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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 5, 2011

VILAS COUNTY

NEWS-REVIEWEAGLE RIVER, WI 54521 (715) 479-4421 www.vcnewsreview.com

FALL SPENDOR Backed by a clear, blue sky, the fall colorchange was near its peak last weekend during Cranberry Fest in

Eagle River. This was the scene at the Burnt Rollways Dam on theChain of Lakes Sunday. --Staff Photo By GARY RIDDERBUSCH

PHELPS A majority ofPhelps residents taking partin a recent survey said theywere in favor of creating all-terrain vehicle (ATV) routesthrough town, town boardmembers and citizens learned

last Thursday.Of the 540 total surveys

handed out since a public ATVforum held late August inPhelps, 309 were in favor of

ATV use on town roads and219 opposed such an ordi-nance. Twelve were undecidedon the matter.

I would like to point outthat this past April in ourspring election 500 votes werecast for elected officials, saidTown Chairman Colin Snook.The fact that we had 540 sur-

veys handed in suggests to methat we have a good represen-tation of how the communityfeels.

Town Clerk Marge Hillercompiled the results of the

survey, breaking down thedata so it can be reviewed as a

summary report, by individu-al town roads or by catego-rized comments on the sur-

veys.In the comment section of

the survey, Snook said therewere two issues that generat-

ed a significant number ofcomments. There were 93comments about traffic andsafety concerns, while econo-my and business developmentconcerns garnered 85 com-ments.

The numbers for the nextarea of concern dropped offsignificantly down to 37 com-ments in the category of ATVnoise versus cycles and dogs,said Snook.

Based on participation anddiscussion among town boardmembers and the ATV Com-mittee members, there weresome amendments made tothe draft ordinance, Snooksaid.

Although the surve

Phelps surveyshows supportfor ATV routes

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BYANTHONY DREWNEWS-REVIEWASST. EDITOR

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The Three Lakes FireDepartment Auxiliary willpresent its 19th annualPumpkin Fest this Saturday,Oct. 8, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.at Three Lakes High School.

The festival, which hasattracted in excess of 8,000people in past years, will fea-ture arts and crafts, a varietyof food, a farmers market andPumpkin Fest clothing sales.

The indoor arts and craftsshow will include items frommore than 100 crafters,according to Cindy Starke ofthe Pumpkin Fest Committee.

As a juried show, no

crafters are allowed to exhibit

until they have passed a selec-tion process that assurespatrons everything in theshow is of the highest qualityand artistic merit, saidStarke.

Handmade jewelry, stainedglass, woodworking, handwo-

ven fabric articles, rosemal-ing, ceramics and much morewill be on display.

Popular foods will again beoffered this year. The menuwill feature specialty soupsfrom the auxiliarys own cook-books (also for sale), Sallysfresh homemade cinnamon

Pumpkin Fest planned

in Three Lakes Saturday

A perfect fall day greeted runners, walkers and bikers in theCranberry Fest Fitness Events. Some of the walkers warmed

up prior to their event Saturday morning at the Vilas CountyFairgrounds. --Staff Photos By GARY RIDDERBUSCH

The combination of fallcolors near their peak,great fall weather and thetradition of the popularevent that salutes a tinyred fruit brought thousandsof people to Eagle River forthe 32nd annual CranberryFest Saturday and Sunday.

Kim Emerson, eventscoordinator for the EagleRiver Area Chamber ofCommerce & Visitors Cen-ter, said more than 40,000walked through the VilasCounty Fairgrounds gatesduring the two days for thechambers most popular fes-tival.

It was spectacular, saidEmerson Monday. It wasanother record year; aboveand beyond any previousyear.

Emerson said the num-bers are still coming in, butshe calculated the chambersold about 10,000 pounds of

Record-breaking year

32nd annual Cranberry Fest draws over 40,000___________BY GARY RIDDERBUSCH

NEWS-REVIEW EDITOR___________

Its crafts and food that attract most people toCranberry Fest. Lynn Vandam of New Berlin

sampled a fried funnel cake topped with hotcranberry sauce.

Daniel R. Satran Sr., pub-lisher and editor of the VilasCounty News-Review and TheThree Lakes News for morethan three decades and anewspaper columnist for 57

years, died last Wednesday,Sept. 28, at the age of 84.Satran, who had been liv-

ing in Madison, died fromcomplications of pneumonia,according to family members.

A journalism graduatefrom Marquette Universityand veteran of the U.S. Army

Air Force in active duty dur-ing World War II, Satranstarted writing a weekly col-umn in 1944 while in highschool in Denmark, Wis.

With his father, Joseph,

Long-time columnist,Satran, dies at age 84

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BY GARY RIDDERBUSCHNEWS-REVIEW EDITOR

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DANIEL R. SATRAN SR.

To ATV, Pg. 3A

To SATRAN, Pg. 2ATo CRAN FEST, Pg. 4A

To PUMPKIN FEST, Pg. 2A


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2A WEDNESDAY, OCT. 5, 2011 VILAS COUNTY NEWS-REVIEW/THE THREE LAKES NEWS

NEWS

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ON THE MOVE The fall season and the harvest of maturingfoods that go with it are great for ruffed grouse. Choke cherries,

crab apples, mint leaves, aspen leaves and berries of all kinds area major part of their fall diet. --Staff Photo By KURT KRUEGER

Pumpkin FestFROM PAGE 1A

rolls, caramel apples, ThreeLakes firemens brats andhomemade french fries andmore.

In addition, there will be abakery table featuring home-made pumpkin items and a

variety of homemade cookies

and pies,whole or by the piece.Pumpkin Fest clothing

embellished with the PumpkinFest logo will be for sale.

No admission fee is charged,but visitors are asked to take anonperishable food item for theThree Lakes Christian FoodPantry.

All proceeds from PumpkinFest will go to the auxiliaryand will be used to supportcommunity activities and theThree Lakes Fire Department.

Three Lakes Winery willoffer winery and cranberrymarsh tours at 11 a.m. and 1p.m. Saturday. The cost will be$5 for adults and $3 for chil-dren 12 and younger. For reser-

vations, call (715) 546-3080.To volunteer or obtain fur-

ther information about Pump-kin Fest, contact Starke at(715) 546-2042.

and brother, Robert, he boughtthe Vilas County News-Reviewin Eagle River in 1952,and thebrothers became co-editors andpublishers.

Over the next 57 years, DanSatran wrote a weekly columnHow About It, that chronicledlife in Eagle River, promotingthe towns tourism industrywith an eye on protecting thelakes and forests that drew the

visitors.His columns and editorials

advocated the establishment ofwilderness areas such as theBlackjack Springs and the Syl-

vania tract that included thou-sands of acres of forest landand hidden lakes straddlingthe Wisconsin and UpperMichigan border.

His weekly accounts werefilled with opinions and anec-dotes, usually humorous strollsdown Main Street in a townfilled with resort owners, fish-ing guides, shopkeepers and

lumberjacks hardy typeswho did not mind winters longand cold and well north of thestates farm belt, where theonly cranberries and potatoeswere grown commercially, saidhis son, Richard Satran ofMontclair, N.J.

But it was not all light fare.Satrans columns also took onmore serious issues inci-dents of racial discrimination,the treatment of migrant work-ers and, with a special passion,the environmental threats tothe lakes and forests of theNorth Woods. Some of his workappeared in columns he wrotefor the Madisons CapitalTimes titled News from theNorth Counties.

He took on Exxon Corp. inits plan to mine copper in landsthat bordered the NicoletNational Forest, and wroteextensively about a plan for aU.S. military intelligence com-plex, Project Sanguine, in thenorth-central highlands. Bothplans were scrapped.

He also was an active out-

doorsman who hunted andfished, skied, snowshoed andenjoyed scuba diving on theareas clearest lakes. Het-rekked into then little-knownspots like Whispering Lake inthe Nicolet Forest to enjoythose pursuits with his wife of62 years, Elizabeth BettySatran, and family of eightchildren.

Satran, through the news-paper, strived to promote theoutdoor recreational potentialof the region and was quick toembrace snowmobiles as a wayto help the areas resortsbecome year-round businesses.He was editor and publisher ofSki Land, the official magazineof the United States Ski Associ-ations central division and co-founder and, for a time, presi-dent of the United StatesSnowmobile Association thatsanctioned the World Champi-onship Snowmobile Derby inEagle River.

His work as editor and jour-nalist was awarded the topprize for General Excellenceby the Wisconsin Press Associ-ation four times. He meritednumerous awards for excel-lence in journalism includingthe Byline Award, the top prizegiven annually to a graduate ofMarquette University, whichwas awarded to the Satranbrothers together in 1971.

The Satran brothers soldthe newspaper in 1985 andDan Satran worked for a timeas executive administrator forstate Sen. Lloyd Kincaid (D-Crandon). He then returned to

journalism, working for GreenBays Brown County Newspa-pers and was editor of two

newspapers in Algoma andKewaunee. He continued writ-ing his column for the News-Review in Eagle River underthe new owners until March of2009.

Funeral services for Satranwill be held this Saturday, Oct.8, in Eagle River. See a com-plete obituary on Page 4A.

