The Star News December 17, 2015

STAR NEWS
THE
December 17, 2015

Volume 142 + Number 51
Medford, Wisconsin
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Doing the
board shuffle
County board sees new faces, will
say goodbye to others this spring
Medford battles Rib

Lake in basketball
by News Editor Brian Wilson
Sports
Listing of area
Christmas services
Page 11
Serving others
photo by Brian Wilson
Jim Metz and Delores Toots Sapinski were in the serving line during the annual
Light a Light Dinner sponsored by the Taylor County Tavern League. Tavern League
members and other volunteers served more than 300 meals to area senior citizens.
See more pictures on page 11 of the second section.
There will be new faces and the chance to see familiar faces in new roles on the Taylor County Board of supervisors this year.
Last week county board chairman Jim Metz stepped
down from his position as county board chairman and
from his District 4 seat. Metz moved from District 4 in
the city of Medford into District 5 located in the town of
Medford. He has taken out nomination papers for the
District 5 seat challenging incumbent Bob Lee.
Mike Bub of Medford, who also serves on the city
council, has taken out nomination papers for the District 4 seat previously held by Metz. Bub was appointed,
pending ratification by the full county board, to fill the
remainder of Metzs term which expires in April.
Chuck Zenner, who is first vice-chairman of the
county board, has taken over as interim county board
chairman with second vice chairman Scott Mildbrand
moving up to first vice chairman. With a county board
meeting next week and another scheduled for February, the committee structure is expected to remain as-is
See COUNTY on page 5
Questions continue over student code

Opening doors with
personalized learning
Page 9
Area deaths
Obituaries start on
page 19 for:
Donna M. Costner
Richard Czech
Evelyn Edna Schauss
James B. Wachsmuth
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do is self repo
report in order to
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not be subject
subjec to any penThe current code requires suspenenalty.
sion from 25 percent of games or contests
ests
Guden said he could supfor a first offense. At last months school
hool
port the wording change.
board meeting, member Cheryl Wibben
School board member Cheryl Wibben called on the school
had called on the first offense in the pres- board to give flexibility for in the presence of violations.
Board looks at adding

flexibility to enforcementt of
in the presence of offenses
ses
ence of violation to be moved from level 2 to

a less severe level 1, noting that the students
had done nothing illegal by simply being
in the wrong place at the wrong time. At
that meeting, activities director Andy
Guden expressed concern about being
seen to weaken the codes stand on alcohol and drugs.
The issue was sent to the policy committee on Dec. 2 where
members worked through
what chairman Paul Dixon
referred to as a negotiated
compromise with members and Guden. The policy committee recommended
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Sunday, Dec. 20
Alcoholics Anonymous Open 12
Step Study Meeting 7 p.m. Community United Church of Christ, 510 E.
Broadway, Medford.
Monday, Dec. 21
Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS)
1013 of Rib Lake Meeting Weighin 5:15 p.m. Meeting 6 p.m. Rib Lake Senior Citizens Center, Hwy 102 and Front
Street. Information: Mary 715-427-3593 or
Sandra 715-427-3408.
Taylor County Autism Support
Group 6-7 p.m. Taylor County Education Center, 624 College Ave., Medford.
Taylor County Day Care Provider
Support Group Meeting 7 p.m. The
Sports Page, 1174 W. Broadway Ave.,
Medford. Information: Kelly Emmerich
715-748-6192.
Chequamegon Bird Club Meeting
7 p.m. Frances L. Simek Memorial Library, 400 N. Main St., Medford. Visitors
welcome.
Tuesday, Dec. 22
Medford Rotary Club Meeting
Breakfast 6:45 a.m. Filling Station Cafe
& Bar, 884 W. Broadway Ave., Medford.
Information: 715-748-0370.
Al-Anon Meeting 7 p.m. Community United Church of Christ, 510 E.
Broadway, Medford. Information: 715427-3613.
Alcoholics Anonymous Open Topic
Meeting 7 p.m. Community United
Church of Christ, 510 E. Broadway, Medford.
Overeaters Anonymous Meeting
7 p.m. Hwy 64 and Main Street, Medford.
Information: 715-512-0048.
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Peter Klingbeil of Klingbeil Lumber Company with a Christmas tree made of pallets and food items donated during the companys Ladies Night. The pallet tree was
auctioned off with the proceeds going to Neighbor to Neighbor of Taylor County. The
food items were delivered to the food pantry at St. Pauls Lutheran Church.
Klingbeil holds Ladies Night

A local lumber and hardware store recently opened its doors to welcome area
women.
This was the second time that we
have done a Ladies Night and the
theme this time was a Christmas craft
night, explained Peter Klingbeil of
Klingbeil Lumber Company in Medford.
In preparation for it we made some
Christmas trees, stars, and snowflakes
out of pallet boards, he said. Workers at
the store taught the women how to make
the different crafts and gave them direction sheets on dimensions and help to put
them together. They also had mason jar
decoration.
We thought since it is around Christmas time we should ask if the ladies that
were interested in coming would donate
some non perishable food items, and the
women that came were very generous,
Klingbeil said. They collected around 300

items that they are taking to St. Pauls
Lutheran Church food pantry. We also
thought since there was so much chatter about the 12 pallet board Christmas
tree we built, we would raffle that and
the items that we made prior to the night
and donate all the profit to Neighbor to
Neighbor of Taylor County. We raised
over $500 in the two hour stretch we had
the ladies working on projects, wine tasting, and deer antler projects, Klingbeil
said.
It was a great night and we would like
to thank all of the women that showed
up, donated food, and donated to Neighbor to Neighbor of Taylor County and
hope they had as much fun as we did, he
said, noting all donations stay here in the
community.
Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting

7 p.m. Senior Citizens Center, Hwy 102
and Front Street, Rib Lake. Information:
Arlene 715-427-3613.
Medford Lions Club Meeting Dinner 6:30 p.m. B.S. Bar & Grill, W4782 Hwy
64, Medford. Information: 715-785-7573.
Worship service at
Perkinstown church
A worship service will be held on

Sunday, Dec. 20 at 7 p.m. at Perkinstown
Community Church. The pastor will be
David Clements of Medford. Coffee and
lunch will be served following the service.
Hospital Christmas hours

Aspirus clinics in Medford, Gilman,
Rib Lake, Phillips and Prentice, and the
therapy and fitness centers in Medford
and Prentice, will close at noon on Dec.
24 and be closed Dec. 25. Aspirus Pharmacy-Medford will close at 1 p.m. on Dec.
24 and be closed Dec. 25.
Aspirus Medford Walk-In Clinic will
be open from 12:30-5 p.m. on Dec. 24 and
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Dec. 25. Aspirus FastCare in Abbotsford will be open from
8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Dec. 24 and will be
closed Dec. 25.
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Thursday, December
April 23, 2015
17, 2015
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County looks to contingency for beer stand

Fairgrounds beer stand
replacement would be
about $27,500
by Reporter Donald Watson
The Taylor County Buildings and
Grounds Committee approved seeking
contingency funds for a new beer stand
at the fairgrounds during its Dec. 10 meeting.
In October, the committee approved replacing the beer stand at the fairgrounds
with a new structure. Buildings and
Grounds supervisor Jeff Ludwig said the
plan is to replace the structure with a post
frame building with treated and wrapped
post in the ground. He said the cost would
be approximately $24,000, excluding the
concrete floor, which would be approximately $3,500.
Ludwig said the current recommendation to fund the project is to use the contingency money. He said every year the
county puts $25,000 in a contingency fund
for expected expenses. To date, no one
has tapped into that fund. Its just sitting
there, which would be enough to build
this building, Ludwig said. As for the
extras like demolishing the old building,
concrete work, electrical, and so on, he
said there would be approximately $12,000
in the fairgrounds account after Dec. 31
which is normally set aside for mainte-
nance and repair work at the fairgrounds.

We will have plenty to put the finishing
touches on this building, Ludwig said.
Ludwig said over the years, use of the
fairgrounds has changed. The Shriners
Circus use to be up there once a year.
There were lawnmower races there a couple of times. Now its Maple Fest. He said
use has fluctuated, citing one year when a
local factory used the fairgrounds for its
company picnic. It would be nice if it got
used more than it is, but to do that, you
have to keep moving forward.
Ludwig admitted it was bad timing to
be asking for additional money from the
county in light of the committees effort
to purchase the Miller property to expand
the fairgrounds, but committee members
agreed it was a good project and would be
an asset for the future of the fairground.
Taylor County Clerk Bruce Strama
said money in the contingency fund that
isnt approved by the end of each year
goes back into the countys general fund.
Ludwig recommended the committee forward the funding request to the finance
committee for its consideration at its December meeting and request the funding
comes from the 2015 contingency money.
If we wait until 2016, we would take
that money out of the 2016 fund and for a
whole year, there wouldnt be anything in
the fund, Ludwig said. It would make
more sense to take the money out of the
2015 fund. Then if someone needs money
for something more critical, the moneys

not there.
The committee expects to have the
new beer stand completed in time for next
years fair.
Permitted use policy

The committee approved a policy pertaining to permitted use of county property.
Ludwig said a Medford business rented
the county-owned community center in
Gilman to hold a job fair. During the job
fair, a Gilman business set up in front of
the community center to talk to people
before they entered the job fair.
While all public-owned property belongs to the people and they have a right
to come in and set up, Ludwig felt when
the intent is to cause harm or to deter
someone else from using something
theyre paying rent for, thats where the
problem comes in.
Under the new policy, Ludwig said anyone who wants to set up on or use countyowned property for what ever reason
will need to apply for a $5 permit at least
10 days in advance. He said if a person is
renting a county-owned building, the $5

fee is waved and the rent includes both
the building and the adjacent property
around it. An exception to this would be
if someone wanted to set up on countyowned land, but did not want to rent the
county building on it. In that case, Ludwig
said, someone could still rent the building
with the understanding someone else had
already paid for a permit to use the adjacent land.
Committee chairman Diane Albrecht
asked if a similar situation occurred
again, who would take care of it. Ludwig
said in the Gilman case, he believes law
enforcement was called, but was unable to
do anything because there is no policy or
law prohibiting the Gilman business from
doing what it did.
This is going to change that, Ludwig
said. Now if that same thing happens
again, law enforcement can go up there
and say, Hey, you dont have a $5 permit.
You didnt apply for one ahead of time.
You need to pack up your stuff. You need
to get out of here. Thats all were trying
to do.
Recovery from fire will take time

When the town of Little Black home
Mike Zak was born in burned down last
week, he learned first hand the importance of having original documentation.
Zak is currently staying with relatives
as he is working to get into adequate
housing. Unfortunately, items such as
his original birth certificate and social
security card were destroyed in the fire

making the process more difficult and
time consuming.
In addition, the family notes there was
an error in the fire report and Zak did not
have insurance to cover his loss. While
some people have already come forward
with offers of clothing and other items,
the primary goal at this point is to get
him settled in a new residence.
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It just makes
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The Candlelight Guild from Community United Church of Christ in Medford recently presented a check to the Medford Clergy Association Care Fund. The donation
was part of the proceeds from the barbecue lunch served during the churchs holiday
fair. Presenting the check were (front l. to r.) Sandy Kummer, Faith Higgins, Rev. Kris
Bjerke-Ulliman of Our Saviours Lutheran Church in Holway, Rev. Kyochul Shin of
Medford United Methodist Church and Pastor Mary Jo Laabs of Community United
Church of Christ. In back are Clarice Brink, Joan Deckelman, Susie Nicks and Rev.
Brian Mundt of St. Pauls Lutheran Church. Missing from the group is Medford Clergy
Association member Rev. Warren Behling.
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School board discusses changes to cocurricular code of conduct

Continued from page 1
It still stays a level 2 and gives me the
discretion to use my judgement, he said.
He noted if the change was implemented,
a second offense violation would be the
full 50 percent of games or contests.
The situation where these offenses
have occurred is when police bust an underage drinking party and those present
pass screening to show they havent been
drinking.
Fleegel said as he saw it, if a student is
at a party and busted and he blows zero
the first thing he should do after making
sure his parents know he is safe is to self
report to the activities director.
Why are we reducing a punishment
for something they could get away with
no punishment? Fleegel asked. It is
awarding people for not using or reading
the code.
I see it as a missed opportunity, he
said noting there were only two self-reports this year.
Until you have 20 kids self reporting
I dont see why it is a problem, he said.
If you are really concerned, then you
should be aware of the consequences of
the document you signed.
I guess I ask the policy committee
why we need to change it? Fleegel asked.
Dixon supported the proposed change
saying it allows for more flexibility. He
explained there are always things that
are a little different or some new scenario that pops up, he said any policy should
include some flexibility to use best discretion.
If we could write a policy that covered everything we wouldnt need people, Dixon said I think it is a very small
change that I think is a good one, he
said.
I say there is flexibility there already,
but you just missed it, Fleegel replied.
I like the idea because it is not illegal
to be there, it is not a WIAA rule, it is one
we are putting into play, Wibben said.
She said it would give the student an
opportunity to redeem themselves and
learn their lesson. They were not doing
anything illegal to begin with, she said.
Under the proposed change, it would
be up to Guden to decide what level of
penalty a student would receive based
on the circumstances. Guden assured the
board there would be at least some level
of suspension from competition even
with the proposed change.
Either way you are getting punished, Wibben said.

For board member Mark Temme, one
of the challenges is that it could potentially make future enforcement more
challenging.
Anytime you allow less than 25 percent you have set a precedent, he said,
noting parents and students will question why they were not treated the same
as another student was.
It makes it messier potentially for
you, Temme said. That flexibility could
come back and bite Andy in the backside.
It cold open a can of worms.
Guden said he was comfortable with
the proposed changes. As Mr. Dixon
said, the document just doesnt cover
every situation. There are always situations that it doesnt address.
You have to be able to rule with good
judgment and wise discernment, Guden
said.
The code change had been brought to
the board as a first reading policy recommendation. Policies go through multiple
readings at the board and committee
level as part of the approval process. The
board has decided to treat the code according to the same process as any of the
policies and took no formal action on the
proposed change. It will come back for a
second reading next month where formal
action will take place.
Board member Brandon Brunner
said it was best that it should go through
a second reading and run the normal
course so the board cannot be accused of
ramrodding it through the system.
In other policy matters, board members approved largely grammar and
housekeeping changes as part of routine approval. There was some discussion about a policy change which will
give support staff a similar, although far
lower, retirement benefit as teachers receive.
From the time a teacher is hired, the
district puts away money to fund a retirement benefit that is paid out to fund
the purchase of health insurance if that
teacher retires from the district. The
minimum requirement is that a teacher
reach the age of 55 and has 15 years of
service with the district. If the teacher
leaves before then, they lose the benefit.
District administrator Pat Sullivan
brought forward the idea of doing something similar for the support staff to reward those who have made a career out
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Explaining the change
photo by Brian Wilson
Board president Dave Fleegel (left) listens as policy committee chairman Paul Dixon explains the reasoning behind the inclusion of the words up to in the penalty
section for first offense in the presence of violations.
of working with the district. He raised
the concern of losing quality workers to
other jobs in the community. The proposal calls for a $5,000 payout on retirement
at 55 and 15 years of service with jumps
in five year increments up to a maximum payout for support staff of $12,500.
By comparison, at 55 years and 15 years
of service, a teacher receives a payout of
$38,160. Sullivan said the fund for this
is kept at 100 percent so it would not require dipping into any district reserves.
Board members approved the changes
proposed by the policy committee.
In other business, board members:
Received a budget update from

finance director Jeff Albers for the 20162017 budget. The preliminary amount is
based on current trends in state funding, enrollment and historic costs. Albers said the good news for the district is
rather than starting the process showing
a sizable deficit, the district is starting
with a projected $27,917 surplus. However, Albers cautioned there were many
things which could impact the preliminary budget. A surplus may turn into a
deficit between now and June, he said.
Received an update on the food

service program. It was confirmed that
Taher would cease operations with the
district at the end of January at which
time Aviands would take over. Sullivan
stated that all the current Taher employees have been offered employment with
the new company. The school food service program is staffed by a combination
of workers employed by the contractor
and school district staff. As staff members leave they are replaced by contractor employees. Albers noted that under
the first two months of this year the
districts profits on the food service program were up $15,000.
Discussed referendum strategies

for spreading information about the project and what is included. Board members
were given a list of municipal meetings
and will be going to talk to town, village and city elected officials about the
proposed maintenance referendum. The
board also reviewed a 12-minute video
prepared by Laura Lundy highlighting
the areas that will be addressed by the
referendum.
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Slow and steady may

win the rate case
Village of Gilman calls
for 3 percent water rate
increase for 2016
by Reporter Kayla Peche
In order to avoid the lofty percentage
increase to water costs, the Gilman Village Board approved a simplified water
rate increase of 3 percent for 2016, at the
Dec. 9 regular meeting.
We are just trying to stay with it without getting to the point the auditor comes
in and says, Yep, you need the big one,
said Candice Grunseth, village clerk.
Grunseth explained by increasing the
rate by 3 percent each year (or every five
quarters), the village avoids the Public
Service Commission (PSC) deciding to
raise it to 10, 15 or 20 percent. She also
said once the paperwork and publication
has gone through, the PSC will decide if
an increase is even needed.
If they dont believe that we need it,
they wont approve it, she said.
Village trustee Debbie Sager said she
was against any increase this year, because she knows some residents cant afford it.
Im against it for this year because I
know the senior citizens arent going to
be getting a raise on their social security
checks, Sager said.
Is there a light at the end of the tunnel? asked Greg Steinbach, village trustee. Anywhere else we can get this money
from?
Grunseth said they may have some
extra funds, but this is a way for them to
avoid the large increases in the future,
according to their auditor.
There is no getting around it, she
said.
Aside from Sagers vote against, the
board approved going with the 3 percent

increase, which will go into effect during
the March 22 meter reading. The villages
last water rate increase was December
2014.
If they deem that we dont need it,
they wont do it, said Mike Kinas. Its
unlikely, but we might be surprised.
During old business, village president
Bill Breneman discussed a phone call he
received Monday morning, Dec. 7. Mark
and Gloria Carpenter, who own land near
CTH M and the Chippewa Campgrounds,
called about the new sign the village
placed in their yard.
The Gilman shop students designed
the Gilman sign for the area to replace an
old sign that was there. After placing the
new sign, the landowners had an issue.
Gloria was rather upset to start
with, Breneman said, adding she was
very polite about the situation. She said
that nobody has ever asked them for permission to put any of the signs there.
Breneman said when the original sign
was placed, there was a different land
owner.
We assumed that it was in the right of
way and it was fine and dandy, he said.
I said to Gloria, We know what happens
when somebody assumes.
As suggested by Breneman, the board
approved to document a memorandum of
understanding, which includes receiving
permission for the signs and any maintenance needed. If someone wants the signs
removed or moved, the village needs 30
days notice but will take care of any costs.
The sign looks very nice, added
Grunseth.
The kids did a good job, said Rick
Johnson, public works director. They
really put a lot of work into that sign.
As a reminder, the village caucus is
scheduled for Jan. 13 at 6:30 p.m., before
the regular monthly board meeting.
Sign question
submitted photo
The Gilman technical education students designed a new sign on County Highway M to promote Gilman. After placing the sign near the Chippewa Campground
sign (the original spot of the former sign), there was a concern brought to the Gilman
Village Boards attention at the Dec. 9 regular meeting because the current property
owner had never been asked for permission.
County board to see changes

rather than making any major changes
at this time. However there will need
to be some changes to determine which
committees Bub will be assigned and
determine if interim chairman Zenner
will continue to serve on his committees.
Following the spring election, the county
board holds a reorganizational meeting
where supervisors elect new officers including the county board chair and assign board members to committees.
In addition to the change in District 4,
county clerk Bruce Strama reports that
Roger Ewan representing District 3 in
the city of Medford has filed a statement
of non-candidacy for that position. Dave
Lemke representing District 7 in the
town of Hammel also turned in his noncandidacy papers this week. Strama en-
courages those who live in those areas to

come forward with nomination papers.
There will also be a new face in District
10 which covers the towns of Browning
and Goodrich as Jason Julien resigned
from his seat citing personal commitments. Cathy Lemke has been appointed
pending full county board approval to fill
the District 10 seat.
The county wont be the only place
where there there will be new faces on
the board. In the village of Rib Lake,
trustee Bob Carpenter has filed a statement of non-candidacy and the board has
yet to fill the position vacated with the
resignation of Doug Polacek.
For the Medford school district, the
incumbents Paul Dixon, Mark Reuter
and Cheryl Wibben have all filed to run
in the election in addition to challenger
Jeff Lange.
The collection phase of the annual Kiwanis Coats for Kids Program is wrapping up with collection boxes removed
from area businesses. The coats will remain at Indianhead Community Action
Agencys food pantry at the Taylor County Education Center building on Donald
St. in Medford.
Coat drive chairman Bob Whetstone
encourages those in need of a coat to take
one, however, asks that people not take

more than they will use. The goal of the
project is to get coats to people in need.
With coats and other winter gear remaining to be counted and dropped off at
the facility, the final number of coats collected is pending. However, organizers
feel it has been another successful drive
and praised the generosity of people in
the Medford community who took part.
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Kiwanis Club Coats for Kids

program was another success
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Personalized learning puts students in the drivers seat

Imagine you are setting out on a cross country journey from New York to San Francisco. You have a set
amount of time to get there and a list of places you need
to visit along the way.
One way to prepare for the journey is to plot out every mile with a strict plan about what roads you need to
drive on and how many minutes each rest stop should
take along the way. The plan is a good one, until your car
breaks down or a road is washed out.
Another way is to have a loose plan picking the roads
as you go based on what looks most interesting and deciding how much time you take at each stop based on how
long you need to be there. You might spend more time at
locations which interest you and less time at other stops.
Each strategy gets you to your destination while having met your goals along the way. However, chances are
the second option resulted in more lasting memories as
well as a less stressful journey.
Now imagine the journey is a childs education.
The traditional model of education uses a vigorous
and well-developed curriculum in the hands of competent teachers to move students along their educational
journey. By design, it focuses on the middle ground as far
as pacing and introduction of concepts. For those outside
the middle, either running ahead or falling behind, additional resources are spent on other programs to help
those students stay on pace.
What if it didnt have to be that way?
A group of teachers at Rib Lake Elementary School
are proving it doesnt. They are using a process called
personalized learning. Rather than being curriculum
Rib Lake teachers (l. to r.) Kira Borgwardt, Heather

Paul and Cindy Jensen help expain the intent of personalized learning during the Dec. 10 Rib Lake School
Board meeting.
driven, personalized learning is based on results in the
form of set standards. Each student needs to master set
concepts over the school year to reach these standards.
How each student gets to that level of mastery is personalized to their needs, interests and backgrounds.
Anyone who has worked with special needs students
anytime over the past two decades will recognize the
system of individualized instruction and can attest to
its value. The difference now is the introduction of technology into the general education classes, which allows
this individualized process to occur on a larger scale.
Students using technology resources are able to advance
at their own pace, getting both help and additional challenges where they need it. Technology also assists with
assessments, as students are challenged to demonstrate
understanding through games, projects and presentations as well as forms of traditional tests.
This continual background layer of assessments also
serves to improve teacher accountability with the goal of
helping every student achieve their full potential. Simply
being a competent teacher is no longer enough. In personalized learning classrooms, teachers are challenged
to be extraordinary. They must be continually engaged
and ready to guide the students on their education journeys. Personalized learning allows students to run with
their education with the horizon as their only barrier.
In traditional educational models an often politicized
and rigid curriculum lays out a two-dimensional map.
Personalized instruction takes into account the mountains and valleys every student faces on their educational journey. Great teachers have been using many of
these techniques for years. The change is adopting its use
across an entire district.
The goal of any educational model is for students to
learn. On a more practical level, this needs to be done
while giving taxpayers the value for the dollars spent.
Rib Lake is demonstrating that by investing in teacher
training and technology, extraordinary outcomes can be
achieved.
Let the sun shine on open government

Chances are you have never heard of
the Wisconsin Public Records Board.
Most people could probably live a long
and full life having never heard of this
obscure branch of the state government
that oversees the states public records.
However, this board has recently made
headlines over a hasty decision last summer determining the state didnt need
to bother keeping some types of records
such as text messages on government
issued cellphones, because they were
deemed to have only temporary usefulness.
As reported in statewide media, just
one day after the Public Records Boards
vote in August, Gov. Scott Walkers administration denied a records request
from a newspaper for some text messages, saying it had no such records.
The text messages were in relation to a
$500,000 loan approved by the governors
embattled economic development agency,
Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC). Likewise requests for
visitor logs for the governors mansion
have also been denied based on the same
transitory nature.
Now, there is evidence the board
violated the open meetings law for the
meeting where they made this potentially game-changing ruling. On Monday
morning, the Journal Sentinel reported
the Wisconsin Freedom of Information
Council filed a complaint with Dane
County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne
against the Public Records Board.
Star News
The complaint alleges the Public Records Board violated the open meetings
law on Aug. 24 by meeting with insufficient notice of the subject matter of the
meeting and by failing to record motions and roll call votes.
Specifically, the Public Records
Board approved changes to the General
Records Schedule (GRS) which sets retention periods for government records,
without notice reasonably apprising the
public and news media of the boards
actions that day, and without recording
motions and roll call votes relating to
the GRS changes, the Journal Sentinel
reported.
At that meeting, the definition of transitory records was expanded to records
of temporary usefulness that have no
ongoing value beyond an immediate and
minor transaction or the preparation
of subsequent (final) record. Transitory
records and correspondence are of such
short-term value that they are not required to meet legal or fiscal obligations,
initiate, sustain, evaluate or provide
evidence of decision-making, administrative or operational activities and are
often maintained as informational by offices or individuals who do not have primary responsibility for them.
Examples included of transitory records were emails to schedule or confirm meetings or events, committee agendas and minutes received by members on
a distribution list, interim files, tracking
and control files, recordings used for
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See story on page 10
training purposes and ad hoc reports for

individual use.
Good government is open government.
The concept transcends party lines and
has been a fundamental component of
Wisconsins government from the states
founding. There is a fundamental danger
whenever any politician or government
body decides it is above the law when it
comes to releasing public information.
It should be up to the people to decide

if things such as who is spending time
visiting the governors office or who
an elected official is texting with on a
taxpayer-issued phone are important. It
is troubling when the government tries
to make that decision for the voters and
does so in a manner showing complete
disdain for the very foundations of open
government.
Members of The Star News editorial board include Publisher Carol OLeary, General Manager Kris
OLeary and News Editor Brian Wilson.
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Features not bugs
All dressed up
photo by Bryan Wegter
Students at Gilman elementary school were all dressed up on Friday for their annual Christmas program. Additional pictures from area programs will be published in The Star News Christmas Greeting section.
Vox Pop
Response to Nov. 19 editorial about fairground land options
An editorial in the Nov. 19 issue of The Star News stated, Currently, a number of area senior citizens do not
take advantage of the Medford nutrition site or visit the
ADRC and commission on aging offices because of the
challenge of entering and exiting near the busy intersection. The traffic, which makes the property appealing
for private commercial development, is a detriment to
the county services offered there. Moving the services
to another location with less highway traffic flow would
remove this barrier.
The staff of the Commission on Aging, staff of the
Aging & Disability Resource Center and members of
the Commission on Aging committee were concerned
by this statement, especially because none of them had
ever been told that someone would not visit because of
the location. The staff and committee members want
everyone to be comfortable using the services offered in
their offices and at the Medford Senior Dining Center.
In order to make a visit as easy as possible, here are a
few options for those who may not want to navigate the
nearby intersection.
If you live outside Medford, the Commission on Aging offers a bus service that will pick you up at your
home and bring you into Medford. You can make all the
stops you need for $5, including at the Commission on
Aging or ADRC. Where you live determines which day
of the week this service is available to you. People who
live within Medford can also take advantage of the bus.
There is even a deal for those who want to attend the senior dining center. If that is your only stop and you live
within Medford, the bus will pick you up and take you
back home for only 50. The Medford Taxi and the Commission on Agings volunteer driver program can also
be used to get to the COA or ADRC if you are hesitant
about driving there.
While some things require a visit in person, the Commission on Aging and ADRC can assist people with many
issues over the phone. You may be able to save yourself
a trip by calling first. If you find out that you do need to
meet with someone in person and you have a hard time
getting out of your home, the Commission on Aging and
ADRC can come to you! Both agencies can visit you at
your home if you are unable to get to the office.
As an alternative to the Senior Dining Center, Mealson- Wheels are available for individuals who are homebound and age 60 or older.
Finally, for those who drive to the ADRC or Commission on Aging, you may find it easier to use the driveway
located on Broadway Ave (Highway 64 east). That side of
the intersection is less busy, making turning in and out
simpler. Once in the driveway, you can still park right
outside the Commission on Aging and ADRC office by
driving around the north end of the building.
If the location has ever deterred you from visiting the
ADRC, Commission on Aging or Medford Senior Dining
Center, please call the Commission on Aging at (715) 7481491 and let us know. We will work with you to figure out
how we can serve you either at the office or in a different
location.
Nathanael Brown, director, Taylor County
Commission on Aging and Dianne Albrecht, chairperson, Taylor County Commission on Aging
Vox Pop
National Guard head urges Congress to slow down cuts
In Wisconsin and across the nation, we are reducing

