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Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Elk Mound director of public
works retires after 39 years
By LeAnn R. Ralph
ELK MOUND — When Terry Stamm started working in
Elk Mound as the chief of police
on January 1, 1976, he never
thought he would be working in
the village for the next 39 years.
And since he started out as the
police chief, he also never thought
he would end up as the director of
public works.
Stamm officially retired in December as Elk Mound’s director
of public works, although he had
been working toward that goal
for two years providing training for the new director of public
works, Mark Levra.
All those years ago, at the
same time Stamm was working
as the police chief in Elk Mound,
he worked as the assistant superintendent for the utilities.
Stamm is originally from
Modena in Buffalo County. He attended the police academy in Eau
Claire and graduated in 1976.
“At that time, the superintendent was getting ready to retire.
They asked me if I wanted to stay
as police chief or did I want to go
as the director of public works, a
new position,” he said.
Stamm worked as the police
chief for ten years.
“In my time as police chief, I’d
had five deceased people through
domestics, shootings, car accidents. I had five in the first six
years. I figured I’d seen enough.
The car accident was a personal
friend. I responded, and he died
several minutes after I got there.
I thought I’d seen enough of that.
I had an interest in the other area,
39 YEARS — After working
in Elk Mound for 39 years — ten
years as chief of police and 29
years as the director of public
works — Terry Stamm officially
retired at the end of December.
—photo by LeAnn R. Ralph
though. I had a strong interest in
the public works,” Stamm said.
“I helped train the new police
chief, and then I changed roles
and became the director of public
works,” he said.
In one of those interesting turn
of events that seem to occur from
time to time, the new police chief
Stamm trained was Mike Tietz.
The same Mike Tietz who is now
working in Elk Mound again as
the assistant police chief after
retiring from the Dunn County
Sheriff ’s Department.
“It was interesting times. We
had a lot of things going on in
the 1970s. Then there was the
tornado in 1980. It was big. I
slept on this table (in the meeting
room of the village hall) for two
nights because we didn’t have
any communications. The power
was out. I wanted people to have
someplace to come to if they had
an emergency. It worked out well.
We finally got some generators
into town,” Stamm said.
Getting tired
Unlike today, when people
are required to obtain different
kinds of training and certifications to do certain jobs, 40 years
ago, village board members took
on much of the work in the village
themselves.
So, as you might imagine, the
reason that the Elk Mound Village Board decided to hire a director of public works is — they
were getting tired.
“At that time, we had an old
truck. The board members had
been doing the work, and they
just got tired of it. They were getting so many complaints because
they couldn’t be consistent. They
couldn’t come and plow (snow)
until they got home at night from
work. That was the final straw
that broke the camel’s back.
There were potholes eight and
nine inches deep on University
Street. They said we needed to
hire somebody,” Stamm said.
He has fond memories — well,
maybe not quite so fond — of the
old truck that was in service then.
“That truck was so old and broken down, at times, I had to have
the clerk drive it, and I would
throw the sand out,” Stamm recalled.
Retirement
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UW system and local control of sand
mines topics for Harsdorf listening session
By LeAnn R. Ralph
MENOMONIE
— Funding
for the University of Wisconsin
system and maintaining local
control of frac sand mines were
two prominent topics constituents discussed with state Senator Sheila Harsdorf at a listening
session January 29.
About 20 people attended
Senator Harsdorf ’s listening session at the Dunn County Judicial
Center.
Senator Harsdorf (R-River
Falls) represents the state’s 10th
Senate District, which covers the
28th, 29th and 30th Assembly
Districts — all of St. Croix County and portions of Burnett, Dunn,
Pierce and Polk Counties.
Governor Scott Walker’s proposed decrease in state funding
to the University of Wisconsin
System of $300 million over the
next two years is a “second Act
10” aimed at UW employees, said
Terry Nichols, a Town of Colfax
resident and a retired employee
of UW-Stout.
Nichols said he takes offense
at the governor’s characterization of public employees as the
“haves” and pitting the “haves”
against the “have nots.”
“The wound has not healed,
and the governor broke it open
again,” Nichols said.
Details of the governor’s proposal are expected to be included
in the state budget.
The 13 percent reduction in
state aid, which amounts to $300
million over two years, is reported to be the largest cut in funding
in the history of the UW system.
The governor’s proposal also
includes moving the UW system
from being under the control of
state Legislature to being under
the control of a public authority,
giving the UW system more autonomy.
Senator Harsdorf said that
giving the UW system more autonomy would provide the flexibility and “the tools” to deal with
the $300 million reduction in
state aid.
Senator Harsdorf said she advocates for greater flexibility to
allow the campuses to manage
their operations.
“I believe it has merit longterm,” Harsdorf said.
At this point, it is not clear
what increased flexibility to manage operations means, but news
reports have suggested it could
include delaying maintenance
and decreasing faculty and staff.
Governor Walker has gone on
record saying that university professors should work harder and
teach more classes.
Kathy Stahl, a Town of Colfax resident and the former host
of Spectrum West on Wisconsin
Public Radio, said the $300 million reduction in state aid is only
one decrease for the UW system.
“It has been cuts time after
time,” she said.
Morale on University of Wisconsin campuses “has been hugely hurt,” Stahl said.
“We have already cut out the
excess. I fear we will now be losing quality (faculty and staff),”
she said.
“I am aware we will be losing
good faculty,” Senator Harsdorf
said, adding that the Legislature
must hold the UW system accountable.
The increased autonomy will
give the UW system long-term
flexibility to manage the payroll,
she said.
Local control
Stahl also said she was concerned that the issue of removing local control of the frac sand
mines would be a provision
tacked onto the budget.
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Local control is a policy issue
and not a budget issue, Stahl
said, and asked Senator Harsdorf
not to vote in favor of removing
local control.
Stahl said she respects landowners’ rights to use their property but that sand mines “go beyond their boundaries.”
All counties in the state have
different environments and different needs, so a central set of
regulations from the state would
not take those differences into account, she said.
Jerry Lausted, a farmer in the
Town of Red Cedar and the Town
of Tainter, said he, too, was deeply concerned about the loss of local control.
Two bills were introduced by
Senator Tom Tiffany last year
undermining local control of the
sand mines, he said.
The extraction industry wants
to be able to move from section to
section and expand the acreage of
the sand mine with no new regulations, Lausted said.
Being able to expand with no
new regulations is known as the
diminishing assets rule.
According to an analysis by
the Legislative Reference Bureau
of one of Senator Tiffany’s bills
regarding diminishing assets, a
zoning ordinance that is adopted
after a nonmetallic mining operation has started cannot apply to land that is contiguous to
a nonmetallic mining operation
that is under the control or common ownership of the person who
owns or controls the land where
the mining is occurring, even if
non-metallic mining is not taking
place on the contiguous property
at the time the new ordinance is
adopted.
Harsdorf
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ALTHOUGH it was a little windy outside, temperatures were around 30 degrees Jan. 29, allowing
children from the Colfax Head Start program along with teachers and parents to do some sliding down
the hill at Iverson Park. —photo by M. Kruger
Colfax woman pleads guilty to 3 felonies —
8 felonies and 3 misdemeanors dismissed
By LeAnn R. Ralph
COLFAX — A Colfax woman
whose house was the target of
an arson last May has pleaded
guilty to three felony drug and
bail jumping charges in Dunn
County while eight other felonies
and three misdemeanors were
dismissed.
Katie E. Bundy, 36, appeared
in Dunn County Circuit Court for
a plea hearing January 26.
All together, Bundy has been
charged with 43 drug or bail
jumping felonies in Dunn, Chippewa and Eau Claire counties.
Judge Rod Smeltzer accepted
Bundy’s guilty pleas for the felony charges of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud, bail
jumping and possession of methamphetamine.
Judge Smeltzer dismissed
charges of one felony count of
misappropriating an identification to obtain money, six felony
charges of bail jumping, and one
felony count of possessing narcotics.
In addition, Judge Smeltzer
dismissed five misdemeanor
charges: two counts of retail
theft, two counts of possessing
marijuana and one count of possessing drug paraphernalia.
Bundy also is charged with ten
other felonies in Dunn County:
possession of methamphetamine;
possession of drug paraphernalia to manufacture methamphetamine; and eight felony bail
jumping charges.
A 30-minute preliminary hearing is scheduled in Dunn County
Circuit Court on March 3 for the
ten latest felony charges.
Bail in Dunn County for the
ten felonies was set at $3,000
cash on January 14.
Bundy was in custody at the
time of the January 26 hearing,
and her attorney, T. Gregory
Amann, requested that the bail
be reduced because Bundy said
she wanted to get into treatment,
to do testing and to visit her children.
Dunn County District Attorney
Andrea Nodolf argued against reducing the bail amount.
Amann said he believes Bundy
is motivated.
Judge Smeltzer denied the request to reduce the $3,000 cash
bail.
A sentencing hearing is scheduled in Dunn County Circuit
Court April 6 on the three felonies for which Bundy pleaded
guilty.
During the January 26 court
hearing, Judge Smeltzer ordered
a pre-sentence investigation.
Forty-four year-old Beth Mittelstadt is accused of setting fire
to Bundy’s house at 511 East
Third Avenue in Colfax last May.
According to Dunn County
Sheriff ’s Department investigators, Mittelstadt said she was at
Bundy’s house on Third Avenue
that evening in May of 2014 to
buy methamphetamine from
Bundy but denied having anything to do with setting the fire.
Eau Claire
In Eau Claire County, Bundy
is charged with 16 felonies: delivery of methamphetamine, possession of narcotic drugs, identity
theft for financial gain, and 13
felony counts of bail jumping.
Misdemeanor charges in Eau
Claire County against Bundy include retail theft, obstructing an
officer, possession of a controlled
substance, possessing drug paraphernalia and obtaining prescription drugs with a false order.
A court hearing on the Eau
Claire County cases is scheduled
for February 4.
Chippewa
In Chippewa County, Bundy
is charged with five felonies: obtaining a controlled substance by
fraud; misappropriating ID information to obtain money; forgery;
cashing a forged check; and bail
jumping.
A February 24 court hearing
has been set in Chippewa County.
Colfax approves ‘E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial’
for February movie in auditorium
By LeAnn R. Ralph
COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has given its blessing
to the Colfax Commercial Club
to show “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” February 21 in the Colfax
Municipal Building Auditorium.
The village board approved
the Colfax Commercial Club’s application to use the auditorium at
the January 26 meeting and also
agreed to waive the rental fee.
Admission to the movie will be
$2.
The Colfax Commercial Club
asked Facebook friends and faceto-face friends which movie they
would like to see in February, and
“E.T.” gathered the most votes.
The Colfax Commercial Club
will be showing the Steven Spielberg movie through a licensing
agreement with Swank Motion
Pictures out of St. Louis, Missouri.
“E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial”
is the sci-fi adventure story of a
young boy named Elliott (Henry
Thomas) who lives with his single mother (Dee Wallace) and an
older brother (Robert McNaugh-
ton) and a younger sister (Drew
Barrymore).
One day while he is in the
backyard, Elliott senses something in the woods is watching
him.
An alien spacecraft on a scientific mission has accidentally left
behind a botanist who now does
not know how to get home.
Eventually, while Elliott is trying to keep E.T. safe and to help
him find a way home, he discovers the space alien can communicate telepathically with him.
According to information on
the Swank Motion Pictures website, Spielberg released the revised edition of the 1982 movie
in 2002. The revised version restored some scenes which had
been deleted and includes digitally refurbished special effects.
The synopsis on the Swank
website describes E.T. as “perhaps the least-threatening alien
invader to ever hit a movie
screen.”
Those who have watched the
movie will remember the scene
when E.T. figures out how to com-
municate with words and says,
“E.T. phone home.”
The mission of the Colfax
Commercial Club is to promote
a sense of community through a
variety of activities and to promote Colfax as a place to “shop
local” and “dine local.”
Funds raised by the Colfax
Commercial Club will be used
to implement some of the recommendations from the Power
of 10 Placemaking report developed several years ago through
a workshop with local business
owners, residents and public officials.
The Colfax Commercial Club
has already ordered and has taken delivery on way-finding signs
for the village and has plans to
order park benches and bicycle
racks this spring.
24-7 Telcom out of Menomonie
has pledged to be the title sponsor of the February movie.
“E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial”
will be shown in the Colfax Municipal Building auditorium on
Saturday, February 21, at 7 p.m.
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Wednesday, February 4, 2015
February 2nd deadline set for Ziebell property clean-up
By LeAnn R. Ralph
COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board set a deadline of February 2 for final cleanup of the
Eugene Ziebell property on High
Street.
Colfax Police Chief Bill Anderson told the Colfax Village Board
at the January 26 meeting that
he’d had contact with the village’s
attorney about the abatement
process for the Ziebell property.
Since progress has been made
on cleaning up the property, the
attorney is waiting to hear from
the village board about whether
to proceed with the abatement
process, Police Chief Anderson
said.
The abatement process could
include a court order instructing
Ziebell to clean up his property.
The Colfax Village Board approved the abatement process
for the property on September 22
and again on November 13.
At issue for the Ziebell property are the complaints of neighbors concerning piles of lumber
and trash, junk vehicles and a
yard that was not kept mowed
during the summer.
The village board is proceeding
with the abatement process under Section 8-1-8 of the village’s
ordinances relating to unhealthy,
hazardous or unsightly materials
on public or private property.