Continuing its long-stand-ing mission to support educa-tion, the Pamida Foundationhas announced that it is givingback to Pamida communitieswith a donation of more than

$125,500 to local schools.The donation was raised, inpart, through the generosity ofcustomers during in-storefundraisers at all Pamida loca-tions last month. The programoffered customers the opportu-nity to donate $1 or round uptheir purchase at store regis-ters.

The foundation thenmatched up to $250 of storeproceeds in each Pamida com-munity. In addition, this dona-tion includes a contributionfrom the Pamida Foundationof 5% of sales at Pamida stores

Sunday, Aug. 21.As a community partner,

the Pamida Foundation is com-mitted to supporting educationand helping schools continuetheir standard of excellence.

We are pleased that, onceagain, Pamida can help sup-port the well-being of our com-munities. We are truly gratefulfor our customers dedicationto education and the future ofour youth, said JessicaStrohman, executive directorof the Pamida Foundation.

Schools that wish to be con-sidered for future donationsare welcome to submitrequests to the Pamida Foun-dation. Details may be foundin brochures at all Pamidastores and pharmacies or atpamida.com.

Pamida raises money for schools

Satran: FROM PAGE 1A

WEATHERCORNER

Note:Precipitation amounts are recorded at 8 a.m. for the previous 24 hours.

ONE YEAR AGO

LAST YEAR

COMPARISON

FORESTCONDITIONS

LAST SEVEN DAYS

STREAMSAND LAKES

OUTLOOK

(PORTIONS OF THE WEATHER CORNER ARE THROUGH THE COURTESY OFKEVIN BREWSTER, EAGLE RIVER and NEWSWATCH 12 METEOROLOGIST.)

Wednesday there will be plenty of sunshine and very mild,

with a high of 75 and a low of 50.Thursday there will be con-tinued sunshine, with a high of 76 and a low of 51.Friday theforecast is for more sunshine, with a high of 75 and a low of53. The forecast for Saturday is mostly sunny and continuedmild, with a high of 73 and a low of 57.

Muskie anglers are hitting North Woods lakes in search oftrophy muskies in the fall.Suckers are the bes t bait for largefish. Waterfowl hunters have been on the lakes and marsh-es, hunting ducks and geese in the mornings and evenings.

Days precipitation recorded since Oct. 1, 2011, 1 day; 2010,2 days.

Average high of past 30 days, 2011, 66; 2010, 62. Averagelow of past 30 days, 2011, 41; 2010, 40.

The average daily high at this time last year for the next sev-en days was 72, while the average overnight low was 38.There was no precipitation for the next seven days.

Hi Lo Prec.Wed., Sept.28. .. .. .. .71 50 .05RThurs. , Sept. 29 . .. ... 57 48 Tr.RFr i. , Sept .30. .. .. .. .. ..48 41 .31RSat ., Oct .1.. .. .. .. .. .. ..59 30 .10RSun., Oct.2...... .. .. .. .69 28 NoneMon., Oct .3. .. .. .. .. .. .74 29 NoneTues., Oct.4..... .. .. .. .75 40 None

Hi Lo Prec.Tues., Sept.28. .. .. .. .54 48 Tr.RWed., Sept.29. .. .. .. .67 44 NoneThurs., Sept.30. . .. ..60 44 .04RFri., Oct.1..... .. .. .. .. ..59 45 NoneSat ., Oct .2.. .. .. .. .. .. ..50 36 .11RSun., Oct .3.. .. .. .. .. .. .61 26 Tr.RMon., Oct .4. .. .. .. .. .. .61 30 None

The fall color change is well under way across the NorthWoods, with trees turning shades of red, yellow, orange andbrown.With sunny skies predicted, it should be a great weekto view the autumn colors in the North Woods.


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The few Northland PinesSchool District electors whowere present at the districtsannual meeting last weekapproved a 2.85% decrease inthe tax levy.

District business managerMargo Smith presented thebudget to only a few electorspresent at the meeting, whichhave generated less interestfrom the public since revenue

limits were placed on schooldistricts 10 years ago.Smith said the total district

levy for the 2011-12 schoolyear will be $20,992,221 adecrease of $615,296,or 2.85%,from the 2010-11 levy of$21,607,517.

The property tax levy will bethe primary revenue source fora $24.33 million budget, up just.2% from last years budget of$24.28 million.

The tax levy includes $4.24million in the referendum debtservice fund approved by vot-ers districtwide.

Smith predicted a drop inthe district equalized property

value,which will be used to cal-culate the tax rate. She said

that figure wont be issues bythe state until Oct. 15.I expect a decrease of 1% in

district equalized value fromlast year,Smith told the schoolboard members and electorspresent at the meeting. Lakeproperty is not taking a hugehit, but I expect off-water landwill be taking a high hit.

Smith said the estimate for2011-12 tax rate will be $5.97

per $1,000 of equalized prop-erty, which would be a 1.87%decrease. Last years tax ratewas $6.09 per $1,000 of valua-tion.

With the projected tax rateof $5.97, a taxpayer with ahome valued at $200,000would pay $1,195 to the dis-trict. Last year, the same val-ued home paid $1,218. Whilethe school district is the high-

est portion of the property taxbill, homeowners also pay tax-es for town and county govern-ment operations, as well asNicolet College.

One of the bright spots forthe district concerning the bud-get is the number of studentschoosing to come to NorthlandPines compared to studentsgoing to other districts underopen enrollment.

District Administrator MikeRichie said Northland Pinesnow has 90 students coming tothe district and 67 leaving.

Our district will gain$160,000 this year under openenrollment, he said. Duringthe 2005-06 year, it cost us$340,920.

He said retirements, staffadditions and reductions alsoimpacted the budget. North-land Pines added three teach-ers this year: one 4-year-oldkindergarten teacher in EagleRiver, and one first-grade andone Title I teacher in St. Ger-main.

The school district also had12 teachers retire following the2010-11 school year.

Pines electorsOK 2.8% dropin next tax levy

Predicted rate could dipbelow $6 per $1,000

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BY KENANDERSONNEWS CORRESPONDENT

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MORE EVENTS Cran-berry Fest activities nottaking place on the VilasCounty Fairgrounds includ-

ed the Open Air AntiquesMarket, farmers market,Lake County Weavers &Fiber Arts Guild exhibit atFirst Congregational Unit-ed Church of Christ, usedbook sale at Olson Memo-rial Library and CranberryFest Market Place at theDerby Track grounds. Ashopper examined a paint-ing at the antiques showdowntown (above), whileothers gathered for freshproduce at the farmersmarket (right).

--Staff Photos ByANTHONY DREW

ATV: two-year trial period proposedFROM PAGE 1A

results were in favor of ATVuse on some town roads, thetown board and the ATV com-mittee strived to modify theproposed routes in those areaswhere there was the mostresistance to them.

Unfortunately, in one area

there simply were no otheroptions available, said Snook.To accommodate this frus-trating situation withoutshutting down the entire pro-posed route, the trial periodwas reduced from three yearsto two years.

Snook added that a one-year trial period was looked

at, but it was decided thatwould be too short a time todraw significant conclusions.

The emphasis of the meet-ing really came down to work-ing on compromises thatwould allow valid testing ofthis sport in our town whileimpacting the smallest possi-ble number of concerned citi-

zens, said Snook.The meeting lasted morethan two hours and featuredcitizen participation, along withPhelps Town Board and ATVCommittee member discussion.

At the end of the meeting,one staunch opponent to the

ATV routes publicly thankedthe board and committee for

their diligent work addressingthe issues and concerns in asfair a manner as possible.

The final amendment tocome from the meeting was tochange the language of theordinance such that if Phelpsdoesnt achieve use of countyroads, the ordinance wouldbecome null and void.

The next step is for theordinance to be rewritten toreflect the amendments andto have the Phelps TownBoard vote upon it.

If it passes, the ordinanceand the proposed routes willbe sent to the appropriatecounty board committees forreview, said Snook.

VILAS COUNTY

NEWS-REVIEWPublished weekly by

Eagle River Publications, Inc.Eagle River,WI 54521

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Member of the Wisconsin Newspaper Associationand the National Newspaper Association

Entered as periodical mail matter atthe post office, Eagle River, WI 54521,under act of March 3, 1879. Subscriptionprice in Wisconsin,Vilas and Oneida coun-ties only, is $50.00 per year, all of Wiscon-sin except for Vilas and Oneida counties,$57.00 per year. Out of Wisconsin, $68.00per year. Subscription payable in advance.Published every Wednesday.

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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walk-er signed Senate Bill 115 lastweek, which changes the pres-idential primary election datein Wisconsin.

The presidential primarywill now take place on thesame day as the spring gener-al election. Wisconsins previ-ous presidential primary datewas in February and, with thesigning of this law, it willmove to April.

Holding Wisconsins presi-dential primary election onthe same day as the routinespring elections will make theadministration of our elec-tions more cost efficient saving valuable taxpayer dol-lars, said Walker. I waspleased to sign a bill into lawthat received support fromRepublicans, Democrats andthe Legislatures one indepen-dent member.

