January 20, 2016 The Record-Review

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Stratford
building
project on
the ballot
Its now up to Stratford
School District residents to
decide whether to vote for two
school referendum questions
on the April 5 election ballot.
The Stratford School District Board of Education
unanimously approved two
referendum
resolutions
during
Mondays
special
board
meeting in the high
school
band
room.
The
same
15 people attended both the
special board
meeting
and
the prior listening session
Dan
allowed
Thompson that
residents
to
gain clarity on
the two referendum questions.
During the special board
meeting, all five members of
the board of education voted
in favor of having two referendum resolution questions on
the April 5 election ballot. The
first resolution authorizes the
school district to borrow not
more than $15,995,000, and the
second resolution authorizes
the school district to borrow
not more than $7,995,000.
The school districts financial adviser, Robert W. Baird
& Co., has provided a summary of financing scenarios
for school district taxpayers.
If only the first question of
$15,995,000 million is passed,
taxpayers of a $100,000 house
would pay $8.25 per month or
$99 a year in addition to their
current school taxes. If both
See REFERENDUM/ page 4
County could end

NCHC relationship
Supervisors delay final vote until September meeting

The Marathon County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted to possibly
end its 40-year relationship with North
Central Health Care (NCHC), Wausau,
after an emotional, five-hour meeting.
The board called for plans to create
a new county human services department to replace
NCHC, a regional
partnership
between
Marathon,
Lincoln and Langlade Counties that
provides state mandated care for the
developmentally
disabled, mentally
ill and people with
drug and alcohol issues.
Yet, in a compromise forged by Jeff
supervisor
Board chair Zriny,
and
new
chairKurt Gibbs
man of the NCHC
Program Services
Board, the county board agreed not to
withdraw from NCHC immediately, but
postpone a final vote on terminating its
NCHC contract to its September regular meeting.
NCHC staff and supporters, who
packed the county board room,
breathed a sigh of relief. They now
have eight months to convince county
supervisors NCHC can meet county
needs, despite years of rancor, mistrust
and accusations, made most recently,
that NCHC has not kept the mentally ill
out of the county jail.
We are very pleased with this decision, said Laura Scudiere, newly
named NCHC executive director of
human services operations, This outcome allows us to explore options in a
studied way.
Zriny said the board vote to postpone
See RELATIONSHIP/ page 5
THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN-Marathon County deputy administrator Dr. Deb Hager told supervisors in presentations Saturday and Tuesday that the NCHC-led system of human services was broken despite years of efforts to try and fix it. She said she had run out of ideas
about how to make it better.
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Opinion/Editorial
Fixing a broken system
hen you walk into North Central Health Care (NCHC) in

Wausau, you read these words carved into what was, apparently, a cornerstone from an old building which stood
on its sprawling Wausau campus.
To serve humanity.
A noble sentiment, certainly, but possibly a clue why NCHC
now finds itself in hot water with its biggest customer, Marathon
County.
It seems that NCHC has been so concerned with serving humanity over so many years that it has forgotten about people.
On Tuesday, the Marathon County Board voted to begin planning to replace NCHC with a county human services department,
although supervisors, softened by pleas for compromise, agreed to
postpone a final vote until September.
The reason supervisors called to terminate NCHCs contract
with Marathon County is because, over numerous years, NCHC,
obeying its own professional regulations and rules, has refused
numerous mentally ill people admission to its psychiatric hospital
and crisis center.
These people, in the custody of law enforcement, inevitably wind
up in the county jail. There is no other place to put them.
To deputy county administrator Dr. Deb Hager, this failure of
service by NCHC indicates a dysfunctional system of care.
We have a system that doesnt work for people who need help,
she said. Ive been dealing with system issues since I was named
deputy county administrator. The problem is not due to a lack of
effort on the part of Marathon County or NCHC. Weve tried to
make it work, but the system is broken.
Sheriffs Department Chief Deputy Chad Billeb agrees. The
system is broken and its broken bad, he said.
The two county leaders can tick off story after story of people,
both mentally ill or hooked on drugs, who were not served by
NCHC. There is the 80-pound, 48-year-old woman jailed with a near
fatal .48 blood alcohol content because Aspirus Wausau Hospital
didnt want her and NCHC judged her too drunk for detoxification.
There is the suicidal paraplegic drug user refused admittance to
NCHC, who, four days later, castrated himself while in jail. There
is the heroin addict who, after two years of being clean, was refused an alcohol assessment by NCHC because he owed $125 to
the agency. The addict would have served 200 days in jail (at a cost
over $11,000) and likely would have returned to hard drugs except
for extraordinary intervention by Dr. Hager and NCHC executive
director Gary Bezucha.
With the county board vote, Jeff Zriny, the new president of the
NCHC Program Services Board and a new slate of top managers,
have a handful of months to reinvent a human services model that
will prove superior to anything that Marathon County and its consultants can think up.
We wish them well.
Our advice, however, is to go a little lighter on the humanity
stuff. It is all well and good to follow state and federal regulations,
professional judgment, best practices, facility rules and guidelines--all things you do to serve humanity-- but if what that means
is that a person, mentally ill or hooked on drugs, is needlessly
tossed in jail this is a failure. This must be remedied. NCHC cant
simply let people, as pointed out by county board chairman Kurt
Gibbs, fall through the cracks. Humanity is important, but people
matter.
Second, NCHC needs to remember that while the agency is serving humanity, it is Marathon County that is paying a large part of
the bill. It needs to serve the county. If Marathon County desires
to get appropriate mental health treatment for its jail population,
for example, NCHC needs to be there. Marathon County, as a customer, cant always be wrong.
Problems between NCHC and Marathon County have been festering for years and, despite interventions by consultants and task
forces, the problems never get solved. Its not a staffing issue.There
is a cultural divide between the two institutions. One serves humanity. The other serves Marathon County taxpayers.
Can a new NCHC team make needed changes to fuse the two
cultures? Well see. This is a prerequisite, in our view, for fixing a
broken human services system.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Teaching is
blessing
To the Editor:
Recently I read Casey Krautkramers View from the Cheap Seats column and felt very honored to see your
kind words about the Athens Bluejays
Pep Band. It is truly a blessing for
me to work with so many wonderful
students, fellow teaching and support
staff, administration, school board,
and the awesome community of Athens. In my opinion, our Athens school
district is a great place for our quality
staff to serve the future citizens of our
country.
Teaching in the Marawood Conference is a fulfilling and positive experience. There are so many wonderful
band programs that encourage and
support each other. Kudos to John
Rickinger, Dennis Webb, Toni Novak,
Matt Robisch, Randy Veale, Sara Sternberg as well as the other band directors
not in The Record Review readership
area. It is a privilege to have so many
dedicated and talented educators serving our students in the rural school
districts.
Music education is an important
part of our students development into
becoming well balanced adults who are
creative thinkers, caring individuals,
and life long learners. By sharing your
positive comments about our pep band,
you have shown your support of the
importance of band programs in all of
our communities. Once again, thanks
for your kind thoughts.
Patty Riske
Athens Instrumental Music 6-12
Lets invest
in broadband
To the Editor:
Broadband internet access has become an indispensable resource for
business and a vital part of our society.
Such technologies as cloud-based
computing, high-definition audio and
video streaming, web conferencing,
and mobile web access are all designed
around internet speeds of at least 25
megabits per second (MBPS) and
A HANDS CARTOON
even thats considered a slow connection speed nowadays. The latest 4G

data services start at a minimum of 100
MBPS, and the gold standard is gigabit service of 1,000 MBPS. I know its
a highly technical topic, but its important to know that todays innovative
businesses and research institutions
need this kind of broadband access to
thrive.
Unfortunately, much of Wisconsin
lacks access to high-speed broadband.
According to the Federal Communications Commission and industry
group data, 20 percent of Wisconsins
population is currentlyunderserved.
The average broadband connection in
Wisconsin is 23.8 MBPS far slower
than 4G speeds. As you might guess,
rural areas of the state are especially
starved for broadband access. For example, more than a third of Jackson
County residents lack even minimal
broadband coverage, as do more than
half the people in Adams and Waushara counties.
Making a real investment in expanding broadband in rural areas would be
one of the most important ways we can
promote job creation in Wisconsin.
Unfortunately, the efforts of Gov.
Walker and the Republican majority
in the State Legislature have been notably lacking in this regard. One of the
governors first acts back in 2012 was to
turn away nearly $23 million in grant
funding that would have allowed the
state to expand fiber optic broadband
networks to 82 schools and 385 library
facilities. We lost 150 full-time jobs that
could have been created by this project.
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has
proposed investing $100 million of the
states nearly $2 billion budget surplus
in bringing broadband to rural communities.
I have introduced an amendment to a
Republican bill that would have upped
Wisconsins investment in rural broadband to $10 million annually the same
level that Minnesota is investing now.
If Wisconsin is going to become economically competitive with its neighboring states, we have to commit to
making a meaningful investment in
our broadband infrastructure, the digital highway that carries the promise
of economic growth and higher paying
jobs both today and in the future.
Julie Lassa
State Senator
D-Stevens Point
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January 20, 2016
Double-header
is heavenly
Last Fridays Marawood Conference
girls and boys varsity basketball doubleheaders were a hoops lovers dream
come true.
Edgars girls basketball team played
Prentice at 6 p.m. at home, followed by
the boys game at 7:30 p.m. Stratfords
boys team played Northland Lutheran
at 6 p.m. at home, followed by the girls
game at 7:30 p.m.
I normally dont
IEW FROM get to watch two
basketball games
THE HEAP on Friday nights,
so I was in heaven.
SEATS
I actually ended
up seeing parts of
three games.
First I covered
the Edgar girls
teams excitingly
close win against
Prentice, then I
caught the beginning of the Wildcat
boys game against
the Buccaneers, beBY
fore traveling back
home to Stratford
CASEY
to catch the end of
KRAUTKRAMER the Tiger girls win
REPORTER
against Northland
THE RECORD-REVIEW Lutheran.
I just wish the
Marawood Conference would schedule
double headers every Friday night during the regular season. I would think
it would especially benefit teams like
Wisconsin Rapids Assumption, who is
forced to travel to Marathon and Stratford in the Marawood South.
Dont look now but the tournament
season is fast approaching. The Marawood Conference wrestling championships are right round the corner at the
end of this month in Pittsville. I realize
the winter sports seasons are a grind,
but before long we will be feeling the
excitement of tournament fever.
The Edgar varsity boys basketball team picked up a huge 47-39 win
against archrival Marathon at home
Tuesday night. Its still hard for me
to believe the Wildcat boys havent
won a conference championship since
1988, especially since Edgar had a state
championship team in between those
years.
I vividly remember watching Dean
Wucherer coach the 1997 Edgar boys
basketball team to beat Randolph, 5044, in the Division 4 state championship game in Madison. I rode down on
an Edgar fan bus with my uncle Len
Berg, to watch my cousin John Berg
who was a member of that state title
team.
Now you look around and state
championship team members have
moved on to further themselves in education administration roles. Ryan Bargender is principal at Abbotsford High
School and Nate Lehman is principal
at Mosinee High School. But the big
Edgar boys state championship team
photo will forever hang high on the
northeast wall in the gymnasium for
people to remember that great team.
I suppose its no wonder that Edgars
team didnt win a Marawood Conference championship back then, considering the amount of talented players in
the conference.
The list of talented individual players besides Bargender and Lehman included Jason Shupe from Spencer, Matt
Blomberg from Prentice and Charlie
Ramberg from Granton.
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We dont like our health care system.
Its too expensive.
It doesnt produce the public health results we want.
But how do we change it? Thats a key
question.
Obviously, politicians can wave magic
wands around and pretend they are changing things.
On the right, the majority Republicans
in Congress have voted 55 times to rid the
nation of the Patient Protection or Affordable Care Act, either in part or in its entirety, but, to date, have not come up with any
suitable replacement, for instance, one that
would continue to guarantee health insurance to people with pre-existing medical
conditions.
On the left, presidential candidate Bernie
Sanders released his single-payer health
care plan this past Sunday. The proposal
would improve health outcomes by covering nearly every medical procedure under
the sun and would be affordable, costing a
typical American family of four only $450 a
month (a savings of $5,800 a year). Yet, the
plan demands not just high tax rates on the
wealthy, but would cut reimbursements to
hospitals, doctors, drug companies and device makers by a trillion dollars each year.
The Sanders plan is largely silent on how
you would wring that kind of savings from
the health care system.
Is there any practical way to make progress on the health care front?
Maybe. Thats why I was intrigued to listen this past week to the Marathon County
Boards emotional, lengthy debate over how
to fix its broken human services system.
The arguments swirled. On one side, county staff and supervisors, including county
board chair Kurt Gibbs, argued that North

