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Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Elk Mound man charged with death of girlfriend
Also charged in theft from
Kadingers, Inc. in Downing
By LeAnn R. Ralph
MENOMONIE — A 19-year-old
Elk Mound man has appeared in Dunn
County Circuit Court in connection with
a variety of charges, including burglaries
at Kadinger’s Auto Salvage (Kadinger’s
Inc.) and for causing the death of his girlfriend in a traffic accident in the Town of
Tainter.
Gunnar D. Zurek appeared in court
with his attorney, Michael Cohen, on October 3.
Zurek’s girlfriend, Vanessa M. Marsh,
18, died shortly after 11 p.m. on September 23 when the vehicle Zurek was driving went off the road and rolled in a ditch
on 770th Avenue.
Toxicology tests had not yet been completed at the time of the court hearing,
and Judge James Peterson suggested
that the district attorney’s office contact
the testing facility to ask that the test
results be expedited because the case involved a death.
Zurek is charged with one felony count
of knowingly operating a motor vehicle
while suspended causing death, along
with misdemeanor counts of possessing
marijuana, possessing drug paraphernalia and bail jumping.
In connection with the September 23
accident, traffic citations were issued to
Zurek as well: operating a motor vehicle
with a suspended license fourth offense;
failure to keep the vehicle under control;
and underage drinking third offense.
Zurek also is charged with burglary
as a party to a crime for incidents that
occurred at Kadinger’s Auto Salvage in
the Town of Tiffany in July and August
of this year.
In addition to the felony burglary
charge, he is charged with misdemeanor
theft and misdemeanor bail jumping.
A $1,000 cash bail was set in both cases on October 1.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled in
Dunn County Circuit Court on December 5 at 9:15 a.m.
Car accident
According to the complaint, when law
enforcement officers arrived at the scene
of the accident in the Town of Tainter on
September 23, they found two men outside of the car who were injured and a
woman lying in the ditch not far from
the overturned car, who was already deceased.
One of the men identified himself as
Joseph Thalacker and told officers that
he had been in the car with his cousin
and his cousin’s girlfriend. He identified
his cousin as “Gunnar” and his cousin’s
girlfriend as Vannessa Marsh.
A Dunn County deputy went to MayoEau Claire where Zurek was receiving
medical treatment.
Zurek told the deputy that he had
somehow gotten sideways on the road,
that the vehicle had rolled, and that he
was going to “Sands” just down the road.
Zurek also told the deputy that he’d
had “four to drink,” and when the deputy
asked when he had been drinking, Zurek said while he was driving around but
that his last drink had been an hour before the accident, according to the complaint.
Zurek informed the deputy that he
had also had a prescription for Vicodin
but that he had not taken any that day.
The deputy asked Zurek when was
the last time he had smoked marijuana,
and Zurek said the day before and that
he had not smoked the day of the accident.
Colfax Police Officer Michael Madrid
responded to the accident as well and obtained a statement from a neighbor close
to the accident scene.
The neighbor said another man had
come to her door and told her to call 911,
and then she had gone to the crash scene
to offer help.
Zurek had approached the neighbor
and told her he had been drinking and
had lost control of the car, according to
the complaint.
Investigators found a prescription hydrocodone (Vicodin) bottle in the ditch
with Zurek’s name on it. Investigators
also found a glass smoking pipe that
smelled of marijuana in the ditch not far
from the prescription bottle and a small,
clear plastic bag with a green leafy substance on the passenger seat of the vehicle that tested positive for marijuana,
according to the complaint.
Kadinger’s
In the separate felony case based on
incidents from July 1, 2014, through August 31, 2014, a Dunn County deputy
contacted Zurek on September 18 and
told the defendant that a number of
other co-defendants had said Zurek was
involved with a burglary at Kadinger’s
Auto Salvage near Downing.
Zurek told investigators that he
had driven a Jeep into the field behind
Kadinger’s several times and that others had gone into the facility and had
brought out items that they loaded into
the back of the Jeep and a van.
On one occasion, the Jeep was full and
the van was half full. A variety of items
had been taken from Kadinger’s such as
catalytic converters, copper and copper
wire and aluminum radiators.
The first time they went, Zurek said
that Jason Schmitz, Tim Stabenow,
Travis Westaby and Vannessa Marsh
had gone to Kadinger’s as well but that
Marsh had never gotten out of the vehicle.
Zurek said they had taken the stolen items to “Toys” although one time
they took items to “Cooley’s” but did not
get enough money. The account at Toys
should be under his name, although he
believed one might be under Marsh’s
name. Zurek told investigators his portion of the proceeds was a little over
$100, according to the complaint.
The investigator also interviewed
Marsh on September 18, only five days
before she died. Marsh said that she,
Westaby, Schmitz, Stabenow and Zurek
went to Kadinger’s and would park in
the field near the bus.
Marsh said Westaby and Schmitz
would go in while the rest stayed in the
vehicle. She said Stabenow and Zurek
would load the vehicles. On one occasion, Marsh said, the items were put in
her name at Toys and that she believed
the check was for about $350, according
to the complaint.
In separate cases, Zurek also is
charged with misdemeanor criminal
damage to property, theft of moveable
property valued at less than $2,500 and
misdemeanor bail jumping.
Colfax approves pay increases for employees
By LeAnn R. Ralph
COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has approved pay increases for the public works employee, director of public works
and the Colfax Rescue Squad director of 35 cents an hour, $1 an
hour and $1.25 per hour.
The village board approved
the pay increases following closed
sessions of joint meetings with
the village board and the personnel committee September 22 and
September 29.
The entire village board serves
on the personnel committee, but
Scott Gunnufson, village president, chairs the village board,
while Susan Olson, village trustee, chairs the personnel committee.
Don Logslett, department of
public works employee, currently
makes $21.35 per hour, which
will increase to $21.70 after January 1.
Rand Bates, director of public
works, currently makes an annual salary of $46,176, which will
increase to $48,256 after January
1.
Don Knutson, director of the
Colfax Rescue Squad, current-
ly makes an annual salary of
$35,048, which will increase to
$37,648 after January 1.
The village board/personnel
committee conducted employee
evaluations for Logslett and
Bates September 22.
Board members also planned
to conduct the employee evaluation for Knutson on September
22, but the rescue squad was
called out on an emergency, and
Knutson went out on the call.
The village board/personnel
committee addressed several
changes to the employee handbook prior to conducting Knutson’s evaluation in closed session
on September 29.
“We appreciate Don (Knutson’s) positive influence at (the
rescue squad) and for the village,” Gunnufson said after the
board reconvened into open session.
“He has always had a stable
budget … you do whatever it
takes to get the job done. You are
a true advocate for the village,”
he said.
“Keep up the good work,”
chimed in Beverly Schauer, village trustee.
The remaining village board
members also thanked Knutson
for his service to the community.
Sick leave
One of the issues addressed by
the village board/personnel committee at both the September 22
and September 29 meetings was
sick leave.
Under the previous agreement, employees could accumulate up to 720 hours of sick leave.
Under the new contract governed by the new employee handbook, village workers can only accumulate 480 hours of sick leave.
When the sick leave goes over 480
hours, employees are paid a percentage of the sick leave hours.
Under the previous agreement, employees would be paid
the full amount for the 720 hours
when they retired or when they
terminated employment with the
village.
Both Logslett and Knutson
were concerned they were going
to lose the sick leave they had already earned.
Knutson has already reached
the 720 hours.
Logslett is nearly at the 480
hours.
Jackie Ponto, administratorclerk-treasurer, assured both of
them that they would not lose the
480 hours.
When employees with up to
480 hours of accumulated sick
leave retire, they will be paid
their full wage for the number of
hours, she said.
Knutson wondered if the number of hours he has earned above
480 could be put into a post-employment account and used to
pay health insurance premiums
for him after he retires, similar
to the program implemented for
Pete Gehring when he retired as
police chief.
The Colfax Village Board
unanimously approved a motion
to set aside the 240 hours for Don
Knutson to receive as a post-retirement benefit.
Under the new contract, employees who have worked for
Colfax for one to ten years will
receive 25 percent as a payout for
sick leave over 480 hours.
Employees who have worked
for the village for 11 to 19 years
Employees
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Auditor: Colfax financials in fine shape
By LeAnn R. Ralph
COLFAX — According to the
village’s auditor with Bauman
Associates, Colfax is solvent and
is in good financial shape.
Eric Davidson, a CPA with
Bauman Associates out of Eau
Claire, presented the auditor’s
report for 2013 at the Colfax Village Board’s September 29 meeting.
Davidson noted that the auditors proposed “numerous” journal entries to adjust the financial
statements for the general fund,
rescue squad, debt service and
water and sewer funds and that
many of these should be made by
the village’s management prior to
the audit.
On the other hand, he said, the
number of journal entries needed
for adjustment had decreased
substantially over the previous
year.
Jackie Ponto, Davidson pointed out, was the village’s first fulltime
administrator-clerk-treasurer in quite some time.
Village clerk-treasurer John
Jahr died in November of 2010.
Ponto was hired in the summer of
2012. Between the time of Jahr’s
death and Ponto beginning employment with the village, there
was a series of deputy clerks,
part-time clerks, and temporary
clerks, along with Kathy Morse,
a clerk from Rice Lake, who filled
in when she could, mostly working on weekends.
Here is some of the information included in the 44-page auditor’s report:
• The beginning general fund
balance on January 1, 2013, was
$1.43 million. The ending balance on December 31, 2013, was
$1.76 million.
• The youth softball and baseball trust had an ending balance
on December 31, 2013, of $50,928.
• The Village of Colfax receives a payment of $527 per
month from Colfax Prairie
Homes beginning in December of
1996 and continuing through November 1, 2026, bearing an interest rate of 3 percent. Westcap has
purchased Colfax Prairie Homes
and is working toward making it
a non-profit, Ponto said.
• The Community Development Block Grant revolving loan
fund consists of notes from 21
village residents for a total of
$306,673. The notes are interest
free and have various maturity
dates. Village residents who have
CDBG loans pay the money back
when they sell the property, and
then the money is available for
another village resident to use.
Designated funds
The Village of Colfax also has
designated funds with the following balances as of December 31,
2013:
• Future CDBG program expenditures — $31,735.
• Perpetual care for Evergreen
Cemetery — $28,500.
• Future library operations —
$17,848.
• Donations or grants for improvements to the Colfax Municipal Building — $77,912.
• Future improvements to the
Colfax Municipal Building —
$165,280.
• TIF #3 expenditures and
debt service — $104,576
• TIF #4 expenditures and
debt service — $24,659
• Major equipment replacement for various departments —
$347,259
• Future ambulance operations — $124,488
• The undesignated, unassigned funds in the general fund
amounted to $954,622 as of December 31, 2013.
Debt limit
As per state law, Colfax has a
debt limit established at 5 percent of the village’s equalized
value of $45.368 million.
The total debt limit is $2.268
million.
Current long-term debts applicable to the debt margin are
$1.269 million, leaving a borrowing capacity of $999,468.
From 2014 to 2028, the village’s long-term debt obligation
amounts to $1.11 million in principal and $194,000 in interest.
FALL SHOWS HER COLORS in this beautiful tree outside of
Colfax Lutheran Church. —photo by LeAnn Ralph
Elk Mound approves 3 percent
increase for village employees
By LeAnn R. Ralph
ELK MOUND — The Elk
Mound Village Board has approved pay increases for village
employees of 3 percent.
The Elk Mound Village Board
met in closed session following
the October 1 meeting to discuss
the salary and wage increases
and reconvened to open session
after about ten minutes.
Village President Andy Peterson announced that the village
board had approved 3 percent
pay increases in closed session
and also had approved a $2 an
hour increase for Mark Levra, director of public works.
The village board approved an
additional week of paid vacation
per year for Levra as well.
Elk Mound Police Chief Travis
Hakes requested no increase in
wages for 2015, Peterson said.
All other benefits will remain
the same for 2015.
The Colfax Messenger sent an
e-mail to Pat Hahn, village clerktreasurer, asking for the contract
amounts for Elk Mound village
employees.
Hahn responded by providing
the information on the 3 percent
pay increase, the $2 an hour increase, the extra week of vacation and that the police chief had
requested he not receive an increase. Hahn did not provide any
copies of contracts or contract
amounts for individual employees indicating current salaries or
wages.
Elk Mound
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NEWS
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Off the Publisher's Desk
2014 ELK MOUND Homecoming Court includes Back row (left to right) Allie Weber, Andrew Benson, Karie Jo Nigon, Billy Bodenburg,
Madysen Borofka, Dylan Black, Tamara Huffman, Jonas Kohls. Row 2: Nevada LaPointe, Erik Strand, Kayla Black, Justin Erpenbach,
Hannah Brunner, Eric Walling, Mikayla Solberg, Hunter Adleman, Lauren Scharlau, Matt McLaughlin. Row 3: Elly Friberg, Brody Bergh,
Zach Mohr, Moriah Mauer, Alex Lorenz, Caleb Kruger, Rachel Caron, John Yang. Queen: Morgan Polden. King: Jon Storing.
—photo submitted
November’s elections won’t resolve much of anything
By Lee H. Hamilton
Members of Congress are
home now, campaigning for the
upcoming elections. Their messages are all over the map, and
for a good reason: they have very
little to brag about.
The Congress that just recessed until after the elections
makes the 80th — the one that
Harry Truman blasted as “donothing” — look like a paragon of productivity. This year’s
members did manage to avoid a
shutdown, but that’s about all.
Congressional leaders spent the
better part of the year avoiding
tough votes.
They didn’t pass an annual
budget. They made no pretense
of weighing U.S. policy against
ISIS or, really, any other foreign
or defense policy issue. They
didn’t tackle immigration reform,
climate change, tax reform, the
minimum wage, or domestic surveillance. They passed fewer bills
than any other Congress in 60
years. In the 3 ½ months between
the beginning of August and midNovember, they’ll have been in
session all of 10 days.
Small wonder that voters are
in a sour mood when it comes to
Washington. They want to see
our elected leaders tackling issues that confront the country.
They want less partisanship.
They don’t understand government’s frequent failures, and
crave more competence. On every
front, the people they’ve elected
have disappointed them.
This may be why there is no
dominant theme in this year’s
elections: voters seem more focused on a variety of issues than
on one dominant issue. Apathy
is high and we are headed for
low voter turnout, even by the
standards of mid-term elections.
Voter outrage at Congress is not
translating into a message of rejecting incumbents.
This has made the tone of the
election rather interesting. Candidates appear to have picked up
on voters’ dislike of mean-spirited
campaigning, and for the most
part are showing restraint. The
deeply partisan politics we saw in
2010 and 2012 has abated. Where
a couple of years ago there was
heated talk of storming the gates
in Washington and potentially
shutting the government down,
that kind of campaigning is just
a memory this year. Candidates
may not be embracing Washington, but they’re not attacking it
as they once did. There’s even
talk of bipartisanship and building bridges, sentiments that were
nearly invisible in recent years.
Given President Obama’s lack
of popularity, there’s a general
sense among members of the political class that Republicans
have an edge in the election and
may well take over the Senate. A
battle to control the Senate can
Out of the Past
10 years ago
October 6, 2004
Rachel Woolever and Joey
Robertson were chosen as the
2004 Colfax High School Homecoming Queen and King.
Ann Sekelsky of Colfax and
Jonathan Holm of Saxon were
married Sept. 18 at Our Savior’s
Lutheran Church, Chippewa
Falls.
Elk Mound secured a spot in
the football playoffs with a 36-7
win over St. Croix Central to improve their conference record to
4-0 and 6-0 overall. Ryan Schumacher scored three times and
intercepted two passes for the
Mounders.
25 years ago
October 5, 1989
A son, Travis Alan Mcllquham
was born Sept. 20 at St. Joseph’s
Hospital, Chippewa Falls, to Todd
Mcllquham and Jean Michels.
Colfax seniors Maureen Brennan and Stacy Bjurquist have
been named September First
American Bank Achievement
winners.
After a 38-0 drubbing of PepinArkansaw, Elk Mound is now 6-0
in football action as quarterback
W.J. Vincent connected for 11 of
12 passes for 210 yards and Jesse
Zurbuchen returned an interception for a touchdown.
35 years ago
October 11, 1979
Tina Gehling and Dale Logslett, both of Colfax, were married
Sept. 15 at St. John’s Catholic
Church, Bloomer.
Julie Ann Loofboro of New Auburn and John Anthony Domagala of Colfax were united in
marriage Sept. 21 at St. Joseph’s
Catholic Church in Barron.
Ken and Robbie Obermueller
of Menomonie are the parents
of a girl named Amanda Marie
Sept. 22.
Glen Baaken and Tanya Bates
were named 1979 Colfax High
MESSENGER
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School Homecoming King and
Queen. Colfax won the homecoming football game 37-13 over
Plum City as Robbie Railton ran
for five touchdowns and passed to
Andy Schindler for another.
50 years ago
October 8, 1964
Born to Mr. and Mrs. John
Whitney of New Richmond, a son,
John Lloyd Sept. 18 at the New
Richmond hospital.
A son named Craig Douglas
was born to Mr. and Mrs. David
Henderson of River Falls Oct. 3
at St. Joseph’s Hospital in that
city.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Dutter (nee LaKita Nabbefeld), a
son at Luther Hospital Oct. 6.
