The Star News December 18 2014

STAR NEWS
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December 18, 2014

Volume 141 + Number 51
Medford, Wisconsin
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Christmas greetings
Third Section
Making a
federal case
Swimmers give
Hatchets a run
Medford woman files suit to

overturn law aimed at protecting
unborn children from drug use
Sports
by News Editor Brian Wilson
Christmas service
schedules
Third section
photo by Brian Wilson
In the fog
New store hopes to
stay awhile in
downtown Medford
Ask Ed
Commentary
Dont let outside
company derail
growth efforts
Opinion
Area deaths
Obituaries start on
page 15 for:
John Benson
Thomas Brost
Alma Hatlestad
Richard Kangas
Frank Marlenga
Marjorie Metz
William Spreen
City electric utility workers had to deal with this weeks dense fog. The spring-like
temperatures melted snow and contributed to the fog. In addition to making it challenging for those working outdoors, the fog also was a hazard for motorists. Law enforcement reminds drivers to turn their lights on in low-visibility conditions to improve
safety efforts.
A state law that seeks to protect the unborn children

of substance abusing mothers is being challenged in
federal court by Tamara Loertscher, 30, of Medford.
Loertscher was detained in a medical facility, jailed
in Taylor County and found by the state to be have maltreated her unborn child because she tested positive for
having drugs in her system at the time of her pregnancy
test.
According to a federal complaint filed on Monday,
Loertschers attorneys say her rights were violated numerous times in the process, and they are seeking to
have the 1997 law overturned as being unconstitutional,
as well as having her legal fees covered.
The complaint alleges Loertschers rights to due process, unreasonable search and seizure, freedom from
compelled speech, equal protection and procedural due
process were violated by the state of Wisconsin.
According to the complaint, Loertschers ordeal began when she went to a hospital to get medical help last
summer. In response, agents within the oversight and
See CASE on page 4
Gas fee puts damper on recovery efforts

City working with We
Energies to prevent road
block to future development
Sierra Pacific Industries, owner of Hurd
Windows and Doors, plans to expand its facilities and add 60 to 100 new jobs in Medford.
The project, which would boost the areas
manufacturing economy, has hit a snag in the
form of a more than $250,000 bill from We Energies for gas main upgrades in Abbotsford,
which representatives from the regulated,
investor-owned monopoly says are needed to
increase supply to the Medford area.
It was the shock and awe of seeing the
amount, said Dave Wolf of Hurd Windows and
Doors. Wolf noted the project had already been
given the go-ahead by owners at an estimated

price which had not taken into account such a
large bill for gas main upgrades.
Wolf said he expected there would be some
expense for gas work due to replacing the meter
and upgrades
at the more
than 100-yearold facility in
the Medford
Industrial
Park. He said
this will make
him have to
go back to
the owners to
get additional
funding for the project, which could delay or derail it from
happening here.
Beyond what it will do to the proposed Hurd

expansion, there is concern about what it
would mean for future expansion if every project carried more than a quarter-million dollar
extra charge just to get natural
gas service.
When city coordinator John
Fales and Mayor Mike Wellner
learned of this snag in the project, they got to work setting up
a meeting between the city, We
Energies and representatives
from Hurd, Phillips-Medisize and
Nestle Pizza. All three firms have
expressed interest in expanding
their Medford operations in recent years and could be impacted
by the new gas company charges. Sue Emmerich of the Medford
Area Development Foundation was also
See HURD on page 9
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Thursday, December 18, 2014
State warns daycare providers of rules

Parents need to be aware of the rules
when selecting a childcare provider.
In a recent incident, a local in-home
provider was cited for having too many
children in her care. According to Joe
Scialfa, communications director for
Wisconsin Department of Children and
Families the state regulatory agency
that enforces childcare provider rules
the woman was caring for 14 young children in her home.
Under state law, a provider needs to be
licensed or certified if they are caring for

more than four children under seven who
are not related to the provider. There are
additional rules which set the ratio between the number of providers and children based on ages of the children.
While Scialfa notes the agency has the
power to issue a forfeiture, he said it is a
violation of state law and the district attorney has the discretion to file criminal
charges.
The intent of the law is to protect children from being in potential unsafe situations and to provide peace of mind for
Birthing center
to hold baby fair
Aspirus Birthing Center-Medford
will hold a free Baby Fair open house
on Tuesday, Jan. 6, from 4 to 6 p.m. in
Aspirus Medford Hospitals community
room, 135 S. Gibson St. in Medford. Information will be available from stages of
preconception through newborn.
Participants can register for perinatal
classes; receive information on nutrition, exercise, relaxation, breastfeeding,
formula feeding, infant development,
and choosing a physician; learn about
Taylor Countys community resources
and services, including childcare, parenting, and county health services; and
tour the Birthing Center and suites. Older siblings are encouraged to attend.
Pre-registration is not required. For
more information, call 715-748-8156.
Worship service at
Perkinstown church
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Scialfa encourages parents to use
an online resource to locate licensed or
certified childcare providers across the
state. The Department of Health Service
Youngstar website, dcf.wi.gov/youngstar, lists every licensed or certified provider and rates them on a one to five star
scale based on what they offer and their
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He noted while many people choose
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Youngstar program provides parents
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Wildlife species
Ron Sromek visited Lisa Kopps sh and wildlife class at Medford Area Senior High
School on Dec. 11. He took time to discuss different Wisconsin wildlife species. He
showed students various animal furs, from a weasel to a timber wolf, and how certain
animal species impact agriculture in the state.
Monday, Dec. 22
High and Low Impact Step Aerobics 6-7 p.m. Stetsonville Elementary
School, W5338 CTH A. Information: Connie 715-678-2656 or Laura 715-678-2517 evenings.
Alzheimers Support Group Meeting 1:30 p.m. Multi-purpose Building,
corner Hwy 13 and 64, Medford. Information: Taylor County Commission on Aging 715-748-1491.
Disabled
American
Veterans
(DAV) Jump River 31 Meeting 7:30
p.m. Legion Clubhouse, 224 N. Powell,
Stetsonville.
Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS)

1013 of Rib Lake Meeting Weighin 6 p.m. Meeting 6:30 p.m. Rib Lake Senior Citizens Center, Hwy 102 and Front
Street. Information: Mary 715-427-3593 or
Sandra 715-427-3408.
Medford Rotary Club Meeting

Breakfast 6:45 a.m. Filling Station Cafe
& Bar, 884 W. Broadway Ave., Medford.
Information: 715-748-0370.
Community Calendar
Gamblers Anonymous Meetings
Call 715-297-5317 for dates, times and
locations.
Sunday, Dec. 21
Alcoholics Anonymous Open 12
Step Study Meeting 7 p.m. Community United Church of Christ, 510 E.
Broadway, Medford.
Tuesday, Dec. 23
Correction
The amount of the Rib Lake School

District Act 32 renovation project was incorrect in last weeks paper. The project
will be at a cost not to exceed $4 million.
Al-Anon Meeting 7 p.m. Community United Church of Christ, 510 E.

Broadway, Medford. Information: 715427-3613.
Alcoholics Anonymous Open Topic
Meeting 7 p.m. Community United
Church of Christ, 510 E. Broadway, Medford.
Overeaters Anonymous Meeting
7 p.m. Hwy 64 and Main Street, Medford.
Information: 715-512-0048.
Friday, Dec. 26
Narcotics Anonymous Open Meeting 7 p.m. Community United Church
of Christ, 510 E. Broadway, Medford. Information: 715-965-1568.
7-Day Forecast for Medford, Wisconsin
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NEWS
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Rib Lake man brings dispute to committee

Law enforcement
warns of scheduled
release of sex offender
A man who was convicted of second degree sexual
assault of children in 2001
is being released into the
community.
The
Taylor
County
Sheriffs Department announced the pending release of George Webb on
Dec. 23. Since he was a Taylor County resident at the
time of his crime, he will be
released back into the community here, explained
George Webb
chief deputy Larry Woebeking. After his release,
Webb will live in the town of Hammel.
Webb had been convicted in 2011 for sexually assaulting female acquaintances ranging in age from 13 to 16
years old.
Law enforcement is required to send out press releases as a warning to the community when severe sex
offenders are released. Webb falls under this category
of offenders.
Even after release Webb will be under the supervision of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections.
Webb will be supervised by agents from the Wisconsin Department of Corrections - Probation and Parole
Office in Medford. He will be on supervision with the
Wisconsin Department of Corrections until Dec. 22,
2052.
Upon release, Webb will be supervised on an intensive sex offender program and will be subject to monitoring by a global positioning system (GPS). Webb will
be required to register with the Wisconsin Sex Offender
Registry program for life. The Wisconsin Sex Offender
Registry can be located online at www.widocoffenders.
org.
Accusations
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Town of Rib Lake farmer Gerald Schneider says dirt from his farm was stolen by his neighbors and wants to be
compensated for the repairs needed to fix the hole he said they left. Schneider came to the law enforcement committee meeting on Friday to attempt to get the county involved.
In other business, committee members:
Gave their approval to a change in the county

ordinances setting the fees for prisoner board and care.
The changes increase the charge for Huber fees from $16
to $18 per day and the first day stay for inmates from
$10 to $12. The charge for inmates of $30 per day was
not changed. The change also adds a fee for non-forensic
drug testing of $10 per test. According to sheriff Bruce
Daniels, the county is seeing an increase in court-ordered drug testing and his department has been absorbing the cost. The increase will offset the expense of the
test. The proposed ordinance change will go to the full
county board in January for final approval.
Gave their approval to an ordinance change re-
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pealing a section of county code defining the emergency

management director as being a sheriffs department
employee. The county has contracted for the position
since last year and Daniels said the ordinance needs to
be changed to reflect what the county is actually doing.
Received an update from Daniels about a proposed agreement to house Marathon County inmates.
He said they are still working on the details of it, however, he assured committee members if any out of county
inmates become disruptive in the jail or cause issues,
they are sent back to their home county. There had been
concern raised that Marathon County may send over its
worst inmates to be housed in Taylor County.
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A dispute between two neighbors spilled over into

the Taylor County Law Enforcement committee meeting on Friday morning.
Gerald Schneider, a farmer in the town of Rib Lake,
accused his neighbors of taking dirt from his property
to fill a hole on their property. For their part, the owners of the neighboring farm told members of the law enforcement committee they are tired of being harassed
by Schneider.
According to Schneider, a few years ago he installed
a ditch on his property to drain a field. He says his
neighbors took additional dirt from his field in order to
fill a hole on theirs in 2013. He called the sheriffs department in to investigate on Aug. 1, 2013 and again on Aug.
20 of this year.
Police reports from deputies Chad Liske and Nick
Synol were inconclusive about if a crime had been committed. Schneider, though, was adamant, calling it theft
and said while he thought some jail time would be good
for them, said he just wanted to have his field repaired
to his satisfaction. A source of dirt to repair the field,
Schneider said, would be several thousand dollars.
Schneider also claims damage to farm equipment as a
result of what he claimed is his neighbors theft.
Greg Quednow, the son of property owner Franz
Quednow, objected strongly to Schneiders comments,
saying on occasions Schneider has come on their property threatening them and saying he would use a bulldozer to take the dirt. He said last summer was wetter
than normal and while his family goes around the pothole in their field, Schneider went through the hole in
his, resulting in the equipment damage.
The issue was brought to the law enforcement committee because Schneider did not feel law enforcement
did enough to investigate the matter. However, after reviewing the police reports, members of the committee
went on record stating they felt it was a civil matter between the two neighbors and not something the county
should get involved with.
Schneider objected strongly to the idea he should
have to get a lawyer and expressed disappointment at
the committees decision.
NEWS
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Thursday,
Thursday,
December
January18,
2, 2014
Case seeks to overturn state law designed to prevent drug babies

Continued from page 1
control of defendants initiated adversarial court proceedings against Loertscher
without affording her counsel or any
procedural safeguards. They petitioned
for, obtained, and sought enforcement
of court orders against her, mandating
unwanted and inappropriate medical
treatment and incarceration. They arrested her and jailed her while she was
pregnant, then subjected her to solitary
confinement, deprivations, and abuse
while she was incarcerated. They issued
an administrative determinationwhile
Loertscher was still pregnant that she
had abused her less than 14-week-old fetus, stated attorney Freya Bowen of Perkins Coie LLP, the Madison attorney representing Loertscher in the case. Ms.
Loertscher brings this suit to vindicate
her constitutional rights, dignity, and
personhood. She seeks declaratory and
injunctive relief the Act is unconstitutional on numerous grounds, Bowen
stated.
Facts of the case

The 21-page complaint filed in federal
court in the Western District of Wisconsin includes a detailed narrative highlighting Loerstchers side of the case.
The summarized narrative follows:
As a teenager, Loertscher had radiation treatment left her without a functioning thyroid. As a result, she suffers
from severe hypothyroidism, meaning
she is unable to produce vital hormones
without medication. In the absence of
medication, she suffers from severe
symptoms of depression and fatigue. Loertscher has been unemployed since Feb.
2014. Previously, she worked as a certified nurses assistant.
While employed, Loertscher was not
eligible for insurance, however, was
able to pay for her thyroid medication
and related blood testing out of pocket.
When she became unemployed, she was
unable to pay for her thyroid medication
and related blood testing. She attempted
to apply for BadgerCare, but was told by
officials there was a waiting list of more
than a year to process any new applications. She was without any medical treatment for her hypothyroidism beginning
in February.
Without treatment for her thyroid
condition, she sank into a severe depression with accompanying fatigue and
intrusive thoughts. She also began to
have other symptoms. During this time
period, Loertscher began to use methamphetamine in an attempt to manage the
symptoms of her untreated hypothyroidism and head and neck pain. She also
smoked marijuana during this time period as well. The complaint noted it was
less than 10 times in a year prior to July
2014. The complaint states she did not use

any other illegal drugs and almost no alcohol stating the amount consumed at a
half a glass of wine in the month of July.
Toward the end of July 2014, Loertscher began to believe she might be
pregnant. According to the complaint,
at this point she stopped all drug use and
states she has not used or ingested methamphetamine, marijuana or alcohol
since that time.
On Aug. 1, 2014, Loertscher went to
Taylor County Human Services. She explained to personnel there she was suffering from a number of serious medical
problems, but without the ability to pay
for medical treatment. She specified she
had a history of hypothyroidism that
was presently untreated, and she was
severely depressed, and these conditions
made her need for medical care urgent.
The complaint says personnel at human services advised Loertscher to go to
the emergency room at Eau Claire Mayo
Clinic that day because a bed was available in the behavioral health unit (BHU).
Loertscher stated she sought help at
the hospital to find out if she was preganant and to get medical treatment.
Shortly after she arrived, she provided a requested urine sample. Mayo Clinic personnel used the urine sample to
perform multiple tests, including a drug
screen. The results returned unconfirmed positive for methamphetamine,
amphetamine, and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active ingredient in marijuana.
After obtaining and testing the sample, an emergency room physician told
Loertscher her urine test results had
shown she was indeed pregnant, and
there was an unconfirmed positive test
result for drugs.
The next morning, Dr. Filza Hussain
spoke with Loertscher. Dr. Hussain
did not provide any details about Loertschers ultrasound or her pregnancy.
Instead, she said Loertschers urine had
tested positive for methamphetamine
and marijuana. Loertscher told the doctor about her history of substance use.
The doctor refused to discuss the pregnancy results and spoke only about the
need to address Loertschers drug problem.
Loertscher eventually saw an obstetrician who confirmed the ultrasound
showed a healthy pregnancy of approximately 14 weeks gestation.
Mayo Clinic personnel also conducted
a thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)
test that day to determine the severity of
the hypothyroidism. Loertschers TSH
value was over 100, which reflects severe, untreated hypothyroidism.
Loertscher then waited unattended in
the emergency room for a few hours, until
mation I feel they shouldnt have gotten.

And I feel my whole stay there was made
worse[.]
Judge Fox found Loertscher in contempt of court and ordered her to serve
30 days in jail. She could get out of jail if
she took the TB test to be placed into the
treatment facility.
After the hearing, Loertscher was led
to a conference room in the courthouse
where she met alone with Julie Clarkson
and Liza Daleiden, social workers for
human services. According to the complaint, Loertscher stated she was frustrated and asked them what they wanted
from her. One of them responded, we
just want a healthy baby. Loertscher
said this is what she wanted too, and told
them they were making things so much
worse. She asked if all this would go
away if she had an abortion. The complaint says both social workers responded, yes, it would.
On Sept. 4 Loertscher began an 18-day
stay in the Taylor County Jail. The complaint details being refused medication
during the first two days of her incarceration. It also paints a picture of the jail
staff as being unsympathetic and hostile
toward medical issues she was having.
A medical professional told her the jail
needed her to provide a urine sample to
confirm her pregnancy before they could
give her any special treatment. The
complaint states Loertscher did not see
any purpose to a pregnancy test and declined to provide a urine sample.
Shortly thereafter, a jail guard named
Judy Daney came to Loertschers cell
and asked, Are you going to take the
piss test yet? When Loertscher said no,
she stated Daney grabbed her by the arm
and tried to pull her out of the cell and
asked another guard standing nearby,
Where is the Taser? The other guard
responded, Youre not going to do that.
The complaint stated
Loertscher
was denied medical care by not being
allowed to go to prescheduled prenatal
care appointments. The complaint states
at one point, jail personnel told her she
shouldnt have gotten [herself] in this
position [if she wanted to keep her appointments].
A public defender was eventually appointed to represent Loertscher in the
contempt charge who worked with Shiffler and the county to prepare a consent
decree to get her released from jail. She
was released from jail on Sept. 22.
The consent decree permitted Loertscher to go home so long as she agreed
to: alcohol and other drug abuse (AODA)
assessment; compliance with any recommended treatment resulting from the
AODA assessment; submit to drug testing on at least a weekly basis at her own
expense; sign any and all releases necessary for transfer of drug test results to
human services; and sign any other releases as requested by human services.
In a Sept. 29 notice, Loertscher was
informed human services
issued an administrative
finding she had committed child maltreatment.
The finding is separate
from the court case against
Loertscher that was initiated by the original petition filed on Aug. 5, and
is independent of the consent decree. Loertscher
appealed this human services finding, and on Nov.
14 received word of a desk
review by human services
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director Amber Fallos affirming the human services order.
The complaint stated
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Loertscher is continuing
to appeal the order.
she was admitted to the BHU, as she had

requested when she came to the hospital.
Loertscher was voluntarily admitted on
the evening of Aug. 1, 2014 to the Mayo
Clinic BHU for inpatient psychiatric and
medical care on a short-term basis. On
approximately Aug. 2 or Aug. 3, without Loertschers knowledge or consent,
personnel from the Mayo Clinic shared
her medical information with agents of
human services, which operates in conjunction with law enforcement under the
direction and oversight of the Wisconsin
Department of Children and Families.
Medford attorney Michael Shiffler
was appointed to serve as the guardian
ad litem (GAL) on behalf of Loertschers
fetus. A GAL is an attorney appointed to
look out for the legal interests of a child.
They are often used in child custody cases.
Between Aug. 1 and Aug. 5, social
workers at Mayo Clinic made repeated
contact with Loertscher telling her human services wanted her medical records, and telling her if she did not comply she would be locked up in a drug
treatment program for the duration of
her pregnancy, and her child, when
born, would be taken from her and put
up for adoption.
On Aug. 4, Loertscher told hospital
personnel she wanted to go home. However, they told her Taylor County had
put a temporary custody order in place
requiring her to stay at the hospital. The
following day Loertscher took part in
a Petition for Protection or Care of an
Unborn Child hearing by phone, but left
the phone call stating she would not answer questions without an attorney and
the hearing was held without her. Court
commissioner Greg Krug entered an order of Temporary Physical Custody
against Loertscher stating she would
be transferred to a treatment facility for
the remainder of her pregnancy. She was
scheduled to be placed at Lutheran Social Services Fahrman Center, a residential addiction treatment facility in Eau
Claire. However, Loertscher refused the
required tuberculosis test to enter the
facility. The hospital eventually allowed
her to leave and go back to Medford.
However, shortly after, attorney Shiffler filed a motion for remedial contempt
for not following the court order and a
hearing was set for Aug. 25. Police were
sent to take Loertscher into custody, but
were talked out of arresting her by family members. At the Aug. 25 hearing,
Loertscher requested a substitute judge,
confusing Krug with judge Ann KnoxBauer. The hearing was rescheduled for
Sept. 4 with judge Douglas Fox.
On Sept. 4, 2014, judge Douglas Fox
held a hearing on the contempt motion.
During the hearing, Loertscher stated,
I dont feel like I need treatment. Like I
feel like I went to the hospital and sought
treatment and then they violated my
rights and all these people got this infor-
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Rib Lake starts looking at sewer plant upgrade

by Reporter Sue Hady
The Rib Lake Village Board of Trustees received approval from USDA Rural
Development to begin the planning process to upgrade its wastewater treatment
facility. The funding will be released
upon federal budget approval. The federal
grant amounts to $30,000 with a required
$5,000 contribution from the village. At its
meeting on Dec. 10, the village board approved a contract with MSA Professional
Services, the engineering firm which will
conduct the studies, and preparation of
a plan to be submitted to the Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
for approval. Approval is required before
the village can move forward with the design and construction process, and before
funding could be committed to the project.
Some of the engineering services to
be completed include determining the
impact of storm-related infiltration and
inflow, as well as a review of three years
of data to determine hydraulic and organic loading. Data analysis will help to
determine conditions 20 years into the
future, in order to design for residential,
commercial, public and industrial uses.
Design flow data will need to be submitted
to the DNR to establish effluent limits for
discharge from the facility.
The plan will contain a summary of the
current condition of the wastewater collection system including mains and lift
stations, as well as a review of what needs
to be brought into compliance with existing codes. A complete analysis will be
done to determine which parts of the facility can be kept, if any, and which parts
will need to be modified, repaired, or replaced. The engineering plan will also
discuss alternatives for compliance with
phosphorous regulations. This does not
include watershed compliance, however.
A set of options will be identified for
further evaluation, based on the findings.
The study will include an analysis of costs
as well as non-economic factors including
potential environmental impacts. MSA
Professional Services will also prepare
capital and operating cost estimates for
each of the feasible options identified, as
well as an analysis of cost-effectiveness. A
public hearing will be held to present the
findings of the studies to the public.
In addition to a public hearing, there
will be a request for input from various
state and federal agencies such as U.S.
Fish and Wildlife, the State Historical
Society, the DNR Natural Heritage Inventory program, and the Regional Planning
Commission.
The village board continues to look
into the feasibility of receiving grants and
loans to assist with the cost of upgrading
the wastewater treatment plant. Village
residents will be asked to complete a survey beginning in January, to determine
if, based on average income levels, the
village would qualify for a Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG). It is
crucial these surveys are completed in
order to qualify for grant funding to help
defray the costs associated with upgrading the plant. Otherwise, residents of the
village would have to bear the burden of
these costs through taxation and larger
rate increases.
The survey results will be submitted to
MSA Professional Services, which should
help to ensure financial privacy for residents since local officials will not tabulate
the results. In order for the village to qualify for a CDBG Public Facilities Grant, at
least 51 percent of all households would
have to fall into the low to moderate income categories.
The Wastewater Treatment Facilities
Plan timetable includes a public hearing
to be conducted in June 2015, with final
submission of the plan to the DNR the
following month. If all goes according
to plan, the design phase of the project
would begin in December 2015.
Under other business, the board renewed its agreement with Security
Health Plan for health insurance coverage of village employees. According to
village board president Wayne Tlusty, an
age bracket change resulted in the premiums being increased in 2015 by 7.8 percent
over current rates. Employees contribute
10 percent towards the cost of premiums.
The board also took action on wage increases for 2015. It was reported full-time
employees will receive a 40 cent per hour
increase, an overall salary increase of
2.2 percent. Trustee Jack Buksa asked if
employees have received raises in each
of the last five years. Trustee Bob Carpenter, who is a member of the personnel committee replied, I think weve
given them a raise every year for the last
five years, and each one has been different. Sometimes it wasnt as much as the
cost of living, and employees took a little
bit of a loss. And sometimes, in this case
there will be 2.2 percent and it depends on
whose salary, because some are more and
some are less. It comes out to the village
Wellness tips for the holiday season

December is a great time to be with
family and friends.
As people celebrate they must remember to eat better, feel better and work
better, the Wellness Coalition of Taylor
County and Taylor County Drug Opposition Partners remind people that even
though the holidays are a great opportunity to have a few drinks, drinking too
much increases your chances of being
injured or even killed.
Binge drinking is defined as five or
more drinks for males and four or more
drinks for females within a short period
of time.
To help slow down when you drink,
try pace and space. Pace yourself. Have
drink spacers where every other drink
can be nonalcoholic.
In the recent Taylor County Youth
Risk Survey taken at the high schools,
24.3 percent of male students reported
drinking alcohol before age 13.
Risk Survey conducted at the high
schools, 18.8 percent of female students
reported drinking alcohol before age 13.
Parents need to teach youth to know
their no and have conversations with

them about expectations regarding underage drinking.
Risk Survey taken at the high schools, 2.4
percent of all students reported driving a
vehicle under the influence of alcohol.
Heres the reality: There is zero tolerance for anyone under the age of 21 to be
drinking and driving.
Holidays are a great opportunity to
have a few drinks but sometimes you can
have too much. Dont forget your youth
are watching you.
Develop new and healthy activities,
hobbies or family traditions. Even moderate levels of drinking could have a bad
result.
What triggers your urge to drink? If
certain people or places make you drink,
try to avoid them. If drinking at home,
keep little or no alcohol there.
If you have counted on alcohol to make
you socially comfortable, manage moods,
cope with problems, the Wellness Coalition suggets trying physical activities to
deal with your stressors.
at 2.2 percent and the cost of living is 1.7

[percent].
Weve got four excellent employees,
said Tlusty.
We did take into consideration the
job that theyre doing, added Carpenter.
And when you have good employees, and
I think the village, by and large, has pretty good employees, you dont want them
to go backwards in their salary. Carpenter said the employees have done an outstanding job keeping the board informed
regarding mandates and statutes. The
board didnt know a lot of this before, and
didnt know what was happening.
Trustee Bill Schreiner commented,
Being an employer for 30 years, its so
important to be surrounded by good people.
Village clerk Dawn Swenson reported

she is working on the information that
needs to be submitted to the Public Service Commission to determine the water
rate increase for 2015, which goes into effect in March of next year. Swenson said
she anticipates a rate increase of 3 percent.
Wayne Tlusty reported he was able
to negotiate the purchase price for the
boardroom furniture obtained from the
village of Little Chute. The asking price
was $2,000, but Tlusty said he was able to
purchase the desks and speakers/recording system for $1,000. He also reported he
was able to negotiate the purchase price of
new boardroom chairs from a retail store
for $89 each, a reduction of $100 per chair.
Choir donation
Photo by Tomahawk Leader
Members of the Community Ecumenical Choir recently presented a $1,500 donation to the Never Forgotten Honor Flight organization. The money was raised from
free will offerings at the choirs concerts earlier this fall. Pictured are Jerry Dvorak of
the Tomahawk VFW, choir committee member Beverly Heikkinen, choir director Joan
Magnuson, Honor Flight official Jim Campbell, and choir committee member Helen
Palmquist.
Choir group donates to

Honor Flight program
Area veterans will be the ultimate beneficiaries of the success of a community
choir group.
The Community Ecumenical Choir is
comprised of 45 singers from Price, Taylor, and Lincoln counties. Each fall, the
group gathers to rehearse and perform
at a series of concerts. While the concerts
are free, the group accepts free-will offerings to help cover expenses.
This year, the group decided to give
back by designating the free will offering

to go toward the Never Forgotten Honor
Flight organization. Never Forgotten
Honor Flight is an organization that flies
veterans and their guardians to Washington D.C. for a daylong trip to see the
monuments.
This fall, the Community Ecumenical Choir gave three performances of a
patriotic concert entitled Sweet Land of
Liberty. The concerts were held in Tomahawk, Ogema and Phillips. From the
free will offerings, the choir raised $1,500
which was donated to the Honor Flight.
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Dont let an outside company limit growth

Wisconsin is supposedly open for
business. Thats what our governor says,
along with the states economic development leadership.
However, being able to do that business and expand jobs and tax base in
the state appears to be at the pleasure of
investor-owned utilities such as We Energies.
The company, which has a monopoly
on providing natural gas service in the
area put a more than a quarter-million
dollar bill against Hurd Windows and
Doors owner Sierra Pacific Industry to
cover the companys contribution toward a gas main upgrade.
Hurd has plans to expand in Medford
with a facility upgrade and the creation
of 60 to 100 new jobs in the community.
This growth is needed in order to
bring Medford industrial employment
back to pre-recession levels. More growth
means more tax base and more money in
the community. While 100 jobs may seem
like a drop in the bucket to places like
Milwaukee and Madison, it represents
a significant investment in the future of
the Medford community.
That is, it will if the project stays on
track.
A hefty fee to simply upgrade an existing service is a deterrent to economic
growth and could have long-term negative consequences, especially at a time
when the city is working to develop an

additional 56-acre industrial park.
The fee would make sense if the company was putting in a new service to a
new facility, or if the upgrades were actually taking place in Medford. However,
the upgrades We Energies says are needed to allow for the industrial growth in
Medford are proposed to be done 14 miles
away in Abbotsford.
Even then, once that upgrade is completed, it is just a stopgap measure to

account only for the needs of the Hurd
project with no cushion for additional
growth. Which means the next business
gets hit with the same sort of massive
price tag to upgrade gas mains in the
next county over, before figuring in any
other construction costs for their own
project.
The Medford Area Development Foundation and the city of Medford are taking a proactive approach to fight for the
interests of the communitys employers.
They recognize that continued growth in
jobs and manufacturing are necessary
in order to sustain a healthy community
and bring economic prosperity, not only
to Medford, but to the surrounding region.
At its peak, more than double the
number of people who lived in Medford
worked here each day. While that number has fallen in recent years, recovery
efforts are helping it to improve.
Now, when poised for growth, an outside company could be the deal-breaker
to erase years of economic development
effort. This must not be allowed to happen.
The city of Medford and all in the economic development community need to
continue to fight hard to bring growth
to the community. Rather than being a
barrier to growth, We Energies needs to
be a partner in that growth so all people
benefit. After all, more jobs means more
homes that will require natural gas service for years to come.
In working together, along with state
development leaders, these stumbling
blocks can become stepping stones leading to renewed growth.
School needs to separate want from need

