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When most people re-member their favorite parade, it is usually one associated with Walt Disney or Macy’s. When people in Central Wis-consin want to see a fan-tastic parade, they head to Abbotsford, the small city of 2,300 people that has been wowing pa-rade-goers for 44 years.

Planning goes on all year for the Abbotsford Christmas Parade, and over the past year old fl oats have been spruced up, new ones made and many costumed charac-ters added to the lineup.

This year, the 45th Annual Abbotsford Christmas Parade will kick off at 7:30 p.m. Sat-urday, Dec. 5. The event is always held the fi rst Saturday in December, and has never been can-celled because of cold weather or snow. Over 450 people are needed to fi ll costumes, push and pull fl oats, control crowds and work be-hind the scenes. Thou-sands of spectators line the street, dressed warmly, to enjoy the pa-rade magic.

Unlike most parades, there is no advertising allowed in the parade. Local businesses sup-port the parade by do-nating the raffl e prizes, sponsoring advertising and selling raffl e tick-ets. Each year funds are raised through the raffl e to make new fl oats and costumes and pay parade expenses. All la-bor is donated.

The grand prize is a

Kalahari Resort vaca-tion and cash, a $1500 value, donated by the Abby-Colby Crossings Chamber of Commerce and Smith Bros. Meats. A total of 17 prizes will be awarded.

Other prizes include a grill, donated by Mau-rina Schilling Funeral Home; chest freezer with $500 worth of meat, donated by Nicolet Na-tional Bank; HD 50-inch LED TV, donated by Ab-

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PSC: Water supplyplan needs work

By Christian Parker

A three-page document submitted by city of Colby’s engineering fi rm was re-jected last week by the Public Service Commission (PSC) because it failed to fulfi ll the criteria of a water supply plan required as a condition of the city adding two new wells to its system.

A Nov. 12 letter sent by Jeff Stone, PSC’s division administrator for water, telecommunications and consumer af-fairs, says the report submitted by MSA Professional Services of Marshfi eld, entitled “Effi ciency and Conservation Efforts,” inadequately covered infor-

mation requested in an Oct. 15, 2014 mandate issued by the PSC for Colby’s $831,000 well construction project.

The city funded the project with the Wisconsin DNR Safe Drinking Wa-ter Loan Program, which offers up to $500,000 in principle forgiveness funds for municipal water projects.

The PSC observed in its fact fi ndings that Colby does not have a long-term water supply plan for its water utility.

Given that Colby is “located in an area facing extremely diffi cult water supply challenges,” the commission re-quired a plan to be submitted within 12 months of the date of order as one con-dition for permission to proceed with the project.

The wells, numbers 14 and 15, were already completed earlier this year.

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Consolidation group asks municipalities for $1,750

By Kevin O’Brien

The seven municipalities exploring a possible merger of fi re and ambulance services are each being asked to con-tribute $250 toward an account that will be used to pay for everything from offi ce supplies to possible attorney’s fees.

All together, the cities of Abbotsford and Colby, the village of Dorchester and the towns of Colby, Hull, Mayville and Holton would put $1,750 into an account set up by the city of Colby, according to minutes of the consolidation commit-tee’s Nov. 17 meeting. Representatives from each municipality will fi rst need to get approval from their respective coun-cil or board for the contribution.

The requested amount is the fi rst time the participating entities have been asked to spend money on the consolida-tion process, which started at the begin-ning of this year.

The seven-member consolidation com-mittee also passed a motion to pay Carol Staab $50 per meeting for serving as its

secretary. Staab has been volunteering her time free of charge up to this point.

Larry Oehmichen, committee chairman and town chairman of the town of Colby, also distributed a sample contract to committee members to show how the proposed fi re and ambulance district could be formed.

Several questions still need to be an-swered, such as how the district will handle the cost of maintaining the area’s three fi re stations and whether or not it will bill people for responding to fi re calls and car accidents.

Currently, the city of Abbotsford pays for the maintenance of its fi re hall, while the Colby and Dorchester fi re depart-ments include hall maintenance in their annual budgets. According to committee

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A broken clockIn a well functioning democracy, the majority of people

get what they want. They elect leaders who put in place programs and policies they support. If they don’t like their government, the people pick new leadership. But what happens when democracy starts falling apart? You get Wisconsin.

A recent Marquette Law School poll of Wisconsin resi-dents documents that large majorities of people are angry with the government they’ve elected. Here, people have an ugly outlook when it comes to stuff like government, jobs and politicians.

Sixty-nine percent of people told Marquette’s pollsters that government ignores the interests of “hardworking Americans.” The same percentage said the income differ-ence among Americans is too big. Eighty-four percent of those polled said government is run by a “few big inter-ests.” Maybe that’s why only 31 percent of people in the Marquette poll approve of the current Republican-con-trolled state legislature. Only 38 percent approve of Gov. Scott Walker.

Economics likely plays a culprit in all of this unhap-piness. Earlier this year, the Pew Trust concluded that Wisconsin’s middle class was bruised the worst among 50 states during the Great Recession. The share of Wis-consin households who rated “middle class” status (with incomes between $34,000 and $103,000) dropped from 55 percent in 2000 to 49 percent as of 2013.

People here don’t necessarily see things turning around soon. Fifty-seven percent of people in the Marquette poll said Wisconsin is lagging the nation when it comes to job creation. The same percentage, according to a Wisconsin Public Radio poll taken this year, feels Wisconsin is head-ed in the wrong direction.

Clearly, Wisconsin is in a dark, foul mood.Partly, this has to do with the economy, the middle class

squeeze and the job situation. Yet, it also refl ects a frustra-tion with politics to make things better. People don’t see a way forward. There is a basic problem with Wisconsin democracy. It is a national problem, really. It is that poor people, those hurt most by the economic downturn, have stopped voting. The result is democracy off the rails.

The Pew Research Center reported in January that where 63 percent of the most fi nancially secure Ameri-cans were likely to vote, only 20 percent of the least fi nan-cially secure were. Wisconsin follows that trend. The top wealthiest counties in Wisconsin are Ozaukee, Waukesha, Dane, St. Croix and Washington. The voter turnout of those counties in the 2012 presidential election were, re-spectively, 84, 81, 80, 74 and 78 percent. Wisconsin’s poor-est fi ve counties are Rusk, Florence, Clark, Ashland and Menomonee. The voter turnout in these counties in 2012 was, again respectively, 63, 73, 56, 68 and 48 percent.

You get the picture. Wealthy people in Wisconsin vote. Poor people don’t and, in their apathy, they lose political power. That changes the whole political game. Republi-cans, allies of the affl uent, gain disproportionate power. Democrats, champions of the poor, are marginalized.

All kinds of consequences (some quite strange) cascade from these developments. It means Republicans must be schizophrenic. They must do the bidding of the affl uent, who regularly vote, but also the near poor, who need to dis-tinguish themselves from their disgraced, poor brethren (“those people”) who qualify for welfare. Thus, a Republi-can will support tax cuts for the wealthy, but also property tax cuts for the common man. It’s all justifi ed by demand-ing drug tests for Food Share recipients. Republicans, too, must protect their political advantage. Thus it is impera-tive that voting be restricted. Districts are gerrymandered and barriers, such as Photo ID, are put in place. Campaign fi nance laws are gutted and, as we saw recently, even gov-ernment watchdog agencies are beheaded.

Democrats, too, must become schizophrenic. Although they say they support the poor, they must do the bidding of the wealthy to stay relevant.The result is both political parties become wedded to the status quo, beholden to the minority of affl uent people who are doing well. The poor are punished and humiliated. Economic reform to help the poor, but also the majority of people, dies.

The potential consequences of these new realities are chilling. People like to think of politics like a grandfather clock. The pendulum swings back and forth. But what happens when the pendulum gets stuck on one side?

Tragically, the clock breaks.

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School buildings auction Saturday

Rural school buildings and equipment no longer used by the Dor-Abby school district will be sold at a public auction on Saturday, Dec. 1.

Seven rural school build-ings at miscel-laneous equip-ment will be sold at eight sites.

The sale will begin at the Brady school at 10 a.m. Other items of sale are as follows:

Park school at 11 a.m.; a sale of refrigerators and other equip-ment at the school at Dorchester at 12 noon; Draper school at 1 p.m.; Pickard school at 2 p.m.; Rosedale school at 2:30 p.m.; Wright school at 3 p.m.; and the Barry school at 3:30 p.m.

The sale will be conducted by Christensen Sales Corporation, Abbotsford, with W. E. Krause, Withee, the auctioneer.

Auction will begin at Parcel No. 1 and proceed to each parcel in numberical order through parcel No. 8.

(Sample listing)Brady school, located at the

intersection of A and E, 3 miles North of Curtiss, or 5 miles West of Dorchester.

Item No. 1: Frame school build-ing with imitation brick siding, must be moved from premises be-fore March 1, 1963.

Item No. 2: Equipment as fol-lows: Lennox conversion unit oil furnace with airfl ow blower, fuel tank, L&H water heater, Meyers pressure system, fl ag pole, mail box, 2 complete lavatories, in-cluding sinks, urinals, and stools; drinking fountain, assorted chairs, tables, and blackboards.

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Colby fi remen condemn schoolA stirring letter from the Colby Fire

Department became the top issue dis-cussed at the board’s regular monthly

meeting at the high school li-brary Nov. 20.

The letter, ad-dressed to all residents of the Colby School Dis-trict, said:

Did you ever think that, when your child goes to the Upper or Lower Elemen-tary School, that it may by the last time you see him or her?

We believe if a fi re broke out in these buildings when the children are in school, only two out of fi ve would es-cape. One child will burn to death, one child will be trampled to death and one will die from smoke inhalation. Of the two that escape, one of these will be injured - probably seriously. If a boiler explodes, most of the children will die.

These are the facts: The wooden stair-ways and fl oors in these buildings are saturated with 70 years of repeated coats of varnish and wax. They will burn like gasoline, causing a fl ash fi re that would spread over the entire build-ing. The wooden stairways in the cen-ter of these buildings will immediately funnel a fi re to the top class rooms.

The boilers are about 48 years old. The ceilings in the boiler rooms are plaster - not cement. Most of the origi-nal wiring is still in these school. It was never meant to handle the present elec-trical equipment being used.

The fi remen can only bring a fi re un-der control and protect surrounding property and in the case of a school - dig the bodies out of the rubble.

As the Colby fi re chief and assistant fi re chiefs, we can not accept the respon-sibility for the lives of the children.

Sincerely yours,Royal Awe, Fire Chief

Milford Frome, First Asst. ChiefLee Brunker, Second Asst. Chief

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Cinders and steam: a look back on Colby and the rail

We are the sum of those who have gone before us, both as individuals and as a country. So it follows that the more we know about and under-stand the past, the better we will un-derstand ourselves and our place in history.

There are a number of ways of achieving this goal. But, in my opinion, the best opportunity, especially as it concerns this area, is the Rural Arts Museum.

One of the four buildings on the museum grounds is the Colby Depot. This un-assuming structure belies its signifi cance, and that of the Wisconsin Central Railroad in the early his-tory of this area.

In 1871 the Wisconsin Central was awarded a contract to build a line from Menasha to Ashland. Construction began that year and, by 1872, track had been laid 51 miles north of Stevens Point. However, fi nancial panic struck the U.S., and construction on the line was halted.

For several years trains could only travel as far north as this railhead, which became known as Camp 51. However, someone, in a stroke of insight, decided a more appropri-ate name for the railhead would be Colby, which just happened to be the name of the railroad president.

