The Star News December 25 2014

STAR NEWS
THE
December 25, 2014

Volume 141 + Number 52
Medford, Wisconsin
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Christmas concerts
Pages 14-17
Making
the cut
Gilman boys
defeat Granton
Sports
Players, coaches among the eight to

be inducted into the hall of fame
by Sports Editor Matt Frey
Medford woman
follows her dreams
Ask Ed
Kiwanis Club awards

bus stop houses
Living
Commentary
Retailer shares the
spirit of the season
Opinion
Area deaths
Obituaries start on
page 11 for:
Florence Goessl
Alta Hempel
Robert Mabie
Doris Ovans
Florence Swenson
Smiles
Buy this photo online at www.centralwinews.com
photo by Brian Wilson
The eight newest members of Medford Area Senior

Highs Athletic Hall of Fame will officially be inducted
on Tuesday, Dec. 30.
The largest induction class since the first two classes
in 1994 and 1996 features six student-athletes who excelled at the school in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and
two head coaches who put in many years of hard work
to build successful programs here.
The 2014 induction ceremony will take place between
the girls and boys varsity basketball games at Raider
Hall. Medford hosts the Menomonie Mustangs in the
girls game, which is set to tip at 1 p.m. Following the
induction ceremony, the Raider boys will play the Phillips Loggers. Tip time will be about 3:30 p.m.
A Hall of Fame reception will be held at the Sports
Page Bowl and Grill following the basketball games.
Four-year-old Alexander Lang shares a smile with his father, Jason Lang, during the
childrens Christmas service held at Immanuel Lutheran Church on Friday. See page
15 for more pictures from the service.
See HALL OF FAME on page 5
Field upgrades could be game changer

Booster club to start campaign
for stadium upgrades at
Medford Area Senior High
er Club (ASBC) this fall. The school districts

Athletic Improvement Committee moved the
idea up to the school board level.
The plan now heads back to ASBC which
operates independently of the district. It could sign a $5,000 con-
by Reporter Mark Berglund
Its not just about
The Medford Area School Board got its first

look at a plan to renovate and upgrade the outdoor facilities at Medford Area Senior High
last Thursday. The main elements of the plan
include resurfacing the running track, adding an artificial turf surface to the competition field inside the track oval, and replacing
the bleachers, press box and concession stand
area.
Based on figures presented at Thursdays
meeting, the estimated cost of the project is in
the neighborhood of $430,000 to $950,000. The
proposal developed from the All Sports Boost-
athletic teams and

academic opportunities,
but a game changer for
our community.
Mike Bub of the All
Sports Booster Club
tract with Rettler Corporation of Stevens Point

to do basic planning for the project.
Athletic director Justin Hraby presented
the plan to the board. He started with the
outdoor bleachers. They were originally constructed in 1969 and the original shell remains
after years of fixes. He estimated the current
structure has about three years of usable life
left. He estimated the replacement cost would
be between $250,000 and $400,000. The plan is
to maintain the current seating capacity
near 1,500, and possibly add a press
box to the seating on the south
side, along with storage space
and team rooms. The team
rooms would allow for
halftime and other team
sessions, but there are no
plans to equip them with
lockers or showers.
See BOOSTER CLUB on page 4
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resolution stick.
Aspirus Therapy & Fitness in Medford
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goals, help you track your progress, and
be the support to keep you going. Experts
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Call Aspirus Therapy & Fitness at 715748-8748 or visit online at aspirus.org/
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Hours of operation
for New Years
Helping veterans
submitted photo
The employees of Klinner Insurance recently presented a check to Roger Emmerich

of the American Legion Post No. 147 for the Veterans Memorial Wall at the Flag
Field. The money was raised by Klinner Insurance employees from their fall Blue Jean
Campaign.
National Weather Service in

search of snowfall contacts
In observance of New Years, Aspirus

Clinics in Medford, Phillips, Prentice
and Rib Lake; and Aspirus Pharmacy
Medford will close at 3 p.m. on Dec. 31
and will be closed all day Jan. 1.
On Dec. 31, Aspirus Gilman Clinic will
close at noon, Aspirus Therapy & FitnessMedford will close at 5:30 p.m. and
Aspirus TherapyPrentice will close at 4
p.m. All three will be closed on Jan. 1.
Aspirus Medford Walk-In Clinic will
be open from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Dec. 31
and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Jan. 1. The
emergency department will be open 24
hours a day.
Normal business hours resume for all
Aspirus Medford Hospital & Clinics locations on Jan. 2.
The National Weather Service (NWS)

office in La Crosse is seeking contacts for
reporting snowfall this winter. Specifically, NWS is looking for people who live
in small towns or rural areas who would
be willing to be called when two or more
inches of snow has fallen.
The NWS relies on actual snowfall
reports from volunteers to keep track
of winter storms and keep the media informed of snowfall totals. This information supplements other sources of information, such as radar and snowfall totals
from sheriffs departments, road crews,
and local airports.
Volunteers can call in their reports to

the NWS, or the NWS will call when updates are needed.
Reports can be submitted via the internet to http://www.crh.noaa.gov/arx/
scripts/send_arx.php.
Interested individuals are encouraged
to send an email to: todd.shea@noaa.
gov. Include an address and a telephone
number. The NWS will contact those individuals for future collaboration if their
location is an area they still need information from. There are some areas the
weather service already has adequate
coverage for.
Community Calendar
1013 of Rib Lake Meeting Weighin 6 p.m. Meeting 6:30 p.m. Rib Lake Senior Citizens Center, Hwy 102 and Front
Street. Information: Mary 715-427-3593 or
Sandra 715-427-3408.
High and Low Impact Step Aerobics Mondays and Wednesdays 6-7
p.m. Stetsonville Elementary School,
W5338 CTH A. Information: Connie 715678-2656 or Laura 715-678-2517 evenings.
Taylor County Right to Life Meeting 6:30 p.m. Frances L. Simek Memorial Library, 400 N. Main St., Medford.
Everyone welcome.
& Bar, 884 W. Broadway Ave., Medford.

Information: 715-748-0370.
Al-Anon Meeting 7 p.m. Community United Church of Christ, 510 E.
Broadway, Medford. Information: 715427-3613.
Alcoholics Anonymous Open Topic
Meeting 7 p.m. Community United
Church of Christ, 510 E. Broadway, Medford.
Overeaters Anonymous Meeting
7 p.m. Hwy 64 and Main Street, Medford.
Information: 715-512-0048.
Tuesday, Dec. 30
Medford Rotary Club Meeting
Breakfast 6:45 a.m. Filling Station Cafe
Narcotics Anonymous Open Meeting 7 p.m. Community United Church

of Christ, 510 E. Broadway, Medford. Information: 715-965-1568.
The deadline for having items published in the Community Calendar is 5

p.m. on Tuesdays.
Gamblers Anonymous Meetings
Call 715-297-5317 for dates, times and
locations.
Sunday, Dec. 28
Alcoholics Anonymous Open 12
Step Study Meeting 7 p.m. Community United Church of Christ, 510 E.
Broadway, Medford.
Monday, Dec. 29
Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS)
Thursday
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Thursday, December 25, 2014
Correction
An article in the Dec. 18 issue of The

Star News stated county board supervisor Lester Lewis asked for and was granted permission to leave a joint finance and
personnel committee meeting. According to Chuck Zenner, who chaired the
meeting, Lewis left the meeting without
permission.
Friday, Jan. 2
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NEWS
THE STAR NEWS
Thursday, December
January 2, 2014
25, 2014
Steinke to
leave land
conservation
Page 3

Taylor County will have another department
head staffing decision this year as Ashly Steinke
has resigned from the county conservationist position with the land conservation department. The
departure will be official on Jan. 23, 2015. Steinke
leaves the post as his family goes from two to three
next month with the birth of a first child. He plans
to work on his family farm and be home.
The draft minutes of the Dec. 16 land conservation committee meeting show the group leaning
toward filling the position again when Steinke
leaves. A special committee meeting will be called
to discuss the matter further.
Both the zoning and land conservation department head positions were open when the county
hired Steinke as its latest conservationist. The idea
of looking at a joint department head was studied
then. It is possible the countys joint finance and
personnel committee would have an interest in the
plan again as the county looks to fill a 2016 budget
deficit.
The land conservation committee took no action
on department cuts during the Dec. 16 meeting. The
committee did review possible revenue enhancements, such as charging for some services and improving revenue streams in areas like the no-till
drill rental and tree sale.
New bank building open
photos by Brian Wilson
Hundreds of Nicolet National Bank customers and

members of the Medford business community gathered
Thursday evening for the ribbon cutting and grand opening of Nicolet Banks new Medford office. Last spring,
the bank announced an ambitious plan to replace its
aging Hwy 13 plaza location with a new and modern
facility. Lisa Carbaugh and John Lange cut the ribbon officially opening the new Nicolet National Bank building
on Hwy 13 in Medford.
Nicolet Bank president Mike Daniels (in photo right)
praised the staff at the Medford branch saying the new
building was a way to give them the space and facilities
they deserve. Daniels said the new facility is part of the
ongoing investment in the regions economic future.
Randy Bergman named rural administrator of the year

Randy Bergman was honored by the
Wisconsin Rural Schools Alliance (WiRSA), an organization that is dedicated to
helping address challenges faced by rural school districts, at the annual Rural
Schools Conference on Nov. 13.
Since his start in the Prentice School
District as elementary principal in 1998,
shrinking budgets have necessitated cost
saving measures. In the year the Prentice
High School principal retired, Bergman
assumed the PK-12 principalship alongside the many other responsibilities he
acquired on the way. Among them, but
not limited to, are food service coordinator, Title I coordinator, SAGE coordinator, grant writer, summer school director,
basketball coach, and sometimes student
activities van driver.
Bergman has led many initiatives to
transform education, including the Reading First federal grant for $1 million, a system known as cafe center which changed
the way reading was taught in the school
Top administrator
submitted photo
Randy Bergman (left) receives a plaque

for being named the Wisconsin Rural Administrator of the Year. He is pictured with
Jerry Fiene of the Wisconsin Rural Schools
Alliance
district, guided study groups, and the Daily Five, which eventually expanded into
the middle school.
Bergman has distinguished himself as

an outstanding educator and administrator, influencing an entire K-12 system to
reach high academic achievement across
all major disciplines consistently over
multiple years. Prentice has been awarded the states Schools of Recognition designation five times since its inception in
2003 and has been identified as a Reading
First model school. Bergman is guided by
the philosophy that when reading is high,
everything is good. Bergmans speech and
actions convey a true love of education
and the children he serves, a true servant
heart of leadership, an admiration for the
Prentice staff, and both the expectation
and the support for all to achieve high
standards.
Other award winners honored by
WiRSA at the Rural Schools Conference
included Scott Foster, Land O Lakes
principal of the Northland Pines School
District, Rural Administrator of the Year;
Joseph Simonich, Hurley School District,
Rural Board of Education Member of

the Year; Pam Kumm, Pittsville School
District, Rural Support Staff Member of
the Year; Craig Cegielski, Eleva-Strum
School District, Rural Teacher of the
Year; Steven Ricks, Lodi Community Action Team, Rural Community Partner of
the Year; and Dr. Frederick Yeo, Univeristy of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Dean of the
College of Education & Human Services,
Rural Advocacy Award.
The Wisconsin Rural Schools Alliance
was formed to help rural school districts
address the unique issues that affect rural schools as they seek to achieve the
highest quality education for every student. Members include a cross-section of
administrators, educators, school board
members, post-secondary representatives, rural community members, business leaders, and other concerned individuals who want a strong voice for rural
education.
THANK YOU
to the following local businesses and organizations for their

generous support of the 2014 Taylor County Christmas Giving Tree program:
Aspirus Medford, Borealis Wellness Clinic, Community United Church of Christ, Diamond
Lakers 4-H Club, Enerquip, Fidelity Bank, Gilman High School FBLA, Handel Automotive,
Holy Assumption Orthodox Church of Lublin, Hurd-Sierra Pacic Industries, Peterson
Concrete, Klinner Insurance, Krugs Bus Service, Marsheld Clinic Medford Dental Center,
Maurices, Medford Area Elementary School 1st and 4th grade classes, Medford Area
Senior High students & faculty, Medford Kiwanis, Medford Youth Soccer Association,
Nestle, Nicolet Bank, Our Saviours and St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Holway & Curtiss, Phillips-Medisize Medford, Rib Lake Ambulance, Saints Peter
& Paul Catholic Church of Gilman, St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church,
Stetsonville Elementary School 4th grade classes, Taylor County Literacy Council,
Taylor Credit Union, Walmart and Weather Shield Windows & Doors
52-145095
The doctors and staff at Borealis Wellness Clinic LLC

wish you and your loved ones a happy and safe Holiday
season, may your family gatherings be warm and bright!
THANK YOU
and
to all those from our community who
donated gifts, money, supplies and their time wrapping gifts! All together we
were able to provide Christmas gifts to hundreds of children in need
throughout Taylor County! Merry Christmas!
Michael Lindau
Coordinator - Taylor County Christmas Giving Tree program
Ministry Manager - St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church
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NEWS
THE STAR NEWS
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Thursday,
Thursday,
December
January25,
2, 2014
Booster club proposes stadium upgrades; looks for board support

Continued from page 1
To say the bleachers are unsafe is false, but they require constant maintenance and may be unsafe some
day, Hraby said.
Hraby said the running track surface is showing wear
and may not be safe to use in two to three years. The
track has a rubberized surface over the asphalt and prepared base. The rubber surface has a lifespan of eight to
10 years and the track surface was replaced in 2005.
Hraby said the two north side light standards would
also be replaced at a cost of about $40,000 each. The poles
on the south side were replaced a few years ago after a
wind storm damaged them.
Hraby has concerns about the current press box,
which houses scoreboard operators, radio and camera
crews, and coaches. The current facility is accessed by a
ladder and he would like an American with Disabilities
Act-compliant space.
The second part of the project would install a artifical
turf surface to replace the current grass field inside the
track. The advantages of field turf include reduced maintenance cost and greatly increased use as it doesnt get
torn up like a grass field does.
Hraby said the current annual maintenance of the
football field area is $18,600. The field was used for 14 football games this year, and eight or nine pre-game walkthroughs, and is used for staging track and field meets.
Hraby said community activities, youth sports and soccer are not played on the field now to prevent wear and
tear from making the field unusable for any activity.
Class use is also limited on the field. The grass doesnt
get a lot of use, Hraby said. School board president Dave
Fleegel asked when the district stopped using the athletic
field as much. He said the changes in field usage started
about 10 years ago when improvements were made to the
lower practice fields to the north.
Hraby said while preventive and routine maintenance issues do not go away with field turf, the durability
would allow the space to be used more fully in fall, spring
and summer. Even holding graduation ceremonies in the
new area would be possible with the turf and bleachers.
The generation of artificial turf being used by schools
like Chippewa Falls and DC Everest was designed to last
about 10 years. Those look like they will last closer to 15
years.
Hrabys presentation talked about several schools
which have added field turf or are in the process of similar renovations, including Superior, Cameron, Cumber-
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The Pig Roast was a huge success with great

food, prizes, games & rafes all evening. This will
be an annual event on opening Saturday of rie
season every year at the Stetsonville Community
Center. Hope to see you next year.
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Thompson Center Venture 7MM Blued - Briley Schilling
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Mossberg ATR 7MM-08 Mossy Oak Camo - Jason Johnson
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Paddle Wheel
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High Point 9MM - Joshua Pernsteiner
High Point 40 w/laser - Gail Jochimsen
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land, Rice Lake, Lomira and Stanley-Boyd. Rettler Corporation designed the Stanley-Boyd proposal, which will
cost approximately $6 million for complete construction
costs. Hraby said a budget commitment over a number of
years helped Stanley-Boyd pay for its project. He visited
Rice Lake and Cumberland. The Rice Lake project is a
collaborative effort with the school and city and private
donations contributing toward the final cost. The Rice
Lake school district will pay about $1.2 million for its
portion of the project while the Cumberland district will
see its expenses around $500,000. Hraby said one option
the Medford district has is to put its funding toward the
bleacher and track surfacing projects.
In my mind, referendum is not an option [in Medford], Hraby said.
Hraby said ASBC would lead a fundraising plan for
the renovations. The fundraising would include sponsorships and advertising. He said a meeting has been held
with Rettler Corporation. It offered the $5,000 contract
to proceed. He said a planning committee would meet in
January and it could return to the school board in the
following months. Hraby said there are potential donors
in the community which the committee would approach
on this project.
The board asked Hraby about potential heavy scheduling for the field. Id like to have that problem, he said.
Its no different than our gymnasiums. Board member
Kelley Isola asked why there are concerns with the grass
field. Is the limited use now for cosmetic reasons? she
asked. Board member Mark Reuter said cosmetic reasons would go to the functionality of the field, where the
use is centered on a specific area.
Fleegel asked about the goal of an ADA-compliant
press box. He said he has only worked in one athletic
field press box actually built to the standard.
The schools portion of the project funding would likely come from its fund balance, the reserve it draws on for
budget needs and short-term borrowing. The district carries a balance of around 15 percent of its annual budget.
Board member Jeff Peterson was concerned about the
new high priority for the outdoor bleachers, buildings
and fields. Every year [building and grounds supervisor] Dave Makovsky comes with a maintenance plan and
bleachers are never on it, Peterson said. Its a big ticket
item, Makovsky said. Peterson continued, My point is,
last year we spent fund balance for the roof and I dont
know how we move this project to the front of the line.
There needs to be a good reason for us to change the priority, he said.
Reuter said the decision was not about moving the
project to the front of the list. The athletic fields are a
unique facility and they have a high profile, he said.
Reuter said the funding would have to be community
driven.
If the All Sports Booster Club raises $2 million, would
we put $1 million into this project? district administrator Pat Sullivan asked. Fleegel said no one was suggesting the school would not make a financial commitment to
the project if the community pledged support for it.
The $3 million figure is not specific to Medfords proposed project, a but a figure estimated for the Cumberland and Rice Lake projects.
Athletic Improvement Committee, is concerned about

future athletic facility needs if the district finances this
project with pledges. What happens in two years when
the pool needs replacing? Where will we be at that time?
he asked.
The Rettler contract requires an authorized signature. Fleegel wondered if the signature was coming from
himself as board president or from ASBC leadership.
You dont need our signature. Its your contract, Sullivan said, indicating the contract went back to the community group. Its up to those groups to beat the pavement, Fleegel said.
No one on this board is against the master plan,
Fleegel said. If you come back with two of the three million dollars, this board would be very interested in talking, Fleegel said.
ASBC president Mike Bub said Rettler wrote the contract with the assumption Hraby could present it as athletic director.
We are going to have a hard time asking the community for $2.5 million if you dont want to pay the other
$500,000. That would be embarrassing, Bub said. People will make a commitment without our commitment,
Peterson said.
Then you know different people than I do, Bub said.
We have to be creative. Its a new day and the door is
wide open, Reuter said. I know people want us to put
money in, but I have reservations when we have needs
for roofs, books and special education.
Peterson invited Bub to attend a school finance committee meeting.
Bub spoke during the public participation period.
You are going to hear a presentation on an opportunity
to update the outdoor facilities. Its not just about athletic
teams and academic opportunities, but a game changer
for our community, Bub said. This would be a boost to
the community. Were going to ask you to think differently.
Bub said the updates would be a boost to local businesses and a recruiting tool for attracting doctors to the
local hospital. He said attracting 10 new students to the
district for 15 years would improve the bottom line on
state aid.
Board member Brandon Brunner, a member of the
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artwork was featured on the
cover of a greeting card that
was sent to Schierl guests in
the Medford area. Her design was chosen from hundreds of entries in the area.
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Dana was awarded with a
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Elementary School also
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principal, Bloch, and Jamie
Jakel of Schierl Tire and
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January 2, 2014
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Hall of Fame to induct eight Medford athletes, coaches Dec. 30

