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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 29, 2012

VILAS COUNTY

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

MADISON The VilasCounty News-Review wasnamed the best large weeklynewspaper in the state afterreceiving a com-pany-best 15Better Newspa-per Contestawards last week

for writing, photog-raphy, ad design,page layout andgeneral excellence.

Contest winnerswere honored last Fridaynight at the annual convention of the WisconsinNewspaper Association(WNA), staged at theMadison Marriott Westin Middleton.

The WNA Founda-tion received 2,869entries from 135 news-papers, awarding theNews-Review sevenfirsts, one second and seventhirds.

The biggest award came atthe end of the awards ceremo-

ny when, based on total awardspoints for the 60 largest week-ly newspapers in the state,

News-Review Publisher KurtKrueger was presented the tro-phy for the best weekly in Divi-sion D.

It was thefirst year thatthe WNA recog-nized the bestdaily and weekly

newspapers in sixclasses, with threedaily divisions andthree weekly divi-

sions.Joining Krueger at

the awards ceremonywere Editor Gary Ridder-busch, Assistant Editor

Anthony Drew, Produc-tion Manager JeanDrew, Assistant Pro-duction Manager Bet-sy Bleicher and PhotoTechnician SharinaAdams.

While not a first-place award, the News-Reviewgot a third-place plaque forGeneral Excellence in the largeweekly newspaper division.

On the third-place General

John OMelia and MichaelBloom advanced, following lastTuesdays primary election inthe contest for Oneida CountyCircuit Court judge Branch II.

OMelia, a Rhinelanderattorney, garnered 1,307 votes.Bloom, the Oneida County dis-trict attorney, finished secondwith 1,290 votes. Timothy Vocke, who served as VilasCounty Circuit Court judgefrom 1979 to 83, was eliminat-ed from the race with 1,109

votes.Three Lakes voters support-

ed OMelia with 136votes. Bloom was second with69 and Vocke collected 57.

In Sugar Camp, OMelia got

OMelia, Bloom advance

in Oneida judge primary

It would appear our intelli-gence is good, declared VilasCounty Sheriffs DepartmentCapt. Russ Kennedy, shortlyafter the operational officer ofa tactical weapons squadradioed there was a dense con-centration of marijuana plantsin the basement of a home onS. Farming Road in ArborVitae where a search warrantwas served Feb 6.

I had received a phone callabout 9 a.m. that morning

from Vilas County SheriffFrank Tomlanovich, asking meif I wanted to accompany himon an action that might be fod-der for a news story.

Come to my office about10:30, the sheriff requested.Might take a couple of hours.

I walked into the VilasCounty Justice Center inEagle River where Tom-lanovich was waiting. He invit-ed me into his office.

Were in the process ofobtaining a search warrant fora possible marijuana grow inArbor Vitae using the tactical

weapons team, he revealed.Are you interested in comingwith me to see how we do it?

Oh yeah, I said, not realiz-ing how long it would reallytake.

The Special Weapons andTactics (SWAT) membersbegan arriving at the sheriffsdepartment satellite office atthe Vilas County HighwayDepartment facility on High-way 70 in Arbor Vitae. Assis-tance was being provided by

the Oneida County SheriffsDepartment, Lac du FlambeauTribal Police Department,Eagle River Police Departmentand Northcentral DrugEnforcement Group task force.

Tomlanovich set someboundaries for me as a mem-ber of the media, including notto photograph SWAT membersor reveal details of how theiroperation is carried out. In all,there were about 25 lawenforcement personnel gettingprepared for their assign-ments, including a sniper team

Hundreds of marijuana plants were discovered during the exe-cution of a recent search warrant. Photo By Ken Anderson

News-Review named

best weekly: WNASeven firsts, 15 awardstopped largest division

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BYANTHONY DREWNEWS-REVIEWASST. EDITOR

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BY KENANDERSONNEWS CORRESPONDENT

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BY NEWS-REVIEW STSAFF___________

Klondike Days will feature many turn-of-the-century activitiesfor the whole family, including the River Country Reds Ren-

dezvous and Living History Encampment on the Rocking WStable grounds. STAFF PHOTOS

Klondike Days will cele-brate its 22nd year in EagleRiver this Saturday andSunday, March 3-4, withsome growing outdoor com-petitions and turn-of-the-century exhibits.

The two-day event isbilled as the states mostmultifaceted winter festival,according to Klondike Daysexecutive director ChristineSchilling.

The festival, which hasattracted anywhere from6,000 to 12,000 people eachof the first 21 years, will

include many of the mostpopular events returning in2012.

All of the Klondike Daysactivities will be headquar-tered at Northland PinesHigh School and the nearbyRocking W Stable grounds.Most of the events will lastfrom 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. bothdays.

With Klondike Daysmoved to March, we havebeen getting temperaturesin the low- to mid-30s, which

is really nice for both thespectators and the partici-pants, said Schilling.

Popular venues returningto the festival in 2012 willbe River Country Reds Ren-

dezvous and Living History

Encampment, the NorthWoods Championship DogWeight Pull, the one- andtwo-horse Great NorthernLog Pull Classic, the GreatNorthern Lumberjack Com-petition, a chain-saw carv-ing contest, the Native American Cultural Exposi-tion, the Klondike SnowshoeChallenge and the KlondikeDays arts and crafts show.

Schilling said the ice-carving exhibition andantique sleigh rally intro-duced at Klondike Days in2010 both return this week-end. The ice carving will becreated near the high schoolentrance both days, while

the sleigh rally will be Sat-urday at 1 p.m. on the schoolgrounds east of the parkinglot.

Chad Hartson ofNapoleon, Ohio, will returnwith clear blocks of ice andwill create a carving along atheme that is unique toKlondike Days, saidSchilling. We have a record10 participants entered inthe sleigh rally who will be

Klondike Days arrives!Multi-facted winter fest set in Eagle River this weekend

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BY GARY RIDDERBUSCHNEWS-REVIEW EDITOR___________

The Native American Cultural Exposition will feature lessonsfrom Nick Hockings of Lac du Flambeau.

OMELIA BLOOM

The anatomy of a pot bust

To KLONDIKE, Pg. 8A

To POT BUST, Pg. 5A

To ONEIDA VOTE, Pg. 7A

With nearly 5 inches of newsnow the past week and about14 inches on the ground inEagle River and Three Lakes,all area snowmobile trails

remain open, according togrooming officials.

Trails are in good ridingcondition with the exception ofright in town, said Holly Tom-lanovich of the Sno-EaglesSnowmobile Club in Eagle Riv-er.

She said groomers arereporting an icy base on curvesand on many hills, so snowmo-bilers are urged to slow downwhen they ride.

We are doing nightlygrooming with the new snow

falling, said Tomlanovich.

According to groomers ofThree Lakes-Brule RiverTrails, trails are getting betterthroughout the sprawling sys-

tem of 132 miles of state-fund-ed trails and 54 miles of locallyfunded trails.

Things are looking up withthis active weather pattern weare seeing, said a Three LakesTrails representative. Every-thing is very rideable, mostlygood, but not great.

Trails should continue toimprove this week, as 8 to 12inches of snow was in the fore-cast for Tuesday night and

Vilas, Oneida trailsstill in good condition

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BY GARY RIDDERBUSCHNEWS-REVIEW EDITOR

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To TRAILS, Pg. 2A

To AWARDS, Pg. 3A

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Wednesday morning, accord-ing to weather forecasts forVilas and Oneida counties.

More snow is coming andthats great for sledders, saidTomlanovich. Trails are nowclassified as being variable ranging from very good condi-

tion in the woods to fair condi-tion in town and heavily trav-eled areas although thetrails in town and well-trav-eled areas should improvevery rapidly now.

Tomlanovich said groomersare out on the trails, panningthem to help keep the base

smooth.We also have been able to

groom some areas and buildup snow berms because of therecent snowfall, she said.

She said the 100 miles ofsnowmobile trails groomed

and maintained by the Sno-Eagles Snowmobile Club inthe Eagle River area are con-tinually inspected.

Three Lakes trail officialsalso report very good trailsout in the forested areas, butthere are still icy turns and afew blown-out corners wheresledders should use caution.

WEATHER

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

ONE YEAR AGO

LAST YEAR

COMPARISON

SNOWCONDITIONS

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 heavy snow and strong winds, witha high of 34 and a low of 28. Thursday should be partly sun-ny and calm, with a high of 34 and a low of 19. Friday lightafternoon snow showers are expected, with a high of 33 anda low of 20. Saturday lake-effect snow is in the forecast, witha high of 27 an d a low of 17. Sunday light lake-effect snow ispredicted, with a high of 26 and a low of 12.

Conditions are very go od for ice fishing at this time, with verylittle slush on the lakes. Anglers are reminded the game fish-ing season closes this Sunday, March 4.

Days precipitation recorded since Jan. 1, 2012, 29 days;2011, 30 days.

Average high of past 30 days, 2012, 31; 2011, 27. Averagelow of past 30 days, 2012, 10; 2011, 5.

The average daily high at this time last year for the next sev-

en days was 30, while the average overnight low was 7.There was snow on four days totaling 1.9 inches.