At each settlement the railroad built a depot. Pictures of various early depots show they were all built in the same style and approximately the same size. A few serving major communities were accordingly larg-er. The Colby depot was built in 1872. At the time it was 30x60 feet. In 1913 an additional 24 feet were added, in-creasing it to its current size of 30x84 feet.

In its heyday, the depot was the center of commerce and transpor-tation for Colby. At one time the railroad operated eight trains daily through Colby — six passenger and two freight trains.

While passenger use was impor-tant, the lifeblood of any railroad is its freight operations. However,

as the volume of fi rst lumber, then iron ore decreased, so did the profi ts of the Wisconsin Central. Overex-tended, it went bankrupt, and was bought out by the Soo Line, which in turn was acquired by the Canadian

National.As the need diminished,

depots like Colby’s were closed. In 1972 the Colby depot was moved to the Rural Arts grounds.

For a number of years it served as the main display building of the museum, but with construction of a newer larger building, it was closed down.

Several years ago the de-cision was made to reopen the building and place a caboose next to it — nei-ther an easy nor inexpen-

sive undertaking. It was a big day for the museum when the depot was re-opened for tours in the fall of 2014.

So far we have repaired the station agents’ obser-

vation area; identifi ed and put on display a number of railroad-related artifacts; repaired, extended and in-stalled a railing on the deck; removed some of the paneling in the depot to expose the original walls; and, most recently, excavated and placed grav-el in the area where we will lay the track for the caboose display.

Though we still have a long way to go, I’m both excited and encouraged by the progress we’ve made.

Of course I’d be remiss if I didn’t use this opportunity to make a “pitch” for fi nancial support for this project. When completed, the caboose will have a plaque honor-ing all contributors and, depending upon your level of support, you can be anything from a station agent to a railroad president.

Finally, if you have a skill that might be helpful in this or other mu-seum projects please consider join-ing us in our efforts to preserve this area’s history.

If interested in preserving our area’s history you can contact me by phone at 715-316-0151, or email at [email protected].

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Consumers need to look beyond food marketing

From joy and excitement to doubt and uncertainty, sales tactics attempt-ing to elicit a multitude of emotions from consumers have infi ltrated our food supply chain. This might have you leaving the grocery store more confused than when you came in. To have a clear understanding of what you’re buying on a basic level, know your labels.

For example, you might see items in the aisles la-beled as “natural.” The term “natural” can mean different things to different companies, and it doesn’t tell you much about how it was produced. The U.S. Food and Drug Administra-tion does not have a formal defi nition for the term “nat-ural” and it cannot serve as a regulated, descriptive claim.

In contrast, “certifi ed organic” is very different than something like “natu-ral.” Even from the time it is grown in the fi elds or raised on a farm, specifi c rules and regulations must be followed in order for a food item to be labeled as “certifi ed organic” in the store.

However, with a multitude of mar-keting tactics surrounding food labels, it’s important to avoid judging a book by its cover. To fully understand the implications of a label, you also need to look at the unbiased science behind it.

While I was in graduate school for my master’s degree, I was a teaching assistant for the introductory animal sciences course at UW-Madison. My students were given the task of writ-ing a short, research-based term paper on genetically modifi ed organisms, or GMOs. Within this paper, they were

expected to take a clear stance on the topic which was to be backed by at least fi ve peer-reviewed, scientifi c re-search articles.

As the students formulated their stances and paper themes, I watched them embark on the journey of be-

coming informed consum-ers. In many cases, students came into the project with preconceived notions of the stance they would take in the end.

Interestingly, after pour-ing over the thousands of studies published on GMOs, many students shifted their stance sig-nifi cantly. Through this exercise, they realized the importance of researching the facts before forming an opinion, rather than vice versa.

Labels endorsed by gov-ernment agencies that over-see food safety are founded upon the very facts that my students were looking at too. Unlike sales tactics, these facts are not intended

to elicit a knee-jerk reaction, but, rath-er, provide a solid foundation for food safety.

The beauty of Wisconsin agricul-ture is that the variety of production methods on our farms leads to many options for consumers at the store. Making the best choice for you re-quires homework on your part—from reputable, reliable sources that deliver facts without bias.

Check the facts before you reach the checkout at the store.

For more information on food label-ing and marketing claims, visit the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service at www.ams.usda.gov, or www.fda.gov.

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When it comes to my precious column space, I’m normally not one to go the route of look-at-my-wordly-problems-and-pretend-you-actu-ally-care-about-the-goings-on-of-my-personal-life. I believe there are usually much more important pieces of thought-provoking conversa-tions to have than endless needy self-absorbed banter. It is the narcis-sist who looks in the mirror and takes great pleasure in what he sees. That’s what Facebook is for. However, with that said, I just must share the spectacular auto trouble our household has experienced in the past week.

Last Wednesday, as I was pulling into the parking lot at work, I heard a shanking sound coming from under the hood of my Honda. At over 200,000 miles, I don’t expect perfection, but this was ridiculous. It sounded like a diesel engine running in a tin pan full of loose coins. When I gave it a rev, it sounded like something was going to bust free and spin off to Mars.

So, at 10 p.m., I went to the press room and bor-rowed a large wrench to use as a makeshift stetho-scope. With engine running, I put my ear to the wrench and touched it to various ‘organs’ in the vital area of my car’s engine. When I touched it to the timing cover, the horrid grating was trans-ferred to my ear.

This had me worried because, as everybody knows, Hondas have interference valves, which means if the timing belt breaks, the engine is probably toast.

So, I nursed the car home and thankfully made the trip without incident. My faithful mechanic in Marshfi eld was able to look at the car the next day despite his heavy hunting/Thankgiving work-load. Sure enough, he found the tensioner on the timing belt was shot and the whole works would need replacement.

Chapter two is the one where I’m driving my old almost-trusty 1995 full-sized Dodge creeper van. Pulling in about eight miles to the gallon, the van and I slurped gas to and from work for a day and a half. I locked myself out of the vehicle at the mall and had to break in - no big deal.

On day two, there was a dragging and grinding sound from the back of the van and I thought the tired rear axle was fi nally failing. It turned out to be a fl at tire - could have been worse.

My mom’s car took me to and from a couple of meetings until I could fi x the fl at on the van the following day.

With the van back on the road I made my 20 mile commute without incident, at fi rst. On the way home Friday, the van began vibrating as it ran on seven, six and fewer cylinders. When the check engine light came on (no doubt triggered by an engine misfi re), I knew that old worn out fuel pump was about to go.

Again, I limped and puttered into town, and just barely made it home.Now our household was down to its last remaining vehicle: my wife’s

Jeep Cherokee with 350,000 miles on the odometer. (Yes, you read that correctly.) On a trip to Wausau to celebrate my brother-in-law’s birth-day, I remarked at how well the old girl was holding up.

Thanks in the darkness, thanks on the highway

OUT FOR A WALK

BY KEVIN O’BRIEN

EDITOR

I spoke too soon, because as we were leaving a friend’s driveway, my wife complained that the brake pedal had gone completely soft. The brake lines had blown.

Long story short, my wife and brother-in-law spent the day Sunday repairing the brake lines on the Jeep, still stranded in the friend’s Wausau driveway.

Going into the new week, the Jeep was back on the road and faithfully served me in getting to work. My wife walked, but she only lives a couple blocks from work. I live a few towns from work.

Today I got my Honda back with new timing belt, tensioner, water pump and v-belts. It is no worse for the wear. Fingers crossed.

Remember, no matter what’s going on in life, it always could be worse and many people have it worse. It’s an im-portant lesson to always be thankful for what we have. Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Five years ago, I fi lled this weekly col-umn space with a short list of the things I was thankful for at that time in my life. With Thanksgiving making its annual appearance tomorrow, I decided to revis-it this list to see how much has changed, and how much hasn’t.

I was happy to see that, of the six items I mentioned, all but one of them is still on my thankful list fi ve years later. That one item was the 1997 Honda CRV I was driving back in 2010, and little did I know that it only had a few more months of life be-fore it fi nally went off to that great junk yard in the sky (i.e., a scrap yard in Wausau).

Now, I have a 2008 Nissan Versa, and — knock on wood — I’m prob-ably more thank-ful for my current ride than I ever was of that Honda.

Here’s a run-down of the other fi ve things on the list, with some all-important updates:

Family: Like most people, this is num-ber one on my list, then and now. In 2010, I started off my saying how I was “extraor-dinarily lucky to have both parents in good health.” That still stands, but there has been one loss and two big additions to my family since then. My grandfather passed away in January of this year, but he was around long enough to meet my brother’s second child, Morgan, and my wife, Linda — both of whom entered my life since that 2010 column. Linda now holds a special spot on my list, along with the amazing family she brought with her.

Friends: Back in 2010, I raved about how many “Happy Birthday” comments I got on Facebook, seeing it as proof that I have friends near and far. I’ve added a couple since then, and a few others have faded into the past, but I think the charm of Facebook has worn off a little since 2010. I value face-to-face friendships even more in the era of social media.

Health: Having just reached the age of 31 in 2010, I complained about my sore back and not being able to eat as much as I once did. I’ll have to admit those two issues haven’t really gotten much better, as I continue to consume food like I’m 20-years-old and then wonder why my ag-ing back can’t handle the extra load up front. Overall, though, I’m still happy to not have any major illnesses or injuries.

This job: With the Great Recession casting a dark shadow over the econo-my, I was particularly grateful to have this job — or any job — in 2010. I’m still very grateful, and can easily repeat this phrase from back then: “I have a great job working for great people, and my co-workers aren’t too shabby either.”

Coffee: Though I miss the pumpkin brickle latté at the now-closed City Brew in Colby, pumpkin spice has only gotten more popular. Plus, now I have Keurig that gets me out of bed in the morning.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone and don’t forget to update your own lists.

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Nov. 11 - An offi cer met with a teenager in Colby who said she wants to return to Mexico. She said her mother’s boyfriend kicked her out of the house, and she doesn’t feel safe living with her father because he has a bunch of young men staying at his house. The offi -cer brought her to Colby High School and put her in contact with the school counselor. He explained the situation so that the school could contact social services and possibly arrange for a foster home.

Two days later, the school requested truancy charges against the teen and provided documentation showing that she has not been attending class. The offi cer sat in on a meeting with the teen and her mother, and a translator was used to explain why the teen needs to attend school.

Nov. 15 - An offi cer met with an Abbotsford family in reference to a neighbor driv-ing his unregistered motorcy-cle across their property. The complainants said they have told him to stop driving on their property, but he contin-ues to do it.

The offi cer went to the neighbor’s house and met with the operator’s father, who said his son was out riding the mo-torcycle. The offi cer confi rmed that the son has a valid driv-er’s license, but the motorcycle is not registered. The offi cer told the father that he needs to speak to his son about the tres-passing allegation.

Nov. 15 - An offi cer re-sponded to a report of a dog running loose on the east side of Abbotsford. The offi cer lo-cated a large white dog with a collar and harness. The offi cer could see where the dog had chewed off the rope connected to the harness. Just as the offi -cer was bringing the dog to the city pound, the owner called and arranged to pick it up. The owner was advised to get a chain instead of a rope so the dog doesn’t get loose again.

Nov. 18 - An offi cer met with a Colby woman in refer-ence to a criminal damage complaint at her house. The woman showed the offi cer where someone appeared to have kicked the door leading into her garage, causing the door casing to break. The of-fi cer saw scuff marks but no

identifi able tread marks. The complainant said the

door was OK when she went to bed the night before, and her roommate noticed the damage when he went to work at around 6:45 a.m. that morning. She said their cars were parked in the driveway, so whoever did it must have known they were at home. She checked the garage and nothing was missing. She had a suspect in mind but did not want to accuse anyone without proof.