The new inductees, who emerged through two
rounds of balloting this fall by community and school
staff members who make up the Hall of Fame Committee, are as follows:
Jake Crass
Crass, a 2001 graduate, was a four-year letter winner
in wrestling and lettered once in baseball.
He went 110-9 in a high school wrestling career that
included four regional titles, two sectional titles (1999
and 2001) and the WIAA Division 1 103-pound state
championship as a sophomore in 1999. He edged Luke
Smith of Chippewa Falls 5-4 in his 1999 title bout. Injuries derailed his attempts at repeat titles in Madison,
though Crass was fourth at state at 119 pounds in 2001.
All of his post-season success was against Division 1
competition.
Crass was a three-time Lumberjack Conference
champion and a conference runner-up as a junior. He
was the conferences Most Valuable Wrestler in 2001. He
was named Medfords team MVP three times.
Jordan Crass
Crass, a 2004 graduate, was a four-time letter winner
in wrestling and also participated in football and tennis. Crass was a three-time WIAA state champion and
is Medfords school record holder in career and singleseason takedowns. He was 175-5 for his career and 54-0
as a senior. He did not lose after his freshman season.
Crass was a four-time Lumberjack Conference champion, a four-time regional champion, a three-time sectional champion and a three-time team Most Valuable
Wrestler. After going 2-2 at state as a freshman at 112
pounds, Crass won the Division 1 112-pound title in 2002,
beating Collin Cudd of River Falls 9-5 in the championship bout. In 2003, Crass beat Cudd again 8-4 for the title.
In 2004, he pinned Tony Kazik of West DePere in 1:07
to win the Division 2 130-pound title. Crass was part
of Medfords WIAA Division 2 state runner-up team in
2004. As a senior, he was the second-ranked 125-pound
wrestler in the country, was the Dave Schultz High
School Excellence Award winner and was a member of
Team USA in the Dapper Dan Classic. He was a GrecoRoman national champion in 2003 at 125 pounds.
a Great Northern Conference championship. Her teams

included 48 state place winners (boys and girls) and
three state champions (girls).
Giese coached volleyball for 10 years, leading Medford to its first regional championship in 1982, and she
coached girls basketball for four years.
Steve Guden
Guden, a 1998 graduate, participated in football,
wrestling and baseball for four years.
He lettered in wrestling all four years. In wrestling,
he was a four-time Lumberjack Conference champion,
a three-time regional champion, a two-time sectional
champion and took fifth at 171 pounds twice at the state
tournament all against Division 1 competition. He
was a three-time winner of the teams Most Valuable
Wrestler award, a two-time winner of the Captains
Award and the Hustle Award winner as a sophomore.
Guden was a three-time letter winner in baseball,
earning team MVP honors twice. He was an excellent
catcher, earning a first-team All-State selection as a senior while leading the team in extra base hits, batting
average, runs batted in and stolen bases. He led the
team in batting average, runs batted in and extra base
hits as a junior.
Guden lettered three times in football as well, earning first-team All-Lumberjack honors as a linebacker as
a senior. He was a second-team running back as a senior
and a second-team linebacker as a junior.
Paul Henrichs
Henrichs, a 2002 graduate, participated in basketball,
football and baseball, lettering four times in hoops and
three times in the other two sports.
Henrichs was a four-year force for Medfords boys
basketball teams from 1999-2002. He was the Lumberjack Conferences co-Player of the Year as a senior and
earned a Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association AllStar selection that year. He was the teams Most Valuable Player for his last three seasons, all of which ended
with first-team All-Lumberjack Conference selections.
He led the conference in scoring as a junior, averaging
19.1 points per game and he was second in rebounding.
As a senior, he again led the conference in scoring at
18.9 points per game and was second in rebounding.

Medford won the Lumberjack Conference that year.
Henrichs was a three-year letter winner in baseball,
earning team MVP honors twice. He was named an AllLumberjack Conference infielder his junior and senior
seasons.
Henrichs was a three-year letter winner in football.
He was the Lumberjack Conferences top tight end his
senior season, catching 12 passes in six league games
for 186 yards and three touchdowns. He was a secondteam tight end and defensive back as a junior with 10
catches for 187 yards and a touchdown in league play.
Tyler Russ
Russ, another 2002 graduate, was a four-year letter
winner in football, track and basketball.
In football, Russ was an All-Lumberjack Conference
award winner all four years, including first-team selections his last three years. He was the leagues Offensive Player of the Year and Punter of the Year during
his senior season of 2001. That year, he was a first-team
all-state selection. He holds several school records and
his 30 career receiving touchdowns was a state record
at the time. He finished his career with 121 pass receptions for 2,563 yards. He set single-season records with
10 touchdown catches, 658 receiving yards, 2,883 allpurpose yards and 33 total touchdowns. He holds the
single-game all-purpose yard record with 427 during a
30-28 WIAA Division 2 playoff win over Merrill and career marks for all-purpose yards with 7,021, touchdowns
with 72 and points with 446.
In track, Russ was a three-time Division 1 state qualifier in the 110-meter high hurdles and 300-meter intermediate hurdles. He placed as high as third in the high
hurdles and fifth in the intermediates in 2001. Injury
prevented him from qualifying for state as a senior.
Russ still holds the school record in the high hurdles
and set an indoor state record in the 55-meter high hurdles.
Russ was a four-time All-Lumberjack Conference
award winner in basketball as well. He was the teams
Most Improved Player as a sophomore and the teams
co-MVP with Henrichs for two years.
Josh Crass
Crass, a 2004 graduate, was a four-time letter winner
in wrestling and also participated in football and tennis.
He also did not lose a wrestling match after his freshman season and finished with a career record of 176-3.
He was a four-time Lumberjack Conference champion,
a four-time regional champion, a three-time sectional
champion and three-time team Most Valuable Wrestler.
He was the WIAA Division 1 103-pound runner-up as
a freshman in 2001, falling 5-0 to Craig Henning of Chippewa Falls. In 2002, he won his first state title, pinning
Jeremy Luckey of Wausau West in 1:34 in the Division
1 103-pound championship. He followed that up with the
Division 1 119-pound title in 2003, earning a 21-6 technical fall over Monroes Cory Binger in the finals. Crass
won the 125-pound championship in Division 2 as a senior, earning a 15-0 technical fall over Joey Cuarenta of
Adams-Friendship.
Crass was part of Medfords WIAA Division 2 state
runner-up team in 2004, posting a 51-0 record that season.
James Elliott
Elliott was Medfords boys tennis head coach for 36
seasons and the girls tennis head coach for 34 seasons
before retiring at the end of the 2008-09 school year. His
teams won more than 200 dual meets in both sports. He
was a two-time District 4 Coach of the Year. His teams
sent several individuals to the state tournament. Participation in tennis went from less than 10 players in
the beginning to well over 25 and often close to 40 in the
1990s and 2000s. Elliott has said that strong development
of the program is what he feels was his biggest accomplishment.
Lois Giese
Giese coached track and field for 30 years, retiring after serving last season as an assistant. Most of her time
was spent with the girls program, but she also was the
boys head coach for 12 years.
Giese is an 11-time Lumberjack Conference Girls
Coach of the Year and led 12 girls team champions in
the Lumberjack. Medfords girls teams won eight Lumberjack Conference relay meets as well. Giese coached
both girls and boys regional team champions. Giese was
the Great Northern Conference Boys Coach of the Year
in 2011 and the Wisconsin Track Coaches Associations
Region 1 Boys Coach of the Year for 2013 when Medford
won a WIAA Division 2 regional title and nearly won
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25, 2011
2014
Thursday,
September
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Editorials
Retailer helps make things brighter for customers

Imagine standing in line at the grocery store a week before Christmas.
You are frazzled with a dozen different things happening, knowing you have
school programs to go to and gifts to wrap.
You watch the cashier ring up the order,
seeing the total getting larger and larger.
In the back of your mind you think about
your food budget and how all the extras
this time of year means stretching that
budget as far as possible.
Now imagine if someone came up to
you as you were about to pay and said,
Ive got that covered for you, put your
checkbook away.
That is what happened for 12 lucky
shoppers during the 12 Days of Giving
campaign at the Medford Cooperative.
Representatives picked customers at
random and paid their orders for them,
giving the lucky recipients a few more
dollars to spend this holiday season. The
campaign picked up the bill for patrons
at the grocery, hardware and service station locations.
Based on industry statistics, the average American family spends between
$150 to $250 a week on groceries. That
number varies greatly depending on the
size of the family and the income level.
People with more modest incomes typically avoid high-cost products to try to
stretch their food dollars as far as possible. There are also some regional differences.
The Medford Cooperative is a community owned retailer with a long history of being a generous member of the
business community. Through Medford
Cooperatives various divisions, including County Market, Ace Hardware, convenience store, service and repair, fuels
and the feed mill, the company gives to
many community organizations and
causes. Each week the Medford Cooperative, along with all the other businesses
in the area, gets requests for donations.

Many of these requests are for worthy
causes and it is a challenge to decide
what to support.
According to Allison Ranum, marketing director for Medford Cooperative, the
idea of the 12 Days of Giving was to make
a personal connection with giving and to
share the spirit of giving, which is an important part of the Christmas season.
That impact was a major one for people like Ann Mahner, who was shopping
for her family of 11 children at County
Market when she was told to put her
checkbook away. I thought it was awesome! she said. It was nice to be able
to take what I was going to spend on groceries and spend it for something else for
Christmas, she said, noting it helped
stretch their holiday budget.
The Medford Cooperatives 12 Days
of Giving campaign directly touched
the lives of a dozens area families and
demonstrated that even relatively small
gestures such as covering a neighbors
grocery bill can have a major impact.
Hopefully those impacts will be felt
throughout the community as others
pass along their good fortune in the season of giving.
Time to look at departmental merger

If the county is serious about providing the greatest return on taxpayer dollars spent, board members will need to
look at options on how services are provided.
County conservationist Ashly Steinke
told members of the county land conservation committee last week that he plans
to step down from his position in the
coming weeks.
Steinke has led the countys land conservation department since 2013, taking
over from Steve Oberle.
With the change in the position, the
county board should take another look
at the idea of merging the land conservation and zoning departments. The
idea was considered a few years ago but
dropped because the timing wasnt right
in regard to having qualified personnel
on hand.
County zoning administrator Kyle
Noonan came from the land conservation
department and has the qualifications
and experience to run that department.
There are many complimentary functions between the two departments and,
combining them under one umbrella
could bring benefits to the county.
The move would also be a cost saving
to the county with the county not having
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to hire an additional department head

position. With Noonan at the helm of a
combined zoning and land conservation
department, the county would have a
highly capable department head to handle the administrative duties. The county
could fill the vacancy with a technician
with shared responsibilities to both zoning and land conservation functions.
County taxpayers could essentially
have their cake and eat it too under such
a plan. The work would get done, but at
the lower technician rate of pay versus
a higher department head rate. Another
cost savings of such a plan would be the
elimination of one of the oversight committees and the related clerical and per
diem expense.
If such an administrative merger
was completed, it would not require any
changes in the location of either department. With technology, sending a document to the person halfway across town
is as easy as sending it to the person sitting at the next desk.
Government budgeting is about making choices and balancing the services
provided with the cost of providing
them. With the resignation of Steinke,
the county has an opportunity to maintain service levels at a reduced cost.
Quote of the Week:
Its up to those groups to beat the pavement.

Dave Fleegel, Medford school board president, about the
All Sports Booster Club proposal to raise money for stadium improvements.
An administrative merger between

the land conservation and zoning departments would minimize administration
while ensuring more bodies to get the
work done.
Looking forward, the county needs to

be creative to balance the need to trim
costs while maintaining services. A departmental merger would accomplish
that goal.
Members of The Star News editorial board include Publisher Carol OLeary, General Manager Kris
OLeary and News Editor Brian Wilson.
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Thursday,
25,22,
2014
Thursday,December
September
2011
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Brian Wilson
Dawn
Vox Pop
Center appreciates the generosity of local supporters
In preparation for the holiday season, we hurry to

get our work done, buy the right presents and try to
keep our heads screwed on straight. Each year, I try to
focus more on the real feeling of Christmas that comes
by sharing a smile, giving of time, and slowing the pace
down a bit so we can enjoy our children, families and
friends.
As I reflect on my position as administrator at Sand
Box, I look back over the last 12 years and the journey
to where we are today. Within the last year, my team
has succeeded in obtaining a 5-Star YoungStar rating
through a lot of very hard work. The community has
watched us grow, fostered partnerships and recognized
the importance of the work we do. We are very thankful for this.
As the holiday greetings come into the center with
thought-filled messages, I am filled with happiness. It
can be the smallest of gestures that have the biggest of
meanings, like a guy in a red suit stopping by to talk
with the children, homemade treats and acknowledg-
Money and Politics:
ments to the teachers. Sand Box received newer furnaces and air cooling units from a local business that came
at a perfect time to replace the 20-year-old units which
were in very bad shape. They would not have made our
budget for many years! We received notice today that
installation, parts and labor were also being donated
from another local business. The message in part read,
We know the Sand Box provides a valuable service for
our community. It is our hope that you can continue the
excellent care and education of children.we can
and we will.
This may all seem like we are the luckiest group
around and we are, but what this also means is that our
families, children and community have received a wonderful gift. Your generosity may likely have touched a
family that you know, see in the line at the store or walk
past on the street. I know the blessings that we have received. Thank you!
Kelly Jensen, Medford
Twas a night in Wisconsin
A year-end reflection on the

states political spectacles by Bill
Lueders of the Wisconsin Center for
Investigative Journalism
Twas a night in Wisconsin, when
all through the state,
Not a conservative was feeling
anything but great.
The Republicans had won big in
the elections that fall,
Extending their majorities in
both the states halls.
The GOPs leaders were nestled,
all snug in their offices,
Dreaming of happenings under
their auspices.
And minority Democrats gritted
their teeth,
Looking out piteously for signs of
relief.
When all of a sudden appeared
many bright lights,
and cameras and crews and haircuts precise.
Twas the cable news people, too
many to mention,
Answering our yearning for national attention.
Then, to their wondering eyes
did appear
Gov. Scott Walker, being less than
perfectly clear.
I may run for president, he told
the media mob,
So long as Paul Ryan doesnt
want the job.
And anyway, he added, its not

just up to me,
I have to feel its a calling before
I agree.
That call it would come from
some realm unseen,
and no, not David Koch, whose
calls I now screen.
Walker gazed down on his allies
and called them by name:
Come Vos, come Fitzgerald,
come more of the same.
Anything goes now that Dale
Schultz is gone,
Whatever you want is clearly not
wrong.
Right to work, they shouted,
will do the trick,
Just say its a distraction and
well pass it real quick.
(Walker has long ducked and
dodged on the issue,
noted WisPolitics.com, not reaching for tissue.)
And also their sights were set on
education:
Get rid of those standards set
for the nation.
The only Common Core we need
to feel so smarty
Is money from folks who back the
right party.
Vos, the Assembly Speaker, wanted another ox gored,
The oh-so-awful Government Accountability Board.

