Things could get far worse before they get better when it comes to the county’s 2016 budget.

That was the warning to members of the Taylor County Board of Supervi-sors on Wednesday. Finance committee chairman Chuck Zenner gave a report on the proposed revenue additions and spending cuts that were the result of re-cent fi nance and personnel committee hearings.

Zenner identifi ed about $396,000 in

proposed budget changes for 2016 which would help the county’s

bottom line. Those proposed changes included $100,000 in new revenue from the sher-iff’s department through hous-ing inmates from Marathon County, $25,000 in savings on

debt service from refi nancing to a lower interest rate, $62,000

in cuts from the UW Exten-sion through not fi lling a

support position, $150,000 in cuts from the highway

department, $1,000 from the historical society, $1,000 from the fair,

$20,000 from the air-port, $20,000 from information technol-

ogy and $17,000 in savings from the reorgani-zation of the land conservation department.

Zenner emphasized these were just prelim-inary proposals. “We could either change for the good or the bad,” he said.

Supervisor Lester Lewis took a more pessi-mistic outlook and called on supervisors to be aware of proposals in the state budget which would negatively impact the county’s bottom line.

“[The governor] has proposed county wide assessment which wipes out all these sav-ings,” he said, referring to a state budget pro-posal which would move assessing authority to the county from local municipalities.

Other state budget changes include the elimination of the state’s local government property insurance fund, which the county

In the world of school fi nance, the Medford Area School District isn’t broke, it’s just in pieces.

The Medford Area School Board began the 2015-16 budget process in earnest at its monthly meeting on Thursday as it looked at facility plans and the structural defi cit created in large part by the proposed state budget.

Finance director Jeff Albers used the analogy of put-ting a puzzle together as he took the board through the basic elements of the budget plan. Albers’ spreadsheet update is a familiar fi xture at board meetings, and chang-es in rows and columns can change the bottom line. The fi rst adjustment in the columns on Thursday was plug-ging in the proposed increase in state aid. The working spreadsheet has columns for different projections. On this night, the focus shifted to the column at the left and the goose egg in place where other columns showed an increase in per pupil state spending. As the spreadsheet changed, the projected local defi cit registered at $948,237.

The budget discussion began with a presentation on the district’s energy audit. The district contracted with CESA to serve as its performance contractor, and Thurs-

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The deadline for having items pub-lished in the Community Calendar is 5 p.m. on Tuesdays.

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

Sunday, March 1Alcoholics Anonymous Open 12

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

Monday, March 2Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS)

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

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

Medford VFW Auxiliary 5729

anyone who has child with special needs.American Legion Post 359 Meeting

— 7 p.m. Senior Citizens Center, 385 E. Main St., Gilman.

Thursday, March 5Medford Kiwanis Club Meeting —

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

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

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

American Legion Post 274 Meeting — 7 p.m. Legion Clubhouse, 727 McComb Ave., Rib Lake.

Friday, March 6Narcotics Anonymous Open Meet-

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

Meeting — 6:30 p.m. VFW Clubhouse, 240 S. Eighth St. (Hwy 13), Medford.

Tuesday, March 3Medford Rotary Club Meeting —

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

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

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

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

Wednesday, March 4Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting —

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

Parents of Children With Spe-cial Needs Support Group Luncheon Meeting — Noon to 1 p.m. Happy Joe’s Pizza and Ice Cream Parlor, 909 Case-ment Court, Medford. Program open to

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Pingel family donates to Aspirus Medford Foundation

Aspirus Medford Foundation donationPictured with Sherry Pingel (center) are Catherine Leifeld, executive director of the

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Sherry Pingel of Phillips and her chil-dren wanted to make a difference, just like the many nurses who cared for Sher-ry’s husband Gary had. For years, Gary battled cancer, but he didn’t do it alone. According to Sherry, he received some of the most compassionate care from the nurses and staff at Aspirus Medford’s Cancer & Infusion Services Center. The nurses and Gary got to know each other on a personal level. Gary often shared stories of family, favorite restaurants, and favorite recipes.

Gary passed away in January 2014. Both in gratitude for the staff’s sincerity and friendship, and in memory of Gary, Sherry and her family gave generously to Aspirus Medford Foundation. These funds will benefi t future cancer and in-fusion patients and those who provide their care.

“After Gary passed away, Sherry gave each of us a copy of Gary’s meat loaf recipe,” said Judy Gabriel, Aspirus Medford’s Cancer & Infusion Services manager. “We think of Gary often. Even in his fi nal days, he would inquire about our families and would offer a heartfelt word of advice. The gift that Sherry has provided the foundation is a wonderful and caring memorial.”

The foundation’s mission is to sup-port Aspirus Medford Hospital & Clin-ics. For more information, visit www.aspirus.org/MedfordFoundation or call 715-748-8835.

Order trees, shrubs now for spring plantingThe Taylor County Land Concserva-

tion Department, in cooperation with Price County Land Conservation, is sponsoring a tree sale. Whether people desire trees for wildlife habitat, wind breaks, fi rewood production, shade or landscaping, they have trees for a variety of needs.

Trees included in the sale are: American witchazel — Perhaps more

important than the beauty of its fl oral display is its timing. Blooming so bright-ly as it does in March when the landscape is generally still dull, this bush is a must-have for the four season landscape.

Highbush cranberry — It’s actually not a cranberry at all, though its fruit re-

semble cranberries in both appearance and taste. They make a great hedge or privacy screen.

Paper birch — Considered by many to be one of the most attractive native trees in North America. Grows as much as two feet per year. Grow it in groups, as a bor-der, or as a transition from the woods to open ground. Their thin canopy lets you grow other plants beneath them.

Other species available include tama-rack, bitternut hickory, white cedar and more.

Stop by the Price or Taylor county land conservation departments or call 715-748-1469 to get a brochure emailed or mailed.

CorrectionAndrew Poetzl’s name was misspelled

in the listing for the Medford Middle School eighth grade honor roll.

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and most municipalities use for their property insur-ance. This would force them to go to private insurers, which he said could increased costs.

“Call your legislators and tell them how you feel,” he said.

Supervisor Sue Breneman raised concerns about the impact the elimination of the 9-1-1 fee on landlines would have on Taylor County. Lewis said there is cur-rently legislation in the works to reinstate that fee and expand it to cellphone lines also.

“It is a scary issue, particularly for Taylor County,” said sheriff Bruce Daniels of the potential 9-1-1 funding cuts. He called on supervisors to give their support to having the fees reinstated. “It is a fatal blow for us,” he said.

Supervisor Roger Ewan questioned the cuts to the highway department and if they would be able to absorb those. “Yes they can, but it won’t be good,” Zenner said.

Lewis noted that $100,000 came out of the fund bal-ance to boost the highway budget this year and so the cut was really $50,000 less than what their original bud-get had been for this year.

“We need every dime we can get for highways, but it is there. It is a challenge, but it is there,” Lewis said.

In addition to the proposed cuts, individual depart-ments are looking at their fees as a way to increase ad-ditional revenue for the county. One such fee increases the cost of getting married in Taylor County.

Supervisors voted to increase the marriage license fee by $20 to $80. County clerk Bruce Strama explained the increase was to generate additional revenue. In choosing the amount, Strama looked at the amounts charged by surrounding counties. Clark, Rusk and Price counties are all charging $75, Lincoln County charges $90 and Marathon County charges $100. Strama said the idea of raising it to $80 was so they would not have to come back to it for a number of years.

In other business, supervisors: Approved electing Jeffrey Hein of Medford as

the new Taylor County veterans service offi cer. He had a 20-year career in the U.S. Army where he retired as First Sgt. His term runs to Jan. 2, 2017. Under county code, the board elects the veterans service offi cer for a term of offi ce and must take action to either reelect the position or appoint someone else at the end of the term.

Approved resolutions recognizing recent re-tirees. Those recognized include former clerk of courts Maggie Gebauer, forestry and zoning secretary Mary

Wagenknecht, programmer Leon Peetz and highway department patrolman Kendrick Carstensen.

Approved resolutions recognizing deputies Anthony Schuett and Corey Dassow for their outstand-ing performance in the annual advanced law enforce-ment risk training (ALERT) law enforcement challenge sponsored by the Wisconsin County Mutual Insurance Company. Schuett won the challenge in 2013 and Das-sow won it in 2014.

Approved designating April 12-18 as national volunteer week in Taylor County.

Approved declaring the second Saturday in May as International Migratory Bird Day. The declara-tion is part of the requirement to maintain the county’s Tree City USA status and was supported by the county’s tourism and conservation departments.

Following a closed session, the Medford Area School Board accepted the immediate resignation of longtime teacher and coach Ron Lien at the conclusion of the board’s meeting on Thursday evening.

Lien was not present at the meeting. The letter was dated Feb. 16 and addressed to the board of education and district administrator Pat Sullivan. The letter was submitted via fax from attorney Randall G. Garczynski.

The letter was signed by Lein and said “I hereby re-sign my positions at Medford Area Senior High. Sincere-ly, Ronald R. Lien.”

Lien was placed on paid leave Jan. 15 from both his teaching and boys basketball coaching positions. He was placed on leave while law enforcement and the district

completed an investigation. No charges or other action from the investigation was revealed.

Sullivan said the resignation is fi nal and Lien will no longer be paid following the action. He was paid for his basketball coaching duties this year and his teaching contract until the board action. Sullivan said the district will now post for the junior varsity golf coach position he held. Substitutes and other teaching staff will contin-ue to absorb his teaching load until the end of the year. Ryan Pilgrim has covered Lien’s class load at the high school while substitutes and other staff have covered the open classes in the middle school. Assistant coach Ryan Brown is now serving as head coach for the boys basket-ball team.

Lien taught business and technology at the high school for more than 30 years. He has coached the boys basketball team since 2006. The regular season ends next week and tournament play begins March 3.

Sullivan said Monday he was informed of the law en-forcement investigation by the Medford Police Depart-ment. Sullivan began an investigation at the district lev-el. He interviewed two women who alleged inappropriate

relationships with Lien. Before Sullivan could interview Lien, he offered his resignation. Sullivan said he has not been made aware of any other issues related to Lien.

Sullivan said Lien is not eligible for any future ben-efi ts from the Medford school district because he re-signed. This does not impact his eligibility for his state retirement.

Sullivan said the nature of the district investigating allegations of wrongdoing by an employee are different from law enforcement’s role. “It is clear they have a stat-ute of limitations and the school district does not,” Sul-livan said.

No charges have been fi led in Taylor County in the case. Police chief Ken Coyer said there is still an ongoing investigation into the matter and his department cannot comment on the case or release any of the reports until that investigation is completed. Once the investigation is complete, the records are subject to the open records laws and will be available for the public to see upon re-quest. There is no timeline as to how long the investiga-tion will continue.

Brian Wilson contributed to this story.

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Teacher resigns following school investigation

Continued from page 1

County raises 2016 budget concerns

by Reporter Mark Berglund

Police say investigation of Ron Lien is still in progress

When Investing, Use The“Power of Three”

Many factors will affect your results as an investor–and some of these factors are beyond your control, such as interest-rate movements or the eurozone debt crisis or the sales results of the companies in which you in-vest. However, as you work toward your financial goals, you will find that you actually have control over three of the most important drivers of investment success: time, money and return.

Let’s look at these three elements:Time – Time can be a big asset – if you use it wisely.

However, many young people, just starting out in their working lives, think they can wait until “later” to be-gin investing, as their retirement is so far away. But this could be a mistake. The earlier you start to invest, the more money you will put away, and the greater the potential for your money to appreciate. If you do wait until mid-career before you start seriously saving and investing for retirement, you will still have options, but you may need to make some trade-offs, such as possibly retiring later than you had originally planned. So here’s the key: Start investing as early as possible – and keep investing.

Money – Not surprisingly, the more money you invest on a regular basis while you are working, the more mon-ey you’ll likely end up with when you retire. Suppose, for example, that you invested $3,000 per year and earned a hypothetical 7% annual return. After 30 years, you’d have accumulated about $303,000 (assuming the invest-ment was placed in a tax-deferred account, such as a tra-ditional IRA). But if you put in $5,000 per year, instead of $3,000, and earned the same hypothetical 7% annual return, you’d end up with about $505,000 after 30 years, again assuming the investment was placed in traditional

IRA. The difference between $3,000 per year and $5,000 per year isn’t all that much – just about $40 a week – but after 30 years, these relatively small differences can add up to a big sum of money. Of course, this is just a simple illustration that shows how saving more can possibly put you in a better position in the future. Keep in mind that there are no guarantees and that the value of your investments will fluctuate.

of return is the one variable over which you have the least control. However, “least control” doesn’t mean “no

-tent of selecting a mix of stocks, bonds, government se-curities and other investments that reflects the level of risk you’re willing to tolerate in exchange for the poten-tial growth you’d like to achieve. By creating this mix, you can help yourself avoid the biggest investment risk of all – not reaching your long-term goals.

By investing for as many years as you can, putting in as much as possible each year and choosing an invest-ment mix that provides you with the greatest potential reward given your risk tolerance, you can take com-mand, to a significant extent, of your own investment success. And that’s a type of authority you won’t want to relinquish.

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County approves fee increases for zoning, wasteThe Taylor County zoning committee

voted to raise fees for 12 services at its meeting last week.

Increased fees - from fi rewood per-mits to wedding licenses - have been of-fered by several departments as ways

to balance the county budget ahead of a projected defi cit in 2016. In addition to plugging the budget hole, the zoning committee decided to act now to have the new fee structure in place before the spring and summer construction season. The committee does not meet as often as others do, adding to the urgency to make the changes now.

Based on 2014 activity, the new fees would generate approximately $6,000 in additional income for the zoning depart-ment. The new fees are effective March 1, 2015. The county’s last zoning fee in-crease came in 2010.

The committee looked at comparisons with neighboring Price and Clark coun-ties and a 16-county comparison to settle on its fi nal numbers. In several cases, the committee picked an average num-ber from the 16-county survey and then rounded the amount to the nearest $5 whole number.

“Nobody likes raising fees, but we don’t want to be out of the ballpark,” committee member Lester Lewis said.

Following the zoning meeting, mem-bers of the solid waste and recycling com-mittee joined the group for an update on those efforts in the county.

The Taylor County recycling author-ity collected 1.5 million pounds of mate-rials in 2014, a record year for the group and the third consecutive year of more than one million pounds.

The 2015 clean sweep program was discussed. The fi rst will be May 2. The fi rst part of the day (8 a.m. until 11:30 a.m.) will be at the fairgrounds in Med-ford. The afternoon session (2 p.m. until 3:30 p.m.) will be at Gilman High School. The second day will be Aug. 13 in West-boro (9 a.m. until 11 a.m.) and town of Maplehurst (2 p.m. until 3:30 p.m.).

The committee looked at new vendors for the electronic recycling, which in-cludes old TVs and computers. The com-mittee was told the previous electronics recycler lost its state license.

The committee considered three pos-sible replacements for recycling elec-tronics. It settled on a Chicago-area fi rm which will do the recycling for $7,500.

The program will charge a fee this year to recover some of the cost of the electronic recycling. The central ques-tion came down to ‘what would some-body pay to get rid of a TV?’ The com-mittee decided to keep the fee low and uncomplicated and settled on $5.

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day was the fi rst full board meeting it looked at the plan for a possible Act 32 en-ergy effi ciency project. Act 32 gives school districts the fl exibility to move spending for some capital improvements out from under the state-imposed revenue caps. The projects must be identifi ed by a state-certifi ed performance contractor for their actual energy savings. The performance contractor is paid a percentage of the total project costs.

Because they exceed the revenue cap, Medford’s Act 32 projects would raise the proposed mill rate. The tax impact on a $100,000 home would be approximately $36 if the school district saw no growth in equalized property value.

Medford’s approach toward Act 32 is aimed at spreading projects out to keep year-to-year spending stable. Facilities maintenance director Dave Makovsky brought a four-year plan with each year costing just under $300,000.

The plan for 2016 includes roof projects and other elements for a cost of $297,908. As proposed, the second year of the plan would cost $276,528, the third year would cost $266,560 and the fourth year would be $324,800. The fi rst year roof projects would free $179,000 in the Fund 10 budget.

The plan did not include the purchase of 700 Chromebooks for Medford Area Se-nior High. The district fi nance committee asked CESA to consider the Chromebooks as energy savings if the district removed a current computer lab. The hope was enough energy savings would be found with the new devices to qualify for the plan, but Makovsky said the contractors were concerned a state auditor might not make the connection. “They felt it would raise red fl ags with [Wisconsin Depart-ment of Public Instruction] for the amount of energy return,” Makovsky said.

District administrator Pat Sullivan said the roof project would be planned for 2016 either way. He said if the district adopted the Act 32 plan, it would free up those funds to help balance the district budget. “It’s not money for free, it’s still coming from the taxpayers, but it is mon-ey we could free from the revenue cap,” board president Dave Fleegel said.

Finance committee member Jeff Peter-son and board vice president Paul Dixon were ready to approve the plan, but board member Brandon Brunner had reserva-tions. “In some respects, it seems like an end-around mechanism,” Brunner said. “I look at it as another tool in the tool kit to balance the budget,” Peterson said. “I think we can do that by balancing the bud-get and working with the funds we get,” Brunner said. Fleegel agreed with Peter-son on the fl exibility of Act 32 projects. “I respectfully disagree with Mr. Brun-ner as to whether we can fi nd the cuts in our budget. I don’t see a better way at this time to balance the budget,” he said.

Board member Mark Temme asked how soon the projects would return en-ergy cost savings for the investment. The roof projects are estimated to pay for themselves in 30 to 40 years while the lighting upgrades would be paid off in sev-en to 10 years.

“Act 32 was written because the legisla-ture saw problems coming with tight bud-gets. What was the intent? Are we in the spirit of the way it was written?” Temme asked.

The Act 32 discussion was eventually set aside for a look at the larger budget as Brunner held to his position. “Don’t we owe it to district voters to see what it will take to balance the budget?” Brunner asked. Fleegel referenced the state freeze and its effect and the pending local defi cit. “That’s news to me. I’m not on the fi nance committee,” Brunner said.

The deadlines for the projects and pos-sible delays in approval of the state budget were two arguments for moving forward

with the Act 32 plan. “It would be nice to wait to justify these projects, but the leg-islature will wait until the 11th hour,” board member Barb Knight said. Peter-son said Act 32 projects could be approved now, then if the district’s fi nancial health warranted the move later, the board could reduce the levy accordingly.

Albers gave the board the fi rst three scenarios he was working with in an-ticipation of Gov. Scott Walker’s budget proposal. He said Walker’s plan freezes general state aid levels for two years and also cuts the $150 per pupil increase in cat-egorical state aids given in recent years. With those cuts and freezes, the Medford defi cit is projected at $948,237.

Albers said the picture of the district fi -nancial health, and ultimately the 2015-16 budget, will become clearer as more puz-zle pieces fall into place. He then showed the board how other factors will change the budget.

One piece is the fi nancial benefi t of Ru-ral Virtual Academy. The district hosts the public charter school and it is the main reason Medford has such a posi-tive balance in open enrollment fi gures. Albers said a conservative estimate of a $50,000 gain is possible when the enroll-ment period ends.

The next element the board looked at was how salary increases would effect the overall budget. The district has given raises in the neighborhood of 1.8 percent per year since Act 10 removed the quali-fi ed economic offer and ability of public sector unions to seek mediation and ar-bitration during contract negotiations. Albers showed the board how putting a zero increase on staff salaries next year would cut the defi cit by $240,000. Albers and board members said that option was purely one for debate, and not the plan at this point.

If salaries were frozen, if the district re-alizes $101,000 in technology savings, and the purchase of the high school chrome-books could be absorbed in the current budget or within the next senior high bud-get, the structural defi cit drops to $406,725.

“Act 32 is another piece of the puzzle. Fund 80 is another piece of the puzzle,” Albers said.

A possible change in Fund 80 would help the district’s bottom line. Ironically, in a year when Medford hoped to shift more costs from the general education fund, known as fund 10, to the commu-nity education fund, known as fund 80, the state capped any new spending in the area. The legislature is looking at loosen-ing those caps this year and it would allow the district to possibly add the $75,000 cost of middle school co-curricular programs and its $40,000 share of the police liaison program cost to the fund, which is levied outside of the state revenue caps. “Our problem is we don’t know when they will lift the cap on Fund 80,” Sullivan said.

Albers said another piece of the puzzle might come from staff retirements as new staff members are usually cheaper than those who have gained years in the salary matrix. He went back to the start-

ing line of the budget worksheet and said any money the state legislature could add back to Walker’s proposal would be another piece of the puzzle. “Hopefully, more pieces will show up,” Albers said. More students per class section is another possibility. “Those discussions you have at every meeting go into the budget,” Sul-livan said.

The state budget proposal would re-turn the categorical aid payment to $165 per student in 2016-17. Brunner said the state’s shell game confuses the process. “That’s why it doesn’t make sense. They give you categorical aids and then they take it away and then they give you Act 32,” he said.

The board returned to the Act 32 dis-cussion. A voice vote with no dissensions moved the project plans forward.

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Year 1 1. Middle School Large Gym Roof D/MASH Library C and B . ............................................................................ $180,000 2. SES VFDs on circulating pumps............................$3,500 3. MASH perimeter lighting (cost estimates from RS Means Facilities Construction Cost Data) $510/wall pack includes installation ......................................................... $22,950 a. Main Building - 16 wall packs $8,160 b. Lawn/Canopy - 18 wall packs $9,180 c. Tach Ed - 7 wall packs $3,570 d. Bus Garage - 4 wall packs $2,040 4. MAES boiler burner upgrade ...............................$10,000 5. MAES perimeter lighting (cost estimates from RS Means Facilities Construction Cost Data) $510/wall pack includes installation ..........................................................$18,400 a. 19 wall packs $9,690 b. Sidewalk/flag lighting (6 units) $5,020 c. Parking lot pole lights $615/pole fixture (6 units) . $3,690 6. SES perimeter lighting (cost estimates RS Means Facilities Construction Cost Data) $510/wall pack includes installation (14 wall packs) .................................... $7,140 7. MASH and MAES VFDs on AHU motors ............ $24,000 CESA 10 fee (12% of project cost) ...................... $31,919

TOTAL cost year 1 = $297,908

Year 2 8. MASH gym roof M and HS roof A .......................$79,500 9. MASH Virtual Server Upgrade (replace 8 physical servers with 2 virtual servers) .........................................$12,000 10. Unit ventilators to complete HS cafeteria (3 units) ........... .............................................................................. $55,400 11. MASH kitchen hood .........................................$30,000 12. MAMS unit ventilators (4 units) .......................$60,000 13. MASH tech shop new water heater ...................$10,000 CESA 10 fee (12% of project cost) .................... $29,628

TOTAL cost year 2 = $276,528

Year 3 14. MASH unit ventilators (8 units) ...................... $120,000 15. MASH pool heat recovery units .......................$80,000 16. MAMS school doors (2 sections of doors) ......$38,000 CESA 10 fee (12% of project cost) .................... $28,560

TOTAL cost year 3 = $266,560

Year 4 17. MAES DDC Conversion ..................................$200,000 18. MASH unit ventilators (6 units) ........................$90,000 CESA 10 fee (12% of project cost) .................... $34,800

TOTAL cost year 4 = $324,800

Medford School District Facilities Planning

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What does the average taxpayer want?It’s simple. This person wants to pay

his or her taxes and get basic services. What services? Plowed roads in winter. Filled potholes. Sending police when there is trouble.

That’s why our state legislature should reject a proposal tucked within Gov. Scott Walker’s 2015-17 state budget to make counties, not munici-palities, responsible for property tax assessment.

The plan will save the state money, true, but it will toss yet another un-funded mandate on the shoulders of county gov-ernment and, in the end, compromise the basic services that regu-lar people need.

The proposal calls for counties to estab-lish their own assessor’s offi ce and certify assessment values for properties up to 100 percent of “fair market value” every year. Cities over 35,000 population can continue to do their own assessment.

With every parcel in the state assessed at full value, the state Department of Rev-enue claims it can pink slip 39.5 full time state employees whose job it has been to “equalize” property values from one com-munity to the next.

This program promises to be expen-sive. Right now, Jim Kurtzweil, a town of Emmet assessor contracted with 15 mu-nicipalities, charges $10 per parcel. For that fee, Kurtzweil meets state law that requires assessments to be within 10 per-cent of “fair market” values determined by the Department of Revenue. There are four Wisconsin cities—Milwaukee, Madi-son, La Crosse and Racine---that offer an-nual 100 percent property assessment for their citizens. Their average price for this

service is $28.12 per parcel. Let’s do some simple math. Marathon

County has 65,500 parcels outside the City of Wausau (population 39,000). Assum-ing that all municipalities now pay $10 a parcel for property tax assessment, the total, not including Wausau, is $655,000. Now let’s calculate what annual full as-sessment would cost. Using the average

$28.12 cost per parcel, that comes to $1,844,836. That’s nearly triple the cost. The governor’s proposal lets counties charge-back munici-palities for 95 percent of what they have been budgeting for property

tax assessment. Let’s assume this would be $9.50 per parcel. This means Marathon County could bill all of its towns, villages and cities (but not Wausau) $9.50 per par-cel and take in $617,500. This is real cash, to be sure, but it leaves Marathon County with a potential net cost for full-value, an-nual assessment of $1,227,336.

And here lies the problem. Marathon County has a huge, $150 million budget, but very little of it can be moved around to cover funding gaps. By law, the county must do a long list of things. Finding a million dollars in new money to pay for county property tax assessment will sure-ly prove a major struggle.

Asked how the county could possibly fi nd the money needed to perform full-value, annual assessment, county admin-istrator Brad Karger said he didn’t know how he would do it.

“We cannot fi nd that amount of mon-ey,” he said. “Nothing of that scale is just sitting around. If it came to that, I don’t know what we might do.”

Of course, we all know what the coun-

ty board will do if faced with a seven-fi g-ure unfunded mandate from the state. It will cut basic services. It won’t plow roads as much. It won’t fi ll as many potholes. It will back off on police response time.

There is great irony here. The regular taxpayer just wants to pay his bill and get services. And yet the governor would spend so much of other people’s money on just fi guring out a tax bill that it will cause budget crises across the state. Coun-ties will forced to further trim services. How does this help people?

We would hope that our local legisla-tors would reject not just Walker’s assess-ment plan, but the whole mindset where

someone would think for even one minute that something like this was a good idea. It’s pointless to cut DOR positions if it means, statewide, the cost of property tax assessment will likely triple. That’s crazy business and, in the end, fails to under-stand what people want. People, in gen-eral, are satisfi ed with how property tax bills are calculated. Yet they hate it when their car dives into a mammoth pothole. The governor’s plan improves property tax assessment where it isn’t needed at the cost of more potholes.

Listen up, legislators. That’s the wrong call.

Voters in Wisconsin need to ask who Gov. Scott Walker is working for.

Last week Gov. Scott Walker grabbed national headlines while attending a din-ner with a group of 60 infl uential donors in New York City.

In absolute fairness, the gathering of a tight group of conservative multi-mil-lionaires around a political dinner table wasn’t technically a fundraiser.

As stated by Washington Post reporter Robert Costa: “For Walker, who had a breakout speech at a conservative summit in Iowa last month, the dinner is not a fun-draiser but a reintroduction and opportu-nity for him to impress infl uential conser-vatives and potential mega-donors.”

The event gave the potential donors a chance to “try before they buy” when it comes to investing in Walker’s political future.

Walker was there because he is run-ning for president. It could be argued that Walker began his campaign for presi-dency shortly after his fi rst election as governor, choosing to grandstand rather than lead during the whole Act 10 debacle. Regardless, winning his recall, and subse-quent reelection, helped make him a con-servative political golden boy.

While Walker has not actually come out as a presidential candidate, he has been spending a great deal of time in plac-es like Iowa and New York where candi-dates frequently gather. He even went on a “trade mission” to England to try and show that he has foreign affairs creden-tials.

While Walker is tomcatting his way through American big-money political would-be kingmakers, the people who he was hired to serve here in Wisconsin are

taking second fi ddle.In 2014, Scott Walker won a tight reelec-

tion campaign to gain another term lead-ing Wisconsin. Being elected to serve in a public offi ce is like getting married. Yes, there are perks that come with the job, but there are also important responsibilities. Those responsibilities matter and should not be outsourced to staffers.

Like an unfaithful husband who is stepping out on his wife and searching for new conquests while she toils at home, Walker’s presidential aspirations demon-strate an attitude that treats Wisconsin residents and issues as stepping stones along the path to the White House.

Walker’s proposed state budget is fun-damentally fl awed. Walker cavalierly side-steps these issues — such as his attempt to undermine the basic tenants of the University of Wisconsin System — refer-

ring to them as drafting errors. These so-called drafting errors have been cropping up throughout the proposed budget with alarming frequency. They demonstrate ei-ther a governor who just copied and past-ed what his political handlers sent him, or someone who is just going through the motions of being a leader.

The answer to who is Scott Walker working for is clear. Walker is working for his own best interests and is putting his presidential hopes before his commit-ment to the people of Wisconsin.

Walker needs to decide if he is run-ning for president or being a governor. If he wants to be governor, he should stay in Wisconsin and govern. If he wants to be a full-time candidate, he should not draw a paycheck from Wisconsin taxpayers when he is not doing the job he was elected to do.

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Write a Vox Pop: Vox Pops, from the Latin Vox Populi or Voice of the People, are the opinions of our readers and refl ect subjects of current interest. All letters must be signed and contain the address and telephone number of the writer for verifi cation of authorship and should be the work of the writer. Letters will be edited. No election-related letters will be run the week before the election. E-mail: starnews@centralwinews.com.

We could either change for the good or for the bad,— County fi nance committee chairman Chuck Zenner

about the impact the state budget will have on the county.

Star News Quote of the Week:

Who is Scott Walker working for?

Reject county tax assessment

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Thursday, September 22, 2011 Page 3OPINIONTHE STAR NEWS

The year we got a basketball hoop for Christmas was a memorable one. I can still picture coming downstairs and seeing it sitting there just waiting to be installed.

We didn’t have one of those new-fangled fancy pole contraptions you see in people’s yards nowadays. It was a basic wood backboard and hoop that had to either be bolted to a house, or, in our case, strapped to a handy pine tree that was just outside our back door.

From the moment the hoop was installed we played games constantly. Often it was just games of “21” with us honing our free-throw shooting skills. The large round concrete septic tank lid was by coincidence the exact dis-tance from the pine tree as the free throw line.

Other times we would play two-on-two or three-on-three basketball games. As we got older the games prob-ably closer resembled cage fi ghting matches more than basketball games. Our motto was “no blood, no foul.” Our yard was hardpacked sand that during dry spells resem-bled concrete, except for the grit that would get in your wounds after a particularly hard foul.

By the time I left for college, the games had lost some of their edge. Especially after the night when a cop showed up in our yard at 11 p.m. on a hot summer Satur-day night because a grumpy neighbor didn’t like us play-ing outside.

My daughter tried basketball when she was in elemen-tary school. Despite Paul Woletz’s best efforts she never developed a great love for running up and down the court. She now is content cheering on her friends who play and prefers curling in the winter anyway.

Alex is in third grade and turned nine on Tuesday. He has been taking part in a basketball program at Holy Rosary School for the past few months. Last year when we helped a friend move we ended up with a regulation height basketball hoop in our yard and Alex has put it to good use.

Monday was Alex’s fi rst game. It is only an intramural squad so his mighty orange team was playing against the lime green squad. With six and a half minute quarters the game should have been a quick one — of course more advanced players don’t usually have to be reminded of which position they are playing quite so much as third graders do.

Regardless of the anticipation of the quality of play, the parents and in some cases grandparents, fi lled a sec-tion of bleachers after school to watch the action.

Sitting in the stands watching a game is still a weird thing for me. Cheering from the sidelines while covering games is frowned on and while it has been several years since I shot a game for the paper, old habits die hard.

As a result, I am not likely to be the parent’s voice you hear yelling for their son or daughter to shoot the ball or grab the rebound. That doesn’t mean my wife won’t be the one you hear.

Alex’s team lost. He got a chance to shoot a couple bas-kets but didn’t get any points on the board. We have to work on him being more aggressive when blocking peo-ple -- little things, like actually putting his hands in the air or leaving the ground when he jumps.

