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Athens sledding fun

What would Christmas vacation be without sledding down the Allen Street hill in Athens on new fallen snow? At right, Tony Schultz and Maple Schultz-Becker, 2, speed down
the hill right in line with, at left, Alonna Haines, 10, and Gavin Haines, 7. Jonathon Haines gave his children a push down the hill.

Stratford politics heats up

Both village and school board will have contested races this spring
There will be election races
for Stratford village board and
school board, according to local
officials.
There are two people running
for a single open seat on the
Stratford Board of Education.
Incumbent Pam Warosh will
be challenged by former school
board member Kitty Guyer.
Four people will run for three

open seats on the Stratford Village Board. Incumbents Dale

Heil and Tom Kolb will run
against two challengers, Keith
Grell and Tonia Ochoa. Incumbent Cara Drexler is not running
for re-election.
Candidates in other school districts and municipalities have
also been announced.

Edgar
school board
Incumbents Gary Lewis and
Bill Dittman will run unopposed
for the Edgar Board of Education.

Marathon school
board
Ted Knoeck will run for a sin-

gle open seat on the Marathon

Board of Education. Incumbent
Gary Raether will not run for reelection.

Marathon village
board
There are three candidates to
fill three seats on the Marathon
village board. They are incumbent Dave Bellanger and new

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January 6, 2016

THE RECORD-REVIEW

Opinion/Editorial

Mall vote is disappointing

Wausau Center Mall bailout got its needed funding on

Monday.
We wish somebody would have put up a fight on behalf of
taxpayers.
Instead, a five-member Joint Review Board without pause
approved changes to two city Tax Incremental Finance districts
that will fund $13.7 million in possible future improvements
through 2028. These dollars include a first phase $4.1 million loan
to mall part-owner, CBL and Properties Associates, Chattanooga,
Tenn., one of the nations largest mall real estate owners and
managers. With the cash, CBL will remodel the 85,000 square foot
former J.C Penneys store for Younkers, one of two remaining
anchor stores in the mall.
To Christian Schock, the citys economic development director,
the argument for TIF financing of mall improvements is pretty
simple. The mall, he says, employs 500 people and generates
about $240,000 in county sales tax each year. Without new public
investment, the mall will wither and die, he asserts, and these jobs
and the sales tax will be gone.
He brushes aside an objection that tax money, diverted by TIF
from the county, local K-12 school and technical college, is a cost
to the public. Taxpayers lose nothing by paying for a project that
eventually cash flows and would not otherwise happen, he says.
Schocks mall bailout defense, while standard stuff, is not
convincing.
It is simply not true that should the Wausau Center Mall declare
bankruptcy the county will lose 500 jobs and $2.4 million in annual
sales tax receipts. Businesses fail every year. They are replaced by
new businesses that hire people and pay county sales tax. A mall
closure doesnt stop consumer spending. It simply redirects it. That
would be true if the Wausau Center Mall were to fail.
Lets imagine the Wausau Center Mall goes out of business and
Victorias Secret, a purveyor of womens undergarments, must
close its shop in the mall. Who is to say a lingerie store doesnt open
up in Weston? Or Rib Mountain? Or Edgar?
Pressed with this possibility, Schock, trained as an economist,
declared this scenario depends on the market elasticity of
Victorias Secret.
We are no economists but remain skeptical. No elasticity in
female underwear?
We jest, of course, but only to make a serious point. The city
overstates the net economic consequence of a Wausau Center Mall
failure. What would be the real down side? A 34-page defense of the
project written by Ehlers Associates, an accounting firm, fails to
say.
We, disagree, too, with the notion there is no public cost to a
TIF-financed mall bailout. The bailout allows CBL to use property
taxes it would otherwise pay to local governments to fix up its
retail space. Technically, CBL will remedy blight in the J.C.
Penneys store during the projects first phase. CBL will also get
money through the same tax shuffle to pay for advertising. This
tax break is not offered to other businesses, who must pay for
their own storefront repairs and advertising. The result is a rigged
marketplace and, one way or the other, consumers pay for this
restraint of trade.
There is a very direct cost, too, to taxpayers in the mall bailout.
The city plans to divert $6.4 million from its business park TIF
to the downtown TIF, which now includes the mall project. That
money could be returned to taxpayers, but, instead, it is being
reinvested in the downtown city project. Again, this may be a good
thing. But, surely, the city is spending money earlier promised to
other people. Is this not a public cost?
Now, having said all of this, we have every confidence the City of
Wausaus mall project will be approved and implemented.
But we are left with a question. Is this the way we should conduct
economic development? A mall is a place for national retailers, not
locally owned businesses. Why should local government approve
incentives and financing to benefit these large, corporate mall
businesses? Why not give equal help to local, small businesses? Or
why not just give taxpayers a break?
We call on local government, especially Marathon County, to give
more than a cursory, uncritical review of future TIF proposals. It
cant just rely on what a municipalitys hired consultant dreams up
in a TIF plan. Local governments need to make sure TIF isnt just
more corporate welfare.

Wisconsin
Local control
health care
under assault
too expensive
To the Editor:
Gov. Scott Walker and state legislators
should make a New Years resolution to
make quality health care more affordable.
Wisconsin has among the highest
health insurance costs in the country. The
2016 Wisconsin Health Insurance Cost
Ranking Report, recently released by Citizen Action of Wisconsin, documents the
scale of the problem. Since 2000, health
insurance premiums and deductibles in
Douglas County have more than tripled,
increasing 205 percent. Most of the health
insurance hyperinflation in Wisconsin
took place before the Affordable Care Act.
States that are building on the Affordable Care Act are making more progress
lowering health care costs than Wisconsin whose partisan leaders are obsessed
with going back to the days when health
insurance discrimination was legal. A
recent report by Citizen Action of Wisconsin found Minnesota has individual
health insurance rates on average 46 percent lower than Wisconsins. For the Twin
Ports area, premiums and deductibles are
an astounding 42 percent higher in Superior than just over the bridge in Duluth.
There are four easy things other states
are doing which Wisconsin can do in 2016
to moderate costs.
First, we can enact comprehensive rate
review, forcing health insurance companies to justify excessive rate increases.
Second, we can hold prescription drug
companies accountable, outlawing price
gouging.
Third, we can crack down on surprise
medical bills where patients get hit with
unexpected charges not covered by insurance.
Fourth, we can take the hundreds of
millions in federal dollars for BadgerCare
conservative politicians are leaving on
the table. Forcing people to remain uninsured increases uncompensated medical
care, driving up health costs for everyone
else.
The people of Wisconsin deserve better than the endless partisan war over the
health care law.
Robert Kraig
Executive director
Citizen Action of Wisconsin

A HE LLE R CARTO ON

To the Editor:
Local control has been the bedrock of democracy and is responsive to the needs and health of the
community. At an alarming rate, the
party in control of Wisconsin since
2011 has been assaulting our rights
and freedoms to determine our destiny at the local level.
Over 65 legislative actions have
dictated policies that restrict or reduce local control impacting farmland preservation, public instruction, regional transit, shoreland
zoning standards, to name just a few.
The assault on our rights and freedoms at the local level continues in
2016 with the clueless majority party
dictating policies that will greatly
impact us. Here is a partial list.
SB355/AB481
restricts
public
school districts and citizens to determine when referenda are needed
to maintain programming and educational opportunities
AB600 shortens the list of protected waters under the public trust doctrine, makes it difficult for citizens
to challenge DNR permitting decisions, increases the development of
wetlands
AB603 expands Act 55, strips counties control over structure setbacks,
increases the types of structures
close to the shore that would not
need approval, a fee, or mitigation
requirements to make changes
AB582/SB464 removes counties
ability to limit polluting industries,
removes local control over zoning.
It shifts property taxes to residential property owners by exempting
developers from paying their fair
share of taxes.
The brazen assault on our rights
to establish local standards based on
the needs and health of our communities must be stopped. This is big
government at its worst. Contact
legislators at legis.wisconsin.gov/
about/contacts.
Joyce Luedke
Hayward

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January 6, 2016

Two teams are

ranked No. 1
I now have the privilege of covering
two No. 1-ranked high school sports
teams in the state.
The Marathon varsity girls basketball team earned the No. 1 spot in this
weeks Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association Division 4 rankings,
following its 92-75 win against 10thranked Eau Claire Regis in the Marathon holiday tournament championship Dec. 30th.
IEW FROM The Red Raiders
are 10-1 this seaTHE HEAP son, with their only
loss to Division
1 Marshfield by
SEATS
three points during
the Antigo tournament. Players on
the entire Marathon team have
stepped up their
play since leading
scorer
Natasha
Hanke
suffered
a
season-ending
knee injury during
the teams win at
BY
Wausau Newman
CASEY
Catholic Dec. 21.
KRAUTKRAMER
Marathon kept
its momentum goREPORTER
THE RECORD-REVIEW ing with a 39-32
home win Tuesday
night against tough Marawood South
Conference foe Auburndale, who entered the game with a 6-1 overall record.
The Stratford girls basketball team
has also been hot lately, by winning the
Lakeland Conference tournament last
week and then beating Pittsville 61-23
Tuesday. The Tigers are 9-2 heading
into a huge showdown at home Friday
night against the Red Raiders. I cant
wait to see this game because there
shouldnt be an empty seat in the Stratford High School gym Friday.
The Stratford wrestling team is my
other local No. 1-ranked team in the
state, as the Tigers have been ranked
first in Division 3 for most of the season. Wisconsin Wrestling officials have
noticed the Tigers demolishing several
Division 1 teams this season. Stratford
may not have won the overall Bi-State
Classic championship this season,
coming up short to No. 2-ranked Hudson in Division 1, but the Tigers still
easily won the Division 3 title.
The Athens wrestling team placed
fourth among Division 3 teams at BiState, and several of the Bluejays are
having outstanding seasons. A matchup between the top two teams in the
Marawood Conference this season,
Athens and Stratford, will take place
Thursday night at Athens High School.
There will be several competitive
bouts between the Bluejays and Tigers.
The most intriguing matchup is at 285
pounds, where No. 1-ranked Stratford
junior Tyson Kauffman will face off
against No. 2-ranked Athens sophomore Tyson Sommer.
Other interesting matchups will be
between Stratford junior Mason Kauffmann, ranked No. 2 at 152 pounds in
Division 3, against No. 6-ranked Athens junior Austin Engel. Athens junior
Nate Morse, ranked No. 9 at 160 pounds,
will face off with No. 10-ranked Stratford junior David Marquardt.
I also expect there wont be a seat
available in AHS when the Athens and
Stratford wrestling teams begin their
match.

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On Friday, my wife and I entertained
with a homemade pizza party for a couple
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We clinked glasses and wished each other
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Good times, you know.
After a few pleasantries, the table talk
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Pennsylvania Ave.
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Person Two: The Democrats will select
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Clinton and Republicans will pick Cruz,

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Person Four: The Democrats will nominate Clinton. The Republicans will pick
Chris Christie. Clinton is elected President.
Person Five: Clinton will stumble and the
Democrats will pick Sanders. The Republicans, unwilling to nominate either Trump
or Cruz, finally select Bush. Trump runs as
an independent. Sanders wins the White
House.
Now, will any of these scenarios play out?
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telling that even within one month of the
Iowa caucuses no two adults at a small New
Years party in central Wisconsin can agree
on how the upcoming presidential race will
play out.
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which candidate will prevail in the primaries and, later, the general election.
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one political era and at the start of a new
one.
It is telling that Trump, who is no conservative, leads the Republicans. It is equally
telling that Sanders, a self-described socialist, will likely beat Clinton in New Hampshire, if not in Iowa.
There is something going on. It is happening in each of us. Yet, we wont know
what it is until Election Day.
Hold on to your hat. It could be a wild
ride.

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January 6, 2016

THE RECORD-REVIEW

Historic feed mill is demolished

Business served Stratford area farm customers since early 1900s
Former longtime Klemme and Ulrich
Feeds employees Bob Krause and Don
Tiger Wenzel share fond memories
working together in the small downtown Stratford feed mill that ProVision Partners has begun to demolish,
except for the office, to provide more
parking space.
Krause and Wenzel said former customers of the Klemme and Ulrich Feed
mills still to this day talk about the
great customer service they received
over the years, which allowed the feed
mill to compete with the larger mills
up, until owners Bob and Donetta Ulrich sold the building to Central Wisconsin Cooperative in June of 2014.
When a farmer called in to order
feed, we did our best job to deliver the
feed out to them that day, Wenzel said.
We would always say if a farmer
wanted to get his feed tomorrow then
he would have called it in tomorrow.
Wenzel recalled asking farmers their
birthdays and wedding anniversaries
were, and then he would jot the dates
on a piece of scrap paper and place
them under the counter.
When it was time to disperse the annual feed mill calendars, Wenzel would
write the farmers birthday or anniversary on their calendar before handing
it out.
The feed mill also gave farmers the
option between receiving a discount on
buying a ton of mineral for their cows,
or going on a fishing trip.
We were very customer oriented,
Wenzel recalled. We would take 42
farmers at a time on a bus to go on fishing trips to Lake Michigan or Lake Superior. We did that a number of years,
and people still talk about that to this
day.
Friends Krause and Wenzel worked
at the feed mill until the Ulrichs sold
it to Central Wisconsin Cooperative,
which last summer merged with Harmony Cooperative of Unity to form
ProVision Partners.
The A-frame dark-colored building
in the middle of the feed mill has stood
since the early 1900s when the Chicago
and Northwestern Railroad leased the
land, according to Donetta Ulrich of
the Stratford Historical Society.
Krause began working for Klemme
Sales, the Chevrolet dealership in
Stratford, on Jan. 2, 1958. He worked
there two years before he began working for Klemme Feeds. Brothers Ardell
and Larry Klemme owned both the
businesses at that time. Krause retired
from working full-time at the end of
August in 2011, but he continued to
work part-time at the mill until the Ulrichs sold the building.
Wenzel returned to Stratford in
1960 from serving in the United States
Army. He then worked one week at
Klemme Feeds before the owners had
him work at Klemme Sales in February or March of that year. Before long,
Wenzel was ordered back into military
service to Fort Riley, Kan., to prepare
for the Berlin Crisis of 1961.
Wenzel served in the military until August of 1962, but then he took a
job at Equity Livestock in Stratford.
He returned to work at Klemme Feeds
on Jan. 1, 1967, and he remained there
until he retired from full-time work
in 2010. Like Krause, he also stayed to
work part-time until the Ulrichs sold
the business.

