikely be somewhat larger,when all the registrationstubs are entered into thedatabase over the next coupleof months.”

Weather is one of manyfactors that can influenceharvest rates on openingweekend. The state saw amix of conditions includingfog in many central countiesthat hung on for severalhours until it was burned offwith the rising sun, and tem-peratures climbing into the40s and 50s by mid-morning.

Most other areas hadexcellent conditions, accord-ing to Hauge, but statewidehunters missed the snowthat they like.

“Though a light dusting ofsnow would have providedideal conditions for hunting,warm and dry weather doestend to allow people to stayout in the field or the treestand longer,” said Hauge.

Overall, the statewideharvest is up as registration

Hunters register 134,772 deeropening weekend across state

To OPENER, Pg. 10A

Marti Smith, an employee at Wild Eagle Corner Store in EagleRiver, registered a deer for a hunter opening weekend.

—Staff Photo By ANTHONY DREW


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CHASING A DOE — Carrie Pfefferkorn of Sun Prairie shot thisnine-point buck about noon opening day in the national forest.It had an 18-inch inside antler spread. —STAFF PHOTO

OPENING WEEKEND — Kyle Schpeeberger shot this 10-point buck opening weekend of the gun deer season.

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HEAVY RACK — Joe Bucher of Eagle River shot this massivebuck in Buffalo County Sunday afternoon after the Packersgame. It green-scored 1602⁄8. —Contributed Photo

Beartooth Taxidermy,located in St. Germain, hasreopened its doors to the gen-eral public, according to own-er Cindi Christman.

Following a 10-year hiatussubcontracting taxidermywork for other companiesthroughout the country,Christman is returning todoing commissioned work forthe public.

Christman has been doingtaxidermy for 25 years, with22 years at her current loca-tion at 6145 Highway 70 inSt. Germain.

While Christman says shehas enjoyed the opportunityto focus and fine-tune herskills on a wide variety ofNorth American and Africanlife-size mammals and gameheads, she has missed work-ing directly with individualclients.

During the last 10 years,Christman has created manymounts for museum-type dio-ramas as well as pieces forprivate collections. Her workis displayed in a number ofCabela’s stores and resortchains such as The GreatWolf Lodge. She also hasused that time to do a littlesculpting and paintingwildlife and commissionedpet portraits.

Beartooth Taxidermyopened at its current locationin June of 1990. Christmanreturned to her home state ofWisconsin in 1987 followingcompletion of graduate stud-ies in vertebrate paleontolo-gy at the University ofWyoming. She apprenticed ata taxidermy shop in thesouthern part of the state tolearn the trade prior to mov-ing to St. Germain.

“At that time,” said Christ-man, “I decided to use myartistic skills, along withwhat I had learned aboutanatomy in my studies, toopen my own taxidermy busi-ness so I could be a stay-at-home mom for my daughter.”

Having done “flat art”(drawing and painting) allher life, Christman came intothe taxidermy field with adifferent perspective thanmost. Nearly all taxidermistscome into the trade as a wayto earn a living that relatesto their love of hunting andfishing. Christman came intothis field as an artist and ani-mal lover.

“I view each piece I work

on as a sculpture. Just as peo-ple have an enormous varietyof heights and weights andarm and leg lengths, so doanimals. To do justice to theanimal, it requires the will-ingness to devote the time tocustomizing each form beforeapplying the tanned skin, lit-erally sculpting each piece,”explains Christman. “I don’tmake as much money doingtaxidermy this way, but Ican’t let a piece go out thedoor until I am satisfied withit.”

With this kind of philoso-phy, Christman said she hasalways done her own work,never having students mountcustomer work or “subbing”client work out to other taxi-dermists, ensuring personal-ized service and top qualityfor each piece.

Christman explains thatthere are no tests or require-ments in order to get a taxi-dermy license in Wisconsin.Anyone with $50 can pur-chase one.

“There are a lot of individ-uals out there doing taxi-dermy with a huge range inskills and abilities,” she says.“Some customers focus solelyon price, which can be a bigmistake. Even if you can’t seethe difference between goodand poor quality work, the

easiest way to cut costs is totake shortcuts in the qualityof materials used. For exam-ple, poor quality tans arecheap, but don’t hold up long.Loss of hair, smell, greasebleeding and a variety of oth-er disasters can result fromtrying to save a few bucks.”

In order to help her busi-ness stand out from thecrowd, Christman was veryactive through the 1990s inthe Wisconsin TaxidermistsAssociation, holding boardpositions and heading upcommittees to help educatethe public on what to look forin good taxidermy work.

She also participated inmany taxidermy competi-tions through the years, hon-ing her skills and learningfrom seminars and judgesfrom throughout the nation.The result has been a wallfull of ribbons and trophies atBeartooth Taxidermy.

Christman has won topawards at state, internation-al and world level competi-tions, including titles such asBest All-Around Taxidermistboth in Wisconsin and theInternational Guild of Taxi-dermy, People’s Choice Bestof Show, Award of Excellencefor Mammal Taxidermy fromSCI, Jonas Supply, the Wis-consin Trappers Association,multiple-year state championin life-size mammals andgame heads, and more.

“I seldom compete anymore,” comments Christman,“but every once in a while Iget an itch and put a piecetogether to remind peoplethat I’m still around.”

While in the past Christ-man did all aspects of taxi-dermy, she today prefers tofocus her talents on fur andfeathers, doing life-size mam-mals, game heads, rugs andbirds.

“After 25 years doing thiswork, I find it amazing that Istill love doing it. Each pieceis a challenge to bettermyself,” said Christman.“Only the Creator can makea perfect critter, so there isalways plenty of room to keepimproving the quality of mywork. The more I learn, themore I realize how muchthere still is to learn.”

To be as flexible to cus-tomers’ schedules as possible,Christman will be operatingher studio on an appointmentbasis as opposed to havingset hours. Beartooth is stilllocated one mile east of St.Germain. While the propertyis listed for sale, Christmanhas no intention of leavingthe area.

“I’m hoping to find some-thing a little quieter thanbeing on the main highway,but I’m staying right here inthe area,” she said.

For information aboutBeartooth Taxidermy, call(715) 479-9586 or 605-2137.

Beartooth Taxidermy reopens in St. Germain

Cindi Christman, the winner of many taxidermy awards, hasreopened Beartooth Taxidermy. —Contributed Photo

increased in all regions. Thewarm weather likely hadsome hunters registeringtheir deer right away insteadof leaving them hang atcamp, which likely bumpedup the numbers.

“Generally, we see about60% of the overall harvest inthe first weekend, but wehold drawing of conclusionsuntil the season is complete,”Hauge said.

Preliminary harvest num-bers are up in all regions andbucks are up statewide by24% over 2011. Though theharvest is up in all regions,there are areas of the state,primarily in the northerncounties, where hunters arereported low deer sightings,according to Hauge.

“This is Wisconsin’s 161thmodern-era deer gun season.It is a fall, family traditioncherished by more than600,000 hunters. These pre-liminary numbers are just asmall part of the event weknow as ‘opening weekend.’ Isuspect for every deer report-ed there are 10 great deercamp stories out there. Itappears that this season iswell on its way to creatinglifelong memories and, moreimportantly, starting tradi-tions for thousands of newhunters,” added Hauge.

The department’s licensesales office reported 614, 435gun deer licenses sold bymidnight, Nov.16, prior to theSaturday start of the season.Deer license and tag sales

will continue through thehunting seasons.

Nearly 26,000 newhunters also bought licensesto deer hunt for the firsttime, or for the first time in10 years, this year. Femalesrepresented 32% of residentfirst-time gun deer licensesand 30% of residents boughtfirst-time junior gun deerlicenses.

“I find this statistic partic-ularly exciting. If we get thewomen involved in hunting,we get the family involved. Itis so important to be gettingyouth out there in the treestand. We will all be lookingto them to keep our wonder-ful hunting heritage alive,”said Stepp. “But I also wantto recognize that 66 first-time licenses were sold tohunters 80 and older. Theinvolvement of so many gen-erations in the deer hunt tru-ly illustrates how deep thedeer hunting tradition runsin Wisconsin.”

Deer hunters continued toengage in another standingtradition, buying theirlicense on the way up to deercamp Friday. Between 4 and5 p.m. Friday, deer licensesales peaked at 200 licensessold every minute. A total of105,948 licenses sold Fridaybefore the season opener, arecord one-day sale.

Opener: FROM PAGE 9A

JEFFERSONS DOUBLE — Jordan Jefferson, left, shot aspike and Jesse Jefferson, right, took an eight-pointer openingweekend. —Contributed Photo


OUTDOORS

___________BY PATTI KATZ BLACK

LIFESTYLE EDITOR___________

Questions from hunters atdeer camp and from deerstands day or night is rou-tine. It’s all in a day’s workfor the Department of Natu-ral Resources (DNR) callcenter.

The call center has han-dled more than 370,000 cus-tomer contacts in the lastyear, about one quarter ofthem at night and on week-ends.

The representatives re -spond to a variety of DNRissues, from clarifying regula-tions on hunting and fishingto restrictions on firewoodtransportation. The call cen-ter is open from 7 a.m. to 10p.m., seven days per week.

Hunters can call toll freeat 1-(888) WDNR INFo (936-7463), or email [email protected].

DNR offerscall center

The Northwoods WildlifeCenter is seeking deer heartsfrom area hunters to providenutrition to its permanentbird of prey residents.

The center also will con-tinue to accept any unwantedvenison and fish throughoutthe winter.

To make a donation, dropoff items at the center any-time at 8683 S. BlumensteinRoad in Minocqua.

For more information, call(715) 356-7400.

Center seeksdeer hearts

The Outdoor Women’sGroup will either cross-coun-try ski or hike on the Wash-burn Lake Silent SportsTrails northwest of Rhine -lander Sunday, Dec. 2, at 1p.m.

The group will meet at thenorth entrance of the trail.From Rhinelander, partici-pants can take Highway 47north to Highway K and trav-el to the north entrance onWashburn Lake Road andTrout Creek Road and parkby the shelter.

Attendees should takealong a treat to share follow-ing the hike. All new and for-mer participants are welcometo attend.

A variety of trails will beavailable for experienced andnew skiers. For more infor-mation contact Norma Yaegerat (715) 477-1984

Women’s groupplans outing

The Ottawa National For-est Visitor Center, located inWatersmeet, Mich., hasbegun new operating hoursand will be open Mondaysthrough Saturdays from 8a.m. to 4 p.m. The center willbe closed Sundays.

This new schedule meansthat the visitor center willopen one hour earlier andwill close one hour earlier.

The center provides infor-mation about the local areaand recreation opportunities,such as snowmobiling, hunt-ing, fall color tours, hikingand maps.

This year, the visitor cen-ter will serve customer ser-vice needs by offering fuelwood permits, bough permitsand Christmas tree permits.

Beginning Dec. 1, the visi-tor center will show videoseach Saturday at 2 p.m. freeof charge. Videos will featurewildlife of the Upper Penin-sula of Michigan, as well asinformation about the historyand culture of the area.

Operated jointly by theU.S. Department of Agricul-ture Forest Service and theOttawa Interpretive Associa-tion, the Bear’s Den gift shopoffers many environmentalbooks, gifts and other nature-related items for purchase.

Proceeds from these sales,after expenses, go back to theOttawa National Forest inthe form of grants for inter-pretive projects around theOttawa.

For more informationabout future events and salesat the Bear’s Den, call theOttawa Interpretive Associa-tion at (906) 358-4127.

For more informationabout the visitor center, call(906) 358-4724 or visitfs.fed.us/r9/ottawa.

Ottawa Centerlists new hours

HUGE BUCK — Rick Carlson of Phelps shotthis huge buck on Saturday, Nov. 10, while bow

hunting near Phelps. The 8-point rack had a 24-inch inside antler spread. —Contributed Photo

Children, parents, guidesand volunteers recently ex -perienced a long weekend ofmuskie fishing in Eagle Riv-er.

The Turning Leaf youthmuskie program has encour-aged the youths of Sheboy-gan County to embrace fish-ing, nature and camaraderiein their lives.

“The idea of the turningleaf represents the progres-sion of a leaf from when itturns color, falls from a treeand becomes a compost, thensustaining to be re-createdagain,” said Chuck Strysickof Between the Lakes Chap-ter of Muskies Inc. eventsponsor.

“We want the kids tolearn how to sustain throughchange, and develop skillsthat evolve in the outdoors,in fishing and conservation,”said Strysick.

Youths wanting to partici-pate submit applications tobe considered for the bi-year-ly fishing event. These arechildren from all demo-graphics. Some of the themhave financial or emotionalchallenges, but all are wel-come to submit essays forconsideration.

When the winning essaysare chosen, the young boysand girls participate in a

two-class session held at anoutdoor skills center.

These future fishermenand -women are taught asbeginners, and strive towardturning it into a lifetime ofmuskie fishing, according toone of the instructors.

“The goal of Turning Leafis to mentor these childrenin a way that allows them to

sustain the sport of fishingand appreciate the outdoorsand the necessary respectthat conservation deserves,”said Strysick.

Wild Eagle Lodge inEagle River hosted morethan 60 fishermen for thisevent. The group was com-prised of chapter members,volunteers, guides, girls andboys, and moms and dads ofall ages.

Three muskies werecaught and released byyouth participants, in addi-tion to several other speciesof fish caught by other par-ticipants. The overall goalwas to create an apprecia-tion for the outdoors andfishing.

“By creating this steward-ship, our hope is that thesetraditions are passed downthrough families who maycontinue these fishing prac-tices, thus maintaining fish-ing hatcheries, and instillingthe importance and valuesthat muskie fishing has tooffer,” said Strysick.

Jake Risse, left, displays his 32-inch muskie with his father,Al. Ted Scharl guided the team during the Turning Leaf muskieouting. —Contributed Photo

The close of the nine-daygun deer season this Sundayalso signals the opening of the10-day muzzleloader deer sea-son that runs from Monday,Nov. 26, through Wednesday,Dec. 5.

The muzzleloader season isstatewide with the exceptionof most state parks. New lawsopening state parks to hunt-ing and trapping includingdeer hunting won’t be in effectuntil after Jan. 1.

Like the nine-day gun deerseason, this year’s version ofthe muzzleloader seasonopens on the earliest possiblecalendar date.

“The muzzleloader seasonis generally far more relaxedand considerably less crowd-ed,” said Kevin Wallenfang,big game ecologist for theDepartment of NaturalResources (DNR). “The gundeer season crowds are gone,so it’s a much quieter time inthe woods that many huntersfind enjoyable and the deerstart getting back to their nor-mal movement patterns.”

New this year, huntershave the option of using amuzzleloader, a bow andarrow or a crossbow duringthis season.

Following the muzzleloaderhunt is a four-day antlerlessdeer hunt running Dec. 6-9,statewide except in stateparks and in MenomineeCounty.

There is also an ongoinggun deer hunting seasonthrough Dec. 9, in designatedmetropolitan, or metro, unitsdue to higher deer populationsnear some urban areas. People

should check the current deerhunting regulations fordetails.

Hunters are reminded thatunits 34, 35, 36, 39 and 29B inthis area are buck only. Theonly exception to the buckonly harvest are certain dis-abled hunting permit holders,members of the Armed Forcesand hunters between the agesof 10 and 17 who purchased agun deer license will receivean anterless tag for any unitin the state.

Blaze orange requiredLate archery deer season

and small game seasons arestill in play during the muz-zleloader and late antlerlessgun deer seasons, whichmeans archers and smallgame hunters must followblaze orange clothing require-ments through Dec. 9. Water-fowl hunters are exempt fromthe blaze orange require-ments.

DNR license sales officialssay there are unit-specificantlerless deer tags still avail-able for some regular units for$12 each. Antlerless deer tagsfor units designated as herdcontrol units are also stillavailable for $2 each.

Hunters can visit the DNRweb site at dnr.wi.gov andsearch “deer hunting” fordetails on license require-ments, permit availability, baglimits and harvest rules. Foradditional questions, hunterscan call toll free 1-(888)WDNR-INFo (936-7463). Thecustomer service line is staffed7 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven daysper week.

Muzzleloader huntstarts next Monday

The Chequamegon-NicoletNational Forest Supervisor’sOffice recently changed itshours.

The office, located at 500Hanson Lake Road inRhinelander, will be open

Mondays through Fridaysfrom 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For more information, callthe supervisor’s office at(715) 362-1300 or visitfs.usda.gov/cnnf.

Forest supervisor changes hours

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OutdoorsCalendar

11/25/12 — Northern zone duck sea-son closes.

— Regular gun deer seasoncloses.

11/26/12 — Muzzleloader deer seasonopens, through Dec. 5.

— Fall turkey season extensionopens in zones 1-5, through Dec. 31.

11/30/12 — Muskellunge season closes.— Turtle season closes.

12/1/12 — Lake trout season on Lake Superior opens, throughSept. 30.

12/5/12 — Muzzleloader deer season closes.

Compiled by the Wisconsin DNRdnr.wi.gov

Turning a new leafYouths spend weekend muskie fishing

HUGE MUSKIE — Dominic Ayers of Eagle River recentlycaught and released this 501⁄2-inch muskie on a Vilas Countylake. —Contributed Photo

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Sports SidelinesBy Gary Ridderbusch

SPORTS12A VILAS COUNTY NEWS-REVIEW/THE THREE LAKES NEWS WEDNESDAY, NOV. 21, 2012

Boosted by continued growth in several girls sports,participation in high school sports increased for the23rd consecutive year in 2011-’12, according to the an-nual High School Athletics Participation Survey con-ducted by the National Federation of State HighSchool Associations (NFHS).

Based on figures from the 51 NFHS-member statehigh school athletic/activity associations, which in -cludes the District of Columbia, sports participationfor the 2011-’12 school year reached an all-time highof 7,692,520 participants — an increase of 24,565 fromthe previous year.

“In this time of ever-increasing financial challengesin our nation’s high schools, we are greatly encouragedto know that participation in high school sports con-tinues to rise,” said Bob Gardner, NFHS executivedirector. “With more than 55% of students enrolled inhigh schools participating in athletics, the value ofthese programs in an education-based setting contin-ues to be significant.”

An additional 33,984 girls participated in highschool sports last year, making the all-time recordtotal 3,207,533. This also marks the 23rd consecutiveyear for an increase in the number of female partici-pants. Outdoor track and field (468,747), basketball(435,885) and volleyball (418,903) continued to be thetop three participatory sports for girls, with volleyballup 9,571 participants from 2010-’11.

Soccer (370,975) surpassed fast-pitch softball(367,023) as the fourth most-popular girls sport, up9,419 from last year, while cross country (212,262),tennis (180,870), swimming and diving (160,456), com-petitive spirit squads (108,307) and lacrosse (74,993)completed the top 10. Along with soccer and volleyball,cross country, competitive spirit squads and lacrosseall had increased participation from 2010-’11.

While girls participation continued to climb, boysparticipation figures dipped for the first time since the1992-’93 school year, down 9,419 from last year’s num-ber of 4,494,406 to 4,484,987. Seven of the top 10 boyssports registered drops in participation, with 11-playerfootball (1,095,993), outdoor track and field (575,628),basketball (535,289), wrestling (272,149), tennis(159,800), golf (152,725), and swimming and diving(133,823) all down from last year. Baseball (474,219),soccer (411,757) and cross country (248,494) all hadincreases from the previous year, with soccer register-ing the largest increase of 13,406.

Lacrosse, which ranks No. 11 in participationamong boys sports, topped the 100,000 mark (100,641)with about 5,000 additional participants. Wrestlingcontinued its rise in popularity among girls, withalmost 1,000 additional participants up to 8,235.

Participants by state stayed true to last year’sorder, as Texas and California once again topped thelist with 808,806 and 781,912, respectively, followed byNew York (389,475), Illinois (346,896), Ohio (333,349),Pennsylvania (317,869), Michigan (308,080), New Jer-sey (259,219), Florida (257,282) and Minnesota(238,363). Twenty states registered increases in partic-ipation in 2011-’12.

The participation survey has been compiled since1971 by the NFHS through numbers it receives fromits member associations. The complete 2011-’12 HighSchool Athletics Participation Survey is available onthe NFHS website at nfhs.org.

Growth in girls sportsboosts participation level

The Three Lakes Bluejaysbasketball team lost its open-ing game of the 2012-’13 sea-son 71-39 to the TomahawkHatchets.

Although the Jays lost tothe talented Hatchets team,new head coach Jack Walessaid he saw some positiveswhile reviewing game foot -age.

“I told our players, youhave to remember that we’relearning a new system ofplay and it takes more thanseven practices to pick upwhat we are attempting todo,” he said. “The things wedid wrong are very cor-rectable and we will usethese nonconference gamesto concentrate on the thingsthat need correcting.”

Among those correctionswill be shooting accuracy,

according to the coach.Three Lakes shot 31%

from the field, hitting 19 of 54.“We also need to limit our

turnovers, which were at 22for the game,” he said.

The Jays came out withthe early-season jitters, rush-ing their offensive play andscoring only 13 points in thefirst half.

“But we settled down anddoubled our first-half scoringoutput, adding 26 points toour total,” said Wales.

Patrick Levandoski hadnine points and five reboundsin the game, while RileyLiebscher had nine pointsand four assists.

“I thought Patrick had asolid game for us, and Rileyshowed in the second halfwhat he’s capable of doingwith the ball.”

Jays drop first gameof basketball season



The Eagle River Falconsopen the 2012-’13 GreatLakes Hockey League seasonSaturday, Nov. 24.

The Falcons will host theMadison Blues at what willbe a fan appreciation give-away game. Faceoff is sched-uled for 8 p.m.

Last season, the Falcons

defeated the Blues in bothgames, but coach MikeAdamovich said Madisonlooks to be a stronger teamthis year.

“From what we’ve heard,they’ve recruited some talentthat will upgrade theirteam,” he said. “They’realways competitive and weneed to be at our best.”

Falcons ready for opener___________

BY GENE ADAMOVICH

SPECIAL TO THE NEWS-REVIEW___________

FIRST GAME — The North-land Pines boys basketballteam fell to Ashland 56-35last Thursday. Junior CooperKerner (right) led Pines inscoring with 14 points.Freshman Andrew McGillhad nine points and seniorJon Eichman finished witheight points. Sophomoreguard Will Janklow (above)provided defensive pressurefor the Eagles. “We are ayoung and inexperiencedteam, and our mental compo-sure wasn’t where it neededto be for us to have success.We must take care of the ballon offense. We had seventurnovers in the first quarter,and Ashland turned them allinto points,” said Pines coachRyan Clark. “On the flip side,five offensive rebounds forthe game. We have to devotequite a bit of practice time tocleanup our reboundingissues, mainly just getting theplayers to make contact andscrap for the ball.” Pines willhost Crandon next Tuesday,Nov. 27.

—STAFF PHOTOS

Returning letterwinners for the Northland Pines girls hockey teaminclude, front row from left, Lexi Nelson, Claire Decker, WinterNielsen, Paige Healy, Alex Dean and Sydney Moustakis; back

row, Allyson Sima, Kali Ebert, Christine John, Lauren Czarapata,Emily Saltenberger, Cali Sanborn, Jesse Wilkins, Jessica Roachand Alexis Schilling. —Photo By Kitty Sookochoff

The Northland Pines girlshockey team will put 13returning letterwinners onthe ice this winter for first-year coach Patrick Schmidt.

The Eagles are coming offa 15-8-2 overall record lastseason and were 9-2-1 in theGreat Northern Conference(GNC).

Schmidt said the Eagles

hope to improve on last year’scredentials, including Sec-tional tournament runner-upand then tied eighth in thefinal Wisconsin Prep Hockeypoll. The Eagles were thehighest-ranked noncoopteam in the state.

But Northland Pines alsograduated first-team All-State goalie Kim Van Brunt,who currently is playing atUW-Eau Claire.

Pines will return a nicegroup of letterwinners, includ-

ing seniors Alex Dean, PaigeHealy, Claire Decker, SydneyMoustakis and WinterNielsen; juniors LaurenCzarapata, Jessica Roach andJesse Wilkins; and sopho-mores Kali Ebert, ChristineJohn, Emily Saltenberger, CaliSanborn and Allyson Sima.

Schmidt, who replaced AlMoustakis as head coach,said the Eagles will be able toplay four full lines.

“We are a very deep teamthis year,” he said. “Although

we graduated four excellenthockey players, we picked upsix very talented freshmen.We have two powerhouselines that should be putting alot of pucks in the net.Defense is also a strong suitfor us, as we have fourreturning veterans who wewill be relying on.”

Schmidt said players towatch this year includeHealy, Decker, Moustakis,

Pines girls hockey to return 13for first-year coach Schmidt



To EAGLES, Pg. 15A


SPORTS

HIGH SCHOOL

SPORTS CALENDAR

Boys Varsity BasketballThurs., Nov. 15 Ashland 7:00 PMTues., Nov. 27 Crandon 7:30 PMFri., Nov. 30 Mosinee 7:30 PMMon., Dec. 3 at Houghton 6:20 PMFri., Dec. 7 at Lakeland 7:30 PMTues., Dec. 11 Three Lakes 7:30 PMFri., Dec. 14 Antigo 7:30 PMTues., Dec. 18 Wittenberg-Birnamwood 7:30 PMFri., Dec. 21 at Hayward 7:30 PMFri., Dec. 28 Niagara 6:30 PMSat., Dec. 29 Hurley 7:30 PMFri., Jan. 4 at Medford Area 7:30 PMTues., Jan. 8 Tomahawk 7:30 PMFri., Jan. 11 Rhinelander 7:30 PMFri., Jan. 18 at Mosinee 7:30 PMTues., Jan. 22 at Kingsford 7:00 PMFri., Jan. 25 Lakeland 7:30 PMTues., Jan. 29 at Antigo 7:30 PMTues., Feb. 5 at Watersmeet 6:30 PMThurs., Feb. 7 Medford Area 7:30 PMTues., Feb. 12 at Tomahawk 7:30 PMFri., Feb. 15 at Rhinelander 7:30 PMTues., Feb. 19 WIAA Regionals TBA

Girls Varsity BasketballTues., Nov. 20 Chequamegon 7:30 PMMon., Nov. 26 at Wabeno 7:45 PMTues., Dec. 4 at Hurley 7:20 PMFri., Dec. 7 Lakeland 7:30 PMTues., Dec. 11 at Watersmeet 6:30 PMFri., Dec. 14 at Antigo 7:30 PMThurs., Dec. 20 Ontonagon, Mich. 6:30 PMFri., Dec. 28 Calumet 6:30 PMFri., Jan. 4 Medford Area 7:30 PMTues., Jan. 8 at Tomahawk 7:30 PMFri., Jan. 11 at Rhinelander 7:30 PMFri., Jan. 18 Mosinee 7:30 PMMon., Jan. 21 at Ashland 7:15 PMFri., Jan. 25 at Lakeland 7:30 PMTues., Jan. 29 Antigo 7:30 PMFri., Feb. 1 at Prentice 7:30 PMTues., Feb. 5 Niagara 7:30 PMFri., Feb. 8 at Medford Area 7:30 PMTues., Feb. 12 Tomahawk 7:30 PMFri., Feb. 15 Rhinelander 7:30 PMMon., Feb. 18 at Three Lakes 7:30 PMThurs., Feb. 21 at Mosinee 7:30 PMTues., Feb. 26 WIAA Regionals TBA

Sat., Dec. 1 at Antigo TBDSat., Dec. 8 at Wabeno TBDSat., Dec. 15 at Tomahawk TBDThurs., Dec. 20 at Rhinelander TBDFri., Dec. 28 at Oshkosh Lourdes TBDSat., Dec. 29 at Oshkosh Lourdes TBDSat., Jan. 5 at Wittenberg-Birnamwood TBDTues., Jan. 8 Wabeno TBD

Thurs., Jan. 10 Florence TBDSat., Jan. 12 at Ladysmith TBDThurs., Jan. 17 at Elcho TBDSat., Jan. 19 at Wausau East TBDThurs., Jan. 24 at Crandon TBDTues., Jan. 29 at Lakeland TBDFri., Feb. 1 at Crandon TBDSat., Feb. 9 Regionals at Crandon TBD

Three Lakes Wrestling

NORTHLAND PINES EAGLES

Boys Varsity BasketballThurs., Nov. 15 at Winter 6:30 PMFri., Dec. 7 Florence 5:30 PMTues., Dec. 11 at Laona 5:30 PMFri., Dec. 14 Crandon 5:30 PMMon., Dec. 17 Watersmeet 7:00 PMFri., Dec. 21 Gresham 7:30 PMThurs., Dec. 27 Tournament TBDFri., Dec. 28 Tournament TBDFri., Jan. 4 at White Lake 5:30 PMTues., Jan. 8 Elcho 5:30 PMThurs., Jan. 10 Goodman/Pembine 5:30 PMMon., Jan. 14 at Three Lakes 5:30 PMSat., Jan. 19 at Washington Island 2:00 PMFri., Jan. 25 at Florence 5:30 PMTues., Jan. 29 Laona 5:30 PMThurs., Feb. 1 at Crandon 5:30 PMTues., Feb. 5 at Elcho 5:30 PMThurs., Feb. 7 White Lake 5:30 PMFri., Feb. 8 at Watersmeet 6:00 PMMon., Feb. 11 at Goodman/Pembine 5:30 PMTues., Feb. 12 Winter 6:00 PMThurs., Feb. 14 Three Lakes 5:30 PMTues., Feb. 19 Regionals TBA

Girls Varsity BasketballFri., Nov. 30 at Lakeland 7:00 PMTues., Dec. 4 Laona 7:30 PMFri., Dec. 7 Florence 7:30 PMTues., Dec. 11 at Wabeno 7:30 PMFri., Dec. 14 Crandon 7:30 PMMon., Dec. 17 Watersmeet 5:30 PMFri., Dec. 21 Gresham 5:30 PMThurs., Dec. 27 Tournament TBDFri., Dec. 28 Tournament TBDFri., Jan. 4 at White Lake 7:30 PMTues., Jan. 8 Elcho 7:30 PMThurs., Jan. 10 Goodman/Pembine 7:30 PMMon., Jan. 14 at Three Lakes 7:30 PMFri., Jan. 18 at Laona 7:30 PMSat., Jan. 19 Washington Island NoonFri., Jan. 25 at Florence 7:30 PMTues., Jan. 29 Wabeno 7:30 PMFri., Feb. 1 at Crandon 7:30 PMTues., Feb. 5 at Elcho 7:30 PMThurs., Feb. 7 White Lake 7:30 PMMon., Feb. 11 at Goodman/Pembine 7:30 PMThurs., Feb. 14 Three Lakes 7:30 PMTues., Feb. 26 Regionals 7:00 PM

PHELPS KNIGHTS

Boys Varsity BasketballFri., Nov. 9 at Phillips 5:30 PMThurs., Nov. 15 Tomahawk 7:30 PMTues., Nov. 20 Antigo 7:30 PMMon., Nov. 26 Lincoln Hills 7:30 PMTues., Dec. 4 at Laona-Wabeno 7:30 PMTues., Dec. 11 at Northland Pines 7:30 PMThurs., Dec. 13 Elcho 7:30 PMThurs., Dec. 20 at Florence 7:30 PMFri., Dec. 21 Lakeland 7:30 PMThurs., Dec. 27 Tournament at Lakeland 6:00 PMFri., Dec. 28 Tournament at Lakeland 6:00 PMTues., Jan. 8 White Lake 7:30 PMFri., Jan. 11 at Goodman/Pembine 7:30 PMMon., Jan. 14 Phelps 5:30 PMTues., Jan.15 Crandon 7:30 PMMon., Jan. 21 Laona-Wabeno 7:30 PMThurs., Jan. 24 at Prentice 7:30 PMMon., Jan. 28 at Crandon 7:30 PMThurs., Jan. 31 at Elcho 7:30 PMMon., Feb. 4 Florence 7:30 PMTues., Feb. 12 at White Lake 7:30 PMThurs., Feb. 14 at Phelps 5:30 PMFri., Feb. 15 Goodman/Pembine 7:30 PMTues., Feb. 19 Regionals TBD

Girls Varsity BasketballFri., Nov. 16 at Phillips, Winter 5:30 PMTues., Nov. 20 at Crivitz 7:30 PMTues., Nov. 27 at Prentice 7:30 PMThurs., Nov. 29 Wabeno 7:30 PMTues., Dec. 4 at Tomahawk 7:30 PMThurs., Dec. 6 at Elcho 7:30 PMTues., Dec. 11 Florence 7:30 PMFri., Dec. 14 at Laona 7:30 PMFri., Dec. 21 at White Lake 7:30 PMThurs., Jan. 3 Prentice 7:30 PMFri., Jan. 4 Goodman/Pembine 7:30 PMThurs., Jan. 10 at Crandon 7:30 PMMon., Jan. 14 Phelps 7:30 PMFri., Jan. 18 at Laona 7:30 PMTues., Jan. 22 Lakeland 7:30 PMThurs., Jan. 24 Elcho 7:30 PMTues., Jan. 29 at Florence 7:30 PMFri., Feb. 1 Laona 7:30 PMTues., Feb. 5 White Lake 7:30 PMThurs., Feb. 7 at Goodman/Pembine 7:30 PMMon., Feb. 11 Crandon 7:30 PMThurs., Feb. 14 at Phelps 7:30 PMMon., Feb. 18 Northland Pines 7:30 PMTues., Feb. 26 Regionals TBA

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Returning letterwinners for the Northland Pines girls basketballteam include, front row from left, Carly Ridderbusch, Lauren Lenzand Ashley Mai; back row, Molly Robinson, Abby Alft, Carly

Bohnen, Ellie Zyhowski, Holly Darton and Autumn Feith. TheEagles opened play this week against Chequamegon.