Following the September 22
Colfax Village Board meeting,
Colfax Police Chief Bill Anderson
sent a letter to Ziebell informing
him that he is in violation of the
ordinance and that he had 30
days “to remove the unhealthy,
hazardous, unsightly materials
from the exterior of your property.
This includes all refuse/rubbish/
waste, inoperable and dilapidated equipment and/or machines,
vehicles, tarps, woodpiles, as well
as any other items on the exterior
of the property considered to be
in violation of this ordinance.”
The letter goes on to say, “If
this notice is not adhered to, and
the above mentioned property
not abated by October 22, 2014,
you could be subject to daily
fines until the property is taken
care of. Also, the village of Colfax
will remove the property mentioned and the cost of this will be
charged to you.”
A little progress
Sally Johnson and Dave Wolff,
both neighbors of the Ziebell
property, attended the January
26 meeting to say that while some
progress has been made on cleaning up the property, not enough
has been done.
Johnson and Wolff brought
pictures with them of what they
see when they look at the Ziebell
property.
“It hasn’t been remedied,”
Wolff said, noting that while
progress had been made last fall,
not much had been done recently.
Wolf says he understands that
Ziebell has health issues, “but I
could not get fair market value
for my house (now) if I wanted to
sell it.”
Ziebell told the village board
he had hired a handyman to help
him clean up the yard.
The pictures, Johnson noted,
had been taken January 19 and
show piles of rotting wood and
other refuse.
Scott Gunnufson, village president, wondered if Ziebell would
have hired a handyman if the village board had not pressed the
issue about cleaning up the yard.
“It is getting done,” Ziebell
said.
“There is still quite a lot of
junk that needs to be hauled
out,” said Village Trustee Beverly Schauer after looking at the
pictures Johnson and Wolff had
provided.
None of the deadlines set by
the village board have been met,
Wolff said, pointing out the village board has purchased land
for a residential development and
Letter to the Editor
To the Editor:
The sand mine industry divides communities. The few who
take their money in secret do
damage to the scenic beauty and
peace of mind in the whole area.
Neighbors once friendly are tense
or formal. Friends and families
fight. Is it all worth it? Is it fair
that a few people get to change
an area into an industrial site
with all the noise, traffic, and pol-
lution that comes with it?
Changing Colfax into a mining
zone would kill the town. Take a
drive to New Auburn, Almena, or
Independence to see the corrosive
damage to an entire community.
I’d love to have a sand mine
salesman come up our driveway.
I’d tell him where to go.
Hjordis Olson
Colfax, Wisconsin
wants the village to expand but
that no one will want to move to
Colfax if the town does not look
attractive.
Johnson said she, too, would
not be able to get fair market
value for her house if she wanted
to sell it.
A van that had not been driven in a number of years has been
removed from the property, but
Johnson noted the vehicle had
sat there so long on the driveway,
the wheels had left deep ruts.
Rat traps
After the clean-up began,
Johnson, fearing there were rats
on the Ziebell property, said she
had hired someone to set rat
traps on her property and that
eight rats had been caught.
“I don’t think it’s fair to Dave
and I,” she said.
If the items on the Ziebell
property were stored in a shed, it
would be “no problem,” but when
it is all outside, “it’s an eyesore,”
Wolff said.
Gunnufson suggested Police
Chief Anderson could use surveyor’s tape to mark the items
that should be hauled away so
Ziebell’s handyman could finish
cleaning up the yard.
“Let’s get to that last piece,” he
said.
Wolff said the problem with
Ziebell’s yard has been going
on for 20 years, although Police
Chief Anderson pointed out that
more progress has been made in
the last six months than in the
past 20 years.
Court order
If the situation gets to the
point where the village’s attorney
is involved and it is necessary to
obtain a court order, all of the
associated fees will be Ziebell’s
responsibility and will be put on
the property taxes, Gunnufson
said.
“If it goes to court, all the costs
go to you, Eugene. The faster you
get it done, the better,” Police
Chief Anderson said.
Gunnufson suggested that
Police Chief Anderson take pictures of the tagged items, and if
the tagged items are still there
on Monday, the village’s attorney
should be contacted.
“This is literally the last time I
want to see this item on the agenda,” Gunnufson said.
The village board is not, however, singling out Ziebell, he said.
“We will be going around the
village to enforce (the ordinance)
with other junk properties,” Gunnufson said.
“On Monday, if the tagged
items are still there, the Chief
will tell the attorney to go ahead
with the abatement,” he said.
Gunnufson noted that the only
other time the Ziebell property
would be on the agenda after this
would be to approve the final release of the abatement process.
The Colfax Village Board
unanimously approved a motion
directing Police Chief Anderson
to work with Ziebell’s handyman
to tag items and have them removed from the property by the
morning of February 2.
Village President Gunnufson
and Village Trustees Schauer,
Mark Halpin and Jeremy Klukas
voted in favor of the motion.
Village Trustees Susan Olson,
Carey Davis and Annie Schieber
were absent from the meeting.
Larry Peterson is the owner
of the new Begga-Town Antiques
and Collectables shop located
next to the laundromat on East
River Street.
35 years ago
February 7, 1980
Because of the rash of destruction due to vandalism at the Colfax Area Shooting Range which
is owned by Dunn County, a $25
reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest and
conviction of anyone doing damage to the range.
As an individual and and as
a director of Energy Resource
Group, Steve Scoll of Rt. 1 Colfax
is working to provide local people
with technical assistance on research and development of renewable resource fuels, primarily
using alcohol.
50 years ago
February 11, 1965
A son, Orville LeRoy, was born
MESSENGER
What will sand or gravel mine
sites look like when they are exhausted? That question, along
with state and local standards
guiding the local mining industry
will be discussed at a program of
the Chippewa Valley Sierra Club,
at 7:30 PM Wednesday, Feb. 4,
at the Unitarian Universalist
Church in Eau Claire.
Chippewa County’s Dan Masterpole supervises the non-metallic mine reclamation process
in Chippewa County on behalf
of the county and state. He’ll explain what the state standards
require, and how local county
land conservation agencies work
with the mining companies up
front to make sure the process
works as required.
Zeroing in on the burgeoning
local sand industry, he’ll give an
overview of how the state standards affect the sand mine sites,
and discuss the experiences to
date and lessons learned. He’ll
also describe a mine reclamation
and research study being conducted in Chippewa County.
Masterpole is the Chippewa
County Conservationist and Director of the Chippewa County
Dept. of Land Conservation and
Forest Management.
There is no fee for the presentation which is open to the public. The Unitarian Universalist
Church is at 421 S. Farwell St. in
Eau Claire. For more information
contact Paul Hoff, 715-834-5418,
or [email protected].
to Mr. and Mrs. Orville Larson of
Eau Claire, Feb. 3.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Barum
(Ethel Parker) celebrated 50
years of marriage with an open
house at Big Elk Creek Lutheran
Church Feb. 7.
Top speakers in the Dunn
County Soil and Water Conservation speaking contest from Colfax are Jean Rice, Jim Gullick
and Sharon Gotliebson. Rice also
earned first place at the district
contest in Eau Claire.
65 years ago
February 2, 1950
Gerald Myhre of Elk Mound
has something of a record for
large eggs from the heavy breed
white rock chicken. Myhre’s egg
measured 7 ½ inches around the
short way and 8 ½ inches around
the long way.
Manager Andy Cohen of the
Eau Claire Bears will be the
guest speaker at the base ball
pep meeting at the High School
next Monday night.
Ten little girls were entertained at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Larson in honor
of the seventh birthday of their
daughter, Sandra.
100 years ago
February 12, 1915
At the Irish Catholic Church
in Chippewa Fall on Feb. 8, occurred the marriage of Mr. Peter Ozanich to Mrs. Anna Hager,
both of Colfax.
The ski tournament at the
Gunderson Hill last Sunday afternoon was largely attended
and some very good jumps were
recorded, Odin Fjelsted making
the record jump of 91 feet, while
Clarence Kinney made a record of
78 feet in the boys’ class.
Paul and Rosenderg are laying plans to build an auto garage
on their lot at the corner of River and Pine streets next spring,
which if erected, will be a credit
to our town.
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MORE DEBT!
I was reading the St. Paul Pioneer Press newspaper Monday morning, the front-page story was about President Obama’s new budget
proposal. It calls for up to six trillion dollars of new debt, new taxes.
I could only wonder who is going to pay off that enormous debt and
what the annual cost of interest will be on a debt that is near $25 trillion. Not only will your grandchildren, but your great-grandchildren
and so on will have to find some way to face that challenge. I only hope
that the Republican-controlled Congress will bounce that budget idea
right down into the sewer.
I would like to touch on a couple of other items that crossed my
desk this past week.
First is that 2014 was not so hot of a year, satellites confirm. Climate
scientist Roy Spencer, PhD who is a climate scientist with impeccable
credentials, says that 2014 was not close to being the warmest year
since 1979 when satellites first started collecting data. Instead, satellites show 1998 and perhaps 2010 as having that distinction. Spencer
concluded, “Abundant evidence that it was just as warm 1,000 and
2,000 years ago as it is today.”
In a news release from the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, it was indicated that as the February 15 deadline to sign
up approaches, HHS is encouraging Wisconsin consumers to check
out their options for quality affordable coverage through the Health
Insurance Marketplace. As of January 16, 177,157 Wisconsin consumers selected or were reenrolled in Marketplace coverage, according to
the news release.
Of those that selected a plan, 90 percent got financial assistance; 30
percent were under 35 years of age with 66 percent reenrolled.
Of those 177,157 Wisconsinites that enrolled, 125 had Glenwood
City Zip Code addresses of 54013, 124 with Boyceville Zip Code of
54725. Colfax had 192, Elk Mound 195 and Wilson with 88. Amery
had 354. Communities with less than 50 enrollees were not listed on
the HHS web site. Wisconsin, with a population of over 5.4 million,
has just over three percent enrolled in healthcare marketplace.
I watched the Super Bowl game, which I figured would be won by
Seattle, but again I was mistaken. But the gang style street fighting
was one of the highlights of the game. It’s like going to a car race just
to see an accident.
Thanks for reading!— Carlton
State and local mine reclamation
standards to be explained
Out of the Past
10 years ago
February 2, 2005
Dunn County’s sheriff ’s department is asking for the public’s help in gaining information
concerning a drive-by shooting
at a sheriff ’s department officer’s
home early in the morning on
Jan. 27.
January Students of the Week
chosen by the Colfax High School
student council were Taryn Hover, Chelsea Paul and Cameron
Knutson.
25 years ago
February 8, 1990
Chosen by a vote of students,
Lee Roy Borofka and Vicki Johnson were crowned the Winter
Carnival king and queen for Colfax High School.
Dick Toycen received a pin
from the U.S. Postal Service commemorating 30 years of government service as a rural mail carrier.
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FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS
Healthy screen use for families with toddlers
In most American households,
screens now outnumber family
members. Smartphones, tablets,
laptops and televisions are part
of everyday life for many families
and children. With screen media
playing a bigger role in our lives,
how can parents know how much,
and what kind of screen time, is
healthy for their young children?
Recently, a team of University
of Wisconsin-Extension Family
Living educators worked with Dr.
Heather Kirkorian of the UWMadison Human Development
and Family Studies department
to learn more about the ways
that screen media affect toddlers.
Kirkorian notes that while
limiting screen time for toddlers
is important, families can have
positive interactions around
screens, too. “Young children need
interactions with real people and
3D objects to learn language and
meet other developmental milestones,” says Kirkorian, “However, parents do not need to completely avoid screen time. There
are positive, intentional ways to
interact with your toddler around
screens.”
Kirkorian shared the following suggestions from the national
group Zero to Three (http://www.
zerotothree.org) on ways parents
can positively incorporate screen
time into their toddler’s life.
Merry Mixers to
meet February 5
COLFAX — The Colfax Merry Mixers Senior Citizens will
hold their regular meeting at 2
p.m. Thursday, February 5, at
the Grapevine Senior Center on
Main Street in Colfax.
Nancy Jo Schindler will present a musical program.
Servers for January are Iylah
Morning and Marion Nichols.
All are welcome to attend our
activities.
Birth
Natalie Rae McCue
John and Teresa McCue of
Hayward are proud to announce
the arrival of their daughter,
Natalie Rae McCue.
Natalie was born on November 17, 2014 and welcomed home
to her forever family on November 19, 2014.
Proud family members include big brother, Jace McCue;
grandparents Rodney and Nancy
Johnson of Colfax, WI; Judy McCue and Rick Werner of Duluth,
MN; and John McCue and Nelia
Cipriano of Coon Rapids, MN.
• Watch and play together.
Toddlers learn from interacting
with adults. Rather than handing your toddler the tablet or
your smartphone, sit down with
your child and talk about the
game, ask questions about what
you see on the screen, dance to a
song together, and take turns.
• Connect to the real world.
“Screens are just one piece of
your child’s education,” explained
Kirkorian, “Extend concepts that
were introduced on a screen to
everyday life. For instance, if you
saw a short video about the zoo,
take your child to the zoo or play
zoo with her stuffed animals.
Maybe your child traced the alphabet using a tablet; now point
out letters on street signs or in
books as well. This helps kids
connect what they see on screens
to their real life.”
• Use intentionally. Background television (TV that is
on all day) is the most harmful
type of screen time for children
and should be avoided because
it distracts kids from learning
through play, observation, and
conversation. “Turn off screens
when not in use, keep them out of
bedrooms, and consider watching
adult television shows when kids
are asleep,” says Kirkorian.
• Content matters. Not all
media content is created equally.