PIECE BY PIECE-A backhoe takes apart Ulrich Feeds in Stratford as part of a planned demolition. Exposed is the feed mills large
molasses tank. The feed mill has been a Stratford fixture since the start of the 20th century.

Two burglaries, one fire

Krause and Wenzel recalled there
were two burglaries and one fire at
the feed mill over the span of years
they worked there. Wenzel said Mike
McMeeken, the Stratford Fire Department Chief at the time, noticed a fire
in the feed mill while driving past to go
bowling.
McMeeken called Wenzel, who was
also a member of the fire department
and only lived a few blocks from the
feed mill, to inform him of the fire.
Wenzel quickly grabbed a fire extinguisher from his home and rushed to
the feed mill. He crawled up a ladder
to reach the fire in the upstairs of the
building, where he was able to knock
it down with his fire extinguisher until McMeeken arrived with the fire departments tanker truck.
Mike threw the hose up from the
tanker truck and I somehow was able
to grab it with one hand while I hung
onto the ladder with my other hand,
Wenzel said.
The probable cause of the fire was
the fan on the upstairs east wall used
to remove dust upstairs caused by the
oats cleaning machine.
Wenzel recalled a coincidence involving late feed mill customer Harold
Radke, who was at the mill ordering
animal feed when Wenzel received a
fire call that forced him to leave work.
Wenzel realized the fire was in Radkes
pig barn when he arrived on the scene,
and Radke showed up a little while
later.

Changing hands
The warehouse, built in the early
1900s, changed hands several times
before Krause began working at the
feed mill in the late 1950s and Wenzel in 1960. In 1912, George and James
Chrouser purchased the warehouse for

$900. George Chrouser, Matt Weber and

Luke Keogh bought the stock and personal property located inside the warehouse. On the same day, George and
James Chrouser sold the warehouse to
the Stratford Cooperative Company for
$900.
The Stratford Cooperative Company
had a deadline of two years to organize, and in the meantime ended up
paying a rental fee of $10 per month.
The Stratford Cooperative Company
never organized in time, so George and
James Chrouser sold the property to
Stratford Equity Company on Nov. 6,
1917, for $115.23. Stratford Equity Company started small as a grind mill to
area farmers until the business grew
to later sell items such as farm machinery, tractors, wagons, Occident flour,
fence posts, oils, grease and cement.
Herman Klemme purchased Stratford Equity Company for $2,500 and the
inventory for $1 in April of 1922. He later bought the building next to the mill
that was owned by Wausau Beverage, a
beer distributor, and later by Armour
and Company of Marshfield that packaged and waxed cheese for local cheese
factories. The cheese operation began
in 1937 and continued until Hermans
son, George Klemme, purchased it for
$3,000 in December of 1948 and the
company name was changed to G.L. Klemme and Son.
G.L. Klemme sold animal feed and
farm machinery. It was a McCormick
Deering Implement dealership, which
later became known as International
Harvester. Farm machinery was sold
and serviced from the present feed mill
site until the early 1950s when the father and son purchased the Ed Johnson blacksmith building, which was
the former opera house.
Wenzel remembers feed mill customers talking highly of George Klemme.
Farmers often told us they wouldnt

still be farming if not for George Klemme, he said. Once I heard a story
about a farmer who couldnt afford
to purchase a piece of equipment, so
George Klemme and the farmer agreed
over a handshake for the farmer to pay
him in monthly installments.
In the 1940s the business began selling commercial feed, seed and fertilizer under Nutrena, Nutrasweet and
Master Mix brands, and the business
added Doboy Feeds in 1955.
Ardell and Larry Klemme continued
to operate the business after their father George Klemme died in 1958, and
the feed mill was named Klemme Feeds
in 1959. The business originally fed
only dairy cattle and hogs until it expanded to also feed turkeys, steers and
veal calves. Krause recalled the turkey
mill being built in 1960 next to the feed
mill.
Our two semis hauled out enough
feed for one million turkeys each year,
Krause said. We fed 27 turkey farms
located from as far away as Athens,
Cherokee and Marathon.
Ardell and Larry Klemme also owned
three turkey farms of their own.

Some firsts
Wenzel recalled that in 1967 or 1968
Ulrich Feeds was the first feed mill in
the area to own an auger used to take
samples from hay bales that would be
sent to a lab to test the protein and mineral content in the hay.
In 1970, Klemme Feeds started a liquid fertilizer business but it was discontinued after three years of operation.
We had the first Hi-Boy sprayers
in Marathon County, Wenzel said. It
was a sprayer with a 50-foot boom used
for spraying liquid fertilizer on the
corn and oat fields.
Krause and Wenzel recalled one year

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January 6, 2016

Page 5

AT A GLANCE

2015-16 property taxes

Equalized rate increase/decrease by municipality
Town of Rib Falls (School District of Edgar)

$0.54

Town of Rib Falls (School District of Athens)

$0.31
$0.15

Village of Fenwood (School District of Edgar)

$0.15

Town of Cleveland (School District of Edgar)

$0.14

Town of Cassel (School District of Edgar)

$0.13

Village of Frankfort (School District of Edgar)

$0.09

Town of Wien (School District of Edgar)

$0.03
Town of Emmet (School District of Stratford)

Village of Edgar (School District of Edgar)

-$0.08

Town of Rietbrock (School District of Athens)

-$0.11

Town of Wien (School District of Athens)

-$0.14

Town of Emmet (School District of Edgar)

-$0.15

Town of Hamburg (School District of Athens)

-$0.15

Town of Johnson (School District of Athens)

-$0.16

Town of Rib Falls (School District of Marathon)

-$0.16

Village of Athens (School District of Athens)

Town of Green Valley (School District of Stratford)
Village of Marathon City (School District of Marathon)
Town of Cleveland (School District of Stratford

-$0.22
-$0.30
-$0.36
-$0.44

Town of Frankfort (School District of Stratford)

-$0.50

Town of Eau Pleine (School District of Stratford)

-$0.47

Town of Emmet (School District of Marathon)

-$0.56

Town of Marathon (School District of Marathon)

-$0.59

Town of Hamburg (School District of Marathon)

-$0.64

Town of Bern (School District of Athens)

Town of Day (School District of Stratford)
Village of Stratford (School District of Stratford)

-$0.73
-$0.79
-$0.98

Majority of
taxpayers will
get relief
Most local property taxpayers this
year should be smiling.
An analysis of 2015-16 tax rates published by the Marathon County Treasurers Office reveals taxes in two-thirds of
townships and villages within four local
school districts are lower, while a third
are higher.
Taxes were generally up in the Edgar
School District, which increased its district mil rate 35 cents to pay off an Act 32
school remodeling project. Tax rates in
municipalities were lower in the Athens
and Marathon School Districts. Stratford School District residents are seeing
the biggest decrease in property tax mil
rates.
This year, the taxing jurisdiction with
the highest mil rate increase is the town
of Rib Falls within the Edgar School District. There, the tax rate has increased by
54 cents per one thousand dollars of fair
market property value. Second highest
is the same township within the Athens
School District. People in that section of
the township will pay a 31 cent increase
in its property tax rate
Rib Falls clerk Cindy Beatty said the
town expected to see higher property
tax bills. Electors at an Oct. 29 special
meeting voted unanimously to increase
by resolution the towns road budget for
one year by $26,628 to $115,390. The onetime increase in municipal taxes will
allow the town to maintain roads in the
township.
Town supervisor Bill Wunsch said the
extra money is needed to stay current
with needed road repair.
We cant maintain roads with what
we have for taxes, he said. Everybody
has the same issue.
Wunsch said the Rib Falls public understands the need for the tax increase.
I havent had one call, he said.
The higher taxes in Rib Falls, however,
also follow from an increase in the value
of the townships land and improvement. According to the Wisconsin Department of Revenue, the township saw
its total value increase four percent from
$74,258,100 to $77,294,100, an increase of
$3,036,000.
Within that increase, residential land
and improvements increased three percent to $55,024,000. Agricultural land increased in value by nine percent.
With a larger tax base, the township
will pay a larger percentage of property
taxes levied by Edgar School District,
Marathon County, Northcentral Technical College and the state of Wisconsin.
Last year, the township was 9.28 percent of Edgar School District. This year,
Rib Falls will be 9.42 percent.
What this means is individual Rib
Falls property owners will pay higher
taxes in 2015-16. A taxpayer with a property assessed at $118,400 will see property taxes increase $206 to $1,854 in the
2015-16 tax year. This calculates to an 8
percent increase.
The municipality with the biggest tax
reduction is the village of Stratford. The
village last year closed out a Tax Incremental Finance district. The villages
tax rate will drop a total of 98 cents.

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Athens
COMMUNITY LIVING

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phone: 715-223-2342
fax: 715-223-3505
P.O. Box 677
103 West Spruce Street
Abbotsford, WI 54405

SCHOOL LUNCH
Athens Public School
Monday, Jan. 11: Mandarin
orange chicken with steamed
rice, mixed vegetables
Tuesday, Jan. 12: Hot dog on
a bun, baked beans, sauerkraut
Wednesday, Jan. 13: Spaghetti with meatballs or alfredo
sauce, garlic stick, corn
Thursday, Jan. 14: Bluejay
Stackers on a bun, nacho chips
Friday, Jan. 15: Cheese fries
with dipping sauce, steamed
cauliflower, sliced peaches

Pay it forward
The Athens Class of 1975
is encouraging Athens High
School students to pursue a
career after high school.
The class will provide over
$1,000 of financial assistance
for educational courses including, but not limited to,
music, computers, engineering or agriculture.
Partial reimbursement of
20 percent, but not greater
than $200, will be provided
upon verification of completion of an approved course.
The class of 1975 challenges
all other classes to pay it forward.

Lunches served with milk, fruit

and salad bar.

St. Anthonys School

Monday, Jan. 11: Breaded
chicken patty on a bun, Potato
Smiles, corn
Tuesday, Jan. 12: Chef salad,
cottage cheese, dinner rolls
Wednesday, Jan. 13: Stromboli, tortilla chips, salsa, green
beans
Thursday, Jan. 14: Tomato
soup or cream of mushroom
soup, grilled cheese sandwich
Friday, Jan. 15: Pizza dippers,
tuna salad, peas

Book Club
The Marathon County Public Library Athens Branch will
present a Book Club: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 14, at 221 Caroline Street.

Continuing education
Yoga 4 Everybody will be
held from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays from March 1 until May 3
in the Trinity Lutheran Gym.
There is a fee. People interested in attending the class
should sign up at www.my
signup.com/winterspring2016
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cr-strat.

Story Time
Family Story Time is held at
10 a.m. Tuesdays at the Athens
Branch Library.

National Honor Society bell ringers

Members of the Athens High School National Honor Society rang the bell for the Salvation Army in the
village of Athens during the Dec. 12th weekend. Members not only rang the bell but also played guitar,
tambourine and sang many holiday songs. The red kettle money was donated to the Salvation Army of
Marathon County. Pictured, from left to right, are Chase Vitort, Cade Ellenbecker, Lane Nicholds, Caleb
Nowak and Brandon Welbes.
It consists of stories and activities for children newborn
to five years old and their families.

Schwans Cares
Trinity
PTL
Schwans
Cares Fundraiser continues.
Order at www.schwanscares.
com or call 1-888-schwans
and enter Trinitys campaign

number, 19117, and place an

order.
Any purchases placed over
the next period of time, Trinity will receive five percent of
sales. The fundraiser goes until March 2016.
This fundraising effort
helps offset funds for activities and other items that PTL
helps pay for. If you have any
questions, call Vicki Halopka

at 715-607-0716, or email her at

halopkaav@gmail.com. She
can also assist you in placing
an order.

Senior Citizens
The Senior Citizens card
group met Dec. 31 for weekly
card playing at the Athens
Area Fire and Ambulance Hall.
Three games of Sheepshead

Lunches served with milk, fruit,

vegetables and salad.

were played.
Betty Rogaczewski won the
first game and Rosemarie
Bergman was second. Betsy
Ewan won the second game
and Alvera Henrichs was second. Sally Perrodin won the
third game and Norbert Lake
was second.
The Senior Citizens card
group will meet again Thursday, Jan. 7, at 1 p.m.

Udder Plunge
The Udder Plunge and Snow-

See ATHENS/ page 7

CHURCH NEWS
St. Anthonys Catholic
Church: Daily Mass is at 8:15
a.m. Mon.-Thurs. and every first
Friday of the month. Sacrament
of Reconciliation on Saturdays
at 3 p.m. and Mass is at 4 p.m.
Sunday Mass is at 9 a.m. For
more information call 715-2577684.
St. Thomas Catholic
Church, Milan: Sunday Mass
at 7:30 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation at 7:30 p.m. Confessions on Sunday at 7:30 a.m.
For more information call 715257-7684.
Trinity Lutheran Church,
Athens: Services on Saturday
at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 9 a.m.
Bible study at Plisch Apartments
on Mondays at 1 p.m. For more
information call 715-257-7526.