Nov. 18 - An offi cer was on patrol in Abbotsford when he noticed a vehicle with a de-fective brake light traveling north on North Fourth Street. The offi cer conducted a traffi c stop and met with the driver, who identifi ed herself with a Mexican ID card. The offi cer explained the reason for the stop and when he asked her for a driver’s license, she said she didn’t have one.

The offi cer ran the driver’s name through dispatch, which showed she had an active war-rant and three prior convic-tions for operating a motor ve-hicle without a valid license. The driver was taken into custody and transported to the police station. A passenger in the vehicle followed them to the station and posted the $539.

The driver was cited for operating without a valid li-cense, third-plus violation, and warned about driving with a defective brake light and without insurance.

Nov. 18 - An offi cer was on patrol in Abbotsford when he observed a man sitting outside a gas station that was closed for the day. The offi cer recog-nized him as the same man Clark County deputies spoke to earlier in the night follow-ing a report of someone walk-ing along STH 13. The man said he had just walked all the way from Medford after deliv-ering a semi to a business in that city. He said his ride never showed up and his own vehicle is parked at the Central Wis-consin Airport, so he started walking. He said he was soak-ing wet and his hips were sore from walking, so he decided to sit at the gas station until he could get hold of a ride.

The offi cer gave him a ride to a gas station that was still open so he could get warmed

up and wait for a ride inside. Nov. 19 - An offi cer was

dispatched to an Abbotsford apartment building after a woman called 911 and said there were intruders in her apartment. The caller said she was hiding under the bed. The offi cer arrived within minutes of the call but did not see any-one outside the building, nor were the lights on in the apart-ment.

The offi cer knocked on the apartment door and had dis-patch tell the caller to come to the door. He met with a woman who appeared to be under the infl uence of something. The offi cer searched the apartment and no one else was found. The woman said she is on a lot of medication and the side effects include hallucinations and sleepwalking. She insisted she heard and saw other people.

The woman said she had a doctor’s appointment later that day, and she was instruct-ed to tell her doctor about this incident so that maybe her medications could be changed.

Nov. 20 - An offi cer was dispatched to a Colby resi-dence in reference to a miss-ing 72-year-old woman. He met with a man who said his wife had gone to fi re up their wood stove when he went to bed at 10 p.m., but when he woke up at around 3:30 a.m., she was not in the house. He said he went outside, and the garage door was closed and locked. He also checked the area but could not fi nd her.

A Clark County deputy ar-rived on scene and went to check the neighbor’s house while the offi cer searched the outbuildings and yard area.

The complainant also called a friend’s house, but she wasn’t there either. As the offi cer checked the area, dispatch re-ported that the complainant called and said his wife left a message on their answering machine. She had locked her-self out of the house and was unable to wake her husband up by knocking on the door, so she went to the neighbor’s house for the night.

Nov. 20 - An offi cer went to Colby High School to dis-cuss a student’s ongoing tru-ancy issue. According to the student’s mother and aunt, the teen has been lying to ev-eryone and moving around to different locations to avoid go-ing to school for the past two years. The mother said she leaves for work before school, and her daughter won’t listen to her about going to class. She suggested providing the school staff a house key and giving them permission to come to her house and take her daugh-ter to school.

The offi cer said the school should not have to waste time getting the student to attend school. He said the police need to be contacted when she doesn’t show up so they can is-sue truancy charges. The court system can then offi cially or-der her to attend and have her arrested if she doesn’t comply. The court could also place her in secure detention and make sure she goes to school.

The offi cer could see the student was visibly upset by what he was saying, but her relatives all agreed with the of-fi cer’s plan.

The mother also told the of-fi cer that her other daughter, also a minor, had stolen $300

and her birth certifi cate from their house. She left a written message saying she was go-ing back to Mexico with her boyfriend. The family did not know who the boyfriend was or when they had broken into the house. Due to a miscom-munication, the mother left be-fore the offi cer returned with paperwork to list her daughter as a runaway. The offi cer told the woman’s son that he would be back the following morning to fi ll out the paperwork.

Nov. 21 - Marathon Coun-ty requested assistance with an active intruder call in the town of Hull, about two miles outside city limits. The caller said a man wearing a green army jacket knocked on the rear door of her residence and when she opened it, she was pushed backward and fell down the stairs into her base-ment. She said her two dogs attacked the intruder, and she was now lying on the base-ment fl oor, unable to get up. The caller said her dogs were with her, but she was not sure where the intruder was at this point.

As the offi cer approached the residence, the only vehicle he passed along the way was a mail delivery truck with someone inside wearing a red coat. When he arrived, he found the victim lying on the basement fl oor with her two dogs. Dispatch advised that an ambulance was en route. A Marathon County deputy ar-rived and helped the offi cer se-cure the dogs and tend to the victim. Once the ambulance arrived, the offi cer helped a second deputy search an unat-tached garage before clearing the scene.

Law EnforcementCOLBY-ABBOTSFORD POLICE LOG

DORCHESTER POLICE LOG

Nov. 15 - Battery on North Second Street.

Nov. 18 - Paper service in the village.

Nov. 18 - Speeding on Center Avenue.

Nov. 18 - Speeding on Center Avenue.

Nov. 19 - Speeding on Vircks Drive.

Nov. 19 - Scam reported on North Third Street.

Nov. 20 - Criminal history check on North Second Street.

ABBOTSFORD MUNICIPAL COURT Jason F. Binning was fi ned

$177 for retail theft. Kevin J. Bunkelman was

fi ned $98.80 for failure to obey a traffi c sign or signal.

Aurelio Juarez was fi ned $124 for operating a motor ve-hicle without insurance.

Miranda Michelle Shore was fi ned $98.80 for failure to obey a traffi c sign or signal.

Daryl J Spielvogel was fi ned $98.80 for disorderly con-duct with a motor vehicle.

Ricardo Ramon Tzinzun was fi ned $124 for operating a motor vehicle without insur-ance and $88.80 for disorderly conduct with a motor vehicle.

Ismael Jorge Vals Colon was fi ned $124 for operating a motor vehicle without insur-ance.

Dustin Ronald Widowski was fi ned $811 for operating a motor vehicle while intoxi-cated.

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Appeals court: Town’s fi re fee is legit

By Kevin O’Brien

Clark County’s board of supervisors will have to decide at their next meeting if they want to ask the state Supreme Court to review an appeals court ruling issued earlier month that says the county must pay the town of Hoard a fi re protec-tion fee as the owner of a health care cen-ter located in the township.

In a Nov. 12 decision, Wisconsin’s District 4 Court of Appeals rejected the county’s argument the fee is actually a tax and that a fee can only be charged when fi refi ghting services are actually rendered. The decision affi rmed a ruling by Clark County Circuit Court Judge Jon Counsell, who granted Hoard’s request for summary judgement in February.

Clark County corporation counsel Ja-cob Brunette said Monday the board will likely meet in closed session at its Dec. 9 meeting to weigh its options for seeking a supreme court review.

“I’m not sure what I’m going to recom-mend at this point,” he said. “There are

pros and cons to every case.” The county argued that Hoard’s fee

is really a tax, and counties are exempt from such taxation under state law. The township contends it followed state law in setting a written fee schedule for as-sessing charges against property to raise the necessary funds to equip and man a fi re department.

The town of Hoard fi led suit against Clark County in July 2014 after the coun-ty refused to pay that year’s fi re protec-tion bill of $3,328.

The appeals court agreed with the township, citing case law that defi nes the difference: “The primary purpose of a tax is to obtain revenue for the govern-ment, while the primary purpose of a fee is to cover the expense of providing a service...”

Hoard’s annual contribution to the Owen-Withee-Curtiss Fire Department was $24,500 in 2014, and the town board’s ordinance divides that expense among all property owners based on a formula that takes into account square footage and use of the property.

The appeals court was satisfi ed the fee would only be used to cover the actual cost of fi re protection and not be used to raise revenue for local government, which would make it a tax.

In its appeal of Counsell’s decision, the county ignored the legal criteria for dis-tinguishing between a tax and a fee and wrongly interpreted case law, the appeals court ruled.

The appeals court also agreed with Counsell in saying the county relied on outdated statutory language to back its assertion that it should only have to pay for fi re services rendered, not just servic-es made available.

Prior to 1988, state statutes only al-lowed townships to assess a fee for “fi re calls made to the property”, while cur-rent law allows fees to be charged for the cost of “fi re protection provided.”

Brunette argued that the changes in statutory language did not amount to change in how fees can be assessed, but the appeals court disagreed. The differ-ence between “fi re calls made” and “fi re protection provided” is signifi cant, the court reasoned.

“The presence of a fi re district stand-ing by ready to extinguish fi res consti-tutes a fi re protection service for which a service fee may be assessed,” the court concluded.

In addition to the $3,328 and any ap-plicable interest, Counsell ordered the county to pay the township’s costs in-curred in the litigation.

When asked about a fi gure published in the Nov. 21 Marshfi eld News-Herald, Brunette confi rmed that $14,400 is what the county has paid the law fi rm of Weld, Riley, Prenn and Ricci for assistance with the town of Hoard issue.

However, he noted that the legal bills date back to 2011 when the township fi rst passed an ordinance related to a fi re pro-tection fee.

“It’s not strictly limited to the lawsuit,” he said. “It’s well before that.”

Town of Hoard chairman Bob Bruger said $18,000 — an amount cited in the News-Herald — was close to what the township has paid the Madison law fi rm of Axley Brynelson to handle the case. However, both Bruger and Brunette said the township will likely only recoup a fraction of that amount from the county.

Bruger said the town’s attorney told him the courts don’t generally order one government entity to pay another to cover all of its legal costs, regardless of which one wins.

“It’s all taxpayer money, no matter how you look at it,” Bruger said.

Bruger called the county’s decision to appeal Counsell’s decision “frivolous.”

“The county was just wrong in appeal-ing it,” he said.

County board to decide next step

Proposed Bus. 29 truck ban stalls in committeeBy Kevin O’Brien

A proposal to prohibit heavy truck traffi c on the west end of Business 29 in Abbotsford came to a quick stop last week when members of the city’s public works committee couldn’t agree to send the recommendation to the full council.

The proposal stalled at a 2-2 vote following a debate over whether cutting off that stretch of road to semis would truly im-prove pedestrian safety in the area just south of Abbotsford’s schools. Alds. Joanna Medi-ger and Roger Weideman voted against the proposal while Alds. Peter Horacek and Bob Gosse voted for it.

DPW Craig Stuttgen brought the idea to the committee as one way of achieving the goals in a Safe Routes to School plan adopted by the council earlier this year. He said the plan also includes longer term proposals to extend the sidewalk on the south side of Business 29 all the way to Fourth Avenue and to put in a traffi c signal at the crosswalk with a push button for walkers to use.

Stuttgen said exemptions could be granted for heavy trucks making local deliveries, but in general, he said semis en-tering or leaving the city from

the west should use the exit at STH 13.

“There’s really no reason for them to be there (Business 29),” he said. “There’s a state high-way a mile away.”

Mediger, however, said Busi-ness 29 West would be a “major road” to cut off to truck traffi c. Though she agreed traffi c safety is an issue for those using the crosswalk at Fourth Avenue and Business 29, she said more focus needs to be on passenger vehicles that speed through the intersection.

“The cars to me are far worse

than the trucks,” she said. Rerouting heavy truck traffi c

to the STH 29 interchange would also make the traffi c problems worse at those traffi c lights.

“It takes three cycles to get one semi through there,” she said.

Stuttgen noted that fully load-ed semi trucks probably take three times as much distance to come to a stop than regular cars and trucks do.

Mediger asked Stuttgen about the impact heavy trucks have on the road condition of Business 29.