the size of our armed forces and the National Guard.
Do these cuts make sense given world events? It is a
dangerous and uncertain world. Terrorist groups remain committed to harming America and our allies.
Recently, from ISIL alone we witnessed a devastating
attack in Paris, a Russian airliner destroyed in flight,
and a hotel in Mali attacked with more innocent blood
shed. The terrorists seek to recruit men and women using effective on-line activities which technology makes
increasingly harder to disrupt. Our law enforcement
personnel are the best in the world and are working
these issues hard, but we are in uncharted waters. In
the wake of these events, the State Department issued
a worldwide travel alert.
Over the past several years, Congress and the President have enforced the budget control act, which has
impacted the entire military. Testimony from senior
active duty officers and Defense Department civilians
indicated that, absent relief from sequestration budget
caps, the total force Army (active duty, National Guard,
and Army Reserve) would be reduced by more than
27,000 soldiers in fiscal year 2016 with further reductions programmed for fiscal years 2017-19.
If executed, the reduction in fiscal year 2016 will

leave Army end strength below that which existed on
Sept. 10, 2001. Does anyone believe that the world is safer today than prior to 9/11?
Given recent world events, it is my opinion that Congress should pause at current strength levels. The commission on the future of the Army is due to present its
findings to Congress in a few months and any reductions should be delayed until Congress can consider
their recommendations.
I do not advocate active duty cuts and believe the
American soldier is a great investment. More importantly, I believe our Army is a necessary investment and
a strategic hedge in todays uncertain times. Although I
am an Airman, I command more than 7,200 Wisconsin
Army National Guard soldiers who are a proud part of
the United States Army.
Cuts like these are not easily reversed and will have
unintended consequences. You can surge readiness, but
you cannot surge capacity. Congress and the President
should stop these projected cuts and reassess.
Maj Gen. Donald P. Dunbar, Adjutant General, Wisconsin National Guard
You are locked out, please contact your network administrator for assistance.
That was the message my phone gave me the other day
when I attempted to access the two voicemail messages
the slick touch-screen display said I had waiting.
In theory, I should have been able to see the numbers
where the calls came from and make a guess as to their
level of urgency. However, since the calls were ones that
came to the main office number rather than directly to
my desk extension, all I saw were names of the people
in the front office who transferred the calls to my phone.
Our network administrator Martha does our inhouse IT work out of the Abbotsford office. This typically
involves telling us to try turning off and restarting our
desktop computers when glitchy things start to happen.
Since this solves about 90 percent of the problems, maybe
there is something to that power switch voodoo. It is the
other 10 percent of the time that cause all the headaches
and take more work.
In this case, Martha was at lunch which meant I needed to wait to listen to those messages. In the meantime, I
caught myself staring at the red blinking light reminding me they were there. My mind began to wander as I
tried to guess who had called and what urgent message
they had left. Perhaps it was someone calling to tell me an
obscure distant relative had passed peacefully leaving me
their multi-million dollar estate in Barbados. Or, just as
likely, it could have been a message from someone saying
how I completely nailed a story and they are buying hundreds of copies to share with all their friends, neighbors
and relatives.
More than likely though, the red blinking light would
be from someone telling me about the misplaced comma
on page 14 of the second section and how they expect
more out of The Star News than errors of such an egregious nature.
Alas, I was stuck in limbo unable to access this wonder
of technology until someone miles away punched in the
right code and freed my phone.
I will admit that some part of me was thinking that
perhaps there was some sinister motive behind my phone
being locked out. My brother works in the computer department for a company on the East Coast and told me
the story of how they were having a meeting to announce
cuts and prior to the meeting his section was given a list
of which peoples passwords to suspend the morning of
the meeting - kind of like the ancient Druids marking the
sacrifice victim by leaving a certain type of plant at their
place at the table.
Thinking more of the practicalities of me having a
lengthy list of stories to finish for that weeks paper I
discounted it being a not-so-subtle message. Since all the
other people in the newsroom have also been locked out
recently, it seems that it would be a clumsy way to show
someone the door.
When I was finally able to get ahold of Martha and
she unlocked my phone and gave me a new temporary
password to access my voicemail, I asked about the locking out feature. She explained that it is something that
will happen about every six months along with us being forced to change voicemail passwords every 180 days
or so. Like genuflecting at certain parts of the mass, it
is just something that has to be done. And by the way,
we cant reuse passwords, it keeps tracks of the ones we
have done. Considering that many of us keep notes taped
to our computers listing the various passwords we need
to do our jobs, the technological obsession with the ever
more elaborate and complicated passwords is largely undermined.
Just imagine if other things worked the same way.
Like the lock on your home periodically forcing you to
contact a locksmith and get it rekeyed because it has
been a couple months and he needs the work.
We truly live in an age of technological marvels and
wonders, provided we remember the right password.
Brian Wilson is News Editor at The Star News.
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Whats right in the Medford

Area Public School district
Showing the way to go
photo by Rachel Wellman
Students at Medford Area Elementary School performed the schools annual Christmas concert Friday afternoon. Hundreds of parents and community members packed
the elementary school for the event which featured a selection of seasonal favorites.
See next weeks issue of The Star News for more pictures from area concerts.
No Gift Receipt? Bah humbug

Sometimes gifts get returned. Wrong
size, wrong color, wrong item altogether.
There are any number of reasons why a
gift might go back to the store. To make
the return and exchange process easier
for the gift recipient, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection asks shoppers to pay
close attention to the different stores
policies while they shop and to keep all
sales documentation organized and accessible throughout the holiday season.
Even a great gift can lose its luster
if it needs to be returned or exchanged
by the recipient but cant for some preventable reason, said Frank Frassetto,
Division Administrator for Trade and
Consumer Protection. Before making
a purchase, the gift giver should understand the store policies on return limitations and deadlines, possible restock
fees or any other issue that might tank
a potential return or cost the recipient
money.
Remember to keep your receipts handy
and to pick up a gift receipt at the time of
purchase. Before you wrap the item, pack
the gift receipt in the box or tape it to the
front or side of the box to ensure that the
recipient doesnt overlook it. Some stores
will not honor a return or refund request
without a receipt.
Other simple return tips include:
Stores are required by law to

honor the return guidelines they represent to consumers. If the stores policy is
not posted, ask a salesperson or manager
about the terms before making a purchase.
Know that different stores have

different policies. Store policies may differ by item as well.
Pay attention to the time frame

allotted by the retailer for returns. Find
out if the countdown to the last day for
returns begins on the date of original
purchase of the item or if there are extended holiday return timeframes.
As youre wrapping gifts, leave

the price tags and UPC codes intact and
keep the original packaging. Some stores
charge a restocking fee for opened items
or those without their packaging especially electronics.
Understand any conditions that

apply when you buy items on sale or
clearance. Some stores may not allow you
to return these items.
If you are shopping by phone or

online, find out who pays return shipping
fees if you have a problem with the product. Does the retailer pay those fees or
does the consumer? Are return shipping
fees deducted from the refund amount?
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Each month I have had the privilege of

sitting at the Medford Area Public School
District Board of Education meeting, I
am amazed at all the wonderful things
that our school district is doing. My favorite part of the meeting is when each
administrator shares the good news
report. They highlight the good things
going on in the district, students often
present various topics or share valuable
experiences, and the student council
updates us on the activities they are involved in. Laura Lundy also presents the
curriculum connection. I often wish
more of the public would be there to hear
the great things going on in the district.
Therefore, I have chosen to share what is
right in the district.
Our district is geographically one of
the largest districts in the state. Krugs
Busing Service successfully transports
students to and from school, and takes on
the tall task of getting kids to the correct
location, even though kids have multiple
drop-off points based on the day of the
week. They take this job very seriously
and do an outstanding job.
Our teachers, assistants and support
staff are passionate about what they do.
They invest a lot of personal time to their
students and contribute tremendously to
the success of our district with innovative ideas and teamwork. The staff works
hard at getting all the students the academic and behavioral support they need.
We continue to see a decrease in the number of behavioral interventions needed
for students.
The strength of our administrative
team lies in their collaborative efforts.
They each wear multiple hats and have
a wide variety of responsibilities. This
team works well together and the harmony is apparent in our district. Our school
board is comprised of a group of people
who are passionate about the betterment
of our district and work well with the administrative team to provide strong leadership.
Our food service department has undergone tremendous change throughout
the years due to increasing government
regulation and changes in contracts. Our
staff continues to serve 70.3 percent of
our students with a healthy meal and
smiles.
Our student achievement is high.
MASH has 156 students who received
their academic letters. In order to receive
this, a student must earn placement on
the Academic Distinction or the High
Honor Roll for two semesters, accumulated any time during their Medford Area
Senior High School career. A letter M
will be awarded for the first two semester
of achievement; subsequent two semester blocks of achievement will be recognized by bars to be pinned on the letter.
Our curriculum is strong and we have
added a variety of classes. Our STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math)
Program has grown in the middle school.
It is a feeder program for Project

Lead the Way Program in our high
school. Our Agriculture and Tech
Ed Programs continue to grow and
provide students
with exciting opportunities. Our
students are also
heavily involved
in community service projects and
Dede Strama
fundraising
for
multiple worthy organizations.
We should also be proud of the efforts
our district makes to promote music and
the arts. I am constantly impressed by
the talents of our students. We are fortunate to continue to have strong programs
in the arts, while some schools across the
country have discontinued these valuable programs. These are lifelong skills
that make our world more beautiful and
stimulate our brains.
Our Rural Virtual Academy is in its
11th year. It started with 17 students in
2005-06 and has grown to an impressive
350 students. This program is an online
school with direct access to certified
staff. This approach appeals to many
families and learning styles throughout
the state.
We are fortunate to have a strong
technology curriculum. We are bringing
together one-to-one technology for true
blended learning. This combines face-toface learning with ongoing periodic online instructional assessment.
We have a very successful special education department, an alternative high
school and an adult diploma academy.
Our district strives to accommodate every students needs.
I am very proud of Medford sports.
Sports teach important life skills, offer
leadership opportunities, and provide
extremely important and much needed
physical activity for students. Our school
spirit and student involvement is at an
all time high.
Parent teacher conferences have had
excellent turnouts and many families
participated in parent night learning
events and family fun nights at the elementary levels.
I am extremely thankful for the tremendous amount of community involvement and support in all aspects of our
schools. Many individuals, organizations
and businesses support and collaborate
with the district in multiple ways. These
entities recognize that the students are
our future and they are worth investing
in. Lets continue to support our public
school district and keep our facilities
worthy of our communitys pride.
DeDe Strama, school board member at Medford Area Public Schools.
KEEPING AN EYE ON
THE COMMUNITY IS
WHAT WE DO BEST!
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Personalized learning puts students first

For generations, the typical elementary school classroom had long straight rows of desks with the teacher
in front giving the same lesson to all the students.
For fourth and fifth grade students at Rib Lake Elementary school, a intersection of technology and goalbased educational innovation has made those old stereotypes a thing of the past.
According to fifth grade teacher Barb Anderson, the
focus is away from teaching to a set curriculum to each
student becoming the driver in their personalized learning journey. You follow the textbook, you read these
pages, you take a test, Anderson said of the traditional
model. We dont teach by curriculum, we use standards to drive eduction, she said. Anderson and other
elementary school teachers were at the Dec. 10 Rib Lake
School Board meeting to update board members about
how personalized learning is being implemented in the
school.
The end result in both personalized learning and the
traditional models, Anderson explains, is to have students learn. However, with personalized learning, students work at their own pace to master standards-based
goals and become the primary drivers of their educational achievement.
Under this model, students who are more advanced
in certain areas can move ahead, while those who need
extra help in mastering a concept can get that help.
They are the ones that are coming to us and saying I
have been doing this too long, I need to move ahead,
Anderson said. In order to move ahead, Anderson calls
on the students to demonstrate the mastery of the information. We allow them ownership of their own learning, she said.
[The students] know what they need to be doing and
we have given them the freedom and responsibility and
we need to trust them, Anderson said.
Fourth grade teacher Kira Borgwardt said the use of
technology and individualized learning has made a tremendous difference by allowing them to assess student
proficiencies and target instruction in small groups to
meet the educational needs of those students.
Rib Lake elementary principal Jon Dallman said one
of the benefits of this is being able to do intervention for
those requiring it in the classroom rather than pulling
them out.
Teacher Heather Paul describes the new model as being empowering for both students and staff. The power
in this is the confidence all students are able to build,
she said. In the traditional models there would be a certain number of students in any classroom who are disconnected because they are either frustrated because
they dont understand the material or they are bored
because they already understand it.
From the teacher side of the equation, she said the
benefit is being able to connect with the students on an
individual level. You are not teaching to the middle,
you are getting to know their needs, she said.
She said the individualized learning model actually
takes more work on the part of the teachers, with assessment of students occurring even before classes start
for the year and the need for the teachers to have mastery over all the educational standards.
Dallmann said a major side benefit of having all the
students actively engaged is the massive reduction in
behavioral issues both in the classroom and out of it.
The behaviors at the 3-5 end have reduced 50 percent because they are engaged and focused and are able
to focus everything else, he said. He said this had been
true both in the classroom and at recess.
Board president Jerry Blomberg raised the question
of how grades can be given if all the students are working at different levels.
I wish we didnt have to give them, she said, noting the students are being assessed constantly to ensure
they stay on track. Anderson said she would like to not
give grades at all, but noted that when they are given it
is based on their mastery of standards rather than just
A or B. They dont realize they are taking tests but the
are constantly being assessed, Dallman said.
Board member Amber Fallos raised concern about
students in the elementary level being spoiled with
the personalized learning and how they would transition to middle school.
Middle/high school principal Rick Cardey said the
middle school is also moving in the personalized learning direction with teachers from his schools going to the
elementary school to observe the classrooms there. The
challenge for the older grades is the traditional classroom design doesnt lend itself as well to collaboration
as the pod-design of the elementary school.
Board members applauded the teachers for their
Putting students first
photos by Brian Wilson
Fifth grade teacher Barb Anderson explains the intent of personalized learning (see inset) and how it is being used to help students learn at Rib Lake Elementary School.
efforts in helping the students learn and the ongoing
implementation of the personalized learning in the district. Anderson noted it was just a year ago that they
visited Wabeno school district to learn about how they
implemented personalized learning. Now, she said other schools are visiting Rib Lake to learn how it is done
here.
Technology is a key component in personalized learning, providing students and teachers with educational
and assessment tools. According to administrator Lori
Manion, the district has been working toward the goal
of having a one to one computer to student ratio.
It is about providing the digital technology to help
teachers move forward with personalized learning,
Manion said. She outlined the district technology committee proposal about how to achieve that goal and what
strategies they will be following.
Under the plan, teachers in the district will receive
personal Chromebooks in February 2015. All 5th and
6th grade students will get the inexpensive laptop-style
computers in March. At the start of the school year in
the districts next budget year all students in grades
4-12 would have one to one for the Chromebooks. The
plan calls for students in grades kindergarten through
third grade to use shared Ipads. According to Dallmann,
at the lower grades there are more and better learning
apps available on the Ipads versus other Android or
Windows-based devices. Manion also noted that at the
higher levels, the keyboarding needs are a practical
concern for how middle and high school students will
use the devices. Unlike other districts, Manion said the
computers would stay in the schools and not go home
with students.
She noted the lack of broadband Internet availability in many parts of the district and noted that while
students would be able to save work to their machine,
without broadband they would not be able to access assignments or information provided by the teachers. She
noted sending home the Chromebooks with students
would imply the students should be using them at home
for school work, which she said would be unfair to students without access to broadband.
The proposal also called for the addition of another
storage cart for the devices. The proposal called for an
outlay this year of about $35,000, with that amount to
drop to $19,720 next year and $13,630 in 2017 to implement the plan. Manion said they expect to get at least
five years use out of the Chromebooks before they would
need to be replaced. She noted some districts around the
state have had students being taught to do repairs on
them.
The district had budgeted $20,000 this year for the
purchase of Chromebooks. Blomberg said the additional $15,000 would need to come from the districts fund
balance.
Board members approved moving ahead with the
purchases on a 7-0 vote with board member Steve Martin absent.
In other business, board members:
Adopted a new long-term capital improvement

plan for district facilities. The plan was prepared by ICS
Consulting of Blaine, Minn. by looking at all the districts buildings and comparing their age and the age of
equipment with a database of other similar districts to
forecast what kinds of ongoing maintenance expenses
may be seen in the future. The push for the plan came
out of last years referendum so that the district could
plan ahead for repairs rather than be surprised and
needing to address them right away. Blomberg said he
never wants to be in a situation where they needed to go
to the voters with a referendum during his time on the
board. In adopting the plan, it was noted that it will be
modified as it goes to take into account what is going on
with the facilities.
Approved implementing the boards final offer

for the Rib Lake Education Associations 2015-206 base
wage increase. Under state law, if the district had negotiated in good faith with the union, it can impose the
final offer regardless of approval by the teachers union.
The union had voted to reject the offer. Under the districts offer, total wages would increase by $17,000. This
would be divided by a $400 increase to the base wage
on each step, $400 to the base wage to newly hired staff
and $500 to the base wage to every staff member on row
Q and who therefore did not advance a step on the salary schedule. Manion noted the district is one of very
few which still has a step process in place giving teachers increases based on years of service to the district.
Blomberg said he felt that was a necessary thing to have
in the district because it helps them attract and retain
quality staff. Under state law, the district could have
only been required to give the consumer price index
(CPI) increase. It was noted that with the step increases
and the CPI increase, the wage increase was much higher than the CPI.
Rejected a proposal to hire an outside consultant to conduct a human resources audit. According
to Manion, the district does not have a formal human
resources policy manual, instead it is in the head of a
longtime staff member. Manion requested hiring Hammelman Resources at a cost of $950 to do the two-day review and establish a month calendar of HR activities to
be accomplished. Fallos said she felt this could be done
in-house without paying someone extra. Other board
members agreed and directed Manion to contact other
nearby school districts to review their HR policies and
use them as a base for Rib Lakes.
Received a report on Alert Lockdown Inform

Counter Evacuate (ALICE) training done in November.
This is a more fluid method of dealing with intruder or
potentially violent situations in schools and emphasizes people making decisions and taking action to minimize injuries or deaths in an incident. The district is
considering using ALICE as the model for emergency
response.
NEWS
Thums questions
county plowing policy
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Says current system misses

second shift workers as
they drive home after work
Cold December rain

Northcentral Wisconsin is typically
known for its cold and snowy winters.
However, mild temperatures this year
have meant the preciptiation has fallen as
rain instead of snow. While this is good
news for people who dont like to shovel,
the wet weather is causing rivers such as
the Black River in Medford (right) to run
at high levels typically only seen in early
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When do the plow trucks come out?

That was the question asked by county board member Rollie Thums to other
members of the countys highway committee Tuesday afternoon. Thums said
he has gotten questions from constituents who work second shift about county
highway snow removal policies.
The best answer from highway commissioner Jess Sackmann is It depends. The highway department crew
is scheduled to work Monday through
Thursday 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. In addition,
there are two people who work the night
shift either doing truck maintenance, or
plowing Hwy 13 as needed as part of the
state contract. When storms occur on
Fridays, evenings or weekends the crew
is called on overtime.
Each storm is different, Sackmann
said, noting there is not a firm policy governing when the crew is called out.
The county has 14 set plow routes
which are covered by 21 drivers. Three
additional crew members do vehicle
maintenance work in the garage with
one of them available to be pulled if needed to fill in a route.
According to Fred Ebert of the highway department, the county looks at detailed forecasts for each of the highways
looking at things such as surface temperature of the pavement, air temperature,
type of precipitation and cloud cover to
determine what will be needed on any
given storm.
We are a reactive body, not a proactive one, Sackmann said. He explained
the department reacts to the weather
that comes in and changing conditions.
Addressing Thums concern about second shift workers having to travel home
in poor road conditions, Sackmann said
that may happen on occasion because of
budget limitations and state regulations.
According to Sackmann, the state
highways in the county are rated as 18hour highways, which means they must
be kept clear of snow between 4 a.m. and
10 p.m. The state also sets what they consider acceptable for clearing snow when
a highway worker is on overtime.
Sackmann said there is also the practicality of having just one shift of workers and the need for them to have rest
time, especially when faced with back to
back storms over several days. While in
an emergency situation he is allowed to
run the crew as long as needed, he said
in reality a shift longer than 14 hours is
when problems start to occur.
Thums suggested an alternative staffing model of three days on, three days off
for highway employees during the winter
months to maintain coverage and reduce
overtime. This is similar to the scheduling used by the sheriffs department and
other 24-hour departments. Another suggestion was to utilize split shifts of sending workers home mid-day if they are ex-
Thursday,
Thursday,
December
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pecting to need to plow that night.

While split shifts are used for overtime days, Sackmann said it has not been
used during regular days because he did
not feel it was fair to the workers. Thums
said they need to be concerned with what
is good for the county residents. As far as
a rotating shift, Sackmann said the highway department did not have the number
of drivers needed to make that work.
In response to a suggestion that the
county could look at part-time help to
cover snowplowing needs, Sackmann
said that while other counties have made
that work, he had reservations. One major concern he had was putting a $180,000
plow truck in the hands of a part-timer
who may not be used to working with
that kind of equipment or who may not
have the same kind of work ethic as a full
time employee.
In the end, Thums said he was happy
to have had the chance to voice the concerns about snow removal. It will continue to be up to the highway commissioner
to decide staffing on any storm.
In other business, commission members:
Approved a new $777,200 maintenance agreement with the state. This is

the amount the state pays the county to
do year-round maintenance on the state
highways in the county. Sackmann said
this is about $7,500 less than last year,
however, does not include any of the additional projects the state pays the county to do. Last year that total payment
from the state was nearly $2 million.
Reviewed the countys all terrain

vehicle policy for road routes. Thums
had asked for the review suggesting the
county should designate what roads they
would never open to ATV use such
as CTH O near the Medford industrial
parks as part of the policy that sets
roads to be open. Don Liske of the Taylor
Made ATVers Club said he would prefer
if the county just kept an open mind to allowing more ATV road routes on county
roads as a way to promote tourism in the
county. He cited some examples of areas
where travelers have to go more than 20
miles to cross a 2.5 mile area. Isnt the
entire point of riding these machines to
ride them? Sackmann asked. Thums
said the goal of the county should be to
encourage people to come and spend
money here. Tourism is no different
than Weather Shield, Hurd or Nestle. It is
an industry, Thums said, calling on the
county to support that industry.
Approved $3,000 in county bridge

aid for a culvert replacement in the town
of Roosevelt. The work will be done next
spring. Under the county bridge aid program, the county pays half the cost of the
culvert or bridge replacement with the
town responsible for the other half.
Directed department staff to

continue to attempt to collect on the cost
of damages to county guardrails from a
crash last summer. The driver of the vehicle involved has not paid the approximately $1,000 bill for the repairs and has
not responded to mailed letters. The next
step will be to contact the owner of the
vehicle and then seek a judgement in
small claims court against the driver.
Retired educators to meet in Withee

The Tri-County Retired Educators Association will meet on Monday, Dec. 21
at the Hayloft in Withee. Lunch will be
served at 12:30 p.m. with a holiday gathering to follow. Members are reminded
to bring their gift for a child, any school
supplies and their volunteer hours.
The Tri-County Retired Educators Association includes retired teachers/staff

and their spouses from the Cadott, Chippewa Falls, Gilman, Greenwood, Loyal,
Neillsville, Owen-Withee, Stanley and
Thorp areas.
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Holiday services at area churches

Listed below is a quick reference
guide to many of the Christmas and
New Years services and special programs scheduled by area churches.
Chelsea
Trinity Lutheran Church
Friday, Dec. 25 Service at 9:30 a.m.
Curtiss
St. Pauls Lutheran Church
Thursday, Dec. 24 Candlelight
service with communion at 7 p.m.
Dorchester
Salem United Methodist Church
Thursday, Dec. 24 Service at 3
p.m.
Gilman
SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church
Thursday, Dec. 24 Christmas Eve
Mass at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 1 New Years Day
Mass at 9 a.m.
St. John Lutheran Church
Zion Lutheran Church
p.m.
Goodrich
Goodrich Community Church
Sunday, Dec. 27 Candlelight service at 7 p.m.
Holway
Our Saviours Lutheran Church
Jump River
St. Johns Catholic Church
Mass at 5:30 p.m.
Mass at 10:30 a.m.
Christ Community Church
Sunday, Dec. 20 Childrens Christmas program at 6 p.m., followed by
snacks and fellowship.
p.m.
Mia Leichtman and Caleb Christiansen portrayed Mary and Joseph during the Christmas program at Holy Rosary School on
December 14.
St. Pauls Lutheran Church
Thursday, Dec. 24 Service at 2, 4
and 6 p.m.
New Life Apostolic Church
p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 31 Service with
communion at 7 p.m.
Community United Church of Christ
service at 5 p.m.
p.m.
St. Marys Polish National

Catholic Church
a.m.
Immanuel Lutheran Church

Thursday, Dec. 24 Service at 4 and
6:30 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 31 Service with communion at 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
St. Stanislaus Catholic Church

Friday, Dec. 25 Christmas Day
Mass at 8:30 a.m.
Mass at 6 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 20 Childrens Christmas program at 9 a.m.
Thursday, Dec. 24 Service at 6:30
p.m.
Medford
Medford United Methodist Church

p.m.
Lublin
Holy Rosary Catholic Church

Mass at 4, 6 and 11:30 p.m.
Mass at 10 a.m.
Thursday, Dec. 31 New Years Eve
Mass at 4:15 p.m.
Mass at 10 a.m.
First Baptist Church
Sunday, Dec. 20 Christmas cantata Smokey Mountain Christmas at 8:30
and 10:45 a.m.
and 5 p.m.
Photo by Brian Wilson
Mary and Joseph
Ogema
Ogema Baptist Church
Sunday, Dec. 20 Church choir will
present The Universe Maker Has Become Our Savior at 7 p.m. Refreshments
and fellowship will follow the concert.
Friday, Dec. 25 Julotta service at
6 a.m. Refreshments and fellowship will
follow the service.
First Lutheran Church
p.m.
Perkinstown
Perkinstown Community Church
Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 Candlelight service at 7 p.m. The pastor will
be Les Craven from Withee. Coffee and
lunch will be served following the service.
Rib Lake
Good Shepherd Catholic Church
Mass at 4:30 and 7 p.m. Christmas carols
will be sung before each service.
Mass at 9 a.m. Christmas carols will be
sung before service.
Mass at 7 p.m.
Mass at 9 a.m.
St. John Lutheran Church
p.m.
Thursday. Dec. 31 Service with
communion at 7 p.m.
Rib Lake United Methodist Church
p.m.
Sheldon
St. Michaels Catholic Church
Mass at 4 p.m.
p.m.
Friday, Dec. 25 Service at 10:15
a.m.
Stetsonville
Zion Lutheran Church
Sunday School childrens service at 7

p.m. Christmas Eve service broadcast on
WSAW TV 7 at 11:30 p.m.
words and song service with communion at 9:30 a.m. Choir and children will
sing during the service. Christmas service broadcast on WSAW TV 7 at 9 a.m.
and WEAU TV 13 at 10 a.m.
Sunday. Dec. 27 Sunday after
Christmas service at 9:30 a.m.
service with communion at 2 and 7 p.m.
Christian Fellowship Church
Sunday, Dec. 27 Service at 9:30
a.m.
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Mass at 4 p.m.
Mass at 8:30 a.m.
Mass at 4 p.m.
Mass at 8:30 a.m.
Westboro
First Lutheran Church
p.m.
Woodland Community Church
Sunday, Dec. 20 Childrens Christmas program at 6:30 p.m.
p.m.
Whittlesey
Our Lady of Perpetual
Help Catholic Church
Mass at 8 a.m.
Mass at 8 a.m.
NEWS
Board approves 2 percent wage increase
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by Reporter Donald Watson