Central Health Care (NCHC) failed to provided needed mental health care to people
in crisis situations. These people shamefully were sent to county jail cells, it was asserted. On the other side, supervisors supporting NCHC said the agency could meet
expectations if the county, for once, would
be clear about just what it wanted. In the
background of all of this argument were
financial questions. If Marathon County
wanted platinum-quality mental health
services was it willing to pay for it? Does
it have the money to do so? Alternatively,
couldnt NCHC make better use of the millions of dollars it already receives from
Marathon County? NCHC defenders urged
caution, prudence. Gibbs, tired of years of
unproductive talk to reform things, called
for a leap of faith to a new, county human
services system.
The county board, in the end, did something no Washington politician is very
good at. It approved a compromise. The
deal calls for the county to divorce North
Central Health Care, but only after a September final vote. NCHC has until then to
reinvent how it delivers human services.
Well see what happens. The task before
both Marathon County and NCHC is huge.
Somebody has to figure out how to merge
the world of doctors, nurses, regulations
and insurance with the world of jails, taxes, levy limits, police and people in crisis.
There is no telling whether this merger is
possible, but, I am confident, good-hearted
people will hard work at it.
If these folks get results, our politicians
in Washington should take notice.
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January 20, 2016
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Police officers job in question
A committee will determine Colbys fate with the police department

A committee comprised of village of
Stratford residents will decide Monday
whether full-time police officer Eric
Colbys alleged misconduct will cost
him his job.
The public hearing is slated for 5
p.m. Monday, Jan. 25, at the Village of
Stratford municipal center.
The Stratford Village Board of trustees decided at its regular board meeting Jan. 12 to follow state statutes and
the villages ordinance to remove itself
from the process of disciplining Colby.
The board voted to appoint a committee of people who live in the village to
hear Colbys case and make a decision
on his employment.
The village board also approved village attorney Shane Vanderwaals request to retain attorney Kevin Terry
from Ruder Ware law firm to represent
the committee against Colby and his
attorney. Phone messages left for Terry
and Vanderwaal were not returned.
The village of Stratford hired Colby
as a part-time police officer in May of

2008, and he has served as the police
departments full-time police officer
since May of 2010.
The village board approved Colby as
Stratfords interim police chief during its regular board meeting in early
December, after Korey Schillinger, the
police chief for the past 29 years, announced his retirement at the end of
December.
After learning about Colbys misconduct, the village board stripped
Colby of the interim police chief job
and gave him a leave of absence from
his full-time police officer job during
a special board meeting held near the
end of December. Schillinger agreed to
stay on as police chief until the end of
January, and the village is currently
advertising for a full-time police chief.
The village board approved at its
Jan. 12 meeting to hire part-time police
officer Mindy Sutherland to fill available hours while Colby remains on a
leave of absence from his job pending

the hearing results.
In other police news, the village
board approved during its Jan. 12
meeting to retire late Stratford police
officer Daniel Hupes police badge No.
582. Hupe, who was also a Stratford fire
fighter, died March 14, 2001. Schillinger

promised his family that his police
department would never use Hupes
badge number, but his family wanted
to make sure now that Schillinger is
retiring from the department.
ATHENS SCHOOL BOARD CAPSULES

The School District of Athens Board
of Education approved the following
items during its regular board meeting
Monday:
The board approved to accept all
student open enrollment applications
into the school district.
Board members approved

the CESA 10 contract for $14,935 for
CWETN.
The board approved hiring

spring sports coaches: Cheryl Strunk
as the varsity girls and boys track
coach, and she will be assisted by Joel
Mroczenski, Brian Anderson and Ken

Kraft. Korey Rottscheit was hired as
the middle school track coach, and Lori
Ellenbecker will be a middle school
volunteer assistant coach. The board
approved hiring Bill Coker as varsity
baseball coach, Dale Westfall as varsity
assistant baseball coach and Todd Diethelm as the freshman baseball coach.
The board also approved hiring Craig
Diedrich as varsity softball coach and
Chris Czech as the freshman softball
coach. Dean Frick and Kevin Denzine
are volunteer softball assistants.
Referendum
Continued from page 1
referendum questions pass for a total
of $23,990,000 million, then taxpayers
would pay $15.50 per month or $186 per
year on top of the current school taxes
they pay each year.
The board of education and district
residents in attendance Monday discovered during the listening session
there would be no major cost savings
in referendum question No. 1 by slightly redesigning the project, such as
moving the classroom addition to the
south side of the high school library
instead of in the northwest parking
lot. Lee Spindler, Miron Construction
referendum building project manager,
said there could be some small savings if not as much asbestos removal
is needed as is budgeted in the schools.
Following the listening session,
board of education vice-president
Chris Dickinson was ready to vote on
the two referendum resolutions.
I dont think we can move large
amounts of money maybe the way
some of us had anticipated or hoped,
he said. I think therefore we are generally moving forward with the two
referendum questions that we have on
the agenda.
The school districts attorney, Quarles & Brady, informed the school board
that it actually had 70 days to approve
referendum resolutions before the
April 5 election. The board could have
postponed Mondays vote and scheduled another special board meeting
Monday, Jan. 25, to take a vote.
The board of education also pondered having a special school referendum election in May, but decided
against it upon learning from Stratford
schools superintendent Scott Winch
that the district would be forced to pay
at least $4,000 in costs for a special election.
Board of education president Dan
Thompson said postponing the referendum until May would not have been
the right call.
We could postpone the election
and maybe tweak some things, but I
dont think we would be able to tweak
enough to achieve major cost savings,
he said. I also think we will have better representation of the community
SEEKING CLARITY-Stratford School District resident Nikki Skroch listens to her husband Travis obtain answers from Miron
Construction project manager Lee Spindler on whether the school district could save some money on referendum question No. 1.
in an April election because it is a presidential primary.
Dickinson asked resident Travis
Skroch, who had several questions on
building and renovation line items during the listening session, his thoughts
on the board making a decision on referendum resolutions.
We came in here tonight to see if we
could find some cost savings out there,
but I would probably have to agree
with you that there was no big $2 million in savings where you could say,
Wow, we cut that amount of money,
Skroch said.
He told the board of education they
could however take more time to have
Miron and Somerville Architects make
some changes to the building design.
You still have one week to move
the classroom additions to the south
side of the library, Skroch said. You
have heard me throughout this process
that I only want one referendum ques-
tion so everyone is on the same boat.

This is the moment you run for school
board, to get to make this call and you
have a great opportunity. The decision
you make will define you as a school
board.
Thompson made a motion to adjourn
the special board meeting, but Dickinson interjected because he wondered
how the board would respond to finding out from Quarles and Brady that
it is illegal to word the election ballot
to say the school district wont borrow
the $7,995,000 for referendum question
No. 2 if taxpayers dont approve the
$15,995,000 question No. 1.
Winch told the board of education
that its legal for the school district to
market to taxpayers that it wont borrow the money for question No. 2 if
question No. 1 doesnt pass, because
the board doesnt want to build a new
auditorium and gymnasium onto a
high school that needs renovations.
The $15,995,000 referendum resolution question consists of remodeling

the high school locker rooms, agriculture laboratory, home economics area
and the special education classrooms
in the elementary and high schools.
The first question also consists of upgrading audio and lighting on the current stage. Also included is upgrading
the heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems along with the electrical and plumbing in the elementary
and high schools. The first referendum
question also entails building two science classrooms and three general
classrooms on the high schools northwest corner parking lot, along with additional office and commons space and
a bathroom in the middle school.
The $7,995,000 question consists of
building a 550-seat auditorium, a gymnasium with two basketball courts,
and a lobby with restrooms.
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January 20, 2016
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Relationship
a final decision on NCHCs fate gives
his agency a second chance to improve
service to Marathon County.
We have to fix things, he said.And
I believe we can. Weve got a dedicated management team that has really
come together and they want to see
this through.
John Robinson, supervisor and a
member of the NCHC Program Services Board, successfully amended
Zrinys proposal to soften language in
the compromise amendment to say, not
as strongly, that the county was going
to create a county human services department. His amendment passed by a
slim 18-16 margin.
An attempt by Robinson, however,
simply to postpone a vote on withdrawing from NCHC in September did not
gain support from the board.
NCHC is a large organization that
provides a wide swath of services, including an aquatic therapy pool, nursing home and crisis intervention. It
has a $60 million annual budget and
850 employees. Marathon County, however, owns all of NCHC facilities.
The county board debate followed a
5-3 vote of its Executive Committee on
Saturday to withdraw from NCHC. According to the contract with NCHC, a
county decision to withdraw from the
three-county agency would first be effective Jan. 1, 2018. Voting to terminate
the countys contract were superviHEARING THE CRITICISMS-Noth Central Health Care executive director Gary Bezucha and Laura Scudiere, executive director
sors Kurt Gibbs, board chairman, Lee
of human services operations, listen to supervisor concerns during a four hour meeting on Saturday.
Peek, board vice-chair, Matt Hildebrant, Joanne Leonard and Craig McE- he supported transitioning to a coun- agency failed to provide information to needed to divorce NCHC. Efforts to
wen. Voting no were supervisors Jim ty-run human services agency. Sixty the jail. After five days, the individual postpone, supervisors said, would only
Seefeldt, Robinson and Zriny.
out of 72 Wisconsin counties use this was transported to the Mendota Men- let issues fester and prevent the county
The county and NCHC have suffered model of service.
tal Health Institute.
from correcting problems in providing
a rocky, distrustful relationship for
It is time for this change, he said.
An inmate at the county jail on needed service.
years. Various task forces have been
Committee member Joanne Leonard
Gibbs said that he understood that Jan. 7, 2015, was strapped to a restrainnamed and consultants hired since at a leap of faith towards a county hu- ing chair but continued to cut and said, for example, the county has been
least 2009 to deal with a
man services department scratch herself and, then, threatened wrestling with its NCHC relationship
an ever worsening relawould be scary, but that af- to kill herself. It took six hours before for years and, if the county did not take
tionship.
ter over six years of trouble NCHC responded to the jail. NCHC action now, nothing would happen.
It was a single JanuA year from now, youll be talking
with NCHC it was time to fi- would not admit the person for mental
ary incident involving a
about the same issues, she said.
nally move forward.
health treatment.
female juvenile, howevBy Tuesday, however, supervisors,
The county board chair
On Jan. 13, 2015, a paraplegic drug
er, that pushed county
said NCHC was a totality user was jailed for failure to pay a war- even those supporting a human serofficials over the edge.
of failure that risked some- rant and, feared to be suicidal, was vices model, were open to a possible
The incident was the
body losing their life.
transported to the NCHC Crisis Center. reconciliation with NCHC. They suptopic of closed-door
Both county administra- The man was refused admittance. Four ported a political middle-ground.
executive session preI can be in favor of this,
tion and spokespersons for days later, the person
sentations during both
said supervisor Peek, rethe sheriffs department castrated himself and
Saturdays committee
sponding to Zrinys comagreed.
was hospitalized. NCHC
meeting and Tuesdays
promise amendment. EvDeputy administrator Dr. again said he would not
county board meeting.
erybody will walk away
Deb Hager said the system be admitted. After beThe
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from this with something.
to serve the mentally ill and ing actively suicidal,
has filed an Open ReEven supervisor Bill
drug dependent, which in- the man was admitted to
cords Law to see the
Miller, a familiar critic of
cludes police, the jail, local NCHC on Feb. 4.
sheriffs
department
NCHC management, said
hospitals and NCHC, was
A 48-year-old 80
Chad
report describing the
he would vote for the combeyond
repair.
pound female was taken
Billeb
incident.
promise, even though it
We have a system that to jail with a .48 blood alCounty corporation
postponed a decision on
doesnt work for people who cohol content. Medically
counsel Scott Corbett has said he hopes need help, she said. Ive been deal- cleared by the Aspirus
what to do with NCHC.
to approve the request, but that release ing with system issues since I was Wausau Hospital, she
I will jump in the fray
of the document could possibly raise named deputy county administrator. was refused admittance
and vote for this, even
juvenile and health report privacy is- The problem is not due to a lack of ef- to NCHC. She was jailed.
though we are only kicking
sues.
the can down the road, he
fort on the part of Marathon County or The morning after, when
On Saturday, board chairman Gibbs NCHC. Weve tried to make it work, but her blood alcohol consaid.
said the juvenile incident, along with a the system is broken.
Supervisor
Robinson
tent had dropped to .14,
Jeff
long string of other incidents, told him
tried to sabotage the Zriny
Sheriffs department Chief Deputy she was admitted to
Zriny
that NCHC was not providing needed Chad Billeb echoed Hagers complaint. NCHC for detoxification.
compromise, but failed.
mental health services and the county
He said he resented Zriny
The system is broken and its bro
A heroin addict, afrisked a fatality should other individu- ken bad, he said.
holding
a
secret
meeting of elite suter being clean for two years, relapsed
als not receive needed emergency care.
Billeb and Hager listed these specific and was arrested for drunk driving. pervisors to hammer out the comproHe said a chronic pattern of mentally incidence as evidence where the counThe DAs Office agreed to put the indi- mise at the same time he was chairing
ill or people with substance abuse is- tys mentally ill and drug-dependent
vidual on intensive supervision, which the countys Health and Human Sersues falling through the cracks pre- populations were allegedly not being
requires a NCHC alcohol assessment. vices Committee.
sented too great a legal liability risk to served.
Robinson said Zrinys backroom neNCHC refused because the individual
the county.
On Dec. 10, 2014, a person seen by owed the agency $125. County admin- gotiations violated county procedure,
The system is failing us miserably, the NCHC Crisis Center was judged no
istration had to contact NCHC execu- which is especially important during a
he said. There is great staff at NCHC, risk and not admitted for treatment.
tive director Gary Bezucha to overrule period of crisis.
but the system is failing the citizens of After being jailed, the individual, sufThis is an abuse of the 29 other sustaff. Staff believe Marathon County
Marathon County.
pervisors who were not at that meetfering from schizophrenia, refused to was enabling the individual.
Gibbs said NCHC left citizens cry- take anti-psychotic drugs. Although
On Saturday, the Executive Commit- ing, he charged.
ing out for help and, going forward, the person had a doctor at NCHC, the
tee majority argued that the county
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SCHOOL LUNCH
Athens Public School
Monday, Jan. 25: No school
Tuesday, Jan. 26: Mini corn
dogs, baked beans, cheesy
potatoes
Wednesday, Jan. 27: Baked
potato bar, diced ham, cheese,
broccoli, bread
Thursday, Jan. 28: Chicken
strips, mashed potatoes,
steamed peas and carrots
Friday, Jan. 29: Chicken or
cheese quesdillas, sour cream/
salsa
Development days
The School District of Athens is holding a developmental
day Thursday, Feb. 18. Parents
should call 715-257-7571 to make
an appointment for their children to be screened through a
play-based assessment.
Athens developmental days
provides parents an opportunity to register their children
for kindergarten or junior kindergarten.
The school district annually screens all children at
age three and any other child
that has not previously been
scanned.
Lunches served with milk, fruit