Walker said he hopes formore support from the Legis-lature.

Moving forward, I amhopeful we can continue downthe path of working togetherto help create an economicenvironment that allows theprivate sector to create250,000 new jobs by 2015, hesaid.

Walker signs bill changingdate of presidential primary


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fobs; jewelry; oil lamps; elec. lamps w/glassshades; old advertising items, signs,posters, containers, boxes, mixing bowls,etc., especially from Eagle River; coin-oper-ated machines, slots, peanut, etc.; shot-guns, rifles & handguns; hunting knives;wooden duck & fish decoys; old tackle box-es & lures; rods, reels & creels; glass min-now traps; old tools; toys of all kinds, trains,trucks, tractors, tin wind-ups, games, dolls,etc.; enamelware, especially bright colors;old photos of interiors & outdoor activities;all magazines before WWII; postcards (pre-1920); coin & stamp collections; old woodcarvings of animals, etc. Check with mebefore you sell.

Call Jim at (715) 479-1459 4946

NOTICE: Obituary policyDeath notices that appear in this space weekly are written and/or edit-

ed for content and consistency by assistant editors of the Vilas CountyNews-Review and The Three Lakes News.Obituaries written in the papersstandard format are printed at no charge. Unedited obituaries written bythe family may be printed for a fee, either in the obituary column or insmaller type with a border. For more information, call (715) 479-4421.

Robert Bob Maney Sr., alifelong resident of the EagleRiver area, died Tuesday,Sept. 27, 2011, at his home.He was 74.

Mr.Maney was born July 7,1937, in Elkhorn, the son ofClinton and Joyce Maney.

He was an avid outdoors-man and enjoyed hunting andfishing. He served in the U.S.

Army and was stationed inAlaska.

Mr. Maney was preceded indeath by one sister, NancyManta.

His survivors include hiswife of 54 years, Lorraine

Bucky; three daughters,Valerie (David) Hollis of TroutCreek, Mich., Cheryl (Alan)Olejniczak of St.Germain andGeri (Eric) Webb of Eagle Riv-er; two sons, Robert Jr. andGreg of Eagle River; onebrother, Rick (Sue) of ThreeLakes; one sister, Lynn (Gene)Piasecki of Texas; eightgrandchildren; and two great-

grandchildren.A funeral service was held

Oct. 3, at Gaffney-BushaFuneral Home in Eagle River.

Memorials may be made toMinistry Home Hospice or the

American Cancer Society.

Robert Bob Maney Sr.

Karen H.Moore, of Hori-con and a for-mer Eagle Riv-er resident,died Thursday,Sept. 29, 2011,surrounded byfamily at thehome of herdaughter inMayville. She was 72.

Mrs. Moore was born May30, 1939, in Boone, Iowa, thedaughter of Clarence andEthelmae (Harvey) Pingle.

She was preceded in deathby her parents; one grandson,Jarrod Brueser; and one sis-

ter, Karla Wingate.

She is survived by threedaughters,Vicki (Joseph) Cot-ton of Waukesha, TrudyWilliams of Mayville, andDebra (Gerald West) Seals ofHoricon; one sister, Judy Har-lan of Grand Rapids,Mich.; 12grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and other rela-

tives and friends.No formal funeral service

will be held.

Koepsell Funeral Homeand Cremation Services inMayville is serving the family.Online condolences may bemade at koepsellfh.com.

Karen H. Moore

MOORE

Daniel R.Satran Sr., for-mer publisherand editor ofthe VilasCounty News-Review andThe ThreeLakes News,

died Wednes-day, Sept. 28,in Madison. He was 84.

Mr. Satran was born Nov.26, 1926, the son of Josephand Rose Satran.

He started writing a week-ly column in 1944 while inhigh school in Denmark, Wis.,for the newspaper owned byhis family.

Mr. Satran served in theU.S. Army Air Force as a flightengineer on B-29 FlyingFortresses during World WarII and was a graduate of Mar-quette University journalismschool.

With his father, Joseph,and brother, Robert, hebought the Vilas County

News-Review in Eagle Riverin 1952, and the brothersbecame co-editors and pub-lishers.

Over the next 57 years, hewrote a weekly column, How

About It, that chronicled lifein a small North Woods com-munity. His work as editorand journalist was awardedthe top prize for GeneralExcellence by the WisconsinNewspaper Association fourtimes and he merited numer-ous awards for excellence in

journalism including theByline Award in 1971, the topaward given annually to agraduate of Marquette Uni-

versity, which was awarded tothe Satran brothers together.

He also was editor and pub-lisher of Ski Land, the officialmagazine of the U.S. Ski Asso-ciations central division, and

was co-founder and presidentof the U.S.Snowmobile Associ-ation that sanctioned theWorld Championship Snow-mobile Derby in Eagle River.

The Satrans sold the News-Review in 1985, but DanSatran continued to write acolumn for the paper until

March of 2009.Following the sale of thepaper, Mr. Satran became theexecutive administrator forSen. Lloyd Kincaid (D-Cran-don) at the State Capitol inMadison and later returned to

journalism, working as theeditor for two newpapers in

Algoma and Kewaunee.Mr. Satran was past presi-

dent of the Rotary Club, pres-ident of the U.S. Snowmobile

Association and secretary ofthe Eagle River Chamber ofCommerce.

Survivors include his wifeof 62 years, Elizabeth Bettyof Madison; eight children,Daniel R. Jr. (Leslie) of Madi-son, Jane (Michael) Gulden of

Marshfield, Richard (Pamela)of Montclair, N.J., Jone Fulk-erson of Hong Kong, China,John (Joy) of Madison, Tom(Carol) of Eagle River, MaryElizabeth Oppenheim of Glas-tonbury, Conn., and Tim (Hol-ly) of Fox Point;and 19 grand-children.

His parents and brother,Robert, preceded him indeath.

Funeral services will beheld Saturday, Oct. 8, at 9:30a.m. at St. Peter the Fisher-man Catholic Church in EagleRiver.

Visitation will be Friday,Oct. 7, from 5 to 8 p.m. atGaffney-Busha Funeral Homein Eagle River.

The family will appreciatememorials to the Walter E.Olson Memorial Library inEagle River.

Daniel R. Satran Sr.

SATRAN

Cran Fest:more than 400 volunteers usedFROM PAGE 1A

fresh cranberries and severalthousand pounds of Craisins

at the festival grounds and

several locations downtown.It was just a great time

and we couldnt have asked forbetter weather, said Emerson.Saturday was busy as ever.Both days were just gorgeouswith a bright sun, blue skyand great fall colors.

Emerson said CranberryFest is a popular event withmany people, who return tothe festival each fall to shop inthe crafts fair, sample cranber-ry baked goods and participatein fitness events.

My eyes saw lots of peopletaking crafts and food home,she said.

In addition to the fair-grounds activities, tours to thecranberry marsh and wineryattracted more than 1,200 peo-ple, who took the bus trip fromthe visitors center to ThreeLakes. Bakery sales in thefood tent were brisk both days,according to Emerson.

We sold out of bakery by11:30 a.m. Sunday, saidEmerson.

Volunteers vitalEmerson said that the ser-

vice organizations that operat-ed the various food standskept busy during the weekend,adding that the fest wouldntbe possible without the morethan 400 volunteers.

We have to take a great bighats off to our spectacular vol-

unteers, she said. We couldntdo it without them.Emerson said adult volun-

teers came from numerousclubs including the Jaycees,Lions Club, Rotary andGreater Eagle River Tennis

Association. Student volun-teers from Northland Pinesmiddle school and high schoolalso chipped in wherever theywere needed.

The middle school group

did a great job selling funnelcakes, and students from Con-

serve School came down tohelp out, said Emerson. Thisyear, the Eagle River FigureSkating Club also gotinvolved.

She said several organiza-tions raised money by parkingcars in business lots aroundthe fairgrounds and theNorthland Pines boys soccerteam helped clean the groundsSunday afternoon.

In return, the chamber ofcommerce makes donations tothe organizations and youthgroups.

Make-A-Wish benefitMichele Bergstrom, North

Woods representative for theMake-A-Wish Foundation, said

the organization benefitedfrom the sale of 4,032 cranber-ry cheesecake slices sold at thefest.

The Make-A-Wish Founda-tion will receive approximately$7,400 for granting wishes tomedically challenged kids inthe state, said Bergstrom.

Bergstrom and a large con-tingency of volunteers sold alltheir slices of cranberrycheesecake by 3:20 p.m. Satur-

day.It was quite a day, said

Bergstrom, who sold sliceswith volunteers and familymembers. It makes it all spe-cial when they can come hometo honor their dad this way.

Micheles husband, RandyBergstrom, who unexpectedlydied last summer, was a long-time coordinator of thefundraiser.

Bergstrom said the organi-zation has funded 42 wishes tomedically challenged childrenwho live in the North Woodsduring the past 20 years.

I never fail to be totallyhumbled by meeting thesechildren and their amazinglystrong and brave families,said Bergstrom.