Christ United Church:

Sunday worship services are at
10:30 a.m. Church school on
the second and fourth Saturdays
from 9 to 10:30 a.m.
Holy Family Catholic
Church,
Poniatowski:
Saturday, Sacrament of Reconciliation at 6:30 p.m., Mass is
at 7 p.m. Saturday and at 9:30
a.m. Sunday. For more information call Father Thomas Huff at
715-352-3011 or Deacon Leroy
Knauf at 715-298-3196.
Athens
Mennonite
Church: Sunday services at 10
a.m. Morning worship at 11 a.m.
A congregational hymn sing at
7:45 p.m. plus a topic discussion every fourth Sunday at 8:30
p.m. Midweek services Wednesdays at 7:45 p.m.

Athens Assembly of God

Church: Sunday services at
9:30 a.m. For more information
call 715-257-7747.
St.
Paul
Lutheran
Church, Hamburg: Saturday service the first Saturday
of the month at 6:30 p.m. Sunday service at 8:30 a.m. Sunday
school at 9:30 a.m. Bi-ble
class on Sunday at
4 p.m. For more
information
call Past o r

Biebert at 715-675-3751.
Athens Community Fellowship Church: Sunday
services at 10 a.m. Wednesday
prayer service at the home of a
parishioner at 7:45 p.m.
St.
Pauls
Lutheran
Church (Hamburg) - Worship services Sundays at 8 a.m.
Sunday school classes Sundays
at 8:45 a.m.

Athens Assembly of God

HISTORY
CORNER
THE RECORD-REVIEW
Thursday Jan. 3, 1974
McKee family Yule party
The annual McKee family
gathering was held on Christmas Day at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter McKee Jr.,
Route 2, Athens. They entertained at a 1 p.m. Christmas
dinner.
The afternoon was spent
with an exchange of Christmas gifts and games for the
children. Each child received
a prize.

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Athens

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Hall of Fame ceremony

The Athens wrestling alumni/parents night and Hall of Fame ceremony
will be held Thursday, Jan. 14.
There will be an alumni and parents
social from 5-6 p.m. in the Athens High
School commons area.
The Hall of Fame presentation will
be at 6 p.m. The late Pat Switlick, the
first Athens wrestling state champion
in 1977, will be inducted into the Hall of
Fame.

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Blood drive
A blood drive will be held at Athens
High School from 7:30 a.m. until 12:30
p.m. Monday, Jan. 11.
People interested in donating blood
can sign up at the high school office or
call the BloodCenter toll free at 877-2324376. Walk-ins are welcome and refreshments will be provided.

By: Mark Walters

A Year
Year iin
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Hello friends,
So that I may stay home the week between Christmas and New Years, I write a column about
some highlights of the year that is just coming to an end. This years column, for the most part, is
going to be about some of the many outdoor adventures I went on with my 14-year-old daughter,
Selina Walters.
January 2015
Selina, her brothers, Travis and Joey Dushek, and
I went on a winter camping and ice fishing trip on
the Mississippi River near LaCrosse. We had planned
on fishing near Ferryville but there was not good ice
(discovery made upon arrival).
I made some phone calls and we headed to LaCrosse,
where for the next two days we had great success on
27-34 inch northern pike.
February 2015
Selina, Gary Howe and I are entered in Prairie du
Chiens annual fisheree, which attracts a lot of fishermen
and women. We stayed with the Howes, had a blast and
Selina took first and second place in the kids northern
pike division with a couple of beautiful gators. This is
not meant to be an insult but as big as this fisheree is, it
Selina Walters with a beautiful tom
would be wise for the folks in charge to boost the prizes
that she shot last May.
for our future fishermen. Winning a fisheree when you are
14 is a really big deal for a kid.
April 2015
Selina just told me yesterday her favorite sport is turkey hunting. Each spring, I take Selina
to a new spot for Wisconsins Youth Turkey Hunt. This year we were invited by my friend, Rod
Bensley, to hunt at his pheasant preserve near Beaver Dam. Rod worked it out so Selina could
hunt on a neighbors property as well and literally on
the last minute of our two-day hunt, Selina harvested
a beautiful gobbler.
May 2015
Selina and I hunted turkey on our food plot and,
as I mentioned, she loves this sport. The beauty about
going from the early April hunt to May is that spring is
in full strut, comfortable naps can be taken in the blind
and life is good. Selina whacked her second gobbler
of the year and that one was the biggest turkey I have
been a part of harvesting.
Later in May we headed over to Marsh Miller Lake
and stayed at Birch Point Resort near Bloomer. Each
Summer memories, like this
spring Selina brings a friend, our good friend, Paul Maire,
one, last a lifetime.
puts us up in one of his cabins and we catch bluegills. For
Selina this is another cant miss trip.
June 2015
In a years time I go on about 40 trips. The two best are Canada to Shultz Lake (Chimo Lodge
and Outposts) and deer camp. Selina has only missed one year of her entire life of doing a fly in
and she loves heading north with family and friends. This year she won the big walleye bet for
the week. We land on a Saturday and go home on a
Saturday. We fish hard, laugh lots and stay up late.
July 2015
Selina and I participated in two KAMO (Kids And
Mentors Outdoors) camping trips. The first one was
on the Wisconsin River near Wisconsin Dells and
we had a blast. The second was on the Petenwell
Flowage. Fishing, tubing, bear baiting and lots of
campfire time with a lot of good people. Check out
KAMO at www.kamokids.org.
August 2015
For several years I have taken Selina and three
of her friends on a four-day outing to an island
on the Flambeau Flowage. We tube, swim, Selina and her uncle, Tom Walters, enjoying
sometimes fish and do a whole bunch of nothing.
their annual Canadian vacation.
September 2015
Other than moose or elk hunting, which is just a trip, what wipes me out more than anything
is bear baiting and then hunting. This July through mid October, Selina and I (who both had
tags) put thousands of miles on my truck. We spent probably a couple hundred hours in the
woods and, though we had plenty of big bear coming to the baits, it was all after dark. Acorns
and way too many hunters in Zone C made it so we went 32 hunts without seeing a bear while
in a stand.
October 2015
Our annual Mississippi River duck hunt, near Ferryville, while camping on an island. This trip is
a classic my father started back in the late 50s and I have been doing for 44 years. Selina loves it!
November 2015
Deer camp, the Red Brush Gang has so much fun no one wants to leave. This fall Selina
became independent. As long as she is carrying a compass, a daypack and hip boots, she does
not need her dad.
There is more to tell but no more space. Happy New Year! Sunset

Birth
A baby boy, Jonah Hains, was born to
Hank and Shannon Boschma of Milan,
on Dec. 8, 2015, at Aspirus Medford Hospital in Medford.
The baby weighted seven pounds and
was 20 inches long.
The baby joins a big brother, Gabriel,
who is 19 months old.
Grandparents are John and Tineke
Boschma of Colby and Gary and Diane
van Doorn of Tony.

LEGO club night

The Marathon County Public Library Athens Branch will hold its Family LEGO Club from 3:30-5 p.m. every
Thursday from Jan. 14-May 26.
Families and children of all ages can
design and build creative structures using LEGOs at the library. The club is
free and no registration is required.

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The event consists of a three-mile
snowshoe race and hike through the
wooded Erbach Park, and it will be held
regardless if there is snow or not.
Registration is at 8 a.m. the day of
the race, which begins at 10:30 a.m. The
awards ceremony is at noon.
Medals will be given to the top four
finalists in each age group, all children
12 years and younger will receive an
award and top three male and female
finishers overall will receive trophies.
There will be a warming shelter with
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SCHOOL LUNCH
Edgar Public Schools
Monday, Jan.11: Spaghetti
with meat sauce, garlic toast,
shredded cheese, pineapple
Tuesday, Jan. 12: Hot dog/
chili dog with bun, baked beans,
sliced peaches
Wednesday, Jan. 13: Chicken
nuggets, rice pilaf, winter mix,
sliced pears
Thursday, Jan. 14: BBQ pulled
pork with bun, corn and black
beans, applesauce
Friday, Jan. 15: Grilled cheese,
tomato soup, crackers, green
beans, mandarin oranges

FFA Alumni
The Edgar FFA Alumni will
meet Monday, Jan. 11, at 8 p.m.
at Fred Baesemans residence.

Football Alumni
The Edgar Football Alumni
will meet Friday, Jan. 15, at
Louies Pub, Edgar, at 8:30 p.m.
All Edgar football alumni are
invited to attend this annual
winter meeting. Raffle tickets
will be distributed. Alumni
hats and shirts will be available for purchase.

Lunches served with romaine

with spinach, baby carrots
and milk.

St. Johns School

Medical equipment
The American Legion Sawyer-Drumm Post in Edgar has
medical equipment available
for public use. The equipment
includes crutches, canes, portable toilets, shower chairs,
wheelchairs and several styles
of walkers. The equipment
may be used by Edgar area residents without charge or time
restriction. Donations of medical equipment are welcome.
For more information, contact Billy or Sylvia Fergot at
7125-352-2221.

Concert on Sunday
The Edgar Fine Arts Association has announced a schedule of concerts in 2016.
Brad Emanuel, the winner
of the 2013 Hodag Festival best
performer award, will play
country music in a familyfriendly concert 1 p.m. Sunday,
Jan. 10, at the Edgar Public
School auditorium. You can
get advanced tickets at Berg
Company.
John Greiners Little Big
Band will play at the Edgar
High School jazz band spaghetti dinner at 5 p.m. on Saturday,
Feb. 13. The music begins at

National History Day

Thirty-eight Edgar Middle School students competed Tuesday in a National History Day contest. The
history projects, which can be documented in either an essay, film, exhibit or computer presentation, involve a number of different subjects, including the Klondike Gold Rush, JFKs assassination, the Iceland
womens strike in 1975, Harriet Tubman, the Salem witch trials and gunpowder. Top entries at the local
level can qualify for regional and, possibly, national competition.
6:30 p.m.
Country music band The
Blend will perform Saturday,
April 2, 6 p.m.
Thursday concerts in Oak
Street Park, Edgar, will run
from July 28 through Aug. 18.
Performers will be announced.

Public library
The Marathon County Public Library will hold a second
annual Love in Six words contest. The contest involves encapsulating what love means
to you in only six words. Entries will be accepted between
Jan. 13 and Feb. 10. The winners will be announced on
Valentines Day. The top five
entries will be shared in library displays and social media. Drop off paper entries at

any Marathon County public

library location or email entries to love@mcpl.us. The
limit is three entries per person. Vulgar or excessively
graphic entries will not be
considered. Call 715-261-7230
for more information.
The Edgar Public Library
Book Club will meet to discuss A Week in the Winter
by Maeve Binchy on Thursday, Jan. 14, at 12:30 p.m.
The Edgar Branch Public
Library will hold a Family
Fun Night Gingerbread and
More! on Monday, Jan. 18, 6-7
p.m.
Children and their families are invited to learn about
the history of gingerbread
from medieval festivals to
the gingerbread husbands

maidens would eat to improve

their chances of marrying a
knight.

Bingo
The Edgar Jaycees have
planned bingo games at the
Edgar Public School cafeteria
on Sunday, Jan. 17 at 6 p.m.

Dads and donuts

Edgar Elementary School invites fathers and grandfathers
to read to grades 4KB-5 students in a Dads and Donuts
event on Thursday, Jan. 14.
4KA students can be read to on
Friday, Jan. 15.

Rev. Jeffery Lambrecht. Sunday

worship at 10:15 a.m. Sunday
school at 9 a.m. Wednesday
worship/Bible study at 7:30 p.m.
St. John the Baptist
Catholic Church (Edgar)
- Father Thomas Huff, 715-3523011. Daily mass at 8:15 a.m.;
Saturday at 4 p.m.; Sunday at
8 a.m. and 11 a.m. Confessions
held Saturdays 3 to 3:30 p.m.;
anytime by appointment.
Peace Lutheran Church,
LCMC/LEPC (F1843 Huckleberry Rd., Frankfort) Sunday worship at 9:30 a.m. with
Sunday School during worship.
Communion will be the second

Sunday of the month.

Bethlehem Lutheran
Church (Milan) - Sunday
worship at 8:15 a.m. Sunday
school at 9:15 a.m. Worship/Bible study is Wednesdays at 1:30
p.m.
Hope Lutheran Church,
LCMC (F4356 STH
97) - Pastor David Lathrop. Worship service Sunday at 9:30 a.m. Youth
and adult Sunday school
from 8:45 to 9:30 a.m.
Communion on the
first, third and fifth
Sundays of each

Lunches served with milk.

zen survey to gather information for a 2016 comprehensive
plan.
The survey was mailed to
residents with their property
tax bills.
If you did not get a survey
form, you can pick one up at
the Edgar village hall. An online version of the survey is
also available at the village
website.
Surveys are to be completed
by Friday, Jan. 15.

Citizen survey
The Edgar Planning Commission is conducting a citi-

CHURCH NEWS
St.
John
Lutheran
Church, ELCA (W1000 CTH
N) - Pastor Gail Sowell. Sunday
worship at 9 a.m. with Sunday
school at 9:15 a.m. Communion
the first and fourth Sunday of
each month. www.stjohnelcaed
gar.org. 715-352-2524
St. Stephen Evangelical
Lutheran Church (Edgar)
- Interim Pastor Gail Sowell. Worship with communion Sunday
at 10:30 a.m. Sunday school at
9:30 a.m. Womens Bible study
the second Tuesday of each
month at 1 p.m. 715-352-2491.
St.
John
Lutheran
Church (High Steeple) -

Monday, Jan. 11: Chicken

patty with bun, tossed salad, buttered corn, peaches
Tuesday, Jan. 12: Pancakes,
pork sausages, baby carrots,
applesauce
Wednesday, Jan. 13: Fish
sandwich, bun, tossed salad,
peas, pineapple
Thursday, Jan. 14: SpaghettiOs w/meatballs, garlic bread,
green beans, pears
Friday, Jan. 15: Cheese pizza
w/sauce, tossed salad, mixed
veggies, mixed fruit, dessert

month. Bible study is the first

Tuesday of the month at 1 p.m.
The Mill Church (Edgar)Sunday worship 10 a.m. at Edgar High School auditorium,
715-223-7496.