Hi Lo Prec.Wed., Feb. 22 . .. .. .. ..32 24 1.3"SThurs., Feb. 23...... ..31 15 NoneFri., Feb. 24...... .. .. .. .28 17 Tr.SSat., Feb. 25...... .. .. .27 16 2.5"SSun., Feb. 26 . ... .. ... .30 8 Tr.SMon., Feb. 27.. .. .. .. ..32 20 .9"STues., Feb. 28 . .. .. ... .31 8 Tr.S

Hi Lo Prec.Tues., Feb. 22. .. .. .. ..27 4 NoneWed., Feb. 23 .. .. ... .. 32 4 NoneThurs., Feb 24. . .. .. ..30 18 NoneFr i. , Feb. 25.. .. .. .. .. .. .25 9 Tr.SSat., Feb. 26...... .. .. .22 4 NoneSun., Feb. 27. .. .. .. .. .27 5 Tr.SMon., Feb. 28...... .. ..28 10 None

With nearly five inchesof snow the past week,trail conditions haveimproved. Most snow-mobile trails are in fairto good condition and should improve this week.

2010-11 11-12Snowy days 55 49Inches to date 46.78 50.64Ground cover 8" 14"


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THREE LAKES TheThree Lakes Town Board and

its constituents discussed lastTuesday which of the townsvarious annual events would bepermitted to close SuperiorStreet to traffic.

The meeting was called afterthe Wisconsin Department ofTransportation (DOT)informed the town it wouldonly allow four events per yearon Superior Street, which alsois State Highway 45.

After hearing from manyThree Lakes residents, busi-ness owners and special-eventcommittees, the board nar-rowed a list of nine reccuringannual events that closedSuperior Street last year to fivein 2012.

Nearly everyone present in

the boardroom, which wasfilled to capacity, agreed thatthe Fourth of July and Memori-al Day parades should continueto be held on Superior Street ona yearly basis.

It was decided that the Sin-gle Best Block Party and theHomecoming parade would bein the running for events caus-ing the road to close in 2012.

Representatives from the Sin-gle Best Block Party committeesaid relocation is still a possi-bility.

Discussions surrounding the21st annual Wheel-A-Way bike

ride revealed that the eventcould potentially continuewithout disrupting traffic onSuperior Street, although theexact details of the plan wereunavailable at the meeting.

Three Lakes Area Chamberof Commerce and WelcomeCenter Executive Director SkipBrunswick requested that theWheel-A-Way be considered fora street closure permit in theevent that plans couldnt avoidtraffic disruption.

Representatives from Art onMain, the Halloween paradeand Superior Street Fair deter-mined their events would berelocated within the town,while Santa could again ride afire truck through town to the

Festival of Lights at CyWilliams Park without disrupt-ing traffic.

The Clydesdale parade andOld-Time Summerfest were notconsidered annual events andwill not be repeated in 2012,according to Brunswick.

Three Lakes Town Chair-man Don Sidlowski said theboard didnt want to be in a sit-

uation where it would pick andchoose what events to hold.

Your town board approvespermits, he said. We dontwant to be in a position toselect events. These events are

your events. Although the street closureissue began in Three Lakes, itwas elevated to the state level,according to Sidlowski.

Wisconsin has revised twoof its main policies for everymunicipality in the state, hesaid. Every town in the state isgoing to be restricted to fourevents on main thoroughfaresper year. Its not just ThreeLakes being singled out.

According to the DOT, spe-cial events causing highwaysunder the departments juris-diction to close cant occur morethan four times per year in thesame location, they cant occurduring peak traffic time peri-ods and the duration of a road

closure cant exceed four hours.These rules dont apply to

roads completely under atowns control, but only to stateand federal highways underDOT jurisdiction.

Critics of the special eventson Superior Street have statedthat repeated street closureshave negatively impacted busi-ness in the Three Lakes area.

Three Lakes citizens discussspecial-event street closures

The Internal Revenue Ser-vice (IRS) opened the 2012 taxfiling season by announcingthat taxpayers have until Tues-day, April 17, to file tax returns.

Taxpayers will have theextra time to file 2011 taxreturns and pay taxes duebecause April 15 falls on a Sun-day, and Emancipation Day, aholiday observed in the Districtof Columbia, falls this year onMonday, April 16.

According to federal law, dis-trict holidays impact tax dead-lines in the same way that fed-eral holidays do. Therefore, alltaxpayers will have two extradays to file this year.

Taxpayers requesting anextension will have until Oct.

15 to file their 2011 taxreturns.

The IRS also announced anumber of improvements tohelp make this tax season easyfor taxpayers, including newnavigation features, informa-tion on irs.gov and a new pilotto allow taxpayers to use inter-active video to get help with taxissues.

At the IRS, were workinghard to make the process of fil-ing your taxes as quick andeasy as possible, said IRSCommissioner Doug Shulman.Providing quality ser vice isone of our top priorities. It notonly reduces the burden on tax-payers, but also helps in filingan accurate return right fromthe start.

The agency encouraged tax-payers to e-file, saying its thebest way to ensure accurate taxreturns and get faster refunds.

The IRS expects to receivemore than 144 million individ-ual tax returns this year, withmost of those being filed by the

April 17 deadline.

The IRS will begin acceptinge-file and Free File returnsJan. 17.

Free File provides optionsfor free brand-name tax soft-ware or online fillable formsplus free electronic filing.Everyone can use Free File toprepare a federal tax return.

Taxpayers who make$57,000 or less can choose fromapproximately 20 commercialsoftware providers. Theres noincome limit for Free File fill-able forms, the electronic ver-sion of IRS paper forms, whichalso includes free e-filing.

Assistance optionsThe IRS continues to focus

on taxpayer service. For

answers to questions, peoplecan visit the updated IRS web-site.

The sites front page haslinks to videos on the IRS

YouTube channel.Last year, the IRS unveiled

IRS2Go, its first smartphoneapplication that lets taxpayerscheck on the status of their taxrefund and obtain tax informa-tion.

The IRS reminded Appleusers that they can downloadthe free IRS2Go application by

visiting the Apple App Store,while Android users can visitthe Android Marketplace todownload IRS2Go.

Individuals making $50,000or less can use the VolunteerIncome Tax Assistance pro-gram for free tax preparationand, in many cases, free elec-tronic filing.

Those age 60 and older cantake advantage of free taxcounseling and basic incometax preparation through TaxCounseling for the Elderly.Information on these programs

is available at irs.gov.For tax law questions oraccount inquiries, taxpayerscan also call the toll-free num-ber at 1-(800) 829-1040, from 7a.m. to 7 p.m., or visit a taxpay-er assistance center, the loca-tions of which are listed onirs.gov.

Checking for refundsOnce taxpayers file a federal

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By providing a taxpayeridentification number, filing

status and the exact whole dol-lar amount of their anticipatedrefund, taxpayers can generallyget information about theirrefund 72 hours after the IRSacknowledges receipt of their e-filed returns, or three to fourweeks after mailing a paperreturn.

Deadline extended to April 17for 2011 tax returns, says IRS

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VILAS COUNTY

NEWS-REVIEWPublished weekly by

Eagle River Publications, Inc.Eagle River, WI 54521

www.vilascountynewsreview.comConsolidation of the Vilas County News,

the Eagle River Review andThe Three Lakes News

Publication #659480

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.

POSTMASTER: Send address changes,form 3579, to Vilas County News-Review,Inc., P.O. Box 1929, Eagle River, WI 54521,phone 715-479-4421, fax 715-479-6242.

Vilas County News-Review staff posing withtheir WNA awards at the Madison banquetincluded, front row from left, Gary Ridder-

busch, Anthony Drew; back row, SharinaAdams, Betsy Bleicher, Kurt Krueger andJean Drew. Contributed Photo

Awards: staff committed to excellenceFROM PAGE 1A

Excellence award, thejudges wrote: Excellent out-doors coverage in all submit-ted editions. Strong opinion

page. Love the Voices fea-ture. Lovely, clean reproduc-tion.

The top awards includedfirst-place plaques for All-

Around Newspaper Photog-raphy, Front Page, SpecialProjects, Special Pages, Pho-to Essay and Sports Photo innews categories and BestUse of Local Photography inthe advertising category.

The News-Review haswon first place in the All-

Around Newspaper Photog-raphy category four out ofthe last six years.

Of the newspapers frontpage, the judges wrote:Clean layout and good story

flow. Nice use of colorful pho-tos. Good story choice alongwith good writing make thereader ready for the jumppage. Top-notch job.

The News-Review alsowon a first-place award forits coverage of the AMSOILWorld Championship Snow-mobile Derby in the SpecialProjects category, whichseeks to recognize the paperthat best uses all facets ofnewspapering to cover andpromote an event. The news-paper has won an event forDerby coverage in 10 of thelast 11 years.

Its the event that putEagle River on the interna-tional map, and we continue

to treat it like the world-class sporting event it hasalways been, said Krueger.

Krueger, Ridderbuschand Anthony Drew won afirst place for the newspa-pers Outdoors section in theSpecial Pages category.

