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Warren Kleiber of Medford was taken by helicopter to the burn center in Madison late Monday night following a fi re that destroyed a garage in the town of Little Black.

The Stetsonville Volunteer Fire Company and the Medford Area Fire Department were called out at 10:10 p.m. Monday night to W5899 Gravel Rd. in the town of Little Black.

According to Fire Chief Mike Danen, the ga-rage was totally engulfed in fl ames when fi re-fi ghters arrived. Firefi ghters kept the fi re from spreading to any of the other nearby buildings.

The garage and all of its contents were a to-tal loss. A pickup truck parked in front of the garage was also damaged in the fi re.

According to Danen, Kleiber received burns on about half of his body. He was taken by am-bulance to Medford Aspirus Hospital and then transported by helicopter to the burn center in Madison.

Medford fi refi ghters were on the scene for about an hour until it was out. Stetsonville fi refi ghters were on the scene until 11:55 p.m. There was a natural gas leak caused by the fi re and fi remen remained on the scene until a crew arrived to fi x the leak.

In addition to 24 fi refi ghters from Stetson-ville, there was assistance from the Taylor County Sheriff’s Department, Medford Elec-tric Utility, Taylor County ambulance and We Energies.

Monday’s garage fi re was the second struc-ture fi re in a week that has been a busy one for area emergency and law enforcement crews. In addition to the structure fi res, there were also a number of grass fi res around the county which emergency crews dealt with.

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Medford man hospitalized after fi re

Gilman baseball gets win over Columbus

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Area deaths

Medford drama presents spring play

— Ask Ed

Obituaries start on page 21 for:

Julius Griesbach Jr.Beth JochimsenRonald JudnicAnthony OstrowskiAnola PernsteinerEsther SchreinerAlisa StockBernard StrobachGertrude ThomasRalph Williams

Chamber holds recognition banquet

— Page 12 Area fi re crews kept busy with structure and grass fi res

See FIRES on page 3

Garage fi reWarren Kleiber was transported to a burn center in Madison with severe burns as

a result of a garage fi re on his Gravel Rd. property Monday night. Firefi ghters kept the fi re from spreading to nearby buildings.

photo by Brian Wilson

Taylor County had its fi rst traffi c fatality of the year last weekend.

On May 3 at approximately 1:50 a.m., the Taylor County Sheriff’s Offi ce Dispatch Center received a 9-1-1 report of a single motorcycle crash at the intersection of CTH Q and CTH M in the town of Medford.

According to Sheriff Bruce Daniels, the ini-tial caller reported it ap-peared to him that the motorcycle had struck a tree and the male driver of the motorcycle was not responding.

Emergency personnel from the Taylor County

Tony man dies in crashWeekend crash at CTH M Taylor County’s fi rst traffi c fatality in 2015

See CRASH on page 3

The front end of a pickup truck parked near Monday’s garage fi re was damaged.

by News Editor Brian Wilson


A cross marks the spot where Anthony J. Ostrowski, 39, Tony, was found follow-ing a single vehicle motor-cycle crash.

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Thursday, May 7, 2015NEIGHBORHOODTHE STAR NEWS

Gamblers Anonymous Meetings — Call 715-297-5317 for dates, times and locations.

Sunday, May 10Alcoholics Anonymous Open 12

Step Study Meeting — 7 p.m. Com-munity United Church of Christ, 510 E. Broadway, Medford.

Monday, May 11Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS)

1013 of Rib Lake Meeting — Weigh-in 5:30 p.m. Meeting 6:30 p.m. Rib Lake Se-nior Citizens Center, Hwy 102 and Front Street. Information: Mary 715-427-3593 or Sandra 715-427-3408.

High and Low Impact Step Aero-bics — Mondays and Wednesdays 6-7 p.m. Stetsonville Elementary School, W5338 CTH A. Information: Connie 715-678-2656 or Laura 715-678-2517 evenings.

Chelsea Conservation Club Meet-ing — 7 p.m. at clubhouse, N6357 Hwy 13, Medford.

Medford VFW Meeting — 7 p.m.

ner 6:30 p.m. B.S. Bar & Grill, W4782 Hwy 64, Medford. Information: 715-785-7573.

Thursday, May 14Medford Kiwanis Club Meeting —

Noon lunch. Frances L. Simek Memorial Library, 400 N. Main St., Medford. Infor-mation: 715-748-3237.

Medford Association of Rocket Sci-ence (MARS) Club Meeting — 6-9 p.m. First Floor Conference Room, Taylor County Courthouse, 224 S. Second St., Medford. Everyone welcome. Informa-tion: 715-748-9669.

Alcoholics Anonymous Closed Meeting — 7 p.m. Community United Church of Christ, 510 E. Broadway, Med-ford.

Taylor County Genealogical Soci-ety Annual Meeting — 7 p.m. Frances L. Simek Memorial Library, 400 N. Main St., Medford. Agenda includes election of offi cers. Visitors welcome.

Friday, May 15Narcotics Anonymous Open Meet-

ing — 7 p.m. Community United Church of Christ, 510 E. Broadway, Medford. In-formation: 715-965-1568.

VFW Clubhouse, 240 S. Eighth St. (Hwy 13), Medford.

American Legion Auxiliary 519 Meeting — 1 p.m. Legion Clubhouse, 224 N. Powell, Stetsonville.

Tuesday, May 12Medford Rotary Club Meeting —

Breakfast 6:45 a.m. Filling Station Cafe & Bar, 884 W. Broadway Ave., Medford. Information: 715-748-0370.

Al-Anon Meeting — 7 p.m. Com-munity United Church of Christ, 510 E. Broadway, Medford. Information: 715-427-3613.

Alcoholics Anonymous Open Topic Meeting — 7 p.m. Community United Church of Christ, 510 E. Broadway, Med-ford.

Overeaters Anonymous Meeting — 7 p.m. Hwy 64 and Main Street, Medford. Information: 715-512-0048.

Wednesday, May 13Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting —

7 p.m. Senior Citizens Center, Hwy 102 and Front Street, Rib Lake. Information: Arlene 715-427-3613.

Medford Lions Club Meeting — Din-

Community Calendar

Hospital volunteers attend advocacy day event

Advocacy DayAspirus volunteers and hospital employees traveled from Medford, Wausau and

Wisconsin Rapids to attend the Wisconsin Hospital Association’s annual Advocacy Day. The event, held in Madison, drew a crowd of over 1,100 persons. Attendees spent time in the afternoon meeting with elected offi cials.

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Close to 1,100 hospital leaders, em-ployees, trustees, and volunteers, includ-ing Aspirus Volunteers, descended on Madison on April 28 to participate in the Wisconsin Hospital Association’s (WHA) Advocacy Day event. Advocacy Day is an annual event that connects hospital sup-porters with their legislators in Madison so lawmakers can learn how issues im-pact local hospitals and communities.

“This year’s event was the largest in WHA’s history and one of the largest, if not the largest, events of its kind held in Madison each year. We are proud to have been a part of this tremendous day,” said Nancy Potter, Aspirus volunteer. “With the state budget process in full swing, we were able to talk with our legislators about key issues like Medicaid funding and protecting Wisconsin’s Worker’s Compensation program.”

“Wisconsin’s Medicaid program un-derpays hospitals $960 million a year,” said Dee Habeck, Aspirus Volunteer Pub-lic Policy education chair. “These unpaid costs, referred to as Wisconsin’s “Hidden Health Care Tax,” often get shifted to families and employers. This hidden tax helps drive up health insurance premi-ums making it diffi cult to keep and grow jobs in Wisconsin.”

Attendees spent time in the afternoon meeting with elected offi cials in the State Capitol. Advocates made sure their leg-islators were aware of the role hospitals

CorrectionA picture caption from the Abiding

Care Pregnancy Resource Center Recep-tion for Life event incorrectly stated Lee Ann Ricca, client services coordinator, as director Carrie Kraucyk. The caption also did not identify another person at the table. He is Anthony Horvath, the director of Policy Intersections Research Center in Greenwood.

Sibling preparation class offered June 2Aspirus Birthing Center–Medford

will be holding a free sibling prepara-tion class designed to ready soon-to-be siblings 3 years old and older for the in-troduction of a new baby to the home. Parents are asked to attend with their children.

Children will learn what it means to be a big brother or big sister. They will also learn how to hold, feed, and diaper a new baby. Children should bring a doll

or stuffed animal for practice. Baby safe-ty, common sibling reactions, and life-style adjustment advice are shared with parents.

The class will be held from 6-7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 2, at Aspirus Medford Hospital, 135 S. Gibson St. in Medford. Pre-registration is required. For more information or to pre-register, contact the Aspirus Birthing Center-Medford at 715-748-8156.

play in communities across the state in providing high quality, high value healthcare and how the legislature can support those efforts through policies it enacts.

“We are from Aspirus Medford Hos-pital and are proud of Wisconsin’s repu-

tation of providing some of the highest quality, highest value care in the na-tion,” said Louise Paul, Aspirus volun-teer. “Advocacy Day allows us to help legislators understand how their policy decisions can help protect our local hos-pital, patients, and communities.”

Thursday, May 7, 2015 NEWSTHE STAR NEWS

Trailer home fi reFirefi ghters from the Medford Area

Fire Department responded to a structure fi re in the town of Hammel Friday.

A mobile home fi re at W8283 Center Ave. was called in to the Taylor County Dispatch Center at 5:05 p.m. on May 1.

Reports indicate that prior to fi refi ght-ers arriving, a person entered the burning home and subsequently escaped through a window. The individual was taken for

treatment. When fi refi ghters arrived, the fl ames

were from under the fl oor up into the ceiling of the kitchen and bathroom. Fire-fi ghters were able to extinguish the blaze. One pet dog died in the blaze, but fi refi ght-ers removed a second dog from the struc-ture which appeared frightened, but alive.

The home, owned by Jim Haynes, sustained an estimated $20,000 dam-age. Cause of the blaze is undetermined at this time. Medford ambulance and Taylor County offi cers also responded.

On April 30 at approximately 8:45 a.m., the Price County Sheriff’s Offi ce informed the Taylor County Sheriff’s Of-fi ce of a vehicle traveling southbound on Hwy. 13, approaching Taylor County, at a very high rate of speed. Taylor Coun-ty deputies intercepted that vehicle a short time later, at 8:49 a.m., still travel-ing southbound on Highway 13 at high speeds. Taylor County deputies pursued the vehicle and estimated its speeds well in excess of 100 mph. Tire defl ation de-vices were deployed in an attempt to stop the vehicle, but the suspect was able to avoid them.

Taylor County deputies lost sight of the vehicle approximately nine miles north of Medford on Hwy 13.

Shortly thereafter, a resident of the

area reported to the Taylor County Sher-iff’s offi ce a suspicious individual was just in his yard, who left a vehicle behind and then ran into the woods. Deputies re-sponded to that residence and found the suspect vehicle that had eluded authori-ties. It was found the vehicle, a 2014 Ca-maro, was a stolen vehicle from Calumet, Mich. It was further found that the ve-hicle had been used in a robbery attempt in Hurley.

Taylor County deputies, with assis-tance from Price County Sheriff’s Offi ce, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Offi ce, Wood County K-9 Unit, Wisconsin State Patrol Air Unit, and the Medford Police Depart-ment secured a several-mile area where the subject was suspected to be hiding. After a search was started for the sus-pect, it was learned he had stolen a sec-ond vehicle, a blue 2001 Saturn four door with Wisconsin license plate 433-WHA, and had fl ed the scene. He is still at large.

The suspect is Isaac U. Laplander, male, white, date of birth Oct. 10, 1978.

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Fires keep area crews busy

Suspect leads offi cers on high speed chaseArea responders assist in search following chase

Multiple agencies involvedThere were multiple agencies involved in the search for Isaac Laplander, who led

offi cers on a high speed chase through the county on April 30. The Medford Area Fire Department fi re and rescue trailer holds gear and vehicles for off-road searches. It was brought to the Chelsea Conservation Club to assist with the search.

photos by Bryan Wegter

Sheriff’s offi ce, Taylor County ambulance MedEvac, and Medford Area Fire Depart-ment responded to the scene.

According to Daniels, initial investiga-tion indicates that Anthony J. Ostrowski, 39, Tony, was traveling north on CTH Q approaching the “T” intersection with CTH M.

The motorcycle failed to stop at the

posted stop sign, traveled north across CTH M into the ditch, struck an intersec-tion sign and a marker sign, fl ipped over and came to rest.

The Taylor County Medical Examiner was notifi ed of this incident at approxi-mately 2:05 a.m.

Ostrowski was the lone passenger on the motorcycle, Speed and alcohol are be-ing considered as potential contributing factors in this crash.


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Car theft leads offi cers on second high speed chase

A Kennan man, who allegedly stole a car from Medford and led law enforce-ment on a chase with speeds exceeding 100 mph last weekend, is in custody.

Medford Police Chief Ken Coyer re-ported the department has in custody, 29- year-old Benjamin R. Ashbacher from Kennan. Ashbacher was originally taken into custody on a probation violation on May 3. While in custody the defendant was questioned in regards to a stolen ve-hicle taken from the 500 block of Medford Ave. in the city of Medford.

According to Coyer, Ashbacher admit-

ted to taking a vehicle matching the one stolen on May 2 from the city of Medford.

“In the interview, the defendant knew that he had been in a chase with law en-forcement in Price and Taylor counties, but after getting chased, he got lost and ended up getting the stolen vehicle stuck in an unknown wooded area and aban-doning it,” Coyer said.

Coyer said currently the Medford Po-lice Department has referred Benjamin R. Ashbacher to the Taylor County Dis-trict Attorney’s Offi ce for operating a motor vehicle without owner’s consent, Wisconsin Statute 943.23.

“Investigation is still continuing and additional charges may result as reports are being forwarded to adjacent law en-forcement agencies for investigation(s) as it relates to this incident,” Coyer said.

Kennan man in custody and awaiting charges by News Editor Brian Wilson

by News Editor Brian WilsonInspirational posters about teamwork and coopera-

tion hang on the walls of many workplaces. They preach the message people working together across departmen-tal boundaries makes the entire organization stronger.

In the city of Medford, those posters have been taken to heart. At Tuesday’s annual report to the city coun-cil about the activities accomplished by city staff in the past year and goals for future years, the teamwork be-tween departments was evident in what they have been able to accomplish.

According to Mayor Mike Wellner, the level of coop-eration between the staff of public works, public utili-ties and other city departments is the best it has been in the 12 years he has been mayor, and even before then. Wellner said often departments would historically stay within their own areas and not interact with the oth-ers. By working together, he said it has saved the city money and allowed tasks to be accomplished. He com-mended the department heads for setting the example of working together.

The idea of each department working in coopera-tion with the others to do projects that help the entire city was a common theme of each of the departmental presentations. From public works and the sewer utility staff pitching in to get a concrete project completed near the city pool, to the public works employees helping the

electric utility with putting in the slab and doing site work for substation upgrades, there were a number of examples given of the cooperation between the depart-ments.

Beyond the personnel side, city coordinator John Fales also reported on a number of ongoing projects.

One of the biggest of those, in terms of the potential to save money and headaches for both the city and its residents, is the switchover to automatic meters for both the electric and water departments.

About one-third of the city has been switched to smart meters which can record water usage to the gal-lon compared to the old-style meters which record it to 1,000 gallons.

Streets/water superintendent Pat Chariton said the meters have come in handy by being able to alert home-owners who have had water usage at unusual times such as overnight of the potential of problems. “We have gotten calls from people thanking us for telling them of problems,” Chariton said.

On the electric utility side of things, manager Spence

Titera has the ability to see how much usage is occur-ring in a customer’s residence from his offi ce computer. This allows them not only to have pinpoint accuracy for billing, but also helps in giving people information about ways to cut their energy consumption.

One of the other big areas of savings is with meter readings. There used to be two employees who read me-ters, taking the whole month to do so. The electronic system can read 3,000 city meters in 15 minutes.

Aldermen commended the department heads for the work done in the past year.

In other business, aldermen: Approved hiring Oshkosh Industrial Roofi ng

and Sheet Metal of Oshkosh to replace the roof at the city hall and wastewater treatment plant buildings. They were the qualifi ed low-bid with a price of $84,485 for the city hall project and $42,120 for the wastewater treatment plant. Fales noted there was a lower bid for the city hall, but it was incomplete and did not include an addendum item. Fales reported while the company is only a few years old, they have had major projects from $163,600 to $1.3 million and the employees came from other fi rms with many years of experience between them. The city hall project will be split in cost between the electric utility and general city government budgets and the wastewater treatment budget will cover the cost of that roof. Fales said the plan is to use existing cash reserves for this one-time expense as recommended by the city auditors.

Formally approved giving Joshua Torrenes of New Life Apostolic Church permission to set up a table and shelter in the parking lot near the corner of Whelen Ave. and Hwy 64 in order to perform religious outreach on the fi rst Saturday of each month.

Approved the report on the city’s annual fi nan-cial audit and the city’s management letter responding to the audit. Auditors gave the city a clean bill of health, stating there were no major defi ciencies found.

Approved a liquor license for Silver Fork LLC doing business as Filling Station Cafe and Bar. Jenna Leah Strebig is the new owner of the establishment.

Approved a parade permit for the annual Step-ping for Survivors event to be held Saturday, May 16 starting at 9:30 a.m. The event is a walk to raise aware-ness and funds for Stepping Stones Shelter and its ef-forts to combat domestic violence.

Approved purchasing a replacement three-quarter ton pickup truck with an 8-foot plow from Med-ford Motors for $19,685. Medford Motors was the low bid.

Thursday, May 7, 2015NEWSTHE STAR NEWS

County forestry funds restored in state budgetby News Editor Brian Wilson

State funds to help pay for the county forest adminis-trator’s wages and benefi ts have been put back into the budget. Whether it stays there throughout the budget process is still a question.

A longtime state grant pays half the salary and about 40 percent of the benefi t costs for county forest adminis-trators around the state. When the governor presented his proposed biennial budget earlier this year, the grant was not included. Taylor County and other county boards around the state have lobbied to get the fund-ing restored, and on Friday county forest administrator Russ Aszmann told members of the forestry and recre-ation committee it has been included in the “errata” items which correct errors in the original proposal.

As the legislature’s joint fi nance committee works on the state budget, it will be up to them to decide if it will stay in the budget. However, Aszmann is optimistic it will do so.

In a related matter, committee members approved a pay increase for Aszmann for him to go from Step 5 to Step 6 on the county’s pay matrix based on his longevity with the county. The increase takes him from $28.67 per hour to $29.41 per hour.

According to Aszmann, the committee reviews his wages as the department head and he reviews the wages of those in the department.

In other business, committee members reviwed the planned timber sales to be put out for bid. The sales in-clude about 250 acres of forest land which is about 50 percent of the amount the county bids out each year. Jake Walcisak, the county’s assistant county forest ad-ministrator, estimated the value of the sales at about $200,000. Once contracts are awarded, the loggers will have two years to complete the timber harvest. Some of the areas are only accessible either in winter or during dry conditions.

Future action neededJake Walcisak, the county’s assistant county forest administrator, explains where piles of cut logs were left fol-

lowing a recent logging operation in the county forest. The logs were cut last year by an Athens-area logger but not removed before snowfall hid them. The logs are valued at about $970 and the county has the option to charge that against the company that did the logging project or require them to come back and clean up the job.

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Annual report to city council refl ects teamwork

City status updateCity coordinator John Fales and the city department

heads gave their annual report on city projects and inter-nal goals in the coming year. Mayor Mike Wellner com-mended city staff for their cooperative spirit, noting in the past that level of cooperation had not been present.


by Reporter Mark BerglundSharon Hause leaves the teaching profession after a

quarter century of teaching art classes to every grade level in the Medford Area School District. Her last years with the district saw her working with high school stu-dents at Medford Area Senior High.

Hause graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 1980 and then taught in the Phillips School District from 1980 to 1985. She taught part time at Holy Rosary Catholic Elementary School for the next fi ve years and joined the Medford staff in 1990 for a career of 35 years. She earned her master of fi ne arts from the Uni-versity of Wisconsin-Superior in 2000 and was certifi ed to teach Advanced Placement classes in 2008.

“I never thought I’d be one of the older ones on top of the experience list,” Hause said.

Hause’s husband is a teacher in the Prentice School District. She said they will be moving on to other life adventures with their passion for teaching intact. “We wanted to leave while we still had passion and still liked what we do.”

Hause doesn’t use the word retirement to describe the next phase in her life. She hopes to be an artist, entrepre-neur and grandma to varying degrees.

“I try not to think of anything as the last time. The hardest part will be to turn in the keys and know I won’t get back in,” she said. “I think I will miss how many times my name is called by the students. Not hearing it will be a change.”

Hause said she strived to meet a number of goals as a teacher. She wanted students to feel safe and secure enough to express their artistic talents in the projects. She wanted the classes to be hands-on learning and prob-lem-solving lessons. She wanted the students to fi nd their own vision in the lessons. Hause said she wanted classes where all students felt welcome and successful. She said about a quarter of the students she taught fell into the special education spectrum, but the works they produced defi ed any special circumstance. “It doesn’t matter who they are down here [in the ground fl oor art classrooms],” she said. “A lot of kids felt like it was art therapy.”

Hause said teaching is not about judging students, but understanding why they make the decisions they do. “I’ve learned not to judge because they all come from different places,” Hause said. “I try to think on the same level as the students and not judge why they make a deci-sion.”

Hause continued to hone her skills as a teacher. She said taking the step up to being an Advanced Placement instructor in 2008 was one of those efforts. “It made me a much better teacher for all my students,” she said.

Art is timeless, but she has tried to stay with the times by adapting technology to the classroom. The days of students paging through magazine after magazine for inspirations and examples are gone, with device and Chromebook apps taking the place. Students can also get a taste for faraway art experience with virtual art mu-seum tours. “I’m an advocate for having technology at

their fi ngertips,” she said. The students still visit regional museums in Wausau,

Milwaukee and Minneapolis, Minn. “We get them out to see art,” she said.

Art projects in Hause’s classes do not revolve around her telling students what to do. “They will ask me about it once in a while. I’m involved in the process and the problem solving, but I usually ask them questions back to let them fi nd the answers,” she said. “We talk about art as well as make art. When an assignment begins, some students will say ‘can I do it a little differently?’”

Hause said the freedom to try and sometimes miss is part of being an artist. “Sometimes the mistakes are hap-py accidents even if they don’t seem happy at the time,” Hause said.

Medford Area Senior High has a fi ne arts requirement which can be fi lled in the art or music department. For the most part, the students in Hause’s classes are stu-dents who choose to be there.

Hause has been inspired by the former students who

take those art lessons and fi nd related careers. She has former students who pick major fashion lines, do inte-rior decorating, and even design theater sets. “It’s inter-esting to see where they go,” she said.

Hause still has passion for arts, students

Hause enjoys her studentsMedford Area Senior High art teacher Sharon Hause (standing at the right side of the front row) poses with her

homeroom students after an interview about her career. Hause has taught every grade in the district during a quarter century of promoting the arts and the young artists in her classes.

photo by Mark Berglund

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Bunkelman competes at national event

Macy Bunkelman, a member of the Medford DECA Chapter, competed at the DECA International Career Development Confer-ence in Orlando, Fla. April 25 - 29. Macy was a medalist in the Retail Merchandising Event, out of 200 students in her event.

The DECA Interna-tional Career Develop-ment Conference is a competition in market-ing related events, as well as career develop-ment programs for stu-dents and chapter ad-visers to participate in. Over 13,000 students from across the world participated in this event.

Macy Bunkelman

Global experienceOver 13,000 students from across the world partici-

pated in the DECA International Career Development Conference in Orlando, Fla. April 25 - 29.

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Last week a survey crew put a soil bor-ing drill through a gas main in downtown Medford. The resulting explosion and fi re caused thousands of dollars worth of damage to the vehicles and nearby structures.

Medford got off lucky.Determining if the gas line was never

marked, incorrect-ly marked, or just hadn’t been marked yet when the diggers hotline was noti-fi ed of the project is likely to involve law-yers and insurance companies and drag on for a while. Still, Medford got lucky. The wind happened to be blowing toward the south and west that day which meant the 40-foot column of fi re from the burn-off was pushed away from nearby homes. If the wind had been blowing the opposite direction chances are at least one and possibly more homes would have been de-stroyed.

Medford also got lucky in that a We Energies company employee happened to be near Abbotsford and could respond as fast as he did. And yes, within minutes of getting on the scene, the gas company had the shutoff valves closed and the risk of a catastrophic explosion greatly

reduced. There is no doubt the work crew did their best and responded as quickly as they were able. It is not the workers’ fault that crews are spread thin through-out the region.

However, it still took a half hour from when the call was made about the rup-tured main until the crews arrived on the

scene.For emergency

responders in ru-ral areas, having to wait for utilities to be shut down is just part of the job. Firefi ghters are at the scene to fi ght fi res and protect lives and property. It opens a massive door for liability if they overstep and attempt to turn off power or other utilities on their own. Part of it is not having the training to know how or even where the shutoffs are lo-cated. There is too much potential danger in a guess.

In this case, the burning truck was also a blessing in disguise. It gave a burn-off point

for the released natural gas rather than the gas collecting and exploding due to a spark elsewhere. Firefi ghters could con-tain the blaze and save lives.

In this case, the half-hour wait for the

crew to arrive possibly wouldn’t have made much difference in saving the ve-hicles, but what about next time when it involves a home or commercial building?

The natural gas industry is a regulat-ed utility with the Public Service Com-mission. It is also a giant investor-owned monopoly which is beholden to its bot-tom line in order to maximize return for its stockholders. Crews are spread thin over some areas and there is lag time between an incident and how fast a crew can get on the scene.

Perhaps a solution would be for the gas company to have responders in each community. These people could have the

training and equipment to shut off gas in emergency situations. One solution would be to contract with existing local tradesmen such as heating contractors who are already knowledgeable in work-ing with natural gas. Such a partnership could allow much faster response times for gas line breaks greatly reducing the chances of injury or property damage while still being conscientious of the company’s bottom line.

Medford got lucky last week. At some point that luck will run out and there might not be a favorable wind while the clock ticks waiting for a response.

The Medford community came togeth-er on Saturday night to recognize the ef-forts and achievements of area residents at the annual Medford Area Chamber of Commerce Recognition Banquet. The an-nual event includes the awarding of the person of the year, lifetime achievement, employee excellence and business mile-stone recognitions.

It is an opportunity for the community to thank those who have worked hard to make Medford a better place to live and work.

Medford is not unique in having this sort of annual event. Many communities have ways to recognize their outstand-ing citizens. These honors serve a dual purpose. On one side they let those who work on behalf of the greater good know their efforts are appreciated. The awards also serve as beacons setting the course for the values the community determines are important. The recipients of these

awards are role models for the entire community.

In his acceptance speech for the life-time achievement award, Clem Johnson made a call to action. He recognized there are many who have a desire to do work within their community, but who keep putting it off and fi nding excuses not to begin. To those people, Johnson said, “do it now.”

Johnson read from a poem “Do it now” which he fi rst heard at his own eighth grade commencement ceremony decades ago.

The poem’s message is a clear one. It calls people to act now because there may never be a later. It was this imperative to help now, not when he got around to it that has defi ned Johnson’s lifetime of service to the community. It is a message worth repeating and a lesson for all those who feel they are too busy or who put off lending a hand where it is needed.

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I try not to think of anything as the last time. The hardest part will be to turn in the keys and know I won’t get back in.

— Teacher Sharon Hause who will be retiring at the end of the school year.

Star News Quote of the Week:

Community should listen to the call to ‘Do it now’

Minutes count at emergency scenes

If you have hard work to do, Do it now.

Today the skies are clear and blue,Tomorrow clouds may come in view,

Yesterday is not for you; Do it now.

If you have a song to sing,

Sing it now.Let the notes of gladness ring

Clear as song of bird in spring;Let every day some music bring;

Sing it now.

If you have kind words to say, Say them now.

Tomorrow may not come your way,Do a kindness while you may,

Loved ones will not always stay; Say them now.

If you have a smile to show,

Show it now.Make hearts happy, roses grow,

Let the friends around you knowThe love you have before they go;

Show it now. -Anonymous

Do it nowIf you have hard work to do,

Do it now.Today the skies are clear and blue,

Tomorrow clouds may come in view,Yesterday is not for you;

Do it now.

If you have a song to sing, Sing it now.

Let the notes of gladness ringClear as song of bird in spring;

Let every day some music bring; Sing it now.

If you have kind words to say, Say them now.

Tomorrow may not come your way,Do a kindness while you may,

Loved ones will not always stay; Say them now.

If you have a smile to show, Show it now.

Make hearts happy, roses grow,Let the friends around you knowThe love you have before they go;

Show it now.-Anonymous

Do it now

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Thanks teachersThe days pounding erasers to thank a teacher may be gone, but Rib Lake students and families broke out the side-

walk chalk on Monday evening to show their appreciation for the staff at Rib Lake Elementary School. Kylie Wiese and Ashley Soto Sosa work on one message during the after school program. In addition to the sidewalk messages, Rib Lake community members also came together and provided a meal to all the teachers in the district for the hard work they do.

What’s in a name?A new city street is being built south of CTH O in the

Medford industrial park addition. The new road provides access to a mink food process-

ing plant that will be built there as part of an expansion of overall mink operations in the area.

Regardless of how you feel about fur products or ani-mal agriculture, the expansion of the city’s industrial base is a good thing, bringing additional jobs and an in-crease in the overall tax base.

The question for members of the planning commis-sion, however, didn’t have to deal with pipes, setbacks or any of the other minutia of turning a former farm fi eld into a factory. Instead, planning commission members were asked what the road should be called.

Getting to name a road doesn’t happen all that often. Generally, developers have their own road names picked out when they present their plans to the city. This is the reason there are areas with roads named after models of cars or types of birds or trees or random women’s names.

Coming up with the name of a road is tricky business. Those involved in road designing and building are not necessarily known for their verbal creativity, which is why numbered streets are so popular around the world.

It is just as easy to go the other way and end up overly cute. A subdivision built a few miles from where I grew up was actually named Sesame Street, which is fi ne if you are seven, but sends the wrong message if its is the address of your attorney’s offi ce.

Some of the proposals suggested by the commission members were to name the road after the mink industry as Mink Dr. or Mink Capital Dr. The down side of this is there is already a Mink Dr. in the county and Mink Capi-tal Terrace is a mobile home park here. Names that are too close to others could cause confusion for emergency responders in the future.

Dave Zimmerman suggested the city get back into the pattern of naming streets after major industrialists and those who helped the city move forward. He correctly noted while Pep and Fran Simek’s names are on many buildings, over coming generations those buildings will be replaced. A street name gives a certain type of immor-tality because they are rarely changed.

Another option raised was to name the street after a former mayor such as Meyer Dr. or Salzwedel Ave. The city already has a rule against naming streets after peo-ple who are still alive, so Wellner Way will have to wait for a long while yet.

For what it is worth, I lean toward honoring Dee and Walt Meyer with calling it Meyer Dr.. The Meyers served the area for decades and touched many people over that time. However, considering Dee Meyer’s love of the arts and her passion for the Riverwalk, an industrial park road may be a bit of an ironic twist.

As for the Simeks, it is impossible to imagine what Medford would be like without Tombstone Pizza’s long legacy. Either of those choices would send a message rec-ognizing the efforts of those who helped build the com-munity and made it strong.

William Shakespeare asked, “What’s in a name?” I would say an awful lot.

Thursday, May 7, 2015 OPINIONTHE STAR NEWS

Brian Wilson

What’s in a name

Brian Wilson is News Editor at The Star News.

Pastor says there is only one right way when it comes marriageVox Pop

Is there such a thing – the only right way? If we ad-mit something is the only right way then every other way has to be…well, you got it… WRONG. And maybe that goes to the heart of the problem, we don’t want there to be a “wrong.” Wrong brings guilt and shame.

When it comes to marriage it really makes no differ-ence what the U.S. Supreme Court decides because the decision has already been made by the Triune God. God instituted marriage at creation (Genesis 1:28; 2:22-24). God defi nes marriage as the lifelong union of one man and one woman (Genesis 1:27-28; 2:22-24; Matthew 19:4-6). God’s institution of marriage is valid for all time (Matthew 19:6). Every other way is sinful.

But the story doesn’t end there. When it comes

to God’s law, there is only one right way, “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” (Mat-thew 5:48). Who can measure up?

Not me. Thankfully, there is also an only right Savior – Jesus Christ. “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12)

Jesus was never married but he died and rose again to earn forgiveness for every sin committed against the institution of marriage. Take your guilt and shame to Jesus – He already dealt with it – and live in the free-dom He gives by grace through faith.

— Pastor James Krueger, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Medford


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A photo showing a speaker demonstrating the ac-tion of a device designed to kill, and displaying animal body parts in a high school classroom, appeared in the Dec. 18, 2014 issue of this paper. The caption claimed accurate by the teacher of the class, said the speaker took time to discuss different Wisconsin wildlife spe-cies, showed students various animal furs from weasel to timber wolf, and how certain animal species impact agriculture in Wisconsin. The teacher agreed to host another speaker in the same format who would at least discuss how agriculture impacts certain animal spe-cies, if not also provide details of the taking of those body parts from their late owners. Chris Cold of the Ladysmith DNR said he’d do it and a photo of that was to appear in this paper. I haven’t found it.