St. Stephen Lutheran Church

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Untiedt sparks UW center
Corky Untiedt, a graduate of Edgar High School,
has played a major role in
the first semester success of
the University of WisconsinMarathon County Center
here.
Untiedt, a sophomore center-forward, leads the team in
scoring with a 19.6 point per
game average.

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St. Johns/Zion

SCHOOL LUNCH
Marathon Public
Schools
Monday, Jan. 11: Waffle sticks
w/sausage or omelet, hashbrown sticks, applesauce
Tuesday, Jan. 12: Pizza
burger, baked fries
Wednesday, Jan. 13: Chicken
tenders, mashed potatoes/gravy,
country blend veggies
Thursday, Jan. 14: Rib-e-que/
bun, baked beans
Friday, Jan. 15: Pepperoni/
cheese pizza, corn

St. Johns Lutheran Church

and Zion Lutheran Church,
both in the town of Rib Falls,
have announced upcoming
events.
The annual Joint Council
Meeting will be at Zion on
Thursday, Jan. 7, at 7 p.m. Worship on Sunday, Jan. 10, will be
9 a.m. at St. Johns. Sunday
School is at 9:30 a.m. and the
St. Johns annual meeting follows the service at about 10
a.m.
The St. Johns Ladies Aid
meets on Monday, Jan. 11, at
7 p.m. The Adult Bible class
meets at St. Johns on Tuesday,
Jan. 12, at 7 p.m. The topic for
this winters Adult Bible class
will be Worship.
The Catechism class meets
at St. Johns on Wednesday,
Jan. 13, at 4:30 p.m. The Zion
Council meeting is on Thursday, Jan. 14, at 7 p.m.

meet Monday, Jan. 11, at 7

p.m.
On Wednesday, Jan. 13,
catechism class will be held
from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Bible instruction class will
follow at 6:30 p.m.

St. Matthews

Free throw contest

St.
Matthews
Church,
Marathon, has announced
the following schedule of
events.
Bible instruction class will
be Thursday, Jan. 7, at 6:30
p.m.
On Saturday, Jan. 9, the
Christmas committee will
meet at 8:30 a.m.
Worship service will be
held Sunday, Jan. 10, at 8 a.m.
and 10:15 a.m. Sunday school
and Bible class will be held
at 9:10 a.m.
There will be a circuit pastors meeting at St. Peters
Church, Schofield, on Monday, Jan. 11, at 8:30 a.m.
The church council will

Lunches served with fruit,

salad bar and milk.

St. Marys School

Tournament champions
The Marathon Youth Wrestling Group took first place honors at a tournament held Sunday at Wausau
East High School.

The Knights of Columbus

will host a free throw basketball contest Sunday, Jan. 10, 1
p.m. in the St. Marys School
gymnasium. The contest is
open to all boys and girls ages 9
to 14. Winners will advance to
a regional contest to be held at
Wausau Newman High School
on Sunday, Jan. 31.

Public library
The Marathon County
Public Library will host a
Family LEGO Club from
3:30-4:30 p.m. beginning on
Jan. 19 at the MCPL Marathon City Branch Library,
515 Washington St., Marathon City. The club is free

and open to the public, with

no registration required
and all LEGOs provided.
The club will also meet Feb.
16, March 15, April 19 and
May 17, at the same time.
For more information, call
715-443-2775.

Coloring book
The Marathon County Historical Society is planning
to create a Marathon County
Times and Scenes Coloring
Book. The public is invited to
participate.
The coloring book will reflect scenes from Marathon
Countys history through todays local culture. Illustrations will include the areas
natural scenic beauty, local
architectural landmarks both
past and present, close-ups
and sweeping vistas, downtown and rural scenes.
Anyone age 12 and older may
submit black and white line
drawings by late February for

consideration to be included.
For more information, contact Sandy Block, Outreach
and Program Coordinator at
the Marathon County Historical Society, by email at
sblock@marathoncountyhistory.org or by phone at 715-8425750 (generally available Tuesdays through Thursdays).

Sunday worship at 8 a.m. and

10:15 a.m. 715-443-2028.
St. Patricks Catholic
Church, Halder - Weekday Masses Tuesday at 7 p.m.,
Thursday at 8 a.m. Saturday
worship at 6 p.m. Sunday worship at 10 a.m. Halder Drive,
Halder, 715-693-2765.
Highland
Community
Church (Marathon campus) - Worship service, 10:30
a.m. 800 River Rd., Marathon,
715-842-5683. Pastor Brian
Whitaker.
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Stettin
- Pastor Phil Bogen, 715-8453530. Church services are Sunday at 10:15 a.m. Sunday school

at 9 a.m. www.trinitystettin.org.
St. Marys Catholic
Church, Marathon Saturday worship at 4 p.m.
Sunday worship at 8 a.m.
and 10:30 a.m. Weekday
Masses at 8 a.m. except
on days of funerals. 712
Market Street, Marathon,
715-4432045.
Zion/
St. Johns
Sunday
worship
at 10 a.m.
Nov. 8 at
Z i o n .
Sunday

Lunches served with fruit,

salad bar and milk.

Dumpster supply
The village of Marathon has
a supply of dumpsters located
in the back of the municipal
center, as replacements for village residents that requested a
different one.
Some dumpsters are missing, so people who took them
should contact the village office at 715-443-2221, ext. 102.

St. Marys School

St. Marys School, Marathon, will participate in upcoming competitions.
Students will participate
in the NERR academic com-

CHURCH NEWS
Rib
Falls
Methodist
Church - Worship service on
Sunday at 10 a.m. 154 East 19th
Street, Marathon, 715-443-3139.
St. Peters Lutheran
Church, Little Chicago:
Pastor Phillip Bogen. Worship
8:30-9:30 a.m. Sunday school
9:30-10:30 p.m. 715-845-3530,
www.stpeterhamburg.com.
Sacred Heart Church,
Cassel - Saturday worship at
8 p.m. Sunday worship at 8:30
a.m. Weekday Mass Friday at 8
a.m. Confessions are one-half
hour before Masses or by appointment. 3372 CTH S, Marathon, 715-443-3675.
St. Matthews Lutheran,
Marathon - Pastor Jon Hadler.

Monday, Jan. 11: Corn dogs,

potato wedges, baked beans,
pears
Tuesday, Jan. 12: Macn
cheese, broccoli and cauliflower
blend, yogurt, tropical fruit
Wednesday, Jan. 13: Sub
sandwich, apple cinnamon puffs
Thursday, Jan. 14: Chicken/
gravy, rotini noodles, corn,
peaches
Friday, Jan. 15: Pancakes,
cheese omelet, tater rounds,
mandarin oranges

school will meet

a.m.

at

St. Peters Lutheran, Little Chicago

10:30

petition to be held Tuesday,

Jan. 19, 1 p.m. at St. Josephs
School, Stratford.
The school will compete in
the Brains and Brawn contest
in La Crosse on Saturday, Jan.
30.

Blood Drive
The Blood Center of Northcentral Wisconsin willl have
a blood drive from 4-7 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 18, at the Marathon Village Hall instead of St.
Marys.

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Evening Circle meets
Owens Forest Products has
occupied a newly built 1,900
square foot office since Nov.
10.
The new office was built on
the footprint of what used
to be the Marathon brewery,
and is the headquarters of
the Owens Hardwood Division which coordinates hardwood sales from Marathon,
Indiana and Tennessee.

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BLUEJAYS

Sports

WILDCATS

RED RAIDERS

The Record-Review

TIGERS

Cats earn sixth straight win

the guys this season, he said. We still

have some things we still need to work
on but tonight we showed we are able
to win games in different ways, but
it was a defensive grind and that was
OK.
Stratford coach Curt Schmidt said
the team sorely missed its leading scorer and rebounder Derrick Schmidt,
who was on an out-of-town work trip.
Edgar led Stratford in offensive rebounds, 7-2, and in steals, 13-6.
It just hurt not having my leading
scorer in this game, Schmidt said.
We didnt have any height so we didnt
match up well with them. That killed
us because Derrick scores about 20
points and has 12 rebounds a game. Defensively they just spread their defense
out, and when we would get the ball inside, they would claw and scratch at us
and we then couldnt finish our shots.
Lucas Deschiens and Hafferman led
Edgar with seven points apiece, while
Ethan Nagel led Stratford with six
points.

Red Raiders win

holiday tourney

Edgars varsity boys basketball team

won its sixth consecutive game Monday after grinding out a 29-17 win at
Stratford to improve to 7-2 this season.
The Wildcats and Tigers struggled
shooting the entire night, as Edgar
shot 40 percent from the floor while
Stratford only shot
22 percent. Stratford fell to 6-4 with
the loss.
Edgar held a slim
10-8 halftime advantage, but then
picked up the momentum in the second half. The Wildcats built a 24-10
lead with two and a
Alec
half minutes left in
Hafferman
the game, thanks to
junior guard Josh
Burishs dribble drive and pass to senior forward Austin Borchardt for an
easy basketball underneath the hoop.
Stratford sophomore guard Brenden
Feckers pair of free throws helped the
Tigers close the gap at 24-16 with just
over two minutes left, but Edgar junior
guard Alec Hafferman stole the ball
twice down the stretch to seal the win.
Hafferman was just happy his team
was able to muster another victory to
keep its winning streak intact.
Our shots werent falling and everybody will have those type of nights,
so we just had to rely on our defense
which is pretty strong this year, he
said. It was really nice we were able
to get a lot of turnovers and we capitalized on most of them. I could tell Stratfords players were wanting to shoot
three pointers at the end of the game,

Red Raiders are champs

CENTER OF GRAVITY-Edgar six feet, seven-inch tall center Lucas Deschiens towers over Stratford defenders Jacob Danen, left, and Brenden Fecker, center, to score
two of his game-high seven points in the Wildcats 29-17 win at Stratford Monday.
Edgar guard Alec Hafferman also scored seven points.
so I was overplaying the pass and that
allowed me to get some steals.
Edgar coach Dave Huss is pleased
with how well his team has meshed so

far this season.

We are coming together as a team
and continually improving, and I like
the energy and the effort thus far from

Marathon overcame committing

12 turnovers in the first half and an
eight-point second-half deficit to edge
Wausaukee, 45-41, in its home holiday
tournament championship game Dec.
30.
Red Raiders coach Adam Jacobson
was proud of how his team responded
to the adversity of being down 18-16 at
halftime and for much of the second
half.
Wausaukee was 6-1 for a reason, because they have some good players,
he said. They came down here and really brought it. I was proud of the way
we responded. When we were down by
eight points things could have gone
either way, especially with an inexperienced team but we showed some grit
in finding a way to win a game without
playing our best basketball.

See CONSECUTIVE WINS/ page 20

Tigers garner D-3 Bi-State title

T h r e e
Stratford
wrestlers
won individual championships to help
the
Tigers
win their third straight Division 3 Bi-State Classic holiday
wrestling tournament Dec.
29-30 in La Crosse.
The Tigers were hoping
to also win the overall team
championship
among
all
divisions like they did last

season. But this year Hudson, currently ranked No. 2

in Division 1 by Wisconsin
Wrestling, edged No. 1-ranked
Division 3 Stratford for the
overall team championship.
Hudson led all teams with
338.5 points, while Stratford
was second overall with 321.5.
The Tigers held a huge advantage in Division 3 over second-place New Lisbon, which
had 122 points.
Stratford
coach
Joe
Schwabe and his coaching

staff were pleased with how

well the Tiger wrestlers fared
at Bi-State.
We lost some close matches but we sometimes forget
about the close matches that
we did win, Schwabe said.
It was very neat getting a
large amount of kids to place,
with four in the finals. We
also won our third, fifth and
both seventh-place matches,
which is a great way to end
the tournament. We also had
a kid who placed a close sec-

ond and three champions, so

we were obviously pleased
with those guys. Hopefully we
can build on this as we enter
into the second phase of our
season.
Sophomore Jeremy Schoenherr won the Division 3
126-pound championship to
remain undefeated with an
18-0 record this season. The
highlight of his five bouts in
the tournament was when he
beat previously undefeated HOLDING ON-Tigers junior
wrestler Trenton McManus Mason Kauffman won the D-3

See BI-STATE/ page 12

145-pound title at the Bi-State

Classic to remain undefeated.
PHOTO BY RACHEL MARTEN

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Marathon overcomes adversity

Red Raider girls
take over No. 1
ranking in D-4
Marathons varsity
girls basketball team
may have lost its leading scorer in senior
guard Natasha Hanke
due to injury for the
remainder of this season, yet the setback didnt stop the Red Raiders from
beating Eau Claire Regis to win the
Marathon holiday basketball tournament Dec. 30.
The Red Raiders lost Hanke for the
season when she suffered an ACL injury during the teams win at Wausau
Newman Catholic Dec. 21. Marathons
other starting four players and young
players such as Alysha Stieber and
Brooke Balz have stepped up their play
on the court, clearly evident during
the teams 92-75 victory against Regis.
That pivotal win against the Ramblers, ranked No. 10 in Division 4 by the
Wisconsin Girls Basketball Coaches
Association, has propelled Marathon
from No. 2 to the top ranked position
in this weeks Division 4 poll.
Marathon advanced to its home holiday title game by beating Elk Mound,
70-52, in the semifinal game Dec. 29.
Regis qualified for the championship
game by defeating Athens, 112-34, in its
semifinal game. Athens ended up losing to Elk Mound, 78-17, in the tournaments third-place game Dec. 30.
Red Raiders senior guard Morgan
Rachu scored a total of 42 points in two
days against the Mounders and Ramblers. She was pumped that her team
won the holiday championship.
Last night we played a pretty good
team in Elk Mound but we just knew
Regis was the toughest team in this
holiday tournament, so we knew we
needed to communicate well with
each other and have energy the entire
game, Rachu said. Everyone just put
in a good effort and we just came out
strong and dominated.
Marathon coach Jeff Schneider said
its painful to lose one of his best players in Hanke for the rest of the season.
Its just sad because Natasha is just
a super kid and she cant be replaced,
he said. Our prayers are with her and
shes going to do the best she can going forward and I know shes going to

