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Rainbow manSpencer Elementary School music teacher Andrew Dillenburg got into the full spirit of a Monday afternoon Color Walk in which students were sprayed with clouds of colored dust after completing a fund-raising walk to help the Spencer Kids Group and the Jean and Eva Ngirwe familys mission to deliver school supplies to Uganda, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo. For more photos of the event, please see page 4.

Greenwood, Loyal start talks on joint utility district

Hopes for empty ag park still high

by Christian ParkerAbbotsford Tribune Phonograph

Plans to develop an agribusiness park in Owen are still proceeding full steam ahead, according to economic authorities in Clark County and the city of Owen.

Tim Swiggum, president of the Community Develop-ment Authority in Owen, is optimistic that its only a short matter of time until businesses are ready to pull the switch on building in the park.

We are getting more and more inquires about the land, Swiggum said.

The long and drawn out economic downturn didnt help, but we are fi nally starting to see the results of improvement, he said. Weve already worked with a couple of businesses and are still going forward with the project.

The proposal for a futuristic agribusiness park in-volves a 71 acre parcel of land south of STH 29 near the Clark County Health Care Center. The city of Owen acquired it from Clark County in 2006.

According to Sheila Nyberg, executive director for the Clark County Economic Development and Business Corporation (CCEDC), an additional 84 acres of county land further to the south are also available for future expansion.

Swiggum said water and sewer utilities have been installed, but no electric so far. That will be determined by the direction set forth by the fi rst business or busi-nesses to locate there.

Numerous businesses have expressed an interest in locating in the ag park, including testing labs, factories, veterinarians, production facilities, and other agricul-

Please see Ag park, page 8

Please see Utility, page 8

Since late 2007, the city of Loyal has pumped its waste-water to Greenwoods wastewater treatment facility, and sent a monthly check to cover the service. Now the two communities are beginning to talk about establishing a possible joint utility district that would give them an equal footing in the business of treating residential and industrial sewage before it is discharged into the Black River.

Greenwood and Loyal city offi cials engaged in a far-ranging, 75-minute discussion of utility district options on May 27, and each City Council later this month will appoint representatives to a joint study committee. One of that groupss fi rst tasks will be to delve into a cost/benefi t analysis of merging the two cities wastewater systems into one entity, a move that a consultant said last week will likely make fi nancial sense.

Loyal has essentially been a customer of Greenwood over the past eight years. Rather than invest heavily into a new wastewater treatment plant of its own when the state Department of Natural Resources said it needed an upgrade, Loyal turned to Greenwood for treatment

services. Loyal installed a new lift station and an under-ground pipe to send its wastewater fl ow to Greenwoods plant, and pays Greenwood to reduce the strength of its sewage to where it can be discharged -- along with Green-woods -- to the Black River system.

Loyal City Clerk Shannon Toufar said Loyal sends Greenwood a check averaging between $20,000-$30,000 each month, based on volume. The volume varies each month based on rain, snow melt, etc. Loyal charges its households $8.48 per 1,000 gallons of wastewater they generate. Of that total, $6.78 is sent to Greenwood, while Loyal keeps the rest to maintain its underground pipes, lift stations, etc.

According to Kurt Muchow, a community development consultant with Vierbicher Associates, Reedsburg, creat-ing a utility district would probably not lead to reduced sewer bills for residents in either town, but could save operational costs by eliminating duplication in the two towns. Essentially, the underground infrastructure in Loyal and the treatment plant and infrastructure in Greenwood would become part of one operational entity,

which would make sense from a management aspect.There are a lot of benefi ts for everybody. There is an

economy of scale, Muchow said. I think if that (cost/benefi t analysis) is done, its going to show there is a benefi t fi nancially.

A major step in creating a utility district would be to establish values for each citys current systems. Green-wood owns a multi-million dollar treatment plant, so its current investment is considerably higher. Loyals sys-tems value exists in its collection pipes, lift stations, etc.

Muchow said, in his experience, some of the most dif-fi cult conversations between entities in establishing a utility district is the present value of infrastructure, and then a negotiation on how much money one community might have to pay to offset the others investment and start on an equal basis.

One of the biggest obstacles Ive found is whats the value of the existing systems, Muchow said.

The two towns would also have to have considerable

New plan could further hinder public schools

Esther NiedzwieckiOwen

Matt Pommer

The Republican-controlled state gov-ernment is putting a controversial twist on sending fi nancial help to private schools. Public school districts will be forced to help pay for the education of children from their district who go to independent voucher and charter schools.

Sharp criticism from public school ad-vocates followed approval of the concept by the Legislatures budget committee. It was part of legislation to expand voucher and charter school education.

Heather DuBois Bourenane of the Wis-consin Public Education Network said it amounts to a laundering scheme that es-sentially siphons tax dollars directly into private schools through expansion of the voucher program that Wisconsin citizens so clearly oppose.

Others noted that out-of-state propo-nents of expanding private schools with taxpayer dollars have been major con-tributors to gubernatorial and legislative elections.

It must have felt like Christmas morn-ing for Wisconsin advocates for taxpayer funding of private school vouchers, said John Forster, director of government relations for the School Administrators Alliance.

Clearly this is the best education budget that millions of dollars in largely out-of-state political contributions can buy, he said. We will not stand by while elected leaders dismantle public education in our state.

State Sen. Leah Vukmir, R-Wauwatosa, captured the Republican tone of response to the public school criticism: We want to invest in our schools to set up our students for success.

Betsy Kippers, president of the Wis-consin Education Association Council (WEAC), assailed the provisions of the

Republican school-fi nancing efforts. At the same time theyre at the front door of the school house boasting putting money inside, theyre sending money out the back door to subsidize private schools, she said

State Superintendent of Public Instruc-tion Tony Evers said diverting money from public schools to private schools will impact public school education in Wisconsin. He noted the state has been a national leader in high school education, Advancement Placement courses and ACT scores.

The budget plan adopted by the com-mittee evades the basic foundation of Wisconsins public school system. If

we want all students to achieve, we cannot con-tinue to ask our public schools to do more with less, Evers said.

Evers noted the com-mittee plan provides no increase in school dis-trict revenue limits, even though money may be diverted toward private education. Others noted it might be more diffi cult to pass school referenda if voters understand that

higher property taxes could be fi nancing the assistance for charter and private schools. That could be an added benefi t for Tea Party folks who oppose taxes.

The new budget approach strikes at the state constitutional obligation to educate all students in local public schools, Evers noted.

State Sen. Luther Olsen, R-Ripon, chair-man of the Senate Education Committee, said provisions diverting taxpayer money to private schools will make it more dif-fi cult to run public school systems.

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Gov. Scott Walker has championed the expansion of non-public education, con-tending it will help children in Wisconsin. The Joint Finance Committee action came on a 12-4 party-line vote. The talk of public school supporters politically opposing the Republican education program may be wishful thinking.

Earlier in May, Common Cause in Wis-consin cited statistics from the 2014 gen-eral election that showed only 10 percent of the legislative districts are competitive between the two parties. The districts were created by Republicans following the 2010 election and will be in place through the 2020 elections. Democrats may get more votes in legislative elections, but the ger-rymandering assures GOP control.

Wanted: Better rural mail deliveryPage 2 - Tribune Record Gleaner - Wednesday, June 3, 2015 OPINION

The National Newspaper Association has again called for measurement of on-time delivery of rural mail.

Appearing in a May 19 roundtable hosted by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, NNA Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel Tonda F. Rush said Congress should follow the maxim that what gets measured gets done. If the U.S. Postal Service is required to report on the quality of rural mail delivery, trouble spots of late mail service will be identifi ed and can be addressed.

NNAs postal concerns also were being represented at the National Postal Forum by Postal Committee Chair Max Heath and Interlink President Brad Hill, who serve on the Mailers Technical Advisory Committee.

Heath said senior postal executives invited discussion on ways to improve rural mail delivery. USPS has publicly recognized NNAs petition for Service Hubs as the kick-starter for establish-ment of these new cross-docking plat-forms for some newspaper mail and mail entered by other mailers in sites where mail processing plants used to be. There are currently 46 hubs in operation. A total of 212 are expected by July 2015.