and salad bar.
St. Anthonys School
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
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Story Time
Family Story Time is held at
10 a.m. Tuesdays at the Athens
Branch Library.
It consists of stories and activities for children, newborn
to five years old, and their families.
Schwans Cares
Trinity
PTL
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Cares Fundraiser continues.
Order at www.schwanscares.
Epiphany Tea
The Promise Quartet provided an evening of spirituality renewing music and laughter-filled stories during
the Ecumenical Epiphany Tea Jan. 6 at Christ United Church in Athens.
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.

Tuesday, Jan. 26: Tacos or
fajitas, soft shell or tortilla chips,
refried beans
Wednesday, Jan. 27: Hamburger, cheese slices, French
fries, carrots
Thursday, Jan. 28: Turkey
medallions, mashed potatoes
and gravy, corn, bread
Friday, Jan. 29: Salisbury steak
over rice, green beans, bread
Lunches served with milk, fruit,
vegetables and salad.
Senior Citizens
Udder Plunge
The Senior Citizens card

group met Jan. 14 for weekly
card playing at the Athens
Area Fire and Ambulance Hall.
Three games of Sheepshead
were played.
John Totzke won the first
game and Pat Frank took second place. Ceil Frank won the
second game and Betty Rogaczewski took second. George
Schreiber won the third game
and Bitsy Ewan was second.
The Senior Citizens card
group will meet again Thursday, Jan. 21, at 1 p.m.
The Udder Plunge and Snowshoe Race will be held Saturday, Jan. 30, at Erbach Park in
Athens.
The event consists of a threemile snowshoe race and hike
through the wooded Erbach
Park, and it will be held whether or not 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
Trinity Lutheran School

Tuesday, Jan. 26: Cheese ravioli with meat sauce, salad/carrot
sticks/dip, grapes, garlic bread
Wednesday, Jan. 27: Hot dog
on a bun, macaroni and cheese,
baked beans, peaches
Thursday, Jan. 28: Chicken
ranch wrap, french fries, veggies/
dip, green beans, bananas, great
pumpkin dessert
Friday, Jan. 29: Taco soup with
toppings, salad/corn, chips and
salsa, apple slices, cornbread
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younger will receive an award and top
three male and female finishers overall
will receive trophies.
There will be a warming shelter
with changing rooms. Hot soup will be
provided free of charge and beverages
available for purchase. Door prizes will
be awarded after the awards ceremony.
Then there will be a childrens treasure
hunt. The polar plunge will begin at
12:30 p.m.
There is a registration fee. Contact
Chris Kepner at 715-257-9178 for more
information.
The Marathon County Public Library Athens Branch will hold its Family LEGO Club from 3:30-5 p.m. every
Thursday until 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.
The Athens Area Trail Association

will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, in
the Athens High School library.
Athens chili feed
Winter family event
Flag support
The Athens FFA Alumni will have a

chili feed from 5 p.m. until the chili is
gone on Thursday, Jan. 28 in the Athens
High School caferteria commons.
The menu includes chili or potato
soup, cheese curds, desserts, bread and

butter, and beverages.
There is a cost, and takouts are now
available.
LEGO club night
The second annual candlelight trail,

snowshoe, walk and ski event will be
held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, at Erbach Park in Athens.
There will be a bon fire, camarderie,
hot dogs and hot chocolate served after

the walk.
The event is sponsored by the Athens
Area Trail Association. The associations goal is to promote and preserve
the unique system of trails at Erbach
Park. Donations will be accepted at the
end of the event to be used toward the
cost of maintaining the trails.
Athens will again host an area garage

sale June 9-11.
There will also again be Farmers
Markets on Tuesdays in summer, along
with the Friday Night Dinners on The
Square.
For more information, call 715-2577353.
Athens Trails meeting
MCHA seeks people
When residents American flags are

torn or faded and ready to retire, they
can turn them into A & L Oil, which
also has flags for sale.
TOOTH TRUTH #7
To avoid injury, wear a mouthguard
when engaging in sports or recreational
activities. Avoid chewing ice, popcorn
kernels and hard candy, all of which
can crack a tooth. Use scissors,
never your teeth, to cut things.
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Rib Falls HCE
The Rib Falls HCE group

met Jan. 6 at the home of Judy
Baeseman. Dessert and refreshments were served.
The meeting opened with
the Pledge of Allegiance and
Creed I.
Roll call was answered by
telling of a grandmothers
dish that the members still
make now. There were seven
members present and one absent. The song Winter Wonderland was sung.
Group dues were collected
and thank you letters from
Catholic Charities were read
thanking the group for the donations to the Warming Center in Wausau.
New books were handed out
and filled in for the year. Newly
elected officers were sworn in:
Terri Steinke, vice president,
and Dianne Obermeyer, treasurer. The hostess prize was
won by Dianne Obermeyer.
Christmas bingo was played
with prizes going to Gloria
Kreager, Carol Uekert and Dianne Obermeyer. The meeting
closed with Creed II.
The next meeting will be
at the home of Arlyn Heise
on Thursday, Feb. 11, due to
Feb. 10 being Ash Wednesday.
Members are asked to bring a
red, five dollar gift to exchange
for Valentines Day.
St. Johns/Zion
St. Johns Lutheran Church

and Zion Lutheran Church,
town of Rib Falls, have announced upcoming events.
The St. Johns Council will
SCHOOL LUNCH
Marathon Public
Schools
Monday, Jan. 25: No School

Tuesday, Jan. 26: Taco salad
w/chips & toppings, refried
beans, Spanish rice
Wednesday, Jan. 27: Portesi flatbread w/dipping sauce,
green beans
Thursday, Jan. 28: Turkey
w/gravy, mashed potatoes,
steamed broccoli, bread slice
Friday, Jan. 29: Chicken fajita
wrap w/toppings, roasted fajita
vegetables
Lunches served with fruit,

salad bar and milk.
St. Marys School
Stage project
Contractors have been busy reconstructing the Marathon High School auditorium stage. Stairwells
will be featured on both sides of a stage extension. Four hundred and fifty-five new theater seats
will be installed in the auditorium as a related project.
meet in the church basement
on Thursday, Jan. 21, at 7 p.m.
Worship on Sunday, Jan. 24,
will be 9 a.m. at St. Johns followed by the St. Johns annual
meeting. Sunday School is at
9:30 a.m. Adult Bible Class is
Tuesday evening, Jan. 26, in
the St. Johns church basement at 7 p.m. Catechism class
at St. Johns will be Wednesday, Jan. 27, at 4:30 p.m.
Open house
The Marathon City Heritage

Center will celebrate St. Valentines Day with an open house
for prospective volunteers on
Sunday, Feb. 14, from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Anyone who shares
enthusiasm for our communitys history is encouraged to

come between to learn about
volunteer opportunities at the
Heritage Center. Volunteers
typically work one two-hour
shift every few months and
spend time welcoming guests,
answering questions, tracking
visitor attendance and opening and closing the facility.
Children and families are
also encouraged to come Feb
14 to make special Valentine
crafts.
The center is located at 301
Main Street, Marathon, the
former Peoples State Bank
building at the corner of Second and Main streets. It is reg-
ularly open the second Sunday

of each month from 10 a.m. to
2 p.m. or by appointment.
The Marathon City Heritage
Center is a joint collaboration
between the Marathon County
Historical Society and Marathon City 2020 Ltd. Many of
the centers initial collections
on display are on loan from the
Marathon County Historical
Society.
Contact a committee member or request more information about the Heritage Center
and Marathon City 2020 Ltd.
by visiting www.marathoncity2020.com or sending an
inquiry to info@marathoncity2020.com.
Monday, Jan. 25: No School