On this entry, the judgeswrote: Large variety of con-tent throughout this sub-stantial section. I wouldthink a Wisconsin newspa-per would need a seriousoutdoors section like this,given the popularity of out-door sports and the impor-tance of wildlife to Wiscon-sinites. Very good selectionof stories, not all about hunt-ing and fishing. Good adver-tising content mixed in.

Krueger also won a first-

place award for his front-page photo essay titled,Spring Show.

The judges wrote: A nicegroup of images that makeyou appreciate the beauty

and the power of nature.Ridderbusch won a first-

place award in the SportsPhoto category with his pho-tograph of Northland Pinesbaseball player Andrew

Ambrosius celebrating thefinal out in a tournament

victory over Tomahawk.The judges wrote: A real-

ly nice sports photo that cap-tures the thrill of victory.The clean composition andbackground help isolate theemotion to tell the story ofthe game.

On the advertising side ofthe annual contest, theNews-Review was awardeda first-place plaque along

with three third-place cer-tificates.Bleicher and Krueger

teamed up to win a first-place award for Best Use ofLocal Photography in adsfor Northernaire Resort inThree Lakes in 2011.Krueger took the photos.

About the ad, the judgeswrote: High-quality photos.

Angles were well chosen andshowed off the spaces forsale.

The News-Review alsoreceived a third-place awardin the category. Bleicher andKrueger teamed up for aNelsons Ace Hardware ad.

The judges said: Does anice job showing the nature

of the hardware store. Niceuse of color overall.

The two other third-placeadvertising awards were inthe categories of Best Use ofColor for the Northernairead and Best Use of Art Ser-

vice for a Carpet City ad.The remaining editorial

awards included a secondplace for Special SectionEditorial recognizing thenewspapers Salute to Emer-gency Personnel 2011.

The judges wrote: Com-prehensive, exhaustive, welldesigned, well reported. Nota bit of filler in 72 pages.

The News-Review alsoreceived a third-place awardfor its Lifestyle pages underthe direction of LifestyleEditor Marianne Ashton,

and for its editorial pages.Of the Lifestyle pages, the

judges wrote: I can tell hardwork goes into this section.

Of the Editorial pages,the judges wrote: Liked

photos. Editorials arestrong. Inquiring photogra-pher. Lots of reader com-ment and feedback, but per-haps too lengthy. Good car-toons.

Krueger also received athird-place award for hisOutdoors column called, Inthe Outdoors. He won firstplace in 2008 and 09.

Krueger, who became theNews-Review publisherJan. 1, 2011, said theawards place the News-Review as one of the toplarge weekly newspapers inthe state, proven by theBest Weekly Division D andthird-place General Excel-

lence awards.Though weve been con-sistently near the top inmany categories for years,its an honor to win a BestWeekly award in the firstyear that it is presented foreach of the three weeklydivisions, said Krueger. Itmeans we are arguably oneof the best weekly newspa-pers in the state.

Krueger said the papersunprecedented 15 awardsreflect the excellent workbeing done by the entirestaff, including the printingstaff at Wisconsin-Michi-gan Publishers in EagleRiver.

It is the staffs commit-

ment to excellence thatmaintains the quality andconsistency needed weekafter week, said Krueger.I truly believe weve gotone of the best newspaperstaffs in the state. Most ofthe papers we compete within the large weekly catego-ry have more than twicethe editorial staff.

Other staff at the News-Review office in Eagle Riv-er include Production Tech-nician Carly Ratliff, Circu-lation Manager ElizabethSchmidt, Accounting Man-ager Terry Posto, proofread-er Jean Fitzpatrick andadvertising consultantsMary Jo Adamovich, Made-line Mathisen, Julie Schid-del and Marcia Heyer.

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Carroll A. Martens (nee

Koeckritz), a resident of St.Germain since 1953, diedThursday, Feb. 23, 2012, ather home. She was 90.

Mrs. Martens was bornNov. 19, 1921, in Milwaukee,the daughter of Edward andElsa Koeckritz.

She owned and operatedMotel St. Germain for morethan 20 years. Mrs. Martensalso played the organ at theCommunity United Church ofChrist (UCC) in St. Germainfor 58 years.

She was preceded in deathby her husband, Harry, in1964; and her parents.

Her survivors include three

sons, Tom (Karen) and

Richard (Mary), all of St. Ger-main and Carl (Sylvia) ofPleasant Prairie; one daugh-ter, Julie Schroeder of Green-dale; 16 grandchildren; and 24great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will beheld Saturday, March 17, at11 a.m. at Community UCC. Aluncheon and fellowship willfollow the service at thechurch.

Memorials may be made toCommunity UCC in St. Ger-main, St. Germain/SaynerEmergency Medical Services,1830 Moon Road, St. Ger-main, WI 54558, or Dr. KateHospice.

Caroll A. Martens

NOTICE: Obituary policyDeath notices that appear in this space weekly are written

and/or edited for content and consistency by assistant editors ofthe Vilas County News-Review and The Three Lakes News. Obit-uaries written in the papers standard format are printed at nocharge. Unedited obituaries written by the family may be print-ed for a fee, either in the obituary column or in smaller type witha border. For more information, call (715) 479-4421.

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Traditional Services Prearrangements Cremation Monuments

Lorraine George, age 75, aresident of Eagle River, Wis.,since 1971, and formerly ofMilwaukee, Wis., died on Fri-day, Feb. 24, 2012, at Mile-stone Senior Living Center inEagle River.

She was born on Oct. 20,1936, in South Milwaukee, toHenry and Lauretta Lowitz.

She was a longtime areawaitress, a nurses assistantat Eagle River HealthcareCenter and she worked atWall Street Pharmacy.

Lorraine was an avid gar-dener and professional grand-mother. She was a member ofthe Red Hat Society.

Lorraine is survived by herhusband of 55 years, JimGeorge of Eagle River; daugh-

ter, Kim and son-in-law, Mar-tin Snorky Sauer of EagleRiver; daughter, Lori and son-in-law, Dan Scafaro of EagleRiver; son, Pat and daughter-in-law, Jennifer George ofRhinelander, Wis.; brother,Frederick Lowitz of Addison,Ill.; sisters, Karen Ochocki ofMilwaukee, Wis., and GailDay of Antioch, Ill.;grandchil-dren, Ashley, Jamie, Justin,

Amara, McKenna, Adia; great-granddaughter, Emily; nieces,nephews and other relatives.

Funeral services will be heldat 11 a.m. on Monday, March 5,2012, at Our Savior LutheranChurch in Eagle River. Visita-tion will be held from 9 to 11a.m. at the church.

PAID OBITUARY

Lorraine George

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John Ray-mond Onopa,67, of Naples,Fla., andLand OLakes, Wis.,lost his three-year battlewith cancerMonday, Feb.6, 2012. Hewas surrounded by loved onesat the home of his daughterand son-in-law, Michelle andRodney Douglas.

He was born May 20, 1944,in Wausau, Wis., the son of Lil-lian and Frank Onopa.

Survivors include his wife,Bonnie Dancey Onopa; hisfather, Frank Onopa; daugh-ter, Michelle (Rod) Douglas, ofTampa, Fla.; son, Christopher(Lisa) Onopa, of Orlando, Fla.;and daughter, Cheryl (ShawnDawson) Onopa of Aspen,Colo.; Margaret FarrellOnopa, the mother of his chil-dren; his sister, JoanneBermudez, of Puerto Rico; andbrother, Ronald Onopa, of The

Villages, Fla.

His mother preceded him indeath July 9, 2011.He attended St. Therese

Grade School and Newman

High, where he was known asBig John. He was aformidable athlete andexcelled in basketball, footballand baseball.

He was an iron worker inthe Peoria area, and laterstarted his own business,Johnco Construction.

He loved golf, snowmobilingand especially fishing. He wasa generous and loving host toall. He took special care toremember his friends andfamilies favorites and to havethem on hand when they visit-ed. It gave him much joy tomake others happy.

Masses have been said forthe repose of his soul. As hewould wish, there are severalcelebrations of his life plannedin some of his favorite places,so once more he can entertainall those who he loved.

Donations may be made inhis honor to Hope Lodge,where he stayed during histreatments at Mayo Clinic.Their website is www.cancer.-org/involved/donate/donateon-linenow/w/h108rochmn/index.

To express condolencesonline, visit www.preston-han-ley.com.

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S h a r o nIone Kolbe, 87,of Marathon,passed fromthis earthlylife to her eter-nal life withthe Lord JesusChrist Feb. 24,2012, at Syl-

van CrossingNursing Home.

Sharon was born April 23,1924, to the late Henry andClara (Urban) Feck.

She married the late WalterKolbe March 9, 1946, at theFirst Reformed Church inWausau. Sharon and Waltershared their life together attheir farm in Marathon, andtheir summer cottage inPhelps, Wis.

Her desire for each personreading this is that theywould come to know the LordJesus Christ as their personal

savior.Sharon enjoyed many activ-ities such as traveling withher husband to Canada, Alas-ka and exploring the PacificRim.