NNA President John Edgecombe Jr., publisher of The Nebraska Signal in Geneva, Neb., said an alarming deterio-ration in rural mail service was being reported across the country.

The Postal Service took a radical step when it began closing down the pro-cessing operations in smaller cities and moved them to the heart of urban Amer-ica. Travel distances increased, traffi c problems hampered the movement of postal trucks and the windows for accept-ing and processing mail began to shrink. It should surprise no one that people in small towns are getting their mail later.

Readers of community newspapers have been particularly harmed by the changes. So, NNA is taking every possible step to get USPS to address the problems created by these closings, he said.

Rush explained to the Senate commit-tee that although USPS regularly reports on how well it achieves its service stan-dards, the information is heavily weight-ed toward urban mail. Even so, USPS reported serious deterioration during the fi rst quarter of 2015 for First-Class Mail that should have been delivered within three days. In many cities, the standard was achieved less than 60 percent of the time. The Postal Service has blamed bad weather across the U.S.

Sen. Jon Tester, D-MT, expressed his concern about a slowdown in service in his state.

There was bad weather in the North-east but in Montana, we were in shirt sleeves. There is always going to be bad weather somewhere, he said.

I think people in business will tell you it is always less expensive to keep a customer than to get a new one, Rush said. The best place for the Postal Ser-vice to begin is to stop driving away the mail volume it already has. It has cut all the costs it can afford to cut. At this point, Congress is our only hope.

NNA has asked Congress to move quickly on a bill that will relieve fi nan-cial pressure on USPS by changing the requirement for prepayment of retiree health benefi ts. NNA also supports a pro-posal by postal worker groups to permit USPS to invest its funds in conservative private equities instead of only in the U.S. Treasury. The Thrift Savings Plan that provides retirement benefits for federal workers currently has limited private equity investment authority and is expected to provide a model for USPS investments.

Protect the fl ag and our way of lifeEditor:On Memorial Day, we

had a chance to honor loved ones who served our country as we walked through a sea of American fl ags on their graves. Land of the free because of the brave. However, Ive been hearing troubling stories about the love of our country -- or lack of it -- and our fl ag.

Some colleges have removed the fl ag so as not to offend some students. Then, some subdivisions around the country have asked veterans to please take down the fl ag for fear of offending the neigh-bors. Really? Then, in some schools, grade school kids who come to class with a T-shirt with the American fl ag on it are asked to turn it inside out, or go home and change, to not offend some students.

Really?Darn it, this is America.

Our fl ag represents many sacrifi ces and our Consti-tution (currently under attack) is our law of the

land. I dont care where you come from. Most of us are products of immigrants. My grandparents came from Finland 100 years ago, not able to speak a word of English. But they learned, became good citizens of our country and passed on their stories. So, to the recent implants, why did you come? Are you going to take an active part in becoming American citizens, or are you fi ghting our system? If you dont like our laws, the door opens out, too. What other country is there that would allow this onslaught?

Folks, weve been sleeping. Some in Washington want to change and even eliminate the Constitution, while others are changing our American history books. Its time we hold Washington accountable, and vote out career politicians. We just have to stand up and say no and do the right thing.

Tolerance becomes a crime when ap-plied to evil.

The calendar has changed to June and the seasons just keep rolling along. I thought there might be a bit of a break be-tween corn planting and haying, but when I saw whole fi elds of hay cut last week, I decided times have changed. It used to be fashionable to start haying right after the Fourth of July. Now it seems we are at it before Memorial Day.

Three adventures in May should have been enough. But there was more -- and then some.

On the Thursday before Memorial Day, Florence and I decided to take a ride to the cemetery and put fl owers on my parents graves as well as my brothers, Ernest and Harold.

We might have made it in a rush, up and back, but since we missed seeing the Beckers at Turtle Lake at the class reunion, we called and had lunch together at the casino. Their wild rice soup was calling.

After saying good bye to the Beckers, we drove to the cemetery. An old neighbor, Ed Freitag, who I grew up with, was there mowing and we reminisced a bit. He has been mowing the cemetery for 40 years. I explained how I got talked into mowing it for the fi rst time in 1945. We had mowed a bit around my brother Ernests grave in the summer of 1944. My mother thought it looked so nice that she said I could mow the whole cemetery the next year. The second and third years went better. She found some money in the Ladies Aid treasury, which aided my fi nancial being. Five dollars -- per summer.

Growing up, we spent at lot of time at the Freitags. His dad had been a barber in World War I and did haircuts for all of us. I think I was in high school before I ever went to a real barber. This was also before electricity and he had to use the old hand clippers. Even after we got lights, I dont remember that he got an electric one.

On the way back, with a few minutes to spare, we drove to our old farm. To our surprise, the owner was there, mowing the lawn. In all prior visits, we had expe-rienced a gradual decline in the upkeep and appearance of all the buildings. He explained that his wife had died two years ago and he was surprised to learn that my brother, Harold, had passed away. His daughter is helping him get things restored.

The sale had ended 111 years of owner-ship by the Berglund family, dating back to the homestead claim in 1884.

Friday was my birthday and we just

kind of laid low, as the next day we would be off to Holmen, where Sue and her hus-band, Mark, were planning and preparing for a huge birthday party for me.

I keep getting confused by the candles on the cake. They read 58, but a year ago they read 48. Either I aged 10 years in the past year, or someone was messing with the candles.

Just about the whole family was there to help with the celebration, including grandson captain/doctor, or is it doctor/captain, Will, who by the time you read this will be seeking a place to live in Ho-nolulu, Hawaii.

Sunday was a bit more restful, with only a graduation party to attend after church. It was in honor of Mariah Elmer, whose mom, who I have mentioned before, grew up at Pipe Lake a little more than a mile as the crow fl ies from our house.

Her grandparents farm adjoined ours and they had a telephone and we didnt, so we often were over there to a get a message or call someone.

Monday was Memorial Day. I volun-teered one year just to help out, but it looks like it is becoming a little longer duty. I am so proud of the community to hear the same old story told over and over again about the exchange of the old fl ag from the veterans of the Civil War.

If there are any more adventures in May Ill have to write about them next week. The fi nal one came last Wednesday when I was scheduled for a CAT scan at the Marshfi eld Clinic.

They wanted to check out the cancer surgery done on one of my kidneys two years ago. I had a hunch all was well, but had to wait for the results on Wednesday afternoon. I was right and informed that Ill only need an X-ray just before heading south for the winter next December.

There was one other thing that hap-pened, but I dont know if you can call it an adventure. Remember, I wrote a few weeks ago about the Turtle Lake Com-munity Scholarship Fund in its 50th year.

It had some humble beginnings back then as a part of a Parent Teacher Organi-zation (PTA). When the organization fold-ed, for lack of interest, I suggested that the scholarship fund which had just been started, be continued, but as a community affair. It did and thrived well. In our fi rst year we gave out three $100 scholarships. This year we gave away 20 scholarships, each in the amount of $500. As I said, it wasnt really an adventure, but news of its success surely made my day.

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SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTNeillsville Seventh Day Adventist Church

5th & Clay Streets Neillsville 715-743-7988DAVID SCHOFIELD, PASTOR

Saturday Services: 9:30 a.m. - Sabbath school11 a.m. - Worship, 6:30 p.m. - Thursday Bible study

CATHOLICChrist the King Church

101 Wendel Spencer 715-659-4480REV. SAMUEL MARTIN

4 p.m. - Saturday evening mass 8 and 10 a.m. - Sunday morning massMasses for Holy Days of Obligation evening before, 8 p.m.; day of, 5:30 p.m.

Holy Family Catholic ChurchWillard 715-255-8017 FATHER STEVEN BRICE

4 p.m. - Saturday massSt. Anthonys Catholic Church

FATHER STEVEN BRICE407 N. Division Loyal 715-255-8017

6:30 p.m. - Saturday mass, 10:30 a.m. - Sunday morning massSt. Marys Parish

Greenwood 715-255-8017 Father STEVEN BRICE8:30 a.m. - Sunday morning mass

MISSOURI SYNODSt. Paul Lutheran

North Green Grove P.O. Box 206 N13510 Cty. Rd. E Colby, WI 715-223-1726 Rev. Paul Hunsicker

9 a.m. - Sunday worship serviceChrist Lutheran - ChiliREV. DANIEL SCHOESSOW

9 a.m. - Sunday worship service, 10 a.m. - Sunday schoolHoly Com mun ion celebrated the fi rst and third Sundays of each month.

