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Thursday, April 9, 2015 $1.00Volume 3 No. 15
(See Main Street Fire Page 10)
(See Lake Holcombe Town Board Page 10)
In This Issue: Simes Retirement, Page 8 Parent University, Page 18 Egg Hunt, Page 24
Courier SentinelCadott, Cornell & Lake Holcombe - Wisconsin
Initial appearance
adjourned to May
By Kayla Peche
Over a year after the accident occurred, Douglas S. Kohl,
21, had his initial appearance at the Chippewa County court-
house March 31, but failure to appoint an attorney led to a
delay of the case.
Kohl has been charged with four Felony F counts of Injury
by Use of a Vehicle Under a Controlled Substance, and four
misdemeanor counts of Cause of Injury by Operating Under
Main Street fire deja vu 101 years laterBy Heather Dekan
In April 1914, fire destroyed nine businesses on the west
side of Main Street in Cadott. Fast forward 101 years, almost
to the day, and fire again broke out in an apartment complex
in the same spot.
Several firefighters from three districts battled the fire in
downtown Cadott Thursday,April 2, 2015. The call came in
at 3:45 p.m. and the last of the crews left the scene around
7:30 p.m.
We were very fortunate to be able to confine it to two
apartments, said Rick Sommerfeld,Cadott fire chief. With
the history of that block, in the early 1900s, that entire block
burned down.
Paula Stanton, Cadott library director, said they were
working when the Cadott police officers came in and evac-
uated them from the building because of the fire. Other busi-
nesses, such as the Courier Sentinel office, were alreadyclosed for the day.
The structure housed six upstairs apartments, and busi-
nesses below, such as the library, Courier Sentinel office anda hair salon.
It started as a kitchen grease fire, and got into the walls,
said Sommerfeld. There is significant damage to two of the
apartments and there was smoke in three other apartments.
Cadott firefighters enter an apartment building on Main Street to put out a fire that started in a kitchen Thurs-
day, April 2. Two of the six apartments suffered damage, as the fire got into the walls and attic. No one was
injured, and the American Red Cross was on scene to help the families. (Photo by Heather Dekan)
Lions Fund Drive under way
The Cornell Lions are conducting the Community Fund
Drive to provide a scholarship to a Cornell High School sen-
ior. The $2,000 scholarship is to be awarded at the Honor
Banquet Wednesday, May 20.
Contributions can be made to the Lions Scholarship Fund
at Northwestern Bank. Second week donations were made
by Pat and Betty Denison for $100.
Total fund drive amount: $100
Lake Holcombe Town BoardDouble yellow in future for North Shore Drive?
By Ginna Young
A visitor at the March 26 Lake Holcombe Town Board
meeting had a few comments for board members about
North Shore Drive and its winding curve. Jim Pyle, Hol-
combe resident for the past two years, brought a request be-
fore the board to put a solid line on one section of the road.
That big curve there, if you dont make those curves, you
end up in the lake or in the swamp, said Pyle. You did put
up some new signs, because my son said, Lets try to make
this street a 45 mph, Dad, and stay on two wheels you did
put up some new signs that say 35. But the way it goes so
gradually and so long, Im sorry, but every single day if you
go there, youll be driven off the road.
Although Pyle offered to do the paint job himself, the
board said it was not a cheap process and needed to be done
professionally.
Youre not the only one, said Robert Bayerl, town chair-
man. There have been a couple others who have talked
about this to the town. To put that center line there in that
area, youd have to run a double yellowAnd its got to be
done by regulation. Once you put it down, then it always has
to be maintained and put down.
Bayerl thanked Pyle for coming forward with the matter
and said the board would take the matter under advisement.
In new business, Bayerl informed members of a request
from the Lake Holcombe School for the town to put up No
Parking signs on the street leading up to the school. Bayerl
said there have been complaints that the street is too narrow
with cars parked on either side, and that it causes the town-
ship a problem for snow removal.
I just wanted to bring that up, because I spent some time
talking with them, and I said, Yes, wed be willing to work
with them on that program, Bayerl said.
In other business, the board renewed their trash and recy-
cling services contract with Express Disposal. Members
(See Initial Appearance Page 11)
Area Spring ElectionsGoettl and Kelly take
Cadott, Jim outs Glen
By Monique Westaby
Voters for the April 7, area spring elections have spoken,
choosing those they believe are most qualified to fulfill the local
government positions. Information and numbers based on un-canvassed results as of deadline; I = incumbent.
Cadott Village Board: Filling four open positions with noopponents are Anson Albarado (I), 129; Terry Licht (I), 124;
Jerry Rykal (I), 121; and Randy Kuehni (I), 115.
Cadott School Board: Filling two open positions are Terri
Goettl, 453; and P. Scot Kelly (I), 427; Also running were
Christine Rowe (I), 238; and Charlotte Seibel, 235.
Cornell City Council: Filling three open positions are
Mark Nodolf (I), 126; Floyd Hickethier (I), 123; and Jim
Hodowanic, 123. Also running were Glen Logan (I), 48; and
Bonnie Selmer, 53.
Cornell Municipal Judge: Mindy Carothers-Harycki (I) is
elected with 149 votes and no opponents.
Cornell School Board: Filling two open positions with no
opponents are Paul Wallerius (I), 255; and Lyle Briggs (I), 251.
Lake Holcombe Town Board: Filling all open positions
with no opponents are Beau Bowlin, chairman, 110; Brian
Guthman, supervisor, 113; David Staudacher, supervisor 113;
Anneliese Willmarth (I), clerk, 116; Tracy Geist (I), treasurer,
121; and Keith Swanson (I), constable, 119.
Lake Holcombe School Board: Filling one open position
is a write-in candidate with 84. (Betty Sitler ran as the onlyregistered write-in candidate, but results, as of deadline, didnot specify if she was elected.)
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OPINIONThursday, April 9, 2015COURIER SENTINELPage 2
By Monique Westaby
Managing Editor
So lock up your daugh-ter
Lock up your wifeLock up your back doorAnd run for your life-----The meaning behind AC/DCs 1976 hit
T.N.T. may not be entirely clear, but one thingis clear about their lyrics lock up your prop-
erty. While daughters and wives may not need
such strict security, you should reconsider
when to lock your doors.
Its not uncommon to see headlines of busi-
nesses broken into, or thousands of dollars
worth of electronics and tools recovered in a
search warrant. More often than not, you read
the headline, its from somewhere you arent,
and you move on with your day.
But what if that happened in a land not-so-
far away from you? What if your neighbors
truck was stolen, or the business you frequent
was broken into?
In 2012, the FBI says over 140,500 cases of
property crime were reported, which means in
a state of 5.76 million people, about every
40th person was affected by some sort of
property crime. Narrow that down even fur-
ther, and in the Cadott, Cornell, Lake Hol-
combe area, about 35 of those people will be
from your neck of the woods.
Bestplaces.net ranks Chippewa County as
having a 37 on the property crime 100 scale.
This includes burglary and theft without force
or threat of force. The use of force is catego-
rized under violent crimes, which carries a
38.5 rating. The U.S. average for both is 43.5
for property crimes, and 41.4 for violent
crimes.
So what does all of this have to do with
you?
In the last three months, two vehicles were
Not worse, but people need to be vigilant in
protecting their property. With more people
and more property, theres more to protect.
It may add an extra step in your routine, but
lock your vehicles doors when you get home
each day, and dont ever keep anything valu-
able inside. Checkbooks, cash, car titles and
electronics are easy targets for robbers, and
look appealing when glancing through a win-
dow.
Hurt says often times, thieves check car
windows for items such as change or ciga-
rettes, and leaving a door unlocked is giving
them the opportunity to steal. Locks are there
to keep an honest man honest.
He also says leaving lights on, keeping the
area around your home clear, and letting law
enforcement know if youre going to be out of
town can help.
So take AC/DCs advice when youre away
from (or even still in) your home, and every
time you get out of your vehicle; even if
youre just up town or parked in your drive-
way.
No, dont lock up your daughters andwives, or run for your life, but turn the lock onyour back (and front and car) door. Theft is a
crime of opportunity, and eliminating that op-
portunity can make the difference of someone
shopping at someone elses house, or ridingout of the sunset with your color TV screen.
By Heather Dekan
Ihave always looked
young for my age, which
Iused to hate, but since
Ihit the 30 club last year,
its more of a good thing
these days.
There is not one person
who ever believes me when Itell them my
stolen in Chippewa County, more specifically
the Cornell area. Last year, gas jugs were
taken from the Lake Holcombe area, and in
2013, a man and woman were charged with
stealing more than $10,000 worth of arm
bands from Chippewa Valley Music Festivals.
Just a year before that, a family farm in rural
Cadott had nearly 50 bales of hay taken, along
with other items from the farm.