Young children don’t benefit from
fast or flashy shows or apps. “Toddlers learn best from video or app
content that reflects their own
experiences, strong story lines
that they can easily understand,
and slow-paced interactions so
they have time to process what is
happening,” explains Kirkorian.
Don’t forget to consider adults’
screen use, too. “Kids are more
likely to act out when parents
are distracted,” says Kirkorian,
“Model healthy behavior with
your phone or other screens.
Have some screen-free zones or
times, like mealtime, when you
focus on each other rather than
a screen.”
For more tips on parenting
toddlers, visit UW-Extension’s
Parenting the Preschooler website. Parenting the Preschooler
offers tips related to all aspects
of caring for toddlers, from nutrition to literacy to sleep.
For more info on Parenting the
Preschooler, visit http://fyi.uwex.
edu/parentingthepreschooler/
Elk Mound
Feb. 9: Chicken Pattie on Bun,
Potato Rounds, Carrots, Calico
Beans, Fresh Fruit.
Feb. 10: Ham & Cheese Wrap,
(lettuce, tomato, cheese, mayo),
Sweet Potato Fries, Winter
Blend, Applesauce, Fresh Fruit.
Feb. 11: Turkey Ala King, Biscuit, Peas, Beets, Pineapple,
Fresh Fruit.
Feb. 12: Spaghetti, Bread
Stick, Romaine & Spinach Salad,
Green Beans, Peaches, Fresh
Fruit.
Feb. 13: Romaine & Spinach
Salad, Wax Beans, Mixed Berries, Fresh Fruit.
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EAU CLAIRE – Chippewa Valley Technical College (CVTC) will
be hosting a College Goal Wisconsin event Sunday, Feb. 28, to
assist students with financial aid
for enrollment in any two-or fouryear college in the next academic
year. The event will be held from
2 to 4 p.m. in the Casper Conference Center in the Business
Education Center, 620 W. Clairemont Ave., Eau Claire. Students
who attend have a chance to win
scholarships.
College Goal Wisconsin is
a national event that provides
free information and assistance
to families who are filling out
the FAFSA (Free Application for
Federal Student Aid), the federally required form for students
seeking financial aid, such as
grants and loans. Completing the
FAFSA is the first and most important step in qualifying for aid.
Volunteers from area colleges
and universities will help students complete the application
process. In addition to staff from
CVTC, volunteers from UW-Eau
Claire, UW-Stout, Globe University, and the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) will assist.
Students should attend with
a parent or guardian, if possible.
A list of materials, including tax
returns and financial records,
that families should bring can be
found at www.collegegoalwi.org.
Independent students need only
bring their own financial information.
The CVTC College Goal Wisconsin event is one of 34 to be
held throughout the state Feb.
7-28. Students who submit or
save a FAFSA and complete a
survey at the event will be entered into a statewide drawing
for scholarships ranging from
$250 to $1,000.
CVTC hosts
financial aid
application
assistance
School menus session
Mayo Clinic-Red
Cedar lists births
Menomonie
The following babies were
born at Mayo Clinic Health System in Menomonie:
January 18: Henry Michael
Clark, son of Heather Madigan
Clark and Justin Clark of Boyceville
January 20: Lily-Mae Patience Smith, daughter of Tiffany
and Shawn Smith of Menomonie
Colfax Commercial Club
presents
“E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial”
Colfax Municipal Building Auditorium
Saturday, February 21 • 7 p.m.
Admission $2
Concessions by The Colfax Commercial Club
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With Love
Colfax Messenger • Page 3
Colfax Health & Rehab News
“Once upon a time in small
town, in the land of Wisconsin
there was a Big Yellow House.
The Big Yellow House had
many very special rooms. All the
bedrooms were special private
places with their own showers for
the people who lived in this Big
Yellow House. The bedrooms had
beautiful large windows so that
residents could look out in the
meadows and enjoy the sunlight.
They had servants who waited
on them hand and foot. Some
of the servants laundered their
clothing and others scoured and
scrubbed the floors. The house
had five sculleries, each was
well appointed with state of the
art equipment and experienced
chefs.
The residents of the big yellow
house loved music and games.
Once a week a traveling minstrel
would come to amuse and entertain. The residents of the Big Yellow House also loved festivities.
Many of the revelries were held
in the large room that was called
the Square.
Visitors would come from far
and wide just to see the Big Yellow House and join the residents
in the merry making. Many of the
people in the Big Yellow House
were God-fearing people. Priests
and ministers from nearby villages came every week to minister
to the residents of the big yellow
house. Everyone was very happy
and content to be a resident of
the Big Yellow House”.
Colfax Health and Rehabilitation Center is not a fairy tale, it
is real. You too can be a resident
of that Big Yellow House. Some of
DULUTH, MN — Todd Comstock graduated from The College of St. Scholastica on Dec. 13
in a commencement ceremony at
the Reif Gymnasium on campus.
Comstock, of Ridgeland, WI,
graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
The College of St. Scholastica
is nationally recognized for quality. Rankings by U.S. News &
World Report and Money magazine classify it as one of the Midwest’s top regional universities.
Learn more at css.edu.
Grapevine senior
nutrition menu
February 9: Kielbasa, fried potatoes/onions, spinach, WW dinner roll, bread pudding.
February 10: Tuna noodle casserole with peas, steamed carrots, cornbread, lemon bar.
February 11: Salisbury steak,
seasoned noodles, creamed corn,
coleslaw, WW bread, banana.
February 12: Hamburger patty, bun, ketchip-mustard, baked
beans, macaroni and cheese,
pears.
Elk Mound Fire Department
Chili Feed
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Valentine
A FAMILY TRADITION SINCE 1915
Monday - Saturday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Main
• •Downtown
Menomonie
• 715-235-2220
Mainatat3rd
3rd
Downtown
Menomonie
• 235-2220
everyday living needs.
Here in the Land of Colfax it
is a “Dream Come True” for many
people when they become part of
our family. Stop in and visit. You
will find the coffee is always hot,
the cookies are always fresh and
you will always feel welcome.
Comstock
Area students named to
graduates from Deans’ Lists at UW-Eau Claire
St. Scholastica
EAU CLAIRE — The Univer- Health Sciences; Kaitlin Toycen,
$8.00 Adults and $5 kids under 8
ANSHUS
JEWELERS
our residents come here because
they need to have physical therapy. Midwest Physical Therapy
is in our Big Yellow House. They
have all the fancy dancey equipment, and very qualified people
to help residents to get strong
and return home. Other people
come here so they can help with
Higher Education
Sun., Feb. 8, 2015
11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Elk Mound Fire Station
Starting at $29.00
Personalize with engraving
MUCH MEAD was tasted at our 2nd annual Wine Tasting Fundraiser
that was held this past week. The event a huge success.
—photo submitted
Wine Tasting & Cake Decorating
Thurs., Feb. 12th • 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Come in and enjoy some new wines, take home a decorated
cake and check out our selection of Valentine flowers!
Join us at:
Lynn’s Brewed Awakenings
& Colfax Arts & Antiques Mall
Sponsored by:
Colfax Arts & Antiques Mall • Lynn’s Brewed Awakenings • Flowers 2 Go
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sity of Wisconsin-Eau Claire has
named 2234 undergraduate students to its Deans’ Lists for the
2014 fall semester.
The Deans’ list and eligibility
criteria, as well as other listings
of UW-Eau Claire student honors
and awards, can be found online
at www.uwec.edu/news/people/
honors.htm.
Area students who were selected for the Deans’ Lists are:
From Colfax are Riley Husby,
who is majoring in Education and
Human Sciences; Jadra Peterson,
who is majoring in Education and
Human Sciences; Sara Simonson,
who is majoring in Nursing and
Doucette
graduates from
UM Crookston
CROOKSTON, MN — Courtney Doucette of Colfax, WI, graduated during fall semester 2014
from the University of Minnesota
Crookston with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education.
The Office of the Registrar
at the University of Minnesota
Crookston recently announced
its list of fall 2014 graduates.
Students completed their degree
requirements during fall semester 2014.
To learn more, visit www.umcrookston.edu.
The Colfax
Commercial Club
thanks these businesses
for their contributions to
“A Ticket to the Town”
for the Colfax Health
& Rehab silent auction
January 24:
A Little Slice of Italy
Colfax Arts & Antique
Mall
Colfax Messenger
Colfax Railroad Museum
Deluxe Beauty Salon
Express Mart
Flowers 2 Go
Mane Street Salon
Mom’s Restaurant & Pub
Ray’s Metal Works
Congratulations to the
winning bidder!
Ken Tape
who is majoring in Arts and Sciences; Ellie Verdon, who is majoring in Education and Human Sciences; and Harlie Wensel, who is
majoring in Business.
From Elk Mound are Ryan
Carpenter, who is majoring in
Business; Kristi Lane, who is
majoring in Education and Human Sciences; Micah Mauer, who
is majoring in Education and Human Sciences; Ali Peterson, who
is majoring in Education and
Human Sciences, and Anna Sessions, who is majoring in Arts
and Sciences.
Zabel receives
honors from UW-SP
STEVENS POINT — Andrew
C. Zabel of Elk Mound was one of
more than 2,740 undergraduate
students honored for attaining
high grade point averages during
the 2014-15 fall semester at the
University of Wisconsin-Stevens
Point. Zabel was recognized with
honors distinction.
The honored Full-time undergraduates who earned grade
points of 3.90 to 4.0 (4.0 equals
straight A) are given the highest
honors designation. High honor
citations go to those with grade
point averages from 3.75 to 3.89
and honor recognition is accorded
to those with grade point averages from 3.50 to 3.74.
Holden
Lutheran Church
(N of Colfax; Hwy M)
Men’s Pancake
Breakfast
Sunday, February 8
10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Free will offering.
All are welcome.
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Creamed
Chicken
Dinner
Thurs., Feb. 5, 2015
3:30 to 7 p.m.
Grace United
Methodist Church
Wheeler
Creamed Chicken, Biscuits, Mashed
Potatoes, Cole Slaw, Cranberries,
Pie and Beverages.
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Free Will Offering
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Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Page 4 • Colfax Messenger
SPORTS
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Colfax girls need overtime for win over Elk Mound
ELK MOUND — The Lady Vikings took control of he Dunn-St.
Croix Conference with a 49-45
overtime win over neighboring
Elk Mound in front of a packed
house on the Mounders’ home
court Jan. 30. After defeating the
Mounders by a scant two points
earlier in the season, it was no
surprise this contest came right
down to the wire again. Colfax
entered the game with a 47 conference game winning streak and
were 10-0, while the Mounders
were just a game back with that
loss and were the only team who
have come close to putting a halt
to both streaks. But after Elk
Mound fell behind by as much as
nine points midway through the
third quarter, they fought back
to knot things up in regulation
before running out of gas in the
overtime period, giving Colfax
the win.
The game started 30 minutes late with the junior varsity
teams setting the tone by going into overtime themselves.
(Colfax won 37-33 with four free
throws, three from Ally Heidorn). Although both teams used a
full court pressing defense most
of the game, the Mounders definitely had the Vikings struggling
to get the ball down to their end
of the court, resulting in at least
eight empty possessions in the
opening quarter. It was like a
boxing match after that with the
teams countering each other on
every point as McKenna McVey
opening the scoring with a put
back for a 2-0 Mounder lead and
an Allie Weber free toss made it
3-0. Karina Wait and Dannielle
Dachel hit from close range to
give Colfax a 4-3 lead and the
lead see sawed again with Kami
King driving through the lane for
a 5-4 Mounder advantage. Dachel, who leads the conference
in three point shots, drilled her
only one of the game to give the
Vikings the lead back, which was
countered by King’s deuce for a
7-7 tie. Andrea Brantner dropped
in a free toss for the Vikings but
McVey, the leading scorer in the
conference with a 13 point average, added a bucket off another
offensive rebound and teammate Elizabeth Fasbender connected on a pair of free tosses.
The Mounders’ tenacious defense
then forced Colfax into a turn-
POINTS IN THE PAINT were hard to come by as Elizabeth Fasbender of Elk Mound found out while
trying to drive to the basket against Colfax defenders Dempsey Fogarty (left) and Chey Olson. Colfax won
the contest played in Elk Mound Jan. 30 49-45 in overtime. —photo by M. Kruger
over and the quarter ended with
Elk Mound up 11-8.
King added a runner in the
lane early in the second quarter,
but the Mounders were using a
lot of energy on defense and ended up committing their seventh
team foul at the 6:17 mark. Colfax took advantage of it as they
went on a six point run which included a free throw from Brantner, another by Wait, a bucket
from Chey Olson and a couple
more free throws from Wait to
put Colfax back up 14-13. Sarah
Winchester then took things in
her own hands as she put the
Mounders back up in a span of
30 seconds when she scored off a
steal with a layup, then drained
a triple from a Viking turnover
for an 18-14 advantage. Dachel
canned a pair of free throws on
the Mounders’ tenth team foul
and Colfax had two more chances to tie things up before the
half but came up empty and the
Mounders enjoyed an 18-16 halftime lead.
“I thought our defense did
what we needed to do,” Elk
Mound coach Jordan Kongshaug
said. “We took them out of their
offensive rhythm with our pressure and kept the score close.”
