The Star News May 14 2015

Area residents and elected offi cials came to-gether last week to try and save the Kathryn Lake campground.

The eight-unit campground in the town of Grover was not opened this spring because of budget cutbacks at the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest.

According to Jeff Mell, lands and recreation program manager for the Chequamegon-Ni-colet National Forest, the closure is hopefully a temporary one for this season only. He ex-plained that for several years the forest service has been robbing Peter to pay Paul with funds in order to keep all the facilities in the region

open. Now, however, with camp-ing revenues down in recent years and the cost of campground mainte-nance going up, the forest service was faced with the tough choice of not opening some areas across the sprawling Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. In Taylor County, Kathryn Lake campground and North Twin Lake campground were closed in the budget cutting measures.

According to Tim Vetter of the USDA For-est Service, the closures were determined by balancing use versus cost of operation.

Mell emphasized the pavilion and pic-nic area, along with the boat landing and pier, are open at Kathryn Lake. He said they recognized no matter where they de-cided to not open a campground, it would

impact someone. All of these are somebodys favorite camp-ground, Mell said.

According to Mell, conversa-tions, such as the ones being held

about Kathryn Lake, are be-ing held in communities

throughout the national forest.

Vetter said the cost of running the camp-

grounds includes keeping the grass mowed, testing the drinking water on a

regular basis, cleaning out fi re pits and testing

the beach water to ensure it is safe. The sign for the beach area has been re-moved and a gate blocks

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Page 9 Residents, offi cials meet with forest service to try and get Kathryn Lake sites reopened

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Bus vs. minivanA collision between a school bus and a minivan caused traffi c delays near the

Medford Area Senior High campus Wednesday morning. The vehicle sustained vis-ible damage to the drivers side door area and front wheel. The collision occurred on Hwy 64 near the west driveway at the school. According to the Medford School District, there were no students on the bus when the accident occurred. No injuries were reported.

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The Medford Area School Districts fi nance committee advanced a $4.796 million referendum proposal to the full school board after a discussion of the issue at its meet-ing on Friday afternoon in the district offi ce. The money would be spent on a variety of maintenance issues at all four school buildings.

The full school board will get its fi rst look at the pro-posed projects on May 21 at its regular meeting. Because of the election cycle, the board will have several months to study the issue before a fi nal decision on going to elec-tion or setting the question is needed. The 2016 general spring election is April 5.

Finance committee members Dave Fleegel, Jeff Peter-son and Mark Reuter approved the referendum plan for-ward with a voice vote. The cost for items listed for the possible referendum are described as a rough estimate. The proposal includes no money for the outdoor athletic fi eld repairs and upgrades which the All Sports Booster Club is working to fi nance.

The projects and costs are based on rough estimates.

Taking it to the votersSchool fi nance committee calls for referendum for maintenance work

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Jeff Mell, of the USDA Forest Service, explains the reasons campgrounds were not reopened this year.

by News Editor Brian Wilson

by Reporter Mark Berglund

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by News Editor Brian WilsonArea residents will have a voice in the name of a new

road in the Medford industrial park.The road, which leads south of CTH O between Gib-

son Ave. and Progressive Ave. will provide access to the new industrial park and a planned mink food plant. Currently, the city does not have a name for the road. Options suggested by the citys planning commission last week did not click with members of the city council Monday night.

The list of suggested names included Simek Drive, after business leader and Tombstone Pizza founder Jo-seph Pep Simek; Mink Drive, after the primary busi-ness to be located there; or naming it after any of the former city mayors.

Alderman Peggy Kraschnewski noted she would sooner see 9th St. near the location of the former Tomb-stone corporate headquarters renamed than name the industrial park road after Simek. The former Tomb-stone offi ce has been the corporate offi ce for Weather Shield Windows for many years.

Alderman Greg Knight suggested Expansion Drive, similar to the nearby Progressive Ave. However, other aldermen did not bite on the suggestion.

For alderman Clem Johnson, the case against Mink Drive or naming it after former mayor Dee Meyer, are with the possible confusion for emergency services with other roads in the county with similar names.

With no motions made about the name, Mayor Mike Wellner suggested an option would be for the Medford Area Chamber of Commerce to run a contest and come up with suggestions for the road name. City coordinator John Fales said they will start building the road next month and would like to have a name in place so they can fi nalize the plat. He said at the very least a road name needed to be in place before construction begins on the planned building in the industrial park to allow an address for material deliveries.

Emmerich agreed to the idea of running a contest with the goal of bringing suggestions back to the fi rst committee of the whole meeting in June.

Hwy 13 updateWhile there are no plans on the table to bypass Hwy

13 around the city of Medford anytime soon, the mes-sage sent by representatives from the Wisconsin De-partment of Transportation (DOT) is that limiting high-way access would help prevent any such action in the future.

Marc Bowker, Dam Anderson and Dena Young from the DOTs Spooner offi ce talked to aldermen about the

need for access management in order to have a sustain-able highway system. According to Bowker, the DOT has three different classifi cations for roads based on their use. The fi rst group is arterial roads which in-cludes freeways and roads such as Hwy 13 that are man-aged for traffi c mobility. The second type are collector roads, such as CTH O which are managed for both mo-bility and access. The third type are local streets with management focused on access.

According to Anderson, who is the person in charge of approving or denying driveway access onto state roads in the region, the greater the number of access points, the more dangerous a road is for drivers. Forty driveways per mile will increase crashes by 60 percent compared to 20 driveways per mile, he said.

Bowker explained the state rates roads on a scale of A to F with A being clear mobility and F being gridlock. He rated Hwy 13 through Medford as being in the upper B range on the scale. He said the state usu-ally looks at taking action when roads start to get in the D range.

Bowker assured the city there was no desire to build a bypass. We have no plans for a bypass, he said.

There isnt anything on the radar, Anderson said. However, he emphasized the need to control access points with such things as shared driveway entrances or using side roads to access properties with state high-way frontage.

Bowker noted traffi c fl ows on state roads have de-clined in recent years. He said currently traffi c state-wide is still below 2005 levels. This has delayed projects such as the possibility of expanding Hwy 13 to four lanes all the way to Hwy 29.

Liquor licencesQuestioned were raised about a request to grant

Main Street Bar permission to have a fenced-in 10 foot by 25 foot patio area behind the tavern to allow outdoor liquor consumption. Similar patio areas are common at other businesses with liquor licenses and the request came up during the license renewal process. Main Street resident Dave Zimmerman wrote a letter to the city in opposition to the idea. Zimmerman stated while the current manager has improved the control of patron behavior, he questioned if he would be able to adequate-ly control the area. If management cant control the existing situation, whos to say that an approval for the expanded area will not cause more issues, Zimmerman stated in his letter.

As it stands now, Main Street Bar and Grill has been a good neighbor, we would like to keep it that way, Zimmerman wrote.

Dave Brandner raised concern about the intent of the area. One of the reasons the tavern manager, James Pe-terson, asked for the extra space was to allow patrons to go outside with their drinks and smoke. Brandner questioned if this would be allowed under the state law that prohibits smoking in taverns. He said if people bring their drink outside, that could be an extension of the tavern workplace. He suggested Peterson check into that before going through with the expense of building a fence.