The Rib Lake Village Board approved
a 2 percent wage increase at its meeting
on Dec. 9.
Trustee Bob Carpenter said the wage
increase would cost approximately
$3,963, excluding benefits, Social Security and retirement. He said the increase
would cover almost everyone, but added
it wasnt distributed equally. He said
public works director Jerry Butler felt

Hunter Bernitt should receive more and
encouraged the personnel committee to
give part of his two percent increase to
Bernitt.
He [Jerry] felt a good employee
should get a little more, so Hunter will
get a little more than 2 percent and Jerry
will get a little less than 2 percent, Carpenter said. Its commendable hes sharing it with the help.
Council approves purchase

of new vote counting machine
Sometimes when you set off in a new
direction, you find yourself back where
you started from.
The city of Medford needs a new machine to count its ballots. According to
city clerk Virginia Brost, the citys existing M100 precinct counting machine has
caused headaches in recent elections.
The machine electronically scans the
ballots to count the votes. With a number
of elections this year, including what is
expected to be a large turnout presidential election, Brost wanted to have new
equipment in place to avoid issues.
Earlier this year Brost came to the
city council with a plan to purchase a
new machine. She wanted to upgrade
to a different type of precinct counter, a
DS200 at a cost of $7,025 only to find that
the state would not certify it to work
with the citys existing iVotronic voting
booths used to provide handicapped accessible voting options. So last month,
Brost asked council members to purchase a new Express Vote accessible voting system from Election Systems and
Software (ESS) which they did at a cost
of not to exceed $3,500, bringing the cost
to over $10,000 for a new system.
Things appeared to be set. However,
Brost recently learned the cost of programming the audio portion of the new
type of voting machine would be about
$600 a ballot. Currently the county picks
up that cost, but did not have the additional expense in their budget and neither did the city.
We cant afford that, and neither can
the county, Brost said to aldermen at
Tuesdays city council meeting. Brost
said she spoke to ESS, the company that
makes the voting machines, about op-
tions and they offered to sell the city a

new M100 to replace the citys current
machine at a cost of $4,000.
Brost said the county is looking to replace the iVotronic machines in the next
few years and the city would look to go
along with what they did at that time.
Aldermen approved spending $4,000 for
the new machine. This is actually a cost
savings for the city over the amount previously approved, saving the city more
than $6,000.
In other business, aldermen:
approved city room tax requests for
$1,000 from Twisted Threads quilt group
to help fund the annual quilt show and
$2,000 to the Medford Curling Club to
host the National Senior Mens Curling
Playdowns.
approved paying AECOM Technical
Services $2,000 from the 2015 budget to
apply for a state Department of Natural
Resources dam grant for the repair of the
tainter gates on the Millpond dam. If approved, the grant would cover half of the
approximately $80,000 cost to repair the
gates.
recommended approval of the fiveyear capital project plan. Under the plan,
2016 work will include reconstruction
of Gibson St. from Cedar St. to Conrad
Dr. and surface maintenance of Jensen
Dr. and Lemke Ave., along with design
work for the dam repairs. In 2017, work
includes reconstruction of 650 feet of College Ave., 480 feet of North Shattuck St.,
425 feet of Pine St., 600 feet of E. Perkins
St., surface maintenance of Luepke Way,
and the dam repairs.
received word that Jim Metz had
resigned from the citys police and fire
commission as well as from the Community Development Authority board. Metz
recently moved out of the city.
The employees, their wage increase

and new salaries/wages are as follows:
Dan Kraschnewski - $507 (2 percent) $25,879 salary
Dawn Swenson - $926 (2 percent) $47,248 salary
Jerry Butler - $502 (25 cents per hour)
- $52,936 salary
Hunter Bernitt - 80 cents per hour - $19
per hour
Dan Koehler - 35 cents per hour - $17.55
per hour
Tammy Mann - 25 cents per hour $13.45 per hour
Gary Polacek - 50 cents per hour - $13
per hour
Summer help- 20 cents per hour - $9.20
per hour
Election workers - 25 cents per hour $8.50 per hour
Newly-elected trustees - $500 - $2,000
yearly
Newly-elected president - $500 - $3,000
yearly
The wage increase was factored into
the 2016 budget recently approved by the
board.
Bollmann said MSA was also studying the possibility of locating the entire
new facility next to the present one on
the south side of Old State Road, which
would leave the road open to vehicular
traffic.
Village president Bill Schreiner said
the problem with that was the bridge
over Sheep Ranch Creek was close to being condemned. Schreiner said he spoke
with Taylor County Highway Commissioner Jess Sackmann who told him the
cost to replace the bridge would be approximately $230,000. Were not going
to replace the bridge, Schreiner said,
adding later, It is the consensus of the
board we dont want the sewer plant on
the same side,
Bollmann said he would pass that information along to Pat Morrow at MSA
who is working on the project.
Other action
In other action, the board:
appointed Tammy Mann (chief inspector), Luanne Yanko (second chief
inspector), Linda Kathrein and Ginny
Carpenter as election workers for a twoyear term. Bob Carpenter abstained from
the vote.
approved employee Christmas bonuses per current policy of $50 plus $5
for each year worked for the village. The
board also agreed to include some temporary/seasonal employees, based on how
many hours they worked.
Project update
Jim Bollmann, from MSA Professional
Services Rhinelander office, gave a brief
update on the progress of the wastewater
treatment facility project, and answered
any questions the board had. He said the
soil borings in the wetland areas would
be done when the ground is frozen to allow easier access by the ATV boring rig.
Supporting Hueys Hideaway
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Taylor Credit Union recently presented a $600 donation to Hueys Hideaway to

help the group organizing to open a new childrens museum in downtown Medford.
Pictured are (l. to r.) Tracy Ziehlke and OraLee Dittrich of Hueys Hideaway, Rollan
Johnson, Nicole Harder and Deb Woods of Taylor Credit Union, and Randi Werner
of Hueys Hideaway.
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Births
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Violet May Kalepp
Melissa and Ryan Kalepp of Medford announce the

birth of a daughter, Violet May, born on November 30,
2015 at Aspirus Medford Hospital - Birthing Center. She
weighed eight pounds, two ounces and was 20 inches
long. She joins a sister, Lily, age 3. Her grandparents are
William and Jennifer Schuette of Unity and Kevin and
Donna Kalepp of Westboro. Her great-grandparents are
Sonny and Norma Kalepp of Abbotsford.
Milestones, Memories, Births, Engagements, Weddings
Bailey Faith Brost

Karen and Phil Brost of Wausau announce the birth
of a daughter, Bailey Faith, born on Nov. 28, 2015 at Aspirus Womens Health Birthing Center at Aspirus Wausau
Hospital. She weighed five pounds, 15 ounces and was 19
inches long. Her grandparents are Randy and Judy Pahl
of Wisconsin Rapids, and Mike and Julie Brost of Medford.
Jace Melvin Niemann

Jill and Mark Niemann of Athens announce the birth
of a son, Jace Melvin, born on Dec. 2, 2015 at Aspirus
Womens Health Birthing Center at Aspirus Wausau
Hospital. He weighed eight pounds, 0.5 ounces and was
20.2 inches long. His grandparents are Dennis and Renee
Hinrichsen of Abbotsford and Melvin and Sharon Niemann of Edgar.
Ashley Susan Rouiller

Angela Hoffmann and Todd Rouiller of Medford announce the birth of a daughter, Ashley Susan, born on
Nov. 27, 2015 at Saint Clares Hospital in Weston. She
weighed four pounds, 15 ounces and was 17 inches long.
Her grandparents are Kathy Wojcik of Medford, and
Dave and Karen Edens of Dexterville.
Croix Donald Kowalczyk

Rachel and Chad Kowalczyk of Lublin announce the
birth of a son, Croix Donald, born on Nov. 29, 2015 at Aspirus Medford Hospital - Birthing Center. He weighed
nine pounds, 15 ounces and was 21.5 inches long. He joins
a brother, Cade, age 4. His grandparents are Scot Nichols of Gilman, Janice Kraemer of Medford, Cheryl Kowalczyk of Eau Claire, and Duane Kowalczyk of Boyd. His
great-grandparents are Darlene and Clarence Nichols of
Gilman, Jim and Nettie Kowalczyk of Boyd, and Maynard and Patti Lodahl of Boyd.
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What: Whip It Up & Work It Out Class

Boost Your Winter Mood
When: Tuesday, January 19th
Free breast cancer

screening and testing
from 5:15 to 7:15 pm
Where: County Market Upstairs classroom
For women who qualify for the program.

Call 1.800.847.4707 to learn more.
(ask at the Service Desk for directions)
To Register: Call the Aspirus event line

at 715-748-8886
Supported by a grant from the Central

WI Afliate of Susan G. Komen
Cost: Free!
With thanks to: Radiology Associates of Wausau

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Dear Nutrition Nuts or call 715-748-8561
and leave a message for Kate with your Dear
Nutrition Nuts question. Feel free to ask Kim
and Kate questions when you see them at
County Market as well.
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New OB/GYN surgical equipment

Donors to the Aspirus Medford Foundation provided
funding to purchase an Olympus America vacuum curettage system for the hospitals surgical services department. The system is used to safely remove uterine tissue,
allowing the health care provider to either establish a diagnosis of a female disorder or correct menstrual defects.
Pictured is Dr. Susan Young, OB/GYN; registered nurse
Michelle Poehler; and surgical tech Michelle Mohr.
The mission of the Aspirus Medford Foundation is to
support Aspirus Medford Hospital & Clinics in its mission to be an integrated, community-governed healthcare system. For more information, visit www.aspirus.
org/MedfordFoundation or call 715-748-8835.
Births
Emmee Lynn Juneau

Monica and Wyatt Juneau of Medford announce the
birth of a daughter, Emmee Lynn, born on Dec. 6, 2015 at
Aspirus Medford Hospital - Birthing Center. She weighed
six pounds, nine ounces and was 19.5 inches long. She
joins a brother, Ryder, age 2. Her grandparents are Roland Strebig and Tammy Damm, both of Medford. Her
great-grandparents are Shirley and David Williams of
Medford.
THE
TIME
MACHINE
From past files of The Star News
10 YEARS AGO
Dec. 15, 2005
The strike appears over at Hurd
Windows and Doors. The fate of the
jobs for 40 members of Local No. 1025
who went to the picket line on October
3 is unknown.
Lowell Schultz, business representative for the Midwestern Council of Industrial Workers, said the union made
an unconditional offer to return to
work Tuesday. Schultz said the company told workers they had been replaced
and their names were now on a preferential hiring list.
Schultz said the workers struck because of unfair labor practices in the
negotiation of a new contract and have
a right to come back to their jobs and
pay level. Schultz said the company is
taking the position that this is an economic strike and has hired permanent
replacement workers.
They played that card and it is our
position that we have no alternative
but to go to the National Labor Relations Board, Schultz said.
25 YEARS AGO
Dec. 19, 1990
A Canadian based company hopes
to use an underground mine to extract
some three million tons of copper and
gold ore from the Chequamegon National Forest near Perkinstown.
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Donation
Tracy Frombach and Peter Fuchs recently presented the Rib Lake Elementary with a generous gift of phy-ed and
recess equipment along with a large amount of outdoor clothing for the students on behalf of the AYF (At Your
Feet) Foundation. The AYF foundation made this donation in honor of the late Paul Brian Fuchs. They are also planning on awarding a scholarship to a RLHS graduate attending college. The AYF Foundation raised the money at the
1st Annual Paul Brian Fuchs Memorial Golf Outing on Aug. 15. The 2016 date for the event is still to be determined.
Laird Fund for the Arts calls for proposals

The Laird Endowment Fund for the Arts Advisory
Committee is calling for proposals that support cultural
and/or artistic events to be held in the Helen Connor
Laird Theater (340-seat) or Black Box theater (up to 90seat) at UW-Marshfield/Wood County.
A set of complete guidelines is available by calling
According to Project Manager Joe

Sandberg, test drilling was begun on the
site last October, and is expected to continue throughout most of the winter.
Sandberg said recent test samples
have been very encouraging and that
based on current data, they hope to remove about 300,000 tons of ore per year
for at least 10 years.
The project, which is known as The
Bend Copper-Gold Project, is located on
US Forest Service land in the Town of
Westboro, about six-and-one-half miles
north of Perkinstown and 16 miles northwest of Medford.
In addition to the underground mine,
a mill for concentration of the ores, ancillary offices, laboratory, warehouse facilities, and an environmental sound
disposal facility for the waste rock and
sand and silt tailings will also be constructed.
The University Foundation of the UW-Marshfield/Wood

County at 715-384-1703, emailing Roxanne.wetterau@
uwc.edu or visit www.marshfield.uwc.edu/community/
foundation, click on Laird Fund Proposal.
All proposals are due Feb. 1, 2016 to The University
Foundation.
75 YEARS AGO
100 YEARS AGO
Dec. 19, 1940
Dec. 15, 1915
Swiftly on the heels of Taylor countys

fourth auto fatality, occuring Monday,
Dec. 9, south of Medford, came its fifth,
taking place Wednesday evening, Dec.
11, on highway 102, north of Rib Lake.
Gust Schmidt, a farmer living about seven miles north of the village, was driving
a team of horses and a buggy at the time
and collided about 6:30 oclock with a car
driven by Isadore Bonde Jr., also of Rib
Lake.
Schmidt died Friday evening at the
Medford hospital, to which place he was
taken following the accident. Death, the
hospital stated, was caused by a fractured spine.
Vernon Hibbard accepted on invitation from Wausau friends to see the

great play, The Birth of a Nation He
stated the music and play was great.
A number of ladies helped Mrs.
Leicht at a quilting bee last Wednesday
afternoon after which a dainty repast
was served.
The Ladies Aid met to day at the M.
E. Parsonage. A committee of west side
ladies is serving a 10 cent supper. All
are cordially invited.
Remember When Dec. 2005
50 YEARS AGO
Dec. 16, 1965
The Fayette Hotel, operating continuously in Medford for 65 years, has been
closed by the owners, Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Blakeslee who havent as yet made an announcement as to the disposition of the
property on South Whelan Ave. in downtown Medford. The Fayette Taproom in
the building, operated by Mr. and Mrs.
Art Kapitz of Rib Lake, remains open for
business. The Blakeslees ceased operating December 5 after giving their permanent residents time to seek other living
quarters. They had operated the hotel
since 1954. The Riverside hotel, corner
of State and Wisconsin, remains the only
downtown hotel in operation, Medford
now having two motelsthe Kramer
and Rudolph motels, both on highway 13
near its intersection with highway 64.
Medford Area Fire Department firefighters battled thick smoke and quickly
spreading fire on Dec. 9 at the home of Herbert Ruge, N4602 CTH Q. The home
Ruge had lived in since 1969 could not be saved.
PUBLIC NOTICES
THE STAR NEWS
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
(Informal Administration)
STATE OF WISCONSIN
CIRCUIT COURT
TAYLOR COUNTY
Case No. 15-IN-15
In the Matter of the Estate of
Susan L. Tlusty.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:
1. An application for informal
administration was filed.
2. The decedent, with date
of birth of September 24, 1946
and date of death of October
23, 2015, was domiciled in Taylor County, State of Wisconsin,
with a mailing address of 375
Lakeshore Drive, Rib Lake, WI
54470.
3. All interested persons
waived notice.
4. The deadline for filing a
claim against the decedents estate is March 12, 2016.
5. A claim may be filed at the
Taylor County Courthouse, Medford, Wisconsin.
/s/ Lindsay N. Rothmeier
Lindsay Rothmeier, Probate
Registrar
Date: November 25, 2015.
Ruthann L. Koch
State Bar No. 1094396
PO Box 512
Medford, WI 54451
Telephone: 715-748-9888
(1st ins. December 3,
3rd ins. December 17)
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
(Informal Administration)
STATE OF WISCONSIN
CIRCUIT COURT
TAYLOR COUNTY
Case No. 15-PR-7
In the Matter of the Estate of
Arthur Ludwig.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:

1. An application for informal
administration was filed.
2. The decedent, with date
of birth of October 14, 1922
and date of death of February
6, 2014, was domiciled in Taylor County, State of Wisconsin,
with a mailing address of 1014
W. Broadway Ave., Medford, WI
54451.
3. All interested persons
waived notice.
4. The deadline for filing a
claim against the decedents estate is March 25, 2016.
5. A claim may be filed at the
/s/ Lindsay Rothmeier
Lindsay Rothmeier, Probate
Registrar
Date: December 10, 2015
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50-156883
NOTICE OF
SHERIFFS SALE
STATE OF WISCONSIN
CIRCUIT COURT
TAYLOR COUNTY
Case No: 15 CV 29
Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC
Plaintiff
vs.
Daniel M. Luzinski, et al.
Defendant(s)
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that
by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on May 12, 2015
in the amount of $67,575.16 the
Sheriff will sell the described
premises at public auction as
follows:
TIME: January 12, 2016 at
09:30 a.m.
TERMS: By bidding at the
sheriff sale, prospective buyer

is consenting to be bound by the
following terms: 1.) 10% down in
cash or money order at the time
of sale; balance due within 10
days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result
in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.
2.) Sold as is and subject to all
legal liens and encumbrances.
3.) Plaintiff opens bidding on the
property, either in person or via
fax and as recited by the sheriff
department in the event that no
opening bid is offered, plaintiff
retains the right to request the
sale be declared as invalid as
the sale is fatally defective.
If the sale is set aside for any
reason, the Purchaser at the
sale shall be entitled only to a
return of the deposit paid. The
Purchaser shall have no further
Notice to City Taxpayers

Residents of the City of Medford, please take notice of the following tax requirements:
(A) Real estate taxes of $100 or more may be paid in
two installments:
(1) on or before January 31, 2016.
(2) on or before July 31, 2016.
(B) Real estate taxes of $99.99 or less must be paid in
full by January 31, 2016.
(C) Should payment by installment be chosen, the first
payment must include all personal property, special assessment and delinquent tax charges.
(D) Should tax payment by mail be chosen, the date of
payment will correspond to the postmark date.
(E) First installment payments including dog licensing fees are payable at the City Hall, 639 South Second
Street, Medford, WI 54451 by January 31, 2016.
(F) Second installment payments are payable at the
Taylor County Treasurers Office by July 31, 2016.
For reasons of security, you are hereby requested to
offer tax payments in the form of a check, i.e., personal,
cashiers, etc. Should you be unable to meet this request,
payment in currency will of course be accepted.
Dated this 3rd day of December, 2015.
Virginia Brost
City Clerk, WCPC/MMC
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School District of Gilman

Gilman, Wisconsin 54433
Notice of School Board Election

To be held on April 5, 2016
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at an election to be

held in the School District of Gilman on Tuesday, April 5,
2015, the following offices are to be elected to succeed
the present incumbents listed. The term of office for each
school board member is three years beginning on or the
first meeting after Monday, April 25, 2015.
Office
School Board Member
School Board Member
Incumbent
Jerry Sromek
Gina Timm
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that a Campaign Registration Statement and a Declaration of Candidacy must
be filed no later than 4:00 p.m., on Tuesday, January 5,
2015, with the school district clerk or at the district administrators office.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that if a primary is necessary, the primary will be held on Tuesday, February 16,
2015.
A description of the school district boundaries can be
obtained from the school district office.
GIVEN under my hand in Gilman, Wisconsin on November 19, 2015.
Val Kulesa
School District of Gilman Clerk
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Informational Meeting
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recourse against the Mortgagor,

the Mortgagee or the Mortgagees attorney.
PLACE: In the Taylor County
Courthouse located at 224 S.
2nd Street, Medford, Wisconsin.
DESCRIPTION: A parcel of
land located in the Southeast 1/4
of the Southeast 1/4 of Section
31, Township 30 North, Range 3
West, Town of Roosevelt, Taylor
County, Wisconsin, described as
follows: Commencing at a point
800 feet West of the Southeast
corner of the Southeast 1/4 of
the Southeast 1/4 of Section
31, Township 30 North, Range
3 West; thence North 370 feet;
thence West 300 feet; thence
South 370 feet; thence East 300
feet to the place of beginning.
PROPERTY
ADDRESS:
Project I.D. 8888-08-05

Black River Bridge
CTH O
Taylor County
ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that Mead & Hunt, Inc., consulting engineers and
the County of Taylor will host a Public Informational Meeting on Thursday, December 17, 2015, at 1:00 p.m., at the
Taylor County Highway Department office, 209 North 8th
Street, Medford, WI.
The proposed project consists of improving the approaches and replacing the existing deck and railing on
structure (P-60-0916), a single span pre-stressed concrete girder bridge on CTH O over the Black River. The
bridge is located in the city of Medford and town of Little
Black, approximately 0.8 miles west of STH 13, in Sections 34, T31N R01E and Section 2, T30N R01E. CTH
O will remain open during construction and with the work
being completed in stages. The total project length is not
anticipated to exceed 600 feet.
The purpose of this meeting is to solicit public input
on the preliminary design for this project. Persons with
a concern for or knowledge about historic buildings and
structures and archaeological sites are encouraged to attend this meeting or provide comments to Taylor County
or Mead & Hunt.
The meeting location is handicap accessible. The
hearing impaired can contact Mead & Hunt by e-mail or
call through the Wisconsin Telecommunications Relay
System at (800) 947-3529 to request an interpreter if they
plan to attend the meeting.
Persons who cannot attend this meeting but have
questions or wish to voice their opinions and/or concerns,
may contact the following:
Mr. Jay Wheaton, P.E., Project Manager
Mead & Hunt, Inc.
750 Third Street North
La Crosse, Wisconsin 54601
(608) 784-6040
email: jay.wheaton@meadhunt.com
(1st ins. Dec. 10, 2nd ins. Dec. 17)
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Thorp, WI 54771
TAX KEY NO.: 040-006520000
Dated this 18th day of November, 2015.
/s/ Bruce Daniels
Sheriff Bruce Daniels
Taylor County Sheriff
Jordan C. Staleos
J Peterman Legal Group Ltd.
165 Bishops Way, Suite 100
Brookfield, WI 53005
262-790-5719
Please go to www.jpetermanlegalgroup.com to obtain the bid

for this sale.
is the creditors attorney and is
attempting to collect a debt on
its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.
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among all education levels.
Meeting Notice and Agenda
Taylor County Board of Supervisors
The Taylor County Board of Supervisors will be meeting on Tuesday, December 22, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. in
the Third Floor County Board Room of the Taylor County
Courthouse. All County Board meetings are open to the
public. The agenda for this meeting includes the following:
1. Consider specific interim Taylor County Board of
Supervisors committee membership following the resignation of the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, Jim
Metz.
2. Resolution (Docket 2015-6-59) to appoint Catherine
Lemke as District 10 Supervisor.
3. Resolution (Docket 2015-6-60) to appoint Michael
Bub as District 4 Supervisor.
4. Swearing in of Catherine Lemke and Michael Bub by
Judge Ann Knox-Bauer.
5. Resolutions for recognition of recipients of Wisconsin Key Award (Docket 2015-6-61 and Docket 2015-6-62).
6. (At approximately 10:10 a.m.) Presentation of donation to Hueys Hideaway.
7. Presentation of plaque from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services recognizing the efforts of Taylor
County Health Department as a Level II Health Department.
8. Drug Free Communities Grant Award of $600,000.00
for the Taylor County Health Department and the Taylor
County Drug Opposition Partners and the work of our
community partners.
9. Purchase of iPads for County Board.
Resolutions & Ordinances to be acted on:
Docket 2015-6-59: Appointment and a Resolution to
approve the appointment of Catherine Lemke as District
10 Supervisor for the remainder of the current term.
Docket 2015-6-60: Appointment and a Resolution to
approve the appointment of Michael Bub as District 4 Supervisor for the remainder of the current term.
Docket 2015-6-61: Resolution recognizing Laura Bolstad for achieving the Wisconsin Key Award.
Docket 2015-6-62: Resolution recognizing Douglas
Schumacher for achieving the Wisconsin Key Award.
Docket 2015-6-63: Resolution to withdraw from the Local Government Property Insurance Fund.
Docket 2015-6-64: Resolution relating to support of application for Coordinated Services Team Initiative.
Docket 2015-6-65: Resolution supporting enhanced
groundwater protections for Taylor County in any future
legislation regarding groundwater.
Docket 2015-6-66: Resolution to approve the Deputy
Sheriffs, WPPA, Bargaining Agreement for 2016-2017.
Docket 2015-6-67: Resolution requesting powerline
impact fees for restoration and relocation of the historical
Perkinstown Jail to the Taylor County Fairgrounds.
Docket 2015-6-68: Resolution proposing the purchase
of the Harold Miller property adjacent to the Taylor County
Fairgrounds.
Docket 2015-6-69: Resolution requesting powerline
impact fees to partially fund improvements to the Jump
River Park and Campground.
Docket 2015-6-70: Ordinance to amend Section
3.03(2), Conditions of Employment, County Employment,
Taylor County Code. (UW Extension)
Docket 2015-6-71: Ordinance to create Chapter 49, Finance Department, amend Sections 2.07(1)(F), Appointment of Committees by Board Chairman, repeal Section
7.06, Budget Preparation, amend Section 7.14, amend
Section 7.15, Payroll Administration, and repeal Section
7.16, General Ledger and Human Services Agency Accounting, Taylor County Code.
Docket 2015-6-72: Ordinance to amend Section
3.03(2), Conditions of Employment, County Employment,
Taylor County Code. (Finance Department)
For further information on any of these items, please
feel free to contact Bruce Strama at the Taylor County
Clerks Office, 715-748-1460.
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THE STAR NEWS
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City of Medford
Special Council Meeting
Minutes
Monday, December 7, 2015
6:00 PM
Council Chambers, City Hall
639 South Second Street
Medford, WI
{Subject to Council Approval}
Call to Order/Roll Call
Mayor Mike Wellner called
the meeting to order with the following members present: Dave
J. Brandner, Greg Knight, Peggy
Kraschnewski, Jim Peterson,
Dave Roiger, Mike Bub, and
Clem Johnson.
Alderperson
Arlene Parent was an excused
absence. All vote tallies will be
with the exception of Alderperson Parents vote.
City Personnel Present
The following City personnel
were present: City Clerk Ginny
Brost, and Coordinator/Public
Works Director John Fales. City
Attorney Courtney Graff was an
excused absence.
Visitors Present
Visitors present were Brian
Wilson-Star
News;
Dennis
Christianson-Medford
Curling
Club; and Pat Shilling & Betty
Herrell-Twisted Threads Quilting
Group.
Pledge of Allegiance
Alderperson Peterson began
the meeting by leading the group
in the reciting of the Pledge of
Allegiance.
Open Meeting Law Compliance
Mayor Wellner announced
that this was an open meeting
of the Council. Notice of this
meeting was given to the public at least 24 hours in advance
of the meeting by forwarding
the complete agenda to the official City newspaper, The Star
News, and to all news media
that have requested the same
as well as posting. Copies of the
complete agenda were available
for inspection at the City Clerks
Office. Anyone desiring information as to forthcoming meetings
should contact the City Clerks
Office.
Citizens and Delegations
There were no citizens or delegations present.
2016 Non Union Employees
(Excluding Library & Police
Union Employees) Salaries/
Wages
Kraschnewski moved, Knight
seconded a motion to approve
the following salary/wage increase for all non-union employees (excluding library and police
union employees): Beginning
January 1, 2016 @ 1.5%; and
beginning July 1, 2016 @ 1.5%.
Roll Call Vote: Brandner-Yes;
Parent-Absent; Knight-Yes; Kraschnewski-Yes; Peterson-Yes;
Roiger-Yes; Bub-Yes; JohnsonYes (7 Yes; 0 No; 1 Absent) Motion Carried.
2016 Employee/Employer
Contribution to the Health Insurance Premiums
The proposed City/employee
(excluding library and police
union employees) monthly contribution to the 2016 health insurance premium is as follows:
Plan - City-Monthly (87.25%)
- Employee-Monthly (12.75%) Total
Single - $590.70 - $86.32 $677.02
Employee
Plus
One
$1,181.40 - $172.65 - $1,354.05
Family - $1,772.10 - $258.97
- $2,031.07
The City/employee (excluding
library and police union employees) contributions to the health
savings account would remain
the same or as follows:
Plan - Employer Annual Contribution to H.S.A.
Single - $2,000.00
Employee
plus
One
$4,000.00
Family - $4,000.00
*The City will distribute the
contribution into the employees
health savings account in twelve
equal monthly premiums.
The monthly health insurance
increase from 2015 to 2016 is as
follows:
Plan - City Contribution - Employee Contribution - Total Premium
Single - ($1.37) - $5.58 $4.21
Employee + One - ($1.88) $11.29 - $9.41
Family - ($2.82) - $16.94 $14.12
Johnson moved, Peterson
the 2016 employee/employer
union employees) contributions
to the health insurance premiums as shown above. Roll Call
Vote: Brandner-Yes; Parent-Absent; Knight-Yes; KraschnewskiYes; Peterson-Yes; Roiger-Yes;
Bub-Yes; Johnson-Yes (7 Yes; 0
No; 1 Absent) Motion Carried.
2016 Employee/Employer
Contribution to the Dental Insurance Premiums
The proposed City/employee
union employees) monthly contribution to the 2016 dental insurance premium is as follows:
Single - $31.54 - $3.50 $35.04
Employee + One - $86.15 $9.57 - $95.72
Family - $86.15 - $9.57 $95.72
The monthly increase from
2015 to 2016 is as follows:
Single - $1.51 - $.16 - $1.67
Employee + One - $4.11 -
$.45 - $4.56
Family - $4.11 - $.45 - $4.56
the 2016 employee/employer
union employees) contributions
to the dental insurance premiums as shown above. Roll Call
Coordinator/Public Works
Director Additional Pay for
Electric Utility Work
Peterson moved, Johnson
seconded a motion to decrease
the City Coordinator/Public
Works Directors additional
pay for electric utility work he
performs from $3,000.00 to
$1,500.00 in 2016. The motion included that this additional
pay will be eliminated in 2017.
Roll Call Vote: Brandner-Yes;
Parent-Absent; Knight-Yes; Kraschnewski-Yes; Peterson-Yes;
Roiger-Yes; Bub-Yes; JohnsonYes (7 Yes; 0 No; 1 Absent) Motion Carried.
2016 Seasonal Summer
Help Starting Wage
Johnson moved, Roiger seconded a motion to approve an increase in the 2016 starting wage
for seasonal help from $7.25 per
hour to $8.50 per hour. Roll Call
Adjourn to Committee of
the Whole
seconded a motion to adjourn
to the Committee of the Whole
meeting at 6:05 PM. All in favor:
All Aye. Motion Carried. Meeting adjourned to Committee
of the Whole.
Respectfully Submitted,
Virginia Brost
City Clerk, WCPC/MMC
(One ins. December 17)
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NOTICE OF
SHERIFFS SALE
STATE OF WISCONSIN
CIRCUIT COURT
TAYLOR COUNTY
Case No: 15 CV 24
PennyMac Loan Services,
LLC
Plaintiff
vs
Nathan J. Bauer, et al.
Defendant(s)
by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on May 26, 2015
in the amount of $58,833.56 the
Sheriff will sell the described
premises at public auction as
follows:
09:30 a.m.
TERMS: By bidding at the