Tuesday, Jan. 26: Chicken
nuggets, corn, pears, pudding
Wednesday, Jan. 27: Noodles
w/Spaghetti sauce, cottage
cheese, green beans, peaches
Thursday, Jan. 28: Hot dog/
bun, potato wedges, baked
beans, pineapple
Friday, Jan. 29: French toast
sticks, hard boiled egg,
hashbrown, apple
Lunches served with fruit,

salad bar and milk.
Legion Post
The Alois Dreikosen Post 469

of the American Legion held
its regular monthly meeting
on Wednesday, Jan. 6, at the
Marathon Municipal Building with 17 members in attendance. Commander Brandon
Skrzypchak called the meeting to order which was followed by the presentation of
colors, prayer and the opening
ritual. Chaplin Robert Plant
offered a moment of silence
for deceased member Donald
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St. Marys School
The Joyful Students of the
Month are Lisa Blume, Michael Butalla, Brett Kage,
Natasha Seubert, Diana Normand, Whitney Beilke, Elizabeth Mays, Mark Dreikosen,
Christopher
Schumacher,
Cassandra Lang, Karie Reisner, Connie Martin and Kate
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Franke.
Chuck Jagodinski, Boy Scout Troop
leader, stated that the Boy Scout troop
received notice that they have been approved to be in the Rib Mountain District. They will need to change their
troop number to 458. Steve Krautkramer is the new Scout Master. He
stated that the troop has 25 members
with nine coming in from the crossover
Cub Scout group. Lisa Hieronimus explained the fundraiser program for the
Boy Scouts which will be the discount
cards.
Adjutant Duane Handrick read the
minutes of the December meeting.
Comdr. Skrzypchak called for committee reports. The Membership committee said 130 members have paid.
The Rehab Committee said it loaned
out one tub bench.
Don Southworth and Brandon
Skrzypchak said they will attend the
Mid-Winter Conference.
Christmas
cheer was distributed to the needy before Christmas.
Claude Buchberger explained the
health issues facing two families from
the area. The Strasser and Jacobs families both have children with severe
health issues. The Legion voted to donate $1,000 to each family. The Legion
voted to sponsor one student to Marathon County Safety Patrol trip for $500.
Roger Grell stated that the fire inspection of the buildings was approved.
Thank you cards for the Christmas
gifts was received from the following:
Margaret Kramer, Eunice Wimmer,
Laura Heise, Marleen Seubert and the
Knauf Family.
There being no further business the
meeting was adjourned at 8:50 pm with
the closing prayer and retiring of the
colors. Werner Zuleger won the attendance award. Lunch was served.
St. Matthews
St. Matthews Church, Marathon,

has announced the following events.
On Saturday, Jan. 23, there will be a 7
p.m. worship service. On Sunday, Jan.
24, Sunday school and Bible class are at
9 a.m. Worship is at 10 a.m. The annual
voters meeting is at 11:15 a.m. On Monday, Jan. 25, the 7:30 p.m. elders meeting will be held. There will be a Tuesday, Jan. 26, Bible instruction class and
a Wednesday, Jan. 27, catechism class
at 3:30-5:30 p.m.
ACADEMIC DECATHLON-The Marathon Academic Decathlon team qualified Jan. 8 for its 27th consectutive trip to the
state finals. Team members include Joe Sedivy, Reid Parks, Silas Beranek, Alexandra Costumbrado-Bell, Kyle Pozorski, Danielle Lampe, Kellen Vetter, Hunter Gage and Brianna Balz.
Marathon Hill decathletes

continue statebound streak
Marathons Academic Decathlon
team competed in the regional level
contest on Jan. 8 at UW-Stevens Point.
The Red Raiders trailed Melrose-Mindoro by less than 1000 points (out of
a possible 60,000) and second place
Baraboo by 350. Their third place finish qualifies the team for a 27th consecutive berth in the state finals.
Melrose-Mindoro beat us by over
2,000 points in the local contest last
fall. commented Coach Brad Ness. I
was hoping we would at least narrow
last years state championship. Team

member Brianna Balz expects a close
contest. The scores among the Division IV schools are really close, so we
will have to work very hard to be successful at state, she said.
Now in its 33rd year, the Academic
Decathlon is a nationwide contest
that gives high school students the
opportunity to compete as a team in
a rigorous academic challenge. The
theme of this years competition is
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that margin at the regional level. We

were able to accomplish that.
Hunter Gage led the way, placing
among the top three in six subject areas, and amassing the second highest
point total in the 10-team regional.
Teammate Reid Parks scored three
first-place awards, and had the third
highest score overall.
Durand and Dodgeland will also be
represented in Division IV at the state
competition in Wisconsin Dells in
March, as Marathon seeks to defend
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WILDCATS
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TIGERS
Defense fuels Edgar girls to win

the ball and scored two points to tie the
game at 48-48. Edgar took a two-point
lead on Borchardts basket underneath, and then pushed its lead to 5248 on Borchardts pair of free throws
toward her game-high 17 points.
Edgar junior guard Lindsey SchneeLast Fridays game between the berger stole the ball, and a Prentice
Edgar and Prentice girls basketball player committed a technical foul
teams was tied four times during a against Edgar senior guard Dana
seven-minute span, until the Wildcats Heidmann with 15 seconds left. She
defense stepped up to help Edgar to a made one free throw, and Wirkus also
converted one free throw after she
54-50 win.
was fouled to give the WildWith the score tied 41 all,
cats a 54-48 advantage with 13
and nine minutes remaining,
seconds remaining. Prentice
it was any teams game to win.
would score a basket but it
Every time the Buccaneers
was too late as Edgar went on
would score, the Wildcats
for the 54-50 victory.
would answer with a basket to
Wildcats coach Betty Urtie the game.
manski outlined her teams
Edgars team eventually got
keys to gaining the win.
tired of all the lead changes
We literally relied on
and rose to the occasion by
defense,which we have needforcing turnovers and coned to do this season due to our
verting them into baskets
Macey
lack of team height she said.
to beat Prentice and remain
Wirkus
Prentice used its height durundefeated in the Marawood
ing certain times of the game
North Conference.
Edgar junior guard Macey Wirkus to their advantage, and we didnt make
explained how her team was able to the correct adjustments with backside
help and rotations, so kudos to them
pull out the close win.
I think we just played together as a for recognizing that. In the last couple
team; we were five strong and we relied of timeouts, we just told the kids they
on each other to help us get through needed to rely on what they do best and
thats their defense.
it, she said.
Wirkus, who was second on the team
Prentice went ahead by three points,
until Edgar senior Tianna Borchardt in scoring with 14 points, said her
knocked down a three-pointer at the team needs to keep winning confertop of the key to tie the game at 44-44 ence games to reach their goal of capwith just over five minutes left in regu- turing the title.
Last year we were really upset that
lation.
we
didnt win the conference champiThe Buccaneers used their height to
score two points down low, but Wild- onship because we should have won
cats junior Macey Wirkus made a pair it, she said. That gives us even more
of free throws after being fouled on drive to get to there because we know
a hard drive to the basket, to tie the that we can do it.
Edgar boys snap

Marathons long
winning streak
game again at 46 all with just over four

minutes remaining.
Prentice went back up by two points
on another basket, but Wirkus stole the
ball the next time the Buccaneers had
Wildcats fall to Blackhawks

Edgar dropped a 55-47 non-conference game at Owen-Withee Monday.
Borchardt paced the Wildcats with
EYE ON THE BASKET-Wildcats senior guard Dana Heidmann (14) prepares herself
to take a long-range shot in front of Prentice defender Caelyn Ulrich (25) during last
Fridays 54-50 win in Edgar.
18 points, while Heidmann added 11
and Schneeberger chipped in 10.
Edgar is now 7-0 in the Marawood
North Conference and 11-3 overall.
The Wildcats return to Marawood
North play with a game at Rib Lake
Friday.
Edgar boys dismantle Bucs

French foreign exchange student Lucas Deschiens played his best game of
this season by pouring in a game-high
23 points as the Wildcats dismantled
the Buccaneers, 73-42, during the second game of last Fridays double header in Edgar.
The Wildcats remain undefeated and
in first place in the Marawood North,
as they continue to chase their first
conference title since 1988.

Deschiens, a six-feet, seven-inch center, was dominating on both ends of the
court by blocking shots and backing in
to score easy points near the basket. At
one point in the first half, he knocked
down two straight three-pointers from
the top of the key.
Wildcats beat Red Raiders

The Edgar boys basketball team
knocked off Marathon, 47-39, at home
Tuesday night.
The Red Raiders were ranked No. 7
in Division 4. Josh Burishs 12 points
helped Edgar halt Marathons 10-game
winning streak, and now the Wildcats
have won 10 games in a row.
Stratford dominates Pittsville
PIN ATTEMPT-Tigers senior

Sam Wenzel prepares to pin his
Pittsville opponent.
PHOTO BY RACHEL MARTEN
Stratfords
wrestling
team
continued
its
Marawood
Conference
dominance
this season, with nine wrestlers securing pins in a 76-3
rout of Pittsville Jan. 14 in
Stratford.
Jake Drexler pinned Cody
Havlik in 50 seconds wrestling in the 113-pound weight
class, A.J. Schoenfuss pinned
Matthew Grossman in one

minute and seven seconds
at 120 pounds, Derek Marten
pinned Beau Merritt in 1:29 at
132 and Jordan Becker pinned
Kody Kauth in 3:07 at 138.
Sam Wenzel pinned Scott
Schooley in 3:26 at 145 pounds,
Mason Kaufmann pinned
Martin Schwanbeck in 38
seconds at 152, Kyle Geibel
pinned Henry Myers in 4:56 at
195, Jon Aquirre pinned Everett Rasmussen in 2:35 at 220
and Tyson Kauffman pinned
Kordel Landphier in 10 seconds at 285.

Stratford
coach
Joe
Schwabe and the Tigers
coaching staff was proud of
how well his wrestling team
performed against Pittsville.
We were really pleased on
how well the kids wrestled
against Pittsville, Schwabe
said. It was evident that we
didnt look past a good conference opponent and we came
ready to wrestle. We finished
each period hard attempting
to score at all times and we

didnt relax or let up. A few
kids had some tough, close
matches and battled back to
earn wins.
I was very happy, specifically for Jordan Becker, as he
not only avenged a loss from
last year, but he pinned his
state-ranked opponent. Several other kids also beat some
ranked opponents and are so
far having great seasons.
Stratfords Kade Ehrike
won an 11-0 major decision
See WRESTLING/ page 12
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January 20, 2016
Page 11
Bluejays pick up a big win

Stratford, while Sammy Griesbach
added 13.
Athens finds its

groove Tuesday
Tiger girls edge Wildcats

The Tigers won a hard-fought Marawood South Conference home game
against Northland Lutheran, 39-30,
last Friday.
Griesbach scored a game-high 13
points in the win.
The Athens varsity girls basketball

team won a 64-22 home contest against
Chequamegon Tuesday night.
Gabi Janke led Athens with 14 points
and 10 rebounds, while Kenadi Diedrich added 12 points. Berenice Lira
chipped in 10 points.
Brittany Ange had seven steals, eight
rebounds and nine points.
Tiger boys win by 20 points

Derrrick Schmidts team-high 16
points helped Stratford to a 61-41 victory against Northland Lutheran last
Friday in the first game of the schools
double header.
Brenden Fecker added 14 points for
the Tigers, while Ethan Nagel had 10.
Athens girls fall to Rib Lake

Katie Cardey scored a game-high 18
points and grabbed 10 rebounds and
the Rib Lake Redmen cruised to a 48-33
Marawood North girls basketball win
over the Athens Blue Jays Jan. 14 in
Rib Lake.
The Redmen scored 24 in each half.
Athens was down only two at halftime,
but mustered only 11 points in the second half as Rib Lake pulled away.
Diedrich led the Jays with 14 points
and five rebounds.
Athens was undone by a poor shooting night, thanks in part to a disciplined 1-3-1 zone defense by Rib Lake.
The Jays finished 10-for-49 (.204) from
the field, including zero-for-seven from
three-point range. Ange swiped four
steals, but scored only four points on a
one-for-nine shooting night.
The Jays held a 7-6 lead seven minutes into the first half, but a Cardey
two put the Redmen in front for good.
Rib Lake went on a 10-2 run coming out
of intermission to blow the game open.
Casey Scheithauer and Samantha
Rodman both scored nine for Rib Lake.
Athens boys lose to Rib Lake

Rib Lakes offense was in top form
and the Athens Blue Jays didnt offer
much resistance as the Redmen eased
to a 93-51 Marawood North boys basketball win on Friday in Rib Lake.
The 93 points were the most for the
Redmen in over a decade. Their closest
effort in the past 15 years was an 85-59
win over Athens back on Jan. 17, 2003.
The win pushed Rib Lake to 4-1 in
North competition. Athens fell to 0-6 in
league play.
Athens had no answer for Joe
Scheithauer, who finished 10-for-13
(.769) from the field and finished with
21 points, 28 rebounds, five blocks, four
steals and three assists. The Redmen
were a season-best 39-for-73 (.534) from
Raider girls lose by one
ATTACKING THE BASKET-Athens sophomore Gabi Janke drives toward the hoop
during her teams game Jan. 14 at Rib Lake.
STAFF PHOTO/BRYAN WEGTER
the floor.
Justin Kelly banked home a righthanded hook to tie the game at two
just over a minute into the first half.
Scheithauers jumper made it 4-2 and
Rib Lake didnt trail again.
Back-to-back threes by Noah Weinke
and Dalton Strebig gave Rib Lake a
19-7 lead with 11:57 left in the first half.
Kelly scored two of his team-high 14 to
make it a 10-point game, but Rib Lake
went on a 15-0 run and the Blue Jays
crumpled. Austin Ewan had seven
points during the streak, including a
three-point play after Strebigs no-look
pass allowed him space for a shot and
foul.
Eisner caught a long pass from
Scheithauer and leapt over Jared
Belisle, drawing a foul, while banking home a right-handed shot. The
free throw was good and the Redmen
went up 43-13 with 6:44 until the break.
Zondlos two-pointer made it a 60-20

game. Paul Mroczenski scored a layup
with three seconds until halftime, pulling Athens within 40 again.
The Redmen out-scored the Jays 3329 in the second half.
Athens Sawyer Thurs scored nine
of his 11 points in the second half.
Kelly netted eight second half points.
Mroczenski finished with six points.
The two schools meet again in Athens on Feb. 18. Rib Lake has won two
straight in the series and is 12-5 against
the Blue Jays dating back to 2007.
Tiger girls beat Cardinals

Stratford turned a one-point game
at halftime against Wausau Newman
Catholic Tuesday into a big 60-49 Marawood Conference South win at home.
Senior guard Savannah Schillinger
poured in a game-high 25 points for
SPORTS CALENDAR
Thursday, January 21
Athens - Wrestling vs. Edgar, 7
p.m.
Edgar - Wrestling at Athens, 7
p.m.
Marathon - Boys basketball vs.
Pittsville, 7:15 p.m.; wrestling at
Stratford, 7 p.m.
Stratford - Wrestling vs. Marathon, 7 p.m.
Friday, January 22
Athens - Girls basketball at Phillips, 7:30 p.m.
Edgar - Girls basketball at Rib

Lake, 7:15 p.m.; wrestling home duals against Wausau West, StanleyBoyd, 5 p.m. in middle school.
Stratford - Girls basketball vs.
Auburndale, 7:15 p.m.;
Saturday, January 23
Stratford - Wrestling at Portage

tournament, 9:30 a.m.
Monday, January 25
Athens - Girls basketball vs. Stratford, 7:30 p.m.