—STAFF PHOTO

Amy Werner Baumetz, aThree Lakes native andsenior middle blocker atBethel University in Min-nesota, recently was award-ed Collegiate Sports Informa-tion Directors of AmericaAcademic All-District honorsfor the 2012 season.

Baumetz’s team wasamong 32 NCAA Division IIIvolleyball teams to make it tothe 2012 playoffs, althoughthe No. 25-ranked Royals fellto Concordia College 3-0 toend their tournament run.

Baumetz, a biblical andtheological studies majorwho has carried a 3.93 grade-point average throughout hertime at Bethel, finished asthe Minnesota Intercolle-giate Athletic Conference(MIAC) leader in blocks.

She finished the 2012 sea-son with 134 blocks and a1.12 blocks per set average,which ranks 21st nationwide.

Baumetz has finished thelast three consecutive sea-sons among the top 35nationwide in blocks per set.

In addition, Baumetzrecorded a team-best andMIAC fourth-best 333 kills.The middle blocker finishedwith an attacking percentageof .268 and averaged 2.78kills per set.

Baumetz was selected totwo all-tournament teamsthroughout the course of the2012 season.

Baumetz finishescareer at Bethel

With nine letterwinnersreturning, including fourstarters, the Northland Pinesgirls basketball team hashigh expectations for the2012-’13 season under sec-ond-year coach Larry Ber -gum.

Last year’s team finished17-6 overall and 10-2 in theGreat Northern Conference(GNC).

The Eagles had a shot atsharing the GNC title lastseason as it came down tolast game. Pines needed awin at Antigo and got thatvictory, but the Eagles need-ed Rhinelander to beat Med-ford to get a share of the con-ference crown. In the end,Medford won by just threepoints.

The Eagles lost play-mak-ing guard Kelsey Bergumfrom the team to graduation.She was first in conference inassists, third in steals, amongthe top three in 3-pointers

and among the top 10 in scor-ing.

“Kelsey was team captain,honorable mention all-con-ference and a team leader,”said Bergum. “She will bemissed. Jordan Welnetz, ourother senior, was also a teamcaptain and leader.”

Replacing the two gradu-ates will be a number ofreturning letterwinners, in -cluding seniors Abby Alft,Hollie Darton, Carly Boh nen,Ellie Zyhowski, Molly Robin-son and Autumn Feith.Juniors returning includeAshley Mai, Carly Ridder-busch and Lauren Lenz. Allthree saw playing time at thevarsity level last year.

Bergum said his return eeshave a lot of talent and he isexpecting big things from hisseniors.

“Holly Darton is a strongpenetrator and playmakerand runs the court well. AbbyAlft has good hands, is a goodrebounder and solid defend-er, and is a good shooter. Car-ly Bohnen has been ourrebounding leader in the

past, is a good shot blockerand a good passer. Ellie Zy -how ski is fast, is a gooddefender and shoots well,”said Bergum.

“Looking at the juniors,Ashley Mai is offensivelysound, is a good rebounderand a good shot blocker. Shegoes to the basket well and isa good free-throw shooter.Carly Ridderbush is a goodrebounder, an offensivethreat and has good hands.Lauren Lenz is good defend-er, handles the ball well, is agood jumper and is fast,” saidthe coach.

Bergum said the team hasseveral strengths, includingsharing the ball well, run-ning the court with a goodtransition game and will bepressing at times. But theteam also has several chal-lenges.

“We need to improve ongetting to the free-throwline,” said Bergum. “Theteam needs to stay focusedcoming off a very good year in2011-’12. Improving over lastyear is our goal and no team

will take us for granted.”Northland Pines is the

smallest team in the GNC,which is a challenge when itcomes to numbers for fresh-men, junior varsity and var-sity teams.

“Medford, Rhinelanderand Lakeland will be verygood, while Antigo, Mosineeand Tomahawk will not bepushovers,” said Bergum.“Our goal is to compete for aconference championship andtaking a step up in the post-season from last year isattainable. We must playwith confidence, but makingsure we play one quarter at atime is key.”

Assistant coaches thisyear are Margo RogersAnderson at the junior varsi-ty level and Rick Mai forfreshmen.

The Eagles were sched-uled to open the season Tues-day against Chequamegon ina nonconference game at 7:30p.m. Pines will travel toWabeno for a another non-conference game Monday,Nov. 26.

Looking to vie for GNC titleEagles return nine in girls basketball

Players returning to the Three Lakes girls basketball team thisseason included, from left, Peyton Radaj, Kiana Liebscher, Leah

Mohr, Erika Running and Lauren Sowinski. Missing from the pho-to were Lindsay Schoff and Natalie Miller. —STAFF PHOTO



The Three Lakes HighSchool girls basketball teamwill return seven letterwin-ners to the court this season,who will be under the leader-ship of new coach MicheleBrown.

The returning playersinclude Peyton Radaj, Kiana

Liebscher, Leah Mohr, ErikaRunning, Lauren Sowinski,Lindsay Schoff and NatalieMiller.

Radaj was the team’s lead-ing scorer last season with9.2 points per game andshould help pilot the teamagain in 2012-’13.

Schoff and Miller alsowere among the forerunnerslast season in scoring, with8.3 and 8.1 points per game,

respectively.With proven speed in mul-

tiple sports, Miller’s swift-ness has led to an average offour turnovers per game inthe form of steals.

Meanwhile, Schoff, Mohrand Running should comedown with most of therebounds. Schoff had 220 lastseason, averaging more thannine per game.

As a young team last year,

the Lady Jays were 4-12 inthe Northern Lakes Confer-ence (NLC), but returningseven experienced playersshould help them improvethat record.

Three Lakes is set to kickoff the season with a game atCrivitz High School Monday,Nov. 26, at 7:30 p.m. Theirfirst NLC game will be athome against Wabeno Thurs-day, Nov. 29, at 7:30 p.m.

Jays return seven in hoops

AMY WERNER BAUMETZ

POOLTHREE LAKES POOL LEAGUEResults of 11/14/12

Team results: Briggs Bar 10, PineIsle II 5; Jake’s Bar & Grill II 9, MaiTiki Bar & Grill 6; Legion Ravens 9,Irish Waters I 6; Bonnie’s Lakeside9, Jake’s Bar & Grill IV 6; OneidaVillage 9, Jake’s Bar & Grill III 6;Irish Waters II 9, Black Forest 6;Pine Lake Pub 8, Jake’s Bar & GrillI 7; Loon Saloon 8, Pine Isle I 7.

Eight-ball run: Eddie Starke.STANDINGS W L

Jake’s Bar & Grill II . . . . 71 34Irish Waters II . . . . . . . . . 69 36Bonnie’s Lakeside . . . . . . 65 40Oneida Village . . . . . . . . . 64 41Briggs Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 45Pine Lake Pub . . . . . . . . . 58 47Loon Saloon . . . . . . . . . . . 57 48

MILLER BEER OF THENORTHWOODS EAGLE

RIVER THURSDAYPOOL LEAGUE

STANDINGS W LGordo’s..................................42 22Lumpy’s ................................41 23Uncle Kent’s I ......................40 24Brew’s Pub I.........................37 27Finish Line...........................30 34

Pine Isle I . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 53Jake’s Bar & Grill IV . . . . 51 54Black Forest . . . . . . . . . . . 51 54Legion Ravens . . . . . . . . . 49 56Jake’s Bar & Grill III. . . . 45 60Irish Waters I . . . . . . . . . . 42 63Jake’s Bar & Grill I . . . . . 39 66Mai Tiki Bar & Grill . . . . 38 67Pine Isle II . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 76




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HOCKEY SCHEDULES 2012-’13NORTHLAND PINES HIGH SCHOOL – BOYS

Date Opponent TimeTues., Nov. 20 Waupaca 7:00 PMTues., Nov. 27 at D.C. Everest 7:00 PMSat., Dec. 1 at Stevens Point 2:00 PMTues., Dec. 4 at Mosinee 7:00 PMThurs., Dec. 6 Tomahawk 7:00 PMTues., Dec. 11 at Rhinelander 7:00 PMTues., Dec. 18 Antigo 7:00 PMThurs., Dec. 20 at Medford Area 7:00 PMThurs., Dec. 27 at Rochester Tourney TBDFri., Dec. 28 at Rochester Tourney TBDSat., Dec. 29 Tourney at Rochester TBDThurs., Jan. 3 Lakeland 7:00 PMSat., Jan. 5 at Waupaca 7:00 PMTues., Jan. 15 at Tomahawk 7:00 PMThurs., Jan. 17 Rhinelander 7:00 PMTues., Jan. 22 at Wausau West 7:00 PMFri., Jan. 25 Tourney vs.

Mosinee, Hayward,Univ. School of Milw. TBD

Sat., Jan. 26 Tourney vs.Mosinee, Hayward,Univ. School of Milw. TBD

Tues., Jan. 29 at Antigo 7:00 PMThurs., Jan. 31 Medford Area 7:00 PMSat., Feb. 2 Wausau East 3:00 PMTues., Feb. 5 at Lakeland 7:00 PMThurs., Feb. 7 Hancock 7:00 PMTues., Feb. 12 WIAA Regionals TBA

NORTHLAND PINES HIGH SCHOOL – GIRLSDate Opponent TimeFri., Nov. 16 Tourney at Fond du Lac TBDSat., Nov. 17 Tourney at Fond du Lac TBDMon., Nov. 26 at Marshfield 7:00 PMFri., Nov. 30 at Eau Claire North TBDMon., Dec. 3 Medford Area 7:00 PMFri., Dec. 7 Lakeland 5:00 PMFri., Dec. 14 at Medford 7:00 PMSat., Dec. 15 at Sun Prairie 2:00 PMSat., Dec. 22 at Waupaca 2:00 PMThurs., Dec. 27 Tourney at Monona Grove TBDFri., Dec. 28 Tourney at Monona Grove TBDSat., Dec. 29 Tourney at Monona Grove TBDFri., Jan. 4 at Tomahawk 7:00 PMMon., Jan. 7 Point/Rapids 5:30 PMFri., Jan. 11 Antigo/Rhinelander 7:00 PMMon., Jan. 14 Marshfield 7:00 PMFri., Jan. 18 Waupaca 7:00 PMMon., Jan. 21 at Lakeland 7:00 PMFri., Jan. 25 Tourney vs.

Hayward, Arrowhead,Univ. School of Milw. 4:45 PM

Sat., Jan. 26 Tourney vs.Hayward, Arrowhead,Univ. School of Milw. Noon

Fri., Feb. 1 Tomahawk 7:00 PMMon., Feb. 4 at Point/Rapids 7:00 PMFri., Feb. 8 vs. Antigo/Rhinelander

at Rhinelander Ice Arena 7:00 PM

EAGLE RIVER FALCONS

Date Opponent TimeSat., Nov. 24 Madison Blues 8:00 PMFri., Dec. 7 Fond du Lac Bears 8:00 PMSat., Dec. 8 West Bend Bombers 8:00 PMFri., Dec. 14 at Fox Cities Ice Dogs 7:30 PMSat., Dec. 15 at Mosinee Papermakers 8:00 PMFri., Dec. 21 DePere Deacons 8:00 PMSat., Dec. 22 Brookfield Battalion 8:00 PMSat., Jan. 12 Vernon Hills Capitals 8:00 PMSat., Jan. 19 Mosinee Papermakers 8:00 PMFri., Jan. 25 at Fond du Lac Bears 8:00 PMSat., Jan. 26 at Vernon Hills Capitals 8:00 PMFri., Feb. 8 Calumet Wolverines 8:00 PMSat., Feb. 9 Portage Lake Pioneers 8:00 PMFri., Feb. 15 at West Bend Bombers 8:00 PMSat., Feb. 16 at Brookfield Battalion 8:00 PMFri., Feb. 22 Mosinee Papermakers

Exhibition Game 8:00 PMSat., Feb. 23 at Mosinee Papermakers

Exhibition Game 8:00 PMFri., March 1 at Portage Lake Pioneers 6:30 PMSat., March 2 at Calumet Wolverines 6:30 PMSat., March 9 Fox Cities Ice Dogs 8:00 PMFri., March 15 at Madison Blues 8:00 PMSat., March 16 at DePere Deacons 7:30 PM

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Former Northland PinesHigh School football playerJohn Hope recently receivedhonorable mention as one ofLawrence University’s All-Midwest Conference selec-tions.

Hope, who earned his firstall-conference recognition, ledthe Lawrence UniversityVikings with 92 tackles andfinished fifth in the conference

at 9.2 tackles per game. He recorded double figures

in tackles in four games,including a career-high 14tackles against both IllinoisCollege and Monmouth.

Hope, who had four tacklesfor loss, also had a team-bestthree interceptions.

The Vikings finished theseason with a 2-8 record.

John Hope receiveshonorable mention

Former Three Lakes HighSchool athlete Nick Jolinrecently was recognized withan All-Wisconsin Intercolle-giate Athletic Conference(WIAC) honorable mentionfor his performance as alinebacker at UW-Oshkosh.

Jolin has 50 tackles andthree sacks through 10 regu-lar season games. He’s alsorecovered a fumble.

The Titans are 11-0 over-all and 7-0 in the WIAC. Theyranked fifth and have beenselected to host the 21st-ranked Bethel University(Minn.) in the second roundof the NCAA Division IIIFootball Championship.

Kickoff is set for noon Sat-urday, Nov. 24, at J.J. KellerField at Titan Stadium.

Nick Jolin earnshonorable mention

The Phelps Knights willreturn five letterwinners toplay boys basketball in the2012-’13 season.

Returning to the court thisyear are seniors Ryan Cireseand Robby Doppke, along withsophomores Nathan Cirese,Nicholas Cirese and RobertRosner.

Coach Kregg Mueller saidhe expects Ryan Cirese will bea team leader and a good scor-er for the Knights.

The other senior player,

Doppke, likely will be a defen-sive leader, said the coach.

“I’m also looking for RobertRosner to have a breakoutsophomore year,” said Mueller.“Nicholas Cirese should han-dle the basketball for us andlook to be more of a scorer.”

The coach said he expectsthe team to have a strongwork ethic this season.

“We have an athletic groupof kids who will be able to getup and down the court,” hesaid. “We should be mentallytough and work harder thanour opponents.”

Mueller said rebounding

could be a concern for theKnights, as the team isn’texceptionally big.

“We’re also still young withonly two seniors with experi-ence,” he said. “We only haveseven kids out for basketballthis year, so that will be anissue for us as well.”

In the Northern LakesConference (NLC), the coachexpects that Goodman-Pem-bine, Crandon and Laona-Wabeno will contend for thetitle.

“I’m looking forward to ourseason as we have a greatgroup of kids who put in a lot

of time in the off-season andwant to get better and winmore games,” said Mueller.

There are some interestingmatchups on the schedule,according to the coach, andPhelps will host the Best withthe Least tournament overChristmas break, giving theKnights a chance to competewith other schools their size.

“I have high expectationsthis year for our kids to becompetitive and successful,”said Mueller.

Phelps will open NLC playFriday, Dec. 7, at 5:30 p.m. asthe Knights are set to host theFlorence Bobcats.

Five players return to courtfor Phelps Knights basketball

Returning letterwinners to the Phelps High School boys basket-ball team coached by Kregg Mueller include, from left, Nicholas

Cirese, Ryan Cirese, Robert Rosner, Robby Doppke and NathanCirese. —Photo By Sharon Gifford

Returning letterwinners to the Phelps HighSchool girls basketball team coached by JasonPertile include, front row from left, AngelaGrmick, Dominica Grmick and Destiny

Schreiber; back row, Stormy Scheiber, KendraPietenpol, Ashley Volkmann and Riley Brock-man. Missing from the photo was JackieSamuelson. —Photo By Sharon Gifford

With eight letterwinnersreturning to play in 2012-’13,the Phelps High School girlsbasketball team will have noshortage of experienced play-ers as they look to contend inthe race for the NorthernLakes Conference (NLC)title.

The returning playersinclude seniors DominicaGrmick, Angela Grmick andStormy Schreiber; juniorsAshley Volkmann, KendraPietenpol and Jackie Sam -uelson; and sophomores Des-tiny Schreiber and RileyBrockman.

Since the Lady Knightsdidn’t have any senior play-ers last year, the startinglineup will remain the same,according to coach Jason Per-tile.

“We’re led by a core groupof kids who will be on thefloor this year as the lineuphasn’t changed,” he said.

Each of the eight letter-winners have their strengthsand roles on the team thisyear, said the coach.

“Stormy Schreiber is anall-around solid player and agreat leader, keeping thegirls focused,” he said.

“Dominica Grmick is a greatdefender and good rebounder.Angela Grmick is a solidpoint guard who penetrateswell to the basket and shouldget to the free-throw line alot.”

Pertile said Pietenpol willbe tough to stop near the bas-ket, as she is one of the betterpost players. Meanwhile,Volkmann is a universalplayer who can make animpact anywhere on the floorduring the course of thegame.

“Jackie Samuelson is oneof those players who givesyou a 100% effort when onthe floor,” said the coach. “ForDestiny Schreiber and RileyBrockman, their strengthshave been giving qualityminutes off the bench.”

As a team, Pertile said theLady Knights’ experiencewill be a big help.

“It’s not very often thatyou have eight returning let-ter winners to this basketballprogram,” he said. “Thesekids have been playingtogether for a long time andhave seen plenty of varsityaction. They should be wellexperienced, giving us depthoff the bench when we needit.”

In the past, the coach said

the biggest challenge facingthe team has been confi-dence.

“I think the biggest chal-lenge these girls have had isthe confidence in themselvesto perform at times,” he said.“This will be overcome thisyear with the experience.”

While there are a handfulof teams competing for thetop spot in the NLC this sea-son, Pertile expressed confi-dence that Phelps is amongthem.

In addition to this beingPertile’s first year as headcoach in Phelps, it’s also thefirst year the team has hadthe numbers to support ajunior varsity program.

“It’s very exciting for theyounger players like DestinySchreiber, Riley Brockmanand Sammi Smith, alongwith the three freshman, C.J.Crawford, Nicole Fiebrantzand Amanda Volkmann, toget good quality playingexperience at the appropriatelevel in preparation for thevarsity level,” he said.

Phelps will travel to Lake-land Union High School for agame Friday, Nov. 30, at 7p.m. The first NLC game forthe Lady Knights will be athome against Laona Tuesday,Dec. 4, at 7:30 p.m.

Lady Knights return eightin pursuit of basketball title





DARTBALLEAGLE RIVER

DARTBALLResults of 11/14/12

Team results: Club DeNoyer 0,Bear’s Den 3; Eagle River Inn 2,Club 45 1; Bucktale II, bye; Buck-tale I 2, BBT’s 1.

Top women shooters: SharonOlander 6/17, Kerri Johann 5/16,Cheryl Nagy 4/18, Greta Jackman4/19, Sherri Shoberg 3/15, KristinCuhn 2/15, Danielle Stachewicz2/18.

Top men shooters: Butch Mat-tek 12/21, Ron Lundt 8/18, C.J.Johann 5/15, Bob Michaels 5/18,Ritchie Groboski 3/15, RogerJensen 3/17.

Home runs: Mabel Ernst, Crys-tal Loppnow, John Olander, SherriShoberg.

STANDINGS W LBucktale II............................9 3Bear’s Den ............................8 4Bucktale I .............................8 4Club 45 .................................7 5Club DeNoyer.......................6 6BBT’s.....................................4 11Eagle River Inn ....................3 12

THREE LAKES DARTBALL

Results of 11/14/12Team results: Wildcats 2,

Nomads 1; American Legion 2,Oneida Village II 1; AmericanLegion A 2, Oneida Village I 1;Triple Diamonds 2, Village People 1.

Top women shooters: Sally Will-man 3/8, Linda Kaiser 1/7, JanLederhaus 1/8, Kay Coates 2/7,Rosie Obukowicz 3/9, Jackie Wick2/6, Lynn Freehill 2/9, Judy Metter-nich 2/9.

Top men shooters: Lou Bruck-moser 7/9, Dick Selman 6/9, BillLamon 3/9, John Klein 2/6, JohnEffa 3/7, Dave Lederhaus 3/8, ScottWillman 3/8, Bob Borek 2/7.

Home runs: Dick Stoll 2, SarahKlein, Chuck Radke, Barb Mattes,Debbie Selman, Ann Bruckmoser.

STANDINGS W LWildcats ..............................15 6American Legion ............13.5 7.5Oneida Village II ...............12 9Nomads ..............................11 10Oneida Village 3D .............10 11Oneida Village I ...................9 12American Legion A ..............7 14Village People ...................6.5 14.5

POOLNORTHWOODS

NINE-BALL LEAGUE Results of 11/12/12

Team results: Mud Creek 7,Oneida Village II 2; Pine Isle 6,Tiny Tap 3; Oneida Village I 5,Uncle Kent’s II 4; Club DeNoyer 5,Uncle Kent’s I 4.

Nine-ball run: Tom Muench.

STANDINGS W LPine Isle............................25 11Mud Creek........................22 14Uncle Kent’s II .................22 14Club DeNoyer...................19 17Uncle Kent’s I ..................17 19Oneida Village I ...............17 19Oneida Village II..............11 25Tiny Tap ...........................11 25

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NOTICE OF 2013 BUDGET HEARING FOR THE CITY OF EAGLE RIVER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 65.90(4) of the Wisconsin Statutes that on Tuesday, December 11, 2012, the Common Council of the City of Eagle River will meet at the Eagle River City Hall at 6:00 p.m. for the purpose of hearing any citizen or taxpayer on the proposed City budget for 2013. The public has a right to provide written and/or oral comments on the entire budget. A summary of the proposed budget is published herewith and copies of the complete proposed budget in detail are available for public inspection at the office of the Clerk/Treasurer in the City Hall, 525 East Maple Street in the City of Eagle River, Wisconsin at any time during usual business hours.

2012 2013Budget Proposed % Increase

Budget or Decrease

Revenues:General property tax $1,059,665 $966,334 -8.8%Other taxes 352,713 352,212Intergovernmental 373,226 384,545Regulation and compliance 37,300 37,650Public charges 85,800 86,190Miscellaneous 49,906 63,100Other financing source - Transfers in 130,000 130,000

Total revenues 2,088,610 2,020,031 -3.3%

Expenditures:General government 465,303 519,779Public Safety 634,902 563,457Public Works 764,160 824,492Culture, recreation and health 33,572 37,393Conservation and development 76,100 76,100Other financing use - Transfers out 98,671 58,810

Total expenditures 2,072,708 2,080,031 0.4%

FUND BALANCE INCREASE (DECREASE) $15,902 ($60,000)

General Fund

Estimated Estimated GeneralFund Fund PropertyEquity Total Total Equity Tax

01/1/2013 Revenues Expenditures 12/31/2013 Contribution

Governmental funds:General Fund $2,250,000 $2,020,031 $2,080,031 $2,190,000 $966,334Special Revenue - Library 98,000 212,840 224,440 86,400Special Revenue - Revolving Loan 48,000 20,000 20,000 48,000Capital projects (1,325,000) 99,520 50,093 (1,275,573) 13,000Debt Service 360,940 360,940 0 301,690

Proprietary funds:Golf Course 714,360 714,000 659,360 769,000Electric Utility 2,949,597 3,406,225 3,376,225 2,979,597Water Utility 2,339,396 421,975 419,475 2,341,896Sewerage Utility 3,892,221 603,607 601,107 3,894,721

TOTALS $10,966,574 $7,859,138 $7,791,671 $11,034,041 $1,281,024

2013

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PROBABLEWINNERSPREDICTEDHERE IN THE“EAGLE LINE”

Overall Record 110-60 112-58 116-54 109-61 103-67 113-57Winningest Percentage .647 .658 .682 .641 .605 .664

Last Week’s Tally 12-3 12-3 13-2 13-2 14-1 13-2

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YOUTH HOCKEYEAGLE RIVER SQUIRT B’s

Results of 11/3/12SCORE BY PERIODS

Eagle River — 1-1-2 — 4DePere — 1-1-2 — 4

INDIVIDUAL SCORINGFirst period: Mathew

Szafranski (Emma Sima)Second period: Mathew

Szafran skiThird Period: Allie Kieffer

(Cooper Fink), Cooper FinkSaves: 13 (Mitchell McCan-

less)Shots on goal: 21

SCORE BY PERIODSEagle River — 0-0-0 — 0DePere — 1-2-2 — 5

INDIVIDUAL SCORINGSaves: 7 (Mitchell McCanless)Shots on goal: 14

Results of 11/4/12SCORE BY PERIODS

Eagle River — 5-1-2 — 8Mosinee — 0-0-0 — 0

INDIVIDUAL SCORINGFirst period: Emma Sima,

Mathew Szafranski, MathewSzafranski (Cooper Fink), J.J.Albee (Cooper Fink), J.J. Albee

Second period: Brett Nesbitt(Emma Sima)

Third period: Allie Kieffer(Emma Sima), J.J. Albee

Saves 6 (Mitchell McCanless)Shots on goal: 31

SCORE BY PERIODSEagle River — 0-4-6 — 10Mosinee — 0-0-0 — 0

INDIVIDUAL SCORINGSecond period: Mathew

Szafran ski, Cooper Fink,Michael Maillette (AndrewHartwig), Mathew Szafranski

Third period: Cooper Fink,J.J. Albee, Roan McGee, BrettNesbitt (J.J. Albee), Allie Kief-

fer (Grace Witt kopf), EvanJanet

Saves: 3 (Mitchell McCan-less)

Shots on goal: 25

SCORE BY PERIODSEagle River — 2-1-3 — 6Rhinelander — 0-0-0 — 0


Szafranski, J.J. AlbeeSecond period: Cooper FinkThird period: J.J. Albee

(Brett Nesbitt), MathewSzafranski, Allie Kieffer (BrettNesbitt)

Saves: 2 (Mitchell McCanless)Shots on goal: 28

SCORE BY PERIODSEagle River — 2-3-2 — 7Rhinelander—0-0-1 — 1


Szafranski, Mathew SzafranskiSecond period: J.J. Albee

(Evan Janet), J.J. Albee (Math-ew Szafran ski), Allie Kieffer(Mathew Szafran ski)

Third period: Cooper Fink,Mitchell McCanless (J.J. Albee)

Saves: 4 (Andrew Hartwig)Shots on goal: 28

WEEK 11 WINNER — Chris Hook, right, of Brew’s Pub inLand O’ Lakes recently presented $150 to Fritz Crall ofConover, week 11 winner of the Vilas County News-ReviewFootball Contest. The deadline for the week 12 contest will benoon Wednesday. —Photo By ANTHONY DREW

YOUTH BASKETBALL — The Northland PinesBasketball Association held a special programat half-time of the boys varsity game last Thurs-

day, as 4-year-old kindergarten through third-grade players showed their stuff on the court.

—Staff Photo By GARY RIDDERBUSCH

Eagles: opened season in tournament

FROM PAGE 12ASanborn, Ebert, Nielsen andWilkins. However, the coachsaid there will be a transitionperiod with a new coachingstaff that includes KendraGraper and Whitney Rich -ards.

While Schmidt is new tothe GNC, he said the Eagles’goal is to be competitive inconference and get deep intothe postseason tournament.

“We look to be at the top inthe conference and the topseed in the tournament,” saidSchmidt.

The Eagles opened theseason with three exhibitiongames in the Fond du Lac

tournament last weekend.The Eagles lost to Apple-

ton United 4-3 in the openinggame.

“We were up 3-1 in thethird period, then the wheelsfell off,” said Schmidt.

On Saturday, Pines beatFond Du Lac 4-2 and thenlost to Stoughton 6-1.

“Both the Appleton gameand the Fondy game, we com-pletely dominated,” saidSchmidt. “In the Appletongame, I believe the girls sawwe had a lead and startedplaying defensive and thatwas their downfall.”

The coach said the sur-prise of the weekend was theplay of freshman Jena Paez.

“As a freshman, she hadsome big shoes to fill and shedid,” said Schmidt. “I couldn'tbe happier with the way sheplayed.”

Goals on the weekendwere scored by Decker, Ebert,Moustakis, Czarapata, Healy,Sanborn and Nielsen.

“This was preseason and agreat way to expose the newgirls to high school varsityhockey,” said Schmidt. “All inall, I saw some fantastichock ey played by the girlsand am looking forward tothe regular season.”

Pines, 1-2 overall, willplay at Marshfield Monday,Nov. 26, and at Eau ClaireNorth Friday, Nov. 30.

BOWLINGLADIES NIGHT OUT

Eagle LanesResults of 11/14/12

Team results: Lanny’s Fireside 7;Darrell’s Dummies 4, Harry’s Market3; Wild Eagle Corner Store 5, Boone’sBuilding Supply 2.

High games: Susie Erickson 211,Marilyn Will 195, Joey Tess 175,Kathy Lyczak 173.

High series: Susie Erickson 532,Joey Tess 511, Mary Simac 491, Sta-cy Schnack 463.

High team: Lanny’s Fireside 936.High series: Lanny’s Fireside 2694.

STANDINGS W LLanny’s Fireside ..................49 21Wild Eagle Corner Store .....48 22Harry’s Market ....................38 22Darrell’s Dummies ..............37 33Boone’s Building Supply .....34 36

SUNDAY NIGHT COUPLESEagle Lanes

Results of 11/11/12Team results: Bear Pack 2, Ser-

bian Kilts 5; Bucktales 5, Tom’sTavern Tippers 2; DeRuiter Team5, Head Pins 2; Rolling Thunder 7,Does & Tab 0; Bowling Oldies 5,The Three of Us 2.

High team game: BowlingOldies 888.

High team series: BowlingOldies 2547.

High games, women: NancyKor tenhoff 252, Susie Erickson221, Joyce Leander 183.

High series, women: SusieErickson 573, Nancy Kortenhoff509, Karen Landvatter 473.

High games, men: Cliff Erickson210, Bruce Rhode 186, Fred Goertz184.

High series, men: Cliff Erickson598, Bob DeRuiter 517, MikeVinovich.

STANDINGS W LRolling Thunder ................17 4Serbian Kilts .....................14 7DeRuiter ............................12 9Does & Tab ........................12 9Bucktales ...........................12 9Head Pins ............................9 12Tom’s Tavern Tippers..........8 13Bear Pack ............................8 13The Three of Us...................8 13Bowling Oldies ....................5 16

SATURDAY YOUTHLEAGUEEagle Lanes

Results of 11/17/12Team results: Spot On 3, Pocket

Rockers 1; Picture Perfect 4, bye.High team game: Spot On 369.High team series: Picture Perfect

1169.High games, girls: Morgan Gurka

157.High series, girls: Morgan Gurka

423. High games, boys: Joseph Pobjoy

182, Zach Neddo 156, Sam Smith151.

High series, boys: Joseph Pobjoy456, Sam Smith 420, Zach Neddo400.STANDINGS W

Pocket Rockers..............................9Picture Perfect ..............................7Spot On .........................................7

THURSDAY SPORTSMEN

Eagle LanesResults of 11/15/12

Team results: Grembans 5, Har-ry’s Market 2; Timmy’s Holiday Cor-ner 5, Club DeNoyer 2; Leinenkugel7, BBT’s 0; Hiawatha Hide Away 4,Boone’s Building Supply 3; XXX-OUTS 4, Miller Sportsmen 3; WildEagle Corner Store 6, Daniel’s Dis-tintive Design 1.

High team game: Harry’s Market952.

High team series: Timmy’s Holi-day Corner 2708.

High games: Tim Richards 277,Greg Maney 263, Rob Erickson 248.

High series: Rob Erickson 702,Greg Maney 669, Jim Grebner 642.

STANDINGS WXXX-OUTS ...................................45Timmy’s Holiday Corner..............45Leinenkugel’s ...............................39Boone’s Building Supply..............37Club DeNoyer...............................36Grembans .....................................36Hiawatha Hide Away...................34Daniel’s Distinctive Design .........30Miller Sportsmen .........................31Harry’s Market.............................30Wild Eagle Corner Store .............29BBT’s.............................................25

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BY MOST ANY standard,Americans have much to bethankful for this Thanksgiv-ing season and very littlereason to complain.

Following the recent pres-idential-year elections, onemight think America is abitterly divided country, butfor the most part, we areunited where it counts themost.

Some of us might com-plain about uneventful days.Others would argue anuneventful day should besomething to be thankful for.Every day is meaningful.We’re alive during an excit-ing time in history. We arefree to move about and toenjoy our blessings.

Most of us enjoy our jobs.Be thankful you have a job.Many of us come home tochildren, husbands/wivesand family pets who areglad to see us and need andlove us.

That is something to bethankful for.

Many of us have enoughfood and are warm and dry.Be thankful for that. Manyof us have a few aches andpains, but make it throughthe day and wake up thenext day to carry on. Bethankful for that.

Many of us have friendsand loved ones with whomwe can spend time. That issomething to be glad about.We should use the next fewdays to enjoy each other’scompany, and be glad wehave it.

It’s the simple things thatmake life worth living. Makeit a point to say “thank you”and “bless you” and “goodjob” to the people you meetbetween now and Christmas.