Trinity Lutheran(Missouri Synod)

109 W. Clark Spencer 715-659-4006 REV. DAVID DEPAOLI7 p.m. - Thursday worship service

8:40 a.m. - Sunday school; 10 a.m. - Sunday worship serviceZion Lutheran

W2894 Granton Road, Granton 715-238-7318REV. DANIEL SCHOESSOW

9:15 a.m. - Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. - Sunday worship serviceHoly Com mun ion cel e brat ed fi rst and third Sundays of each month.

LUTHERANEmmanuel Lutheran - ELCA

W5752 Colby Factory Road Town of LongwoodPASTOR BRIAN CAMPBELL

10:45 a.m. - Sunday worship serviceHoly Com mun ion cel e brat ed second and fourth Sundays of each month.

Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran (Wisconsin Synod) (rural Neillsville)

REV. JOHN E. WARMUTH9 a.m. - Sunday worship service

Holy Com mun ion cel e brat ed the fi rst Sunday of each month.Nazareth Lutheran - ELCA

North County T Withee 715-229-2051 REV. BONNIE CAIN10 a.m. - Sunday worship service. Everyone welcome.

Our Saviors Lutheran - ELCA110 W. Begley Greenwood 715-267-6142

PASTOR BRIAN CAMPBELL9 a.m. - Sunday worship service

St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church(Wisconsin Synod)

Christie 715-743-2480REV. JOHN E. WARMUTH

10:30 a.m. - Sunday worship serviceHoly Com mun ion cel e brat ed the fi rst Sunday of each month.

St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran(Wisconsin Synod)

711 W. 5th St. Neillsville 715-743-2944REV. TIMOTHY BIEBERT

9 a.m. - Sunday worship service; 10:15 a.m. - Sunday school and Bible class7 p.m. - Monday worship

St. Pauls Lutheran - ELCA1131 Meridian St. Curtiss

Church: 715-223-4000 Offi ce: [email protected]

REV. KRIS BJERKE-ULLIMAN10:15 a.m. - Sunday worship service; 9:30 a.m. - Sunday school

St. Johns Lutheran - ELCARiplinger 715-659-5158 EVERYONE WELCOME

REV. REBEKAH TARRAS11 a.m. - Sunday worship service

Communion every second Sunday of the month.St. Johns Lutheran - ELCA

B3750 Hwy. 13 Spencer 715-659-5158sjlcoffi [email protected] WEL COME

REV. REBEKAH TARRAS9 a.m. - Sunday worship with communion

6:30 p.m. - Wednesday evening worship with communion Handicapped accessible

Trinity Lutheran ELCA201 S. Washington St., Unity 715-223-2155 PASTOR AL HOUTS

9 a.m. - Sunday school 10 a.m. - Sunday worship serviceMemorial Day to Labor Day: 9 a.m. - Sunday worship service

Trinity Lutheran ELCA201 N. West Loyal 715-255-8880

ALL ARE WELCOMEREV. Daniel E. Zimmerman

9:30 a.m. - Sunday worship service7 p.m. - Monday worship service

Zion American Lutheran ELCAGranton 715-238-7269

INTERIM PASTOR JAY WELSHONSE9:15 a.m. - Sunday school

10:30 a.m. - Sunday worship service

MORMONChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

2207 W. 5th St., Marshfi eld 715-384-45599:30-10:20 a.m. - Priesthood, Relief Society, Young Women9:30-11:15 a.m. - Primary 10:25-11:15 a.m. Sunday school

11:20 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Sacrament meeting

CHURCH OF CHRISTChurch of Christ

B3942 State Highway 13, Spencer9 a.m. - Sunday Bible study; 10 a.m. - Sunday worship service

7 p.m. - Wednesday Bible studyEvangelist: Clint A. Oppermann - 715-650-1970

Web site: www. spencercoc.com E-mail: [email protected] United Church of Christ

3 mi. w. on G, 1 mi. n. on Hwy. O. GreenwoodPhone 715-267-6547 REV. ASAFA RAJAOFERA

8:30 a.m. - Sunday worship serviceLiving Hope Evangelical Free Church

Hwy. 10 & Fairground Ave. Neillsville 715-743-2471REV. STEVE WENTZ

DIRECTOR OF STUDENT MINISTRIES - MARY GARDNER9:15 a.m. - Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. - Sunday worship service

Our Fathers House Christian Com mu ni ty ChurchW770 County Trunk H, Chili 715-683-2889

REV. RON JOHNSON9:30 a.m. - Sunday school


METHODISTImmanuel United Methodist

Chili 715-683-2886 10:30 a.m. - Morning worshipGranton United Methodist

Granton REV. DONG SUE LEE8 a.m. - Sunday worship service

Loyal United Methodist Loyal Offi ce 715-255-9213 Home 715-255-8737

PASTOR PATSY ROE9:15 a.m. - Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. - Sunday worship service

Spencer United MethodistChurch Offi ce 715-659-5551 REV. MICHAEL CARLSON

9:30 a.m. - Sunday Bible study10:30 a.m. - Sunday worship service

United Methodist209 W. Clark St., P.O. Box 533 Colby

JANINE JOHNSON, lay speaker7 p.m. - Wednesday worship service

No Sunday servicesChurch school as announced prior to evening service

York Center United MethodistOffi ce 715-255-9213 Home 715-255-8737

PASTOR PATSY ROE9 a.m. - Sunday worship service; 10 a.m. - Sunday school

EPISCOPALSt. Katherines Episcopal Church

206 E. 3rd St. Owen, WI 715-229-2643 REV. TONY RING10 a.m. - Wednesday morning prayer & Holy Communion


BAPTISTBible Baptist

700 E. 15th St. Neillsville 715-743-4695PASTOR MARK A. FUGATE

9:30 a.m. - Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. - Worship service,3 p.m. - Sunday afternoon service

7 p.m. - Wednesday night Bible studiesMissionary Bap tist

302 N. Main Greenwood 715-267-6114REV. ROBERT LOVE

9:30 a.m. - Sunday school for all ages10:30 a.m. - Sunday morning worship service

6:30 p.m. - Wednesday All For Him (grades 7-12)6:30 p.m. - Wednesday AWANA club ( age 3-grade 6)

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Tribune Record Gleaner - Wednesday, June 3, 2015

This Coming Events column is for non-fundraising events. The exception is for fundraisers which are ac com pa nied by a paid advertisement.Social Security offi ce hours for Clark County

are by appointment only. Appointments can be made by calling 715-845-1321 on weekdays from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

June 5-6 The annual Clark County Relay for Life

will begin at George Scherer Athletic Park in Greenwood at 5 p.m. and continue throughout the evening and morning hours of June 6.

June 6 Elvis impersonator Garry Wesley and

the Memphis Rockers Show Band and Patsy Cline impersonator Elaine Wesley will perform from 8 p.m.-midnight at the Willard Community Center.

June 7 The Rock Dam Rod & Gun Club will meet

at 8 p.m., at the clubhouse in Rock Dam. New members are welcome.

June 8 An American Red Cross blood drive will

be held from 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., at the Neillsville American Legion.

June 11 An American Red Cross blood drive

will be held from 11 a.m.-4 p.m., at the

Granton High School.

June 13 The Loyal Area Historical Society will

hold an open house from 2-5 p.m., at the Elm Drive museum. There will be free strawberries and shortcake, raffl es and a silent auction.

June 14 The Neillsville Dairy Breakfast will be

served from 7 a.m.-noon at Boon Farms, N6634 Highway 73, north of Christie.

June 16 Clark County UW-Extension will hold a

Build a Rain Barrel workshop, from 5-7 p.m., at the Greenwood American Legion

back parking lot. Participants will build a 55-gallon barrel they can take home and use. All materials will be provided. There is a $30 fee. Pre-register by June 12 by calling 715-743-5121.