She loved participating inher Bible classes and prepar-ing for them.

Also, she enjoyed her flowergarden, vegetable garden andmany different kinds of crafts,and having people into their

home for special dinners andactivities in their woods onthe farm. Most of all, she lovedspending time with her chil-dren and grandchildren.

Survivors include her son,Barry (Linda) Kolbe ofMazomanie; one daughter,Wendy (David) Whittingham ofPhelps; grandchildren, Audra(Craig) Hubbell of Madison,Jessica (Chad) Bigler of

Verona, Sarah (David) Roben-horst of Austin, Texas, AlyssaWagner of Austin; three great-granddaughters, Brielle Bigler,Peyton Robenhorst and AverieWagner; and a sister, Beverly(Feck) Jacobs of Illinois.

Preceding her in death washer husband, Walter Kolbe, in1998; grandson, Philip Kolbein 1998; and her brother, Hen-ry Feck.

Funeral services will be at11 a.m. Thursday, March 8, atHelke Funeral Home,

Wausau. Pastor Lee Christianof Christ the Rock Church willofficiate. Visitation will beheld from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednes-day, March 7, at the funeralhome.

Burial will be in the Beth-lehem Lutheran Cemetery inthe town of Rib Mountain.

Helke Funeral Home isassisting the family witharrangements.

PAID OBITUARY

Sharon I. Kolbe

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Wayne Har-lan Walters,74, of Nenana,

Alaska, wentto the HappyH u n t i n gGrounds onFeb. 19, 2012.

Wayne wasborn in Wau-sau, Wis., onJuly 19, 1937, to Harold andMargaret Walters.

Wayne and his bride, Kath-leen (Tina), married in Wau-sau and set out on the adven-ture of a lifetime, moving to

Alaska in 1976.Serving as chief of police for

the community of Nenana,Wayne had an impact onmany young lives. He isremembered: Wayne wasnt

just the police officer, he wasthe law!

Waynes dedication to thesafety of his community wasnever more evident than in1983, when he was shot in theline of duty assisting AlaskaState Troopers in the appre-hension of a fugitive.

After leaving the NenanaPolice Department in 1985,

Wayne worked at Red DogMine and, later, for BP Corp.,as a safety compliance officer.

An avid hunter and sports-man, Wayne continued to helpthe young (and old) in Nenanaand the surrounding communi-ties through his dedicatedinstruction of Hunter Safetyand Concealed Weapons classes.

Wayne also served as amember of the Middle NenanaRiver Advisory Committee,working to preserve wildlife

and protect the rights ofhunters.

Wayne is most fondlyremembered for his, andTinas, years volunteering tobe Mr. and Mrs. Santa Clausat the community giftexchange each Christmas inNenana. For many genera-tions, children experiencedthe joy of telling their Christ-mas secrets to Wayne. Heloved every minute of it and

the kids adored him.Wayne is survived by hisbeloved wife, Tina; his son,Latt Walters of Longmont,Colo.; sister, Joan Turner ofWausau; and his trusty com-panions, Little Girl and Grizz.

A celebration of Waynes lifewas held in Nenana at the CivicCenter on Saturday, Feb. 25,2012, at 1 p.m. A potluck fol-lowed. People were encouragedto take their memories ofWayne, written down, to be com-piled in a book later for Tina.

In lieu of flowers, donationscan be made in Waynes nameto the Outdoor Heritage Foun-dation of Alaska, which pro-motes the conservation andwise use of Alaskas natural

resources through broad-based education initiativesdesigned to provide Alaskansthe skills and knowledge toenjoy the outdoors in a safe,responsible manner.

Donations can be sent toOHFA, P.O. Box 4752, Palmer,

AK 99645 or delivered to the Alaska Department of Fishand Game in Fairbanks onCollege Road, care of CathieHarms, (907) 459-7231.

PAID OBITUARY

Wayne Harlan Walters

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Richard C. Lawson of Glen-view, Ill., former longtime res-ident of Northbrook, Ill., andsummer resident of Three

Lakes, passed away Feb. 24,2012.Beloved husband of Mary

Lois Lawson (nee Harwell);loving father of John JackLawson, Ann (Leonard) Steinand Craig (Lisa) Lawson;cherished grandfather ofWilliam and ChristopherStein, and Elizabeth and JulieLawson; dear brother of thelate Jack Lawson.

Mr. Lawson was the formerpresident of Federal Interna-tional Chemicals.

Dick was a fantastic hus-

band, father and friend to all.He loved his family andfriends in Northbrook, ThreeLakes and Marco Island, Fla.

Dick had a lifetime loveaffair with the North Woods,and he valued his friendshipsin Three Lakes.

A memorial visitation andservice was held Monday, Feb.27, 2012, at N.H. Scott &Hanekamp Funeral Home,Glenview.

In lieu of flowers, memori-als may be made to St. JudeChildrens Research Hospital,501 St. Jude Place, Memphis,TN 38105. Funeral informa-tion (847) 998-1020.

PAID OBITUARY

Richard C. Lawson

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In its latest report, titledThe Sales Tax: Yesterday,Today, Tomorrow, the Wiscon-sin Taxpayers Alliance (WTA)reviewed the sales tax and itsplace in a 21st-century econo-my, citing below-average

growth over the last decade.State sales tax growth

averaged just 1.5% per yearsince 2000, more than fourpercentage points below theaverage of the precedingdecade, according to the WTA.

New spending patterns,fewer taxable items, risingonline sales, and the last tworecessions all likely affectedtax revenues, said WTA Pres-ident Todd A. Berry.

In 2011, state sales tax rev-enues totaled $4.1 billion, upfrom $3.9 billion the prioryear. The 4.2% increase fol-lowed declines in recessionary2009 (-4.3%) and 2010 (-3.4%).

As a share of total general

fund (general purpose rev-enue) tax collections thoseused to fund major state pro-grams, including kinder-garten through 12th-gradeschools, Medicaid and correc-tions the sales tax droppedto 31.8%, its smallest sharesince 1984.

Our economy has beenevolving from a goods-basedto a service-based economy,said Berry. And, of course,goods tend to be taxed but notservices.

When the Wisconsin salestax was first adopted, servicesaccounted for less than half ofall personal consumption,while goods accounted for

51.8%, he said. Today, services represent more thantwo-thirds of consumption,

though they account for only afraction of taxable items.

According to Wresearchers, rising Internetsales also impact sales taxrevenues. In Wisconsin, esti-mates of uncollected revenue

from online sales range from$60 million to $160 millionannually.

Based on projections fromthe Wisconsin Department ofRevenue and the Universityof Tennessee, taxing all Inter-net sales would increase taxcollections between 1.4% and3.5%. While taxpayers who donot pay sales tax on manyonline purchases are requiredto pay the use tax on theirindividual income taxreturns, fewer than 1% do.

Wisconsin uses the salestax to a lesser extent thanmost states for a number ofreasons, according to theWTA. One explanation is that

income and property taxeshere are both about 25%above the national average.

Another explanation restswith the slow-growing state ofthe sales tax. According to themost recent census figures(2009), state sales tax collec-tions accounted for 28.3% ofall state taxes in Wisconsin

versus 32% nationally. TheBadger State also relied onsales taxes to a lesser degreethan neighbors Iowa, Illinoisand Michigan.

A free copy of The SalesTax: Yesterday, Today, Tomor-row, is available atwistax.org or by emailing [email protected], calling (608)

241-9789 or writing the WTAat 401 N. Lawn Ave., Madison,WI 53704-5033.

Sales tax collectionsbelow average: WTA

A residential chimney firebroke out early last Wednes-day morning at 9233McCormick Road in the townof Plum Lake, according to the

Vilas County Sheriffs Depart-ment.

Vilas County 911 received areport of the fire at approxi-

mately 7 a.m.First responding fire per-sonnel reported a working firein the attic of the residence.They extinguished the fire andgained control of the incident,

according to Lt. Mark Collins.Fire damage was contained

to the attic, while a reportindicated additional smokeand water damage in thehouse. There were no injuriesas a result of the incident.

The Plum Lake VolunteerFire Department and emer-

gency medical services wereassisted by the St. Germain, Arbor Vitae, Boulder Junctionand Eagle River fire depart-ments and the West SideRapid Intervention Team.

Chimney fire breaks out

at Plum Lake residence

GOVERNMENT MEETINGS

Eagle River Planning

Commission Wednesday,Feb. 29, 6 p.m., City Hall.

Agenda: Discussion andchanges to Riverview Parkand West Riverview Drive.

Town of Phelps All-Ter-rain Vehicle (ATV) Work-shop Committee Thurs-day, March 1, 5 p.m., townhall. Agenda: A quorum of thePhelps Town Board will bepresent but no official busi-ness will be conducted.

Conover Town BoardMeeting Thursday, March1, 7 p.m., Conover Center.

Agenda: Department reports.Oneida County Com-

prehensive Plan Oversight

Committee Monday,

March 5, 1:30 p.m., Court-house. Agenda: Review andapprove changes to therevised and alternate plans.