I am looking forward to the snow melting to be able to put on some sneakers and shoot some hoops with Alex. Playing basketball with my dad is one of my favorite things from childhood and it is time to pass that memory along.

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Roupps supports the Rib Lake village board over assessmentVox Pop

My husband and I fully support the Rib Lake Village Board in this ongoing, escalating intense real estate property tax issue by village residents Ken and Renee Norgaard against the board for long ago property taxes. I just discovered that Mr. Norgaard allegedly said to the village clerk he was coming after her. Really?

I couldn’t help think how years ago, when we lived in Cook County, Ill. I protested our real estate property taxes within the timeframe specifi ed by the Cook Coun-ty Assessor’s Offi ce. We were turned down. I appealed the ruling — again within the time framework of the appeals department. Again we were turned down. That was the end of that.

We were disappointed — we lived near lawyer-owned homes much larger than ours and they paid less than we did. Probably they had protested their property tax-es within the proper time frames specifi ed by the asses-sor’s offi ce from the get go. We had not. Rules are rules, end of story.

This is a small town with very hardworking village trustees and village staff. The village clerk has worked tirelessly to help people with all kinds of issues. She is kind, patient, knowledgeable and for 33 years has been the bulwark of the village offi ce. She cares about each resident, and for someone to allegedly say something unkind to her is simply unimaginable.

My grandpa had a farm here, my mom grew up in Rib Lake and my folks retired here. People in the area are friendly and often go the extra mile or more to help each other out. It seems to me there ought to be a sense

of civility and respect for the Rib Lake Village Board and our diligent village president Wayne Tlusty.

I think it is time I buy a wooden sign I see now and then in gift shops that reads “be nice or leave” - maybe it would be useful at the village hall. Perhaps residents who support the village board should be at the next meeting March 11 at 6:30 p.m.

— Sue and Al Roupp, Rib Lake

Change will make property assessment better for taxpayersVox Pop

Should property assessment be done by 1,851 differ-ent units of government in Wisconsin as it is now? Or is there a more effi cient way to perform this important function?

Wisconsin now has a municipal-only assessment system with 1,851 cities, villages and towns separately assessing property in their jurisdictions. This is the highest number of property assessment jurisdictions in the country.

The 2015-17 state budget includes a property assess-ment reform proposal to make the assessing process more effi cient. Wisconsin would move to a county-based system with an option for larger municipalities to con-tinue to assess property. This would reduce Wisconsin’s 1,851 assessment units to about 90, which will save mon-ey at the local level through economies of scale. Forty states already have a county-based assessment system like the one we are proposing.

This proposal also creates a consistent standard by requiring that all property be assessed at full market value each year. While some Wisconsin municipali-ties already do this, others vary widely. In 2014, assess-ments for residential property ranged from 75 percent to 135 percent of full market value.

A consistent full market value standard would save money at the state level by eliminating the need for the current costly and complex “equalization” process which is needed to translate the different levels of local

assessments into a consistent statewide measure be-fore tax bills and state aid can be sent out. The proposal would result in position savings in the State’s Bureau of Equalization.

Property owners would see their assessments refl ect the market each year which avoids the large swings that can currently occur if assessed values have not been re-viewed for a number of years. This proposal would not cause property taxes to go up because it maintains the total amount of property taxes local governments can collect.

Property owners would still have local open book assessment review meetings where they could discuss changes to their values with an assessor, and they would be able to appeal their assessments to a board of review which would meet at several locations in each county.

If we were designing an assessment system starting with a clean sheet of paper, we wouldn’t come up with the current complicated system which has a multitude of small assessment units, many different approaches to valuations, and the need for complex revisions to make valuations consistent across the state. We have a chance to move to a better system which will save money, keep assessing local, and make assessments uniform throughout the state.

— Richard Chandler, secretary Wisconsin De-partment of Revenue

What were you thinking Northcentral Technical College?Vox Pop

First let me say, I do not have a college degree. I do, however, possess some common sense, which I learned through life’s experience, and a wee bit of artistic tal-ent.

Each time I drive by your new electronic sign dis-played on County Road O, I almost get sick to my stom-ach. Have you ever tried to write something, as a kid, with blue ink on black paper? Now light it up with scrolling letters and numbers, it doesn’t work. It is dif-fi cult to read it, both during the day and at night.

At fi rst I though maybe it’s just me and my eyes, but when I talked to several others about this sign, I found I was not alone with my opinion.

I don’t know who makes the decision for such a thing, is it a board of directors sitting in a room, and the decision made without viewing other signs, or just, “lets go with blue writing, because that matches our colors?” Perhaps the person that made the decision was

color blind. Whatever the reason, I do not think this was well researched. I am a taxpayer and this college is funded by the taxpayers. Well, you might as well have dug a hole and poured the money in it, covered it up and walked away. What a waste of money.

As you drive through Medford there are several signs or electronic billboards, with different displays and they are all easy to read. But with your display I almost wished I had horse blinders to wear, as I go by. Maybe the thinking was, “if we make it annoying the people will remember it,” well let me say, if I ever thought of taking a class at your college, this annoy-ance alone would keep me from doing it.

This is what I call a case of highly educated Igno-rance. This is still a free country and I felt this needed to be said, and with a little humor.

God Bless America— Cathy Bristol, Medford

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This is a question being thrown around in the me-dia and political shows in one of the greatest, most ad-vanced countries in the face of the world, U.S.A....as if this was still pre 1960. A colleague of mine asked: Wasn’t this question rationally decided more than 60 years ago, and everyone agreed that public health and preventing disease was important? Well, it seems with politicians, nothing is ever defi nitely and rationally decided. It ex-plains why some politicians still hate social security and want to eliminate EPA. The incessant drumbeat by these politicians undermines the respect for scientifi c studies on many subjects and is the most cause of this vaccination crisis. Once again, ideology trumps reason. I hope this will wake up enough rational people.

The recent measles outbreak goes to show that some penalties or incentives to vaccinate are necessary to have a suffi cient portion of the population be vaccinat-ed in order for “herd immunity” to be effective. That al-lows for the best protection for those too young or who cannot be vaccinated for medical or religious reasons. Just remember that if you choose to not vaccinate your children, whether or not they are affected as a child, you increase the risks of serious health conditions in their teen and adult years....or maybe you can just pray on it.

Unvaccinated children are a serious risk to public health, exposing the immunosuppressed babies and senior citizens to a potentially life-threatening disease. Vaccinating your children isn’t a freedom of choice is-sue, it is a public health issue. When your kids aren’t vaccinated against communicable disease like measles, they are endangering everyone around them. When I was a child vaccinations were a normal part of life and expected before entering school or while in school. It was not optional and should not be today for the good of us all. Here is something else to contemplate anti-vaxx-ers, most of you have been vaccinated, so why wouldn’t you want to protect your children the way your parents protected you? Really, you are a danger to your own chil-dren and a danger to society.

It is incomprehensible to me that we can mandate auto insurance before you register a car or drive it, but allow some parents to optionalize vaccinations for their children. The coercive power of government should be spent on making people safe.

Honestly, I can’t fi gure out how it is we came to the idea that everyone’s opinion on every subject is some-how valid. It is not and if you don’t know what you are talking about, you don’t hold a valid opinion on the sub-ject. But somehow people who cannot tell you the dif-ference between an antigen and an antibody feel they are fully qualifi ed to render an opinion on the subject of vaccines. It just baffl es me to no end, when people who have zero education and experience in immunology equate their opinion with that of an immunologist who has spent years of their lives studying the subject at a very high level. Pick a subject: value of vaccines, sci-ence of global warming, value of fl uoride and chlorine in our water supply, astrophysics, biology......you will fi nd a whole crowd of indescribable people who will tell you their opinion on the subject all day long.

The whole thing is insane. Determining such impor-tant policies of public health should not be decided by politicians and an uninformed public. Until fairly re-cently vaccines were mandatory for all children enrolled in school unless for genuine medical reasons. Short of allergy, age and a compromised immune system, there is no valid reason not to vaccinate. This anti-vaxxers nonsense arose out of the proven fake study done by one Dr. Andrew Wakefi eld in Great Britain, for a law fi rm suing vaccine companies linking autism to vaccination. That study was proven to be falsifi ed and Dr. Wakefi eld had his license taken away to practice medicine. The reason that autism isn’t diagnosed until after vaccines is because autism isn’t usually noticed until around 5 years of age. Yes, indeed, believing that “vaccines come before an autism diagnosis, therefore vaccines cause autism” is as utterly absurd as believing “diapers come before an autism diagnosis, therefore diapers cause au-tism.” They don’t understand science and they rely on discredited “studies.” Anecdotal stories and beliefs are not empirical scientifi c studies.

When you are getting your medical advice from poli-ticians and TV celebrities, you need something better than random confi rmation bias with a heavy dose of cognitive dissonance. There is no debate. If people do not want to believe in science in the fi rst place, then they should not be able to rely on science when they are sick. It is telling that even when it comes to fl irting with a measles epidemic, some people are weak on the social responsibilty angle and strong on the individual choice angle. Getting vaccinated isn’t just about you, it is a public health issue.

— Dr. Osmond Ekwueme, Medford

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Many babies play with a toy abacus in their crib, sliding the little beads from one rod to another. Jamie and Lori Koeppel got an early exposure to the reason the counting devices were fi rst invented, and they have built on those early lessons to establish a successful tax preparation and fi nancial planning business in central Wisconsin.

The women are the daughters of enterprising Antigo-area dairy farmers. Their mother would take care of the complicated tax preparation for a dairy business and it led her into the business of tax preparation and eventually the ownership of an H&R Block franchise.

“I took my fi rst tax class as a 30-day old baby when mom took me along,” Jamie Koeppel said.

Jamie and Lori Koeppel followed their mother’s long career with H&R Block by buying the Antigo location from her 11 years ago and adding Medford a year later. Since then, Merrill, Plover, Stevens Point, Wausau, Rib Mountain and Weston offi ces have been added to the business. Lori Koeppel leads the Medford offi ce.

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Identity theft issues are a local concern and the tax preparer can be an important link in straightening out problems with the Internal Revenue Service.

“We help by working as a liaison with the IRS. We are like a translator at times,” Lori Koeppel said.

She said hiring a tax preparer when dealing with those types of issues can also be helpful as wait times to speak to an IRS offi cial by phone can often be an hour.

An appointment with your tax preparer is more than just fi ling paperwork with the IRS and planning for a refund. It is planning for the next year in terms of up-coming fi nancial decisions.

“We usually spend 45 minutes to an hour together doing taxes and planning ahead,” Jamie Koeppel said. “We are open year-round so you can stop in and make sure everything is on track and your money is doing what you want it to do.”

Meeting the requirements of the Affordable Care Act is the biggest challenge for many clients. Tax preparers are putting big time resources into understanding the issue. Lori Koeppel said many struggle to accurately es-timate their income and a lot of corrections are needed as the tax season unfolds.

There are areas of potential tax liability savings which get missed by many. The college tuition pay-ments for yourself or children can provide some bene-fi ts. Adoption expenses are another area where a family might not be picking up all the credits it has coming. In the future, in-home caregivers may also be able to get credits for their efforts with family and respite care.

The tax season peaks around Feb. 14 with individu-als usually coming in to complete their obligations be-fore investors and business clients fi nalize their work.

H&R Block also offers tax classes in August of every year. It’s an opportunity for anyone who wants to learn more about the tax system and a starting point for those who want to become seasonal tax professionals.

“It’s a chance for people to learn for themselves. It’s intensive, but it’s good stuff,” Jamie Koeppel said.

The requirements for seasonal tax professionals in-clude being 18 years old and being eligible to pay taxes and being fully paid up.

H&R Block maintains open appointment slots on its schedule to take care of walk-in traffi c at its Hwy 13 lo-cation next to Fidelity Bank.

during the past decade. “We weighed the pros and cons of each option,” Lori

Koeppel said. Their mother was a pioneer in the industry, but it is

now close to a 50-50 split among men and women. “In our mother’s day, it was less common, but it’s a woman-friendly fi eld. It’s a company which lets you grow with it,” Jamie Koeppel said.

The biggest challenge in the business is fi nding the right staff to fi t the need for seasonal tax professionals. “It’s extremely diffi cult to staff season professionals,” Jamie Koeppel said. “In the past we had a lot of stay-at-home moms and retirees, but now most people are look-ing for year-round staffi ng.”

The women live in different communities and usual-ly work at separate locations. They balance the respon-sibilities of the business between them. Jamie Koeppel usually deals with operations, marketing and staffi ng concerns while Lori Koeppel’s concentration is in areas like payroll and document storage.

“We tend to work well together because we balance each other out,” Jamie Koeppel said. “We are two op-posite sides of a coin and it works for us. Both of our signifi cant others work with us in the business. We talk a lot and plan together.”

Medford area businesses provide about 15 percent of the local business, but the heart of the company is still working with families and individuals on their returns.

‘Wisconsin YES!’ student business plan contest open for middle, high school entries through April 6

Wisconsin Youth Entrepreneurs in Science, a state-wide youth business plan contest modeled after the suc-cessful Governor’s Business Plan Contest, is open for online entries from Wisconsin middle- and high-school students through 5 p.m. on April 6.

Public, private and home-schooled students across Wisconsin are eligible to turn their science- and tech-related ideas into business plans and compete for cash and prizes. The contest begins with a 250-word summa-ry submitted through the website. Entries that advance to Phase 2 of the competition will expand their idea into a 1,000-word executive summary. Throughout the pro-cess, students get feedback from professionals across Wisconsin who will serve as judges.

As a tool for educators, Wisconsin YES! fosters inter-est in science and tech education, and encourages stu-dents to be independent, creative thinkers capable of problem solving.

“Leveraging technology, thinking creatively and working as a team are all important characteristics for today’s entrepreneurs,” said Tom Still, president of the Wisconsin Technology Council. “Entrepreneurial skills are vital to the long-term success of Wisconsin’s youth as well as the state’s innovation economy.”

The Tech Council produces the contest, with major sponsorship from IBM and WEA Trust. Additional sup-port is provided by the Wisconsin Technical College System. Contest partners thus far include Department of Financial Institutions, Department of Public Instruc-tion, Make a Difference Wisconsin, Project Lead the Way Wisconsin, STEM Forward, Wisconsin Associa-tion of School Boards and Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers.

To get started, students need to create a simple ac-count at www.WisconsinYES.com. All entries are sub-

mitted through the website. Students use their account to gain access to the judges’ comments and feedback. Templates and sample entries for both phases are avail-able on the website, along with other entrepreneurial resources.

Students are able to work in teams or as individuals and will be judged based upon their grade level, with the oldest team member determining the team category. Students or teams may enter multiple ideas.

Place fi nishers in each category – 9th grade and un-der, 10th grade, 11th grade and 12th grade – are eligible for cash and prizes. The grand prize winner has the op-portunity to present their winning idea at the Wiscon-sin Entrepreneurs’ Conference in Madison on June 2-3.

The Wisconsin Technology Council is the indepen-dent, nonprofi t and non-partisan science and technology adviser to the Governor and the Legislature. It serves as a catalyst for tech-based economic development in Wis-consin through programs such as the Wisconsin Angel Network, the Governor’s Business Plan Contest and the Wisconsin Innovation Network.

To enter the contest or for more information on sponsorship and partnership opportunities, visit www.WisconsinYES.com or contact Joy Sawatzki at the Wis-consin Technology Council, jsawatzki@wisconsintech-nologycouncil.com or 608-442-7557.

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The young people of Taylor County –– along with those who guide them –– are about to be informed about the links between lifestyle choices and performance.

On Monday and Tuesday, March 9-10, John Under-wood will lead several of his Life Of An Athlete (LOA) presentations in the Medford area aimed at differing groups of people. While each presentation differs, all attendees will be provided science-based information on the effects of sleep, nutrition and alcohol and drug use on adolescent brain development and the dramatic effects they can have on classroom and athletic perfor-mance.

“The gist really is giving information to help people make the best choices,” Underwood said in a Feb. 12 phone interview. “What it really comes down to is mak-ing the best choices equates to having the best chances of success in any endeavor.”

Underwood, who is based in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., is the director of the Human Performance Project. He was an All-American distance runner and international athlete running for the Oregon Track Club and the New York Athletic Club. Underwood has coached or advised more than two dozen Olympians including World and Olympic champions.

Underwood studied human performance at the Sport Institute of Finland/Vierumaki and has worked with Olympic and professional sports organizations includ-ing the NBA, NFL and NHL. He is a human performance consultant to the U.S. Navy SEALS. He has worked for three decades with the U.S. Olympic Committee, NCAA and Sport Canada. His area of expertise is training peri-odization, training effect and recovery methods.

The Taylor County Drug Opposition Partners (TC-DOP) led the effort to bring Underwood to the area. As-pirus, Taylor County Lions and Lioness clubs, Medford Kiwanis and Rotary clubs and the Medford Area Senior High student council are also sponsoring the visit.

Underwood’s whirlwind tour starts on Monday,

March 9 with two student presentations at Medford Area Senior High. The fi rst will be with Rib Lake and Gilman students at 9 a.m. Medford students will attend the 1 p.m. session.

Next on that day is a professional dinner presenta-tion for community policy makers at 4:30 p.m. at Mari-lyn’s Go Go Catering in Medford. This is an invitational-only event aimed at community policy makers –– school board members and school administrators and city, county and township boards.

The main event for the general public follows on the evening of Monday, March 9. A parent/community presentation will take place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Red-White Theatre at Medford Area Senior High. Any-one who is interested is welcome to attend. The theatre seats 345 people.

“I think it’s important that parents particularly, but any adult, that cares about creating a healthy environ-

ment for the youth in our community should attend,” TCDOP facilitator Jean Flood said. “His presentation on brain development –– the effects of sleep, nutrition and avoidance of alcohol and drugs on developing ado-lescent brains –– everyone needs to hear that.

“To me that’s the message. If I were a parent, I would want to know how can I help my kid through nutrition and helping them sleep and what do I need to say to him or her about avoiding drugs and alcohol.”

Underwood will headline a Student Leadership Workshop at Forest Springs in Westboro on Tuesday, March 10 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The workshop is pri-marily aimed at emerging student leaders in grades 8-11 as well as club advisors, coaches, athletic directors, trainers and teachers. Students and representatives from Medford, Rib Lake and Gilman will fi ll about 160 seats. Flood said remaining seats will be fi lled by rep-resentatives from schools like D.C. Everest, Osseo-Fair-child, Abbotsford, Phillips, Prentice and Neillsville, bringing the attendance to at least 200.

Flood said the push to get Underwood here gained momentum about a year ago as a group of Medford stu-dents were playing a large role in revising the school’s Co-Curricular Code of Conduct. Flood and Medford’s new athletic director Justin Hraby were familiar with the Life Of An Athlete program. Flood, then-student council advisor Sue Sawdey and fi ve students went to an Underwood leadership conference in Brookfi eld.

“Those kids came back fi red up,” Flood said. “Sue and I had gathered a bunch of codes (for the students to review). That just really lent fi re to the whole thing.”

Sophomores Jared Wiese and Madelyn Brost are two of the students who attended. “He would show scans of the brain before drinking alcohol and then after,” Brost said. “Just after a couple of uses or binge drinking, just to see the decreased brain activity it was really mind blowing to see how just one time of getting drunk like that can decrease. You can lose so much of your train-ing and everything you had.”

Brost and Wiese said attending the conference was helpful in the creation of Medford’s new code. “I think it will help a lot with our new code because there was some negativity attached to it,” Brost said. “I think this will help especially with the students being able to see why we did this. We didn’t do it just to punish. There are reasons behind what we did.”

“There was some backlash because change is a hard thing to deal with,” Wiese said. “We didn’t do it just to make everyone that could be ineligible ineligible. We want to actually help people.”

Choices and accountabilityWhen fully implemented, Underwood’s Life Of An

Athlete program claims to be a systemic community approach to reducing risk and increasing protective factors in student athletes while setting clear consis-tent boundaries for behavior, increasing consequence beliefs, teaching appropriate athlete lifestyle and estab-lishing a process to identify and help those involved in drug use or behaviors of concern.

During the Feb. 12 phone interview, Underwood touched on some of the subjects that will be up for dis-cussion while he is here.

A lack of sleep, Underwood said, is one of the least-talked about factors that can hurt a young person’s per-formance.

“One thing a lot of people don’t realize, you can have the greatest workout, but the work, the training is only good if taking the time at night to sleep,” he said. “In the fi rst hour and a half to two hours, that’s when you grow. That’s when you build muscle mass, repair tis-sue. If you aren’t getting sleep, it’s like earning all of this workout money but never putting it into the bank.”

He said it’s no secret the United States is one of world’s unhealthiest nations. Eating right is one area where parents can have a major infl uence on their kids.

“We can talk to the kids about not eating healthy, but I don’t think, in most cases, kids are the ones buying the food,” Underwood said. “They’re not the ones fi lling the cupboards.”

Preventing social drug and alcohol use is an obstacle an entire community needs to tackle. Underwood said Wisconsin is one of the top examples of states where the culture needs to change, especially regarding alcohol.

Underwood said his program will give coaches and school and community leaders ideas for keeping kids on the right track. Yet, at the same time, the kids them-selves need to be accountable for the decisions they make.

“Young people are impulsive,” he said. “The greatest mistake we can make is just to say they do what they do. Later on, they may realize they’ve made a colossal mis-take. A lot of times they are things they can’t change.”

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LIVING

The Star News Thursday, February 26, 2015 Page 11

Milestones, Memories, Births, Engagements, Weddings

Births

Lots and lots of generationsThis family gathering was a big one with separate families of fi ve generations among 15 people. They are (front

l. to r.) great-great-grandfather Jack Krueger, great-great-grandmother Dorothy Roesler, great-great-grandmother Myrtle Blomberg, great-great-grandmother Geneva Krueger, great-great-grandmother Vernell Rodman, mother Sam LeMaster and baby Abbriella LeMaster, great-grandmother Lorna Roesler, grandmother Sheila Krueger, grandfa-ther Shane Krueger, (back) grandfather James LeMaster, great-grandmother Judy LeMaster, great-grandfather John Roesler, great-grandfather John Krueger, and great-grandmother Rita Krueger.

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Joseph RichardWilliam “Bill” and Cherish Byrd Jr. of Medford

announce the birth of a son, Joseph Richard, born on Feb. 11 at Aspirus Wausau Hospital. He weighed seven pounds, 13.3 ounces and was 19-1/2 inches long. His grandparents are Ralph and Lynn Marthaler of Med-ford, and William and Cheryl Byrd Sr. of Athens.

Clayden JeffreyJoel and Jodi Nuernberger of Weston announce the

birth of a son, Clayden Jeffrey, born on Feb. 12 at As-pirus Wausau Hospital. He weighed eight pounds, 13.2 ounces and was 21 inches long. His grandparents are Bruce and Sue Nuernberger and Kathy and Tracy Hei-er, all of Medford, and Jeff Ogle of Perkinstown.

Jordan Jr. JayeJordan and Jennifer Gutowski of Birnamwood an-

nounce the birth of a son, Jordan Jr. Jaye, on Feb. 13 at Aspirus Wausau Hospital. He weighed seven pounds, one ounce and was 20 inches long. His grandparents are Laura and Joe Gutowski of Wausau and William and Ruth Baker of Perrysville, Ind.

Westboro native Maj. Terry (Ochodnicky) Whited recently retired from the Air Force after 27 years of ser-vice.

She is the daughter of the late Charles Ochodnicky and the late MaryAnn Ochodnicky. She is a 1987 Rib Lake High School graduate. She enlisted in the Air Force in 1987 as a vehicle operations specialist. In 1992 she cross-trained into the contracting career fi eld. She attained the rank of technical sergeant. In 2001, she graduated Magna Cum Laude with a bachelor degree in business, and in 2003 received a master’s degree in human resources as well as receiving her commission from offi cer training school.

She deployed and supported numerous military op-erations including: Operation Desert Shield/Storm (1990), Operation Allied Force - Kosovo (1999), Opera-tion Enduring Freedom Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan (2002, 2008, 2010), Operation Iraqi Freedom - Iraq (2009) and Operation Noble Eagle - Afghanistan (2011). Major Whited has over 27 years of distinguished service to her

nation. She has been deployed to 11 of USCENTCOM’s 20 countries (Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Jordan, Bahrain, Djibouti, Qatar and Kyrgystan), as well as Kosovo and Turkey, supporting numerous operations.

She retired on Sept. 1, 2014 with the rank of major and currently works as the director of contracts for Madison Springfi eld.

Military honors she earned include: Defense Meri-torious Service Medal (one oak leaf cluster), Joint Service Commendation Medal, Air Force Commenda-tion Medal (fi ve oak leaf custers), Air Force Achieve-ment Medal (one oak leaf cluster), Army Achievement Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, Joint Meritorious Unit Award (one oak leaf cluster), Air Force Outstand-ing Unit Award (fi ve oak leaf clusters), Air Force Or-ganizational Excellence Award (one oak leaf cluster), Air Force Good Conduct Medal (fi ve oak leaf clusters), National Defense Service Medal (one oak leaf cluster), Kosovo Campaign Medal (one oak leaf cluster), Afghan-

Westboro woman retires from Air Force

Maj. Terry (Ochodnicky) Whited

by News Editor Brian Wilson

The Wausau Vet Center will be offering weekly coun-seling to veterans at the Highground veterans memori-al park in Neillsville. Vet Center counselor Todd Stage will be at The Highground on Tuesdays for private ses-sions with veterans and family members.

Stage will provide readjustment counseling services to combat veterans and their families. Readjustment counseling covers a wide range of issues that can help ease the transition from military to civilian life. Some of the areas that Vet Center counseling can help with are: PTSD, bereavement counseling, military sexual trauma, substance abuse, employment assessments and referrals and other military related issues.

The introductory Vet Center presentations at The Highground will be on Saturday, March 7 at 2 p.m. and Tuesday, March 10 at 7 p.m. in the learning center. These introductory presentations will be open to all. The title of the introductory presentation is “PTSD: A Combat Veteran’s Perspective” and will include a PTSD clinical presentation, veteran’s insight into PTSD and time for questions and answers.

The Highground is located at W7031 Ridge Rd., Neills-ville. For more information call the Wausau Vet Center 715-842-1724, La Crosse Vet Center 608-782-4403 or Todd Stage 715-842-1724.

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istan Campaign Medal (two oak leaf clusters), Iraq Cam-paign Medal (one oak leaf cluster), Global War on Ter-rorism Service Medal, and NATO Medal (one oak leaf cluster).

She met her husband, David, who was also an ac-tive duty Airman, during their fi rst duty assignment at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida. They were married in 1988 and have one son, Devon, who was born in 1991 in Alconbury, England. Her husband is a civil servant for the Veteran’s Affairs Administration and Devon is a student at the Art Institute of Tampa, Fla. Her last assignment was at US Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base. They continue to live and work in the Tam-pa area.

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The Table Sally Rassmussen

THE TIME MACHINE

From past fi les of The Star News

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Remember When — Feb. 2005

Members of Klossner-Dietzler VFW Auxiliary 5729 in Medford recently sewed 14 heart pillows to donate to VA hospitals for patients to use after heart surgery. It was part of a Department of Wisconsin VFW Ladies Auxiliary hospital project. Lor-raine Schmitt (left) and Verna White, charter members and also members of the Past Presidents Club, show off some of the pillows.

capital is subscribed for, according to George Meyer, who was instrumental in bringing the two parties together.

As explained by Meyer, the two men will invest $10,000 of their own capital, providing an additional $5,000 can be obtained through the sale of 5 per cent preferred stock, to be purchased by local citizens. In addition, the Pauley corpora-tion, which assumed the mortgage at the time the brewery was fi rst organized, has taken a new loan of $8,000, which will represent a fi rst lien on the property. Meyer explained that the old lien would be paid off from the proceeds of the sale. The property was appraised last July at about $48,000.February 25, 1965

Medford fi remen practically worked around the clock Sunday in bitter cold weather answering four fi re alarms within 18 hours. There were three chim-ney fi res, resulting from high winds causing chimney updrafts, according to fi re chief Les Ketelhut, and a fourth blaze destroyed a mobile home.

The rural department was called the fi rst time at 1:55 a.m. to the Larry Muel-ler residence, town of Browning, where fi re broke out around the chimney in the attic. The Muellers held the fi re under control with a garden hose until the fi re truck arrived on the scene 7 miles north-east of Medford. Firemen remained at the Mueller residence for two yours, fi re chief estimating smoke and water dam-age to the attic and house at about $500.

February 22, 1940The revival of a Medford business,

dead for more than four years, was seen this week as arrangements were com-pleted for the sale of the Medford brew-ery. E. J. Young, Rice Lake, and George H. Lanser of Portland, Oregon, have purchased the concern and will consider operations as soon as the total required

February 28, 1990By a 6-2 vote, the Common Council

approved a zoning change last week that clears the way for a new $1.3 mil-lion housing complex on Medford’s west side.

Aldermen Dave Zimmerman and

February 24, 2005Park Avenue residents may take a

greater hit to the pocketbook and the city may need to do some short-term borrowing as the result of higher than expected bids for this summer’s city road project.

The City of Medford plans to rebuild a 2,250-foot section of Park Avenue from Conrad Drive to Cedar Street this summer including replacement of sew-er, stormwater and water main, curb and gutter, and sidewalk. Last week, bids were opened for the project. Six companies submitted bids. The proj-ect was broken into two parts for the bid process to give the city options if the price came in too high. Hass Sons of Thorp was the low bidder with a bid of $473,146 for the section from Conrad Drive to Spruce Street and $170,257 for the section from Spruce Street to Cedar Street. The total bid price was $643,404.

February 24, 1915The following letter received from

the Carnegie people recently cinches the $6000 for the new public library which is to be built on the Perkins site at the foot of Front Street. It reads: “The fund of $6000 provided by this Corpora-tion for the erection of Library Build-ing at Medford is now available, and payments on this account will be made in instalments of $1,000 or $2,000, upon architect’s certifi cate, as needed from time to time during the construction of the building.”

Tim Peterson cast the two dissenting votes.

A La Crosse fi rm wants to build a 38-unit FmHA housing complex on the Russell Hempel property just west of the high school on the north side of Hwy 64, and had requested it be rezoned from R1 (residential) to R3 (multi-family).

There was no discussion among Council members prior to the vote, and although several visitors were present, they were not allowed to speak on the is-sue until after the vote was taken.

When two people get together as partners, all sorts of possibilities open up for them. Suddenly, there are things they can accomplish that they never could have dreamed of as separate individuals. So it was for me and Tom six years ago. We were newlyweds, our heads swimming with the thoughts of all we would undertake together, while those around us rolled their eyes over our misty-eyed middle-aged romance.

Gardening was one exploit we were sure of – we both had the inclination, Tom had some space for building raised beds, and I brought with me some (small) knowl-edge of gardening and canning – we were set to go. Add in the fact the world had just gotten hit upside the head with a massive recession, and we thought it wise to con-sider fi lling our freezer with deer and fi sh, and the pan-try with canned beans and cabbages.

The deer and fi sh turned out to be safe from our ear-nest efforts (it turned out society didn’t entirely col-lapse), but we did throw ourselves into the gardening effort. As practical people, we concentrated our efforts on vegetables we knew would grow in the northern Wis-consin climate – no lemon trees, for example. But, it has turned out there was still a lot for us to learn in terms of what we could expect to thrive in the eight hours of sunlight that is the max we can eke out in the middle of the forest. We like living in the woods – cutting down all the trees isn’t really in our plans.

Another fact we’ve learned is that, absent a real ne-cessity of growing all our own vegetables, we’re not much inclined to put in the hours that project would require of us – like all busy people, we have to pick and choose from all the many possibilities for fi lling our time. Expanding the garden too much meant having too many different varieties requiring individualized attention – and we wound up foraging in a weed patch because it was just too much to keep up with.

With that practical necessity re-framing our think-ing, we have been peering at the snowy mounds near our home and envisioning a simpler scene, comprised of plants that we know we can have success with.

Tomatoes These have a place mostly because of the great joy of eating a fresh tomato right from the garden – as most people know, store-bought can never com-pare. The variety we’ve settled on is Brandywine – a fl avorful, “heritage” variety. It doesn’t produce as well as the hybrids that have been developed to cough out bushels of fruit, but we kind of fi gured the fact that the fruit has some actual fl avor weighs in its favor.