Its dysfunctional, he cried, its
leader an embarrassment.
Look whos talking, replied his
foes, bruised but unbent.
Then this reviled agency had an
audit one day,
Concluding its performance was
mainly OK.
But it does have some problems,
well what do you know?
If the Legislature had any, wed
let them all go!
So the lines they are drawn, the
stage it is set,
Wisconsin is poised for more battles yet.
Walkers focus is on jobs and the
future so clear,
Especially his own next job, seen
as ever more dear.
I make a point to stay up and watch the sunrise at least

once a year.
Sometimes it happens by accident. I get so caught up
in reading a good book or working on a project that by the
time I put it down the sky is pale with the first touches of
dawn.
Other times I am kept awake thinking and worrying.
Those are not so pleasant nights as the mind churns into
overdrive with stress and worry.
Unlike those accidental all-nighters, at least once a
year I make an effort to keep vigil through the night and
witness the dawn of a new day.
It is a habit I picked up as a teenager and kept it up. It
is only after the journey through the dark night that you
can truly appreciate the beauty of the dawn.
I have no specific day for this task, but it tends to occur
around the changing of seasons when the world doesnt
seem to know if it is coming or going. I seek solace in the
darkness and peace in the midnight silence.
For me one of the most powerful parts of the Catholic
mass is during the Penitential Act where members of the
congregation ask for forgiveness of sins in my thoughts
and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have
failed to do.
In the quiet darkness there is no place to hide from the
choices you have made or those you avoided making, and
as a result allowed others to make for you. Adding to the
burden is that even in a 24-hour world, at 3 a.m. there is
very little most people can do about those poor choices or
missed opportunities.
As much as the journey in the dark hours is about biding time to the eventual dawn, it is a journey of reflection
and discovery.
Journeys are necessary. While many believe in grace
as some sort of magical transporter beam allowing instantaneous travel from mortal to divine, my personal
philosophy tends toward the belief that anything worth
having is worth working for and the longer and harder
the journey, the sweeter it is when it comes to an end.
For believers, the season of advent is the journey
awaiting the birth of the savior on Christmas day. It is
a hard journey, taken as the days grow ever darker and
colder. The bright colors, shopping trips, decorations and
festive songs playing everywhere are distractions to the
inner journey believers take in preparation.
Jumping into the holiday without the journey of preparation is like setting your alarm clock for 10 minutes before sunrise. The dawn is beautiful regardless of if you
slept or kept watch through the night. But I believe those
who take the journey appreciate the light and warmth of
the new day just a little bit more than those who arrived
just in time.
This week marked the shortest, darkest day of the
year. From now until June each days dawn brings a little
more light and hope into a dark world.
Each days dawn is a new opportunity and a chance
at a new beginning. Our job is to seize that opportunity
so the things we have failed to do, do not haunt our midnight journeys.
Brian Wilson is News Editor at The Star News.
He sprang to the cameras, accepted the praise;

Mazel tov, he uttered, having
mastered the phrase.
Be well, Wisconsin, keep my profile in sight,
Sincerely I bid you good luck and
good night.
Bill Lueders is the Money and Politics Project director at the Wisconsin
Center for Investigative Journalism
(www.WisconsinWatch.org).
More to come
Due to an early deadline for Christmas, concert pictures from the Gilman band and Medford Area Senior
High School choir concerts will appear in next weeks
issue of The Star News.
Your Money
The Star News
December 25, 2014
Page 8
Review your exemption options early in 2015
Plan payroll tax changes for new year

Once the ball drops in Times Square
and new year greetings for health and
success are shared, January starts the
tax season. One of the first reviews you
should make in the new year is deciding
how to structure exemptions on the W-4
form.
Exemptions for children and other
dependents change how much payroll
tax is sent into the Internal Revenue
Service every period. Pay too much, and
the government holds your funds until
issuing a big tax refund after you file the
1040. Pay too little, and the bottom line
on tax day is a check going to the IRS.
Withholding the correct amount means
paying little or no tax on April 15.
Daniel Mayer, who heads up Mayer
and Associates accounting firm in Medford, said the decision is one each person makes individually. It involves factors like income, filing status, and when
you want your income in your pocket.
For some, a few extra dollars each week
is best while others like having the savings-account like aspects of a big refund.
Neither method means a bigger tax bill
over the course of a year.
Mayer said human resources departments usually dont make suggestions to

employees on how to claim the exemptions. While the number of children is
easy to count, married couples who dont
confer might find both paychecks are
taking the exemption.
The IRS offers a way to check withholding options. There is an online W-4
calculator available which allows you to
tweak the numbers and see how different
decisions effect your weekly and yearly
bottom line.
For those paying estimated taxes, an
underestimation on payroll withholding
can have negative consequences.
Mayer suggests seeing your tax professional to make the best decisions
about the fairly new health tax credit on
the tax forms.
Kay Bell of Bankrate.com says life
changes are good times to review your
workplace exemptions. You also might
need to fine-tune your workplace taxes if
things in your life have changed substantially. Did you get married, have a child,
buy a house or receive income thats not
subject to withholding, such as interest
income or capital gains profit? These will
affect your eventual tax bill, so you need
to account for them in your withholding

amount, she wrote.
Payroll exemptions can be changed
anytime during the year, but doing it earlier obviously gives it the most impact.
In addition to the online calculator,
there is the eight-line Personal Allowances Worksheet. Its actually the first
part of the W-4 form. If you have only
one job, are single or married to a nonworking spouse, and dont itemize, the
W-4 process is fairly simple. A second job
is another consideration for changes. Unemployment compensation can also complicate a withholding decision.
TurboTax suggests working couples
should do the calculations together. The
IRS says withholding will be most accurate for two-paycheck families when
all eligible allowances are claimed on
the W-4 of the spouse with the larger
incoome. The other spouse should then
claim zero allowances.
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Prepping for tax season is enough of

a challenge you shouldnt have to fear
getting ripped off when you go to file. But
among the many legitimate tax preparation businesses in the state, there are a
handful of shady companies that collect
personal financial information under
false pretenses, or file a customers tax
return without consent and keep all or
part of any refund. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) asks for help
from the public to be on the lookout for
questionable tax and loan practices and
to report any suspicious activity to the
agency.
If you see any questionable tax preparation practices, contact our agency
immediately, said Sandy Chalmers,
division administrator for Trade and
Consumer Protection. Your formal
complaint can help us take quick action
against fraudulent tax preparation businesses.
One type of tax and loan scam that
has repeatedly surfaced over the past
couple of years involves tax preparation
businesses filing returns on behalf of
consumers without their consent. These
businesses initially solicit the consumers business with a promise of providing
short-term loans. In November, the Wisconsin Department of Justice took legal
action against Instant Tax Service, Inc.,
a Milwaukee-based business, for providing loans to consumers and then filing
their taxes without permission and taking exorbitant fees from the tax refunds.
Here are some tips to avoid becoming

the victim of tax preparation fraud:
Be alert to promotions such as holiday loans or other short-term loans that
can be used to gain personal financial information needed to file an individuals
tax return.
Be careful providing personal financial information to a business unless
you want the preparer to file your taxes.
Make sure you provide clear direction
and the company specifically advises
you on whether they intend to file your
tax return.
Never sign an authorization permitting a company to file your taxes if you
do not want the company to do so.
Never sign a document without first
reading and understanding what it says.
Always insist upon receiving copies
of all documents you are required to sign
or that identify the terms of a transaction and the charges you will be required
to pay. Confirm, before signing, that you
will receive copies. If a business does not
agree to provide copies, dont sign.
DATCP works with the Wisconsin
Departments of Justice and Revenue to
detect tax preparation fraud. Anyone
suspecting fraudulent activity is encouraged to file a complaint with DATCP.
Complaints can be filed online through
the DATCP website (http://datcp.wi.gov)
or a complaint form can be requested by
calling the states Consumer Protection
Hotline at 800-422-7128.
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From past files of The Star News
10 YEARS AGO
Dec. 23, 2004
Developer Jim Wulfing has scrapped
his plan for developing a neighborhood
subdivision on farmland in the Stetsonville area.
Wulfing met several times with the
Stetsonville Village Board and Little
Black Town Board members during the
last few months, hoping to ease concerns
about the impact of the project on the
area. The parties mostly discussed annexation, sewerage options and how
many lots would get developed.
I have invested considerable time
and thousand of dollars exploring many
options, but it simply will not cash flow
given the required investment in developing the site, said Wulfing, in a letter
to both boards.
Wulfing had wanted to develop 73
acres of land now owned by Teresa Rindt
north of the current village limits and
west of Hwy 13. There would have been
residential use on 63 acres of land along
the west side of the Canadian National
railroad line, which runs through the
property, and possible future commercial or industrial use on 10 acres of land
between the tracks and Hwy 13.
25 YEARS AGO
Dec. 27, 1989
It seems the issue of large class sizes
just wont go away for the Medford Area
School Board, even though it recently
voted to ease overcrowding at the Medford Area Elementary School (MAES) by
building a classroom addition at the middle school and shifting fifth-grade there
next year.
Just five days after that vote, a spokesperson for a concerned parents group addressed the board at its regular meeting
on Dec. 19. Jean Flood urged the board to
consider the individual students needs
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50 YEARS AGO
Dec. 24, 1964
A total of 985 Taylor county livestock
farmers participated to date in the livestock feed program which includes distribution of surplus grain from commodity
credit corporation stocks. Participants
have purchased 9,085,212 pounds of grain
which is equivalent to 100 carloads, according to a release Monday from agricultural stabilization and conservation
office manager Don Euclide.
The ASCS county chairman Louis
Kasparek pointed out this week that the
ASCS is continuing to accept applications for grain under the surplus distribution program. Taylor county became
eligible early last fall when designated
as a disaster area due to the prolonged
drought early last summer.
Grain is purchased from the CCC at
75 percent of price support levels in most
cases.
75 YEARS AGO
Dec. 21, 1939
Raymond Singleton, 15, son of Mr. and

Mrs. Geo. Singleton, town of Grover, is
in critical condition at the Medford hospital suffering from a gunshot wound
which he received in a hunting accident
about 3 p.m. Sunday.
A .22 caliber rifle bullet severed Raymonds spinal column and lodged in his
shoulder after perforating his left lung.
Raymond told Sheriff Herb Curran
that he was out rabbit hunting with three
companions in Jerrys woods north of
Perkinstown when the gun belonging
to Donald Westrich, 14, accidently discharged. Donald was walking behind
Raymond when the accident occurred.
Kiwanis award bus stop houses

The Medford Kiwanis Club recently
awarded bus stop houses to three families that reside in the Medford Area
Public School District. The recipients
were: Lizzy Schultz, daughter of Todd
and Melissa Schultz of rural Medford
and a fourth grader in Julee Klemms
classroom; Matt Kroenig, son of Brandy
Sloniker and a fourth grader in Amanda
Beckers classroom; and William and Jacob Haavisto children of Mark and Susan
Haavisto of rural Medford William is in
Beckers classroom and Jacob is a fifth
grader in Kelli Rays classroom.
Students wrote letters requesting the
bus stop houses, detailing how far they
must walk to their pick-up point, length
of their driveway, why they desired one
of the houses, how many students would
be able to utilize the bus stop house, their
grade in school, and the time of bus pickup.
The bus stop houses were constructed
for the Kiwanis Club by the Woods Industry V Class at Medford Area Senior
High, under the supervision of instructor Bruce Pawlowicz. The house was constructed of plywood and rests on skids.
The house is four square feet and approximately seven feet high with a sloping roof.
The students did another nice job of
designing and constructing the bus stop
house and we really enjoy working with
the Kiwanis Club on this valuable project. This was the 24th consecutive year
of the project and each year it gives our
students valuable experiences and we
appreciate the opportunity, Pawlowicz
said. Windows for all bus stop houses are
donated by Weather Shield and Hurd.
Members of the Woods Industry V Class

are: Hunter Anderson, Cole Denzine,
Cal Drost, Zachery Emmerich, Brent
Hartwig, Justin Markow, Elliot Marshall, Jed Miller, Joshua Mueller, Ryan
Newberry, Jared Purdy, Cordell Walworth and Alex Zirngible.
Ten members of the Kiwanis volunteered to assist in the setting up of the
bus stop houses in the designated spots
picked out by the parents at the end of
their driveway. Members included: Herb
Archibald, Stan Carbaugh, Dave Goessl,
Trent Harris, Tom Hegeholz, John Knoll,
Brian Kulas, Jim Peterson, Mike Schaefer and Bob Whetstone. The recipients
were very worthy, because they really
have long driveways, Knoll said.
Project coordinator Brian Kulas said,
Over the years, the Kiwanis Club has
delivered 79 houses and the project continues to provide a valuable service to
students living some distance from their
bus pick-up point and makes the start of
their school day a lot more comfortable.
The Kiwanis Club again sponsored
the best headgear competition for the delivery crew and members came sporting
some very different and unique styles.
Previous winners include Brian Kulas
with his Wisconsin fur football helmet,
Mike Schaefer with his Green Bay Packers hat, and Jeff Hemer with a purple
Mardi Gras hat, for a few. This years
winner was John Knoll wearing a purple-jeweled Crown Royal crown. The Kiwanis Club delivery crew thought Knoll
looked like he was a winner all the way
as Goessl was wearing a pastel pink and
purple fur hat and Carbaugh wore a
Christmas decorated hat.
100 YEARS AGO

Dec. 23, 1914
Announcement is made of the second
Annual Short Course in Agriculture to
be given by the University of Wisconsin
College of Agriculture under the auspices of the Taylor County Teachers Training School.
The Course will be given in the new
Taylor County Court House by the County Representative and Prin. Wheelock of
the Training School will give the work in
Business English.
Happy 50th
Anniversary
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Love,
Grandma,
Grandpa & Daddy
and not delay doing something more to

help students in large classes until next
year.
Specifically, she requested that the
board hire aides to help teachers and
students for the remainder of this school
year.
Love,
Your Family
Births
Olive Louise
Corey and Saly Nazer of Medford announce the birth of a daughter, Olive
Louise, born on Oct. 8 at St. Josephs
Hospital in Marshfield. She weighed
seven pounds, 11 ounces and was 19-1/2
inches long. She joins a sister, Everlee,
age 1. Her grandparents are Fred and
Barb Gelhaus of Medford and Ron and
Rhonda Nazer of Chippewa Falls. Her
great-grandparents are Sally and Gene
Landgraf of New Berlin and Helen Gelhaus of Medford.
Axton Grizzly
Megan Skille and Adam Mudgett of
Baldwin announce the birth of a son, Axton Grizzly, born on Dec. 12 at Hudson.
He weighed seven pounds, eight ounces
and was 20 inches long. His grandparents
are George and Carol Mudgett and Peter
and Peggy Skille, all of Gilman.
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THE STAR NEWS
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Accident reports
Taylor County Law Enforcement
One-vehicle accidents
The Taylor County Sheriffs Department responded

to an accident on Dec. 12 at 7:20 a.m. on Hwy 64 in the
town of Grover. According to the accident report, a
vehicle was westbound on Hwy 64 when the driver attempted to pass another vehicle while entering a nopassing zone and lost control on black ice on the roadway. The vehicle slid into the right ditch and crossed
into a field where it rolled before coming to a stop on its
wheels. The entire vehicle sustained very severe damage and was towed from the scene.
to an accident on Dec. 12 at 2:45 p.m. on CTH M in the
town of Grover. According to the accident report, a vehicle was westbound on CTH M when it veered off the
roadway and into the north ditch. The vehicle traveled
through the ditch and struck a field access driveway,
causing moderate damage to the front end. The vehicle
continued across the driveway and came to a stop in the
north ditch. The driver stated he had fallen asleep prior
to the accident.
to an accident on Dec. 16 at 4:46 a.m. on CTH M in the
town of Medford. According to the accident report, a vehicle was eastbound on CTH M when the driver lost control on the snow-covered roadway and the vehicle entered the south ditch, turning 180 degrees before coming
to a stop in a brush/swamp area. The vehicle sustained
moderate damage to the front driver side.
to an accident on Dec. 16 at 7:30 a.m. on Hwy 13 in the
town of Little Black. According to the accident report,
a vehicle was northbound on Hwy 13 when the driver
lost control on the snow-covered roadway. The vehicle
struck the end of a guard rail and entered the west ditch,
sustaining very minor damage. There was no damage to
the guard rail.
to an accident on Dec. 17 at 3:47 a.m. on CTH O in the
town of Deer Creek. According to the accident report, a
vehicle was westbound on CTH O when the driver lost
control on the ice-covered roadway. The vehicle fish-
tailed and entered the south ditch, striking a mailbox

and spinning 180 degrees before coming to a stop. The
vehicle sustained minor damage to the front end.
Caleb A. Fierke was involved in an accident on Dec.
17 at 3:48 p.m. on North Seventh Street in the city of
Medford. According to the accident report, the Fierke
vehicle was northbound on North Seventh Street when
the driver lost control on the icy roadway and the vehicle struck a utility pole on the east side of the street,
causing severe damage to the front bumper, hood and
both front quarter panels. The vehicle was towed from
the scene.
to an accident on Dec. 19 at 12:20 p.m. in Perkinstown
Avenue in the town of Grover. According to the accident report, a vehicle was eastbound on Perkinstown
Avenue negotiating a curve when the driver lost control on the icy roadway and slid into the right side ditch,
striking some trees. The vehicle sustained minor damage to the front and front driver side.
to an accident on Dec. 20 at noon at the intersection of
Spring Drive and CTH M in the town of Greenwood.
According to the accident report, a vehicle was westbound on CTH M and attempting to make a left turn
onto Spring Drive when the driver lost control on the
ice and snow-covered roadway. The vehicle skidded
through the intersection and into the west ditch, striking an embankment and causing minor damage to the
front and front passenger side. Judging from the skid
marks at the scene, the vehicle was traveling too fast for
conditions.
Deer-related accidents
The following deer-related accidents were reported:

Dec. 11 at 5:50 a.m. on Hwy 73 in the town of Taft, 5:30
p.m. on Hwy 64 in the town of Maplehurst and 7 p.m.
on Sunset Drive in the town of Little Black; Dec. 12 at
4:35 a.m. on Hwy 64 in the town of Holway and 4:52 p.m.
on Hwy 102 in the town of Rib Lake; Dec. 15 at 5:53 a.m.
on CTH O in the town of Holway; Dec. 17 at 5:12 a.m. on
Hwy 13 in the town of Chelsea and 5:50 p.m. on CTH H
Two-vehicle accident
Sally V. Stevenson and Jagienka M. Szymanski were
involved in an accident on Dec. 11 at 2:10 p.m. at the
intersection of Urquhart and North Seventh streets in
the city of Medford. According to the accident report,
the Stevenson vehicle was stopped for the stop sign on
Urquhart Street waiting to make a turn onto North Seventh Street. The Szymanski vehicle was northbound on
North Seventh Street and making a left turn onto Urquhart when the driver turned too short and struck the
Stevenson vehicle, causing severe damage to the front
and front driver side. Szymanski said she didnt see the
Stevenson vehicle while making the turn. The Szymanski vehicle sustained minor damage to the driver side
middle.
in the town of Taft; Dec. 18 at 5:04 p.m. on Hwy 13 in the
town of Chelsea; Dec. 19 at 7:15 p.m. on Hwy 64 in the
town of Medford.
Public notices
Legal Notice
Joe Brahmer, call Riverview
Terrace at 715-428-2135 as
soon as possible.
(1st ins. Dec. 18, 2014, 3rd ins. Jan. 1, 2015)
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Residents of the City of Medford, please take notice of the following tax requirements:
(A) Real estate taxes of $100 or more may be paid in
two installments:
(1) on or before January 31, 2015.
(2) on or before July 31, 2015.
(B) Real estate taxes of $99.99 or less must be paid in
full by January 31, 2015.
(C) Should payment by installment be chosen, the first
payment must include all personal property, special assessment and delinquent tax charges.
(D) Should tax payment by mail be chosen, the date of
payment will correspond to the postmark date.
(E) First installment payments including dog licensing fees are payable at the City Hall, 639 South Second
Street, Medford, WI 54451 by January 31, 2015.
(F) Second installment payments are payable at the
Taylor County Treasurers Office July 31, 2015.
For reasons of security, you are hereby requested to
offer tax payments in form of a check, i.e., personal, cashiers, etc. Should you be unable to meet this request,
payment in currency will of course be accepted.
Dated this 4th day of December, 2014.
Virginia Brost
City Clerk, WCPC/MMC
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The City of Medford Plan Commission will hold a Public Hearing to gather public input on Monday, January 5,
2015 beginning at 5:00 p.m. The hearing will be in the
Council Conference Room at City Hall, 639 S. Second
Street and will be as follows:
PUBLIC HEARING: Consider a request from Krug Bus
Lines for a change in Zoning classification for the property
located at 551 Billings and described as Parcel 1 of Certified Survey Map #1375 from R-1, Single Family Residential to C-1 Commercial.
Virginia Brost, City Clerk
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NOTICE AND ORDER FOR

NAME CHANGE HEARING
STATE OF WISCONSIN
CIRCUIT COURT
TAYLOR COUNTY
Case No. 14CV107
In the Matter of the Name
Change of Jamie Lynn Steen
By (Petitioner): Jamie Lynn
Steen
NOTICE IS GIVEN:
A petition was filed asking to
change the name of the person
listed above:
From: Jamie Lynn Steen
To: Jamie Lynn Meyer
Birth Certificate: Jamie Lynn
Meyer
IT IS ORDERED:
This petition will be heard in
the Circuit Court of Taylor County, State of Wisconsin:
Judges Name: The Hon. Ann
N. Knox-Bauer
Place: Taylor County Circuit
Court, 224 South Second Street,
Medford, WI 54451
Date: January 9, 2015
Time: 9:00 a.m.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED:
Notice of this hearing shall be
given by publication as a Class
3 notice for three (3) weeks in a
row prior to the date of the hearing in the Star News, a newspaper published in Taylor County,
State of Wisconsin.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ Ann N. Knox-Bauer
The Hon. Ann N. Knox-Bauer
Circuit Court Judge
Date: December 2, 2014
(1st ins. December 11,
3rd ins. December 25)
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STATE OF WISCONSIN
CIRCUIT COURT
TAYLOR COUNTY
Case No. 14-IN-18
In the Matter of the Estate of
Hilbert Dassow Jr., Decedent.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:
1. An application for informal
administration was filed.
2. The decedent, with date
of birth of December 22, 1950
and date of death of December
8, 2014, was domiciled in Taylor County, State of Wisconsin,
with a mailing address of N4522
Grahl Dr., Medford, WI 54451.
3. All interested persons
waived notice.
4. The deadline for filing a
claim against the decedents estate is March 19, 2015.
5. A claim may be filed at the
Taylor County Courthouse, Medford, Wisconsin.
/s/ Toni Matthias
Toni Matthias, Probate Registrar
Date: December 11, 2014
Gregory G. Krug, Attorney
State Bar No. 1000148
205 S. Second St.
Medford, WI 54451
(715) 748-2273
(1st ins. December 18,
3rd ins. January 1)
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Court proceedings
Taylor County Circuit Court
Charge dismissed
A charge of animal at large against Jacy M. Walters,
32, Thorp, was dismissed on a prosecutors motion.
Pleas entered
Gerald E. Fox a.k.a. Gerald E. Fox Jr., 65, Medford,

pled no contest to disorderly conduct and was ordered
to pay costs of $443.
Donald J. Broeske, 54, Rib Lake, pled no contest to
operating without a valid license-second offense within
three years and was ordered to pay a fine and costs of
$579.
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Kenneth L. Risch, 35, Medford, pled no contest to

second degree sexual assault of a child-repeater. His
sentence was withheld and he was placed on probation
for eight years on the conditions he serve 12 months in
jail; pay costs of $355 and restitution in an amount to be
determined, as well as supervision fees as ordered by
the Department of Corrections (DOC); comply with the
sex offender registry and any treatment and assessment
recommended by probation; attend any other counseling as recommended by probation; have no contact with
the victim and/or victims parents; and provide a DNA
sample.
Risch also pled no contest to sexual gratification with
an animal-repeater. His sentence was withheld and he
was placed on probation for one year on the conditions
he serve two months in jail, to run consecutive to the
time being served in his other Taylor County case; pay
costs of $243 and restitution in an amount to be determined, as well as supervision fees as ordered by the
DOC; and not possess any domesticated animals during
the term of his probation.
Gerald E. Fox a.k.a. Gerald E. Fox Jr., 65, Medford,
pled no contest to operating while under the influencefourth offense within five years. His sentence was withheld and he was placed on probation for three years
on the conditions he serve 100 days in jail; pay a fine
and costs of $2,165 and supervision fees as ordered by
the DOC; reimburse the Medford Police Department for
the cost of a blood test; undergo an alcohol and drug assessment and follow through with a driver safety plan;
and attend the OWI victim impact panel on Jan. 8. Foxs
drivers license was revoked for 27 months and an ignition interlock device is to be installed on his vehicle for
one year. A charge of felony bail jumping was dismissed
but read in. Charges of possession of open intoxicants in
a motor vehicle by the driver, operating a motor vehicle
without proof of insurance, and reckless driving-endangering safety were dismissed.
Ashley A. Tomczak a.k.a. Ashley A. Speicher, 27,
Cadott, pled no contest to violating a harassment restraining order. Her sentence was withheld and she was
placed on probation for one year on the conditions she
pay costs of $443 and supervision fees as ordered by the
DOC; have no contact with the victim, except for child
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child. His sentence was withheld and he was placed on

probation for two years on the conditions he serve 75
days in jail; pay a fine and costs of $705 and supervision
fees as ordered by the DOC; have no contact with the
victim; write a letter of apology, pre-approved by and
in a manner of mode determined by the probationary
agent, to the victim; undergo counseling as deemed appropriate by the probationary agent, including sex offender counseling; and provide a DNA sample and pay
the DNA surcharge.
Deferred judgment
Deborah L. Cee, 48, Stetsonville, successfully completed a one-year deferred entry of judgment agreement
and a charge of possession of an illegally obtained prescription was dismissed on a prosecutors motion.
Deferred judgment agreement

Amanda M. Borntreger, 51, Thorp, entered into a deferred entry of judgment agreement for a period of two
years for a charge of felony physical abuse of a child.
As terms of the agreement, Borntreger must not commit any criminal offense during the period of the agreement; notify the Taylor County district attorney and
See COURT PROCEEDINGS on page 12
Obituaries
Reports of Area Deaths
Florence Goessl
1918-2014
Florence A. Goessl,
96, Abbotsford, died on
Monday, Dec. 22 at Golden
LivingCenter-Continental
Manor in Abbotsford,
where she had resided the
past six years. Funeral
services will be held on
Saturday, Dec. 27 at 11 a.m.
at Holy Rosary Catholic
Church in Medford, with
Father Gerard Willger and
Deacon Joe Stefancin ofciating. Interment will be
at Sacred Heart Catholic
Cemetery in Stetsonville. Pallbearers are her grandsons, Gary, Andy and Mark Goessl, Brian, Pat and
Paul Lehman, Scott Geiger and Luke Fleischmann.
Visitation will be held at the church on Saturday
from 9 a.m. until the time of service.
Hemer Funeral Homes of Medford and Rib Lake
assisted the family with arrangements.
The former Florence Cypher was born on Sept. 4,
1918 in the town of Deer Creek to Andrew and Hermine (Jakel) Cypher. She attended Spruce Grove Elementary School in the town of Deer Creek.
On April 14, 1937 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church,
she married Clarence Goessl, who preceded her in
death on March 22, 1988. They farmed in the town

of Little Black from 1942 to 1975. She resided in Stetsonville, then in 2004 resided at Country Gardens in
Medford for periods of time.
She was a member of Holy Rosary Catholic
Church and Catholic Order of Foresters. She enjoyed
cooking, canning, gardening and sewing.
Survivors include seven children, Mary Ann
Lehman, Norbert (Joanne) Goessl, and Joyce Grinker, all of Medford, Charles (Judy) Goessl of Caledonia, Margaret (Frank) Bohte of Dorchester, Betty
(Tom) Geiger of Stetsonville and Theresa (John)
Fleischmann of Stratford; two sisters, Beatrice Helfert of Colby and Dorothy (Casey) Sobczak of Hot
Springs Village, Ark.; 21 grandchildren; and 29 greatgrandchildren.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in
death by her father, Andrew Cypher; her mother,
Hermine Haberman; four siblings, Clarence Cypher,
Catherine Seidel, Marie Bernard and Marcella Wittlinger; and two sons-in-law, Delmar Del Lehman
and William Bill Grinker.
In lieu of owers, the family requests memorial
contributions be given to the family for future designation.
Online condolences may be made at www.hemerfuneralservice.com.
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by the probationary agent, to the victim; and obtain
her HSED or GED at the discretion of the probationary
agent.
Jacy M. Walters, 32, Thorp, pled no contest to possession of THC-second or greater offense. Her sentence
was withheld and she was placed on probation for three
years on the conditions she serve five days in jail; pay a
fine and costs of $804.10 and supervision fees as ordered
by the DOC; provide a DNA sample or show proof of
prior submission and pay the DNA surcharge; undergo
other counseling as deemed appropriate by the probationary agent; and undergo an alcohol and drug assessment and follow through with treatment. Four counts
of possession of drug paraphernalia were dismissed but
read in.
Amanda M. Borntreger, 51, Thorp, pled no contest
to battery. Her sentence was withheld and she was
placed on probation for two years on the conditions
she pay costs of $443 and supervision fees as ordered
by the DOC; write a letter of apology, pre-approved by
the probationary agent, to the victims; and undergo anger management counseling and any other counseling
deemed appropriate by the probationary agent.
Jeremy H. Oberle, 19, Gilman, pled no contest to exposing genitals to a child close to the age of actor and
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THE STAR NEWS
Obituaries
Reports of Area Deaths
Court proceedings
Robert Mabie
1944-2014
Robert Bob J. Mabie,

age 70, of Medford, passed
away on Thursday, Dec.
8 2014, at his home while
surrounded by his loving
family and under the care
of Hope Hospice.
He was born in Kennan
on Aug. 8, 1944 to George
and Dorothy (Minett) Mabie). He attended Kennan
schools and graduated
from Phillips High School.
He enlisted in the United
States Army and served
his country from 1965 to 1967. When discharged, he
moved to Bartonville, Ill. and began working at Keystone Steel and Wire. Bob loved being around family
and was known as U.B. to the nieces and nephews.
In 1973, Bob married Jackie Peterson of Westboro,
and they had two sons together. They later divorced.
Bob retired in 2001 after 31-1/2 years at Keystone and
moved back to Wisconsin to be with Jackie, his sons
and grandkids. He loved to sh along the mill pond,

walk ve miles daily, enjoyed coffee at McDonalds,
making people smile and talking to people.
Bob is lovingly survived by Jackie Mabie; sons,
Bobby J. (Clover) Mabie and Christopher G. (Jessica)
Mabie, both of Medford, and Brad (Alexandra) Peterson of Wausau; 10 grandchildren, Zek, Ambernette,
Alex, Sebastian, Harley, Erik, Nicole, Brandy, Brent
and Bianca. He is further survived by three sisters,
Shirley Merrick of Milwaukee, Mary (Fred) Sewell
of Bartonville and Helen (Don) Zimmerman of Westboro; two brothers, Jim (Barb) Mabie and Mike Mabie, both of Kennan.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in
death by two brothers, Tom (Phyllis) Mabie of Mayville and Rich (Darlene Blackwell) Mabie of Kennan.
A celebration of life will be held at a later date. In
lieu of owers, the family requests memorial contributions be given to the family for future designation.
The Maurina-Schilling Funeral Home in Dorchester assisted the family with funeral arrangements.
Friends may send online condolences to www.maurinaschilling.com.
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Doris Ovans
1933-2014
Doris Ann Ovans, 81,

of Janesville, passed away
on Sunday, Dec. 21, 2014 at
Cedar Crest Health Center.
Doris was born on Aug. 2,
1933 in Chelsea, the daughter of Lester and Rose (Reinke) Leischer. She graduated in 1951 from Westboro
High School. On Dec. 13,
1952, she married David
E. Ovans in Prentice. Doris was employed as a cashier at Bishops Cafeteria in the Janesville Mall
for a number of years, otherwise, was proud to be a
homemaker. She loved canning and cooking as well
as spending time with and cheering on her grandchildren and family in their various activities. She
was an avid camper and a longtime member of the
Janesville Family Campers. After David retired, they
enjoyed traveling the world and spending winters in
Florida. Doris was a longtime active member of First

Baptist Church in Janesville where she formerly
taught Sunday school and was active as a volunteer,
especially with Meals on Wheels.
Doris is survived by her husband, David Ovans
of Janesville; three children, Ron (Mary) Ovans of
Webster, Minn., Bruce Ovans of Tampa, Fla., and
Judy (Chuck) Murphy of Winnetka, Ill.; ve grandchildren, Ingrid (Jason) Peterson, Justin Ovans,
Maureen (Travis) Beckerle, Connor Murphy, and Ragen Murphy; three great-grandchildren, Hunter Peterson, Brianne Peterson, and Ira Beckerle; and her
brother, Mervel Leischer. She was preceded in death
by her parents, Lester and Rose Leischer; her brother, Bethel Leischer; her sister, Darlene (Leischer) Wegerer; and daughter-in-law, Olivia Ovans.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 28 at First Baptist Church, 3414 Woodhall
Dr., Janesville, with Pastor Jerry Amstutz ofciating. Visitation will be from 12:30 to 2 p.m. on Sunday
at First Baptist Church. The family is being assisted
by Henke-Clarson Funeral Home.
Alta Hempel
1926-2014
Alta June Hempel, 88,

Medford, died on Friday,
Dec. 19 at Deerview Meadows Assisted Living in
Medford, where she had
lived the past six years.
Funeral services will held
on Monday, Dec. 29 at 1
p.m. at St. Pauls Lutheran
Church in Medford, with
Rev. Brian Mundt ofciating.
Visitation will be held
at the church on Monday
from 12 p.m. until the time
of service.
Hemer Funeral Homes of Medford and Rib Lake
assisted the family with arrangements.
The former Alta Leffel was born on June 12, 1926
in the village of Unity to the late Albert and Delia
(Born) Leffel. She was a graduate of Medford High
School.
On Oct. 25, 1944 in Medford, she married Franklin
Harold Hempel. She was the bookkeeper for Hemp-
el-Skelly Service and also Doberstein Lumber Yard.