Instead, most of us spendtime counting our desiresrather than our blessings.We concentrate on what wewant, not on what we have.We take too much for grant-ed.

The following is an essayI clipped from another publi-cation about 20 years ago. Itis titled “Every day isThanksgiving.”

Even though I clutch myblanket and growl when thealarm rings each morning,thank you Lord, that I canhear. There are those whoare deaf and cannot hearlife’s simple pleasures!

Even though I keep myeyes tightly closed againstthe morning light as long aspossible, thank you, Lord,that I can see. There aremany who are blind.

Even though I huddle inmy bed and put off the phys-ical effort of rising, thankyou, Lord, that I have thestrength to rise. There aremany who are bedfast.

Even though the firsthour of my day is hectic,

when socks are lost, toast isburnt, tempers are short,thank you, Lord, for my fam-ily. There are many who arelonely.

Even though our break-fast table never looks likethe pictures in the maga-zines and the menu is, attimes, unbalanced, thankyou, Lord, for the food wehave. There are many whoare hungry.

Even though the routineof my job is oftenmonotonous, thank you,Lord, for the opportunity towork. There are many whohave no job.

Even though I grumbleand bemoan my fate fromday to day, and wish my cir-cumstances were not quiteso modest, thank you, Lord,for the gift of life.

Those are pleasures andgifts we should be thankfulfor every day of the year, notjust one day in November.

* * *THIS LITTLE gem of an

idea once appeared in a com-munity’s suggestion box.

I suggest we eliminatebike-a-thons, walk-a-thons,run-a-thons, skip-a-thons,pushup-a-thons, etc., and

instead have projects inwhich people — individualsor organizations — willsponsor a group to pick uptrash along the highways,wash windows for elderlycitizens, rake the yard of ahandicapped citizen, paint afence for a shut-in, etc.

That seems to me tomake more sense than rid-ing around on a bike andreceiving $5 to $10 for it. Wecould just as well give thatmoney to a good cause whileaccomplishing good deeds forthose who need it.

I think this idea hasalready been heeded in theNorth Woods.

* * *AS YOUR family gathers

for the holiday weekend,challenge your top spellersto write this sentence with-out any errors.

“Outside a minusculecemetery sat an embar-rassed peddler and aharassed cobbler, gnawingon a desiccated bone whilegazing on a lady’s anklewith unparalleled ecstacy.”

* * *NEWSPAPER columnist

and author Mary McBridesays misery is having a din-ner guest ask for a toothpickand then having him use itto unclog your salt shaker.

If you are hosting thefamily Thanksgiving dinnerthis week, McBride has afew suggestions for you ifyour home isn’t so neat and

Every day is Thanksgiving

ALL THINGS considered,it was a pretty darn goodopener.

It took until 6:35 Saturdaymorning, opening day of deerseason, for the event to beofficially kicked off in myneck of the woods, which iswhen I heard someone touchoff the first shot within hear-ing distance.

My .30/06 remained silent,but though I didn’t get achance to put the crosshairson a buck, I still enjoyed oneof the most eventful openersin my recent memory.

Quiet as the morning was,I was still barely able to dis-cern footsteps — hoof stepsif you will — sneaking upbehind me a few minutes intothe season. From the direc-tion they came from I knewnothing good was going tocome of it, at least not for me.

My deer stand is at thepoint of a small ridge withtwo valleys running alongeach side before it drops off infront of me into a deep,swampy hole.

Not much is going to getby me without a good look,unless, as that deer did, it fol-

lows the same ridge top trailI do to get to my stand. Whenthat happens, as past historyhas shown me, the deer willcome to the edge of a balsamclump 10 yards behind me,whereupon it will smell or insome way sense I am there,snort and bound away in thesame direction it came from.Past form held true.

It was two hours laterwhen the next deer saunteredpast, this time coming fromthe north along the valley tomy left. Four deer, a doe, twofawns and my favorite neigh-borhood visitor — Whiteythe albino doe as I unorigi-nally call her — browsedalong without any apparentconcern for my being there.

An hour later I heardbranches cracking in thethick cover of the hole in

front of me, and as usual Ihad visions of a monster buckcoming toward me. This timethe crackling didn’t comecloser. Instead, it intensified,and shortly I discovered why.

A deer, a big deer, headedup out of the hole about 100yards from me, covered uptoo much by scattered scrubbalsam for me to get a shot. Aminute or two later his part-ner, a big doe, sauntered upthe hill, turned and walkedpast me 15 yards away.

Her body language said itall. She acted like a guy whohad just survived a 12-round,toe-to-toe heavyweight boxingslugfest. Her eyes had a wildlook in them, her tongue waslolling and, as if I needed anyconfirmation of what she’dbeen doing down in theswamp, she stopped andasked me if I had a cigarette.

Before the day was over, Ineeded two hands-plus worthof fingers to count the deer I’dseen, more than any otheropening day in a long, longtime, but nothing to shoot at.To add insult to injury, as I

It was a darn good opener

Changing America“THE COLOR OF the

world is changing day byday.” — “Les Miserables,” themusical.

A look at the electoralmap indicates the Republi-can Party won in squaremiles. Unfortunately forthem, electoral votes, notlandmass, won PresidentObama a second term. Analy-sis from the Center forResponsive Politics estimatedthat total spending on feder-al elections would peak atnearly $6 billion, an all-timerecord. This spending includ-ed ads that carpet bombedswing states; yet we are stillan almost equally dividednation. But America is rapid-ly changing.

Historically, the losingparty turns introspective andasks itself how to attractmore voters. Some Republi-cans are suggesting thatsocial issues be jettisonedand the GOP should becomemore like Democrats. Why,then, have two parties? Stepone in a reform agendawould be to remove “old”from the GOP moniker.

Conservatives can adaptto the cultural shift withoutcompromising their princi-ples, or they can retreat intoa bunker mentality, lobbingrhetorical ordinance fromprevious generations, whichhas little power to persuadeyoung people today.

America is gettingyounger, but not wiser. Weare increasingly secular, lessinterested in sacrifice and,apparently, we have morefaith in government. I doubtthat many people under 40have ever served in the mili-tary, or even know anyonewho has. The old “family val-ues” appeal no longer worksbecause for too manyyounger people the familythey value doesn’t resemblethe one older Americans rec-ognize.

And there’s somethingelse. The campaign againstsame-sex marriage is over.Maine, Maryland and Wash-ington state became the firststates to approve gay mar-riage by popular vote. Min-nesota voters rejected a con-stitutional amendment toban it. Six other states —New York, Connecticut, Iowa,Massachusetts, New Hamp-shire, Vermont and the Dis-

To McNUTT, Pg. 17A

Trails& Tales

ByWill Maines

People Make the Difference

By Byron McNutt

To THOMAS, Pg. 17ATo MAINES, Pg. 17A

FIRST PLACE NATIONALLYCOMMUNITY SERVICE

CalThomas

Washington set asidespecial day to thank God

Every American with a secure job, healthinsurance and a home has enormous reason tocelebrate this Thanksgiving Day, for they can nolonger take for granted even the most basic ele-ments of the American lifestyle in this unpre-dictable economy.

Millions are still without jobs and healthinsurance as we near the end of 2012, the resultof both a recession and global marketing thathas moved many industrial jobs to other coun-tries. Those who have survived the changes, eco-nomically, need to count their blessings.

There’s more to life than economic security,of course, few of which are more important thangood health. Some would argue that if you arehealthy, the rest of life’s details are just garnish.Either way, it’s another of those things in life weshouldn’t take for granted.

The purpose and meaning of ThanksgivingDay has been so forgotten in recent decades thatfor many Americans, it is just another day forrelaxation, family gatherings, football games onthe tube, deer hunting and a lot of eating.

It was founded before too many Americansgot hung up on being politically correct — a sec-ular society where God doesn’t seem to fit. Thetraditional beliefs that guided the foundingfathers are now seen by many as too old-fash-ioned for modern folks to take seriously.

We refuse to forget that it was our firstpresident, George Washington, who set a dayaside for a national holiday Nov. 25, 1789, as aday of prayer and giving thanks to God. Thatwas the intended purpose of the holiday we cele-brate Thursday. It was sanctioned by the leadersof an infant country called the United States ofAmerica.

Tough times or not, Americans have moreto be thankful for than any group of people inthe world. By far, citizens of this country havemore freedoms, personal wealth, knowledge, tax-funded benefits, independence and general goodfortune than any other. Surely each of us hassomething, or has experienced something thisyear, worth the giving of thanks.

With the pre-Christmas shopping season infull swing, residents of Vilas, Oneida and Forestcounties have an opportunity to energize thelocal economy to the benefit of business owners,employees and the community.

The best thing that could happen in theNorth Woods is some cooperation between con-sumers and business owners that would allowmore money to stay in this area. The money youspend here may be paying the salary of a friendor relative. It could lead to company growth andmore jobs.

To the consumer, we simply encourage apolicy of shopping at home first. And businessowners are urged to price their products as com-petitively as possible, giving local residentsevery incentive to keep their money here.

There are some good buys here that can bereached without a dangerously long winterdrive, and without burning a lot of time andgasoline. Support the business owners whodonate to local events and groups the year-round.

Our View

Behind the editorial ‘we’Members of the Vilas County News-

Review editorial board include PublisherKurt Krueger, Editor Gary Ridderbuschand Assistant Editor Anthony Drew.

Buying some gifts heregreat for local economy

Letter to the Editor:We would like to publicly

recognize the technologycommittee in the NorthlandPines School District for theoutstanding classes theyoffered for iPad training.

The classes were veryinformative and the personal

help was greatly appreciated.Scott Foster and his entirecommittee are a credit to thedistrict.

We are very fortunate tohave such an outstandingschool system!

Diana and Ken WhyteConover

Appreciate Pines’ iPad training

Dear Editor:However reluctant I am to

write in response to the Mr.Gabl letter of Nov. 14, as I amwith every one of his otherletters (I long ago concludedthat Mr. Gabl is an unac-knowledged, but regular let-ter writer to the News-Review), his latest series ofutterly ahistorical predic-tions and observations (the2012 Presidential election as“the most consequential elec-tion in our Republic’s history. . . ” Frank! Really? Try 1788,1796, 1800, 1828, 1860, 1864,1896, 1912, 1932 and severalothers.), the assertion thatpushed him over the rhetori-cal cliff was his contentionthat “The Benghazi, Libyacover-up scandal has thepotential to dwarf Watergateand Iran-Contra . . .”

Get a grip, or read historya bit more carefully.

That assertion minimizestwo presidential actions thatdid and/or should have

resulted in impeachment andremoval from office for twoAmerican presidents. Theywere constitutional crises inwhich both presidents violat-ed their oaths of office, brokethe law and probably shouldhave been imprisoned, but ofcourse, were not.

Mr. Gabl’s claim reaches alevel of silly so lofty as to beimpossible to scale. Let’smake a deal: If the Benghaziissue reaches the level ofimpeachment, I will drivedown to Prospect Heightsand kiss Mr. Gabl’s (select ananatomical expression ofyour choice) if, in return,there is no impeachment, Mr.

Gabl will refrain from writ-ing his hysterical observa-tions to the News-Review fora period of six months. Such adeal! Seize the day!

And finally, from a recenthistorical perspective, nearlyevery complaint Frank artic-ulates — the unemploy-ment rate, health care premi-ums, lowered median house-hold incomes, diminishedhome values, increased foodstamp enrollment, the $16trillion national debt —almost every one isattributable to two unfundedwars, since 2000 deep taxcuts for the rich, unregulatedWall street speculation in

financial instruments (magi-cal little invisible devicesthat “job creators” used tocreate wealth and profits forthemselves), unregulatedand irresponsible mortgagebanker activities, all of whichpredate President Obama’sterm.

Funny how partisan histo-ry allows one to believe what-ever one wants, no matterwhat the truth might be.Well, anyway, my offerstands.

Professor Emeritus JamesParker

History, UW-La Crosse,1968-2012

Eagle River and La Crosse


OP-ED/READER OPINION

came around the corner goinghome a little after five, a deerstood in the road by my mail-box, a deer with forkedantlers showing above itsears.

Sunday wasn’t quite aseventful, but with tempera-tures in the 50s, who cared? I,for one, am of an age where Idon’t care if it’s “too warm”for deer hunting. The way Ifigure it, if I’m going to sit forhours on a deer stand with-out seeing a buck, I’d ratherbe warm than sufferingthrough something like 10below.

I wasn’t alone going buck-less for opening weekend.Many friends suffered thesame fate, but most I talkedto enjoyed every minute

much as I did.My cousin, Nate, and his

son, Jake, were entertainedthroughout the opening dayby a sow black bear and hertwo cubs.

My cousin, Alan, afterkilling a buck Sunday morn-ing, was gutting it out whenhe heard a little commotionup the hill from him.

Grabbing his gun, he fig-ured he might get lucky onanother buck someone else inhis bunch could tag, butinstead he looked up to see abear — maybe the same sow,though he didn’t see any cubs— eyeing him up. What arethe odds that gut pile is stillintact?

My dad and my cousin,Art, got home about oneo’clock Saturday afternoonfrom a very successful deerhunt in Missouri. Art got thebiggest buck of his life, and

my dad got a 10-point, orleast it would have been 10had not two tines been bro-ken off.

What made that buck sosatisfying for him, not tomention please me to no end,is that my dad is 90 years oldand still deer hunting. Notonly was it a dandy buck, buthe had to shoot it from hisstand at the end of a wheatfield with the pressure ofknowing half a dozen fellowhunters having lunch in thedeer camp lodge at the otherend of the field were watch-ing him.

With pressure like thatyou might expect a miss, butas so many others have fallento his venerable .308, so toodid that one.

Another highlight of thedeer hunting opener was thesuccess of my cousin’s daugh-ter, Betty, on her first deer

hunt.Sitting on one side of a

small swamp about 100 yardsfrom Buckshot, she shot aspike about three in theafternoon. With the buck gut-ted, she asked Buckshot,“What do I do now?” Hereplied, “Go back on yourstand and shoot one for me.”Twenty minutes later, ka-bloom; she did, that time abeautiful eight-point. Not badfor a 16-year-old hunting forthe first time.

As for me, there stillremains Thanksgiving Dayand three more days afterthat. The statistics may saymy chances are getting slim-mer every day, but to remainoptimistic all I need do isremind myself that my veryfirst buck and two of mybiggest bucks have beenThanksgiving Day successes.

Lightning in a bottleagain, anyone?

MainesFROM PAGE 16A

trict of Columbia grantsame-sex marriage licenses.The Supreme Court mightsoon hear arguments chal-lenging the constitutionalityof the Defense of MarriageAct, which defines marriageas the legal union betweenone man and one woman.Conservatives might want tofocus on strengthening theirown marriages.

With Mitt Romney win-ning just 27% of the Hispan-ic vote, Republicans need anew strategy to attract His-panics whose values mirrorthose held by conservatives.

Democrats appeal tohuman nature. They know agrowing number of peopleare becoming addicted togovernment. Democratsknow that envy and greedare “deadly sins” that can beexploited for political gain. Anew generation of have-notsneeds to be taught that hav-ing not today doesn’t mean

never having, and that ifthey embrace a set of princi-ples and emulate successfulpeople, those now withoutmuch can earn a slice of anexpanding American pie.

Now some advice for mydistraught conservativeevangelical friends. Youmade a valiant effort for thelast three decades, hopingpolitics would advanceanother kingdom, whichyour leader said is “not ofthis world.” Don’t retreat;enlist in a better army withbetter weapons.

The one you follow de -monstrated a power superiorto the state, the power tochange lives. Employ thatpower. Each church and reli-gious institution, each indi-vidual, can find one poorfamily and ask if they wantout of their circumstancesand are willing to work forit, if a path is offered. Oneexample: If a parent wants achild out of a failing publicschool, offer them financialhelp in placing the child in agood private school.

Feeding the hungry, cloth-

ing the naked, visiting pris-oners, and caring for widowsand orphans is not a socialgospel that replaces Godwith government. That’s theview of the religious left.Rather, these behaviorsserve the ultimate purposeof reaching the heart wherereal change takes place. Andenough changed hearts leadto changed cultures.

The government beast isstarved when people becomeindependent of it. This willrequire a transfer of faith ingovernment, to faith in anauthority higher than thestate and a leader morepowerful than any presi-dent.

It will take time andinvestment of privateresources, but it works andthe results would be worthcelebrating. We the peoplecan still change the countryin ways politics and govern-ments never have and neverwill.

Readers may e-mail CalThomas at [email protected].

ThomasFROM PAGE 16A

Letter to the Editor:Re: Business incubator pro-

jectThis is sent as a notice to

all other county taxpayers. Asowners of commercial proper-ties in Eagle River, we recent-ly learned that the businessincubator project spent$250,000 and another $50,000is proposed to help create newbusiness.

In our immediate EagleRiver area, there are at least20 vacant commercial proper-ties. There are probably agood many more propertiesacross Vilas County with thesame problems. Those ownerspay county taxes. How can wecompete with the county?

If conventional land own-ers can’t fill their vacantunits, the county should notbe creating more commercialspace and spending taxpayer

money to be in direct competi-tion with other taxpayers.

Couldn’t the money be bet-ter utilized by reducing com-mercial fees and taxes on pri-vately-owned commercialproperties? What has thisspent money accomplished sofar?

We would like to see a pub-lished fiscal accounting andreport on how many individu-als have been helped as adirect result of the moneyalready spent.

The county could do moreto promote new businesses byreducing fees and regulationsthat slow development.

Sincerely,Arthur SenickaDonald SojkaEdward GilomenSojka Senicka Gilomen

RentalsEagle River

Commercial property ownersquestion business incubator

clean. She offers these waysto cover up that fact.

If your house is a realmess, when your guestsarrive, yell upstairs, “Didyou find it?”

Throw your tattered sofa

pillows on the floor whenthe doorbell rings. Peoplewill think they belong to thecat or dog.

Should your maple furni-ture be sticky, explain thatit’s oozing sap. McBride triesto entertain only at holidaytime. You can Scotch tapeChristmas cards up to coversmudged and chipped wood-work.

Letter to the Editor:Last week, someone listed

a series of bullet points docu-menting the sad state of oureconomy. Fair enough, few arepleased with the present stateof affairs.

Incredibly, however, thewriter seemed to be implyingthat President Obama wassomehow responsible for theslow recovery. Apparently thewriter wasn’t paying atten-tion when the Republicanminority set a record with 380filibusters designed toobstruct any Democraticeffort to get the economy backon track, or accomplish any-thing, for that matter (inci-dentally, consider re questingthat your senators supportthe Merkley proposal, essen-tially designed to eliminatedrive-by filibusters).

Apparently, he was underthe impression that PresidentObama had been handed asurplus and subsequentlydropped the ball (that wouldbe the previous administra-tion). He seemed to be blam-ing the president for theimplosion of the housing mar-

ket which had been in free fallbefore his inauguration. Heseemed alarmed that medianhousehold income was falling,a reflection of the upwardredistribution of wealth thatskyrocketed with the Bushtax cuts (which he, no doubt,favored).

Incredibly, as if this pan -oply of invectives providedinsufficient catharsis for hisdisappointment with the elec-tion results, he went on toinsult disabled persons,“many” of whom were, in hismind, guilty of fraud. He alsoimagined a “scandal” in Beng-hazi, that could “dwarf”Watergate and Iran-Contra!Seriously?

Nevertheless, I do findsome common ground withthe writer’s assessment thatthis could be “the most conse-quential election in our re -public’s history,” a day whenthe electorate chose democra-cy over plutocracy, and whengrass roots activism trumpedunlimited campaign contribu-tions by anonymous donors.

Terrance MoeThree Lakes

The electorate chosedemocracy over plutocracy

Compiled byPatti Katz BlackVOICESVOICES

Question: What will you most enjoy about this Thanksgiving holiday?

FROM ACROSS THE HEADWATERS REGION

Madeline Messina, 12Seventh-graderLockport, Ill.“This is our first Thanksgiv-ing here. Our cousins arecoming, and we are rentinga house, playing football,board games, eating anddrinking sparkling juice.”

Bob Joyce, 63ContractorWoodale, Ill.“We have a place up herein Eagle River. Thanksgiv-ing is a great time for fami-ly to get together withextended family that travelhere from Illinois.”

Julie Winter Paez, 43Real estate brokerEagle River“I love having the family‘trapped’ together for a fewhours. I will bake mycaramel-pecan pies andchase my three-year-oldAddison.”

Gabl should read history more carefully

Letter to the Editor:The Food for the Mind pro-

ject leaders would like totake this opportunity to rec-ognize individuals, schools,organizations, businessesand churches who have morethan generously donatedused and new books andmoney to help children whoneed to visit area foodpantries have available tothem children’s books to readand own. It is impossible to

list all the donors for fear ofleaving someone out.

The food pantries thatsupport the Food for theMind project are Antigo (twopantries), Boulder Junction,Crandon (two pantries),Lakeland (serves four com-munities), Mercer, Rhine -lander, Three Lakes, Toma-hawk and Townsend.

We would like to expressour gratitude to you for help-ing the children in your area

have access to books.Research has shown thatpre-school children who havebooks in their homes becomebetter learners in school.

Many people have not onlydonated money and books,but much energy and time tomake this a wonderful andsuccessful on-going project.

Pauline DoucetteFood for the Mind project

coordinatorRhinelander

Food for Mind project helping childrenMcNuttFROM PAGE 16A

The Tavern League of Wis-consin’s (TLW) SafeRide Pro-gram increased ridership 10%over the previous year for theseason ending June 30, 2012.

The program offers freerides home to patrons at par-ticipating TLW establish-ments. Last year the programprovided nearly 75,000 freerides.

The TLW SafeRide pro-gram began in 1985 and hasreceived both state and feder-al funding since 1999. It hasreceived national recognitionfrom the National Conferenceof Mayors for its effort toreduce alcohol-related crashesand fatalities and is thelargest SafeRide home pro-gram in the country.

The TLW works with thestate Department of Trans-portation to administer theprogram which provides freetransportation home from aparticipating TLW memberestablishment to those whorequest it.

In addition to funding fromlocal TLW members, theSafeRide program receivesstate funding through a sur-charge on all operating whileintoxicated convictions in Wis-consin.

Last year, the 55 localleagues participating in theprogram provided rides homeat a cost of nearly $830,000.

“Our local members workhard to establish, fund and

administer the program,” saidTLW Executive Director PeteMadland. “It’s not safe to drivewhile impaired and thestatewide utilization of theSafeRide program has provento be an effective tool to helpcombat drunk driving.”

Madland said he’s seen adramatic increase in the use of

the program. “In the last ten years, we

have expanded the footprintfrom a few counties to nearlythe entire state of Wisconsin,”said Madland. “The use ofSafeRide has increased everyyear as more TLW memberestablishments participate.”

To use the program, a

patron can simply request aSafeRide voucher from anyparticipating TLW memberand they will be given a freeride home.

Last year, more than 1,700TLW members participated inthe SafeRide program.


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Repealing or modifying 28administrative rules and onestate statute could help lessenthe burden on Wisconsinsmall business without creat-ing a negative impact on pub-lic health or the environment,according to WisconsinDepartment of NaturalResources (DNR) staff.

The DNR is recommendingthe changes in a draft reporton the second phase of a retro-spective review of rules affect-ing small business that wasprompted by Gov. Scott Walk-er’s “Executive Order 61Relating to Job Creation andSmall Business Expansion,”issued in February 2012.

The department is respon-sible for more than 3,700pages of rules dealing with awide range of subjects, fromplants and animals to air,water and land, many ofwhich affect small businesses.

The DNR launched the ret-rospective review of theserules last April, splitting itinto two phases.

The phase one report,which recommended repeal ormodification of 13 rules, waspresented to the NaturalResources Board in June andto the Small Business Regula-tory Review Board in August.

The draft phase two reportis now available for publicreview and comment. Com-ments will be accepted untilWednesday, Dec. 5, at 5 p.m.

Phase two of the report isavailable for review by search-ing dnr.wi.gov for “rulesreview,” and clicking the linkfor “Retrospective review ofrules affecting small busi-ness.”

The report recommends

repealing a number of rulesthat are no longer neededbecause they have beenreplaced by federal standardsor programs, according toDNR officials.

Some rules are recom-mended for modificationbecause standards havechanged or because they areoutdated or inaccurate due tochanging conditions over time.

Among the proposedchanges are ones that dealwith captive wildlife manage-ment; fur, fish, game and out-door recreation; use of pesti-cides on land and water areasof the state; water qualitystandards for surface waters;and state grants for programsthat have expired or beentransferred to other agencies.

Comments on the draftreport can be sent via email toDNRCleanAir@wisconsin .govor sent to Eileen Pierce, Wis-consin DNR, 3911 Fish Hatch-ery Road, Fitchburg, WI53711.

The final report will be pre-sented to the NaturalResources Board and theSmall Business RegulatoryReview Board later this year.

The Natural ResourcesBoard sets policy for the DNRand exercises authority andresponsibility in accordancewith state laws.

The Small Business Regu-latory Review Board has theauthority to review rules anddetermine whether agencieshave fulfilled the require-ments of Wisconsin Statute227.114, which establishesmethods for reducing theimpact of rules on small busi-nesses.

DNR recommends28 rule changes

Tavern League of Wisconsin continuesSafeRide Program for patrons of bars

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 21, 2012

NEWS-REVIEW Section BVILAS COUNTY

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EAGLE RIVER, WI 54521

ReflectionsBy Mary Friedel-Hunt

Count our blessingsTwo thoughts come to my mind during this week of

Thanksgiving. One is how seldom we take time to saythank you. Meister Eckhart, a mystic, says if the onlyprayer we ever say is “thank you,” it is enough. Yetsomehow we tend to forget those powerful words. Weknow how to ask, to long for, to want and to complainabout how little we have. We do that well and often. Butbeing grateful frequently slips our minds.

Hopefully Thanksgiving Day is just a reminder to usnot only of all we have, but to be thankful each andevery day. Bill and I had a habit of identifying fivethings most evenings — things we were thankful for.Sometimes these were silly things like Bentley learninga new trick. Other times they were bigger like a goodmedical report. Mostly they were ordinary things likethe water we drank, the breath we took, the hugs weshared or the food we ate that day. A habit of gratitudeseems to minimize the habit we all have of asking formore. Perhaps Thursday can be the beginning of a newhabit of daily gratitude if you have not already devel-oped that way of being.

This week also reminds me of how grateful I am thatmy lifelong friend’s cancer has been found early and thechances of her recovery are great. I have lost so manypeople that Cathy’s surgery hit me hard for her sakeand my own. We go back about 40-some years. I havewalked the path with her as she grieved the death of herfirst husband, celebrated when she remarried years lat-er, watched her kids grow into wonderful adults andmore. She, in turn, has become my first go-to person inmany instances since Bill’s death. The thought of losingher felt like more than I could handle. So when the newscame that this cancer was caught early and her progno-

Donations to Warm TheChildren, a program spon-sored by the Vilas CountyNews-Review to provide win-ter clothing for needy chil-dren, have now reachedapproximately 28% toward its2012 fundraising goal, accord-ing to News-Review PublisherKurt Krueger.

“We need to collect an addi-tional $46,000 in donations inorder to meet our new goal of$65,000,” he said.

“Dash Shabani of Friend-ship House Restaurant inEagle River has graciouslyoffered to again sponsor aspaghetti fundraiser” said pro-gram coordinator SharinaAdams.

“It will be held Wednesdayevening, Nov. 28, from 4:30 to8:30 p.m. The cost will be$7.99 for adults and $4.99 forchildren younger than 10. Thedinner will include soup orsalad. Last year’s fund raiserwas a huge success, and I amconfident our community willonce again show its supportfor this important program.”

In addition to many a no -nymous donors, donationswere re ceived Nov. 2-15 fromresidents of the following com-munities:

ConoverDennis and Shirley Bail-

largeon, Conover Lions Club,Russel and Joan Larson, andRay and Clara Scharpf.

Eagle RiverBetty Bonkoski, Ralph and

Janet Boone, Robert andSharon Cech, Jackie and Wal-

ly Coghlan, Joseph Danzl,Eagle River Duplicate BridgeClub, George Garbus, MaryGengler, Ronald and BarbaraHarms, Greg and SueHerfindahl, Ruth Hibbard,Margaret Hull, Phil and Mick-ey Jensen, Mary Kapky, Billand Geri Kuehn, Mary AnnMcNeil, Jeff and Pattie Miller,Sam and Kathy Mulé, Johnand Jane O’Brien, Tom andDeb Obrodovich, Duane andMarilyn Preisler, Al and Nan-cy Prisk, Helena Radloff,Kathryn D. Reed, CarlaReimer in memory of LorraineTheymouth, Len and JudySalata, Schilleman Bus Ser-vice, Steve and Josie Silber,Tom and Carol Smart, Mattand Sabrina Spets, Linda andRichard Spice, and Jerry andBarb Stadler.

Land O’ LakesDan and Stacy Adams,

Gordon and Linda Johnson,Cindy Pekrul, and Darleneand Dennis Wasielewski.

PhelpsDennis and Mary Ann Hol-

comb.

St. GermainCommunity UCC Wo men’s

Guild, Ken and Ellyn Dahnke,Maria Ewald, Mr. and Mrs.Robert L. Foley, Dale andJanet Henning, 1st Sgt.Arleigh Marheine USMC Ret.,Michael and Kelly McGill,John and Mary Platner, Gor-don and Pat Rolland, John andBarbara Sell, and Barbara

WTC programplans fundraiser

The Red Kettle Campaignin, which began Nov. 16 inVilas County, is in need ofvolunteers.

Volunteer shifts are avail-able in two-hour incrementsat Trig’s and Nelson’s AceHardware Tuesdays throughSaturdays from 9 a.m. to 5p.m. and at Walgreens, Pick’n Save and Shopko Home-town Fridays and Saturdaysfrom 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Vilas County is a part ofThe Salvation Army ServiceExtension area which in -cludes 72 rural counties ofWisconsin and the Upper

Peninsula of Michigan. Theseareas do not have SalvationArmy facilities or buildings.

Funds raised by the cam-paign will be used for socialservice programs, rent, utili-ty, medical and transporta-tion. Funds also will be usedto assist homeless individu-als with housing and basicneeds.

To volunteer, contact JoeEisele at (715) 479-1485.Donations can be made to theRed Kettle Campaign at P.O.Box 1226, Eagle River, WI54521 or online at onlinered-kettle.org/Vilas.

Salvation Army seeks bell ringers

The Headwaters Councilfor the Performing Arts(HCPA) will present MacFrampton’s “Christmas,” aseasonal performance toenhance the holiday spiritthrough music and entertain-ment.

Electricity, exuberanceand Christmas will all cometogether Saturday, Dec. 8, atthe Northland Pines HighSchool auditorium at 7:30p.m. when Frampton, arenowned pianist, brings hisshow to Eagle River, accord-ing to the HCPA.

“His productions alwaysfeature a wide variety ofmusical styles, ranging fromgreat movie music to thehottest Broadway tunes tobeloved classical pieces, andat this performance, he willfeature many Christmasfavorites as well,” said LoriHahn, HCPA vice president.

“Since the early ’70s, MacFrampton has performedmore than 3,000 concerts allover the globe.”

Frampton has been asoloist with several orches-tras, including the BostonPops, Cincinnati Symphony,Atlanta Symphony and theSt. Louis Symphony.

He has worked with BillCosby, Glen Campbell, Rober-ta Flack and Ray Charlesand has recorded more than25 albums. His most recent

recording, “An American Por-trait,” pays tribute to theheroes and victims of Sept.11, 2001.

While every Framptonperformance differs, EagleRiver’s audience can expectto hear Christmas standards,a medley of English Christ-mas carols and an arrange-

ment from “The NutcrackerSuite,” according to Hahn.

Tickets are available inadvance at The Flour Sackand the night of the show for$15 per person and $10 forHCPA season ticketholders.

For more information, con-tact Steve Kolling at (715)891-0927.

Mac Frampton to performChristmas music Dec. 8

Performer Mac Hampton will star in a Christmas concert in theNorthland Pines High School auditorium, presented by theHeadwaters Council for the Performing Arts.

—Contributed Photo

Ministry Eagle RiverMemorial Hospital will host acommunity blood driveThursday, Nov. 29, from 10a.m. to 2 p.m.

The blood drive will takeplace in the Medical Artsbuilding located near the hos-pital in Eagle River.

Hospital staff, volunteers,visitors, neighbors and com-munity members are wel-come to participate.

“It is wonderful that thehospital is hosting this blooddrive,” said Jan Hadsell of theCommunity Blood Center. “Itshows an understanding ofthe crucial role that blooddonation plays in our commu-nity health system.

“This year there are fewerblood drives the week afterThanksgiving, so a successfulblood drive on Thursday isespecially important. Comeand donate blood,” said Had-sell.

Appointments are recom-mended, and may be made bycalling Alicia at (715) 479-0267 or visiting save3lives.org. Walk-in donors also arewelcome.

Donors must be at least 17years old, or 16 with parentalpermission, weigh at least110 pounds, be in generalgood health and have photoidentification.

Blood drive setin Eagle Rivernext Thursday

The Northland Pines cheer team was at theboys basketball game last Thursday, support-ing the Eagles in their first game of the sea-son. Posing for a group photo (above) wereteam members, front row from left, ShaunaFreund, Christina Angone, Hannah Hoffmann,Brooke Modjewski; back row, Kaylee Brown,Danielle Madl, Skyler San, Britney Pirus andRebekah Puffer. Getting the crowd into thegame with cheers (at left) were Freund andHoffmann, and (below) Madl and Modjewski.