Colfax’s Dempsey Fogarty and
McVey traded deuces to open the
third then Alexis Rudi nailed a
trey to put the Vikings back up
21-20. And the boxing match continued as Fasbender scored from
the paint, which in turn led to
Rudi hitting in the lane on her
end of the court. Colfax got the
ball back and a near steal by
the Mounders in the backcourt
forced coach Joe Doucette to call
a timeout, and coming out of the
time out, Wait promptly canned
a three pointer. The Vikings
then forced a Mounder turnover
and after six tries at the basket
in which they collected seven offensive rebounds, Wait finally
drilled another trey for a 29-22
lead. The Mounders came up
empty on a three point attempt,
then missed two shots on their
next possession, resulting in Fogarty scoring on a fast break to up
the Colfax lead to 31-22. Mounder freshman Weber canned a trey
and after Dachel and Winchester
traded free throws, the Vikings
held a 32-26 lead heading into
the fourth quarter.
The home court advantage
didn’t work for the Mounders as
their opening three point shot of
the quarter spun in and out of the
hoop. Rudi then added a bucket
off a pick and roll for a 34-26 Colfax lead but Winchester knocked
down another trey to cut the margin to five. After Olson hit a pair
of free tosses, both teams went
cold from the floor for the next
2-3 minutes before Winchester
hit from close range. After forcing another Viking turnover, Weber canned a shot from behind
the arc to cut the deficit to 3633 and King made it even closer
with a runner in the lane. Wait
came up with two free tosses on
the Mounders seventh team foul,
but Winchester brought the Elk
Mound crowd to their feet with
another triple to make it 3838 with 1:30 to go. Both teams
had scoring chances in the final
minute but couldn’t convert and
it was overtime in the Mounder
den.
Colfax had only two team fouls
at this point, and with the Mound-
ers over their limit, it would seem
like making free throws would
be the difference at this point.
But after Elk Mound was off the
mark on a three point shot, Rudi
canned one herself for a three
point Colfax lead. The Mounders,
who were shooting 28% from long
range for the season, misfired
on another three point attempt,
and Olson found her shooting eye
with a trey from the top of the
circle for a 44-38 lead. However,
Weber scored on a put back to
cut the deficit to four before Olson and Rudi each hit a free toss
and it was 46-40 for Colfax. Weber scored from close range again
which was countered by two Dachel freebies and with 10 seconds
left, Weber drained her second
trey of the game with 10 seconds
left to keep the Mounders in the
game. But Weber fouled out, allowing Dachel to seal the deal at
the charity stripe with one of two
free throws.
“It was just a well played game
by both teams, and I thought it
was a much better played game
by both teams this time around,”
Kongshaug said. “We just gave
up too many rebounds the second
half and it’s hard to win games
when you do that. Hopefully, we’ll
get another chance at them in
tournament play,” he added.
Three Vikings finished in double figures in the scorebook with
Wait coming up with 13 points
while Rudi and Dachel added 11
each. The Mounders were led by
Winchester with 14 while Weber
had a career high 13. Colfax was
17 for 27 from the foul line and
had six triples in the game and
Elk Mound was four of seven from
the stripe with five treys on the
night. Elk Mound committed 23
fouls with Weber and Winchester
both fouling out, compared to 10
fouls by Colfax.
“Coach Kongshaug really had
his team ready for us and they
played extremely hard,” coach
Doucette said. “It came down to
us just making a few more plays
and hitting some big shots. They
made us earn every point and every time I thought we were OK
and would pull ahead, they came
right back. It doesn’t win anything for us yet but it puts us in a
great position,” he added.
COLFAX (49) Wait 3-5-7-13, Rudi 4-1-311, Dachel 2-6-9-11, Olson 2-3-4-8, Fogarty 2-0-0-4, Brantner 0-2-4-2
ELK MOUND (45) Winchester 5-1-2-14,
Weber 5-1-3-13, King 4-0-0-8, McVey
3-0-0-6, Fasbender 1-2-2-4
THREE POINTERS: Winchester 3, Weber 2, Rudi 2, Wait 2, Olson 1, Dachel 1
ELK MOUND’S Sarah Winchester pulled down a defensive rebound
in the first half of the conference game played against Colfax Jan.
30 on the Mounder’s home court. Winchester scored a game high 15
points but Colfax won the game in overtime 49-45.
—photo by M. Kruger
Colfax boys finish 1-2 for the week, stay in tie for conference lead
The Colfax boys had another
busy week with three games,
resulting in a 47-41 loss at Fall
Creek Jan. 27, a 46-42 come from
behind win at home against conference foe Spring Valley two
days later, then ended the week
on a sour note by getting crushed
by Chippewa Falls McDonell in
yet another Saturday game 6845. The win over Spring Valley
gave them a 7-2 conference record, keeping them in a tie for
first with Elmwood-Plum City
and they have an overall record
of 9-6.
Fall Creek
It was nearly as exciting –
but certainly not as long—as
the game the two teams played
against each other last year when
it took six overtimes before the
Crickets pulled out a seven point
win. But this game was close most
of the way too, with the score tied
at halftime and just a one point
difference at the end of the third
quarter before Fall Creek put the
game away at the foul line.
Colfax was up 15-9 at the end
of the first stanza on six points
from Jeremiah Wait, four from
Sawyer DeMoe, three by Kedar
Davis and two from Jarrod Rudi.
But DeMoe was the only one who
put any points up for his team in
the second on a free toss and a
deuce and it was knotted at 18-18
at the intermission.
Rudi scored eight of the Viking’s 12 third quarter points
including a triple just before the
buzzer to give his team a 30-29
lead. Kedar Davis came up with
six points in the final quarter on
his second trey and three free
tosses to go with a pair of Rudi
deuces and a free throw from
Wait. But the Crickets went up
36-33 with just under three minutes left then went 11 for 16 down
the stretch at the charity stripe
to earn the win.
Rudi led the Vikings with 14
points while the Colfax defense
held Fall Creek’s leading scorer Matt Anderson to 14 points,
seven under his average. The Vikings were 11 of 14 from the charity stripe and the Crickets were
16 of 21.
FALL CREEK (47) Anderson 4-6-6-14, C.
Folkers 5-2-4-12, B. Walbeck 4-2-2-11,
B. Meyer 0-5-6-5, D. Kinsella 1-1-3-3, S.
Rubeck 1-0-0-2
COLFAX (41) Rudi 5-3-4-14, DeMoe 3-34-9, Davis 2-3-3-9, Wait 2-2-3-7, A. Harmon 1-0-0-2
THREE POINTERS: Davis 2, Rudi 1, Wait
Another missed free throw on the
Colfax end gave Spring Valley the
ball back but they misfired on another shot and Kragness punched
the ball away and Davis chased
it down. Davis then went to the
foul line and iced the game with
a pair of free throws with six seconds left for the four point win.
“We had to come from behind
the first time we played Spring
Valley and I told the kids we
had to step it up if we wanted
to stay at the top of the conference,” Maas said. “They did just
that and made clutch free throws
while making big defensive
plays.”
DeMoe finished with 23 points
to lead all scorers while Kragness
added 10. Colfax was eight of 13
from the charity stripe and the
Cardinals were one for two.
COLFAX point guard Jeremiah Wait found the lane full of McDonell
defenders in the Saturday night game played in Colfax Jan. 31.
—photo by M. Kruger
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Spring Valley
Colfax won the first go round
against the Cardinals early in
the season but had to come from
behind to do so. Spring Valley has
been very competitive against every team in the conference this
year so it was no surprise to coach
Garrett Maas when the Cardinals
came out ready to play. Colfax on
the other hand was sluggish from
the get go and came up empty on
10 possessions in the first quarter alone and were down 12-7
when it ended. The Cardinals
upped their lead to 20-8 midway
through the second stanza before
DeMoe scored and added a free
toss, then scored on a zippy pass
from Wait to make it 22-13. After
DeMoe’s put back and a Kragness
free throw, the Vikings had closed
the gap to 24-16 at the half.
The famous magician David
Copperfield must have been in
the Vikings’ locker room helping
Maas with his halftime speech because a whole new team stepped
on the floor in the second half.
With the defense at full throttle
throwing the Cardinals offense
out of sync, Colfax pecked away
and began gaining some ground
on the scoreboard. DeMoe scored
from close range, Davis drained
his second triple and DeMoe hit
again to get the score to 27-24.
After a Spring Valley trey, Kragness went on a roll with a bucket
and a pair of free tosses and a
DeMoe deuce knotted the score
at 30-30. Kragness scored the go
ahead bucket with 1:35 left in
the quarter and although the Vikings never trailed the rest of the
game, they held just a 34-33 lead
at the end of the quarter.
The lead was still only at a
point halfway through the fourth
at 38-37 before Kragness canned
a long jumper and DeMoe scored
from under the hoop for a 42-37
lead, but another Cardinal trey
cut the lead to two. After DeMoe
pulled down a huge defensive rebound, he barreled his way down
court and added another bucket
for a 44-40 edge with 1:20 to go.
Rudi came up with a block and
a steal and with 37 seconds left,
the Cardinals needed to foul but
had only four called on them at
this point. They produced three
quick ones, finally sending Colfax to the foul line. Their strategy seemed to work as a missed
freebie resulted in the Cardinals
getting the ball with 27 seconds
left, and they scored on an offensive rebound, cutting the Colfax
lead to 44-42 with 12 seconds left.
COLFAX (46) DeMoe 11-1-3-23, Kragness 3-4-6-10, Davis 2-2-2-8, Rudi 1-00-2, Wait 1-0-0-2, B. Prince 0-1-2-1
SPRING VALLEY (42) J. Helmer 5-1-211, L. Olson 4-0-0-10, S. Green 4-0-0-9,
S. Bergerding 4-0-0-8, Z. Boisen 2-0-0-4
THREE POINTERS: Davis 2, Olson 2,
Green 1
Chippewa Falls McDonell
Central
Playing eight games in a 16
day span took its toll on the Vikings as they wore down in the
second half in their first loss by
more than eight points all season. After playing to an eight all
tie after the first stanza, the Vikings pulled ahead at 10-8 on a
Davis drive but gave up points on
two Central free throws. DeMoe
scored on a put back, added a free
throw a couple of minutes later
and hit from close range again for
a 15-12 advantage but the Macks
went on a six point run for an
18-16 lead. Davis canned a triple
to regain the lead for Colfax but
with under 30 seconds left in the
half, Central put on a scoring exhibition, hitting two free throws,
then stealing the ball a few times
from the napping Vikings and
hitting three shots for a 26-19
lead at the intermission.
Wait and Rudi were in foul
trouble with Wait picking up his
fourth with 2:48 left in the third
quarter. Colfax was down 34-26
before Rudi scored on a spinning
drive but those were the final
points of the quarter for Colfax
and they were down 41-28 heading into the final quarter. Davis
drove through traffic for a bucket
and DeMoe went baseline for another and the Vikings were back
in business, cutting the deficit to
nine at 41-32, but their seventh
foul with 6:53 to go allowed Central to go to the charity stripe too
many times. Hitting eight of 10
free throws and three triples,the
Macks built their lead to 20 points
and wore the Vikings down in the
final few minutes. Both Rudi and
Wait fouled out midway through
the quarter, allowing Andrew
Harmon and Brett Prince to get
valuable playing time and Davis
ended the game just as he did the
Spring Valley game with a couple
of free tosses.
DeMoe again led the Vikings
with 17 points while Davis contributed with 14. Colfax finished
13 of 23 from the foul line and the
Macks were 18 of 25.
McDONNEL CENTRAL (68) B. Retzlaff
3-6-6-14, S. Bleskachek 6-0-1-12, L.
Schoch 4-0-2-8, K. Dorn 3-2-2-8, J. Davis 2-3-4-7, A. Ohde 1-2-2-4, N. Haglund
0-4-5-4, G. Knowlton 1-1-3-3, Z. Ruf1-12-3, B. Ruf 1-0-0-3, H. Baughman 1-01-2
COLFAX (45) DeMoe 6-5-7-17, Davis
4-4-5-14, Rudi 3-0-2-6, Wait 2-1-2-5,
Prince 0-2-4-2, Kragness 0-1-2-1
THREE POINTERS: Davis 2, Retzlaff 2,
Z. Ruf 1, B. Ruf 1
PASS OR SHOOT? It’s always a tough decision but Andrew Harmon of Colfax decided to dish it off
to a teammate and earned an assist on the play in the contest against Spring Valley Jan. 29 in Colfax.
—photo by M. Kruger
SPORTS
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Colfax Messenger • Page 5
Simonson earns 100th win, Colfax-Bloomer wrestlers drop pair of conference duals
Competing in their only home
meet held in Colfax this season,
the Colfax-Bloomer wrestling
team dropped a 45-25 match
against Superior Jan. 27 as C-B
grappler Brady Simonson won
his 100th career match with a
pin. Two days later, the team
traveled to Barron and saw pretty much the same result, losing
46-26 to Barron.
Superior
Starting with the 145 pound
match, C-B’s Collin Bungartz
was tied at 3-3 with his Superior
opponent after two periods but
lost 5-3 on a takedown with 10
seconds left to give the Spartans
a 3-0 lead. Jon Hayton was up
2-0 in the 152 pound match but
found himself getting flipped over
and lost by a pin at 1:55, putting
the C-B squad down 9-0. C-B put
their first team points up when
Zack Arvold, the 160 pounder
scored points early and often before earning a 12-2 major decision, closing the gap to 9-4.