RACHU ON THE RUN-Marathon senior guard Morgan Rachu (14) rebounds the ball and begins the fast break in front of Shae
Bray (23) of Eau Claire Regis. Rachu led the Red Raiders with 20 points in a 92-75 Marathon Holiday Championship game win Dec.
30. The win against the Ramblers, ranked No. 10 in Division 4, helped the Red Raiders move up from No. 2 to No. 1 in this weeks
Wisconsin Coaches Association rankings. Marathon beat Elk Mound, 70-52, Dec. 29 to advance to the championship game.
have a really good basketball career
in college at either the University of
Wisconsin-Eau Claire or UW-Stevens
Point. Her best basketball is ahead of
her because she is going to come back
from this injury and be a really good
college player.
Schneider is just proud of how his
other players have stepped up their
games in Hankes absence, which is
the reason Marathon won its home
holiday tournament.
Senior guard Julia Anderson contributed 14 points in the win against
Elk Mound, while senior guard Jayci
Blume added 11 points. Senior forward Olivia Meurette scored 17 points
against Regis, while Alysha Stieber

chipped in 15. Junior Amanda Kind

scored 10 points in each of Marathons
two tournament games.
I think each kid just kind of picks it
up, Schneider said. Offensively kids
just step up and make shots and thats
just huge, from Alysha Stieber coming off the bench and making threepointers to Brooke Balz taking the basketball strong to the hoop and getting
fouled. I thought Amanda Kind was
excellent tonight on the offensive glass
by giving us so many more opportunities to score on offense and preventing
them from getting their fast break going.
Marathon beat Auburndale, 39-32, at
home Tuesday to improve to 10-1 this

season, despite only shooting 34 percent from the floor against the Apaches.
The Red Raiders held a slim 23-18
halftime advantage, but were able to
grind out a big Marawood South Conference win. Meurette paced the team
with 12 points while Rachu added 11.
Schneider was pleased how his team
was able to win despite shooting poorly from the free throw and three-point
lines.
We were fortunate to turn them over
as much as we did and keep their big
girls off the glass most of the game,
he said. Alysha Stieber made a huge
shot at the end and Julia Anderson hit
big free throws. Olivia Meurette fin-

See GIRLS HOOPS/ page 12

SPORTS CALENDAR
Thursday, January 7
Athens - Wrestling vs. Stratford, 7
p.m.
Edgar - Boys basketball at Abbotsford at 7:15 p.m.; wrestling at
Auburndale, 7 p.m.
Marathon - Boys basketball vs.
Auburndale, 7:15 p.m.; Wrestling at
Pittsville, 7 p.m.
Stratford - Wrestling at Athens, 7
p.m.

Friday, January 8
Athens - Girls basketball at Edgar,
7 p.m.; boys basketball vs. Prentice,

7 p.m.
Edgar - Girls basketball vs. Athens, 7 p.m.
Marathon - Girls basketball at
Stratford, 7:15 p.m.
Stratford - Girls basketball vs.
Marathon, 7:15 p.m.; boys basketball at Pittsville, 7:15 p.m.

Saturday, January 9
Athens - Wrestling at Neillsville
tourney, 9:30 a.m.
Edgar - Wrestling at Oconto Falls
tourney, 9 a.m.
Marathon - Wrestling at Merrill

tourney, 8 a.m.
Stratford - Wrestling at D.C. Everest tourney, 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday, January 12
Athens - Boys basketball at Edgar, 7 p.m.
Edgar - Boys basketball vs. Athens, 7:15 p.m.
Marathon - Girls basketball vs.
Colby, 7:15 p.m.; boys basketball at
Stratford, 7:15 p.m.
Stratford - Boys basketball vs.
Marathon, 7:15 p.m.

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SPORTS
BOWLING SCORES

Marathon City
Sports Center

WEDNESDAY NIGHT LADIES

DECEMBER 30, 2015
High game: Denise Seubert,
202; high series: Denise Seubert and Carla Seliger, 555.
TEAM STANDINGS
Brickner Motors
38.5 29.5
Myszka Oil Co.
37.5 30.5
Marathon Cheese
37 31
Marathon City SP
36 32
Village Inn
33 35
Peoples State Bank
32 36
Red Woof Pet Resort
31 37
Bowling Chicks
27 41

Jans 11th Frame

MONDAY NIGHT LADIES

DECEMBER 28, 2015
High game and series: Sarah
Werner, 190, 512.
TEAM STANDINGS
Weiler Electric
33.5 18.5
KBV
28.5 23.5
Ladies With Balls
26 26
Pro-Plow
21 31
Just Us
19 29
TUESDAY TWO-HOUSE
DECEMBER 29, 2015
High game: Jeff Blenker, 300;
high series: Randy Walters, 686.
TEAM STANDINGS
Memory Lanes 2
3 1
Memory Lanes 1
3 1
Rothenberger Custom
3 1
11th Frame
3 1
Nubbys Service
3 1
S.D. Ellenbecker
1 3
Switlick & Sons
1 3
Schreiner Trucking
1 3
Agri-Service Center
1 3
M&M Bakery
1 3
THURSDAY 3-MAN
DECEMBER 31, 2015
High game: Chris Czech, 268;
high series: Doug Brodziski,
711.
TEAM STANDINGS
Jans 11th Frame
18 2
Fischer Transp.
16 4
Here 4 Beer
14.5 5.5
WWE
14 6
S.D. Ellenbecker
6 14
Ds Liquor Box
5.5 14.5
Peter Trucking
4 16

Bunkelmans Sugar

2 18

Memory Lanes

WEDNESDAY NIGHT LADIES

DECEMBER 30, 2015
High game: Julie Ellenbecker,
238; high series: Vanessa McDonell, 616.
TEAM STANDINGS
Athens IGA
42.5 21.5
Burger Construction 35 29
Haines Trucking
26.5 37.5
Memory Lanes
24 40

Edgar Lanes

MONDAY NIGHT 3-PERSON

PRIDE
DECEMBER 28, 2015
Mens high game: Jim Moore,
277; mens high series: Jeremy
Gertschen, 723. Womens high
game and series: Linda Rininger, 204, 545.
TEAM STANDINGS
Edgar Lanes
198 122
Edgar Lanes II
188.5 131.5
Chads Auto Repair
177 143
BSs Bar & Grill
166 154
Pro-Plow
155 165
Werner Insurance
138 182
Edgar Lanes PS
132.5187.5
Edgar Lanes III
125 195
TUESDAY NIGHT LEAGUE
DECEMBER 29, 2015
TEAM STANDINGS
TNT
67 29
Hawkeyes
48 48
Hoggers
44 52
Cooters
33 63
WEDNESDAY WILDCAT
LEAGUE
DECEMBER 30, 2015
High game and series: Brandon Schilling, 287; 744.
TEAM STANDINGS
Edgar Lanes PS
22.5 7.5
Brandons Farm
19
11
Edgar Lanes III
19
11
Edgar Lanes
16.5 13.5
Amity Screening
13.5 16.5
Boehm Insurance
11
19
Edgar Lanes II
11
19
Round of Mulligans
7.5 22.5
WEDNESDAY NIGHT LATE
LEAGUE
DECEMBER 31, 2015

High game and high series:

Brandon Schilling, 279, 728.
TEAM STANDINGS
Werner Insurance
18
6
Boehm Insurance
18
6
Werner Insurance 2 18
6
Brandons Farm
6
18
Werner Insurance 1
6
18
Edgar IGA
6
18
SATURDAY NIGHT MIXED
COUPLES
JANUARY 2, 2016
High mens game and series:
Aaron Doll, 246, 695; womens
high game and series: Tammy
Henrichs, 198, 543.
TEAM STANDINGS
Ball Burners
15
5
Edgar Lanes
15
5
Tucking Fen Pin
11
9
MadKRB
11
9
The Back Yarders
10 10
Fuzzs Boozers
8 12
Odds & Ends
6 14
Sandbaggers
4 16

Edwin Memorial
Lanes

BUDWEISER NATIONAL
JANUARY 1, 2016
High game: Travis Wenzel,
268; high series: Butch Schoenfuss, 653.
TEAM STANDINGS
Bangart Racing
310.5 169.5
Central Culvert
286 194
Beinings Garage
280 200
Strobel Harvesting 240.5 239.5
Jive Turkeys
237 243.5
Teska Trucking
225.5 254.5
Chips Restaurant
183 297
Cross-Eyed Crick. 157.5 322.5
EML STRIKERS
DECEMBER 29, 2015
Mens high game: David Saindon, 258; mens high series: Elliott Weiler, 659; womens high
game and series: Julie Stueber,
230, 625.
TEAM STANDINGS
Nasonville Dairy
285 191
Westside Service 2 263.5 212.5
Weinfurtner Const. 258.5217.5
Westside Service 1 250.5 225.5
Sceeter & Otis
222.5 253.5
Bowler Bares
213 263
Rembs
212 264
UltraCom
199 277

Girls hoops
Continued from page 11
ished well and we needed every point.

Tigers easily beat Panthers

Three Stratford girls basketball
players scored in double figures, to
lead the Tigers to a 61-23 road win
against Pittsville Tuesday night.
Senior guard Savannah Schillinger
scored a game-high 20 points, while
Sammy Griesbach added 15 and Macie Frueh chipped in 10. Stratford improves to 9-2 this season, setting up
a big Marawood South showdown at
home against Marathon Friday.

Athens falls to Prentice

Berenice Lira and Kenadi Diedrich
both scored 12 points for Athens, but
it wasnt enough to end a long losing
streak as the Bluejays fell, 79-38, at
home to the Buccaneers.
Athens (1-9) has struggled since
its season-opening 68-46 win against
Tomahawk. The Bluejays will look to
reverse their fortunes at Edgar Friday.

Edgar bests Abby

The Wildcats picked up a big road
Marawood North win, 54-31, against
Abbotsford Tuesday to improve to 8-3

overall and remain undefeated in conference play at 5-0.

Dana Heidmann scored 10 points,
and grabbed two rebounds along with
three assists and four steals. Alexandria McKibben scored 10 points and
had six rebounds and two steals.
Other key Edgar contributors were
Courtney Mueller with eight points,
two rebounds and two steals; Macey
Wirkus with seven points, six rebounds, two assists and six steals; Tianna Borchardt with seven points, six
rebounds, three assists and one steal;
Rachel Heiden with six points, one
rebound and two steals; and Lindsey
Schneeberger with four points, three
rebounds, two assists and two steals.
Edgar coach Betty Urmanski was
pleased with her teams effort against
Abby.
With a four-point lead going into
halftime, we came out and continued
our pressure defense, which resulted
in some quick points to break open the
game, she said. Although we didnt
shoot well from the outside against
their zone, we trusted our defense to
create turnovers and transition those
into scoring opportunities.

BIG WIN-Stratford freshman Dylan Schoenherr wrestles Edgar sophomore Cade

Littleton Tuesday night in Stratford. Schoenherr won by fall in five minutes and one
second in their 170-pound bout during the Tigers 70-3 match victory.
PHOTO BY RACHEL MARTEN

Bi-State
Continued from page 10
of Adams-Friendship, with a 5-1 decision in the championship.
Stratfords other two champions
were sophomore A.J. Schoenfuss (17-1)
at 120 pounds and junior Mason Kauffman at 145 pounds. Kauffman won a
5-3 decision over Maustons John Maki
(21-2) in the championship, to remain
undefeated in his high school career.
Schoenfuss, meanwhile, won a 6-3
decision against Veliko Kochiu (15-4)
of Wausau West in the 126-pound title
bout.
Sophomore Jake Drexler (16-2) went
5-1 in bouts to finish in second place
at 113 pounds. He won four straight
bouts to qualify for the championship
round, where he lost a 7-5 decision to
Hudsons Drew Klabon (15-3).
Stratford junior Kamren Bornbach
(18-1) finished the tournament with a
6-1 record to take home third place at
182 pounds. He won a 13-3 major decision over New Lisbons Kyle Woodward (16-2) in the third-place match.
Freshman Macey Kilty (19-2) won
fifth place at 106. She suffered both of
her defeats to Dalton Schams (18-5) of
West Salem/Bangor, but she bounced
back to win a 3-2 decision over Hudsons Mitchell Anderson (13-6) in the
fifth-place title match.
Two Stratford wrestlers, freshman
Derek Marten and junior Tyson Kauffman, placed seventh at Bi-State in
their respective weights. Marten (15-4)
won a 5-2 decision against Viroquas
Ryan Hannah (14-3) in the seventhplace championship at 132. Kauffman
(17-2) won by fall in three minutes and
39 seconds against Ellsworths Mike
Freund (10-6) in the seventh-place
match.
Senior Kyle Giebel (12-5) took
home 12th place after losing the 11thplace match by a fall in 34 seconds to
Baraboos Nicholas Pierce (15-7).

Athens places fourth

Three Bluejay wrestlers placed to
help Athens to a fourth-place finish at
the Bi-State Classic.
Sophomore Tyson Sommer (15-3)
was the highest finisher for Athens
by taking third place at 285 pounds.
He boasted a 5-2 record in the tournament, despite losing by fall in 3:19 to
Muskegos John McGuire (17-3) in the
third-place match.
Athens junior Austin Engel and
sophomore Marshall Westfall both
took home ninth-place finishes at BiState. Engel (15-3) went 5-2 after winning a 4-0 decision against Josh Conrad (15-5) of Independence/Gilmanton
in the ninth-place match. Westfall (172) went 6-2 after winning a 5-4 decision

against Cashtons Jaden Schmitz (195) in the ninth-place match.