Cadott Chief of Police Louis Eslinger says
his department has responded to less than a
dozen thefts this year, but on average, re-
sponds to about 100 reports of thefts in a
years time, with about one of those a vehicle
theft.
This isnt 30 years ago when you knew all
your neighbors, said Eslinger. People dont
always know their neighbors and you dont
know people who are traveling through. With
more opportunity to travel larger distances, its
easier for people to go car shopping or prop-
erty shopping.
The two thefts in the Cornell area, one just
north of the city limits on 27 and the other in-
side the city limits on South Riverside Drive,
resulted in stolen property from the vehicle,
and leaving the trucks abandoned one
crashed into and flown over a guard rail north
of Augusta, the other left in a parking lot in
Chippewa.
Brian Hurt, chief of police in Cornell, says
these types of crimes are crimes of opportu-
nity, and simply removing keys and locking
doors can deter burglars from taking whats
not theirs.
In the last year, Hurt says the department re-
sponded to nine burglaries, and 49 thefts, rang-
ing from shoplifting to auto theft. In the past
three months, he says Cornell has had six
thefts, one residential burglary, and one at-
tempted burglary, but this is the slow time of
year.
There are fewer thefts, and people tend to
be home more because of weather and longer
night hours, said Hurt. People think theres
the security of living in a small town, but it
does happen.
In February, a local business had tires stolen
from their building on Bridge Street inCor-
nell, and in November, an entire ATM was
taken from Paradise Shores in Lake Hol-
combe. Residents have also seen their prop-
erty disappearing, and just last week, two
subjects were arrested in Hawkins (east of
Ladysmith) with $90,000 worth of stolen
property.
Property crimes dont just happen to other
people, and they dont just happen in places
you dont live. They happen in your backyard,
to your friends and family, and to the busi-
nesses you shop at.
The world has changed, says Eslinger.
Crimes of opportunity are on power-load in the area
Yes, those are my kids. No, Im not 17age. Ihave had to pull my drivers license out
on more than one occasion to prove it.
Iremember when Iturned 18, and I went to
the gas station to buy smokes. Yes, Iknow, aterrible habit. The clerk looked at my license,looked at me, and proceeded to tell me my ID
was a fake. Im sorry, what?Ichuckled a little, until Irealized she was
not kidding and refused to sell to me. Iwas
hoping she would call the police to report a
minor attempting to buy tobacco, just so they
would take one look at my license and tell her
just how wrong she was.
Istill get carded everywhere I go, unless its
in my hometown where everyone knows me.
While in Appleton a few weekends ago to
cheer on some of my friends at state bowling,
got together and went out Friday night. There
were bouncers at every door checking IDs.
I got a few who would look at me, my ID,
then me again, but didnt say anything. Iwas
just waiting for one of them to say something.
Then it happened.
We walked into one place where the music
was loud and Ihanded over my license. The
guy looked at me and says, Your chin is dif-
ferent, this cant be you.
Seriously?Iknow drivers license pictures never turn
out good, at least in my case, but that is 100
percent me. Ilooked at him and laughed and
said, Youre kidding me, right?
He was dead serious. But he gave me my
license back and let me in. Igot a good
chuckle out of it and told the group of people
Iwas there with what happened, but it irked
me.
Yes, my face looks young, but my body
feels just the age Iam, maybe older some
days. More often than not, it takes me a cou-
ple days to recover after a fun night out.
Ifeel like so many people do not take me
seriously because they assume Im so much
younger than Ireally am. And the looks Iget
from people when Im with my three children
are ridiculous.
Its not as bad as it used to be, but most of
the times when I would go grocery shopping,
or go to appointments by myself with three
small children, Iwould get horrible looks.
Iimagine they were thinking Iwas just some
teen mom with kids who had no clue what
Iwas doing.
Iam the oldest of five kids, but whenever
someone sees a picture, they always assume
my brothers are the oldest. Im completely
OK with that.
My mom does this thing where every time
we run into someone she knows, she intro-
duces me and tells them half my life story; she
must be proud of me or something. Anyway,
when she gets to the part about how Ihave
three children, Ialways get the same sur-
prised, are you kidding me look, and the ques-tion, Are you old enough to even have threekids?
Well yes, Iam old enough. And no, Iwasnta teen mother. But thank you for the compli-ment.
Its the genes on my dads side of the fam-
ily all his sisters look young for their age, as
well as my dad.
Idont know how many times people dont
believe me when Itell them how old my dad
is, and always say how good he looks for his
age.
I could go without the assuming and judg-
ment when it comes to me being in a 21 plus
establishment and people think I shouldnt be
there, or when Im out with my kids and I get
the looks. But Ill take it.
Id rather look younger than I am than
older. Ijust hope it holds up so when Im
about 50, people will assume Im only about
30.
Ican only imagine the looks or remarks
Iwill get when Ibecome a grandmother
someday, and I still look young for my age.
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OP-ED AREA NEWS Thursday, April 9, 2015COURIER SENTINEL Page 3
The Investment Board is not investing in your item
From the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture,
Trade and Consumer Protection
Over the past week, scammers have attempted to rip off
Craigslist sellers using fake State of Wisconsin Investment
Board checks.
Crooks are paying for small items on Craigslist with
fake checks in large amounts, like $1,900. The checks list
the State of Wisconsin Investment Boards name and ad-
dress. The seller is asked to cash the check, keep the full
price of the item, and wire back the extra funds to the
sender.
If someone wants to pay by check and have you wire
money back, its a scam no matter whose name is on the
check.
Banks must make funds available quickly, but that
doesnt mean a check is good. It can take weeks for forgery
to be discovered, and when a check bounces, the bank will
hold the consumer accountable for the full amount plus fees.
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and
Consumer Protection (DATCP) suggests these steps to
avoid a fake check scam:
When selling something, dont accept a check for more
than the selling price, especially when the buyer asks for
the difference in return.
Dont spend the funds from a check until the check has
fully cleared the banks system and the funds are available.
The State of Wisconsin Investment Board is not pur-
chasing your Craigslist item. If you receive one of these
fake checks, file a complaint with the Wisconsin DATCP.
Listen, Act and Live: Tornado Awareness Week
With the weather warming up and snow beginning to
melt, that only means tornado and severe weather season is
approaching. Listen, Act and Live is the slogan of Wiscon-sins Tornado and Severe Weather Awareness Week April
13-17.
Wisconsin has an average of 23 tornadoes annually, with
22 reported last year. For Chippewa County, from 1844 to
2014, there have been 38 tornadoes, and surrounding coun-
ties have had an average of 27 tornadoes in that time span.
According to readywisconsin.wi.gov, families should de-
velop a plan for their home, work, school and outdoors. Wis-
consins Division of Emergency Management says it is best
to have frequent drills and to keep a disaster supply kit in-
cluding water, food that wont spoil, a first-aid kit and a
weather radio.
This years statewide tornado drill is planned Thursday,
April 16. At 1 p.m., the National Weather Service will issue
a mock tornado watch, and at 1:45 p.m. a mock tornado
warning. Radio and TV stations will participate in the drill,
which provides an opportunity for schools, businesses and
families to practice safe procedures for severe weather.
Local schools will also prepare themselves and their com-
munities, with Cadott, Lake Holcombe and Cornell holding
drills during the statewide event, along with an unannounced
drill to make sure students and teachers are prepared.
The Cornell Middle/High School is a designated tornado
shelter for not only the school population, but also for the
community. Dave Elliott, Cornell principal, says a front door
at the school is automatically unlocked when the tornado
siren sounds in town, and the school has signs directing peo-
ple where to go to take shelter.
Our students have a tornado drill at least twice a year,
Elliott said. We can successfully fit the whole school pop-
ulation in the shelter area. The shelter area also contains
bathroom facilities.
Once you Listen to the siren blow, it is time to Act to Live.According to the Division of Emergency Management, in a
home or building, avoid windows. Move to a basement, and
get under a sturdy table or the stairs. If a basement is not
available, move to a small interior room or hallway on the
lowest floor and cover yourself with towels, blankets or pil-
lows, and put as many walls between you and the storm.
If outdoors, seek shelter in a sturdy building. If there is
no shelter, stay in a vehicle with the seatbelt on and place
your head below the windows. Do not seek shelter under an
overpass.
For mobile homes, families should leave the residence
and go to a designated storm shelter, or lowest floor of a
sturdy building. At school, go to the interior hall or room
crouch low, head down and protect the back of your head
with your arms. Stay away from windows and large open
rooms like gyms and auditoriums.
The statewide tornado drill will take place even if the sky
is cloudy, dark or rainy. If actual severe storms are expected
in the state, the tornado drill will be postponed until Friday,
April 17, at the same times.