A daughter, Lori Lynn, was
born to Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Hagberg (nee Bonnie Schneck) Oct. 2
at Memorial Hospital in Menomonie.
Miss Janice Snyder of Wheeler
and Donald Dahl of Menomonie
were married Sept. 26th at St.
Joseph’s Church in Menomonie.
65 years ago
October 6, 1949
Colfax rolled over Glenwood
City in a Middle Border Conference game 38-7 on the running
game of Follingstad, Donald
Steinmetz and Curtis Close.
Ray Niblet of route 2, Elk
Mound, was painfully and seriously injured at his home when
his overall leg was caught in the
power takeoff of his tractor as
he was attempting to attach his
mower.
Lutzen Bros. now has a new
2-row International corn picker
to give you an A-1 corn picking
job.
100 years ago
October 16, 1914
As a proof of the quantity of
the building stone being taken
from the Colfax sand stone quarries, one cannot fail to be convinced when they see the huge
blocks being hauled into town
to the yard. A monster specimen
was 9 feet and 6 inches long, four
feet and 3 inches wide, 2 feet
and 10 inches thick and weighed
16,000 pounds.
The enrollment at the local high school is now forty five
and new things this year are a
Domestic Science course, a girls
club and an indoor base ball team
for the girls.
have significant consequences,
yet it’s unlikely that much will
change on Capitol Hill in the
near term. Mid-term elections
are usually about the President,
and Republicans are largely content in this election to attack
him, while Democrats are content talking about anything but
the President.
Even if the Senate majority
changes hands, it will do so only
narrowly. Given that a party
needs 60 votes there to accomplish much of anything, whoever
controls the Senate will be able to
maneuver only on the margins;
resolving tough issues head-on
will be difficult, maybe impossible. Unless the recent election
talk of bipartisanship and finding
common ground becomes a reality, in other words, the dysfunction and lack of productivity that
have become defining characteristics of Congress in recent years
are likely to continue.
This is ironic, because large
amounts of money are being
poured into the fall elections,
especially in races for the Senate. You’d almost think transformational policies were at stake.
In truth, though, these elections
are more of a run-up to the presidential race in 2016. And even
then, the attention on the Senate
is probably misplaced. Polls are
showing that a number of gubernatorial seats are likely to switch
hands in both directions, and if
anything this year’s 36 gubernatorial contests will have more of
an impact on politics two years
from now than what happens in
the Senate.
In short, whatever happens
on Election Day this year, it’s
unlikely that much will change
in its wake. This may hardly be
the most important election of
our lifetimes, but the business
that Congress left unfinished is
still waiting. The nation needs
an elected leadership capable of
rolling up its sleeves and meeting
our challenges head-on right now,
not a few years hence.
Lee Hamilton is Director of the
Center on Congress at Indiana
University. He was a member of
the U.S. House of Representatives for 34 years.
Two weeks ago I talked about a Roman Coin found near Glenwood
City. No one has come forward with more information about it. But I
am still interested. However, people related a couple of items about
what this area was like as the first settlers moved in.
Alice Marie Ford reminded me of an item in the Downing history
book about her grandfather shooting a deer in the thick woods near
which is now the corner of Second and Pine Streets in Glenwood City.
Another item that came to my mind was a story related to me years
ago by a couple of ladies that lived in Springfield Township. Apparently when their family members settled there, the lady of the house was
baking bread and some Native Americans came calling and tasted the
homemade bread and liked it so much they traded a deer for some
bread.
In 1960, William L. Clark, Jr., wrote a history of Boyceville called,
“Panorama of Progress.” In the opening page he relates what the area
looked like in 1860 as the first settlers moved into the Boyceville area.
Clark wrote, “One hundred years ago the site which is now Boyceville
was nothing but a vast wilderness. The land was covered by a stand
of virgin pine. Its forests were traversed only by the rippling streams
and the friendly Chippewa who inhabited the small clearings. Into the
area came trappers who set their lines and took the fur of the beaver
and the fox. They carried on a small amount of trade with the Indians
in the area, who, as the village began to spring up, came to have their
knives sharpened and receive some of the settlers’ goods.”
The Knapp Stout Company out of Menomonie was the biggest lumbering company in the area if not in the nation. By 1841 a sawmill
and dam had been constructed on the Red Cedar River at Menomonie.
In 1846, David Black owned that mill. The book “Historical and Biographical Album of the Chippewa Valley” published in 1892 says this
about the area and the beginning of that company:
“Capt. William Wilson, of Fort Madison, Iowa, made an exploring
tour through the valley, in 1846, in search of a location for a sawmill. Acting on the suggestion of a Mr. Branham, they came up to the
Menomonie (Red Cedar) together on foot. Finding that an interest in
Black’s Mill was in the market he explored the river in a canoe, with
an Indian for a guide, going fifty miles to ascertain if here was a good
supply of pine.” This was the beginning of the Knapp Stout Company,
which operated for more than the next half century.
It makes me wonder how many public hearings, local and state
government permits were need for those lumberjacks to harvest the
big woods? Did the DNR control the daily activities of the lumbermen?
I think not, but they did their job and opened up the land for settlements and farming and today we all have a very nice place to live.
Thanks for reading!— Carlton
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will receive 30 percent as a payout for sick leave over 480 hours.
People who have worked for
the village for more than 20 years
will receive a 35 percent payout.
The reason employees will
only receive one-fourth to onethird of their pay for any accumulated sick leave over 480 hours is
to encourage employees to take
time off when they are ill and not
to let the sick leave hours accumulate, Ponto said.
Under the previous agreement, employees earned eight
hours of sick leave per month.
Under the new contract, employees earn four hours of sick
leave per month.
Comp time
Under the new employee contract, supervisory personnel (department heads) do not receive
any overtime but are instead
compensated after 40 hours with
compensatory time off.
Hourly employees will be
paid time and one-half for hours
worked over 40 hours.
Instead of overtime, hourly
employees can choose to receive
compensatory time.
Village employees can carry
over 40 hours of comp time to the
next year by notifying the administrator-clerk-treasurer. Compensatory time not taken by December 1 will be paid out in the first
paycheck in December.
Non-supervisory
employees
ordered to report to duty at a
time other than the regular duty
hours will be paid a minimum of
two hours at time and one-half
and also time and one-half for
the hours exceeding the two-hour
minimum.
The “call-in pay” would most
likely apply to emergencies in the
winter, such as plowing snow or
thawing frozen water mains.
“We are spoiled in Colfax because the streets are plowed by
8:30 a.m.,” noted Mark Halpin,
village trustee.
Gunnufson suggested that at
budget time, the village board
should look at the amount of
overtime and compensatory time
paid out and, if the amount is
large enough, perhaps consider
adding another employee.
FLU SHOT CLINIC 2014
Colfax Health Mart Pharmacy in Colfax
will be holding a Flu Shot Clinic on
Monday, October 13
from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Please call us at 715-962-3784 to pre-schedule your appointment;
we will take walk-ins as well. Appointments and at-risk
individuals will have first preference.
We accept cash or we submit your claim to your insurance
provider as well as to Medicare Part B and D.
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FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Colfax Messenger • Page 3
Colfax Health & Rehab News
American Red Cross encourages donors to
make blood donation a lifelong habit
The American Red Cross reminds eligible donors that it’s
never too late – or too early – to
make blood donation a lifelong
habit.
Many blood donors report
making their first blood donation while in high school. High
school and college students account for about 20 percent of all
blood donations to the Red Cross.
Individuals can begin donating at
17 years old, or 16 in some states,
and continue to donate as long
as they meet eligibility requirements.
Blood donations often decline
during the winter holidays when
school is not in session. The Red
Cross is offering 16- to 24-yearold students currently enrolled
in school a way to help overcome
this seasonal decline and have a
chance to win a college scholarship. Students who sponsor a
successful blood drive between
Dec. 15, 2014, and Jan. 15, 2015,
through the Leaders Save Lives
program will be entered to win
a college scholarship and will receive a gift card. More information is available at redcrossblood.
org/leaderssavelives.
Donors are needed year-round,
particularly those with types O
negative, A negative and B negative blood. Those who attempt to
donate in October will be entered
to win a $5,000 Visa gift card,
courtesy of Suburban Propane.
To make an appointment to
donate blood, eligible donors are
encouraged to download the new
Red Cross Blood Donor App from
app stores or text BLOODAPP to
90999 to receive a download link,
visit redcrossblood.org or call
1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-7332767).
Upcoming Blood Donation
Opportunities
October 23: 12 p.m. - 6 p.m.,
Shepherd of the Hill Lutheran
Church, 207 University St., Elk
Mound.
How to Donate Blood
Simply call 1-800-RED CROSS
(1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org to make an appointment
or for more information. All blood
types are needed to ensure a reliable supply for patients. A blood
donor card or driver’s license, or
two other forms of identification
are required at check-in. Individuals who are 17 years of age
(16 with parental permission in
some states), weigh at least 110
pounds and are in generally good
health may be eligible to donate
blood. High school students and
other donors 18 years of age and
younger also have to meet certain
height and weight requirements.
Roast Beef
Supper
Group Thrift
Sale
E7250 N. County Highway E
Wed., Thurs., Fri.
8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
207 W. River Street
Colfax
St. Katherine’s Church
Wednesday, October 15
4:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Roast Beef, mashed
potatoes, gravy, vegetable,
coleslaw, rolls, dessert and
beverages.
Freewill offering.
All are welcome!
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The class reunion for the
classes of 1941 and 1942 was
held on September 13, 2014 at
the Whitetail Golf Course.
Those who attended were:
Class of 1941: Vickie and Dale
Hendricks, Ardyce and Vernoid
Hoveland
Class of 1942: Lloyd Hainstock and wife, Dick Toycen
and wife, Elaine Toycen, Lillian
Wendlandt, Vergene Viets, JaVerna Fjelsted
Visitors from the Class of
1943: Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Iverson,
Ruby Loftus Moats, Arlene Price
Hones
Deaths - 1941 Class: Elaine
Froiland, Ed Ausdeau, Juul Noer
Deaths - 1942 Class: Orville
Larson
Swanee Rasmussen moved to
Maryland.
Mrs. Marvel Entzminger is
the only living teacher we had.
Marcella Buchner and Phyllis
Olson Peterson were unable to
attend.
We have been very blessed
to live in a wounderful country.
As we look around, we see that
many things are changing. It is
not like it was. 50 million babies
aborted, marriages failing, same
sex marriage, pornography, murder, gambling, drug and alcohol abuse, etc. Oh that America
would repent and turn back to
God.
A serious question for each of
us to consider is, “Where would
I be tomorrow if I should die tonight?”
Fall Mini Sessions
KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS from Colfax Elementary School paid their annual visit to the Colfax
Fire Station to learn about fire safety and how local firefighters do their job.Students were allowed to
go through the fire truck (behind them to the left)which was purchased from money raised during the
Fireman’s Ball celebration. They also learned how to use the water hose and had a tour of the ambulance. Helping with the presentation (back row) were Don Knutson Director of the Rescue Squad,
firefighter Joe Solberg, Mrs Jensen in the clothing firefighters wear while working, and firefighter Chris
Larson. Students in the upper grade levels will have a presentation on fire safety this week at the school.
—photo by M. Kruger
New WI Voter Photo ID Rules – Major Changes
DUNN COUNTY, WI – County
Clerk Julie A. Wathke urges voters in Dunn County to plan now
to make sure they have the acceptable photo ID to vote beginning with the November 4, 2014
Election. On September 12, 2014
the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals
reinstated the photo ID law that
has been enjoined by the courts
since March, 2012.
Most voters already have one
of the types of photo ID required
to vote.
Election Day
On Election Day, voters must
provide one of the following photo
IDs before they can cast a ballot:
• Wisconsin Driver’s License
• Wisconsin State ID Card
• Military ID Card
• U.S. Passport
The above IDs are still valid if
expired after the date of the most
recent general election which
was November 6, 2012.
The following forms of photo
ID are also acceptable, but must
be unexpired:
• A Certificate of Naturalization
• Driver’s License Receipt issued by the WI DOT
• ID issued by a federally rec-
Thank You
We would like to thank the following people who helped during
my husband — and our father’s
— illness.
Thank you to the Bloomer hospital staff, the ambulance service, the emergency room staff at
Bloomer hospital. Thank you Dr.
Blair, Dr. Wirz, Dr. Shipman, and
Dr. Zurob, all the nurses in both
the Colfax Clinic and the Bloomer hospital, and also the Hospice
staff and to Pastor Les Walck.
God bless all of you.
THE FAMILY OF JAMES F. PETERSON
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N7584 690th Street
COMPLETE LINE
OF STEEL
Coffee and lunch will be
served both days.
Starting at 15¢ Lb.
Angles, Plates, I-Beams, Flats,
Rounds, C Channel, etc.
Saw Cutting also available
Fri., Oct. 10 - 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sat., Oct. 11 - 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Gun cabinet with glass; full
length futon nearly new;
TVs; furniture; clothing;
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Directions: from Hwy. 12 or I-94 - Exit 45;
north on B; right on 730th Ave;
left on 690th at the T in the road.
Signs will be out.
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Elk Mound, WI (715) 879-5559
Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8 am-5 pm; Sat. 8-Noon
Colfax Animal Hospital, S.C.
Hours: Mon. - Fri. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• We Feature Royal Canin Prescription Diets •
Packages:
Package 1 ($40): 1-8x10 & 2-5x7s
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Phone
715-962-3380
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Package 2 ($75): 1-11x14
2-5x7s & 8 wallets
Please call for available appointments.
Mayo Clinic-Red
Cedar lists births
Menomonie
The following babies were
born at Family Birth Suites at
Mayo Clinic Health System in
Menomonie:
September 23: Silas Howard
Kirschbaum, son of Stephani Evans and Spencer Kirschbaum of
Menomonie
September 24: Gianna IvaRose Swan, daughter of Lacey
Anderson-Swan and John Swan
of Menomonie
September 26: Destini Mae
Lloyd, daughter of Traci Stamper and Nathaniel Lloyd of Menomonie
Colfax
Oct. 13: Turkey Deli Sandwich, Cheesy Potato Soup, Crackers, Carrot Sticks, Cheese Tray,
Fruit Choice.
Oct. 14: Chicken Nuggets,
Oven Potatoes, California Mix
Vegetables, Pineapple Tidbits.
Oct. 15: Meatball Sub, Italian
Bean Salad, Sliced Red & Green
Peppers, Onions, Lettuce, Shredded Mozz. Cheese, Fruit Choice.
Oct. 16: Pancake on a Stick,
Carrot & Celery Sticks, Orange
Juice, Melon Mix.
Oct. 17: Taco Salad, Black
Beans, Lettuce, Cheese, Salsa,
Chips, Fruit Choice.
Elk Mound
October 6: Beef pasta casserole, corn, Caesar salad, breadstick, rice pudding.
October 7: Chicken salad on
rye bread, potato chowder, rosy
applesauce, pineapple tidbits.
October 8: Turkey, whipped
potatoes, gravy, Harvard beets,
dinner roll, orange.
October 9: Rosemary roast
pork, baked potato w/sour cream,
green beans, bread, cinnamon
applesauce.
October 10: Chicken breast,
vegetable soup, dinner roll, mandarin oranges, brownie.
Menu subject to change.
Oct. 13: Breaded Chicken Pattie, Potato Rounds, Calico Beans,
Pears or Fresh Fruit.
Oct. 14: Ham & Cheese Wrap,
Sweet Potato Fries, Winter
Blend, Applesauce or Fresh
Fruit.
Oct. 15: Spaghetti, Bread
Stick, Spinach & Romaine Salad,
Green Beans, Peaches or Fresh
Fruit.
Oct. 16: Turkey Ala King, Biscuit, Peas, Beets, Pineapple or
Fresh Fruit.
Oct. 17: Pizza, Spinach & Romaine Salad, Wax Beans, Mixed
Berries or Fresh Fruit.
* Menus subject to change.
Milk choice available daily.
Buy, sell, trade all firearms at competitive prices.
Gunsmith on site. 350+ guns in stock.
Open: Wed. - Fri., 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. • Sat., - 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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School menus
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municipal clerk for information.
When voters request an absentee ballot by mail, they must
include a photocopy of their photo
ID with the request, or the ballot
cannot be mailed. Voters who are
“indefinitely confined” because of
age, illness, infirmity or disability and voters in care facilities
may have their absentee witness
verify their identity instead of
providing a copy of their photo
ID. Active members of the U.S.
Armed Services who are away
from home are also exempt from
the photo ID requirement. Please
contact the clerk’s office for more
information.
For specific questions on how
the new Voter ID law affects you
please contact the Dunn County
Clerk’s Office at 800 Wilson Avenue, Menomonie, WI 54751,
by phone at 715-232-1677 or by
email at [email protected].
Voters are also encouraged to
visit the Wisconsin Government
Accountability’s Voter ID website
www.bringit.wisconsin.gov for information about the new law.
604 Main Street • Colfax
715-704-6500
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BEV HALAMA, DVM
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ognized Wisconsin Indian Tribe
• A photo ID issued by a Wisconsin accredited university or
college which must be accompanied by proof of enrollment
(please contact your Local Clerk,
the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board or your college
or university for specifications)
An acceptable photo ID is not
required to include a current address.
If you do not have a valid WI
Driver’s License or WI State ID
you can receive a free WI State
ID from your local DMV if you
specifically request a free ID for
voting purposes. Please contact
your local DMV or your Local
Clerk for more information.