sheriff sale, prospective buyer
is consenting to be bound by the
following terms: 1.) 10% down in
cash or money order at the time
of sale; balance due within 10
days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result
in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.
2.) Sold as is and subject to all
legal liens and encumbrances.
3.) Plaintiff opens bidding on the
property, either in person or via
fax and as recited by the sheriff
department in the event that no
opening bid is offered, plaintiff
retains the right to request the
sale be declared as invalid as
the sale is fatally defective.
PLACE: In the Taylor County
Courthouse located at 224 S.
2nd Street, Medford, Wisconsin.
DESCRIPTION: Lot 12, Block
F, McComb`s Racing Park Addition to the Village of Rib Lake,
PROPERTY ADDRESS: 816
South Front Street, Rib Lake, WI
54470
TAX KEY NO.: 176-001480000
Dated this 17th day of November, 2015.
/s/ Bruce Daniels
Sheriff Bruce Daniels
Jordan C. Staleos
165 Bishops Way, Suite 100
Brookfield, WI 53005
262-790-5719
Please go to www.jpetermanlegalgroup.com to obtain the bid
for this sale.
is the creditors attorney and is
attempting to collect a debt on
its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.
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NOTICE OF
FORECLOSURE SALE
STATE OF WISCONSIN
CIRCUIT COURT
TAYLOR COUNTY
Case No. 14-CV-33
Nicolet National Bank, a national bank, successor by merger to Mid-Wisconsin Bank,
Plaintiff.
-vTanya M. Sincere
Defendant.
by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on June 5, 2014,
in the amount of $60,978.85. the
Sheriff or his assignee will sell
the described premises at public
auction as follows:
DATE AND TIME: January
12, 2016, at 9:30 a.m.
TERMS: Pursuant to said
judgment, 10% of the successful
bid must be paid to the Clerk of
2015 Budget Amendment

Resolution to Amend the 2015 Budget
Resolution #2015-16
BE IT RESOLVED: that the Village Board of the Village of Gilman does hereby amend the 2015 Budget as follows:
Revenues:
Donations
Library Donations
EXPENDITURES:
Capital Outlay - Parks
Library Audio Books
Library Books
Library Periodicals
Library DVS/CDS
Increase
100-00-48500-000-000
100-00-48222-000-000
*100-00-57620-000-000
*Speaker System, Tables, & Merry Cycle
100-00-55110-327-000
100-00-55110-322-000
100-00-55110-323-000
100-00-55110-326-000
Decrease
Amended
Budget
$8,750.06
$6,340.00
$8,750.06
$6,340.00
$10,310.00
$15,310.00
$3,500.00
$1,840.00
$500.00
$500.00
$3,500.00
$6,840.00
$1,150.00
$1,950.00
Adopted in Open Session on December 9, 2015.

William Breneman, Village President
I certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Village of Gilman at a legal meeting on the 9th day of
December, 2015.
ATTEST:
Candice Grunseth, Village Clerk
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Courts Office at the time of the
sale in cash, cashiers check,
money order, or certified funds,
payable to the Clerk of Courts
office. Personal checks cannot and will not be accepted.
The balance of the successful
bid must be paid to the Clerk of
Courts office in cash, cashiers
check, money order, or certified
funds, no later than ten days
after the courts confirmation of
the sale or else the 10% down
payment is forfeited to the plaintiff. The property is sold as is,
is not available for viewing, and
subject to all liens, encumbrances, and unpaid real estate taxes.
PLACE:
Taylor County
Courthouse, Ground Floor Lobby, 224 S. Second Street, Medford, Wisconsin.
DESCRIPTION: The West
Half (W 1/2) of Lot Eight (8),
Block Three (3), Morningside
Addition to the City of Medford,
TAX PARCEL NUMBER:
251-00883-0000
PARCEL ADDRESS: 415 E.
South Street, Medford, Wisconsin
ATTORNEY INFORMATION:
Jensen, Scott, Grunewald &
Shiffler, S.C., Attorney William
A. Grunewald, 128 W. Division
St., P.O. Box 426, Medford, WI
54451; phone 715-748-2211.
DATED: December 7, 2015
/s/ Bruce A. Daniels
Bruce A. Daniels
Attorney
William
A.
Grunewald
Jensen, Scott, Grunewald &
Shiffler, S.C.
Attorneys for the Plaintiff
128 W. Division Street, P.O.
Box 426
Medford, WI 54451
715-748-2211
This is an effort to collect a
debt; any information obtained
will be used for that purpose.
This communication is from a
debt collector.
Sales are subject to cancellation at any time without
notice.
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STATE OF WISCONSIN
DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL RESOURCES
PUBLIC NOTICE OF INTENT TO REISSUE A WISCONSIN POLLUTANT DISCHARGE
ELIMINATION
SYSTEM (WPDES) PERMIT
No.WI-0031917-08-0
FOR THE COMPLETE PUBLIC NOTICE AND DETAILS GO
TO THE WEB LINK: http://dnr.
wi.gov/topic/wastewater/PublicNotices.html
Permittee: Village of Lublin,
PO Box 1, Lublin, WI 54447
Facility Where Discharge Occurs: Lublin Village of, Burma
Drive, Lublin, Wisconsin
Receiving Water and Location: A dry run tributary to the
North Fork of the Eau Claire
River within the North Fork of
the Eau Claire River watershed
in the Lower Chippewa River
Drainage Basin, Taylor County

Brief Facility Description: The
Village of Lublin facility consists of two stabilization ponds
operated in series. Effluent is
authorized to be discharged on
a fill and draw basis (March 15
to May 30 and from September
1 to November 30) to a dry run
tributary to the North Fork of
the Eau Claire River in Taylor
County.
Permit Drafter: Sheri A. Snowbank, DNR, 810 Maple Street,
Spooner, WI 54801, (715) 6354131, sheri.snowbank@wisconsin.gov
Basin Engineer: Lonn Franson, DNR, 10220 State Highway
27 South, Hayward, WI 54843,
(715) 634-7434, lonn.franson@
wisconsin.gov
The Department has tentatively decided that the above
specified WPDES permit should
be reissued.
Persons wishing to comment
on or object to the proposed permit action, or to request a public
hearing, may write to the Department of Natural Resources
at the permit drafters address.
All comments or suggestions
received no later than 30 days
after the publication date of this
public notice will be considered
along with other information on
file in making a final decision regarding the permit. Anyone providing comments in response to
this public notice will receive a
notification of the Departments
final decision when the permit is
issued.
The Department may schedule a public informational hearing if requested by any person
and shall schedule an informational hearing if a petition requesting a hearing is received
from 5 or more persons or if
response to this notice indicates
significant public interest pursuant to s. 283.49, Stats. Information on requesting a hearing is at
the above web link. Limitations
and conditions which the Department believes adequately
protect the receiving water are
included in the proposed permit.
Information on file for this
permit action, including the draft
permit, fact sheet and permit application, may be reviewed on
the internet at the above web link
or may be inspected and copied
at the permit drafters office during office hours. Information on
this permit may also be obtained
by calling the permit drafter or
by writing to the Department.
Reasonable costs (usually 20
cents per page) will be charged
for copies of information in the
file other than the public notice,
permit and fact sheet. Pursuant
to the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodation, including the provision
of informational material in an
alternative format, will be made
to qualified individuals upon request.
(One ins. December 17)
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Traffic court
Taylor County Circuit Court
A charge of operating while under the influence-first

offense [prohibited alcohol concentration(PAC) equal
to or greater than 0.15 percent] against Marlin L. Anderson, 50, Medford, was dismissed on the courts own
motion.
A charge of failure to yield while making a left turn
against Vernon J. Kowalewski, 85, Owen, was dismissed
on a prosecutors motion.
H. Woller, 43, Mosinee, shining wild animals between

hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.; Sarah E. Bisbee, 26, Grand
Chute, county rifle range after hours violation; Nicole
C. Blodgett, 24, Appleton, county rifle range after hours
violation; Benjamin A. Blume, 18, Medford, speeding
30-34 mph over the limit; Cory R. Gasper, 26, Appleton,
county rifle range after hours violation; Daniel P. Hurley, 26, Appleton, county rifle range after hours violation; James L. Cordes, 60, Marshfield, failure to keep
vehicle under control.
Pleas entered
Forfeitures
Charges dismissed
The following made initial appearance and entered

pleas of not guilty: Duane R. Broeske, 66, Stetsonville,
failure to equip vehicle with fenders; Gabe D. Hutchinson, 17, Medford, loading/discharging a firearm or bow
while in or from a vehicle, and shining wild animals
while possessing a firearm; Lisa M. Jaecks, 48, Medford,
animal at large; Shane A. McNamar, 20, Stetsonville,
speeding 11-15 mph over the limit; Ryan R. Newberry,
19, Medford, shining wild animals while possessing a
firearm, and placing/possessing/transporting a loaded
firearm in a vehicle; Emil T. Roth, 49, Glen Flora, failure to equip trailer with fenders/mud guards; Quinton
Accident reports
$1,554.50: Tamika C. Walker, 37, Milwaukee, theft of

movable property (restitution).
$1,124.50: Vilma L. Hernandez, 34, Reedsburg, theft of
movable property (restitution).
$1,061: Marlin L. Anderson, 50, Medford, operating
while under the influence-first offense (PAC equal to
or greater than 0.15 percent) (drivers license revoked,
ignition interlock device installation, alcohol assessment).
$484.45: Mariah A. Wilkes, 36, Stanley, theft of movable property (restitution).
Taylor County Law Enforcement
Two-vehicle accidents
Melisia R. Klieforth and Shane A. McNamar were involved in an accident on Dec. 8 at 4:40 p.m. on Hwy 13 in
the city of Medford. According to the accident report,
the Klieforth vehicle was northbound on Hwy 13 when
a non-contact red-colored vehicle pulled out of the Kwik
Trip driveway in front of it. The driver of the Klieforth
vehicle braked hard, locking up the brakes. The Klieforth vehicle was struck in the rear by the McNamar
vehicle, which was unable to stop in time to avoid the
accident. The Klieforth vehicle sustained damage to the
rear bumper. There was no visible damage to the McNamar vehicle.
Danny Shannon and an unoccupied legally parked
vehicle were involved in an accident on Dec. 9 at 2:25
p.m. in a parking lot at 111 N. Eighth St. in the city of
Medford. According to the accident report, the Shannon vehicle was backing out of a parking space when
it struck an unoccupied legally parked vehicle. The unoccupied vehicle sustained damage to the rear bumper
and left tail lamp. The Shannon vehicle sustained damage to the rear bumper and right tail lamp.
The Taylor County Sheriffs Department responded

to an accident on Dec. 13 at 12:15a.m. on CTH E in the
town of Medford. According to the accident report,
a vehicle was northbound on CTH E when the driver
failed to negotiate a curve. The vehicle left the roadway
and slid sideways, striking a tree. The vehicle flipped
and knocked down two road signs indicating the road
curved before coming to a stop on its top. The vehicle
was left with its lights on, but the driver had left the
scene. There was very severe damage to the entire vehicle and it was towed from the scene. Speeding too fast
for conditions, inattentive driving and failure to maintain control by the driver were listed in the report as
being factors in the accident.
to an accident on Dec. 14 at 3:37 p.m. at the intersection
of Hwy 102 and West Rib Rd. in the town of Westboro.
According to the accident report, a vehicle was westbound on Hwy 102 and was slowing to turn onto West
Rib Rd. when it slid through the intersection due to
slush on the roadway. The vehicle entered the ditch and
struck a stop sign. The vehicle sustained minor damage
to the front.
One-vehicle accidents
Deer-related accidents

to an accident on Dec. 9 at 4:52 p.m. on CTH D in the
town of Rib Lake. According to the accident report, a
vehicle was eastbound on CTH D when the rear driver
side tire rapidly deflated. The driver lost control and the
vehicle struck a guardrail end. The vehicle sustained
severe damage to the entire driver side and was towed
from the scene.
The following deer-related accidents were reported:

Nov. 25 at 12:10 a.m. on Hwy 64 in the town of Medford.
Dec. 4 at 1:35 p.m. on Hwy 13 in the town of Little Black.
Dec. 8 at 6:58 a.m. on Hwy 13 in the town of Little Black.
Dec. 14 at 12:35 a.m. at the intersection of Hwy 13 and
Hites Ln. in the town of Medford, and at 4:48 p.m. on
Hwy 64 in the town of Browning.
$389.50: Evan W. Seal, 28, Medford, failure of operator

to notify police of an accident.
$326.50: Luis A. Vazquez Acosta, 19, Abbotsford, passing into oncoming traffic.
$263.50: Billy J. Kalmon, 42, Westboro, possession
of drug paraphernalia; Gerardo S. Lopez, 20, Medford,
underage drinking-possession (first offense); Michael
J. Noland, 17, Medford, possession of alcohol in schoolfirst offense.
$238.30: Edward L. Hanson Jr., 38, Medford, displaying an unauthorized vehicle registration plate.
$250.90: Carrie P. Gumz, 37, Westboro, speeding 25-29
mph over the limit (drivers license suspended).
$225.70: Lisa L. Kern, 17, Tony, speeding 20-24 mph
over the limit.
$213.10: David E. Mucci, 64, Naperville, Ill., unreasonable and imprudent speed; Evan W. Seal, 28, Medford,
operating left of center line.
$200.50: David D. Alexander, 18, Medford, operating
while suspended; John W. Auman, 30, Thorp, operating while suspended-fourth or greater offense; Joseph
J. Bose, 27, Gilman, operating a motor vehicle without
insurance; Alfredo Castillo, 44, Dorchester, operating
without a valid license-first offense; Deborah L. Cee,
49, Medford, operating a motor vehicle without insurance; Charles W. Fee Sr., 56, Adams, operating while
revoked; Devon D. Gomez, 26, Phillips, operating without a valid license-first offense; Edward L. Hanson Jr.,
38, Medford, operating a motor vehicle without insurance; Daniel C. Hutman, 21, Stetsonville, operating an
ATV or UTV in a careless manner; Alexa R. Lynch, 22,
Medford, speeding 16-19 mph over the limit; Wyatt D.
Mallien, 21, Wausau, operating while suspended; Angel
Radilla, 20, Poplar Grove, Ill., operating without a valid
license-first offense; Miranda M. Shore, 20, Adams, operating a motor vehicle without insurance; Joshuan F.
S. Medina, 19, Colby, operating without a valid licensefirst offense, and operating a motor vehicle without insurance ($200.50 each); Arthur L. Wallis III, 36, Medford,
operating a motorcycle without a valid license; Ryan L.
Wojcik, 36, Gilman, operating a motor vehicle without
insurance.
$187.90: Mark W. Kroeplin, 62, Gilman, meeting a vehicle while on the wrong side of the road.
$175.30: John W. Auman, 31, Thorp, operating after
revocation/suspension of registration; Drew S. Behnke,
26, Medford, non-registration of vehicle; Christopher
C. Bollman, 33, Medford, non-registration of vehicle;
Joseph J. Bose, 27, Gilman, non-registration of vehicle;
Jameson R. Brooks, 17, Athens, failure to stop/improper
stop at a stop sign; Alfredo Castillo, 44, Dorchester, nonregistration of vehicle; Michael A. Goodbear, 60, Black
River Falls, speeding 11-15 mph over the limit; Edward
L. Hanson Jr., 38, Medford, non-registration of vehicle;
Billy J. Kalmon, 42, Westboro, speeding 11-15 mph over
the limit; David E. King, 37, Medford, speeding 11-15
mph over the limit; Connor C. Manternach, 20, Conrath,
non-registration of vehicle; Ryan L. Wojcik, 36, Gilman,
non-registration of vehicle.
$150.10: Edward L. Hanson Jr., 38, Medford, improper
attaching of rear registration decal/tag.
$10 proof of insurance violation: Justin L.A. OLeary,
20, Abbotsford.
$10 seatbelt violation: Ryan L. Wojcik, 36, Gilman.
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Public notices
NOTICE OF
FORECLOSURE SALE
STATE OF WISCONSIN
CIRCUIT COURT
TAYLOR COUNTY
Case No. 15-CV-60
Green Tree Servicing LLC
Plaintiff,
vs.
Laura Hopkins a/k/a Laura
Dopkins, John Doe Hopkins
a/k/a Justin Hopkins a/k/a Justin
Dopkins and Aspirus Medford
Hospital & Clinics, Inc.
Defendants.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE
that by virtue of a judgment of
foreclosure entered on October 19, 2015 in the amount of
$86,280.20 the Sheriff will sell
ROBLEMS
EED A
RESH
TART
NO CHARGE FOR INITIAL CONSULTATION

SATURDAY & EVENING APPOINTMENTS UPON REQUEST
Easy Pre-Filing Payment Plan
the described premises at public
auction as follows:
9:30 a.m.
TERMS: Pursuant to said
judgment, 10% of the successful
bid must be paid to the sheriff at
the sale in cash, cashiers check
or certified funds, payable to the
clerk of courts (personal checks
cannot and will not be accepted). The balance of the successful bid must be paid to the
clerk of courts in cash, cashiers
check or certified funds no later
than ten days after the courts
confirmation of the sale or else
the 10% down payment is forfeited to the plaintiff. The property is sold as is and subject to
all liens and encumbrances.

PLACE: In the lobby of the
DESCRIPTION: Lots Eleven
(11) and Twelve (12), Block
Twenty-Seven (27) Ways Plat,
Village of Gilman, Taylor County,
Wisconsin.
PROPERTY
ADDRESS:
485 E. Murphy St., Gilman, WI
54433-9389
DATED: December 10, 2015
Gray & Associates, L.L.P.
Attorneys for Plaintiff
16345 West Glendale Drive
New Berlin, WI 53151-2841
(414) 224-8404
Please go to www.gray-law.
com to obtain the bid for this

sale.
Gray & Associates, L.L.P.
is attempting to collect a debt
and any information obtained
will be used for that purpose. If
you have previously received a
discharge in a chapter 7 bankruptcy case, this communication
should not be construed as an
attempt to hold you personally
liable for the debt.
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First quarter honor roll at Gilman school
THE STAR NEWS
Highest Honor:
Eighth Grade Montana Birkenholz, Evelyn Fryza and Hunter Oberle.
Freshman Maverick Birkenholz,
Torgor Crick and Ryan Webster.
Sophomore Elliot Wininger.
Junior Chanse Rosemeyer.
Senior Morgan Birkenholz, Anthony Guentner, Emily Johnson and Travis
Lato.
A Honor:
Seventh Grade Kylee Burton, Sophia Drier, Abagail Hicks, Delilah Keepers, Andrew Malchow, Addison Warner,
Isaac Wininger and Hailey Young.
Eighth Grade Emma Benninger,

Olivia Franzen, Grace Grunseth, RaeAnne Heier, Spencer Kraus, Joe Olson,
Samantha Person, Madelyn SinkeviciusKrizan, Lydia Syryczuk, Haley Tomasek,
Mikayla Waichulis, Emma Warner and
Kaitlyn Webster.
Freshman Wyatt Heier, Kellvin
Krizan, MyKell Podolak, Dayne Tallier,
Tanisha Tischer and Amanda Wisocky.
Sophomore Tyler Boie, Kasee
Burton, Citory Oberle and Camryn Skabroud.
Junior Kyle Cetnarowski, Amelia
Olson, Andrew Rucks and Brodey Swoboda.
Court proceedings
Forfeiture
Amy L. Kohel, 40, Rhinelander, pled

no contest to operating while under the
influence-second offense. She was sentenced to serve 60 days in jail; pay a fine
and costs of $1,855; her drivers license
was revoked for 15 months; an ignition
interlock device is to be installed on her
vehicle for one year; she is to undergo
electronic monitoring; and she must submit to an alcohol and drug assessment
and follow through with all treatment
recommendations.
Probation ordered
Guy D. Belanger, 32, Withee, pled no

contest to possession of narcotic drugs.
Sentence was withheld and he was
placed on probation for one year, to run
concurrent with his current probation.
As condition of his probation, Belanger
must serve five months in jail, to run
concurrent to his current jail sentence;
pay costs of $268 and supervision fees
as ordered by the Department of Corrections; and submitt to an alcohol and drug
assessment as the probationary agents
discretion and undergo any other counseling as deemed appropriate at the probationary agents discretion.
Disposition reports
Deferred prosecutions
The following pled no contest and entered into deferred prosecution or sentences agreements: Benjamin R. Heier,
17, Stetsonville, truancy; Morgan R. Murphy, 18, Medford, criminal damage to
property; Colton L. Nelson, 18, Medford,
criminal damage to property; Joseph J.
Phillips, 17, Medford, criminal damage
to property; Justin D. Stendahl, 32, Medford, disturbing the peace.
Forfeitures
Carlye C. Baker, 18, Medford, pled no

contest to an amended charge of speeding 16-19 mph over the limit and forfeited
$200.50. The original charge had been
speeding 20-24 mph over the limit.
Lynette C. Barton, 57, Medford, pled
no contest to an amended charge of
speeding 11-15 mph over the limit and
forfeited $175.30. The original charge had
been speeding 16-19 mph over the limit.
Trudy A. Baxter, 34, Lublin, pled
guilty to operating a motor vehicle without insurance and forfeited $200.50.
Divorces
A divorce was granted on Dec. 7 to the

following people:
Kenneth A. Holzl, 64, Medford, and Susan L. Holzl, 48, Medford. They were married Aug. 10, 1991 in Wisconsin.
Allen J. Fettes, 50, Stetsonville, and
Karen A. Fettes, 50, Stetsonville. They
were married Jan. 11, 1986 in Wisconsin.
James R. Scheithauer, 56, Medford,
and Kathryn M. Scheithauer, 55, Medford. They were married Nov. 30, 1990 in
Wisconsin.
Kyle A. Winger, 32, Gilman, and Katherine C. Winger, 32, Gilman. They were
married July 21, 2007 in Wisconsin. Joint
custody of three minor children was
granted.
John P. Pocock, 36, Catawba, and Jacqueline M. Zegers-Pocock, 34, Medford.
They were married Nov. 29, 2008 in Wisconsin. Joint custody of two minor children was granted.
Stephen J. Mravik, 37, Lublin, and
Robin M. Mravik, 40, Medford. They
were married June 16, 2010 in Wisconsin.
Travis P. Krizan, 38, Stanley, pled no

contest to raw forest product overweight
violation and forfeited $707.47.
Kasee L. Nicks, 20, Medford, pled no
contest to an amended charge of operator violating a yellow traffic signal and
forfeited $175.30. The original charge had
been inattentive driving.
Gina M. Quednow, 22, Mosinee, pled
no contest to operating while under the
influence-first offense. She forfeited $935,
her drivers license was revoked for seven months and an ignition interlock device is to be installed on her vehicle.
Casy L. Weir, 36, Medford, pled no
contest to an amended charge of operating with a prohibited alcohol concentration (PAC) equal to or greater than 0.08
percent and less than 0.15 percent-first
offense. The original charge had been
operating with a PAC equal to or greater
than 0.15 percent-first offense. He forfeited $935, his drivers license was revoked
for seven months, and he is to undergo an
alcohol assessment. Charges of operating
while under the influence-first offense
and operating left of center line were dismissed on prosecutors motions.
Senior Laura Bolstad, Zane Chaplinski, Amanda Dahl, Mackenzie Elwood,

Isabella Franzen, Racheal Krug, Bobbi
Jo Nelson, Bryer Nichols, Mariah Person, Leanne Rafferty, Jonathan Rucks,
Tucker Schmuckal, Kyla Schoene, Emmit Sherfield, Jordan Vieras and Mackenzie Webster.
B Honor:
Seventh Grade Samantha Adams,
Kali Anderson, Brayden Boie, Brooke
Fryza, Kade Kroeplin, Grant McFadden,
Olivia Mincoff, Allen Patrick, Courtney Person, Katelynn Schmitt, Gracie
Skabroud, Jenna Thorgerson, Carter
Wisocky and Casey Wojcik.
Eighth Grade Hannah Baker, Lexi
Chaplinski, Sara Chause, Bradlee Copenhaver, Kaitlyn Glebke, Ethan Grunseth,
Gabriel Gunderson, Brady Johnson,
Ethan Person, Jaiden Sedivy, Kirklan
Thompson, Sydney Webster, Blake
Wisocky, Jesse Wry and Jaycee Zach.
Freshman Alexis Aldinger, Bradley Couillard, Cole Marks, Marissa

Mravik and Dallas Skabroud.
Sophomore Natasha Cetnarowski,
Shane Dircks, Tanner Dircks, Joseph
Marks, Justin Mravik, Cassidy Ogle,
Zachary Person, Kessler Pongratz, Emmalee Quinnell, Cooper Sherfield, Connor Skabroud and Hunter Ustianowski.
Junior Jessica Adams, Deanne Anderson, Stephanie Baker, Kayla Chause,
Brielle Copenhaver, Brady Emstrom,
Manuel Granado, Taylor Hendricks, Alicia Hoehn, Patcha Hongwilai, Kristin
Krizan, Takoda Lee, Angy Rafferty, Audrey Swensen, Amber Tomasek, Chevy
VanDerLeest, Lane Webster, Brendan
Wojcik and Timothy Zach.
Senior Ethan Aldinger, Jacob Dalsky, Gabe Dietzler, Breanna Fryza, Jordan Lemke, Katelynn Monson, Robert
Quinnell, April Sadler and Zachary Sonnentag.
Borowicz new president at Kishwaukee College

Laurie Borowicz, vice president of student services for Northcentral Technical
College (NTC), has accepted a presidency
at Kishwaukee College in Malta, Ill. She
will complete her current responsibilities at NTC on January 15, 2016.
Borowicz began her tenure at NTC in
1999 as the school-to-work facilitator. She
went on to assume roles as the director
of K-12 programs and the dean of student
success before assuming the role of vice
president of student services in 2009.
Her leadership has focused on building collaborative, strategic partnerships
with local K-12 school districts, institutions of higher education, and local businesses, in an effort to increase college
enrollments and close the skills gap in
north central Wisconsin.
Area students receive