Wisconsin implements DNA at arrest
A swab inside the cheek of people arrested
may be all it takes to solve another crime.
Wisconsin law enforcement began collect-
ing DNA samples from violent felony ar-
restees, and all persons convicted of a crime,
misdemeanor and felonies, when a new law
took effect April 1.
Previously, Wisconsin required only con-
victed felons and sex offenders to provide
DNA, now Wisconsin is the 29th state to col-
lect DNA at arrest.
There is a huge investigative benefit to
taking DNA at arrest by solving crimes and
preventing future victimizations, Brad
Schimel, attorney general said. Serious
crimes will be solved by matching suspects
in our database to offenders, as well as elim-
inating innocent persons from law enforce-
ment investigations.
He says this will bring about quicker reso-
lutions for the victims.
To prepare for the increase in DNA sample
analysis, the Wisconsin Department of Justice
expanded the State Crime Lab in Madison
with nearly 5,000 square feet of office space
and just over 3,000 square feet of lab space,
along with additional storage space. Eight
new DNA analysts and eight new forensic
program technicians were also hired.
The Crime Labs DNA data bank has as-
sisted law enforcement in matching DNA left
at crime scenes in over 5,600 cases since
1998, using DNA collected solely from con-
victed offenders. But the Crime Lab reports
that nearly 14,000 DNA profiles developed
from crime scene evidence remain unidenti-
fied as the DNA data bank does not contain a
matching offender profile that would permit
identification of a potential suspect in these
crimes.
DNA at Arrest Stats The first DNA at arrest leg-islation passed in 1997 in Loui-siana. 28 states and the federalgovernment require some formof DNA collection at arrest. Wisconsin collects approxi-mately 12,000 DNA samplesfrom convicted felons annu-ally. Wisconsin has over 154,000offender DNA samples in theCombined DNA IdentificationSystem, and over 14,000 sam-ples in the forensic DNA data-base. The DNA at arrest law is ex-pected to add approximately68,000 new samples in its firstyear (25,000 felony arrests andconvictions, and 43,000 adultmisdemeanor convictions).
Privacy and Benefits (according to the attorney general) Privacy DNA is a biometric identi-er, similar to ngerprintsand photographs that havebeen taken for over a cen-tury. Law provides safeguardsfor DNA samples, preclud-ing its use outside of criminaljustice purposes. The offender prole itselfis a series of alpha/numericsymbols attached to an iden-tication number for the of-fender. Names and otheridentifying information arenever uploaded. Separatedata bases are maintained forsecurity.
The sample is not sub-jected to any testing that pro-vides information on thecurrent or predictive healthstatus of the offender. Samples are taken by lawenforcement at the time ofbooking for violent feloniesand after conviction for otherfelonies and misdemeanors.* Collection entails usingtwo sterile cotton swabs andrubbing each one on the in-side of a cheek to collect buc-cal cells. There is no privacy inter-est in the DNA a suspectleaves at the scene of his orher crime. It is abandoned
property capable of bringingjustice for the victim of thecrime.Benets Denitive identication ofarrested persons, whichdown the road may be auto-matic by DNA in a bookingroom. Most powerful forensictool to provide justice for thevictims of felony crimes inWisconsin. Allows for the expeditiousidentication of violent crim-inals before they commit ad-ditional violent crimes.(National Institute of Justicestudies in Chicago, Denver,
Maryland and Washingtonshow collecting DNA at ar-rest prevents additional vio-lent crimes and victimization. Enhances the ability toeliminate innocent personssuspected of committing acrime, allowing local law en-forcement agencies to utilizeinvestigative resources in amore efcient and cost effec-tive manner. Larger database pool willassist in identifying thosewrongly accused and incar-cerated. Deterrent effect on crimi-nals who have provided asample.
Linda Splendorio, Holcombe, creates a terrarium at
the Green Team Garden Clubs March outing at the
Down to Earth Garden Center in Eau Claire. Club
members made the trip to Eau Claire, where they
were given a presentation on how to create terrari-
ums and dish gardens. (Submitted Photo)
March deadliest month of
traffic deaths since 2007
From the WisDOT
Thirty-six people died in traffic crashes in Wisconsin last
month, which was the deadliest March on Wisconsin roads
since 2007, when 58 fatalities occurred, according to prelim-
inary statistics from the WisDOT.
Traffic deaths last month were four more than March of
2014, and six more than the five-year average for March.
As of March 31, 98 people have died in Wisconsin traffic
crashes during 2015, including eight pedestrians, two bicy-
clists and one motorcycle operator.
With the start of the road construction season, the WisDOT
urges drivers to be cautious in work zones.
Workers and equipment must operate within a few feet
of traffic in work zones, says David Pabst, director of the
WisDOT Bureau of Transportation Safety. Although work-
ers are exposed to great danger, approximately three out of
four people killed in work zone crashes are motorists. Work
zone crashes are caused primarily by drivers who speed, tail-
gate, and dont pay attention to rapidly changing road and
traffic conditions.
Rear-end collisions are the most frequent type of crash in
a work zone. Because of the risks to drivers, passengers and
workers, traffic fines are double in work zones.
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10 Years Ago
2005
Joan Schnabel, of Foun-
tain City and the National
Eagle Center, visits the Cor-
nell and Lake Holcombe El-
ementary Schools with a
six-year-old bald eagle,
Angel. The duo visited the
schools as part of the Com-
munity Ed program, and
through a grant from the
Community Foundation of
Chippewa County.
Lake Holcombe senior
Dan Giencke and second-
grader Matt Palmer work to-
gether to create a solid
butternut corner shelf for the
school. Giencke is a student
in Ken Ashs applied con-
struction class at the school.
20 Years Ago
1995
Jean Reuss, Cornell, wins
a .270 stainless steel rifle
from a Stacker Committee
raffle to benefit the Stacker
Museum project. The rifle
was donated to the organiza-
tion for fund-raising efforts
by Dr. Jim Lane, of Cornell.
B-95 radio personality T.J.
Randall, and the B-95 Bee,
along with the Chippewa
County Department of Pub-
lic Health, visit Cornell Ele-
mentary students to promote
childhood immunization.
30 Years Ago
1985
Carol Dressel, owner of
the Big Minnow Restaurant
in Holcombe, promotes
Maple Syrup Week by offer-
ing four large buttermilk
pancakes at a special price.
Trygg J. Hansen, owner of
The Cornell and Lake Hol-combe Courier and TheCadott Sentinel, announceshis intentions to publish TheResorter, a summer recre-ation guide focusing on the
Lake Holcombe and Blue
Diamond areas.
40 Years Ago
1975
The Lake Holcombe Cub
and Boy Scouts take part in
a learning to swim program
at the Ladysmith High
School. Cub Scout leader
Bud Bonn says the course
and transportation was
costly, but thinks the training
was a worthwhile expense.
Karmel Honius and
Donna Saxe are crowned the
Cornell American Legion
Auxiliary Poppy Princesses
at a special ceremony
presided over by 10th Dis-
trict president Rosie Ran-
dall.
50 Years Ago
1965
A gallon of regular gas is
31 cents; one dozen eggs sell
for 53 cents; milk is 95 cents
a gallon; and a first-class
postage stamp is 5 cents.
60 Years Ago
1955
Through sponsorship from
the Cornell American Le-
gion, a performance is given
by professional wrestlers at
the Cornell High School au-
ditorium. Among the acts
slated to perform are two fe-
male wrestlers, Dolores De-
Witt and Romona Waukazo.
Waukazo, granddaughter to
a Chippewa-Sioux chief, is
proficient in the Irish whip
maneuver inside the ring.
Admission for adults is set at
$1.50, and $1 for students.
100 Years Ago
The Paul Gwin house, in
Keystone, burns to the
ground after a fire originates
in the kitchen and spreads to
the rest of the house. With
the help of neighbors, the
family manages to save their
downstairs furniture, and a
small amount of the upstairs
furnishings. Insurance will
partly cover the damages es-
timated at $3,500. The house
had undergone remodeling
in the past year.
Green Bay discovers it
boasts the oldest standing
frame house in the state.
Built by Frenchman Jacques
Bolier in 1785, the house
now serves as a library.
Sentinel Look Back Couriers of the Past
Neighboring News
10 Years Ago
2005
Army Spec. Isaiah Bur-
ish, of Cadott, returns to
Fort Bragg, N.C., after a
four month tour of security
and stability operations, in-
cluding protecting polling
sites during the historic
Iraqi elections.
The park road closes as
the frozen Yellow River
melts enough to flood parts
of Cadotts Riverview
Park.