They owned and operated Wildwood Supper Club in
Chelsea from 1977 to 1986.
She was a lifetime member of St. Pauls Lutheran
Church where she served on several ladies committees and was a Sunday school teacher. She was a key
member in the research for genealogy of all cemeteries in Taylor County, and also surrounding counties.
She enjoyed knitting, crocheting, painting rosemaling and plates, making Ukrainian eggs, and spending
time with her family, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Survivors include two children, Bruce (Pat) Hempel of Medford and Luanne (Bruce) Olson of Stetsonvnille, and four grandchildren, Brian Hempel, Shelby
Hempel, Kari (Jason) Wanke and Michael (Michelle)
Olson.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in
death by seven siblings.
In lieu of owers, memorial donations in her honor may be made to St. Pauls Lutheran Church.
Online condolences may be made at www.hemerfuneralservice.com.
clerk of court offices of any address change; attend and

successfully complete anger management counseling,
as well as any other counseling deemed appropriate by
the probationary agent; write a letter of apology, submitted to and approved by the Taylor County victim/
witness coordinator, to the victims; and successfully
complete her two year probationary period.
Jeremy H. Oberle, 19, Gilman, entered into a twoyear deferred entry of judgment agreement for a charge
of felony sexual assault of a child under 16 years of age.
As terms of the agreement, Oberle must not commit any
criminal offense during the period of the agreement;
notify the Taylor County district attorney and clerk of
court offices of any address change; attend and successfully complete individual counseling as deemed appropriate by the probationary agent; write a letter of apology, submitted to and approved by the Taylor County
victim/witness coordinator, to the victim; and pay a
fine of $200 plus court costs.
Juvenile
A 16-year-old Medford female entered into a deferred

prosecution agreement for a period of nine months for a
charge of obstructing an officer.
Obituaries
Florence Swenson
1919-2014
Florence Marie Swenson,
95, Medford, died on Tuesday,
Dec. 16 at her home. A memorial service will be held at a
later date.
The Heindl Funeral Home
of Prentice assisted the family with arrangements.
The
former
Florence
Sandquist was born on March
20, 1919 in the town of Knox
to the late Alfred and Matilda
(Thorbus) Sandquist.
On Nov. 30, 1935 in Park
Falls, she married Burdette Swenson, who preceded
her in death on Aug. 29, 1989. For many years she was
employed at Harley Davidson in Tomahawk until her
retirement. She moved to Medford in 1992.
She enjoyed sewing, doing crafts and scrapbooking.
Survivors include two daughters, Gloria (Gene) Krug
of Medford and Sharon Metz-Gengler of Stetsonville;
a son, Michael (Vicki) Swenson of Aurora, Colo.; 15
grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and seven greatgreat-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Delores Bennett; three
brothers, George, Ralph and Clyde; two sisters, Alice
Swenson and Mable Niskanen; and a great-grandson,
Brandon Johnson.
Marlenga correction
The obituary published last week for Frank Marlenga incorrectly stated he is survived by a daughter, Diane (Mark) Meta. His daughters name is Diane (Mark)
Metz. We apologize for the mistake.
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Your Family
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This Weekend
Friday, December 26
Rob Allen Piehl starting at 9 p.m. at The Roost Bar.
.28 Special at Camp 28.
Saturday, December 27
Silence Entertainment DJ from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at
Hacienda.
No Peek Doubles Cribbage starting at 1 p.m. at
Bogeys.
Jerry Duginski starting at 9 p.m. at The Roost Bar.
Wednesday, December 31
DJ Zooy at JuJus Place.
Broken Arrow Band starting at 9 p.m. at Camp 28.
New Years Eve Party at Main Street Bar.
SLAB at Gad Bar.
New Years Party at The Last Straw.
Graffic Sound DJ from 9:30 p.m. to ? at Hacienda.
New Years Eve Celebration from 6 p.m. to midnight at PBRs Lounge Around.
Dining specials: Pot Belly Pub & Grill; Camp 28;
Rib River Bar & Grill; The Turtle Club; Happy Joes;
Phil & Eleanors; Boozers Bar & Grill; 8th Street
Restaurant & Saloon.
Upcoming events
The Polish Cowboys on Thursday, Jan. 1 from 1 to
5 p.m. at Zondlos.
Grand Opening on Saturday, Jan. 3 from 7 a.m. to 7
p.m. at Kountry Kettle Cafe in Gilman.
Minor Distraction on Saturday, Jan. 3 starting at 9
p.m. at The Last Straw.
Cribbage Tournament on Sunday, Jan. 4 starting
at 1 p.m. at Medford VFW.
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Ashley Schmeiser, 26, of Medford, has always
wanted to be an actor. However, growing up in a small
town in Wisconsin, she knew those dreams could be
just that if she didnt do something about it.
I alway figured I wanted to act, but I am from a
super small town and it just seemed very unrealistic,
she said. As she got older, the dream of acting seemed
to fade further way.
One day, Schmeiser realized she is not satisfied
with her life. She has a full-time job and a part-time
job, and thought it was time to pursue her dream. She
got online and was surfing around to find ways to get
started.
I found a local newspaper from Cedar Rapids,
Iowa about Roxanne Smith and her company Creation
Model and Talent Management, Schmeiser said.
Roxanne Smith is the mother of Riley Smith, a model
and actor with dozens of movie and television roles to
his credit.
Roxanne Smiths company grooms, develops and
manages up-and-coming talent. Schmeiser contacted
Smith and talked to her about her dream of acting.
This was followed up by Schmeiser making the sixhour drive to Cedar Rapids and meeting with her.
Schmeiser was concerned about her age and if she
was too old to try and start an acting career. Roxanne
told me Yes, you are older, but you are not super old,
she said. The most important message Schmeiser got
from that meeting was when Smith encouraged her to
follow her dreams.
If this is something you truly want to do, you
should go for it, she said,
Schmeiser began taking classes in Cedar Rapids.
Every other Sunday she would make the six-hour
drive there, attend the two to three hour class and then
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regardless, it is an amazing opportunity to have, she
said. She said her family is nervous for her.
I dont want to sit there and live my life and be like
What if I had done it? I am too curious of a person to
leave things unanswered like that, she said.
Schmeisers preparations will hopefully pay off
at the International Model and Talent Associations
(IMTA) event in Los Angeles Jan. 6-11. The IMTA is a
showcase of talent from around the country competing to catch the eyes of the dozens of representatives
and agents from New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and
Europe. The IMTA is where celebrities such as Ashton
Kutcher, Kate Holmes, and Eva Longoria got their
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For Schmeiser, the goal is to get discovered at the
event by an agent who sees what she could become.
There are so many possibilities, she said. It is
pretty exciting, but it also scares me.
All the reps and agents, you want them to see you
and say oooohh we see something we like -- we want
to call her back and discuss things more with her, she
said. During the event, each talent will participate in
six classes. If the agents like what they see, the talents
get callbacks. Smith will sift through the callbacks to
determine which will be most likely to result in an
offer. We will hear stuff right away and we will decide
what we want to do after that, Schmeiser said.
Schmeiser said she is stepping out of her comfort
zone on the trip. She has never flown before, and is
nervous about things like losing her luggage when flying into LAX. Schmeiser is taking time off from both
her jobs to make the trip, but plans to work up until
leaving and after coming back. She noted the trip is an
expensive one and she is thankful for the help she has
gotten from some area sponsors to help cover it.
Schmeiser created a Facebook page Ashley
Schmeiser IMTA for her sponsors and supporters to
check out and see how she is doing on her journey.
However nervous she is, her excitement level is equally high. It is the experience of a lifetime, she said.
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Cooper Wild, as Joseph, listens as angels Alexis Steger, Bridget Brandner, Mac Schmeiser and Jordyn Krueger
tell shepherds Skylar Anderson and Nicholas Husser about the birth of Jesus. Holy Rosary School held a Christmas
concert and program on Dec. 18 at the church.
Trevor Harris and Blaise Mahner join Lydia Way in

singing Go Tell It On The Mountain during the Dec.
18 concert.
Young voices
Christian Mahner (left) and Rachel Daniels raise their
voices in celebration.
5th grade band

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school share a selection of holiday favorites as part of the
Holy Rosary School Christmas concert. Pictured are
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Sixth graders Joe Gierl (top, l. to r.) Elijah Mahner, Gierl on drums and Audrey
Ellee Grunwald and Audrey Rhyner sing O Come, O Rhyner on clarinet.
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photos by Mark Berglund
Jasmine Enriquez, Mike Gustum , Jesse Kohler and Megan Pearson provide the brass
sound of the Symphonic Band at Medford Area Senior Highs band concert entitled A
Christmas Celebration on Saturday evening.
Young director
Macie Mudgett conducts the band from her seat in the front row.
Concert band
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at the high school concert on Saturday. Ryley Freiberg (at right) plays a trumpet solo with Jazz Ensemble, while the saxophone section (below) of Austin
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Medford Elementary Christmas program
Nutcracker soldiers
Photos by Bryan Wegter
Second graders (l. to r.) Ian Emmerich, Sadie Moore, and Riley Clark wave fans while playing soldiers
in the Nutcracker princes army at the Medford Area Elementary School Christmas show.
King of the mice

Ryan Dunkel salutes his fellow mice as he plays the king of
the mice during the first and second grades performance of
the Nutcracker Suite at the Dec. 18 concert.
He sees you when youre sleeping
Kindergarten students pretend to be asleep during their singing of Santa Claus is Coming to Town.
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The Medford Christmas Bird Count will be conducted on Saturday, Dec. 27 as part of a broader effort by the
Audubon Society to monitor bird populations across
the globe. Area birders will be scouring a 15-mile diameter survey area in the eastern part of Taylor County
including most of the city of Medford. If you are traveling through this area, be on the lookout for surveyors
who might be driving slowly or pulled off on the sides
of roads.
Ordinarily people checking out your backyard with

binoculars might be cause for alarm, but on Saturday
its probably just birdwatchers tallying up the birds at
your feeders.
The Medford Christmas Bird Count has been in existence since 1978 while the Audubons wintertime bird
counting efforts have been going on for 115 years. If anyone is interested in participating, contact Joe Scott at
715-965-3498.
Area students receive awards, degrees

Katherine Knight, daughter of Greg and Barb Knight
of Medford, was a recipient of a 2014 Chancellors Leadership Award during a ceremony on Dec. 12 at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UWSP). The award
honors graduates who contribute significant leadership, demonstrate university or community service and
display a commitment to personal growth.
Knight majored in communication with a minor in
political science. She was active with the Public Rela-
tions Student Society of America, residence hall governance, ArtsBash, 90FM Trivia, Make-A-Difference Day
and Salvation Army. She worked
for the UWSP Foundation and
Residential Living.
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Jacob Werner, son of Scott and

Sandra Werner and grandson of
Robert and Barb Larson and the
late John and Fran Werner, all of
Medford, received a doctorate degree in chiropractic from Palmer
College of Chiropractic in Port
Orange, Fla.
Air Force Airman Jacob Lueck of Medford graduated

from basic military training at Joint Base San AntonioLackland, San Antonio, Texas.
Lueck completed an intensive, eight-week program
that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. He also earned four
credits toward an associate in applied science degree
through the Community College of the Air Force.
Lueck is a 2014 graduate of Medford High School.
Students from the area who

received scholarships during a
reception on Nov. 18 at Northcentral Technical College
in Wausau included Tyler Grenwalt, Holly Matuszak
and Dana Murkowski of Athens; Michael Carstensen,
Cindy Collier, Mary Dehne, Genevieve Hahn, Jason
Lang, Wyatt Leonhardt, Andy Metz and Amy Schilling
of Medford; Gail Thieme of Rib Lake; Lisa Kolecheck of
Stetsonville; and Desiree Gay of Withee.
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Bowling
The Sports Page
Monday Mens City League
Jess Haenel
299
*Jess Haenel
736
Jerry Roberts
299
*Tim Klingbeil
713
Joe Malovrh
257
*Ron Ziemba
707
Dec. 15: T&C Water 37, Edgar Lanes 3; Mayer Accounting 34,
Klingbeil Lumber 6; WTC 27, blind 13; Fidelity Bank 29, JR Construction 11; Sports Page 24, Taylor Credit Union 16; Crossroads 29,
Northwest Mutual 11.
Tuesday Night Mixed League
Roger Smith
256
Justin Smith
675
Justin Smith
244
Jay Jochimsen
626
Virgil Wysocki
234
Rick Acker
615
Dec. 16: Fuzzys Bar 22.5, High View II 17.5; Riemer Builders 20.5,
Medford Co-op 19.5; Liske Marine 26, High View I 14.
Three-Man Major League
Chad Lingen
275
*Steve Richter
718
Bill Wagner
269
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703
Mike Platt
266
Ed Rowe
684
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Krug Bus 26, Rockys Cozy Kitchen 4; Sports Page I 18, BBs Aquatic
I 12; Cindys Bar & Grill 22, Nite Electric 8; Team Stihl 21, Sports
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Big muzzy buck
Submitted photo
Taylor Crass shot this big buck at 4 p.m. on

Wednesday, Dec. 3 during the muzzleloader deer hunting season.
1:42. Jake Hillebrand was 11th at 138 pounds. His lone

win was a pin in 2:13 over Onalaskas Collin Anklam.
Alex Gehrt went 2-3 in the JV 152-160 pound competition, getting pins over Oswaldo Perez of Arcadia (2:08)
and Miranda Stegerwald of Independence (4:13).
The Wolfpacks sixth-place finish was the best among
the four East Lakeland Conference teams that attended.
The Wolfpack scored 292 points to finish higher than
seventh-place Cameron (286.5), 11th-place Bruce (202.5)
and 14th-place Flambeau (164). Cashton won the tournament with 409 points. Stanley-Boyd/Thorp (355.5), West
Salem-Bangor (346.5), New Lisbon (331.5) and Arcadia
(331) rounded out the top five.
Cornell-Gilman-Lake Holcombe is off until Jan. 8
when it hosts Northwood-Solon Springs at Cornell.
Two league wins

Cornell-Gilman-Lake Holcombe improved to 2-1 in
the East Lakeland Conference by earning a pair of 40-24
wins on Thursday during a double-dual meet at Bruce.
The Wolfpack took care of Shell Lake in the opening
round, highlighted by four pins and a major decision.
Eric Nedland pinned Bob Borntekue at 126 pounds,
Hillebrand got a key pin over Christian Monson at 138
pounds, winning what was a back and forth match.
Boehm pinned Noah Skluzacek at 160 pounds to give
the Wolfpack an insurmountable 34-18 lead with three
weight classes left, one of which was a double forfeit at
182 pounds. Kostka finished the meet with a pin of Lee
Carillo in the 195-pound bout.
Gibson took a major decision over Cody Metaggart at
132 pounds. Lee and Paul Nedland took forfeits. Bowe,
Gehrt and Raatz lost by pin. The team forfeited at 145.
Five forfeits helped Cornell-Gilman-Lake Holcombe
beat the host Red Raiders. Bruce led 24-22 before forfeiting the final three matches at 160, 170 and 182 pounds
to Boehm, Raatz and Kostka. Paul Nedland and Eric
Nedland also took forfeits.
Bowe won by pinning Spencer Keeble in the
120-pound bout. Gibson won by major decision over
Kris Nagel. Lee was pinned by Ralston. Hillebrand was
pinned by Ben Adams and Gehrt was pinned by Walker
Gulbruth. The Wolfpack forfeited the 220-pound match.
There were double forfeits at 113 and 145 pounds.
Shell Lake beat Bruce in the nights other dual meet.
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Ann McNamar
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Nancy Acker
210
Nancy Acker
579
Angie Rothmeier
206
Carmen Merrell
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Cozy Kitchen 2; J&B Custom Carpentry 5, A&M Apartments 2; The
Flower Shoppe 4, Paulines Hair Fashion 3.
Wednesday Mid-Weekers League
Anna Goessl
201
Sharon Nuernberger
538
Sharon Nuernberger 198
Donna Werner
498
Shirley Werner
459
Dec. 17: Sports Page 5, Mach Lock Locksmith 2; Medford Motors 4,
Werner Sales & Service 3; Happy Joes 7, Lounge Around 0.
Blue Monday League
Judy Lang
245
Judy Lang
542
Donna Werner
190
Shirley Lemke
515
Carol Willman
188
Anna Goessl
500
Anna Goessl
188
Dec. 15: Big Birds Lodge 5, Happy Joes 2; Strikes R Us 4, Heiers
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Hello friends,
The following is a story about KAMO (kidsandmentorsoutdoors.org) and our annual Joe deer hunt,
which was recently held at Mackenzie Environmental
Education Center and the State Game Farm at Poynette,
as well as several private properties.
I am going to write this weeks column a bit differently to try to show you how many people volunteer for
this awesome three-day experience.
Friday, Dec. 12
There are 20 hunters, about 25 mentors, around six
kitchen helpers and three whatever the heck we can get
out of them volunteers. Jerry Absher is a mentor.
Today is a bonus day for the young hunters. Perhaps
10 of the 20 kids were able to miss a little school and hunt
this afternoon. Under almost balmy conditions, Jerry,
who is in KAMOs newest chapter, The Lake Wisconsin
Chapter of KAMO, guides 13-year-old Cody Colstad into
a successful shot and our first deer is on the pole for our
2014 hunt.
On Friday night, all the kids go through the final hour
of a safety class, which is given by Columbia County
Conservation Warden Ryan Volenberg, and a biology
class given by Sarah Kerhli, who is WDNRs wildlife biologist for Columbia County.
Afterward, its brownies and ice cream for everyone.
Earlier it was homemade beef stew. As is always the
case, these kids who come from all over the state and do
not know each other have become a pack and a weekend
long snowball fight begins.
Saturday, Dec. 13
High 46, Low 34
Its 4 a.m. The unsung heroes of this event are Jeff
and Patti Rouse, Cheryl Manning, Rachel Voecks and
Jeff Anderson.
These folks cook all weekend and the food is excellent. They ask for nothing and put in very long hours.
Each young hunter signs up on the chore list and they
help with dishes, sweep floors and clean bathrooms.
At daylight, I am up in a 20-foot tower stand with
first time hunter 11-year-old Megan Meggie Jones.
Meggies twin sister Madison Maddie is on her first
hunt with her dad, AJ, mentoring her. Maddie and AJ
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Kim Virnig
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Casey Nernberger 263
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Dec. 18: Rural Insurance 27, VFW 13; Jensen & Son Asphalt 33,
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Mike and Colleen Murphy are the landowners whose