NTC scholarships
Northcentral Technical College (NTC)
held its fall scholars and donors reception on Nov. 17, during which the following students were presented with scholarships:
Athens Kelsey Belanger, Colton Ellenbecker, Tyler Masephol, Jordan Poch,
and Becca Schreiber.
Dorchester Bradley Acker and
Kelsey Weiler.
Gilman Hillary Meverden.
Medford Lisa Kolecheck, Taylor
Neitzel, Jamie Nelson, Amy Schilling,
Lindsey Sherfield, Jason Lang and Angela Pernsteiner.
Rib Lake Savanna Jeppesen.
Stetsonville Andy Metz.
Westboro Sara Niemi.
Withee Elizabeth Bourdon and
Jane Haas-Parnewicz.
Under Borowiczs leadership, the college has secured multiple grant funds,
and implemented a strategic enrollment
management plan and other technology applications to increase recent high
school graduate enrollments. She has
also provided statewide leadership on
the Wisconsin Technical College System
Student Success Initiative, developing
uniform metrics and benchmarks for the
16 colleges in the system, and has presented nationally on this topic.
Borowicz has a bachelor of science
degree from the University of WisconsinMadison, a master of science degree from
the UW-Stout and a doctor of education
degree from Edgewood College in Madison. Prior to joining NTC, Borowicz held
positions as a high school guidance counselor and county social services specialist.
Fitness, nutrition class

at County Market
Aspirus and Medfords County Market are teaming up to host Whip It Up &
Work It Out - a fitness and nutrition class.
Participants will be led through a relaxing yoga and meditation time to help reduce stress and anxiety. Nutritious food
preparation and tasting will follow.
This free class will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 19, from 5:15-7 p.m. at Medfords County Market. Yoga and meditation will begin at 5:15 p.m. Participants
should wear comfortable clothing. At 6
p.m, the nutritional portion will begin.
Pre-registration is required and seating is limited. For more information,
visit www.aspirus.org/WhipItUp or to
pre-register, call the Aspirus events line
at 715-748-8886.
In Memoriam
Join with us and the families of these loved ones as we remember who died 1 year ago:
Since 1891, four generations of continuous family service to the Medford and Stetsonville communities and the surrounding area.
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Thomas P. Brost
Marjorie Marge E. Metz
Alta J. Hempel
Florence A. Goessl
Charles Chuck W. Metz
Jeanette Lake
December 14, 2014

December 16, 2014
December 19, 2014
Decmeber 22, 2014
December 23, 2014
December 25, 2014
Hemer Funeral Service
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Common winter illnesses
Obituaries
James B. Wachsmuth
James B. Wachsmuth, 68, formerly of Gilman, died
Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015 at U-W Hospital in Madison after
a sudden illness. Arrangements are pending with the
Gilman Funeral Home.
In Loving Memory of
Mat Olson
The family of Deloris Elliott

would like to thank our family,
friends, and neighbors who sent
flowers, cards, gifts, and offered
such kindess and support.
Thank you to Thorp
Funeral Home for their
help and consideration.
Thank you Rev. John Sindler
for the wonderful service. A
special thanks to the
pallbearers and everyone
who provided the meal.
1.15.9012.18.11
Your life was a blessing

Your memory a treasure
You are loved beyond words
And missed beyond measure
Love you more!
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Winter will be here soon with its snow, cold temperatures, and common illnesses. If you get sick this winter,
its important to know at what point its best to see your
doctor.
Colds
Caused by viruses, colds usually come with coughing, sneezing, a runny nose, congestion, and a scratchy
throat. Most colds dont require a trip to see your doctor. Do see a doctor if you have a high fever, very swollen glands, severe sinus pain, or a cough that gets worse.
These could be signs of something more serious than a
cold.
Flu
Like colds, the flu is caused by viruses. The flu, however, can be much more dangerous than a cold. Symptoms may kick in quickly. They include fever, headache,
body aches, cough, and extreme tiredness. Most people
get better on their own. But, if you are very sick or are
in a high-risk group, see your doctor. High-risk groups
include people ages 65 and older, young kids, pregnant
women, and people with chronic health conditions, like
asthma or diabetes. If you have trouble breathing, chest
pain or confusion, get help right away.
Strep throat
Caused by bacteria, strep throat is one of many reasons why someone may have a sore throat. Strep throat
usually starts suddenly. Symptoms may include an extremely sore throat, pain or difficulty when swallowing,
red and swollen tonsils (sometimes with presence of pus
or white patches), fever and chills, headache, rash, and
stomachache. If you suspect that you have strep throat,
visit your doctor. Go to the doctor if your sore throat
does not get better in about a week. Also see a doctor if
you have a hard time breathing or swallowing, an earache, a fever, or a rash.
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Jordan, Dad, Mom & Joe, Justin, Ashley, Cody,

Krista and the Olson and Brost Families
12-16-15
Terry, Kelly, Kari and Kyla
Evelyn Edna Schauss

1920-2015
Evelyn Edna Schauss,

95, of Boulder Junction,
died at her home on Dec.
7. She was born on Jan.
14, 1920 in the town of
Rib Lake to Conrad and
Elizabeth Hein. Evelyn
graduated from Rib Lake
High School in 1937. In
1944, she married Reuben
Schauss from Westboro.
They moved to San Diego,
Calif. where he was stationed in the U.S. Navy. In
1946, they moved to Boulder Junction where they built and started Schauss
Woodworking and Boat Rental. They were in business for 33 years. After retiring, they moved to
Westboro, his familys homestead. She was involved
with the V.F.W. Auxiliary, gardening, North Central
Wisconsin Antique Steam and Gas Engine Club and
they did a lot of traveling. After 23 years in Westboro, they returned to Boulder Junction to be closer
to family. Evelyn was a member of the American
Legion Auxiliary and Trinity Lutheran Church.

She is survived by ve children, Judy (Renny)
Ohlsson of Oskhosh, Richard (Anne) Schauss of
Muskego, Carol Ashley, Robert (Trish Ross) Schauss,
Warren (Diane) Schauss all of Boulder Junction;
nine grandchildren, Ann Matakas, Barry Ohlsson,
Jessica Karls, Elizabeth McLevige, Erica Powers,
Matt Ashley, Rachel Ashley, Clayton Schauss and Jamie Schauss Tatreau and 13 great-grandchildren.
Evelyn was preceded in death by her husband; infant son; brother, Kenneth Hein and parents, Conrad
and Elizabeth Hein.
Visitation took place at Trinity Lutheran Church
in Boulder Junction on Saturday, Dec. 12 from 12:30
p.m. until the time of service at 2 p.m. Interment followed the service at Cemetery of the Pines in Boulder Junction. In lieu of owers, memorials may be
given to Trinity Lutheran Church of Boulder Junction, American Legion Auxiliary of Boulder Junction, First Lutheran Church of Ogema or Premeau
Schauss V.F.W. Auxiliary, Westboro.
Bolger Funeral Home of Minocqua and Woodruff
is assisting the family, 715-356-3200 or visit www.bolgerfuneral.com to share condolences.
Paid Obituary 50-156755
Donna M. Costner
1970-2015
Donna M. Costner,
45, of Abbotsford, formerly of Black River
Falls, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday,
Dec. 13 at her home. A
celebration of life gathering will be held on
Thursday, Dec.17 starting at 4 p.m. at Donnas
home in Abbotsford.
The Maurina-Schilling
Funeral Home in Colby
is entrusted with the arrangements.
Donna was born on Sept. 16, 1970, the daughter
of Bob and Donna Mae (Slack) Costner in San Diego, Calif. She was united in marriage to Norberto
Beto Pacheco Santos on Dec. 22, 2009 in Neillsville.
Donna went to cosmetology school and most recently worked as a stylist at Cost Cutters in Medford. Her family was most important.
Donna is survived by her husband, Beto, of
Unity; her two sons, Dustin Costner and Logan
Waller-Costner, both of Abbotsford; a sister, Claudia (Todd) Fields of Alma Center and two brothers,
Clarence Costner of Payette, Idaho and Cory Costner of San Diego, Calif.; her father, Bob (Mary Lou)
Costner of Casper, Wy. She is further survived by
many nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, many friends and her two dogs, Izzy and Coda.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Donna Mae and her brother, John Costner.
Family and friends may express condolences
online at www.maurinaschilling.com.
Richard Czech
1932-2015
Trusting in his Savior

Jesus Christ for his salvation and eagerly anticipating the joy of heaven
that awaited him, Richard Dick Donald Czech,
83, Athens, left this world
on Friday, Dec. 11, 2015 at
Continental Manor GoldenLiving Center in Abbotsford.
He was born May 6,
1932 in the town of Hamburg, son of the late Henry and Katharine (Dorn)
Czech. Dick graduated from Concordia High School
in Milwaukee and furthered his education, graduating from River Forest College in Illinois.
He began his teaching career in Illinois, then
taught in Pittsburg, and was then called upon in 1957
to teach in Athens at Trinity Lutheran School, where
he met the love of his life, Ellen Polk. They were married on July 25, 1959 at St. John Lutheran Church in
Berlin. In 1994, they retired together and went on the
trip of a lifetime to the Holy Land and Egypt, that
was given to them by the congregation of Trinity Lutheran Church. It was on this trip, they both realized
that as they walked where Jesus did, it made reading
the Bible even more precious.
The biggest inuence in Dicks life was Rev. Herman Schedler, who baptized, conrmed and married him. One of Dicks greatest joys, besides being
principal and teaching, was leading Bible class at the
Plisch apartments.
He loved spending time with his family and will
be missed by all the people whose lives he touched.

Survivors include his loving wife of 56 years, Ellen
Czech, Athens; two children, Nathan (Patty) Czech,
Madison and Jenny (Tim) Hartwig, Athens; three
grandchildren, Hillary (Riley) Schreiner, Madison,
Molly Czech, Madison and Eric (Courtney) Hartwig,
Athens; two great-grandchildren, Reis Schreiner and
Brilee Hartwig; two siblings, Marjorie (Lawrence)
Radenz, Merrill and David (Barb) Czech, Athens;
brothers and sisters-in-law, Doris Jesse, Wilrd (Carolyn) Polk, Elaine Mueller, Arthur (Barb) Polk and
Faith (Donald) Gatzke; and many nieces, nephews,
relatives and friends.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by
three siblings, Gerald Czech, Robert Czech and Marlene Hamann.
Funeral services were at 11 a.m. on Monday, Dec.
14 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Athens. Rev. Mark
Schwalenberg ofciated. Burial was in the Athens
Lutheran Cemetery. Friends were able to call on Sunday at the church from 2 until 5 p.m. and again on
Monday from 10 a.m. until time of services.
The family wishes to express their sincere appreciation to Deb Schorer and the staff at Continental
Manor GoldenLiving Center for the special care and
compassion given to Dick.
Dicks favorite Bible passage: Romans 8:28 And
we know that all things work together for good to
them that love God, to them who are called according
to his purpose.
Memorials may be directed to Trinity Lutheran
Church.
Peterson/Kraemer Funeral Home, Athens is in
charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be
expressed at www.petersonkraemer.com
Thursday,
Thursday,
December
April 23,
17, 2015
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STAR NEWS
THE
Medford girls
pick up two
Great Northern
Conference
wins
December
2015
Medford,
W17,
isconsin
Inside this section:
Ask Ed 9-11
Classifieds 17-19
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SECOND SECTION
Medford wins basketball

shootout in Rib Lake
by Sports Reporter Bryan Wegter
Medford forced Rib Lake into 35 turnovers and Jacob Sullivan scored a gamehigh 18 to push the Raiders past the
Redmen 81-65 in a non-conference boys
basketball game Tuesday in Rib Lake.
The battle for Taylor County was
played at breakneck speed. The 146 combined points is a high since the rivalry
between the two schools was renewed in
2010. Medford has won all seven meetings over that time frame.
Medford (5-1) travels to Tomahawk
tonight, Thursday, Dec. 17, for a Great
Northern Conference game. Theyll host
Ashland on Tuesday in a non-conference
tilt. Both games are scheduled for 7:15
p.m. starts. Rib Lake (3-2) has one more
game left in 2015. They host Chequamegon on Tuesday in a Marawood North
game at 7:15 p.m. The Redmens next
game is Jan. 8 at Phillips.
Track fans wouldve been right at
home in the bleachers. Both teams employ up-tempo offenses and full-court
press defenses. The early running didnt
translate to baskets though. Each side
missed fast break chances and it wasnt
until the 16:19 mark that Austin Zondlo
put Rib Lake up 2-0. Joe Scheithauer

blocked a Raiders pass off his own backboard and Austin Ewan caught a long
outlet pass for a layup.
We made some good steals early and
then were banging layups hard off the
backboard and clanking them off the
rim. Just not characteristic of us, Rib
Lake head coach Jason Wild said.
We like running and thats our game.
In the first we almost went too fast. We
got fast breaks but were going too fast,
Medford senior Ben Meier said.
A layup and free throw from Garrett
Sommer helped Medford settle in. A Sommer steal-and-score made it an 11-6 game
for the Raiders. Osy Ekwueme got a steal
off Rib Lakes inbound and found Meier
for an open layup.
It was tough. It just got helter-skelter
and all over the place for us. Its frustrating, Zondlo said.
Dalton Strebig made a three from the
right wing to cut Medfords lead to 15-11
at the 10:20 mark. The Raiders scored
eight of the next 12 to go up 23-15.
Rib Lake pulled within three after
Weinkes three and Zondlos two-point
See LOCAL on page 7
Every tenth matters in Medfords

first GNC gymnastics dual meet
by Sports Editor Matt Frey
Every fraction of a point mattered in
Tuesdays Great Northern Conference
gymnastics opener at Medford Area Elementary School where visiting Chequamegon escaped with a 106.95-106.725 win
over the Medford Raiders.
It was the second time in four days the
Screaming Eagles edged the Raiders by
an extremely slim margin. Both teams
were also in the 106-point range at Saturdays Rhinelander Snowflake Invitational.
Medford head coach Lisa Brooks felt
the Raiders improved in some areas over
Saturdays meet and werent as sharp in
others, and thats shown in the nearly
identical team score. At this early stage
of the season and with 20 girls on the roster, most routines are still being pieced
together.
I do believe that we are going to be
really
strong, Brooks said.
The
girls have the potential
to
do it.
Chequamegons Hannah Mader won

three of the four events and took allaround honors for the meet with 30.45
points. Medford senior Hannah Brandner spoiled Maders attempt at a clean
sweep by winning the balance beam with
a 7.9, two-tenths better than Mader and
much better than her Saturday score.
Maddy Wanke was third with a 7.4 for
Medford, Kierra Krause was seventh
with a 5.775, Shelby Winchell was ninth
with a 5.375 and Kayla Brooks was 10th
with a 4.8. Chequamegon outscored Medford 27.1-26.45 in the event.
Beam was OK, Brooks said. Hannah stuck it. She had no falls. Maddy had
no falls. Kierra had a fall and I spotted
her on her dismount because its new.
She did it. Shell get that easy (in future
meets).
While the teams score on the uneven
bars wasnt high at 22.075, it was better
than Chequamegons total of 21.6 and
See GYMNASTS on page 14
Gets a piece of it
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Photo by Bryan Wegter
Medfords Ben Meier (left) gets just enough of Austin Zondlos shot to force a miss
in the second half of Tuesdays non-conference boys basketball game in Rib Lake. The
Raiders won 81-65, their seventh straight over the Redmen.
n.
Help Spread the Magic

Thank you to the City of Medford, all the businesses, groups and individuals involved and
all those who helped make the 2015 Holiday Magic on the Medford Riverwalk a success.
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Riverwalk
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Thursday, September
December 22,
17, 2011
2015
10-0 run sends Raiders past

Hodags; Hatchets trounced
With early results seeming to show
parity among girls basketball teams in
the Great Northern Conference, winning
road games might be the factor that separates teams as the season progresses.
The Medford Raiders, who nearly got
a big road win at Mosinee on Dec. 4, got
their first pivotal road win of the winter
on Tuesday with a 60-52 victory at Rhinelander.
The Hodags grabbed a 41-36 lead early
in the second half, but Medford stormed
back with a game-changing 10-0 run over
a four-minute span that put the team
ahead for good. The win puts Medford at
2-1 in the GNC with a chance to go to 3-1
into the holidays if the Raiders (2-2 overall) can get another key win over Northland Pines at Raider Hall on Friday.
The Hodags fell to 1-2, 2-4.
The Raiders got outstanding scoring
balance, got to the free throw line, cut
down on their turnovers (15, while forcing nearly 30) and rebounded well (a 33
-30 edge). All were key ingredients to a
big road win.
We knew they werent very deep,
Medford head coach Scott Wildberg said.
We wanted to hang with them in the
first half and in the last half of the second half, which would be like the fourth
quarter, we wanted to take advantage of
that. Plus we needed to be aggressive,
get into the pain and draw some fouls.
We did that. We got them into some foul
trouble and that really helped us.
Medford went into the second half
holding a slim 29-27 lead. Hailee Clausnitzer buried an early three-pointer to
make it 32-29, but the Hodags went on a
12-4 surge to seemingly take command.
Alli Schickert scored twice in the run as
did Kaly Kostrova, who wound up with a
game-high 22 points before fouling out in
the last minute.
At the 12-minute mark, Lainey Brunner scored off a Lakyn Kummer assist.
The Raiders got a defensive stop and
Hailee Clausnitzer scored on an offensive
putback to make it 41-40. A minute later,
Kummer assisted on a Maggie Baker
basket to give the Raiders the lead. Tori
Lammar, who missed a good portion of
the game after injuring her shoulder in
the first half, scored from the baseline
and then assisted on an elbow jumper
from Molly Carstensen that made it 46-41
with 8:07 left.
The Hodags answered with hoops
from Kostrova and Gracie Linsmeyer,
but Baker sank two free throws and then
drilled a key three-pointer from the left
wing to push the lead to six at 51-45 with
6:50 to go. From there, the Hodags never
got closer than four. Jenice Clausnitzer
hit a three-pointer for a 54-47 lead and
she converted a clinching three-point
play with 1:23 left to make it 57-49. The
Raiders sprinkled in three more free
throws down the stretch.
Medford wasnt outstanding at the
free throw line, making 15 of 29, but
Rhinelander was just four for seven, giving the Raiders a huge statistical advantage.
In a back-and-forth first half, senior
Cassandra Meyer gave Medford a spark,
scoring all nine of her points. She had
five quick points with just under two
minutes left in the half, hitting a threepointer from the top of the key and scoring off a steal. Brunner also was an early
factor with seven first-half points. She
had three points in the final minute.
There seemed to be a lid on the basket for us in the first half, Wildberg
said. We couldnt get much to fall from
GREAT NORTHERN CONFERENCE

GIRLS BASKETBALL STANDINGS
Conf.
Overall
W
L
W
L
Antigo
3
0
5
3
Lakeland
2
0
4
1
Medford
2
1
2
2
Mosinee
1
1
3
3
Rhinelander
1
2
2
4
Northland Pines
0
2
4
3
Tomahawk
0
3
0
8
Dec. 10: Medford 59, Tomahawk 18; Antigo
52, Rhinelander 44; Lakeland 86, Mosinee 69.
Dec. 11: Calumet, Mich. 71, Northland Pines 35.
Dec. 14: Mosinee 48, Waupaca 30.
Dec. 15: Medford 60, Rhinelander 52; Antigo
58, Northland Pines 55; Lakeland 92, Tomahawk
24.
Dec. 18: Northland Pines at Medford, Rhinelander at Lakeland, Tomahawk at Mosinee,
Clintonville at Antigo.
Dec. 21: Mosinee at Shawano, Athens at Northland Pines.
Dec. 22: Ashland at Medford, Antigo at Merrill, Tomahawk at Three Lakes.
the outside. We missed little bunnies inside. We missed some free throws. But
we got them in foul trouble a little bit,
and I think that got them on their heels
when that happened. By getting defensive stops and rebounding well, we were
able to stay close even though our shots
werent falling.
Jenice Clausnitzer led the Raiders
with 12 points. She had seven in the second half. Meyer and Brunner scored nine
points apiece. Baker had eight, seven of
which came in the second half. Hailee
Clausnitzer finished with seven points.
Lammar finished with six, Carstensen
scored four, Kummer scored three and
Sophia Pernsteiner had a first-half hoop.
Pernsteiner had seven rebounds, Kummer had six and Carstensen grabbed five.
Kummer had three assists and two steals.
Lammar had a pair of assists.
Eva OMelia hit double figures for
Rhinelander, scoring 12 points.
It was nice to see the even scoring,
Wildberg said. Thats what we really
want to see. We had really good bench
production. In my opinion, thats where
we beat them.
Northland Pines comes to Raider Hall
Friday at 0-2 in the GNC, but the Eagles
cant be taken lightly. They lost 64-62 at
Rhinelander on Dec. 4 and 58-55 at home
to league-leading Antigo Tuesday. They
feature one of the leagues top scoring
threats in junior Lexi Smith.
Were hoping we can limit Lexis
scoring, yet still play solid defense on the
other four players who are on the floor,
Wildberg said.
Medford hosts Ashland at 5:45 p.m. on
Tuesday in the first game of a girls-boys
doubleheader with the Oredockers.
Jeremy Mayo of the Northwoods River
News contributed to this report.
Not this time
Photo by Bob Mainhardt, Northwoods River News
Rhinelanders Kaly Kostrova may have led all scorers with 22 points, but Medfords
Lainey Brunner denies Kostrova on a shot from the left block in the second half of
Tuesdays game in Rhinelander. Brunner had nine points herself in Medfords 60-52
win.
Seasons first win

On Thursday, the Raiders quickly established control and buried the Tomahawk Hatchets 59-18 at Raider Hall to
earn their first win of the season.
The Hatchets, who show no sign of
leaving the GNC cellar any time soon, fell
behind Medford 25-0 before finally scoring their first basket by Kayleigh Brostowitz almost 10 and a half minutes in.
The Raiders stressed getting off to a
better start. Slow starts plagued the Raiders last year and in their GNC opener at
Mosinee. At least for one night, they fixed
that problem.
That was the start we wanted, head
coach Scott Wildberg said. We defended
them pretty well and we executed on the
offensive end.
See GIRLS HOOPS on page 4
On the baseline
Photo by Matt Frey
Medford sophomore Mackenzie Fries gets a step on Tomahawks Becca Doughty

on a baseline drive before bouncing a pass into the post during the second half of
Thursdays lopsided 59-18 win over the Hatchets at Raider Hall.
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With three champs, short-handed Raiders take fifth at Amherst

The Medford wrestlers filled just over
half of a lineup card at Saturdays Amherst Scramble, but that didnt stop the
Raiders from finishing fifth in the team
standings of the 13-team tournament.
Having three weight class champions
certainly helped.
Brothers Tanner and Tucker Peterson
impressively pinned their way to weight
class titles at 160 and 182 pounds and Kolten Hanson remained unbeaten in the
young season with a perfect day at 170
pounds. Freshman Andy Poetzl added
a second-place finish at 126 pounds for
the Raiders, who had just nine available
wrestlers.
Head coach Tran Brooks said the
most impressive performance may have
come from junior Tanner Peterson, who
WRESTLING STANDINGS
Duals Dual Meet
Total
W-L
Pts.
Pts.
Pts.
Rhinelander 0-0
0
0
0
Tomahawk
0-0
0
0
0
Lakeland
0-0
0
0
0
Antigo
0-0
0
0
0
Medford
0-0
0
0
0
Mosinee
0-0
0
0
0
Dec. 10: Rhinelander 34, Marshfield 33.
Dec. 12: Medford 5th at Amherst Invitational; Rhinelander 4th at Waunakee Invitational,
Mosinee 13th at Tomah Invitational, Lakeland
5th at Barron Invitational, Tomahawk 4th at
Laona-Wabeno Invitational.
Dec. 15: Antigo 67, Elcho 6.
Dec. 17: Tomahawk at Medford, Mosinee at
Rhinelander, Lakeland at Antigo.
Dec. 19: Lakeland at Green Bay Preble-East
Invitational, Tomahawk hosts Hatchet Invitational, Mosinee at Fond du Lac Loy Invitational,
Rhinelander and Antigo at Shawano Invite.
Tanner Peterson
Kolten Hanson
pinned all five of his opponents to capture the 160-pound title and all of them
were quick. He improved to 8-2.
Peterson started his day with pins in
1:38 over Timo Robeerts of Berlin and
1:16 over Ben Gibbony of NeillsvilleLoyal-Greenwood. He needed just 26 seconds to pin Fox Valley Lutherans Adam
Schneider in the quarterfinals and 50 seconds to pin Freedoms Alex Landsverk in
the semifinals. Peterson finished things
off with a pin in 1:16 over New Londons
Jacob Hoier in the finals. Hoier actually
got a takedown and three-point near fall
to start the match, but Peterson reversed
him and pinned him to end it.
Senior Tucker Peterson used four pins
to reach the 182-pound finals, where he
earned a 13-5 major decision over Amhersts Bryce Holderman, who fell to 10-2
for the year. Peterson built an 8-3 first-period lead with a couple of takedowns and
a late reversal. He added a second-period
reversal to go up 10-3.
Peterson, now 9-1, pinned Freedoms
Devin Moser in 24 seconds and Fox Valley Lutherans Cory Gruendemann in 27
seconds in pool competition. He pinned
Little Chutes Austin Meyer in 28 seconds
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and New Londons
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semifinals.
Hanson
improved to 10-0 with
five wins. He was
pushed for the entire six minutes
in the 170-pound
Tucker Peterson championship by
Neillsville-LoyalGreenwoods Stephen Buchanon, but he
was never threatened either in a 6-1 win.
In his pool, Hanson won by technical
fall, 20-4 over Thorps Peyton Montgomery in 4:05 and pinned New Londons
Brent Peterson in 18 seconds. He pinned
Little Chutes Colton Hawkins in 1:13 in
the quarterfinals and Amhersts Grant
Krogwold in 1:18 in the semifinals.
Brooks said Tucker Peterson and Hanson both basically wrestled up a weight
class. Hanson weighed in at about 160
pounds and Peterson weighed in at 170.
Brooks said Petersons quickness is a big
factor when he bumps up to 182.
Poetzl went 4-1 at 126 pounds to improve to 6-4 in the early going. With six
wrestlers, a round-robin format was used
in the weight class. Poetzls only loss was
a pin in 1:07 in his fourth match to Alex
Deheck, a freshman from Kewaskum
who is off to a 9-1 start. Poetzl took a 12-4
major decision over Little Chutes Dalton Polomis in his final match, using two
reversal-near fall combinations to account for 10 of his points. He pinned his
first three opponents, Kanyon Rachu of
Neillsville-Loyal-Greenwood (3:15), Robert Johannes of Amherst (1:10) and Elliot
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Jacob Thums had a solid outing at 220
pounds, taking fifth for the Raiders. He
won his two pool matches, pinning Fox
Valley Lutherans Sam Seelman in 34
seconds and Amhersts Lukas Brenner
in 2:27. Thums was pinned by Berlins
Joey Schmidt in 4:16 in the quarterfinals
but he rebounded with two more wins,
gaining a forfeit over Sam Baumgartner
of Neillsville-Loyal-Greenwood and a pin
in 44 seconds over New Londons Travis
Kuhnke.
Cody Church finished seventh at 120
pounds, getting a pin in 1:21 over New
Londons Alex Amador in the seventhplace match for his first win of the year.
After getting pinned by Kyle Gurney of
Neillsville-Loyal-Greenwood in his only
pool match, Church was competitive
in the placement bracket, falling 12-7 to
New Londons Maddie Ruckdashel and
8-7 to Jacob Simonis of Amherst.
Brayden Fultz was eighth at 138
pounds. He opened with a pin in 4:11
over Thorps Chad Pawlak before losing
by pin in his last four matches. Parker
Henrichs joined Tucker Peterson in the
182-pound competition. He was pinned
in his first two matches before reversing Fox Valley Lutherans Cory Gruendemann and sticking him at 1:09 in the
ninth-place match. Alex Davis was 12th
at 152 pounds, losing by pin in all five of
his matches.
Neillsville-Loyal-Greenwood, one of
Medfords regional opponents come February, won the meet with 265 team points,
well ahead of runner-up Kewaskum (182).
Freedoms JV team was third with 155.5
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Red Robins sweep wins against