The Cadott Community
Theater will present three
performances of the
Rodgers and Hammerstein
musical, Sound of Music.20 Years Ago
1995
Anew Marshfield Clinic
will be constructed in the
Village of Cadott as soon as
the weather permits. Romulo
Sanchez and Ricardo Ob-
cena will be the doctors in
the new building.
Incumbents Judy Gilles
and Jim Couey, along with
new candidate Jim Mickel-
son, win election to the
Cadott Board of Education.
Dan Schmitt, owner of the
Cadott Bakery, celebrates 30
years in the baking business.
30 Years Ago
1985
The Village of Cadott will
receive $7,291 from the
Wisconsin Department of
Transportation in shared
transportation aid.
This years Cadott High
School junior prom theme is
Your love can take me placesthat alone Id never find.Prom court consists of James
Kohls, Dawn Dachel, Jason
Matott, Lisa Pilgrim, Joel
Dupey, Shelly Drilling,
Tammy Chapek, Rich Ob-
cena, Missy Stelzer and Rod
Gilles.
Wayne Greene Jr. is one of
10 members of the Farmers
Union Milk Marketing Co-
operative honored at the
Five Star Awards Banquet in
Madison.
40 Years Ago
1975
The Village of Cadott asks
for financial assistance from
the county for construction
of a new bridge across the
Yellow River at Main Street.
Eighteen soloists and mu-
sical groups from Cadott
High School receive first rat-
ings in Class A at the District
Solo and Ensemble Contest.
FatherJerome Gerum cel-
ebrates his 25th year as a
priest.
50 Years Ago
1965
Virgil Schmitt buys the
Cadott Bakery from Chas
LeBarron and his wife, who
operated it for seven years.
Cadotts Post Office
moves into new quarters,
abandoning the site it occu-
pied for the past 50 years.
Cadott streets are the
scene of a high speed car
chase that ends in the appre-
hension of six Milwaukee
youth who claim their antics
were just for fun.
60 Years Ago
1955
Cadotts lone restaurant,
Nu-Cafe, closes and work
immediately starts by the
owners to turn it into a vari-
ety store.
Anew cafe will open in
Cadott and will be operated
by Fred Kawell.
Carol Naiberg and Carol
Gudmanson are A winners
in dramatic declamations at
a district speech tournament.
Short circuits in the under-
ground wiring to lights on
Main Street result in alter-
nate black outs.
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Augusta
Area Times
The Fall Creek Historical
Society Museum has plans
to create a larger area
within its newest con-
structed building to accom-
modate their continually
growing collection of
pieces.
Wynonah Filla receives a
1st Team All-Conference
award after scoring 305
points during the 2014-15
basketball season.
Cody Carlstrom and
Kyler Hagen are chosen to
compete as part of the Wis-
consin Football Coaches
Association All-Star games.
Bloomer
Advance
Ten cars pulled by Union
Pacific Engines derail 100
yards north of State High-
way 64 in Bloomer, making
it the fourth frac sand train
derailment of 2015.
The Bloomer School Dis-
trict receives $48,295 to
pay for new books, comput-
ers and software for the
school library.
Alternative Therapies,
LLC, expands and now of-
fers yoga and acupuncture.
The Bloomer seventh
grade basketball team wins
the Division 3 State Basket-
ball Invitational Tourna-
ment in La Crosse.
The annual mens alumni
basketball tournament will
be April 10-11, at Bloomer
High School.
Colfax
Messenger
The execution of two no-
knock search warrants in
Colfax result in the arrest of
seven people in an ongoing
investigation into the distri-
bution of methampheta-
mine.
Four candidates file nom-
ination papers for three po-
sitions on the Colfax
Village Board.
The Fourth Avenue street
project that was supposed
to be completed last year
will soon be under con-
struction.
After finishing his junior
year with a 41-5 record,
wrestler Brady Simonson is
named to the All Chippewa
County Wrestling Team.
Ladysmith
News
The state considers
adding a raised concrete
highway median island to
improve safety at the rail
crossing on U.S. 8 in Lady-
smith when the street is re-
built in 2017.
Artisans, of Glen Flora,
opens its new Boutiquelet2
as a pop-up store in the
Miner Plaza, and will offer
apparel and accessories.
The annual Wildlife
Restoration Association
banquet celebrates its 30th
year, and the 250 person ca-
pacity is reached for all
four days of the banquet.
Stanley
Republican
Just days after parents of
youth wrestlers appear at a
Stanley-Boyd School Board
meeting asking that the
wrestling cooperative with
the Thorp School District
be kept going, the two dis-
tricts sever athletic ties.
The City of Stanley re-
quests approval from the
DNR to upgrade its existing
wastewater treatment facil-
ity.
Blaine Brenner places in
the top six at the 2015 Wis-
consin State Kids Folkstyle
Wrestling tournament in
Madison.
Cornell began with the arrival of two people from dif-
ferent parts of the world Jean Brunet, born in France,
and Ezra Cornell, from Ithaca, N.Y.
Both were interested in the logging business and the
building of a new territory.
Brunet operated the first stopping place at a falls on
the river, below where the dam is located. His friend,
Cornell, saw a great need for the beautiful trees and po-
tential logging industry here.
In the later part of the 1800s, Cornell began to make
plans to build a mill and city at this place first called
Brunet Falls.
Before Cornell could get his plans under construction,
which originally located the city on the other side of the river, he
died in 1874, at the age of 67.
(Courtesy of Irene Haller, Cornell Visitors Center,
and the Cornell Centennial, 1913-2013)
Cadott Cornell Lake Holcombe areasTales of our Beginnings
Jean Brunet
Ezra Cornell
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Anyone interested in joining a Lions clubmay ask any Lions member. There isa LEOS club in Holcombe, and any-one interested in joining may callJane Ash at 715-447-8393. You donot have to belong to Holcombeschool or be the child of a Lion.
L-I-O-N-S stands for:Liberty, Intelligence, Our Nations Safety
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By Ginna Young
Six-year-old Ziporrah Hartzell, of Cornell, may not have
tresses quite as long as Rapunzels, but she came close until
Lisa Martino, of Lisas Beauty Salon, in Cornell, cut about
14 inches for donation to Locks of Love April 6.
Ziporrah heard about the program that provides hair pieces
for cancer patients after she saw a story in the Feb. 19 issue
of the Courier Sentinel, about five-year-old Anelise Larson,who donated her hair. Ziporrahs mother, Darsie Hartzell, ex-
plained what it was all about, and the six-year-old made up
her mind on the spot.
I wanted to do something nice for people who have cancer
and dont have hair, said Ziporrah.
For Ziporrah, the stories of people who lost their hair from
the dreaded disease may have hit close to home, as her
mother recently battled cancer and completed her treatments
last year.
She knows, she had that experience with Mommy, said
Darsie.
Locks of Love, started in 1997, sends hair pieces to recip-
ients in all 50 states and Canada. Untreated hair is preferred,
and donations must come in the form of braids or ponytails.
Even though Ziporrah has only trimmed her hair in her
young life, she says she wasnt scared or nervous, and went
through the experience with a big smile on her face.
Daddy (Jeremy) is excited to see what itll look like, said
Darsie. And Grandma Sue is so proud of her.
This is a big deal, said Martino. Shes really brave to
do this.
Girl donates hair after seeing story in paper
Ziporrah Hartzell, 6, grins as Lisa Martino shows
her how much hair she cut off for donation to the
Locks of Love organization April 6. Although the re-
quired length to donate is only 10 inches, Ziporrah
had 14 inches cut to be fashioned into wigs and
hair pieces for cancer patients.
(Photo by Ginna Young)
After six-year-old Ziporrah Hartzell donated her hair
to Locks of Love, Lisa Martino finished styling the
new cut. Ziporrahs smile only grew bigger through
the process, and her mother, Darsie, says they will
send the donated hair to the organization them-
selves. A form can be found on the Locks of Love
website, and provides space for a small back-
ground on the donor. (Photo by Ginna Young)
FVAA hosts UW-Barron
Communiversity Band
The Flambeau Valley Arts Association (FVAA) presents
the UW-Barron County Communiversity Band, under the di-
rection of Mike Joosten, Sunday, April 12, at 3 p.m., at the
Ladysmith High School.
They will play an array of music, ranging from the FirstSuite in E Flat by Gustav Holst, Scottish Dances by MalcomArnold and Marches es Parachutistes Belges.
The event, sponsored, in part, by a grant from the Wiscon-
sin Arts Board, with funds from the state of Wisconsin and
the National Endowment for the Arts, is the final perform-
ance of the 2014-15 FVAA season.
Tickets may be purchased at the door.
Holcombe hosts show
for every household
By Monique Westaby
Gear up for another year of the annual Lake Holcombe
Sport and Activity Show, planned for Saturday, April 11, at
the Lake Holcombe School. Doors are open from 9 a.m. to
4 p.m., and the event will again be held in both gyms.