Peppers We like peppers, and use quite a lot of them in the annual salsa-making ordeal, so it makes sense to grow our own – especially since we have a little green-house that can keep them hot and happy. For sweet pep-pers, we plant Carmens almost exclusively – they are sweet, fl avorful, and bright red – both pretty and tasty. For heat, we’ve settled on plain old jalapenos. There are plenty that are a lot hotter, but we can’t really see the point of burning out the inside of your mouth.

Peas We especially like the snow peas – very good in salads and stir-fries, as well as steamed in a big, buttery heap on your plate. I may put in some regular shelling peas this year – I was hungry for some a little bit ago and discovered every can of peas in the store had sugar added. This is ridiculous. Repeat after me, PEAS DO NOT NEED SUGAR! Not that I have an opinion.

Beans We eat a lot of beans over the winter, so it’s nice to stuff the freezer with our own. It’s especially satisfying to grow the climbing variety and go out to pull off handfuls of beans dripping off the vine. The bush variety get away from me more easily – their fruit is hidden, so unless I condition myself to crawl around

every day digging through the leaves, we wind up with a large collection of very large beans that wind up getting tossed into the forest with the notion that the little wood-land creatures will enjoy them.

So there it is, our plan for the garden of 2015. We’ve come a long way in the last six years – sorting out the new possibilities in a way that builds the life we want together. And people have given up yelling comments from their cars as we walk down the sidewalk hand-in-hand. They have learned that only encourages our pub-lic misbehavior.

Sally, Sally, how does your garden grow?

No gardens hereA lone person keeps up with the snow on Friday after-

noon in downtown Medford.

photo by Brian Wilson

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Medford Area Public School District Board of Education Meeting Minutes

February 19, 2015Members Present: Brandon Brunner, Paul Dixon, Dave

Fleegel, Kelley Isola, Barb Knight, Jeff Peterson, Mark Temme and Cheryl Wibben

Consent Agenda:Approved:

• Agenda• Secretary’s Report (Meeting Minutes of Janu-

ary 29, 2015) • Treasurer’s Report

Information/Discussion: • “Life of an Athlete” presentation scheduled for

March 9, 2015 • Budget proposal scenarios • Fund 80 expenses • Projected 2015-16 enrollments and class sizes • Curriculum Connection regarding Cum Laude

System • Policies for 1st Reading, including: JFCH Student

Possession, Use, Sale, Being Under the Infl u-ence of and/or Distribution of alcohol, Controlled Substances or Prescription Drugs; JFE Married Students and School-Age Parents; JFG Inter-views and Searches; JFGA Control of Lockers and Facilities - Students; JFI School Disruptions; JFIA Student reporting of Disruptive Behavior; and JHI Student assistance Program

Action: Approved / Failed:

• Approval of the presented Year 1 projects to-taling $297,908 (Act 32 - CESA #10 Energy Audit)

• Approval of a District-Wide Broadband Access Resolution (support of)

• Approval of Policies for Second Reading: AFC Evaluation of Professional Staff; IKE District Promotion / Retention Criteria K - 12; ILBA State Mandated Test Participation for Students with Disabilities; JFBA Student Government; JFCHA Student Possession, Use, Sale, Be-ing Under the Infl uence of and/or Distribution of Controlled Substances; JFCJ Weapons in School Prohibited; JFCJA Weapons in the School - Students with Disabilities; JFCM Student Use of Two-Way Communication De-vices; JFCN Antisocial or Criminal Activities By Students; and JIB Technical Excellence Schol-arship

• Approval of editorial changes to the staff hand-books as presented

• Approval to adjourn to closed session • Approval to reconvene in open session • Approval of Personnel Report, including resig-

nation of Ron Lien Adjournment:

The meeting was adjourned at 9:02 p.m. A complete copy of the board meeting minutes are

available in the District Offi ce or online at www.medford.k12.wi.us.8-146919 WNAXLP

Advertisement For BidsProject: 2015 Street and Utility Improvements, Med-

ford, WisconsinBid Deadline: March 12, 2015, 10:00 a.m., Local TimeSealed bids for the above project will be received by

Virginia Brost, City Clerk, City of Medford, 639 South Sec-ond Street, Medford, WI 54451 until the Bid Deadline. Immediately thereafter, the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

In general the project consists of reconstruction of two blocks of underground utilities and pavement on Taylor Street and replacement of one block of curb and gutter and asphalt pavement on 3rd Street. The work includes approximately 1,500 L.F. of PVC water main, 1,500 L.F. of PVC sanitary sewer, 600 L.F. of RCP storm sewer, 1,500 L.F. of urban asphaltic street reconstruction, 700 L.F. of asphaltic street repaving, and related work.

Two prime bids will be received for the work. One con-tract will potentially include all work with the Owner op-tionally awarding up to two schedules (areas) of work. A second contract will optionally allow the Owner to award approximately one block of curb and gutter and asphalt replacement as a separate contract.

Bids must be accompanied by bid security in the amount of 10% of the maximum bid amount. Bid and bid security may not be withdrawn for a period of 45 days after the Bid Deadline. Bid security will be retained if the Bidder is awarded the Work and fails to execute the Agreement and furnish 100% Performance and Payment Bonds.

State prevailing wage rates are applicable to this proj-ect.

Bidders shall submit a Statement of Bidder’s Qualifi ca-tions to the Owner with their bid.

Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive informalities in any bid.

Bidding documents may be examined at Builders Ex-changes in Appleton, Eau Claire, La Crosse, Wausau, and Duluth; and through the electronic plan rooms of McGrawHill Construction Dodge and Reed Construction Data.

Bidding documents may be obtained in PDF electronic format by download from the Quest Construction Data Network website, accessible via www.AyresAssociates.com by clicking on the “Bidding” link, for a non-refundable fee of $20.00.

Published by authority of: City of Medford(1st ins. February 26, 2nd ins. March 5)

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NoticeTown of Little Black

Taylor County, WisconsinOn February 8, 2015, the Town Board of the Town of

Little Black, Wisconsin, enacted Ordinance 90.03, titled Interim Zoning Ordinance to Preserve Existing Land Use Within the Jurisdiction of the Town of Little Black Pending the Completion of the Town Zoning Ordinance.

Ordinance 90.03 maintains all existing uses of real property in the Town until a comprehensive zoning ordi-nance can be enacted or for a period of two years, which-ever is earlier. While in effect, no person owning real property shall erect or construct any improvement that is inconsistent with the existing use, unless it constitutes a site disturbance of less than two acres. All requests for construction of improvements or determinations as to whether an anticipated use is consistent existing uses must be made with the Town Clerk in writing. Any con-struction or improvement that is inconsistent with exist-ing uses is prohibited and subject to enforcement by the Town, with penalties of up to $500/violation along with costs of prosecution and any necessary injunctive relief. A copy of the full text of Ordinance 90.0 may be obtained by contacting the Town Clerk at 715-748- 2506 or by visiting W7461 CTH O, Medford, WI 54451.

Dated: February 26, 2015JoAnn Smith, Clerk

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Maintenance Gravel Bids WantedTown of Hill and Town of SpiritGravel will be crushed no larger than 3/4 inch minus in

size to be stockpiled from crusher and delivered from pile.To be delivered anywhere within the town between

June 1, 2015 and August 31, 2015 with individual load tickets provided.

Contact Ron Wiitala regarding pit locations.Certifi cate of insurance to accompany bid.Bid will be for the total number of yards which will be

provided including the royalty which is paid to the pit own-ers, for a total not to exceed $45,000 ($30,000 for the Town of Hill and $15,000 for the Town of Spirit).

The town board reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids. Bids to be sent to: Town of Hill Chairman Ronald Wiitala, W4724 Linden Rd., Ogema, WI 54459, telephone 715-499-4928.

Bids will be opened on March 16, 2015 at the Regular Town Board Meeting of the Town of Hill at the Town of Hill Town Hall.

Sandra Behling, Clerk(1st ins. Feb. 26, 2nd ins. March 5)

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Notice to Accept Sealed BidsMarch 13, 2015

Request for Bidders on Hay & Cropland RentalThe Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

(DNR) will accept sealed bids on sharecropping/crop-land rental rights for four separate bid packages. Pack-ages contain several fi elds each and are designated for three or four years of contract. Three packages are on the Pershing Wildlife Area and one package is on the Dia-mond Lake Natural Area. The conditions for what crops may be planted or hay harvested are different for each package. Contact Mark E. Schmidt at 715-532-4369 for more information. Sealed bids will be opened at the Pershing Wildlife Area Buildings at W15664 Chucks Road, Gilman, WI at 10:00 a.m. on March 13, 2015.

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Public Meeting NoticeNorthwood’s Housing Rehabilitation

Citizen Participation MeetingThe Northwood’s housing Rehabilitation program will

hold a Public Meeting on March 17, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. The meeting will be held in the County Board Room, in the lower level of the Langlade County Safety Building, located at 840 Clermont Street in the City of Antigo. The meeting room is handicapped accessible.

The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the progress of the current Northwood’s Regional Housing Block Grant Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) in the 10 Northern counties.

Information relating to the Northwood’s Region CDBG program and the proposed and actual use of funds may be obtained from contacting the Finance Director, Gary Olsen, at (715) 627-6203.

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PUBLIC NOTICESTHE STAR NEWS

Page 14 Thursday, February 26, 2015

Notice of Public HearingThe City of Medford Plan Commission will hold a Public

Hearing to gather public input on Monday, March 2, 2015 beginning at 5:00 p.m. The hearing will be in the Council Conference Room at City Hall, 639 S. Second Street and will be as follows:

PUBLIC HEARING: Consider a request from John & Angela Mueller for a change in Zoning classifi cation for the property located at 741 E. Broadway Avenue and de-scribed as ‘The Easterly 55 feet of Lot 3 Block 1 Urqu-hart’s 1st Addition to the City of Medford Taylor County Wisconsin and Part of Lot 4 Block 1 Urquhart’s 1st Addi-tion described as follows: Beginning at the Southwest cor-ner of Lot 4, thence North 100’; thence East 18’; thence South 100’; thence West To Place of Beginning’ from R-3, Multi-Family Residential to C-1 Commercial.

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City of MedfordNotice 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 February 16, 2015:

• Resolution #1774 that establishes the following Desig-nated Unreserved Accounts for the General Fund & Other Funds and their associated balances as of December 31, 2014: Accounting Software @ $27,895.50; Capital Con-struction @ $155,429.67; Chamber Building Maintenance @ $29,484.34; City Offi ce Equipment @ $19,815.06; Citywide Assessment Revaluation @ $50,000.00; Council Set Aside from Old Library now included with Chamber Building Maintenance; Dare Expenses @ now included in the Police Vehicles; Election Equipment @ $17,000.00; Fire Department-Vehicle @ $27,373,58; Fire Department-Rescue Vehicle @ now included in Fire Department-Vehicle; Geographical Information System @ $3,467.51; Land Acquisition @ $31,459.00; Park Development @ $36,993.62; Police Vehicles @ $26,118.62; Public Works Equipment @ $246,273.79; Public Works Sand, Salt & Rental @ $63,827.84; Recreation @ $8,017.00; Swimming Pool Set Aside @ $32,103.19; Web Site Development @ $1,350.06; Recycling-Tub Grinder @ $128,221,32; Wastewater Utility-Vehicle Replacement @ $134,314.00; and Wastewater Utility-Jetter Truck @ $155,040.00.

• Final Resolution #1775 that levies special assess-ments upon all property abutting both sides of South Sec-ond Street from its intersection with Conrad Drive south to its intersection with College Street. The public improve-ments consisted of water mains and laterals, sanitary sew-er mains and laterals, storm sewer, bituminous surfacing, curb and gutter, driveway aprons, sidewalks, landscaping, temporary landscaping easements, and engineering

• Final Resolution #1776 that levies special assess-ments upon all property abutting the Werner Court cul de sac beginning and ending at its intersection with Lemke Avenue. The public improvements consisted of curb and gutter, driveway aprons, storm sewer, bituminous surfac-ing, landscaping, temporary landscaping easements, and engineering.

The full text of Resolution #1774, #1775, and #1776 may be obtained from the Medford City Clerk’s Offi ce, 639 South Second Street, Medford, WI 54451. The Clerk’s phone number is (715) 748-1181.

Virginia BrostCity Clerk, WCPC/MMC

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Notice of BidThe City of Medford will accept bids until 9:45 a.m. on

Thursday, March 5, 2015 for the following Public Works material bid items:

1. Ready-Mix Concrete - (7 bag mix) No Fly Ash2. Backhoe Rental with operator3. Blacktop (A & B)4. Curb & Gutter Patchwork - (7 bag mix) No Fly Ash5. Sidewalk Patchwork (4” & 6”) - (7 bag mix) No Fly

Ash6. Truck Rental with Operator7. Screened Top Dirt8. Crushing of Recovered Road Materials (blacktop &

concrete)9. Crack & Seal Coating — Cost of $17,500, more or

less (Specifi cations should be ASTM D-3405)10. Curb Removal per lineal foot including 2 feet be-

hind curb11. 3/4” washed rock - approximately 200 yards12. 3/4” crushed gravel - approximately 200 yardsSpecifi cations and bid sheet on the above are available

upon request at City Hall, 639 S. Second Street, Medford, WI 54451 during regular business hours.

All bids offered in regard to the above items shall be submitted to the Department of Public Works at 639 S. Second Street, Medford, WI 54451, in a sealed envelope marked as “Material Bids.”

Bid opening will occur in the conference room of City Hall immediately following the 10:00 a.m. Capital Project bid opening on Thursday, March 5, 2015.

The City of Medford will accept bids by items only and reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

For additional information, please contact the Depart-ment of Public Works at (715) 748-1187.

Pat CharitonStreet & Water Superintendent

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Notice of BidThe City of Medford Department of Public Works will

be accepting bids on the following estimated quantities of street painting:

1. Yellow Curb Painting: Approximately 14,278 L.F. (Main St. east). Includes removing all loose existing paint, debris, dirt and grass before paint application.

2. White Stop Blocks: Approximately 3,300 L.F. Stop Blocks are 15 feet long by 1 foot wide.

3. Turning Lane Arrows: Approximately 124. Lane Marking: Approximately 1,000 L.F.5. White Cross Walks: Approximately 7,000 L.F. (For

new added crosswalks-the width between the two 4 inch lines will be fi ve feet or width of the sidewalk)

6. White Parking Stalls: Approximately 10,000 L.F.White & Yellow Latex Paint Shall Conform to the

Present State of Wisconsin Standard Specifi cation Section 646.

Starting date shall be May 1, 2015 with completion date being June 1, 2015. Work completed after June 1, 2015 shall carry a $100.00 per day penalty. Credit will be allowed on a day to day basis for rain delays.

Sealed bids are to be turned in to the Department of Public Works, 639 S. Second Street, Medford, WI 54451 by 9:45 a.m. on Thursday, March 5, 2015. Please mark as “Street Striping Bid.” A Certifi cate of Insurance must be submitted with your bid. Bids will be opened immediately following the material bid opening at 10:00 a.m. on March 5, 2015 in the conference room at City Hall, 639 S. Sec-ond Street, Medford, WI. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids.

Pat CharitonStreet and Water Superintendent

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Gravel BidsTown of Ogema

The Town of Ogema is seeking sealed bids for 5,000 cubic yards of gravel. The 5/8 inch crushed gravel is to be delivered anywhere in the town, after June 1, 2015, and must be before September 1, 2015. Contractor must stock pile gravel for mixing. Contractor is responsible for royalties. A certifi cate of insurance must accompany the bid. The Town Board of Ogema reserves the right to ac-cept or reject any or all bids. Sealed bids are to be marked “Gravel Bids” and submitted to:

Jolene Berger, Town ClerkN2493 State Hwy 13Ogema, WI 54459

Bids must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, March 16, 2015.

Bids will be opened at the regular monthly meeting on Monday, March 16, 2015 @ 7:00 p.m. at the Ogema Li-brary - Community Room.

Direct any questions to Chairman/Road Boss, Lars Holm, at 715-657-0986.

Jolene Berger, Town Clerk(First ins. Feb. 26, Last ins. March 10)

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Installment SpecialAssessment Notice

Notice is hereby given that a contract has been let for the 2014 Werner Court street improvement project and that the fi nal amount of the special assessment therefor has been determined as to each parcel of real estate af-fected thereby and a statement of the same is on fi le with the City Clerk.

The City proposes to collect the special assessment on each parcel of real estate affected in ten (10) annual installments, as provided for by Section 66.0715(3) of the Wisconsin Statutes, with interest thereon at 3.25% per year. All assessments will be collected in installments as above provided except such assessments on property where the owner of the same shall fi le with the City Clerk within 30 days from date of this notice a written notice that the owner elects to pay the special assessment on the owner’s property, describing the same, to the City Trea-surer on or before the next succeeding November 1st, un-less the election is revoked. Should, after making such election, said property owner fail to make the payment to the City Treasurer, the City Clerk shall place the entire as-sessment on the next succeeding tax roll.

Dated: February 17, 2015Virginia Brost

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Installment SpecialAssessment Notice

Notice is hereby given that a contract has been let for the 2014 South Second Street improvement project and that the fi nal amount of the special assessment therefor has been determined as to each parcel of real estate af-fected thereby and a statement of the same is on fi le with the City Clerk.

The City proposes to collect the special assessment on each parcel of real estate affected in ten (10) annual installments, as provided for by Section 66.0715(3) of the Wisconsin Statutes, with interest thereon at 3.25% per year. All assessments will be collected in installments as above provided except such assessments on property where the owner of the same shall fi le with the City Clerk within 30 days from date of this notice a written notice that the owner elects to pay the special assessment on the owner’s property, describing the same, to the City Trea-surer on or before the next succeeding November 1st, un-less the election is revoked. Should, after making such election, said property owner fail to make the payment to the City Treasurer, the City Clerk shall place the entire as-sessment on the next succeeding tax roll.

Dated: February 17, 2015Virginia Brost

City Clerk, WCPC/MMC8-146665 WNAXLP

NOTICE SETTING TIME TOHEAR APPLICATION AND

DEADLINE FOR FILINGCLAIMS

STATE OF WISCONSINCIRCUIT COURTTAYLOR COUNTYCase No. 15-IN-04

In the Matter of the Estate of Edward John Soraparu.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:1. An application for informal

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

birth of July 20, 1963 and date of death of May 2, 2014, was do-miciled in Taylor County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing ad-dress of 410 E. Murphy Street, Gilman, WI 54433.

3. The application will be heard at the Taylor County Courthouse, Medford, Wiscon-sin before Lindsay Rothmeier, Probate Registrar, on March 6, 2015 at 9:00 a.m.

You do not need to appear unless you object. The appli-

cation may be granted if there is no objection.

4. The deadline for fi ling a claim against the decedent’s es-tate is May 15, 2015.

5. A claim may be fi led at the Taylor County Courthouse, Med-ford, Wisconsin

6. This publication is notice to any persons whose names or address are unknown.

/s/ Shannon KraucykShannon Kraucyk, Deputy

Probate RegistrarDate: February 4, 2015Attorney William A.

GrunewaldState Bar No. 1008196128 W. Division Street, P.O.

Box 426Medford, WI 54451715-748-2211

(1st ins. February 12,3rd ins. February 26)

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MEETINGS: WHEDA, Feb. 17; WEDC, Feb. 18; UW System Board of Regents, Feb. 23; Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Board Meeting, Feb. 23.

GENERAL: Natural Resources, temporary bridge, Feb. 23; Needs determination, Department of Children

DNR Air Pollution Permit Application Reviews:

Thursday, February 26, 2015 Page 15

City of MedfordCommon CouncilMeeting Minutes

Monday, February 16, 20156:00 PM

Council Chambers, City Hall639 South Second Street

Medford, WI Subject to Council Approval}

Call to Order/Roll CallIn the absence of Mayor Mike

Wellner, Council President Greg Knight called the meeting to or-der with the following members present: Arlene Parent, Peggy Kraschnewski, Jim Peterson, Pat DeChatelets, and Clem Johnson. Alderpersons Dave Brandner and Mike Bub were excused absences. All vote tal-lies will be with the exception of

Alderpersons Brandner’s and Bub’s votes. In accordance with The Rules of the Com-mon Council, Council President Knight will retain his right to vote as an alderperson.

City Personnel PresentThe following City personnel

were present: City Clerk Ginny Brost, and City Coordinator/Public Works Director John Fales. City Attorney Courtney Graff was an excused absence.

Visitors PresentVisitor present was Brian Wil-

son-Star News.Pledge of AllegianceAlderperson DeChatelets

began the meeting by leading the group in the reciting of the “Pledge of Allegiance”.

Open Meeting Law Compli-ance

Council President Knight an-nounced that this was an open meeting of the Common Coun-cil. Notice of this meeting was given to the public at least 24 hours in advance of the meet-ing by forwarding the complete agenda to the offi cial City news-paper, 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 Clerk’s Offi ce. Anyone desiring information as to forth-coming meetings should contact the City Clerk’s Offi ce.

Citizens and DelegationsThere were no citizens or del-

egations present.MinutesKraschnewski moved, John-

son seconded a motion to ap-prove the following meeting min-utes as presented and to place the same on fi le in the Clerk’s Offi ce: (A) February 9, 2015 Special Council; (B) February 9, 2015 Special Council Closed Session; and (C) February 9, 2015 Committee of the Whole. All in favor: All Aye. Motion Car-ried.

Resolution Establishing Designated Unreserved Ac-counts for the General Fund &

Other FundsPeterson moved, Kra-

schnewski seconded a motion to suspend Council Rules #13A & #13B, and adopt Resolution #1774 that establishes the fol-lowing Designated Unreserved Accounts for the General Fund & Other Funds and their asso-ciated balances as of Decem-ber 31, 2014: Accounting Soft-ware @ $27,895.50; Capital Construction @ $155,429.67; Chamber Building Mainte-nance @ $29,484.34; City Of-fi ce Equipment @ $19,815.06; Citywide Assessment Revalu-ation @ $50,000.00; Council Set Aside from Old Library now included with Chamber Building Maintenance; Dare Expenses @ now included in the Police Vehicles; Election Equipment @ $17,000.00; Fire Depart-ment-Vehicle @ $27,373,58; Fire Department-Rescue Ve-hicle @ now included in Fire Department-Vehicle; Geo-graphical Information System @ $3,467.51; Land Acquisition @ $31,459.00; Park Development @ $36,993.62; Police Vehicles @ $26,118.62; Public Works Equipment @ $246,273.79; Public Works Sand, Salt & Rental @ $63,827.84; Recre-ation @ $8,017.00; Swimming Pool Set Aside @ $32,103.19; Web Site Development @ $1,350.06; Recycling-Tub Grinder @ $128,221,32; Waste-water Utility-Vehicle Replace-ment @ $134,314.00; and Wastewater Utility-Jetter Truck @ $155,040.00. Roll Call Vote: Brandner-Absent; Parent-Yes; Knight-Yes; Kraschnewski-Yes; Peterson-Yes; DeChatelets-Yes; Bub-Absent; Johnson-Yes (6 Yes; 0 No; 2 Absent) Motion Carried.

Final Resolution Levying Special Assessments – South Second Street

DeChatelets moved, Johnson seconded a motion to suspend Council Rules #13A & #13B, and adopt Final Resolution #1775 that levies special assessments

NOTICE TO CREDITORSSTATE OF WISCONSIN

CIRCUIT COURTTAYLOR COUNTYCase No. 15-IN-03

In the Matter of the Estate of Dale I. Jasmer, Decedent.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:1. An application for informal

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

birth of March 22, 1925 and date of death of December 27, 2014, was domiciled in Taylor County, State of Wisconsin, with a mail-ing address of W16243 Sunset Rd., Thorp, WI 54451.

3. All interested persons waived notice.

4. The deadline for fi ling a claim against the decedent’s es-tate is May 11, 2015.

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

/s/ Shannon KraucykShannon Kraucyk, Deputy

Probate RegistrarDate: February 4, 2015Gregory G. Krug, AttorneyState Bar No. 1000148205 S. Second St.Medford, WI 54451(715) 748-2273

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upon all property abutting both sides of South Second Street from its intersection with Conrad Drive south to its intersection with College Street. The pub-lic improvements consisted of water mains and laterals, sani-tary sewer mains and laterals, storm sewer, bituminous surfac-ing, curb and gutter, driveway aprons, sidewalks, landscaping, temporary landscaping ease-ments, and engineering. The City’s interest rate on this project is 3.25%. Roll Call Vote: Brand-ner-Absent; Parent-Yes; Knight-Yes; Kraschnewski-Abstained; Peterson-Yes; DeChatelets-Yes; Bub-Absent; Johnson-Yes (5 Yes; 0 No; 1 Abstention; 2 Ab-sent) Motion Carried.

Final Resolution Levying Special Assessments – Wer-ner Court

Parent moved, Peterson seconded a motion to suspend Council Rules #13A & #13B, and adopt Final Resolution #1776 that levies special assessments upon all property abutting the Werner Court cul de sac begin-ning and ending at its intersec-tion with Lemke Avenue. The public improvements consisted of curb and gutter, driveway aprons, storm sewer, bituminous surfacing, landscaping, tempo-rary landscaping easements, and engineering. The City’s interest rate on this project is 3.25%. Roll Call Vote: Brandner-Absent; Parent-Yes; Knight-Yes; Kraschnewski-Yes; Peterson-Yes; DeChatelets-Yes; Bub-Ab-sent; Johnson-Yes (6 Yes; 0 No; 2 Absent) Motion Carried.

Hotel/Motel Room Tax Allocations(s) – Twisted Threads Quilting Group

DeChatelets moved, John-son seconded a motion to ap-prove allocating $1,000 of 2015 Hotel/Motel Room Tax funds to the Twisted Threads Quilting Group to offset the cost of their 2015 Quilt Show. Roll Call Vote: Brandner-Absent; Parent-Yes; Knight-Yes; Kraschnewski-Yes; Peterson-Yes; DeChatelets-

Yes; Bub-Absent; Johnson-Yes (6 Yes; 0 No; 2 Absent) Motion Carried.

Holiday Pay for ClerkPeterson moved, Kra-

schnewski seconded a motion to approve paying the Clerk four hours of holiday pay for the Good Friday afternoon she is re-quired to work due to the Spring General Election. Roll Call Vote: Brandner-Absent; Parent-Yes; Knight-Yes; Kraschnewski-Yes; Peterson-Yes; DeChatelets-Yes; Bub-Absent; Johnson-Yes (6 Yes; 0 No; 2 Absent) Motion Carried.

American Cancer Society Parade/Special Event Applica-tion

DeChatelets moved, Johnson seconded a motion to approve the permit for the American Cancer Society’s annual walk/run scheduled for May 15, 2015 beginning at 5:45 PM and end-ing at 9 PM. All in favor: All Aye. Motion Carried.

Wastewater Utility Truck Purchase & Funding for the Same

The Wastewater Utility has solicited quotes to purchase a new sludge truck. The follow-ing three quotes were received: Scaffi di Motors for a 2016 Mack GU433 @ $146,139.36; V&H Motors for a 2016 Western Star 4700 PRL-09T @ $147,161.60; and Mid-State Truck for a 2016 International 7400 SBA @ $150,067.60. All prices in-clude a full sludge truck pack-age (truck hydraulics for Meyer spreader, tires, warranty, and Meyer spreader).

Johnson moved, Kra-schnewski seconded a motion to authorize the Wastewater Utility Superintendent to accept the quote from Scaffi di Motors for a 2016 Mack GU433 sludge truck at a cost not-to-exceed $150,000 with the cost allocated from the Wastewater Utility 2015 Uses of Cash account. Roll Call Vote: Brandner-Absent; Parent-Yes; Knight-Yes; Kra-schnewski-Yes; Peterson-Yes;

DeChatelets-Yes; Bub-Absent; Johnson-Yes (6 Yes; 0 No; 2 Ab-sent) Motion Carried.

Swimming Pool Supervisor & Salary for the Same

Kraschnewski moved, Parent seconded a motion to approve hiring Barbara Gelhaus as the 2015 Pool Supervisor at a salary of $2,000 for the season. Roll Call Vote: Brandner-Absent; Parent-Yes; Knight-Yes; Kra-schnewski-Yes; Peterson-Yes; DeChatelets-Yes; Bub-Absent; Johnson-Yes (6 Yes; 0 No; 2 Ab-sent) Motion Carried.

Coordinator’s ReportCoordinator/Public Works

Director Fales informed Coun-cil that he attended the Public Finance seminar where the proposed tax increment fi nance legislation was discussed. He will continue to monitor the pro-posed legislation as well as oth-er proposed legislation that may impact the City. In addition, the 2015 capital projects plans are being fi nalized.

Communications from the Mayor/Upcoming Events

February/March Meeting Schedule – The January/Feb-ruary meeting schedule was distributed. The February 23, 2015 Committee of the Whole meeting has been canceled, and rescheduled to March 3, 2015 (following the Council meeting). The March 9th Committee of the Whole has also been canceled, but there will be a Council meet-ing on March 17th.

AdjournmentJohnson moved,Peterson

seconded a motion to adjourn the meeting at 6:10 PM. All in favor: All Aye. Motion Carried. Meeting Adjourned.

Respectfully Submitted,Virginia BrostCity Clerk, WCPC/MMC

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Milestone employees at Time FederalTime Federal Savings Bank in Medford recently honored employees who attained

years of service milestones. Pictured are Monelle Johnson (front l. to r.), human re-source manager, 10 years; Barbara Thompson, vice president of deposit services, 35 years; and Jeff Mueller, senior vice president lending. In back: Time Federal president Tom Lindow; Bryan Stark, vice president of lending, 25 years; and Brian Wendt, loan compliance and All Time Insurance agent, 15 years.

Clark County Circuit Court Judge Jon Counsell has ordered Clark County to pay the township of Hoard for fi re pro-tection services it makes available to the county’s healthcare center near Owen. In a ruling issued Feb. 18, Counsell said the township is following state statutes in charging the county a fee for fi re protec-tion services, even if no fi re calls are ever made to the property, and the county’s contention that Hoard’s charge is actu-ally a tax is invalid.

Counsell’s ruling settles a civil court case brought by the township against Clark County, which refused to pay a 2014 fi re protection bill of $3,328. The county argued in briefs to the court that Hoard’s fee is in reality a tax, and coun-ties are exempt from such taxation under state law. The township contends it fol-lowed state law in setting a written fee schedule for assessing charges against property to raise the necessary funds to equip and man a fi re department.

The town of Hoard fi led suit against the county in circuit court in July in an attempt to force the county to pay its 2014 fi re protection bill. The county’s health-care center, located along Hwy 29 east of Owen, is in the town of Hoard, and relies on the town for fi re protection services.

In his ruling, Counsell said the county

is relying on outdated statutory language to back its assertion that it should only have to pay for fi re services rendered, not just services made available. While the county cited a case from Rock County that said charges should apply only when services are rendered, Counsell said stat-uary language has since been changed. Counsell said the new language allows a town to charge for services made avail-able, as long as the fee is based on a writ-ten schedule.

“If this language were still in place, the town loses and the county wins,” Counsell wrote. “However, the current version of the statute is quite different. There is absolutely no reference to a town charging only for calls made to a particular property. That language in the older version of the statute has been removed and replaced. Under the new language, the town can charge the cost of having fi re protection made available to all properties within the town.”

Counsell also ruled that the town’s charge is a fee, not a tax, as the county contends. A tax, Counsell said, is used to obtain general revenue for a govern-ment, while a fee is used to cover the ex-pense of a particular service.

Counsell ordered the county to pay the 2014 charge of $3,328, plus any applicable interest. Counsell also said the county is to pay the township’s costs incurred in the litigation.

Clark County ordered to pay forfi re protection for healthcare centerby Dean Lesar, Tribune Record Gleaner

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Two-vehicle accidentsThe Taylor County Sheriff’s Depart-

ment responded to an accident on Feb. 18 at 4:50 p.m. at the intersection of Ruby Dr. and Pine Ave. in the town of Deer Creek. According to the accident report, a vehicle was stopped for the stop sign at the intersection of Pine Ave. and Ruby Dr. A second vehicle was northbound on Ruby and approaching the intersection when the fi rst vehicle failed to yield the right-of-way before proceeding through the intersection. The second vehicle skidded approximately 207 feet before striking the fi rst vehicle. Both vehicles entered the ditch at the northeast corner of the intersection. The fi rst vehicle sus-tained severe damage to the passenger side. The second vehicle sustained very severe damage to the front. Both vehicles were towed from the scene. The driver of the second vehicle was medically trans-ported for treatment.