—Staff Photos By GARY RIDDERBUSCH

Pines cheer teambacking the Eagles

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2B WEDNESDAY, NOV. 21, 2012 VILAS COUNTY NEWS-REVIEW/THE THREE LAKES NEWS

LIFESTYLE

Area elementary and mid-dle school students recentlyparticipated in the 2012 Con-servation Awareness PosterContest at the local, regionaland state levels.

Students from NorthlandPines, Phelps and ChristLutheran schools designedtheir posters around the 2012National Association of Con-servation Districts environ-mental awareness theme “Soilto Spoon.”

“Conservation of the soil isvital to sustaining humanpopulations,” said CarolynScholl, Vilas County conserva-tionist. “Most people don’tthink about the important rolethat soil plays in the food weconsume each day.”

Scholl says it is importantto make children aware ofthese important concepts andconnections because they arethe future stewards of theland.

“By creating posters with agiven conservation theme,children need to think critical-ly, make the connections, anddisplay an understandablemessage on paper,” saidScholl.

The county-level contestwas sponsored by the VilasCounty Land & Water Conser-vation Department and theOlson Memorial Library.

Criteria for poster judging

included relevance to the con-servation theme, originality,neatness, readability andaccuracy of the conservationmessage.

The posters were judged byMariquita Sheehan of VilasCounty and local artist Kris-ten Beyer.

An award ceremony washeld Monday, Nov. 5, at OlsonMemorial Library.

Winners of the PrimaryDivision were NorthlandPines students Brady Maines,first; Hailey Holmberg, sec-ond; and Allisen Kaiser, third.Elementary Division winnerswere Northland Pines stu-dents Emily Reid, first; LanaDodson, second; and LukeHissom, third. Place winnersfrom the Middle Division wereNorthland Pines students Lil-lian Bontrager, first; andSavanna Clason, second; andPhelps student JordynFranzen, third.

Junior Division winnerswere Christ Lutheran stu-dents Dawson Hogenmiller,first; Kerri Seyfert, second;and Jacob Bolanowski, third.

First-place posters fromthe county-level contest wenton to the Regional contest heldin Wausau Oct. 26.

Special recognition goes toBrady Maines whose poster

placed first at the Regionallevel and advanced to theState contest held in Wiscon-sin Rapids Nov. 3. His posterplaced third at the State level.Emily Reid’s poster placedthird in the Regional Elemen-tary Division, and DawsonHogenmiller won second place

in the Regional Junior Divi-sion.

For more informationabout the conservation postercontest, contact CarolynScholl, county conservationistwith the Vilas County Land &Water Conservation Depart-ment, at (715) 479-3747.

Poster contest winners announcedThis year will mark the

fifth year Northland PinesSchool District has hosted atoy drive to help families inneed during the holidays.

Red and gray bins havebeen placed in each districtbuilding and throughout vari-ous businesses in communi-ties until Dec. 3. The bins can

be filled with new toys, gentlyused toys, books, electronicgames or DVDs.

There is no need to giftwrap because Santa’s elveswill do this on toy distributionday Saturday, Dec. 8, at thehigh school. New batteries ofany size, tape, wrapping paperand bows are needed.

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sis is good, I was ever sograteful.

I will be spending nextweek with her family andassisting her in her recoveryand celebrating Thanksgivingwith her. I often celebrateholidays with her familysince Bill’s death, but some-how this one is different. Iwill forever be grateful forthe good news.

This is the week to giveserious consideration to grati-tude, if we haven’t already.Look around and consider allwe have — the people in ourlives including loved ones,those who farm and produceour food, those who protectus, help us heal, the roof overour heads, our jobs that putfood on the table, our cars,the beauty of this Earth, theair we breathe, the electricityand fuel that heats ourhomes while many live inpoverty we cannot imagine.We have so much.

Taking just five minutes tobe grateful each day can trulychange your life and what agreat way to fall asleep —counting our blessings.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Mary Friedel-Hunt, MALCWS, is a freelance writerand psychotherapist in theMadison area. She can bereached at [email protected] or P.O. Box 1036,Spring Green, WI 53588.

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SaynerMaurine Biedermann, Bill

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Star LakeTim and Vicki Haberle.

Three LakesGeorge and Beth Berdes,

Glenn and Judy Young, andKarl and Claudia Wittmann.

Watersmeet, Mich.George J. Kuchta.

Other Wisconsin citiesDavid and Tia Duppler,

Apple ton; Marty and KelliHein del, Appleton; ThomasBau mann, Campbelsport; Jimand Barb Kohlmetz, De For-est; Franklin and Marie Wal-ter, Loyal; Kenneth and Mar -tha Turner, Marinette; Fayeand Joe Maschke, Merrill; Mr.and Mrs. Gerald Fournier, Mil-waukee; and Judy (Olson)Murphy, Neenah.

Other statesEileen Kuhlers, Tucson,

Ariz.; Phil and Audrey Benz,Orinda, Calif.; Carl and Mari-lyn Nelson, Vero Beach, Fla.;Christopher and Lois Curran,Darien, Ill.; John and JudyUrban, Elgin, Ill.; Roy andDor o thy Halvorsen, Mt. Pros -pect, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. EdwardSapko, Palos Heights, Ill.; andArlene and George Reichert inmemory of James and EstherAman, Woodstock, Ill.

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Students in the NorthlandPines High School (NPHS)choral music program willpresent their fourth annualMadrigal Dinner Monday,Dec. 3, in the NPHS commonsarea. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.and the dinner and perfor-mance will begin at 6 p.m.

Dressed in traditionalmedieval and renaissancecostumes, members of theMadrigal Singers will per-form holiday and renaissancemusic while performing acomedic skit.

Other members of thechoral music department willact as servers and volunteersfor the evening. SmallRenaissance instrumentalen sembles will be featured.

A full dinner will be servedwith catering provided byTaher Inc. The menu includesturkey and gravy, mashedpotatoes, vegetables, dinnerrolls and assorted desserts,along with coffee and milk.

Members of the MadrigalSingers include JosephMiller, Benn Gober, JessicaAnderson, Kirsten Klessig,Heather Klein, VictoriaSchwenn, Michelle Schaetz,Allison Hartwig, KellieRadue, Pamela Hartwig,Hannah Bochek, Lauren

Gonitzke, Kirstie Luther,Danielle Wallschlaeger, Tay-lor Haugen, Aisha Calix,Kathryn Piper, YvonnePolack, Lindsey Tienhaara,Samantha Hytry, RiverDuQuaine, Angelique Gaffny,Morgan Gurka and VictoriaSleeman.

The ensemble will performsongs throughout the eveningthat range from traditionalChristmas music to classicalRenaissance Madrigals. Atthe end of the evening, theaudience will be invited toparticipate in a sing-a-long offavorite Christmas carols.

“The Madrigal Singershave been working hard toprepare a large amount ofmusic and entertainment forthis great event,” says KateJanssen, NPHS choir direc-tor. “We hope you kick off yourholiday season by supportingthe great students in themusic program.”

Cost is $10 for adults and$6 for NPSD students andseniors. Tickets will be sold inthe NPHS office beginningMonday, Nov. 19, duringschool hours. Tickets will beavailable at the door.

For more information, con-tact NPHS at (715) 479-4473or [email protected].

NPHS Madrigal Dinnertickets to go on sale

Sons of Norway will cele-brate Julfest Saturday, Dec.8, at Reuland’s Catering andConference Center, located at1571 Highway 51 N. in ArborVitae.

The menu will includeroast pork tenderloin, bakedsalmon, lefse, vegetables, sal-ads and a variety of Scandi-navian desserts.

Anyone interested in

Scandinavian culture is wel-come to attend. The cost is$20 per person.

Reservations should bemade by Friday, Nov. 30. Pay-ment can be sent to MarieMarin, 9030 BlumensteinRoad, Woodruff, WI 54568.Checks should be made out toSons of Norway.

For more information, con-tact Marin at (715) 356-9453.

Sons of Norway to host Julfest

According to the NationalFire Protection Association,cooking fires were the No. 1cause of home fires and relat-ed injuries in 2011.

Thanksgiving Day alonehad three times the averagenumber of reported homestructure fires involvingcooking equipment.

The Electronic SecurityAssociation (ESA) offers thefollowing tips for a safe andfire free Thanksgiving.

• Practice safe cookingand keep the stove area clearof items such as oven mitts,wooden utensils, food pack-ages and towels, and refrainfrom wearing loose, danglingclothing that can catch onfire.

• Keep children at leastthree feet from the stovewhen it’s hot.

• Stay focused on thetask at hand.

• Cooking activities suchas baking, roasting or boilingdo not present as many haz-ards as frying, broiling orgrilling, but it’s still impor-tant to stay in the home andremember to check on thefood periodically.

• Turkey fryers are wide-ly used during the holidaysbut can be dangerous if notused correctly. Turkey fryersthat are overfilled or over-heated can catch on firequickly. Use extreme cautionwhen using these appliancesand follow cooking directionsclosely.

• Never try to put out agrease fire with water as itdoesn’t extinguish this typeof fire. Water spreads the fireby causing the grease to

splash out of the pan. Thebest way to extinguish agrease fire is to quickly coverit with a pan lid and turn offthe burner.

Know what to do in case ofemergency. The moments fol-lowing the start of a fire arecrucial to the safety of ahome and its occupants.Always keep a fire extin-guisher in the kitchen whereit can be easily found. UsePASS to remember how tooperate an extinguisher:

• Pull the pin, hold theextinguisher with the nozzlefacing away from the bodyand release the locking mech-anism.

• Aim low and point theextinguisher at the base ofthe fire.

• Squeeze the lever slowlyand evenly.

• Sweep the spray fromside to side.

Even if all precautions aretaken to avoid a kitchen fire,there is no guarantee that itwon’t happen. For this rea-son, all homes should beequipped with fire alarms ora monitored fire alarm sys-tem.

Tips offered to avoid holiday cooking fires

The traditional Rhine -lander Christmas Paradeand Tree Lighting Ceremonywill be Friday, Nov. 23, indowntown Rhinelander. Thefestivities will begin at 5 p.m.with the Christmas parade.

The traditional lighting ofthe holiday tree will takeplace at Stevensport Squarefollowing the parade.

Anyone interested in par-ticipating in the parade canfill out an application at theRhinelander Chamber ofCommerce.

The theme of the parade is“It’s A Wonderful Life in theNorth Woods.” The paradewill begin at the RhinelanderPolice Station located onBrown Street, and will travelsouth on Brown Street, easton King Street and thennorth on Stevens Street toStevensport Square. Floatswill begin lining up at 4:30p.m.

There will be hot choco-late, cookies and candy avail-able at Stevensport Squareduring the parade and treelighting.

In addition, there will be amystery contest for those inattendance at the tree light-

ing ceremony.To distribute candy, pro-

motional items, pamphlets orany other items during theparade, a completed Rhine -lander Police Department

distribution form mustaccompany the parade unit.Parade application forms anddistribution forms are avail-able at the Rhinelanderchamber.

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The Wisconsin Brass Quintet of the UW-Madison School ofMusic will perform in the Three Lakes High School auditorium

Dec. 3. The group includes, from left, Jessica Jensen, Mark Het-zler, Daniel Grabois, John Stevens and John Aley.


The Three LakesSchool/Community ArtsAssociation has announcedthe Wisconsin Brass Quin-tet will perform a concertMonday, Dec. 3, at 7:30 p.m.at the Three Lakes HighSchool auditorium.

Founded in 1972, theWisconsin Brass Quintet isa faculty ensemble-in-resi-dence at the UW-MadisonSchool of Music.

The quintet has per-formed throughout the Mid-west and has graced nation-al stages including NewYork’s Carnegie RecitalHall and Merkin ConcertHall.

The group’s educationalprograms and master class-es have been presented atthe Juilliard School andYale School of Music.

The Wisconsin BrassQuintet also performsannual live radio broadcastconcerts on Wisconsin Pub-lic Radio.

“I’ve reviewed over 250brass recordings in the pastfive years, and this is one ofthe very best,” wrote BarryKilpatrick for the AmericanRecord Guide. “The Wiscon-sin Brass Quintet is aremarkable ensemble thatplays with more recklessabandon, warmth, stylisticvariety and interpretiveinterest than almost anyquintet in memory.”

The quintet’s mission isto perform and record, atthe highest level of artistry,a large and diverse range ofrepertoire both originallycomposed and adapted forbrass quintet.

This includes works fromall periods and styles ofmusic, with a particularemphasis on Americanmusic and new music fromaround the world.

As educators, the groupseeks to influence futuregenerations of chamber per-formers through clinics,lessons and master classesfor aspiring musicians of allages.

The musicians also aimto exemplify The WisconsinIdea, which states that theboundaries of the universi-ty extend to the boundariesof the state.

The members of theensemble include John Aley,professor of trumpet; Jessi-ca Jensen, doctoral candi-date; Daniel Grabois, assis-tant professor of horn; Mark

Hetzler, associate professorof trombone; and JohnStevens, professor of tubaand euphonium and currentdirector of the UW-MadisonSchool of Music.

The Three Lakes perfor-mance is supported in partby a grant from the Wiscon-sin Arts Board with fundsfrom the State of Wisconsinand the National Endow-ment for the Arts.

Tickets cost $15 peradult and $5 per studentand are available at BMOHarris Banks in ThreeLakes, Rhinelander andEagle River or at the doorthe evening of the perfor-mance.

For more information,call Mary Ann at (715) 546-8306.

Wisconsin Brass Quintet to performat Three Lakes High School Dec. 3


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In the 1920s Prohibi-tion made the manufactur-ing, sale and transporta-tion of most alcoholic bev-erages illegal. Not until1979 was the sale of malt,hops and yeast to homebrewers made legal whenPresident Jimmy Carterderegulated the beerindustry. The illegality ofhome brewing was a for-gotten law between the1920s and 1979.

A short time afterderegulation, MarcO’Brien’s father decided tomake some home brewand Marc and his brotherwere put in charge of bot-tling.

“Then in 1995, my wifebought me a home brew-ing kit and that startedit,” said O’Brien. “My firstbatch was a brown alemade from malt extract,dry yeast and hops. Itturned out pretty good!”He still has a bottle fromone of those early homebrewing kits which issaved for special occasions.

As co-owner with BillSummers and as brew-master of the new TributeBrewing Co. in Eagle Riv-er, O’Brien has recipeswhich use water, hops,yeast and grains to makebeer. Brewing will startonce all federal and statelicenses and permits havebeen attained.

“I’m given creativelicense to experiment withthe ingredients, and hope-fully, people will like theresults,” he said. “I test

and adjust the city waterso it creates a better brew.Water affects the harsh-ness of the beer and accen-tuates the malty or hoppyflavors.”

O’Brien and Summersplan to produce four beersconsistently as well assome seasonal varieties.They named their facilityTribute because it givesthem opportunity to nametheir beers after localevents and places in histo-ry.

For example, in the ear-ly 1900s, people gatheredin Conover and picked2,000 quarts of wild blue-berries a day, packagedthem and shipped them bytrain to Milwaukee andChicago to sell. It wasreferred to as the Blueber-ry Train. Thus, it givestheir blueberry wheat beeran associated story.

With a chemistrydegree and work experi-ence in labs and pharma-ceutical companies in oth-er parts of Wisconsin,O’Brien seems to havestepped right into the nextphase of his career in thescience of creating craftbeer.

“We are all about enjoy-ing the beer rather thanseeing how much beer youcan drink. My recipes area balancing act. You wantit to taste good but youdon’t want it to contain toomuch alcohol so it has aboozy taste. That’s verydistracting to the beertaste,” concluded O’Brien.

The brewmaster

Marc O’Brien is co-owner and brewmaster at TributeBrewing Co. in Eagle River. —Photo By Sonia Dionne

___________BY SONIA DIONNE

FEATURE WRITER___________

LIFESTYLE ENGAGEMENT

Students at NorthlandPines Middle School, EagleRiver Elementary School, St.Germain Elementary School,Northland Pines High Schooland Christ Lutheran Schoolworked together to collectfood items to fill more than300 Thanksgiving dinnerbags for the Vilas FoodPantry.

The effort also was aidedby Prince of Peace LutheranChurch, First CongregationalUnited Church of Christ, St.Mary of the Snows AnglicanChurch, Our Savior Luther-an Church, St. Peter the Fish-erman Catholic Church, FirstNational Bank, River ValleyBank, Associated Bank, BMO

Harris Bank, Mid-WisconsinBank, People’s State Bank,Schilleman’s Bus Service andseveral members of the com-munity.

The bags were filled withfixings for a Thanksgivingdinner. Monetary donationsalso were made to help payfor the cost of the meat for thedinner.

The efforts of students,staff and community mem-bers demonstrated howrewarding it can be to helpothers. The Thanksgivingbags were coordinated byJacqueline Coghlan, North-land Pines Middle Schoolprincipal and a member ofthe Vilas Food Pantry Board.

Vilas pantry receivesThanksgiving groceries

Chris and Tim Frank ofThree Lakes and RobertMey ers of Rhine landerannounce the engagement oftheir daughter, Rachel Mey-ers, to Joseph Boehlen, son ofDiane Boehlen of Rhine -lander and Lawrence Boeh -len of Dorchester.

The bride-elect works inmarketing and sales at Wick-ersham Jewelry in Marsh-field and owns Mirror ImagePhotography.

The prospective groom is afabricator and CNC operatorat Meyer Manufacturing inDorchester.

A Sept. 7, 2013, wedding isplanned.

RACHEL MEYERSand JOSEPH BOEHLEN

The Tri-County Council onDomestic Violence and Sexu-al Assault recently received a$500 donation from Marsh-field Clinic.

According to Tri-CountyCouncil Executive DirectorShellie Holmes, donationsreceived from area businesseshelp with critical preventionand support programming, aswell as ongoing operationalcosts of the shelter.

The agency also providesadvocacy assistance to morethan 500 victims of domesticviolence and/or sexualassault each year, accordingto Holmes.

“Advocacy includes, amongother things, crisis counsel-ing, support and informationsurrounding court processes,support groups, informationand referral to other commu-nity resources, emergencytransportation and help withrestraining orders,” she said.

“We also have a ‘safe home’that last year provided over1,300 nights of shelter to

women, children, men, elderlyand disabled clients,” saidHolmes. “In addition, we pro-vide a 24-hour crisis hotlineservice.”

“Since we live in a smalland relatively peaceful com-munity, it’s easy to assumethat these things don’t hap-pen here, or that they happento other people. The truth is,it happens more frequentlythan we’re often willing toadmit,” said AdministratorRick Clark, Marshfield Clin-ic-Minocqua Center.

“The clinic feels a deepsense of community obliga-tion to support programs likethe Tri-County Council onDomestic Violence. This pro-gram helps to educate andshelter people in need, andhopefully reduces the amountof domestic violence and sex-ual assault in our communi-ty.”

For more information or tomake a contribution to theTri-County Council, call (715)362-6841 or 1-(800) 236-1222.

Tri-County Council receivesMarshfield Clinic donation

Cranberry Fest FitnessEvents, held recently atCranberry Fest in Eagle Riv-er, raised $4,090 for MinistryEagle River Memorial Hospi-tal’s (MERMH) Rehabilita-tion Department.

Runners and walkers tookpart in the fitness eventswith a five-kilometer run andtwo- and four-mile walks.Registration fees and T-shirtsale proceeds were used tobenefit the MERMH Rehabil-itation Department.

“We are honored to seemany of the runners andwalkers making the fitnessevents a yearly routine,” saidMatt Thompson, public rela-tions and communicationsmanager for MERMH. “TheMERMH RehabilitationDepartment is grateful forthe support of the communi-ty.”

For information about vol-unteer opportunities atMERMH, call (715) 479-0327.

Cranberry fitness eventsbenefit Ministry rehab

The Marshfield Clinic mo -bile screening unit deliversbreast cancer and bone densi-ty screenings monthly torural Wisconsin residentswho otherwise would nothave access to the services.

For the past two decades,national breast cancer deathrates have dropped, possiblydue to earlier disease detec-tion and improved treatmentoptions.

More than 230,000 women

in the U.S. were expected tobe diagnosed with breastcancer in 2011, according toan American Cancer Societyreport.

The mobile screening unitwill offer digital mammogra-phy and digital bone densityscreenings Tuesday, Dec. 4,from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. atMarshfield Clinic Eagle Riv-er Center. For an appoint-ment, contact the clinic at(715) 479-0400.

Mobile screening unitschedules monthly visit

Two blood drives areplanned in Eagle River tobenefit the American RedCross (ARC), driven in partby Hurricane Sandy and theincreased need for blood.

The first blood drive willbe held Tuesday, Nov. 27,from 12:30 to 5 p.m. at St.Peter the Fisherman CatholicChurch located at 5001 High-way G.

The second will be heldFriday, Nov. 30, from 9 a.m. to2 p.m. at Northland PinesHigh School located at 1800Pleasure Island Drive.

Donors must be 17 years ofage, weigh at least 110pounds and be in generalgood health. Photo identifica-tion is required. Students age16 may donate with parentalconsent. Appointments maybe made but walk-ins arewelcome.

To make an appointment,contact the ARC at 1-(800)733-2767.

Red Cross setsblood drives

The Community BibleChurch in Eagle River willhave a Thanksgiving Eve ser-vice at 7 p.m., Wednesday,

Nov. 21. Time will be taken to focus

on our many blessings. Thepublic is welcome.

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TRAINING YOUNG PILOTS — Eagle River Cadets take to theskies training in Cessna 172s to become pilots. Pictured, fromleft, are flight instructor Chris Thetreau, Cadet Airman Olson,

Cadet Airman Pirus, Cadet Airman VanderBloemen, Master Sgt.Laska, Cadet Airman Wittkopf, Cadet Airman Leach and certifiedflight instructor Pat Masse. —Contributed Photo

This week’s story hourtheme will be Turkey Trotand turkey activities. Chil-dren are welcome to comeaccompanied by an adult tolisten to stories and doturkey-related crafts.

Story hour runs daily from10:30 to 11:15 a.m.

Olsen Memorial Librarywill be closed Thursday, Nov.

22, in honor of Thanksgiving.Regular hours will resumeFriday, Nov. 23, at 9 a.m.until 5 p.m.

A winter theme is plannedfor story hour Wednesday,Nov. 28. Children are wel-come to come and will makeornaments for the libraryChristmas tree as well as

take an ornament home.In addition, there will be

blank cards available foranyone who wishes to createhandmade Christmas cards.These cards will be given tothe Veterans of Foreign Wars,troops in service around theworld and veterans at theVeterans Affair Medical Cen-ter in Iron Mountain, Mich.

Children, grades sixthrough 12, are welcome toenter an original poetry con-test. Details may be obtainedat the library. Entries mustbe submitted by early Jan-uary.

For more information, con-tact the library at (715) 479-8070.

Library sets craft workshops and contest

Oehler wins photo contest

Conover Evangelical FreeChurch, located at 3725Highway 45 in Conover, willhost Alan Atwood Sunday,Nov. 25, during the morningworship service at 9:30 a.m.

Atwood’s approach tosharing God’s word includesmonologues of Bible charac-ters in a contemporary style.

At this service he will pre-sent “Wrappings,” featuringhis own modern-day inter-pretations of the angelGabriel, Joseph and theinnkeeper.

Atwood received a bache-lor of fine arts degree in the-ater from UW-Milwaukeeand went on to the AmericanConservatory Theatre in SanFrancisco to complete histraining.

He was cofounder of Aca-cia Theatre Company, aChristian theater companyin Milwaukee. He served asthe artistic director of Acaciafor nine years.

He currently serves asdrama ministry pastor atEastbrook Church in Mil-waukee, where he writes andproduces full-length plays forthe community as well asshorter dramas for worshipservices.

He has authored a book of

sketches for worship that hemakes available to churches.In addition, he performs sev-eral one-man plays aroundthe country to churches, con-ferences, Christian schoolsand camps.

Atwood to present monologuesof Bible characters at church

Matthew and SabrinaSpets of Eagle Riverannounce the birth of theirson, Sawyer Arthur, Wednes-day, Oct. 31, 2012, at Min-istry St. Mary’s Hospital inRhinelander.

Grandparents are Art andSue Spets, Dennis Jurmu,George and Shirley Cisewskiand Ralph and Lorraine Jur-mu.

* * *A.J. and Vanessa Minaudo

of St. Germain announce thebirth of their son, CarsonAndrew, Thursday, Nov. 1,2012, at Howard Young Med-ical Center in Woodruff.

The baby weighed 8pounds, 1 ounce and mea-sured 19 inches long.

Maternal grandparentsare Therese and NathanWuslerbarth of St. Germain.

Paternal grandparentsare Joe and Jenny Minaudoof St. Germain. Paternalgreat-grandparents are Andyand Judy Minaudo of St. Ger-main.

The baby was welcomedhome by brother Mason.

* * *Jacob and Sarah Anderson

of St. Germain announce thebirth of their son, LoganBradley, Friday, Nov. 9, 2012,at Howard Young MedicalCenter in Woodruff.

The baby weighed 8pounds, 7 ounces and mea-sured 18.5 inches long.

Maternal grandparentsare Don and Brenda Host ofGwinn, Mich.

Paternal grandparentsare Joel and Diana Andersonof Little Lake, Mich.

Sisters Sierra and Isabel-la, and brother Riley wel-comed the baby home.

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The Wisconsin Associationof Nutrition Directors spon-sored a photo contest to com-memorate the 40th anniver-sary of the senior dining pro-gram in Wisconsin.

Richard “Dick” Oehler, ofEagle River, submitted thefirst-, second- and fourth-place winning photos.

Prize money was awardedfor the top three photos andOehler donated his cashawards to the Vilas CountyElderly Nutrition Program.

Oehler and his wife havevolunteered for the VilasCounty Commission on Aging

for the past seven years andare aware of the role thenutrition program plays inthe community.

A poster was made of thefirst-place photo with theheading “Your Road toHealth and Wellness.”

To view the winningposter, visit a senior dininglocation or the local Commis-sion on Aging office.

For more informationabout the programs and ser-vices provided by Vilas Coun-ty Commission on Aging, call(715) 479-3625 or 1-(800)374-1123.

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Ministry Medical Group(MMG) Clinics will be closedThursday, Nov. 22, in obser-vance of the Thanksgivingholiday. This includes MMGClinics in Eagle River, Cran-don, Laona, Woodruff, Toma-hawk and Rhinelander.

The clinics will close at 4p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 21.

Ministry Medical Group willresume regular businesshours on Friday, Nov. 23.

Emergency services areavailable 24 hours a day, sev-en days a week at HowardYoung Medical Center, 240Maple Street in Woodruff;Ministry Eagle River Memori-al Hospital, 201 Hospital Road

in Eagle River; Ministry SaintMary’s Hospital, 2251 NorthShore Drive, in Rhinelanderand Ministry Sacred HeartHospital, 401 West MohawkDrive in Tomahawk.

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Ministry Medical posts Thanksgiving office hours

BADGER BRIDGE — Meets Mon.from 1-4 p.m. at Kalmar Senior Center.Reservations not required. Partner pro-vided if needed. Call (715) 362-8933.

DUPLICATE BRIDGE — Meets Mon.at 1 p.m., Thurs. at 6:30 p.m., at FirstCongregational United Church ofChrist in Eagle River. Call (715) 546-3021.

MAHJONGG — American mahjonggis played Mon. at 10 a.m. at the EagleRiver Golf Course clubhouse. Reserva-tions not required. New players wel-come. Email [email protected].

NORTHWOODS CHILDREN’SMUSEUM — Hands-on educationalexhibits and programs. Fun for all ages.Prime ages 1-10. Call (715) 479-4623.northwoodschildrensmuseum.com.

NORTHWOODS SINGERS — MeetsTues. at 6:30 p.m. at First Congrega-tional United Church of Christ in EagleRiver. New singers welcome. Call BarbNehring, (715) 547-3333.

OLSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY —Children’s Story Hour meets Wed. from10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the library at 203N. Main St. in Eagle River. Call (715)479-8070.

OUTDOOR WOMEN’S GROUP —Activities are held the first Sun. of eachmonth. Call Norma Yaeger, (715) 477-1984.

SCRAPBOOK CLUB — Meets the lastTues. of each month. Call Cathy, (715)479-3164.

WATER AEROBICS — Classes atLake Forest Resort Tues. and Thurs.from 8:30-9:30 a.m. Call (715) 479-3251.

WOODCARVERS — NorthwoodsWoodcarvers meets Wed. at 1 p.m. atKalmar Center in Eagle River. All arewelcome. Call John Modjewski, (715)479-6093.

YMCA — The YMCA Pines FitnessCenter is open for adults and youthsgrade six and older Mon.-Thurs., 5:30a.m.-9 p.m.; Fri., 5:30 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat.,7 a.m.-1 p.m.; and Sun., noon-4 p.m.Monthly, weekly and daily member-ships available. Call (715) 479-9500.

COMMUNITY DINNERS — North-woods SHARE offers free communitydinners the first and third Tues. of eachmonth at Lincoln Town Hall in EagleRiver. Doors open at 4 p.m., dinner at5:30 p.m. Call Donna Goeddaeus,(715) 479-8244.

HELP offers free community dinnersthe first and third Wed. of each monthat Ely Memorial Church in Land O’Lakes from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.Call Dean Karlovich at (715) 891-3771.

FIRST AID/CPR CLASSES — TheAmerican Red Cross offers various first

aid, CPR and AED classes inRhinelander. Call (715) 362-5456.

GED PREPARATION — Classes areavailable at Nicolet Learning Center,Olson Memorial Library, Eagle River,Mon., Wed. and Thurs. from 4 a.m. to 6p.m. and Tues. from 4 to 8 p.m. Call(715) 365-4455 or 1-(800) 544-3039.

AL-ANON — Meets Wed. from 6:30-8p.m. in the main-floor solarium at EagleRiver Memorial Hospital. Call (715)628-0023.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS —Closed meetings Mon. and Fri. at 7:30p.m., First Congregational UnitedChurch of Christ in Eagle River; closedstep meetings Sun., 2 p.m., Land O’Lakes Town Hall (rear entrance). Turn-ing Point Group meetings Tues., 7:30p.m., Community Church annex, Hwy.K; 7:30 p.m., St. Theresa Church inThree Lakes; and Sat. 10 a.m. at HolyFamily Church in Woodruff. Closedmeetings at St. Germain CommunityUnited Church of Christ Thurs. at 7p.m. and in the Newbold Town HallWed. Call (715) 367-7920. Open meet-ings at the Spiritual Center inWatersmeet, Mich., Mon. at 1 p.m., andTues. at 7 p.m., closed meeting Fridayat 2 p.m. Call (715) 545-2769. north-woodsaa.org.

ASSAULT SURVIVORS — Tri CountyCouncil on Domestic Violence andAssault’s sexual assault survivor’s sup-port group meets Tues. Call Elizabeth,(715) 362-6841.

BOOK CLUB — Olson Library BookClub meets the first Thurs. of eachmonth (except July, Aug. and Dec.)from 7-8:30 p.m. Call (715) 479-8070.

BOY SCOUTS — Boy Scout Troop 601meets Tues. in Eagle River at 6 p.m.Call Kay Tulppo, (715) 479-7409.

CELEBRATE RECOVERY® — Pre-sented by Birchwood CommunityChurch. Meets Thurs. at 6 p.m. at 115Division St., Eagle River. (715) 891-1946.

CHRISTIAN COALITION — Meets thelast Tues. of each month at 7 p.m. atDonna’s Cafe in Eagle River. Call JeffHyslop, (715) 479-4066.

DIABETES SUPPORT GROUP —Meets the first Wed. of each monthfrom 10-11 a.m. in the lower level of theLand O’ Lakes library. Call MeryKrause, (906) 544-2554.

DOLL CLUB — The Enchanted DollClub meets the third Sat. of eachmonth at 1 p.m. at Olson MemorialLibrary. Call Judy Wainwright, (715)479-7132.

EAGLE RIVER GENEALOGICALSOCIETY — Meets the fourth Thurs. ofeach month at 7 p.m. in the NorthlandPines High School library. Call SharonRogers, (715) 889-3157.

EASY EAGLES — Meets every otherTues. at 11:30 a.m. at RiverstoneRestaurant & Tavern. Call Charlie

Eggers, (715) 479-1799.

EAGLE RIVER AMERICAN LEGION— Post 114 meets the first Mon. ofeach month at 6 p.m. in Eagle River.Call (715) 479-3983 or (715) 477-0581.

EAGLE RIVER CHAPTER OF THEORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR —Meets the first Tues. of every month at7:30 p.m.at 610 E. Division St. Call(715) 479-8646.

EAGLE RIVER HISTORICAL SOCI-ETY — Meets the last Mon. of eachmonth at 1 p.m. at 519 Sheridan St.Call (715) 479-2396.

EAGLE RIVER MASONIC LODGE —Meets at 7 p.m. the second Tues. ofeach month at 610 E. Division St. Call(715) 479-8646.

EAGLE RIVER VFW AND AUXILIARY— Joint meeting the fourth Thurs. ofthe month at 6:30 p.m. at 624 W. PineSt.

GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS — MeetsWed. at 7 p.m. at Lac Vieux DesertTransfer Station Road in Watersmeet,Mich.

GRIEF SUPPORT — A Time toMourn, open to any adult who has suf-fered a loss, meets the second Thurs.of each month from 1-2:30 p.m. atLakeland Senior Center in Woodruff.Call Connie DeBels, (715) 356-8805.

GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP — Side BySide, open to everyone, meets the thirdThurs. of each month at 1 p.m. at St.Peter’s Catholic Church. Call (715)479-8704.

HUMANE SOCIETY OF VILASCOUNTY — Meets the first Tues. ofeach month at 7 p.m. at the Vilas Coun-ty Animal Shelter.

JAYCEES — The Eagle River AreaJaycees meets the second Tues. ofeach month at 6:30 p.m. Call Michelle,(715) 617-6384 or Cheryl, (715) 617-0265.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS — Knightsof Columbus meets the first Wed. ofeach month at 7 p.m. in Eagle River.Call (715) 479-4476.

KNITTING CLUB — Northwoods Knit-ters and Purlers meets the fourth Mon.of each month at the Woodruff TownHall. Call Carol Clauser, (715) 453-8055.

LAKELAND ART LEAGUE — Newmembers and visitors welcome. CallArlene, (715) 272-1168.

LIONS CLUB — The Eagle River LionsClub meets the second and fourthWed. of each month at 6:30 p.m. Call(715) 479-2666.

LIONS CLUB — The Three LakesLions Club meets the first and thirdMon. of each month at 6:30 p.m. atOneida Village Inn. Call (715) 546-3493.

MEMORY LOSS SUPPORT GROUP— Meets the fourth Tues. of eachmonth at 1 p.m. at the Medical ArtsBuilding. Diane Bluthardt, facilitator.Call (715) 362-7779 or (715) 479-3625.

MILITARY SUPPORT GROUP — AllThings Military meets the second Mon.of each month at 7 p.m. at OlsonMemorial Library. Family members andfriends of military personnel are wel-come. Call Scott Jensen, (715) 479-3631.

MOTHERS OF PRESCHOOLERS —Meets the second and fourth Wed. ofeach month from 9-11:30 a.m. atPrince of Peace Lutheran Church. CallLisann Snedden, (715) 479-1946.

MUSIC BOOSTERS — The NorthlandPines Music Boosters meets the sec-ond Thurs. of each month during theschool year. Call Brandon Bautz, (715)479-4473, ext. 0802.

MUSKIES INC. — The HeadwatersChapter meets the first Wed. of mostmonths at Eagle River Inn & Resort.Call to confirm. Call Scott, (715) 891-6133.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS — KeepIt Simple meets Thurs. at 6 p.m. at FirstCongregational United Church ofChrist. Call (866) 310-9077.

NEW-YOU-CLUB — Meets Thurs. at8:45 a.m. at Headwaters State Bank inLand O’ Lakes. Call Elsie Conant, (715)547-6015.

NORTHWOODS ASSOCIATION FORTHE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHIL-DREN — Training sessions are heldthe third Mon. of each month from 6-8:30 p.m. Sessions will be creditedtoward continuing-education hours forchild-care providers. Call 1-(800) 470-5833 or (715) 479-0337.

NORTHWOODS NEEDLEWORKERS— Meets the second Wed. of eachmonth from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Clover-land Town Hall. Call (715) 479-7850,(715) 477-2579 or (715) 545-2664.

NORTHWOODS PATRIOTS — Meetsthe second Tues. of each month at 6:30p.m. at Eagle River Inn and Resort. CallShirley Kufeldt, (715) 479-9187.

QUILTERS — Cranberry Country Quil-ters Inc. meets the third Mon. of eachmonth at 9:30 a.m. at Prince of PeaceLutheran Church. New members wel-come. Call (715) 479-4302.

QUILTERS — Eagle River KreativeQuilters meet the second and fourthMon. of each month at Olson MemorialLibrary.

ROTARY CLUB — The Eagle RiverRotary Club meets Mon. at noon atEagle River Inn. Visiting Rotarians arewelcome.

THREE LAKES CENTER FOR THEARTS IN THE NORTHWOODS —Meets Tues. at 8 a.m. at the arts center.Call Marie Moore, (715) 546-2299.

THREE LAKES GENEALOGICALSOCIETY — Meets the fourth Mon. ofeach month at 1 p.m. at DemmerLibrary. Call Nancy Brewster, (715)546-3391.

TOASTMASTERS — NorthwoodsToastmasters meets the second Thurs.of each month at 7 p.m. at OlsonMemorial Library. Call Tom, (715) 546-8032.

TOPS WI 87 — Meets Thurs. at EagleRiver City Hall. Weigh-in from 5-5:25p.m., meeting follows. All are welcome.Call Holly Schmucki, (715) 479-5426.

TRI-COUNTY COUNCIL ON DOMES-TIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUALASSAULT — Support groups fordomestic violence and sexual assaultmeet weekly. Call (715) 479-2912,(715) 362-6841 or 1-(800) 236-1222.

VFW MEETING — Eagle River Post8637 meets the fourth Thurs. of eachmonth. Joint meeting with Auxiliary at6:30 p.m.; regular meeting at 7 p.m.Call (715) 479-8810.

VILAS COUNTY MASTER GARDEN-ERS — Meets the second Thurs. ofeach month at 6 p.m. at Prince ofPeace Lutheran Church. Call ShirleyEgan, (715) 479-8820.

VILAS FOOD PANTRY — Open Wed.from 8:30-10 a.m. and the first and thirdTues. of each month from 3:30-5:15 p.m.in Eagle River. Call Richard, (715) 479-7524 or Jerry, (715) 477-1165.

WRITERS GROUP — The Writer’sVoice meets the second and fourthWed. of each month from 6-8 p.m. atOlson Memorial Library. Call Karin,(715) 479-5232.

WEIGHT WATCHERS — Meets Tues.at 5:30 p.m in Eagle River. Call 1-(800)651-6000.

ACT NOW — Open to physically chal-lenged people in wheelchairs. CallAlvin Weso, (715) 478-5120.

ADVANCE HEALTH-CARE PLAN-NING WORKSHOPS — Meets firstand third Fri. of each month at the Med-ical Arts Building. Call (715) 479-0375.

ALZHEIMER’S SUPPORT GROUP —Meets at Lillian Kerr Nursing Care &Rehabilitation Center in Phelps. CallLaura Javenkowski, (715) 545-2589.

NORTHWOODS ALZHEIMER’S SUP-PORT GROUP — Meets the firstThurs. of each month at 1:30 p..m. atOne Penny Place in Woodruff. CallJoan Hauer, (715) 892-0053 or (715)356-6540.

CANCER SUPPORT GROUP —Meets the second Thurs. of eachmonth at 10 a.m. at James Beck Can-cer Center at Ministry Saint Mary’sHospital in Rhinelander. Call (715) 361-2027.

DAYBREAK ADULT CENTER — Pro-vides relief to caregivers who haveelderly persons living with them. Activi-ties include social events, outings,noon meal and snacks. Meets Thurs.from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at Prince of PeaceLutheran Church. Call (715) 617-0584.

KIDS IN NEED — Confidential 24-hourhot line, 1-(800) 622-9120, to teensand their families. Call Mary Gadzalin-ski at Community Mental Health Ser-vices, (715) 369-2994.

MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH

HOT LINE: Mothers in need of healthand nutrition information, financial aidor advocacy can contact the hot line 24hours a day at 1-(800) 722-2295. mch-hotlines.org.

MOMS IN MOTION CLASS — Freeclasses for pregnant women or newmothers Tues. and Thurs. from 6-7:30p.m. at Saint Mary’s Hospital inRhinelander. Call (715) 369-6522.

MS CIRCLE OF HOPE — Meets thethird Tues. of each month at noon atGrace Foursquare Church in Rhine -lander. Call Janet Carlstedt, (715) 545-2245.

NARCONON — Provides answers todrug addiction, free assessment, eval-uation and referral services. Call 1-(800) 468-6933. stopaddiction.com.

NORTHWOODS AREA PARKIN-SON’S DISEASE SUPPORT GROUP— Meets the second Tues. of eachmonth at 10 a.m. at Ascension Luther-an Church in Minocqua. Call DennyLeith, (715) 358-2207.

SEXUAL ASSAULT SUPPORTGROUP — Sponsored by Tri-CountyCouncil on Domestic Violence & Sexu-al Assault. Meets Mon. from 4:30-6p.m. in Rhine lander; Thurs., 2-3:30p.m. in Rhine lander; Thurs., 5:30-6:45p.m. in Min oc qua. Call (715) 362-6841Mon.-Fri. from 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE SUPPORTGROUP — Meets the third Thurs. ofeach month from 5-7 p.m. at Trig’sRiverWalk Center in Rhinelander.Meetings are free and open to thepublic. Call Sue Mackow ski, (715)275-5399 or Tina Werres, (715) 499-3002.

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The fun starts here…Wisconsin’s North Woods


LIFESTYLE Compiled byCarly Ratliff

One Year AgoEfforts to recall Gov.

Scott Walker began asorganizers began collectingsignatures . . . Great Head-waters Trails kicked offefforts to build a bike andpedestrian trail connectingEagle River, St. Germain,Conover, Phelps and LandO’ Lakes . . . Kohler Co.partnered with Honda todonate 24 small engines tothe Northland Pines HighSchool technology andengineering program.

Five Years AgoThe buck harvest for

the first week of the nine-day deer hunt rose only 9%in Vilas County . . . TheVilas County Board votedto approve funding theposition of aquatic invasivespecies coordinator aftergrant funding ended . . . A70-unit city constructionproject in Eagle Riverstalled while waiting forapproval from the Wiscon-sin Department of Trans-portation.

10 Years AgoMotion hearings began

in the murder trial of Dou-glas Plude of Land O’Lakes in advance of hisupcoming trial . . . TheVilas County Sheriff ’sDepartment proposed pur-chasing a special weaponsand tactics vehicle . . . TheVilas County ForestryDepartment petitioned thecounty to rezone 9,000acres of improperly zonedcounty forest.

15 Years AgoThe city of Eagle River

experienced a 45-minuteblackout due to a short at aWisconsin Public Servicesubstation . . . Remodelingconstruction began on thenew Eagle River Chil-

dren’s Museum . . . Tom-ahawk considered institut-ing a bow deer hunt withinthe city limits.

20 Years AgoA St. Germain man was

sentenced to four years inprison for theft and forgeryafter double-crossing thenarcotics division of theWisconsin Department ofJustice while serving as aninformant . . . An Illinoiswoman was charged inVilas County court withattempting to bribe twopolice officers after adrunk driving arrest . . .Construction began on theclubhouse for the St. Ger-main Golf Course.

30 Years AgoGame managers pro-

jected the buck kill forVilas and Oneida countiesdropped 15-20% from theprevious year . . . The his-toric Northernaire Hotel inThree Lakes was sparedfrom a sheriff ’s sale by abankruptcy filing . . . TheTown of Phelps received a$155,000 loan from thestate to build a new firestation.

40 Years AgoThe Vilas Village Mall

was set to hold its grandopening Dec. 14 . . . HorstDistributing in Chilton

donated two new Chaparralsnowmobiles to Trees ForTomorrow in Eagle River.

50 Years AgoVilas County Board

approved a measure to sur-vey, map and number allroads and buildings in thecounty in order to improveemergency servicesresponse time . . . PhelpsSchool installed new desks.

60 Years AgoThe Vilas County Board

approved hiring its firstpublic health nurse . . . A16-pound Thanksgivingturkey could be bought atthe A&P for 56 cents.

70 Years AgoMarcellus Olmsted of

Eagle River became thefirst Vilas County residentto earn a Purple Heart . . .Coffee and gasolinerationing went into effect.

80 Years AgoThe U.S. Forest Service

announced plans to hire1,500 World War I veteransto serve in the northerncounties of Wisconsin . . .The state ConservationCommission began estab-lishing feeding stations forupland birds after temper-atures dropped into thesubzero range, in prepara-tion of a harsh winter.

Marv Elliott of Eagle River contributed this photograph ofWall Street in Eagle River circa 1920.

BACKWARD GLANCES

ChristmasWalk

Friday, Nov. 23

Kids’Day

Saturday, Nov. 24

Sponsored by theBoulder Junction Chamber of Commerce

715-385-2400 www.boulderjct.org

At the BOULDER JCT. COMMUNITY CENTER

Lioness Luncheon and Craft Fair9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Boulder Junction Community Center

Sleigh Rides4 to 9 p.m. on Hwy. M North

Christmas Karaoke on Main Streetby the Wolfman, 4 to 8 p.m.

Town Lightingat 5 p.m.

Friends of the Library Cookie Walk5 p.m. at Acorn Lodge, no early sales

Shops Open until 8 p.m.Serving treats

Arrival of Santa & Mrs. Clauson Main Street at 6:15 p.m.

Pictures with Santa & Mrs. Clausat Boulder Bear Motor Lodge on Hwy. M Southat 6:30 p.m.

At the BOULDER JCT. COMMUNITY CENTER

Children’s Activity Stations10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.Craft a Christmas ornament, make your ownChristmas cards, dessert making station,Ho Ho Ho Bingo. Story with Mrs. Claus at10:30 and 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

Kids’ Shopping House10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.Children 4 to 10 years old can go into theshopping house and buy presents, wrappedby Santa’s elves, for all the special people ontheir shopping list (all gifts will be $5 or under).

Lunch with SantaServing from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.Plate lunch just $5 per person

Alder LakeCranberry Gift ShopBeda’s Mobile Repair

Boulder JunctionMotor Lodge

Gooch’s A-OneBar & Grill

Outdoorsman Restaurant& Inn

Wiley Miller’sWildlife Images

Knitt’s HardwareBoulder Junction

Chamber of Commerce

BANKRUPTCYCREDIT CARD DEBT, MEDICAL BILLS, DEBTS

RESULTING FROM A LOST JOB OR FAILED BUSINESS?Chapter 7 Bankruptcy may be your answer for relief from financial problems.

Phone us for a free initial consultation.

CIRILLI LAW OFFICES, S.C.116 E. Davenport St., P.O. Box 159, Rhinelander, WI 54501-0159

Phone: (715) 369-3443 Toll-Free: 1-(888) 844-3443[Our office is a debt-relief agency that helps people file bankruptcy for relief under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code]

Kalmar Senior Dining

Serving at noonSponsored by SERVE

Kalmar Senior Dining isavailable at the KalmarSenior Community Center at1011 N. Railroad St. and isopen to all persons older than55. Meals are served Tues-days, Wednesdays and Thurs-days and are prepared on site.Meal cost is $5. Reservationsmust be made 24 hours inadvance, between 10 a.m. and1 p.m. Call (715) 479-2633.TUESDAY, NOV. 27Scalloped potatoes w/hamPeasBiscuitFruit-flavored gelatinWEDNESDAY, NOV. 28Chicken cordon bléuCheesy potatoesMixed vegetablesCakeTHURSDAY, NOV. 29SpaghettiSaladGarlic breadMuffinAll meals include lowfat milk

and coffee.Bus available upon request.

BADGER BRIDGE IN EAGLE RIVER

Results of 11/12/12North-South, first place

(tie): Bev and Ron Waller,Marge and Jerry Baerenwald.

Third place: Mickey Bar-ricklow and Mary Carter.

East-West, first place:Suzanne and Joe Wallace.

Second place: Nancy andAl Prisk.

Third place: Helen Welchand Betty Vande Hey.

Bridge is played every Mon-day from 1 to 4 p.m. at theKalmar Senior Center in EagleRiver and is open to the public.For information, call Ed Stoever,club manager, at (715) 362-8933.

EAGLE RIVERDUPLICATE BRIDGE

Results of 11/12/12First place: Bob and Mary

Ellen Peterman.Second place (tie): Mary

Ann McNeil and JeanSchroeder, Terry McCloskeyand Flo Erickson.

Results of 11/15/12First place: Carol ine

Pfeiffer and Lee Schultz.Second place (tie): Bob

and Mary Ellen Peterman,Susan and Dan Lansdown.

Duplicate bridge is playedevery Monday at 1 p.m. andevery Thursday at 6:30 p.m. inthe basement of First Congrega-tional United Church of Christ,located at the corner of First andDivision streets. The public iswelcome. For more information,call (715) 546-3021.

More Than A Meal Café

Senior Nutrition MealsServing at noon

Sponsored by Vilas CountyCommission on Aging

Reservations or cancella-tions need to be called in 24hours in advance between 10a.m. and 1 p.m. Call JennieJohnson at (715) 891-1221.Meals are served Tuesdays,Wednesdays, Thursdays andFridays at The AmericanLegion, located at 530 Hwy. 45S. Bus service upon request.Home-delivered meals areavailable based on eligibility.While there is no set fee for ameal, the suggested donationis $4 per meal. No one will bedenied service because ofinability to contribute.

TUESDAY, NOV. 27Baked macaroni & cheeseTropical-fruit saladVegetable juiceWhole-wheat breadSeven-layer barWEDNESDAY, NOV. 28Herbed-baked chickenScalloped potatoesAsparagusRaisin breadPumpkin fluffTHURSDAY, NOV. 29Beef chop sueyBrown riceStir-fry vegetablesEgg rollMandarin orangesFortune cookieFRIDAY, NOV. 30Egg salad

on whole-wheat breadSplit-pea soupCrackersFresh fruitDusted brownie

All meals include 1% milkand coffee.

Bus service is availableupon request.

WARM THE CHILDREN — The Eagle RiverDuplicate Bridge Club recently donated $638 tothe Warm The Children program. Taking part inthe check presentation were, from left, Bob and

Mary Ellen Peterman of the club, and SharinaAdams, Warm The Children coordinator for theVilas County News-Review.

—Staff Photo By GARY RIDDERBUSCH

Mary Sikora-Petersen,clinical dietitian at Marsh-field Clinic Minocqua Center,recently spoke to the Parkin-son’s support group in Minoc-qua about the benefits ofgood nutrition for individualswith Parkinson’s disease.

According to Sikora-Petersen, consuming enoughdietary protein is a challengefor people with Parkinson’sdisease.

“Some medication forParkinson’s, like levodopa-carbidopa, interact withdietary protein,” said Sikora-Peterson. “Protein competeswith these medications andcan make them less effective.Because of this, a person withParkinson’s may be temptedto cut back on protein, how-ever this is not a good idea.

“Protein is important formuscle strength, whichimproves balance. Protein canalso help maintain energy.One strategy some people useis eating most of their proteinin the evening when they areless active,” she explained.

“While there is no Parkin-son’s disease diet that specif-ically helps people withParkinson’s, it is importantfor anyone with any chronicdisease to eat healthy so theyhave energy and strength tolive well with the disease,”Sikora-Petersen continued.

“A diet that is adequate inprotein and has an abun-dance of fruits, vegetablesand whole grains will help aperson with a chronic diseasefeel energized. Physicalchanges can make it hard fora person with Parkinson’sdisease to maintain a healthyweight.

“For example, changes inmobility can cause unwantedweight gain. Or conversely,eating may become difficultdue to hand tremors or evenchewing and swallowingproblems, which may lead toundesired weight loss and adiet lacking nutrients.

“Eating a high-fiber dietmay be especially beneficial,”she said. “Fiber can help withweight control and also pre-vent constipation, which is acommon problem for peoplewith Parkinson’s disease.”

The Parkinson’s supportgroup meets the second Tues-day of each month at Ascen-sion Lutheran Church at7937 Highway 51, Minocqua.

For further information,contact Norma Semling at(715) 545-3414.

For more informationabout healthy nutrition forpeople with chronic diseases,contact the clinical dietitiansat Marshfield Clinic Minoc-qua Center at (715) 358-1160or 1-(800) 347-0673.

Parkinson’s disease requiresattention to proper nutrition

MARY SIKORA-PETERSEN

Gary and Nancy Syzmikwill minister at LakelandAglow Lighthouse Saturday,Dec. 1, at the Woodruff Com-munity Building in Woodruff.

The Syzmiks have travel -ed and ministered for morethan 20 years. They areordained through Churchand Ministerial AllianceInternational (CMAI) inNorth Carolina.

Gary Syzmik plays guitarand sings. His first song, “InMy Eyes,” was recorded as asingle for a radio play in1987.

Coffee and fellowship will

begin at 9:30 a.m. followed bythe Syzmiks’ presentation on“Power and Passion” at 10a.m. Registration is $3 at thedoor. There will be a freewilloffering.

For more information, con-tact Marie Trettin at (715)358-3872.

The community event issponsored by the LakelandAglow Lighthouse chapter,which serves men and wom-en in Vilas, Oneida and sur-rounding counties. For moreinformation about Aglow, vis-it wisconsinaglow. org.

Syzmiks to ministerat Lakeland Aglow

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• Live reindeer arrive at 3:30 p.m. along with elves and sleigh, and will remain until 7 p.m.for photos.

• Santa and Mrs. Claus arrive by fire truck at 5 p.m. and will talk with the childrenin the gazebo to share their Christmas wishes.

• Countdown to 95’ Tree Lighting Ceremony with over 3,000 lights after Santa arrives.

Enjoy the park decorations, fire pit, Christmas music, cookies, hot chocolate, coffee,and hamburgers, hot dogs and beverages will be available.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGON THE PROPOSED 2013 BUDGETFOR THE TOWN OF THREE LAKES

NOTICE is hereby given that on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, at 5:30p.m. a Public Hearing will be held at the Community Building of thetown of Three Lakes located at 6965 W. School Street in ThreeLakes for the following purpose:

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL BUDGET MEETINGOF THE ELECTORS OF THE

TOWN OF THREE LAKES

NOTICE is hereby given that on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, immedi-ately following the completion of the Public Hearing on the pro-posed 2013 budget, a Town Meeting of the Electors called pur-suant to Sec. 60.12(1)(c) Wis. Statutes by the Town Board for thefollowing purposes will be held:

To adopt the 2012 Town tax levy to be paid in 2013 pursuantto Section 60.10(1)(a) of Wis. Statutes.

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NOTICE is hereby given that on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, immedi-ately following the completion of the Annual Budget Meeting of theElectors, which shall follow the Public Hearing on the proposedyear 2013 budget, a Town Board Meeting will be held for the fol-lowing purposes:

For the Town Board of Supervisors to discuss and adopt theYear 2013 Budget for the town of Three Lakes.

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_____________(One Week, 11/21/12)

VILAS COUNTY BOARD PROCEEDINGSNOVEMBER 13, 2012

This annual meeting (pursuant to Wis.Stats. §59.11) of the Vilas County Board ofSupervisors was held in the conferencerooms located in the Vilas County Court-house, 330 Court Street, Eagle River, WI.

CALL TO ORDERVilas County Board Chairman Stephen

Favorite called the assembly to order at9:00 A.M. and instructed the Clerk to readaloud and insert into the minutes the fol-lowing: Public meeting notice require-ments were fulfilled by posting a notice ofthis meeting on bulletin boards located inthe Vilas County Courthouse, OlsonMemorial Library and Eagle River City Hall.Notice of this meeting was posted to theVilas County Government website. Allmedia outlets and members of the publicrequesting notification of this meetingwere notified on November 13, 2012, at8:45 A.M., more than twenty-four hours pri-or to the meeting.

The Clerk requested that all presentsilence their cell phones and pagers forthe duration of the meeting.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCEThe Board Chair asked all in attendance

to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.ROLL CALLRoll call found the following members

present: Emil Bakka, Alden Bauman, May-nard Bedish, James Behling, Mary KimBlack, Edward Bluthardt, Jr., Ronald DeBruyne, Stephen Favorite, Charles Hayes,Sig Hjemvick, Lorin Johnson, LeonKukanich, Christopher Mayer, DennisNielsen, Gary Peske, Charles Rayala, Jr.,Kathleen Rushlow, Ralph Sitzberger, ErvTeichmiller and Linda Thorpe. Mark Rogac-ki was excused. The Clerk reported 20Supervisors in attendance, constituting aquorum of the County Board.

APPROVAL OF THE 1st AMENDEDAGENDA TO BE DISCUSSED IN ANYORDER

Motion by C. Rayala, seconded by R. DeBruyne to approve the 1st amended agen-da, with the order of discussion to be atthe Chair’s discretion. All voted aye. Car-ried.

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THEOCTOBER 8, 2012 SPECIAL MEETING.

Motion by E. Bakka, seconded by D.Nielsen to approve the minutes of theOctober 8, 2012 special meeting as pre-sented. All voted aye. Carried.

OMIT READING OF ALL RESOLUTIONSAND ORDINANCES BY THE COUNTYCLERK UNLESS REQUESTED

Motion by A. Bauman, seconded by K.Rushlow to omit the reading of all resolu-tions and ordinances by the Clerk, unlessrequested from the floor. All voted aye.Carried.

SUSPEND THE RULES TO ACT ON ANYRESOLUTIONS OR ORDINANCESRECEIVED AFTER THE TEN DAY DEAD-LINE

Motion by R. De Bruyne, seconded by C.Rayala to suspend the rules to act on anyresolution or ordinance received after the10-day deadline, but received in time to listto the press and post. All voted aye. Car-ried.

RESOLUTIONS TABLED OR POST-PONED TO A DAY CERTAIN

NoneCOMMITTEE REPORTSLegislative & Judicial Committee: J.

Behling reported on an upcoming WCAresolution sponsored resolution. He alsoannounced the resignation of the Assis-tant Corporation Counsel. The CorporationCounsel has approval to advertise for out-side legal services to fill that vacancy.

Personnel Committee: L. Thorpe report-ed that the committee is considering manyHuman Resource issues. An employeesuggestion box will be provided in 2013. APaid Time Off (PTO) benefit will be consid-ered in 2013. Several recent vacancies areslated to be filled internally.

Finance & Budget Committee: C. Mayerreported that the committee will keep theBoard informed of financial policy deci-sions, as they are implemented. He pre-sented a report, prepared by the FinanceDirector, indicating the County’s currentfinancial position. He also spoke regardinghow a neighboring county dealt with theirbudget deficit.

Zoning & Planning Committee: C. Mayerpresented a current Zoning Departmentactivity report.

Highway Committee: C. Rayala reportedcomplaints regarding the quality of theroad gravel, used by the County. Hethanked the Board for supporting anincrease to the County’s road maintenancebudget. He also reported attendance at arecent Rustic Road meeting. He under-scored the need for County representa-tives to keep in contact with Department ofTransportation officials.

North Central Wisconsin Regional Plan-ning Commission: R. Sitzberger reportedthat Marathon County was joining theCommission. He also recommended thatthe County and area Towns utilize theCommission to develop local transporta-tions plans.

Law Enforcement & Emergency Manage-ment Committee: A. Bauman reported onthe proposed Civil Service ordinance, slat-ed for discussion later in the meeting.

Commission on Aging: E. Teichmillerreported all area ADRCs staffed and open.The Commission on Aging offices has aconference room available for County use.

Public Health Board: E. Teichmillerspoke about the proposed Dog Licenseordinance, which will be discussed later inthe meeting. He praised Public Health stafffor their quick response to recent publichealth concerns.

Human Services/51.42 Board: E. Teich-miller announced a reduction in theHuman Services Board’s projected budgetdeficit.

Public Property Committee: J. Behlingupdated the Board regarding exterior con-crete stair and walk way repairs made tothe Justice Center building. He reportedthat the committee was considering majorrepairs to the Justice Center parkinggarage floor in 2013.

UW Extension: D. Nielsen reported goodattendance at a recent UW Extension openhouse, showcasing County departments.

Economic Development Committee: E.Bakka reported that the committee contin-ues to work cooperatively with the VilasCounty Economic Development Corpora-tion, to bring new business and employ-ment opportunities to Vilas County.

Local Emergency Planning Committee(LEPC): K. Rushlow will provide a compre-hensive report of this committee’s activi-ties at the next Board meeting.

Health Insurance Board of Trustees: S.Favorite reported that the Trusteesapproved the addition of a Telehealth ben-efit. He also spoke about the creation ofsub-tiers within the current health plan.The sub-tiers are benefit plans designed toenable participation by part-time Countyemployees.

Forestry, Recreation & Lands Commit-tee: S. Favorite relayed a request from aLac du Flambeau group, to develop an ATVroute on a County highway. The requestwas referred to the Highway Committee.He announced an upcoming joint meetingbetween the Forestry and CommunicationCommittees. The joint meeting will consid-er tower site issues. S. Hjemvick reportedthat a recent donation to the ForestryDepartment enabled that department toreplace an obsolete workboat.

CLOSED SESSION:Motion by L. Thorpe, seconded by C.

Rayala to enter into a Closed Session pur-suant to Wis. Stat. §19.85(1)(g) for the pur-pose of conferring with legal counsel whois rendering oral or written advice con-cerning strategy to be adopted by theCounty Board with respect to litigation inwhich it is involved (Anne F. Driscollclaim). A roll call vote unanimouslyapproved entering into Closed Session.Closed Session entered into at 9:33 A.M.

RETURN TO OPEN SESSION:Motion by A. Bauman, seconded by E.

Teichmiller to return to Open Session pur-suant to Wis. Stat. §19.85(1)(g). A roll callvote unanimously approved returning toOpen Session. Open Session resumed at9:38 A.M.

ALL RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES,IN THEIR ENTIRETY, ARE ON FILE IN THECOUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE.

The Board then acted on all resolutionsand ordinances in the order as listed.

RES. 2012-109(DISALLOWENCE OF CLAIM OF ANNE F.

DRISCOLL)Motion by D. Nielsen, seconded by R.

Sitzberger to adopt. Discussion. All votedaye. Carried.

RES. 2012-110A ⅔ majority vote in favor is required for

adoption(2012 WAGE INCREASE FOR SHERIFF

DEPARTMENT CIVILIAN STAFF)M. Bedish and S. Favorite recused them-

selves and left the meeting room prior toany discussion or action taken on the res-olution. Vice-Chair C. Mayer assumedleadership of the meeting.

Motion by L. Thorpe, seconded by A.Bauman to adopt. Discussion. 9 voted aye.9 voted no: A. Bauman, E. Bakka, R. DeBruyne, C. Hayes, S. Hjemvick, L.

Kukanich, C. Rayala, K. Rushlow and R.Sitzberger. Tie vote. Adoption failed. S.Favorite returned to chair the meeting.

RES. 2012-111(2012 WAGE INCREASE FOR ADRC

SPECIALISTS)Motion by E. Teichmiller, seconded by L.

Thorpe to adopt. Discussion. A roll callvote returned the following results. 18 vot-ed aye: E. Bakka, A. Bauman, M. Bedish, J.Behling, M. K. Black, E. Bluthardt, S.Favorite, C. Hayes, S. Hjemvick, L. John-son, L. Kukanich, C. Mayer, D. Nielsen, G.Peske, K. Rushlow, R. Sitzberger, E. Teich-miller and L. Thorpe. 2 voted no: R. DeBruyne and C. Rayala. Carried.

RES. 2012-112(COUNTY AID CULVERT ON LITTLE

ARBOR VITAE DRIVE – STATION 1+100 –TOWN OF ARBOR VITAE)

Motion by C. Rayala, seconded by A.Bauman to adopt. Discussion. All votedaye. Carried.

RES. 2012-113(COUNTY AID CULVERT ON LITTLE

ARBOR VITAE DRIVE – STATION 13+00 –TOWN OF ARBOR VITAE)

Motion by C. Rayala, seconded by E.Bakka to adopt. Discussion. All voted aye.Carried.

RES. 2012-114(COUNTY AID CULVERT ON SNYDER

ROAD – TOWN OF ARBOR VITAE)Motion by E. Teichmiller, seconded by R.


RES. 2012-115(COUNTY AID CULVERT ON SCHUMAN

ROAD – TOWN OF ARBOR VITAE)Motion by R. De Bruyne, seconded by K.

Rushlow to adopt. Discussion. All votedaye. Carried.

RES. 2012-116(VILAS COUNTY PARTICIPATION IN THE

WIPFLI WAGE STUDY)Motion by E. Bluthardt, seconded by R.

De Bruyne to adopt. Discussion. 13 votedaye. 7 voted no: E. Bakka, A. Bauman, M.Bedish, D. Nielsen, G. Peske, E. Teichmillerand R. Sitzberger. Carried.

RES. 2012-117(WISCONSIN LOCK AND LOAD PRISON-

ER TRANSPORTS, LLC CONTRACT)Motion by A. Bauman, seconded by R.

De Bruyne to adopt. Discussion. All votedaye. Carried.

RES. 2012-118(COUNTY-TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

AGREEMENT 2013)Motion by D. Nielsen, seconded by S.

Hjemvick to adopt. Discussion. All votedaye. Carried.

RES. 2012-119(2013 VILAS COUNTY LIBRARY SERVICE

AGREEMENT)Motion by R. De Bruyne, seconded by E.

Teichmiller to adopt. Discussion. All votedaye. Carried.

Board Chairman S. Favorite excusedhimself from the meeting. Vice-Chair C.Mayer assumed leadership of the meeting.

RES. 2012-120(WM. WRIGLEY JR. COMPANY FOUNDA-

TION COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANT)Motion by E. Teichmiller, seconded by M.

K. Black to adopt. Discussion. All votedaye. Carried.

RES. 2012-121(DESIGNATION OF AUTHORIZED AGENTFOR EFFECTIVE RECYCLING PROGRAM)

Motion by G. Peske, seconded by L.Thorpe to adopt. Discussion. All voted aye.Carried.