Teagan Olson lost at 170
pounds via a pin in 1:25 but C-B’s
182 pounder Brady Hetke, after
leading 7-1, put his opponent’s
shoulders to the mat at 1:07 to
make it 15-10. Eric Wachtendonk
found himself on his back in the
220 pound match, resulting in a
pin at 3:21 and after C-B forfeited the 285 and 106 matches, they
were in the hole 33-10. Jacob Malinowski, wrestling at 113 pounds
picked up a pin at 3:34 for B-C
but Justin Wachtendonk at 120
pounds and Ike Kramschuster
at 126 pounds both were pinned
in the first period, leaving C-B
down 45-16. Simonson came to
the mat for the 132 pound match
and dominated his opponent from
the start. He was up 17-5 against
100 WINS AND COUNTING — junior Brady Simonson of ColfaxBloomer reached a milestone when he recorded his 100th win with a
pin over Mike Berka of Superior in the match held Jan. 27 in Colfax.
Simonson’s record was 100-14 after the win. —photo by M. Kruger
Mike Berka before putting the
hammer down and pinning him
at 2:53 in the second period. Simonson, a junior, has a record
of 100-14 for his two and a half
years with the program.
Jarrod Kressin added the final
points for C-B with a 10-3 win in
the 138 pound match.
“We are very proud of Brady
and we are confident he will have
many more wins,” C-B coach Jim
Poirier said. “Our whole team
has come a long way since early
in the season but we have had
some significant injuries that
have been a problem for us. We
are right in the middle of the conference standings and with two
matches left plus the conference
tournament, we hope to finish
strong. Our goal is to get several
wrestlers through regionals and
into sectionals and hopefully, to
state. The kids work hard and set
their goals high,” he added.
Barron
Winning their matches for
C-B were Simonson with a fall at
2:56, Bungartz with a major deci-
BRADY Simonson was up 17-5 on his opponent from Superior before finishing off the win with a pin
at 2:53 of the second period. It was Simonson’s 100th career win for the C-B team. —photo by M. Kruger
Colfax Varsity Dance Team qualifies for state
sion 12-0, Arvold with a 10-1 major decision, Hetke with a fall at
2:20 and Eric Wachtendonk with
a fall at 0:43. C-B forfeited three
matches for the night.
COLFAX-BLOOMER WRESTLER Jon Hayton was up 2-0 on his
opponent from Superior but ended up dropping the match on the
Colfax mat Jan 27. —photo by M. Kruger
SCORING points on a takedown, Zack Arvold of the Colfax-Bloomer
team ended up beating his opponent from Superior 12-2 in the match
held in the Colfax gym Jan. 27. ­
—photo by M. Kruger
Lady Vikings blow past Blackhawks
After a slow start offensively,
the Colfax girls used their always
tight defense to keep them in the
game and finally pulled away
for a 45-36 non-conference win
over Bloomer on the Blackhawks
home court Jan. 27.
After getting a taste of their
own medicine with the Blackhawks defensively employing
a full court press, Colfax was
down 7-0 before Andrea Brantner
scored her only points of the game
midway through the first quarter
on a short jumper. The Vikings
finally picked up the tempo offensively with Alexis Rudi hitting a
deuce, a triple and a free toss to
go with a Dempsey Fogarty trey
and a pair of Dannielle Dachel
free throws but Colfax was down
15-13 after the first quarter.
“Bloomer really took it to us
early,” coach Joe Doucette said.
“We had trouble with their pressure but we stayed the course
and didn’t panic.”
Rudi and Dachel both hit
from behind the arc, Chey Olson
knocked down a trio of free tosses
while Fogarty and Karina Wait
scored from close range and the
defense did their part by holding
Bloomer to a scant two points, resulting in a 26-17 halftime lead
for the Vikings.
Katie Christoffel and Dachel
both came up with five third
quarter points with shots from
long range and short range, and
a bucket from Olson upped the
lead to 38-23 heading into the
final quarter. Bloomer made a
little run late in the fourth but
the Vikings had enough cushion
to earn the nine point win.
The Elk Mound girls used a
20 point second quarter to pull
ahead of the Boyceville Bulldogs
and won another conference
game 49-31 in the Doghouse Jan.
27.
Down 8-6 after the first quarter, the Mounders got a wake up
call and saw five players contribute in the scoring column as Elizabeth Fasbender connected from
all areas including two points
from the foul line then hitting
a deuce and a triple. McKenna
McVey added five points on two
buckets and a free toss, Allie Weber and Sarah Winchester both
drained a triple and Riley Radtke
scored from close range. Using
their full court pressing defense,
the Mounders held Boyceville to
nine points and took a 26-17 halftime lead.
McVey pounded the paint for
four baskets in the third to help
the Mounders up the lead to 13
points at 37-24 and they outscored the Bulldogs 12-7 in the
final stanza to finish with the 18
point win.
“I thought we were very good
on the defensive end which allowed us to get going on the offensive end,” coach Jordan Kong-
“Bloomer was scoring early off
their defense but once we started taking care of the ball, they
had trouble,” Doucette said. “We
moved the ball well at times and
hit some timely three’s. Our ability to defend gave us a chance to
get better in other phases of the
game,” he added.
Seven Vikings scored points,
led by Dachel with 13. Colfax
was six of 12 at the charity stripe
while Bloomer was six for six.
COLFAX (45) Dachel 4-2-2-13, Rudi
3-1-1-9, Fogarty 3-0-2-7, Olson 2-3-57, Christoffel 2-0-0-5, Brantner 1-0-0-2,
Wait 1-0-0-2
BLOOMER (36) C. Zwiefelhofer 5-4-415, S. Harms 3-0-0-6, A. Seibel 3-0-0-6,
J. Zwiefelhofer 2-0-0-5, M. Ruf 1-0-0-2,
J. Burgess 0-2-2-2
THREE POINTERS: Dachel 3, Rudi 2,
Fogarty 1, Christoffel 1, J. Zwiefelhofer 1,
C. Zwiefelhofer 1
Elk Mound girls blast Boyceville
BOUND FOR STATE – Colfax Dance Team is pictured above after qualifying for state. Back Row (L
to R): Jezz Tweed, Caroline Dworak, Laney Cross, Sarah McEldowney and Emily Evenson. Front row
(L to R): Hannah Yingst, Ashley Sault, Natalie Dworak and Chaela Lotts. —photo submitted
The Colfax Varsity Dance Team competed on
January 31, 2015 at New Richmond High School
in the WACPC Western Regional Dance Competition. The top scoring teams in each division and
style of dance move on to state. Each school can
compete in two styles of dance.Colfax chose to
compete in Pom and Jazz. Colfax is a Division 2
school for Jazz and a Division 5 school for Pom The
top 6 teams in Division 2 Jazz moved on to state.
Colfax received 10th place and missed qualifying
in that dance. The top 6 teams in Division 5 Pom
moved on to state. Colfax earned 4th place in Pom
and qualified for state. The ladies are excited to
make a trip to state this coming weekend. “I am so
proud of all the ladies and their hard work. This
is a great achievement for such a young team.”
said Coach Seston. They will be performing in the
afternoon on February 7 at the La Crosse Center
in La Crosse, WI. Members of the dance team are
Jezz Tweed, Caroline Dworak, Laney Cross, Sarah McEldowney, Emily Evenson, Hannah Yingst,
Ashley Sault, Natalie Dworak, Chaela Lotts.
5 reasons kids should play organized sports
In the past 30 years, obesity
has more than doubled in young
children and quadrupled in adolescents, potentially leading to a
host of chronic diseases later in
life, according to the Centers for
Disease Control.
Conversely, the CDC reports
that regular physical activity provides a long list of physical benefits for children, but that’s not
all. Daily exercise also promotes
mental and emotional well-being
that includes self-esteem.
“By now, I don’t think anyone
is surprised that regular exercise
is good for children and inactivity
places them at risk for illnesses
later in life, but when you take
a moment to consider the data
in-depth for children who exercise and play organized sports,
the details of a child’s future
come to life,” says Danyel Surrency Jones, president of Power
To Give and co-founder of Powerhandz Inc., (powerhandz.com), a
company specializing in athletic
training products to improve performance in baseball, basketball
and football.
Danyel and her business partner and husband, Darnell Jones,
a former professional basketball player who also co-founded
Powerhandz, want kids in their
community and beyond to benefit from the values learned from
youth sports. That’s why they
created the Power To Give program, which promotes positive
development.
“We believe in the power of
sports to change a kid’s life for
the better,” says Darnell, who
lists five significant benefits of
youth sports.
• Cultivates a positive attitude: Sports are demanding.
Come game time, a young athlete
wouldn’t last long with a negative
mindset. “Practice is no cakewalk
either,” Darnell says. “As adults,
we understand the need to hype
ourselves before hitting the gym.
The rewarding feeling we get
walking out from the gym is similar to what young people feel after a game or tough practice.”
• Offers a sense of accomplishment, confidence and selfesteem: As the CDC noted, simply being physically active builds
self-esteem. We are physical beings who are not meant to sit in
front of a videogame for several
consecutive hours. “Again, if
you’re a physically active adult,
you feel that sense of accomplishment in outdoing your last performance at the gym,” Danyel
says. “Kids feel a similar way
learning new skills and succeeding in a game, except more so.”
• Builds better peer relationships: Kids want to fit in,
but it’s not always easy. Organized sports hurdles the high
wall of social awkwardness so
many children feel. Team sports
such as baseball, basketball and
football demand participants to
work together for a common goal,
which is a valuable lesson some
adults still haven’t learned while
interacting at work.
• More restraint in avoiding
risky behavior: Ideally, parents
can get their children engaged
– in anything that’s productive,
really. Bored or disengaged children have a way of getting into
trouble. A student is less likely to
misbehave in class or break the
law if it means getting kicked off
the team of a sport they love.
• Greater family attachment
and frequent interactions with
parents: Famous athletes say
it all the time, “Thanks Mom.
Thanks for driving me to and
from practice, and thanks for
showing up at the games.” And
that doesn’t even count helping a
child with actual practice – playing catch, squaring off one-onone, etc.
Scoreboard
DUNN-ST. CROIX BASKETBALL
TEAM
GIRLS STANDINGS
Colfax . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Elk Mound . . . . . . . . . .
Glenwood City . . . . . . .
Boyceville . . . . . . . . . .
St. Croix Central . . . . .
Plum City/Elmwood . . .
Mondovi . . . . . . . . . . . .
Spring Valley . . . . . . . .
CONF.
11-0
10-2
8-3
5-5
5-6
2-8
2-8
0-11
SESN
15-2
12-5
12-5
8-9
10-9
4-12
4-14
1-15
Mon., Feb. 2 Scores (non-conf.)
Boyceville 33, Bloomer 30
Plum City/Elmwood 65, Alma/Pepin 36
Prescott at Spring Valley
Fri., Jan. 30 Scores
Colfax 49, Elk Mound 45
Glenwood City 70 Spring Valley 35,
St. Croix Central 34, Mondovi 22
Tues., Jan. 27 Scores
Colfax 45, Bloomer 36 (non-conf.)
Elk Mound 49, Boyceville 31
Cochrane-Fountain City 56, Spring Valley 26 (nc)
Mondovi 36, Plum City/Elmwood 19
Glenwood City 50, St. Croix Central 45
Thurs., Feb. 5 Games
Glenwood City at Boyceville
LaCrosse Aquinas at Elk Mound (non-conf.)
Mondovi at Spring Valley
Plum City/Elmwood at St. Croix Central
Sat., Feb. 7 Game (non-conf.)
Durand at Colfax at 2:30 p.m.
Mon., Feb. 9 Game (non-conf.)
Plum City/Elmwood at Clear Lake
Tues., Feb. 10 Games
Spring Valley at Plum City/Elmwood
Colfax at Glenwood City
Boyceville at Mondovi
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TEAM
BOYS STANDINGS
CONF.
Colfax . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
Plum City/Elmwood . . . 6-2
SESN
9-7
9-6
Mondovi . . . . . . . . . . . .
St. Croix Central . . . . .
Elk Mound . . . . . . . . . .
Glenwood City . . . . . . .
Boyceville . . . . . . . . . .
Spring Valley . . . . . . . .
6-2
5-4
4-5
2-6
2-6
2-6
8-7
10-5
4-10
8-8
7-8
5-9
Mon., Feb. 2 Scores (non-conf.)
Gilmanton 63, Mondovi 30
St. Croix Central 50, Somerset 31
Sat., Jan. 31 Score (non-conf.)
Chippewa Falls McDonell 68, Colfax 45
Thurs., Jan. 29 Scores
Boyceville 63, Cornell 30 (non-conf.)
Colfax 46, Spring Valley 42
Mondovi 56, Glenwood City 46
St. Croix Central 64, Elk Mound 48
Plum City/Elmwood 57, Frederic 56 (nc)
Tues., Jan. 27 Score (non-conf.)
Fall Creek 47, Colfax 41
Thurs., Feb. 5 Game (non-conf.)
St. Croix Central at Alma/Pepin
Fri., Feb. 6 Games
Elk Mound at Boyceville
Spring Valley at Cochrane-Fountain City
(nc)
Glenwood City at St. Croix Central
Mondovi at Plum City/Elmwood
Mon., Feb. 9 Games
Luck at Boyceville (non-conf.)
Colfax at Elk Mound
Spring Valley at Glenwood City
St. Croix Central at Mondovi
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HEART O’ NORTH WRESTLING
TEAM
Cumberland . . . . . . . . .
Ladysmith . . . . . . . . . .
Chetek-Wey/PF . . . . . .
Bloomer-Colfax . . . . . .
Superior . . . . . . . . . . . .
Barron . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Northwestern . . . . . . . .
Spooner . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hayward . . . . . . . . . . .