The Taylor County Sheriff’s Depart-ment responded to an accident on Feb. 21 at 2:05 p.m. at the intersection of County Line Rd. and Meridian Dr. in the town of

Two-vehicle accidentThe Taylor County Sheriff’s Department responded to an accident on Feb. 20 at

4:52 p.m. at the intersection of CTH A and E in the town of Little Black. According to the accident report, a vehicle was westbound on CTH A and approaching the inter-section with CTH E. A second vehicle was northbound on CTH E and attempting to the stop for the stop sign at the intersection when the driver lost control on the snow-covered roadway. The vehicle skidded into the intersection and struck the fi rst ve-hicle. The fi rst vehicle continued through the intersection and entered the north ditch, striking a telephone utility box before coming to a stop. The second vehicle came to a stop in the intersection. The fi rst vehicle sustained severe damage to the middle and rear passenger sides. The second vehicle sustained very severe damage to the rear and rear passenger side. Both vehicles were towed from the scene. The driver of the fi rst vehicle was medically transported for treatment.

Taft. According to the accident report, a vehicle was eastbound on County Line Rd. and stopped for the stop sign at the intersection with Meridian Dr. when it was struck from behind by another ve-hicle which was unable to stop. The fi rst vehicle sustained moderate damage to the rear and rear passenger side. The second vehicle sustained severe damage to the front and front passenger and front driver sides. Both vehicles were towed from the scene.

Nancy P. Servais-Ford and a legally-parked vehicle owned by Ryan Hill-eBrand were involved in an accident on Feb. 22 at 7:37 p.m. in an alleyway at 207 S. Wisconsin Ave. in the city of Medford. According to the accident report, the Servais-Ford vehicle was backing up and struck the right rear corner of the Hille-Brand vehicle. The Servais-Ford vehicle sustained damage to the rear bumper.

Penny R. Hastings and a vehicle owned by Ronald A. Kovalaske were in-volved in an accident on Feb. 23 at 11:35 a.m. in the Kwik Trip parking lot on Hwy 13 in the city of Medford. According to

Plea enteredPenny L. Krug, 38, Medford, entered a

plea of not guilty at a preliminary hear-ing to three counts of purchase of pseudo-ephedrine for another with the intent to facilitate another person’s manufacture of meth.

ForfeituresTracy L. Beckstrand, 43, Rib Lake,

pled no contest to an amended charge of non-criminal ordinance violation of dis-orderly conduct and forfeited a fi ne and costs of $330.50. The original charge had been a criminal charge of disorderly con-duct.

David J. Johnson, 37, Medford, pled no contest to fraud against a fi nancial insti-tution (value exceeds $500 but does not exceed $10,000) and forfeited costs and restitution of $3,423. He also pled no con-test to misappropriating ID information

to obtain money-repeater, and forfeited costs of $518. Two additional counts of misappropriating ID information to ob-tain money were dismissed but read in.

Probation orderedDakota D. Strebig, 19, Medford, pled

guilty to possession of THC. Sentence was withheld and Strebig was placed on probation for one year on the condi-tion he pay costs of $443 and supervi-sion fees as ordered by the Department of Corrections (DOC); obtain and main-tain full-time employment; and undergo an alcohol assessment and comply with any recommendations. A charge of pos-session of drug paraphernalia was dis-missed but read in.

Lawrence A. Wilmoth Jr., 45, Rib Lake, pled no contest to operating while under the infl uence-fourth offense with-in fi ve years. Sentence was withheld and Wilmoth was placed on probation for three years on the condition he serve 10 months in jail; pay a fi ne and costs of $2,743 and supervision fees as ordered by the DOC; provide a DNA sample; and at-tend the next OWI victim impact panel. Wilmoth’s driver’s license was revoked for 28 months; an ignition interlock de-vice is to be installed on his vehicle for one year; and he is to undergo an alcohol and drug assessment and follow through with any treatment and comply with the driver safety plan. Charges of operating with a prohibited alcohol concentration (PAC)-fourth offense within fi ve years and operating while revoked were dis-missed on prosecutor’s motions.

Charge dismissedA charge of operating while under the

infl uence-fi rst offense against Marlene K. Niznik, 60, Stetsonville, was dismissed on a prosecutor’s motion.

ForfeitureSkyler R. Hartman, 22, Medford, pled

no contest to cracked/damaged vehicle windshield and forfeited $175.30.

Disposition reports

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the accident report, the Hastings vehicle was backing from a parking space when it sideswiped the parked Kovalaske ve-hicle. The Hasting vehicle sustained a dented and scratched driver side rear box. The Kovalaske vehicle sustained a dented and scratched driver side rear quarter panel.

One-vehicle accidentsThe Taylor County Sheriff’s Depart-

ment responded to an accident on Feb 17 at 1:19 a.m. on CTH M in the town of Chel-sea. According to the accident report, a vehicle was westbound on CTH M when it was pulled into the ditch by the snow on the shoulder of the road and struck

several small trees or bushes before coming to a stop. The vehicle sustained severe damage to the front, front driver side and front passenger sides, and was towed from the scene.

The Taylor County Sheriff’s Depart-ment responded to an accident on Feb. 18 at 6:15 p.m. on CTH C in the town of Deer Creek. According to the accident re-port, a vehicle was northbound on CTH C when the driver lost control after hitting a snowdrift in the roadway. The vehicle spun and entered the west ditch, over-turning onto the passenger side. The ve-hicle sustained moderate damage to the front, front passenger side and middle passenger side, and was towed from the scene.

Accident reports Taylor County Law Enforcement

Gilman Police DepartmentFeb. 17 — Citizen assist at 235 E. Main

St. at 12:54 p.m.; animal complaint at 415 S. 5th Ave. at 12:55 p.m.; hazmat at 485 E. Heagle St. at 12:57 p.m.

Feb. 19 — Lockout at 105 S. Well St. at 8:39 a.m.

Medford Police DepartmentFeb. 16 — Truancy at 624 E. College

St. at 8:33 a.m.; non-suffi cient funds at 1015 W. Broadway Ave. at 11:06 and 11:18 a.m.; theft at 110 S. Eighth St. at 12:33 p.m.; theft at 509 E. Clark St. at 3 p.m.; ve-hicle inspection at N1988 Hwy 13 in town of Little Black at 3 p.m.; information at 125 S. Eighth St. at 3:13 p.m.; warrant ar-rest at courthouse at 3:23 p.m.; lockout at 111 N. Eighth St. at 4:17 p.m.; traffi c con-trol at S. Eighth and E. Perkins St. at 6:24

Dispatch log Taylor County Law Enforcement

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p.m.; lockout at 160 Medford Plaza at 7:31 p.m.; juvenile problem.

Feb. 17 — Lockout at N. Eighth St. and E. Allman St. at 4:35 a.m.; escort at E. Broadway Ave. and N. Eighth St. at 7:42 a.m.; animal complaint at 153 W. State St. at 9:49 a.m.; yard problem at 318 W. Cedar St. at 3:30 p.m.

Feb. 18 — Commercial alarm at 135 S. Gibson St. at 12:45 a.m.; citizen assist at 125 S. Eighth St. at 7:03 a.m.; truancy at 1015 W. Broadway Ave. at 8:48 a.m.; garbage dumping at 311 S. Park Ave. at 10:03 a.m.; harassment at 337 National Ave. at 4:41 p.m.; traffi c complaint at N. Eighth St. and Anns Way at 4:44 p.m.; lockout at 160 Medford Plaza at 6:26 p.m.; agency assist at 110 S. Eighth St. at 7:26 p.m.

Feb. 19 — Fire alarm at 940 S. Whelen Ave. at 4:53 a.m.; non-suffi cient funds at 1174 W. Broadway Ave. at 9:48 a.m.; lockout at courthouse at 12:11 p.m.; non-suffi -cient funds at 898 S. Gibson St. at 1:05 p.m.; truancy (2) at 1015 W. Broadway Ave. at 1:24 p.m.; welfare check at 544 E. Broadway Ave. at 1:25 p.m.; truancy; non-suffi cient funds at 898 S. Gibson St. at 3:15 p.m.; 9-1-1 hang up at 1010 N. Eighth St. at 8:07 p.m.

Feb. 20 — Recovered vehicle at 153 W. State St. at 9:41 a.m.; ambulance request at 1333 S. Eighth St. in town of Little Black at 10:37 a.m.; extra patrol at 550 W. Conrad Dr. at 11:03 a.m.; property damage at Mink Capital Ter-race at 12:17 p.m.; welfare check on E. Ogden St. at 10:21 p.m.; harassment at 520 S. Whelen Ave. at 11:47 p.m

Feb. 21 — Ambulance request at 227 N. Park Ave. at 12:24 a.m.; transport at courthouse at 1:53 a.m.; fraud at 321 E. Lincoln St. at 8:44 a.m.; escort at E. Broadway Ave. and N. Eighth St. at 10:11 a.m.; drugs at 10:26 a.m.; identity theft at 601 E. Conrad Dr. at 11:21 a.m.; extra patrol at 420 E. Lincoln St. at 10:27 a.m.; accident at 240 S. Eighth St. at 10:36 a.m.; ambulance request at 506 E. Allman St. at 12:40 p.m.; juvenile problem; accident at 207 S. Wisconsin Ave. at 7:37 p.m.; ambulance request at 507 S. Gibson St. at 10:51p.m.

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Library Legislative DayAnn LaRoche, director at the Frances L. Simek Memorial Library in Medford, took part in the Library Legislative

Day on Feb. 17. LaRoche and the group from the Wisconsin Valley Library System (WVLS) were briefed by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers, Senator Kathleen Vinehout, D-Alma-District 31, and a few Wis-consin library lobbyists. She was part of a group who met with Sen. Jerry Petrowski and Rep. James Edming. During these meetings, they discussed library funding in the governor’s proposed budget. LaRoche also had the opportunity to share stories from library users. “Our voices and stories put faces to library users in Taylor County and residents across Wisconsin,” she said. Participating in the Library Legislative Day were Chris Heitman (back l. to r.), WVLS support technician; Kaile Sepnafski; Mike Otten, WVLS trustee; Ralph Illick, Marathon County Public Library direc-tor; Josh Klingbeil, WVLS information technology director; and Tyson Cain, WVLS trustee. In front: Marla Sepnafski, WVLS director; Lori Belongia, Marshfi eld Public Library director; Kris Adams Wendt, WVLS consultant and co-chair Wisconsin Library Association Legislative Committee; Sen. Jerry Petrowski; LaRoche; and Doug Lay, WVLS trustee.

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Rib Lake Middle School second quarter honor rollHigh Honor:

Sixth Grade — Carter Scheithauer.Seventh Grade — Zoei Goodrich, Anna Hoffl and, Riley

Johnson, Steven Pitkkau and Mackenzie Weinzatl.Eight Grade — Leah Brochardt, Alexander Patrick, Sa-

mantha Rodman, Cameron Scheithauer, Taylor Schmidt-franz and Lisa Schubert.A Honor:

Sixth Grade — Lawrence Schreiner and Dakota Thums.Seventh Grade — Lesslie Maldonado Arenivas, Au-

timn Ochodnicky, Savana Radtke and Maegan Wudi.Eighth Grade — Brandon Beckstrand, Daniel Lenn-

artz, Maia Reissner, Andrea Schreiner, Joseph Slattery, Brittney Staab, Chase Swan, Hope Thums and Madison Winter.AB Honor:

Sixth Grade — Jolee Gehrke, Zephryon Lonie, Ryan Patrick and Brock Thiede.

Seventh Grade — McKenna Dassow, Levi Ewan, Nich-olas Gertsberger, Devyn Vlach and Maesyn Vlach.

Eighth Grade — Olivia Blomberg, Jaylen Leonhard and Tarek Scott.B Honor:

Sixth Grade — Nellie Hopkins and Avalon Lange.Seventh Grade — Luke Blomberg, Mark Brugger, Jaida

Firnstahl, Cade Fliehs, Avery Judnic, Jordyn Kutzke, Sye Mannel, Allison Olwell, Oliver Robisch and Laila Wiitala.

Eighth Grade — Makenna Annala, Migual Holguin Uribe, John Henry Hopkins, Kaitlyn Johnson, Michael Siroin, Rodney Strobach and Raejana Wright.

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Arthur Crass Jr.1938-2015

Arthur “Art” Allen Crass Jr., 76, Medford, died on Saturday, Feb. 21 at his home. A memo-rial service was held on Wednesday, Feb. 25 at Hemer Funeral Home in Medford, with Pastor Kris Bjerke-Ulliman of-ficiating.

Arthur Crass Jr. was born on July 11, 1938 in Tomahawk to the late Arthur and Veronica (Young) Crass Sr. He

was a graduate of Tomahawk High School and served in the Wisconsin National Guard.

On Nov. 10, 1956 in Tomahawk, he married Mar-jorie “Marge” J. DuPlayee, who survives. He owned dairy farms in Tomahawk and rural Medford and was a rural mail carrier for almost 15 years. After retirement, he worked at Crass Sawmill.

He enjoyed woodworking, fishing, attending games with his family at Camp Randall and Miller Park, and was a Badgers and Brewers fan.

In addition to his wife, survivors include his dog, Scoobie; five children, Linda (Mike) Brand-ner, Allen (Cindy) Crass, Karen (Mike) Bennett, Daniel (Stacey) Crass and David Crass; three sib-lings, Sherry Thompson, Ron (Jean) Crass and Carol Jarvi; 12 grandchildren, Damon (Sherry) Brandner, Doug (Kristi) Brandner, Kyle (Alysa) Brandner, Jeff (Tonya) Crass, Jackie Crass, Mad-elyn and Katelyn Bennett, Jake (Callie) Crass, Jor-dan (Jenn) Crass, Josh (Brenda) Crass, and Sam and Theo Crass; 17 great-grandchildren; and niec-es and nephews.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three siblings Barry Young, Sandra (Clif-ford) Steiber and Ken (Georgeanne) Crass.

Online condolences may be made at www.hem-erfuneralservice.com.

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Russell “Russ” L. Engel, 87, Medford, died on Mon-day, Feb. 23, surrounded by his family, at Clark County Health Care Center in Owen, where he had resided the past 2-1/2 years. Funeral services will be held on Sat-urday, March 7 at 11 a.m. at Immanuel Evangelical Lu-theran Church in Medford, with Rev. James Krueger of-fi ciating, and military rites performed by Medford Area

Military Honors Team. Interment of his cremated re-mains will take place at Medford Evergreen Cemetery II.

Visitation will be held at the church on Saturday from 10 a.m. until the time of service.

Hemer Funeral Homes of Medford and Rib Lake as-sisted the family with arrangements.

Russell Engel was born on Feb. 10, 1928 in Cochrane to the late Wallace Waldo and Luella (Heuer) Engel. She attended Medford area elementary schools and was a 1946 graduate of Medford High School.

On Sept. 11, 1948 in Medford, he married Rose C. Noonan, who survives. He served in the United States Navy from 1946 to 1947 during World War II. After the service he returned to Medford and worked as a book-keeper for Neuendorf Transportation, then worked in sales for Wearever Cookware. He also worked other sales positions and business ventures, and owned/op-erated Builders Cove in Medford, Barron Lumber Com-pany and Engel’s Lighting Company.

He was a member of Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church. He enjoyed collecting model classic cars, pro-ducing cookbooks and how-to guides, making clocks and looking for something new to create.

In addition to his wife, survivors include six chil-dren, Randy (Lori) Engel and Ruth Engel, both of Colo-rado City, Colo., Rita (Rick) Kuehn of Champlin, Minn., Roxanne (Mark) Dunst of Gleason, Roger (Chasity Kerr) Engel of Greenwood and Robin (Mark Homer) Ashe of Medford; two brothers; eight grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Monion Engel.

In lieu of fl owers, the family requests memorial con-tributions be given to the family for future designation.

Russell Engel1928-2015

Theresa Trawicki1916-2015

Theresa Marguerite Trawicki, 99, of Gilman, died on Monday, February 23, 2015 at Cornell Care Center, under the care of St. Joseph’s Hospice. She was born on January 20, 1916 in Gilman to the late Martin and Josephine (Ratajczyk) Gonia. The-resa grew up in Gilman and married Edwin Tra-wicki on July 1, 1939 at Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. The couple farmed in the town of Aurora and raised their family there.

Theresa was a member of the church choir and rosary society and was an avid gardener. She also enjoyed cooking, canning, picking berries, but loved spending time with her grandchildren the most.

She is survived by her children, Jim (Peggy) Trawicki of Jump River, Alvin (Jackie) Trawicki of Evansville, Sylvia (Leland) Webster of Gilman, Gloria (Myron) Brooks of Jump River and Danny (Kim) Trawicki of Gilman; 21 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; and many great-great-grand-children. She was preceded in death by her par-ents; her husband in 1987; three brothers; and two sisters.

A funeral mass will be held at 11 a.m. on Sat-urday, February 28 at Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Gilman, with Father Madanu Sleeva officiating. Burial will follow in the Parish Cem-etery. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until the time of service Saturday at the church. Plombon Funeral Service of Gilman assisted the family with arrangements.

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Medford school board approvesbroadband access resolution

The Medford Area School Board passed a resolution on Thursday calling for universal broadband access at home for every district student. The resolution is the fi rst achievement for a local group advocating for the standard.

The resolution reads, “Be it resolved that the Med-ford Area Public School District believes it important that every student in our district has broadband access at home.

“This would provide support for the district’s one-to-one initiative, as well as provide equal access to inter-net resources to all students living within the district (approximately 350 square miles), regardless of socio-economic status.

“The Medford Area Public School District strongly supports a network that initially provides a 50 Mbps connection to every home and increasing that to 100 Mbps by July 2018. This network also needs to support multiple VLANs [Virtual Local Area Networks] to al-low for secure sharing of the bandwidth, allowing for a small part of the bandwidth to be dedicated for school related purposes.”

District technology director Dennis Hinderliter said the group is working with the University of Wisconsin-Extension to increase rural broadband access. The reso-lution is a tool for the group to encourage other policy and business leaders in the community to support the upgraded standards.

“It would be ideal saying every student could go home and have internet access,” he said.

One of the challenges of the effort is building a net-work capable of uploading large streams of data, wheth-er from the homes of students or a rural business. Most residential customers, even if they have access, are gen-

erally using the network one way for data downloads. “No one has defi ned what enough access is for Taylor County homes,” Hinderliter said.

School board president Dave Fleegel said a network of this capability would put the county in the forefront of rural technology development.

Hinderliter said the network could be designed in a way to give students access to the school’s network without a large subscription fee. He said it would also give parents peace of mind as the school’s internet fi l-ter system would be in place as the students work from home.

The district is in the fi rst year of a three-year plan to upgrade technology access for students with Chrome-book devices. The Medford Area Middle School is pi-loting the project with classroom device sets and next year Medford Area Senior High students will each be assigned a Chromebook. In the debate on making the move to a device for each student, home access was an issue.

Board member Mark Temme said the rural issue may come down to a choice. “Life is about choices and some people choose to live 20 miles off the grid,” he said. District administrator Pat Sullivan said the district still has an obligation to help try and level the playing fi eld. “The adults are the ones who choose to live out there, not the kids. The kids are at a disadvantage and we have to ask how long it can go on.”

Hinderliter said the process of connecting all rural homes is not going to happen overnight. “We want to support the discussion of putting this in,” Fleegel said.

Board member Barb Knight said Wisconsin missed an opportunity to move ahead on rural internet access. “Talk to your legislators about this issue. Four years ago we turned back federal money for the project,” she said.

by Reporter Mark Berglund

Rib Lake High School second quarter honor rollHighest Honor — Brooke Buehler, Erin Probst, Julie

Schubert and Kylie Weise.High Honor — Shawna Annala, Megan Beard, Michaela

Blomberg, Kaitlyn Cardey, Keesha Clark, Emily Colson, Rachel Filipiak, John Hoffl and, Moriah Hopkins, Jared Hovde, Kelli Lueck, Patrick Matyka, Jonathan Monty, Tiffany Peterson, Josh Probst, Zoe Reissner, Ciara Scheithauer, Chelsea Shook, Katherine Strobach, Samantha Staab, Hunter Swan, Mariah Thums, Gracie Weinke, Noah Weinke, Tristian Weinzatl, Me-gan Wiitala, Rachel Wilhelm and Hailey Wudi.

Honor — Jerod Arkola, Ricky Boomer, Bryanne Brugger, Jordan Cardey, Regan Dobbs, Kelly Ertl, Emily Espinoza, Aus-

tin Ewan, Caitlyn Fitzl, Victoria Goodnoe, Lindsay Grubbs, McKay Hamann, Trinity Keiser, Cole Klemann, Eliza Matyka, Jesus Ontiveros, Carson Patrick, Kassie Quante, Jerry Rein-hardt, Casey Schiethauer, Joe Scheithauer, Sean Schreiner, Olivia Schuppel, TrayVon Sutherland, Rebecca VanLuven, Conner Walters, Austin Winter and Weston Writz.

First semester perfect attendanceRicky Boomer, Breanna Czysz, Adam Dums, Lindsay

Grubbs, Elijah Gustafson, John Hoffl and, Cody Matyka, Eliza Matyka, Kyle Matyka, Josh Probst, Casey Scheithauer, Mar-shall Thums, Austin Winter and Austin Zondlo.

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Arthur Jari1933-2015

Arthur “Artie” Jari, 81, town of Browning, died on Thursday, Feb. 19 at Aspirus Wausau Hospital, where he had been a patient the past 10 days. The fam-ily will hold a memo-rial service at a later date. Inurnment of his cremated remains will take place at Medford Evergreen Cemetery II.

Hemer Funeral Homes of Medford and

Rib Lake assisted the family with arrangements.Arthur Jari was born on July 23, 1933 in Med-

ford to the late Louis and Anne (Paur) Jari. He attended Medford area schools. He helped on the family dairy farm, then owned and operated it un-til his retirement. He also drove truck and did log-ging work for his brother, Victor.

He was a member of NRA and ASPCA. He en-joyed hunting. making maple syrup, his animals, gardening and bird watching.

Survivors include a sister, Marion Ihlenfeld of West Bend; a sister-in-law, Lucille Jari of Medford; a brother-in-law, John Piater of Medford; and niec-es and nephews.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by four siblings, Victor, Ralph and Grace Jari and Ruby Piater.

Online condolences may be made to www.hem-erfuneralservice.com.

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The Family of Floyd Neibacher

Thank YouTo those who wore plaid to the visitation,

you did him proud. Thanks to Pastor Kris for a personal

service. Thanks also for the visits, home communion, and answering his many questions.

A sincere thank you to Hope Hospice, what comfort and peace you brought to our home, Chaplain Clements, Jennifer, Joe, Deb and Kathy. Thank you for the single red rose.

Music was a big part of Floyds’ life. Thank you Steve Ulliman, Beverly Adams, Donna Schmidt and the other special pieces of music. Thanks to Hemer Funeral Service: Jolene, Dan and the Flower Shoppe. To everyone who sent flowers, thank you. Thanks to the lady who provided lunch for the visitation, you are loved.Thanks to the grandchildren who were pallbearers and the honorary pallbearers as well. We appreciated the service provided by the Boxrucker-Berry Post 519; thank you. Pete Keifer, thanks for your patience and understanding, always finding answers for his questions.

A big thank you to all who brought food to our home. BS catering (job well done), ladies who furnished desserts to the church and all of you who helped set up, serve, and clean up.

Thanks for the hugs and stories, How blest the heart that has a friend. (Thomas Hood, English poet)

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

Russel “Russ” C. Bergman February 22, 2014Gerda Zurek February 24, 2014Eva R. Berg February 25, 2014Nina L. Neumueller February 25, 2014Jacqueline “Jackie” Gorski February 26, 2014Edward E. Sackman Sr. February 27, 2014Marie A. Hayden March 3, 2014Catherine J. Seidel March 6, 2014

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Raymond “Ray” R. Brietzke, 90, Omaha, Neb. died on Sunday, Feb. 8. Funeral services were held on Friday, Feb. 13 at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church in Omaha. Interment was at Hillcrest Cemetery with full military honors by the United States Air Force.

Raymond Brietzke was born on June 19, 1925 in the Rib Lake area. He served in the United States Army dur-ing World War II and later joined the United States Air Force, retiring after 22 years of service.

He was a lifetime Lutheran and served at many churches in Omaha. He enjoyed working with Meals on Wheels.

Survivors include his children, Jerry (Adrienne), Bob (Julie) and Sheryl Brietzke; two sisters, Gloria Brietzke and Elaine Andreae; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Lois.

Raymond Brietzke1925-2015

Patricia West1935-2015

Patricia “Pat” M. West, 79, Medford, died on Mon-day, Feb. 23, surrounded by her family and under hos-pice care at Aspirus Care and Rehab in Medford, where she had resided the past day, Funeral services will be held on Sunday, March 1 at 1 p.m. at St. John’s Catholic Church in Sheldon, with Father Sle-eva Raju Madanu officiat-ing. Inurnment of her cre-mated remains will take

place at Woodlawn Cemetery in Sheldon at a later date.

Visitation will be held at Hemer Funeral Home in Medford on Friday, Feb. 27 from 5 to 7 p.m., and at the church on Sunday from 12 p.m. until the time of service.

The former Patricia Andrus was born on Oct. 30, 1935 in the town of Cleveland to the late Pearl An-drus. She attended Ladysmith area schools.

In October 1955, she married James “Ace” Wiemer, who preceded her in death in January 1978. In July 1999, she married Russell West, who preceded her in

death in April 2013. She was a housewife and mother.She was a member of Holy Rosary Catholic

Church in Medford. She enjoyed family campfires, taking walks through the fall leaves, Halloween, and spending time with her family and special friends, Karen Staples and Barb Orheim.

Survivors include a daughter, Debbie Miller of Medford; step-children, Viola (Allen) Helland and Virginia (Bob) Luedtke, both of the Green Bay area, Jan (Jerry) Magliano and Brenda West , both of Tennessee, Larry (Marilyn) West of Illinois and Pat (Robin) West of the Wausau area; two sisters, Shirley Dietrich of Madison and Deedee; a brother-in-law, George Wiemer of Sheldon; a sister-in-law, Marlene Ludescher of Sheldon; eight grandchildren; 17 step-grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and 20 great-stepgrandchildren.

In addition to her mother and husbands, she was preceded in death by two sons, David and Jim Wiemer; two brothers, Orville and Elmer; a sister, Beverly Shackleton; her grandmother, Emma Alger; a son-in-law, Bob Miller; and a daughter-in-law, April Wiemer.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to her family to be designated at a later date.

Online condolences may be made at www.hemer-funeralservice.com.

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Dale Steinke1932-2015

Dale R. Steinke, 82, Medford, died on Tuesday, Feb. 24 at his home, while surrounded by his family and under hospice care. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 7 at 11 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Whittlesey, with Rev. Randal Jeppesen of-ficiating, and full military honors performed by Med-ford Area Military Honors Team. Interment will be at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery in Whittlesey. Active urn bearer is Denis Heise. Honorary urn bearers are Tom O’Brien, Pat O’Brien and Harold Stange.

Visitation will be held at the church on Saturday from 9 a.m. until the time of service.

Hemer Funeral Homes of Medford and Rib Lake assisted the family with arrangements.

Dale Steinke was born on Sept. 8, 1932 in Colby to the late Arthur R. and Marion (Dunow) Steinke. He was a graduate of Colby High School. He served in the United States Army from 1950 to 1953 in the 187th Rakasan Airborne where his rank was sergeant, and saw active duty in Korea. He also served in the United States Air Force Reserves at General Mitch-ell Field in Milwaukee where he was a loadmaster on C-119 cargo planes.

On Nov. 12, 1955 at St. John’s Church in Cudahy, he

married Carol M. Hayes, who survives. He worked at Ladish Corporation in Cudahy in the inventory con-trol department, then transferred to Houston where he was a purchasing agent. In 1972, they moved to the Medford area where he worked at Weather Shield as the purchasing director until his retirement in 1995. He also served on the Medford City Planning Com-mission Board.

He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Colby VFW and NRA. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, bowling and golfing and had two holes-in-one at Mer-rill Golf Club, and was a Winchester rifle historian and had a collection of them.

In addition to his wife, survivors include four sons, Steven (Debra) Steinke of Medford, Darrell (Connie) Steinke of North Fond du Lac, John Steinke of Eagle River and David (Peggy) Steinke of Roths-child; and six grandchildren, Jared, Rebecca, Megan, Mitchell, Michael and Angela Steinke.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to his family to be designated at a later date.

Online condolences may be made at www.hemer-funeralservice.com.

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Snow golf tournament provides unique challenge

Ice golf winnersMembers of the Happy Tees team, Steve Budzinski (l. to r.), Jim Metz, and Al Williams pose after fi nishing their

round of ice golf during the Golf on Ice at Spirit Lake tournament, sponsored by the Taylor County Tavern League and Leinenkugel’s. Happy Tees took fi rst place among 12 teams.

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Snow blastingJim Metz attempts to get his ball off the top of a snowbank after his tee shot found

the ‘hazard.’ Even on the fairways, the snow was over a foot deep on Spirit Lake.

A frigid Saturday in February seems like the wrong time to be working on your golf game, but the Taylor County Tavern League (TCTL) brought out their clubs and put their skills to the test during the Golf on Ice at Spirit Lake tournament. Twelve teams braved blustery conditions on Spirit Lake to take part in the fi rst snow golf tournament sponsored by the league. All you need-ed to participate was $20 and two friends.

Irons and tennis balls were supplied by the league, but there was understandably a learning curve as play-ers adjusted to hitting every shot off powdery snow or icy ground. The Happy Tees team of Jim Metz, Al Wil-liams, and Steve Budzinski, who I had the pleasure of playing several holes with, emerged as the winners when the snow settled.

Prizes were awarded throughout the day to those at-tending. A chili cook-off provided a welcome warm-up for those who fi nished a round on the lake. Leinenku-gel’s sponsored several prizes, including chairs and signs.

All proceeds from the event will go towards TCTL special projects, including the Rib Lake scholarship fund, and the Light a Light Dinner.

TCTL president Justin Fuchs talked about the idea behind the tournament.

“We always have a golf tournament during the sum-mer, but don’t really have any events in the winter. Someone brought up the idea and we thought we’d give it a shot. It’s a way for us to raise money during the winter months when normally we wouldn’t. We’ll see how this one goes, the hope is that we can do this every year,” he said.

Snow or ice golf follows the same rules as standard golf, but poses different challenges. Tennis balls were used instead of golf balls. Also, putting was quite an ad-venture for participants. The ‘whites’ were shoveled off, but the ice underneath was rarely smooth. This yield-ed some interesting results even on the shortest of at-tempts. Hitting shots out of powdery snow also requires similar skills to what a normal golfer would experience hitting out of a sand-trap.

by Sports Reporter Bryan Wegter

Diffi cult shotEven with his ball on the ‘white,’ Al Williams will have to navigate some tricky ter-

rain to sink this putt. Putting amidst snowbanks and on icy ground proved to be a test of skills and wits for the players.

State winMedford’s Trevor Geiger releases the rock with sweepers Noah Jalowitz (l.) and

Dillon Brost at his side during the fourth end of the boys team’s 8-5 win over D.C. Everest II on Friday afternoon. The Raiders went 1-3 in their pool at the Wisconsin State High School Championships in Wausau.

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by Sports Editor Matt Frey

They’ve made it look easy at times this winter while compiling identical 40-4 records, but Medford’s state-bound wrestlers Tucker Peterson and Kolten Hanson insist it wasn’t as simple as it seemed.

“It’s starts here,” Peterson said Monday, referring to Medford’s wres-tling room. “You aren’t going to go to state if you’re not practicing hard. Kolten and me have been going hard.”

“It’s all about hard work,” Hanson said. “I do a lot of work on my own, at home. I’ve probably run over 100 miles on my own at home just during the sea-son.”

That work certainly paid off for Hanson, a freshman, in his sectional championship match in Amery on

Saturday. He outlasted St. Croix Central senior Ryan Gulich in double overtime to win the 145-pound championship.

Peterson, a junior, won his fi rst two matches on Saturday to reach the 152-pound fi nals and punch his fi rst tick-et to state.