There is a saying when negotiating,
if you dont ask, you dont get. That
phrase seems to be the motivation behind
the millions of dollars in upgrades the
school districts Athletic Improvement
Council has asked for the high school
football field complex.
The projects are big ticket items and
many will balk at the price tags associated. Still others will legitimately even
question their need.
A focus of the project seems to be to
try and figure out a way to get a new set
of locker rooms at the field. Right now,
the locker rooms are across the parking
lot in the school. This is the way the field
has been since the school opened decades
ago and, while far from ideal, has been
made to work. Locker or training room
facilities are something to consider if
looking at a bleacher rebuild or other
major project that it could be incorporated into.
Other projects on the list are essential that they get done. The track is used
not only by the sports teams, but as part
of the classroom for physical education
classes and is heavily utilized in nice
weather by the community as a place
to walk. The $100,000 investment for a
track surface that is 20 years old is far
from outrageous and is something which
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should have been planned for while preparing budgets. Beyond the schools ability to host meets, a poorly maintained
track surface is a danger to students and
all users.
The biggest ticket item on the list of
wants is to replace the grass with artificial turf. There is no doubt that the Field
Turf product on the dream list is a good
product that would stand up to years of
use. The concern is the price tag. You can
buy an awful lot of textbooks for $1 million and it seems excessive to use it on a
field that gets played on only a handful of
times a year.
Then again, based on the schools estimate, spending $18,000 a year for a field
that only gets played on a dozen times
each year also seems a bit excessive. For
those doing the quick math it comes out
to $1,500 worth of lawn care per game.
One of the major selling points of the artificial turf is that it would open the field
up to other uses beyond just being there
for the football team. The school could
even let the marching band practice on
the field or maybe even let soccer play
there rather than in Stetsonville.
Of course, the school district could
do these things with the existing grass
field. Considering that marching band is
a class where people get a grade, making
Quote of the Week:
Chuck Zenner, chairman of the county finance

committee, about the need to slow down on seeking a referendum.
them practice in a parking lot next to the

football field seems a bit odd.
The councils wish list is a good starting point. Who knows, there could be an
individual or group out there willing to
put money behind a project if there was
a commitment from the school district to
make it happen.
One step the district needs to do is to

take those wish lists and prioritize the
needs facing all the school facilities. Taken as part of a bigger picture, it is easier
to identify what would be nice to have
versus what is essential.
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Writer says nothing unusual about holding funerals at schools
The caption under a picture of a hearse at the Medford High School that read Hearse raises questions is
an intriguing observation by your paper.
While this is not a common occurrence at the high
school, it is by no means an unusual sight in our communities. Due to size and building limitations, all funerals cannot always be held in socially approved funeral homes or churches. In the case of Helen Topinka,
a longtime Medford resident who believes in a Christian ministry and faith that meets in homes, the aforementioned options were not available related to the anticipated size of the gathering.
Inquiry was made with the Medford Area School
District into the possibility of using one of their facilities to hold the funeral and luncheon. Kudos goes
to Superintendent Pat Sullivan who graciously offered
assistance to the family after assuring that no policy existed that prohibited funerals in publicly owned school
buildings. His review and personal touch given to this
request displayed exemplary leadership ability.
In response to the newspapers question, there is
always an answer to a question. Yet, the tenor of the

question exhibits a feeling that this is a never event or
a wrong place for a hearse. Human mortality is just as
real as life itself. Whether we wish to hide, ignore, and
blindfold ourselves from a destination that will befall
each one of us, death and the practices that go with it
are very real.
Just this last April, I lost my wife of 25 years to pancreatic cancer. She was an educator in the St. Cloud,
Minn. School District up to the time of her death. The
St. Cloud Apollo High School hosted her funeral and
luncheon for over 700 people. As in her case, the decision to have a funeral in a school is not about whether
the school is the right place, but rather, is it the right
decision in respect to the need.
Interestingly, Perry Pearson, one of the ministers at
Helen Topinkas funeral is a MASH alumnus from 1992.
I hope this assists in answering the questions that community members might have had.
Ronald Topinka, MASH alumni, class of 1984
St. Cloud, Minn.
Vox Pop
Writer says capitalism is another word for greed
Pres. Herbert Hoover, Republican, presided over the

crash of 1929. The unemployment rate was 25 percent,
those lucky enough to have a job, faced 50 percent wage
cuts. Farmers could not afford to plant or feed the animals and lost their farms. Ex-millionaires dove out of
windows.
FDR, Democrat, was elected and in 1934 told Congress that the security of all citizens comes first, and
the security of home, livelihood and social insurance
constitutes a right of every individual. He established
Social Security, created millions of jobs with CCC,
created the TVA which brought electricity and millions more jobs to rural America. He established laws
and regulations governing banks and corporations to
prevent the excesses that caused the depression. FDR
knew that we must all do well in order for the nation
to do well, and America became the wealthiest, most
powerful nation and the envy of the world, proving his
policies.
Then came Reagan, Republican. Government cant
fix the problem, government is the problem and began
the process of dismantling the agencies and regulations that made this country great. He started the attacks on unions and education. He cut taxes and slid the
country into stagnation. Clinton rescued the economy
and handed Bush a balanced budget. Bush deregulated
some more, cut taxes twice, and landed us in a reces-
sion from which we cannot recover due to unrelenting

attacks on Obama, his fiscal, social and foreign policies,
his character and ethnicity. They blocked his every effort and blamed the lack of recovery on him, engendering a blind hatred of him by a base incapable of coherent thought. The Republicans cannot win an election
based on their economic policies, so they married the
church and pretended to believe that sexual and social
repressions were important, and adopted a class of
people full of prejudices and bigotries, who believe that
their nose up their neighbors skirts is more important
than a vibrant economy.
That base was sufficient to win this election because of the lowest turnout since 1942, and they put the
schoolyard bully in charge. Tunnel visioned investors,
unable to see 10 minutes past the bottom line, caused
the crash of 1929. Wall Street banks, the Koch brothers
and their ilk, are doing the same thing all over again.
They will succeed because the only group voting is so
unyieldingly self righteous, biased, ignorant and misinformed that they cannot select a matching pair of
socks, much less a coherent fiscal policy. Their lack of
compassion and social conscience is the exact opposite
of the teaching of Jesus, in whom they profess to believe. They justify that by calling it capitalism, which is
just another word for economic gluttony.
Barrie Johnson, Exeland
The Christmas concert season is in full swing once

again.
I refer to them as Christmas concerts because only the
people who print out the holiday concerts programs
pretend they are anything else but an extension of the
Christmas season.
Each year I come into the Christmas season just a little more Scrooge-like grumpy. Life just gets in the way of
living Christmas each day of the year, like the Dickens
story tells us we should. The endless series of gray days
doesnt help. It almost makes you appreciative it getting
dark well before heading home from work because black
is at least a primary color.
Each year I resolve that this is the year I will say humbug to all the holiday frippery. Over the course of attending a few Christmas concerts, my resolve starts to crack.
Maybe it is the beginning band students playing their
hearts out and still sounding like they are playing Three
Blind Mice which, I will note, is about two blind mice
more than I can play. Or maybe it is the smiling faces of
children singing songs of hope and joy.
Or maybe, it is the Medford Area School Districts administrative edict that no concert can last more than one
hour. Some, such as the Medford Elementary School, get
around this rule by having three back to back concerts,
which makes for some massive traffic jams as people
seek to move in and out of the school gym.
I am a big fan of the one hour time limit. All good
things must end and having a time limit keeps the programs under control as to how elaborate and extensive
they can be.
I am such a fan of the limit that I would advocate its
use in other areas of public life.
For government meetings, I would set the limit at 90
minutes. After 90 minutes people lose focus and start to
repeat themselves.
As an added level of fun, Roberts Rules of Order
should be amended to require a massive baketball-style
time clock which ticks down the gavel-to-gavel proceedings. Just as with basketball games, there could be a
limited number of timeouts which could pause the clock
such as asking for the clerk to look up a document.
Likewise for the really hardcore former FFA parliamentarians out there, there could be fouls for people who attempt to delay action or who forget to address comments
to the chair, and instead engage in bickering.
Obviously, I need to get out more often.
Which, getting back to my main point, is what I like
about the Christmas concert season. It is a great way to
get into the holiday spirit and an opportunity to visit
with family and neighbors without having to worry
about cleaning your house first, serving anyone food
or worrying about people having too much eggnog and
passing out in your living room.
Just as quickly as it has come, the Christmas concert
season will soon be over. Thursday night is Holy Rosarys
program, with Immanuel Lutherans on Friday. Medford
band plays on Saturday night and Monday, Dec. 22 both
Gilman High School and the Medford High School choirs
have concerts.
Time is quickly counting down on the holiday season,
so be sure to take in a concert or two and get into the
holiday frame of mind before the buzzer rings.
Brian Wilson is News Editor at The Star News.
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US midterm elections: Is it really

the economy stupid, or something else?
Cymbal players
photo by Donald Watson
Josie Scheithauer (left) and Cassandra Cano play the cymbals during the third
grades performance of Pat-A-Pan during the Rib Lake Elementary School Christmas
concert on Dec. 15 in the high school gym.
School corner
Cursive writing belongs in schools

Like losing your first tooth; or learning to ride a bike without training
wheels, learning to wrIte in cursive has
long been a rite of passage to young
children. I can still remember being
in third grade at Mindoro Elementary
School, and receiving my Zaner-Bloser
penmanship book. Its cover was graced
by a white rabbit chewing a huge orange
carrot. How excited I was to begin writing like the big kids, forming perfectly
rounded letters with just enough slant. It
was a thing of beauty.
Fast forward to the 21st century, where
society and classrooms have become increasingly dependent on digital communication and keyboarding for expressing
ideas. This trend has led some to believe
that the teaching of cursive writing in
our schools is a waste of time and should
be discontinued. The Common Core
Standards have pushed cursive handwriting to the wayside, in favor of more
tech-based literacy learning. Although
the Core does allow states or individual
school districts to supplement the curriculum with cursive writing, a growing
number of school districts are dropping
it entirely; calling it irrelevant to modern life.
The Medford Area Public School District continues to formally instruct students in cursive writing, providing approximately 40 minutes per week to third
graders as part of their foundations language program. According to director
of curriculum Laura Lundy, In fourth
grade and beyond, students have the
choice to use cursive or to print. Formal
keyboarding training begins in third and
fourth grade and continues throughout
middle school.
In an informal survey I conducted

with friends and educators both within
and outside of the Medford school district, the comments were very much
in favor of continued cursive writing
instruction. However, most people surveyed admitted that their own children/
students do not use cursive writing for
anything other than signing their names
and many are unable to read It fluently.
So why should we continue to provide
cursive writing instruction to our students? There are several good arguments
in favor of this practice. Cursive writing
helps develop motor skills. It involves
using hand muscles in a different way
and stimulates both hemispheres of the
brain. One study indicated that students
who wrote the essay portion of the SAT
exam in cursive scored slightly higher
than those who wrote in manuscript.
Most legal documents in this country
require a signature that is written, not
printed. The bulk of our historical documents are written in cursive, which
makes them difficult to read for those
who have not had this instruction. And
as one child said, If we dont learn it,
how sad would it be to not be able to read
a card from Grandma?
Lastly, it could be argued that cursive
writing is an art form. Our handwriting
is part of our uniqueness. I would hate to
see it die along with shorthand and calligraphy. I am pleased that our school district continues to see the benefit in this
instruction, even if it doesnt include
a penmanship book with a white rabbit
chewing a huge orange carrot.
Kelley Isola, Medford Area
School District school board member
To most of us independents and objective observers, it is hilariously ironic

that the economy was voters number one
concern and yet they voted the way they
did. Lets take a deep breath and consider
these: Jobless rate has fallen to 5.8 percent
as the U.S. economy added 214,000 jobs in
October, the Bureau of Labor and Statistics reported. Employers have now added at least 200,000 jobs for nine straight
months the longest such stretch since
1995. The stock market continues to rise
past record levels. Corporate profits are
at an all-time high. U.S. gross national
product growth is the best of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. The dollar
is at its strongest levels in years, gasoline
prices are falling, the deficit is rapidly
declining, housing values are rising dramatically and millions of poor people can
now afford to see a doctor. Along with Affordable Care Act (ACA) improving the
health and security of millions, President Obama has greatly improved the
economy, controlled the budget deficits
and added 5.5 million jobs. These are all
solid economic and social metrics and yet
President Obama is still everyones political scapegoat. In foreign policy, the President ended two wars and killed our most
hated enemy, Osama bin Laden. Sure the
Middle East remains an awful mess, but
when wasnt it? Nevertheless, the Presidents claims are substantial.
Indeed, just as another writer observed, there was a time not so long ago
when Americans, regardless of their political stripes, rallied around the president. Once elected, the man who won the
White House was no longer viewed as a
Republican or Democrat but the president
of the United States. The oath of office
was taken the president is for all the
people. President Obama has become the
glaringly exception to that unwritten, patriotic rule. Yes indeed, once upon a time
things were different. I can only assume
that his opponents have had their sense of
hypocrisy surgically removed. As a matter of fact, some people boasted publicly
that they hope the President would fail.
Of course when the president fails the
country flounders. Wishing harm upon
your country in order to further your own
narrow political views is selfish, sinister
and a tad treasonous as well.
Trouble is, too many dont understand
why making sure that ordinary people
have access to affordable healthcare is
necessary. Then there are those, like
the man in Kentucky who signed up for
Kentucky-cares (Kynect) said it was so
much better than Obamacare, not able
to understand the only difference was the
name. So let me get this straight, they hate
the law, but they love their new insurance
coverage. There is really only one explanation for this, they like what the man in
the White House has done for the economy, the stock market, the jobless rate, etc.,
but they just dont like the man and they
would vote against their own best interests just to make that point. This is the
best proof that disapproval for President
Barack Obama comes from situations that
have nothing to do with his work. There
really is nothing that one can take away
from this election that makes sense at
all. Thats what happens when you spend
enough on advertising, you can sell ice
cream to Eskimos (excuse the clich). It is
said that What man does not understand,
he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy. In this election about 30 percent
of the eligible voters in the nation voted.
That is not democracy in action. It is time
all states imposed a fine for not voting in
general elections. The true wishes of the
majority if given the same information

are totally unknown and unknowable.
The entire campaign in the whole
country consisted of repeating Obama,
Obama, Obama bad, Obama bad,
Obama bad, like a cockatoo. It baffles
most of independent observers how the
Democrats were afraid to tout the Presidents economic accomplishments. They
had a tremendous record to run on, but
they didnt. Instead they sit back and
cower and ask for forgiveness for a crime
they never committed. Some Democrats
couldnt even acknowledge him and some
even had no courage to say that they voted
for the President. My guess is that you
will soon see Republicans taking credit
for the declining unemployment rate and
the growing economy, since the gas price
and the economy is projected to get much
better next year. Well, I wont blame them,
they should go for it since the Democrats
wont take credit for that.
I fully understand that it has been six
years since President Barack Obama took
office but did everyone seem to forget the
condition of the country that was handed
to him. All that is asked from a new President is that they try to improve what the
last one left behind. President Barack
Obama has done that. While a case can be
made that some of the jobs being created
are not paying as well as the past. This is
a free market economy, there is not much
the federal government can do. I am not
saying that he has been a perfect President; no one has ever been a perfect President. Voters might have been angry about
this and voted in Republicans, who never
helped in making it better, but thats like
trying not to die while tying a noose
around your neck. Or Americans sobered
up and decided the bad old days were better. This defies reason.
Honestly, if a Republican is in the
White House right now, he/she would be
considered a great president and the Republicans would be clearing a spot for him
on Mt. Rushmore and trying to get every
airport named after him. Some may not
agree with my assessment, but it is always
the case that when you present evidence
of something that contradicts a persons
basic philosophy and world view, they are
highly motivated to find reasons not to believe it. The challenge for Democrats is to
come up with a simple, highly visual way
of describing their brand of Capitalism,
which is a Capitalism that treats people
like human beings and not commodities.
But too many of their candidates always
have to prove they are the smartest person in the room rather than simply caring
about their constituents.
Again, the next two years will be a slugfest. My guess is that 2016 will resolve it.
The Republicans have two years to dismantle Affordable Care Act. The odds
say this effort will also crash and burn.
The President has little to lose. I wouldnt
try to put him in a corner in his last two
years. I agree with what Dr. Uchenna
Ekwo of the Center for Media and Peace
Initiative (CMPI) New York. said, Americas democracy is strong and will remain
so for a long time but the gridlock in Congress and extremism in both parties will
continue in the foreseeable future.
This whole stuff will come to pass,
America will survive and decades from
now our children and grandchildren will
be wondering what happened among
those adults at the beginning of this 21st
Century, when they took the concept of
compromise and spat on it, trampled it
underfoot, reviled it and throw it back on
Americans faces. Just my two cents.
Osmond Ekwueme MD. PhD,
Medford
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THE STAR NEWS
Thursday, December
January 2, 2014
18, 2014
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Hurd expansion plans hit stumbling block with gas company fee
brought in because the issues impact economic development in the entire area,
On Thursday, the group met at city
hall to outline the issues facing economic
growth and to try and figure out a solution.
Don Bruessel of We Energies outlined
the issues as the natural gas provider
sees it. He said We Energies is a local distribution company. What this means is
they take the natural gas from the high
pressure interstate pipelines and distribute it through a series of mains in their
region. Natural gas service for Medford
comes from a pipeline located near Edgar. From there, it is piped to Abbotsford
where the pressure is stepped down even
further, and it is piped in two mains measuring three inches and four inches in diameter to Medford where the pressure is
again stepped down to service businesses
and households. Medford is effectively a
dead-end for the company, although it has
started the process to provide residential
service to the town of Browning.
Wolf said he would expect to pay something if they were running a new service,
but they were simply upgrading an existing service they had with the company.
According to Bruessel, one of the issues
is the service to Medford is effectively at
capacity.
Unlike water, which does not compress, natural gas can be compressed under high pressure. Bruessel said in order
to increase the flow to Medford, the most
cost effective means to do so is to increase
the pipe from four inches to six inches in
Abbotsford.
However, because We Energies has a
policy of not over building, the few thousand feet of work would be just enough to
service the Hurd project, with any other
business facing the same sort of cost for
their project. According to Dan Sande of
We Energies, things would be different if
this was a residential expansion versus a
business expansion.
He explained the companys policies in
working with commercial and industrial
customers is to want to have a fast payback because of the risk they may go out
of business soon. They drew the comparison to the number of ethanol producers
that started up a few years ago, with the
much smaller number that remain.
Wolf noted Sierra Pacific Industries
isnt going to be going anywhere. He said
the company is one of the largest private
landowners in the United States and purchased Hurd as a way to utilize its sus-
tainably managed 80- to 90-year growth

forests. They are going to be around for
a while, he said.
For the representatives from We Energies, a key issue was not wanting to put
the cost of any expansion on the general
rate payers. Instead expansion costs, they
said, need to be covered project by project.
This didnt set Well with Fales. Fales
drew parallels with the way electricity is
transmitted. He said it appears the mains
in Abbotsford are transmission lines
with the only true local distribution system. What happens after the pressure is
stepped down near Medford, Fales said he
thinks it should be the cost of the investorowned company to cover some of the expense of increasing supply to customers.
Fales also raised concerns with the
citys economic future being effectively in
the hands of an investor-owned utility.
Sande disagreed with Fales characterization of the lines, saying under federal
and state regulations covering gas, they
are a local distribution company. He said
they operate under their own regulatory
requirements.
I see it as a community issue, Wolf
said, expressing concern over what having limited access to natural gas service
without major costs would do to business
growth here.
Wellner said before the recession Medford had 8,000 people working at jobs here.
While that number is currently below
7,000, Wellner said efforts, such as Hurds
expansion and other growth, are rebuilding that number. He said these types of
fees would present barriers to economic
recovery and growth in the region.
For Emmerich, one of the biggest issues was the timing of the project. Sierra
Industries was looking forward to starting the project soon and was thrown a
wrench when the cost of the gas expansion
was raised at what amounted to be the last
minute. She said basic salesmanship is to
call on the major industries or at least the
municipalities or economic groups development groups in the region to see what
growth is projected so the utility could be
proactive in planning for that growth.
Mike Arndt, the We Energies representative who works directly with customers, noted the size of his region, but said
he could see value in what she suggested.
Bruessel noted with the history of
Hurd and the project calling for a yearround steady load, not just peak loads,
there may be ability for We Energies to
work with different options to cover the
cost of the upgrades. What those costs
could end up being would be disclosed in
Concerned industries
Dan Anderson of Phillips-Medisize looks at the maps of gas main upgrades We

Energies representatives say is needed to allow growth in Medford. City, industry and
economic development leaders met with representatives from We Energies to work
toward a solution to reduce the financial burden on businesses looking to expand.
a private meeting between Sierra Pacific
Industries and We Energies.
For now, the city of Medford and the
Medford Area Development Foundation
are continuing to work with the business-
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Grunseth asked.
Bernie Van Den Heuvel, village trustee, said he purchased bags from Advanced for a family reunion that were not
used. With a newly purchased cart from
Express Disposal, Van Den Heuvel says
he shouldnt have to pay for both.
Jane DeStaercke, village trustee, said
community members should negotiate
concerns with Express. Russel Baker,
village trustee, said he thinks 45 days is
enough time to get rid of the old bags.
Grunseth said if someone buys from
the hardware store today, without knowing the 45 day limit, theres no way
theyre going to use the bags.
Other board trustees suggested community members sell to people who need
garbage bags.
Bill Breneman, village president, said
they will publish a notice in the December newsletter about the 45-day limit, and
suggest community members contact Advanced or Express about their issue with
the bags.
Grunseth said she also plans to contact Advanced about possible refunds, but
by Reporter Kayla Peche

At the Dec. 10 regular Gilman Village
Board meeting, board members discussed
a letter sent to residents regarding new
garbage/recycling policies with Express
Disposal. With the letter came questions
and concerns from the public about recycling fees and the calendar.
I did a follow up with Kurt Redforn
(Express Disposal representative) on
these items, said Candice Grunseth, village clerk. Fran Prasnicki (village treasurer) offered to send out the calendars
with water/sewer billings.
Grunseth said village residents asked
what to do with the old garbage bags from
the previous company Advanced Disposal.
Redforn said they would allow residents to use those bags for 45 days, but did
not specify when those 45 days would begin or end.
If somebody comes in and says well
I have 10 bags, Ill never use them in
45 days, what are we supposed to do?
THANK YOU
says there is no guarantee.

Also on the agenda, the board approved a resolution for the 2014 levy, at
$548,306.05, and the tax rate at $32.45 per
$1,000 of value. All members with one absence (Mike Kinas) approved the resolution.
A new siren was installed in the village
on Dec. 5, and Breneman says the storm
tone works, but the fire tones are not
working.
There were some programing issues,
Breneman said. I think they may have
been completed by now, but I will find out
Saturday morning when I will be standing beside it and asking them to test it.
The Gilman Rural Fire District offered
to pay half the siren bill, and Breneman
Thursday,
Thursday,
December
January18,
2, 2014
will take the remaining amount to the

county to see if they will reimburse any of
it. Previously, the county offered to pay 50
percent of the repair bill. The village will
do a budget amendment for this at a later
time.
For spring elections, the board reminds
residents there are four open positions
up for election three trustees (Eileen
Grunseth, Van Den Heuvel and Baker)
and village board president (Breneman).
A caucus meeting date is set for Jan. 14 at
6:30 p.m. before the regular board meeting.
Breneman reappointed DeStaercke
and Alexis Goebel to the Western Taylor
County Library Board, which also had
two open positions.
Together we
raised over
$10,000
to our generous donors

and inspired volunteers
Matching Leadership Gift:
Gilman grads at Army/Navy game
Nestle Pizza Division
Tom Tallier spread a little hometown pride on Saturday when he watched the annual Army/Navy football game with his son, cadet Corey Tallier, and naval Midshipman Jenna Fedors. Navy won the game 17-10.
STUDENTS
County to repave lot
Campaign Contributors:
Annies Hallmark
Aspirus Medford Hospital & Clinic
Borealis Wellness Clinic
Brost Chiropractic
Hansen & Associates Accounting
Harris Insurance Services
Hawkins Ash CPAs
Hemer Funeral Service, Inc
Hickory Nutz Sausage Co, LLC
Hoffmans Fabric, Floral, & Crafts
Russell Jablonsky
James Stokes Photography LLC
JLAR Valley
K & B Refrigeration
Klingbeil Lumber Co.
Kramer Plumbing & Heating
Tom Lindow
Liske Marine Sales & Service

Mayer & Associates
Medford Kiwanis Club
Medford Pharmacy, Inc.
Nestle Pizza Division
Nicolet National Bank - Medford
NTC Medford Student Governing Board
Pam Runge
Stetson Hardwoods Inc.
Taylor Credit Union
Taylor Electric Cooperative
The Star News
Time Federal Savings Bank
Travel Leaders
Wheelers Chevrolet of Medford
WIGM, Inc.
by Reporter Mark Berglund
A Day for NTC Students Campaign Committee and Volunteers

Mary K. Miki Bix, Retired*
Karen Dahlvig, WKEB/WIGM Radio*
Roberta Damrow, NTC Regional Dean*
David L. Hraby, Thrivent Financial*
Dylan Boucher
Karen Brzezinski
Stan Carbaugh
Tanya Elliott**
Chrystal Heinrich
Greg Cisewski
Tanya Gruetzmacher**
Dina Guralski
Shanna Hackel
Tom Lindow, President, Time Federal Savings Bank*

Harry Sweda, Taylor County Education Foundation
Debra A. Woods, President/CEO Taylor Credit Union*
Vicki Jeppesen
Catherine Leifeld**
Weng Liew**
Eunice Mayer
Charlie Paulson
Kari Rappe**
Sheila Rossmiller**
Deb Schaefer
Brooke Schindler
submitted photo
Renee Selle
Angie Servi
Kelsi Seubert
Chris Severson
Shawn Sullivan
PaHnia Thao
Lori Weyers
Jeannie Worden
*also served as member of Campaign Leadership/Planning Group and as a Day for NTC Students Volunteer
**also served as member of Campaign Leadership/Planning Group
51-145043
The Taylor County Courthouse parking lot will be paved this summer and
the Third Street driveway apron will be
widened to 35 feet during the work to accommodate delivery trucks. The building and grounds committee approved
the move on a voice vote. Building and
grounds director Jeff Ludwig said the department budget has had enough money
to complete the project the past three
years, but it has been raided each time
for other projects. He said there is $78,000
in the account for the project and he
would like to have $110,000 in place when
the project starts. He said the county
highway department will do the parking
lot work and their estimate of $85,000 for
the project should hold.
In an effort to help close the countys
2016 structural deficit, the committee
discussed the possibility of raising fees
for renting county facilities like the fairground buildings and for winter storage
of recreational equipment at the fairgrounds. It also discussed adding camping fees at Wood Lake and Camp 8 and
boat landing fees at county sites.
Our intention was never to profitfrom [county fairground rentals] but
there is no question we are low, Ludwig
said.
The committee threw out a half-day
increase from $25 to $50 and bumping up
the all-day charge to $75.
The committee did not have figures on
last years rental income. I dont think
we should do it today. Id like to see how
much money we are talking about first.
We are in the dark, committee member

Lester Lewis said.
Lewis did not reveal his reason, but
said he may bring up the idea of eliminating camping on county property in the
future. We should charge camping fees
if we are going to have camping, Lewis
said.
Committee member Dave Makovsky
felt campgrounds were important.
Camping is one of the last freedoms
people have, Makovsky said. Freedom
isnt free, Lewis said.
Lewis said he would like to see a lock
box for payment or a reservation system
for camping at county sites. Makovsky
said the income from camping fees would
be small, and lower fuel prices for the
county highway department might be
enough to solve the budget deficit.
Lewis said fees at boat landings would
have to be voluntary as there is no way to
make a reservation system for boat landings work.
The winter storage agreements are
in place for this year. The earliest they
could be changed is next winter.
In other business:
The committee approved filling

a custodial position after the county personnel committee approved the move.
Its approved by the personnel committee, its a done deal, Lewis said.
The committee approved a variation to the building plan for the AT&T
tower and received an update on tower
contract negotiations.
The committee approved a resolution recognizing Chuck Johnsons service to the county as he retires from his
custodial duties.
PUBLIC
NOTICES
NEWS
THE STAR NEWS THE STAR NEWS
Thursday, December
January 2, 2014
18, 2014
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
STATE OF WISCONSIN
CIRCUIT COURT
TAYLOR COUNTY
Case No. 14-IN-18
In the Matter of the Estate of
Hilbert Dassow Jr., Decedent.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:
1. An application for informal
administration was filed.
2. The decedent, with date
of birth of December 22, 1950
and date of death of December
8, 2014, was domiciled in Taylor County, State of Wisconsin,
with a mailing address of N4522
Grahl Dr., Medford, WI 54451.
3. All interested persons
waived notice.
4. The deadline for filing a
claim against the decedents estate is March 19, 2015.
5. A claim may be filed at the
Taylor County Courthouse, Medford, Wisconsin.
/s/ Toni Matthias
Toni Matthias, Probate Registrar
Date: December 11, 2014
Gregory G. Krug, Attorney
State Bar No. 1000148
205 S. Second St.
Medford, WI 54451
(715) 748-2273
(1st ins. December 18,
3rd ins. January 1)
51-145047
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NOTICE OF
FORECLOSURE SALE
STATE OF WISCONSIN
CIRCUIT COURT
TAYLOR COUNTY
Case No. 14-CV-73
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
Plaintiff,
vs.
Eric J. Decker, Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC, Memorial Health Center Clinics a/k/a
Aspirus Medford Hospital and
Gregory G. Krug
Defendants.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE
that by virtue of a judgment of
foreclosure entered on October 1, 2014 in the amount of
$131,831.67 the Sheriff will sell
the described premises at public
auction as follows:
TIME: January 6, 2015 at
9:30 a.m.
TERMS: Pursuant to said
judgment, 10% of the successful
bid must be paid to the sheriff at
the sale in cash, cashiers check
or certified funds, payable to the
clerk of courts (personal checks
cannot and will not be accepted). The balance of the successful bid must be paid to the
clerk of courts in cash, cashiers
check or certified funds no later
than ten days after the courts
confirmation of the sale or else
the 10% down payment is forfeited to the plaintiff. The property is sold as is and subject to
all liens and encumbrances.
PLACE: In the lobby of the
Taylor County Courthouse, Medford, Wisconsin.
DESCRIPTION: South 20
acres, more or less, of the
Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SW 1/4 of the SW
1/4), Section 11, Township 31
North, Range 1 East, Town of
Medford, Taylor County, Wisconsin, EXCEPT that part conveyed
to State of Wisconsin by Warranty Deed recorded in Volume
169 Deeds, page 29.
PROPERTY
ADDRESS:
W5556 Jolly Ave., Medford, WI
54451-8747
DATED: November 6, 2014
Gray & Associates, L.L.P.
Attorneys for Plaintiff
16345 West Glendale Drive
New Berlin, WI 53151-2841
(414) 224-8404
Please go to www.gray-law.
com to obtain the bid for this
sale
Gray & Associates, L.L.P.
is attempting to collect a debt
and any information obtained
will be used for that purpose. If
you have previously received a
discharge in a chapter 7 bankruptcy case, this communication
should not be construed as an
attempt to hold you personally
liable for the debt.
3rd ins. December 18)
49-144169
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Joe Brahmer, call Riverview

Terrace at 715-428-2135 as
soon as possible.
(1st ins. Dec. 18, 2014, 3rd ins. Jan. 1, 2015)
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Public Notice
On December 8, 2014, an application seeking consent to the assignment of license of FM translator station
W242BB was tendered for filing with the Federal Communications Commission. The station is licensed to World
Radio Link, Inc. to serve the area of Medford, WI. The proposed assignee is Edgewater Broadcasting, Inc. W242BB
operates on channel 242 with .01 kilowatts of power from
a transmitter located at 45-07-44N, 90-20-13W. W242BB
will rebroadcast station WRVM, 274, Suring, WI.
51-145086
50-144777
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City of Medford
Special Common
Council Meeting
Minutes
Monday, December 8, 2014
6:00 PM
Council Chambers, City Hall
639 South Second Street
Medford, WI
{Subject to Council Approval}
Call to Order/Roll Call
Mayor Mike Wellner called the
meeting to order with the follow-
ing members present: Dave J.