In the end, aldermen tabled that request pending ad-ditional information and recommended approval of oth-er routine liquor license renewals. City clerk Virginia Brost reported the city had a maximum of 16 licenses available for on-site consumption of beer and liquor, but only 11 were being used.

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city-owned Medford Area Chamber of Commerce offi ce. The only change in the terms of the lease is an increase of $10 per month to $290 for use of the space in the his-toric former library building.

Recommended approval of a lease for County Wireless of Marshfi eld for the placement of antennas and hardware on the citys water towers for $150 per month. The city previously had a lease agreement with db Wireless, but that lease has since expired. County Wireless is an internet service provider. As part of the deal, the Medford Area Fire Department will get free in-ternet access.

Recommended approval to apply for a 3 percent simplifi ed water rate increase. The city did a full rate increase in 2012 and the simplifi ed rate increases allow for infl ationary adjustment to maintain the allowable rate of return for the water utility. The increase must be approved by the states public service commission.

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access to the campground area. The camp-ground area is also closed to walkers and other forms of access.

Vetter said that is off limits because of liability concerns. Because it was not going to be opened this spring, forest ser-vice crews have not done any work to re-move dead or potentially dangerous trees. While he noted a tree could fall anywhere in the forest, there is a greater window of liability in an improved area.

While not being able to meet mainte-nance standards was one of the reasons given for the temporary closure, residents at the meeting noted that often in recent years, the fi re pits would not be cleaned out and the well often was shut down. Vet-ter explained there have been issues with the well because of low water usage at the campground and maintenance has been cut back in recent years to try and save money. Now, however, faced with not enough money in their budget to keep the campground open to federal standards, Vetter said it was necessary to temporar-ily close it.

The community meeting had been called by the Taylor County Tourism Committee and was held at the Grover Town Hall. Among the approximately 20 people in attendance were three county supervisors, Dave Lemke, Sue Breneman and Lester Lewis. Lemke is the chair of the tourism committee and Lewis and Breneman both serve areas impacted by the federal cutbacks.

Part of the challenge, said Mell, is the forest plan was developed with the as-sumption of fees being able to increase to match infl ation. However, any in-creases must come down from higher in the bureaucracy and as a result have not changed in many years.

Also impacting the forest services rev-enues have been the elimination of the Wisconsin Conservation Corps program which used to provide reduced-cost labor to the forest service for projects. However,

the state discontinued that program. County clerk Bruce Strama raised the

question of additional timber harvest in the forest and if that would help gener-ate more revenue. It is different color money, Mell said, explaining the forest logging program is run separate from the recreational programs and funding for the two areas comes from different sourc-es and does not mix.

Lewis, who recently returned from a lobbying trip to Washington, D.C. said not to expect much in the way of help from congress. However, he did encour-age residents to contact the offi ces of Rep. Sean Duffy and senators Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin with concerns about not enough funding to keep facilities open. He said Sen. Tammy Baldwins offi ce was the most helpful when he was there, but said Duffys offi ce was the least helpful with his staff not understanding the difference between the types of federal lands.

Also in attendance at the meeting were members of the Grover Town Board.

Grover chairman Craig Bolz said they understood budgets and the need to make cuts. However, he said the biggest question for those at the meeting was if there was a way to get the campground re-opened this year and possibly in time for the 4th of July weekend.

Vetters short answer was no. He said in order to reopen Kathryn Lake camp-ground, they would have to end up closing a different facility somewhere else in or-der to free up the funds. However, he did suggest there may be an option to reopen the site in the future.

Vetter said a major cost-saving method for the campgrounds is to utilize camp-ground hosts. These are people who do routine maintenance, such as clean-ing and mowing campsites and making sure bathrooms are stocked, along with providing some rule enforcement, in ex-change for being able to camp there over the summer. While Vetter noted he did not think any campground was too small to have a host, he said the reality is that it

is diffi cult to fi nd a host for sites that do not have amenities such as power or wa-ter hookups.

Vetter said one option to reopen the site would be to use a challenge grant. Under this program, a local group or com-munity would pledge an amount of money or equivalent labor to help maintain the facility. One of the challenges with Kathryn Lake is its location which is more than 20 miles from the forest servic-es Medford ranger station. He estimated it costs about $900 per campsite per year in order to keep the facility open. Camp-ing fees, he said, only cover a portion of that amount.

According to Vetter, the lowest match for a challenge grant program is 20 per-cent of a project cost but they are devel-oped on a case-by-case basis. He said there is already a precedent for these types of cooperative agreements in Taylor Coun-ty, giving the example of the Perkinstown Motorized Trail which is owned by the forest service but operated by the county using state grant money. County forest

administrator Russ Aszmann said that agreement has worked well for both the county and area users.

Bolz questioned the time involved in getting an agreement in place. The town already operates the pavilion and park area, and the Chequamegon Wildlife and Recreation Club has ongoing projects to improve the boat landing area and fi shing pier.

Vetter said the process would take time to complete, but was realistic in say-ing the campground would not reopen this year.

Grover clerk Mary Quante said they could have the item on the agenda for their June board meeting. Lemke also ex-pressed a desire to get the ball rolling on a partnership agreement, noting the area was needed to help promote and grow tourism in the county.

For now, the Kathryn Lake camp-ground is closed and will remain so un-less additional funding or a partnership agreement is reached.

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Memorial Day Program & Legacy Wall DedicationMemorial Day Program & Legacy Wall DedicationAt The Veterans Memorial Flag Field, Medford, WI

May 25, 2015 at 10:30 a.m.The Landua Jensen American Legion Post #147, the Medford VFW Post #5729 and Disabled American Veterans, Rib River chapter 31, invite you to attend our program to honor the memory of those that gave their lives for our Country.

We will also read the names of 55 of our local service men and women who have served and are being honored by the placement of a granite stone in the Legacy Wall in 2015.

This year the band Sojourner will be providing live music for our program.The public is invited to attend and encouraged to bring lawn chairs and help honor our families, friends and neighbors who have served in the armed forces. We want to invite the family members of the 55 service members whose stones

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by Reporter Mark BerglundPat Eloranta has seen changes in the Medford Area

Senior High library, but the goal of helping students and staff effectively fi nd the information they need has not changed after 31 years with the school district. She retires at the end of the 2014-15 school year with almost 40 total years of helping students learn.

Eloranta taught in an Owen parochial school before taking time off with a young family. When she returned to the full-time job market, the librarian position was open in Medford and she took on the job. The librarian position requires not only a teaching degree, but a mas-ters in library science within the fi rst fi ve years on the job.

Eloranta started with the district in 1984. In terms of library chronology, it means she started in the era of a physical card catalog. The information on a librarys holdings was typed onto index cards and then fi led man-ually into long alphabetical drawers by title, subject and author. Eloranta said those card catalog trays and cabinets found a new home when the process was com-puterized. She thinks the drawers still hold art supplies somewhere in the district.

