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Volume 118, Issue 45
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Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Colfax man accused of stealing from
Raildroad museum and Anderson Bridges
By LeAnn R. Ralph
COLFAX — A 25-year-old
Colfax man has been arrested
for walking off with steel from
Anderson Bridges in Colfax and
also has confessed to stealing
iron from the Colfax Railroad
Museum.
Donald J. Binder was arrested
October 20 in connection with the
thefts from Anderson Bridges.
According to information from
Colfax Police Chief Bill Anderson, while Binder was being interviewed at the Dunn County
jail, he admitted to stealing from
Anderson Bridges and from the
Colfax Railroad Museum.
Earlier in October, Scott Kingzett, tour guide and caretaker
at the Colfax Railroad Museum,
contacted the Colfax Police Department to report some suspicious activity at the museum.
Kingzett had discovered that
metal train parts stored outside
at the museum had been moved
around and placed in a different
location.
The movement of the iron
pieces seemed to indicate that
someone had sorted through the
pile of parts and had separated
out some of the iron, possibly to
come back and take it later, Police Chief Anderson said.
Three days later, on October
11, Beverly Sakalaucks, co-owner of the museum, contacted the
Colfax Police Department to report that metal train parts had
been stolen from the museum.
Two days later, on Monday,
October 13, several recycling and
scrap iron businesses were contacted, but none of them recognized those kinds of parts coming
in, Police Chief Anderson said.
The next day, Herb Sakalaucks, owner and curator of
the Colfax Railroad Museum,
reported to the Colfax Police Department that more metal train
parts had been stolen since Beverly Sakalaucks had reported the
initial theft.
On October 19, the Colfax Police Department received information about the possible theft of
steel pieces from Anderson Bridges in Colfax and also about who
might have been involved.
On October 20, the Colfax Police Department investigated and
followed up on the information
that had been received and discovered that steel stolen from Anderson Bridges was in the backyard of a residence in the Village
of Colfax.
Online court records list Binder as having a First Avenue address in Colfax.
Additional investigation revealed that numerous steel pieces had been stolen from Anderson
Bridges over the last few weeks
and had been brought to a local
recycling business and scrapped,
Police Chief Anderson said.
The Colfax Police Department
learned that the person who had
stolen the steel from Anderson
Bridges was the same person who
had stolen the train parts from
the Colfax Railroad Museum.
Witnesses reported that metal
train parts had been brought to
a recycling business, and the person who was identified as suspected in those thefts and also
identified as the person bringing
the items to the recycling business was 25-year-old Donald
Binder of Colfax.
The Colfax Police Department
also learned that Binder was
currently attempting to contact
someone to remove the pieces of
railroad iron from the backyard
and bring them to a recycling
business, Police Chief Anderson
said.
Before someone could come to
haul the pieces away, Binder was
arrested and taken to the Dunn
County jail regarding the thefts
from Anderson Bridges, he said.
After Binder admitted to stealing from Anderson Bridges and
the Colfax Railroad Museum,
reports were sent to the Dunn
County district attorney’s office
referring Binder to further theft
charges related to the Colfax
Railroad Museum.
According to Sakalaucks, the
items stolen from the museum
are valuable as parts for restoring train cars.
Hiring a machinist to make a
replacement part would cost between $4,000 and $5,000, Sakalaucks said, compared to the
relatively small amount someone
would get from selling the item
for scrap.
Binder has been charged with
theft several times over the past
several years.
On June 27, Dunn County
Circuit Court Judge Rod Smeltzer accepted Binder’s plea of “no
contest” and found the defendant
guilty of misdemeanor theft for
an incident that occurred in November of last year and also accepted a plea of “no contest” for
Burglary
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the beginning of October in regards to placing a “Help Wanted”
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In an email Stokes requested
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several red flags. The woman stated that she
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Hoffman could only be contacted via Yahoo Messenger so
she continued with answering
his questions as though it was an
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After chatting online, the
woman was sent a package by
Priority Mail, which she said was
scotch taped and looked to have a
homemade tracking number.
There was a letter that had a
cashiers check along with it in the
amount of $2,900 and the money
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The woman was confident this
was a scam so she called the bank
and gave them the check number
to clarify. They did so and alerted
her that this has been an ongoing scam with the average check
amounting to around $2,000.
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to use this money to purchase the
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RAILROAD CROSSING — Crews started working on the Canadian National railroad crossing on
Main Street in Colfax the morning of October 28. Main Street is detoured down Third Avenue and
Railroad Avenue, depending on the direction you are traveling. Finishing the repairs to the crossing
could take up to two weeks. —photo by LeAnn R. Ralph
EM school board approves $1.899 million tax levy
Mill rate decreased by 5 percent, tax levy decreased by $61,000
By LeAnn R. Ralph
ELK MOUND — The Elk
Mound Board of Education has
approved a tax levy of $1.899
million for the general fund for
the 2014-2015 school year, which
is $61,000 less than the annual
meeting estimate of $1.961 million, and results in a mill rate
that is five percent less than
year’s mill rate.
The Board of Education approved the tax levy at the October 27 meeting.
The general state aids came
in higher than the amount estimated for the annual meeting in
August, said Dr. Ron Walsh, district administrator.
State aid for 2014-2015 will be
$8.059 million. The annual meeting estimate for state aid was
$8.02 million.
The total tax levy is $3,948
less than last year’s tax levy, and
is $61,491 less than the annual
meeting estimate, Dr. Walsh said.
The mill rate of $9.28 per
$1,000 of property value for
20142-2015 represents a 5.3 percent decrease over last year’s mill
rate of $9.90 per $1,000 of property value.
The mill rate went down because the district’s property value increased, Dr. Walsh noted.
The average mill rate over the
last ten years is $9.32 per $1,000
of property value. The highest
mill rate over that period was
$10.30 per $1,000 of property value in 2012-2013. The lowest mill
rate over that period was $8.29
per $1,000 of property value in
2006-2007.
Equalized value for 2014-2015
in the Elk Mound school district
has increased by 5.5 percent.
Last year, the equalized value
was $283.5 million. This year the
equalized value is $299 million.
The debt service tax levy approved by the Elk Mound Board
of Education for 2014-2015 is
$874,230, which compares to
$873,654 for last year.
Sub pay
The Elk Mound Board of Education also approved increasing
the pay for substitute teachers
from $90 per day to $110 per day.
Dr. Walsh noted that he has
worked in the Elk Mound school
district for 20 years and that the
substitute teacher pay has increased only once in that time,
from $80 to $90 in the late 1990s.
Elk Mound has been experiencing some difficulty in finding
substitute teachers and competes
with Eau Claire for substitutes,
Dr. Walsh said.
The Eau Claire school district
pays $110 per day, he noted.
The Elk Mound Board of Education unanimously approved
raising the substitute teacher
pay from $90 per day to $110 per
day and increasing the half-day
rate from $50 to $55.
Other business
In other business, the Elk
Mound Board of Education:
• Accepted the resignation of
Bruce Winchester as the middle
school girls’ basketball coach
pending approval of a replacement.
•Approved a resolution for
the sale of $2.7 million of re-funding bonds for the school district
and granting the authority to the
school board clerk, Margaret Dieter, and president,Tim Sivertson
to execute the agreement.
•Approved a part-time aide
position for Mound View Elementary for special education students to help with goals for the
students’ Individual Educational
Plans (IEP).
Following a closed session, the
Elk Mound Board of Education:
•Approved hiring Brandon
Powell as the middle school girls’
basketball coach.
•
Approved hiring Melissa
Topper as a bus driver.
•Approved hiring Jon Langreck and Jon Linzmeier as high
school track coaches.
•
Approved hiring Sarah
Jones as head drama coach.
• Approved hiring Logan Rochelle as the assistant drama
coach.
Veterans’ Day Program to Village of Colfax approves smaller minimum lot sizes
residential, larger setback for accessory buildings
be held at Colfax Schools for
No members of the public atRequiring a minimum lot size to the lot line to help mitigate disBy LeAnn R. Ralph
The School District of Colfax will be hosting a Veterans
Day Program on Tuesday, November 11 at 10:00 a.m. in the
Colfax High School gymnasium.
The public is invited to attend.
The theme for Veterans’ Day is,
“Honoring All Who Served.” The
guest speaker for our program
is Lieutenant Commander U.S.
Navy, Scott Cramer. Scott Cramer is an Annapolis Graduate,
former helicopter pilot and is
currently a mechanical engineer and resides in Eau Claire,
Wisconsin.
Our elementary students
will sing patriotic songs and
the middle school and high
school bands along with our
high school choir will perform
as well. Cookies and coffee will
be available for veterans and
visitors after the program. Our
veterans will receive a special
gift of thanks as well. We hope
to see you there!
If you have any questions
please contact: Trevor Hovde at
715-962-3773 or email at hovde
@colfax.k12.wi.us
Elk Mound
Veterans’ Day
programs
On November 11, the All
school Veterans’ Day program
at Elk Mound Middle School
will be held at 10:45 a.m. The
Annual Veterans’ Day ceremony
at 2:15 p.m. at Elk Mound High
School.
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COLFAX — The Colfax Village
Board has approved smaller minimum lot sizes of 12,000 square
feet for residential zones in the
village and a larger accessory
building setback of six feet from
the lot line.
The Colfax Plan Commission
held a public hearing on the proposed changes to the village’s
zoning code October 27.
Following the public hearing,
the Colfax Plan Commission recommended that the village board
approve the zoning code changes.
The previous minimum lot size
in the village’s ordinance was
18,000 square feet, or almost a
half an acre.
Usually minimum lot sizes are
11,000 to 12,000 square feet, said
Patrick Beilfuss of Cedar Corporation.
of 18,000 square feet uses more
land than is necessary for a residential lot and is encouraging
sprawl, he said.
People can still buy an 18,000
square foot lot, but they will not
be required to have that as a minimum lot size, Beilfuss said.
Amending the zoning code to
reflect a small minimum lot size
corresponds with the proposed
residential concept for the Jim
and Mary Schindler property
along Dunn Street, he noted.
As for the setbacks, the previous setback of three feet from the
lot line for an accessory building
— a garage or a storage shed —
puts those buildings very close to
the line, Beilfuss said.
Many communities are increasing the setbacks for accessory buildings to give more room
putes among neighbors, he said.
Existing buildings are grandfathered in for the purposes of the
zoning ordinance, Beilfuss said.
Gary Stene, plan commission
member, noted that there are
many places in town where the
buildings are closer than current
setbacks and that many buildings are located within the village’s right-of-way.
The Colfax Messenger building and other houses along Railroad Avenue are an example of
buildings being in the right-ofway, he said.
Businesses and houses that
are in the village’s right-of-way
are considered to be located on a
“non-conforming” lot, which only
becomes an issue if modifications
are planned to the buildings,
Beilfuss said.
tended the public hearing to address the plan commission on either the minimum lot size or the
increased setbacks.
The Colfax Plan Commission
unanimously approved recommending that the village board
adopt the zoning changes.
Village president Scott Gunnufson serves as chair of the plan
commission. Other plan commission members include Beverly
Schauer, village trustee; Dave
Hovre; Nancy Hainstock; Mike
Buchner and Jason Johnson.
Buchner and Johnson were
absent from the October 27 meeting.
During the Colfax Village
Board meeting that immediately
Village of Colfax
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NEWS
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Off the Publisher's Desk
I get a lot of e-mails with information that is very interesting, but is
there any truth in that information. Sometimes a story or joke catches
my attention and I would like to reprint it.
But the most interesting items come across the table at morning
coffee. The following is one that caught my eye Monday morning at
the Downing Café and I just cannot refrain myself from reprinting it.
Its title is “Debt Ceiling.”
It starts out by explaining that the writer likes it when a complicated situation can be explained in such simple terms!
• Democrats don’t understand the Debt Ceiling
• Republicans don’t understand the Debt Ceiling
• No one understands the Debt Ceiling.