June 19 The Spencer Chamber of Commerce will

serve its annual dairy breakfast from 5-10 a.m., at the Lions Shelter in the Village Park.

June 21 The Loyal FFA Alumnis annual dairy

breakfast will be served from 7 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at Sabine Hartmanns Twin Oak Farm, W4428 Rock Creek Road, Loyal.

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Colorful fund-raiserSpencer fourth-grader Samantha Soback (left) picked a frozen treat that exactly matched her face color after the Monday afternoon Color Walk on the school track. Samantha and her schoolmates raised more than $1,500 for the Ngirwe family to buy supplies for schools in Africa, and more than $1,100 for the local Spencer Kids Group. In photo above, students soak up clouds of color after walking for 90 minutes. Below, the track was fi lled all afternoon as walkers raised pledges to help the causes.

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Trunkel receives awardSarah Trunkel, Memorial Medical Centers chief nursing officer, was presented the Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperatives Ambassador Award by Dave Johnson, director of member relations with the Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative. Trunkel was recognized for 35 years of exceptional nursing service to rural healthcare.

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Virginia VolovsekVirginia A. Volovsek, 84, Greenwood, died on Thursday,

May 28, 2015, at Ministry Saint Joseph's Hospital, Marsh-fi eld. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m., on Monday, June 1, at Holy Family Catholic Church, Willard. Rev. Steve Brice offi ciated. Burial followed in Holy Family Catholic Cemetery. Pallbearers were her granddaughters, Kyra Secraw, Heather Anderson, Kimberly Glasoe, Kris Holmes, Stephanie Hughes, Danae Stieglitz, Kayla Darling, Lynsey Lissner, Stacy Sandelier, Marie Freisinger and Erin Farley.

Virginia Ann Herkert was born on Nov. 30, 1930, in Marshfield, the daughter of Edward and Adela (nee Schnitzler) Herkert. She was raised on the family farm and received her education in Marshfi eld, graduating from Marshfi eld High School in 1948. Virginia married Alphonse John Volovsek on June 1, 1949, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Marshfi eld. They moved to Wil-lard, where they farmed and raised their fi ve children. Besides being a homemaker and farmwife, Virginia also babysat for many years for families in the Willard and Greenwood area. In 1984, they moved into Greenwood and sold the farm in 1988 to their son, Roger. She resided in Greenwood until the time of her death. She was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church and its C.C.W., the K.S.K.J. Lodge, and the Merry Homemakers Club. Virginia had many interests, but especially loved spend-ing time with her family; crocheting blankets for the new babies and table cloths for the newlyweds in the family; knitting; crossword puzzles; was an avid sports fan and attended all of her children's, grandchildren's, and great grandchildren's events; and loved to follow the Packers and Brewers.

She will be dearly missed by her fi ve children, Rich (Barb) Volovsek, Eagan, Minn., Ron Volovsek, Willard, Roger (Lori Bushar) Volovsek, Willard, Donna (Greg) Lindner, Greenwood, and Deb (Joe) Ortner, Greenwood; 20 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Irene Susa, Greenwood, and Florence Smrecek, Marsh-fi eld; four brothers, James Herkert, Lawrence "Bud" (Dora) Herkert, Robert (Ruth) Herkert and Ruben (Jo) Herkert, all of Marshfi eld; and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Al, on March 6, 2005; one daughter-in-law, Judy Bucheger, on July 17, 2014; one sister, Lorraine Rakovec; and one brother, William Herkert.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.cuddiefh.com.Cuddie Funeral Home, Greenwood, assisted the family with arrangements.

CARD OF THANKSThe family of Lillian Eskildsen would like to express our sincere thank you and

appreciation to everyone who supported us following her death. Your many acts of kindness and sympathy was a great comfort to all of us.

We would also like to send a special thank you to the staff at Country Terrace Estates for the wonderful care you gave to Lill these past years, to Pastor Dan Zimmerman and Cuddie Funeral Home for all your help.

Merle and Dianne, Lynn and Tootie, Bruce and Deb, Arlen and Rhonda Eskildsen, and Virginia Hribar

Memorial Medical Center hosts community informational sessions in 2015

For the Greenwood informational session your RSVP is greatly appreciated by calling Janet

Schmidt at 715-743-8454 by Friday, June 12.Please come out and hear about all the plans and changes that Memorial Medical Center has been

making to better serve you!

Date Location TimeJune 17, 2015 Greenwood Fire Hall 5:30-7 p.m.Oct. 21, 2015 Loyal, TBD 5:30-7 p.m.

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Pecan pie cheesecake

Party pasta salad

Mushroom pork chops

Take pie crust from refrigerator or freezer. If frozen, let stand on counter 30-45 minutes.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.In your mixer, combine 3 eggs with 1/4 cup sugar.Add corn syrup and vanilla. Stir in pecans.Pour into pie crust.In your mixer, beat cream cheese on medium until light and fl uffy.Add sugar and salt. Mix on low speed until combined.Add egg and vanilla gently spread on top of pecan pie layer.Bake 45 minutes. Once baked, refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving.

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Coco: Well, theres a ton of cuteat the shelter now, and Coco is defi nitely one of them. This little guy was a rescue. Hes 12 weeks old, a Border Collie mix, male and just as fun and cute as can be. He will make a great addition to your family. Like all of our pets, he is neutered, vaccinated, blood-tested, micro-chipped and ready to go. Hes just waiting for the right person to love. If you have room in your heart and home for him or any of the other pets here, go to the Web site and see the pictures and descriptions of them.There are 32 cats or kittens and 78 dogs or puppies here. Surely theres one just right for

you. Check them all out atwww.cchs-petshelter.org/id8.html.If you love animals and have some time, now is a great time to come on down and get involved at CCHS. You can fi ll out a volunteer application form online by going to our Web site (www.cchs-petshelter.org and clicking Volunteer at CCHS from the menu, or stop at the shelter or at our Paws and Claws store in the Marshfi eld Mall. Come to an orientation and join our Pet Lovin People group, get a tour of the shelter and well tell you about all of the many ways to volunteer. Well fi nd just the right spot for you to get started helping animals. Youll love it!

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1 pie crust 9 frozen or refrigeratedPecan pie layer:3 eggs1 c. light corn syrup1/4 c. sugar1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract1 c. pecans, in pieces or halved

Cheesecake layer:2 pkg. 8-oz. cream cheese, room temperature1/2 c. sugar1/4 tsp. salt1 egg1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract

Cook noodles according to package directions. Drain.Drain pineapple; reserve 3 T. juice for dressing.For dressing, combine reserved pineapple juice, oil, vinegar, mustard, Worcester-

shire sauce, garlic, salt and pepper in a screw-top jar; shake well.Combine noodles and caulifl ower in large bowl. Pour dressing over salad; toss to

coat. Cover and marinate in refrigerator overnight.When serving, add broccoli, red pepper, pineapple and almonds; toss to coat.

1 pkg. corkscrew pasta (12 oz.)1 can pineapple chunks in juice (20 oz.)1 c. vegetable oil1/2 c. distilled white vinegar1 T. dijon mustard1 T. worcestershire sauce

1 clove garlic, pressedSalt and pepper, to taste3 c. caulifl ower fl orets3 c. broccoli fl orets1 red bell pepper, seeded, chunked1 c. whole natural almonds, toasted

Season pork chops with salt, pepper, and garlic salt to taste.In a large skillet, brown the chops over medium-high heat. Add the onion and

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The Loyal American Legion Auxiliary met on May 12, with Norma Wentzel pre-siding.

Gladys Zuehlke led the unit in prayer; the fl ag pledge and preamble were recited. Roll call was taken with 17 members pres-ent.

Gladys Zuehlke had a May birthday.The secretarys report was read by Barb

Lucht and approved.The treasurers report was given by

Dawn Jacobson.Junior Auxiliary: NoneSunshine Report: Cards were sent to

Joan Oblak family, Mary Ann Wehrman family and Gold Star Mothers, Kelly Schmitz and Shirley Olson.

Board of Directors report: Small class reunion in May. New lights have been in-stalled.