Absentee Voting
During in-person absentee
voting, voters must present photo
ID just like on Election Day.
In-person absentee voting can
begin the third Monday before
the election, and must end at
5 p.m. or the close of business,
whichever is later, the Friday
before the election. Contact your
Toli’s Arms LLC
Large and Small Animals
October 11th & 12th
N12282 430th St., Boyceville, WI 54725
CHS Classes of
1941, and 1942
hold reunion
Tainter United
Methodist
Annual Thrift &
Bake Sale
October 8-9-10
715-205-0313
Speaking of cheerful smiles
we had many this week when
our regular volunteers came to
help. Leona Ubbelhode came on
the weekend and visited with
many residents. Merle Roth
manned the front desk; meeting and greeting weekend visitors. LeAnn Mayner was here on
Monday. Eileen Stokke helped on
Tuesday and Friday. Veda Kiekhoefer was here Tuesday thru
Friday. Linnea Thompson was
here several days also. Mary Biesterveld helped on Wednesday.
We are so grateful for all the
volunteer help. They help with
activity programs, some read to
residents and some like to sit and
visit with residents. Some of our
residents are long term, but some
are here for rehabilitation which
is very convenient since Midwest
Therapy has a big on-site gym.
The rehab residents are usually
so involved with physical therapy
that they can’t make it to every
activity program. Volunteers visit and help find things to make
everyone’s day more pleasant.
That is some of the things we
did this week here in the beautiful the land of Colfax where the
people are as vibrant and refreshing as the colorful trees and
brisk fall breeze!
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have a different speaker each
month. This month Gloria Lake,
Dietary Assistant talked about
the winter menu. She listened
and made note of any suggestions residents had for improving
the menu.
On Tuesday afternoon the
bingo hall opened and residents
arrived a bit early and eagerly awaited the start of games.
Happy Hour was at 3 p.m. in the
Square following Bingo.
On Wednesday afternoon the
Beauty Boutique opened and the
beauty parlor was filled inside
and out. When the manicured
nails were all done the pretty
pampered people were invited
to have coffee and cookies in the
Square.
On Thursday afternoon the
Square was a movie theater complete with fresh popped popcorn
and snacks. Our Joy Ride was a
shopping trip. It kept a couple of
residents busy all afternoon. Our
Joy rides vary. Next week we are
going to the pumpkin patch. One
resident was having a Packer
party in her apartment and needed party supplies. She had a good
turnout and everyone enjoyed the
game except the Viking fans.
On Friday afternoon the
Square was again set up for Bingo. The Happy Hour that followed
was dedicated to Dick VanDaalwyk’s retirement party. Dick had
been the Director of Maintenance
for 35 years. Matt Klukas is the
new Director of Maintenance. We
will miss Dick’s cheerful smile
and his ability to fix just about
everything.
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Fall is such a wonderful time.
One day this week we enjoyed 80
degrees. Later in the week we enjoyed 40 degrees with threats of
snow. Maybe that is why many
people saw two moose ambling
along the road just north of us
on highway 64. The moose must
have thought they were still in
Canada. Residents are staying
warm, well fed, and properly
entertained despite the weather
and the moose.
Monday morning and Tuesday morning there was devotions
and exercise and current events.
There was REX Classes every
day at 1 p.m. and REX bounce
ball every evening at 6pm, except
Saturday when we had a special
program at 6 p.m.
Wednesday morning we had a
church service. This week Pastor
Schweitzer from Bethany Church
in Colfax led the service. Delores
Huber was our pianist. We broadcast a Sunday service on Sundays, but residents like to come
to a service led by a minister who
is here in person.
Friday morning we had a gospel sing led by Glen, Julie and
once again Delores was here to
play the piano. Loretta in the
meantime had a Rosary in the
resident dining area for our
Catholic residents.
On Thursday morning we play.
Volleyball is our game and the
Square has more players every
week. All pray and no play etc.,
etc. etc. The afternoons had a variety of programs.
This week we had our monthly resident council meeting. We
SPORTS
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Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Mounders come up short against Buffaloes
ELK MOUND — Trailing by
six points heading into the fourth
quarter, three turnovers by the
Elk Mound football team were
too much to overcome as they lost
their game on homecoming night
to the Mondovi Buffaloes 26-20
Oct. 3.
Although Mondovi is the defending conference champion,
they have fallen on hard times
after losing most of their starters from last season. Both teams
were winless in conference play
to start the game and both had
one non-conference win.
Mondovi took the opening
kickoff to their own 40 and by using the pounding running game
they have employed over the past
few years, they moved the ball
downfield in 11 plays, resulting
in quarterback Jake Ede scoring from a yard out. A two point
run made it 8-0 for the Buffs with
7:22 showing on the clock.
With starting signal caller
Dane Lew out for the season with
a broken leg, the Mounders started their first possession with running back Noah Zurbuchen taking the direct snap in a Wildcat
formation. They went three and
out however, and were forced to
punt. The defense stepped up and
held Mondovi on the next series
with Jordan Vanschoonhoven
breaking up two straight pass
attempts to force a punt. The
Mounders started at the Mondovi
42 and with senior Shawn Flynn
stepping into the quarterback
spot, they kept the ball on the
ground. Zurbuchen and Hunter
Adleman took turns rushing and
moving into the second quarter,
the ball was at the Buffaloes’
one yard line. After fumbling the
snap, Flynn kept his composure
and ran to the right side for the
score, and after Zurbuchen ran
for the two point conversion, it
was 8-8 with 10:58 left in the
quarter.
Mondovi used a seven plus
minute drive to march down the
field again, picking up four first
downs (one by just two inches)
and scored on an Austin Fedie run
from 17 yards out. The Mounders
stopped the conversion pass but
were down 14-8 with 4:20 left in
the half. Elk Mound couldn’t sustain any type of drive and gave
the ball back via a punt with
two and a half minutes to go and
Mondovi took advantage, completing two passes, one for a 29
yard score when Sawyer Hayes
got behind the Mounder defenders. Elk Mound again broke up
a conversion pass but they were
down 20-8 at the intermission.
Neither team was able to move
the ball for most of the third
BIG STOP- Elk Mound’s Adam Wolgemuth (52) pulled down a Mondovi running back on a fourth down
play for no gain in the fourth quarter of the game played Oct. 3 in Elk Mound.
—photo by M. Kruger
KNOCK DOWN-Elk Mound’s Jordan Vanschoonhoven broke up several pass attempts against Mondovi
in the game played Oct. 3 on the Mounder’s home field. Vanschoonhoven also interceped a pass in the
fourth quarter.
—photo by M.Kruger
Lady Mounders pound Pepin, Plum City
The Elk Mound volleyball
team continued to roll through
the conference with a four set win
over Pepin at home Sept. 30, then
went on the road two days later
and made easy work of it with a
three set win at Plum City.
Pepin
Starting the evening with a 4-0
conference record, the Mounders had yet to lose a set in any of
their conference matches. That
changed quickly as they dropped
the first set to the Lakers 25-18
before coming back to take the
next three 25-17-25-15, 25-9.
Morgan Polden was a force at
the net and from the back row,
slamming 15 kills and assisting
on a block while serving up a pair
of aces and collecting 11 digs.
Elizabeth Schreiber and Hannah
Flatnes both came up with eight
kills each and Moriah Mauer
and Elly Friberg had five apiece.
Dayna Kotecki and Leia Kufahle
combined for 34 of the Mounder’s
39 assists with Kotecki leading
the way with 18 and Kufahl 16.
Serena Wieser was perfect from
the service line with a 20 for 20
performance and a pair of aces,
Friberg had a team leading four
solo blocks and Rachel Caron was
solid on the defensive side with
11 digs.
Plum City
The Elk Mound defense held
Plum City’s big slammer Cheyanne Catura to just seven kills
in the 25-13, 25-14, 25-11 win.
Meanwhile Schreiber put down
11 kills herself while Polden
added 10 and Wieser six. Kufahl
and Kotecki both set their teammates up 16 times, Kotecki added
three service aces and eight digs,
and Friberg, Caron and Polden
played stellar defense as they
collected 11 digs each. As a team,
they missed only two of 73 attempts from the service line.
The Mounders are 6-0 in conference play with three matches left.
quarter partly due to the on and
off rainfall. After a 38 yard punt
by the Mounder’s Cole Tyman
late in the quarter, Mondovi was
pinned back on their own nine.
Vanschoonhoven broke up another pass and on the next play,
a Buffalo fumble was recovered
by the Mounders on the five yard
line. After three running plays
and a penalty on Mondovi, Zurbuchen punched it in from a yard
out. The two point run failed but
Elk Mound was back in business
down 20-14 with 2:50 to play in
the third. The Mounders then
forced a Mondovi punt but on a
first down run, Zurbuchen lunged
for some extra yardage and the
ball squirted out of his hands
and was recovered by Mondovi.
On the next play however, Vanschoonhoven, who already was
having quite a defensive game,
picked off a pass to give his team
the ball back at their own 30. On a
third down pass attempt, Flynn’s
arm was hit by a defender and
the ball fluttered into the hands
of Ryan Schwartz who rambled
into the end zone for a 15 yard
score. The conversion pass failed
but with 9:51 to go, the Mounders
were down 26-14.
The Mounders may have been
down but they certainly were not
out as they put together a long
drive on their next possession
and with Zurbuchen taking the
snaps again, he ran four consecutive times for a first down. He
and Adleman alternated running to get to the Buffalo eight
and yet another fumble landed
in the hands of Mondovi. Elk
Mound’s defense stood tall with
Adam Wolgemuth putting the
big hit on the Buffalo runner on
fourth down to get the ball back.
Zurbuchen opened it up and com-
pleted two passes to Jon Storing
and with a minute left, Zurbuchen found the end zone from
four yards out. The two point run
failed and the subsequent onside
kick was recovered by Mondovi,
allowing them to run out the
clock.
“Mondovi was very physical
and our turnovers hurt us,” coach
Dave Lew said. “We will continue
to work hard and try to improve.
We still have some fight left in
us as we head into our last two
games.”
Zurbuchen led the rushing attack for the Mounders with 77
yards on 20 carries while Adleman ran for 66 yards on 13 attempts. Zurbuchen was two for
two passing for 48 yards.
Elk Mound will travel to Boyceville this Friday night, then
will host conference leading St.
Croix Central next week.
Colfax boys win Ladysmith meet, girls third
LADYSMITH — Despite
missing one of their top runners, the Colfax boys won their
second cross country meet of the
season, beating out seven other
teams at the Ladysmith Invitational held at Sisters Farm Trail
Oct. 2. The girls placed third behind Eau Claire Regis and Cameron, both of which ran at the
state meet last year.
Tucker Hovde has been under the weather the last week
or so but the rest of the Colfax
boys picked up the slack with
the first seven runners finishing in the top 25 of 87 individual competitors. Zack Arvold
returned after missing the past
two meets and placed sixth to
lead the way in a time of 18:38,
followed by Brady Simonson in
ninth at 19:10. next in line came
Brett Prince in 12th at 19:21.5,
Hunter Lieffort in 13th at
19:21.6, Jacob Larson in 17th at
19:43, Issac Lee 20th at 19:55
and Daniel Schneider in 26th
at 20:21. Also competing were
Grady Gibson who finished 36th
at 20:52, Brett Johnson in 39th
at 21:03, Jacob Jensen in 49th
at 22:18 and Rowdy Kadinger in
57th at 22:44. Brandon Books of
Chetek-Weyerhaeuser won the
race in 17:01.
“The boys were solid in winning the meet with everyone
running pretty well,”coach Joe
Doucette said. “We had a good
spread in the 1-5 spots for just
over a minute. Having Zack
back is huge for us because he is
a tough competitor and it rubs
off on the rest of the team.”
The girls had only five runners but two finished in the top
10 of 70 individuals with Courtney Dressel leading the Vikings
in fifth place with a time of
21:28 while Abbagail Schotter
was just one spot behind in a
time of 21:35. Mackenzie Jensen was 13th at 23:02, Cienna
Cooper made her return after
being ill for a couple of weeks,
placing 26th at 24:26 and Ally
Heidorn was 29th at 24:40. Cora
Bruxvoort of Bloomer continues
to dominate local meets as she
won yet another one with a time
of 19:48.
“We don’t have a lot of depth
right now so we need everyone
to run well and stay healthy,”
Doucette said. “We still have
time to improve and catch some
teams ahead of us. It will be a
fun few weeks ahead of us as we
head into the conference and regional meets,” he added.
Colfax placed second in the
Middle School Girls’ Division
with Erica Kallstrom placing
fifth of 42 runners while Jasmine Best was sixth. The boys
were third in their division with
Sawyer Best taking third in a
field of 65 competitors while
Luke Blanchard was tenth.
NOTE: The boys’ team earned
a big thank you from the Ladysmith Rescue Squad for helping
to push the ambulance out of
a ditch after the meet. Apparently the meet was held off of a
dirt road which became muddy
from an earlier rainfall, resulting in the ambulance sliding off
the road. The boys were on their
way back to the bus and were
one of the last teams to leave, so
they combined their strength to
help out!
BOYS VARSITY TEAM SCORES:
Colfax 49, Cameron 65, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser 87, Bloomer 88, Eau Claire
regis 115, Barron 156, Ladysmith 180,
Cornell-Lake Holcombe 217
GIRLS VARSITY TEAM SCORES: Eau
Claire regis 57, Cameron 70, Colfax 76,
Cornell-Lake Holcombe 108, Bloomer
120, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser 128, Ladysmith 164, Barron 174, Cumberland 223
EM CC teams compete at Osseo-Fairchild Invite
HOT HITTER — Morgan Poldon hit great against Pepin September
30 with 15 kills at the net.
—JHolzwarth.smugmug.com
With Caleb Kruger finishing third individually, the Elk
Mound boys placed fourth of 10
teams while the girls, paced by
Elizabeth Fasbender’s fourth
place, ended up taking fifth
among seven complete teams at
the Osseo-Fairchild Invitational
Oct. 2.
Kruger ran a time of 17:37 as
Jesse Becker of Liberty Christian won the race in 16:49. Next
in for the Mounders was Lucas
Winter for 18th place in 18:31
followed by Hayden Kohls in
35th at 19:39 and Nate Kruger
in 37th at 19:43. Also finishing
in under 20 minutes was Ryan
Mohr at 19:52 for 43rd place.
Fasbender’s time of 21:14
was just under a minute behind the medalist Emily Jaeger
of Fall Creek who ran a time of
20:15. Following Fasbender for
the Mounders was Hannah Cedarblade in 15th place at 22:16,
Nevada LaPointe in 37th at
25:02, Elayna Gutsch was on
her heels for 38th place in 25:04
and adding final team points
was O’Rhyann Hay in 41st at
25:28.
BOYS TEAM SCORES: Chippewa Falls
McDonell 51, Liberty Christian 56, Immanuel Lutheran 74, Elk Mound 134,
Black River Falls 144, Osseo-Fairchild
165, Altoona 166, Mondovi 190, Cadott
192, Augusta 228
GIRLS TEAM SCORES: Fall Creek 41,
Black River Falls 48, Cadott 88, Chippewa Falls McDonell 97, Elk Mound
115, Immanuel Lutheran 154, OsseoFairchild 169, Altoona 199
Youth deer hunt October 11-12 will provide great opportunity to introduce young hunters to the outdoors
MADISON — Youth hunters and
those interested in mentoring young
hunters are reminded to mark their calendars for this year’s youth deer hunt.
This special hunt takes place Oct. 11-12
and state wildlife officials say it provides
a valuable learning experience and great
opportunity to introduce young hunters
to one of the many outdoor opportunities
Wisconsin has to offer.
The youth hunt allows boys and girls
ages 10-15 to hunt with a gun or other
legal weapon prior to the regular firearm
seasons. The youth hunt is open to all
resident and non-resident youth hunters
with a gun deer license and appropriate
tags.
“Deer hunting in Wisconsin is an exciting time of year, and the youth hunt
is a perfect way to get young folks interested in the outdoors with an adult
close by,” said Keith Warnke, hunting
and shooting sports coordinator for the
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. “Experienced hunters provide
important guidance, advice, and instruction to help build a framework for constant safety improvement.”
It is important to note that buck and
antlerless deer permit tags included
with a junior gun deer license are valid
statewide for youth hunters.
All youth hunters must be accompanied by a mentor 18 years of age or older.
Youth ages 12-15 with a hunter education certificate may hunt within visual
and voice range of a mentor. When accompanying one or two youth ages 12-15
that have successfully completed hunter
education, a mentor is not required to
possess a hunter education certificate or
a current hunting license.
Hunters ages 10 and 11, as well as
those ages 12-15 that have not completed
hunter education, may gain hunting experience under the Hunting Mentorship
Program. This program requires youth
to hunt within arm’s reach of a qualified
mentor who has completed hunter education and holds a current hunting license.
Only one weapon may be possessed jointly between youth and mentor. Mentors
may not hunt using a firearm during the
youth deer hunt weekend, and must possess a valid Wisconsin hunting license
for the current hunting season. License
type does not matter, unless the mentor
will be hunting other game.
Hunters of all ages are reminded to
follow the four rules of firearm safety:
• Treat every gun as if it were loaded;
• Always point the muzzle in a safe
direction;
• Be sure of your target and beyond;
and
• Keep your finger out of the trigger
guard until you are ready to shoot.
