The Star News December 10, 2015

STAR NEWS
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December 10, 2015

Volume 142 + Number 50
Medford, Wisconsin
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Fire destroys
area home
Fire started early Saturday morning
at the Zak home in Little Black, no
injuries reported from the blaze
Medford boys
basketball gets wins
Sports
by News Editor Brian Wilson
Lights of Love at
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Home destroyed
photo by Bryan Wegter
Town of Little Black resident Mike Zak is homeless following an early morning fire
Saturday which left his Elm Ave. residence severely damaged. According to Stetsonville Fire Chief Mike Danen, the fire started in an entryway at the south end of the
building. No injuries were reported.
A town of Little Black man was left homeless after a

early morning fire Saturday.
According to Fire Chief Mike Danen, the Stetsonville
Volunteer Fire Company was called out at 1:30 a.m. Saturday to the Mike Zak residence at W5719 Elm Ave. in
the town of Little Black.
On arriving, firefighters found the houses south
end engulfed in flames, Danen said. The owner of the
house, Zak, was out of the structure and was the only
one at the residence.
Firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze with
the help of mutual aid tankers from the Medford Area
Fire Department and the Dorchester Fire Department.
Danen said the house is a total loss. The fire spread
from the south entry room into the main structure causing extensive damage. The house is unsafe to enter,
he said.
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City council sets nonunion wages
Peoples Choice opens

branch in Gilman
Page 8
City approves raise

e split
with 1.5 percent increase
ncrease
in January and again
ain in July
Area deaths
Obituaries start on
page 15 for:
Dorothy Dodie Hodge
Carol Mae Zinkowich
voted to stagger
gg the raises for city
y employees
p y
rather than giving it all at once in January.
Aldermen approved giving city employees a
1.5 percent pay raise starting January 1 and
an additional 1.5 percent pay raise
in July. While this amounts to
slightly more than a three
percent raise for the year,
the actual budget impact
is under three percent because of the lower amount
paid for the first six
months.
Following the July pay
increases, the pay will range
from a low of $15.77 for the
clerical three position to
$50.26 per hour at the top of
the scale for the combined
wages
g of the city coordinator/director of public works ($37.02
($37.0 for DPW and $13.24 for the
coordinator). Th
The average hourly rate for the
citys 23 non-un
non-union employees is $27.15. This
includes public works, electric utility, city hall
clerical staff, th
the police chief, sergeant and a
non-union polic
police officer.
In other wa
wage related action, aldermen
voted to reduce the $3,000 additional money
coordinator John Fales for work
paid to city coo
utility to $1,500 for 2016 with it
in the electric u
to be eliminated entirely in 2017. The city had
additional money for having to take
paid Fales addit
electric utility manager duties as
over some elec
Spence Titera llearned the position. With Tiplace, the city is phasing out
tera in
additional pay.
the
Along with the wages, the
city council set the amount of
contributions to be made to
employee insurance premiums. The city portion of the
health insurance premium
will be 87.25 percent with the
employees paying 12.75 per-
With the contract with the

he citys sole
union remaining in negotiations,
ons, members
of the Medford city council approved
pproved wage
increases for nonunion stafff at a special
meeting Monday night.
The city is in ongoing negotiations
tiations with the
union representing officers in
n the Medford
police department and Mayorr Mike Wellner is optimistic a settlement
nt will be
reached soon to avoid going to potentially costly mediation. He explained
plained
the city had hoped to wait to approve
pprove
all the wages at one time, but in
order to have them in place at the
start of the new year, the council
uncil
needed to take action on the nonunion wages.
Pat Schilling of the Twisted Threads quilt group requested funding for
As in recent years, the council
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New Medford postmaster sworn in
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Travis Severson is Medfords new

postmaster.
After serving as the interim postmaster for the past few months, Severson
took the oath of office on Dec. 3 to make
it official.
Severson is a native of Loyal and a
1995 graduate of Loyal High School. He
attended University of Wisconsin-La
Crosse and then UW-Marshfield where
he earned an associates degree. After
working in various occupations in the
private sector, he started working for
the United States Postal Service (USPS)
in May of 2005 as a clerk at the Central
Wisconsin Processing and Distribution
Facility in Rothschild.
He also worked as a steward for
the American Postal Workers Union
(APWU) in the same facility from October of 2006 to August of 2007. In August of
Thursday, December 10, 2015
2007 he transferred to a clerk position at

the Marshfield Post Office, with the goal
of going into management.
He served as the Officer In Charge
(acting postmaster) of the Auburndale
Post Office from January through April
of 2009. After his return to Marshfield as
a clerk, he ran for office with the APWU
and was elected in 2010 as a steward and
trustee.
He served in those three roles until
July of 2014, when he became an acting
supervisor at Marshfield and had to re-
linquish his positions with the APWU to

become a manager.
He officially got the Supervisor of Customer Service job in Marshfield in December of 2014. He served in that capacity
until July when he came to the Medford
Post Office as the officer in charge.
He officially became the Medford Postmaster on Nov. 14 with the swearing in
ceremony taking place last week.
I have enjoyed my brief time here in
Medford and am very much looking forward to a long tenure here, he said.
Worship service at
Perkinstown church
A worship service will be held Sunday, Dec. 13 at 7 p.m. at Perkinstown

Community Church. The pastor will be
lay speaker Donna Cochran from Medford. Coffee and lunch will be served following the service.
Worship service at
St. Marys church
A worship service will be held Saturday, Dec. 12 at 10 a.m. at St. Marys Polish
National Catholic Church in Lublin.
Community Calendar
The deadline for having items published in the Community Calendar is 5
p.m. on Tuesdays.
Gamblers Anonymous Meetings
Call 715-297-5317 for dates, times and
locations.
Sunday, Dec. 13
Alcoholics Anonymous Open 12
Step Study Meeting 7 p.m. Community United Church of Christ, 510 E.
Broadway, Medford.
Monday, Dec. 14
Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS)
1013 of Rib Lake Meeting Weighin 5:15 p.m. Meeting 6 p.m. Rib Lake Senior Citizens Center, Hwy 102 and Front
Street. Information: Mary 715-427-3593 or
Sandra 715-427-3408.
High and Low Impact Step Aerobics Mondays and Wednesdays 6-7
p.m. Stetsonville Elementary School,
W5338 CTH A. Information: Connie 715678-2656 or Laura 715-678-2517 evenings.
American Legion Auxiliary 519
Christmas Party 12:30 p.m. Legion
Clubhouse, 224 N. Powell, Stetsonville.
Medford VFW Meeting 7 p.m.
VFW Clubhouse, 240 S. Eighth St. (Hwy
13), Medford.
Photo by Brian Wilson
Sworn in
Manager of Post Ofce operations Gary Gutowski (right) administers the oath of
ofce to new Medford postmaster Travis Severson. Severson has been the interim
postmaster since July with the promotion becoming ofcial in November.
Tuesday, Dec. 15
Medford Rotary Club Meeting
Breakfast 6:45 a.m. Filling Station Cafe
& Bar, 884 W. Broadway Ave., Medford.
Information: 715-748-0370.
Al-Anon Meeting 7 p.m. 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.
Stroke Support Group 1-2 p.m. Aspirus Medford Hospital, 135 S. Gibson St.,
Medford. Details: 715-748-8875.
Wednesday, Dec. 16
Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting
7 p.m. Senior Citizens Center, Hwy 102
and Front Street, Rib Lake. Information:
Arlene 715-427-3613.
Womens Empowerment Group
Meeting 6-7 p.m. Information: Stepping Stones 715-748-3795.
Brain Injury Support Group Meeting 6:30 p.m. Town of Hill Town Hall.
American Legion Auxiliary 274
Meeting 6:30 p.m. Legion Clubhouse,
727 McComb Ave., Rib Lake.
Thursday, Dec. 17
Medford Kiwanis Club Meeting
Noon lunch. Frances L. Simek Memorial
Library, 400 N. Main St., Medford. Information: 715-748-3237.
Medford Association of Rocket Science (MARS) Club Meeting 6-9 p.m.
First Floor Conference Room, Taylor
County Courthouse, 224 S. Second St.,
Medford. Everyone welcome. Information: 715-748-9669.
Alcoholics
Anonymous
Closed
Meeting 7 p.m. Community United
Church of Christ, 510 E. Broadway, Medford.
Friday, Dec. 18
Narcotics Anonymous Open Meeting 7 p.m. Community United Church
of Christ, 510 E. Broadway, Medford. Information: 715-965-1568.
Storytime Fridays 10:30 a.m.
Frances L. Simek Memorial Library, 400
N. Main St., Medford. Activities include
stories, songs and snacks. Children age
2-3 and their parents or caregivers meet
for 20 minutes in the big conference
room. Children age 4-5 meet for 30 minutes in the small conference room while
their parents or caregivers remain in the
library. Storytime does not meet when
Medford Public Schools are closed.
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NEWS
THE STAR NEWS
Thursday, December
April 23, 2015
10, 2015
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School continues tweaks of student code

Committee calls for
flexibility for in the
presence of violations
Strong but flexible was the goal of
members of the Medford school policy
committee in tweaking the districts cocurricular code of conduct in regard to
violations of the in the presence of rule.
The current code, which covers Medford student athletes and others participating in a wide range of student clubs
and activities, prohibits students from being at events or parties where they would
be in the presence of alcohol and other
drugs. Students already have the option to
self-report when they have been in these
situations and, if they do so in a timely
manner, do not face punishment under
the code.
The question for board member Cheryl
Wibben is what about the students who
dont report, but who were at a party that
was busted and tested and found to not
have consumed anything illegal. Activities director Andy Guden said that situation happened earlier this year when police happened upon a party just as it was
starting. He said there were a number of
teens who arrived after law enforcement
and were screened for alcohol use and released. Guden said he received a long list
from law enforcement and questioned the
students who claimed to not know there
was alcohol at the party or that they had
been there only briefly. In that instance,
because the students had passed the
screening he let them go with a warning.
However, under a strict reading of the
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co-curricular code, simply being in the

presence of alcohol being served would be
a level 2 violation and subject the students to the same punishment as if they
had been caught drinking suspension
of 25 percent of that sport or activitys regularly scheduled competitions or events
for a first offense. Second offense is 50 percent of seasons games and a third offense
is a ban on any future involvement in cocurricular activities at the school.
It was noted a student could end up
banned from participating in school
sports or clubs without having actually
broken any laws, since simply being in
the presence of alcohol while underage is
not illegal. Wibben had called for leniency
in the first offense in the presence of
violations wanting it reduced to a out of
character violation which carries a penalty of one to three games suspension and
discipline as decided by the school administration. Under her proposal, first offense
in the presence of would be subject to
the lower penalties, but any subsequent
offenses would be at the more severe level.
At last weeks policy committee meeting, Guden raised the concern of appearing to weaken the code. He reminded committee members that one of the intents of
the code is to change the culture of drinking in the community. He said since research indicates that the more people are
around alcohol and drugs, the more likely
they are to use them they need to take a
firm stand and not weaken the code.
Committee chairman Paul Dixon also
noted that they wanted to keep the code
as simple to understand and follow as possible. Having the penalties jump back and
forth between the levels for the offense,
he said, could become confusing. He also
noted that under the code all it would take

is the students involved shooting a quick
email to Guden in order to not face any
punishment. Taking that into account, it
is students who were caught breaking the
code who are looking for a break,
At the same time, Dixon said the district needed a level of discretion when it
came to deciding the punishment such
as was used by Guden this fall. Instead
of changing the severity of the offense,
committee members favored inserting
the words up to in the description of
the penalty. This would allow Guden, or
anyone following him in that position,
flexibility in assigning punishment for
the first offense in the presence of violations while still maintaining the districts
firm stand opposing underage drinking.
The policy committees recommendation will go to the full board at the Dec. 14
school board meeting.
In other business, committee members:
Reviewed the policy setting the

enrollment size and grade levels offered
by the Rural Virtual Academy (RVA). The
RVA is a charter school administered by
Medford Area Public Schools but open to
students from around the state. The recommendation from the RVA board was to
increase enrollment to add up to 35 spots
for an 11th grade. According to administrator Pat Sullivan, the 35-student number is based on needing to add additional
staff after that point. This would bring the
RVAs total maximum enrollment to 500
students. However, committee members
noted other RVA policies to be reviewed
referred to a 12th grade and there is the
expectation that the RVA board will be
asking for a 12th grade to be added in
the future. With other questions about
policies regarding the RVA, committee
members tabled action on them until they
could have RVA administrator Charlie
Heckel at a meeting to explain them.
Reviewed the policy regarding
class sizes and open enrollment. In the

past, schools and parents had a relatively small window of time for open enrollments. However, changes in law have
opened that window to include virtually
the entire year. One of the challenges of
open enrollment is with special needs
students whose educational and developmental needs require additional staff or
services and how they would be paid for.
This is a concern for Medford because
the school has a reputation for providing
high levels of services to students, which
makes it attractive to families in need of
those services. Sullivan told committee
members the state is working on changing the formula so that districts would receive a flat $12,000 in aid for special needs
regardless of the level of the need. He said
if this was put in place, the district would
come out ahead on some students and lose
money on others depending on the level of
need. The changes recommended in the
policies focused on updates to align with
state law.
Made no changes to the policy

covering conflict of interests for board
members. Dixon had raised the concern
last month that he thought the policy
could be strictly interpreted to prevent the
board from taking virtually any action.
However, at last weeks meeting he noted
he had gotten feedback from both those in
favor of keeping the policy in place and
those opposed to it. There were also no
changes made at the second reading in
the policies for board officers, board-administrator relationships, advisory committees, school attorney and staff health
and safety. Policies go through multiple
readings before they are finally approved.
Reviewed policies for first reading regarding closed sessions, school

board meetings and hiring consultants.
Changes recommended were to update
the codes to current language usage for
titles and district names and to edit them
for wordiness.
photo by Brian Wilson
The Friends of the Downtown recently presented a donation of $5,000 to organizers of Hueys Hideaway Childrens Museum. According to board member Jesse Lukewich, renovation work to convert the downtown Medford building to the museum will
begin later this winter. Pictured in front of the building that will become the museum
are Dave Zimmerman, Melissa Heinecke and Laura Holmes of the FOTD, Lukewich
and Allie Ranum of Hueys Hideaway, Jeff Miller and Marilyn Miller of FOTD.
Shown presenting the tickets

to Ulrich is Amber Fallos,
Director of Black River Industries.
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On Thursday, November 19 winners were drawn for this years

Black River Industries Fundraising Rafe. The grand prize
winner was Scott Ulrich. Scott and three of his friends will be
heading to Lambeau Field on Sunday, December 13 to watch the
Packers take on the Cowboys. Tickets were generously
donated by Nicolet National Bank. Two cash prizes
were also awarded. Winning the 2nd place prize of
$300 was Tim Peterson and winning the 3rd place
prize of $200 was Candice Grunseth. Thank you to
all who participated in this years fundraising rafe.
Thank you also to Nicolet National Bank
for their continued support.
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Thursday,
Thursday,
December
April 23,
10, 2015
City council sets 2016 wages

Continued from page 1
cent. For a family plan, this breaks down
to be $1,772.10 for the citys portion and
$258.97 per month for the employee portion. In addition the city makes an HSA
contribution of $2,000 for single plans
and $4,000 for family plans for each city
employee, with payments divided over 12
months.
The city is keeping the 90 percent/ 10
percent split for dental insurance with
the citys portion of the premium at $86.15
per month and the employees paying
$9.57 per month.
The city also increases the starting pay
for seasonal summer help. In the past, the
city started summer help at the minimum
wage of $7.25 per hour. However with the
difficulty in finding workers and competing with area businesses for summer
help, the city raised the starting wage for
seasonal help to $8.50 per hour.
Room Tax requests
Ice fishing
photo by Brian Wilson
An angler checks his tip-up while fishing on the Millpond in downtown Medford.
With lingering warm weather in the region, anglers are cautioned to watch for changing ice conditions as they venture onto area lakes.
Holiday tips for people

living with cancer
Healthy lifestyle tips from

Aspirus Medford Hospitals
Cancer & Infusion Services
Living with cancer can be particularly

difficult during the holiday season. Here
are some tips for managing the holidays
when you have cancer.
Be honest about how you feel Dont
bottle up your real emotions. If you are
in the holiday spirit, then embrace it
and celebrate. If youre not in the mood
for the holidays, dont just fake a smile
and pretend nothings wrong. Tell family and friends if you want to celebrate
on a smaller scale this year or not at all.
Its okay if you feel worried or sad rather
than joyful.
Focus on what matters the most
If celebrating the season, cut back on
your usual activities if you feel tired or

sick. Pick one or two of your favorite
traditions and focus on those. Youre allowed to say no to invitations if you dont
feel up to accepting even on short notice.
Enlist the help of family and friends
If you want, family and friends can
take charge of holiday activities that you
usually do, whether that means decorating your home, baking cookies, cooking
a holiday meal, or hosting a party. Ask
them.
Make holiday tasks easier Skip
the crowded stores and do gift shopping
online. Buy cookie dough instead of making it from scratch. Make your holiday
meal a potluck.
Take care of yourself Dont forget to take care of your health so you
stay strong. Eat well, be active, and get
enough sleep.
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Two local events will get a boost from

the citys hotel/motel room tax fund. During the committee of the whole portion of
Mondays meeting, aldermen received requests from the Twisted Threads quilting
group and the Medford Curling Club for
the Senior Mens Curling Playdowns.
Pat Schilling of Twisted Threads requested $1,000 to help expand the advertising to draw visitors to the show. We
want to be known as the quilt show
north of Madison, she said.
She said the quilt show benefits by
being the same weekend as the Medford
Area Chamber of Commerces Home and
Business Expo and that they have a waiting list of vendors wanting to come to the
show. In the past, funding from the city
has helped pay for the construction of
professional quality quilt display frames.
She said the frames have added a wow
factor that really sets off the quilts and
encourages quilters to want to show at
Medford. This years show will be held on
March 19 and 20 at Medford Area Senior
High School. One of the new additions to
this years show will be the Quilts of Val-
or displays which include special quilts

that are given to those touched by war as
a way to help comfort wounded soldiers.
A special presentation will be made for
the Quilts of Valor program to veterans
on the Sunday of the show.
Alderman recommended approval of
the request.
Dennis Christensen, president of the
Medford Curling Club, requested $2,000 to
help cover the costs associated with hosting the National Senior Mens Playdowns
on January 27-31. The club will receive
$1,000 from the US Curling Association
to help cover ice time, but there are additional costs to the club to host the event.
Christensen said the event will bring
80 curlers plus officials and ice makers
to the city for the four-day event. He said
they have blocked off 44 rooms for four
nights in local motels for the event.
Aldermen unanimously recommended
approval of the grant request.
In other business, aldermen:
Recommended approving paying AECOM Technical Services $2,000

from the 2015 budget to apply for a state
department of natural resources dam
grant for the repair of the tainter gates
on the Millpond dam. This will be the
second time the city applied for grant
funding which, if approved, would cover
half of the approximately $80,000 cost to
repair the gates. In 2013, the city paid the
firm $3,800 to prepare and submit a grant
for the same project, but was unsuccessful in that attempt. The city hopes to do
the dam work in 2017.
Recommended approval of the

five-year capital project plan. Under the
plan, 2016 work will include reconstruction of Gibson St. from Cedar St. to Conrad Dr. Surface maintenance of Jensen
Dr. and Lemke Ave. along with design
work for the dam repairs. In 2017, work
includes reconstruction of 650 feet of College Ave., 480 feet of North Shattuck St.,
425 feet of Pine St., 600 feet of E. Perkins
St., surface maintenance of Luepke Way
and the dam repairs.
Fire destroys Little Black home

The cause of the blaze remains under

investigation, but firefighters know it
started in the south entryway area.
Zak is being assisted by the American
Red Cross. According to Danen, there
was insurance on the home.
Stetsonville responded with 18 firefighters and five trucks. In addition

to the mutual aid from Medford and
Dorchester, firefighters were assisted by
the Taylor County Ambulance service,
Taylor County Sheriffs Department and
Xcel Energy.
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Jeff Lange announces school board bid

Former board member seeks to
return to Medford school board
Citing what he perceives as wasteful spending by the
Medford Area Public School district, Jeff Lange has announced his candidacy in the school board race.
The seats held by current school board members Paul
Dixon, Mark Reuter and Cheryl Wibben are up for election in April. Incumbents have until the end of December
to file nomination papers or announce if they intend not
to seek reelection.
Lange previously served on the school board both as
a member and board president. He had almost 20 years
on the board, with four of them as president. He resigned
from the board in March 2014. Last spring Lange was unsuccessful in an attempt to get back on the board, getting
668 votes in the school board race.
Lange said he felt the district was top-heavy with administration, and quasi-administration positions. He
said the money from those positions would be better
spent on maintenance projects in the district which he
believes would eliminate the need for one of the referendum questions that will be on the spring ballot.
While opposing a referendum question which includes building maintenance projects, new bleachers
and the construction of more off-street parking at Medford Area Middle School, Lange says he supports the second referendum question regarding the pool at the high
school. That is something that needs to be done, he said
of the pool referendum which includes replacing corroded pipes and other long-term repairs to keep the current
pool in operation.
Lange also raised questions about the appropriateness
of the district handing out a list of job duties for school
board members. He said a district employee suggested he
may not wish to run after reading copies of the policies
listing school board member responsibilities.
Last month, members of the districts policy committee had a routine review of the board member responsibilities section of the districts policy manual. At that
meeting, members directed that copies of the pertinent
policies be given to people as they take out nomination
papers so that they may be aware of what they are potentially getting involved with in regard to duties.
Lange said he looked at it as a way to discourage
people from running for office and said he has been in
contact with the Wisconsin Government Accountability
Board, which oversees elections, voicing his concern.
He said a better option would be for the district to give
those interested in running for school board a copy of the
entire policy manual rather than just selected portions.
The Medford school district has several hundred pages
of policies.
Jeff Lange
Keep quality, safety in mind for food donations

by Peggy Nordgren, UW-Extension
This is the time of year when local community groups
often host food drives to fill local food pantry shelves. By
keeping a few simple tips in mind, you can enhance the
value of the food donations you make. Its important to
remember that donated food is most helpful if it is both
safe and high quality.
Make sure to check the dates on packages of foods that
you donate.
Quality or pack dates are often designated on packages by the words Better if used by... and a date. Look
for these dates on packaged mixes, cold cereals, peanut
butter, and increasingly, on canned items like fruits and
vegetables. These dates mean that after the quality date,
the food will begin to lose its flavor and may even develop
an off flavor. Donate only foods that are well within the
quality dates marked on the package.
Expiration dates include information such as Expires 2/15/13 or Do not use after 7/9/13. Look for these
dates on vitamins, yeast, baking powder and cake mixes.
Do not donate foods that are past their expiration date
Pull dates. Example: Sell by May 16. Look for these
dates on perishable, refrigerated foods such as milk, yogurt, cottage cheese, cream, eggs, lunchmeat and packaged salad mixes. Perishable foods, with the exception of
garden produce, are usually not included in a food drive.
If they are, choose foods that are well within the pull date.
Besides looking for a date, be sure to check the integrity of the package. To ensure that the food has not
been contaminated, donate only foods from unopened
packages. Avoid foods with packaging that shows signs
of leakage or damage. Ingham urges consumers not to
donate home-canned items, or canned items that have
broken seams or large dents. Your donation only makes

a difference in the life of someone in need if the product
donated is within the date marked and of good quality. If
you question the integrity of the product or wouldnt feed
it to your family, it is probably best not to donate it.
Avoid sugary cereals, salty noodle mixes, and fruitflavored beverages that might be easy to donate, but difficult for families to include in nutritious meals. Instead,
consumers should donate foods that have a stable shelf
life, are full of nutrients and easy to prepare. Good examples of foods to consider are:
Canned vegetables, especially those without

added salt.
Fruits canned in juice, unsweetened applesauce, 100-percent fruit juice and dried fruit such as raisins or craisins.
Canned meats and fish, such as chicken, ham,

beef, tuna and salmon. Do not donate meat canned at
home.
Peanuts and peanut butter.
Whole grain, low-sugar cereals such as plain instant oatmeal, whole grain Os, and bran flakes.
Whole grain or enriched pasta and instant

riceeither brown or enriched. Boxed noodle and rice
dishes can be an easy starting point for a one-dish meal.
Whole grain crackers (especially reduced-sodium) and popcorn.
Spaghetti sauce, salsa and canned beans, including baked beans.
Reduced-sodium broth and soups.
Low-fat salad dressings or spreads, and condiments such as ketchup or mustard.
Baby food is a very welcome donation. Just be
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care services since July 2015.
A doctor since 2012, Dr. Bratulich is devoted to providing exceptional health care to people of all ages, from
newborns to the elderly. His special interests include
chronic medical conditions, childrens health, and
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Dr. Bratulich earned his bachelors degree in human
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the American Academy of Family Physicians.
sure to donate well within the date marked on the containers.