CONF.
6-2
6-1
5-2
3-4
5-3
4-4
1-5
2-5
0-6
SESN
10-8
6-1
8-3
6-4
9-4
6-7
5-7
2-11
1-8
shaug said. “It was a good road
win for us.”
McVey led all scorers with 18
points while Fasbender and Winchester both finished in double
figures with 10 each. The Mounders struggled from the free throw
line, hitting 10 of 22 attempts
while Boyceville was eight of 12.
ELK MOUND (49) McVey 8-2-5-18,
Fasbender 3-3-4-10, S. Winchester 4-12-10, Weber 2-0-0-5, K. King 0-3-4-3,
Radtke 1-0-0-2, E. Winchester 0-1-7-1
BOYCEVILLE (31) B. Hellmann 3-0-0-8,
C. Malean 2-3-4-7, S. Marlette 3-0-0-6,
M. Kuhn 1-2-4-4, A. Bird 1-0-0-3, M. Riek
0-2-2-2, A. Peterson 0-1-2-1
THREE POINTERS: Hellmann 2, Weber
1, Fasbender 1, S. Winchester 1, Bird 1
Elk Mound boys
sunk by St.
Croix Central
After beating the St. Croix
Central Panthers by 15 points
earlier in the season, the Mounder boys struggled offensively the
first half, resulting in their fifth
conference loss of the season. 6448 on the Panthers’ home court.
It was the only game of the week
for Elk Mound, leaving them
with a 4-10 overall record and 4-5
in conference play.
Elk Mound fell behind 13-7 after the first quarter and came up
with 13 second quarter points on
a pair of triples by Brandon Bohl,
two shots from close up from Justin Erpenbach and a trey from
Cole Tyman but the Panthers exploded for 25 points of their own
and built a 38-20 halftime lead.
The Mounders outscored the
Panthers in the second half, but
only by a scant 28-26 margin and
it wasn’t enough to make any
kind of a run. Dane Lew connected on a trio of triples and two free
tosses in the half, Tyman added
seven points, Erpenbach six, Bohl
two and Noah Zurbuchen two.
Lew and Tyman tied for team
honors in the scoring department
with 13 points each while Erpenbach had 11. The Mounders
were eight of 15 from the foul line
while Central was 14 of 16.
ELK MOUND (48) Lew 4-2-3-13, Tyman
4-2-2-13, Erpenbach 5-1-4-11, Bohl 2-22-8, Zurbuchen 1-1-3-3
RELIGION & NEWS
Wisconsin Natural Resources Board approves
strategic study of frac sand mining by WI DNR
Page 6 • Colfax Messenger
By LeAnn R. Ralph
MADISON — The Wisconsin
Natural Resources Board has
given the go-ahead for the state
Department of Natural Resources to conduct a strategic analysis
of industrial frac sand mining.
The NRB approved the recommendation from the DNR at the
board’s January 28 meeting on a
unanimous vote.
The DNR made the recommendation to the Natural Resources Board on January 12 as
the result of a petition signed by
more than 1,000 West Central
Wisconsin residents submitted to
the Wisconsin Natural Resources
Board last fall.
Midwest Environmental Advocates drafted the 29-page document, “Petition for a Strategic
Analysis of Frac Sand Mining,”
which contains a number of technical references and citations
and argues that the state Department of Natural Resources must
gather and use scientific information to adequately regulate the
frac sand industry to protect the
health, safety and welfare of Wisconsin residents.
Representatives of MEA presented the petition in September
to a group of about 60 people who
gathered at the Howard Town
Hall.
The Natural Resources Board
asked DNR staff to respond to the
petition in October.
The DNR will seek public com-
ment and will update a 2012 report as part of a broader strategic
analysis on industrial sand mining, according to a news release
from the DNR dated January 28.
The DNR will seek public input on the topics that should be
addressed in the report, and the
analysis process includes a public
comment period and a review of a
draft of the report before it is presented to the Natural Resources
Board.
DNR staff members reported
to the Natural Resources Board
at the January 28 meeting that
they plan to ask for public comment on the scope of the analysis
in February and March.
Once the scope of the strategic
analysis has been determined,
the DNR will establish a timeline
for completing the analysis, according to the news release.
Preston D. Cole, director of operations for the City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works,
serves as the chair of the NRB.
Terry Hilgenberg, president of
the Coldwell Bankers Hilgenberg
Realtors, serves as the vice-chair
of the board.
Gregory Kazmierski, president and owner of Buckrub Outfitters Ltd., serves as secretary of
the NRB.
The following directors also
serve on the Natural Resources
Board: William Bruins, owner
and operator of Homeland Dairy;
Christine L. Thomas, dean and
professor of resource management at the U.W. Steven’s Point
College of Natural Resources;
Jane Wiley, community conservation activist retired from the
Wisconsin Department of Public
Instruction; and Gary Zimmer,
coordinating biologist for the
Ruffed Grouse Society.
Five years ago, a handful of
frac sand mines were operating
in this area of the state, but the
number has now increased to
over one hundred sand mines.
Although initial reports indicated that a proposed frac sand
mine in the Town of Howard
would be 2,000 acres, Vernon
Schindler, chair of the Town of
Howard, now reports that the
proposed sand mine would be between 500 and 600 acres.
The Town of Howard’s mine
licensing ordinance requires any
companies proposing to operate a
frac sand mine in the township to
obtain all state and local permits
before approaching the Howard
Town Board for a mining license.
To date, no application for the
proposed sand mine has been
submitted to the Town of Howard.
The Chippewa County Board
of Supervisors and the Dunn
County Board of Supervisors
both approved resolutions at
their January meetings in support of the strategic analysis of
industrial frac sand mining.
Continued from page 1
Under diminishing assets, “if
the sand mine is five miles away
now, it could be in your backyard
three years from now,” Lausted
said.
“The extraction industry is not
your best buddy,” he said.
Senator Harsdorf said this
area of the state needs the jobs
from sand mining and that sand
mining can be done “in a smart
way and an environmentally
smart way.”
Lausted said that the Fairmount Minerals (Wisconsin Industrial Sand) mine across the
road from the judicial center employs 14 people.
Senator Harsdorf said that
regulations for sand mining could
hurt aggregate mining.
Aggregate refers to the sand
and gravel pits that are used for
road construction and other local
construction projects.
Dunn County’s nonmetallic
mining ordinance exempts sand
and gravel operations used for
local road construction or other
construction.
Lausted also said he was concerned about the ponds at the
Wisconsin Industrial Sand mining site that from aerial photos
look like they are filled with antifreeze and wondered what is
in those ponds to turn the water
that color.
Another woman at the listening session who did not identify
herself said the state Department of Natural Resources does
not have the staffing or the funding to handle central control of
the sand mines.
The DNR would have to get up
to speed with staffing and equipment, she said, noting that the
DNR is currently understaffed
for the responsibilities they have
now, never mind giving the agency additional responsibilities.
Reforms
At the beginning of the hourlong listening session, Senator
Harsdorf noted that the state
Legislature is working on reforms to make a positive, business-friendly climate to encourage job growth.
The state has a need for a more
skilled workforce to fill jobs that
currently are not filled, she said.
A program called Fast Forward will help regional and local
employers find the skilled people
they need, Senator Harsdorf said.
Tax relief
The Legislature prioritized tax
relief for state residents and reduced the income tax rates from
five to four, Senator Harsdorf
said.
The Legislature also moved
part of the technical school tax
levy off local property taxes to the
state level and pledged $400 million per year, which will reduce
the local property tax levy for
technical schools by 50 percent,
she said.
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau
is projecting a revenue growth of
3.7 percent, but the state is facing a budget shortfall, Senator
Harsdorf said.
Medical assistance will require an additional $760 million
over the next two years, she said.
The increase in medical assistance spending and the tax relief
have contributed to the state’s
budget deficit, she said.
The state is reported to have
a current-year budget shortfall of
more than $280 million, and the
projected budget deficit for 20152017 is $2.2 billion.
State health agency urges residents to fight
the spread of influenza and other illnesses
MADISON — Wisconsin is
experiencing an especially bad
influenza season, and the state
Department of Health Services
(DHS) is urging people who may
have the flu, or other illnesses, to
stay home from work or school to
avoid spreading sickness.
“People may think they’re being tough and responsible by
showing up at work or school
when they aren’t feeling well,
but the fact is they’re doing their
co-workers or classmates a disservice by potentially spreading
an illness to others,” said Karen
McKeown, State Health Officer.
People over the age of 65 have
been especially hard-hit this influenza season, and DHS also
urges state residents to avoid
visiting elderly family, friends,
or anyone in a long-term care facility, such as a nursing home, if
they are under the weather.
“We also want to stress that
it’s never too late to get a flu shot,
and we encourage anyone who
hasn’t done so to get vaccinated
as soon as they can,” McKeown
added.
Influenza is a contagious disease that infects the respiratory
tract (nose, throat, and lungs).
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GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH
Pastor Aaron Blumer
515 East Street
(Hwy 29 just north of Hwy 170)
Boyceville, WI • 715-643-5011
Sun.: 10 a.m. Sun. School, Adult
Bible Studies; 11 a.m. Morning
Worship.
Wed.: 7 p.m. Prayer Meeting.
Schedule varies on the fifth Sun.
of any month that has five. Call for
information.
CATHOLIC
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CATHOLIC
Fr. John Potaczek
4540 State Road 40, Bloomer
Cooks Valley
Mass Schedule: 8 p.m. Saturday
Mass; 9:30 a.m. Sunday Mass;
Tuesday and Thursday 8:30 a.m.
Pine Creek - 715-949-1750
Sun.: 9 a.m. Worship Service.
ST. JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC
Elk Mound, Wisconsin
Fr. Joseph Nakwah
Sat.: 4:30 p.m. Mass.
Sun.: 10:15 a.m. Worship.
CHURCH OF LATTER
DAY SAINTS
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF
LATTER DAY SAINTS
2721 15th Street, Menomonie, WI
Sun.
Services:
9:30-10:40
Sacrament Meeting; 10:45-11:25 Sun.
School; 11:30-12:30 Relief Society;
Priesthood, Primary.
LUTHERAN
BARUM - BIG ELK CREEK
LUTHERAN PARISH
Pastor Hal Schroetter, Barum
Sun. (Barum): 9 a.m.-Worship
Service; 10 a.m.-Sun. School.
Sun. (Big Elk Creek): 9:30 a.m.-Sun.
School; 10:30 a.m.-Worship Service.
Wed.: 7 p.m.-Confirmation at BEC;
8-9 p.m.-Youth Group.
BETHANY LUTHERAN BRETHREN
George Schweitzer - Pastor
Colfax, WI • 715-962-2280
www.bethanylbchurch.org
Sun.: 10:05 a.m. Contemporary
Worship Service. Our sanctuary is
wheelchair accessible. Visit our website and listen to sermons online.
Wed.: 3:30 p.m. Confirmation
Classes (gr 7-8), 6 p.m. AWANA at
Colfax Elementary.
COLFAX LUTHERAN
Leslie W. Walck, Pastor
715-962-3336
Wed.,
Feb.
4:
3:30
p.m.
Confirmation Classes.
Sun., Feb. 8: 9:30 a.m. Worship,
10:30 a.m. Coffee Fellowship, 10:30
a.m. Sunday School, 10:30 a.m. Choir
Rehearsal.
Tues., Feb. 10: 7 p.m. Barbershoppers.
Wed., Feb. 11: 3:30 p.m.
Confirmation Classes, 7 p.m. Church
Council.
COLFAX RURAL LUTHERAN
Pastor Bob Schoenknecht
715-962-3913
Wed.,
Feb.
4:
3:45
p.m.
Confirmation at the Parsonage.
Sun., Feb. 8: 8:30 a.m. Norton
Worship, 8:45 a.m. Holden Sunday
School, 9:40 a.m. Norton Sunday
School, 9:45 a.m. Holden Worship,
10 a.m. NRV Sunday School, 11 a.m.
North Running Valley Worship
Mon., Feb. 9: 5 p.m. Holden Council
Meeting at the Parsonage
Tues., Feb. 10: 10:30 a.m. Bible
Study at the Grapevine
Wed., Feb. 11: 3:45 p.m.
Confirmation at the Parsonage.
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more treatment or have additional disability. They contact the insurer for help and are
told their case is “closed.” Unless you settled or lost your case at hearing, your case is not
“closed.” The worker’s comp statute of limitations is at least 12 years from the date of last
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E9085 County Road V
Sand Creek, WI 54765
[email protected]
www.newhope-lutheran.org
715-658-1470
Pastor Josh Toufar
[email protected]
Sun. Regular Worship Hours: 9 a.m.
Pine Creek, 10:30 a.m. Sand Creek, 10
a.m. Sunday School (both churches).
Confirmation program date to be
announced.
OUR SAVIOR’S LUTHERAN (ELCA)
Hwy. 170, P.O. Box 186 Wheeler, WI
Sec. Hours: Wed. & Fri., 9:30-3
[email protected]
715-632-2530
Sun. worship service is at 9:15 a.m.
SHEPHERD OF THE HILL LUTHERAN
207 University St., Elk Mound
715-879-5115
Pastor Mary Eide
Sun.: 8:45-9:45 a.m. Sunday
School, 10 a.m. Worship.
SPRING BROOK LUTHERAN
7 miles south of Elk Mound
off H on 930th
Sun.: 8:30 a.m. Sun. School; 9:30 a.m.
Family Worship Hour.