Athens coach Dale Westfall was
proud of how well his student-athletes
wrestled at Bi-State.
I thought our kids wrestled very
well, he said. Everyone was trying
to get points for our team.

Athens beats Phillips

The Bluejays picked up another
big Marawood Conference match win
Tuesday night, 49-28, at Phillips.
Winning wrestlers for Athens included Engel pinning Alex Briske of
Phillips in one minute and 12 seconds
at 152 pounds, Nate Morse pinning
Bryen Bushman of Phillips in 2:45,
Tannor Frahm winning a 9-6 decision
against Hunter Andersen at 182, Jonny Albrecht with a 15-3 win against
Brandon Bruneau at 126, Kevin Albrecht pinning Phil Cangenbach in 52
seconds at 132 and Klay Ellenbecker
pinning Adam Mitchell in 2:33.
Three Athens wrestlers received forfeit wins, including Westfall at 170, Dakota Venzke at 220 and Sommer at 285.
Bluejays wrestler Andy Nowacki
lost a 9-0 decision to Max Hoogland at
145, Jordan Zinkowich was pinned by
Marty Peterson in 2:35 at 195 and Gabe
Weiks was pinned in 30 seconds by Javyn Freeman at 106. Phillips received
two forfeit wins by Jeremy Stahl at 113
and Logen Oviel at 120.

Stratford easily beats Edgar

The Tigers won every bout except
one enroute to a 70-3 Marawood Conference match home win against the
Wildcats Tuesday night.
Several Stratford wrestlers earned
wins, including Jake Drexler by fall
in 2:46 against Lipinski at 113 pounds,
Schoenfuss by fall in 1:10 against Sahattchiev at 120, Jeremy Schoenherr
by fall in 1:49 against Guden at 126,
Jordan Becker with an 11-3 major decision win against Heil at 138 and Sam
Wenzel by fall in 31 seconds against
Handrick at 145.
Other Tiger winners were David
Marquardt with a 7-3 decision win
against Raatz at 160, Dylan Schoenherr by fall in 5:01 against Cade Littleton at 170, Bornbach with a 7-2 decision win against Lemanski at 182
and Giebel by fall in 2:50 against Ryan
McKibben.
Four Stratford wrestlers received
forfeit wins, including Manny Drexler
at 106, Marten at 132, Mason Kauffman at 152 and Tyson Kauffman at
285. Heidmann earned Edgars three
team points with an 8-6 decision win
against Jon Aguirre at 220.

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A do-over is required

Task force agrees to rebid county human services consultant study

A county task force charged with
The vote came as task force mem- ed, he said.
studying North Central Health Care bers, including county board chairBurgener said NCHC was an um(NCHC) last week Wednesday ap- man Kurt Gibbs, continued to com- brella organization, not unlike Asproved rebidding a contract to have plain that NCHC, committed to a wide pirus, which provides a long list of
a consultant say whether
range of community services, health and human services to people
the tri-county agency is
was no longer giving priority in Marathon, Lincoln and Langlade
providing adequate human
to its primary mission, which counties.
services, including mental
is to provide mental health
Are there not several core purposhealth services, and, if not,
services to Marathon County es? she asked.
whether a newly formed
citizens.
Task force member John Robinson,
county department would
What I am trying to under- also a NCHC board member, said the
do a better job.
stand here is whethorganizations history in
Marathon County deputy
er the taxpayers of
providing mental health
administrator Dr. Deb HagMarathon County are
services traces back over
er told the six task force
getting what they are
a century when the county
members that no company
paying for through
first operated what then was
bid on the countys request
North Central Health
called an insane asylum.
Dr. Deb
for a proposal. She advised
Care, he said.
Task force members quesHager
rebidding the contract for
Task force memtioned, however, whether
services in two parts. One
ber Jean Burgener, a
NCHC was giving Marathon
contract, she said, would have a com- member of the NCHC board,
County the mental health
pany assess Marathon Countys need agreed the relationship beservices it expected.
for human services. A second contract tween Marathon County and
Marathon County SherJean
would ask a company to assess wheth- NCHC needed better definiiffs
Department Chief DepBurgener
er the current organization structure tion and clarity, but expressed
uty Chad Billeb said his dewhere Marathon County pays NCHC some chagrin that Gibbs and
partment could not rely on
for human services still makes sense.
other county board members were so NCHC to provide inpatient psychiatCommittee members voted to rebid angry with NCHC.
ric care and, instead, needed to transthe consultant contract and send its
Supervisor Matt Hildebrandt re- port individuals to other institutions
recommendation to the countys Ex- sponded supervisors were not angry around the state. Such transport, he
ecutive Committee.
with NCHC exactly. Were frustrat- said, was costly.

Billeb said he was still trying to figure out why NCHC couldnt provide
the needed services.
Gibbs said he was disappointed to
hear from an unnamed NCHC board
member that his organization only
needed to upgrade its mental health
services for the incarcerated county
jail population to meet county expectations.
Gibbs said the county wanted comprehensive mental health services.
I want mental health services for
all citizens of Marathon County, he
said. Thats what I think the Marathon County board expects.
Deputy administrator Hager said
it was unclear what mental health
services the county can expect from
NCHC.
There is a lot of confusion, she
said. There should be no distinction
between offender and non-offender
population. County mental health services should go to county residents,
not just who is in jail. Right now, we
have not been able to get the levels of
mental health services we want for effective treatment.

TIF changes for Wausau mall approved

The Wausau
Center Mall

A five-member Joint Review Board

on Monday unanimously approved
amendments to two City of Wausau tax
incremental finance districts in order
to help finance improvements to the
Wausau Center Mall.
The TIF approval will fund $13,680,000
in possible future mall improvements
and developer incentives to be paid
off in mall property taxes by 2031. The
amended TIF No. 3 plan (downtown
Wausau) calls for $12,100,000 in developer loans, including $4.1 million to
move Younkers into a smaller, 85,000
square foot former Pennys store, as
well as $405,000 in payments to better
market the mall, $450,000 in reduced
parking lot rent and $650,000 in street
improvements.
The city is working with mall partowner CBL, Chattanooga, Tenn., one
of the nations largest mall owners and

managers.
A worksheet indicates CBL improvements in TIF No. 3 will generate
$17,413,181 in property taxes through
2032 to pay off estimated total expenditures of $16,619,988 to be spent over
three project phases.
The Joint Review Board acted to use
$6,385,000 from TIF No. 5 (the citys
business park) to enhance TIF No. 3s
revenues.
Marathon County treasurer Audrey
Jensen voted for the TIF amendments
as a county representative.
Contacted Tuesday, Jensen said she
voted for the amendments because she
was convinced the mall projects benefits outweigh its costs and the project
would not go forward without the TIF
changes.
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Schock said other benefits to the mall
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sales tax received by the county.
The Wausau official said that without the project the mall, which has lost
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Stratford
COMMUNITY LIVING

Send Stratford news to:

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phone: 715-223-2342
fax: 715-223-3505
P.O. Box 677
103 West Spruce Street
Abbotsford, WI 54405

SCHOOL LUNCH
Stratford Public
School
Monday, Jan. 11: Cheese
pizza, sweet potatoes, applesauce
Tuesday, Jan. 12: Nacho supreme, green beans, apple slices
Wednesday, Jan. 13: Chicken
fajita, lettuce, peaches
Thursday, Jan. 14: Sloppy
Jo on a bun, baked beans, fruit
sidekicks
Friday, Jan. 15: Lasagna
hotdish, Potato Smiles, mandarin
oranges

Book is published
Tamara Hughes, a 1988
graduate of Stratford High
School, has her fourth book,
His Pirate
Seductress,
published
with
the
Scandalous
Imprint of
Entangled
Publishing.
T h i s
novel is the
final book
in her piTamara
rate series
Hughes
released in
2015.
His Pirate Seductress is now
available for sale as an e-book
and in print at all major online retailers.
Hughes grew up in Stratford
and many of her relatives and
friends still live there including her parents, Ron and Shirley Bores, and in-laws, Bruce
and Diane Hughes. She now
lives in Brooklyn Park, Minn.
People can visit www.tam
erahughes.com to find out
for more information about
Hughes and her books. She
can also be found on Facebook at www.facebook.com/
tamerahughesauth and on
Twitter at @TamHughes.

Prom Dress Sale

A prom dress sale will be
held from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 9, at Zion Lutheran Church located at 700
North 2nd Avenue in Stratford.
People can drop off prom
dresses from 4-8 p.m. Friday,
Jan. 8. Prom dresses that

Lunches served with milk.

St. Josephs School

Patriots Pen essay winners

The Stratford VFW and Auxilliary 6352 sponsored a Patriots Pen contest open to Stratford Middle School
Students in sixth through eighth grades. Pictured, from left to right, are Betty Southworth, Stratford VFW
Auxiliary chairman, third-place winner Devin Ulrich, second-place winner Jesse Messmann, first-place winner Megan Wiese and John Southworth, Stratford VFW 6352 chairman.
dont sell should be picked up
between 4-7 p.m. Sunday, Jan.
9, at the church.
People can visit the Stratford School District Website
at http://www.stratford.k12.
wi.us/pages/Stratford School
District to print a sheet to fill
out for each dress they would
like to enter in the sale.
The Stratford High School
Student Council will receive
20 percent of the sale of each
prom dress.
Anyone with questions
should contact Ruth Joswiak at 715-506-0175 or Kathy
Ballerstein at school at 715687-4311, ext. 343.

Chili Feed
The Little Rose Riders
Snowmobile Club will have a
chili feed from 11 a.m. until
5 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 16 at
the Eau Pleine Town Hall lo-

cated at EP410 Equity Street

in rural Stratford.

Pancake breakfast
The Stratford VFW will
have a pancake breakfast
from 8 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 24, in support of
the Never Forgotten Honor
Flight, at the VFW clubhouse.

Continuing Education
Stratford Continuing Education is offering classes.
Yoga 4 Everybody will be
held from 6-7 p.m. Wednedays
from Jan. 27-March 13 at a to
be determined site.
Paint
Away
Workshop
will take place from 7-9 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 11, at Zion Lutheran Church in Stratford.
A 20/20/20 class will be held
from 5:15-6:15 p.m. Sundays
from Feb. 21-March 24 in the
Stratford High School com-

mons.
Yoga Body Bootcamp will
take place from 7:15-8 p.m.
Thursdays from March 3-May
5 at the town of Day hall in
Rozellville.
Zumba will be held from
6:15-7:15 p.m. Mondays from
March 25-June 27 in the Stratford High School commons.
People can sign up for
these classes by going to
www.mysignup.com/winter
spring2016-athn-gr nvly-hal
dr-rozell-spencr-strat. There
is a fee.
Anyone with questions
about the classes can e-mail
Linda at stratfordclasses@
gmail.com. People can also
visit the Stratford Continuing
Education website at http://
www.stratfordclasses.com,
or find them on Facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/
StratfordContinuingEducation.

CHURCH NEWS
Community
Bible
Church: Sunday worship service is at 10:15 a.m. Sunday
School is at 9 a.m. for all ages.
Located off STH 97 on south
side of Stratford.
Ebenezer
United
Church of Christ: Sunday
worship at 8:30 a.m. Sunday
school at 8:30 a.m. Communion is offered to all the first
Sunday of each month. Ebenezer is one block north of
STH 153 on CTH M.
Emmanuel
Lutheran
Church (WELS), March
Rapids: Sunday services are

at 8 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday

school at 9:10 a.m. Located
on CTH P. Online at www.
emmanuelstratford.com.
St.
Andrews
Catholic Church, Rozellville:
Masses are Saturday at 7:30
p.m. and Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
Located on CTH C.
St. Josephs Catholic
Church: Masses are Saturday at 4 p.m. and Sunday at
8:30 a.m. Confession is Saturday from 11 to 11:30 a.m.
and 3:15 to 3:50 p.m. Sunday
school at 8:30 a.m. service.
Located at 440 Larch Street.

Mill Church, Stratford:

Sunday services are at 8:30 and
10:30 a.m. Located on Third
Ave., Stratford. www.northridg
estratford.org.

Zion Lutheran Church:

Sunday services at 8 and
10:15 a.m. Located at 700
North Second Avenue.

Community Bible Church

Monday, Jan. 11: Ham and

cheese breakfast sandwich,
applesauce
Tuesday, Jan. 12: Walking
tacos, corn, peaches
Wednesday, Jan. 13: Chicken
patty on a bun, green beans,
pears
Thursday, Jan. 14: Mac and
cheese, broccoli, mixed fruit
Friday, Jan. 15: Chicken
dumpling soup with carrots,
garlic bread, strawberries
Lunches served with milk
and salad bar.

Square dancing
The Marshfield HoeDowners Square Dance Club will
hold an open house from 7:309:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan.
20, at the Lincoln Municipal Building located at 10905
Falcon Road, southwest of
Marshfield, for anyone who is
interested in learning how to
square dance.
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Thursday, Jan. 8, 1970
Evening Circle meets
Mrs. Lawrence Toelle, president, and Mrs. C. Wiesman,
secretary, were installed for
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Yeager, when the Evening Circle met at the Ebenezer United
Church of Christ.
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Candidates
Continued from page 1
candidates Dave Wallenfelsz and Mark
Ludwig. Incumbents Jim Lemanski
and Larry Knoeck are not seeking new
terms.

Athens school board

Incumbents Jon Wagner and Patrick
Kornack will run for new three-year
terms on the Athens Board of Education without opposition.