Board Chairman S. Favorite returned tochair the meeting.

RES. 2012-122(EXTEND VILAS COUNTY OUTDOOR

RECREATION PLAN)Motion by R. Sitzberger, seconded by S.

Hjemvick to adopt. Discussion. All votedaye. Carried.

RES. 2012-123(SUPPORTING ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR

RAIL PRESERVATION)Motion by R. Sitzberger, seconded by E.

Bakka to adopt. Discussion. All voted aye.Carried.

General Code of Vilas CountyORD. 2012-5

(CHAPTER 10, ANIMAL CONTROL ANDWELFARE)

Motion by E. Teichmiller, seconded by E.Bakka to adopt. Discussion. All voted aye.Carried.

General Code of Vilas CountyORD. 2012-6

(CIVIL SERVICE ORDINANCE)Motion by C. Rayala, seconded by L.

Thorpe to adopt. Discussion. Amendmentsto the ordinance are numbered in the orderthat they were introduced.

Amendment #1. Motion by C. Mayer, sec-onded by J. Behling to amend the ordi-nance on page 1, Section I, B by changingthe rank order as follows: …includingthese job classes in part-time and limitedterm statuses: Chief Deputy, Jail Adminis-trator, Captain, Captain, Jail Administrator,Lieutenant, Detective Sergeant, DeputySheriff, Jail Sergeant, Jailer. Discussion.19 voted aye. 1 voted no: E. Bluthardt.Amendment carried.

Amendment #2. Motion by C. Mayer, sec-onded by S. Favorite to amend the ordi-nance on page 1, Section II, B by insertingthe following sentence: … all legal resi-dents of Vilas County. No two membersshall reside within the same town. Discus-sion. Motion withdrawn by its maker.Motion by C. Mayer, seconded by J.Behling to amend the ordinance on page 1,Section II, B by inserting the following sen-tence: … all legal residents of Vilas Coun-ty. No two members shall reside within thesame town or city. Discussion. All votedaye. Amendment carried.

Amendment #3. Motion by C. Mayer, sec-onded by S. Favorite to amend the ordi-nance on page 2, Section III, C, secondsentence, to read as follows: All competi-tors rated at the minimum or higher herein-before established… Discussion. All votedaye. Amendment carried.

Amendment #4. Motion by C. Mayer, sec-onded by J. Behling to amend the ordi-nance on page 2, Section IV, A (1) to readas follows: Be over 21 18 years of age. Dis-cussion. A roll call vote on the amendmentreturned the following results: 8 voted aye:A. Bauman, J. Behling, M. K. Black, R. DeBruyne, C. Mayer, R. Sitzberger, E. Teich-miller and S. Favorite. 12 voted no: E. Bak-ka, M. Bedish, E. Bluthardt, C. Hayes, S.Hjemvick, L. Johnson, L. Kukanich, D.Nielsen, G. Peske, C. Rayala, K. Rushlowand L. Thorpe. Amendment failed.

Amendment #5. Motion by C. Mayer, sec-onded by J. Behling to amend the ordi-nance on page 3, section V, 4, third sen-tence to read as follows: The HumanResources Manager Sheriff’s Departmentwill notify the interviewing applicants andthe members of the Civil Service Commis-sion of the interview date. Discussion. Allvoted aye. Amendment carried.

Amendment #6 Motion by C. Mayer, sec-onded by J. Behling to amend the ordi-nance on page 7, Section IX, C, first sen-tence to read as follows: Promotions to therank of Lieutenant will be from the ranks ofthose Deputy Sheriffs, Jailers and/orSergeants, according to the specificassignment of the position, employed full-time with a minimum of ten (10) four (4)years of continuous service with the VilasCounty Sheriff’s Department… Discus-sion. All voted aye. Amendment carried.

Amendment #7 Motion by C. Mayer, sec-onded by S. Favorite to amend the ordi-nance on page 13, Section XVII, F byadding a fifth qualification and renumber-ing as indicated: 4. Have a minimum of 4years supervisory experience. and 4. 5. Ifthere are less than three (3) internal appli-cants who meet qualifications… Discus-sion. All voted aye. Amendment carried.

Amendment #8 Motion by C. Mayer, sec-onded by K. Rushlow to amend the ordi-nance on page 9, Section XIII, G, to read asfollows: The Sheriff may establish an on-call list of casual part-time employees tobe used as relief Jailers… Discussion. Allvoted aye. Amendment carried.

Amendment #9 Motion by S. Hjemvick,seconded by D. Nielsen to amend the ordi-nance on page 7, Section IX, C, to read asfollows: Promotions to the rank of Lieu-tenant will be from the ranks of thoseDeputy Sheriffs, Jailers and/or Sergeants,according to the specific assignment ofthe position… Discussion. 14 voted aye. 6voted no: J. Behling, M. K. Black, R. DeBruyne, S. Favorite, C. Mayer and K.Rushlow. Amendment carried.

Amendment #10 Motion by J. Behling,seconded by K. Rushlow to amend theordinance on page 8, Section XIII, A, toread as follows: No full-time person hold-ing the office of… Discussion. All votedaye. Amendment carried. All voted aye onthe ordinance as amended. Carried.

RES. 2012-124(VOLUNTARY REDUCTION IN FORCE)M. Bedish, S. Favorite and L. Kukanich

recused themselves and left the meetingroom prior to any discussion or action tak-en on the resolution. Vice-Chair C. Mayerassumed leadership of the meeting.

Motion by R. De Bruyne, seconded by L.Thorpe to adopt. Amendments to the ordi-nance are numbered in the order that theywere introduced.

Amendment #1 Motion by J. Behling,seconded by L. Thorpe to amend theattached Vilas County Voluntary RIF policyon page 1, under Applicability to read as

follows: All non-represented, full-timeemployees, exempt and nonexempt, areeligible to participate in the voluntary RIFAll full-time employees, represented andnon-represented (excluding sworn lawenforcement subject to WPPA bargainingagreement), are eligible to participate inthe voluntary RIF. Discussion. All votedaye. Amendment carried.

Amendment #2 Motion by L. Thorpe,seconded by J. Behling to amend theattached Vilas County Voluntary RIF policyon page 2, under the Procedures Heading,Section J, by inserting the following lan-guage as the last sentence: The lump sumRIF payment will be reported to the Unem-ployment Office as weekly income, at theemployee’s current weekly payroll rate,until the total RIF payment has beenexhausted. Discussion. 7 voted aye. 10voted no: A. Bauman, M. K. Black, E.Bluthardt, R. De Bruyne, S. Hjemvick, L.Johnson, D. Nielsen, G. Peske, K. Rushlowand E. Teichmiller. Amendment failed.

Amendment #3 Motion by L. Thorpe,seconded by E. Bluthardt to amend theattached Vilas County Voluntary RIF policyon page 2, under that Payment and Bene-fits heading, Section B, to read as follows:The RIF payment shall not exceed one-halfof the employee’s regular, straight-time,annual salary. For example, in the abovescenario, the employee’s gross RIF pay-ment shall not exceed $35,000 $17,500,regardless of the percentage payment orthe years of service. Discussion. 10 votedaye. 7 voted no: A. Bauman, E. Bakka, S.Hjemvick, L. Johnson, D. Nielsen, G. Peskeand R. Sitzberger. Amendment carried. Aroll call vote on the resolution as amendedreturned the following results: 10 votedaye: J. Behling, M. K. Black, E. Bluthardt,R. De Bruyne, C. Hayes, L. Johnson, C.Mayer, G. Peske, C. Rayala and L. Thorpe.7 voted no: E. Bakka, A. Bauman, S.Hjemvick, D. Nielsen, K. Rushlow, R.Sitzberger and E. Teichmiller. Carried.

Board Chairman S. Favorite returned tochair the meeting. A. Bauman excusedhimself at 12:00 P.M. 19 membersremained in attendance. The Chair calledfor a recess at Noon. The meeting resumedat 12:07 P.M.

RES. 2012-125A ¾ majority vote in favor is

required for adoption(CREATE NEW RECREATION ADMINIS-

TRATOR POSITION WITH FLSA SALARYADJUSTMENT)

Motion by C. Rayala, seconded by R.Sitzberger to adopt. Discussion. 18 votedaye. 1 no vote: M. Bedish. Carried.

RES. 2012-126(NEW TECHNICAL SERVICE FEE POLICY

AND FEE SCHEDULE)Motion by R. Sitzberger , seconded by E.

Teichmiller to adopt. Discussion. Motionby L. Thorpe, seconded by E. Bluthardt toamend the resolution by deleting lines #27,#28 and #29 as follows:

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if rev-enues collected exceed the county costsof Land and Water staff in a given year, theLCC is authorized to carryover the non-expended funds to offset Land and WaterConservation staff costs the followingyear.

All voted aye on the amendment. Car-ried. All voted aye on the resolution asamended. Carried.

RES. 2012-127(TOWN OF PRESQUE ISLE GAYLE

STRAND ZONING DISTRICT MAP AMEND-MENT)

Motion by C. Rayala, seconded by C.Hayes to adopt. Discussion. All voted aye.Carried.

RES. 2012-128(TOWN OF PRESQUE ISLE MERMAID

LAKE ZONING DISTRICT MAP AMEND-MENT)

Motion by C. Mayer, seconded by S.Favorite to adopt. Discussion. 18 votedaye. 1 voted no: C. Hayes. Carried.

RES. 2012-129(SUPPORTING LEGISLATION REQUIRINGONLINE-ONLY RETAILERS TO COLLECT

AND REMIT WISCONSIN SALES TAX)Motion by L. Thorpe, seconded by C.

Hayes to adopt. Discussion. 18 voted aye.1 voted no: E. Bluthardt. Carried.

RES. 2012-130(ANNUAL FOREST ADMINISTRATION

GRANT & WORK PLAN)Motion by C. Mayer, seconded by S.

Hjemvick to adopt. Discussion. Motion byS. Hjemvick, seconded by C. Mayer toamend the attached 2013 Work Plan, underthe heading Wildlife Conservation, sixthbullet point from the top: Maintain the deerenclosure exclosure fencing surrounding4 sites planted to enhance wildlife foodand cover on the electric transmissionline.

All voted aye on the amendment. Car-ried. All voted aye on the resolution asamended. Carried.

RES. 2012-131(VILAS COUNTY REAL ESTATE

SALES/TRADES)Motion by C. Rayala, seconded by R.


CHAIR’S APPOINTMENTS • NoneDEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORTS • Social Services DepartmentMotion by C. Mayer, seconded by E.

Teichmiller to accept the Social ServicesDepartment annual report. All voted aye.Carried.

LETTERS AND COMMUNICATIONSBoard Chairman S. Favorite reaffirmed

that the 2013 Budget will be deliberatedupon at a special County Board meeting,scheduled for Tuesday, November 27,2012. He also scheduled a special CountyBoard meeting for Tuesday, December 11,2012 for purposes of ratifying citizenappointments to the Civil Service Commis-sion. The Board Chairman also announcedthat the Human Resources Director wouldprepare a regularly distributed newsletterfor department heads, in an effort toimprove internal communications. He fur-thermore announced the resumption ofcommittee restructuring and departmentconsolidation efforts, beginning early in2013.

PAY PER DIEMMotion by E. Bakka, seconded by R.

Sitzberger to approve payment of perdiem. All voted aye. Carried. Per diem shallbe paid as follows:

E. Bakka $80.30, A. Bauman $100.84, M.Bedish $55.33, J. Behling $49.22, M. K.Black $94.73, E. Bluthardt $52.55, R. DeBruyne $80.30, S. Favorite $53.66, C.Hayes $99.17, S. Hjemvick $68.09, L. John-son $65.32, L. Kukanich $52.55, C. Mayer$90.73, D. Nielsen $70.31, G. Peske $64.21,C. Rayala $90.29, K. Rushlow $50.89, R.Sitzberger $74.75, E. Teichmiller $75.31, L.Thorpe $48.39.

ADJOURNMENTMeeting adjourned by the Chair at 12:54

P.M.Prepared and submitted by:David R. Alleman, Vilas County ClerkMinutes reflect the recorder's notations

and are subject to future revision andapproval by the Vilas County Board.1911

_____________(Six Weeks, 11/14-12/19/12)

STATE OF WISCONSINCIRCUIT COURT VILAS COUNTY

Case No. 12 CV 157____________________________________Headwaters State Bank,

Plaintiff,vs.Robert A. Krohn & Angela D. Krohn,andState of WisconsinDepartment of Workforce Development,

Defendants.____________________________________NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE____________________________________

By virtue of and pursuant to a judgmentof foreclosure filed on September 20, 2012,I will sell at public auction on the frontsteps of the Vilas County Courthouse, 330Court Street, in the City of Eagle River, insaid county, on:

DATE: December 27, 2012TIME: 2:00 P.M.

all of the following described mortgagedpremises, to wit:

PARCEL 12A parcel of land in Government Lot Four

(4), Section Thirty-four (34), TownshipForty-three (43) North, Range Ten (10) Eastas the Fourth Principal Meridian, Land 0'Lakes Township, Vilas County, Wisconsin,more particularly described as follows:

Commencing at the West 1/4 corner ofSection 34, marked by a 2" iron pipe wit-nessed by a 14" Oak bearing S 64° W, 64.5feet; thence S 89° 05' 00" E, (solar bearing)1322.93 feet along the South line of Gov-ernment Lot 4 to the 1/8th corner markedby a 2" iron pipe; thence N 0° 10' 00" E,33.00 feet along the East line of Govern-ment Lot 4 to the PLACE OF BEGINNING,marked by a 2" iron pipe on the Northerlyright-of-way line of the Private Road.Thence N 89° 05' 00" W, 478.91 feet alongthe Northerly right-of-way line of the Pri-vate Road to a 1" iron pipe; thence N 0° 16'00" E, 230.00 feet to a 1" iron pipe; thenceS 89° 05' 00" E, 478.51 feet to a 1" ironpipe; on the East line of Government Lot 4;thence S 0° 10' 00" W 230.00 feet along the

East line of Government Lot 4 to the placeof beginning.

Together with the right for ingress andegress to the Town Road over the existingPrivate Road along the South line of saidparcel.

Subject to a perpetual easement for pub-lic utilities.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: Spruce MeadowsLane, Town of Land O’Lakes

TERMS OF SALE: Cash, with a minimumdeposit for down payment of not less than$10,000, required at the time of Sheriff’ssale by, cash, money order, Cashier’sCheck or certified check made payable tothe Clerk of Circuit Court, and the balanceof the sale price to be paid upon confirma-tion of sale by the Court. This property tobe sold “AS IS” and subject to any and alldelinquent real estate taxes, plus accruedinterest, and real estate taxes for the yearof sale, and any special assessments, ifany. Purchaser to pay transfer tax fee./s/ Frank Tomlanovich, Vilas County SheriffO’Brien, Anderson, Burgy, & Garbowicz, L.L.P.Attorneys for PlaintiffPO Box 639Eagle River, WI 54521

Pursuant to the Fair Debt CollectionPractice Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1692), weare required to state that we are attemptingto collect a debt on our client’s behalf andany information we obtain will be used forthat purpose.1892 _____________

(Six Weeks, 11/14-12/19/12)STATE OF WISCONSIN

CIRCUIT COURT VILAS COUNTYCase No. 12 CV 199____________________________________

Headwaters State Bank,Plaintiff,

vs.Ronald J. Plude, Dawn Plude,Christopher F. Plude,Eagle River Memorial Hospital, Inc., and,Cavalry SPV I, LLC,


By virtue of and pursuant to a judgmentof foreclosure filed on September 20, 2012,I will sell at public auction on the frontsteps of the Vilas County Courthouse, 330Court Street, in the City of Eagle River, insaid county, on:

DATE: December 27, 2012TIME: 2:00 P.M.

all of the following described mortgagedpremises, to wit:

A parcel of land in Government LotThree (3), Section Thirty-five (35), Town-ship Forty-three (43) North, Range Ten (10)East of the Fourth Principal Meridian,Town of Land O' Lakes, Vilas County, Wis-consin, more particularly described as fol-lows:

Commencing at the Northwest corner ofsaid Lot 3; thence South along the Westboundary of said Lot 3, 186.34 feet to theSouth boundary of County Trunk HighwayB; thence Easterly along the South bound-ary of County Trunk Highway B a distanceof 506.71 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNINGof the property to be described; thenceSouth 34° West a distance of 292.33 feet toa point; thence East parallel with the Southline of said Lot 3 a distance of 35 feet to apoint; thence North 34° East to a point onthe South boundary of Highway B; thenceWesterly along said South boundary ofHighway B to the aforementioned Point ofBeginning.

Subject to a perpetual easement foringress and egress and light and air overthe entire Westerly 5 feet of the saidpremises, as described in Volume 115Deeds, page 372, Vilas County Records.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 4189 CTH B,Town of Land O’ Lakes

TERMS OF SALE: Cash, with a minimumdeposit for down payment of not less than$10,000, required at the time of Sheriff’ssale by, cash, money order, Cashier’sCheck or certified check made payable tothe Clerk of Circuit Court, and the balanceof the sale price to be paid upon confirma-tion of sale by the Court. This property tobe sold “AS IS” and subject to any and alldelinquent real estate taxes, plus accruedinterest, and real estate taxes for the yearof sale, and any special assessments, ifany. Purchaser to pay transfer tax fee./s/ Frank Tomlanovich, Vilas County SheriffO’Brien, Anderson, Burgy, & Garbowicz, L.L.P.Attorneys for PlaintiffPO Box 639Eagle River, WI 54521

Pursuant to the Fair Debt CollectionPractice Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1692), weare required to state that we are attemptingto collect a debt on our client’s behalf andany information we obtain will be used forthat purpose.1891 _____________

(Three Weeks, 11/14-11/28/12)STATE OF WISCONSIN

CIRCUIT COURT VILAS COUNTYCase No. 12 CV 74____________________________________

Bank of America, N.A., successor bymerger to BAC Home Loans Servicing,L.P.

Plaintiff,vs.ERROL D. FRAZIER, et al.


PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue ofa judgment of foreclosure entered onSeptember 5, 2012 in the amount of$164,281.62 the Sheriff will sell thedescribed premises at public auction asfollows:

TIME: December 13, 2012 at 02:00 PMTERMS: 1.) 10% down in cash or money

order at the time of sale; balance due with-in 10 days of confirmation of sale; failureto pay balance due will result in forfeit ofdeposit to plaintiff. 2.) Sold "as is" andsubject to all legal liens and encum-brances.

PLACE: at 330 Court Street, Eagle River,Wisconsin 54521

DESCRIPTION: ALL THAT PARCEL OFLAND IN COUNTY OF VILAS, STATE OFWISCONSIN AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBEDIN VOLUME I PAGE 1413-363 AND BEINGMORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED ASFOLLOWS: A PARCEL OF LAND BEING APART OF GOVERNMENT LOT 3 AND GOV-ERNMENT LOT 5, SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP42 NORTH, RANGE 10 EAST, OF THEFOURTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, VILASCOUNTY, AND MORE PARTICULARLYDESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENC-ING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OFGOVERNMENT LOT 3 AND THE CENTEROF SECTION 29, THENCE EAST ALONGTHE ONE-QUARTER LINE BETWEEN GOV-ERNMENT LOT 3 AND 5 A DISTANCE OF864.00 FEET TO AN IRON PIPE AND THEPLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE S34DEGREES 27 MINUTES EAST A DISTANCEOF 126.53 FEET TO AN IRON PIPE ON THESHORE OF HEART LAKE, THENCE ALONGTHE SAID LAKE SHORE NORTH 56DEGREES 22 MINUTES EAST A DISTANCEOF 100.00 FEET TO `AN IRON PIPE,THENCE LEAVING SAID LAKE SHORENORTH 1 DEGREES 22 MINUTES WEST ADISTANCE OF 213.74 FEET TO AN IRONPIPE; THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES 09MINUTES EAST A DISTANCE OF 428.7FEET TO AN IRON PIPE ON THE ROADRIGHTAWAY, THENCE ALONG SAIDRIGHTAWAY SOUTH 67 DEGREES 27 MIN-UTES WEST A DISTANCE OF 109.28 FEETTO AN IRON PIPE, THENCE LEAVING SAIDRIGHTAWAY SOUTH 0 DEGREES 09 MIN-UTES WEST A DISTANCE OF 466.5 FEETTO AN IRON PIPE; THENCE SOUTH 30DEGREES 14 MINUTES WEST A DISTANCEOF 98.4 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGIN-NING.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 5110 Heart LakeRoad, Conover, WI 54519

TAX KEY NO.: GL3-1Dated this 31 day of October, 2012./s/ Sheriff Frank Tomlanovich,

Vilas County SheriffRussell J. KarnesBlommer Peterman, S.C.State Bar No. 1054982165 Bishops Way, Suite 100Brookfield, WI 53005262-790-5719

Please go to www.blommerpeterman -.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blom-mer Peterman, S.C. is the creditor's attor-ney and is attempting to collect a debt onits behalf. Any information obtained willbe used for that purpose.1890

_____________(Three Weeks, 11/21-12/5/12)


BRANCH ICase Classification Type:Foreclosure of Mortgage

Case Code: 30404Case No. 12 CV 112____________________________________

ACM BUSHNELL, LLC,Plaintiff,

vs.ALGAR SAULIC,

JANINA K. SAULIC,andNORDWALD, INC.

Defendants.____________________________________SUMMONS____________________________________

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue ajudgement of foreclosure entered on June14, 2012 in the amount of $136,679.52, theSheriff will sell the described premises atpublic auction as follows:

DATE/TIME: December 20, 2012 at 2:00pm

TERMS: 1. 10% of the successful bidmust be paid to the sheriff at the sale incash, cashier’s check or certified funds,payable to the clerk of courts (personalchecks cannot and will not be accepted).The balance of the successful bid must bepaid to the clerk of courts in cash,cashier’s check or certified funds no laterthan 10 days after the court’s confirmationof the sale or else the 10% down paymentis forfeited to the plaintiff.

2. The property is sold ‘as is’ and subjectto all liens and encumbrances.

3. Buyer to pay applicable WisconsinReal Estate transfer tax from the proceedsof the sale.

PLACE: Vilas County Courthouse, 330Court Street, Eagle River, Wisconsin 54521

DESCRIPTION/PARCEL #: Lots Three(3), Four (4), and Ten (10) in Block Five (5)in the ASSESSOR’S PLAT-VILLAGE OFBOULDER JUNCTION, said Plat being aSubdivision of Government Lot One, theNortheast Quarter of the Northwest Quar-ter, and the Northwest Quarter of theNortheast Quarter, all in Section Twenty;and the Government Lots Four and Six,both in Section Seventeen; ALL in theTownship Forty-two North, Range SevenEast, Town of Boulder Junction, VilasCounty, Wisconsin, as the same appearsof record in Volume 8 of Plats, Page 7.

Parcel No. PL 5-3PROPERTY ADDRESS: 10386 Highway

M, Boulder Junction, Wisconsin 54512October 11, 2012

/s/ Frank Tomlanovich, Vilas County Sheriff

Sitzmann Law Firm Ltd.231 W. Franklin StreetAppleton, WI 54911920-733-3963

Sitzmann Law Firm Ltd. is attempting tocollect a debt on our client’s behalf andany information obtained will be used forthat purpose. If you have previouslyreceived a discharge in a chapter 7bankruptcy case, this communicationshould not be construed as an attempt tohold you personally liable for the debt.1904 _____________


CIRCUIT COURT VILAS COUNTY— PROBATE —

Order Setting Time to Hear Petition forAdministration and Deadline for Filing

Claims(Formal Administration)

Case No. 12-PR-77IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF

James P. Brennan.A petition for formal administration was

filed. THE COURT FINDS: The decendent, with date of birth

7/23/1929 and date of death 6/16/2009 wasdomiciled in Milwaukee County, State ofWisconsin, with a mailing address of 6178North Santa Monica Boulevard, WhitefishBay, Wisconsin 53217.

THE COURT ORDERS:1. The petition be heard at the Vilas

County Courthouse, 330 Court Street,Eagle River, Wisconsin, Probate Branch,before Circuit Court Judge Neal A. NielsenIII, on Dec. 4, 2012 at 10:45 a.m.

You do not need to appear unless youobject. The petition may be granted if thereis no objection.

2. The deadline for filing a claim againstthe decedent’s estate is March 1, 2013.

3. A claim may be filed at 330 CourtSteet, Vilas County Courthouse, Eagle Riv-er, Wisconsin, Probate Branch.

4. Heirship will be determined at thehearing on petition for final judgment.

5. Publication of this notice is notice toany persons whose names or addressesare unknown.

If you require reasonable accomoda-tions due to a disability to participate inthe court process, please call (715) 479-3642 at least 10 working days prior to thescheduled court date. Please note that thecourt does not provide transportation.

BY THE COURT:/s/ Dawn HalversonCircuit Court Commissioner11/15/2012

Michael B. Brennan404 East Apple Tree Road(414) 217-5237Bar No. 10170641906 _____________


CIRCUIT COURT VILAS COUNTY— PROBATE —

Order Setting Time to Hear Petition for Administration and Deadline for

Filing Claims(Formal Administration)

Case No. 12 PR 78IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF

BERNICE A. HAYDEN, deceased.A petition for formal administration was

filed.THE COURT FINDS:The decedent, with date of birth March

11, 1936 and date of death Oct. 11, 2012was domiciled in Vilas County, State ofWisconsin, with a mailing address of 4251Spruce Lane #59, Eagle River, WI 54521.

THE COURT ORDERS:1. The petition be heard at the Vilas

County Courthouse, Eagle River, Wiscon-sin, before Circuit Court Judge Hon. NealA. Nielsen III, on Dec. 4, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.

You do not need to appear unless youobject. The petition may be granted if thereis no objection.

2. The deadline for filing a claim againstthe decedent’s estate is Feb. 7, 2013.

3. A claim may be filed at the VilasCounty Courthouse, Eagle River, Wiscon-sin, Probate Branch.

4. Heirship will be determined at thehearing on petition for final judgment.

5. Publication of this notice is notice toany persons whose names or addressesare unknown.

If you require reasonable accommoda-tions due to a disability to participate inthe court process, please call (715) 479-3642 at least 10 working days prior to thescheduled court date. Please note that thecourt does not provide transportation.

BY THE COURT:/s/ Dawn R. HalversonCircuit Court Commissioner10/31/2012

Atty. Colyn E. CarterP.O. Box 1088Eagle River, WI 54521(715) 479-4488Bar No. 10085341873 _____________


CIRCUIT COURT VILAS COUNTYCase No. 12-CV-203

The HonorableNeal A. Nielsen, IIICase Code 30404

(Foreclosure of Mortgage)The amount claimed exceeds $5000.00____________________________________

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.3476 Stateview BoulevardFort Mill, SC 29715,

Plaintiff,vs.Martha Jane Sullivan individually and asTrustee of the Martha Jane Sullivan Trust1322 Deneb CtWalnut Creek, CA 94597-2959John Doe Sullivan1322 Deneb CtWalnut Creek, CA 94597-2959John Moe Sullivan and Jane Doe Sullivanand such other unknown trustee and/orbeneficiaries of the Martha Jane SullivanTrust1322 Deneb CtWalnut Creek, CA 94597-2959

Defendants.____________________________________PUBLICATION SUMMONS____________________________________

THE STATE OF WISCONSINTo each person named above as a defen-

dant:You are hereby notified that the plaintiff

named above has filed a lawsuit or otherlegal action against you.

Within 40 days after November 7, 2012you must respond with a written demandfor a copy of the complaint. The demandmust be sent or delivered to the court,whose address is 330 Court Street, EagleRiver, WI 54521 and to Gray & Associates,L.L.P., plaintiff's attorney, whose addressis 16345 West Glendale Drive, New Berlin,WI 53151-2841. You may have an attorneyhelp or represent you.

If you do not demand a copy of the com-plaint within 40 days, the court may grantjudgment against you for the award ofmoney or other legal action requested inthe complaint, and you may lose your rightto object to anything that is or may beincorrect in the complaint. A judgment maybe enforced as provided by law. A judg-ment awarding money may become a lienagainst any real estate you own now or inthe future, and may also be enforced bygarnishment or seizure of property.

Dated this 2nd day of November, 2012.Gray & Associates, L.L.P.Attorneys for PlaintiffBy: /s/ William N. FoshagState Bar No. 102041716345 West Glendale DriveNew Berlin, WI 53151-2841(414) 224-8404(414) 224-8118

Gray & Associates, L.L.P. is attemptingto collect a debt and any informationobtained will be used for that purpose. Ifyou have previously received a dischargein a chapter 7 bankruptcy case, this com-munication should not be construed as anattempt to hold you personally liable forthe debt.1880 _____________

(Six Weeks, 11/21-12/5/12)STATE OF WISCONSIN

CIRCUIT COURT VILAS COUNTYCase No. 12-CV-67

Hon. Neal A. Nielsen, IIIBr. 1____________________________________

ASSOCIATED BANK, N.A.,Plaintiff,

vs.ROY G. HOENECKEELIZABETH HOENECKEVILLAGE OF MCFARLAND,

Defendants.____________________________________NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE____________________________________

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that by virtue ofa Judgment of Foreclosure entered in theabove-captioned action on June 12, 2012,in the amount of $91,203.67, the Sheriff orhis assignee will sell the described premis-es at public auction as follows:

TIME: December 13, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.PLACE: in the main lobby of the Vilas

County Courthouse, 330 Court Street,Eagle River, WI 54521

DESCRIPTION: Lot Thirty-seven (37) ofthe recorded Plat of Deerwood Beach-Divi-sion 2, said Plat being a subdivision of partof Government Lots One, Three and Four,all in Section One, Township Forty North,Range Six East, Arbor Vitae Township,Vilas County, Wisconsin as the sameappears of record in Volume 8 of Plats atpage 26.

Tax Key: 2-61PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2749 Deerwood

Drive, Arbor Vitae, WI 54568TERMS: Cash; down payment required

at the time of Sheriff’s Sale in the amountof 10% by cash, money order, cashier’scheck or certified check made payable tothe Vilas County Clerk of Courts; balanceof sale price due upon confirmation of saleby Court. Property to be sold as a whole'as is' and subject to all real estate taxes,accrued and accruing, special assess-ments, if any, penalties and interest. Buy-er to pay applicable Wisconsin Real EstateTransfer Tax from the proceeds of the Saleupon Confirmation of the Court. Purchas-er to pay the cost of title evidence.

/s/ Sheriff Frank TomlanovichVilas County, Wisconsin

Plaintiff’s Attorney:Mallery & Zimmerman, S.C.500 Third Street, Suite 800P.O. Box 479Wausau, WI 54402-0479(715) 845-8234 1902 WNAXLP

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PUBLIC NOTICES


JAN HINTZ(715) 546-2712

[email protected] MEDICINE LAKE LODGE RD., THREE LAKES,WI 54562THREE LAKES

NOTICE OF 2013 BUDGET HEARINGFOR THE TOWN OF THREE LAKES, ONEIDA COUNTY

The town of Three Lakes Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on the budget to beadopted for said town for the calendar year of 2013. Said hearing will be held at the ThreeLakes Community Building, 6965 West School Street, on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, beginningat 5:30 p.m.

2013 BUDGET SUMMARYTOWN OF THREE LAKES

EXPENDITURES FOR OPERATION Budget Budget Proposed %AND MAINTENANCE 2011 2012 2013 Change

GENERAL GOVERNMENT $810,177.00 $571,907.54 $470,934.91 –17.7%PUBLIC SAFETY 579,579.24 579,525.42 712,378.68 22.9%PUBLIC WORKS 698,307.76 571,716.74 884,312.96 54.7%HEALTH AND SANITATION 113,900.00 98,700.00 110,790.00 12.2%EDUCATION AND RECREATION 337,197.19 314,313.96 453,601.38 44.3%ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 113,500.00 173,350.00 187,768.00 8.3%DEBT SERVICE 210,464.00 476,136.87 167,954.94 –64.7%SPECIAL ASSESSMENT 4,070.00 4,070.30 0.00 –100.0%CAPITAL OUTLAY 160,600.00 141,775.00 194,005.12 36.8%

TOTAL EXPENDITURES $3,027,735.19 $2,931,495.82 $3,181,745.99 8.5%LESS ANTICIPATED REVENUES 1,103,749.59 1,015,599.83 1,258,607.99 23.9%NET EXPENSE (LEVY) 1,923,985.60 1,915,896.00 1,923,138.00 0.4%

ACTUAL 2011 LEVY $1,915,896.00PROPOSED 2012 LEVY FOR 2013 BUDGET $1,923,138.00

Said budget in detail is available for inspection at the Three Lakes Town Offices, 6965 WestSchool Street.

Sue Harris, ClerkTown of Three Lakes1903

NOTICE OF SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION(S.120.06 (6) (B), Wis. Stats.)

Notice is hereby given to the qualified electors of the SchoolDistrict of Three Lakes that a School Board Election will beheld on Tuesday, April 2, 2013, to fill the expiring terms of Ter-ry McCloskey and John Olkowski Jr., beginning April 22, 2013,and expiring April 2016.

An elector desiring to be a candidate for a position on theSchool Board must file a campaign registration statement anda declaration of candidacy at the Board of Education Office,6930 West School Street, Three Lakes, WI 54562, between thehours of 7:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, mailedto the address noted above, or filed personally with the SchoolDistrict Clerk, prior to 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013.