“Heavy traffi c doesn’t help it at all, that’s for sure,” he re-sponded.

Mediger told Stuttgen to come back to the committee at its next meeting with a “better argu-ment” for closing West Business 29 to truck traffi c.

‘Slight’ rate hike expectedWith work continuing to

progress ahead of schedule at the city’s new sewer treatment plant, utility director Todd Medenwaldt told the water and sewer committee he’s hoping the city can start using the new facility in February or March.

“I really feel by the end of the year we’ll see a nice-looking sewer plant, but it wouldn’t be totally done by December,” he said. The deadline for Miron Construction to complete the project isn’t until the end of June, however.

City clerk Jennifer Lopez said the project looks like it will come in underneath the $9 million budget and the city’s sewer utility has about $600,000 in reserves to help offset any in-crease in sewer rates.

Lopez said she anticipates a hike of less than $5 per month for the average user, but Med-enwaldt preferred to just say it would be a “slight” increase rather than put a number on it.

One question that remains to be answered is how much the new plant will cost to operate compared to the city’s current 40-year-old facilities.

Medenwaldt said the city should see a drop in some costs.

“The old plant is just not effi -cient when it comes to energy,” he said.

So far, the city has spent $688,000 of its own money for the new plant and it has quali-fi ed for a USDA Rural Develop-ment grant and loan package.

Sewer rates were last in-creased in 2013 by 72 percent, so revenues have increased signifi -cantly in recent years.

“We raised the rates in antici-pation of this project,” Mediger noted.

Other business The public works commit-

tee took no action on a request by the owner of Rodeway Inn to add a streetlight on Elderberry Road. Stuttgen said the owner, Ralph Hlavin, told him some of the truck drivers who stay at the hotel have to park on the street overnight because they can’t fi t all of their vehicles in the parking lot. Stuttgen said it would cost anywhere from $300 to $1,900 to put a new pole there. Hlavin was not at the meeting to discuss his request.

SAFE ROUTE? - This picture from the Nov. 12, 2104 Tribune-Phonograph was passed around to Abbotsford city council mem-bers last week. It shows a semi that slid off the roadway on Busi-ness 29 at the intersection with Fourth Avenue, which is part of the city’s Safe Routes to School plan. TP FILE PHOTO


plus detailed analysis of this and other conservation measures the city plans to implement.

The water supply plan is supposed to “document the utility’s projected future customer demands, separated by customer class, and supply source options to meet these demands,” ac-cording to the order. A description of Colby’s efforts to form a water inter-connection with Abbotsford is one pos-sibility the order states repeatedly as an option.

Abby Bernhagen, engineer in train-ing with MSA, said the effi ciency and conservation report was the fi rst of its kind their offi ce has submitted for a municipal well project. Bernhagen has been working with project engineer Mike Voss on PSC compliance for Col-by’s well project.

Last week’s letter from the PSC refer-ences a 2006 water master plan supply submitted by the city of Platteville by the Baraboo MSA offi ce.

Platteville’s plan, which is roughly 60 pages in length, satisfi es the terms of a water supply plan, except for conserva-tion and effi ciency measures, the letter states.

“A plan like Platteville’s shouldn’t be necessary,” Bernhagen said. She added that a detailed report was submitted as part of Colby’s original construction authorization in June 2014.

Furthermore, she said for MSA to build a plan for the city of Colby in the size and scope of Platteville’s, there would be additional time needed for the project, which would likely add to the overall costs. She did not have cost estimates available but said the fi gures would need to be determined by Voss and MSA fi nance personnel.

Bernhagen speculated the PSC is looking for more information on fu-ture growth in terms of water usage,

but as of Nov. 16, she was waiting to hear back from voicemails left with representatives of the bureaucracy. She has been in contact with engineers at MSA’s Baraboo offi ce regarding the Platteville report.

The letter from Stone states that an outline for a new water supply plan must be submitted by Nov. 26 and the fi -nalized plan must be submitted within six months.

Reached by phone last week, repre-sentatives from the PSC provided some information as to the requirements lacking in Colby’s water supply plan.

Denise Schmidt, PSC water supply policy advisor, said the outline is sup-posed to be a list of discussion items to make sure the new plan satisfi es all the requirements of the PSC’s order.

“We want to see how the utility is in-tegrated into the overall community,” Schmidt said.

The plan, according to Stone, is also to foster long-term planning for a util-ity.

“It’s about getting the water utility to keep looking to the future to opti-mize water resources,” he said. “Also, through doing that, we’re protecting the consumers by keeping rates man-ageable.”

The PSC has estimated Colby would need to raise water rates by 30 percent as a result of the well project. At this time, however, the city has no plans to increase water rates, according to the original report.

Last January, city clerk Connie Gurtner said the city wouldn’t need to borrow money or raise water rates be-cause the $300,000 balance due after the grant portion would be paid for with TIF funds, an arrangement she said the PSC did not know about at the time.

Schmidt said as a result of 2012 regulations, the PSC requires munici-

palities in areas with limited water resources to establish a water supply plan as a condition for the authority to raise rates or establish new wells.

“It’s very system specifi c,” she said, “And very much based on available supply.”

“After Colby’s application for adding the wells, we did an investigation and found no document that offered a water supply plan for the future,” Stone said. “We’re trying to protect both natural and fi nancial resources, especially in areas where water resources are more pressed, like here.”

Bernhagen submitted an outline for a water supply plan on Nov. 19. The out-

line mentions topics of water loss and conservation effi ciency, future use pro-jections, system capacities and poten-tial improvements to increase capacity. She will be working with Peter Feneht of the PSC to ensure the plan satisfi es the agency’s requirements as it is de-veloped. The plan must be fi nalized no later than six months from the date of notice.

Schmidt did not wish to speculate on what would happen if the city of Colby did not comply with the order within the allotted time frame, but she did say the terms of the certifi cate of authority and order are legal requirements.

“This has the effect of law,” she said.

Colby water Continued from page 1

WELL, WELL - Well 14 on the west side of Colby was one of two added onto the city’s water system this year. STAFF PHOTO/CHRISTIAN PARKER

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STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT CLARK COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JENNY P. KNEPPER, aka

PATRICIA J. KNEPPER Date of Death: May 21, 2015Notice and Motion to Vacate Transfer by Affi davit - Case No.

15PR60PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Estate of Jenny P. Knepper,

aka Patricia J. Knepper, by Attorney Karl J. Kelz, hereby moves the court for an order vacating the Transfer by Affi davit fi led with the Clark County Register of Deeds on August 17, 2015, as Document #608225. See Transfer by Affi davit attached hereto as “Exhibit A”. This motion shall be heard before the Honorable Jon M. Counsell on December 9, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. or as soon thereafter. The basis for this motion is as follows:

Robert A. Knepper is not the only interested heir. Other interested heirs include other children of the decedent: Mary Brandt (nka Mary Anderson), Steven Knepper, Eugene Knepper, Joseph Knepper and Phillip Knepper (deceased).

Robert A. Knepper has not paid any outstanding creditors, includ-ing Hemer Funeral Home.

Robert A. Knepper hasn’t contacted any interested heirs concern-ing the decedent’s estate.

On September 28, 2015, Robert A. Knepper was informed by the undersigned that the decedent executed a will at the Eloranta Law Offi ce on June 22, 2002, and that the will of Jenny P. Knepper, aka Patricia J. Knepper, appointed Leon Schwarz as personal represen-tative. If he could not act, Phillip Knepper and Mary Brandt, nka as Mary Anderson, were appointed as co-personal representatives of the estate.

From the initial reading of the will, it appears all interested heirs may have an equal share in the decedent’s estate.

Therefore, due to the reasons stated above, the estate of Jenny P. Knepper, aka Patricia J. Knepper, requests an Order Vacating the fi led Transfer by Affi davit, in this matter.

Dated this 4th day of November, 2015.KELZ LAW OFFICE, LLCAttorney for the EstateKarl J. KelzState Bar #1033236133 W. State StreetMedford, WI 54451-0336

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May 30, 2012, was domiciled in Clark County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 221 W. Butternut Street, Abbotsford, WI 54405.

3. All interested persons waived notice.4. The deadline for fi ling a claim against the decedent’s estate is

February 26, 2016. 5. A claim may be fi led at the Clark County Courthouse, 517 Court

Street, Neillsville, Wisconsin, Room 403./s/ Stephen J. Walter, Probate RegistrarDate: November 4, 2015

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To: Gerard A. Draxler; Deborah L. Draxler; Yuri Chairez; Maria Montanez-Lozano; Emelio Rodriquea-Martinez; Rosalla Cruz; Jesus Zavala; Ubaldina Romero; Graciela Deleon; Jose Bravo; Alejandro Zavala; Concepcion Cordova; Lucio Flores-Aguilera; Cesar Bravo; owners and/or mortgagees, and/or occupants and/or lienholders, their heirs or assigns, known or unknown, of the premises herein-after described:

You and each of you are hereby notifi ed that Clark County is the owner and holder of Tax Sale Certifi cates, which are now deedable, on the following described land:

Lot 30Machlett’s OutlotsVillage of CurtissSec 31 TWP 29 N R 1 E

And that after the expiration of three months from the service of this notice upon you, a deed of the land described above will be ap-plied for.

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ABBY LIBRARY’S HOLIDAY PARTYThe Abbotsford Public Library will host its

annual holiday program Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. The evening event will include crafts, food, and other fun activities.

SANTA COMING TO ABBOTSFORDSanta Claus will be at the Shopko Home-

town store in Abbotsford on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 4 to 6 p.m. Santa will be available for photos before the Christmas Parade, but parents are encouraged to take their own pictures, as a photographer will not be on site. Free hot chocolate and cookies will be available, and parking and shuttle services to the parade route are available from the Shopko Hometown parking lot.

ABBY LIBRARY BOARD TO MEETThe Abbotsford Public Library Board of

Trustees will meet Dec. 2 at 6 p.m.

ADVENT VESPERS AT UCCFirst United Church of Christ, 111 S. Sec-

ond St., Colby, will host midweek Advent Ves-pers at 7 p.m. on Dec. 2 and 9, with Pastor Teri Hanson. For more information, call 715-223-2712.

CHRISTMAS PARADE MEETINGThe Abbotsford Christmas Parade meet-

ing will be held Tuesday, Dec. 1 at noon at Pizza Hut. Contact Kris O’Leary at 715-223-2342 for further information.

EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCHAbbotsford Evangelical Free Church, 4868

Cemetery Ave, Abbotsford, holds Sunday services at 10:30 a.m., with Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. Pastor Bruce Jahnke. For more information, call 715-223-4445.

NORTH RIDGE CHURCH North Ridge Church of Abbotsford, As-

semblies of God, 122 N. Second St., Ab-botsford, holds Sunday services at 10 a.m. and Sunday night services at 6 p.m. for high school students. Wednesday services are held at 7 p.m. Pastor Will Krebs. For more information, call 715-223-3223.

CHRIST EVANGELICAL LUTHERANChrist Evangelical Lutheran Church, 308

W. Linden St., Abbotsford, holds Sunday services at 10 a.m. and Wednesday services at 7 p.m. with Vicar Donald Bruce. Sunday school is at 11 a.m. For more information, call 715-223-4315.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH First Presbyterian Church, 301 W. Elm St.,

Abbotsford, holds Sunday services at 11 a.m. with Rev. Marcia Thomas. For more in-formation, call 715-223-3641.

ST. PAUL’S EVANGELICAL LUTHERANSt. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church,

13520 CTH E, Colby, holds Sunday services at 8:30 a.m. with Vicar Donald Bruce, and Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. For more infor-mation, call 715-223-4315.