The WIAA state individual tourna-ment starts today, Thursday, and runs through Saturday at the Kohl Center in Madison. Medford returns to the big meet after not sending anyone last year.

Peterson will be on the mat tonight in a preliminary match against Wisconsin Lutheran senior Malik Smith (41-7), while Hanson, as a sectional champion, gets a fi rst-round bye. He’ll meet either Sheboygan Falls junior Josh Becker (38-12) or Two Rivers senior Chandler Donati

Hanson, Peterson take Medford back to state

by Sports Editor Matt Frey

It’s not often where a team can say fi rst place was separated from last place by a matter of inches.

But that was the case for Medford’s varsity boys team during last week-end’s Wisconsin State High School Championships at the Wausau Curling Club.

Entering the tournament as the third seed out of 20 teams, the Raiders never really got on track Friday and Saturday and lost three of four matches in their pool.

Two of those losses, however, came down to the very end. The Raiders had a shot on their last throw of a tournament-opening 4-3 loss to Portage II on Friday morning. Then, in the fi nal round of pool play on Saturday afternoon, the Raiders lost 9-8 in an extra end to Wausau East, who eventually went to the champion-ship game.

The loss to East was painful because Medford’s team of John Shear, Dillon Brost, Trevor Geiger and Noah Jalowitz got the opening they needed to have a

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Clinches stateMedford junior Tucker Peterson gains some leverage against Ellsworth’s Anders

Lantz during their WIAA Division 2 sectional semifi nal match at 152 pounds. Peterson won 6-5 to clinch his fi rst state tournament appearance.

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The fi fth edition of the Great Northern Conference gymnastics meet was a his-tory-making event on Saturday for the Medford Raiders.

The Raiders posted, by far, their best team score at a conference meet with a 115.4 and junior Hannah Brandner earned the program’s fi rst All-GNC in-dividual award in fi ve seasons by tying for fi rst place on the balance beam with a personal-best score of 8.2.

The 115.4 team score was easily a sea-son-best for the Raiders, who had set a goal of 115 in the second half of the sea-son. The Raiders smashed their previous season-best team score on the uneven bars by more than two points and on the beam by nearly one full point.

Obviously, it was a satisfying day.“The girls were super happy and very

proud,” head coach Lisa Brooks said. “They have been so dedicated this year, so it’s great they were able to do this. It wasn’t just the people out there compet-ing. Everybody had a hand in it. The sup-port of those not competing was impor-tant. The girls pushed each other in the gym in practice to get better.”

Medford fi nished third in the meet to wind up in a third-place tie with Rhinelander in the overall season stand-ings for the GNC’s Small Division. Both teams had six total team points.

Chequamegon made a late-season surge, beating Mosinee-Marathon in the teams’ fi nal dual meet of the season on Feb. 10 and then winning Saturday’s meet with 119.825 points to win this year’s Small Division title. Mosinee-Marathon scored 115.85 points. Both teams went 3-1 in the duals, making Saturday’s meet a winner-take-all scenario for the overall championship.

Rhinelander (113.95) and Lakeland (112.075) rounded out the team scores.

Brandner’s 8.2 on the balance beam tied Small Division Gymnast of the Year Megan Carlson of Mosinee-Marathon for fi rst place. Chequamegon’s Cassie Riddiford got honorable mention with her third-place score of 8.175. Brandner’s previous best was a 7.6.

“The best thing about her beam rou-tine was you could sense her level of con-fi dence was higher than it’s ever been,” Brooks said. “She just took control of the routine. It was amazing.”

Medford’s team score in the event was 29.1, easily beating the team’s previous best of 28.275 set at its last meet at Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau. Kierra Krause had a personal-best score of 7.225, good for sixth place out of 24 beam competi-tors. Alexa Phillips was 10th with a 6.9, Margaret Hamann was 12th at 6.775 and Megan Clark was 18th at 6.5.

“They all looked amazing on beam,” Brooks said.

Medford’s major breakthrough on bars was the key to the entire day. The Raiders scored 24.925 points, beating their previous best of 22.8 set way back on Dec. 16. Phillips led the way with a per-sonal-best 7.05 that was good for ninth. Hamann’s new best score of 6.55 tied for 12th. Bella Sigmund’s 5.925 was a new personal-best and put her in 18th place. Megan Rudolph’s 5.4 was a new personal-best and was good for 20th place. Marisa DuBois set a new varsity-best score with a 5.3 and took 21st.

“The girls have worked so hard,” Brooks said. “It’s mind-blowing to see how far they’ve come. And I would say they didn’t do what they’ve been doing in practice. We can still improve on the stops and reswings. If we can eliminate those, we can score even more.”

Gymnasts hit 115 goal at GNC; Brandner ties for beam title

Chequamegon’s Brooke Lustig won the bars championship with a 7.75, fol-lowed by Carlson (7.6) and Rhinelander’s Alyssa Ellis (7.6).

The Raiders were solid on vault, scor-ing 31.75 points. Brandner led the team with a ninth-place score of 8.1. Phillips was 12th with a 7.95, Clark and Krause tied for 13th with 7.85s and Hamann was 22nd at 7.55. Brooks said improving the angles on take-off will be the focus head-ing into tonight’s sectional meet.

Mallorie Barabas of Mosinee-Marathon won it with an 8.8, followed by Riddiford (8.7) and Carlson (8.55).

Phillips earned a 7.7 to take fi fth in the fl oor exercise. Brandner was seventh with a personal-best 7.625. Clark tied for 10th with a 7.2. Krause was 14th with a 7.1 and Kayla Brooks was 21st with a 6.6.

“Floor was decent,” coach Brooks said. “Hannah set a personal-best. Lexi almost did. Our tumbling can still get bet-ter. There are some deductions there we can fi x. But we’ve fi xed our jumps. Our jumps have improved a lot. Our combina-tions have improved a huge amount.”

Riddiford and her teammate Hannah Mader shared top honors on the fl oor with 7.9s. Lakeland’s Haley Farrell was third with a 7.85.

Phillips was ninth out of 14 all-around gymnasts with 29.6 total points. Carlson’s 32.075 points beat Riddiford by just 0.125 points. Mader was third with 31.025.

Stevens Point won the Large Division title in Saturday’s meet with 139.35 points, beating Ashland (131.95), Marshfi eld (128.25), Antigo (126.825) and Wisconsin Rapids (115.85).

Sectional timeThe WIAA Division 2 Antigo sectional

arrives tonight, Thursday, with seven teams aiming to send individuals and, possibly, their full squads to state com-petition.

Ashland and Antigo rank as the favor-ites to earn the two berths in team state competition. The top fi ve individuals in each event and top fi ve all-around gym-nasts also will qualify for state competi-tion next weekend in Wisconsin Rapids.

Chequamegon, Mosinee-Marathon, Rhinelander and Lakeland round out to-night’s fi eld of teams. Competition starts at 5 p.m. at Antigo High School.

“We didn’t focus on how we’d place as a team,” Brooks said. “And that’s our ap-proach to sectionals. Our goal is to focus on our scores, fi x what we need to fi x to improve our score. We need to take care of us and improve us.”

by Sports Editor Matt Frey

Medford’s fi rst GNC titleistMedford junior Hannah Brandner shows confi dence while earning an 8.2 on the

balance beam on Saturday at the Great Northern Conference meet at Lakeland Union High School. Brandner, who tied for fi rst in the event, is Medford’s fi rst individual award winner in the fi ve-year history of GNC gymnastics meets.

GNC SMALL DIVISIONGYMNASTICS FINAL STANDINGS

Duals Dual Meet Total W-L Pts. Pts. Pts.Chequamegon 3-1 6 8 14Mosinee-Mar. 3-1 6 6 12Rhinelander 2-2 4 2 6Medford 1-3 2 4 6Lakeland 1-3 2 0 2Feb. 10: Chequamegon 110.6, Mosinee-Marathon 106.275.Feb. 21 GNC Meet: 1. Chequamegon, 119.825; 2. Mosinee-Marathon, 115.85; 3. Medford, 115.4; 4. Rhinelander, 113.95; 5. Lakeland, 112.075.Feb. 26: All schools at WIAA Div. 2 Antigo sectional.

Help from Forward FinancialSandi Yanko (l.) and Heidi Neitzel (r.) of Forward Financial Bank present Medford

School District Athletic Director Justin Hraby with a check for $5,250. Forward Financial sponsored a half-court basketball shot and 40-yard fi eld goal attempt at Medford athletic games over the past school year.

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The Taylor County Snowmobile Clubs Association will meet on Thursday, March 5 at 7 p.m. at Camp 28 Restaurant. It will be hosted by SWAT Snowmobile Club.

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Tied upMedford’s Jen Stolp isn’t about to give up the basketball lightly as she gets into a

scrum with Merrill’s Starr Krenzke during the fi rst quarter of Tuesday’s WIAA Division 2 regional opener. Stolp and the Raiders rallied but ran out of time in a 63-55 loss.

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BOYS BASKETBALLThursday, February 26at Thorp, V-7:30 p.m., JV-5:45 p.m.Tuesday, March 3WIAA Div. 5 regional, #6 Gilman at #3 Prentice, 7 p.m.Friday, March 6WIAA Div. 5 regional semifi nal, Gilman/Prentice winner vs. #7 Cornell/#2 Rib Lake winner, 7 p.m.Saturday, March 7WIAA Div. 5 regional fi nal.

WRESTLINGThursday, February 26WIAA Div. 2 individual state meet at the Kohl Center, Madi-son. Preliminary round starts at approx. 7:15 p.m. Friday, February 27WIAA Div. 2 individual state meet at the Kohl Center, Madi-son. Quarterfi nals at approx. 11:15 a.m., consolation semifi -nals at approx. 2:45 p.m. and semifi nals at 7 p.m.Saturday, February 28WIAA Div. 2 individual state meet at the Kohl Center, Madi-son. Consolation wrestlebacks at 11 a.m., followed by fi fth-place matches and third-place matches. State championship matches start at 6 p.m.

GYMNASTICSThursday, February 26WIAA Div. 2 Antigo sectional, 5 p.m. Teams include Medford, Antigo, Ashland-Mellen, Chequamegon, Lakeland, Mosinee-Marathon and Rhinelander. The top two teams, the top fi ve gymnasts in each event and the top fi ve all-around gymnasts advance to state.Friday, March 6WIAA Div. 2 team state meet at Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln, 2 p.m.Saturday, March 7WIAA Div. 2 individual state meet at Wisconsin Rapids Lin-coln, 11 a.m.

BOYS BASKETBALLThursday, February 26at Antigo (at middle school), V-7:15 p.m., JV & JV2-5:45 p.m.Tuesday, March 3WIAA Div. 2 regional, #6 Medford at #3 Mosinee, 7 p.m.Friday, March 6WIAA Div. 2 regional semifi nal, Medford/Mosinee winner at #2 Rhinelander, 7 p.m.Saturday, March 7WIAA Div. 2 regional fi nal.

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Medford’s rally from 21-point defi cit falls short at Merrill

The girls basketball season started with Medford falling just short in a late-game rally at Merrill, and it ended the same way on Tuesday with the host Blue Jays hanging on for a 63-55 win in the WIAA Division 2 regional opener.

Merrill took advantage of strong shooting and offensive rebounds and the turnover-prone Raiders to build a lead that got as high as 21 in the third quarter. Medford fi nally found its outside shoot-ing touch late and pulled within 56-52 on an Abbie Bergman three-pointer with 1:18 left.

The Blue Jays, though, delivered the clinching blow with just under a minute left when Starr Krenzke made one free throw and missed the second, but Merrill freshman Maddix Bonnell grabbed the rebound, scored and was fouled. The four-point sequence made it 60-52 and sealed Medford’s fate.

The fi fth-seeded Raiders fi nished the year at 7-15. Fourth-seeded Merrill im-proved to 6-17 and will face top-seeded Mosinee (15-7) in a regional semifi nal on Friday.

Medford head coach Scott Wildberg felt the biggest difference in the game was simply Merrill’s ability to make big shots.

“There were just certain points in the game where they executed,” he said. “They made some shots at times where we had a little bit of something going and they’d can a three-pointer.”

The Raiders got off to a better start than they did in their 46-43 season-open-ing loss here on Nov. 21 when they were behind 12-3 and 17-7 in a hurry before slowly but surely clawing back into it. This time, Lakyn Kummer answered a game-opening three-pointer by Merrill guard Morgan Marnholz with a rebound bucket and a short jumper off a Merrill turnover. Jen Stolp’s drive to the hoop gave the Raiders a 6-3 lead.

Merrill’s Mariah Turenne hit a fl oater from the baseline and then stole the ball and scored to put the Jays up by one. They wouldn’t trail again.

Bonnell’s three-pointer with 1:05 left in the quarter gave Merrill a 17-11 lead. The lead grew to 12 at 27-15 when Marnholz scored off dribble penetration, but a Kendal Laher putback, a Hailee Clausnitzer stickback and a Clausnitzer three-pointer cut the lead to 29-22. But Turenne hit three of four free throws in the last 35 seconds to give Merrill a 32-22 halftime lead.

Merrill’s pressure on the ball was one of the keys to its fi rst-half success.

“It was a little bit different than what we’d seen them playing,” Wildberg said. “They changed it up on their press. They fi gured they could get up on us and rattle us and they kinda did.”

Medford tried a switch to a zone de-fense to throw the Blue Jays off to start the third quarter, but Merrill instead went on an 11-0 run to push its lead to

BOYS BASKETBALLThursday, February 26at Wisconsin Rapids Assumption, V-7:30 p.m., JV-5:45 p.m.Tuesday, March 3WIAA Div. 5 regional, #7 Cornell at #2 Rib Lake, 7 p.m.Friday, March 6WIAA Div. 5 regional semifi nal, #6 Gilman/#3 Pren-tice winner vs. Cornell/Rib Lake winner. Higher seed hosts. 7 p.m.Saturday, March 7WIAA Div. 5 regional fi nal.

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Sneak attackAfter swiping a Prentice pass, Gilman’s Kendall Skabroud reacts with surprise as

Buccaneer guard Sierra Lake catches her from behind and knocks away a wide-open layup opportunity.

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by Sports Reporter Bryan Wegter

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The Gilman Pirates boys basketball team wrapped up its Eastern Cloverbelt Conference season with a 61-41 loss on the road to the Greenwood Indians last Friday.

The Indians improved to 6-9 in the Eastern Cloverbelt while the Pirates fell to 2-14 in conference with the loss.

Greenwood ran out to a 16-12 lead in the fi rst quarter. The Pirates defense was unable to stop Logan Johnson, who drained three three-pointers en route to scoring 10 in the opening eight minutes. James Copenhaver and Colton Schmitt scored three apiece for Gilman.

Johnson added four more and the Indians put 15 more on the board in the second quarter. Gilman scored 12 again to head into halftime down seven. Schmitt scored six in the second to keep the Pirates within striking distance.

Greenwood came out of halftime look-ing to put the game out of reach and did just that. Dane Toburen scored seven and Greenwood put up 17 points in the third quarter while Gilman could only muster 12.

Down 12 going into the fi nal quarter,

Pirates fall by 20 at Greenwood in conference fi nale

Lady Pirates fall fl at in their playoff opener at Prentice

Entering the playoffs having won four of their last six games, the Gilman Pirates girls basketball team was riding a wave of momentum into Prentice for the fi rst round of the WIAA Division 5 basketball tournament. Unfortunately, whatever energy they had dissipated

by Sports Reporter Bryan Wegter

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the Pirates were unable to mount a come-back as they scored only fi ve points in the fourth. Johnson added seven more points as the Indians scored 13 to bring their lead to 20 as the fi nal buzzer sounded.

Johnson scored a game-high 21 for Greenwood and made four threes in the game. Booker Bredlau scored 12 while Toburen netted nine.

Schmitt scored 13 to lead the Pirates. Copenhaver and Emmit Sherfi eld both scored nine in the loss. Zach Sonnentag added six points.

Gilman (5-16) will take on Thorp in the eighth-place Cloverbelt Conference Crossover game tonight, Thursday. That game is slated for a 7:30 p.m. tip.

On Tuesday, the Pirates will begin their postseason run. Gilman was seeded sixth in their quarter of the Spooner sec-tional and will travel to Prentice (11-10) to take on the three-seed Buccaneers in their opening round game. That game tips at 7 p.m.

The winner will take on the winner of the Rib Lake/Cornell game, also on Tuesday. The potential second-round game is scheduled for Friday, March 6 at 7 p.m.

EASTERN CLOVERBELT CONFERENCEBOYS BASKETBALL FINAL STANDINGS

Conf. Overall W L W LSpencer 14 2 17 4Neillsville 13 3 15 6Columbus Cath. 13 3 14 7Owen-Withee 9 7 11 10Loyal 8 8 10 11Greenwood 7 9 9 11Colby 5 11 5 16Gilman 2 14 5 16Granton 1 15 1 18Feb. 20: Greenwood 61, Gilman 41; Spencer 58, Colby 40; Columbus Catholic 63, Owen-Withee 54; Neillsville 56, Granton 31; Pittsville 55, Loyal 33.Feb. 23: Columbus Catholic 64, Spencer 55; Neillsville 53, Owen-Withee 51; Loyal 67, Colby 43; Greenwood 66, Granton 51.Feb. 26 Cloverbelt Crossovers: 3rd –– Colum-bus Catholic at Altoona. 4th –– Owen-Withee at McDonell Central. 5th –– Loyal at Stanley-Boyd. 6th –– Greenwood at Osseo-Fairchild. 7th –– Colby at Cadott. 8th –– Gilman at Thorp.Feb. 28 Cloverbelt Championships at Osseo: 1st –– Spencer vs. E.C. Regis. 2nd –– Neillsville vs. Fall Creek.March 3 WIAA Div. 5 regionals: Gilman at Prentice, Flambeau at Owen-Withee, Green-wood at Loyal, Abbotsford at Columbus Catholic, Granton at Eleva-Strum.March 3 WIAA Div. 4 regionals: Colby at Athens, S.P. Pacelli at Spencer.March 3 WIAA Div. 3 regional: Elk Mound at Neillsville.

Photo by Bryan Wegter EASTERN CLOVERBELT CONFERENCE

GIRLS BASKETBALL FINAL STANDINGS Conf. Overall W L W LLoyal 16 0 20 3Owen-Withee 13 3 18 5Neillsville 13 3 17 5Colby 10 6 11 12Columbus Cath. 8 8 12 11Spencer 5 11 6 16Gilman 3 13 7 16Greenwood 3 13 4 17Granton 1 15 1 17Feb. 19 Cloverbelt Crossovers: 3rd –– Owen-Withee 66, Stanley-Boyd 65. 4th –– Altoona 38, Colby 32. 5th –– Thorp 37, Columbus Catholic 16. 6th –– McDonell Central 44, Spencer 34. 7th –– Osseo-Fairchild 64, Greenwood 41. 8th –– Gil-man 50, Cadott 43.Feb. 21 Cloverbelt Championships at Neills-ville: 1st –– Fall Creek 53, Loyal 47. 2nd –– E.C. Regis 35, Neillsville 26.Feb. 24 WIAA Div. 5 regionals: Prentice 42, Gilman 29; Owen-Withee 72, Cornell 33; Loyal 90, W.V. Lutheran 20; Columbus Catholic 59, Greenwood 40; Independence 51, Granton 29.Feb. 24 WIAA Div. 4 regionals: Colby 42, Chequamegon 39; Edgar 42, Spencer 38.Feb. 27 WIAA Div. 5 regional semifi nals: Thorp at Owen-Withee, Columbus Catholic at Loyal.Feb. 27 WIAA Div. 4 regional semifi nal: Colby at Athens.Feb. 27 WIAA Div. 3 regional semifi nal: Neillsville at Arcadia.Feb. 28 WIAA Div. 5 regional fi nals: Thorp/Owen-Withee winner vs. Prentice/Flambeau winner, Abbotsford/Newman Catholic winner vs. Columbus Catholic/Loyal winner.Feb. 28 WIAA Div. 4 regional fi nal: Phillips/Hurley winner vs. Colby/Athens winner.Feb. 28 WIAA Div. 3 regional fi nal: Neills-ville/Arcadia winner vs. Altoona/Durand winner.March 5: WIAA Div. 5 sectional semifi nals at Chetek-Weyerhaeuser and Waupaca, WIAA Div. 4 sectional semifi nal at Rice Lake, WIAA Div. 3 sectional semifi nal at Osseo-Fairchild.

within the opening minutes as four-seed Prentice piled up points early on and coasted the rest of the way to a 42-29 win on Tuesday. The battle of sea marauders featured poor shooting nights from both sides, but the Buccaneers got it done by limiting turnovers.

“The girls have had so much energy the past couple days. We’ve been playing

so well lately and came into the game ex-pecting to get a win. This is a let down,” Gilman head coach Chris Skabroud said.

Shawnie Sarkkinen scored six for the Buccaneers and Alyson Nehls added sev-en more as Prentice blasted the Pirates for 18 in the opening quarter. Morgan Birkenholz hit a three for Gilman and Makaylen Skabroud scored four, but the damage was already done. No one could have known at the time, but the Pirates wouldn’t make another two-point fi eld goal in the game.

“Flat. We came out fl at, and got our-selves down right away. Neither team shot well but they did a good job limit-ing their turnovers, while we didn’t,” Skabroud said.

The Pirates’ offense downshifted again in the second quarter. Kendall Skabroud and Kayla Chause both hit threes, but that’s all Gilman would get. Sarkkinen scored four more and the Bucs took a 26-15 lead into halftime.

Birkenholz drained another three in the third quarter and Makaylen Skabroud sank a pair of free throws, but the rest of the Pirates’ offense stagnated. Prentice scored 12 as they added seven more to their lead.

“Kyla Schoene is still battling an ill-ness and you could tell it limited her ef-fectiveness. We missed her size inside, they were getting us on rebounding all night,” Skabroud said. The Buccaneers out-rebounded Gilman 32-24 in the game, but their 13 offensive rebounds were a backbreaker. The Pirates played both man-to-man and a 1-3-1 zone defense in the game. Each had success for stretch-es but struggles rebounding plagued Gilman throughout the contest.

Kendall Skabroud swished a three in the opening minute of the fourth quarter, but the game had long been decided. She also made three free throws in the fi nal minutes. Birkenholz made a pair of free throws and Desiree Budzinski notched a pair as well. The Pirates outscored Prentice 11-4 in the fi nal quarter.

The Buccaneers only shot 29 percent (16 of 55) from the fi eld, but they only turned the ball over seven times in the game and were the more physical team in the game. Sarkkinen scored 13 to lead Prentice. Nehls scored nine in the

win. Caelyn Ulrich scored seven, Hailey Enders got six, and Brianna Schellin scored fi ve.

Gilman was undone by an ice-cold shooting night. The Pirates were two of 22 (9.1 percent) from two-point range and fi ve of 24 (20.8 percent) from beyond the arc. They made the most of their free throw attempts, fi nishing a solid 10 of 15 (66.7 percent). Gilman committed 14 turnovers, nine of which came in the fi rst half. Kendall Skabroud scored nine and grabbed fi ve rebounds to lead the team. Birkenholz netted eight to go with two re-bounds and two assists, while Makaylen Skabroud scored six along with six re-bounds and four steals.

“The girls hustled, but our ball move-ment just wasn’t there tonight. We didn’t execute our inside action against their zone. Nothing we did seemed to work. We switched up our defense a couple times but it always backfi red,” Skabroud said.

The Pirates fi nish their season with a 7-16 record, a four-win improvement over 2013-14.

Comeback winAs they’ve done many times this sea-

son, the Pirates dug themselves a hole in the fi rst quarter on Thursday. After fall-ing behind 11-0 this time, however, they found a way to climb out and beat visit-ing Cadott 50-43 in their Cloverbelt cross-over game.

“We got down early, but the girls nev-er stopped battling and proved they could win from behind,” coach Skabroud said.

Elizabeth Kyes scored four for the Hornets as Cadott built an 11-8 lead in the fi rst quarter. Taylor Hendricks led the Pirates with four in the opening eight minutes.

Gilman’s offense couldn’t get much going in the second quarter either. The Pirates were one of 15 from two-point range in the quarter, but did some dam-age at the foul line. Makaylen Skabroud

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Gilman girls beat Cadott

The Rib Lake Lady Redmen girls bas-ketball team had a short stay in the WIAA Division 5 tournament as they were oust-ed by the Thorp Cardinals on Tuesday. The six-seed Redmen played well enough to win on defense, but couldn’t get it done on the other end and fell to the three-seed Cardinals, 45-25.

Taylor Stroinski scored a game-high 15 for Thorp and Julie Benzschawel add-ed 10 to propel the Cardinals into the sec-ond round of the tournament.

Ciara Scheithauer led Rib Lake with 14 points.

Full stats from this game will be avail-able in next week’s The Star News.

Scheithauer beats buzzerPlaying in the fi nal home game of

her high school basketball career, Scheithauer scored 35 as the Lady Redmen defeated the visiting Northland Lutheran Wildcats in the Marawood sev-en-seed crossover game. Rib Lake needed every point Scheithauer could muster as they came from behind to grab a 46-45 win last Friday.

“Ciara willed us to the win. She wasn’t going to be denied in her fi nal home game. It was a tremendous individual effort,” Rib Lake head coach Mike Wudi said.

As she had done all night, it was Scheithauer who rose to the occasion with the game on the line. The Redmen entered the fourth quarter down 39-32. After Jasmine Fitzl scored a two-pointer to open the quarter, it was all Scheithauer from there on out. She scored the fi nal 12 points for Rib Lake, including the game-winning basket as time expired.

Down one with 12 seconds to go, the Redmen regained possession of the ball after a Wildcats’ three-pointer pushed the visiting side back into the lead. Scheithauer inbounded the ball to Gracie Weinke, who fended off a Northland Lutheran defender to fi re a pass back to Scheithauer at the top of the key. Driving to her left, Scheithauer got to the basket with an opening and put up a shot with precious few seconds remain-ing. The shot was too strong and found only backboard. After shrugging off her marker, Scheithauer got underneath the hoop on the right side and out-leapt a Wildcat defender to secure the ball and released another shot just before the clock struck double zeros. This time, her layup bounced off the glass and found the bottom of the net and the gymnasium roared as the Redmen’ players rushed out to celebrate.

“We hadn’t talked about it before the game, but we all knew this was her last chance to play here at home. This is just an amazing way to close the season. She (Scheithauer) carried us to this one,” Wudi said.

Both offenses were clicking early. The Wildcats scored 19 while the Redmen scored 15 in the opening quarter. Ashley Colby scored 13 in the opening quarter for Northland Lutheran, which included two three-pointers. Scheithauer scored eight for Rib Lake in the fi rst eight min-utes.

The Redmen were able to open up a gap as they outscored the Wildcats 14-5 in the second quarter. Scheithauer scored 12 and Fitzl chipped in a basket as Rib Lake took a 29-24 lead into halftime.

The Wildcats came clawing back in the third quarter. Rebekah Edelburg scored six and Colby added fi ve as Northland Lutheran scored 15 to Rib Lake’s three to take command of the game. Scheithauer

Thorp ousts Rib Lake; Lady Redmen beat NL at the buzzer

MARAWOOD NORTH DIVISIONGIRLS BASKETBALL FINAL STANDINGS

Conf. Overall W L W LAthens 10 2 14 7Edgar 9 3 14 9Abbotsford 9 3 14 9Prentice 7 5 12 11Phillips 5 7 9 12Rib Lake 1 11 6 17Chequamegon 1 11 5 17Feb. 20 Marawood Crossovers: 3rd –– Au-burndale 63, Abbotsford 30. 4th –– Stratford 44, Prentice 42. 5th –– Newman Catholic 65, Phillips 41. 6th –– Rib Lake 46, North. Lutheran 45. 7th –– Chequamegon 60, Pittsville 53.Feb. 21 Marawood Championships at Abbots-ford: 1st –– Marathon 57, Athens 42. 2nd –– W.R. Assumption 64, Edgar 44.Feb. 24 WIAA Div. 5 regionals: Thorp 45, Rib Lake 25; Prentice 42, Gilman 29; Abbotsford 46, North. Lutheran 39.Feb. 24 WIAA Div. 4 regionals: Colby 42, Chequamegon 39; Edgar 42, Spencer 38.Feb. 27 WIAA Div. 5 regional semifi nals: Prentice at Flambeau, Abbotsford at Newman Catholic.Feb. 27 WIAA Div. 4 regional semifi nals: Colby at Athens, Phillips at Hurley, Edgar at Marathon.Feb. 28 WIAA Div. 5 regional fi nals: Thorp/Owen-Withee winner vs. Prentice/Flambeau winner, Abbotsford/Newman Catholic winner vs. Columbus Catholic/Loyal winner.Feb. 28 WIAA Div. 4 regional fi nals: Phillips/Hurley winner vs. Colby/Athens winner, Strat-ford/Auburndale winner vs. Edgar/Marathon winner.March 5: WIAA Div. 5 sectional semifi nals at Chetek-Weyerhaeuser and Waupaca, WIAA Div. 4 sectional semifi nals at Rice Lake and Wausau West.

Saving diveRib Lake’s Mariah Thums goes all out and dives past Northland Lutheran’s Ashley

Colby for a loose ball during the third quarter of the Redmen’s 46-45 win over the Wildcats last Thursday.

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and Camryn Skabroud made a pair as Gilman scored eight in the quarter. Cadott also got eight to take a 19-16 lead into halftime.

It was a two-woman show in the third quarter for the Pirates. Makaylen Skabroud scored eight and Kendall Skabroud scored fi ve to push Gilman into the lead. The Pirates grabbed fi ve of-fensive rebounds in the quarter as they pushed through the Hornets on their way to 18 points in the third. Cadott could only muster six in response.

Alexis Kramer made three threes in the fourth quarter as the Hornets staged a furious assault on Gilman’s lead. Kyes also scored six for Cadott. But the Pirates stayed with them. Makaylen Skabroud scored seven. Morgan Birkenholz and Kendall Skabroud both made a pair of free throws, while Hendricks scored four points. Schoene scored three as the Pirates closed the door on a Hornets comeback.

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Pistol League

Kyes led Cadott with 15 points. Kramer scored 12 in the loss. Cadott took 27 three-point attempts in the game, and made six (22.2 percent). The Hornets were 10 of 34 (29.4 percent) from two-point range and fi ve of 13 at the free throw line.

Gilman got to the line 38 times in the game. Though the Pirates only made 16 (42.1 percent), the quantity trumped qual-ity in this case. The Pirates were 16 of 61 (26.2 percent) from the fl oor. Makaylen Skabroud led the way with 19 points to go with 11 rebounds. Hendricks scored 13 and grabbed two rebounds while dishing out two assists. Kendall Skabroud scored seven and was four of six at the foul line in the win. Schoene brought down seven rebounds and scored fi ve points.

“We felt we had more speed and worked to spread out the offense. Everyone that got in contributed. Once our offense got fl owing we kept attack-ing,” Skabroud said.

scored all three of the Redmen’s points in the third.

Colby was the Wildcats’ leading scorer at 19 points. Edelburg scored 11. Northland Lutheran was fi ve of nine at the free throw line and made four three-pointers in the game.

Scheithauer scored a season and ca-reer-high 35 in the win. She fi nished 15 of 25 (60 percent) from the fi eld and fi ve of nine at the free throw line. She also tallied nine rebounds and four steals. Fitzl scored four and Hailey Wudi scored three. Katie Cardey grabbed six rebounds while Regan Dobbs had three rebounds and fi ve assists to go with two points. The Redmen shot 38.8 percent (19 of 49) from the fi eld and 46.7 percent (seven of 15) at the free throw line.

“We dug ourselves a hole again on de-fense the third quarter. We did good to

pull the win out and hopefully this will give us some momentum heading into the playoffs,” Wudi said.

One of twoMedford senior Trent Klemm knocks down a free throw late in the second quarter

of Thursday’s 50-36 win over Nekoosa. Klemm made one of two free throws on this trip to the line and fi nished with three points in the Senior Night win.

