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The annual cleanup of Swan Creek Park took place on Wednesday, April 21. Although, it wasn’t the best weather a large group of community members still showed up to get the job done. Helping out that night were: Jim & Janet Gerber; Lois Gerber; Denny & Sue Kopras; Robert Deach; Dave Vitcenda; Mel & Trace Thome; Dana Zebro; Rob Maroney; Jim Sheskey; Ron & Jackie Thompson; Mike Waite; Craig & Teresa Kinder; Heidi & Holly Prochaska; Duane Mansky; Dave Dantzman; Billy Gordon; Alva Gordon and Rick Villiard. Once again, the crew did an excellent job in getting the park ready for the summer. They were rewarded with a picnic afterwards. Good job, gang!! The Association will be in charge of the Trout Fest Parade over Labor Day weekend again this year. This is the 25th annual Fest so it’s a special year. All businesses from the community are being asked to participate in this year’s celebration. Let’s make this the biggest parade ever!! In April the Association held their annual fund raising spaghetti dinner and raised $1,500. All of the proceeds were donated to Exeland Youth Baseball. The community can be proud to have raised so much money for the kids. This year there are three youth teams in town and the money was really needed. Forty kids are participating in baseball this summer. The Association has bought new suits for the little league majors, new tops for the minors, hats (@$14 each) for everyone, bases for both fields (@$100 each), lots of baseballs, other equipment, fertilizer for the diamonds and a new roller. This was all possible because of a wonderful and caring community. The Association is now preparing for the “July 4th” festivities. The baseball tournament will be held on Saturday, July 1st and the community picnic & fireworks on Monday, July 3rd. CRID 13600946 Exeland Boxholder E xeland A rea A ssociation News News July 2017 Exeland Area Association Join us on Facebook Check out ExelandArea.com The Association has nice tables & chairs for rent. Contact Janet at 943-2266. Exeland “July 4th” Events at the Exeland Sports Center Saturday ~ July 1 Hall of Fame Baseball Tournament Sports Center All day tournament with games beginning at 10:30 Monday ~ July 3 5:30 p.m. Community Picnic (Bring a dish to pass ~ Everyone invited) Beverages available for purchase (No carry-ins please) 6:00 p.m. Babe Ruth Game 6:00 p.m. Good Time Polka Music 10:00 p.m. – FIREWORKS!! Come & Celebrate July 4th in Exeland!
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The annual cleanup of Swan Creek Park took place on Wednesday, April 21.Although, it wasn’t the best weather a large group of community membersstill showed up to get the job done. Helping out that night were: Jim & JanetGerber; Lois Gerber; Denny & Sue Kopras; Robert Deach; DaveVitcenda; Mel & Trace Thome; Dana Zebro; Rob Maroney; JimSheskey; Ron & Jackie Thompson; Mike Waite; Craig & Teresa Kinder;Heidi & Holly Prochaska; Duane Mansky; Dave Dantzman; BillyGordon; Alva Gordon and Rick Villiard. Once again, the crew did anexcellent job in getting the park ready for the summer. They were rewardedwith a picnic afterwards. Good job, gang!!
The Association will be in charge of the Trout Fest Parade over Labor Dayweekend again this year. This is the 25th annual Fest so it’s a special year. Allbusinesses from the community are being asked to participate in this year’scelebration. Let’s make this the biggest parade ever!!
In April the Association held their annual fund raising spaghetti dinner andraised $1,500. All of the proceeds were donated to Exeland Youth Baseball.The community can be proud to have raised so much money for the kids. Thisyear there are three youth teams in town and the money was really needed.Forty kids are participating in baseball this summer. The Association hasbought new suits for the little league majors, new tops for the minors, hats(@$14 each) for everyone, bases for both fields (@$100 each), lots ofbaseballs, other equipment, fertilizer for the diamonds and a new roller. Thiswas all possible because of a wonderful and caring community.
The Association is now preparing for the “July 4th” festivities. The baseballtournament will be held on Saturday, July 1st and the community picnic &fireworks on Monday, July 3rd.
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The Association has nice tables & chairsfor rent. Contact Janet at 943-2266.
Exeland“July 4th” Eventsat the Exeland Sports Center
Saturday ~ July 1Hall of Fame Baseball Tournament
Sports Center
All day tournament with games beginning at 10:30
Monday ~ July 35:30 p.m. Community Picnic
(Bring a dish to pass ~ Everyone invited)Beverages available for purchase
(No carry-ins please)
6:00 p.m. Babe Ruth Game
6:00 p.m. Good Time Polka Music
10:00 p.m. – FIREWORKS!!
Come & Celebrate July 4th in Exeland!