Brandner, Arlene Parent, Greg
Knight, Peggy Kraschnewski,
Jim Peterson, Mike Bub, and
Clem Johnson. Alderperson Patricia DeChatelets was absent.
All vote tallies will be with the
exception of Alderperson DeChatelets votes.
City Personnel Present
The following City personnel
were present: City Clerk Ginny
Brost, Building Inspector/Planner Bob Christensen, and City
Coordinator/Public Works Director. City Attorney Ken Schmiege
was an excused absence.
Visitors Present
Visitors present were Brian
Wilson-Star News,
Pledge of Allegiance
Alderperson Parent began the
meeting by leading the group in
the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance.
Open Meeting Law Compliance
Mayor Wellner announced
that this was an open meeting
of the Common Council. Notice of this meeting was given
to the public at least 24 hours in
advance of the meeting by forwarding the complete agenda
to the official City newspaper,
The Star News, and to all news
media that have requested the
same as well as posting. Copies of the complete agenda
were available for inspection at
the City Clerks Office. Anyone
desiring information as to forthcoming meetings should contact
the City Clerks Office.
Citizens and Delegations
There were no citizens or delegations present.
Adjourn to Closed Session
Parent moved, Johnson seconded a motion to adjourn to
Closed Session at 6:05 PM
in accordance with Wisconsin
State Statute 19.85(1)(c) to consider the employment, promotion, compensation evaluation
data of any public employee
over which the government body
has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility. The purpose of this
Notice of Intent to File Application
Legal Notice
51-145046
NOTICE AND ORDER FOR

NAME CHANGE HEARING
STATE OF WISCONSIN
CIRCUIT COURT
TAYLOR COUNTY
Case No. 14CV107
In the Matter of the Name
Change of Jamie Lynn Steen
By (Petitioner): Jamie Lynn
Steen
NOTICE IS GIVEN:
A petition was filed asking to
change the name of the person
listed above:
From: Jamie Lynn Steen
To: Jamie Lynn Meyer
Birth Certificate: Jamie Lynn
Meyer
IT IS ORDERED:
This petition will be heard in
the Circuit Court of Taylor County, State of Wisconsin:
Judges Name: The Hon. Ann
N. Knox-Bauer
Place: Taylor County Circuit
Court, 224 South Second Street,
Medford, WI 54451
Date: January 9, 2015
Time: 9:00 a.m.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED:
Notice of this hearing shall be
given by publication as a Class
3 notice for three (3) weeks in a
row prior to the date of the hearing in the Star News, a newspaper published in Taylor County,
State of Wisconsin.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ Ann N. Knox-Bauer
The Hon. Ann N. Knox-Bauer
Circuit Court Judge
Date: December 2, 2014
3rd ins. December 25)
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City of Medford
Notice of Newly Enacted
Ordinance(s) and/or Resolution(s)
Please take notice that the City of Medford, Taylor
County, Wisconsin, enacted the following legislation on
December 8, 2014:
Ordinance #995 that establishes rates of compensation for aldermen as follows: $55.00 per meeting beginning April 21, 2015 for those alderman elected on April 7,
2015; and $55.00 per meeting beginning April 19, 2016 for
those alderman elected on April 5, 2016.
The full text of Ordinance #995 may be obtained
from the Medford City Clerks Office, 639 South Second
Street, Medford, WI 54451. The Clerks phone number is
(715)748-1181.
Virginia Brost
City Clerk, WCPC/MMC
51-144924
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The Village of Rib Lake has filed a grant application

with the USDA-Rural Development utilities programs for
the purpose of financing a Facilities Plan to determine
present and future needs of the wastewater treatment facility for the Village of Rib Lake.
The total cost of the project is approximately $40,000
and the loan amount is approximately $0. This matter will
be scheduled for public discussion and comments at the
Rib Lake Village Board Meeting on January 14, 2015 at
6:30 p.m.
Questions concerning the project can be directed to
Jerry Butler, Public Works Director, at 715-905-1030.
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51-145039
Notice to City Taxpayers

Residents of the City of Medford, please take notice of the following tax requirements:
(A) Real estate taxes of $100 or more may be paid in
two installments:
(1) on or before January 31, 2015.
(2) on or before July 31, 2015.
(B) Real estate taxes of $99.99 or less must be paid in
full by January 31, 2015.
(C) Should payment by installment be chosen, the first
payment must include all personal property, special assessment and delinquent tax charges.
(D) Should tax payment by mail be chosen, the date of
payment will correspond to the postmark date.
(E) First installment payments including dog licensing fees are payable at the City Hall, 639 South Second
Street, Medford, WI 54451 by January 31, 2015.
(F) Second installment payments are payable at the
Taylor County Treasurers Office July 31, 2015.
For reasons of security, you are hereby requested to
offer tax payments in form of a check, i.e., personal, cashiers, etc. Should you be unable to meet this request,
payment in currency will of course be accepted.
Dated this 4th day of December, 2014.
Virginia Brost
51-144430
(1st ins. Dec. 18, 2nd ins. Dec. 25)
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Closed Session is to discuss the

2015 non-union employees (excluding library employees) salaries and wages. Roll Call Vote:
Brandner-Yes;
Parent-Yes;
Knight-Yes; Kraschnewski-Yes;
Peterson-Yes;
DeChateletsAbsent; Bub-Yes; Johnson-Yes
(7 Yes; 0 No; 1 Absent) Motion
Carried.
Closed Session
Reconvene into Open Session
Council reconvened into
Open Session at 6:20 PM.
Minutes
Kraschnewski moved, Johnson seconded a motion to approve the following meeting minutes as presented and to place
the same on file in the Clerks
Office: (A) December 2, 2014
Council. All in favor: All Aye.
Motion Carried.
Ordinance
Establishing
Rates of Compensation for
Alderman
Parent moved, Johnson seconded a motion to suspend
Council Rules #13A & #13B, and
adopt Ordinance #995 that establishes rates of compensation
for aldermen as follows: $55.00
per meeting beginning April 21,
2015 for those alderman elected
on April 7, 2015; and $55.00
per meeting beginning April 19,
2016 for those alderman elected

on April 5, 2016. Roll Call Vote:
Brandner-Yes;
Parent-Yes;
Peterson-Yes;
Carried.
City of Medford Police Association Contract
On November 11, 2014, the
Finance & Personnel Committee and the City of Medford
Police Association Local 226
reached a tentative agreement.
The agreement is subject to ratification by both the City and the
Police Association Union membership. The tentative agreement includes the following:
(1) Officers shall receive paid
holidays after completing thirty
days of employment rather than
having to complete their initial
probationary period. (2) Employees will contribute a monetary amount or 12% towards
their health insurance premium.
(3) Employees will continue to
contribute a monetary amount or
10% towards their dental insurance plan. (4) Employees will
receive a 2.5% wage increase in
each employment classification
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published the week of DECEMBER 9, 2014:
Meetings: WEDC, Board of Directors, Dec. 12; WEDC, Policy Committee, Dec. 12; State
Investment Board, Dec. 15, Dec. 16.
Air Pollution Permit Application Reviews: Briggs & Stratton Corp., Dec. 11; Biewer
Wisconsin Sawmill, Dec. 12; Cellu Tissue Corporation, Dec. 12; Wisconsin Industrial
Coatings, Dec. 12; Chieftain Sand And Proppant Barron, Dec. 12.
General: Request for Public Comment, Medicaid Home and Community-Based
Services, Dec. 12; Public Hearing, Department of Natural Resources Ozone State
Implementation Plan, Dec. 13; Notice of Unclaimed Property, Online Auction, Dec. 15;
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Notice to the Electors of the

School District of Rib Lake
Taylor and Price Counties, Wisconsin
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the School Board of
the above-named School District, at a meeting duly called,
noticed, held and conducted on December 11, 2014, adopted a resolution entitled:
RESOLUTlON AUTHORIZING THE BORROWING
OF NOT TO EXCEED $4,000,000 AND PROVIDING
FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF GENERAL
OBLIGATION PROMISSORY NOTES THEREFOR
Said Resolution was adopted pursuant to the provisions of Section 67.12(12), Wisconsin Statutes to authorize a borrowing in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000
for the public purpose of paying the cost of energy efficiency related improvements at District buildings and
sites, including but not limited to HVAC, water heating,
plumbing, electrical, and lighting improvements; building
envelope and exterior improvements; roof repairs and replacement; biomass generator and boiler upgrades and/
or replacement; and acquiring related furnishings, fixtures
and equipment (the Project),
Copies of said Resolution are on file in the District office, located at 1236 Kennedy Street, Rib Lake, Wisconsin
54470 and may be inspected weekdays, except holidays,
between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m,
Section 67.12(12)(e)2, Wisconsin Statutes provides in
part that a referendum is required on the question of this
borrowing only if a petition is filed within 30 days after this
publication signed by at least 7,500 District electors or
20% of the District electors voting for Governor at the last
general election, whichever is the lesser. If no such petition is filed, then the Resolution shall be effective without
a referendum.
Dated this 11th day of December, 2014.
By the Order of the School Board
Marlene Rymer, District Clerk
51-145040
(One ins. Dec. 18, 2014)
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Accident reports
Two-vehicle accidents
David J. Kenney and Tyler T. Henke were involved

in an accident on Dec. 3 at 8:13 a.m. on Division Street
in the city of Medford. According to the accident report,
the Kenney vehicle was westbound on Division Street
when it was struck by the Henke vehicle, which was exiting an alley and unable to stop due to icy-packed roadways. The Kenney vehicle sustained moderate damage
to the front driver side. The Henke vehicle sustained
severe damage to the front and front passenger side.
The Taylor County Sheriffs Department responded
to an accident on Dec. 5 at 11:10 a.m. on Hwy 13 in the
town of Little Black. According to the accident report, a
vehicle was southbound on Hwy 13 when it was struck
by a vehicle which failed to yield the right-of-way while
exiting a residential driveway at N489 Hwy 13. The first
vehicle sustained minor damage to the passengers side.
The second vehicle sustained moderate damage to the
front and front passenger side.
Megan L. Rinehart and Jason L. Koplin were involved
in an accident on Dec. 12 at 4:10 p.m. at the intersection
of Hwy 13 and 64 in the city of Medford. According to
the accident report, the Rinehart vehicle was eastbound
on Hwy 64 and making a left turn onto Hwy 13 when it
was struck by the Koplin vehicle, which was westbound
through the intersection on Hwy 64. Witnesses reported
the traffic lights for east/west traffic were yellow at the
time of the accident. The Rinehart vehicle sustained severe damage to the rear passenger side and was towed
from the scene. The Koplin vehicle sustained moderate
damage to the front.
Ann M. Anderson and a legally-parked vehicle
owned by Kaci L. Sapinski were involved in an accident
on Dec. 14 at 4:36 p.m. in the Walmart parking lot in the
city of Medford. According to the accident report, the
Anderson vehicle was backing out of a parking space
and struck the Sapinski vehicle, damaging the driver
side bed and door. The Anderson vehicle sustained
damage to the rear bumper.
Thursday,
Thursday,
December
January18,
2, 2014
Taylor County Law Enforcement
One-vehicle accidents

to an accident on Dec. 4 at 10 p.m. on Hwy 64 in the town
of Browning. According to the accident report, a vehicle
was eastbound on Hwy 64 when the driver lost control
after a deer ran onto the roadway. The vehicle entered
the north ditch and came to a stop after hitting trees
and tag alders. The vehicle sustained minor damage to
the front and front driver side and was towed from the
scene.
to an accident on Dec. 5 at 8:28 a.m. on Hwy 97 in the
town of Goodrich. According to the accident report, a
vehicle was southbound on Hwy 97 when the driver lost
control and the vehicle skidded toward the east shoulder, overturned and came to a stop on its wheels. The
vehicle sustained severe damage to the front, both sides
and top.
to an accident on Dec. 5 at 9 a.m. on Hwy 13 in the town
of Chelsea. According to the accident report, a vehicle
was southbound on Hwy 13 attempting to pass several
other vehicles when the driver realized the roadway
was too slippery to complete the pass. The driver pulled
back into the southbound lane and lost control on the
slippery roadway. The vehicle slid into the ditch and
rolled several times before coming to a stop. The entire
vehicle sustained severe damage and was towed from
the scene.
to an accident on Dec. 5 at 12:32 p.m. in the parking lot
of the Taylor County Courthouse in the city of Medford.
According to the accident report, a vehicle was attempting to enter the sallyport at the Taylor County Jail when
it struck the wall, causing damage. The vehicle sustained severe damage to the rear passenger side.
See ACCIDENT REPORTS on page 13
Two-vehicle accident
Devin L. Gyorkos and Lynette E. Marthaler were involved in an accident on Dec. 8 at 4:17 p.m. on North
Second Street in the city of Medford. According to the
accident report, the Gyorkos vehicle was parked on the
east side of North Second Street. The driver did not see
the Marthaler vehicle as he attempted to merge into the
northbound lane, striking the Marthaler vehicle in the
front passenger side, causing severe damage. The Gyorkos vehicle sustained severe damage to the driver side.
Both vehicles were towed from the scene.
Public notices
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beginning January 1, 2015. (5)
Employee contributions to the
Wisconsin Retirement System
will be determined according to
Wisconsin Retirement System
Rule or law, but no more than
the general employee Wisconsin
Retirement System contribution
rate. (6) Meal reimbursement
increased from $35.00 daily to
$45.00 daily beginning January
1, 2015. (7) Effective January
1, 2015, all full-time Police Officers hired during the term of the
agreement shall no later than 60
(sixty) days after the completion
of their probationary period, establish and maintain residence
within a 15 (fifteen) mile radius of
the City of Medford jurisdictional
limits (boundaries). Thereafter,
any police officer that changes
residences, the new residence
shall be in conformity with the
above residency requirements
unless granted an exception by
the City of Medford Common
Council. (8) The contract is for
one year, and will begin January
1, 2015 and terminate December 31, 2015.
Parent moved, Kraschnewski
seconded a motion to ratify the
agreement between the City and
the City of Medford Police Association Local 226 as presented.
Roll Call Vote: Brandner-Yes;
Parent-Yes; Knight-Yes; Kraschnewski-Yes; Peterson-Yes;
DeChatelets-Absent; Bub-Yes;
Johnson-Yes (7 Yes; 0 No; 1 Absent) Motion Carried.
2015 Non Union Employees
Salaries/Wages
Peterson moved, Johnson
seconded a motion to approve
a 2.5% salary/wage increase for
all non-union employees beginning January 1, 2015. Roll Call
Vote: Brandner-Yes; Parent-Yes;

Peterson-Yes;
Carried.
Johnson moved, Brandner
seconded a motion to continue
the additional $3,000 for the City
Coordinator/Public Works Director for electric utility work he performs. Roll Call Vote: BrandnerYes; Parent-Yes; Knight-Yes;
Kraschnewski-Yes;
PetersonYes; DeChatelets-Absent; BubYes; Johnson-Yes (7 Yes; 0 No;
1 Absent) Motion Carried.
2016 Health Insurance Premiums with Security Health
Kraschnewski moved, Peterson seconded a motion to
accept Security Health Plans
offer as follows for the calendar year 2016: (1) An increase
not-to-exceed amount of 7% if
the Citys loss ratio is less than
93% beginning January 1, 2016.
This not include federal tax pass
through related to the Affordable
Care Act and/or any future state
or federal regulations
Such
future state or federal fees or
taxes are unknown at this time.
(2) An increase not-to-exceed
amount of 11% if the Citys loss
ratio is equal to or greater than
93% beginning January 1, 2016.
This not include federal tax pass
through related to the Affordable
Care Act and/or any future state
or federal regulations
Such
future state or federal fees or
taxes are unknown at this time.
Roll Call Vote: Brandner-Yes;
Parent-Yes; Knight-Yes; Kraschnewski-Yes; Peterson-Yes;
DeChatelets-Absent; Bub-Yes;
Johnson-Yes (7 Yes; 0 No; 1 Absent) Motion Carried.
2015 Employee/Employer
Contribution to the Health In-
surance Premiums
The proposed City/employee
(excluding library employees)
monthly contribution to the 2015
health insurance premium is as
follows:
Plan - City-Monthly (88%) Employee-Monthly (12%) - Total
Single - $592.07 - $80.74 $672.81
Employee
Plus
One
$1,183.28 - $161.36 - $1,344.64
Family - $1,774.92 - $242.03
- $2,016.95
The monthly increase from
2014 to 2015 is as follows:
Plan - City Contribution - Employee Contribution - Total Premium
Single - $4.93 - $22.67 $27.60
Employee + One - $8.97 $45.22 - $54.19
Family - $13.47 - $67.82 $81.29
The City/employee (excluding
library employees) contributions
to the health savings account
would remain the same or as
follows:
Plan - Employer Annual Contribution to H.S.A.
Single - $2,000.00
Employee
plus
One
$4,000.00
Family - $4,000.00
*The City will distribute the
contribution into the employees
health savings account in twelve
equal monthly premiums.
Johnson
moved,
Kraschnewski seconded a motion
to approve the 2015 employee/
employer (excluding library employees) contributions to the
health insurance premiums as
shown above. Roll Call Vote:
Brandner-Yes;
Parent-Yes;
Peterson-Yes;

Carried.
2015 Employee/Employer
Contribution to the Dental Insurance Premiums
The proposed City/employee
monthly contribution to the 2015
dental insurance premium is as
follows:
Single - $30.03 - $3.34 $33.37
Employee + One - $82.04 $9.12 - $91.16
Family - $82.04 - $9.12 $91.16
The monthly increase from
2014 to 2015 is as follows:
Single - $1.15 - $.13 - $1.28
Employee + One - $3.15 $.36 - $3.51
Family - $3.15 - $.36 - $3.51
Kraschnewski moved, Parent
seconded a motion to approve
the 2015 employee/employer
contributions to the dental insurance premiums as shown
above. Roll Call Vote: Brandner-Yes; Parent-Yes; KnightYes; Kraschnewski-Yes; Peterson-Yes; DeChatelets-Absent;
Bub-Yes; Johnson-Yes (7 Yes; 0
No; 1 Absent) Motion Carried.
Mayoral Appointment
Medford Area Fire Commission City Representatives
Mayor Wellner would like to
re-appoint the following individuals to serve as the Citys representatives on the Joint City/
Rural Fire Commission for a
one-year term that begins January 1, 2015 and ends December
31, 2015: Dan Ackeret, Clem
Johnson,
Al Leonard, Scott
Mueller, Arlene Parent, and
Scott Perrin.
Kraschnewski moved, Knight
seconded a motion to ratify the
Mayors appointments of Dan
Ackeret, Clem Johnson,
Al
Leonard, Scott Mueller, Arlene
Parent, and Scott Perrin to serve
a one-year term that begins
January 1, 2015 and ends December 31, 2015 as City representatives on the Medford Area
Fire Commission. Roll Call Vote:
Brandner-Yes;
Parent-Yes;
Peterson-Yes;
Carried.
Coordinators Report
The City Coordinators report
is as follows: (1) On November,
25, 2014, Brooke Klingbeil received a letter of confirmation
from the Department of Natural
Resources stating that she had
successfully passed three additional Wastewater Operator exams. Certifications obtained are
Advanced Filtration, Advanced
Mechanical Sludge Handling,
and Advanced Phosphorus
Removal. (2) The Community
Development Authority Board is
scheduled to meet on December
9, 2014 to discuss the utilities
extension on Bauer Drive and
east of Highway 64. In addition,
the Board will discuss Well #10.
Communications from the
Mayor/Upcoming Events
December/January
Meeting Schedule The December/
January meeting schedule was
distributed. It was noted that the
December 15th Committee of
the Whole and December 23rd
Council meeting have tentatively
been canceled.
Notice of Spring Election - At
an election to be held in the City

of Medford on Tuesday, April 7,
2015, the following offices are to
be elected to succeed the present incumbents as follows:
Office .......................Incumbent
Alderperson, Wards 1 & 2
(District 1) ........ Arlene Parent
(District 2) ...... Gregory Knight
(District 3) .................. Patricia
DeChatelets
(District 4) ............Michael Bub
The term for Mayor and Alderperson begins on Tuesday, April
21, 2015. All terms are for two
years. The first day to circulate
nomination papers is December 1, 2014, and the final day
for filing nomination papers is
5:00 PM on Tuesday, January
6, 2015 in the Office of the City
Clerk, 639 South Second Street,
Medford, WI 54451. If a primary
is necessary, the primary will be
held on Tuesday, February 17,
2015. The last day for incumbents not seeking re-election
to file Notification of Noncandidacy is 5:00 PM on Friday,
December 26, 2014. Failure to
notify the Clerks Office will extend the nomination deadline 72
hours for that office only.
Adjourn to Committee of
the Whole
Parent moved, Johnson seconded a motion to adjourn the
meeting to Committee of the
Whole at 6:38 PM. All in favor:
All Aye. Motion Carried. Meeting Adjourned to Committee of
the Whole.
Respectfully Submitted,
Virginia Brost
(One ins. December 18)
51-144923
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Dispatch log
Gilman Police Department
Dec. 8 K9 deployment at 325 N. 5th
Ave. at 12:15 p.m.
Dec. 10 Property damage at 520 E.
Main St. at 11:16 a.m.; abandoned vehicle
at 525 Palmer St. at 11:17 a.m.
Medford Police Department

Dec. 8 Parking problem at 630 E.
Pine St. at 9:33 a.m.; vehicle inspection
at 750 CTH O at 9:59 a.m.; vehicle inspections at 316 S. Main St. at 1:54 and 2 p.m.;
accident at Second St. and E. Broadway
Ave. at 4:17 p.m.; disorderly conduct at
W7371 Hwy 64 in town of Medford at 8:19
p.m.; traffic complaint on Hwy 13 at 11:34
p.m.
Dec. 9 Accident at 111 S. Gibson
St. at 6:58 a.m.; court violation at 120 N.
Court proceedings
Charges dismissed
Charges of misdemeanor bail jumping

and resisting or obstructing an officer
against Justino Lopez Hernandez a.k.a.
Alex Lopez Hernandez a.k.a. Alex Justino Lopez Hernandez, 27, were dismissed
on prosecutors motions due to the fact
the defendant is currently an inmate in a
federal prison in California and the state
does not believe it is in the best interest
of judicial economy to pay for transporting the defendant to Wisconsin.
Probation ordered
Heather S. Teschler n.k.a. Heather S.

Charnas, 27, Rib Lake, pled no contest to
possession of narcotic drugs-repeater.
Her sentence was withheld and she was
placed on probation for three years on the
conditions she serve two months in jail,
Accident reports
The Taylor County Sheriffs Department responded to an accident on Dec.
7 at 5:25 p.m. on Kleutsch Drive in the
town of Molitor. According to the accident report, a vehicle was southbound
on Kleutsch Drive when the driver lost
control on the ice-covered roadway. The
vehicle entered the west ditch and tipped
onto its side. The vehicle sustained minor damage to the driver side and was
towed from the scene.
Rebecca C. Chenier was involved in
an accident on Dec. 9 at 6:55 a.m. in the
Aspirus Medford Hospital parking lot in
the city of Medford. According to the accident report, Chenier was driving a passenger van owned by Colonial Center in
Colby and was dropping off a patient at
Aspirus Medford Clinic when the vehicle
struck a sign on the front of the overhang
to the entrance. The van sustained a hole
in the right front corner of the fiberglass
roof. The sign on the front of the overhang was dented and scratched.
Deer-related accidents
The following deer-related accidents

were reported: Dec. 6 at 9 p.m. on Shiner
Drive in the town of Roosevelt; Dec. 8 at
2:46 a.m. on CTH M in the town of Greenwood; Dec. 11 at 5:50 a.m. on Hwy 73 in
the town of Taft.
Taylor County Law Enforcement

Seventh St. at 10:06 a.m.; escort at Gibson
St. and W. Broadway Ave. at 12:42 p.m.;
citizen assist on E. Perkins St. in town
of Medford at 2:10 p.m.; structure fire at
909 Casement Ct. at 2:54 p.m.; commercial alarm at 134 S. Eighth St. at 4:31 p.m.;
commercial alarm at 628 S. Eighth St.
at 6:09 p.m.; suspicious activity at 140 S.
Eighth St. at 9:23 p.m.
Dec. 10 Harassment at 737 E. Ogden
St. at 2:54 p.m.
Dec. 11 Sexual assault in city at
10:05 a.m.; welfare check at Riverside
Terrace at 1:28 p.m.; warrant arrest at
805 N. Second St. at 1:36 p.m.; accident at
Seventh and Urquhart sts. at 2:10 p.m.;
citizen assist at 620 S. Second St. at 7:48
p.m.; suspicious activity at 220 N. Main
St. at 10:41 p.m.
Taylor County Circuit Court
to run consecutive to time being served

in another Taylor County case; pay costs
of $518 and supervision fees as ordered
by the Department of Corrections (DOC):
provide a DNA sample or show proof of
prior submission and pay the DNA surcharge; maintain absolute sobriety; and
undergo an alcohol and drug assessment
and follow all recommended treatment.
A charge of possession of drug paraphernalia was dismissed but read in.
Heather S. Charnas p.k.a. Heather S.
Teschler, 27, Rib Lake, pled no contest
to operating while under the influencefourth offense within five yars. Her sentence was withheld and she was placed
on probation for three years on the conditions she serve eight months in jail, to
run consecutive to time being served in
another Taylor County case; pay a fine
and costs of $2,493 and supervision fees
as ordered by the DOC; provide a DNA
sample or show proof of prior submission, and pay the DNA surcharge; complete an alcohol and drug assessment;
and attend and successfully complete
the OWI victim impact panel on Jan. 8,
2015. Charnas drivers license was also
revoked for 24 months and an ignition
interlock device is to be installed on her
vehicle for one year. Charges of operating while revoked and felony bail jumping were dismissed but read in. Charges
of non-registration of other vehicle and
displaying an unauthorized vehicle registration plate were dismissed.
Divorces
A divorce was granted on Dec. 1 to

Timothy J. Klingbeil, 50, Medford, and
Tracy D. Klingbiel, 50, Plum City. They
were married on March 12, 1988 in Wisconsin.
Charles E. Kloth, 60, Medford, and Linda
J. Kloth, 64, Stetsonville. They were married on May 26, 2007 in Wisconsin.
Joshua A. McFaul, 30, Menasha, and Heidi L. Rodman, 31, Medford. They were
married on Oct. 21, 2005 in Wisconsin.
Joint custody of three minor children
was granted.
Darren J. Gereau, 26, Lublin, and Valerie
E. Gereau, 27, Rib Lake. They were married on Aug. 21, 2010 in Wisconsin.
Juan Gaerneros, 48, Rib Lake, and Heather R. Guarneros, 36, Rib Lake. They were
married on Sept. 17, 2012 in Wisconsin.
Dec. 12 Fraud at 120 Marjorie Ln.