property we are hunting. To say the least, they really
want the girls to harvest their first deer.
A very rare occurrence takes place and it is possibly
due to the balmy conditions. No one harvests a deer.
At Mackenzie, Hunt Master Kevin Seymour, who
is mentoring Seth Anderson sees a monster buck with
five does. Kevin knows his deer and figures the buck is
in the 160-170 inch class. The deer are close, but a safe
shot is not available.
Two hours later, Pete Goethel and 15-year-old Kate
Onell see the Mackenzie Monster and its girlfriends and
it comes within 15 yards but a shot is not available.
Kate Onell wanted her first deer and hunted every
hour of daylight but the one for lunch.
On the Saturday afternoon hunt, Megan Jones is the
definition of tough and positive. She can climb this tower stand like a monkey and has no fear. She has not seen
a deer after three hunts and always says, maybe the
next hunt. She is now aware that her mentor is kind
of crazy.
Rick Miotke is the president of the Baraboo Chapter
of KAMO and another person who puts in some major
hours putting this hunt together. Rick is mentoring
Brent Littlegeorge. Tonight Brent harvested two mature does.
No other deer were harvested this afternoon, which
is very rare. Tonight it was lasagna and then a presentation by Jerry Bethke, who manages Soaring Eagle
Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. Jerry has brought in a
great horned owl and a screech owl and gives the kids
an excellent presentation on injured birds of prey and
how they live before and after an injury.
The following morning only one deer is harvested
and that is by Kate Onell. She made an excellent shot
on a nubby buck. Kate was so proud of her first deer she
was going to get a European mount done on it.
If there is anyone out there that does not understand
why a weekend opportunity like this should be offered
to our youth perhaps you should come join us next year.
You will change your mind.
KAMO rocks. Please help us grow!
Sunset!
THE STAR NEWS
SPORTS
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Spencer edges Pirates in defensive battle

by Sports Reporter Bryan Wegter
The Gilman Lady Pirates basketball team turned
in a sterling defensive performance to limit the visiting Spencer Rockets to 29 points last Thursday.
Unfortunately, Spencers defense loomed even larger
and held Gilman to only 23 points.
The chances were there for the Pirates. They collected 17 offensive rebounds in the game, but couldnt
convert the bonus possessions into points.
We had opportunity after opportunity, head coach
Chris Skabroud said.
Spencer ran to an early 8-4 lead after the first quarter. From the start it was a tough night of shooting for
Gilman. After several missed threes from the team in
the first quarter, Makaylen Skabroud hit Gilmans first
three-pointer to make it a 10-7 game in the opening
minutes of the second quarter. Spencer went on to take
eight of the next 10 points and led 18-9 at halftime.
Spencer started the third quarter on a 7-2 run before
Kendall Skabroud hit a three to trim the deficit to 11.
The Pirates picked up momentum and scored the final
four points of the quarter and the first point in the fourth
quarter. Gilman couldnt sustain the run, however, and
Spencers strong free throw shooting put the game away
at the end. The Pirates defense smothered Spencers offense in the closing minutes. They forced several turnovers and traveling calls, but the offense couldnt convert the chances into points. Gilman outscored Spencer
Gilman wins
night of rebounding. The Pirates were nine-of-16 from
the charity stripe and made five three-pointers.
Ethan had a big game. James and Chanse really
took over from the guard positions. We cut down on our
turnovers and had good stamina throughout the game,
Pernsteiner said.
Even over the Christmas break, the Pirates will be
hard at work.
Were going to focus on our press break. Thats been
an issue for us so far and has to be improved. Teams
come in and know just to keep pressing us, Pernsteiner
said.
5-4 in the final frame, but it was not enough.

We found the open shots, we just couldnt hit them,
Skabroud said.
The offensive statistics for Gilman are glaring reminders of the missed opportunities. The Pirates were
seven of 37 (18.9 percent) from two-point range and two
of 18 (11.1 percent) from three-point range. They also
made only three of seven (42.9 percent) free throws.
Shooting the way we did, under 20 percent, just
doesnt cut it. Youre not going to win games with those
numbers, Skabroud said.
Makaylen Skabroud led the Pirates with 12 points
along with five rebounds and two steals. Kendall
Skabroud scored five to go with four rebounds, three
steals, and one block. Kyla Schoene scored three and
also collected nine rebounds. Desiree Budzinski scored
two points while Taylor Hendricks added one.
Pirates at Owen
Rosemeyer buried a three-ball to pull the Pirates within
20-14. Thats when it unraveled.
AJ Ovyn scored a fast-break hoop off a Bryce Niemi
pass and John Schmelzer scored off a steal for OwenWithee. Niemi scored twice, Will Maki scored, Preston
Shelton knocked down two free throws to make it 3214 before Schmitt sank one of two free throws with 19
seconds left. Blackhawk Kolton Kaduce had the dagger,
sinking a three-pointer at the buzzer for a 35-15 lead.
Copenhaver scored eight points including six in
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it. But Kaduce capped a big quarter with another late
triple. He had 11 points in the period as Owen-Withee
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Schmitt and Sonnentag finished with four points
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Wininger scored two each.
Kaduces 16 points led Owen-Withee (2-1, 3-2). Shelton
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Rhinelander breaks down Raider defense in last 20 minutes

The
Medford
Raiders
kept
Rhinelander off the scoreboard for more
than half of Thursdays boys hockey
game at the Simek Recreation Center,
but the Hodags broke through in a big
way down the stretch with five straight
goals in their 5-2 win.
The Hodags controlled the puck early
and often. The official scoresheet credited Medford goaltender Carter Jamieson
with 81 saves, 27 in each period. A shutout appeared possible midway through
the second period, especially when
Medford had some momentum after getting its first goal for a 1-0 lead.
But the Hodags eventually took advantage of some minor breakdowns and
pulled away. They scored two goals 1:55
apart to take a 2-1 lead through two periods. They went on a three-goal spurt
in a span of just over six minutes midway through the third to put it away
and improve to 2-1 in Great Northern
Conference play.
Medford, who fell to 1-5 in the GNC
and 1-7 overall, had its peaks and valleys
during the contest.
We just need to be consistently
good, head coach Chad Demulling said.
Carter did his job in the first period.
Thats flat out about all you could say.
In the second and third periods, we have
to maintain that level of consistency. We
actually have to get better as the game
goes on. Were not there yet. We were
there. Weve tailed off here lately.
Rhinelander had a 27-8 advantage in
shots in the first period, yet the game
was still scoreless. Medford fought off
an early power play where the Hodags
peppered the net and then had a power
play of its own but couldnt convert. The
Raiders had a couple of good chances in
the period. A rebound opportunity on a
Jack Schafer shot went by the wayside
and Klayton Kree was denied on a breakaway at the 13:15 mark but he did draw
a penalty on the play. Unfortunately, a
Medford penalty 38 seconds later ended
the power play. Rhinelanders Kurt
Zuiker hit the corner of the net following
a Dylan Roeser steal with two minutes
left.
Halfway through the second period,
Rhinelander nearly got a shot through
Jamieson, but defenseman Dylan Hraby

was there to get a stick on the puck
just before it crossed the goal line. The
Raiders survived that flurry of Hodag
shots, made a push the other way and
Kree put a shot on the net. The rebound
found Schafer who buried his shot 9:38
into the period for the games first goal.
Unfortunately, the lead only lasted
until the 12:13 mark. With Medford
on a power play, Hodag Henry Kipper
pushed the puck ahead to Tyler Kolasa,
who found room to skate along the right
boards and whistled a low shot that got
by Jamieson. At 14:09, the Hodags ran a
well-executed offensive set that got an
open shot for Roeser, who found the net
high on Jamiesons stick side to give the
Hodags the lead. Goalie Jake Arno was
credited with the second assist.
Rhinelander broke it open in the third.
Kolasa got his second goal, this time on a
power play, at the 6:54 mark with an assist from Tyler Blomdahl. Zuiker made
it 4-1 with assists from Roeser and Kade
Kennedy at 9:26. Cole Spauldings goal
at 13:29 put it away. Kyle Thornton and
Kolasa had the assists.
Give Rhinelander credit, Demulling
said. They ran pretty much a three-man
cycle through the slot all night. We had
to drop our weakside forward. They were
actually using a guy as a decoy to pull the
defense. Good plan by them.
Just 11 seconds after Spauldings goal,
Kree beat Arno, assisted by Schafer.
That was good to see, Demulling
said. Klayton was working his tail off.
Arno wound up with 20 saves for the
Hodags.
Youth and a lack of depth are factors
that are leading to the bouts of inconsistent play, Demulling acknowledged. The
only way to combat that is to keep playing, working and learning.
The physical part of the game is
something were dealing with, he said.
Ashland was more physical, Tomahawk
certainly was physical. This wasnt extremely physical, but it was physical. We
have to get through that.
Were mixing and matching lines,
Demulling said. We tried to move Jacob
Kadlecek to the power play and run three
defensemen. Were trying to get our
horsepower as best as we can. We had 22
shots on net tonight, which was a step up
Girls hockey scores four

er-play goal by Smith at the 3:48 mark.
Millot and Steger had the assists. Detert
powered in a shot from the slot at 10:29,
assisted by Smith. Smith added a powerplay goal 57 seconds later, assisted by
Detert and Millot. Smiths blue-line blast
got through traffic and found the net at
15:04 to make it 8-2. Just 38 seconds later,
Detert took a centering pass from behind
the net by Steger to cap the five-goal
surge.
I think what started happening in the
second and third periods was we got a
little tired and starting getting out of position, Markham said. With the other
teams passing abilities, it really threw
us for a loop.
The Raiders picked things up again
at the start of the third period. Joelle
Zenner and Amanda Bauer kept poking
at a loose puck right at Petersens skate.
Zenner finally punched it in just 73 seconds into the period. Bauer got a puck
from Marissa McPeak and fired a shot
from between the face-off circles that
beat Petersen for a power-play goal that
made it 9-4 at the 6:55 mark.
When we were in our positions,
we were really playing a nice game,
Markham said. Thats what were going to be working on, to keep that consistent.
Detert and Millot put the running
clock back into effect with goals at the
8:05 and 10:07 marks.
Lybert was between the pipes for
one period for Medford and collected 12
saves. Makayla Hanson went the last two
periods and had 21 stops. Petersen had 12
saves while collecting the win.
The Northern Edge was three of four
on power plays. Medford was one for
three.
The Raiders will next play at the fourday Rhinelander Holiday Tournament
set for Dec. 26-29. Medford wont play until 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 27 when they
face the Beaver Dam Co-op. From there,
game times depend on game results, but
the Raiders will play one game on Sunday
and another on Monday.
The 12-team tournament will include
a pair of six-team pools. The Lakeshore
Lightning from Cedarburg, Hartland
Arrowhead, Marinette and the Northern
Edges JV squad fill out the pool Medford
is in.
from Tomahawk.
The good thing is we get to play these
guys again. We just need to believe.
The Raiders were scheduled to be at
Park Falls Tuesday for a non-conference
Passing the puck
game against Chequamegon-Phillips.

They are now off until Jan. 6 when they
host Northland Pines. Face-off for that
game has been moved up to 6 p.m.
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Medfords Jack Schafer (5) and Mike Knight pass the puck around the stick of
Rhinelander Hodag Kurt Zuiker during the second period of Thursdays 5-2 loss.
Red Robins outlast Raider swimmers

The Medford Raiders had their share
of seconds and thirds on Thursday, but
Antigo swept the top spot in all 11 events
and earned a 106-58 boys swim victory.
Antigo has one of the few 25-meter
pools in the area, so that added a little
distance for the Raiders in all events except the 400-meter freestyle. The Raiders
came close to individual victories on a
couple of occasions.
The 200-meter freestyle relay was
a close race. Medfords team of Mark
Jablonsky, Michael Roe, Jacob Jablonsky
and Jacob Way finished in 2:01.7 to fall
just 1.33 seconds behind Antigos winning team. Dalton Hildebrandt, Keagan
Rabe, Brett Hedlund and Andrew Reuter
added two third-place points with a
time of 2:20.44. Michael Franz, Preston
Gingras, Brendan Griesbach and Matt
Reuter took fourth in 3:06.84.
Andrew Reuter came up a little short
in a close race with Antigos Alex Gray in
the 100-meter breaststroke. Gray won in
1:26.24, while Reuter finished in 1:28.99.
Roe took third at 1:30.9 and Hedlund
earned a fifth-place point at 1:37.85.
The Raiders got the second-place and
third-place points in all three relays.
Mark Jablonsky, Roe, Lane Ruch and
Way teamed up to take second in the
200-meter medley relay with a time of
2:25.6, while Jacob Jablonsky, Andrew
Reuter, Chas Lehman and Hildebrandt
were third in 2:32.67. Rabe, Hedlund,
Preston Gingras and Josh Mueller were
fourth in 2:57.32. Antigo won in 2:09.44.
Ruch, Jacob Jablonsky, Roe and Way
grabbed the second-place points in the
400-meter freestyle relay with a time of
4:50.71. Hildebrandt, Matt Reuter, Rabe

and Lehman nabbed the third-place
points with a time of 5:28.14. Antigos
winning time was 4:21.44.
Ruch put in some quality work in distance races, taking second in the 200-meter and 400-meter freestyles. The junior
swam the 200-meter race in 2:44.06 to beat
Antigos Bryce Devore by 3.66 seconds.
Matt Reuter was fourth in 3:14.23. Holden
Meidl won it for Antigo in 2:19.41. Ruch
swam the 400-meter race in 5:39.51. Bram
Roff won it for Antigo in 5:17.15.
Way swam the 50-meter freestyle in
28.49 seconds to take second, 2.65 seconds behind winner Colin Koss. Mark
Jablonsky was fourth in 30.82 seconds
and Hildebrandt got the fifth-place point
in 31.38 seconds. Mark Jablonsky led
a trio of Raider scorers in the 100-meter freestyle with a third-place time of
1:08.35. He missed second place by 0.72
seconds. Rabe was fourth in 1:16.72 and
Hedlund was fifth in 1:36.98.
Andrew Reuter was third in the
200-meter individual medley at 3:09.1.
Gray won in 2:41.48. Lehman took third
in the 100-meter butterfly at 1:38.5. Koss
won in 1:03.73. Jacob Jablonsky was
fourth in the 100-meter backstroke at
1:53.21, followed by Mueller (2:09.49) and
Franz (2:50.68).
Mueller won the JV 50-meter freestyle
race in 40.12 seconds. Griesbach was second (42.03) and Franz was fourth (1:03.33).
Gingras won the 100-meter race in 1:24.19,
while Matt Reuter was second (1:25.29)
and Griesbach was third (1:48.82).
Medford returns to the pool on Jan. 6
when it travels to Rhinelander to start
the second round of GNC dual-meet competition.
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Balanced team effort gives Redmen blowout win at Winter

Five players scored over six points
and the Rib Lake Redmen boys basketball
team jumped out to a 24-3 lead in the first
quarter to secure a blowout win over on
the road against the Winter Warriors, 6830. The win is the teams second in a row
and their 38-point margin of victory the
largest the team has posted this season.
Despite Winters physical play, Rib
Lake was able to get their offense in
rhythm early on. Jordan Blomberg, Joe
Frombach, and Joe Scheithauer carried
the offense early on and contributed to
the big early lead.
Theyre a physical team, we werent
really able to play with the flow we
would like, but the guys adjusted and we
were able to play through the contact,
Redmen head coach Jason Wild said.
The offense slowed down in the second quarter, but was still able to outscore Winter 9-8 in the period.
At moments we didnt take our time
on offense and took some tough shots,

