EXELAND AREA ASSOCIATION NEWS The Exeland Area Association will be off until their next meeting is held in March,

2020. EAA President Jim Gerber said, “The organization had another tremendous

and successful year. The support we get from the community is always

overwhelming. There are so many good people here that it makes our job easier to

help and support local community projects. We already have some big plans for the

upcoming year. We’re always looking to help to make a difference in the lives of the

people around Exeland.”

PACKERS TAILGATE PARTY: Was held on Sunday, Oct. 6 on Main Street and

it was another huge success. The organization raised enough money to fund their

utilities at the EAA building for the upcoming year. A big thank you goes out to all

of those who came out on this beautiful autumn day to support the organization.

Some of the prize winners were: KING: Dave Gerber (Cameron); QUEEN: Amber

Ebert (Cameron); FUNNIEST COSTUME: Kristy Gordon (Exeland); BEST KIDS:

Addy Hover (Exeland) & Ryker Ebert (Cameron); BEST COUPLE: Ron & Sharon

Stewart (Ojibwa); BEST COSTUME: Jamie Sheptick (Exeland).

NEW PLAGROUND EQUIPMENT: Will be installed at both Swan Creek Park

and Pat’s Playground this coming spring.

HISTORY MUSEUM: At the March meeting the EAA will schedule the dates the

museum will be opened in 2020. If you have any items you’d like to donate please

contact Jim Gerber at 715-943-2242.

ATV TRAIL MAPS: The EAA had a new kiosk constructed to hold a map of all the

area trails that lead into Exeland. The map/kiosk is attached to the front of the

Buckhorn Bar. The construction was done by Dan Owens. Thank Dan for a job well

done!

NEW CHAIRS: The EAA is considering replacing the chairs they have available

for rental and are looking to purchase some that are less bulky and heavy. Hoping

this will be something that is affordable for the organization to do in 2020.

The 2020 news ads for the Exeland Newsletter and membership fees to be a member of the Exeland Area Association are now due.

Quarterly ads for the Newsletter are $10 per quarter or $40 for the year.

Annual membership fee to be a member of the Exeland Area Association is $20.

These fees can be sent to Janet Gerber – PO Box 35 – Exeland 54835. If you have any questions please call (715)943-2242.

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NewsNewsJanuary 2020

Exeland Area Association

Join us on Facebook Check out ExelandArea.comThe Association has nice tables & chairs for rent. Contact Janet at 943-2242.

Happy New Year!

My Happy New Year wish for you

Is for your best year yet,

A year where life is peaceful,

And what you want you get.

A year in which you cherish

The past year’s memories.

And live your life each new day

Full of bright expectancies.

I wish for you a holiday

With happiness galore;

And when it’s done, I wish you

Happy New Year, and many more.

Wisconsin sport teams have excelled this year. Here is a list of success stories: The Milwaukee Brewers made the major league baseball playoffs. The Wisconsin Badgers girl’s volleyball team made it into the national collegiate finals before losing to 3-time champion Stanford. The Wisconsin Badgers won their Big-10 division when they pounded the Minnesota Gophers in Minnesota. They lost to Ohio State for the overall title but were still selected to play in the prestigious Rose Bowl game on New Year’s Day. The Milwaukee Bucks currently have the best record in NBA basketball at 27-4 and are the best team in the world. The Green Bay Packers won the North Division and will advance to the NFL playoffs. They clinched the title when they whipped the Minnesota Vikings in Minnesota. They have earned the #2 seed and get a first round bye. Congrats to Halle Anderson (daughter/ Andy & Missy Anderson) on being named to the Lakeland All-Conference and All-Area volleyball teams. The senior had an outstanding year and these awards were well deserved. Congrats to Chris on being named as the quarterback to the All-Area football team. Chris is only a sophomore so there is more good stuff to come in the next couple of years. Congrats to Reahanna Hopkin (daughter/Mike & Jodi Hopkin) on making the All-Area Cross Country team. Reahanna is only a freshman so look forward to many exciting things to happen in her running future!

SPORTSOur Sincere Sympathy

The Exeland community would like to extend

their condolences to the families on the recent passing of:

Judy Vitcenda (Oct. 26)

Grace Dantzman (Dec. 5)

Lois Gerber (Dec. 9)

Wonderful people who will be missed by all of Exeland.

NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT

The family of Lois Gerber is donating $2,000 in her memory to

the Exeland Area Association. The money will be used to

purchase additional playground equipment to be installed at the

baseball park (Pat’s Playground). The EAA will match these

funds and will install the same playground equipment at Swan

Creek Park.

Jim Gerber said, “Mom would be proud of this project. She loved

kids, baseball and the community. All of my brothers and sisters

are happy to present this gift to the Exeland community. Mom

was a true ambassador to Exeland and this will keep her legacy

alive.”

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EXELAND LITTLE LIBRARY

The Exeland Little Library in front of the Exeland Area

Association has been a huge success. There has been a great

turnover in books. To accommodate more books a larger wooden

box will be installed this spring. The purpose of the library is to

promote & inspire reading and to get previously stored books

circulated into the public.

If you have any books you would like to share you can leave them

at the front door of the Association building. Don’t forget to leave

your name so we can say thank you for the donation. Many people

have left books but we don’t know who you are. Thank you Lori

Larson for your donation!!

The EAA is looking for someone to be in charge of this project.

The job requires the person to pick up the donated books and to

change the book selection on occasion. Please call Janet Gerber at

(715)943-2242 if you are interested in being a part of this great

community project.

NEW CAFÉ OWNERS

Brenda and Brad Beise have sold the Village Café after operating the main street business for the past 17 years. The new owners Natolie and

Jim Potter opened Potters Place on January 2. Thank you Brenda and Brad for your community service. Your café was the best! Stop in and give the new owners of the café a warm welcome to Exeland!

BANK CLOSES

Superior Choice Credit Union closed the bank in Exeland effective

December 1. There had been a bank operating in Exeland for 100+ years.

This no doubt was a very sad day for the community. Janet Gerber has

been the bank manager of the Exeland bank for the past 40 years. Her

smiling face and community service will be missed by all of her loyal

customers. Thank you Janet and everyone hopes that you find a fun and

exciting future ahead of you.

First United Methodist Church

986N Lincoln Ave, Exeland, WI 715-943-2773 Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship 10:30 a.m.

Pastor Mark Bartlett ~ 715-415-3724 Exeland First United Methodist Church

Our Hearts, Minds & Doors are always OPEN!

Speaking of the bank, it was 10 years ago on

Halloween when a suspect who robbed the bank

was shot and killed near Bruce after trying to make

an escape.

Betty Bartlett celebrated her 100th birthday on

Sunday, November 10th at the United Methodist

Church. Happy birthday Betty!!

Another fun Santa Shop was held at the Weirgor

Town Hall on Saturday, December 14. Once

again, the local kids could come and shop for

presents for their family members. A big thank to

Michele Meyers for keeping the tradition of this

great event going. Besides shopping, the kids got

to meet Santa Claus and get a big bag of goodies.

Thank you Dave Grindheim for taking on the role

of Santa!

The United Methodist Church held their annual

cookie & cake walk on Saturday, December 14.

The event was a huge success and the church

would like to thank a very generous community for

their overwhelming support.

Area hunters weren’t very satisfied with the recent

deer gun hunt. The buck kill was down 48% in

Sawyer County. This was pretty much the same

results the Exeland hunters experienced. But there

were some reasonable excuses/explanations made:

too much snow, too windy, not enough sunshine,

the rut was over, too many turkeys, too much

standing corn and the Packers lost on Monday

night of the deer hunt. Or maybe there just weren’t

as many deer as predicted!

A LOOK INTO THE PAST

In the Exeland News reported by local reporter

Dave Vitcenda he mentioned that movie star Gene

Blakely was on the Ed Sullivan Show.

Gene grew up in the Exeland area during the 30’s

and 40’s and went on to have a successful acting

career. His biggest success came in New York

Broadway plays. He also appeared in the Walt

Disney movie “That Darn Cat” and the “Sand

Pebbles”. Television series that he appeared in

were “Bewitched”, “All in the Family”, “Maude”

and “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”.

Gene came back to visit Exeland in the mid-70’s

where he watched the local Braves team play a

baseball game. He passed away in 1987 of cancer

and is buried in Iowa alongside his parents, Albert

and Gladys. When Albert and Gladys resided in

Exeland they were good friends to Charlie and

Coral Waite.

Another movie star that had ties to Exeland is

Denise Richards. Denise was the granddaughter to

the late Shirley and Art Lehman of Lehman’s Pub

on Windfall Lake. She was from Chicago and

would visit her grandparents in Exeland during the

summer months.