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Raiders fi nish season with loss

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See GIRLS WIN on page 13

GREAT NORTHERN CONFERENCEBOYS BASKETBALL STANDINGS

Conf. Overall W L W LRhinelander 10 1 11 10Mosinee 9 2 15 6Lakeland 8 3 13 8Antigo 6 5 14 6Medford 4 7 10 10Tomahawk 2 10 6 15Northland Pines 0 11 3 18Feb. 19: Medford 50, Nekoosa 36.Feb. 20: Rhinelander 56, Lakeland 40; Mosinee 47, Antigo 36; Tomahawk 45, Northland Pines 37.Feb. 23: Prentice 71, Northland Pines 61.Feb. 26: Medford at Antigo, Lakeland at Mosinee, Northland Pines at Rhinelander, Cran-don at Tomahawk.March 3 WIAA Div. 2 regionals: Medford at Mosinee, Wausau East at Lakeland.March 3 WIAA Div. 3 regional: Northland Pines at Tomahawk.

Seniors sent off in style as Raiders sweep Nekoosa

No conference titles or awards were on the line, and nothing was at stake for post-season seeding. Thursday was just a fun night of basketball at Raider Hall.

Of course, winning helps make it fun and that’s what boys and girls did in a non-conference sweep of Nekoosa in the fi nal home games of the season.

The boys celebrated Senior Night with a 50-36 win over the Papermakers (1-19) in the closing game of the doubleheader while the girls sent off their seniors as 41-27 winners over the Papermakers (3-19) in the opener.

In the boys game, the fi ve seniors –– Zach Smola, Elliot Marshall, Trent Klemm, Hunter Anderson and Lloyd Bernatz –– got the starting assignment and held their own, giving Medford a 5-1 fi rst-quarter lead. The Raiders then blitzed the Papermakers with a 22-11 second-quarter run to take a 27-12 half-time lead. Marshall, Medford’s 6-7 center, capped the half with a three-pointer off a busted inbound play at the buzzer.

For Smola and Anderson, it was the fi rst-ever varsity starts. It was the second for Klemm.

“It was really cool,” Klemm said. “Just because of, throughout the four years here, how we’ve jelled and how much ad-versity we’ve been through together. All the way down from fi fth grade booster basketball, we’ve stuck together and had a lot of fun games at tournaments and stuff. So our last game at Raider Hall, to end it like that with the fi ve of us out there together, was pretty cool.”

Besides honoring the seniors, the Raiders also acknowledged the depar-tures of exchange student Nikola Babic and junior guard Ty Wrage, whose fam-ily is moving to Mankato, Minn.

“It was great to get everybody in there,” head coach Ryan Brown said. “Those seniors, and even the other two leaving with Nikola and Ty, they’ve all worked their butt off. They’re a great group of kids. They’re very coachable so to have an opportunity to see them do re-ally well and get a lead in the fi rst quar-ter and play the whole fi rst quarter was just an awesome feeling.

“They were really moving well,” Brown said of the seniors. “They must’ve

caused about seven or eight turnovers and they were rebounding really hard. Tonight it seemed like they had a lot of energy to go to the rim hard. That’s some-thing we’ve really tried to emphasize.”

Marshall scored all 12 of his points in the fi rst half and led Medford. Babic had 10 points, including a pair of threes. Sophomore Osy Ekwueme had 11. Babic’s fi rst three-pointer and a Marshall put-back off a missed free throw by Taylor Dunlap were the big plays in a key 9-0 second-quarter run that stretched a 12-8 lead to 21-8.

Nekoosa scored the fi rst two buckets of the third quarter, but Bernatz drew a charge on Nekoosa’s 6-5 center Andrew Melvin, his fourth personal foul. The Raiders took off from there, building the lead as high as 17 in the quarter to the de-light of the student section, which really got energized when Klemm and Anderson both gave all-out efforts to keep the ball inbounds on the same possession.

It was 38-23 after three quarters. The lead was never seriously jeopardized in the fourth. It got as high as 18 at 52-34 on a late Babic triple.

Wrage hit two long-range shots to score six points. Cameron Wenzel scored fi ve, Klemm scored three points, Dunlap had a fourth-quarter bucket and Jake Sullivan had a point. Medford outrebounded Nekoosa 40-27. marshall had 13 rebounds to complete a double-double. Dunlap had six rebounds, Bernatz had fi ve and Babic had four. The Raiders had 20 offensive re-bounds. Dunlap had fi ve assists and three steals. Anderson had three steals.

“Our young guys did a good job of un-derstanding tonight wasn’t their night,” Brown said. “They were going to play less. The rotations are going to be differ-ent. It was cool. There was a great energy in the gym.”

Justin Mortel led Nekoosa with nine points. Jared Olson had eight and Melvin added seven. The Papermakers made just six of 23 two-point attempts and four of 12 threes. The Raiders were 12 of 32 on twos and six of 22 from long range.

Medford, now 10-10 overall, fi nishes Great Northern Conference play and the regular season at Antigo tonight, Thursday, at 7:15 p.m. The game will be played at Antigo Middle School.

WIAA Division 2 post-season play starts on Tuesday. The sixth-seeded Raiders will visit third-seeded Mosinee in the regional opener at 7 p.m. The winner earns a trip to second-seeded Rhinelander on March 6.

Girls pull away

It took the girls a little while to fi nd their groove, but a couple of second-quar-

43-22. Bergman fi nally broke Medford’s scoring drought with a rare four-point play with 3:15 left in the quarter. Not only did the play break the drought, it gave the Raiders a big spark on the offen-sive end.

Back in man-to-man, the Raiders started making things happen on defense as well, and suddenly it was a 49-36 game at quarter’s end.

“The girls wanted to try a zone,” Wildberg said. “We said ‘OK, this is their opportunity to try a zone going into the third. But Merrill hit those long shots on us. It could’ve gone either way. It was just like when we went to our three-out offense to try something different. We got some looks out here. Sometimes you don’t know what’s going to click for you.”

Mandi Baker scored to start the fourth quarter, but Krenzke answered for Merrill. Baker’s steal in the backcourt and subsequent assist to Bergman cut the lead to 51-41 with 4:30 still left. Turenne, though, swished a three-pointer. Jenice Clausnitzer answered by swishing a tri-ple of her own from the left side. Baker’s hard drive to the hoop fi nally got the defi -cit to single digits at 55-46 with 2:35 left.

Hailee Clausnitzer’s three-pointer from the top of the key made it 56-49 with 1:48 to go. After Blue Jay Morgan Pettit missed two free throws with 1:37 left –– Merrill was just 13 of 27 for the game and nine of 19 in the second half –– and an ex-change of turnovers, Bergman nailed the three-pointer that pulled Medford within four.

Bergman added another long ball with 28 seconds left that brought Medford

within 61-55, but the Raiders, at that point, were out of time and out of offen-sive luck.

Bergman’s 12 points led the Raiders of-fensively. Every Raider who played con-tributed in the scoring column. Hailee Clausnitzer scored eight points, Baker fi nished with seven and Stolp and Jenice Clausnitzer each fi nished with fi ve. Kummer, Molly Carstensen and Laher scored four apiece. Heidi Wildberg, Marissia Friedel and Victoria Lammar each had a bucket. The game marked the fi nal basketball appearance as Raiders for seniors Bergman, Stolp, Wildberg and Friedel.

“They never quit,” Wildberg said. “Everybody that was on that fl oor just worked their tail off.”

Turenne’s 19 points led all scorers. Bonnell scored 16 and Marnholtz had 10. Both teams made six three-point shots. The Raiders were three of nine from the foul line. Foul trouble for Kummer, who eventually fouled out, and Stolp in the middle of the game was bothersome for Medford.

“(Merrill) played well,” Wildberg said. “I’m proud of the girls and what they did. Would I go on the fl oor with the same team again and think we could beat them? Ya, I think we could. I love the heart that they played with. I thought they bound together and played as a nice cohesive group this year.

They were a pleasure to coach throughout the year,” Wildberg added. “It’s a great group of graduating seniors and we have a strong nucleus of under-classmen to look forward to next year.

GREAT NORTHERN CONFERENCEGIRLS BASKETBALL FINAL STANDINGS

Conf. Overall W L W LLakeland 11 1 20 2Mosinee 9 3 15 7Antigo 8 4 17 5Rhinelander 6 6 12 11Medford 4 8 7 15Northland Pines 4 8 10 13Tomahawk 0 12 1 21Feb. 19: Medford 41, Nekoosa 27.Feb. 20: Antigo 48, Mosinee 35; Lakeland 55, Rhinelander 34; Northland Pines 57, Tomahawk 42.Feb. 24 WIAA Div. 2 regionals: Merrill 63, Medford 55; Rhinelander 66, Wausau East 36.Feb. 24 WIAA Div. 3 regional: Northland Pines 62, Tomahawk 40.Feb. 27 WIAA Div. 2 regional semifi nals: Merrill at Mosinee, Rhinelander at Lakeland, Antigo at New London.Feb. 27 WIAA Div. 3 regional semifi nal: Northland Pines at Peshtigo.Feb. 28 WIAA Div. 2 regional fi nals: Rhine-lander/Lakeland winner vs. Merrill/Mosinee winner, Antigo/New London winner vs. Sha-wano/Hortonville winner.Feb. 28 WIAA Div. 3 regional fi nal: Northland Pines/Peshtigo winner vs. Clintonville/Witten-berg-Birnamwood winner.March 5: WIAA Div. 2 sectional semifi nal at Wausau East, WIAA Div. 3 sectional semifi nal at Freedom.

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The WIAA Division 2 Marshfi eld boys basketball sectional The WIAA Division 5 Spooner boys basketball sectional

For the second straight year, Rice Lake (16-5) will be the team to beat in the WIAA Division 2 Marshfi eld boys basketball section-al. Led by McDonald’s All-American Henry Ellenson (27.8 ppg, 11.6 rpg), the Warriors are poised to make another run to Madison this March. The Marquette commit is ranked as the number-fi ve player in the nation on the ESPN 100. Despite Ellenson’s dominance, Rice Lake lost the state title game last season to Wisconsin Lutheran. The Warriors’ only loss in the Big Rivers Conference came on Jan. 23 when they were beaten 55-54 by Eau Claire Memorial. Two of their losses came against teams in Minnesota. Two others were against Div. 1 powers at the Concordia WBY Shootout.

Holmen (12-9) rises to a one-seed after be-ing a two-seed last year. The Vikings current-ly have a one-game lead over Onalaska at the top of the Mississippi Valley Conference. The two foes square off tonight, Thursday, for the conference title. Only loss in conference came on Jan. 27 against Onalaska. Pair of 56-54 wins over La Crosse Central. Lost to Menomonie 52-47 on Dec. 4. Had a good season in the MVC but went only 2-8 in non-conference games. Lost to Central in the regional fi nal last season.

Merrill (13-9) fi nished in second place in the Wisconsin Valley Conference and earned a one-seed this year after entering as a two-seed in 2014. The Bluejays were a distant fi ve games back of Division 1 juggernaut Stevens Point. Merrill has losses against Mosinee (71-64), Rice Lake (51-41), Shawano (54-34), and Waupaca (58-50). Got season-sweeps over Marshfi eld and Wisconsin Rapids. Top scorer is Chaz Mootz at 18.5 ppg. Mootz scored a 36 in a 61-52 win over Medford on Dec. 2.

Shawano (16-5), sits in fourth place in the competitive Bay Conference. The Hawks have wins over Merrill and Mosinee and swept the season series against New London. Split sea-son series with Luxembourg-Casco. Suffered two blowout losses to Bay leader Seymour. Were regional champions as a one-seed last year before losing to Rhinelander in the sec-tional semis.

Best of the rest: Menomonie (15-6) be-gan the season with nine straight wins before they lost to Hudson on Jan. 6. The Mustangs have solid wins over Rhinelander, Chippewa Falls and La Crosse Central. Defeated New Richmond 60-48 on Jan. 9. Onalaska (14-7) is currently second in the MVC. Split sea-son series with La Crosse Central and swept La Crosse Logan, Tomah, and Sparta. Beat Chippewa Falls by 24 on Tuesday. Tyler Hughes (11.9), Jalen Zubich (11.2), and Hoza Wright III (10.2) all average over 10 ppg for the Hilltoppers. GNC leader Rhinelander (11-10) has struggled though its non-confer-ence schedule but its stingy defense (43.7 ppg allowed) will keep them in games. Lost to Merrill 56-54 on Jan. 17. Only non-conference win came on Jan. 23 against Ashland (60-52). Only GNC loss came on Feb. 17 by two against Mosinee. Three-seed Antigo (14-6) lost twice to Rhinelander and Mosinee and split with Lakeland. Defeated D.C. Everest 54-53 on Feb. 10. Mosinee (15-6) meets GNC foe Medford (10-10) in the opening round. On Jan. 20 the Indians earned a 61-32 win over the Raiders, but on Feb. 6 only eked out a 62-59 win. Aaron Maas scores 15.7 ppg to lead Mosinee. Medford has wins over Ashland and Phillips, but has struggled against the powers atop the GNC.

Rice Lake in driver’s seat in Division 2 sectionalFor the second straight year, Washburn

(20-2) enters the WIAA Division 5 Spooner sectional as a one-seed. The Castle Guards went an undefeated 16-0 as champions of the Indianhead West conference this season. Both losses came in December. Washburn enters the tournament on a 17-game winning streak that includes a pair of blowout wins over South Shore as well as Solon Springs. Defeated Drummond by 30 on Jan. 8 and by 47 on Feb. 13. The Castle Guards put up points in bunches. Led by Cody Tomlinson (25.7 ppg), Washburn averaged 74.6 ppg this year. Brant Schick av-erages 15.2 ppg while Trevor Cook also puts in 10.7 ppg. Scored 113 against Lakeview Christian on Dec. 13 and have scored over 80 on six occasions. Beat Division 2 Ashland 65-61 on Dec. 30. Swept season series with Mellen and Bayfi eld. The Castle Guards are ranked eighth in Division 5 by the Associated Press.

Frederic (18-3) is the other one-seed in the top half of the Spooner sectional. The Vikings lost to Unity last Thursday to fall into a split of the Lakeland West conference title. Defeated Luck 55-45 on Dec. 5 and 51-37 on Jan. 27. Secured a season sweep of Siren and defeat-ed Solon Springs 64-55 back on Dec. 18. Beat Northwood 65-49 on Feb. 17 and got a win over Clayton on Dec. 29. Austin Kurkowski averag-es 17.9 ppg to lead Frederic. The AP ranks the Vikings highest out of teams in the sectional, placing them sixth.

New Auburn (18-3) can clinch a Lakeland East title by beating Lake Holcombe tonight, Thursday. The Trojans are led by senior guard Ryan Dachel (17.7 ppg, 6.2 apg). Two of three losses came to Northwood (Jan. 6) and Gilmanton (Jan. 19). Defeated Bruce 71-42 on

Owen-Withee, Washburn contenders in D5 sectionalJan. 9 before falling in the rematch 63-59 (Feb. 10) for their third loss. Got a two-point win over Clayton on Jan. 23.

Owen-Withee (11-10) only fi nished fourth in the Cloverbelt East, but the Blackhawks will be a formidable opponent as they enter the tournament as a one-seed for the second straight year. However, Owen-Withee’s ar-mor has showed cracks this year. Lost to Edgar on Dec. 12 and had to go to overtime to knock off Gilman on Feb. 12. Suffered a pair of losses to Spencer and split season series with Neillsville. Got a 50-29 win over Thorp on Dec. 30 and a pair of wins over Loyal. Austin Milliren leads the Blackhawks at 12.9 ppg.

Best of the rest: Despite struggles in the Lakeland West, Luck (11-8) built success in their non-conference match-ups. Got a 52-50 win over Siren on Jan. 23. Those two sides face off again tonight. Beat Clayton 46-29 on Dec. 22. McDonell Central (14-7) fi nished fourth in the Cloverbelt West but has gotten some solid wins. Lost to Stanley-Boyd on Dec. 5 but got revenge in the Jan. 23 rematch. Knocked off Luck 77-46 on Feb. 10. Owns a pair of wins over Thorp. A favorable regional draw leaves Rib Lake (11-10) with a chance to cause some damage in the tournament. The Redmen sur-round two solid big men with a stable of capa-ble guards. Junior Joe Scheithauer averages 10.6 ppg and brings down 11.6 rpg while senior Jordan Blomberg averages 8.5 ppg and 7.2 rpg. Defeated Prentice 73-41 on Dec. 11 and 43-40 on Jan. 22. Split season series with Athens and got a 33-point win over Lake Holcombe on Feb. 9.

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New gearMAYHA squirt Ray Baldus shows off

some of the equipment donated to the as-sociation by the NHLPA Goals & Dreams Program. The association received 25 complete sets of hockey gear this week after learning it had won a grant back in October.

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A season of struggles came to its end last Thursday night as the Medford Raiders girls hockey team fell to Central Wisconsin Storm, 8-0 at the Greenheck Field House in Wausau. The top-seeded Storm got six goals in the opening period as they sent the eight-seed Raiders out of the postseason.

“We’ve made signifi cant improve-ment this year. Central Wisconsin has some of the fastest skaters we’ve seen this year, but the girls did a nice job keep-ing pace with them on the ice. One of our captains was out with an illness, so that hurt us a bit,” Medford head coach Sarah Markham said.

Elizabeth Bauer got the scoring start-ed for the Storm within the fi rst minute of the game. She scored at 54 seconds after getting an assist from Jamie Henrickson. Katelynn Schilling doubled the lead at 4:03 with assists coming from Bauer and Katelyn Ramthun. Bauer struck 22 sec-onds later with an assist coming from Schilling.

The Storm added their fourth at 7:28 when Samantha Brown scored off assists from Teagan Tretter and Angie Stroik. Kelly Knetter scored unassisted at 8:08 and got a second goal at 12:20 with assists coming from Bauer and Taylor Treu.

The Storm got their only goal of the second period when Erin Gruber scored at 12:46 off an assist from Knetter. Bauer scored Central Wisconsin’s fi nal goal of

Storm blasts Raiders out of tourney

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Conf. Overall W-L-T W-L-TWaupaca 11-1-0 23-3-0Rhine.-Antigo-3L 9-2-1 19-5-2Northland Pines 8-3-1 17-8-1Marshfi eld 6-6-0 7-14-0Tomahawk 5-7-0 13-11-1Lakeland 2-10-0 3-16-0Medford 0-12-0 3-19-0Feb. 19 WIAA reg. fi nals: Central Wisconsin 8, Medford 0; Point-Rapids 4, Tomahawk 3 (OT); Rhinelander-Antigo-Three Lakes 8, Lakeland 0; Waupaca 5, Fond du Lac Co-op 4 (OT).Feb. 20 WIAA reg. fi nal: Northland Pines 4, Marshfi eld 0.Feb. 24 WIAA sectional semifi nals: North-land Pines 5, Rhinelander-Antigo-Three Lakes 2; Green Bay Area 10, Waupaca 0.Feb. 28 WIAA sectional fi nal: Northland Pines at Central Wisconsin.March 6-7: WIAA state tournament at Madison.7-146618

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the game at 9:01 of the third period on the power play after Medford’s Taylor Adleman was sent to the box for check-ing.

The Storm outshot the Raiders 40-3 in the game. Renee Hosler recorded one save to earn the win, while Athena Kayler made two saves while playing in the third period. Medford’s Makayla Hanson saved 32 of the 40 shots she faced.

Facing injuries most of the season didn’t help the Raiders’ already small numbers on the team. While the stats don’t indicate a lot of success, the team

A process a year in the making fi nal-ly reached its long-awaited conclusion on Monday night. After applying for an equipment grant from the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) Goals & Dreams program 12 months ago and receiving word in October that they had been approved for a grant, the Medford Area Youth Hockey Association (MAYHA) was proud to de-but its 25 new sets of hockey equipment at a mite/squirt practice at the Simek Recreation Center.

“This is so big for our program. It’s an opportunity for more kids to play hock-ey. We’ve got a lot of equipment that was worn out and needed replacement so this is a huge help,” MAYHA vice-president Greg Knight said.

MAYHA offers free hockey equip-ment on loan to children that join the program. The free-on-loan equipment initiative ensures children won’t have to worry about upfront equipment costs when starting out in the sport. A full set of hockey equipment, including hel-met, chest/shoulder pads, elbow pads, breezers, knee pads, and skates can cost hundreds of dollars even at the lowest levels. Knight explained the associa-tion’s need for new equipment to replace worn out sets prompted exploration of an NHLPA grant.

MAYHA found out about the program through USA Hockey, and after more research, decided to offi cially apply for an equipment grant. Around a year ago, MAYHA submitted its application, along with parent testimonials and letters of recommendation to NHLPA.

“A bunch of us worked on the appli-

cation. Parents divided up work on the letters of recommendation and one par-ent wrote a fantastic testimonial about what free equipment meant to their child when they fi rst started in the program,” Knight said.

It wasn’t until Oct. 30 of last year that MAYHA received an email from Matthew Langen, manager of the Goals & Dreams program, that their application had been approved. NHLPA then sent the associa-tion an inventory sheet, allowing them to request the sizes of equipment needed. This past week the equipment arrived, and with it, a wave of energy for a pro-gram seeking to increase its numbers. The equipment is valued at approximate-ly $15,000.

“It’s an exciting time. All of the equip-ment will be available for the fall season and should really help build the pro-gram,” mite parent Shannon Reis said.

The equipment will be a major boost to the program as it works to attract new families and skaters.

“Hockey is an expensive sport. This is a great way for families to get involved in hockey without making a big up-front investment in equipment. It’s impossible to know from the start how long their child will stay involved in hockey so this makes it much easier on families,” Knight said.

The 25 sets include everything a child would need to play the sport, minus a stick. Knight pointed out some of the equipment in the association’s loan pro-gram was over 10 years old. Some pieces required tape to retain their usability.

“It makes a good impression on par-ents. You can outfi t their kids with good equipment thats not worn out. It refl ects well on the association that we’re mak-

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See GIRLS HOCKEY on page 13

ing steps to get better,” he said. Obviously, the kids were excited for

the new gear as well. “I like being on the ice and meeting

new people. New gear will help bring more people to the program,” MAYHA squirt Cameron Bull said.

As anyone who’s been in a hockey locker room can attest to, hockey equip-ment doesn’t always smell the greatest. Having sets of new, clean and reliable gear will be a source of pride for the par-ents and kids that participate in the pro-gram. Having equipment that is effective and keeps the skaters safe is even more valuable to the association.

“The MAYHA has always strived to provide the equipment for any girl or boy who wanted to try hockey. This generous gift of 25 sets of equipment, including skates and helmets, will be a great help in replacing our worn out youth hockey equipment,” MAYHA president Mark Perrin said.

The Goals & Dreams program was launched in 1999 as a way for NHL play-ers to give back to their sport. Over the past 15 years, the program has donated over $22 million to grassroots hockey programs. Goals & Dreams donations have helped children across the globe, including many countries in Europe, the United States, Canada, Costa Rica, South Africa, and India.

The hope is that the new equipment can be used as a major recruiting tool to attract new families and kids to the sport. The lack of success for both high school varsity hockey squads has intensifi ed the need to draw more numbers into the pro-gram as Medford seeks to build its hock-ey identity. Knight was confi dent this will be a big step forward for the youth hockey program.

“Hockey is the greatest sport on Earth. This fi nally gives us the opportunity to of-fer the sport to more families in Medford. Come fall, this will be a big draw for us in getting new participants,” he said.

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This WeekendFriday, February 27

Gun Show from 3 to 8 p.m. at Oak Avenue Community Center in Marshfi eld.

Saturday, February 28Gun Show from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Oak Avenue

Community Center in Marshfi eld.Special Occasion Dress Resale from 10 a.m. to 4

p.m. at the Taylor County Education Center.Lublin Volunteer Fire Department Bowling

Tournament Fundraiser from 11 a.m. to ? at Z’s Cardinal Bowl in Thorp.

6th Annual Strike-A-Bond Bowling Tournamentat noon and 3 p.m. at The Sports Page.

Four Person Underhand Dartball Tourney start-ing at 1 p.m. at Foxy’s.

Cribbage Tournament starting at 1 p.m. and live music by Smoke Wagon from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Hacienda.

Doubles Pool Tourney starting at 2 p.m. at Bogey’s.

Music and Fun at Marilyn’s Fire Station.Texas Hold ‘Em starting at 7 p.m. at JuJu’s.Chicago Style Luck of the Draw Dart

Tournament and Triple Shoot starting at 7:30 p.m. at Zondlo’s.

DJ Howie from 9 p.m. to ? at A&E Tavern.

Sunday, March 1Taylor County SWAT Team Pancake Breakfast

from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Medford Fire Department.

Open House from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Old School Gym in Owen.

Saturday, March 72nd Annual Co-ed Snowshoe Softball

Tournament starting at 8 a.m., Pancake Breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon, and Partners Bean Bag Tournament starting at 7 p.m. at Centennial Community Center.

Sunday, March 8Polka Dance Party with music by Richie

Yurkovich and Polkarioty from 1 to 5 p.m. at Centennial Community Center.

Saturday, March 148th Annual Lee Drolshagen Memorial Pool

Tournament starting at 10 a.m. at DC’s Breaktime, Fuzzy’s, Tappers and Point-0-Eight Bar.

Saturday, March 21Aspirus Medford Hospital’s 3rd Annual

Women’s Health Retreat from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Northcentral Technical College.

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The Garms Family will be the Medford Area Performing Arts Association’s third offering of the 2014-2015 season, performing on Saturday, March 14, at Medford Area Senior High School’s Red/White Theatre, beginning at 7 p.m.

Being part of a family is always an adventure. Being part of a family that tours the upper Midwest hauling instruments, sound equipment, and six kids from eight to 21 – now that’s a great adventure.

David and Kris Garms and six of their eight children (Ben, Taylor, Leesha, Sam, Jayme, and Caleb) have performed throughout the Midwest since 2008. Those attending will enjoy their variety of gospel music, including southern gospel, gospel bluegrass, original songs, and traditional hymns. The family band plays a variety of instruments, including guitar, banjo, mando-lin, fi ddle, dobro, upright bass, harmonica, and more. Combining their exciting musical arrangements and harmonies, the energetic family is eager to share their homegrown talents. They love to work as a team, and their joy as family overfl ows as they play together.

Season ticket holders are encouraged not to miss this performance.

Those unable to attend the Saturday performance are invited to attend a second performance at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 15 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Medford. The church is located 4.5 miles north of Medford on Hwy 13 and then right on Dassow Ave.

Refreshments will be available at the Sunday concert. A free will offering will be gathered at the Trinity Lutheran Church performance.

MASH Band Mid-Winter Concert set for March 2

The Medford High School Music Department will present its annual Band Mid-Winter Concert on Monday, March 2 at 7 p.m. in Raider Hall. Featured on the program will be the Concert Band, Symphonic Band, and Jazz Ensemble.

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Made to orderThe annual Medford FFA pancake breakfast served up a smorgasbord of tasty food Sunday morning at Medford

Area Senior High. Menu items served up by members of the Medford FFA and FFA Alumni groups included pan-cakes, potato pancakes, eggs, sausage, applesauce, c heese, juice and, of course, milk.

ServingMedford FFA members Alison Lynch (left) and Lucia Marshall served

up fresh, hot pancakes and all the fi xings during last weekend’s pancake breakfast. Hundreds of area residents took part in the annual breakfast that has been going on for nearly three decades.

(Right) FFA Alumni member Tim Hobl helped out in the kitchen cooking and cutting up sausage that was served as part of the meal.

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Deb Brod kills people for a living.Sometimes the people she kills she has

gotten to know over the course of time and considered as almost friends.

Other times the people she has mur-dered have been despicable and she is happy to see them gone. “Those are the most fun to write off,” she said in a recent phone interview.

Brod has been practicing her craft professionally since 1989 and, as you can imagine, she has amassed an impressive body count over that time.

Brod is a novelist who has published eight mystery novels so far. She lives in St. Charles, Ill. with her husband Don. She will be speaking at the Frances L. Simek Memorial Library in Medford at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 16. The event is spon-sored by the Medford Library Foundation and the Friends of the Library.

A complete collection of Brod’s books was recently donated to the library by Carol O’Leary and will soon be available for checkout.

In a recent phone interview, Brod shared her inspiration and the surprises she sometimes fi nds when writing novels.

Brod said she draws inspiration from many different sources. She explained a novel may spring from a single character.

“Often it is a character that intrigues me and I want to see where it will take me,” she said. Other times she will read a story in a newspaper. In her book “Heartstone,” the inspiration started with a gemstone that she thought was interest-ing and ended up building an entire book around.

“Usually it is the character that takes me through a book,” she said. A good character is one who can carry her through a couple hundred pages of a book without losing interest, she said.

Writing a novel is hard work and takes discipline to get it completed. For Brod, the special challenge of writing a mystery is to be able to keep it a surprise for the readers about who the antagonist is until the end, while still dropping clues along the way. “You have to give enough clues about who the antagonist is so they don’t feel cheated,” she said.

“You have to play fair with the read-ers,” Brod said, noting she does not like books where authors spring a surprise ending without giving readers a chance to fi gure it out. Building the crises and escalating the tension through the book so readers what to keep turning the pages is also a challenge for any mystery writer.

Often Brod is surprised by what her characters do in her books. While some writers outline their novels and have detailed biographies of their characters,

Brod takes a more organic approach, letting the story unfold as she writes it. Sometimes this has unusual results, such as when she was writing her fi rst novel “Murder in Store.”

“I was two-thirds of the way through the book and didn’t know who done it,” she said. “So I lined up all my characters and asked the who had done it and none of them admitted to it.” Brod ended up creat-ing another character to be the antago-nist, then weaving that character back in through the novel.

“I usually have a better idea of who did it,” she said.

Brod said most of her characters are an amalgam of people she knows. “No one

ever really recognizes themselves when they see themselves in a book,” she said.

Because she spends so much time with her characters, she gets to know their quirky habits. “I like characters who are kind of quirky,” she said.

She said sometimes characters will come to her as voices in her head and she fi gures she should write them into a book or someone may think she is crazy. Of course, just getting an inspiration for a character doesn’t mean they will work out.

“I just sort of put them on the page and audition them,” she said.

While some characters are more intriguing than others, Brod said picking

a favorite would be like asking a parent to pick a favorite child. Often her favorite at any given time is the one she is writing about then. Currently, she is writing a series with the main protagonist Robyn Guthrie. “I like writing her and her mother a lot,” she said.

Writing a series presents some addi-tional challenges for Brod and also some opportunities. In a series, the background and support characters that go from book to book gain more importance and are able to be fl eshed out more. “It is a gigantic tapestry,” she said. Because the readers know the main character is not going to die before the end of the book, and supporting characters are fair game as a way to heighten the tension of a novel. “You cant kill off a main character in a series, but you can kill off supporting characters,” she said.

Brod also likes getting in the minds of her villains.”I like writing the villains a lot,” she said. “On some level I think even the worst people in society see themselves as the heroes and heroines of their own stories,” she said, noting she uses that perspective when writing her villains. “It is kind of fun to get into that mindset,” she said.

Brod’s most recent book “Getting Taken” is with the publisher and she is awaiting a publication date. One of the characters in that book, incidentally, will be named Carol in honor of Carol O’Leary. Her most recent book that is available at bookstores in “Getting Lucky.”

Brod said she always has been a reader and always created stories in her head. “It is something I have always done,” she said.

However, it wasn’t until she went back to college to get a degree in journalism that she was able to learn the discipline needed to write a novel. “I got my masters in journalism and I knew I couldn’t just wait for the muse to strike,” she said.

Her fi rst fi ve books were in the Quint McCauley series and focused on the exploits of a private detective. Her sixth book was a stand-alone novel that weaves Arthurian legend into a modern quest tale and incorporates some supernatural elements.

Her most recent series, the “Getting Even” series, features freelance writer Robyn Guthrie and Brod describes them as being more capers. “They are doing things that are slightly illegal, but for the greater good,” she said.

Brod will be at the Frances L. Simek Memorial Library on Thursday, April 16 at 7 p.m.

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Up-tempo Redmen handily take down the Blue Jays

The Rib Lake Redmen had chance af-ter chance to tie or win their Marawood North boys basketball fi nale on Monday.

Though they didn’t come through in a 41-38 loss, the fact they were in game until the fi nal seconds against the Edgar Wildcats was a good sign, according to Rib Lake head coach Jason Wild.

“I’m happy with the boys,” he said. “I would’ve loved to win because we should have won it. But we needed a game like that where they are more physical and stronger than we are to prove to our-selves that we can compete against that.”