Food pantry guests are so grateful for the generosity
and support from the community. Your donation of safe,
high quality foods goes a long way in ensuring the ability
to feed themselves and families good, nutritious meals.
Also consider donating cash to food pantries. Pantries
can often get more for their dollars, address shortages
and needs and focus on high quality products with some
extra financial assistance. Cash donations help food pantries offer the widest possible array of products to the individuals that they serve.
To learn more about good food pantry donations, visit
the Safe and Healthy Food Pantries Project website. UWExtension in Taylor County will be participating in this
project during the next year in cooperation with some
Taylor County Food pantries. For a listing of area food
pantries, call the UW-Extension office at 715-748-3327 or
check the UW-Extension website at http://taylor.uwex.
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Dont change managed forest land rules

A proposed change in the states managed forest land (MFL) rules would shut
down public access while continuing to
give tax breaks to owners of forest land.
When it was set up, the states MFL
law had two main goals. The first was to
support the states logging industry by
helping forestland property owners develope management plans which allow
for sustainable harvesting of forest crops.
The second goal was to promote wildlife
habitat and improve access for people enjoying nature whether they were hikers,
hunters, anglers or bird watchers.
Property owners who enrolled in the
program had to prepare a forest management plan and agree to open their property for public access. In return they received a sizable tax break. According to
a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report, the
state average for taxes of non-MFL forest
property is $42.70 per acre, MFL property
owners pay $2.14 per acre that is open to
the public.
A change in state law earlier this year
allowed property owners to close a portion of their forest land to public access,
but still keep a tax break in return for
keeping the land in forest crop management. For each acre they keep in the program, but close to public access, they pay
$10.68 per acre in taxes still, on average,
Each dot on this map represents a parcel of managed forest land, note the heavy
concentration in western Lincoln County and elsewhere in the region.
only 25 percent of what those not enrolled
in the program pay. That change capped
the amount of land to be withdrawn at
160 acres. The intent was to allow small
private landowners to get a break, while
keeping large tracts of industrial-owned
forestland open to the public. Instead,
what has happened in some places is larg-
er tracts are being subdivided in order to

maximize the number of 160 acre parcels,
which blocks public access while enjoying
tax breaks at the publics expense.
The proposed changes would eliminate
the cap but still keep the significant tax
break for forest owners in the program.
While this is great for the MFL property
owners, it is not so good for the rest of the

taxpayers who must make up the difference in order to maintain basic services
such as roads and schools.
There is a public good served by protecting habitat and encouraging forest
management and sustainable logging.
However, just as other farmers benefit
economically over time when utilizing
scientifically proven farming practices,
woodlot owners benefit from well managed forest crops.
State law already gives flexibility to
smaller property owners. The new proposal does nothing more than allow large
woodland property owners to have their
proverbial cake and eat it too.
Wisconsin should keep the public access requirement in exchange for the tax
breaks of the MFL program. Property
owners who want to ignore the alreadygenerous cap and close all their property
have the option of withdrawing from the
program and paying the full taxes other
woodland property owners must pay.
With more than 3 million acres enrolled
in MFL in the state, the program has been
a successful one for both land owners and
others who wish to enjoy the states natural beauty and wildlife resources. Changes to the program would undermine the
programs successes.
Take time to know your neighbors

Do you know your neighbors?
There is the one who cuts his grass
only twice a month in the summer or
sometimes doesnt bring his trash cans
in until the day after garbage is collected.
There is the one whose dog barks at every
passing car and whose yard is littered
with kids toys all summer long. Dont
forget the one who is obsessed with keeping his yard tidy and seems to have a rake
in his hand from August through November. You might also have one whose teenaged daughter squeals her tires pulling
out of the driveway and who had the cops
come by last winter.
But how about the quiet ones down the
block, whose curtains are always closed
and who you never see outside? Or the
widower you see sitting in his window
watching the neighborhood kids play?
When asked if we know our neighbors,
any one of us can catalog their faults
glossing over our own faults in the process. People draw conclusions from what
they see on the outside. They assume a
family is well off by the car they drive
or how well dressed they are when they
leave for work.
How many of us actually know our
neighbors? You may see them in passing
waving or nodding a greeting. But,
when was the last time you talked with
them. If you had, you might have found
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out that the widowers children have all

moved to other states and he wishes he
could see his grandchildren more. Or
maybe that quiet couple down the street
have a massive collection of firearms and
go out every weekend to shooting competitions.
Last week, there was yet another
mass shooting in America. Reporting
on them has become routine for the national media. There are the interviews
with survivors, stories of heroism that
saved lives and the obligatory interviews
with neighbors of those who committed
the heinous crimes. Invariably, they will
have been described as people who kept
to themselves and who seemed normal
enough from the outside.
Considering how little effort most people put into getting to know their neighbors, the vague answers given arent
surprising. In this era of social media
over-sharing, people know instantly if a
remote acquaintance had a bad day, but
may not know that a neighbor has become radicalized and is plotting revolution.
Perhaps if people spent more time getting to know their neighbors and finding
out the stories behind the facades, there
would be less violence in our world.
There will always be fanatics and those
with mental illness who make horrible
Quote of the Week:
I I think it is a really good thing to have this building back in use and have more
opportunities for our residents to have access to banking business
Gilman Village President Bill Breneman about the opening

of a new credit union branch in the village
See story on page 8
choices, but as the saying goes, no man

is an island.
It may seem simplistic, but taking the
effort to know your neighbors can make
a positive difference in your community
and in the world. From knowing when
someone is suffering and needs a helping

hand, to knowing if someone is acting
strangely and may need legal intervention, taking the time to get to know and
check up on your neighbors is essential
for any community or society to thrive.
Members of The Star News editorial board include Publisher Carol OLeary, General Manager Kris
OLeary and News Editor Brian Wilson.
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Driving lessons
Young bell ringers
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Adam Swedlund (l. to r.), Macy Athanasiou, Easton Ackerman, Ella Ackerman and Evelyn Faude were ringing
bells on Dec. 7 for The Salvation Army kettle at County Market in Medford.
Vox Pop
Questions the need to spend money on a Christmas party
Dear Medford School Board,

$5000 for a Christmas party. Really?
Why are you proposing to raise taxes when there is a
surplus of cash that is earmarked for a Christmas party? You ask people to reach in their pockets and support
a referendum to build a fieldhouse or fix the pool but
when there is excess money, you approve it to be spent

on a $5000 Christmas party for yourselves. What kind of
example are you setting? Use a little discretion with the
taxpayers money.
Brad Hutchinson, Medford
School corner
Technology at the school

Jenny Arledge is quoted with saying, Technology can
become the wings that will allow the educational world
to fly farther and faster than ever before - if we allow it.
Medford Area Senior High is not only allowing it, we
are embracing it. Education is evolving because of the
advances in technology and the result is that we can no
longer teach students in the same manner in which we
were taught. It is not about the specific device, rather it is
about sharing information and knowledge in real-time; it
is about communicating beyond the walls of our school
and building endless learning communities.
This year each student was given a Chromebook to
use throughout their high school career. Google explains
Chromebooks as a mobile device designed specifically
for people who live on the web. Chromebooks have a
full-sized keyboard, large display, all-day battery life and
built-in ability to connect to Wi-Fi. They provide a faster,
safer, more secure online experience for people, without
all the time-consuming, often confusing, high level of
maintenance required by typical computers.
The high school staff uses a learning management
system called Google Classroom. This management system was chosen because the majority of technical schools
and universities in the state of Wisconsin also use Google
Classroom. This allows students to become comfortable
and proficient in their online learning as they move onto
postsecondary education.
Google Classroom is a blended learning platform
for schools to simplify creating, distributing and grading assignments in a paperless way. This format allows
teachers and students to communicate outside of the
classroom through blogs, discussion streams and classroom posts. Students assignments and assessments can
be created in the application and distributed to the class
through Google Classroom within seconds. These assessments are often graded immediately providing instantaneous feedback allowing students to get the support they
need to be successful. Google Classroom has an assignment page so students can see upcoming deadlines which
helps students stay organized and informed.
The high school has a technology team in place that
is comprised of administration, teachers and educational assistants. This

team has taken the lead on
teaching the teachers about
the Chromebook and ways
to integrate the technology into the classroom and
the curriculum. This team
meets on a regular basis to
determine the skills necessary for successful implementation. This year most
of the staffs inservice time
Jill Lybert
before school and during
the school year has been devoted to technology. Along with the inservice days, each
week teachers attend a 20 minute training either after
school on Monday or before school on Tuesday. At these
trainings a member of the technology team teaches the
teachers a new skill. The teachers are then expected to
teach the Tech Tip to the students during Tech Tuesday
Homeroom. Many of these skills focus on how to use and
care for their Chromebook. We talk at length about digital citizenship and internet safety. This time is also devoted to learn specific programs that promote life skills
like Google Calendar.
Keith Krueger said, It is important to remember that
educational software, like textbooks, is only one tool in
the learning process. Neither can be a substitute for welltrained teachers, leadership, and parental involvement.
The staff at the high school have been persistent in their
learning of these new technologies. With great tenacity
they are working to seamlessly integrate technology into
their curriculum to improve learning and student success. Teachers are challenging students to use their technology wings to learn today the skills they will need in
their future.
Jill Lybert, Medford Area Senior High School
principal
It was terrifying for everyone involved.

Those were my daughters words after coming back
from her first time behind the wheel.
Beth will be 16 next May and last week passed the written portion of her drivers license testing in order to get
her temps. With the paperwork saying she passed the
test and her birth
certificate, proof of
address and social
security card she
headed off to the Department of Motor
Vehicle office. About
40 minutes later, she
had a printout with
her picture on it
making it legal for
her to start practicing driving.
My wife took Beth
out the first time. She
started with the basics driving very
slowly in circles in
an empty parking
lot. According to my
wife, Beth did OK
that first time, only having to be reminded not to use both
feet to drive once when told to brake.
I was more adventurous on Saturday. We had been in
the park fixing a light that was out in the Kiwanis light
display and were planning to head over to the library to
pick up books that had come in.
How about you drive, I told her, handing her my
keys. With a look that was somewhere between elation
and abject terror, Beth got into the drivers seat of my
Flex, while my wife got in the back seat.
We reviewed the basics, adjusting the seat so she was
sitting the proper distance from the wheel without being
too close or too far away. We made sure all the mirrors
were adjusted so she could see in them and that everyones safety belts were securely fastened.
In hindsight, I think having my wife in the back seat
was not necessarily the best idea. Kim is something of
a high-strung passenger to begin with. Typically on longer trips together, I will let her drive to avoid the running
commentary on how close she thinks I am to the centerline, fog line, other vehicles or that pine cone that was in
the lane of traffic. My wife doesnt understand how I can
just zone out and nap while she is driving, since she cant
relax at all if someone else is behind the wheel.
You can imagine my wifes comfort level at sitting in
the back seat as a passenger as Beth drove my car for the
first time.
Beth started the car fine and we slooooooowly pulled
away from the curb after, of course, signaling our
intention to do so. Rather than taking her where there
may be other traffic, we decided to take the scenic route
through the park and then down Second St. to the library.
We had to remind Beth to use the gas pedal in order to get
up to the 15 mph speed limit through the park.
We waited for a long while at Allman St. to allow for
any other possible vehicle to cross the bridge before we
had her turn out onto the street. Fortunately for my
wifes nerves, traffic was fairly light and Beth made the
turns without major mishap or us ending up in the river
which I thought was a good thing.
Our only trouble spot came when pulling into the parking lot at the library. Beth under-estimated how tightly
she needed to turn. I am sure the light pole was not nearly
as close to the front of the car as my wife thought it was
when my daughter finally came to an abrupt stop. Considering we were traveling at an oh-so-fast cruising speed
of about 5 mph, abrupt may be too strong a word to describe the stop.
We backed up a little and on her second try Beth made
the turn correctly and even pulled into a parking spot
like a pro - I think it was eagerness to be able to turn off
the car.
Oddly enough Beth declined driving home from the library saying she was fine just being a passenger for now.
We have a lot of driving to do before May.
Brian Wilson is News Editor at The Star News.
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Flanked by Gilman village president Bill Brenenman to the left and general contractor Norm Mudgett of Mudgetts Construction to the right, Mary Henrichs, president/CEO of Peoples Choice Credit Union cuts the ribbon to
officially open the new Gilman branch office. The office (photo, left) fills a previously vacant downtown building
on Main St. in Gilman.
Branching out to serve western Taylor County

The village of Gilman welcomed a new addition Tuesday with the grand opening and ribbon cutting of the
Gilman branch office of Peoples Choice Credit Union
(PCCU).
PCCU opened the branch in a recently remodeled
building on Main St. (Hwy 64) in Gilman just east of the
villages post office. The brick building has come full
circle in uses. It was built and originally used as a bank
building before being converted into a hair salon and
most recently as a restaurant. The building had been
vacant before PCCU purchased it last summer and had
it remodeled.
PCCU came into Gilman earlier this year with the
merger with the former Gilman Credit Union. According to PCCU president/CEO Mary Henrichs the Gilman
Credit Union had been a comparatively small operation
with a limited range of services when its leadership decided to retire. She said PCCU was happy to step in and
continue to provide a full range of financial services to
the members in the Gilman area.
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Burzynski was looking at retiring and looking at mering with us so that we could continue a credit union
here, Henrichs said.
We wanted to broaden ourselves into more communities and get more communities involved in the
credit union, said PCCU board chairman Tom Judnic.
He noted Gilman is an anchor community in the region
and from there he looked to springboard into other communities in the region.
Henrichs explained the decision to go with a full
branch, versus just a satellite office in Gilman was done
to provide better service for members. We wanted to go
with a full branch because we had quite a few members
from this area already and we wanted to expand the
product and services we could offer here, she said. We
felt having a physical branch location would allow us
to provide those products and services to more people
than we did before, such as people who did not normally
travel over to Medford for their financial needs. It gave
them the opportunity so that we could serve them here.
She said PCCU offers a full line of financial services
including online banking, bill pay, a full line of loan
products includes fixed rate in house real estate lend-
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ing, member business loans and short in the future to opportunities to expand
term payday alternative loans (PAL). into other communities, but this was a
She said they also offer a number of other good start with a small credit unions and
something we can learn from and continservices in the credit union family.
I think there is a need for it here, ue to grow, she said.
Adding to excitement of opening a new
Judnic said of he credit unions services.
According to Henrichs, the Gilman branch, is the credit unions ongoing celbranch offers extended hours to serve ebration of its 75th anniversary. We are
member needs. The branch is open from very blessed not only celebrate 75th year
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thurs- but add on, Henrichs said. It is truly
day, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Fridays and wonderful we were able to do that.
In deciding to renovate an existing
from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturdays. To
start, loan officers from the Medford of- building rather than build new, Judnic
fice will be in Gilman on Tuesdays and noted time and cost were major factors.
Wednesdays and by appointment to serve There wasnt time to build a new buildGilman area members. In addition, even ing, he said. In addition, he said renovatwhen a loan officer is not at the branch, ing a building allowed them to be more
members will be able to come in and start cost effective with the added benefit of
the loan process and have it serviced being right in the downtown.
He invites people from throughout
through the Gilman branch. As loan
volumes pick up we look forward to hav- the area to stop in and check out the
ing a lender based fulltime in Gilman, new PCCU branch office. We are here to
serve the people, he said. Everyone is
Henrichs said.
She said with the number of people welcome to stop in and just say hi and see
who live or work in different parts of the what we have to offer.
I think it is a really good thing to have
county, having the flexibility to do their
financial business either in Medford or this building back in use and have more
opportunities for our residents to have
Gilman is a benefit.
She noted PCCU already had a strong access to banking business, said Bill
presence with a number of members in Breneman, Gilman village president. It
western Taylor County and opening a is nice to see the growth and expansion of
branch office in Gilman will help the Peoples Choice to include Gilman.
Breneman agreed that Gilman is an
credit union better service those members. It is a great opportunity, I am very anchor for all of Western Taylor Counexcited about going into Gilman, it is a ty. I always like to think of Gilman as
a community rather than just as a vilwonderful community, Henrichs said.
Credit unions are member-owned fi- lage because there is so much rural area
nancial institutions with all members around this, he said. This can be the
getting a vote at the annual meeting to de- center of the whole area and help draws
termine who is on the board of directors. people into town.
I think it is amazing and am really
Following the merger, PCCU has assets
of about $31 million. The state regulates excited by this, said Sue Breneman who
the field of membership for credit unions. represents the Gilman area and a large
Henrichs notes PCCU membership is portion of the western county on the Tayopen to anyone who lives or works in lor County board and is also a member of
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to expand into other nearby
markets such as the Thorp
area in Clark County, Cornell in Chippewa County
and north to Sheldon area.
In the long term, Henrichs said the merger and
opening a branch in Gilman have been a good
learning
experience.
on your new
There were a lot of details
Gilman location.
with the merger we learned
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Peoples Choice
Credit Union
Thank you, Peoples Choice

Credit Union, for letting us be a
part of your Gilman location.
Norm & Marcine Mudgett
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Curt
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Talking about service

Executive vice president Kerry Ellenbecker talks with county board member Dave
Lemke during the grand opening of the new Peoples Choice Credit Union branch office in Gilman Tuesday afternoon.
the Gilman School Board.
It will help our community grow, she
said. We already have Gilman Cheese
which is putting on yet another addition
so I think it is an amazing opportunity
for growth in this community.
She explained that the school helps
Gilman serve as a hub for the region.
Our school district covers 16 municipalities from Perkinstown to the Rusk
County line and down, she said. As a
result, Gilman needs to have businesses
ready to meet the economic needs of that
larger community.
We are always happy as a community when when one of our local businesses
are able to expand. We are even more
that it occurred in Taylor County, said
Sue Emmerich of the Medford Area De-
velopment Foundation who was on hand

Tuesday for the ribbon cutting of the Gilman branch office.
We are happy for Gilman they are
partners with us in economic development, she said. What is good for Gilman is good for Medford and what is
good for Medford is good for Gilman. We
are excited for both of them.
Emmerich joined with Breneman
is expressing hope that the new PCCU
branch would help spur additional development in the community.
We just have to keep working and
plugging along and support the businesses we have, Breneman said. He praised
PCCU for their expansion into the community and said they look to a bright future for the area.
Celebrating
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YEARS
and the
Gilman Branch
We are Now Open

to fully serve you
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Picking the perfect gift

Marilyn Miller of Black River Art Gallery was one of the vendors at the Medford
Area Chamber of Commerce Childrens Christmas Corner. The annual event was held
Saturday at the Medford Area Middle School and gave children a chance to shop for
discounted gifts for their loved ones.
Thursday,
December22,
10, 2011
2015
Thursday,
September
Santas helper
Joyce Christopherson lent her wrapping skills to help with the Childrens Christmas
Corner event. The event allows children to surprise their parents and loved ones with
gifts.
Community voices
Middle East Refugee Crisis

we, humanity (italics mine). It has never
been fun running away from war zones
with nothing but your life as experienced
by many of us as kids during the Nigerian civil war.
While Pope Francis prays for Syrian refugees, some politicians compare
them to rabid dogs...just unfortunate.
Although, I know that politicians seem
to find a way to weasel out of what they
actually said. I can understand the fear
that terrorists could sneak in claiming to
be a refugee but there is very stringent
screening of refugees before they get entry visas. The clamor not to allow them
here would reveal the all-too-human
worst of us and give away for decades
whatever promise of American decency
we can show the rest of the world and
whatever story of our potential for goodness we can tell one another. It is pertinent to remind all Christians who dont
want them here of the parable of the
Good Samaritan and how Jesus Christs
parents were refugees in Egypt! Are we
better than this? That is up tous to decide, but I do think we are better than
this. We are only what we do, and what
The Statue of Liberty is metaphorically weeping. We have come a long way

from the time when the Statue of Liberty
was considered a symbol of the countrys
receptivity to those yearning to breath
free. A lot has been said about allowing
the Syrians refugees to emigrate to USA.
The governors of more than half of the
states have said that they will bar Syrians from their states. Perhaps the governors dont know that free movement
from state to state has been recognized
as a fundamental right under the United
States Constitution since at least 1868. (It
was even a right under the Articles of
Confederation.)
Or perhaps the governors dont care
about the Constitution. Just as, Brian
Wilson, the News editor at the Star
Newspaper puts it...that The people of
America should open their hearts and
doors and welcome in men, women and
children who have lost their homes, communities and place in the world due to
violence. These refugees are individuals
and each is a victim of circumstances
outside of their control. ..etc ...and that
There is no us and no them only
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we refuse to do, what we embrace and

what we repudiate.
I can understand that caring for a
stranger like we would our own child
isnt our natural response hence our
difficulty about welcoming the refugees.
Despite our own difficulty in loving the
other, God loves them and He wants us
to love them. And when we do, Jesus tells
us in Matthew 25 that it is the same as
loving Him.
America is a leader among nations as
her constitutional values are admired
around the world. However, if we allow
xenophobia, racism and hatred to carry
the discourse, then we would have betrayed our most cherished principles.
Evil doesnt happen in a vacuum but
rather incubates amid the silence of bystanders. As Edmund Burke famously
said, the only thing necessary for the
triumph of evil is for good men to do
nothing. We should not allow intolerance to reach a social crescendo because
when it does, no one is safe, not even
those who imagine themselves as part of
the in-group. As it been said in the wake
of intolerance comes paranoia, narcissism, rage and fear. This is a toxic brew
of suffering that leaves nothing of the
human spirit intact.
ISIS is a cancer. Like most cancers, it
started locally but eventually gained the
skills to metastasize. using the bloodstream to travel to and infect other parts
of the body. If kept unchecked, the cancer will weaken all vital organs leading to death. Treating cancer with chemotherapy is like carpet bombing the
cancer with toxic drugs. It does kill the
cancer cells but also kills their neighbor
normal cells, causing much suffering
and even death and other causes. A better way is to enhance the bodys natural
defense, the immune system to be aware
of the signs and movements of suspicious activities and be able to share that
information quickly to educate and train
defenders. Many new successful cancer
immunotherapies work on this principle.
ISIS attacking every soft spots in Europe,
Africa and Asia is a warped world view
and strategic insanity. You cant attack
everybody without bringing everybody

into a coalition against you.
Humanity needs to defeat ISIS once
and for all. But military campaign is only
one of the facets. We can never lose to
ISIS. The weakness of their foundation
insures they will eventually succumb
to the cancer of their own making. We
can, however, weaken ourselves, which
we seem to be doing, by end runs around
the constitution. Killing the First amendment with the powerful drug fear will
only leave us weaker when the hooligans, murderers and thugs of ISIS are a
faint memory. Blaming all Moslems for
the evils of ISIS creates destruction. We
must try to avoid that because there are
many professional law abiding Moslems
working and making USA thrive. Most
of us still remember how galvanizing,
nationalistic effect of blaming a well-educated, affluent religious minority for a
nations woes ended decades ago. Never
Again requires remembering.
Martin Luther King Jr.: Every man
must decide whether he will walk in the
light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness Again,
Erik Erikson said that the last stage of
life involved an assessment of whether
one lived ones life with integrity (was
honest, helped others, did the best one
could) or whether ones life ended in
despair (was dishonest, hurt others,
corrupt and selfish). It is important to
understand the preceding crisis in the
Middle East involves resolving generatively (moving beyond the self to help
and advance others) versus stagnation
and self-absorption (turning inward and
focusing on the self; failing to truly care
for others and the community). It is helping others and society that count.
Whichever way we choose, we must indoctrinate ourselves with the notion that
a united society is a thriving society. We
have come to a point where this is the key
to our survival.
Osy Ekwueme MD, PhD. Medical Professional and policy analyst,
Knight of Columbus, Medford
NOTICE OF
FORECLOSURE SALE
STATE OF WISCONSIN
CIRCUIT COURT
TAYLOR COUNTY
Case No. 15-CV-58
CitiFinancial Servicing LLC
Plaintiff,
vs.
Patricia K. Stumpner a/k/a
Patricia Stumpner, Wells Fargo
Financial Pennsylvania, Inc.
f/k/a Wells Fargo Financial Acceptance Pennsylvania, Inc.
and Taylor County Clerk of Circuit Court
Defendants.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that
by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on September 21, 2015 in the amount of
$63,542.01 the Sheriff will sell
the described premises at public
auction as follows:
TIME: January 5, 2016 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: PARCEL OF
LAND IN THE SOUTHEAST
QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST
QUARTER
(SE1/4SE1/4), SECTION SIXTEEN
(16),
TOWNSHIP
THIRTY
(30) NORTH, RANGE TWO
(2) EAST, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT
THE SOUTHEAST CORNER
OF SAID FORTY (BEING THE
POINT OF INTERSECTION
OF THE CENTERLINE OF
COUNTY TRUNK HIGHWAY
A AND THE CENTERLINE

OF A TOWN ROAD RUNNING
BETWEEN SECTION 15 AND
SECTION 16 OF THE TOWNSHIP DESCRIBED ABOVE);
THENCE WEST ON THE
SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE
OF SAID FORTY (BEING THE
CENTERLINE OF COUNTY
TRUNK HIGHWAY A), A DISTANCE OF 595 FEET TO THE
POINT OF TRUE BEGINNING;
THENCE NORTH PARALLEL
WITH THE EAST BOUNDARY
LINE OF SAID FORTY A DISTANCE OF 520 FEET; THENCE
WEST PARALLEL WITH THE
SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE OF
SAID FORTY A DISTANCE OF
200 FEET; THENCE SOUTH
PARALLEL WITH THE EAST
BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID
FORTY A DISTANCE OF 520
FEET; THENCE EAST ON THE
SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE OF
SAID FORTY A DISTANCE OF
200 FEET TO THE POINT OF
TRUE BEGINNING. STATE
OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY OF
TAYLOR, CITY OF STETSONVILLE
PROPERTY
ADDRESS:
W4238 County Road A, Stetsonville, WI 54480-9560
DATED: October 25, 2015
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.
(1st ins. November 26,
3rd ins. December 10)
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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 1, 2015:
Resolution #1788 that establishes the 2016 (2015
taxes collected in 2016) municipal tax rate as follows:
State ........................................... 0.0001877004
County ........................................ 0.0087631929
City.............................................. 0.0077080147
Medford Area School District ...... 0.0093303475
VTAE........................................... 0.0013948121
Subtotal - Gross Mill Rate ........... 0.0273840676
State Tax Credit .......................... (0.0012706997)
2016 Municipal Net Mill Rate ...... 0.0261133679
The full text of Resolution #1788 may be obtained from
the Medford City Clerks Office, 639 South Second Street,
Medford, WI 54451. The Clerks phone number is (715)
748-1181.
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Notice of Public
Informational Meeting
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Village of Lublin
Notice of Public Budget Hearing
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, December 28, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. at the Village of Lublin Town
Hall, a public hearing on the proposed budget of the Village of Lublin will be held. The proposed budget in detail
will be posted at the Village of Lublin Town Hall.
Notice of Special Meeting of the

Electors of the Village of Lublin,
Taylor County
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, December 28, 2015, immediately following the completion of the
Public Hearing on the proposed 2016 budget which begins at 7:30 p.m. at the town hall of the Village of Lublin,
a Special Town Meeting of the electors called pursuant to
Section 60.12(1) of the Wisconsin Statutes by the town
board for the following purpose will be held:
1. To adopt the 2015 town levy to be paid in 2016 pursuant to Sec. 60.10(1)(a) of Wisconsin Statutes.
DATED this 8th day of December, 2015.
Pat Siudak, Treasurer
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The Taylor County Cooperative Youth Fair will hold its

Annual Meeting on Monday, December 14, 2015 at 6:00
p.m. in the UW Extension Service Center Meeting Room.
Agenda
1. Attendance
2. Approval of agenda
3. Secretarys report
4. Approval of 2014-2015 financials
5. Approval of 2015-2016 budget
6. Approval of bylaw changes
For information on the meeting, contact witaylorcountyfair@gmail.com.
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Project I.D. 8888-08-05

Black River Bridge
CTH O
Taylor County
ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that Mead & Hunt, Inc., consulting engineers and
the County of Taylor will host a Public Informational Meeting on Thursday, December 17, 2015, at 1:00 p.m., at the
Taylor County Highway Department office, 209 North 8th
Street, Medford, WI.
The proposed project consists of improving the approaches and replacing the existing deck and railing on
structure (P-60-0916), a single span pre-stressed concrete girder bridge on CTH O over the Black River. The
bridge is located in the city of Medford and town of Little
Black, approximately 0.8 miles west of STH 13, in Sections 34, T31N R01E and Section 2, T30N R01E. CTH
O will remain open during construction and with the work
being completed in stages. The total project length is not
anticipated to exceed 600 feet.
The purpose of this meeting is to solicit public input
on the preliminary design for this project. Persons with
a concern for or knowledge about historic buildings and
structures and archaeological sites are encouraged to attend this meeting or provide comments to Taylor County
or Mead & Hunt.
The meeting location is handicap accessible. The
hearing impaired can contact Mead & Hunt by e-mail or
call through the Wisconsin Telecommunications Relay
System at (800) 947-3529 to request an interpreter if they
plan to attend the meeting.
Persons who cannot attend this meeting but have
questions or wish to voice their opinions and/or concerns,
may contact the following:
Mr. Jay Wheaton, P.E., Project Manager
Mead & Hunt, Inc.
750 Third Street North
La Crosse, Wisconsin 54601
(608) 784-6040
email: jay.wheaton@meadhunt.com
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Medford Area Public School District

Regular Board of Education Meeting
Medford Area Public School
District Office
December 14, 2015
6:00 p.m.
Agenda
The order of the regular business is left to the discretion of the chair.
Roll Call
Pledge of Allegiance
Open Meeting Law Compliance
Mission: To ensure that all
MASH Choir Performance
students learn.
Period of Public Comment
Vision: We expect all
Correspondence
students to learn at high
levels. We will work
1. Recognitions
collaboratively with
a. MASH Student Council Recolleagues, students and
port
parents to challenge and
b. Good News
support all individuals to
c. Legislative Update
achieve success.
Consent Agenda
Consideration of:
1. Approval of Agenda
2. Secretarys Report
a. Approval of the Regular Board of Education Meeting Minutes from November 19, 2015 (open and
closed)
3. Treasurers Report
a. Voucher Checks
b. Treasurers Report
4. Approval of Personnel Report
a. Resignations
b. Recommendations for Employment
c. Staffing
5. Approval of Simek Recreation Center Requests
Regular Business
1. Discussion of Referendum
2. Food Service Program Update
3. Consideration of Possible Board Resolutions
4. Consideration of Financial Audit
5. Consideration of Budget and Finance Issues
a. 2016-17 Budget Parameters and Deficit
6. Consideration of Board Policy Adoption and Deletion:
a. For Second Reading Adoption: BBFA Board Member Conflicts of Interest, BCB Board Officers, BCD
Board-Administrator Relationships, BCF Advisory
Committees to the Board of Education, BCG School
Attorney, and GBE Staff Health and Safety
b. For First Reading: BCH Consultants to the Board,
BD School Board Meetings, BDC Closed Session,
IIB Class Size, RVA-IIB School and Class Size,
RVA-IKE Promotion Criteria K-8, RVA-IKF Graduation Requirements, and Co-Curricular Code of
Conduct
c. Review and Consideration: EEA Student Transportation Services, JECBD School Open Enrollment,
RVA-JECBD School Open Enrollment, Professional
Staff Handbook - Section 6.2 - Health Insurance,
Support Staff Handbook-Section 6.10 - Retirement
Benefits & Recognition, and Specific Staff Handbook - Section 6.10 - Retirement Benefits & Recognition
7. Consideration of WASB Delegate Assembly Resolutions
Contemplate Adjourning to Closed Session
Under Wisconsin Statutes to discuss:
1. Consideration of Purchase of Property [19.85(1)(e)]
2. Personnel Evaluation/Consideration of Staff for Continued Employment [19.85(1)(c)]
a. Probationary / Other Staff
b. Non-Probationary Staff
c. Co-Curricular, Advisor and Coaching Staff
d. Administrative Staff
3. Consideration of 201617 Administrative Contracts
4. Consideration of Employment, Promotion and Performance Evaluation of Employee [19.85(1)(c)]
Reconvene Into Open Session
The Board will reconvene into open session at approximately 8:00 p.m. (if necessary) to take action on selected
matters.
Adjourn
Copies of this agenda were sent to The Star News,
WKEB/WIGM Radio, Medford Area Public Schools and
posted at the District Office on Monday, December 7,
2015.
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Court proceedings
Pleas entered
The following appeared and entered pleas of not

guilty: Michael J. Henningfield, 48, Medford, disorderly
conduct and contact after domestic abuse arrest; Jacob
R. Scotty, 31, Rib Lake, disorderly conduct and misdemeanor bail jumping; Michael J. Noland, 17, Medford,
criminal damage to property; Shawna L. Viellieux, 22,
Stetsonville, possession of THC and possession of drug
paraphernalia; Bobbi Jo Polvin, 27, Medford, possession
with intent of amphetamine-less than or equal to three
grams, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession with intent to deliver narcotics; Jesus A. J. Ruiz,
33, Medford, possession with intent of cocaine-greater
than one to five grams, and operating without a valid
license-second offense within three years; Heather M.
Marshall, 26, Cadott, theft of movable property-greater
than $5,000 to $10,000; Christine M. Kowalewski, 31,
Medford, possession of tetrahydrocannabinols (THC),
and possession of narcotic drugs.
Forfeitures
Timothy M. Spinler, 36, Medford, pled no contest to

an amended charge of a non-criminal ordinance violation for disorderly conduct. He forfeited a fine and costs
of $330.50. The original charge had been a criminal
charge of disorderly conduct.
Alexa R. Lynch, 22, Medford, pled no contest to an
amended charge of operating without a valid licensefirst offense. She forfeited a fine and costs of $267.50. The
original charge had been operating after revocation.
Taylor County Circuit Court
Mindy L. Weiler, 27, Medford, pled guilty to operating while revoked and forfeited a fine and costs of $831.
She was ordered to provide a DNA sample to the Taylor
County Sheriffs Department.
Weiler also pled guilty to operating a motor vehicle
without insurance and forfeited $200.50.
Jesse R. Rinehart, 21, Medford, pled no contest to
operating while under the influence-second offense. He
was sentenced to serve 30 days in jail; pay a fine and costs
of $1,611; his drivers license was revoked for 13 months;
an ignition interlock device (IID) is to be installed on
his vehicle for one year and he is to comply with an alcohol and drug assessment and any recommendations.A
charge of operating with a prohibited alcohol concentration (PAC)-second offense as dismissed on a prosecutors motion.
Rinehart also pled no contest to hit-and-run of property adjacent to a highway and forfeited $263.50.
A charge of failure of operator to notify police of an
accident against Rinehart was dismissed.
Joseph M. Fechhelm, 21, Medford, pled no contest to
to counts of disorderly conduct and forfeited costs of
$486.
Deferred judgment agreement