Wild said. The Redmen found themselves
up at the break, 33-11.
The offense picked it up again in the
third quarter and outscored the Warriors
14-7, while the defense continued to stifle
Winters offense to preserve the lead.
Defensively we did a solid job. I saw
positive things from all the guys. We are
moving in a good direction, Wild said.
The Redmen offense put in a flurry of
points to close the game, outscoring the
Warriors 21-10 in the final frame.
It didnt really feel like a convincing
or dominating win despite the scoreline.
There were constant whistles and breaks
in play. I told the boys that this game will
make us stronger mentally, we can play
tough games and continue to execute,
Wild said.
Scheithauer led the Redmen with 14
points, along with nine rebounds, six
steals, and two assists. Dalton Strebig
was next with 12 points, including two
three-pointers, to go with three rebounds
and one assist. Frombach made five-ofseven free throws to score 11 points and
added four rebounds, two steals, and two
assists. Blomberg tallied eight points and
nine rebounds, Austin Ewan had seven
points and four assists, and Noah Weinke
added six points and five rebounds. Rib
Lake shot 27 of 64 (42.1 percent) and 12 of
21 (57.1 percent) from the free throw line.
Jordan, Joe (Frombach), and Joe
(Scheithauer) were able to get good looks

at the basket and create shots for others.
Overall, a wins a win. Even though it
doesnt feel like what you wanted, Wild
said.
The Redmen (3-2) faced Chequamegon
on the road on Tuesday. Because of the
early holiday deadline, full coverage of
that game will be in the Jan. 1 issue of
The Star News.
Third-quarter drought beats RL

The Rib Lake Lady Redmen played
the Winter Warriors to essentially a
draw, except for the third quarter where
they were outscored 12-2 in what ended
up being the difference in a 42-34 loss on
Friday.
Winter held a 10-8 lead at the end
of the first quarter. The Lady Redmen
stayed right with them throughout the
first half and grabbed the lead heading
into the halftime break, 22-20.
The third quarter proved to be the
critical period in deciding the winner.
Weiss
Weiss doesnt plan to completely walk
away from football, however. He also
plans to continue as an assistant track
and field coach, saying hell take that
year by year.
Ill be hanging around, Weiss said.
Im still going to help the guys out, doing some of the film work, breaking down
stats, that kind of thing. I just wont be
at every practice and every game. Ill be
like a volunteer assistant. I told the kids
Im not just going to disappear. I still love
the sport.
Drive 4 UR School
Winter used a 12-2 run in the quarter to

establish a lead that wouldnt be overcome.
Winter went from man-to-man to a
2-3 zone. We made a slight adjustment to
our zone offense and had lots, and lots, of
good looks. We just could not put the ball
in the basket. That drought did us in,
Rib Lake head coach Mike Wudi said.
The teams battled to a 10-10 draw in
the fourth quarter, leaving the Redmen
with an eight-point loss.
Ciara Scheithauer scored 13 to lead
Rib Lake in scoring. She also added 13
rebounds and two steals to notch a double-double. Katie Cardey scored six along
with nine rebounds and two assists.
Regan Dobbs had five points and five rebounds, while Megan Beard and Jasmine
Fitzl scored four apiece.
The Lady Redmen shot 15 of 58 (25.8
percent) from the field and three of nine
(33.3 percent) from the free throw line.
The cold shooting in both categories confirmed that the Redmen left a lot of points
on the floor.
You have to score points to win and
you have to put the ball in the basket in
order to score points, Wudi added.
The Lady Redmen (2-6) faced
Chequamegon on the road on Tuesday.
Because of the early holiday deadline,
full coverage of that game will be in the
Jan. 1 issue of The Star News.
Photo by Matt Frey
Sales consultant Ryan Lemke and owner Beaner Lemke of Medford Motors present
a $4,400 check to Carrie Ewan and Jill Scheithauer of the Rib Lake Athletic Booster
Club to conclude this years Drive 4 UR School fundraising campaign. During Rib
Lakes Ice Age Days weekend, Aug. 8-10, Medford Motors offered free test drives of
Ford vehicles. For each test drive taken, up to a maximum of 300 test drives, Ford
donated $20 to Rib Lakes annual fundraising drive.
Just right
Photo by Matt Frey
Trevor Geiger puts just the right amount of weight on this throw during the fourth
end of Medfords 7-3 win over Portage Friday afternoon. Raiders Noah Jalowitz (l.)
and Dillon Brost are ready to sweep if needed. The boys won their half of the Battle
of the Brooms, while Portage maintained control of the girls broom.
Boys regain the broom; Portage

keeps it in the girls match
The Medford curlers were partially
successful in their quest on Friday to regain the traveling trophies in their annual Battle of the Brooms with Portage.
Playing on home ice at the Medford
Curling Club, the Raider boys continued
to roll through the early portion of their
winter schedule, beating Portage 7-3 in
the varsity match. With the win, Medford
reclaimed the boys broom, which it relinquished last year in a loss at Portage.
The team of John Shear, Dillon Brost,
Trevor Geiger and Noah Jalowitz made
key shots to notch single tallies in each
of the first three ends. Portages skip just
missed his hammer throw at the end of
the fourth end, leaving three scoring
rocks for Medford to make it 6-0. From
there, the Raiders avoided giving up the
big end that Portage needed to get back
into it.
With a 6-4 win over Portages JV team
in the morning match, the Raiders quartet remained unbeaten at 7-0.
The girls team of Josie Brost, Bailey
Feddick, Alyssa Loertscher and Vanessa
Laher wasnt as fortunate. Portage appears to have yet another outstanding
team and the Warriors jumped ahead
early in the girls broom battle, scoring three in each of the first two ends
to build a quick 6-0 lead. A four-spot in
the fourth made it 10-1 and all but ended
what was an eventual 12-3 win in seven

ends. Portage keeps the girls broom for
the fourth straight year.
The girls did dominate Portages JV in
the morning match 11-3 to earn a split.
The JV boys team of Douglas
Schumacher, Alec Shear, Trenton
Geiger and Sam Dake won its matchup
with Portages JV 8-2 and fell 15-0 to
Portages varsity. The JV girls team of
Tonja Firnstahl, Rebecca Smolka, Jori
Brandner and Courtney Sterzinger
lost 7-3 to Portages JV team and 12-2 to
Portages varsity.
The curlers are off until Jan. 6 when
they host Wausau East at the Medford
Curling Club at 3:45 p.m. in varsity and
JV games.
Pool
Medford Womens League
Hacienda, 39 wins, 72 games played; Step N Up,
39, 72; Cindys, 37, 54; Main Street II, 35, 72;
Thirsty Moose, 33, 72; VFW, 32, 72; Main Street I,
24, 72; Gad, 20, 63; Bogeys, 20, 72.
Dec. 18: Step N Up 6, Hacienda 3; Bogeys 6,
Main Street I 3; Thirsty Moose 7, Gad 2; Main
Street II 5, VFW 4.
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Wrestlers get on-mat results, but forfeits hurt in 41-39 loss

The Medford Raiders won six of nine
contested matches, but werent quite
able to overcome four forfeits and three
losses by pin in a 41-39 loss at Antigo in
Thursdays Great Northern Conference
wrestling opener.
The Raiders had a 39-23 lead coming
down the stretch. But two of Medfords
forfeits came late at 195 and 285 pounds
and Josafat Garcia-Morales got a key win
at 220 pounds to push Antigo to victory.
Despite the loss, head coach Tran
Brooks felt the dual meet was a nice step
forward for his young wrestling squad.
We wrestled really well, he said.
I told the kids I was proud of how they
wrestled. Its hard to overcome four forfeits.
Freshman Brad Nelles was Medfords
first winner. In the 113-pound bout, he
got taken down early, but he got a reversal and a pin at 1:53.
That was a big lift for us there,
Brooks said.
Josh Brooks got off to a slow start in
his 126-pound match with Seth Doering.
He picked up his game when he needed
to in the third period and got the pin at
5:18. Preston Carlson took a forfeit at 138

pounds. Tanner Peterson slid into the
152-pound slot and got a key pin overDominic Quartaro in 31 seconds.
Kolten Hanson got a big win for
Medford, taking an 8-7 overtime decision
over Will Dixon in an ultimate tiebreaker at 160 pounds. Hanson was ahead 6-1
but survived a third-period near fall to
extend the match. After a scoreless minute of overtime, the wrestlers exchanged
escapes before Hanson got the winning
escape. Antigo lost a team point following that match due to a coachs conduct
penalty. Hansons win gave Medford a
27-23 lead.
He got thrown at the end but came
back to win in overtime, Brooks said.
Koltens conditioning is so good.
Tucker Peterson bumped up to 170
pounds and needed just 1:35 to pin Noah
Nicholson to make it 33-23. Senior Jacob
Stamos bumped up to 182 pounds and had
to work for his pin. He got it at 5:18 over
Garrett Becerra to give Medford its brief
16-point lead.
It looked for awhile like he wasnt going to get a pin, Brooks said. (Becerra)
kind of clamped in there. But in the third,
Jacob got a reversal and pinned him.
Kenny Krug had a chance to lock up

the team victory at 220 points. He got a
takedown and near fall right off the bat
for a 5-0 lead. Garcia-Morales answered
with a reversal and near fall of his own.
Krugs reversal gave him a 7-4 lead after
one period.
Krug got another point with an escape, but Garcia-Morales caught him and
pinned him in 2:34.
We thought Kenny had him pinned
in the first period, but we didnt get the
call, Brooks said. It was a back and
forth match. He just got caught and taken
down.
Brandon Lucht pinned Medfords
Mickie Gluza in 1:25 at 106 pounds to start
the meet. Garret Balis pinned Raider
Brayden Fultz in 2:26 at 132 pounds.
Medford forfeited to William Hull
at 120 pounds, Michael Keyser at 145
pounds, Marcus Spencer at 195 pounds
and Noah Williams at 285 pounds.
Brooks said while he made sure the
wrestlers knew he was proud of their performances in this meet, hes going to be
looking for better things as the calendar
flips to January.
We need to work on making improvements, Brooks said. There were some
close matches and we got some wins. But

at times we didnt look great. We were
strong here, strong there, but also missed
some things here and missed some
things there. Its December, its the first
few meets of our season. But in January,
we gotta get going. We need to pick it up
even more in January.
Medford will be at the Eau Claire
Holiday Team Tournament on Saturday,
hosted by Eau Claire Memorial at UWEau Claires McPhee Physical Education
Building. Wrestling starts at 9:15 a.m.
The 12-team field will be broken down
into four, three-team pools. Medford is
in a round-robin pool with Maple Grove,
Minn. and Abbotsford-Colby. After
round-robin competition, teams will be
re-pooled into three, four-team brackets.
First-place pool teams will wrestle for
first through fourth place. Second-place
pool teams will wrestle for fifth through
eighth place. Third-place pool teams will
compete for ninth through 12th.
Minnetonka, Minn., Black River Falls
and Eau Claire Memorial are in Pool A
to start the tournament. Eden Prairie,
Minn., Superior and Whitehall are in
Pool C and Tomahawk, Stanley-Boyd and
Madison East are in Pool D.
Nedland wins, Lee 3rd at Arcadia; Wolfpack gets two conference wins
Eric Nedland won the 126-pound title
and five more members of the CornellGilman-Lake Holcombe Wolfpack wrestled in the championship brackets of
their respective weight classes during a
strong sixth-place showing at Saturdays
17-team Arcadia Scramble.
Results in early rounds determined
which final bracket each wrestler was
placed in. The Wolfpack had its fair
share of early success.
Nedland needed to win just one early match to get into the top pool at 126
pounds, and he did that easily by pinning Onalaskas Stephon Allen in 1:54. In
the four-man, round-robin title bracket,
Nedland clinched the title by pinning
Dalton Smith of Stanley-Boyd/Thorp in
5:03, earning a 12-3 major decision over

Independence-Gilmantons Christopher
Warner and by edging Royalls Connor
Gates 11-9 in his last match. Nedlund is
off to a 15-2 start to his season.
Takoda Lee of Gilman used two pins
to earn his spot in the title bracket at 285
pounds. He advanced with a 26-second pin
of Flambeaus Cordel Carlsen and a pin
in 3:19 over Cashtons Brandon Klimek.
A 1-2 finish in the title bracket gave
Lee third place. He pinned Onalaskas
Houston Dorn in 1:28 and got pinned by
Bruces unbeaten Donovan Ralston in
3:14 and by Whitehalls Austin Knopps in
2:52. Lee is 12-5 so far this season.
Spencer Gibson took third at 132
pounds. He got to the title bracket with
a pin in 3:29 over Onalaska Luthers
Tristan Meyer. From there, he won a
wild 12-11 decision over Cashtons Henry

Whitehead and was pinned by Camerons
unbeaten Kal Gerber in 1:16 and by New
Lisbons Bailey Slater in 3:21.
Paul Nedland, Dusty Boehm and Matt
Kostka all finished fourth.
Kostka got to the title pool at 182
pounds by edging Isiah Brown of La
Crosse Aquinas 11-9. He lost a tough 2-1
decision to Austin Burzynski of StanleyBoyd/Thorp before getting pinned by
Flambeaus undefeated Rowdy Kochevar
in 2:58 and New Lisbons 8-1 Justin Giebel
in 3:31. Boehm advanced with two pins in
the 152-pound weight class. He pinned
Christian Raasch of Abbotsford-Colby
in 39 seconds and stuck Ethan Reid of
Aquinas in 3:19. In the title pool, Boehm
was pinned three times, including once
by East Lakeland Conference rival Jarod
Bainter of Flambeau in 4:46.

Paul Nedland was in a 10-man pool at
106 pounds. His opening-round 9-6 win
over Rodrigo Cruz put him in a five-man
pool to decide the top five spots in the
weight class. Nedlund went 1-3 in that
pool, beating Dan Steinfeldt of Luther
9-6. Nedland was pinned twice and lost
by technical fall to Stanley-Boyd/Thorps
Quade Webster.
At 113 pounds, Peyton Bowe finished
fifth out of seven wrestlers. His lone win
of the day was a 48-second pin over New
Lisbons Isaac LaBudda. Micah Raatz
placed 10th at 160 pounds. In his placement pool, he got a pair of pins, sticking Flambeaus Shannon Fye in 2:32 and
Abbotsford-Colbys Brock Halopka in
See WOLFPACK on page 21
Gilman girls handle press but need shots to fall; second-quarter run beats boys
The Eastern Cloverbelt Conference
hasnt been easy on the Gilman girls
basketball team and no place has been
tougher on the Lady Pirates the past four
seasons than Owen-Withee.
The Pirates didnt fully reverse their
bad luck there on Monday, but they
did come away feeling like they accomplished some positive things in a 52-30
loss to the Blackhawks in game two of a
varsity boys-girls doubleheader.
In losing by an average margin of
51 points in this gym the past four seasons, turnovers against full-court pressure and lights-out shooting by the
Blackhawks have killed Gilman. But this
time, Gilman handled the pressure ably
and only trailed by 10 at halftime. The
Pirates just didnt shoot well enough to
stay within striking distance in the final
16 minutes.
Overall, I think were getting better
and working the ball better, head coach
Chris Skabroud said. I was really happy
with the press break. The only thing we
did wrong was take some quick threes
where there were no rebounders. We had
some three-on-twos. We need to finish
that.
Rebounding was the other area that
stood out. Bigger and stronger on the inside, led by senior Hayley Bunnell and
junior Whitney Baehr, the Blackhawks
muscled their way to some key secondchance points that helped them improve
to 6-1 in conference play and 7-2 overall.
Bunnell had 18 points and Baehr added 13
to complement the 19 points scored by allconference guard Stephany Heggemeier.
We didnt box out well enough,
Skabroud said. We gave them eight offensive rebounds in the first half. We got
jump balls on a few of them, but if we box
out that doesnt happen.
Makaylen Skabroud had a solid
night for Gilman, scoring a team-high
11 points, including all six of the teams
points in the third quarter.
After a couple of miscues in the opening minutes, Gilman beat Owen-Withees
zone press by using long passes to open
areas near midcourt. Jumpers by Morgan
Birkenholz and Skabroud kept Gilman
close at 11-6. It was 13-7 after one quarter. A Desire Budzinski steal led to an
offensive putback by Taylor Hendricks
and Kyla Schoene knocked down a long
jumper to pull Gilman within 17-11 midway through the second quarter. The
Blackhawks scored twice, but Gilman
answered with a Skabroud third-chance
hoop and a short Budzinski shot to make
it 21-15. A Bunnell rebound and a score

by Heggemeier off a turnover made it 2515 at the break.
Bunnell took over down low in the
third quarter, scoring nine points. OwenWithee outscored the Pirates 11-6 in the
quarter to extend its lead to 36-21 and finally pushed the bulge to 20 on Bunnells
three-pointer early in the fourth.
Kendall Skabroud and Birkenholz
scored five points apiece for Gilman,
Hendricks finished with four, Budzinski
had three and Schoene finished with two.
Schoene had 10 rebounds, Budzinski
grabbed seven and Makaylen Skabroud
had six. Budzinski had three steals.
Birkenholz and Schoene had two each.
Kendall Skabroud and Birkenholz had
two assists each.
Gilman turned the ball over 19 times
and forced 13 Blackhawk miscues.
Gilman was 10 of 38 on two-point shots
and one of 14 from long range, compared
to 18 of 34 and four of 21 for Owen-Withee.
Overall Im pretty happy, coach
Skabroud said. We just have to put a
few more points on the board. Mack had
a decent shooting night. She kept us in it
a little bit with her shots.
Gilman (0-6, 1-7) is off until Jan. 8
when it travels to Granton.
Tough night for boys