Busy downtownThere also were activities indowntown Eagle River Satur-day, including an antiques saleon Wall Street, a farmers mar-ket on Main Street and aweavers show at First Congre-gational United Church ofChrist.

A lot of people were usingthe bus shuttle Saturday, sothat means people were com-ing and going from the down-

town area throughout the day,said Emerson. They are learn-ing that its a lot easier to parkdowntown and ride the bus tothe fairgrounds. Some people

also parked at the DerbyTrack.

Emerson said activities atthe Derby Track included aflea market and crafts showboth days.

Cranberry Fest also isknown for its fitness events,which this year benefited theMinistry Eagle River Memori-al Hospital rehabilitationdepartment. According to coor-dinator Christine Caz,morethan 270 people participatedin the run, walk and bike tour,including about 200 peoplewho walked Saturday morn-ing.

We had a fabulous year,raising about $6,900 so far,

and more money coming in,said Caz.The participantswere able to take in the beau-tiful fall colors on the backroads of the Eagle River area.

Huge crafts showEmerson said festival orga-

nizers were pleased with theentire weekend, including thecrafts show that attractedmore than 325 artisans. ArtistMark Schannoch of St. Paul,Minn., said it was his secondyear at Cranberry Fest.

This is my favorite show,he said. This is a real niceshow with good quality ven-dors. Ive had good sales.

Many of the crafters alsodonated items for a live auc-

tion Sunday that raised moneyfor student scholar-ships.Theauction had so many itemsthat it lasted four hours.

Emerson said event orga-nizers are always looking fornew activities to improveCranberry Fest, which nextyear is set for Oct. 6 and 7.

Overall, it was just a greatweekend, she said,and werealready looking forward tonext years event.

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Vilas County Sheriff A total of 220 complaints

were entered by Vilas CountySheriffs Department dis-patchers last week.

In addition to those withsufficient detail to report be-low, a review shows at leasttwo vehicle accidents, five

vehicle/deer accidents, oneambulance request, one ani-mal problem, three attemptsto locate, three burglaries, six

burglar alarms, five requestsfor citizen assistance, threereports of criminal damage toproperty, one disturbance, onereport of found property, tworeports of fraud, one report ofharassment, 21 reports ofhazardous conditions, three

juvenile problems, one reportof lost property, four reports ofsuspicious circumstances,four thefts, two reports ofthreats, one traffic violation,one trespassing complaintand three 911 hang ups.

At least 21 calls were re-ferred to the Eagle RiverPolice Department, and therewere at least eight informa-tional or procedural entries.

In the past week, at least

14 people were booked at the Vilas County Jail, includingthree for probation violations,three for operating whileintoxicated, one on an out-standing warrant, one for rob-bery, two for bail jumping,twofor obstruction and two forbattery.

During the week, the in-mate population ranged from77 to 87. As of Sept. 30, therewere 75 inmates.

Wednesday, Sept. 28- 9:22 p.m. - A vehicle/deer

accident was reported onHighway 70 in St. Germain,involving Melissa M.Vermochof Eagle River.

Monday, Sept. 26- 6:10 a.m. - A vehicle/deer

accident was reported onHighway 70 near MilitaryRoad in the town of Washing-ton, involving Gary R. Yoderof Rhinelander.

Sunday, Sept. 25- 10:20 p.m. - A one-vehicle

accident was reported onOneida Farms Road nearHighway 45 in the town ofLincoln, involving Jason A.Loppnow of Eagle River.Loppnow was cited for hit-and-run.Saturday, Sept. 24

- 11:35 a.m. - A two-vehicleaccident was reported onHighway W in Winchester,

involving Karl N. Solberg andThomas E. Shafer, both ofWinchester.

- 1:37 p.m. - A three-vehicleaccident was reported on High-way 51 near Voss Road in Man-itowish Waters, involvingChadwick M. Eberle of Wau-sau, Daniel F. Elmer of BocaRaton, Fla.,and Joyce D. Lean-der of Eagle River. According tothe report, Eberle and Elmerwere stopped on the highwaywaiting for a vehicle to turnleft in front of them whenLeander struck the Elmer

vehicle, which then struck theEberle vehicle. Leander wascited for inattentive driving.

- 2:50 p.m. - A vehicle/deeraccident was reported on

Highway 17 South near Sund-stein Road in the town of Lin-coln, involving Tamara D.Peacock of Rhinelander.

Eagle River Police Among the calls received

by Vilas County dispatcherswere at least 24 calls for theEagle River Police. These in-cluded one hit and run, twoambulance requests, one ani-mal problem, two requests forcitizen assistance, two reportsof criminal damage to proper-ty, two reports of harassment,one report of hazardous condi-tions, one report of lost prop-erty, one report of found prop-erty, one report of suspiciouscircumstances, one report of

theft, and one welfare check._____________

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RIPCO MERGER Workers from Graphic House Inc. put up anew sign last Friday after Ripco Credit Union acquired the assetsof Nicolet Credit Union in Eagle River earlier this year. Nicolet

members will see no interruption in service, said credit union offi-cials. The merger was effective at the end of September.

--Staff Photo By ANTHONY DREW

A 26-year-old Conoverman, who allegedly wasinvolved in a high-speed chase

on his motorcycle in the earlymorning hours of Aug. 5 witha female passenger on theback of the cycle, had a pre-liminary hearing rescheduledin Vilas County Circuit Courtlast week.

Michael N. Larson was notpresent for his 9:30 a.m. pre-liminary hearing last Wednes-day and Circuit Judge Neal A.Nielsen III issued a warrantbond of $2,000 cash. Larsonthen made a voluntaryappearance at 10:15 a.m. andthe warrant was quashed. Hispreliminary hearing was resetfor Nov. 10 at 10 a.m.

Larson is charged withattempting to flee or elude atraffic officer and second-

degree reckless endanger-ment.

According to the complaint,Larson was cruising backand forth on a crotch-rocketmotorcycle in a town of Lin-coln subdivision at 2:25 a.m.

Aug. 5. A Vilas County Sher-iffs Department deputyattempted to make a trafficstop and pursued Larson inhis squad car with speeds inexcess of 130 mph on Highway70 East.

The deputy, while in pur-suit of Larson, noticed therewas a passenger on the motor-cycle and terminated thechase, not wanting to endan-ger the passenger. Larsonallegedly drove the motorcycleto a grassy area on KentuckLake Road and waited forabout an hour before return-ing to Eagle River.

Twenty days later, Aug. 25,Larson was questioned aboutthe incident in the Pamidaparking lot in Eagle River andwas arrested.

In other felony cases,Michael Schuman, 21, of Lacdu Flambeau,charged with 15counts of uttering a forgeryand 15 counts of misdemeanortheft, had a preliminary hear-ing set for Oct. 7 at 10:30 a.m.Schuman allegedly wasinvolved with four other Lacdu Flambeau men in the theftof more than $10,000 from

Scharf Automotive in thetown of Lincoln. They alleged-ly sold steel, copper, brass andaluminum to Scharf Automo-tive and then changed theweight on the scale slips andwere paid an inflated amountfor the sale of the metals.

In the same incident,Joseph Mitchell, 19, of Lac duFlambeau, charged with fivecounts of uttering a forgeryand five counts of misde-meanor theft, was bound overand entered a plea of notguilty. A pretrial conferencewas set for Nov. 29 at 10:15

a.m.Michael L. Burke, 57, of St.

Germain, entered a plea of not

guilty to three charges of theftin a business setting. A pretri-al conference was set for Dec.13 at 10 a.m. Burke allegedlydeposited business fundstotaling $17,764 in his ownbank account while he workedfor Americas Best Tree Ser-

vice in Eagle River.Matthew J. Arndt, 30, of

Eagle River, charged with pos-session of narcotic drugs, pos-session of an illegallyobtained prescription andreceiving stolen property, hada preliminary hearingadjourned to Nov. 18 at 9 a.m.at the request of District

Attorney Albert Moustakis.Jason M. Tomko, 27, of

Eagle River, charged with

exposing himself and childenticement, entered a notguilty plea and had a pretrialconference set for Oct. 25 at11:30 a.m.

Twighla J. Jack, 36, of Lacdu Flambeau, had a sentencewithheld and was placed onprobation for three years at aplea and sentencing hearing.Jack purchased five 10 mg.Oxycodone tablets and a 50mcg./hour Fenthanyl trans-dermal patch for $100 from aninvestigator in a controlledpurchase April 20, 2010, inLac du Flambeau.

Jack,who was charged withtwo counts of manufacturingor delivery of a prescriptiondrug, party to a crime withBenjamin D. Harris, 52, of Lacdu Flambeau, entered a nocontest plea to the secondcharge. The first charge wasdismissed in the plea agree-ment.

Conditions of the probationinclude alcohol and other drugabuse assessment and anycounseling deemed necessaryby the agent,no controlled sub-stance unless it is a prescrip-tion and only in amounts onthe prescription, four monthsin the Vilas County Jail withrelease privileges for work orschool, may serve the jail timein another county if arrange-ments can be made, and mustreport to jail by Nov. 26.