Another caption was offered to the district ad-ministrator, the news editor of this paper and to two members of the Medford District Board of Education to support the view that two speakers with opposing positions should be simultaneously scheduled for any given issue so that students can get both sides. All of these offi cials responded as if the proposal was worthy of their consideration, and respective actions with the administrator saying he’d report any action taken. All went silent. All that appeared was a short, buried piece by the chair of the policy committee explaining duties and inviting us to the meetings.

The other caption read that a speaker who was neither an ag scientist, biologist, farmer or wildlife manager discussed how certain animal species impact agriculture in Wisconsin. He also demonstrated the ac-tion of a device designed to kill, and displayed animal body parts to a captive audience of mixed minors in a public school classroom during regularly scheduled classroom hours, all without equal and opposite repre-sentation of the issues.

— Mike Riegert, Medford

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Fox News called it a “series of ter-rifying raids” reportedly conducted as “a form of political retribution against supporters of Gov. Scott Walker.” Rush Limbaugh blamed “a corrupt DA” and “corrupt police offi cers.” The national website PJ Media decried the “brass-knuckled fascists in Wisconsin.”

Here and elsewhere, conservative commentators have embraced the narra-tive put forth by critics of the two John Doe probes involving Walker and others. Wisconsin is being defamed as a place where unethical law enforcers driven by naked political partisanship have run

amok. At the core of this confl agration is an

incendiary article in the National Review on John Doe-related searches. Exhibit A: the search of former Walker aide Cindy Archer’s Madison home in September 2011. Archer said police arrived with a battering ram and that a “furious” FBI agent yelled in her face and threatened to put her in handcuffs. She was purport-edly forbidden from calling a lawyer and ordered to keep mum about the search.

“They had a keener sense of due pro-cess in Salem, Mass.,” mused National Review editor Rich Lowry in a commen-

tary inspired by this report.Leonard Peace, a spokesman for the

FBI in Milwaukee, declined to comment on “operational questions associated with investigations.” But Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney, whose offi ce took part in this search, calls the National Re-view account “highly suspicious,” saying he cannot fathom why “there would be a warning that you could not call an attor-ney or tell others of the warrant.” John Doe secrecy rules apply to court proceed-ings, not searches.

The National Review piece shrugs off the criminal convictions of six Walker aides and associates stemming from the fi rst John Doe, saying it “failed in its ul-timate aims” because “Walker was un-touched, his reforms were implemented, and he survived the recall election.”

Wisconsin Club for Growth director Eric O’Keefe, who has elsewhere likened the searches to rape, poured gasoline on the fi re in an appearance on Fox News. He said the now-stalled investigation of alleged election law violations by his group and others is based on a theory “completely unsupportable under Wis-consin law,” launched because “the left was tired of losing election after election after election.”

But released records show Walker and others engaged in campaign coordina-tion of the sort that’s been punished in the past. And even one of the judges who sided with the John Doe targets called the prosecution’s position, which he dis-agreed with, an “arguable interpretation of the statutes.”

Joining O’Keefe on Fox was “whistle-blower” Michael Lutz, an ex-cop who worked briefl y in Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Offi ce. Lutz claimed DA John Chisholm, a Democrat who ini-tiated the probes, professed his desire to “stop Gov. Walker and all Republicans” from achieving their political aims and

turned his offi ce into a weapon to “pros-ecute and persecute all those who had a different political ideology than him.”

Lutz described Chisholm as “a good friend of mine.” Neither he nor Fox host Megyn Kelly mentioned that Lutz in 2013 left Chisholm a drunken message threat-ening to kill him and his family.

Walker has joined the bashing, call-ing the probes “largely a political witch hunt” and “really about trying to intimi-date people.” That drew sharp rebukes from Chisholm and special prosecutor Francis Schmitz, who said Walker’s “of-fensive” remarks would be proven “pa-tently false” by case records that remain under seal.

Schmitz, like other key John Doe play-ers, is a Republican.

Paul Bucher, a former GOP Waukesha County district attorney and two-time past president of the Wisconsin District Attorneys Association, calls the idea that the John Doe prosecutors are politically motivated “absolute nonsense.” Every-thing that happens is subject to judicial approval, he says. Prosecutors are bound by the law and by codes of ethics.

You’d never know that from the com-mentators, abetted by Walker, now por-traying Wisconsin’s law enforcers as law-less.

— Bill Lueders is the Money and Poli-tics Project director at the Wisconsin Cen-ter for Investigative Journalism (www.WisconsinWatch.org). The center produces the project in partnership with MapLight.

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Last month the Medford Area School Board voted to make an “initial” pledge not to exceed 3 percent for an upgrade to the outdoor ath-letic facilities at the high school. The total estimated cost for that project is $3.5 million. What this means is, if the All Sports Booster Club, which is made up of community members and coaches can raise enough money, the school district will only pay roughly $105,000 for a $3.5 million dollar facility. I don’t know about you, but that doesn’t sound like a bad invest-ment to me?

Allow me to back up a bit and explain how and why we got to this point. Mem-bers of the All Sports Booster Club have been discuss-ing the need to improve the facilities behind the high school for some time. A few months ago, they came to the board to share their concerns and to let them know how they were planning to proceed. This group is well aware of the recent referendum outcomes for our dis-trict, so they were not there to ask the board to go to a referendum. The booster club instead informed the board they wanted to try and raise the money through a capitol campaign. Not only that, but the club also said they would put up the $5,000 for the Rettler Corporation to do a preliminary study and drawing which would out-line the costs.

So the study was done and brought to the April board meeting. The booster club, along with Rettler, made the presentation. Board members were able to ask ques-

tions and comment on the vision. The club informed the board they were now ready to hit the pavement seeking donations. The club did make one request, which is how the initial commitment of dollars came about. They relayed to the board that when seeking donations, they felt it would be helpful if they could say that the school board was behind the project. The best way they could prove that would be if the district committed some dol-lars. The motion was made, seconded, and it passed unanimously.

Drawings of the project will soon be out in our schools, some area businesses and at the district of-fi ce. If you are a member of a specifi c organization and would like a presentation, that can be arranged by con-tacting me at the district offi ce, 715-748-4620 ext. 523. I, or someone from the All Sports Booster Club, will be glad to attend your meeting to talk about the project.

The highlights of the plan will see a new running track, bleachers with storage underneath, press box, concession stand with bathrooms, and stadium lights. Another goal is to replace the grass on the football fi eld with artifi cial turf. If there is one thing I want every-one to understand, it is that the funds the school district contributes will not go toward artifi cial turf on the foot-ball fi eld. If that happens, that money will be generated through donations secured by the All Sports Booster Club. While I do support replacing the grass with turf for many reasons, which I would be glad to discuss with anyone, I feel that money should come from donations. Any district money should pay for the other things that I mentioned and absolutely need to be addressed soon.

What would you invest in order to get a $3.5 mil-lion return? Currently the school board is earmarking $105,000. Would you go higher?

— District administrator Pat Sullivan

What are you willing to invest for a $3.5 million return?

The All Sports Booster Club is working to raise mon-ey for fi eld improvements at Medford Area Senior High School valued at $3.5 million.

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On April 29, at approximately 9:50 p.m. the Taylor County Sheriff’s Offi ce Dispatch Center received a 9-1-1 report of a missing 11-year-old boy.

The initial report was that the boy had left his resi-dence at N1127 Swallow Dr. in the town of little Black at approximately 8:30 p.m. The boy’s bicycle was located approximately one-half mile to the south of the resi-dence on Swallow Dr. just prior to the time of the call to the dispatch center.

Taylor County Sheriff’s Offi ce personnel responded to the address and conducted an initial investigation.Based on the information received from the adults at that residence, and due to concerns regarding weather conditions, requests for assistance were made to the Loyal Police Department Canine Unit, Stetsonville Fire Department, and Spirit Air Unit. An extensive search took place and at approximately 1:25 a.m. on April 30, the 11-year-old boy was located near W5368 Stetson Ave. by members of the Stetsonville Volunteer Fire Compa-ny. According to Sheriff Bruce Daniels, the boy report-ed he had become lost and had walked on and off the road during the time the search was being conducted. He reported being cold but was uninjured,

The boy was transported to Aspirus Medford Hospi-tal by the Taylor County Ambulance Service to assure he was fi ne. He was later released to his parents.

Missing boy found safe

Medford takes third at state Science OlympiadMedford Area Senior High fi nished third in the state

Science Olympiad at University of Wisconsin-Milwau-kee as arch-rivals Menomonie and Madison West again proved to be the top competition in the fi eld.

Medford placed fi rst in three events and placed in the top three in fi ve others to help the school score 170 points. The top schools held an edge in individual wins.

Some of the best news for Medford is the returning talent for 2016. Of Medford’s 13 event places at state, only three have all-senior lineups. It should give the team a good base to start from. “There is lot of good tal-ent coming back next year,” Medford coach Brad Paff said. Paff and Kristine Gingras share the coaching du-ties. “The kids were excited. They were looking up the events for next year to get an edge.”

Paff said many of the events are adaptive, so the ma-terial and problems to be solved are up to date.

Like any good coach, Paff digs into the performance statistics to fi nd an edge. The organization posts graphs from each event showing where a specifi c team fi nishes in relation to all the others. He said those results show Medford’s top-performing students stand out in the state. “In the vast majority of events, you have to be the expert to be the winner. Usually the top one or two teams really nail it,” he said.

Medford took three junior varsity teams to the com-petition and they produced individual success.

Paff said he sees the success of Science Olympiad translating into the classroom. “We have very confi dent students,” he said. Paff said one student found he was making up a quiz after returning from state in an area he studied in preparation for state. “Some kids look at it like it’s another class. It’s like a ninth class for them,” Paff said. “They will keep trying to fi x a model for the next competition. They might have 50 or 100 hours in-vested in an event.”

Medford takes thirdMedford Area Senior High took third place with its varsity team at the state Science Olympiad competition at the

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Varsity team members are (front row, l. to r.) Macy Bunkelman, Rebecca Held, Douglas Schumacher, Madelyn Brost, Richard Colwell, Jay Czerniak, Alicia Rowland, (back) Allison Potocnik, Wyatt Dohrwardt, co-captain Makenzie Gingras, co-captain Roman Alvarado, Dillon Brost and Ruben Alvarado.

Returning talentUnderclassmen Richard Colwell and Douglas Schumacher work on their fi fth place fi nish in geologic mapping.

Science Olympiad competitions introduce students to many of Wisconsin’s university campuses. “They are getting exposed to college classrooms. UW-Milwaukee had some enrichment activities along with the compe-tition, so the students had a chance to listen to college professors talk about a topic,” Gingras said.

Medford also has a Science Olympiad team at the middle school level. Gingras said the earlier program is helping to develop younger students who can come in and fi ll team positions because they know how it works and they have an interest in Science Olympiad.

Strong performance Dillon Brost and Roman Alvarado, preparing to make

their bungee drop, which fi nished second overall and helped lock up the team’s overall third place fi nish.

by Reporter Mark Berglund


Autism awareness walkTwo of the main ingredients of a successful effort came together on Thursday as almost 300 community members

joined together on a nice spring night to bring awareness to autism in Taylor County. The walk, which looped from the courthouse and along Main St. in Medford, completed a number of events at area schools and in the community.


by News Editor Brian WilsonA proposal to have the plan commis-

sion help collect overdue utility bills in the city of Medford was put on hold Mon-day evening.

The proposal came up during review of the city’s conditional use permit pro-cess. Under the city’s zoning rules, dif-ferent areas are designated for different purposes with the goal of limiting con-fl icting uses. Each of the zones, such as commercial, residential and industrial, have a list of allowed activities, such as running a business in a commercial dis-trict or having a home in a residential district. There are also various uses, such as running a home-based business or in-home childcare center, which are allowed provided the homeowner gets a conditional use permit. The conditional use permit allows the city to place con-ditions such as hours of operations or address parking concerns. Awarding or denying a conditional use permit rests with the planning commission follow-ing a public hearing. The conditional use permit process provides the city with fl exibility to deal with requests on a case-by-case basis.

City planner Bob Christensen asked members of the planning commission to consider adding another step to the per-mitting process to include a review of the status of outstanding utility bills and property taxes.

Christensen argued people who are not current on their utility bills should not be able to get anything extra — such as a permit to run a home-based busi-ness.

Member Tim Hansen expressed reser-vations about the idea, saying he didn’t think that was the commission’s place.

The question was also raised if being current on utility bills should be an ongo-ing requirement in conditional use. This led to a discussion of how this would be tracked and enforced. In addition, with the recent changes in the state’s privacy laws regarding access to utility payment information, the question was raised if

the planning commission members are even allowed to know if a property owner is delinquent on utility bills.

Commission member Corey Nazer said more information is needed, such as what the defi nition of delinquent would be for commission members to deny someone a permit. Mayor Mike Wellner, who chairs the planning commission, agreed that more research and possibly input from the city’s attorney should take place before they make a change. The item was tabled to come back with more information.

In other business, commission mem-bers:

Approved allowing Corlis and Ardis Meier to have narrower than nor-mal setbacks for their driveway apron. The Meier’s received a variance in 2005 to create a “fl agpole” lot, a 28.8 foot wide by 121 foot long strip connecting to a 31,182 square foot lot behind the existing home. With the Taylor St. reconstruc-tion, a driveway apron will be installed on the narrow frontage lot. The city re-quires a 10-foot side-yard setback and a minimum of a 12-foot driveway apron. To accommodate this, the lot would have to be 32 feet wide, this in not possible be-cause of an adjacent building. Under the plan approved Monday, they were given permission to have a driveway apron up to 16 feet wide centered on the narrow lot. Christensen noted this was an issue the city set up to happen years ago when the variance was approved to create the fl agpole lot.

Reviewed preliminary plans for the development of the Miller property to the east of the Taylor County Fair-grounds on Hwy 64. The owner sold a portion of the land on Bauer Dr. to the state for a new DNR offi ce in Medford. The preliminary plans call for two 2-acre lots and a third 20-acre lot to the east. A planned 50-foot wide driveway off Bauer Dr. would provide access to all three parcels. The plan is in its preliminary stage and was presented for input and any concerns before detailed plans were created. One area of concern noted was if

the access driveway would ever become a dedicated street. If this is a possibility, Wellner said the road would have to be made wider to meet the city’s standards. City street right-of-ways are usually 66 feet wide.

Decided to leave the city’s bill-board ban in place at least for now. Only signs advertising what is going on at a premise are allowed in the city. There are a small number of other signs which are allowed because they were in place when the property was annexed. Chris-tensen had suggested the city eliminate the ban and allow the signs. However, others felt it was better to handle them on a case-by-case basis.

Discussed the status of signs in the setback areas along roads. Chris-tensen recommended changing the code to allow the signs, but stated it is the owner’s responsibility and cost to re-move them without compensation if the

setback is to be used. He said this is what was already being done in practice except the mechanism the city was using was by referring to all signs as “temporary and easily removed.” He noted that given the concrete bases and reader-boards of many of the signs, they are not actually easily removable.

Approved revisions to the city’s shoreland zoning codes. Last year the city was told by the state it had to make changes to the shoreland rules in order to match state law. The city’s ordinance then had to go to Madison where the De-partment of Natural Resources was to re-view it. It sat on desks at the DNR as staff changed and had never been formally approved by the state until Christensen called to ask about its status. Only then did the state agency review the ordi-nance and suggest more changes. Those changes were approved without discus-sion.

City plan would tie permits to utility bills

Unnamed roadA hydrant marks where a road will be built providing access to the new industrial

park area south of CTH O. The planning commission brainstormed names for the road including Simek Drive, Mink Capital Drive and Meyer Drive among others. The city council will take up the road name discussion next week.

Clear messageMany of the walkers carried signs and balloons show-

ing their support for autism awareness.

photos by Brian Wilson

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Medford remembers 9-11 with tribute

Walker signs farm machinery update bill

Medford area fi refi ghters, a local busi-ness and students at the middle school have worked together to build a tribute to the fi refi ghters lost during the terror-ist attacks on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.

After local fi refi ghters donated time resources to another department, they received a piece of steel I beam from the towers. Enerquip designed and cut the stainless steel tribute top, which is in the shape of a fi re helmet and badge with the number 343 for the number of fi refi ghters lost in the aftermath of the attacks. Med-ford Area Middle School students built the base to hold the beam and helmet. It is made of ash and pine, and the towers are designed to the exact dimensions of the towers, with the one on the left being slightly shorter than its twin. The new tribute is on display at the Joseph “Pep” and Frances Simek fi re hall in Medford.

Mike Radlinger and Dustin Freeman of Enerquip, MAMS technology teacher Scott Geisler and students Cade Alexan-der, Dillon Brandner, Kody Frischman, Grace Geiger, Riley Kleist, Weston Leon-hardt, Collin Nutting, Merideth Seidel, Elijah Strebig, Alison Vanden Heuvel, Monica Piller and George Hinderliter, presented the elements of the tribute to fi refi ghters on Friday afternoon after the students and base were delivered to the fi re hall on department vehicles.

MAMS social studies teacher Kevin Wellman and Radlinger are members of the fi re department.

The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federa-tion applauds Governor Walker’s signa-ture of a bill that makes improvements to laws that allowed farmers to legally oper-ate their farm machinery on roadways.

“Today, Governor Walker, behind the legislative leadership of Senator Jerry Petrowski and Representative Keith Ripp, signed Assembly Bill 113 into law and initiated the second phase of the implements of husbandry law,” said Jim Holte, Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federa-tion president.

“More than 20 tweaks were made in this bill to improve upon the work we accomplished with last year’s Wisconsin Act 377. Over the last year farmers, farm organizations and local government of-fi cials communicated with the bill’s authors to address a number of issues. This type of open communication and cooperation culminated with today’s bill signing.”

“However, it is likely that our work doesn’t end here. As this law is imple-mented across the state, the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation will continue to reach out to farmers, farm organiza-tions and others to offer information and discuss issues regarding the operation of overweight and over-length farm ma-chinery on Wisconsin roads,” Holte add-ed. “We are committed to taking any con-cerns back to Sen. Petrowski and Rep. Ripp as these two gentlemen, along with Governor Walker, have clearly demon-strated they want to work with us to make Wisconsin agriculture stronger.”

The bill makes more than 20 adjust-ments to the Implements of Husbandry (IOH) law, including:

Clarifi es in state statute that

IOH with rubber tracks can legally oper-ate on Wisconsin roadways.

To alleviate the potential issu-ance of thousands of permits across the state, it authorizes an IOH or (agricultur-al commercial motor vehicle) Ag-CMV being legally operated with a permit to cross any intersecting highway under the jurisdiction of the maintaining au-thority that issued the permit.

Provides the same weight, length, width and height limitations for transporting IOH by trailer or semitrail-er from farm-to-farm, from fi eld-to-fi eld, or from farm-to-fi eld to the same extent as if the IOH were being operated on the roadway.

The special axle weight exemp-tion given to Category B planting, tillage, cultivating and harvesting IOH is also given to Ag-CMVs that directly distrib-ute feed to livestock, or directly apply fertilizer, lime, spray or seeds, but not manure, to a farm fi eld.

Ag-CMVs that have the capabil-ity to directly apply manure to a fi eld, but are unable to due to fi eld conditions, will be able to park on a road and off-load the manure to another piece of equipment for application, and still retain Ag-CMV status.

Earlier this month the State Senate and State Assembly unanimously ap-proved Assembly Bill 113.

The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federa-tion is the state’s largest general farm organization, made up of 61 county farm bureaus and representing agriculturists and farms of every size, commodity and management style.

9-11 tribute presentationMiddle school students and representatives from Enerquip who helped complete the fi re department’s 9-11 tribute presented it

to the Medford Area Fire Department on Friday. (Below) Dustin Freeman (left) and Mike Radlinger of Enerquip hold the stainless steel top piece of the tribute.

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Clean Sweep makes a differenceKaitlyn Underwood tallies recycled TVs, monitors and other electronic devices

during the Taylor County Clean Sweep held on Saturday in Medford and Gilman. The TV behind her shows many of the electronic parts the program hopes to keep out of landfi lls. Recyclers can recover 99 percent of the materials from a TV if it is disposed of with a licensed recycler.

by Reporter Mark Berglund


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photo by Aidan Ball


Person of the YearDave Fleegel gave an emotional

speech Saturday when accepting the 2015 Person of the Year award.

Chamber of Commerce recognition banquet

Marsha Nice of Boarders Inns & Suites-received a Milestone Award for 25 years of service.

Mary Henrichs, CEO, accepted the Milestone Award for Peoples Choice Credit Union for 75 years of service in the community.

Employee ExcellenceSusie Doberstein of Rural Mutual In-

surance was nominated by a customer for the Employee Excellence Award.

Billie Hartwig of Simek Recreation Center received a Milestone Award for 25 years of service.

Ron Issacson and John Lange accepted the Milestone Award for Nicolet Bank for 125 years of service in the community. The bank has its roots as the State Bank of Medford.

Milestone awards125 years 75 years

Sarah Nuernberger accepted the Milestone Award for the Taylor County Historical Society for 50 years of ser-vice in the community.

50 years

25 years

Angie Isaacson of Hickory Nutz Sau-sage received a Milestone Award for 25 years of service.

Michelle Sperl and Shelly Purdy of Subway received a Milestone Award for 25 years of service.

Lifetime AchievementClem Johnson was named the Lifetime Achievement winner. He is pictured with

his wife, Pat, in the Reo Fire Engine. He was a longtime fi refi ghter and responder in the community along with serving in his church, city government, and local boards.



Thursday, May 7, 2015 LAWS OF LIFETHE STAR NEWS

Imagine never being able to speak. Never being able to tell someone how you feel. Keeping all of your emotions and thoughts bottled up inside, bursting to tell someone, anyone, anything. Being trapped inside your own body, with no way of escaping is like an internal pris-on. My sister has lived inside this prison for her entire life.

My sister was diagnosed with a rare neuro-genetic disorder called “Angel-man Syndrome,” that affects about 1 in 15,000 people. Angelman Syndrome is caused from the loss of function from a gene called UBE3A in chromosome 15. Something so minuscule changed her entire brain. She is unable to talk, un-steady balance, at risk for seizures, and not able to use her hands productively due to tremors and twitching. Because of her lack of independence, she requires constant assistance from her family. De-spite all of these conditions, my sister is always laughing and smiling.

I am fi ve years younger than my sis-ter, but sometimes I feel like the older sibling. I’m always the sibling who has to be the bigger person, whether it’s fair or not. My life has never been “normal” like my friends’ lives. I could never get sisterly advice from my sister. I couldn’t ask her for help when dealing with mid-dle school issues like friends, boys, or homework. My sister and I could never play common childhood games like my friends and their siblings did. The only

game we were able to play was hide and seek; I would hide, and my sister would come and fi nd me. Even though it kept her entertained, that game got very bor-ing, very quickly. I have also realized that I am growing up, and my sister will never be able to do that. It was very confusing for me when I was younger knowing that I may have been physically younger, but never emotionally. My sis-ter will always be about three years old cognitively. Most younger siblings love the feeling of outsmarting their older sib-lings whenever they get the chance, but I would give anything to help my sister ad-vance in life. My biggest dream in life is

to one day hear my sister say the words, “I love you, sissy.”

I am not going to lie and say that life is a walk in the park for my family, be-cause it isn’t. Every day is a constant struggle with new problems and situ-ations. Crowds are hard, and holidays are unbearable for my sister. She would rather just stay home in her comfort zone kicked back on the couch watching one of her favorite movies. I sometimes feel embarrassed with my sister, especially when my family and I are out in public. It never fails; my sister always manages to draw unwanted attention to herself, whether it’s one of her meltdowns, her sitting on the fl oor and refusing to get up, or her squealing or crying, which is her attempt to communicate. The rude stares, comments, and dirty looks she receives from people make me angry. I have heard so many hurtful comments from people meant for my sister, from “Why is that big girl in a stroller,” to “That girl is too old to be hanging on to her mother’s hand.” The comments are never-ending. Are these people so oblivi-ous to the fact that my sister is clearly different than them?

My sister has always been my big-gest supporter. She squeals the loudest at my dance shows, volleyball games, and school play performances. She loves watching me in action. I can’t help but to feel guilty that she is watching her little sister accomplishing all of the things she

is unable to do without being the least bit jealous. My sister gives the biggest hugs and has a wonderful sense of humor. She has the absolute best belly laughs, although they can sometimes be at in-appropriate times, like watching some-one trip and fall in public. She also has an amazing memory and never forgets a face or something she loves.

As my mother always told me, “It is nice to be important, but it is more im-portant to be nice.” Say “Hello” to some-one who is different than you. Smile and wave to them or hold the door open for them. Ask them how their day is going, even if they can’t answer you. It really does mean a lot to that person and their family. In my experience, even though there are kind, compassionate people who do speak kind words to my sister, there are so many others that just walk by and stare.

My sister has taught me exceptional qualities and life lessons such as be kind, accept everyone, patience is a virtue, and compassion is key. She has taught me that no matter how bad of a day I’m having, I need to stop and put myself in her shoes for a while. I am amazed at the valuable life lessons I have learned from her and will continue to learn. If it wasn’t for my sister, I wouldn’t be the person I am today. She is truly a blessing in my life and an angel on Earth.

Eighth graders at Medford Area Mid-dle School recently participated in a “Laws of Life” essay contest sponsored by the school district and the Medford Kiwanis Club.

The contest is designed to make stu-dents think about principles they would like to live by or “Laws of Life.” It fea-tures essays written for English classes.

Teachers help students think through what might be important principles in their lives and how they might explain that principle. The essays are submitted as a classroom assignment. The teachers then do a preliminary judging of the es-says, recommending 31 fi nalists. The fi -nalists were then judged and ranked by members of the Medford Kiwanis Club

with the selection of the participation, merit, honorable mention and top place winner groups.

Middle school counselor Jackie Strick coordinates the contest and awards cere-mony to honor the fi nalists. Cash awards were given out at the ceremony to the top 15 fi nalists. All the fi nalists received a $10 Chamber of Commerce gift certifi -

cate. The awards are funded by Taylor Credit Union, Huotari Construction, The Star News and Time Federal Sav-ings Bank. Century 21 Dairyland Realty North and Jensen, Scott, Grunewald and Shiffl er S.C. sponsored chamber certifi -cates. Plaques were donated by Laser Art and Engraving.

Middle school students share their Laws of Life

Participation winnersParticipation award winners are (front row, l. to r.) Grace Kelley, Sarah Thums, Devin Balciar, Emma Paul, Megan Payne, Krista Gollhardt, (back) Tiaja Lee, Aaron Connelly,

Lauren Meyer, Grace Geiger, Garret Hill, Taylor Bryant and Aubrey Buskrud. Those not pictured include Ethan Marthaler, Maxwell Willman and Trevor Brehm.


Angels on EarthHailey Willner, fi rst place

“Wake up with determination. Go to bed with satisfaction” ~Anonymous

On March 17, 2011 it was a normal day at school. All of my siblings were on the bus and it was pretty gloomy and rainy. When getting off the bus, I felt like this day was going to be an amazing St. Pat-rick’s Day. When I walked into school, everyone was so pumped about St. Pat-ricks Day. I just had to show everyone my shirt. After being a “show off” at school, we were going to read to kinder-gartners. I loved reading to them. I re-member going in there and just smiling because I thought it was so much fun. While reading, my teacher was told to go to the offi ce for a message. When my teacher came back, he told me to go to the offi ce. I was very confused. I didn’t have an appointment to go to. Maybe I had one and forgot. That was it! I just forgot to tell my parents about my appointment! I didn’t know what for though. I kept thinking about what appointment I had to go to. While thinking, I got my stuff immediately. I was still thinking about why I had to go. When I was waiting, I got really nervous. I was nervous that we missed our appointment and then we would have to rush in. Once I saw that familiar red truck, I was all ready to go. I went outside the offi ce to see my mom rushing in. She grabbed my arm and took me out of the school. I was so confused. Were we really that late? I tried asking my mom what happened but she didn’t tell me anything. She just told me we have to go. When I got into the truck, I saw my family in the truck, tear stained and puffy, red eyes. Was my family really crying over an appointment? Then, it hit me. I must of not of had an appointment, it must have been worse. Then, I realized that someone was missing. I counted my family and someone was not in the truck. Then I fi gured it out. My brother was not in the truck. I asked what happened. Someone fi nally told me that my brother had a seizure. Now, my brother has epilepsy, so, I was used to him having seizures here and there. Still, I got even more nervous. I started to cry because I was hoping he was okay. When we arrived at the hospital, we were waiting. It felt like 5 hours of waiting. When the doctor came in, she told us that my brother had a cardiac arrest and was clinically dead for 22 minutes. Just to top it all off, he had to get his heart shocked 5 times. We were then later told that he had brain damage on the left side and he would have to relearn basically a lot. But, that’s not all. We were then told that he would be in a coma. Even on his 16th birthday. When we were told that, it felt like the world stopped turning. He was not going to be able to do anything. I couldn’t see my brother. Once we went home, I cried. I didn’t know what to do. I was scared he would be a new person and I hoped he would be okay. When he woke up two weeks later, he couldn’t

remember anything. All he could remember was his family and pets. He was so con-fused. When I fi nally got to see him all I could do was smile at him. He would always look at me and smile. I cried after seeing him because all he could do was smile. He was so weak he had to be on a feeding tube and breathing tube. He tried to wave to us but again, he was just too weak. It was saddening to me because of how weak he was. To regain his strength, he went through therapy; physical, occupational, and speech. He had to go to therapy every day. He was so devastated that he couldn’t go to school. He had to miss the majority of his junior year. He wanted to go to school instead of therapy. After sixty-three days of being in the hospital he was able to come home. He was so happy that he could come back home. There were some things at the hospital that were happy like hearing that he can fi nally eat and breath on his own and some things that were saddening like the doctors telling us that he still has to do therapy that summer and that he might not be able to talk anymore. My brother regained his strength and now, he doesn’t have to go to therapy and he can do things on his own. He can now do things that a lot of people would think is easy. Like getting dressed, eating on his own, and he even went back for his senior year. He is now at the SOAR program. I love hearing about his stories from school. He loves it.

I learned so much from this experience. The major thing that I learned was if you work hard, you could accomplish something. In school, I try my best. Sometimes, it gets me stressed and I quit working. Once I get calmed down, I stop working on it for a long time and sometimes, I have to rush it in the morning. My brother always tells me to take it slow, if you keep trying, you can do it. I play that saying in my head like a broken record. Then, I think about what he did. The doctors told us that he would not be able to walk or talk ever again. He fi nally could walk on his own and communicate with other people. From doing hard work at therapy, he proved the doctors wrong. I learned that if you actually do some work, you could accomplish something pretty big.

I think hard work plays a big role in my life and in other people’s lives. If you do your best in something, like in school or in sports you could actually make someone proud. My goal is to make my brother proud and I think I do because what I learned from him is the greatest gift of all. I learned and watched a true fi ghter. Not some-one who brings problems onto themselves but someone who has problems brought to them and they say “no” and fi ght to continue. With hard work and that courage I have learned that I can live my life and help others. After sixty-three days in the hospital and years of therapy and hard-work my brother has helped me. There is absolutely no reason why I shouldn’t be able to help someone else.

My brother showed me what a true law of life is...the gift of fi ghting and learn-ing and working and being better. No matter what. I hope that I can share that with people that I meet every day. Even though I liked to help people before, like reading to kindergartners or helping friends now I know it is what I am supposed to do. It is what life is all about. That is something that will shape my life forever. I have my brother to thank for that and I will never let him forget it! He is a true fi ghter and has inspired me to try to be the same. I will always thank him for that and for all the things he has brought into my life.

Thursday, May 7, 2015LAWS OF LIFETHE STAR NEWS

“Anyone can have a child and call them-selves a parent. A real parent is someone who puts that child above their own selfi sh needs and wants.”

My siblings and I have been living with my Aunt Rachel for a little over a year and a half now. We are living with her because my parents were not able to take good care of us. Since I have lived with my Aunt Ra-chel, I have learned about what it is like to have a real caring and loving family. She has taught me a lot, such as how to take good care of myself and make sure I go to school. She also takes me on trips to places like Wisconsin Dells. She makes sure that I have the things I need and that I don’t go without. I also have an Uncle Jamie and Aunt Becky who live across the road and help us out a lot and teach us things like riding horses and riding fourwheelers.

Before I came to my Aunt Rachel’s home, I didn’t have such a good life. My parents are good people but they needed to fi x their own lives. That is where my other family helps. Since I have lived with Aunt Rachel, I have realized just how truly blessed I am. A lot of other children whose parents can’t take care of them get put into foster homes. I love my Aunt Rachel and my Uncle Jamie and Aunt Becky. I am happy to know I have someone who loves me and will take care of me no matter what. This has changed my life forever. I know now that my mom and dad will never be there for me like I need them to be, but I have other people in my life who will. It broke my heart realizing my mom and dad won’t do the right things for me and my siblings. But I have love in my heart because of my Aunt Rachel, Uncle Jamie and Aunt Becky. It has helped me deal with my situation and to forgive my parents for what they can’t do for me or for themselves. Aunt Rachel taught me about unconditional love and that has changed my life, which could be horrible, into a great experience.