ST. JOHN LUTHERAN
Wisconsin Synod
10 miles north of Colfax on
County W, Colfax, WI
Pastor John Toppe
Sun.: 10:30 a.m. Sun. School and
Bible Study; 11 a.m. Worship.
ST. KATHERINE’S LUTHERAN CHURCH
Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Pastor Shawn Kauffeld
E7250 N. Cty. Rd. E Menomonie
715-556-9307
Sun.: 8:30 a.m. Sunday School,
9:30 a.m Worship Service.
TRINITY LUTHERAN
1039 Nordveien Dr., P.O. Box 247
Boyceville, WI 54725
[email protected]
Pastor Brad Peterson
Phone: 715-643-3821
Parish Office Hours: M-T, Th-Fri 8 a.m.noon; Wed noon-3 p.m.
Communion 1st, 3rd & 5th Sun.
NON-DENOMINATIONAL
INDEPENDENT BIBLE CHURCH
Pastor Robert Koepp
Sand Creek - 715-309-2888
Thurs., Feb. 5: 6 p.m. Bible Study
and Prayer Meeting.
Sun., Feb. 8: 9:30 a.m. Worship
Service, 10:45 a.m. Sunday School.
NEW DIMENSION MINISTRIES
5448 Balsam Drive
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
Pastor Darrell Wood, Sr.
Phone 715-723-9520
Sun.: 10 a.m. Worship Service
Wed.: 6:30 p.m. Worship. Service.
CALVARY CHAPEL
Pastor Jason Taylor
N10091 Co. Rd. S, Wheeler
715-658-1036
Sun.: 10 a.m. Prayer;
Worship.
Thurs.: 7 p.m. Bible Study.
10:30
UNITED METHODIST
SALEM-IRON CREEK UNITED
METHODIST--ELK MOUND
Margaret DeMaris, Pastor
Sun.: Worship @ 9:15 a.m., Sunday
School @ 10:15 a.m.
TRINITY UNITED METHODIST
ELK MOUND
Margaret DeMaris, Pastor
Phone 715-879-5118
Sun.: Worship @ 10:45 a.m.,
Sunday School @ 9:45 a.m.
UNITED METHODIST
Rev. Craig Conklin
Tainter: 715-962-4335
Sun.: 9:30 a.m. Worship Service;
10:30 a.m. Sun. School.
Colfax
Sun.: 11 a.m. Worship Service.
Tues.: 9:30 a.m. Prayer Group.
Caring Ministry Food Pantry: 715-7049571
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TOWN OF GRANT
MONTHLY BOARD MEETING
The monthly meeting of the Town of Grant will be held
Monday, February 9, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. at the town hall.
The agenda will be as follows: minutes of the previous
meeting; public comment; equipment/road work; adopt updated nonmetallic mining ordinance, which is available for
viewing at the clerk’s office; auditing of bills for payment;
and any other business unknown prior to this notice that
may be properly brought before the board.
Peggy Johnson, Clerk
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TOWN OF COLFAX
The regular monthly meeting of the Town of Colfax Board
will be held Wednesday, February 11th, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at
the town hall located at N8409 County Rd. M, Colfax, WI.
Agenda for discussion and possible action will include: minutes of the previous meeting, public comment, correspondence, update on progress of nonmetallic mining permit ordinance, Plan Commission report and discussion of possible
variance issue, any driveway permits, building permits, or
certified survey maps submitted, road work, town hall rental
policy, selection of repository, bills submitted for payment.
Agenda items added after publication of this notice will be
posted.
Becky Kiesow, Town Clerk
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Colfax Village Board
Joint Village Board/Library Board
Meeting – January 14, 2015
1. Peace of mind that your personal wishes are known
2. Reduce/eliminate financial burden on family
3. Lock-in today’s prices for tomorrow’s funeral
On January 14, 2015, the Joint Village Board/Library Board meeting was held at 6:00
p.m. at the Grapevine Senior Center, 121 Main Street. Members present: President
Gunnufson, Trustees Halpin and Schauer. Others present included Library Director
Lisa Ludwig, Kitz Cleary, Lori Halpin and Kate Parent, Daniel Winings, LeAnn Ralph
and Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer Niggemann. Trustee Olson, Klukas, Davis and
Schieber were excused.
Presentation/Interview of possible candidates for the Preliminary Design
Phase of the Library/Municipal Project – No action taken.
We have specially trained staff to meet with
you to answer your questions and guide you
through the process.
Adjourn: A motion was made by Halpin and seconded by Schauer to adjourn the
Joint Village Board/Library Board meeting at 8:51 p.m. A voice vote was taken with
all members voting yes. Motion carried.
No obligation for this meeting.
715-962-3525
HAY RIVER-RIDGELAND LUTHERAN
Interim Pastor Curt Rohland
715-949-1976
Wed., Feb. 4: 9 a.m. Hay River
Do-Day/10 a.m. Meeting, 6:30 p.m.
Confirmation at Ridgeland.
Sun., Feb. 8: WORSHIP: 9 a.m. Hay
River, 10:30 a.m. Ridgeland, SUNDAY
SCHOOL: 9:15 a.m. Rigdeland, 10:30
a.m. Hay River
Mon., Feb. 9: 1:30 p.m. Twilight
Circle.
Wed., Feb. 11: 9 a.m. Hay River
Do-Day, 7 p.m. Worship Committee
in the Parish Office, 6:30 p.m.
Confirmation at Hay River.
Sun.: 9 a.m. Worship Service;
10:15 a.m.-Sun. School.
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RUNNING VALLEY AFLC
Jim Haga, Pastor
3 1/2 miles N on east side Cty Hwy A
Sun.s: 9:30 a.m. Sun. School & Confirmation; 10:45 a.m. Worship.
MONTHLY BOARD MEETING
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Colfax, WI 54730
P: 715-962-3525 • F: 715-962-2525
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can sometimes lead to death.
Nearly 3,000 people have been
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Of those who have been hospitalized, 72 percent are over age 65.
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Copies of unabridged official minutes are on file at the Village Office or on the Village
website.
Lynn M. Niggemann
Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer
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The January 12, 2015, Village of Colfax Board regular meeting was held at 7:00 p.m.
at the Colfax Village Hall. Members present: President Gunnufson, Trustees Halpin,
Davis, Schauer, Schieber and Klukas. Others present included Rick Johnson, Lisa
Ludwig, Julia Hydukovich and Lynn Niggemann – Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer.
Trustees Olson was excused.
Minutes – A motion was made by Halpin and seconded by Klukas to approve the
minutes from the December 1, 2014 Joint Board/Library Board meeting. For: Halpin,
Davis, Schauer, Schieber, Klukas and Gunnufson. Against: none. Motion carried.
A motion was made by Halpin and seconded by Schauer to approve the minutes
from the December 8, 2014 Regular meeting. For: Klukas, Schieber, Schauer, Davis,
Halpin and Gunnufson. Against: none. Motion carried.
A motion was made by Schauer and seconded by Halpin to approve the Special
Budget Public Hearing minutes from the December 11, 2014 Special meeting. For:
Halpin, Davis, Schauer, Schieber, Klukas, and Gunnufson. Against: none. Motion
carried.
Facility Rental – A motion was made by Schauer and seconded by Davis to approve
the facility rental of the Fairground Beer Garden on June 3 – 5, 2016 for the Logslett/
Buchholz wedding. For: Halpin, Davis, Schauer, Schieber, Klukas and Gunnufson.
Against: none. Motion carried.
Licenses – A motion was made by Halpin and seconded by Schauer to approve the
Temp “Class B” Retailers License to the Colfax Women’s Club for the January 24,
2015 Wine Tasting and Silent Auction at the Colfax Health and Rehab. For Klukas,
Schieber, Schauer, Davis, Halpin and Gunnufson. Against: none. Motion carried.
A motion was made by Schauer and seconded by Davis to approve the operator’s
license applications for Tyson Hellman, Noelle Olson, Renee Goodell and Mikki
McCutcheon for the period January 12, 2015 - June 30, 2015. For: Halpin, Davis,
Schauer, Schieber, Klukas and Gunnufson. Against: none. Motion carried.
Third Avenue – Street Design – Lisa Fleming, Ayres Associates – A motion
was made by Halpin seconded by Schieber to proceed with the Third Avenue street
design. For: Halpin, Davis, Schauer, Schieber and Klukas. Against: Gunnufson.
Motion carried.
Resolution 2015-01 –Advisory Referendum Questions for the April 7, 2015
Election Ballot – A motion was made by Halpin and seconded by Schieber to approve
Resolution 2015-01. For: Klukas, Schieber, Schauer, Davis, Halpin, and Gunnufson.
Against: none. Motion carried.
Consideration for Recommendation from Plan Commission of Naming Options
for Residential Development – A motion was made by Schauer and seconded
by Klukas to have Niggemann, Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer, send a survey to
Planning Commission and Board members for naming options for the Residential
Development’s name. For: Halpin, Davis, Schauer, Schieber, Klukas and Gunnufson.
Against: none. Motion carried.
Consideration of Recommendation from Plan Commission to Adopt the
Amended Village of Colfax 2014-2034 Comprehensive Plan - A motion was made
by Schauer and seconded by Klukas to approve the amended Village of Colfax 20142034 Comprehensive Plan with the changes. For: Klukas, Schieber, Schauer, Davis,
Halpin, and Gunnufson. Against: none. Motion carried.
Consideration of Ordinance 2015-01 to adopt the Amended Village of Colfax
2014-2034 Comprehensive Plan – A motion was made by Schauer and seconded
by Davis to approve the Village of Colfax 2014-2034 Comprehensive Plan contingent
upon review of the final plan. For: Halpin, Davis, Schauer, Schieber, Klukas and
Gunnufson. Against: none. Motion carried.
Anytime Fitness Wellness Partnership Agreement with Village of Colfax – A
motion was made by Halpin and seconded by Schieber to accept the Anytime Fitness
Wellness Partnership agreement to be effective February 1st, 2015. For: Halpin,
Schauer, Schieber, Klukas, Gunnufson. Against: Davis. Motion Carried.
Review/Approval – Bills – A motion was made by Schauer and seconded by Halpin
to approve payment of the bills from December 1, 2014 to December 31st, 2014 for
payment. For: Klukas, Schieber, Schauer, Davis, Halpin and Gunnufson. Against:
none. Motion carried..
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Discussion and Possible Action regarding Advisory Referendum Resolution
– April 7, 2015 Election - A motion was made by Schauer and seconded by Davis
to approve Resolution 2015-01A with the mentioned corrections. For: Klukas,
Schieber, Schauer, Halpin and Gunnufson. Against: none. Motion carried.
Discussion and Possible Action of the Presentation/Interview of possible
candidates for the Preliminary Design Phase of the Library/Municipal Project
– A motion was made by Schauer and seconded by Klukas to accept the Ayres
Associates proposal for Phase I of the Library/Multi-Functional Use building project.
For: Davis, Schauer, Gunnufuson. Against: Halpin Abstained: Schieber
Adjourn: A motion was made by Davis and seconded by Halpin to adjourn the Joint
Village Board/Library Board meeting at 6:46 p.m. A voice vote was taken with all
members voting yes. Motion carried.
Copies of unabridged official minutes are on file at the Village Office or on the Village
website.
Lynn M. Niggemann
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Official Proceedings of the Colfax Village Board of Trustees
Colfax Village Board
Regular Meeting - January 12, 2015
On January 19, 2015, the Joint Village Board/Library Board meeting was held at
6:00 p.m. at Village Hall, 613 Main Street. Members present: President Gunnufson,
Trustees Halpin, Davis, Schauer, Schieber and Klukas. Others present included
Library Director Lisa Ludwig, Kitz Cleary, Lori Halpin, Julia Hydukovich, Willem
Gebben, John Thompson with International Federal Library Systems, LeAnn Ralph
and Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer Niggemann. Trustee Olson was excused.
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REGULAR BOARD MEETING
The regular town board meeting will be held
Tuesday, February 10, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. at the Otter
Creek Town Hall, E5905 County Road S, Wheeler. The
agenda will be as follows: minutes from the previous
meeting; public comments; consideration of township
building acreage and subdivision ordinance; action
on a resolution to maintain local township control;
old/new business; road work/equipment; auditing of
bills for payment; any other business unknown prior
to this notice. The Otter Creek Town Board will consider and may take action on any of the above items.
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ORDINANCE 2015-01
AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT THE AMENDED
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE VILLAGE OF
COLFAX, DUNN COUNTY, WISCONSIN
The Village Board of the Village of Colfax, Wisconsin, do ordain
as follows:
Section 1. Pursuant to Sec. 61.35 Wis. Stats. and Sec. 62.23(2)
and (3), Wis. Stats., the Village of Colfax is authorized to prepare, amend, and adopt a comprehensive plan as defined in Sec.
66.1001(1)(a) and Sec. 66.1001(2), Wis. Stats.
Section 2. The Plan Commission of the Village of Colfax, in compliance with Sec. 66.1001(4)(b), Wis. Stats., by a majority vote
recorded in the official minutes dated December 10, 2014, has
adopted a resolution recommending to the Village Board the
adoption of the document entitled “Village of Colfax Comprehensive Plan 2014 – 2034” containing all of the elements specified in
Sec. 66.1001(2), Wis. Stats.
Section 3. The Village held a public hearing on December 10,
2014, regarding this ordinance, in compliance with the requirements of Sec. 66.1001(4)(d), Wis. Stats.