Medfords boys swimmers
Flying Engel
Medfords Jason Engel competes during the 100-yard butterfly event at Tuesdays
GNC dual meet against Antigo. Engel finished third in 1:21.89.
Times much improved at Tomahawk

Lane Ruch collected Medfords first individual victory of the year, and he added a second-place finish in the 500-yard
freestyle during the boys swim teams 9753 loss at Tomahawk on Thursday.
Freshman Aaron Connelly and the
400-yard freestyle relay team of Jason
Engel, Matt Reuter, Preston Gingras and
Ruch also were credited with victories
late in the Great Northern Conference
dual meet where the Hatchets improved
to 2-1, while the Raiders slipped to 0-3.
Ruchs win came
in the meets second event, the 200yard freestyle. He
finished in 2:17.73
to easily beat Tomahawks Tom Reiter by 9.4 seconds.
Ruch also beat his
previous best time
of the new season in
this race by 7.8 secLane Ruch
onds. Engel came
in fourth at 2:40.94,
taking six seconds off his best time from
the previous week.
Ruch swam the 500-yard freestyle in
6:41.88, earning Medfords first points
in that event of the season. Tomahawks
Nathan Goehe won in 5:58.15. Ruch was
well ahead of third-place finisher Tyler
Larch (7:09.34).
Tomahawk swam the last two events
as exhibition events, allowing Medford
to claim all of the points. Connelly won
the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:32.79,
while Elijah Wipf was credited with second place in 1:42.02. Times for both freshmen were their best so far. The 400-yard
freestyle team finished in 4:25.78, which
beat Tomahawks B team by 0.11 seconds
and was Medfords best time of the season. Tomahawks top team had a time of
4:06.4.
Connelly added a third-place time of
2:56.58 in the 200-yard individual medley, improving by nearly 15 seconds. Engel was third in the 100-yard butterfly at
1:31.55, improving by a half-second over
his time at Shawano on Dec. 3.
The Raiders scored five points in the
100-yard freestyle. Gingras took third
in 1:05.89, improving by more than two
seconds. Reuter was fourth in 1:10.96,
cutting more than a second off his time
at Shawano. Joey Kraemer was sixth in
1:22.22, improving by about 5.5 seconds.
Logan Loretz won for Tomahawk in 56.9
seconds.
Gingras added two fourth-place points
in the 50-yard freestyle at 28.86 seconds,
another big improvement of 4.14 seconds.
Brendan Griesbach got the fifth-place
point at 34.34 seconds and Kraemer was
sixth in 35.35 seconds. Loretz won in 24.92
seconds. Griesbach was fourth in the 100yard backstroke with a time of 1:43.83,
improving by 11.14 seconds over his time
at Lakeland on Dec. 1. Reuter was fifth
in 1:46.7, improving by almost four seconds. Jacob Miller won for Tomahawk in
1:16.32.
The teams improvements also were
evident in the other two relays. The 200yard medley team of Gingras, Engel,
Ruch and Reuter were third in 2:19.63,
five seconds better than the Shawano
meet. Joe Griesbach, Wipf, Connelly and
Kraemer were fourth in 3:00.4. Tomahawks winning time was 1:58.63. The
200-yard freestyle team of Connelly,
Wipf, Kraemer and Brendan Griesbach
finished in 2:19.49, easily the best mark
by a Medford team so far.
Alejandro Vazquez represented Medford in three JV events. He was third in
the 50-yard freestyle at 43.73 seconds, second in the 100-yard backstroke at 2:20.71
and sixth in the 100-yard freestyle at
1:42.16.
Antigo got the top two positions in every event save the 400-yard free relay and
cruised to a 117-44 Great Northern Conference boys swimming dual win over
Medford on Tuesday at Medford High
School.
Colin Koss won every event he swam
for the Red Robins, including the 50-yard
freestyle (22.54) and 100-yard butterfly
(56.79). Along with Bram Roff, Austin
Arlen and Collin Cooper he won the 200yard freestyle relay (1:46.95) and with
Spencer Fittante, Alex Schlundt and
Zach Reineke was part of the Robins
winning 400-yard freestyle relay (4:00.75).
Medfords top finish was second place
in the 400-yard freestyle relay. Lane
Ruch, Matt Reuter, Jason Engel and
Preston Gingras swam the race in 4:27.56.
Ruch had a lead over Fittante after one
leg, but the Robins quickly overcame the
gap.
With four meets in already, the boys
have made significant improvement
even from last year. Across the board
the entire team is getting stronger. Now
is when they need to start believing in
themselves, Medford head coach Shari
Bergman said.
The Raiders return to the pool tonight,
Thursday, Dec. 17, against Rhinelander
at home for another GNC dual. The Hodags are 3-1 so far in conference duals.
Medford is 0-4.
Holden, Cooper, Schlundt and Reineke
won the 200-yard medley relay in 2:02.40.
Medfords top group finished third in
2:16.46, consisting of Gingras, Engel,
Ruch and Reuter. Brendan Greisbach,
Elijah Wipf, Aaron Connelly and Joey
Kraemer took fourth in 2:39.65.
Antigos Meidl got individual wins in
the 200 and 500-yard freestyle races in
2:04.94 and 5:47.85 respectively. Ruch led
the Raiders in the 200 with a third-place
finish in 2:20.01. Gingras was fourth in
2:55.34 and Greisbach was fifth in 3:09.88.
Ruch also competed in the 500 and finished third in 6:34.94, picking up three
points for the team.
Connelly led Medford in the 200-yard
individual medley. He finished in third
in 2:57.51. Wipf was fourth in 3:26.27. Con-

BOYS SWIM STANDINGS
Duals Dual Meet
Total
W-L
Pts.
Pts.
Pts.
Lakeland
3-1
3
0
3
Antigo
3-1
3
0
3
Rhinelander 3-1
3
0
3
Tomahawk
2-2
2
0
2
Shawano
1-3
1
0
1
Medford
0-4
0
0
0
Dec. 10: Tomahawk 97, Medford 53; Rhinelander 87, Lakeland 82; Antigo 101, Shawano 61.
Dec. 12 at Rhinelander: 1. Rhinelander, 120; 4.
Lakeland, 92; 6. Tomahawk, 76; 7. Shawano, 68.
Dec. 15: Antigo 117, Medford 44; Rhinelander
98, Shawano 70; Lakeland 94, Tomahawk 72; Rice
Lake 86, Lakeland 84; Rice Lake 106, Tomahawk
63.
Dec. 17: Rhinelander at Medford, Lakeland at
Shawano, Antigo at Tomahawk.
Dec. 19: Rhinelander at Eau Claire North Invite.
Dec. 22: Shawano at Medford.
nelly also took third in the 100-yard backstroke in 1:29.27. Greisbach was fourth in
1:45.50 and Vazquez took sixth in 2:24.99.
Were almost at the middle of the season and their times are exactly where
they should be, if not better. Our goals
at the very beginning of the season were
all about personal
improvement and
were doing just
that,
Bergman
said.
Reuter took third
in the 50-yard freestyle in 31.11. Joey
Kraemer was fourth
in 37.04 and Alejandro Vazquez came
in sixth (43.23).
Matt Reuter
Engel was Medfords lone competitor in the 100-yard butterfly. He finished
third in 1:21.89.
Arlen won the 100-yard freestyle for
Antigo in 58.85. Gingras took third in
1:09.09. Reuter was fourth (1:12.71), Kraemer was fifth (1:25.90) and Vazquez was
sixth (1:42.75).
Greisbach, Kraemer, Wipf and Connelly swam the 200-yard freestyle relay
in 2:20.03 and finished third.
Antigos Cooper won the 100-yard
breaststroke in 1:15.55. Engel led the
Raiders in third in 1:26.59. Wipf was
fourth in 1:28.54.
Girls hoops team wins twice

Medford led 40-9 at halftime. The
coaches were able to substitute freely
from the late first half through the end of
the game. Everyone except Emily Shipman, who had a couple of unfortunate
rolls off the rim, put points on the board.
Hailee Clausnitzer canned two threepoint shots, Brunner scored three points
inside, Kummer and Lammar scored and
Baker and Carstensen added free throws
for Medfords first 16 points. Meyer assisted on a lay-in for Carstensen, Meyer
made a free throw, then Meyer and Baker each drilled three-pointers to push
the lead to 25 before Tomahawk finally
scored.
Pernsteiner put back a Shipman miss
and Kummer got an easy bucket off steal
when the Hatchets fell asleep on a simple
backcourt inbound pass to make it 29-2.
The lead got over 30 when Hailee Clausnitzer rebounded her own miss and hit
a short jumper, Jenice Clausnitzer converted a three-point play and Meyer hit
one of two free throws with 13.1 seconds
left.
Baker, a junior guard, was the offensive star of the second half, hitting
three long jumpers, one from three-point
range. Her 12 points led all scorers. Baker hadnt scored in either of Medfords
first two games. Hailee Clausnitzer also
hit double digits with 10.
Baker hit a three-pointer and Meyer
put back a shot by Shipman that rolled
off the rim to give Medford a 50-11 lead
early in the half, but the Raiders couldnt
kick the 40-point running clock rule into
effect until the end of the game. Sophomore Mackenzie Fries, in her first varsity action, got a short shot to fall, then
Kummers transition jumper gave Medford a 58-17 lead with 1:44 to go.
Kummer and Meyer scored seven
points apiece, Lammar and Carstensen
had five each and Pernsteiner and Brunner scored four each. Jenice Clausnitzer
had three points and Fries finished with
two.
Alex Bellile led the Hatchets, who fell
to 0-2 in the GNC and 0-7 overall, with
eight points. Brostowitz scored seven.
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Hatchets come out firing, put

Raiders away early in 8-0 shutout
What on paper looked like a winnable
hockey game for the Medford Raiders got
away from them quickly Tuesday in an
8-0 loss to the Tomahawk Hatchets at the
Simek Recreation Center.
The Hatchets entered Tuesdays game
0-4 in the Great Northern Conference, but
they left with a two-game winning streak
and a 2-4-1 overall record after punching
in four first-period goals and three more
in the second.
Medford fell to 0-3 in the GNC and 1-3
overall and was shut out for the third
straight game. The Raiders are now
scoreless in their last 170 game minutes.
We know we can score four goals in
a period, Medford head coach Eric Vach
said. We did it in the first game. But we
just cant find the back of the net right
now. We cant make it happen.
Daniel Hanke only made 12 saves to
collect the shutout, but most of those
were solid shots. The Raiders had a
couple of good breakaway chances, put a
couple of hard slap shots on Hanke and
had a rebound chance or two, but the senior was up to the challenge.
The effort on the defensive end, however, was the more disappointing aspect
of this loss, Vach said.
We didnt really show up or decided
not to, he said. Weve been working on
the physical aspect of the game in practice. In the third period it finally came.
Medford got the games first big break
6:24 in when a goal by Tomahawks Jordan Tomaszewski was waved off due to
an interference penalty that was called
at the same time. Instead of taking advantage of the power play chance, Medford gave up a short-handed goal at 7:20
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BOYS HOCKEY STANDINGS
Conf.
Conf.
Overall
W-L-T
Pts.
W-L-T
Antigo
5-0-0
15
7-0-0
Northland Pines
3-0-0
9
4-1-0
Mosinee
2-0-0
6
5-3-0
Lakeland
2-2-0
6
3-4-0
Waupaca
2-2-0
6
3-5-0
Tomahawk
1-4-0
3
2-4-1
Medford
0-3-0
0
1-3-0
Rhinelander
0-4-0
0
1-4-0
Dec. 10: Antigo 9, Lakeland 0; Waupaca 5,
Tomahawk 0; Northland Pines 7, Rhinelander 2;
Wausau West 8, Mosinee 2.
Dec. 12: Waupaca 4, Rhinelander 2; Rice Lake 5,
Lakeland 0; Mosinee 8, Wausau East 0; Tomahawk 6, Chequamegon-Phillips 5.
Dec. 15: Tomahawk 8, Medford 0; Antigo
5, Waupaca 0; Lakeland 9, Rhinelander 4; D.C.
Everest 6, Mosinee 2.
Dec. 17: Medford at Rhinelander, Northland
Pines at Antigo, Lakeland at Tomahawk, D.C.
Everest at Waupaca.
Dec. 18: Shawano at Rhinelander.
Dec. 22: Medford at Wausau East, Rhinelander at Tomahawk, Lakeland at ChequamegonPhillips, S.P. Pacelli at Waupaca.
to Kole Woodall. Hanke stoned Klayton

Kree on a breakaway three minutes later. Then, at 13:59, Medford got caught on
a line change and Steven Renn got a clear
shot in front of the net. Spenser Scholl
made the initial save, but Renn pounced
on his own rebound and scored. Brett
Gerber and Max Bembinster had the assists.
The killer goals came 29 seconds
apart in the final minute of the 17-minute period, doubling Tomahawks lead.
Scholl made a big save, but the Hatchets
kept the pressure on and Tomaszewski
punched in an unassisted goal with 46
seconds left. With 17 seconds left, Jakob
Panzer beat Scholl stick side with an assist from Renn.
Gerber scored 3:22 into
the second period, assisted
by Panzer. Panzer scored
at 4:08 and Tanner Bartz
made it 7-0 with a powerplay goal. Patrick Setaelae
closed the scoring, tapping
the puck just under goalie
Tyler Kadlecek with 50
seconds left in the game.
Scholl had 19 saves on
26 shots in 25:08. Kadlecek
stopped 13 of 14 shots in
25:52.
Tyler did a great job,
Vach said. Were concentrating on both goalies seeing ice time this year. It is
what it is. They need experience. Our defense, they
stepped up at the end of the
game. Third period everybody decided to show up.
Medford is at Rhinelander tonight, Thursday,
for a 7 p.m. GNC battle
with the Hodags. The Raiders will close out the preholiday portion of their
schedule at Wausau East
on Tuesday. Face-off at
Marathon Park is set for
7:15 p.m.
Photo by Matt Frey
A new banner was unveiled at the Simek Recreation

Center during Tuesdays first intermission, celebrating
the Medford Bulldogs Wisconsin Amateur Hockey Assocition state championship at the Pee Wee 4A Level
last winter.
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Portage claims brooms in annual battle

Medfords varsity curling teams came
home empty handed Monday from their
annual Battle of the Brooms with the
Portage Warriors.
The varsity boys team of Noah Jalowitz, Douglas Schumacher, Trenton Geiger and Sam Dake came up just short of
keeping their traveling broom trophy
for another year, losing their afternoon
game against Portages varsity 7-6. Medford trailed 3-0 after one end and 7-2 after
Portage scored three in the fifth before
rallying in the last three ends to make it
close.
Earlier in the day, the varsity beat
Portages JV 11-7. That wound up being
Medfords only win of the day.
Medford had won the boys broom
three of the past four years.
Portages varsity girls team maintained its control of that broom, winning
it for the fifth straight year. The Warriors beat Medfords team of Tonja Firnstahl, Jori Brandner, Rebecca Smolka and
Shaniah Krueger 7-2 in the afternoon
match. The Raiders scored their points
in the first end and were shut out after
that. The Raiders also fell to Portages JV
7-5 in the morning round.
The JV boys team of Jace Laher, Riley Kleist, Brady Tlusty and Sam Lindow
lost 8-6 to Portages JV and 11-1 to the varsity. The JV girls team of Courtney Ster-
Pool
Wednesday Night League
Cindys Bar I, 34 wins; Cindys Bar II, 31; Gad
Bar, 29; Thirsty Choppers, 29; Kountry Korners,
28; VFW II, 28; PBRs Lounge Around I, 26; PBRs
Lounge Around II, 26; Bogeys, 26; A&E, 24, VFW
I, 23; Thirsty Moose, 13; Deer Trail, 7.
Dec. 9: Lounge Around II 5, VFW I 4; Thirsty
Choppers 5, VFW II 4; Kountry Korner 8, Thirsty
Moose 1; Bogeys 8, Deer Trail 1; Cindys I 5, Gad
4; Cindys II 7, A&E 2; Lounge Around I, bye.
zinger, Heidi Fliehs, Beth Wilson and

Avery Apfelbeck lost 11-4 to Portages JV
and 13-0 to the varsity.
All of Medfords teams are at the
Wausau Curling Club on Friday to take
on the Wausau West Warriors at 3 p.m.
Wrestlers
points, followed by New London (142.5),
Medford (140.5), Amherst (133.5), Little
Chute (129), Berlin (84), Fox Valley Lutheran and Thorp (57 each), Tri-County
(35.5), Oshkosh Lourdes (26) and Appleton Xavier (3).
Medford starts Great Northern Conference competition tonight, Thursday,
by hosting the Tomahawk Hatchets in a
7 p.m. dual meet at Raider Hall.
Basketball
Stratford STAR League
Dec. 13 results
A Division
Victory Apparel 82, A&B Process Systems 75
(Jordan Schlinsog, VA, 25 points; Connor Staab,
VA, 20 points; Andy Bliven, A&B, 24 points,
Nate Lehman, A&B, 23 points); Kafka Forestry 83,
Smazals Hunters Choice 76 (Marshall Lehman,
KF, 23 points; Chris Hannula, SHC, 28 points);
Prudential/Success Realty 89, US Bancorp 63 (Dan
Dargenio, P/SR, 27 points).
B Division
Wicks Auto Body 82, Nutz Deep II 71 (Jeff Quednow, WAB, 23 points; Jordan Blomberg, WAB, 20
points); Arbys 74, Resource Recovery 69 (Derek
Wojcik, Arbys, 25 points; Dion Behm, Arbys 23
points; Joel Christopherson, RR, 21 points); Davis
Auto 111, BSI Stainless 73 (Kyle Davis, DA, 43
points; Lucious Messerschmidt, DA, 39 points).
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Raiders cant outscore Tigers

in a girls hockey shootout
Offensively, Medfords girls hockey
team got some breaks and found the net
five times on Monday, more than doubling the Raiders output through its first
four games.
But the Black River Falls co-op had
answers for every goal Medford scored
in the first two periods and then some
to take a 9-5 non-conference win at the
Simek Recreation Center.
The Raiders got within 4-3 on a Marissa McPeak goal 6:37 into the second period, but the Tigers scored 20 seconds later
to start a 5-0 run that put the game away.
Medford dropped to 0-5 overall, while the
Tigers improved to 2-6.
Penalties is what hurt us, Medford
head coach Chad Demulling said. With
only 11 skaters, we were running out of
gas. Give them credit, they had some
pretty good skaters. Decent hands and
they were really quick to regroup in the
neutral zone. They were quick in there
and always on the attack. They had a lot
of three-on-two attacks.
All five of Medfords penalties came
in the second period. Two of the Tigers
five second-period goals came on power
plays.
There was an early sign that this
might be Medfords night. Just 2:01 in,
McPeak got the puck from Amanda
Bauer and dumped it on net from center
ice. Somehow, it handcuffed Tiger goalie
Semra Sipahioglu and found the back of

GIRLS HOCKEY STANDINGS
Conf.
Conf.
Overall
W-L-T
Pts.
W-L-T
Lakeland
3-0-0
6
4-0-0
Waupaca Co-op
2-0-0
4
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Northland Pines
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Northern Edge
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0-3-0
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Brookfield Co-op 3 (OT).
Dec. 14: Black River Falls Co-op 9, Medford
5; Northland Pines 7, Point-Rapids-Marshfield 4.
Dec. 15: Lakeland 7, Tomahawk 0 (nc).
Dec. 18: Tomahawk at Medford, Waupaca at
Northland Pines.
Dec. 22: Lakeland at Medford, Northern Edge
at Tomahawk, Waupaca at Central Wisconsin.
the net for a 1-0 lead. However, that lead

lasted just 14 seconds. The Tigers won
the ensuing face-off. Kacie Suchanek got
the puck to Jade Potter in the slot and
Potter buried her shot to tie it.
I walked over and said to the girls,
dont let them score now and before I
got done saying it, they scored, Demulling said. OK, scratch that. Now go score
again.
Thats what the Raiders did at the
12:44 mark. Elise Southworth pushed the
puck up the right side and shot a centering pass toward Emily Quante. The puck
was deflected, finding its way to McPeak
and eventually Southworth again who
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Medford forward Mikayla Kelz tries to maintain control of the puck while Waupacas Katarina Otter-Giese (14) and Jamie Slattery (not pictured) try to poke it away
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range, but the puck squirted to Ledebuhr
who backhanded it in for an easy goal.
Potter also had an assist. McPeak collected her second goal of the game, picking
up a loose puck in the neutral zone. After
getting inside the blue line, she fired a
shot that bounced off Sipahioglus glove
and got under the cross bar. The Tigers
were called for slashing just 20 seconds
later, but the power play took a wrong
turn for Medford in just 13 seconds when
Tiger Ashley Overlien used her speed
to pick up the puck, beat a defender and
scored a short-handed goal.
At 9:11, Kaytlin Johnson scored low
to the glove side with an assist from Taylor Gular on a Black River Falls power
play. One minute later, Khloe Spors got
a breakaway chance and beat Lybert
with a beautiful fake and backhand shot
to make it 7-3. At 13:47, with one second
left on a four-on-three power play, Overlien rushed the net and was stopped but
Zillmer tapped in the rebound.
Baileigh Johnson rebounded a shot by
Zillmer 1:50 into the third period to push
the lead to 9-3, but the Raiders played

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11 saves in the period. Offensively, Katy
Branstetter buried a long shot from the
right wing at the 4:40 mark after McPeak had poked it away from a Tiger in
a battle along the boards. With 1:16 left in
the game, Joelle Zenner broke out after
a face-off in the defensive zone and beat
Sipahioglu high to the stick side for her
first goal of the year.
Demulling said the improved defense
in the third period was good to see.
Weve been working on that in practice and talking about it, he said. Dont
worry about the puck. Move some bodies.
Someone will pick the puck up. Tie up
their sticks so they cant shoot. Give Emily Lybert credit. In the Waupaca game
and this game she had a lot of big saves.
Lybert was credited with 15 saves. Sipahioglu had 14.
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Rib Lake hands Prentice

74-62 loss in North opener
Above the Bucs
Rib Lakes Austin Ewan drives past Prentices Beau Merriman (left) on his way to
a layup while Taylor Brayton (22) and Joe Scheithauer battle for rebounding position
during last Thursdays Marawood North game in Rib Lake.
Local battle won by Medford

jumper. Garrett Strebig doubled the lead
with his first three of the night and Medford pulled away with an 11-3 run over
the final six minutes of the half. The
Raiders led 34-23 at the break, thanks to
22 Rib Lake turnovers.
We liked the speed and the pace.
Weve got a young group and they love
to play this style. Theyre still learning
when to go and when to pull back. When
they got out of control we pulled some
guys out, Medford head coach Ryan
Brown said.
The guys didnt come prepared to
play. I dont think they approached it
with the thought hey we can beat these
guys. It was theyre gonna win anyway
so lets just keep it close, Wild said.
The Raiders began the second half on
a 19-2 run. Sullivan knifed through Rib
Lakes defense for two layups. Wenzel hit
a three. Ekwueme scored six and had two
steals during the first five minutes of the
second.
At halftime we talked about how we
had to get going. We knew we had to get
it done, Garrett Strebig said.
They have good pressure up and
down the floor. They move the ball well.
We played bad and gave into the pressure, Dalton Strebig said.
We wanted to work the ball and make
them work on defense. We tried to wear
them down, Meier said.
Ewans three-point play with 10:40
to go stopped the bleeding. Medford answered with threes on three-straight
possessions. Sandwiched between a Sullivan three and deep two-pointer, Garrett Strebig hit two threes, including
one from NBA-range with 9:04 left. With
the Raiders up 70-36, the Redmen finally
seemed to get their offense going.
Led by eight points from Scheithauer,
Rib Lake put together a 19-2 run of their
own. The 6-3 senior, averaging 22.3 ppg
going into Tuesday, was held to a seasonlow 12 points on 5 of 11 shooting, including a buzzer-beating layup at the end of
the second half. At halftime, he had two

points. Scheithauer did grab 17 boards.
As the tallest player on either roster, he
was a point of emphasis for Medfords defense.
That was an area of focus. We always
had a body on him. In the first half we
were having a second player look for him
too. We went away from that in the second half and he started finding ways to
score, Brown said.
Sullivan made another three with 3:20
to play, rounding out his season-high
scoring effort. He is the fourth player
in five games to lead Medford in scoring. Ekwueme scored 16, including 10
in the second half. Wenzel finished with
13 points, matching his scoring average for the year. Garrett Strebig had 13
points and is averaging 3.2 three-pointers
through five games. Meier scored seven,
Josh Thiede had six and Sommer netted
five.
We took a step forward tonight. We
did a much better job of turning transitions into points in the second half. We
werent finishing in the first half. Rib
Lake is a smaller school but they have a
nice team, Brown said.
Dalton Strebig hit two late threes,
bringing his scoring total to 15, a seasonhigh for the senior guard. Zondlo had his
best game of the year. He scored six in
the first and 10 in the second to lead Rib
Lake with 16 points and grabbed seven
rebounds. Ewan scored 14 and Weinke
had 10. Carson Patrick equalled his season-high with five points.
Towards the end of the second half
guys started going where they needed to
go when they passed the ball, all of a sudden were getting layups. They just broke
when we got down. The main thing is
that we need to keep preparing ourselves
and not start pointing fingers when
things dont go well, Wild said. Hopefully this will refocus us going back into
the conference season. The guys need to
bring it.
Joe Scheithauer scored 23 points

and grabbed 24 rebounds, Noah Weinke
scored a season-high 13 and the Rib Lake
Redmen beat the Prentice Buccaneers 7462 in last Thursdays Marawood North
boys basketball game.
The win gives the Redmen fourstraight over the arch-rival Buccaneers
and five of six dating back to Jan. 10,
2014. Prior to that, Prentice had won 12
straight in the rivalry.
Theres definitely more nerves
against Prentice. After the first few minutes we settled in, Rib Lake senior Austin Ewan said.
Rib Lake sits at 1-0 in the North. Prentice is 0-2 after a 53-50 loss to Chequamegon on Tuesday.
Weinke scored the first five points of
the game. The senior guard knifed his
way through the lane for a layup after
Scheithauer won the opening tip for Rib
Lake. Weinke then swiped the ball from
Prentices Taylor Brayton and banked in
a shot while being fouled to fire up the
capacity crowd at Rib Lake High School.
The bonus shot was good and the Redmen were up 5-0 after 13 seconds.
Prentice got the next four points, all
by junior guard Drew Rohde, and after
tying the game at seven, pushed into the
lead when Joe Jast made a three at the
13:32 mark. A two by Alex Ulrich extended the Buccaneers lead to five.
We were rushing ourselves offensively in the first half. The guys were so
excited and amped up to play, Rib Lake
head coach Jason Wild said. We were
running around like chickens with our
heads cut off.
The Redmen finally recaptured the
lead with 2:30 until halftime when
Scheithauer put back Tray Sutherlands two-point miss, making it a 27-26
game. With 30 seconds left on the clock,
Scheithauers left-handed floater gave
Ball on the floor
MARAWOOD NORTH DIVISION

BOYS BASKETBALL STANDINGS
Conf.
Overall
W
L
W
L
Phillips
2
0
3
1
Chequamegon
2
0
3
3
Rib Lake
1
0
3
2
Edgar
0
0
3
2
Abbotsford
0
1
1
2
Prentice
0
2
1
4
Athens
0
2
0
4
Dec. 10: Rib Lake 74, Prentice 62; Chequamegon 66, Athens 43.
Dec. 11: Phillips 61, Abbotsford 59; Edgar 48,
Owen-Withee 40.
Dec. 15: Medford 81, Rib Lake 65; Chequamegon 53, Prentice 50; Phillips 84, Athens 40;
Edgar 63, Iola-Scandinavia 60.
Dec. 18: Edgar at Chequamegon, Prentice at
Phillips, Athens at Abbotsford.
Dec. 21: Athens at Colby.
Dec. 22: Chequamegon at Rib Lake, Phillips
at Edgar, Abbotsford at Prentice.
Rib Lake a 33-30 lead at the break. Despite not scoring for the first 7:30 of the
game, Scheithauer led Rib Lake with 12
first half points. Austin Zondlo scored
eight, his total for the game, and Weinke
had seven. Rohde had seven of his gamehigh 25 points in the first half.
I kept cycling guys in the first half,
trying to give them a breather and settle them down. We just wanted to hang
around in the first half, Wild said.
The two sides traded baskets for the
first five minutes of the second half. Then
the threes started raining.
With Rib Lake up 43-35, Jast made
threes on consecutive possessions.
Scheithauer hit a two-point jumper and
Nick Eisner responded with the Redmens first three of the game with 12:30
left. Dalton Strebigs finger-roll two and
three-pointer from the right wing pushed
Rib Lake up 55-45.
Rohde scored four straight points, but
Rib Lake broke the game open with a
13-0 run starting at the 8:24 mark. Ewan
See REDMEN on page 8
Rib Lakes Dalton Strebig (left), Noah Weinke (front) and Joe Scheithauer (back)
battle with Medfords Cam Wenzel for a loose ball in the first half of Tuesdays nonconference basketball game in Rib Lake.
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Thursday, September
December 22,
17, 2011
2015
Mosinee outlasts Medford in thrilling boys hoops GNC opener