ST. PETER LUTHERAN CHURCH St. Peter Lutheran Church, 266 Third St.,

Dorchester, holds Sunday services at 9 a.m. with Rev. Jerome Freimuth. For more infor-mation, call 715-654-5738.

ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Zion Lutheran Church, 301 N. Second St.,

Colby, holds Saturday services at 4 p.m. and Sunday services at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. with Rev. Mark Neumann. For more informa-tion, call 715-223-2166.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCHUnited Methodist Church, 207 W. Clark St.,

Colby, hosts Wednesday services at 7 p.m. with Pastor Janine Johnson. For more infor-mation, call 715-678-2980.

A tech donation from RCUThe Colby Middle School physical education/health education department received a grant from Royal Credit Union in Colby to purchase a laptop/notebook for the school. This device will allow the instructors to take at-tendance at the beginning of every hour, grade students on their skills while participating in the class, share Google Docs with the students and advance the technology in the classroom. From left to right are Cheyanne Dunbar of RCU, phys ed teacher Mary Beth Fischer-Guy, middle school principal Jim Hagen and Danielle Treankler of RCU. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Hubbard birthA son, Bryer Watson, was born to Kim

Smith and Noah Hubbard, Medford, on Nov. 11, 2015, at Aspirus Hospital in Med-ford. He weighed seven pounds, eight ounces and was 21 inches long.

He joins a brother, Tanner, 6, and a sis-ter, Myah, 10.

Grandparents are Linda and Charlie Smith, Abbotsford, and Theresa and Mark Hubbard, Medford.

Great-grandmother is Elaine Servais, Medford.

BIRTH

Dorchester Seniors The Dorchester Seniors met Nov. 12

and again Nov. 18 at the village hall. Cards were played, and winners were Jeanette Telford, Delores Smith, Audrey Juedes and Elaine Fritsche.

The next get-together will be Dec. 10 at 1 p.m.

DORCHESTER To share your news, call 715-223-2342 or send an email to [email protected]

High Honor RollNinth grade: Daylynn Bowling, Bai-

ley Brockhaus, Isabelle Feiten, Jadyn Goodwin, Mackenzie Huber, Reece Kelln-hofer, Katerina Kolzow, Laurel Krueger, Heather Lynn, Cheyenne Nechuta, Kora Reynolds, Matthew Roth, Mackenzie See-mann, Jenna Steen, Ashley Streveler, Bobbi Jo Strunk, Alyssa Underwood, Katelynn Wussow

10th grade: Jacqueline Baltierrez Sosa, Morgan Bilz, Carley Elmhorst, Morgan Geiger, Emily Gurtner, Madelyn Kaiser, Bailey Krause, Samuel Krause, Noah Kunze, Nathan Meyer, Ashley Mo-rales, Felicia Stange, Emanuel Strack, Megan Underwood, Alicia Viken, Devon Weiland, Brittney Zawislan

11th grade: Madeline Bach, Morgan Devine, Kayli Donahue, Erica Gaetz, Hailey Gutenberger, Michael Hackbarth, Cassandra Hornback, Kolby Jensen, Rachel Kaatz, Aaron Morrow, Alyssa Schade, Marisa Schilling, Peyton Swack-er, Zachary Underwood, Sarah Wiersma

12th grade: Sawyer Bach, Nicholas Bender, Alyssa Busse, Yadira Castillo,

Trevor Flick, Olivia Frome, Ashley Ge-belein, Haylee Geiger, Jenna Jicinsky, Eric Jorgenson, Casey Krueger, Kimber-ly Lenz, Preston Mertins, Tyton Raatz, Trey Rau, Brett Schauer, Chelsea Stutt-gen, Dylan Underwood

Honor RollNinth grade: Christian Baker, Mc

Kayla Cooper, Ana Espino Ortiz, Kyle Finke, Amanda Garcia Ventura, Logan Hawkey, Angelina Hernandez Jacobsen, Preston Hochberger, Kristina Hull, Mat-thew Kunze, Nevada Lilly, Erin Lindau, Vanessa Lopez, Elizar Mares, Tatum Rutledge, Kaylie Schilling, Alex Schmitt, Sawyer Schmutzler, Matthew Stewart, Sawyer Stuttgen, Elisabeth Van Over, Garrett Weiler

10th grade: Louella Derrico, Marisa Evert, Logan Flink, Maria Garcia Gon-zalez, Taylor Johnson, Keira Kapfhamer, Ethan Karau, Tiana Kohl, Skylar Leffel, Tessa Meyer, Nancy Navarro Balderas, Molly Peterson, Franki Raatz, Norma Ro-jas Soto, Brendan Schauer, Carla Schmel-zer, Hailie Seubert, Corina Swonger, Kev-

in Vincent, Kiersten Weiland11th grade: Esmeralda Bautista

Bautista, Zachary Brockhaus, Brianna Busse, Cindi Castillo, Emma Decker, Maria Espino, Lynn Fischer, Justine Flink, Jared Goodwin, Amanda Irizarry, Gunner Jensen, Hannah Kobs, Dylan Leffel, Whitney Lynn, Sydney Miller, Adam Mundt, Tripp Riehle, Phillip Roth, Samuel Schmitt, Makayla Seefeld, Paul Sprotte, Trevor Stuttgen, Kody Swatzina, Megan Velmer, Cassandra Venzke, Liz-zette Vital, Callie Weber, Kaylee Weber, Seth Weiler

12th grade: Sara Becker, Kendra Bel-lendorf, Paige Bruesewitz, Dylan Brusky, Francisco Cruz, Nolan Derrico, Kayla Fisher, Neilana Golz, Hannah Gurtner, Jordyn Halopka, Samantha Hayes, Alis-sa Irizarry, Georgia Karl, Elizabeth Kroe-ning, Jacquelyn Lemoi, Rachel Lind-berg, Katelyn Meddaugh, Trevor Meyer, Jacob Miller, Stacy Reis, Felicia Rogers, Kyle Roth, Matthew Schneider, Molly Stewart, Logan Uhlig, Trenton Under-wood, Nicholas Weiler, Cameron Weldy, Barbara Wilson, Ruby Wilson

COLBY HIGH SCHOOL - FIRST QUARTER HONOR ROLL

Colby VFW hosts Veterans Day banquetThe Colby VFW held a Veterans Day banquet Nov. 14. Guest speaker John Giese, the 2014-2015 Wiscon-sin state commander of the VFW and a Vietnam veteran of the Marine Corps, addresses the audience of nearly 100. Also pictured, from left to right, are Carolyn Franzen, 7th District Auxiliary president, Cynthia Knight, commander of Post 2227, and Susan Giese, John’s wife. SUBMITTED PHOTO


Time of RemembranceSunday, December 6 • 3:00 p.m.

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Grace Charlotte Riplinger Harvey1916-2015

Grace Charlotte Riplinger Harvey, age 99, died on Nov. 14 in Nashville, Tenn. Born in Osborne (later called Riplinger), Wisconsin, on Sept. 30, 1916, she was tennis champion of her high school in Colby. Upon graduation from high school, she took medical train-ing in Minneapolis, and worked in a charity hospital in Texas and several doctors’ offices. She returned to school and graduated from the University of Wiscon-sin with a bachelor’s degree in zoology. She was also a member of the AAUW (American Association of Uni-versity Women). From there, she attended the Univer-sity of Chicago, then worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II, conducting radium research and translating research papers written by Marie Curie

and others from French to English for the project. After her marriage to Air Force Captain Ray W. Harvey in 1944, and following World War II, they moved to Louisiana, where he attended college at LSU on the GI bill and she was enrolled as a graduate student in zoology, taught invertebrate zoology and did genetics research. She and her husband moved to Indiana where he attended Purdue University, studying aeronautical engineering, and she worked in a medical lab.

Upon moving to middle Tennessee in the 1950s where Mr. Harvey was em-ployed at A.E.D.C., and as the mother of three children, she became an avid volunteer in the community. It was her lifelong goal to enrich and bring up standards of living in any community. She did this by starting the first public library in Manchester, so all children could share in the joys, beauty and intel-lectual enrichment of books. Prior to that, only the wealthy families in the town borrowed books from one another. She also was on the the PTA and, working with the national PTA organization and the Coffee County School Board, spear-headed the hiring of teachers trained at Columbia Teachers College and Pea-body College in Nashville for Coffee County Schools to bring up the quality of education in this small town. She was also instrumental in the building of the first hospital in Manchester, which now serves the larger region. An Episcopa-lian, she was one of a group of people who started St. Bede’s Episcopal Church in Manchester, where she was also the organist and choirmaster. The family moved to Sewanee, where Mrs. Harvey was a librarian at St. Luke’s Theology Library at the University of the South from 1968 – 1997, when she retired at age 70. After that, she enjoyed traveling with her husband, as well as many bridge games, concerts, lectures and friends at the university.

She is survived by her son, Ray W. Harvey, Jr., of Nashville, Tenn.; her daugh-ter, Katherine H. Garneau, of Tampa, Fla.; four grandchildren, Chad, Mary-Grace, Rebecca and Matthew; and three great-grandchildren, Kylie, Tobi and Effie. She is predeceased by three siblings, Vernetta, Lorraine and Ben; her husband, Ray, and her son, Paul. Visitation will be from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 19, 2015, at Otey Memorial Parish Hall in Sewanee, Tenn. Services will be held at Otey Memorial Episcopal Church at 2:30 p.m., followed by interment at University of the South Cemetery in Sewanee. Moore-Cortner Funeral Home of Winchester is assisting the family. Condolences may be sent online to www.moorecortner.com. Paid Obituary 47-156130

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St. Mary’s kids give backMadyson Berg drops off some nonperishable food items at the “food pantry Mass” held before Thanksgiving every year at St. Mary’s Catholic School. The school collected about 200 items Nov. 19 for the Community United Pantry in Colby. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Wisconsin Lions Camp prepares for 60th season

The Wisconsin Lions Camp, owned and operated by the Wisconsin Lions Foundation Inc., begins its 60th year of camping for youth and adults with dis-abilities on May 31, 2016.

The 12-week summer camping pro-gram is provided free of charge, made possible by the fi nancial support of the Lions, Lioness and Leo Clubs of Wiscon-sin. Individuals and corporate donors also assist the Lions with fi nancial sup-port, making the camp possible.

Specialized camping sessions are scheduled for youth and adults who are blind or visually impaired or deaf or hard of hearing. Camping sessions are also scheduled for youth who socially or educationally function as having an intellectual disability or educational au-tism, or for youth with diabetes.

The Lions Camp provides summer em-ployment opportunities for cabin coun-

selors, program specialists and nurses, with male counselors and nurses being the greatest need. The Lions also offer a counselor-in-training program for youth ages 16 and 17 for a fee.

In addition to the regular summer camping program, the Wisconsin Lions Camp has rental opportunities during the off-season. The facility is available for rent, with preference given to school groups, organizations serving people with disabilities and other nonprofi t groups.

Camper applications for various pro-grams or information on summer em-ployment opportunities may be obtained by contacting the Wisconsin Lions Camp, 3834 CTH A, Rosholt, WI 54473. The camp can also be contacted by calling 715-677-4969, by email at info@wisconsinlions camp.com or by visiting the website at www.wisconsinlionscamp.com.

High HonorsSeventh grade: Brooklyn FiltzkowskiEighth grade: Mary Streveler

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Steinman, Richard StrevelerSeventh grade: Jamie Reynolds, Alex-

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uel Hoppe, Rilynn Lieders, Heidi Mundt, Noah Robida

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Welding students help out their school districtStudents in Colby High School’s advanced welding class have been practicing their skills while also helping out Colby Elementa-ry by repairing playground equip-ment and desks. Below, from left to right are Reggie Vanlue, Bran-don Weiler, Brett Schauer, Trevor Robida, Sean Parker, Nick Bend-er, Kyle Roth, Cuyler Swonger, Adam Mundt and Cody Rodman. On the trailer is a piece of play-ground equipment they worked on. At left, Bender does some tig welding in the shop.