In game one of Mondays doubleheader, Gilman was hanging with the
Blackhawks until a 15-1 blitz just before
halftime created a 20-point deficit that
was too much for the Pirates to overcome
in a 65-40 final.
James Copenhaver shrugged off two
early fouls and had a solid offensive night
with 19 points. But the Pirates couldnt
shake the turnover bug thats been so
prevalent in their first six games.
Owen-Withee used half-court and
three-quarter court traps to disrupt
Gilmans offense. Steals were a key part
of the big run just before halftime.
We seem to panic and thats when we
get a bunch of them, head coach Brian
Pernsteiner said of the miscues. Thats
when games get away from us.
Gilman got early buckets from Colton
Schmitt and Copenhaver and then a
three-pointer from Copenhaver to stay
within 8-7 early. Zach Sonnentags putback made it 11-9 before Owen-Withee
finished the quarter on a 7-0 run.
An Emmit Sherfield steal led to a
transition bucket for Ethan Aldinger
to start the second quarter and Chanse
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Weiss steps down after 17 years with Hawks football

After 34 years of after-school practices, Rib Lakes Kevin Weiss is finally going to see what its like to go home after
school on a fall afternoon.
Weiss has stepped down from his
post as a co-head coach in the Rib LakePrentice football co-op. He spent 17 years
with the program, three as an assistant
coach and 14 as a co-head coach. Before
that, Weiss was Rib Lakes head cross

country coach for 17 years.
Weiss said the decision to resign now
was simply a matter of timing.
I havent lost my passion for it,
Weiss said. The losses of the last couple
years never factored into it. One of the
things that helped my decision is that we
have some good young coaches on board
ready to take the reins. Im confident in
their ability.
Time to tackle something else
Photo by Matt Frey
Kevin Weiss, shown here overseeing tackling drills during a 2013 Hawks football
practice, has left the teams co-head coaching position, a spot he filled for 14 seasons.
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Weiss, a middle school and high school

art teacher at Rib Lake schools, said the
teaching workload continues to keep him
busy as well as work at home. And it was
just time to make a change.
Home obligations played a part, he
said. We have horses and a small farm.
The kids arent around anymore to help
with chores.
Through most of his football coaching
run, Weiss and Jerry Shoup of Prentice
served as co-head coaches. Shoup stepped
down as Prentices co-head coach after
the 2012 season, and Jeremy Brayton
took over. Brayton remains as Prentices
co-head coach.
Brayton and Weiss joined the program as assistants at the same time in
1998 when the program was struggling
to put notches in the win column. That
started to change in 2001 when the Hawks
finished 4-5 in the Marawood Conference
and overall. After going 3-6 the following year, the program finally broke
through in 2003, posting a 6-2 Marawood
Conference and a 7-3 overall mark and
making the playoffs for the first time.
The Hawks lost their first-round
game to Ladysmith that year, but they
reached the programs pinnacle in 2004.
After sneaking into the playoffs with a
4-4 Marawood Conference record and a
5-4 overall mark, the Hawks beat LaonaWabeno, Crandon and Bonduel to reach
the WIAA Division 5 state semifinals.
They fell 48-19 to a powerful Somerset
squad at Eau Claires Carson Park.
In all, the Hawks have made seven
playoff appearances with the last one
coming in 2011.
It does stand out, Weiss said of the
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2004 playoff run. That was an excellent

team. I think the buildup to that year
was just as good. Its almost like how the
anticipation of Christmas is better than
Christmas itself. The building up of the
program was very exciting. And then we
were able to maintain that success for
quite awhile, really up until 2011. Thats
when the populations starting going
down and we just didnt have the numbers of kids.
The Hawks have struggled to a combined record of 6-21 the past three years,
but Weiss said there appears to be more
numbers in the younger grades, which
would give the program a boost if those
kids stick with it.
Weiss said the best part of coaching
has always been working with the players and coaches.
Ill always remember the great relationships with the players and the staff
and really, anybody who contributed to
the program, he said. Everyone did a
good job. Of course, theres always the
memories of the playoff games, the big
wins and all that kind of stuff.
Weiss remembers some of the rough
times of the co-ops infancy when it was
hard to get people from the two communities to mesh. He said that was never a
problem on the coaching staffs and, over
time, it was neat to see the communities
bond as well.
We had great working relationships,
Weiss said of the coaches. Jerry and I
always got along very well. We had the
same principles, the same ideas. Its been
the same with Jeremy Brayton.
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Open shots dont fall, Lakelands size too much in loss

The Medford Raiders gave themselves
enough open shots on Friday night, but
they couldnt knock enough of them
down while dropping a hard-fought 48-39
decision to Lakeland at Raider Hall.
Not only were the Raiders fighting
their own shooting woes, they dealt with
a significant size disadvantage. Lakeland
used its height to wear down the Raiders
and improve to 2-1 in the Great Northern
Conference and 4-3 overall.
It came down to missed free throws
and open shots, Medford head coach
Ron Lien said. We had a lot of great
looks. At halftime I told the guys we had
better shots than they did. We just didnt
make them. In the first half, they were
ahead on the scoreboard, but we played
better than they did.
Indeed, Lakeland pulled ahead 17-16 at
halftime thanks to a late bucket and then
late bonus free throws from 6-4 forward
Andrew McGill. Medford led by as much
as six at 8-2 in the first quarter, thanks to
three-point shots from Ty Wrage and Osy
Ekwueme. Lakeland rallied to tie it at 8-8
by quarters end. Taylor Dunlap scored
the first five points of the second quarter
to put Medford up 13-8. The T-Birds again
tied it. Wrages three-ball gave Medford
a 16-13 lead before McGills four late
points.
The Thunderbirds went to a 1-3-1 zone
late in the first quarter and stuck with
it most of the way. The Raiders moved
the ball fairly well against it, missing
some good looks inside, especially in
the first half. They started the second
half well, getting another three-pointer
from Wrage and an Ekwueme bucket off
a turnover to go up 21-17. They pushed
the lead to six when Dunlap fed Lloyd
Bernatz for a layup.
But an 11-0 T-Bird run changed the

game. Lakelands 6-3 senior forward Joey
Jirikowic swished a long jumper from
the left baseline and McGill scored inside. Tavian Rising-Sun Doud hit a jumper and then a three-pointer and Jirikowic
scored again to give the visitors a 28-23
lead. Dunlap scored off a Trent Klemm
assist to cut the lead to three.
After a timeout, Medford (1-2, 1-4)
got out of its 1-3-1 zone that Lakeland
was starting to pick apart and tried to
match up man to man. The Raiders got
two quick turnovers, leading to a Dunlap
steal and score and Dunlap score off a
Garrett Strebig steal to pull within 3029. But, the Thunderbirds smartly used
their size to bully the smaller Raiders in
the paint in the fourth quarter. Ekwueme
fouled out with 7:06 left in the game and
Bernatz fouled out at the 5:14 mark, enhancing Medfords match-up problems.
The Raiders trailed 31-29 to start
the fourth and pulled within 33-31 on a
Dunlap pull-up jumper with 6:20 to go.
Wrages triple at the 3:16 mark made it
38-34 and Strebigs triple with 2:03 made
it a one-possession game at 40-37. But
free throws by Rising Sun-Doud and
Jirikowic opened up a nine-point lead
with just under a minute to go and put it
away.
With his four three-pointers, Wrage
led Medford in scoring with 14 points.
Dunlap had 13 and Ekwueme and Strebig
finished with five apiece. Bernatz had
two.
I was really happy with our guys,
Lien said.
McGill led three T-Birds in double figures with 13 points. Rising Sun-Doud and
Jirikowic added 10 apiece.
Medford was scheduled to play a nonconference game at Ashland Tuesday,
after The Star News early holiday dead-
line this week. The Raiders will host the

Phillips Loggers at 3:30 p.m. this coming
Taking them on
Tuesday in game two of Medfords Hall of

Fame Day festivities.
Photo by Matt Frey
Medford guard Garrett Strebig challenges Lakeland forwards Andrew McGill (44)
and Levi Herrick in the lane during the second half of Fridays 48-39 loss.
Medfords furious fourth-quarter rally comes up short in 59-51 loss

The Medford Raiders nearly overcame
three poor quarters with one good one on
Friday, but a 22-point deficit wound up
being too much to overcome in a 59-51
girls basketball loss at Lakeland.
The Raiders were down 50-30 after
three quarters and gave up the first basket of the fourth quarter before staging
Youth girls hoops on

January Sundays
Coaches and players of the Medford
Area Senior High girls basketball team
will be offering a Sunday afternoon
program for girls in kindergarten
through fourth grade this winter.
Two separate divisions will be offered, one for kindergarten through
second graders and the other for third
and fourth grade girls.
The camps will be held on each
Sunday in January. The dates are
Jan. 4, 11, 18 and 25. The kindergarten through second graders will meet
from 1 to 2 p.m., while the older group
meets from 2:15 to 3:30 p.m. All sessions will be held at the Medford Area
Elementary School.
The camps will focus on teaching
basketball fundamentals. Players and
coaches from the girls varsity team
will provide instruction to participants.
For more information or to register for the program, contact Scott
Wildberg at 715-965-1600.
a stunning rally that pulled them within

three with still well over a minute to
play. But they couldnt quite finish what
they started and fell to 1-3 in the Great
Northern Conference and 1-4 overall.
Medford head coach Scott Wildberg
said the slow starts the Raiders have gotten off to have been puzzling. In this one,
the Raiders didnt put up much defensive
resistance until the fourth quarter and
they committed 29 turnovers, ruining
about 40 percent of their offensive possessions.
We had absolutely no energy,
Wildberg said. We didnt communicate
and let them execute their offense. We let
them get to their spots. We didnt make
them work to get what they wanted. Its
frustrating because I know we can play
much better.
To Lakelands credit, the T-Birds hit
the shots they were given in the early
going. The Schuman sisters were big factors in the first quarter. Lilith, a 5-6 sophomore guard, knocked down a pair of
three-point shots and scored eight points.
Elissa, a 5-3 junior guard, hit two more
long-range bombs as Lakeland roared
out to a 20-11 lead.
The four three-pointers were the
hard ones to swallow, Wildberg said.
Then again, we were a little slow getting
out on their shooters and they knocked
them down.
The Raiders, Wildberg said, missed
about eight points worth of layups in the
quarter for the second straight game.
Jenice Clausnitzer, however, drained a
pair of three-pointers to keep Medford
within striking distance.
The second quarter was costly as
Lakeland went on a 15-6 run to open up a
35-17 halftime lead.

any team, much less a Lakeland squad
After giving up the first bucket in the that is off to a 6-1 start.
fourth quarter, Medford finally found a
Clausnitzer finished with a seasonspark.
high 10 points. Kendal Laher added eight
Energy made the difference, points, all in the second half. Hailee
Wildberg said. Jenice got a couple of Clausnitzer scored six points. Kummer,
steals that gave us some life. It was like Bergman and Mandi Baker scored three
after that, we just said we can do this. apiece. Callie Thomsen added a secondJen Stolp had a good fourth quarter. She quarter bucket.
took the ball to the basket hard and had
Lilith Schuman finished with a game10 points in the quarter.
high 26 points. Clara Schroeder added
Stolp finished with 16 points.
nine and Sarae LaBarge had eight for the
The Raiders got four fourth-quarter T-Birds, who are 3-1 in conference play.
points from Clausnitzer, a three-pointMedford was scheduled to play a noner from Lakyn Kummer and three free conference game at Ashland Tuesday,
throws from Abbie Bergman to make after The Star News early holiday deadthe Thunderbirds and their fans sweat line this week. The Raiders will host the
out the final minutes. The Raiders got to Menomonie Mustangs at 1 p.m. this comwithin three points and missed a three- ing Tuesday in game one of Medfords
point shot and a shot at an open layup. Hall of Fame Day festivities.
After dodging those bullets, Lakeland was able to
close it out.
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started
playing
really
well, Wildberg said of the
fourth quarter. We started slowing down their cutters. We rattled them in the
backcourt a little bit. We
forced them into some poor
shot selection. They only
made two field goals in the
fourth quarter and five of
nine free throws. We created some tempo.
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SPORTS SECTION
Sonnentags 17 leads
Pirates past Granton, 62-46
The Gilman Pirates boys basketball
team got off to a blazing start and built a
lead that proved insurmountable in their
win on Friday night against the visiting
Granton Bulldogs. The win was the first
for the Pirates in Cloverbelt play this
season and their second overall.
Gilman came out firing in the first
quarter and poured in 29 points in the
opening eight minutes. Zach Sonnentag
scored 10 himself, Chanse Rosemeyer
knocked down two three-pointers en
route to eight more, and Ethan Aldinger
added five in the offensive explosion. The
Bulldogs couldnt match the furious pace
of the Pirates early on and only mustered
12 in the first frame.
The guys came out fast and we had
success in our half-court offense. We
were hitting our free throws and keeping
the pressure on the other team, head
coach Brian Pernsteiner said.
The Pirates cooled off in the second,
but were still able to fend off the Bulldogs
counterattack. James Copenhaver carried the offense, scoring seven of the
teams nine in the second quarter.
Grantons Max Opelt scored four as the
Bulldogs notched eight points in the

quarter. Gilman held a 38-20 lead going
into halftime.
Both teams battled to a 7-7 draw in the
third quarter. Ethan Aldinger knocked
down a three to lead the Pirates in the
quarter while Grantons Mike Meddaugh
answered with a three of his own.
The Pirates offense found its rhythm
again in the fourth quarter and shut the
door on any hopes the Bulldogs had of a
comeback. Aldinger scored six, including making three-of-four free throws,
while Copenhaver chipped in five points
as Grantons Austin Naedler drilled two
treys to keep the Bulldogs within 20, but
it would not be enough as the Pirates
claimed the 62-46 victory.
Opelt led the Bulldogs in scoring with
13. Meddaugh scored 12 and Naedler had
nine points in the loss. Granton finished
four-of-13 from the free throw line and
made four three-point field goals.
Four Pirates scored in double digits
in the victory. Sonnentags 17 paced the
squad, Aldinger scored 16, Copenhaver
had 11, and Rosemeyer added 10. Colton
Schmitt scored six in addition to a strong
See GILMAN on page 22
Conference win
Photo by Bryan Wegter
Gilman guard James Copenhaver attempts to regain his balance after dribbling around a Granton defender in the fourth quarter of the Pirates 62-46 victory.
Copenhaver scored 11 points in the win.
Solid first period isnt nearly enough

against powerful Northern Edge
We got one
Photo by Matt Frey
Medfords Carlye Baker (l.) and Sienna Demulling are all smiles after Bakers goal
ties Thursdays game against the Northern Edge at 1-1 in the first period. The Northern
Edge was too strong offensively, though, and rolled to an 11-4 win.
The Medford Raiders showed some

early spark Thursday, generating some
offense and playing solid defense against
the powerful Northern Edge squad from
Rhinelander-Antigo-Three Lakes.
But a five-goal avalanche in the second period put the game out of reach, giving the visitors an 11-4 Great Northern
Conference girls hockey victory.
Lauren Smith was unstoppable, scoring a Northern Edge record six goals.
Katie Detert added a hat trick for the
victors as those two created a one-two
punch that took advantage of any opening Medford gave them.
They have two girls who you can tell
have skated together, Medford coach
Sarah Markham said after the Raiders
dropped to 0-5. One will pass to the other
and know right where she is.
Smith, a tall, strong defenseman from
Antigo, had her hat trick by the end of
the first period. But the Raiders got goals
from Carlye Baker and Sienna Demulling
while trying to keep up.
Smiths first goal came at the 2:53
mark, assisted by Gabbe Millot. Baker
answered that goal just 45 seconds later

as she and Katy Branstetter led a push
into the Edges defensive zone. Baker
slapped home a rebound off a Branstetter
shot to tie it.
It stayed 1-1 for almost eight minutes.
Smith broke the tie at 11:43, firing off a
wrister from the blue line for a powerplay goal. Detert and Lindsey Steger had
the assists. Medfords starting goalie
Emily Lybert deflected a shot by Detert
at the 12:11 mark, but the puck trickled to
Steger, who put it in to make it 3-1. Smith
rebounded her own shot 47 seconds later.
Demulling got her goal at 14:49. On a
solo charge toward the net, she flicked a
shot that beat Northern Edge goalie Shea
Petersen on the stick side to cut the lead
in half at 4-2.
We started the game out stronger
than I think weve started any game,
Markham said. Usually the first period
is our hardest. I thought it was an amazing first period. Everybody was playing
their positions.
The Edge, though, took over in the
second period. Good passing led to a pow-
See GIRLS HOCKEY on page 23

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December 25, 2014

SERVING T AYLOR COUNTY SINCE 1875

Players, coaches among the eight to

by Sports Editor Matt Frey

Kiwanis Club awards

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The eight newest members of Medford Area Senior

See HALL OF FAME on page 5

Field upgrades could be game changer

er Club (ASBC) this fall. The school districts

by Reporter Mark Berglund

Its not just about

The Medford Area School Board got its first

athletic teams and

tract with Rettler Corporation of Stevens Point

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New bank building open

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Randy Bergman named rural administrator of the year

Randy Bergman (left) receives a plaque

Bergman has distinguished himself as

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Booster club proposes stadium upgrades; looks for board support

The Pig Roast was a huge success with great

Athletic Improvement Committee, is concerned about

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