Dated this 13th day of November 2012.

/s/ Tom Rulseh, ClerkBoard of Education1900

Town of Three Lakes-Historical SocietyThe town of Three Lakes-Historical Society is seeking con-tractor for on-site work to alleviate drainage problem at 1798Huron Street. Project to include: Providing 300 feet of 6-inchdrain tube, 100 yds. of 1.5-inch washed crushed stone and 10yds. of screened topsoil. Removal of two trees, brush andstumps as well as dig 300 feet of trench and haul out dirt.Install drain tube, fill trench with stone, reshape front parkingarea and re-grade.

If interested, please contact the Three Lakes Town Office at715-546-3316. 1912

The application deadline isapproaching for organizationsto present projects for Leader-ship Oneida County candi-dates.

Applications are due Nov.23. The Leadership steeringcommittee will review theapplications and ask selectedorganizations to describetheir project to the Leader-ship candidates on Dec. 13.

Leadership Oneida Coun-ty is a program that identi-fies and cultivates leaderswithin Oneida county. The2012-’13 program has 12 can-didates from various profes-sional and personal back-grounds with diverse skillsand abilities.

As part of the programand a requirement for gradu-

ation, candidates must selecta community project to com-plete by May 2013. Commu-nity projects are solicitedfrom local community groupsand nonprofit organizations.

Leadership programshave assisted communities invarious ways. One grouphelped a local communityidentify locations, costs and adesign for new welcomesigns. Another group assisteda local nonprofit organizationcreate a marketing plan.

A group also assisted ahumane society with creatinga volunteer program.

For an application or formore information, contactLara Reed at the RhinelanderArea Chamber of Commerceat (715) 365-7464.

Leadership Oneida seekingprojects for program grads

The Northwoods Petro -leum Museum in ThreeLakes has been acquiringnew items for display at therate of one per week through-out the last year, according tomuseum owner Ed Jacobsen.

The museum continues toevolve as items are donatedand purchased. Among thenew exhibits is a restored1941 International CitiesService gasoline deliverytruck in its original condi-tion.

This truck will be on con-signment as an exclusiveexhibit through the spring ofnext year. The meticulouslyrestored machine belongs toTerry Flannery of Goodmanand has been featured in onlytwo car shows, one in ThreeLakes and one in Iola.

The vehicle was featuredin the blue ribbon concours atIola, which is reserved foronly the highest qualityantiques in the Midwest.

The truck has been fea-tured in five national maga-zines, including the Interna-tional Harvester collectors’magazine, the Red Power andthe Vintage Truck monthlies,as well as Petroleum Col-lectible Monthly and the Iolaedition of Old Cars Weekly.

Jacobsen said Flannerywas pleased to display histruck for all to see at the ThreeLakes Museum, as it has

attracted nearly 20,000 peoplesince its opening in 2006.

Jacobsen said he’s had somany new additions to the col-lection that he’s running lowon space, but changes weremade to accommodate thismagnificent delivery truck.

While the truck is inThree Lakes, it will be thehighlight of the displays at

the museum. Other new additions

include a 1927 hand-crankgasoline pump as well as aworking gas pump from 1899.This pump is an original mod-el of the first pump to bringgasoline, or kerosene, from anunderground storage tank.

Jacobsen said that untilhe acquired this particular

pump last month, he hadonly seen one other completepump of this type.

“It’s in the chairman’soffice at the Tokheim pumpmanufacturing headquartersin Indiana,” he said.

The museum, which isopen to the public, operatesall year. For museum hours,contact (715) 617-0566.

Petroleum Museum features 1941 delivery truck as exhibit

PUBLIC NOTICE_____________

(One Week, 11/21/12)REGULAR MEETING Board of Education

School District of Three LakesOctober 23, 2012

Meeting called to order at 6:00 PM byPresident Ingram. Board members pre-sent: Kwaterski, Ingram, Rulseh, andMcCloskey. Also present: Dr. George J.Karling, District Administrator; B. Greb andJ. Kuchenbecker, Principals; K. Brown,Elementary Dean of Students; G. Welhoe-fer, Guidance Director; M. Bobert, DistrictSecretary; and 6 visitors.

The Pledge of Allegiance was recited bythose in attendance.

Dr. Karling reported on the agenda post-ing and notification of the meeting to themedia.

Motion was made and seconded toapprove the agenda as printed. Motion car-ried. 4:0.

Motion was made and seconded toapprove the minutes of the September 18,2012 regular meeting. Motion carried. 4:0.

Dr. Karling asked that the NovemberBoard meeting date be changed to Novem-ber 14 due to a conflict with the Thanksgiv-ing break. Discussion followed. Motionwas made and seconded to set the Novem-ber Board meeting for November 14 at 6:00PM at the Sugar Camp School. Motion car-ried. 4:0.

The Board considered budget revisionsfor the 2012-2013 budget. Discussion fol-lowed. Motion was made and seconded todecrease the general fund tax levy by$127.00; increase the community servicefund tax levy by $110.57; increase specialadjustment aid by $39.00; increase exemptcomputer aid by $90.00; and decrease perpupil aid by $150.00. Motion carried. 4:0.

The Board reviewed the levy adjustmentin accordance with budget revisions. Motionwas made and seconded to adjust the levyin accordance with budget revisions and toset the levy at $6,977,687.86 for the 2012-2013 school year. Motion carried. 4:0.

The Board considered a resolutionauthorizing the school district budget toexceed the revenue limit by $2,345,123 peryear for five years for non-recurring pur-poses. Motion was made and seconded toadopt the resolution authorizing theschool district budget to exceed the rev-enue limit by $2,345,123 per year for fiveyears for non-recurring purposes. Discus-sion followed. Motion carried. 4:0.

The Board considered a resolution pro-viding for a referendum election on thequestion of the approval of a resolutionauthorizing the school district budget toexceed the revenue limit by $2,345,123 peryear for five years for nonrecurring pur-poses. Motion was made and seconded toadopt the resolution providing for a refer-endum election on the question of theapproval of a resolution authorizing theschool district budget to exceed the rev-enue limit by $2,345,123 per year for fiveyears for non-recurring purposes. Motioncarried. 4:0.

The Board reviewed snowplowing bidsfor the 2012-2013 school year. Motion wasmade and seconded to accept the bid fromManey Construction at the rate of $200 pertime and $25 per hour on call. Motionfailed. 1:3 (Rulseh). Discussion followed.Motion was made and seconded to acceptthe bid from Northern Prestige, Inc. at arate of $180 per time and $60 per hour oncall. Motion carried. 3:1 (Rulseh).

The Board reviewed the Third Friday Mem-bership count which indicated that ThreeLakes Elementary had 158 resident stu-dents, Sugar Camp 127 resident students,and grades 7-12 260 resident students, for atotal resident student count of 545.

Dr. Karling reviewed changes to the dis-trict’s brochure. There was one additionalupdate to be made, and the brochure will

be ready to be sent to the printer.Dr. Karling presented a facility use

request from the Oregon, WI MarchingBand for June of 2013. He stated that hewould like to offer the band a reduced facil-ity use rate of $1,000 for the week becausethey would be bringing over 150 peopleinto the community for that week to patron-ize local businesses, and they would alsobe putting on a performance for the com-munity on Friday evening. Motion wasmade and seconded to approve the facilityuse request for the Oregon, WI MarchingBand in June. Motion carried. 4:0.

Mr. Brown updated the Board on theThree Lakes Letterman’s Club. The Boardthanked Mr. Brown for his update.

Dr. Greb reviewed the revised readingand language curriculum. Discussion fol-lowed. Motion was made and seconded toapprove the revised reading and languagecurriculum as presented. Motion carried.4:0. The Board thanked Dr. Greb and hisstaff for the work on the curriculum.

Dr. Greb reviewed the revised math cur-riculum. Discussion followed. Motion wasmade and seconded to approve the revisedmath curriculum as presented. Motion car-ried. 4:0. The Board thanked Dr. Greb andhis staff for their work on the curriculum.

The Principals and others in attendanceshared Positive Happenings with theBoard.

The Board congratulated TerryMcCloskey on his election to the positionof WASB Region 2 Director.

The Board left the Board room for a facil-ity tour at 7:45 PM.

The Board returned to the Board room at8:45 PM, and motion was made and sec-onded to adjourn to executive sessionaccording to W.S. 19.85 (1) (a through h)for the following purpose: to consideremployment, compensation, and perfor-mance of individual employees; and toconsider financial, medical, social, or per-sonal histories or disciplinary data of spe-cific persons. Ayes: Kwaterski, Ingram,Rulseh, and McCloskey. Nays: none.

Motion was made and seconded to recon-vene to open session at 9:55 PM and con-sider motions on matters taken up in exec-utive session. Ayes: Kwaterski, Ingram,Rulseh, and McCloskey. Nays: none.

Motion was made and seconded toapprove the hiring of Tammy Boers asassistant dramatics coach for the 2012-2013 school year. Motion carried. 4:0.

Motion was made and seconded toapprove the hiring of Felicia Schuster asassistant girls’ basketball coach for the2012-2013 school year. Motion carried. 4:0.

Motion was made and seconded toapprove the hiring of Mark Senter as assis-tant wrestling coach for the 2012-2013school year. Motion carried. 4:0.

Motion was made and seconded toapprove the hiring of Brandon Sharpe asassistant boys’ basketball coach for the2012-2013 school year. Motion carried.

Motion was made and seconded toapprove the hiring of Al Votis as juniorhigh wrestling coach for the 2012-2013school year. Motion carried. 4:0.

Motion was made and seconded toadjourn at 9:58 PM. Motion carried. 4:0.

Respectfully submitted,Mary R. BobertDistrict Secretary

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Ed Jacobsen, owner of the NorthwoodsPetroleum Museum in Three Lakes, showed offthe 1941 International Cities Service gas deliv-ery truck that will be on display until next spring.

The truck, owned by Terry Flannery of Good-man, has been featured in five national maga-zines. The museum is located north of ThreeLakes on Highway 45. —Photo By Jan Hintz

CAKE AUCTION — The Three Lakes eighth-grade class recently held its annual cake auc-tion, which raised $5,600 toward the class’upcoming trip to Washington, D.C., in the

spring. Attendees took some time to view the cakes prior to the auction. Auctioneer Bob St.Louis donated his time and helped the class byauctioning the homemade cakes.

—Photo By Jan Hintz

The Friends of DemmerMemorial Library will hold aused book sale Saturday, Nov.24, from 9 a.m. to noon in thelower level of the library.

The holiday sale will bethe last book sale of the yearand will include a variety ofhardcover and paperbackbooks.

The Friends of DemmerLibrary also will hold aChristmas Luncheon Mon-day, Dec. 3. For more informa-tion, members can contactPat Hine at (715) 546-4488.

Used booksale slated

Three LakesSenior Citizen

Nutrition MenuReservations and can-

cellations must be made 24hours in advance. PhoneAngela Kott witz, site man-ager, at (715) 490-2798.

THURSDAY, NOV. 22Closed

MONDAY, NOV. 26Breaded pork cutletBaked sweet potatoSaladWhole-grain rollRosy applesauce

TUESDAY, NOV. 27Baked macaroni & cheeseTropical-fruit saladVegetable juiceWhole-wheat breadSeven-layer bar

The Edward U. DemmerMemorial Library board oftrustees recently presentedthe Friends of DemmerLibrary with a resolution rec-ognizing its role in support-ing the library.

For more than 40 years,the group has considered theDemmer Library a corner-stone of the community thatprovides opportunities for all.

The Friends have consis-tently raised money for addi-tional programming at thelibrary, much-needed equip-ment and to support chil-dren’s summer reading pro-grams and other eventsthroughout the year.

The group facilitatesmonthly book sales which notonly provide funds for newmaterials, but also attractspeople into the Three Lakescommunity from surroundingareas.

The Friends are partnersin presenting the SpringFling, the library’s mainfundraising activity, whichfunds the purchase of materi-als that enhance patrons’recreational and learningexperience.

The board of trusteesexpressed its appreciationand gratitude to the Friendsof Demmer Library for itscommitment to library ser-vices for all the citizens andvisitors to Three Lakes.

Library honorsFriends groupwith resolution

The Three Lakes Histori-cal Society has announced itwill sell commemorativeengraved bricks paving theway to various buildings atthe Three Lakes HistoricalMuseum.

Bricks can be purchasedto honor a loved one, cele-brate the birth of a child,mark a family milestone,honor the service of a veter-an, remember a pet or any-thing else deemed historical-ly important by those pur-chasing bricks.

The society will offer twosizes: 4- by 8-inch bricks for$50; or 8- by 8-inch bricks for

$75. Bricks also will be offered

in combination with new andrenewable memberships inthe society.

The smaller brick can pairwith a Pioneer membershipfor $100, while the largerbrick can pair with either anExplorer membership for$250 or an Adventurer mem-bership for $500.

To view examples of thebricks and other highlights ofthe museum, visit three-lakeshistory.org. To order abrick or join the society, callBarb Lindquist at (715) 546-8011.

Historical society plansto sell engraved bricks

Nov. 18-24

Plastic GlassNewspaper Aluminum


This events ad has been paid for by the following businesses:Northern Carpets

Headwaters State BankLAND O’ LAKES & PRESQUE ISLE

Glik’s

Land O’ Lakes Chamber of Commerce

Peter Schindelholz, DDS, SC

Forslund Building Supply

Conserve School

Gateway Lodge, Restaurant & LoungeBent’s Camp

Sunrise LodgeLand O’ Lakes Village Market

The Tackle BoxPeoples State Bank

Land O’ Lakes Recreation Co.Bill Spence Heating & Repair

Friday, Nov. 2311 a.m.

Christmas Ornament Workshop11 a.m. to noon

Land O’ Lakes, Wis.

8-11 a.m. Breakfast with Santaat the Gateway Lodge Restaurant ~ a gift for every child

RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED (715) 547-3321

10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Christmas Craft SaleLOL Elementary School, 6485 Town Hall Road

Bring a nonperishable item for the Headwaters Food PantryFOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL (715) 547-3432

LAND O’ LAKES & PRESQUE ISLE

1 p.m. Santa Arrives at AirportThen join him for horse-drawn wagon ride to the

Town Christmas tree across from the library.Gifts for Children – Caroling – Cookies – Hot Chocolate

Horse-drawn wagon rides throughout the afternoonSponsored by

Headwaters State BankSaturday, Nov. 24

NOTICE OF SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONApril 2, 2013

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that an election is to be held inthe Northland Pines School District on Tuesday, April 2, 2013. Thefollowing offices are to be elected to succeed the present incum-bents listed. The term of office for a school board member is threeyears beginning on Monday, April 22, 2013.

Office IncumbentSchool Board Member from Area D Mike Sealander

Town of Plum Lake

Member At-Large #2 Jim Mulleady

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that a Campaign RegistrationStatement and a Declaration of Candidacy must be filed no laterthan 5:00 p.m. on January 2, 2013, in the office of the school dis-trict clerk (Northland Pines District Office, 1800 Pleasure IslandRoad, Eagle River, Wisconsin).

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that if a primary is necessary,the primary will be held on Tuesday, February 19, 2013.

A map of the school district boundaries can be viewed at theschool district office.

Given under my handon November 21, 2012

/s/ John SaramaBoard Clerk

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL BUDGET HEARINGTOWN OF CONOVER

NOTICE IS GIVEN, the Annual Budget Hearing for the town of Conover willbe held on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, beginning at 6 p.m. in the Conover Center.A detail of this budget summary can be viewed in the Town Clerk’s Office aqt4665 CTH K East during regular office hours.

Category Budget ’10 Budget ’11 Act/Est ’12 Prop. ’13 % ChangeGeneral Government 124,217 211,534 116,877 115,525Public Safety (Fire/Amb.) 174,759 110,672 158,304 146,824Highway Public Works 324,396 281,403 348,676 284,195Sanitation Public Works 48,755 38,243 40,235 39,720Health & Human Services 1,200 1,129 2,200 2,200Culture-Rec-Education 24,183 21,254 21,126 27,698Conservation - Development 10,292 14,830 15,292 10,292Capital Outlay 265,000 146,751 161,300 46,976Debt Service (Princ. + Int.) 182,002 35,857 203,405 340,758

Total Expenses 1,154,804 861,673 1,067,415 1,015,188 Down 5%

Inter-Governmental Income 435,917 344,290 353,748 360,830License and Permits 7,100 8,008 7,700 6,942Public Charges 15,065 26,266 25,961 28,339Miscellaneous Revenues 22,980 35,961 17,100 16,480Other Income 220,800 0 180,800 20,800

Total Revenues 701,862 414,525 585,309 433,391 Down 35%

EXPENSES 1,154,804 861,673 1,067,415 1,015,188Minus Revenues –701,862 –414,525 –585,309 –433,391Minus Surplus – 13,542 – 18,219 – 13,206 – 42,562

Require Tax Levy 439,400 465,367 468,900 539,235 Up 15%

Special Town MeetingTOWN OF CONOVER

Notice is given, a Special Town Meeting of the Electors of the town ofConover will be held beginning at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 27, immediately fol-lowing the Public Hearing on the Proposed Budget for 2013, for the followingpurposes:

1. To consider the adoption of a resolution by the Town Meeting endors-ing a Town Board Resolution 132-12 that the town tax levy exceed thestate allowable levy limit under Wis. Stat. 66.0602 specifically propos-ing to exceed it by 15% or a dollar amount of $70,335.

2. To approve the 2012 town tax levy to be collected in 2013 pursuant toWis. Stat. 60.10(1)(a). Resolution 134-12

Notice is further given, a Special Town Board Meeting will be held at theconclusion of the above Budget Hearings and Special Town Meetings toapprove, adopt or amend the town budget/levy to be collected in 2013, pur-suant to Wis. Stat. 60.190(1)(a)

James M. Hedberg, Clerk1905

PUBLIC [email protected]

LAND O’ LAKESJILL JAMES(715) 547-3930

4540 EVERGREEN DR., LAND O’ LAKES, WI 54540

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Case No. 11-CV-381Code No. 30404

Foreclosure of MortgageDollar Amount Greater Than $5,000.00____________________________________

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONALASSOCIATION, successor in interest by purchase fromthe Federal DepositInsurance Corporation as Receiver forWashington Mutual Bank,f/k/a Washington Mutual Bank, FA,

Plaintiff,vs.FLORIAN J. GUSKI LIVING TRUST NO. 1c/o Florian J. Guski, as Trustee; andFLORIAN J. GUSKI and JANE DOE, unknown spouse of Florian J. Guski; andNORTHWEST BANK OF ROCKFORD; andBMO HARRIS BANK, N.A. f/k/aHarris, N.A., as the assignee of theFederal Deposit Insurance Corporationas the receiver for Amcore Bank, N.A., andRIVERSIDE COMMUNITY BANK

Defendants.____________________________________AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE____________________________________

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue ofa judgment of foreclosure entered onFebruary 16, 2012, in the amount of$239,006.79, the Sheriff will sell thedescribed premises at public auction asfollows:.

TIME: November 29, 2012 at 2:00o’clock p.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or certi-fied funds at the time of sale; balance duewithin 10 days of confirmation of sale; fail-ure to pay balance due will result in forfeitof deposit to plaintiff.

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legalliens and encumbrances.

3. Buyer to pay applicable WisconsinReal Estate Transfer Tax.

PLACE: Vilas County Courthouse,located at 330 Court Street, Eagle River,Wisconsin.

DESCRIPTION: A parcel of land in Gov-ernment Lot (1) in Section Seventeen (17),in Township Forty (40) North, Range Five(5) East of the Fourth Principal Meridian,Lac du Flambeau Township, Vilas County,Wisconsin, being Parcel B shown on MapNo. 95-03 by Wilderness Surveying Inc.,dated February 13, 1995, more particularlydescribed as follows:

Commencing at the corner common toSection 8, 9 16 and 17, marked by a G.L.O.brass capped iron pipe; thence South 89̊46’ 00” West for a distance of 1322.48 feetto the Northwest corner of GovernmentLot 1, being the East 16th corner; thenceSouth 00̊ 41’ 55” East for distance of1570.69 feet along the West line of Govern-ment Lot 1 to the Meander corner, markedby a well point near the northerly shore ofCrawling Stone Lake; thence meanderingalong the lake South 86̊ 34’ 15” East for adistance of 25.07 feet to the place of begin-ning, marked by an iron pipe; thence con-tinuing along the lake South 86̊ 34’ 15”East for a distance of 200.52 feet to an ironpipe; thence North 00̊ 41’ 55” West for adistance of 316.38 feet to an iron pipe;thence South 89̊ 16’ 09” West for a dis-tance of 200.0 feet to an iron pipe; thenceSouth 00̊ 41’ 55” East for a distance of301.83 feet to the place of beginning. Theabove lateral lot lines extend to the shoreof Crawling Stone Lake, inclusive the landlying between the lakeshore baseline andthe water’s edge.

ANDA parcel of land in Government Lot One

(1) Section Seventeen (17) in TownshipForty (40) North, Range Five (5) East, LacDu Flambeau Township Vilas County, Wis-consin, being the “Deed Overlap Area”shown on Map No. 95-03 by WildernessSurveying, Inc., dated February 13, 1995more particularly described as follows:

Commencing at the corner common toSection 8, Section 9, Section 16 and Sec-tion 17 marked by a G.L.O. brass cappediron pipe; thence South 89̊ 46’ 00” West fora distance of 1322.48 feet to the Northwestcorner of Government Lot 1, being theEast 16th Corner; thence South 00̊ 41’ 55”East for a distance of 1203.52 feet alongthe West line of Government Lot 1 to theplace of beginning, being at an intersec-tion with the Southerly right of way ofRohrbacher Lane; thence along saidSoutherly right of way line of RohrbacherLane, along a curve to the right, having aradius of 865.93 feet and an arc length of153.29 feet, being subtended by a chord ofSouth 78̊ 05’ 16” East for a distance of153.09 feet; thence continuing along saidSoutherly right of way line South 73̊ 00’58” East for a distance of 79.35 feet;thence South 00̊ 41’ 55” East for a distanceof 9.49 feet to an iron pipe; thence South89̊ 16’ 09’ West for a distance of 225.0 feet

to an iron pipe on the West line of Govern-ment Lot 1; thence along said West line ofGovernment Lot 1 North 00̊ 41’ 55” Westfor a distance of 67.15 feet to the place ofbeginning.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2147 Rohrbach-er Lane, Town of Lac du Flambeau.

TAX KEY NO.: 10-1110Frank TomlanovichSheriff of Vilas County, WI

O’DESS AND ASSOCIATES, S.C.Attorneys for Plaintiff1414 Underwood Avenue, Suite 403Wauwatosa, WI 53213(414) 727-1591

O’Dess and Associates, S.C., is attempt-ing to collect a debt and any informationobtained will be used for that purpose.

If you have previously received a Chap-ter 7 Discharge in Bankruptcy, this corre-spondence should not be construed as anattempt to collect a debt.1856 _____________


CIRCUIT COURT VILAS COUNTYCase No. 12CV000198

Our File #722340____________________________________MIDLAND FUNDING LLC BY ITS SERVICING AGENT MIDLAND CREDITMANAGEMENT INC8875 AERO DRIVE SUITE 200SAN DIEGO CA 92123

Plaintiff,vs.JUSTIN CARLSON

Defendant.____________________________________AMENDED SUMMONS____________________________________

THE STATE OF WISCONSINTO: JUSTIN CARLSON

1127 OLD 51 SWOODRUFF WI 54568You are hereby notified that the Plaintiff

named above has filed a lawsuit or otherlegal action against you. The Complaint,which is also served on you, states thenature and basis of the legal action.

Within Forty (40) days after November 7,2012, you must respond with a writtenanswer, as that term is used in Chapter802 of the Wisconsin Statutes, to the Com-plaint. The court may reject or disregardan answer that does not follow the require-ments of the statutes. The answer must besent or delivered to the court, whoseaddress is: CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT,VILAS COUNTY, 330 COURT ST, EAGLERIVER WI 54521-8362 and the Kohn LawFirm, Plaintiffs attorneys, whose addressis 735 N. Water St., Suite 1300, Milwaukee,WI 53202. You may have an attorney helpor represent you.

If no Complaint accompanies this Sum-mons you must respond within the said 40day period with a written demand for acopy of the Complaint by mailing or deliv-ering said written demand to the court andto the Plaintiffs attorneys at their respec-tive addresses listed above.

If you do not provide a proper answer tothe Complaint or provide a written demandfor said complaint within the 40 day peri-od, the court may grant judgment againstyou for the award of money or other legalaction requested in the Complaint, andyou may lose your right to object to any-thing that is or may be incorrect in theComplaint. A judgment may be enforcedas provided by law. A judgment awardingmoney may become a lien against any realestate you own now or in the future, andmay be enforced by garnishment orseizure of property.

Dated at Milwaukee, Wisconsin 10/12/12.Kohn LAW FIRM S.C.By: /s/ Kevin T. WhiteState Bar No. 1067868Attorney for Plaintiff

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NOTICE OF LIQUOR, BEER AND/OR WINE LICENSE APPLICATION

Vilas County Notice is hereby given that the under-

signed have applied for a license to sell atthe premises described below in the townof Lincoln, Vilas County, Wisconsin, intox-icating liquor and fermented malt bever-ages as described in Chapter 125 of theWisconsin Statutes subject to the limita-tions imposed by Chapter 125 of the Wis-consin Statutes, and all acts amendatorythereof and supplementary thereto, andhereby agreed to comply with the laws,regulations, ordinances and resolutions,state, federal, and local, affecting the saleof such liquors if a license be granted theundersigned.

Combination Class BMichael Martorana, Michael’s Italian

Restaurant, 1298 East Dollar Lake Road/s/ Shelly D. SauvolaClerk/Treasurer

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Case No. 11-CV-378____________________________________Bank of America, N.A. Successor by merg-er to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP FKACountrywide Home Loans Servicing LP,

Plaintiff,vs.Marc Keesy and Midland Funding LLC,

Defendants.____________________________________ADJOURNED NOTICE OF

FORECLOSURE SALE____________________________________PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of

a judgment of foreclosure entered onMarch 13, 2012 in the amount of$240,395.45 the Sheriff will sell thedescribed premises at public auction asfollows:

ORIGINAL TIME: November 1, 2012 at2:00 p.m.

ADJOURNED TIME: December 6, 2012 at2:00 p.m.

TERMS: Pursuant to said judgment, 10%of the successful bid must be paid to thesheriff at the sale in cash, cashier's checkor certified funds, payable to the clerk ofcourts (personal checks cannot and willnot be accepted). The balance of the suc-cessful bid must be paid to the clerk ofcourts in cash, cashier's check or certifiedfunds no later than ten days after thecourt's confirmation of the sale or else the10% down payment is forfeited to theplaintiff. The property is sold 'as is' andsubject to all liens and encumbrances.

PLACE: On the front steps of the VilasCounty Courthouse, Eagle River.

DESCRIPTION: Parcel I: A parcel of landin Government Lot 2, Section 3, Township39 North, Range 10 East, Town of Lincoln,Vilas County, Wisconsin, more particularlydescribed as follows: Commencing at theQuarter corner to Sections 3 and 10,marked by a railroad spike, witnessed byan iron pipe bearing North 88 Deg. 02' 30"East, 30.03 feet; thence North 17 Deg. 46'41" West, 1258.59 feet along the North-South 1/4 line to a point; thence North 88Deg. 38' 11" West, 41.11 feet to an iron pipeon the West right-of-way line of BloomRoad; thence North 18 Deg. 02' 27" West,954.08 feet along said right-of-way line to a1-1/4" iron pipe; thence South 86 Deg. 41'39" West (previously recorded as South 86Deg. 42' 02" West), 630.24 feet to the placeof beginning, marked by a 1" iron pipe.Thence South 8 Deg. 40' 05" West, 150.00feet to a 1" iron pipe; thence North 79 Deg.50' 21" West, 121.82 feet to a 1" iron pipe;thence North 83 Deg. 48' 03" West, 112.18feet to a 1" iron pipe near the shore ofLoon Lake; thence North 12 Deg. 28 62"East, 103.76 feet along the lake to a 1" ironpipe; thence leaving the lake north 86 Deg.41' 39" East (previously recorded as North86 Deg. 42' 02" East, 232.00 feet to theplace of beginning. The above lateral lotlines extend to the lake, including all ripar-ian rights thereto. Parcel II: A nonexclu-sive easement 30 feet in width for ingressand egress to bloom Road and for utilitypurposes, the centerline of which is moreparticularly described as follows: Begin-ning at a point on the East line of the par-cel herein described located 35.00 feetfrom the Southeast corner thereof; thencealong said centerline south 52 Deg. 15' 15"East, 76.04 feet; and North 72 Deg. 51' 26"East, 618.52 feet to a point on the Westright-of-way line of Bloom Road witnessedon a 1-1/4" iron pipe bearing North 18 Deg.02' 27" West, 15.00 feet and there terminat-ing.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 823 Bloom Rd

Eagle River, WI 54521-9298DATED: November 1, 2012

Gray & Associates, L.L.P.Attorneys for Plaintiff16345 West Glendale DriveNew Berlin, WI 53151-2841(414) 224-8404

Please go to www.gray-law.com toobtain the bid for this sale.

Gray & Associates, L.L.P. is attemptingto collect a debt and any informationobtained will be used for that purpose. Ifyou have previously received a dischargein a chapter 7 bankruptcy case, this com-munication should not be construed as anattempt to hold you personally liable forthe debt.1876 _____________


CIRCUIT COURT VILAS COUNTYCase No. 11-CV-262____________________________________

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Associa-tion,

Plaintiff,vs.Jade A. Kopanski, Alisa A. Majewski a/k/aAlisa Kopanski and Marshfield Clinic,

Defendants.____________________________________ADJOURNED NOTICE OF

FORECLOSURE SALE____________________________________PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of

a judgment of foreclosure entered onSeptember 27, 2011 in the amount of$89,285.96 the Sheriff will sell thedescribed premises at public auction asfollows:

ORIGINAL TIME: September 27, 2012 at2:00 p.m.

FIRST ADJOURNMENT: November 1,2012 at 2:00 p.m.

ADJOURNED TIME: December 6, 2012at 2:00 p.m.

TERMS: Pursuant to said judgment,10% of the successful bid must be paid tothe sheriff at the sale in cash, cashier'scheck or certified funds, payable to theclerk of courts (personal checks cannotand will not be accepted). The balance ofthe successful bid must be paid to theclerk of courts in cash, cashier's check orcertified funds no later than ten days afterthe court's confirmation of the sale or elsethe 10% down payment is forfeited to theplaintiff. The property is sold 'as is' andsubject to all liens and encumbrances.

PLACE: On the front steps of the VilasCounty Courthouse, Eagle River

DESCRIPTION: Lot 5 of Certified SurveyMap No. 1134 as recorded in Vol. 4 Certi-fied Survey Map, page 388, being part ofthe SW ¼ of the SW ¼, Section 35, Town-ship 40 North, Range 10 East, LincolnTownship, Vilas County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1020 TaylorLake Rd Eagle River, WI 54521-9300

DATED: October 31, 2012Gray & Associates, L.L.P.Attorneys for Plaintiff16345 West Glendale DriveNew Berlin, WI 53151-2841(414) 224-8404

Please go to www.gray-law.com toobtain the bid for this sale.

Gray & Associates, L.L.P. is attemptingto collect a debt and any informationobtained will be used for that purpose. Ifyou have previously received a dischargein a chapter 7 bankruptcy case, this com-munication should not be construed as anattempt to hold you personally liable forthe debt.1874WNAXLP

PUBLIC NOTICES

St. Albert’s CatholicChurch parish will hold itsannual Christmas party Tues-day, Dec. 4, at Gateway Lodge.All parish women are welcometo attend.

The party begins at 5 p.m.with a social hour and dinnerwill be served at 6 p.m. Entreechoices are prime rib, tigershrimp or raspberry chicken

and the menu includes abaked potato, salad, vegetable,dessert and coffee, milk or tea.

Cost for the dinner will be$20 per person including taxand tip. Reservations are dueWednesday, Nov. 28.

For more information or tomake a reservation, contactElaine Vorel Granat at (906)544-2006.

Parish group sets Christmas party

The Land O’ Lakes PublicLibrary will be closed Thurs-day, Nov. 22, for Thanksgiving.

The Christmas programmovie, “Arthur Christmas,”will be shown Friday, Nov. 23,at 11 a.m.

The movie, popcorn andbeverages will be provided atno cost. Pre-movie cartoonswill begin at 10:45 a.m.

For more information, con-tact the library at (715) 546-6006.

Library sets holiday film

Volunteers from five areachurches and local businesseswere recognized at a recentappreciation dinner for theHeadwaters EcumenicalLunch Program (HELP).

The potluck dinner washeld at Pioneer Lake Luther-an Church to acknowledge vol-unteers who prepare andserve the community meals tothose in need.

Members of HELP haveserved the free meals to anaverage of 30 to 40 people onthe first and third Wednes-days of each month from 10:30a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Meals areserved at Ely Memorial Unit-ed Church of Christ in Land O’Lakes. Takeout meals also areavailable if needed.

Volunteers take turns

preparing and serving meals.Volunteer participants in cludemembers from Ely MemorialUnited Church of Christ, Hopeand Pioneer Lake LutheranChurches, St. Albert’s and St.Mary’s Catholic Churches.Business sponsors includeHeadwaters State Bank, LandO’ Lakes Chamber of Com-merce and Forest Lake Coun-try Store.