Todays Dewey decimal system may be digital, but to Eloranta the job remains about reaching kids with information where they are comfortable. Digital maga-zine subscriptions are coming next year, but in many cases, it still comes down to a physical book in hand. They might ask can you fi nd me another title like this one? Its rewarding to put the right book in their hands, Eloranta said.

The high schools choice reading program drives us-age in fi ction as students no longer read as many class-assignment novels, but now pick appropriate books to their lives. They still read a lot, Eloranta said. She said the library has added space for fi ction titles, and there is a balancing act to get all the titles on the shelves. If it all came back at once, I wouldnt have the room, she said.

Students still come to the library in the same ways as previous generations. Its before school, after school, during study halls or signing out of class. There is a nice common area, but Eloranta thinks todays stu-dents are more academic and less social when seeking out the library. She is there to help students research the information they need, whether it is on a shelf or in the library computer lab. When a paper is due, every computer is in use, she said. She thinks the library will

continue to be a technology hub next year as Chrome-books debut at the high school level.

Eloranta has ben a district leader in developing tech-nology usage and resources. Her fi nal year with the district ends with her being part of the committee to develop the next three-year plan. She works with staff to maintain and develop their technology skills and resources. Im in a lot of places helping with digital citizenship. I do a lot of professional development, she said.

Eloranta said the days she spends in her role are not

duplicated. Every day is different, she said. There are days I work on computer issues, there are days in classrooms, days in computer labs and days working with teachers to help plan for the next unit they will teach.

Eloranta has plenty to look forward to in the fall. The garden awaits, there are fi sh to catch and places to visit. A granddaughter in British Columbia is another draw. She said the 300 commuting miles each school week will not be missed.

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Aiding the searchPat Eloranta, the library specialist at Medford Area Senior High, has spent the past 31 years helping students fi nd

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There is good, bad and the potential for the future when it comes to the status of a national forest campsite in western Taylor County.

The good is that the Kathryn Lake park and pavilion area, boat landing and fi shing pier are all open for the season. The park areas, which mark the loca-tion of the former Civilian Conserva-tion Corps camp, are maintained by the town of Grover un-der contract with the USDA Forest Service with the support of the Chequamegon Wildlife and Recre-ation Club.

The bad is that fed-eral budget restric-tions have forced the forest service to not open the eight-site Kathryn Lake camp-ground this sum-mer. This will result in a loss of tourism dollars in the Per-kinstown area. In addition to the camp-ground cuts at Kath-ryn Lake, the North Twin Lake camp-ground will also be closed this summer. While not large, the campgrounds pro-vide lodging options for those staying in the area. Many campers may switch to other nearby campgrounds such as Chippewa Campground at Miller Dam (Chequamegon Waters Flowage) while

others will leave the area and take their tourism dollars with them.

The closure of these campsites is a dollars and cents decision. Camping fees have been unchanged for decades despite increasing costs in fuel and staffi ng. The forest service does not have the revenue needed to maintain the areas to necessary

standards. Mean-while, the politi-cal atmosphere in Washington, D.C. has made it very unlikely to expect help from that quarter.

The reality of budgeting is that you can only do what you can with the money you have available. In the case of Kath-ryn Lake, it costs about $7,200 a year to operate the campground. As forest service staff note, it is a rough estimate based on the cost per camp-site for doing such tasks as clean-ing out fi re rings and monthly wa-ter testing of the well. Unlike other campgrounds

where the forest service is able to attract campground hosts who assist with ba-sic maintenance tasks in return for free camping, the relatively primitive ameni-ties of Kathryn Lake make it a challenge

to attract hosts.Despite the bad news, there is hope for

the future of the campground. The po-tential for the creation of a community partnership could get the campground reopened for next year and guarantee its operation for years to come.

This idea was suggested at a commu-nity meeting between the forest service and area residents called by the county tourism committee last week. This idea should be explored. The model already exists in the county with the county par-ticipating in a challenge grant program to allow the operation of the Perkinstown Motorized Trail. Such an agreement and

investment in worker hours by either the town or a private organization could pro-tect the site from future budget cuts.

However, with every decision having to get to Washington and back, develop-ing the agreement will take time. If the community wants to have the camp-ground reopened in 2016, action needs to begin now to get the process started.

Campgrounds, even small, rustic ones such as at Kathryn Lake are important tourism resources for Taylor County and the region. Community partnerships are a way to keep these facilities open.

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If you were born on United States soil (including overseas military bases and embassies) or have a parent who is a citi-zen, congratulations you are a natural born citizen with all the privileges and responsibilities that come with the title.

If you are among the millions of Americans who have immigrated here from other countries in search of free-dom and opportunity, the process is a little more complicated. In order to be-come a naturalized United States citizen, people must go through a lengthy process including an interview and passing a civ-

ics test. The question printed above is one

of those a prospective citizen would be asked in the test. Other questions include such things as the number of amend-ments there have been to the constitu-tion, how many justices sit on the U.S. Supreme Court or the names of the two major political parties.

Someone applying for citizenship must pass the test. There is no such re-quirement for those born into citizen-ship.

Much as those who convert to a reli-gion often have a deeper understanding of the tenants of the faith they choose than those who were born into it, many natural born Americans have little un-derstanding of how the countrys system of government works. They do not know, nor seemingly care, how bills become laws or why it may be a bad thing to al-

low unlimited cash contributions from corporations to campaign coffers.

Rep. Jimmy Boy Edming wants to change that. He recently introduced leg-islation to require all high school stu-dents to take the 100-question citizenship test immigrants must take and pass with at least 60 correct answers in order to re-ceive a diploma or its equivalent.

The idea quickly drew complaints from those who object to any mandate or testing requirements. While there are arguments to be made that standardized testing has gone too far and is consum-ing too many educational resources, the bigger question should be what will stu-dents, and by extension society, get out of the testing process?

Is teaching to the test a bad thing when the subject is the basic foundation of American democracy? This issue of The Star News includes a listing of all

the men and women who have died in the defense of American democracy. Ask their families and their fellow veterans if this is an important lesson students must learn.

Many schools already have American government as part of their curriculum. Some teachers already use the citizen-ship test as part of their classes. Ed-mings bill would set that standard for all students, which when you think about it, isnt such a bad idea.

In order for American democracy to remain strong, its foundations must be reinforced in each generation. Engaged citizenship is the rock upon which Amer-ican democracy is built.

Far from being a piece of busybody legislation, Edmings bill seeks to ensure the future generations of Americans at least have the tools and knowledge to take up the responsibilities of being citizens.

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Star News Editorials

Members of The Star News editorial board include Publisher Carol OLeary, General Manager Kris OLeary and News Editor Brian Wilson.

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

Thats what you call passing the buck. Mayor Mike Wellner after the council asked Sue Emmerich of the

Medford Area Chamber of Commerce to run a contest looking for a name for a road in the industrial park after aldermen couldnt come to a consensus

Star News Quote of the Week:

High school citizenship test requirement makes sense

Community partnerships needed to keep facilities open

Thursday, September 22, 2011 Page 3OPINIONTHE STAR NEWS

Mothers Day fl owersMilan Pesic (left), age 8, and his little brother, Novak, age 5, of Pepin, enjoy a frozen treat while picking out plants

for a Mothers Day fl ower basket at Wesland Greenhouse in Stetsonville Saturday morning. The basket was a surprise gift for their mother, Medford native Lori Pesic. The family was in Medford visiting relatives.