Back on Jan. 27, Wild said the Redmen struggled and were maybe intimidated against an Edgar squad that doesn’t mind physical contact in a 52-36 loss.

This time, Rib Lake stood toe to toe with the Wildcats from start to fi nish. In fact, neither team ever led by more than fi ve points. That team was Rib Lake on fi ve different occasions.

Rib Lake fi nished 6-6 in the Marawood North, good for a third-place tie with Chequamegon. The Redmen are 11-10 overall heading into their fourth-place Marawood Conference Crossover game at Wisconsin Rapids Assumption (6-6 in the South, 13-8 overall) tonight, Thursday.

Edgar wrapped up its fi rst season in the North at 9-3, two games behind 11-1 Phillips. The Wildcats will play Newman Catholic in the second-place crossover game in Marathon on Saturday after-noon.

Joe Frombach and Jordan Blomberg were the key fi gures in a solid offen-sive fi rst half for Rib Lake. Frombach had fi ve points and a handful of assists, most of which went to Blomberg inside. Blomberg had nine points in the half, which ended with Rib Lake leading 20-17.

“Joe was dishing the ball great,” Wild said. “That’s how JB got what he got. We got away from that as far as just passing the ball. All of a sudden, we were trying to get the whole game in one shot. That’s how we sort of stumbled in the third.”

Rib Lake’s lead hit fi ve for the fi nal time at 26-21 on Frombach’s drive right through the middle of Edgar’s zone. Edgar pulled within one before Blomberg hit a wide-open elbow jumper with 55 seconds left in the third quarter, giving Rib Lake a 28-25 lead.

Joe Scheithauer hit a 15-foot jumper to put the Redmen up 32-29, then Edgar turned the game around with an 8-1 spurt. Due to foul trouble, the Wildcats rarely had all of their strongest players on the fl oor at the same time, but they did in this run. Matt Urmanski, a 6-4 for-ward, drove and dished to forward Kaleb Wolf for a layup. Austin Borchardt, an-other 6-4 forward, got a layup to put the Wildcats ahead 33-32 with just under fi ve minutes to go. Borchardt scored again moments later to push the lead to three.

The Redmen trailed 37-33 when they missed a wide-open layup at the 3:04 mark. The Wildcats missed four free throws before Blomberg scored off a Frombach assist to make it 37-35 with 1:26 left. Overaggressive defense left Borchardt wide open under the basket and he scored off an Urmanski assist with 1:03 to go to make it 39-35. Rib Lake’s Jordan Cardey answered with a cold-blooded 23-foot, straight-on three-pointer to make it a one-point game with 52 sec-onds left.

The Wildcats split free throws on their next two possessions to go up by three. Frombach had a great chance to tie it, getting fouled on a three-point shot with 13.1 seconds left, but all three free throws rimmed out. Edgar blew a layup, giving Frombach another shot.

Rib Lake stands its ground, but late chances get away in lossby Sports Editor Matt Frey

MARAWOOD NORTH DIVISIONBOYS BASKETBALL FINAL STANDINGS

Conf. Overall W L W LPhillips 11 1 18 3Edgar 9 3 14 7Rib Lake 6 6 11 10Chequamegon 6 6 10 11Prentice 4 8 11 10Abbotsford 4 8 4 17Athens 2 10 4 17Feb. 19: Rib Lake 57, Athens 44; Abbotsford 42, Chequamegon 36; Prentice 49, Edgar 47.Feb. 23: Edgar 41, Rib Lake 38; Auburndale 59, Abbotsford 39; Prentice 71, Northland Pines 61; Stanley-Boyd 51, Athens 35; Washburn 67, Chequamegon 44.Feb. 26 Marawood Crossovers: 3rd –– Chequa-megon at Auburndale. 4th –– Rib Lake at W.R. Assumption. 5th –– Prentice at Stratford. 6th –– Abbotsford at Pittsville. 7th –– Athens at North. Lutheran.Feb. 28 Marawood Championships at Marathon: 1st –– Phillips vs. Marathon. 2nd –– Edgar vs. Newman Catholic.March 3 WIAA Div. 5 regionals: Cornell at Rib Lake, Gilman at Prentice, Abbotsford at Columbus Catholic.March 3 WIAA Div. 4 regionals: Colby at Athens, Stratford at Edgar.

Rebounding and interior defense are pillars of good basketball. Last Thursday, the Rib Lake boys basketball team had both of its forwards playing at the top of their games as the home side got a 57-44 win over the Athens Blue Jays.

The combination of Joe Scheithauer and Jordan Blomberg proved too much for the Bluejays to overcome as the duo dominated the boards and shut down Athens’ attempts to get near the basket. The two picked up big blocks and several steals that led to fast-break points for the offense as Rib Lake built up an insur-mountable lead.

“JB and Scheithauer were both play-ing like the big men they should be. They’re starting to see if they stand their ground and be a little more physical, they can make a difference,” Redmen head coach Jason Wild said.

The last time these two squads faced off was back on Jan. 16 when the Blue Jays won by four in an overtime slug-fest. Athens’ guard Tony Thurs scored 33 and grabbed 12 rebounds in that win. He couldn’t repeat his performance Thursday. After picking up two quick fouls, Thurs was forced to the bench midway through the fi rst quarter. The Redmen seized on the opportunity to get an early lead. Blomberg scored seven in the fi rst and Rib Lake got a 13-12 lead af-ter the fi rst eight minutes. Lane Tessmer picked up the slack in Thurs’ absence as he scored eight in the opening quarter.

Athens got the fi rst points of the sec-

ond quarter on a Thurs three, but they wouldn’t get much more. Rib Lake’s zone defense caused fi ts for the Jays all night, but had its biggest impact in the second as Rib Lake scored on several fast-break opportunities. Blomberg started the game’s fi rst big run with a layup and Rib Lake added six more to take a 21-15 lead with 4:52 to go.

Athens fi nally got a basket to end the run, but the Redmen started anoth-er streak when Blomberg scored. Joe Frombach added a jumper and Jordan Cardey hit a basket for a 27-17 lead with a minute left in the half. Thurs scored a layup to break the home team’s run. Frombach then scored on a reverse la-yup. Athens’ next possession ended with a traveling call when Thurs fell to the ground while grabbing a rebound. He would not return. With 1.7 seconds left, Frombach lofted an inbounds pass to Blomberg, who jumped over two Athens’ defenders to grab the ball and bank it home as the buzzer sounded for halftime.

Entering the third with a 31-19 lead, the Redmen didn’t slow down. Frombach picked up a steal and went coast-to-coast to get Rib Lake’s fi rst points of the quarter. On Athens’ next possession, Blomberg secured a ball on the fl oor and fi red a pass to Cardey, who hit the Redmen’s only three of the night from the left baseline.

“JB was passing really well. He was getting guys easy looks,” Wild said.

Frombach picked up another steal and scored an easy layup before Athens got on the board in the quarter. Scheithauer

loosed a shot from just inside the arc that found the back of the rim. Battling through several defenders, he gathered his own rebound and put the ball back in. Ben Weller made a three for Athens and the Blue Jays got four of the last six points in the quarter but were still out-scored 11-10 by Rib Lake.

The game’s frenetic pace slowed in the fourth quarter. Frombach made a basket to start the fourth and would add four more points in the fi nal minutes to en-sure a victory for the Redmen. Athens got as close as 11 with two minutes left before Austin Zondlo scored on what amounted to an alley-oop after Nick Eisner’s shot came up short with under a minute to play. Dalton Strebig added a layup on a drive to the hoop to close the scoring as both sides got 15 points in the fourth quarter.

Tessmer led Athens with 12 points. Weller scored 10 and Aaron Wickman added six in the loss. The Blue Jays were fi ve of eight from the free throw line and made three three-pointers in the game.

Frombach scored 18 to lead the Redmen. Blomberg netted 12 while Scheithauer scored 10 to go with 16 re-bounds. Cardey added nine in the win. Rib Lake didn’t need free shots to get the win. The Redmen fi nished two of six at the free throw line.

“The game went well for us. We start-ed out strong and fi nished continuously all the way through. We let off a bit in the fourth quarter and they got themselves scrapping back in, but we were up quite a bit by then,” Wild said.

This time, his game-tying three-point at-tempt from the right wing came up just short. The ball went out of bounds on the baseline to Edgar with three seconds left. The Wildcats then threw the inbound pass out of bounds, giving Rib Lake yet another shot. But the inbound pass took Cardey to the sideline, where he stepped out of bounds before he could shoot.

Blomberg’s 17 points led Rib Lake, while Frombach had eight and Scheithauer scored six. Cardey fi nished with fi ve points and Jared Hovde had a third-quarter hoop.

Borchardt led Edgar with 11 points. Urmanski had 10.

“The biggest thing I noticed is the boys weren’t intimidated in any way,” Wild said. “They fought hard. We had plenty of opportunities. We had four op-portunities to tie it or win it. What more

could we do?”After tonight’s game in Rapids, the

Redmen will focus on WIAA Division 5 tournament play. Rib Lake drew the second-seed in its eight-team regional

and will host seventh-seeded Cornell (4-17) in the fi rst-round game on Tuesday at 7 p.m. Either sixth-seeded Gilman (5-16) or third-seeded Prentice (11-10) awaits on March 6.

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State curling meet complete

Makes the callMedford varsity girls skip Josie Brost tells Courtney Sterzinger (l.) and Bailey Feddick

to keep sweeping during the curling team’s loss to Poynette on Friday afternoon.

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chance at stealing fi rst place in the pool.On the sheet next to East and Medford,

D.C. Everest II upset Eau Claire to put both teams at 2-2. Portage II had already fi nished pool play at 2-2. Had Medford beaten East, those two teams would’ve fi nished 2-2. All fi ve teams then would’ve had to compete in a shootout to break the tie and determine who went to the semi-fi nals.

Instead, East emerged as the pool champion at 3-1.

“It seemed like it just never clicked,” Medford head coach Stu Amundson said of the weekend for the boys, who none-theless had a fi ne season that included a 10-0 mark in the Northern Conference.

Against East, the Raiders were down 8-6 going into the eighth and fi nal, but they had the hammer. Amundson said they had two scoring rocks and needed to bump an East rock off the outer edge of the 12-foot circle to potentially put a third scoring rock in the house. But the throw came up a little light.

“So it was tied and we got it to an ex-tra end, but now we don’t have the last shot,” Amundson said. “We had one in there, but they ended up getting it out of there. With not a lot of rocks to get theirs out, we just couldn’t accomplish it. They scored one to win it.”

The team’s lone win was an 8-5 victory over D.C. Everest II on Friday afternoon in a back-and-forth match. The Raiders took a 3-1 lead in the third end, only to see the Evergreens come back with three in the fourth. A four-spot in the fi fth made it 7-4 and gave Medford the lead for good, eliminating enough Everest rocks in the eighth end to hold on. Eau Claire dropped Medford to 1-2 on Friday night with a 7-3 win.

The Medford II team of Douglas Schumacher, Trenton Geiger, Alec Shear and Sam Dake went 1-3 in its pool, cap-turing a 9-6 win over Mequon Homestead on Friday night. The team lost 11-4 to eventual champion and second-seeded Pardeeville in its fi rst game and nearly knocked off seventh-seeded Poynette in the second round, falling 7-6.

The Raiders lost 8-4 to Wausau West’s top team on Saturday.

“The boys played a good game against West,” Amundson said. “They stayed

real close up until the last two ends.”Wausau East knocked off top-seeded

Portage in one semifi nal while Pardeeville beat Stevens Point. Pardeeville beat East 6-4 in the championship.

Medford’s varsity team of Josie Brost, Bailey Feddick, Alyssa Loertscher, Courtney Sterzinger and Vanessa Laher entered the 16-team girls tournament as the sixth seed and fi nished 2-1 in its pool. The Raiders tied Poynette for the top spot in their four-team pool, but Poynette’s 6-3 fi rst-round in head-to-head action gave it the tiebreaking advantage. Medford had an early 2-0 lead. It was 3-3 after four ends. Single scores by Poynette in the next three ends sealed it.

Medford rebounded with solid 11-0 and 5-3 victories over Wausau East II and Stevens Point.

The Medford II team of Tonja Firnstahl, Jori Brandner, Rebecca Smolka, Shaniah Krueger and Heidi Fliehs went 0-3 in its pool. The Raiders lost their opener 11-1 to top-seeded Pardeeville, but that game was closer than the score indicates. Medford drew fi rst blood in the fi rst end. Pardeeville scored two in the second and just one in each of the next four ends, be-fore a fi ve-ender put it out of reach.

Medford lost 11-8 to Portage II and 7-6 to Wausau East I.

Poynette beat Pardeeville 8-7 in one semifi nal and Portage topped Kettle Moraine-Hartland Arrowhead 7-3 in the other girls semifi nal. Portage, who was the second seed, won its third straight girls title with an 8-4 win in the champi-onship.

A familiar face will make a return to the world stage as three-time Olympian John Shuster (Duluth, Minn.) led his team to the 2015 USA Curling Men’s National Championship title Saturday at Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Mich.

Having already secured the berth for the upcoming world championships on Friday with enough Order of Merit points, Shuster and his team of Tyler George (Duluth, Minn.), Matt Hamilton (McFarland, Wis.), John Landsteiner (Duluth, Minn.), and Trevor Host (Duluth, Minn.) wanted to leave Kalamazoo as na-tional champions as well. With a routine takeout with the fi nal stone of the game, the Shuster rink did just that in defeating Craig Brown’s team, 8-5.

Brown’s team includes Medford na-tive and vice-skip Kroy Nernberger.

It was a tight match between the two skips, who are very used to playing with and against one another.

Shuster’s team was forced to open the game with a hit for a single point. Brown, a two-time national champion and last year’s runner-up as well, had the early game advantage, twice scoring deuces to take a 4-1 lead after four ends of play. Shuster capitalized on a heavy draw by Team Brown to score a deuce in the fi fth end to tie the game, 4-4.

The next two ends were blanked with Brown and his team of Nernberger (now of Madison), Jared Zezel (Hibbing,

Shuster rink brings home the gold at 2015 USA Curling National Championships

Minn.), and Sean Beighton (Seattle) tak-ing a point in the eighth end for the slim lead. The Shuster rink was able to hold the hammer until the 10th end to set up the win.

The 10th was looking like it was going to lean in the direction of a force of one for Team Shuster until vice skip stones produced a missed takeout for Team Brown. That allowed Shuster’s team the opening to set up the deuce with George’s next stone. The weight of Brown’s fi nal two freeze attempts were not judged pre-cisely enough and Shuster had a routine takeout for the win.

Following a loss to Shuster’s team last Wednesday, Brown’s team fi nished round-robin play with wins over the Ethan Meyers (11-4) and Korey Dropkin (6-4) rinks to clinch the two-seed in the page playoffs with a 7-2 record.

“We’ve just been playing well,” Brown said after the Meyers match. “We’ve been making a lot of shots up and down the lineup so it’s been pretty straightforward for me because the guys in front of me have been playing well. We haven’t been put in very much trouble.”

Team Shuster beat Team Brown 7-6 in Friday afternoon’s 1-2 page playoff game to advance to the fi nal. A draw into the four-foot with the fi nal stone won it. Brown’s team, however, advanced to Saturday’s championship by rebound-ing Friday night with a 4-3 semifi nal win over the Heath McCormick rink.

Brown, Nernberger, Zezel and Beighton were the fi rst to put a deuce on the scoreboard as the team drew into the rings for two points in the fi fth end to take a 2-1 lead. After giving up single steals in the sixth and seventh ends, McCormick and his team were successful with a draw into the four-foot in the eighth end to fi nally get back on the scoreboard and make it a one-point game. The ninth end was blanked and the 10th was relatively wide open. 2014 Olympian Brown just needed to convert a runback to remove the McCormick shot rock with the fi nal stone to win the game.

Medford Women’s LeagueA League: Thums Construction, 21-6; ABG Ma-sonry, 18-6; Riemers, 13-11; Refl ections, 12-18; Thums Trucking, 10-17; Frese Frame, 10-14; Timberline, 6-18.B League: Quality Realty, 29-1; Pro Express, 26-4; K&B, 22-8; Thirsty Moose, 20-10; WD 40, 15-15; Klinner, 14-16; Nicolet, 13-17; Neubaurs, 12-18; Vet Clinic,12-18; Phillips, 8-22; Allied MH, 7-23; Stetsonville Lumber, 2-28.

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ter three-pointers gave them a lead they wouldn’t relinquish in their 41-27 win.

The teams slugged it out to a 4-4 tie in the fi rst quarter. It was still just 7-6 midway through the second when Tori Lammar got a steal and score at the 3:20 mark and Mandi Baker followed with a three-pointer to make it 12-6. Abbie Bergman buried a straight-on three-pointer as the trailer in a transition op-portunity with four seconds left to make it 16-8 at halftime.

Bergman was one of four seniors to get starts in their fi nal home game, join-ing Jen Stolp, Marissia Friedel and Heidi Wildberg. Bergman and Stolp scored 11 points each to lead the Raiders in their regular-season fi nale.

Head coach Scott Wildberg said the team appeared to have some Senior Night jitters in the fi rst half, but when the team cranked its defensive pressure in the sec-ond half, the girls seemed to settle in.

Leading 22-15 late in the third quar-ter, the Raiders forced fi ve straight back-court turnovers. Lakyn Kummer got a steal and score on one. Baker’s steal gave Bergman a bucket to make it 26-15. Jenna Baker hit a baseline jumper off an inbound play at the buzzer to pull the Papermakers within 26-17.

A Stolp free throw and a Kummer three-pointer pushed the lead to 30-17. The Raiders put it away by making eight of 16 free throws in a foul-infested fourth quarter. Nekoosa made two of six free throws as the game grinded to a close.

Kummer added six points for the Raiders, who improved to 7-14. Kendal Laher scored four in a solid outing. Baker fi nished with three. Hailee Clausnitzer and Lammar had two points each. Molly Carstensen and Wildberg both made a free throw.

Shannon Sorbo led Nekoosa with sev-en points. Emma Crider added six.

believes it’s headed in the right direc-tion.

“We focused on setting up more solid lines with the girls. We put girls in po-sitions where they felt they were strong and also put them in lines where they worked well together. The girls improved so much this season. The stats might not refl ect it, but we’ve come a long way this season,” Markham said.

The Raiders fi nish their season with a 3-18 record. Medford was knocked out of the postseason by Central Wisconsin last season as well, though that score was 12-0. With no seniors on the roster, the entire lineup will return next year. That continuity provides hope that bet-ter times are on the horizon for the girls club.

“It’s going to be wonderful having the same group again next year along with some newcomers. We’re going to start our off-ice training soon to keep up the strides we’ve made this season and to head into next year strong,” Markham said.

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(20-3) during the quarterfi nal round, which starts at about 11:15 a.m. on Friday.

Two more Raiders, 113-pounder Josh Brooks and 138-pounder Preston Carlson were eliminated after the fi rst round during Saturday’s sectional meet.

Hanson opened sectional competition with a 10-2 ma-jor decision over Stanley-Boyd/Owen-Withee/Thorp sophomore Eric Hoffstatter (20-14) in the quarterfi nals. He clinched a state berth with a 6-1 decision over Rice Lake sophomore Chase Schmidt (37-8) in a match that went right down to the wire.

“That was a good match,” Hanson said. “There were nine seconds left and I got an escape, takedown and near fall all in nine seconds. It was a lot closer than it looked, being 6-1.”

Hanson said in those fi nal seconds, he knew he had to fi nd a way to win it and assure himself of the top-three fi nish needed to get a state berth.

“That was nice knowing I could rest a little easier,” Hanson said. “You’re still going to wrestle hard and try to win, but you don’t have to worry about it either.”

Hanson’s stamina played a big role in the fi nals against Gulich (38-5). He came back to tie the match at 3-3. After a scoreless 60-second fi rst overtime, Gulich chose the down position, and Hanson rode him out for 30 seconds. Hanson took his turn from the down posi-tion and escaped to win the title.

“He muscled me around,” Hanson said. “Then I had to tie him up before I fi nally started controlling the match. Once I wrestled my own match then it got a lot better. I knew going into the third period and overtime that I could win because he was tired and I was still in Bowling

2014-2015 MAMS wrestling team summary

The Medford Area Middle School wrestling team completed another successful season on Jan. 30. The team compiled a record of 255 wins and 180 loses with 152 pins. The team as a whole won 58.6 percent of its matches while having a 59.6 percent pin ratio. The team competed in seven dual meets and four tournaments.

Medford was coached by Brandon Marcis, Larry Brandl and Matthew Johnson. The team received tre-mendous support and a lot of help from family and friends.

The team’s eighth graders were Taylor Bryant, Cody Church, Alex Davis, Josh Doberstein and Andy Poetzl. The seventh graders included Clay Bowe, Jake Brunner, Walker Ewan, Dane Higgins, Mary Noland, Jake Rau, Eric Rehbein, Sterling Reilly and Zeke Sigmund. The sixth graders were Carson Church, Emett Grunwald, Hayden Johnson and Dalton Krug.

The team was led in wins by Carson Church with 22 followed by Poetzl and Grunwald with 20, Higgins with 19, Johnson with 18, Brunner, Ewan and Noland with 17, Rehbein with 16, Cody Church with 15, Sigmund with 14, Rau and Reilly with 13, Bowe with 11 and Bryant and Davis with nine. Several of the boys battled injury and illness during the season.

Medford competed in the Tomahawk tournament on Jan. 10. Team scores were not kept for this tourna-ment. Poetzl, Brunner, Higgins, Rehbein, Sigmund and Carson Church placed fi rst. Bryant, Cody Church, Ewan, Rau and Johnson placed second. Noland was third. Bowe and Krug placed fourth.

Medford competed in the Wausau West tournament on Jan. 17. Higgins and Rau placed fi rst. Bowe, Brunner, Rehbein, Carson Church, Grunwald and Johnson placed second. Cody Church, Poetzl, Reilly, Sigmund and Krug were third. Davis, Ewan and Noland placed fourth.

Medford competed in the Athens tournament on Jan. 23. Cody Church, Davis, Ewan, Noland, Sigmund, Carson Church and Grunwald all placed fi rst. Bryant, Brunner and Johnson were second. Poetzl, Bowe, Higgins and Rau placed third. Rehbein and Krug placed fourth.

Medford competed in the Merrill tournament on Jan. 30. This is the middle school’s conference tournament. Medford placed fourth out of 18 teams with 132 points. Poetzl and Ewan placed fi rst. Rau and Sigmund placed second. Carson Church was third, Higgins placed fourth and Noland was fi fth. Cody Church did not place in the main tournament. Eight other wrestlers placed in a separate mini-tournament. Reilly was fi rst. Bryant, Davis, Brunner, Rehbein, Grunwald, Johnson and Krug all placed second.

good shape.”“Kolten won the close matches,” head coach Tran

Brooks said. “He’s not fl ashy, but he’s just solid. It’s hard to score on him. That’s his style. With him in the fi nals, once it was in overtime, we said we’ll win. He’s such a hard worker. He runs. He does extra. In the fi nals match, he wasn’t breathing hard. The other guy was. That’s what really won it, especially at the end. He was able to ride him and then get out.”

Peterson fi nally found success in his third sectional appearance. He started with a 4-0 win over St. Croix Central junior Kyle Larson (25-13) in the quarterfi nals, a win he said served as a big confi dence boost.

“(Larson) was a decent wrestler,” Peterson said. “The fi rst matches are always hard. The second one, then you’re ready. You’ve broken the ice. It’s always good when I have Kolten in front of me. You see him win, that makes me think, ‘I gotta win this.’”

Peterson knew going in the semifi nal match against Ellsworth sophomore Anders Lantz (37-10) wasn’t going to be easy. One big move turned the match around and gave Peterson just enough breathing room to earn a 6-5 win and assure him of his trip to Madison.

“He took me down in kind of a scramble in the begin-ning,” Peterson said. “I hit the grandby and I got four or fi ve points off of that. That really put me in the lead. After that, I just stayed cool and stayed solid.

“At the end, he was down and he was holding on to my leg and I was squeezing and holding on for dear life. Then I saw the towel tapper walk out and I just thought, ‘it’s over.’”

In the fi nals, the state’s second-ranked 152-pound-er in Division 2, Jonny Chamberlain of Chetek-Weyerhaeuser/Prairie Farm rolled to a 15-5 major de-cision. Peterson fi nished in second place when Lantz fought his way back with two wins on the consolation side to take third, meaning there would be no wrestle-back.

“That was nice for Tucker,” Brooks said. “It was pretty exciting. I’d like to see Tucker get the fi rst win (at state), so he can stay in it.”

If Peterson wins his opening match in Madison, he’ll get undefeated Dewey Krueger of Oconto Falls (39-0), who won the 132-pound title in 2013 and was the 145-pound runner-up last year. Getting to that match would be big because it would, at the very least, give Peterson a chance to remain in contention for a top-six medal.

“If you win one match after that preliminary, you’re on the podium,” Brooks said.

The 145-pound bracket doesn’t have the clear-cut favorite like the 152-pound bracket does, but nothing fi gures to come easy for Hanson either. If Hanson wins his quarterfi nal, Sparta senior Brock Polhamus (44-3) or Oconto Falls sophomore Nate Trepanier (36-5) would be formidable foes, Brooks said.

“I’m just going to wrestle my best in every match and hopefully I can get on the podium,” Hanson said. “You have to beat the best to be the best.”

In his fi rst-ever sectional match, Carlson (20-10), a sophomore, couldn’t keep up with RIce Lake junior Cole Paulson (19-5), who rolled to a 16-2 major decision. That was the last match Paulson would win. Prescott’s Paul Hansen (24-7) battered Paulson 15-3 in the semifi -nals and won the 138-pound title with a 4-3 decision over Neillsville-Greenwood-Loyal’s Derek Nielsen (22-13).

Sophomore Josh Brooks (33-9) was pinned in 1:37 by Luck-Frederic-Grantsburg’s Cole Britton (36-7), who lost 2-0 to eventual champion Sawyer Strom of Ellsworth (29-10) in the semifi nals but eventually wrestled his way back to second place.

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Medford Women’s LeagueResults: Hacienda 7, VFW 2; Cindy’s 8, Thirsty Moose 1; Steppin’ Up 5, Gad 4; Main Street II 8, Main Street I 1.

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State wrestling meet starts today“Preston got beat but he wrestled well,” Brooks said.

“He was just outmatched. We came across guys that were just that much better. Same thing with Josh. In Josh’s case, the top two kids were on his side of the bracket. So he had to beat one of them and we didn’t even get a chance at the second one.”

WIAA Div. 2 state wrestling brackets145 poundsJosh Becker, Jr., Sheboygan Falls (38-12) vs. Chandler

Donati, Sr., Two Rivers (20-3); winner faces Kolten Hanson, Fr., Medford (40-4).

Nate Trepanier, So., Oconto Falls (36-5) vs. Garret Davies, So., Cedar Grove-Belgium (26-16); winner faces Brock Polhamus, Sr., Sparta (44-3).

Chase Schmidt, So., Rice Lake (37-8) vs. Taylor Gilardi, Jr., Viroqua (34-14); winner faces Austin Keuler, Sr., Chilton-Hilbert (41-6).

Elijah Alt, So., River Valley (38-11) vs. Ryan Gulich, Sr., St. Croix Central (38-5); winner faces Josh Verbeten, Jr., Wrightstown (28-12).

152 poundsBen Klister, So., Wrightstown (32-14) vs. Casey Persike, So.,

Lodi (36-12); winner faces Jonny Chamberlain, Sr., Chetek-Weyerhaeuser/Prairie Farm (34-2).

Hayden Krein, Fr., Sparta (35-6) vs. Seth Peters, Jr., Luxemburg-Casco (35-12); winner faces Sean Mattek, Jr., Sheboygan Falls (40-6).

Tucker Peterson, Jr., Medford (40-4) vs. Malik Smith, Sr., Wisconsin Lutheran (41-7); winner faces Dewey Krueger, Sr., Oconto Falls (39-0).

Mitch Garriety, Sr., Lomira (44-4) vs. Anders Lantz, So., Ellsworth (37-10); winner faces Willie Vandenlangenberg, Jr., Wisconsin Dells (23-6).

Thursday, February 25, 2015 Page 15

OUTDOORSTHE STAR NEWS

The 2015 spring turkey permit drawing has ended, and 134,257 successful applicants will receive spring wild turkey permits.

A total of 237,768 permits have been made available for the spring 2015 turkey season. Remaining permits will be available through over-the-counter sales begin-ning March 23.

Postcard notifi cations have been sent to success-ful applicants. Hunters can check permit applica-tion status online through the Department of Natural Resources’ Online Licensing Center or by calling the DNR Customer Call Center from 7 a.m. through 10 p.m., seven days a week, at 888-WDNRINFo (888-936-7463).

The spring 2015 turkey hunt will run from April 15 to May 26, with six seven-day periods running Wednesday through the following Tuesday. A total of seven zones and Fort McCoy will be open for hunting.

New in 2015, Wisconsin’s state park turkey hunting zones have been eliminated. Hunters are no longer able to apply for spring turkey permits in any of the previ-ous state park hunting zones. State parks will remain open to spring turkey hunting during the fi rst three time periods only, and have been absorbed into the sur-rounding turkey management zones.

Hunters are reminded the Fort McCoy spring turkey hunting season is managed separately from the state of Wisconsin spring turkey hunt. Hunters who do not receive an approval to hunt turkeys through the state drawing in a Wisconsin turkey hunting zone for the 2015 spring season are eligible to apply for a spring per-

license and 2015 Wild Turkey Stamp, unless they have previously purchased the license and stamp or a 2015 Conservation Patron License. Purchasing permits will not affect preference point status for future spring or fall turkey permit drawings.

Leftover permits can be purchased through the Online Licensing Center on the DNR website, at all au-thorized license agents, at DNR Service Centers or by calling toll-free 877-LICENSE (877-945-4236).

Youth hunt April 11-12Youth hunters ages 12-15 who have completed hunter

education and are accompanied by an adult age 18 or older are encouraged to participate in this year’s youth turkey hunt April 11- 12.

In addition, thanks to the Mentored Hunting Program that took effect in the fall of 2009, youth hunters aged 10 and 11 may now also participate in the 2015 youth turkey hunt without fi rst having completed hunter education, as long as they do so with a qualifi ed adult mentor and follow the rules laid out under the laws of the program. Each youth hunter must have a valid spring 2015 turkey harvest permit, license and wild turkey stamp. Youth may hunt in the turkey management zone for which their permit is valid, regardless of the time period for which their permit is issued, and may harvest only one male or bearded turkey during the two-day youth hunt.

Youth hunters who do not successfully harvest a tur-key during the April 11-12 hunt may use their unfi lled permit during the time period and in the zone for which the permit was issued. All other spring turkey hunting regulations apply.

134,257 permits issued for 2015 spring turkey hunt; leftovers on sale March 23mit at Fort McCoy. Applications can be obtained from Fort McCoy by calling 608-388-3337 or online at www.mc-coy.army.mil.

Leftovers on sale March 23The 103,516 remaining permits for the 2015 spring

turkey hunting season will be sold on a fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis starting Monday, March 23 at 10 a.m. Leftover permits will be fi rst issued for sale by zone, one zone per day. Each zone will have a designated sales date.

Hunters are encouraged to use the turkey zone map and turkey permit availability web pages to see if per-mits are available for the period and zone in which they wish to hunt.

The following zones have leftover permits and their scheduled sales dates are Zone 1 on Monday, March 23; Zone 2 on Tuesday, March 24; Zone 3 on Wednesday, March 25; Zone 4 on Thursday, March 26; and Zones 5, 6 and 7 on Friday, March 27. Due to the low number of permits left in these units, sales have been combined into one day.

After zone-only sales, all remaining turkey tags will be available for purchase Saturday, March 28. Extra tags may be purchased at a rate of one per day until the zone and time period sells out or the season ends.

The fee for leftover turkey permits is $10 for residents and $15 for non-residents, and each will have equal op-portunity to purchase over-the-counter permits. All hunters will be required to purchase a spring turkey

dark and then hung the two hogs, which had an estimat-ed live weight of 320 and 260 pounds.

So that I could do this work with a bum hand that had an open wound, I wore dishwashing gloves the entire weekend and took lots of aspirin.