Presidents report: NoneCorrespondence: Thank you received

from resident of Thomas Apt thanking the Junior Auxiliary for the cupcakes.

Old business: Blood drive held April 16. There were 25 donors and fi ve members do-nated; Dorothy Baumgartner, John Schultz, Jerry Tieman, Julie Milz, and Shirley Oya-ma. Brat Fry held was a success. President Norma Wentzel, along with Dawn Jacobson, Julie Poehnelt and Barb Lucht, volunteered.

Reminder: Auxiliary brat frys will be held the fi rst Tuesday of each month through August. Reminder to see Julie Poehnelt for raffl e tickets.

New business: Arlene Miller is stepping down from taking care of sunshine. She will keep the historian job. Nominations were taken for sunshine and Julie Poehnelt and Alice Kennedy were nominated. Alice Ken-nedy will be the new sunshine person. New nominations were taken for treasurer since Julie was running for sunshine. Nominated were Norma Wentzel and Julie Poehnelt. Norma Wentzel will be the new treasurer. Ruth Zepplin donated $100 to the Auxiliary. The secretary will send a thank you to Ruth. Memorial Day events were read by Norma. Bills were presented for payment. There was discussion on discontinuing lunch on meeting nights. Shirley Oyama made a motion to discontinue providing lunch after each Legion meeting, seconded by Betty Kacer. We will still have our pot luck in September and pot luck in November and December. The next brat fry is June 9.

The drawing was won by Dorothy Baumgartner.

The next meeting will be June 9.The chaplain led the group in prayer and

the president adjourned the meeting.Barb Lucht secretary

SPENCER -- Eight members and one guest attended the Spencer Senior Citizens meeting that was held on May 28.

President Christine Kurz led the group with the Pledge of Allegiance and said a prayer remembering the hospitalized, sick and recovering members. She introduced the group to her son, Michael Kurz, who is a shiatsu massage therapist. He dem-onstrated and told about fi nger pressure massage therapy on his mother.

Secretary and treasurer's reports were read. The funny story of a taxi driver and St. Peter was read by James Harwood. He also read poetry he wrote, "For Freedom Sake" and "I Haven't Got Time to Get Old".

Lindy Bruss also shared a comical joke.

Christine Kurz reported that Spencer now has a Board of Directors for the his-torical area being prepared for a museum in the Old Village Hall. President -- Ron Draeger, vice president -- Jerry Kobs, secre-tary -- Sharon Kobs, and treasurer -- Janean Marrow.

Susan Esselman celebrated her birthday in May. Marie Weiland won the door prize.

The next meeting will be on June 18, with Joan Will and James Harwood serv-ing lunch.

The meeting adjourned, sheepshead was played. Ardina Alexander and Marie Wei-land served lunch. Sue Esselman provided ice cream for her birthday treat.

Marie Weiland, secretary

Loyal American Legion Auxiliary meets

Spencer Senior Citizens hold meeting

Marriage Licenses

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EngagementSeverson-Vine

Melissa Severson and Andrew Vine, both of Greenwood, announce their engagement.

Parents of the couple are Cherri Severson and Richard and Deb Vine.

The bride-elect is a 2008 graduate of Greenwood High School and a 2010 graduate of Chippewa Valley Technical College with a degree in agribusiness.

Her fi anc is a 2004 graduate of Neillsville High School.

The couple operates Pine Court Farm, Greenwood, with a son, Weston.

A July 18, 2015, wedding is being planned.

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Congratulations Jordan ToburenCongratulations Jordan Toburen...on your graduation from UW Whitewater as an Elemen-tary Education Teacher and mi-nor of English as a Second Language. We are so proud of you. Love,Mom & Dad

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Leslie A. McNeely and Nathan J. Czaikowski exchanged wedding vows May 23, 2015.

Bride attendants were Kristi Kreklow (sister), and Jorie and Hallie Meyer (daughters of the bride).

Groom attendants were Derek Czaikowski (brother), and Hayden and Jeaurdyn Czaikowski (daughters of the groom).

The ceremony was held at Nate and Leslies home.

The Clark County clerk has granted the following marriage licenses:

-- Charlotte R. Fox, town of Fremont, and David D. St. Clair, town of Fremont, on June 1, at town of Fremont.

-- Melissa B. Garman, town of Colby, and Marcus N. Fox, town of Eaton, on June 6, at town of Colby.

-- Carol F. Oberholtzer, town of Weston, and Kyle D. Shirk, town of Hixon, on May 30, at town of Withee.

-- Jessica L. Fabbri, Neillsville, and Travis J. Woods, Neillsville, on June 6,

at Jackson County.-- Leslie A. Briski, Greenwood, and

Brandon K. Wucherpfennig, town of York, on June 13, at Greenwood.

-- Patricia M. Vorisek, Colby, and Jose E. Suarez Lopez, Colby, on June 6, at Colby.

-- Erika A. Brahmer, town of Colby, and John H. Rankel, town of Colby, on June 13, at Curtiss.

-- Amanda J. Hempleman, town of Hixon, and Trenton J. Syryczuk, Thorp, on June 13, at town of Hixon.

The following area students earned honors at their respective schools or schools of higher education:

Wisconsin Lutheran College -- dean's list

Jordyn Pieper, LoyalConcordia University -- honors list

Lindsey Duerr, GrantonUW-Madison -- graduate

Ashley Howard, Loyal, master's degree, physician studies

UW-Marshfi eld/Wood County -- dean's list

Lydia Engevold, Granton; Devin Klein, Granton; Ashley Smrecek, Greenwood; Danielle Vesel, Greenwood; Elizabeth Heath, Loyal; Kyle Klieforth, Neillsville; Nicole Meyering, Neillsville; Alysja Ot-ten, Neillsville; Thomas Silbernagel,

Neillsville; Kari Geldernick, Spencer; Aaron Gunderson, Spencer; Rachel John-son, Spencer; Brandon Brux, Willard

Carthage College - graduateVictoria Jensen, Granton, bachelor of

arts, neuroscienceUpper Iowa University -- graduate

Amy Schultz, Spencer, bachelor of sci-ence, emergency/disaster management

Belmont University -- dean's listJayne Burnett, Spencer

Wisconsin Lutheran College -- aca-demic award

Ellen Smith, Greenwood, Vision AwardUW-Madison -- Wisconsin Agri-

cultural and Life Sciences Alumni Association Outstanding Sophomore

AwardMcKenzie Rowley, Loyal

Area students recognized for accomplishments

Lucky Clovers 4-H Club holds meetingThe Lucky Clovers 4-H Club met on

May 18, at the Globe Church, at 7 p.m. Demonstrations were given by Rachel Stiemann on her youth missions trip, Grant Slone on making ice cream play dough, Brandon Garcia on his pigeon project, Cody Garcia on his lamb proj-ect, and Ryan Garcia on his goat project. The volleyball C team received the Sportsmanship Award, and the B place second at the volleyball tournament. The club will be holding a Pie and Ice Cream Social on June 7, at 7 p.m., at the Globe Church. Each family should bring 2-3

pies. A brat sale is scheduled for June 10, at Gordys in Neillsville. It was voted to purchase the fl owers for the planters at the Globe Church. On June 19, members will meet at the Jason Wood home and the Steve Thomas home for a movie/board game night. A discussion was held regarding providing concessions at the Rabbit Fun Show in October. It was decided that the opportunity will be pursued. The next meeting will be held immediately after the Pie and Ice Cream Social on June 7. Fair entry forms should be returned if possible at that time.

Band Thanks Community

The Loyal Senior High Band would like to thank the community for their new marching

band uniforms! We proudly wore them for the rst time at the Memorial Day Parade

and again for the Marsh eld Dairyfest Parade on Saturday, May 30.

We spent a lot of time this past year looking at various designs, colors and materials

and we think weve come up with a very nice looking uniform to represent our

school and community!

It has been 25 years since the band has had new

marching uniforms! We appreciate that the school

had the foresight to put away a little money

every year earmarked for these uniforms.

We look forward to showing them off later this

summer at both the Athens Parade on Sunday,

Aug. 23, and at our home-town parade

in Loyal on Sunday, Aug. 30!!


ture related fi rms, such as ag insurance agencies. Nyberg said CCEDC may also be open to general industry in the park.