Being a dad who writes for a living can be a challenge.My daughter, Beth, started showing up in my writ-

ing 15 years ago. As the fi rst child, she was the one about whom I shared many of the new parent experiences. For example, encouraging her to be potty trained by bribing her with coins she could use to buy M&Ms from a toy vending machine.

By the time Alex came around six years later, Beth had built up quite a stockpile of columns recording life events and potentially embarrassing situations which I will use against her sometime in the future. As the sec-ond child, Alex initially didnt get much in the way of columns about his achievements. This column gap is something his godfather, who happens to be an attorney, mentioned pointedly on several occasions suggesting there needed to be equal representation.

However, my daughters godmother a college friend who was a key player in the story of how me and my wife met and who is also an attorney noted it was not Beths fault she was here fi rst and should not be slighted in favor of her little brother.

In recent years as Alex as gotten older and grown into a pretty cool dude, the column gap has started to nar-row. In general, both my children have reached points in their lives when they outwardly express eye-rolling and suggestions that I fi nd other things to write about rather than using my children as ways to share important life lessons.

I will admit that with Beth fi nishing her freshman year at MASH, there has been a whole host of teen angst type topics I could write about. Then I am reminded by my ev-er-loving wife that our children will eventually pick our nursing homes some day. My wife says she doesnt want to end up living in a cardboard box in the middle of the forest because of something I wrote about decades earli-er. She has a good point. Of course, at the rate the current state administration is going with changes to long-term care and a general race to the bottom for real wages, a nice dry box in the woods may seem like a good deal for a retirement option when the time comes. So, basically, everything is fair game.

Monday night was the annual spring choir concert. Beth is in the show choir. Performing with Momentum is one of her favorite things about school. Which is why on Monday when I got a call to pick up Beth at school be-cause she was sick I knew she just wasnt faking it to get out of a test.

Beth, along with the other members of the choir pro-gram, put many hours into preparing for the concert in-cluding extra rehearsals the past two weekends. My fi rst thought was to have her skip the concert and get rest, but then as Beth begged me to allow her to perform, I relented with a noncommittal promise to make the decision based on how she felt later that day.

A several-hour nap helped considerably and while still slightly greenish, she ended up performing. As someone who often has to work through feeling like something a farrier scrapes off a horses hoof, I thought it was an important lesson in that the show must go on and some-times you have to smile because you have to, not because you want to. Other times, you just have to follow the song and shut up and dance.

To all the performers, the concert was one of the best I have been to and not just because my daughter was dancing in it. There is a lot of talent in our local youth and programs such as the spring concert serve to high-light that talent.

Thursday, May 14, 2015 Page 7OPINIONTHE STAR NEWS

Brian Wilson

Come on and dance

Brian Wilson is News Editor at The Star News.

Response to letter saying there is only one way

Vox Pop

So, if no one can measure up to the Laws of Right and Wrong regarding the institution of marriage, why should guilt and shame be an issue that required the brutal death of an innocent man to be dealt with? What a cheap, benighted, disgustingly hurtful use of Scripture! In every respect, this is identical to the ISIS method of interpreting the Quran. Shameful.

Rev. Donald King, Medford.


Calls for elimination of Wisconsin Conservation CongressVox Pop

This week marks the 81st year delegates of the WI Conservation Congress (WCC) will meet. The congress should be one of the fi nest examples of grass-roots citi-zen involvement in government agency decision mak-ing. At least in theory. In practice, the structure and current leadership of the WCC functions more like Pu-tins Russia.

Dont get me wrong, there are many dedicated indi-viduals who volunteer hundreds of hours each year to the WCC. But many of them feel stymied by the lead-ers top-down methods. Several years ago, the members identifi ed a need to do the fi rst-ever strategic plan for the WCC. The focus of the new plan was to broaden de-cision making. The WCC would become more member driven. Sadly, the plan implementation phase has been largely ignored or even at times sabotaged by the chair-man.

The WCC is led by a fi ve-member executive commit-tee that meets monthly, a 24-member council that only meets three times a year, and multiple committees, that mainly meet annually. Since the council and commit-tees meet so infrequently, and their agendas are con-trolled from the top, the members have little say in po-sitions or policy.

Once a year, the public is invited to vote on questions or submit questions at the annual spring hearings. Par-ticipation this spring was quite low.

The chair attributed the low attendance to good weather and general complacency. However, the prob-able cause is the erosion of the publics and the mem-bers sense that they have an impact on decisions by voting at the hearings.

If the WCC were truly run as a grass-roots organiza-tion, I would be fully in favor of keeping it. If only a few people at the top make most decisions, why have an organization of 360 delegates, and stage the spring hearings?

Laurie Groskopf, Tomahawk,

Praises choir concertVox Pop

What a choir concert. Anyone who had the oppor-tunity to attend the MASH choir concert Monday eve-ning was in for a real treat. What a spectacular show, what wonderful talent, how very entertaining. I am so very proud of our young adults and the teachers that made the concert the best ever.

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A long time ago and in another life, I was a young seminary graduate. Like all the other bright-eyed newbies being cast out into various Lutheran parishes, I was certain I had the tiger fi rmly by the tail. We had learned our Greek, suf-fered through the torment of systematic theology, and been patted on the head by all the right people. We considered our-selves a force to be reckoned with. In re-ality, we were just a group of youngsters who had spent four years congratulating one another on how right we were about everything.

Of course, when we dispersed we all ran into another group of people that was not likely to be terribly impressed by us. This was the fi rst congregation we were sent to, whose job it was to affl ict us with

the realization that the world was not desperately waiting for us to come along and show it the One Right Way. To our dismay we discovered that the pews are fi lled by people who actually make their own decisions about what works in their lives, and they are perfectly content to leave all the rest behind.

I thought of that recently when I looked over a Vox Pop from a local preacher who is quite certain that there is One Right Way. Specifi cally, he ar-gues there is only one proper appearance for marriage. He is displeased by this nations move towards recognizing the commitments of people who dont qual-ify for membership in the One Right Way club.

The people who sit in the pews, though,

have come to a different conclusion than some of the folks in the pulpit. The lives of people who arent professionally reli-gious involve more than being a part of the One Right Way club. Being part of the club isnt how they make their mon-ey and feed their families. Being part of the club isnt how they fi nd meaning and status. Being part of the club isnt how they were born, or how they fi nd a way in life to be loving, caring, and committed.

In fact, the human community is mostly made up of people who arent in the club, and Americans have decided that these people are too valuable for so-ciety to keep excluding them. We need people who are divorced, who are gay, or who are nonreligious to be strengthened in the bonds of public commitment. The

people in the One Right Way club can choose to have religious ceremonies that exclude whomever they want to keep out. Nobody is arguing differently. It just looks like they wont get to insist that civil society follow their example.