First-time hunters and those that
have not purchased a license in at least
10 years are eligible for a discounted
first-time buyer license. Visit dnr.wi.gov
and search keyword “license” for more
information.
As in previous years, those new to
hunting can celebrate their first harvest
with the official first deer certificate.
Simply follow the instructions on the
page to upload a photo of your first deer
and describe your experience. For more
information, and to create your own first
deer certificate, search keywords “first
deer.”
To learn more about youth hunting
and general deer season regulations,
search keywords “youth hunt” and “deer”
respectively.
All deer hunters are encouraged to
check out the frequently asked questions page for more information regarding several rule changes for 2014. The
FAQ feature provides brief responses to
a wide variety of deer hunting questions,
ranging from deer management unit
boundaries to antlerless permits.
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Colfax girls stay undefeated in conference play
After wins over Plum City and
St. Croix Central last week, the
Colfax volleyball team improved
their conference record to 6-0 but
have the toughest part of their
schedule ahead of them. The Vikings will face Boyceville Oct.7,
Spring Valley two days later and
Elk Mound Oct. 14.
Plum City
Maybe a little weary after they
played five matches in the Cameron tournament just three days
earlier, the Vikings were slow
getting started against the Blue
Devils, falling behind 4-0 and
7-3 in the first set. But Lakken
Meredith stepped to the service
line and before she was done, the
Vikings held a 10-7 lead. Meredith had a pair of unreturnable
serves during the run while back
row specialist Bryana Buchanan
had a kill from mid-court. But
with some big shots by Cheyanne
Catura, Plum City knotted the
score at 10-10 and moved ahead
12-10. It was a battle the rest of
the set with the score tied three
times, the final at 16-16 before
Chey Olson came down with a
kill and Kori Buchanan served
two straight aces for a 19-16 Colfax lead. Olson and Kori Buchanan each slammed kills to make
it 22-17 but Plum City got back
to within three points as Colfax
held a 23-20 lead. Then a quick
set to Marianne Scharlau result-
ed in a kill down the middle of an
open court, and Dannielle Dachel
finished off the set at 25-20 with
a serving ace.
Plum City appeared to have
lost their punch after the loss
and the Vikings took control at
the net and in the back court
in set two. Kori Buchanan’s low
serves which seemed to drop
straight to the floor after crossing the net gave the Blue Devils
plenty of problems as they failed
to return two consecutive ones.
Dachel blocked a shot at the net,
then served up her own ace for
a 7-4 lead, and Katie Christoffel went on a three point serving
run. With the score at 15-7 in the
Viking’s favor, Meredith went on
another serving spree, putting up
six points with two aces, then set
up Dachel for a slam and a 21-8
lead. An Olson stuff added another point and another Scharlau
kill put the score at 23-10, allowing Dachel to finish it off again
with two serves that Plum City
couldn’t do anything with.
“We knew we had to change
our defense after the first set to
stop their big shot maker,” coach
Pam Meredith said. “After we did
that, Plum City couldn’t make an
adjustment and we shut them
down pretty good. Katie and Bryana came up big on the defensive
end with Katie staying outside
the block and Bryana keeping
KATIE CHRISTOFFEL served up three straight points for Colfax in
the second set of the match against Plum City Sept. 30. Colfax won
the match in three sets. —photo by M. Kruger
WITH HER BACK TO THE NET, Lakken Meredith of Colfax saved
a ball from hitting the floor and sent it back over the net in the match
against Plum City Sept. 30 in Colfax. —photo by M. Kruger
tough shots alive with some
graceful digs.”
Colfax pulled out to a 9-2 lead
as they spread the wealth around
with Kori Buchanan, Olson, Dachel and Makayla Mattson all
scoring on kills while Meredith
served up five points with a pair
of aces. The Vikings gave up just
six more points to the Blue Devils
and they continued to find open
holes on the court to put down numerous kills for points. With the
score at 23-8, Kori Buchanan put
down her final slam of the night
and Courtney Ottinger ended the
match with an ace serve.
Colfax totaled 41 kills in the
short match with Kori Buchanan
contributing 14, Olson 10 and
Scharlau five. Serving was a
strong point as well with the Vikings missing just five times in 73
attempts with Ottinger, Meredith
and Kori Buchanan all coming up
with four aces. Kori Buchanan
led the team in digs with 17 while
Christoffel added 14 and Bryana
Buchanan 12 and Meredith had
35 of the team’s 39 assists for the
match.
St. Croix Central
It was a long trip for a short
match as the Vikings again won
in three sets, 25-16, 25-10, 2514. Kori Buchanan and Olson
continue to be a dual force with
both connecting for 16 kills with
Dachel and Scharlau adding five
each. Christoffel had three of the
team’s nine service aces and the
Vikings were 71 of 74 in the serving department with Kori Buchanan 16 for 16, Meredith 14 for
14, Ottinger 14 for 14 and Olson
10 for 10. Colfax also played a
solid defense with 54 digs, including 16 by Olson, 12 by Kori Buchanan and seven by Christoffel.
Meredith finished with 40 of the
team’s 42 assists for the night.
“Our team has been serve receiving very well which allows
us to get into our system,” coach
Meredith said. “And defensively
we have been more dynamic. We
have seen a great improvement
in our C-team, our junior varsity
and our varsity from the beginning of the season,” she added.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Vikings trample Tigerton-Marion
The Colfax football team traveled east last Friday night for a
non-conference game against the
Tigerton-Marion Wildcats. Tigerton was 0-6 for the season and
0-3 in the Central Wisconsin Ten
Conference and the Vikings took
advantage of a struggling team
by scoring seven touchdowns by
five different players in a 47-8
rout.
“Both teams needed a game
for week seven and it’s hard to
find games close by,” Colfax coach
Mark Maloney said when asked
about playing a team farther
away from Colfax than the usual
distance they travel. “Tigerton
was a pretty good team just a few
years ago but low numbers made
them combine with Marion, and
according to their coaches they
are still having trouble drawing enough players to compete.
This game gave us a chance to
let some underclassmen play and
several of them were pretty successful. And some of our starters
had a chance to play some different positions which was fun for
them,” he added.
For the second time in the last
three games, Aliymu Davis started the night off with a bang as
he took the opening kickoff back
for an 87 yard score. (It was the
same distance of his kickoff return against Glenwood City two
weeks ago). Jarrod Rudi booted
the extra point kick for a 7-0 lead
with just 15 seconds elapsed in
the first quarter. Andrew Adix
scored on a five yard run four
minutes later but Rudi missed
the kick and it was 13-0. With
just 43 seconds to go in the quarter, Davis added his second score
of the night from a yard out and
Jacob Steinke ran in for a two
point conversion and a 21-0 Colfax lead.
Logan Mittelstadt scored his
first varsity touchdown on a 26
yard pass reception from Rudi at
the 8:40 mark of the second stanza but Rudi missed another kick
to put the score at 27-0. Davis
then got loose and broke off a 67
yard run for his third trip to the
promised land and Rudi found
the mark this time to increase the
Vikings lead to34-0 with 5:50 left
in the half. Andy Larson came up
with his first touchdown as a varsity player on a bomb from Rudi,
this time for a 62 yard score. Rudi
made it 41-0 with his kick just before the half.
With several younger players
on the field in the third quarter,
the Vikings failed to score but
they did their job defensively as
they held the Wildcats scoreless.
But 35 seconds in to the fourth,
another Viking recorded his
first touchdown as Jacob Klukas
scored on a two yard run. The
two point conversion was unsuccessful and with the score 47-0,
Tigerton-Marion ran the ball in
with 3:51 left and added a two
point run for their only points.
The game ended with Colfax lineman Trevor Olson, the biggest
guy on the team getting a chance
to run the ball. Although he ran
in a few different directions and
carried a few Tigerton players
with him, he fumbled the ball as
he was being tackled.
Although Jeremiah Wait, the
leading rusher in the conference,
didn’t score, he led the Vikings
with 92 yards on 12 carries, while
Davis scampered for 91 yards on
just six attempts. Rudi was 5 for
7 passing for 107 yards with Larson snagging two of them for 64
yards and Mittelstadt, Adix and
Steinke all grabbed one.
Although it didn’t rain and
the players only had to deal with
windy conditions, the Tigerton
field wasn’t ideal for football,
as it was played on a converted
baseball field according to Colfax
running back Adix.
“There were a lot of muddy
spots on the field and we had to
play on areas of dirt that were
part of the infield of the baseball
diamond,” Adix said. “It made us
appreciate how nice we have it on
our home field,” he added.
Colfax will resume conference
play when they travel to Mondovi
this Friday. The Buffaloes are
the defending conference champions but won their first conference game last week against Elk
Mound.
DeMoe moves on to sectional golf
It seems Colfax golfer Hannah
DeMoe is following in her sister
Whitney’s footsteps after her performance at the regional tournament held in Spooner Oct. 1.
Hannah shot a round of 47 in the
match, which was shortened to
nine holes due to windy and rainy
conditions, and qualified for the
sectional meet in Cumberland
Oct. 7. (Whitney qualified for sectionals last year while Hannah
was one stroke short of qualifying
with her). The top four teams and
top four individuals not on one of
those teams are allowed to move
on to sectionals.
The Colfax team shot a round
of 243, their lowest score of the
season and put them seventh of
eight teams. Hannah Yingst was
just a few strokes short of making
it to the sectional with her score
of 59, Abbie Greenwell shot a 68
and Kaely Rieck had a personal
low score of 69. Kayla Bowen of
Hayward was the medalist with
her score of 39.
TEAM SCORES: Hayward 182, Spooner
190, Stanley-Boyd 211, Ladysmith 216,
Northwestern 221, Cumberland 224,
Colfax 243, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser 251
Wisconsin deer hunters are encouraged Archery deer season means it’s time to
think tree stand safety and wear harnesses
to participate in CWD surveillance
•Always have three points of
MADISON - With Wisconsin’s field of vision and avoiding detecMADISON - In 2014, state wildlife officials will
continue to test white-tailed deer harvested by
hunters for chronic wasting disease. This testing is
part of a continued effort to monitor the status and
geographic spread of the disease in Wisconsin.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
will be testing deer from select areas of the state
-- sampling strategies are aimed at monitoring distribution and trends in prevalence of the disease.
Surveillance will focus on adult deer, since older
deer are more likely to have the disease.
“The testing is provided as a service to hunters,
but it is also an important tool for monitoring the
disease,” said Tami Ryan, DNR wildlife health section chief.
Through implementation of the Deer Trustee Report and recommendations, the former CWD management zone has been eliminated. However, the
department will continue to track disease trends
within long-term monitoring areas of the former
zone.
The department will also be asking hunters to
submit test samples from deer harvested in Dane,
Jefferson, southern Dodge, Columbia, and eastern
Sauk counties. Sampling will also be concentrated
in Washburn, Juneau, Adams and Portage counties.
In Vernon and Crawford counties, samples will be
collected at select taxidermists and DNR staff will
be collecting adult deer samples at several registration on opening weekend of the November gun deer
season.
People can find a CWD sampling station by
searching the DNR website dnr.wi.gov for keywords
“CWD sampling.” Hunters are reminded to contact
sampling stations in advance to verify hours of operation.
As part of the Deer Trustee Report rules package, $5 from each bonus antlerless deer permit sale
in CWD affected counties will be used for CWD testing and monitoring.
A map of the 2014 CWD sampling area is available for viewing on the DNR website.
archery and crossbow deer season opening Saturday, Sept. 13,
state recreational safety specialists are reminding hunters it’s
time to think tree stand safety.
Tree stands can greatly enhance a deer hunter’s chances of
seeing and bagging a deer, especially during the archery season
when hunters want a clear shot
at a close distance. But tree stand
incidents are one of the leading
causes of injury to hunters, according to Jon King, hunter education administrator with the
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
“The good news is such falls
are easily preventable,” King
said. “You can continue to gain
the benefits that hunting from a
tree stand delivers -- increased
Tests confirm first white-nose syndrome occurrence was isolated
MADISON - Samples that
were pending from 19 caves and
mines in Wisconsin tested negative for white-nose syndrome,
confirming that as of April this
year the deadly bat disease was
isolated to a single site in Grant
County.
The samples were collected as
part of a routine follow up during the surveying of 135 mines
and caves. Visual surveys of the
remaining 116 sites did not find
any other signs of white-nose
syndrome.
“Results were negative on follow-up surveillance and genetic
samples at the caves and mines
closest to the disease epicenter,”
says Paul White, a conservation
biologist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
“We will continue to work with
science advisory groups, stakeholders and partners to discuss
and identify the best management practices in efforts to slow
the spread of this disease.”
White-nose syndrome was confirmed in Wisconsin earlier this
year when results from visual
inspection and genetic and tis-
sue tests showed that 2 percent
of bats in a single mine had the
disease. This infection does not
affect people or other animal species but causes hibernating bats
to frequently wake, depleting
their energy and causing them to
starve or dehydrate.
Wisconsin has one of the highest concentrations of hibernating
bats in the Midwest, and its population of little brown bats in the
largest remaining in the world.
Some bats from neighboring
states of Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Iowa and Michigan -- up to
300,000 bats -- spend their winters here so any disease affecting
Wisconsin’s hibernacula has far
reaching impacts on the summer
landscape and on the industries
that depend on bats for natural
pest control.
Bats are voracious insect eaters, helping keep crop and forest
pests and mosquitoes in check. A
recent national study estimated
the insect-eating services that
bats provide between $658 million to $1.5 billion alone for Wisconsin’s agricultural industry.
Next steps in efforts to save
bats
Cave and mine owners were
notified by DNR of the winter
disease surveillance findings.
Efforts to control the human-assisted transmission of the fungus
remain in place, including strict
decontamination for researchers
and DNR personnel as well as
screening commercial cave and
mine visitors.
The DNR Bureau of Natural
Heritage Conservation’s dedicated team is also exploring effective management strategies and
continues to conduct comprehensive statewide projects to address
knowledge gaps in bat trends.
Through two citizen-based monitoring projects, volunteers are
helping to gather crucial data on
current threats and population
health.
“Our goal remains to prevent extinction and monitor bat
health,” says White. “Through
implementing adaptive management actions, we hope to sustain
one of Wisconsin’s greatest natural resources for the benefit of future generations.”
How citizens can help, includ-
ing reporting sick or dead bats
Wisconsin citizens can help by
continuing to avoid disturbing
bats, especially during hibernation; by following all decontamination requirements for those
who enter caves or mines and by
continuing to volunteer to monitor bat populations in Wisconsin
through a variety of different opportunities. Wisconsin’s four bat
cave species are listed as threatened, a status which makes it illegal to kill them or take action
that would result in their death.
Learn more about bats and volunteering opportunities on DNR’s
Bat Program website.
People who see sick or dead
bats, especially between October and March, are encouraged
to report them to DNR. Citizens
can find the reporting form and
instructions for how to safely
collect carcasses of dead bats on
DNR’s Bat Program website. People should not touch or handle
bats without appropriate protective clothing.
tion by your prey -- while reducing your risk of injury if you follow a few simple safety tips.”
•Always wear a full body harness, also known as a fall arrest
system, when you are in a tree
stand, as well as when climbing
into or out of a tree stand. Make
sure it is worn properly. Tree
stand harnesses have an expiration date and should be replaced
when they expire and/or if a fall
occurs, and a safety strap should
be attached to the tree to prevent
falling more than 12 inches.
contact while climbing into and
out of the tree stand; either two
hands and one foot or two feet
and one hand at all times.
•Always use a haul line to
raise and lower your UNLOADED firearm or bow.
•Be aware of suspension trauma. Suspension trauma can happen in less than 20 minutes and
can be fatal. Attaching an additional foot strap to the body harness will take pressure off your
upper legs.
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DUNN COUNTY
TRAFFIC
Victoria Rae Weaver, Elk Mound,
Speeding in 55 MPH Zone (1-10 MPH),
amended from Speeding in 55 MPH Zone
(16-19 MPH), $175.30
Adam James White, Menomonie,
Speedometer Violations, amended from
Exceeding Speed Zones, etc. (16-19
MPH), $175.30
Jeffrey J. Williams, Colfax, Speeding
on Freeway (11-15 MPH), $200.50
Brandon J. Winegar, Eau Galle, Vehicle Operator Fail/Wear Seat Belt, $10.00
Amanda S. Wolbert, Menomonie,
Non-Registration of Vehicle - Auto
<10,000 lbs., $175.30
Amanda M. Wolf, Menomonie, Permit
Unauthorized Person to Drive, $200.50
Paul S. Wurtz, Menomonie, Inattentive Driving, $187.90
Thomas Yang, Menomonie, Operating
motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance,
$10.00
Gunnar Dean Zurek, Elk Mound,
Non-Registration of Vehicle - Auto
<10,000 lbs., $175.30; Operating a
motor vehicle w/o insurance, $200.50;
Display Unauth. Veh. Registration Plate,
$238.30; Operating While Suspended
(4th+), $200.50
Sultan Mohammed Alzahrani, Menomonie, Operate w/o Carrying License,
amended from Operate w/o Valid License
(1st Violation), $150.10
Marvin W. Blodgett, Menomonie,
Failure to Keep Vehicle Under Control,
$213.10; Vehicle Operator Fail/Wear Seat
Belt, $10.00
Benjamin C. Carlson, Menomonie,
Obstructed Driver’s Vision w/Unauth.