Northland Pines SchoolDistrict Board of Educa-tion Monday, March 5, 6p.m., high school. Agenda:Work session and salarystructure meetings for certi-fied staff.

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Shumake, Pineiro enternot-guilty pleas in Vilas

Vilas County Sheriff A total of 239 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 least six

vehicle accidents, three aban-doned vehicles, four requestsfor agency assistance, two am-bulance requests, one animalproblem, two attempts tolocate, four burglar alarms,

nine requests for citizen assis-tance, three reports of criminaldamage to property, onedomestic violence complaint,one fire, four reports of harass-ment, three reports of haz-ardous conditions, three hit-and-run accidents, three juve-nile problems/runaways, onereport of littering, five reportsof suspicious circumstances,seven thefts, two threats, sev-en traffic violations, two wel-fare checks, nine 911 hang ups,one snowmobile violation andthree snowmobile accidents.

At least nine calls were re-ferred to the Eagle RiverPolice Department, and therewere at least 20 informationalor procedural entries.

In the past two weeks, atleast 14 people were booked atthe Vilas County Jail, includingfour for operating while intoxi-cated, two for disorderly con-duct, two for bail jumping, twofor probation violations, one foroperating without a license,one for possession of THC andone for possession of illegallyobtained prescription. The in-mate population ranged from68 to 77. As of Feb. 27, therewere 74 inmates.

Wednesday, Feb. 22- 3:06 p.m. - A two-vehicle

accident was reported in theparking lot at 836 Highway 45in the town of Lincoln, involv-

ing Dean A. Isleb and TaliciaM. Wusterbarth, both of EagleRiver.

- 10:20 p.m. - A one-vehicleaccident was reported onWilderness Trail near High-way 70 in the town of Clover-land, involving John Edwardsof St. Germain.

Tuesday, Feb. 21- 12:49 p.m. - A one-vehicle

rollover was reported onHighway 17 near Jericho

Road in Phelps, involvingDavid W. Nelson of Conover.

- 10:51 p.m. - A one-vehiclerollover was reported onHighway 51 near MitchellRoad in Manitowish Waters,involving Samantha N. Stow-ers of Manitowish Waters.

Monday, Feb. 20- 6:33 p.m. - A two-vehicle

accident was reported onHighway 155 near Highway70 in St. Germain, involvingPerry O. Junkermann of EagleRiver and Thomas F. BenwareJr. of St. Germain. Junker-mann was cited for improperposition for turning and fail-ure to use a seat belt.

Saturday, Feb. 18- 2 p.m. - A snowmobile/

vehicle accident was reportedon Juve Road near ForestLane in St. Germain, involv-ing Gregory M. Souliders ofSt. Charles, Ill., and ClarenceR. Pauly of Woodruff.

Friday, Feb. 17- 11:15 p.m. - A one-vehicle

rollover was reported onHighway W near Chicago

Avenue in Winchester involv-ing Michael E. Ney of Two

Rivers. Ney was cited for driv-ing too fast for conditions.

Eagle River PoliceAmong the calls received by

Vilas County dispatchers wereat least nine calls for the EagleRiver Police. These includedone hit-and-run accident, oneburglar alarm, two ambulancerequests, one animal problem,four requests for citizens assis-tance, two disturbances, onereport of harassment, twothefts and one welfare check.

Three Lakes PoliceThis police department

reported four vehicle acci-dents, one burglar alarm, twoambulance requests, tworequests for citizens assis-tance, one report of battery,two disturbances, one domestic

violence report, one report ofhazardous conditions, one nar-cotics violation, one report offound property, one recklessdriving, one report of fraud,two requests for service, foursnowmobile violations, onereport of suspicious circum-stances and two traffic viola-tions.

POLICE REPORT

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BY KENANDERSONNEWS CORRESPONDENT

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Pleas were entered and pre-trial conferences were set in

Vilas County Circuit CourtMonday for two men taken intocustody when a search warrantwas served at a home on SouthFarming Road in Arbor VitaeFeb. 6, where authorities foundnumerous marijuana plants in

various stages of growth.Defense attorney David

Penn indicated to the court hisclient, Kevin Shumake, 39, of

Arbor Vitae, pleads not guiltyto all counts and requests a

pretrial conference. Penn alsorequested a written transcriptof the preliminary hearing and60 days to file motions.

District Attorney Al Mous-takis said he added charges ofcriminal damage to property tothe criminal complaint, but felt60 days was too long.

Vilas County Circuit Judge

Neal A. Nielsen III entered not-guilty pleas for Shumake andrequested Penn make a promptrequest of the court reporter forthe transcript. He set April 13for motions to be filed and April17 for a pretrial conferencewith the district attorney.

Attorney Michael Schiekrepresenting Ramon Pineiro,35, of Goldbar, Wash., alsorequested the court enter not-guilty pleas to all counts in thecomplaint. Judge Nielsenaccepted the not-guilty pleas

and set March 20 for a pretrialconference with the districtattorney.

Pineiro remains in custodyunder a $20,000 cash bond andShumake is free on a $5,000cash bond.

Pretrial conferences withthe district attorney are closedto the public.

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that was deployed.I could only imagine the

number of persons driving byon Highway 70 tweeting theirfriends about the large concen-tration of squad cars in theparking lot at the highwayshop and trying to guess whatwas going on.

The operations briefingstarted at 1 p.m. In the brief-ing, the operations officer haddiagrams of how the target

house was situated, along withoutbuildings and roads. AGoogle Earth photo gave thegroup an idea where woodedand open areas were. Namesof officers participating wereon teams and marked on thediagram where they were todeploy on the property.

They were informed thisactually began way back inJune of 2011 when an EagleRiver landlord called policeabout the condition of a househe rented at 2715 WhiskeyTrail north of Eagle River.

Vilas County detectives foundnumerous marijuana plantsand venting consistent with agrow operation.

According to the report,there were remnants of mari-

juana everywhere within thehouse, with approximately160 root balls with stalks up to4 inches in diameter. Otherevidence was the name of an

Arbor Vitae man that leddetectives to the rental homeat 1399 S. Farming Road.

We have two suspects, theoperations officer told thegroup. Suspect one is aRamon Pineiro, who was iden-tified from the Whisky Trailhouse. Packages are going tohim at 1399, which is a rentalhouse. Suspect two is a Kevin

Shumake, who rents thathome through a bank for theowner in Pardeeville, Wis.

Questions about the use ofgas and/or flash grenadesand possible escape routes,should the suspect be in thehouse and try to flee, wereanswered using the diagram ofthe layout.

There was no evidence ofbooby traps at the WhiskeyTrail home and all the win-dows had been covered, thegroup was told by the opera-

tions officer, who emphasized,We will make every effort toget him out of the house beforewe go in. There may be dogs inthe house since we found evi-dence of dog food at WhiskeyTrail. We will clear the garagefirst.

Added to the group was aSpanish interpreter since itwas unknown if suspectPineiro spoke or understoodEnglish.

The Arbor Vitae FireDepartment was paged out tobe on standby and an emer-gency medical services (EMS)team was placed on standby atHoward Young Medical Centerin Woodruff. Preparations weremade to notify local school offi-

cials and the bus companyshould it be necessary to closedown South Farming Road.

The arrival of the BearCat from Oneida County com-pleted the resources the teamwas waiting for. The Bear Catis an armored vehicle similarto a personnel carrier thatwould take the teams near thefront entrance of the house.They had a robot that could beused if needed.

Final checks of weapons,gas masks, shields, vests andradios were made and, whenword came over the radio that

the sniper team was in place,the operation started at 1:45p.m. They would stage behindHoward Brothers at SouthFarming Road and Highway47 for final instructions on theresponsibilities of each teamand a final radio check.

Tomlanovich and Kennedy,along with sheriffs depart-ment dispatcher TracySchilling and Jim Galloway,county emergency governmentdirector, and I stayed at thesatellite office monitoring

radio traffic of the SWATteam. At this point in the oper-ation, Tomlanovich was a littlenervous because there was alot of planning that went intothe operation and he hopedout loud that they find some-thing.

The operation moved veryquickly once law enforcementarrived at the suspect house toserve the warrant. At 2:10p.m., the SWAT team arrived.

At 2:15 We see movement inthe house; someone is inthere, came a radio report.We see one male in a blackleather jacket and two pitbulls.

The subject is coming out,and, at 2:22 p.m., One subject

has been secured and entry isbeing made.

At 2:25 p.m., the entry teamindicated they were clearingthe house room by room. At2:29, the fire department andEMS that were on standbywere told they could standdown.

Then came the radio mes-sage Sheriff Tomlanovich waswaiting for from the operationsofficer: We have a massivegrow operation.

It would appear our intelli-gence is good, Kennedydeclared, with a slight smile.

Arriving at the home, thestrong odor of marijuana cameout the open front door. Insidethe main living area were anelectronic scale and a pan withdried leafy substance and abook entitled High RiskEntry along with equipmentfor tattooing.

The operations officermotioned for the sheriff andme to come down the stairsinto the basement.