Something will happen, she said. We are just looking for the right fi t. These things dont happen overnight.

Weve had a few nibbles, but any seri-ous business action is at least a few months off, she added.

Initially the area that is currently slated for use as an agriculture park was part of a much larger proposed concept that would have included acreage on both sides of STH 29. The concept included an agricultural innovation center that would have housed classrooms, exhibition areas, kitchens, display areas, labs, incubator space, a distance learning lab and offi ces for lease.

CCEDCs website still states, The Cen-ter will link our agricultural past to our agricultural future through innovations in education, training, research and develop-ment. The Center will also be the hub for a broad collaboration of resources between agribusiness and education institutions. Ultimately, the Center will strengthen the regional economy, create new jobs in agriculture and green technologies, and train people for those careers.

A grant of $4 million from the U.S. Eco-nomic Development Authority of the U.S. Department of Commerce was offered in 2009, but the CCEDC was unable to raise the $5.8 million of matching funds needed to fi nance the project within a time frame of two years.

In more recent years, the overall plan has been scaled back to the 74 core acres until some businesses make a commitment to the property.

The CCEDC was able to keep $180,000 of the EDA grant for completing a design for the agriculture innovation center, which has been done.

Another possibility that was proposed in early stages was that of developing a permanent venue for Farm Technology Days. Nyberg feels that the site would be perfect. The acreage is available and the possibility exists for permanent buildings and facilities.

Swiggum also said a location in the center of the state along a major highway would be ideal being that it is at most a four-hour drive from anywhere in Wis-consin.

At this point Farm Technology Days is a travelling event, with locations on a rotating basis, even though it does tend to gravitate toward Central Wisconsin.

The offer still stands with Farm Tech-

nology Days and the ball is in their court, Swiggum said.

The Technology Days committee came out to look at the site a few years ago, Swiggum said.

They agree with us that it is a great site, but were unsure if they wanted to go with a permanent venue at this time, he said.

In the meantime, a large fi eld with a dirt road, several fi re hydrants, and a semi trailer used for signage is all that exists of the agriculture park. It looks for the most part like an ordinary corn fi eld, so its likely the fi rst tenant to locate there will be able to shape what the 158 acres will look like for many years to come.

The city of Owen continues to make efforts to publicize the propertys avail-ability. According to Swiggum, the site is currently listed online at land locator web pages and a fl yer about the project is available for distribution.

Swiggum said that possibility of out-sourcing to private development party is conceivable if nobody steps forward.

The CDA and CCEDC will give the ben-efi ts of an improving economy a chance to play out before taking any further action, offi cials say.

The city of Owen purchased the land with the understanding that it will eventu-ally be paid back with taxes on the park. Tax incentives for business that locate in the park will be assigned based on the economic boost they provide to the area in terms of job creation.

The ag park site is also a part of the City of Owens Tax Incremental Financ-ing (TIF) district 4. This means the prop-erty taxes collected on any new develop-ment are placed in a special fund that is used to pay for additional development or improvements within the district.

Owens north side industrial park, Countryside Estates residential commu-nity, Roehl Cold Storage, Quality Roasting, 38 acres of land on the north side of STH 29 are also part of the TIF district.

The TIF funds will pay for the work that has been done so far on the ag park and will also be available to pay for future im-provements, such as streets and electricity.

For now, it is just a waiting game to see who pulls the trigger fi rst in making the ag park home. The TIF fund doesnt sunset until 2037, so time is still plentiful.

Nyberg and Swiggum are confi dent that it wont be long before the inquiries turn serious and some activity begins to occur on the land.

On May 25, as part of its Memorial Day ceremonies, the Greenwood American Legion Post 238 dedicated a new monu-ment in memory of the military personnel who never returned from the wars. These veterans were in World War I, World War II, and Vietnam.

Guest speaker for the event at the Greenwood High School and Greenwood Cemetery was Col. Raymond Boland, retired. Col. Boland served 30 years in the Wisconsin Army Guard and regular Army forces. He served two tours of duty in Vietnam where he commanded an at-tack helicopter unit in the 101st Airborne Division. He further served as a brigade commander in the 3rd Infantry Division in Germany, and a battalion commander in the 25th Infantry Division in Hawaii. His fi nal assignment was garrison com-mander of Fort McCoy from 1988-91. Fol-lowing his decorated military career, he was appointed Secretary of Wisconsin

Department of Veterans.In his address he stressed the impor-

tance of never forgetting those who per-ished in various wars; because of their commitments we are a free nation. Young people should also make an effort to be leaders in the community and country, because they will help preserve these freedoms, he said.

At the cemetery each name on the monument was read with a brief biog-raphy and a red poppy was dropped in their memory. The ceremony included Col. Boland, Rev. Brian Campbell, Post 238 Commander Mike Klump, Honor Guard Commander Harry Johnson, and emcee Dick Adler. Playing of Taps ended the ceremony by Kirkland Johnson.

The Greenwood Legion wishes to thank the Wuethrich Foundation for its generous fi nancial support to the cost of monument and Jamie Tuinstra, city of Greenwood, streets department, for site preparation.

discussion on policies moving forward. For example, when Greenwood does a street improvement project, it automati-cally digs down and replaces sewer and water lines. In Loyal, if the lines under a street project are adequate, they are not necessarily replaced.

You try to anticipate all those things, Muchow said. Both communities are going to have to adopt similar policies.

Muchow said the planning process is smoother when both towns involved eye the joint district as an eventual improve-ment that will benefi t both parties.

What wed have to do is stop thinking about Loyal and Greenwood as separate entities. Theyd become one entity, Muchow said. I think its really impor-tant that this not be us versus them. As long as its done so both communities see its a benefi t to users, it shouldnt be some-thing that cant be overcome.

Muchow said the fi rst steps toward the possible district would include the cost/benefi t analysis, which could entail an evaluation of each towns current system. Its important, he said, for each city to know up front if there are any major fi xes needed to piping systems, etc.

You need to evaluate each systems condition, he said. What issues are out there, so its transparent.

Tim Froeba, chairman of the Loyal Councils Utility Committee, said Loyal already knows it will be making a major investment in 2017 to replace all utility lines running under Main Street, as part of a Department of Transportation High-way 98 project. That work is expected to cost Loyal more than $1 million, Froeba

said, an expense that could make a utility district formation more complicated.

We may not want to do this until we have that street done, Froeba said. Thats going to be a big expense to dump on that utility district.

Greenwood treatment plant operator Trent Johnson said Greenwood is aware its plant is under watch by the DNR, to meet more stringent phosphorus reduc-tion levels in wastewater discharge. Greenwoods plant is not new, he noted, and will someday need an expensive upgrade.

Even the new part is 20 years old, Johnson said. Usually, thats the time you start thinking about an upgrade. Weve been sticking money into it for the last four of fi ve years. There is going to be a time when we need a major overhaul.

Muchow said the process of establish-ing a utility district will take time and numerous discussions between Loyal and Greenwood on fi nancial aspects, policies, etc. The cost/benefit study could take several months to complete, and the towns could be looking at a $20,000 expense just to determine if its wise to move forward.

If its eventually created, the joint dis-trict could serve both towns, Muchow said, with each carrying equal responsibility for operational and fi nancial decisions. The district could allow both Greenwood and Loyal to limit sewer rate increases in the future.

I wouldnt start out this process say-ing there are going to be reduced user fees, Muchow said. You could say you can avoid increases or the increases will be less.

Greenwood Legion dedicates new memorial to fallen soldiers

CONTRIBUTED PHOTORetired Col. Ray Boland (left) helps the Greenwood Legion Post 238 dedicate a new monument (at far right) to fallen soldiers on Memorial Day. The monument lists the names of the local soldiers who died in World War I, World War II and Vietnam.

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CASEY KRAUTKRAMER/EDGAR RECORD REVIEW PHOTOLoyal senior Morgan Malm battles Valley Christians Ryan Van Maanen (left) and others in a110-meter hurdle race at the May 29 WIAA Division 3 sectional meet at Rosholt. Malm qualifi ed for the state meet in the 110- and 300-meter hurdle events.