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TAKING NOTES - Colby Public Library Board of Trustees members listen to presentations by MSA and SEH. From left to right are Lee Kas-chinska, Vicky Calmes and Ginny Brown. STAFF PHOTO/CHRISTIAN PARKER

By Christian Parker

Members of the city of Colby common council and the Colby Public Library Board of Trust-ees (CPLBT) heard presentations about Community Development Block Grants from two engineer-ing fi rms at the city planning meeting Nov. 18.

Brad Hentschel, community de-velopment specialist with Short Elliott Hendrickson (SEH), gave examples of municipal buildings his fi rm has assisted with block grant funding throughout Wis-consin. He said that, although block grants require area income surveys and contain many restric-tions, they do offer up to $500,000 in funds for community projects.

CPLBT members and the city planning committee have been investigating the possibility of applying for a grant for library ex-pansion either at the current loca-tion or at new site.

Jeff Thelen and Mike Voss of MSA Professional Services also spoke on the subject. Thelen said even if the project chosen isn’t eli-gible for a block grant, sometimes

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No resolution on cemetery issueBy Christian Parker

In an effort to avoid a court fi ght, the Colby Common Council and the Colby Memorial Cemetery Association met jointly last Wednesday with attorneys present to discuss an ongoing dispute about cemetery funding and board repre-sentation issues.

City of Colby attorney Dean Dietrich recently sent a letter to Tom Harnisch, Colby Memorial Cemetery Association (CMCA) attorney, stating a desire for the two groups to meet and attempt to iron out differences. Harnisch returned cor-respondence Nov. 11 with an outline for the discussion points.

The two groups convened together at the town of Colby town hall. The city of Colby posted the meeting with a consid-eration for a closed session exemption, but the groups both remained in open session for the duration of the discus-sion.

Harnisch gave a brief overview of his point of view on the matter as stated in his letter to Dietrich and the terms the CMCA asked guide the dialogue. He posed the question: If the city of Colby is serious about leaving CMCA, how is the Colby Memorial Cemetery to be funded in the future? He also asked if the city wants to remain in the association, how will its payment of defi cit costs be han-dled?

Harnisch also asked the city to provide ideas for the short and long term main-tenance and repair of the cemetery, but said CMCA is not interested in discuss-ing bylaw changes or governance and representa-tion matters at this time.

P r e v i o u s l y, Colby mayor Jim Schmidt re-quested board representation on CMCA to be pro-portionate to the amounts paid by the city of Colby, and the towns of Colby and Hull as a condition for remaining with the asso-ciation.

“We proposed a change and the coun-cil was ready to vote on a $3 per person amount in August if the city could have more representation, but by the time of our meeting, the proposal was changed,” Schmidt said.

The joint meeting was an effort pro-posed by the attorneys as a last ditch ef-fort to avoid court litigation. In August, CMCA voted to authorize Harnisch to fi le for a writ of mandamus with the Clark

County Court to le-gally uphold the city of Colby’s fi nancial and ownership li-abilities for the cem-etery.

Harnisch gave a timeframe of 60 days for the city of Colby to respond prior to pursuing le-gal action. Dietrich said the process was halted and the city did not respond to Harnisch promptly

because his mother passed away in Au-gust.

Dietrich expressed his interest in avoiding a legal solution to the confl ict.

“The words ‘lawsuit’ and ‘litigation’ have been used on both sides, and I really don’t see the value to that,” he said. “Liti-gation should be the last way to resolve issues.”

However, Dietrich also expressed his doubts about coming to a resolution.

“Truthfully, though, I don’t know if both sides are going to be able to come to an agreement,” he said. “To be candid, I’m pretty pessimistic about it.”

At issue is the city’s payment of cur-rent and back fees for its share of costs for Colby Memorial Cemetery. In 2012 CMCA voted to change payment from an even three-way split between the munici-palities to one based on population, leav-ing the city with 55 percent of the cost because of its bigger population.

Schmidt said when the city’s proposal to change board representation based on payment percentages was glossed over, the city left the group.

Harnisch and CMCA believe the city has legal and fi nancial obligations to the cemetery and cannot just leave because, by state law, the town of Colby (where the cemetery is located) has no way to leave the cemetery. The law states an aban-doned cemetery is the responsibility of its host municipality.

As such, CMCA’s stance is that the township of Hull and the city of Colby are obligated to the partnership they’ve maintained since approximately 1904.

Dietrich repeatedly refused to partake in a dialogue about the city recognizing its legal responsibilities until CMCA members offered future cost projections for the cemetery.

The cemetery’s annual upkeep budget currently runs a defi cit of $12,000 after about $8,000 interest is collected from the perpetual care fund. This amount, ac-cording to CMCA trustees, doesn’t factor in any improvements or extensive stone straightening.

“That’s just the bare minimal main-tenance,” town of Hull chairman Shane Graf-funder said.

“It’s going to be an ongoing thing,” Oehmichen said. “Just to throw a number out there - I can’t tell you a num-ber.”

“I don’t mean to be obstructionist,” Dietrich responded, “but there is no way for us to say we’ll pay for costs in the future if we don’t know what those costs are. That was the question posed.”

Interest generated by the principal in the perpetual care fund was once ad-equate to cover cemetery maintenance and upkeep. As interest rates fell and re-mained low, it became necessary to seek more funds from the three partner mu-nicipalities to cover the difference. The balance in the perpetual care fund is cur-rently $150,000.

Harnisch said he has been unable to fi nd case law in Wisconsin where a mu-nicipality has left a cemetery partner-ship.

“If there’s been somewhere this had happened, we would have gone to them and asked, ‘How did it work out when somebody left the party’?” Harnisch said. “We just don’t have a history of anybody leaving the ship.”

When the city initially stated its inten-tions to leave CMCA, Oehmichen said he had professional assistance drawing up a buyout amount for the city. The formula started with the existing cemetery lots, amortizing an amount from the 1910 cen-sus and calculating infl ation. He deter-mined a buyout amount of $310,000.

“You write us out a check for that amount, we’ll put it in the perpetual care fund and then the city’s out,” Oehmichen said.

Dietrich says that since the perpetual care fund has accumulated payments from all three municipalities throughout the course of the partnership, it should be adequate to handle the costs of operat-ing the cemetery.

Harnisch countered that, by precedent, if the town of Hull were to take the city of Colby’s position and leave CMCA, the responsibility for the cemetery would fall to the town of Colby.

“Say they agree with the city: ‘They don’t owe anything and we don’t owe anything.’ The township then gets the cemetery, but the problem is it wouldn’t hold fi nancially because the town of Colby would have to pay a great deal of money to keep the cemetery from being abandoned,” he said.

Oemichen said Dietrich might want to educate the city of Colby’s common council on the state statute governing payment for a shared cemetery. Accord-

ing to state law, the cost of the cemetery shall be shared in a “fair and equitable” manner.

The words fair and equitable don’t nec-essarily mean that much, Dietrich said, because it’s all in the eye of the beholder. Further, he said the statute addresses funding, but not governance, which is the city’s issues with the matter.

“That’s where the heartache comes,” he said.

The attorneys both said a voting struc-ture could be formulated which would use a majority vote on some issues and a weighted vote on others. For example, Harnisch said expenses could be voted on in a different manner than revenues.

Both groups voiced concerns over fi -nancial circumstances being changed by those with a voting majority.

“Your governance argument doesn’t make any sense if you can turn the eq-uity argument on its ears by having a ma-jority vote,” Harnisch said.

Graffunder expressed frustration with the discussion.

“We share a fi re department and we just passed a $146,000 budget,” he said. “Now we’re sitting here arguing over $15,000, which is peanuts. Really?”

Dietrich wondered if the two differ-ent sides could move beyond their “past histories.” Harnisch noted that the cem-etery association has existed since 1904.

“What’s at ques-tion is how do we keep the cemetery so it is attractive to all?” he said. “One of the ways is to have adequate funding.”

CMCA voted in March to build a mausoleum. Diet-rich said if the city of Colby is paying the largest por-tion of cemetery expenses, they

will be stuck with having to pay for this and other expenditures they do not ap-prove of. Oehmichen countered that the mausoleum will be funded by fi rst selling half the units to pay for the project before construction begins.

Dietrich said the next step is for the City of Colby common council to discuss the matter in closed session. He said af-ter the city is able to discuss the matter further, they will report back to Harnisch and the CMCA with a proposal.

“We have to move pretty quick one way or the other,” Harnicsh said. “If the pro-posal you make is similar to the one that you made two years ago, then it appears to me that we’re dancing ‘round robin at the barn.”

Toward the end of the meeting, Oehmi-chen spoke directly to Colby’s city coun-cil.

“This has been a very coherent group over the 20 years I’ve been on this board and I have no doubt that can continue in the future,” he said.

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SportsColby girls go 1-1 to start

The Colby Hornets kicked off their 2015 girls basketball season with a lop-sided win over the Granton Bulldogs last Friday night. Colby hosted the confer-ence battle and won by a 61-10 margin.

All of the players on Colby’s roster scored at least one point during the game. They were led by senior Sammi Hayes, who racked up 15 points, includ-ing six baskets and three free throws.

Fellow seniors Hannah Gurtner and Haylee Geiger scored nine and eight points, respectively, followed by Jenna Jicinsky with six and Jordyn Halopka with fi ve.

The Hornets helped keep the ball on their side of the court by swiping it from the Bulldogs whenever they had a chance. By the end of the game, Colby had 24 total steals as a team, led by Gei-ger and Gurtner with four each.

Colby’s players also pulled down a to-tal of 40 rebounds on the night, with ev-eryone on the roster contributing to the effort. Hayes and Halopka led with six apiece, followed by Vanessa Lopez, Car-ley Elmhorst and Gurtner with fi ve each.

The Hornets traveled to Spencer Tues-day night for another Cloverbelt East matchup against the Rockets. This time, Colby came up on the losing end of the game, falling 55-46.

The Rockets led throughout most of the game, ending the fi rst half with a 25-16 advantage over the Hornets.

Hayes led the Hornets in scoring with 12 points, including two free-throws and fi ve fi eld goals. She was followed by Ash-ley Streveler, who scored nine points with a three-pointer and a trio of two-point shots. Jicinsky added seven points, while Geiger and Halopka both added

six. Still, the team’s effort was stymied by

low shot percentages from both the free-throw line, where they went fi ve for 13,

and from three-point land, where they made only three of 17 shots.

The Hornets travel to Stratford next Tuesday.

GOING UP - Colby’s Haylee Geiger goes up for a shot during the fi rst half of the Hornets’ season opener against the Granton Bulldogs. Geiger scored eight points as part of the 61-10 win. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN O’BRIEN

Abby boyswin opener in Greenwood

The Abbotsfords boys basketball team traveled to Greenwood Tuesday for a non-conference matchup to start off the season.

The Falcons led at half 28-21. The Indians got as close as six points in the second half before the Falcons slammed the door and pulled away to a 54-35 victory.

The Falcons were led by Gar-rett Rau with 23 points, 11 re-bounds and fi ve steals. Treven Gorst scored 21 points and had eight rebounds. Ean Rau scored eight points with

fi ve rebounds and two steals, and Ty-ler Kunze added two points.

“As a team I thought we played ok for the fi rst game, it’s never pretty after only seven practices and deer hunting on the guys’ minds but we found a way to limit turnovers and play sound defense.”