Under grow lights in onearea was a large array of mari-

juana plants. In another roomthere was what looked likestarter plants and a plant dry-ing area. A hole had beenpunched in the chimney and apipe had been inserted as a

vent for odors.This is very high quality,

the operations officer said,pointing to the plants, proba-bly worth $5,000 to $6,000 apound.

The Arbor Vitae animal con-trol officer was called to takethe two pit bulls and a servicegarage was called to plow thedriveway. A massive amount ofevidence had to be catalogedand removed from the house it filled three trailers.

At 3:30 p.m., the sheriff was

taking me back to Eagle Riverwhen we heard radio traffic ona vehicle stop. It turned out tobe the second suspect, KevinShumake. He apparently wasdriving up and down SouthFarming Road watching whatwas happening.

The defendants, Shumake,39, of Arbor Vitae, and Pineiro,35, of Goldbar, Wash., havemade their initial appearancesin Vilas County Circuit Courtand have been bound over forarraignment after enteringpleas last week (see relatedstory on this page).

Pot bust: SWAT team participated in Vilas County raid

Jury trials for an Eagle Riv-er man facing multiple countsof second-degree sexual assaultof a child and child enticementwere canceled last week in

Vilas County Circuit Courtwhen Joshua Leach, 23,entered five guilty pleas toamended charges.

Leach had been facing fourcounts of sexual assault of achild, all class C felonies, witheach count carrying a maxi-mum sentence of 40 years with

25 years of initial confinement. Assistant District AttorneyDavid Breedlove indicated thecharges would be amendedunder a plea agreement thatincluded a detailed and lengthydeferred entry of judgmentagreement of 20 years. Leachwill be required to register as asex offender for a period of 15years under the agreement.

In addition, two othercharges of second-degree sexu-al assault of a child were dis-missed, but will be read in forsentencing while others wereamended to child enticementand causing mental harm to achild. An Oneida County alle-gation of capturing an image of

nudity also was dismissed, butwill be read in for sentencing.

The restriction on my argu-ments at sentencing deals witha presentence investigationrecommendation, Breedlovetold the court. If the recom-mendation is probation, I amfree to argue terms and condi-tions of probation; if other thanprobation, I am free to argue.

After questioning of defenseattorneys by Vilas County Cir-cuit Judge Neal A. Nielsen III,he approved the amended com-plaint and the deferred entry of

judgment agreement thatLeach must abide by for 20years, telling Leach that if thedeferred entry of judgment was

violated, there would be no tri-al and he would be back beforethe court for sentencing.

Nielsen then asked Leachhow he pleaded to the twocharges of second-degree sexu-al assault of a child under theage of 16, child enticement andtwo counts of causing mentalharm to a child, with his attor-

neys indicating guilty andLeach concurring.Bond was modified to allow

Leach to seek inpatient treat-ment at the Keystone Center inPennsylvania for treatment forsexual addiction, a programthat is expected to last 90 days.The court was informed Key-stone, which is not a lockedfacility, has accepted him andhes expected to enroll within afew days.

Tentative sentencing hasbeen set for June 27.

In other felony cases, AdamJ. Boone, 28, of Arbor Vitae,charged with possession of nar-cotic drugs, possession of mari-

juana and possession of drug

paraphernalia, had a prelimi-nary hearing set for March 5 at11 a.m.

Boone was arrested Jan. 4after officers went to his resi-dence at 1040 S. Old Highway51 Road in Arbor Vitae toarrest his girlfriend, who failedto pay a warrant in Vilas Coun-ty. According to the complaint,when they went to arrest her,they found Adderell capsules, amarijuana plant, a pipe and abong at the residence.

Jason C. Jensen, 35, of SugarCamp, charged with stalkingbetween March 17 and June22, 2011, had a warrant issuedfor his arrest Feb. 20 becausehe did not appear for a plea andsentencing hearing. That war-rant was withdrawn Feb. 22when his attorney made anarrangement for Jensens vol-untary appearance.

According to the complaint,Jensen made numerous phonecalls, emails and text messagesto a former girlfriend startingin March of 2011 and is allegedto have placed a package insidethe fence of her driveway June22, 2011. She told officers shewas concerned about her safety.

Vilas County Court report

Jury trials canceled as Leachpleads guilty to amended charges

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Sulo Wainio was eliminatedfrom the running after placingthird with 60 votes.

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accountant examination.

I believe my backgroundand experience will provide value to Vilas County as itstruggles with its primaryissue of holding down its oper-ating budget while continuingto provide the services our res-idents depend on, saidSpecht.

Hayes professional experi-ence includes serving as prin-cipal of the Brown Deer HighSchool from 1971-97, presi-dent of the Association of Wis-consin School Administratorsfrom 1983-84 and PresqueIsle Town Board supervisorfrom 2001 to present.

Hayes graduated from UW-Milwaukee with a bachelor ofscience in secondary educa-

tion, master of science in U.S.history and master of sciencein education administration.He also studied for two yearsat Marquette University inthe doctor of education pro-gram.

My primary reason forrunning is what it has alwaysbeen since retiring to giveback to my communitythrough public service, saidHayes.

Specht, Hayes to viefor District 2 seat

Justin Grant, an employ-ee of Eagle River Light &Water Utility, recently grad-uated from the IndenturedLine Repairer Apprenticeprogram through ChippewaValley Technical College.

Grant was sponsored by

the local utility and neededto complete 16 weeks ofclassroom study over fouryears in addition to 8,000hours of on-the job training.Other utility workers whohave completed this pro-gram are Pat Weber, MikeSanborn and Curt Hennes.Lineman Zach Otto is cur-rently enrolled.

The apprenticeship pro-gram is a structured systemof training designed to pre-pare individuals for skilledoccupations. It combinesclassroom instruction andon- the-job training underthe supervision of seasonedjourneymen.

Students sponsored bytheir hiring utility can gaininsight to the workings oftheir company, the workethic that is expected, andcan develop a loyalty to thatorganization for years tocome, all while completingtheir formal training.

Many utilities opt to havetheir employees trained inthis manner.

After graduation, individ-uals are required to stayabreast of the nuances intheir field by completingseminars and workshops ina broad range of related sub- jects from meter reading tooverhead and undergroundhigh-voltage distributionsystems.

Grant is a native ofBeaver Dam and comes froma family of electrical utilityworkers. After graduatingfrom high school, he enrolledin the electrical power distri-bution program at MorainePark Technical College. Heand his wife, Kimberly,moved to the Eagle River

area in 2007. They have twochildren, Morgan and Nolan.

Grant said they are enjoy-ing the North Woods andhave appreciated all of thehospitality theyve received.He also recommends theapprentice program to any-one interested in a career inpower distribution.

Grant completes lineman training for city

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Justin Grant, center, recently graduated from

lineman school. Congratulating him are Eagle

River Light & Water Utility manager Pat Weber,

left, and Mayor Jeff Hyslop. STAFF PHOTO


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77 votes, followed by Vockewith 69 and Bloom with 53.

The general spring electionwill be April 3. Election pollswill be open from 7 a.m. to 8

p.m. at both the Three LakesCommunity Building and theSugar Camp Town Hall.

OMelia was elected to theState Bar of Wisconsin boardof governors and served from2002-08. OMelias other occu-pational experience includes

volunteering for the Board of Attorneys Professional Res-ponsibility from 1996-2002(chairman from 2001-02).

A 1972 graduate ofRhinelander High School,OMelia went on to graduatecum laude from St. NorbertCol lege in De Pere . He

obtained his Juris Doctordegree at Marquette LawSchool.

Im confident that theextensive experience I havegained during the last 32years has prepared me to pre-side over all areas of the law,should I be elected, saidOMelia.

Blooms occupational expe-rience includes serving asOneida County district attor-ney from 2007 to present, asso-ciate attorney at Eckert Kost

& Vocke LLP of Rhinelanderfrom 2002-07 and staff attor-ney at the State PublicDefenders Office in Rhine-lander from 1993 to 2002.

Having worked as theOneida County district attor-ney, in private practice, repre-senting both plaintiffs anddefendants in civil litigation,and as a public defender, Ihave a uniquely balanced per-spective on the different kindsof people who come before a

judge every day, said Bloom.

VILAS COUNTY NEWS-REVIEW/THE THREE LAKES NEWS

NEWS

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BYANTHONY DREW

NEWS-REVIEWASST. EDITOR___________

River Valley Bank in Eagle River made a $2,500 donation toFestival of Flavors. Taking part in the check presentation were,

from left, bank manager Nancy Schuller, Ron and Cindy Mein-

holz of Festival of Flavors, business banking officer ChrisKuehling and Al Pittelko of the Eagle River Revitalization Pro-

gram. Staff Photo By GARY RIDDERBUSCH

The Three Lakes TownBoard adopted a resolution toaccept $81,000 from theDepartment of NaturalResources (DNR) to makeimprovements on Rice LakeRoad at its meeting last week.

At a previous meeting, theboard of supervisors had autho-rized Town Chairman Don Sid-lowski to pursue DNR fundingto help repair the failed road.

We put in a request for$514,000, said Sidlowski. Itold the town foreman to shootfor the moon and put it all in.