Athens village board

There are three candidates for three
open seats on the Athens Village Board.
They are incumbents Matt Witucki and
Chris Perkins and new candidate Steve
Brewster. Incumbent John Schaetzl
will not seek re-election.

Marathon County
There will be three contested local
races for county board supervisor.
In District 27, Thomas Seubert, Stratford, will run against Russell Weichelt,
Marshfield.
Incumbent Gary Beastrom, Athens,
will be challenged in District 34 by David Pankow, Wausau. William Litzer,
Marathon, is challenging incumbent
Jacob Langenhahn, Marathon, for his
District 35 seat.
Two local county board supervisors
will not seek re-election. Robert Wegner, Marshfield, will run unopposed for
the District 29 seat vacated by incumbent Richard Duerr, Stratford. Tim
Buttke, Wausau, will run unopposed to
fill a seat being vacated by incumbent
John Small, Marathon.

Feed mill demolished

Continued from page 4
in the 1970s there was an abundance of
fall army worms eating the crops that
needed to be sprayed.
That year people could hardly drive
down some roads because they were
completely covered in army worms,
Krause said.
People witnessing the start of the
feed mill may have seen the construction crew removing a 7,000-gallon tank,
which contained molasses that was
mixed in with cow feed to provide additional nutrients.
We always would receive 50-gallon barrels of molasses that we would
then dump into the 7,000-gallon tank,
Krause recalled.
Wenzel recalled another milestone
that in 1973 Klemme Feeds was the second largest feed mill that sold DoBoy
feed, based in New Richmond.

In 1978, Ardell and Larry Klemme

sold all of their stock in Klemme Feeds
to Stratford General Corporation. In
1985, Larry Klemme sold his stock in
Stratford General Corporation and
resigned as president and director
of Klemme Feeds. Ardell Klemme resigned as president and director of Klemme Feeds in 1988. The by-laws were
changed and Bob and Donetta Ulrich
purchased the stock, and the name of
the corporation was changed to Ulrich
Feeds in 1991.
The next year the Ulrichs bought
25 feet of land on the east side of the
feed mill from Stratford Farmers Coop, and also extensively remodeled the
mill. The new office was built at a cost
of $50,000 in 1993, which will remain
standing after the feed mill is demolished.
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After she was arrested, the woman was transported to the Marathon
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OBITUARIES

Lois Meyers

Lois Meyers (formerly Bauman and Thompson),

longtime Lake Country area resident, passed away
Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015, at the age of 71.
Lois was the daughter of the late Viola and Arnold
Bauman of Chippewa Falls. She graduated from Edgar
High School and received her nursing degree from St.
Marys in Wausau. Lois had a distinct passion for her
career as a registered nurse at numerous hospitals in
the Suburban Milwaukee area for over 40 years. She
had a special love for boating, and also enjoyed knitting,
quilting and embroidery. She was highly sociable,
enjoying time with friends and family, especially her grandchildren.
Lois is survived by her children, Stephen Thompson, Julia (Shannon) Shaw
and Matthew (Tracy) Thompson; and her grandchildren, Brittany, Caitlin,
Emily, Evan and Sydney. She is further survived by her siblings, Shirley (the
late Kenneth) Lueschow, Merle (Sharon) Bauman, the late Gerald (Dorothy)
Bauman and Ardell (Sharon) Bauman. She also was survived by numerous
nieces and nephews.
A funeral service was held at 3 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 28, 2015, at Our
Saviors Lutheran Church, W299 N5782 Hwy. E, Hartland. Visitation was held
at the church from 1 p.m. until the time of the service. In lieu of flowers,
memorials are appreciated for the family and may be sent and made payable
to Matthew Thompson, W362 N7423 North Shore Drive, Oconomowoc, WI
53066.
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Robert Delaney

Robert Francis (Bob) Delaney, 80, of Stratford passed

away peacefully at his home on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016.
Bob was born on June 22 1935, in Chicago to Michael
Joseph and Margaret Helen (Delaney) Delaney.
He attended schools on the south side of Chicago,
including Our Lady of Peace grade school, Quigley
Seminary (18 months) and Mount Carmel High School
(class of 53). He attended the University of Illinois on
a football scholarship, graduating in 1958. He met his
wife, Marthel Mardie (Schweikert) at the University
of Illinois, and they married in 1957.
After graduation, he became a member of the University of Illinois
football coaching staff. He continued coaching for the next several years,
first at U of I, then the Universities of Massachusetts, Cincinnati and
Minnesota. Pursuing a career change in 1969, Bob and Mardie accepted
teaching positions in Stratford, where Bob also enjoyed coaching the
football team for several years and served as the athletic director. This
fulfilled their dream of living and raising their family of six children in the
country. They retired in 1997 after 28 years of teaching. Bobs passions were
his faith, his family and the farm. Together, he and his family planted
thousands of trees and enjoyed the natural beauty surrounding him. Bob
had a deep appreciation for those who shared his life; his farm neighbors
who have been neighbors in the truest sense; the
Stratford community, particularly the students who
he was privileged to teach and coach; and his fellow
teachers with whom he enjoyed a close camaraderie.
Not least, he valued the Rozellville community and
his fellow St. Andrews parishioners and clergy with
whom he served and shared his faith. He continued
to be a proud alum of the Mount Carmel Caravan and
the Fighting Illini.
Bob is survived by his wife, Mardie, of 57 years;
and their six children, Christina (George) Theiss of
Wausau, Patrick (Sarah) Delaney of Houston, Texas,
Jennifer (Ivor) Shanahan of Marshfield, Kathleen Delaney of Mount
Horeb, Rebecca (Kelly) Splitt of Mount Horeb, and Julia (Dan) Batsch of
Cincinnati, Ohio; 19 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a brother,
Michael (Jane) Delaney; four sisters, Margaret Cassens, Sheila Delaney,
Sharon Hendricks and Laurie Buttress; and many loving nieces and
nephews; and extended family.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and two brothers, Michael D.
Delaney and James B. Delaney.
A funeral Mass and celebration will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 8,
2016, at St. Andrews Catholic Church, D1876 County Rd. C, Rozellville, with
Father Sen presiding. Visitation will be from 12:30-2:30 p.m. at the church,
and committal ceremony will follow the mass at 3:30 p.m.
A celebration of Bobs life will be held at the Buck-A-Neer Supper Club
in downtown Rozellville immediately following the funeral for all family,
friends and neighbors from 3:30-4:30 p.m. for the reception, 4:30-5:30 p.m. for
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Jack P. Knauf, 78, Marathon, died Thursday, Dec. 31,

2015, at Aspirus Wausau Hospital.
He was born June 6, 1937, in Marathon, the son of
the late Jacob and Marie (Ritger) Knauf. Prior to
his retirement, Jack was a dairy farmer his entire
working life. Jack was a longtime volunteer at Wausau
Manor Nursing Home. Jack was a member of St. Mary
Catholic Church, Marathon, and the Catholic Order
of Foresters. He enjoyed driving his Model A for area
weddings, loved playing cards, his card club, bowling
and snowmobiling. His many nieces and nephews will
remember him as a great uncle.
Survivors include his siblings, LeRoy (DeLoris) Knauf, Marathon, Mary
Schumacher, Marathon, Betty (Ken) Ahrens, Marathon, Rita (Bill) Lemmer,
Edgar, Jean (Ken) Dirks, Tomahawk, Bill (Jean) Knauf, Marathon; along
with many nieces and nephews; great-nieces and great-nephews; and other
relatives and friends.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother-in-law, Harold
Schumacher.
The funeral Mass was celebrated at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, at
St. Mary Catholic Church, Marathon. Rev. Msgr. Joseph Diermeier presided.
Burial was in the parish cemetery. Friends called on Monday from 9 a.m.
until the time of service at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be
directed to St. Mary Parish, Marathon. Pallbearers for the funeral were Jeff
Dirks, David Schumacher, Tim Knauf, Paul Jaglinski, Tim Studinger and
Marshall Jacobs.
The family wishes to express their sincere appreciation to Wausau Manor
Nursing Home, Copperleaf Assisted Living and Aspirus Comfort Care and
Hospice Services for care given to Jack.
Peterson/Kraemer Funeral Home, Marathon, assisted the family
with arrangements. Online condolences may be expressed at www.
petersonkraemer.com.
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Elroy Pilgrim

Elroy J. Bud Pilgrim, age 90, of Edgar passed away

peacefully with his family at his bedside on Friday, Dec.
18, 2015, at Copperleaf Assisted Living of Marathon
City.
Elroy was born June 16, 1925, in Edgar, the son of
Gustave and Mary (Flegle) Pilgrim. After graduating
from Edgar High School, Bud resided in the Edgar area
and married Lydia Draeger on Sept. 4, 1946. Sadly, she
passed away on Sept. 4, 1964. He was later united in
marriage to Elaine Stack on July 17, 1971. She survives.
Bud owned and operated a dairy farm until selling
his herd in 1964, at which time he started to work construction. He helped
build the present day Liberty Mutual Insurance building in Wausau. After
construction work he became employed in the maintenance department at
Employers Insurance until his retirement in 1987. Bud also enjoyed hobby
farming for many years.
If you knew Bud, you knew about his wonderful and witty sense of humor,
his love of playing cards with family and friends, and willingness to pick up
a game or two of cribbage. Other hobbies included throwing horseshoes and
playing on the churchs dartball league.
Bud was a longtime member of St. Stephen Lutheran Church ELCA. He
gave of his time and talents in the construction of the present day church
located in Edgar and was a member of the church council for many years. He
also held the position of treasurer for the town of Wien in Marathon County.
Survivors include his wife, Elaine, of Edgar; his children, Diana (Gary)
Boettcher of Baraboo, Donna (Mark) Murkowski of Rib Mountain, Londra
(Chad) Rogers of Mosinee, Douglas (Denice) Pilgrim of Edgar and Tandra
(Geoff King) Pilgrim of Cascade; his grandchildren, Brad, Travis (Shannon),
Tia (David), Matt (Jennifer), Allison (Paxton), Ann (Alex), Amy (Torey),
Gatlin, Greyde, Dominique, Shontay, Deirdra, Sondra, Deagon, Melinda and
Elliot; fourteen great-grandchildren; one brother, Glenn (Louise) Pilgrim of
Pillager, Minn. He is also survived by seven sisters-in-law, Esther Pilgrim,
Adeline Pilgrim, Louise (Glenn) Pilgrim, Marion Draeger, Frances (Allan
Benton) Grosskreutz, Joan Manthy and Patricia (Jim) Pautzke; three
brothers-in-law, Wilmer Tuchscher, Jerome (Mary) Stack and Thomas (Mary)
Stack; along with many other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Lydia; five sisters,
Selma Hamann, Viola Bauman, Mildred Panzigrau-Knutson, Mabel Punke
and Elaine Beattie; and three brothers, John in infancy, Alvin and William.
If desired, memorials in Buds name are being accepted to St. Stephen
Lutheran Church ELCA.
A funeral service was held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015, at St. Stephen
Lutheran Church ELCA in Edgar with Pastor Gail Sowell presiding. Burial
followed in Edgar Cemetery. Family and friends were invited to gather on
Monday at the church in Edgar from 4-8 p.m. and again on Tuesday at the
church from 9:30 a.m. until time of service. The honor of pallbearer for Bud
belonged to Marvin Pilgrim, Eugene Pilgrim, Dale Pilgrim, Mike Beattie,
Brad Boettcher and Travis Boettcher.
The family extends special thanks to the staff of Copperleaf Assisted
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OBITUARIES

Carol Petznick

Carol June (Erdmann) Petznick, age 81, formerly

of Athens, passed away Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, at
GoldenLiving Center of Abbotsford where she had
resided since June 2010.
Carol was born July 6, 1934, in Ripon, the youngest
daughter of the late Emil and Clara (Serrehn)
Erdmann. She graduated from Ripon High School and
then worked at a canning factory and hospital kitchen
for a short time.
On July 3, 1955, she was united in marriage to Wilfred
Walter Otto Petznick. In 1957 Wilfred and Carol bought
a farm in rural Athens where they farmed for 43 years. They expanded
the farm when they purchased their first registered Holsteins and formed
MDS Acres. Wilfred and Carol accomplished numerous farming milestones,
including Young Farmer of the Year, hosted the first Wisconsin Forage
Council Field Day in Marathon County, Wisconsin Forage Pacesetter Award,
hosted the Marathon County Holstein Breeders Twilight Meeting, Northern
Division Quality Milk Award, Central Area Council Quality Milk Award
and Marathon County Holstein Breeders Distinguished Senior Recognition.
They retired from farming in 2000 and moved to Stetsonville. Carol also
belonged to the WWT Homemakers Club for many years. She enjoyed
gardening, embroidery work and playing games with the grandchildren and
great-grandchildren.
Carol is survived by eight of her children, Dorean (Danny) Freimund
of Milan, Donna (James) Schmidt of Colby, Debra (Michael) Schaefer of
Gilman, Denise (Scott) Kulawinski of Birnamwood, Daryl (Tina) Petznick of
Stetsonville, Darvin Petznick of Colby, Marlin Petznick of Stetsonville and
Sandra (Michael) Seliger of Hamburg; and a sister, LaVerne Freimund of
Waunakee.
She is also survived by 22 grandchildren, Gabriel (Molly) Schreiber, Dawn
(Travis) Faber, Diane and Dee Freimund, Jennifer Schmidt and Jill (Nate)
Meyer, Anne (Dave) Fleegel, Patricia (Brian Edge) Schaefer, Crystal Schaefer,
Michaela (Justin) Trenidad and David Schaefer, Kimberly (Mike) Brewer and
Kristin (Nick Dahlke) Kulawinski, Dominique, Benjamin (Kristie) and Brice
Petznick, Emmalee, Elizabeth and Erika Petznick, Troy (Allison) Petznick,
and Paige and Miki Seliger; and 13 great-grandchildren, Madelyn and Alyse
Schreiber, Lydia and Kolton Faber, Collin Stuttgen, Alexis, Hannah, Naomi
and Jacob Fleegel, Annabelle Schaefer, Boone Meyer-Schaefer, and Nakeita
and Jacobi Petznick.
Carol was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Wilfred; a
daughter, Margean Schreiber; a grandson, Nicolas Petznick; four brothers,
William (Verna), Harold, Robert and Richard Erdmann; and two sisters,
Evelyn (Richard) Gazinski and Ruth (Henry) Heidelbach.
A funeral service was held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016, at Bethlehem
Lutheran Church in Milan. Rev. Jeffrey A. Lambrecht presided. Interment
was held in Athens Lutheran Cemetery. Family and friends were welcomed
from 4-8 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 5, at Maurina-Schilling Funeral Home in
Abbotsford and from 10 a.m. until time of service Wednesday at the church.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial is being established in Carols name.
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Jerome W. Daul, 89, of Stratford died on Saturday,