If Jack has no violations ofthe probation, Judge Nielsensaid he may apply for earlydischarge after two years.

Jesse Allen Janssen, 28, ofSt. Germain, charged with pos-session with intent to delivermarijuana, possession of mari-

juana, receiving stolen proper-ty and possession of drug para-phernalia July 28 in St. Ger-main, had a pretrial confer-ence set for Nov. 8 at 9 a.m.

Donna Marie Klingman,27, of Watersmeet, Mich., whois serving a six-month jailsentence after she was con-

victed of two counts of sub-stantial battery, party to acrime, had a motion to stay

the jail sentence denied.Klingman told the courtshe is a single parent of twoyoung children and cant pro-

vide proper care with Huberrelease. In addition, as ofSept. 17, her father is nolonger able to transport Kling-man for her to provide childcare. In addition to the jailsentence, she also must payrestitution of $6,118 and wasplaced on probation for twoyears for battering anotherwoman in a Land O Lakestavern Dec. 5, 2010.

Justin M. Theobald, 19, ofLac du Flambeau, chargedwith second-degree sexualassault of a child under age 16Sept. 6 in Lac du Flambeau,

made an initial appearance incourt last Thursday after a$5,000 cash bench warrantwas issued Wednesday.Theobald made a voluntaryappearance Thursday and thewarrant was quashed. The 20-day time limit was waived anda pretrial conference was setfor Tuesday of this week.

Timothy L. Mann, 43, of Lac du Flambeau, chargedwith second-degree sexualassault, had a pretrial confer-ence set for Oct. 14 at 1:15p.m. Mann, who is free on$10,000 cash bond, allegedlyhad sexual intercourse with agirl,age 16, Sept. 15 in Lac duFlambeau. Conditions of thebond include no contact withthe victim or females underage 18, not to consume or pos-sess intoxicants and no tav-erns.

Timothy J. Trimble, 62, ofArbor Vitae, entered a plea ofnot guilty to charges of misde-meanor battery, domesticabuse, repeater; and disorder-ly conduct, domestic abuse,repeater. A charge of strangu-lation and suffocation, domes-tic abuse, as a repeater wasdismissed. A pretrial confer-ence was set for Oct. 25 at11:45 a.m. Trimble allegedlycaused bodily harm to his girl-friend and prevented her fromtaking prescribed medicationsprior to him being arrested

April 28.Leila R. Schuman, 25, ofLac du Flambeau, entered aplea of no contest after acharge of substantial battery,party to a crime, was amendedto battery, party to a crime.Sentence was withheld andshe agreed to a 12-monthdeferred entry of judgment(DEJ) on the charge. She alsopleaded no contest and wasfound guilty on a charge ofdisorderly conduct.

Conditions of SchumansDEJ include not to possess orconsume intoxicants, any

counseling deemed necessaryby the agent and restitution tobe determined within 30 days.

Schuman and her mother,Lisa M. Schuman, werearrested Sept. 27 for punch-ing, kicking and pulling thehair of another woman on abridge on Indian Village Road.

Clay A. Kunath, 50, of Mer-cer, had a sentence withheldand was placed on probationfor two years after being con-

victed of hit and run and oper-ating a motor vehicle afterrevocation. He also was sen-tenced to 90 days in the coun-ty jail with work release onthe hit-and-run conviction.

Kunath also was fined$1,435 for being convicted ofoperating a motor vehiclewhile intoxicated, secondoffense. His drivers license

will be revoked for 14 months,he will have an ignition inter-lock for 14 months and hemust undergo an alcoholassessment. A charge ofattempting to flee or elude atraffic officer in the July 13incident in Lac du Flambeauwas dismissed. He can servethe jail time in an inpatienttreatment facility with day-for-day credit upon successfulcompletion of the treatment.

Conditions of Kunaths pro-bation include restitution tothe hit-and-run victim within60 days, not to possess or con-sume intoxicants and to followthrough with any treatment.

Edward J. Chosa Jr., 25, ofLac du Flambeau, was sen-tenced to nine months in thecounty jail during a sentenc-ing hearing on revocation.Chosa was on probation forthree years on charges offelony bail jumping andobstructing an officer Nov. 13,2009. The sentence hearing onrevocation was based oncharges of battery to a lawenforcement officer and bat-tery.

Lee C. Diver, 23, of Lac duFlambeau, charged withfelony bail jumping Sept. 12,entered a plea of not guiltyand a pretrial conference wasset for Nov. 29 at 10 a.m. Hisbond for a previous chargehad a no-drink condition and

he was arrested for operatingwhile intoxicated.Ryan D. Turney, 17, of Lac

du Flambeau, pleaded guiltyto two amended charges ofsecond-degree reckless endan-germent, party to a crime,anda sentencing hearing was setfor Dec. 5 at 2 p.m. A charge offirst-degree reckless endan-germent, party to a crime,andcarrying a concealed weaponwere dismissed, but will beread in at sentencing. Turneyallegedly shot a gun at a homeand into a wooded area in Lacdu Flambeau May 4.

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Long-term care insurancefor teachers in the NorthlandPines School District could endafter the current contracts runout, District AdministratorMike Richie informed theschool board last week.

The long-term care policiesprovide for the expense ofhaving a person living in anursing home or other carefacility in later life. Under thecurrent teachers union con-tract, all teachers participateat their own expense, accord-ing to Richie.

This was negotiated intothe contracts nine years agoand teachers are included inthe Wisconsin Education

Association (WEA) pool group,which means they are eitherall in or all out, he said. Thecost is $90 a month (fromteachers salaries) and wehave an indication that someteachers do not want to partic-ipate. This would mean theend of the group policy and ifa teacher wanted to have theirown long-term care policy, itwould be more expensive.

If teachers choose not toparticipate in the group policy,they could acquire an individu-al policy, but the cost could be

anywhere from $200 to $300per month. Richie pointed outthe participation in long-termcare insurance is not a condi-tion of employment and if ateacher is not in the union, thequestion is how they can beforced to participate.

The WEA wont allow individuals to participate, accord-ing to Richie.

We do have some whodont want this and its reallybeyond our control. Some areusing it and others dont, saidRichie. Im upset with theWEA because they will notwork with us.

Richie did say a teachercould buy up the policy ifthey were age 55 and retired.That cost was estimated to beanywhere from $25,000 to$30,000. The potential bene-fit, if a teacher had to use it,would be about $400,000.

We requested a one-timewaiver from the WEA andthey are not budging, saidRichie, though he had a planthat he thinks could force theissue. Anyone not in theunion opts out, but we contin-ue to pay those that are in andlet the WEA tell us they arecanceling the policy.

While Northland Pinesteachers pay the monthly pre-mium and not the district,thereare some districts that werepaying the premium as part ofthe union contract. Richie indi-cated a majority of those dis-tricts that funded long-termcare policies have stopped.

If it were a condition of

employment, they would haveto have it and be included, hesaid. If we are going to keepthis, (the board) would have tomake it a condition of employ-ment.

Since the union has nottaken a recertification vote asrequired by Act 10 (the budgetrepair bill),Richie said he pre-ferred waiting. The teachershave to vote for recertificationby Dec. 1.

Student enrollmentRichie told board members

the third Friday in Septemberdistrictwide student count was1,399, compared to last yearsfigure of 1,428. He said actualenrollment now is up two stu-dents 1,420 compared to1,418 last year, because thereare 90 students coming intothe district under open enroll-ment and 67 leaving.

The board also received areport on the first meeting ofa 26-person volunteer groupcreated to research starting acharter school.

The early focus for thegroup will be on the charterschool for the elementary level.The next meeting of the groupis set for Tuesday, Oct. 11.

A decision on starting acharter school has to be madeby April 2012.

In another topic, the schoolboard recognized Linda Zim-mer as the employee of themonth for her 10 years in thePhoenix Center working withalternative education stu-dents.

Long-term care insurancecould end at Pines: Richie

___________BY KENANDERSON

NEWS CORRESPONDENT___________

YOUTH NIGHT At the annual Youth NightPotluck at the high school, Joe Bucher present-ed Northland Pines Football and Cheeleadingwith $6,119 of proceeds from the Bucher BluesFestival earlier this year. Taking part in the pre-

sentation were, front row from left, Haskell Park-er, Lily Young, Tyler Young and Austin Parker;back row, Tara VandenBoom, Scott Young,Bucher, C.A. Parker and Hannah Hoffman.

--Contributed Photo

REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

The real estate transactionslisted below are being publishedat the request of many of ourreaders.The information is publicrecord and reflects an index ofeach weeks transactions.

Property transactions exceed-ing $10,000 recorded at the VilasCounty Courthouse the pastweek and the transfer fee (at $3per $1,000):

Sept. 19, 2011Marilyn Heinke to James

Heinke, lot 2 of plat 356 in TwelvePines Condo, $186

Thomas R. Baer et al to Bro-ken Arrow Holdings LLC, prt SESE in 25-42-5, $205.20

North Woods Holdings LLC toLloyd Fitzherbert LLC, prt NENW in 25-42-5, gov lot 2,$540

T.J. & H.J. Sopchik RevocableTrust to F.G. & D.A. Holly Revoca-ble Trust,prt NWSW in 1-41-9,govlot 1; lot 15 of plat 1 in Wally AdamsStormy Lake Subd., $711

Sept. 20, 2011Norbert P. Nick to Daniel A.