The DNR responded byoffering $81,000 in road aidsfunding, contingent upon theagreement that the town would

apply $9,000 of its own moniestoward the project.There was a prevailing atti-

tude not too long ago that wereon our own, that nobody everhelps us and dont even botherbecause you wont get thesegrants, said Sidlowski. Isteadfastly refuse to believethats anything but hogwash.

While he fundamentallyagreed the board should acceptthe aid, Supervisor Jeff Brussquestioned the influence$90,000 would have on thenearly untraversable road.

What are we accomplishingby doing this? he asked. Arewe going to do it really well forhalf a mile or are we going totry to spread $90,000 over

three miles of road? Its still$9,000 of our own money thatgets taken away from some oth-er road.

Supervisor Steve Garbowiczand Sidlowski then collectivelyasserted that the board annu-ally expends more than $9,000maintaining and grading thefailed road.

I think we could do atremendous amount with thismoney and I cant believe wedconsider not taking it, saidSidlowski.

The board then adopted aresolution accepting the DNRfunds, essentially agreeing tospend the entire $90,000 onRice Lake Road improvements

outlined in the application tothe department.The project will aim to

enhance the east-west stretchof the road between the marshand Rice Lake.

After a couple of weeks ofconsideration, board supervi-sors also divided funds among

applicants for the Accomoda-tions Tax Grant established bythe board.

The Center for the Arts inthe Northwoods withdrew itsapplication for funds, leavingthe Single Best Block Partycommittee and the ThreeLakes Area Chamber of Com-merce and Welcome Center asthe only two qualified appli-cants.

Sidlowski recommendedgranting $6,500 to the SingleBest commitee and $2,568 tothe chamber. He had originallyfactored in another $3,500 forthe center for the arts.

Since 70% of accomodationstax already goes to the cham-

ber by law, Supervisors BillMartineau and Brussexpressed disinterest in givinga large part of the boards own30% to help cover the cost of atourism film the chamber owesmoney on.

I was a little bit on the edgewith the chamber, because itssomething theyve already com-mitted to and, in committing toit, they should have had thefunds available to do it, saidMartineau.

Bruss suggested the boardgrant $12,000 to the SingleBest committee and $568 to thechamber.

We give the chamber alarge portion of our budgetalready through our room tax,

he said. I dont feel like this isa penalty, because this is mon-ey that wasnt available eventwo years ago. Were talkingabout $568; it isnt chumpchange.

Despite the standpoints ofthe two supervisors, the boardunanimously approved giving$10,000 to the Single Best com-mittee and $2,568 to the cham-ber of commerce.

In other action, the board: after hearing from Three

Lakes citizens at its specialmeeting, lifted time-of-dayrestrictions for snowmobilestraveling on Anderson Street;

heard a proposal for asurvey and preliminary per-

mitting actions regardingThunder Lake dam repairs; heard an update on Onei-

da Countys ordinance amend-ment about signs; and

granted amplified noisepermits for Petroleum Muse-ums car show and the FaerieFestival.

Three Lakes gets$81,000 from DNRfor Rice Lake Road

Before hearing an update onthe Frank Schnabel propertyissue, the Three Lakes SchoolBoard approved granting grad-uation credit to seniors withonly two years of physical edu-cation classes, as long as thosestudents met other establishedrequirements.

The seniors can take advan-tage of the new policy as earlyas the next school year, provid-ing the students take an elec-tive that goes beyond the grad-uation requirement in an areaof study and participate in afull season of a school-spon-sored sport.

The law has changed andwill enable our students whoparticipate in a sport to take aco-curricular class in lieu of oneyear of physical education,said High School Principal BillGreb. Weve always required,as per the state, that students

take three years of physicaleducation.

Under the new policy, stu-dents can open their schedulesto an additional elective in thefields of english, social studies,mathematics, science or health

education.I never understood the

requirement anyway, saidboard member TerryMcCloskey. To undergo the rig-ors of one of our sports, thatought to take the place of phys-ical education for that particu-lar semester. But thats just myopinion.

Greb said the state wasntready to go that far yet, butsupported the proposed change.

I do think that this is a goodstep, he said. Students whoparticipate in a school-spon-sored sport activity, minute forminute, spend more time inathletic activity than they do inclass.

In other action, Butch Fitz-patrick delivered an update onthe property deeded by FrankSchnabel to the U.S. Forest Ser-

vice, which the school wants touse for educational purposes.

The board heard an earlierupdate in December, indicating

that district rangers in EagleRiver werent interested in aproperty exchange or special-use agreement with the school.

Fitzpatrick, who retired in2003 as district ranger in EagleRiver, met with Chequamegon-

Nicolet Forest Supervisor PaulStrong to talk about the matter.

I thought it was a positivemeeting, said Fitzpatrick. Heleft room for discussion. Mr.Strong wasnt up to date on theschools proposal, so I outlinedthe schools interest and gave abrief history of the property.

After the conversation,Strong recommended theschool send an informal letterof interest, leaving room formeaningful discussion beforethe formal phase which wouldlead to a yes or no answer.

I think thats a pretty wisecourse of action, said Fitz-patrick. He wants to stay awayfrom the formal request up

front, which would be a landexchange or a special-use per-mit.

The meeting with Strongwas scheduled after discus-sions in late 2011 with resourceofficials, and the district rangerin Eagle River revealed they

werent interested in a propertyexchange or a special-useagreement with the school.

Fitzpatrick said he checkedto see if there were any naturalresource obstacles that pre-

vented the Forest Service from

granting the school access tothe property.

There are no stoppersthere, he said. There are nosensitive species, endangeredspecies or invasive species. Itsalso in multiple-use manage-ment. In other words, it wouldfit with the schools interest.

In other action, the board: heard reports from the

State Education Convention; heard the second Friday

pupil membership count; approved Cooperative

Education Service Agencyshared service contracts;

heard Three Lakes TownChairman Don Sidlowski talkabout the Standing Up for

Rural Wisconsin Schools andLibraries award; viewed a global science

presentation created by highschool students; and

accepted the resignationof Three Lakes High Schoolgirls soccer coach Don Meeder.

River Valley Bank of EagleRiver has presented a $2,500sponsorship to promote theFestival of Flavors in theNorth Woods.

The festival at RiverviewPark in Eagle River is heldthe last weekend beforeLabor Day weekend, Aug. 25and 26 this year.

The weekend has alwaysbeen considered one of theslowest of the summer, sincemany schools have startedand it is prior to a major trav-el weekend.

Attendance at the 2011festival was approximately5,000, with people from 12

states and many Wiscon-sinites visiting this uniqueTaste of Wisconsin.

Wisconsin Department ofTourism research on dollarsspent indicates that the eco-nomic impact for the EagleRiver area was more than$400,000 during the 2011event.

It has been a privilege tosupport such a great event forthe North Woods, said River

Valley Bank branch managerNancy Schuller.

This years event will fea-

ture many activities beyondthe 180-foot Celebrate theTaste of Wisconsin tent,

showcasing restaurants fromtwo counties, state food pro-ducers, cheese companies andwineries, each offering a sam-ple of their products.

Fitness demonstrations,chefs demos, NorthwoodsChildrens Museum activi-ties, Wisconsin Street FoodRow, live music and the Fes-tival of Flavors Art & CraftShow are but a few of theevents held in RiverviewPark and surrounding down-town vicinity.

The Eagle River Area Fes-tival of Flavors is presentedby the Eagle River Revital-

ization Program, with fundsraised going toward boostingtourism and revitalizingRiverview Park. Informationcan be viewed at eagleriver-mainstreet.org and is cur-rently being updated, accord-ing to Cindy Meinholz, chair-woman of the event.

We are always looking forcreative people to be part ofour planning committee, plusexhibitors and volunteers forthis fun and interestingevent at the end of August,

said Meinholz.Meinholz can be contacted

at [email protected].

River Valley Bank supports Festival of Flavors

Fitzpatrick givesproperty update

Three Lakes School Board adoptsnew physical education policy

The Great HeadwatersTrails (GHT) invites everyoneto give their observations of thetrail bond test strip just northof Highway 70 and east of thebridge over Mud Creek justwest of Eagle River.

The surface, created andinstalled on that stretch ofsnowmobile trail by Pitlik &Wick, is being considered foruse as the surface for much ofthe GHT bike-pedestrian sys-tem.

The GHT needs to knowhow it measures up as a sur-face for snowmobile, bicycleand pedestrian use. Feedbackforms are available by email-ing a request to the GHT [email protected].

The GHT system will con-nect the five town centers ineastern Vilas County.

Input soughton trail surface

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Oneida vote: OMelia and Bloom advanceFROM PAGE 1A

According to preliminarystatistics from the WisconsinDepartment of Transportation(DOT), 42 people died in 38traffic crashes in the state dur-ing January.

Traffic deaths last month

were three more than last Jan-uary and three more than thefive-year average for themonth. As of the end of Jan-

uary, 33 drivers, seven passen-gers and two pedestrians havedied from traffic crashes.