In the late 90’s, while making the movie Starship

Troopers, she returned to Exeland to visit her Aunt

Patty Burgess. One of her biggest fans was Amber

Gerber. Patty arranged a meeting between the two

of them and they had a great visit. Denise was

married to Charlie Sheen. She has appeared/is

appearing in numerous other movies and currently

stars on “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.”

Bits and Pieces

Sue’s Swan Creek Salon Main Street Exeland, WI

Sue Kopras

owner-operator 943-2200

FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH E.L.C.A. Exeland, WI

Rev. Larry Sturgis ~ ph. 715-271-6198

Sunday Worship Service and Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Come and meet Jesus!

Meteor Hills Bible Church State Road 48, Exeland

Sunday School at 10:00 a.m.

Church Service at 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday Prayer Service

at 7:00 p.m.

Exeland Mennonite Church Where you are always welcome!

N9598 Old Murry Road, Exeland Sunday School 9:00 am

Worship Service 10:00 am Wednesday Prayer and Bible Study 7:00 pm

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SORENSEN OUTFITTERS

NATURE TRAIL: Located at the Sports Center is open during the winter months for snowshoeing or cross country

skiing. The trail is open everyday to the public and there is no fee to use it.

The Club presented Birchwood School $500 for their outdoor activity and education program. Instructed by Eric

Rademaker and David Lorentz, the program is so successful that both instructors received an award by the Wisconsin

Wildlife Federation as the best in the state. The Club was happy to help them out with the donation.

At the October meeting, Brad Beise thanked the Club for honoring him and Brenda as Grand Marshalls at this year’s

Trout Fest. Brad then made everybody in attendance very happy when he bought a round of drinks. Thanks Brad!!

The Club donated $100 to the Bruce High School yearbook.

Club member Chance Brown worked with the DNR this past summer to study blowfish in the local lakes and gave a

report to the club on their findings. The Club helped fund some of the project. A blowfish is a kinder word for

dogfish.

A big thank you to Judy Liesch and Roy Jenness for the donations of water fowl collector plates. The plates were

donated in memory of Judy’s mom, the late Verna Janneck. The plates will be put on display in clubhouse.

The last day of the trap shooting by the club was held on October 15th.

The Club held their annual ATV ride on Saturday, October 19th. This year the trip wound through the Blue Hills and

ended up in Weyerhaeuser.

The Club had a large expense when they had to replace the boiler system in the Clubhouse. In the near future the

Club will also have to replace a refrigerator and a freezer that are worn out.

Ron Stewart (Ojibwa) and Glen Schwarz (Ojibwa) won the two shotguns that were raffled off at the October meeting.

THANK YOU MIKE SORENSEN!! Mike donated $400 to the Club. He promised to donate $25 for every successful

bear hunt he had this fall. There were 16 successful hunts guided by Sorensen Outfitters this year.

HUNTERS BALL: The Club held their annual Hunters Ball on Friday, November 8th at their clubhouse. This event

is the organization’s appreciation night and is for members only. WINNING GUNS THAT NIGHT WERE: Kris

Daniels (MN); Todd Stewart (Eau Claire); Jim Gerber (Exeland); Conner Kopras (Exeland); Robert Deach

(Exeland); Bob Desmith (Radisson); Denny Kopras (Exeland); Paul Lelinski (Milwaukee); Russell Hanson

(Exeland) & Alan Gordon (Radisson). Al Gerber won a pair of girl’s mittens. Congrats to all of the lucky winners.

The Club’s annual rabbit hunt will be held on Saturday, January 18th.

ATTENTION ALL MEMBERS: Your 2020 memberships are now due (still only $20). Please pay at the January

meeting or submit payment to: EXELAND ROD & GUN CLUB – PO BOX 92 – EXELAND, WI 54835. We’re

always looking for new members! Come and join us at the next meeting or submit $20 to our mailing address.

If you would like to rent out the Sports Center Pavilion for any type of event you can contact Rod & Gun Club member

Robert Deach at 715-943-2087.

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In remembrance of some of those

people who graced our community

years past:

Elmer & Aggie Auspseter

Walter & Betty Blomberg

Leo & Mary Ann Oldeen

Dave & Clara Teele

Larry & Mary Kellogg

To preserve the memories of a

friend or relative you can buy a spot

on the Memorial Plaque in the

cafe’. Contact Janet at 943-2242 for

more info.

EXELAND ROD & GUN CLUB NEWS

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