Joseph M. Fechhelm, 21, Medford, entered into a deferred entry of judgment agreement for a period of one
year for a charge of sexual intercourse with a child. As
terms of the agreement, Fechhelm must not commit any
criminal offenses during the period of the agreement;
notify the Taylor County district attorney and clerk of

court offices of any address change with 10 days; and
must speak with Taylor County Child Support, medical
staff and a law enforcement officer to learn the risks,
consequences and penalties of underage sex, and provide proof of same to the district attorneys office within
four months of the plea hearing.
Probation ordered
Margaret R. Zuelke, 47, Redgranite, pled no contest

to manufacture/delivery of Schedule I, II narcotics.
Sentence was withheld and Zuelke was placed on probation for two years on the condition she serve 30 days in
jail; pay costs of $518 and supervision fees as ordered by
the Department of Corrections (DOC); submit to a DNA
sample; undergo counseling as deemed appropriate by
the probationary agent; and submit to an alcohol and
drug assessment and follow through with any recommendations.
Joseph A. Zak, 50, Stetsonville, pled no contest to
fraud against a financial institution-value exceeds $500
but does not exceed $10,000. Sentence was withheld and
Zak was placed on probation for two years on the condition he pay costs and restitution of $4,273.50 and supervision fees as ordered by the DOC; provides a DNA sample; attending the managing your money course; obtain
counseling as deemed appropriate by the probationary
agent; and write a letter of apology, pre-approved by the
See COURT PROCEEDINGS on page 14
Public notices
City of Medford
Common Council
Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
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 following members present: Dave J.
Brandner, Arlene Parent, Greg
Knight, Peggy Kraschnewski,
Jim Peterson, Dave Roiger,
Mike Bub, and Clem Johnson.
City Personnel Present
The following City personnel
were present: City Clerk Ginny
Brost, and City Coordinator/
Public Director John Fales. City
Attorney Courtney Graff was an
excused absence.
Visitors Present
Visitor present was Brian Wilson-Star News.
Pledge of Allegiance
Alderperson
Kraschnewski
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.
Minutes
Roiger 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)
November 12, 2015 Finance &
Personnel Committee; (B) November 17, 2015 Council Public
Hearing; and (C) November 17,
2015 Council meeting. All in favor: All Aye. Motion Carried.
Resolution Establishing the
2016 Municipal Tax Rate
Knight moved, Parent seconded a motion to suspend
Council Rules #14A & #14B, and
adopt Resolution #1788 which
establishes the 2016 (2015 taxes collected in 2016) municipal
tax rate as follows:
State .................... .0001877004
County ................. .0087631929
City ...................... .0077080147
Medford Area
School District.... .0093303475
VTAE ................... .0013948121
Subtotal Gross Mill Rate .. .0273840676
State Tax Credit .(.0012706997)
ATTENTION
Village of Rib Lake Water Customers

Please be reminded to read your water meters on
Thursday, December 17, 2015 and to place your meter
card on your front door by 7:00 a.m. for the convenience
of the meter man. Customers may call in or e-mail their
readings, but should do so at least 2 days in advance of
December 17. Thank you for your cooperation.
Dawn R. Swenson
Utilities Clerk
715-427-5404
rlvilage@newnorth.net
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Net Mill Rate ...... .0261133679
Roll Call Vote: Brandner-Yes;
Parent-Yes; Knight-Yes; Kraschnewski-Yes; Peterson-Yes;
Roiger-Yes; Bub-Yes; JohnsonYes (8 Yes; 0 No) Motion Carried.
Mayoral Appointment
2016-2017 Election Board
In accordance with Wisconsin
Statute 7.30(1), Mayor Wellner
submitted the following names
for the Citys Election Board. The
new Boards term will begin January 1, 2016 and end December
31, 2017: District 1 (Wards 1
& 2): Jan Smith-Chief Inspector/Special Voting Deputy, Arlene Brusten-Alternate Inspector, Christine Finkler-Inspector,
Brenda
Hedlund-Inspector,
Marvel Lemke-Alternate Inspector, Kathy McMurry-Alternate
Inspector, Jean Nurenberger-Inspector, and Shirley Sloniker-Inspector/Special Voting Deputy.
District 2 (Wards 3 & 4): Mary
Beth Bormann-Inspector, Mary
Felix-Inspector, Maggie Gebauer-Inspector, Wanda LietzkeInspector, and Patricia MertensInspector. District 3 (Wards 5
& 6): Barbara Grant-Alternate
Inspector, Marcia GrissmanInspector, Aggie Mertens-Alternate Inspector, Joyce Peterson-Alternate Inspector, Laurie
Peterson-Alternate
Inspector,
Lorna Spreen-Inspector, and
Becky Tlusty-Alternate Inspector. District 4 (Wards 7 & 8):
Barbara Born-Inspector, Elizabeth Emmerich-Alternate Chief
Inspector, Kay Ludwig-Inspector, Louise Paul-Inspector, and
Mary Williams-Inspector.
Johnson
moved,
Kraschnewski seconded a motion to
ratify Mayor Wellners appointments to the Citys 2016-2017
Election Board as listed above.
Roll Call Vote: Brandner-Yes;
Parent-Yes; Knight-Yes; Kraschnewski-Yes; Peterson-Yes;
Roiger-Yes; Bub-Yes; JohnsonYes (8 Yes; 0 No) Motion Carried.
Mayoral Appointments Joint City/Rural Fire Commis-
sion-City Members
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, 2016 and ends December 31, 2016: Brenda Hedlund,
Clem Johnson, Al Leonard,
Scott Mueller, Arlene Parent,
and Scott Perrin.
Kraschnewski moved, Peterson seconded a motion to
ratify the Mayors appointments
of Brenda Hedlund, Clem Johnson, Al Leonard, Scott Mueller,
Arlene Parent, and Scott Perrin
to serve a one-year term that begins January 1, 2016 and ends
December 31, 2016 as City
representatives on the Medford
Area Fire Commission. Roll Call
Vote: Brandner-Yes; ParentYes; Knight-Yes; KraschnewskiYes; Peterson-Yes; Roiger-Yes;
Bub-Yes; Johnson-Yes (8 Yes; 0
No) Motion Carried.
Coordinators Report
The City Coordinators report
is as follows: (1) An update on
public works projects was given.
(2) An update on electric utility
projects was given. (3) Public
Works employee Jody Kellnhofer has received his operators
certification, and will receive a
$.35 pay increase.
Communications from the
Mayor/Upcoming Events
December/January
Meeting Schedule The December/
January meeting schedule was
distributed.
Notice of Spring Election At
an election to be held in the City
of Medford on Tuesday, April 5,
2016, the following offices are to
be elected to succeed the present incumbents as follows:
Office ....................... Incumbent
Mayor..........Michael R. Wellner
Alderperson, Wards 1 & 2
(District 1) ... Dave J. Brandner
(District 2) .....................Peggy
Kraschnewski
(District 3) ..... James Peterson
(District 4) ........ Clem Johnson

The term for Mayor and Alderperson begins on Tuesday, April
19, 2016. All terms are for two
years. The first day to circulate
nomination papers is December 1, 2015, and the final day
for filing nomination papers is
5:00 PM on Tuesday, January
5, 2016 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 16,
2016. The last day for incumbents not seeking re-election
to file Notification of Noncandidacy is 5:00 PM on Monday,
December 28, 2015. Failure to
notify the Clerks Office will extend the nomination deadline 72
hours for that office only.
Adjourn to Closed Session
#1
Parent moved, Johnson seconded a motion to adjourn to
Closed Session #1 at 6:10 PM
in accordance with Wisconsin
State Statutes 19.85(1)(c) & (e)
to consider employment and
compensation issues and data
of any public employee over
which the governmental body
has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility and to conduct other
specified public business whenever competitive or bargaining reasons require a Closed
Session. The purpose of this
Closed Session is to discuss
strategy for negotiations with
the City of Medford Police Association (Local 456). Roll Call
Vote: Brandner-Yes; ParentYes; Knight-Yes; KraschnewskiYes; Peterson-Yes; Roiger-Yes;
Bub-Yes; Johnson-Yes (8 Yes;
0 No) Motion Carried. Meeting
Adjourned to Closed Session
#1. At this time, the City Clerk,
Coordinator/Public Works Director, Treasurer, and visitors were
excused.
Closed Session #1
Closed Session #2
At 6:20 PM, the Council adjourned from Closed Session
#1 to Closed Session #2 in accordance with Wisconsin State
Statutes 19.85(1)(c) to consider
employment and compensation

issues and data of any public
employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction
or exercises responsibility. The
purpose of this Closed Session
is to discuss the 2016 non-union
employees (excluding library
employees) salaries and wages.
Closed Session #2
Adjournment
The meeting adjourned from
Closed Session #2 at 6:45 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
Virginia Brost
City Clerk, WCPC/MMC
(One ins. December 10)
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
(Informal Administration)
STATE OF WISCONSIN
CIRCUIT COURT
TAYLOR COUNTY
Case No. 15-IN-15
In the Matter of the Estate of
Susan L. Tlusty.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:
1. An application for informal
administration was filed.
2. The decedent, with date
of birth of September 24, 1946
and date of death of October
23, 2015, was domiciled in Taylor County, State of Wisconsin,
with a mailing address of 375
Lakeshore Drive, Rib Lake, WI
54470.
3. All interested persons
waived notice.
4. The deadline for filing a
claim against the decedents estate is March 12, 2016.
5. A claim may be filed at the
Taylor County Courthouse, Medford, Wisconsin.
/s/ Lindsay N. Rothmeier
Lindsay Rothmeier, Probate
Registrar
Date: November 25, 2015.
Ruthann L. Koch
State Bar No. 1094396
PO Box 512
Medford, WI 54451
Telephone: 715-748-9888
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3rd ins. December 17)
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NEWS
THE STAR NEWS
Accident reports
Taylor County Law Enforcement
Lori L. Willner and Adam Grissman

were involved in an accident on Nov. 30
at 4:20 p.m. at the intersection of Hwy 64
and Main St. in the city of Medford. According to the accident report, the Willner vehicle was westbound on Hwy 64
and stopped in traffic waiting to make a
left turn onto Main St. when it was struck
in the rear by the Grissman vehicle. The
driver of the Grissman vehicle said a
soda bottle rolled under the brake pedal
and he was unable to stop before colliding with the Willner vehicle. Both vehicles sustained severe damage to their
respective ends and the Willner vehicle
was towed from the scene.
The Taylor County Sheriffs Department responded to an accident on Dec.
1 at 6:30 a.m. on CTH M in the town of
Greenwood. According to the accident
report, a vehicle was westbound on CTH
M when the driver lost control due to
slushy snow on the roadway. The vehicle
crossed the centerline and collided with
an eastbound vehicle. The westbound vehicle sustained very minor damage to the
middle driver side. The eastbound vehicle sustained minor damage to the entire
driver side. Speeding too fast for conditions and failure to maintain control by
the driver of the westbound vehicle was
listed in the report as being a factor in
the accident.
Daniel J. Chandonais and Layton W.
Fredrick were involved in an accident
in a parking lot at Schierl Tire, 1002 S.
Eighth St. in the city of Medford. According to the accident report, Chandonais
was backing up a semi-tractor trailer
unit to unload tires when it struck the
rear of a vehicle being backed out of a
service bay by Schierl employee Fredrick. The vehicle was owned by George
R. Vojtech of Phillips. The Vojtech vehicle sustained damage to the rear bumper
and tail light assembly area. There was
no reported damage to the semi-tractor
trailer unit.
Benjamin A. Blume and Adrian J. Felix were involved in an accident on Dec.
4 at 3:28 p.m. on Brucker St. in the city
of Medford. According to the accident
report, both vehicles were eastbound on
Brucker St. Both drivers indicated there
were other vehicles stopping and slowing
in fornt of them. There were pedestrians
walking along Brucker St. The driver of
the Felix vehicle said he looked to his
right for a split second and was unable
to stop in time to avoid colliding with the
Blume vehicle. The Blume vehicle sustained moderate damage to the rear. The
Felix vehicle sustained severe damage
to the front, front passenger side, front
driver side and undercarriage. Following
too close by the driver of the Felix vehicle
was listed in the report as being a factor
in the accident.

1 at 5:03 a.m. on CTH DD in the town of
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report, a vehicle was northbound on
CTH DD when it skidded out of control
and into the west ditch, striking a number of small-diameter trees before coming to a stop. The vehicle sustained minor damage to the front driver side and
middle driver side. speeding too fast for
conditions by the driver was listed in the
report as being a factor in the accident.
The Taylor County Sheriffs Department responded to an accident on Dec. 1
at 6 a.m. on CTH M in the town of Hammel. According to the accident report, a
vehicle was eastbound on CTH M when
the driver lost control due to slushy snow
on the roadway. the vehicle entered the
south ditch, overturned and came to a
stop on the passenger side. The vehicle
sustained moderate damage to the entire
passenger side and was towed from the
scene. speeding too fast for conditions
and failure to maintain control by the
driver were listed in the report as being
factors in the accident.
Nabor Alvarado Ibenez was involved
in an accident on Dec. 1 at 7:20 a.m. on
Hwy 13 in the city of Medford. According to the accident report, the Alvarado
Ibenez vehicle was northbound on Hwy
13 when the driver lost control due to
ice on the roadway. The vehicle crossed
the centerline and entered the west ditch
where it struck and broke off a traffic
sign. The vehicle sustained moderate
damage to the middle passenger side.
1 at 7:35 a.m. on CTH A in the town of
Deer Creek. According to the accident report, a vehicle was westbound on CTH A
when the driver lost control on the snow/
slush-covered roadway. The vehicle skidded sideways and entered the south ditch
backwards. The vehicle sustained moderate damage to the front, rear passenger
side, rear, rear driver side and undercarriage and was towed from the scene.
Speeding too fast for conditions was listed in the report as being a factor in the
accident.
at 7:48 a.m. on Hwy 64 in the town of Medford. According to the accident report, a
vehicle was westbound on Hwy 64 when
the driver lost control on the icy roadway. The vehicle entered the north ditch
and struck a tree. The vehicle sustained
severe damage to the front, front passenger side and front driver side, and was
towed from the scene. Speeding too fast
for conditions was listed in the report as
being a factor in the accident.
at 8:45 a.m. on Oriole Dr. in the town of
Medford. According to the accident report, a vehicle was northbound on Oriole
Dr. when the driver lost control due to
slushy snow on the roadway. The vehicle
entered the west ditch and overturned,
coming to a stop on its top. There was severe damage to the entire vehicle and it
was towed from the scene. Speeding too
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fast for conditions and failure to maintain control were listed in the report as
being factors in the accident.
Brittany N. Ziembo was involved in
an accident on Dec. 1 at 4:59 p.m. in the
McDonalds drive-thru, 140 S. Eighth
St. in the city of Medford. According to
the accident report, the Ziembo vehicle
(a large van from GoldenLiving Center)
was going through the drive-thru when
its top scrapped the overhang, causing
minor damage to the facia. The Ziembo
vehicle sustained damage to its top.
at 4:30 a.m. on Oriole Dr. in the town of
Browning. According to the accident report, a vehicle was northbound on Oriole
Dr. when the driver lost control while attempting to stop for a deer. The vehicle
entered the east ditch and struck a traffic sign. The vehicle sustained moderate
damage to the rear passenger side and
rear. Failure to maintain control by the
driver was listed in the report as being a
factor in the accident.
5 at 8 a.m. at the intersection of Landall
Ave. and McComb Ave. in the village of
Rib Lake. According to the accident report, a vehicle was eastbound though
the intersection of Landall Ave. and McComb Ave. when the tarp mast struck
and tore down a wire holding a suspended Christmas decoration. The mast was
left in the raised position by the operator
who stated the alarm had been disconnected. The operator stated the mast was
well over 136 high when extended and it
was his fault for leaving it up. There was
no damage to the vehicle or mast.
Hit-and-run accidents
The Taylor County Sheriffs Department responded to a hit-and-run accident

on Nov. 25 at 6:41 a.m. on Hwy 64 in the
town of Browning. According to the accident report, a vehicle was eastbound
on Hwy 64 when it left the roadway and
entered the south ditch. The vehicle traveled 204 feet along the ditch before striking a driveway embankment at W4215
Hwy 64 and becoming airborne for 94 feet.
The vehicle continued along the ditch for
83 feet before striking a utility pole and
telephone box. The vehicle continued
along the ditch and up the embankment
onto the roadway, then left the scene.
Based on a taillight left at the scene, the
vehicle was a 2002 GMC Sierra. Witness
reports indicated the vehicle was a darkcolored truck.
The Taylor County Sheriffs Department responded to a hit-and-run accident
on Nov. 28 at 8:44 p.m. in a private parking lot at 827 McComb Ave. in the village
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One-vehicle accident

1 at 2:43 a.m. on CTH E in the town of
Little Black. According to the accident report, a semi-tractor trailer unit was northbound on CTH E when the trailer unit
lost traction on the slippery roadway and
overtook the tractor, dragging the vehicle
into the east ditch and damaging a fence.
There was severe damage to the undercarriage, front driver side middle driver
side, front, front passenger side, middle
passenger side of the vehicle and it was
towed from the scene. Failure to maintain
control by the driver was listed in the report as being a factor in the accident.
of Rib Lake. According to the accident
report, an unknown vehicle was westbound in the parking lot when it struck
a legally-parked and unoccupied vehicle.
The unknown vehicle left the scene following the accident. The unknown vehicle sustained minor damage to the front
passenger side. The parked vehicle sustained moderate damage to the rear and
rear driver side.
Deer-related accidents
The following deer-related accidents

were reported: Dec. 5 at 2:42 p.m. on CTH
E in the town of Molitor. Dec. 6 at 10:50
p.m. on Hwy 64 in the town of Ford. Dec.
7 at 1:41 a.m. on Hwy 64 in the town of
Hammel.
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Dispatch log
Dec. 2 Welfare check at 600 W. Hickory St. at 9:58

a.m.; theft at 270 E. Main St. at 3:12 p.m.
Dec. 4 Fraud at 915 E. Main St. at 1:42 p.m.
Medford Police Department

Nov. 30 Information request at 10:34 a.m.; sex offense in the town of Medford at 2:23 p.m.; theft at 627 E.
Taylor St. at 4:05 p.m.; welfare check by pier on Millpond at 4:09 p.m.; accident at S. Main St. and E. Broadway Ave. at 4:21 p.m.; ambulance request at 225 Marjorie Ln. at 7:23 p.m.
Dec. 1 Accident at 1155 S. Eighth St. at 7:21 a.m.;
lockout at 1065 W. Broadway Ave. at 8:25 a.m.; animal
bite at 865 E. Allman St. at 11:05 a.m.; property damage
at 140 S. Eighth St. at 5 p.m.
Dec. 2 Property damage at Centennial Pky and
Wheelock Ave. at 12:05 a.m.; ambulance request at N820
River Dr. in the town of Medford at 4:58 a.m.; theft at
1010 N. Eighth St. at 2:05 p.m.; property damage at 1174
W. Broadway Ave. at 3:25 p.m.; lockout at 331 N. Eighth
St. at 6:38 p.m.; commercial alarm at 724 S. Eighth St. at
9:17 p.m.
Dec. 3 Domestic disturbance at 114 N. Second
St. at 4:08 a.m.; commercial alarm at 675 E. Broadway
Ave. at 7:46 a.m.; animal complaint at 805 N. Second St.
at 8:04 a.m.; escort request at W. Broadway Ave. and N.
Washington Ave. at 10:04 a.m.; vehicle inspection at 316
S. Main St. at 2:23 p.m.; agency assist at 557 E. Urquhart
St. at 3:23 p.m.; agency assist at 127 N. Seventh St. at 4:52
p.m.; theft at 190 Medford Plaza at 5:15 p.m.; lockout at
435 S. Eighth St. at 9:15 p.m.
Dec. 4 Warrant arrest at 221 S. Wisconsin Ave. at
10:30 a.m.; lockout at 160 Medford Plaza at 11:25 a.m.;
drug report at Riverside Terrace at 12:07 p.m.; truancy
Court proceedings
probationary agent, to the bank within 30 days of sentencing.
Thomas Donald Way a.k.a. Thomas D. Way, 23, Medford, pled no contest to operating while under the influence-third offense. He was sentenced to serve 220 days in
jail, to run consecutive to another Taylor County case,
and ordered to pay a fine and costs of $4,067. Sentence
was imposed and stayed and Way was placed on probation for two years on the condition he serve 45 days in
jail, to run consecutive to another Taylor County case;
pay a fine and costs of $1,785 and supervision fees as ordered by the DOC; undergo an alcohol and drug assessment and follow through with recommended treatment;
attend the OWI victim impact panel on Jaunary 7, 2016;
and successfully complete the OWI treatment court.
Ways drivers license was revoked for 24 months and
and an IID is to installed on his vehicle for one year.
Charges of operating while revoked, misdemeanor bail
jumping, and operating with a PAC-third offense were
dismissed but read in.
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at 1015 W. Broadway Ave. at 1:29 p.m.; accident at 1002 S.

Eighth St. at 1:31 p.m.; warrant arrest at 1002 S. Eighth
St. at 1:59 p.m.; ambulance request at 906 E. Allman St.
at 2:41 p.m.; accident at 845 Brucker St. at 3:29 p.m.; suspicious activity at 521 Lemke Ave. at 9:33 p.m.
Dec. 5 Fight at 157 S. Whelen Ave. at 2:02 a.m.;
noise complaint at 225 Marjorie Ln. at 3:33 a.m.; warrant
arrest at S. Main St. and E. Broadway Ave. at 12:55 p.m.;
disorderly conduct at 509 E. Clark St. at 7:45 p.m.
Dec. 6 Child custody dispute at 804 Impala Dr. at
3:27 p.m.; commercial alarm at 603 S. Eighth St. at 4:43
p.m.; traffic complaint on N. Hwy 13 in the village of
Stetsonville at 6:18 p.m.; commercial alarm at 550 N.
Eighth St. at 7:16 p.m.; suspicious activity at 702 N. Shattuck St. at 8:14 p.m.; suicidal subject in city of Medford.
Taylor County Sheriffs Department

Nov. 22 Vehicle fire at W13636 Pinewood Dr. in the
town of Roosevelt at 1:59 p.m.; domestic disturbance at
N6623 Ellis Rd. in the town of Pershing at 7:25 p.m.
Nov. 23 Property damage at W8155 CTH A in the
town of Holway at 2:25 p.m.; animal complaint at N158
Hwy 73 in the town of Roosevelt at 3:32 p.m.; traffic complaint on Hwy 13 in the town of Westboro at 4:07 p.m.;
domestic disturbance at W15742 Sunset Dr. in the town
of Taft at 4:28 p.m.; accident at Perkins St. and Oriole Dr.
in the town of Medford at 7:38 p.m.; commercial alarm at
675 E. Broadway Ave. in the city of Medford at 11:04 p.m.
Nov. 24 Citizen assist at N182 CTH DD in the town
of Holway at 11:58 a.m.; DNR violation at W8405 Elm
Ave. in the town of Holway at 7:20 p.m.; welfare check
on CTH E in the town of Holway at 7:34 p.m.; accident
at Hwy 73 and CTH G in the town of Aurora at 6:56 p.m.;
citizen assist at N8300 Blank Rd. in the town of Rib Lake
at 9:45 p.m.
Nov. 25 Injured animal at Hwy 64 and Crane Dr.
in the town of Medford at 12:11 a.m.; juvenile problem in
Taylor County; accident at W4282 Hwy 64 in the town of
Browning at 6:41 a.m.; traffic complaint at N2022 Sunset
Dr. in the town of Little Black at 10:46 a.m.; ambulance
request at S. Eighth St. and E. Clark St. in the city of
Medford at 11:28 a.m.; commercial alarm at 134 S. Eighth
St. in the city of Medford at 12:56 p.m.; ignition interlock
device installation at W1315 Mira Ave. in the town of
Goodrich at 2:27 p.m.; accident at Hwy 64 and CTH D in
the town of Hammel at 2:48 p.m.; traffic complaint on S.
Hwy 13 in the village of Stetsonville at 3:10 p.m.; traffic
hazard at W7318 Hwy 64 in the town of Medford at 4:41
p.m.; traffic hazard at CTH C and Hwy 102 in the town
of Rib Lake at 5:21 p.m.; structure fire at Elder Dr. and
Polley Ln. in the town of Aurora at 5:27 p.m.; accident
at W4983 CTH A in the town of Deer Creek at 6:05 p.m.;
Disposition reports
Forfeitures
Richard C. Johannes, 63, Medford, pled no contest

to an amended charge of speeding 16-19 mph over the
limit and forfeited $200.50. The original charge had been
speeding 20-24 mph over the limit.
Jacob T. Meyers, 17, Stetsonville, pled no contest
to an amended charge of speeding 25-29 mph over the
limit. He forfeited $250.90 and his drivers license was
suspended for 15 days. The original charge had been
speeding 35-39 mph over the limit.
Jesse J. Modrzejewski, 32, Wausau, pled no contest to
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agency assist at Hwy 13 and Johnson Ave. in the town of

Westboro at 6:32 p.m.; 9-1-1 hang up at W16092 CTH S in
the town of Aurora at 8:46 p.m.; DNR violation at W2028
Fawn Ave. in the town of Rib Lake at 10:01 p.m.
Nov. 26 OWI at CTH H and CTH M in the town
of Pershing at 1:11 a.m.; DNR violation at W9931 Sawyer Ave. in the town of Hammel at 3:47 a.m.; ambulance
request at N6667 Wiese Dr. in the town of Rib Lake at
6:11 a.m.; abandoned vehicle on Lakeshore Dr. in the
village of Rib Lake at 7:01 a.m.; disorderly conduct at
N2811 Pansy Ln. in the town of Medford at 9:54 a.m.; accident at 502 Second St. in the village of Rib Lake at 10:42
a.m.; 9-1-1- hang up at Gibson Dr. and CTH A in the town
of Little Black at 12:29 p.m.; accident at N5222 CTH H
in the town of Pershing at 5:53 p.m.; ambulance request
at N5046 Hetland Ave. in the town of Greenwood at 6:05
p.m.; utility problem at 612 S. Second St. in the city of
Medford at 6:18 p.m.; accident at N7784 Hwy 13 in the
town of Westboro at 7:44 p.m.; domestic disturbance at
217 S. Park Ave. in the city of Medford at 8:44 p.m.; information request at W14531 Polley Ln. in the town of
Ford at 9:46 p.m.
Nov. 27 Structure fire at N3984 Martin Dr. in the
town of Goodrich at 3:14 a.m.; theft at W10263 Bitner
Ave. in the town of Maplehurst at 8:44 a.m.; animal bite
at Riverside Terrace in the city of Medford at 11:02 a.m.;
deceased subject at 1400 Hwy 102 in the village of Rib
Lake at 11:04 a.m.; harassment complaint at W7099 CTH
A in the town of Little Black at 11:18 a.m.; warrant arrest at Riverside Terrace in the city of Medford at 12:16
p.m.; accident at Hwy 73 and CTH F in the town of Taft
at 12:50 p.m.; structure fire at N4500 Lake Rd. in the town
of Hammel at 1:23 p.m.; welfare check at N2811 Pansy in
the town of Medford at 8:01 p.m.
Nov. 28 Injury accident on Hwy 13 in the town
of Westboro at 12:49 a.m.; warrant arrest at 217 S. Park
Ave. at 12:32 p.m.; accident at CTH D and Rustic Rd. No.
1 in the town of Rib Lake at 1:46 p.m.; citizen assist at
N2811 Pansy Ln. in the town of Medford at 4:51 p.m.;
OWI at S. Park Ave. and W. Broadway Ave. in the city
of Medford at 7:50 p.m.; harassment complaint at N2811
Pansy Ln. in the town of Medford at 8:26 p.m.; citizen
dispute at N3957 CTH H in the town of Aurora at 8:35
p.m.; domestic disturbance at 827 McComb Ave. in the
village of Rib Lake at 8:44 p.m.; accident at Hwy 64 and
Martin Dr. in the town of Goodrich at 9:45 p.m.
Nov. 29 Ambulance request at 669 McComb Ave.
in the village of Rib Lake at 12:16 a.m.; trespass at N475
Castle Dr. in the town of Little Black at 10:15 a.m.; trespass at W6626 Hwy 64 in the town of Medford at 11:07
a.m.; ambulance request at W676 Hwy 64 in the town of
Goodrich at 12:18 p.m.; disorderly conduct on Burma
Dr. in the town of Maplehurst at 1:22 p.m.
Nov. 30 Transport from Norwood Health Center
in Marshfield to Taylor County Courthouse at 6:20 a.m.;
sex offense in the town of Medford at 2:23 p.m.; citizen
assist at N2811 Pansy Ln. in the town of Medford at 3:11
p.m.; traffic arrest at 224 S. Second St. in the city of Medford at 3:22 p.m.; citizen assist at N1322 Robin Dr. in the
an amended charge of speeding 16-19 mph over the limit

and forfeited $200.50. The original charge was speeding
20-24 mph over the limit.
Alexa R. Phillips, 16, Medford, pled no contest to illegal use of a radio and forfeited $187.90. A charge of operating without the required lamps lighted was dismissed
on a prosecutors motion.
Jesse R. Rinehart, 21, Medford, pled no contest to underage drinking-possession (first offense). He forfeited
$263.50 and his drivers license was suspended for 30
days.
Nicole L. Duvall, 22, Medford, pled no contest to unreasonable and imprudent speed and forfeited $213.10.
Mitch S. Jensen, 20, Milltown, pled no contest to underage drinking-possession (first offense). He forfeited
$263.50 and his drivers license was suspended for 30
days.
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town of Deer Creek at 3:55 p.m.; information request at