I have learned a lot through this life experience. I’ve learned that parents can’t always take care of their children and that you don’t have to be a mom or dad to be a parent. It can be an aunt, uncle, grandma, grandfather, or someone else. I also have learned through these people how to take care of myself. I can pass on what my rela-tives have taught me and I can help take care of my younger siblings. I have a brother and a sister who are nine and seven. I am their older sister and I take that respon-sibility seriously. I fi nd that taking care of them is part of taking care of myself. I

have learned that family is important and lots of people love and care for me and my siblings. Most importantly I have learned that people can make bad choices in life and should try to be a better person by making good choices for themselves and their children. I should be the best role model you can be!

I have learned to be a better person and take care of myself and do many things on my own. I am thankful for having a good home and people who take care for me. It took courage to be with someone different and to have a good life. I have changed a lot over the three years I have been with Aunt Rachel. She taught me you should always have proper manners and be thankful for a good life and home. Kids who don’t have a good home will be sad not to have people who are not there for them. I am blessed to have a good home and people who care for me.

In the end, just be a better person. I have learned what it means to be a good role model. Being there is more important than anything. I will be a good role model for my siblings, my own children and for anyone in life that may need me! My role mod-els have taught me that other people can step up and take the place of someone who may be missing. I am lucky because I have someone who can be a great role mod-el. Be that role model for someone in your life!

Merit awardMerit award winners are (l. to r.) Jobe Miller, Allison VandenHeuvel, Amy Abeg-

glen, Hailey Kollmansberger and Josh Ryskoski.

Living with someone elseStarla Dohrwardt, second place

A True Fighter Parker Toth, fi fth place

How does it feel when a parent dies? A lot of people asked me that question when I got back to school a week after my mom died. I didn’t want to tell them, be-cause I thought it wasn’t their business. Eventually, the little toy robot inside me was running out of battery power, so I started lowering my defenses, and people started to come through. At fi rst, I just quickly told them, “It was the hardest thing in the world.” I didn’t want to say it out loud. I still wanted to keep to myself. I still wanted people to mind their own business. But the more people coming in, the more people started to charge my batteries; and the more batteries people put in, the better charge they had. Even-tually, I started leaking the details, and I revealed, “It’s like you failed a test, and the only question was: Do I help, or let nature take its course...” I always tried to click the wrong answer and help, but the more I got wrong, the more my mom drifted away. My mom was like a teddy bear to me. She would make me feel better when I was sad. When my mom was diagnosed with liver disease, it was like a big, mean dog ripped my teddy bear apart. It felt like I was the one who died as I snapped out of reality and went into my own world. The world I went into was a dark, lifeless zone; a dark force like that pushes people away. I’m glad my spark of strength didn’t expire when things got rough.

January 1, 2013 1:33 a.m. I was getting a glass of water, because I was cooking in my bed sheets. My dad was on the phone with my sister, and he sounded frantic. When he got off the phone, he gently said, “Son, you might want to sit down for this.” I was hoping he wasn’t going to say what I feared he would. When I sat down, he squeaked the words, “Your mother has passed.” I couldn’t believe it. I dropped my glass of water and just started to weep and weep. I cried for an hour until I fi nally passed out from crying so much.

The next day my dad explained everything to me, so it would become more clear. Being the eleven year old I was, I didn’t want to listen to what he was saying, and I screamed and cried and fussed. It hurt so much; I just wanted to wake up from this bad dream. When it was time to go back to school my dad told me that I could stay home for about fi ve days. So we went to school and talked to the secretary to get an excuse for why I was gone. The fi ve days passed like time itself was a slug. But when I went back, the questions came like rapid fi re, “Are you okay?” “How did it hap-pen?” over and over again. At that time I just wanted to scream, “GO AWAY!” My dad eventually put me in counseling, because it wasn’t getting any better. I needed someone who understood me. It was a relief to know someone who I felt really cared for me and would not just listen but who would also help me cope.

About a week after I got back to school, I had to go to my mother’s funeral. It was a Friday at 11:30 a.m. When we got there, it was an open casket, so that just wrecked me. I stood there for the fi rst thirty minutes crying as hard as I could. After that, my mom’s friend dragged me away from the casket. She took me to a room fi lled with cheese and crackers to give me a cassette tape my mom made me. She gently asked, “Would you like to listen to your mom’s last words to you?” I was scared and shak-ing, but I said, “Yes.” I could feel someone turning up my water valves; and right when I started hearing the cassette tape playing, I just lost the wheel. I remember the cassette tape saying, “I remember the time we went to the Mill Pond to feed the ducks. I think we should go to Asian Buffet to get some Chinese food. I’m sorry I can’t stay around for much longer. I’m sorry I’m not going to be there for you anymore. I love you so much…” After the cassette, my sister and I just hugged each other. When that was fi nished, I was hungry, so I did what anyone in a room fi lled with cheese and crackers would do and released the beast. I ate and ate and ate; I probably chowed down fi ve whole platters until I was done.

The weekend after the funeral was the most diffi cult and slowest time of my life, I couldn’t even get up for breakfast (and it was my favorite food in the world, bacon). Monday rolled around and right when I got off the bus, everyone started asking are you okay? At the time, I was like a zombie, so I could only speak in grunts. Every-thing eventually went back to the regular style except when someone brought up their mom, because they forgot about me; and when that happened, I let the demon roar. Then I had to be sent down to the student counselor’s offi ce as I tried to wipe tears away from my eyes, but no matter how hard I wiped more would come. When I got there, she would ask what was wrong, because she didn’t know what happened yet. So I told her everything that I was willing to say, maybe even more. When that was done I would drink as much water as I could and then off I went to class.

The memories I have are still strong, even though it was two years ago when she died. One of the memories I have of her was when she made me call her right when I got to school to make sure I was okay. I also was able to convince her to get Charter, so we could watch Burn Notice and NCIS together. At the time, I wasn’t a big fan, but she got me hooked. When she got home in the morning, she would take me to school. I also remember when my mom and I snuck my guinea pig into our apartment and was able to avoid the pet fee. On Friday, we would always watch the Burn Notice marathon late at night, and make at least two bowls of popcorn, but on special oc-casions three bowls. When it was really warm out, we would go to our neighbor’s apartment and have the best burgers ever. Without these memories I don’t know what would happen to me.

Till this day I still cry about my mom, asking God why he took away my mom; and there is never an answer. I now feel like myself, like I’m beating the game of life. I may have lost a few lives, but as long as I’m still dodging obstacles, jumping on enemies and crushing them, I know that I will beat the level and eventually beat the fi nal boss (life). Just remember to always keep the castle doors open because it is always nice to have a player two there to help me out and get me through this all. People will always want to help me, and now I’ll lay out the red carpet for them with homemade cookies.

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Honorable mentionHonorable mention winners include (l. to r.) Charles Branstetter, Hunter Hildeb-

randt, Leah Leonard, Collin Nutting and Kalee Rudolph.

You’re Never Alone William Langel, fourth place

My little brother Alek and I were play-ing with my Transformers when our par-ents called for us. They were in the kitch-en. They told us that we have a baby on the way. That should be good news but we had a lot of other things going on that weren’t that good.

In the months that Mom was pregnant with the baby, our house burnt down. We lost everything. We lost our clothes, our beds, our toys, my brother’s dog and the house. We had to stay at the Am-ericInn for three days. We got an apart-ment on Main Street and it was nothing like our house. I had a mattress on the fl oor that was way smaller than my old room. There was one door or windows and I was right by the kitchen. A good thing was that I could smell pancakes when my mom made them. But it was not our house.

I was in a really bad mood. We didn’t have a house, we didn’t have our stuff and we had a forgetful landlady who even locked us out once. School was getting harder for me...it was around second grade and I felt miserable as my grades started getting lower and the school kept testing me. For my mom, she had to go to work, pick us up at three, take us to the apartment, and go back to work daily while she was pregnant. My dad was on the road from Monday through Friday and so my mom had to do everything. I would help with Alek. People had given us things so we had Transformer puzzles and we had an old Atari and TV that the people before us had left in the apartment. Alek and I did the best we could and I helped even though I was eight years old. My grandma Marge would come over and watch us and it felt nice to have my grandmother in our new temporary home.

May 9, 2009 at 12:00 a.m Mom and Dad went to the hospital. Rylan was on the way into the world so my little brother Alek and I stayed at our grandparents house until our dad came and picked us up at 2:00 a.m and took us home. The next day after school I was still in a bad mood until I saw him, the little baby laying there and I was the third one to hold him. Then it happened, he smiled, I know everyone smiles but this was dif-ferent when Rylan smiled it lit up my world. Now fi ve and a half years later Rylan and I are very close.

Rylan even made me smile when my dog Kita died. I was really in a… well lets just say, I was ready to end it all with the pain I was in. Rylan was there for me. He snuggled and kissed my hand. Rylan is my light in a dark tunnel. He’s been there for me. I learned to take care and love my little brother even more. I have been doing this for the fi rst fi ve almost six years of his life and I’ll continue to be there for my little man. So he never feels the way I felt when my dog died and our house burned down. I thanked Rylan 100 times over because when Kita died Rylan became my soul and guided me back to earth. What I mean is that I was in a funk and Rylan helped me save myself. That little man is my hero and my greatest best friend. You know now when I think about it, I think Rylan thinks I’m his hero, but he’s wrong. Rylan is and always will be number one in my life and my brother Alek is number two. I don’t know why I think the way I do, but this is one thing I’m sure about, Rylan is the real hero in my life not anyone else. Now I know what you’re probably thinking, what about your parents or someone else?, but no it’s my baby brother. I will always love him with all my heart and if I edit this I’m making sure this part is in it. If I read this to Rylan, I hope he will remember that when I die, I’ll die happy. I know I have two great brothers. This is my story. Thanks Rylan for being there for me.

What I learned is no matter what kind of a funk you are in something can always help you or in my case love you with all his/her heart. Never forget that family really loves you. If Rylan wasn’t born I might not even be here. I am happy for my family but I’m psyched for my baby brother and closest friend. I love him very much for how he helped me. Rylan’s smile doesn’t just affect me but lots of people. It’s both funny and cute. So if you’re in a bad mood, then come to the elementary school in Medford, Wis. and meet the baby with The Golden Smile. Trust me it works. It’s very nice and honor-able for everything he did for me and others in my family. Rylan might be small in size, but he’s big in heart.

There is one thing I should tell about Rylan’s smile. It belongs to a child with Downs Syndrome. I didn’t tell you until now because it doesn’t change anything.

I love you Rylan and I always will!

The baby with the golden smile Izaak Hansen, third place


by Tim Marema and Roberto GallardoLike most of the United States, Taylor

County saw an increase in the number of foreign-born residents over the last de-cade.

From 2000 to 2012, the number of Tay-lor County residents who were born in a foreign country grew by 77 people to an estimated 248, according to U.S. Census data.

The percentage of county residents who are foreign born also increased slightly during the period, from 0.9 per-cent to an estimated 1.2 percent.

The fi ndings could be important lo-cally because a new study by the Daily Yonder indicates rural counties with a higher percentage of immigrants are do-ing better economically.

The study looked at the nation’s 1,966 nonmetropolitan counties, including Taylor County. Nonmetropolitan, or ru-

ral, counties have no cities of 50,000 or more residents and don’t have strong economic ties to a county that does.

The research showed counties with a higher percentage of their population born in foreign countries generally had a higher per capita market income and more jobs. These same counties also tend-ed to have lower rates of unemployment and better poverty levels than counties with a smaller proportion of immigrants.

In Taylor County, the economic re-sults declined throughout the period of the study.

· Total employment fell by 4 percent to an estimated 11,791 full- and part-time jobs.

· Unemployment rose by 4.1 percent-age points to 7.8 percent.

· The percentage of people living be-low the federal poverty line grew from 9.5 in 2000 to an estimated 15.5 in 2012.

The county’s overall 2012 population

estimate was 20,600, an increase of 4.8 percent over the past decade.

The connection between more immi-grants and better economic performance did not surprise James H. Johnson Jr., a University of North Carolina business professor who has researched the eco-nomic impact of immigration.

“What people don’t understand is that immigration is a selective process,” he said. Immigrants tend to be younger and healthier than the general population, he said. “They are risk takers by defi nition. For them, the glass is always half full.”

But the demographic change can be challenging for smaller communities, said Daniel T. Lichter at the Cornell Uni-versity Population Center.

“Whether communities take advan-tage of the potential of immigrant com-munities to improve the local economy depends on local leadership and how well they respond to immigrant populations,”

he said.The study is based on the 2000 U.S.

Census and fi ve-year American Commu-nity Survey data from 2012, the last year available when the study was conducted. The survey data is an estimate and has a margin of error that varies with county size.

More details on the study are avail-able at www.dailyyonder.com/immigra-tion2015.

Tim Marema is editor of the news site DailyYonder.com. Roberto Gallardo, Ph.D., is a Daily Yonder researcher and an associate extension professor at the Mississippi State University. The Daily Yonder (www.dailyyonder.com) is pub-lished by the Center for Rural Strategies, a nonpartisan, nonprofi t organization based in Whitesburg, Ky.

An estimated 80 percent of U.S. tax fi lers received a federal refund in 2015. With the average refund totaling just over $3,000, that’s a lot of money fl owing back into consumers’ pockets. Not ev-eryone spends that infl ux of cash wisely, though. Here are a few ways you can put your refund to good use:

★ Create or grow your emergency fund — According to a recent consumer survey, 34 percent of Americans do not have an emergency fund. As a result, they have no way to pay for unexpected expenses. An adequate emergency fund should consist of at least three months’ worth of all fi xed expenses, like mort-gage/rent, utilities, food, etc. Use your refund windfall to bolster an existing emergency fund or open an interest-bear-ing savings account to create a new one.

★ Save for retirement — Pay yourself fi rst by putting your refund towards your retirement. If you’re not already maxing out a 401(k) that includes an employer match, you’re leaving free money on the table. If your employer doesn’t offer a re-tirement plan or you’re already contrib-uting, consider opening an IRA account to bolster your retirement savings. It’s a good idea to consult with an investment advisor, fi rst, to make sure you won’t in-

cur penalties with your contributions.★ Pay off lingering debt — If your

current debt payments (excluding your mortgage) take up more than 20 percent of your monthly income, receiving a tax refund is a good opportunity to make a signifi cant dent in your debt by making payments to the highest-interest balance fi rst, typically credit card debt. It’s also an opportunity to make headway on stu-dent loans or medical bills.

★ Check something off your “Some-day” list — Everyone has a “someday” list. You know: “someday I’ll start a col-lege fund for my children,” “someday I’ll hire a lawyer to write my will,” “some-day I’ll buy a safe for my home,” etc. Get-ting a tax refund is the perfect opportuni-ty to check one or more of those items off your list without impacting your usual cash fl ow.

Whatever investment you choose to make with your tax refund, be sure it will provide you long-lasting value. While it’s tempting to use that extra cash to pur-chase a new TV or go on vacation, a more patient approach will give you more sat-isfaction in the long-run.

Taylor County sees increase in foreign-born residents

Smart ways to spend your tax refund

By Katie Loehrke, editor, J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc.

More than 1 million Americans a year work as interns. Some of these work op-portunities occur solely during the sum-mer months, while others are more open-ended in terms of calendar and duration. Surveys show approximately one-half of all interns are unpaid, but many of these unpaid workers likely should be re-ceiving compensation. Do you and your company know the rules on when intern-ships must be paid?

The workers are willing, but are you able?

Many companies take advantage of an infl ux of new college graduates into the job market each summer by offering summer internships. Recent grads may not immediately fi nd spots in their ca-reers of choice, and may be clamoring for work experience. In exchange for a leg up in the job market, these relatively inex-perienced workers might be willing to do any work, for any number of hours. They may also be willing to work for any kind of pay, or even no pay at all. But should you let them?

Regardless of whether or not they’re willing to work for free, interns whose work benefi ts your organization must be paid at least minimum wage for the time they put in. That is spelled out in the Fair Labor Standards Act, which is enforced by the U.S. Department of Labor. In or-der to be unpaid, an intern must receive training from your organization that benefi ts the student and is similar to the training he or she would fi nd in a voca-tional school. However, that training cannot advance your company’s inter-ests.

For instance, you might help an intern develop the skills to sort and route mail at your company, but if the individual is performing the tasks that a regular employee would normally perform, the intern must be paid. While an unpaid in-tern could work with another employee to learn a process, the intern may not ac-tually perform the employee’s job.

As you can see, the standard to be un-paid is really quite high. In addition to not benefi ting from an unpaid intern’s work, the company might actually have normal business operations hampered by the intern’s presence.

In the case that you might actually have an unpaid intern whose work does not benefi t the company at all, the intern must understand he or she is not entitled to wages. He or she must also not be guar-anteed a job at the end of the internship. If the employee was entitled to a job, the training he or she received would be con-sidered a benefi t to the company, and the internship could not be unpaid.

Not free, but still valuable.While it’s possible for a company to

have an unpaid intern (legally, that is), it’s not likely, but that doesn’t mean interns can’t be benefi cial. Savvy busi-nesses can still use interns as extra help at a low cost, and internships give you a chance to get to know an individual for a particular period of time.

While the hourly cost of interns can be small, remember their contributions to your company don’t have to be. Instead of assigning menial tasks to interns and

keeping them separate from your “real” employees, give them actual work, com-plete with challenges and opportunities for problem solving.

Your regular employees crave a sense of belonging and appreciation in addi-tion to opportunities to grow and be chal-lenged on a daily basis, and interns are no different. Treating them as you would other employees gives them a true taste of a career with your company. Even though you’ll probably need to pay them for their work as interns, your work with them now could translate into an invest-ment in your company’s future.

Katie Loehrke is a human resources subject matter expert and editor with J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc., a nationally recognized compliance resource fi rm. She is the editor of J. J. Keller’s Employment Law Today newsletter and Employment Law Essentials manual.

Unpaid internships are common, but are they legal?

Cans for a CauseThe Cans for a Cause contest will again be part of the Taylor County Fair this year.The contest is an opportunity for area businesses/organizations to work together,

have fun, show off their creativity, and help those in need in our community.All the food used in the can sculptures will be donated to Taylor County food pan-

tries at the conclusion of the fair. Last year over 3,600 cans/food items were donated to area pantries.

Any business, organization, or individual is welcome to create a can sculpture to display at the 2015 Taylor County Fair from July 23-26. Those wishing to enter a sculpture should complete an entry form and return it to Mike Lindau at [email protected] or via mail to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 321 N. Park Ave., Medford, WI 54451.

Thursday, May 7, 2015

Town of WestboroNotice of Open Book and

Board of ReviewNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town of West-

boro’s Assessment Roll for the 2015 assessment year will be open for examination on Monday, May 18, 2015 at the Community Center, N8855 Second Street, from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. Instructional material about the as-sessment; how to fi le an objection; and board of review procedures under Wisconsin law will be available at that time.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Re-view shall hold its meeting on:

Tuesday, June 9, 2015 - 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.Community Center, N8855 Second Street

Please be advised of the following requirements to ap-pear before the Board of Review and procedural require-ments if appearing before the Board:

• No person shall be allowed to appear before the Board of Review, to testify to the Board by telephone or to contest the amount of any assessment of real or personal property if the person has refused a reasonable written request by certifi ed mail of the assessor to view the prop-erty.

• After the fi rst meeting of the board of review and before the board’s fi nal adjournment, no person who is scheduled to appear before the board of review may contact, or provide information to a member of the board about that person’s objection except at a session of the board.

• No person may appear before the board of review, testify to the board by telephone or contest the amount of the assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the fi rst meeting of the board or at least 48 hours before the objection is heard if the objection is allowed because the person has been granted a waiver of the 48-hour notice of an intent to fi le a written objection by appearing be-fore the board during the fi rst two hours of the meeting and showing good cause for failure to meet the 48-hour notice requirement and fi les a written objection, that the person provides to the clerk of the board of review notice as to whether the person will ask for removal of any board members and if so, which member will be removed and the person’s reasonable estimate of the length of time that the hearing will take.

• When appearing before the board of review, the per-son shall specify, in writing, the person’s estimate of the value of the land and of the improvements that are the subject of the person’s objection and specify the informa-tion that the person used to arrive at that estimate.

• No person may appear before the board of review, testify to the board or by telephone, or object to a valu-ation; if that valuation was made by the assessor or the objector using the income method; unless the person sup-plies to the assessor all of the information about income and expenses, as specifi ed in the assessor’s manual un-der s. 73.03(2a), Wis. Stats., that the assessor requests. The Town of Westboro has an ordinance for the confi -dentiality of information about income and expenses that is provided to the assessor under this paragraph, which provides exceptions for persons using information in the discharge of duties imposed by law or the duties of their offi ce or by order of a court. The information that is provid-ed under this paragraph, unless a court determined that is inaccurate, is not subject to the right of inspection and copying under s. 19.35(1) Wis. Stats.

• The board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who represent to the board a letter from a physician, surgeon, or osteopath that confi rms their illness or disability. No other persons may testify by telephone.

Joyce Peterson, Town Clerk715-427-3566

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Notice of the Board of Reviewfor the Town of Jump RiverNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Review

for the Town of Jump River of Taylor County shall hold its meeting on Saturday, May 23, 2015 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Jump River Community Center.

Please be advised of the following requirements to appear before the Board of Review and procedural re-quirements if appearing before the Board:

No person shall be allowed to appear before the Board of Review, to testify to the Board by telephone or to con-test the amount of any assessment of the real or personal property, if the person has refused a reasonable written request by certifi ed mail of the assessor to view such property.

After the meeting of the Board of Review and before the Board’s fi nal adjournment, no person who is sched-uled to appear before the Board of Review may contact or provide information to a member of the Board about the person’s objection except at a session of the Board.

No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone or contest the amount of the assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the fi rst meeting of the Board or at least 48 hours before the objection is heard if the objection is allowed because the person has been granted a waiver of the 48 hour notice of an intent to fi le a written objection by appearing before the Board during the fi rst two hours of the meeting and showing good cause for failure to meet the 45 hour notice requirement and fi les a written objection, that the person provides to the clerk of the Board of Review notices as to whether the person will ask for removal of any Board members and, if so , which member will be removed and the persons reasonable estimate of the length of time that the hearing will take.

When appearing before the Board of Review, the per-son shall specify, in writing, the persons estimate of the value of the land and of the improvement that are the sub-ject of the person’s objection and specify the information that the person used to arrive at that estimate.

The Board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present to the Board a letter from a physician, surgeon or osteopath that confi rms their illness or disability. No other person may testify by telephone.

Open Book will be held on May 23, 2015 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,Town of Jump River

Denise Webster, Clerk(1st ins. May 7, 2nd ins. May 14)

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Notice of the Board of Reviewfor the Town of Grover

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Review for the Town of Grover, Taylor County, shall hold its Board of Review meeting on the 2nd day of June, 2015 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at the Grover Town Hall, N4905 County Rd M, Medford.

General Outline of Assessment Reviewand Appeal Procedures

Notice is given that the assessment roll for the Town of Grover is open for inspection on May 26, 2015 at the Grover Town Hall. The Assessor for the Town of Grover will be present on Tuesday, May 26, 2015 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. for the Open Book.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Re-view will be held on June 2, 2015 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Grover Town Hall, N4905 County Rd M, Medford.

Please be advised of the following Statutory require-ments to appear before the Board of Review and the pro-cedural requirements if appearing before the board.

Wis. Stats. 70.47(7)(aa) - No person shall be allowed to appear before the Board of Review, to testify to the Board by telephone or to contest the amount of any as-sessment of real or personal property if the person has refused a reasonable written request by certifi ed mail of the Assessor to view such property.

Wis. Stats. 70.47(7)(ac) - After the fi rst meeting of the Board of Review and before the Board’s fi nal adjourn-ment, no person who is scheduled to appear before the Board of Review may contact, or provide information to, a member of the Board about that person’s objection except at a session of the Board.

Wis. Stats. 70.47(7)(ad) - No person may appear be-fore the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone or contest the amount of any assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the fi rst meeting of the Board or at least 48 hours before the objection is heard if the objection is allowed {under sub. (3)(a)} because the person has been granted a waiver of the 48-hour notice of an intent to fi le a written objection by appearing before the Board during the fi rst two hours of the meeting and showing good cause for failure to meet the 48-hour notice requirement and fi les a written objection, that the person provides to the Clerk of the Board of Review notice as to whether the person will ask for removal of any Board members under sub. (6m)(a) and, if so, which member will be removed and the person’s reasonable estimate of the length of time that the hearing will take.

Wis. Stats. 70.47(7)(ae) - When appearing before the Board of Review, the person shall specify, in writing, the person’s estimate of the value of the land and of the im-provements that are the subject of the person’s objection and specify the information that the person used to arrive at that estimate.

Wis. Stats. 70.47(8) - The Board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present to the Board a letter from a physician, surgeon or osteopath that confi rms their illness or disability. No other person may testify by telephone.

Mary QuanteTown of Grover Clerk

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Gravel Bids WantedTown of Grover

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Town of Grover is seeking sealed bids for the following.

500 yards, more or less, of pit run500 yards, more or less, of 3” minus breaker run6,000 yards, more or less, of crushed gravel — 5/8”

minusTo be delivered anywhere within the Town of Grover

June 15, 2015 and August 31, 2015. Certifi cate of Insur-ance is required to be fi led with bid. Send sealed bid with Certifi cates of Insurance by May 11, 2015 to the town clerk. Mark the envelope “Sealed Gravel Bid.” Price quot-ed town for gravel is available to all town residents, town residents to make payment arrangements with supplier. The Grover Town Board reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids. Bids to be opened at the town board meeting on May 12, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at the Town of Gro-ver Town Hall, N4905 County Rd M, Medford.

Mail sealed bids to:Mary Quante

Town of Grover ClerkW11260 State Highway 64

Withee, WI 54498715-965-3495

[email protected](1st ins. April 30,, 2nd ins. May 7)

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Backhoe Bids WantedTown of Grover

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Town of Grover is seeking sealed bids for the following.

The Town of Grover is seeking sealed bids for back-hoe work, ditching and disposal of removed material and culvert installation of replaced culverts. Work to be per-formed with a 60” fl at bottom bucket. State size of ma-chine and hourly rate. Bids to include hourly rate for dump truck, size 10 or 14 yard. A Certifi cate of Insurance must be included with bid. Mark the envelope “Sealed Backhoe Bid.” Send bid with Certifi cate of Insurance by May 11, 2015. The Grover Town Board reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids. Bids will be opened at the town board meeting on May 12, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at Town of Grove Town Hall, N4905 County Rd M, Medford.

Mail sealed bids to:Mary Quante

Town of Grover ClerkW11260 State Highway 64

Withee, WI 54498715-965-3495

[email protected](1st ins. April 30, 2nd ins. May 7)

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Bids Wanted-Blacktop PatchingTown of Chelsea

The Town of Chelsea is accepting bids for blacktop patching within the town. Please contact Chairman Claire Frischman (715) 748-4055 to view the roads where this is needed. Bids will be opened at the monthly board meeting on Tuesday, May 12, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. at the Chelsea Town Hall. Successful bidder must furnish town with certif-icate of insurance. The Town of Chelsea reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Please mark as “Sealed Bid” and mail to Gail Mildbrand, Town Clerk, at W5339 Whittlesey Ave., Medford, WI 54451 or Claire Frischman at W5917 Alfalfa Ave., Medford, WI 54451.

(1st ins. April 30, 2nd ins. May 7)17-148785 WNAXLP

AttentionResidents of Village of Rib Lake

The Village of Rib Lake is sponsoring a spring clean-up of large non-recyclable items such as mattresses and couches, etc. beginning Tuesday, May 12, 2015 through Thursday, May 14, 2015.

Do not put out construction materials, computers, TVs or any appliances that are accepted at the Recycling Cen-ter such as refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers, hot water heaters, stoves, etc. These items will be left at the curb.

Any questions, please call Jerry at 715-905-1030.Items should be placed at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on

those dates.Village of Rib Lake

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PUBLIC NOTICESTHE STAR NEWS


Town of ChelseaOpen Book and Board of Review

An Open Book will be held on Thursday, May 14, 2015 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Chelsea Town Hall. The assessor will be present at these times to discuss your as-sessment with you, and the assessment roll will be open for inspection.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Review of the Town of Chelsea of Taylor County will meet on the 14th day of May 2015, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., at the Chelsea Town Hall.

Please be advised of the following requirements to appear before the Board of Review and procedural re-quirements if appearing before the Board.

No person shall be allowed to appear before the Board of Review, to testify to the Board by telephone or to con-test the amount of any assessment of real or personal property if the person has refused a reasonable written request by certifi ed mail of the Assessor to view such property.

Before the Board’s fi nal adjournment, no person who is scheduled to appear before the Board of Review may contact, or provide information to, a member of the Board about the person’s objection except at a session of the Board.

No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone or contest the amount of assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the Board of Review meets or at least 48 hours before the objection is heard if the objection is allowed because the person has been granted a waiver of the 48-hour notice of an intent to fi le a written objection by appearing before the Board dur-ing the fi rst two hours of the meeting and showing good cause for failure to meet the 48-hour requirement and fi les a written objection, that the person provides to the Clerk of the Board of Review notice as to whether the person will ask for removal of any Board members and, if so, which member will be removed and the person’s reasonable es-timate of the length of time that the hearing will take.

When appearing before the Board, the person shall specify, in writing, the person’s estimate of the value of the land and of the improvements that are the subject of the person’s objection and specify the information that the person used to arrive at that estimate.

No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone or subject or object to a valuation; if that valuation was made by the Assessor or the Objector using the income method; unless the person supplies the Assessor all of the information about income and expenses, as specifi ed in the manual under Sec. 73.03(2a) that the Assessor requests. The Town of Chel-sea has an ordinance for the confi dentiality of information about income and expenses that is provided to Assessor under this paragraph which provides exemptions for per-sons using information in the discharge of duties imposed by law or of the duties of their offi ce or by order of a court. The information that is provided under this paragraph, un-less a court determined that it is inaccurate, is not subject to the right of inspection and copying under Sec. 19.35(1) of Wis. Statutes.

The Board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present to the Board a letter from a physician, surgeon or osteopath that confi rms their illness or disability. No other persons may testify by telephone.

Respectfully submitted, Town of Chelsea

Gail Mildbrand, Clerk(1st ins. April 30, 2nd ins. May 7)

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Notice of the Board of Reviewfor the Town of McKinley

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Review for the Town of McKinley of Taylor County shall hold its meeting on Thursday, May 14, 2015 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the McKinley Town Hall.

Open Book will be held on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the McKinley Town Hall.

Be advised of the following requirements to appear before the Board of Review and procedural require-ments if appearing before the board:

No person shall be allowed to appear before the Board of Review, to testify to the board by telephone or to con-test the amount of any assessment of real or personal property, if the person has refused a reasonable written request by certifi ed mail of the assessor to view such property.

After the meeting of the Board of Review and before the boards fi nal adjournment, no person who is sched-uled to appear before the Board of Review may contact or provide information to a member of the Board about the person’s objection except at a session of the Board.

No person may appear before the Board of Review, to testify to the Board by telephone or contest the amount of assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the fi rst meeting of the Board or at least 48 hours before the objec-tion is heard if the objection is allowed because the person has been a waiver of the 48 hour notice of an intent to fi le a written objection by appearing before the Board during the fi rst two hours of the meeting and showing good cause for failure to meet the 48 hour notice requirement and fi les a written objection, that the person provides to the clerk of the Board of Review notices as to whether the person will ask for removal of any Board member and, if so, which member will be removed and the person’s reasonable es-timate of the length of time that the hearing will take.

When appearing before the Board of Review, the per-son shall specify, in writing, the person’s estimate of the value of the land and of the improvements that are the subject of the person’s objection and specify the informa-tion the person used to arrive at that estimate.

The Board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present to the Board a letter from a physician, surgeon or osteopath that confi rms their illness or disability. No other persons may testify by telephone.

Submitted by:Town of McKinley

Lynne Lund, Town Clerk(1st ins. April 30, 2nd ins. May 7)

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Request for ProposalsThe Taylor County Highway Department requests pro-

posals for replacement of roofi ng on:• 40’ X 60’ Sand Storage Building• 60’ x 80’ Salt Storage BuildingBoth buildings are located at W14343 Babit Avenue,

Gilman WI 54433.Proposals should contain:• Bid for Steel Roofi ng• Bid for Shingles • Cost of disposal for removal of old shingles• Warranty providedAdditional information is available from Fred Ebert at

(715) 560-0568.Proposals should be sent to Taylor County Highway

Department, 209 North 8th Street, PO Box 89, Medford, WI.

Taylor County reserves the right to reject any or all pro-posals and to accept any or all proposals, and to waive any technicalities in any proposal as deemed most advan-tageous to Taylor County.

Proposals must be received no later than 11:00 a.m. on May 12, 2015.