Sign, amended from Truck Following Too
Closely, $ 150.10
David R. Creaser, Elk Mound, Speeding in 55 MPH Zone (16-19 MPH),
$200.50
David S. Darnutzer, Menomonie,
Speeding in 55 MPH Zone (16-19 MPH),
$200.50
Kayce L. Dubuque, Boyceville, Speeding in 55 MPH Zone (11-15 MPH),
$175.30
Amanda Rose Eggert, Glenwood City,
Operating a motor vehicle w/o insurance,
$200.50; Operating While Suspended
(4th+), $200.50
Dee Dee K. Fischer, Menomonie,
Exceeding Speed Zones, etc. (1-10 MPH),
amended from Exceeding Speed Zones,
etc. (16-19 MPH), $175.30
Rachel K. Hahn, Elk Mound, Fail/
Stop at Stop Sign, $175.30
Chelsea R. Hoffman, Menomonie, Operating While Suspended (2nd), $200.50
Dakota Harley Homann, Colfax,
Driving Too Fast for Conditions, $217.10
Daniel R. Hughes, Knapp, Interstate/
Intrastate Driving Req’mts, $200.50
Jesse T. Lawson, Menomonie, Speeding in 55 MPH Zone (16-19 MPH),
$200.50
Jordan T. Lehman, Menomonie,
Failure to Keep Vehicle Under Control,
$213.10
Chaz Lendon Mahan, Menomonie,
Operating While Suspended (4th+),
$200.50
Logan Matthew Miller, Menomonie,
Speeding in 55 MPH Zone (11-15 MPH),
amended from Speeding in 55 MPH Zone
(20-24 MPH), $175.30
Nicholas C. Murphy, Menomonie,
Speedometer Violations, amended from
Speeding on Freeway (11-15 MPH),
$200.50
Kolten Daniel Nelsen, Knapp, Driving Too Fast for Conditions, $213.10
Obermueller Trucking Inc., Glenwood
City, Violate Class A Hwy Weight Limits,
$712.50
Brent J. Oebser, Menomonie, Speeding in 55 MPH Zone (11-15 MPH),
$175.30
Quincy James Olson, Menomonie,
Speeding on City Highway (11-15 MPH),
$175.30
Lisa M. Polk, Boyceville, Operate w/o
Carrying License, amended from Operating While Suspended, $138.76
Kory M. Randall, Menomonie, Vehicle
Operator Fail/Wear Seat Belt, $10.00
Cassie M. Salter, Elk Mound, Operating While Suspended, $200.50
Mathew H. Scott, Clear Lake, Vehicle
Operator Fail/Wear Seat Belt, $10.00;
Operating motor vehicle w/o proof of
insurance, $10.00
Anthony J. Spatola, Menomonie, Fail/
Yield for Yield Sign, $150.10
Brandon Dupray Stetzer, Menomonie,
Vehicle Operator Fail/Wear Seat Belt,
$10.00
Darrick D. Suckow, Knapp, Operating
a motor vehicle w/o insurance, $200.50
Carlos R. Tamayo-Martinez, Menomonie, Operating While Suspended
(4th+), $200.50
Pao Vang, Menomonie, Automobile
Following Too Closely, $150.10
George C. Welch II, Menomonie, NonRegistration of Vehicle - Auto <10,000
lbs., $175.30
Edward J. Werner, Menomonie, Operating a motor vehicle w/o insurance,
$200.50
Jadie A. Whittier, Menomonie, Operating While Suspended, $200.50; NonRegistration of Vehicle - Auto <10,000
lbs., $175.30
Thomas W. Woods, Wheeler, Operating a motor vehicle w/o insurance,
$215.50
Eric T. Zakrzewicz, 33, Elk Mound,
Disorderly Conduct - County/Municipality, $200.50
Brian D. Aasen, Colfax, Operating
While Suspended (2nd), $200.50
Majed Hussain H. Alsufyani, Menomonie, Operate after Rev/Susp of Registration, $175.30
Ryan M. Best, Boyceville, NonRegistration of Vehicle - Auto <10,000
lbs., $150.10
Nicholas A. Meyer, Elk Mound, Operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, amended from Operating a motor
vehicle w/o insurance, $10.00
Matthew R. Multhauf, Downing,
Speedometer Violations, amended from
Speeding on Freeway (11-15 MPH),
$175.30
Laura M. Oliver, Menomonie, Operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance,
$10.00; Non-Registration of Vehicle Auto <10,000 lbs., $150.10
DUNN COUNTY
ORDINANCE
VIOLATIONS
UNDERAGE DRINKING: Harley
David Larson, 20, Menomonie, (1st),
DOT License Suspended, 90 Days,
$263.50; Aubrey Ann Schwede, 20,
Menomonie, (1st), Alcohol assessment,
$200.50; Aubrey Ann Schwede, 20, (1st)
(amended from 2nd), $200.50
DWI: Glen G. Bowe, 53, Elk Mound,
4th w/in 5 yrs., [Alcohol Fine Enhancer]
(amended from 3rd), Probation, Sent
Withheld, DOT License Revoked 36
Months, Ignition interlock, Alcohol
assessment, $3,361.00; Austin M. Schley, 29, Menomonie, (1st), Costs, DOT
License Revoked 6 Months, Ignition
interlock, Alcohol assessment, $982.50;
Eric D. Wohlt, 31, Menomonie, (1st),
DOT License Revoked 7 Months, Ignition
interlock, Alcohol assessment, $934.50
DISORDERLY CONDUCT: Dustin D.
Hendrickson, 18, Menomonie, (amended
from Possess Drug Paraphernalia),
$217.10; Wade C. Hovind, 27, Colfax,
[Domestic Abuse], Probation, Sent
Withheld, $593.00; Nicole A. Lemon, 29,
Boyceville, $200.50; Joseph Brick Pangborn, 27, Menomonie, $263.50; Leticia
A. Quiram, 46, Wheeler, (amended from
Mistreatment of Animals), $200.50
David J. Andrle, 30, Colfax, Substantial Battery-Intend Bodily Harm [PTAC,
as a Party to a Crime], Probation, Sent
Withheld, $518.00; Take/Drive Veh. w/o
Consent-Abandon Veh., Probation, Sent
Withheld, $528.00
Glen G. Bowe, 53, Elk Mound, Hit
and Run-Unattended Vehicle, amended
from Hit and Run, $0.00
Jammie Allen Cutting, 39, Colfax,
Possess Drug Paraphernalia, $443.00
Bradley R. Heckendorf, 40, Me-nomonie, Retail Theft 1st offense, $200.50
Alexander Dean Hedlund, 27, Glenwood City, Open Container Violation,
$175.30; Public Intoxication 1st, $389.50
Wade C. Hovind, 27, Colfax, Obstructing an Officer, Probation, Sent Withheld,
$493.00
Michael Paul Jacobson, 31, Menomonie, Public Intoxication 1st, $389.50
Molly C. Kapsner, 49, Boyceville,
Livestock at Large, $200.50
Quality Liquid Feeds, Inc.Menomonie, Public Nuisance within City,
$2028.00
Joan M. Smithrud, 48, Menomonie,
Retail Theft 1st offense, $215.50
Nick Joshua Tryggestad, 22, Menomonie, Deposit of Human Waste, $263.50
Jana L. Weaver-Blume, 45, Menomonie, Public Intoxication 1st, $389.50
UNDERAGE DRINKING: Cole
Preston Alsbach, 20, Menomonie, (1st),
$200.50
DWI: Michael Joseph Sullivan, 29,
Menomonie, (2nd), Local Jail, DOT
License Revoked 12 Months, Ignition
interlock, Alcohol assessment, $1,224.00;
Scott J. Valla, 52, Menomonie, (1st),
DOT License Revoked 6 Months, Alcohol
assessment, $884.50; Andrea R. White,
26, Menomonie, (2nd), Local Jail, DOT
License Revoked 12 Months, Ignition
interlock, Alcohol assessment, $1487.00
DISORDERLY CONDUCT: Stacey
Lynn Asmus, 42, Wheeler, County disorderly conduct, amended from Battery,
$217.10; Jacob L. Kitchner, 26, Colfax,
[Domestic Abuse], Probation, Sent
Withheld, $558.00; Jordan T. Lehman,
23, Menomonie, Disorderly Conduct w/
MV, $200.50; Jordan T. Lehman, 23,
Menomonie, Disorderly Conduct w/MV,
$200.50; Cory J. Wendt, 30, Menomonie,
Probation, Sent Withheld, $443.00
Kathryn A. Coffin, 39, Menomonie,
Dog Running at Large, $187.90
Jami A. Golden, 35, Colfax, Manuf/
Deliver Amphetamine(<=3g), Probation,
Sent Withheld, $3183.00
Andrew R. Gullicksrud, 35, Colfax,
Operating While Revoked (Rev due to
alc/contr subst/refusal), Local Jail Costs,
$243.00
Deandre D. Harvey, 33, Menomonie,
Substantial Battery-Intend Bodily
Harm, [968.075(1)(a)1 - Domestic Abuse
- Infliction of Physical Pain or Injury]
[939.62(1)(b) - Repeater], State Prison
Extended Supervision, $368.00
Ronald P. Hellendrung, 62, Ridgeland, Operating motor vehicle w/o proof
of insurance, $10.00
Callee M. Horner, 25, Menomonie,
Theft-Movable Property <=$2500, [ Party
to a Crime], Local Jail, $2049.50
Valerie Irene Key, 42, Menomonie,
Retail Theft 1st offense, $200.50
Jordan T. Lehman, 23, Menomonie,
Littering, $200.50; Off Road Operation,
$200.50
Jolene M. Lodel, 24, Menomonie,
Resisting an Officer, Probation, Sent
Withheld, $443.00
James R. Miller, 36, Menomonie,
Fraud on Gas Station, $358.00
Isaias Morales-Lopez, 30, Menomonie, Operate w/o Carrying License,
amended from Operate w/o Valid License
(2nd w/in 3 Yrs), $217.10
Daniel D. Pederson, 32, Wheeler,
Operate w/o Carrying License, amended
from Operating While Revoked (Rev due
to alc/contr subst/refusal), $217.10
People who had work related back or neck surgeries are often left with
debilitating pain. They may return to work for a few years only to have
their condition worsen, have to quit work because of their pain, and end
up on SSDI. There may be additional worker’s comp benefits for such
people. There is a 12 year statute of limitations for worker’s comp claims.
Call and we’ll develop a plan to help you.
FOR THE RECORD
John Louis Raisley, 30, Menomonie,
Drug Paraphernalia 1st, $200.50
David Eugene Shaw, 24, Menomonie,
Retail Theft 1st offense, $200.50
Joseph F. Spanel, Menomonie, 23,
Adult Permit/Underage Drinking (1st),
$452.50
Kevin Jon Sutliff, 56, Boyceville,
ATV Owner Permit Operation by Minor,
$187.90
Michael D. Swanson, 34, Colfax, Operate Snowmobile with PAC (1st), Other
fees, Alcohol assessment, $701.50
Levi G. Thatcher, 22, Menomonie,
Operate Recreation Veh. in Unauth.
Area, $138.76
Jeffrey A. Thatcher, 50, Menomonie,
Resisting or Obstructing an Officer (Forfeiture), $200.50
DWI: Michael Anthony Johnston, 55,
Menomonie, (1st), Costs, DOT License
Revoked 8 Months, Ignition interlock,
Alcohol assessment, $982.50; Patricia
A. Mongiat, 50, Boyceville, (1st), DOT
License Revoked 6 Months, Alcohol assessment, $761.50
DISORDERLY CONDUCT: Michael
J. Mattison, 32, Menomonie, (amended
from Obstructing an Officer), $217.10;
Dylan M. Skaife, 22, Menomonie,
(amended from Criminal Trespass to
Dwelling), $217.10
Rachael C. Becker, 30, Colfax, TheftMovable Property <=$2500 [PTAC, as a
Party to a Crime], Local Jail, $253.00
Derrick A. Bergstedt-Steffen, 27,
Ridgeland, Felon Possess Firearm, Probation, Sent Withheld, $483.00
Brent J. Hase, 18, Menomonie,
Burglary-Armed w/Dangerous Weapon,
[Party to a Crime], Probation, Sent Withheld, $528.00
Darcie M. Roberts, 35, Boyceville,
Possession of Firearm by Felon, Probation, Sent Withheld, $468.00
DUNN COUNTY
MARRIAGES
Eric J. Myers McRoberts, 37, and
Brenda R. Henderson, 43, both of Dunn
Co.
James M. Boerner, 38, and LeChaun
R. Mattison, 26, both of Dunn Co.
Michael D. Nelson, 22, and Charlene D. Holmes, 23, both of Dunn Co.
Travis R. Chevatal, 30, and Kimberly R. Martin, 28, both of Dunn Co.
Dale S. Feyen, 50, and Lori K.
Smith, 45, both of Dunn Co.
Keith H. Edwards, 35, and Tracy M.
DesCamps, 26, both of Dunn Co.
Joshua D. Paulsen, 41, and Tracy L.
Woodford, 40, both of Dunn Co.
Michael L. Anderson, 42, and Amy
L. Olson, 37, both of Dunn Co.
John R. Anderson, 30, and Melissa
M. Patton, 35, both of Dunn Co.
Bradley S. Rogers, 23, and Lindsey
N. Olson, 24, both of Dunn Co.
Brian J. Hoyt, 28, and Katy A.
Riess, 24, both of Dunn Co.
Daniel J. Borgenheimer, 48, and
Ann B. Goodrich, 49, both of Dunn Co.
David A. Seyffer, 53, and Robin K.
Morse, 48, both of Dunn Co.
Jason R. Koger, 24, and Sarah E.
Lannon, 23, both of Dunn Co.
Aaron D. Blicher, 29, and Melissa
M. DeCamp, 25, both of Dunn Co.
Matthew C. Burns, 36, and Lauren
E. Morrison, 25, both of Hennepin Co.,
MN.
Jeffrey L. Thomley, 31, and Jamie
L. Psak, 29, both of Dunn Co.
Lucas W. Wolbert, 34, and Anastasia M. Barry, 27, both of Dunn Co.
Kyle C. Polus, 26, and Ashley N.
Hellendrung, 27, both of Dunn Co.
James A. Nesseth, 48, and Aimee L.
Quirin Wollman, 46, both of Dunn Co.
Code W.E. Dunn, 21, and Amanda J.
Haats, 20, both of Dunn Co.
Jeremy M. Gruber, 35, and Jennifer
S. Mellenthin, 31, both of Dunn Co.
DUNN COUNTY
DIVORCES
Kevin M. Gilbertson, 36, Savan,
Virgin Islands, and Andrea J. (Hoover)
Gilbertson, 31, Dunn Co.
Mark J. Lange, 53, Dunn Co., and
Amber M. Reif, 32, DuPage Co., IL.
DUNN COUNTY
SMALL CLAIMS
Carol J. Atkinson, Colfax, ordered
to pay Capital One Bank (USA) NA, c/o
Messerli & Kramer PA, Plymouth, MN,
$1,752.87.
Mike Beebe, aka Michael Beebe,
Mondovi, ordered to pay Midland Funding LLC, San Diego, CA, $1,301.18.
Gary L. Bennett, Menomonie, ordered to pay Capital One Bank (USA)
NA, Glen Allen, VA, $4,082.04.
William Bignell, Menomonie, ordered to pay Cedar Country Cooperative, Elk Mound, $488.35.
Brian T. Buerkle, Menomonie, ordered to pay Discover Bank, c/o DB Servicing Corporation, New Albany, OH,
$1,634.73.
Travis A. Carlsrud, Boyceville, ordered to pay LVNV Funding LLC, c/o
Messerli and Kramer PA, Plymouth,
MN, $1,618.12.
Jessica Davis, Menomonie, ordered
to pay Cedar Country Cooperative, Elk
Mound, $407.66.
Barbara Doane, Mondovi, ordered to
pay Portfolio Recovery Associates, Norfolk, VA, $1,909.73.
Melinda Duncan, Menomonie, ordered to pay Midland Funding LLC,
San Diego, CA, $2,051.17.
Frederick Flint, Menomonie, ordered to pay Midland Funding LLC,
San Diego, CA, $5,604.16.
Robyn Fuerst, Mondovi, ordered to
pay Midland Funding LLC, San Diego,
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CA, $2,185.27.
Princess Gasper, Menomonie, ordered to pay Tony Paul Flom, Knapp,
$1,398.64.
Paige Elizabeth Gjerstad, Menomonie, ordered to pay Colonial Square,
c/o Bonded Collections of Rice Lake,
Inc., Rice Lake, $1,108.07.
William Grambow, Boyceville, ordered to pay Bodyworks Athletic Club
LLC, c/o Bonded Collections of Rice
Lake, Inc., Rice Lake, $210.39; Menomonie Fire & Ambulance, c/o Bonded
Collections of Rice Lake, Inc., Rice
Lake, $402.05.
Josie Grohn, c/o Dan and Margie
Grohn, Elk Mound, ordered to pay Colonial Square, c/o Bonded Collections of
Rice Lake, Inc., Rice Lake, $1,108.07.
Douglas J. and Sherry Hellendrung,
Boyceville, ordered to pay Colonial
Square, c/o Bonded Collections of Rice
Lake, Inc., Rice Lake, $1,108.07.