Jan. 2, 2016, at his home.
He was born and raised on the home farm on March
25, 1926, in the town of Cleveland, Marathon County, to
Charles and Catherine (Stoiber) Daul. He was united
in marriage to Elaine F. Ottelien on July 30, 1952, at St.
Andrews Catholic Church in Rozellville. They farmed
there until 1980. The couple celebrated their 60th
wedding anniversary in July 2012. Sadly, she passed
away on Aug. 16, 2015.
Jerry loved polka music and playing sheepshead. He
was a great husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather.
He is survived by his children, Allen (Marilyn) Daul of Stratford, Gary
(Debra) Daul of Wausau, Charles (Mary) Daul of Mondovi, Mary (Dave)
Malnory of Omro, Judith Daul of Rochester, Minn., Jean (Steven) Menzner
of Hayward, Linda (Ken) Laessig of Stratford, Thomas (Sara) Daul of
New Richmond, Karen (Mike) Blaszkowski of Marshfield, Donna (Jeff)
Aschebrock of Stratford, Nancy (Steve) Frodl of Stratford, Carol (Mohamed)
Elhindi of Winona, Minn., Dennis (Nichole) Daul of Stratford and Lisa
(Paul) Zoromski of Mosinee. He is also survived by 35 grandchildren; and
18 great-grandchildren. He is further survived by two sisters, Margaret
McHugh of Marshfield and Helen Dahlke of Las Vegas, Nev.
Besides his parents and wife, Elaine, he was preceded in death by four
grandchildren, Eric Daul, Alexander and Matthew Menzner and Beth
Ann Daul; one great-granddaughter, Millie Daul; one granddaughter-inlaw, Jenny Daul; three brothers, George, Alfred and Elwine Daul; and four
sisters, Marcella Weber, Marian Schreindl, Catherine Daul and Jane Daul.
A Mass of Christian burial was held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 6, at St.
Andrews Catholic Church in Rozellville with Fr. Sengole Vethamanickam
presiding. Music was provided by St. Andrews Folk Choir. Burial was in
the church cemetery with his grandsons as pallbearers, Aaron and Camden
Daul, Stosh Blaszkowski, Mark Aschebrock, Nathan Frodl, Sam Elhindi and
Isaiah Zoromski.
Visitation was held from 9-11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Andrews in Rozellville.
Rembs Funeral Home in Marshfield assisted the family with the
arrangements.
Memorials may be given to St. Andrews Parish.
Condolences may be sent online to www.rembsfh.com.
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VILLAGE OF STRATFORD
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2015
MUNICIPAL BUILDING
President Suckow called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. The
Pledge of Allegiance was said. Open meetings requirements were
met.
Roll Call. Trustees present: Todd Belter, Dale Heil, Tom Kolb, Scott
Pietrowski, Bud Suckow and Dan Wenzel. Trustee Cara Drexler
was excused. Staff present: Clerk June Krueger, Chief of Police
Korey Schillinger and Officer Eric Colby. Also present: Attorney
Shane Vanderwaal, and Marathon County Sheriffs Deputies Mike
Lechleitner and Greg Bean.
Motion by Belter/Kolb to convene in closed session as per
Wisconsin Statutes 19.85(1)(c) for the purpose of considering
employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation
data of any public employee over which the governmental body has
jurisdiction or exercises responsibility, for the purposes of possible
disciplinary action of a public safety employee. Roll call vote. Belter
- yes, Heil - yes, Kolb - yes, Pietrowski - yes, Suckow - yes, Wenzel
- yes. Motion carried.
Closed Session
Action as needed from closed session.
Motion by Belter/Wenzel to remove Officer Eric Colbys designation
as Interim Police Chief. Roll call vote. Wenzel - yes, Suckow - yes,
Pietrowski - yes, Kolb - yes, Heil - yes, Belter yes. Motion carried.
The village board discussed the options available for the future
of the police chief position following Chief Schillingers retirement.
Motion by Pietrowski/Kolb to extend Chief Schillingers
employment through January 31, 2016. Carried.
Motion by Kolb/Wenzel to adjourn. Carried. (11:13 a.m.).
Submitted by:
June Krueger, Clerk
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MARATHON COUNTY DOG OWNERS
Pursuant to Section 174.052, Wisconsin Statutes, notice is
hereby given to all owners of dogs in Marathon County that rabies vaccinations and dog licenses are required by state law.
Vaccination against rabies by a veterinarian is required of all
dogs within 30 days of obtaining the dog, or after the dog reaches
5 months of age, pursuant to State Statute 95.21(2) and must be
revaccinated within one year after the initial vaccination. Certificates of current vaccination must be presented when obtaining
dog licenses.
Section 174.07 of the Wisconsin State Statutes requires evidence that the dog is currently immunized against rabies before
a dog license can be issued; all dogs 5 months of age or older
require a license. The minimum license fee for neutered males
or spayed females is $5.00, upon presentation of evidence attesting to the same, and $10.00 for the unneutered or unspayed
dog. Spayed/neutered puppies are $2.50 upon presentation of
evidence attesting to the same, and unneutered or unspayed
puppies are $5.00. These minimums may be supplemented by
local municipal action.
Multiple dog licenses are $50.00 for 12 tags with a $5.00 charge
for additional tags.
Penalties: A late fee of $5.00 shall be assessed to the owner of
each dog 5 months of age or over who fail to obtain a dog license
by April 1. An owner who fails to have a dog vaccinated against
rabies as required by statute may be required to forfeit not less
than $50.00 nor more than $100.00.
Dog licenses are obtained from your municipal treasurer.
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meeting for the School District of Edgar for the month of January
has been changed. It will be held on Monday, January 11, 2016,
at 6:00 p.m. in lieu of the 3rd Wednesday of the month in January.
Dated this 16th day of December, 2015.
Dr. Cari Guden
District Administrator
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WANTED TO BUY

FEED-SEED-PLANTS

DOGS-CATS-PETS

FOR SALE

AUTOMOTIVE

HELP WANTED

WANTED: GUNS - new and

used. Turn them into ca$h or
trade for a new one! Shay Creek
in Medford, 715-748-2855.

HAY FOR Sale, small squares.

1st, 2nd, 3rd crop, your choice.
$2.75 each. Call evenings, leave
message. Stratford, WI. 715-6874274.

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and golden, medium sized, ready
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out. $25. 715-223-3810.

4 FT. or 8 ft. bundle of slabwood

hardwood, delivered. Call 715897-0809.

2002 CHEV. Impala, silver,

101,000 miles. $3,000. 715-2073699.

FOR SALE - Hardwood firewood,

cut and split. Levi Nolt, 715-2232930.

WORK WANTED

MEYER MANUFACTURING Corporation is accepting applications for laser and press brake
area leader, prior leadership
experience or machine operation and technology experience
desired, pay based on qualifications. Also accepting applications for a qualified laser operator, press brake operator, CNC
machinist and welders - start at
up to $16.75/hr. and general labor and assemblers - $14/hr. All
positions include excellent benefits - paid vacation, 6% match
401K, (4) 10 hr./day work week,
tuition reimbursement, health
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person at Meyer Mfg. Corp, 574
West Center Ave., Dorchester,
WI.

HORSES
HELP WANTED

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CAREGIVERS
Interested applicants can
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1110 N. Division Street, Colby, WI 54421

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CARD OF THANKS
Thanks to all the people at GoldenLiving - Continental Manor
Nursing Home, Lisa and Chris
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with my wheelchair and get me
coffee, Deb was always asking if
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FOR RENT
AVAILABLE AT Green Acres
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no dogs. Vacant lots for $225.
Colby, WI. 715-340-2116.

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AVAILABLE NOW. One bedroom

apartments at Withee Housing,
Withee. Eligible applicants must
be 62 or disabled. Appliances
and some utilities included.
Building features community
room, car plug-ins, and laundry
facilities. Tenant pay 30% of adjusted monthly income. For an
application please contact: Impact Seven, Inc. at 855-316-8967
or 715-357-0011. EHO. impact@
impactseven.org.
FOR RENT - Marathon, 4 bedroom ranch home, natural gas
heat, new furnace, near schools,
attached garage, also detached
garage. No pets. Located 2 miles
from Marathon. Available 1-1-16.
Please call 715-443-2347 or 715581-1929.

HELP WANTED

STONE SETTER. All types masonry, brick, block and stone,

stone walls, basement, barns.
715-897-4177.

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HELP WANTED

ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS For

waitress and cook. Apply in person, Abby Cafe, Abbotsford.
TRUCK DRIVER Wanted for grain
hopper division, home weekends. Saturday morning mechanic. Looking for drivers, also
home daily route. 715-571-9623.

Caregivers Come Join Our Team

COUNTRY TERRACE OF WISCONSIN
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
We are currently accepting applications for experienced shop & field installation
personnel. Preferred candidates need to have experience in
stainless steel welding, fabricating and pipe fitting.
We offer:

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Subsistence Pay
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CUSTOM
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Help Wanted
The Village of Dorchester is accepting applications for a
full-time position in the Public Works department.
Duties include (but are not limited to) street
maintenance, snow plowing, building maintenance,
operation and maintenance of equipment,
purchasing, budgeting. Must be computer literate,
willing to learn, and able to interact professionally
& effectively with governing body, professional
consultants, and the public. CDL preferred, water/
sewer experience and certifications a plus.

Process Systems Engineering Installation &

Custom Fabrication Specialist for the Food,
Dairy and Pharmaceutical Industry.
1932 E. 26th, P.O. Box 296,
Marshfield, WI 54449
Or call for an appointment (715) 387-6598
or (800) 236-8773.

Certified Nursing Assistant Classes

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Wausau Window and Wall Systems, an industry leader in engineered window and curtainwall systems, is seeking to add production associates in both facilities! We have openings on
2nd shift in Wausau and openings on 2nd and
3rd shift in Stratford!
Wausau Window and Wall Systems offers a
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hour shift differential. We also offer a competitive benefit package including medical, dental,
prescription and vision coverage, vacation, personal time, 10 paid holidays/year, 401(k) and
stock purchase plans, life and disability plans,
incentive plan and tuition reimbursement.
To apply, visit us at www.wausauwindow.com
and click on the Careers link. Wausau Window
and Wall Systems is a division of Apogee Enterprises, Inc. and we are an Equal Employment
Opportunity Employer Women/Minorities/
Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
are encouraged to apply.

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY At
Roland Kanneberg Villa, 200-201
N. Eighth Street in Abbotsford,
to accommodate agricultural
processing workers, 2 & 3 bedrooms, rent starts at $455. Owner
paid heat, water, sewer & trash
removal. Certain restrictions apply. For more information please
contact Impact Seven, Inc. at
855-316-8967 or 715-357-0011.
EHO.

WOOD FOR Sale, split and unsplit, $45 per cord. 715-6874274.

Salary range from $16.50-$19.00/hour, depending on

qualifications and experience, plus benefits: holiday
pay, PTO, vacation, retirement, short-term disability,
health insurance reimbursement, HSA; vision/
dental/long-term disability available.
Submit resume or application (available in the Clerk's
office or on our website, www.dorchesterwi.com,
under the 'Forms & Permits' tab), references, and
salary requirements to the Dorchester Clerk's office,
228 W. Washington Ave., Dorchester, WI 54425.
Applications will be accepted until Friday, January 15.

NOW IS YOUR CHANCE TO START A

CAREER IN THE HEALTH CARE FIELD!

Are you interested in becoming a Certified Nursing

Assistant and having the cost of the course paid for? Clark
County Rehabilitation and Living Center will be offering the
C.N.A. course through NTC at CCRLC starting in February. The
facility will sponsor individuals and pay for tuition/books
and other fees associated with taking the course. Candidates
must qualify and successfully complete the course and
state certification test with a two year commitment of
employment to CCRLC.
If interested in taking the course, contact Joan Jalling,
HR Manager, at 715-229-2172, extension 204, for further
information.

1-177234

HELP WANTED

W4266 CTH X, Owen, WI 54460-8932

Clark County is an ADA/CRC/EEO Employer.

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Senior guard Karter Underwood
was the lone Marathon player in double figures with 12 points. His threepointer gave the Red Raiders their first
lead in the second half at 34-32, with
nine minutes left in the game. Senior
Preston Wirkus offensive rebound
putback gave Marathon a six-point
cushion with five minutes remaining.
Junior Bryce Seuberts clutch pair of
free throws and senior guard Xavier
Lechleitners key defensive charge
made sure the Rangers didnt gain any
momentum.

The Red Raiders advanced to the title game by beating Tomahawk, 71-41,
in the holiday tournament semifinal
game Dec. 29.
Marathon improved to 7-1 this season and has won seven games in a row
since dropping its first game of the
season against Mosinee. Sophomore
Donovan Free led Marathon with 13
points, while Seubert and sophomore
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