Weve lined up more than 50 vendors that will feature a
wide variety of work and play tools for every household,
says Tom Hayden, chairman. It looks pretty much the same
as last year; maybe a couple new ones.
This is the fourth year Hayden has been in charge of the
event, which was once held through the Ladysmith ATV
club. The annual event will feature craft and gift items,
tourist information for the area, maple syrup and maple syrup
equipment, fishing guides, dog training and taxidermy, to
name a few.
Air-tech always brings a lot of four-wheelers, golf carts,
that kind of thing, says Hayden. Zacho is bringing up a
Bad Boy Buggy, which is like a souped-up golf cart. Wissota
Sky Diving is going to be here again. Tractor Central comes
every year.
Several local marinas will also be in attendance, as well
as displays from A & D Docks. Hunting, trapping and fishing
gear will be in one gym, along with wood carvings and signs.
A silent auction is planned, and Hayden says there will be
a variety of items available to win. They give like a helmet,
or whatever from their dealership. Sometimes its a free set-
up of a dock, or something like that. I think weve had free
cabin rentals too.
Along with vendors, silent auction and concessions (brats,
hot dogs, beans and deep fried cheesecurds), a 3D bow shoot
is planned to replace the BB gun shoot from last year, which
was unavailable this time around.
There is an admission cost for those 13 and older, with
proceeds going back into the school, and Hayden says funds
dont go to anything specific, he just puts the money back
into the kettle.
I just put it in, said Hayden. Its hard to know what is
more important. I throw it in the kettle for the general fund
for the PRIDE Committee (who sponsors the show).
Although the money can be used for whatever PRIDE
deems necessary, Hayden says he does have a few sugges-
tions, like adding a sign on school grounds that shows
events.
They used to have something down there, but Im going
to run power and internet so they can set up something a little
nicer if they want.
Lucas and Allie Bourget, of Cadott, eat breakfast at
the Cadott American Legion andVFW Annual Pan-
cake Feed Sunday, March 29, at the Cadott High
School. The event, which has been going on for
about 30 years, used to be held at Roths Sugar
Bush until their business moved into town.
(Photo by Heather Dekan)
A group of people eat at the Cadott American Le-
gion andVFW Annual Pancake Feed Sunday, March
29. The proceeds support the Cadott American Le-
gion and VFW, and their programs, such as the
Badger Boys and Girls State. Pancakes, maple
syrup, sausage, cheese, ice cream, coffee and milk
were served to approximately 200 people at the
fund-raiser. (Photo by Heather Dekan)
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ANSON UNITED METHODISTCHURCH 1/2 mile east of Lake Wissota State Park on County O,Anson Township. Pastor Jason Kim 715-382-4191 Sunday: 11:15 a.m. Worship Serv-ice.
BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN CHURCHFall Creek (L.C.M.S.) Ludington, WI10 Mi. N. of Augusta, 10 Mi. S. of Cadott on State Hwy. 27 (at Ludington Bend) Pastor Cal Siegel 715-877-3249Sunday: 10:30 a.m. worship serviceSunday School 9 a.m. (Sept. - May)
BIG DRYWOOD LUTHERANCHURCHPastor Lucy Schottelkorb27095 120th Ave. Cadott Sunday service 10 a.m. Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays of month.
CADOTT UNITED METHODISTMaple & Ginty StreetsPastor George Olinske715-289-4845Sunday: Worship Service 10:45 a.m.Holy Communion first Sunday ofeach month; Potluck fourth Sundayeach month following Worship Service.
ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH OF BATEMAN20588 Cty. Hwy. X, Chippewa Falls, WI
Pastor Deborah Nissen www.elcbateman.org715-723-4231Sunday: 9 a.m. worship; Wednesday: 4 p.m. live homeworkhelp; 5:30 p.m. light supper; 6 - 6:45 p.m. study time all ages.
FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH724 Main Street, CornellPastor Mark Williams715-239-6902Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Schoolfor the entire family; 10:30 a.m.Morning Worship Service. Otherministries vary with age groups. Call the church for details.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH4th & Ripley, Cornell, WI 715-239-6263Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School;9:30 Adult Education Class; 8:45a.m. Worship Service at HannibalNew Hope; 10:30 a.m. Worship Service at Cornell; Holy Communion1st Sunday each month.
HOLCOMBE UNITED METHODISTCHURCHHolcombe, WisconsinPastor Jason KimChurch Phone: 715-382-4191Food Pantry: 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. 715-595-4884 or 715-595-4967Sunday: 8:30 a.m. Worship Service
HOLY CROSS CATHOLICCHURCH107 S. 8th St., Cornell, WisconsinFather Peter Manickam
Deacon Dennis RiversMasses: Sunday at 8:30 a.m., Tuesday at 5 p.m., Wednesday at 8:30 a.m., Thursday at 8:30 a.m., First Friday at 8:30 a.m, Saturday at 5 p.m. Confessions 4 to 4:45 p.m. on Saturdays.
JIM FALLS UNITED METHODISTCHURCHCounty S South at 139th Ave.,Jim Falls, WisconsinPastor Jason Kim715-382-4191Sunday: 10 a.m. Worship Service
NEW HOPE ASSEMBLY OF GOD318 S. 7th St., Cornell, WI715-239-6954Pastor Dan Gilboy920-251-3922Sunday: 10 a.m. Worship; Nursery and childrens church Sunday mornings; Youth group Wednesdaynights 6 p.m.
NEW LIFE ALLIANCE CHURCH1 Mi. W of CC on Z, Cornell, WIPastor Jim Brandli715-239-6490Sunday: Sunday School for all ages 9 a.m.; Worship Service 10 a.m.; Sunday evening prayer meeting 7 p.m.; Mid-week Bible studies at various times and locations.
NORTHWOODS CHURCH4th & Thomas, Cornell Pastor Greg Sima715-289-3780Non-denominational Services: Sun-
day Morning 10 a.m. Wednesday:Bible Study for adults & kids 6:30 -7:30 p.m., nursery provided
OUR SAVIORS LUTHERANCHURCH 6th & Ripley, Cornell, WIPastor Andy Schottelkorb715-239-6891Sunday: 8:30 a.m. Worship, Com-munion 1st and 3rd Sundays of eachmonth. Visitors are always welcome!
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SACRED HEART OF JESUS - ST. JOSEPHS PARISH719 E. Patten St., Boyd, WI Father William FelixSunday: 9:30 a.m. mass; Thursday: 8:30 a.m. mass.
ST. ANTHONYS CATHOLICCHURCH OF DRYWOODJct. County Hwy. S and 250th St.Father Peter Manickam715-289-4422Saturday: 7 p.m. Mass.
ST. FRANCIS CATHOLICCHURCHOn The Flambeau, Holcombe, WIFather David Oberts 715-532-3051 Father Christopher KempSaturday Mass 4 p.m.; Friday Mass 8 a.m.
ST. JOHNS CATHOLIC CHURCHRt. 1, Sheldon, WI 715-452-5374Father Madanu Sleeva RajuSunday: Mass 10:30 a.m.
ST. JOHNS LUTHERAN CHURCH(Missouri Synod) - Cadott, Wis.Pastor Raymond J. Bell, Jr.715-289-4521Sunday: 9 a.m. Worship Service Sunday School 10 a.m.
ST. JOHNS LUTHERAN CHURCH(Wisconsin Synod)700 Thomas St., Cornell, WIPastor: Patrick FeldhusSunday: 9 a.m. Worship; 10:15 a.m. Sunday School.
ST. JOHNS LUTHERAN CHURCH ELCARural Gilman, WI on Hwy. H at S Sunday: 10:45 a.m. Worship ServiceSunday School 9:45 a.m. Commun-ion every 1st and 3rd Sunday.
ALL SAINTS PARISH - ST. ROSE OF LIMA CHURCHCadott, Wisconsin415 N. Maple St., Cadott, WICorner of McRae & Maple Sts.Father William Felix715-644-5435Saturday: 4 p.m. Mass; Sunday: 8 a.m. Mass; Tuesday: 8:30 a.m.Communion Service; Thursday: 8:30 a.m. Mass.
THE ROCK CHURCH (Non-denominational Church)Pastor Larry Etten230 W. Main St., Gilman (Old Gilman Theatre)Sunday: 10:30 a.m. Worship;Wednesday: 6:30 p.m. Bible Study;Saturday: 7 p.m. Free admissionmovies.
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH(Missouri Synod)Main St., Sheldon, WI Pastor Aric FenskeSunday: Worship service 10:15 a.m.Sunday School: Sunday 11:30 a.m.
ZION LUTHERAN (Missouri Synod)5th Ave. & Crumb St., Gilman, WIPastor Aric FenskeSunday: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School;8:30 a.m. Worship Service.