It will always be possible for mem-bers of the One Right Way club to keep themselves convinced of their rightness. Mostly other people are too polite to contradict them, and they will just keep quiet while club members go on at the holiday dinner table, in the offi ce break-room, or wherever they fi nd a platform. If their pastor is a club member, most of the people will probably stay in the pew, taking what works and leaving the rest.

Sally Rasmussen, Medford

Writer draws from her seminary experience to question if there is truly only one right wayVox Pop

School corner

Back in March, we were fortunate enough to have John Underwood from Life of an Athlete, come and speak to our students. John is the founder of Life of an Athlete, has trained Navy Seals, Olympic athletes, and has spoken to many high profi le collegiate pro-grams and professional sports teams. Life of an Athlete program focuses on adolescents and young adults and the lifestyle choices they make.

During his presenta-tions, John spoke specifi -cally about the negative ef-fects that a poor diet, lack of sleep, and drug/alcohol use can have on the young developing body. The brain scans he showed in regards to this shows the science behind it. Tough to argue with that! Following that, he offered up suggestions to our students as far as what they need to do in those areas to be the best they can be. He was also happy to share many benefi cial resources he cre-

ated to help improve performance in our students. Not only did John speak to the student body, he

also put on a leadership conference in which we sent 70 students, grades 8-11 to. This leadership conference was hosted by Camp Forest Springs and really helped launch what we currently have going on at MASH. Right now we have four students who are leading the charge. These four students are going to represent our school at the national Life of an Athlete leadership con-ference in July. They are very passionate about chang-ing the culture at MASH. They know that working hard and doing things the right way is the only way to get better in the classroom and on the athletic fi eld. There is talk of a student leadership conference at MASH in late July to get our student leaders (clubs and athletics) on board. We are already starting to branch out and in-vite other future student leaders to join this movement. At the beginning of the 2015-16 school year, we are look-ing at opening it up to all students who are interested in maximizing their potential and move Life of an Athlete forward here at MASH.

There are positive changes occurring at MASH due to the implementation of the new co-curricular code of conduct, which was infl uenced by Life of an Athlete.

Jean Flood, Lindsay Petersen (Taylor County Drug Op-position Partnership), and Susan Sawdey have been very infl uential in this movement. Without them, we may not be talking about this at MASH. They have been very passionate. That passion has rubbed off on some of our students who have been willing and ready to take on the peer pressure that is and will come in resistance to the changing of the culture. Now that the new code is in place, they are ready to grow support and get oth-ers to believe in a drug and alcohol free culture for our students at MASH.

As athletic director at MASH, I have been fortunate enough to be a part of this process, and look forward to what positive changes it brings in the future. Other schools who have implemented the Life of an Athlete program have seen positive results in their athletic programs. It is something where you may not see dras-tic change in a year, but over time, you will start to see positive change as a result of this program. If you have questions about Life of an Athlete and what we are do-ing with it here at MASH, feel free to call me at 715-748-5951.

Justin Hraby, MASH assistant principal/ath-letic director

Life of an Athlete implementation at MASH

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Its four a good causeAuctioneer Randy Stockwell urges bidders to the $400 level on Thursday at the annual Medford Morning Rotary

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Robert and Violet Melaski of Rib Lake saw the monuments and tributes of Washington D.C. together this week as they traveled to the capital with the 20th Central Wisconsin Honor Flight. The veterans are rare in Honor Flight history as a hus-band and wife duo who served during the Korean War era.

Robert has a varied service record in the four years he served his country. He was a heavy equipment operator and his service included cutting roads and an airfi eld through the cold and mountainous country. Violet was a registered nurse at an Army hospital in Japan from 1951 to 1953. She outranks me, Robert said of his fi rst lieutenant wife. But, it took staff sergeants and NCOs to make it roll.

The couple attended separate Tay-lor County high schools before the war and vaguely knew each other in 1958 when they attended a birthday party for someone they both knew after the war. This June marks 57 years of mar-ried life.

Robert joined when he was 18 years old. He took basic training at Fort Ri-ley, Kan., and then operated heavy equipment at Fort Belvoir, Va. and in Korea. His skills led to detached duty with other service branches. I kept in touch with one guy from the service. We were both 18 when we went in. We usually talk more when the Packers

and Cowboys play, he said. I didnt know where Id go. It was kind of you, you and you go there.

Violet was working at Milwaukee County General Hos-pital after taking a three-year training program. She joined

the military and took basic training at Fort Sam Houston before serving at the Army hospital in Kyoto, Japan. She would go on to become a nurse anesthe-siologist at St. Lukes Hospital in Mil-waukee. Her work in medicine is being repeated by younger family members.

The wartime service included Amer-ican personnel who were stationed in Japan and those coming from the front in Korea. I liked Japan. The people were very friendly, she said.

While they were separate in war, married life has led to a variety of ex-periences together, including retire-ment travel, beef cattle work, running

the Sinclair gasoline station and Schlais clothing store, selling Christmas trees

and pumpkins in Phoenix, Ariz., working for the United States Forest Service and managing 18 campgrounds in the Big Horn mountains, and doing global positioning system mapping for the Bureau of Land Management in the mountains. Robert says the couple has retired about three times and he defi nes retirement as doing what you want, when you want to do it.

The couple has two daughters, eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Other veteransThe couple was part of a large contingent of area veterans

on the May 11 trip. The other Taylor County veterans on the trip included

Eugene Cedzo, James Dougherty, Kenneth Nernberger and Vernon Pernsteiner, all of the Medford area, William Krug of Owen and George Krug of Stetsonville.

Harry Blasel of Ogema was the only Price County veteran on this trip. The Clark County veterans included Vernon Gilb-ertson of Chili, Lloyd Clarkson of Dorchester, Marlin Schmitz of Granton, and Wilmer Peterson of Owen. Lester Judnic of Merrill is listed as a Lincoln County veteran.

Cedzos eight years of service began in 1952. He saw duty in Korea and England with the Air Force as a jet mechanic.

Dougherty was a Navy radarman for four years on the USS Benham.

Nernberger began a 35-year career in 1954. His duty includ-ed serving during the Berlin Crisis with the 32nd Division

Pernsteiner was assigned to an anti-aircraft missile unit. William Krug reached the rank of sergeant in three years of

service. George Krug was a corporal.Most of the veterans on this fl ight were Korean War era

veterans with three World War II veterans among the group. There were also Vietnam era veterans in the group.

The 19th Honor Flight went out a couple of weeks earlier. It marked the fi fth anniversary of the program in this area. Rae Kohn, a Korean War veteran from Medford, was on that fl ight. Kohns duty included spending a winter with other soldiers assigned to hold Heartbreak Ridge.

by Reporter Mark Berglund

Photos by Mark Berglund

Rib Lake veteran couple share Honor Flight

Veterans honoredRobert and Violet Melaski of Rib Lake were among the vet-

erans at the central Wisconsin Honor Flight banquet on Sun-day evening. Both served during the Korean War.

SaluteViolet Melaski salutes as an honor

guard brings the colors into the banquet room.

Harry Blasel of Ogema was on the 20th Honor Flight. He served in the in-fantry during the Korean War.