Town of McKinley, Taylor CountyBlacktop Bids Wanted

The Town of McKinley, Taylor County, is accepting sealed bids (envelope marked “bid enclosed”) for the ap-plication of asphalt, travel lane width 22’, 4” on 1,059’ and 22’, 4” on 263’ to complete the intersection of Spur Road and Sunnyside Road to be applied in two layers. Also to wedge approximately one-half mile of Sunnyside Road beginning just north of the intersection of Sunnyside Road with Spur Road heading north just past Sunset Lane. Construction completion date of August 31, 2015.

Please contact Robert Hindal, Town Chairman, for ad-ditional information if needed. Telephone 714-452-5652.

Bids to be submitted no later than Monday, May 11, 2015, 5:00 p.m. to Lynne Lund, Town Clerk, W16516 Old 194, Sheldon, WI 54766. Bids will be opened at the town board meeting Monday, May 11, 2015 at 8:00 p.m., McKinley Town Hall, Bridge Drive, Jump River, WI.

The Town Board reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids submitted.

Lynne Lund, ClerkTown of McKinley, Taylor County

(1st ins. April 30, 2nd ins. April 7)17-148792 WNAXLP

Crack Fill Bids WantedTown of Westboro

The Town of Westboro is accepting sealed bids for crack fi lling. Please contact Jeff Peterson at 715-493-9818 weekdays between 6:30 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. to get list of roads to be crack fi lled with proper specifi cations.

Bids will be opened on Friday, June 19, 2015 at 6 p.m. at the Community Center located at N8855 Second Street. The Town of Westboro reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids in the best interest of the town. A Certifi cate of Insurance must accompany all bids.

Mail or deliver sealed bids to Town Clerk, N8855 Sec-ond Street, PO Box 127, Westboro, WI 54490 until 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 18, 2015.

Joyce Peterson, Town Clerk(1st ins. May 7, 2nd ins. May 14)

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NOTICE TO CREDITORSSTATE OF WISCONSIN

CIRCUIT COURTTAYLOR COUNTYCase No. 15-IN-7

In the Matter of the Estate of James Walter Hoffmann

D.O.D.: January 2, 2015PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:1. An application for informal

administration was fi led.2. The decedent, with date of

birth of March 15, 1945 and date of death of January 2, 2015, was domiciled in Taylor County, State of Wisconsin, with a mail-ing address of W9342 County Line Road, Owen, WI 54460.

3. All interested persons waived notice.

4. The deadline for fi ling a claim against the decedent’s es-tate is July 24, 2015.

5. A claim may be fi led at the Taylor County Courthouse, 224 South Second Street, Medford, Wisconsin.

/s/ Lindsay N. RothmeierLindsay N. Rothmeier, Pro-

bate RegistrarDate: April 16, 2015Attorney Bonnie WachsmuthState Bar No. 1025677P.O. Box 416Owen, WI 54460-0416Telephone: (715) 229-2284

(1st ins. April 23,3rd ins. May 7)

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NOTICE OFFORECLOSURE SALESTATE OF WISCONSIN

CIRCUIT COURTTAYLOR COUNTYCase No. 10CV13

Fidelity National BankPlaintiff,

-v-Mere Image, LTD.; John R.

Hebert; Leslie D. Hebert; City of Medford; Advanceme, Inc., D/B/A Sound Garden and United States of America Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service

Defendants.PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that

by virtue of a second amended judgment of foreclosure entered on April 9, 2015, in the amount of $31,743.26, the Sheriff or his assignee will sell the described premises at public auction as follows:

DATE AND TIME: May 19, 2015, at 9:30 a.m.

TERMS: Pursuant to said judgment, 10% of the successful bid must be paid to the Clerk of Courts Offi ce at the time of the sale in cash, cashier’s check, money order, or certifi ed funds, payable to the Clerk of Courts offi ce. Personal checks can-not and will not be accepted. The balance of the successful bid must be paid to the Clerk of Courts offi ce in cash, cashier’s check, money order, or certifi ed funds, no later than ten days after the court’s confi rmation of the sale or else the 10% down payment is forfeited to the plain-tiff. The property is sold “as is”, is not available for viewing, and subject to all liens, encumbranc-es, and unpaid real estate taxes.

PLACE: Taylor County Courthouse, Ground Floor Lob-by, 224 S. Second Street, Med-ford, Wisconsin.

DESCRIPTION: The North Half (N1/2) of Lot ‘A,’ Block ‘A,’ McCartney and Whelen’s Addi-tion to the City of Medford, Tay-lor County, Wisconsin.

TAX PARCEL NUMBER: 251-00487-0000

PARCEL ADDRESS: 141 S. Main Street, Medford, WI 54451

ATTORNEY: Jensen, Scott, Grunewald & Shiffl er, S.C., At-torney Michael D. Shiffl er, 128 W. Division St., P.O. Box 426, Medford, WI 54451; phone 715-748-2211.

Dated: April 14, 2015/s/ Bruce A. DanielsBruce A. DanielsTaylor County Sheriff Attorney Michael D. Shiffl erJensen, Scott, Grunewald & Shiffl er, S.C.Attorneys for the Plaintiff 128 W. Division Street, P.O.

Box 426Medford, WI 54451715-748-2211 This is an effort to collect a

debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. This communication is from a debt collector.

Sales are subject to can-cellation at any time without notice.


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NOTICE TO INTERESTEDPERSONS AND TIME LIMIT

FOR FILING CLAIMS(Informal Administration)STATE OF WISCONSIN


In the Matter of the Estate of Arthur Jari, Decedent.

An application has been fi led for informal administration of the estate of the decedent, whose date of birth was July 23, 1933 and date of death was February 19, 2015. The decedent died do-miciled in Taylor County, State of Wisconsin, with a post offi ce address of N2722 Cty Hwy C, Medford, WI 54451.

Please take notice that:1. The application will be

heard at the Taylor County Courthouse, Medford, Wiscon-sin, before Lindsay Rothmeier, Probate Registrar, on May 15, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. or when scheduled thereafter.

You need not appear unless you object. The application may be granted if no objection is made.

NOTICE TO CREDITORSSTATE OF WISCONSIN


In the Matter of the Estate of Mary J. Taylor.

D.O.B.: June 25, 1925PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:1. An application for informal

administration was fi led.2. The decedent, with date of

birth of June 25, 1925 and date

2. Creditors’ claims must be fi led with the probate registrar on or before July 24, 2015.

3. Publication of this notice shall constitute notice to any persons whose names or ad-dresses are unknown.

/s/ Lindsay RothmeierLindsay, Rothmeier, Probate

RegistrarDate: April 16, 2015Gene G. Krug205 S. Second St.Medford, WI 54451(715) 748-2273


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of death of February 7, 2015, was domiciled in Taylor County, State of Wisconsin, with a mail-ing address of N9351 Spirit Lake Rd., Rib Lake, WI 54470.

3. All interested persons waived notice.

4. The deadline for fi ling a claim against the decedent’s es-tate is July 20, 2015.

5. A claim may be fi led at the Taylor County Courthouse, Room 2101, Medford, Wiscon-sin.

/s/ Lindsay RothmeierLindsay Rothmeier, Probate

RegistrarDate: April 17, 2015Ruthann L. KochState Bar No. 1094396PO Box 512Medford, WI 54451Telephone: 715-748-9888


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17-148652

“NOTICE OF INTENT” REQUEST FOR BIDS

The Indianhead Community Action Agency (ICAA) is requesting bids for the following Heating Systems that will be purchased during the 2015-2016 contract year beginning July 1st, 2015 to June 20th, 2016:

– Forced Air Furnaces – Mobile Home Furnaces – Boilers – Space Heaters – Oil Fired FurnacesFor further information or to obtain bid packages,

please call George or Andrea at the ICAA Housing

hours are Monday – Friday, 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.All completed bids must be received at the ICAA

Housing Program, 1000 College Ave. West, P.O. Box 40, Ladysmith, WI 54848-0040 by:

2:00 P.M. Tuesday, June 2, 2015And must be marked “Sealed Bid – Do Not Open.”All bids will be date stamped upon receipt. We reserve

the right to reject any or all bids. Any bid received after the due date will not be accepted for consideration. Bids sent by FAX or email are not accepted.

1st ins. April 30, 2nd ins. May 7 WNAXLP

Public NoticeInvitation for Bids for Timber SalesDepartment of Natural ResourcesSealed bids will be received by the Forest Superinten-

dent, Flambeau River State Forest, at the Forest Head-quarters offi ce, until 1:30 p.m. on May 28, 2015. Sealed bids for tracts not sold on May 28, 2015 will be received at the Forest Headquarters offi ce until 1:30 p.m. on June 30, 2015.

There will be 13 tracts for sale on the Flambeau River State Forest, 2 tracts on Sawyer County State Lands, and 1 tract on the Pershing Wildlife Area.

A timber sale prospectus and detailed information in-cluding maps of each tract, as well as a bid form and cop-ies of sample contract forms, can be obtained by contact-ing the Headquarters offi ce, viewing the FRSF website, or by calling (715) 332-5271 ext. 101 or 106.

The 16 tracts total 2,390 acres and consist of the fol-lowing volumes:Mixed pulp .......28,900 cdsAspen ................8,900 cdsBasswood pulp ..1,600 cdsWhite Birch ...........250 cdsSpruce ...............1,800 cdsBalsam Fir ............650 cdsTamarack ..............250 cdsRed Pine ...............600 cds

White Pine ............300 cdsHard Maple .........190 MBFRed Maple ..........250 MBFBasswood .............50 MBFAsh .....................175 MBFRed Oak ...............10 MBFMixed Saw ..........170 MBF

Bids must be submitted on Department Timber Sale Bid forms.

The Department of Natural Resources reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Bids will be opened publicly at the Flambeau River State Forest Headquarters offi ce at 1:30 p.m. on May 28, 2015 and at 1:30 p.m. on June 30, 2015 for those tracts not sold.State of Wisconsin-Department of Natural Resources

For the Secretary:James Halvorson, Forest Superintendent

(1st ins. May 7, 2nd ins. May 14)18-148858 WNAXLP

Gravel Bids WantedTown of Chelsea

The Town of Chelsea is accepting sealed bids for the following types of gravel for road maintenance:

3,000 yards more or less of 3/4” screened crushed gravel. Must meet specifi cations of Section 305.2.2.1 Wisconsin Standard Specifi cations for 3/4” dense base. Please give the delivered price by yard.

A current Certifi cate of Insurance must accompany the bid. Bids should be marked as “Sealed Bid” and will be opened at the town board meeting on Tuesday May 12, 2015, 7:00 p.m. at the Chelsea Town Hall. The Board re-serves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.

Contact Chairman Claire Frischman (715-748-4055) for further information. Bids should be sent to either Claire Frischman, Town Chairman or Gail Mildbrand, Town Clerk, W5339 Whittlesey Ave, Medford, WI 54451.


Notice of Meeting of OpenBook and Board of ReviewState of Wisconsin,Taylor County,Village of StetsonvillePublic notice is hereby given that the Board of Review

will meet at the Jean M. Thomsen Memorial Library in the community room on Tuesday, the 12th day of May, 2015 from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. The assessor will be available for an Open Book session on May 12, 2015 from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m., also in the community room of the Jean M. Thomsen Memorial Library. The Board of Review will meet for the purpose of reviewing and exam-ining the assessment roll of real and personal property in the Village of Stetsonville and all sworn statements and valuations of real and personal property therein, and of correcting all errors in said roll, whether in description of property or otherwise, and to perform such other duties imposed by law.

Taxpayers may appear at this meeting and examine the assessment roll, sworn statements, and valuations, and be heard in relation thereto. Appointments and in-quiries may be made by contacting Shawn Sullivan at (715) 678-2191.

Dated this 20th day of April, 2015./s/ Shawn Sullivan, Clerk(1st ins. April 30, 2nd ins. May 7)

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Town of BrowningSealed Bids Wanted

Notice is hereby given that the Town of Browning is seeking sealed bids / quotes for the following:

Gravel Bids: 3,000 yards, more or less, ¾” crushed gravel with at least 15% binder. Gravel to be delivered by July 15, 2015 with a minimum of 8 trucks delivering.

Machinery Quotes: Bulldozer, end loader, backhoe and dump truck. Include the size of machinery and price per hour.

Dust Control Bids: To be done throughout the town-ship when the graveling is done by July 15, 2015.

Brush Cutting & Ditch Mowing Bids: To be done this summer with the possibility of having the ditch mowing done twice, depending on when needed.

For more information, call Chairman Jim Ludwig at (715) 748-0101. A Certifi cate of Insurance is required. Sealed bids and quotes are to be sent to Chairman Jim Ludwig at W3896 Klinger Lane, Medford WI 54451 with envelope marked “bids” or “quotes”. These will be opened on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at the Browning Town Hall. The Town of Browning reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids/quotes.

Patti Kraegenbrink, Town Clerk(1st ins. April 30, 2nd ins. May 7)

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Town of McKinley, Taylor CountyTRIP Blacktop Bids Wanted

The Town of McKinley, Taylor County, is accepting sealed bids (envelope marked “bid enclosed”) for the ap-plication of asphalt, travel lane width 22’, 2” thick as an overlay for existing blacktop, on approximately one-half mile of Sunnyside Road beginning just north of the inter-section of Sunnyside Road with Spur Road heading north just past Sunset Lane. Construction completion date of August 31, 2015.

This is a TRIP project.Bidders are required to provide proof of insurance li-

ability with bid proposal. Attention is called to the fact that this project may be subject to a prevailing wage rate de-termination which has been issued by the State of Wis-consin.

Please contact Robert Hindal, Town Chairman, for ad-ditional information if needed. Telephone 714-452-5652.

Bids to be submitted no later than Monday, May 11, 2015, 5:00 p.m. to Lynne Lund, Town Clerk, W16516 Old 194, Sheldon, WI 54766. Bids will be opened at the town board meeting Monday, May 11, 2015 at 8:00 p.m., McKinley Town Hall, Bridge Drive, Jump River, WI.

The Town Board reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids submitted.

Lynne Lund, ClerkTown of McKinley, Taylor County

(1st ins. April 30, 2nd ins. April 7)17-148791 WNAXLP

Notice to City of Medford ResidentsNoxious Weeds

Wisconsin Statute 66.0407 requires property owners to destroy all noxious weeds. As defi ned by Wisconsin Statute 66.0407, noxious weeds include Canada Thistle, Leafy Spurge and Field Bindweed (Creeping Jenny).

In addition, Section 9.6.11 of the City of Medford Code of Ordinances prohibits property owners from growing or pollinating any weeds, grass or brush which causes hay fever in human beings, emitting unpleasant or noxious odors or may conceal fi lthy deposits or provide for the ac-cumulation of trash or litter.

Property owners failing to comply will be subject, upon conviction, to a forfeiture. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day that such violation contin-ues to exist.

Virginia BrostCity Clerk, WCMC

(1st ins. May 7, 2nd ins. May 14)18-148649 WNAXLP

Application forLiquor License

HENDRICKS MARKET, LLC, d/b/a Gilman Market, Laura Hendricks, Agent, makes ap-plication to the Village of Gil-man for a Class A Combination Beverage License for the period ending June 30, 2016, at the fol-lowing location: 235 East Main Street, Ways Plat, Block 10, Lots 9, 10, 11 and 12, Gilman, WI 54433. — Candice Grunseth, Village Clerk


GILMAN CORNER STORE, LLC, James L. Brost, Agent, makes application to the Village of Gilman for a Class A Combi-nation Beverage License for the period ending June 30, 2016, at the following location: 180 East Main Street, Ways Plat, Block 20, Lots 1, 2 and 3, Gilman, WI 54433. — Candice Grunseth, Village Clerk


CORNER CONVENIENCE STORES & RESTAURANTS, d/b/a Corner Store #4, Ronald McGill, Agent, makes applica-tion to the Village of Gilman for a Class A Combination License for the period ending June 30, 2016, at the following location: 485 East Main Street, Ways Plat, Block 12, Lots 13-18, Gil-man, WI 54433. — Candice Grunseth, Village Clerk


THEODORE W. GOOD-RICH, 1249 Kennedy St., Rib Lake, WI 54470, on behalf of the Westboro Baseball Club (West-boro Trojans) makes application to the Town Board of Westboro for a Class B License to sell fer-mented malt beverages for the period of six months, May 30, 2015 thru November 30, 2015 at: Concession Stand, N8865 Third Street, Westboro. — Joyce Peterson, Town Clerk18-149035 WNAXLP

City of MedfordApplication for

Class A/B Beer/LiquorLicense

PANDA KING, INC., d/b/a Asian Buffet, Fu Hua Lu, Agent, makes application to the Com-mon Council of the City of Med-ford for a Class B Beer License for the period beginning July 1, 2015 and ending June 30, 2016 at 338 South Eighth Street. — Virginia Brost, City Clerk.

City of MedfordApplication for

Class A/B Beer/LiquorLicense

PLATT RECREATION INC., d/b/a The Sports Page Bowl & Grill, Timothy Hansen, New Agent, makes application to the Common Council of the City of Medford for a Class B Beer/Li-quor License for the period be-ginning July 1, 2015 and ending June 30, 2016, at 1174 West Broadway Avenue. — Virginia Brost, City Clerk.18-149015 WNAXLP


SITTIN’ BULL SALOON, LLC, April Fryza, Agent, makes appli-cation to the Town Board of the Town of Ford for a Class B Beer and a Class B Liquor License for the period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016 at the following location: W14963 Polley Lane, Gilman, WI — Sharon Baker, Clerk18-148863 WNAXLP


PIRATES COVE OF GIL-MAN, INC., d/b/a/ Pirates Cover Sports Bar and Grill, David Burg, Agent, makes application to the Village Board of the Village of Gilman for a Class B Combina-tion License for the period end-ing June 30, 2016, at the fol-lowing location: 270 East Main Street, Ways Plat, Block 19, Lots 4-6, Gilman, WI 54433. — Can-dice Grunseth, Village Clerk18-149016 WNAXLP


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Two-vehicle accidentsAndrew K. Leonard and John P.

Engelhardt were involved in an accident on April 23 at 2:40 p.m. at the intersection of Hwy 64 and Hwy 13 in the city of Med-ford. According to the accident report, the Engelhardt vehicle (J. Bauer Truck-ing semi tractor-trailer) was eastbound on Hwy 64 and making a right turn onto Hwy 13 when it was struck from behind by the Leonard vehicle. Leonard said his dog jumped onto his lap and he lost con-trol of the vehicle for a second. The Leon-ard vehicle sustained severe damage to the front and front passenger side. The Engelhardt vehicle sustained a bent rear license plate.

Brayden A. Fultz and Elliot J. Mar-shall were involved in an accident on April 23 at 9:27 p.m. in the parking lot at Medford High School in the city of Med-ford. According to the accident report, the Marshall vehicle was northbound in the parking lot and making a left turn around the Tech Ed building when it col-lided with the Fultz vehicle, which was eastbound through the parking lot. Both drivers said they didn’t see the other ve-hicle before the accident. The Fultz vehi-cle sustained severe damage to the front. The Marshall vehicle sustained moder-ate damage to the middle driver side.

Destiny L. Matthias and Tyler S. De-mulling were involved in an accident on April 30 at 3:05 p.m. on Centennial Pkwy. in the city of Medford. According to the accident report, the Matthais vehicle was traveling too fast on Centennial Pkwy. when the driver lost control on a bend in the road and crossed the centerline into the southbound lane, colliding with the Demulling vehicle. The Matthias vehicle sustained severed damage to the front. The Demulling vehicle sustained severe damage to the front and front driver side. Both vehicles were towed from the scene.

One-vehicle accidentsThe Taylor County Sheriff’s Depart-

ment responded to an accident on April 25 at 2:38 a.m. on CTH A in the village of Stetsonville. According to the accident report, a vehicle was westbound on CTH A when it left the roadway and entered the south ditch. The vehicle struck two trees, uprooted a stump from the ground and struck a ditch embankment at 531 CTH A before overturning. The driver was trapped inside and unconscious. He was extricated and transported by air for medical treatment. The driver was cited for operating while under the infl uence-third offense and operating after revoca-tion due to refusal.

The Taylor County Sheriff’s Depart-ment responded to an accident on April 27 at 3:37 p.m. on CTH A in the town of Little Black. According to the accident

Hit-and-run accidentAaron G. Stibbe and an unknown vehicle were involved in a hit-and-run accident

on April 16 in the parking lot of 8th Street Saloon in the city of Medford. According to the accident report, the Stibbe vehicle was leaving a parking space when it struck a legally parked vehicle, causing moderate damage to its entire passenger side, and moved it approximately three to four feet from its parked position. The Stibbe vehicle left the parking lot and proceeded north on Hwy 13. Stibbe was later identifi ed and cited for failure to report an accident. Based on the amount of debris found in the park-ing lot and along Hwy 13, the police believe the Stibbe vehicle sustained a moderate amount of damage to the front.

report, a vehicle was eastbound on CTH A when it veered onto the south shoul-der. The driver lost control as she over-corrected back onto the roadway and the vehicle skidded sideways into the north ditch. The vehicle sustained moderate damage to the front, front passenger side and front driver side, and was towed from the scene.

The Taylor County Sheriff’s Depart-ment responded to an accident on April 28 at 7:42 p.m. on CTH B in the town of Ford. According to the accident report, a motorcycle was northbound on CTH B when the driver lost control while negoti-ating a curve and the motorcycle entered the right ditch and overturned, ejecting the driver. The driver moved the motor-cycle onto the shoulder of the road prior to law enforcement arrival. The driver did not want any medical attention, but said his right shoulder hurt. The driver was picked up by another person and later sought medical attention for his in-jury.

The Taylor County Sheriff’s Depart-ment responded to an accident on April 30 at 2:21 a.m. on CTH M in the town of Greenwood. According to the accident report, a vehicle was eastbound on CTH M when the driver swerved to avoid a deer and lost control. The vehicle left the roadway and entered a pond, becoming almost fully submerged. There was se-vere damage to the entire vehicle and it was towed from the scene.

Car-vs.-bicycle accidentDante A. Renzoni and Jack P. Heindl

were involved in an accident on April 28 at 11:48 a.m. in the parking lot at Aspirus Medford Hospital in the city of Medford. According to the accident report, the Renzoni vehicle was exiting the parking lot onto Gibson St. and was pulling away from a stopped position when it struck the Heindl bicycle traveling along Gib-son St. Heindl was knocked to the ground and sustained minor injuries to the side of his left knee and left arm.

Hit-and-run accidentCally L. Tourtillott and Leona R. Brink

were involved in a hit-and-run accident on April 30 at 4:01 p.m. in the parking lot at Arby’s in the city of Medford. Accord-ing to the accident report, both vehicles were in the drive-through lane at Arby’s when the Brink vehicle bumped into the Tourtillott vehicle and then left the scene. Neither vehicle sustained damage. Brink was contacted by law enforcement and stated the Tourtillott vehicle backed into her vehicle and she was not at fault. Brink was told by law enforcement she needed to meet with Tourtillott to at least exchange names and check for damages.

Accident reports Taylor County Law Enforcement

Charges dismissedA charge of driving too fast for condi-

tions against La Vern W. Palms, 59, Mil-waukee, was dismissed on a prosecutor’s motion.

Deferred prosecutionagreement

Holly L. Lettau, 53, North Fond du Lac, pled no contest to unlawful use of a phone to threaten harm and entered into a deferred prosecution or sentence agree-ment.

ForfeituresSierra M. B. Deloach, 22, Medford,

pled guilty to operating while under the infl uence-fi rst offense. She forfeited $803; her driver’s license was revoked for six months; and she is to undergo an alcohol assessment. She also pled guilty to oper-ating after revocation/suspension of reg-istration and forfeited $175.30. Charges of operating with a prohibited alcohol con-

centration (PAC) equal to or greater than 0.08 percent and less than 0.15 percent (fi rst offense); displaying an unauthor-ized vehicle registration plate; failure to obey traffi c offi cer’s signal or order; and operating while suspended were dis-missed on prosecutor’s motions.

Jason M. Meszaros, 23, Medford, pled quilty to disorderly conduct and forfeited $263.50.

La Vern W. Palms, 59, Milwaukee, pled no contest to operating while under the infl uence-fi rst offense. He forfeited $803; his driver’s license was revoked for six months; and he is to undergo an alco-hol assessment.

James L. Strebig, 44, Rib Lake, was found guilty at court trial of operating while under the infl uence-fi rst offense (PAC equal to or greater than 0.15 per-cent). He forfeited $928.50; his driver’s li-cense was revoked for seven months; an ignition interlock device is to be installed on his vehicle; and he is to undergo an al-cohol assessment. A charge of operating with a PAC equal to or greater than 0.15 percent-fi rst offense was dismissed on the court’s own motion.

Disposition reports Taylor County Circuit Court

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ACCIDENTS/COURTTHE STAR NEWS


Pleas enteredThe following appeared and entered pleas of not

guilty: Kurt R. Lasee, 25, Medford, vehicle operator fl ee-ing/eluding offi cer; Brandon W. Roth, 30, Medford, mis-demeanor bail jumping; Bruce F. Quante, 54, Medford, second degree recklessly endangering safety and disor-derly conduct.

ForfeituresRandall R. Baughman, 22, Greenwood, pled guilty

to illegal shining of deer, elk or bear, and forfeited a fi ne and costs of $2,468 and his DNR privileges were re-voked/suspended for three years. A charge of failure to attach ear tag to deer carcass was dismissed but read in.

Juan F. Mares-Cervantes, 26, Medford, pled guilty to operating without a valid license-second offense within three years, and forfeited a fi ne and costs of $579.

Jonathan R. Gates, 27, Ogema, pled no contest to op-erating while revoked, and forfeited a fi ne and costs of $831. A charge of operating a motor vehicle without in-surance was dismissed.

Kevin C. Walters, 49, Cadott, pled no contest to oper-ating while revoked, and forfeited costs of $443.

Daniel Boeno-Quintero a.k.a. Daniel Quintero-Buer-no a.k.a. Daniel Bueno, 32, Medford, pled guilty to op-erating while revoked, and forfeited a fi ne and costs of $579.

Daniel Luis Ruiz a.k.a. Daniel L. Ruiz, 32, Rib Lake, pled no contest to felony bail jumping and operating without a valid license-third or more offense within three years. He was sentenced to serve eight months in jail and forfeited $518 for the bail jumping charge; and forfeited a fi ne and costs of $379 for the operating with-out a valid license charge. Charges of having contact after a domestic abuse arrest, disorderly conduct-do-mestic abuse, battery-domestic abuse, use or attempted use of force to intimidate a victim, felony bail jumping, and operating without a valid license-third or greater offense within three years were dismissed but read in.

Prison sentenceChristopher B. Strebig, 26, Delavan, pled no contest

to being a party to a crime of concealing stolen prop-erty-greater than $10,000, and two counts of being a party to a crime of concealing stolen property-greater than $2,500-$5,000. He was given a prison sentence of one year, six months initial confi nement in prison, followed by fi ve years of extended supervision for the being a party to a crime of concealing stolen property-greater than $10,000 charge; and one year, six months initial confi nement in prison followed by one year, six months extended supervision for each of the remaining charges. The sentences are to run concurrent with each other and with sentences he received in Grant County cases. As condition of his extended supervision, Strebig must pay costs of $536, joint restitution in an amount to be determined, and supervision fees as ordered by the Department of Corrections; write letters of apology, pre-approved by the Taylor County victim witness co-ordinator, to the victims; testify truthfully in any court hearings regarding any co-defendants; provide law en-forcement with non-suppressed statements; provide a DNA sample; have no contact with the victims; undergo any evaluation and follow through and/or counseling as recommended by the probationary agent; and obtain his GED or HSED as recommended by the probationary agent. Two counts of being a party to a crime of conceal-ing stolen property-greater than $10,000 were dismissed on prosecutor’s motions. Two counts of being a party to a crime of concealing stolen property or fi rearm-greater than $5,000-$10,000; two counts of being a party to a crime of concealing stolen property-less than or equal to $2,500; three counts of being a party to a crime of receiving or concealing stolen property-less than or equal to $2,500; being a party to a crime of concealing stolen property-greater than $2,500-$5,000; being a party to a crime of altering identity marks on manufactured property; being a party to the crime of theft of movable property-greater than $2,500-$5,000 (Vernon County case); and being a party to the crime of theft of movable property-less than or equal to $2,500 (Vernon County charge) were dismissed but read in.

Court proceedings

Ronald Judnic1945-2015

Ronald “Ron” L. Jud-nic, 69, Rib Lake, died on Wednesday, April 29 at Deerview Meadows As-sisted Living, Medford where he had resided for the past seven days.

Funeral services were held on May 2 at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Rib Lake with Rev. James Hef-fner officiating. Interment was at Lakeview Cem-etery, Rib Lake. His seven grandchildren served as

pallbearers.Hemer Funeral Services of Medford and Rib Lake

assisted the family.Ronald Judnic was born on Oct. 25, 1945 in the

town of Greenwood to Joseph Henry Judnic and Es-ther Jean Jarchow.

He attended Green Grove Elementary School, town of Greenwood and was a 1963 graduate of Rib Lake High School. On Dec. 26, 1964 at Rib Lake he married Darlene D. Kelnhofer, who survives.

He served in the Army National Guard from 1963-1971. He worked at Gem Products in Rib Lake for a period of time. He worked at Power Products in Graf-ton while residing in Port Washington for a period of

time. He returned to Rib Lake in 1965 and did logging work for many years. From 1993 until his retirement in 2008 he worked at Blount/Caterpiller in Prentice. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, sports and racing. He played baseball for Chet & Bernie’s and softball for various area teams.

He was a member and past council member of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Rib Lake, Rib Lake Fish and Game, area horseshoe, bowling and pool leagues, Interwald Wanderers Snowmobile Club and was a charter member of the Underdog Dartball Team.

In addition to his wife, survivors include three children, Ramon (Julie) Judnic of Medford, Ronni (Laura) Judnic of Rib Lake and Donnie (Julie) Jud-nic of Neenah; five siblings, Doris Zitzer, Jerry (Ann) Judnic, Sandra (Vernon) Dunkel, Larry (Pat) Judnic all of of Rib Lake, and Russell (Judy) Judnic of Stan-ley; seven grandchildren, Jesse, Jordy, Josh, Ben-jamin, Justin, Megan and Joseph Judnic; six great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Clark Judnic, in 1998 and three sib-lings Shirley and Joe Judnic and Cindy Borman.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memo-rial contributions be given to the family for future designations.

For online condolences, please visit hemerfuner-alservice.com.

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Gertrude Thomas1929-2015

Gertrude “Toots” M. Thomas, 86, died May 5 at Aspirus Care & Rehab, Medford where she had resided for the past six weeks.

Services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 9 at Immanuel Evangelical Lu-theran Church, Medford with Rev. James Krueger officiating. Visitation will be at Immanuel Evan-gelical Lutheran Church, Medford from 1 p.m. un-

til the time of services. Her nephews will serve as pallbearers. Interment of her cremated remains will take place at a later date.

Hemer Funeral Services of Medford and Rib Lake assisted the family.

She was born on February 27, 1929 at Amherst to Henry J. and Anna (Feustel) Amacher. She attended Green Acre Elementary school in Stetsonville. She is a 1947 graduate of Medford High School.

On August 15, 1953 at Immanuel Evangelical Lu-theran Church, Medford she married Ervin E. Thom-as and he preceded her in death July 24, 1998.

Prior to her marriage, she waitressed in Farib-ault, Minn. In 1947 she clerked at the IGA store in Medford, after which she moved on to Hurd Mill-work and worked there for the next 25 years. She and her husband were part owners of Thomas Floral & Greenhouse in Medford, where she put in many hours. She enjoyed playing cards, curling, golfing, trips to the casino, going out for dinner and going to the movies.

She was a member of Immanuel Evangelical Lu-theran Church, Medford and its Ladies Aid and a past member of the Business & Professional Womens group.

She is survived by three sisters, Annette Moore of Waupun, Melva (Dennis) Saliny of Rosemount, Minn. and Roberta (Don) Bertucci of Middleton.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her brothers Bud, Ronnie, Len and Hap Amacher.



Obituaries Reports of Area Deaths

Dispatch log Taylor County Law Enforcement

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Gilman Police DepartmentApril 27 — Animal bite at W14383 Shiner Dr. in town

of Roosevelt at 2:22 p.m.April 30 — Agency assist at Hwy 13 and Johnson

Ave. in town of Westboro at 8:45 a.m.

Medford Police DepartmentApril 27 — Lockout at 127 W. Broadway Ave. at 8

a.m.; truancy; commercial alarm at 160 Medford Plaza at 2:48 p.m.; harassment at 955 E. Allman St. at 3:08 p.m.; lockout at 177 S. Eighth St. at 5:47 p.m.; commercial alarm at 160 Medford Plaza at 6:27 p.m.

April 28 — Traffi c complaint E. Allman St. and N. Seventh St. at 8:09 a.m.; accident at 135 S. Gibson St. at 11:48 a.m.; fraud at 660 Brucker St. at 11:49 a.m.; proba-tion violation at courthouse at 1:07 p.m.; traffi c com-

plaint at 114 S. Washington Ave. at 3:12 p.m.; traffi c com-plaint at 549 Billings Ave. at 3:15 p.m.; traffi c hazard at 340 S. Eighth St. at 7:27 p.m.; DNR violation at W. Broad-way Ave. and S. Whelen at 8:05 p.m.