Youth baseball around town is in full swing. Over 40 kids make up threedifferent teams. The little league Minors (ages 6-9) is run by Eric Rademaker& Curt Gerber. The Majors team (ages 10-12) is coached by Ryan Thome,Mark Saffert & Shad Strom. The Babe Ruth team is managed by JimGerber. All three teams are having very successful seasons. The Majors teammade it 17 years in a row that Exeland has captured a little league title bywinning the regular league championship or the league tournament. A prettygood run and a pretty good program. Congrats kids!!
Hats off to the Birchwood High School girls softball team that captured theRegional championship and made it to the Sectional finals. A couple ofExeland gals were part of this great run. Congrats to Alex Schott and DestinyKurtz on a tremendous season.
Congrats also to the Bruce High School softball team that also won a Regionalchampionship. Their season came to close when they lost their Sectional gamewith Birchwood. Playing a huge role for the team was Morgan Mansky,Marina Mansky, Kara Graves, Hannah Shimko and Halle Anderson.Kara was named to the all-conference team. Good job, gals!!
Tanner Gerber continued to make a name for himself in the wrestling circles.The middle school wrestler recently participated on a national wrestling teamand posted an 8–1 record in a tournament held in West Virginia. His only losswas 4–2 to a Pennsylvania wrestler.
Good job Brody Fischer! The senior made the all-conference baseball team.Over the years he was named all-conference in multiple sports. Now it’s on tothe lumberjack show in Hayward. Good luck this summer Brody!!
The Bruce High School baseball team also had a solid year. Key players forthe team were: Kevin Brockman, Drew Anderson, Sawyer Gerber, KurtisChafer and Justin Gordon. Win the conference next year, guys!
SPORTSOur Sincere Sympathy
The Exeland community would like to extend their condolences to the families
on the recent passing of:
Phyllis Gerber (April 9)
Leo Hoeft (May 10)
Elroy Lund, Jr. (May 10)
Theresa (Wojcik) Shoquist (June 9)
Ruth Ewert (June 13)
Wonderful people who will be missed by all of Exeland.
COMMUNITY NEWS
Rusk County Memorial Hospital in Ladysmith recently presented awardsduring National Hospital Week to show appreciation to their most dedicatedemployees. Earning a Leadership award was Michelle Thorson for her manyyears of hard work for the hospital.
A nice improvement has been made at the Frontier Bar. Stop in to visit Toddand check out the nice new flooring in the bar area.
A lot of workers in town from the railroad company. A new bridge over SwanCreek is being installed. The trains are busy going through town, one every 45minutes, so updating the tracks is a must.
The Exeland Senior Center was closed from June 5-10 for remodeling andpainting. A lot of volunteers showed up to help with the project. It was a greatimprovement and the Center known as the “Crossings Diner” invites peopleto stop in and get a great meal!
Nice story in the Ladysmith News about Bernard Waite. Bernie is a 22-yearveteran of the U.S. Armed Forces and got to make the “Freedom Flight” toWashington D.C. to visit the vet memorials. Bernie, who now lives in Sparta,was born and raised in Exeland and ran the Buckhorn Bar for many years.
STUDENT NEWSCongratulations to Meghan Ayers on being selected as the 2017Badger Girl from Bruce High School. The week-long program is heldeach June to teach Wisconsin high school students leadership and theworkings of government. The event is held at Ripon College.
The Exeland community was well represented at the 2017 BruceHigh School prom. Meghan Ayers was named the Queen and DrewAnderson was chosen as the King. Congrats to both students forreceiving this royalty.
Congratulations to Kara Graves (daughter / David & Lisa Graves)on earning co-valedictorian honors at Bruce High School. Thegraduating senior will be attending UW-Madison in the fall with amajor in chemical engineering.
Making the Dean’s List for the 2017 spring semester at University ofMinnesota Duluth was Hanna Anderson (daughter / Andy & MissyAnderson. Congratulations Hanna!!
The Exeland Area Association unveiled its new history display at anopen house on Saturday, May 6. Coffee and doughnuts were servedat the well attended event. The museum is inside the clubheadquarters on Main Street. Association President Jim Gerbercommented, “We’ve had a lot of great items from Exeland’s pastdonated to the museum. This is a great way to preserve the history ofour community. We’ll be open on occasion and will inform the publicof those dates. We want to thank everyone who has given items to themuseum.” If you have any news articles, photos or other things fromExeland’s past that you would like to donate, please contact JimGerber at 715-943-2242.
EXELAND HISTORY DISPLAY
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THANK YOU…Exeland Village President Sue Kopras would liketo thank Robert Deach, Rod Brown, JakeThome, Alva Gordon and Denny Kopras forhelping repair the fence at the little league field inSwan Creek Park. They replaced two large postssupporting the fence that were broken. Vandalism issuspected.
Have you noticed how nice the Exeland WelcomeSign now looks? Thank you to Craig & TeresaKinder for their hard work in restoring the sign andmaking it look like new again. Teresa was the bossof the project because she’s smarter than Craig. Theentire community extends a huge thank you to theKinders for job well done!! The Exeland Rod &Gun Club funded the project.