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OBITUARIES - COMMUNITY Thursday, April 9, 2015COURIER SENTINEL Page 7 Obituaries
Area Youth Sports
Spring Pancake Break-
fast Sunday, April 12, 7:30
a.m. - 1 p.m., Bohemian Hall.
Cornell Prom Saturday,
April 18, 8 p.m., Grand
March 10 p.m., Cornell High
School.
Cadott Village Board
Meeting Monday, April
20, 6:30 p.m., Cadott Village
Hall.
Lake Holcombe School
Board Meeting Monday,
April 20, 7 p.m., Lake Hol-
combe School.
Cornell City Council
Meeting Tuesday, April
21, 7 p.m., Cornell City
Council Chambers.
Lake Holcombe Annual
Town Meeting Tuesday,
April 21, 7:30 p.m., Lake
Holcombe Town Hall.
Earth Day Wednesday,
April 22.
Coming Events
Edna L. Pagenkopf
Edna L. Pagenkopf, 93, for-
merly of Cadott, passed away
Friday, April 3, 2015, at the
Wisconsin Veterans Home in
Chippewa Falls.
She was born Jan. 30, 1922,
the daughter of Dick and Ada
(Hogberg) Kirchhoff in Eau
Claire County.
Edna attended Sunnyview
Country School, graduated
from Eau Claire High School,
and attended Eau Claire Uni-
versity.
Edna was united in marriage
to Norman F. Pagenkopf May
1, 1942.
She worked in offices in
Eau Claire, and moved to
Cadott in 1954, where she was
employed at the Cadott High
School, and retired from Citi-
zens State Bank in Cadott,
after 25 years of employment.
Edna enjoyed baking, cook-
ing, reading, watching base-
ball, spending winters in Arizona, and spending time with
family and friends.
She is survived by her husband, Norman Pagenkopf, Wis-
consin Veterans Home in Chippewa Falls; children, Coeta
Peloquin, Fallbrook, Calif., Ronald (Mary) Pagenkopf, Web-
ster, Mary (James) Tumm, Fall Creek, and Richard (Jacque-
line) Pagenkopf, Eau Claire; grandchildren, Scot (Mindy)
Peloquin, Kelly (Glenn) Elacion, Chad (Jodie) Peloquin, Ann
Marie (Robert) Buckley, Sara (Al) Kluge, Susan (Luke) Mon-
ahan, Joseph Pagenkopf, Joshua (Deirdre) Tumm, Rebecca
Tumm, Jacob (Megan) Tumm, Joshua Pulaski, Russlyn Pil-
grim, Christopher Pagenkopf and Ryan Pagenkopf; 12 great-
grandchildren; siblings, Lawrence Barney Kirchoff,
Dorothy McQueen, Arlene OConnell and Verlyn Kirchhoff;
and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; siblings, Hilda
Baker, Violet Beaver, Gilbert Kirchhoff, Dale Kirchhoff,
Ardis Crowe; and son-in-law, John Chuck Peloquin.
Services were held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, April 7, at St.
Johns Lutheran Church in Cadott, with the Rev. Raymond
Bell officiating. Interment with committal services were held
at 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, at the Northern Wisconsin Veterans
Memorial Cemetery in Spooner.
Visitation was from 4-7 p.m., Monday, April 6, at Leiser
Funeral Home in Cadott, and also one hour prior to services
Tuesday at the church.
Online condolences may be expressed at leiserfuneral-
home.com.
Rev. Jeremiah Cashman
The Rev. Jeremiah Cash-
man, 86, passed away Satur-
day, April 4, 2015, at Sacred
Heart Hospital in Eau Claire,
after a short illness.
Father Cashman was born in
Newburyport, Mass., May 22,
1928, to Joseph T. and Beat-
rice E. Cashman.
He graduated from Immac-
ulate Conception Grammar
School, and was a member of
the class of 1946 at Newbury-
port High School.
Father Cashman was ordained in La Crosse May 14, 1955,
and graduated from St. Marys Seminary in Milwaukee.
Early in his ministry, he taught at McDonell High School.
He was very proud of his debate teams. They won the little
national debate tournament, consisting of six state debate
teams in November 1963.
Father Cashman served throughout the La Crosse diocese,
but mainly he served in Chippewa County in parishes in Cor-
nell, Stanley and Chippewa Falls.
During his time in Chippewa Falls, he was elected to the
city council and also served as mayor.
He was preceded in death by his parents, and four sisters,
Mary, Geraldine, Eleanor and Patricia.
He is survived by brothers, Joseph (Edith), New Castle,
Del., and John, Alameda, Calif.; several nieces and nephews;
extended family, Pam and Roger Herrell, and Jan Currie in
Cornell.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Sat-
urday, April 11, at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Cornell,
with the Most Reverend William P. Callahan OFM CONV as
Celebrant, and many priests from the Diocese of La Crosse
as Concelebrants. Interment will follow at St. Josephs
Catholic Cemetery in Holcombe.
Visitation will be from 8:30-10:30 a.m., Saturday morning
at Holy Cross Catholic Church.
Borton-Leiser Funeral Home in Cornell is in charge of
arrangements.
Online condolences may be expressed at bortonleiserfu-
neralhome.com.
Edward William Boris
Edward Eddie William
Boris passed to a better place
March 23, 2015.
He was a son, brother,
husband, father, uncle, father-
in-law, grandfather and great-
grandfather.
Eddie was born at home in
Minneapolis, Minn., May 2,
1923, to Susan Chupka Boris
and James Boris, both of
whom immigrated to the
United States from Czechoslo-
vakia, in 1905 and 1907.
They soon relocated to Holcombe, where Eddie spent his
childhood on the family farm.
At the age of 18, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps, and
served in the Pacific Theatre, including Guadalcanal Island,
until he was honorably discharged in June 1944.
Three years later, Eddie met Vivian Lynch at a wedding
dance in Holcombe. They married Feb. 12, 1949, at St. Fran-
cis of Assisi Catholic Church in Flambeau.
Eddie began his career in banking and finance, but moved
into the tool and die business when the family moved to
southern California in 1961. There he joined his brother, Jim,
at Trio Metal Stamping in City of Industry, where he served
as general manager until his retirement 30 years later in June
1991.
Soon after retirement, Eddie and Vivian sold the home in
Walnut, Calif., where they had raised their children and re-
tired to La Quinta, Calif. In La Quinta, they joined other long-
time friends and made many new ones.
Eddie loved the beauty of the desert mountains, the card
games with friends, the walks, driving his grandchildren
around the lake in the yo-ho boat, volunteering with Vivian
at Marthas Kitchen, and attending St. Francis of Assisi
Catholic Church.
He was a voracious reader, an avid sports fan, and loved
music and dancing. His loss of hearing late in life deprived
him of music and conversation, but sports and books got him
through those years.
Eddie was a generous, humble and sentimental man, a lov-
ing husband, and the perfect dad. He joyfully shared his time,
energy and humor, and happily used his considerable man-
agement experience to organize everything from family trips
to the beach, to moving children in and out of apartments
from one end of the state to the other.
He treated his own six children with respect and tender-
ness, and shared that compassion with every other child he
came across. He took great care of his family; to be one of
Eddies children was a true blessing. He kept them all in a
bubble of warmth, safety and unconditional love.
A pat on the back, a squeeze of the hand, an arm around a
shoulder, a reminder that, everything is going to be OK,
were his balm.
Ed Boris was a man who was always grateful for, though
a little surprised at, how wonderful a life he had been given
a loving and beautiful wife, a large healthy family, a com-
fortable home in the California sun, a circle of friends,
his treasured extended family, financial security, and the op-
portunity to travel through the United States and to see Eu-
rope.
He marveled at how his life had exceeded his dreams. The
seventh of eight children, he came into the world surrounded
by family and departed the same way with his children by
his side and watched over from above by his beloved bride,
Vivian Lynch Boris, who preceded him in death by two years.
His life was always filled with family, exactly as he wanted
it to be.
Words Eddie gave his children to live by: Take good careof each other nothing is more important than family.
He is survived by children, Suzanne (Anthony)
Chiarchiaro, Kathryn (Gregg) Boris-Brown, Daniel (Greta
Howard), Patricia (Daniel) Boris-Swett, William (Kim
Palmer), Mary Jo (Anthony) Gomez; grandchildren, Jessica
and Michael Chiarchiaro, Nicholas and Jacob Brown, Nathan
and Luci Boris, Kortney and Kelsie Boris, Christopher and
Lauren Gomez; and great-granddaughters, Scarlet and Sierra
Stockton.