Kevin Ingli, Knapp, ordered to pay
Midland Funding LLC, San Diego, CA,
$8,714.15.
Carmen Johnson and Courtney Johnson, Elk Mound, ordered to
pay Meadowhill LLC, Menomonie,
$2,343.71.
Joel B. Johnson, Menomonie, ordered to pay Brittney Lynne Foss, Boyceville, $3,359.73.
Duane Klatt, Colfax, ordered to
pay Midland Funding LLC, San Diego,
$3,852.99.
Erika Klint, Boyceville, ordered to
pay Midland Funding LLC, San Diego,
CA, $4,271.83; $1,884.57.
Amber L. Link, Menomonie, ordered
to pay WESTconsin Credit Union,
Menomonie, $2,101.50.
Stephanie McCaffery, Menomonie,
ordered to pay Cedar Country Cooperative, Elk Mound, $565.02.
Dwight and Kim McNaughton,
Menomonie, ordered to pay Cedar
Country Cooperative, Elk Mound,
$549.92.
Sheri L. Mikesell, Menomonie, ordered to pay Mark Kinney, Menomonie,
$3.389.96.
Amy G. Neverdahl, Menomonie, ordered to pay Atlantic Credit & Finance,
Roanoke, VA, $8,834.94.
Jace D. Pippen, Menomonie, ordered
to pay LVNV Funding LLC, Greenville,
SC, $3,348.64.
Jasper T. Radunz, Red Wing, MN,
ordered to pay WESTconsin Credit
Union, Menomonie, $2,297.97.
Juanita M. Schmidt, Boyceville, ordered to pay Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, $2,597.00.
Scott C. Seehaver, Boyceville, ordered to pay Patricia F. Seehaver, Boyceville, $7,497.53.
Brentley Sims, Boyceville, ordered
to pay Douglas A. Larson, Menomonie,
$6,153.50.
Candi Slagel, Ridgeland, ordered
to pay Haack Orthodontic Clinic, c/o
Bonded Collections of Rice Lake Inc.,
Rice Lake, $965.51.
Nicole Soler, Menomonie, ordered to
pay Midland Funding LLC, San Diego,
CA, $2,541.13.
Tiffany J. Teerink, Menomonie, ordered to pay Capital One Bank (USA)
NA, Glen Allen, VA, $1,996.66.
Cory Wendt, Menomonie, ordered to
pay Menomonie Fire & Ambulance, c/o
Bonded Collections of Rice Lake Inc.,
Rice Lake, $1,907.30.
Robert C. Wold, Menomonie, ordered to pay Menomonie Fire & Ambulance, c/o Bonded Collections of Rice
Lake Inc., Rice Lake, $1,084.50.
Nancy Woodard, Menomonie, ordered to pay Midland Funding LLC,
San Diego, CA, $1,551.80.
Melissa M. Uthe, Menomonie, and
Jesse K. Bowell, Menomonie, ordered
to pay Ruth Ann Harnish, c/o River Valley Property Mgmt LLC, Eau Claire,
$2,654.90.
Sherryl L. Brown, Menomonie, ordered to pay Capital One Bank (USA)
NA, Glen Allen, VA, $803.31.
Randy R. Bue, Menomonie, ordered
to pay WESTconsin Credit Union,
Menomonie, $144,40.
Wanda Burke, Menomonie, ordered
to pay Linda Lou Nielsen, Menomonie,
$5,182.20.
Lori A. Butler, Mondovi, ordered to
pay Baldwin Area Medical Center, La
Crosse, $1,307.80.
Austin Cartmill, Elk Mound, ordered to pay Midland Funding LLC,
San Diego, CA, $1,171.81.
Christine Cornell, Menomonie, ordered to pay Midland Funding LLC,
San Diego, CA, $1,479.66.
Robert A. Dahl, Fountain City, WI,
ordered to pay WESTconsin Credit
Union, Menomonie, $6,592.26.
Corey M. Delong, Menomonie, ordered to pay Stansfield Vending, La
Crosse, $1,106.50.
Sharon M. Fix, Boyceville, ordered
to pay Baldwin Area Medical Center,
La Crosse, $2,337.20
Charliene M. Frey, Menomonie,
ordered to pay Baldwin Area Medical
Center, La Crosse, $984.30.
Quentin S. George, Menomonie,
ordered to pay Baldwin Area Medical
Center, La Crosse, $3,508.41.
Kevin J. Green, Boyceville, ordered
to pay Baldwin Area Medical Center, La
Crosse, $2,008.05.
Alesha L. Hatella, Menomonie, ordered to pay Baldwin Area Medical
Center, La Crosse, $1,040.90.
Cliffton J. Hermann, Menomonie,
ordered to pay Capital One Bank (USA)
N.A., c/o Messerli & Kramer PA, Plymouth, MN, $1,708.33.
Clifford L. Hitz, Wheeler, ordered to
pay Baldwin Area Medical Center, La
Crosse, $808.30.
Erin M. and Michael Hughes, Elk
Mound, ordered to pay Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, $493.60.
Stephanie Johnson, Menomonie, or-
Lydia Christiansen, Menomonie, ordered to pay State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Bloomington, IL, $7,809.64.
Fanetti Properties Limited Partnership, Rusk Prairie LLC, ordered to
pay Marilyn J. Fanetti, Menomonie,
$653,896.34
Elk Mound
Continued from page 1
Five-year street plan
The Elk Mound Village Board
has approved a five-year street
plan to put on file with Dunn
County.
Filing the plan with the county
is necessary if Elk Mound wants
to apply for transportation grants
to help pay for street projects.
The plan covers University
Street for 2013-2014; no street
project for 2015; Garland Avenue
for 2016; and East Elk Mound
Drive for 2017.
Garland and East Elk Mound
Drive have a low rating on the
street assessment scale and already have had some engineering
The following were ordered to pay
the WI Dept. of Workforce Development for delinquent workmans comp:
Damon Anderson, Andie's Saloons
Restaurants, Menomonie, $8,448.59.
Harold Anderson, Andie's Saloons
Restaurants, Boyceville, $8,448.59.
Julie Anderson, Andie's Saloons
Restaurants, Boyceville, $8,448.59.
Lavonne Anderson, Andie's Saloons
Restaurants, Boyceville, $8,448.59.
DUNN COUNTY
TAX WARRANTS
The following were ordered to pay
the Dept. of Revenue:
Foxwalk Log & Timber Builders,
Menomonie, $2,297.94, withholding.
Maria G. Munoz and Pedro Perez
Garcia, Boyceville, $2,074.40, income.
Olson & Kettner, Menomonie,
$2,014.44, sales.
Pedro Perez Garcia, Boyceville,
$10,664.25, income.
VAAAV US LLC, Menomonie,
$3,217.00, sales.
The following were ordered to pay
the Dept. of Revenue:
VAAAV US LLC, Menomonie,
$2,229.86, sales.
DUNN COUNTY
UNEMPLOY. COMP.
BENEFIT WARRANT
The following were ordered to pay
the WI Dept. of Workforce Development for unemployment compensation:
Juanita Hathcock, Menomonie,
$818.23.
Duane A. Hendrickson, Menomonie,
$1,654.73.
PROBIOTICSMART LLC, Menomonie, $6,492.11.
The following were ordered to pay
the WI Dept. of Workforce Development for unemployment compensation:
Matthew G. Carlson, Menomonie,
$924.25.
Vickie L. Larson, Menomonie,
$646.00
Michael E. Simily, Menomonie,
$763.00
Southside Body and Glass LLC,
Menomonie, $1,410.05.
work done, Levra noted.
Ice rink
In further action at the October 1 meeting, the Elk Mound
Village Board approved a lease
agreement with Margaret and
Steve Dieter of 307 University
Avenue for an ice rink at a cost of
$400 for the season.
The department of public
works also uses the area to store
plowed snow from November
through April, said Terry Stamm,
soon-to-be-retired director of public works.
The savings on labor and fuel
to store snow at the Dieter property, which is near the Elk Mound
schools, pays for the amount of
the lease, he said.
Breast cancer awareness program offered
to girls at Mayo Clinic Health System sites
EAU CLAIRE — Bring your
granddaughter, daughter, niece
or friend to Mayo Clinic Health
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cancer and prevention.
From 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov.
11, girls ages 9 to 16 can visit
one of three Mayo Clinic Health
System locations in northwest
Wisconsin. Each girl must attend
with at least one adult female
— mother, grandmother, aunt,
friend or someone special in her
life.
Participants will:
•Learn about the importance
of self-breast exams and mammo-
grams.
•Hear from a breast cancer
survivor.
•See a mammography machine and real images.
• See the breast biopsy and ultrasound rooms and equipment.
• Receive a special gift.
Reply by Friday, Oct. 31, to the
location where you’d like to attend:
•Eau Claire: 1400 Bellinger
St., 715-838-3628
•
Menomonie: 2321 Stout
Road, 715-233-7464
•Osseo: 13025 8th St., 715597-8628
MENOMONIE — Bring your
friends, family or pets out for a
morning hike to explore fall colors from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday,
Oct. 18, Red Cedar State Trail,
Menomonie. Mayo Clinic Health
System – Red Cedar is sponsoring
breakfast and a hike.
Meet at Riverside Park pavilion, and enjoy a free light breakfast before or after your hike.
“This is a great chance for anyone – families or individuals – to
get their daily exercise while enjoying the wonderful natural resources in our area,” says Christine Tharp, community education
supervisor at Mayo Clinic Health
System – Red Cedar. “Maybe this
day will kick start your own walking group. Or maybe it will be a
nice change from the treadmill at
the gym. Whatever the case, it’s
just fun to get out and get moving
as a group.”
Mayo Clinic Health System offers scenic
breakfast and hike Oct. 18 in Menomonie
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Village of Colfax, Dunn County
Notice is hereby given that the Plan Commission of the Village
of Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin will hold a public hearing at
6:00 p.m. during its scheduled Plan Commission Meeting on
Wednesday, October 27, 2014, at the Colfax Village Hall, 613
Main Street, Colfax, WI, to take public comment on the following:
Copies of the proposed language which details the proposed
amendments are available for examination at the Colfax Village
Hall and the Colfax Public Library, 613 Main Street, Colfax, WI
during regular business hours.
(Formerly from Dr. Lane’s office in Cornell.)
Accepting new pAtients
David J. Irwin, DDS
Christopher D. Goettl, DDS
Published:
October 8, 2014
October 15, 2014
1502 Main St. • Bloomer • 715.568.2363
Hours: Mon - Fri: 8:00-5:00
website: bluediamondfamilydental.com
DUNN COUNTY
CIVIL JUDGMENTS
DUNN COUNTY
WORKMANS COMP.
An ordinance to amend the text of the Village Zoning Code,
Title 13, Article C, Residential District Requirements, Sec.
13-1-25(3)(a) and (e) R-1 New Single Family Residential District-Large Lot pertaining to minimum lot size and accessory building setback requirements of the ordinances of the
Village of Colfax.
Welcoming Becky SchWetz, RDh to ouR Dental office.
Thomas J. Rufledt, DDS
Gregory A. Mihm, DDS
dered to pay Cottonwood Financial Wisconsin LLC, Irving, TX, $1,486.50.
Jeffrey G. Kersten, Colfax, ordered
to pay Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield,
$1,695.35.
Terry D. Koch, Boyceville, ordered to
pay Baldwin Area Medical Center, La
Crosse, $466.53.
Laura L. Link, aka Laura Briese,
Wheeler, ordered to pay Baldwin Area
Medical Center, La Crosse, $5,408.20.
Jennifer A. Mark, Elk Mound, ordered to pay Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, $6,713.26.
Randall Medes, Wheeler, ordered to
pay Baldwin Area Medical Center, La
Crosse, $910.52.
Donald and Veronica Minor, ordered
to pay Baldwin Area Medical Center, La
Crosse, $7,804.01.
Mary Oleson, Menomonie, ordered
to pay Discover Bank c/o DB Servicing Corporation, New Albany, OH,
$3,591.02.
Bonnie L. Owings, Menomonie, ordered to pay Baldwin Area Medical
Center, Menomonie, $1,735.54.
Michelle Pace, Menomonie, ordered
to pay Midland Funding LLC, San Diego, $3,754.38.
Lynn M. Pring, Menomonie, ordered
to pay Discover Bank, c/o DB Servicing Corporation, New Albany, OH,
$3,920.35.
Consuelo C. Salinas, Menomonie,
ordered to pay WESTconsin Credit
Union, Menomonie, $1,075.17.
Troy A. and Michelle L. Szotkowski,
Menomonie, ordered to pay Marshfield
Clinic, Marshfield, $1,311.97.
Vallerie Vanderkolk, Boyceville,
ordered to pay Black River Memorial
Hospital, La Crosse, $882.50
Michelle Wagner, Colfax, ordered
to pay Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield,
$1,568.41.
Jeffery W. and Darla M. Weinert,
Ridgeland, ordered to pay Marshfield
Clinic, Marshfield, $680.22.
Robert J. Wolf, Menomonie, ordered
to pay Ally Financial Inc., Roseville,
MN, $386.70.
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Dated: October 15, 2014
Jackie Ponto, Village Clerk
Village of Colfax
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RELIGION & NEWS
Domestic Violence Awareness Month: A call for social change
Page 8 • Colfax Messenger
We can’t even turn to the sports
news channel without hearing
about it. Of course, as an advocate for survivors, I am thankful that awareness is occurring
and people are talking about it,
particularly during this time of
Domestic Violence Awareness
Month.
However, creating a culture
that is “aware” that domestic violence is occurring isn’t the goal.
The goal is to create a culture
where there will be an END to domestic violence…a world where
children will grow up without
the fear of being raped, beaten
or mistreated in their own hometown or their own home.
I believe it is our responsibility to work toward that goal of
creating a cultural intolerance
for abuse in our communities; if
not for our own sake, then for the
sake of future generations who
will inherit the culture we create.
Our children, and our children’s
children, deserve to grow up in a
world without domestic violence,
and we can make that happen.
Cultural change comes slowly,
but it does come if enough members of a community are dedicat-
ed to it.
Ending domestic abuse begins
with creating awareness. That
step has already been made,
thanks to the work of dedicated
citizens since1981 when the first
awareness efforts began in our
nation. Now, however, we are entering an exciting new era in the
movement in which we devote
our attention to building on that
awareness to bring about real
change.
Though it may seem like a
daunting task, and one with meager results in our lifetime, I see
tangible evidence that this cultural change is beginning in the
clients we serve at The Bridge to
Hope, such as:
•my young adult client who
decided to keep the newborn son
of her rapist and is raising him to
be a respectful, non-violent man
with the support of her loving
parents and brothers
•the mother of two elementary age children whose first priority when she came into shelter
was to get herself and her children into counseling to end the
cycle of abuse they all witnessed
and learned from their father
•the men who are attending the male survivors’ support
group, speaking up for the first
time about the abuse they endured in their past and working
through the effects it has had on
their present relationships.
Domestic Violence Awareness
Month is an opportunity to become aware, not of the domestic
violence in the lives of others
but rather to take the time to be
self-aware and to ask ourselves a
sobering question: In what ways
am I involved in creating an intolerance for abuse in the culture
of my own home and my community?
The brave and courageous individuals we serve at The Bridge
to Hope are fighting back against
the abuse in their lives every day,
for themselves and for the next
generations. Now it is our turn
to unite with them in that fight
against domestic abuse.
I have four very good reasons
to be working in this movement
but in reality, I do not ever leave
work. I go home to where the real
work to end domestic abuse is
waiting for me.
Celebrating National Newspaper Week in 2014: Newspapers are community
by Keith Anderson, director
of news, ECM Publishers, Coon
Rapids, Minnesota
There are hundreds of beautiful towns in the United States.
And each of them has a claim
to fame. Whether it’s the Fire
Hydrant Capital of the world in
Albertville, Alabama, the giant
statue of Paul Bunyan welcoming
visitors to Brainerd, Minnesota,
or the giant ice cream sundae
statue in LeMars, Iowa, every
city has a desire to be known for
something.
It’s part of what makes living in a community so special.
Everyone wants to have a sense
of home, a place where they can
be involved and where getting to
know neighbors is a blessing, not
something to be avoided.
It does take some effort to
create a sense of community,
though. It doesn’t happen without the investment of people who
care. And it’s always more difficult when there isn’t a unifying
bond, that one source that will
always be there to offer a place
to share ideas, offer constructive criticism, examine difficult
topics, share accomplishments,
remember loved ones, experience
setbacks and revel in victories.
Community journalism has
played this role for decades. And
in the places where it exists, you
will most certainly find people
who care about others and are
willing to invest their time and
talents to improve their communities.
A few years ago a Lions club
in a small town in rural Minnesota decided it would cover the
expense to send any World War
II veterans from the area, who
were interested, to the WWII
Memorial in Washington, D.C.
The one-day trip to the memorial
did not cost the 100+ veterans a
dime. But the planning and fundraising for this trip took months
of effort and involved hundreds
of people, including school children, local businesses, parents,
churches, an airline, a hospital
and dozens of volunteers. It was
the community’s way of thanking
those proud, fragile veterans for
the tremendous sacrifices performed so long ago.