Marathon - Boys basketball at
Colby, 7:30 p.m.

Stratford - Girls basketball at Athens, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, January 26
Athens - Boys basketball at Phillips, 7:30 p.m.

Edgar - Girls basketball at Marathon, 7:15 p.m.; boys basketball at
Rib Lake, 7:15 p.m.; wrestling vs.
Spencer, 7 p.m.
Marathon - Girls basketball vs.
Edgar, 7:15 p.m.
Stratford - Boys basketball vs.
Auburndale, 7:15 p.m.
Marathon suffered a heartbreaking

46-45 home defeat to Marawood South
Conference foe Wisconsin Rapids Assumption Jan. 14.
Both teams are now tied for the conference lead with one loss apiece. With
the loss, Marathon dropped from No.
2 to No. 6 in this weeks WisSports.net
Division 4 coaches rankings.
Assumption remains No. 2 in Division 5.
Olivia Meurette paced Marathon
with 16 points, while Morgan Rachu
added 15.
Red Raiders coach Jeff Schnneider
was proud of how his team battled
back into the game after losing by double digit points in the second half.
In the last four to five minutes of
the game, our leaders really stepped
up and brought us back to give us a
chance to win, he said. Overall, we
need to continue to develop more offensive consistency and balance so we
can be playing our best in February.
Marathon beats Pittsville

The Red Raider girls cruised to an
easy 70-22 win Tuesday in Marathon.
Meurette led Marathon with 15
points, while Rachu achieved a double
double with 10 points and 12 rebounds.
Julia Anderson chipped in 10 points.
Raider boys defeat Royals

Marathons boys basketball team upended Assumption, 63-44, last Friday
in Wisconsin Rapids.
Xavier Lechleitner paced the team
with 14 points, while Preston Wirkus
added 13 and Karter Underwood 11.
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January 20, 2016
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SPORTS
Wrestling
against Ryan Zickert at 170 pounds.
Tigers receiving forfeits were Manny
Drexler at 106 pounds, David Marquardt at 160 and Kamren Bornbach
at 182. Pittsvilles lone win accounting
for three points came from Tyler Dammanns 10-5 decision against Dilan
Dehlinger at 126 pounds.
Tigers unbeaten in tourney

Eight Stratford wrestlers posted 4-0
records to help the Tigers win all four
of their matches during Saturdays
New Lisbon duals.
Stratford beat Adams-Friendship,
63-15, Reedsburg, 63-12, Holmen, 46-9,
and host New Lisbon, 47-21.
Tiger wrestlers with 4-0 records during the duals include Manny Drexler
at 106 pounds, Jake Drexler at 113,
Schoenfuss at 120, Becker at 138, Mason Kauffman at 152, Marquardt at
160, Bornbach at 182 and Tyson Kauffman at 285.
Stratford wrestlers with 3-1 records
included Marten at 132, Wenzel at 145
and Aquirre at 220.
FOCUSED-Athens senior Tannor Frahm wrestles during a recent match.

BOWLING SCORES
Jans 11th Frame
THURSDAY 3-MAN
JANUARY 17, 2016
High game and series: Doug
Brodziski, 269, 652.
TEAM STANDINGS
Fischer Transp.
39.5 20.5
Here 4 Beer
38.5 21.5
WWE
33.5 26.5
Jans 11th Frame
33 27
SD Ellenbecker
30 30
Ds Liquor Box
24.5 35.5
Peter Trucking
23 37
Bunkelmans
18 42
Memory Lanes
WEDNESDAY NIGHT LADIES

JANUARY 13, 2016
High game and series: Jane
Schaefer, 243, 657.
TEAM STANDINGS
Athens IGA
49.5 22.5
Burger Construction 38.5 33.5
Memory Lanes
28.5 43.5
Haines Trucking
27.5 44.5
Edgar Lanes
MONDAY NIGHT 3-PERSON

PRIDE
JANUARY 11, 2016
Mens high game and series:
Trevor Ballerstein, 255, 709;
womens high game: Linda Rin-
inger, 231; womens high series:

Amber Lukasko, 648.
TEAM STANDINGS
Edgar Lanes
30 10
Werner Insurance
29 11
Pro-Plow
22 18
Edgar Lanes PS
20.5 19.5
Edgar Lanes II
16.5 23.5
BSs Bar & Grill
15 25
Edgar Lanes III
14 26
Chads Auto Repair
13 27
MONDAY NIGHT LADIES
JANUARY 11, 2016
High game and series: Kristi
Harder, 224, 536.
TEAM STANDINGS
Edgar Lanes
42 26
Boehm Insurance
37 31
Pro-Plow
35 33
Werner Insurance
34 34
The Foxy Four
34 34
Advantage Community 22 46
WEDNESDAY WILDCAT
LEAGUE
JANUARY 13, 2016
High game: John Schueller,
290; high series: Jim Moore,
778.
TEAM STANDINGS
Edgar Lanes III
56
34
Edgar Lanes
53.5 36.5
Brandons Farm Serv 50
40
Edgar Lanes II
48
42
Edgar Lanes PS
Boehm Insurance
Amity Screening
Round of Mulligans
47.5 42.5
47
43
34.5 55.5
23.5 66.5
WEDNESDAY NIGHT LATE

LEAGUE
JANUARY 13, 2016
High game: Mark Henrichs,
245; high series: Brandon Schilling, 632.
TEAM STANDINGS
Boehm Insurance 55.5 16.5
Werner Insurance
52
20
Werner Insurance 1 32
40
Werner Insurance 2 29
43
Brandons Farm Serv25.5 46.5
Edgar IGA
22
50
Edwin Memorial
Lanes
BUDWEISER AMERICAN
JANUARY 14, 2016
Mens high game and series:
Doug Altmann, 289, 723.
TEAM STANDINGS
Stroetz Tax & Acct.
38 22
EML
35 25
The Shack
33 27
Beinings Garage
32.5 27.5
Legend Seeds
30 30
Westside Autobody 27.5 32.5
Buck-a-neer
27 33
Shack II
17 43
LOOKING TO SCORE-Stratford senior guard Macie Frueh maneuvers her way toward the hoop during her teams win against Northland Lutheran Friday.
Varsity reserves compete

Stratfords Ethan Fabry won first
place in his 285-pound weight class
during Saturdays Trucker Invite in
Clintonville.
Tiger wrestlers who finished in
second place were Mavrick Licciardi
at 106 pounds, Dehlinger at 126 and
Ethan Young at 170. Kade Ehrike took
fifth place at 160 pounds.
Athens beats Auburndale

There were only three matches
wrestled during the Bluejays 46-27
Marawood Conference match home
against Auburndale Jan. 14, on the
same night the late Pat Switlick was
inducted into the Athens Wrestling
Hall of Fame.
Switlick was the first Athens state
champion, and he joins former coach
Jerry Wagner and the schools only
four-time state champion Kraig Underwood in the Hall of Fame.
Athens senior Tannor Frahm won
a 9-0 decision against Auburndales
Keller Wolfe at 182 pounds and Jordan Zinkowich pinned Samuel Hasonhohrl at 195. Gabe Weiks was pinned
by Auburndales Matt Leick at 106

pounds and Tyson Sommer lost a 9-6
decision to the Apaches Kaleb Bolder
at 285.
Athens wrestlers receiving forfeits
were Andy Nowacki at 145 pounds,
Austin Engel at 152, Nate Morse at 160,
Marshall Westfall at 170, Dakota Venzke at 220 and Jonny Albrecht at 126.
Auburndale wrestlers who received
forfeits were Dylan Altmann, Trayton
Weister and Isaiah Hasenhorl.
Bluejays win tournament

Athens scored 412 points to top second-place Cumberland, who had 395.5,
and win Saturdays Ladysmith tournament.
Three Bluejays won first place in
their weight classes, including Jonny
Albrecht at 126 pounds, Engel at 152
and Westfall at 170.
Klay Ellenbecker took home second
place at 138 pounds, while Morse took
third at 160. Jordan Decker took fifth
place at 160 pounds and Frahm fifth at
182.
Zinkowich finished in ninth place at
195 pounds, while Nowacki was 11th at
145 and John Birkholz 12th at 170.
Edgar defeats Marathon
The Wildcats picked up some key

wins to secure their home mat with
a 42-30 Marawood Conference match
win Jan. 14.
The following Edgar wrestlers
earned wins during the match: Colton
Heil pinned Addison Sedivy in the
138-pound weight class, Will Raatz
won an 8-1 decision against Joe Sedivy
at 160 and Jacob Lipinski won a 5-0 decision against Dane Klinger.
Wildcat wrestlers receiving forfeit
wins were Ty Guden at 126 pounds,
Brock Handrick at 145, Jordan
Schneeberger at 170, Alex Lemanski
at 182 and Ryan McKibben at 195. Both
teams forfeited at 113 pounds.
The following Marathon wrestlers
earned wins during the match: Hunter Reed pinned Dylan Woller in the
132-pound weight class, Mitch Putnam
pinned Dawson Lemmer at 152 and
Nathan Franke pinned Martin Sahattchiev at 120. Jacob Mohr earned a
forfeit win at 285 pounds.
REBOUND MACHINE-Sawyer Thurs of Athens grabs a big rebound during the Bluejays defeat by Rib Lake last Friday.
THE RECORD-REVIEW
January 20, 2016
Page 13
County board approves

administrator work plan
The Marathon County Board of
Karger said he will push an employSupervisors on Tuesdays approved ee wellness plan for the 2017 budget.
a work plan for administrator Brad
The administrator said county adKarger in 2016.
ministration will try and push having
The plan largely reflects the countys a uniform county addressing system
top priorities.
in 2016, but acknowledged the plan will
Karger said a major task
be controversial. There will
will be to deal with an anbe opposition, he predicted.
ticipated $6 million budget
This will be hard.
shortfall. He said the counThe administrator said this
ty board could raise taxes,
year he will try and move forparticularly a wheel tax, to
ward with remodeling or renarrow the budget gap, but
locating the aquatic therapy
he didnt think the public
pool at North Central Health
would support only raising
Care. The project has been detaxes to balance a budget.
bated for years. Im tired of
He said he would investalking about it, Karger said.
tigate priority based budHe said the county would set
geting to find a way to cut
aside $20,000 to help municispending. Karger said a
palities fight property tax lawBrad
consultant would be hired
suits brought by drugstores
to figure out best how to cut
CVS and Walgreens.
Karger
programs in the county.
Karger said he would try,
The administrator said
once more, to advance a repart of saving money is to try and remodeling project at Mount View Nursduce health insurance costs. To date, ing Home. The administrator said the
the county has trimmed county em- project was voted down this past year
ployee health insurance to a narrow based on issues not directly connected
network that directs employees to with the project.
Aspirus. The county has also tried, but
Karger said he would try and betfailed to create an insurance consor- ter market Marathon County under
tium of major public employers in the its Wisconsin Central Time brand
Wausau metro area.
and, more generally, sort out how the
county economic development effort