• So, allow me to explain. Let’s say you come home from work and
find there has been a sewer backup in your neighborhood. Your home
has sewage all the way up to the ceiling. What do you think you should
do?
1. Raised the ceiling, or
2. Pump out the poop!
Another item that a friend sent to me is “There are compassionate
Christian Seniors”:
A woman had just returned to her home from an evening of church
services when she was startled by an intruder.
She caught the man in the act of robbing her home of its valuables
and yelled: "Stop! Acts 2:38!" (Repent and be baptized, in the name of
Jesus Christ, so that your sins may be forgiven.)
The burglar stopped in his tracks. The woman calmly called the
police explained what she had done.
As the officer cuffed the man to take in, he asked the burglar, “Why
did you just stand there? All the old lady did was yell a Scripture verse
to you.”
"Scripture?" replied the burglar. "She said she had an axe and two
38’s!"
Thanks for reading!
— Carlton
COLFAX SIXTH GRADERS celebrated an early release day, which just happened to be on Halloween, by dressing up in their favorite
costume before heading home, no doubt to get ready for trick or treating. —photo by M. Kruger
Letter to the Editor
Burglary
meanor theft in April of 2012 as
well, was placed on one year of
probation and ordered to complete ten hours of community
service for an incident that had
occurred in January of that year.
Binder also had been charged
with felony burglary as a party
to a crime for the same incident
in January of 2012, but Judge
Out of the Past
10 years ago
Nov. 3, 2004
From World War I through
today, former School District of
Colfax students who died during
military service will be honored
by having their names engraved
on a plaque to be prominently
displayed at Colfax High School.
Colfax lost their first round
football playoff game to OsseoFairchild 25-7, ending their season with a 7-3 record. Elk Mound
defeated Cadott in the first round
and that same Osseo-Fairchild
team the second round to improve their record to 11-0.
Rachel Woolever, Mary Lee
and Shaina Mulvey were named
to the All Conference volleyball
team for Colfax while the Mounder’s Stacey Kopp, Haley Suckow,
Andrea Turek and Amanda Irwin
also made the list.
25 years ago
November 2, 1989
A trial date has been scheduled Nov. 16 for the case involving charges of selling beer to an
underage person against Sportman’s Bar of Colfax.
Elk Mound will play in the
state semi-final football game after beating Stratford 31-14 and
Fall Creek 21-14, having to come
from behind in both games.
A daughter, Lakrissa Jade
Leiser, was born Oct. 6 to Melissa
Harvey and Lonnie Leiser at St.
Joseph’s Hospital in Chippewa
Falls.
35 years ago
November 8, 1979
Jennifer Froseth was born to
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Froseth, Eau
Claire, Oct. 26 at Luther Hospital.
Christopher Michael Rundle
was born Oct. 2 at St. Joseph
Hospital, Chippewa Falls to Marsha and Bruce Rundle of Colfax.
Tiffany Nicole Wilson was
born to Shane and Phyllis Williams, Rockford, Ill. Oct. 9.
After winning the conference
and sub-regionals, the Colfax
volleyball team won one set and
lost one set in the regionals to St.
Croix Central and Clear Lake,
then lost both sets to Cameron to
end the season.
Pamela Jean Fehr and Thomas Matthew Moen, both of Colfax,
were married Oct. 20 at Colfax
Lutheran Church.
Kristy Sue Hoyland and Jeffrey David Roberts, both of Colfax were united in marriage Nov.
3 at Colfax Lutheran Church.
Connie Creaser of Menomonie
and Lane Whitted of Colfax exchanged marriage vows Sept. 22
at New Hope Lutheran Church in
Downsville.
50 years ago
November 5, 1964
Miss Elaine Louise Anderson
of Elk Mound and David D. Hedrington of Chippewa Falls were
married Oct. 10 at Big Elk Creek
Lutheran Church.
Harry Harris, Alvin Erickson,
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Smeltzer deferred prosecution on
the felony charge with the condition that Binder successfully
complete probation on the misdemeanor theft charge.
The Dunn County district attorney’s office has not yet determined formal charges for the
thefts from Anderson Bridges
and the Colfax Railroad Museum.
I would like our village board
to explain to me and to other concerned Colfax residents where
they are going to get all the money for the projects they are planning.
We are being told that the new
library etc. could cost up to two
million dollars. Then we have
also been told they are planning
to build a 100 home residential
development by the railroad
tracks. We have not been told the
total cost of that yet.
According to a board meeting
report in the Colfax Messenger
we also have a sewage treatment plant that may have to be
repaired in the near future. A report also stated we have $1.8 million to spend.
Jacob Loew,
village resident
Village of Colfax
Delbert Gunderson, Tom Dunbar,
Orville Larson and Juul Noer motored to Minneapolis on Sunday
to see the Viking-Packer game.
Jerry Demulling took over operation of the Sportsmans’ Bar
and Hotel Nov. 1, from Palmer
Raawe who had operated the bar
for the past several years.
65 years ago
November 3,1949
Closing of the Knapp Settlement rural school took effect on
Monday of this week and all pupils of that school are now being
transported to daily classes at
Colfax.
Colfax High ended the football
season with a record of three wins
and four losses after losing 12-0
to a powerful and near championship eleven from Ellsworth.
A five-generation family photo
was taken for The Messenger
with nine month old Linda Kay
Hainstock, daughter of Mrs. Kenneth Hainstock, grandmother
Mrs. Lloyd Nereson, great grandmother Mrs. Emma Dean and
great -great grandmother Mrs.
Tony Bergland. (Mrs. Bergland
passed away just before the photo
was published).
100 years ago
November 13,1914
At about 9:30 Tuesday evening, a barn fire started at the
Dr. J. Beebe farm, destroying the
barn and contents which included hay, oats, cutter, veterinary
tools and medicines.
A shipment of twelve large
cannons passed through town
Tuesday, destined for use in the
British army.
While laying a drain pipe at
the F. J. Hones farm, Oscar Beckwith met with an accident that
was near fatal when about four
feet of earth caved upon him, and
after several men worked with
all their might to dig him out, he
needed the aid of Dr. Larson to
save his life.
Colfax Merry
Mixers to meet
November 6
COLFAX — The Merry Mixers senior citizens group will
hold their regular meeting at 2
p.m. on Thursday, November 6,
at the Grapevine Senior Center
on Main Street in Colfax.
Our program will be presented by Bill Anderson, Colfax Chief
of Police.
The Craft and Lefse Bazaar
will be November 22. Call Mona
at (715) 962-3038 for information.
Our Christmas dinner will be
Saturday, December 6, beginning at 5 p.m. Call Lila at (715)
962-3468 for reservations.
Servers for November are
Gladys Knutson and Joan Scharlau.
Everyone is welcome to attend
all of our activities.
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followed the plan commission
meeting, the village board approved amending the zoning code
to set a minimum residential lot
size of 12,000 square feet and a
minimum setback for accessory
buildings of six feet.
CSM
The Colfax Plan Commission
reviewed the certified survey map
for phase one and two of the proposed residential development
on the Jim and Mary Schindler
property along Dunn Street.
Lots 1 through 4 on the CSM
represent phase one and two of
the proposed development, Beilfuss said.
The village can create up to
four lots by a CSM. Creating
more lots would require going
through the major subdivision
process, he said.
The village could offer to purchase the first three lots this year
and purchase the fourth lot next
year along with the right-of-way
for Dunn Street, Beilfuss said.
The CSM shows that the
Schindler property lot line is
actually in the middle of Dunn
Street and that half of the street
is on the Schindler property.
The village has money in the
general fund balance to purchase
the first of the lots without adding to the property tax levy, Gunnufson said.
According to the CSM, the
first four lots cover a total of 5.93
acres.
Schofield,
Higley &
Mayer S.C.
The Colfax Village Board and
the Schindler family have agreed
upon a price of $15,000 per acre.
Amend the CSM
Mary Schindler, along with
her daughter and son-in-law, Deb
and Gary Klukas, and her son,
James Schindler Jr., attended
the village board meeting to discuss the CSM.
A number of years ago, a larger lot on the Schindler property
had been created at the corner
with Wisconsin Central Railroad
and Dunn Street.
Because the lot is existing, an
easement would have to be included from Dunn Street across
from Third Avenue to the remainder of the existing lot, Beilfuss
said, pointing out that the existing lot cannot be left land-locked
without access to it.
After the village purchases
the property, a street right-ofway will be needed, and the CSM
shows the street right-of-way
directly across from Fourth Avenue.
Klukas wondered if the easement for the remainder of the lot
by the railroad tracks could come
from the Fourth Avenue location
rather than one indicated on the
CSM further to the north across
from Third Avenue.
The Colfax Village Board approved a motion postponing action on accepting the CSM until
the next village board meeting
on November 10 to allow time to
amend the CSM to reflect the alternate easement.
Comprehensive plan
At the Colfax Plan Commission meeting, committee mem-
bers reviewed the utilities and
community facilities chapter of
the village’s Smart Growth comprehensive plan and recommended that the village board move
forward with a public hearing on
the updated land use plan.
Updating the Smart Growth
plan requires a public hearing
and that the notice be published
in the Colfax Messenger.
The public hearing can be held
after the 30th day following the
notice in the newspaper. The 30day period gives village residents
time to review the proposed updated comprehensive plan, Beilfuss explained.
If the notice is published in the
November 5 Colfax Messenger,
the public hearing could be held
at any time after December 5.
The Colfax Village Board approved a motion to move forward
with publishing the notice about
the public hearing for the comprehensive plan update.
Other business
In other business, the Colfax
Village Board:
• Approved basic radar training for Michael Madrid, Colfax police officer, for November
3 through November 5 in Rice
Lake.
•Approved a bartender operator’s license for Mary Roehl.
•Postponed taking any action on the real estate purchase
agreement with Mary Schindler
until the November 10 village
board meeting.
• Learned from Colfax Police
Chief Bill Anderson that progress
is being made on the clean-up of
the Eugene Ziebell property.
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During the June court hearing, Andrew Maki, assistant district attorney, noted that Binder
had been ordered to pay $1,085
in restitution that had not been
paid.
Binder also has been convicted
of stealing money from the Colfax
Laundromat in June of last year.
He was convicted of misde-
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misdemeanor theft for an incident in April of this year.
Judge Smeltzer sentenced
Binder to 120 days in jail with
credit for 67 days already served
for the incident of theft last year
and withheld sentence for the incident in April and placed Binder
on one year of probation.
FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Colfax Health & Rehab News
In Mary’s Memory
SURROUNDED BY MEMBERS of the Colfax Middle School student council, seventh grader Tate
Russell presented a check for $750 to Courtney Haas from the American Cancer Society in memory of
Mary Wolff, former school nurse. Mary’s grandsons Reese and Austin Johnson, daughter Erin Johnson
and husband Dave Wolff were present for the presentation. —photo by M. Kruger
Colfax Middle School raises money
for Breast Cancer Awareness
Mayo Clinic-Red
Cedar lists births
Menomonie
The following babies were
born at Family Birth Suites at
Mayo Clinic Health System in
Menomonie:
October 22: Lincoln Jay Weber, son of Ashley and Eric Weber
of Menomonie
October 22: Cora May Wood,
daughter of Bridget and Jon
Wood of Elmwood
October 25: Owen Daniel Debee, son of Laura and Dan Debee
of Menomonie
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Wheeler, WI
Fall
Festival
Sat., Nov. 8
9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Menu:
Homemade Chicken Dumpling
Soup, Pulled Pork Sandwiches,
Desserts & Beverages.
Bake Sale
Craft Sale • Raffle
Silent Auction • Door Prizes
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After battling breast cancer
for over eight years through chemotherapy and radiation, Mary
lost the fight last December.