Lueck and wife, prt NE NE in 4-41-11, gov lot 4, $108

Daniel P. Schwabe to RobertEdward Johnson and wife, lots 8and 19 of plat 174 in B.O.LarsonsSubd., $1,080

James R. Nier to Thomas J.Collins and wife, lots 1, 2, 55 and56, blk 3 of plat 222 in OliverPark; lots 1, 2, 55 and 56, blk 4 of

plat 222 in Oliver Park; prt NWSE in 21-40-10, $270Lawrence T. Cavin and wife to

Ralph F. Colao and wife, prt SENE, prt NE SE, prt SE SW in 8-40-11, $389.70

Sept. 21, 2011Edward Rynders et al to Keith

A. Hanne, prt NW NE in 28-40-6,gov lot 4, $390

Richard R. Castner and wife toPaul E. Brennan et al and CherylL. Crabtree et al, prt SWNW in29-40-5,gov lot 2, $396

Northern Frontier PC LLC toJeffrey W. Hiller, prt SW NW in13-42-6, gov lot 4; prt NW NW in13-42-6,$405

Sept. 23, 2011James B. Surpless Jr. to Debo-

rah J. Surpless et al and DeborahSurpless Barnum et al, prt NWSW in 31-43-10, gov lot 7, $441

Marshall & Ilsley Trustee et aland Ronald G.Bracegirdle Trust etal to Frank T. Cucco and wife, prtSW SW in 22-41-5,gov lot 5, $975

K.J. Eichenberger Living Trustto James L.Carstens and wife, prtSE SW in 10-42-5, $348

Sept. 26, 2011Kurt Lange et al and Sandra

Hoholek et al to Martin J. Skelcyand wife, prt NE NE in 21-40-4,gov lot 1; prt NE SE in 21-40-4,gov lot 3; prt NW SE, prt NW NE,prt SWNE in 21-40-4; prt SE NEin 21-40-4,gov lot 2, $768

Alan Ellingham and wife to Andrew J. Yadro, prt NW SE in14-40-11, gov lot 2, $30

River Valley Bank to Lisa J.Wood, lots 13 and 15, blk 3 of plat399 in Dickinson Cook & Tam-bling Addn., $150

Cabin North LLC to Charles J.Check and wife, prt SE SE in 31-40-11, gov lot 7, $1,440

NWW LLC to Frontier LakesOwners Association, prt NW SEin 11-43-7, gov lot 4; prt SW SE in11-43-7; prt SW NE in 11-43-7,gov lot 3, $67.50

Jonathan E.Hagen and wife toWilliam J. Schneider and wife,lot11 of plat 67 in Deerwood Beach,$615

Richard H. Dathan and wife toSteven R. Lindloff and wife, prtNW SW in 2-40-6, gov lot 3; prtSW SW in 2-40-6, gov lot 4, $96

Sept. 27, 2011Betty L. Schneidmiller to B. &

J. Glandt Living Trust et al andCurtis C.Priem and wife et al, prtNW SE in 35-40-5,gov lot 7,$675

Thomas E.Petrusky and wife toLawrence J. Rubeck and wife, prtNWNE in 20-41-5, gov lot 2; prtNE NW in 20-41-5, gov lot 3, $951

James Greenspan to KennethD. Perry and wife, prt NW SW in26-43-7, $63.90

Wiliczko Family Trust to Kath-leen M. Chicka, prt NW NWin24-40-8,$831

Sept. 28, 2011Randall J.Sandfort to Robert K.

Buglass and wife, lot 9 of plat 299in Shores of Little Spider, $708

Paul Reid II LLC to Scott Linnand wife, prt SE NE in 19-40-11;prt NE NE in 19-40-11, gov lot 1;prt SW NW in 20-40-11, gov lot 8;$45

Thomas M. Phillippi and wifeto Margaret M. Vermoch et al, prtSE NW in 5-40-9,gov lot 3, $1,365

Clarence Vos Jr. to DavidZielinski, prt SW NW in 31-40-9,gov lot 5; prt SE NE in 36-40-8,gov lot 3, $114

Randy Lendle to MichaelLendle,prt SE SW, prt SW SW in22-40-4, $149.40

Virginia Carlson Trust No. 92to F.G. & D.A. Holly RevocableTrust, lot 14 of plat 1 in Wally

Adams Stormy Lake Subd., $600Mathew J. Dew et al, Lloyd J.

Blaney et al and Rick Handler andwife et al to Mathew J. Dew et al,Lloyd J. Blaney et al and Rick

Handler and wife et al, lots 13,14,15, 16 and 17,blk 14 of plat 355 inTurtle Lake Resort Plat H, $270

Martin William Walpole toRobert James Walpole, prt NESW in 27-40-10, gov lot 3,$196.80

Sept. 29, 2011 Alex F. Gawron and wife to

Ronald J. Lupa, prt SW SW in 35-40-5, gov lot 5, $97.50

Stewart C. Garneau and wife toBrian D. Hoerneman and wife, prtNE NW in 4-42-5,gov lot 5,$1,290

R.E. Lohse Revocable LivingTrust to Thayes R. Johnson andspouse,3-40-6,gov lot 4, $375

T.A. Solberg Co. Inc. to Remi P.Graf and spouse, prt NE SW in

28-40-6, $599.70David J. Sauer, co-trustee et al

and Mary E. Sauers RevocableTrust to William James Lenlingand wife,prt NE NE in 20-43-9,govlot 6;prt SW NW in 21-43-9, gov lot4; prt NESW in 21-43-9, gov lot 5;prt SE SW in 21-43-9, gov lot 6;prtNENW, prt SE NW, prt SW NW,prt NWSW in 28-43-9, $1,200

Thomas J. Schwartz and wifeand Kathleen L. Haverkampf andhusband to Brian Holt and wife,prt SWSW in 14-40-8,gov lot 5;prtSE SW in 14-40-8, gov lot 6, $372

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The majority of NorthWoods residents affected bylast Thursdays severe windshad power restored by Friday

evening, according to Wiscon-sin Public Service (WPS),although some were withoutuntil the following morning.

Rain and strong windsaround 3:30 p.m. Thursdaycaused as many as 2,000 resi-dents to lose power through-out the Eagle River, St. Ger-main, Three Lakes, Rhine-lander, Minocqua/Lakel andCrandon/Hiles areas.

More than 10,000 cus-tomers in the Upper Peninsu-la of Michigan (U.P.) werewithout power as a result ofdowned trees due to wind,according to the Upper Penin-sula Power Co. (UPPCO). Asof Friday afternoon, therewere still 4,000 in need of

electricity in the U.P. Although thousands suf-

fered outages in the NorthWoods, the Door County areawas hit the hardest, accordingto WPS.

Power restorations for WPScustomers in the Wabeno andDoor County areas continuedinto the weekend, said publicrelations manager Lisa Prunty.

More crews will be head-ing to the Wabeno and theDoor County area early Sat-urday morning, said PruntyFriday night.We want to con-tinue to stress safety aroundthe many down lines on roads,fields and yards.

Wisconsin State Parks andState Trails in Door Countywere closed until Monday, sincehigh winds toppled numerous

trees and power lines, resultingin closed roads, power outagesand potentially unsafe condi-tions for visitors.

While no injuries werereported as of Friday in DoorCounty, the Wisconsin Depart-ment of Natural Resources(DNR) said some buildings and

vehicles had sustained damagefrom falling trees and debris.

We have all available localcrews at work clearing roadsand more help is on the way,said director of the DNRs Wis-consin State Parks and Trailssystem Dan Schuller Friday.We are concentrating on dam-age assessment and clearing ofroads to campgrounds and oth-er high-use areas.

As of Monday morning,there were still 59 WPS cus-tomers without electricity inTomahawk, while more than150 remained without powerin the Door County and GreenBay areas.

Power companies encour-age area residents to stayaway from any downed powerlines and to treat them as ifthey are energized.

If hunters come acrossunsafe situations due to theaftermath of the windstorms,they are asked to contact WPSat 1-(800)450-7240 or UPPCOat 1-(800)562-7809.For all oth-er emergencies, call 911.

High winds blast North;leave 2,000 without power

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BYANTHONY DREWNEWS-REVIEWASST. EDITOR

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LIBRARY CAMPAIGN First National Bank made the first majorbusiness donation to the Olson Library Foundation campaign tobuild a new library in Eagle River. First National Bank President

Tom Ellis, left, presented the $50,000 check to foundation Presi-dent Nancy Schaffer and capital campaign Treasurer Lee Lier-mann. --Staff Photo By GARY RIDDERBUSCH

Faced with a $154,000 bud-get shortfall, the Eagle RiverCity Council may requireemployees to pay more fortheir health insurance nowthat collective bargaining isoff the table and the currentunion contracts expire at theend of the year.