should go forward with its partner, the
Marathon County Development Corporation (McDevco). He said the county
now provides 95 percent of McDevcos
budget. He said county businesses
should contribute half of McDevcos
budget in the future.
Karger said he is involved with restoring a fishing area at Bluegill Bay
county park.
The administrator said the county
may need to invest $1 million to build
an emergency communications tower
that will serve the countys northwestern border (towns of Berlin, Hamburg
and Halsey). He hopes to have land
for the tower purchased and tower designed by Oct. 1.
Karger said the county may get a new
judge from the state legislature. If that
happens, he said, the county will need
to fund three support positions and
find a place for another courtroom. A
courthouse remodeling project might
get triggered, Karger said.
The administrator said work will
continue to seek and provide mental
health services to the countys jail population.
OBITUARY
Stencil is
assembly
candidate
Town of Rib Mountain resident Nancy Stencil, a Democrat, announced
Saturday in Wausau she will make another bid to represent the 86th Assembly District.
The seat is currently held by Rep.
John Spiros, a Republican from Marshfield.
Stencil, who works in the mental
health field, said she supports jobs that
pay a living wage, affordable health
care that respects women and proper
funding of Wisconsins K-12 schools
and college system.
PUBLIC NOTICES
Valeria Johnson
Valeria Violet Barbara Johnson joined her
husband and loved ones on Jan. 12, 2016.
Valeria was born on Feb. 1, 1922, in Strickland to
Walenty (Valentine) and Veronika Glowacki. She
married Donald C. Johnson on March 2, 1946, and
moved to Edgar.
Valeria was a loving mother and grandmother to
seven children and 17 grandchildren, Sister Barbara
Johnson, Franciscan Sister of the Eucharist, Meriden,
Conn.; Ronald (Debbie) Johnson, Onalaska, and
children, Brett (Shannon) Johnson, Travis Johnson and Lindsay (Casey)
Knoble; Karen (Dale) Paul, Edgar, and children, Heather (Chad) Nelson,
Forrest (Kylee) Paul and Zachary (Shanna) Paul; Gail (Phillip) Fieber, Eau
Claire, and children, Meghan (Eric) Johnson, Jordan (Justin) Burress
and Reid Fieber; Roger (Colleen) Johnson, Eau Claire, and children, Ryan
Johnson and Yasmin (Ben) Turner; Nancy (John) Morey, Racine, and
children, Valerie (Dan Bosch) Morey, John (Kari) Morey and Erin (Dan
Vargas) Morey; Susan (Alan) Schieve, West Bend, and children, Logan
(Kyle) Birchbauer, Kegan Schieve and Tanner Schieve. Also surviving are
her 29 great-grandchildren, Halle, Viviann, Evelynn, Myles, Rylan, Kalli,
Carver, Ava, Cale, Kellen, Brecken, Henleigh, Cassius, Elliana, Evienne,
Ellington, Avery, Quinn, Evan, Brecken, Miles, Kiara, Azalea, Kienan,
Hannah, Aria and Adalee.
Valeria was preceded in death by her parents; four older sisters and
five older brothers; her husband, Donald; and two great-grandchildren,
Julia Laurette Morey Bosch and Clayton Ross Paul; as well as many other
relatives and friends.
The Mass of Christian burial was celebrated by Rev. Thomas Huff at
St. John Catholic Church in Edgar on Jan. 15, 2016, at noon preceded by
visitation in the church from 10 a.m. to noon.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Franciscan Sisters of the
Eucharist, 405 Allen Ave., Meriden, CT 06451.
The family wishes to express special gratitude for the excellent and
loving care of their mother by the staff of Copperleaf Assisted Living in
Marathon and Aspirus Hospice. Peterson/Kraemer Funeral Home, Edgar,
assisted the family with the arrangements. Online condolences may be
expressed at www.petersonkraemer.com.
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SCHOOL DISTRICT OF EDGAR

BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING
LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER
DECEMBER 16, 2015
Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
The meeting was called to order by Rick Haanstad at 6:00 p.m.
Roll call recorded as follows: Bill Dittman, Rick Haanstad, Tess
Kaiser, Gary Lewis, Corey Mueller, three administrators and six
guests were present.
Fourth and fifth grade elementary teachers gave a tour and presentation of the new open classroom layout and teaching format.
Act 32 construction and follow-up is now complete. $63,000 for
contingency funds was not needed and was returned.
Regular January 20 school board meeting moved to Monday,
January 11, due to state school board convention.
Motion by Mueller, Lewis second, to approve agenda, financial
statement, checks #82853-83140 plus automatic withdrawals for total of $740,132.49 and minutes from November 18, 2015. Regular
session board meeting and October 29, 2015 Special board meeting. Carried.
Motion by Dittman, Mueller second, to accept resignation of Jim
Heidmann as custodian. Carried.
Motion by Mueller, Kaiser second, to approve adding a varsity assistant coach for softball and baseball. Carried.
Motion by Mueller, Lewis second, to approve the 2016-2017
school calendar. Carried.
Motion by Dittman, Mueller second, to approve 1st reading of
policy #5113 - Public School Open Enrollment. Carried.
Motion by Mueller, Kaiser second, to approve first reading of
board policies 3000, 4000 and 6000 series. Carried.
Motion to adjourn by Dittman, Mueller second. Carried. 7:55 p.m.
Respectfully submitted by,
William B. Dittman, Clerk
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SCHOOL LUNCH
Edgar Public Schools
Monday, Jan. 25: Mini corn

dogs, baked beans, sliced
peaches
Tuesday, Jan. 26: Taco salad/
tortilla chips, shredded cheese,
refried beans, pineapple tidbits
Wednesday, Jan. 27: Creamy
chicken, buttered bread, mashed
potatoes/gravy, steamed carrots,
applesauce
Thursday, Jan. 28: Pepperoni
pizza, fruit slushies, green beans,
sliced pears
Friday, Jan. 29: Hamburgers,
French fries, mandarin oranges
Annual meeting
The annual meeting for St.

Stephen Lutheran Church, Edgar, is scheduled for Sunday,
Jan. 24, 8:45 a.m. The church
budget will be voted on. All
congregational members are
urged to attend.
Honoring the military
The Wien Wildcats 4-H Club

would like to honor all past
and present Edgar military
members and their spouses
with a free soup and sandwich
supper on Sunday, Feb. 14,
at 5:00 pm at Hope Lutheran
Church, Hwy 97, Edgar. The
event will highlight the 4-Hs
Support-a-Soldier project. Call
Tammy Kirsch at (715) 687-3135
to make dinner reservations
by Feb. 5.
Church bazaar
St. Johns Parish annual bazaar will be held Sunday, Feb.

7, noon to 3 p.m. There will be
games, raffles, food, refreshments and face painting.
Birth
A son, Beckem Charles, was

born Jan. 8, 2016, to Jeffrey
and Pamela Kyhos, Mosinee,
at the aspirus Wausau Hospital. The infant weighed six
pounds, one ounce and measured 19 inches at birth.
The
grandparents
are
Charles and Kathleen Kyhos,
Mosinee, and Lowell and Audrey Borchardt, Edgar.
Medical equipment
46-169105
The American Legion Sawyer-Drumm Post in Edgar has

medical equipment available
for public use. The equipment
includes crutches, canes, portable toilets, shower chairs,
Lunches served with romaine

with spinach, baby carrots and
milk.
St. Johns School
Sew cute
Edgar High School students and adults gathered Sunday to sew shark and mermaid snuggies for
children undergoing cancer treatments at Marshfield Clinic. The sewing crew included, left to right, Lydia
Myszka, Miranda Myszka, Kristine Federwitz, Donna Fetting, Alisha Simonson, Charlotte Schug and
Brenda Seubert.
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
715-352-2221.
Edgar fine arts

The Edgar Fine Arts Association has announced a schedule of concerts in 2016.
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
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 li-
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brary 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.
Chili feed
The Midwest ATV Trailblazers will sponsor a chili feed

Saturday, Feb. 6, 11 a.m. to 6
p.m. at Illusions Bar and Grill,
Fenwood. The club will collect
aluminum tabs for the Ronald
McDonald House, Marshfield.
The Korner Kitchen, LLC

W4890 Cty Hwy H(715) 352-7424
Boehm Insurance Agency, Inc.

223 S 3rd Ave(715) 352-2171
Lees Equipment, Inc.

1760 Cty Rd S(715) 443-3326
Done Right Concrete

5065 Alpine Rd(715) 352-2265
Mueller Builders, LLC

610 Chesak Ave(715) 352-2704
E.L.M. Repair & Refrigeration, Inc. Studio C, LLC

216 W Redwood St(715) 352-3830
224 W Redwood St(715) 352-2416
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Monday, Jan. 25: Salisbury

steak, mashed potatoes, roll,
cheesy broccoli, pears
Tuesday, Jan. 26: Scrambled
eggs w/ham, veggie dippers,
applesauce, roll
Wednesday, Jan. 27: Chicken
nuggets, pasta, salad bar, buttered corn, pineapple
Thursday, Jan. 28: Hamburger/cheese, bun, baked beans,
romaine/tomato, peaches
Friday, Jan. 29: Personal size
pizza w/sauce, tossed salad,
mixed veggies, mixed fruit, dessert
Lunches served with milk.
Movie night
Edgar Elementary School

will sponsor a family movie
night on Thursday, Jan. 21,
6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Popcorn and
snacks will be provided.
Dads and donuts
Dads, grandfathers and

other significant males are invited to read to Edgar Elementary School students in grades
4K on Thursday, Jan. 14, and to
5k students on Friday, Jan. 15.
Reading on both days is from
8:15 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.
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Wednesday Jan. 22, 1997
Small Town Friends
The Small Town Friends
Homemakers Club met at Lillian Baumans home in Fenwood on Jan. 13.
Hertha Werner conducted
the installation of officers.
Joyce Proft is secretary and
Verna Wetterau is treasurer.
Members brought sandwiches, while Bauman provided coffee and salad.
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January 20, 2016
Page 15
County takes over maintenance

Supervisor Day says county unable to oversee health care facility
The Marathon County Board of Su- courthouse.
pervisors on Tuesday voted to direct
Day said the county does not oversee
county administration to
maintenance at other countyhave the Facilities and Capiowned facilities, including UWtal Maintenance DepartMarathon County and Central
ment take over maintenance
Wisconsin Airport, and was
oversight at North Cenwrong to think it had the techtral Health Care (NCHC),
nical knowledge to oversee a
Wausau.
health facility.
Supervisor
Ken
Day,
I dont think you know what
Wausau, a former vice-presyou are getting into, he said.
ident at Aspirus, strongly
This will create more probobjected to the proposal in
lems than you will solve.
Thursdays debate.
County board chairman Ken
Ken
He said that maintenance
Day, however, stood by the proDay
of North Central Health, a
posal.
health care facility with a liHe said Marathon County,
censed psychiatric hospital, was very which owns all of NCHC buildings,
different than taking care of a county needed to assert control over its prop-
New Marathon
club will support
students at margin
The Marathon Board of Education
last week Wednesday gave its blessing for a new student support group
that will support high school students who may feel isolated.
The club, which has no name at
this point, will provide support to
students who may have a different
culture, who are subject to bullying,
are gay, lesbian or gender unsure,
disabled or are dealing with family
issues, including have a parent serve
time in jail or prison.
We want to make sure school is
safe for all students, said Kate Passineau, one of several teachers who
are interested in being advisors to
the club.
High school principal Dave Beranek said the club would provide
support to students, but not counseling. That job would still fall to
the school psychologist or guidance
counselor.
School board members voiced support for the club.
This is certainly going to help,
said board member Lia Klumpyan.
Board president Brian Gumtz
questioned whether teachers could
face legal problems by getting too
involved in student social problems.
You are doing this out of the
goodness of your heart, he said.
We dont want to leave you hanging
out there.
In other board business:
Board members accepted the
retirement resignations of physical
education teacher Jack Culhane and
Marathon Area Elementary School
principal Jeff Reiche at the end of
the school year.