at 8:08 a.m.; agency assist at 307 N. Central Ave. at 9:56 a.m.; warrant arrest at
alternative high school at 10:24 a.m.;
truancy at Medford Area Senior High at
11:01 a.m.; traffic arrest at Allman St. and
Billings Ave.; gambling at 845 N. Eighth
St. at 1:53 p.m.; accident at N. Eighth St.
and E. Broadway Ave. at 4:10 p.m.; commercial alarm at 352 N. Eighth St. at 10:29
p.m.
Dec. 13 Ambulance request at 404
E. Conrad Dr. at 1:07 a.m.; agency assist
at N2836 Daisy Ln. at 4:53 a.m.; harassment at 135 N. Third St. at 10 a.m.; citizen
assist at 101 Doyle Pl. at 11:53 a.m.; animal complaint at 153 W. State St. at 3:53
p.m.; accident at 1010 N. Eighth St. at 4:36
p.m.; suspicious activity at 410 S. Eighth
St. 5:39 p.m.; property damage at Riverside Terrace at 6 p.m.; commercial alarm
at 134 S. Eighth St. at 6:41 p.m.; information at N. Eighth St. and E. Broadway
Ave. at 11:16 p.m.
Dec. 14 Commercial alarm at 860
N. Eighth St. at 8:40 a.m.; citizen assist at
955 E. Allman St. at 9:47 a.m.
Taylor County
Sheriffs Department
Dec. 8 Request for officer at W6245
Gengler Ave. in town of Medford at 10:29
a.m.; traffic control at W5141 Hwy 64 in
town of Medford at 11:32 a.m.; K9 deployment at 325 N. 5th Ave. in village of Gilman at 12:15 p.m.; property damage at
N1761 Hwy 13 in town of Little Black at
12:30 p.m.; animal bite at N4443 Crappie
Rd. in town of Hammel at 5:50 p.m.; disorderly conduct at W7371 Hwy 64 in town
of Medford at 8:19 p.m.; juvenile problem;
traffic complaint on Hwy 13 at 11:34 p.m.
Dec. 9 Animal at large at W8658
Hwy 64 in town of Hammel at 4:26 a.m.;
deer tag request at W9091 Center Ave. in
town of Hammel at 5:19 a.m.; injured animal at Hwy 13 and Shortcut Ln. in town
of Chelsea at 7:29 a.m.; search warrant
at 142 S. Hwy 13 in village of Stetsonville
at 7:45 a.m.; commercial alarm at 134 S.
Eighth St. at 4:31 p.m.; information at
W3057 CTH C in town of Deer Creek at 5
p.m.; commercial alarm at 628 S. Eighth
St. at 6:09 p.m.; agency assist at Hwy 13
and County Line Road in town of Deer
Creek at 8:32 p.m.; accident on Hwy 13 at
9:08 p.m.; traffic complaint on CTH A in
village of Stetsonville at 9:30 p.m.
Dec. 10 Transport at Hwy 13 and
County Line Rd. in town of Deer Creek
at 5:54 a.m.; transport to Winnebago at
2:45 p.m.; property damage at Pinewood
Dr. and School Rd. in town of Taft at 2:54
p.m.; animal complaint at W7455 Cara
Ln. in town of Medford at 5:38 p.m.; harassment at W14768 County Line Rd. at
9:47 p.m.; information at 628 Grand Ave.
in Schofield at 10:08 p.m.; ambulance
request at N8890 Bridge Dr. in town of

Jump River at 11:13 p.m.
Dec. 11 Accident at Hwy 73 and
Roosevelt Dr. in town of Taft at 5:57 a.m.;
child abuse in town of Deer Creek at 9:18
a.m.; trespassing at W6400 Quarter Ln. in
town of Chelsea at 10:15 a.m.; harassment
at N3214 Sunset Rd. in town of Medford at
12:33 p.m.; theft at N3783 Hwy 13 in town
of Medford at 12:54 p.m.; citizen assist at
W5159 CTH M in town of Chelsea at 2:06
p.m.; suspicious activity at W1462 Hwy
64 in town of Goodrich at 3:24 p.m.; suspicious activity at River Dr. and Center
Ave. in town of Medford at 4:06 p.m.; accident at Hwy 64 and Soper Rd. in town of
Maplehurst at 5:38 p.m.; hazmat at N2251
Gibson Dr. in town of Little Black at 5:53
p.m.; 9-1-1 hang up at W8098 CTH M in
town of Molitor at 6:16 p.m.; accident at
CTH A and Sunset Dr. in town of Little
Black at 7:07 p.m.; accident at Hall Dr.
and Center Ave. in town of Browning
at 7:11 p.m.; animal complaint at W2879
Hwy 64 in town of Browning at 7:45 p.m.
Dec. 12 Unsecured premise at 325
N. 5th Ave. at 12:11 a.m.; ambulance request at 517 W. Blackhawk Ave. in village of Stetsonville at 4:14 a.m.; accident
at Hwy 64 and CTH D in town of Holway
at 4:38 a.m.; accident at W2072 Hwy 64
in town of Goodrich at 6:24 a.m.; accident at Hwy 64 and Soper Rd. in town of
Maplehurst at 7:23 a.m.; fraud at N4525
Mondeaux Dr. in town of Hammel at 9:43
a.m.; traffic hazard at W4667 Hwy 64 in
town of Browning at 10:57 a.m.; traffic
arrest at Allman St. and Billings Ave. in
town of Medford at 12:10 p.m.; accident at
W10746 CTH M in town of Grover at 3:44
p.m.; deer tag request at W2072 Hwy 64 in
town of Goodrich at 4:04 p.m.; accident at
Hwy 102 and Rib Rd. in town of Rib Lake
at 4:52 p.m.; underage drinking at N8305
Hwy 102 in town of Rib Lake at 5:09 p.m.
Dec. 13 Ambulance request at
N2877 Winter Sports Rd. in town of Grover at 1:40 a.m.; citizen dispute at N2836
Daisy Ln. in town of Medford at 4:53
a.m.; suicidal subject; burglary at 121 W.
Main St. in village of Gilman at 8:15 a.m.;
transport to Norwood at 11:15 a.m.; nonsufficient funds in town of Jump River
at 11:18 a.m.; commercial alarm at 134 S.
Eighth St. at 6:41 p.m.; traffic hazard at
Hwy 73 and CTH V in town of McKinley
at 7:20 p.m.
Dec. 14 Garbage dumping at N3418
Hall Dr. in town of Browning at 6:13 a.m.;
agency assist at 1219 Landall Ave. in village of Rib Lake at 11:23 a.m.; domestic at
W15194 Pinewood Dr. in town of Taft at
3:41 p.m.; ambulance request at Hwys 64
and 73 in town of Ford at 5:36 p.m.; deer
tag request at W4582 CTH A in town of
Deer Creek at 8:51 p.m.
Dec. 15 Accident at CTHs O and E
in town of Medford at 5:53 a.m.
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Rib Lake School board approves borrowing $4 million

by Reporter Sue Hady
The Rib Lake Board of Education moved forward on
Dec. 11 with a resolution to borrow up to $4 million in
order to upgrade its facilities by making them more energy efficient. Some of the projects to be undertaken include electrical upgrades, roof repairs or replacement,
improvements in the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems (HVAC), as well as building envelope
and exterior improvements.
The high school building was originally constructed
in 1964, and the middle school was built in 1981. Both
buildings are considered to be structurally sound, but
maintenance and repair costs are mounting. The elementary school was built more recently, but it has experienced unusually high energy costs which are being
investigated and need to be rectified.
Wisconsin Act 32 provides for large-scale projects to
be undertaken by school districts in order to enhance
energy efficiency measures, without the need for a referendum vote in order to increase revenue limits. However, Wisconsin state statutes provide a means to hold
a referendum vote on the measure if a petition is filed
within 30 days of publication. In the case of the Rib Lake
School District, at least 20 percent of district electors
voting for governor in the last general election would
need to sign a petition to force a referendum vote. In the
event a petition is not filed, the resolution approved by
the school board shall remain effective.
The resolution passed on a split vote, with board
members George Zondlo and Steve Martin voting
against it.
Board member Dennis Fuchs stated, Im for this
resolution but I think we should try our hardest to stay
around $3 million. I think theres a way we can do it and
I think weve got to be diligent about it. I understand
why we did four million but that doesnt mean weve got
to spend four million. I think we should try very, very
hard to do the three million thing that fits our budget
the best after looking at what the damages would be to
the taxpayer.
Earn bachelors degree

close to home through
NTC/UIU partnership
Northcentral Technical College (NTC) and Upper
Iowa University (UIU) have teamed up to form a unique
partnership that allows students to complete a four-year
degree from UIU by taking classes offered at NTCs campuses. This agreement has expanded from the Wausau
campus to also include campus locations in Antigo,
Medford, Phillips, Spencer and Wittenberg.
Through the use of interactive video conferencing,
students can complete a bachelor of science degree in
business administration with UIU while staying close
to home. Upper Iowa University courses will be held
on Friday evenings and Saturday mornings at all NTC
campuses.
Up to 78 credits from NTC can be transferred to the
bachelor of science degree in business administration
at UIU. Classes begin the week of Jan. 5, at all campus
locations, and students are encouraged to contact their
local NTC campus or UIU to set up their personal degree
plan.
The NTC/UIU partnership comes on the heels of a
recent agreement established between NTC and Lakeland College that also allows individuals to earn their
bachelors degree in business administration without
having to leave home. Through that partnership, NTCs
Virtual College students are able to transfer seamlessly
into the bachelors degree program at Lakeland College
at junior status.
For more information about the NTC/Lakeland College agreement, or to explore the program offerings
available through NTCs Virtual College, visit virtualcollege.ntc.edu.
Bucki, LaRoche graduate

Medford natives Taylor Bucki received a bachelors
degree in art and Anne LaRoche received a masters
degree in library and information science during commencement ceremonies on Dec. 14 at the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Board president Jerry Blomberg said he is hoping

that costs will be lower if we can get some of our local
guys to do the work on the various projects.
The school district is sending a notice to postal customers within the district informing them regarding the
project, time frames, costs, and financing. The 10 year
notes, funded by a property tax levy increase in 20162018, will increase the property tax levy approximately
$68.40 per year on a residence valued at $100,000. After
2018 when the loans for construction of the elementary
school will be paid in full, it is expected there will be a
reduction in property tax rates.
Board member Steve Martin was not convinced. He
said, I agree with trying to keep it low. You know, the
more I crunched the numbers, the more I looked at the
four million dollars, the more it bothered me. One of
the reasons being because its not really four million.
Its $4.8 million once you add in all the interest, so now
youre approaching $5 million.
Martin continued, If anything, Id like to see a big
reduction in the debt service, considering every year
theres going to be more outlays for many other things,

salaries being one of them, and insurance we dont
know whats going to happen, thats such an unknown.
So that really troubles me. The more I started really
studying the numbers, the more that four million really
bothered me, quite a bit.
Under other business the board authorized hiring
Adam Matyska to teach technical education. District
administrator Lori Manion said Matyska, formerly a
tech ed teacher in Rhinelander, has 15 years of experience and comes highly recommended. She said he has
the background, including knowledge of welding, that
administrators have been looking for among the candidates. He will start work 10 days prior to the beginning
of the second semester, she reported. The resignation
of Kevin Weiss as head high school football coach was
accepted by the board.
The board approved adding school bus drivers to the
list of employees that must undergo a criminal background check.
Obituaries
Reports of Area Deaths
Richard Kangas
1952-2014
Richard Dick E.
Kangas, age 62, of Thorp,
passed away on Thursday,
Dec. 11, 2014 at his home.
A funeral service will
be held at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 19 at MaurinaSchilling Funeral Home
in Abbotsford. Pastor
Bruce Kannenberg will
ofciate. Interment will
be held in the Abbotsford
Public Cemetery. Family
and friends are welcome
from 12:30 p.m. until time
of services Friday at the funeral home.
Richard was born on March 17, 1952, the son of
Eino and Dorothy (Marten) Kangas, in Phillips. During Richards working years, he worked for local
farmers as a farm laborer, at the Occupational De-
velopment Center, and most recently at Clark County

Health Care Center.
Richard was friendly and kind, gentle and generous with a heart of gold. He valued friendships and
had a love for animals just like his mother. Richards
favorite pastimes were doing latch hook, coloring,
eating out, going to the movies, taking short trips or
spending a day at the casino. Most of all he loved to
be around his friends and sisters, while beating you
at a game of checkers.
Richard is survived by his two sisters, Shirley (David) Williams of Medford and Marilyn (Duane) Meyers of Colby; his uncle and aunt, Francis and Lillie
Belle Marten of Pittsville; nieces, nephews, cousins
and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his
brother, David.
Family and friends may express condolences online at www.maurinaschilling.com.
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Marjorie Metz
1947-2014
Marjorie Marge E.
Metz, 67, town of Medford,
was pronounced dead on
Tuesday, Dec. 16 at her
home. Funeral services
will be held on Friday,
Dec. 19 at 11 a.m. at Holy
Rosary Catholic Church in
Medford, with Father Gerard Willger and Deacon
Joe Stefancin ofciating.
Interment of her cremated remains will take place
at St. Marys Cemetery in
the town of Little Black.
Visitation will be held at the church on Friday
from 9:30 a.m. until the time of service.
Hemer Funeral Homes of Medford and Rib Lake
assisted the family with arrangements.
The former Marjorie Nuernberger was born on
Jan. 6, 1947 in Medford to the late Elmer Arnold and
Goldie Irene (Moore) Nuernberger. She attended Little Black Center School in the town of Little Black,
and was a graduate of Medford High School. She
worked as a nurses aid at Memorial Nursing Home
in Medford.
On July 20, 1968 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church
in Stetsonville, she married Paul L. Metz, who survives. She worked as a housewife and mother while
her children were growing up. In 1981, she worked

as a nurses aid and later a receptionist at Memorial
Hospital in Medford until ill health forced her retirement in 2003.
She was a member of Holy Rosary Catholic
Church. She enjoyed gardening, scrapbooking, baking, camping and other family adventures, and
spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren.
In addition to her husband, survivors include
three children, Timothy (ance Dianne Gebhart)
Metz of Sun Prairie, Brenda (Brian Richards) Metz
of Mosinee and Julie (Scott) Navarre of Marsheld;
ve siblings, Nancy Wycliffe, Paul (Linda) Nuernberger, Mary (Tom) Brost, and Sara Nuernberger, all
of Medford, and Neal (Jean) Nuernberger of Wahpeton, N.D.; mother-in-law, Beulah Metz of Medford; a
brother-in-law, Roger Paul of Hubertus; a sister-inlaw, Doris Nuernberger of Sheboygan Falls; and four
grandchildren, Ethan and Peyton Metz and Parker
and Megan Navarre.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in
death by two siblings, David Nuernberger and Ellyn
Paul.
In lieu of owers, the family requests memorial
contributions be given to Hope Hospice of Medford
or Taylor County Humane Society.
Online condolences may be made at www.hemerfuneralservice.com.
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Obituaries
John S. Benson, 67,

of Hatley, formerly of
Wausau, passed away on
Friday, Dec. 12, 2014 at
Ministry St. Clares Hospital in Weston.
John was a patriot, outdoorsman, entrepreneur
and faithful servant of
God. Characterized by a
witty and sharp sense of
humor with a quick smile,
John was always willing
to lend a helping hand to
friends, neighbors and
fellow churchmen. As John used to say, there are no
strangers, only those who have yet to become friends.
Early in his career, John got started working in
banking and carried that experience into farm equipment, trucking, home construction and sales. An
acionado of fast cars and coffee shops, John thor-
oughly enjoyed the outdoors, hunting, cribbage and

motorcycles. Most recently, John was an impactful
ambassador and spokesperson for the Livestrong
program at the Weston YMCA. John was a strong,
proud and loving man, as well as a supportive son,
identical twin, husband, father, grandfather and
great-grandfather.
John is survived by his wife, Sandy (Blanchard);
his mother, Ruth; twin brother, Mike; sister-in-law,
Paulette; four children, John, Jennifer, Philip and
Meredith; nephew, Jeff; ve grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren; and former wives, Rosemary
(Fritz) and Donna (Selby). Johns friends and family
will dearly miss him.
A memorial service and lunch were held on
Wednesday, Dec. 17 at Bethany Baptist Church in
Schoeld, 6601 Alderson St.
A memorial will be made in Johns name to the
Livestrong program at the Weston YMCA. Please direct your donations to the family at Bethany Baptist
Church.
William Spreen
1922-2014
William
Bill
G.
Spreen Jr., 91, town of
Medford, was pronounced
dead on Thursday, Dec. 11
at his daughters home in
the village of Stratford.
Funeral services were
held on Monday, Dec. 15
at Our Lady of Perpetual
Help Catholic Church in
Whittlesey with Father
Gerard Willger and Deacon Joe Stefancin ofciating, and full military rites
performed by Stetsonville
American Legion Military Honors Team. Pallbearers
were his grandchildren, Chris Lange, Angela Sievers, Nate Lange, Clay Lange and Clint Spreen.
Hemer Funeral Homes of Medford and Rib Lake
assisted the family with arrangements.
William Spreen Jr. was born on Dec. 23, 1922 at the
family home in the town of Hammel to the late William and Mary Mathilda (Skabroud) Spreen Sr. He
attended Esadore Elementary School in the town of
Hammel. He served in the United States Army during World War II.
On June 6, 1950 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in
Medford, he married Ellen E. Voit, who preceded him
in death on May 14, 2014. In his early years he worked
in the lumber and logging business, and for a period
of time partnered with Clifford Meyer in a saw mill
business. He then drove truck for Neuendorf Transportation until his retirement.
He was a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Catholic Church and Stetsonville American Legion
Post.
Survivors include three children, Sandi (Don)
Lange of Stratford, Bryan Spreen, whereabouts unknown, and Lisa (Wayne) Koch of Boston, Mass.;
three sisters, Lydia Meyer of Medford, Sylvia Spreen
of Rockford, N.D., and Bernice Hirsch of Sparta; a
brother, Elroy (Lorna) Spreen of Medford; ve grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
In lieu of owers, the family requests memorial
contributions be given to the family for future designation.
Online condolences may be made at www.hemerfuneralservice.com.
Alma Hatlestad
1912-2014
Alma Augusta Louise

Hoffman Hatlestad, age
102, of Withee, passed
away on Tuesday, Dec. 9 at
Clark County Health Care
Center, with loved ones by
her side.
She was born on Dec.
6, 1912 in Steger, Ill., the
daughter of Otto and Alvina (Goeing) Hoffman and
baptized on Dec. 29, 1912
at Immanuel Lutheran
Church in Steger by Rev.
W. W. Meyer. Her family
moved to the town of Holway in 1916. Alma was conrmed on Oct. 11, 1925 at Zion Evangelical Lutheran
Church in Stetsonville by Rev. M. J. Hillemann. She
was united in marriage to Alfred Hatlestad on June
17, 1936 in Stetsonville by Rev. G. O. Krause. Together
they had six children that she unselshly doted on.
Alma was a loving, dedicated wife, mother and homemaker. Most important to Alma was her family.
She lived on a farm in Holway until 1963 when the
family moved to Withee. Alma was a member of St.
Johns Lutheran Church in Withee where she was involved with the Ladies Aid and Bible Study.
Their home was always open to family and friends
and her passion was cooking. You never left her
home hungry and she always had homemade bread,

cookies and applesauce. Mom and Dad were the best
babysitters and always willing to meet our needs.
Alma is survived by her six children, Kathryn
Louise (James) Larson, Barbara Ann Dettmering
(Roger Kramer), Norman Alfred (Nancy) Hatlestad,
James Allan (Delores) Hatlestad, David Lynn (Charlotte) Hatlestad, and Lois Jean (Dallas) Wuethrich;
22 grandchildren; 46 great-grandchildren; and three
great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her loving husband, Alfred, on Aug. 27, 1989; granddaughter,
Susan Larson; baby boy Wuethrich; son-in-law, Roger
Dettmering; and two brothers, Otto (Fern) Hoffman
Jr. and Adolf (Eleanora) Hoffman.
Your life was a blessing, your memory a treasure,
you are loved beyond words and missed beyond measure.
Funeral services were held on Friday, Dec. 12 at
St. Johns Lutheran Church in Withee. The Rev. Tom
Myhre ofciated. Burial was held in the Riverside
Cemetery in Withee. Serving as pallbearers were her
grandsons, Todd and Troy Hatlestad, Jeff and Mike
Dettmering, Tayt and Trevor Wuethrich, Kent, Heath
and Wade Hatlestad and Shane and Chad Hatlestad.
The Maurina-Schilling Funeral Home in Owen assisted the family with arrangements.
Family and friends may express condolences online at www.maurinaschilling.com.
Frank Marlenga
1922-2014
Frank F. Marlenga, 92, town of Emery, died on
Thursday, Dec. 11 at St. Josephs Hospital in Marshfield.
Funeral services were held on Tuesday, Dec. 16 at St.
Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church in Phillips with Father Gerald Hagen officiating. Interment will be at St.
Patricks Cemetery in the spring.
Heindl Funeral Home of Phillips assisted the family
with arrangements.
Frank Marlenga was born on Feb. 14, 1922 at the family homestead in Emery to the late Martin and Mary
(Balek) Marlenga. He attended East Highland School.
On Sept. 2, 1950 in Phillips, he married Dolores Baumruk, who survives. He was employed at various occupations including farming, woodworking, and bartending,
and worked for Price County Telephone Company from
1962 to 1965, then at Omark Industries in Prentice from
1965 until his retirement in 1988. He also was a snow
groomer operator in Price County.
He was a member of St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus Council No. 2963 and
WFLA No. 236. He enjoyed antique autos, attending car
shows, restoring tractors, polka dancing and snowmobiling.
In addition to his wife, survivors include three children, Diane (Mark) Meta of Medford, Daniel (Patty)
Marlenga of Marathon and Jim (Jody) Marlenga of Athens; a sister, Ann Onufer of Marshfield; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death
by four brothers, Lloyd, Martin, Joe and John; two
sisters, Lillian Golemo and Marie Martz; and a granddaughter, Shelley Marlenga.
A memorial fund has been established.
Thomas Brost
1936-2014
Former Medford resident
Thomas P. Brost, 78, Abbotsford, died on Sunday, Dec. 14
at Aspirus Wausau Hospital.
A private memorial service
was held at Hemer Funeral
Home in Medford, with Father Gerard Willger officiating. Private inurnment of his
cremated remains took place
at Holy Rosary Catholic Cemetery in Medford.
Thomas Brost was born on
Sept. 12, 1936 in Medford to
the late Anton J. and Margaret C. (Enders) Brost. He attended Holy Rosary Grade School.
He was a member of Holy Rosary Catholic Church.
He enjoyed jigsaw puzzles, the outdoors and watching
TV.
He is survived by six siblings, Lambert Red, Leroy,
Vernon, Allen (Joanne) Brost, and Marlene Dettmering, all of Medford, and Arlyle Mayer of Green Bay, and
nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death
by two sisters, Rita Werner and Margaret Peg Tuma.
Memorials can be made in his name to Holy Rosary
Catholic Schools.
In Loving Memory of
Mat Olson
1-15-90 to 12-18-11
Every day, in some small way,
memories of you come our way.
Though absent, you are ever near,
still missed, still loved, and
Ever dear.
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John Benson
Love you More!

Jordan, Dad, Mom & Joe,
Justin, Ashley, Cody, Krista and
the Olson & Brost Families
NEWS
County backs off referendum, looks at budgets
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A
Thursday,
Thursday,
December
January18,
2, 2014
by Reporter Mark Berglund

The joint meeting of the Taylor County
finance and personnel committees voted
4-3 on Thursday to reverse course and not
hold a referendum in the spring to ask
voters for a $1 million revenue cap override. The action will be forwarded to the
full county board for action at the Jan. 15
meeting. The board was set to take up the
referendum question at the January meeting and the joint committee held Thursdays meetings and others to establish a
possible cut list to present to voters. The
Jan. 15 meeting will be the last chance for
the full county board to approve a referendum question for this year.
In addition to the joint committee members, county board chairman Jim Metz
attended the meeting. County supervisor
Dave Lemke was an audience member,
as well as elected officials and employees
representing 15 different county departments.
Joint committee member Lester Lewis,
who originally made the motion to go to
referendum at a fall county board meeting, made Thursdays motion to stop the
referendum process. Following the vote,
he asked committee chairman Chuck Zenner for permission to leave, and he did,
saying he had better things to do.
Zenner began the meeting with a statement on the need to go through the process
of reviewing the budget for possible cuts.
I truly believe we need to go through
this process, but after talking to [county
accountant] Larry [Brandl] and others I
feel we are moving too fast on this, Zenner said. We do have other options. Our
backs are not against the wall. We need to
work with the department heads on this.
Committee member Dennis Fuchs said
the process was about deciding which
services to cut, not a budget review. I do
know this, we did this in October [when
2015 budgets were set]. This is a waste
of time. This about cutting services, he
said.
Metz said Medford School District voters have typically not supported referendums. Medford got defeated, went again
and got defeated, and went again and got
defeated. If we have a referendum, we definitely have to be careful where it goes,
he said. Medford has lost three referendum votes in the past 10 years when the
question was expansion of athletic facilities or replacement of the swimming pool.
Rib Lake voters turned down a revenue
cap exemption almost 10 years ago. Owen-Withee and Gilman voters have both
passed revenue cap exemptions in the
past two years. Owen-Withees question
got just over 70 percent of the vote, while
Gilman drew yes votes on 61 percent of
the November 2014 ballots.
Joint committee member Dave Krug
urged care with the process. I agree this
has been hasty. This is a very delicate
photo by Mark Berglund
Watchful crowd
An audience representing 15 different county departments, and county board supervisor Dave Lemke, watched the joint finance and personnel committee wrestle
with the 2016 Taylor County budget.
process and we are dealing with people
and their livelihoods, Krug said. If this
hasnt already, it should impress on department heads the seriousness of this.
Eventually, we may have to challenge the
state on their limitations.
Lewis started the meeting in favor of
continuing toward an April 2015 referendum. He felt the deadline to approve the
question could be reached before the joint
committee developed and then got a proposed cut list before voters. I believe we
should have a referendum in April 2015
and we should have information for the
voters. We could have the information by
early February, Lewis said. This is not
new. Weve been robbing our reserves every year Ive been on the board and thats
going on 14 years. We are not elected to do
the easy.
Lewis then made his motion to postpone the referendum until April 2016, the
same election where all 17 county board
positions are up for election. Hansen
seconded the motion. Mildbrand said he
could support any motion, but he wondered where the money would come from
to fill the gap while the county waited.
2015 is already done and we dont start
the 2016 budget process for 10 months. I always was opposed to rushing into this,
Hansen said. Lets see $500,000 [improvement] in the preliminary budget process
and not in one month.
Mildbrand said the upcoming budget
needs a new mindset. In the past few budgets, weve figured out expenses and then
figured out how to pay for it, he said.
This wont end the pain in the process.
Hansen said the rush to make a cut
list is leading to emotional decisions. It
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The committee and department representatives then began reviewing the list of
each members ideas for cuts and revenue
increases. The ideas included:
Increasing permit fees for collecting firewood and evergreen boughs in the
county forest.
Increasing rental cost of fairground facilities.
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needs to be talked about rationally, Hansen said.