Kenneth and Marian Nernberger enjoyed the pre- ight ban-quet at the Howard Johnson Conference Center in Wausau.

Marilyn and Lester Judnic of Merrill were at the pre- ight events before he ew out on the Honor Flight.

Vernon Pernsteiner of Medford was one of the many Korean War era veterans on the 20th Honor Flight.

Robert Melaski

Violet Melaski

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Notice of the Open Book and Board

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Open Book will be held on Tuesday, June 9, 2015 from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Browning Town Hall, for public inspection of the 2015 Assessment Roll for the Town of Browning. The Town As-sessor will be present. Objection Forms for Real Estate and Personal Property will be available and must be fi lled out before meeting with the Board of Review.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Review for the Town of Browning of Taylor County shall hold its meeting on Tuesday, June 9, 2015 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Browning Town Hall.

Please be advised of the following requirements to ap-pear before the Board of Review and procedural require-ments if appearing before the Board:

No person shall be allowed to appear before the Board of Review, to testify to the Board by telephone or to con-test the amount of any assessment of the real or personal property, if the person has refused a reasonable written request by certifi ed mail of the Assessor to view such property.

After the meeting of the Board of Review and before the Boards fi nal adjournment, no person who is sched-uled to appear before the Board of Review may contact or provide information to a member of the Board about the persons objection except at a session of the Board.

No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone or contest the amount of the assessment unless, at 48 hours before the fi rst meet-ing of the Board or at least 48 hours before the objection is heard if the objection is allowed because the person has been granted a waiver of the 48-hour notice of an intent to fi le a written objection by appearing before the Board dur-ing the fi rst two hours of the meeting and showing good cause for failure to meet the 48-hour notice requirement and fi les a written objection, that the person provides to the Clerk of the Board of Review notice as to whether the person will ask for removal of any Board members and, if so, which member will be removed and the persons rea-sonable estimate of the length of time that the hearing will take.

When appearing before the Board of Review, the per-son shall specify, in writing, the persons estimate of the value of the land and of the improvements that are the subject of the persons objection and specify the informa-tion that the person used to arrive at that estimate.

The Board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present to the Board a letter from a physician, surgeon or osteopath that confi rms their illness or disability. No other person may testify by telephone.

Respectfully submitted,Town of Browning

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Notice of the Board of Review

for the Town of Jump River

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Review for the Town of Jump River of Taylor County shall hold its meeting on Saturday, May 23, 2015 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Jump River Community Center.

Please be advised of the following requirements to

appear before the Board of Review and procedural re-

quirements if appearing before the Board:

No person shall be allowed to appear before the Board of Review, to testify to the Board by telephone or to con-test the amount of any assessment of the real or personal property, if the person has refused a reasonable written request by certifi ed mail of the assessor to view such property.

After the meeting of the Board of Review and before the Boards fi nal adjournment, no person who is sched-uled to appear before the Board of Review may contact or provide information to a member of the Board about the persons objection except at a session of the Board.

No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone or contest the amount of the assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the fi rst meeting of the Board or at least 48 hours before the objection is heard if the objection is allowed because the person has been granted a waiver of the 48 hour notice of an intent to fi le a written objection by appearing before the Board during the fi rst two hours of the meeting and showing good cause for failure to meet the 45 hour notice requirement and fi les a written objection, that the person provides to the clerk of the Board of Review notices as to whether the person will ask for removal of any Board members and, if so , which member will be removed and the persons reasonable estimate of the length of time that the hearing will take.

When appearing before the Board of Review, the per-son shall specify, in writing, the persons estimate of the value of the land and of the improvement that are the sub-ject of the persons objection and specify the information that the person used to arrive at that estimate.

The Board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present to the Board a letter from a physician, surgeon or osteopath that confi rms their illness or disability. No other person may testify by telephone.

Open Book will be held on May 23, 2015 from 10

a.m. to 12 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,Town of Jump River

Denise Webster, Clerk

(1st ins. May 7, 2nd ins. May 14)18-148809 WNAXLP

Town of Hammel

Notice of Open Book

and Board of Review

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town of Hammel of Taylor County will have the Assessment Roll available for review at Open Book on Tuesday, May 26, 2015 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Hammel Town Hall, Cen-ter Avenue. The town assessor will be present during this time. Objection forms will also be available at this time.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Review for the Town of Hammel will convene on Tuesday, May 26, 2015 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Hammel Town Hall.

Please be advised that of the following requirements to appear before the Board:

No person may appear before the Board of Review or contest the amount of any property assessment 1) if the person has refused a reasonable written request by certifi ed mail from the Assessor to view such property, 2)unless at least 48 hours before the meeting of the Board of Review a written objection is fi led with the Clerk or fi led during the fi rst two hours of the meeting if good cause can be shown for failure to meet the 48 hour notice require-ment.

After the fi rst meeting of the Board of Review and before the Boards fi nal adjournment, no person who is scheduled to appear before the Board of Review may contact, or provide information to a member of the Board about the persons objection except at a session of the Board.

When appearing before the Board, the person shall specify in writing, the persons estimate of the value of the land and of the improvements that are the subject of the persons objection and specify the information that the person used to arrive at that estimate.

The Board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present to the Board a letter from a physician that confi rms their illness or disability.

Renee Zenner, Town Clerk


Crack Seal Quotes Wanted

Town of Hammel

The Town of Hammel is accepting quotes for crack seal per pound, minimum $5,000 of work. Please contact Chairman Steve Deml at 715-965-6439 for specifi cations. Quotes will be reviewed at the June 1, 2015 meeting. A Certifi cation of Insurance is required. Mail to: Steve Deml, Chairman, W7856 Perkinstown Avenue, Medford, WI 54451

Renee Zenner, Town Clerk


Notice to City of Medford Residents

Noxious Weeds

Wisconsin Statute 66.0407 requires property owners to destroy all noxious weeds. As defi ned by Wisconsin Statute 66.0407, noxious weeds include Canada Thistle, Leafy Spurge and Field Bindweed (Creeping Jenny).

In addition, Section 9.6.11 of the City of Medford Code of Ordinances prohibits property owners from growing or pollinating any weeds, grass or brush which causes hay fever in human beings, emitting unpleasant or noxious odors or may conceal fi lthy deposits or provide for the ac-cumulation of trash or litter.

Property owners failing to comply will be subject, upon conviction, to a forfeiture. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day that such violation contin-ues to exist.

Virginia Brost

City Clerk, WCMC


Crack Fill Bids Wanted

Town of Westboro

The Town of Westboro is accepting sealed bids for crack fi lling. Please contact Jeff Peterson at 715-493-9818 weekdays between 6:30 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. to get list of roads to be crack fi lled with proper specifi cations.

Bids will be opened on Friday, June 19, 2015 at 6 p.m. at the Community Center located at N8855 Second Street. The Town of Westboro reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids in the best interest of the town. A Certifi cate of Insurance must accompany all bids.

Mail or deliver sealed bids to Town Clerk, N8855 Sec-ond Street, PO Box 127, Westboro, WI 54490 until 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 18, 2015.