District administrator Rick
Parks announced the final cost of
new auditorium seats. The district
will purchase 455 seats, including
for larger patrons, bariatric seats,
for $86,139.
Parks said the village of Marathon City recently agreed to rezone
parcels recently acquired by the district on First Street and Spring Valley Court.
Board members approved an
open enrollment policy that does not
have any restrictions.
Principal Reiche said Marathon
Venture Academy has decided not
to pursue Expeditionary Learning
School mentor school status because
its standardized test scores, while
good, dont meet national criteria.
To get to a national level, we have
some work to do, he said.
Board members approved 10
high school students attending a
four-day visit to Spanish camp at
Concordia Language Villages in
Bemidji, Minn. The students will
leave Thursday, Feb. 25. The camp
provides a Spanish immersion experience.
Board members approved a
number of spring coaching assignments: Joel Chandler, boys track assistant coach; Gary Raether, track
volunteer; Mitch Franke, girls track
assistant coach: Luke Jaconson, assistant golf coach; Dave Belanger
and Joel Rhyner, volunteer assistant
golf coaches; Kristin Ikert and Gina
Smith, junior high track coaches.
erty.
Where does any landlord let the
tenants decide what to do with maintenance? he asked.
Gibbs said the countys Capital Improvement Project Committee had a
hard time tracking all of the projects
planned at NCHC.
Projects came out of the sky, he
complained.
Gibbs said county oversight of
NCHC buildings would provide consistent upkeep at all county buildings.
He said he was not worried that
NCHC was a licensed health care facility. The Facilities and Capital Maintenance Department has licensed staff
to handle specialized facilities issues,
he said.
Other supervisors endorsed centralizing the maintenance over NCHC

buildings.
John Robinson, Wausau, said it
would be better to have the facilities
and Capital Maintenance Department
take care of NCHC buildings because
many agencies, including the Aging
and Disabled Resource Center, were
tenants there.
There is some merit to consistency,
he said.
Joanne Leonard, Wausau, also said
the centralization would be beneficial.
I dont see any problem moving forward, she said.
Marathon man charged

with child sex crime
A 34-year-old Marathon man is one
According to the cheriffs departof seven central Wisconsin men who ment, Ross, along with the other sushas been charged with a child sex pects, arranged to meet a 15-year-old
crime following a sting opfemale.
eration conducted by the
The other suspects in the
Marathon County Sheriffs
sting are from Neillsville, TomDepartment, Wausau Police
ahawk, Schofield and Wausau.
Department and Everest
The Internet Crimes Against
Metro Police Department on
Children Operation was develJan. 14-15.
oped in response to the increasRichard Ross has been
ing number of children and
charged with use of a comteenagers using the Internet,
puter to facilitate a child sex
the proliferation of child porRichard
crime. He had his initial apnography and heightened onRoss
pearance in circuit court on
line activity by predators seekTuesday.
ing unsupervised contact with
The sting operation has been called potential underage victims.
the KG-2 Initiative.
Greenwood man charged

with meth, pot possession
A 30-year-old Greenwood man faces
drug charges after police found two
bags of marijuana and a small amount
of methamphetamine in his car on Jan.
8 while parked near the STH 29/107 intersection in the town of Stettin.
The Marathon Police Department
found Kyle Waska slumped over his
steering wheel near the highway intersection after he was seen driving erratically at speeds up to 90 miles per hour
on STH 29 around 2:44 p.m.
Police woke him up and asked if he
was alright. Waska, who was nervous,

said yes. During the interview, police
saw a bag of marijuana in his vehicle.
A K-9 drug dog was summoned to the
scene.
Police discovered two baggies containing a total of around 12 grams of
marijuana and a small bag containing
.8 grams of methamphetamine. Police
also found numerous drug smoking devices.
Waska was transported to the Marathon County Jail.
Drug needles are located

The Marathon Police Department reported locating four used hyperdemic
needles in the R-Store bathroom in
Marathon City on Jan. 10.
The needles are the kind used for injecting drugs, a police report said. A
clear plastic gem bag with red symbols
was also discovered.
Hamburg man charged with strangulation, battery

A 23-year-old town of Hamburg man
faces charges of strangulation, battery
and disorderly conduct following a Jan.
6 incident where he allegedly woke
from a drug-induced sleep, thought his
wife was attacking him, and proceeded
to choke her. He threatened to burn his
house down and kill everyone in it. He
later attached a strap to a beam in a garage and threatened to hang himself.

The 36-year-old wife, who complained that she had been choked for
up to 15 seconds, said her husband is
bi-polar but unable to afford purchase
of the needed medication to control
the illness. Instead, the husband abus-
es mental health and muscle relaxant

medications he collects from a series
of doctors in Wausau, she told police.
The wife said her husband awoke in a
rage after she woke him up after sleeping 24 hours. The medicines he abuses
include clonezepan, vyvanse, tramadol
and gabapentin.
During an altercation with her husband, the husband allegedly slammed

a door on her big toe. He also allegedly
damaged a 42-inch flat screen television set.
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SCHOOL LUNCH
Stratford Public
School
Monday, Jan. 25: Taco day,

refried beans, apple slices
Tuesday, Jan. 26: Burger on a
bun, tater tots, kiwi slices
soup, grilled cheese, celery,
peaches
Thursday, Jan. 28: Cheese
fries, carrots, applesauce
Friday, Jan. 29: Shredded pork
BBQ on a bun, romaine salad,
mandarin oranges
Daddy Date Night

The second-annual Daddy
Date Night Snowflake Ball
will be held from 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, at the Country
Aire Banquet Hall at F1312
Hwy. P in rural Stratford.
The event is a magical evening filled with dessert and
dancing for father figures and
their special girls. There is a
fee and girls of all ages are
welcome.
Music will be provided by
Rock the Flock Mobile DJ Services. Dress attire is encouraged.
Those interested in attending this event should pre-register for the event by Saturday, Jan. 16. To register, they
can visit themill.church/
events or contact Stephany at
715-391-1010 or at stephany@
themill.church.
Steak feed
The Stratford VFW will
continue to have steak feeds
on the first Tuesday of each
month throughout 2016.
The next steak feed will be
held from 4:30-8 p.m. Feb. 2 at
the Stratford VFW clubhouse.
People who want takeout
food should call 715-687-3114.
Quilting afternoon
People can learn new quilting skills, practice existing
skills and socialize with others from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Jan. 26
at the Marathon County Public Library Stratford Branch
located at 400 N. Fourth St.
Quilters who are young and
old, experienced or begin-
Lunches served with milk.
St. Josephs School
60th anniversary
Stratford VFW Post 6352 Auxiliary recently celebrated its 60th anniversary with a reception at the clubhouse. Those in attendance included front row, from left to right, Karen Johnson, department senior vicepresident; Bertie Becher, Stratford charter member; and Judy Borg, department president. Back row,
Karen Delis, Stratford president; and Carolyn Franzen, 7th district president.
ners, will gather to learn, create and share hand-quilting
techniques with each other.
Quilters should bring their
own supplies, though the library will have pattern and
instruction books available to
further peoples learning.
Quilting in the afternoon
will also be held from 1:30-3:30
p.m. Tuesdays, Feb. 23, March
29 and April 26 at the Stratford Branch library.
Pancake breakfast
The Stratford VFW will
have a Honor Flight pancake breakfast from 8 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24,
to support the Never Forgotten Honor Flight, at the VFW

clubhouse.
Breakfast includes potato
and regular pancakes, scrambled eggs, cheese curds, sausage, coffee and milk. There
is a fee.
Matching funds of the proceeds will be provided up to
$500 by Catholic Financial
Life Chapter #309 of Marshfield.
There will be a basket raffle for a special autographed
Green Bay Packers football
from the first world championship in 1965.
Continuing Education
Stratford Continuing Education is offering classes.
Yoga 4 Everybody will be
held from 6-7 p.m. Wednesdays from Jan. 27-March 13 at
a to be determined site.
Paint
Away
Workshop
will take place from 7-9 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 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 commons.
Yoga Body Bootcamp will
take place from 7:15-8 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 25: Turkey and

potatoes, green beans, applesauce
Tuesday, Jan. 26: Hard shell
tacos, corn, peaches
fajitas, broccoli, pears
Thursday, Jan. 28: Pizza casserole, carrots, mixed fruit
Friday, Jan. 29: Tomato soup,
grilled cheese, blueberries
Lunches served with milk
and salad bar.
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
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Thursday, Jan. 23, 2008
Senior Citizens meet
Wally Marohl, The Voice
of the Tigers, was named
Stratfords Finest at the Stratford Area Chamber of Commerces annual membership
meeting last week.
Marohl has been announcing Stratford High School
football games since 1986 and
continues to announce football, basketball, wrestling,
baseball, track and Pop Werner Football.
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Stratford
An Outdoorsmans
Journal
The Marshfield HoeDowners Square

Dance Club will hold an open house
from 7:30-9:30 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.
Free square dancing instructions
will be given Jan. 21 and then again
from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27.
No dance partners are required and
families are welcome.
LEGO Club night

The Marathon County Public Library Branch will host its Family
LEGO Club beginning Jan. 19.
The club will be held from 3:30-4:30
p.m. on the third Tuesday of each
month until June.
Card playing
Stratford residents can play cards
Family Snow Shoe event
The Cold Feet! Warm Hearts! Snow

Shoe event will be held from Noon until 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14 at Stratfords
Heritage Trail.
The event will take place at the
trailhead shelter located on Parkview
Drive in the Stratford Business/Industrial Park.
Attendees can bring their own snow
shoes, boots and sleds to enjoy the
trail, or reserve a pair of snow shoes
and let the experts from The Sports
Den in Marshfield provide a lesson on
how to snow shoe.
There will also be a bonfire. Brats
and hot dogs, and hot cocoa and cider
will be served.
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High 1, low minus 17-wind chill minus 30
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Ice Traveler/Coyote Hunting Rig.
both guns and my food. To sustain myself I had granola
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not freeze (they still froze).
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the Mississippi River.
Remember the flooding three weeks ago? Water was running
two-feet over the top of all the islands. The water froze about 4-inches down on its surface. When it receded, it left every piece of land
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been for the fact I was carrying a five-foot Mille lacs ice chopper,
I would have gone under several times. In other words by walking
and letting the chopper hit the ice with each step, I had eyes on the
ice in front of me. It was literally insane when the chopper would go
through the ice 24-inches in front of me.
Coyote hunting! The deeper I put myself away from the real
world the more signs I saw.
I had a dying rabbit mouth call and would conceal myself and
call and wait for 15-minutes and then move on. No crows came
to my call today and that in my past experience usually means no
coyotes as well.
Dark, my bedroll would have to be on ice as my entire world is
The local beaver population
frozen from the moon to the water. Two sleeping bags and a tarp, with
has put this maple tree on
a fleece jacket over my head worked just fine.
its last leg.
The entire night I could here the ice settling as Old Man River sent
its excess down to the Gulf of Mexico.
Wednesday, January 13th
High 17, low minus 16
The biggest mental challenge other than
bad ice was getting out of my sleeping bags
this morning. A good-sized challenge in itself
was putting on as many of my clothes while in
the sleeping bags.
I had a premonition that I would see a coyote while I was doing this and as strange as
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out of nowhere and was 40-yards away. Both
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I was in marsh grass; I crawled over to the
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of the winter.
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over two hours and it was an incredible experience on crazy bad ice. Something that I
learned from a coyote that never laid down,
which tells me he was not hurt too bad was
that it had an incredible instinct on which ice
to cross. Whenever there was a question, its
tracks told me it backtracked to a safer situation.
Home Sweet Home in 16 below 0.
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715-229-4136.
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used. Turn them into ca$h or
trade for a new one! Shay Creek
in Medford, 715-748-2855.
GUN SHOW: January 29,30 & 31.