Lewis said a referendum would allow
voters to weigh in on cuts. The reason for
the referendum is so there wont be a need
to cut services. You will end up cutting
services without asking the voters.
Joint committee member Dave Bizer
reminded the group the only agenda item
for the meeting was reviewing department budgets. He said ideas for cost cuts
and revenue increases needed to come
forward. I was under the impression, as
Tim said, we are here to throw spaghetti
against the wall and see what sticks. One
that sticks on the wall is [University of
Wisconsin-Extension], Bizer said. That
was my impression of how it was going to
work. The public would have a chance if
we say do you want it or not?
Fuchs said he was under the same impression of the meetings purpose. He said
reviewing ideas would give the committee time to decide what could legally be
cut and what could be politically cut. Its
not about cutting department budgets, its
about cutting services, he said. All we
are supposed to do is come up with a list
and either way we have time.
The question was called and the roll
call vote was taken. Hansen, Krug, Zenner
and Fuchs voted to delay the referendum.
Charging the user for land conservation department engineering work

and nutrient management plans.
Increasing Zoning Department

fees.
Contracting for management of

the national forest unit.
Reducing the number of vehicles

used by law enforcement.
Charging for camping at Camp 8

and Wood Lake and launch fees at county
boat landings.
Cutting the proposed finance director for human services.
Increasing charges to ADRC.
Cuts to the extension department.
Slowing the purchase of highway

department vehicles and making highway department employees on-call during
the winter.
Cutting the Westboro Library.
Cutting support for the historical

society.
Cutting the grazing specialist position.
Cutting a position in the register

of deeds office.
Cutting support for Northwest

Regional Planning.
Closing the housing authority office.
Cut the support position in the

veterans service office to half time.
Cut airport support.
Realize savings from information technology department retirement.
A cut in conference and training

costs.
Contract for the county surveyor

position.
Cut support for EMS.
Cut support for uniform address

system.
Cutting double pay on county

board per diems.
Increase rental of the land conservation departments no-till drill and

increasing the annual tree sale.
Cutting funding to the county

fair.
Selling county property.
Increasing charges for GIS and

mapping work.
Charging for permits from the

highway department.
Zenner asked what the next step would
be once this list was complete. We need
to let the department heads know without crucifying anyone, Metz said. They
know the bind we are in. We need to rely
on our people to balance the budget.
The next step for the proposed cuts and
increased revenue ideas will be a closer
look at the department level to make sure
a particular idea is legal and to get a better
handle on how much savings or revenue
it might produce. Zoning administrator
Kyle Noonan wondered how the committee will look at the time spent on the effort. For all sanitary permits, we took in
$13,000 last year. How much time and energy do you want me to put into this for a
few thousand dollars?
Medford Police Chief Ken Coyer is

alerting area residents and business
owners about a new tax assessment scam
hitting the area.
A male subject with a strong foreign
accent called a local business and told
them that he was with the tax assessment
unit from Cincinnati, Ohio, Coyer said.
The caller told the business owner that
her business owed $500,000 dollars for
unpaid taxes and the Medford Police Department was enroute to their business
to arrest her on a tax warrant. The owner, who knows many of us at the department, told the male caller that she would
welcome us into her business.
At that point, the male caller became
upset and started yelling. After a short
time, the caller hung up, but not before
the telephone number of 727-472-9196 was
recorded by the business owner.
Please be careful, theres a lot of scam
going on and people are trying to get your
hard-earned money, Coyer said.
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but fall short
by Sports Editor Matt Frey
Cheering section
the game. The Pirates took advantage of several Cornell

fouls by making six of nine free throws to outscore the
Chiefs 16-10 in the quarter. They would head into the
locker room with a 22-20 lead.
We had some success from the free throw line. Our
shot selection was a lot better than in previous games
too, Skabroud said.
MaKaylen Skabroud dropped six points in the third
quarter to power the Pirates to a 12-10 quarter win.
Holding onto the lead going into the fourth, the
Pirates once again used strong free throw shooting to
secure the game. They went seven of 12 in the quarter. Kendall Skabroud was three of four and Desiree
Budzinski was four of eight in the final period.
Medfords boys swim team saw a rare opportunity

to taste victory Tuesday, but the Raiders strong effort
came up a little short in an 87-74 loss to Tomahawk at
the MASH pool.
In the last of four straight home meets to start the
season, the Raiders got three individual wins and
stacked the last race, the 400-yard freestyle relay, with
two teams in hopes of sneaking out a win at the very
end. But the Hatchets were just a little too deep and
built enough of a cushion to escape.
I was really hoping, second-year head coach Nikki
Farmer said. We did really well, which is awesome. I
feel like the second half was a lot stronger in this meet
than in the past. We had a little powwow before the second half came along. I think that helped them. Theyre
still a little tired, but it was good.
Junior Lane Ruch had a big night, winning the 200yard freestyle with Medfords best time of the year in
that race and he was second in the 500-yard freestyle. He
was part of Medfords winning 400-yard freestyle relay
team and the runner-up 200-yard medley relay team.
Seniors Jacob Way and Mark Jablonsky won the 50yard and 100-yard freestyle races.
Ruchs 200-yard time was 2:26.45, 7.09 seconds ahead
of Hatchet Tyler Larch. Keagan Rabe added a fifth-place
point for Medford at 2:58.01. Ruchs 500-yard time was
6:43.4. Nathan Goehe won that race for Tomahawk in
6:16.
Lane had a good meet, Farmer said. He works really hard in practice. It was a nice 500. He was a little
disappointed with himself, which is actually kind of
good for me to see. He was pushing.
Ways win in the 50-yard freestyle came with a
season-best time of 25.6 seconds, 0.95 seconds ahead of
Hatchet Peyton Hamm. Jacob Jablonsky was third in
28.19 seconds and Brett Hedlund was sixth in 35.54 seconds.
Aided by a disqualification, Medford swept the top
three spots in the 100-yard freestyle. Mark Jablonsky,
who looked to be clipped by a fraction of a second, got
credit for the win in 1:01.21. Dalton Hildebrandt was second at 1:08.27 and Rabe was third in 1:09.56.
New to the team this year, Farmer said the impact of
the Jablonsky brothers is starting to be felt.
They really bring a lot to this team, Farmer said.
Not only because theyre good swimmers, but in practice too. This is their first year and theyre the ones
telling the boys, dont slack off. I think thats part of
their football mindset where were here to work hard.
Theyve put a lot of effort into this. Im very proud of
them.
Ruch, Mark Jablonsky, Dalton Hildebrandt and
Way won the last relay in 4:13.96, beating Tomahawks
top team by 14.17 seconds. Jacob Jablonsky, Preston
Gingras, Matt Reuter and Michael Roe got the third-
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Andrew Reuter, Jacob Way, Brett Hedlund, Josh Mueller and Keagan Rabe during the 400-yard freestyle relay at
the end of Thursdays meet against Shawano. The Raiders fell to the Great Northern Conference contender 112-51.
Gilman beats Cornell for its first win

by Sports Reporter Bryan Wegter
The Gilman Pirates girls basketball team grabbed its
first win of the season Monday with a 45-36 victory over
the visiting Cornell Chiefs.
After dropping their first five decisions of the season,
the Pirates overcame a slow start on offense to grab that
elusive first victory.
Kendall Skabroud scored four points in the opening
quarter but Cornell still jumped out to a 10-6 lead.
We got ourselves down in the first quarter, but we
got our composure back and played with good patience
on offense, Gilman head coach Chris Skabroud said.
After picking up three fouls in the opening frame,
Makaylen Skabroud returned in the second quarter
and scored four points en route to her team-high 14 in
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December 22,
18, 2011
2014
Two Raiders get to EC North finals; team finishes 13th

Tucker Peterson and Kolten Hanson wrestled for
weight class championships while Jacob Stamos
and Josh Brooks made it to the quarterfinals, leading the Medford wrestlers to a 13th-place team finish
out of 25 teams at Saturdays Eau Claire North Husky
Invitational.
Peterson and Hanson both lost their title bouts to
wrestlers who are currently undefeated at this early
stage of the season. They each won four matches to get
to the finals and both improved to 8-2 through two earlyseason tournaments.
Peterson handed two wrestlers their first losses of the
season at 160 pounds. He dominated Frankie Wingert of
Plainview-Elgin-Millville, Minn. 12-1 to start the tournament. Wingert did not lose again the rest of the day. A
pin in 1:04 over Durands Adam Carrier put Peterson in
the championship bracket.
In the quarterfinals, Peterson pinned Caden Steffen,
a freshman from Zumbrota-Mazeppa, Minn., in 1:50 to
give Steffen his lone loss. A 4-0 win over Nekoosa-Port
Edwards sophomore Trevor Smith set up the championship bout with Connor Williams of La Crosse Central,
who improved to 9-0 with an 8-2 win, though Peterson
had the first takedown.
Tucker wrestled well, Medford head coach Tran
Brooks said. Williams, who he saw in the finals, is a
pretty good wrestler. Tucker was pretty much in control
in all of his other matches. The semifinal looked close at
4-0, but his opponent basically stalled. Instead of letting
him out, Tucker just rode him out.
Hansons good start to his freshman season at 152
pounds continued with two pins in pool competition.
He stuck Mondovis Westley Price in 3:38 and Bruces
Andrew Swada in 1:38 to get to the quarterfinals. He
took a 9-7 decision over Mondovi junior Lee Becker,
sealing the match with two late reversals, and then
survived an overtime semifinal match with WittenbergBirnamwood junior Griffin Magee, winning 10-8 in an
ultimate tiebreaker. Magee got a late reversal to send
GREAT NORTHERN CONFERENCE

WRESTLING STANDINGS
Duals Dual
Meet
Total
W-L
Pts.
Pts.
Pts.
Rhinelander
0-0
0
0
0
Tomahawk
0-0
0
0
0
Medford
0-0
0
0
0
Mosinee
0-0
0
0
0
Antigo
0-0
0
0
0
Lakeland
0-0
0
0
0
Dec. 11: Marshfield 45, Rhinelander 28; Tomahawk 48, Ashland
30.
Dec. 13: Medford 13th at Eau Claire North Invitational,
Rhinelander 2nd at Waunakee Invitational, Mosinee 16th at
Tomah Invitational, Lakeland 5th at Barron Invitational, Tomahawk 1st at Laona-Wabeno Invitational.
Dec. 16: Antigo at Elcho.
Dec. 18: Medford at Antigo, Mosinee at Tomahawk, Lakeland at
Rhinelander.
Dec. 20: Lakeland at Green Bay Preble-East Invitational, Tomahawk hosts Hatchet Invitational, Mosinee at Fond du Lac Invitational, Rhinelander and Antigo at Shawano Holiday Classic.
the match to overtime tied at 7-7. Brooks said Hanson

should have gotten credit for a takedown in the first
overtime period but didnt. Hanson didnt let it bother
him though. In the ultimate tiebreaker, after both wrestlers had earned escapes, Hanson got a reversal out of
the down position to win it.
Ryan Kottschade of Plainview-Elgin-Millville improved to 9-0 by taking the final in a 10-2 major decision.
It was 2-0 after two periods.
Stamos placed sixth at 170 pounds. He got to the
quarterfinals by pinning Baldwin-Woodvilles Triston
Thompson in 2:20 and Mondovis Ben Andress in 2:55.
Auburndale standout Wyatt Weiler pinned Stamos in
3:56, but Stamos rebounded with a 48-second pin over
Brad Ritger of Osseo-Fairchild/Augusta/Fall Creek.
Devin Manzy of Zumbrota-Mazeppa (9-1) pinned Stamos
in 3:31 in the fifth-place bout. Stamos is 8-2.
Jacob ran into some real tough matchups, Brooks
said. Weiler from Auburndale is good. The kid he saw
at the end, I thought, was better than Weiler. These were
good matches for Jacob to have early in the season.
Wrestling at 120 pounds, Josh Brooks got a bye and
beat Cadotts Andrew Gunderson 6-1 to advance to the
quarterfinals. There he got matched up with senior Clay
Lieber of Nekoosa-Port Edwards, who placed third at
state last year and actually is a good friend of Brooks.
Lieber (7-1), the eventual runner-up, pinned Brooks in
2:28. Brooks came back to shut out Mondovis Austin
THANK YOU
RED HIGGINS CLASSIC COUNTRY

CHRISTMAS SHOW
We would like to thank all our local businesses for their
support and sponsorship working with us to put on
the 5th Annual Red Higgins Classic Country Christmas
Show fundraiser for our community held on
November 29, 2014. Along with all the folks who bought
tickets and the food they donated, your generosity and
support has help raise $2025.00 and nonperishable food
items to donate to the Indianhead Food Pantry.
Thanks to all of our sponsors:
WKEB K-99 Radio
County Market
Aspirus Medford Hospital &
Clinics
Medford Caf
Mayers Associates
Farmers Insurance Sova Agency
Stetsonville Oil
Peterson Concrete
Interior I.D.
Medford Inn
Fourmens Farm Home
Werner Sales and Service
Enerquip
Jensen, Scott, Grunewald &
Shifer attoneys at law
Craigs Automotive
Klinner Insurance
All Sports
Perrins Surface Solutions
In Stitches and Ink
CarQuest
Peoples Choice Credit Union
Reli Entertainment
Wadal Plastics
Mertens Garage Inc.
Quality Realty - Dave Brandner
Corey Burstad Insurance
Glass to Go
Century 21- Dan Olson
Time Federal Savings Bank
Wheelers Chevrolet
Special Thanks go out to Rich Wirz for the great job

working the sound and lights, Jill Lybert and the Staff at
the Medford High School. Also Thanks to our wonderful
and talented band Jeff Walker, Chad Karnitz, AJ Walker and
LaVerne Gregorich Jr. and also our special guests Olivia
and Elynor Gregorich. Also Thanks to Ron Roth and to his
special appearance as Santa Claus. Congratulations goes
out to Kay Tracey our winner of the Wheelers Chevrolet oil
change gift certicate.
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Dominant start
Submitted photo
Medfords Tucker Peterson gets a single leg hold

on Frankie Wingert of Plainview-Elgin-Millville, Minn.
during his first match at Eau Claire North on Saturday.
Peterson won 12-1 and took second in the 160-pound
weight class.
Fedie. Cochrane-Fountain Citys Tate Murty pinned
Brooks in 1:26 in the fifth-place match.
Sophomore Preston Carlson was Medfords highest
finisher after that, taking 12th at 138 pounds. He went
1-1 in his opening pool, pinning Brandon Huettl of
Phillips in 2:45, to land in the bracket to decide ninth
through 16th place in the weight class. He beat Devin
Paszek of Wittenberg-Birnamwood 4-0, but then lost
to Steven Jerry of Ladysmith and Hayden Voxland of
Zumbrota-Mazeppa. Brooks said Carlson continues to
compete well despite probably wrestling a class above
his ideal weight.
Brad Nelles was 15th at 113 pounds, ending his day
with a pin in 2:31 over Stanley-Boyds Zack Soden. He
was pinned three times during the day. Brayden Fultz
was 16th at 132 pounds, starting his day with his first career win, a pin in 55 seconds over Eau Claire Memorials
Caleb Moos. He was pinned four times after that.
Kenny Krug was 17th at 220 pounds. After getting
pinned twice in his preliminary pool, Krug got a bye
and then pinned Eau Claire Norths Brendan Williams
in 3:26 and Kristofer Runnheim of Phillips in 48 seconds
to finish on a high note.
Mickie Gluza was 22nd at 106 pounds, falling in all
four of his contested matches.
Medfords Tanner Peterson won his JV bracket with
a 3-0 record. Parker Henrichs was 2-1 and took second
in his bracket. Tony Noland was 1-2 and earned a thirdplace finish.
The Minnesota schools topped the 25-team field.
Plainview-Elgin-Millville won the tournament with
394.5 points, edging Zumbrota-Mazeppa by 6.5 points.
Wittenberg-Birnamwood wasnt far behind with 362.5
points. Eau Claire North (329.5) and Nekoosa-Port
Edwards (319) rounded out the top five.
The rest of the team scores were: 6. Stanley-Boyd, 265;
7. Cadott, 231.5; 8. Ladysmith, 220; 9. Mondovi, 201; 10. La
Crosse Central, 192.5; 11. Auburndale, 180; 12. Superior,
173.5; 13. Medford, 165; 14. Chetek-Weyerhaeuser/
Prairie Farm, 163.5; 15. Bloomer-Colfax, 159.5; 16. Bruce,
148; 17. Eau Claire Memorial, 143.5; 18. Phillips, 133; 19.
Durand, 132; 20. Baldwin-Woodville and Prescott, 125;
22. Blair-Taylor, 110.5; 23. Osseo-Fairchild/Augusta/
Fall Creek, 109; 24. Cochrane-Fountain City, 93; 25.
Whitehall, 68.
Medford starts Great Northern Conference competition tonight, Thursday, by traveling to Antigo for
a 7 p.m. dual meet. The Raiders will then be off until
December 27 when they compete in the 16-team Eau
Claire Memorial Dual Meet Tournament.
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Raider girls get within three late, but Hodags hold on, 49-39
A lot went right for Medfords girls
basketball team, but the Raiders still
fell short in a 49-39 Great Northern
Conference loss at Rhinelander.
The Raiders made some solid offensive
adjustments, they made Rhinelanders
leading scorer a non-factor and they
trimmed a late nine-point deficit to three
in the final moments.
But they couldnt quite get over that
proverbial hump.
The Hodags made 23 of 33 free throws,
including 13 of their last 14 to improve to
2-0 in the GNC and 5-3 overall. Medford
fell to 1-2 in the GNC and 1-3 overall.
Medford head coach Scott Wildberg
said the loss came down to little things.
Two of the key areas, he said, were a few
too many missed shots from point-blank
GIRLS BASKETBALL STANDINGS
Conf.
Overall
W
L
W
L
Rhinelander
3
0
6
3
Mosinee
2
0
4
3
Lakeland
2
1
5
1
Antigo
2
2
7
2
Medford
1
2
1
3
Northland Pines
1
3
3
3
Tomahawk
0
3
0
5
Dec. 12: Rhinelander 49, Medford 39; Lakeland 47, Northland Pines 34; Antigo 62, Tomahawk 24; Marathon 63, Mosinee 31.
Dec. 13: Lakeland 46, Hancock, Mich. 22.
Dec. 15: Antigo 39, Merrill 38.
Dec. 16: Northland Pines 48, Antigo 40; Rhinelander 52, Tomahawk 23.
Dec. 19: Medford at Lakeland, Antigo at
Rhinelander, Mosinee at Tomahawk, Northland
Pines at Hurley.
Dec. 22: Calumet, Mich. at Northland Pines.
Dec. 23: Medford at Ashland.
range and rebounding, where the Hodags

held a 39-27 advantage.
The number-one thing was boxing
out, Wildberg said. We did not box out
well enough and gave up too many second shots. Our defense was good enough
to win. We got some turnovers, but we
just didnt box out good enough. Thats
been a focus for us this week.
Rhinelander gained a slim 10-8 advantage through one quarter. Wildberg said
that was the key stretch where missed
easy shots were key.
Early in the game, we probably
should have been up 10-1 or 12-1,
Wildberg said. It would have been nice
to make some of those shots and not play
from behind. It seems like were always
playing catch-up in these close games.
We had opportunities, but we missed too
many bunnies.
Medford led 14-13 at one point in the
second quarter, but the Hodags finished
on a 9-1 run to open up a 22-15 halftime
lead. They still led 30-23 going into the
fourth. In the third quarter, the Hodags
top player, Kylie Hunter, fouled out with
5:32 left. Hunter came in averaging nearly 18 points per game. She scored zero.
Wildberg said Medfords plan was to
frustrate the 5-10 forward with good pressure from its guards and it worked.
We figured if we could get Kylie out,
it would disrupt them and I think it did
disrupt them for quite a while, Wildberg
said. But they had one player step up
and fill the void.
That player was Brianna Gilbert, who
led the Hodags with 16 points and eight
rebounds.
Rhinelander led 36-27 with 2:30 to go
when Medford made its late run. The
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Raiders missed two free throws, Jen

Stolp made one of two for Medford and
the Raiders grabbed the rebound on
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Moving the feet
BOYS BASKETBALL
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Thursday, September
December 22,
18, 2011
2014
Redmen roll over Bucs, 73-41

After a roller-coaster start to the season the Rib Lake Redmen boys basketball team finally played a game with relatively little drama, easily winning on the
road against the Prentice Buccaneers,
73-41.
Things worked out in our favor from
the tip of the game, Redmen coach Jason
Wild said.
Rib Lake started fast with Joe
Frombach and Dalton Strebig leading
the offensive surge early on. The Redmen
went into the locker room at halftime
with a double-digit lead and didnt look
back.
After another solid quarter in the
third, the Redmen appeared to ease off
the gas and allowed the Buccaneers to
generate some offense in the final quarter, but their charge never really put the
Redmen in danger.
I was happy with the first three quarters, but I think the boys relaxed in the
fourth as we started zero for eight shooting and gave Prentice some easy baskets.
We have to learn to play four quarters
and 32 minutes regardless of the score,
Wild said.
Frombach led the Redmen with 18
points on nine-of-eighteen shooting
along with eight assists, four steals, and
two rebounds. Strebig drained a trio
of three-pointers en route to scoring 11
points to go with three assists and three
steals. Jordan Blomberg notched his second double-double of the year by scoring
14 points and pulling down 12 rebounds.
Jordan Cardey added eight points, Jared
Hovde scored six, and Austin Ewan and
Joe Scheithauer chipped in four apiece.
Scheithauer also had nine rebounds.
We were fortunate to play against
a shorter team. This allowed Joe and
Medford stretches
win streak to five
in boys curling
Medfords boys curling maintained
its early-season winning ways Tuesday
by burying the Stevens Point Panthers
9-2 on Points home ice.
The team of skip John Shear, Dillon
Brost, Noah Jalowitz and Trevor
Geiger improved to 5-0 for the season
with Tuesdays win. The team also
notched a lopsided 11-2 win over the
Wausau East Lumberjacks Thursday
at the Wausau Curling Center.
The last two wins give the Raiders a
clean sweep through the first round of
play against their Northern Division
foes.
Medfords varsity girls team didnt
have as much luck on Tuesday, falling 9-1 to the Panthers. The Raiders,
though, skipped by Josie Brost, routed
Wausau East on Thursday 14-1.
Medford stands at 3-2 in varsity
girls games.
The meet at East included a full
gamut of games.
The JV girls were 6-2 winners, while
the JV boys were 6-5 victors. A second
JV girls team was tripped up 6-4.
Medford hosts its annual Battle of
the Brooms with Portage on Friday
at the Medford Curling Club with two
rounds of games. Portage won both
varsity brooms a year ago.
MARAWOOD NORTH DIVISION

BOYS BASKETBALL STANDINGS
Conf.
Overall
W
L
W
L
Phillips
2
0
4
0
Chequamegon
2
0
3
2
Rib Lake
1
0
2
2
Edgar
0
0
2
2
Abbotsford
0
1
0
5
Prentice
0
2
2
3
Athens
0
2
0
2
Dec. 11: Rib Lake 73, Prentice 41; Phillips 64,
Abbotsford 50.
Dec. 12: Chequamegon 52, Athens 48; Edgar 48,
Owen-Withee 34; Cadott 49, Abbotsford 40.
Dec. 15: Spencer 36, Edgar 34.
Dec. 16: Phillips 43, Athens 42; Chequamegon 54,
Prentice 37.
Dec. 19: Rib Lake at Winter, Abbotsford at Athens, Phillips at Prentice, Chequamegon at Edgar.
Dec. 22: Edgar at Phillips.
Dec. 23: Rib Lake at Chequamegon, Prentice
at Abbotsford, Colby at Athens.
Jordan to work inside. Dalton had a good

game hitting open shots at the perimeter
and we played solid defense as a team,
Wild said.
The Redmen (2-2) travel to Winter
tomorrow, Friday, to take on the
Warriors. Next Tuesday theyll take on
the Screaming Eagles of Chequamegon
on the road. Both games have a 7:30 p.m.
tip-off.
We are optimistic about the next two
games and look forward to getting to the
Christmas break with a winning record.
That hasnt been done since 2009, Wild
added.
Trapped
Photo by Matt Frey
Rib Lakes Katie Cardey (l.) and Ciara Scheithauer clamp down on Edgar guard
Tianna Borchardt during the third quarter of Fridays 56-34 loss to the Wildcats.
Edgars pressure sets early tone against Rib Lake

The Edgar Wildcats set the tone with
their full-court pressure defense and
were in control from start to finish in a
56-34 win over Rib Lakes girls basketball
team Friday night.
With sophomore guard Macey Wirkus
leading the charge and causing havoc on
Rib Lakes ball handlers in Edgars manto-man, full-court press and the Lady
Redmen missing some good shots in the
early going when they did break the
press Rib Lake fell behind 12-0 and 16-4
in the first quarter and never recovered.
After dropping to 0-3 in the Marawood
North and 2-5 overall, head coach Mike
Wudi said his team just didnt match up
with the Wildcats, who improved to 2-0 in
the conference and 5-2 overall.
They are just more athletic than we
are, Wudi said. The turnovers were a
big problem. Theyre physical too. They
play a lot like Athens does. That will be a
good matchup when those two play.
Wudi said the learning process conMARAWOOD NORTH DIVISION
Conf.
Overall
W
L
W
L
Athens
3
0
5
2
Edgar
2
0
5
3
Abbotsford
2
0
4
3
Prentice
2
1
4
2
Phillips
0
2
4
2
Rib Lake
0
3
2
5
Chequamegon
0
3
2
5
Dec. 11: Athens 65, Phillips 59.
Dec. 12: Edgar 56, Rib Lake 34; Prentice 41,
Chequamegon 23.
Dec. 15: Marathon 54, Edgar 38; Hurley 57,
Chequamegon 40.
Dec. 16: Owen-Withee 56, Abbotsford 55; Athens
60, Pittsville 20; Thorp 58, Prentice 51 (OT); Phillips 66, W.V. Lutheran 31.
Dec. 18: Abbotsford at Athens, Phillips at
Prentice.
Dec. 19: Rib Lake at Winter, Chequamegon at
Edgar.
Dec. 22: Edgar at Phillips, Prentice at Abbotsford.
Dec. 23: Rib Lake at Chequamegon.
tinued for the young Redmen in the

loss. The lesson Friday was that rushing
things and trying to play too fast isnt always the best way to break a press.
Wirkus finished with nine of Edgars
21 steals and added 15 points, four rebounds and three steals. Dana Heidman,
a 5-3 junior, also was a thorn in Rib
Lakes side, scoring 12 points and adding six steals, five assists and three rebounds. Tianna Borchardt, who Wudi
said was the scoring threat the Redmen
felt they had to focus on, had eight points,
five rebounds, two assists and two steals.
Heidmann had four of Edgars first 12
points and Makenzie Butt, who scored
nine points overall, had five quick ones
with a long jumper and a three-pointer.
Hailey Wudi finally got Rib Lake on the
board four minutes in, scoring off an
inbound pass from Ciara Scheithauer.
Regan Dobbs scored off an offensive rebound to make it 12-4 and that was as
close as Rib Lake got.
Scheithauers baseline drive made it
16-6 early in the second quarter. Katie
Cardey hit a short shot and a free throw
moments later to pull Rib Lake within 209. It was 24-12 after a Scheithauer bucket
when Borchardt hit a free throw and
then a three-pointer when Edgar got the
offensive rebound off her miss to make it
28-12.
Wirkus got a bucket off a steal to make
it 30-14, but that was answered by a threepoint play by Rib Lakes Cassidy Kohls
with 1:28 left. Edgar finished the half with
a five-point flurry to set its largest lead at
35-17. The Wildcats outscored Rib Lake
14-7 in the third to push the lead to 49-24,
switching at one point to the same 1-3-1
half-court zone defense Rib Lake was using and catching the Redmen off-guard
for a couple of possessions with that.
The Redmen didnt quit and battled
in a fourth quarter that got pretty physical. Rib Lake outscored the Wildcats
in the quarter 10-7, getting four points
from Dobbs, scores from Cardey and
Scheithauer and two late free throws
from senior Megan Beard.

Wudi said the teams effort continues
to be one of its best attributes through the
first third of the season.
These girls dont quit, he said.
Theyre still scrapping and diving all
the way until the end.
Scheithauer led the team in scoring
with 10 points. She added three rebounds
and two assists. Cardey added seven
points and eight rebounds. Dobbs finished with six points and seven boards.
Kohls had four points and five rebounds.
Hailey Wudi had three points. Jasmine
Fitzl and Beard had two apiece. Mariah
Thums had two rebounds and a steal.
The Redmen made 11 of 29 two-point
shots (37.9 percent), Scheithauer made
the only three-pointer as the team was
one of five. The Redmen were a solid
nine of 13 from the free throw line. Both
teams grabbed 28 rebounds. Edgar was 19
of 51 on its two-point shots (37.2 percent),
made two of three three-pointers and was
10 of 17 from the free throw line.
Rib Lakes girls and boys teams will
play in a pair of doubleheaders to close
out the pre-Christmas portion of their
schedules. On Friday, the teams travel to Winter for non-conference play
against the Warriors. Then on Tuesday,
theyll play Marawood North contests at
Chequamegon. Girls play starts both doubleheaders at 5:45 p.m. The boys games
will follow at 7:30 p.m.
Pool
Medford Womens League
Bogeys, 14 wins, 63 games played; Hacienda,
36, 63; Cindys, 37, 54; Step N Up, 33, 63; Main
Street I, 21, 63; Gad, 18, 54; Main Street II, 30, 63;
Thirsty Moose, 26, 63; VFW, 28, 63.
Dec. 11: VFW 5, Step N Up 4; Cindys 7, Bogeys
2; Main Street II 6, Gad 3; Thirsty Moose 5, Main
Street I 4.
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Greyhounds race past Pirates

The Loyal Greyhounds used smothering defense and a balanced offense in
their convincing win over the Gilman
Pirates boys basketball team Tuesday
night, 58-38.
The margin may only be 20 points, but
in reality this game was over at halftime.
The Pirates came on strong in the second
half, but by then it was too late to turn it
into a competitive game.
The Pirates had no answer for Loyals
full-court press and at one point turned
the ball over on five straight possessions,
all resulting in easy Greyhound layups.
Loyals 6-6 center Tyler Prust was a
tough matchup for Gilman to begin with,
and after Colton Schmitt picked up two
quick fouls it became even harder.
The Greyhounds scored the first basket of the game on a Cameron Brussow
layup and James Copenhaver scored the
first points of the game for the Pirates
by making one of two free throws. Both
teams scored five points apiece before
Gilman came unraveled. Loyal rattled off

20 straight points, the final 14 of the first
quarter and then the first six points in the
second quarter, to take a commanding
lead. They won the first quarter 21-6 and
continued their momentum by outscoring the Pirates 17-8 in the second quarter
to go into halftime with a 38-14 lead.
The Greyhounds took the third quarter 12-9, despite giving several starters
some rest on the bench. The Pirates finally seemed to settle down going into
the fourth quarter and they outscored the
Hounds 14-8 in the final frame. Schmitt
poured in six points himself to power
Gilman in the fourth quarter.
Cameron Brussow scored a game-high
17 points for Loyal. Derrick Howard added 13, while Ryley Fischer had nine and
Prust had eight. As a team they made a
trio of three-pointers.
Schmitt led the way for the Pirates by
scoring 10 points. Chanse Rosemeyer had
nine, Ethan Aldinger scored eight, and
See PIRATES on page 8
Gilman takes down Cornell

Splits the D
Photo by Bryan Wegter
Gilmans Chanse Rosemeyer attempts to split two Loyal defenders, Riley Geiger
(5) and Marcus Genteman (23), on his way to the basket in the fourth quarter of the
Pirates 58-38 loss to the Greyhounds on Tuesday.
We made them put us on the line in

the fourth. The girls made the shots and
we put away the win, Skabroud said.
Liz Sproul led Cornell with 14 points
and Kammey Kendall added eight for the
Chiefs. Cornell shot 27.7 percent from the
field and was 10 of 19 from the free throw
line.
Makaylen Skabroud added six rebounds and one steal in addition to her
14 points on an efficient seven of 10 from
the field. Desiree Budzinski scored 11
points and grabbed six rebounds and two
steals. Kendall Skabroud had 10 points
to go with five rebounds and two steals.
Kyla Schoene had six points and nine rebounds in the win.
Kyla played a really good game. Once
she got going on the boards she was dominant, Skabroud said. The Pirates shot
16 of 51 (31.4 percent) from the field and
were 13 of 27 (48.1 percent) from the charity stripe. They out-rebounded Cornell
by seven, 23-16.
Making her first start of the season in
relief of the ailing Morgan Birkenholz,
Taylor Hendricks provided valuable
minutes and totaled four points, three rebounds, and one block.
Taylor did a nice job in her first varsity start, with Morgan out sick we needed her to contribute, Skabroud said.
We finally seemed to flow as a team.
Weve made a few changes in practice
and used some new drills. We came
out more focused and ready to play,
Skabroud added.
The Pirates (1-5) take on Spencer tonight, Thursday, at home. On Monday
they travel to Owen-Withee with the
boys team for a doubleheader against the
Blackhawks. Both girls games have a 7:30
p.m. first-tip.
Loss to Augusta
Double-double
Photo by Bryan Wegter
Gilmans Kyla Schoene (r.) battles with Augustas Devon Shilka for rebounding position in the third quarter of the Pirates loss last Friday. Schoene scored 12 points and
grabbed 11 rebounds to record a double-double.
The visiting Augusta Beavers jumped

out to an 13-0 lead and never looked back
in their 55-34 win over the Gilman Pirates
last Friday night in Gilman. A steady
stream of turnovers and bad passes contributed to the early deficit and proved
too much for the Pirates to overcome as
they pushed their losing streak to three
games to start the year.
We had a poor first quarter of shooting and couldnt get any momentum going, Pirates coach Chris Skabroud said.
Kyla Schoene finally put Gilman on
the board with a two-pointer with three
minutes to go in the first quarter, but the