Section 4. The Village Board of the Village of Colfax, Wisconsin, does, by enactment of this ordinance, formally adopt the
document entitled, “Village of Colfax Comprehensive Plan 2014
– 2034” pursuant to Sec. 66.1001(4)(c), Wis. Stats.
Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect upon passage by a
majority vote of the members-elect of the Village Board and publication as required by law.
Section 6. The Village Board hereby authorizes and directs the
Village Clerk to provide copies of the amended Comprehensive
Plan as adopted herein to governmental bodies and other persons as required in Sec. 66.1001(4)(b), Wis. Stats.
Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Colfax this 12th
day of January, 2015.
AYES - 6
NO - 0
ABSTAIN - 0
ABSENT - 1
Adopted – January 12, 2015
Published – February 4, 2015
Lynn M. Niggemann, Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer
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Retirement
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The department of public
works started out with one fulltime employee and one half-time
employee. Now the department
has three full-time employees.
“There were no computers
then. All the work had to be done
by hand. I’d stay late at night to
write the police reports. I didn’t
have time during the day because
we’d be doing the water and sewer work at the same time because
I was the assistant superintendent,” he said.
“The superintendent was 80
years old. The assistant to him
was 76 years old. And the guy
running the dump was 90 years
old. At that time, all the village
employees were between 64 and
90 years old. And the lady who
collected all of the bills was
70-something,” Stamm said.
Which is to say that Elk Mound
evidently has a long tradition of
employees sticking around for
quite a while.
“So much of it was that I was
fortunate to be surrounded by
good people. Rex and Len. Everybody kids about it. But very seldom do you have a public works
department where that many
people have been there for 25
years or more in their positions
so they’ve got the experience. You
don’t have to spend a lot of time
telling them what to do. They
know what needs to be done.
They know all the valves. All the
manholes. Even plowing. It’s the
continuity and building the experience,” Stamm said.
“This is the type of job that’s
seven days a week. People can
kid all they want to about government employees. I’ve always told
(village) board members, ‘don’t
tell me what day you are coming
in. Just come. And I will show
you what work we have to do that
day. And why we have to do it.’
There are all the requirements
(state and federal law), and then
there’s just a good maintenance
program,” he said.
More hats
Serving as a director of public
works in a small town is very different than working in a larger
city. In a bigger municipality,
there is a parks and recreation
department, a street department,
a water department, a wastewater department.
In a small town — there is only
one department that handles everything.
“Our theme became that the
unexpected is the expected.
That’s what makes the job so that
(very few) people want it. There
have been several family things
over the years that I had to leave
in the middle of. Broken water
main. A collapsed sewer line. A
snowstorm coming. In return, I
got the cooperation of the board
and the people (who live in Elk
Mound),” Stamm said.
“I used to try to tell people
what all this job involved. Then
I gave up and put the challenge
the other way. If you want to
know something, you come and
see me. If I don’t show you to your
satisfaction, then you can take it
to the village board. There have
been very few (complaints) over
the years, after I developed a program,” he said.
Stamm noted that he has spent
a significant number of hours
writing policies for Elk Mound’s
department of public works.
“What some people don’t understand is that the public works
business is so broad-based for
their normal functions. They
drive on the streets. They drink
the water. They use the restroom.
They go to the park. Then for solid waste, they have garbage. So
almost everything we do affects
almost everybody who is living in
the village, and even those who
live outside the village,” Stamm
said.
“If it were just in the parks
department, or the streets department, or a wastewater operation, that’s important and that’s
a lot. But a public works person
in a small town is expected to be
versed in all of those areas and
more. It’s complicated. And it
has gotten more complicated,” he
said.
Consider all of the changes in
state and federal laws.
The DNR’s requirement for
cross connection inspections is a
good example.
Cross connection inspections
require all houses and businesses
in a municipality to be inspected
to make sure there are no situations where water could siphon
back into the municipal water
supply and contaminate the entire system.
“There have been several of
those kinds of changes over the
years. New phosphorus rules,
too. I kept track until I got to 122
changes, after about 15 years,
and then I stopped keeping track.
Other people have those things
in their jobs too. But those were
massive programs that have to
be kept up, and you have to keep
track of it, because you’re going
to be audited on those things,”
Stamm said.
Snow
Whether you live in a city or
a village or out in the country
here in Wisconsin — you know
all about snowy roads and driveways.
“Snow removal is probably
one of the biggest areas that
people never agree on. What’s
a good snow removal program.
They want to know how come we
don’t rotate the streets (because
everyone wants to be plowed out
first). To some degree we can. But
on Sunday, we take care of the
churches. During the week, we
take care of the schools. We’ve got
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
the solid waste site. We will get to
all of it eventually,” Stamm said.
People sometimes also want to
know why the village needs three
trucks and three employees.
With three plow trucks, “we
divide up (the village). Len, you
take this area. Rex, you take this
area. And I’ll take this area …
most people with common sense,
when you sit down and talk to
them about it, they don’t even
want to discuss it anymore. They
just say, ‘you take care of it,’”
Stamm said.
Being a director of public
works is like being a doctor or a
farmer when it comes to time and
dedication.
“It needs to be someone who
is not afraid to put in the hours,
someone who does not mind if
their personal life is interrupted.
Plus, it has to be someone who
can teach and train others. Certain people are good at that, and
some people are not,” Stamm
said.
“The team concept has been
the key to success over the last
39 years. We had a lot of good
people. A lot of teamwork. And
we’ve been able to handle issues
… everybody giving and taking,”
he said.
But there is also another dimension to public works.
“The other big thing we learned
is — we make a decision to go in
one direction, but we also learned
that we’re going to be willing to
change if this isn’t going to work.
In a lot of cases, we had to change
as we went. And that’s what made
it work. People agreeing to that.
We need to make this change to
make it better. Or sometimes we
got lucky, and it went right the
first time,” Stamm said.
“We’ve been able to keep good
people in place. Pat (village clerktreasurer) has been here over
30 years. I’ve been here over 30
years. Len and Rex have each
Village sends health insurance for 30-hour workers to committee
By LeAnn R. Ralph
COLFAX — The contract for
30-hour per week employees in
the Village of Colfax says they
receive no health insurance benefits.
The employee handbook approved by the Colfax Village
Board says that 30-hour per week
employees are eligible for health
insurance.
After making — and then
withdrawing — a motion at the
January 26 village board meeting to offer health insurance to
30-hour per week employees with
the village paying 80 percent of
the insurance premium and the
employee paying 20 percent, the
Colfax Village Board decided to
send the issue to the personnel
committee.
Lynn Niggemann, village administrator-clerk-treasurer, became aware of the situation when
she learned that the contract for
one of the Colfax Rescue Squad’s
two 30-hour per week EMTs had
expired, and she also checked the
employee handbook for information about benefits.
The pertinent section of the
handbook reads, “The village offers to all its regular full time
employees and part-time employees working an average of 30
hours or more per week and their
eligible dependents, group health
coverage through the carrier selected by the village. A full time
employee will pay 10 percent of
the premium total, with the village paying the remaining 90
percent.”
The village board approved
hiring two 30-hour EMTs with no
insurance benefits to save money, said Beverly Schauer, village
trustee.
The employee handbook approved by the village board this
past September says that 30-
hour per week employees do receive insurance, and the village
could board pro-rate the insurance on a different percentage for
30-hour employees and 40-hour
employees, Niggemann said.
Scott Gunnufson, village president, said he liked the idea of prorating the insurance premium.
The village board approved
hiring two 30-hour EMTs to provide better coverage for the village and the surrounding area
served by the Colfax Rescue
Squad, said Mark Halpin, village
trustee and chair of the public
safety committee.
The two 30-hour employees,
along with the volunteer EMTs,
ensure that a crew will be available when the ambulance is
called out, he said.
At the last public safety committee meeting January 22, Don
Knutson, director of the Colfax
Rescue Squad, indicated that
Colfax has lost some EMTs and
was having difficulty filling up
the roster again.
Since the rescue squad is experiencing difficulty getting EMTs,
perhaps it would be a good incentive for the 30-hour EMTs to stay
in Colfax if they are provided
health insurance benefits, Halpin
said.
Niggemann noted that there
were parts of the wording in the
manual she believed should be
revised.
For example, the employee
handbooks says “working an average of 30 hours,” and Niggemann recommended removing
the word “average” since village
employees are hired for 30 hours,
40 hours, or less than 30 hours.
The contract in question expired in October, and the insurance should be settled so a new
contract can be issued, Niggemann said.
Several village board members
wondered about the part-time
seasonal employees hired for the
department of public works who
put in 30 hours a week or more
than 30 hours.
Niggemann pointed out that
those employees are seasonal and
that insurance benefits, under
the current wording of the employee handbook, would not apply because they are not permanent 30-hour per week employees
in the way that the 30-hour EMTs
are permanent employees.
The motion to offer insurance
for 30-hour per week employees
was withdrawn, and instead, the
Colfax Village Board approved directing Niggemann to check with
other municipalities about their
policies for insurance benefits for
30-hour per week employees, to
revise the pertinent section of the
employee handbook and to send
the issue to the personnel committee for review.
The Colfax Village Board’s
personnel committee and the
Colfax Village Board are one and
the same, with all village board
members serving on the personnel committee.
Other business
In other business, the Colfax
Village Board:
• Approved a training request
for Colfax Police Officer Michael
Madrid to attend drug interdiction training at the Wisconsin
Indianhead Technical College in
Rice Lake February 3 through
February 5. The training will
focus on identifying drugs, drug
dealers, couriers, transportation
methods, patrol, interview and
investigative techniques, vehicle
search methods and asset seizures and forfeitures.
•Approved a request for the
Northern Wisconsin Show Circuit
to use the Colfax Fairgrounds
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• Approved a request from the
Colfax Sportsman’s Club to use
the Colfax Fairgrounds May 9 for
a swap meet.
•Approved the certified survey map recommended by the
Colfax Plan Commission for the
twin home lot on Iverson Road.
• Approved the Smart Growth
Comprehensive Plan for 20142034 after Patrick Beilfuss of
Cedar Corporation had updated
the plan with the most recently
available statistics and population information.
•Approved making a $50 donation to the Colfax After Prom
Party Committee.
•Approved setting the town
hall meeting to discuss the possibility of building a new library
for February 25 at 7 p.m. at the
Colfax High School cafeteria.
Residents in the village of Colfax
and residents from surrounding
townships are encouraged to attend the meeting to express their
opinions.
VILLAGE CREW — This photo of Elk Mound village employees was
taken a number of years ago in front of the former village hall building,
which now belongs entirely to the Elk Mound Fire Department. From
left: Terry Stamm, Mary Erpenbach, Mike Tietz, Pat Hahn, Mike Staatz,
Len Hemenway, and Rex Hoover. —photo submitted
been here for 25. And Andy (Peterson, village president) grew up
here. He understands the community. These are the things I
look back on and treasure,” he
said.
Stamm said he gives a ton of
credit to outside agencies as well,
such as the Dunn County Highway Department, Dunn County
Sheriff ’s Department and the Elk
Mound school district for their
willingness to work with the village.
1999
Elk
Mound’s
mechanical
wastewater treatment plant was
built in 1993.
In 1999, Elk Mound won first
place in the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Water Act Recognition Awards for a
small advanced plant.
“That was the big one. Upgrading the plant is a major undertaking. It was over $1 million.
That’s a chunk of change for a village like Elk Mound. And with it
came new procedures, new regulations and new maintenance.
The maintenance alone was quite
a lot,” Stamm said.
The mechanical wastewater
treatment plant also added to
Stamm’s responsibilities — and
to the amount of knowledge he
needed to know to make it work.
“From 1993 to 1999, we developed some good programs, and
then we won the (EPA’s) national
award. There were a lot of people
who put a lot of hard work into
that. Rex. Pat. Coordinating to
get through all of that. It was
rough for three or four years getting all of the (wastewater) treatment down. By 1997, we had it
going pretty good … it’s people
that make it work,” Stamm said.
The year Elk Mound’s wastewater treatment plant was built
was a cold winter. The construction crews worked through the
winter to finish the construction,
he recalled.
Bringing a new sewer plant
on-line is a big job, Stamm said.
“There’s text book. And there’s
the reality. Here’s how it is supposed to work — here is how it
really works. Sometimes it does
work according to the textbook.
For us it didn’t work too well the
first two years,” he said.
Eventually all of the hard
work paid off when Elk Mound
was recognized by the EPA.
Moving on
Stamm says he will miss the
people he worked with in Elk
Mound.
And the excitement.
“If a water main breaks, there’s
always a certain rush. It’s a challenge. That’s what made it never
boring. Everything was different.
Sometimes there’s a natural gas
main next to the broken water
main. And there’s the streets and
the roads,” he said.
“How
understanding
the
people could be during some
tough times — that’s what really
amazed me. The police department. Utilities. It always amazed
me how decent people could be
under difficult circumstances,”
Stamm said.
As for what’s next, Stamm
may have retired from being the
Elk Mound director of public
works, but he is not retired in the
traditional sense of the word.
Instead of working in Elk
Mound all day, he now drives to
other municipalities for Commercial Testing out of Colfax,
collecting water and wastewater
samples.
“It has been a distinct pleasure to work for the Village of
Elk Mound for those 39 years. It
wasn’t all easy. But in the end, I
think we had some great accomplishments and kept the services
to (everyone’s) liking,” Stamm
said.
“I was going to stay a few years
(at the beginning), get the experience and move on. But then I saw
what the community had invested in me, and I liked the people I
worked with,” he said.
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