W936 Wood Lake Ave. in the town of Rib Lake at 7:02
p.m.; ambulance request at 225 Marjorie Ln. in the city
of Medford at 7:23 p.m.; traffic arrest at Gibson Dr. and
Stetson Ave. in the town of Little Black at 8:55 p.m.; commercial alarm at 135 S. Gibson St. in the city of Medford
at 10:37 p.m.
Dec. 1 Accident at CTH E and County Line Rd.
in the town of Little Black at 2:44 a.m.; injury accident
at CTH M and Castle Rd. in the town of Medford at 4:09
a.m.; accident at N658 CTH DD in the town of Holway at
5:03 a.m.; traffic hazard at Crane Dr. and Correction Ln.
in the town of Medford at 5:05 a.m.; accident at Castle
Rd. and Center Ave. in the town of Medford at 5:36 a.m.;
accident at CTH M and CTH E in the town of Hammel at
6:05 a.m.; accident at CTH M and Forrest Dr. in the town
of Greenwood at 7:06 a.m.; accident at Hwy 64 and Coyote Dr. in the town of Maplehurst at 7:07 a.m.; accident
at Hwy 64 and Lekie Dr. in the town of Browning at 7:27
a.m.; accident at W6616 Hwy 64 in the town of Medford
at 7:51 a.m.; injured animal at Norway Dr. and Hillcrest
Rd. in the town of Chelsea at 8:15 a.m.; accident at Hwy
102 and Wellington Lake Dr. in the town of Rib Lake at
8:18 a.m.; traffic hazard at Hwy 73 and Shiner Dr. in the
town of Taft at 8:20 a.m.; accident at CTH A and Robin
Dr. in the town of Deer Creek at 8:30 a.m.; accident at
Oriole Dr. and Allman Ave. in the town of Medford at
8:59 a.m.; property damage at N385 CTH C in the town of
Deer Creek at 2:26 p.m.; traffic hazard at N6357 Hwy 13
in the town of Chelsea at 5:31 p.m.; vehicle fire at N3216
Oriole Dr. in the town of Browning at 7:43 p.m.
Dec. 2 Accident at Hwy 13 and Marsh Ave. in the
town of Chelsea at 4:31 a.m.; property damage at Oriole Dr. and Brink Ave. in the town of Medford at 4:54
a.m.; extra patrol at N1757 Robin Dr. in the town of Deer
Creek at 10:06 a.m.; sexual assault in Taylor County;
information request at 224 S. Second St. in the city of
Medford at 11:46 a.m.; property damage at W6206 CTH
O in the town of Medford at 4:16 p.m.; noise complaint
at W5628 Stetson Ave. in the town of Little Black at 9:39
p.m.; noise complaint at 502 Second St. in the village of
Rib Lake at 11 p.m.
Dec. 3 Domestic disturbance at 114 N. Second St.
in the city of Medford at 4:08 a.m.; transport from Stanley Correctional Facility at 7:06 a.m.; traffic complaint
at CTH O and Progressive Ave. in the city of Medford
at 8:13 a.m.; K9 deployment at 1200 North St in the village of Rib Lake at 8:49 a.m.; animal complaint at W1643
Leitz Ln. in the town of Rib Lake at 10:40 a.m.; agency assist on Mondeaux Ave. in the town of Westboro at 12:03
p.m.; missing person at W17076 CTH D in the town of
McKinley at 12:20 p.m.; animal complaint at N787 Oriole
Dr. in the town of Deer Creek at 1:32 p.m.; citizen assist
at N2811 Pansy Ln. in the town of Medford at 10:21 p.m.
Dec. 4 Harassment complaint at W6745 Cedar St.
in the town of Medford at 10:05 a.m.; welfare check at
N693 10th Ave. in the town of Roosevelt at 10:48 a.m.;
transport from Eau Claire County at 11:20 a.m.; threats
complaint at N176 Meridian Dr. in the town of Taft at
11:30 a.m.; drug report at Riverside Terrace at 12:07
p.m.; trespass complaint on CTH D in the town of Rib
Lake at 1:22 p.m.; accident at N2112 Hwy 13 in the town
of Little Black at 1:36 p.m.; suspicious activity on Brunner Square in the city of Medford at 1:42 p.m.; drug report in Taylor County at 5:12 p.m.; commercial alarm at
135 S. Gibson St. in the city of Medford at 5:14 p.m.
Dec. 5 Traffic hazard at CTH A and Robin Dr. in
the town of Deer Creek at 12:44 a.m.; structure fire at
W5719 Elm Ave. in the town of Little Black at 1:33 a.m.;
fight at 157 S. Whelen Ave. in the city of Medford at 2:02
a.m.; suicidal subject in Taylor County; accident at McComb Ave. and Landall Ave. in the village of Rib Lake
at 8:03 a.m.; theft at W10263 Bitner Ave. in the town of
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thank the doctors & nurses in Palliative
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of Bonnie during her treatment.
Thank you to Hemer Funeral Services
for their help and consideration. Also,
thank you to Chaplain Dennis Fahey. Thanks to
Father Michael Hayden for the beautiful service he gave in the
celebration of Bonnies life. Special thanks to the pallbearers.
A big thanks to Ladies of Holy Rosary for the great food
served for lunch.
Also a big thanks to friends & neighbors for the lovely cards,
words, phone calls, food & support given us at this sad time.
Bonnie will be missed greatly by her family & friends.
Maplehurst at 8:51 a.m.; property damage at N2836 CTH

B in the town of Ford at 12:16 p.m.; accident at N5719
CTH E in the town of Molitor at 2:42 p.m.; traffic hazard
at CTH C and Trout Ave. in the town of Greenwood at
4:36 p.m.; accident at CTH E and Elm Ave. in the town
of Holway at 4:39 p.m.; accident at N6736 CTH H in the
town of Pershing at 8 p.m.; agency assist for Waupaca
Police Department at 10:05 p.m.
Dec. 6 Suspicious activity at W14893 Miller Ave.
in the town of Aurora at 6:12 a.m.; theft at N5957 Timber Ave. in the town of Greenwood at 9:06 a.m.; theft at
N2135 Eighth Ave. in the town of Roosevelt at 9:15 a.m.;
trespass complaint on Taylor St. in the village of Lub-
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lin at 12:13 p.m.; sex offense in Taylor County; welfare

check at W13887 Hwy 64 in the town of Roosevelt at 3:46
p.m.; commercial alarm at 603 S. Eighth St. in the city of
Medford at 4:43 p.m.; commercial alarm at 550 N. Eighth
St. in the city of Medford at 7:16 p.m.; suicidal subject
in Taylor County; accident at Hwy 73 and Hwy 64 in the
town of Ford at 11:01 p.m.
Dec. 7 Accident at Hwy 64 and Wren Dr. in the
town of Hammel at 1:41 a.m.; disorderly conduct at
N1812 Apple Ave. in the town of Little Black at 6:56 a.m.;
9-1-1 hang up at N3783 Hwy 13 in the town of Medford at
7:07 a.m.
Obituaries
Reports of Area Deaths
Carol Mae Zinkowich

1933-2015
Carol Mae Zinkowich,

82, Athens died Monday,
Nov. 30 under the care of
Aspirus Comfort Care and
Hospice Services at the Hospice House, Wausau with all
of her children by her side.
She was born June 6, 1933
in the town of Goodrich,
daughter of the late Henry
and Elsie (Harmel) Bergmann.
On Sept. 12, 1953 she
married John Zinkowich
at Christ United Church, Athens. He preceded her in
death on Nov. 24, 2014. Carol was a wonderful homemaker who took great pride in raising her four children and caring for her grandchildren. She enjoyed
sewing, crocheting, making quilts, embroidery, tending to her ower beds, cooking meals for her family
and baking. She especially enjoyed baking apple pies
to share. In her earlier years she enjoyed picking berries and snowmobiling. During the later years she
enjoyed traveling with John in their motor home
across the country to his job sites and to the warm

southern states during winter. Family meant everything to Carol and she devoted her life to hers.
Survivors include her four children, Sherry (Virgil) Kleinschmidt, Gleason, Glen (Mary Christianson) Zinkowich, Wisconsin Rapids, Bonnie (Gary)
Osness, Merrill and Linda (Kevin) Schemenauer,
Marathon; eight grandchildren, Heidi (Andrew)
Ihn, Heather Kleinschmidt, John and Jason Zinkowich, Justin and Ben Osness and Jordyn and Collin
Schemenauer; seven great-grandchildren, Devan,
Cole, Lauryn, Elizabeth, Eli, Emily and Ethan as well
as many nieces and nephews.
Carol was preceded in death by her brothers and
sisters, Robert, Elizabeth, Norman, Roland, Margaret, Herbert, Marvin, and William. Funeral services
were held at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 4, 2015 at Christ
United Church, Athens. The Rev. Teri Hanson ofciated. Burial was in Athens Village Cemetery, Athens.
Friends called on Thursday, Dec. 3 from 4 p.m. until
8 p.m. at the Peterson/Kraemer Funeral Home, Athens, and again on Friday from 10 a.m. until the time
of services at the church. Online condolences may be
expressed at www.petersonkraemer.com
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Dorothy Dodie Hodge

1928-2015
Dorothy Dodie J.
Smart Russell Hodge, 87,
Medford died Monday,
Dec. 7 at Country Gardens,
Medford, under the care
of Hope Hospice. Funeral
services will be held at
11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 11 at
Trinity Lutheran Church,
Whittlesey with Rev. Randal Jeppesen ofciating.
Burial will take place at
Union Cemetery in Butternut. Visitation will be
held from 9 a.m. until the
time of the services on Friday at Trinity Lutheran
Church, Whittlesey. Pallbearers are Troy and Craig
Liske, Ryan and John Russell, Kane Bormann and
Mark Hager.
Hemer Funeral Service of Medford and Rib Lake
is assisting the family with arrangements.
Dorothy was born on Feb. 10, 1928 in Butternut to
Joseph E. and Ida A. (Wartgow) Smart. She attended
Butternut Area Schools.
Her rst marriage took place on Feb. 10, 1948 at
Butternut to James H. Russell and he preceded her
in death on May 26, 1976. Her second marriage took
place on Nov. 26, 1985 in Whittlesey to Woodrow W.
Hodge and he preceded her in death on Nov. 4, 1995.
Dodie was a secretary at the Taylor County Teachers College for eight years. She was also a store clerk
at a number of retail outlets in the Medford area until her retirement. Dodie spent most of her free time
volunteering at the Taylor County Memorial Hospital and Medford Curling Club. She was a member of
the American Legion Auxiliary in Butternut, VFW
Ladies Auxiliary, Medford, and Trinity Lutheran
Church, Whittlesey
She is survived by her children, Judy (Dan) Liske

of Stanley, Don (Paulette) Russell of North Pole,
Alaska and Bette (Dave) Hager of Healy, Alaska;
step-daughter, Marilyn Mimi Swankee of Phoenix; grandchildren, Troy (Susan Callendar) Liske of
Craig, Alaska, Craig (Karen Walne) Liske of Eden
Prairie, Minn., Shawna (Ryan) Ragan of Eagle River,
Alaska, Ryan (Molly) Russell of Sun Prairie, Rebecca
(Togi Letuligasenoa) Russell of Fairbanks, Alaska,
Kiana (Kristian) Swearingen of Seattle, Wash., Kendel (Ray Zimmer) Bormann of Fairbanks, Alaska
and Kane Bormann of Albuquerque, N.M.; stepgrandchildren, Davida (Lucas) Stumpf of Kodiak,
Alaska, Mark Hager of Whittier, Alaska, Debbie
Swankee and Jackie Swankee both of Phoenix, Ariz.;
great-grandchildren, Luke Liske of Craig, Alaska,
Jack and Henry Liske of Eden Prairie, Minn., Cylin
and Cohen Ragan of Eagle River, Alaska, Hank Russell of Sun Prairie, Denali Swearingen of Seattle,
Wash., and Irma Lee Zimmer of Fairbanks, Alaska;
ve step-great-grandchildren, Hannah, Emma, Elin,
Johan Bohman of Craig, Alaska, and Jason Swankee
of Phoenix, Ariz. She is further survived by a sister,
Nina (Raleigh Lee) Smart Fox of Iron River; brothers-in-law, Norm Haegarl of Glidden and John Linsmeyer of Butternut and sister-in-law, Marion Russell
of Butternut.
In addition to her parents and husbands, she was
preceded in death by brothers and sisters, Evelyn
(Arnold) Steiner, Carolyn (Edward) Klein, Myra Setterman Haegarl, Ray (Betty) Smart, Joseph (Cecilia) Smart, James (Bertha) Smart, Elaine (William)
Peterson, Marion Kiley Linsmeyer, Betty (William
-Jeanie) Timm, and Howard Jack Russell.
In lieu of owers, memorials can be made to
Dodies family to be designated at a later date.
For online condolences, please visit hemerfuneralservice.com
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A
Next stop reading

A little yellow school bus sits outside of Medford
Area Elementary School.
Rather than carrying students, it carries books.
Third and fourth grade students and staff at MAES
took part in a ceremony Tuesday morning to dedicate
the newest Little Lending Library in the community. It
joins one in the downtown and one by the Taylor County Education Center to offer free books to those looking
Thursday,
Thursday,
December
April 23,
10, 2015
Taylor County Literacy Council dedicates new Little Lending

Library at Medford Area Elementary School
for something to read.

The idea behind Little Lending Libraries is that people can drop off books they are done reading and pick
up different ones. According to Joe Greget of the Taylor County Literacy Council, there are Little Lending
Libraries in more than 70 countries around the world,
with more than 30,000 of the book exchange points in
use.
The MAES Little Lending Library was the idea of
students who had read about them in the Wilson Read-
ing program class at the school. The students felt there

was a need for a library there.
Chuck Prihoda of the LIteracy Council designed and
built the book exchange box. Just like a real school
bus, the box has lights which flash when the doors are
open. Following the unveiling of the new library box,
students filled it with books of interest to elementary
school readers. Now when kids are at the school for activities such as soccer or football practice, they can get
a book to read, said teacher Kim Fechhelm.
Unveiling
Matt Jiskra, one of the students who started the effort to get the Little Lending Library at the Medford Area
Elementary School, helps remove a plastic covering to
unveil the bus-shaped book exchange box.
Stocking
the shelves
Students filled
the new Little
Lending Library
with books of interest to elementary school students.
Proud builder
Chuck Prihoda of the Taylor County Literacy Council designed and built the Little Lending Library incorporating
the names of the students classes involved in the project into the design.
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Medford overcomes fouls

at Nekoosa, upsets Merrill
by Sports Editor Matt Frey
Ten players have seen significant
playing time early in the season for Medfords boys basketball team, and the undefeated Raiders needed all 10 of them in
Mondays 79-63 win at Nekoosa.
With their third straight non-conference win to open the season, the Raiders
have built some momentum and confidence heading into their Great Northern
Conference opener against Mosinee Friday at Raider Hall.
The Indians are tabbed by some,
including Medford head coach Ryan
Brown, as the team to beat this winter in
the GNC.
As for Mondays game, foul trouble
made for an interesting contest against
the Papermakers, who fell to 0-5.
Both teams played aggressive defense and tried to push the tempo after a
rebound or turnover, Brown said. The
refs were calling things closer than I
have ever seen, which led to 32 fouls on
us. It was a hard game to coach and probably to play in. We persevered though by
being relentless for 36 minutes and also
benefiting from Nekoosa struggling from
the charity stripe. The bench came up
huge.
Nekoosa wasnt able to fully take advantage of Medfords foul troubles, making just 20 of 42 free throws. Medford was
19 of 30 as Nekoosa was whistled for 20
fouls. The biggest thing the Papermakers
couldnt do was beat Medfords bench.
Brown said with about nine minutes
to go in a close game, four Medford starters Osy Ekwueme, Cam Wenzel, Ben
Meier and Jake Sullivan all had four
fouls.
The bench and Garrett Strebig held
and even extended the lead until the
starters came back in with about five
minutes left, Brown said.
Strebig was the teams third different leading scorer in three games. He hit
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Big steal and score
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Medfords Osy Ekwueme is on his way to scoring the final points of the teams big
65-62 non-conference win over Merrill Friday night with 8.7 seconds left. Ekwueme
stole the ball from Merrills Zach Mootz, who cant catch up on the play.
Packs shot to go 6-0 gets away

Planning an escape
Photo by Matt Frey
Cornell-Gilman-Lake Holcombes Zach Person works to spin away from Abbotsford-Colbys Joseph Aguilera during their 145-pound match Tuesday in Gilman. Person eventually got the escape here, but Aguilera pinned him in the third. AbbotsfordColby won the dual meet 48-36.
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couple of holes in Cornell-Gilman-Lake
Holcombes lineup and some of the Wolfpacks inexperience to earn a 48-36 win
Tuesday in a non-conference wrestling
meet held at Gilman.
Though the Wolfpack got credit for six
wins, just two team members got those
wins on the mat. Junior heavyweight
Takoda Lee remained unbeaten early on
with a quick 25-second pin over Jesse Albrecht. Freshman Sam Pickerign got off
to a slow start in his 113-pound match,
but he eventually wore down fellow
freshmen Logan Ruesch and got a pin in
5:02.
The Wolfpack fell to 5-1 in the early going with Tuesdays loss. This is the lone
meet Gilman will host this winter. The
Wolfpack hosts two meets in Cornell.
The big thing was our close matches

where we ended up getting pinned, Wolfpack head coach Greg Sonnentag said.
That was a lot of team points there. Not
only do we lose, but we get turned in the
second period and get stuck at the end.
Lees win pulled the Wolfpack within
36-30 with three matches left. In one fluid
move, Lee got Albrecht off his feet and
onto his back to quickly end that match.
Takoda should have a good year,
Sonnentag said. His whole thing is if he
wrestles smart, hes really tough to beat.
He gets in trouble when he gets sloppy. If
he avoids that, and makes the other kids
actually outwrestle him, hes going to be
pretty tough.
The Wolfpack knew theyd be forfeiting the nights final match at 120 pounds,
so wins in the 106-pound and 113-pound
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2015
Ulrich shoots Prentice past Rib

Lake girls; Redmen beat Athens
by Sports Reporter Bryan Wegter
Dishing dimes
Photo by Bryan Wegter
Rib Lakes Jasmine Fitzl (right) delivers a pass to Hailey Wudi (not pictured) before
Prentices Sheridan Kalander can close her down. Wudi made the three, but the Redmen fell 47-38 to the Buccaneers on Tuesday.
Sophomore guard Caelyn Ulrich made

threes on consecutive possessions late in
the second half and Prentice out-scored
Rib Lake 20-11 over the final 10 minutes
to secure a 47-38 girls basketball win
Tuesday night at Rib Lake High School.
Prentice outplayed us in the second
and came out of here with a nice win. The
conference season is going to be a lot like
this - close, evenly played games. A lot of
interesting things can happen any given
night, Rib Lake head coach Mike Wudi
said.
The result puts both teams at 1-1 in the
Marawood North and tied for third. Rib
Lake (2-3) travels to Edgar (3-2, 1-0 North)
for a game with the Wildcats, currently
in a tie with Abbotsford atop the league,
on Friday, scheduled to begin at 7:15 p.m.
Next Tuesday, the Redmen will be at
Stratford for a 7:30 p.m. non-conference
game. Prentice (3-2) faces Chequamegon
Friday.
The Redmens momentum from Fridays four-point win over Athens carried
into the opening minutes of Tuesdays
game. Rib Lake grabbed a quick 8-2 lead
on six points by Katie Cardey and a postup hook from Regan Dobbs. Prentice
went up 17-14 with 3:55 left in the first
after Ulrichs first three of the game.
Jasmine Fitzl came back the other way
and sank a three to knot the game again.
Prentice got the lead back on a two from
Sierra Lake, but Hailey Wudis threepointer with 1:14 to go sent the Redmen
into the break with a one-point lead.
The Buccaneers took over in the second half. Ulrich pushed the visitors in
front 21-20 after a layup. Rib Lake scored
the next six. Cardey and Fitzl both had
a two-pointer and Dobbs made a pair of
free throws. Prentice got the lead back
with a six-point run of their own, thanks
to four points from Bailey Burcaw.
Cardeys baseline runner gave the Red-
Swim improvements shown in meet number two

The second meet of the season produced some improvements for Medfords
boys swim team on Thursday during a
116-37 loss to host Shawano.
Senior newcomer Jason Engel posted
some significant improvements in his
times in two individual events. A drop
of close to four seconds from the Raiders top team in the 400-yard freestyle
also was among the most noteworthy improvements from the season opener two
days earlier at Lakeland.
Shawano, a young but solid team looking to fill a couple of significant gaps due
to graduation, swept the top spots in all
11 varsity events to improve to 1-1 in
Great Northern Conference dual meets.
Griffin Rades had a hand in four of those
wins, two individually and two in relays.
Medford earned four second-place
finishes. The 400-yard freestyle team of
Preston Gingras, Matt Reuter, Jason
Engel and Lane Ruch closed the meet
by posting a time of 4:31.11, down 3.81
seconds from its time at Lakeland. They
were 14.47 seconds behind Shawanos
winning team but 1:20.92 ahead of Shawanos B team.
Ruch added a pair of individual seconds. First he swam the 50-yard freestyle
in 26.68 seconds to finish just 0.34 seconds
behind Hawk Nathan Kane. Gingras was
fifth in 33 seconds and Brendan Griesbach was sixth in 33.03 seconds, cutting
GREAT NORTHERN CONFERENCE

BOYS SWIM STANDINGS
Duals Dual Meet
Total
W-L
Pts.
Pts.
Pts.
Lakeland
2-0
1
0
0
Antigo
1-1
1
0
0
Tomahawk
1-1
1
0
0
Shawano
1-1
1
0
0
Rhinelander 1-1
1
0
0
Medford
0-2
0
0
0
Dec. 3: Shawano 116, Medford 37; Lakeland
92, Antigo 78; Rhinelander 100, Tomahawk 69.
Dec. 10: Medford at Tomahawk, Lakeland at
Rhinelander, Shawano at Antigo.
Dec. 12: Shawano, Lakeland and Tomahawk at
Rhinelander Invitational.
Dec. 15: Antigo at Medford, Shawano at
Rhinelander, Tomahawk and Rice Lake at
Lakeland.
Dec. 17: Rhinelander at Medford, Lakeland at
Shawano, Antigo at Tomahawk.
an impressive 3.02 seconds off his firstmeet time.

Ruch was second in the 100-yard backstroke at 1:12.79, 0.96 seconds ahead of
Shawanos James Krueger. Reuter was
fourth in 1:50.66, shaving 0.65 seconds off
his Lakeland time. Rades won in 1:01.82.
Aaron Connelly got the other runnerup finish. That came in the 100-yard
breaststroke with a time of 1:36.27. Elijah
Wipf was next at 1:46.65 for the Raiders.
Cayman Kunschke won for Shawano in
1:20.7.
Engel took third in the 100-yard butterfly in 1:32.06, a huge drop of 11.49 seconds from his debut against the Thunderbirds. Krueger was the winner for
Shawano in 1:07.23. Earlier in the meet,

Engel swam the 200-yard freestyle in
2:46.92, good for fourth place and a drop
of 2.01 seconds. Gingras was third in the
race at 2:46.87. Tommy Rankin was the
winner in 2:29.49.
Reuter led the Raiders in the 100-yard
freestyle by taking fourth in 1:11.47.
Griesbach was fifth in 1:20.19 and Joey
Kraemer was sixth in 1:27.75. Kyle Easter
won the race in 1:03.57.
Reuter, Engel, Ruch and Gingras
teamed up to take third in the 200-yard
medley relay with a time of 2:24.62, just
off their first-meet pace. Joe Griesbach,
Wipf, Connelly and Kraemer were fourth
in 3:00.4. Shawanos top two teams finished in 2:01.02 and 2:12.99. Connelly,
Brendan Griesbach, Alejandro Vazquez
and Wipf were third in the 200-yard
freestyle relay at 2:28.84. Shawanos two
teams finished in 1:51.31 and 1:59.42.
Kraemer swam the JV 50-yard freestyle in 36.99 seconds to claim second
place behind Shawanos Cesar Ramirez
(35.84). Joe Griesbach (40.24) and Vazquez
(45.39) also competed with Vazquez clipping 2.88 seconds off his first-meet time.
Vazquez also took second in the 100-yard
freestyle at 1:48.05.
Medford is back in the pool tonight,
Thursday, visiting Tomahawk for a 5:30
p.m. meet. The Raiders are home for a
pair of GNC duals next week. They host
Antigo on Tuesday and Rhinelander on
Dec. 17. Both meets start at 5:30 p.m.
MARAWOOD NORTH DIVISION

GIRLS BASKETBALL STANDINGS
Conf.
Overall
W
L
W
L
Abbotsford
2
0
4
2
Edgar
1
0
3
2
Prentice
1
1
3
2
Rib Lake
1
1
2
3
Chequamegon
1
1
1
6
Phillips
0
1
0
2
Athens
0
2
1
3
Dec. 3: Prentice 41, Lake Holcombe 28.
Dec. 4: Rib Lake 40, Athens 36; Edgar 54, Prentice 28; Abbotsford 54, Chequamegon 14.
Dec. 7: Auburndale 45, Edgar 30.
Dec. 8: Prentice 47, Rib Lake 38; Abbotsford
64, Phillips 62; Chequamegon 49, Athens 34.
Dec. 11: Rib Lake at Edgar, Phillips at Athens,
Chequamegon at Prentice.
Dec. 14: Marathon at Edgar, Loyal at Prentice.
Dec. 15: Rib Lake at Stratford, Abbotsford at
Owen-Withee, Hurley at Chequamegon, Phillips
at Bruce.
Dec. 17: Athens at Abbotsford, Prentice at Phillips, Edgar at Chequamegon.
men a lead at 27-26 with 10:02 to play, but

Ulrich made two foul shots and Prentice
didnt trail again. The 5-6 Ulrich led all
scorers with 21 points, including 14 in
the second half, on seven of 18 shooting.
She added four steals and two rebounds.
Cardey led Rib Lake with 19 points and
six rebounds. Dobbs scored eight, Wudi
had six and Fitzl finished with five.
Rib Lake made only four field goals
over the final 10 minutes.
We couldnt really match their defense. We tried several offenses but nothing was consistently clicking, Cardey
said.
We had a lot of trouble with their
zone, which surprises me. We didnt have
good ball movement and we just seemed
slow and tentative against that zone,
Wudi said.
Mike Wudi also highlighted defensive
miscommunication as key in Prentices
second half surge.
We had a few too many defensive
breakdowns in the second half. We
werent sure if we were in a zone or a trap
or man-to-man at times. Communication
was a bit of an issue, he said. Ulrich
had 21. Shes their best outside shooter,
but we didnt identify where she was and
didnt make sure we had a hand in her
face.
The Buccaneers got 10 points from
freshman Alyssa Schellin. Brianna
Schellin grabbed 11 rebounds. Burcaw
had five points. Prentice was 17 of 47
(.362) from the field. Rib Lake was 16 of
54 (.296). The Redmen attempted a seasonlow four free throws in the loss.
Win over Athens

Rib Lake outscored Athens 21-14 in
the second half, completing a late rally
to give the Redmen a 40-36 win in the
Marawood North opener for both squads.
Dobbs scored 16 and grabbed 13 rebounds
and Cardey had 15 points as Rib Lake got
an emotional win over their rivals to the
south.
I got the ball with one second left
and as soon as that buzzer went off I just
tossed it in the air. I was so happy. We
went into the locker room just screaming, Cardey said.
It felt amazing. Personally, me coming from Athens in middle school, it felt
nice to get that win. It was long overdue,
Dobbs said.
The Redmens victory snaps a 10-game
losing streak against Athens. The Blue
Jays average margin of victory over that
time frame was 30.4 points. The Redmens
last win over Athens was a 55-29 result
See LADY REDMEN on page 20
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Raiders recover to push Mosinee to overtime, but fall by six

The Medford Raiders fought hard to
produce an exciting ending in Fridays
Great Northern Conference girls basketball opener at Mosinee, but ultimately,
a rough beginning cost them in a 60-54
overtime loss to the Indians.
The Raiders (0-2 overall) were down
by a dozen points about 10 minutes in,
but head coach Scott Wildberg said the
team cleaned a few things up, stuck with
it and had its chances to claim a key early-season victory.
It just came back to falling behind
so far at the beginning, Wildberg said.
We have to find a way to come out and
make those shots early and execute right
away.
The players missed what they estimated to be 16 points worth in easy shots during the course of the game and 29 turnovers didnt help their cause. Wildberg
said the turnovers were bothersome,
because many of them came on simple
traveling calls and things like that.
We got it down to six, but we easily
could have been up by 10 at halftime, he
said. It was just little, simple things. Either we had to cut down on the turnovers
or it was the easy shots we didnt make.
Mosinee took advantage in the early going. All-conference guard Bailey
Schultz got off to a fast start with 12 firsthalf points. Cheyanne Gunseor knocked
down a pair of three-pointers and the Indians top post player, Natasha Stubbe,
started to establish herself on the low
block with six points.
But the Raiders found some rhythm
too in the last eight minutes of the half.