Beavers continued to pour it on and left
the first quarter with a 20-6 lead.
The Pirates battled Augusta to a 9-9
draw in the second quarter behind the
strong play of Schoene. She netted six
points on three field goals before leaving
the game with a knee injury after a hard
collision with an opposing player with
3:30 to go in the quarter. With her out of
the game, Augusta railed off four straight
points to take a 29-15 lead into halftime.
Schoene did re-enter the game at the 0:17
mark of the quarter, so her injury was
not serious.
Kyla was all over the place. That injury didnt slow her down, Skabroud said.
Augusta nailed two threes to kick off
the third quarter and continued a steady
stream of points and would take the quarter 15-11, but the Pirates were able to hang
with them after their slow start. Kendall
Skabroud hit Gilmans lone three of the
game to pull the Pirates within 14, but
thats as close as they would get.
The Beavers won the final quarter 11-8
to round out their victory.
Dani Nelson scored a game-high 19
points for Augusta. Katie Nelson added
10 and Kayla Erdman scored nine. The
Beavers shot 33.3 percent from the field
and 62.5 percent from the free throw line.
They also tallied seven made three-pointers.
Schoene shot a solid five of 10 from the
field to finish with 12 points and added
11 rebounds to complete her doubledouble. She also added four blocks and
three steals. MaKaylen Skabroud scored
12 points of her own to go along with
nine rebounds and three steals. Morgan
Birkenholz added five points, Kendall
Skabroud had three, and Desiree
Budzinski chipped in two points along
with six rebounds. Taylor Hendricks did
not score but notched six rebounds.
Makaylen had a strong game on offense. Morgan and Kendall were good on
defense tonight, Skabroud said.
The Pirates shot 13 of 54 (24.1 percent)
from the field and were seven of 16 (43.8
percent) from the free throw line. Despite
out-rebounding the Beavers 36-24, the
cold shooting night doomed Gilman to
the loss.
They had the size on us, but we were
struggling to score. If you cant put the
ball in the hoop youre not going to win,
Skabroud said.
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Hatchets and Oredockers too

much for Medford hockey
An early injury forced some early line
adjustments and Tomahawk took advantage, rolling to a 6-0 win over Medfords
hockey team Tuesday night.
The Hatchets were up 2-0 when Max
Ungerer scored with 11 seconds left in
the first period and again 25 seconds into
the second period to double the lead to
4-0.
The Raiders lost defenseman Garrett
Paul to an injury midway through the
first period.
That knocked us down to three defensemen, head coach Chad Demulling
said. We had to bring Jacob Kadlecek
back to play defense, which then has consequences up front. It took away some of
our size up front.
We got better as the game went on,
he added. The scores were three, two
and one by period for them. We cut their
shots down. Our best period was the
third.
The Raiders put 19 shots on Tomahawk
goalie Danny Hanke but were unable to
solve him. They put 10 of those shots on
goal in the first period.
Give Tomahawk some credit, they
had a good game plan defensively,
Demulling said. We were able to put
some offensive pressure on them. Their
goalie played well. We didnt get a lot
of high-percentage shots. We got some
shots on him but werent able to clean up
the rebounds.
Medford got hit with a holding penalty just 38 seconds in and Tomahawk took
advantage with 20 seconds left in the
two-minute power play. Nick Osero got
the goal with an assist from Ungerer. Not
long after Paul departed, Jakob Panzer
lit the lap at 12:04 with an assist from
Tanner Bartz. Ungerers goal in the final seconds of the period was assisted by
Panzer. Osero and Steven Renn assisted
Ungerer on his goal to start the second
period.
Panzer picked up the puck and found
some free ice to score unassisted at 14:36
of the second period. Panzer scored again
13:34 into the third.
Carter Jamieson had 46 saves for
Medford, a reduction from some of
the teams previous games. Each team
had four power-play chances with
Tomahawks first goal being the only
successful one.
The win was Tomahawks first of the
season. The Hatchets are 1-3 in the Great
Alumni hockey games

set for December 27
The Medford Hockey Association
will hold its 12th annual alumni hockey games on Saturday, Dec. 27 at the
Simek Recreation Center.
Two games are again planned for
this years festivities. Face-off for the
first game is set for 6 p.m. The second
one will start at about 7:30 p.m. The
games feature former players from
Medfords boys and girls high school
hockey programs.
Admission fees are $3 for adults 18
and older, $1 for those 12-17 and there
is no charge for those under 12.
Puck toss contests, a 50/50 raffle,
food and drinks will be available.
Proceeds benefit Medfords high
school and youth hockey programs
and provide scholarships to graduating seniors.

BOYS HOCKEY STANDINGS
Conf.
Overall
W-L-T
W-L-T
Antigo
5-0-0
9-1-0
Mosinee
3-0-0
4-2-0
Northland Pines
3-0-0
3-3-0
Rhinelander
1-1-0
2-2-1
Waupaca
1-2-0
2-4-0
Tomahawk
1-3-0
1-5-0
Medford
1-4-0
1-6-0
Lakeland
0-4-0
0-7-0
Dec. 11: Antigo 8, Lakeland 0; Waupaca 5,
Tomahawk 4; Northland Pines 6, Rhinelander 0;
Mosinee 8, Wausau East 2.
Dec. 12: Ashland 7, Medford 2.
Dec. 13: Rhinelander 3, Lakeland 1; Wausau
West 2, Mosinee 1; Stevens Point 6, Northland
Pines 2; Kettle Moraine Co-op 3, Antigo 1.
Dec. 14: Antigo 3, Waukesha North 1.
Dec. 16: Tomahawk 6, Medford 0; Antigo 4,
Waupaca 1.
Dec. 18: Rhinelander at Medford, Antigo at
Northland Pines, Tomahawk at Lakeland, Waupaca at Neenah.
Dec. 19: Waupaca at D.C. Everest, Tomahawk at
Merrill.
Dec. 20: Northland Pines at Mosinee.
Dec. 22: Rhinelander at Merrill.
Dec. 23: Medford at Chequamegon-Phillips.
Northern Conference and 1-5 overall.

Medford fell to 1-4, 1-6.
The Raiders are back on home ice tonight, Thursday, to face the Rhinelander
Hodags in the second game of a girls/
boys doubleheader. The girls game starts
at 5 p.m. Medford is off to ChequamegonPhillips on Tuesday. Face-off will be at 7
p.m. in Park Falls.
He scores!
Photo by Garett Greenwald, Ashland Daily Press
Medfords Tyler Kadlecek, also the teams backup goalie, takes advantage of this
scoring chance, punching a rebound past Ashland goalie Dylan Barnes to give the
Raiders a 1-0 lead in Fridays non-conference game. Ashland scored the next seven
goals and won 7-2.
First, last goals not enough

The Raiders drew first blood on Friday
at Ashland, but the Oredockers got on
a roll after that, scoring the next seven
goals in their 7-2 non-conference win.
Neal Benson notched a hat trick for
the Oredockers and added two assists.
Eric Yachinich had a pair of goals and
two assists as well. Ashland improved to
6-0 with Fridays win.
Medfords Tyler Kadlecek got the
games first goal. The freshman punched
home a rebound after Ashland goalie
Dylan Barnes saved a shot by Kyle
Dettmering just 2:12 in.
Tyler put himself in great position,
Demulling said. Ashland turned it over
in the zone, Kyle put a good shot on and
Tyler was in good position and popped it
in.
The lead held for more than five minutes. But Bensons goal at the 7:45 mark,
assisted by Yachinich and Barnes, tied
it. Bensons rebound goal at 14:46 put
Ashland in front. Eric Bochler and
Yachinich had the assists.
Ashland outshot Medford 22-4 in the
period.
The Oredockers widened their lead
with a three-goal second period. Zach
Unseth got the first one at the 2:32 mark,
assisted by Mason Mountain. Yachinich
made it 4-1 at 10:35 with a Benson assist
and added the back-breaker with just 21
seconds left in the period, assisted by
Bochler and Colton Barry to make it 5-1.
Goals by Benson and Bochler 28 seconds and 7:06 into the third made it 7-1
before the Raiders got a late power-play
goal from Klayton Kree, assisted by
Jacob Kadlecek.
Ashland wound up with a 60-13 advantage in shots on goal. The Oredockers
had 48 shots in the first two periods
alone. Ashland was unsuccessful in two
power plays. The late goal by Kree came
on Medfords only power play. Jamieson
was credited with 53 saves.
Depth and them being a little older
team was a factor, Demulling said.
Tomahawk was pretty similar.
Hatchets shut out Raider girls

7-0; Northern Edge here tonight
Using a hat trick from Madi Ungerer
and a pair of goals from Nicole Nerva,
the Tomahawk Hatchets extended the
Medford Raiders search for their first
win of the season on Tuesday, pitching a
7-0 girls hockey shutout at Sara Park.
In the first game of a girls/boys varsity doubleheader, the Hatchets scored
all the goals they would need with three
in the first period. They tacked on four
more in the second to put this one out of

GIRLS HOCKEY STANDINGS
Conf.
Overall
W
L
W
L
Waupaca
3
0
9
1
Northland Pines
2
0
5
1
Rhine.-Antigo-3L
3
1
3
2
Tomahawk
2
2
2
2
Marshfield
2
3
2
5
Lakeland
1
2
1
2
Point-Rapids
1
2
1
4
Medford
0
4
0
4
Dec. 12: Northland Pines 8, Lakeland 0;
Marshfield 2, Tomahawk 1; University School of
Milwaukee 7, Waupaca 0.
Dec. 13: Rhinelander-Antigo-Three Lakes 5,
Point-Rapids 0; Eau Claire Area 5, Marshfield 2;
Waupaca 9, Brookfield Central Co-op 2; Waupaca
3, Stoughton Co-op 1.
Dec. 16: Tomahawk 7, Medford 0; Rhinelander-Antigo-Three Lakes 4, Marshfield 1.
Dec. 18: Rhinelander-Antigo-Three Lakes at
Medford, Tomahawk at Lakeland.
Dec. 19: Northland Pines at Waupaca, PointRapids at Eau Claire Area, Marshfield at
Baraboo Co-op.
Dec. 20: Chippewa Falls-Menomonie at Rhinelander-Antigo-Three Lakes (A), Waupaca at Fond
du Lac Co-op.
Dec. 23: Point-Rapids at Black River Falls Co-op.
reach fairly early.

Erin Sparks stopped all 10 of Medfords
shots on goal as Tomahawk improved to
2-2 in the Great Northern Conference and
overall. Medford fell to 0-4, both in conference play and overall.
The puck spent most of the game in
Medfords defensive zone. The Hatchets
put 41 shots on goal, 34 of which were
stopped by Raider goalie Makayla
Hanson. She had 27 saves through a busy
first two periods.
Ungerer got the games first score
with an unassisted goal 2:42 into the contest. Nerva got her first one at the 5:30
mark, assisted by Erika Vallier. Ungerer
struck again at 10:54, assisted by Sydney
Calhoun.
Those same names did a lot of damage in the second period. Vallier scored
with a Nerva assist at 3:47. Ungerer and
Calhoun assisted on a Lauren Bembinster
goal at the 7:50 mark. The clinchers came
just eight seconds apart. Nerva scored on
a power play with 3:38 left in the period,
assisted by Calhoun and Vallier. Ungerer
then completed her hat trick off the ensuing face-off, assisted by Nerva.
Shots were nearly even in the third period. Tomahawk had a slight 7-6 edge in
the running-clock period.
Medford had four power-play chances
but could not convert. Tomahawk was
one for one.
The Raiders are back on home ice
tonight, Thursday, when they face a
tough challenge against the RhinelanderAntigo-Three Lakes Northern Edge to
start another girls/boys doubleheader.
Face-off for the girls game is at 5 p.m.
The boys game against the Rhinelander
Hodags will follow.
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Offense disappears for Raiders

Altering his shot
Medfords Ben Nelson defends this second-quarter shot by Rhinelanders Trevor

Young during Fridays tough outing for the Raiders, who lost 40-9.
Our defense and effort were good.

Our offensive efficiency set new lows.
How else could Medford boys basketball head coach Ron Lien sum up an
abysmal 40-9 loss at Rhinelander Friday
night?
The Raiders fell to 1-3 overall with
a thud, failing to get anything going on
offense against one of this years favorites in the Great Northern Conference.
Medford slid to 1-1 in the GNC. This was
the conference opener for the Hodags,
who went to 2-0 in the standings by beating Tomahawk on Tuesday. Rhinelander
is 2-3 overall.
The numbers tell it all in a game where
Medford tried to slow the pace. Still, the
Raiders never could have predicted the
numbers to be this low.
The Raiders made three of 12 two-point
shots and missed all seven of their threepoint attempts for an overall field goal
percentage of 15.8 percent. The struggles
went with them to the free throw line too,
where they were just three of 10.
Add 20 turnovers to the mix and you
come up with a miserable overall offensive efficiency of 0.21 points per possession.
The good news was that on the defensive end, Medford held its own, limited
the Hodags to a below-average 0.82 points
per possession. The Hodags were just 16
of 43 overall from the field (37.2 percent)
and the Raiders kept them from foul line
freebies, limiting them to seven free
throws. Rhinelander made four.
Kent Mathews, Rhinelanders 6-5
senior center, was the games x-factor, pouring in 16 points and grab-

Conf.
Overall
W
L
W
L
Antigo
3
0
4
1
Rhinelander
2
0
2
3
Mosinee
1
0
2
3
Lakeland
1
1
3
3
Medford
1
1
1
3
Tomahawk
0
3
2
3
Northland Pines
0
3
2
4
Dec. 12: Rhinelander 40, Medford 9; Antigo
47, Tomahawk 32; Lakeland 58, Northland Pines
34.
Dec. 13: Rice Lake 85 Lakeland 61; D.C. Everest
46, Rhinelander 35; Marshfield 58, Mosinee 43.
Dec. 16: Rhinelander 56, Tomahawk 40; Antigo
59, Northland Pines 36.
Dec. 19: Lakeland at Medford, Antigo at
Rhinelander, Tomahawk at Mosinee, Northland
Pines at Wabeno.
Dec. 22: Chippewa Falls at Antigo, Mosinee at
Merrill.
Dec. 23: Medford at Ashland.
bing 12 rebounds. He also had three of

Rhinelanders 15 steals and knocked
down both of his three-point attempts.
Rhinelander had a 29-19 edge in rebounding. The Hodags limited Medford to just
two offensive rebounds.
It was a 1-0 game with just over two
minutes to go in the first quarter, but
Rhinelander ended the period on a 10-0
tear to go up 11-0.
Medfords first bucket came 50 seconds
into the second quarter when Ty Wrage
finally hit a long jumper from the right
side. Osy Ekwueme scored off a Taylor
Dunlap assist just over 90 seconds later,
but that was all the Raiders got from the
field and trailed 23-5 at halftime.
Dunlap got his only field goal in the
See MEDFORD on page 12
Swim team completes four-meet homestand to start the season

place points in 4:57.76.
Ruch, Roe, Chas Lehman and Way
gave Tomahawk a good run in the medley relay, finishing in 2:08.77, just 3.29 seconds off the pace, while Mark Jablonsky,
Andrew Reuter, Jacob Jablonsky and
Hildebrandt were third in 2:14.64. Rabe,
Hedlund, Gingras and Matt Reuter added
a fifth-place time of 2:32.61.
Way, Rabe, Hildebrandt and Jacob
Jablonsky took second in the 200-yard
freestyle relay at 1:53.53. They were 2.9
seconds behind Tomahawks top team.
Roe, Mark Jablonsky, Andrew Reuter
and Lehman were third in 1:55.6 and
Hedlund, Michael Franz, Josh Mueller
and Brendan Griesbach were sixth in
2:50.58.
Lehman added a second-place time of
1:18.76 in the 100-yard backstroke, 2.69
seconds behind Kole Svacina, and he was
third in what was a close 100-yard butterfly in 1:24.02. Lehman faded in the final
10 yards, falling behind Svacina (1:19.44)
and Parker Knipfer (1:19.87). Matt Reuter
was fifth in the backstroke at 1:48.54 and
Gingras was sixth in 1:57.93.
Roe led the Raiders in the 100-yard
breaststroke, taking second in 1:19.86,
1.9 seconds ahead of Andrew Reuter.
Hedlund was fifth in 1:31.07. Andrew
Reuter added a third-place time of 2:50.76
in the 200-yard individual medley.
Matt Reuter won the JV 100-yard
freestyle, while Gingras was second and
Mueller was fourth. Griesbach was second in the 100-yard backstroke and Franz
was fifth. Mueller was second in the 50yard freestyle, Griesbach was fifth and
Franz was sixth.
Tonight, Thursday, Medford completes a busy five-meet month by traveling to Antigo to wrap up the first tour
through the Great Northern Conference.
Weve been putting in quite a few

yards trying to get a lot of stroke work
done, Farmer said. A lot of them are
new to swimming. We have to get the
yards, but we also have to worry about
getting them to do flip turns, do the starts
right. Were working hard trying to
get there. I think toward the end of our
season, were going to be really, really
strong.
Hawks prevail
Conference title contender Shawano
won 10 of 11 events and rolled to a 112-51
win over the host Raiders on Thursday.
The Raiders did show some fight, winning a couple of spirited battles for placement behind Shawanos winning swimmers. Most notably, Andrew Reuter used
a strong freestyle leg in the 200-yard individual medley to pass Hawk Cayman
Kunschke and take second in 2:51.9, 0.69
seconds ahead of Kunschke. And, Reuter
and Roe finished just ahead of Kunschke
in an exciting finish in the 100-yard
breaststroke. Reuters second-place time
was 1:21.2. Roe was right behind him at
1:21.45 and took third. Kunschke was a
tenth of a second behind Roe. Hedlund,
BOYS SWIM STANDINGS
Duals Dual Meet
Total
W-L
Pts.
Pts.
Pts.
Shawano
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Lakeland
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Antigo
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0
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Dec. 11: Shawano 112, Medford 51; Rhinelander 95, Tomahawk 72; Lakeland 90, Antigo 78.
Dec. 16: Tomahawk 87, Medford 74; Lakeland
100, Rhinelander 66; Shawano 86, Antigo 83.
Dec. 18: Medford at Antigo, Rhinelander at
Shawano, Lakeland and Rice Lake at Tomahawk.
who Farmer said had one of his best

meets as a Raider, took fifth in 1:30.14.
Shawanos star swimmer Zach Soper
impressively won the breaststroke in
1:04.72. Another of the Hawks better
swimmers, Rolando Colon, won the individual medley in 2:32.16.
Ruch put in a solid effort in the 500yard freestyle, taking second in 6:38.84
behind Colons time of 6:11.55. Rabe, a senior newcomer, got the fifth-place point
in 8:46.03. The meet was Rabes first meet.
Hes a strong swimmer, she said.
I was impressed. We put him in the 500
and then he had to swim the 50 (in the
200-yard freestyle relay) right after that.
He didnt complain. He said he was OK.
Way swam the 50-yard freestyle in
26.17 seconds, good for second behind
Jake Klister (24.15). Mark Jablonsky
was third in 27.49 seconds and Jacob
Jablonsky was fifth in 29.15 seconds.
Way added another second-place swim
in the 100-yard backstroke with a time
of 1:16.13. Ruch was fourth in 1:16.78 and
Jacob Jablonsky was sixth in 1:40.36.
Adrian Tetting won in 1:07.57.
Mark Jablonsky added a secondplace swim in the 100-yard freestyle in
1:03.93, while Roe was fourth in 1:09.31
and Gingras was sixth in 1:21.19. Griffin
Rades won easily for Shawano in 56.68
seconds. Lehman swam the 100-yard
butterfly in 1:24.59, good for second behind Shawanos Nathan Kane (1:11.45).
Lehman added a third-place finish in the
200-yard freestyle at 2:43.49. Rabe was
fifth in 3:03.47. Tetting won in 2:13.38.
Shawano did some damage in the relays, taking the top two spots in all three,
outscoring 36-6 in the process. Way, Roe,
Ruch and Mark Jablonsky got the thirdplace points in the 200-yard medley relay
at 2:04.09. They were followed by Jacob

Jablonsky, Andrew Reuter, Lehman
and Hildebrandt (2:17.74) and Griesbach,
Hedlund, Gingras and Mueller (2:52.64).
Way, Jacob Jablonsky, Hildebrandt
and Lehman took third in the 200-yard
freestyle relay at 1:52.98, followed by the
team of Andrew Reuter, Hedlund, Matt
Reuter and Gingras (2:16.21) and the team
of Rabe, Griesbach, Mueller and Roe
(2:23.04). Hildebrandt, Mark Jablonsky,
Gingras and Ruch were third in the 400yard freestyle in 5:10.88. Shawanos winning time was 4:15.75.
Matt Reuter won the JV 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard backstroke races.
In the 50, Reuter won in 32.93 seconds,
Griesbach was fifth in 46.11 seconds and
newcomer Franz was sixth in 57.87 seconds. Reuters winning time in the backstroke was 1:54.83, followed by Mueller in
2:09.99 and Franz in 2:48.34.
Hildebrandt won the JV 100-yard
freestyle in 1:09.41. Hedlund was fifth in
1:25.13.
Photo by Matt Frey
Brett Hedlund pushes toward a fifthplace finish in the 100-yard breaststroke

during Tuesdays loss to Tomahawk.
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Gibson, Nedland and Lee

top three at Barron invite
Spencer Gibson won the 132-pound
championship, Eric Nedland was second
at 126 pounds and Takoda Lee was third
in the heavyweight class for the CornellGilman-Lake Holcombe Wolfpack during
an eighth-place team finish Saturday at
the Barron Invitational.
With just eight available wrestlers,
the Wolfpack scored 103 points to outscore Turtle Lake-Clayton (93) and
Abbotsford-Colby (57).
Menomonie won the tournament fairly easily, scoring 394 to outscore runnerup Clear Lake by 110 points.
Gibson had an impressive day, pinning all four of his opponents to win
his weight class. It took him just 1:30
to pin Turtle Lake-Claytons Kort Lien
in the championship. In pool competition, Gibson pinned Barrons Elijah
Whittington in 2:57, Lakelands Jack
Scandin in 5:28 and Menomonies Moua
Yang in 5:02 to earn his spot in the finals.
Nedland earned three pins before falling 10-5 to Osceolas Mitch Hustad (7-0) in
the 126-pound championship. Nedland,
who is now 8-2 through two tournaments,
pinned Menomonies Nathan Kress in
2:21, Lakelands Dalton Michelsen in 1:05
and Clear Lakes
George Paulzine in
39 seconds in pool
competition.
Lee, a sophomore from Gilman,
improved to 8-2
with a 4-1 day. He
took second in his
pool with a 3-1 record. All of his wins
were by pin. He
stuck Menomonies
Takoda Lee
Channer Schutts in
2:37, Clear Lakes Mitch Witthoft in 53

seconds and Lakelands Justin Grebe in
56 seconds. With a spot in the finals on
the line, Osceolas Tim Osterbauer beat
Lee 7-3. Osterbauer is off to a 6-1 start
to the season. Lee bounced back with
a quick 17-second pin of Barrons Ben
Sinclair.
Peyton Bowe placed seventh at 113
pounds, going 2-2 and adding a bye. He
pinned Clear Lakes Nick Elmer in 53 seconds in the seventh-place match. Earlier
in the day, Bowe pinned Lakelands
Michael Holton in 2:22. Bowe was pinned
twice in pool competition.
Micah Raatz was eighth at 160 pounds
with a 1-4 record. He pinned Menomonies
Tristan Moran in 3:32 in pool competition. Barrons Warren Hazelwood pinned
him in 3:14 in the seventh-place bout.
Jake Hillebrand was ninth at 138 pounds,
pinning Osceolas Oliver Dressel in 1:32
in the ninth-place match for his only win.
Paul Nedland was ninth at 106 pounds,
getting a bye in his placement match. His
closest match was a 6-4 overtime loss in
the first round to Barrons Alex Cox. Alex
Gehrt was 10th at 145 pounds. Osceolas
Jack Feldt pinned him in 26 seconds in
the ninth-place bout.
The Wolfpack will compete in an East
Lakeland double-dual tonight, Thursday,
at Bruce. Theyll start the meet by taking on Shell Lake at 6 p.m. The Lakers
and host Red Raiders will meet in the
second round and Cornell-Gilman-Lake
Holcombe will tangle with Bruce to finish the meet.
The Wolfpack closes the December
portion of its schedule Saturday at the
Arcadia Invitational.
Pirates fall to Hounds, Dons

Copenhaver added six. The Pirates made

one three-pointer.
The Pirates (1-4) take on Granton tomorrow, Friday, at home. That game tips
at 7:30 p.m. Then on Monday, theyll travel to Owen-Withee along with the girls
varsity team for a doubleheader against
the Blackhawks. The boys tip at 6 p.m.
while the girls play at 7:30 p.m.
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Friday, December 19
An Old Fashioned Christmas with The Promise
Quarter and Friends starting at 7 p.m. at First
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Buffet and Cookie Sale from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at
Centennial Community Center.
Dart Tournament starting at 7:30 p.m. at Tappers
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Ladies Night and Mens Night at The Thirsty
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2nd Annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Party at
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of friends is taking root in downtown Medford and will
stay open at least through February.
According to Amy Elsner, owner of Midnight
Creations and the lead partner in The Gift Shop, for several years, she and a group of other crafters have rented
a space for an annual holiday bazaar which they would
run over a few weekends before Christmas. With the
sale of their former location, the group looked for a new
home and talked with Mark and Sally Arndt, owners of
the former Ex Voto building on Main Street.
Initially, they planned to only keep weekend hours,
but word spread of their convenient location and
products and they quickly expanded their hours. Each
vendor in the shop takes a turn running the store for a
day, which allows the group to keep costs to a minimum.
This adventure could not have happened without the
support from all the vendors, she said.
With the success of their venture in the first few
weeks, Elsner and others wanted to continue to see
where things could go and The Craft Shop was born.
What started as a glorified craft sale has turned into
a business opportunity. If the community continues to
support The Gift Shop there is a good chance we will
stay open, Elsner said,
She explained the shop brings several crafters under
one roof. The inventory is constantly changing as the
crafters bring in new items they have created.
The Gift Shop is another reason to shop locally
first before making a trip out of town. We carry many
unique gifts you wont find anywhere else, Elsner said.
She said about 99 percent of the inventory at The Gift
Shop is homemade. In addition to the craft items, they
are selling the Taylor County picture history books
recently completed by Bob Rusch of Rib Lake.
Elsner said they owe a debt a gratitude to the building owners for giving them the opportunity to use the
building. A special thanks to Mark and Sally Arndt
for allowing us to use their building during the winter
months. The building is for sale. Stop down and see
what you could do with the building if you owned it,
she said.
According to Elsner, some of the items people can
expect to find at The Gift Shop include: greeting cards,
sweet treats, baby gifts, fire pit pokers, bird houses,
other wood Items, baskets, candles, lotion, soap, fur hats
and scarves, wool mittens, elbow scarves, night lights,
boot cuffs, and home decor.
The Gift Shop is open every day except Tuesday.
During the week they are open 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
and on the weekends 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The Gift
Shop takes cash, check, credit card and Medford Area
Chamber of Commerce gift certificates for payment.
Elsner said they plan to keep the shop open through
at least Womens Weekend at the end of February and
will be one of the stops on the events popular wine
walk. Brian Wilson
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Event lets the light

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Large turnout
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Pea-soup fog outside didnt bother hundreds of area senior citizens who attended the annual Light a Light dinner on Sunday.
A few years ago, members of the
Taylor County Tavern League had to
dig out the doors of the high school for
their annual Light a Light dinner. This
year, they just had to deal with fog.
The one plus of this years mild
weather and thick fog was that it didnt
need to be shoveled. However, the wet
pavement made for slippery conditions
for the hundreds of area senior citizens who came out for the free holiday
meal Sunday afternoon. Fortunately,
volunteers and members of the Tavern
League were there to help guide the senior citizens to and from Medford Area
Senior High School.
The annual event is made possible by
donations from area tavern owners and
patrons. Members of the Taylor County
Tavern League volunteer to cook and
serve the food along with cleaning everything up after the meal is over.
Bev Metz, one of the event organizers, gave special recognition to
Marathon Cheese for donating cheese
trays and to the Medford Area School
District for allowing the use of the
kitchen and cafeteria. In addition to
thanking all those who donated to the
event or bought a star at one of the
member establishments, she praised
Hawkins Ash Baptie. Rather than sending out Christmas cards this year, the
accounting firm donated the money they
would have spent to the Light a Light
dinner. The project also receives matching funds from the Wisconsin Tavern
League Foundation.
Brian Wilson
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(Above) Lori Phillips of the
Filling Station goes through the
line to get a plate of food to
deliver to one of the senior citizens attending the event. The
attendees sat and visited as they
were served their meals.
Volunteers
(Left) Scott Jensen and
Tracy Platt were among the
Tavern League members who
took the time Sunday to say
thank you to area senior citizens and share holiday cheer.
Helping hand
Rick Sapinksi helps an area senior citizen over a broken piece of concrete going
into the high school for the Light a Light dinner Sunday.
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THE STAR NEWS
Page 12
Thursday, September
December 22,
18, 2011
2014
Lewandowski caps career as cross country All-American again

Evan Lewandowski
It would take a lot more than some

mud to slow him down.
A muddy and waterlogged E.P. Tom
Sawyer Park in Lousville, Ky. was the latest victim to fall to Evan Lewandowksi as
he finished off his sterling cross country
career. The UW-Parkside senior ran the
9.65 kilometer course in 31:03 and placed
13th amongst a field of 245 elite runners
to achieve NCAA Div. II All-American
honors for the second time in his career.
Time-wise I wasnt good, there were
huge puddles and it was a tough race.
Before the run I told myself I was going to
finish on the podium, which is top-15, and
I was successful, Lewandowski said.
Tabor Stevens of Adams State University
finished first overall with a time of 30:02
His run on Dec. 6 marked the third
time Lewandowski has competed at the
highest level of the Div. II cross country
circuit. He made his first nationals run
as a sophomore in 2011. He finished 87th
that year with a time of 33:13. In 2012, as
a junior, he earned All-American honors
by finishing 34th at the NCAA championships. His rise culminated with the 13th
place finish in this years championship
run.
The atmosphere is so different at nationals. You only have to focus on your
race, theres nothing else that matters on
that day. I love the competition and energy, theres nothing like it in any other
race, he said.
Lewandowski finished with a time
of 30:37.5 to place fourth in the Div. II
Midwest Regional and book his ticket
to nationals. Though his team did not
advance, he was grateful for the support
Medford basketball offering youth programs

Coaches and players of the Medford
Area Senior High boys basketball team
will be offering a Saturday morning program for boys in kindergarten through
fourth grade this winter.
Two separate divisions will be offered,
one for kindergarten through first graders and the other for second through
fourth grade boys.
The camps will be held on four days
this winter, Jan. 24 and 31 as well as
Feb. 7 and 14. The kindergarten and first
grade camp is from 9-9:50 a.m., while the
older group camp is from 10-11:05 a.m.
Both camps will be held at the Medford
Area Elementary School.
The camps will focus on teaching
basketball fundamentals. Players and

coaches from the boys varsity team will
provide instruction to participants.
Participants in the younger age group
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will receive a basketball t-shirt and a varsity team poster.
Registration is open through the first
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prior to Thursday, Jan. 22.
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medford.k12.wi.us.
Medford ice cold in loss

third quarter, which ended with the
Raiders staring at a 33-8 deficit. Dunlap
was held to one-of-seven shooting from
the field and finished with three points
and two rebounds.
Wrage and Ekwueme had two points
each. Jon Wiegel and Jake Sullivan each
added a free throw. Ekwueme had a teamhigh five rebounds. Lloyd Bernatz added
four and Wiegel had three. Ekwueme
had five steals as Medford forced 12
Rhinelander turnovers. Ekwueme and
Garrett Strebig each had an assist.
Devin Oleinik added eight points and
four assists for the Hodags.