A viewing will be held Wednesday, April 8, from 4-6:30
p.m., with Rosary to follow. Mass will be held Thursday,
April 9, at 10:30 a.m., at Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Row-
land Heights, Calif.
Eddie and Vivian Boris will be interred together this June,
at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Flambeau, where they were
married 66 years earlier. They will lie peacefully alongside
Vivians beloved parents, Lucy and Clarence Lynch.
By Shirley Vlach 715-289-3846
The young children and parents enjoyed the Easter egg
hunt at Dukes Drywood Tavern in Arthur.
A number of people attended the Good Friday services at
area churches.
There was meat BINGO at J&Js Sports Bar and Grill.
People enjoyed listening to Schuh at Dukes Drywood Tav-
ern.
The Cadott alumni came home for Easter and attended the
tournament.
The Ladies Aide members met Thursday afternoon at St.
Johns Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall.
People enjoyed pork steak at Dukes Drywood Tavern.
Everyone is enjoying the nice weather, even the farmers
are getting into the fields putting in their crops.
People are going for walks.
A crowd listened to AVLive DJ Saturday, and the Man 2
Man Band Sunday, at J&Js Sports Bar Grill.
There were visitors at the museum.
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Cadott Elderly Program
April 13 - 17
Mon. Turkey burger, soup,
bar.
Tues. Spaghetti and meat-
balls, vegetable, applesauce.
Wed. Tater tot hot dish, grilled
cheese sandwich, cookie.
Thurs. Chicken paddles,
baby round potatoes, coleslaw,
cake.
Fri. Fish fry, hash browns, let-
tuce salad, ice cream.
All meals are served with
bread and milk. For reservations
or cancellations call 715-579-
2893 by noon the previous day.
Senior dining will be served at
Kathys Diner, 304 East Mills St.,
Hwy. 27, Cadott, from 11:30
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. To register for
Meals on Wheels, call 715-726-
2590. If schools are cancelled
because of weather, meals will
not be served.
Cornell Elderly Program
April 13 - 17
Mon. Beef stroganoff,
steamed rice, California vegeta-
bles, chocolate raspberry cake.
Tues. Rustic Italian chicken,
pasta, buttered carrots, garlic
bread, green apple gelatin.
Wed. Meatloaf with gravy,
mashed potatoes, green beans,
eclair treats.
Thurs. Spinach with bacon
dressing, honey mustard
chicken, mixed vegetables,
melon.
Fri. Catch of the day, hush
puppies, creamy coleslaw,
lemon pudding parfait.
For reservations or cancella-
tions, call 715-579-2910 by
noon the previous day. Senior
dining will be served at 11:30
a.m., at Our Saviors Lutheran
Church, 201 South 6th St., Cor-
nell. To register for Meals on
Wheels, call 715-726-2590. If
schools are cancelled because
of weather, meals will not be
served.
Cadott School Menus
April 13 - 17 Breakfast
Mon. Breakfast benefit bar or
cereal bar, yogurt, blueberries.
Tues. Breakfast pizza, whole
grain muffin, flavored apple-
sauce.
Wed. Cheese omelet, fresh
pear, bread with jelly.
Thurs. Pancake and
sausage breakfast bites, sliced
melon.
Fri. Rice or bread pudding,
boiled egg, fruit.
Lunch
Mon. Chicken sandwich on a
bun, roasted potatoes, sweet
peas, peaches, craisens.
Tues. Spaghetti with meat
sauce, garlic bread, steamed
broccoli, fruit cocktail, banana.
Wed. Chicken fajita on a soft
shell with cheese, lettuce, pep-
pers and salsa, cowboy beans,
strawberries, sliced oranges,
bread with with peanut butter.
Thurs. Mozzarella cheese
dippers, steamed vegetables,
apple, fruit, bread with peanut
butter.
Fri. Turkey in gravy, mashed
potatoes, mixed vegetables,
cranberries, applesauce, bread
with butter blend, birthday treat.
Cornell School Menus
April 13 - 17 Breakfast
Mon. Pancake and sausage
breakfast bites, fruit.
Tues. Cereal bar or pop-tart.
HS: Biscuit and gravy, fruit.
Wed. Yogurt, trail mix, fresh
fruit.
Thurs. Fresh baked corn-
bread, hot ham, fruit.
Fri. Frosted donut, hard
boiled egg, fruit.
Lunch
Mon. Corn dogs, macaroni
and cheese, vegetable, fruit.
Tues. Build your own sand-
wich, chips, vegetables with dip.
Wed. Garlic chicken over
rice, mixed vegetables, fortune
cookie.
Thurs. Mozzarella dippers
with sauce, salad bar, fruit.
Fri. Scalloped potatoes with
ham, carrots, fruit.
Lake Holcombe
School Menus
April 13 - 17 Breakfast
Mon. Waffles, cottage
cheese, chilled peaches.
Tues. Breakfast on a stick,
fresh fruit.
Wed. Cinnamon roll, string
cheese, orange juice or apple-
sauce.
Thurs. Breakfast pizza,
grape juice, fruit cocktail.
Fri. Egg patty on English muf-
fin, fresh fruit, pears.
Lunch
Mon. Hamburgers on a bun,
hash browns, whole kernel corn,
bananas.
Tues. Chicken nuggets,
mashed potatoes and gravy,
broccoli with cheese, chilled
pears.
Wed. Chicken sandwich on a
bun, curly fries, carrots, fresh
fruit.
Thurs. Submarine sandwich,
baked beans, potato salad,
fresh vegetables with dip, apple-
sauce.
Fri. Breakfast for lunch,
omelet or French toast sticks, tri
taters, green beans, pears.
By Sharon Shepard
If you havent checked out the Cornell Public Library in
a while, stop in during National Library Week, April 12-18,
to see what they have to offer. Visitors can also sign up for
a chance to win reusable library bags throughout the week.
Libraries across the United States are becoming commu-
nity centers for the people they serve, offering computers
for public use, free WiFi, books, CDs, DVDs, magazines
and more. The library also has copy and fax services for a
minimal cost, and proctor tests at no cost for those contin-
uing their education.
Its also time for the yearly Culvers Coloring Contest,
held during National Library Week. Children ages four to
11 may stop at the library, pick up a coloring page and draw
a picture representing their favorite book. All participants
will receive a coupon for ice cream at Culvers, and two
children will win a free Scoopie Kids Meal.
The theme for the Collaborative Summer Library Pro-
gram this year is Every Hero Has a Story. Parents and chil-dren can pick up reading logs at the end of May, for
summer reading through the end of August. Reading logs
may be turned in as completed throughout the summer, and
a sticker for every book read will go on the Every Hero
landscape.
Every participant will receive a new book at the end of
the summer, and the top two readers will earn an additional
prize. The Cornell Lions and River County Co-op donate
to the summer program.
Instead of a scheduled LEGO Club, parents can stop in
with their children and have LEGO time together. Builders
are asked to pick up when they are done, and be respectful
of others in the library by keeping the noise level within
reason.
Parents can also bring their children and participate in
the drop-in program, See How It Grows, April 27-May 9.Children can decorate a container and plant seeds, and then
take their container home and watch their plant grow.
The library has an ever evolving and changing collection
of items for circulation. Check out the website at cor-
nellpl.org to find a link to the library catalog. Like Us on
Facebook, where Cornell historic photos and yearbooks are
posted weekly. A link to the Facebook page is also located
on the main page of the website.
Cornell Library
Lunch Menus
By Janice Craig 715-595-4380
I hope everyone had a great Easter. Our church was over-
flowing with worshippers, which is great to see.
Norma Severson enjoyed having Les and Althea Stanley,
from Sparta, Sunday for a late lunch.
Ramona Scharf spent a week with relatives in Michigan.
There will be a spring sports activity show at the Lake Hol-
combe School this Saturday, from 9 a.m to 4 p.m. It will be
held in both gyms. There will be many local vendors and lots
of food. It is a great family event which will benefit the
PRIDE Committee.
We had a miracle on Cranberry Lake the other day. We ac-
tually saw two people out ice fishing, and the next day it was
open water. Some people had angels watching over them.
Holcombe Happenings
Sime decides retirement is right time to slow down
By Ginna Young
After 53 years, a familiar face at the River Country Store,
formerly Cornell Farmers Union Co-op, wont be there to
greet customers or talk over a cup of coffee. Larry Sime, store
manager, has decided to retire, and says it was time to slow
down and enjoy his many hobbies with wife, Helen.
Sime started at the co-op feed mill at 19, and from there be-
came an agronomist specializing in seed, fertilizer and chem-
icals. Over the years, hes seen many changes, but says the
biggest may be in the amount of employees from then to now.
When I first started, we worked six days a week, from 7
a.m. until the work was done at night, and had six full-time
workers, said Larry. Then we went up to 20, and now were
back down to three.