Insurance is one of themajor issues, said Mayor JeffHyslop, referring to potentialcost-saving measures for thecity to help balance the 2012budget.

Most public employees losttheir collective bargainingrights when Gov. Scott Walk-ers budget repair bill wassigned into law earlier thisyear.

Two proposals for changingemployee health coverage arebeing looked at by the CityCouncil. Under the currenthealth plan, the net city costis $342,037, with the employ-ees paying 10%. If the employ-ee contribution was raised to12%, the city cost would bereduced by $41,762.

One proposal would keepthe current plan but eliminate$23,000 the city contributeseach year toward the $1,500deductible. It would save thecity about 6.6%. If employeespaid 12%, the total net cost tothe city would be $299,146.

Figures also were present-ed last week showing whatthe city would save if employ-ees paid 20% of their insur-ance premiums, but that wasnot favored by several councilmembers, including KimSchaffer.

Remove the 20% from theequation and just look at12%, Schaffer insisted.

The second option being

considered is a health savingsaccount (HSA) rather than ahealth reimbursement ac-count. The HSA would be setup by the employee to pay forthe first $1,500 deductible outof pocket, which also would betax deductible. It also wouldinclude first-dollar prescrip-tion drug coverage, accordingto city administrator JoeLaux.

This plan would reducethe premium cost by about10%, Laux wrote in an expla-nation. The key is for the cityto not pay toward thedeductible. Not paying towardthe deductible and increasing

the premium to 12% acrossthe board and remove the$23,000 toward the deductibleand establish the HSA, thepremium savings goes from$342,037 to $275,505, or$66,531 less, which is a sav-ings of 19.5%.

The City Council also isconsidering rolling into thegroup plan employees at thelibrary and airport, but a par-ticipation commitment for atleast 10 years would be need-ed to provide stability.

The suggestion, made bycouncil member Carol Hen-dricks, was approved by thefull council.

Several employees in theaudience said they were fac-ing, in effect, pay cuts underthe items being considered inthe new employee manual.Councilman Jerry Burkettresponded.

The hard part is were putin a place were uncomfort-able, dont want to be, but arelimited 100% in what we dowith the budget, Burkettsaid. Its a horrible situationto be in. My suggestion is wetake baby steps; its not goingto be popular and there will becuts.

Since the employee manualis not a union contract, cityattorney Steve Garbowiczreminded the council mem-bers and employees that dis-cussion will continue in opensessions.

None of the benefits or thepolicy can be done in closedsession, he said, and, if itsby ordinance, its guaranteedto be in open session.

Longevity pay Although there was some

discussion on doing away withlongevity pay, including onecouncil member suggesting itwas really a pat on the back

for doing the job, Schafferfavored keeping longevity payand clothing allowances. Shealso suggested switching tothe Fair Labor Standards Act(FLSA) for overtime consider-ation. Under FLSA, overtimewould not start to be calculat-ed until 40 hours were workedin a week.

Total longevity pay for cityhall employees, light andwater workers,and golf courseemployees for 2010 was$9,756. It is paid Dec. 1 ofeach year on a sliding scalebased on years of continuousemployment starting at yearfive. The top rate is $676 for25 years and greater. Burkettsuggested it be changed to$200 for everyone.

By removing or changingbenefits that were previouslybargained for through unions,Police Chief Mark VanderBloomen felt municipalitieswill start seeing employeesevaluating what handbooks

say and what benefits areoffered. City Clerk DebbieBrown said there was a needto explain the details of theoptions to all employees.

Council members decidedthey will continue to work onthe employee handbook andparticularly the health insur-ance options.

City employees may pay more

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Five people have beenarrested for their allegedinvolvement in the recentburglary of two homes in thetown of Sugar Camp and onein the town of Pelican, accord-ing to Oneida County author-ities.

Last Wednesday, Sept. 28,at approximately 11:33 a.m.,

Vilas County SheriffsDepartment deputies andEagle River Police Depart-ment officers located three ofthe subjects who werebelieved to be involved in arecent burglary in OneidaCounty.

When approached byoffiers, two of the three sub-

jects fled on foot in the city ofEagle River and were laterapprehended.

The Oneida County Sher-iffs Department said it is notknown when the suspects inthe case will make their ini-

tial court appearance in Onei-da County Circuit Court. Authorities said many

firearms, a variety of toolsand home furnishings hadbeen reported as stolen fromthe homeowners. Most of theitems reported as stolen havenow been recovered by lawenforcement, according to thesheriffs department.

The investigation is ongo-ing and more arrests couldoccur as the investigation con-tinues, authorities said.

Authorities said charges

could include burglary whilearmed, theft of firearms, pos-sessing stolen property, bail

jumping and other relatedcharges.

The arrests are the resultof a cooperative effort involv-ing the Oneida County Sher-iffs Department,RhinelanderPolice Department, VilasCounty Sheriffs Departmentand Eagle River PoliceDepartment.

I appreciate the outstand-ing cooperative multiagencylaw enforcement effort that ledto these arrests, said OneidaCounty Sheriff Jeffrey J. Hoff-man.The officers have workedtirelessly during this investiga-tion, locating and arresting thesuspects and recovering theproperty that was stolen fromthe home-owners.

Hoffman said several tipsreceived from the public werealso valuable during this

investigation.

Five people arrestedin burglary of homes

LAND O LAKES Wilderness Lakes Trails

announced that constructionbegan this week on a 3.2-mileexpansion of the existing 8.5-mile Land O Lakes bike andhiking trail system.

The trail extension willbegin just west of the boatlanding off Forest LakeRoad and will wind throughforested private lands, con-necting to Thousand IslandLake Road.

Pitlik & Wick Inc. wasawarded the $470,000 con-struction contract,which willinclude building the 3.2-mileblacktopped trail through asugar maple forest.

The contract also stipu-lates that Pitlik & Wick willprovide and install signage

on two bicycle routes.The first is a bicycle route

along town and countyblacktopped roads that willconnect Land O Lakes toEagle River. This route willbegin on the Land O Lakestrails, starting at the inter-section of highways B and S,and connect in Eagle Riverat the intersection of High-way G and Adams Road.Thesecond route is on ThousandIsland Lake Road connect-ing Highway B to Highway2 in Michigan.

The project will be fundedby the Wisconsin Depart-ment of Transportationthrough a transportationenhancement grant, a stew-ardship grant from the Wis-consin Department of Natu-ral Resources and from pri-

vate donations.The majority of the con-

struction is expected to be

completed this fall, and thetrail should be ready forasphalt next spring.

Ultimately, the Wilder-ness Lakes Trails projectwill include a 40-mile traillooping from Land O Lakes,around the Sylvania Wilder-ness Area in MichigansUpper Peninsula, andreturning to Land O Lakes

through Watersmeet, Mich.,according to trail planners.

Plans for 2012 includedevelopment of 8 miles ofthe Agonikak NationalRecreation Trail which con-nects Land O Lakes toWatersmeet.

For more information onthe progress of this project,

visit wildlakes.org.

Construction under wayfor bike trail extension

Walking the property during a project precon-

struction inspection are, from left, Jim Boll-mann, MSA project manager; Mike and Peg-gy Uihlein, property owners; Dan Benson,Wilderness Lakes Trails; John Gwyn, care-

taker; Dan Balog, Land O Lakes town chair-

man; George Lurvey, superintendent for Pitlik& Wick Inc.; Bob Simeone, property owner;and Jim Thomas, Wilderness Lakes Trails.

--Contributed Photo

IRON RIVER, MICH. NorthStar Health System andBellin Health announced theexpansion of their partner-ship designed to enhanceoperational effectiveness atthe Iron River, Mich., healthsystems primary care clinicsand improve services for thesurrounding communities.

Under the agreement, BellinHealth will oversee operationsat NorthStars five clinic loca-tions and provide additionalmanagement staff. The clinicswill remain under the owner-ship of NorthStar, and employ-ees of the clinics will remainNorthStar employees.

Bellin Health, based inGreen Bay, is recognized as aleader in primary care. Thehealth system has 85providers within its networkof 26 primary-care clinics,including locations in IronMountain, Norway, Kingsfordand Escanaba, all in theUpper Peninsula of Michigan.

I am pleased that we havebeen able to continue findingways to advance the quality ofhealth care in this area, andthis partnership is a primeexample, said Bruce Ram-page, president and CEO ofNorthStar. Bellin brings con-siderable expertise in the areaof primary care and an

approach that is consistentwith our goals and values.This is a great benefit to our

community.NorthStar officials said the

system has made a continu-ous effort to enhance healthservices to the community,renovating and expanding thehospital in 2009, and addingand upgrading technologysuch as a 64-slice CT scanner.The critical-access hospitaloffers a 24/7 emergencydepartment, surgical servicesand inpatient care, along witha large array of health-careservices, including full-fielddigital mammography.

Earlier this year, the twohealth systems announcedtheir initial partnership.Within that agreement, BellinHealth was tabbed to providestrategic guidance andresources related to primary

preventative medicine, com-munity health initiatives andelectronic medical-recordtechnology. The partnershipwas also designed to provideimproved access to servicesand physicians in primaryand specialty areas that arecurrently underserved in theIron River area.