Courtney Haas, a representative of the AMC accepted the
check Oct. 29 from student council president Tate Russell. Also on
hand from the family were Dave,
daughter Erin Johnson and
grandsons Reese and Austin. A
commemorative plaque was presented later to the family.
“This means a lot to our family
to have Mary remembered like
this,” Dave said. “We hope the
money will help others fight cancer and eventually they can find
a cure.”
Student council advisors are
Tim Devine and Kelly Haskamp.
Breast cancer awareness program offered
to girls at Mayo Clinic Health System sites
Bring your granddaughter,
daughter, niece or friend to Mayo
Clinic Health System for a free,
interactive opportunity to learn
about breast 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 mammograms.
•Hear from a breast cancer
Meatball
Supper
Thurs., Nov. 6, 2014
3:30 to 7 p.m.
Grace United
Methodist Church
Wheeler
Meatballs, Mashed Potatoes/Gravy,
Corn, Coleslaw, Cranberries, Pickles,
Buttered Bread, Desserts & Beverages
Free Will Offering
Colfax Health and Rehabilitation Center
Love Lights
We are offering an opportunity to honor and remember
loved ones during the holiday season. A display will be in
the entryway of the nursing home including a book holding
all the names. A program and reading of the names will be
held on Thursday, December 4 at 2:00 p.m. along with the
star on the front of the building. A complete list of those
remembered and honored and of those who submitted the
names will be published in the Colfax Messenger during the
week of Christmas.
If you would like to submit a name, please fill out the form
below and return it to Colfax Health and Rehab.
The lights are available for $5.00 each.
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COLFAX — In recognition of
Breast Cancer Awareness Week
this past October, the Colfax
Middle School Student Council
sponsored a bake sale, hat day
and staff jeans days to raise money for the American Cancer Society. $750 was raised in memory of
Mary Wolff, former Colfax school
nurse and later a nurse at Luther
Hospital (Mayo Health Systems)
in Eau Claire. Mary was also the
wife of Dave Wolff who taught
middle school at Colfax for over
30 years and had four children
graduate from Colfax.
survivor.
•See a mammography machine and real images.
•See the breast biopsy and
ultrasound rooms and equipment.
• Receive a special gift.
Reply by Thursday, Nov. 6, 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
Go to mayoclinichealthsystem.
org to view wellness opportunities in your community.
Grapevine senior
nutrition menu
November 10: Baked chicken,
whipped potatoes, gravy, broccoli, whole wheat dinner roll,
peaches.
November 11: Cedric’s hot
dish, white rice, green beans,
whole wheat bread, spiced apples.
November 12: Hot roast beef,
mashed potatoes and gravy,
squash, whole wheat bread, Rice
Krispy bar.
November 13: Sloppy Joe on a
bun, potato wedges, vegetable
blend, fruit pie.
Menu subject to change.
The North wind blew in some
very nice weather this week.
Sunday started out very cool and
ended up very nice. Yard cleanup
around town was in full force
all afternoon. The week ahead
promised to be above average until Tuesday when the temp didn’t
make it past 49.
On Monday white puffy clouds
and sunny skies greeted the residents as they got up and went to
the dining rooms for some delicious breakfast. Breakfast is the
favorite meal for most residents.
Residents meander down to the
dining room whenever they wish
and order their breakfast cooked
the way they want it. For the ladies the best part of that is not
doing the dishes! Devotions and
current events and a bit of exercise are available at 10 a.m. on
Monday and Tuesday mornings.
After dinner there is a more formal REX class at 1 p.m. every
day. By the time 2 o’clock rolled
around the Square was filled
with people ready to decorate
cookies and make some scary spiders to decorate their room. Coffee, cookies and socializing in the
Square with friends before going
to supper is a regular event every day. At 6 p.m. the Kick Ball/
bounce ball players go to the rotunda and wear off a little energy
before retiring for the night.
On Tuesday afternoon the Colfax Kindergarten children (60
of them) came to perform their
creepy, spooky charming Halloween songs. Some wore costumes, some did not but all were
as cute and entertaining as can
be. Following their performance
the square became a bingo hall.
Every table was filled with residents and friends who came to
see the children and stayed to
play bingo. Linnea, Veda, Eileen,
Violet and Vonnie were here and
helped where needed.
On Wednesday morning Pastor Schoenknecht from Holden,
Mayo Clinic Health System
is hosting the following classes,
support groups and events in November. Go online at mayoclinichealthsystem.org for more information about these events.
Colfax
Events are held at Mayo Clinic
Health System – Chippewa Valley in Colfax, 1010 High St., unless noted.
•Colfax Women’s Night, 6 to
8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6; free; call
715-962-3117 to register.
Menomonie
Events are held at Mayo Clinic
Health System Menomonie, 2321
Stout Road, unless noted.
•Asleep at the Wheel Class,
6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13;
free; registration not required.
•
Bridge Builders Support
Group, 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays, Nov.
4, 11, 18 and 25; free; call 715235-9074 or 715-505-4527 to reg.
•Caregiver Coffee Hour, 9:30
to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5;
free; call 715-232-4006 for more
information.
•
Consider the Conversation End-of-life Documentary,
Marjorie A Clement, DDS
304 Gray Street
Eau Claire, WI 54701
(715) 832-5566
606 Main Street
Colfax, WI 54730
(715) 962-3565
New Patients Welcome!
Sat., Nov. 15 • 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.
at the Menomonie Veterans Center
E4710 County Road BB Menomonie
In honor of________________________
In memory of ______________________
Given by _________________________
Phone# __________________________
Return form and check payable to:
Colfax Health and Rehab Center
110 Park Drive
Colfax, Wisconsin 54730
Monetary donations can be made payable to: Benefit For Dan
Hiben. Donations can be sent by mail to: Dairy State Bank,
PO Box 135, Prairie Farm, Wisconsin 54762 or delivered to
any branch location.
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Norton, Running Valley Lutheran
churches led the service. Delores
Huber was our pianist. Linnea
and Veda and Violet were here to
help where needed. Wednesday
afternoon we had Beauty Boutique. Spooky Halloween colors
were chosen by many residents.
On Thursday morning residents played volleyball. Veda
had them getting more exercise
than they realized. Thursday afternoon we had resident council
and all the Halloween costumes
were shown to the residents that
wanted to dress up on Halloween.
The volunteers that come every Friday for gospel sing arrived
and Glen Ekberg was dressed like
Cornel Sanders carrying a rubber
chicken hanging out of the KFC
bucket. Glen has white hair and a
white mustache so he looked very
cool! The costumes were over the
top and the residents loved them
as they arrived in the Square for
the Halloween dance in the afternoon. “Honey and Me” were the
entertainers. Staff and residents
dance the afternoon away. The
children that came for Tricks or
Treat in the later afternoon were
greeted by resident with bowls of
candy.
Many very cool things happened this week. The Colfax Library donated more large print
books. Magazines and beanies
were also donated by several
thoughtful people in the community. Another visit by Leona Ubbelohde was much appreciated as
well. Residents asked if we would
let all of them know how much
the donations are appreciated.
The volunteers like Merle on the
weekend, Eileen Stokke, Mary
Biesterveld and Lee Ann Mayner
helped make this a completely
entertaining week.
Don’t forget the deadline for
the Love Lights is November
28th. Look for the Love Lights
form in the Messenger. Or stop
in and fill out one at the front
desk with Karen. That is just a
tiny little bit of the news here in
the land of Colfax where most of
the leaves have fallen and what
doesn’t get raked up will be covered by snow so we have no worries!
5:30 p.m. dinner and 6 p.m. film,
Thursday, Nov. 6; free; call 716464-5990 to register by Oct. 29.
•Family Caregiver Support
Group, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday,
Nov. 20; free; call 715-232-4006
for more information.
•Four-week Childbirth Preparation Series, Wednesdays, Nov.
12 and 19, and Dec. 3 and 10;
free; register online or call 715233-7464.
•
Mending Hearts Support
Group, 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov.
18; free; call 715-233-7464 for
more information.
•Relatives Raising Children
Support Group, 10:30 a.m. to
noon Thursday, Nov. 20; free; call
715-232-4006 for more information.
•Wellness ROCKS — Mondays in Motion, 5:30 to 7:30
p.m. Mondays, Nov. 10, 17 and
24; free; Alliance Church Gym,
Menomonie; no reg. required.
•Wellness ROCKS — Music
and Movement, 9:30 to 10 a.m.
Fridays, Nov. 7 and 14; free;
Menomonie Public Library.
Menomonie United Methodist Church
invites community to free concert
MENOMONIE – The Menomonie United Methodist Church
(MUMC) invites the community
to attend a free concert on Saturday, November 15 from 7 to
8:30 p.m. featuring the Michael
Rambo Project, a seasoned and
enthusiastic group of musicians
that deliver original pop and soul
music. Songwriter, Michael Rambo, combines elements of Jazz,
Hip-hop, Gospel, Soul, and Pop/
Rock to create tuneful passages.
“People of all ages are invited
to this family-friendly concert,”
said Jensine Bourman, concert coordinator and member of
MUMC. “We are excited to bring
a unique worship opportunity
like this to our town.”
After the performance, concert-goers can meet the band and
enjoy refreshments. “Not only
will people enjoy a great show,
but following they will have
time to celebrate Christ through
fellowship with neighbors and
friends,” continued Bourman.
Concert admission is free; a
love offering will be collected after the concert. All proceeds will
go to the Michael Rambo Project,
who has graciously donated their
time for this event.
“The MUMC youth are also
collecting new mittens as part of
a mission project,” said Bourman.
“Concert goers are invited to
bring a pair to help keep handsin-need warm this winter.”
Community members can go
online to menomonieumc.org or
to the Menomonie United Methodist Facebook page for event information.
For more information about
the concert in Menomonie, contact Jensine Bourman at 651366-7155 or [email protected].
For more information about the
Michael Rambo Project, go to themichaelramboproject.com.
Benefit for Dan Hiben
Dan has been diagnosed with BRAF melanoma cancer, a
very aggressive cancer. Dan’s Cancer has spread from his
skin to his brain & various organs. Due to the severity of the
cancer, Dan has had a procedure done to place radiation in
his brain and has been started on high doses of oral chemotherapy. Dan hasn’t been able to work due to his medications
and seizures since September.
Deadline for submission is November 28, 2014
MONSTER MASH - Evelyn Nelson and Violet the Good Witch among
many other costumed residents.
—photo submitted
Upcoming events at Mayo Clinic sites
Dinner - Silent Auction
Bake Sale - And More!
Love Lights
Colfax Messenger • Page 3
Funds raised will help support Dan & Jody
and daughters during Dan’s cancer treatments.
Questions? Call Jess 715-308-7855 or Amanda 715-821-1129
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Colfax season ended by streaking Comets
CAMERON — For as dominant as the Colfax volleyball
team was by winning all three
regional games in three sets, it
was a different caliber of team
they faced when they traveled to
Cameron Oct. 30 to take on the
Comets in the sectional semifinal match. Both teams were a
number one seed and the Vikings
have shown plenty of firepower
as of late on the offensive side of
the net as well as the ability to
keep plays going with their diving digs and blocks on the defensive side. But up against six foot
three inch Hannah Bailey who
will play for Division I Iowa State
next year and a strong supporting cast, the Vikings went down
in three sets to the Comets 25-17,
25-11, 25-10.
The first set was close most of
the way with the score knotted
six times early on with Kori Buchanan putting down the first kill
for Colfax and serving up an ace.
Dannielle Dachel scored on a kill
and a tip and with the score at
8-8 Makayla Mattson put the Vikings up on a tip shot. Cameron
began to pull away, taking a 17-11
lead before Colfax made a short
run with Lakken Meredith serving, forcing some Comet miscues
to get back within three points at
18-15. The M and M girls, Marianne Scharlau and Mattson combined for a block and the Vikings
were within two at 19-17, but it
was their turn to commit a few
errors as they misfired on two
kills, then gave up points on tips
to the middle of the court to fall
behind 23-17. A Bailey kill and a
Colfax error finished off the first
set for Cameron.