The Falcons come back after the Thanksgiving break to play Wausau Newman at home Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m.

The opening weekend of gun season went pretty much like I expected it to go. There were a few more hunters by us than last year, but it was nothing like it was several years ago. Fine by me.

We had about the same amount of deer sign as last year, but it was dif-ferent. Several deer trails that in the past were heavily used haven’t had a deer on them in several months. We found only one trail that showed a sig-nifi cant amount of use on it.

There are most likely several rea-sons for this. First, going back to the last Herd Reduction Zone hunt for that old DMU (Deer Management Unit), the deer population was shot down to about two deer per square mile on public land. That deer season was followed by two hard winters, but the following season antlerless tags were still available, so the deer popu-lation on public land had little chance to recover. The second hard winter I think we all remember.

The third reason hinges around the change in the forest age structure. Over the past fi ve years, what was once escape and bedding cover for hundreds of acres now has started to age out. The woods have opened up.

We can see further than 30 yards; 15 years ago, you were lucky to see 30 yards. Today wherever a hunter sits they can see 50 or more yards. And with the increased visibility the deer become less secure traveling through those tim-ber stands and use trails in areas that offer more cover for travel and bedding.

Those same regenerating acres of timber provided an almost inexhaustible amount of winter browse up until a few years ago. Today they offer very little browse, and the stands of mature oak dropping mast have been picked through fairly thoroughly for acorns by the third week of Novem-ber. Deer move closer to food sources which isn’t right by our stands anymore.

The reduction in hunt-ers since hunters have had to choose between public or private land — along with antler-less tags and low deer populations — means deer can hunker down. They don’t get pushed out of their normal bedding areas for that time of the year

toward other areas, seeking refuge. The last reason stems from preda-

tion. There are not any less bear in that area than before the last Herd

Reduction Zone hunt four or so years ago. Those bear eat the same number of fawns if they can fi nd them as they did when the population was closer to healthy than it is now on public land. That’s what bears do.

I also suspect that occa-sionally the area wolf pack digs its den close to where we hunt. My experience is that self-respecting deer generally move about a half-mile to a mile away from a wolf den site. But one thing that has been missing for a few years now is wolves howling at night. There simply hasn’t been any. When we had wolves howl-ing we had deer. It tells me wolves were howling when

they found wounded deer or gut piles, meaning hunters saw deer and were successful too. It also tells me that if there are not a lot of deer in an area the wolves move to the area in their

range that has deer. Our area doesn’t. I’ve thought about driving around

at night listening for wolves and hunt-ing in that general area, but the camp-fi re is warm, the scotch is the perfect temperature and the food is always perfect. Breakfast alone involves three dozen eggs and three pounds of bacon. We had steaks on Friday night with grilled potatoes, beans, mush-rooms, etc. Simply put, gun deer sea-son is more than killing deer for us. The camping part of our deer camp brings a lot of enjoyment, as much as the hunting, especially the last few years. There is no cell signal there.

It’s a chance for brothers and un-cles and nephews to catch up with each other’s lives and spend meaning-ful batches of time together to share stories, create some new ones and let your hair down. Some slept in one day. Some stayed up late a night or two.

And, yes, one of us slept by the fi re Friday night. He complained about frost and moisture wicking into his sleeping bag, making his feet cold in the morning, before he crawled in the camper Saturday night. I think he realized it was over 70 degrees in the camper. It was a good camp.

Many reasons for not seeing as many deer

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out 83 local families in needDISTRIBUTION DAY - Several volunteers, including many from the Colby Student Council, helped

pack groceries at East Town Mall for this year’s Angel Tree Project. In the front row, from left to right,

are Stacy Henaman, Hannah Woik, Chelsea Rahm, Mariah Stange, and Sarah Steen. In the back

row are Emily Ewert, Erin Auberg, Lauren Kallstrom, Tori Carr, and Austin Schoenborn. Submitted photo

By Sarah E. Steen

For the Tribune-Phonograph

As a member of this commu-

nity, it was my honor to assist 10

churches and three area busi-

nesses in guaranteeing that 278

children were given gifts to open

on Christmas morning. In addi-

tion, these 83 families received a

bag of non-perishable groceries, a

ham, and hygiene products.

What a huge success this year’s

project was! For the seventh year,

loyal volunteers have assisted the

children of Dorchester, Abbots-

ford, Curtiss, Colby, and Unity

by sponsoring an angel off a

tree. They have taken the time in

choosing a boy or a girl, looked

for a certain age in the child, and

then took their own personal time

and shopped for that child, buying

them something, or some things,

off of their wish list.

Again this year, families in

need were able to obtain an ap-

plication for the Angel Tree Proj-

ect through one of four agencies:

Department of Social Services,

Indianhead Community Action

Agency, Head Start, or CUP Food

Pantry. Once the applications

were received, every child became

an angel with a number, and was

distributed to a representative on

behalf of our local churches and

businesses that participated.

There is just not enough

thanks that can be given to these

people—their job is so vital to

this project! They ensure that

each angel gets hung on the tree

and that each angel gets chosen,

and then ensures that they re-

turn safely with a gift. Not only

do they do that, but then they de-

liver all of these gifts to be sorted

at the East Town Mall, in a room

so kindly donated by the mall,

for distribution day. The wonder-

ful volunteers are Marjean Zoel-

lick, Margaret Apfelbeck, Arlene

Rankl, Lisa Schindler, Vivian

Kramer, Val Knautz, Gene Ol-

son, Lori Frome, Stephie Nelson,

Stacy Retterath and Sue Lindau.

I am so grateful for their time

See ANGEL TREE/ Page 11

Sidewalk

question

still lingers

By Kevin O’Brien

Next year, the city of

Abbotsford will have a

chance to put in about

three blocks of new side-

walk on the west side of

STH 13 — at a cost of 20

cents on the dollar — as

part of a DOT road recon-

struction projection.

But not everyone thinks

it’s a good deal.

Many residents and

business owners along

that stretch say they don’t

see the need for more side-

walk on their side of the

road. And, at least two

members of the city coun-

cil say they want to revisit

the city’s agreement with

the DOT and remove the

west side sidewalks from

the project plan.

Ald. Gerry Anders says

there’s “strong citizen op-

position” to the sidewalks,

and he plans on bringing

the issue up at the next

public works committee

meeting in January.

Ald. Joanna Mediger

said she doesn’t want to

see the city spend money

“frivolously” on extra

sidewalks that nobody

seems to want.

“If nobody wants it

there, why are we spend-

ing money on it?” she

wondered.

County board

looks at frac

sand potential

By Ben Schultz

A material used in

America’s newest oil and

gas drilling boom could

have a signifi cant source

in the region.

At the Dec. 15 Clark

County board meeting,

planning and zoning ad-

ministrator Steve Kunze

gave a presentation on

frac sand in the area.

Western Clark County

is rich in frac sand, main-

ly in a belt stretching from

its northwestern corner

to the southeast. There is

little to no frac sand in the

northeastern portion.

The western part of the

state has an abundance

of the material, possibly

more than any other state,

Kunze said.

The state also has some

of the higher quality ma-

terial, which is rounded

instead of angular. Typi-

cally frac sand receives a

resin coating before being

used in drilling opera-

tions. A plant near Meril-

lan coats the sand before it

is shipped west.

The material is gener-

ally composed of silicon

dioxide, commonly called

quartz. Each grain is 1/60

to 1/80 inch.

See FRAC/ Page 7

See SIDEWALK/ Page 7

State would preserve “rural character” in western Marathon County

See AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISE AREA/ page 5

A new county initia-tive hopes to preserve “the rural character” of a 405,000 acre bloc of farmland in western Mara-thon County.Diane Wessel,

a planner with the county’s Con-servation, Plan-ning and Zoning

Department, said west county town offi cials in recent meetings have encouraged the county to extend a 62,000 acre ag-ricultural enterprise

area already formed in Clark County, known as The Heart of Amer-ica’s Dairyland, into

western Marathon County.

With this thumbs up, county offi cials, in-cluding Wes-sel, hope to describe the perimeter of a proposed western Mara-thon County agricultural enterprise area and, by March, submit a proposal for funding to the state’s Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP).In submitting the

proposal, Wessel said,

the county will com-pete for part of $27 mil-lion in annual Working Lands Initiative fund-ing budgeted to protect up to one million acres of Wisconsin farm-land.

Wessel said it will be up to individual land-owners whether to par-ticipate in this project, but the contiguous ag-ricultural enterprise area has to be estab-lished before any farm-ers can take part.In the new program,

she said, rural land-owners will enter into 15 year contracts with the DATCP. If farmers agree to preserve their land as farmland, they

Ag enterprise area sought

The Record-ReviewA WISCONSIN HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER

ATHENS EDGAR MARATHON STRATFORD

ONE DOLLARDECEMBER 28, 2011VOLUME 49, NO. 52SIXTEEN PAGES

Proposed western Marathon County agricultural enterprise area

DianneWessel

See CHRISTMAS GIVING/ page 5

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That’s why Samantha Sch-

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Rachel Heiden, 12, town of Riet-

brock, dreamt up a charity this

holiday season, Kids4aKause, and

on Thursday donated nearly $200

worth of toys to sick children stay-

ing in the pediatric ward at St. Jo-

seph’s Hospital, Marshfi eld.“We wanted to make a difference

somehow,” said Heiden. “We just

wanted the kids in the hospital to

have a good Christmas.”The girls, who claim to be best

friends, said they came up with the

idea of starting a charity for chil-

dren in early December at a sev-

enth grade Edgar vs. Abbotsford

boys basketball game.Schreiber said she began think-

ing about children who will have

tough Christmases this year. In her

family, she said, her mother is off

work, recuperating from a disabil-

ity, and her own family’s holiday

with be modest. Heiden said her

sister, Kaitlyn, had previously do-

nated to children in the hospital.

“We said, hey, let’s do this,” said

Schreiber.After the basketball game, the

twosome decided to knock on doors

to ask for donations. It was a little

scary at fi rst, they said.

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CLARK COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY ‘PET OF THE WEEK’Joslin

This little darling is so cute and friendly she’s almost irresist-ible. Joslin has a brown tabby coat of medium-length fur. She is already spayed, vaccinated and microchipped. Her adoption fee is only $30. Joslin loves to play and cuddle with anyone who visits her in Kitty City here at CCHS. She’s only one of many cats and kittens, puppies and dogs, just waiting for the right person to come along and adopt them. If you have room in your heart and home for her or any of the other pets here, please go to the website to see their pictures and descriptions. Now is a great time to look for a new pet. There are 42 cats or kittens and 53 dogs or puppies here. Surely there’s one just right for you. Check them all out at www.cchs-petshelter.org/id8.html.

If you love animals and have some time, now is a great time to come on down and get involved at CCHS. You can fi ll out a volunteer application form online by going to our website (www.cchs-petshelter.org) and clicking “Volunteer at CCHS” from the menu, or stop at the shelter or at our Paws and Claws store in the Marshfi eld Mall. Come to an orientation and join our Pet Lovin’ People group, get a tour of the shelter and we’ll tell you about all of the many ways to volunteer. We’ll fi nd just the right spot for you to get started helping animals. You’ll love it!

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Athlete of the monthAbbotsford volleyball player, senior Makenzie Klieforth, won the Marsh-fi eld area sports athlete of the month award. Makenzie is the daughter of Scott and Melissa Klieforth. SUBMITTED PHOTO

MOVE IT - Jaelyn Friedenfels skirts around coverage from Auburndale de-fense during the second half of Tuesday night’s game against the Apaches. STAFF PHOTO/CHRISTIAN PARKER

Abby girls fall to Auburndale, 62-27

The Abbotsford girls basketball team hosted the Auburndale Apaches Tuesday and were defeated handily 62-27.