The amount of personnel dropped when the Farmers Union
merged with River Country in 1997, and shifted the feed busi-
ness to their Bloomer/Chippewa Falls locations.
Used to be, we had the feed mill, fertilizer plant, bulk de-
livery trucks and the gas station, said Larry. With the Coun-
try Store, were more in small pet feed, guns and ammo; its
basically more of a selling store, than a service store.
Service is one thing Larry knows about during his time as
Country Store and Farmers Union hardware store manager,
and thats reflected through two awards he says hes very
proud of.
The main thing is the Eagle Squadron Award for selling
seed, said Larry. And I won the Sparkle Award, which is
for customer service.
Joining him in the role of service is his wife of 53 years,
Helen, who could be found behind the scenes at most co-op
events, mainly involving breakfasts and lunches for the cus-
tomers.
Whatever needed to done, I did it, said Helen. We were
kind of a package deal.
Another change Larrys seen is the decline of family farms.
I can remember before we had the big feed trucks, when
15-20 farmers would be lined up on Osborne Street all the
way to First, waiting to get their grain ground in their pickup
trucks, said Larry. Now I can just about count on one hand
how many active and producing farms there are in the area.
One thing Larry and Helen dont plan on changing is their
address. With most of their siblings and children in the area,
and grandkids moving back, the Simes say this in where
theyll stay.
This community is a great place to live, said Larry. Cor-
nell people are so thoughtful, especially when anything bad
happens.
Helen agrees. Whenever something happens, everybody
is there to help out.
Larry says he will miss working with people and the com-
mon place everyday happenings.
The co-op was a wonderful place to work, and I like to
think I had a good rapport with my co-workers, said Larry.
To me, it was fun going to work, I really enjoyed my job.
Larry Sime, right, listens while his neighbor, Mark
Hall, left, regales old friends and customers with
stories March 27, at Simes retirement party at the
River Country Store in Cornell. After Sime an-
nounced the decision to retire, Mike Prahl, co-
worker and River Country vice-president, organized
the party to thank Larry and his wife, Helen, for their
years of service to the co-op.
(Photo by Ginna Young)
Helen Sime, left, and Lorraine Hillebrand, right, chat
at the retirement party for Larry Sime. Co-workers
and friends gathered to share memories, a custom
made cake and coffee at the River Country Store.
The Simes plan to stay in the area near family, and
to visit their place north of Hayward, in what they
call the ATV capital of the world.
(Photo by Ginna Young)
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Joint Finance Committee meets to discuss budgetBy Brian Wilson
News Editor The Star NewsThe process to craft Wisconsins biennial budget has three
basic steps the governors budget proposal, a public hearing
process where citizens can weigh in on the budget process, and
when legislators take what they have heard at the hearings and
craft a budget bill.
Every budget I have been part of has had changes as a result
of testimony at the hearings, said Rep. John Nygren, co-chair-
man of the Joint Finance Committee, prior to the start of a
hearing held at the UW-Barron Campus March 23.
He says at this point, the budget proposal is the governors
budget, and by the time the legislature is finished, it will be the
legislatures budget; the two are seldom the same.
The March 23 daylong hearing was just one of four hearings
held by the full joint finance committee, the primary legislative
budget crafters.
The budget process has timelines, with statutory require-
ments to have a budget in place by the start of the July 1 fiscal
year. One deadline comes in late April, when revenue projec-
tions are released for the next year.
If, as expected, those revenue projections show an increase,
state lawmakers will have more money to put into the budget.
Nygren, speaking on his own, but reflecting the past goals of
the Assembly Republicans, said K-12 education is the primary
area they would seek to increase funding if more money was
available.
I would prioritize K-12 first, that has been the Assembly
Republicans position in the past, he said.
Long term care
Under Gov. Scott Walkers budget proposal, the current sys-
tem of providing long-term care options would be dismantled,
including the elimination of the Aging and Disabilities Re-
source Centers, Family Care and the Include, Respect, I Self-
Direct (IRIS) Program, a Medicaid Home and
Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver for self-directed
long-term supports.
A majority of the testimony at the hearing centered around
the governors proposal to end these programs, and instead turn
their management over to a private, for-profit insurance com-
pany who would be answerable to the state insurance commis-
sioner and not to the Department of Health Services, which
currently regulates these services.
The biggest concern for the many people testifying was that
while it took more than 20 years for IRIS and the other pro-
grams to develop through a slow process involving the stake-
holders and trial counties, Walkers proposal calls for a
completely new system with no stake-holder input to be in
place in two years.
John Harden, a Barron County board member, generated
cheers and hearty applause from the auditorium, and a rebuke
from Joint Finance Committee members, for stating: This is
one of the stupidest ideas I have ever heard in my life What
this proposal is, is moronic.
Harden said the program took 20 years to develop and to re-
place it in two years was not practical.
Who will profit from these changes the for-profit insur-
ance companies? asked the mother of an autistic 19-year-old.
She said with families having the ability to spend a budgeted
amount for their care needs, means that many do not spend the
amount allocated, presenting a significant savings in state
Medicaid costs.
These need to be brought out of budget and taken into com-
mittee, said Pamela Goodman, director of Indianhead Com-
munity Action Agency, urging the policy change to be brought
forward in its own legislation.
Those who are going to suffer are those who are most vul-
nerable, said Keith Anderson of the Barron County Board of
Aging.
The only speakers giving testimony in support of the pro-
posed change were from UnitedHealthcare, a multi-state man-
aged care provider whose representatives continually referred
to the changes as modernizing Wisconsins system.
Criticism was drawn from family members of those enrolled
in the long term care programs, who were concerned about
their loved ones becoming numbers. Representatives from
other health management companies also called for the status
quo to remain, rather than switch to a statewide system.
Prior to the start of the hearing, the Democrats on the Joint
Finance Committee told media representatives that they will
continue to call on all proposed changes in long-term care, and
SeniorCare prescription drug programs, to be removed from
the budget.
Over the last week I have heard from hundreds of families
that count on IRIS and FamilyCare for the support they need
to be healthy and successful, said Rep. Gordon Hintz. We
are being asked to adopt a plan that has no details other than
dismantling our existing long-term care systemThis change
has no business in the budget, and needs to be removed imme-
diately to avoid any further harm and uncertainty.
Sen. Jon Erpenbach said there is fiscal benefit with the
change, and said it does not belong in the budget. He said it is
causing people unnecessary worry and concern.
For his part, Nygren in the Republican majority, was also
hesitant about making the changes proposed by Walker. He
said the concern would be to look at the long term sustainabil-
ity of the program with the potential for reforms, rather than
just scrapping it.
Either we need to get more answers or we need to get more
time in studying it, he said.
Education
The current budget calls for $150 per pupil cuts in state aid,
which a number of school administrators at the hearing raised
concerns about.
Steve Kolden, district administrator of the Colby School
District, said his district has had to make major cuts in recent
years, and projected even larger cuts if the budget is passed as
proposed.
Realistically, the only two options for us are to try to deficit
spend next year, and then attempt to pass a referendum for
2016-2017, he said, stating that the impact to Colby district
would be in excess of $144,000. Our cost continues to rise
and our revenues continue to decrease.
Kolden echoed numerous administrators, raising concerns
about the expansion of the private school voucher program and
the resulting reduction in public school aids used to pay for it.
Public education is on the ropes, said David Anderson, ad-
ministrator of the Chequamegon School District.
One of his board members, David Schmitt, raised concern
of the need for additional sparsity aid for districts with low stu-
dent population density. He said this type of aid would help
defray some of the transportation costs of busing students.
Jerry Walters, administrator of CESA 11, spoke in opposition
of a budget proposal, which would make CESA membership
optional for school districts. He highlighted the numerous ben-
efits CESA provides its members, and the governance of the
CESAs by the member school districts.
The proposal says the non-member districts would contract
with the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) for these serv-
ices. Walters questioned if the DPI had the staff or resources
to take over the role the CESAs provide to member schools.
Impact to local school districts was also part of the educa-
tion-related testimony presented at the hearing, including the
proposed $300 million cuts to the UW System.
Bruce Barker, president of CVTC, raised concerns about the
budget cuts creating a bottleneck for economic growth in the
region. He said there is a great need for trained workers, with
many having job offers before graduation, and budget freezes
and cuts would prevent these programs to grow to allow the
needed training.
UW colleges are a taxpayer factory, said Grant Pierce, a
student at UW-Marshfield Wood County. UW colleges are
a key component of the UW-System.
Transportation
Road builders to town and county officials addressed the
need for stable, long-term transportation funding.
Andy Lisak, Douglas County administrator, urged commit-
tee members to create the option for local counties to imple-
ment a half percent sales tax for highway use.
County highways ar