Colfax fell behind 7-2 early in
set two and got a little closer at
8-5 with an Olson kill, but they
couldn’t generate any consistency in their offense as they didn’t
score more than one point at a
time the rest of the set. Bailey
not only can slam the ball at the
net, the left hander showed her
serving power by slicing eight
consecutive points for a 16-5
Comet lead before Dachel finally
broke the string with a kill. The
Vikings didn’t get any closer than
11 points the rest of the set, however.
“Our ability to receive the
serve and get that first pass up
to our setters just wasn’t consistent,” coach Pam Meredith said.
“That was throwing our whole offense off so I told the girls to just
relax and play like they had the
past few weeks.”
Any hopes of a comeback like
they produced in the conference
championship match against Elk
Mound disappeared early after
a 4-4 tie in the third set became
a 15-5 deficit rather quickly. Olson added a point with a rare
Colfax kill and Buchanan added
one from the back row to get to
within 11 points down 18-7. The
M and M girls combined for an-
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Middle School Athletes
COLFAX SEVENTH GRADERS moved from flag football to tackle football this fall and finished with a
record of 3-1. Players include, front row, L to R: Tyler Hallquist, Jakob Moore, Hunter Larson, Wes Kallstrom,
Cole Kiekhafer, Trey Hovde, and Remi Larson. Second row, L to R: Bryce Schindler, Noah Albricht, Brady
Lawrence, Mitchel Harmon, Brad Thompson, Noah LaNou, Phillip Taylor, and Noah Swanson. Third row, L
to R: Boden Bergeson, Dillon Kiekhafer, Ed Hydukovich, Austin Snyder, Marcus Drees, Devon Kiekhafer, and
Daniel Zons. Back row, L to R: coaches Garrett Maas, Tim Devine, and Otis Moore. —photo by M. Kruger
VIKINGS’ Cheyenne Olson smashed the volleyball through a block
attempt by Cameron’s Maddie Otto in the sectional semifinal last
Thursday, October 30. Cameron won the match in three sets.
—photo by Shawn DeWitt
other block to keep the Vikings
within two at 19-8 but Cameron
rattled off four more points before Buchanan put down what
turned out to be her final kill of
her high school career. Meredith
and Scharlau scored the Vikings’
final point with a block then Bailey put the exclamation point on
the win for the Comets with a
big slam down the middle of the
court.
“We seemed to be playing a
lot more defense then offense tonight and I have to give credit to
Cameron because they took us
out of our offensive game,” Meredith said. “We have some great
players but they had too many
weapons for us to cover tonight,”
she added.
Colfax finished with just 18
kills in the match with Olson
leading the team with six while
Buchanan had five. Buchanan
had the only ace serve of the game
for the Vikings, Scharlau added
two solo blocks and Meredith
came up with 15 of the team’s 16
assists. The Colfax players were
diving and digging to save points
all night with Bryana Buchanan
coming up with 14 digs to go with
12 from Olson and 10 from Kori
Buchanan.
Colfax ended the season with
a 24-14 record, 9-0 in conference
for a conference championship
and also won their first regional
title in 17 years.
COLFAX MIDDLE SCHOOL players on the eight grade team ended the 2014 season with a record
of 3-1. Front row, L to R: Luke Heidorn, Dalton Klukas, Dennan Fogarty, Brett Foyt, and Dalton Schotter.
Back row, L to R: coach Garrett Maas, Tommy Anderson, Wyatt Olson, Tom Jensen, Jackson Hellmann,
George Scharalu, and coach Tim Devine. —photo by M. Kruger
COLFAX Libero Bryanna Buchanan received a serve during the
first set of the Vikings’ sectional semifinal volleyball match against
Cameron October 30.
—photo by Shawn DeWitt
Kruger, Fasbender wind up cross
country season at state meet
REPRESENTING the Elk Mound Middle School Black team this fall were, front row, L to R: Jack Emberson, Ryan Flynn, Marcus Kinblom, Andy Lor, Andrew Williams, and Colton Ward. Middle row, L to R:
Mason Close, Isiah Wald, Brett Lew, Brady Redwine, Faith Darr, Ethan Kaanta, and Taylor Tomsen. Back
row, L to R: coach Mark Brunner, Reuben Reik, Tyler Bauer, Max Marquardt, Ryan Zurbuchen, Mitchell
Fox, Colton Johnson, Garrett Kaiser, Marquis Kasakaitas, and coach Jon Chisholm. —photo by M. Kruger
UP HILL CLIMB — Elk Mound’s Caleb Kruger
is shown running up a hill at the state cross country meet held November 1. The Mounder senior
finished 77th with a time of 18:08.87.
—JHolzwarth.smugmug.com
WISCONSIN RAPIDS — Elk Mound High School
had one girl and one boy compete in the WIAA Division 3 State Cross Country meet that was held
under sunny skies at The Ridges Golf Course in
Wisconsin Rapids November 1.
Sophomore Elizabeth Fasbender became the
first girl in the five year history of Elk Mound cross
country to qualify for the state meet. She finished
87th among 150 individuals with a time of 21:57 in
the first ever 5K race for the girls. (The distance
was changed this year from the usual 4K). Delaney
APPROACHING THE FINISH of the WIAA Girls’
Division 3 state cross country championship Nov.
1 was Elk Mound sophomore Elizabeth Fasbender
(#145). She ran the state course in a time of 21:57.46
to place 87th. —photo by Shawn DeWitt
Greene-Gretzinger of Marion was the medalist with
a time of 19:05.
Senior Caleb Kruger, who just missed qualifying
for the big show as a junior, placed 77th in a field of
150 competitors with a time of 18:08 as Kevin Koski
of Chequamegon was first in 16:06. Kruger followed
in the footsteps of former Mounder Ben Holzwarth
who competed the past two years at state, making
Kruger the second boy from the school to compete
in the meet.
PLAYERS ON THE Elk Mound Orange Middle School team this fall were, front row, L to R: Mickey
Flynn, Cole Steinhorst, Cameron Johnson, Dominic Hall, Derek Falkner, and Kendall Nigon. Middle row, L
to R: Blaze Todd, James Javanovich, Nate Bechel, Kyle Deling, Jacob Miller, and Isaac Sell. Back row, L
to R: coach Randy Simpson, Cade Hanson, Nate Sweeney, Jesse Stewart, Tyler Byars, Ethan Rubenzer,
and coach Mike Proft. —photo by M. Kruger
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Wednesday, November 5, 2014
2014 Football All-Conference Teams named
2014 DSC
ALL CONFERENCE
FOOTBALL TEAMS
DEFENSIVE TEAMS
FIRST TEAM
LINEBACKER
Jon Hayton
COL
Nate Mrdutt
GC
Cody Gostovich
SCC
Matt Fesenmaier
SV
DEFENSIVE BACK
Hunter Anderson
BV
Jeremiah Wait
COL
Remington SchneiderSV
LINEMAN
Ben Kragness
COL
Decker Grass
SCC
Nick McDonald
SV
END
Sawyer Demoe
COL
Jake Hierlmeier
GC
Sr.
Jr.
Jr.
Sr.
Jr.
Sr.
Sr.
SECOND TEAM
LINEBACKER
Brett Boda
BV
Sr.
Trent Smith
SCC
Jr.
Shiloh Goodwin
SCC
Jr.
Jed Schlegel
SV
Jr.
DEFENSIVE BACK
Jake Ede
MON Sr.
Ryan Gulich
SCC Sr.
Evan Nielsen
SCC
Jr.
Sean Borgerding
SV
So.
LINEMAN
Jake Lake
BV
Jr.
Blake Purdy
MON Jr.
Jacob Rielly
SV
Jr.
END
Josh Freyholtz
SCC Sr.
Connor Rogers
SCC Sr.
HONORABLE MENTION
LINEBACKER
Shaye Seipel
MON Jr.
DEFENSIVE BACK
Brady Schutts
BV
Sr.
Dane Lew
EM
So.
Logan Newton
SV
Jr.
LINEMAN
Justin Schultz
BV
Sr.
Trevor Olson
COL Sr.
Justin Erpenbach EM
Jr.
Andrew Vanderpoel SCC
Jr.
END
Cody Dregney
MON Sr.
Devin Larson
SV
Jr.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER
OF THE YEAR
Cody Gostovich
SCC
Jr.
OFFENSIVE TEAMS
FIRST TEAM
QUARTERBACK
Remington Schneider SV
BACKFIELD
Jeremiah Wait
COL
Noah Zurbuchen EM
Jed Schlegel
SV
TIGHT END
Jake Hierlmeier
GC
WIDE RECEIVER
Jason Matteson
SCC
LINEMAN
Jake Lake
BV
Sr.
Sr.
So.
Jr.
Sr.
Sr.
Jr.
D-SC VOLLEYBALL
FIRST TEAM
Kori Buchanan
COL
Cheyenne Olson
COL
Lakken Meredith
COL
Elly Friberg
EM
Morgan Polden
EM
Elizabeth Schreiber EM
Cheyanne Catura
PC
Sr.
Sr.
Jr.
Sr.
Sr.
Sr.
Jr.
SECOND TEAM
Abbey Bird
BV
Dannielle Dachel COL
Hannah Flatness EM
Sr.
Sr.
Jr.
Dayna Kotecki
EM
Sr.
Emily Kircher
PEPIN Sr.
Madison Malecek SCC
Sr.
HONORABLE MENTION
Alexa Peterson
BV
Sr.
Jacquelyn Laursen MON Sr.
Markie Jacobson
MON Sr.
Andi Terpstra
PEPIN Jr.
Emma Laehn
PEPIN Sr.
Ally Lee
SV
So.
Becky Fesenmaier SV
Jr.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Kori Buchanan
COL
Sr.
Schotter ends season
in 55th at state meet
Sr.
Sr.
Sr.
Sr.
Sr.
2014 D-SC All Conference
Volleyball selections listed
EARNING DUNN-ST. CROIX ALL-CONFERENCE recognition for Colfax in volleyball and football for
the 2014 season were, front row, L to R: Aliymu Davis, Lakken Meredith, Kori Buchanan, Dannielle Dachel,
Chey Olson, and Jeremiah Wait. Back row,L to R: Trevor Olson, Jarrod Rudi,Tyson Hellmann, Ben Kragness, Sawyer DeMoe, and Jon Hayton. Buchanan was chosen as conference’s Volleyball Player of the
Year for the secong straight year while Wait was chosen as the conference’s Offensive Football Player of
the year. —photo by M. Kruger
SELECTED FOR THE 2014 DUNN-ST. CROIX ALL CONFERENCE volleyball and football teams for
Elk Mound were, front row, L to R: Elly Friberg, Morgan Polden, Elizabeth Schreiber, Dayna Kotecki, Rachel Caron and Hannah Flatness. Back row, L to R: Dane Lew, Justin Erpenbach, Noah Zurbuchen and
Adam Wolgemuth.
—photo by M. Kruger
Ben Kragness
Kaleb Schwinefus
Decker Grass
Nick McDonald
PUNTER
Jarrod Rudi
PLACE KICKER
Jake Lake
COL
MON
SCC
SV
Sr.
Sr.
Sr.
Sr.
COL
Jr.
BV
Jr.
SECOND TEAM
QUARTERBACK
Kyle Larson
SCC
BACKFIELD
Logan Mcabee Thomas BV
Trent Smith
SCC
Ryan Gulich
SCC
Cody Gostovich
SCC
TIGHT END
Sawyer DeMoe
COL
Jr.
Sr.
Jr.
Sr.
Jr.
Sr.