The local newspaper covered
the event; from the moment the
idea was announced, through all
the fund-raising efforts, to the
day veterans boarded buses for
the airport. The paper was there
during the eerie silence on the
airplane during the journey to
our nation’s Capitol, and finally
at the memorial, where old men
wept, and leaned on thick slabs
Worship Services
BAPTIST
GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH
Pastor Aaron Blumer
515 East Street
(Hwy 29 just north of Hwy 170)
Boyceville, WI • 715-643-5011
Sun.: 10 a.m. Sun. School, Adult
Bible Studies; 11 a.m. Morning
Worship.
Wed.: 7 p.m. Prayer Meeting.
Schedule varies on the fifth Sun.
of any month that has five. Call for
information.
CATHOLIC
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CATHOLIC
Fr. John Potaczek
4540 State Road 40, Bloomer
Cooks Valley
Mass Schedule: 8 p.m. Saturday
Mass; 9:30 a.m. Sunday Mass;
Tuesday and Thursday 8:30 a.m.
Pine Creek - 715-949-1750
Sun.: 9 a.m. Worship Service.
ST. JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC
Elk Mound, Wisconsin
Fr. Joseph Nakwah
Sat.: 4:30 p.m. Mass.
Sun.: 10:15 a.m. Worship.
CHURCH OF LATTER
DAY SAINTS
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF
LATTER DAY SAINTS
2721 15th Street, Menomonie, WI
Sun.
Services:
9:30-10:40
Sacrament Meeting; 10:45-11:25 Sun.
School; 11:30-12:30 Relief Society;
Priesthood, Primary.
LUTHERAN
BARUM - BIG ELK CREEK
LUTHERAN PARISH
Pastor Hal Schroetter, Barum
Sun. (Barum): 9 a.m.-Worship
Service; 10 a.m.-Sun. School.
Sun. (Big Elk Creek): 9:30 a.m.-Sun.
School; 10:30 a.m.-Worship Service.
Wed.: 7 p.m.-Confirmation at BEC;
8-9 p.m.-Youth Group.
BETHANY LUTHERAN BRETHREN
George Schweitzer - Pastor
Colfax, WI • 715-962-2280
www.bethanylbchurch.org
Sun.: 10:05 a.m. Contemporary
Worship Service. Our sanctuary is
wheelchair accessible. Visit our website and listen to sermons online.
Wed.: 3:30 p.m. Confirmation
Classes (gr 7-8), 6 p.m. AWANA at
Colfax Elementary.
COLFAX LUTHERAN
Leslie W. Walck, Pastor
715-962-3336
Wed., Oct. 8: 11 a.m. Charity-Hope
Circle, 3:15 p.m. Praise Kids, 3:30
p.m. Confirmation Classes, 6 p.m.
Colfax Crafters, 7 p.m. Church Council.
Thurs., Oct. 9: 1 p.m. Quilters.
Fri., Oct. 10: 9 a.m. LWR Packing.
Sun., Oct. 12: 9:30 a.m. Worship,
10:30 a.m. Coffee Fellowship &
Sunday School.
Tues., Oct. 14: 9 a.m. Esther Circle,
7 p.m. Barbershoppers.
Wed., Oct. 15: 3:15 p.m. Praise
Kids, 3:30 p.m. Confirmation Classes,
6 p.m. Colfax Crafters.
COLFAX RURAL LUTHERAN
Pastor Bob Schoenknecht
715-962-3913
Wed.,
Oct.
8:
3:45
p.m.
Confirmation at the Parsonage, 6
p.m. Holden Council Meeting at the
Parsonage
Sun., Oct. 12: 8:30 a.m. Norton
Worship, 8:45 a.m. Holden Sunday
School, 9:45 a.m. Holden Worship,
10 a.m. NRV Sunday School, 11 a.m.
North Running Valley Worship
Wed., Oct. 15: 9:30 a.m. Norton
& NRV Bible Study at the Parsonage,
Norton ELCA at Church, 3:45 p.m.
Confirmation, 6:30 p.m. Joint Council
Meeting at the Parsonage
Thurs., Oct. 16: 1:30 p.m. Hope
Circle at the Parsonage.
FAITH LUTHERAN
RUNNING VALLEY AFLC
Jim Haga, Pastor
3 1/2 miles N on east side Cty Hwy A
Sun.s: 9:30 a.m. Sun. School & Confirmation; 10:45 a.m. Worship.
HAY RIVER-RIDGELAND LUTHERAN
Pastor David Sands - 715-949-1976
Wed., Oct. 8: 9 a.m. Hay River
Do-Day, 6:30 p.m. Confirmation.
Sun., Oct. 12: 9 a.m. Ridgeland,
10:30 a.m. Hay River, SUNDAY
SCHOOL: 9 a.m. Ridgeland, 9:15 a.m.
Hay River, Dunn Co. Crop Walk 1:30
p.m.
Mon., Oct. 13: 1:30 p.m. Hay River
Bible Study.
Wed., Oct. 15: 6:30 p.m.
Confirmation at Hay River.
OUR SAVIOR’S LUTHERAN (ELCA)
Hwy. 170, P.O. Box 186 Wheeler, WI
Sec. Hours: Wed. & Fri., 9:30-3
[email protected]
715-632-2530
Sun. worship service is at 9:15 a.m.
NEW HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH
E9085 County Road V
Sand Creek, WI 54765
[email protected]
www.newhope-lutheran.org
715-658-1470
Pastor Josh Toufar
of granite where names of fallen
soldiers were etched. A lifetime of
captured emotion flowed that day
as men were reduced to children
and silent pride was replaced
with protected tears. It was the
type of story that few reporters
ever have a chance to share or experience, but more importantly,
it was the kind of story that parents, school children, volunteers,
businesses owners, doctors and
nurses and perhaps most importantly, those veterans, wanted to
share.
They needed a way to experience this event that crossed
generations and created strong
bonds. Veterans may not have realized they needed to share their
stories and accept the appreciation of an entire region -- until
that day. It was a perfect moment
in time where a community was
able to reach out and change
the finals days of life for tired
men who had given so much and
asked for so little.
The paper was naturally the
place where a community turned
to share its stories, to announce
its fundraisers, to share goals
that had been met, to list the
names of those making the trip,
to thank donors, to detail travel
plans, to seek volunteers, to plan
welcome home events and finally
to share the event through photos, letters and messages.
Newspapers have a tremendous role in small and large communities across this country. We
hold elected officials accountable
so they truly represent the best
interests of our communities.
We demand transparency in a
time when often it seems much
easier for some decision-makers
to operate in the margins. We offer insight on political races and
we seek advice from local experts
who can share experience with
our readers. We report on and
lead discussions that seek to improve our schools and we share
stories of selfless leaders who
otherwise go unnoticed. We are
a target when it’s necessary and
a beacon in darkness. It is a tremendous responsibility, but one
that journalists embrace because
we know there is so much at
stake when it comes to our communities.
Community journalism is a
living, breathing, shared connection of people that propels us to
take chances, to realize that life
is not always safe, clean and tidy,
but that through our connection
there is plenty to celebrate and
adventures to explore.
Obituary
SALLY A. PRILL
Sally A. Prill, age 75, passed
away at her home in Bloomer on
Wednesday, October 1, 2014. She
was born on November 28, 1938
to Harry and Mabel (Erickson)
Mittlesdorf in Chippewa Falls.
She grew up in Colfax, WI where
her family resided until the tornado destroyed the family farm
in 1958. Sally met Lee Prill and
spent many evenings dancing at
the Pines Ballroom. They married on January 31, 1959 and
were blessed with 55 years together. They farmed on the Prill
homestead, where they raised
three sons. Sally was the driving
force behind the success of the
farm and was proud of the life she
and Lee created. She spent many
happy hours working outside and
doing farm work, tending the animals and picking rocks to use in
landscape projects.
Sally was a member of St John’s
Lutheran Church in Bloomer.
She was an expert seamstress
and crocheted many afghans and
baby blankets over the years.
Reading, gardening and canning
were favorite pastimes. She was
also an excellent cook. A family
gathering would not be complete
without a big bowl of her famous
potato salad. A fresh pot of coffee
and good conversation welcomed
all visitors to her home.
The highlight of Sally’s life
was her eight grandchildren. She
relished the role of grandmother
and spoiled each and every one.
She shared in their lives and
kept up with all their accomplishments and activities, in addition
to lending a supportive ear when
needed. She had a special knack
with connecting with each one
and letting them know how much
they were loved.
Sally will be greatly missed
by her family. She is survived by
her husband Lee; children: Kevin
(Mary) of Barron, Donald (Lisa)
of Bloomer, and Todd (Ellen) of
Chippewa Falls; grandchildren:
Nicholas and Sarah; Derek, Jacob, Aaron, and Elijah; Allison
and Collin; siblings: David Mittlesdorf of Hawyard, Irene Cook
of Elk Mound, Jean Christiansen
of Seeley, Harriet Gobler of Hayward; sisters-in-law: Lois Fehr of
Bloomer and Connie Prill of San
Antonio.
She is preceded in death by
her parents: Harry and Mabel;
siblings: Emery and Larry Mittlesdorf, Marion Whight; brothers-in-law: Larry Whight, Ervin
Christiansen, Bill Cook, Glenn
Prill, Derek Stevens and Raymond Fehr.
The family would like to thank
Mayo Clinic Hospice for their
care and support, enabling Sally
to spend her final days at home
with her family. A private celebration of Sally’s life will be held and
interment will be in the Auburn
Cemetery. Olson Funeral Home
in Bloomer is assisting the family. Online condolences may be
expressed at olsonfuneralhome
bloomer.com
Entries sought for youth vocal competition
EAU CLAIRE – Entries are
now being accepted for the 11th
annual Starquest vocal competition. Inspired by the popular
“American Idol” format, the competition is open to vocalists in two
age categories – ages 14-18 and
ages 13 and under.
During the preliminary round,
area music professionals will
judge performers on vocal ability,
presentation, and professional-
ism. Up to ten vocalists in each
age category will move on to the
finals on Sat., Dec. 6. The winner
in each category will win $100,
and the runners-up $50.
Complete rules and entry
forms are available at www.ecct.
org. All entries must be received
by Wed., Oct. 29. For more info
contact 715-839-8877 or [email protected].
SAMPSON FUNERAL HOME
1017 Railroad Avenue • P.O. Box 175
Colfax, WI 54730
P: 715-962-3525 • F: 715-962-2525
“Providing Dignified Caring Funeral & Cremation Services”
[email protected]
Sun. Regular Worship Hours: 9 a.m.
Pine Creek, 10:30 a.m. Sand Creek, 10
a.m. Sunday School (both churches).
Confirmation program date to be
announced.
SHEPHERD OF THE HILL LUTHERAN
207 University St., Elk Mound
715-879-5115
Pastor Mary Eide
Sun.: 8:45-9:45 a.m. Sunday
School, 10 a.m. Worship.
SPRING BROOK LUTHERAN
7 miles south of Elk Mound
off H on 930th
Sun.: 8:30 a.m. Sun. School; 9:30 a.m.
Family Worship Hour.
TRINITY UNITED METHODIST
ELK MOUND
Margaret DeMaris, Pastor
Phone 715-879-5118
Sun.: Worship @ 10:45 a.m.,
Sunday School @ 9:45 a.m.
UNITED METHODIST
Rev. Craig Conklin
Tainter 715-962-4335
Sun.: 9:30 a.m. Worship Service;
10:30 a.m. Sun. School.
Colfax
Sun.: 11 a.m. Worship Service.
Tues.: 9:30 a.m. Prayer Group.
Dana Schneider
Funeral Director
Daniel Duffenbach
Funeral Director
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submitted by Mary Lillo, advocate for The Bridge to Hope
They say you should never take
your work home…but my work is
already waiting for me when I get
home. Let me explain…
As an advocate at The Bridge
to Hope, it is my job to walk with
survivors through the trauma
of domestic abuse, the process
of breaking free and the healing
journey afterwards.
It is terribly dangerous to grow
up in a society where, according
to hotline.org, one out of four
women will be a victim of severe
domestic violence in her lifetime
and one out of seven men will
also. Kind of hits home for me…
I am the mother of four girls.
Statistically speaking, I will very
likely be walking through that
process of surviving “severe” domestic abuse with at least one of
my daughters at some point in
her lifetime, if not more than one
of my daughters.
I don’t like those odds.
Have you noticed recently how
it is nearly impossible to listen to
the news without hearing about
another domestic or sexual abuse
crime occurring in this nation?
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
ST. JOHN LUTHERAN
Wisconsin Synod
10 miles north of Colfax on
County W, Colfax, WI
Pastor John Toppe
Sun.: 10:30 a.m. Sun. School and
Bible Study; 11 a.m. Worship.
ST. KATHERINE’S LUTHERAN CHURCH
Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Pastor Shawn Kauffeld
E7250 N. Cty. Rd. E Menomonie
715-556-9307
Sun.: 8:30 a.m. Sunday School,
9:30 a.m Worship Service.
NON-DENOMINATIONAL
INDEPENDENT BIBLE CHURCH
Pastor Robert Koepp
Sand Creek - 715-962-4601
Thurs., Oct. 9: 6 p.m. Bible Study
and Prayer Meeting.
Sun., Oct. 12: 9:30 a.m. Communion
Worship Service, 10:45 a.m. Sunday
School, 6 p.m. Games and Fellowship,
7 p.m. Evening Service.
NEW DIMENSION MINISTRIES
5448 Balsam Drive
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
Pastor Darrell Wood, Sr.
Phone 715-723-9520
Sun.: 10 a.m. Worship Service
Wed.: 6:30 p.m. Worship. Service.
CALVARY CHAPEL
Pastor Jason Taylor
N10091 Co. Rd. S, Wheeler
715-658-1036
Sun.: 10 a.m. Prayer;
Worship.
Thurs.: 7 p.m. Bible Study.
10:30
UNITED METHODIST
SALEM-IRON CREEK UNITED
METHODIST--ELK MOUND
Margaret DeMaris, Pastor
Sun.: Worship @ 9:15 a.m., Sunday
School @ 10:15 a.m.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on the 4th day of November,
2014, at the Dunn County Circuit Court, Branch I Courtroom,
Dunn County Judicial Center, 615 Stokke Parkway, Menomonie,
WI 54751 at 9:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter can
be heard, there will be heard and considered the Petition of the
Village of Colfax for an Order of the Court authorizing the replatting of the Second Addition to the Colfax Cemetery a/k/a
Evergreen Cemetery;
NOTICE IS FURTHER HEREBY GIVEN that said Petition is
made pursuant to Section 157.07 (5), Wis. Stats.
NOTICE IS FURTHER HEREBY GIVEN that interested parties
may review the Petition and the supporting documents attached
thereto at the Dunn County Clerk of Courts, 615 Stokke Parkway, Menomonie, WI 54751 and at the office of the Village Clerk,
Village of Colfax, 613 Main Street, Colfax, WI 54730.
Dated this 19th day of September, 2014.
Jackie L. Ponto
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TOWN OF OTTER CREEK
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
The regular town board meeting will be held
Tuesday, October 14, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. at the Otter
Creek Town Hall, E5905 County Road S, Wheeler. The
agenda will be as follows: minutes from the previous
meeting; public comments; old/new business; road
work/equipment; auditing of bills for payment; any
other business unknown prior to this notice. The Otter
Creek Town Board will consider and may take action
on any of the above items.
Anita Rundle, Town Clerk
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Moose sighting in the tri-county
BLOOMER — Early last
week pictures began to circulate
on social media of a moose that
was wandering around west of
Bloomer and north of Colfax.
This same moose was filmed
over the weekend just out of Elk
Mound near the interstate.
Chippewa County Deputies
were called to manage traffic due
to the cluster of people stopping
to see the rare sight.
The male moose has put on
quite the milage over the past
week and a half with sightings
supposedly in the Chetek and
Sand Creek area.
By the looks of the size of the
antlers, the moose appears to be
fairly young in age.
Their mating season is in the
fall and with that an aggressive
demeanor can be exhibited. Due
to the time of the year and to be
on a general side of caution, the
animal should not be approached.
Mayo Clinic Health System offers Oct.
support groups, classes and events
Go online at mayoclinichealthsystem.org for more information
about these events.
Menomonie
Events are held at Mayo Clinic
Health System – Red Cedar in
Menomonie, 2321 Stout Road, unless noted.
• Family Caregiver Support
Group, 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday,
Oct. 16; free; call 715-232-4006
for more information.
• Free Health Day for Dunn
County area residents, 9 a.m.1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25; free;
Menomonie Middle School; no
registration required, first-come,
first-served basis.
• Infant Feeding and Support
Class, 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct.
15; free; register online or call
715-233-7464.
• Relatives Raising Children
Support Group, 10:30 a.m.-noon
Thursday, Oct. 16; free; call 715232-4006 for more information.
•Suicide Prevention Class:
Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR),
6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9; free;
register online or call 715-2337464.
• Wellness ROCKS — Early
Release Swim and Field House,
12:30-3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct.
15; free; Menomonie High School
Pool and Field House.
•Wellness ROCKS—Breakfast and Hike, 9-11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 18; free; Riverside Park
Pavilion, Red Cedar State Trail;
no registration required.
• Wellness ROCKS—Kids in
the Kitchen, 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1; Boyceville High
School; or Thursday, Oct. 16;
Menomonie High School; free;
register online or call 715-2337464.
•Wellness ROCKS—Music
and Movement, 9:30-10 a.m. Fridays, Oct. 3, 10, 17 and 31; free;
Menomonie Public Library.