Conf.
Overall
W
L
W
L
Antigo
1
0
3
3
Mosinee
1
0
2
2
Rhinelander
1
0
2
2
Lakeland
0
0
2
1
Northland Pines
0
1
4
1
Medford
0
1
0
2
Tomahawk
0
1
0
6
Dec. 4: Mosinee 60, Medford 54 (OT);
Rhinelander 64, Northland Pines 62; Antigo 67,
Tomahawk 17.
Dec. 7: Antigo 56, Crandon 37.
Dec. 8: Stevens Point 76, Rhinelander 47; Marshfield 67, Mosinee 36.
Dec. 10: Tomahawk at Medford, Rhinelander
at Antigo, Mosinee at Lakeland.
Dec. 11: Northland Pines at Calumet, Mich.
Dec. 14: Mosinee at Waupaca.
Dec. 15: Medford at Rhinelander, Antigo at
Northland Pines, Lakeland at Tomahawk.
Hailee Clausnitzer scored six points, Sophia Pernstiener added five and the Raiders made eight of 10 free throws in the
first 18 minutes to pull within 32-26.
Victoria Lammar sparked a secondhalf surge by Medford with 10 points,
including a pair of threes. Clausnitzer
knocked down a three and two big free
throws. Sophomore Lainey Brunner
scored five points in the paint as the
Raiders outscored Mosinee 25-19 in the
half. A big defensive stop in the final seconds sent the game to overtime.
Mental toughness allowed the girls to
get back in it, Wildberg said. We talked
about that. They stayed tough, stayed focused and that got them back in the game
pretty quickly.
Stubbe scored 19 points inside for
Mosinee, including 13 in the second half.
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But Wildberg said his new post trio of senior Molly Carstensen, Pernsteiner, who
is a junior, and Brunner held their own
and learned a lot as the game went on.
They played a physical game, Wildberg said. Its still a bit new for them.
They played through it. Weve seen
some strong posts from both Merrill and
Mosinee.
In the overtime, Medford had a onepoint lead, but Gunseor hit a big threepointer off an inbound play to give
Mosinee the lead for good. The Indians
salted it away after that from the free
throw line. They were just 13 of 22 for
the game, but they made their late free
throws count, sinking six of eight in the
overtime.
Clausnitzers 14 points led Medford,
while Lammar had 13. Brunner had nine
in her second-ever varsity contest, while
Pernsteiner had seven.
Tori had a really nice game, Wildberg said. She rebounded really well.
She just hustles at both ends of the floor.
She is constantly hustling.
Jenice
Clausnitzer
and
Lakyn
Kummer scored four points apiece.
Carstensen added three.
The Raiders shot 35 percent from the
field overall (19 for 54) and were a solid 13
of 18 from the free throw line. They made
just three of 13 three-point shots.
We made some really big free throws
in critical situations, Wildberg said.
That kept us in the game.
Hailee Clausnitzer pulled down eight
rebounds. Pernsteiner and Lammar had
six each, while Brunner and Carstensen
had five apiece. Jenice Clausnitzer had
five assists and Lammar and Hailee
Clausnitzer had two steals each.

Schultz tied Stubbe for game-high
See OT LOSS on page 4
Tigers sweep curlers;

East is a no-show
The ice was not kind to the Medford
curling program on Thursday, when
three of its teams fell to the Marshfield
Tigers at the Marshfield Curling Club.
The varsity girls team of Tonja
Firnstahl, Jori Brandner, Rebecca
Smolka and Shaniah Krueger had a 4-0
lead after two ends but were unable to
win another end and fell 8-4.
The boys team of Noah Jalowitz,
Douglas Schumacher, Trenton Geiger
and Sam Dake were locked in a 4-4 tie
late when Marshfield put together consecutive scoring ends to pull out a 6-4
win.
The JV boys team of Jace Laher, Riley Kleist, Brady Tlusty and Sam Lindow was beaten 11-3 by the Tigers.
The Raiders thought they were going to host Wausau East on Tuesday,
but in a scheduling snafu, the Lumberjacks apparently did not know the
games were on the schedule. The teams
are looking to reschedule the meet.
Medford and Portage will resume
their annual Battle of the Brooms series on Monday in Portage before the
Raiders send their teams to Wausau
West for a 3 p.m. meet on Friday, Dec.
18.
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Raiders beat Loggers; young

wrestlers get valuable mat time
From big tests against defending state
champions to first wins to simply first
times on the mat as varsity wrestlers, the
Medford Raiders seemingly experienced
it all Saturday at the Schoenherr Duals,
hosted by the Stratford Tigers.
The Raiders got their first dual-meet
win of the year in the first round, 43-36
over Phillips, and finished 1-4 for the day
to take fifth in the six-team tournament.
Stratford (5-0), Wautoma-Wild Rose
(4-1), Chequamegon (3-2), Chippewa Falls
(2-3) and Phillips (0-5) filled out the field.
Medfords top two returning wrestlers, Kolten Hanson and Tucker Peterson, got off to fine starts. Both wrestled
at 170 and 182 pounds. Hanson went a
perfect 5-0, while Peterson was 4-1.
In the win over Phillips, Medford
jumped out to a 28-6 lead, fell behind 3028, and then won the next three matches
to secure the win.
Freshman Andy Poetzl put the Raiders ahead for good, pinning Brandon Bruneau in 32 seconds at 132 pounds to give
Medford a 34-30 lead. Brayden Fultz took
a forfeit at 138 pounds to push the lead to
10 with two matches left. Preston Carlson
locked up the team win by beating Max
Hoogland 6-3 in a good 145-pound match.
Carlson took a 4-1 first-period lead with
two takedowns. He reversed Hoogland in
the second to take a 6-1 lead and held on.
Early on, Medford got a pin in 4:17
from Tanner Peterson at 160 pounds. Peterson was ahead 14-3 at the time of the
pin. Tucker Peterson dominated Hunter
Anderson 8-0 for a major decision at 170
pounds. Hanson took a forfeit at 182. After Logger Marty Peterson pinned Taylor DuBois in 1:17 at 195 pounds, forfeits
to Medfords Jacob Thums at 220 pounds
and Kenny Krug at 285 pounds put the
Raiders up by 22. The Loggers, though,
got 12 points back when Medford forfeited at 106 and 113 pounds.
The lightweight portion of Medfords
lineup took a hit when junior Josh
Brooks was injured earlier in the week
and could not compete.
The Loggers got pins from Brad Halmsted over Cody Church in 3:59 at 120
pounds and from Jasper Bushman in 1:33
over Brad Nelles at 126 pounds. Adam
Mitchell pinned Raider Alex Davis in
1:11 at 152 pounds.
The host Tigers, who are expecting
some very big things this season, rolled
past Medford 66-12 in round two.
Hanson and Parker Henrichs got two
early pins to give Medford a 12-3 lead after three matches, but it was all Stratford
after that.
Hanson pinned Dylan Schoenherr in
3:54 at 170 pounds in the opening match.
A bigtime 182-pound matchup between
Tucker Peterson and Kam Bornbach, a
defending state champion, went Bornbachs way by an 8-5 count. Down 3-0 to
start the third, Peterson got a takedown
to make it 3-2. Bornbach escaped and
took Peterson down. Peterson got out but

WRESTLING STANDINGS
Duals Dual Meet
Total
W-L
Pts.
Pts.
Pts.
Rhinelander 0-0
0
0
0
Tomahawk
0-0
0
0
0
Lakeland
0-0
0
0
0
Antigo
0-0
0
0
0
Medford
0-0
0
0
0
Mosinee
0-0
0
0
0
Dec. 5: Medford 43, Phillips 36; Stratford 66,
Medford 12; Chippewa Falls 39, Medford 36;
Chequamegon 42, Medford 36; WautomaWild Rose 64, Medford 13; Antigo 57, Manawa
22; Antigo 55, Marathon 18; Antigo 54, Menominee Indian 24; Antigo 40, Rosholt 30; Athens 45,
Antigo 30; Eau Claire North 40, Rhinelander
30; Wittenberg-Birnamwood 39, Rhinelander
34; Rhinelander 41, Wausau West 27; Rhinelander over Tomah; Holmen 48, Rhinelander
15; Two Rivers 72, Mosinee 6; Hortonville 78,
Mosinee 0; Milwaukee Bradley Tech 42, Mosinee
36; Baraboo 57, Mosinee 15; Tomahawk 2nd at
Oconto Invitational.
Dec. 8: Tomahawk 50, Ashland 22; Lakeland 39,
Three Lakes 22.
Dec. 10: Rhinelander at Marshfield.
Dec. 12: Medford at Amherst Invitational,
Rhinelander at Waunakee Invitational, Mosinee
at Tomah Invitational, Lakeland at Barron
Invitational, Tomahawk at Laona-Wabeno Invitational.
Dec. 15: Elcho at Antigo.
Dec. 17: Tomahawk at Medford, Mosinee at
Rhinelander, Lakeland at Antigo.
was taken down again. He reversed Bornbach to get within three again. Henrichs
then pinned Noah Knetter in 5:55 at 195
pounds, ending what had been an exciting match. Henrichs led 12-10 before getting the pin.
Carlson went the distance at 145
pounds, falling 9-0 to Sam Wenzel. An
early takedown and two nearfalls was
the difference. Poetzl lost by a 19-3 technical fall at 132 pounds to Derek Marten.
The rest of Stratfords wins came by pin
or forfeit. At 220 pounds, Hector Rojas
pinned Thums in 53 seconds. Tyler Kauffman pinned Krug in 15 seconds at 285.
State champion AJ Schoenfuss pinned
Church in 38 seconds at 120 pounds. Another state champion, Jeremy Schoenherr, stuck Nelles in 20 seconds at 126.
Jordan Becker pinned Fultz in 1:08
at 138 pounds. Another defending state
champion, Mason Kauffman, got Davis
in 43 seconds at 152 pounds and David
Marquardt pinned Tanner Peterson in
3:20 at 160 pounds.
Stratford was not challenged in its
five dual meets. The Tigers beat Chequamegon 84-0, Phillips 76-3, Chippewa Falls
79-0 and Wautoma-Wild Rose 62-15.
Chippewa Falls used six straight wins
midway through the dual to reverse an
early 21-0 deficit and edge Medford 39-36
in the third round.
The meet started with a good one as
Hanson got an overtime takedown to
beat Isaac Solberg 3-1 in the 182-pound
bout. DuBois got an early takedown and
pinned Logan Kurtenbach in 1:19 in the
195-pound match for his first win. Thums
and Cullen Murphy took forfeits to give
Medford the early 21-point lead.
But, after Medford forfeited at 106 and
113, Kyle Bowe got out to
an 8-1 lead and outlasted
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Invitational, hosted by Stratford. Wenzel won this match 9-0. The Tigers went 5-0 to
win the tournament.
Church 11-7 in the 120-pound match. It
was 9-1 when Church got back in it early
in the third with a five-point reversal and
nearfall. Bowe then got a reversal to regain control.
Chase Bergeron pinned Nelles in 1:37,
Casey Hedrington pinned Poetzl in 5:10
and Matthew Pomietlo pinned Fultz in
1:55 to put the Cardinals up 33-21.
Carlson got an early takedown, then
got a late reversal and nearfall to beat
Chi-His Alex Snider 7-0 at 145 pounds.
Riley Weyandt then put it away for the
Cardinals with a pin in 1:59 over Davis.
Tanner Peterson got a nice win at 160,
pinning Hayden Hedrington in 1:54.
Tucker Peterson took a forfeit at 170.
Wautoma-Wild Rose built a 64-0 lead
before settling for a 64-13 win in round
four. Tanner Peterson got Medford on
the board with a 13-4 major decision over
Sam Eagen at 160 pounds. Tucker Peterson pinned Dillion Martin in 1:19 at 170
pounds and Hanson was a 10-5 winner
over Blake Duket at 182, getting three
takedowns in the second period.
DuBois, Thums, Murphy, Church,
Nelles, Fultz, Carlson and Davis all were
pinned. Poetzl lost 10-0 to Tanner Diest.
Four Raiders won by pin in a 42-36 final-round loss to Chequamegon. Thums
started the meet by sticking Robbie Renken in 38 seconds at 220 pounds. Poetzl
tied things at 18-18 by pinning Absalom
David in 2:11 at 132 pounds. Tucker Peterson needed just 26 seconds to take care
of Parker Zeman at 170. Hanson stuck

Sawyer Anderson in 1:21 at 182. Nelles
and DuBois earned forfeits.
Murphy, Church, Fultz, Carlson, Davis and Tanner Peterson all lost by pin.
Fultz was down 10-6 to start the third period when he was taken down by Michael
Zulinger and pinned at 4:43. Carlson was
pinned at 3:48 by Hunter Steinbeck.
Medford is at the Amherst Scramble
this Saturday. The Raiders draw a tough
assignment in the Great Northern Conference opener, hosting Tomahawk at 7
p.m. on Dec. 17.
OT loss
scoring honors with 19 points. Gunseor
finished with 11 for Mosinee (2-1 overall).
Medford returns to the friendly confines of Raider Hall tonight, Thursday,
hosting the Tomahawk Hatchets. Tip
time is 7:15 p.m. The Raiders go to Rhinelander on Tuesday before hosting Northland Pines on Dec. 18 in two more key
early-season GNC contests.
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five three-pointers and all four of his free
throws to score 19 points for the Raiders. Ekwueme had 14 points and Sullivan
had 11 points, including a three-pointer.
Wenzel had eight points, including a
three-pointer and three-of-four shooting
from the foul line. Meier finished with
six points, including a long ball.
Leading the bench players were Josh
Thiede and Garrett Sommer. Thiede hit
three of five free throws and scored nine
points. Sommer wasnt far from a doubledouble with eight points and at least that
many rebounds, Brown said.
Brady Loertscher had three points,
Pedro Moreno had one and Daniel Rodriguez Losada played well at the point
when Ekwueme was saddled with foul
trouble.
Medford led 40-34 at halftime and outscored the Papermakers 39-29 in the second half.
Nekoosas Andrew Melvin led all scorers with 20 points. Andrew Bohenstengel
added 13 points, hitting two of Nekoosas
three three-pointers in the game.
It was far from our best game, but the
guys got the job done, Brown said.
Fridays intriguing game with
Mosinee tips at 7:15 p.m. The Indians
come into the game at 2-1, having beaten
Marathon and Weyauwega-Fremont.
They lost 65-47 in their Nov. 24 opener at
Wausau East.
The Raiders go to Rib Lake for a 7:30
p.m. non-conference game on Tuesday.
They travel to Tomahawk for a GNC
game on Dec. 17.
Big early win

The Raiders built a 16-point secondhalf lead and then held on just long
enough when Merrill ended the game
with a furious rally to earn a big 65-62
non-conference win in the home opener
at Raider Hall.
Merrills Austin Reissman sank a
three-pointer from the left corner that
would have tied the game, but he released
it after the final buzzer had sounded.
The young Raiders impressively dug
out of an early 6-2 hole against the defending WIAA Division 2 sectional runner-up, took the lead at 12-10 and never
trailed again.
Its huge, Brown said. Merrill is a
great program. Every year Ive been here
theyve kinda put it to us. But we have
such a great group. Our theme is to be relentless. We always try to outwork every
team. Tonight was just a real nice team
win. I just thought everybody contributed. We played so hard on the defensive
end we gave ourselves a chance to win.
That was a sick game, Ekwueme
said after scoring a game-high 21 points.
The crowd was really behind us, it gave
us a lot of motivation to keep working
hard.
Ekwueme came up with the biggest
play of the final minute. With Medford
clinging to a 63-62 lead and Wenzel having just been called for an offensive foul
with 26.4 seconds to go, Ekwueme cleanly
picked the pocket of Merrills Zach Mootz
near midcourt for a steal and layup with
8.7 seconds left to push the lead to three.
Medford stole the ensuing inbound
pass but got called for traveling in front
of its bench with 5.8 seconds to go. Merrill then worked the ball two-thirds of
the way up the court to Reissman, but a
double team on the wing delayed the final pass long enough to prevent the shot
from getting off on time.
I knew he was going to crossover, so I
was waiting for it, Ekwueme said of his
big steal.
Merrill is a really good team and
they got hot, Brown said. They pushed
it late. We got some big rebounds and although we didnt make both free throws,

BOYS BASKETBALL STANDINGS
Conf.
Overall
W
L
W
L
Medford
0
0
3
0
Tomahawk
0
0
3
0
Rhinelander
0
0
1
0
Northland Pines
0
0
3
1
Mosinee
0
0
2
1
Antigo
0
0
2
1
Lakeland
0
0
2
1
Dec. 3: Mosinee 66, Weyauwega-Fremont 57;
Tomahawk 66, Chequamegon 50.
Dec. 4: Medford 65, Merrill 62; Lakeland 69,
Chequamegon 42; Iola-Scandinavia 49, Antigo 48;
Northland Pines 74, Kohler 59.
Dec. 7: Medford 79, Nekoosa 63; Crandon 72,
Northland Pines 65.
Dec. 8: Lakeland 90, Ashland 59; Antigo 62, W.R.
Assumption 53; Tomahawk 60, Ladysmith 52.
Dec. 11: Mosinee at Medford, Lakeland at
Antigo, Northland Pines at Rhinelander, Lincoln
Hills at Tomahawk.
Dec. 12: Rice Lake at Lakeland.
Dec. 14: Menominee, Mich. at Antigo.
Dec. 15: Medford at Rib Lake, Mosinee at
Marshfield, Lakeland at Merrill, Antigo at S.P.
Pacelli, Tomahawk at Crandon.
Dec. 17: Medford at Tomahawk, Rhinelander
at Mosinee, Antigo at Northland Pines.
we made one of the two a couple of times.

Then with Osy coming up big with that
steal to go up three. It just showed that
we did a good job for a young team of
keeping our composure and finishing the
game.
The Raiders clicked offensively in the
first half. The Raiders aggressively attacked the rim, put Merrill in early foul
trouble and made 14 of 17 first-half free
throws. Strebig was in an early groove,
knocking down four three-pointers as
Medford bolted to a 37-29 halftime lead.
I owe it all to my teammates. They
drove and kicked it out to me, Strebig
said of his early success. They executed
greatly.
Guys seem to know their role,
Brown said. They seem to know when
to attack and when to move the ball. We
still need to get better at setting up our
screens and using our screens. I think
thats still a weakness. Overall our spacings good and were making good decisions with whos shooting and how fast
were shooting. Were OK with pulling it
out and running our offense until we get
a good shot.
Meier hit the teams first three-pointer, giving the Raiders a 10-8 lead. Riley
Sutton scored off a Medford turnover to
tie it at 10, then Ekwueme was fouled off
a nice feed from Losada and made both
free throws to give Medford the lead with
11:57 left in the half. Strebig buried his
first three, the Raiders went to work at
the foul line, then an 11-4 surge made it
31-19. Brady Loertscher scored inside off
a Thiede assist, Strebig got a steal and hit
Sullivan with a long outlet pass for a layup. Strebig sank two treys and Wenzel
added a free throw in the run.
Merrill got within 44-37 early in the
second half, then Medford regained control with a 12-3 spurt. Strebig got the last
of his 17 points by dropping in a transition three-pointer to push the lead to
10. Ekwueme swished another transition three, assisted by Strebig and then
he scored with a post-up move inside to
make it 52-40. Thiede scored inside and
Wenzel made both free throws following a technical foul on Merrills bench to
make it 56-40 with 9:29 to go.
The technical, however, was the spark
the Blue Jays needed and they went on
a shooting binge of their own. Reissman
swished two threes and Mootz added one,
and just like that, the lead was down to
eight at 57-49. Ben Tabors long ball made
it 59-54 with just over six minutes left.
Mootz got a three-point play on an offensive rebound to make it a one-possession
game at 60-57 with 5:10 left. From there,
Nice play
Photo by Matt Frey
Medfords Garrett Sommer pulls up near the free throw line just before making a
perfect pass to a cutting Brady Loertscher for a layup that gives the Raiders a 37-27
lead over Merrill late in the first half of Fridays non-conference contest at Raider Hall.
the teams traded misses from the field
and occasionally made free throws to set
up the exciting final seconds.
Meier scored eight points for Medford, Wenzel finished with seven and
Loertscher had six. Sullivan and Thiede
scored three points each. After the hot
start, Medford finished 24 of 40 from the
free throw line, but that was still a key
advantage as Merrill was just nine for
16. Sommer, Losada and Pedro Moreno
again added key minutes off the bench.
Brown and the players said defense
was the big key to the win.
We were rotating on defense,
Strebig said. We did a very good job of
that.
I thought we did a great job of rotating on the baseline drive and when they
got it to the post, Brown said. We still
have a lot of work we have to do. We have
to continue to work on scrambling out of
those traps and being in great position so
we can try to take a charge. Jake Sullivan
took a big charge on the baseline drive
(in the second half). Those are things
were emphasizing. Guys are buying in.
You see them every day getting better.
Mootz had 18 points and Sutton added
12 for the Blue Jays, who fell to 0-2 with
their second close non-conference loss to
start the season. They lost 50-45 to Shawano on Dec. 1 in a rematch of a sectional semifinal game from last March.
Basketball
Stratford STAR League
Dec. 6 results
A Division
Victory Apparel 91, Smazals Hunters Choice 87
(Mike Riemer, VA, 23 points; Brian Kruger, SHC,
23 points); Prudential/Success Realty 78, Kafka
Forestry 54 (Cain Trunkel, P/SR, 30 points); A&B
Process Systems 78, US Bancorp 73 (Andy Bliven,
A&B, 20 points; Chris Newburry, USB, 36 points).
B Division
Davis Auto 71, Arbys 61 (Kyle Davis, DA, 32
points; Lucius Messerschmidt, DA, 20 points);
Marshfield Country Club 84, Nutz Deep II 71
(Kenny Pettit, NDII, 26 points); BSI Stainless 75,
Resource Recovery 66.
Nernberger, Roth
see success in Mixed
Doubles curling
From USA Curling news releases
Medford native Kroy Nernberger, now
living in Madison, teamed up with Nina
Roth of McFarland to win the C bracket
of the 2016 USA Curling Mixed Doubles
National Championship on Monday and
earn a berth in the 2016 World Mixed
Doubles Team Trials.
The Mixed Doubles National Championships were held at the Denver Curling
Club Dec. 2-7 with 29 teams competing
for the championship. Winners of the A,
B and C brackets earned berths in the
World Team Trials, set for Feb. 25-28 at
USA Curlings Olympic Training Site in
Blaine, Minn. Team USAs representative for the 2016 World Mixed Doubles, to
be held April 16-23 in Karlstad, Sweden,
will be determined at the trials.
The A and B bracket winners met
Monday for the national championship.
A bracket winners Jessica Schultz (Richfield, Minn.) and Jason Smith (St. Paul,
Minn.) beat B bracket winners Doug and
Allison Pottinger (Eden Prairie, Minn.)
9-3 in the final.
Nernberger and Roth beat Alex Carlson (St. Paul) and Alex Leichter (Boston)
7-5 on Monday to win the C bracket title
and gain some revenge for an earlier defeat in the tournament.
Nernberger and Roth won their first
three matches to reach the A bracket
semifinals. They crushed the California
pair of Cameron Kim and Keri VanNorman 15-1 in their first match on Wednesday and followed that up with a 9-3 win
over the North Dakota team of Sam and
Larissa Unruh on Thursday.
Nernberger and Roth hung on for a
12-10 win over Alex Fenson (Bemidji,
Minn.) and Taylor Anderson (Broomall,
Pa.) on Friday night, but Carlson and
Leichter knocked them off in the Saturday A bracket semifinals 7-6.
See CURLING on page 13
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SPORTS
Hornets heat up in first half,

beat Pirates boys by 14
Gilman started strong. After five minutes of Fridays Eastern Cloverbelt boys
basketball battle with Colby, they held a
three-point lead and seemed to be comfortable and in control.
It took Colby just over 30 seconds to
overturn the deficit and the Pirates good
feelings, and the home Hornets never
trailed again on their way to a 62-48 win.
Trey Rau scored a game-high 17 points
for the Hornets and made two threes. Gilmans Roman Konsella scored a careerhigh 11 in the defeat.
The win boosts Colby (2-1, 2-0 ECC)
into a first-place tie with Neillsville atop
the East. Gilman (0-2, 0-2 ECC) falls back
into a tie with Granton and Greenwood
at the bottom. The Pirates are back in action tonight, Thursday, Dec. 10, against
Columbus Catholic in another league
battle.
After an Emmitt Sherfield layup extended Gilmans early lead to 7-4, Colby
scored the next 16 points, highlighted by
an alley-oop from Mathew Karl to Rau.
Karl had five points and Rau seven during the three-minute scoring binge.
They started hitting shots and we
didnt play our defense like were supposed to. We panicked when they put a
press on us and had way too many turnovers, Pirates head coach Brian Pernsteiner said. We were trying to play a
2-3 zone, but some of the guys have been
sick and werent quite in the flow. Three
Hornets, Rau, Karl (10 points) and Wyatt
Dawson (11), scored in double-digits in
the game.
Halfway through the first period, Gilman finally found some success against
Colbys full-court press and outscored
the Hornets 11-5 over a four minute
run. Seven of the Pirates points during
the streak came off free throws. Ethan
Aldinger, Chanse Rosemeyer and Travis Lato all made two each. Maverick
EASTERN CLOVERBELT CONFERENCE

Conf.
Overall
W
L
W
L
Colby
2
0
2
1
Neillsville
2
0
2
2
Columbus Cath.
1
0
4
0
Owen-Withee
1
0
1
1
Spencer
0
0
1
0
Loyal
1
1
2
1
Gilman
0
2
0
2
Granton
0
2
0
3
Greenwood
0
2
0
4
Dec. 4: Colby 62, Gilman 48; Neillsville 65,
Greenwood 33; Loyal 63, Granton 47.
Dec. 5: Stratford 65, Owen-Withee 58.
Dec. 7: Columbus Catholic 82, Auburndale 67;
North. Lutheran 41, Greenwood 39; Pittsville 78,
Granton 57.
Dec. 8: Marathon 58, Neillsville 49; Spencer 58,
Edgar 53; Owen-Withee at Abbotsford, Loyal 84,
Prentice 81.
Dec. 10: Columbus Catholic at Gilman, Neillsville at Loyal, Greenwood at Spencer, Granton
at Colby.
Dec. 11: Edgar at Owen-Withee.
Dec. 12: Coulee Christian at Granton.
Dec. 14: Spencer at Marathon.
Dec. 15: Loyal at Gilman, Neillsville at Columbus Catholic, Owen-Withee at Colby, Spencer at
Granton.
Dec. 17: Gilman at Bruce.
Birkenholz had the seventh. An eightfoot runner from Rosemeyer made it a 2516 game with five minutes left in the half.
Then Colbys shooters got hot again.
Rau made his second three of the game to
push the lead to 15. Birkenholz answered
back with a basket, but Tony Ortega
hit back-to-back threes for the Hornets.
Colbys lead got as large as 44-21 before
Aldinger made a jumper at the end of the
half.
Gilman outscored the Hornets 25-18
in the second half, thanks to one of the
baskets of the game, a nifty reverse layup
by Konsella with just over 10 minutes to
play, and a nine-point team scoring run
in the final two minutes. Konsella led
See GILMAN BOYS on page 8
Easy basket
Photos by Bryan Wegter
Gilmans Zach Sonnentag scores an uncontested layup during Fridays Eastern Cloverbelt game in Colby. The senior finished with three points.
Warriors make eight threes, rout