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WIDE RECEIVER
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LINEMAN
Tyson Hellmann
Adam Wolgemuth
Joel Ormson
Jacob Conley
Nick Kalmes
Ethan Hofacker
PUNTER
Brett Bursaw
PLACE KICKER
Ryan Gulich
GC
Sr.
COL
EM
GC
SCC
SV
SV
Sr.
Sr.
Jr.
Sr.
Jr.
Jr.
MON
Jr.
SCC
Sr.
HONORABLE MENTION
QUARTERBACK
Hunter Anderson
BV
Jr.
BACKFIELD
Aliymu Davis
Logan Newton
TIGHT END
Mitch Leach
WIDE RECEIVER
Brady Schutts
LINEMAN
Lance Kendall
Blake Purdy
Luke Budrow
PUNTER
Brett Boda
PLACE KICKER
Jarrod Rudi
COL
SV
So.
Jr.
BV
Sr.
BV
Sr.
BV
MON
SCC
Sr.
Jr.
Jr.
BV
Sr.
COL
Jr.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER
OF THE YEAR
Jeremiah Wait
COL Sr.
ORDINANCE 2014-07
ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING
ORDINANCE, TITLE 13 ARTICLE C
FOR THE VILLAGE OF COLFAX,
DUNN COUNTY, WISCONSIN
An ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance, Title 13, Article C
for the Village of Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin.
THE VILLAGE BOARD OF THE VILLAGE OF COLFAX DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Amendments to 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 have been
recommended for approval by the Village of Colfax
Plan Commission. The proposed amendments are
attached to this Ordinance.
Section 2. A public hearing on the proposal to amend the Village
of Colfax Zoning Ordinance, Title 13, Article C was
held before the Plan Commission on October 27,
2014 at 6:00 p.m. after public notice was provided as
required under Sec. 62.23 (7)(d)2 Wis. Stats.
Section 3. A copy of the proposed Title 13, Article C amendments has been available for public inspection at the
Village Hall for more than two (2) weeks prior to the
datehereof.Suchcopyshallremainonfileinsuch
officepreservedinloose-leafformandbeavailable
for all persons desiring to examine it.
Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon the date hereof
and upon the publication or posting as may be required under Sec. 61.50(1), Wis. Stats.
Passed, Approved and Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Colfax this 27th day of October, 2014.
VILLAGE OF COLFAX
WISCONSIN RAPIDS — Colfax sophomore Abbagail Schotter was the lone representative
for the Vikings when she cruised
through the 5K course at the
WIAA State Cross Country meet
held November 1 at The Ridges
Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids. It was Schotter’s second trip
to state but first as an individual
since she ran last year as a member of the girls’ team.
In a field of 150 runners,
Schotter placed 55th with a time
of 21:14. Delaney-Greene-Gretzinger of Marion won the race in
19:05. This was the first year
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the girls have run a 5K race, the
same distance as the boys. Schotter was 58th last year with a time
of 16:39 in the 4K run.
“This was Abbagail’s best race
of the year,” coach Joe Doucette
said. “She beat five of the nine
girls who had beaten her at the
sectional meet. She was solid and
looked strong the whole way. The
atmosphere at the state meet is
great and there was another huge
crowd but Abbagail handled it
very well. We are happy she ended her season with a great race,”
he added.
Notice of 30 Day Review Period & Public Hearing
Proposed Comprehensive Plan Amendment
Village of Colfax, WI
The Village Board of the Village of Colfax authorized the Plan
Commission to review and amend the Village of Colfax Comprehensive Plan, adopted November 25, 2002, pursuant to state
statutes. The Plan Commission has prepared a comprehensive
plan following a public planning process.
The Plan Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, December 10, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. at the Village Hall, 613
Main Street, Colfax, WI to hear public comment on the recommended amended plan and to recommend adoption of the
amended comprehensive plan to the Village Board. Following
a short presentation, the Plan Commission will open the public
hearing to accept public input. You are encouraged to attend
the public hearing and to offer your comments.
Copies of the proposed amended Comprehensive Plan will
be available for public review beginning Thursday, November 6,
2014 at the following locations during normal hours of operation:
1. Colfax Village Office, 613 Main Street, Colfax, WI.
2. Colfax Public Library, 613 Main Street, Colfax, WI.
3. Village of Colfax website: http://www.villageofcolfaxwi.org/
The recommended plan consists of written text, tables, figures, and maps. Areas covered in the plan include the following elements: Issues and Opportunities; Agricultural, Natural,
and Cultural Resources; Housing; Transportation; Land Use;
Economic Development; Community Facilities; Utilities; Plan
Implementation; and Intergovernmental Cooperation. The plan
also includes goals, objectives, and recommendations relating
to these areas.
The Wisconsin Comprehensive Plan, law provided under Sec.
66.1001 Wis. Stats., requires that, effective January 1, 2010, if a
local governmental unit enacts or amends any of the following;
official mapping ordinance, local subdivision ordinance, Village
zoning ordinances, shorelands or wetlands in shorelands zoning ordinances, the ordinance shall be consistent with that local
governmental unit’s comprehensive plan.
Individuals who may need special assistance or accommodations may also contact the Village Clerk to request such assistance at 715-962-3311. Written comments may be received
by the Village Clerk, 613 Main Street, Colfax, WI 54730 by 4:00
p.m., December 8, 2014.
Dated: October 31, 2014
Published: November 5, 2014
Adopted – October 27, 2014
Published – November 5, 2014
Jackie L. Ponto
Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer
NEARING THE TWO mile marker at Saturday’s state cross country
championships was Colfax’ Abbagail Schotter (center). The Vikings’
sophomore runner took 54th in the Division 3 girls’ race held Nov. 1
in Wisconsin Rapids. Schotter had a time of 21:14.48.
—photo by Shawn DeWitt
WNAXLP
Jackie L. Ponto
Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer
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Wednesday, November 5, 2014
LITTLE VIKES FOOTBALL
Colfax Messenger • Page 7
Little
Vikes
Football
2014 Colfax Community Flag Football Program
IN THEIR FINAL season of flag football, six grade players ended the year by playing a game during
halftime of the high school game Oct. 17. Front, L to R: Caden Erickson, Julio Hernandez, Will Ottinger,
Noah Heidorn, Devan Olson. Middle: Drew Gibson, Tanner Hoffman, Hunter Rebak, Austin Schindler,
Quinn Russell, Shane Cooper. Back: coaches Gene Gibson, Dan Olson, Ed Erickson. missing: Cody Sault.
—photo by M. Kruger
FOURTH GRADERS honed their football skills in the flag football program this fall. Front, L to R: Bobby
Allen, Jack Scharalu, Dylan Hiitola, Kyle Irwin, Braden Kiekhafer. Row 2: Jack Kouba, Mitchell Medin, Mark
Solberg, Ashton Yarrington, Nicolaus Jensen. Row 3: William Dekarske, Ashton Greenwell, Luke Anderson,
Cole Kiekhafer. Back: coaches Jon Hiitola, Tim Kiekhafer, Joe Solberg. missing: Jadent Buchholz.
—photo by M. Kruger
SECOND GRADE players in the Little Vike’s football program were. Front, L to R: Grace Wahl,Theo
Hovde, Drew Buchner, Nate Edwards, Audrey Ebert. Row 2: Caleb Arntson, Aiden Fischer, Zayden Zwiefer,
Evan Cook, Colin Reinolt. Row 3: Conner Berthiaume, John Riebe, Hunter Roberts, Abram Winings. Back:
coaches Dave Riebe, Brady Arntson, Mike Buchner. —photo by M. Kruger
FIFTH GRADERS participating in the local flag football program this year were Front, L to R: Rylee
Timms, Aiden McKee, Jaiden Moen, Jamison Flatland, Otto Winings, Coltin Lemon. Row 2: Jarod Loew,
Will Wanish, Taylor Risler, Thomas Drees, Dustin Niggemann, Josiah Harder. Row 3: Colin Weidner, Tristan
Lenz, Alex Swanson, Ryan Albricht. Back: coaches Greg Albricht, Matt Flatland, Jason Weidner. missing:
Austin Swanson, Nathan Hydukovich. —photo by M. Kruger
FIRST GRADERS (along with some kindergartners) had their first experience with flag football this year.
Front, L to R: Christopher Evenson, Zachary Ingram, Brady Niven, Orion Nichols, Bowen Seehaver. Row
2: Brynn Sikora, Daniel Schulze, Austin Coates, Grant Palewicz, Sam Ralph. Row 3: Grant Paulus, Levi
Elwood, Clara Hydukovich, Victor Noller. Back: coaches Chad Evenson, Corey Niven. —photo by M. Kruger
A LARGE GROUP of third graders took part in the Little Vike’s football program this fall. Front, L to
R: Kade Anderson, Brady Berg, Matt Dachel, Christian Ebert, Elijah Entzminger. Row 2: Gabriel Loew,
Colton Hoffman, Jeanette Hydukovich, Blake Johnson, Ava Kersten, Luke Knutson, Drake Knutson. Row
3: Kaylie Olson, Asher Pecha, Eli Ralph, Maveric Suvada, Mason Yarrington, Kevin Ross, Chance Smith,
Gunner Rebak, Austin Sundstrom, Vinjintz Jones. Back: coaches Ben Anderson, Ryan Yarrington, Sean
Knutson, Jordan Sundstrom. missing: Hunter Dressel. —photo by M. Kruger
Almost 100 boys and girls in grades kindergarten through six participated in the Colfax Little Vike's flag football program this fall.
Games were played in-house on Saturday mornings on the high school field for six weeks.
Accelerated Genetics
Ackerman Dairy Products, Inc.
Anytime Fitness Express
Berres Family & Sports Chiropractic
Blue Diamond Family Dental
Bremer Bank
Cedar Country Co-op - Colfax Cenex
Colfax Animal Hospital
Colfax Health Mart Pharmacy
Colfax Health & Rehabilitation
Commercial Testing Laboratory, Inc.
Dairy State Bank
Deluxe Beauty & Tanning Salon
Express Mart
Gilberts of Sand Creek
H&H Plumbing
Herrick Construction
Independence State Bank of Elk Mound
Jenson’s Repair of Elk Mound
Karl’s Chevrolet
A Little Slice of Italy
Mane Street Salon, Spa & Tanning
MarketPlace Foods
Mayo Clinic Health System - Chippewa Valley
Midwest Physical Therapy
Mike’s Auto Repair
Morgen’s Auto Body, LLC
Nate’s Towing
Ray’s Metal Works, LLC
Russell-Toycen American Legion Post 131
Seeds & Stuff Farm Market
SERVPRO® of Barron, Dunn & Rusk Counties
Sundstrom’s Septic Service
Tainter Machine
WESTconsin Credit Union
Whitetail Golf Course
Woods Run Forest Products, Inc.
RELIGION & NEWS
Page 8 • Colfax Messenger
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., Nov. 5: 3:15 p.m. Praise
Kids, 3:30 p.m. Confirmation Classes,
6 p.m. Colfax Crafters.
Sun., Nov. 9: 9:30 a.m. Worship,
10:30 a.m. Coffee Fellowship, 10:30
a.m. & Sunday School & Choir
Rehearsal.
Tues., Nov. 11: 9 a.m. Esther
Circle, 6:30 p.m. Colfax Comets 4H
Club, 7 p.m. Barbershoppers.
Wed., Nov. 12: 11 a.m. CharityHope Circle, 3:15 p.m. Praise Kids,
3:30 p.m. Confirmation Classes, 6
p.m. Colfax Crafters, 7 p.m. Church
Council.
COLFAX RURAL LUTHERAN
Pastor Bob Schoenknecht
715-962-3913
Wed.,
Nov.
5:
3:45
p.m.
Confirmation at the Parsonage.
Sun., Nov. 9: 8:30 a.m. Norton
Worship, 8:45 a.m. Holden Sunday
School, 9:40 a.m. Norton Sunday
School, 9:45 a.m. Holden Worship,
10 a.m. NRV Sunday School, 11 a.m.