A big thank you to Neal & Marna Halberg! Thetwo of them painted all of the bleachers, dugouts,bathroom and concession stand at Charlie WaitePark. They put in over 60 hours of hard work toupdate all of these buildings. A huge thank youfrom everyone around for doing such a huge task.JOB WELL DONE!
Each May before Memorial Day weekend a newflag is put on the pole at the Sonny ShimkoMemorial site in Swan Creek Park. Updating theflag is made possible by the daughters of Marjorie(Houg) Michaelson, Lisa & Raquel. The Hougfamily was one of the pioneer families of earlyExeland and ran a big sawmill in town in the early1900’s. Lisa (from Seattle) and Raquel (fromPhoenix) send the donation each year in memory oftheir mom and believe a new American flag at theSonny Shimko Memorial is the perfect spot. It’sgreat to know good people who never forget theircommunity and where they came from.
A big thank you to the Shimko family (BillShimko, Gene Shimko, Roger Shimko & MaryBates Shimko) who made a $500 donation to theExeland Area Association to be used at Swan CreekPark. Also, a $500 donation was made to SwanCreek Park in memory of Ervin Englebrecht who
passed away in March. The Association will decideat their June meeting how these new funds will beused. A couple of new steel benches for the park arebeing considered. Thank you Shimko family foryour kindness and God Bless, Erv’s memory!
Thank you Dave Vitcenda for hiring a band, GoodTime Polka, for the community picnic to be held onJuly 3rd. Come enjoy live music at this event.
The United Methodist Church held their annualSpring Rummage & Bake Sale on Saturday, May 6.It was a huge success and the church would like tothank everyone who stopped in and supported thisfund raising event.
CONGRATULATIONSA surprise 50th wedding anniversary for Bill &Linda Milner took place at their home overMemorial Day weekend. Congrats to Bill & Lindaon your wonderful life together!
MISCELLANEOUSNot as many bear sightings and reports this spring.The population appears to be down some fromrecent years. A lot reports about seeing fawnsaround but most people are just seeing the doeswith a single fawn and not a pair.
First United Methodist Church
986N Lincoln Ave, Exeland, WI 715-943-2773
Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship 10:30 a.m.Pastor Mark Bartlett ~ 715-415-3724Exeland First United Methodist Church
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Bits and Pieces
Sue’s Swan Creek SalonMain StreetExeland, WI
Sue Koprasowner-operator
943-2200
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Rev. Larry Sturgis ~ ph. 715-271-6198
Sunday Worship Service andSunday School 9:30 a.m.
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Meteor Hills Bible ChurchState Road 48, Exeland
Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Church Service at 11:00 a.m.Wednesday Prayer Service
at 7:00 p.m.
Exeland Mennonite ChurchWhere you are always welcome!
N9598 Old Murry Road, ExelandSunday School 9:00 amWorship Service 10:00 am
Wednesday Prayer and Bible Study 7:00 pm
For More Info Call (715) 943-2285
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In remembrance of some of thosepeople who graced our communityyears past:
Art & Coke Clark
Helen Seliga
James Leader
Sherry Gerber
April Rademaker
To preserve the memories of afriend or relative you can buy a spoton the Memorial Plaque in thecafe’. Contact Janet at the bank formore info.
EXELAND ROD & GUN CLUB NEWS
In May the Exeland Rod & Gun Club held their annual Fishing Expo for 4th gradersfrom four different schools. Over 90 kids attended the field trip. It was a hugesuccess as Club members taught kids about fishing and conservation. After the fieldday was completed all of the kids were served a meal and then each given a nicenew fishing pole. Great event by the Club!
The Club is already done a lot of preparation for this year’s Trout Fest. This is the25th annual fest and they want to make this one special. Raffle tickets for a 4-wheeler, gun and $100 will be up for sale in the near future.
By the time this newsletter is printed, a new sign showing the way to the SportsCenter should be completed. Dean Johnson is the master mind of this project. A bigthank you to Dean for all of his great work!
The Club made a $450 donation to the Bruce High School ice fishing team. Theyalso made a $100 donation a young man who has physical disabilities so it wouldbe possible for him to go on a dream hunting trip.
More improvements are being made at the pavilion. A new bar is being installed inthe near future and a new cooler was purchased for the softball field concessionstand. It’s great to have such a nice facility for the public to use for big events.Contact the Club if you have an event and would like to rent the pavilion.
The 7 trees that were blown over on the Nature Trail have been removed and thetrail is open and ready to be used.
The DNR planted another thousand rainbow trout in Balsam Lake and the public iswelcome to fish all they want. The little lake is behind the Rod & Gun facilities andthere is a boat landing available. Otherwise, fish off one of the three Club docks.
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