Saturday, Jan. 31High 28, Low 14

Today I was the chief de-boner and Travis made brats and pork sausage. Travis had brought a quality meat grinder to my house and a brat stuffer. He has a keen awareness of the different spices that are required to make quality brats and sausage.

My kitchen truly resembled a slaughter house by midday. I was cutting and wrapping roasts, chops and steaks and Travis went through the process of mixing up 65 pounds of brats and 50 pounds of breakfast sau-sage.

We worked until 10:30 p.m. and fi nished the next day with everything wrapped. That included the brats, sau-sage, 26 roasts that were boneless and could be cut into steaks, 20 packs of boneless chops and 40 pounds of ribs.

Wednesday, Feb. 18High 7, Low -14

The pups are fi ve weeks old today. They still live in a nest box in my living room and are entertainment for many people in the Necedah area who come to play with the pups. Some actually take them home for short visits.

The money from this litter goes one share to the breeder, one share to Selina, who puts it directly into her savings account, and eight shares toward the pur-chase of a decent boat. I am in no rush but am looking for a 16.5-foot or larger Deep V and wide hulled boat that has at least a 90-horsepower motor. My new rig has to be clean/quality and no older than a 2000.

Today I walked out to my mailbox and the endless crazy life I live added a new twist. Both Selina and I re-ceived bear tags for this fall’s hunt. No money, no time and a bum left hand. I am fi ne with all of the above.

If you want a pup or have a lead on a boat, give me a call.

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This week’s column has to do with what I have done in the last month while at home, watching Fire raise her 10 pups. As of this writing I have two males left to sell and the litter is fi ve weeks old.

Monday, Jan. 26High, 27, Low 8

It is dark, early in the evening and Fire is laying with her 11-day-old pups. I have decided I would split some fi rewood with my log splitter. I have yard lights and was in a big-time, working mood.

I had only been running the splitter about 10 minutes when I made a pretty good-sized mistake and let my left hand get in between the piece of fi rewood I was splitting and the back plate of the splitter. I was wearing gloves, the pain was powerful and I knew I had messed up big time. The pressure caused the skin on my left pointer fi nger to literally explode and I was so scared and mad at myself that I waited a half-hour to take my glove off and look at it.

Long story made short: my left hand and –– I am left-handed –– is messed up.

Friday, Jan. 30High 30, Low 17

My 23-year-old stepson, Travis Dushek, is becom-ing notorious with our entire gang for having very good skills at making brats, jerky, sausage and burger. Last summer I proposed an idea to Travis. The two of us could split all the expenses of raising two hogs and when they were ready to butcher, we would dedicate a weekend to process them at my house.

I do not care who you are. The killing part of slaugh-tering farm-raised animals is not fun. Tonight, in the dark, Trav let pig number one out and it bolted which made a shot to where the head meets the neck a bit chal-lenging. I got lucky. Pig number-two came out slow, which made the job easy and neither animal ever knew what happened to it.

Travis and I each skinned a pig in my yard in the

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Friday, April 3 &

Saturday, April 4

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Apply now for the Spring Mentored Turkey Hunt on the evening of

Deadlines approach for ice fi shing shelter removal

The deadlines for ice anglers to remove ice fi sh-ing shelters from inland and boundary waters are ap-proaching.

The upcoming deadlines are March 1 for Wisconsin-Minnesota boundary waters and March 15 for Wisconsin-Michigan boundary waters.

For inland Wisconsin waters, ice fi shing shelters must be removed daily and when not occupied after the following dates:

� Sunday, March 8 for waters south of Hwy 64 (fi rst Sunday following March 1).

� Sunday, March 15 for waters north of Hwy 64, along with Lake Michigan, Superior and the Bay of Green Bay (First Sunday following March 12).

One exception to this rule is that on the Fox River downstream from the DePere dam in Brown County, ice fi shing shelters must always be removed from the ice daily and when not in use.

After these dates for removing ice fi shing shelters from a frozen lake or river, an angler may continue to use a portable shelter but must remove it daily and when it is not occupied or actively being used.

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Coaching Position Available:MAMS Intramural Gymnastics, Grades 5-8Knowledge of coaching strategies and skills as well as experience coaching athletics required. Successful candidates must possess or be able

The season starts March 16, 2015 and will run through mid-May.Apply By: Monday, March 2, 2015Apply To: Medford Area Public School District Human Resources 124 W. State Street Medford, WI 54451

ALL POSITIONS ARE SUBJECT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT’SCRIMINAL RECORDS, DRUG TESTING AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION POLICIES.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Automotive Body Shop Technician

Full Time ~ Paid Training High Volume Dealership

Paid Vacation ~ 401K Health & Dental Benefits

Must Have Valid Driver’s License

Email resume to dkluth@courtesyautoandtruck.com or stop in to fill out an application.

2-23-15

is looking for aLicensed Insurance Agent

GREAT benefits including:vacation, 401k, group life.

Please apply in person orby mailing resume to:

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P.O. Box 66Medford, WI 54451No phone calls please 8-146687

Full-timePharmacy TechnicianEnergetic, dependable, hard-working

individual needed to learn all systems, at a leading area pharmacy. We provide challenging

and interesting work, complete training,

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Please send resume to:

Blind Ad#295PO Box 180

Medford, WI 54451

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CALLING ALL PICKUP TRUCKS! Foremost Transport is now hiring ½ ton and larger pickups and any vehicle that can pull a 7,000 pound trailer. $3,000 Spring Bonus! We pay our contract drivers top rates with non-forced dispatch, multiple nationwide terminal locations, quick settlements, and amaz-ing dispatchers! Call 574-642-2024 or email drive@foremost-transport.com today! (CNOW)

***IRS AUCTION*** March 11th @ New Richmond City Hall - 156 E 1st St New Richmond, WI @ 9:30 a.m. Property listed on National and State Historic reg-istries! Jennifer: 618-713-0421 www.IRSauctions.gov (CNOW)

SEXUAL ABUSE Anonymous Self Help Evening Group for Victims of Sexual Abuse. Tues-day & Wednesday evening from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Also Satur-day Men’s Group. For informa-tion write: Evening Group, P.O. Box 366, Stratford, WI 54484. (Meeting place not disclosed).

SWAP MEET: March 21-22 at the Medford Elementary School during the Home and Business Expo. Reserve a spot for $25 and bring your boat, ATV, snow-mobile, camper or any outdoor items to sell. For more infor-mation or to reserve your spot, contact the Medford Chamber of Commerce at 715-748-4729.

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Gilman School second quarter honor rollHighest Honor:

Seventh Grade — Montana Birkenholz, Evelyn Fryza, Hunter Oberle and Lydia Syryczuk.

Eighth Grade — Maverick Birkenholz, Torgor Crick and Ryan Webster.

Freshman — Citory Oberle and Elliot Wininger.

Junior — Morgan Birkenholz, Laura Bolstad and Emily Johnson.

Senior — Shannon Draeger and Brooke Webster.

A Honor:Seventh Grade — Hannah Baker, Ol-

ivia Franzen, Grace Grunseth, RaeAnne Heier, Spencer Kraus, Haley Tomasek, Mi-kayla Waichulis, Emma Warner, Kaitlyn

Webster and Sydney Webster.Eighth Grade — Alexis Aldinger, Wy-

att Heier, Kellvin Krizan, MyKell Podolak and Dayne Tallier.

Freshman — Kasee Burton, Emmalee Quinnell and Camryn Skabroud.

Junior — Amanda Dahl, Mackenzie Elwood, Isabella Franzen, Breanna Fryza, Anthony Guentner, Rachael Krug, Travis Lato and Bryer Nichols.

Senior — Kristofer Murphy, Parker Rosemeyer, Kendall Skabroud, Tyler Swo-boda and Santana Tomasek.

B Honor:Seventh Grade — Emma Benninger,

Lexi Chaplinski, Sara Chause, Bradlee Co-penhaver, Mason Dixon, Kaitlyn Glebke,

Ethan Grunseth, Gabriel Gunderson, Brooke Immormino, Brady Johnson, Joe Olson, Ethan Person, Samantha Person, Jaiden Sedivy, Madelyn Sinkevicius-Kri-zan, Kirklan Thompson, Blake Wisocky and Jaycee Zach.

Eighth Grade — Bradley Couillard, Keaton Edblom, Ivy Grunseth, Marissa Mravik, Dallas Skabroud, Tanisha Tischer, Alyssa Tomaszewski, Casey Webster and Amanda Wisocky.

Freshman — Seth Baker, Tyler Boie, Raven Crabb, Shane Dircks, Joseph Marks, Zachary Person, Kessler Pongratz, Cooper Sherfi eld and Hunter Ustianowski.

Sophomore — Jessica Adams, Deanne Anderson, Stephanie Baker, Kayla Chause, Brielle Copenhaver, Taylor Hendricks, Ali-

cia Hoehn, Kristin Krizan, Amelia Olson, Angy Rafferty, Chanse Rosemeyer, Andrew Rucks, Audrey Swensen, Brodey Swoboda, Amber Tomasek, Lane Webster, Phillip Wenzel and Brendan Wojcik.

Junior — Ethan Aldinger, Zane Chap-linski, Jacob Dalsky, Jordan Lemke, Kate-lynn Monson, Bobbi Jo Nelson, Mariah Person, Leanne Rafferty, Jonathan Rucks, Tucker Schmuckal, Kyla Schoene, Emmit Sherfi eld, Donovan Tischer, Jordan Vieras and Mackenzie Webster.

Senior — Desiree Budzinski, James Co-penhaver, Joshua Dalsky, Bo Dircks, Mi-chael Drexler, Rebecca Heier, Jesse Ogle, Colton Schmitt, Shaelan Schmitt, Makay-len Skabroud, Derek Thorgerson, Ryan Tkachuk and Darian Webster.

NEWS/CLASSIFIEDSTHE STAR NEWS

Thursday, February 26, 2015 Page 17

Ace Ethanol LLC in Stanley, WI offers a safe and fast-paced work environment, competent and committed co-workers, competitive base pay, excellent employee benefits, quarterly bonuses and annual profit-sharing – all in an industry-leading and state-of-the-art facility. We are currently seeking highly motivated individuals for the following openings:

Administrative Assistant- Responsibilities include: providing timely and accurate administrative support for general office

functions; reception (by phone and visitors); meeting scheduling; secretarial support; and various bookkeeping and administrative responsibilities.

- Position requires: at least 2 years of bookkeeping/administrative experience along with being proficient with Microsoft Office. Additional accounting and/or administrative training typically gained in a certificate or technical college is preferred. Must be able to read and clearly speak English, interact professionally with others, follow written and verbal instructions, write legibly for documentation, perform basic math operations, use a computer proficiently, and use postage machine. Must be able to work independently and as a team member.

- Hours: generally weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. May occasionally be required to work overtime, evenings, weekends, or holidays.

- Pre-employment drug screen and background check required.

Electrical & Instrumentation Technician- Responsibilities include: installing conduit and related wiring according to NEC; safely installing,

calibrating, and maintaining all instrumentation and control valves for production equipment and systems; maintaining Motor Control Centers; maintaining and repairing other equipment such as telecommunications, video, business and control networks, and data recording devices; installing and maintaining Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs); as well as maintaining HVAC systems for the plant and offices.

- Position requires: at least a high school education or equivalent. Allen-Bradley PLC systems experience and/or education is required. Electrical/Mechanical technical degree is strongly preferred, as is Apprentice or Journeyman Electrician status. Must have ability to read and clearly speak English, follow written and verbal instructions, perform basic math operations, and work independently and as a member of a team. Experience installing and maintaining a variety of electrical systems, motors, drives, instruments, and other electronic equipment is required. Must be able to use calibration instruments and basic hand tools.

- Hours: generally first (1st) shift Monday-Friday, 9 hours per day with some variation in start and end times. Occasional evenings, weekends, or holiday work for call-ins. Due to 24/7/365 operations, must be reliable and timely in reporting to work.

- Pre-employment physical, drug screening and background check required.

8-146821

Please apply by sending resume by March 11, 2015 to:Ace Ethanol LLC

Attn: Joanna Hart815 W. Maple Street

Stanley, WI 54768Phone: (715)644-2909

Fax: (715)709-0290Email: jhart@aceethanol.com EOE

GOLD BUCKLE ELECTRIC has an immediate opening for a JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIAN

to join their growing team. This is a full-time positionMonday through Friday, 7am-3pm.

Applicants must:

In return, employees receive:

To apply, send resume along with WI Journeyman Electrican # to: Gold Buckle Electric, N4969 Hillcrest Rd., Medford, WI 54451

8-146826

SPORTS/NEWS REPORTERThe Record-Review, an award winning family owned weekly newspaper in central Wisconsin, is looking for a reporter to cover local high school sports, community events, village board and school board meetings. Duties also include page design, photography, feature and editorial writing. Web and social media skills a plus. A bachelor’s degree in journalism or related humanities fi eld is required. Investigative or enterprise reporting is encouraged. Must have a valid driver’s license, good driving record and vehicle with proof of insurance. Benefi t package included.

Send cover letter, resume, and writing samples to:Kris O’Leary

TP Printing, P.O. Box 677, Abbotsford, WI 54405

7-165582

The Village of Gilman is seeking an Assistant to the Clerk’s office. Responsibilities include: accounts payable and receivable, payroll,

licensing, public relations, operating office equipment and general daily Village operations. This is a part time position. Please stop in at the Clerk’s Office for an application or check it out on the website www.gilmanwi.com

under the Government area.

EOE

Send application, letter of interest, resume and references to: Village of Gilman

PO Box 157Gilman, WI 54433

PART TIME ASSISTANT

8-146915

MarquipWardUnited, is currently looking for motivated people to become part of our people-centric company located in Phillips, Wisconsin.

Perform duties required to learn and test MarquipWardUnited (MWU) equipment. Use knowledge and training to assist other testing staff in testing MWU equipment. Travel to customer site when required to facilitate installation. Perform duties inherent throughout final assembly process to complete machine as necessary.

Perform duties required to layout, build, test, troubleshoot, repair, and modify developmental and production electronic components, parts, equipment, and systems, applying principles and theories of electronics, electrical circuitry, engineering mathematics, electronic and electrical testing, and physics.

Send resumes to: Rebecca.Ludwig@MarquipWardUnited.com  MarquipWardUnited Attn: Culture and People Development 1300 No. Airport Rd., Phillips, WI 54555 Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

7-146604

Part-timeCustomer Service Representative

Fidelity National Bank is seeking a customerservice-oriented individual with an outgoing, friendly personality to fill the position of part-time customer

service representative.Major duties include cash receipt and payment services.

Ideal candidates must provide exceptional customer service, be dependable and able to handle multiple tasks while working in a fast-paced environment. Experience

with cash handling and computer knowledge is required. Must be able to accommodate flexible scheduling including weekends. For immediate consideration,

please mail or email your resume to:

Fidelity National BankHuman Resource Department

P.O. Box 359Medford, WI 54451

knetzer@fidelitybnk.com(no phone calls please)

Equal Opportunity Employer7-146536

WANTED TO buy: 10 to 14 ton bulk feed bin, with or with-out auger, must be in good condition. Call 715-391-0017.

WANTED: GUNS, ammo and related items, old or new, any quantity. Private collector. 715-229-2009, 262-853-3853.

WANTED TO BUY

LOCAL SUPPER Club look-ing to hire a chef/head cook with culinary experience, also an experienced wait-ress and bartender. Send re-sume to: Blind Ad #294, P.O. Box 180, Medford, WI 54451.

LOOKING FOR bartender every other weekend, other days available, Medford. Send qualifi cations and experi-ence to: Blind Ad #289, P.O. Box 180, Medford, WI 54451.

MEYER MANUFACTURING Corporation is accepting ap-plications for CNC machinists, painters, press brake operator, production welders and general labor. Competitive wage, excel-lent fringe benefi ts. Normal work week is four 10-hour days - Mon-day through Thursday. Apply in person at Meyer Mfg. Corp., Hwy. A West, Dorchester, WI.

TRUCK DRIVER wanted for grain hopper division. Home weekends. 715-571-9601.

HELP WANTEDHELP WANTED

(2) 28’x102” trailers with swing doors, roadable. (1) 40’ with overhead door, con-verter dollies, $750. 715-229-2009 or 262-853-3853.

CENTRAL BOILER E-Classic outdoor furnaces. Heat your entire home and hot water. EPA qualifi ed. Call today about limited time, money-saving of-fers. Northern Renewable En-ergy Systems, 715-532-1624.

FEBRUARY FREEZER fi ller sale: pastured organic chickens. Delivery available to Medford, Marshfi eld and other areas. 715-257-7132 or farmerfries.com.

KLOTH SATELLITE LLC. Dish Network starting at $19.99/month. Free install, HD DVR, 3 months HBO, Cinemax, Showtime and Starz. Call for more information. Also avail-able, local network antenna sales & service. Phone 715-654-5600, cell 715-613-5036.

LIKE NEW lift chair, asking $500; one queen size bed and one twin bed; and three night stands. 715-748-3253.

YOUNG LIVING essential oils: pure, natural, organic, thera-peutic. To learn more or to place an order, call Janis at 715-965-2434 or 715-785-7172.

KENNEBEC POTATOES from our garden, $5 for 50 lbs. Rabbits, all sizes. Ezra Burkholder, 715-267-7885.

OVER 45,000 homes will read your classifi ed ad when it’s placed in 7 area publications for only $22 (20 words or less). It will also go online at no addition-al charge. Call 715-748-2626, or stop in at 116 S. Wisconsin Ave., Medford, to place your ad.

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MISC FOR SALEMISC FOR SALE

FOR SALE: A Jamesway ring drive silo unloader, 20 foot, very good condition. Asking $1,800. Call 715-613-0319.

FARM EQUIPMENT

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DAIRYLAND REALTY

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Susan J. ThumsABR/CRS/CHMS/GRI

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1105 Landall Avenue,Rib Lake

#1404328....................$74,000This large apartment building has wood floors, much of the original trim & a beautiful covered porch. Large 2 bedroom lower level unit & (2) 1 bedroom upper units. Tenants pay utilities & units are separately metered.

502 Second Street,Rib Lake

#1404323....................$85,000Is it time for you to collect rent? This excellent investment property has 3 units, all separately metered, separate water heaters, all have washer & dryer hook-ups & basement access. Tenants pay utilities.

1114 Landall Avenue,Rib Lake

#1500704....................$56,000Cute single story, 2 bedroom, 1 bath home with hardwood floors, lots of original trim, first floor laundry, front porch, new vinyl siding (2010) & a detached garage.

248 S. Third Street, Medford

#1406204....................$79,500Two story, 3 bedroom, 2 bath city home with maintenance free exterior. Located on a corner lot with a detached 2 car garage and alley access.

236 N. 3rd Street, Medford

#1404396..................$109,750Ranch style home with many updates inside & out. Beautiful hickory cabinetry in the kitchen, new carpet, stamped concrete patio & walkway, roof and lovely private backyard.

NEW LISTING

8-146706

PRICE REDUCED PRICE REDUCED

Resident Care Assistants second and NOC and

part-time second and NOCCome join the best of the best!Are you the type of person that enjoys caring for and giving support to the elderly? Are you a dependable team player? Are you looking for a meaningful career?If so, we are interested in talking with you! Duties include: residents personal care, medication administration, laundry, housekeeping and food preparation. Applicants should have good speaking, reading and writing skills. Experience working in health care is preferred. CNA or Medication

Our House Senior Living offers an excellent training program, and train our Resident Care Assistants according to state regulations and company policies.

including health care reimbursement and generous PTO! Starting wage will depend onexperience. Stop by today or call for more information.

Our House Senior Living1014 W. Broadway Ave.Medford, WI 54451

Attn: Petti MannelResidence DirectorJessica NowakHome Manager 8-

146808

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CNC LEAD MACHINIST($22-$30/hr.)

Superior Machine & Design is looking to add aCNC Lead Machinist for our day shift (Monday-Thursday).

Responsibilities include: troubleshooting, per-forming changeovers/setups, editing programs,analyze inspection data to ensure quality, providedirection/supervision, and assist to meet produc-tion goals.

Must have 2 year technical degree, 5 years VMCexperience, knowledge of GD&T/inspectionmethods, ability to program/edit G code, dedi-cated to producing QUALITY parts. We offer ex-cellent benefits, clean/modern facility, airconditioning.

Please see our website for more detailed infor-mation www.superiormachining.net.

E-mail or fax resume to:Superior Machine & Design, Inc.

27694 250th St.Holcombe, WI 54745Phone: 715-595-4661

Fax: 715-595-4663E-mail: jobs@superiormachining.net

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Billing ClerkJump River Electric Cooperative has an immediate opening for a Billing Clerk at our headquarters location in Ladysmith. Successful candidate will be responsible for processing member billing and collections, maintaining member and meter information, assists members with payment and billing questions, and prepares necessary monthly and year-end reports.This position requires a high school diploma or equivalent. A degree in accounting is preferred, but a candidate with a minimum of three-year’s work experience in an accounting position will be considered. Must possess excellent customer service skills. Submit resume, transcripts, and Cooperative application to:

Jump River Electric Cooperative, Inc.PO Box 99

Ladysmith WI 54848Applications can be found online at www.jrec.net and will be accepted until March 6, 2015. Jump River Electric is an equal opportunity provider and employer. EOE/M/F

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JELD-WEN WINDOWS & DOORS

The Hawkins Window Division is a wood window and patio door manufacturer in Hawkins, WI. We are accepting resumes for the following position:

MAINTENANCE II Applicant must have the following qualifications:

General knowledge of 3-phase wiring, be able to read and understand wiring diagrams, efficient troubleshooting skills, be able to follow both written and verbal instructions, write

legibly for logs and documentation, moderate compute skills are highly desirable, applicant will be responsible for installing

and maintaining, electrical systems and related machines.

dalet@jeld-wen.com or by mail to:JELD-WEN Windows & Doors

Attn: Dale T

No telephone calls please.High school diploma or equivalence required.

“Reliability for Real Life” 7-146600

Medford, Wisconsin$15.67 - $16.65

Production 2nd and 3rd Shift

Marathon Cheese Corporation, located in Medford, Wisconsin, has several openings for lineworkers and material handlers. These positions provide packaging, inspection, raw materials, and sanitation to MCC’s high speed cheese packaging machines. Pre-employment and drug screening is required. Marathon Cheese offers stable, predictable

Apply in person at 1000 Progressive Avenue, Medford, Wisconsin. Applications are available at our website: www.mcheese.com. If you have submitted an application in the last 6 months it is not necessary to apply again.

MAR ATHONMAR ATHONCHEESE CORPOR ATIONCHEESE CORPOR ATION

Equal Opportunity Employer

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The Gilman School District islooking for an

ASSISTANTBASEBALL COACH

for our varsity baseball program. The ideal candidate will have ample knowledge of the

game, rules, and regulations along with a lovefor working with kids. The assistant coach will report

directly to the head coach and provide support as needed.Experience as a coach is preferred, but not required. Rather, you can submit a letter to the school or call

Dan Peggs, Administrative Athletic Director at715-447-8211 Ext. 305.

Notice of NondiscriminationThe School District of Gilman does not discriminate against persons on the basis of

sex, race, national origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation or physical, mental, emotional or learning disability or handicap in its

education programs or activities or in employment.7-146611

7-165438 Harmony

Country Cooperativeis looking for a qualifi ed candidate

to work in their Feed Division in Colby. Candidate must have CDL and be able to work well with others. Interested

candidates please call Colby Feed Mill at 1-888-231-1889 or 715-223-2329.

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715-748-2258Medford Office Hwy. 13 South

www.DixonGreinerRealty.comLuke Dixon, Jon Knoll,

Jesse Lukewich, George Zondlo

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N5449 Andy’s Rd., Ingram

Excellent hunting retreat. Log sided cabin and garage on +/-80 wooded acres with developed trail system, food plots and ponds. Cabin with an open concept

kitchen - dining - living room and 3/4 bath. $209,900

320 Pine Street, Medford

Spacious 2 bed, 1 full bath ranch home. Attached garage,

full basement, large yard with storage shed.

$77,500

N550 Gibson Dr., Stetsonville

Move in ready 3 bed, 1.5 bath country home on +/-5 acres. Large kitchen with informal

and formal dining areas, main 24x54 shed and

additional outbuilding. $94,800

627 E. 7th Street, Owen

Immaculate 2 bed, 1 full bath stick built ranch home. Numerous

updates, double sided stone

$89,900

N4163 Rocky Rd., Medford

+/-240 Wooded acres located at the end of a dead end road. Gated access

to small hunting cabin with electric. Walking distance to Lake Esadore

and supper clubs. Snowmobile trail system runs through property.

$199,500

430 E. Cty. Rd. A, Stetsonville

Open concept 4 bed, 1.75 bath bi-level home on a large lot. Lower level family room. Attached two car garage. Patio doors to a large deck

overlooking backyard.$114,900

NEW LISTING

501 Second St., Rib Lake

Nice 4 bed, 1 bath home with excellent lake views. Updated kitchen with oak

cabinets. Enclosed three season porch, full basement, detached garage.

$69,900

PRICE REDUCTION

NOW TAKING APPLICATIONSAffordable Housing - for persons with disabilities

MAYWOOD APARTMENTS

A Great Place to Call Home

“This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.”An Agency of Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc.

Diocese of Superior, WI

Contact Bonnie at CCB Housing Management 715-748-6962 or 715-965-5371

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NOW TAKING APPLICATIONS

One and two bedroom apartments atEASTWOOD APARTMENTS

A Great Place to Call Home

“This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.”An Agency of Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc.

Diocese of Superior, WI

Contact Bonnie at CCB Housing Management 715-748-6962 or 715-965-5371

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100 ACRES Amish dairy farm. Located 2-1/2 miles south of Hwy. K on N10925 Badger Av-enue, Unity, WI 54488. Ben Stoltzfoos, by the schoolhouse. Will split 40 acres and buildings, and 60 acres with 8 acres woods.

160 ACRES hunting land within Chequamegon National For-est. 4 enclosed heated stands, trails throughout, area cleared for cabin, 2 food plots, MFL closed. Forest Rd. 1529, Jump River, WI. $384,000. 715-820-1546 onvac@live.com.

6.2 ACRE lot tested for hold-ing tanks or mound to be sold with home package, $19,000. See Wausau Homes Medford for home plans. Contact Ja-son at 715-829-4180 to view.

FOR SALE: Four bedroom, 1-1/2 bath, 2 story home, 2,200 sq. ft., 4-5 car detached, heated garage, 2.73 acres, propane and wood heat, updated kitch-en, bath and water softener in August, Medford. Contact Duane Rudolph, 715-560-8191.

LAND FOR sale: 12 acre wood-ed country lot, 3 miles northwest of Medford on blacktop road. Contact Jason, 715-829-4180.

REAL ESTATEREAL ESTATE

THREE BEDROOM mobile homes available for rent at $625/month or for sale at $22,900 in Medford. Contact Pleasant Val-ley Properties at 715-879-5179. Ask us about our rent special.

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ALLMAN PARK two bed-room condo, Rent $820, A/C, dishwasher, two car at-tached garage, garbage included. 715-497-6161.

ALLMAN PARK two bedroom, rent $699, includes heat, water/sewer, garbage, in-unit washer/dryer, dishwasher, A/C, one car detached garage. 715-497-6161.

LOT READY for mobile home, nice yard with trees. CP Rent-als, Rib Lake, 715-965-3190.

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY: One bedroom apartments for those 62+. Rod Becker Villa, 645 Maple Court, Rib Lake. Owner paid heat, water, sewer and trash removal, community room, laundry facilities, additional stor-age, indoor mail delivery and off-street parking. Tenant pays 30% of adjusted income. Pet friendly property For an applica-tion, contact Impact Seven Inc., 855-316-8967 or 715-357-0011. www.impactseven.org. EHO

BEAUTIFUL NEW two bed-room Spirit Lake home, wood interior, attached garage, no pets, $700 plus utilities and deposit. 715-748-5475.

LOWER, SPACIOUS 2 bed-room apartment, A/C, non-smoking, village of Rib Lake, $450/month plus secu-rity deposit. 715-427-5809.

MEDFORD ONE bedroom upper, $360, includes stor-age unit, water, sewer, gar-bage, onsite laundry, garage available. 715-965-4440.

THREE BEDROOM, 2 bath mo-bile home, rent includes sewer, garbage and water. CP Rent-als, Rib Lake, 715-965-3190.

TWO BEDROOM mobile home on double lot in West-boro, $390 plus utilities and security deposit, available 11/15/14. Call 715-965-4688.

VILLAGE OF Rib Lake: Large 2 bedroom apartment, washer and dryer hookups, outside deck and storage shed, basement, nice view of lake, lawn care and snow removal included. Call 715-427-3136 or 715-905-0327.

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NEEDED SOON: Country home for older couple and pets. Both on disability and prefer Taylor Coun-ty. Please call 715-678-6008.

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REGISTERED GOLDEN Re-triever puppies, shots, wormed, dews removed and vet checked. Males $450, females $500. 715-573-2430. No Sunday calls.

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715-447-5746CORNER STORE - GILMANG

715-748-3724W5507 Cty. Rd. O

Medford

Burzynski Insurance Agency

C&D Lumber729 Kennedy Street

Rib Lake715-427-5210

&Stetsonville

Lumber201 Hwy. 13, Stetsonville

715-678-2171

302 S. 8th St.Medford

715-748-4380

140 S. Main St.Medford

715-748-4944 THRIFT STORE

C I R C L E O F F A I T H

715-785-5300

Fuzzy’s General Store & Bait Shop

Located on the corner of CTH E and

Gilman Corner Store120 E. Main Street, Gilman

715-447-8376

Handel AutomotiveN3657 State Hwy 13, Medford316 S. Main Street, Medford

715-748-4323

545 W. Broadway, Medford, WI

715-748-6556Quality embroidery & screen printingQuality embroidery & screen printing

Jensen, Scott, Grunewald & Shiffler S.C.

715-748-2211

Jerrys ComputerW4229 State Hwy. 102

715-427-3471

Krug’s Bus Service & Tours549 Billings Ave., Medford

715-748-3194

Locally Owned & Operated

Medford, Abbotsford,Thorp & Stanley

Medford Dental Clinic309 E. Broadway, Medford

715-748-4111Dr. Daniel Miskulin Dr. Gary Krueger

N7918 Hwy. 73, Gilman715-668-5211

www.olynicks.com

410 S. 8th St., Medford

715-748-2606

275 Joan St.Medford

715-748-5020

ROMIG’S Hardware, Septic, Plumbing & Heating

143 W. State,Medford

715-748-4173

Jack’s Auto Repair, LLCHwy. 13, Stetsonville

715-678-2002

Niemuth Implement306 S. State Hwy. 13, Stetsonville

715-678-2271sales@niemuthimp.com www.niemuthimp.com

Hwy. 13, Next to Cenex, Medford

715-748-64001210 N. Division St., Colby

715-223-3878

Treasure Chest Gifts345 N. 8th St. (Hwy. 13), Medford

715-748-6860

MEDFORD CURLING

Theses area businesses proudly support their local schools

VARSITY TEAM BOYS: John Shear, Dillon Brost, Trevor Geiger and Noah Jalowitz went 1-3 in its pool, with an 8-5 win over DC Everest II, loss to Portage II (4-3), Wausau East (9-8), and Eau Claire (7-3).

The boys were undefeated in the Northern Conference this year with a 10-0 record. They swept their two matches in the Battle of the Brooms with Portage on Dec. 19 and went 2-2 at the Tietge Bonspiel Jan. 10-11.

VARSITY TEAM GIRLS: Josie Brost, Bailey Feddick, Alyssa Loertscher, Courtney Sterzinger and

second in its four-team pool. The team beat Wausau East II (11-0) and Stevens Point 5-3 and lost to eventual tournament runner-up Poynette 6-3.

The girls went 7-3 in the Northern Conference this season, went 2-2 at the Tietge Bonspiel and was 1-1 in the Battle of the Brooms.

JUNIOR VARSITY BOYS: Douglas Schumacher, Trenton Geiger, Alec Shear and Sam Dake went 1-3 at state, beating Mequon Homestead 9-6 for its win.

JUNIOR VARSITY GIRLS: Tonja Firnstahl, Jori Brandner, Rebecca Smolka, Shaniah Krueger and Heidi Fliehs went 0-3.

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Medford Men’s Thursday Night Curling League

Proud To Be Community Owned