North Running Valley Worship.
Wed., Nov. 12: 3:45 p.m.
Confirmation at the Parsonage.
Thurs., Nov. 13: 1:30 p.m. Holden
Ladies Aid.
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., Nov. 5: 9 a.m. Hay River
Do Day/10 a.m. Meeting, 6:30 p.m.
Confirmation at Ridgeland.
Sun., Nov. 9: WORSHIP: 9 a.m. Hay
River - Honorary Senior Sunday, 10:30
a.m. Ridgeland, SUNDAY SCHOOL:
9:30 a.m. Ridgeland, 10:30 a.m. Hay
River.
Mon., Nov. 10: 1:30 p.m. Twilight
Circle.
Wed., Nov. 12: 9 a.m. Hay River
Do Day, 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
[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.
[email protected]
Pastor Brad Peterson
Phone: 715-643-3821
Parish Office Hours: M-T, Th-Fri 8 a.m.noon; Wed noon-3 p.m.
Communion 1st, 3rd & 5th Sun.
Sun.: 9 a.m. Worship Service;
10:15 a.m.-Sun. School.
NON-DENOMINATIONAL
INDEPENDENT BIBLE CHURCH
Pastor Robert Koepp
Sand Creek - 715-962-4601
Thurs., Nov. 6: 6 p.m. Bible Study
and Prayer Meeting.
Sun., Nov. 9: 9:30 a.m. 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.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Obituary
WILLIAM “BILL” E. HAHN, JR.
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.
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.
Colfax Village Board
Regular Meeting - September 8, 2014
The September 8, 2014, Village of Colfax Board regular meeting was held at 7:00 p.m.
at the Colfax Village Hall. Members present: President Gunnufson, Trustees Halpin,
Davis, Schauer, Schieber, Olson, and Klukas. Others present included LeAnn Ralph,
Public Works Director Bates, and Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer Ponto.
Minutes – Schieber/Halpin to approve the minutes from the August 4, 2014 Joint
Village Board/Library Board Meeting, August 25, 2014 Special Meeting and the
August 25, 2014 regular meeting. For: Klukas, Olson, Schieber, Schauer, Davis,
Halpin, and Gunnufson. Against: none. Motion carried.
Training Requests – Schauer/Halpin to approve the training request from Donald
Logslett for the Permit-Required Confined Space Entry on September 17, 2014. For:
Halpin, Davis, Schauer, Schieber, Olson, Klukas, and Gunnufson. Against: none.
Motion carried.
Licenses – Operators License – Halpin/Davis to approve an operator’s license
application for Jaime Anne Chryst Haberlin for the time period of September 8,
2014 – June 30, 2015. For: Klukas, Olson, Schieber, Schauer, Davis, Halpin, and
Gunnufson. Against: none. Motion carried.
Storm Siren Repair/Replacement/Relocation – Olson/Halpin to approve the
purchase of a new storm siren located at the Rescue Squad Building, and remove the
old siren from private property. For: Halpin, Davis, Schauer, Schieber, Olson, Klukas,
and Gunnufson. Against: none.
Motion carried.
Ambulance as Demo at the Greater NW EMS Conference – Mahnomen, MN
– Halpin/Schieber to allow North Central Ambulance Sales the use of the new
ambulance during the week of October 1st – 6th for the NW EMS Conference. For:
Klukas, Olson, Schieber, Schauer, Davis, Halpin, and Gunnufson.
Against: none. Motion carried.
Change Order #2 – Refreshment Stand – Halpin/Olson to approve change order
#2 for the additional work on the refreshment stand of $700.00 to Allen Johnson
Construction. For: Halpin, Davis, Schauer, Olson, Klukas, and Gunnufson. Against:
Schieber. Motion carried.
Final Payment for Refreshment Stand – Davis/Schauer to approve the final payment
of $8,752.70 to Allen Johnson Construction. For: Klukas, Olson, Schieber, Schauer,
Davis, Halpin, and Gunnufson. Against: none. Motion carried.
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.
Special Events Package Approval – Schauer/Schieber to approve the use of a
special events application for the rental of the beer tent. Each rental must be approved
by the Board. For: Halpin, Davis, Schauer, Schieber, Olson, Klukas, and Gunnufson.
Against: none. Motion carried.
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”
Beer Tent Rental – Olson/Schauer to approve adding the rental of the beer tent
to the Village Facilities ordinance. The cost for renting the beer tent is $300 with a
$500 deposit. For: Klukas, Olson, Schieber, Schauer, Davis, Halpin, and Gunnufson.
Against: none. Motion carried.
Resolution 2014-15 To Withdraw From the Wisconsin Public Employers’ Group
Health Insurance Program – Davis/Schauer to approve Resolution 2014-15 To
Withdraw From the Wisconsin Public Employers’ Group Health Insurance Program.
For: Klukas, Olson, Schieber, Schauer, Davis, Halpin, and Gunnufson. Against: none.
Motion carried.
Colfax Village Board
Regular Meeting - September 22, 2014
The September 22, 2014, Village of Colfax Board regular meeting was held at 7:00
p.m. at the Colfax Village Hall. Members present: President Gunnufson, Trustees
Halpin, Davis, Schauer, Schieber, Olson, and Klukas. Others present LeAnn
Ralph, Rita Liddell – Cedar Corporation, Patrick Beilfuss – Cedar Corporation, Lisa
Fleming - Ayres Associates, John Thompson – IFLS, Pat Eggert – IFLS, Sue Hill, Kitz
Cleary, Librarian Ludwig, Police Chief Anderson, Public Works Director Bates, and
Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer Ponto.
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Schauer/Olson to approve the conditional use permit for a bed and breakfast
establishment at 503 Pine Street, owned by Susan Hill. For: Halpin, Davis, Schauer,
Schieber, Olson, Klukas, and Gunnufson. Against: none. Motion carried.
Daniel Duffenbach
Funeral Director
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC BUDGET HEARING
TOWN OF GRANT, DUNN COUNTY
Notice is hereby given that on Monday, November
10, 2014 at 7 pm at the Town of Grant hall located
at N10360 County Road W, Colfax, WI, a PUBLIC
HEARING on the proposed 2015 budget of the Town
of Grant will be held. The proposed budget in detail
is available for inspection at the town clerk’s home.
Budget summaries have been posted at the town hall.
NOTICE OF MONTHLY MEETING
Notice is hereby given that on Monday, November
10, 2014, immediately following completion of the
Public Hearing, the regular monthly meeting for the
Town of Grant will be held. The agenda will be as
follows: minutes of the previous meeting, public comment, correspondence, equipment/road work, adopt
the 2015 budget, auditing of bills for payment, and
any other business unknown prior to this notice.
Peggy Johnson, Town Clerk
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Review/Approval – Bills – Halpin/Olson to approve payment of the bills from August
15th – August 31st, 2014 for payment. For: Halpin, Davis, Schauer, Schieber, Olson,
Klukas, and Gunnufson. Against: none. Motion carried.
Payee
WI DEPT OF FINANCIAL INST.
24-7 TELCOM
ALA-AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOC.
ARAMARK UNIFORM SERVICE
CARDMEMBER SERVICE
CARDMEMBER SERVICE
CEDAR CORPORATION
CENTURY LINK
CITY OF EAU CLAIRE
COLFAX COMMUNITY FIRE DEPT
COMTEKK ENGINEERING
DUNN COUNTY TREASURER
GALE/CENAGE
GALLS
GILBERTS OF SAND CREEK
GREENER GRASS SYSTEMS
HAWKINS INC
HUMANADENTAL INS. CO
MAYO CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEMS
MEDICA INS
MENARDS-EAU CLAIRE
MENARDS-EAU CLAIRE
MENARDS-EAU CLAIRE
MENARDS-EAU CLAIRE
MENARDS-EAU CLAIRE
MICRO MARKETING
MIDAMERICA BOOKS
ONE SOURCE IMAGING
PEGGY WALLACE
RELIABLE OFFICE SUPPLY
ROBERT PIPPENGER
SCHILLING SUPPLY
SPECTRUM
SPECTRUM
VALUE IMPLEMENT
VERIZON WIRELESS
WAL MART COMMUNITY/GECRB
WELD RILEY PRENN & RICCI
WEX BANK
WISCONSIN TAXPAYERS ALLIANCE
WOODS RUN FOREST PRODUCTS
EFTPS-FEDERAL-SS-MEDICARE
WI DEPT OF EMPLOYEE TRUST
AMAZON.COM
WISCONSIN DEFERRED COMP
VERIZON WIRELESS
TOTAL
Amount
$20.00
$19.95
$133.00
$101.64
$49.00
$252.63
$1,120.00
$42.27
$444.67
$5,699.30
$149.00
$1,385.20
$54.96
$306.94
$19.62
$437.70
$1,471.90
$854.07
$46.00
$6,610.72
$663.49
$663.49
$663.49
$(623.04)
$(623.04)
$39.99
$67.80
$143.90
$100.00
$315.69
$80.00
$246.66
$13,847.00
$30.00
$723.82
$52.82
$26.39
$287.00
$917.32
$90.00
$59.29
$4,811.67
$7,483.86
$195.46
$130.00
$148.90
$49,760.53
Adjourn: Halpin/Klukas to adjourn the regular board meeting at 8:05 p.m. A voice
vote was taken with all members voting yes. Motion carried.
Copies of unabridged official minutes are on file at the Village Office or on the Village
website.
Jackie L. Ponto
Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer
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Official Proceedings of the Colfax Village Board of Trustees
Public Hearing – Conditional Use Permit – Sue Hill – President Gunnufson opened
the public hearing for the conditional use permit for a bed and breakfast establishment
at 503 Pine Street.
Dana Schneider
Funeral Director
ans of Bloomer, and Kevin (Marti) Eggers of Miamisburg, OH; six
grandchildren; one great-grandchild; two sisters, Marge (David)
Rigsby and Jane Reed; and one
brother, Phillip (Anne) Hahn.
He was preceded in death by
his parents; and grandson, Andrew Ziesmer.
A memorial visitation was held
from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday,
October 29, 2014, at Sampson
Funeral Home, 1017 E. Railroad
Ave. in Colfax, with military honors conducted by the American
Legion Russell-Toycen Post 131.
Inurnment will be at a later date
in Cornucopia, WI.
For online condolences, please
visit www.sampsonfuneralhome.
com
Official Proceedings of the Colfax Village Board of Trustees
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.
TRINITY LUTHERAN
1039 Nordveien Dr., P.O. Box 247
Boyceville, WI 54725
William “Bill” E. Hahn Jr.,
67, of Colfax, passed away on
Wednesday, October 28, 2014, at
his home surrounded by his family.
Bill was born on April 17, 1947
in Johnstown, PA, to William
and Dorothy (Cramer) Hahn Sr.
He served in the United States
Army during the Vietnam War.
Bill was co-owner of Woods Run
Mill in Colfax for many years. He
was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and spending time
in Cornucopia, WI fishing on the
water. He also had a love of collecting guns and old cars.
Bill is survived by his wife of
28 years, Judi Hahn of Colfax;
son, Travis (Danielle) Hahn; two
stepchildren, Kendra (Rick) Ev-
Minutes – Halpin/Scheiber to approve the minutes from the September 8, 2014 regular
meeting. For: Halpin, Davis, Schauer, Schieber, Olson, Klukas, and Gunnufson.
Against: none.
Motion carried.
Fourth Avenue Change Order Approval – Halpin/Olson to approve Change Order
#1 on the Fourth Avenue Street Project. For: Halpin, Davis, Schauer, Schieber, Olson,
Klukas, and Gunnufson. Against: none. Motion carried.
Needs Assessment for Village Spaces – Halpin/Schieber to approve the needs
assessment for village spaces, compiled by Rita Liddell of Cedar Corporation. For:
Klukas, Olson, Schieber, Schauer, Davis, Halpin, and Gunnufson. Against: none.