Gilman girls; Colby wins by 15
In her face
Gilmans Kasee Burton keeps a close defensive eye on Colbys Ashley Streveler
during Fridays Eastern Cloverbelt game in Colby.
Gilman was as close as 13-10 at one

point in the first half, but the Neillsville
Warriors broke Tuesdays Eastern Cloverbelt game open with a 18-4 run over
the remainder of the period and didnt
trail again in their 57-27 girls basketball
win.
It was close fairly early. After that
we had some mindless passes and they
started hitting their three-pointers, Pirates head coach Robin Rosemeyer said.
The Warriors hit six threes during the
games decisive run. Morgan Hauge and
Kayla Lis had two each. Mindy Schoengarth and Danielle Pfeiffer added the other two. The Pirates connected on a season-high four three-pointers, two from
Taylor Hendricks and one each from
Kayla Chause and Camryn Skabroud,
but were undone by 28 turnovers as their
losing streak hit three games.
(The Warriors) have girls that can
knock them down. Theyre tough to defend with the shooters they have, Rosemeyer said. If you go to zone, theyre going to hit open shots. If you go man, were
not quick enough.
Neillsville (2-1) is riding a two-game
East winning streak after their opening
loss to Loyal. Gilman sinks to 1-3. The
Pirates are off until next Tuesday when
they travel to Thorp. First-tip is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

Kyla Schoene scored nine to lead
Gilman. She leads the team at 9.3 ppg.
See GILMAN GIRLS on page 8

EASTERN CLOVERBELT CONFERENCE
Conf.
Overall
W
L
W
L
Loyal
3
0
4
1
Spencer
3
0
3
1
Colby
3
1
3
2
Neillsville
2
1
3
2
Greenwood
1
1
1
3
Owen-Withee
1
2
2
2
Gilman
1
3
1
3
Columbus Cath.
0
2
1
4
Granton
0
4
0
5
Dec. 3: Neillsville 62, Owen-Withee 52; Spencer 47, Columbus Catholic 45; Greenwood 62,
Granton 22.
Dec. 4: Colby 66, Gilman 51.
Dec. 8: Neillsville 57, Gilman 27; Loyal 69,
Columbus Catholic 41; Colby 67, Owen-Withee 48;
Spencer 63, Granton 44.
Dec. 11: Colby at Neillsville, Spencer at Loyal,
Owen-Withee at Greenwood, Granton at Columbus Catholic.
Dec. 14: Altoona at Neillsville, Loyal at Prentice,
North. Lutheran at Columbus Catholic.
Dec. 15: Gilman at Thorp, Abbotsford at OwenWithee.
Dec. 17: Spencer at Gilman, Greenwood at
Neillsville, Loyal at Colby, Columbus Catholic at
Owen-Withee, Granton at W.V. Lutheran.
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SPORTS
Page 7
Edges three-goal surge puts

game out of reach; T-Birds roll
Away from the net
Photo by Jamie Taylor, The Lakeland Times
Medfords Kaitlin Gradberg directs the puck away from the net and goalie Emily
Lybert during Fridays 9-1 loss at Lakeland.
Antigo overpowers boys; fatigue

hits in second period at Lakeland
Alex Nagel didnt get the chance to
pass the football against the Medford
Raiders this fall due to injury. The Antigo standout got his chance to pass the
puck against the Raiders on Tuesday,
notching six assists to go along with two
goals in the Red Robins 14-0 blowout
win.
The defending Great Northern Conference boys hockey champions and
WIAA sectional runners-up scored seven
first-period goals to end the suspense
early in game two of a girls-boys doubleheader at the Langlade County Multipurpose Building. They tacked on four in
the second and three more in the third to
improve to 3-0 in the GNC and 5-0 overall.
Medford fell to 0-2 in the GNC and 1-2
overall.
Tyler Husnick scored four goals and
Adam Schmidt had three for Antigo, who
outshot the Raiders 65-4.
Husnick had three goals and two assists in the first period, Schmidt had a
goal and three assists and Nagel had a
goal and three assists as Antigo put 32
shots on Raider sophomore Tyler Kadlecek, who made his first prep start in
goal. Kadlecek had 25 saves in the period.
Husnick scored an unassisted goal
28 seconds into the game and added his
second tally at 3:10, assisted by Nagel. It
took the Red Robins a little more than
seven minutes to score five more goals.
Junior Spenser Scholl took over in the
second period and went the last 34 minutes of running-clock time. He finished
with 26 total saves on 33 shots. He had 11
saves in the second period and 16 in the
third.
Nagel had three assists and Schmidt
scored twice in the second period. CJ
Levis, Zack Levis, Jake Rhode, Arin VerHagen and Cody Below all scored a goal
apiece for Antigo. The goal by Zack Levis
was a short-hander 8:19 into the first period, assisted by Schmidt and Husnick.
VerHagen got a power-play goal, assisted
by Elijah Wickersheim 32 seconds into
the third. That was Antigos only power

BOYS HOCKEY STANDINGS
Conf.
Conf.
Overall
W-L-T
Pts.
W-L-T
Antigo
3-0-0
9
5-0-0
Mosinee
2-0-0
6
4-1-0
Northland Pines
2-0-0
6
3-1-0
Lakeland
1-1-0
3
2-2-0
Rhinelander
0-1-0
0
1-1-0
Waupaca
0-1-0
0
1-4-0
Medford
0-2-0
0
1-2-0
Tomahawk
0-2-0
0
0-2-1
Dec. 3: Lakeland 11, Medford 0; Antigo 7,
Rhinelander 0; Mosinee 9, Tomahawk 0.
Dec. 4: Northland Pines 2, Waupaca 0.
Dec. 5: Antigo 2, Superior 1; Lakeland 5, Merrill
4.
Dec. 8: Antigo 14, Medford 0; Mosinee 5,
Lakeland 2; Stevens Point 6, Northland Pines 5;
Waupaca 7, Green Bay United 3.
Dec. 10: Lakeland at Antigo, Waupaca at Tomahawk, Rhinelander at Northland Pines, Mosinee
at D.C. Everest.
Dec. 12: Waupaca at Rhinelander, Rice Lake
at Lakeland, Mosinee vs. Wausau East or West
at D.C. Everest, Tomahawk at ChequamegonPhillips.
Dec. 15: Tomahawk at Medford, Antigo at
Waupaca, Rhinelander at Lakeland, Wausau
East or West at Mosinee.
Dec. 17: Medford at Rhinelander, Northland
Pines at Antigo, Lakeland at Tomahawk, D.C.
Everest at Waupaca.
Three different players scored firstperiod goals, then one of the Great Northern Conferences top scoring threats,
Katie Detert, connected for a hat trick
over the last two periods to lead the
Rhinelander-Antigo-Three Lakes Northern Edge to a 6-1 girls hockey win over
Medford Tuesday in Antigo.
The Raiders notched their second goal
of the season as Marissa McPeak intercepted a neutral zone pass and put a shot
past the Northern Edges Shea Peterson
with four minutes left in the game. That
cut the deficit to 5-1 at the time. Detert
finished her hat trick with 50 seconds left
to close the scoring.
Medford fell to 0-3 in the GNC and
overall with Tuesdays loss. The Northern Edge improved to 1-1 in the GNC and
3-1-1 overall.
The six goals allowed was a seasonbest for the Raider girls in the early going. The Raiders improved despite not
having one defenseman for the entire
game (Kaitlin Gradberg) and another (Sienna Demulling) late.
The Edge outshot the Raiders 30-16.
Emily Lybert had 24 saves, including
nine in the first and third periods, for the
Raiders.
We played pretty well, Medford
head coach Chad Demulling said. Much
better effort than Friday at Lakeland.
The Edge needed just 25 seconds to
take the lead, scoring on a Lindsey Steger goal, assisted by Payton Bunnell and
Detert. It stayed that way until the 10:02
mark when Marie Sandstrom found the
net, assisted by Bunnell.
Bunnell and Detert hurt Medford
dearly with back-to-back goals spanning
the first and second periods. Bunnells
unassisted goal came with 12 seconds left
in the first. Just 27 seconds into the second, Detert got her first goal with assists
from Bunnell and Taylor Trachte. In a
span of 39 seconds, the lead doubled from
two to four.
Detert scored again 1:01 later to push
the lead to five. Sandstrom and Bunnell
assisted on Deterts last goal. That gave
Bunnell four assists for the night.

GIRLS HOCKEY STANDINGS
Conf.
Conf.
Overall
W-L-T
Pts.
W-L-T
Lakeland
3-0-0
6
3-0-0
Northland Pines
1-0-0
2
4-2-1
Waupaca Co-op
1-0-0
2
3-1-0
Northern Edge
1-1-0
2
3-1-1
Tomahawk
0-2-0
0
0-2-0
Medford
0-3-0
0
0-3-0
Dec. 3: Point-Rapids-Marshfield 5, Waupaca 2.
Dec. 4: Lakeland 9, Medford 1; Northland
Pines 4, Superior 1.
Dec. 5: Northern Edge 3, Onalaska Co-op 2;
Hayward Co-op 5, Northland Pines 0.
Dec. 8: Northern Edge 6, Medford 1; Lakeland
4, Tomahawk 0.
Dec. 10: Waupaca Co-op at Medford.
Dec. 11: Northland Pines at Lakeland, Waupaca
at University School, Northern Edge at Marquette, Mich. tournament.
Dec. 12: Northern Edge at Marquette, Mich.
tournament, Waupaca vs. Cedarburg Co-op at
University School.
Dec. 14: Black River Falls Co-op at Medford,
Northland Pines at Point-Rapids-Marshfield.
Dec. 15: Lakeland at Tomahawk.
Demulling said the early goals in the

first two periods resulted from simple
mental mistakes. Bunnells goal late in
the first came off a bad pass, similar to
McPeaks goal. Medfords best chance to
score another goal came on a deflection
by Emily Quante that just missed the corner of the net.
We had some positive face-off plays,
especially on the power play in the third
period, Demulling said.
The Raiders will try again tonight,
Thursday, when they host the defending GNC champion Waupaca co-op at
the Simek Recreation Center. The opening face-off is at 7 p.m. Medford hosts the
Black River Falls co-op in non-conference play on Monday, also at 7 p.m.
Loss at Lakeland
Medford scored its first goal of the season, but little else went right for the Raiders in Fridays 9-1 loss at Lakeland.
The Thunderbirds found the net four
times in just under five minutes during
the first period to build a big early lead.
The binge scoring continued with two
See GIRLS HOCKEY on page 13
play of the night. Medford was unsuccessful in two power play chances.
The Raiders will try to bounce back
Tuesday when they host Tomahawk at 7
p.m. at the Simek Recreation Center. The
Hatchets are winless so far at 0-2-1. They
tied Merrill, who Medford beat last week.
Medford goes to Rhinelander on Dec. 17.
T-Birds take over

The Raiders played a solid first 27 minutes or so on Thursday, but when their
legs gave out, things fell apart in a hurry
in an 11-0 Great Northern Conference
loss at Lakeland.
It was a 2-0 game until Lakelands
Spencer Sutton scored 9:58 into the second period. That sparked a five-goal avalanche that made it 7-0 by the end of the
period. The Thunderbirds scored four
See HOCKEY on page 13
Tough matchup
Photo by Laura Harvey, Antigo Daily Journal
Medfords Klayton Kree pushes the puck past Antigos Elijah Wickersheim, trying
to establish something in the offensive zone during the first period of Tuesdays loss at
Antigo. A very good Red Robins squad easily beat the Raiders 14-0.
SPORTS
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Thursday, September
December 22,
10, 2011
2015
Wolfpack goes 5-0 at Chetek
A closing win
Photo by Matt Frey
Cornell-Gilman-Lake Holcombes Sam Pickerign puts pressure on Abbotsford-Colbys Logan Ruesch before pinning him to give the Wolfpack their final win of the night
in Tuesdays non-conference dual meet. Pickerign had a perfect week, winning all of
his matches at Chetek and this one in Gilman.
matches were imperative. But Abbotsford-Colbys Chance Clement stepped

up in the 106-pound bout, getting a takedown and two nearfalls to grab an 8-0
first-period lead over the Wolfpacks Wyatt Willmarth. Clement got the pin at 2:58
to seal the team win.
Pickerign, though, finished strong for
the Wolfpack, getting a second-period reversal before sticking Ruesch.
The Wolfpacks Manuel Granado (126
pounds), Connor Boehm (138), Matt Kostka (195) and JC Shackleton (220) won by
forfeit.
Traner Weiler was too strong for the
Wolfpacks Robert Fasbender at 132
pounds, getting the pin at 4:14. In one of
the best matchups of the night on paper,
the Wolfpack moved Zach Person up to
145 pounds, where he met AbbotsfordColbys strong freshman Joseph Aguilera. Person just couldnt get much going and Aguilera got the pin at 4:41.
Christian Raasch pinned the Wolfpacks Alex Gehrt in 4:53 at 160 pounds
after building a 9-1 lead. Taking forfeits
for the vistors were Jose Hernandez at
152 pounds, Brock Halopka at 170, Angelo
Hutman at 182 and Jose Tzintzun at 120.
Were not in tip-top shape yet, Sonnentag said. I dont expect them to be.
Its a long season. Well get there.
Cornell-Gilman-Lake Holcombe is at
the Barron Invitational Saturday. The
team will host Stanley-Boyd/Owen-Withee at Cornell on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Great start at Chetek

The Wolfpack started their season on
Gilman girls hurt by free throws at Colby

Hendricks scored a season-high eight.
Chause had four, Skabroud scored three
and Kasee Burton had two. Sophomore
Cooper Sherfield was kept out of the
score column for the first time this season.
Neillsville held a 31-14 lead at halftime. Lis scored nine of her game-high 18
points in the first half. She made another
three and hit all four free throw attempts
in the second half, during which the
Warriors out-scored Gilman 26-13. Hauge
scored eight for Neillsville, Pfeiffer had
seven and Schoengarth finished with six.
The Pirates did meet one of their goals
for Tuesdays game.
Our goal was to keep 12 (Schoengarth) and 20 (Lis) to under 25 points. We
held them to 24, Rosemeyer said.
Free throw attempts are a good indicator of how well the Gilman girls match
up with opponents. In their lone win, and
Gilman boys
all scorers with 11 in the second half, including three three-pointers. Birkenholz
scored five in the second half, bringing
his game total to nine, a season-high for
the freshman. Rosemeyer hit a second
half three to get to nine points for the
game. Gilman went 14 of 52 (.269) from
the field. Colby was 23 of 58 (.379).
Romans coming around. Dallas Skabroud and Maverick are improving,
weve got things to build on, Pernsteiner said. Its early, but weve got a lot of
work to do.
Through two games, Rosemeyer leads
the Pirates at 9.0 ppg. Konsella is second
at 8.0 ppg. The pair have made eight of
Gilmans nine three-pointers this season.
closest loss, the Pirates combined to attempt 58 foul shots. In their two biggest
losses, by a combined 65 points to Loyal
and Neillsville, theyve attempted only
11. On Tuesday, they were five of eight at
the line.
Closer in Colby
Despite an early season-best game
from Schoene (20 points and 11 rebounds), the Pirates were unable to overcome 31 turnovers and a cold night at the
free throw line during Fridays 66-51 ECC
loss in Colby.
The loss dropped Gilman to 1-2 in the
East. Colby improved to 2-1 in the ECC.
The Pirates improved their field goal
percentage for the third-straight game.
They finished 18 of 39 (.462) from the field,
up from .295 and .324 in their first two
games. Colby was worse (.350 field goal
percentage), but took advantage of their
advantage in shots (57).
Conversely, Gilman was a seasonworst .429 (15-35) at the free throw line.
They entered the game shooting .615 from
the stripe. Colby made 24 of 34 in the win.
We still didnt get into our man offense as smooth as I would like, but we
did okay defensively. It was a step forward, Rosemeyer said.
The post players for both sides were
the main threats. Schoene scored her
points on eight of 12 shooting and added
an assist and steal. Colbys Samantha
Hayes scored 17 on six of 12 shooting,
grabbed eight rebounds and had three
steals and two blocks.
Gilman was right with Colby in the
first half, despite missing their first seven free throw attempts. The Hornets aggressive defense put them in early foul
trouble. The Pirates went into the bonus
after seven minutes, but didnt register
their first successful attempt of the game
until Birkenholz made a pair with six

minutes left in the half. Over the remainder of the half, Gilman was four-for-12 at
the line.
Colbys lead grew as large as 13-4 before the Pirates began to reel them in.
Schoene scored on a putback after a
Birkenholz miss at the 11-minute mark
and went on to score 11 in the first half.
Three came on another putback, and subsequent free throw, following a Birkenholz steal with one minute until the
break. The three-point play made it a 2422 game. Hayes scored a layup in the final
minute to send the Hornets into halftime
up four. Hendricks and Birkenholz both
had four points in the first half.
We gave ourselves a chance in the
first half. We limited our turnovers and
only had 10. We got to the foul line, now
we just need to make them, Rosemeyer
said.
Colbys full-court press contributed
to 12 Gilman turnovers in the opening 10
minutes of the second half, during which
the Hornets outscored the Pirates 27-13.
Hayes made two field goals and four free
throws in that time.
A pair of Chause jumpers pulled the
Pirates within 10 with 3:41 to play, but
thats as close as theyd get. Colbys Haylee Geiger scored five of her seven points
in the final minutes to help preserve the
win.
In the second half we had too many
turnovers. We had trouble getting back
into the speed of the game. Our offense
against the press has to get a lot better, Rosemeyer said. Skabroud scored
seven in the loss, though her streak of
games with a made three-pointer (2) was
broken. Hendricks (0-5 free throws) and
Sherfield both scored six overall. Chause
had five points, but was one-for-four at
the foul line.
Saturday with their best-ever showing at

the Chetek-Weyerhaeuser/Prairie Farm
Challenge. The Wolfpack won the tournament with a 5-0 record in dual meets,
including wins over two East Lakeland
Conference rivals.
The team wrestled very well, Sonnentag said. Each wrestler made key
contributions today. We have a mixed
bag of very experienced wrestlers to firstyear wrestlers. We needed them all today
and we pulled out some close duals with
a great effort from each individual. There
are a lot of good things we can work off of
from today moving forward.
The team started the day with a big
36-30 win over Cameron and another big
win, 45-34 over the host team. A 42-34 win
over Mondovi in the third round was the
clincher as the team had no trouble with
Bruce (60-12) and Eau Claire Regis (54-12).
The Wolfpack had four undefeated
wrestlers. Lee dominated at heavyweight
and went 5-0. Kostka was unbeaten at 195
pounds as were Willmarth and Pickerign
at 106 and 113 pounds. Paul Nedland was
4-1 at 120 pounds as were Granado at 126
and Person at 138.
We had (Cameron and Chetek) in our
first two matches, Sonnentag said. I
said, well if we can beat those two teams,
then were sitting pretty good.
The win against the home team was
impressive. Cornell-Gilman-Lake Holcombe stormed back from a 28-3 deficit by
winning seven six-point bouts in a row.
Kostka got it started by pinning Jacob
Larson in 1:36 in the 195-pound bouts.
Shackleton followed by pinning David
Bognar in 1:49. Lee needed just 21 seconds
to pin Jon Christianson in the heavyweight match.
Wilmarth took a forfeit at 106 pounds.
Pickerign pinned Dylan Anderson in 2:29
at 113 pounds and Paul Nedland took a
forfeit at 120 pounds. Granado iced it
with a 42-second pin over Frances Jacob
at 126 pounds.
Person gave the Wolfpack an early 3-0
lead with a hard-fought 3-0 decision over
Sam Peters at 138 pounds.
The Chetek team then took five
straight matches. Justis Knutson took an
11-3 major decision over Fasbender and
Dominick Ippolite was a forfeit winner at
152 pounds. Sam Newell pinned Gehrt in
28 seconds at 160 pounds. Daniel Churchwar took a forfeit at 170 and Jeremiah
Churchwar did the same at 182. Michael
Slagel pinned Boehm in 15 seconds at 132.
The win over Cameron, the defending
East Lakeland champion, builds confidence for the Wolfpack down the road.
Mondovi, Sonnentag said, only had a
handful of wrestlers. The Buffaloes normally have a strong, deep squad.
EAST LAKELAND CONFERENCE
WRESTLING STANDINGS
Conf. Duals
W
L
Cameron
0
0
Cor.-Gilman-LH 0
0
Bruce
0
0
Flambeau
0
0
Shell Lake
0
0
Northwood-Solon 0
0
Dec. 5: Cornell-Gilman-Lake Holcombe 36,
Cameron 30 (nc); Cornell-Gilman-Lake Holcombe 45, Chetek-Weyer./Pr. Farm 34; Cornell-Gilman-Lake Holcombe 42, Mondovi 34;
Cornell-Gilman-Lake Holcombe 60, Bruce
12 (nc); Cornell-Gilman-Lake Holcombe 54,
E.C. Regis 12; Cameron 51, Mondovi 24; ChetekWeyer./Pr. Farm 45, Cameron 36; Chetek-Weyer./
Pr. Farm 57, Bruce 10.
Dec. 8: Abbotsford-Colby 48, Cornell-Gilman-Lake Holcombe 36; Unity, Cameron 42;
Bloomer-Colfax 54, Cameron 30; Northwestern
72, Cameron 6.
Dec. 10: Bruce, Flambeau and Turtle Lake-Clayton at Clear Lake; Shell Lake at Unity, Glenwood
City at Cameron.
Dec. 12: Cornell-Gilman-Lake Holcombe and
Bruce at Barron Invitational; Flambeau, Shell
Lake and Northwood-Solon Springs at Spooner
Invitational.
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Whats Happening
Friday, December 11
Music with John Blanchard at 1 p.m. at Golden
Living Center.
Train Show from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Dons Trains.
Santa from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Music with Denny Frey at 9 a.m. at Golden Living
Center.
Craft & Vendor Sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at OwenWithee High School.
Community Christmas Caroling at 10 a.m. at
Medford County Market.
Free Christmas Movie - Elf at 10 a.m. at Broadway
Theatre. Pictures with Santa at 9:30 a.m.
Singles Cribbage Tournament at 1 p.m. at
Hacienda. DJ Graffic Sound from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Elvis Impersonator - Loren Wanish at 6 p.m. at
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Doubles Cribbage Tournament at Crossroads.
Sunday, December 13
Chequamegon Sportsmen Club Breakfast from 7
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Light-A-Light Dinner at 11:30 a.m. at MASH cafeteria.
Music Connection - Dance Polka Party from 1 to 5
p.m. at Centennial Community Center.
Tailgate & Bling Party from 2 to 6 p.m. at
Crossroads.
Monday, December 14
Taylor County Tavern League Christmas Party
at 5 p.m. at High View Inn.
Auditions for The 39 Steps, presented by Medford
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concert featured patriotic and secular music with the second half devoted to Christmas favorites. Additional photos from the concert will
appear in the Christmas Greetings section of The Star News along
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Aspirus Volunteers-Medford hosted
the 19th annual Lites of Love tree-lighting ceremony on Monday evening at the
hospitals welcome center.
The tree was decorated with the help
of Medford Boy Scouts and with the support of hundreds of donations in memory
of loved ones. Hospital CEO Gregg Olson
explained that the bright lights on the
tree are symbolic of the thoughts and
memories of peoples loved ones.
A crowd of nearly 100 people attended
the tree-lighting event. In addition to
serving as a way to celebrate and share
the memories of loved ones, Olson explained the event also helps future generations of healthcare providers by supporting scholarships to area schools.
Since 1996, monies raised through the
Lites of Love scholarship fund have financially supported over 75 high school
graduates pursuing healthcare careers.
The event included an essay contest
held among area fourth-grade classes.
The finalists in the contest read their essays at Mondays dedication event. The
theme of the essay answered the question Why is Aspirus Medford Hospital
important to my family:
Here are the essays of the finalists:
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and I was going to scream and cry. One of
the nurses said she would give me some
candy if I sat still. So I sat stil and in the
end I got a piece of candy. Another time
I broke my leg. My doctor asked if he
could sign my cast and he drew lines and
a mini picture on it.
Aspirus makes miracles happen. For
example, my grandma had blood clots in
her lungs. If the doctors wouldnt have
found the blood clots my grandma would
have died. Another time is when my
mom was having a baby. The amazing
nurses helped her deliver my sister. Now
she is a healthy two-year-old all because
of what the staff did.
Aspirus Medford Hospital helps my
family by having a great supporting staff
and making miracles happen. Thank you
Aspirus!
Macie Mudgett
Teacher: Mrs. Losiewicz
Stetstonville Elementary School
The Hospital helps my family in different ways. Like one time in Kindergarten
it was to loud and I put a piece of eraser
in my ears. And I went home and I went
to my Mom and I said to my Mom my
ears hurt. And we went to the hospital
and they got it out.
The hospital also helped me with other
things to. Like my sister running backwards and she turned around and she
ran into the electric fence. We jumped
into the car, and we went to the hospital.
And thats how my family has been.
I was six years old when I got bit on
the head. The dog was really big and his
name was R.J. and R. J. was a good dog
and he bit me on the head when we were
playing tag in the yard. And he bit me for
no reason. And I was ok. And I still have
scars on the back of my head. And thats
why the doctors and the nurses are heros.
Houston Kalmon
Teacher: Mrs. Orth
Medford Area Elementary School
First Place
What makes a great hospital? Aspirus
Medford Hospital knows. Aspirus
Medford Hospital is very important to
me and my family.
The first reason Aspirus Medford
Hospital is very important to me and my
family is they show that they care. For
example, when my brother was going to
have surgery, I was really nervous and
anxious, but my mom and dad didnt really notice because they were making
sure that my brother was ready for the
operation. One of the people who worked
asked me, Whats wrong honey? I told
her that my borther was going to have an
operation. She was sad that I was so worried, so she gave me a big hug that made
me feel a lot better. I think that it is really important to show patients that they
care about their feelings.
The second reason Aspirus Medford
Hospital is very important to me and
my family is they help you when youre
hurt. For example, when me and my
mom were in a car accident my dad took
us to the hospital. Me and my mom were
in a room where docters examined us to
make sure we were okay. The doctors
were really careful with us to make sure
they didnt touch us in places where it really hurt. I think it is really important to
show patients that they care about them
very much.
Therefore, Aspirus Medford Hospital
is very important to me and my family.
The hospital shows people that they care,
and they help patients when theyre
hurt. Im really glad that I have Aspirus
Medford Hospital and that it will always
be there for me and my family.
Vanessa Herrade
Teacher: Mrs. Becker
Stetsonville Elementary
Second Place
Aspirus Medford Hospital is important to my family because its a hospital
we can trust, and we know that they always care for their patients. It is even
close to our house so we can get there in
a few minutes.
Once I was playing with my sister, and
she was chasing me. We were passing my
Mom and Dads ceder chest, and my eye
hit the sharp corner. Then I ran to tell
my Mom and she called my grandpa so
he could babysit my sisters and brother.
Mom took me to the Medford Hospital
really fast. I had a washcloth over my
eye. When we got there we told someone
Essay contest finalists

Area fourth graders were asked to write an essay about Why is Aspirus Medford
Hospital important to my family? Essay contest finalists read their essays at the Lights
of Love ceremony at Aspirus Medford Hospital on Monday. Finalists were (l. to .r)
Vaness Herrade, Hannah Fleegel, Houston Kalmon, Macie Mudgett, Kristi Kreklau,
Mason Meyer and Alex Cypher. Not pictured is Mary Bucki.
and then I had to go to the emergency
room. They took x-rays and stiched my
up. They said this stuff will sting in the
morning. It did sting but then in a few
weeks we went back, and I got my stiches
out. Now I can see perfect out of my eye.
Thank you Aspirus Medford Hospital!
Hannah Fleegel
Teacher: Mrs. Klemm
Medford Area Elementary School
Honorable Mention
Aspirus hospitals are important because they keep people healthy and that
can make ore doctors and lawyers. They
also keep people alive, like one time my
dad cut himself with a chainsaw and got
a lot of stitches he has had almost 100
stitches in his life. Reasons like that and
worse are why hospitals are important to

help and save.
Mason Meyer
Teacher: Mrs. Klopf
Holy Rosary Catholic School
Aspirus Hospital saved my life. I was
born there at 25 weeks. They put me on
oxygen. They put me on a helicopter to
Marshfield. Aspirus Hospital saved my
life.
Alex Cypher
Teacher: Mrs. Klopf
Holy Rosary Catholic School
Aspirus is important to my family
because they have a wonderful staff and
makes miracles happen. Aspirus has an
awesome staff. Once I had to get a shot
How does Medford Aspirus hospital

help the community? Medford Aspirus
hospital does many things, like helping
the sick and injured. Here is a story of
something that happened to me. I was
running and kicked a toothpick. It broke
off in my big toe. I went to the clinic and
they said I will need surgery. At Aspirus,
I was scared, but the nurse was awesome.
The next thing I knew surgery was done.
They gave me a popsicle. They also gave
me a stuffed animal. We are so blessed
to have a hospital we can trust. Like in
life or death satuation. You can call them
any time. That is why Medford Aspirus
hospital is important to me.
Kristi Kreklau
Teacher: Mr. Hering
Immanuel Lutheran School
Hi. My name is Mary and this is my
report about Aspirus Hospital. The
Aspirus Hospital is important to me because when I broke my arm I went to
Aspirus and when a cow stepped on my
foot and fractured my foot. Thank you
Aspirus Hospital for helping my family and I LOVE the community because
I was born there. It was the best day of
my moms life. My mom took me home. I
love Aspirus because thay help me when
I get hurt.
Mary Bucki
Teacher: Mr. Hering
Immanuel Lutheran Schools
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The Star News