Applications for WESTconsin’s Annual
Scholarship Program being accepted
WESTconsin Credit Union
is offering up to twelve $1,000
scholarships to graduating high
school seniors from the class of
2015 as part of the credit union’s
annual Student Scholarship Program. The goal is to award one
scholarship in each community
served by a WESTconsin office,
including Amery, Baldwin, Barron, Eau Claire, Ellsworth, Hudson, Menomonie, New Richmond,
Prescott, River Falls and Spring
Valley. Scholarship recipients
will be announced in May of 2015.
Online applications are accessible from WESTconsin’s website, westconsincu.org, and full
instructions are provided on the
application. Applications will be
accepted through midnight on
Saturday, February 14, 2015.
Reminders:
•All application materials
must be submitted online. No
hard copies of application materials will be accepted.
•Students need to have been
a primary account holder with
WESTconsin Credit Union as of
April 30, 2014 to be eligible for
this year’s program.
•Current high school juniors
need to become a primary account holder with WESTconsin
as of April 30, 2015 to be eligible
for next year’s program.
•Visit the ‘Student $avers’ tab
at westconsincu.org for more information.
WESTconsin has offered the
Student Scholarship Program
since 1995. To date, over $190,000
in scholarship funds have been
awarded to local students from
throughout west central Wisconsin to assist them in continuing
their education. For information
regarding the program, contact
Melissa Schutz at mschutz@
westconsincu.org or call (715)
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WESTconsin Credit Union
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1939, and membership is open
to anyone who lives or works in
the Wisconsin counties of Barron, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire,
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Green the lawn, not the lakes
MADISON—With
autumn
now in full swing, many of us
are preparing for some time outdoors with rakes and leaf blowers to clear the lawn. However,
it’s important to understand the
connection between fallen leaves
and the algae blooms we have
been seeing each summer in Wisconsin’s lakes.
Leaves contain phosphorus,
and can contribute to phosphorus runoff. Luckily, there are
easy methods to benefit both the
environment and your lawn and
garden.
“Just one pound of phosphorus can make up to 500 pounds
of algae in our lakes, so even the
simple, everyday things we do at
home can make a big impact,”
said Tyson Cook, director of science and research for Clean Wisconsin. “The images of a bright
green Lake Erie are not foreign to
Wisconsin, where nearly a quarter of our impaired waters are
overloaded with phosphorus.”
The longer leaves sit exposed
to rain in piles on the curb, the
bigger the chance they’ll contribute phosphorus to runoff that will
make its way to the lakes. You
can reduce phosphorus loss from
leaves by reducing their exposure
to rain. Best practices include
putting leaves out shortly before
pickup to minimize leachin. Another option is to take the leaves
directly to a yard waste collection
site. Covering leaves with a tarp
until pickup also can help.
Many municipal programs
throughout Wisconsin are designed to help. Check with your
city or township for ecologically
friendly suggestions such as:
•Mowing – By cutting the
leaves into small bits, it enables
them to fall beneath the grass
canopy and nourish the soil while
providing food for beneficial insects and microbes.
•Composting – Leaves can
be mixed into a compost pile
throughout the year along with
grass clippings and fruit and vegetable scraps. Composting carries
many benefits for a home garden,
from improvement of soil quality
to a better resistance of plant diseases.
•Mulching – Shred the leaves
to pile atop the annual garden
or around perennials plants and
shrubs for insulation and protection. Remember to till the leaves
into the garden come spring.
There’s an added benefit here –
money may not grow on trees, but
this cost-free mulch does.
Phosphorus pollution is one of
the largest causes of water quality problems in Wisconsin, and
the primary source of phosphorus
is polluted runoff. Phosphorus
reduction efforts like the Yahara
WINS pilot project in Dane County are exploring runoff control
strategies like urban leaf management to improve water quality.
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NEWS
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Gary Stene: candidate for representative of the 67th Assembly District
By LeAnn R. Ralph
Editor’s Note: The Colfax Messenger sent an e-mail to Representative Tom Larson’s office on
September 22, and after waiting
a day or two for a reply, called
Representative Larson’s Madison
office to leave a message that he
should contact the Colfax Messenger about doing an interview
for a candidate profile article.
As of press time, Representative
Larson has not yet contacted the
Messenger.
COLFAX — Gary Stene of Colfax will be the Democratic candidate on the November 4 ballot for
representative of the state’s 67th
Assembly District.
Stene is a resident of Colfax
and currently works as a special education aide for the Colfax
school district, a position that he
has held for 17 years.
Stene has served two terms
on the Colfax Board of Education
and has served five terms as the
Colfax village president. He is
currently serving his fourth term
on the Dunn County Board.
Stene has served on the board
of the Dunn County Economic
Development Corporation for
about ten years.
He recently visited the Colfax Messenger officer to answer
questions about his position on
several issues.
Here are the questions and
Gary Stene’s answers.
1. What do you see as the biggest issues facing the 67th Assembly District? What do you
hope to accomplish regarding
those issues?
The issue of local control, particularly as it relates to the min-
ing issue. Local levels of government — townships and counties
— should be making the decisions
regarding mining in their area,
and not somebody in Madison. I
think that’s an important issue.
The funding of local governments is an issue, because in effect, when they are under funded, it chips away at local control
to deliver the services. Look at
Chippewa County. They went to
the wheel tax. One of the supervisors said, “It’s our least worst option.” Perhaps if they had gotten
the correct amount of money from
the state, maybe they wouldn’t
have had to do that. I think that’s
an issue at all levels. State reimbursement or state participation in funding local government
[through state-shared revenue]
is vital for small levels of government, townships, villages and
counties, to deliver the services
that they are elected to do.
There are revenue limits and
spending caps that should perhaps be looked at. That again relates to local control. If you have
revenue limits and spending
caps, do you really have local control. I think that’s something that
should be looked at. Either doing
away with the caps or adjusting them. [Revenue limits were
put into place in 1993.] The way
things currently are, we are cannibalizing our local government,
unless you want to go to referendum. I don’t think you should
have to go to referendum for ongoing maintenance. You should
be able to pay your bills and do
common sense maintenance. We
can’t cut our way to solving our
problems. It would have been
nice if the revenue limits would
have applied to something like
the cost of health insurance. But
the limits didn’t apply to that.
There are no easy answers, but
I think we can make some headway. You have to look for more
revenue streams and ongoing
revenue streams. Not raising the
gas tax for all these years. All of
these things sound good. Giving
money back to people — who can
argue with that? But in the end,
that $840 million, if I’d have had
a say, I would have sent it to the
schools or sent it to transportation and roads. We certainly need
that. It will be up to the people to
decide what direction they want
to go.
2. People living in the Town of
Howard and the Town of Cooks
Valley and beyond are concerned
about the sand mines and their
impact on neighbors and the environment. What is your opinion
of the petition to the Natural Resources Board asking for a strategic analysis of the effects of sand
FALL BEAUTY — The countryside is blazing with the beauty of nature in all her colors.
—photo by LeAnn Ralph
Dunn Co. approves hiring water conservationist
By LeAnn R. Ralph
MENOMONIE — The Dunn
County Board’s executive committee has approved hiring a water conservationist to be added to
the county’s environmental services staff.
The executive committee approved the new position at the
October 1 meeting with the provision that the cost for the water
conservationist for 2015 will be
paid out of the county’s general
fund for up to $90,000.
The Dunn County Planning,
Resources and Development
Committee recommended hiring
a water conservationist.
Ron Verdon, president of the
Tainter Menomin Lake Improvement Association, said a water
conservationist would be important for public health and for the
county’s economy.
“Let’s take some positive steps
forward … all visitors and citizens deserve clean water resources,” Verdon said.
Tainter Lake and Lake
Menomin experience problems
during the warm summer months
with toxic blue-green algae fueled by phosphorus runoff from
the Red Cedar Watershed.
18 Mile Creek, which empties
into the Red Cedar River at Colfax, has been polluted by colloidal
clay runoff from the DS frac sand
mine in the Town of Cooks Valley
in Chippewa County.
The PRD committee also requested up to $100,000 from the
county’s contingency fund for
matching funds for grants or for
incentives for the farmer-led watershed project.
The requests for $100,000
from contingency and $90,000
from the general fund will not
change the 2015 budget but will
earmark the funds for those activities, said Gene Smith, county
manager.
Shoreland
Dunn County’s shoreland
preservation zoning ordinance
also needs someone to enforce
the ordinance, noted Bob Walter, county board supervisor and
chair of the PRD committee.
Dunn County has received a
$25,000 grant from the state De-
partment of Natural Resources to
do a shoreland preservation demonstration project, but the environmental services department
does not have the staff to do the
project, he said.
A number of groups, such as
TMLIA, are working on water
projects in Dunn County. The
county needs scientific data on
fluctuations in the groundwater.
A new phosphorus rule that includes a $50 per pound fee must
be implemented. A plan to reduce
phosphorus run-off must be formulated. And high capacity wells
used to irrigate crops must be
taken into account, Walter said.
Water quality and quantity
in the Red Cedar River, 18 Mile
Creek, Tainter Lake and Lake
Menomin also are important, he
said.
A water conservationist will
give the county data and information that is needed to make
decisions, Walter said.
“We only have opinions now
about what should be done,” he
said.
Menomonie
Steve Rasmussen, chair of the
Dunn County Board, and chair of
the executive committee, said he
approved of Walter’s proposal to
hire a water conservationist.
“It will raise (Dunn County’s)
profile in the Red Cedar Watershed and will improve the quality
of life,” Rasmussen said.
In terms of economics, cleaner
water resources will help boost
the county’s tourism economy, he
said.
Rasmussen said he has had
conversations with City of Menomonie staff about the county’s
water conservationist, and they
are ready to recommend to the
Menomonie City Council that the
city participate in cost-sharing
for the position.
Point sources (cities and villages) have a deadline in 2016
to reduce their phosphorus discharge to a certain amount or
else pay $50 a pound for phosphorus discharge into the watershed,
Rasmussen noted.
The money collected from the
municipalities will be distributed
to the counties in the watershed,
he said.
To capture those dollars, the
county must have a phosphorus
reduction plan in place, Rasmussen said.
“There are many pieces coming together to help make this
more affordable, and I think we
need to do this,” he said.
Taking $90,000 out of the
county’s contingency fund to pay
for the water conservationist will
give Dunn County one year to
identify other revenue sources to
pay for the position, County Manager Smith said.
“We will go into the 2016 budget with a clearer picture of the
cost, the revenues and the deliverables,” he said.
Creating a water conservationist position with a $90,000
budget would allow the county to
fund the position for at least part
of 2015, Smith said, noting that it
will take a while to write a job description, advertise the position
and interview job candidates.
Smith said he envisioned having a water conservationist to fill
the position by April.
Budget adjustments
The executive committee approved several budget adjustments for the proposed 2015
budget that closed the $350,000
shortfall, which had been reduced to $280,000 by the time of
the executive committee meeting
on October 1.
The executive committee also
approved paying for the water
conservationist out of the general
fund at $90,000 for 2015.
Adjustments to the proposed
2015 budget include a $75,000
reduction in the county’s health
insurance fund.
Dunn County’s health insurance program for employees is
self-funded, and the reduction
would come from increasing the
premiums by 5 percent instead of
6 percent, Smith said.
Additional adjustments to the
proposed 2015 budget included
using $150,000 out of the highway department’s $2 million
unassigned fund balance, and
$75,000 from the sheriff department’s unassigned fund balance.
mines on the environment?
I think most of our local officials are regular people like I
am. They are not DNR experts,
and they are not water experts.
I really think there is a place for
the DNR where they could and
should help the local officials get
the information they need so the
local officials can make informed
and intelligent decisions regarding sand mines in their communities. With the cut-back in the
DNR’s budget and cut-back in
manpower, that doesn’t lend itself to helping these people out.
Local control — the local people should make the decisions
but on a state-wide level, the
DNR is responsible for everything, and I don’t know why they
can’t provide the expertise for
the people here. I think there are
some policy issues there. You hire
good people in the DNR. You hire
people with degrees. Let them do
their jobs. This whole sand mine
thing needs to get as much light
shed on it and as much information as possible so that everybody
can make an informed and intelligent decision based on facts, not
on rumor, not on innuendo, not on
stories we hear.
I do know that, in my time
serving in elected positions, I always worried about Wisconsin’s
water. I think every official should
worry about Wisconsin’s water.
The DNR is one of our guardians
of the water. The court case over
by Plover. The high capacity well.
The court said the DNR did not
take into account the things they
should have taken into account.
There’s a lesson in that. The DNR
has a responsibility. It is part of
our constitution that we look after the welfare of our people, and
water is one of them.
I read the article the other day.
It exposed a big chasm between
the upper levels in the DNR and
the people doing the work. You
have to take politics out of government agencies and let them
do their jobs. You have to take
the politics out of the funding and
for manpower and for direction. I
don’t have a degree in science or
water. I have a friend who has
worked in the DNR for more than
30 years, and he is so disgusted.
They put a political appointee
to run the DNR with no experience whatsoever. They get told
what they can pursue and what
they can’t pursue. And when the
funding is cut and the manpower
is cut, there’s only so much they
can do.
3. In September, the Seventh
Circuit Court of Appeals lifted
the stay on voter ID for the November elections, and the Government Accountability Board
decided to implement the 2011
law. Now municipal clerks and
the GAB say there is no money
in their budgets to implement the
law. Should the state issue emergency funds to the municipalities
to implement voter ID? Or should
the municipalities cut something
else from their budgets to pay for
implementing voter ID?
My opinion on the voter ID
law is that in 95 percent of state,
they never did come up with any
proven voter fraud. If it’s not
broke, why fix it. Assuming that
there are some areas that have
issues, they should have fixed
those issues there. We have no
problem in our rural area with
voter fraud. I don’t know why you
wouldn’t make it easier to vote.
But having lost that argument,
now it doesn’t make any sense
to change the voting parameters
and requirements and not expect that you are going to have
an added expense to educate the
people. So, yes. The state should
allocate some money to get this
done.
I will take the Republicans at
face value. That it wasn’t done
to stunt or shift the vote, but if
that is really, truly the case, and
you want everybody to vote, you
should allocate money so notices
can go out and people can do the
proper thing. You would think
that a change of this magnitude,
you would have budgeted an X
amount of money to make the
first year or two as seamless as
possible, to make voting as easy
as possible. They didn’t allocate
any money. That’s not very good
planning.
4. Economists say that people
having money to spend is what
helps the economy improve and
ultimately creates jobs. What is
your opinion about increasing the
minimum wage?
I would be in favor of increasing the minimum wage. It would
benefit the overall economy.
There would be more money for
people. I don’t think you can live
on the minimum wage now. What
final figure we come to is all open
to discussion. But yes, philosophically, we should raise the
minimum wage. There was an
interesting article about the CEO
of an insurance company. In the
60s, he was homeless. He worked
different jobs. If he took the minimum wage paid then and projected it up to (today), it would be
about $10.50. It hasn’t done that.
Here is a man, who has a GED
and is the head of a company, who
says it makes sense to raise the
minimum wage. The purchasing
power has been so hollowed out.
5. The Legislative Fiscal Bureau is projecting a $1.8 billion
budget deficit over the next two
years. The Department of Health
Services has asked for $760 million over the next two years to
pay for Medicaid. Taxpayers
would have saved $206 million
under the current state budget
if the federal Medicaid money
had been accepted, according
to the LFB. If Medicaid in Wisconsin were expanded under the
Affordable Care Act, taxpayers
would save $261 to $315 million
in 2015-2017, according the LFB.
What is your opinion of accepting federal money for expanding
Medicaid?
My opinion on accepting the
Medicaid expansion money from
the federal government so we can
expand BadgerCare is a no-brainer. Not taking the money cannot
be defended on any fiscal ground
whatsoever. The money has been
paid by taxpayers. It’s in Washington. My understanding of it is
that if we would take the money,
new people on BadgerCare would
be 100 percent funded until 2020,
then it drops to 90 percent.
Currently, BadgerCare is funded 60 percent by the federal government and 40 percent by the
state. Because of the decisions being made by the government and
legislature, we have to ask for the
extra money. We’re paying 60/40
when we could get it for 100 percent, and after 2020, 90/10. That
just doesn’t make any sense to
me. I don’t think that’s good representation for the people of the
67th. Why would I pass up putting approximately 500 people
in Dunn County and a little over
a thousand people in Chippewa
County, giving them the access to
BadgerCare, why would I not do
that? Over three or four biennium, it’s $31 million in Chippewa
and $18 million in Dunn County,
which is $49 million. (A total of)
$49 million rippling through our
economy and the health industry, plus you would have people,
more than the size of the Village
of Colfax, who would have insurance. I don’t know why we’re not
doing that. I don’t think it can
be defended on any logical, fiscal
grounds at all. My answer is not
partisan. This is not a partisan
issue. This is dollars and cents,
common sense. Why aren’t we doing that? Our representatives are
elected to make fiscal decisions
for their electorate, not to make
policy statements.
Their argument was that
they wanted people to take care
of themselves. And there’s some
validity to that. They don’t think
the federal government would be
able to keep up their end of the
bargain. We take tons of money
from the federal government for
education and transportation.
Their argument does not hold
water. By that way of thinking,
we should be turning down federal highway funds.
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