The initial announcementfollowed a deliberate, year-long process in which North-Stars administration andboard of directors evaluatedthe health systems options toexpand its services by part-nering with other health-careentities, ultimately determin-ing Bellin to be the bestoption.

In NorthStar, we havefound an exceptional partner

with the shared goal ofadvancing the health of theregion we serve through high-quality, cost-effective productsand services, said GeorgeKerwin, president and CEO ofBellin Health.

We will accomplish this byproviding residents withlocally based resources andservices, including exceptionalprimary care and access toadvanced and specialty carewithin the region, when need-ed, said Kerwin.

Officials say the most visi-ble benefit for area health-care consumers will be thestandardization of processeswithin the NorthStar clinics,which will result in quickerand more consistent healthcare.

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Wisconsin election officialsestimate the state Senaterecall elections in August costthe state and local govern-ments about $2.1 million.

Union supporters launched

recall drives against nineRepublican state senatorsover their support for Gov.Scott Walkers collective bar-gaining law. Two GOP sena-tors ultimately lost their jobs.

In addition, Democratic12th District Sen. Jim Hol-perin of Conover was targetedin a recall election, but hedefeated Republican chal-lenger Kim Simac of Eagle

River.The Government Account-

ability Board tallied the costsof printing ballots, program-ming voting equipment, print-ing notices, preparing absen-

tee ballots and election work-ers wages across the 40 coun-ties and their local municipal-ities that had to handle therecalls. The board also tookinto account its own adminis-trative costs.

The boards director, KevinKennedy, stressed that thefigures were only an estimate,noting responses from the 40counties were incomplete.

Recall elections costabout $2.1 million

Tom Knudsen, NorthernMarket President of PeoplesState Bank, announced CraigLau has rejoined Peoples com-mercial banking team as a

vice president, while DeniseJantzen will join as assistant

vice president.Lau will be responsible for

providing financial solutionsfor existing business cus-tomers, as well as for develop-ing new customer relation-ships with business through-out northern Wisconsin. Hisoffice is located at 8 E. Ander-son St. in Rhinelander.

We are pleased to haveCraig back on the Peoplesteam, said Knudsen. Hes

well known and respected inthe Rhinelander community.Lau brings with him more

than 15 years of banking expe-rience, including most recentlyas a bank president in northcentral Wisconsin. Lau alsoserved in the Wisconsin ArmyNational Guard and wasdeployed to Iraq in 2003 and2004. He retired in 2007 as the1st platoon sergeant in Toma-hawk with 22 years of service.

We are also pleased to haveDenise join our team, saidKnudsen. Denise has anextensive banking backgroundand brings 14 years of bankingexperience to Peoples.

Jantzen will be responsiblefor providing financial solu-tions and services to helpbusiness owners achieve theirgoals through all stages of thebusiness life cycle. Her area offocus will be family-ownedsmall businesses and closelyheld middle-market commer-

cial business. Her office islocated at Peoples 909 E.WallSt. location in Eagle River.

Jantzen actively volunteersin the community with manyEagle River and St. Germainchamber of commerce events,the Adopt-A-Highway pro-gram and the Eagle RiverRecreation Association.

Peoples is a community-owned bank founded in 1962holding in excess of $600 mil-lion in total assets. The bankhas a network of eight officesthroughout central and north-ern Wisconsin,providing finan-cial services to families, indi-

viduals and business owners.

Lau, Jantzen joinPeoples State Bank

WINERY TOURS The Three Lakes Win-ery was a busy placeThursday throughSunday as more than1,200 people traveledby bus from Eagle Riv-er to Three Lakes forcranberry marsh andwinery tours. Guests

visiting the winerywere able to samplenot only wine (above),but many other cran-berry delicacies. Theyalso were given theopportunity to stir afermenting batch ofcranberries and watchthe automatic bottlingline (right) in full oper-ation.--Photos By Jan Hintz

The Wisconsin Departmentof Public Instruction recentlyannounced income eligibilityguidelines for free andreduced-price school meals forthe 2011-12 school year.

Students qualify for free orreduced-price breakfasts orlunches based on U.S. Depart-ment of Health and HumanServices income eligibilityguidelines, which are set annu-ally based on federal povertylevels. For example, for the

2011-12 school year, children ina household of four with incomeof $29,055 per year or lesswould qualify for free meals.

Census Bureau datareleased in mid-Septembershowed median householdincome in Wisconsin has con-tinued to decline, pushingmore families into povertyand causing more challengesfor children in our schools,said State SuperintendentTony Evers. The federalincome guidelines for free andreduced-price school mealsare designed so students donot have to suffer fromhunger during the school day.

All students are eligible to

eat school meals in public andprivate schools that partici-pate in the National SchoolBreakfast or National SchoolLunch programs. Applicationsfor free or reduced-priceschool meals are available ateach school that participatesin the National School Lunchor Breakfast programs andmay be submitted at any timeduring the school year.

Parents or guardians com-plete a form providing thenames and income from allsources for all household mem-bers. Families that receive

FoodShare, Food DistributionProgram on Indian Reserva-tions or Wisconsin Works ben-efits are eligible for free mealsor free milk and do not need tosubmit a paper applicationunless they have not been noti-fied of their eligibility.

All information is kept con-fidential, and no child will bediscriminated againstbecause of race,color, nationalorigin, sex, religion, age, dis-ability, political beliefs, sexualorientation and marital orfamily status.

Families with children who

are eligible for free orreduced-price meals may alsobe eligible for benefitsthrough Wisconsin FoodShareand the Women, Infants andChildren (WIC) programs. Formore information on the WICprogram, call 1-(800) 722-2295. To determine family eli-gibility for FoodShare, visitaccess.wisconsin.gov or call 1-(800) 362-3002.

The child nutrition billsigned last December helpsensure school meals includemore fresh produce whilebeing balanced for calories,

vitamins and other nutritionalcomponents, said Evers.School meals are the appro-priate size and include a vari-ety of foods to help childrenlearn good eating habits. Stud-ies have shown that studentswho eat school meals performbetter in math, reading andother subjects, are more atten-tive in class and have betterbehavior in school.

The National School Lunchand School Breakfast pro-grams are federally assistedmeal programs operating inpublic and nonprofit private

schools and residential child-care institutions. They provide nutritionally balanced,low-cost or free meals to chil-dren each school day.

Wisconsin schools and insti-tutions participating in child-nutrition programs adminis-tered by the Department ofPublic Instruction receivedapproximately $265 million incash and commodity subsidiesfrom state and federal sourcesduring the 2009-10 schoolyear to run breakfast, lunchand other related child-nutri-tion programs.

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1 $14,157 $14,157.01 & $20,147

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5 34,021 34,021.01 & 48,415

6 38,987 38,987.01 & 55,482

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Enjoying fall colorson bicycle tour

Youve got a week, maybe two, to get outside and enjoy thebeauty of the autumn color before most of the leaves havefallen. These cyclists took in the color show and nice fallweather Sunday during the Cranberry Fest bike tour asthey crossed the Burnt Rollways Dam on the Chain.

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LEARNED SCHOLARSstill debate the reasons for thedecline and fall of the RomanEmpire. Learned scholars ofthe future, looking back on our

decline and fall, may simply bebaffled as to how we couldhave been so stupid, saidThomas Sowell.

Wasteful governmentspending, trillion-dollar budgetdeficits and rampant fraudabuses have brought fiscalresponsibility back into thenational spotlight. Even themost useless programs arepassionately supported by thearmies of recipients, adminis-trators and lobbyists who ben-efit from their existence.

Everywhere we turn, thepeople are gaming the sys-tem. It has now become criti-cal for state and federal law-makers to clean up the casesof fraud and wasteful spending

before any meaningful resolu-tions can be made in the cur-rent financial crisis.

If lawmakers arent seriousabout tackling these issues toreduce waste, fraud and abuse,taxpayers will be less likely totrust them to reform entitle-ments (Social Security, Medi-care, Medicaid), defense spend-ing, health care, taxes, HUDfraud and government contrac-tor scams.

George Bernard Shaw oncesaid, A government whichrobs Peter to pay Paul canalways depend on the supportof Paul. G. Gordon Liddywarns us,A liberal is someone

who feels a great debt to hisfellow man, which debt he pro-poses to pay off with yourmoney.

Nearly 200 years agoFrench economist Fred Bastiatseemed to be warning us to bewary of any government thatmoves closer to socialism.When a majority of peopleendeavor to live at the expenseof everybody else, you are introuble.Today, too many

Americans depend on the gov-ernment for survival.

What concerns me are thenumber of public and private

scams that wreck the lives ofour people. Individuals andtaxpayers are defrauded ofnearly a half-trillion dollars ayear. We cant seem to do any-thing about it. Even honestpeople cant seem to say no toreceiving free money!

Just last week we learnedthat 1,200 inmates at the Mil-waukee County Jail weredefrauding the states Food-Share program. Allowinginmates to steal money fromthe public food assistance pro-gram means less money isavailable for people who trulyneed it.

All the inmates had to do

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