This tyke cuddled close to Santa for a picture in the

park last week.
Caroling
A group of Girl Scouts from the Medford area helped keep the crowd entertained prior to Santas arrival last week
with a selection of popular Christmas carols. The Scouts took part in the Lighting of the Lights ceremony for the
2015 Holiday Magic on the Medford Riverwalk. Groups decorated sections of the Riverwalk through the Medford
City Park.
Bringing cheer
Ron Roth helped Santa hand out candy canes to each
of the youth at the event. Girl Scouts also helped pass
out cookies donated by County Market to the tykes.
For years Roth decorated his town of Browning home.
When ill health forced him to hang up his Santa hat, he
turned to the Medford Kiwanis Club to help with the
community celebration of the season.
Nope
Nearly 100 area youth visited with Santa during the Lighting of the Lights Ceremony held at the Medford City Park
on Dec. 3. Many of the children were happy to see Santa and share with him their Christmas wish lists. However,
a few didnt want anything to do with the jolly old elf despite the best efforts of their parents to get a picture. A full
gallery of all the pictures from the Lighting of the Lights is available online at www.centralwinews.com.
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Prizewinning light displays

This was the first year of the Holiday Magic on the Medford Riverwalk display.
More than a dozen groups, clubs and businesses took part in the decorating with displays in the park.
A panel of judges, led by Mayor Mike Wellner and Alderman Arlene Parent, picked
their top displays in the city park. The Mayors Choice Award went to the Holy Rosary
Catholic Church/School nativity scene, second place went to the Hope Hospice for
their display across from Jaycee Field. Rural Mutual Insurance, Laurie Peterson,
took third place with her tractor hauling a wagonload of gifts. The Star News took
honorable mention for the covered bridge display,
The displays will be lit through Christmas and will be turned off for the season
after New Years. Groups wishing to reserve a spot for next years display, are encouraged to watch for announcements in early 2016. One of the goals for next years display
is to purchase commerical-grade LED lights to decorate the trees along the Rivewalk
from Allman St. to Broadway Ave. The cost is $25 per tree and anyone interested in
sponsoring a tree should contact Brian Wilson at 715-748-2408.
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SPORTS
Hockey runs out of gas in second period

more times in the third to seal their first win of the season.
The first period was Medfords best. The Raiders put
six shots on Lakeland goalie Nathan Pitek and held the
T-Birds scoreless until Zach Caroselli lit the lamp at the
11:38 mark, assisted by Buddy Duranso. Beau Ertls goal
with 1:01 left made it 2-0. Austin Chart and Max Wollheber had the assists.
We came out strong in the first period, holding them
to only two goals late in the period, Medford head coach
Eric Vach said. Lakeland had a deep bench with 16 skaters. That broke us down. Our legs got tired. We could see
that by the end of the period. Spenser played well. He
had 18 saves (in the period).
Suttons goal was assisted by Wesley Bauer. Just 1:16
later, Garrett Holtz pushed the puck past Scholl with assists from Max Ertl and Aiden Byrnes to make it 4-0. A
slashing penalty led to Bauers power-play goal at the
13:26 mark, assisted by Sutton.
John Dern scored the first of his three goals with 1:49
left in the period with assists from Bauer and Beau

Ertl. Just 21 seconds later, Beau Ertl got his second goal
of the night with an assist from Bauer to make it 7-0.
At that point, Kadlecek replaced Scholl for his first
varsity action in goal. He stopped four shots in the last
88 seconds of the second period and nine more in the
third period for 13 total saves. Scholl finished with 36
saves in 32:32.
Dern scored twice, including one on a power play,
and Byrnes and Wollheber added third-period goals for
Lakeland. Pitek finished with 19 saves in his shutout
win.
The legs on the team were slow, Vach said of the
third period. The depth of the Lakeland bench took
over. Tyler did a good job for never seeing the ice before.
Medford was whistled for three penalties and Lakeland went two for three on power plays. Medford had
two power-play chances.
Girls hockey has rough one at Lakeland

goals in a 28-second span in the second period that made
it 6-0. The T-Birds scored twice in a 42-second span to go
up 8-1 early in the third.
Lakeland improved to 2-0 in the GNC and overall with
its second win of the week on home ice.
Jolie Quamme led Lakelands scoring barrage with
three goals and two assists. Maggie Wollheber had two
goals and two assists and Lauren Godfrey made things
happen by notching four assists. Lakelands Mariah
Lear got the win in goal, stopping 19 of 20 shots.
After nearly 82 minutes of hockey during the week,
Medford finally got on the scoreboard 13:56 into the second period. Senior Amanda Bauer got the even-strength
goal with assists from Joelle Zenner and Marissa McPeak. That made it 6-1.
It stayed 6-1 until Quamme completed her hat trick
two minutes into the third period with assists from Lau-
ren Godfrey and Kailey Godfrey. Wohlleber got her second goal 42 seconds later with an assist from Ally Pairolero. Pariolero finished the scoring at the 7:11 mark,
assisted by Camryn Trapp and Lauren Godfrey.
Only one of Lakelands goals came on a power play,
but that was the one that sparked the four-goal first period. Just three seconds after a tripping call gave Lakeland a one-skater advantage, Quamme scored off assists from Pairolero and Asucena Boyer for the games
first goal 3:54 in. Trapp (6:56), Caitlin Hartigan (7:41)
and Quamme (8:50) also scored in the period.
Wohlleber scored 2:03 into the second and Brianna
Carlin followed 28 seconds later.
Lybert had 28 saves for Medford. Lakeland outshot
the Raiders 37-20. Medford had two penalties, both in
the opening period. Lakeland had one third-period penalty.
2015 aerial surveys show Wisconsins

eagle population soars to new record
Wisconsins eagle population continues to soar, with
statewide aerial surveys in 2015 documenting a record
number since the surveys started 43 years ago, according to the Wisconsin Bald Eagle and Osprey Nest Surveys 2015 report released earlier this month.
Its certainly a great story, says Jim Woodford, one
of the eagle surveyors and a section chief for the Department of Natural Resources Natural Heritage Conservation Program. Eagle populations have recovered from
near-extinction in Wisconsin in the 1970s thanks to protections and a cleaner environment, and their numbers
continue to increase and exceed our expectations.
Ten years ago we thought 800 breeding pairs were
likely but the current total is well over that. Weve seen
them recolonize almost every county in the state while
increasing even in those areas where theyre likely
reaching carrying capacity and running out of room.
The aerial surveys found 1,465 bald eagle nests occupied in 2015, 121 more than in 2013, the last year in which
a statewide survey was conducted, the report says.
DNR pilots and biologists from the agencys Natural
Heritage Conservation and Wildlife Management programs conduct the surveys in late March and April and
consider a nest occupied if they see incubation, eggs,
young or a repaired nest. Landowners, birders, volunteers and raptor banders provide more ground observa-
Sports Shorts
The Rib Lake Athletic Booster Club will hold a
meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the high
school.
tions to supplement and check aerial data.

As in past years, Vilas County, with 162 nests, and
Oneida County, with 143, had the highest number of occupied eagle nests. These two counties represent most
of the Northern Highland Ecological Landscape, which
has one of the highest concentrations of lakes in the
world. Bald eagles usually build their nests in tall trees
near lakes and streams.
Bald eagles occupied nests in 69 of the states 72 counties in 2015 and the number of occupied nests continued
to increase in the southwest and northwest portions of
the state, the report says.
DNR pilots and biologists returned to the skies in
late May and June 2015 to count young eagles and determine nest success. Observers counted 1,248 bald eagle
See EAGLES on page 14
Alumni hockey
games set for Dec. 26
The Medford Hockey Association will hold its 13th
annual alumni hockey games on Saturday, Dec. 26 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.
Puck toss contests, a 50-50 raffle, food and drinks
will be available.
Proceeds fund Medford Area Senior High alumni
hockey scholarships and Medfords high school and
youth hockey programs.
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Bowling
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Businessmens League
Women
Tracy Platt
210
Tracy Platt
525
Janet Haenel
193
Kim Virnig
508
Men
Gene Querin
259
Mike Platt
689
Pete Klingbeil
254
Pete Klingbeil
688
Dec. 3: Rockys Cozy Kitchen 28, Melvin Companies 12; Turtle Club
31, PBRs Lounge Around 9; Shell Shack 29, Jensen & Son Asphalt
11; Werner Sales & Service 27, Als Auto Dock 13; Sports Page 25,
Rural Insurance 15; Haenels 30; VFW 26, Medford Motors 14.
Tuesday Night Mixed League
Rick Acker
256
Rick Acker
709
Justin Smith
244
Justin Smith
641
Jay Jochimsen
234
Jay Jochimsen
630
Scott Kohn
234
Dec. 1: Fuzzys Bar 32, Riemer Builders 8; Liske Marine 29, Medford
Co-op 11; High View II 20, High View I 20.
Three-Man Major League
Scott Ketterhagen 277
Kurt Werner
735
Mike Platt
268
Mike Platt
728
Casey Nernberger 266
Casey Nernberger
724
Kurt Werner
266
Dec. 1: Sports Page 27.5, KZ Electric 2.5; Maple Island 23, Klinner
Insurance II 7; Nite Electric 18, Klinner Insurance I 12; Team Stihl 25,
Krug Bus 5; Rockys Cozy Kitchen 22, 8th Street Saloon 8; Piney Lane
Farms 23, Cindys Bar & Grill 7.
Wednesday Mid-Weekers League
Jane Clausnitzer
210
Carol Willman
525
Carol Willman
203
Lucy Loertscher
519
Lucy Loertscher
182
Donna Werner
486
Dec. 2: Taylor Credit Union 7, Happy Joes 0; Lounge Around 7,
Medford Motors 0; Werner Sales & Service 5, Sports Page 2.
Classy Ladies League
Julie Smith
208
Sherri Woller
547
Cheryl Wibben
206
Julie Smith
545
Judy Lang
204
Mary Lou Anderson
525
Results; Klingbeil Lumber 7, Studio 13 0; Klinner Insurance 5,
Paulines Hair Fashion 2; Als Auto Dock 7, Peoples Choice Credit
Union 0; VFW 7; Rockys Cozy Kitchen 7, J&B Custom Carpentry 0;
Fidelity Bank 5, Moosies Ice Cream 2; A&M Apartments 5, Tease
Tanning Plus 2.
Tappers Bar (Dorchester)
Tuesday Seniors League
Men
Don Clarkson
165
Don Clarkson
442
Corlas Meier
150
Corlas Meier
434
Bill Krug
146
Paul Metz
394
Women
Mona Pope
164
Mona Pope
436
Chris Hinde
158
Sharon Ellenbecker
428
Sharon Ellenbecker 152
Ardis Meier
428
Chris Hinde
427
Dec. 1: Slo Pokes 4, Amigos 3.5, Maybees 2, Alley Cats .5, Slow
Starters 0.
Curling nationals
The loss knocked Nernberger and Roth to the B
bracket. They beat Catharine and Greg Persinger of
Fairbanks, Alaska 9-5 on Sunday afternoon to reach the
brackets final three, but they were knocked off by the
Pottingers 8-5 on Sunday night to drop to the C bracket.
On Monday morning, Nernberger and Roth eliminated Pete and Maureen Stolt of Plymouth, Minn. by a
9-1 score before beating Carlson and Leichter in the next
round in their last match.
Roth has twice been a member of a US womens national championship team. Nernberger was on the
mens national runner-up last year.
Games for mixed doubles are eight ends in length.
Unlike traditional curling, mixed doubles includes two
players delivering five stones per end instead of eight for
a four person team. Two stationary stones are set up prior to the first rocks being thrown one as a center guard
and one in the back of the four-foot. One player throws
the first and fifth stones while their partner throws the
three rocks in between. Athletes can either get up and
sweep their own stone or have the player in the house
come out and sweep the stone. The player throwing the
first stone can change from end to end.
Mixed doubles will become an Olympic discipline
in 2018. Eight countries will qualify for the 2018 Winter
Olympic Games in mixed doubles.
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Eagles doing well; osprey count up too

nestlings and a statewide nest success rate of 66 percent.
says Steve Easterly, a DNR wildlife technician in Oshkosh and a surveyor for the past nine years.
The survey allows the department as well as the U.S.
Fish & Wildlife Service to maintain an accurate monitoring tool for eagles, and the population as a whole,
he says. If at some point it (the population) starts to
go in a negative direction we will have clear picture of
where the population stands and will be able to react
to changes faster than not knowing where the starting
point was.
Easterly and Woodford say the survey information
also enables DNR to provide up-to-date information to
land owners, companies and communities that have an
active nest on their property so they can avoid disturb-
Ospreys increasing
A limited osprey survey completed in May 2015 found
167 occupied osprey nests in the 14 counties surveyed.
Numbers of nesting ospreys were greater than or equal
to numbers observed in 2014 within 11 of the 14 counties,
Woodford says. Past statewide surveys have shown osprey populations trending upward, with 2014 recording
the highest numbers yet of occupied osprey nests, 542,
up from 535 the previous year.
Wisconsins bald eagle and osprey surveys are one of
the longest running wildlife surveys in North America
and provide information crucial to protect bald eagles,
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This is a summary of the first five days of deer camp
for The Red Brush Gang. Each November, home is a 36foot by 18-foot pole barn we put up on public land in The
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By the last day of the season, more than 25 people will
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going through the brush and made some venison.

Back in the area of our camp, Dick Schuster (who is
in his mid 60s) climbed way up a pine tree and sat all
day. He missed an easy shot on a 6-pointer, tried a desperation shot and put a bullet in its neck.
These three guys would be buck brothers for the
night. As far as the rest of the gang goes, over half of us
did not see a deer.
Selina and I hunted where we bow hunted and I
believe the water levels rising more than 10 inches in
what were dry marshes and then freezing into half ice
pushed the deer out of our area. In two days of dark-todark hunting, Selina and I saw one deer.
Tonight, as I have done for 44 consecutive years, I
headed over to Necedah with the gang and ate a turkey
dinner at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church.
On Monday, after a very lively Sunday night at
camp, we began a different method of hunting deer
big drives that literally cover a square mile.
Everyone wears hip boots and carries a compass. All
of us find out what kind of physical condition we are or
are not in. Today we had pretty steady action and not
such good success.
None of the adults had a doe tag. There were three
kids that did. Three bucks were kicked up and it sounds
like one of them would have won the big buck contest.
That buck was shot at by two hunters on a dead run
and they both missed. The half ice I was talking about is
incredibly difficult to travel through. The marsh grass
grabs your legs above the ice and you have to break ice
to make the next step forward.
On Monday night it was down to Ross Moll, his dad
Jeff Moll (40 consecutive years), Doug Cibulka, Selina
and myself.
We ate a great meal, Jeff would not let Doug and I go
to bed and the next day we hunted hard. That night we
had visitors who kept us up late once again.
Every Red Brush Hunter is addicted to this place!
Sunset
Saturday, Nov. 21
High 35, Low 22
The majority of the gang came to camp on Thursday
night. With about a dozen of our members being in the
20-something age range, the evening is just a blast for us
conservative old timers to watch.
There were several wrestling matches and yours truly would obtain rib and head injuries with the rib injuries lasting the entire nine-day season. The head wound
was so ugly that I refused to look at it the first six days
I was in camp.
Last night I cooked my meal for the season, which
was scalloped potatoes and ham, a hot dish made of rice
and wild game and squash. In reality, you have to have
about 50 pounds of food to feed this gang. Once the meal
is served you get to belly up to the table the rest of the
season and have someone else prepare your meals.
On opening morning there were 18 of us spread out
over about 15 square miles.
Twenty-seven year-old Ryan Moll thought he saw
deer as night was becoming day, and that was confirmed when it became light enough. Ryan had what
he described was an incredibly easy shot at a 9-point
buck with an 18-inch spread. Ryans trophy had a very
busted up rack and would eventually win the The Red
Brush Gangs big buck contest.
About three miles north, Doug Cibulka and his
16-year-old son Derek were hunting an area near the
Sprague Mather Flowage. Just like last year, Doug and
Derek had an experience with a pack of wolves and later
in the day they relocated. Doug Cibulka saw a 6-pointer
ing the nests and eagles during breeding season. In the

past 25 years, DNR staff had made management recommendations that protected more than 80 percent of all
known eagle and osprey nests.
The federal Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act
and the Migratory Bird Treaty continue to provide protection for all eagle nests, nest trees, and habitat adjacent to nests.
Eagle populations nationwide and in Wisconsin
declined due to habitat loss, decline in prey numbers
(shorebirds and ducks), shooting because of perceived
threat to livestock, and DDT exposure. Eagles were
placed on the state and federal endangered species lists
in the 1970s.
Eagles recovery resulted from the banning of DDT
nationally in 1972 (and in Wisconsin in 1969), prohibition of killing of eagles, improved water quality in lakes
and rivers, nest protection, and reintroduction of eagles
in some areas. Eagles were removed from Wisconsins
endangered species list in 1997 and from the federal list
in 2007.
DNR updates kill

numbers for the
gun deer season
The Department of Natural Resources completed its

preliminary count of the deer harvest numbers for the
nine-day gun season on Thursday.
The final tally is lower than what was originally reported early last week. A total of 201,812 deer were registered statewide during the season, up slightly from last
years total of 199,583.
However, the number is down from the inital report
of 204,725. The department said several duplicate registrations slowed down the tally process and resulted in
the higher original numbers.
Electronic registration was new this year and as
with any new system, the Wisconsin Department of
Natural Resources conducted a thorough verification
process to make sure everything was working properly, reads a message on the DNR website. The system
itself has worked well, but a number of inadvertent duplicate entries by hunters in the field were discovered.
As a result, the deer registration count for the nine-day
gun deer season currently stands at 201,812. System
updates are in place to prevent any further duplicate
entries.
The DNRs count for Taylor County stands at 1,538
bucks, up 9.2 percent from 2014 and 1,408 antlerless
deer, up 146.4 percent from a year ago. That creates a
total of 2,824 deer, up 45.5 percent from 2014.
Due mainly to the large increase in antlerless harvest tags, Taylor Countys spike in the deer harvest is
larger than any of its surrounding counties. Most area
counties did see a small to moderate increase in their
total numbers of deer harvested, with the exception of
Clark Countys farmland areas.
The last of this years firearm deer hunts, the fourday statewide antlerless hunt, started today, Thursday, and runs through Sunday, Dec. 13. The archery
and
crossbow seasons
continue
through Sunday, Jan. 3.
Pool
Deer registration totals for area counties

Bucks
2015
2014
Taylor
1,538
1,408
Rusk
1,299
Price
971
Lincoln
%
change
Antlerless
%
change
2014
unknowns
11
Total deer
%
change
2015
2014
+9.2%
1,286
522
+146.4%
1,321
-1.7%
729
343
+112.5%
862
+12.7%
235
254
-7.5%
957
955
+0.2%
483
293
+64.9%
Chippewa
1,414
1,460
-3.2%
2,353
2,620
-10.2%
Marathon
3,199
3,132
+2.1%
4,815
4,828
-0.3%
Clark (Farmland)
1,214
1,279
-5.1%
2,033
2,180
-6.7%
1,349
1,012
+33.3%
746
938
-20.5%
2,095
1,953
+7.3%
94,166
90,701
+3.9%
107,646
107,838
-0.2%
1,044
201,812
199,583
+1.1%
Clark (Forest)
Statewide
2015
2014
2,824
1,941
+45.5%
2,028
1,667
+21.7%
1,206
1,118
+7.9%
1,440
1,248
+15.4%
32
3,767
4,112
-8.4%
45
8,014
8,005
+0.1%
3,247
3,466
-6.3%
Wednesday Night League

Cindys Bar I, 29 wins; PBRs Lounge Around I, 26;
Gad Bar, 25; Thirsty Choppers, 24; Cindys Bar II,
24; VFW II, 24; A&E, 22; PBRs Lounge Around II,
21; Kountry Korners, 20; VFW I, 19; Bogeys, 18;
Thirsty Moose, 12; Deer Trail, 6.
Dec. 2: Thirsty Choppers 6, Lounge Around I 3;
Thirsty Moose 6, VFW I 3; VFW II 6, Deer Trail
3; Gad 6, Kountry Korners 3; A&E 5, Bogeys 4;
Cindys I 7, Cindys II 2; Lounge Around II, bye.
Medford Womens League
Hacienda, 29 games won, 45 games played;
Cindys, 29, 45; PBRs Lounge Around, 19, 45;
Gad, 21, 45; Thirsty Moose, 22, 45; Bogeys I, 21,
45; Bogeys II, 21, 54.
Results: Thirsty Moose 5, Bogeys II 4; Hacienda 5,
Gad 4; Cindys 6, Lounge Around 3.
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Sally Rassmussen
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Reuel and Arlys Thompson of Dorchester
Celebrating 70th anniversary

December 8, marked the 70th wedding anniversary of
Reuel and Arlys Thompson of Dorchester.
A family celebration was held at the 2510 restaurant
in Wausau with Sharon and Bill Stecklein of Rockville
Md., John and Jean Thompson of De Forest, and Nancy
Thompson of Manitowoc attending.
The late Brian Thompson, son and brother of those
above, was remembered with love during the celebratory
weekend. Granddaughter Tracey Gulden, her husband
Kenny and great granddaughters Ellie and Megan of Williamsburg, Va., were unable to attend in person but were
certainly present in spirit. We celebrate this milestone
and give thanks for our parents presence in our lives,
said Sharon Stecklein speaking on behalf of the family.
Reuel and Arlys Thompson were married in 1945.
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My mother recently added shortbread to her cookie

repertoire. Okay, for me recently only means that it
was not present in my childhood, which is admittedly
a far from recent event. She showed me how to make it
the other day, and I think it may find it's way to my own
recipe files. It is a pretty straightforward, unfussy concoction, which speaks in its favor. That and it fits nicely
with Tom's interest in eating butter.
Shortbread is Scottish in origin, dating back to at
least the 17th century, though it was initially a luxury
that was enjoyed only on special occasions such as weddings, Christmas and New Years. It evidently still plays
a part in many Scottish New Years traditions, along
with fireball swinging, decorated herring, and the practice of luring tall dark men across the threshold after
midnight. It is not surprising that many of these practices also involve Scotch whisky. This is different from
the American observance of New Years, where we have
dispensed with all the interesting historical customs
and go straight to the alcohol.
But I digress! Shortbread turns out to be one of those
foods that has become tied in with a nation's identity
and pride. Scottish bakers had to defend their interests
not long ago when the European Union wanted to label
shortbread as a common biscuit. Not at all, the Scots
declared, it is a flour confectionary. The bureaucrats
lost and national pride was preserved.
In its' most basic form, shortbread consists of only
three ingredients: flour, sugar, and butter. From there,
opinions diverge. For some, anything else is not shortbread, but there is also a long history of other things
finding their way into that mixture, such as caraway
seeds, lemon zest, almond extract, or ginger. I suppose
one could save the term shortbread for something
with just the original three ingredients, while acknowledging as a shortbread cookie something that
perhaps has other things added in, but without eggs or
other leavening, and preserving the high proportion of
butter. Whew glad that's resolved.
I was trying to think whether there was any food that
Americans would have such strong feelings about, and I
don't really think there is. Not that we don't like to have
strong opinions about things, or that we wouldn't enjoy
getting into an international tiff over an issue of national pride. I guess there's just such a variety of ethnic
foods that tribal loyalties tend to be limited to smaller
regions, or to families, suffering through the long-running feud between Grandma and Great-Aunt Isabel over
the presence of onions in the picalilli.
I guess one of the pleasant things about being American is that you can claim the right of tradition for just
about anything that suits your taste. Personally, I am
contemplating making a batch of shortbread with a
drizzle of dark chocolate and crushed peppermint candy
on top of the cookies. If anybody says that's not OK, I
will tell them that is the only way it is done in the Mayan/German-American Scottish tradition. Then I will
offer them some whisky with their cookies and all will
be well.
(or as the purists like to say, The Right Way)

Cream:
1 pound butter
1 cup powdered sugar
Mix in:
4 cups flour
Knead for twenty minutes. (It isn't as if there isn't righteous dissent on this point some say handle the dough
as little as possible, some say knead it until thoroughly
mixed both sides claim their way is the only way to
achieve the proper consistency.)
Roll out into a rectangle to inch thick. Score with
a sharp knife into fingers approximately 2 inches by
inch. Prick the top of the dough with a fork. Bake at 275
for about an hour. You should see a little bit of browning on the bottom of the cookies. Once the cookies have
completely cooled, break them along the score marks.
Sally Rasmussen lives in rural Taylor County with her husband, Tom.
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Giving tree
submitted photo
In lieu of doing a classroom gift exchange for Christmas, the pre-kindergarten and second grade classes
at Stetsonville Elementary raised money to support St.
Pauls Giving Tree this Christmas. The classes raised a
total of $625. This was a wonderful opportunity for
children to learn about the importance of giving to others
and helping out their community, said Nicole Buechel,
second grade teacher at Stetsonville Elementary School.
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From past files of The Star News
10 YEARS AGO
Dec. 8, 2005
To borrow from poet T.S. Elliot, vocal opposition to Wal-Mart in Medford
seems to have ended with a whimper
rather than a bang Monday night as
no one spoke out against annexation of
a 34.8-acre parcel on the north side of
the city. The Medford Planning Commission voted 5-0 approving annexing
the property eyed as the site of a WalMart Supercenter. Commissioners Byron Peche and Ron DeChatelets were
absent for the vote. Dechatelets was
attending a city Finance and Personnel
meeting at the time.
It will take a 3/4-vote of the full City
Council to override the planning commission recommendation and block
the annexation when aldermen meet
to consider the request on Tuesday,
Dec. 20. The request for annexation
came from Burt, Borntreger and Rauch
LLC with Terrance Patrick of Medford
listed as the managing member of the
company.
25 YEARS AGO
Dec. 12, 1990
Construction of another primary
runway at the Taylor County Airport is
expected to begin in the spring of 1992,
according to Airport Manager Tony
Yaron.
Yaron said a new 4,100-ft. east-west
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Students giving
Since Thanksgiving, fourth graders at Stetsonville Elementary School have been saving their pennies. Altogether,
the two classes raised $280 for the Giving Tree charity. On Sunday, they took a field trip to the store with fourth
grade teachers Amanda Becker (left) and Katie Losiewicz and bought gifts for two children on the giving tree. Students say they were very proud of how much money they were able to raise, and they had fun buying everything
on the lists.
runway and other airport improvement

projects were approved by the state Department of Transportations Bureau of
Aeronautics last week. We should have
a planning engineer hired by this coming January 15, and construction will begin as soon as weather permits in early
1992, he said.
The new paved runway will supplement the airports main north-south
runway of similar length and width (75ft.) already in operation. Like the present runway, the new one will have MIRL
(Medium Intermittent Running Lights)
and VASIs (Visual Approach Slope Indicators) on both ends. The present runway also has REIL (Runway End Indicator Lights) at one end.
Medford$2,966.77 higher than the 1940

budgetwas adopted by the city council
Tuesday night, Dec. 3. The budget last
year was $98,358.96.
The increase is due, according to City
Clerk Julia Maier, to the fact that the
county tax is $2,240.18 higher than last
year.
The tax rate this year was set at $38
per thousand instead of $40, which has
been the rate since 1934, with the exception of 1937 when it was 3.86 per cent.
The lower rate is possible because of increased property values and a reduction
made in expenditures.
100 YEARS AGO