Individuals appreciate theopportunity to share a mealwith others in their communi-ty, noted HELP coordinatorDean Karlovich.

The free meals are avail-able to the public. Home-delivered meals also areavailable. For more informa-tion, contact Karlo vich at(715) 891-3771.

Volunteers recognizedfor service to lunches

Land O’ LakesSenior Citizen

Nutrition MenuMeals for seniors 60 and older are available Tuesdays,

Wednesdays and Thursdays at Gateway Lodge, 4103 Hwy. B.Meals are served at 11:30 a.m. Home-delivered meals areavailable based on eligibility. While there is no set fee for ameal, donations will be accepted. No one will be denied servicebecause of inability to pay. Suggested donation is $4. For reser-vations, contact Anna Moore, site manager, 24 hours inadvance at (715) 547-6076.

All meals served with fat-free milk, coffee, bread

or rolls and margarine.

THURSDAY, NOV. 22ClosedTUESDAY, NOV. 27Beef-taco salad

w/tortilla chipsCornFruit cocktail

Chocolate-chip cookieWEDNESDAY, NOV. 28Broiled codBaked potatoColeslawSundae

Wisconsin’sNorth Woods

North of the Tension Line


Everyone has something to give.Please help us warm our children.

So what is the Vilas County News-Review’sWARM THE CHILDREN FUND?

It’s neighbors helping neighbors. The VilasCounty News-Review is asking readers to donateto the fund, and proceeds will be used to buywarm winter clothing for needy area children.There are no administrative fees; all the moneywill be used for the children.

How will needy children be identified?

The staff at Social Services and area officialswill help us identify needy children and workwith the Vilas County News-Review’s WARMTHE CHILDREN coordinators.

How will the children’s clothingbe purchased?

The coordinators of the Vilas County News-Review’s WARM THE CHILDREN have madearrangements with Shopko Hometown and Glik’sin Eagle River, and will assign volunteer shoppersto take the children shopping for their winterclothing. Shoppers will be volunteers who want tohelp by donating a little of their time for thisworthwhile cause.

SUPPORT WARM THE CHILDREN

NEWS-REVIEWEAGLE RIVER

WISCONSIN 54521(715) 479-4421

www.vilascountynewsreview.com

The needis especially

great thisyear.

No administrative fees.

Every cent received is used

to buy winter clothing! Our goalis to raise over

$60,000.

Many children are wishing for thingsmuch more basic than toys: a warmwinter coat, boots to keep their feet warmand dry mittens to warm chilly fingers.

Through the Vilas County News-Review’sWARM THE CHILDREN FUND, needyarea children will get the winter clothingthey so badly want and need.

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The Sayner-Star LakeLioness Club held its HarvestDinner recently as afundraiser with proceeds des-ignated for the Plum LakePublic Library elevator fund.

“Our dinner targets thewhole community where thegolf event only targetedgolfers, so this event is muchmore in keeping with ourclub’s community orientedgoals,” explained KathyMcCaughn, club president.

The event also included araffle and the room was dec-orated with hand made quilts.

“We wanted to create agood old-fashioned homeatmosphere with the decora-

tions and the hot meal,”added McCaughn.

Chairwoman of the eventwas Carole Froelich who not-ed that raffle prizes weredonated from area merchantsincluding those in Minocquaand Eagle River.

Carol Briggs won two air-line tickets, valued at $400each, donated by NorthwoodsTravel in Eagle River.

The menu included salad,roast turkey and pork,mashed potatoes, dressing,gravy, carrots and a falldessert table. Music for theevent was provided by LarryJankowski and the Electron-ic Orchestra.

Fall dinner supportslibrary elevator fund

The Plum Lake Librarywill be closed for the Thanks-giving holiday Thursday, Nov.22, and Friday, Nov. 23. Regu-lar hours resume Saturday,Nov. 24, at 10 a.m.

A Trim the Library Treeholiday event will be heldFriday, Nov. 30 from 6:30 to 8p.m. There will be crafts forall ages including a repur-posed book project for theadults and tree trimmingcrafts for the children.

The children will make oneornament for the library treeand another to take home.There will be stories, refresh-ments and prizes for all.

The library has a collec-tion of crafts books and mag-azines for a do-it-yourselfChristmas.

Some of the titles are “FaLa La Felt,” “GooseberryPatch Christmas,” “Two HourQuilted Christmas Projects,”“Christmas is Coming” collec-tion, “100 Crafts Under $10”and many more titles to helppersonalize Christmas pre-sents.

The Friends of the Libraryhave a selection of handmadeChristmas gifts available forsale. They also are sellingpecans for $8.25 a bag andfresh balsam Christmas treesfor $25 each. All proceedsfrom the Friends of theLibrary fundraisers benefitthe Plum Lake Library.

For more information onlibrary events or materialscontact the library at (715)542-2020.

Plum Lake Librarysets holiday programs

WALLY GEIST(715) 892-3545

[email protected] MELODY DR. E., ST. GERMAIN, WI 54558ST. GERMAIN/SAYNER

The St. Germain TownBoard added Sixteen Road tothe state gas tax program atits meeting last week afterChairman Walt Camp madea motion.

“The program reimbursesus a portion of the gas tax forroads within the town,” hesaid. “Four or five years ago,the town decided not to main-tain some of its gravel roads.Sixteen Road was one ofthem.”

Now that a property own-er plans to build a year-roundhome on the road, the boarddecided to grade the road andplace it back on the tax role.

“The road is 1.37 mileslong and runs between BigSt. Germain Drive and High-way 155,” said Camp. “Thehomeowner will access hisproperty from Big St. Ger-main Drive.”

The board also reviewed aregistered letter from theVilas County Health Depart-ment sent to a property own-er and manager regarding acondo which has becomeuninhabitable.

“The health department isfollowing up on complaints ofblight within the town,” saidTown Chairman Walt Camp.“Blighted properties are citedand must be cleaned upbecause they become breed-ing grounds for mice, ratsand unwanted vegetation.”

The cited property ownerand manager was given untilDec. 10 to correct the situa-

tion, according to Camp.In other town board busi-

ness, Fred Radtke reportedon progress at the yard wastesite, saying it received 97loads of leaves and 98 loadsof brush during its fall clean-up season.

After expenses, there wasa total income of $38, saidRadtke. Two mulch pileshave been moved to makemore room at the site. Most ofthe mulch in those piles hasbeen reduced to black soil.

Radtke also serves on theBike and Hike Committeeand reported that the cham-ber of commerce is donating$250 for mesh bags to covertrail signs during the winter.

“Porta potties used alongthe trail route are also now inprotective winter storage,” hesaid. “The committee is look-ing into creating a trail alongHighway 155 to give bicy-clists a way of following thehighway without riding on it.It’s very narrow and danger-ous for bicycles and hikers tobe on that road.”

The motion passed unani-mously.

In other action, the townboard:

— received a $250 checkfrom the PrimeTimers to payfor paint used in the commu-nity center;

— received a check fromLuella Sherren for materialsold on consignment at thelast Red Brick SchoolRestoration rummage sale.

Board adds roadto gas tax program

PREPARING FOR SANTA — John Vojta, firefighter, polishesthe big fire department rig that will serve as Santa’s sleigh inSt. Germain Saturday, Nov. 24, when Santa lights the townChristmas tree at 6:30 p.m. Santa will return to the fire stationto visit with children. —Photo By Wally Geist

The St. Germain Women’sService Club presented checksto five representatives fromfour area organizations at theluncheon meeting on Tuesday,Nov. 13. A total of $2,100 wasdivided between them.

A check for $600 and atable full of groceries was pre-sented to Renee Verfuerth forthe Vilas Food Pantry.

Checks in the amount of$500 were presented to St.Germain Elementary SchoolPrincipal Gayle Daniel, PlumLake Emergency Medical Ser-vices team, Steve Cle mensand Kevin Rasmussen, and toJudy Kohut of the St. GermainVolunteer Fire Department.

Principal Daniel thankedthe group and told them that“a long time ago, you gave mea Continuing Education Unitscholarship to help with mymaster’s degree expenses. Iwas impressed and havealways tried to give somethingback to my community whichhas given so much to so manypeople and gives year afteryear to support the needs ofchildren and civic groups.”

Following the presentationof checks, Amie Rein, healthand wellness coordinator ofcaregiver support from theVilas County Commission onAging, presented informationabout the agency’s goals andprograms.

“Our agency’s goals are toprovide programs, informationand help to Vilas seniors. Wealso help seniors to access theservices we provide,” saidRein. “We have the red tapecutters, people who are benefitspecialists and help seniorswith Medicare, SupplementalSecurity Income, medicalassistance, consumer con-cerns, disability concerns, theHomestead Tax Credit, Judi-care information and generalbenefit counseling.”

Among the main titled pro-grams of the organization areprograms which include six

meal service sites, home deliv-ered meals, nutrition educa-tion, fun and fellowship.

Alzheimer’s family caregiv-er support programs and fam-ily caregiver support pro-grams include respite care,tools for caregivers and finan-cial assistance to pay for in-home health.

Coping programs includeLiving Well With Chronic Con-ditions Workshop where peo-ple with such ailments aschronic obstructive pulmonarydisease and arthritis can findsupport and information.

Stepping On is a programthat builds confidence andreduces falls. This comprehen-sive program helps seniorswith balance issues, visionissues and more. Seniors learnhow their medications cancontribute to their falls as wellas helping with safety issuesin the home.

“Thirty-five percent ofseniors who have fallen

becoming less active. SteppingOn helps improve the qualityof life and safety of Vilasseniors,” said Rein.

Vilas County Commissionon Aging is located at 521 EastWall St., Eagle River.

For more information, call

1-(800) 374-1123 or (715) 479-3692.

Fundraising for communi-ty agencies and monthly pro-grams to educate and inspireare part of the Women’s Ser-vice Club mission in St. Ger-main.

Women’s club presents donations,giving $2,100 to four organizations

Club President Barb Steinhilber and Jean Joycehelp Renee Verfuerth of the Vilas Food Pantry

with groceries donated by members of the Wom-en’s Service Club. —Photo By Wally Geist

___________BY WALLY GEIST

ST. GERMAIN CORRESPONDENT___________

Prime-Time DiningPrime-Time Dining is available at the St. Germain senior

nutrition site located at Fibber’s Rest aurant, 8679 Big St. Ger-main Drive. Meals are served Mondays, Fridays and Saturdaysat noon. Home-delivered meals are available based on eligibili-ty. While there is no set fee for a meal, donations will be accept-ed. No one will be denied service because of inability to con-tribute. The suggested donation is $4. For reservations, contactVer delle Mauthe, site manager, 24 hours in advance, at (715)542-2951.

All meals served with bread or roll, margarine and low-fat milk.

FRIDAY, NOV. 24Spaghetti w/meat sauceSaladGarlic toastChocolate-chip cookieSATURDAY, NOV. 26Broasted chickenMashed potatoes w/gravy

Stuffing & cranberriesButtermilk biscuitSpice barsMONDAY, NOV. 30Lightly-breaded codPotato saladAmish sugar cookie


EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITYCORRECTIONAL OFFICER ELIGIBILITY LIST

Vilas County Sheriff’s Office330 Court Street

Eagle River, WI 54521

Applications are now being accepted, by the Vilas CountySheriff’s Office, to create an eligibility list to fill future, full-timeand part-time Correctional Officer vacancies.

The Correctional Officer is a civilian position responsible formaintaining inmate security and control in the Vilas CountyJail. All duties and responsibilities are performed under andsubject to the review and guidance of the sheriff and the LawEnforcement and Emergency Management Committee.

Salary & Benefits: The pay range for the full-time position is$14.94 per hour to start, $17.58 per hour after six months,and $18.28 per hour after two years, plus a generous benefitpackage. Information on our comprehensive fringe benefitpackage will be provided. The part-time position pays $14.94per hour, with no benefit package. Successful candidates willbe required to work nights, evenings, weekends, holidaysand overtime as shift rotations dictate.

Qualifications: Must be 18 years of age; a U.S. citizen; ahigh school graduate or equivalent; possess a valid Wiscon-sin driver’s license; no felony convictions; good written andverbal communications skills; have prior experience andknowledge of computers; be able to type 25 w.p.m. with accu-racy; ability to handle stressful situations; and the ability towork varied shifts. Applicant must be self-motivated and ableto work independently of others. Knowledge of and/or experi-ence in law enforcement or related field is preferred.

Apply: By noon, Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, to the Vilas CountySheriff’s Office, Attention: Carol Krebs, 330 Court Street,Eagle River, WI 54521. Applicants must submit a completedWisconsin Law Enforcement Standards Board form DJ-LE-330 (Rev. 2/11), including completion of category #6, generalquestions A-C, on the application form must be answered.Applications are available 24 hours per day at the depart-ment, or on our website at www.co.vilas.wi.us (select Sheriff’sDepartment tab, and then go to the Employment tab), or theycan be mailed to you upon request. Please call (715) 479-4441 to request an application package.

Note: Successful applicants will be required to pass a writtenexamination; a typing test; a physical agility test; oral inter-views; a medical examination including a pre-employmentdrug screen; a psychological assessment; and an extensivebackground investigation.

VILAS COUNTY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER1875

Vilas County Civil Service CommissionVilas County Government is seeking citizens to participate

in the County Civil Service Commission.

The purpose and scope of the Civil Service Commission is tocommit Vilas County to hiring qualified individuals into county lawenforcement work through a system of competitive examinationsso as to provide that all Civil Service-covered job classes be filledby appointment by the Sheriff from a list of candidates who shallhave received the highest ratings in the competitive examinationprocess. The following are the covered job classes under the Civ-il Service Commission jurisdiction, including these job classes inpart-time and limited-term statuses: Chief Deputy, Captain, JailAdministrator, Lieutenant, Detective Sergeant, Deputy Sheriff,Jail Sergeant, Jailer.

The Commission shall consist of five (5) members, all legal resi-dents of Vilas County. No two members shall reside in the sametown/city. Appointments shall be made on the basis of recognizedand demonstrated interest in, and knowledge of, the problems ofcivil service. No person holding any elective or appointive publicposition or office of any sort in said Vilas County governmentshall be appointed thereon. The Human Resources Director shallserve as an ex-officio member of the Commission.

The Chair of the Vilas County Board of Supervisors, within thirty(30) days after the effective date of this ordinance, shall appointmembers of this Commission, designating the term of office ofsuch appointment, which shall be subject to the confirmation ofthe Board of Supervisors by a majority vote of the members elect.The Commission members shall take office immediately uponconfirmation. The term of eligibility shall be regulated by the Civ-il Service Commission, but not to exceed three years. Initially,one member shall serve for one year, two shall serve for twoyears, and two shall serve for three years. Terms shall be forstaggered three-year periods beginning January 1. The Commis-sion shall annually elect one of their members as chairpersonand one as vice chair. Every person appointed to the Commis-sion shall take and file the official oath.

Each member shall be paid the current County Board per diem($47/day) for attending meetings and shall be paid at the rate setby the County Board for miles traveled to attend meetings of saidCommission and for other work of the Commission ($.48/mile).

The full Civil Service Commission Ordinance and Application forAppointment to the Civil Service Commission can be found onthe County website, co.vilas.wi.us. Completed applications maybe returned to: Vilas County Human Resources, 330 CourtStreet, Eagle River, WI 54521. Applications must be received nolater than Dec. 4, 2012. Confirmation by the County Board willtake place at the Dec. 11, 2012 County Board meeting.

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Must be able to work under pressure, meet dead -lines and work well with people. Computer knowledgea plus. Persons looking for full-time work need notapply.

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NOTICE OFSTATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION,

JUDICIAL, COUNTY EXECUTIVE ANDCOUNTY SUPERVISOR ELECTION

APRIL 2, 2013

STATE OF WISCONSIN }COUNTY OF VILAS }Government Accountability Board}

SPRING ELECTION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at an election to be held in theseveral towns, villages, wards and election districts of the State ofWiscon sin, on Tuesday, April 2, 2013, the following officers are to beelected:

STATE SUPERINTENDENT

ONE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION,for the term of four years, to succeed the present incumbent listed,whose term of office will expire on July 1, 2013.

Tony Evers

JUDICIAL OFFICERS

ONE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT, for the term of tenyears, to succeed the present incumbent listed, whose term of officewill expire on July 31, 2013:

Pat Roggensack

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that the first day to circulatenomina tion papers is Dec. 1, 2012, and the final day for filing nomi-nation papers is 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. Judicial Offi-cer Candidates (except multi-jurisdictional municipal judges) filewith the Government Accountability Board.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that if a primary is necessary, theprimary will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013.

DONE in the City of Madison, this 12th day of November 2012.

/s/ Kevin J. Kennedy, Director and General CounselGovernment Accountability Board

212 E. Washington Avenue, 3rd FloorP.O. Box 7984

Madison, WI 53707-7984608-261-2028

DONE in the City of Eagle River, this 16th day of November 2012.

/s/ David R. Alleman, Vilas County Clerk330 Court Street

Eagle River, WI 54521715-479-36001907

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------------------------------------------------HELP WANTED: Staff accountant forCPA firm. Responsible for bookkeep-ing functions, payroll and payroll taxpreparation. Knowledge of accountingprinciples, prior experience, confiden-tiality and attention to details essential.Salary package includes retirementplan, vacation, holidays & sick pay.Please send résumés to Accountant,P.O. Box 1717, Eagle River, WI54521. 3c-4706-38L------------------------------------------------LOCAL CLEANING PROFESSION -AL looking to add weekly/biweekly,residential/business cust omers. Reli-able, dependable, responsible, trust-worthy, reasonable $ w/references.Winter house checking services.Sandra, (715) 952-2196, [email protected]. 4373-tfcL------------------------------------------------BARTENDER WANTED: Enjoyyear-round living in the NorthWoods! Experienced bartenderneeded at Smokey’s Supper Club,Manitowish Waters, WI. Excellentpay and guaranteed winter wages.Contact Kristen S. at (262) 612-4200, ext. 6522. 2p-4707-37L------------------------------------------------FIREPLACE INSERT: Jotul fireplaceinsert, excellent condition, includeschimney liner and large set fireplacetools, asking $900. (715) 479-6985.1p-4710-36

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC BUDGET HEARINGFOR THE TOWN OF LINCOLN

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, at 6:30p.m. at the Lincoln Town Hall, a PUBLIC HEARING on the PRO-POSED BUDGET of the town of Lincoln will be held. The proposedbudget in detail is available for inspection at the Town Hall (1205 Sund-stein Road, Eagle River, Wis.) from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday. The following is a summary of the proposed Budget:

2011 2012 2013REVENUES Actual Actual* Anticipated

Taxes 75,920.00 71,570.00 64,500.00Licenses 10,475.00 10,069.00 9,275.00Gifts & Grants 206,412.00 190,732.00 184,776.00Misc. Revenues 11,360.00 8,936.00 3,737.00General Funds Applied 100,000.00 166,500.00 140,000.00

TOTAL REVENUES 404,167.00 447,807.00 402,288.00

EXPENDITURES

General Government 190,933.00 198,866.00 206,530.00Protection of Person & Property 123,163.00 127,547.00 125,946.00Health, Welfare & Sanitation 24,130.00 24,130.00 22,250.00Education & Recreation 43,469.00 41,942.00 42,278.00Transportation 172,235.00 247,083.00 349,184.00Economic Development 73,315.00 64,600.00 59,500.00Unclassified 27,000.00 27,000.00 27,000.00Outlay 2,000.00 500.00 4,000.00

TOTAL EXPENDITURES 656,245.00 731,668.00 836,688.00

NOTE: Column headed 2012 Actual* is total of 9 months actual and3 months estimated.

PROPERTY TAXES LEVIED 427,400.00 431,000.00 434,400.00

LEVY IS $3,400.00 OVER last year — a .8% INCREASE.

NOTICE OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETINGOF THE ELECTORS OF THE TOWN OF LINCOLN

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012,immediately following completion of the public hearing on the proposedbudget which begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Town Hall, a Special Town Meet-ing of the Electors called pursuant to Section 60.12(1)(c) of the Wiscon-sin Statutes by the Town Board for the following purposes will be held:

1. To approve the elected officials’ salaries for the April 2013-2015 term pursuant to Section 60.32 of the Wisconsin Statutes.

2. To adopt the 2012 town tax levy to be paid in 2013 pursuant toSection 60.10(1)(a) of the Wisconsin Statutes.

3. To authorize the Town Board to obtain short-term loan not toexceed $150,000 in case of emergency.

A Special Meeting of the Town Board will be held at the Town Hallimmediately following the Special Town Meeting of the Electors toadopt the 2013 budget.

DATED this 16th day of November 2012.

/s/ Shelly D. Sauvola, Town Clerk/Treasurer1910

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Case No. 12 CV 82Code No. 30404____________________________________

GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES CREDITUNION,

Plaintiff,vs.GREGG A. GROMACKI,


PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that by virtue ofa judgment of foreclosure entered in theabove entitled action on the 13th day ofJune, 2012 in the amount of $256,636.14,the Sheriff will sell all of the followingdescribed premises at public auction asfollows:

Time: Thursday, December 20, 2012 at2:00 P.M.

Place: The lobby of the Vilas CountyCourthouse, 330 Court Street, in the Cityof Eagle River, County of Vilas, Wisconsin.

Description:PARCEL 9:A parcel of land being a part of the S 1/2

of the SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 and the S 1/2 ofthe SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 all in Section 32,Township 40 North, Range 11 East, Townof Washington, Vilas County, Wisconsin,and being more particularly described asfollows:

Commencing at the South 1/4 comer ofsaid Section 32 being marked by a VilasCounty monument, thence N 5˚ 22' 01" W,655.24 feet along the North-South1/4 lineof said Section 32 to an iron pipe on theNorth line of the S 1/2 of said SE 1/4 SW 1/4and also on the North line of the S 1/2 ofthe SW 1/4 SE 1/4 and also being thePLACE OF BEGINNING, thence S 86˚ 23'21" E, 80.00 feet along the North line of theS 1/2 of the SW 1/4 SE 1/4 to an iron pipe,thence S 0˚ 22' 47" W, 582.05 feet to an ironpipe on the Northerly R/W line of a 66.00foot wide Private Road which is Outlot 1 ofCertified Survey #2287 as recorded in Vol.7CS, pages 536 & 537 of Vilas CountyRecords, thence N 67˚ 46' 08" W, 252.54feet along the Northerly R/W line of saidPrivate Road to an iron pipe, thence leav-ing said Private Road N 0˚ 55' 56" E 502.43feet to an iron pipe on the North line of theS 1/2 of said SE 1/4 SW 1/4, thence S 85°51' 26" E, 150.00 feet along said North lineback to the PLACE OF BEGINNING.

Including a 1/24 interest in Outlot 1 ofCertified Survey Map #2287 as recorded inVol. 7CS, page 536 and 537, Vilas Countyrecords, located in part of the SE 1/4 of theSW 1/4 and part of the SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4lying in Section 32, Township 40 North,Range 11 East, Town of Washington, VilasCounty, Wisconsin.

PARCEL 10:A parcel of land being a part of the S 1/2

of the SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4, in Section 32,Township 40 North, Range 11 East, Townof Washington, Vilas County, Wisconsin,and being more particularly described asfollows: Commencing at the S 1/4 comer ofsaid Section 32 marked by a Vilas Countymonument, thence N 5˚ 22' 01" W, 655.24feet along the North-South 1/4 line of saidSection 32 to an iron pipe at the Northwestcorner of said S 1/2 of said SW 1/4 SE 1/4,hence S 86° 23' 21" E 80.00 feet along theNorth line of the South 1/2 of said SW 1/4SE 1/4 to an iron pipe and also being thePLACE OF BEGINNING, thence continuingS 86° 23' 21" E, 210.00 feet along the Northline of the South 1/2 of said SW 1/4 SE 1/4to an iron pipe, thence S 0˚ 01' 30" W,621.01 feet to an iron pipe on the Norther-ly R/W line of the Town Road and also onthe Northerly R/W line of a 66.00 foot widePrivate Road which is Outlot 1 of CertifiedSurvey #2287 as recorded in Vol. 7CS,pages 536 & 537 of Vilas County Records,thence along said Private Road; N 55° 14'11" W, 77.17 feet to an iron pipe and N 86°51' 53" W, 150.00 feet to an iron pipe,thence leaving said Private Road N 0˚ 22'47" E, 582.05 feet back to the PLACE OFBEGINNING.

Including a 1/24 interest in Outlot 1 ofCertified Survey Map #2287 as recorded inVol. 7CS page 536 & 537, Vilas Countyrecords, located in part of the SE 1/4 of theSW 1/4 and part of the SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4lying in Section 32, Township 40 North,Range 11 East, Town of Washington, VilasCounty, Wisconsin.

Property address: 1002 Dyer Road,Eagle River, Wisconsin

TERMS OF SALE: Pursuant to said judg-ment, 10% of the successful bid must bepaid to the sheriff at the sale in cash,cashier's check or certified funds, payableto the clerk of courts (personal checkscannot and will not be accepted.) The bal-ance of the successful bid must be paid tothe clerk of courts in cash, cashier's checkor certified funds no later than ten daysafter the court's confirmation of the sale orelse the 10% down payment is forfeited tothe plaintiff. The property is sold "as is"and subject to all liens and encumbranceswith no representations or warrantiesbeing made. The purchaser shall pay allcosts of sale as well as any unpaid realestate taxes and special assessments.

Dated this 30th day of October, 2012./s/ Frank TomlanovichSheriff of Vilas County, Wisconsin

THIS INSTRUMENT DRAFTED BY:Brian G. WeberJOHNS, FLAHERTY & COLLINS, S.C.205 5th Avenue South, Suite 600La Crosse, WI 54601(608) 784-5678WI. Bar No. 1024963

Pursuant to the Fair Debt CollectionPractices Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1692), weare required to state that we are attempt-ing to collect a debt on our client's behalfand any information we obtain will be usedfor that purpose.

If you have previously received a Chap-ter 7 Discharge in Bankruptcy, this corre-spondence should not be construed as anattempt to collect a debt.1883

_____________(Three Weeks, 11/7-11/21/12)


Case No. 12-CV-183____________________________________F&M Bank,

Plaintiff,vs.Ellis A. Bloedorn and Wisconsin Depart-ment of Health Services, Division of HealthCare Access and Accountability, Estateand Casualty Recovery Section,

Defendants.____________________________________NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE____________________________________

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue ofa judgment of foreclosure entered onOctober 15, 2012 in the amount of$18,913.16 the Sheriff will sell thedescribed premises at public auction asfollows:

TIME: December 6, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.TERMS: Pursuant to said judgment, 10%

of the successful bid must be paid to thesheriff at the sale in cash, cashier's checkor certified funds, payable to the clerk ofcourts (personal checks cannot and willnot be accepted). The balance of the suc-cessful bid must be paid to the clerk ofcourts in cash, cashier's check or certifiedfunds no later than ten days after thecourt's confirmation of the sale or else the10% down payment is forfeited to theplaintiff. The property is sold 'as is' andsubject to all liens and encumbrances.

PLACE: On the front steps of the VilasCounty Courthouse, Eagle River

DESCRIPTION: Lot Seven (7) in the In-Wood-Tee-Estates, said Plat being in theSoutheast Quarter of Section Twenty-sev-en, Township Forty North, Range Six Eastof the Fourth Principal Meridian, ArborVitae Township, Vilas County, Wisconsin,as the same appears of record in Volume 9Plats, page 8.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1335 Beller DrWoodruff, WI 54568-9234

DATED: October 23, 2012Gray & Associates, L.L.P.Attorneys for Plaintiff16345 West Glendale DriveNew Berlin, WI 53151-2841(414) 224-8404

Please go to www.gray-law.com toobtain the bid for this sale

Gray & Associates, L.L.P. is attemptingto collect a debt and any informationobtained will be used for that purpose. Ifyou have previously received a dischargein a chapter 7 bankruptcy case, this com-munication should not be construed as anattempt to hold you personally liable forthe debt.1871 WNAXLP

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NOTICE OF SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONSSEC. 120.06(6)(b)

Notice is hereby given to qualified electors of the SchoolDistrict of Phelps that a school board election will be heldTuesday, April 2, 2013, to fill the following position:

Donna Rosner — incumbent

An elector desiring to be a candidate for a position on theschool board for a three-year term may obtain a “SwornDeclaration of Candidacy” at the Phelps School Office,4451 Old School Road, Phelps, WI 54554, between thehours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. on Monday through Fridayor from the School District Clerk, Donna Rosner, prior to5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013.

Dated this 20th day of November 2012.

Donna RosnerDistrict Clerk1886

PHELPS PUBLIC LIBRARYJOB OPENING

The Phelps Public Library will be hiring a part-time clerk to beginJan. 2, 2013. The position will be 20 hrs./week January thru June,27 hrs./week July and August, and 20 hrs./week Septemberthrough December. Applications and job information are availablefrom Nov. 14-28, 2012, at the library during regular hours (M, T,Th, F, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.). Deadline to receive applications is Friday,Nov. 30, 2012. Applications may be mailed to: Phelps PublicLibrary, 4495 Town Hall Rd., Phelps, WI 54554. Town of Phelpshas the right to accept or reject any or all applications.

Town of Phelps is an Equal Opportunity Employer

/s/ Marjorie Hiller, Clerk/Treasurer1885

SHARON GIFFORD (715) 545-4008

[email protected] ST. LOUIS RD., PHELPS, WI 54554PHELPS


The Phelps Chamber ofCommerce’s annual Christ-mas Tree Lighting Ceremonywill be at 6:30 p.m. this Fri-day, Nov. 30, in downtownPhelps.

Santa Claus will be ush-ered into the ceremony by themen and women volunteersof the Phelps Fire Depart-ment, according to chamberof commerce member ShellyRay, who is coordinating theannual event.

“Santa will have a varietyof gift bags, all donated bybusinesses and folks in ourarea, to give to the childrenand the children will all begiven the opportunity andthrill of sitting on Santa’s lapfor a personal Christmas vis-

it,” said Ray.A gingerbread house will

be featured at this year’s treelighting ceremony. The 15- by16-foot house is being con-structed by Superior Designand Construction Co. withhelp from chamber of com-merce members.

Dale Ray, owner of Superi-or Design in Phelps, said, “Onbehalf of the Phelps Chamberof Commerce, we want toexpress our thanks toBoone’s Building Supply Inc.of Eagle River for donating,along with the chamber, allthe lumber and materialsneeded to construct the gin-gerbread house. The con-struction will be completedshortly.”

Phelps Chamber to hosttree lighting ceremony

VETERANS PROGRAM — Phelps School District recently heldits Veterans Day program, featuring keynote speaker Sgt.Michael Kimmerling and the presentation of colors by local veter-ans. The school band played “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee,” the choir

sang “Peace Prayer,” and Taps was played by Jackie Samuelson.Taking part in the program were, from left, Michelle Santy, JimWhyte, Kimmerling, Don Oberg, George Schofield, Robert Wuy-tack and program coordinator Alex Sjogren.

—Photo By Sharon Gifford

Phelps School hasannounced its honor roll forthe first quarter of the 2012-’13 school year as follows:

“A” honorsSixth grade: Andrew Gill,

Alexandria Myszka, TaylorOlivotti and Richard Wilson.

Seventh grade: MartiRudawski.

Eighth grade: AmandaGrmick and Sawyer Rosner.

10th grade: Robert Rosner.11th grade: Molly Korinek

and Jackie Samuelson.12th grade: Stormy Schrei -

ber and Meghan Smith.

“B” honorsSixth grade: David Booth,

Ashley Buckmaster, AustinBuell, Thomas Kolling and

Raeanna Perlewicz.Seventh grade: Brady Bier -

man, Jacob Johnson, RichealMontezon Long, AngelaPietenpol and Nolan Rosner.

Eighth grade: MeganVolk mann.

Ninth grade: CaitlinCraw ford, Nicole Fiebrantz

and Alexis Lucas.11th grade: Nitka Sirron

and Kendra Pietenpol.12th grade: Landin Brock-

man, Ryan Cirese, RobertDoppke, Angela Grmick,Dominica Grmick, KatlynnRosendahl and Amber Van-derBloemen.

Phelps School announcesfirst quarter honor roll

Phelps SeniorNutrition Menu

Lillian KerrHealthcare Center

by RennesSponsored by Vilas County

Commission on Aging

Meals for seniors (60+)are served Mondays,Wednesdays and Fridays atnoon. Suggested donation is$4. Make reservations 24hours in advance to SandyMutter at (715) 545-3983.

MONDAY, NOV. 26LasagnaVegetable blendGarlic breadFruit cobblerWEDNESDAY, NOV. 28Breaded shrimpPotato slicesPeas & onionsOrange-chiffon cakeFRIDAY, NOV. 30Salmon pattieCreamed peasParsleyed potatoesRye breadBanana split

Santa will visit the townof Phelps Friday, Nov. 30, andthe chamber of commerce isseeking monetary donationsto help fill goody bags forarea youths.

Based on turnouts of chil-dren attending this annual

family event, the chamberplans to hand out 75 bags.

Donations can be sent toPhelps Chamber of Commerce,P.O. Box 217, Phelps, WI54554. For more information,contact Danielle Myszka at(715) 545-3800.

Chamber seeks donations

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