Motion carried.
Request for Proposal Mailing for Municipal Building/Library – Halpin/Klukas to
mail the request for proposal to the list of architects/engineers for a possible new
library or municipal building/library. For: Halpin, Davis, Schauer, Schieber, Olson,
Klukas, and Gunnufson. Against: none. Motion carried.
Residential Expansion Concept – Schauer/Halpin to approve the three phases of
the residential expansion concept. For: Olson, Schieber, Schauer, Davis, Halpin, and
Gunnufson. Abstained: Klukas. Against: none. Motion carried.
Proposed Amendment to Zoning (R1 – New Single Family Residential District
– Large Lot) – Schauer/Davis to recommend moving forward with amending the RI –
New Single Family Residential District – Large Lot to reflect a smaller square footage.
For: Halpin, Davis, Schauer, Schieber, Olson, Klukas, and Gunnufson. Against: none.
Motion carried.
Ordinance 2016-6 – An ordinance Regarding The Use Of The Village Facilities
– Davis/Schauer to approve ordinance 2016-6 – An ordinance Regarding The Use
Of The Village Facilities. For: Halpin, Davis, Schauer, Schieber, Olson, Klukas, and
Gunnufson. Against: none. Motion carried.
Beer Tent Rental – Schauer/Halpin to approve the rental of the beer tent to Tanner
Logslett and Heather Cress on June 6, 2015. For: Klukas, Olson, Schieber, Schauer,
Davis, Halpin, and Gunnufson. Against: none. Motion carried.
Red Cedar Sounds Donation Request – Olson/Schauer to approve a donation
request of $50 to the Red Cedar Sounds. For: Halpin, Davis, Schauer, Schieber,
Olson, Klukas, and Gunnufson. Against: none. Motion carried.
Ziebell Property Complaint Update – Olson/Schauer to move forward with the
abatement on the Ziebell property. For: Halpin, Davis, Schauer, Schieber, Olson,
Klukas, and Gunnufson. Against: none. Motion carried.
Felland House Update – Schauer/Klukas to have Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer
Ponto reach out to relatives for possible help. For: Klukas, Olson, Schieber, Schauer,
Davis, Halpin, and Gunnufson. Against: none. Motion carried.
Review/Approval – Bills – Halpin/Olson to approve payment of the bills from
September 1st – September 15th, 2014 for payment. For: Klukas, Olson, Schieber,
Schauer, Davis, Halpin, and Gunnufson. Against: none. Motion carried.
Payee
NORTH CENTRAL AMBULANCE SALES
ALLEN JOHNSON CONSTRUCTION
HARDER’S FINE WOODWORK
WRWA
A CUTE BEAD
ARAMARK UNIFORM SERVICE
BAKER & TAYLOR
BOUND TREE MEDICAL
CEDAR COUNTRY CO-OP
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS
COLFAX MESSENGER
COMMERCIAL TESTING LAB
COTTAGE HILL FLORAL
DUNN COUNTY CLERK OF COURTS
DUNN COUNTY RECYCLING
DUNN ENERGY COOPERATIVE
FABCO RENTS
FIRST SUPPLY LLC-EAU CLAIRE
GEORGE ENTZMINGER
H & H PLUMBING
HALRON LUBRICANTS
HAWKINS, INC
JOHN DEERE FINANCIAL
JOYCE SUNDSTROM
KARL’S CHEVROLET
KYLE’S MARKET
LBR ELECTRIC
MARK HALPIN
MEDICAL ARTS PRESS
MEDORA CORPORATION
MEDPRO MIDWEST GROUP
MENARDS-EAU CLAIRE
MENOMONIE FIRE & SAFETY
MICRO MARKETING
ORVILLE LARSON
POWERPLAN
QUILL CORP
SCHOFIELD HIGLEY & MAYER
SHEILA RIEMER
TAINTER MACHINE
VIKING DISPOSAL
VILLAGE OF COLFAX
WATER CARE SERVICES
ZEMPEL APPRAISAL SERVICE
ZOLL MEDICAL CORP
TOTAL
Amount
$191,070.00
$10,132.70
$1,100.00
$95.00
$120.00
$212.72
$699.11
$1,287.16
$1,868.29
$143.71
$826.87
$1,346.50
$16.87
$164.50
$1,335.99
$100.00
$725.85
$58.10
$100.00
$57.30
$231.54
$1,306.76
$70.34
$284.38
$325.04
$53.57
$1,014.51
$75.00
$91.76
$20,306.00
$125.00
$676.61
$30.92
$19.99
$137.50
$836.82
$422.07
$1,237.50
$29.77
$122.00
$120.00
$9,896.85
$90.20
$800.00
$769.43
$250,534.23
Closed Session – At 8:42 p.m. Halpin/Davis to convene into closed session, pursuant
to WI Statutes 19.85 (1)(e) Deliberating or negotiating the purchasing of public
properties, the investing of public funds, or conducting other specified public business
whenever competitive or bargaining reasons require a closed session. Purchase of
Properties. For: Klukas, Olson, Schieber, Schauer, Davis, Halpin, and Gunnufson.
Against: none. Motion carried.
Open Session – Olson/Halpin to reconvene into open session at 9:53 p.m. For:
Klukas, Olson, Schieber, Schauer, Davis, Halpin, and Gunnufson. Against: none.
Motion carried.
Purchase of Properties – Olson/Schauer to purchase land at $15,000 per acre and
move forward with negotiations on phase I and II of the residential expansion concept.
For: Halpin, Davis, Schauer, Schieber, Olson, and Gunnufson. Abstained: Klukas.
Against: none. Motion carried.
Adjourn – Olson/Halpin to adjourn the regular board meeting at 9:54 p.m. A voice
vote was taken with all members voting yes. Motion carried.
Copies of unabridged official minutes are on file at the Village Office or on the Village
website.
Jackie L. Ponto
Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer
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Proceedings of Colfax School Board
REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING
September 15 - 7:00 p.m.
Meeting called to order by President J. Hilson
Members present: Bjork, Hill, Hilson, Kiekhafer, Kragness,
Lee, Neuburg
• FOR RENT •
TWO ROOM, 1 BATH upper apartment. 1 mile north of Connorsville on
County Highway V. $300/month, sewer/
water included. 715-643-5800.
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HAVENWOOD ASSISTED LIVING
located in Glenwood City. 1 and 2 bed-
Colfax Animal Hospital, S.C.
Large and Small Animals
NEW & USED
Motion by K. Bjork seconded by T. Kragness to approve minutes as read of the August 18th, 2014 meeting. Motion carried.
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TWO & THREE BEDROOM mobile
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WOODVILLE - 1 bedroom for those
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on 30% of income. On site laundry. 800944-4866 Ext 122. Equal Housing Opportunity.50tfc
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BEV HALAMA, DVM
Members absent: none
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715-962-3380
Starting at 15¢ Lb.
Angles, Plates, I-Beams, Flats,
Rounds, C Channel, etc.
Saw Cutting also available
STEEL TOWNE
7102 State Rd. 40,
Elk Mound, WI (715) 879-5559
Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8 am-5 pm; Sat. 8-Noon
Motion by C. Hill seconded by M. Lee to accept the treasurer’s
report. Motion carried.
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KIM’S ENTERPRISES: Dog grooming, blade and scissor sharpening. 715265-4031.18p17
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• FOR SALE •
FOR SALE - 8’ firewood. Contact
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• STORAGE •
FOR RENT-Mini storage with insulated ceilings. Quinn’s Storage, Knapp.
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WANTED - Piano or Organ player for
Sunday Services at Immanuel Lutheran
Church in Forest, WI. Please contact the
church office at 715-772-3150.
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Motion by M. Lee seconded by K. Bjork to pay bills #78199 to
#78270. Motion carried.
Motion by T. Kragness seconded by C. Hill to approve the hire
of Melissa Nehm as the Elementary Music Teacher for the 2014
– 2015 school year. Motion carried.
Motion by K. Bjork seconded by M. Lee to approve the hire of
Denise Buchholz, Brad Hostak, Jenni Mohr, and Beth Kley as
teacher aides for the 2014 – 2015 school year. Motion carried.
Motion by J. Kiekhafer seconded by K. Neuburg to approve the
hire of Kristina Anderson as the Middle School Volleyball Coach
for the 2014 – 2015 school year. Motion carried.
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.
Welcoming Becky SchWetz, RDh to ouR Dental office.
(Formerly from Dr. Lane’s office in Cornell.)
Accepting new pAtients
David J. Irwin, DDS
Christopher D. Goettl, DDS
Thomas J. Rufledt, DDS
Gregory A. Mihm, DDS
1502 Main St. • Bloomer • 715.568.2363
Hours: Mon - Fri: 8:00-5:00
website: bluediamondfamilydental.com
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Motion by T. Kragness seconded by M. Lee to approve the hire
of Matthew DeMoe as the Physical Education Teacher for the
2014 – 2015 school year. Motion carried.
Motion by K. Bjork seconded by C. Hill to approve the resignation of Joe Doucette as the High School Softball Coach. Motion
carried.
Motion by J. Kiekhafer seconded by T. Kragness to adjourn out
of executive session. Roll call vote: K. Bjork, Yes; C. Hill, Yes;
K. Neuburg, Yes; J. Hilson, Yes; M. Lee, Yes; J. Kiekhafer, Yes; T.
Kragness, Yes. Motion carried.
Motion by K. Bjork seconded by T. Kragness to purchase the
adjacent 27 acres to the school for $95,000. Motion carried.
Motion by K. Neuburg seconded by K. Bjork to approve a
principal salary increase as presented for the 2014 – 2015 school
year. Motion carried.
Motion by K. Neuburg seconded by K. Bjork to approve a
superintendent salary increase as presented for the 2014 – 2015
school year. Motion carried.
Motion by K. Bjork seconded by T. Kragness to adjourn the
meeting. Motion carried.
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Michael Lee, Clerk
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COOK
The Neighbors of Dunn County
is accepting applications for a part-time
cook. Qualifications include: High school diploma,
vocational/technical training in food service and preparation. Requires at least one year of food production
experience or combination of education/experience.
Serve Safe certification preferred.
Must be able to work as a member of our
versatile, care-giving team in a progressive, resident-centered, long-term care facility serving persons undergoing
rehab, hospice, long-term care and/or adults with memory
deficits. Competitive salary. For consideration, please
submit a completed application
(download at www.neighborsdc.org) and send resume to:
The Neighbors of Dunn County
Attn: Culinary Mentor
2901 Forbes Ave.
Menomonie, WI 54751
Equal Opportunity Employer.
Mound’s View
Store
NOW HIRING
$9.00 / HOUR
STARTING
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Production Worker / Packager
CTL Foods, Inc. currently has a position open for a Production Worker / Packager. This position will be 30 to 40 hours a
week. Days of operation are Mondays - Thursdays, 6:00 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m.
Production Worker/Packager – entails one to work in a fast
paced environment. Bending and lifting of packaging material
is required.
Experience in packaging and operating packaging equipment
in a food environment a plus. May start, adjust and repair specialized blending and packaging machinery.
Check our website at www.ctlcolfax.com to print an application form. Email: [email protected] CTL Foods, Inc. is a
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Check out our website for a printable pdf application.
Office Address: CTL Foods, Inc.
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REGISTERED NURSES, LICENSED PRACTICAL
NURSES AND CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANTS
The Neighbors of Dunn County
is accepting applications for part-time
RN, LPN and CNA positions.