Dec. 8, 1915
Mrs. White returned last week from
White Water where she visited her
daughter Murl, who attends the Normal there. She says the Misses Myrtle
Hibbard, Elsie Freeck and her daughter are all enjoying excellent health.
One of the young ladies having gained
16 pounds since joining the athletic
club.
A number of friends enjoyed a pleasant after noon and luncheon with Mrs.
F. Wirth Friday.
Remember When Dec. 2005
50 YEARS AGO
Dec. 9, 1965
Taylor county board chairman Tony
Sotak, town of Pershing, received a communication Thursday, Dec. 2, from Wilbert Walter, chairman of the state public
welfare board, that Taylor county no longer is being considered as a prospective
site for the state school for delinquent
boys.
A Taylor county board committee,
headed by Gordon Thielke, Medford first
ward alderman-supervisor, state agency
personnel and county officers coordinated efforts in making a strong appeal
for locating the $51/2 million institution
in Taylor county. The committee chose
a site in the Horseshoe lake area, compiled an elaborate brochure after many
meetings and attended a number of outof-town meetings with state officials in
promoting the project for the county.
75 YEARS AGO
Dec. 12, 1940
A budget of $101,325.73 for the city of
Medford Senior High students Ashley Dassow (left) and Tanya Smith work with
and display some of their artworks at the Arts at the Library celebration held Dec.
3 at the Frances L. Simek Memorial Library in Medford. Dassow and Smith, along
with many other area art lovers enjoyed the afternoon either displaying or browsing
through many different types of artwork and music.
NEWS/CLASSIFIEDS
Medford Middle School first quarter honor roll
THE STAR NEWS
Highest Honor:
Fifth Grade Logan Baumgartner, Ava
Bersie, Riley Brandner, Shakira Brockhaus,
Leah Cipar, Nick Cipar, Joshua Clark, Braxton
Crabb, Alex Damm, Saskatoon Damm, Mara
Jade Denzine, Jacob Eckert, Mia Eisner, Maddie
Ellis, Jenna Fleming, Bryn Fronk, Gavin Fuchs,
Jadyn Gasser, Anna Gierl, William Haavisto,
Emma Halopka, Kierstyn Halopka, Chantel
Heier, Samantha Held, Autumn Higgins, Hunter Hinke, Mason Hoops, Delaney Hraby, Morgan Huegli, Samantha Jacobo Nevarez, Jaxsyn
Johnson, Charles Kleist, Kylee Koontz, Tucker
Kraemer, Skylier Krueger, Brett Lundy, Martha
Miller, Makayla Motte, Ryan Neumann, Allison
Paul, Allie Paulson, Madisyn Pilgrim, DeLana
Radlinger, Jacob Rechtzigel, Zachary Rudolph,
Chloe Sackman, Tukker Schreiner, Miles Searles, Eryka Seidl, Bryce Sperl, Brody Stark, Caden Tessmann, Carlissa Tomandl, Ervin Ulrich,
Garret Venzke, Landen Viergutz, Noah Weatherford, Kirsten Weix and Silas Wipf.
Sixth Grade Samuel Blair, Lacey Brandner, Lyza Brandner, Shaniah Brandt, Katie
Brehm, Emma Brost, Sophie Brost, Benjamin
Brunner, Gabriella Brunner, Colbe Bull, Hailey Carey, Braden Carstensen, Dalton Casar,
Emmalee Clarkson, Parker Crass, Susan Dake,
Kayden Dassow, Caitlin Doyle, Emma Eckert,
Madison Eckert, Colby Elsner, Gabriel Felix,
Hailey Fisher, Alexis Fleegl, Abbie Frey, Kadia Gehrke, Caleb Guden, Courtney Guerrero,
Colten Halopka, Robert Henry, Tatum Higgins,
Stephen Hraby, Kelsey Jascor, Alisha Jochimsen, Molly Kapfhamer, Laurissa Klapatauskas,
Megan Kloth, Autumn Krause, Olivia Krug,
Colton Lauersdorf, Monique Leonhard, Katie
Lybert, Brayden Machan, Kenya Mann, Jacob
Mertens, Abigail Moretz, Zachary Moschkau,
Seth Mudgett, Gage Neubauer, Lucas Ortengren, Bregan Paul, Lydia Pernsteiner, Carmen
Peterson, Caleb Polacek, Abbi Potocnik, Kami
Razink, Rynn Ruesch, Kalista Schreiner, Delaney Searer, Jake Seifert, Myah Smith, Hailey
Sperl, Rain Sperl, Peyton Spor, Joseph Sullivan,
Kayla Szydel, Makala Ulrich, Alison Wagner,
Carter Waldhart, Lexi Weiler, Rachel Weiler,
Karlee Westrich, Tyra Wicke, Lindsey Wildberg, Madelyn Williams, Trevor Woebbeking
and Brianna Zick.
Seventh Grade Lauryn Anderson, Morgan Ball, Mikaylee Balla, Erin Bergman, Olivia Berry, Alleah Christensen, Madison Christiansen, Carson Church, Jake Cipar, Jordaan
Clark, Ruthie Clark, Kevin Darrun, Tahtankka
Damm, Emily Dassow, Gabriel Diegel, Veronica
Diercks, Brody Doberstein, Slade Doberstein,
Nathan Doriot, Emma Ellis, Chloe Ertl, Olivia Felix, Marissa Fronk, Joseph Gierl, Allie
Gripentrog, Ellee Grunwald, Emett Grunwald,
Sierra Haizel, Perla Herrada-Moreno, Karli
Higgins, Brady Hupf, Elaina Jaslowski, Jarod
Jochimsen, Alicia Kawa, Carson Kleist, Ethan
Kraemer, Peyton Kuhn, Ellyn Laska, Warryck
Leonhardt, Samuel Liske, Elijah Mahner, Abraham Miller, Karli Nelson, Emma Nowak, Reilly
Nutting, Sughey Parra, Carter Pernsteiner, Nathan Retterath, Rachael Schreiber, Jadyn Scott,
Logan Searles, Mya Serrano, Taylor Sherman,
Nara Shin, Brooke Sommer, Abigail Sova, Olivia Steinman, Colton Surek, Jackson Tlusty,
Alayna VanLuven, Anna Vervaecke, Lucas
Viergutz, Megan Wanke, Brianna Weiler, Allie
Wesle, Reece Williams and Owen Wipf.

Eighth Grade Anthony Adleman, Harlie
Ahlers, Kamry Albrecht, Cassidy Balciar, Carli
Berger, Brendan Borman, Morgan Brandner,
Paige Brandner, Savannah Brandt, Jake Brunner, Kiah Ching, Kiersten Crass, Trinity Dassow, PekeBo Donovan, Nicholas Doriot, Mckena Downey, Logan Egle, Ephraim Ekwueme,
Dane Faber, Nicholas Gebert, Kiana Haenel, Sierra Hanson, Carlos Herrada, Karina HerradaMoreno, Hannah Horenberger, Andrea KlingerHinde, Alexis Kowalski, Journey Kroening,
Rebecca Lekie, Kailee Mann, Seth Mayrer, Rachel Mudgett, Kaitlyn Netzer, Zoey Neumann,
Cassandra Nicks, Lexi Niewolny, Mary Noland,
Katelyn Phillips, Rileigh Polacek, Marissa Pope,
Brynn Rau, Emily Schafer, Sawyer Scholl, Alexandre Schroeder, Elaine Schumacher, Austin
Shaw, Cade Shipman, Madlyn Spencer, Samantha Stolp, Lauryn Strick, Justin Sullivan, Abigail Tomandl, Isabella Veal, Janessa Venzke,
Abigail Vervaecke, Kaleb Voight, Dylan Wickersheim, Renni Wieman and Callie Woller.
High Honor:
Fifth Grade Kiarah Behling, Ethan
Breezee, Emilin Carbajal, Xavier Clark, Cole
Dassow, Jake Dassow, Alex Dittrich, Sadye
Dohrwardt, Maxx Doughty, Saige Duesing, Rachel Dunkel, Hope Faude, Sandra Ferrell, Kortney Gebert, Matthew Gebert, Jesse Gengler, Peyton Gilles, Connor Gowey, Mason Gripentrog,
Hollyann Grube, Trinity Grueneberg, Madison
Gruny, Braxton Janda, Hannah Kapitz, Nicholas Kowalski, Alex Kraegenbrink, Matthew
Kroening, Desirae Matthias, Brianna Mellady,
Kyra Merrill, Ty Metz, Kailey Miller, Seth Ming,
Anthony Molitor, Jebediah Nixdorf, Jacob Noland, Max Nuernberger, Benjamin Ortengren,
Slater Piller, Valeria Polendo Soto, Avery Purdy, Olivia Rau, Collin T. Rausch, Brooke Rudolph, Eric Scheithauer, Aaron Schield, Blake
Schilling, Segae Shin, Trevor Shore, Thaddeus
Sigmund, Myah Smith, Ty Sova, Corbin Sperl,
Sierra Stahnke, Jesse Tlusty, Kayla Gail Vermaat, Brooke Wegerer, Kitana Whittenberger
and Kiarra Wicke.
Sixth Grade Isaac Anderson, Brayan Anguiano Contreras, Makayla Breneman, Nicholas Buchan, Mara Buskerud, Carlos Carmona,
Irvin Chacon, Aubry Chaffee, Sydney Dehart,
Jennalyn Denzine, Easton Dowden, Misael Espino, Aiden Gardner, Ryne Giencke, Zachary Grover, Sara Hamm, Alek Hansen, Oscar Hinderliter, Jessalyn Holub, Destiny Jochimsen,
Jackson Jordan, Brigham Kelley, Kale Klussendorf, Tyler Korbel, Gracie Madison, Angelo
Martinez, Kathleen Messrnann, Tasia Mravik,
Brandi Nelson, Bailee Netzer, Katlyn Olson, Denise Parra, Caleb Roe, Wheeler Rogers, Makayla
Schultz, Laney Schulz, Taiya Schwarz, Quinton
Tlusty, Kaden Trudell and Conner Zirngible.
Seventh Grade Ryan Alexander, Bryce
Anderson, Ty Baker, Calvin Bergen, Kristen
Brandner, Jacob Clark, Micah Clark, Delani
Clausnitzer, Shannon Connelly, Kelly Dahl, Logan Dahl, Isaac Dittrich, Mackenzie Elliott, Desmon Firnstahl, Colton Gowey, Hunter Johnson,
Tyler Kapitz, Dalton Krug, Ashayla Lee, Jozie
Loucks, Nicholas Ludwig, Cassandra Ostir, Jennifer Pester, Julian Paetsch, Jace Rausch, Jakob
Rief, Megan Ryskoski, Blaine Seidl, Deondra
Smith, Ethan Swiantek, Enuna Wegerer, Blake
Legion Auxiliary holds Nov. 9 meeting

There were 10 members present when
the Nov. 9 meeting of Boxrucker-Berry
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 519 was
called to order by president Juanita Krug
at 1 p.m.
Roll call of officers was followed by the
secretarys report, which was approved
as read. The treasurers report was approved as read and placed on file for audit.
Jill Pickreign sent four birthday cards
in November to residents at Aspirus
Care & Rehab-Medford. She also sent
Christmas cards to the veterans at the
nursing home.
Krug sent sympathy cards to Gayle
Krug, Leona Blasel and Delores Sova.
Thank you cards were read from the
Estelle Laub and Genevieve Wells families.
A discussion was held regarding the
2016 Badger Girls State and forms were
received.
Motion made and seconded to send a

donation to Wisconsin Badger Camp.
Krug read the November District 11
and department newsletters. The District 11 spring conference is April 23, 2016
at Camp American Legion in Tomahawk.
Darlene Peche, Krug, Helen Gelhaus
and Augusta Freiboth attended the District 11 fall conference Oct. 10 in Lublin.
Motion made and seconded to donate
62 Lites of Love to Aspirus Medford
Foundation in memory of deceased Auxiliary members.
Motion made and seconded to donate
proceeds from the baked goods sale at
next years pancake breakfast to the Never Forgotten Honor Flight program.
A potluck Christmas party will be
held Dec. 14 at 12:30 p.m. at the Legion
hall. Members should bring a wrapped
Bingo prize for the exchange. Marleen
Lindau, secretary
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Weiler, Jasmine Wiitala and Megan Zittlow.

Eighth Grade Kala Albers, Saundra
Borntrager, Bridget Brandner, Zachary Breneman, Brody Brunner, Matthew Buchan, Conner
Carbaugh, Sarah Dake, Autumn Evers, Auburn
Frombach, Kirk Giencke, Abby Graham, Tyler
Grube, Keaten Gumz, Mckenna Henrichs, Dane
Higgins, Kara Hudak, Naomi Jaslowski, Kaitlin Kowalski, Jordyn Krueger, Samantha Kuenne, Morgan Ludwig, Michael Mahner, Logan
Nelson, Alex Nicks, Morgan Nordlof, Kyle Petrick, Pierce Pope, Sterling Reilly, Hunter Ried,
McKensee Schmeiser, Francine Seidel, Austin
Stahnke, Karla Vazquez, Douglas Way, Cooper
Wild and Colby Winter.
Honor:
Fifth Grade Ashton Billeb, Tyler Bohn,
Joshua Borman, Christine Czeshinski, Chloe
Dassow, Edmundo Elias-Arredondo, Peyton
Emmerich, Wyatt Ertl, Vance Haakenson,
Kalisha Haddeman, Tucker Halopka, Casey
Hartwig, Selena Hernandez, Connor Higgins,
Jake Kauffman, Nakeita Petznick, Hayden
Rackowski, Alex Scheithauer, Sage Schmaltz,
Autumn Sherman, Brayden Stelzel, Briana Vetterkind, Dalton Waide and Jacob Wiese.
Sixth Grade John Bunkelman, Lily

Emmerich, Abraham Galan, Brok Hathaway,
Jaydn Hughes, Aiden Johnson, Justice Judnic, Jordan Kautzer, Shaylee Kestler, Dexter
Kraemer, Connor Mayotte, Desirae Neubauer,
Patrick Noland, Austin Nowak, Austin Olson,
Lindsey Quante and Justine Wojcik.
Seventh Grade Samantha Alexander,
Jaeden Butkus, Tanner Cliver, Brenden Dillabough, Trevon Drallmeier, Michael Errthum,
Alex Gilbertson, Carl Hanish, Aaliyah Jaslowski, Hayden Johnson, Braden Kestler, Dylan
Leu, Keith Lorenz, Jillian Mahner, Hailee Resa,
Nathan Sislo, Lawrence Sowatzke, Christian
SpinIer, Blake Studinger, Isaac Tanata, Azteca
Terrones and Hunter Zickert.
Eighth Grade Dakota Anderson,Rachel
Armbrust, Lakayla Baumgartner, Clay Bowe,
Ashley Czeshinski, Logan Dassow, Koryn
Duesing, Tristan Haenel, Nicholas Husser,
Matthew Jeno, Blaze Kesan, Bryant Konieczny, Austin Kraegenbrink, Andrew Loucks, Andrea Moberg-Konecny, Zackary Mottle, Teagan
Paul, Preston Pope, Wyatt Sherfield, Ezekiel
Sigmund, Alexis Steger, Ean Wilson and Isaac
Zepeda.
CLASSIFIEDS
MISC FOR SALE
MISC FOR SALE
FOR SALE: 1966 Ford Mustang, low miles on odemeter,

red with black interior, bucket
seats with automatic on the
floor, drives very well, sharp.
Two 1972 Arctic Cat snowmobiles, nice looking machines,
both are two seaters & electric
start, $450 for the 440, $550 for
the 399, both sleds for $900!
Call 715-560-2436, Medford.
BRAND
NEW
jazzy
select GT electric wheelchair,
never used, original $3,500,
will sell for $1,450, 715427-5237 or 715-427-5770.
CLASSIFIED DEADLINES: For

ads to appear in The Shopper, the deadline is Thursdays
at 3 p.m., for ads to appear in
The Star News the deadline is
Tuesdays at Noon. Prepayment
is required, 715-748-2626.
WANT TO Cloth diaper? Dont

know where to start? Try
Trustyz. Call 715-229-2225
for catalog, 10% sale this
month, 15% on package deals.
CENTRAL BOILER certified EClassic outdoor wood furnace.

Get the most heat with less wood.
Call Today! Northern Renewable
Energy Systems 715-532-1624.
OAK FIREWOOD, Cut and

split in 24 inch lengths, $40 per
face cord, no delivery. 715-2235675 or 715-721-0076. Curtiss.
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or stop in at 116 S. Wisconsin
Ave., Medford, to place your ad.
1968 OLIVER 550 tractor wide

front gas model hydraulic loader with trip, snow bucket with
chains, excellent running condition, $5,000, 715-965-3423.
THE SHOPPER
& STAR NEWS
MISC FOR SALE

DRY SPLIT hardwood 16
lengths. Also dry 8 slabwood.
Can deliver. 715-748-5726.
WANTED TO BUY
WANTED: GUNS - new and
used. Turn them into ca$h or
trade for a new one! Shay Creek
in
Medford,
715-748-2855.
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Self Help Evening Group for
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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).
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as well as spelling and grammar. Must work well with
others, be able to meet deadlines and be willing to do
other duties as assigned.
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This position requires a high school diploma or
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ve continuous full-time years of work experience
in administrative, accounting, member service elds
may be considered. Applicant must be procient in
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Completed Cooperative Employment Application
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Jump River Electric Cooperative, Inc.

PO Box 99
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you a dependable team player? Are you
looking for a meaningful career? If so, we are
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Medford, WI 54451
Equal Opportunity Employer
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housekeeping and food preparation.
Applicants should have good speaking,
reading and writing skills.
Our House Senior Living offers an excellent
training program, and train our Resident Care
Assistants according to state regulations and
company policies. Interested candidates
should email a resume to:
MKessler@OurHouseSL.
com or stop in to complete
an application at:
Marathon Cheese Corporation, located in

Medford, Wisconsin, has several openings
for lineworkers and material handlers. These
positions provide packaging, inspection, raw
materials, and sanitation to MCCs high speed
cheese packaging machines. Pre-employment
and drug screening is required.
Marathon Cheese offers stable, predictable
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Medford, Wisconsin. Applications are available
at our website: www.mcheese.com. If you have
submitted an application in the last 6 months it
is not necessary to apply again.
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Commercial
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Medford, Wisconsin
$16.02 - $17.00
Production
2nd and 3rd Shift
SEVEN CITY lots and six country parcels available in Medford

area to build your new home.
See Wausau Homes of Medford for prices and locations.
Prices start at $8,950. Contact Jason at 715-829-4180.
48-176368
MEYER
MANUFACTURING
Corporation is accepting applications for production welders,
CNC machinists and general
labor. Competitive wage, excellent benets - paid vacation
accrues from start date, 401K
with 100% employer match for
rst 6%, four 10-hour day base
work week, tuition reimbursement program, employer sponsored healthcare insurance,
annual prot sharing. Apply in
person at Meyer Mfg. Corp, 574
West Center Ave., Dorchester,
WI, or online at meyermfg.com.
Jodi Drost
Price County is currently recruiting for a Fiscal Assistant under the supervision of the Highway Commissioner. Majority of the work requires the individual in
the position to independently apply generally accepted
accounting principles using established procedures.
Duties include: review and verify current and past accounting information; prepare various detailed reports;
verify accounting transactions for accuracy; record
maintenance; and input Highway Department payroll
data. Work requires a high level of computer skills in
database and spreadsheet applications. It is full time
(40 hr/wk) with an hourly wage of $16.32/hr (less 5% for
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FOR RENT
FOR RENT
WESTBORO TWO bedroom

mobile home on private double
lot, immediate occupancy, $400
plus security deposit. Includes
water & sewer. 715-965-1070.
MEDFORD
TWO
bedroom
lower, $475, includes storage unit, water, sewer, garbage, onsite laundry, garage
available.
715-965-4440.
DELUXE APARTMENT - $725/

month + electric. Heat included in rent! Perfect for seniors.
Maintenance man lives on site!
Call Kurt at 715-497-6161.
TWO AND three bedroom

home in town of Westboro and Chelsea. Pets optional.
Call
715-499-1019.
AKC
BULLDOG
Puppies,
vet checked, microchipped,
show titled pedigree, ready
Dec. 14. $2,000 for limited
registration. Call for more information,
715-965-5623.
FOR SALE - Border Collie puppies, farm dogs, both parents

on farm, born 10/27, ready to
go 12/8, $175. 715-229-4555.
WILL TAKE Care of your

loved one. Several years of
experience.
715-773-1648.
PRINTING SERVICES for all
your needs are available at
The Star News: raffle tickets,
business cards, envelopes, letterhead, invoices, statements,
promotional items, etc. Call or
stop by The Star News office to
place your order. 715-748-2626,
116 S. Wisconsin Ave., Medford.
FOR SALE: Fox Terrier cross

puppies, $50. No Sunday
sales.
Call
715-654-5435.
FIRST FLOOR one bedroom

Medford apartment; with A/C,
intercomed security entrances,
full kitchen and bath, washer,
dyer, walk-in closet, garage.
Heat, water and sewer included in rent, 715-785-5016.
Church Ofce Position

Part-time
Bookkeeping and ofce clerical three half days per week.

Flexible schedule. Wage is negotiable. Duties include paying
bills, maintaining spreadsheet reports, semi-monthly payroll,
government reporting, ordering supplies, answering phone
and emails. Must be skilled in Microsoft Ofce, Word and
Excel. Must be bondable with excellent written and verbal
communication skills. Minimum 2-3 years ofce experience is
preferred. For questions call Tom Lindow at 715-748-3164 after
6:30 pm weekdays. Send resume with previous experience to:
Ofce Position
United Methodist Church
287 E. Allman St.
Medford, WI 54451
TMC HAS OPENINGS hauling

boats to waterfront locations
throughout US and Canada.
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Redmen erase halftime deficit to beat Stratford 68-64

All Joe Scheithauer wanted was some
peace and quiet. The Rib Lake senior had
been the focus of a loud Stratford cheering section during much of Mondays
non-conference boys basketball game at
Lane closed
Stratford High School.

His putback layup with 3:38 remaining gave the Redmen a 58-57 lead, their
first since the 10-minute mark of the first
half, and the visitors never trailed again
on their way to a 68-64 win.
I could hear them all game, 23 aint
Photo by Bryan Wegter
Rib Lakes Joe Scheithauer (left) closes off a shooting angle for Stratfords Cole Hoffman while Nick Eisner (2) cuts off a passing lane to Jacob Danen (22) with help from
Austin Ewan (behind) during Mondays non-conference basketball game in Stratford.
Lady Redmen beat the Jays

back on Feb. 12, 2010. Rib Lake swept the
Jays that year, also winning the Dec. 22,
2009 matchup 47-46.
Coach Mike Wudi has long talked
about his teams search for signature
wins. He stopped short of saying it was
one, but acknowledged it was a big step
for the team.
Its close. Thats as close as weve
come in the last few years. Its a conference win on the road, he said. It was a
great win for us. No doubt about it.
Defensively, the Redmen focused on
taking away open looks for freshman
Kenadi Diedrich, the Blue Jays top
scorer, who went into Friday averaging
24 points a game. Rib Lake held her to 15
points on six of 15 shooting.
We knew we had to guard her. We
always made sure we had a hand in her
face and I think we hustled all around on
defense because everyone wanted that
game so bad, Cardey said. The rest of
the Athens roster combined to shoot seven of 36 (.194) from the field. Hanna Ellenbecker was the next highest scorer at six.
Athens held a 22-19 lead at halftime.
Rib Lake limited the Blue Jays to only
14 points in the second half. The offense
scored 21, enough to overturn the halftime deficit.
We went back to our zone defense
and thats what got us back in the game
and over the hump at the end. The girls
played well. They played to win, not
scared to lose, Wudi said. Samantha
Rodman scored five points for Rib Lake.
Fitzl and Megan Wiitala had a two-point
basket each.
The Redmens offensive game plan
focused on attacking the interior of the
Athens defense. They attempted a season-low two three-pointers, while shooting .300 (15-50) from the field. Rib Lake
made a season-high 10 free throws on 20
attempts.
got nothing. They went dead silent after that lead change, Scheithauer said.
It was peace and quiet on our side. He
finished with 25 points and 14 rebounds,
completing his third-straight doubledouble.
A Cole Hoffman three put the Tigers
up four with five minutes left. Seconds
later, Austin Ewan knocked down a
right-wing three. The Redmens press
forced a turnover out of Nick Stoflet, setting up Scheithauers lead-changing basket. Noah Weinke hit an eight foot pullup to make it a three-point game.
The Tigers trimmed the lead to one
after a pair of free throws by Stoflet, but
couldnt pull closer as the Redmen rattled off six straight points. Scheithauer
had a basket, while Ewan scored on a
running floater and a putback tip off an
Austin Zondlo miss.
We picked it up defensively. We got
in a rhythm and our shots started falling, Rib Lake guard Dalton Strebig said.
Stratford (2-2) got 15 points out of Stoflet and Ethan Nagel. Derrick Schmidt
scored 14 and grabbed six boards. The
Tigers open Marawood South play on
Friday against Newman Catholic. Rib
Lake boosted their record to 2-1 and
opens North play against Prentice tonight, Thursday Dec. 10, also their home
opener. Tip is scheduled for 7:15 p.m. The
Redmen welcome local rival Medford for
a non-conference game next Tuesday.
The Tigers scored 35 in the first half.
They had success breaking Rib Lakes
full-court press, including one 30 second
stretch where they scored six-straight
points to open up a 17-9 lead, thanks to a
pair of baskets by Schmidt and another
by Stoflet. Just like last Thursdays loss
in Pittsville, the Redmen didnt do themselves any favors with an icy start from
the field.
We went through a dry spell in the
first half. That was our biggest issue. It
was very similar to the Pittsville game,
Rib Lake head coach Jason Wild said.
They were breaking our press too easily
and using their offense to suck up time.
After falling behind as much as 11 with
just under four minutes until halftime,
the Redmen found their long distance
groove. Strebig made a pair of threes.
Ewan had another that trimmed Sratfords lead to 35-27 at the half. Rib Lake
finished seven of 20 from distance, their
best percentage in a game this season.
Schmidt scored the first four points
of the second period. Rib Lake was down
47-36, but a 15-5 run, highlighted by a
fadeaway jumper by Ewan and six points
from Scheithauer, cut the deficit to one
with 5:30 to go.
We stayed with the press, but Stratford started putting a man in the middle,
so we had to adjust. We went to a threequarters 1-3-1 trap and that was the ticket. I told the guys, the press is going to
wear on them, Wild said.
We started clicking. When that happens watch out, Strebig said. He finished with 11 points. Ewan scored 15 and
is shooting .475 from the field this year.
Weinke had his best game of the young
season. The senior scored nine, dished
three assists and made five of six free
throws.
Scheithauer is off to an impressive
start. The 6-3 forward is averaging 22.7
ppg, 20.3 rpg, 4.7 apg and 3.0 spg, all while
shooting .683 from the floor.
The Rib Lake win was the second in
three attempts against Stratford. They
last beat the Tigers 43-42 during the
Marawood Crossover back on Feb. 15,
2013. Stratford won the meeting in 2014,
52-42.
Loss to Pittsville
The Pittsville Panthers used their
MARAWOOD NORTH DIVISION

Conf.
Overall
W
L
W
L
Rib Lake
0
0
2
1
Abbotsford
0
0
1
1
Phillips
0
0
1
1
Edgar
0
0
1
2
Prentice
0
0
1
2
Chequamegon
0
0
1
3
Athens
0
0
0
2
Dec. 3: Pittsville 71, Rib Lake 66; Phillips 46,
Hurley 38; Auburndale 60, Athens 30; Prentice
61, Lake Holcombe 41; Tomahawk 66, Chequamegon 50.
Dec. 4: Lakeland 69, Chequamegon 42.
Dec. 7: Rib Lake 68, Stratford 64.
Dec. 8: Spencer 58, Edgar 53; Owen-Withee at
Abbotsford, Newman Catholic 76, Athens 40;
Loyal 84, Prentice 81.
Dec. 10: Prentice at Rib Lake, Athens at
Chequamegon.
Dec. 11: Abbotsford at Phillips, Edgar at OwenWithee.
Dec. 15: Medford at Rib Lake, Chequamegon
at Prentice, Phillips at Athens, Iola-Scandinavia
at Edgar.
height advantage, and a cold night of

shooting by Rib Lake, to win last Thursdays non-conference game at Pittsville
High School, 71-66.
Jake Allind scored a game-high 27 for
the Panthers, despite making only three
of 12 free throws. Fellow post player Matthew Carlson, a 6-7 junior, scored six, but
his size made things difficult for the Redmen on defense.
Foul trouble hurt Rib Lake. Scheithauer scored 20 to lead the Redmen, but
fouled out late in the second half. Ewan
and Zondlo played with four fouls apiece
down the stretch.
Pittsville has two good post players
inside. We just couldnt match up with
them. They were constantly fighting
and trying to get around and we picked
up fouls. We tried to double the post, but
that put us in a scramble trying to cover
the perimeter, Wild said.
Aron Masanz and Aidan Masanz made
the Redmen pay for their focus on the interior. Both made two threes in the first
half and helped Pittsville take a 46-37 lead
into halftime. Aron Masanz hit another
three in the second half and finished with
12 points. Aidan Masanz had 13.
Rib Lake made only four of 21 threepoint attempts. Strebig made two threes,
but otherwise was two-for-18 from the
field. He made a pair of free throws to finish with 12 points. Ewan scored 13 and
Zondlo scored 10 on five of seven shooting. Weinke had five assists and five
points. The Redmen were 27 of 70 (.386)
from the field and eight of 16 at the foul
line.
We shot ourselves out of the game,
Wild said.
The Redmen briefly took the lead late
in the second half. Scheithauer scored
nine second half points before fouling
out. Weinke and TrayVon Sutherland
both made threes, but the Panthers held
on.
I was really happy with how we
played against their size. Surprisingly
some of our guys boarded really well
against them. We had foul trouble early
so we had to sit a few guys. We took the
lead late, but we had to sit guys with
fouls and couldnt sustain it, Wild
said. Scheithauer led the way with 20
rebounds, his second-straight 20-board
effort. He also had four blocks and three
steals. Ewan had six rebounds, Zondlo
grabbed five and Patrick had four.
Pittsvilles starting five averaged 6
feet 2.6 inches, while Rib Lake measured
in at 6 feet 0.4 inches across their starters.
The two foes from the opposite sides
of the Marawood last met on Dec. 4, 2014.
Rib Lake won 53-45.

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