April 29 — Domestic at 217 S. Park Ave. at 3:37 a.m.; hazmat at 316 S. Main St. at 9:27 a.m.; truancy; vehicle inspection at 827 E. Perkins St. at 1:54 p.m.; traffi c com-plaint at Hwy 13 and Hwy 64 at 2:09 p.m.; suspicious ac-tivity at 228 N. Park Ave. at 9:40 p.m.

April 30 — Lockout at 410 S. Eighth St. at 8 a.m.; agency assist at Hwy 13 and Johnson Ave. in town of Westboro at 8:45 a.m.; extra patrol at 926 E. Allman St. at noon; lockout at 1014 W. Broadway Ave. at 2:41 p.m.; accident at Centennial Pkwy. at 3:05 p.m.; accident at 726 E. Broadway Ave. at 4:01 p.m.; threats at Riverside Terrace at 4:46 p.m.; DNR violation at 143 S. Eighth St. at

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In Memory ofLeona Mallo

Who left us 1 year ago on May 12Though her smile is gone forever

and her hand we cannot touchWe still have so many memories

of the one we loved so much.Her memory is now our keepsake

which with we’ll never part.God has her in his keepingwe have her in our hearts.

Sadly missed but never forgottenLove Always & Forever

Your Loving Family

The family of Sheila Hanson would like to thank Aspirus Hospital and the EMT team, Hemer Funeral Service, Pastor Mundt, and all those who helped prepare and serve the luncheon at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church following the memorial service. We would also like to convey our deepest appreciation to all those who expressed their condolences with cards, flowers, on-line messages, kind words and prayers. A special thanks to Pastor Kris Bjerke-Ulliman for her comfort and support at the hospital.

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Ralph James Williams, 83, Farwell, Mich., died on Thursday, April 30 in Ann Arbor, Mich. Funeral ser-vices are Friday, May 8 at 11 a.m. at the Independent Apostolic Lutheran Church in Ogema. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery in Withee. Visitation will be Thurs-day at Hemer Funeral Home in Medford from 4 to 7 p.m. and Friday at the church, beginning at 10 a.m.

Hemer Funeral Services of Medford and Rib Lake as-sisted the family.

Ralph Williams1931-2015

Julius W. Griesbach, Jr., 88 of rural Jump River, died at his home. Arrangements are pending with a memo-rial service to take place at the Jump River Community Center at a later date. Plombon Funeral Service is as-sisting the family.

Julius Griesbach Jr.

Anthony J. Ostrowski, 39, Tony, died on Sunday, May 3 near Medford, due to injuries he suffered in a mo-torcycle accident. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, May 9 at 11 a.m. at St. Antony’s Cemetery in Tony. Visitation is on Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. at Nash-Jackan Funeral Home in Ladysmith. A complete obitu-ary will be published next week.

Anthony Ostrowski

7:37 p.m.; drugs at 10:29 a.m.May 1 — 9-1-1 hang ups at 135 S. Gibson St. at 3:43 and

4:01 a.m.; traffi c complaint at 546 Billings Ave. at 3:50 p.m.; traffi c complaint at 303 S. Eighth St. at 4:11 p.m.; trespassing at 526 S. Second St. at 5:58 p.m.; probation violation at 531 N. Second St. at 9:18 p.m.; traffi c com-plaint on S. Main St. at 10:25 p.m.

May 2 — Suspicious activity at 853 N. Eighth St. at 8:06 a.m.; suicidal subject; vehicle theft at 589 Medford Ave. at 10:02 a.m.; garbage dumping on Perkins St. in

town of Medford at 10:29 a.m.; recovered vehicle on 190th St., Jim Falls, at 3:58 p.m.; suspicious activity at N. Main St. and E. Taylor St. at 6:51 p.m.; request for of-fi cer at 1042 W. Broadway Ave. at 7:06 p.m.; suspicious activity at 445 N. Madison Ave. at 7:22 p.m.; traffi c com-plaint at 309 E. Broadway Ave. at 9:16 p.m.; commercial alarm at 190 Medford Plaza at 11:31 p.m.

May 3 — Suicidal subject; animal at large on W. All-man St. and Centennial Pkwy. at 8:38 p.m.; theft at 531 N. Second St. at 10:44 a.m.; burglary at 589 Medford Ave. at 11:18 a.m.; ambulance request at 1015 W. Broadway Ave. at 1:30 p.m.; welfare check at 122 S. Park Ave. at 2:16 p.m.; accident at E. Broadway Ave. and N. Eighth St. at 3:53 p.m.; lockout at 190 Medford Plaza at 4:58 p.m.; welfare check at 141 S. Park Ave. at 5:21 p.m.

May 4 — Burglary at 240 S. Eighth St. at 7:23 a.m.

Taylor County Sheriff’s DepartmentApril 27 — Welfare check at N3531 Elder Dr. in town

of Aurora at 10:49 a.m.; suspicious activity at Spur Rd. and Sunnyside Rd. in town of McKinley at 11:06 a.m.; animal bite at W14383 Shiner Dr. in town of Roosevelt at 2:22 p.m.; accident at W7118 CTH A in town of Little Black at 5:32 p.m.; suspicious activity at W6022 CTH A in town of Little Black at 5:32 p.m.; warrant arrest at W14383 Shiner Dr. in town of Roosevelt at 6:29 p.m.; traffi c hazard at CTH T and County Line Rd. in town of Maplehurst at 11:52 p.m.

April 28 — Harassment at N2644 Hall Dr. in town of Browning at 7:30 a.m.; citizen dispute at N2198 CTH T in town of Maplehurst at 8:05 a.m.; probation violation at courthouse at 8:37 a.m.; traffi c complaint at Hwy 64 and Martin Dr. in town of Goodrich at 12:12 p.m.

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Esther Schreiner1924-2015

Former Rib Lake resi-dent Esther O. Schreiner, 90, died Friday, May 1, at the Homestead Care Cen-ter in New Holstein.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 9 at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Rib Lake with Father Otto Bucher offici-ating. Interment will take place at Lakeview Cem-etery in Rib Lake. Visita-tion will be from 9 a.m. until time of services at

Good Shepherd Catholic Church.Pallbearers are: Donald Schreiner Jr., Richard

Buksa Jr., Shanna Martinez, Allyson Walber, Daniel, Jason and Lawrence “Bud” Schreiner.


Esther was born on August 26, 1924 in the town of Greenwood to John Fred Pagel and Anna Liebenow.

Esther attended grade school in the town of Greenwood. She married Lawrence “Bud” A. Sch-reiner on December 28, 1940 at Good Shepherd Catho-

lic Church. Esther was a proud mother of eight children. She

enjoyed gardening, canning, cooking and babysit-ting. She was a member of Good Shepherd Catholic Church.

She is survived by her children, Donald (Nina) Schreiner of Arlington Heights, Ill., Richard (Laura) Schreiner of Rib Lake, Thomas (Marlene) Schreiner of Medford, Stephen (Michelle) Schreiner of Rib Lake, Patricia Leider of New Holstein, Margaret (Ig-nacio) Martinez of Wheeling, Ill. and Laura (signifi-cant other: Jim Steenis) Walber of New Holstein; a sister, Estelle Laub of Athens; 22 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchil-dren.

In addition to her parents and husband who pre-ceded her in death on Dec. 14, 1998, she was preceded in death by a son, David (Leah) Schreiner; a son-in-law, Harold Leider; a brother, Martin Pagel; and sis-ters, Christina Wudi and Theresa Peche.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to her family to be designated at a later date to the Home-stead Care Center Activity Program in Esther’s name.

For online condolences, please visit hemerfuner-alservice.com Paid Obituary 18-149077

Beth Jochimsen1965-2015

Beth L. Jochimsen, 50, of Withee died on Mon-day, May 4 at Ministry St. Joseph’s Hospital, Marsh-field where she had been a patient for the past two weeks after a courageous battle with kidney cancer.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Fri-day, May 8 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Stetson-ville with Father Gerard Willger and Deacon Joe Roe officiating. Interment

of her cremated remains will take place at Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery, Stetsonville, at a later date.

Visitation will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church from 4-8 p.m. on Thursday, May 7 where there will be a 7 p.m. Catholic rosary service held that eve-ning and from 9 a.m. until the time of service at 11 a.m. on Friday, May 8.

Honorary pallbearers are Hunter Jochimsen and Abby Olson. Active pallbearers are Logan, Derek and Jarod Jochimsen, Sean Anderson, Keaton Edblom and Andrew Krug.


Beth Jochimsen was born on March 1, 1965 in Medford to the late Wyllis “Buster” A. Jochimsen and Florina J. (Boehlin) Jochimsen of the town of Little Black.

She attended Stetsonville Elementary School. She is a 1983 graduate of Medford High School, received

an accounting degree from Northcentral Technical College, Wausau, and in 2006, a nursing degree from Chippewa Valley Technical College in Eau Claire. She married Bruce Tollin and later divorced.

She was a DJ at K99/WIGM during her high school years. She worked at Phillips Plastics in Med-ford, Clark County Health Care Center, and then Our Lady of Victory Hospital in Stanley until the time of her death. She enjoyed the Green Bay Packers, Brew-ers, Badgers, riding motorcycle, camping, reading, traveling, bowling, fishing, softball, volleyball, going to Rock Fest and watching her many nieces/nephews in all their sporting events.

She was a member of Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Owen, and a past member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, where she taught second grade, First Communion class for many years.

In addition to her mother, she is survived by five sisters, Karleen (Ron) Sperl, Sherry (Chuck) An-derson and Gail Jochimsen all of Stetsonville, Sara (Gary) Krug of Exeland, Penny (Guy) Olson of Med-ford; five brothers, Lynn (Dianne) Jochimsen, Bryan (Melinda) Jochimsen and Jay (Jen) Jochimsen all of Medford, Kurt (Pam) Jochimsen of Stratford and Roy (Kathy) Jochimsen of Withee. She is further survived by 35 nieces/nephews and 53 great nieces/nephews.

In addition to her father in 2013, she was preceded in death by a great nephew, Deagan Jochimsen.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be given to the family for a future des-ignation.



Anola M. Pernsteiner, 82, Medford, died May 6. Funeral services are pending with Hemer Funeral

Service.

Anola Pernsteiner

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Bernard Strobach1922-2015

Former town of Rib Lake resident Bernard L. Strobach, 93, died Sunday, May 3 at Aspirus Care & Rehab, Medford where he had resided for the past 7 years.

Funeral services will be held at 5 p.m. Friday, May 8 at Hemer Funeral Home in Medford with Rev. David Clements of-ficiating. Visitation will take place from 3 p.m. un-til the time of services. In-

terment of his cremated remains will take place at Lakeview Cemetery, Rib Lake at a later time.

Bernard Strobach was born on March 10, 1922 at Medford to the late Theodore Strobach and Mina Gre-itsch. He attended Brandl Grade School in the town of Medford.

On February 14, 1939 at the Holy Rosary Parson-age in Medford he married Jeanette A. Poirier. She preceded him in death July 2, 2012.

After their marriage, they moved to Rochelle, Ill. where he worked for Baldwin Locomotive Works as a welder for a period of time. In 1948 they moved to the Rib Lake area where he managed dairy farms and later owned and operated his own dairy farm. While farming he hauled milk and cheese for the Rib Lake

Creamery. In 1953 he went to work for Hurd Millwork in Medford where he worked until his retirement in 1984. They moved to Spirit Lake in 1972 and he en-tered the nursing home in 2008. He enjoyed fishing, gardening, traveling, spending time with his family, deer hunting, wood working, playing cards and play-ing pool.

He was a charter member of the Spirit Lake Im-provement Association board, Hurd Millwork Union, and various bowling, dart and pool leagues.

He is survived by five sons, Lee (significant other: Rosie) Strobach of Ogema, Ray (Carol) Strobach of Rib Lake, Dale (Bernadette) Strobach of Clear Lake, Ted (Sandra) Strobach of Roscoe, Ill., Dean (Gayle) Strobach of Ogema; two daughters Bernadette Marschke of Rib Lake and Judy (William) Gelhaus of Brenda, Ariz.; a brother, Fred “Fritz” Strobach of Buellton, Calif.; 27 grandchildren, 56 great-grandchil-dren; and 22 great-great-grandchildren.

In addition to his wife and parents, he was pre-ceded in death by two sisters, Dora Pagel and Grace Rauman; three brothers, Armin, Edwin and Ches-ter Strobach; a daughter-in-law, Bev Strobach; three sons-in-law, Bob Sunderlin, Stanley Kroll and Wil-liam Marschke.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be given to either the Alzheimer’s Re-search or St. Jude Research.



If Roses Grow in HeavenIf roses grow in Heaven LordPlease pick a bunch for me.

Place them in my mother’s armsand tell her they are from me.Tell her I love her and miss herPlace a kiss on her cheek, and

hold her for awhile.Because remembering her is easy.

I do it every dayBut there is an ache within myheart that will never go away.

Love you Mom, Miss you tons Mike

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Card of ThanksThank you to our relatives, friends and neighbors for the kindness shown to us after the death of our wife, mother & grandmother, Elaine Zenner. Thanks for

the expressions of sympathy, cards, monetary gifts, food and floral tributes. A special thanks to Fr. Mullans for his comforting words during her funeral Mass, Deacon Joe, the musicians, others who participated in the Mass. Special thanks to the pallbearers and to the Ladies of Holy Rosary for the luncheon, the Sunshine Helpers for the refreshments. Also a special thanks to Father Gerard for his kind note of acknowledgement. Thanks to Hemer Funeral Home. We will never forget your kindness.

The Family of Elaine Zenner

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In Loving Memory OfLaurie Retterath

Died25 Years Ago, May 13, 1990

Loved and Deeply Missed ByHer Family

We thought of you with love today, but that is nothing new.

We thought of you yesterday, and days before that, too. We think of you in silence, we often speak your name, all we have are memories,

and your picture in a frame.Your memory is our keepsake, with which we’ll never part.

God has you in His keeping, we have you in our hearts.

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Terry Smithwho left us 2 yrs. ago

April 15, 2013

Walter Peterswho left us 2 yrs. ago

April 21, 2013

Yvonne Smithwho left us 9 yrs. ago

April 25, 2006

Love Aways & Forever, Glatha & Families

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Sunshine passes, shadows fall,Love’s remembrance outlasts all;

And though the years be many or few,They are filled with remembrance of you.

In MemoriamJoin with us and the families of these loved ones as we remember who died 1 year ago:Since 1891, four generations of continuous family service to the Medford and Stetsonville communities and the surrounding area.

Harvey F. Glamann May 3, 2014Vera J. Coultas May 3, 2014Dale C. Olson May 6, 2014William “Bill” Bernitt Jr. May 6, 2014Dorothy J. Anderson May 10, 2014Elizabeth C. Wooley May 11, 2014Theresa L. Thieme May 12, 2014Gordon R. Nelson May 12, 2014Ellen E. Spreen May 14, 2014Leona M. Krug May 15, 2014Jay A. Viergutz May 16, 2014

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Alisa Stock1962-2015

Alisa Ann Stock, 52, of Dorchester, passed away on Monday, May 4, 2015 at Wausau Aspirus Hospital with her family by her side. A Memorial Mass will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 9, 2015 at St Louis Catholic Church in Dorchester. Father Hiebl will officiate. Visitation will be on Friday, May 8 at St. Louis from 4-8 p.m. and also 10 a.m. until time of service on Saturday. In-

urnment will be held in Dorchester Memorial Cem-etery at a later date.

Alisa was born on June 26, 1962 to Lawrence and Beverly (Greaser) Smith. She is a graduate of Colby High School. She later received her real estate li-cense at Mid-State Technical College. On July 2, 1983 she married the love of her life, Michael J. Stock. Together they had two beautiful children, Ryan and

Brittany.Alisa was a hard worker. She was proud to be a

broker/co-owner of Quality Realty. Alisa knew how to also have fun. She enjoyed camping, golfing, and beating her brothers at bean bags. She loved to be with her family, especially those two precious grand-children, Aubree and Kolbe, and her beloved dog, Diesel.

Alisa is survived by her husband, Michael Stock of Dorchester; two children, Ryan Stock of Ogema, and Brittany (Ryan) Viergutz of Medford; two grand-children, Aubree and Kolbe Viergutz; her parents, Lawrence and Beverly Smith of Dorchester; and five brothers,George Smith of Dorchester, Tom (Lori) of Dorchester, Dave (Toni) of Dorchester, John (Julie) of Dorchester, and Steve (Jen) of Minocqua. She is further survived by many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Alisa is preceded in death by her brother, Jerry Smith and nephew, Derek Smith; along with grand-parents, uncles, and cousins.

Family and friends may express condolences on-line at www.maurinaschilling.com.


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Buckthorn be goneMedford Area Middle School fi fth graders and their teachers joined a crew from the United States Forest Service,

Natural Resources Conservation Service, Wisconsin DNR, Taylor County’s departments of zoning, forestry and rec-reation, and land conservation to clear buckthorn from the Medford Riverwalk in the city park.

Piled highAbbi Potocnik and Garret Searer pile the buckthorn debris up before it is removed

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Fifth graders perform community serviceby Kelsey Jascor, Autumn Krause, and Molly Kapfhamer

On May 5, the fi fth grade classes from Medford Area Middle School paraded down to the Riverwalk Trail, east of the Black River. Their big objective was to per-

form a community ser-vice to help control an in-vasive species known as buckthorn. Buckthorn is not native to the United States and it competes with and harms our na-tive plants. The reason we have to help manage buckthorn is because it sprouts before native plants, so the native plants do not get the sun-light and nutrients they need to mature. Buck-thorn also takes over the understory resulting in what would eventually be a monoculture, or a single organism habitat.

The students spent two hours cutting down the meddlesome shrubs. They used a special tool

called a lopper. They sheared the buckthorn and piled it for the city to mulch up. At the end of our session we had cut down enough to fi ll approximately six im-mense pickup trucks.

The fi fth grade students were proud of their com-munity service and what they accomplished. They learned to be stewards of the land and also acquired a belief that they can make a difference in our commu-nity.

The fi fth graders would like to thank the Wisconsin DNR, Taylor County Land Conservation, U.S. forestry Department, and the city of Medford and also several volunteer chaperones that assisted in the process.

Carry the loadBrigham Kelly carries a

bundle of buckthorn away after cutting it out from around the Riverwalk. Mad-elyn Williams and Kami Razink follow with loads of their own.


Backhand blastMedford’s Sammy Payne sends a backhand shot over the net to Lakeland’s Zach

Carlson during the number-one singles match on Tuesday. Payne got the win 6-4, 6-2, but the Raiders fell 4-3 in the dual meet.

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The Gilman Pirates have been the vic-tims of several opponents’ big innings during this baseball season. On Tuesday, the young Pirates got their chance to take out their frustrations.

Three big innings accounted for 21 of Gilman’s 22 runs as the Pirates fi nal-ly broke into the win column in a 22-15 slugfest over Columbus Catholic, played under the lights in Marshfi eld.

Gilman scored six runs in the fi rst and seven in the second to build a 13-2 lead, only to see the Dons rally and take a 14-13 lead by the end of the fourth. Gil-man trailed 15-14 going into the top of the

Lots of offense early and late as Pirates break into win column

See GILMAN WINS on page 20

seventh but put a big eight-spot on the board to improve to seal its fi rst win. The Pirates are 1-7 in the Eastern Cloverbelt Conference and 1-8 overall.

“We played well except for kicking the ball around in the fourth inning a little bit,” head coach Robin Rosemeyer said. “We had a season-high 18 hits.”

Gilman’s six fi rst-inning runs came with the aid of just one hit. Columbus Catholic walked fi ve Gilman hitters and plunked two more. An error also helped. The seven second-inning runs came on seven hits and two walks. Zach Person, Logan Anderson and Mike Drexler dou-bled in the inning. Jordan Vieras hit a triple. Chanse Rosemeyer, Jesse Ogle

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Raiders nearly topple T-Birds in tennis rematch

Medford’s tennis squad gave confer-ence favorite Lakeland all it could handle Tuesday night, but the Raiders came up just short in a 4-3 dual-meet loss to the Thunderbirds.

If not for a Lakeland sweep on the doubles circuit, it’s possible the Raiders could’ve sneaked out the match win af-ter three of their four singles players de-feated their T-Bird opponents. The match also showed the Raiders are gaining mo-mentum as the season carries on. Lake-land beat them 6-1 on April 16.

“Overall, I was proud of our team’s ef-fort tonight. Lakeland is a very talented team and to play them this closely speaks volumes to our improvement,” Medford head coach Jake Bucki said.

Sammy Payne powered past Zach Carlson at number-one singles 6-4, 6-2. Ty Wrage got a bit of a challenge from Mike Laurence at the two slot, but he clinched the match win 6-3, 6-2.

“Sammy continues to aggravate play-ers by changing the pace of points. He takes players out of their comfort zones and it takes a very relaxed individual to be able to handle that. Ty had an impres-sive match at two singles. He’s really in-corporated some of the techniques we’ve been working on in practice,” Bucki said.

Alec Shear, competing at number-three singles, was the lone Raider to lose in the singles bracket. He ran into a buzz saw in Lakeland’s Ryan Porter and lost two straight 6-0 games. Alex Zick knocked off freshman Aaron Peterson 6-4, 6-2 to take the four singles match.

“Alec had a tough match at three singles. During warmups, he broke the strings on his racket so he was using a

racket he wasn’t familiar with the entire night. Alex came through with the fi nal win for us. He did so by playing consis-tent shots and taking advantage of net play when his opponent hit a short shot,” Bucki said.

The number-one doubles team Dillon Brost and David Silva was no match for the senior duo of Nick Garcia and Levi Herrick, who won 6-1, 6-0.

“Lakeland’s one doubles tandem is among the best in the area. Their length and reach is very long,” Bucki said.

The match between Medford’s Joe Phillips and Douglas Schumacher and Lakeland’s Joe Jirikowic and Andy Du-rette at two doubles was the only match to go three sets. The T-Birds pair took the fi rst game 6-1, but Phillips/Schumacher rallied to win the second game 6-4. They couldn’t keep up their momentum and lost the third game 6-0.

“Joe and Doug had a slow start to their match and quickly found themselves down one set. They rebounded quickly and incorporated a few different strate-gies in the second set,” Bucki said. Josh Brooks and Alec Veal, competing at three doubles, couldn’t get past Lakeland’s Jack Garcia and Jim Drewry, falling 6-1, 6-2 to lose the match.

“This was the fi rst Josh and Alec played together. Lakeland just took con-trol of the net and that was the reason for the lopsided win.” Bucki said.

The dual loss drops the Raiders to 1-4 in GNC play. Lakeland improved to 5-2 and remains very much in the thick of the conference title race.

The Raiders are back in action in a tri-angular meet tonight, Thursday, at An-

and Person singled.Columbus Catholic scored four times

in the bottom of the second on four hits and a walk to pull within 13-6. The Dons scored eight in the fourth to take the lead, thanks to four hits, four errors and two hit batters. Each team scored once in the fi fth. Ogle singled and scored on an error for Gilman’s tying tally. The Dons regained the lead on a hit and two errors.

Gilman earned most of its scoring in the seventh, pounding its last seven hits. An error and a hit batter helped. Person had two more singles in the inning to cap a four for fi ve night. He also scored three runs. Ogle, Lucas Zach, James Copen-haver, Elliot Wininger and Rosemeyer

added singles in the rally.Ogle was four for six and scored three

times. Copenhaver, Wininger and Rose-meyer each had two hits. Copenhaver and Rosemeyer scored three runs each. Vieras and Zach scored three runs apiece.

Copenhaver was the starting pitcher but he lasted only three batters, allowing a hit and two walks. Wininger, a fresh-man, relieved him and went the distance. He struck out one and walked two. He al-lowed 12 hits.

Gilman hosts a 4 p.m. doubleheader today, Thursday, with winless Granton. The Pirates go to Loyal for a 5 p.m. fi rst

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Out at second baseMedford shortstop Mikel Delzer fl ips to second baseman Trenton Woebbeking for

a forceout during Tuesday’s 12-5 loss at Lakeland.

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Raiders drop two in GNC, win Adams-Friendship tournament

The Medford Raiders were unable to hold momentum when they had it in a pair of Great Northern Conference base-ball losses in the past week.

The latest of those losses came on Tuesday when the Raiders dropped a 12-5 decision at Lakeland. The Thunderbirds pulled into a third-place tie with Medford in the GNC. Both teams are 3-3. Medford is 7-8 overall.

The Raiders led early, but came up one big hit short of delivering a poten-tial knockout. Then, after falling behind 7-4, the Raiders got a run in the top of the fi fth but gave up fi ve in the bottom half.

“We knew we had to be sharp and give them very few freebies,” Medford head coach Justin Hraby said. “But we gave up way too many freebies. We had op-portunities early to blow the game wide open, but we didn’t come up with the key hit. When you leave 11 runners on base, it is hard to win.”

Nick Drott doubled off Lakeland start-er Brett Slavinsky to open the game and scored on Taylor Shaw’s single. Lake-land answered with three in the bottom half on three hits and a costly throwing error. But Medford came right back in the second to take a 4-3 lead.

Trenton Woebbeking walked and Mikel Delzer singled with one out. Hunt-er Anderson singled and the ball got by the leftfi elder, allowing both runners to score. Anderson later scored on a sac-rifi ce fl y to short left by Lloyd Bernatz. The Raiders, though, eventually left the bases loaded.

Lakeland scored four in the fourth on three errors, two walks and two hits. Drott drove in Woebbeking on a ground-out in the fi fth. But Hraby said three mental errors were big in Lakeland’s fi ve-run bottom half.

Shaw, Brad Acker and Delzer had two hits apiece. Hraby said Delzer and Woeb-beking continued to provide an offensive and defensive spark as they have earned more playing time.

Brett Paul took the loss. In four-plus innings, he allowed seven hits, three walks and eight runs, six of which were earned. He struck out three. Shaw did not record an out, while allowing four hits, a walk and four runs, three of which were earned. Zach Smola pitched two score-less frames.

Medford resumes conference play at Northland Pines, today, Thursday, at 5

p.m. An often-rescheduled non-confer-ence game at Wausau East will fi nally take place on Saturday at 4 p.m.

The Raiders go to Tomahawk on Tues-day and then will head to Miller Park in Milwaukee to face Green Bay East at 5 p.m. on May 14. Medford is at Rhineland-er the following day.

A-F tourney championsMedford crushed the hosts 12-2 and

then beat Portage 8-7 to win the Adams-Friendship tournament on Saturday.

Portage had been ranked 10th in the state in Division 2 and fell to 10-4 with its loss to Medford in the championship game. The Warriors beat Black River Falls in their fi rst game on Saturday 17-3. Medford and Portage hadn’t met since the Warriors beat the Raiders 10-6 in the 2006 WIAA Division 2 state semifi nal.

“This was a great win for us,” Hraby said. “We have beaten the teams we should beat, but we have been struggling against the solid teams. Portage is a very good Division 2 team. Hopefully this is the type of win that gives us the confi -dence to play with anyone.”

Acker, Nathan Gradberg and Delzer had three hits apiece in the win. Brady Loertscher and Delzer took care of the pitching duties. Delzer got the win. In three relief innings, he struck out four, walked one and allowed three hits and two runs, one of which was earned.

“Mikel Delzer had a great game for us,” Hraby said. “He was great at the plate, proving he belongs at the varsity level. He also pitched great and gave us a great opportunity to win. He played with such poise and confi dence. Others fed off of that in this big win.”

A four-run top of the sixth put Med-ford ahead for good. The Raiders trailed 6-4 when Woebbeking doubled to deep left-center. Delzer singled and advanced on a wild pitch. A groundout and a pop-up threatened to kill the rally, but Shaw’s single up the middle scored both run-ners. After Bernatz walked, Acker hit the go-ahead single. Gradberg followed with an RBI single of his own.

Delzer retired the Warriors in order in the sixth, but they mounted a threat in the bottom of the seventh. Patrick Aus-tin reached on an error to start the in-ning. Delzer sandwiched two strikeouts around a Mike Messer walk, but a Tyler Beadry single scored Austin and sent Messer to third. Beadry stole second to put the winning run in scoring position,

Bernatz. After Anderson reached on an error, Delzer’s three-run double cleared the bases.

Mosinee stays atop GNCWith bookend six-spots on their in-

ning-by-inning line score, the Mosinee Indians slugged their way to an 18-8 win at Raider Field on Thursday to remain undefeated in Great Northern Confer-ence play. The Indians are ranked fi fth in this week’s Division 2 state poll.

The Raiders briefl y made a game of it, cutting a 12-3 defi cit to 12-8 with a fi ve-run rally in the sixth, only to see the Indians put up their second six-run inning of the night to put it away.

“It was great to see the boys battle back in the sixth,” Hraby said. “When you do that though, you have to come out the next inning and shut them down to keep momentum in your dugout. We didn’t do that. We gave it right back to them.”

Mosinee’s six-run fi rst inning, how-ever, put the Raiders in the hole they couldn’t dig out of. The Indians dinked and dunked and took advantage of a cou-ple of defensive miscues to score three. Then Kalan McHugh crushed a Shaw of-fering, depositing it well over the right-fi eld fence for a three-run homer.

The Raiders loaded the bases with one out against Mosinee starter Ben Vande-hey and got two runs back in the bottom of the fi rst. Gradberg singled in one run. Paul was hit by a pitch to force in the other. Vandehey ended the rally with a strikeout and by getting a ground ball.

Two errors extended Mosinee’s third and leadoff hitter Landon Stepan made the Raiders pay by drilling a three-run homer to left-center, making it 9-2. It was 12-3 in the bottom of the sixth when Med-ford made it interesting.

Left-hander Chris Tomski took over for Vandehey and retired two of the fi rst three hitters he faced. Bernatz drilled a double to deep center to score Nick Drott, who had walked. Walks to Jakob Laub and Gradberg loaded the bases for

but Delzer struck out Cullin Jahn.Portage scored the game’s fi rst two

runs in the bottom of the fi rst. Delzer’s RBI single cut the lead in half in the top of the second. TJ Bellenu’s sacrifi ce fl y put the Warriors up 3-1 in the bottom half. Korish’s RBI single made it 4-1.

Gradberg singled and scored on Paul’s double in the top of the fourth, but Ryan Walz singled in a run for Portage in the bottom half to make it 5-2. The Raiders closed the gap to 5-4 in the top of the fi fth. Drott walked and Shaw reached on an error. Acker scored both with a double. Branson Rebot singled in a run for Por-tage in the bottom half.

Loertscher struck out two, walked three and allowed three hits and fi ve runs in four innings. Three of the runs were earned.

Medford needed just six innings to put away the Green Devils in round one. Smola returned to the site of one of his best games a year ago and did the same thing, striking out seven, walking just one and scattering fi ve hits while allow-ing two earned runs. Smola threw a com-plete-game four-hitter to beat the Devils 9-1 in last year’s tournament.

“Zach needed a boost,” Hraby said. “He really gave himself that with this performance. He located his pitches well and did a great job of keeping their hit-ters off balance.”

Bernatz was three for four with three RBIs. Acker and Paul each went two for four with an RBI. Delzer went one for four but drove in three.

Bernatz and Acker hit back-to-back RBI doubles in the top of the fi rst. A three-run second boosted the lead to 5-0 as Shaw hit an RBI single and Bernatz drove in two with a base hit, both with two outs. Gradberg singled and scored on Paul’s double in the third.

Paul singled in the fi fth and scored on Woebbeking’s triple to right-center. Jed Miller drove in Woebbeking with a groundout to make it 8-1. A four-run sixth put it away. Bernatz reached on an error and Acker singled. Brett Hutchinson’s single drove in Loertscher, who ran for

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Nineteen hits, a fair share of walks and a 15-run third inning allowed the Gilman softball team to record its most lopsided win of the season thus far, a 25-1 blowout at Columbus Catholic on Tuesday.

Gilman won for the seventh time in its last eight games to maintain its second-place position in the East-ern Cloverbelt Conference at 7-2. The Pirates improved to 10-4 overall.

Four Pirates had at least three hits in the rout, led by the lineup’s number-two hitter Kendall Skabroud, who went four for fi ve with a triple, three runs scored and three driven in. She also walked once.

Taylor Hendricks belted her fi rst high-school home run while going three for three. She scored four times and walked twice. Leadoff hitter Emily Johnson went three for three, walked three times and scored four runs. Kayla Chause was three for three with two walks and scored four runs.

Gilman was up 5-0 through two innings and then sent 19 batters to the plate in the third-inning explosion.

Johnson went three innings to pick up the win in the pitching circle. She struck out eight, walked two and al-lowed a hit in three innings. Skabroud struck out four and allowed two hits. The Lady Dons got an unearned fourth-inning run.

Gilman is back in action on Friday when it visits Loyal-Granton, a team it beat 8-3 back on April 23. The Pirates will play twice in Saturday’s second annual Gilman-Thorp Slamfest, facing Gilman at noon and Medford at 2 p.m. The tournament features several solid squads from the region with 16 games on four diamonds at the two hosting schools.

Then it’s back to conference play on Tuesday with a key doubleheader at Neillsville that starts at 4 p.m. Greenwood comes to Gilman on May 14.