Medfords home game with Mosinee
was postponed due to a student funeral
in Mosinee. The make-up date will be
Tuesday, Jan. 20. The Raiders will host
the Lakeland Thunderbirds Friday at
Raider Hall at 7:15 p.m. in a key earlyseason GNC contest.
Medford is at Ashland on Tuesday as
part of a non-conference girls-boys doubleheader. The boys game will be the second game of the night, starting at about
7:15 p.m.
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of his teammates that did make the trip

with him to Kentucky.
Im really thankful to my college
coach, Micah VanDenend, as well as the
guys that came down with me for the
race. Its also been really cool to see all
the support from people back in Medford.
Theyre always checking up on me
through Facebook, he said.
Lewandowksi was the top finisher
in each race he participated in for the
Rangers this season. His top finish came
on Sept. 13 when he placed second out of
100 runners at the UW-Parkside Midwest
Open. He also helped Parkside win the
team title with his sixth place finish at the
Roy Griak Invitational in Minneapolis,
Minn. on Sept. 27. With Lewandowski
finishing third, Parkside took second in
the Great Lakes Valley Conference meet
on Nov. 8.
Lewandowski has reached the peak
of his sport through intense work and
training.
Going into this year I was more prepared. I had a much better training program this year and was focused on getting more miles in. Our coaching staff
added plyometrics (plyos) to our programs this year and I think it made a big
difference, he said. Lewandowski added
that in a typical training week he will
run 80-90 miles and supplement his running with a strength training regimen.
I do core two times a week, alternated
with plyos. I also lift three times a week,
he said.
He also noted hes come a long way
from the record-setting high school runner he was five years ago.
I barely ran any miles in high school.
Coming to college made me change the
way I train. I had to get used to running
six mile races. If I had one word of advice
for my younger self, it would be to run
more miles, Lewandowski said.
His words ring true for prep runners
looking to take their performance to the
next level.
You have to get your miles in. You
gain experience the longer you run and
the more you prepare, he said.
Lewandowski is a 2010 graduate of
Medford High School and eight-time
WIAA state qualifier in cross country
and track & field. Until this fall he had
held the record for highest finish at the
WIAA State Cross Country meet with
his 15th place finish in 2008 as a junior.
His record was broken this year by Jarod
Rudolph who placed eighth at the state
meet.
Running cross country in college has
been one of the best experiences of my
life. WIthout the sport and the people Ive
met here I wouldnt be where I am today.
Ive met some of my best friends through
cross country and wouldnt trade it for
anything, he said.
Lewandowski will graduate after the
spring semester at UW-Parkside with his
degree in sport management.
End of the fall college notes; Keefe

nets weekly honor with Stout hoops
The NCAA Division II football tournament run for the Minnesota-Duluth
Bulldogs ended on Saturday, Dec. 6 when
they gave up 34 second-half points and
fell 44-17 to Minnesota State in a game
played at Manakto, Minn.
The game was a battle of the nations
top two ranked teams in the nation.
Brent Stiglich, a linebacker for second-ranked Duluth and a 2011 graduate
of Medford Area Senior High, had four
tackles in the loss, all coming in the
fourth quarter.
The teams were tied 10-10 at halftime.
But the Mavericks scored 17 straight
points to start the second half. The
Bulldogs answered with a 20-yard touchdown pass from Drew Bauer to Taylor
Grant to pull within 27-17 with 2:15 left
in the third quarter. But Minnesota State
scored the final 17 points.
Duluth lost the turnover battle four
to zero, a key reason for the loss. UMD
ended its season at 13-1, while Minnesota
State is 14-0. After beating Concord 44-13
this past Saturday, the Mavericks are set
to face Colorado State University-Pueblo
in the NCAA Division II championship
game Saturday in Kansas City.
UMD had won its first two tournament
games, the second of which was a wild
48-45 overtime decision over Ouachita
Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Ark.
The Bulldogs led 28-21 going into the
fourth quarter, but fell behind and wound
up tying it at 42-42 on a 20-yard field goal
with three seconds left. After Ouachita
Baptist started overtime with a field goal,
Duluth won it on a 9-yard touchdown
pass from Bauer to Zach Zweifel.
Stiglich, a junior who redshirted his
first year, was credited with three solo
tackles in the win.
For the season, Stiglich finished with
27 solo tackles and 23 assists, including
six tackles for losses and 1.5 sacks. He
broke up four passes and defended four
and forced one fumble.

The Winona State Black Katts, whose
roster includes 2012 Medford graduate
Lindsey Bucki, fell just short of successfully defending their American Collegiate Rugby Association Division II national championship. Notre Dame, who
Winona State beat in last years final, got
its revenge with a 45-10 win in this years
final, played on Sunday, Dec. 7 at the
Indian Trails Sports Complex in Palm
Coast, Fla.
On the previous day, Winona State
beat Bowdoin 39-20 in one semifinal
matchup, while Notre Dame routed
Kutztown 68-14 in the other semifinal.
In an early winter sports season
highlight, John Keefe, a 2013 Medford
Area Senior High graduate was named
UW-Stouts mens basketball Athlete of
the Week for his performance during the
first week of December.
Keefe, who is in his first year of eligibility after taking last year to recover
from a high school knee injury, has
played in all eight of Stouts games, starting two. He is averaging 20 minutes and
10.4 points per game.
A 6-1, 180-pound guard on an extremely young squad, Keefe had an unbelievable game on Dec. 3 against Bethany
Lutheran, hitting 11 of 13 shots from the
field, including five of seven from threepoint range, to score 30 points in a 90-80
win. He had three rebounds, two assists
and two steals in that win.
Keefe followed that up with a fourpoint, three-rebound effort at UW-La
Crosse in wrapping up the weekly honor.
Keefe has hit double digits in scoring
in four games, including 11-point efforts
against Ripon College, a 94-79 loss, and
Viterbo, an 81-65 loss.
The Blue Devils are carrying 10
freshmen on their 15-man roster. They
are 2-6 overall and 0-2 in the Wisconsin
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
SPORTS
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Deer council makes it official, finalizing increase objective

With little evidence emerging during
the nine-day gun season to sway opinions, Taylor Countys Deer Advisory
Council finalized its three-year objective
to increase the countys deer population
during its Dec. 10 meeting at Medford
Area Senior High.
With 30 people in attendance, the
committee unanimously reaffirmed its
preliminary recommendation of Oct. 22.
As it had stated in October, the council
hopes to increase the countys overall
deer numbers but, at the same time,
knock down the numbers in overpopulated areas in the southern half of the
county through the use of private land
antlerless tags.
Barring another severe winter, antlerless tags will be available to Taylor
County hunters again in 2015. Though
2015 quotas wont be set until spring, the
council is expected to direct the vast majority of antlerless permits for privateland use.
The council also continued its motion to seek the opportunity to split the
county into two management zones
farmland south of Hwy 64 and forest land
north of Hwy 64.
That doesnt mean were going to do
it, but we would like to at least have that
option given to us and we can explore
that option, council chairman Mike
Riggle said.
Much of last weeks discussion centered on the 2014 gun deer season, which
produced the countys lowest numbers of
registered deer in at least 20 years. The
low preliminary harvest numbers were
not a surprise. There were no antlerless
permits available to Taylor County hunters, other than youth hunters, disabled
hunters and members of the military on
leave. The buck-only season was in response to the record-book winter of 201314 and a lengthy winter of 2012-13.
We knew it was going to be down,
said DNR wildlife biologist Mark
Schmidt, an advisor to the council. I got
my research report a couple days ago on
the northern buck recovery study and
the fawn production study that theyve
been doing for the last five years. In the
Northern Forest area, the adult deer
mortality from last winter was about 10

percent. So we lost about 10 percent of
our overwinter deer and a higher percentage of those were bucks than does.
But the fawns was where it really
hurt, he continued. In the Northern
Forest zone, we lost between 40 and 50
percent of our overwinter fawns. Even if
it was an even ratio of buck to doe fawns,
we lost 25 percent of the bucks that
wouldve been there this fall. Thats before the summer even started and other
mortality kicks in. So thats pretty significant.
Schmidt said the heavy fawn losses
last winter means the herd will be lacking 2.5-year-old deer that died and wouldbe yearlings that were never born when
the 2015 hunting season begins. Summer
fawn-to-doe ratios in Taylor County are
usually around 0.8. Schmidt said this
year, it was 0.55.
We had a winter severity index last
winter of around 160, Schmidt said.
Weve never been over 145 in the north.
We were at 164 in Taylor County last
year. So it was the most severe winter
any of us have ever seen from a deer
standpoint.
Comments from council members
and the audience regarding the season
ranged from hunters seeing nothing to
seeing a few more deer than a year ago.
There were comments questioning the
idea of overpopulated farmlands in areas
of the county. On the other hand, council
member Ashly Steinke, Taylor Countys
conservationist, told the story of a western Taylor County farmer who suspected
he saw 72 different deer on his property
during the nine-day gun season.
The buck-only rules seemed to
have some effect on hunting pressure.
Conservation warden Nick Nice was not
at the meeting but he relayed to Riggle
that pressure was down on opening
weekend of the gun season, but it seemed
to be quite high on the second weekend.
Nick met a lot of hunters up on the
national forest that were extremely supportive of the no-antlerless deer permits
because what they werent seeing made
them very happy, Riggle said. What
they werent seeing was the big groups of
people from down state coming up, stopping in the Chequamegon and driving
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and shooting everything that was brown.

He said there was a real lack of that in
the forest and the people hunting in the
forest were very happy to see that.
Citing near unanimous support by
a show of hands for the increase objective at the end of the October meeting
plus having 60 of 103 Taylor County respondents to the on-line survey agree or
strongly agree with it, the council members saw no reason to consider changing
their objective to one of the other two options maintain or decrease.
I think that was our job to listen to
the public and go from there and act on
it, said Brian Bucki, the councils Deer
Management Assistant Program representative.
I think increasing the population is a
good thing for Taylor County, Schmidt
said. I think its a good thing for most
of northern Wisconsin. Itll be very interesting to see how were going to go forward with the quota setting and whether
we can actually issue enough tags to
make a difference in those areas that
need to have antlerless deer shot versus
areas that we need to increase the herd
even more.
With agreement from those in attendance, the council added to its meeting
report that will be sent to Madison a motion calling for changes to the allowable
use of antlerless youth tags. The legislation that put the recommendations of the
Kroll Report into place made it legal this
year to use the tags for group hunting.
That, Riggle said, has drawn the ire of
hunters around the state, Conservation
Congress members and even Natural
Resources Board members.
Unfortunately, because it was a buck-
only season this year, theres always

people that take advantage of it, Riggle
said. They took advantage of it within
the law. Nick said this was one of his
most common complaints. If you read all
of the comments that we got back on our
surveys it was a pretty common thing
there. It was legal this year to use a youth
tag in your group and harvest that deer.
Was that the intent of that youth tag?
Absolutely not. The intent was not to give
a group a shot at antlerless deer and say
here Sonny, put your tag on this doe.
There were 527 antlerless deer registered in Taylor County during the gun
deer season, the majority of which are
believed to have been taken with youth
tags.
The council will reconvene on Feb. 24
to review the 2014 deer season and herd
performance data. Schmidt expects to
have all of the numbers from the 2014
season ready for viewing and discussion.
On March 24, the council is scheduled to
develop preliminary antlerless quota recommendations for the county. The council will finalize its quotas in late April.
The Natural Resources Board is scheduled to review all of the states county
population objectives on Feb. 25 and the
2015 antlerless quotas on May 27.
We saved somewhere around 1,800 to
2,000 antlerless deer in Taylor County,
Schmidt said of the buck-only rules this
year. Some of those were buck fawns.
The remainder of them, a good share of
them, are does that are going to produce
fawns in the spring. Thats a huge jump
on the population for next year. With a
normal winter and good conditions, we
See DEER COUNCIL on page 14
NHL players program donates 25 sets

of equipment to Medford youth hockey
The Medford Area Youth Hockey
Association (MAYHA) announced it
has received a donation of 25 brand
new sets of hockey equipment, courtesy of the National Hockey League
Players Associations (NHLPA) Goals
and Dreams fund. This donation will
go toward helping girls and boys in
Taylor County and the communities of
Abbotsford and Dorchester participate
in the MAYHA youth hockey program.
The Medford Area Youth Hockey
Association has always strived to provide
the equipment for any girl or boy who
wanted to try hockey, said Mark Perrin,
MAYHA president. This generous donation of 25 sets of hockey equipment from
NHLPA Goals and Dreams, including the
skates and helmets, will be a great help
in replacing our worn out youth hockey
equipment inventory and continuing to
provide hockey player equipment for any
child interested in playing hockey.
For boys and girls between the ages
of 4-9 years old and up, MAYHA will provide skates, helmets and other hockey
equipment. In order to get more boys
and girls into the youth hockey program,
MAYHA supplies all hockey equipment
and skates free-on-loan to parents. Loan
equipment also is available to older kids
as needed. The equipment loan program
helps ensure any girl or boy has the opportunity to try hockey. Once kids are in
the youth hockey program and become
more committed to hockey, they start to
purchase their own hockey skates and
equipment. However, these children can
continue to use loan equipment from
MAYHA.
The MAYHA program teaches girls
and boys how to skate and develop hockey skills as they progress from the learn-
to-skate program through the mite (ages

5-8), squirt (ages 9-10), peewee (age 11-12),
and bantam (age 13-14) teams.
The program also teaches the values
of teamwork, commitment, self-respect,
and respect for others.
NHLPA Goals and Dreams is proud
to support the MAYHA program so that
more Medford area children can play the
game of hockey, said Devin Smith, chairman of the NHLPA Goals and Dreams
fund. All NHL players have their own
memories and appreciation of receiving
hockey equipment when they were growing up and they want to give more children a similar opportunity to participate
in the sport.
MAYHA is affiliated with USA Hockey
and the Wisconsin Amateur Hockey
Association and provides certified coaches. MAYHA was formed in 1990 when
the Simek Recreation Center (SRC) was
built with generous donations from Pep
and Fran Simek and other important contributors. MAYHA owns and operates the
SRC to support youth hockey, figure skating, Raider girls and boys high school
hockey teams and public skating programs. The SRC also hosts other public
and private events throughout the year.
Launched in 1999 as a way for the players to give back to the game they love,
NHLPA Goals and Dreams has donated
over $22 million to grassroots hockey programs. Over the past 15 years, more than
70,000 deserving children have benefited
from receiving G&D donations of full sets
of hockey equipment. The players program has also assisted with upgrades and
the building of hundreds of arenas worldwide in addition to the hockey equipment
donations.
OUTDOORS
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Public hearings authorized to receive feedback on Deer Trustee rule package

The states Natural Resources Board has authorized
public hearings to provide the public an opportunity
to provide input regarding the proposed Deer Trustee
Report permanent rule package.
The Department of Natural Resources plans to hold
nine public hearings at locations throughout Wisconsin,
slated for January 2015. These hearings will allow for
public comment before the department requests adoption of the permanent rule in February.
Gov. Scott Walker contracted with Dr. James Kroll
to produce the Deer Trustee Report, an in-depth review
of Wisconsins deer management program. Released
in 2012, the report proposed over 60 recommendations
for improving deer management in Wisconsin. Many
of these recommendations were implemented during
the 2014 deer seasons under emergency rule. However,
these rules are set to expire in June 2015.
Hunters experienced some of the more prominent rules regarding County Deer Advisory Councils
(CDACs), the Deer Management Assistance Program
(DMAP), seasons, units and tagging in 2014. However,
these regulations and programs were set up under an
emergency rule, and now a follow-up permanent rule
package is necessary for the 2015 seasons and beyond.
The proposed permanent rules do feature a few variations from the emergency rule.
Bonus buck as a base regulation is repealed in the
permanent rule. Bonus buck rules could be implemented in an entire farmland zone if two-thirds of the CDACs
in a zone make such a recommendation and the DNR approves. Additionally, buck harvest could be authorized
during a farmland zone holiday hunt if two-thirds of
CDACs in a zone make such a recommendation.
An option for a four-day December antlerless hunt
in the Southern Farmland Zone is included in the new

rules. The hunt could be held if two-thirds of the CDACs
recommend it.
The permanent rule expands the types of land considered to be publicly accessible for the purposes of issuance of bonus antlerless deer permits. The rule includes
lands such as ones which are required to be open under
stewardship program requirements and utility company lands.
The permanent rules will allow sales of antlerless
deer hunting permits to a landowner or primary contact for landowners who are enrolled in DMAP or their
authorized representative. The permits could then be
transferred, for no more than their actual cost, to hunters who would be able to use the tags on enrolled property.
Following public hearings, the Natural Resources
Board may adopt the permanent rule package. If ap-
Deer council
should start to see the effects next year as soon as fawns
start dropping. We should see more deer out there on
the landscape.
Higher numbers, but not significantly higher,
Schmidt added. Remember two years ago, we killed 50
percent more bucks than we did this year. Its not going to be that dramatic but it does go up quite fast if we
have good winter conditions. Thats really the key to the
whole thing.
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High 26, Low 12
This part of the world received a horizontal snowstorm yesterday that dumped 7 inches of snow and
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One is visibility in the woods and marshes was 5 feet
to 100 yards due to every tree and willow bush holding
onto the snow. Secondly, the Red Brush Gang does deer
drives the entire last seven days of the season. Because
the snow was often falling onto our rifles, the actions
on our rifles were freezing up and often could only be
thawed at the end of the day by our trucks exhaust so
we could unload them.
Today my buddy Doug Cibulka, who fished the same
stream as me when we were kids, and I were the only
two people in camp and our plan was to check out some
new country we had received a tip on. It was in the
Necedah National Wildlife Refuge and adjacent to land
we have hunted for over 50 years.
In this situation I was wearing hip boots, as was
Doug. We both carry packs and we walk away from the
truck all day, living by the compass. At dark, we work
our way back to the truck.
The snow and warm temps before the snowstorm has
created the worst problem of all and that is the dreaded
half ice. Half ice sometimes supports the person walking on it and sometimes does not. This years added bonus is the water table is up in a big way so what is generally knee deep is waist deep.
Doug and I are walking 50 yards abreast of each other, hoping to kick up a buck that one or the other of us
puts a hole in so we can eat venison and look at it on the
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a hard fall through the ice and fill my right hip boot. Ten
minutes later I fell face first as I was going through the
ice and I am soaked.
Twenty minutes later and still working away from
the truck I watch Doug go through the ice and even saw
his rifle completely go underwater. We love deer camp!
Friday, Nov. 28
High 34, Low 22
We number roughly 12 hunters today, ranging from
the age of 13 to 62. Our day is spent doing drives and, as
usual, working away from the trucks. It is 3:45 and we
are setting up our final drive of the day and it is a onemile square of marsh and scrub oak forest.
We are running out of daylight. We must hurry. First,
13-year-old Dylan Walters misses a buck. Then at least
one other buck is kicked up late in the drive. Daylight
is fading. Shots are fired. I am the end driver and am exactly three miles from the trucks. I see a rocket sailing
over the marsh grass. Its a buck. My first potential shot
in seven days. I put a bullet in the 5-pointer and one very
physical drag back to the truck begins.
The next two nights, Travis Dushek brags about
how much he loves deer heart and shows everyone how
much by kind of cooking my bucks heart on the campfire. After a few minutes the bucks heart erupts from
Travs belly!
I am hiding parts of my humongous bucks anatomy
in my 26-year old nephew Riley Schusters pillowcase.
Riley catches me and for no real reason attacks me. We
wrestle and fall onto Chris Grindes sleeping bag in a
rather hard way. Chris is in his sleeping bag and takes
his new head injury well.
There are 12 kids between 19 and 26 in this camp.
Many of us hide in the woods after dark and throw
snowballs at the guys hanging around the campfire and
watching Trav consume my monster bucks heart
We have so much fun that I think we will return next
year!
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Classy Ladies League
Nancy Acker
233
Nancy Acker
617
Ann McNamar
209
Ann McNamar
560
Karen Brandt
202
Margie Guziak
547
Results: Tease Tanning Plus 7, J&B Custom Carpentry 0; Fidelity Bank
7, Klinner Insurance 0; VFW 5, Als Auto Dock 2; Paulines Hair
Fashion 5, A&M Apartments 2; Rockys Cozy Kitchen 5, Moosies Ice
Cream 2; The Flower Shoppe 5, blind 2.
Blue Monday League
Anna Goessl
199
Anna Goessl
519
Donna Werner
181
Shirley Lemke
503
Estelle Anderson
180
Donna Werner
489
Dec. 8: Big Birds Lodge 5, Holy Rollers 2; Strikes R Us 5, Happy
Joes 2; Bakers 5, Heiers Wreaths 2.
Note: Strikes R Us won the first half.
Wednesday Mid-Weekers League
Clarice Heier
202
Sharon Nurnberger
546
Sharon Nuernberger 197
Clarice Heier
525
Anna Goessl
184
Donna Werner
502
Dec. 10: Sports Page 5, Lounge Around 2; Werner Sales & Service 7,
Mach Lock Locksmith 0; Medford Motors 5, Happy Joes 2.
Thursday Businessmens League
Women
Lori Zenner
226
*Lori Zenner
637
Kim Vignig
206
Kim Virnig
578
Men
Kurt Werner
278
*Kurt Werner
730
Casey Nernberger 269
*Dennis Czeshinski
711
Dec. 11: Werner Sales & Service 35, Shell Shack 5; Als Auto Dock
26, Rural Insurance 14; Rockys Cozy Kitchen 24, Medford Motors 16; PBRs Lounge Around 34, blind 6; Melvin Companies 35,
Haenels 5; Sports Page 37, VFW 3; Jensen & Son Asphalt 38, Turtle
Club 2.
Three-Man Major League
Casey Nernberger 270
Bill Wagner
718
Ron Ziemba
260
Dale Prochnow
701
Art Wild
256
Ron Ziemba
672
Bill Wagner
256
Dec. 9: Country Gardens 27, Sports Page II 3; Nite Electric 22, 8th
Street Saloon 8; BBs Aquatic I 25, Krug Bus 5; Team Stihl 20, Klinner
Insurance II 10; Klinner Insurance I 23, Cindys Bar & Grill 7; Sports
Page I 24, BBs Aquatic II 6; Rockys Cozy Kitchen 22, KZ Electric 8.
Monday Mens City League
Keith Kozey
266
Jess Haenel
703
Paul Jacobsen
260
Tom Habeck
702
Ton Habeck
258
Erik Kozey
687
Dec. 8: JR Construction 37, Taylor Credit Union 3; Fidelity Bank 26,
Sports Page 14; Edgar Lanes 23, Crossroads 17; WTC 35, Northwest
Mutual 5; Klingbeil Lumber 24.5, blind 5.5; T&C Water 37, Mayer
Accounting 3.
Tuesday Night Mixed League
Jay Jochimsen
259
Justin Smith
754
Justin Smith
256
Rick Acker
667
Rick Acker
237
Robert Schilling
615
Results: Medford Co-op 23, High View I 17; High View II 23, Liske
Marine 17; Fuzzys Bar 31, Riemer Builders 9.
Tappers Bar (Dorchester)
Tuesday Seniors League
Men
Jerry Huber
173
Don Scheibe
447
Don Scheibe
166
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Milestones, Memories, Births, Engagements, Weddings
Buttery taste makes Sallys heart melt

I was thinking the other day about the sorts of foods
we like this time of year. I had gotten a chill, so the
things that came to mind were pretty loaded with fats
and carbohydrates, as well as being steaming hot. Big
bowls of buttery potato soup, accompanied by thick
wedges of warm bread. With butter. Creamy clam
chowder and hot buttered rolls. Thick chicken and rice
soup with biscuits (buttered). So maybe I should just
sit down to a bowl of hot butter.
The Table
Sally Rassmussen
Not that a fondness for butter is exactly a new thing.

Humans have been making it for 4,000 years, the first
butter churns being devised in the Arabian peninsula
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Hot Buttered Cider
Put in a slow cooker over low heat:

1 quart apple cider
cup real maple syrup
Cook about 20 minutes, or until steaming hot.
In a small bowl, combine thoroughly:
cup butter
teaspoon ground nutmeg
teaspoon ground allspice
Pour cider into mugs and top with a teaspoon
of spiced butter.
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out of goatskins (which brings to mind images of hairy

butter, but never mind). Evidently a crock of butter
was placed in King Tuts tomb to help grease his way
to the afterlife. One of the more common archaeological discoveries in Ireland were casks of butter that were
buried in the bogs hundreds of years ago the high acid
and lack of oxygen acting to preserve wealth for future
lean years.
In the course of its thousands of years of history,
butter has become a staple nearly the world over. Although there are evidently some parts of Asia that still
look on any variation of the secretions of a cows mammary glands as being, well, not food. The first European settlers to North America brought their milk cows
with them, and it was at first standard for most families
to have their own cow for milk, butter, and cheese. As
the country became more and more urbanized, butters
production became an increasingly commercial venture, finally becoming almost exclusively the work of
factories in recent memory.
So it has come about that in our own time the making of one of the worlds most common foods has become something of a party trick, amazing children and
grownups alike. If you want to try it, fill a quart jar
two-thirds full of heavy cream, then pass it around and
let everyone have a turn at shaking the bejesus out of
it. In time, you will begin to see a separation of butter
from buttermilk (this will not taste like the commercial
product, which has been cultured to sour it). Once you
have some good clumps forming, strain them out and
work them together with the back of a spoon, pressing
out more liquid as you go, until you are satisfied with
the butterness of your product.
Its not surprising that butter would be one of the
most-craved foods this time of year. Food in general becomes more significant when cold and darkness drives
us indoors, where we wonder what to do with ourselves,
and decide to cook something. Then the solstice comes
around and celebrating the increase of sunlight seems
like a good idea, so holidays and parties spring up all
over, requiring rich and satisfying food. Then, too, the
evolution of our biology hasnt quite caught up with the
fact of supermarkets and central heating, so our brain
gives us the confusing message to eat up all the little
Santa cookies we can, since we dont know when the
tribes next bison kill will be.
It amused me to see there is actually a Christmas
cookie recipe called Butter Cookies, since in my experience every Christmas cookie out there would qualify
as a butter cookie. And it isnt just desserts requiring globs of coagulated milk fat butter seems to find
its way into just about any dish we want to make especially good.
Births
Ryan Noah
James and Amanda Larson of Medford announce the
birth of a son, Ryan Noah, born on Oct. 29 at Aspirus
Birthing Center - Medford. He weighed nine pounds
and was 20 inches long. He joins a brother, Bret, age
4. His grandparents are Bonnie Romanowski and Jim
Gary, Deb and Duane Larson, and Ed and Kathie Holub,
all of Medford. His great-stepgrandmother is Eleanor
Drymiller of Medford.
Anthony Terrell
A son, Anthony Terrell, was born on Oct. 9 at Aspirus Wausau Hospital to Anthony and Christine Clark
of Weston. He weighed eight pounds, three ounces and
was 19 inches long. His grandparents are Joann Burkhardt and Cheryl Nuell, both of Weston.
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PRODUCTION POSITION AVAILABLE
FULL-TIME ACCOUNTING CLERK
with a growing, locally owned, family friendly

business. Job requires self motivation,
organizational skills and ability to direct others.
Knowledge of fork truck & loading trailers is a
plus and previous supervisory experience is
preferred. Benefits include paid vacation time,
health insurance and profit sharing.
Heartland Cooperative Services is seeking a qualified

candidate to fill an accounting clerk position.
Responsibilities will include:
Accounts Payable and Receivable data entry
Ability to work with spreadsheets
Excellent customer service skills
Clerical duties such as filing, collating, stuffing envelopes
Other accounting type functions as assigned
Send resume to:
Commercial Recycling
W6779 State Hwy 64
Medford, WI 54451
(no phone calls please)
51-144940
COUNTRY TERRACE OF WISCONSIN

in Abbotsford has full and parttime positions available for all
shifts. We are looking for positive, hardworking individuals
who are committed to provide
quality care for our residents.
In-house training provided.
Background check required per
DHS83. EOE
SIZING/DRAWING
SPECIALIST
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

* Review orders and quotes for accurate sizing information.
* Calculate sizes needed by production, based on formulas.
* Create production drawings using AutoCAD and some
SolidWorks programs.
* Correspond via phone and e-mail with production staff,
customers, sales staff and internal staff about sizing
requirements.
* Create templates for manufacturing of specific units.
51-163742
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NURSING
ASSISTANTS
Respect, Caring & Teamwork

Caring for families is a privilege. You will enjoy
exceptional benets and a patient-focused environment
that will encourage and reward your efforts.
We are seeking dedicated individuals to join our family
of professionals in our long-term care area. In exchange
for your talent and expertise, Aspirus Medford offers
a comprehensive salary/benets package, a state-ofthe-art work environment and ample opportunity for
professional fulllment.
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100 South 4th Ave., Abbotsford, WI 54405

See our website for further information:
www.carepartners-countryterrace.com
Dwayne Maroszek
Heartland Cooperative Services
P.O. Box 260
Dorchester, WI 54425-0260
(Full- and Part-Time

Positions)
Please apply at:
51-163695
Qualied candidates must have demonstrated clinical

experience, proven performance standards and excellent
attendance records.
To learn more about our opportunities, on-site interviews
will be available on a walk-in basis Monday-Friday from
7:00am -5:00pm (excluding Holidays). Those qualied
can stop by Human Resources and ask to speak to an
HR Generalist.
To apply please visit our website at www.aspirus.org.
CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANTS
We are seeking CARING AND DEPENDABLE individuals to

work in a nursing home setting. Full-time PM and part-time
AM, PM and Night positions available.
Aspirus Medford Hospital & Clinics, Inc.