Joyce Peterson, Town Clerk


City of Medford

Common Council

Meeting Minutes

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

6:00 PM

Council Chambers, City Hall

639 South Second Street

Medford, WI

{Subject to Council Approval}

Call to Order/Roll Call

Mayor Mike Wellner called the meeting to order with the follow-ing members present: Dave J. Brandner, Arlene Parent, Greg Knight, Peggy Kraschnewski, Jim Peterson, Mike Bub, Dave Roiger, and Clem Johnson.

City Personnel Present

The following City personnel were present: City Clerk Ginny Brost, Electric Utility Manager Spencer Titera, Street & Water Superintendent Pat Chariton, Wastewater Utility Superinten-dent Ben Brooks, Library Direc-tor Anne LaRoche, Treasurer Kevin Doberstein, Police Chief Ken Coyer, and City Coordina-tor/Public Works Director John Fales. City Attorney Courtney Graff was an excused absence.

Visitors Present

Visitor present was Brian Wil-son-Star News.

Pledge of Allegiance

Alderperson Roiger began the meeting by leading the group in the reciting of the Pledge of Al-legiance.

Open Meeting Law Compli-

ance

Mayor Wellner announced that this was an open meeting of the Common Council. No-tice of this meeting was given

to the public at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting by for-warding the complete agenda to the offi cial City newspaper, The Star News, and to all news media that have requested the same as well as posting. Cop-ies of the complete agenda were available for inspection at the City Clerks Offi ce. Anyone desiring information as to forth-coming meetings should contact the City Clerks Offi ce.

Citizens and Delegations

There were no citizens or del-egations present.

Minutes

Kraschnewski moved, John-son seconded a motion to ap-prove the following minutes: (A) April 17, 2015 Special Council; (B) April 21, 2015 Council Pub-lic Hearing; (C) April 21, 2014 Council; (D) April 21, 2015 Council Closed Session #2; and (E) April 27, 2015 Committee of the Whole. All in favor: All Aye. Motion Carried.

Joshua Terrones Request

to Use City-owned Parking

Lot at the Corner of Broadway

Avenue/Whelen Avenue

Parent moved, Knight sec-onded a motion to approve the request submitted by Joshua Terrones, minister of New Life Apostolic Church, to use the City-owned parking lot located at the corner of Broadway Av-enue/Whelen Avenue to distrib-ute beverages and promote the New Life Apostolic church out-reach program from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM on the fi rst Saturday of each month beginning June

6, 2015 through December 5, 2015. All in favor: All Aye. Mo-tion Carried.

2014 City Audit, Manage-

ment Letter and 2014 Tax In-

crement Finance Districts #5,

#6, #7, #8, #10, #11, #12 & #13

Audits

Johnson moved, Peterson seconded a motion to accept the 2014 City Audit and man-agement letter and the 2014 Tax Increment Finance Districts #5, #6, #7, #8, #10, #11, #12 & #13 Audits as presented. Roll Call Vote: Brandner-Yes; Parent-Yes; Knight-Yes; Kraschnewski-Yes; Peterson-Yes; Roiger-Yes; Bub-Yes; Johnson-Yes (8 Yes; 0 No) Motion Carried.

Class B Beer/Liquor Li-

cense for Silver Fork LLC

d/b/a Filling Station Caf &

Bar

Brandner moved, Roiger

seconded a motion to approve the issuance of a Class B beer/liquor license to the Silver Fork LLC d/b/a Filling Station Caf & Bar, Jenna Leigh Strebig, Agent for the premise located at 884 West Broadway Avenue for the period beginning May 6, 2015 and ending June 30, 2015 contingent upon receipt of Ms. Strebigs Wisconsin sellers per-mit number. All in favor: All Aye. Motion Carried.

Parade/Special Event Per-

mit Stepping Stones, Inc.

Knight moved, Parent sec-onded a motion to approve the request submitted by Stepping Stones, Inc. for a Stepping for Survivors run/walk fundraiser/awareness event scheduled for Saturday, May 16, 2015 begin-ning at approximately 9:30 AM. All in favor: All Aye. Motion Car-ried.

Purchase of a 2015 Ton

Regular Cab Pickup with an 8

Snowplow

The Public Works Department solicited quotes for a 2015 ton regular cab 4x4 pickup with an 8 foot snowplow. The 2008 ton F250 with an 8 foot plow will be traded in.

Company - Description - Quote - Minus Trade-In - Cost

Medford Motors - 2015 F250 Ton 4x4 - $32,635.00 - $12,950.00 - $19,685.00

Mertens - 2015 Dodge Ram 4x4 - $33,165.00 - $12,600.00 - $20,565.00

Wheelers Chevrolet - No BidKraschnewski moved, John-

son seconded a motion to ap-prove Medford Motors quote

in the amount of $19,685.00 which includes the trade in of the 2008 ton F250 with snow-plow ($32,635.00 original cost minus $12,950.00 trade in) for the 2015 F250 regular cab 4x4 with the 8 foot snowplow with the monies for this purchase al-located from the General Fund Capital Outlay account (#43-56320-39410). Roll Call Vote: Brandner-Yes; Parent-Yes; Knight-Yes; Kraschnewski-Yes; Peterson-Yes; Roiger-Yes; Bub-Yes; Johnson-Yes (8 Yes; 0 No) Motion Carried.

Bid Acceptance City Hall

Reroofi ng

Continued on Page 18

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PUBLIC NOTICESTHE STAR NEWS

Thursday, May 14, 2015

Notice of Board of Review

Town of Maplehurst

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Review for the Town of Maplehurst, Taylor County, Wisconsin shall hold its fi rst meeting on Tuesday June 2, 2015 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Maplehurst Town Hall.

Please be advised of the following requirements to ap-pear before the Board of Review and procedural require-ments if appearing before the Board:

1. No person shall be allowed to appear before the Board of Review, to testify to the Board by telephone, or to contest the amount of any assessment of real or personal property if the person has refused a reasonable written request by certifi ed mail of the Assessor to view such property.

2. After the fi rst meeting of the Board of Review and be-fore the Boards fi nal adjournment, no person who is sched-uled to appear before the Board of Review may contact, or provide information to a member of the Board about the persons objection, except at a session of the Board.

3. The Board of Review may not hear an objection to the amount or valuation of property unless, at least 48 hours before the Boards fi rst scheduled meeting, the objector pro-vides to the Boards clerk written or oral notice of an intent to fi le an objection, except that upon a showing of good cause and the submission of a written objection, the Board shall waive the requirement during the fi rst 2 hours of the Boards fi rst scheduled meeting, and the Board may waive that requirement up to the end of the 5th day of the session or up to the end of the fi nal day of the session if the session is less that 5 days with proof of extraordinary circumstances for the failure to meet the 48-hour notice requirement and failure to appear before the Board of Review during the fi rst 2 hours of the fi rst scheduled meeting.