Rockets too much againThe Pirates fi gured they needed to beat the Spencer

Rockets in their Eastern Cloverbelt rematch on Friday to have a chance at competing for the league title. But

Gilman gets two blowout wins, but Rockets take the big one 7-1Spencer further cemented its position atop the confer-ence with a 7-1 win on Gilman’s diamond.

Gilman mustered just four hits and one unearned run against Spencer ace Macie Weber, who struck out eight, walked just two and hit one in seven innings.

“Really I thought we hit some balls harder than they did,” Gilman head coach Brian Phelps said.

But, Spencer had better placement on some hits and the Rockets took advantage of a couple of key defensive miscues.

Three singles, the last by Colleen Arnold, put Spen-cer up 1-0 in the top of the second. Rockets Marisa John-son and Brooke Kettleborough walked to start the third. They were on second and third with one out, when a sharp grounder by Weber was misplayed, allowing both runners to score.

With two outs in the fourth, Courtney Buss doubled to deep centerfi eld and scored when a near collision between Skabroud, the leftfi elder, and centerfi elder Shaelan Schmitt led to a dropped fl y ball hit by Johnson. Kettleborough singled up the middle to score Johnson and give Spencer a 5-0 lead.

“Both girls were trying to make a play,” Phelps said. “Those are the types of errors you can live with.”

That was more than enough for Weber, who worked in and out of minimal trouble in the latter innings.

Gilman got on the board in the bottom of the fi fth. Mariah Person reached on a Spencer error with one out. Pinch runner Amelia Olson scored when Spencer threw the ball away on Schmitt’s bunt single. Gilman stranded a runner in each of the last two innings.

Spencer put the game away with two runs in the sixth. Buss hit an RBI double and the fi nal run was un-earned.

Johnson was two for four at the plate, while Schmitt and Brooke Webster added hits. Webster’s hit was a booming leadoff double to centerfi eld in the second. We-ber left her there by getting two hard-hit balls right at her outfi elders and a strikeout.

Johnson allowed just two earned runs in the loss. She struck out six and walked three. Spencer had nine hits. Buss hit two doubles out of the ninth spot in the batting

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Dropping backMedford midfi elder Brianna Martin (20) was forced to

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and nearly pulled off a major upset on the road against one of the GNC’s top teams. Tuesday’s game was a much closer contest than Lakeland’s 5-1 win over the Raiders back on April 9, as the home Thunderbirds squeaked by with just a 2-1 victory.

“The girls are playing better, including Abbie Berg-man in goal. We went back and forth with them,” Med-ford head coach Dan Felix said.

The Raiders defense once again proved uncrackable for large portions of the game. Lakeland entered the game averaging 3.2 goals per game in conference, but they couldn’t get a shot past Bergman for the fi rst 40 minutes. Olivia Killian bagged the Thunderbirds fi rst goal with only fi ve minutes until halftime after Medford failed to clear away a centering cross from Clara Schro-eder.

“Our defense didn’t touch the ball to clear so they had an easy shot from the six-yard box and Abbie couldn’t save it,” Felix said.

The Raiders battled to get a tying goal, but ended up conceding again in the 72nd minute when Morgan Courtney got on the end of a through ball and beat Berg-man to make it 2-0 Lakeland. Medford made several sub-stitutions to try to get on the board, and the moves paid off in the 79th minute when Sydney Emmerich fi red a shot past Thunderbirds keeper Brina Trapp after tak-ing a pass from Courtney Sterzinger. The goal was Em-merich’s fourth in GNC play and moved her into a tie with Greta Saulic of Lakeland for fourth in the GNC in scoring.

Bergman has improved every match she’s played af-ter taking over as the starting keeper and will carry a solid 2.5 goals against average into Medford’s upcoming matches. The Raiders have shown how much they’ve improved over their past two games, only losing by a combined 4-1 to two solid soccer programs. Against Lakeland and Assumption earlier this season, they were defeated by a combined 11-2.

Medford (2-7-2) returns to the pitch tomorrow, Fri-day, in Phillips for a non-conference game. The Loggers previously bested the Raiders 4-1 on April 20. Medford gets back into conference play with a tough test against Northland Pines next Tuesday at home and will be on the road for a GNC match against Newman Catholic next Thursday. All three games have 5 p.m. start times.

Loss to AssumptionWhile the Raiders have come a long way since the

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“We held them pretty good. Coming off our game against Rhinelander and to play Assumption like this was great. Abbie is getting better and better every day,” Medford head coach Dan Felix said.

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champions off the score sheet for the entirety of the fi rst half and much of the second half as well. Medford had chances to strike at Assumption on the counter attack, but Royals goalie Gena Grundhoffer was able to stop all seven shots she faced in the game.

Both sides played a very physical brand of soccer, and in the end it cost the Raiders much more dearly.

“The girls learned a lot about playing this team from the fi rst game. We knew they were going to be physical and some of the girls came out aggressive,” Felix said. In the 79th minute, an Assumption forward was brought down in the penalty area by a hard challenge, giving the Royals a penalty kick and the chance to take the lead. Gracie Wendels took the shot and put it into the lower right corner to bag the game’s fi rst goal.

Medford had a golden chance to equalize in the 84th minute, but another bout of poor fi nishing kept the Raiders from notching a game-tying goal. Medford was awarded a corner kick and Vanessa Laher crossed the ball into the box. It bounced through two Assumption defenders before coming to the feet of Jessica Pai fi ve yards from the goal line. Even with Grundhoffer defend-ing the near post, Pai’s shot wasn’t strong enough to get past the Royals’ keeper. Grundhoffer gave up a rebound, but Ciera Danen’s second chance shot was blasted over the crossbar from point blank range.

“The scoring situation has to improve. We’re still looking for someone to step up. Sydney has the speed, but struggles to put it away sometimes. Our fi nishing is very disappointing so far. The shots are there, we’re just not getting goals,” Felix said.

With their best chance wasted, the Raiders gave up another penalty kick in the 89th minute. Wendels again was up to the task and placed the shot just past the out-stretched hand of Bergman to put the Royals up 2-0 and end the game.

Loss to RhinelanderMedford’s three game unbeaten streak in the GNC

came to a crashing end after a 6-0 loss to the visiting Rhinelander Hodags last Thursday. The Hodags entered the game undefeated and on top of the conference and left no doubts they are the class of the GNC this season.

Facing the top offense in the conference, the Raiders pulled extra numbers back to help defend their goal. Emmerich played as the lone attacker and got several chances on counterattacks in the game, but none that really troubled Rhinelander keeper Sarah Babcock. With eight or nine players behind the ball, Medford was able to smother the Hodags’ offensive chances and held fi rm for the fi rst half hour of the contest before Rhine-lander’s precision passing fi nally broke through their lines. Hodag winger Alayna Franson fi red a shot past Medford keeper Bergman in the 30th minute to break the deadlock. After the goal, the fl oodgates opened.

The Raiders made containing playmaking midfi eld-er Gabby Millot a priority in the contest. Tabbert and Danen shut down several runs by Millot in the fi rst half, but the conference’s top scorer would not be denied. Af-ter taking a pass from Franson, Millot was able to spin

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Ewan sacrifi ceRib Lake’s Austin Ewan attempts to lay down a sac-

rifi ce bunt to move up Dalton Strebig at fi rst base in the third inning of the Redmen’s game in Athens on Friday. He got under the ball, however, and popped out.


Rib Lake blows out two North foes; falls to Marathon and Athens

Rib Lake got a taste of baseball life in the southern half of the Marawood during a 10-0 non-conference loss at home on Tuesday against the Marathon Red Raiders.

The Marawood South-leading Raiders entered the game with a 10-1 record and in the midst of a four-game winning streak after suffering their only loss of the sea-son to Division 2 powerhouse Mosinee on April 27.

“We couldn’t put hits together and left runners on base. It was good for us to face a really good team like Marathon, playing better teams will make us better,” Rib Lake head coach Dick Iverson said.

Raiders pitcher Matt Braun held the Redmen in check throughout the game. He gave up only four hits and two walks over the six inning game, while striking out two.

“Braun was good. He got ahead and we chased pitch-es. He was defi nitely not overpowering, but was good at changing speeds to keep us off balance,” Iverson said.

Marathon scored three runs off Rib Lake starter Jor-dan Cardey in the top of the fi rst. Cardey set them down 1-2-3 in the second, but surrendered four more runs in the third as the Raiders tagged him for four hits. Joe Frombach relieved Cardey and surrendered three more runs over the fi nal two innings.

Cardey went four innings and struck out two while giving up two walks, eight hits and seven earned runs. Carter Hopkins led the team with two base hits, while Dalton Strebig and Cardey collected a base knock each.

Ryan Gassner homered to lead the Raiders. Landen Williamson was a perfect four for four, including a double. Karter Underwood cracked a pair of doubles for Marathon.

The Redmen return to Marawood North action when they travel to Edgar Thursday, tonight. On Monday, they’ll host Chequamegon in a critical game for position atop the North. Both games have 4:45 p.m. fi rst pitches.

“We’ve got some big games coming gown the stretch. If we play well we’re capable of winning all of our re-maining conference games,” Iverson said, “We have time yet to clear some things up, like not being patient at the plate and chasing bad pitches. Pitching we’ve been pretty good and defensively we’ve been consistent. We don’t make a lot of errors, but when we do they’ve been costly.”

Blowout over PrenticeAfter suffering a narrow defeat to Athens on Friday,

the Redmen rebounded in style with a 12-1 victory over the visiting Prentice-Butternut Buccaneers on Monday.

“We played pretty well. We took advantage of some errors and walks,” Iverson said.

Bryan Solis Arenivas got the start for Rib Lake and only gave up one walk and three hits, while striking out eight, to the Buccaneers over four innings of work.

Strebig drew a walk off Prentice-Butternut starter Taylor Brayton to leadoff the bottom of the fi rst. Ewan singled to move him up and he would come around to score the game’s fi rst run on an error by the Buccaneers off the bat of Arenivas. All told, Rib Lake scored fi ve runs in the fi rst. They added four more to their lead in the second, with Strebig again setting the table with a leadoff single. The Redmen added two more runs in the third. Ewan scored the inning’s fi rst run after Arenivas bombed a double to deep center fi eld. Rib Lake added their 12th run in the fourth.

Frombach relieved Arenivas for the fi fth inning and struck out two while giving up one hit.

The Redmen tallied nine hits and seven walks as a team. Austin Ewan led the way by going two for four. Strebig, Cardey, Arenivas and Kyle Matyka all rapped hits in the win.

Loss to AthensLast Friday’s game between the Redmen and Athens

had been circled as a crucial game in the race for the Marawood North title this year. The game lived up to its billing as the Blue Jays defeated Rib Lake in a closely-contested 2-0 game. One huge missed opportunity, fail-ing to score a run after loading the bases with no outs in the top of the fi rst, stands out as the most glaring reason the Redmen couldn’t topple Athens.

Both squads sent out ace pitchers. Shane Coker, the reigning Marawood North Player of the Year, started for the Blue Jays while Jerry Reinhardt took the mound for Rib Lake.

Coker entered the game with a 1.75 ERA, but had

by Sports Reporter Bryan Wegter been a bit wild in 2015 so far. He had walked 12 batters in 12 innings pitched, but the Redmen were only able to draw three walks in the game.

Strebig was a bright spot for Rib Lake. He led off the top of the fi rst with a sharp single to left-center on the fi rst pitch from Coker. Ewan reached base on an error by Athens’ shortstop Lane Tessmer and moved Strebig to second. After an Arenivas walk, it looked like the Redmen had a golden chance to do some major damage.

But Coker settled in and struck out Cardey to notch the fi rst out. Reinhardt stepped to the plate and took two quick strikes to go down in the count. The third pitch was low and outside, but Reinhardt chased the pitch to record the second out of the inning. Blue Jays catch-er Tony Thurs couldn’t hold onto the strike, and Rib Lake’s runners took off, thinking they could advance on a dropped third strike, though the bases were loaded. Before the Redmen could realize their mistake, Thurs fi red the ball over to Marshall Westfall at fi rst, where he tagged Arenivas scrambling back to the base to end the inning. The bungled base-running put an end to Rib Lake’s best opportunity to score in the game.

“The story is we’ve gotta put the ball in play when we have guys on base. That was a crucial moment of the game,” Iverson said.

Reinhardt got Jake Stange on a fl yout to start the bottom half of the fi rst. Thurs singled, but was gunned down by Strebig trying to take second with Coker at the plate. Coker singled to left fi eld, but Tessmer fl ied out to center fi eld to end the threat.

Reinhardt took down the Blue Jays in order in the second and ran into a bit of trouble in the third, but he was able to work out of the jam. He struck out Jared Diers to start the inning, but surrendered a single to Lane Nicholds and a walk to Stange. Thurs fl ew out to left fi eld and Coker went to fi rst on an intentional walk. With the bases loaded, Reinhardt got Tessmer to a full count before punching him out on a pitch outside to es-cape the inning.

After the Redmen went down in order in the fourth, Athens’ offense fi nally broke through. Westfall led off the bottom of the inning with a single and moved up to second on a Collin Ellenbecker base hit. Stange ground-ed into a 6-3 putout, but was able to move the runners up. Diers loaded the bases after reaching on an error by third baseman Noah Weinke. The Redmen committed another error on the next batter as a grounder off the bat of Nicholds plated Westfall to break the 0-0 deadlock. Stange reached base on a fi elder’s choice with the Red-men able to throw out Ellenbecker heading home. Thurs plated Athens’ second run of the game with a single to left that scored Diers. Reinhardt was able to get Coker to ground out to Cardey at second to end the frame.

“Jerry pitched a good game. We gave up a string of hits and combined with some errors, that cost us the game. We had runners on in every inning but just couldn’t come through with the big hit. That game could’ve gone either way,” Iverson said.

Strebig singled and was able to advance to third on an error, but that’s as close as the Redmen would get to scoring over the next three innings. Reinhardt kept the Blue Jays off the board as well and punched out four over his next two innings of work.

Coker went the complete seven innings and struck out nine while giving up only three hits to earn the win, pushing his conference record to 2-0. Reinhardt went six innings for Rib Lake and struck out seven while giving up two walks and eight hits. The loss dropped his record to 1-2 in the Marawood North.

Strebig had two base hits in the game to lead the Red-men, while Carter Hopkins picked up the team’s third hit on a single in the sixth inning.

Win over AbbotsfordRib Lake got its fi rst look at Abbotsford’s ball club

this season and had no trouble putting away the Falcons 20-3 last Thursday.

“Abbotsford has a young and inexperienced team and we took advantage of some errors and walks to get the win. We hit the ball well,” Iverson said.

The Redmen scored two runs in the top of the fi rst and doubled their lead with two more in the second. Rib Lake broke the game open in the middle innings. After six runs in the third and seven in the fourth, the Red-men held a 17-0 lead before the Falcons got a run past Cardey in the bottom of fourth. Rib Lake added three more runs in the fi fth while Abbotsford scored two runs off reliever Frombach.

Ewan led the way by going three for fi ve at the dish and had three RBIs. Strebig had two hits and drove in three runs while Arenivas collected two hits and three RBIs. Weinke was a perfect two for two at the plate and also had two RBIs. Frombach and Reinhardt had a hit each. The Redmen banged out 11 hits and drew nine walks in the win.

Cardey got the win over four innings pitched. He gave up four walks and two hits while striking out two. Frombach pitched the fi nal inning and gave up one hit.

Games in Merrill and Spirit start the 2015 Dairyland League season

Another season of Dairyland League baseball starts on Sunday with two games involving local teams.

The Interwald Woodticks will open their season at Mohr Field to take on the host Spirit Twins at 1:30 p.m., while, at the same time, the Whittlesey Reds will start their season by visiting the Merrill Rangers.

The league has expanded to 13 teams this season. The teams will play each other once in a round-robin, 12-game schedule. Minocqua has dropped out of the Dairyland League, but the Marshfi eld Chaparrals and Tomahawk Titans have returned. The newly-formed Rock Falls Gunners, from the Irma area, have also joined.

Among other local squads, the Rib Lake Osprey will start their season on Friday, May 15 by hosting the Spirit Twins at 7:30 p.m. The Westboro Trojans will open at Whittlesey on Sunday, May 17 at 1:30 p.m. The Greenwood Gamecocks will start their second league season on Saturday, May 23 when they host Rock Falls at Spirit at 1:30 p.m.

The fi nal day of the Dairyland League season will be Saturday, Aug. 1, unless games need to be made up the following day.

That Sunday night, Aug. 2, the Wisconsin Baseball Association will hold its tournament seeding meet-ing. The WBA semifi nals will be played the following weekend, Aug. 7-9, at Rib Lake (hosted by Interwald), River Falls, Coon Valley and Haugen (hosted by the Haugen Knights). The Haugen Hornets host this year’s WBA Finals Aug. 14-16.

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Kaitlin Walsh continued her recent tear by going hitting three doubles and driving in four runs to lead the Medford softball team’s 17-hit barrage in a 16-1, four-inning win at Lakeland on Tuesday.

Most of the damage came in the fourth, when the Raiders piled 13 runs on the Thunderbirds, who remained winless in Great Northern Conference play at 0-6.

Medford, meanwhile, won its second straight game after losing Thursday at league-leading Mosinee. At 5-1, the Raid-ers are in second place in the GNC, a half-game ahead of 5-2 Antigo and Rhine-lander. Mosinee is 6-0.

Sydney Elsner and Chelsea Rausch each had three hits and Jenice Claus-nitzer added a pair of extra-base hits in the fourth inning as Medford improved to 10-4 overall.

“Chelsea did a nice job getting her bunts down and two of Sydney’s hits came on perfectly-placed bunts,” head coach Virgil Berndt said.

Rausch’s fi rst hit was a fi rst-inning single. She scored on Walsh’s double. Two passed balls allowed Walsh to score. Alyssa Loertscher’s sacrifi ce fl y in the third made it 3-0. Then the bats came to life in the fourth.

Tori Lammar started the inning with

nitzer with a hit and scored on Walsh’s double.

Hailee Clausnitzer’s sacrifi ce fl y in the fi fth scored Loertscher, who had doubled again. Rausch’s single scored Klemm, who had walked.

“We fi nally put it all together,” Berndt said. “They were coming off a good 5-3 game with Rhinelander. We hit the ball well and got our bunts down.”

Shut out at MosineeOn Thursday, the Raiders just

couldn’t generate enough offense to stay with Mosinee in an 8-0 loss on the GNC leader’s home diamond.

The Indians, who return the majority of their 2014 WIAA Division 2 state cham-pionship team, did what good teams do by taking advantage of any opening Med-ford gave them.

Berndt was happy with the way Med-ford swung the bats against Mosinee’s standout pitcher Rochelle Koshalek. The Raiders only struck out six times and hit some balls hard. Unfortunately, only two balls fell in for hits. Both were in the same inning.

That was the top of the fourth. With Mosinee leading 2-0, Jenice Clausntizer led off with a single and was bunted to second by Rausch. Walsh singled and stole second to put the tying run in scor-ing position. But Hartl hit a liner right at shortstop Katie Zimick. Koshalek got the third out by getting Elsner to fl y out to right. Elsner was the only other Raider to reach fi rst base. She got on base on a two-out error in the seventh.

A couple of lapses in bunt coverage led to a run-scoring groundout by Mosinee’s Autumn Michlig and a two-out RBI sin-gle from Zimick in the fi rst. A three-run fourth broke it open. Koshalek hit a two-out, two-run homer. Zimick added an RBI single two batters later.

Koshalek belted a run-scoring double and Zimick hit her third RBI single in a three-run sixth.

Hartl struck out fi ve and walked three in fi ve innings. She allowed eight hits and fi ve runs, four of which were earned. Elsner struck out two in the sixth. She allowed four hits and three runs, two of which were earned.

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Then it’s on to Wausau East on Mon-day for a non-conference game with the Lumberjacks. Finally, the Raiders re-turn to their home fi eld on Tuesday to face Tomahawk while starting a critical three-game home stretch. Rhinelander is in town on May 14, followed the next day by Mosinee.

No hits for HatchetsIn what Berndt called Medford’s most

complete outing in some time, the Raid-ers scored 10 runs over the last three in-nings and Hartl and Elsner combined for a fi ve-inning no-hitter in Friday’s 11-0 win at Tomahawk.

Hartl struck out seven and walked one in four innings. Alex Bellile drew a one-out free pass in the fi rst inning and was the only Hatchet to reach base. She nearly reached base again while leading off the fourth. But Lammar, Medford’s catcher, pounced on her surprise bunt and threw a bullet to second baseman Jenice Clausnitzer, who was alertly cov-ering fi rst, to get the out and preserve the no-hitter.

Elsner struck out one in a one-two-three fi fth to fi nish it.

Berndt said the team’s offensive per-formance was encouraging. The top four in the order was responsible for eight of Medford’s 11 hits, led by Walsh’s three-for-four performance. She clubbed a three-run homer to cap Medford’s four-run third inning and added an RBI double in the fourth. Rausch was two for three and scored twice, while Jenice Clausnitzer was two for four and scored twice. Hartl was one for four, but that hit was a run-scoring double in the fi rst, driving in Walsh, who had singled with two outs and moved to second on a wild pitch.

Loertscher broke out of her recent slump with two hard-hit doubles. Hailee Clausnitzer added punch to the bottom of the order with a hit, two runs scored and two driven in.

After Walsh’s homer put Medford up 5-0, the Raiders put it away with a four-run fourth. Loertscher led off with the fi rst of her doubles. She scored on Hailee Clausnitzer’s one-out single. Clausnitzer stole second and scored on her sister Jenice’s base hit. Rausch drove in Claus-

a single and stole second. She scored when Clausnitzer lined a triple. Rausch’s hit scored Clausnitzer. Walsh doubled and Kayla Hartl tripled to drive in runs. After singles by Elsner and Loertscher, Jenna Klemm came off the bench and doubled in a run. Clausnitzer added a double, Rausch singled again and Walsh doubled. Hailee Clausnitzer singled and Elsner doubled before the inning fi nally ended.

Three Medford pitchers had little trouble keeping Lakeland off the score-board. Hartl struck out fi ve and allowed a hit in two innings. Elsner struck out one and allowed a hit in the third. Hailee Clausnitzer walked two and allowed a run and a hit in the fourth.

If the weather holds, Medford will get plenty of game action in the next week. It starts tonight, Thursday, with a trip to Northland Pines, the GNC’s other win-less squad. The Raiders then have a key trip to Rhinelander on Friday. It’s the fi rst of two meetings within a week be-tween the GNC contenders. Those games start at 5 p.m.

The Raiders will play three games in the Gilman-Thorp Slamfest on Saturday. They’ll start at 10 a.m. in Thorp against Arcadia. They’ll play the Gilman Pirates at 2 p.m. and the Hurley Midgets at 4 p.m. in Gilman.

Raiders bounce back from Mosinee loss with two easy GNC wins

Medford’s Klayton Kree and Chas Lehman got on the individual score-board with top-10 fi nishes in Tuesday’s second Great Northern Conference golf meet of the spring.

Kree had a solid round of 88 on Mosinee’s par-72 Indianhead Golf Course to fi nish fourth out of 35 varsity golfers. That score gave him seven points in the GNC’s individual season standings and vaulted him to sixth place through two meets. Kree was 6-over-par on the front nine with a 42 and shot a 46 on the back nine. Kree birdied the 374-yard, par-four second hole.

Lehman got two points with a ninth-place fi nish. He shot a 92 (44-48) to earn Medford’s second-best score of the day. His round included a birdie on the par-four, 418-yard eighth hole.

As a team, the Raiders fi nished fourth with a score of 373. They were one place higher than they were a week ago at Tomahawk. With seven team points, the Raiders sit in fi fth place, two points be-hind Rhinelander and Northland Pines.

Lakeland won Tuesday’s meet with a score of 355, seven shots over meet-one winner Antigo. Antigo holds a 13-12 lead

Kree fi nishes fourth at Indianhead; Scholl shines at Nekoosaby Sports Editor Matt Frey over the T-Birds. After clipping Medford

by one shot last week, Northland Pines was three shots better than the Raiders on Tuesday with a score of 370. Rhine-lander, who was second last week, slid to fi fth with a 392.

Mosinee (402) and Tomahawk (412) rounded out Tuesday’s team scores. They are tied for sixth place with three points apiece.

Mike Knight, Tyler Kadlecek and Spenser Scholl rounded out Medford’s lineup. Knight posted a 96 (47-49) that in-cluded a birdie on the par-four, 391-yard fourth hole. Kadlecek shot a 97 (48-49) in his fi rst GNC meet and parred three holes, including the 17th and 18th holes. Scholl had a tough day on the back nine and fi nished with a 98 (46-52). He had four pars, including three on the front nine.

Lakeland’s Curtis Geiger and Dan Donovan shot a 77 and 78 respectively to again fi nish fi rst and second. They lead the individual standings with 20 and 18 points. AJ Skarbek of Northland Pines was third on Tuesday, shooting an 82. He climbs into fourth place in the standings with 10.5 points, one point behind Anti-go’s Zach Falk. Falk shot an 89 on Tues-day to tie his teammate Luke Schroeder for fi fth in the meet.

The third GNC meet of the spring is set for Friday at 2 p.m. at Rhinelander’s Northwood Golf Club. Medford will host Tomahawk on Monday in a nine-hole varsity and JV dual meet at Tee-Hi Golf Course that starts at 4:30 p.m.

GNC meets four and fi ve will be Tues-day at Antigo and May 14 at Northland Pines.

Scholl’s 84 leads teamScholl shot a fi ne round of 84 to lead

Medford to a seventh-place team fi nish in the Large School Division and ninth overall in the 20-team Nekoosa Invita-tional Thursday on The Pines course at Lake Arrowhead.

Scholl, a sophomore, had a strong run of six straight pars on holes one through six, a stretch that includes a 517-yard par fi ve and four 350-yard plus par fours. He wound up with a 7-over-par 43 on the front nine after two double bogeys and a triple. But he was consistent on the back nine, recording a 5-over-par 41 that in-cluded four pars and fi ve bogeys.

Scholl placed eighth in the individual standings and sixth among Large School golfers. Dawson Hinz of Baraboo was the meet medalist with a 77. Derek Michal-ski of Marshfi eld and Mike Contino of

Baraboo each shot 81s. Charlie Okray of Stevens Point II and Sam Marks of Berlin both shot 82s. Hunter Gage of Marathon and Taylor Thomas of Stevens Point I carded 83s.

Kree shot a 93 (49-44) that included a birdie on the 162-yard, par-three 17th hole. Knight fi nished with a score of 95 (49-46). He parred the 17th and the par-fi ve 460-yard 18th holes, as well as the par-three seventh and par-four 12th. Lehman posted a 96 (47-49) that included four pars.

Freshman Dain Strick made his var-sity debut and shot a 103 (50-53) that in-cluded pars on the 17th and 18th holes as well as the 516-yard par-fi ve ninth hole.

Baraboo shot a 345 to edge Stevens Point I by one stroke and Stevens Point II by two shots for the team championship. Marshfi eld shot a 349. Wausau West and Berlin both carded 360s, with Berlin win-ning the Small School Division. Reeds-burg (362) and Marathon (365) were just ahead of Medford (368).

The rest of the team scores were: 10. Newman Catholic, 371; 11. Wautoma-Wild Rose, 383; 12. D.C. Everest, 386; 13. Westfi eld, 393; 14. Wisconsin Rapids, 408; 15. Mosinee and Nekoosa, 409; 17. Adams-Friendship and Wisconsin Rapids As-sumption, 447; 19. Amherst, 522; 20. Black River Falls, incomplete.

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Katelynn Monson and Camryn Skabroud each earned their fi rst event victories of the spring to help lead the Gilman girls track and fi eld team to a third-place fi n-ish at Thursday’s seven-team Cornell-Lake Holcombe Knights Invitational.

Monson, a junior, won the triple jump, beating fi ve other competitors with a leap of 29 feet, 4.25 inches. It was the fi rst time she had been entered in the event this season. She beat runner-up Kayla Vavra of Cornell-Lake Holcombe by 0.75 inches. Skabroud added a fi fth-place jump of 25-2.5. It was the freshman’s fi rst time in the triple jump as well.

Monson added a third-place fi nish in the 200-meter dash with her time of 32 seconds. Jordan Geist of Cor-

Two weeks before hosting the Eastern Cloverbelt Conference meet, the Gilman track and fi eld squads continued to improve results, experiment with the line-up and gear up for the season’s home stretch while host-ing a fi ve-team invite on Tuesday.

The Lady Pirates scored 68 points to beat conference foes Owen-Withee (46) and Colby (39) and place third in the meet, which was won by Cadott with 108 points. La-dysmith was second with 82 points.

The boys got four wins, two from Ethan Aldinger, but couldn’t keep pace with the rest of the fi eld. The Pi-rates were fi fth with 57 points, just behind Owen-With-ee (68), Ladysmith (64) and Colby (63). Cadott completed a sweep of the team titles with 114 points.

In the girls meet, Gilman did much of its scoring in the fi eld events, winning three times. Senior Rachel Heier won both of the throwing events to lead the way. Her season-best throw of 89 feet, 1 inch in the discus gave her a comfortable margin of victory. Kelly Flackey of Ladysmith was nearly 12 feet behind at 77-5. Heier’s toss of 28-1 in the shot put gave her a 9-inch margin over Caodtt’s Morgan Spaeth. Flackey was third at 25-11. Gil-man’s Amanda Dahl added a point in the shot put with a toss of 24-4. She was 10th in the discus at 55-2.

Kyla Schoene won the high jump competition, beat-ing fi ve other entrants by clearing 4-4. Abby Bullard of Ladysmith and Charlene Holte of Cadott tied for second at 4-2. The Pirates did some damage in the triple jump. Katelynn Monson led the way with a second-place jump of 30-2.5, her best jump so far. The only jumper better was Cadott’s Elizabeth Kyes at 33-5.5. Schoene was third at 29-7.25, triple jumping for the fi rst time this spring. Makaylen Skabroud got the fi fth-place point at 27-10.25, also jumping for the fi rst time this season. Camryn Sk-abroud was seventh at a season-best 26-9.5.

Makaylen Skabroud went 14-3.5 in the long jump, set-ting a season-best mark and earning second place, 2.75 inches behind Ladysmith’s Megan Effertz. Schoene was fi fth at 13-4.75. Mackenzie Webster was 12th at 11-5.

Desireé Budzinski was Gilman’s lone winner on the track. She pushed through the wind halfway through the race and pulled away to win the 400-meter dash in 1:07.59, beating Cadott’s Lakin Rykal by 2.79 seconds. Budzinski also took fourth in the 100-meter dash at 14.58 seconds, while Hailey Zach was 14th in 16.5 seconds. Zach was 10th in the 200-meter dash at 33.96 seconds.

Camryn Skabroud was one of the meet’s bright spots in her individual races. First, she passed Ladysmith’s Aleya Steckel on the last lap and took fi fth in the

1,600-meter run at 6:34.99, just off her season-best time. Later on, she tracked down two of three Colby Hornets who were running ahead of her in the last 150 meters of the 800-meter race fi nished third in 2:53.78, 0.4 seconds behind Colby’s Kaylie Donahue. Joanna Riihinen of Owen-Withee won in 2:50.49.

Mackenzie Elwood was fourth in the 300-meter low hurdles at 1:01.66.

Elwood, Webster, Monson and Makaylen Skabroud were fourth in the 400-meter relay at 58.68 seconds. La-dysmith won easily in 54.85 seconds, 3.16 seconds ahead of Cadott. Zach, Camryn Skabroud, Elwood and Makay-len Skabroud were second in a two-team race in the 1,600-meter relay. They fi nished in 5:18.72. Cadott won in 4:35.35.

Taking a break from the long jump, where he’s been hovering around the 20-foot mark, Aldinger stuck to the sprints in Tuesday’s boys meet.

He pushed ahead of Owen-Withee’s Bryce Niemi by 0.24 seconds and won the 100-meter dash in 12.32 sec-onds. Teammate Bobby Quinnell was 14th in 15.56 sec-onds. Later, Aldinger made another strong push in the second half of the race to win the 200-meter dash in 24.55 seconds, 0.48 seconds ahead of Ladysmith’s Kyle Lehm-an. Tyler Boie just missed getting the fi fth-place point, taking sixth for Gilman in 26.88 seconds.

Senior Colton Schmitt earned another discus vic-tory Tuesday. His best throw sailed 144-1 to easily beat Owen-Withee’s Will Maki (131-9). Quinnell was seventh at 89-7 and Parker Rosemeyer was 12th at 76-5. Schmitt added two fourth-place points in the shout put with a toss of 37-11.5. Quinnell was seventh (31-5.5) and Rose-meyer was ninth (30-7.5).

Gilman started things on the track with a win in the 3,200-meter relay. Bryce Sromek, Tyler Swoboda, Ryan Tkachuk and Anthony Guentner fi nished in 9:45.97, beating Colby by 4.12 seconds. Boie, Schmitt, Travis Lato and Aldinger ran the 800-meter relay in 1:41.82 to take second, 0.17 seconds ahead of Cadott and 2.93 sec-onds behind Ladysmith. Schmitt, Lato, Swoboda and Ryan Tkachuk were second in the 1,600-meter relay at

4:09.85, ahead of Ladysmith (4:45.84) and trailing Cadott (3:46.52).