Spencers Rachel Zastrow will return to the state track and fi eld meet in La Crosse for a fourth straight year with her eyes focused fi rmly on another state title in the pole vault. Loyal senior Morgan Malm is also back and gunning for a second state title in the 100-meter hurdles, as well as a chance to claim a 300-meter state title that narrowly eluded him in 2014.

Zastrow and Malm lead a strong group from Spencer and Loyal who will compete in the WIAA Division 3 state meet on June 5-6 at UW-La Crosse. Zastrow will run in the two girls hurdle events as well as competing in the pole vault, and her teammate, junior Nadia King, will run in the 400-meter and 1600-meter race. Johanna Ellefson will give the Rockets dual representation in the pole vault as she also qualifi ed for state, and the Spencer 1600-meter relay team of Zastrow, King, Paige Lawrence and Liz Endreas comes in to the state meet as a sectional cham-pion. For the Spencer boys, sophomore Noah Zastrow will compete in the state pole vault event for the second year in a row.

Joining Malm for Loyal at the state meet will be senior Logan Genteman, in the 800-meter run, and junior Der-rick Howard, in the triple jump.

All the local athletes punched their tickets to the state meet by fi nishing at least fourth at the May 29 sectional meet in Rosholt.

Rachel Zastrow won the Rosholt pole vault competition with a best effort of 10 feet, the best Division 3 qualifying height in the state. Macy Klabunde of Tri-County was second at 9 feet, and Ellefson fi nished third, also at 9 feet.

In the 110-meter hurdles, Zastrow placed second, fi n-ishing twelve-hundredths of a second behind rival Carly Maves of Wausau Newman. Zastrow also took second in the 300-meter hurdles. Her time of 47.95 seconds was just behind the 47.18 posted by Edgar sophomore Macey Wirkus.

Zastrow added a fourth event for her state meet sched-ule by running the third leg of the Spencer 1600-meter relay team. It ran the course in 4:12.01 to edge Wausau Newman (4:13.84) for the sectional title. Auburndale was third in 4:14.42.

King also had a big day at the sectional, in addition to running the fi rst leg of the 1600-meter relay. She claimed a sectional title in the 400-meter dash, with a time of 1:01.34. Wausau Newman freshman Rylie Vaughn was second in 1:02.85. King then placed fourth in the 1600-meter run to secure a state berth in that event. Her time was 5:34.23, which was more than 19 seconds ahead of the fi fth-place fi nisher. Iola-Scandinavia freshman Erika Kisting won the event in 5:18.83.

Zastrows and Kings multiple wins carried the Spen-cer girls team to a third-place fi nish at the sectional meet. Wausau Newman won it with 98 points, Wild Rose scored 81 for second, and Spencer fi nished with 63. Rosholt was next with 54 points.

For the Spencer boys team, Noah Zastrow again quali-fi ed in the pole vault for the state meet, where he placed third in 2014. His height of 141 at Rosholt was an easy winner, with Crivitz junior Tyler Slaby taking second at 13 feet.

Malms state meet double-qualifying performance lifted the Loyal boys team to a fi fth-place team standing. Marathon was the sectional champion with 119 points, followed by Wausau Newman (81), Rosholt (49), Iola-Scandinavia (46) and Loyal and Wild Rose, both at 38.

Malm won the 300-meter hurdle race in 39.76 seconds, a new Loyal school record. Iola-Scandinavia senior Tanner Krusa was second in 40.68 seconds.

In the 110-meter race, Malm (14.89 seconds) was edged at the tape by Marathon senior Matt Matel (14.73).

Malm also had a chance to go to state in the high jump, an event in which he placed sixth last year at La Crosse. However, he was only able to clear 510 at Rosholt, which landed him in sixth place. He needed to clear at least 6 feet to move on. Almond-Bancroft senior Reegan Anderson won the title at 62.

Logan Genteman grabbed a state berth in the 800-me-ter run, setting a new school record of 2:01.19 in so do-ing. That time landed him in fourth place, 3.37 seconds ahead of fi fth-place fi nisher Juan Landeros of Tri-County. Marathon junior Xavier Lechleitner was the sectional

champ, in 1:56.97.Junior Derrick Howard advanced to state in the triple

jump, with a fourth-place sectional leap of 40 4.25 inches. That was 6.25 inches better than the fi fth-place effort of Port Edwards Austin Hildebrandt. Gresham-Bowler senior Drew Payne won the event at 43 8. Howard also competed in the long jump and 110-meter hurdles, placing 10th in each event.

For numerous other local athletes, the season ended at Rosholt. Among those was Loyal senior Lane Meyer, who narrowly missed a state spot in the 400-meter dash. He made it to state a year ago and placed 10th, but this year he was a scant seven-hundredths of a second off the pace needed to qualify.

Other Loyal athletes who did not advance from sec-tionals were:

-- freshman Edrea Kubista, who placed eighth in the 200-meter dash and 10th in the qualifying heats of the 100-meter dash.

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-- freshman Elliot Genteman, who took 12th in the 1600-meter run.

-- the 1600-meter relay team of Malm, Meyer, Logan Genteman and Marcus Genteman, which placed sixth.

-- the 3200-meter relay team of Elliot Genteman, Josh Kroening, Darin Meyer and Marcus Genteman, which placed 13th.

Spencer athletes who competed at Ro-sholt but did not advance to state included:

-- senior Jordyn Wichlacz, who placed eighth in the 100-meter dash.

-- senior Abby Varsho, who placed ninth in the high jump and 13th in the long jump.

-- senior Jessica Burt, who fi nished 10th in the shot put.

-- senior JT Huebl, who placed 11th in the 200-meter dash.

-- sophomore Max Johnson, who placed 11th in the shot put.

-- freshman Sabrina Vircks, who placed 11th in the triple jump.

--freshman Kaitilin Kasch, who placed 12th in the 800-meter run.

-- the girls 400-meter relay team of Ellefson, Northup, Wichlacz and Lauren Faber, which placed sixth.

-- the girls 800-meter relay team of Lawrence, Wichlacz, Endreas and Kaily Northup, which fi nished seventh.

-- the boys 800-meter relay team of Za-strow, Huebl, Isaiah Schilling and Dyllan Griepentrog, which placed eighth.

-- the boys 1600-meter relay team of Hainzlsperger, Huebl, Griepentrog and Rylie Schmidt, which placed 13th.

-- the boys 400-meter relay team of Zack Hahn, Jacob Hainzlsperger, Max Johnson and Collen Nieman, which placed 14th.

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Loyal scholar/athletesJake Rueth and Melissa Benz represented the Loyal School District at the 2015 Cloverbelt Conference Scholar/Athlete Banquet for students who excelled in both the classroom and athletic fi eld.

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Loyal scholars recognizedTravis Becker and Brian Karl were Loyals representatives at this years Cloverbelt Conference Scholar Banquet. The top two students from each conference school were recognized for their academic achievements. Also pictured are Loyal teachers Kevin Williams (left) and Mike Lambrecht.

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Food Plots and Young HuntersHello friends,This weeks column is about growing food plots with your kids and

hunting together over them. I really enjoy both.Wednesday, May 13 -- high 67, low 29There was frost on top of our turkey blind this morning when my

14-year-old daughter, Selina Walters, and I got inside of it. No problem, I had a two-burner propane stove hooked up to a 20-pound propane tank that was camoufl aged and outside of the blind.

Last fall, I kind of ran my stove over with my truck and this morning when I lit it, there was a boom which was an explosion, which meant no stove today.

Last fall I went through three stoves in 30 days, one due to natural causes, another destroyed by a storm, which also destroyed my brand new screen tent and the one that I backed over with my truck.

So today, Selina and I are both trying to whack a tom with our bows and arrows. Both of us have already harvested a mature tom earlier in the season. We are hunting our food plot, which has become a wildlife mecca.

Last May, Selina and I planted about a half-acre of clover and then in August we planted beets, turnips and radishes on another quarter acre next to it. Within spitting distance of the beets, is a pond and the plot is surrounded on three sides by a jackpine and oak forest.