In a game played with post-season intensity in a post-season atmosphere at
Raider Hall, the Medford boys basketball
team took solace in knowing its 68-64 loss
to Mosinee in Fridays Great Northern
Conference opener is still part of the beginning stages of what looks to be an exciting 2015-16 journey.
The Raiders pushed one of the GNCs
pre-season favorites for the entire 36
minutes, digging out of sizable deficits
in each half. They had chances to tie it
Pressure D
or win it in the final seconds but missed

free throws and a lost defensive rebound
sealed Mosinees escape.
Through four games, the teams season theme of relentless seems right on
the money.
We just put a word out there and
talk about it, Medford head coach Ryan
Brown said after the Raiders fell to 3-1
overall. They constantly keep defining
it because they play that hard in practice
and they play with that much energy in
the game. Their attitude every single day
is they want to come and get better. Its
Photo by Matt Frey
Medfords Jake Sullivan hounds Mosinees Jordan Budnik in the backcourt during
the second half of Fridays GNC thriller at Raider Hall. Sullivan scored eight points in
the 68-64 loss.
Redmen knock off Prentice

scored five during the streak. Strebig
nailed another three. Scheithauer scored
three points and Weinke added a twopointer.
Thats the way it is with these guys.
Once someone gets going they all start
clicking. Youre just waiting for just
one guy to make a big shot, Wild said.
Ewan got inside more and Dalton did
a good job off the bench. He got a few
threes that helped.
Rib Lakes lead was as large as 19 before Prentice cut the margin with six of
the games last eight points.
We had a rough first half. We came
out in the second half knowing we had
to play twice as good and thats how we
kicked their butt, Ewan said.
We were much more up-tempo. We
got in a groove, Weinke said.
The Redmen attempted a season-low
17 threes and only nine free throws, instead choosing to attack Prentice with
mid-range jumpers. Rib Lake made 30
two-point field goals in the game and was
.452 (33-73) from the field. Ewan scored 11

and Strebig had 10. Zondlo was second
on the team with eight rebounds. Eisner
grabbed four boards and scored seven
points. Weinke and Strebig had four assists and three steals each.
We ran our offense through
Scheithauer in the second half. We put
him in the post and we were able to work
from the inside-out, Wild said. The 6-3
Scheithauer continues to dominate opponents. Hes posted 20-20 numbers in three
of four games and recorded a season-high
five blocks against Prentice.
Jast had 16 points and Brayton nine
for the Bucs. Ulrich scored six. No other Prentice player had more than two
points.
Prentice is a good team. Rohde can
really play and score around the basket.
Brayton and Jast hit some nice shots,
Wild said.
The two rivals meet again on Jan. 21
in Prentice.
just fun to watch out there because they

play with so much positive emotion.
It didnt look good when Jared Novitzke scored back-to-back hoops to put
the Indians up 62-49 with 7:15 left. After
a timeout, Josh Thiede drove and scored,
then the Raiders picked up their defensive intensity and rattled the Indians.
Ben Meier got a steal and score,
then he tipped a pass that led to an Osy
Ekwueme bucket that made it 62-55 with
5:26 to go. After another stop, Ekwueme
split a couple of defenders and scored
at the rim. Jake Sullivan got a steal, got
the ball to Garrett Strebig and he pushed
it to Ekwueme, who converted a threepoint play. Suddenly, it was a 62-60 game
with 4:19 still to play.
The Raiders failed to tie or take the
lead on their next three possessions.
Jordan Budnik sank two free throws to
put Mosinee back up by four 2:30 to go.
After two more empty possessions offensively, the Raiders got a big blocked shot
by Cameron Wenzel at the rim against
Novitzke, leading to free throws for Sullivan with 1:33 to go. He made one of two
to make it a three-point game. Novitzke
answered with a strong post-up bucket to
make it 66-61.
Ekwuemes steal, score and harm
gave Medford hope again with 34.8 seconds to go, but he missed the free throw.
The foul on the play was Budniks fifth.
The senior go-to guard for Mosinee had
13 points and was the Indians best ball
handler against Medfords pressure.
Mosinee missed a bonus free throw
with 20.7 seconds to go, had the offensive
rebound but threw the ball away. Wenzel
got a look at a tying three-pointer just
right of the top of the key. He missed it
but was fouled with 6.5 seconds left by 6-4
forward Nick Bolanda, who became the
second Indian to foul out. Unfortunately,
Wenzel, who had made six of seven free
throws in the game up to that point, only
made the last of his three shots to make it
66-64. Indian Ben Fochs missed the front
end of a bonus free throw with 4.7 seconds left, but the Raiders couldnt come
up with the rebound and Oliver Barnes
clinched it for the visitors with a tip-in
as time expired.
With two key Mosinee starters out,
Medford might have had an edge had the
game gone into overtime.
I think we wouldve had a great
shot, Brown said. We were hoping to
even get a shot to win it before the end
of the game. We felt like we were in position. They just did a good job at the end of
getting the tip to finish the game.
The Raiders never led in the first half,
only forging ties at 2-2 and 4-4. But they
never let the Indians get out of reach either. Turnovers were Medfords main
problem on offense.
We play against the run and jump every day, Brown said. For some reason
we were running to spots where we know
we dont want to run. We talked about it
at halftime. Take a couple of dribbles, let
the defense set itself, swing the ball and
then clear out and see what they do. If
they come back to double, diagonal cut
and hit that guy. If they let us go one-onone, were comfortable with the ball handlers we have. In the second half we did a
much better job.
Then the real big thing I think that
started to get us back was we just let
them get in the paint way too much in
the first half, he added. We were overpursuing. Every time they got in the
paint, they did a great job of either kicking out for an open three or hitting that
post on the weak side. Once we stopped
letting them get into the middle is really
when we made our run.
Three-pointers by Logan Miller and
Bolanda helped Mosinee stretch its

Conf.
Overall
W
L
W
L
Rhinelander
1
0
2
0
Lakeland
1
0
5
1
Mosinee
1
0
3
2
Tomahawk
0
0
5
0
Medford
0
1
4
1
Antigo
0
1
3
2
Northland Pines
0
1
3
2
Dec. 11: Mosinee 68, Medford 64; Lakeland 55,
Antigo 51; Rhinelander 64, Northland Pines 31;
Tomahawk 72, Lincoln Hills 57.
Dec. 12: Lakeland 69, Rice Lake 65.
Dec. 14: Antigo 70, Menominee, Mich. 66.
Dec. 15: Medford 81, Rib Lake 65; Marshfield
74, Mosinee 69; Lakeland 53, Merrill 50; Antigo
49, S.P. Pacelli 43; Tomahawk 54, Crandon 31.
Dec. 17: Medford at Tomahawk, Rhinelander
at Mosinee, Antigo at Northland Pines.
Dec. 22: Ashland at Medford, Wausau East at
Antigo, Shawano at Mosinee, Laona-Wabeno at
Northland Pines.
early lead to 21-12. Sullivan buried a

three-pointer off an Ekwueme assist and
Strebig sank a three-ball off a Sullivan
assist to pull the Raiders within 23-18.
Mosinee pushed its lead back to nine at
29-20, but Brady Loertscher rolled in a
shot from a nearly impossible angle underneath the hoop off a long assist from
Wenzel and Ekueme scored. Sullivan answered a Fochs hoop with a three-ball to
cut the lead to 31-27 before Tyler Voight
made a late free throw to give Mosinee a
32-27 halftime lead.
Meier, who was saddled with three
early fouls, quickly got back into the
flow after halftime. He sank back-to-back
three-pointers from the left wing to give
the Raiders their first lead at 33-32. Fochs answered with a three. Wenzel made
two free throws to tie it. Budniks three
was answered by Strebigs three. Strebig
then sank two free throws with 13:27 left
to give the Raiders their last lead at 40-38.
Voight, a 6-6 sharp-shooter, swished a
three-ball to put Mosinee back on top. His
shot sparked Mosinees 24-9 run. Fochs
hit two threes in the run, Jake Bolanda
scored twice and Budnik scored twice,
including a highlight-reel spin move and
reverse layup that made it 52-44.
Ekwueme led the Raiders with 17
points, while Strebig had 15, including
three of Medfords six three-point buckets. Wenzel finished with nine points,
while Sullivan and Meier had eight
apiece. Thiede had three points, while
Loertscher and Garrett Sommer each
made a bucket.
Everybody played a role in that
comeback, Brown said. They were just
going to keep fighting to the very end. I
started to see Mosinee really get tired.
We were still fighting. We had the energy. Thats great. By the end of the season,
I think well be even better when it comes
to conditioning.
Fochs had 15 points, including three of
Mosinees nine long balls. Novitzke had
10 and Voight had nine. Medford was 12
of 21 from the free throw line. Mosinee (10, 3-1) was seven of 11.
The Great Northern Conference
changed its scheduling format this year,
going away from having boys and girls
games on the same night at opposite
sites. That helped fill Raider Hall with a
large early-season crowd and enthusiastic student sections.
The atmosphere was just awesome,
Brown said. I dont know if Ive heard
it that loud in here and seen so many
fans and people getting up and making
noise. Mosinee is a really good team and
we knew that we were going to have to
play our best. It was just so cool to have
so many people behind us and cheering
us on and I think it really helped us come
back toward the end there. We just didnt
quite have enough to finish it off.
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Thursday, December 17
Art Night in Medford from 4 to 8 p.m. at Black River
Art Gallery and Perkins Place Art Gallery.
Friday, December 18
Lonie G DJ & Karaoke at 9 p.m. at Camp 28.
Saturday, December 19
Doubles Cribbage at 1 p.m. at Bogeys.
Jerry Teclaw from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Munson
Bridge Winery.
50s & 60s Sock Hop with DJ Zooy at 6 p.m. at
Hannahs Hen House.
3rd Annual Christmas Party at 8 p.m. at PBRs
Lounge Around.
Christmas Party with Soundstorm at 9 p.m. at
Boozers Bar & Grill.
Smoke Wagon from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Hacienda.
Rib Lake Kindergartens Chrismas Caroling at
10:15 a.m. at Golden Living Center.
Sunday, December 27
Spirit Baptist Church Christmas Carols at 6:30
p.m. at Golden Living Center.
Monday, December 28
Music with John Blanchard at 1 p.m. at Golden
Living Center.
Wednesday, December 30
Music with George Dums at 4 p.m. at Golden Living
Center.
Saturday, January 16
Gilman band concert
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The Gilman Band performed their annual Christmas Concert at Gilman High School on Monday night. The selections showcased the students skills and helped bring the spirit of the season to the area. More pictures from the concert
will be included in The Star News Christmas Greeting Section to be published in the Dec. 25 issue.
The Medford High School Music Department will

present its annual Band Christmas Concert on Sunday,
Dec. 20 at 4 p.m. in Raider Hall. Featured on the program will be the concert and symphonic bands, and
symphonic band percussion ensemble. Drawing for the
Band Parents Raffle prizes will take place during the
intermission.
Director Rob Wernberg said the students will be
wearing their Christmas sweaters, and invites those attending to wear theirs as well.
Admission is free for this concert.
On Monday, Dec. 21, the MASH Choirs will host the
annual Holiday Concert at 7 p.m. in Raider Hall. The performing groups will include concert choir, Momentum
(MASHs show choir), mens choir, and treble choir as
well as select student groups.
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In January select Concert Choir students will be sent
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events include the Red- White Spotlight Spring program
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The Holiday Concert is free and open to the public.
Come to MASH on Monday, Dec. 21 at 7 p.m. and show
your support for these very talented students, said
Cassandra Jablonsky, director.
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The Eau Claire Childrens Theatre will hold auditions for Camelot, on Jan 3 and 4 at 7 p.m. at ECCT,
1814 Oxford Avenue, Eau Claire.
All performers interested in a lead role should prepare a 30-60 second cutting from a Broadway or Disney
musical. Those interested in a chorus role may prepare
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Birthday. There are non-singing roles for two adult
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 Page 10
Make a joyful noise

Immanuel Lutheran Church Choir
spreads the message of the season
Choir director Tim Jari leads members in singing traditional Christmas

Carols at the groups annual concert
held at County Market in Medford.
(Left) Elmer Balko (left) and Terry Kallenbach

lend their vocal talents to the choir performance.
(Right) Kris McMurry and Nate Dittrich
clap their hands in time with the music during
Saturdays caroling event. The event was moved
to the stores dairy section this year allowing for
easier seating and viewing by the more than
50 people who attended the event. The choirs
singing could be heard throughout the store.
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THE STAR NEWS
Thursday, September
December 22,
17, 2011
2015
SPORTS
Pirates drop two more East games

Riley Geiger, Cameron Brussow and
Luke Bogdonovich scored 13 apiece and
Loyal defeated Gilman 62-47 in an Eastern Cloverbelt Conference boys basketball game Tuesday night in Gilman.
The Pirates have lost four-straight to
start the year. Loyal evens its record at
2-2 in the East. Gilman gets a break from
conference play with a non-conference
match-up against Bruce tonight, Thursday, Dec. 17, at 7:30 p.m. The Pirates
travel to also 0-4 Granton on Friday, Dec.
18 for another league game at 5:45 p.m.
as the first half of a boys-girls doubleheader. Next Tuesday, the Pirates return
home to take on East rival Owen-Withee
at 7:30 p.m.
Loyal jumped out to a 36-23 lead in the
first half. Bogdonovich made two threes.
Geiger, Brussow and Ben Zimmerman all
hit another for the Greyhounds. Chanse
Rosemeyer answered with two threes
for Gilman. Roman Konsella scored five
in the first and Zach Sonnentag had six
points, all on two-pointers.
The Pirates kept it closer in the second half. Loyal used seven points from
Bogdonovich to out-score Gilman 26-24
over the final 18 minutes.
Rosemeyer and Konsella paced the
Pirates with 12 points each. Rosemeyer
leads the team at 9.0 ppg and Konsella is
second at 7.0. Zach Sonnentag scored a
season-high 10 points. Emmitt Sherfield
scored six and Dallas Skabroud had four.
Columbus wins big

Billy Young and Tyler Fuerlinger
scored 14 points each, helping Columbus
EASTERN CLOVERBELT CONFERENCE

Conf.
Overall
W
L
W
L
Columbus Cath.
3
0
6
0
Spencer
2
0
3
1
Owen-Withee
2
0
2
2
Colby
3
1
3
2
Neillsville
3
1
3
3
Loyal
2
2
3
2
Greenwood
0
3
0
5
Gilman
0
4
0
4
Granton
0
4
0
6
Dec. 10: Columbus Catholic 81, Gilman 32;
Neillsville 73, Loyal 65; Spencer 67, Greenwood
37; Colby 79, Granton 68.
Dec. 11: Edgar 48, Owen-Withee 40.
Dec. 12: Coulee Christian 70, Granton 64.
Dec. 14: Marathon 53, Spencer 46.
Dec. 15: Loyal 62, Gilman 47; Columbus
Catholic 82, Neillsville 68; Owen-Withee 58, Colby
50; Spencer 87, Granton 47.
Dec. 17: Gilman at Bruce.
Dec. 18: Gilman at Granton, Loyal at Spencer,
Columbus Catholic at Colby, Greenwood at
Owen-Withee.
Dec. 21: Columbus Catholic at Granton, Athens
at Colby.
Dec. 22: Owen-Withee at Gilman, Spencer at
Neillsville, Loyal at Greenwood.
Catholic roll to an 81-32 ECC boys basketball win at Gilman last Thursday.
The Dons had a 63-18 lead at halftime.
The Pirates were held to a seasonlow 32 points. Sonnentag scored a season-high nine to lead Gilman. Sherfield
scored seven and Rosemeyer and Lato
had six each. Skabroud and Webster
both made a two-pointer. Dating back to
Jan. 4, 2011, Gilman has lost 11-straight
against the Dons.
Columbus ran out to a huge first
half lead by hitting 26 field goals. Seven
were three-pointers. Sophomore Nick
Interior defense
Photo by Donald Watson
Gilmans Dallas Skabrouds path to the basket is blocked by Columbus Catholics

Billy Young and Evan Nikolai during the first half of Thursdays 81-32 loss to the Dons.
Malovrh hit three threes and finished
with 11 points. Hunter Schultz scored 10
first half points. Fuerlinger made four of
six free throw attempts and a three during the first half. Evan Nikolai scored
eight points.
Dons coach Joe Konieczny sat all five
of his starters in the second half. Fresh-
man Jarred Mandel led all scorers with

eight second half points.
Columbus is off to an impressive start.
The win over Gilman improved their record to 5-0. They added their sixth win
with a 82-68 victory over Neillsville on
Tuesday. Led by Schultz (20.8 ppg), the
Dons are averaging 80.2 ppg as a team.
Forfeits hurt in dual loss; Lee

and Kostka win titles at Barron
Takedown by Takoda
Photo by Ginna Young, Courier Sentinel
Cornell-Gilman-Lake Holcombe heavyweight Takoda Lee pulls down StanleyBoyd/Owen-Withees Eric Bentler and winds up pinning him in just 1:05 during Tuesdays dual meet in Cornell. Lee has yet to lose this season.
For the second straight Tuesday, the

Cornell-Gilman-Lake Holcombe wrestling co-op came up just short in a nonconference dual meet, this time falling
39-36 to Stanley-Boyd/Owen-Withee in
Cornell.
Forfeits played a big role in the meet
with Stanley-Boyd/Owen-Withee getting
30 points on five of them. The Wolfpack
actually won four of the six contested
matches but gained just 12 points in forfeits.
Overall we wrestled pretty well,
Wolfpack head coach Greg Sonnentag
said. There were a couple of matches we
couldve had there. If we had those, we
couldve won.
Pins by Matt Kostka, Takoda Lee and
Wyatt Willmarth in a four-bout stretch
brought the Wolfpack from 21 down to
within 39-30. A forfeit win for Sam Pickerign at 113 pounds gave the Wolfpack
their final six points. A double forfeit
ended the dual meet at 120 pounds.
Kostka pinned Jakota Todd in 1:39 in
the 195-pound bout to continue his earlyseason success. After the Wolfpack forfeited to Tim Krueger at 220 pounds, Lee
needed just 1:05 to pin the Orioles Eric
Bentler, who Sonnentag said is a solid
heavyweight. Willmarth then pinned
Dalton McDermond in the second period
at 106 pounds.
Cornell-Gilman-Lake Holcombe took
an early 12-0 lead on a forfeit to Manuel
Granado at 126 pounds and a Robert

Fasbender pin over Luke Spaeth at 132
pounds.
That was a close match, Sonnentag
said. Robert got the pin at the end.
The Orioles got a key 7-4 win from Dalton Smith over Zach Person at 138 pounds
to get on the board. Person led 4-0 taking
down Smith and riding him for much of
the first two periods. But Sonnentag said
Smith caught Person with a granby late
in the second period to tie it. Smith es-
See WOLFPACK on page 15

EAST LAKELAND CONFERENCE
WRESTLING STANDINGS
Conf. Duals
W
L
Cameron
0
0
Cor.-Gilman-LH 0
0
Bruce
0
0
Flambeau
0
0
Shell Lake
0
0
Northwood-Solon 0
0
Dec. 10: Unity 40, Shell Lake 30; Glenwood City
70, Cameron 6; Bruce, Flambeau and Turtle
Lake-Clayton at Clear Lake.
Dec. 12: Cornell-Gilman-Lake Holcombe 7th
and Bruce 11th at Barron Invitational; Flambeau 2nd, Shell Lake 5th and Northwood-Solon
Springs 8th at Spooner Invitational.
Dec. 15: Stanley-Boyd/Owen-Withee 39,
Cornell-Gilman-Lake Holcombe 36.
Dec. 17: Cameron at Spring Valley-Elmwood,
Thorp at Shell Lake.
Dec. 18: Cameron and Flambeau at Arcadia
Invitational.
Dec. 19: Cornell-Gilman-Lake Holcombe at
Tomahawk Invitational, Shell Lake at Northwestern Duals.
THE STAR NEWS
SPORTS
Page 13
Stratford defense smothers Rib

Lake girls; Redmen fall to Wildcats
Stratford recovered from its first loss
of the season, a 38-30 result at Auburndale last Friday, to convincingly defeat
Rib Lake 44-19 in a non-conference girls
basketball game on Tuesday in Stratford.
The Tigers, now 6-1 after the win, went
into Tuesdays game allowing opponents
to score 43.7 points per game.
Rib Lake didnt even get halfway
there.
Stratford is a good team off to a good
start this year. We knew what to expect
going into the game - they are going to
play aggressive half-court man-to-man
defense. We prepared for that, but come
game time we did not execute well at all
offensively, Rib Lake head coach Mike
Wudi said. Bottom line is we shot horribly.
The Redmen (2-5) are on a three-game
losing streak. They host Spencer in a
non-conference game tomorrow, Friday,
Dec. 18 at 7:30 p.m. Rib Lake jumps back
into Marawood North competition next
Tuesday when it hosts Chequamegon at
7:30 p.m., its final game of 2015.
Weve faced two quality opponents
on the road our last two games and are
now looking forward to getting back on
our home court Friday night, Wudi
said.
The Tigers, led by Sammy Griesbachs
eight points, ran out to a 20-9 lead in the
first half. The Stratford junior led all
scorers with 15 points overall. Regan
Dobbs scored four of her team-high seven points in the first. Casey Scheithauer
hit a three. Savannah Schillinger made
one for Stratford.
Thorp gets a
sloppy win over
Gilman girls
Gilman forced 21 turnovers out of
Thorp, but committed 29 themselves as
the Cardinals claimed a 48-23 non-conference girls basketball win Tuesday night
in Thorp.
After a season-opening win against
Greenwood, the Pirates have dropped
four straight. Thorp improves to 4-3 overall. Gilman will try to reverse its losing
streak tonight, Thursday Dec. 17, when
they host Eastern Cloverbelt foe Spencer.
On Friday the Pirates travel to Granton.
Thursdays game starts at 7 p.m. Fridays
tips at 7:30 p.m.
After averaging 40.3 points over the
first three games, Gilmans offense has
sputtered with 27 and 23 point efforts.
Turnovers were again key for the Pirates.
We had opportunities to be better
than we were, but we had too many silly
turnovers, Gilman head coach Robin
Rosemeyer said.
Thorp led 18-6 at halftime. Both offenses picked it up in the second half, won by
Thorp 30-17.
Kyla Schoene led Gilman with 10
points. Morgan Birkenholz scored four,
Camryn Skabroud had three and Kayla
Chause, Taylor Hendricks and Cooper
Sherfield had two points each. The Pirates were .303 (10-33) from the field,
compared to .500 (20-40) for Thorp. Taylor Stroinski and Aeysha Paskert led the
Cardinals with 15 points each.
MARAWOOD NORTH DIVISION

Conf.
Overall
W
L
W
L
Edgar
2
0
4
3
Abbotsford
2
0
4
3
Prentice
2
1
4
3
Phillips
1
1
1
3
Rib Lake
1
2
2
5
Chequamegon
1
2
1
8
Athens
0
3
1
4
Dec. 11: Edgar 52, Rib Lake 39; Phillips 69,
Athens 54; Prentice 69, Chequamegon 19.
Dec. 14: Marathon 73, Edgar 48; Loyal 79, Prentice 49.
Dec. 15: Stratford 44, Rib Lake 19; Owen-Withee 54, Abbotsford 36; Hurley 66, Chequamegon 29;
Bruce 52, Phillips 45.
Dec. 17: Athens at Abbotsford, Prentice at Phillips, Edgar at Chequamegon.
Dec. 18: Spencer at Rib Lake.
Dec. 21: Abbotsford at Prentice, Athens at
Northland Pines.
Dec. 22: Chequamegon at Rib Lake, Phillips
at Edgar.
Stratford out-scored Rib Lake 24-10 in

the second half. Jasmine Fitzl scored her
only points of the game on a three-pointer. Grace Weinke made a two and Caitlyn Fitzl scored her first varsity point
on a free throw. Hailey Wudi scored two
points. Schillinger and Andie Zuelke had
eight apiece for Stratford.
For the first time this season, Katie
Cardey was held scoreless. The sophomore forward leads Rib Lake at 13.6 ppg,
but was limited to just four field goal attempts on Tuesday. She did have six rebounds. Overall, the Redmen were six of
37 (.162) from the field. Things werent
much easier on the free shots - there Rib
Lake was 5 of 18 (.278).
Some of that is due to Stratfords
defense, but we still did not execute at
all up to our standards, Wudi said. Rib
Lake averaged 42.8 points as a team over
their first four games. In their last three
theyve mustered only 32 ppg and have
failed to break 40 points in any of them,
while allowing 47.7 points to opponents
in the same stretch.
Loss to Edgar
Tianna Borchardts fast start gave Edgar early-game momentum and the Wildcats picked up a 52-39 win over Rib Lake
in a Marawood North game on Friday at
Edgar High School.
The Edgar senior scored 10 points in
the first four minutes, helping the Wildcats build a 14-3 lead. The Redmens only
basket over that stretch was a Wudi three
on the games second possession, briefly
giving the visitors a one-point lead, their
only advantage of the night.
EASTERN CLOVERBELT CONFERENCE
Conf.
Overall
W
L
W
L
Loyal
4
0
6
1
Neillsville
3
1
5
2
Spencer
3
1
3
2
Colby
3
2
3
3
Owen-Withee
2
2
4
2
Columbus Cath.
1
2
3
4
Greenwood
1
2
1
4
Gilman
1
3
1
4
Granton
0
5
0
6
Dec. 11: Neillsville 49, Colby 32; Loyal 52, Spencer 17; Owen-Withee 64, Greenwood 32; Columbus Catholic 72, Granton 25.
Dec. 14: Neillsville 52, Altoona 46; Loyal 79,
Prentice 49; Columbus Catholic 46, North. Lutheran 40.
Dec. 15: Thorp 48, Gilman 23; Owen-Withee
54, Abbotsford 36.
Dec. 17: Spencer at Gilman, Greenwood at
Neillsville, Loyal at Colby, Columbus Catholic at
Owen-Withee, Granton at W.V. Lutheran.
Dec. 18: Gilman at Granton, Spencer at Rib
Lake.
Dec. 22: Owen-Withee at Gilman, Neillsville
at Columbus Catholic, Greenwood at Colby,
Granton at Loyal.
Now boarding
Rib Lakes Regan Dobbs (left) and Katie Cardey team up to snag a rebound in the
first half of Fridays Marawood North girls basketball game in Edgar.
The Wildcats (2-0 North) win means
they stay locked in a tie atop the conference. Abbotsford is also 2-0. Rib Lake
falls to 1-2 in league play. The Redmen
host Spencer on Friday before returning
to conference play against Chequamegon
next Tuesday at home. Both games are
scheduled for 7:15 p.m. starts. Edgar lost
to Marathon Monday night, falling to 4-3
overall.
This is the best team weve seen so
far. We struggled and went down early,
Mike Wudi said.
After falling behind by 11, Rib Lake
got the next six points. Cardey scored a
pair of baskets and Samantha Rodman
hit a pair of free throws.
The Wildcats got hot again, led by the
speedy Macey Wirkus and more scores
from Borchardt. The 5-6 Wirkus got three
steals and turned them all into easy layups. Borchardt scored six more to bring
her first half total to 16 points. Edgar
went up 32-11 before the Redmen scored
the last four points of the first. Cardey
and Weinke both made a free throw and
Wudi made a layup while being fouled.
Edgars full-court defense made things
difficult for Rib Lake. The Wildcats totaled 24 steals as a team, led by Wirkus
nine. Borchardt swiped six and Kamryn
Butt, Lindsey Schneeberger and Courtney Mueller had two each.
They forced us to make a lot of mistakes. We knew they were gonna play
man-to-man and pressure us, Wudi said.
The Redmen were held to a season-low
33 field goal attempts, but shot a seasonhigh .394 from the floor.
Rib Lake used the three-ball to spur a
second half run and outscored Edgar 2420. Fitzl made a three at the 16:10 mark
and after a Wirkus runner, Wudi hit a
three while being fouled. She completed
the four-point play to pull the Redmen
within 14 with 15 minutes to play.