Sromek scored well for Gilman, taking third in the 3,200-meter run at 11:53.28, third in the pole vault by clearing 8-6 and fourth in the 1,600-meter run at 5:28.64. Guentner was fi fth in the 3,200 meters at 12:47.82 and seventh in the 1,600 meters at 5:54.88.

Gilman will next compete on Tuesday in Chippewa Falls in a meet hosted by McDonell Central. The meet starts at 4:15 p.m. The Pirates will be at the Cadott Invi-tational on May 15.

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Hunter Swan and Mariah Thums each won twice to lead Rib Lake’s track and fi eld squads in Thursday’s Stratford In-vitational.

Swan won the 100-meter and 400-meter dashes and took fourth in both throws to lead the boys to a fourth-place fi nish in the eight-team meet. Thums won the 1,600-meter and 3,200-meter runs to help the girls take third out of seven teams.

Swan joined Nick Eisner and Ricky Boomer as individual winners for the boys, who scored 92 points to beat Colby (84), Prentice (41), Athens (28) and Wis-consin Valley Lutheran (2). Stratford had 150 points to outscore Auburndale (106) and Wisconsin Rapids Assumption (105) and win the meet.

Swan’s 100-meter win came with a time of 12.29 seconds. He beat Stratford’s Jesse Dickmann by 0.11 seconds. His 400-meter time was 54.57 seconds. He beat Stratford’s Kyle Giebel by 0.4 seconds to win it. Eisner was eighth in 1:02.5 and Donald Dums was 11th in 1:05.14. Dums later took second in the 3,200-meter run at 11:25.16. Conner Dolan of Assumption won that race in 10:44.15.

“Hunter’s time has been coming down in the 400, which is good,” Rib Lake head coach Mark Krommenacker said Friday.

Swan, Thums win twice; Rib Lake teams 3rd and 4th at Stratford“He was at 54.5. We’re hoping to get him under 54 quickly. He knows he has some things to tweak and work on to get his time down there.”

Eisner contributed 18 individual points in the jumps. He won the long jump with a distance of 18 feet, 2.5 inch-es. His main competition, Jesse Isaacson of Prentice, scratched on all three of his jumps. Prentice’s Dalton Rohde was sec-ond with a jump of 17-10.25. Rib Lake’s Zach Makovsky was ninth at 15-9.25. Isaa-cson won the triple jump at 40-10.5, while Eisner nabbed second place at 39-3.5.

Boomer won the 110-meter high hur-dles in 19.16 seconds, edging Abbotsford’s Tyler Kunze by 1.07 seconds. He ran the 300-meter intermediate hurdles in 50.2 seconds to take second, 0.75 seconds ahead of Stratford’s Chris Zuelke. Kolt Linzmeier of Assumption won it in 44.26 seconds.

Swan threw the discus 103 feet, while Cody Blomberg got the eighth-place point at 86-5 and Josh Probst was 18th. Swan thew the shot put 37-5.5, while Blomberg was 13th at 30-11.5. Kasey Kollmansberg-er of Abbotsford won both events with throws of 134-6 and 49-5.75.

Damon Lueck, Dums, Probst and Eis-ner got third in the 3,200-meter race at 9:51.13. They trailed Assumption (8:54.97) and Colby (9:43.2). Makovsky, Lueck,

Cody Blomberg and Jordan Blomberg took fourth in the 400-meter relay at 52.94 seconds and Jordan Blomberg, Boomer, Makovsky and Cody Blomberg were sixth in the 1,600-meter race at 4:20.74.

Probst got a point by taking eighth in the 800-meter run at 2:30.91. Lueck was 10th in the 1,600-meter run at 5:31.13 and Probst was right behind him at 5:43.02.

In the girls meet, Thums’ win in the 1,600-meter race came with a time of 6:01.71. She fi nished with a comfortable 10.59-second margin over Abbotsford’s Jenny Kocian. Her 3,200-meter time was 13:04.55, good for a 31.2-second margin over runner-up Emily Gurtner of Colby.

“Mariah had personal bests in both the mile and two-mile, so that was nice to see,” Krommenacker said.

Thums also tied teammate Bryanne Bruger for 10th in the discus. Both had throws of 64-1. Bruger added a 10th-place throw of 24-7.5 in the shot put.

Ciara Scheithauer continued her re-cent success in the 400-meter dash, win-ning it with a time of 1:07.05. She nudged past Stratford’s Johnelle Miner by 0.53 seconds. Scheithauer was fourth in the 200-meter dash at 29.43 seconds, 1.11 sec-onds behind winner Jaelyn Friedenfels of Abbotsford, and she was fourth in the 100-meter dash at 14.3 seconds, a race won by Stratford’s Emily Hanke in 13.74

seconds. Rib Lake’s Casey Scheithauer was 10th in 14.84 seconds, Emily Espi-noza was 16th and Caitlyn Fitzl was 27th. Espinoza had a strong showing in the 800-meter run later in the meet, taking fourth in 2:49.94. Miner won in 2:41.22.

Ciara Scheithauer cleared 4-4 to tie for fi fth in the high jump. Michaela Blom-berg was eighth at 4 feet. Blomberg took fourth in the 100-meter high hurdles in 21.23 seconds.

Espinoza, Casey Scheithauer, Blom-berg and Fitzl teamed up to take third in the 1,600-meter relay at 5:04.6. Stratford won in 4:27.99. Casey Scheithauer, Blom-berg, Corissa Scheithauer and Fitzl were eighth in the 400-meter relay at 1:03.43

Corissa Scheithauer was 12th in the triple jump at 25-5 and 17th in the long jump at 11-5.25. Espinoza was 16th in the long jump at 11-6.75.

Stratford (222) and Abbotsford (145) were far ahead of the rest of the fi eld in the team standings. Rib Lake’s 66.5 points clipped Assumption by a point and a half and Prentice by two. Colby (43) was sixth and Athens (20) was seventh.

Rib Lake hosts its annual meet today, Thursday, at 4:30 p.m. with Chequa-megon, Phillips and Prentice expected to attend. The Redmen are at Edgar’s Schultz Invitational on Monday and the Flambeau Invitational on May 14.

For the second straight game, the Rib Lake Lady Redmen showed that no lead, no matter how large, is safe once their bats come to life. The Prentice-Butternut Buccaneers blasted the Redmen for 10 runs over the fi rst four innings, but the home side was able to rally and kept the game from ending after fi ve innings.

It wasn’t quite enough however, as the Buccaneers escaped the Marawood North game on with a 14-9 vic-tory and extend Rib Lake’s losing skid to eight games.

“Errors cost us. I think we’re at a level where we can beat a team like Prentice. We didn’t get our heads down after falling behind 8-0. At the beginning of last week,

the girls would’ve dropped their heads and it would’ve been 16-0. They battled back, they fought back and they made some big plays and got their bats going fi nally,” Rib Lake head coach Bruce Peterson said.

The Buccaneers downed the Redmen 11-1 in their earlier meeting back on April 14, and Monday’s game looked like it would be headed the same direction after Rib Lake fell behind 8-0 on Prentice-Butternut’s three-spot in the top of the third. Buccaneer pitcher Brianna Schellin had held the Redmen to zero runs over the fi rst two innings, but Rib Lake got a hit parade going in the bottom of the third. Emily Richardson got the in-ning started with a single out of the nine hole. Hailey Wudi followed with a walk. Both runners advanced on a groundout by Erin Probst. Ciara Scheithauer drove in a run with a single, one of her team leading four hits in the game. Regan Dobbs, Scheithauer and Victoria Good-noe all came around to score as well to put the Redmen down only 8-5.

Prentice-Butternut extended its lead to 10-5 in the top of the fourth. Rib Lake couldn’t chip into the defi cit in the fourth, but Hailey Wudi, in relief of Dobbs, kept the Bucs off the board in the fi fth to give her teammates a chance to cut into the lead in the bottom half. Dobbs, Goodnoe and Hailey Duerr all scored runs and the Red-men pulled to within two again.

Prentice-Butternut scored two more runs in the sixth. Following a Probst fl y out to open the bottom of the in-ning, Scheithauer crushed a ball halfway up the fence in center fi eld for a double and wound up scoring the Redmen’s ninth run on a single by Goodnoe after Dobbs fl ew out to left fi eld. Rib Lake couldn’t get a big inning going in the seventh despite getting two base runners.

In addition to her four hits, Scheithauer stole three bases and scored two runs. Goodnoe was two for three and drove in two runs.

Dobbs and Wudi gave up 15 hits and six walks, while striking out six. Schellin earned the win by giving up 12 hits and three walks.

The Redmen are back in action in another Marawood North game at Edgar. On Monday, they’ll host confer-ence contender Chequamegon. Both games have 4:45 p.m. start times.

“We’re young and the girls are still learning. The girls have got some confi dence and we’ll try to take an-other step forward against Edgar,” Peterson said.

Loss to AthensEven in defeat, the Redmen showed they haven’t lost

their fi ghting spirit even after a spring of struggles thus far. After falling behind 10-0 to the Marawood North leading Athens Blue Jays last Friday, Rib Lake rallied for fi ve runs in the fi nal two innings to cut the fi nal line to 10-5. The fi ve-run defeat represented a massive improvement over the two sides’ previous meeting this

year, a 20-2 Athens win on April 7. “They didn’t hit the ball as hard as they did when we

played down in Athens. To play with a team like Athens was great. I’m not a big moral victory kind of guy, but this defi nitely was one,” Peterson said.

After four innings the Blue Jays held only a 3-0 lead. Athens did not throw its top pitcher, reigning Mara-wood North player of the year Kyncaide Diedrich, but number-two starter Paige Denzine proved more than ca-pable of keeping the Redmen off the board over the fi rst fi ve innings. Rib Lake didn’t pick up its fi rst hit until the sixth inning. Dobbs did her best to keep her team in the game as the hitters continued to struggle. Over the fi rst four innings, she struck out four Blue Jays and gave up only four hits to the visiting side.

“Regan was hitting her spots all night and Hailey was making plays all night at shortstop,” Peterson said.

Athens fi nally cracked Dobbs in the top of the fi fth for fi ve runs. Most of the damage came on a three-run homer by Hanna Ellenbecker.

Dobbs gave up an RBI single to Diedrich in the top of the sixth to push the score to 9-0. Diedrich would score later in the inning to put the Redmen down 10 going into the bottom half of the inning.

After being silent for the fi rst fi ve innings, Rib Lake’s bats roared to life. Probst and Scheithauer singled to start the sixth inning rally. After Dobbs fl ew out to left fi eld, Goodnoe walked to load the bases. Jasmine Fitzl singled home Probst and Scheithauer was able to score after stealing second and getting home on a passed ball.

Dobbs kept the defi cit from growing by working around a leadoff single by Bernice Lira in the seventh.

Wudi got the Redmen’s last inning charge started with a single. She stole her way to second before Probst singled to move her to third. Probst took second on a stolen base as Scheithauer plated Wudi with a dou-ble. Dobbs singled to score Probst and Fitzl drove in Scheithauer with a double two batters later to pull Rib Lake to within fi ve before Denzine struck out Montana Marzinske and got Richardson on a ground out to end the game.

Probst and Scheithauer collected two hits and two runs scored each. Fitzl swiped three bases, while Wudi had two stolen bases. Dobbs gave up nine hits and three walks over seven innings, while striking out six.

Diedrich, Ellenbecker, Emily Czech and Lira all had two hits for Athens. Diedrich stole four bases and also drew two walks.

Loss to AbbotsfordThe Abbotsford Falcons proved to be too much to

handle for Rib Lake last Thursday during a 17-0 fi ve in-ning blowout win in Abbotsford.

Losing streak hits eight for RL softball with three North defeatsby Sports Reporter Bryan Wegter

Painful swingRib Lake’s Hailey Duerr grimaces as she fouls a ball

off her foot during her at-bat in the fi fth inning of Mon-day’s game against Prentice. Duerr reached on an error in this at-bat and eventually scored.


Migratory bird day International Migratory Bird Day set for May 9 includes many opportunities to view birds in their natural habi-

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Come celebrate birds at the 5th annual International Migratory Bird Day Celebration at Perkinstown Winter Sports Area in Taylor County on Saturday, May 9, from 6 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. This year’s theme is “Restore Habitat, Restore Birds.”The celebration starts at 6 a.m. with a guided bird watching walk. Two additional walks will follow -- another bird walk at 7:30 a.m. and a wildfl ower/bird walk at 9 a.m.

Activities throughout the day include nature games and displays about improving bird habitat. At 10:30 there will be a hands-on habitat restoration project and a noon bird talk will include a live owl. The afternoon will provide a guided bird watching tour by bus of the

Miller Dam area.All activities are free and for all ages. Lunch will be

available on site.For more information and a complete schedule, go

to the Chequamegon Bird Club website, www.chequa-megonbirdclub.org, email [email protected] , or call 715-229-2022.

The bird day celebration is hosted by the Chequamegon Bird Club. Major supporters in-clude Miller Dam Lake Association, Taylor County Sportsman’s Club, and Taylor County Tourism.

International Migratory Bird Day Celebration set for May 9, events around Taylor County

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On Monday, May 11 the MASH choirs will host their Spring Concert at 7 p.m. in Raider Hall. The performing groups will include Concert Choir, Show Choir, Men’s Choir, and Treble Choir. Their selections will include music from a wide variety of genres including spiritu-als, barbershop, world music, contemporary choral music and the senior song.

At this program, students will be recognized for their achievements at both district and state Solo and Ensemble and department awards will be given out. The

National Choral Award will also be given to a deserv-ing senior member of Concert Choir. To receive this award the student must not only be extremely musically talented, but also very involved in the choral program and show leadership qualities throughout their entire choir career.

This concert is free and open to the public. Come to MASH on Monday, May 11 at 7 p.m. and show support for these very talented students.

Thursday, May 7Pulled Pork Dinner serving 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the

Curtiss Fire Station.MASH Drama Department presents Of Mice and

Men at 7:30 p.m. at The MASH Red-White Theatre.

Friday, May 8Historic St. Ann’s Brat & Burger Sale from 10 a.m.

to 5 p.m. at County Market. Annual Medfford Area Fire Department Smelt &

Haddock Fry at 4 p.m to fi nish at Medford Fire Hall.MASH Drama Department presents Of Mice and

Men at 7:30 p.m. at The MASH Red-White Theatre.

Saturday, May 9Migratory Bird Day at Perkinstown Winter Sports

Area from 6 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.Children’s Day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Wesland

Greenhouse. Feet-N-Motion Dance Studio presents Cirque de

Dance at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. at MAMS auditorium.Tammy Graumann 9th Annual Fight the Cancer

Ride starting at noon from Chelsea Conservation Club and music by The Wise Guys from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m.

Doubles Pool Tournament at Step N Up starting at 1 p.m.

Wine & Food Pairing Event for JDRF from 4 to 7 p.m. at Marilyn’s.

Pot Belly Pub, Mother’s Day specials from 4 to 9 p.m.MASH Drama Department presents Of Mice and

Men at 7:30 p.m. at The MASH Red-White Theatre.Brad Emanuel at The Roost Bar & Crazy Cow Grill

starting at 8:30 p.m.DJ Graffi c Sound at Hacienda from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Tuesday, May 12Medford Area Community Theatre will hold audi-

tions for A Bad Year for Tomatoes at 7 p.m. at MASH Red-White Theatre.

Wednesday, May 13Medford Area Community Theatre will hold audi-

tions for A Bad Year for Tomatoes at 7 p.m. at MASH Red-White Theatre.

Friday, May 154th Annual Medford Gun Show from 3 to 8 p.m. at

Simek Recreation Center.Live Comedian at the GAD Bar starting at 8 p.m.

Saturday, May 164th Annual Medford Gun Show from 8 a.m. to 4

p.m. at Simek Recreation Center.

May 29-317th Annual Softball Tournament at Gad Bar.

Saturday, May 30Bean Bag tournament at Korner Bar.

Tuesday, July 9The Medford Area Community Theatre presents A

Bad Year for Tomatoes at 7 p.m. in the MASH Red & White Theatre.

Wednesday, July 10The Medford Area Community Theatre presents A

Bad Year for Tomatoes at 7 p.m. in the MASH Red & White Theatre.

Sunday, May 10Boozer’s Bar & Grill, serving until 3 p.m.Camp 28, buffet from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.Centennial Community Center, brunch 9:30 a.m. to

1 p.m.Chequamegon Sportsmen’s Club, breakfast 7 to 11

a.m.The High View, lunch 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and dinner

4 to 9 p.m.Hill of Beans, specials 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.Happy Joe’s Sunday Smorgasbord from 11 a.m. to

1:30 p.m.

Jerkwater Express, buffet 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.Korner Bar, special menu.McDonald’s, breakfast special until 10:30 a.m.Mesquite Grill & Pub, buffet 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.Mondeaux Dam, buffet from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.P&E Steakhouse, dinner 4 to 9 p.m.The Rail Trail Cafe, dinner 10 a.m. to close. Rib River Bar & Grill, buffet from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.Simek Recreation Center, buffet 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.The Turtle Club, buffet 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and evening

dinner specials starting at 4 p.m.

Medford Area Senior High School choirs plan spring concert

Mother’s Day dining specials at area restaurants

‘Of Mice and Men’The Medford Area Senior High School Theatre Department will have a production of “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck. The play opens May 7 and runs through

May 9 with shows at 7:30 p.m. each day. Cast members are Colin Porten, Jared Wiese, Riley Kraucyk, Richard Colwel, Joseph Frey, Megan Clark, Andrew Reuter, Chandler Mueller and Augustin “Gus” Mahner.


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“I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog,” Candy in John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men.”

John Steinbeck published “Of Mice and Men” in 1937 and adapted the short novel into a play while it was still on the bestsellers list. In the nearly 80 years since its release it has been performed across the country and made into mov-ies. The Medford Area Senior High School Theatre Department production of the American clas-sic runs May 7-9 at the Red-White Theatre with shows starting at 7:30 p.m.

“Of Mice and Men” tells the story of displaced migrant ranch workers George Milton (played by Colin Porten) and Lennie Small (played by Jared Wiese) during the Great Depression in California. The two men have a dream of buying their own place someday and settling down, however, circumstances work against them.

The gritty, serious nature of the play marks a major departure from past productions at the school and was a wel-come challenge to the student actors.

Andrew Reuter, who will graduate in a few weeks, has been in every school production during his high school

career. He noted for the most part, they have been musicals and comedies. “All plays I have done have been farces. This is the fi rst time I have had to put on a straight face for a long time,” Reuter said.

Reuter said the cast compensates for the serious tone of the play being less serious off stage during rehears-

als. The student actors welcomed playing more serious roles, not-ing it helps them develop as more well-rounded per-formers.

Reuter plays Slim, the jerk-line skinner, who he described as a “sagely man” who exists mainly as a way for the main character to share his story. “He is a means for George to elabo-rate on Lenny and George’s past life and he gives Lenny a puppy,” Reuter said.

While people today are far removed from the

depression-era ranch hands in the story, Reuter said he still thinks people will get the message. “I don’t think people have a grasp on actually how bad it was then,” he said.

The story deals with several deeper themes including the the idea that some-times bad things happen and you have to deal with them.

“It doesn’t matter how much you plan, unforeseen things happen any-

way,” said Chandler Mueller. Mueller plays the character Carlson, who he describes as “kind of the bad guy.”

“There is a good chance the audience will be able to get the deeper meanings in the story,” said Riley Kraucyk. He plays Candy, the 80-year-old farmhand whose old sheepdog is killed by Carlson and who worries he is also on his last legs.

The book is required reading for sophomores at Medford Area Senior High School and many in the cast went from studying the book in second quarter English classes to bringing the characters to life in the play. “Becoming

the character you just read about is fun,” Mueller said.

For the teenage actors, one of the ma-jor challenges in the play is the vocabu-lary of the characters. Reuter noted the slang is completely different between the 1930s and now. For example he said some words like “et” were heavily used. While Reuter said it is not as hard as understanding Shakespeare, the gram-mar and words used makes it a bit of a challenge.

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Colin Porten (left) plays George and Jared Wiese plays Lennie, the two main characters in the play.

“The Boss” (Richard Colwel) (left) warns Candy (Riley Kraucyk) to stay away from “Curley’s Wife” (Megan Clark).

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The showcase event of the weekend is the MASH Theatre Department’s presentation of “Of Mice and Men.” Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 7, Friday, May 8 and Saturday, May 9 at the Red-White Theatre. Tickets are available at the MASH offi ce.

On Saturday, the artist in residence workshop with Nikki Farmer will focus on “Fun with Metal.” This is an

invitation only program on Saturday morning for third third and fourth grades from 9 to 10:15 a.m. and for fi fth and sixth grades from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m.

The public is invited to view an art exhibit in Raider Hall. The show is open May 7 from 4 to 9 p.m., May 8 from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and May 9 from 8 a.m. to noon and 6 to 9 p.m. There is no admission charge.

The show will feature senior and individual student shows, second semester student work, elementary and Medford Area Middle School artwork; the Top 10 Art Awards; the VFW Patriotic poster contest winners; Medford Area School District Employee art; and art produced by alumni.

Alumni can contact Sharon Hause at MASH to re-serve a space.

Fine arts weekend set for May 7-9

Brett Paul painted this image of a Lion which will be displayed during the fi ne arts weekend at Medford Area Senior High School.

Seth Oliver produced this artwork. It will be displayed as part of the show this weekend.

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Tennis team mixes it up with Hodags and Dockers

3-on-3The second annual Medford Spring 3-on-3 Shootout was held Saturday at Medford

Area Senior High and Medford Area Elementary School, bringing 40 teams including players in third through eighth grades. Above, Nick Gerstberger of the Reckin’ Red-men fi ghts off determined post defense by Alex Schroeder of The Pros of Medford in seventh grade boys play. The Reckin’ Redmen won this game and their bracket.

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tigo. Beside the host Red Robins, they’ll also face Phillips. That meet begins at 3 p.m. On Saturday, they’ll travel to Wis-consin Rapids Lincoln for a quad meet, which starts at 9 a.m. Medford will then welcome Antigo for a conference dual on Tuesday. That meet begins at 5 p.m. The dual will be the Raiders last chance to tune up before the GNC conference meet next Saturday, May 16, at Antigo.

0-2 in double dualThe Raiders took a pair of team losses

at a triangular meet in Rhinelander last Thursday. Medford completed their day with a 2-5 loss to the host Hodags after losing to the Ashland Oredockers, also with a 2-5 result.

“Medford tennis took a step forward this year. Rhinelander is the defending conference champion and the way things are looking, they may be in the driver’s seat entering the conference tourna-ment. What ended up being a 2-5 loss, could’ve gone 4-3 in our favor. It was neat to see the quality of tennis being played,” Bucki said.

The day’s most exciting matches oc-curred during the Raiders’ matches against the Hodags. At number-one sin-gles, Payne won a hard fought fi rst game 7-6 over Cody Vinger. In the second game, Payne went down 5-2 before rallying to take a 6-5 lead, though he would lose the tiebreaker. In the third game, Payne blew by Vinger 6-0 to win the match.

“Sammy showed a lot of persever-ance to come back and win the third set,” Bucki said.

Wrage was downed by Logan Wild at two singles, 6-3, 6-4. Zick couldn’t get a game win as he was defeated 6-0, 6-0 by Matt O’Melia at three singles. Markus Johnson blasted Alec Veal at four singles with a pair of 6-0 game wins.

Number-one doubles pair Brost and

Silva suffered a tightly contested loss to Felipe Meza and Jared Fabich, 6-7, 4-6. Joe Phillips and Douglas Schumacher thumped Ryan Kovac and Austin Mar-quardt 6-1 and 6-0 at two doubles to get the win for Medford.

“Joe and Doug continue to show their consistency and ability to play the ball from anywhere on the court. They are constantly talking, celebrating and set-ting goals, that’s a huge reason they’re undefeated,” Bucki said.

The number-three doubles match be-tween Medford’s Josh Brooks and Evan Zick and Rhinelander’s Grant Gilbert and Duncan Seidel was also a battle of closely matched pair. Brooks and Zick eked out a 7-6 win in the fi rst game before losing the second 6-7. In the decisive tie-breaker set, the Hodags duo won 10-5 to take the match.

Medford shook up their lineup for its match with Ashland. Alex Zick took the one singles spot and was swept with a pair of 6-0 losses to Zach Whiting. Brooks moved up to the two spot and went down 6-1, 6-1 to Luke Sherry. At three singles, Veal couldn’t contend with Porter Beil-fuss as he fell in two games, 1-6, 0-6. Evan Zick suffered a pair of 6-0 losses to Tobias Bar at the four spot.

Payne and Wrage teamed up at one doubles to get one of the Raiders two wins. They took down Donnell Soulak and Mike Maple 6-2, 6-4 to earn the two-game victory. Brost and Silva competed at the two slot and lost 6-7 in the fi rst game before falling 3-6 in the second. Medford’s other win came at three doubles, where Phillips and Schumacher took down Erik VanHorn and Eric Korpela with a 6-4 fi rst game win followed by a 6-3 second game.

“Tennis is known as an individual sport, but it’s clear every individual on this team is not just playing for them-selves or his partner but rather the whole

team. That’s what high school athletics are about: working towards a shared goal,” Bucki said.

Raiders sweep LoggersMedford got its most convincing tennis

win of the spring with a 7-0 sweep of the Phillips Loggers on the road on Tuesday, April 28. The Raiders didn’t have much trouble with the GNC cellar-dwelling Loggers and only lost seven games total amongst their seven matches, which in-cluded three forfeit wins. Payne trounced Luke Heidenrich at number one singles, 6-1 and 6-0. At number two singles, Wrage got a little resistance from Sam Nowak in the fi rst game (6-3), but shut his opponent down to take the match with a 6-0 second game. Shear started his number three singles match with Vincent Ringersma with a 6-0 fi rst game win before taking the match with a 6-3 game two score. Alex Zick won by forfeit at four singles.

The number one doubles team of Brost and Silva easily dispatched Hariharan Jayaprakash and Michael Prochnow with a pair of 6-0 game wins. Two doubles pair Phillips and Schumacher and num-ber three doubles team Brooks and Evan Zick both were awarded wins by forfeit.

The Wednesday Ladies Golf League will hold an kick-off dinner and meet-ing on Wednesday, May 20 beginning at 5:30 p.m. at High View Inn. League play begins May 20 with open tee times from 8:30-10:30 a.m. Persons interested in join-ing the league or for dinner and meeting reservations, contact Nancy Wokcik at 715-748-2724.

Sports Shorts

MLB Pitch, Hit and Run here SaturdayA Major League Baseball Pitch, Hit

and Run local competition will be held on Saturday, May 9 at 10:30 a.m. on Medford Area Senior High’s baseball diamond.

Pre-registration will start at 9:45 a.m., followed by the competition, which is open to boys in 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 and 13-14 age groups. The child’s age as of July 17 determines which group he is in.

Age group winners have the oppor-tunity to participate at the sectional level at Owen-Withee on May 17.

If the weather is questionable, it’s planned to have an announcement on WKEB 99.3 FM or a message will be posted on the Medford Raiders Base-ball Facebook page.

For more information, call Justin Hraby at 715-965-7376.

First-place and second-place trophies were awarded in each age group at Sat-urday’s Medford Spring 3-on-3 Shootout. The tournament drew 40 teams to Med-ford Area Senior High and Medford Area Elementary School.

Trophy-winning teams are listed be-low:

Boys WinnersGrades 3-4: First –– Deadeye War-

riors (Brett Lundy, Tucker Kraemer, Zach Rudolph, and Logan Baumgart-ner). Second –– Westside Ballerz (Beckett Teske, Eli Gustaufson, Isaac Seidel, and Mason Prety).

Grades 5-6: First –– 4’s a Crowd (Brady Hupf, Emett Grunwald, and Pey-ton Kuhn). Second: SWAT Team (Nathan Retterath, Nate Doriot, Ty Baker, and Carson Kliest).

Grade 7: First –– Reckin’ Redman (Levi Ewan, Devyn Vlach, Nick Gerst-berger). Second –– Colby Bankers / For-ward Financial (Connor Jeske, Dylan Geiger, Manny Hoppe, McKainan Bed-nar).

Grade 8: First –– Oop Troop (Ethan Martin, Chase Hillman, Payton Wiemer). Second –– Stetsonville Lumber (Ray Zirn-gible, John McMurry, Blaine Studinger, and Kyle Rouiller).

Girls Winners Grades 4-5: First –– Medford Elite

(Autumn Krause, Rynn Ruesch, Lindsey Wildberg, and Katie Brehm). Second: Hoopsters (Abbie Frey, Laurissa Klapa-tauskas, Lydia Pernsteiner, and Emma Brost).

Grade 6: First –– Mighty Ducks (Anna Vervaecke, Alicia Kawa, Erin Bergman, Kristin Brandner). Second: Flight Elite (Ellie Poradish, Maddy Nybakke, Anna Heitomt, and Abrielle Van Dyck).

Grades 7-8: First –– The Starbucks (Payton Van Zile, Kenedy Van Zile, Brooke Mork, and Micaslyn Crawford). Second –– Northland Lutheran Sparkly Unicorns (Taylor Schiferl, Kari Kreklau, Riley Colby and Kelsey Moore).

Trophy winners from Medford Spring 3-on-3 Shootout

Makes itLanden Viergutz of The Last Team hits

this jumper during his team’s loss to the Melvin Companies team in the third and fourth grade bracket.

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Level 3 team championsAllie Paulson, Madison Clarkson, Kyla Krause and Emmalee Clarkson of Medford’s

Rainbow Gymnastics Club celebrate their Level 3 team championship at the AAU state meet in River Falls.


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The Rainbow Gymnastics Club of Medford earned one team championship and four individual championships dur-ing a successful weekend at the 2015 AAU state meet, held April 18-19 in River Falls.

“We’ve defi nitely improved over years past,” club head coach Lisa Brooks said. “The girls were just amazing. I was so proud of them. They were very confi -dent and performed very well.”

Kyla Krause, Madison Clarkson, Emmalee Clarkson and Allie Paulson teamed up to win the Level 3 team title with 109.85 points, beating nine other teams. They just got past RC Gymnastics of Richland Center (108.4) and A.M.K.M. Gymnastics of Rockland (107.575) to se-cure the championship.

The team’s combined score of 28.15 on the uneven bars was the best in Level 3. They had the second-best team score in the fl oor exercise with 26.45 points and tied A.M.K.M. for the second-best score on vault with 29.2 points.

Krause was the individual cham-pion in the 9A age group with 37.725 all-around points. She easily topped a group of six gymnasts, winning all of the indi-vidual events. She earned a 9.75 on vault, a 9.525 on bars, a 9.4 on beam and a 9.05 on the fl oor.

The Clarksons each took second in their age group. Emmalee Clarkson scored 36.15 in the 10B age class to fi nish 0.25 points behind Anastasizia Goldberg of Magic Gymnastics from Marshfi eld. There were six gymnasts in the group. Clarkson won the bars with a 9.2 and took second on the vault with a 9.75 and on the fl oor with an 8.75. She was third on beam with an 8.45. Madison Clarkson scored 35.4 points to place second among seven 8-year-olds. She was 0.3 points be-hind Kassidy Kadousek of RC Gymnas-tics. Clarkson won the vault with a 9.7 and the bars with a 9.025. She was second on the fl oor with an 8.475 and took fi fth on beam with an 8.2.

Paulson was third in the 10A age class, where there were eight gymnasts. She scored 35.775 points and won the bars with a 9.425. She got a 9.6 on vault, an 8.65 on fl oor and an 8.1 on beam.

Rainbow Gymnastics earned a third-place team fi nish out of eight clubs in Level 4, led by an individual champion-ship from 11-year-old Megan Wanke. Wanke had the best all-around score out of 11 competitors with 37.275 points, edg-ing Samantha Pili of Turners Gymnas-tics of Madison by 0.275 points. Wanke tied for fi rst on the beam with a 9.15 and on the fl oor with a 9.1. She was second on the bars with a 9.475 behind Pili’s 9.55 and she got a 9.55 on the vault.

Riley Bellendorf was sixth in the age group with 34.375 points. She tied for the vault title with 9.7 points. She got scores of 8.6 on beam, 8.475 on fl oor and 7.6 on bars. Abby Sova was 11th with 31.9 points, including a 9.6 on vault, an 8.4 on fl oor, an 8.05 on beam and a 5.85 on bars.

Marlee Perrin was second out of four 8-year-olds with 33.725 points. She had the best scores on vault (9.65) and bars (8.275). Perrin was second on the fl oor (7.85) and third on beam (7.95). Anna Wanke was fourth among seven 9-year-olds with 33.05 points. She got a 9.3 on vault, an 8.5 on beam, a 7.95 on fl oor and a 7.3 on bars.

Brooke Wegerer was eighth out of 10 girls in the 10A age group. She earned 30.55 points, including a 9.2 on vault, a 7.65 on beam, a 7.05 on bars and 6.65 on fl oor. Kara Hudak was eighth out of nine girls in the 13-15 age group. She had 29.95 points, including a 9.1 on vault, a 7.55 on beam and 6.65s on fl oor and bars.