For the most part Selina does all of the whitetail hunting with a bow here and I have found out that it is very diffi cult for a 12- and then 13-year-old girl to be close enough to a deer to make a decent shot with a compound bow set at about 42 pounds.

Last summer Selina was 13 and she did a lot of practicing and, I have to tell you folks, in that age bracket it is hard for a girl to comfortably and unnoticeably pull a bow back that is set over 42 pounds from a tree stand.

In our situation, at least in the last two years, Selina has to be in a tree on the edge of the plot as she has a max comfort range of about 18-20 yards.

So were in our blind this morning and as always we are having fun. Deep in the forest toms are gobbling and as time passes they are

making their way to our plot.When they arrived, they were 40 yards away and one of them was

quite possibly the biggest tom that I have ever seen while turkey hunt-ing. The Super Tom had at least a 13-inch beard and I am thinking he would tip the scale close to 30 pounds. The other tom was a dandy in the typical 23-pound range, with maybe a 10-inch beard.

These toms were in the plot for 45 minutes, never got closer then 35 yards and though Selina had a 12 gauge in the blind she did not want to take the chance of wounding the big guy and not recovering him.

Friday, May 15 -- high 73 low 37Selina made a major announcement to me today! Next year, when she

is in high school, she wants her major sports to be hunting and fi shing (she will still do basketball and either track or softball).

So were in the blind maybe two hours and have another two hours of daylight left. One of my plans for the plot this year is to put fi ve rows of corn on the outside of it and let the blind become a part of it all, perhaps Selina can whack a deer or a turkey this fall from it.

We watch deer feed on the clover and three hens do the same. Then in the woods, near the pond, I thought I heard the cluck of a hen. I look that way and wait and soon, two hens appear and then a very large tom.

Selina has her bow and her shotgun and most importantly a strong desire to harvest her second mature tom of the spring. The tom is mak-ing his love dance to the hens. Selina cannot see him do to some jackpine branches in her way. She has made her choice to use the shotgun. The toms luck runs out when Selina spots him and absolutely pummels him with a load of 1-3/4-ounce four shot. Though he was not the Super Tom, Selinas trophy had an 11-inch beard, 1 1/4-inch spurs and though I did not weigh him, he weighed every bit of 25 pounds.

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Get off the couch to change the channel? Huh?Imagine what life would be like, good people,

if you had to haul your Size XXL caboose out of your easy chair to change the television channel. Yeah, that's right, you'd be watching an awful lot of Dora the Explorer, 'cuz that's the darn channel your kids left it on, and you sure wish you'd have noticed that before you sat down with a cold Pabst and a bag of FunYuns (yeah, well, who cares about your breath anyway), but now you're stuck with it. Oh, well, Dora's kind of cute, in a please-don't tell-anybody-I-think-so sort of way.

I'm not that old to recall the pre-remote control days of television viewing. I was telling a young fellow about it the other day, that era when there were only three channels to watch -- ABC, NBC and CBS -- but you had to physically get up off your duff to switch from one to the other. It's no wonder "I Love Lucy" was so popular. Nobody had the ambition to switch her off and change it to "Leave it to Beaver" (by the way, anybody else out there think Mrs. Cleaver gave Eddie Haskell just a few too many cookies?)

Adults never complained about not having a remote control, because that's why they had children. Some social scientists like to think that families were large in the 1960s because farm-ers needed help with the workload, or that the "baby boom" generation exploded because of some societal predilection to expansive clans, when, in fact, Mom and Pop just knew they were gonna' be tired aft er a long day at work and they wanted to be able to shout, "Hey, Billy, change the channel" when the Ed Sullivan Show came on. And, if Billy refused, he was quietly sent away to "summer camp," where portions of his frontal cortex were surgically removed, so upon return-ing home he sat a foot away from the TV set and knew to change the channel every time somebody coughed. Yeah, sure, he drooled a lot and wet the bed until he was 32, but there were 12 other kids

to milk the cows.I don't even remember when remote controls

came along. I have fi rm memories of fl ipping the channel selection knob from one station to the other, and on any channel that did not carry one of the three network signals, you'd get the "cchhh-hhsssshhh" sound of static and a million tiny black and white electronic impulses jiggling on the picture screen. Every now and then, if the weather was just so, or maybe if Mars was aligned with Saturn, I don't know, you'd get a faint image on one of the other channels, and you'd somehow think that must be the greatest television show ever. Th en again, it may have been Th e Devil trying to reach you through the evil box in your living room, it's hard to say. Parents mentioned Th e Devil a lot back then. Especially if you refused to change the channel for them. Or make your bed. To this day, I equate messy sheets with the fi res of Hell. And I wonder why I have nightmares.

Th e remote control, of course, was not the only gadget that forever altered a family's television view-ing habits. Believe it or not, youngsters, there was a time when you had no way to record anything, no VCR, no DVD player, no NetFlix live streaming. If you wanted to see the week's new Hee Haw episode, then, by gum, you had better be in the living room at 6 p.m. on Saturday night. Yeah, sure, you might be able to catch it several months later if there was a re-run, but you generally wouldn't know about it ahead of time so you'd probably miss it twice, and dadburn it all, that was the week Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton did their "Please Don' Stop Loving Me" duet. Yeah, too bad. She did.

By the way, when you watched Hee Haw every week, you learned to say things like "by gum" and "dadburn it all." I blame Grandpa Jones.

A lot of times it really didn't matter if you could record a program or not, because the TV reception was usually bad enough that you couldn't get the station you wanted anyway. If I recall correctly, our

house got the Eau Claire station with regularity, but the programs from Wausau were iff y, at best. So, you might be looking forward to watching "Th e Carol Burnett Show" on a Saturday night, but you'd try to tune it in by wrestling with the rabbit ears (for those of you less than 40 years of age, "rabbit ears" were a set of wires you set atop your TV set that were supposed to draw in signals but really only served to fool you that you had any control whatsoever about what you'd watch on a given night), which never helped, so you'd be stuck with "Th e Waltons" episode in which John Boy left the farm to get a job in the city as a crack cocaine dealer. No, wait, that might have been the "Law and Order:SVU" I saw last night. Anyway, the reception was always poor-est for the network you most wanted to see, which I think was the work of Th e Devil. At least that's what Dad said, aft er he caught me and my sister smoking cigarettes in the woods.

Imagine today not being able to record a pro-gram, or get it at your every whim. If I miss this week's episode of "Th e Bachelorette," say, I don't have to worry that Kaitlyn won't choose Clint be-cause he's actually been winking at JJ (c'mon, you can't make stuff like that up), because I can just go to any computer and call up the episode and be caught up before the new "Th e Real Housewives of

Atlanta" starts. And this week I hear Todd is going to fi nally confront Kandi's fam-ily. Nooo waaayyyy! I'm soooo pumped. You go, bro!

It would be almost impossible today to go without a remote control, especially with the satellite systems that bring you hundreds of channels at once. How would you ever be able to fl ip through them one by one, without pushing the "guide" program to list all the options for you, or to be able to push the "previous" button to go directly back and forth between "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" and

"Family Worship Center" with Jimmy Swaggart. What? I have eclectic tastes, OK? Or think about this: what if "CSI:Miami" and "CSI:New Orleans" were going to be on at the exact same time. In the past, you'd be fully fl ummoxed and likely to make a pact with Th e Devil to see both (yeah, he'd generally take your sister for an even-up trade, if you threw in a menial sin or two). Now, you just watch the one you want fi rst, and catch the other one, at your leisure. Man, if they would have had such technology when I was 10, I would've never missed an episode of "Emergency!" Dang, that Johnny Gage was smokin' hot in his fi reman outfi t. Oops. Did I say that out loud?

Loudness is controlled today, too, by the remote control, a tiny hand-held device that has so changed the way we live that young people today cannot even comprehend what it's like to not have it. Get off the couch to change the channel? Huh? Th at's as foreign a thought today as driving a car without being able to talk on the BluTooth, or buying a roll of fi lm to take a picture. I suppose we're all better off for the technology, but by gum, I think life was simpler then.

By the way, Th e Devil made me say that. Or was it Grandpa Jones? I always wondered about him.

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