135 S. Gibson Street
Medford, WI 54451
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51-163830
Contact:
Karen Simington, RN, MSN, DON

Clark County Health Care Center
715-229-2172
Clark County is an ADA/CRC/EEO employer.
Visit us at: www.co.clark.wi.us
Requirements:
This position requires a high degree of accuracy in math,
attention to detail and good keyboarding skills. The ability
to prioritize and organize work, and to analyze problems is
essential. It would be useful to have an understanding of
AutoCad, SolidWorks, Microsoft Excel, CustomQuote and/or
our order manufacturing systems. Knowledge of production
methods and facilities would also be helpful.
To Apply:
Send cover letter and resume to:
tsfcjobs@weathershield.com
Or stop and fill out an
application at:
531 N. 8th Street, Medford
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NOW HIRING
growingtogether
Excellent wages (Starting $13.31 per hour, with PM and

Retirement benets
PTO (Paid time off)
Health insurance available for eligible positions
is looking for a qualied candidate

to work in their Feed Division in Colby.
Candidate must have CDL and be able
to work well with others. Interested
candidates please call Colby Feed Mill at
1-888-231-1889 or 715-223-2329.
This position will offer health insurance, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, optional accident, critical illness, dental, vision, life, cancer
and disability insurance, paid holidays, 401(k) plan and HSA.
Resumes should be mailed to:
Harmony
Country Cooperative
51-144928
Caregivers & CNAs
50-163411
51-145042
Welder/Fabricator
Immediate opening for an experienced fabrication welder
in Medford, WI. Primary responsibilities for this position
would be fabrication and welding of stainless steel heat
exchangers and related components, and sheet metal
fabrication.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
MIG/TIG Stainless Steel Welding
Proficient welding and fabrication skills to join metal
parts according to print, sketch, or verbal instructions
Ability and skill to setup and operate machine tools to
cut and shape light gauge material safely and proficiently
Fit-up and polishing experience
ASME experience and certification, a plus
Must have the ability to read and work off blueprints
Ability to communicate and work well with others in a
spirit of cooperation and teamwork
Weld Test required
As a leading supplier of stainless shell and tube heat exchangers and equipment to many industries, Enerquip is a
stable, growing company with excellent benefits and friendly
local people.
If you feel that you have what it takes in this fast-paced
team atmosphere, send your resume to:
Land OLakes, Inc., a cheese-processing plant in central

Wisconsin, has the following employment opportunities:
Production Positions
Potential to progress to Skilled Operator Positions
Entry pay of $17.75/hr. with appropriate shift premium
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR
EQUIVALENT REQUIRED
Must be available for all work assignments as well as scheduled
overtime to include extended hours and weekend work.
Incumbents must comply with company established
attendance policy.
No guarantee of 40 hours per week and must be available for
stand-by scheduling.
Must be able to lift objects weighing an average of 60 pounds
on a regular basis and occasionally maneuver up to 100 pounds.
Must be able to perform repetitive hand assembly.
Must possess computer skills with ability to learn company
computer-based programs.
Ability to read, write, comprehend and follow verbal and
written instructions, and must possess basic mathematics skills.
Must be 18 years or older.
Pre-employment physical assessment required.
APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED UNTIL DEC. 30, 2014

MUST APPLY IN PERSON AT:
Land OLakes, Inc.

306 Park St., Spencer, Wis.
51-144935
Enerquip, LLC is an equal opportunity employer.
51-145041
Heat Exchangers
Attn: Human Resources

611 North Road
Medford, WI 54451
Please apply during business hours of 7:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.,

Monday through Friday.
Drug screen and background check required for all
successful candidates.
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TAYLOR COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICER

The Taylor County Veterans Service Department has an immediate full-time opening for a Veterans
Service Officer. The Veterans Service Officer informs, advises and assists veterans and their families in
obtaining benefits through the federal, state, and county governments, as well as from local sources.
Other responsibilities include being an advocate, advisor and counselor in providing referral and followup services to clients who need such assistance, serving as secretary to the County Veterans Services
Commission and Committee, and being responsible for all local public relations pertaining to veterans.
Applicants must be a Wisconsin resident who served on active duty and is an honorably discharged veteran
as set forth in Chapter 45, Wisconsin State Statutes, have a high school diploma or GED, be proficient in
word processing/computer skills and possess a valid drivers license. An Associates Degree in Business or
related field or sufficient experience and/or training in office management, leadership, and individual &
family counseling techniques are desirable. Applicants must pass the Civil Service examination.
A completed Taylor County application is required to be considered for this position. An electronic and
printable application is available at www.co.taylor.wi.us/employment/. All applicants must submit a
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order to be considered. Applications will be accepted until Monday, January 5, 2015, until 4:30 p.m., by:
50-144809
Human Resource Manager

Taylor County Courthouse
224 S. 2nd Street
Medford, WI 54451
E-mail: human.resources@co.taylor.wi.us
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Ace Ethanol, LLC is a successful business located in Stanley, WI. Ace offers excellent base
pay, great employee benefits, along with quarterly bonuses and annual profit-sharing. Ace is
an industry-leading ethanol manufacturer that offers a fast-paced work environment. We are
currently seeking a highly motivated individual for the following opening:
Angela Mueller
ABR/CRS/GRI/CHMS
531 N. 8th Street

Medford, WI
54451
HELP WANTED
FULL-TIME LOCAL spotter
driver wanted, CDL required,
days, competitive wages, health
insurance, 401k offered. Contact Dean at 715-748-4556.
MEYER
MANUFACTURING
Corporation is accepting applications for CNC machinists,
painters,
production
welders and general labor. Competitive wage, excellent fringe
benefits, normal work week
is four 10 hour days - Monday through Thursday. Apply
in person at Meyer Mfg. Corp.,
Hwy. A West, Dorchester, WI.
PULP TRUCK driver. Preferably
with loader experience. Competitive pay and benefits. Blomberg
Trucking Inc., 715-493-1111.
EOE
CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGER
Inside Sales and Quotations Specialist

Abbotsford, WI
Position includes generating sales by marketing company product lines, managing

new and existing customer accounts, negotiating and interfacing with customers and
suppliers. Handle and support the daily operations in the quotations department.
Provide quotes, customer sales and service support.
Qualications: Minimum 5 years of related experience (preferably within the
electrical distribution industry) including quotations, purchasing, marketing/sales
required.
*Salary commensurate with experience. Full benets package included.
Call 715-223-3651 or apply in person

51-163715
Manage commodity customer accounts and provide guidance on enhancing customer

relationships. Focus on quality service, pricing, inventory and product differentiation based on
their understanding of the customer environment. Create and retain customer loyalty and
preference by establishing rapport with the customer, overseeing the resolution of customer
concerns and facilitating the delivery of goods or services to the customer. Knowledge of
commodities including distillers grain and corn is a plus. Must have ability to read and clearly
speak English, interact professionally with other people, diplomatically communicate with
customers and enforce and follow Company policies and procedures, perform basic math
operations, use a computer proficiently for data entry and retrieval, read scales. Working
knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word is necessary. Works mostly during regular
office hours on weekdays. Due to nature of position, will require the time and effort needed
to get the job done, often averaging at least 45 hours per week. May be required to work
evenings, weekends or holidays. Due to 24/7/365 operations, must be reliable and timely in
reporting to work. Pre-employment drug screening and background check required. Salary is
dependent upon qualifications.
Please apply by sending resume and salary requirements to:
Ace Ethanol LLC
Attn: Joanna Hart
815 W. Maple Street
Stanley, WI 54768
Phone: (715)644-2909
Fax: (715)709-0290
Email: jhart@aceethanol.com
50-144791
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2 bedroom apartment, washer
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and storage shed, basement,
nice view of lake, lawn care &
snow removal included. Call
715-427-3136 or 715-905-0327.
SERVICES
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APPOINTMENTS
available until 7 p.m., Monday
- Thursday. Call Aspirus Medford Clinic at 715-748-2121.
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apartment, $460 includes sewer,
water, garbage, storage unit, onsite laundry, garage available, no
dogs, cats okay. 715-965-4440.
REAL ESTATE
6.2 ACRE lot tested for holding tanks or mound to be sold
with home package, $19,000.
See Wausau Homes Medford
for home plans. Contact Jason at 715-829-4180 to view.
NOTICES
CHRISTMAS SALE: December 19-20. Holiday items,
crafts, decorations. 3 miles
east of Hwy. 13, Colby, at
H3112
Huckleberry
Road.
FOUR BEDROOM, 1-1/2 bath,

2 story home, 2,200 sq. ft.,
4-5 car detached, heated garage, 2.73 acres, propane and
wood heat, updated kitchen,
bath and water softener in August, Medford. Contact Duane
Rudolph,
715-560-8191.
NEED INFORMATION, pictures,

etc., on the Abbotsford Masonic
Lodge. Please email anchorandark1027secretary@gmail.com.
LAND FOR sale: 12 acre wooded country lot, 3 miles northwest

of Medford on blacktop road.
Contact Jason, 715-829-4180.
SEXUAL ABUSE Anonymous

Self Help Evening Group for
Victims of Sexual Abuse. Tuesday & Wednesday evening
from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Also Saturday Mens Group. For information write: Evening Group, P.O.
Box 366, Stratford, WI 54484.
(Meeting place not disclosed).
MOBILE HOMES
THREE BEDROOM mobile
homes available for rent at $625/
month or for sale at $22,900 in
Medford. Contact Pleasant Valley Properties at 715-879-5179.
Ask us about our rent special.
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homes, 765 S. Gibson Ave. 2
bedroom apartments include
appliances, spacious rooms,
walk-in closet, in-unit laundry,
secure entrance, garage, deck/
patio and utilities (heat, sewer
& water). 2 bedroom $670-680/
month. Call now, 715-3402331,
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ON SACKETT Lake, 2 bedroom
home w/1-1/2 car garage, includes gas fireplace, A/C, stove,
refrigerator, washer, dryer, satellite TV, pier, lawn care, snow
removal and garbage pick up.
Excellent condition, no pets,
nonsmoking. Security deposit
and references, $675/month
starting March 1. 715-785-7623.
ONE BEDROOM upper apartment, $400 per month, nonsmoking, no pets, stove,
refrigerator, heat, water, electric. Rib Lake, 714-427-5783.
THREE BEDROOM, 1-1/2 bath
home, updated kitchen, hardwood floors, dining room, office
and oversized 2 car garage,
$875/month. 336 S. 2nd St.,
Medford. Call 715-748-2258.
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security
deposit,
available
11/15/14. Call 715-965-4688.
TWO BEDROOM upper, very
clean, heat, water, sewer, garbage, stove, refrigerator, A/C,
off-street
parking
included,
no pets, $525, security deposit required. 105 Hwy 13,
Stetsonville,
715-678-2144.
Business Space for Rent

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Big improvements have Raiders optimistic about whats to come

Improving in every event from meet
one to meet two, the Medford gymnastics
team is showing early signs of a breakout
season.
The Raiders compiled a team score
of 107.35 at Saturdays Rhinelander
Snowflake Invitational, good for a sixthplace finish out of nine teams. The
Raiders finished ahead of two Great
Northern Conference Small Division rivals that outscored them the previous
week at the Chequamegon Invitational.
Most notably, the team score was the
highest posted by a Medford team since
the 2009-10 team finished third at the
sectional meet with 113.05 points. The
2012-13 squad scored 106.65 points at its

sectional meet. Last years season-high
was 104.95.
It shows what we have available to us
this year, head coach Lisa Brooks said
of the team score.
Saturdays meet included all five of
the GNC Small Division teams and three
of the Large Division teams, including
perennial powers Ashland and Antigo.
Ashland won the meet with 129.225
points, edging Marshfield (126.8) and
Antigo (125.7). Rhinelander led the Small
Division squads with a score of 112.425
and Chequamegon was just ahead of the
Raiders with 110.3 points.
Mosinee-Marathon (105.675), Lakeland
(105.275) and Escanaba, Mich. (94.125)
Raiders at Lakeland Friday

in 36-32 with two minutes left.
Rhinelanders Megan Haug hit two bonus free throws, but Hailee Clausnitzer
answered with a three-pointer from
the top of the key, making it a one-possession game at 38-35 with 1:11 still left.
The Raiders missed a shot to tie it and
then gradually fell further behind as
the Hodags knocked down 11 of 12 free
throws in the last 70 seconds.
Stolp and Clausnitzer led Medford in
scoring with eight points apiece. Heidi
Wildberg had six points before leaving
with an ankle injury suffered on the play
where Hunter fouled out. Kummer and
Kendal Laher scored four apiece. Jenice
Clausnitzer sank a three-pointer. Molly
Carstensen, Mandi Baker and Abbie

Bergman scored two points each.
The Raiders hit three of eight threepoint shots, while Rhinelander missed
all 10 of its long-range tries. Medford was
12 of 19 from the free throw line.
The girls played so hard in this game,
especially on defense, Wildberg said.
Medfords game at Mosinee Tuesday
was postponed due to a student funeral.
The make-up date is Tuesday, Feb. 10.
The Raiders will be at Lakeland Friday
for a tough GNC contest that tips at 7:15
p.m. They will head to Ashland for nonconference play on Tuesday. That will
be the first game of a girls-boys varsity
doubleheader and tips at 5:45 p.m.
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rounded out the team scoring.

Sophomore Alexa Phillips continued to show shes a welcome addition to
this years squad by taking 19th in the
all-around competition with 27.7 points.
Senior Margaret Hamann continued her
solid start by finishing 21st with 27.125
points. Both had top-15 finishes in individual events.
Phillips was 13th on the vault, where
Medford excelled as a team for the second
straight meet with 31.5 points. Phillips
earned a score of 8.15, a personal-best.
Hannah Brandner got a solid 7.95, good
for 22nd place. Fawna Jaecks tied for
27th with 7.75. Both Brandner and Jaecks
made their season debuts in the meet.
Hamann tied for 33rd with a 7.65 and
Megan Clark tied for 35th at 7.55.
We had great form and amplitude,
Brooks said. Our vault is just very
strong this year. Obviously being able to
spend more practice time on it has made
a huge difference.
Marshfields Olivia Tierney was the
meets top vaulter with an 8.975. Antigos
Emily Bastle earned an 8.9.
Hamann led Medford with a 14th-place
finish on the balance beam. The Raiders
bumped their team score on beam 2.7
points to 25.975 points.
Our focus on the beam really improved, Brooks said.
Hamanns score of 7.225 was a personal-best. Brandner just missed a personal-best with a 7.0, good for 20th out 44
beam entrants. Phillips was 30th at 5.925,
Jaecks was 32nd at 5.825 and freshman
Kierra Krause tied for 35th at 5.725.
Kierra just keeps getting better and
better, Brooks said.
Antigos Kim Swan and Bastle were
the top two beam scorers at 8.55 and 8.15.
Phillips notched a 15th-place finish in
the floor exercise, where Medford scored
28.75 points to improve by 2.15 points
over the previous week. Phillips earned
a 7.6, nudging upward slightly over the

first meet. Clark was in the upper half
of floor entrants, taking 18th at 7.375 and
Hamann was 21st with a 7.175, a personal
best. Kayla Brooks tied for 32nd place
with a 6.6 and Krause tied for 36th at 6.2.
Our floor was so much stronger,
coach Brooks said. Our tumbling
improved. Our difficulty improved.
Everything is getting better.
Tierney topped the floor field with a
9.275, and Ashlands Shelby Rust got a 9.1.
The Raiders made marked improvements on the uneven bars too, jumping 2.225 points to 21.125 points as a
team. Phillips led the way with a 25thplace score of 6.025. Marisa DuBois and
Hamann tied for 32nd with 5.075s. The
score was a personal-best for DuBois.
Brandner was right behind them with a
4.95 and Bella Sigmund tied for 39th at 3.9.
Rust won it with an 8.5. Her Ashland
teammate Kiera Simanovsky took second
with an 8.15.
Weve improved an enormous
amount, Brooks said of the teams performance on bars. The judges again
were telling us we had great form. Were
starting to get some difficulty in there.
All but one of our girls have a flyaway
now with a spot. You get a deduction for
the spot, but you get credit for the composition. Plus were gaining the confidence
of being able to do it in a meet, so thats a
win-win.
Tierney was the meets top all-around
gymnast with 33.725 points. Rust (32.95),
Bastle (32.45), Simanovsky (32.45) and
Ashlands Courtney Weber (31.975) filled
out the top five.
Medford hoped to build on its momentum with its home opener on Tuesday,
but the meet against Mosinee-Marathon
was postponed due to a student funeral at
Mosinee. That meet has been rescheduled
for Monday, Dec. 29 and will start at 5:45
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and wish you all a merry and joyous holiday season.
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Working around the Christmas tree

First graders in Roxanne Robidas class and other first
graders at Medford Area Elementary School decorate
Santa Sacks before filling the bags with healthy goodies.
Once the bags were assembled, they were donated to
the Taylor County Giving Tree.
photos by Mark Berglund
Ella Kapfhamer and Naomi Thomas pick the right color of frosting for their cookies during a family activity for
pre-kindergarten students at Medford Area Elementary School.
Looking forward to seeing you in 2015.
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When out on the road, there came such a noise
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I quickly got up, and went to the door
When into the lot, drove a red four by four
Its lights all aglow, its chrome it did shine
And with the fat guy a driving, its shocks they did whine
He asked me "Where am I, I think I am lost
And with the high price of gas, its starting to cost"
He came in and sat down, and ordered a drink
And when I served him his eggnog, he gave me a wink
I gave him directions to a place up the road
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think stripes are a good look for 2015, but they must wish. The fourth graders and other students in the area
decide which shirt is best for a child on the Taylor switched from traditional gift exchanges to help the
County Giving Tree list.
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Taylor County Giving Tree list.
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Christmas, New Years services at area churches
Brian Wilson
Listed below is a quick reference guide to many

of the Christmas and New Years services and special programs scheduled by area churches.
Chelsea
St. Andrew Lutheran Church
Sunday, Dec. 21 Childrens Christmas

program at 8:30 a.m.
Christmas Day, Dec. 25 Service at 9
a.m.
Sunday, Dec. 28 Service at 10 a.m.
Trinity Lutheran Church
Greenwood
Curtiss

program at 10 a.m.
Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 Service at 6
p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 28 Service at 8:30 a.m.
St. Pauls Lutheran Church
Sunday, Dec. 21 Sunday School Christmas program UnFrozen at 10:15 a.m.

Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 Candlelight service with a special childrens message and gifts at
6:30 p.m.
Holway
St. Michael Catholic Church
Christs Community Church
Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 Service at 2, 4,

6 and 8 p.m.
Dorchester

p.m.
Jump River
SS. Peter and Paul Catholic

Church
Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 Midnight Mass

at 7:30 p.m.
New Years Day, Jan. 1 Mass at 8 a.m.
Donald Watson
St. Johns Lutheran Church

p.m.
Zion Lutheran Church
Matt Frey
Bryan Wegter

p.m.
Christmas Day, Dec. 25 Service at 8:30
a.m.
Goodrich
Goodrich Community Church
Sunday, Dec. 21 Bible study at 10 a.m.

Worship service at 11 a.m.
Sunday, Dec. 28 Christmas candlelight service at 5 p.m.
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Friday, Dec. 19 Childrens Christmas program at 6:30 p.m.

Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 Service at 4 and
6:30 p.m.
a.m.
New Years Eve, Dec. 31 Service at 6:30
p.m. Family Fun Night starting at 7:30 p.m. with
music by Sojourner.
Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 Mass at 4, 6 and
11:30 p.m.
Christmas Day, Dec. 25 Mass at 9:30
and 11 a.m.
New Years Eve, Dec. 31 Mass at 4:15
p.m.
New Years Day, Jan. 1 Mass at 9:30
and 11 a.m.
Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 Candlelight service at 8:15 p.m.
Gilman
First Baptist Church
Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 Service at 3:30

and 5 p.m.
Holy Rosary Catholic Church
Our Saviours Lutheran Church
Salem United Methodist Church
Medford
Immanuel Lutheran Church

a.m.
St. Peter Lutheran Church
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Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 Vigil Mass at

4 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 21 Regular service with
Christmas hymns and a Christmas message at
10:45 p.m. Childrens Christmas program at 7 p.m.
Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 Candlelight service with Christmas hymns at 6 p.m.
Lublin
St. Stanislaus Catholic Church
Christmas Day, Dec. 25 Mass at Dawn

at 8 a.m.
New Years Eve, Dec. 31 Mass at 6:30
p.m.
St. Marys Polish National

Church
Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 Mass at 10 a.m.
Holy Assumption Orthodox

Church
Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 Vespers at 4:30

p.m.
Christmas Day, Dec. 25 Liturgy at 9:30
a.m.
Kevin Flink
St. Pauls Lutheran Church
New Life Apostolic Church

program at 10 a.m.
Christmas Eve., Dec. 24 Service at 7 p.m.
New Years Eve, Dec. 31 Prayer service
from 7 p.m. until midnight.

program at 9 a.m.
p.m.
Service at 10:30 a.m.

New Years Eve, Dec. 31 Talent night
starting at 8 p.m.
Medford United Methodist

Church

p.m.
Ogema
First Lutheran Church

p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 28 Childrens Christmas service at 9 a.m.
Perkinstown
Perkinstown Community Church

p.m. The pastor will be Les Craven of Withee. Coffee and lunch will be served following the service.
Rib Lake

p.m.
Chloe Pipkorn as Mary and Luke Klapatauskas as Joseph kneel next to a cradle in a manager
scene, surrounded by angels Bristal Kraemer, Kayla Daniels, Katie Kalmon and Autumn VenGood Shepherd Catholic Church zke as part of the Dec. 15 Holy Rosary kindergarten Christmas program.
Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 Mass at 4:30
and 7 p.m. Christmas carols will be sung before

each Mass.
Christmas Day, Dec. 25 Mass at 9 a.m.
Christmas carols will be song before the Mass.
New Years Eve, Dec. 31 Mass at 7 p.m.
Rib Lake United Methodist

Church

p.m.
Sheldon
St. John Catholic Church
Community United Church of

Christ
Holy night
Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 Vigil Mass at

5:30 p.m.

p.m.
Christmas Day, Dec. 25 Service at
10:15 a.m.
Stetsonville
Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 Mass at 4 and
11:30 p.m.
Christmas Day, Dec. 25 Mass at 8:30
a.m.
New Years Eve, Dec. 31 Mass at 4 and
11:30 p.m.
New Years Day, Jan. 1 Mass at 8:30
a.m.
Zion Ev. Lutheran Church
Sunday, Dec. 21 Funday school at 10

a.m. Service at 10:30 a.m. Caroling in costume at
nursing homes at 3 p.m.
Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 Church bus
light tour at 6 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 28 Funday school at 10 a.m.
Christian Fellowship Church
Sunday, Dec. 28 Service at 9:30 a.m.
Westboro
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 Sunday School

childrens worship service at 7 p.m.
Christmas Day, Dec. 25 Service with
communion at 9:30 a.m. The choirs and children
will sing. Christmas worship service broadcasted
on WSAW TV 7 and WEAU TV 13 at 10 a.m.
Sunday, Dec. 28 Sunday after Christmas service at 9:30 a.m.
The Ole Country Cowboy

Church
New Years Eve, Dec. 31 Service with

communion at 2 and 7 p.m.
Woodland Community Church
Sunday, Dec. 21 Christmas service at

10:15 p.m.
Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 Candlelight service at 7 p.m.
First Lutheran Church

program at 9 a.m.
p.m.
Whittlesey
Our Lady of Perpetual
Help Catholic Church
Christmas Day, Dec. 25 Mass at 8 a.m.

Kris OLeary
Mandi Troiber
Sarah Biermann
Kelly Schmidt
Tresa Blackburn
Shawna Wiese
Patricia Durham
Ann Kuehling
Jerri Wojner
Carol OLeary
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Members of the Immanuel Lutheran Church adult choir held a concert at Medford County Market on Saturday morning. A large crowd of people gathered at the deli area
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Jennifer Frenzel (l. to r.), Judy Tacke, Amanda Meyer, and Carolyn Krueger join
their voices as part of the Immanuel Lutheran Choir during the concert at County
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Talan Mitchell wears an elf costume as Medford Area Elementary School first graders decorate Santa Sacks to fill
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Parker Hill and Jaeden Brandner fill Santa sacks with

healthy goodies Medford Area Elementary School first
graders donated for the Giving Tree program.
Ruby
Morgan Huegli as Ruby in Jingle Bell Jukebox The

Flip Side at Stetsonville Area Elementary School.
Do the sack walk

Medford Area Elementary School first graders Ava
Hartl and Carli Kostner bring a completed Santa sack to
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Frosting the snowman

Sophie Sperl decorates a Christmas cookie during the
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celebrations, too. We hope your holiday brings many happy
thoughts of Christmas past, but most of all, we hope this
will be the best one yet. We look forward to serving you in
the upcoming new year.
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Karsten Olson and Makenna Tlusty tell the story of the Nutcracker Suite during the
first and second grade program at Stetsonville Area Elementary School.
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Third and fourth graders at Stetsonville Area Elementary School, including Chloe
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Closing number
Morgan Huegli, Dalton Waide and Casey Hartwig lead the third and fourth graders
in the closing number of the musical Jingle Bell Jukebox The Flip Side at Stetsonville
Area Elementary School.
Step by step
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The toy soldiers, including Jaylin Olson, Lia Nuernberger and Kyleigh Underwood,
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Callie Woller, Marissa Pope and Hannah Horenberger look for Santa Claus while
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Eighth grader Ray Zirngible plays his

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Seventh grade band members Renni

Wieman and Cade Shipman play snare
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School Christmas concert on Tuesday
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Fifth graders at Medford Area Middle
School sing Welcome the Holidays! to
start the fifth and sixth grade Christmas
program on Tuesday.
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Introduction
Sixth grader Bryce Anderson introduces a song during the choir portion of the
fifth and sixth grade Christmas program
at Medford Area Middle School on Tuesday.
Wishing you and your loved ones peace,

health, happiness and prosperity
in the coming New Year
Fifth graders Sophie Brost, Misael Espino, Caleb Guden, Dexter Kraemer, and Kami
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SERVING T AYLOR COUNTY SINCE 1875

Medford woman files suit to

by News Editor Brian Wilson

photo by Brian Wilson

A state law that seeks to protect the unborn children

See CASE on page 4

Gas fee puts damper on recovery efforts

given the go-ahead by owners at an estimated

Beyond what it will do to the proposed Hurd

See HURD on page 9

Share the joy. Not the germs.

THE STAR NEWS

The only newspaper published in

Thursday, December 18, 2014

State warns daycare providers of rules

licensed or certified if they are caring for

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A worship service will be held this

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Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS)

Medford Rotary Club Meeting

The amount of the Rib Lake School

Al-Anon Meeting 7 p.m. Community United Church of Christ, 510 E.

7-Day Forecast for Medford, Wisconsin

Last weeks weather recorded at the Medford Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Weather forecast information from the National Weather Service in La Crosse

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Rib Lake man brings dispute to committee

Buy this photo online at www.centralwinews.com

photo by Brian Wilson

Gave their approval to a change in the county

Gave their approval to an ordinance change re-

Russ Jablonsky, AAMS

pealing a section of county code defining the emergency

Seek to Balance Risk Tolerance

Making Sense of Investing

A dispute between two neighbors spilled over into

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Case seeks to overturn state law designed to prevent drug babies

Facts of the case

2014. The complaint states she did not use

mation I feel they shouldnt have gotten.

she was admitted to the BHU, as she had

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Rib Lake starts looking at sewer plant upgrade

Wellness tips for the holiday season

their no and have conversations with

at 2.2 percent and the cost of living is 1.7

Village clerk Dawn Swenson reported

Photo by Tomahawk Leader

Choir group donates to

back by designating the free will offering

OFFER VALID UNTIL 12/24/14

Dont let an outside company limit growth

when the city is working to develop an

Even then, once that upgrade is completed, it is just a stopgap measure to

School needs to separate want from need

Quote of the Week:

Chuck Zenner, chairman of the county finance

them practice in a parking lot next to the

One step the district needs to do is to