The Level 4 gymnasts earned 106.525


Raiders can’t beat Mosinee

Gymnastics club nets one team state title, four individual titlesteam points to fi nish behind Turners Gymnastics (109.675) and GymSport of the Wausau area (108.7). RC Gymnastics was fourth with 104.85 points.

Alexa Phillips was the individual champion among six 15-17 year-olds in Level 6. Phillips fi nished with 36.625 points, giving her a 1.45-point margin over Autumn Sanders of One Chance Gymnastics of Houghton, Mich. Phil-lips won all four events, earning a 9.7 on vault, a 9.275 on beam, an 8.85 on bars and an 8.8 on fl oor.

Autumn Krause tied for third out of 11 gymnasts in the 11-year-old competi-tion. She tied Audrey Collinge of Turn-ers Gymnastics. Both had 34.8 points. Krause tied for third on vault with a 9.65 and ranked third on fl oor with an 8.45. She was fourth on bars with an 8.05 and tied for fourth on beam with an 8.65.

Brooklyn Bilz, Madelyn Wanke and Jsera Reed teamed up to place third in the Level 5 team standings with 100.35 points. A.M.K.M. and West Side Gymnas-tics of Madison tied for the team title with 103.075 points. The Rainbow girls had the best team score on beam with 26.5 points.

Wanke was one point behind West Side’s Taylor Turbett in the 13-15 age group, scoring 34.2 points. She won the beam with a 9.35 and the fl oor with an 8.65. She was third out of fi ve gymnasts on vault with a 9.6 and fourth on bars with a 6.6. Bilz was second out of seven girls at age 11 with 33.2 points. She won the bars with an 8.0. Her day included a 9.65 on vault, an 8.45 on beam and a 7.1 on fl oor. Reed tied for third out of six gym-nasts in the 12-year-old age group with 32.95 points. She tied for fi rst on beam with an 8.7 and tied for second on vault with a 9.65. She added a 7.4 on fl oor and a 7.2 on bars.

In Level 2, the Rainbow Club scored 108.4 team points to fi nish fi fth out of nine squads. Magic Gymnastics won the title with 111.275 points.

Makala Ulrich led four Rainbow gym-nasts who were among nine in the 10-year-old age group. She took second with 36.85 points, 0.65 points behind Izabel Paape of Magic Gymnastics. Ulrich tied for fi rst on the beam with 9.325 points, took sec-ond on fl oor with a 9.0, took third on bars with a 9.025 and tied for fourth on vault with an 9.5. Avery Purdy was sixth with 35.725 points with solid scores of 9.5 on vault, 9.175 on bars, 8.8 on beam and 8.25 on fl oor. Katelyn Malchow was seventh with 34.575 points, including a 9.35 on vault, a 9.1 on beam, an 8.575 on bars and a 7.55 on fl oor. Kiarah Behling was ninth with 32.55 points, highlighted by a 9.55 on vault. She added an 8.1 on beam, an 8.05 on bars and a 6.85 on fl oor.

Alyiha Pilgrim was second out of nine girls in the 7A age group with 34.65 points, 0.95 points behind Ebony Mc-Corkle of RC Gymnastics. Pilgrim won the vault with a 9.45, took second on beam (9.075) and fl oor (7.975) and added a third on bars (8.15). Jaylin Machon placed fourth out of eight girls in the 8B age class with 35.475 points. She won the bars with an 8.75, took second on beam with a 9.125, grabbed third on vault with a 9.55 and was fourth on fl oor with an 8.05. Jorgia Cooley was sixth with 33.95 points. Her day included a 9.25 on vault, an 8.9 on beam and 7.9s on fl oor and bars.

Coach Brooks was Rainbow’s fourth individual champion. She scored 37.125 points to outscore four other competitors in the Ladies Division. Bridgette Lens-ing of River Falls was second with 33.8 points. Brooks won the vault (9.7), fl oor (9.45) and bars (9.175) and took third on beam (8.8). Kayla Brooks was fi fth in the Excel Gold Level for ages 14-17 with 32.025 points. She got a 9.3 on vault, a 7.725 on beam, a 7.55 on bars and a 7.45 on fl oor.


Paul, who nearly belted a grand slam. He short-hopped the fence in left-center for a bases-clearing double. After Miller reached on an error, Anderson’s infi eld single scored Paul to bring Medford with-in four.

While Mosinee had trouble getting the third out in the bottom of the sixth, Med-ford had the same issue in the top of the seventh.

Shaw took the loss and left the game one pitch into the fi fth with a leg in-jury, just as he seemed to be settling into a groove after the rough fi rst in-ning. He allowed nine runs, six of which were earned, and 10 hits. He struck out three and picked off another runner. He walked one. Paul went 2.2 innings and was tagged for nine runs, six of which were earned. The Indians got seven hits off of him, three of which didn’t leave the infi eld in the seventh. Smola struck out one and allowed a hit in the seventh.

Paul was two for four with a pair of

opener back on April 14 and are unbeaten in league play at 7-0.

No problem at OwenOn Thursday, Gilman completed a

season sweep of the Owen-Withee Black-hawks, burying the winless home team 21-1 in fi ve innings.

The Pirates scored three in the fi rst. Schmitt singled and scored on Skabroud’s double. Skabroud scored on Webster’s groundout. Morgan Birkenholz tripled and scored on Chause’s hit. It was the start of a fi ve-for-fi ve night for Chause.

Six runs in the second made it 9-0. The rally included run-scoring singles by Johnson and Schmitt, an RBI double from Birkenholz and a two-run triple by Chause. Johnson doubled and scored in the third.

A seven-run fourth put the Pirates up 17-1. Person banged a two-run single, Johnson drove in a run with a hit, Sk-abroud’s grounder plated a run, Webster singled in a run and Birkenholz capped the inning with a two-run homer, her fi rst round-tripper of the season. Web-ster’s two-run single highlighted a four-run fi fth.

Johnson pitched the fi rst four innings, striking out seven. She allowed one earned run and one hit, a solo home run by Hayley Bunnell to lead off the third. Skabroud pitched a one-two-three fi fth, striking out one.

The Pirates had 23 hits in the blowout win. After Chause’s fi ve hits, Johnson was four for fi ve, Schmitt, Hendricks and Birkenholz each went three for fi ve and Webster was two for fi ve.

Autumn Schreiner started for the Fal-cons and no-hit the Redmen while only giving up two walks.

While the offense struggled, Dobbs had a rough night in the pitchers circle. Abbotsford didn’t score in the bottom of the fi rst, but plated eight runs in the sec-ond, four runs in the third and fi ve more in the fourth.

The Falcons took advantage of six walks by Dobbs and four errors by her defense to break the game open. The Rib Lake pitcher went the complete four in-nings and gave up 15 hits and 13 earned runs while striking out two.

Schreiner helped her own cause with a home run and fi nished three for three. Shelly Kneifl had a whopping seven RBIs and was two for three in the win.

Shawna Annala and Lindsay Grubbs drew walks for the Redmen.


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Softball

doubles and drove in four runs. Shaw was two for three at the plate, Gradberg was two for four and Bernatz went two for fi ve.


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pier for a live well inspection. Then, in numerical order, each team gets to takeoff and go catch walleyes.

Travis and I observed all our competition and came to the conclusion that perhaps my 16-foot Northport Troller, that is pushed by a 40-horse Mercury (late ‘80s) was probably the oldest, smallest, ugliest rig worth the least amount of money in the tournament.

So Trav and I head out to one of our “secret spots” and within minutes I am fi ghting a dandy that fell prey to one of my crankbaits. Just netting my trophy was a challenge for Travis because, like I said, it was very windy.

Reality struck when my hog walleye was a two-pound catfi sh. Travis and I fi shed our butts off. Always check-ing lines that picked up a lot of weeds and changing tac-tics and watching our competition.

I am serious when I say that we really put everything we had into this experience and fi shed right until the last minute that we could. Our end results were two cat-fi sh and a sheephead.

At the weigh in, there certainly were walleyes caught, but out of 100 anglers, and most of these guys and gals are very good at catching walleyes, only 38 walleyes were weighed in.

My new buddies, commonly known in the area as “Two Grumpy Men,” Harry Bowey and Wally Steinke of Princeton, won with two walleyes that gave them a total of nine pounds.

My good pal Justen Kohn and his partner Mike Glov-er took second and caught both of their fi sh in the fi rst half-hour of the day.

I watched each fi sh being weighed and almost every one weighed just over a pound.

Travis and I felt no shame. We tried hard, played hard and laughed a lot.

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Good fun on PuckawayHello friends,This past week I took part in my fi rst offi cial walleye

fi shing tournament. This 15th annual Lake Puckaway walleye tournament was run by Bob and Carrie Hill, who are the owners of “Tucked Away” tavern in Mar-quette. This 50-boat tournament was held on Lake Puck-away, which is where Wisconsin’s state record north-ern pike (38 pounds, landed back in 1952) was caught.

My partner on this “adventure” would be my 23-year-old stepson Travis Dushek and, of course, my golden retriever Fire.

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There are some important memos that need to be put into this story. One, there has been an extreme cold spell and it has shut down the walleye bite on this 5,000-acre lake that has a maximum depth of six feet.

Yesterday, Travis and I pre-fi shed. We trolled with crankbaits and crawler harnesses and drifted with leeches, minnows and crawlers. For our efforts, we were rewarded with one catfi sh and one sheephead.

At the tournament meeting last night, which I might add was a whole bunch of fun and was held at Tucked Away, a non-bite seemed to be common talk.

In this tournament, each team may enter a total of six walleyes that must measure at least 15 inches. Last year the catch was incredible, with most teams catching their six fi sh early in the day. The winning team took the money with 23 pounds of walleyes.

The way I found out about this tournament was that I came here to fi sh out of my canoe for walleyes. I watched the weigh in, made some new friends, hung out at Tucked Away and decided to enter this year.

So last night Travis and I had a “big night” at Tucked Away. He slept in the back seat of his Chevy pickup (that did not work out well) and I slept in the bed of mine.

When the rooster was crowing this morning I discov-ered that when I went to bed, I was so tired I used a gas jug as a pillow and had a real pillow just an arm’s length away.

So this morning it is very cold and very windy. The 50-boat line up has each boat operator motoring up to a


Soccer wins 1-0

Bowling

Medford Motors gets two 300 games, but VFW team wins roll off

The Medford VFW bowling team fought off a gallant effort by the Medford Motors team, who had two bowl-ers roll perfect 300 games in the championship roll off.

VFW won the roll off by 16 pins to win the 2015 league championship at The Sports Page Bowl and Grill.

Teams representing the Sports Page Bowl and Grill and Al’s Auto Dock joined Medford Motors and VFW in the fi nals.

Notable scores during the playoffs were Casey Nern-berger with an incredible 845 series that included games of 300 and 299, a 300 game for Ron Ziemba, his fi rst on the Medford lanes, and a 707 series for Mike Platt.

VFW team members, who bowled a total of 453 pins over their averages, include Brian Brusten (163-169-171 plus 159 handicap) with a 662, Don Wibben (162-248-205 plus 102 handicap) with a 717, Glenn Emmerich (173-226-225 plus 114 handicap) with a 738 and Kim Virnig (213-194-213 plus 114 handicap) with a 734.

nell-Lake Holcombe won in 28.9 seconds.Skabroud’s win came in the 1,600-meter run with a

time of 6:36.2. She beat three other runners. Runner-up Ashlynn Moore of Cornell-Lake Holcombe fi nished in 6:45.9. Skabroud also took third in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:54.8. Vavra was the winner in 2:50.3.

Junior Kyla Schoene took second for Gilman in the high jump and long jump. She cleared 4-8 in the high jump. Flambeau’s Brynn Schwab cleared 4-10 to win the event. Schoene’s distance of 13-3 in the long jump trailed only the jump of 13-9.75 from Cornell-Lake Holcombe’s Kierra Walters. Makaylen Skabroud was fi fth for the Pi-rates at 11-9.

Desireé Budzinski placed twice individually. She took third in the 400-meter dash at 1:07.4 and fourth in the 100-meter dash at 14.2 seconds. Hailey Zach added two seventh-place points in the 100-meter race at 15.8 seconds and she was ninth in the 200-meter dash at 35.78 seconds. Rachel Heier threw her way to nine points. She took third in the discus with a throw of 76-4 and sixth in the shot put with a toss of 28-4. Amanda Dahl added six points by placing sixth in the discus at 64-9 and seventh in the shot put at 25-3.

Mackenzie Elwood was third in the 300-meter low hurdles with her time of 1:01.

The Pirates scored 16 points by fi nishing second in a pair of relay races. The 400-meter team of Budzinski, Makaylen Skabroud, Elwood and Monson fi nished in 59.9 seconds to fall 1.4 seconds behind Flambeau. The Pirates beat third-place Bruce by 4.2 seconds. Camryn Skabroud, Makaylen Skabroud, Zach and Elwood ran the 3,200-meter relay in 12:35 to beat third-place Bruce by 20 seconds. Cornell-Lake Holcombe won in 11:42.

between two defenders and curl a dart that clanged off the right post for her fi rst goal of the match in the 41st minute. She struck again in the dying seconds before halftime. With only seven seconds until the break, Med-ford was called for a rough tackle and gave up a free kick to Rhinelander just beyond the 18-yard box. Mil-lot stepped up and rocketed a shot into the upper 90 as Bergman could only watch the ball whiz past her reach.

The Hodags found more holes to attack in the second half. Bergman was called into action with two saves in the fi rst three minutes of the half, but she couldn’t deny Rhinelander’s pressure for long. Millot curled a ball into the penalty area on a corner kick and Kylie Preul got on the end of the pass and buried it in the net in the 54th minute. Shelby Kuehn bagged Hodag’s fi fth goal from 10 yards out in the 66th minute and Millot completed her hat-trick in the 72nd minute with another goal off a free kick from 22 yards away.

Win over AntigoMedford traveled to Antigo for a GNC battle last

Thursday and despite plenty of chances to score against the Red Robins, only emerged with a 1-0 victory.

“We started off moving the ball really well. We had something like 19 shots on goal in the fi rst half and couldn’t put anything in. It was good to come home with a win though,” Felix said.

Emmerich was the hero for the Raiders after notch-ing the game winning goal in the 80th minute. The goal was Emmerich’s team-leading third in conference play this season.

“Finally in the 80th minute Sydney scored one of those rebound goals. She put it into the keeper on her fi rst shot but got the rebound in the net,” Felix said.

Bergman stopped all shots Antigo could put on her to earn her second clean sheet of the season.

The host Knights buried the competition with 233 team points. Flambeau edged Gilman 113-106 for second place. Bruce was fourth with 69 points, followed by New Auburn (12), Winter (5) and Lac Courte Oreilles (3).

Three wins for boysVictories from Ethan Aldinger in the 200-meter dash

and the 3,200-meter and 800-meter relay teams helped the Pirates take fourth in the boys team standings in Thursday’s meet.

The Pirates scored 92 points to beat New Auburn (64), Winter (27) and Lac Courte Oreilles (0). Cornell-Lake Holcombe outscored Bruce 174-150 to win the meet, while Flambeau was third with 98 points.

The relay teams won convincingly. Bryce Sromek, Tyler Swoboda, Ryan Tkachuk and Anthony Guentner posted Gilman’s season-best time of 9:52.8 to win the 3,200-meter relay by 30.4 seconds over Bruce. Colton Schmitt, Aldinger, Travis Lato and Tyler Boie ran the 800-meter relay in 1:43.7 to beat Bruce by 3.7 seconds.

Aldinger’s time of 24.2 seconds in the 200 meters was a season-best and was just enough to get by Flambeau’s Dean Harris, who hit the fi nish line in 24.5 seconds. Boie was sixth for Gilman in 26.2 seconds and Lato was sev-enth at 27.5 second, giving the Pirates 15 points in the event.

The Pirates then scored 13 points in the next event, the 3,200-meter run. Sromek claimed second place in 11:57.6, fi nishing 8.6 seconds behind winner Anthony Tellier of Flambeau. Guentner was fourth in 12:51.9. The 100-meter dash produced another 13 points. Aldinger was second in 12 seconds, just two-tenths behind Harris. Boie wasn’t far behind, taking fourth in 12.4 seconds.

Bobby Quinnell was 13th.Sromek added fi fth-place points in the 1,600-meter

run with a time of 5:36 and sixth-place points in the pole vault by clearing 8 feet. Tkachuk took fourth in the 800-meter run at 2:39.7. Guentner was seventh in the 1,600 meters at 6:13.5.

Schmitt took second in both throwing events behind Flambeau’s sophomore phenom Sam Welch. Schmitt got off a toss of 40-4 in the shot put, which beat third-place fi nisher Andrew Brosted of Cornell-Lake Hol-come by 8 inches. Quinnell got the eighth-place point for Gilman at 32-11. Schmitt’s best throw in the discus went 129-6.5. Welch won the events with throws of 159-7 and 55-10. Quinnell was 10th in the discus with a throw of 90-5. Parker Rosemeyer was ninth for Gilman in the shot put at 32-9 and 13th in the discus at 80-9.5.


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Cosgrove of the town of Holway announce the birth of a son, Jaxon John, born on April 14 at Aspirus Medford Hospital-Birthing Center. He weighed six pounds, nine ounces and was 19-1/2 inches long. He joins a sister, Kaylee, age 3. His grandparents are Lisa Lentz of Medford, Ron Cos-grove of Winchester and Jan Gebert of Chippewa Falls.

Andilyn LouiseAlex and Shanna Mann of Westboro announce the

birth of a daughter, Andilyn Louise, born on April 26 at Aspirus Wausau Hospital. She weighed six pounds, 12.7 ounces and was 18.5 inches long. Her grandparents are Connie Hedrington-Parnewicz and Clifford and Tammy Mann, all of Rib Lake.

Ian DouglasJill and Marcus Germain of Cottage Grove announce

the birth of a son, Ian Douglas, born on April 26 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison. He weighed eight pounds, 12 ounces and was 20-3/4 inches long. He joins a brother, Jack, age 4. His grandparents are Doug and Deb Berends and John and Renee Germain, all of Medford.

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Price County will be holding a program to commem-orate the 50th anniversary of 1965 in Vietnam. The pro-gram will be on May 9 at 2 p.m. at the Prentice Veterans of Foreign Wars clubhouse.

Price County has a Vietnam Commemorative Trail with markers for each year of the Vietnam War, and this year they will be holding the ceremony at the Pren-tice marker to honor Vietnam veterans who are still with us and in memory of those we carry in our hearts.

Price County invites you to travel the trail through small towns to the heights of Wisconsin’s highest point.

The trail begins at Big Falls and includes stops at Ogema Veterans Monument, Timm’s Hill Park, the Prentice VFW, Concrete Park, Phillips VFW, Veterans Park in Phillips, Solberg Park, Old Town Museum in Fifi eld, Smith Lake Park, the Old Abe Monument and Hines Park in Park Falls, and Forest Home Cemetery in Fifi eld.

Backpack donationsStaff at Refl ections Hair Designs and Renewal Day

Spa delivered food items for the Meals in a Back-pack program at Medford and Stetsonville elementary schools. During a special promotion, Refl ections Hair Designs and Renewal Day Spa clients could purchase hair products at a reduced rate when donating a food item for the program. Meals in a Backpack provides el-ementary children of families in need a backpack of kid-friendly food on Friday afternoons to insure they have something to eat during the weekend. Empty backpacks are returned to school the following Monday. Pictured with the food donations are (l. to r.), Abby Gollhardt and Liza Jensen, Refl ections Hair Designs; Cathy Retzer, el-ementary librarian and co-chair of Meals in a Backpack program; and Kallie Akey, Refl ections Hair Designs.

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The Northeastern Taylor County Ambulance Service Area Committee met May 3 to discuss how to fund a new ambulance garage in the Rib Lake area. Representa-tives from the Village of Rib Lake and the towns of Rib lake, Westboro, Greenwood and Chelsea aired their wishes with people from the county, ambulance service and Memorial Health Center. Local leaders asked county taxpayers and the health center to pay a portion of the projected $80,000-$100,000 cost.

and Melvin Bores of Marshfi eld, aged 21 and 23 years, are being held, charged with the crime.

One of the cars belongs to Norman Engel, formerly associated with the Marshfi eld Journal. The other is owned by Charles Purgett, town of Maplehurst.

The Engel car was taken shortly after 10 o’clock Sunday evening, driven in the direction of Medford and abandoned on a road near George Putman’s corner in the town of Maplehurst, after accidentally running into the ditch.

Putman was awakened about 2 o’clock Monday morning by two young men who asked him to pull them out. Not having a team, he told then to seek the help of a neighbor, George Purgett.

May 6, 1965The Red Raiders Recreation Center on

Main St. has been closed by the owner-operator Joe Prohaska, and he has leased the space to Montgomery Ward & Co., Chicago, Ill., for use as a catalog sales outlet. The announcement was made by Prohaska Tuesday, the recreation center having been closed Saturday.

The center had been in operation for over two years, the building purchased and remodeled by Prohaska about three years ago. Another commercial space is leased to Production Credit Assn.

The owner said that the portion where the recreation center was housed will be remodeled to provide a 30-foot single sto-ry addition to the rear. He has contracted with Richard Williams Co. for the remod-eling project and Montgomery Ward will occupy the building about June 1.

May 2, 1940Two stolen cars, one of which was tak-

en in Marshfi eld,, were recovered Mon-day by local authorities, assisted by Al-bert Flood, traffi c offi cer of Price county. Two youths, Earl G. Cammers of Unity,

May 9, 1990After more than 20 years, a sidewalk

to the school, sort of, may soon become reality.

The Common Council voted last week to go ahead with plans to improve Brucker Street from Billings Avenue

May 5, 2005The Assumption of the Blessed Vir-

gin Mary Church in Chelsea was bro-ken into and robbed of religious icons and paraphernalia last weekend.

The break-in occurred sometime af-ter the Saturday evening mass, which was the last to be held in the church.

In addition to the items taken, a letter was posted on the doors inform-ing people they were standing on holy ground and stating that the Weekly Adoration and Rosary were held there for a number of years. The posting goes on to ask: “Will you continue these devotions in your church?” The letter continues that a myriad of prayers are being offered for salvation.

While there are no suspects at this time and the case remains under inves-tigation, it is believed that the break-in and theft is related to the closing of the church as part of its consolidation with the Catholic parishes in Rib Lake and Westboro.

May 4, 1915Mrs. John Hirsch, who has been

visiting her husband and parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Franzen, went back to the Marshfi eld hospital Thursday. Tho an invalid for years she is a patient un-complaining sufferer.

The county board besides receiv-ing and acting on the usual batch of petitions, resolutions and bills voted to moved the old court house build-ing back of the new one and put it on a foundation so that it may be fi tted up for the County Training School when needed.

to the high school, and when completed that project will include a sidewalk.

“We’ll have a two-block sidewalk that doesn’t go anywhere, that won’t connect with anything,” City Clerk/Treasurer Bill Mattson told the Council. “That will have to be addressed later.

Mayor Delores “Dee” Meyer said plans are to complete the street project this summer, and that “the city will be connecting sidewalks all along.”

Plans are to eventually link the Brucker Street sidewalk with a sidewalk on Wheelock Street, and then south to Hwy 64.

There are many benefi ts available to Wisconsin veterans, including discounts at businesses and venues, but how do you prove your status as a veteran to take ad-vantage of them? Now you can with the veteran identifi er on your Wisconsin driver’s license or ID card. The Taylor County Veteran Service Offi ce (CVSO) can verify your service and provide you with the required form that you then take to any Wisconsin Department of Mo-tor Vehicles offi ce to renew your license or ID with the veteran identifi er.

Another benefi t available through the Wisconsin Department of Transpor-tation includes the Military Skills Test

VETERAN’SCORNER

Waiver. If you have a license to operate military commercial vehicles, you may be eligible for a skills test waiver to re-ceive a Wisconsin commercial driver li-cense (CDL). Other benefi ts include the

Veterans Professional/Occupational Li-censure Fee Waiver Program and special license plates for veterans and military personnel. You can fi nd out more about all of these benefi ts at http://www.dot.state.wi.us/drivers/drivers/veterans.htm.

It all starts with a visit to your county CVSO to record your DD214 Certifi cate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty. So come in and see us on the fi rst fl oor of the Taylor County Courthouse in Medford. — Jeff Hein is the Taylor County Veteran Ser-vice Offi cer.

CVSO is fi rst stop for license endorsement


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at Portland Community College in Portland, Ore. with a grade point average between 3.5 and 3.74.

Klopf graduates from Silver Lake CollegeCarly Klopf of Medford graduated cum

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Worship service at Perkinstown churchA worship service will be held Sun-

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www.DixonGreinerRealty.comLuke Dixon, Jon Knoll,

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216 S. Seventh St., Medford

Well maintained and move in ready 2 bed, 1 full bath city home. Numerous

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N3357 Woodland Rd., Medford

Beautiful 3 bed, 1.5 bath country home. Custom kitchen, tongue and

rec room, storage shed. Private wooded setting just northwest of Medford.

$220,000

705 N. Jackson St.,Medford

Like new 3+ bed, 1.75 bath ranch home. Updated maintenance free exterior.

Attached garage, full basement. Located close to Grahl Park.

$94,900

727 Ella St.,Rib Lake

Nice 2 bed, 2 full bath home on a double lot in Rib Lake.

detached two car garage.$72,500

W7165 Maplewood Lane, Medford

4 bed, 2 full bath country home just west of Medford. Open

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110 Wayne Trail, Medford

Immaculate 3+ bed, 2.5 bath executive home. Custom oak kitchen,

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“Your Fabric Building Specialists”“Your Fabric Building Specialists”is accepting applications for a full-timeis accepting applications for a full-time

Duties include: Working directly with the owner and sales personnel on building specifi cations that include: providing comprehensive CAD drawings and required specifi cations for building projects, preparing building layout designs, prepares building quotes to customer requirements and other duties as necessary.

Experience in constructing pre-engineered buildings, excellent communication skills, organizational skills, must be detailed oriented and able to handle multiple tasks with minimal super-vision. Background in agriculture a plus! Full benefi t package including health insurance and 401(K) are available.

Please email resume to:Please email resume to: [email protected],[email protected],or mail to:or mail to:

Structures Unlimited LLC, P.O. Box 35, Stratford, WI 54484Structures Unlimited LLC, P.O. Box 35, Stratford, WI 54484

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Production 2nd and 3rd Shift

Marathon Cheese Corporation, located in Medford, Wisconsin, has several openings for lineworkers and material handlers. These positions provide packaging, inspection, raw materials, and sanitation to MCC’s high speed cheese packaging machines. Pre-employment and drug screening is required. Marathon Cheese offers stable, predictable work hours and a competitive benefi t package. Apply in person at 1000 Progressive Avenue, Medford, Wisconsin. Applications are available at our website: www.mcheese.com. If you have submitted an application in the last 6 months it is not necessary to apply again.

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Great Northern Cabinetry, Inc. has an immediate opening for a new team member in our material control department. This position requires computer experience, including Microsoft Office. Experience with Adobe and Crystal Reports is a plus. The right candidate should have experience working with shipping, receiving and scheduling. This person will need to be able to work independently with little supervision. Anyone interested in applying for this position can drop off a resume or fill out an application. No phone calls please.

Great Northern Cabinetry Inc.749 Kennedy StreetRib Lake, WI 54470

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Medford, WI 54451

Local financialadvisor looking for a

part-time office support staffMust be detail oriented, have strong

interpersonal skills and possess strong

computer skills, maintain client

confidentiality, could develop into

full-time for the right person if desired.

Pay will depend on experience.

References required.

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Great Northern Cabinetry, Inc. has an immediate opening in our receiving area. This position requires the qualified candidate to bend and lift up to 75 pounds, maintain accurate records and have proven computer experience. A history of operating a forklift is preferred but not required. Anyone interested in applying for this position can stop by our office and fill out an application. No phone calls, please.

Great Northern Cabinetry Inc.749 Kennedy StreetRib Lake, WI 54470

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Available ImmediatelyLooking for responsible people who can handle a fast paced environment, and enjoy caring for the elderly. Cooking and

cleaning experience preferred. Medford and Marshfield locations. Looking to hire night shift.

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Fast-paced outdoor environment.Call 715-748-5006 for more info or to apply.

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Good effortGilman fi rst baseman Mike Drexler hustles into foul territory but can’t quite catch

up to a ball hit by Spencer’s Nate Neumann during the fourth inning of Friday’s 19-5 loss to the Rockets. Second baseman Chanse Rosemeyer also gives chase.

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Gilman wins for fi rst timepitch on Friday and will visit undefeated Neillsville in a 4:30 p.m. start on Tuesday. Greenwood will be in Gilman on May 14.

First inning hurtsOn Friday, Gilman showed some

spark offensively early, but even early, the Pirates were too far behind to con-tend in a 19-5 home loss to Spencer.

The Rockets ended the suspense quick-ly by scoring 13 fi rst-inning runs on nine hits, four walks and three Gilman errors. Gilman got four back in the bottom half. Spencer’s fi ve-run fourth made sure the 10-run rule would take effect.

“Some poor defense helped them with the 13-run fi rst inning, along with them hitting the ball well,” coach Rosemeyer said. “I liked how we responded with four in the fi rst.”

Jonny Tomke ripped a two-run dou-ble, Nate Neumann hit an RBI double and Calvin Lenz hit a two-run double to highlight’s Spencer’s 13-run inning.

Copenhaver reached on an error to start the bottom half. He stole second and scored on Rosemeyer’s base hit. Ogle reached on an infi eld single. Person singled in Rosemeyer, Vieras singled in Ogle and Person wound up scoring on a wild pitch.

Each team scored a run in the third. Anderson’s sacrifi ce fl y drove in Ogle for Gilman. Ogle singled and went to third on Person’s hit-and-run single.

Susa crushed a two-run homer during Spencer’s clinching rally in the fourth.

Gilman had seven hits, two each by Person, Ogle and Vieras and one by Rosemeyer. Rosemeyer was the starting

pitcher and was roughed up for 11 hits and 16 runs in three-plus innings. He walked eight and struck out one. Copen-haver got the last six outs, allowing seven hits, three runs and one walk.

Lead doesn’t stickGilman grabbed a rare early lead on

Thursday, but it didn’t last in a 14-4, fi ve-inning loss at Owen-Withee. The Pirates led 3-0 after a half-inning, but the Black-hawks scored once in the bottom half and fi ve times in the second to grab the lead.

“Elliot pitched very well,” Rosemeyer said. “Our errors hurt us as we had seven in our fi rst three innings. We gave them too many extra at-bats.”

Gilman quickly loaded the bases with one out against Owen-Withee starter Kolton Kaduce in the top of the fi rst. Co-penhaver walked, Wininger singled and Ogle walked. Person was hit by a pitch to force in a run. Anderson’s single scored Wininger and Ogle scored on a wild pitch.

Owen-Withee got an unearned run in the bottom half. In the second, six straight Blackhawk batters reached base with one out and fi ve of them wound up scoring. Anderson singled with two outs in the third and Vieras, Zach and Drexler all walked to force in a run. But Gilman couldn’t get the clutch hit to fully take ad-vantage of the scoring chance.

“We struck out nine times and left seven runners on base in fi ve innings,” Rosemeyer said.

Wininger was three for three, Ander-son was two for three and Person went one for two. Wininger pitched all 4.1 in-nings, striking out two and walking one. Owen-Withee had 12 hits.

CHILD CARE needed for seven month old, 1:30-11 p.m., 2-3 days per week. 715-748-0310.

DRIVERS WANTED: Home weekends, hauling live-stock, hauling feed, CDL li-cense preferable, starting out at 35¢ per mile. Sign on bonus. 715-654-7023 or 715-610-1082, ask for Mark.

FULL-TIME Help on modern dairy with truck driving, fi eld-work, tractor driving and drag line experience. Call 715-650-7235.

LOG TRUCK driver wanted. Loader experience preferred but willing to train, some main-tenance required. Call Thurs Trucking, 715-257-9242.

MEYER MANUFACTURING Corporation is accepting appli-cations for CNC programmer, CNC machinists, painters, press brake operator, production weld-ers and general labor. Com-petitive wage, excellent fringe benefi ts. Normal work week is four 10-hour days - Mon-day through Thursday. Apply in person at Meyer Mfg. Corp., Hwy. A West, Dorchester, WI.

PART-TIME CASHIER. Must be fl exible, reliable appli-cants need only apply. Apply at C&G Mini Mart, Rib Lake.

MEDFORD VFW looking for bartender every other week-end, other days available, Medford. Call 715-748-3322.

HELP WANTED HELP WANTED

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JELD-WEN®

Windows & DoorsProduction Workers Wanted

JELD-WEN Windows and Doors, Hawkins Window Division, is a wood window and patio door manufacturer in Hawkins Wisconsin. We are accepting applications for full-time production positions. (High School Diploma or Equivalence Required)(Must be at least 18 years of age)Present openings will start at $11.19 per hour, receive three monthly performance increases, and then attain a grade level. Our minimum grade level is $13.81 per hour. Second shift

program includes:

SUMMER STUDENTS ARE WELCOME TO APPLY!

JELD-WEN is an Equal Opportunity Employer.“Reliability for Real Life”

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