4. Objections to the amount or valuation of property shall fi rst be made in writing and fi led with the Clerk of the Board of Review within the fi rst 2 hours of the Boards fi rst sched-uled meeting, except that, upon evidence of extraordinary circumstances, the Board may waive that requirement up to the end of the 5th day of the session or up to the end of the fi nal day of the session if the session is less than 5 days. The Board may require objections to the amount of valua-tion of the property to be submitted on forms approved by the Department of Revenue, and the Board shall require

that any forms include stated valuation of the property in question. Persons who own land and improvements to that land may object to the aggregate valuation of that land and improvements to that land, but no person who owns land and improvements to that land may object only to the valu-ation of that land or only to the valuation of improvements to that land. No person may be allowed in any action or proceedings to question the amount or valuation of property unless the written objection has been fi led and that person in good faith presented evidence to the Board in support of the objections and made full disclosure before the Board under oath, of all of that persons property liable to assess-ment in the district and the value of that property. The re-quirement that objections be in writing may be waived by express action of the Board.

5. When appearing before the Board of Review, the ob-jecting person shall specify in writing, the persons estimate of the value of the land and of the improvements that are the subject of the persons objection and specify the infor-mation that the person used to arrive at that estimate.

6. No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone, or object to the valuation if that valuation was made by the assessor or the objector using the income method of valuation, unless the person supplies the assessor with all the information about income and expenses, as specifi ed in the assessors manual under s.73.03(2a), Wis. Stats., that the assessor requests.

7. The Board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present to the Board a letter from a physician, surgeon, or osteopath that confi rms their illness or disability. No other persons may testify by telephone.

8. No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone, or contest the amount of any assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the fi rst meeting of the Board, or at least 48 house before the objec-tion is heard if the objection is allowed under s.70.47(3)(a), Wis. Stats., that person provides to the Clerk of the Board of Review notice as to whether the person will ask for the removal of a member of the Board of Review and, if so, which member, and provides a reasonable estimate of the length of time and the hearing will take.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN this 11th day of May 2015. Town of Maplehurst

Donald Schindler, Clerk

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Public Notice

Invitation for Bids for Timber Sales

Department of Natural Resources

Sealed bids will be received by the Forest Superinten-dent, Flambeau River State Forest, at the Forest Head-quarters offi ce, until 1:30 p.m. on May 28, 2015. Sealed bids for tracts not sold on May 28, 2015 will be received at the Forest Headquarters offi ce until 1:30 p.m. on June 30, 2015.

There will be 13 tracts for sale on the Flambeau River State Forest, 2 tracts on Sawyer County State Lands, and 1 tract on the Pershing Wildlife Area.

A timber sale prospectus and detailed information in-cluding maps of each tract, as well as a bid form and cop-ies of sample contract forms, can be obtained by contact-ing the Headquarters offi ce, viewing the FRSF website, or by calling (715) 332-5271 ext. 101 or 106.

The 16 tracts total 2,390 acres and consist of the fol-lowing volumes:Mixed pulp .......28,900 cdsAspen ................8,900 cdsBasswood pulp ..1,600 cdsWhite Birch ...........250 cdsSpruce ...............1,800 cdsBalsam Fir ............650 cdsTamarack ..............250 cdsRed Pine ...............600 cds

White Pine ............300 cdsHard Maple .........190 MBFRed Maple ..........250 MBFBasswood .............50 MBFAsh .....................175 MBFRed Oak ...............10 MBFMixed Saw ..........170 MBF

Bids must be submitted on Department Timber Sale Bid forms.

The Department of Natural Resources reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Bids will be opened publicly at the Flambeau River State Forest Headquarters offi ce at 1:30 p.m. on May 28, 2015 and at 1:30 p.m. on June 30, 2015 for those tracts not sold.State of Wisconsin-Department of Natural Resources

For the Secretary:

James Halvorson, Forest Superintendent


Town of Maplehurst

Notice of Open Book

Notice is hereby given that an Open Book will be held on Tuesday, June 2, 2015 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Maplehurst Town Hall for public inspection of the 2014 Assessment Roll for the Town of Maplehurst. The assessor will be present to answer your questions. Objec-tion forms for Real Estate and Personal Property will be available and must be completed before meeting with the Board of Review, now scheduled for June 2, 2015.

Donald Schindler, Clerk

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Bids for the reroofi ng of City Hall were opened on April 30, 2015. Six bids were received ranging in price from $79,850.00 to $106,757.00. All bidders provided the required 10% bid bond, but two bidders did not ac-knowledge the addendum (C&C Services, LLC and Maurer Roof-ing, Inc.) One bid (Commercial Roofi ng) was received by mail on May 1, 2015. Bids received were as follows:Bidder ......................... Total BidC&C Services LLC of Aniwa, WI..........$79,850.00Oshkosh Industrial Roofi ng & Sheet Metal, LLC of Oshkosh, WI .....$84,485.00Maurer Roofi ng, Inc. of Marshfi eld WI....$89,995.00Kulps of Stratford of Stratford, WI ....$100,758.00Hernandez Roofi ng, LLC .....................$104,910.00Quality Roofi ng, Inc. ......................$106,757.00

The lowest bidder was C&C Services, but they failed to ac-knowledge the addendum thus making theirs a non-complete bid.

The lowest bidder that had a completed bid form was Osh-kosh Industrial Roofi ng & Sheet Metal, LLC. Oshkosh Indus-trial Roofi ng & Sheet Metal LLC shows a business history of being a principal contractor of

three years, and of being a sub-contractor of three years. They show three projects ranging from $163,600 to $1,300,000, and three projects currently in progress ranging from $50,600 to $240,000. They also show three people, two of which have 15+ years of experience, and one having 30+ years of experi-ence.

Ayres Associates, Inc., the Citys engineers, recommend the City award the City Hall re-roofi ng project to Oshkosh In-dustrial Roofi ng & Sheet Metal, LLC as being the lowest respon-sible bidder having submitted a complete bid.

Kraschnewski moved, John-son seconded a motion to award the City Hall reroofi ng project to Oshkosh Industrial Roofi ng & Sheet Metal, LLC as being the lowest responsible bidder having submitted a complete bid in an amount not-to-ex-ceed $84,485.00 with 70% or $59,139.50 of the cost allocated from the General Fund Undes-ignated Retained Earnings ac-count and 30% or $25,345.50 from the Electric Utility Main-tenance of Structure account (#68-53830-57100). Roll Call Vote: Brandner-Yes; Parent-Yes; Knight-Yes; Kraschnewski-Yes; Peterson-Yes; Roiger-Yes; Bub-Yes; Johnson-Yes (8 Yes; 0 No) Motion Carried.

Bid Acceptance Wastewa-

ter Utility Reroofi ng

Bids for the reroofi ng of the Wastewater Utility were opened on April 30, 2015. Five bids were received ranging in price from $42,120.00 to $49,360.00. All bidders provided the required 10% bid bond, but one bidder did not acknowledge the ad-dendum (C& C Services LLC). One bid (Commercial Roofi ng) was received by mail on May 1, 2015. Bids received were as follows:Bidder ......................... Total BidOshkosh Industrial Roofi ng & Sheet Metal, LLC of Oshkosh, WI .....$42,120.00Quality Roofi ng, Inc. .............

The Star News May 14 2015

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