The Falcons put up a fight through the first half and trailed 27-18 at the break. The second half was a much different story as Auburndale out-scored Abby 35-9.

“Dylana Schreiner led Abbotsford earning nine points,” said Falcons coach Gary Gunderson. “Erika Budz-inski added five and Schreiner also

led the team with five rebounds.”Ariana Branstiter and Samanta

Fuentes each had four steals and Sa-brina Branstiter dished out three as-sists.

The Falcons return to action next week with three games. Newman Catholic will visit Abbotsford Mon-day. On Tuesday, the Falcons will travel to Pittsville, and on Friday Abby opens its conference season with a visit from Chequamegon.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2015

Sports Preview

AbbotsfordColbyColby

2015 - 20162015 - 2016

COMING DEC. 9

The harvest of whitetail deer in both Marathon and Clark counties this past opening weekend was up 18 to 19 per-cent over last year, according to the Wis-consin DNR.

Hunters in Marathon County shot 2,294 antlered deer and 2,592 antlerless deer for a grand total kill of 4,886 deer for opening weekend. Last year’s total was 4,121 deer.

In Clark County, hunters shot 751 bucks and 931 antlerless deer in the Cen-tral Farmland Deer Management Unit (DMU), an increase of 9.86 percent. A total of 663 bucks and 445 antlerless deer were claimed in the county’s Central Forest DMU, a jump of 30 percent over last year. Countywide, 3,294 total deer were harvested, compared to 2,795 in the 2014 opening weekend.

The improved local harvest is consis-tent with statewide trends.

As of Monday, deer hunters registered 119,495 deer using the new GameReg system compared to 103,746 last year.

“We are off to a good start to the nine-day season, “ said Kevin Wallenberg, DNR big game ecologist. “Harvest is up in many counties, even where some hunters said deer movement was poor. We saw excellent hunting conditions in much of the state over the weekend, so that combined with improved deer pop-ulation levels following a mild winter and efforts to increase deer numbers, we are hoping things continue to go well for hunters through the rest of the sea-son.”

The DNR investigated a non-fatal hunting accident in the town of Emmet.

As of Saturday, 591,783 gun deer li-censes had been sold. The combined number of gun deer and archer cross-bow licenses total 828,664. This com-pares to 589,830 gun deer licenses and 816,292 combined gun and archer cross-bow licenses in 2014.

Deer totalsup locally on opener


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Start Date: December 7, 2015

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www.colby.k12.wi.us/Applications.cfm

PLEASE SEND APPLICATION TO: Kristen Seifert

Colby District Education CenterPO Box 139

Colby, WI 54421EOE

First Shift CustodianSchool District of Edgar

The School District of Edgar is seeking a full-time, fi rst shiftcustodian. Position involves maintenance and cleaning. Previous custodial or cleaning experience and local residency preferred. Candidate must be able to perform essential duties satisfactorily.

Applications available at: www.edgar.k12.wi.us

or at 203 E. Birch Street, P.O. Box 196Edgar, WI 54426

Please send resume/credentials to: Cari Guden, Superintendent Deadline: December 9, 2015

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Second Shift CustodianSchool District of Edgar

The School District of Edgar is seeking a full-time, second shift custodian, fi rst shift during summer. Position involves general maintenance and cleaning. Previous custodial or cleaning experience and local residency preferred. Candidate must be able to perform essential duties satisfactorily.Applications available at: www.edgar.k12.wi.us or at 203 E. Birch Street, P.O. Box 196Edgar, WI 54426 Please send resume/credentials to: Cari Guden, Superintendent Deadline: December 9, 2015 47-176157

EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHERWe have an opening for Full-Time Teachers (4 days on, 1 day off). Qualifi ed candidates will have proven work history and previous experience in early childhood. Seeking individuals with an Associate or Bachelor Degree and willing to pursue further education in Early Childhood.Send letter of interest and resume with references to:Kelly Jensen664 W Cedar Street, Medford, WI 54451Email: [email protected]

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1110 N. Division Street, Colby, WI 54421715.223.2200 • www.pineridgeliving.com

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Interested applicants can apply in person at Pine Ridge

Assisted Living in Colby or visit www.pineridgeliving.com to

print an application.

COME JOIN OUR TEAM! NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!

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Maintenance Mechanics: Class C or Above

Applications will be taken until Dec. 11, 2015Apply in person between the hours of 7:30

a.m. and 2:30 p.m. at 306 Park St., Spencer, WI.Or e-mail résumé to: [email protected]

TECHNICAL TRAINING OR PREVIOUS MAINTENANCE MECHANIC EXPERIENCE

REQUIREDHIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR GED REQUIREDIdeal candidates will have knowledge and hands-on experience in the following areas: Electrical, Mechanical, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Plumbing, Refrigeration, and General Repair.

The ideal candidate must be able to pursue job assignments completely, thoroughly, with safe, effi cient plant operations. Must be able to pass forklift training test and safely operate. Must have knowledge of OSHA safety procedures normally acquired during on-the-job training. Must furnish own hand tools.

Mandatory that applicant be available for work assignment to any of three (3) shifts within a 24-hour production operation. Final shift assignment will be determined upon hire. Must be available for voluntary and scheduled overtime as well as extended hours and weekend work as assigned.

Land O’Lakes offers medical, dental and vision insurance, short-term disability benefi ts, and shift differential. Successful candidates will need to complete a mandated drug screen, pre-employment physical assessment and background check.

Land O’Lakes, Inc.306 Park St., Spencer, WI 54479

Land O’Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity and Affi rmative Action Employer. We enforce a policy of maintaining a drug-free

workplace, including pre-employment substance abuse testing.

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growingtogetherLand O’Lakes, Inc., a cheese-processing plant in central Wisconsin, has the following employment opportunities:

NOW HIRING


Hey Kids! Here’s your chance to write to Santa.

Tell him what you want for Christmas, ask him about his reindeer or thank him for your presents from last year. What you say is up to you. Just think how much fun you’ll have seeing your letter in the paper. And we’ll get your message to Santa!

Get your letters (40 words or less) to us by

Tuesday, December 1 so we can get them in the Christmas Greeting Section on

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Here’s my special message to Mr. Claus:

(Use Extra Sheet If Necessary, But Please Limit Your Letter to 40 Words or Less)

Bring In or Mail to: TP Printing Co. P.O. Box 677, Abbotsford, WI 54405

Or email to: [email protected]

Dear Mr. Claus...Dear Mr. Claus...

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minutes, members discussed possibly having the district rent the halls from each municipality and pay for heat, elec-tricity and other utilities.

As far as billing goes, the Colby FD bills the townships to cover the manpow-er costs of responding to a fi re, and the townships pass that along to the resident who had the fi re. The city of Colby ab-sorbs the labor bill rather than passing it along to residents.

Abbotsford and Dorchester residents are also not billed for fi re calls, but the two fi re departments forward a copy of the bills to the townships for respond-ing to fi res within their boundaries. The townships can then bill the residents to recoup the cost. Dorchester FD does not bill for responding to car accidents, but the other two departments do.

Any changes in billing implemented by the consolidated district would re-quire each municipality to amend or adopt local ordinances accordingly.

A bulk of the funding would have to come from annual budget allocations by each of the municipalities. If the seven entities paid based on their total equal-ized property values — as currently pro-posed — Abbotsford would pay the big-gest share at 25 percent, followed by the city of Colby at 18 percent.

Dorchester and the towns of Hull, Holton and Mayville would each con-tribute about 12 percent and the town of Colby would pay 9 percent of the costs.

The three existing fi re departments

have a combined operating budget of about $324,000, according to the com-mittee’s minutes, but that does not in-clude the cost of insuring Abbotsford’s equipment and maintaining its fi re hall. According to a tally of expenses com-piled by city clerk Jennifer Lopez, that amounted to about $42,000 in 2014. The city also made $111,000 in debt payments last year on the fi re hall, with the loan balance at $2.1 million as of this year.

In exchange for some of the municipal-ities paying more than others, a weighted voting system may be used when the dis-trict’s board makes fi nancial decisions. All other matters would be decided by equal votes of the seven-person board.

A separate fi re commission of appoint-ed members will handle personnel mat-ters, according to the sample contract.

Continuing automatic mutual aid for structure fi res in the area — with fi re-fi ghters from all three departments re-sponding — was discussed as a way of optimizing the new district’s insurance rating.

The ISO (Insurance Services Organi-zation) would assign a new rating to the consolidated district, but it will still be based on how many fi refi ghters respond to each call. Homeowners and business-es within the district may see a savings in insurance with an improved ISO rat-ing.

The committee’s next meeting will be 6:30 p.m., Jan. 19, at the Dorchester fi re hall.

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byBank; snowblower with accessories, donated by Forward Financial Bank; John Deere 4x2 Toy Gater, donated by Kramer/Schiferl Realty and Kramer’s County Market; Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro, donated by TP Printing; pet well-ness package, donated by Medford Vet Clinic; $200 gift card, donated by Royal Credit Union; Ford pedal tractor, do-nated by Cherokee Garage; one-night stay at Rodeway Inn, donated by Ab-botsford Hotels; $100 gas card and $50 Hardee’s gift card, donated by Hardee’s and Super 29 Shell; $100 gift certifi cate donated by Rob’s Redwood of Unity; $100 Abby-Colby Crossings Chamber dollars, donated by Christensen Sales Corp.; $100 Pizza party, donated by Piz-za Hut; and two large stuffed animals, donated by First City Dental.

Raffl e tickets are available along the parade route from 6:30 p.m. until the parade starts. The drawing is held immediately following the parade on Main Street.

Over the years the parade has grown from Santa, Rudolph and Frosty the Snowman arriving on a fi re truck the fi rst year, to 45 fl oats and over 250 cos-tumed characters. The fl oats are most-ly self-propelled and lit with thousands of lights.

The new fl oat this year is the Sponge-Bob boat, complete with SpongeBob and Patrick characters. New movie characters have been completed and will join old favorite storybook, car-toon and fantasy friends that have joined the parade through the years.

If you are coming from a distance to see the parade, two local motels, Rode-way Inn and Abby Inn, offer a 25 per-cent room discount certifi cate to those taking the free shuttle bus from Rode-way Inn and East Town Mall to the pa-rade route.

Saturday there will also be a Lions Club soup and chili feed from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and a home-based busi-ness Shops on Candy Cane Lane from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., both at East Town Mall. Santa will make a stop at Nicolet

Bank in downtown Abbotsford from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. before he leaves to get his reindeer and sleigh ready for the parade.

For more information on the parade, contact parade chairman Kris O’Leary at 715-223-2342 ([email protected]) or the Abby/Colby Cross-ings Chamber of Commerce at www.abbycolbyareachamber.org.

Bring the whole family, dress warm and enjoy the magic of the 45th annual Abbotsford Christmas Parade.

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FROZEN FLOAT - A new fl oat fea-turing the characters of the popular Disney movie “Frozen” debuted at last year’s Abbotsford Christmas Pa-rade. SpongeBob will be the newest fl oat this year. TP FILE PHOTO

String art demonstration at CPLThe tapping of a dozen hammers pounding in hundreds of nails were the sounds in the Colby City Hall Friday evening during a special demonstra-tion by CPL staff member Brittani Mertens on “Wisconsin String Art.” Par-ticipants learned techniques then personalized their projects with a variety of board types and fi nishes, string applications, and embellishments. Pic-tured with their creations, left to right, are Morgan Hopperdietzel, Michelle Maurina and Jena O’Flanagan. SUBMITTED PHOTO

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