The safest January in termsof traffic fatalities occurred in2010 with 20 deaths, while thedeadliest was in 1964 with 82

fatalities, said State PatrolMaj. Sandra Huxtable, directorof the DOT Bureau of Trans-portation Safety.

Accidents kill 42 during January

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Klondike: winter festival features multiple eventsFROM PAGE 1A

dressed in time-period-correctclothing to match the age oftheir sleigh or cutter pulled bya horse.

The entire festival is billedas Trigs Klondike Days, due to

the sponsorship of Trigs storesin Eagle River, Rhinelander,Minocqua, Wausau andStevens Point.

Ticket prices at the gate willbe $15 for adults, $6 for chil-dren ages 6 to 16, and free forthose 5 and younger. A familypass is $40. Admission willinclude free parking andentrance to all the venues.

Advance tickets throughthis Friday are $12 for adultsand $5 for children ages 6 to 16and are available at all Trigsstores, said Schilling. A familypass is available in advance for$35 (includes two adults andup to three children). Peoplealso can purchase tickets atklondikedays.org.

Back this year is a Kram theKar promotion, offering twotickets for the price of one forall visitors to Klondike DaysSunday only.

The promotion really helpsboost our Sunday attendance,said Schilling.

Parking throughout theweekend will be available onthe west side of PleasureIsland Road across from thehigh school.

Those who purchaseadvance tickets can enter inthe alley between the DerbyTrack and the big red barn,said Schilling. People needingto pay for an admission shouldenter at the south end of Plea-

sure Island Road, which will beone way the entire weekend. A shuttle bus and horse-

drawn wagon will run betweenthe high school and Rocking WStable offering rides to specta-tors. There also will be a shut-tle bus between downtown andthe festival grounds. Thedowntown shuttle will runfrom 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Satur-day and from noon to 2 p.m.Sunday.

A special evening event dur-ing Klondike Days weekendwill be the free Bluegrass Fes-tival from 5 to 10 p.m. Satur-day in the north food tent atRocking W Stable. It will besponsored by Eagle WatersResort.

It will feature Art Stevenson& High Water and Tuck Pence.Parking will be available at thehigh school lot, and a lightedwalkway will lead spectators tothe tent.

The Bluegrass Festival isopen to the public and isalways a good time, saidSchilling. High Water andTuck will be doing alternatingsets starting at 5 p.m.

The following is a rundownof the Klondike Days activities.

Living historyThe River Country Reds

Rendezvous and Living Histo-ry Encampment will be heldthroughout the weekend north

of the high school at Rocking WStable.The Hidden Prairie Ren-

dezvous Club of Park Falls willbe in attendance, with buckskinners portraying the furtrade era from 1600 to 1840.Some programs will includeblack-powder shooting, cannonshooting, hatchet throwing, firestarting and cooking. It will besponsored by Wild EagleLodge.

In addition, the buck skin-ners will sell items such asleather goods, fur hats and jew-elry.

Another activity at thecamp will be free horse-drawnsleigh rides through the woodssponsored by Rocking W Stableand M&I BMO Harris Bankfrom 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

A huge tent will be erectedon the Rocking W Stablegrounds offering a place towarm up, along with food andentertainment.

Native American showsThe Native American Cul-

tural Exposition, sponsored byWRJO Radio, will be held Sat-urday and Sunday in the highschool auditorium.

Nick Hockings and hisWaswagoning Dance Theatrewill perform at 12:30 and 2:30

p.m. Saturday. The dance the-ater presents traditional Ojib-we dances in a contemporarymanner.

An educational powwow, ledby Blue Winds Dancing, will beheld in the auditorium at 11a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Sunday.

Winter horse pullThe one- and two-horse

weight-pull competition will beheld at Rocking W Stable Sat-urday and Sunday, starting at11 a.m. both days. Its billed asthe only winter outdoor horseweight pull in the state.

The one-horse pull will beSaturday, with as many as 25horses participating, followedby the two-horse pull Sunday.The draft horses must pullloads of logs 27.5 feet. Someteams have pulled as much as9,000 pounds of logs.

Schilling said this yearshorse pull is sanctioned, whichensures the safety and healthof competing animals, horse

owners and spectators.Because the event is sanc-

tioned, participants can earnseason points, said Schilling,which should draw moreteams.

The event will feature a$6,000 purse. Its sponsored byWJFW TV-12 andWRLO/WHDG and WCQMradio stations.

For youths attendingKlondike Days, pony rides anddogsled rides will be located onthe Rocking W Stable grounds.

Dog weight pullProfessional and novice dogs

will compete in a weight pullSaturday and Sunday just

behind the high school. Dogsmust pull a sled, with loads ofas much as 4,000 pounds, atotal of 16 feet.

The event, sponsored byWRJO/WERL radio, will startat 11 a.m. both days. A purse of$3,000 will go to the top pullersin five classes. There also willbe a novice class. They have amaximum of 45 seconds to com-plete the pull.

The event will be organizedby the Tri-State Alaskan Mal-amute Club.

Snowshoe ChallengeThe Snowshoe Challenge,

sponsored by Nail Rite Con-tracting, will return toKlondike Days and will be held

on Sunday.Events will include a chil-

drens race for ages 10 andyounger at 11 a.m., followed bythe 3-mile and 6-mile challengeraces for men and women start-ing at 11:20 a.m. The KlondikeDays race is part of the Brave-heart Snowshoe Racing Series.

Registration and bib pickupwill be from 4 to 5 p.m. Satur-day or 9 to 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

People can preregister forthe snowshoe events atklondikedays.org. Perks forparticipating in the SnowshoeChallenge include a T-shirt,door prizes and free entry intoKlondike Days. Race day regis-tration will be $20. For more

information, contact KeilahFrickson at (715) 479-4442.

A snowshoe demonstrationarea will be set up for visitorsto try a pair of snowshoes.

Lumberjack contestsTeams and individual lum-

berjacks will go head-to-head ina Hayward-style lumberjackcompetition at the Rocking WStable grounds.

Professional lumberjacksand lumberjills will vie for cashand prizes. Events will rangefrom the standing chop blockand ax throwing to Jack-and-Jill sawing and the spring-board chop.

There already are morethan 65 entrants, includingstudents from the universitiesof Wisconsin, Minnesota andIowa who are taking the Tim-bersports Series there, saidSchilling.

The competition will start atnoon Saturday and continuethroughout the weekend. It willbe sponsored by HusqvarnaForest & Garden, offering$7,000 in cash and prizes.

The Great Northern Lum-berjack Competition is thethird largest of its kind in theMidwest and the only one inthe winter, said Schilling.

The Great Northern Cut-off,

a cut, split and stack competi-tion of teams, will start at 11a.m. Saturday.

Chain-saw carvingThe chain-saw carving com-

petition will be located on thehigh school grounds, with at

least six carvers competinghead-to-head both days.A team of judges will present

five cash awards sponsored byFirst National Bank, including$1,000 to the winner, $500 forsecond, $300 for third, $200 forfourth and $100 for fifth. Thecarving will last from 9 a.m. to4 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. tonoon Sunday.

In the past, competitorshave produced eagles, bears,fur traders, dogsled teams andother Klondike creations.

The popular quick-carvecompetition will be held at12:30 p.m. Sunday with judg-

ing at 1:30 p.m. Competitorshave one hour to carve any-thing they want out of a 15-inch by 48-inch piece of whitepine. Carvings will be raffledoff the following year, with pro-ceeds to benefit scholarships.

Winter craft showOne of the main activities inthe high school field house willbe a craft show, with more than60 crafters and artisans dis-playing their work from 9 a.m.to 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to3 p.m. Sunday. It will be spon-sored by River Valley Bank.

Other groups with culturalexhibits and programming inthe high school will includeTeaching Drum School re-cre-ating a primitive camp setting,the Wisconsin Trappers Associ-ation, Eagle River HistoricalSociety, Trees For Tomorrow,Panning for Gold Expo, the

Klondike Kids Koloring Kon-test, Northwoods Wildlife Cen-ter, Raptor Education Group,North Lakeland DiscoveryCenter and a mineralogical dis-play.

Food and music

Food will be available in thehigh school and in a food tent atRocking W Stable. Both venueswill have the same menu thisyear, according to Schilling.

The variety will range frombuffalo and elk burgers toTrigs world championshipbrats, wild rice soup and chili,she said.

There also will be popularkettle corn at River CountryReds Rendezvous. Indepen-dent food vendors also will sellitems outside the high school.

Slices of the famous PaulBunyan brownie will be avail-able at the high school, said

Schilling.The entertainment list will

include Sloppy Joe performingin the food tent from 10:30 a.m.to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, and TuckPence will entertain in the tentSunday from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30p.m.

Sloppy Joe consists of fourmembers, including three leadsingers. They play the guitar,fiddle, banjo, mandolin andbass.

Tuck Pence is a popular localbluegrass musician who plays alively set of original and classicmusic.

While beer will be availablein the food tent at Rocking WStable, Schilling reminds festi-

valgoers that the school build-ings and school grounds arealcohol- and tobacco-free. Otherrefreshments will include milk,soda, juice, coffee and hotchocolate.

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