Qualifications include: current
Wisconsin licensure as a Registered Nurse, Licensed
Practical Nurse or C.N.A certification
and ability to work as a member of our
versatile, care-giving team in a progressive, resident-centered & resident-directed household serving persons
undergoing rehab, hospice, long-term care and/or adults
with memory deficits. Competitive salary. For consideration, please submit a completed application (download
at www.neighborsdc.org) and send resume to:
The Neighbors of Dunn County
Attn: Community Mentor
2901 Forbes Ave.
Menomonie, WI 54751
Equal Opportunity Employer
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Motion by T. Kragness seconded by M. Lee to adjourn into
executive session § 19.85 (1) (c) to consider employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation data of any public
employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or
exercises responsibility. Roll call vote: K. Bjork, Yes; C. Hill, Yes;
K. Neuburg, Yes; J. Hilson, Yes; M. Lee, Yes; J. Kiekhafer, Yes; T.
Kragness, Yes. Motion carried.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
NEWS
Colfax school board approves $2.62 million
school levy, will begin using new security system
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MUSIC SHE WROTE — The Red Cedar Sounds Sweet Adeline Chorus out of Colfax performed
their 8th Annual Harvest of Harmony, “Music She Wrote — The Case of the Missing Song,” at the
Martin Anderson Gymnasium at Colfax High School October 25. —photo by LeAnn R. Ralph
Part 1
Cornell University authors present
“The Real Cost of Fracking”
By LeAnn R. Ralph
TOWN OF HOWARD — Here
in West Central Wisconsin, over
the past four years, frac sand operations have increased to almost
150 sand mines.
But what is the sand used for?
Where does it go? How does the
process it is used for affect the environment? People? Animals?
Michelle Bamberger, a veterinarian, and Robert Oswald, a
member of the faculty at Cornell
University in Ithaca, New York,
in the Department of Molecular
Medicine at the School of Veterinary Medicine, spoke about
their new book, “The Real Cost
of Fracking” at the Howard Town
Hall October 28.
The subtitle of the book is
“How America’s Shale Gas Boom
is Threatening Our Families,
Pets, Food.”
Oswald studies toxins and how
they affect the nervous system.
When people use the term
“fracking,” they tend to think of
one step in the process, and much
of the time they tend to think
of only the hydraulic fracturing
used to extract more oil or natural gas, Oswald said.
The hydraulic fracturing process uses a number of different
steps, starting with the mining
of silica sand, and it is important
to consider the whole process, he
said.
The book written by Oswald
and Bamberger, published by
Beacon Press in August, contains
five case studies of people and
their animals who live near natural gas wells in the eastern part
of the United States.
Bamberger said they had originally wanted to include 20 case
studies but that the publisher
wanted a shorter book rather
than a longer book.
Other aspects of the hydraulic
fracturing process include truck
traffic (both at the frac sand
mines and at the hydraulic fracturing sites); drilling; hydraulic
fracturing; impoundments where
millions of gallons of fluid are
stored that include water, sand
and chemicals; condensate tanks;
flaring to burn off the natural
gas; compressor stations; processing plants; and natural gas
lines.
The states of New York and
Pennsylvania have a long history of drilling for oil and natural
gas, going back to the 1800s, and
there are many old, unused wells,
Oswald said.
Most of the old wells that are
no longer used have never been
properly plugged and abandoned,
he said.
Oswald and Bamberger said
they had never seen the frac sand
mining areas in Wisconsin until
they visited the state October 28.
The industrialization of the
rural landscape with the frac
sand mines is remarkably similar to the industrialization of the
rural landscape in areas where
there are oil and natural gas
wells, Bamberger noted.
Cumulative impacts
While one sand mine or natural gas well might not have much
of an impact on an area, it is the
cumulative impact of many operations that could affect human
and animal health, the environment, the local economy and the
local social structure, Bamberger
said.
Crystalline silica, very tiny
particles of sand, is a carcinogen
and can also cause lung, heart
and kidney disease as well as silicosis, Bamberger said.
“The air issues are huge,” she
said.
Water issues also are a concern.
Hydraulic fracturing uses five
million gallons of water per well
for one cycle of fracking, Bamberger said.
If the water is recycled, each
time it is used, it becomes more
toxic because the chemicals used
in the process become more and
more concentrated, she said.
Acrylamide
Polyacrylamide is used as a
flocculent in frac sand mining
to settle out the fine particles of
sand.
Polyacrylamide is not toxic,
but the problem is that polyacrylamide can break down into acrylamide, and acrylamide is highly
toxic, Bamberger said.
Acrylamide is toxic at .5 parts
per billion, and the federal Environmental Protection Agency has
set a limit of zero, she said.
So how could acrylamide be a
problem for people in this area of
Wisconsin if they are not physically handling waste sand from
the sand mines?
Bamberger said she talked
with Deb Dix of the state Department of Natural Resources who
said that some sand mine companies are allowing dairy farmers
to use waste sand for cattle bedding.
Waste sand from the mining
operations is supposed to be used
in the reclamation process.
Sand, in and of itself, is good
bedding for cattle if the particles
are large enough to allow the
sand to drain properly, Bamberger said.
Dix said that using waste sand
for cattle bedding is not a permitted use, she said.
If the polyacrylamide used to
wash the sand breaks down to
acrylamide, then the cows could
become contaminated with acrylamide, the acrylamide could become toxic to the cow, and then
acrylamide becomes a food safety
issue, Bamberger said.
Part 1 in a 2 part series. The
second part of this article will appear in next week’s Messenger.
by Marlys Kruger
During the monthly board
meeting held October 27, the
Colfax Board of Education approved a total property tax levy
of $2,622,166 for the 2014-2015
school year. The board approved
levying $179,659 for Non-Referendum Approved (Energy Efficiency Performance Contracting) Debt Service and $2,442,597
for the 2014-2015 budget with
the change in state law, levy the
difference between the amount
equaling the maximum revenue
limit allowed, less all allowed
state general aids, whichever
is less. Equalized value of taxable property is $312,427,969 as
of Jan. 1 while equalized value
was 306.3 million in 2013.The
mill rate for this year is $8.48 per
$1,000 of property value which is
down from $8.64 last year.
The new security system will
go into effect in the next week
or two with the main doors to
the high school and elementary
schools becoming locked after
8:10 a.m. through approximately
3:00. (All other doors are already
locked during that time). Anyone
wishing to enter the school will
have to push a buzzer, look into
a camera and state their name
and reason for the visit before the
door is opened by a staff member.
Most schools around the area
have been using this system already to help keep the school a
safer place, according to District
Administrator Bill Yingst.
New staff members introduced
themselves to the board including
Kristy Anderson, Matt DeMoe,
Mike Dombrowski, Nancy Hovde,
Melissa Nehm, Brad Hostak,
Kelly Haskemp, Jenni Mohr, and
Denise Buchholz.
Open enrollment numbers
show 67 students have chosen to
come into the district while 56 are
enrolled outside of the district.
During the first Friday in September pupil count, the district
has 34 students less than last
year, with all but two grade levels
showing a decrease in numbers.
“Our society has become very
transient and there are a lot of
families who move around a lot,”
Yingst said. “One of the biggest
problems I have heard is there
is not a lot of subsidized housing
for larger families in this area
and that makes it harder to keep
them in the district,” he said.
The board approved allowing
three students to take classes
through the Youth Options Program for the spring semester and
also hiring a couple of coaches
to the athletic program. Middle
school teacher Tim Devine expressed his interest in the middle
school track position this spring
after serving as an assistant softball coach at the varsity level last
year. Devine stated if he was not
approved for track, he would take
the varsity softball job. At this
point,it appears he will be watching kids throw the shot put and
discus as opposed to a softball
from the outfield to home plate
since the board approved him for
the track job.
Jordan Poirier of Bloomer, the
son of head wrestling coach Jim
Poirier for the Bloomer-Colfax
co-op team, was approved as an
assistant coach for the team and
will drive the Colfax wrestlers to
and from Bloomer for practice every night. Nobody from the Colfax area applied for the job and
Poirier has experience in wrestling and working with kids so
this should work out well, according to Yingst.
Administrators’ reports
Grade 7-12 principal John
Dachel congratulated Pam Meredith and the volleyball team
on winning a conference and regional championship, Mark Maloney and the football team for
getting into the playoffs and Joe
Doucette and the cross country
team for a great season with Abbagail Schotter qualifying for the
state meet.
Seven members of the FFA
attended the National Convention in Louisville, KY last week,
and three FFA members placed
eighth out of 138 teams in the
Dairy Cattle Evaluation Contest
at the World Dairy Expo in Madison. Brielle Bjork led the Colfax
team placing 11th out of 417 individuals.
Spanish IV students attended
UW-Eau Claire Spanish classrooms Oct. 17 and were able to
see how the college level Spanish course functions and have
the professor answer questions.
Middle School Solo/Ensemble
will take place Nov. 5 at Colfax
and there will be a Veteran’s Day
program Tuesday, Nov. 11 in the
high school gym at 10:00.
Basketball season is just
around the corner with the varsity girls starting practice Nov. 10
and the boys starting Nov. 17.
Elementary principal Trevor
Hovde announced the school had
reached the first school wide completion goal of the Viking ship for
the Positive Behavior Interven-
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every day. The Legion supports our veterans throughout the year:
3,000: The number of veterans who received benefits assistance at
Legion-led Veterans Outreach Centers since the VA scandal broke.
$1 million: The amount raised for scholarships for children of
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We thank you for serving America with honor,
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Schofield, Higley & Mayer,
S.C., is pleased to announce the
addition of Allyson M. Baier as
Associate Attorney. At Schofield,
Higley & Mayer, S.C., Allyson
will provide legal guidance on
a variety of general legal issues
including family law, estates and
trusts, business law, municipal
law, and landlord/tenant disputes. Allyson is a 2014 graduate
from William Mitchell College of
Law in St. Paul, Minnesota. She
is currently licensed to practice
law in Wisconsin and will soon
be licensed in Minnesota as well.
Allyson has worked as a legal intern for a family law firm in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a judicial
intern for the St. Croix County
Judges’ Office, a Deputy Clerk of
Court for the Dunn County Clerk
of Courts and a Judicial Assistant for the Dunn County Judges.
She is a qualified neutral in Minnesota for family court cases.
Schofield, Higley & Mayer,
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the western Wisconsin region.
tion Supports program and were
rewarded with a tailgate party
Oct. 24. He also updated the Accelerated Reading, DIBELS,
PALS and Reading Mastery programs for grades K-6. The school
took part in Fire Prevention activities last month as well as
practiced a fire drill with members of the Colfax Fire Department, and learned about school
bus safety while practicing a bus
evacuation.
Elementary students along
with high school teacher Mrs.
Neuburg and her students are
busy making apple pies to be distributed to veterans during the
Veteran’s Day program coming
up.
District Special Education/
Curriculum Coordinator Polly
Rudi stated there were several
tests being completed throughout
the school including the ACT Aspire test for 10th graders, WKCE
for grades 4-8-10 in social studies
and science and PALS testing in
the elementary school. ACCESS
testing for the six English Language Learners will begin Dec.
1.Special Education teachers
and Para Educators attended a
non-Violent Crisis Intervention
Training Oct 10 and Rudi, Ashley
Kley and Peggy Larson attended
a training on Student Based Services-Medicaid billing on Oct. 9.
District Report Cards
Rudi presented the Department of Public Instruction Report Card for the Colfax District
which shows 70.4 % of the students in the district are in the
Meet Expectations category overall. (There are five levels in the
scoring system including Significantly Exceeds Expectations, Exceeds Expectations, Meets Expectations, Meets Few Expectations
and Fails to Meet Expectations).
The Student Achievement score
is 65.8 compared to the statewide
score of 66.4 and for On-Track
and Post-Secondary readiness,
district students are at 86.2,
which is above the statewide
score of 85.3.
At the elementary level, 71%
of the Colfax students are in the
higher end of the Meets Expectations level and have a score 64.2
in Student Achievement compared to a state average of 66.8
and at the high school level, 67.4
are in the Meets Expectations
category. The Student Achievement score is 67.9 with the state
average of 67.7.
Complete details can be seen
on the DPI website.
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