Cardey hit a jumper and Rodman
scored on a baseline drive to make it a
10-point game. Both teams traded fourpoint runs. With the Wildcats up 40-30
with just under eight minutes to go, Borchardt made a three. She led all scorers
with 21 points on eight of 19 shooting. Fitzl and Casey Scheithauer added threes
late. The Redmen were a season-best
5-for-12 from beyond the arc.
The second half was much different.
We stayed with them but couldnt chip
into their lead. We did a better job of taking away some inside stuff for them in
the second half, Wudi said.
Wudi scored 10 points to bring her season average to 7.5. Cardey led Rib Lake
with 11 points on four of eight shooting.
Fitzl scored a season-high eight points.
Rodman scored four and grabbed a season-high seven boards. Dobbs was limited with an injury and was held out of
the score column for the first time this
season.
Wirkus finished a perfect seven-forseven from the field. She scored 14 and
led Edgar with eight rebounds and four
assists.
You cant overlook any opponent.
Rib Lakes been playing well this year.
We had a great first half but plateaued in
the second half. You have to value each
possession. Thats something we have to
work on because they kept pushing back
and made it a 10-point ball game, Edgar
head coach Betty Urmanski said.
We are improving. I hope the girls
keep believing in themselves. This is
a tough place to play and Edgar is well
coached. Edgar does a great job with the
full-court defense, Wudi said. Theres a
lot of things we can walk away with from
tonight.
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THE STAR NEWS
SPORTS
Gymnasts fall by slim margin

was a big improvement over Saturday,
Brooks said.
After Maders 7.05, the Raiders took
the next three spots with Wanke (6.35),
Bella Sigmund (5.55) and Brandner
(5.375). Marisa DuBois was seventh with
a 4.8 and Winchell earned a 4.05.
Bars was way better, Brooks said.
Its just little things we have to get going on. Bars is going to be our nemesis
this year. Its going to be a struggle until
everyone starts to click. Bella did great
tonight. Maddy is doing really well.
The Raiders held a 26.9-26.6 advantage in the floor exercise, led by Brandners 7.15. Wanke took third with a 6.95,
Krause and freshman Krista Gollhardt
tied for fifth with 6.4s and Brooks tied for
ninth with a 6.15.
I thought some things looked better, but our tumbling wasnt as strong,
coach Brooks said. We have the basics
down. We have to add in more connections, more difficulty and more combinations. But that will come.
To start the meet, Medford scored 31.3
vault points. Brandner and Tahlia Sigmund tied for second with 7.95s to finish
behind Maders 8.35. Krause tied Eagle
Ashley Lustig for fifth with a 7.75. Bella
Sigmund tied for seventh with a 7.65 and
Winchell was solid with a 7.45.
Vault was OK, Brooks said. I didnt
think we had a lot of pizzazz to our vaults.
Were thinking way too much. The quickness isnt there, but it will come.
Brandner was Medfords lone allaround varsity gymnast. She scored
28.375 total points to finish second in
that competition, comfortably ahead of
Lustig, who was third with 26.725 points.
Tuesday marked the first meet of the
year for Medfords JV gymnasts, who
scored 86.85 points.
The Raiders scored 30.5 vault points
with Gollhardt (7.8), Brianna Martin
(7.7), Karlee Batchelder (7.6), Dixie Peterson (7.4) and Emily George (6.9) competing. On the floor, Tahlia Sigmund led the
Raiders with a 6.6 and freshman Megan
Graff got a solid 6.4 in her first performance. Winchell got a 5.9, Martin got a
5.8 and Peterson got a 5.2.
Peterson led Medford on the beam
with a 5.4, followed by Tahlia Sigmund
(5.1), Rachel Lundy (4.4), George (3.8) and
Megan Eckert (3.7). Martin led Medford
on the bars with a 3.6, followed by Brooks
(3.2), Graff (3.1), Eckert (3.05) and Gollhardt (2.85).
The Raiders are now off until Jan. 14
when they go to Lakeland for a GNC dual
meet. Brooks said she expects the team
to get a lot accomplished in the next four
weeks of practice.
Eighth at the Snowflake

Medford started its new season by
scoring 106.8 points and finishing eighth
at Saturdays 10-team Snowflake Invitational, hosted by the Rhinelander Hodags.
The meet featured all five GNC Small
Division squads as well Large Division
powers Ashland, Antigo and Marshfield,
who were the top three finishers with
129.125, 128.2 and 123.75 team points respectively.
GNC SMALL DIVISION

GYMNASTICS STANDINGS
Duals Dual Meet
Total
W-L
Pts.
Pts.
Pts.
Lakeland
1-0
2
0
2
Chequamegon 1-0
2
0
2
Rhinelander 0-0
0
0
0
Medford
0-1
0
0
0
Mosinee-Mar. 0-1
0
0
0
Dec. 12 at Rhinelander: 4. Rhinelander, 119.525;
6. Lakeland, 110.925; 7. Chequamegon, 106.875; 8.
Medford, 106.8; 10. Mosinee-Marathon, 99.325.
Dec. 15: Chequamegon 106.95; Medford
106.725; Lakeland 115.125, Mosinee-Marathon
98.05.
Dec. 22: Ashland at Lakeland.
Medford outscored Escanaba, Mich.

(104.025) and Mosinee-Marathon (99.325)
and landed a fraction of a point behind
Chequamegon (106.875). Rhinelander
was fourth with 119.525 points, while
Negaunee, Mich. was fifth (112.225) and
Lakeland was sixth (110.925).
Brandner was Medfords highest individual finisher in the meet, taking 14th
out of 43 gymnasts on the floor exercise.
Brandner did it with a personal-best
score of 7.775. Wanke tied for 24th with a
7.4, Krause was 27th with her 7.3, which
was her second-best-ever varsity score,
Brooks was 38th with a 6.525 and Gollhardt debuted with a 6.35, good for 43rd.
For the first meet, I thought our floor
was extremely strong, Lisa Brooks said.
Very strong. Very clean. We have a very
strong base. Now we just have to add on.
Get our confidence up, get our tumbling
going and start adding more difficult
skills.
Ashlands Shelby Rust got a 9.0 to win
the event. Antigos Emma Jansen (8.525)
and Alli McCann (8.25) were second and
third. Rust won all four events and easily
won the all-around competition with 35.3
points, 2.995 points ahead of Jansen.
Wanke led the Raiders in her first-ever high school balance beam routine. She
took 16th out of 43 gymnasts with a 7.1.
Brandner wasnt far behind, taking 18th
with a 7.025. Krause got a 6.1 to tie for
32nd. Winchell tied for 37th with a 5.65
in her first varsity beam routine. Brooks
was 43rd at 5.325. Rust won at 8.65, followed by Antigos Kim Swan (8.0) and
Rhinelanders Maddie Fix (7.825).
Beam was pretty solid even though
we had a lot of falls, Brooks said. We
lost three points in falls.
Wanke also led Medford on the uneven bars with a 26th-place score of 5.95.
Winchell tied for 35th with a personalbest 4.9, Brooks and Bella Sigmund tied
for 38th with 4.7s and DuBois was 44th
at 4.45. Rust won the event with an 8.45,
while Ashlands Tiana Simanovsky and
Rhinelanders Stephanie Kuester tied for
second with 7.8s.
Tahlia Sigmund led Medford on the
vault, tying for 26th with a personalbest 8.0. Winchell and Brandner tied for
29th with 7.9s. That was a new personal
best for Winchell. Bella Sigmund was
32nd with a 7.85, another new best score.
Batchelder, a sophomore, debuted with a
7.7, tying for 38th out of 43 vaulters.
Rusts score was 9.2. Marshfields
Emma Haugen was second at 8.95 and Simanovsky was third with an 8.75.
Uneven bars
Photo by Matt Frey
Medfords Shelby Winchell is focused on her next connection during her performance on the uneven bars in Tuesdays home dual meet with Chequamegon.
Winchell, a sophomore, competed in three varsity events for the Raiders in Tuesdays
meet.
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Rainbow gymnasts tumble into a new season

The Rainbow Gymnastics Club of Medford has
turned in some solid efforts in its first two meets of the
2015-16 season.
Most recently, the club competed in the AAU Candy
Cane Meet, hosted by the Blue Angels Gymnastics Club
of Galesville on Saturday, Dec. 5.
The club earned a third-place team finish in Level 3
with 100.85 points, finishing just ahead of the Blue Angels (99.9) and behind A.M.K.M. (105.7) and the Sparta
Rebels (103.25).
In Level 3 competition, Haile VanLuven took second
out of seven 9-year-olds with 33.95 all-around points. She
placed second in all four events, earning an 8.65 in the
floor exercise, an 8.6 on the uneven bars, an 8.4 on the
vault and an 8.3 on the balance beam.
Kate Malchow was fourth out of nine gymnasts in
the 10-13 age group with 33.5 all-around points. She was
second on the beam with an 8.75, tied for second on the
vault with an 8.65, earned fifth on bars with an 8.2 and
got a 7.9 on the floor. Avery Purdy was sixth with 33.05
points, including scores of 8.7 on the bars, good for second, 8.2 on the beam, 8.15 on the vault and 8.0 on the
floor. Willow Oehmichen was ninth with 31.15 points.
She got an 8.5 on the vault, a 7.75 on the bars, a 7.7 on the
beam and a 7.2 on the floor.
The Rainbow squad placed fourth in Level 4 competition with 97.6 team points. It trailed Sparta (101.4),
A.M.K.M. (100.75) and the Blue Angels (100.15).
In the 11-13 age group, Makala Ulrich placed second
out of six girls with 33.5 all-around points. She won the
beam competition with an 8.6, took second on bars with
an 8.7, tied for fourth on the floor with a 7.9 and was
sixth on the vault with an 8.3. Brooke Wegerer was sixth
with 32.15 points. She took second on the beam at 8.5 and
third on the floor at 8.1. She added seventh-place scores
of 7.85 on the vault and 7.7 on the bars.
Madison Clarkson was eighth in the 8-10 age group
with 31.95 all-around points. She tied for second on the
floor with a strong routine that got an 8.5. She added an
8.15 on vault, a 7.8 on bars and a 7.5 on beam.
The Medford club had the only four entrants in Level
5. They were Megan Wanke (35.5), Anna Wanke (34.05),
Marlee Perrin (33.7) and Riley Bellendorf (33.65). Megan

Wanke won the floor with a 9.4 and the bars with a 9.2.
Anna Wanke won the beam with an 8.6 and Bellendorf
won the vault with an 8.5. Perrin was second on the bars
with an 8.85, followed by Anna Wanke (8.4) and Bellendorf (8.3). Megan Wanke was second on the beam with
an 8.5, followed by Perrin (7.85) and Bellendorf (7.8).
Anna Wanke was second on the vault with her 8.45, followed by Megan Wanke (8.4) and Perrin (8.1). Bellendorfs 9.05 on the floor was good for second, followed by
Perrin (8.9) and Anna Wanke (8.6).
Brooklyn Bilz was one of two Level 7 gymnasts. She
tied Lydia Korn of A.M.K.M. with 35.65 points. Bilz won
the bars (9.25) and the beam (9.1) and added scores of 9.2
on the vault and 8.1 on the floor.
Marshfield meet
The team had a big day at the Nov. 14 Marshfield Flip
Fest, earning a Level 4 team title and a second-place finish in Level 5.
The Level 4 crew scored 107.15 points to beat Bay
Area (105.65), the Marshfield Magic (105.35) and Antigo
(88.3).
Ulrich was the all-around winner for ages 11 and up
with 36.4 points, just ahead of teammate Allie Paulson,
who earned 35.65 points. Wegerer was fifth with 33.3
points and Kara Hudak was sixth with 32.55.
Ulrich won the vault (9.4), and floor (9.35) and tied
Paulson for first on the beam. Both had 9.35s. Ulrich
was second on the bars at 36.4, while Paulson won with
an 8.4. Paulson was second on the floor with a 9.3 and
third on the vault with an 8.6. Wegerer got an 8.65 on
the beam, an 8.45 on the floor, an 8.3 on bars and a 7.9
on the vault. Hudaks top score was an 8.75 on the floor.
She added an 8.4 on the vault, an 8.1 on beam and a 7.3
on the bars.
Rainbows Level 5 team score was 105.1, well ahead of
Antigo (33.7) and just behind the Magic (109.95).
Bellendorf was third out of five gymnasts 11 and
older, scoring 34.6 all-around points. She won the floor
See RAINBOW on page 16
Wolfpack wrestles well at Barron

caped and took Person down in the third.
The Orioles then got five straight wins four forfeits and a pin from Eric Hoffstatter over Alex Gehrt at
160 pounds to take a 33-12 lead.
Cornell-Gilman-Lake Holcombe fell to 5-2 in dual
meets, all of which have been non-conference competition. The Wolfpack is at the Tomahawk Invitational on
Saturday. Competition starts at 10 a.m.
Fifth at Barron
Lee and Kostka won weight class championships and
Pickerign was second at 106 pounds to lead the Wolfpack to a fifth-place team finish at Saturdays 11-team
Barron Invitational.
Lee plowed his way to the heavyweight championship with five pins, four of which were recorded in first
periods. In the title bout, he stuck Menomonies Channer Schuttes in just 47 seconds.
In pool competition, Lees longest match lasted 2:28
against Osceolas Evan Adams, who eventually finished
fourth overall. Lee stuck Clear Lakes Sam Dusek in 21
seconds, Lakelands Justin Grebe in 18 seconds and Barrons Daniel Enney in 44 seconds.
That was just part of an undefeated day at 285 pounds
for the Wolfpack. Tyler Andres went 4-0 to win the JV
285-pound weight class. All of his wins came with early
pins too in times of 15 seconds, 1:50, 55 seconds and 50
seconds.
Kostka was just as dominant at 195 pounds. He
pinned his four pool opponents to earn a spot in the finals, where he earned a 10-4 decision over Clear Lakes
Noah Weiczorek. The pool pins all came in first periods. He got Barrons Steven Signer in 1:10, Turtle LakeClaytons Brendan Swagger in 49 seconds, Clear Lakes
Nick Filkens in 1:44 and Osceolas Tyler Wentzlaff in 53
seconds.
Matt and Takoda wrestled well, Sonnentag said.
It wasnt that there was no competition. They wrestled
against good kids. The stats showed they just controlled
all of their matches.
Pickerign was part of a six-man bracket at 106
pounds. In a round-robin format, Pickerign went 4-1. He
earned an 8-1 decision over Abbotsford-Colbys Chance
Clement in his first match, a 33-second pin over Barrons Alex Cox in round two and a forfeit win over his
teammate Wyatt Willmarth in the third round. Pickerign pinned Osceolas Andrew Olson in 1:56 to set up a
championship match with Clear Lake sophomore Ryan
Anderson in the last round. Anderson pinned him just
as the first period expired.
I think the extra year of experience showed in that
match, Sonnentag said. Clear Lake is in our regional,
so we may see him again and hopefully we do better
next time.
Willmarth went winless in that bracket, getting
pinned in all of his matches.
The Wolfpack had some excitement in the first round
of pool competition at 126 pounds when teammates Granado and Cooper Boehm went to overtime in a highscoring shootout won by Granado 16-14. Granado went
on to take fifth, pinning Merlin Hibbs of Luck-FredericGrantsburg in 3:17 in the fifth-place match. Boehm finished seventh.
Person placed sixth at 138 pounds. He got a key win
in his pool, escaping with a 1-0 win over Turtle LakeClaytons Kort Lien. He lost 8-2 to Lakelands Jack Scandin and 6-3 to Clear Lakes Nick Sempf. Noah Massie of
Barron was a 3-0 winner in the fifth-place bout.
Fasbender was seventh at 132 pounds, pinning Lakelands Jeremiah Michelsen in 2:12 in his final match of
the day. Gehrt was eighth at 160 pounds. He was pinned
in 4:58 by Jake Myers of Clear Lake in the seventh-place
match.
JC Shackleton went 4-1 to take second in the JV
220-pound weight class, including three pins and a 7-1
decision over Menomonies Brandon Scharau. His only
loss was a pin in 35 seconds to Devin Saenz of LuckFrederic-Grantsburg.
Barron won the tournament with 218 points. The
Golden Bears just got by Menomonie (207) and Clear
Lake (206). Rice Lake was fourth with 180 points, followed by Lakeland (146.5), Osceola (123), Cornell-Gilman-Lake Holcombe (109), Abbotsford-Colby (97), LuckFrederic-Grantsburg (82), Turtle Lake-Clayton (58) and
Bruce (38).
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Bowling
The Sports Page
Three-Man Major League
Kurt Werner
279
Casey Nernberger
751
Irene Bormann
268
Ron Ziemba
701
Casey Nernberger 258
Dale Prochnow
688
Dec. 8: Rockys Cozy Kitchen 24, Maple Island 6; The Sports Page
28, 8th Street Saloon 2; Team Stihl 22, Cindys Bar & Grill 8; Nite
Electric 25, Piney Lane Farms 5; Klinner Insurance II 16, KZ Electric
14; Krug Bus 26, Klinner Insurance I 4.
Tuesday Night Mixed League
Jay Jochimsen
277
Jay Jochimsen
709
Al Riemer
247
Rick Acker
698
Roger Smith
247
Bruce Weiler
686
Rick Acker
245
Dec. 8: Riemer Builders 29, Liske Marine 11; High View I 29, Medford Co-op 11; High View II 21.5, Fuzzys Bar 18.5.
Businessmens League
Women
Kim Virnig
246
Ann McNamar
573
Ann McNamar
212
Lori Zenner
558
Men
Casey Nernberger 299
Casey Nernberger
723
Steve Wibben
269
Kurt Werner
674
Dec. 10: Shell Shack 25, Werner Sales & Service 15; Als Auto Dock
37, Rural Insurance 3; Medford Motors 36, Rockys Cozy Kitchen 4;
PBRs Lounge Around 22; Melvin Companies 29, Haenels 11; Sports
Page 23, VFW 17; Turtle Club 27, Werner Sales & Service 13.
Monday Mens City League
Josh Dassow
298
Josh Dassow
747
Jerry Roberts
279
Clint Carbaugh
701
Clint Carbaugh
254
Dave Kallenbach
695
Dec. 7: JR Construction 24, Taylor Credit Union 16; Fidelity Bank
27.5, Sports Page 12.5; Crossroads 37, Edgar Lanes 3; Northwestern
Mutual 26.5, WTC 13.5; Klingbeil Lumber 38, blind 2; Mayer Accounting 25, T&C Water 15.
Trent Ballerstein
258
Trent Ballerstein
689
Jeff Hartwig
257
Dave Kallenbach
681
Tim Klingbeil
254
Clint Carbaugh
664
Jess Haenel
254
Dec. 14: T&C Water 21, Edgar Lanes 19; Klingbeil Lumber 28, Mayer
Accounting 12; WTC 39, blind 1; JR Construction 34.5, Fidelity Bank
5.5; Sports Page 29, Taylor Credit Union 11; Crossroads 28, Northwestern Mutual 12.
Blue Mondays League
Shirley Lemke
202
Shirley Lemke
552
Lisa Bub
195
Lisa Bub
537
Anna Goessl
185
Marge Guziak
497
Nov. 20: Misfits 5, Heiers Wreath 2; Big Birds Lodge 5, Bakers 2;
Strikes R Us 5, Holy Rollers 2.
Jean Egle
213
Lisa Bub
573
Lisa Bub
202
Anna Goessl
507
Ardis Meier
197
Jean Egle
491
Dec. 7: Big Birds Lodge 7, Heiers Wreaths 0; Misfits 5, Holy Rollers
2; Bakers 5, Strikes R Us 2.
Classy Ladies League
Jessica Haenel
209
Ann McNamar
554
Kim Ziehlke
202
Kim Ziehlke
551
Margie Guziak
200
Jessica Haenel
536
Ann McNamar
200
Results: Tease Tanning Plus 5, Peoples Choice Credit Union 2;
Moosies Ice Cream 5, Paulines Hair Fashion 2; Klingbeil Lumber 5,
J&B Custom Carpentry 2; Studio 13 5, A&M Apartments 2; Als Auto
Dock 5, VFW 2; Fidelity Bank 7, Rockys Cozy Kitchen 0; Klinner
Insurance 2, blind 5.
Wednesday Mid-Weekers League
Lucy Loertscher
204
Lucy Loertscher
537
Shirley Werner
191
Carol Willman
537
Carol Willman
190
Betsy Widmer
509
Dec. 9: Taylor Credit Union 5, Werner Sales & Service 2; Medford
Motors 5, Happy Joes 2; Lounge Around 7, Sports Page 0.
Happy Couples League
Women
Flo Carlisle
160
Lisa Bub
464
Lisa Bub
159
Kim Poncek
439
Estelle Anderson
158
Flo Carlisle
438
Men
Mike Poncek
200
Mike Poncek
533
Al Lang
194
Steve Homeyer
486
Steve Fischer
191
Steve Fischer
485
Dec. 6: Pinbusters 7, Flamingos 0; Empty Nesters 7, Baby Boomers 0;
Oddballs 5, Shillangs 2.
Tappers Bar (Dorchester)
Men
Paul Metz
Don Clarkson
Jerry Huber
Women
Ardis Meier
Mona Pope
Dorothy Scheibe
226
201
155
164
161
152
Don Clarkson
Paul Metz
Don Scheibe
500
497
421
Ardis Meier
498
Mona Pope
470
Dorothy Scheibe
425
Chris Hinde
425
Dec. 8: Amigos 4, Slow Starters 3, Slo Pokes 2.5, Alley Cats 1, Maybees 0.
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Friday, Nov. 27
High 42, Low 27
The population of The Red Brush Gangs camp is between 18 and 25 on the second weekend of the gun deer
season. Our hunting is done strictly by doing drives and
a knowledge of the land is a must. In other words, we
push square-mile sections with maybe eight drivers and
about 12 standers. The standers cover what we feel are
the best escape points for the deer we are pushing.
Back in the first 10 years of this century, we were
training the bulk of these kids how to work a compass,
stay in line (the vast majority of the time we cannot see
each other), to cover every bit of your territory and how
to cross deep water with hip boots or walk on shaky ice.
Safety was always of utmost concern and, in reality, I
was the jerk giving orders and lecturing kids for getting
ahead of the other drivers or skipping potential deer
hiding spots. To be perfectly honest, I hated the job and
the other adults kind of knew it. If you are not teaching, something can or is going to go wrong when you are
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Fast forward to today. My nephew Riley Schuster is
27. I told him to take charge of the first drive and it went
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was shot and now the kids can take charge.

When the kids were in training, we killed lots of deer,
generally two to four a day and they really added up by
the end of the week. These days we have a well-tuned
military unit and an over abundance of grey wolves has
decimated much of the northern half of Wisconsins
deer herd.
Today we killed one buck. It was a 3-pointer who met
its demise thanks to Jeff Moll deciding to stay behind
the drive and cut off its escape route.
Saturday, Nov. 28
High 47, Low 33
We dont talk about it but today is a sad day, it is our
last full day and night at camp. Last night was the Friday Night Party and it was a humdinger. Since Jeff
Moll had killed a monster 3-pointer, he felt compelled
to wrestle with the 20 something year-olds. When Jeff
gets crazy, and he does, I kind of keep a watchful eye on
things to make sure not too many injuries occur.
So there are 22 of us. We have an excellent plan for
our hunting day and after many miles of hard pushing,
half-ice breaking and major sweating, two deer were
seen and 16-year-old Derek Cibulka made his first kill
as a Red Brush Hunter on a mature doe.
Tonight visitors from far and wide came to our Saturday Night Party. A movie better than most at the
theatre could have been made.
One of the guys started chanting something about
he wanted to wrestle as we stood by the fire. That boy
is considerably heavier than me. I was body slammed
hard, new injuries occurred and old injuries resurfaced. As we hit the ground Jeff Moll told me to kill him.
I recovered and whipped him.
Bury me at deer camp!
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exercise with an 8.95 and was part of a three-way tie for
first on vault with a 9.0. She tied for third on the bars
with a 7.8 and was fourth on the beam with an 8.85.
In 10 and under competition, Kyla Krause was third
out of six gymnasts with 35.8 points, followed by Anna
Wanke (35.45) and Perrin (33.85). Krause won the floor
(9.4), tied for first on bars (9.0), took fourth on the beam
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vault (8.9) and fifth on bars (8.2). Perrin was fourth on
bars (8.7), fifth on floor (8.95), tied for fifth on vault (8.7)
and sixth on beam (7.5).
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vault and an 8.4 on bars.
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PO Box 127
Westboro, WI 54490
Marathon Cheese Corporation, located in

Medford, Wisconsin, has several openings
for lineworkers and material handlers. These
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materials, and sanitation to MCCs high speed
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REQUIRED
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and weekend work as assigned.
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candidates will need to complete a mandated drug screen, preemployment physical assessment and background check.
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306 Park St., Spencer, WI 54479
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written instructions, and must possess basic mathematics skills.
Must be 18 years or older.
Pre-employment physical assessments required.
APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED UNTIL JAN. 5, 2016

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306 Park St., Spencer, WI
Please apply during business hours of 7:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.,

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Member Service Representative

Jump River Electric Cooperative has an immediate
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Jump River Electric Cooperative, Inc.

PO Box 99
Ladysmith, WI 54848
Jump River Electric Cooperative is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
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$132,000
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Maintenance free 3 bed, 1.75 bath
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pantry. Master suite with walk-in closet
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Attached two car garage.
$104,900
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Girls hockey now 0-5

played multiple shifts tonight. Theyre
coming along which is good. They put a
lot of pressure on us. Give them credit
for that. But were still going in the right
direction.
Medford returns to Great Northern
Conference play Friday, hosting the
Tomahawk Hatchets at 7 p.m. Lakeland
comes to town for another 7 p.m. face-off
on Dec. 22.
First-period flurry
The Raiders welcomed defending
Great Northern Conference champion
Waupaca to the Simek Recreation Center on Thursday and had some good scoring chances early. But what was a good
game early got away from Medford when
the Comets scored five goals in less than
eight minutes and skated to an easy 8-1
win.
The Raiders, again playing shorthanded on the defensive end, had firstperiod trouble with Waupacas leading
scorer, Markie Ash, Avrey Simonson
and Anna Ryder. Ash, a sophomore, had
two goals and two assists in the first 17
minutes. Simsonson had a goal and two
assists. Ryder scored two of the Waupacas first three goals.
Ryders first goal came 8:07 into the
game. Ash picked up a loose puck in
neutral ice and drove hard toward the
net. She was stopped initially, but Ryder
cleaned up the rebound.
It stayed 1-0 for nearly four minutes.
The Raiders got some good pushes of
their own and forced Waupaca net minder Cassie Rasmussen into nine first-period saves.
We had some good chances, but we
just couldnt ever connect, Demulling

said.
The Comets did in the back half of the
period. Ash finished at the net at the 11:59
mark with assists from Simonson and
Jessica Hamm. Ryder played the role of
sniper 38 seconds later, rifling a shot past
Lybert to make it 3-0.
At 13:28, Simonson sent a pass from
the corner right to Ashs stick at the
doorstep and Ash tapped it in. Waupaca
capped the flurry with a power-play goal
with 1:04 left from Simonson, assisted by
Ash.
Simonson added her second goal of
the night 1:40 into the second period, assisted again by Ash. Ash completed her
three-goal, three-assist night at 13:21 by
punching in a close shot with an assist
from Jamie Slattery.
Slattery assisted on a Chloe Buster
goal 37 seconds into the third. Medford
then had its offensive highlight of the
night on the ensuing face-off. Branstetter
got control of the puck, got by a defender
who slipped and fired a shot that got past
Rasmussens glove and into the corner of
the net.
Lybert had 27 saves for Medford, including 13 in the first period and nine
in the second. Rasmussen had 19 saves
for Waupaca, who improved to 2-0 in the
GNC and 4-1 overall with the win.
I had to rotate three defensemen, so
that was tough, Demulling said. A couple of penalties hurt us. We just have to
get healthy.
Waupaca was one for three on power
plays. The Comets were penalty-free in
the win.
We got one
Photo by Matt Frey
Medfords Elise Southworth (9) and Marissa McPeak celebrate after Southworths
goal gives the Raiders a 2-1 lead in the first period of Mondays non-conference girls
hockey game with Black River Falls. The lead only lasted a few seconds and Black
River Falls went on to win 9-5.
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