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THE RECORD-REVIEW
January 20, 2016
MISCELLANEOUS
FOR RENT
REAL ESTATE
VINTAGE SNOWMOBILE Show &

Ride Feb. 6, nine miles north of
Medford, Chelsea Conservation
Club. Contact Leon at 715-4275441.
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.
COUNTRY HOME for Sale Ranch style, 3 bedroom, 3 bath

on 24 mostly wooded acres.
Less than 10 years old. Finished
basement with walk out on blacktop road. 7 miles east of Medford. Black River runs through
property. Call 715-748-3012 for
details.
CARD OF THANKS
We want to thank the Abbotsford Fire Dept. for their quick response to our home when it was
struck by lightning. Thanks again
for a job well done. JIM AND
LORI BRODHAGEN.
FOR RENT
AVAILABLE AT Green Acres
Terrace in Colby. 2 bedroom,
1 bath for $550 for 11/1/15. Includes lot rent. Utilities not included. Cats considered, sorry
no dogs. Vacant lots for $225.
Colby, WI. 715-340-2116.
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 855-3168967 or 715-357-0011. EHO.
impact@impactseven.org.
HELP WANTED
HELP WANTED
Library Director
WORK WANTED
STONE SETTER. All types masonry, brick, block and stone,
stone walls, basement, barns.
715-897-4177.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
We are currently accepting applications for experienced shop & eld installation
personnel. Preferred candidates need to have experience in
stainless steel welding, fabricating and pipe tting.
We offer:
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HELP WANTED
ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS For
waitress and cook. Apply in person, Abby Cafe, Abbotsford.
MILKERS: AFTERNOON And
evenings, 5-6 hour shifts in parlor. 715-223-4168.
TRUCK DRIVER Wanted for grain
hopper division, home weekends. Saturday morning mechanic. Looking for drivers, also
home daily route. 715-571-9623.
WANTED: FULL-Time or parttime milker or chaser. Reference
required. Stratford area. Phone
715-305-0959.
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HELP WANTED
FULL-TIME Field and shop person, experience with general repair work and operator desired.
Reference required. Stratford
area. Phone 715-305-4735.
HELP WANTED: Part-time parlor
milking, 150 cows, 3 hour shift
a.m. and some p.m. shifts. Edgar, Marathon area. Phone 715571-2242.
Process Systems Engineering Installation &

Custom Fabrication Specialist for the Food,
Dairy and Pharmaceutical Industry.
1932 E. 26th, P.O. Box 296,
Marsheld, WI 54449
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SCHOOL BUS
DRIVER NEEDED FOR
WHEELCHAIR ROUTE IN THE
COLBY DISTRICT!
**Bus Monitor Onboard To Assist With Children
**School Bus Is Housed In Dorchester
Stop in at B3866 Hwy 13 Spencer
for an application or
call 715-659-4391 to have one mailed to you!
No experience necessary.
What are the benefits?
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The Abbotsford Public Library Board of Trustees is taking

applications for a self-motivated person with good people skills
and excellent general computer skills for the directorship of the
library. The library is open 51 hours a week and employs 1.60
FTEs. This is a permanent position with a minimum of 32 hours a
week. Candidates must be eligible for Grade III library certification
(completed at least 54 college semester hours, half of which must
be in the liberal arts and sciences) and be prepared to take the
appropriate courses for State of WI certification.
Please refer to the library website for further
information: abbotsfordpl.org. Please send a cover
letter and resume to: Search Committee, PO Box
506 Abbotsford, WI 54405 or e-mail a cover letter
and resume to director@abbotsford.lib.wi.us by
February 1, 2016.
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We have our own training program!

We will pay for your license updates!
Retirement Plan available!
You are off for the summer months!
You will be joining a great group a veteran drivers!
3-177676
NOW HIRING
growingtogether
Production Positions
2nd & 3rd shift positions
(will train on all shifts)
Starting pay: $17.75/hour with shift premium
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR
EQUIVALENT REQUIRED
Must be available for all work assignments as well as scheduled
overtime to include extended hours and weekend work.
Incumbents must comply with company established
attendance policy.
No guarantee of 40 hours per week and must be available for
stand-by scheduling.
Must be able to lift objects weighing an average of 60 pounds on
a regular basis and occasionally maneuver up to 100 pounds.
Must be able to perform repetitive hand assembly.
Must possess computer skills with the ability to learn company
computer-based programs.
Ability to read, write, comprehend and follow verbal and
written instructions, and must possess basic mathematics skills.
Must be 18 years or older.
Pre-employment physical assessments required.
Land OLakes, Inc.

306 Park St., Spencer, WI
Please apply during business hours of 7:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday.
Drug screen and background check required for all
successful candidates.
EOE/M/F/Vets/Disabled
3-177583
Village of Stratford
Greenwood Police
Department
POLICE CHIEF
HELP WANTED
ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS:
The city of Greenwood is accepting applications to fill a vacancy for one full-time
patrol officer. Establish eligibility list.
RESPONSIBILITIES: General police functions including patrol, criminal law enforcement, traffic law enforcement, ordinance enforcement, maintaining public
peace. To protect life and property, and working with the community to address
community problems.
SALARY: Dependent on qualifications.
BENEFITS: Wisconsin retirement fund, health insurance, dental insurance, life
insurance, disability insurance, paid sick leave, paid holidays, uniform allowance.
QUALIFICATIONS: U.S. citizen, minimum age: 21, valid drivers license, good
driving record, eligibility for Wisconsin Law Enforcement Standards Board Certification, high school diploma, 60 college credits, ability to possess a firearm, no
felony convictions, no domestic abuse convictions, vision correctable to 20/20,
good verbal and written communication skills, able to work evenings, weekends
and holidays, ability to perform essential functions of the position, ability to use
all standard law enforcement equipment, ability to react quickly and effectively
to stressful situations, knowledge and skills in operating computer systems.
NOTE: Written exam, oral interviews, psychological profile, medical examination, vision examination, drug screening, background investigation, successful
candidate will need to establish residency within 15 miles, as required by the
city after completion of one-year probationary period.
APPLY BY: February 1, 2016, at 4 p.m.
SUBMIT: DJ-LE-330 including questions, resume to:
Chief Bernie Bock
Greenwood Police Dept.
102 N. Main St.
Greenwood, WI 54437
QUESTIONS/APPLICATIONS: Contact city clerk at 715-267-6205
The Village of Stratford is seeking a

qualified person for full time employment as
POLICE CHIEF. The selected individual will
provide leadership and management of the
day-to-day operations of law enforcement
within the Village (population 1,600).
Successful candidates must possess:
Law enforcement certification in the State of
Wisconsin
Associate Degree minimum; Bachelor Degree
preferred
Supervisory/management experience
Good verbal and written communications skills
Valid Wisconsin driver license and good driving
record
A condition of employment includes village residency
within six months of hire date. Salary is dependent on
qualifications.
Submit resume, DJ-LE-330 and Villages Employment
Application by February 1, 2016, to:
Village of Stratford
Attn: Village President Harvey Suckow
265 N 3rd Avenue
PO Box 12
Stratford WI 54484-0012
or email: stratfordclerk@stratfordwi.com
Detailed information is available at wilenet.org
Application materials are available at
www.stratfordwi.com. For more information, call
715-687-4430 or 715-687-4166
2-177534
APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED UNTIL FEB. 29, 2016

MUST APPLY IN PERSON AT:
3-177584
3-177604
Land OLakes, Inc., a cheese-processing plant in central

Wisconsin, has the following employment opportunities:
EOE. The Village has the right to accept or reject any or all applications.
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Registration begins at 10:00 Jumping begins at 12:30

Pledge forms available at local businesses
Prizes for Best Costumes and Most Money Raised
T-shirts for all participants raising at least $25
Male and female warming tents
11:00-12:30 FREE chicken soup or chili
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Saturday, Jan. 30
Beer, soda and water available for purchase
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A&L Oil Company
THE UDDER
SNOWSHOE RACE
Athens, WI
Both Car Wash & Laundromat

C-Store, Car Wash & Laundromat
Open During Regular Business Hours
800-472-1543 OR 715-257-7588
Mon.-Fri. 5 a.m.-9 p.m. | Sat. 5:30 a.m.-9 p.m. | Sun. 6 a.m.-6 p.m.
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
A Family Tradition Of Excellence Since 1968
3-177521
Specializing In All Types of Concrete Construction

Unlimited Building & Design Capabilities
Cost Effective Timely Construction
Begins at 12:00
Hot Breakfast!
Diamond jewelry, gas cards, at screen TV,

picnic table
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Come in out of the cold for a
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Athens Country Cafe
This advertisement is not afliated with the

Athens Fair Association or Udder Plunge Committee
Closed Mon.; Open Tues., Wed. & Thurs. 6:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.;
Fri. 6:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m.; Sat. & Sun. 6:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
(715) 257-9278
317 Washington St., Athens, WI 54411
3-177520
Switlick
& Sons, Inc.
General Construction Contractors
3-177518
RAFFLE PRIZES
715-257-7477
24 hour
notice
is necessary
for cancellation
found at
SAWDUST TREASURE
HUNT
Commercial Residential Farm Buildings
1222 Mount View Lane, Athens, WI 54411

FAX: 715-257-7982
www.sdellenbecker.com
220 Alfred St.,

Athens
Thomas Treweek, D.D.S.
Registration begins at 8:00

Race begins at 10:30 Awards at 12:00
3 miles along Black Creek
S.D. Ellenbecker Inc.
715-257-7666
3-177526
Udder Plunge
5812 Hwy. 97 South

Athens, WI 54411
715-257-9081
FAX (715) 257-7431
mswitlick@frontier.com
Gene Cell
715-297-7179
Merlin Cell
715-571-7179
Let us help you with your weekend projects.
LEON WOLLER
800-358-4926
3-177519
3-177525
Hours: Mon.-Fri. 7 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Sat. 8 a.m. - noon
901 Allen St., Athens, WI 54411 715-257-7531

athenslumberllc.com craig@athenslumberllc.com
216 Alfred Street, Athens
February is Pet Dental Month

Has your pet displayed signs of
dental problems such as bad breath?
If so, call us today to make an appointment
for your pets dental checkup.
R688 Cty. Hwy. U, Athens, WI 54411
Home 715-257-7882
Cell 715-573-3196
20 OFF Feb. Dental Special
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David Jahnke
Call To Make An Appointment Today
3-177533
3-177515
www.jahnkeconstruction.biz
March Madness
Equine Coggins & Vaccine Special

Call for Prices!
2016 Equine Spring Seminar
Veterinary Spinal Manipulation Therapy and more.

See our website for details.
DAIRYLAND REALTY
715-223-2100
www.c21dairyland.com
Athens Veterinary Service, Inc.

625 W. Limit Road, Athens
www.athensvetservice.com
715-257-7003
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A WISCONSIN HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER

See REFERENDUM/ page 4

County could end

Supervisors delay final vote until September meeting

See RELATIONSHIP/ page 5

LITTLE CHICAGOS NORTHEAST SIDE

January 20, 2016

Fixing a broken system

hen you walk into North Central Health Care (NCHC) in

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

even thats considered a slow connection speed nowadays. The latest 4G

January 20, 2016

board chair Kurt Gibbs, argued that North

The Record-Review is a locally

Letters to the Editor

ATTENTION MAIL SUBSCRIBERS

DID YOUR NEWSPAPER

January 20, 2016

Police officers job in question

A committee will determine Colbys fate with the police department

as a part-time police officer in May of

leave of absence from his job pending

fighter, died March 14, 2001. Schillinger

ATHENS SCHOOL BOARD CAPSULES

Board members approved

The board approved hiring

Mroczenski, Brian Anderson and Ken

tion so everyone is on the same boat.

The $15,995,000 referendum resolution question consists of remodeling

January 20, 2016

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Lunches served with milk, fruit

St. Anthonys School

Monday, Jan. 25: No school

The Senior Citizens card

Trinity Lutheran School

Monday, Jan. 25: No school

See ATHENS/ page 7

Cynthias Bridal Boutique, LLC

Rural Insurance Co.

Athens Area Credit Union

S.D. Ellenbecker, Inc.

Athens Country Cafe, LLC

Athens Lumber, LLC

Frahms Auto Body, LLC

C & M Appliance & Heating

Freedom Farm Chiropractic, LLC Western County

Sales & Service

January 20, 2016

Continued from page 6

The Athens Area Trail Association

Athens chili feed

Winter family event

The Athens FFA Alumni will have a

soup, cheese curds, desserts, bread and

LEGO club night

The second annual candlelight trail,

hot dogs and hot chocolate served after

Athens will again host an area garage

Athens Trails meeting

MCHA seeks people

When residents American flags are